{"id": "enwiki-00272385-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 Saudi Crown Prince Cup Final\nThe 2017 Saudi Crown Prince Cup Final was the 42nd and last final of the Crown Prince Cup. It took place on 10 March 2017 at the King Fahd International Stadium in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia and was contested between Al-Ittihad and Al-Nassr. It was Al-Ittihad's 12th Crown Prince Cup final and first since 2007 and Al-Nassr's 7th final. This was the second meeting between these two clubs in the final with Al-Ittihad winning in 1991.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [33, 33], "content_span": [34, 462]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272385-0001-0000", "contents": "2017 Saudi Crown Prince Cup Final\nAl-Ittihad won the match 1\u20130 and secured their 8th Crown Prince Cup title.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [33, 33], "content_span": [34, 108]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272385-0002-0000", "contents": "2017 Saudi Crown Prince Cup Final, Venue\nOn 27 January 2015, the King Fahd International Stadium was announced as the host of the final venue. This was the 15th Crown Prince Cup final hosted in the King Fahd International Stadium following those in 1992, 1994, 1998, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015 and 2016.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 40], "content_span": [41, 341]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272385-0003-0000", "contents": "2017 Saudi Crown Prince Cup Final, Venue\nThe King Fahd International Stadium was built in 1982 and was opened in 1987. The stadium was used as a venue for the 1992, 1995, and the 1997 editions of the FIFA Confederations Cup. Its current capacity is 68,752 and it is used by the Saudi Arabia national football team, Al-Nassr, Al-Shabab, and major domestic matches.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 40], "content_span": [41, 363]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272385-0004-0000", "contents": "2017 Saudi Crown Prince Cup Final, Background\nAl-Ittihad reached their 12th final after a 3\u20132 win against derby rivals Al-Ahli. This was Al-Ittihad's first final since 2007. Previously, they won finals in 1958, 1959, 1963, 1991, 1997, 2001, and 2004, and lost in 1965, 1993, 2002 and 2007.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 45], "content_span": [46, 289]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272385-0005-0000", "contents": "2017 Saudi Crown Prince Cup Final, Background\nAl-Nassr reached their seventh final, after a 2\u20130 win against derby rivals and title holdersAl-Hilal. They reached their first final since 2014. Previously, they won finals in 1973, 1974, and 2014, and lost in 1991, 1996, and 2013. This was the first final since 2001 that did not feature either Al-Ahli or Al-Hilal.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 45], "content_span": [46, 362]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272385-0006-0000", "contents": "2017 Saudi Crown Prince Cup Final, Background\nThe two teams played each other once in the season prior to the final. The match ended in a 1\u20130 win for Al-Nassr.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 45], "content_span": [46, 159]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272386-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 Savannah Challenger\nThe 2017 Savannah Challenger was a professional tennis tournament played on clay courts. It was the ninth edition of the tournament which was part of the 2017 ATP Challenger Tour. It took place in Savannah, United States between 1 and 7 May 2017.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [24, 24], "content_span": [25, 271]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272386-0001-0000", "contents": "2017 Savannah Challenger, Singles main draw entrants, Other entrants\nThe following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 68], "content_span": [69, 137]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272386-0002-0000", "contents": "2017 Savannah Challenger, Singles main draw entrants, Other entrants\nThe following player received entry into the singles main draw using a protected ranking:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 68], "content_span": [69, 158]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272387-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 Savannah Challenger \u2013 Doubles\nBrian Baker and Ryan Harrison were the defending champions but chose not to defend their title.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [34, 34], "content_span": [35, 130]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272387-0001-0000", "contents": "2017 Savannah Challenger \u2013 Doubles\nPeter Polansky and Neal Skupski won the title after defeating Luke Bambridge and Mitchell Krueger 4\u20136, 6\u20133, [10\u20131] in the final.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [34, 34], "content_span": [35, 163]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272388-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 Savannah Challenger \u2013 Singles\nBjorn Fratangelo was the defending champion but chose not to defend his title.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [34, 34], "content_span": [35, 113]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272388-0001-0000", "contents": "2017 Savannah Challenger \u2013 Singles\nTennys Sandgren won the title after defeating Jo\u00e3o Pedro Sorgi 6\u20134, 6\u20133 in the final.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [34, 34], "content_span": [35, 120]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272389-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 Savannah State Tigers football team\nThe 2017 Savannah State Tigers football team represented Savannah State University in the 2017 NCAA Division I FCS football season. The Tigers were members of the Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference (MEAC). They were led by second-year head coach Erik Raeburn and played their home games at Ted Wright Stadium. They finished the season 3\u20138, 3\u20135 in MEAC play to finish in seventh place.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [40, 40], "content_span": [41, 422]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272390-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 Scarborough SC season\nThe 2017 Scarborough SC season was the third season in the club's participation in the Canadian Soccer League. They began the season on May 27, 2017 at home against York Region Shooters. The season concluded with Scarborough securing a postseason berth by finishing fourth in the standings. In the preliminary rounds of the playoffs they secured the necessary wins in order to make their first CSL Championship appearance. In the finals they were defeated by the York Region Shooters in a penalty shootout.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [26, 26], "content_span": [27, 533]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272390-0001-0000", "contents": "2017 Scarborough SC season, Summary\nIn preparation for the 2017 season general manager Kiril Dimitrov acquired the services of Krum Bibishkov as a Player-coach. Scarborough continued its policy of recruiting overseas talent in order to bring more depth to the roster. Throughout the majority of the season the team battled for the fourth position standing, until achieving a five game undefeated streak at the end of the season in order to clinch that berth. Their overall success saw the club finish in the top four in best offensive and defensive records with Aleksandar Stojiljkovi\u0107 winning the CSL Golden Boot.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 35], "content_span": [36, 614]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272390-0001-0001", "contents": "2017 Scarborough SC season, Summary\nIn the first round of the postseason they faced Brantford Galaxy, and advanced to the next round after a 6-2 victory. Scarborough made club history by defeating FC Vorkuta by a score of 1-0 to make their first CSL Championship final appearance. Their opponents in the finals were York Region Shooters, where Scarborough was denied the title after a 5-4 defeat in a penalty shootout.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 35], "content_span": [36, 418]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272391-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 Scarborough\u2014Agincourt federal by-election\nA by-election was held in the federal riding of Scarborough\u2014Agincourt in the Greater Toronto Area of Ontario on December 11, 2017 following the death of Liberal MP Arnold Chan. The seat was held for the Liberals by Jean Yip.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [46, 46], "content_span": [47, 271]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272391-0001-0000", "contents": "2017 Scarborough\u2014Agincourt federal by-election\nThe by election was held on the same day as 3 others across Canada; Battlefords\u2014Lloydminster in Alberta, Bonavista\u2014Burin\u2014Trinity in Newfoundland and Labrador and South Surrey\u2014White Rock in British Columbia.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [46, 46], "content_span": [47, 253]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272391-0002-0000", "contents": "2017 Scarborough\u2014Agincourt federal by-election, Background, Constituency\nThe riding covers the northwest of the Scarborough part of Toronto. It contains the neighbourhoods of Steeles, L'Amoreaux, Tam O'Shanter-Sullivan, Agincourt and Milliken. Immigrants make up 67.8% of the population of Scarborough\u2014Agincourt, the highest such percentage for any Canadian federal riding; those from Asia and the Middle East alone, constitute a majority of the population (53.0%), which is also the highest figure for any federal riding, and, in particular, immigrants from the People's Republic of China are almost a quarter (24.7%) of the riding's population, another Canadian high. Chinese, not otherwise specified (i.e. Cantonese, Mandarin, etc.) is the home language for 12.0% of the people in Scarborough\u2014Agincourt (another demographic record).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [48, 72], "content_span": [73, 835]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272391-0003-0000", "contents": "2017 Scarborough\u2014Agincourt federal by-election, Background, Representation\nThe riding of Scarborough\u2014Agincourt has been held by the Liberals since it was first created for the 1988 federal election with Jim Karygiannis serving as its MP until his retirement in 2014.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [48, 74], "content_span": [75, 266]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272391-0004-0000", "contents": "2017 Scarborough\u2014Agincourt federal by-election, Background, Representation\nLiberal Arnold Chan was first elected in a 2014 by-election and was re-elected in the 2015 general election with 51.9% of the vote. Chan died from nasopharyngeal cancer on September 14, 2017.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [48, 74], "content_span": [75, 266]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272391-0005-0000", "contents": "2017 Scarborough\u2014Agincourt federal by-election, Campaign\nJean Yip, Chan's widow, defeated Gordon Lam for the Liberal nomination on November 12. Ward 39 Scarborough Agincourt \u2013 North city councillor and former Scarborough\u2014Agincourt MP Jim Karygiannis declined to run for the nomination, but threw his support to Yip.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [48, 56], "content_span": [57, 315]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272391-0006-0000", "contents": "2017 Scarborough\u2014Agincourt federal by-election, Campaign\nInvestment banker Dasong Zou defeated the riding's Conservative candidate in the 2008 federal election, physician Benson Lau for the Conservative nomination. York Region District School Board Trustee Allan Tam as well as former teacher and immigration officer Sarah Chung were both rejected by the party. Tam did not apply before the deadline and Chung was disqualified on two different occasions.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [48, 56], "content_span": [57, 454]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272391-0007-0000", "contents": "2017 Scarborough\u2014Agincourt federal by-election, Campaign\nScarborough-born federal NDP leader and former GTA MPP Jagmeet Singh, who did not have a seat in the House of Commons, ruled out standing as a candidate in the by-election. On November 19, reporter Brian Chang was acclaimed the NDP candidate.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [48, 56], "content_span": [57, 299]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272391-0008-0000", "contents": "2017 Scarborough\u2014Agincourt federal by-election, Campaign\nRumoured candidates for the Liberal nomination who ultimately did not run included Liberal Scarborough Centre MPP Brad Duguid, Toronto City Council staffer Nick Mantas, Ontario Progressive Conservative staffer Hratch Aynedijan, Ward 36 (Scarborough Southwest \u2013 South) city councillor and former provincial Progressive Conservative candidate Gary Crawford, and Liberal Scarborough\u2014Agincourt MPP Soo Wong.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [48, 56], "content_span": [57, 460]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272391-0009-0000", "contents": "2017 Scarborough\u2014Agincourt federal by-election, Campaign\nThe Speaker's warrant regarding the vacancy was received on September 19, 2017; under the Parliament of Canada Act the writ for a by-election had to be dropped no later than March 18, 2018, 180 days after the Chief Electoral Officer was officially notified of the vacancy via a warrant issued by the Speaker.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [48, 56], "content_span": [57, 365]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272391-0010-0000", "contents": "2017 Scarborough\u2014Agincourt federal by-election, Results\nThe seat was held by the Liberals, with a slight swing to the Conservatives.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [48, 55], "content_span": [56, 132]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272392-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 Scheldeprijs\nThe 2017 Scheldeprijs was the 105th edition of the Scheldeprijs road cycling one day race, held on 5 April 2017 as part of the 2017 UCI Europe Tour, as a 1.HC categorised race. The event was noted for being the last official race of Belgian cyclist Tom Boonen on Belgian soil; as such, the race started in Boonen's home town of Mol instead of its usual start in Antwerp, but finished as customary in Schoten.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 17], "section_span": [17, 17], "content_span": [18, 426]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272392-0001-0000", "contents": "2017 Scheldeprijs\nGerman rider Marcel Kittel of Quick-Step Floors won the event for the fifth time in a bunch sprint, further extending his race record; he finished ahead of Italian Elia Viviani (Team Sky) and French sprinter Nacer Bouhanni from the Cofidis team.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 17], "section_span": [17, 17], "content_span": [18, 263]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272392-0002-0000", "contents": "2017 Scheldeprijs, Teams\nTwenty-two teams were invited to take part in the race. These included fourteen UCI WorldTeams and eight UCI Professional Continental teams.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 17], "section_span": [19, 24], "content_span": [25, 165]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272393-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 Schleswig-Holstein state election\nThe 2017 Schleswig-Holstein state election was held on 7 May 2017 to elect the members of the Landtag of Schleswig-Holstein. The incumbent government was led by Minister-President Torsten Albig, and consisted of the Social Democratic Party (SPD), The Greens, and the South Schleswig Voters' Association (SSW). The government lost its majority in the election.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [38, 38], "content_span": [39, 398]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272393-0001-0000", "contents": "2017 Schleswig-Holstein state election\nThe Christian Democratic Union (CDU) subsequently formed a Jamaica coalition with the Free Democratic Party (FDP) and Greens. CDU leader Daniel G\u00fcnther was elected Minister-President by the Landtag, and Cabinet G\u00fcnther was sworn into office.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [38, 38], "content_span": [39, 280]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272393-0002-0000", "contents": "2017 Schleswig-Holstein state election, Parties\nThe table below lists parties represented in the previous Landtag of Schleswig-Holstein.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 47], "content_span": [48, 136]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272394-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 Science Olympiad National Tournament\nThe 2017 Science Olympiad National Tournament was the 33rd annual edition of the National Science Olympiad tournament, a competition in which 120 teams (sixty middle school and sixty high school) from all fifty states compete in twenty three science-related events, in various fields of science, such as chemistry, physics, biology, and geology. The tournament was hosted for a second time by Wright State University in Dayton, Ohio, with competitions being held around campus and the opening and closing ceremonies being held at the Nutter Center.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [41, 41], "content_span": [42, 590]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272394-0001-0000", "contents": "2017 Science Olympiad National Tournament\nOnly one of the winners from last year's national competition at the University of Wisconsin, Stout were able to defend their titles; the defending champions were Daniel Wright Junior High School (IL) and Mira Loma H.S. (CA). Daniel Wright finished first to successfully defend their title, and Mira Loma finished fifth. Troy High School (CA) won the Division C tournament to win their eleventh title, extending their record as the team with the most National Championships.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [41, 41], "content_span": [42, 516]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272395-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 Scotties Tournament of Hearts\nThe 2017 Scotties Tournament of Hearts was held from February 16 to 26 at the Meridian Centre in St. Catharines, Ontario. The Rachel Homan rink, representing Ontario, won their third national title; with Homan becoming the youngest skip, man or woman, to ever win three national championships. Her team represented Canada at the 2017 World Women's Curling Championship in Beijing from March 18 to 26.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [34, 34], "content_span": [35, 435]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272395-0001-0000", "contents": "2017 Scotties Tournament of Hearts, Teams\nThe 2017 Scotties was notable for the presence of many veteran skips from previous Canadian Women's Championship tournaments. Shannon Kleibrink made her 5th Scotties appearance after defeating the 2-time Scotties Silver Medalist Valerie Sweeting in the Alberta final; however, issues with back pain limited her performance. Marla Mallett of British Columbia and Stacie Curtis of Newfoundland and Labrador made their 4th Scotties appearances, as well as Mary Mattatall who was in her 5th as Team Nova Scotia after upsetting last year's Nova Scotia Champion Jill Brothers.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 41], "content_span": [42, 612]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272395-0001-0001", "contents": "2017 Scotties Tournament of Hearts, Teams\nPEI's Robyn MacPhee made her 8th Scotties appearance, \u00c8ve B\u00e9lisle of Quebec made her 3rd, and Kerry Galusha of the Northwest Territories made her 14th Scotties appearance. Geneva Chislett returned again for Team Nunavut, as did Sarah Koltun for the Yukon. The only two teams to make their Scotties debuts were Penny Barker of Saskatchewan and Melissa Adams of New Brunswick. Notably absent was the 5-time Scotties Champion and 12-time Manitoba Scotties champion, Jennifer Jones, who was defeated in the Manitoba Scotties Semifinal by Darcy Robertson, who lost to Michelle Englot (9-time Saskatchewan Scotties Champion) in the final.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 41], "content_span": [42, 674]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272395-0001-0002", "contents": "2017 Scotties Tournament of Hearts, Teams\nThe headline teams for this year's Scotties were last year's Silver Medalist Krista McCarville who defeated Tracy Fleury in Northern Ontario for the second year in a row, the 2-time Scotties Champion Rachel Homan who won the southern Ontario final against Jacqueline Harrison, and the defending Champions Chelsea Carey of Team Canada.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 41], "content_span": [42, 376]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272395-0002-0000", "contents": "2017 Scotties Tournament of Hearts, Teams\nSkip : Chelsea CareyThird: Amy NixonSecond: Jocelyn PetermanLead: Laine PetersAlternate: Susan O'Connor", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 41], "content_span": [42, 145]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272395-0003-0000", "contents": "2017 Scotties Tournament of Hearts, Teams\nSkip : Shannon KleibrinkThird: Lisa EyamieSecond: Sarah WilkesLead: Alison ThiessenAlternate: Heather Nedohin", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 41], "content_span": [42, 151]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272395-0004-0000", "contents": "2017 Scotties Tournament of Hearts, Teams\nSkip : Marla MallettThird: Shannon AleksicSecond: Brette RichardsLead: Blaine de JagerAlternate: Kristen Recksiedler", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 41], "content_span": [42, 158]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272395-0005-0000", "contents": "2017 Scotties Tournament of Hearts, Teams\nSkip : Michelle EnglotThird: Kate CameronSecond: Leslie Wilson-WestcottLead: Raunora WestcottAlternate: Krysten Karwacki", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 41], "content_span": [42, 162]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272395-0006-0000", "contents": "2017 Scotties Tournament of Hearts, Teams\nSkip : Melissa AdamsThird: Jennifer ArmstrongSecond: Cathlia WardLead: Katie ForwardAlternate: Jillian Babin-Keough", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 41], "content_span": [42, 157]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272395-0007-0000", "contents": "2017 Scotties Tournament of Hearts, Teams\nSkip : Stacie CurtisThird: Erin PorterSecond: Julie DevereauxLead: Erica TrickettAlternate: Shelley Hardy", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 41], "content_span": [42, 147]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272395-0008-0000", "contents": "2017 Scotties Tournament of Hearts, Teams\nSkip : Krista McCarvilleThird: Kendra LillySecond: Ashley SippalaLead: Sarah PottsAlternate: Oye-Sem Won Briand", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 41], "content_span": [42, 153]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272395-0009-0000", "contents": "2017 Scotties Tournament of Hearts, Teams\nSkip : Mary MattatallThird: Marg CutcliffeSecond: Jill Alcoe-HollandLead: Andrea SaulnierAlternate: Julie McEvoy", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 41], "content_span": [42, 154]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272395-0010-0000", "contents": "2017 Scotties Tournament of Hearts, Teams\nSkip : Rachel HomanThird: Emma MiskewSecond: Joanne CourtneyLead: Lisa WeagleAlternate: Cheryl Kreviazuk", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 41], "content_span": [42, 146]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272395-0011-0000", "contents": "2017 Scotties Tournament of Hearts, Teams\nSkip : Robyn MacPheeThird: Sarah FullertonSecond: Meaghan HughesLead: Michelle McQuaidAlternate: Rebecca Jean MacDonald", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 41], "content_span": [42, 161]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272395-0012-0000", "contents": "2017 Scotties Tournament of Hearts, Teams\nSkip : \u00c8ve B\u00e9lisleThird: Lauren MannSecond: Trish HillLead: Brittany O'RourkeAlternate: Pamela Nugent", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 41], "content_span": [42, 143]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272395-0013-0000", "contents": "2017 Scotties Tournament of Hearts, Teams\nSkip : Penny BarkerThird: Deanna DoigSecond: Lorraine SchneiderLead: Danielle SicinskiAlternate: Amber Holland", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 41], "content_span": [42, 152]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272395-0014-0000", "contents": "2017 Scotties Tournament of Hearts, Teams\nSkip : Kerry GalushaThird: Megan KoehlerSecond: Danielle Derry Lead: Sharon CormierAlternate: Shona Barbour", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 41], "content_span": [42, 149]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272395-0015-0000", "contents": "2017 Scotties Tournament of Hearts, Teams\nSkip : Geneva ChislettThird: Denise HutchingsSecond: Robyn MackeyLead: Jenine BodnerAlternate: Sadie Pinksen", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 41], "content_span": [42, 150]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272395-0016-0000", "contents": "2017 Scotties Tournament of Hearts, Teams\nSkip : Sarah KoltunThird: Chelsea DuncanSecond: Patty WallinghamLead: Jenna DuncanAlternate: Helen Strong", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 41], "content_span": [42, 147]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272395-0017-0000", "contents": "2017 Scotties Tournament of Hearts, Pre-Qualifying Tournament, Results\nAll draw times are listed in Eastern Standard Time (UTC\u22125).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 70], "content_span": [71, 130]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272395-0018-0000", "contents": "2017 Scotties Tournament of Hearts, Round robin results\nAll draw times are listed in Eastern Standard Time (UTC\u22125).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 55], "content_span": [56, 115]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272396-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 Scottish Borders Council election\nElections to Scottish Borders Council were held on 4 May 2017, the same day as the other Scottish local government elections. The election used the 11 wards created as a result of the Local Governance (Scotland) Act 2004, with each ward electing three or four Councillors using the single transferable vote system, a form of proportional representation, with 34 councillors elected.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [38, 38], "content_span": [39, 421]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272396-0001-0000", "contents": "2017 Scottish Borders Council election\nFollowing the 2012 election, the Scottish National Party formed a coalition with the support of the Independents and the Liberal Democrats. The Borders Party also supported this administration. This replaced the previous Conservative-Lib Dem-Independent coalition which existed from 2007-2012.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [38, 38], "content_span": [39, 332]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272396-0002-0000", "contents": "2017 Scottish Borders Council election\nThe council was the first to reveal its administration after the election, with the Conservative group forming a coalition with independents to rule the council. New Tweeddale East councillor Shona Haslam will become its leader formally on 18 May. Outgoing independent leader, David Parker, will become the council's new convener.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [38, 38], "content_span": [39, 369]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272397-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 Scottish Challenge Cup Final\nThe 2017 Scottish Challenge Cup Final, also known as the Irn-Bru Cup Final for sponsorship reasons, is a football match that took place on 25 March 2017 at Fir Park, between Dundee United and St Mirren. It was the 26th final of the Scottish Challenge Cup since it was first organised in 1990 to celebrate the centenary of the now defunct Scottish Football League and the fourth since the Scottish Professional Football League was formed. Both teams progressed through four elimination rounds to reach the final. The match was won by Dundee United 2 - 1, marking their first win in the tournament since its inception and their first silverware since the 2009-10 Scottish Cup final.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [33, 33], "content_span": [34, 714]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272397-0001-0000", "contents": "2017 Scottish Challenge Cup Final, Route to the final\nThe competition is a knock-out tournament and was contested by 52 teams from Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland in 2016-17. Those participating were the 30 clubs that played in the 2016\u201317 Championship, League One and League Two of the Scottish Professional Football League along with the top four teams from the 2015\u201316 Highland and Lowland Leagues (East Stirlingshire, who were relegated from the SPFL, took the place of the Lowland League champions Edinburgh City, who promoted in their place).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 53], "content_span": [54, 553]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272397-0001-0001", "contents": "2017 Scottish Challenge Cup Final, Route to the final\nThe top two teams from the 2015\u201316 Welsh Premier League and 2015\u201316 NIFL Premiership and the U20s squads of the teams competing in the 2016\u201317 Premiership were also invited to compete. For the first three rounds, the draw was divided into two geographical regions \u2013 north and south. These draws were seeded to avoid U20s teams and Highland and Lowland League sides from being drawn against each other. From round four onwards, the draw was regionalised to keep Welsh and Northern Irish teams apart.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 53], "content_span": [54, 552]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272397-0002-0000", "contents": "2017 Scottish Challenge Cup Final, Route to the final\nAs both clubs play in the Championship, they received a bye to the third round.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 53], "content_span": [54, 133]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272398-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 Scottish Cup Final\nThe 2017 Scottish Cup Final was the 132nd final of the Scottish Cup and the final of the 2016\u201317 Scottish Cup, the most prestigious knockout football competition in Scotland. The match took place at Hampden Park on 27 May 2017 and was contested by Celtic and Aberdeen.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [23, 23], "content_span": [24, 292]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272398-0001-0000", "contents": "2017 Scottish Cup Final\nThe fixture was a repeat of the finals in 1937, 1954 and 1967 won by Celtic, and in 1970, 1984 and 1990 won by Aberdeen.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [23, 23], "content_span": [24, 144]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272398-0002-0000", "contents": "2017 Scottish Cup Final\nCeltic won the game 2\u20131 to complete an undefeated domestic treble.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [23, 23], "content_span": [24, 90]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272398-0003-0000", "contents": "2017 Scottish Cup Final, Match, Summary\nJonny Hayes opened the scoring for Aberdeen in the 9th minute with a low left foot volley from seven yards out after a corner from the right by Niall McGinn. Two minutes later Stuart Armstrong made it 1-1 with a left foot shot to the right corner from just outside the penalty area. In the 92nd minute, Tom Rogic got the winning goal when he received the ball 40 yards out and made his way into the right side of the penalty area before clipping the ball with his right foot over the goalkeeper from three yards out from a tight angle.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 39], "content_span": [40, 575]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272399-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 Scottish Labour leadership election\nThe 2017 Scottish Labour Party leadership election was triggered on 29 August 2017 by the resignation of Kezia Dugdale as leader of the Scottish Labour Party, having led the party for two years. MSP Jackie Baillie was acting interim leader for the last week of the election after Alex Rowley, the original interim leader, was suspended from the party over allegations of a criminal nature.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [40, 40], "content_span": [41, 430]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272399-0001-0000", "contents": "2017 Scottish Labour leadership election\nRichard Leonard was elected as leader on 18 November 2017.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [40, 40], "content_span": [41, 99]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272399-0002-0000", "contents": "2017 Scottish Labour leadership election, Background\nKezia Dugdale announced her resignation from the Scottish Labour Party leadership on 29 August 2017, saying that she was leaving the party in a better state than she had found it, but that the best thing for the party would be to \"pass the baton on\".", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 52], "content_span": [53, 303]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272399-0003-0000", "contents": "2017 Scottish Labour leadership election, Background\nUnder her leadership, Scottish Labour finished in third place at the 2016 Holyrood election, losing thirteen seats; their worst performance since devolution began in 1999 and were overtaken as the largest opposition party by the Scottish Conservatives.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 52], "content_span": [53, 305]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272399-0004-0000", "contents": "2017 Scottish Labour leadership election, Background\nThe party also finished in third place at the 2017 local elections, losing 133 councillors.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 52], "content_span": [53, 144]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272399-0005-0000", "contents": "2017 Scottish Labour leadership election, Background\nScottish Labour finished in third place at the 2017 UK snap general election, though it gained seven seats, an increase of six seats from the 2015 general election, before her leadership began and while she was deputy leader. This was the first time Labour had finished in third place at a general election in Scotland since 1918.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 52], "content_span": [53, 383]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272399-0006-0000", "contents": "2017 Scottish Labour leadership election, Procedure\nAs with the previous leadership election, the election was held under one-person-one-vote from an electorate of members, affiliated supporters and registered supporters.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 51], "content_span": [52, 221]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272399-0007-0000", "contents": "2017 Scottish Labour leadership election, Procedure\nLeadership candidates needed to be an MP, MSP or MEP, and need the support of at least 15%, or five, of the thirty-two Scottish Labour MPs, MSPs and MEPs.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 51], "content_span": [52, 206]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272399-0008-0000", "contents": "2017 Scottish Labour leadership election, Procedure\nDuring the 'supporting nominations' period, local Labour Party groups (CLPs) across the country were offered the opportunity to hold a symbolic ballot in which their membership could vote for their preferred candidate, so that the winner would be officially endorsed by that CLP. Of the 73 Scottish Parliament constituencies there will only be up to 70 supporting nominations submitted, as three pairs of corresponding CLPs, typically pairs of geographical neighbours, were involved in an arrangement whereby the two CLPs will submit any nomination vote they may decide to cast together as one. On this occasion, the three joint CLPs are Dundee City Labour Party (formed of Dundee East and Dundee West), Perth and Kinross Labour Party (formed of Perthshire North and Perthshire South and Kinross-shire), and Dumfries and Galloway Labour Party (formed of Dumfriesshire and Galloway and West Dumfries).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 51], "content_span": [52, 952]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272399-0009-0000", "contents": "2017 Scottish Labour leadership election, Campaign\nIn early September 2017, Richard Leonard and Anas Sarwar announced that they would be running for the leadership. Leonard appointed Danielle Rowley as his campaign chair, whilst Sarwar appointed Pauline McNeill and Martin Whitfield as his campaign co-chairs. They both wrote for the Sunday Mail to pay tribute to Dugdale and Corbyn, praise the party's platform and decry nationalism. Sarwar has been described as a centrist and on the party's centre-left, and describes himself as a Brownite. Leonard is more associated with the left-wing of the party, and emphasised the consistency in his positions and his support for Labour leader, Jeremy Corbyn.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 50], "content_span": [51, 701]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272399-0010-0000", "contents": "2017 Scottish Labour leadership election, Campaign\nSupporters of Leonard criticised Sarwar as a \u2033careerist\u2033 for changing his mind about Corbyn, having called for him to consider his position in a letter ahead of the national party's 2016 leadership election. When asked, Leonard didn't have a ready answer as to whether he'd changed his view on anything in the last thirty or forty years.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 50], "content_span": [51, 388]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272399-0011-0000", "contents": "2017 Scottish Labour leadership election, Campaign\nCandidates were required to receive at least five supporting nominations from Scottish Labour parliamentarians across Westminster, Holyrood and the European Parliament. Both easily reached this, with Leonard receiving nine and Sarwar receiving fifteen. Whilst Sarwar received more nominations from Labour MSPs, Leonard received the backing of the majority of Scottish Labour MPs, as well as supporting nominations from six affiliated trade unions by 29 September.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 50], "content_span": [51, 514]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272399-0012-0000", "contents": "2017 Scottish Labour leadership election, Campaign\nThe candidates praised each other's work, and both sought to introduce \"progressive taxation\" at Holyrood to fund the NHS and education, describing themselves as \u2033proud socialists\u2033. Sarwar presented himself as a unity candidate, but Leonard accused him of disunity for his prior opposition to Corbyn's leadership.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 50], "content_span": [51, 364]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272399-0013-0000", "contents": "2017 Scottish Labour leadership election, Campaign\nOn policy, Sarwar declared his support for public ownership of railways and tougher laws on employment rights. Leonard pledged tough rent controls and the introduction of workers' right-to-buy, alongside consideration of broader public ownership. Both candidates made clear their ambitions to become Scotland's next First Minister. Following criticism for both candidates and deputy Alex Rowley being men, both candidates made campaign promises relating to women's rights and representation. Leonard pledged to set up a training academy to make Labour's candidates \u2033as diverse as the electorate\u2033 by supporting female, LGBT, BME and disabled members towards candidacy. Sarwar pledged to create a second deputy leader post to ensure greater gender balance and to ensure at least half of Labour's Holyrood frontbench are women, alongside a commission to tackle the gender pay gap.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 50], "content_span": [51, 928]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272399-0014-0000", "contents": "2017 Scottish Labour leadership election, Campaign\nSarwar proposed a tax plan, including raising income tax on high earners further than the party's previous position and reducing income on low earners from 20% to 15%, to raise a further \u00a3700 million in tax revenue. He argued that this money could fund a reversal of disability benefit cuts, means-tested child tax credits of \u00a310 a week and public sector pay increases. Leonard subsequently released tax proposals to introduce two new income tax bands for people earning more than \u00a370,000 and \u00a3100,000, as well as a 1% windfall tax on Scotland's wealthiest individuals to raise \u00a33.7 billion. The Scottish government confirmed that this windfall tax would not be possible without further powers being given to the Scottish government by the UK government.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 50], "content_span": [51, 805]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272399-0015-0000", "contents": "2017 Scottish Labour leadership election, Campaign\nLeonard also proposed strengthening the powers of local government, a \"massive\" housebuilding scheme, higher child benefits and a new national energy company. Sarwar proposed a guaranteed job, training place or place in further education for every school leaver as well as support for the UK to remain a permanent member of the EU single market.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 50], "content_span": [51, 396]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272399-0016-0000", "contents": "2017 Scottish Labour leadership election, Campaign\nOn 24 September, the Huffington Post reported that Unite had signed up 2,700 Unite members to the political levy, allowing them to vote in the leadership contest. This was in addition to 5,000 existing levy-payers. The Huffington Post reported that as a result, Unite members could end up comprising a third of the entire electorate.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 50], "content_span": [51, 384]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272399-0017-0000", "contents": "2017 Scottish Labour leadership election, Campaign\nAfter supporting nominations closed on 13 October, it was reported that forty-three Constituency Labour Parties had nominated Leonard (covering forty-five actual constituencies due to two nominations from joint CLPs), sixteen had nominated Sarwar (covering seventeen actual constituencies due to one joint CLP nomination) and eleven had made no supporting nomination. One report estimated that the vote totals in these nomination meetings, in which only full members could vote, came to 58.5% for Leonard and 41.5% for Sarwar.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 50], "content_span": [51, 577]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272399-0018-0000", "contents": "2017 Scottish Labour leadership election, Campaign\nA lot of the early campaign focused on Sarwar's background. Both candidates had attended private schools in their youth, and Sarwar sent his own children to a private school. When asked, Sarwar said that he did so because too many schools \u2033simply aren't good enough\u2033, but that he was in the Labour Party to change inequality.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 50], "content_span": [51, 376]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272399-0018-0001", "contents": "2017 Scottish Labour leadership election, Campaign\nSarwar faced criticism from Leonard's supporters and the Scottish National Party for his stake in his family business, with some describing him as \u2033one of the few\u2033 in Labour's 2017 general election slogan \u2033for the many, not the few\u2033. The firm does not recognise trade unions or pay wages at the level advocated by the Labour Party. Sarwar emphasised that he was a minority shareholder who has no role in running the company, though he admitted receiving hundreds of thousands of pounds in dividends from his stake, which is said to be worth \u00a34,800,000. Following this criticism, Sarwar relinquished his shares in the firm, putting them in a trust that his children could access once they reached adulthood.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 50], "content_span": [51, 757]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272399-0019-0000", "contents": "2017 Scottish Labour leadership election, Campaign\nLeonard would be the first English-born leader of the Scottish Labour Party, leading his opponents to suggest that his Englishness might make it hard to connect with the people the party needs to win over.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 50], "content_span": [51, 256]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272399-0020-0000", "contents": "2017 Scottish Labour leadership election, Campaign\nSarwar's campaign received legal advice regarding Unite's sign-up processes, which it described as bringing the leadership contest into \"serious question\". Whilst Leonard's campaign was concerned that Sarwar might make a legal challenge, Sarwar's campaign ruled this out \"in the interests of party unity\".", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 50], "content_span": [51, 356]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272399-0021-0000", "contents": "2017 Scottish Labour leadership election, Candidates\nHealth Spokesperson (since 2016)Acting Leader of the Scottish Labour Party (2014)Deputy Leader of the Scottish Labour Party (2011\u20132014)MP for Glasgow Central (2010\u20132015)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 52], "content_span": [53, 223]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272399-0022-0000", "contents": "2017 Scottish Labour leadership election, Candidates\n\u2020 CLPs not nominating any candidate: Aberdeen South and North Kincardine; Angus South; Edinburgh Pentlands; Aberdeen Donside.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 52], "content_span": [53, 178]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272399-0023-0000", "contents": "2017 Scottish Labour leadership election, Candidates\nThe following seven constituencies remain unaccounted for: Argyll and Bute; Banffshire and Buchan Coast; Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross; Linlithgow; Mid Fife and Glenrothes; Moray; Skye, Lochaber and Badenoch.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 52], "content_span": [53, 269]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272400-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 Scottish League Cup Final\nThe 2017 Scottish League Cup Final was the 72nd final of the Scottish League Cup and took place on 26 November 2017 at Hampden Park, Glasgow. The clubs contesting the final were Motherwell and Celtic. Celtic won the match 2\u20130, winning their 17th League Cup title.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [30, 30], "content_span": [31, 294]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272400-0001-0000", "contents": "2017 Scottish League Cup Final, Route to the final, Motherwell\nMotherwell won Group F to qualify for the second round, winning all four games against Queen's Park, Greenock Morton, Edinburgh City and Berwick Rangers.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 62], "content_span": [63, 216]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272400-0002-0000", "contents": "2017 Scottish League Cup Final, Route to the final, Motherwell\nMotherwell were seeded for the second round draw and were drawn to face Group D runners-up Ross County away from home on 9 August. The Steelmen required extra time to see off a spirited home side, with Ross MacLean scoring the decisive goal eight minutes from the final whistle", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 62], "content_span": [63, 340]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272400-0003-0000", "contents": "2017 Scottish League Cup Final, Route to the final, Motherwell\nStephen Robinson's faced Aberdeen at Fir Park in the quarter-finals on 21 September. A Peter Hartley header, bookended by a Louis Moult double, secured Motherwell's place in the semi-finals.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 62], "content_span": [63, 253]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272400-0004-0000", "contents": "2017 Scottish League Cup Final, Route to the final, Motherwell\nRangers provided the opposition at Hampden Park on 22 October. In a match filled with controversial refereeing decisions, another brace from Louis Moult sent Motherwell to the final.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 62], "content_span": [63, 245]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272400-0005-0000", "contents": "2017 Scottish League Cup Final, Route to the final, Celtic\nAs Celtic participated in European competition, they received a bye through the 2017\u201318 Scottish League Cup group stage. The holders were seeded for the second round draw and were drawn at home to face Group E runners-up Kilmarnock on 8 August. A brace from Leigh Griffiths and goals from Anthony Ralston, Kieran Tierney and Stuart Armstrong secured a 5\u20130 victory.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 58], "content_span": [59, 423]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272400-0006-0000", "contents": "2017 Scottish League Cup Final, Route to the final, Celtic\nCeltic visited Dundee in the quarter-finals on 20 September. The Dark Blues were unable to contain Brendan Rodgers' side, with James Forrest, Scott Sinclair and Callum McGregor all on the scoresheet in a 4\u20130 win.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 58], "content_span": [59, 271]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272400-0007-0000", "contents": "2017 Scottish League Cup Final, Route to the final, Celtic\nCeltic faced Hibernian in the semi-final at Hampden Park on 21 October. Two goals each from Mikael Lustig and Moussa Demb\u00e9l\u00e9 booked Celtic's place in the 2017 final, presenting the Bhoys with the opportunity to defend the trophy.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 58], "content_span": [59, 288]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272400-0008-0000", "contents": "2017 Scottish League Cup Final, Match, Summary\nFollowing a goalless first half, James Forrest gave Celtic the lead four minutes after the interval, controlling a Callum McGregor pass before curling the ball with his left foot into the far left corner of the net. On the hour mark, Craig Thomson awarded the Glasgow side a controversial penalty after C\u00e9dric Kipr\u00e9 was adjudged to have fouled Scott Sinclair. The French defender was red-carded and compatriot Moussa Demb\u00e9l\u00e9 converted the resultant penalty, shooting low to the centre of the net to secure back-to-back League Cup triumphs for the Scottish champions.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 46], "content_span": [47, 613]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272401-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 Scottish Open (snooker)\nThe 2017 Dafabet Scottish Open was a professional ranking snooker tournament that took place from 11 to 17 December 2017 at the Emirates Arena in Glasgow, Scotland. It was the twelfth ranking event of the 2017/2018 season and a part of the Home Nations Series.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [28, 28], "content_span": [29, 289]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272401-0001-0000", "contents": "2017 Scottish Open (snooker)\nMarco Fu was the defending champion, but he lost 4\u20133 to Xiao Guodong in the last 16.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [28, 28], "content_span": [29, 113]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272401-0002-0000", "contents": "2017 Scottish Open (snooker)\nCao Yupeng made his first professional maximum break in the third frame of his first round match against Andrew Higginson. It was the 134th official maximum in professional competition.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [28, 28], "content_span": [29, 214]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272401-0003-0000", "contents": "2017 Scottish Open (snooker)\nNeil Robertson won the tournament, coming from 4\u20138 down to win 9\u20138 in the final against Cao Yupeng.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [28, 28], "content_span": [29, 128]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272401-0004-0000", "contents": "2017 Scottish Open (snooker), Prize fund\nThe breakdown of prize money for this year is shown below:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 40], "content_span": [41, 99]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272401-0005-0000", "contents": "2017 Scottish Open (snooker), Prize fund\nThe \"rolling 147 prize\" for a maximum break stood at \u00a320,000", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 40], "content_span": [41, 101]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272401-0006-0000", "contents": "2017 Scottish Open (snooker), Century breaks\nA total of 73 century breaks were made during the competition.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 44], "content_span": [45, 107]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272402-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 Scottish Open Grand Prix\nThe 2017 Scottish Open Grand Prix was a badminton tournament which took place at Emirates Arena in Glasgow in the Scotland from 22 to 26 November 2017 and had a total purse of $65,000.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [29, 29], "content_span": [30, 214]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272402-0001-0000", "contents": "2017 Scottish Open Grand Prix, Tournament\nThe 2017 Scottish Open Grand Prix was the seventeenth Grand Prix's badminton tournament of the 2017 BWF Grand Prix Gold and Grand Prix and also part of the Scottish Open championships. This tournament organized by the Badminton Scotland, with sanction from the BWF.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 41], "content_span": [42, 307]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272402-0002-0000", "contents": "2017 Scottish Open Grand Prix, Tournament, Venue\nThis international tournament was held at Emirates Arena in Glasgow, Scotland.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 48], "content_span": [49, 127]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272402-0003-0000", "contents": "2017 Scottish Open Grand Prix, Tournament, Point distribution\nBelow is the table with the point distribution for each phase of the tournament based on the BWF points system for the Grand Prix event.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 61], "content_span": [62, 198]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272402-0004-0000", "contents": "2017 Scottish Open Grand Prix, Tournament, Prize money\nThe total prize money for this year tournament is US$65,000. Distribution of prize money will be in accordance with BWF regulations.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 54], "content_span": [55, 187]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272403-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 Scottish Open darts\nThe 2017 Scottish Open was the 45th edition of the Scottish Open. Cameron Menzies won the men's tournament whilst Fallon Sherrock won the women's. Menzies was the first Scottish player to win the open since 2007, when Gary Anderson won. All four semi-finalists in the men's tournament were below 50th in the BDO darts rankings. In the women's tournament it was Sherrock's first victory since the Finder Masters 2015.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [24, 24], "content_span": [25, 441]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272404-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 Scottish Rally Championship\nThe Scottish Rally Championship is a rallying series run throughout Scotland over the course of a year, that comprises seven gravel surface events.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [32, 32], "content_span": [33, 180]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272404-0001-0000", "contents": "2017 Scottish Rally Championship\nThe 2017 season began in the snow-covered forest tracks around Inverness on 18 February, with the season finale taking place around Castle Douglas on 9 September. Driver Jock Armstrong and regular co-driver Paula Swinscoe started the season as defending champions having won the 2016 Championship.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [32, 32], "content_span": [33, 330]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272404-0002-0000", "contents": "2017 Scottish Rally Championship\nAberdeen based haulage company ARR Craib sponsored the series for the fifth year in a row.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [32, 32], "content_span": [33, 123]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272404-0003-0000", "contents": "2017 Scottish Rally Championship\nFollowing the Grampian Stages in August Euan Thorburn and regular co-driver Paul Beaton were declared champions in their Ford Fiesta R5. With only one event left to run the pair were uncatchable in the points table.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [32, 32], "content_span": [33, 248]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272404-0004-0000", "contents": "2017 Scottish Rally Championship, 2017 calendar\nFor season 2017 there was seven events held predominantly on gravel surfaces.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 47], "content_span": [48, 125]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272404-0005-0000", "contents": "2017 Scottish Rally Championship, 2017 calendar, Calendar changes\nDue to calendar changes within the British Rally Championship, the Scottish Rally, usually held in June was brought forward to May. June, meanwhile welcomed a new event to the calendar, the Argyll Rally which saw a return to the forests of Cowal after an absence of 14 years.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 65], "content_span": [66, 341]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272404-0006-0000", "contents": "2017 Scottish Rally Championship, Drivers' championship standings\n* * Euan Thorburn finished second overall on the Galloway Hills Rally but, having already won the SRC title, was not registered for SRC points. This was to avoid affecting championship runner-up positions.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 65], "content_span": [66, 271]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272404-0007-0000", "contents": "2017 Scottish Rally Championship, Drivers' championship standings\nPoints are awarded to the highest placed registered drivers on each event as follows: 30, 28, 27, 26, and so on down to 1 point. At the end of the season, competitors nominate their best 6 scores out of the 7 events as their final overall Championship score.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 65], "content_span": [66, 324]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272405-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 Scottish Women's Cup\nThe 2017 SWF Scottish Cup is the national cup competition in Scottish women's football. All teams in the Scottish Women's Football League and SWPL 1 & 2 are eligible to enter.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [25, 25], "content_span": [26, 201]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272405-0001-0000", "contents": "2017 Scottish Women's Cup, Final\nThe final was played on Sunday, 26 November 2017. Kick off was at 4.10pm at the Tony Macaroni Arena, Livingston, West Lothian.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 32], "content_span": [33, 159]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272405-0002-0000", "contents": "2017 Scottish Women's Cup, Final\nHibernian won the final 3\u20130 against Glasgow City. It was their second Scottish Cup win in a row, defeating the same opposition. During the match, Hibs player Siobhan Hunter struck a 40-yard free kick into the top right corner of the Glasgow City goal for the second goal of the match; it won the Women's Soccer United goal of the month trophy.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 32], "content_span": [33, 376]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272406-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 Scottish Women's Football League First Division\nThe 2017 Scottish Women's Football League First Division, commonly known as SWFL 1, is the second season of the Scottish Women's Football League First Division, the third tier of women's football in Scotland since its reconstruction at the end of the 2015 season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 52], "section_span": [52, 52], "content_span": [53, 316]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272406-0001-0000", "contents": "2017 Scottish Women's Football League First Division\nThe leagues are split into two regional divisions of 12 teams each, North and South. The change was made to increase competitiveness in the league.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 52], "section_span": [52, 52], "content_span": [53, 200]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272406-0002-0000", "contents": "2017 Scottish Women's Football League First Division\nCentral Girls won the North division and Kilmarnock won the South division. Both were promoted to SWPL 2 for the 2018 season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 52], "section_span": [52, 52], "content_span": [53, 178]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272407-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 Scottish Women's Premier League\nThe 2017 Scottish Women's Premier League season was the 16th season of the Scottish Women's Premier League, the highest division of women's football in Scotland since its inception in 2002.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [36, 36], "content_span": [37, 226]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272407-0001-0000", "contents": "2017 Scottish Women's Premier League\nThe Premier League is split into two divisions of eight teams each. The divisions are named SWPL 1 and SWPL 2.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [36, 36], "content_span": [37, 147]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272407-0002-0000", "contents": "2017 Scottish Women's Premier League\nGlasgow City won the SWPL 1 title unbeaten. It was their eleventh consecutive title.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [36, 36], "content_span": [37, 121]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272407-0003-0000", "contents": "2017 Scottish Women's Premier League, SWPL 1, Format\nTeams played each other three times, with the bottom placed team being relegated after the season. The SWPL2 plays the same format with the winning team being promoted.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 52], "content_span": [53, 221]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272407-0004-0000", "contents": "2017 Scottish Women's Premier League, Awards, Monthly awards\nThe \"Player of the Month\" award was first awarded in September 2017.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 60], "content_span": [61, 129]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272408-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 Scottish local elections\nThe 2017 Scottish local elections were held on Thursday 4 May, in all 32 local authorities. The SNP retained its position as the largest party in terms of votes and councillors, despite suffering minor losses. The Conservatives made gains and displaced Labour as the second largest party, while the Liberal Democrats suffered a net loss of councillors despite increasing their share of the vote. Minor parties and independents polled well; and independent councillors retained majority control over the three island councils. For the first time since the local government reforms in 1995, all mainland councils fell under no overall control.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [29, 29], "content_span": [30, 671]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272408-0001-0000", "contents": "2017 Scottish local elections, Background\nThe previous election was in 2012. Normally these elections take place every four years, but this election was postponed for a year in order to avoid conflicting with the 2016 Scottish Parliament election.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 41], "content_span": [42, 247]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272408-0002-0000", "contents": "2017 Scottish local elections, Background\nOnce again the local elections, held under the Single Transferable Vote system, were counted electronically, using the same system used in 2012. The tender was awarded to CGI (formerly Logica) and Idox Elections (formerly Opt2vote), both of which delivered the 2012 elections successfully.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 41], "content_span": [42, 331]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272408-0003-0000", "contents": "2017 Scottish local elections, Background, Eligibility to vote\nAll registered electors (British, Irish, Commonwealth and European Union citizens) who were aged 16 or over on polling day were entitled to vote in the local elections.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 62], "content_span": [63, 231]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272408-0003-0001", "contents": "2017 Scottish local elections, Background, Eligibility to vote\nA person who had two homes (such as a university student who has a term-time address and lives at home during holidays) could register to vote at both addresses as long as they are not in the same electoral area and can vote for two different councils, albeit only in two different local elections; however, it is an offence to vote twice in the same type of election and doing so may incur a fine of up to \u00a35,000.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 62], "content_span": [63, 477]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272408-0004-0000", "contents": "2017 Scottish local elections, Background, Eligibility to vote\nIndividuals must have registered to vote by midnight twelve working days before polling day (17 April 2017). Anyone who qualified as an anonymous elector had until midnight on 25 April 2017 to register.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 62], "content_span": [63, 265]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272408-0005-0000", "contents": "2017 Scottish local elections, Party performance\nFollowing the election, SNP leader Nicola Sturgeon played down the threat posed by the Conservatives to her party, asserting that the good performance by the Conservatives was on account of Labour support going to the Conservatives and not because of any shift in SNP voters.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 48], "content_span": [49, 324]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272408-0006-0000", "contents": "2017 Scottish local elections, Party performance\nScottish Conservative leader Ruth Davidson asserted a \"Scottish fightback against the SNP\" and said that the results represented a resurgence for the Conservatives, despite the fact that the SNP's 1st preference vote percentage had not changed since the 2012 election.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 48], "content_span": [49, 317]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272408-0007-0000", "contents": "2017 Scottish local elections, Party performance\nScottish Labour leader Kezia Dugdale admitted the results were disappointing for her party, while the Scottish Liberal Democrats leader Willie Rennie said the council results showed his party could stand against the SNP tide in key northern constituencies.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 48], "content_span": [49, 305]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272408-0008-0000", "contents": "2017 Scottish local elections, Aftermath, Aberdeenshire\nThe Scottish Conservatives returned the most councillors, the first time it has been the largest party in the region since the 1982 election, when the area was under the Grampian Regional Council, although they were stopped short of an overall majority. The number of Scottish National Party councillors fell by a quarter but remained the second largest group. The Scottish Liberal Democrats picked up a couple of seats while the other parties gained roughly the same results as the previous election.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 55], "content_span": [56, 557]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272408-0009-0000", "contents": "2017 Scottish local elections, Aftermath, Aberdeenshire\nOn 18 May, the Conservatives, Liberal Democrats and Aligned Independents formed an administration, with Jim Gifford (Conservative) elected as council leader and Bill Howatson (Liberal Democrat) was made Provost.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 55], "content_span": [56, 267]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272408-0010-0000", "contents": "2017 Scottish local elections, Aftermath, Argyll and Bute\nThe SNP became the largest party on the council for the first time, as the Independent group lost a third of its seats compared to the previous election. The Conservatives gained five seats and the Liberal Democrats gained two, but both remained in their respective places as the two smaller parties.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 57], "content_span": [58, 358]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272408-0011-0000", "contents": "2017 Scottish local elections, Aftermath, Argyll and Bute\nDespite the SNP's position, a coalition was formed of Conservatives, Liberal Democrats and Independents, referred to as The Argyll Lomond and the Isles Group (TALIG). Aileen Morton, leader of the group, was elected as council leader.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 57], "content_span": [58, 291]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272408-0012-0000", "contents": "2017 Scottish local elections, Aftermath, Fife\nThe Scottish National Party replaced Scottish Labour as the largest party for the first time in the Fife region, although they did not gain enough seats to form a majority. The Scottish Conservatives made the most gains, replacing the Scottish Liberal Democrats as the third biggest party. The election also returned no Independent councillors, marking the first time the area will be without any Independent representation since the creation of Fife Regional Council in 1974.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 46], "content_span": [47, 523]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272408-0013-0000", "contents": "2017 Scottish local elections, Aftermath, Fife\nOn 18 May, the two largest parties of the new council, the SNP and Scottish Labour, signed a Power Sharing Agreement to co-run an administration. David Alexander (SNP) and David Ross (Labour) were made co-leaders, and Jim Leishman remained in his role as Provost.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 46], "content_span": [47, 310]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272408-0014-0000", "contents": "2017 Scottish local elections, Aftermath, Glasgow\nThe SNP replaced Labour as the biggest party; although without a majority it ended Labour's 37-year-long control of the council. The Conservatives increased its number of councillors from 1 to 8, their highest since 1984, while the Scottish Green Party also made a couple of gains to reach their highest ever level in Glasgow. This council is the first without any Liberal representation since 1974.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 49], "content_span": [50, 449]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272408-0015-0000", "contents": "2017 Scottish local elections, Aftermath, Glasgow\nThe SNP took control of the council as a minority administration with SNP members filling the positions of council leader, depute council leader, and Lord Provost.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 49], "content_span": [50, 213]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272408-0016-0000", "contents": "2017 Scottish local elections, Results\nThe table has been arranged according to popular vote, not the number of seats won.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 38], "content_span": [39, 122]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272408-0017-0000", "contents": "2017 Scottish local elections, Boundary changes\nPrior to the 2017 elections, changes were made to council ward boundaries in 25 council areas. This meant that comparisons with the actual results from 2012 were inaccurate due to a small increase in the total number of seats (from 1,223 to 1,227), different boundaries, and some wards having their number of councillors adjusted. These changes led BBC News, using work done by Professor David Denver of Lancaster University, to estimate what the results would have been in 2012 if the new boundaries and seat numbers had been in place for that election.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 47], "content_span": [48, 602]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272409-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 Seattle Mariners season\nThe 2017 Seattle Mariners season was the 41st season in franchise history. The Mariners played their 18th full season (19th overall) at Safeco Field and finished with a record of 78\u201384. They failed to qualify for the postseason, extending their drought to 16 years (having last qualified for the postseason in 2001). In addition to being the longest current streak in MLB, the drought became the longest currently in the four major North American professional sports when the National Football League's Buffalo Bills made it to the playoffs in December of that year.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [28, 28], "content_span": [29, 595]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272409-0001-0000", "contents": "2017 Seattle Mariners season, Offseason and spring training\nThe Mariners added many players in a busy offseason, including pitchers Yovani Gallardo and Drew Smyly, and outfielder Jarrod Dyson. Additionally, the team acquired shortstop Jean Segura and outfielder Mitch Haniger from the Arizona Diamondbacks in exchange for pitcher Taijuan Walker and shortstop Ketel Marte. Other players given up in trades included outfielder Seth Smith and pitcher Nate Karns. The team finished with a 19\u201314 win\u2013loss record in preseason spring training, the second best record in the Cactus League. Their three ties are not included in the standings.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 59], "content_span": [60, 633]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272409-0002-0000", "contents": "2017 Seattle Mariners season, Regular season\nOn September 5, 2017, in a game against the Houston Astros, Ryan Garton became the 40th pitcher used by the Mariners in the 2017 season, tying the single-season record held by the 2014 Texas Rangers.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 44], "content_span": [45, 244]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272409-0003-0000", "contents": "2017 Seattle Mariners season, Statistics, Batting\n(Through October 1, 2017)Players in bold are on the active roster.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 49], "content_span": [50, 116]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272409-0004-0000", "contents": "2017 Seattle Mariners season, Statistics, Batting\nNote: G = Games played; AB = At bats; R = Runs; H = Hits; 2B = Doubles; 3B = Triples; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in; SB = Stolen bases; BB = Walks; K = Strikeouts; Avg. = Batting average; OBP = On Base Percentage; SLG = Slugging Percentage;", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 49], "content_span": [50, 297]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272409-0005-0000", "contents": "2017 Seattle Mariners season, Statistics, Pitching\n(Through October 1, 2017)Players in bold are on the active roster.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 50], "content_span": [51, 117]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272409-0006-0000", "contents": "2017 Seattle Mariners season, Statistics, Pitching\nNote: W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; G = Games pitched; GS = Games started; SV = Saves; IP = Innings pitched; R = Runs allowed; ER = Earned runs allowed; BB = Walks allowed; K = Strikeouts", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 50], "content_span": [51, 256]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272410-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 Seattle Reign FC season\nThe 2017 Seattle Reign FC season was the club's fifth season of play in the National Women's Soccer League (NWSL), the top division of women's soccer in the United States.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [28, 28], "content_span": [29, 200]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272410-0001-0000", "contents": "2017 Seattle Reign FC season\nIncorporating schedule disruptions caused by the 2015 FIFA Women's World Cup and the 2016 Summer Olympics, teams competed in 24 games during the regular season, a schedule last played during the 2014 season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [28, 28], "content_span": [29, 236]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272410-0002-0000", "contents": "2017 Seattle Reign FC season, Club, Current roster\nNote: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 50], "content_span": [51, 179]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272410-0003-0000", "contents": "2017 Seattle Reign FC season, Competitions, Regular season, Regular-season standings\nLast updated: October 2, 2017Source: Pld = Matches played; Pts = Points; W = Matches won; T = Matches tied; L = Matches lost; GF = Goals for; GA = Goals against; GD = Goal difference", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 84], "content_span": [85, 269]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272410-0004-0000", "contents": "2017 Seattle Reign FC season, Awards, Team season awards\nReign FC team season awards are voted on by the players, coaches, and technical staff at the club.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 56], "content_span": [57, 155]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272410-0005-0000", "contents": "2017 Seattle Reign FC season, Transfers\nFor transfers in, dates listed are when the Reign FC officially signed the players to the roster. Transactions where only the rights to the players are acquired (e.g., draft picks) are not listed, and amateur call-ups are not considered official signings either. For transfers out, dates listed are when the Reign FC officially removed the players from its roster, not when they signed with another club. If a player later signed with another club, her new club will be noted, but the date listed here remains the one when she was officially removed from the Reign FC roster.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 39], "content_span": [40, 615]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272410-0006-0000", "contents": "2017 Seattle Reign FC season, Transfers, In, Draft picks\nDraft picks are not automatically signed to the team roster. Only those who are signed to a contract will be listed as transfers in. Only trades involving draft picks and executed during the 2017 NWSL College Draft will be listed in the notes.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 56], "content_span": [57, 300]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272411-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 Seattle Seahawks season\nThe 2017 season was the Seattle Seahawks' 42nd in the National Football League and their eighth under head coach Pete Carroll. The Seahawks tried to improve their 10\u20135\u20131 record from 2016. However, it did not happen because of injuries to key defensive players and poor offensive performances. After the Falcons Week 17 win over the Panthers, they were eliminated from playoff contention for the first time since 2011. They also failed to achieve a 10-win season for the first time since that same season. This was Russell Wilson's first (and, as of 2020, only) season not making the playoffs.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [28, 28], "content_span": [29, 621]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272411-0001-0000", "contents": "2017 Seattle Seahawks season\nDuring the season, Russell Wilson broke Eli Manning's NFL record for most 4th quarter touchdowns in a single season with 18; the previous record was 15. Wilson also led the NFL in touchdown passes with 34.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [28, 28], "content_span": [29, 234]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272411-0002-0000", "contents": "2017 Seattle Seahawks season\nThis was also the final season of the original Legion of Boom playing together, as well as the 21st and last full season under the ownership of Paul Allen, who died during the 2018 season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [28, 28], "content_span": [29, 217]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272411-0003-0000", "contents": "2017 Seattle Seahawks season, Roster changes, Undrafted free agents\nAll undrafted free agents were signed after the 2017 NFL Draft concluded on April 29, unless noted otherwise.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 67], "content_span": [68, 177]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272411-0004-0000", "contents": "2017 Seattle Seahawks season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 4: vs. Indianapolis Colts\nThis would be the final game in Seattle for defensive end Cliff Avril, who would suffer a neck injury and be released after a failed physical in the offseason.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 92], "content_span": [93, 252]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272411-0005-0000", "contents": "2017 Seattle Seahawks season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 10: at Arizona Cardinals\nIn what would be his last game in Seattle, Richard Sherman ruptured his Achilles tendon, effectively ending his season and the Legion of Boom era. Kam Chancellor would also play his final game as he suffered a neck injury and would later announce his retirement in the offseason.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 91], "content_span": [92, 371]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272411-0006-0000", "contents": "2017 Seattle Seahawks season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 17: vs. Arizona Cardinals\nWith the loss, the Seahawks finished the season 9\u20137. This was the first season since 2011 the Seahawks failed to qualify for the playoffs. They also had a home record of 4-4, the worst of Russell Wilson's career. They would've still been eliminated even if they won, as the Falcons won their game.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 92], "content_span": [93, 390]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272411-0007-0000", "contents": "2017 Seattle Seahawks season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 17: vs. Arizona Cardinals\nThis was also Bruce Arians' last game as head coach of the Arizona Cardinals.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 92], "content_span": [93, 170]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272412-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 Seattle Sounders FC 2 season\nThe 2017 Seattle Sounders FC 2 season is the club's third year of existence, and their third season in the United Soccer League, the second tier of the United States Soccer Pyramid. Including previous Seattle Sounders franchises, this is the 37th season of a soccer team playing in the Seattle metro area.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [33, 33], "content_span": [34, 339]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272412-0001-0000", "contents": "2017 Seattle Sounders FC 2 season, Current roster\nNote: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality. Squad correct as of September 14, 2017.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 49], "content_span": [50, 218]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272413-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 Seattle Sounders FC season\nThe 2017 Seattle Sounders FC season was the club's ninth season in Major League Soccer, the United States' top-tier of professional soccer. The Sounders entered the 2017 season as the defending MLS Cup champions. The 2017 season is Brian Schmetzer's first full MLS season as head coach of the Sounders.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [31, 31], "content_span": [32, 334]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272413-0001-0000", "contents": "2017 Seattle Sounders FC season, Background, Current roster\nNote: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality. Squad correct as of August 22, 2017.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 59], "content_span": [60, 225]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272413-0002-0000", "contents": "2017 Seattle Sounders FC season, Transfers\nFor transfers in, dates listed are when Sounders FC officially signed the players to the roster. Transactions where only the rights to the players are acquired are not listed. For transfers out, dates listed are when Sounders FC officially removed the players from its roster, not when they signed with another club. If a player later signed with another club, his new club will be noted, but the date listed here remains the one when he was officially removed from Sounders FC roster.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 42], "content_span": [43, 528]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272413-0003-0000", "contents": "2017 Seattle Sounders FC season, Transfers, In, Draft picks\nDraft picks are not automatically signed to the team roster. Only those who are signed to a contract will be listed as transfers in. Only trades involving draft picks and executed after the start of 2017 MLS SuperDraft will be listed in the notes.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 59], "content_span": [60, 307]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272414-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 Seattle Storm season\nThe 2017 WNBA season was the 18th season for the Seattle Storm of the Women's National Basketball Association. The season began May 13 and ended September 3.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [25, 25], "content_span": [26, 183]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272415-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 Seattle mayoral election\nThe 2017 Seattle mayoral election was held on November 7, 2017. It was won by former U.S. Attorney Jenny Durkan, who beat civic activist Cary Moon in the general election by 15 percentage points. The two candidates had advanced from an earlier primary election held in August, which ensured that Seattle would have its first female mayor since Bertha Knight Landes was elected in 1926. Municipal elections are officially nonpartisan though most candidates have declared party affiliations.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [29, 29], "content_span": [30, 519]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272415-0001-0000", "contents": "2017 Seattle mayoral election\nThen-incumbent mayor Ed Murray initially sought re-election, but ended his campaign amid allegations of sexual abuse which led to his resignation in September 2017. In the top-two primary, leading candidates had included Durkan, Moon, Nikkita Oliver, former State Representative Jessyn Farrell, former Mayor Mike McGinn, and State Senator Bob Hasegawa. Fifteen lesser-known candidates were also on the primary ballot.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [29, 29], "content_span": [30, 447]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272415-0002-0000", "contents": "2017 Seattle mayoral election\nDurkan had a large lead over Moon after the preliminary general election ballot count on November 7, and Moon conceded the next day. Durkan officially took office on November 28, after the results were certified, replacing interim mayor Tim Burgess.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [29, 29], "content_span": [30, 279]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272415-0003-0000", "contents": "2017 Seattle mayoral election, Voting\nElections in Washington use a nonpartisan blanket primary which selects the top two candidates, whether endorsed by any party or not, to appear on the general election ballot, along with a write-in space. Washington elections have been vote-by-mail in every county since 1990. Since there are no polling places, voting can only be done by absentee ballot, typically mailed to registered voters 20 days ahead of the election deadline, and returned by US Mail. Replacement ballots may be downloaded online and printed by the voter. Designated ballot drop boxes are available as an alternative to mailing, and voters with disabilities can get assistance in person beginning 18 days before election day. Mail in ballots must be postmarked by midnight of the election day, or delivered to the drop box by 8\u00a0pm.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 37], "content_span": [38, 843]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272415-0004-0000", "contents": "2017 Seattle mayoral election, Voting\nThe ballots for the 2017 primary were mailed on July 12, and the primary election day was August 1. King County Elections began posting results at 8:30\u00a0pm on that day, and certified final results on August 15. General election ballots were mailed out on or before October 18, and drop boxes opened the following day. The general Election Day was November 7, and results were certified on November 28.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 37], "content_span": [38, 438]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272415-0005-0000", "contents": "2017 Seattle mayoral election, City politics\nEd Murray, a former state legislator, was elected Mayor of Seattle during the 2013 mayoral election, defeating incumbent Mike McGinn. During Murray's first term in office, Seattle adopted a $15 hourly minimum wage, a citywide preschool program, a large transportation funding measure, and reforms within the Seattle Police Department after intervention from the United States Department of Justice.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 44], "content_span": [45, 443]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272415-0006-0000", "contents": "2017 Seattle mayoral election, City politics, Ed Murray abuse lawsuit\nIn early April, several months before the primary election, a lawsuit was filed against Mayor Ed Murray, alleging sexual abuse of the plaintiff as a minor in the 1980s in exchange for drug money. The allegations were denied by Murray, who initially said he would fight the suit and carry on his campaign, but decided to withdraw a month later because, he said, the Mayor's race should be about the needs of the city, not \"a scandal, which it would be focused on, if I were to remain in\".", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 69], "content_span": [70, 557]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272415-0006-0001", "contents": "2017 Seattle mayoral election, City politics, Ed Murray abuse lawsuit\nThe Seattle Times editorial board had said they feared dealing with the allegations during an election would weaken Murray to the point that an \"extreme left-wing ideologue\" could become Mayor, so Murray should withdraw from the race to \"clear the way for another qualified, pragmatic leader to come forward\". The Stranger alt-weekly said that even though The Times mentioned Kshama Sawant as the kind of mayor they feared, they really meant lawyer and Black Lives Matter activist Nikkita Oliver. Murray ended his campaign on May 9, after a fourth accuser was identified.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 69], "content_span": [70, 641]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272415-0007-0000", "contents": "2017 Seattle mayoral election, Primary election, Candidates\nSeattle elections are officially nonpartisan but some candidates have a stated party affiliation.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 59], "content_span": [60, 157]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272415-0008-0000", "contents": "2017 Seattle mayoral election, Primary election, Candidates, Political positions\nEach candidate on the primary ballot was sent a questionnaire by The Seattle Times where they discussed their political positions.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 80], "content_span": [81, 211]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272415-0009-0000", "contents": "2017 Seattle mayoral election, Primary election, Endorsements\nSeattle City Council member Lisa Herbold said on June 6 that she did not intend to endorse anyone, while Bruce Harrell and Lorena Gonz\u00e1lez, both supporters of incumbent Ed Murray, have not commented since Murray withdrew. The other six City Council members have lined up behind either Durkan, Farrell, or Oliver.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 61], "content_span": [62, 374]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272415-0010-0000", "contents": "2017 Seattle mayoral election, Primary election, Results\nJenny Durkan and Cary Moon won the August 1 primary, with Durkan's 51,529 votes comprising 27.97% of the total, and Moon's 32,536 votes comprising 17.66%. Until the final result was certified on August 15, Moon's second-place finish was uncertain, with Nikkita Oliver running a close third with 17.02% of the total, or 31,366 votes, finishing 1,170 votes, or 0.63 percentage points behind Moon. The size of the top two candidates' leads shrank slightly as the daily counts were announced, but not enough to change the outcome. None of the three conceded, or claimed victory, until final tally. None of the leading candidates eliminated in the primary, Oliver, Farrell, O'Brien, or Hasegawa, had made any endorsements at that point.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 56], "content_span": [57, 788]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272415-0011-0000", "contents": "2017 Seattle mayoral election, Primary election, Results\nThe first day's preliminary count after the August 1 primary was 88,950 ballots, 19.18% of the 463,660 ballots sent to registered voters. The leaders in this initial count were Jenny Durkan with 27,579 votes or 31.6% of the ballots counted so far, Cary Moon with 13,583 or 15.56%, and Nikkita Oliver with 12,126 or 13.9%. Jessyn Farrell had 10,308 votes (11.81%), Bob Hasegawa 7,526 (8.62%), and Mike McGinn 6,247 (7.16%). The remaining 15 candidates, and write-ins, totaled 9,899 votes, or 11.3%.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 56], "content_span": [57, 554]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272415-0011-0001", "contents": "2017 Seattle mayoral election, Primary election, Results\nThe Seattle Times, KUOW radio, and other local media predicted, after the initial count of about half what King County said was the expected turnout, that Seattle's next mayor would be a woman for the first time since Bertha Knight Landes was elected 91 years before, in 1926. They said Durkan appeared certain to have her name on the general election ballot, while Moon and Oliver, and perhaps Farrell, were in a toss-up to make it through the primary.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 56], "content_span": [57, 510]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272415-0011-0002", "contents": "2017 Seattle mayoral election, Primary election, Results\nThe Stranger predicted that in the likely event of Moon or Oliver facing Durkan in the general, \"Seattle's mayoral race will once again pit an establishment politician with deep Democratic ties against an outsider whose political influence grew from activism\", whom Crosscut.com called \"darlings of the left\". Erica C. Barnett called the result a rejection of backward-looking \"taking back\" Seattle (Hasegawa) and \"keeping Seattle\" (McGinn).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 56], "content_span": [57, 498]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272415-0012-0000", "contents": "2017 Seattle mayoral election, Primary election, Results\nBy August 8, local media said Durkan and Moon appeared certain to have their names on the general election ballot, with 186,784 ballots counted representing 40.28% of registered voters, and about 1,200 Seattle ballots left. Most of the remaining ballots were awaiting signature challenges. Oliver had begun a campaign of 'ballot chasing', encouraging supporters whose ballots had been challenged to contact the elections office to defend them. Durkan and Moon said they supported Oliver's efforts to make sure every vote is counted.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 56], "content_span": [57, 589]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272415-0012-0001", "contents": "2017 Seattle mayoral election, Primary election, Results\nDurkan, with 27.96% was still secure in her position, while Moon's lead over Oliver had decreased to 1,362, larger than the number of remaining ballots. After an election is certified, a recount is mandatory when candidates are separated by very slim margins. Moon did not announce she had won, and Oliver did not concede. Moon said she contacted Farrell, Hasegawa, McGinn, and Oliver to begin discussing working together. Oliver signaled that if Moon moved to the general she would support Moon, while the others are waiting for the final results.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 56], "content_span": [57, 605]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272415-0013-0000", "contents": "2017 Seattle mayoral election, Primary election, Results\nKing County Elections certified the final result on August 15, with no significant changes from the late running totals, and Durkan and Moon remaining in the winning first and second positions. The 1,170 vote margin between Oliver and Moon met one of the criteria for an automatic recount, a separation of 2,000 or fewer votes, but the 0.63 percentage point difference was greater than the second criterion, a 0.5 or smaller percentage point margin. Oliver conceded after the results were announced, but did not endorse either Durkan or Moon, and said the Peoples Party would not be making any endorsements.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 56], "content_span": [57, 664]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272415-0014-0000", "contents": "2017 Seattle mayoral election, General election, Results\nIn the first preliminary returns, Durkan won nearly 61 percent of votes. The Seattle Times called the election for Durkan, predicting that her lead was too large for Moon to overcome in the uncounted ballots. King County Elections plans to finish counting ballots and certify the final result on November 28.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 56], "content_span": [57, 365]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272415-0015-0000", "contents": "2017 Seattle mayoral election, General election, Results\nOn November 8, Moon conceded to Durkan and offered her congratulations.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 56], "content_span": [57, 128]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272416-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 Segunda Divisi\u00f3n B play-offs\nThe 2017 Segunda Divisi\u00f3n B play-offs (Playoffs de Ascenso or Promoci\u00f3n de Ascenso) are the final playoffs for promotion from 2016\u201317 Segunda Divisi\u00f3n B to the 2017\u201318 Segunda Divisi\u00f3n. The four first placed teams in each one of the four qualify for the promotion playoffs and the four last placed teams in Segunda Divisi\u00f3n are relegated to Segunda Divisi\u00f3n B. It also decides the teams which placed 16th to be relegated to the 2017\u201318 Tercera Divisi\u00f3n.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [33, 33], "content_span": [34, 487]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272416-0001-0000", "contents": "2017 Segunda Divisi\u00f3n B play-offs, Format\nThe four group winners have the opportunity to promote directly and become the overall Segunda Divisi\u00f3n B champion. The four group winners will be drawn into a two-legged series where the two winners will be promoted to the Segunda Divisi\u00f3n and will enter into the final for the Segunda Divisi\u00f3n B champion. The two losing semifinalists will enter the playoff round for the last two promotion spots.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 41], "content_span": [42, 441]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272416-0002-0000", "contents": "2017 Segunda Divisi\u00f3n B play-offs, Format\nThe four group runners-up will be drawn against one of the three fourth-placed teams outside their group while the four third-placed teams will be drawn against each other in a two-legged series. The six winners will advance with the two losing semifinalists to determine the four teams that will enter the last two-legged series for the last two promotion spots. In all the playoff series, the lower-ranked club will play at home first. Whenever there is a tie in position (e.g. like the group winners in the Semifinal Round and Final or the third-placed teams in the first round), a draw will determine the club to play at home first.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 41], "content_span": [42, 678]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272416-0003-0000", "contents": "2017 Segunda Divisi\u00f3n B play-offs, Relegation play-off, Matches\nThe losers of this series will be relegated to the 2017\u201318 Tercera Divisi\u00f3n.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 63], "content_span": [64, 140]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272417-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 Segunda Divisi\u00f3n play-offs\nThe 2016\u201317 Segunda Divisi\u00f3n play-offs took place in June 2017 and will determine the third team which will be promoted to the top division. Teams placed between 3rd and 6th position excluding reserve teams will take part in the promotion play-offs.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [31, 31], "content_span": [32, 281]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272417-0001-0000", "contents": "2017 Segunda Divisi\u00f3n play-offs\nGetafe achieved the promotion berth one year after their relegation.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [31, 31], "content_span": [32, 100]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272417-0002-0000", "contents": "2017 Segunda Divisi\u00f3n play-offs, Regulations\nThe regulations were the same as the previous season: in the semi-finals, the fifth-placed team faced the fourth-placed team, while the sixth-placed team faced the third. Each tie was played over two legs, with the team lower in the table hosting the first leg.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 44], "content_span": [45, 306]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272417-0003-0000", "contents": "2017 Segunda Divisi\u00f3n play-offs, Regulations\nThe team that scored more goals on aggregate over the two legs advanced to the next round. If the aggregate score was level, the away goals rule was applied (i.e., the team that scored more goals away from home over the two legs advanced). If away goals were also equal, then thirty minutes of extra time would be played. The away goals rule would again be applied after extra time (i.e., if there were goals scored during extra time and the aggregate score was still level, the visiting team advanced by virtue of more away goals scored). If no goals were scored during extra time, the winner would be the best positioned team in the regular season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 44], "content_span": [45, 695]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272418-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 Segundona\nThe 2017 Segundona was the 23rd season of the second-tier football league in Angola. The season will run from 9 July to October 2017.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 14], "section_span": [14, 14], "content_span": [15, 149]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272418-0001-0000", "contents": "2017 Segundona\nThe league comprises 2 series, one 4 and the other 5 teams, the winner of each series being automatically promoted to the 2018 Girabola while the runners-up of each group will contest for the third spot. At the end of the regular season, the three series winners will play a round-robin tournament to determine the league champion.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 14], "section_span": [14, 14], "content_span": [15, 346]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272418-0002-0000", "contents": "2017 Segundona, Draw\nAll teams in each group play in a double round robin system (home and away).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 14], "section_span": [16, 20], "content_span": [21, 97]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272419-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 Selangor FA season\nThe 2017 Selangor FA Season was Selangor FA's 12th season playing soccer in the Malaysia Super League since its inception in 2004.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [23, 23], "content_span": [24, 154]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272419-0001-0000", "contents": "2017 Selangor FA season\nSelangor FA began the season on January 21, 2017. They will also compete in two domestic cups, the Malaysia FA Cup and Malaysia Cup.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [23, 23], "content_span": [24, 156]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272419-0002-0000", "contents": "2017 Selangor FA season, Season Overview, Pre-season\nSelangor started the summer in December when P. Maniam was officially announced as its new coach for one season. He appeared for his first press conference with the media on December 28. K. Gunalan, last year's interim coach, will again serve as assistant coach for this season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 52], "content_span": [53, 331]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272419-0003-0000", "contents": "2017 Selangor FA season, Season Overview, Pre-season\nOn December 28, 2016, P. Maniam added some new faces to the club's academy after losing several key players who moved to other teams. The players who were promoted to the first team were A. Namathevan, K. Kannan, Amirul Ashraf, Faizzudin Abidin, Badrul Amin, K. Sarkunan and Syahmi Safari.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 52], "content_span": [53, 342]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272419-0004-0000", "contents": "2017 Selangor FA season, Season Overview, Pre-season\nOn December 30, Dato' Seri Mohamed Azmin Ali quit as president of the Football Association of Selangor(FAS), after having held the post for two years beginning in December 2014. Amirudin Shari also joined Azmin by resigning as team manager. They made this decision after seeing the failure of Selangor's executive officers(EXCO FAS) to submit a strategic plan for Selangor's state football management, including failing to update the professional administration organization for the FAS association.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 52], "content_span": [53, 552]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272419-0005-0000", "contents": "2017 Selangor FA season, Season Overview, Pre-season\nDuring the pre-season planning, P. Maniam also added some new local players for the season. Among them are: Afiq Azmi (Negeri Sembilan), Halim Zainal (Kuala Lumpur), K. Satish (PKNS), Fairuz Abdul Aziz (AirAsia FC) and Nurshamil Abd Ghani, a player who is on loan from Melaka United.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 52], "content_span": [53, 336]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272419-0006-0000", "contents": "2017 Selangor FA season, Season Overview, Pre-season\nOn December 6, S. Subramaniam was released by Selangor. Azmi Muslim left the club on the same day, and was transferred to PKNS FC after three years with the Red Giants. Hazwan Bakri and R. Gopinathan were sold to Johor Darul Ta'zim for a fee of RM1 million (Malaysian ringgit), while Nazmi Faiz had already signed an agreement to join JDT when he was with Selangor FA last season. The following day, Shahrom Kalam, and Hafiz Kamal switched sides and joined Perak this season for an undisclosed fee, while Hadi Yahya joined them on a free transfer.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 52], "content_span": [53, 600]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272419-0007-0000", "contents": "2017 Selangor FA season, Season Overview, Pre-season\nP. Maniam also added new foreign players from Liberia and Romania, Francis Forkey Doe and Victora\u0219 Astafei to replace foreign players from last season, Mauro Olivi and Patrick Wleh, whose contracts were not renewed for the current season. Patrick Wleh returned to PKNS FC following the end of his loan spell after Selangor decided not to make the loan move a permanent deal. Mauro Olivi has been released after not being offered a new contract.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 52], "content_span": [53, 497]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272419-0008-0000", "contents": "2017 Selangor FA season, Season Overview, Pre-season\nSelangor agreed on a contract extension with import defender Ugo Ukah, keeping him with the club for one more year. Quota imports from Asia, Andik Vermansyah still remains with the team, with a year left on his contract. However, he sustained an ACL injury forcing Andik to rest for 5\u20136 months causing him to be dismissed from the team for this season. Import player Asia status will be filled by Timor-Leste players, Juliano Mineiro, who will replace him temporarily after signing a six-month contract.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 52], "content_span": [53, 557]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272419-0009-0000", "contents": "2017 Selangor FA season, Season Overview, Mid-season\nOn second transfers day, Selangor reached an agreement with Melaka United on 17 May for AFC Cup winner Amri Yahyah, who re-joined the team for an undisclosed fee. Two days later, Selangor announced Victora\u0219 Astafei will be released to make way for the original import, Andik Vermansyah, who will take Astafei's place until the end of the season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 52], "content_span": [53, 398]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272419-0010-0000", "contents": "2017 Selangor FA season, Season Overview, Mid-season\nOn 9 June, before the second transfer window closed, Selangor officially signed a new import player from Spain, Rufino Segovia, to replace Juliano Mineiro, whose contract expired at the end of the month.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 52], "content_span": [53, 256]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272419-0011-0000", "contents": "2017 Selangor FA season, Season Overview, Pre-season and Friendlies Match\nSelangor announced their first fixture of the 2017 pre-season schedule on 25 December 2016. On 29 December, Selangor began its pre-season campaign against Sime Darby at the training field in Shah Alam. The match finished as a goalless draw.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 73], "content_span": [74, 314]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272419-0012-0000", "contents": "2017 Selangor FA season, Season Overview, Pre-season and Friendlies Match\nThe next fixture, Selangor visited PDRM on 6 January at PULAPOL, Kuala Lumpur. Selangor won the match 2\u20131, with goals from K. Kannan and Forkey Doe. Victory against PDRM is the first pre-season win for the team.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 73], "content_span": [74, 285]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272419-0013-0000", "contents": "2017 Selangor FA season, Season Overview, Pre-season and Friendlies Match\nFive days later, Selangor faced Terengganu, last season's Super League relegation team, at Selayang Stadium. Selangor won the match 2\u20130, with goals from two import trials, Mohamed Talaat and Kamil Po\u017aniak.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 73], "content_span": [74, 280]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272419-0014-0000", "contents": "2017 Selangor FA season, Season Overview, Pre-season and Friendlies Match\nThe next day, Selangor continued their friendly matches against a club from the FAM league (third division), MOF FC. Selangor won 1\u20130, with a goal scored by import trials, Tiago Chulapa. It was the Red Giants' third victory after four friendly matches.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 73], "content_span": [74, 326]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272419-0015-0000", "contents": "2017 Selangor FA season, Season Overview, Pre-season and Friendlies Match\nSelangor meet Kuala Lumpur for the next game on 14 January at SUK field in Shah Alam, which Kuala Lumpur won 1\u20130 with a goal scored by Kuala Lumpur import trials, Carlos Chamorro.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 73], "content_span": [74, 253]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272419-0016-0000", "contents": "2017 Selangor FA season, Season Overview, Pre-season and Friendlies Match\nIn the final matchday of the pre-season, Selangor faced another FAM league club, Petaling Jaya Rangers on the SUK field. The Red Giants lost again, 1\u20130, thanks to a goal from a local player, Badrul Afendy. It was the team's second defeat in six friendly matches.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 73], "content_span": [74, 336]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272419-0017-0000", "contents": "2017 Selangor FA season, Season Overview, Pre-season and Friendlies Match\nOverall, Selangor finished the pre-season friendlies with 2 wins, 1 draw and 2 defeats.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 73], "content_span": [74, 161]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272419-0018-0000", "contents": "2017 Selangor FA season, Season Overview, January\nOn 21 January, Selangor officially kicked off its Super League campaign, playing at home to Penang. Maniam fielded a 3\u20134\u20133 formation, while playing a style of defending and attacking football. Selangor went on to win the match 2\u20130, with goals from Adam Nor Azlin and Forkey Doe, ensuring Maniam got off to a winning start.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 49], "content_span": [50, 372]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272419-0019-0000", "contents": "2017 Selangor FA season, Season Overview, January\nOn 27 January, Selangor was unable to progress up the table, recording a 1\u20131 home draw against Melaka United. Although there was a goal from Selangor's new import signings, Victora\u0219 Astafei, one goal from Melaka United player, Khairu Azrin held Selangor to a draw.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 49], "content_span": [50, 314]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272419-0020-0000", "contents": "2017 Selangor FA season, Season Overview, February\nOn 4 February, despite one goal from Syahmi Safari and two goals from Forkey Doe, Selangor came up short with a 5\u20133 away defeat to PKNS. This was their first defeat in the league after three games.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 50], "content_span": [51, 248]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272419-0021-0000", "contents": "2017 Selangor FA season, Season Overview, February\nTheir next away game, against defending champions Johor Darul Ta'zim, ended goalless as well meaning Selangor were down in eighth place.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 50], "content_span": [51, 187]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272419-0022-0000", "contents": "2017 Selangor FA season, Season Overview, February\nOn 14 February, in the first FA Cup match against Negeri Sembilan, Selangor were eliminated at home with 3\u20134 penalty shoot-out, after the match finished as a goalless draw 0\u20130 (including extra-time).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 50], "content_span": [51, 250]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272419-0023-0000", "contents": "2017 Selangor FA season, Season Overview, February\nThree days later, in their fifth match of the league campaign, Selangor recorded a 3\u20131 home win against Felda United, following three goals from Astafei, Raimi Mohd Noor and Juliano Mineiro ensured the Red Giants side the victory.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 50], "content_span": [51, 281]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272419-0024-0000", "contents": "2017 Selangor FA season, Season Overview, February\nOn 24 February, Selangor FA (FAS) finally found a new president, Datuk Seri Subahan Kamal, who replaced former chief Dato' Seri Mohamed Azmin Ali who stepped down from the post before the start of the season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 50], "content_span": [51, 259]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272419-0025-0000", "contents": "2017 Selangor FA season, Season Overview, February\nOn 25 February, Selangor faced Kelantan in an away game, which had ended 0\u20132 to Selangor. A brace from Mineiro helped collect another three points. That results meant Selangor climbed to third place at the end of the month.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 50], "content_span": [51, 274]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272419-0026-0000", "contents": "2017 Selangor FA season, Season Overview, March\nSelangor started the new month at home with a 1\u20131 draw against Kedah. Sandro opened the scoring for the visitors, before Selangor equalized the score with a late goal from Mineiro.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 47], "content_span": [48, 228]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272419-0027-0000", "contents": "2017 Selangor FA season, Season Overview, March\nIn the last match in March, Selangor suffered their first defeat at home, after a 0\u20131 loss against Perak. On the league table, Selangor were down to fifth place.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 47], "content_span": [48, 209]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272419-0028-0000", "contents": "2017 Selangor FA season, Season Overview, April\nAfter the international break, Selangor continued their league match on 8 April with a narrow 2\u20131 victory against Sarawak at home, which saw Selangor climb up to fourth place. The two goals were scored by Astafei and Forkey Doe.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 47], "content_span": [48, 276]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272419-0029-0000", "contents": "2017 Selangor FA season, Season Overview, April\nOn 15 April, Selangor went against Pahang as visitors. And with goals from Mineiro and Forkey Doe, the match ended up in a draw with the final result being 2\u20132.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 47], "content_span": [48, 208]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272419-0030-0000", "contents": "2017 Selangor FA season, Season Overview, April\nSelangor visited T\u2013Team on 26 April, the next match day, and lost 0\u20131, with a goal from Fauzi Abdul Kadar in the 89th minute. That result means Selangor has finished their first round in the league with 4 wins, 4 draws and 3 defeats.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 47], "content_span": [48, 281]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272419-0031-0000", "contents": "2017 Selangor FA season, Season Overview, May\nOn 8 May, Selangor began the second round in the league as visitors with a 1\u20131 draw against Sarawak. The goal Selangor goal was scored by Rizal Fahmi, after Sarawak player Mateo Roskam opened the scoring.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 45], "content_span": [46, 250]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272419-0032-0000", "contents": "2017 Selangor FA season, Season Overview, May\nOn May 24, Selangor continued its winless streak\u2014no wins in four matches in a row\u2014 after losing to Pahang 2\u20130 at home. Two goals from striker import visitors, Matheus Alves at the 74th and 83rd minutes ensured victory for Pahang. The defeat saw Selangor drop down to fifth place before the league break during the month of Ramadan.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 45], "content_span": [46, 377]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272419-0033-0000", "contents": "2017 Selangor FA season, Season Overview, May\nOn 22 May, Selangor were drawn into Group D of the Malaysia Cup alongside Johor Darul Ta'zim, Sarawak, and Terengganu.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 45], "content_span": [46, 164]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272419-0034-0000", "contents": "2017 Selangor FA season, Season Overview, July\nAfter a one-month break, Selangor opened July, and continued their league match, against T\u2013Team at home. The Red Giants won the thrilling encounter 4\u20132 thanks to goals from Forkey Doe, Rufino Segovia and a double from Syahmi Safari. Dilshod Sharofetdinov and Yannick N'Djeng scored for T\u2013Team.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 46], "content_span": [47, 340]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272419-0035-0000", "contents": "2017 Selangor FA season, Season Overview, July\nOn 4 July, Selangor opened their Malaysia Cup campaign, against Terengganu at home. The match ended in a 1\u20131 draw with goals by Rufino Segovia (43rd minute) for Selangor and Issey Nakajima-Farran (64th minute) for Terengganu.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 46], "content_span": [47, 272]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272419-0036-0000", "contents": "2017 Selangor FA season, Season Overview, July\nIn the second matchday of the Malaysia Cup group stage on 8 July, they visited Sarawak State Stadium to face Sarawak. The Red Giants was able to squeeze out a 1\u20132 win after goals from Forkey Doe and one own goal from Sarawak players, Dzulazlan Ibrahim. Sarawak's goal was scored by Shreen Tambi. This was their first win in the current season's Malaysia Cup campaign.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 46], "content_span": [47, 414]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272419-0037-0000", "contents": "2017 Selangor FA season, Season Overview, July\nThree days later, Selangor's second game of July in the Super League saw the Red Giants visiting Perak for an away game. A goal from Forkey Doe was all that was required for Selangor to collect three points in a 0\u20131 win. Despite winning, they also get a less agreeable results, by collecting nine yellow cards and one red card (Andik had been sent off).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 46], "content_span": [47, 400]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272419-0038-0000", "contents": "2017 Selangor FA season, Season Overview, July\nFor the next league game on 15 July, Selangor visited Kedah. The Red Giants came home without victory after a 1\u20131 draw at Darulaman Stadium, with only one goal each from S. Veenod (Selangor) and Ken Ils\u00f8 (Kedah).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 46], "content_span": [47, 259]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272419-0039-0000", "contents": "2017 Selangor FA season, Season Overview, July\nOn 18 July, Selangor played the matchday third of Malaysia Cup campaign against Johor Darul Ta'zim at home. Goals from Fairuz Abdul Aziz and a brace by Amri Yahyah gave the Red Giants a comfortable 3\u20132 win. With this victory, Selanger moved to the top spot in Group D, leaving JDT behind with 3 points difference.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 46], "content_span": [47, 360]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272419-0040-0000", "contents": "2017 Selangor FA season, Season Overview, July\nSelangor played their 17th Super League match at home on 22 July and won 1\u20130 against Kelantan, with the only goal scored by Amri Yahyah. The Red Giants set a new record for the season by maintaining five wins and two draws after seven matches (including the Malaysia Cup match).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 46], "content_span": [47, 325]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272419-0041-0000", "contents": "2017 Selangor FA season, Season Overview, July\nOn 26 July, Selangor's seven-match unbeaten streak came to an end as they lost to FELDA United 3\u20131 at Tun Abdul Razak Stadium. The Red Giants goal was scored by Forkey Doe.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 46], "content_span": [47, 219]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272419-0042-0000", "contents": "2017 Selangor FA season, Season Overview, July\nTaking on Terengganu at the fourth matchday of the Malaysia Cup campaign, Selangor was able to get a narrow 3\u20132 victory, with goals from Forkey Doe, Syahmi Safari and Rufino Segovia. With this victory, the Red Giants booked their spot in the quarter final two matchdays before the group stage finished.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 46], "content_span": [47, 349]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272419-0043-0000", "contents": "2017 Selangor FA season, Season Overview, August\nOn 2 August, Selangor suffered their first Malaysia Cup loss of the season with a 2\u20131 loss at home against Sarawak. A goal from Ugo Ukah was not enough to secure the victory.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 48], "content_span": [49, 223]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272419-0044-0000", "contents": "2017 Selangor FA season, Season Overview, August\nBack to the Super League, Selangor took on Johor Darul Ta'zim at home. Despite an early goal by Natxo Insa in the first half, Amri Yahyah and Andik Vermansyah scored in the second half to give Selangor a 2\u20131 victory. Despite being defeated by the Red Giants, JDT was crowned Super League champion that night, after their closest rival, Kedah, lost to Pahang 2\u20131. After this, the league took a month-long break to give way for the Malaysian national squad and the under-22 international friendly matches, and the 2017 SEA Games football matches.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 48], "content_span": [49, 593]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272419-0045-0000", "contents": "2017 Selangor FA season, Season Overview, September\nOn 9 September 2017, in the last match of the group stage against Johor Darul Ta'zim, Selangor lost 3\u20131 despite a goal from Rufino Segovia, which resulted in the team finishing second in the group stage of the Malaysia Cup. The next day, in the draw for the quarter-finals of the Malaysia Cup, Selangor faced Kedah once again.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 51], "content_span": [52, 378]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272419-0046-0000", "contents": "2017 Selangor FA season, Season Overview, September\nSelangor lost 2\u20133 to Kedah in the first leg of the 2017 Malaysia Cup quarter-final on 15 September. Rufino Segovia scored the Red Giants' two goals.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 51], "content_span": [52, 200]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272419-0047-0000", "contents": "2017 Selangor FA season, Season Overview, September\nOn 20 September, Selangor lost their third game in row after being defeated at home by fierce rival PKNS with a scoreline of 1\u20132. Shahrul Azhar Ture, Patrick Wleh (PKNS) and Rufino Segovia provided the goals.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 51], "content_span": [52, 260]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272419-0048-0000", "contents": "2017 Selangor FA season, Season Overview, September\nOn 24 September, Selangor lost 1\u20130 in the quarter-finals of the Malaysia Cup against Kedah in the second leg, which meant the Red Giants bade farewell to the Malaysia Cup after being unable to break down a resilient Kedah backline.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 51], "content_span": [52, 283]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272419-0049-0000", "contents": "2017 Selangor FA season, Season Overview, September\nSelangor suffered their fifth loss in a row on 27 September as they were out-played by Melaka United in a 2\u20131 away defeat, despite Rufino's second-half goal, his 8th goal for the team this season. On the league table, that result means Selangor were down to sixth place.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 51], "content_span": [52, 322]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272419-0050-0000", "contents": "2017 Selangor FA season, Season Overview, October\nIn their last match of the season against Penang on 28 October, Selangor were able to get a 3\u20131 victory after goals from Andik Vermansyah and a brace from Rufino. That win meant the Red Giants finished 6th in the league table.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 49], "content_span": [50, 276]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272419-0051-0000", "contents": "2017 Selangor FA season, Competitions, Selangor FA Results\nFixtures and Results of the Malaysia Super League 2017 season. Win\u00a0\u00a0Draw\u00a0\u00a0Loss", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 58], "content_span": [59, 137]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272419-0052-0000", "contents": "2017 Selangor FA season, Statistics, Squad statistics\nAppearances (Apps.) numbers are for appearances in competitive games only including sub appearancesRed card numbers denote: Numbers in parentheses represent red cards overturned for wrongful dismissal.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 53], "content_span": [54, 255]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272420-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 Semuliki attack\nThe 2017 Semuliki attack was an attack carried out by elements of the Allied Democratic Forces on a United Nations Organization Stabilization Mission in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (MONUSCO) operating base in the Beni Territory, North Kivu region of the Democratic Republic of the Congo on December 7, 2017. The attack was highly coordinated and resulted in the deaths of fifteen U.N. peacekeeping personnel and wounds to 53 others making it the deadliest incident for the U.N. since the deaths of twenty-four Pakistani peacekeepers in an ambush in Somalia in 1993. The attack was among many of the latest flare-ups in violence in the North Kivu region which borders Uganda and Rwanda and one of the ADF's deadliest attacks in recent history. U.N. Secretary-General Ant\u00f3nio Guterres labeled the attack, \"the worst attack on UN peacekeepers in the organization's recent history.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [20, 20], "content_span": [21, 908]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272420-0001-0000", "contents": "2017 Semuliki attack, Background\nSince the early 1990s, the North Kivu province of the Democratic Republic of the Congo has been a hotbed of ethnic violence and human rights violations partially because the area is located adjacent to Rwanda and Uganda. The porous borders and intersecting ethnic groups have led to heavy fighting between rival militias and the Congolese army. Much of the fighting has been over the access to mineral deposits which are plentiful in the region and the Kivu conflict has led to the deaths of thousands of people and the displacement of millions more. The United Nations has maintained an international presence in the region under the banner of MONUSCO since 1999, deploying peacekeepers and sending humanitarian aid.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 32], "content_span": [33, 750]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272420-0002-0000", "contents": "2017 Semuliki attack, Background\nIn 2013, the rebel group Mouvement du 23 Mars (M23) surrendered to the government. This surrender, however, did little to ease the fighting and armed groups splintered even further. There are reported to be 70 armed groups operating in the region. One of the major groups continuing to perpetrate violence in the region has been the Allied Democratic Forces, an Islamist group with Ugandan origins, which in the last decade has transformed from a low level insurgent group to one of the most powerful factions in Kivu.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 32], "content_span": [33, 551]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272420-0003-0000", "contents": "2017 Semuliki attack, Background\nThe ADF has been accused by Ugandan and U.N. officials of having links to foreign terrorist groups such as Al-Shabaab; however, these links are widely considered dubious due to a lack of strong evidence. In 2016, the ADF were suspected to have been behind the Beni massacre, infiltrating the city of Beni in North Kivu during the night of 14 August and killing 64\u2013101 people, many of them by hacking. In October 2017, the ADF was blamed for an attack on a U.N. base that killed two Tanzanian peacekeepers and wounded twelve others in Beni. The same month, ADF fighters killed 22 people, many of them state officials, in the Beni region, when they ambushed a convoy of motorcycles with machetes and guns.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 32], "content_span": [33, 736]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272420-0004-0000", "contents": "2017 Semuliki attack, Attack\nShortly before 5:00 pm on December 7, 2017, a large group of armed individuals wearing Congolese army uniforms appeared at the gate of the MONUSCO base located on the banks of the Semuliki river. Expecting Congolese troops, the U.N. peacekeepers let the armed men in who promptly began attacking the base's communications infrastructure, severing connection with reinforcements, although the peacekeepers were able to send a distress call before communications were cut. The Tanzanian peacekeepers returned fire, and ADF reinforcements arrived who outnumbered the peacekeepers.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 28], "content_span": [29, 606]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272420-0004-0001", "contents": "2017 Semuliki attack, Attack\nADF fighters were heavily armed with mortars and rocket propelled grenades and destroyed many U.N. vehicles, including two armored personnel carriers, an ambulance, and a truck. Fighting lasted until 8:00 pm when ADF fighters withdrew. The attack resulted in the deaths of fifteen United Nations peacekeepers from Tanzania and wounded 53 others. Additionally, one peacekeeper remains missing. A further five Congolese government troops were killed. According to a Congolese army captain, 72 ADF fighters were killed though this number remains unconfirmed.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 28], "content_span": [29, 584]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272420-0005-0000", "contents": "2017 Semuliki attack, Aftermath and reaction\nThe attack on the Semuliki river MONUSCO outpost was the deadliest attack on peacekeepers in the United Nations' history since twenty-four Pakistani peacekeepers were killed in Somalia in 1993. U.N. Secretary-General Ant\u00f3nio Guterres in a statement condemning the attack said, \"I condemn this attack unequivocally. These deliberate attacks against UN peacekeepers are unacceptable and constitute a war crime. I call on the DRC authorities to investigate this incident and swiftly bring the perpetrators to justice. There must be no impunity for such assaults, here or anywhere else.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 44], "content_span": [45, 628]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272420-0005-0001", "contents": "2017 Semuliki attack, Aftermath and reaction\nPresident John Magufuli of Tanzania expressed shock, urged calm, and prayers for the speedy recovery of those injured in the attack. The U.S. Department of State said it was \"horrified\" by the attack and the department's Bureau of African Affairs expressed its \"deepest condolences\" to the families of those killed or wounded.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 44], "content_span": [45, 371]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272421-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 Senegalese parliamentary election\nParliamentary elections were held in Senegal on 30 July 2017, having originally been planned for 2 July.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [38, 38], "content_span": [39, 143]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272421-0001-0000", "contents": "2017 Senegalese parliamentary election, Background\nThe original election date was chosen on 1 December 2016 after a meeting between the President of Senegal Macky Sall and the Opposition in the National Assembly.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 50], "content_span": [51, 212]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272421-0002-0000", "contents": "2017 Senegalese parliamentary election, Background\nThe coalition of parties supporting President Sall, Benno Bokk Yaakaar, sought to retain the parliamentary majority it obtained in the 2012 parliamentary election. It included Sall's party, the Alliance for the Republic, as well as the Socialist Party and the Alliance of the Forces of Progress. The coalition's national candidate list was headed by Prime Minister Mohammed Dionne.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 50], "content_span": [51, 432]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272421-0003-0000", "contents": "2017 Senegalese parliamentary election, Background\nPlans for a united opposition coalition that would incorporate the Senegalese Democratic Party of Abdoulaye Wade as well as the supporters of imprisoned Dakar Mayor Khalifa Sall were ultimately scuttled in late May 2017 because the two sides could not agree on who should head the coalition's candidate list. Consequently the two sides decided to stand separately, with Wade and Khalifa Sall each heading their respective lists. The opposition's failure to unite was viewed as a boon for President Sall, making it appear more likely that he would keep his parliamentary majority; if his supporters lost, he would be forced into cohabitation for the remaining two years of his term, greatly curtailing his powers.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 50], "content_span": [51, 763]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272421-0004-0000", "contents": "2017 Senegalese parliamentary election, Electoral system\nThe 165 members of the National Assembly are elected by two methods; 90 are elected by either first-past-the-post or party bloc vote in 35 single- or multi-member constituencies based on the 35 departments, with an additional 15 elected by overseas voters. The other 60 seats are elected from a nationwide constituency by proportional representation, with seats allocated initially using the simple quotient, with remaining seats allocated using the largest remainder method.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 56], "content_span": [57, 532]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272421-0005-0000", "contents": "2017 Senegalese parliamentary election, Campaign\nThe official campaign period began on 8 July. Wade, who had been living in France, returned to Dakar on 10 July to begin campaigning for his coalition, Manko Wattu S\u00e9n\u00e9gal. A record number of parties, 47, contested the elections.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 48], "content_span": [49, 278]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272421-0006-0000", "contents": "2017 Senegalese parliamentary election, Results\nVoter turnout was reported to be 54%. Prime Minister Dionne, speaking on 31 July, said that the pro-Sall Benno Bokk Yaakaar coalition had prevailed in 42 out of the 45 departments of Senegal (all but K\u00e9dougou, Saraya and \"probably\" Mback\u00e9). The opposition coalition led by Khalifa Sall, however, said that it had won in Dakar, the capital. Results for Dakar released on 3 August showed Benno Bokk Yaakaar slightly ahead of Khalifa Sall's coalition, Manko Taxawu S\u00e9n\u00e9gal.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 47], "content_span": [48, 518]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272421-0007-0000", "contents": "2017 Senegalese parliamentary election, Results\nProvisional results released on 4 August showed Benno Bokk Yaakaar winning 125 out of 165 seats, a strong majority. The two main opposition coalitions trailed distantly; Manko Wattu S\u00e9n\u00e9gal (led by Wade) obtained 19 seats and Manko Taxawu S\u00e9n\u00e9gal (led by Khalifa Sall) obtained seven seats. The presidential coalition was slightly short of a majority in the vote count, receiving 49.5% of the votes.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 47], "content_span": [48, 447]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272421-0008-0000", "contents": "2017 Senegalese parliamentary election, Aftermath\nFollowing the victory of Benno Bokk Yaakaar, President Sall reappointed Dionne as Prime Minister on 6 September 2017. Abdoulaye Wade, elected to the National Assembly as the top candidate on his coalition's candidate list, announced his resignation as a Deputy on 10 September, before the National Assembly even began meeting. He explained that his purpose in running was merely to support his coalition in the election.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 49], "content_span": [50, 470]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272422-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 Senior Bowl\nThe 2017 Senior Bowl was an all-star college football exhibition game featuring players from the 2016 NCAA Division I FBS football season, and prospects for the 2017 Draft of the professional National Football League (NFL). The game concluded the post-season that began on December 17, 2016. It was sponsored by Reese's Peanut Butter Cups and is officially known as the Reese's Senior Bowl. The game was coached by John Fox of the Chicago Bears and Hue Jackson of the Cleveland Browns.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [16, 16], "content_span": [17, 502]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272422-0001-0000", "contents": "2017 Senior Bowl\nThe Game was played on January 28, 2017, at 1:30\u00a0p.m. CST, at Ladd\u2013Peebles Stadium in Mobile, Alabama, between \"North\" and \"South\" teams. Coverage of the event was provided by NFL Network.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [16, 16], "content_span": [17, 205]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272422-0002-0000", "contents": "2017 Senior Bowl, Rosters\nThe entire roster was announced on January 18. Western Michigan's Corey Davis was unable to attend the Senior Bowl after suffering a shoulder injury.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [18, 25], "content_span": [26, 175]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272423-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 Senior League World Series\nThe 2017 Senior League World Series took place from July 29\u2013August 5 in Easley, South Carolina, United States. Aguadulce, Panama defeated Coral Springs, Florida in the championship game. This was the first SLWS held in Easley.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [31, 31], "content_span": [32, 259]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272423-0001-0000", "contents": "2017 Senior League World Series\nThe debut of the Australia and Caribbean regions created a change in format. For the first time ever, teams were placed into two geographic-based brackets (U.S. and International).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [31, 31], "content_span": [32, 212]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272424-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 Senior Open Championship\nThe 2017 Senior Open Championship was a senior major golf championship and the 31st Senior Open Championship, held from 27\u201330 July at Royal Porthcawl Golf Club in Porthcawl, Wales. It was the 2nd Senior Open Championship played at the course and the 15th Senior Open Championship played as a senior major championship.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [29, 29], "content_span": [30, 348]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272424-0001-0000", "contents": "2017 Senior Open Championship\nWorld Golf Hall of Fame member Bernhard Langer won by three strokes over Corey Pavin. The 2017 event was Langer's third Senior Open Championship title and his tenth senior major championship victory. Langer also won the 2014 Senior Open Championship at Royal Porthcawl Golf Club.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [29, 29], "content_span": [30, 309]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272424-0002-0000", "contents": "2017 Senior Open Championship, Venue\nThe 2017 event was the second Senior Open Championship played at Royal Porthcawl.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 36], "content_span": [37, 118]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272424-0003-0000", "contents": "2017 Senior Open Championship, Field\nThe field consisted of 144 competitors: 135 professionals and 9 amateurs. An 18-hole stroke play qualifying round was held on Monday, 24 July for players who were not already exempt.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 36], "content_span": [37, 219]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272424-0004-0000", "contents": "2017 Senior Open Championship, Round summaries, First round\nBernhard Langer posted a two-under-par 69 on day one to lead by one shot.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 59], "content_span": [60, 133]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272424-0005-0000", "contents": "2017 Senior Open Championship, Round summaries, Second round\nScoring was difficult during the second round as only one player, Santiago Luna, broke par on Friday. Steve Flesch and Brad Faxon shot even-par rounds of 71, while the rest of the field shot over-par. Langer struggled to a 74 (+3) and fell back into a five-way tie for the lead going into the third round.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 60], "content_span": [61, 366]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272424-0006-0000", "contents": "2017 Senior Open Championship, Round summaries, Second round\nAmateurs: Lutz (+9), Haag (+13), Curtis (+20), Hastie (+21), Hoit (+22), White (+22), Tomlinson (+29), Creed (+31), Bell (+34)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 60], "content_span": [61, 187]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272424-0007-0000", "contents": "2017 Senior Open Championship, Round summaries, Third round\nLanger rebounded with a bogey-free, six-under-par 65 on Saturday to take a four stroke lead into the final round. 2010 Senior Open runner-up Corey Pavin also shot a third round 65 to move into 2nd place. Peter Lonard shot a 67 (\u22124) to move into 3rd place and 5 shots of Langer's lead.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 59], "content_span": [60, 344]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272424-0008-0000", "contents": "2017 Senior Open Championship, Round summaries, Final round\nBernhard Langer's lead was extended to five shots after Pavin bogeyed the first hole, however, the lead was cut to three after a birdie by Pavin and a bogey by Langer on the par-4 3rd hole. Pavin cut Langer's lead to two after a birdie on the par-3 5th. After a bogey by Pavin on the par-5 13th hole, Langer's lead was extended to three strokes, which he carried into the 72nd hole. Langer and Pavin both birdied the 72nd hole, as Langer secured the title and his tenth senior major championship.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 59], "content_span": [60, 556]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272425-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 Seongnam FC season\nThe 2017 Seongnam FC season is the club's first season in K League Challenge since its establishment in 1989 as Ilhwa Chunma Football Club and in its current name, Seongnam FC. The team will also competing in the 2017 Korean FA Cup.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [23, 23], "content_span": [24, 256]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272425-0001-0000", "contents": "2017 Seongnam FC season, Pre-season\nSeongnam FC set up the pre-season plan to stay in Namhae, Mokpo and Murcia, Spain.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 35], "content_span": [36, 118]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272425-0002-0000", "contents": "2017 Seongnam FC season, Pre-season, Mokpo, 15-27 Jan 2017\nSeongnam FC had practice matches against University teams and a Korea National League side nearby.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 58], "content_span": [59, 157]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272425-0003-0000", "contents": "2017 Seongnam FC season, Pre-season, Murcia, Spain, 1-23 Feb 2017\nSeongnam FC stayed in Murcia and had practice matches in Pinatar Arena Football Center. All the schedule were coordinated by an agent, HMSports.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 65], "content_span": [66, 210]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272425-0004-0000", "contents": "2017 Seongnam FC season, Pre-season, Murcia, Spain, 1-23 Feb 2017\nAfter the match against FC Cartagena, Seongnam FC squad return to South Korea, arriving on 23rd Feb 2017.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 65], "content_span": [66, 171]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272425-0005-0000", "contents": "2017 Seongnam FC season, Squad\nNote: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 30], "content_span": [31, 159]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272425-0006-0000", "contents": "2017 Seongnam FC season, Squad, Out on loan\nNote: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 43], "content_span": [44, 172]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272425-0007-0000", "contents": "2017 Seongnam FC season, Competitions, Korean FA Cup\nSeongnam FC participates in 2017 Korean FA Cup from Round 3 as K League Challenge team.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 52], "content_span": [53, 140]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272425-0008-0000", "contents": "2017 Seongnam FC season, Competitions, Korean FA Cup\nOn 7 March 2017, in 2017 Korean FA Cup 3, 4 Rounds Draw, Seongnam FC were drawn against Suwon FC. The original draw was Suwon FC's home, but it is decided as Seongnam FC's home due to Suwon's absence at the draw. Win\u00a0\u00a0Draw\u00a0\u00a0Loss\u00a0\u00a0Upcoming fixture", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 52], "content_span": [53, 299]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272425-0009-0000", "contents": "2017 Seongnam FC season, Competitions, Korean FA Cup\nLee Tae-hee Shim Je-hyeok Yeon Je-woon Kim Young-sin Bae Seung-jin", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 52], "content_span": [53, 119]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272425-0010-0000", "contents": "2017 Seongnam FC season, Competitions, Korean FA Cup\nLee Kwang-jin Vladan Ad\u017ei\u0107 Song Soo-young Bae Shin-young Yoon Tae-su", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 52], "content_span": [53, 121]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272425-0011-0000", "contents": "2017 Seongnam FC season, Tickets, Season Ticket\nOn 13 December 2016, the club started the sales of 2017 Seongnam FC season ticket. The first purchase was made by the chairman, Lee Jae-myung and he triggered a 'Pass-Pass Relay' campaign. The campaign is a season ticket holder to nominated participants to purchase Seongnam FC season ticket.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 47], "content_span": [48, 340]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272425-0012-0000", "contents": "2017 Seongnam FC season, Tickets, Season Ticket, Prices\n* Corporate Season Ticket Set is consist of a Ticket book, SFC Umbrella and SFC Calendar.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 55], "content_span": [56, 145]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272426-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 Seoul Open Challenger\nThe 2017 Seoul Open Challenger was a professional tennis tournament played on outdoor hard courts. It was the third edition of the tournament. It was part of the 2017 ATP Challenger Tour. It took place in Seoul, South Korea, on 8\u201314 May 2017.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [26, 26], "content_span": [27, 269]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272426-0001-0000", "contents": "2017 Seoul Open Challenger, Singles main draw entrants, Other entrants\nThe following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 70], "content_span": [71, 139]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272426-0002-0000", "contents": "2017 Seoul Open Challenger, Singles main draw entrants, Other entrants\nThe following player received entry into the singles main draw as an alternate:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 70], "content_span": [71, 150]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272426-0003-0000", "contents": "2017 Seoul Open Challenger, Singles main draw entrants, Other entrants\nThe following player received entry into the singles main draw as a special exempt:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 70], "content_span": [71, 154]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272426-0004-0000", "contents": "2017 Seoul Open Challenger, Singles main draw entrants, Other entrants\nThe following player received entry into the singles main draw using a protected ranking:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 70], "content_span": [71, 160]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272427-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 Seoul Open Challenger \u2013 Doubles\nMatt Reid and John-Patrick Smith were the defending champions but chose not to defend their title.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [36, 36], "content_span": [37, 135]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272427-0001-0000", "contents": "2017 Seoul Open Challenger \u2013 Doubles\nHsieh Cheng-peng and Peng Hsien-yin won the title after Thomas Fabbiano and Dudi Sela retired trailing 1\u20135 in the first set.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [36, 36], "content_span": [37, 161]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272428-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 Seoul Open Challenger \u2013 Singles\nSergiy Stakhovsky was the defending champion but chose not to defend his title.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [36, 36], "content_span": [37, 116]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272428-0001-0000", "contents": "2017 Seoul Open Challenger \u2013 Singles\nThomas Fabbiano won the title after defeating Kwon Soon-woo 1\u20136, 6\u20134, 6\u20133 in the final.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [36, 36], "content_span": [37, 124]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272429-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 Serbia EuroBasket team\nThe 2017 Serbia EuroBasket team represented Serbia and won the silver medal at the EuroBasket 2017 in Helsinki (Finland), Tel Aviv (Israel), Cluj-Napoca (Romania) and Istanbul (Turkey). They were automatically qualified for the EuroBasket by taking the 4th place in EuroBasket 2015. The team was coached by Aleksandar \u0110or\u0111evi\u0107, with assistant coaches Miroslav Nikoli\u0107, Milan Mini\u0107 and Jovica Antoni\u0107.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [27, 27], "content_span": [28, 428]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272429-0001-0000", "contents": "2017 Serbia EuroBasket team\nThe EuroBasket 2017 was the 40th edition of the EuroBasket championship that is organized by FIBA Europe.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [27, 27], "content_span": [28, 133]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272429-0002-0000", "contents": "2017 Serbia EuroBasket team, Roster\nAll players who won a silver medal at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro were included on the 25-man roster besides guard Stefan Markovi\u0107 who announced his retirement from international basketball after Olympics at 28. It's the first time that Serbian national team plays without Stefan Markovi\u0107 at a major tournament since Serbia went independent in 2006. Power forward Nemanja Bjelica was on the 25-man roster, despite a left foot injury he sustained in March 2017, which made him incapable to join the team.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 35], "content_span": [36, 554]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272429-0002-0001", "contents": "2017 Serbia EuroBasket team, Roster\nCenter Nikola Joki\u0107 announced his withdrawal on July 3, citing his will to prepare for the following NBA season. On August 17, head coach Aleksandar \u0110or\u0111evi\u0107 announced that center Miroslav Raduljica would not be able to play at the championship, due to a knee injury. On August 20, head coach \u0110or\u0111evi\u0107 announced that team captain Milo\u0161 Teodosi\u0107 would also be unable to play, due to a chronic thigh injury. Power forward Milan Ma\u010dvan is selected as a new team captain due to Teodosi\u0107's inability to play on the EuroBasket. On August 29, it was announced that Nemanja Nedovi\u0107 and Nikola Kalini\u0107 wouldn't be able to participate at the championships, due to injuries.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 35], "content_span": [36, 699]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272429-0003-0000", "contents": "2017 Serbia EuroBasket team, Roster\nThe members of Serbia roster at the 2016 Summer Olympics guards Bogdan Bogdanovi\u0107, Stefan Jovi\u0107, forwards Stefan Bir\u010devi\u0107, Milan Ma\u010dvan and center Vladimir \u0160timac are coming back to EuroBasket roster, while guards forwards Branko Lazi\u0107, Marko Guduri\u0107 and Vladimir Lu\u010di\u0107 make senior men's debut with the Serbian national team, at a major international tournament. Center Boban Marjanovi\u0107 makes the first appearance at a major tournament since the EuroBasket 2011 while guard Vasilije Mici\u0107 previously played at the EuroBasket 2013. Guard Dragan Milosavljevi\u0107 and center Ognjen Kuzmi\u0107 made their debuts at the EuroBasket 2015.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 35], "content_span": [36, 660]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272429-0004-0000", "contents": "2017 Serbia EuroBasket team, Roster\nThe following is the Serbia roster for the EuroBasket 2017", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 35], "content_span": [36, 94]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272429-0005-0000", "contents": "2017 Serbia EuroBasket team, Exhibition games\nThe Serbia roster has begun its exhibition schedule against Serbian University team on August 2, 2017. They had participated at the 2017 Belgrade Trophy (August 11\u201313) together with Greece and Montenegro, then at the Supercup in Hamburg, Germany (August 17\u201320) with Germany, Poland and Russia. Last games were at the 2017 Acropolis of Athens Tournament where they played together with Greece, Italy and Georgia from August 23\u201325.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 45], "content_span": [46, 475]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272429-0006-0000", "contents": "2017 Serbia EuroBasket team, Exhibition games\nSerbia played nine exhibition games. Had just one lost. The Serbia roster won the Belgrade Trophy and the Hamburg Supercup and came the second at the Acropolis of Athens.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 45], "content_span": [46, 216]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272429-0007-0000", "contents": "2017 Serbia EuroBasket team, Tournament, Knockout stage, Round of 16\nSerbia made the early running before Hungary fought back nearing half-time and the second-half was a near mirror image. Hungary got within 7 points early in the fourth but Serbia steadied, with their dominance on the inside too much for Hungary to handle. Hungary made a comeback bid in the last quarter getting the margin to within 7 points with 8 minutes left after hitting consecutive threes. However, a pretty penetration and dish by Stefan Jovi\u0107 to Milan Ma\u010dvan steadied things for Serbia before Boban Marjanovi\u0107 scored four quick points to snuff out Hungary's challenge. Ognjen Kuzmi\u0107 was a handful for Hungary all game and finished with 17 points and 10 rebounds in a commanding performance. Serbia's size was too much for Hungary and that showed on the glass with their 37-23 domination in rebounds.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 68], "content_span": [69, 876]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272429-0008-0000", "contents": "2017 Serbia EuroBasket team, Tournament, Knockout stage, Quarterfinals\nSerbia outscored Italy 26-16 in a dominant second quarter to take command of the contest. Italy appeared set to stage a comeback midway through the fourth, getting within 8 points, but Bogdan Bogdanovi\u0107 hit a three and scored another bucket on the next possession to steady Serbia. Serbia took full advantage of their size advantage by dominating on the boards to convincingly win the rebounds 44-19. Bogdanovi\u0107 struggled in the opening three quarters scoring just 8 points, including 0-of-7 from three. However, he came alive in the fourth to ensure Serbia would not have any nervous moments.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 70], "content_span": [71, 664]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272429-0009-0000", "contents": "2017 Serbia EuroBasket team, Tournament, Knockout stage, Semifinals\nIt was a game of spurts with momentum swinging wildly within minutes. Russia trailed for much of the game by double digits before getting within 2 points midway through the fourth. Aleksey Shved missed a wide open deep three for the lead, only for Vasilije Mici\u0107 to connect from deep at the other end. It gave the momentum to Serbia and they hung on from there. With the towering Boban Marjanovi\u0107, Serbia absolutely dominated in the paint, despite Russia having no shortage of size themselves. Serbia won the battle down-low, outscoring Russia 44-22 in the paint. Serbia led for most of the game through a 14-0 run in the second quarter. However, the game took several turns as Russia would not give up. With Shved scoring in spurts, Russia fought right back getting it to a single possession game until Serbia steadied late.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 67], "content_span": [68, 893]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272430-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 Serbian Cup Final\nThe 2017 Serbian Cup Final was the 11th final of the Serbian Cup. It took place on 27 May 2017 at Partizan Stadium in Belgrade, Serbia and was contested between rivals Partizan and Red Star.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [22, 22], "content_span": [23, 213]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272430-0001-0000", "contents": "2017 Serbian Cup Final\nThe match was broadcast live in Serbia by Arena Sport.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [22, 22], "content_span": [23, 77]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272430-0002-0000", "contents": "2017 Serbian Cup Final, Route to the Final, Partizan\nPartizan started their campaign in the 1st round. In it, they were drawn at home against Napredak Kru\u0161evac. At home, Partizan won 3\u20131 with two goals from Uro\u0161 \u0110ur\u0111evi\u0107 and one goal from Leonardo. In the 2nd round, Partizan drew Serbian League Belgrade side \u017darkovo. Partizan won 2\u20130 with two goals from Valeri Bojinov. In the quarter-finals, Partizan were drawn Serbian SuperLiga fellow Vo\u017edovac. At the Vo\u017edovac Stadium, Partizan won 2\u20131 with goals from \u0110ur\u0111evi\u0107 and Leonardo. In the first leg of semi-final at Kara\u0111or\u0111e Stadium, Partizan played without goals against Vojvodina. In the second leg, Partizan won 1\u20130 at home, with \u0110ur\u0111evi\u0107's goal and reached the final.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 52], "content_span": [53, 721]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272430-0003-0000", "contents": "2017 Serbian Cup Final, Route to the Final, Red Star\nRed Star also started in the 1st where they were drawn at away against Serbian First League side \u010cSK \u010celarevo. Red Star won 3\u20130 with goal from Marko Poletanovi\u0107, captain Aleksandar Lukovi\u0107 and Predrag Sikimi\u0107. In the 2nd round, they were drawn with Serbian First League team BSK Bor\u010da at home. Red Star won 3\u20130 with goals from Slavoljub Srni\u0107, Hugo Vieira and Petar Orlandi\u0107. In the Quarter-finals, they were drawn against fellow Serbian SuperLiga side and Mladost Lu\u010dani. At home, Red Star won 4\u20132 thanks with goals from Gu\u00e9lor Kanga, Nemanja Mili\u0107, Richmond Boakye and Aleksandar Lukovi\u0107.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 52], "content_span": [53, 643]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272430-0003-0001", "contents": "2017 Serbian Cup Final, Route to the Final, Red Star\nIn the first leg of semi-finals, Red Star were drawn against fellow Serbian SuperLiga, \u010cukari\u010dki. Red Star won 4\u20131 at away, with a goal from Damien Le Tallec, two goals from Richmond Boakye and one own goal. In the second leg, Red Star has lost 1\u20132 at home. Richmond Boakye has scored from penalty spot.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 52], "content_span": [53, 356]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272430-0004-0000", "contents": "2017 Serbian Cup Final, Pre-match\nThe match should to be played on Kara\u0111or\u0111e Stadium in Novi Sad. After semi-finals, in the final are qualified Partizan and Red Star and It was decided that the match was held in Belgrade. On 18 May 2017, on the draw was decided to play on Partizan Stadium.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 33], "content_span": [34, 290]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272430-0005-0000", "contents": "2017 Serbian Cup Final, Pre-match\nThe last meeting between Partizan and Red Star in Cup final, was in the 2000\u201301 FR Yugoslavia Cup. The game was played at Red Star's stadium and Partizan won 1\u20130 by Sa\u0161a Ili\u0107's goal in 65th minute. It is interesting that Sa\u0161a Ili\u0107 still plays in Partizan.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 33], "content_span": [34, 289]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272430-0006-0000", "contents": "2017 Serbian Cup Final, Pre-match\nDue to injuries, for Partizan could not play Brazilian defensive midfielder Everton Luiz and goalkeeper Filip Kljaji\u0107. For Partizan could not play and left-back Nemanja Mileti\u0107, because he got yellow card against Vojvodina, in the second leg of the semi-finals.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 33], "content_span": [34, 295]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272430-0007-0000", "contents": "2017 Serbian Cup Final, Pre-match\nFor Red Star could not play Ghanaian defender Abraham Frimpong, because he got a yellow card against \u010cukari\u010dki, in the second leg of the semi-finals.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 33], "content_span": [34, 183]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272431-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 Serbian Water Polo Cup\nThe 2017 Serbian Cup is the 12th edition of the tournament.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [27, 27], "content_span": [28, 87]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272431-0001-0000", "contents": "2017 Serbian Water Polo Cup, Schedule\nThe rounds of the 2017 competition are scheduled as follows:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 37], "content_span": [38, 98]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272431-0002-0000", "contents": "2017 Serbian Water Polo Cup, Matches, Round of 32\nRound of 32 match was played on 8 November 2017.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 49], "content_span": [50, 98]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272431-0003-0000", "contents": "2017 Serbian Water Polo Cup, Matches, Round of 16\nRound of 16 matches were played on 19\u201322 November 2017.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 49], "content_span": [50, 105]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272431-0004-0000", "contents": "2017 Serbian Water Polo Cup, Final four\nThe final four will be held on 16 and 17 December 2017 at the SC \u201e\u0110or\u0111e Predin Bad\u017ea\" in Be\u010dej.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 39], "content_span": [40, 135]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272432-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 Serbian White Eagles FC season\nThe 2017 Serbian White Eagles FC season was the twenty first season in the club's participation in the Canadian Soccer League (including Canadian National Soccer League days).They began the season on May 26, 2017 at home against SC Waterloo Region. Throughout the season they maintained their traditional status of an elite club by finishing the season as runners up in the regular season. They only recorded one defeat and achieved the second best offensive record. In the postseason they failed to successfully defend their CSL Championship after losing to York Region Shooters in the semifinals.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [35, 35], "content_span": [36, 634]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272432-0001-0000", "contents": "2017 Serbian White Eagles FC season, Summary\nThe White Eagles entered the 2017 CSL season as the defending champions with Uro\u0161 Stamatovi\u0107 returning to manage the squad for the season. Serbia continued its strategy of recruiting seasoned imports from Europe, while also rejuvenating the roster with younger graduates from their youth system. The new additions included Luka Milidragovi\u0107, Du\u0161an Kova\u010devi\u0107, and Ivan Nikolic. They also continued fielding their reserve team in the Second Division.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 44], "content_span": [45, 493]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272432-0002-0000", "contents": "2017 Serbian White Eagles FC season, Summary\nWhile their on field performance continued to prosper as the White Eagles began the season with a 12-game undefeated streak. Their only defeat occurred in an away match, while at home they remained undefeated. Serbia concluded the regular season as runners up and was ranked in the top three for the best offensive and defensive records. In the preliminary round of the postseason they defeated SC Waterloo by a score of 5-3. Unfortunately they failed to defend the CSL Championship after being eliminated by the York Region Shooters.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 44], "content_span": [45, 579]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272432-0003-0000", "contents": "2017 Serbian White Eagles FC season, Players, Roster\nNote: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 52], "content_span": [53, 181]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272433-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 Serbian local elections\nA small number of municipalities in Serbia held local elections in 2017. These were not part of the country's regular cycle of local elections but instead took place in certain jurisdictions where either the local governments had fallen or the last local elections for four-year terms had taken place in 2013.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [28, 28], "content_span": [29, 338]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272433-0001-0000", "contents": "2017 Serbian local elections\nAll local elections in Serbia are held under proportional representation. Mayors are not directly elected but are instead chosen by elected members of the local assemblies. Parties were required to cross a five per cent electoral threshold to win representation in the local assembles in 2017, although this requirement was waived for parties representing national minority communities.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [28, 28], "content_span": [29, 415]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272433-0002-0000", "contents": "2017 Serbian local elections, Results, Vojvodina, South Ba\u010dka District\nAn election was held in Vrbas on 23 April 2017, following the resignation of mayor Milan Glu\u0161ac of the Progressive Party. Vrbas had held its last local elections in 2013, and the assembly's term in office was scheduled to end in October 2017; Glu\u0161ac said that he resigned in order to prompt early elections, which would be held in conjunction with the 2017 Serbian presidential election as a cost-saving measure.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 70], "content_span": [71, 483]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272433-0003-0000", "contents": "2017 Serbian local elections, Results, Vojvodina, South Ba\u010dka District\nThe results of the election for the municipal assembly were as follows:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 70], "content_span": [71, 142]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272433-0004-0000", "contents": "2017 Serbian local elections, Results, Vojvodina, South Ba\u010dka District\nFormer mayor Milan Glu\u0161ac was selected for another term in office after the election. He announced his resignation in November 2019, withdrew his resignation shortly thereafter, and definitively resigned in early 2020. He was subsequently appointed as the leader of a provisional authority pending new local elections in 2020. It was speculated that the timing of these activities was deliberately coordinated to harmonize Vrbas's local elections with the country's main electoral cycle.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 70], "content_span": [71, 558]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272434-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 Serbian presidential election\nPresidential elections were held in Serbia on 2 April 2017, the eleventh since the office of President was introduced in 1990. Incumbent President Tomislav Nikoli\u0107 was eligible to run for a second five-year term, but opted not to do so. Prime Minister Aleksandar Vu\u010di\u0107 was elected as President in the first round.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [34, 34], "content_span": [35, 348]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272434-0001-0000", "contents": "2017 Serbian presidential election\nThe election was marred by accusations of voter intimidation and a near total domination of the Serbian media by Vu\u010di\u0107 and his party. Following the announcement of the results, protests were held across Serbia against Vu\u010di\u0107's victory. The OSCE have announced that there are reports of pressure on employees of state and state-affiliated institutions to support Vu\u010di\u0107 and secure, in a cascade fashion, support from subordinate employees, family members, and friends.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [34, 34], "content_span": [35, 500]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272434-0002-0000", "contents": "2017 Serbian presidential election\nThe OSCE report noted that general reluctance of media to report critically on or to challenge the governing authorities significantly reduced the amount of impartial information available to voters, that all private national television channels displayed preferential treatment towards Vu\u010di\u0107 in their news programmes, and that public resources were used in support of Vu\u010di\u0107, including endorsements and favourable articles in municipal information material. The European Commission stated in its Serbia 2018 report that the Regulatory Body for Electronic Media had failed to address imbalances in media coverage during the presidential campaign.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [34, 34], "content_span": [35, 681]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272434-0002-0001", "contents": "2017 Serbian presidential election\nThe Associated Press and Reporters Without Borders reported that Aleksandar Vu\u010di\u0107, the candidate of the governing coalition, had ten times more airtime on national broadcasters than all other candidates combined and that mainstream media under Vu\u010di\u0107's control have been demonizing most of the opposition presidential candidates, without giving them the opportunity to respond. This practice was different compared to the previous elections, when the two main candidates had approximately the same media coverage. Non -governmental organizations involved in election observation, CRTA and Bureau for Social Research, emphasized that the presence of Aleksandar Vu\u010di\u0107 in newspaper and the electronic media during presidential campaign was disproportionate, adding that media have lost their critical role and that they have become a means of political propaganda.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [34, 34], "content_span": [35, 895]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272434-0003-0000", "contents": "2017 Serbian presidential election, Electoral system\nThe President of Serbia is elected for a five-year term using the two-round system. Incumbent President's term is scheduled to expire on 31 May.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 52], "content_span": [53, 197]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272434-0004-0000", "contents": "2017 Serbian presidential election, Candidates\nSerbia's Electoral Commission confirmed eleven candidates. Candidate numbers were decided using a random draw on 17 March.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 46], "content_span": [47, 169]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272434-0005-0000", "contents": "2017 Serbian presidential election, Opinion polls, Voter demographics\nA public opinion survey, carried out by CeSID showed that significant proportions of Vu\u010di\u0107 supporters, the candidate of the governing coalition, were composed of pensioners (41%) and that the vast majority (63%) held a secondary education degree, while 21% did not complete high school. The average age of his supporters was 55 years.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 69], "content_span": [70, 404]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272434-0006-0000", "contents": "2017 Serbian presidential election, Opinion polls, Voter demographics\nThe second most popular candidate, Jankovi\u0107, had slightly more women among his potential voters, who were on average 45 years old. The vast majority of his supporters (59%) had completed higher education. In addition, he was supported by the majority of diaspora voters.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 69], "content_span": [70, 340]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272434-0007-0000", "contents": "2017 Serbian presidential election, Conduct\nThe election was marred by accusations of voter intimidation and a near total domination of the Serbian media by Vu\u010di\u0107 and his party. Following the announcement of the results, protests were held across Serbia against Vu\u010di\u0107's victory. There were several issues. First, the electoral campaign was short only fulfilling minimal requirement of 30 days, despite the fact that these were regular elections. Also, until the last day it was unclear if there would be only parliamentary elections or parliamentary and City of Belgrade elections which hampered electoral strategies of opposition candidates. Furthermore, the governing majority made a decision to dissolve the parliament during the campaign, which was not justified and badly hurt visibility of opposition.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 43], "content_span": [44, 808]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272434-0008-0000", "contents": "2017 Serbian presidential election, Conduct\nThere were also a problems with imperfect electoral registers recorded which was similar as with previous elections. Controversy also arose regarding financing of electoral campaigns. Independent Investigative journalists reported that up to 6879 individual donors have provided Aleksandar Vu\u010di\u0107's campaign with exactly 40.000 RSD each, which is near maximum amount and individual can contribute.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 43], "content_span": [44, 440]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272434-0009-0000", "contents": "2017 Serbian presidential election, Conduct\nThe OSCE have announced that there are reports of pressure on employees of state and state-affiliated institutions to support Vu\u010di\u0107 and secure, in a cascade fashion, support from subordinate employees, family members, and friends.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 43], "content_span": [44, 274]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272434-0010-0000", "contents": "2017 Serbian presidential election, Conduct\nOn 3 April 2017, the Republican Electoral Commission announced that the election results from two polling stations in Ba\u010dka Palanka and Zrenjanin would be annulled and followed by a repeat vote at those stations on 11 April. This was due to reports of electoral fraud. The following day, the election results were annulled in a further six municipalities, with re-runs also scheduled for 11 April. The repeat vote in the eight municipalities could not change the outcome of the elections, as there were only 9,851 voters who are eligible to vote, fewer than Vu\u010di\u0107's margin of victory.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 43], "content_span": [44, 628]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272434-0011-0000", "contents": "2017 Serbian presidential election, Conduct\nIn Novi Pazar, where Vu\u010di\u0107 recorded 74.43% of the vote, Sead Biberovi\u0107 from the Novi Pazar-based NGO called \"Urban-IN\" claimed that there were \"serious crimes committed at multiple polling stations,\" and that \"some people went from station to station, where they threatened, used ransoms, and lied\". Re\u0161ad Hod\u017ei\u0107, who was Sa\u0161a Jankovi\u0107's campaign representative in Novi Pazar, claimed that \"30,000 lists were prepared in the trunks of cars circulating between polling places, in an attempt to be cast into the voting boxes.\" He said that the Jankovi\u0107 campaign workers did as much as they could to stop electoral fraud, going on to say:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 43], "content_span": [44, 679]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272434-0012-0000", "contents": "2017 Serbian presidential election, Conduct\n\"In polling station #90, activists of the Party of Democratic Action of Sand\u017eak gave poll workers 5,000 dinars each in order to submit 500 votes for Vu\u010di\u0107, which they accepted. In the end, Vu\u010di\u0107 recorded 532 votes at that polling station. In Vranovina they offered 400 euros to submit 200 votes. For all of this we have witnesses and averments.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 43], "content_span": [44, 389]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272434-0013-0000", "contents": "2017 Serbian presidential election, Conduct\nOn 3 April, following the announcement of Vu\u010di\u0107's victory, a student protest formed in front of the Serbian National Assembly, which, according to Danas, was attended by over 10,000 people. Protests after the election results were announced emerged in 15 cities throughout Serbia.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 43], "content_span": [44, 324]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272434-0014-0000", "contents": "2017 Serbian presidential election, Conduct, Media freedom\nThe Associated Press and Reporters Without Borders reported that Aleksandar Vu\u010di\u0107, the candidate of the governing coalition, had ten times more airtime on national broadcasters than all other candidates combined and that mainstream media under Vu\u010di\u0107's control have been demonizing most of the opposition presidential candidates, without giving them the opportunity to respond. This practice was different compared to the previous elections, when the two main candidates had approximately the same media coverage. Non -governmental organizations involved in election observation, CRTA and Bureau for Social Research, emphasized that the presence of Aleksandar Vu\u010di\u0107 in newspaper and the electronic media during presidential campaign was disproportionate, adding that media have lost their critical role and that they have become a means of political propaganda.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 58], "content_span": [59, 919]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272434-0015-0000", "contents": "2017 Serbian presidential election, Conduct, Media freedom\nThe OSCE report noted that general reluctance of media to report critically on or to challenge the governing authorities significantly reduced the amount of impartial information available to voters, that all private national television channels displayed preferential treatment towards Vu\u010di\u0107 in their news programmes, and that public resources were used in support of Vu\u010di\u0107, including endorsements and favourable articles in municipal information material. The European Commission stated in its Serbia 2018 report that the Regulatory Body for Electronic Media had failed to address imbalances in media coverage during the presidential campaign.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 58], "content_span": [59, 705]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272434-0016-0000", "contents": "2017 Serbian presidential election, Conduct, Media freedom\nOne day before the beginning of the election silence, seven major newspapers covered their entire front pages with adverts for Vu\u010di\u0107. Slavi\u0161a Leki\u0107, president of the Independent Journalist Association of Serbia said \"With this, Aleksandar Vu\u010di\u0107 clearly demonstrated that he can control over everything in this country.\" Vu\u010di\u0107 was the subject of criticism and satire for the appearance of a show on Happy TV in the last days of the campaign, with guests including his parents, in which he offered assistance in front of the camera to a man who allegedly fainted.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 58], "content_span": [59, 620]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272434-0017-0000", "contents": "2017 Serbian presidential election, Results\nAs Vu\u010di\u0107 received more than 50% of votes in the first round, no second round was held.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 43], "content_span": [44, 130]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272435-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 Serbian protests\nThe 2017 Serbian protests against perceived dictatorship were ongoing mass protests organized across Belgrade, Novi Sad, Ni\u0161 and other cities and towns in Serbia, against Prime Minister Aleksandar Vu\u010di\u0107, as a result of the presidential election. The election was marred by accusations of voter intimidation and a near total domination of Serbia's media by Vu\u010di\u0107 and his populist conservative Serbian Progressive Party. The protests started on 3 April and thousands of people had been gathering on the streets of Serbia's cities on a daily basis. They informed themselves via official Facebook protest pages.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [21, 21], "content_span": [22, 629]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272435-0001-0000", "contents": "2017 Serbian protests, Protests\nThe leading participants were university students, however on Saturday, 8 November, they were joined by the police syndicate, the army syndicate, taxi drivers, lawyers, postal office workers and other organizations who are protesting against the president-elect's authoritarian regime.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 31], "content_span": [32, 317]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272435-0002-0000", "contents": "2017 Serbian protests, Protests\nProtests erupted on 3 April when Nemanja Milosavljevi\u0107, member of the hip hop group Middle Finger Kru under the stage name German, posted an event called Protest Against Dictatorship 2017 saying \"Sloba also won an election, remember that\", referring to the overthrow of Slobodan Milo\u0161evi\u0107. On the first day, media reported up to 10.000 participants. Popular chants included \"Vu\u010di\u0107, you fag\" and \"Av av av\" (Vu\u010di\u0107's initials, also represents a barking sound). A group of protesters threw eggs at the National Assembly building and a makeshift wall displaying victims of the Kosovo War called the Serbian Wailing Wall was severely damaged causing public outrage.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 31], "content_span": [32, 692]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272435-0003-0000", "contents": "2017 Serbian protests, Protests\nDuring the 8 April protest, according to president of the Army union, there were more than 80.000 people in Belgrade walking against dictatorship. A set of demands have been presented to endorse a democratization of the country, including measures to limit and oversee the President-elect's firm control. Portestors also demand independent monitoring and a new assessment of the recent presidential election, with responsibility to be shouldered by \"those responsible for any irregular campaign, as well for [any] irregularities during voting and counting.\" They also called for all \"corrupt public officials\" to quit, and for all media editors not respecting the press code to be held accountable.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 31], "content_span": [32, 730]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272435-0004-0000", "contents": "2017 Serbian protests, Protests\nOn 11 April, protests were joined by NKPJ and left-wing union \"Sloga\". They protested against \"bad situation of worker class\" and against expulsion of their members from one Kru\u0161evac factory.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 31], "content_span": [32, 223]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272435-0005-0000", "contents": "2017 Serbian protests, Protests\nThe largest protest so far was on 12 April. The protesters have called for a break due to the Easter in the demonstrations; the deadline for their ultimatum to the government was 17 April. Since their demands were not fulfilled, the demonstrations are continued after the Easter holidays. The media reported that there is a possibility of protest radicalization by blocking the major city streets, bridges and universities.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 31], "content_span": [32, 455]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272435-0006-0000", "contents": "2017 Serbian protests, Protests\nOn 1 May, several thousand members of unions and left-wing parties, including New Communist Party of Yugoslavia, protested on International Workers' Day and supported the student protests. They protested against worker law and the International Monetary Fund, and for higher pay and better workers rights. In the meantime, the union \"Sloga\" also protested in Kru\u0161evac.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 31], "content_span": [32, 400]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272435-0007-0000", "contents": "2017 Serbian protests, Protests\nOn 31 May, the day of Vu\u010di\u0107 inauguration, there was opposition protest, as well the pro-government rally. There were large number of incidents on government rally, including attacks on journalists and anti-government protesters by SNS supporters and, so called, party parapolice members. On opposition protest were few thousand people from Belgrade, and on government rally was 10 000 people from entire Serbia.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 31], "content_span": [32, 443]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272435-0008-0000", "contents": "2017 Serbian protests, Organization\nProtests were held without formal organization and leadership. Anyone could participate in deciding and voting via a Facebook group concerning next steps of protests. Walking routes were posted on the Facebook page and discussed on the spot. Due to a decline in number of people walking and \"loss of meaning\", group of protesters in Belgrade made a separate faction called \"With Culture Against Dictatorship\" which will continue in protesting. Another fraction called \"Seven Demands\" has been formed.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 35], "content_span": [36, 536]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272435-0008-0001", "contents": "2017 Serbian protests, Organization\nAn informal group of students dissatisfied with protesters who expressed a will to cooperate with the opposition in achieving the protest goals broke out of main group. They stated their will to pursue action for \"Seven Demands\" but without implications for political parties and politicians. In early May, a faction \"Against Dictatorship\" announced via their official Facebook page that they would protest once a week instead of every day.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 35], "content_span": [36, 476]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272435-0009-0000", "contents": "2017 Serbian protests, Protests in Ni\u0161\nProtests broke out on 3 April. A few thousand protesters spontaneously gathered at Trg Kralja Milana to support the Belgrade protest which had been held earlier that day. On 5 April, at National Theatre in Ni\u0161, plato protesters announced a set of demands, the same as those in Belgrade. On the same day, protesters had been throwing eggs at a billboard from Aleksandar Vu\u010di\u0107's presidential election campaign. On 13 April, protesters set local demands including stronger budgetary control of institutions, introduction of participatory budgeting at the municipal level, criminal prosecution of corrupt judicial officials, fiscal transparency, and stopping nepotism. On 17 April, protesters began funny chants towards the controversial disability pension of city major Darko Bulatovi\u0107. On 18 April, protesters organized a performance by giving away fake PhD degrees to citizens, referring to plagiarism affairs involving public officials in Serbia.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 38], "content_span": [39, 985]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272436-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 Serena Williams tennis season\nThe 2017 Serena Williams tennis season officially began on 5 January with the start of the 2017 ASB Classic. Williams entered the season as the number two ranked player.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [34, 34], "content_span": [35, 204]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272436-0001-0000", "contents": "2017 Serena Williams tennis season\nOn January 28, 2017, Williams set a record for the most slams in the open era when she claimed her 23rd slam at the 2017 Australian Open. On April 19, she announced that she was pregnant with her first child and would not participate in any further tournaments for the rest of the year.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [34, 34], "content_span": [35, 321]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272437-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 Settimana Internazionale di Coppi e Bartali\nThe 2017 Settimana Internazionale di Coppi e Bartali was a road cycling stage race that took place between 23 and 26 March 2017. The race was rated as a 2.1 event as part of the 2018 UCI Europe Tour, and was the 32nd edition of the Settimana Internazionale di Coppi e Bartali cycling race.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 48], "section_span": [48, 48], "content_span": [49, 338]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272437-0001-0000", "contents": "2017 Settimana Internazionale di Coppi e Bartali\nThe race was won by Italian rider Lilian Calmejane of Direct \u00c9nergie.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 48], "section_span": [48, 48], "content_span": [49, 118]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272437-0002-0000", "contents": "2017 Settimana Internazionale di Coppi e Bartali, Teams\nTwenty-five teams started the race. Each team had a maximum of eight riders:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 48], "section_span": [50, 55], "content_span": [56, 132]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272437-0003-0000", "contents": "2017 Settimana Internazionale di Coppi e Bartali, Stages, Stage 1b\nFor the time trial, each team was split into two four-man teams.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 48], "section_span": [50, 66], "content_span": [67, 131]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272438-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 Sevastopol gubernatorial election\nGovernor Election in Sevastopol were held on 10 September 2017. It was the second election of the Governor of Sevastopol after the 2014 Russian annexation of Crimea, and was the first direct elections for Governor (last time the Governor was elected to the Legislative Assembly).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [38, 38], "content_span": [39, 318]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272438-0001-0000", "contents": "2017 Sevastopol gubernatorial election, Background\nThe previous Governor of Sevastopol Sergey Menyailo, who was appointed after the 2014 Russian annexation of Crimea, in the summer of 2016 was appointed representative of Russian President to the Siberian Federal District. The acting Governor was appointed Dmitry Ovsyannikov.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 50], "content_span": [51, 326]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272438-0002-0000", "contents": "2017 Sevastopol gubernatorial election, Background\nMarch 14, 2017, the Legislative Assembly of Sevastopol adopted the law on the introduction of direct elections of the Governor.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 50], "content_span": [51, 178]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272439-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 Seychelles First Division\nThe 2017 Seychelles First Division is the top level football competition in Seychelles. It started on 2 March 2017.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [30, 30], "content_span": [31, 146]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272440-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 Shan United FC season\nShan United Football Club (Burmese: \u101b\u103d\u1019\u1039\u1038\u101a\u1030\u108f\u102d\u102f\u1000\u1039\u1010\u1000\u1039 \u1021\u101e\u1004\u103a\u1038, pronounced\u00a0[k\u00e0\u0274b\u0254\u0301za\u0330]) is a Burmese football club, based in Taunggyi, Myanmar. Their home stadium name is Taunggyi Stadium in Shan State. Former name is Kanbawza FC and name changed in 2015.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [26, 26], "content_span": [27, 277]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272440-0001-0000", "contents": "2017 Shan United FC season, Current squad\nNote: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 41], "content_span": [42, 170]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272441-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 Shanghai Challenger\nThe 2017 Shanghai Challenger was a professional tennis tournament played on hard courts. It was the seventh edition of the tournament which was part of the 2017 ATP Challenger Tour. It took place in Shanghai, China between 11 and 17 September 2017.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [24, 24], "content_span": [25, 273]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272441-0001-0000", "contents": "2017 Shanghai Challenger, Singles main draw entrants, Other entrants\nThe following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 68], "content_span": [69, 137]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272441-0002-0000", "contents": "2017 Shanghai Challenger, Singles main draw entrants, Other entrants\nThe following player received entry into the singles main draw using a protected ranking:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 68], "content_span": [69, 158]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272442-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 Shanghai Challenger \u2013 Doubles\nHsieh Cheng-peng and Yi Chu-huan were the defending champions, but chose to defend their title with different partners. Hsieh partnered Zhang Ze but lost in the first round to Wu Yibing and Wu Di. Yi partnered Toshihide Matsui and successfully defended his title.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [34, 34], "content_span": [35, 298]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272442-0001-0000", "contents": "2017 Shanghai Challenger \u2013 Doubles\nMatsui and Yi won the title after defeating Bradley Klahn and Peter Polansky 6\u20137(1\u20137), 6\u20134, [10\u20135] in the final.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [34, 34], "content_span": [35, 147]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272443-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 Shanghai Challenger \u2013 Singles\nHenri Laaksonen was the defending champion but chose not to defend his title.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [34, 34], "content_span": [35, 112]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272443-0001-0000", "contents": "2017 Shanghai Challenger \u2013 Singles\nWu Yibing won the title after Lu Yen-hsun retired in the final after losing the first set 6\u20137(6\u20138).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [34, 34], "content_span": [35, 134]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272444-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 Shanghai Darts Masters\nThe 2017 Shanghai Darts Masters was the second staging of the tournament by the Professional Darts Corporation, as a second entry in the 2017 World Series of Darts. The tournament featured eight Asian players who faced eight PDC players and was held at the Pullman Hotel Shanghai South in Shanghai, China from 6\u20137 July 2017.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [27, 27], "content_span": [28, 352]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272444-0001-0000", "contents": "2017 Shanghai Darts Masters\nMichael van Gerwen was the defending champion, and he retained his title by beating Dave Chisnall 8\u20130 in the final.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [27, 27], "content_span": [28, 143]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272444-0002-0000", "contents": "2017 Shanghai Darts Masters, Qualifiers\nEight PDC players \u2013 the top eight from the 2017 Premier League \u2013 were initially invited. Adrian Lewis subsequently pulled out and was replaced by Gerwyn Price, meaning that the eight players invited were the same as had been invited for the previous World Series event, the 2017 Dubai Duty Free Darts Masters. They are seeded according to the World Series Order of Merit:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 39], "content_span": [40, 411]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272445-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 Shanghai Greenland Shenhua F.C. season\nThe 2017 Shanghai Greenland Shenhua season was Shanghai Greenland Shenhua's 14th season in the Chinese Super League and 55th overall in the Chinese top flight. They also competed in the Chinese FA Cup and AFC Champions League.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [43, 43], "content_span": [44, 270]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272445-0001-0000", "contents": "2017 Shanghai Greenland Shenhua F.C. season, Season events\nOn 29 November 2016, Gus Poyet was appointed as the club's new manager, replacing Gregorio Manzano.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [45, 58], "content_span": [59, 158]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272445-0002-0000", "contents": "2017 Shanghai Greenland Shenhua F.C. season, Season events\nOn 30 June 2017, it was announced that Fredy Guar\u00edn had signed a new two-year contract with the club until end of 2019.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [45, 58], "content_span": [59, 178]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272445-0003-0000", "contents": "2017 Shanghai Greenland Shenhua F.C. season, Season events\nOn 11 September 2017, after a home defeat to Henan Jianye, Poyet resigned as manager of the club. Technical director and former head coach Wu Jingui was placed in charge for Shenhua's remaining games.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [45, 58], "content_span": [59, 259]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272445-0004-0000", "contents": "2017 Shanghai Greenland Shenhua F.C. season, Season events\nOn 19 November 2017, before the first leg of 2017 Chinese FA Cup final began, it was announced that Cao Yunding, Bai Jiajun, Li Yunqiu and Bi Jinhao all had signed new five-year contracts with the club until 2022.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [45, 58], "content_span": [59, 272]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272445-0005-0000", "contents": "2017 Shanghai Greenland Shenhua F.C. season, Season events\nOn 26 November 2017, Shenhua beat Shanghai SIPG to win the 2017 Chinese FA Cup on the away goals rule after second leg of the final ended 3-2 to make it 3-3 on aggregate. It was Shenhua's first FA Cup triumph since 1998 and earned them a place in next season's AFC Champions League.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [45, 58], "content_span": [59, 341]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272445-0006-0000", "contents": "2017 Shanghai Greenland Shenhua F.C. season, Squad\nNote: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [45, 50], "content_span": [51, 179]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272445-0007-0000", "contents": "2017 Shanghai Greenland Shenhua F.C. season, Squad, Reserve squad\nNote: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [45, 65], "content_span": [66, 194]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272445-0008-0000", "contents": "2017 Shanghai Greenland Shenhua F.C. season, Squad, On loan\nNote: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [45, 59], "content_span": [60, 188]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272445-0009-0000", "contents": "2017 Shanghai Greenland Shenhua F.C. season, Transfers, Winter\nIn:Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [45, 62], "content_span": [63, 194]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272445-0010-0000", "contents": "2017 Shanghai Greenland Shenhua F.C. season, Transfers, Winter\nOut:Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [45, 62], "content_span": [63, 195]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272445-0011-0000", "contents": "2017 Shanghai Greenland Shenhua F.C. season, Transfers, Summer\nIn:Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [45, 62], "content_span": [63, 194]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272445-0012-0000", "contents": "2017 Shanghai Greenland Shenhua F.C. season, Transfers, Summer\nOut:Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [45, 62], "content_span": [63, 195]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272445-0013-0000", "contents": "2017 Shanghai Greenland Shenhua F.C. season, Competitions, Chinese FA Cup, Final\n3\u20133 on aggregate. Shanghai Greenland Shenhua won on away goals.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [45, 80], "content_span": [81, 144]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272446-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 Shanghai International Film Festival\nThe 2017 Shanghai International Film Festival was the 20th such festival devoted to international cinema held in Shanghai, China.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [41, 41], "content_span": [42, 171]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272446-0001-0000", "contents": "2017 Shanghai International Film Festival, International Jury\nThe members of the jury for the Golden Goblet Award were:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [43, 61], "content_span": [62, 119]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272447-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 Shanghai Masters\nThe 2017 Juss Sports Shanghai Masters was a professional ranking snooker tournament that took place in Shanghai, China. It was the ninth ranking event of the 2017/2018 season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [21, 21], "content_span": [22, 197]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272447-0001-0000", "contents": "2017 Shanghai Masters\nQualifying for the tournament took place between 11 and 13 October in Wigan.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [21, 21], "content_span": [22, 98]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272447-0002-0000", "contents": "2017 Shanghai Masters\nDing Junhui was the defending champion, but withdrew from the tournament due to an eye infection.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [21, 21], "content_span": [22, 119]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272447-0003-0000", "contents": "2017 Shanghai Masters\nNotably, Judd Trump won 20 consecutive frames in four matches before losing 3 frames to Jack Lisowski in the semi-finals.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [21, 21], "content_span": [22, 143]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272447-0004-0000", "contents": "2017 Shanghai Masters\nRonnie O'Sullivan captured his 30th ranking title by beating Judd Trump 10\u20133 in the final. With his win, O'Sullivan is ranked 2nd place on the all-time list of ranking event wins, only behind Stephen Hendry.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [21, 21], "content_span": [22, 229]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272447-0005-0000", "contents": "2017 Shanghai Masters, Prize fund\nThe breakdown of prize money for this year is shown below:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 33], "content_span": [34, 92]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272447-0006-0000", "contents": "2017 Shanghai Masters, Prize fund\nThe \"rolling 147 prize\" for a maximum break stood at \u00a35,000", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 33], "content_span": [34, 93]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272447-0007-0000", "contents": "2017 Shanghai Masters, Qualifying\nThese matches were played between 11 and 13 October 2017 at the Robin Park Arena and Sports Centre in Wigan, England. All matches were the best of 9 frames.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 33], "content_span": [34, 190]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272448-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 Shanghai Rolex Masters\nThe 2017 Shanghai Rolex Masters was a tennis tournament played on outdoor hard courts. It was the ninth edition of the Shanghai ATP Masters 1000, classified as an ATP World Tour Masters 1000 event on the 2017 ATP World Tour. It was taking place at Qizhong Forest Sports City Arena in Shanghai, China from October 8 to 15, 2017.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [27, 27], "content_span": [28, 355]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272448-0001-0000", "contents": "2017 Shanghai Rolex Masters, Singles main draw entrants, Seeds\nThe following are the seeded players. Seedings are based on ATP rankings as of October 2, 2017. Rankings and points before are as of October 9, 2017.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 62], "content_span": [63, 212]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272448-0002-0000", "contents": "2017 Shanghai Rolex Masters, Singles main draw entrants, Other entrants\nThe following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 71], "content_span": [72, 140]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272448-0003-0000", "contents": "2017 Shanghai Rolex Masters, Doubles main draw entrants, Other entrants\nThe following pairs received wildcards into the doubles main draw:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 71], "content_span": [72, 138]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272449-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 Shanghai Rolex Masters \u2013 Doubles\nJohn Isner and Jack Sock were the defending champions but withdrew from their first round match.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [37, 37], "content_span": [38, 134]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272449-0001-0000", "contents": "2017 Shanghai Rolex Masters \u2013 Doubles\nHenri Kontinen and John Peers won the title, defeating \u0141ukasz Kubot and Marcelo Melo in the final, 6\u20134, 6\u20132.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [37, 37], "content_span": [38, 146]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272450-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 Shanghai Rolex Masters \u2013 Singles\nRoger Federer defeated Rafael Nadal in the final, 6\u20134, 6\u20133 to win his second title in Shanghai. It was his 27th Masters 1000 title.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [37, 37], "content_span": [38, 169]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272450-0001-0000", "contents": "2017 Shanghai Rolex Masters \u2013 Singles\nAndy Murray was the defending champion, but withdrew due to a hip injury before the tournament began.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [37, 37], "content_span": [38, 139]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272450-0002-0000", "contents": "2017 Shanghai Rolex Masters \u2013 Singles, Seeds\nThe top eight seeds receive a bye into the second round.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 44], "content_span": [45, 101]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272450-0003-0000", "contents": "2017 Shanghai Rolex Masters \u2013 Singles, Seeds\nClick on the seed number of a player to go to their draw section.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 44], "content_span": [45, 110]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272451-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 Shayrat missile strike\nOn the morning of 7 April 2017, the United States launched 59 Tomahawk cruise missiles from the Mediterranean Sea into Syria, aimed at Shayrat Airbase controlled by the Syrian government. The strike was executed under responsibility of U.S. President Donald Trump, as a direct response to the Khan Shaykhun chemical attack that occurred on 4 April.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [27, 27], "content_span": [28, 376]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272451-0001-0000", "contents": "2017 Shayrat missile strike\nThe strike was the first unilateral military action by the United States targeting the Syrian government during the Syrian Civil War. Trump stated shortly thereafter, \"It is in this vital national security interest of the United States to prevent and deter the spread and use of deadly chemical weapons.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [27, 27], "content_span": [28, 332]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272451-0002-0000", "contents": "2017 Shayrat missile strike\nThe Syrian Air Force launched airstrikes against the rebels from the base only hours after the American attack. It was reported that advance warning was given to Russia, an ally of the Syrian government, by the USA prior to the missile strike.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [27, 27], "content_span": [28, 271]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272451-0003-0000", "contents": "2017 Shayrat missile strike, Attack\nOn the evening of 6 April, President Trump notified members of the U.S. Congress of his plan on the missile strike. According to a White House official, more than two dozen members of Congress were briefed at the notification. Internationally, the United States also notified several countries, including Canada, the UK, Australia, and Russia, in advance of the strike. The U.S. military stated it communicated with the Russian military to minimize any chance of Russian casualties. The strike was conducted without either U.S. congressional or United Nations Security Council approval. Commodore Tate Westbrook commanded the Navy task force in charge of the missile launch.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 35], "content_span": [36, 710]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272451-0004-0000", "contents": "2017 Shayrat missile strike, Attack\nIt was the first time that the United States had acknowledged intentionally carrying out military action against the forces of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 35], "content_span": [36, 196]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272451-0005-0000", "contents": "2017 Shayrat missile strike, Attack\nThe strike targeted Shayrat Airbase in the Homs Governorate, which was believed by U.S. intelligence to be the base for the aircraft that carried out a chemical weapons attack on 4 April, and was intended to destroy air defenses, aircraft, hangars and fuel. The US avoided striking a suspected sarin gas storage facility at the targeted airport. 59 Tomahawk missiles were said to have been launched from two U.S. Navy warships, USS\u00a0Ross and USS\u00a0Porter, at around 20:40 EDT (04:40 local time). Reconnaissance was provided by Python 73, a Boeing RC-135 of the 55th Wing.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 35], "content_span": [36, 604]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272451-0006-0000", "contents": "2017 Shayrat missile strike, Casualties\nU.S. Central Command stated in a press release that Tomahawk missiles hit \"aircraft, hardened aircraft shelters, petroleum and logistical storage, ammunition supply bunkers, defense systems, and radars\". Initial U.S. reports claimed \"approximately 20 planes\" were destroyed, and that 58 out of the 59 cruise missiles launched \"severely degraded or destroyed\" their intended target. According to the satellite images the runways and the taxiways have been reportedly undamaged and combat flights from the attacked airbase resumed on 7 April a few hours after the attack, although U.S. officials did not state that the runway was a target. In a later statement on 10 April 2017, the US Secretary of Defense James Mattis claimed that the strike destroyed about 20% of the Syrian government's operational aircraft and the base had lost the ability to refuel or rearm aircraft.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 39], "content_span": [40, 912]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272451-0007-0000", "contents": "2017 Shayrat missile strike, Casualties\nAn independent bomb damage assessment conducted by ImageSat International counted hits on 44 targets, with some targets being hit by more than one missile; these figures were determined using satellite images of the airbase 10 hours after the strike. Among the targets struck was a 2K12 Kub (SA6) missile battery composed of five elements.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 39], "content_span": [40, 379]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272451-0008-0000", "contents": "2017 Shayrat missile strike, Casualties\nThe Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said the strike damaged over a dozen hangars, a fuel depot, and an air defense base.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 39], "content_span": [40, 164]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272451-0009-0000", "contents": "2017 Shayrat missile strike, Casualties\nAl-Masdar News reported that 15 fighter jets were damaged or destroyed and that the destruction of fuel tankers caused several explosions and a large fire.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 39], "content_span": [40, 195]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272451-0010-0000", "contents": "2017 Shayrat missile strike, Casualties\nAccording to the claims of Russian defense ministry, the \"combat effectiveness\" of the attack was \"extremely low\"; they claimed that only 23 missiles hit the base destroying six aircraft, and it did not know where the other 36 landed. Russian television news, citing a Syrian source at the airfield, said that nine planes were destroyed by the strikes (5 Su-22M3s, 1 Su-22M4, and 3 Mig-23ML) and that all planes were thought to have been out of action at the time. The Israeli satellite imagery services company ImageSat International later released high resolution satellite images of the base taken within 10 hours of the attack showing that at a minimum, 44 targets had been hit, and that some had been hit multiple times.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 39], "content_span": [40, 765]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272451-0011-0000", "contents": "2017 Shayrat missile strike, Casualties\nLost Armour's online photographic database, for vehicle losses in the War in Syria, has images of 10 destroyed aircraft at Shayrat airbase.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 39], "content_span": [40, 179]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272451-0012-0000", "contents": "2017 Shayrat missile strike, Casualties\nSeven or nine Syrian soldiers were killed, including a general; Russian military personnel were also present at the airbase at the time it was attacked. According to Syrian state news SANA, nine civilians were also killed in the attack, including four children. SANA also stated that five of the civilians were killed in the village of Shayrat, outside the base, while another four were killed in the village of Al-Hamrat, and that another seven civilians were wounded when a missile hit homes in Al-Manzul, four kilometers (two and a half miles) away from the Shayrat air base. According to Russian defense ministry spokesperson Igor Konashenkov, four Syrian soldiers were killed and another two were missing.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 39], "content_span": [40, 750]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272451-0013-0000", "contents": "2017 Shayrat missile strike, Casualties\nSome observers believe that the Russian government warned the Syrian government, which had enough time to move planes to another base.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 39], "content_span": [40, 174]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272451-0014-0000", "contents": "2017 Shayrat missile strike, Aftermath\nHours after the U.S. missile strike, Syrian government's warplanes took off from the Shayrat base to attack rebel positions again, including the town of Khan Shaykhun. Commentators attributed the ability of the Syrian government to continue to operate from the base to the fact that the US gave Russia, Syria's ally, an advanced warning regarding the strike, which enabled Syrians to shelter many of its aircraft from the attack.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 38], "content_span": [39, 468]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272451-0015-0000", "contents": "2017 Shayrat missile strike, Aftermath\nWithin a day of the attack, Russia announced it would strengthen Syria's air defenses and formally notified the Pentagon that as of 21:00 GMT (00:00 Moscow Time, 8 April 2017), Russia had suspended the U.S.\u2013Russia Memorandum of Mutual Understanding, which had established a hotline between the countries\u2032 militaries designed to avoid collisions between their aircraft over Syria. As a result, Belgium suspended its air operations in Syria, and the US began limiting itself to only the most essential air strikes.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 38], "content_span": [39, 551]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272451-0016-0000", "contents": "2017 Shayrat missile strike, Aftermath\nAccording to some local sources, the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant took advantage of the attack and absence of the Syrian Air Force in eastern Homs, by launching several attacks on the Syrian Army's defenses in the western Palmyra countryside. It also attacked the checkpoints outside the village of al-Furqalas, but those attacks were repelled. According to the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, the Shayrat airbase remained operational and Syrian warplanes took off from it the following day. The price of oil briefly rose over 2% following the strike.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 38], "content_span": [39, 603]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272451-0017-0000", "contents": "2017 Shayrat missile strike, Aftermath\nAfter both the chemical attack and missile strike, the U.S. administration was in disagreement and contradiction to U.S. policy from 2013 until 30 March 2017, as well the statements by U.S. ambassador to U.N. Nikki Haley, United States Secretary of State Rex Tillerson, White House Press Secretary Sean Spicer and National Security Advisor H. R. McMaster differed on the change of U.S. military posture toward Syria and prioritization of regime change.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 38], "content_span": [39, 491]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272451-0018-0000", "contents": "2017 Shayrat missile strike, Aftermath\nOn 7 April 2017, an emergency meeting of the United Nations Security Council was held: Bolivia\u2032s ambassador Sacha Llorenty requested a closed session to discuss the U.S. strike, but U.S. ambassador Nikki Haley, serving as the council president for April, forced the meeting to be held in public view. United Nations News Centre reported that while some delegates expressed support for the strikes as a response to the Syrian Government's alleged use of chemical weapons, others condemned it as a unilateral act of aggression, underlining that the Council must authorize any such intervention.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 38], "content_span": [39, 631]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272451-0019-0000", "contents": "2017 Shayrat missile strike, Aftermath\nOn 8 April 2017, the UK Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson issued a statement that announced that, upon consultations with the U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson, he had cancelled his trip to Moscow scheduled for 10 April. On 11 April 2017, after the meeting at Lucca in Italy the Group of Seven unanimously blamed the Syrian government's military for the chemical attack and agreed that Assad must step down as part of any peace solution, but European allies rejected the US and UK push for sanctions against Russia and Syria.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 38], "content_span": [39, 566]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272451-0020-0000", "contents": "2017 Shayrat missile strike, Aftermath\nOn 19 April 2017, two US defense officials said that the Syrian government had relocated the majority of its combat planes to Khmeimim Airbase shortly after the strike.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 38], "content_span": [39, 207]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272451-0021-0000", "contents": "2017 Shayrat missile strike, Aftermath\nIn September 2020, U.S. President Trump mentioned that he wanted to kill al-Assad in 2017, by saying: \"I would have rather taken him out. I had him all set, Mattis didn't want to do it.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 38], "content_span": [39, 225]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272451-0022-0000", "contents": "2017 Shayrat missile strike, Reactions, United States, Politicians\nReactions from members of Congress were mixed and not uniform by political party. Paul Ryan (R\u2013WI), the Speaker of the United States House of Representatives, said the strike was \"appropriate and just\". House Majority Leader Kevin McCarthy (R\u2013CA) said, \"Assad has made his disregard for innocent human life and long-standing norms against chemical weapons use crystal clear. Tonight's strikes show these evil actions carry consequences.\" House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi (D\u2013CA) said, \"Tonight's strike in Syria appears to be a proportional response to the regime's use of chemical weapons.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 66], "content_span": [67, 659]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272451-0022-0001", "contents": "2017 Shayrat missile strike, Reactions, United States, Politicians\nSenate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R\u2013KY) said the strike was \"perfectly executed and for the right purpose\". Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D\u2013NY) said, \"Making sure Assad knows that when he commits such despicable atrocities he will pay a price is the right thing to do.\" Senator Bill Nelson (D\u2013FL) expressed his support, and said, \"I hope this teaches Assad not to use chemical weapons again.\" Senator Marco Rubio (R\u2013FL) called it an \"important decisive step\". Quoting the President's statement, Senator Orrin Hatch (R\u2013UT) tweeted, \"'No child of God should ever suffer such horror.' Amen.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 66], "content_span": [67, 669]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272451-0022-0002", "contents": "2017 Shayrat missile strike, Reactions, United States, Politicians\nIn a joint statement, Senators John McCain (R\u2013AZ) and Lindsey Graham (R\u2013SC) said, \"Unlike the previous administration, President Trump confronted a pivotal moment in Syria and took action. For that, he deserves the support of the American people.\" Their sentiment was shared by fellow Senators Bob Corker (R\u2013TN), Tom Cotton (R\u2013AR), Joni Ernst (R\u2013IA), Cory Gardner (R\u2013CO), David Perdue (R\u2013GA), Ben Sasse (R\u2013NE), and Thom Tillis (R\u2013NC). Many members who supported the action showed lack of worry about the authority issues or did not know the legal and constitutional rationale that supported the action.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 66], "content_span": [67, 669]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272451-0023-0000", "contents": "2017 Shayrat missile strike, Reactions, United States, Politicians\nOther lawmakers criticized the President's actions, or urged caution. Representative Adam Schiff (D\u2013CA), the Ranking Member of the House Intelligence Committee, was informed of the strike by Dan Coats, the Director of National Intelligence, as it was happening. He urged the administration \"not to make this a military effort to change the regime\". In a joint statement, Representatives and Iraq War veterans Seth Moulton (D\u2013MA) and Steve Russell (R\u2013OK) said, \"We cannot stand by in silence as dictators murder children with chemical weapons, but military action without clear goals and objectives gets us nowhere.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 66], "content_span": [67, 682]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272451-0023-0001", "contents": "2017 Shayrat missile strike, Reactions, United States, Politicians\nSenator Chris Coons (D\u2013DE) said he was \"gravely concerned that the United States is engaging further militarily in Syria without a well-thought-out, comprehensive plan\". Representative Ted Lieu (D\u2013CA) and Senator Tim Kaine (D\u2013VA) called the strike unconstitutional, with the former tweeting, \"This was done with no debate in Congress and no explanation to the American people.\" Senator Bernie Sanders (I-VT) tweeted that the strike could lead the U.S. into a new long-term quagmire, and that \"such engagements are disastrous for American security, for the American economy, and for the American people\".", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 66], "content_span": [67, 670]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272451-0023-0002", "contents": "2017 Shayrat missile strike, Reactions, United States, Politicians\nRepresentative Tulsi Gabbard (D\u2013HI) gave a more critical message, and said, \"This escalation is short-sighted and will lead to the death of more civilians, more refugees, the strengthening of al-Qaeda and other terrorists, and a possible nuclear war between the United States and Russia.\" Other lawmakers expressing criticism included Senators Michael Bennet (D\u2013CO), Ben Cardin (D\u2013MD), Ted Cruz (R\u2013TX), Dick Durbin (D\u2013IL), Ed Markey (D\u2013MA), Jeff Merkley (D\u2013OR), Elizabeth Warren (D\u2013MA), and Representatives Joaqu\u00edn Castro (D\u2013TX) and Steny Hoyer (D\u2013MD).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 66], "content_span": [67, 619]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272451-0024-0000", "contents": "2017 Shayrat missile strike, Reactions, United States, Politicians\nA number of Republicans with libertarian leanings also criticized the strike. Senator Mike Lee (R\u2013UT) said, \"President Trump should make his case in front of the American people and allow their elected representatives to debate the benefits and risks of further Middle East intervention to our national security interests.\" Senator Rand Paul (R\u2013KY) tweeted, \"While we all condemn the atrocities in Syria, the United States was not attacked.\" Representatives Justin Amash (R\u2013MI) said, \"Airstrikes are an act of war.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 66], "content_span": [67, 581]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272451-0024-0001", "contents": "2017 Shayrat missile strike, Reactions, United States, Politicians\nAtrocities in Syria cannot justify a departure from Constitution, which vests in Congress the power to commence war\", and Thomas Massie (R\u2013KY) called it a \"big mistake\". Former congressman Ron Paul argued that because in Syria \"things [had been] going along reasonably well for the conditions\", there was \"zero chance\" that Assad had deliberately used chemical weapons, and called the attack a \"false flag\".", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 66], "content_span": [67, 474]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272451-0025-0000", "contents": "2017 Shayrat missile strike, Reactions, United States, Public\nU.S. Media outlets such as the New York Times, Washington Post, MSNBC and CNN were all generally supportive of the administration's decision to use airstrikes against Syria.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 61], "content_span": [62, 235]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272451-0026-0000", "contents": "2017 Shayrat missile strike, Reactions, United States, Public\nA poll conducted by The Washington Post and ABC News reported that a \"bare majority\" of Americans supported the missile strikes and a similarly narrow majority opposed any further military action against the Syrian Government. A poll conducted by The Huffington Post and YouGov reported that around 51% of Americans supported the decision, and slightly more than one-third opposed both the decision and any further military action, with 45% unsure regarding future action. A poll conducted by CBS News reported that a small majority (nearly 6/10) supported the attack, but the appearance of consensus ends regarding future action. A poll conducted by Politico and Morning Consult reported that 66% supported the strikes, which includes 35% who strongly support and 31% who somewhat support them.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 61], "content_span": [62, 857]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272451-0027-0000", "contents": "2017 Shayrat missile strike, Reactions, United States, Public\nMany right-wing/-leaning populist media figures criticized Trump's reversal of policy towards war in Syria and the Middle East. Ann Coulter pointed out that Trump \"campaigned on not getting involved in Mideast\" and this was one of the reasons many voted for him.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 61], "content_span": [62, 324]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272451-0028-0000", "contents": "2017 Shayrat missile strike, Reactions, United States, Public\nSeveral protests were held in the U.S. which demonstrated against the attack.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 61], "content_span": [62, 139]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272451-0029-0000", "contents": "2017 Shayrat missile strike, Reactions, Syria and allies\nA joint command center of Russian and Iranian military in Syria, who support the Syrian government, said the strike crossed \"red lines\" and threatened to \"respond with force\" to \"US aggression\".", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 56], "content_span": [57, 251]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272451-0030-0000", "contents": "2017 Shayrat missile strike, Reactions, Syria and allies, Syria\nSyrian state media condemned the strike, calling it an \"act of aggression\", and claiming it caused unspecified losses. The Syrian Army said that its response will be to continue to \"crush terrorism\" and restore \"peace and security to all Syrians\". The Governor of Homs, Talal Barazi, said that the strike proves that the United States is supporting terrorism within Syria. Barazi told the Syrian News Channel that \"they are not surprised today to see the supporting parties interfering directly after the failure of terrorists in targeting Syria\".", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 63], "content_span": [64, 611]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272451-0031-0000", "contents": "2017 Shayrat missile strike, Reactions, Syria and allies, Syria\nThe spokesperson for Syrian President Bashar al-Assad called the missile strikes \"unjust and arrogant aggression\", and an \"outrageous act\", and that the attack \"does not change the deep policies\" of the Syrian Government. The Syrian Ambassador Bashar Jaafari at the UN Security Council session stated that \"this act makes America a partner of ISIL, Al-Nusra and other terrorist groups\", and it was a violation of the U.N. Charter. President Assad later told the Agence France-Presse that the chemical attack was \"100% fabricated\" and accused the United States of being \"hand-in-glove with the terrorists\" over the chemical attack. He also explained that the chemical attack was made up in order to give the United States an excuse to bomb the Shayrat airbase in retaliation.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 63], "content_span": [64, 838]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272451-0032-0000", "contents": "2017 Shayrat missile strike, Reactions, Syria and allies, Syria\nNajib Ghadbian, a representative of the National Coalition for Syrian Revolutionary and Opposition Forces, welcomed the strikes: \"They are first good steps but we would like them to be part of a bigger strategy that would put an end to the mass killing, an end to impunity and eventually we hope that they will lead to a kind of a political transition [in Syria].\" The pro-Turkish Kurdish National Council welcomed the missile strikes in Syria. \"All Syrian people, including the Kurds, are happy and welcoming such an air campaign by the United States\", a leader in the Kurdish Unity Party, part of the KNC, stated.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 63], "content_span": [64, 679]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272451-0033-0000", "contents": "2017 Shayrat missile strike, Reactions, Syria and allies, Syria\nSalih Muslim Muhammad, co-leader of the Democratic Union Party, stated that the attack \"must yield positive results since the parties who did not believe in a political solution\" will \"reconsider\" and \"see that there is no military solution\", and the US was \"forced\" to execute the attack. The PYD \"hoped\" that the US will not only attack the Syrian government, but \"other parties have also used it, in Sheikh Maqsood, in Rojava, and Raqqa\".", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 63], "content_span": [64, 505]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272451-0034-0000", "contents": "2017 Shayrat missile strike, Reactions, Syria and allies, Russia\nThe Russian President\u2032s spokesperson said the U.S. strike was \"an act of aggression against a sovereign country violating the norms of international law under a trumped-up pretext\", which \"substantially impair[ed]\" Russia\u2013United States relations. The Russian Government also alleged that the strike was an attempt to distract the world from civilian casualties in Iraq (an apparent reference to U.S. airstrike in Mosul that killed more than 200).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 64], "content_span": [65, 511]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272451-0034-0001", "contents": "2017 Shayrat missile strike, Reactions, Syria and allies, Russia\nThe Russian foreign ministry denounced the strike as being based on false intelligence and against international law, suspended the Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) on Prevention of Flight Safety Incidents that had been signed with the U.S., and called an emergency meeting of the United Nations Security Council. Russian foreign minister Sergey Lavrov compared the strike to the 2003 invasion of Iraq. Russian prime minister Dimitry Medvedev said the attack had placed the U.S. on the cusp of warfare with Russia. Russia has sent the frigate Admiral Grigorovich to the east Mediterranean in response, and warned that the US strike could have \"extremely serious\" consequences.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 64], "content_span": [65, 742]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272451-0035-0000", "contents": "2017 Shayrat missile strike, Reactions, Syria and allies, Iran\nIran's president Hassan Rouhani condemned the U.S. military strike, saying Trump had claimed that \"he wanted to fight terrorism, but today, all terrorists in Syria are celebrating the U.S. attack\". According to Iranian foreign minister Mohammad Javad Zarif's tweet, \"Not even two decades after 9/11, U.S. military fighting on same side as al-Qaida & ISIS in Yemen & Syria. Time to stop hype and cover-ups.\" He described U.S. concerns regarding chemical attacks as hypocritical, inasmuch as the United States had supported Iraqi forces under Saddam Hussein as they massively used chemical weapons during the Iran\u2013Iraq War.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 62], "content_span": [63, 684]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272451-0036-0000", "contents": "2017 Shayrat missile strike, Reactions, Syria and allies, Iran\nDuring Friday prayers in Tehran, worshipers protesting the strike chanted \"Death to America\" and \"Death to Al Saud\" \u2013 referring to the Saudi royal family. Ayatollah Mohammad Emami Kashani, who led the Friday prayers, called the United States \"crazy\" and blasted its \"crimes\". Ayatollah Kashani said that the Americans \"gave chemical weapons and substances to the terrorists, while creating terrorists all over the world\".", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 62], "content_span": [63, 484]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272451-0037-0000", "contents": "2017 Shayrat missile strike, Reactions, Syria and allies, Iran\nAccording to an analyst writing for HuffPost, the 2017 Deir ez-Zor missile strike by Iran suggests that the country has shifted its three decades-long policy of testing, but not using missiles, as a reaction to Donald Trump's escalation in the Middle East, including \"needless increase\" in America's military involvement in the Syrian proxy war.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 62], "content_span": [63, 408]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272451-0038-0000", "contents": "2017 Shayrat missile strike, Reactions, International\nThe governments of Albania, Australia, Bahrain, Bulgaria, Canada, the Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, France, Georgia, Germany, Israel, Italy, Japan, Jordan, Kosovo, Kuwait, Latvia, Lithuania, New Zealand, Norway, Poland, Qatar, Romania, Saudi Arabia, Turkey, Ukraine, the United Arab Emirates, and the United Kingdom generally supported the strike, some calling it a just response and strong message against the use of chemical weapons. The North Atlantic Treaty Organisation (NATO) and the European Union have also expressed support for the attack. During the April 10 European Union summit in Madrid, the leaders of southern EU nations (Cyprus, France, Greece, Italy, Malta, Portugal, Spain) said that a US missile strike on a Syrian airbase in retaliation for a suspected chemical attack was \"understandable\".", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 53], "content_span": [54, 869]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272451-0039-0000", "contents": "2017 Shayrat missile strike, Reactions, International\nLuxembourg's foreign minister, Jean Asselborn, noted that the U.S. and Trump's change in policy toward Assad government was surprising, and considered an international diplomatic effort as a solution. Slovakia and Netherlands said they understood why the strike was carried out, but that it is important to de-escalate the situation as soon as possible. Finland stressed the role of the UN Security Council to work for a ceasefire and political negotiations to achieve sustainable peace. Austria also called for de-escalation of the situation and consider there can be only a political and not military solution for the conflict in Syria. The government of Cyprus believes the strike is not beyond international law if it concerns a serious violation of humanitarian law.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 53], "content_span": [54, 825]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272451-0040-0000", "contents": "2017 Shayrat missile strike, Reactions, International\nThe Chinese, Greek, and Swedish governments offered neutral responses to the attack while the Indonesian government expressed concern over the attack. Trump told Xi Jinping, China's paramount leader and his guest at Mar-a-Lago, that he had ordered the attack; the missiles were near their targets as the Chinese leader left the resort. Xi told Trump that he understood the need of a military operation to respond when children were killed, according to Rex Tillerson.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 53], "content_span": [54, 521]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272451-0040-0001", "contents": "2017 Shayrat missile strike, Reactions, International\nThe Egyptian foreign ministry called on the United States and Russia to \"contain the conflict\" and reach a comprehensive and final resolution to the crisis, as did Hungarian Foreign Minister P\u00e9ter Szijj\u00e1rt\u00f3 who said that the civil war \"cannot be resolved without an American-Russian accord\" and Colombian President and 2016 Nobel Peace Prize laureate Juan Manuel Santos who called for a political solution to the conflict in Syria and dialogue between the United States and Russia to avoid escalating the already complex situation. The government of Switzerland has urged the international community to tackle the escalating Syrian crisis through diplomatic means rather than military confrontation. Taoiseach Enda Kenny of Ireland has described the strike as a \"matter of grave concern\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 53], "content_span": [54, 841]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272451-0041-0000", "contents": "2017 Shayrat missile strike, Reactions, International\nThe governments of Belarus, Brazil, Bolivia, Russia and Venezuela criticized the strikes, with Bolivia describing the actions as a violation of international law and Iran arguing that the strike would strengthen terrorists and complicate the war. Bolivian ambassador Sacha Llorenty accused the U.S. for \"imperialistic action\" and related the current US Security Council situation with the one from 2003 about the Iraq War, when Colin Powell wrongly alleged that Iraq was hiding weapons of mass destruction. Belarus condemned the attack as \"unacceptable\", while Venezuela described the attack as a violation of Syria's sovereignty.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 53], "content_span": [54, 684]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272451-0041-0001", "contents": "2017 Shayrat missile strike, Reactions, International\nBrazilian Minister of Foreign Affairs Aloysio Nunes Ferreira condemned the \u201cunilateral use of force\u201d by the United States without authorization from the United Nations. North Korea said that the strikes were an unforgivable act of aggression and that the strikes demonstrate why the country is entitled to its nuclear weapons program.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 53], "content_span": [54, 388]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272451-0042-0000", "contents": "2017 Shayrat missile strike, Reactions, International\nThe U.N. Secretary-General Ant\u00f3nio Guterres appealed \"for restraint to avoid any acts that could deepen the suffering of the Syrian people\", and that \"there is no other way to solve the conflict than through a political solution\".", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 53], "content_span": [54, 284]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272452-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 SheBelieves Cup\nThe 2017 SheBelieves Cup was the second edition of the SheBelieves Cup, an invitational women's football tournament held in the United States. It took place between March 1 and 7, 2017.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [20, 20], "content_span": [21, 206]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272452-0001-0000", "contents": "2017 SheBelieves Cup\nThe four teams were ranked No. 1, 2, 3 and 5 in the FIFA Women's World rankings, thus making the tournament the most important friendly Cup of the year. The Algarve Cup ran in parallel as well as the Cyprus Cup. France won the tournament for the first time, winning two and drawing one of their games in the process.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [20, 20], "content_span": [21, 337]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272452-0002-0000", "contents": "2017 SheBelieves Cup, Format\nPoints awarded in the group stage followed the standard formula of three points for a win, one point for a draw and zero points for a loss.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 28], "content_span": [29, 168]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272453-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 SheBelieves Cup squads\nThis article lists the squads for the 2017 SheBelieves Cup, the 2nd edition of the SheBelieves Cup. The cup consisted of a series of friendly games, and was held in the United States from 1 to 7 March 2017. The four national teams involved in the tournament registered a squad of 23 players.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [27, 27], "content_span": [28, 319]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272453-0001-0000", "contents": "2017 SheBelieves Cup squads\nThe age listed for each player is on 1 March 2017, the first day of the tournament. The club listed is the club for which the player last played a competitive match prior to the tournament. The nationality for each club reflects the national association (not the league) to which the club is affiliated. A flag is included for coaches that are of a different nationality than their own national team.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [27, 27], "content_span": [28, 428]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272453-0002-0000", "contents": "2017 SheBelieves Cup squads, Squads, England\nThe final squad was announced on 21 February 2017. On 26 February 2017, Jo Potter withdrew from the squad due to a knee injury and was replaced by Gemma Bonner.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 44], "content_span": [45, 205]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272453-0003-0000", "contents": "2017 SheBelieves Cup squads, Squads, Germany\nThe final squad was announced on 13 February 2017. On 17 February 2017, Tabea Kemme and Svenja Huth withdrew from the squad due to injuries and were replaced by Verena Fai\u00dft and Hasret Kayik\u00e7i.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 44], "content_span": [45, 238]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272454-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 Sheikh Jassim Cup\nThe 2017 Sheikh Jassim Cup will be the 39th edition of the cup competition for football teams from Qatar. It has now changed from a group staged pre-season tournament featuring all Qatari Stars League sides, to a one off match between the previous seasons Qatar Stars League winners and Emir of Qatar Cup winners.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [22, 22], "content_span": [23, 336]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272455-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 Sheikh Kamal International Club Cup\nThe 2017 Sheikh Kamal International Club Cup, also known as Sheikh Kamal Gold Cup 2017, was the 2nd edition of Sheikh Kamal International Club Cup, an international club football tournament hosted by the Chittagong Abahani in association with the Bangladesh Football Federation. The tournament took place at the M. A. Aziz Stadium from 18 February 2017 in the port city of Chittagong. T.C. Sports Club of Maldives became champion after beating FC Pocheon on Penalty shoot-out.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [40, 40], "content_span": [41, 517]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272455-0001-0000", "contents": "2017 Sheikh Kamal International Club Cup, Participating teams\nEight clubs sent their team to participate in the tournament from 5 nations of AFC Three teams from Bangladesh, one of each from South Korea, Afghanistan, Maldives, Kyrgyzstan as well as Nepal participated.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 61], "content_span": [62, 268]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272455-0002-0000", "contents": "2017 Sheikh Kamal International Club Cup, Draw\nThe draw ceremony were held 16 February 2017 at BFF house Motijheel Dhaka. The eight participants were divided into two groups. The top two teams from each group advanced to the semi-finals.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 46], "content_span": [47, 237]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272455-0003-0000", "contents": "2017 Sheikh Kamal International Club Cup, Goalscorers\nThere were 36 goals scored in 15 matches, for an average of 2.4 goals per match.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 53], "content_span": [54, 134]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272456-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 Shenzhen Longhua Open\nThe 2017 Shenzhen Longhua Open was a professional tennis tournament played on hard courts. It was the first (men) and second (women) editions of the tournament which was part of the 2017 ATP Challenger Tour and the 2017 ITF Women's Circuit. It took place in Shenzhen, China between 30 October and 12 November 2017.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [26, 26], "content_span": [27, 341]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272456-0001-0000", "contents": "2017 Shenzhen Longhua Open, Men's singles main draw entrants, Other Entrants\nThe following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 76], "content_span": [77, 145]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272456-0002-0000", "contents": "2017 Shenzhen Longhua Open, Women's singles main draw entrants, Other Entrants\nThe following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 78], "content_span": [79, 147]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272457-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 Shenzhen Longhua Open \u2013 Men's Doubles\nSriram Balaji and Vishnu Vardhan won the title after defeating Austin Krajicek and Jackson Withrow 7\u20136(7\u20133), 7\u20136(7\u20133) in the final.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [42, 42], "content_span": [43, 174]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272458-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 Shenzhen Longhua Open \u2013 Men's Singles\nRadu Albot won the title after defeating Hubert Hurkacz 7\u20136(8\u20136), 6\u20137(3\u20137), 6\u20134 in the final.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [42, 42], "content_span": [43, 136]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272459-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 Shenzhen Longhua Open \u2013 Women's Doubles\nNina Stojanovi\u0107 and You Xiaodi were the defending champions, but both players chose to compete with different partners. You chose to compete with Lu Jingjing but lost in the first round to Ingrid Neel and Anastasia Pivovarova.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [44, 44], "content_span": [45, 271]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272459-0001-0000", "contents": "2017 Shenzhen Longhua Open \u2013 Women's Doubles\nStojanovi\u0107 played alongside Jacqueline Cako and successfully defended her title after defeating Shuko Aoyama and Yang Zhaoxuan 6\u20134, 6\u20132 in the final.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [44, 44], "content_span": [45, 194]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272460-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 Shenzhen Longhua Open \u2013 Women's Singles\nPeng Shuai was the defending champion, but chose not to participate.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [44, 44], "content_span": [45, 113]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272460-0001-0000", "contents": "2017 Shenzhen Longhua Open \u2013 Women's Singles\nCarol Zhao won the title, defeating Liu Fangzhou in the final, 7\u20135, 6\u20132.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [44, 44], "content_span": [45, 117]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272461-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 Shetland Islands Council election\nElections to Shetland Islands Council were held on 4 May 2017 on the same day as the other Scottish local government elections. The election was the third using seven wards created as a result of the Local Governance (Scotland) Act 2004, each ward electing three or four Councillors using the single transferable vote system form of proportional representation, with 22 Councillors elected.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [38, 38], "content_span": [39, 429]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272461-0001-0000", "contents": "2017 Shetland Islands Council election\nWith the Shetland South ward going uncontested, the SNP elected its first councillor in Shetland.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [38, 38], "content_span": [39, 136]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272461-0002-0000", "contents": "2017 Shetland Islands Council election\nSeveral members of the pro-Shetland Autonomy Wir Shetland group stood in the election; Ian Tinkler in Shetland West, and Alec Priest and Duncan Simpson in North Isles. Former Wir Shetland member Ryan Thomson also stood in North Isles. Whilst having left the group, it was claimed by the Wir Shetland Chairman that Thomson still supported the group's core aims. Other candidates with political positions of note included socialist Ian Scott and former Yes Scotland and Scottish Leave Left campaigner Brian Nugent in central ward. Nugent is an SNP member and claimed to be standing as an independent solely due to having applied too late to use the SNP party name in the election. Two paper candidates for the Conservatives also stood.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [38, 38], "content_span": [39, 772]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272461-0003-0000", "contents": "2017 Shetland Islands Council election, Election results\nNote: \"Votes\" are the first preference votes. The net gain/loss and percentage changes relate to the result of the previous Scottish local elections on 3 May 2012. This may differ from other published sources showing gain/loss relative to seats held at dissolution of Scotland's councils.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 56], "content_span": [57, 345]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272462-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 Shimadzu All Japan Indoor Tennis Championships\nThe 2017 Shimadzu All Japan Indoor Tennis Championships will be a professional tennis tournament played on carpet. It will be the 21st edition of the tournament which will be part of the 2017 ATP Challenger Tour. It will take place in Kyoto, Japan between 20 and 26 February.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 51], "section_span": [51, 51], "content_span": [52, 327]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272462-0001-0000", "contents": "2017 Shimadzu All Japan Indoor Tennis Championships, Singles main draw entrants, Other entrants\nThe following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 51], "section_span": [53, 95], "content_span": [96, 164]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272462-0002-0000", "contents": "2017 Shimadzu All Japan Indoor Tennis Championships, Singles main draw entrants, Other entrants\nThe following player received entry into the singles main draw using a protected ranking:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 51], "section_span": [53, 95], "content_span": [96, 185]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272463-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 Shimadzu All Japan Indoor Tennis Championships \u2013 Doubles\nGong Maoxin and Yi Chu-huan were the defending champions but chose to defend their title with different partners. Gong partnered Zhang Ze but lost in the quarterfinals to Ruben Gonzales and Hsieh Cheng-peng. Yi partnered Yuya Kibi but withdrew from the tournament due to a Kibi injury.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 61], "section_span": [61, 61], "content_span": [62, 347]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272463-0001-0000", "contents": "2017 Shimadzu All Japan Indoor Tennis Championships \u2013 Doubles\nSanchai and Sonchat Ratiwatana won the title after defeating Ruben Bemelmans and Joris De Loore 4\u20136, 6\u20134, [10\u20137] in the final.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 61], "section_span": [61, 61], "content_span": [62, 188]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272464-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 Shimadzu All Japan Indoor Tennis Championships \u2013 Singles\nY\u016bichi Sugita was the defending champion but lost in the quarterfinals to Lloyd Harris.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 61], "section_span": [61, 61], "content_span": [62, 149]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272464-0001-0000", "contents": "2017 Shimadzu All Japan Indoor Tennis Championships \u2013 Singles\nYasutaka Uchiyama won the title after defeating Bla\u017e Kav\u010di\u010d 6\u20133, 6\u20134 in the final.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 61], "section_span": [61, 61], "content_span": [62, 144]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272465-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 Shippensburg Raiders football team\nThe 2017 Shippensburg Raiders football team was an American football team that represented Shippensburg University in the Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference (PSAC) during the 2017 NCAA Division II football season. Led by seventh-year head coach Mark Maciejewski, the Raiders compiled a 10\u20131 record and tied for the East Division championship. Both of the team's losses were to West Chester, first in the regular season and later in the Division II playoffs. The team played its home games at Seth Grove Stadium in Shippensburg, Pennsylvania.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [39, 39], "content_span": [40, 585]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272465-0001-0000", "contents": "2017 Shippensburg Raiders football team\nAfter the season, Maciejewski was named the 2017 AFCA Division II Region 1 Coach of the Year. Seven Shippensburg players were selected as first-team players on the All-PSAC East football team: quarterback Ryan Zapoticky; wide receiver Winston Eubanks; defensive linemen Richard Nase and Dakota Thompson; linebacker Tyler Emge; and defensive backs Richard Sheler and Kevin Taylor.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [39, 39], "content_span": [40, 419]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272466-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 Shorter Hawks football team\nThe 2017 Shorter Hawks football team represented the Shorter University in the 2017 NCAA Division II football season. They were led by second-year head coach Aaron Kelton. The Hawks played their home games at Barron Stadium and were members of the Gulf South Conference.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [32, 32], "content_span": [33, 303]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272466-0001-0000", "contents": "2017 Shorter Hawks football team, Schedule\nShorter announced its 2017 football schedule on July 13, 2017. The schedule consists of 5 home and 6 away games in the regular season. The Hawks will host GSC foes Delta State, North Alabama, Valdosta State, and West Florida, and will travel to Florida Tech, Mississippi College, West Alabama, and West Georgia.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 42], "content_span": [43, 357]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272466-0002-0000", "contents": "2017 Shorter Hawks football team, Schedule\nThe Hawks will host only one non-conference game against Mars Hill from the South Atlantic Conference and travel to two away games against Gardner\u2013Webb from the Big South Conference and Tusculum College from the South Atlantic Conference.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 42], "content_span": [43, 281]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272467-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 Shpageeza Cricket League\nThe 2017 season of the Shpageeza Cricket League (Pashto: \u0634\u067e\u0696\u064a\u0632\u0647 \u06a9\u0631\u064a\u06a9\u067c \u0644\u064a\u06ab \u06f2\u06f0\u06f1\u06f7\u200e), also known as SCL 5, was the fifth edition of the Shpageeza, a professional Twenty20 cricket league established by the Afghanistan Cricket Board (ACB) in 2013. The tournament featured the six teams that played in the previous season. The 2017 season was reported to be played from 18 to 28 July 2017, but took place in September 2017, with the Kabul International Cricket Ground hosting all the matches.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [29, 29], "content_span": [30, 515]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272467-0001-0000", "contents": "2017 Shpageeza Cricket League\nThe player auction took place in May 2017. Overseas players sold during the auction included Umar Akmal, Sohail Tanvir, Kamran Akmal, Rumman Raees, Sohail Khan, Mohammad Nawaz and Mohammad Rizwan (Pakistan), Tamim Iqbal, Imrul Kayes and Sabbir Rahman (Bangladesh), Sikandar Raza, Solomon Mire, Sean Williams and Hamilton Masakadza (Zimbabwe) and Rayad Emrit (West Indies). However, following a breakdown in relations between the Afghanistan Cricket Board (ACB) and the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB), the PCB banned its players from taking part. The Bangladesh players also withdrew. As a result of this, and the tournament moving from July to September, overseas players were redrafted. Shortly before the tournament, Sean Williams decided not to travel to join up with Spin Ghar Tigers in order to work on his fitness.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [29, 29], "content_span": [30, 848]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272467-0002-0000", "contents": "2017 Shpageeza Cricket League\nOn 13 September 2017, during the match between Boost Defenders and Mis Ainak Knights, a suicide bomber detonated explosives at a checkpoint near the road leading to the stadium, killing three people. The match was briefly halted, but soon resumed. Following the blast, the South African and Zimbabwean cricket boards ordered their representatives to return home. However, most of the Zimbabwean players opted to remain and continue with the tournament, as did the majority of other overseas players, coaches, and commentators such as Dean Jones who expressed his solidarity with the people of Afghanistan. This was the first edition of the tournament since the ICC granted it official Twenty20 status (originally it was given List A cricket status before the 50-over Ghazi Amanullah Khan Regional One Day Tournament was also recognised).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [29, 29], "content_span": [30, 867]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272467-0003-0000", "contents": "2017 Shpageeza Cricket League, Teams auction\nFor the first time in the history of the tournament, since its introduction in 2013 edition of Shpageeza Cricket League, the six teams are now franchise based team and are sold/owned for 3 years, by the winning bid franchises.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 44], "content_span": [45, 271]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272467-0004-0000", "contents": "2017 Shpageeza Cricket League, Squads\nTendai Chatara Ashan Priyanjan Glenton Stuurman Luke Jongwe Denesh Ramdin", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 37], "content_span": [38, 111]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272467-0005-0000", "contents": "2017 Shpageeza Cricket League, Squads\nJohnathan Campbell Abdul Razak Cameron Delport Rayad Emrit Jeevan Mendis Morn\u00e9 van Wyk", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 37], "content_span": [38, 124]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272467-0006-0000", "contents": "2017 Shpageeza Cricket League, Squads\nAfter the squads were announced, Band-e-Amir Dragons added Tendai Chatara (Zimbabwe) and Ashan Priyanjan (Sri Lanka), while Boost Defenders added Abdul Razak (South Africa) and Johnathan Campbell (Zimbabwe) to their squads as overseas players.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 37], "content_span": [38, 281]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272468-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 Shropshire Council election\nThe 2017 Shropshire Council election took place on 4 May 2017 as part of the 2017 local elections in the United Kingdom. All 74 councillors were elected from 63 electoral divisions which return either one, two or three councillors each by first-past-the-post voting for a four-year term of office.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [32, 32], "content_span": [33, 330]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272468-0001-0000", "contents": "2017 Shropshire Council election, Results, Summary\nThe results below are sourced from the Shropshire Council website.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 50], "content_span": [51, 117]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272469-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 Shymkent Challenger\nThe 2017 Shymkent Challenger was a professional tennis tournament played on clay courts. It was the first edition of the tournament which was part of the 2017 ATP Challenger Tour. It took place in Shymkent, Kazakhstan between 22 and 27 May 2017.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [24, 24], "content_span": [25, 270]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272469-0001-0000", "contents": "2017 Shymkent Challenger, Singles main draw entrants, Other Entrants\nThe following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 68], "content_span": [69, 137]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272469-0002-0000", "contents": "2017 Shymkent Challenger, Singles main draw entrants, Other Entrants\nThe following player received entry into the singles main draw using a protected ranking:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 68], "content_span": [69, 158]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272470-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 Shymkent Challenger \u2013 Doubles\nHans Podlipnik-Castillo and Andrei Vasilevski won the title after defeating Cl\u00e9ment Geens and Juan Pablo Paz 6\u20134, 6\u20132 in the final.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [34, 34], "content_span": [35, 166]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272471-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 Shymkent Challenger \u2013 Singles\nRi\u010dardas Berankis won the title after defeating Yannick Hanfmann 6\u20133, 6\u20132 in the final.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [34, 34], "content_span": [35, 122]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272472-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 Sibiu Cycling Tour\nThe 2017 Sibiu Cycling Tour was a cycling stage race that took place between 5 and 9 July 2017 in and around Sibiu, Romania. Raced over 734 kilometres (456 miles), the race featured a traditional cobbled prologue along with mountain stages to B\u00e2lea Lake and P\u0103ltini\u0219, and was held as part of the 2017 UCI Europe Tour.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [23, 23], "content_span": [24, 341]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272472-0001-0000", "contents": "2017 Sibiu Cycling Tour\nThe race was won by Colombian climber Egan Bernal, riding for the Androni\u2013Sidermec\u2013Bottecchia squad. Bernal took the race lead after winning the second stage of the race, the queen stage, to the summit finish at B\u00e2lea Lake; he then further extended his lead by winning the following day to P\u0103ltini\u0219. Bernal ultimately won the race by 1 minute, 40 seconds ahead of Roth\u2013Akros rider Colin St\u00fcssi, with the podium being completed by another Roth\u2013Akros rider, Valentin Baillifard, a further 35 seconds behind.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [23, 23], "content_span": [24, 529]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272472-0002-0000", "contents": "2017 Sibiu Cycling Tour\nBernal's performances were enough for him to win two other jerseys, winning the points and young rider classifications. In the race's other sub-classifications, Moritz Fu\u00dfnegger from 0711 / Cycling was the winner of the mountains classification, Damian L\u00fcscher (Roth\u2013Akros) was the winner of the sprints classification, while Roth\u2013Akros were the winners of the teams classification.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [23, 23], "content_span": [24, 406]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272472-0003-0000", "contents": "2017 Sibiu Cycling Tour, Teams\nInitially, 21 teams were invited to the race. The peloton featured three Professional Continental Teams, 17 Continental Teams and a Romanian national team, including for the first time, teams from North America.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 30], "content_span": [31, 242]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272472-0004-0000", "contents": "2017 Sibiu Cycling Tour, Teams\nHowever, Team ColoQuick\u2013Cult and Kuwait\u2013Cartucho.es did not compete, which left the starting peloton at 19 teams.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 30], "content_span": [31, 144]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272472-0005-0000", "contents": "2017 Sibiu Cycling Tour, Stages, Stage 1\nThe first stage covered 211.8 kilometres (131.6 miles) of rolling terrain including 7 categorised climbs. After 40 kilometres (25 miles) of the stage, two riders\u00a0\u2013 Edwin \u00c1vila (Team Illuminate) and Moritz Fu\u00dfnegger (0711 / Cycling)\u00a0\u2013 broke away from the peloton building up at one stage a 6 minute advantage. With over 30 kilometres (19 miles) of the race remaining \u00c1vila attacked on his own and soloed to a stage win, holding off the chasing peloton who finished 43 seconds behind.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 40], "content_span": [41, 523]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272472-0006-0000", "contents": "2017 Sibiu Cycling Tour, Stages, Stage 2\nThe second stage of the race featured a route of 160 kilometres (99 miles) including a final climb of 20 kilometres (12 miles) on the Transf\u0103g\u0103r\u0103\u0219an to B\u00e2lea Lake. The early part of the race featured a breakaway from which, with 10 kilometres (6 miles) remaining, there was just one survivor \u2013 Nikodemus Holler of Bike Aid. Holler was eventually caught by the chasing group with 9 kilometres (6 miles) to race.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 40], "content_span": [41, 451]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272472-0007-0000", "contents": "2017 Sibiu Cycling Tour, Stages, Stage 2\nSoon afterwards, overall leader Edwin \u00c1vila (Team Illuminate) was dropped by the small leading group and with 6 kilometres (4 miles) remaining a pair of riders \u2013 Daniel Jaramillo (UnitedHealthcare) and Gabriel Reguero (Differdange\u2013Losch) \u2013 attacked. A counter-attack from Egan Bernal (Androni\u2013Sidermec\u2013Bottecchia) saw him catch and then pass the two escapees, and he continued to build a lead over the chasing group. The other contenders were unable to respond and Bernal won the stage by over a minute.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 40], "content_span": [41, 544]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272472-0008-0000", "contents": "2017 Sibiu Cycling Tour, Stages, Stage 3\nAn early breakaway of five riders, including the leader of the mountains classification, Moritz Fu\u00dfnegger (0711 / Cycling) built up a lead of around 7 minutes. By the penultimate climb at Jina, the remainder of the breakaway had a 1' 30\" advantage over the chasing peloton, before being caught and passed by two attackers \u2013 Simon Pellaud (Team Illuminate) and Andrea Borso (Adria Mobil).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 40], "content_span": [41, 428]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272472-0008-0001", "contents": "2017 Sibiu Cycling Tour, Stages, Stage 3\nThis pair in turn were caught by a small group of riders with 10 kilometres (6.2 miles) remaining and from that group it was once more Egan Bernal (Androni\u2013Sidermec\u2013Bottecchia) who attacked in the closing stages, and with the rest of the riders unable to respond, claimed his second successive stage victory, further extending his overall lead.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 40], "content_span": [41, 385]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272472-0009-0000", "contents": "2017 Sibiu Cycling Tour, Classification leadership table\nIn the 2017 Sibiu Cycling Tour, six different jerseys were awarded. The most important was the general classification, which was calculated by adding each cyclist's finishing times on each stage. Time bonuses were awarded to the first three finishers on all stages with the exception of the time trial: the stage winner won a ten-second bonus, with six and four seconds for the second and third riders respectively.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 56], "content_span": [57, 472]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272472-0009-0001", "contents": "2017 Sibiu Cycling Tour, Classification leadership table\nBonus seconds were also awarded to the first three riders at intermediate sprints; three seconds for the winner of the sprint, two seconds for the rider in second and one second for the rider in third. The rider with the least accumulated time is the race leader, identified by a yellow jersey. This classification was considered the most important of the 2017 Sibiu Cycling Tour, and the winner of the classification was considered the winner of the race.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 56], "content_span": [57, 513]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272472-0010-0000", "contents": "2017 Sibiu Cycling Tour, Classification leadership table\nThere was also a mountains classification, the leadership of which was marked by a green jersey. In the mountains classification, points towards the classification were won by reaching the top of a climb before other cyclists. Each climb was categorised as either category SA, A, B or C, with more points available for the higher-categorised climbs. The third jersey represented the young rider classification, marked by a white jersey. This was decided the same way as the general classification, but only riders born on or after 1 January 1994 were eligible to be ranked in the classification.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 56], "content_span": [57, 652]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272472-0011-0000", "contents": "2017 Sibiu Cycling Tour, Classification leadership table\nAdditionally, there was a points classification, which awarded a white jersey. In the points classification, cyclists received points for finishing in the top 15 in a stage, and unlike in the points classification in the Tour de France, the winners of all stages (with the exception of the prologue) were awarded the same number of points. For winning a stage, a rider earned 25\u00a0points, with 20 for second, 16 for third, 14 for fourth, 12 for fifth, 10 for sixth with a point fewer per place down to a single point for 15th place.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 56], "content_span": [57, 587]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272472-0011-0001", "contents": "2017 Sibiu Cycling Tour, Classification leadership table\nThe fifth classification was the sprints classification, the leader of which was awarded a blue jersey. In the sprints classification, riders received points for finishing in the top three at intermediate sprint points during each stage\u00a0\u2013 awarded on a 3\u20132\u20131 scale\u00a0\u2013 and these intermediate sprints also offered bonus seconds towards the general classification as noted above.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 56], "content_span": [57, 431]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272472-0012-0000", "contents": "2017 Sibiu Cycling Tour, Classification leadership table\nThe sixth and final jersey represented the classification for Romanian riders, marked by a red jersey. This was decided the same way as the general classification, but only riders born in Romania were eligible to be ranked in the classification. There was also a team classification, in which the times of the best three cyclists per team on each stage were added together; the leading team at the end of the race was the team with the lowest total time.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 56], "content_span": [57, 511]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272473-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 Sibiu Open\nThe 2017 Sibiu Open was a professional tennis tournament played on clay courts. It was the sixth edition of the tournament which was part of the 2017 ATP Challenger Tour. It took place in Sibiu, Romania between 18 and 24 September 2017.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [15, 15], "content_span": [16, 252]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272473-0001-0000", "contents": "2017 Sibiu Open, Singles main draw entrants, Other entrants\nThe following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [17, 59], "content_span": [60, 128]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272474-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 Sibiu Open \u2013 Doubles\nRobin Haase and Tim P\u00fctz were the defending champions but chose not to defend their title.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [25, 25], "content_span": [26, 116]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272474-0001-0000", "contents": "2017 Sibiu Open \u2013 Doubles\nMarco Cecchinato and Matteo Donati won the title after defeating Sander Gill\u00e9 and Joran Vliegen 6\u20133, 6\u20131 in the final.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [25, 25], "content_span": [26, 144]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272475-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 Sibiu Open \u2013 Singles\nRobin Haase was the defending champion but chose not to defend his title.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [25, 25], "content_span": [26, 99]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272475-0001-0000", "contents": "2017 Sibiu Open \u2013 Singles\nCedrik-Marcel Stebe won the title after defeating Carlos Taberner 6\u20133, 6\u20133 in the final.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [25, 25], "content_span": [26, 114]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272476-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 Sichuan landslide\nA landslide occurred at about 5:38 am local time on 24 June 2017 in Diexi Town, Mao County, Sichuan Province in south-western China. It destroyed 40 homes in Xinmo Village and killed 10 people, with a further 73 people missing, as of 27 June. A second smaller landslide at around 17:19 pm impeded rescue efforts.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [22, 22], "content_span": [23, 335]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272476-0001-0000", "contents": "2017 Sichuan landslide, Background\nThe location of Mao County between the Tibetan Plateau and the Sichuan Basin is characterized by deep mountain canyons with exposed batholith. In 1933, the landslide site became especially unstable after the 7.3-magnitude Diexi earthquake, whose epicenter was only a few kilometers away from Xinmo Village. Major geological hazards occur on almost a yearly basis.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 34], "content_span": [35, 399]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272476-0002-0000", "contents": "2017 Sichuan landslide, Background\nNgawa Tibetan and Qiang Autonomous Prefecture, also known as Aba, where Mao County is located, was one of the regions worst affected by the 2008 Sichuan earthquake. During the earthquake, 20,258 people in Aba and 3,933 in Mao County were confirmed killed, and 8,183 people in Mao County were injured. A large factor in the fatality rate during both the 1933 and 2008 earthquakes was the landslides and the subsequent formation of landslide dam lakes. During the 1933 earthquake, a catastrophic landslide lake outburst flood occurred on the Minjiang River, which has its headwaters in Aba Prefecture and runs through the region of the landslide.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 34], "content_span": [35, 679]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272476-0003-0000", "contents": "2017 Sichuan landslide, Background\nThe majority of Mao County residents, almost 90%, are of the Qiang ethnicity. Large numbers of students had also returned home from university studies. The landslide site is located near the locally known Songpinggou scenic area, where many tourists were staying in guest houses when the landslide struck.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 34], "content_span": [35, 340]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272476-0004-0000", "contents": "2017 Sichuan landslide, Landslide\nThe landslide occurred in the early morning on 24 June 2017 at about 5:38 am local time (21:38 on 23 June UTC). It was preceded by three weeks of frequent, but not intense rains. Forty homes were destroyed in Xinmo Village (\u65b0\u78e8\u6751), where more than 140 people from at least 62 families were initially feared buried. The landslide also blocked a 1.2-kilometre (0.75\u00a0mi) stretch of the Songping Stream (\u677e\u576a\u6c9f), as well as a 1,600 m section of road. Approximately 4.5\u00a0million\u00a0m3 (160\u00a0million\u00a0cu\u00a0ft) of rock was displaced from the mountain crest.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 33], "content_span": [34, 571]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272476-0004-0001", "contents": "2017 Sichuan landslide, Landslide\nHowever, while avalanching downslope, the rock mass fragmented heavily and incorporated a large amount of pre-existing debris. The landslide finally formed a deposit of more than 13\u00a0million\u00a0m3 (460\u00a0million\u00a0cu\u00a0ft). The mass covered a distance of more than 2,600 m with a height relief of almost 1,200 m in less than 60 seconds. It was estimated that the landslide hit the village at approximately 250\u00a0km/h.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 33], "content_span": [34, 439]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272476-0005-0000", "contents": "2017 Sichuan landslide, Landslide\nA second smaller landslide around 8:15 pm on 24 June affected the rescue work. At least 1,959 rescue and medical workers were involved in the recovery effort. Fears of new landslides from the adjacent areas temporarily halted the work, which was resumed after the installation of a monitoring system capable of providing a timely alarm. Subsequent engineering analyses confirmed the possibility of new landslides coming from the same ridge. They could run on the 2017 landslide deposit but also toward still-inhabited buildings located just upstream, and could potentially block the flow of the Songping Stream again.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 33], "content_span": [34, 651]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272476-0006-0000", "contents": "2017 Sichuan landslide, Landslide\nThe landslide is thought to be a delayed effect of the rock weakening and cracking caused by the 1933 Diexi earthquake, which accelerated the chemo-mechanical degradation of the rock. On the contrary, no apparent correlation with the 2008 Sichuan earthquake was found.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 33], "content_span": [34, 302]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272476-0007-0000", "contents": "2017 Sichuan landslide, Landslide\nAfter the event, several cracks were identified from satellite imagery and significant surface deformation was found to have preceded the landslide by several months. However, these precursory signals went unnoticed as no systematic remote sensing of the area was being carried out, and the cracks were not visible from the town or from the valley.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 33], "content_span": [34, 382]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272476-0008-0000", "contents": "2017 Sichuan landslide, Aftermath and recovery efforts\nThree people from the same family had been pulled alive from the rubble by the evening of 24 June. By 10 am on 25 June, 15 people had been confirmed killed, with a further 118 listed as missing. By 2 pm on the same day, the number of missing was reduced to 93, after more people were confirmed to be alive or were rescued.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 54], "content_span": [55, 377]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272476-0009-0000", "contents": "2017 Sichuan landslide, Aftermath and recovery efforts\nAt least 300 people who survived the landslide were relocated to facilities in Diexi town, including a school and a hotel. The prefecture's civil affairs bureau sent clothing, two electric generators, 20 tents and 400 quilts to the survivors.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 54], "content_span": [55, 297]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272477-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 Sicilian regional election\nThe Sicilian regional election of 2017 for the renewal of the Sicilian Regional Assembly and the election of the President of Sicily was held on 5 November 2017. Incumbent President Rosario Crocetta was not his party's candidate due to his low popularity. Nello Musumeci, leader of the movement Diventer\u00e0 Bellissima, was elected president.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [31, 31], "content_span": [32, 371]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272477-0001-0000", "contents": "2017 Sicilian regional election, Electoral system\nThe Sicilian Parliament is elected with a mixed system: 62 MPs are chosen with a form of proportional representation using a largest remainder method with open lists and a 5% threshold, while 8 MPs (7+1) are elected using Party bloc vote.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 49], "content_span": [50, 288]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272478-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 Sidecarcross World Championship\nThe 2017 FIM Sidecarcross World Championship, the 38th edition of the competition.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [36, 36], "content_span": [37, 119]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272479-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 Sierra Leone mudslides\nOn the morning of August 14, 2017, significant mudflow events occurred in and around the capital city of Freetown in Sierra Leone. Following three days of torrential rainfall, mass wasting of mud and debris damaged or destroyed hundreds of buildings in the city, killing 1,141 people and leaving more than 3,000 homeless.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [27, 27], "content_span": [28, 349]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272479-0001-0000", "contents": "2017 Sierra Leone mudslides\nCausal factors for the mudslides include the region's particular topography and climate \u2013 with Freetown's elevation close to sea level and its greater position within a tropical monsoon climate. Those factors were assisted by the generally poor state of the region's infrastructure and loss of protective natural drainage systems from periods of deforestation.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [27, 27], "content_span": [28, 388]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272479-0002-0000", "contents": "2017 Sierra Leone mudslides, Background\nThe potential for deadly flooding in Sierra Leone was exacerbated by a combination of factors. Freetown, which sits at the tip of a peninsula, was in 2015 occupied by approximately 1\u00a0million people. Freetown's topography alternates between thickly wooded and partially deforested mountains. These mountains run along the peninsula parallel to the Atlantic for 25 miles (40\u00a0km). Freetown's elevation varies from coastal areas which are at or just below sea level to approximately 400 meters (1,300\u00a0ft) above sea level.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 39], "content_span": [40, 557]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272479-0003-0000", "contents": "2017 Sierra Leone mudslides, Background\nFreetown suffers from long-term issues involving poor urban development programs. According to Jamie Hitchen of the Africa Research Institute \"the government is failing to provide housing for the poorest in society\", and when attention is paid to issues such as unregulated construction, it is received only after a crisis. Because a moratorium on housing construction was not enforced, unorganized settlements and municipal works encroached on flood plains, resulting in narrower water passageways. During floods, Freetown's drainage systems are often blocked by discarded waste, especially in the city's poorer communities, contributing to higher levels of surface runoff.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 39], "content_span": [40, 714]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272479-0004-0000", "contents": "2017 Sierra Leone mudslides, Background\nThe construction of large homes in hillside areas and unrestricted deforestation for residential purposes weakened the stability of nearby slopes and caused soil erosion. Within a decade leading up to the disaster, Sierra Leone cleared approximately 800,000 hectares (2,000,000 acres) of forest cover \u2013 the country's civil war, fought between 1991 and 2002, was also a cause of deforestation. The nation's Environmental Protective Agency launched a reforesting mission in the region two weeks prior to the floods and mudslides, which was ultimately unsuccessful.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 39], "content_span": [40, 602]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272479-0005-0000", "contents": "2017 Sierra Leone mudslides, Mudslides\nAccording to the National Weather Service's Climate Prediction Center, Sierra Leone experienced a particularly wet rainy season, with the capital city of Freetown, in the Western Area of the country, experiencing 41 inches (1,000\u00a0mm) of rainfall from July 1, 2017, leading up to the mudslides \u2013 nearly tripling the area's seasonal average. Sierra Leone's meteorological department did not warn residents to leave areas prone to flooding in time; from August 11 to 14, Freetown faced three consecutive days of rain, which led to severe flooding in the city and its surrounding suburbs. Flooding is an annual threat for the area: in 2015 floods killed 10 people and left thousands homeless.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 38], "content_span": [39, 727]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272479-0006-0000", "contents": "2017 Sierra Leone mudslides, Mudslides, Affected regions\nOverlooking Freetown, Sugar Loaf mountain partially collapsed, triggering mudslides in the early morning of August 14, which damaged or completely submerged several houses and structures, killing residents \u2013 many still asleep \u2013 who were trapped inside. The collapse of the mountainside took place in two stages \u2013 with the lower slope sliding into the Babadorie River Valley and, 10 minutes later, the upper portion collapsing, resulting in a \"tidal wave\" of landmass and debris. Highly mobile, the saturated debris flow from the collapse of the upper mountainside, carrying mud, large boulders, tree trunks, and other material, advanced toward the main river channel, Lumley Creek, with a wall of flood water leading in front.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 56], "content_span": [57, 783]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272479-0007-0000", "contents": "2017 Sierra Leone mudslides, Mudslides, Affected regions\nAnother mudslide struck the Regent suburban district. A mountainous settlement 15 miles (24\u00a0km) east of Freetown, Regent was covered by mud and debris when nearby hillsides collapsed around 6:00 GMT. The suburban districts of Goderich and Tacuguma were also hit by mudslides, but the under-developed areas did not sustain significant damage to infrastructure or loss of life.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 56], "content_span": [57, 432]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272479-0008-0000", "contents": "2017 Sierra Leone mudslides, Mudslides, Aftermath\nThe disaster caused damage to property in an area equal to 116,766 square metres (1,256,860\u00a0sq\u00a0ft).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 49], "content_span": [50, 149]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272479-0009-0000", "contents": "2017 Sierra Leone mudslides, Mudslides, Aftermath\nAccessibility between communities was lost: eight pedestrian roads and bridges connecting Kamayama and Kaningo took moderate or severe damage, and two road bridges on the Regent river channel were impacted; in total, the damages to pathways amounted to US$1 million in costs. Power outages occurred in several communities, partly due to the Electricity Distribution and Supply Authority's (EDSA) temporarily taking certain areas off the grid to avoid electrical incidents. The damage to EDSA's infrastructure totaled $174,000.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 49], "content_span": [50, 576]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272479-0010-0000", "contents": "2017 Sierra Leone mudslides, Mudslides, Aftermath\nMore than 3,000 people were left homeless by the disaster. An initial estimate of the death toll placed the number at 205, but rescue and aid workers cautioned that the survival rates for many of the 600 people still missing were slim. By August 27, local government and ministry officials reported 1,000 fatalities during religious services honoring the victims. The final official death toll declared 1,141 dead or missing.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 49], "content_span": [50, 475]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272479-0011-0000", "contents": "2017 Sierra Leone mudslides, Response\nLocal organizations, military personnel, and the Red Cross of Sierra Leone contributed to immediate excavation and recovery efforts, working amid rainfall. The continued downpours and damaged passageways disrupted relief efforts, as did the topography of affected areas. The Red Cross and the federal government contributed fifteen vehicles, including three ambulances, to assist in traveling to isolated areas, while the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) sent a joint team of forensic officers and specialized rescue units with trained dogs.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 37], "content_span": [38, 595]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272479-0011-0001", "contents": "2017 Sierra Leone mudslides, Response\nThe Connaught Hospital mortuary in Freetown was overwhelmed by nearly 300 bodies in the first day alone, forcing workers to lay victims on floors and outside the building to be identified. Due to the lack of manpower and threat of disease, bodies were buried in mass graves on August 15 at two sites in Waterloo.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 37], "content_span": [38, 350]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272479-0012-0000", "contents": "2017 Sierra Leone mudslides, Response\nSierra Leone's Office for National Security (ONS) advised survivors to evacuate flood-prone areas. Additional evacuations took place when aerial images of a hillside adjacent to Sugar Loaf revealed the threat of another mudslide which could impact a much wider area. Response teams were deployed to two voluntary relocation centers, the Old Skool compound in Hill Station and Juba barracks in Lumley, where workers distributed sanitation and medical supplies. By August 16, workers in Regent and Kaningo began constructing emergency latrines and four 10,000-liter water harvesting systems.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 37], "content_span": [38, 627]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272479-0012-0001", "contents": "2017 Sierra Leone mudslides, Response\nUnsanitary waters raised fears of cholera; however, workers provided storage tanks, purification tablets, and instructional courses on hygiene to help prevent an outbreak of waterborne diseases. The government of Sierra Leone also launched its first ever cholera vaccination campaign on September 15, targeting over 500,000 citizens in the Western Area. After the disaster, affected areas faced water shortages; as a result, UNICEF distributed 26,000 liters of drinking water each day.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 37], "content_span": [38, 523]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272479-0013-0000", "contents": "2017 Sierra Leone mudslides, Response\nPresident Ernest Bai Koroma addressed Sierra Leone in a national broadcast August 15, declaring a state of emergency and announcing the establishment of a relief center in Regent. He urged the nation, still recovering from the aftermath of the Ebola outbreak, to remain unified: \"Our nation has once again been gripped by grief. Many of our compatriots have lost their lives, many more have been gravely injured and billions of Leones' worth of property destroyed in the flooding and landslides that swept across some parts of our city\". He also addressed the coordination of registries in Freetown that provided aid for residents left without shelter. On August 15, the president declared seven days of national mourning, which would begin immediately.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 37], "content_span": [38, 791]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272479-0014-0000", "contents": "2017 Sierra Leone mudslides, Response, Foreign assistance\nKoroma made an appeal to the international community for relief. Already in the country, numerous international organisations acted immediately, providing basic supplies and services \u2013 from food and shelter to personal counselling and mobile phones. Among others, Action Against Hunger, CARE International, GOAL, Handicap International, Muslim Aid, Plan International, Red Cross, Save the Children, Streetchild, Trocaire, UK Aid, World Visionand various UN agencies were involved.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 57], "content_span": [58, 538]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272479-0015-0000", "contents": "2017 Sierra Leone mudslides, Response, Foreign assistance\nSeveral European countries responded with donations: the United Kingdom provided \u00a35 million for clean drinking water and medicine, Ireland donated \u20ac400,000, Spain donated \u20ac50,000 and assembled a technical forensic team, and Switzerland spent CHF400,000 to provide sanitation and first-aid kits . West African country donations included $500,000 from Togo, medical supplies distributed by Liberia, and pledges for support by Guinea and Nigeria. Other governments such as China donated $1 million through their embassy in Freetown, and Israel sent an envoy supplying food and medical supplies.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 57], "content_span": [58, 649]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272479-0015-0001", "contents": "2017 Sierra Leone mudslides, Response, Foreign assistance\nIn response to the disaster, the United Nations (UN) arranged contingency plans to mitigate potential outbreaks of waterborne diseases. The UN's migration agency allocated $150,000 in initial-response aid and mobilized personnel in Sierra Leone to assist in rescue operations and distribute supplies to survivors. The World Food Programme (WFP) provided rations for 7,500 people. The European Union (EU) authorized \u20ac300,000 for humanitarian aid on August 16. On August 17, the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC) approved CHF4.6 million worth of aid to be distributed through the Sierra Leone Red Cross agency for use over a 10-month period.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 57], "content_span": [58, 735]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272479-0016-0000", "contents": "2017 Sierra Leone mudslides, Response, Foreign assistance\nThree months removed from the disaster, the Sierra Leone government announced the closure of emergency camps, which housed many families awaiting financial assistance. About 98 families from the UK-Aid and World Food Programme-sponsored camps received assistance, yet nearly 500 families housed in informal refuges had not prior to the November 15 deadline.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 57], "content_span": [58, 415]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272480-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 Silverstone Formula 2 round\nThe 2017 Silverstone FIA Formula 2 round was a pair of motor races held on 15 and 16 July 2017 at the Silverstone Circuit in Silverstone, United Kingdom as part of the FIA Formula 2 Championship. It was the sixth round of the 2017 FIA Formula 2 Championship and was run in support of the 2017 British Grand Prix.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [32, 32], "content_span": [33, 345]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272481-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 Sinai mosque attack\nAt 1:50 PM EET on 24 November 2017, the al-Rawda mosque was attacked by roughly 40 gunmen during Friday prayers. The mosque is located in the village of Al-Rawda east of the town of Bir al-Abed in Egypt's North Sinai Governorate. It is one of the main mosques associated with the Jaririya Sufi order, one of the largest Sufi orders in North Sinai. The Jaririya order is named for its founder, Sheikh Eid Abu Jarir, who was a member of the Sawarka tribe and the Jarira clan. The Jarira clan resides in the vicinity of Bir al-Abed. The attack killed 311 people and injured at least 122, making it the deadliest attack in Egyptian history. It was the second-deadliest terrorist attack of 2017, after the Mogadishu bombings on 14 October. The attack was universally condemned by many world leaders and organizations.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [24, 24], "content_span": [25, 837]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272481-0001-0000", "contents": "2017 Sinai mosque attack, Attack\nAl-Rawda Mosque, which is located on Sinai's main coastal highway connecting the city of Port Said to Gaza, belongs to the local Jarir clan, of the Sawarka tribe, who follow the Jaririya (Gaririya) Sufi order\u2014an offshoot of the movement of Abu Ahmed al-Ghazawi, of the broader Darqawa order. The mosque is on the road between El Arish and Bir al-Abed. The mosque has a smaller zawiyah, a Sufi lodge, attached.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 32], "content_span": [33, 442]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272481-0002-0000", "contents": "2017 Sinai mosque attack, Attack\nAccording to local media, attackers in four off-road vehicles planted three bombs; the attackers used the burning wrecks of cars to block off escape routes. After their detonation, they launched rocket propelled grenades and opened fire on worshippers during the crowded Friday prayer at al-Rawda near Bir al-Abed. When ambulances arrived to transport the wounded to hospitals, the attackers opened fire on them as well, having selected ambush points from which to target them. Local residents quickly responded, bringing the wounded to hospitals in their own cars and trucks, and even taking up weapons to fight back.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 32], "content_span": [33, 651]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272481-0003-0000", "contents": "2017 Sinai mosque attack, Attack, Casualties\n311 adults were killed in the attack, 27 children, and at least 122 other people were wounded. Many of the victims worked at a nearby salt factory and were at the mosque for Friday prayers.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 44], "content_span": [45, 234]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272481-0004-0000", "contents": "2017 Sinai mosque attack, Responsibility\nNo group claimed responsibility for the attack, although there were reports that the attack appeared to be the work of Islamic State's Wilayat Sinai branch. On 25 November, the Egyptian public prosecutor's office, citing interviews with survivors, said the attackers brandished the Islamic State flag.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 40], "content_span": [41, 342]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272481-0005-0000", "contents": "2017 Sinai mosque attack, Responsibility\nIslamist militants have been active in the Sinai since July 2013, killing at least 1,000 Egyptian security forces personnel. According to The New York Times, in January 2017 an interview of an insurgent commander in Sinai appeared in issue five of the Islamic State magazine Rumiyah, where the commander condemned Sufi practices and identified the district where the attack occurred as one of three areas where Sufis live in Sinai that Islamic State intended to \"eradicate.\" The community had been repeatedly threatened to refrain from Sufi practices.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 40], "content_span": [41, 592]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272481-0006-0000", "contents": "2017 Sinai mosque attack, Responsibility\nJund al-Islam, an al-Qaeda-linked jihadist group in Sinai who were formerly affiliated with ISIL, declared their innocence and condemned the attack on the al-Rawda mosque.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 40], "content_span": [41, 212]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272481-0007-0000", "contents": "2017 Sinai mosque attack, Reactions\nEgypt declared three days of national mourning following the attack. Egyptian President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi said the attack \"shall not go unpunished\". The President also ordered the government to allocate funds for compensating families of the dead.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 35], "content_span": [36, 286]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272481-0008-0000", "contents": "2017 Sinai mosque attack, Reactions\nThe Muslim Brotherhood wrote on Twitter and Facebook that it \"condemns in the strongest words\" the attack and that those responsible should \"renounce extremism and violence\". Al-Azhar University, Egypt's oldest accredited university, issued a statement condemning the attacks, adding \"terrorism will be routed\".", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 35], "content_span": [36, 347]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272481-0009-0000", "contents": "2017 Sinai mosque attack, Reactions\nOne week after the attack, Grand Imam of al-Azhar Ahmed el-Tayeb, along with Grand Mufti Shawki Allam and Religious Endowments Minister Mokhtar Gomaa, performed Friday prayers at al-Rawda mosque.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 35], "content_span": [36, 231]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272481-0010-0000", "contents": "2017 Sinai mosque attack, Reactions\nThe attack was widely condemned by the international community, with many world leaders issuing official statements and social media posts. Turkey declared one day of national mourning on 27 November.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 35], "content_span": [36, 236]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272481-0011-0000", "contents": "2017 Sinai mosque attack, Reactions\nThe Supreme Council for Sufi Orders cancelled street celebrations of Mawlid throughout Egypt as a sign of mourning.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 35], "content_span": [36, 151]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272481-0012-0000", "contents": "2017 Sinai mosque attack, Reactions\nThe Egyptian Organization for Human Rights strongly condemned the attacks, and weeks later issued a report that considered the massacre an attempt of genocide against the Sufi Muslim community of the Sinai Peninsula. EOHR also called upon the Egyptian government to provide adequate protection for minorities.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 35], "content_span": [36, 345]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272481-0013-0000", "contents": "2017 Sinai mosque attack, Reactions\nA three-day opening of the border crossing into Gaza from Rafah, Egypt, scheduled for 25\u201327 November, was cancelled due to security concerns. The Cairo International Film Festival stated in a press release its intention to continue with the festival, and condemned the attacks.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 35], "content_span": [36, 313]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272481-0014-0000", "contents": "2017 Sinai mosque attack, Reactions\nThe Tel Aviv-Yafo Municipality building, the Library of Birmingham, the Kuwait Towers and the CN Tower were illuminated with the colors of the Egyptian flag as a sign of solidarity. The lights of the Eiffel Tower were extinguished as well. The Royal Hashemite Court flew the Jordanian flag at half-mast.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 35], "content_span": [36, 339]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272481-0015-0000", "contents": "2017 Sinai mosque attack, Reactions, Military response\nPresident el-Sisi vowed to respond with \"the utmost force\". In the days immediately after the attack the Air Force announced that it had pursued and destroyed of some of the militants' vehicles and weapons stocks. Airstrikes were also conducted in the neighboring mountains.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 54], "content_span": [55, 329]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272481-0016-0000", "contents": "2017 Sinai mosque attack, Reactions, Military response\nIn February 2018, Egypt responded to this attack with major air strikes and land assaults against terrorist positions in Sinai.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 54], "content_span": [55, 182]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272482-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 Singapore Community Shield\nThe 2017 Singapore Community Shield (also known as the Great Eastern Community Shield for sponsorship reasons) was the 10th edition of the Singapore Community Shield held on 26 February 2017 at National Stadium, between the winners of the previous season's S.League and Singapore Cup competitions. The match was contested by 2016 Singapore Cup winners Albirex Niigata (S) and 2016 S.League runners-up Tampines Rovers.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [31, 31], "content_span": [32, 449]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272482-0001-0000", "contents": "2017 Singapore Community Shield\nThis was the first time whereby a Shield match was played at the new National Stadium after opening in 2014.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [31, 31], "content_span": [32, 140]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272482-0002-0000", "contents": "2017 Singapore Community Shield\nAlbirex Niigata (S) won the Shield for the second consecutive time after defeating Tampines Rovers 2\u20131.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [31, 31], "content_span": [32, 135]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272483-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 Singapore Cup\nThe 2017 Singapore Cup (also known as the RHB Singapore Cup for sponsorship reasons) is the 20th edition of Singapore's annual premier club football knock-out tournament organised by the Football Association of Singapore. Albirex Niigata (S) are the defending champions, having won their first trophy the previous year.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [18, 18], "content_span": [19, 338]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272483-0001-0000", "contents": "2017 Singapore Cup\nThis will be the first time in the competition's history where both finalists are both non-Singaporean clubs.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [18, 18], "content_span": [19, 128]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272483-0002-0000", "contents": "2017 Singapore Cup, Teams\nA total of 12 teams participate in the 2017 Singapore Cup. 8 of the teams are from domestic S.League while the other four are invited from Cambodia and the Philippines. Young Lions will not be participating in this edition of the Singapore Cup.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [20, 25], "content_span": [26, 270]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272483-0003-0000", "contents": "2017 Singapore Cup, Format\nEight teams were drawn for the preliminary round while the other four seeded teams received a bye for that round. The eight teams will play against one another in a single-legged knockout basis. Winners of this round will progress and advance to the quarter-finals. Thereafter, matches are played in two legs with the exception of the one-match final.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [20, 26], "content_span": [27, 378]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272483-0004-0000", "contents": "2017 Singapore Cup, Format\nFor any match in the knockout stage, a draw after 90 minutes of regulation time is followed by two 15 minute periods of extra time to determine a winner. If the teams are still tied, a penalty shoot-out is held to determine a winner.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [20, 26], "content_span": [27, 260]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272483-0005-0000", "contents": "2017 Singapore Cup, Preliminary round\nThe draw for the preliminary round was held on 9 May 2017 at Connaught Drive. Eight teams involved in this round will play in a single leg knockout basis. The matches will be played from 29 to 21 June 2017. Winners of this round will progress and advance to the quarter-finals.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [20, 37], "content_span": [38, 315]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272483-0006-0000", "contents": "2017 Singapore Cup, Quarter-finals\nThe 4 winners from the preliminary round will join DPMM FC, Tampines Rovers, 2016 runner up, Albirex Niigata (S) and 2016 winner, Home United in the draw.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [20, 34], "content_span": [35, 189]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272484-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 Singapore Grand Prix\nThe 2017 Singapore Grand Prix (formally known as the 2017 Formula 1 Singapore Airlines Singapore Grand Prix) was a Formula One motor race held on 17 September 2017 at the Marina Bay Street Circuit in Marina Bay, Singapore. It was the fourteenth round of the 2017 FIA Formula One World Championship, and marked the eighteenth running of the Singapore Grand Prix, the tenth time the race had been held at Marina Bay.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [25, 25], "content_span": [26, 440]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272484-0001-0000", "contents": "2017 Singapore Grand Prix\nMercedes driver Lewis Hamilton entered the round with a three-point lead over Ferrari's Sebastian Vettel in the World Drivers' Championship, with Valtteri Bottas third. In the Constructors' standings, Mercedes led Ferrari by 62 points, while Red Bull Racing were third.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [25, 25], "content_span": [26, 295]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272484-0002-0000", "contents": "2017 Singapore Grand Prix\nThe race was won by Mercedes's Lewis Hamilton who took the lead on the first lap following a significant collision between Sebastian Vettel, Max Verstappen and Kimi R\u00e4ikk\u00f6nen. Daniel Ricciardo finished second with Valtteri Bottas taking third. This result increased Hamilton's lead in the Drivers' Championship to 28 points and increased Mercedes's lead in the Constructors' standings to 102 points.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [25, 25], "content_span": [26, 425]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272484-0003-0000", "contents": "2017 Singapore Grand Prix, Report, Practice\nRed Bull's Daniel Ricciardo went fastest in first practice with a time of 1:42.489. He was followed by the Ferrari of Sebastian Vettel and his teammate Max Verstappen while championship leader Lewis Hamilton was only fourth fastest. Ricciardo was also quickest in second practice, followed by Verstappen and Hamilton.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 43], "content_span": [44, 361]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272484-0004-0000", "contents": "2017 Singapore Grand Prix, Report, Qualifying\nMax Verstappen was quickest in both Q1 and Q2 as Red Bull seemed to have the advantage over Mercedes and Ferrari. However, Ferrari's Sebastian Vettel took pole in the final session with a lap time of 1.39.491, ahead of Verstappen and teammate Ricciardo. Championship leader Lewis Hamilton could only take fifth on the grid with teammate Bottas sixth.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 45], "content_span": [46, 396]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272484-0005-0000", "contents": "2017 Singapore Grand Prix, Report, Race\nRainfall prior to the race start meant that the race would be the first night-time Grand Prix staged under wet conditions in Formula One history. Despite this, the race was started under normal racing conditions without the safety car as per 2017 rule changes. At the start, R\u00e4ikk\u00f6nen had an excellent start compared to his teammate Vettel and Verstappen of Red Bull. Vettel and R\u00e4ikk\u00f6nen had Verstappen in the middle of them with him nowhere to go.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 39], "content_span": [40, 489]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272484-0005-0001", "contents": "2017 Singapore Grand Prix, Report, Race\nVerstappen's tyres touched with R\u00e4ikk\u00f6nen as a result sending R\u00e4ikk\u00f6nen out of control and he hit left sidepod of his teammate Vettel's car, causing significant damage to both, and then also hit Verstappen's car again going into turn 1. This caused the immediate retirement of both R\u00e4ikk\u00f6nen and Verstappen. Vettel was initially able to continue despite noticeable damage, followed by Hamilton, who had a good start with Ricciardo behind. However, Vettel soon spun due to the damage and subsequently retired. This marked the first occasion in Formula One history when both works Ferraris were eliminated on the opening lap.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 39], "content_span": [40, 663]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272484-0005-0002", "contents": "2017 Singapore Grand Prix, Report, Race\nAlonso had also sustained damage as a result of the incident in turn 1 and eventually retired on lap 9. The collisions on the opening lap brought out a safety car that led the field until lap 4. At the restart Lewis Hamilton continued to lead, followed by Daniel Ricciardo in second and Nico H\u00fclkenberg in third. Hamilton then was able to pull away and establish a comfortable lead over Ricciardo.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 39], "content_span": [40, 437]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272484-0006-0000", "contents": "2017 Singapore Grand Prix, Report, Race\nThere were two further safety car periods over the course of the race. One on lap 11, after Daniil Kvyat crashed at turn 7, and one on lap 38 after Marcus Ericsson spun. Bottas managed to get up to third and Carlos Sainz to fourth after the first safety car period as those on full wets ahead of them pitted for inters, the tyres Bottas and Sainz were already on. Hamilton was again able to get away well at both restarts.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 39], "content_span": [40, 462]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272484-0006-0001", "contents": "2017 Singapore Grand Prix, Report, Race\nKevin Magnussen and Nico H\u00fclkenberg - from 4th position after passing Sainz in the second safety car period - would both retire later in the race with mechanical issues. Hamilton won the race from Ricciardo, and Valtteri Bottas took the final podium place, while Sainz achieved his then career-best finish of 4th place. Jolyon Palmer came home in 6th place for his first points finish of the season, on the same weekend it was announced he would be replaced by Sainz at the end of the season. The drivers did not complete the scheduled race distance of 61 laps due to the 2-hour time limit being reached, so the chequered flag was shown on lap 58.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 39], "content_span": [40, 687]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272485-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 Singapore League Cup\nThe 2017 Singapore League Cup (known as The New Paper League Cup for sponsorship reasons) is the 11th edition of the Singapore League Cup, Singapore's premier club football tournament organised by the Football Association of Singapore. Albirex Niigata (S) are the defending champions, having won their third trophy the previous year. The tournament was held from 7 to 21 July 2017.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [25, 25], "content_span": [26, 407]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272485-0001-0000", "contents": "2017 Singapore League Cup, Teams\nA total of 8 teams participate in the 2017 Singapore League Cup with all clubs coming from the S.League. Young Lions will not be participating in this edition of the Singapore League Cup.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 32], "content_span": [33, 220]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272486-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 Singapore Sevens\nThe 2017 Singapore Sevens was the eighth tournament of the 2016\u201317 World Rugby Sevens Series. The tournament was played on 15\u201316 April 2017 at the Singapore National Stadium in Singapore. This was the sixth time that the Singapore Sevens had a spot on the World Rugby Sevens Series. In an exciting final, Canada completed the 'Miracle on Grass' by jumping out to an early lead and then scoring the decisive try with 2 minutes remaining to beat the United States 26-19 and win its first-ever World Series tournament. Earlier in the day, Canada had triumphed over New Zealand and England while the US defeated Fiji and Australia to set up the first Cup final featuring both North American teams.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [21, 21], "content_span": [22, 715]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272486-0001-0000", "contents": "2017 Singapore Sevens, Format\nSixteen teams were drawn into four pools of four teams each. Each team played all the others in their pool once. The top two teams from each pool advanced to the Cup quarter finals. The bottom two teams from each group advanced to the Challenge Trophy quarter finals.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 29], "content_span": [30, 297]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272487-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 Singapore Super Series\nThe 2017 Singapore Super Series was the fourth Super Series tournament of the 2017 BWF Super Series. The tournament takes place in Singapore from April 11\u201316, 2017 with a total purse of $350,000.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [27, 27], "content_span": [28, 223]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272488-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 Singaporean presidential election\nThe Singaporean presidential election of 2017 was held to elect the next President of Singapore with Halimah Yacob as the winning candidate due to an uncontested election.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [38, 38], "content_span": [39, 210]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272488-0001-0000", "contents": "2017 Singaporean presidential election, Background\nThe President is the head of state of Singapore. Following the Westminster system, the position is largely ceremonial, but enjoys several reserve powers including withholding presidential assent on supply bills and changing or revoking civil service appointments. The current system of holding elections for the Presidency began with the 1993 election, with the election of Ong Teng Cheong. Before then, the President was selected by Parliament.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 50], "content_span": [51, 496]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272488-0002-0000", "contents": "2017 Singaporean presidential election, Background\nThere are strict requirements for prospective presidential election candidates, and whether a candidate meets the qualifications or not is decided by the Presidential Elections Committee (PEC), who are given the task of issuing a certificate of eligibility (COE) to prospective candidates.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 50], "content_span": [51, 340]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272488-0003-0000", "contents": "2017 Singaporean presidential election, Background\nThe Presidency is, by the rules of the Constitution, required to be nonpartisan. However, Halimah had, until her presidential campaign, ties with the People's Action Party. She was a member of the party's Central Executive Committee, as well as the chair of the party's Seniors Group. She was also an elected PAP Member of Parliament and Speaker of Parliament prior to her resignation in 2017.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 50], "content_span": [51, 444]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272488-0004-0000", "contents": "2017 Singaporean presidential election, Background\nFollowing amendments to the Constitution of Singapore, the election was the first to be reserved for a particular racial group under a hiatus-triggered model. The 2017 election was reserved for candidates from the minority Malay community, who had not held the presidential office since 1970.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 50], "content_span": [51, 343]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272488-0005-0000", "contents": "2017 Singaporean presidential election, Parliamentary reforms\nIn his speech to Parliament on 27 January 2016, Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong said that it was timely to review the eligibility criteria of the Elected Presidency. On 10 February 2016, a Constitutional Commission consisting of nine individuals and chaired by Chief Justice Sundaresh Menon was formed. In its report released on 7 September 2016, the Commission recommended the following key changes:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 61], "content_span": [62, 461]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272488-0006-0000", "contents": "2017 Singaporean presidential election, Parliamentary reforms\nThe government announced in a White Paper published on 15 September 2016 that it has accepted some of the recommendations, including the first three changes above. The government raised the financial requirements for private sector candidates while keeping the requirements of public sector candidates constant, stating it is adopting a \"cautious\" approach given the other concurrent changes to other aspects of eligibility criteria. On 8 November 2016, PM Lee, under the advice from Attorney-General, announced that the 2017 Presidential Election will be reserved for candidates from the Malay community.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 61], "content_span": [62, 667]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272488-0007-0000", "contents": "2017 Singaporean presidential election, Parliamentary reforms\n\"We have taken the Attorney-General's advice. We will start counting from the first President who exercised the powers of the Elected President, in other words, Dr Wee Kim Wee. That means we are now in the fifth term of the Elected Presidency.\" ~Lee Hsien Loong on 8 November 2016", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 61], "content_span": [62, 342]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272488-0008-0000", "contents": "2017 Singaporean presidential election, Parliamentary reforms\nThe rules for campaigning have also been modified. Rally sites will no longer be designated for the candidates. All candidates are required to apply for police permit on their own to hold a rally. Also, candidates are required to sign a statutory declaration to affirm that they understand the roles of a President. These rules are purportedly made to ensure that the candidates campaign in a \"dignified\" manner.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 61], "content_span": [62, 474]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272488-0009-0000", "contents": "2017 Singaporean presidential election, Parliamentary reforms, Constitutional challenges\nOn 5 May 2017, Tan Cheng Bock, a former Member of Parliament (MP) from the People's Action Party (PAP) who contested in the Singaporean presidential election of 2011, filed a constitutional challenge to determine whether it is correct to set the Presidential Election 2017 as a reserved election under the newly introduced amendments to the Elected Presidency. His challenge was dismissed by Justice Quentin Loh in High Court, explaining that \"Article 164(1)(a) provides for Parliament to specify the first term of office of the President to be counted under Art 19B(1) (\"First Term\").\" He then filed an appeal, heard by the Court of Appeal on 31 July 2017. On 23 August 2017, his appeal was unanimously dismissed by the court of five judges which ruled that the Parliament has full discretion to set the First Term.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 88], "content_span": [89, 905]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272488-0010-0000", "contents": "2017 Singaporean presidential election, Parliamentary reforms, Constitutional challenges\nOn 28 August 2017, the Workers' Party filed an adjournment motion on the election to debate on the issue in the next Parliament sitting on 11 September. On 5 September, the Workers' Party was informed that their motion was not selected for mention as Murali's topic on community sentencing won the ballot.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 88], "content_span": [89, 394]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272488-0010-0001", "contents": "2017 Singaporean presidential election, Parliamentary reforms, Constitutional challenges\nThe Workers' Party eventually raised their query in Parliament on 3 October through its chairperson Sylvia Lim, who challenged why the PAP government uses AGC's advice as a \"red herring\" to evade justifying its own decision of starting the count from President Wee Kim Wee instead of the first elected President Ong Teng Cheong. She quoted instances where PM Lee Hsien Loong, DPM Teo Chee Hean and Minister in Prime Minister's Office Chan Chun Sing spoke on the matter in parliament, when they stated that the AGC's advice was taken for deciding the starting count.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 88], "content_span": [89, 654]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272488-0010-0002", "contents": "2017 Singaporean presidential election, Parliamentary reforms, Constitutional challenges\nIn response, Law Minister Shanmugam said that the Government sought the AGC's advice on whether there would be \"legal impediments\" to start the count from President Wee, and that the timing of when to trigger the reserved election was a \"policy decision\" that was not based on the AGC's advice, as parliament has full discretion on this issue. He insisted that the Government has not misled the public by giving the impression that the decision was a legal one, and pointed to some unnamed individual, \"not from the PAP\", who was deemed by the court to be misleading the Parliament.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 88], "content_span": [89, 671]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272488-0011-0000", "contents": "2017 Singaporean presidential election, Parliamentary reforms, Constitutional challenges\nIn a Facebook post, Tan Cheng Bock highlighted Shanmugam's apparent contradiction when he was quoted saying in Parliament, \"once we get the (AGC's) advice, we will send it out\". Shanmugam responded by accusing Tan of \"splicing and rearranging\" his words, insisting that \"it\" refers to the government's position instead of AGC's advice. He even engaged in ad hominem by calling Tan \"bitter\".", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 88], "content_span": [89, 479]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272488-0012-0000", "contents": "2017 Singaporean presidential election, Parliamentary reforms, Constitutional challenges\nOn 22 May 2017, human rights lawyer M. Ravi filed a constitutional challenge, stating that the amendment to the Elected Presidency Scheme \"deprives citizens of the right to stand\" for the office of the Elected Presidency, is \"discriminatory on the grounds of ethnicity\", and that it contradicts article 12(2) of the Constitution. On 15 June 2017, his application was dismissed by the High Court with cost. Judge See Kee Oon said during the hearing that Ravi had not shown how his personal rights were violated by the changes that were made to the scheme.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 88], "content_span": [89, 643]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272488-0012-0001", "contents": "2017 Singaporean presidential election, Parliamentary reforms, Constitutional challenges\nSee added that Ravi therefore had \"no standing\" as a private citizen to mount the challenge. Ravi has since filed an appeal against the court's verdict. His appeal was scheduled to be heard on 31 July. Ravi's challenge was dismissed by Justic See Kee On, a high court judge on grounds that Ravi as a private citizen had \"no standing\" to mount a challenge.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 88], "content_span": [89, 444]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272488-0013-0000", "contents": "2017 Singaporean presidential election, Parliamentary reforms, Criticisms\nThe People's Action Party has been accused of using the Presidential office's imperative of preserving racial peace as a way to circumvent democracy and shore up its political power. The government has relied on a survey jointly conducted by online publication Channel NewsAsia, and National University of Singapore's Institute of Policy Studies (IPS), both with ties to the Singapore government, to support its case that Singaporeans are voting along racial lines. This is seen by some [who?] as a farcical attempt at combating voters' racial bias which, at every election, has been proven to have no impact on election results.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 73], "content_span": [74, 703]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272488-0014-0000", "contents": "2017 Singaporean presidential election, Parliamentary reforms, Criticisms\nThe reserved Presidential election is also seen as an elaborate plan to block the candidacy of Tan Cheng Bock, who lost by a thin margin of 0.35% in the 2011 Presidential elections to Tony Tan Keng Yam, a former deputy prime minister. Some social media users have mockingly referred to the move as \"Tan Cheng Block\". The Singapore government has denied the accusation.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 73], "content_span": [74, 442]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272488-0015-0000", "contents": "2017 Singaporean presidential election, Parliamentary reforms, Criticisms\nA 16-member Community Committee was appointed by the Prime Minister, based on the nominations given by the Presidential Council for Minority Rights, to assess whether a candidate belongs to a particular racial group. Former MP Inderjit Singh questions why a different yardstick is used for determining the race of an individual instead of adopting the existing standards practised by ethnic self-help organisations SINDA and MENDAKI. In a forum held at IPS on 8 September 2017, law professor Kevin Tan pointed out that the Community Committee's ultimate power to decide a candidate's race, instead of using the court, is unconstitutional.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 73], "content_span": [74, 712]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272488-0015-0001", "contents": "2017 Singaporean presidential election, Parliamentary reforms, Criticisms\nNorshahril Saat, a fellow at the ISEAS-Yusof Ishak Institute, criticised the racial classification process which relies on the judgement of a few prominent individuals, as elitist. Questions were raised on the implications if the committee were to, in a hypothetical situation, reject a Malay candidate because he is Christian and not Muslim, as it could be seen as an infringement on a person's constitutional rights to religious freedom. Cabinet Minister Chan Chun Sing responded that it is up to individual racial communities to determine whom to accept as one of them, and no one would dispute the decision. MP Janil Puthucheary suggested that in such a case, the hypothetical non-Muslim Malay individual could still contest in the next open election.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 73], "content_span": [74, 829]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272488-0016-0000", "contents": "2017 Singaporean presidential election, Parliamentary reforms, Criticisms\nLaw professor Eugene Tan argued that as a reserved election prevents participation of qualified candidates from other races, the principle of meritocracy is not exercised fully. Tan also proposed that a race-based election can give rise to the belief that a racial community is entitled to have one of its own to be elected President, leading to the expectation for other public offices to be rotated amongst the races as well. Critics have highlighted that the more influential position of the prime minister has been held by the Chinese since Singapore's independence.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 73], "content_span": [74, 644]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272488-0016-0001", "contents": "2017 Singaporean presidential election, Parliamentary reforms, Criticisms\nWhen asked if the role of prime minister should be reserved for minorities at the IPS forum, Law Minister K. Shanmugam responded that Singapore has chosen \"a mixed system\", and that whether the country should \"go all the way is a question of... what is doable, what the people will accept and also whether you need it... to strengthen our multiracial environment.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 73], "content_span": [74, 438]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272488-0017-0000", "contents": "2017 Singaporean presidential election, Parliamentary reforms, Criticisms\nIn addition, Professor Tan contends that a reserved election might just reinforce the alleged tendency of Singaporeans to vote along racial lines since the system will automatically produce a minority-race President at regular intervals if one is not elected. As noted by critics, the reserved election would generate unnecessary tension and lead to racial divide amongst Singaporeans.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 73], "content_span": [74, 459]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272488-0018-0000", "contents": "2017 Singaporean presidential election, Parliamentary reforms, Criticisms\nAn online petition circulated on the internet, calling for the election to be made open to all races.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 73], "content_span": [74, 175]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272488-0019-0000", "contents": "2017 Singaporean presidential election, Parliamentary reforms, Protest\nA planned protest against the reserved Presidential election at the Speaker's Corner was abruptly cancelled as organiser Gilbert Goh believed that a police permit is required and he may not be granted one since the protest revolves around race issues, which, according to National Parks Board, may contravene the Public Order Act which stipulated that speakers must not speak about matters that may cause ill-will between different racial or religious groups.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 70], "content_span": [71, 530]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272488-0020-0000", "contents": "2017 Singaporean presidential election, Parliamentary reforms, Protest\nFollowing his unsuccessful protest, Goh began organizing a silent sit-in protest to be held on 16 September 2017 at Hong Lim Park.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 70], "content_span": [71, 201]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272488-0021-0000", "contents": "2017 Singaporean presidential election, Candidates\nOn 9 November 2016, Parliament passed an amendment to the Singapore Constitution. The amendment's passage meant that the 2017 presidential election would be reserved for members of the Malay community, who must be certified as such by a Community Committee. Applications for the presidential election opened on 1 June 2017, and were scheduled to close five days after the writ of election is issued in August, ahead of the elections in September.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 50], "content_span": [51, 497]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272488-0022-0000", "contents": "2017 Singaporean presidential election, Candidates\nThe Elections Department declared Halimah Yacob to be the only eligible presidential candidate on 11 September.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 50], "content_span": [51, 162]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272488-0023-0000", "contents": "2017 Singaporean presidential election, Candidates\nApplications for the Certificate of Eligibility closed on 4 September 2017.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 50], "content_span": [51, 126]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272488-0024-0000", "contents": "2017 Singaporean presidential election, Nomination day\nOn 11 September 2017, the Presidential Elections Commission announced Halimah Yacob as the only candidate issued with both the certificate of eligibility, and a community certificate.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 54], "content_span": [55, 238]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272488-0025-0000", "contents": "2017 Singaporean presidential election, Nomination day\nAs the only eligible candidate for the presidency, Halimah Yacob was declared the President-elect on Nomination Day, 13 September, after her nomination papers were found to be in order. The returning officer, Ng Wai Choong, declared on 12.04\u00a0p.m.,", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 54], "content_span": [55, 302]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272488-0026-0000", "contents": "2017 Singaporean presidential election, Nomination day\nPresidential Elections 2017. Results of nominations. Halimah Yacob is the only candidate, who has been nominated. I declare Halimah Yacob as the candidate elected to the office of president of the Republic of Singapore.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 54], "content_span": [55, 274]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272488-0027-0000", "contents": "2017 Singaporean presidential election, Nomination day\nSpeaking to her supporters at the Nomination Centre, Halimah remarked that it was a \"proud moment for multi-culturalism, multi-racialism,\" and \" multiculturalism is not just a slogan ... it really works in our society. Everyone has the chance to reach the highest office of land.\" She also said that she would strive to be a president for everyone, and even though it was a reserved election, she was not a reserved President.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 54], "content_span": [55, 481]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272488-0028-0000", "contents": "2017 Singaporean presidential election, Nomination day\nFarid Khan, Salleh Marican and Tan Cheng Bock had congratulated her on her presidency.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 54], "content_span": [55, 141]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272488-0029-0000", "contents": "2017 Singaporean presidential election, Nomination day\nHalimah was sworn in as Singapore's eighth President on 14 September at the Istana.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 54], "content_span": [55, 138]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272488-0030-0000", "contents": "2017 Singaporean presidential election, Nomination day, Reactions\nGlobal media monitoring house Meltwater observed an increase in negative sentiment on social media surrounding the Presidential Elections from 11 to 12 September 2017, after the Elections Department announced that Halimah Yacob was the only candidate to be declared eligible for the election, effectively making the contest a walkover. The data shows 83% of negative sentiment and 17% of positive sentiment. In addition, critical backlash on the internet has led to the widespread use of the hashtag #NotMyPresident in Singapore. The Straits Times also reported on a counter-hashtag #halimahismypresident for Halimah's supporters.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 65], "content_span": [66, 696]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272488-0031-0000", "contents": "2017 Singaporean presidential election, Nomination day, Reactions\nPolitical analyst Eugene Tan believed that while the online criticisms were not directed at Halimah, the electoral process and the government was \"seen as exclusive and disenfranchising\". Along with Gillian Koh, deputy director of research at IPS, Tan believed that a contested presidency would have added to Halimah's legitimacy. Writer and political commentator Sudhir Thomas Vadaketh commented that Singaporeans are \"unhappy that meritocracy and electoral fairness, core Singaporean values, have been eroded to fulfil perceived political goals.\" The Association of Women for Action and Research congratulated Halimah Yacob, the first female head of state of the country, but noted the tightening of the eligibility criteria for presidential candidates.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 65], "content_span": [66, 821]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272488-0032-0000", "contents": "2017 Singaporean presidential election, Nomination day, Reactions\nPolitical commentator and former Straits Times journalist Bertha Henson noted that the government had \"opened the can of worms\" as the elections have raised questions on Malay racial purity, in a country that often suppresses such discussions in fear of upsetting racial harmony. Others, such as former Nominated MP Calvin Cheng, lamented that eligible Malay candidates have failed to contest the election.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 65], "content_span": [66, 472]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272488-0033-0000", "contents": "2017 Singaporean presidential election, Nomination day, Reactions\nActivists called for a silent sit-in protest against the electoral process.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 65], "content_span": [66, 141]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272489-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 Sioux City Bandits season\nThe 2017 Sioux City Bandits season is the team's seventeenth as the Sioux City Bandits, eighteenth overall and third as a member of Champions Indoor Football (CIF). One of 14 teams in the CIF for the 2017 season, they play in the 7-team North Conference.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [30, 30], "content_span": [31, 285]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272489-0001-0000", "contents": "2017 Sioux City Bandits season\nThe Bandits play their home games at the Tyson Events Center in Sioux City, Iowa, under the direction of head coach Erv Strohbeen. The team's offensive coordinator is Jarrod DeGeorgia, the defensive coordinator is John Zevenbergen, and the assistant coaches include Dave Croston and Paul Dacres.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [30, 30], "content_span": [31, 326]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272489-0002-0000", "contents": "2017 Sioux City Bandits season, Awards and honors\nEach week of the regular season, the CIF names league-wide Players of the Week in offensive, defensive, and special teams categories.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 49], "content_span": [50, 183]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272489-0003-0000", "contents": "2017 Sioux City Bandits season, Roster\nRookies in italics updated June 6, 201723 Active, 3 Inactive", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 38], "content_span": [39, 99]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272490-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 Sioux Falls Storm season\nThe 2017 Sioux Falls Storm season was the team's eighteenth season as a professional indoor football franchise and ninth in the Indoor Football League (IFL). One of ten teams that competed in the IFL for the 2017 season, the Storm were members of the United Conference.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [29, 29], "content_span": [30, 299]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272490-0001-0000", "contents": "2017 Sioux Falls Storm season\nLed by head coach Kurtiss Riggs, the Storm played their home games at the Denny Sanford Premier Center in Sioux Falls, South Dakota.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [29, 29], "content_span": [30, 162]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272490-0002-0000", "contents": "2017 Sioux Falls Storm season, Roster\nRookies in italics updated June 15, 201725 Active, 6 Inactive", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 37], "content_span": [38, 99]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272491-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 Six Nations Championship\nThe 2017 Six Nations Championship was the 18th series of the Six Nations Championship, the annual northern hemisphere rugby union championship. The tournament was also known as the RBS 6 Nations because of the tournament's sponsorship by The Royal Bank of Scotland Group.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [29, 29], "content_span": [30, 301]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272491-0001-0000", "contents": "2017 Six Nations Championship\nIt was contested by defending champions England, France, Ireland, Italy, Scotland and Wales. Including the competition's previous iterations as the Home Nations Championship and Five Nations Championship, it was the 123rd edition of the tournament.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [29, 29], "content_span": [30, 278]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272491-0002-0000", "contents": "2017 Six Nations Championship\nFor the first time the 2017 tournament used the bonus point system common to most other professional rugby union tournaments. As well as the standard four points for a win and two for a draw, a team scoring four tries in a match received an additional league table point, as did a team losing by seven or fewer points. Additionally, to ensure that a team winning all of its five matches (a Grand Slam) would also win the Championship, three bonus points were to be awarded for this achievement.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [29, 29], "content_span": [30, 524]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272491-0003-0000", "contents": "2017 Six Nations Championship\nFor the second successive year, the championship was won by England with a round to spare. However, they were denied the Grand Slam and Triple Crown in the final game by a defeat to Ireland in the final round, the fifth time this has happened to England in the Six Nations era (2000, 2001, 2011, 2013 and 2017) and the third time at the hands of the Irish (the other two being 2001 and 2011).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [29, 29], "content_span": [30, 422]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272491-0004-0000", "contents": "2017 Six Nations Championship, Participants\n1 Except the round 2 match against Italy, when Best was a late withdrawal due to illness and Jamie Heaslip took over the captaincy. 2 Replaced original captain Greig Laidlaw, who was ruled out of the Championship after sustaining an injury during Scotland's game against France in round 2.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 43], "content_span": [44, 333]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272491-0005-0000", "contents": "2017 Six Nations Championship, Fixtures, Round 1\nTouch judges:Jaco Peyper (South Africa)Nick Briant (New Zealand)Television match official:Glenn Newman (New Zealand)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 48], "content_span": [49, 165]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272491-0006-0000", "contents": "2017 Six Nations Championship, Fixtures, Round 1\nTouch judges:Glen Jackson (New Zealand)Marius van der Westhuizen (South Africa)Television match official:Peter Fitzgibbon (Ireland)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 48], "content_span": [49, 180]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272491-0007-0000", "contents": "2017 Six Nations Championship, Fixtures, Round 1\nTouch judges:John Lacey (Ireland)Craig Maxwell-Keys (England)Television match official:Rowan Kitt (England)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 48], "content_span": [49, 156]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272491-0008-0000", "contents": "2017 Six Nations Championship, Fixtures, Round 2\nTouch judges:Angus Gardner (Australia)Marius van der Westhuizen (South Africa)Television match official:Rowan Kitt (England)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 48], "content_span": [49, 173]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272491-0009-0000", "contents": "2017 Six Nations Championship, Fixtures, Round 2\nTouch judges:Pascal Ga\u00fcz\u00e8re (France)Nick Briant (New Zealand)Television match official:Glenn Newman (New Zealand)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 48], "content_span": [49, 162]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272491-0010-0000", "contents": "2017 Six Nations Championship, Fixtures, Round 2\nTouch judges:John Lacey (Ireland)Luke Pearce (England)Television match official:Peter Fitzgibbon (Ireland)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 48], "content_span": [49, 155]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272491-0011-0000", "contents": "2017 Six Nations Championship, Fixtures, Round 3\nTouch judges:JP Doyle (England)Matthew Carley (England)Television match official:Rowan Kitt (England)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 48], "content_span": [49, 150]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272491-0012-0000", "contents": "2017 Six Nations Championship, Fixtures, Round 3\nTouch judges:Luke Pearce (England)Dan Jones (Wales)Television match official:George Ayoub (Australia)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 48], "content_span": [49, 150]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272491-0013-0000", "contents": "2017 Six Nations Championship, Fixtures, Round 3\nTouch judges:Mathieu Raynal (France)Andrew Brace (Ireland)Television match official:George Ayoub (Australia)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 48], "content_span": [49, 157]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272491-0014-0000", "contents": "2017 Six Nations Championship, Fixtures, Round 4\nTouch judges:J\u00e9r\u00f4me Garc\u00e8s (France)Matthew Carley (England)Television match official:Ben Skeen (New Zealand)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 48], "content_span": [49, 157]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272491-0015-0000", "contents": "2017 Six Nations Championship, Fixtures, Round 4\nTouch judges:Nigel Owens (Wales)JP Doyle (England)Television match official:Marius Jonker (South Africa)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 48], "content_span": [49, 153]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272491-0016-0000", "contents": "2017 Six Nations Championship, Fixtures, Round 4\nTouch judges:Romain Poite (France)Marius Mitrea (Italy)Television match official:Ben Skeen (New Zealand)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 48], "content_span": [49, 153]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272491-0017-0000", "contents": "2017 Six Nations Championship, Fixtures, Round 5\nTouch judges:Nigel Owens (Wales)Luke Pearce (England)Television match official:Marius Jonker (South Africa)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 48], "content_span": [49, 156]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272491-0018-0000", "contents": "2017 Six Nations Championship, Fixtures, Round 5\nTouch judges:Ben O\u2019Keeffe (New Zealand)Matthew Carley (England)Television match official:Peter Fitzgibbon (Ireland)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 48], "content_span": [49, 164]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272491-0019-0000", "contents": "2017 Six Nations Championship, Fixtures, Round 5\nTouch judges:Mathieu Raynal (France)Marius Mitrea (Italy)Television match official:Ben Skeen (New Zealand)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 48], "content_span": [49, 155]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272491-0020-0000", "contents": "2017 Six Nations Championship, Statistics\nA record eight players were joint top try scorers, with Ireland flanker CJ Stander the first forward in the Six Nations era to score a hat-trick in a single match, against Italy. Stander's compatriot Craig Gilroy's own hat-trick in the same game set a new record \u2013 a replacement scoring three tries despite playing only 33 minutes in the entire tournament.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 41], "content_span": [42, 398]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272492-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 Six Nations Championship squads\nThis is a list of the complete squads for the 2017 Six Nations Championship, an annual rugby union tournament contested by the national rugby teams of England, France, Ireland, Italy, Scotland and Wales. England are the defending champions.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [36, 36], "content_span": [37, 277]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272492-0001-0000", "contents": "2017 Six Nations Championship squads\nNote: Number of caps and players' ages are indicated as of 4 February 2017 \u2013 the tournament's opening day.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [36, 36], "content_span": [37, 143]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272492-0002-0000", "contents": "2017 Six Nations Championship squads, England\nOn 20 January, head coach Eddie Jones named a 35-man squad.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 45], "content_span": [46, 105]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272492-0003-0000", "contents": "2017 Six Nations Championship squads, England, Call-ups\nOn 20 February, Mako Vunipola returned to the squad following injury while Henry Slade was an addition to the team ahead of Italy.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 55], "content_span": [56, 186]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272492-0004-0000", "contents": "2017 Six Nations Championship squads, England, Call-ups\nOn 28 February, Paul Hill was an addition to the training squad during the week off between Rounds 3 and 4.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 55], "content_span": [56, 163]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272492-0005-0000", "contents": "2017 Six Nations Championship squads, England, Call-ups\nOn 7 March, Billy Vunipola returned to the squad following injury.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 55], "content_span": [56, 122]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272492-0006-0000", "contents": "2017 Six Nations Championship squads, France\nOn 18 January 2017, Nov\u00e8s called up a 32-man squad in preparation for the tournament.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 44], "content_span": [45, 130]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272492-0007-0000", "contents": "2017 Six Nations Championship squads, France, Call-ups\nOn 22 January, Henry Chavancy was called up to the squad as an injury replacement for Wesley Fofana.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 54], "content_span": [55, 155]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272492-0008-0000", "contents": "2017 Six Nations Championship squads, France, Call-ups\nOn 23 January, Mathieu Bastareaud and Xavier Chiocci were called up as injury cover following injuries to Henry Chavancy and Eddy Ben Arous.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 54], "content_span": [55, 195]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272492-0009-0000", "contents": "2017 Six Nations Championship squads, France, Call-ups\nOn 24 January, Christopher Tolofua was called up to the squad as an injury replacement for Camille Chat. Rapha\u00ebl Lakafia also withdrew from the squad but was not replaced.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 54], "content_span": [55, 226]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272492-0010-0000", "contents": "2017 Six Nations Championship squads, France, Call-ups\nOn 5 February, Gabriel Lacroix was called up to the squad to replace the injured Yann David.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 54], "content_span": [55, 147]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272492-0011-0000", "contents": "2017 Six Nations Championship squads, France, Call-ups\nOn 20 February, Brice Dulin, Paul Jedrasiak, Bernard Le Roux and Charles Ollivon were called up to the squad.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 54], "content_span": [55, 164]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272492-0012-0000", "contents": "2017 Six Nations Championship squads, France, Call-ups\nOn 5 March, Jonathan Danty and Fran\u00e7ois Trinh-Duc were called up to the squad ahead of the round 4 clash with Italy.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 54], "content_span": [55, 171]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272492-0013-0000", "contents": "2017 Six Nations Championship squads, France, Call-ups\nOn 9 March, Antoine Dupont was a late call up to the squad following an injury to Maxime Machenaud in training.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 54], "content_span": [55, 166]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272492-0014-0000", "contents": "2017 Six Nations Championship squads, Ireland\nOn 23 January 2017, Joe Schmidt named a 40-man squad for the opening two rounds of the championship.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 45], "content_span": [46, 146]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272492-0015-0000", "contents": "2017 Six Nations Championship squads, Ireland, Call-ups\nOn 31 January, Ian Keatley was called up to the squad as injury cover for Jonathan Sexton who was ruled out of the opening round of the Championship.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 55], "content_span": [56, 205]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272492-0016-0000", "contents": "2017 Six Nations Championship squads, Ireland, Call-ups\nOn 19 February, Quinn Roux was named in an extended squad ahead of the third round clash against France.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 55], "content_span": [56, 160]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272492-0017-0000", "contents": "2017 Six Nations Championship squads, Italy\nOn 13 January 2017, head coach Conor O'Shea named a 32-man squad.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 43], "content_span": [44, 109]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272492-0018-0000", "contents": "2017 Six Nations Championship squads, Italy, Call-ups\nOn 22 February, Michele Rizzo was named in the team to face England in round 3.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 53], "content_span": [54, 133]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272492-0019-0000", "contents": "2017 Six Nations Championship squads, Italy, Call-ups\nOn 1 March, uncapped duo Luca Sperandio and Matteo Minozzi were called up to the squad, with Minozzi providing cover for Tommaso Allan.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 53], "content_span": [54, 189]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272492-0020-0000", "contents": "2017 Six Nations Championship squads, Scotland\nOn 18 January, Vern Cotter named a 37-man squad ahead of the tournament.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 46], "content_span": [47, 119]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272492-0021-0000", "contents": "2017 Six Nations Championship squads, Wales\nOn 17 January 2017, caretaker head coach Rob Howley named a 36-man squad.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 43], "content_span": [44, 117]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272493-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 Six Nations Under 20s Championship\nThe 2017 Six Nations Under 20s Championship, was the 10th series of the Six Nations Under 20s Championship, the annual northern hemisphere rugby union championship. Wales were the defending champions. The competition was won by England, who completed a Grand Slam by winning all their five matches.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [39, 39], "content_span": [40, 338]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272493-0001-0000", "contents": "2017 Six Nations Under 20s Championship\nFor the first time, the 2017 tournament used the bonus point system common to most other professional rugby union tournaments. As well as the standard four points for a win and two for a draw, a team scoring four tries in a match received an additional league table point, as did a team losing by seven or fewer points. Additionally, to ensure that a team winning all of its five matches (a Grand Slam) would also win the Championship, three bonus points were awarded for this achievement.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [39, 39], "content_span": [40, 529]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272493-0002-0000", "contents": "2017 Six Nations Under 20s Championship, Table\n* England were awarded an extra 3 table points for achieving the Grand Slam.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 46], "content_span": [47, 123]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272493-0003-0000", "contents": "2017 Six Nations Under 20s Championship, Broadcasting rights\nSome of the matches are broadcast on television by France 4 and Sky Sports.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 60], "content_span": [61, 137]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272494-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 Six-red World Championship\nThe 2017 SangSom Six-red World Championship was a six-red snooker invitational tournament held between 4 and 9 September 2017 at the Bangkok Convention Center in Bangkok, Thailand. The tournament was reduced from 48 players to 32.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [31, 31], "content_span": [32, 262]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272494-0001-0000", "contents": "2017 Six-red World Championship\nDing Junhui was the defending champion, but he lost 1\u20136 to Marco Fu in the last 16.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [31, 31], "content_span": [32, 115]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272494-0002-0000", "contents": "2017 Six-red World Championship\nMark Williams won the title, beating Thepchaiya Un-Nooh 8\u20132 in the final.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [31, 31], "content_span": [32, 105]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272494-0003-0000", "contents": "2017 Six-red World Championship, Prize money\nThe breakdown of prize money for this year is shown below:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 44], "content_span": [45, 103]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272494-0004-0000", "contents": "2017 Six-red World Championship, Round-robin stage\nThe top two players from each group qualified for the knock-out stage. All matches were best of 9 frames.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 50], "content_span": [51, 156]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272495-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 Skate America\nThe 2017 Skate America was the sixth event of six in the 2017\u201318 ISU Grand Prix of Figure Skating, a senior-level international invitational competition series. It was held in Lake Placid, New York on November 24\u201326. Medals were awarded in the disciplines of men's singles, ladies' singles, pair skating, and ice dance. Skaters earned points toward qualifying for the 2017\u201318 Grand Prix Final.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [18, 18], "content_span": [19, 412]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272495-0001-0000", "contents": "2017 Skate America, Entries\nThe ISU published the preliminary assignments on May 26, 2017.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [20, 27], "content_span": [28, 90]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272495-0002-0000", "contents": "2017 Skate America, Results, Men\nNathan Chen, skating with a left blade that had a nick in the outside edge, won the short program by a 15-point margin over Adam Rippon.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [20, 32], "content_span": [33, 169]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272495-0003-0000", "contents": "2017 Skate America, Results, Men\nRippon ranked first in the next segment, finishing 5.6 points ahead of Chen. Before skating, Rippon assisted in removing various insects on the ice. Having replaced the nicked blade, Chen stated, \"I think that was a bad call. It was a little too sharp on the inside edge, and every time I pressed into it for sal(chow), toe and even flip, it would catch into the ice way harder than I was used to.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [20, 32], "content_span": [33, 431]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272495-0004-0000", "contents": "2017 Skate America, Results, Men\nKovtun withdrew due to a foot injury incurred during the short program and Samohin withdrew after dislocating his left shoulder when he fell on a quad Salchow. Rippon had some pain in his right shoulder after falling on a quad Lutz but was able to continue. Jin skated on two sprained ankles, but still achieved a free skate score and placement high enough to qualify for the Grand Prix final. Chen finished first overall by 9.43 points, Rippon won silver, and Voronov took bronze, with Rafael Arutyunyan coaching the top two.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [20, 32], "content_span": [33, 559]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272495-0005-0000", "contents": "2017 Skate America, Results, Ladies\nMiyahara placed first in the short program, Sakamoto was second with a 1.32-point deficit, and Daleman third.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [20, 35], "content_span": [36, 145]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272495-0006-0000", "contents": "2017 Skate America, Results, Ladies\nMiyahara, first in the free skate, won gold with a 3.44-point margin over Sakamoto, who won her first Grand Prix medal (in her second appearance on the senior series). Making her senior Grand Prix debut, Tennell rose from fourth after the short program to take the bronze medal. Wagner withdrew due to a skin infection on her ankle.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [20, 35], "content_span": [36, 368]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272495-0007-0000", "contents": "2017 Skate America, Results, Pairs\nDuhamel/Radford won the short program with a 1.7-point lead over Yu/Zhang.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [20, 34], "content_span": [35, 109]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272495-0008-0000", "contents": "2017 Skate America, Results, Pairs\nIn the free skate, Savchenko/Massot scored a personal best to win the title although Massot continued to be troubled by back pain. Yu/Zhang took the silver medal while Duhamel/Radford dropped to third.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [20, 34], "content_span": [35, 236]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272495-0009-0000", "contents": "2017 Skate America, Results, Ice dance\nIn the short dance, most teams received lower levels than they expected, with the exception of the Shibutanis, who scored a personal best and placed first with a 6.48-point lead over Cappellini/Lanotte.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [20, 38], "content_span": [39, 241]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272495-0010-0000", "contents": "2017 Skate America, Results, Ice dance\nThe Shibutanis also ranked first in the free dance (by a margin of 6.14 points) and won the gold medal by over 12 points. Cappellini/Lanotte struggled with a lift but finished second overall and qualified to the Grand Prix Final along with the winners.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [20, 38], "content_span": [39, 291]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272496-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 Skate Canada International\nThe 2017 Skate Canada International was the second event of the 2017\u201318 ISU Grand Prix of Figure Skating, a senior-level international invitational competition series, held at the Brandt Centre in Regina, Saskatchewan from October 27\u201329. Medals were awarded in the disciplines of men's singles, ladies' singles, pair skating, and ice dance. Skaters earned points toward qualifying for the 2017\u201318 Grand Prix Final.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [31, 31], "content_span": [32, 446]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272496-0001-0000", "contents": "2017 Skate Canada International, Records\nThe following new ISU best scores were set during this competition:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 40], "content_span": [41, 108]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272496-0002-0000", "contents": "2017 Skate Canada International, Entries\nThe ISU published the preliminary assignments on May 26, 2017.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 40], "content_span": [41, 103]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272497-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 Sky Blue FC season\nThe 2017 Sky Blue FC season is the team's eighth season as a professional women's soccer team. Sky Blue FC plays in the National Women's Soccer League, the top tier of women's soccer in the United States.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [23, 23], "content_span": [24, 228]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272497-0001-0000", "contents": "2017 Sky Blue FC season, Review\nAfter a 7th-place finish in 2016, Sky Blue FC finished the 2017 season in 6th place, five points out of playoff contention. Sam Kerr scored a league-record 17 goals, won the league's Golden Boot award, and was named MVP, the first time a player on a non-playoff team had won the award.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 31], "content_span": [32, 317]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272497-0002-0000", "contents": "2017 Sky Blue FC season, Review\nRaquel Rodriguez set the NWSL record for fastest goal scored with a 25-second strike against Portland Thorns FC on June 17.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 31], "content_span": [32, 155]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272497-0003-0000", "contents": "2017 Sky Blue FC season, Review\nHead coach Christy Holly resigned mid-season on August 16, and was replaced by four assistant coaches, Jill Loyden, Dave Hodgson, Paul Greig, and Maria Dorris. A full-time replacement for Holly was not announced until November 15, 2017, when Sky Blue FC hired Washington Spirit assistant coach and former Jersey Sky Blue head coach Denise Reddy.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 31], "content_span": [32, 377]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272497-0004-0000", "contents": "2017 Sky Blue FC season, Review\nSoon after Holly's resignation, center back and team captain Christie Rampone announced that she would miss the rest of the season due to an accumulation of injuries.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 31], "content_span": [32, 198]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272497-0005-0000", "contents": "2017 Sky Blue FC season, Team, First-team roster\nNote: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 48], "content_span": [49, 177]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272498-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 Skyrunner World Series\nThe 2017 Skyrunner World Series was the 16th edition of the global skyrunning competition, Skyrunner World Series, organised by the International Skyrunning Federation from 2002.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [27, 27], "content_span": [28, 206]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272498-0001-0000", "contents": "2017 Skyrunner World Series\nIn this edition is deleted the Vertical Kilometer title, but returns the overall title (absent from 2012).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [27, 27], "content_span": [28, 134]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272499-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 Slovak Cup Final\nThe 2017 Slovak Cup Final (known as the Slovnaft Cup for sponsorship reasons) was the final match of the 2016\u201317 Slovak Cup, the 48th season of the top cup competition in Slovak football. The match was played at the NTC Poprad in Poprad on 1 May 2017 between MFK Skalica and \u0160K Slovan Bratislava.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [21, 21], "content_span": [22, 318]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272499-0001-0000", "contents": "2017 Slovak Cup Final, Road to the final\nNote: In all results below, the score of the finalist is given first (H: home; A: away).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 40], "content_span": [41, 129]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272500-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 Slovak Open\nThe 2017 Slovak Open was a professional tennis tournament played on indoor hard courts. It was the 18th edition of the tournament which was part of the 2017 ATP Challenger Tour. It took place in Bratislava, Slovakia between 6 and 12 November 2017.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [16, 16], "content_span": [17, 264]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272500-0001-0000", "contents": "2017 Slovak Open, Singles main draw entrants, Other entrants\nThe following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [18, 60], "content_span": [61, 129]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272500-0002-0000", "contents": "2017 Slovak Open, Singles main draw entrants, Other entrants\nThe following player received entry into the singles main draw using a protected ranking:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [18, 60], "content_span": [61, 150]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272500-0003-0000", "contents": "2017 Slovak Open, Singles main draw entrants, Other entrants\nThe following player received entry into the singles main draw as an alternate:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [18, 60], "content_span": [61, 140]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272501-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 Slovak Open \u2013 Doubles\nKen and Neal Skupski were the defending champions and successfully defended their title, defeating Sander Arends and Antonio \u0160an\u010di\u0107 5\u20137, 6\u20133, [10\u20138] in the final.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [26, 26], "content_span": [27, 189]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272502-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 Slovak Open \u2013 Singles\nNorbert Gombos was the defending champion but lost in the first round to Jerzy Janowicz.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [26, 26], "content_span": [27, 115]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272502-0001-0000", "contents": "2017 Slovak Open \u2013 Singles\nLuk\u00e1\u0161 Lacko won the title after defeating Marius Copil 6\u20134, 7\u20136(7\u20134) in the final.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [26, 26], "content_span": [27, 109]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272503-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 Slovak regional elections\nElections were held in Slovakia's 8 self-governing regions on 4 November 2017.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [30, 30], "content_span": [31, 109]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272503-0001-0000", "contents": "2017 Slovak regional elections\nIn 2017, deputies of the Slovak National Council voted to extend the term of governors from 4 years to 5 years, and change from a 2-round election to only 1 round.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [30, 30], "content_span": [31, 194]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272503-0002-0000", "contents": "2017 Slovak regional elections\nThe turnout was around 30%, biggest in the history of Slovak regional elections.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [30, 30], "content_span": [31, 111]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272504-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 Slovenian Football Cup Final\nThe 2017 Slovenian Football Cup was the final match of the 2016\u201317 Slovenian Football Cup to decide the winner of the 26th edition of the Slovenian Football Cup, Slovenia's top knockout tournament. It was played on 31 May 2017 at Bonifika Stadium in Koper and was won by Dom\u017eale, who defeated Olimpija Ljubljana, winning their second cup title.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [33, 33], "content_span": [34, 378]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272504-0001-0000", "contents": "2017 Slovenian Football Cup Final, Background\nThe final was played between Dom\u017eale and Olimpija Ljubljana, both competing in the Slovenian PrvaLiga. This was the first time that Dom\u017eale and Olimpija met in the cup final. Dom\u017eale previously competed in two finals, winning the competition once, when they defeated Maribor in the 2010\u201311 edition. Olimpija never competed in the cup final since the club's establishment in 2005.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 45], "content_span": [46, 425]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272504-0002-0000", "contents": "2017 Slovenian Football Cup Final, Road to the final\nNote: In all results below, the score of the finalist is given first.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 52], "content_span": [53, 122]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272504-0003-0000", "contents": "2017 Slovenian Football Cup Final, Match details\nAssistant referees:Toma\u017e Klan\u010dnikAndra\u017e Kova\u010di\u010dAdditional assistant referees:Rade Obrenovi\u0107Roberto PonisFourth official:Matej JugDelegate:Jo\u017ee Tom\u0161i\u010d", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 48], "content_span": [49, 198]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272505-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 Slovenian presidential election\nEU Member State(Eurozone Member State)(Schengen Area Member State)NATO Member StateCouncil of Europe Member StateOECD Member State", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [36, 36], "content_span": [37, 167]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272505-0001-0000", "contents": "2017 Slovenian presidential election\nPresidential elections were held in Slovenia on 22 October 2017. Nine candidates ran in the elections, including the incumbent President of Slovenia Borut Pahor. No candidate received a majority of the vote, resulting in a run-off between Pahor and Marjan \u0160arec that was held on 12 November 2017. Pahor won the run-off with 53% of the vote; voter turnout in the second round was 42.13%, the lowest in any presidential election since independence.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [36, 36], "content_span": [37, 483]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272505-0002-0000", "contents": "2017 Slovenian presidential election, Electoral system\nThe President of Slovenia is elected using the two-round system; if no candidate receives a majority of the vote in the first round, the top two candidates contest a runoff.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 54], "content_span": [55, 228]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272505-0003-0000", "contents": "2017 Slovenian presidential election, Electoral system\nUnder Slovenia's election law, candidates for president are required to meet one of three criteria:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 54], "content_span": [55, 154]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272505-0004-0000", "contents": "2017 Slovenian presidential election, Candidates, Borut Pahor\nThe incumbent president Borut Pahor announced his intention to run for a second term in December 2016. A member of Social Democrats, he later stated he intends to run as an independent candidate. Pahor was seen from June as a clear frontrunner to win the election.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 61], "content_span": [62, 326]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272505-0005-0000", "contents": "2017 Slovenian presidential election, Candidates, Marjan \u0160arec\nMarjan \u0160arec, the mayor of Kamnik, announced his candidacy in May. He had previously served two terms as mayor after a career as an actor and comedian. During his acting career, he imitated several famous people, including the second president of Slovenia, Janez Drnov\u0161ek. Nevertheless, \u0160arec stated his candidacy would be completely serious, as he took a break from his stage personas when he was elected mayor. Criticizing Pahor for treating the presidential function as a celebrity, \u0160arec was viewed as a potentially strong candidate. Backed by his party Lista Marjana \u0160arca - Naprej Kamnik, \u0160arec successfully collected the required 3,000 votes of support.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 62], "content_span": [63, 723]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272505-0006-0000", "contents": "2017 Slovenian presidential election, Candidates, Ljudmila Novak\nIn early August, Ljudmila Novak of New Slovenia announced her candidacy, as the first candidate supported by a major political party, Novak officially submitted the candidacy on 8 September. Novak served as the mayor of Morav\u010de, got elected to the European Parliament in 2004 and led the party at the 2011 general election when the party returned to the National Assembly.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 64], "content_span": [65, 437]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272505-0007-0000", "contents": "2017 Slovenian presidential election, Candidates, Maja Makovec Bren\u010di\u010d\nIn September, the Modern Centre Party announced that their candidate would be Maja Makovec Bren\u010di\u010d, the minister of education, science, and sport. Before entering the politics, Makovec Bren\u010di\u010d was a professor at the Faculty of Economics, University of Ljubljana.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 70], "content_span": [71, 333]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272505-0008-0000", "contents": "2017 Slovenian presidential election, Candidates, Romana Tomc\nThe Slovenian Democratic Party announced the member of European Parliament Romana Tomc as their candidate. Tomc was also elected to the National Assembly in the 2011 election and was the vice-president of the Assembly.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 61], "content_span": [62, 280]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272505-0009-0000", "contents": "2017 Slovenian presidential election, Candidates, Boris Popovi\u010d\nBoris Popovi\u010d, mayor of Koper, was backed by his party Slovenia Forever. Prior to the presidential election, Popovi\u010d served three terms as a mayor. He was involved in several legal cases.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 63], "content_span": [64, 251]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272505-0010-0000", "contents": "2017 Slovenian presidential election, Candidates, Angelca Likovi\u010d\nAngelca Likovi\u010d was backed by the party Voice for Children and Families. Prior to retirement, Likovi\u010d was a teacher and the headmistress of an elementary school O.\u0160. Majda Vrhovnik in Ljubljana. Likovi\u010d is also known as a prominent opponent of the same-sex marriage law in the 2015 referendum and as a commentator in various reality shows.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 65], "content_span": [66, 405]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272505-0011-0000", "contents": "2017 Slovenian presidential election, Candidates, Andrej \u0160i\u0161ko\nAndrej \u0160i\u0161ko was backed by the party United Slovenia. A former member of Slovenian Territorial Defence, \u0160i\u0161ko was also the leader of the ultras group Viole, supporters of NK Maribor. He was convicted to a year and ten months in prison.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 62], "content_span": [63, 298]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272505-0012-0000", "contents": "2017 Slovenian presidential election, Candidates, Suzana Lara Krause\nSuzana Lara Krause was backed by Slovenian People's Party. Krause graduated as a teacher of Slovenian and Russian languages, is self-employed and was not widely known in Slovenian politics prior to the election.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 68], "content_span": [69, 280]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272505-0013-0000", "contents": "2017 Slovenian presidential election, Candidates, Failed or withdrawn\nMilan Jazbec, Slovenia's ambassador to Macedonia, announced already in April that he would run as an independent candidate. Jazbec stated that his decision was based on a promise to the late Slovenian statesman France Bu\u010dar that he would become actively involved with national politics. Due to lack of support, Jazbec dropped out of the race in September.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 69], "content_span": [70, 425]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272505-0014-0000", "contents": "2017 Slovenian presidential election, Candidates, Failed or withdrawn\nZmago Jelin\u010di\u010d Plemeniti, a former member of the National Assembly and the president of the far right Slovenian National Party, announced he would run for office for the third time. Jelin\u010di\u010d previously ran in the 2002 election, where he finished 3rd with 8.49% of the vote, and in the 2007 election, where he finished fourth\u2014but with a significantly higher vote share, at 19.16%.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 69], "content_span": [70, 449]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272505-0015-0000", "contents": "2017 Slovenian presidential election, Candidates, Failed or withdrawn\nSome people announced their candidacies with support of non-parliamentary political parties, including sociologist Luj \u0160prohar (backed by Liberal Democracy of Slovenia).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 69], "content_span": [70, 239]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272505-0016-0000", "contents": "2017 Slovenian presidential election, Candidates, Failed or withdrawn\nOther people that announced their intention to run for office, including Milan Robi\u010d, Jo\u017eef Jarh, Ludvik Poljanec, Ale\u0161 Cepi\u010d, a comedian \u017diga Pape\u017e, singers Damjan Murko and Dominik Kozari\u010d, poet, dramatist, and actor Andrej Rozman-Roza, and sociologist Valerija Koro\u0161ec.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 69], "content_span": [70, 342]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272505-0017-0000", "contents": "2017 Slovenian presidential election, First round\nThe first round of the election was marked by the lowest voter turnout in a presidential election since 1992, at 44.2%. Despite most opinion polls predicting Pahor's victory in the first round (also, the exit polls predicted Pahor winning over 56% of the vote) Pahor only won 47.2%, resulting in the run-off against the second-placed \u0160arec. In his first reaction, Pahor called his result \"encouraging given the general distrust in politics\". \u0160arec stated he was happy with the result and with the fact that he made it to the run-off, he expressed hope that it will be possible to discuss topics that were not addressed in the first round campaign.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 49], "content_span": [50, 697]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272505-0018-0000", "contents": "2017 Slovenian presidential election, First round\nIn the reactions to the results, media noticed that Pahor's failure to secure the victory in the first round was likely linked to the low turnout, the campaign was seen as \"boring\", foreign media also commented on \u0160arec's background as an actor. Commentators noticed that Tomc got almost twice as many votes as Novak, which some viewed as a victory of SDS over NSi. However, the candidates of the right-wing parties failed to more than a fifth of the vote, drawing comparison with Barbara Brezigar (SDS) who made it to the run-off in the 2002 election.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 49], "content_span": [50, 602]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272505-0018-0001", "contents": "2017 Slovenian presidential election, First round\nSDS viewed the result of Tomc as a success, given the late start of the campaign and the fact that she won more vote than the opinion polls predicted, while Janez Jan\u0161a stated that there are no major differences between Pahor and \u0160arec anyway. The bad result of the SMC candidate, Makovec Bren\u010di\u010d, was seen as a major blow to the largest party in the government and a warning before the 2018 general election. \u0160i\u0161ko's result was seen as a surprise, as he ran as an anti-establishment candidate and even placed fourth in Maribor electoral unit. The result of Likovi\u010d that finished last was seen as an indication that there is little actual support for ZaO party outside the referendum campaigns.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 49], "content_span": [50, 744]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272505-0019-0000", "contents": "2017 Slovenian presidential election, Second round\nPahor won the second round with 53% of the vote. Voter turnout was even lower than in the first round, at 42.1%. Pahor won in six electoral units while \u0160arec won in Kranj and Ljubljana Be\u017eigrad. \u0160arec quickly conceded and congratulated Pahor.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 50], "content_span": [51, 293]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272505-0020-0000", "contents": "2017 Slovenian presidential election, Second round\nIn his first reaction, Pahor acknowledged that many votes he received in the 2012 election as votes against the incumbent president Danilo T\u00fcrk while this time people who voted for him did so in support of his activities. He pledged to be more vocal in the next term but will continue to avoid divisions between the left- and right-side parties. Pahor's head of campaign saw the high percent that \u0160arec won as a result of the election turning out to be a \"referendum against Pahor\".", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 50], "content_span": [51, 533]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272505-0021-0000", "contents": "2017 Slovenian presidential election, Second round\n\u0160arec expressed his satisfaction with the result, stating that it represents the desire of the people for a change. This should be a clear message to established politicians\u2014as he ran as a grassroots candidate representing the younger generation. After being asked whether he plans to continue to carry on the political momentum into the upcoming general election in 2018, he refused to make commitments, although he said that several people had already asked him to run.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 50], "content_span": [51, 522]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272505-0022-0000", "contents": "2017 Slovenian presidential election, Second round\nMiro Cerar, the Prime Minister, whose SMC endorsed none of the candidates, and Milan Brglez, the Speaker of the National Assembly, both congratulated Pahor, as did the presidents of Austria Alexander Van der Bellen and Croatia Kolinda Grabar-Kitarovi\u0107. Janez Jan\u0161a of SDS also send congratulations but warned of the low voter turnout, which was \"below the legitimate level\".", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 50], "content_span": [51, 425]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272506-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 Slovenian railway referendum\nEU Member State(Eurozone Member State)(Schengen Area Member State)NATO Member StateCouncil of Europe Member StateOECD Member State", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [33, 33], "content_span": [34, 164]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272506-0001-0000", "contents": "2017 Slovenian railway referendum\nA referendum on a law governing the Diva\u010da-Koper rail upgrade was held in Slovenia on 24 September 2017. The referendum was marked by a low turnout; a majority of voters voted in favour of the proposed law. The results were annulled by the Supreme Court in March 2018, resulting in a new referendum being held in 13 May 2018.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [33, 33], "content_span": [34, 359]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272506-0002-0000", "contents": "2017 Slovenian railway referendum, Background\nOn 8 May 2017, the National Assembly of Slovenia passed a law that deals with the construction of the second railway track from Koper to Diva\u010da, in particular regarding the financial plans for the project. The second railway track should help the development of Port of Koper, a major port in the Northern Adriatic Sea, as the existing track was in bad condition and already nearing the traffic limits. The law was opposed by civil activist Vili Kova\u010di\u010d who, supported by several political parties and civil initiatives, called for a referendum to repeal the law. After collecting 40,000 voter signatures, the referendum was set to take place on 24 September 2017.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 45], "content_span": [46, 710]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272506-0003-0000", "contents": "2017 Slovenian railway referendum, Background\nPer article 90 of the Constitution, 40,000 voters can require the National Assembly to call for a referendum to reject a law that was ratified by the Assembly. The law is rejected if a majority of voters who have cast valid votes vote against the law, provided at least one fifth of all qualified voters have voted against the law. A minimum of 20% of the voters (around 343,000 voters of about 1.7 million registered voters) are required to cast a valid \"no\" vote for a negative result of the referendum to be valid.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 45], "content_span": [46, 563]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272506-0004-0000", "contents": "2017 Slovenian railway referendum, Background\nIn the referendum campaign, both sides in principle agreed that the second track is required. Opinions differed on the details of the law. Among the concerns of the opponents were the alleged lack of transparency regarding the finances, questions regarding the proposed track route, and the involvement of Hungary as a potential partner in the construction project.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 45], "content_span": [46, 411]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272506-0004-0001", "contents": "2017 Slovenian railway referendum, Background\nSupporters of the law cited the already approved financial contribution of the EU, new job creation, the fact that the rejection of the law would result in the beginning of construction being delayed for several years, and the fact that the proposed route is optimal, based on a series of expert studies and agreed upon by all Slovenian cabinets since 2004. Among major political parties, the law was supported by the coalition partners Modern Centre Party and Social Democrats. DeSUS, also a coalition partner, remained neutral. Among the parties represented in the National Assembly, the law was opposed by the Slovenian Democratic Party, New Slovenia, and The Left. Numerous smaller political parties and civil initiatives took part in the referendum campaign on both sides.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 45], "content_span": [46, 823]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272506-0005-0000", "contents": "2017 Slovenian railway referendum, Results\nEarly voting began on 19 September. 14,201 voters (0.83%) took part in early vote, which was a considerably smaller number than in the previous referendum on same-sex marriage that took place in 2015. In the early vote, 54.14% supported the law and 45.86% opposed it.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 42], "content_span": [43, 310]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272506-0006-0000", "contents": "2017 Slovenian railway referendum, Results\nThe referendum was marked by a low turnout. By 4:00\u00a0p.m., only 14.3% voted. Early results showed that the majority of people supported the law. At 9\u00a0p.m., with over 98% of the ballots counted, there were 53.3% of supporters. Commenting on the results, the Prime Minister Miro Cerar stated that the results reflect the fact that the voters support the project and that they are fed up with political intrigues.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 42], "content_span": [43, 452]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272506-0006-0001", "contents": "2017 Slovenian railway referendum, Results\nHe also stressed that this project will not turn into \"another Te\u0161 6\", referring to the construction of a new power plant in \u0160o\u0161tanj which was marred by a series of corruption affairs. Peter Ga\u0161pari\u010d, the Minister of Infrastructure, labeled the referendum as an \"unnecessary experiment\". The Slovenian Democratic Party stated that they will keep closely monitoring the project and that the positive outcome of the campaign was that the estimated project costs were significantly reduced. The project was expected to open first public tenders for construction in 2018.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 42], "content_span": [43, 610]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272506-0007-0000", "contents": "2017 Slovenian railway referendum, Aftermath\nFollowing the results of the referendum, Vili Kova\u010di\u010d contested the results in the Supreme Court, claiming that the law regulating referendums and civil initiatives were not compatible with the constitution, citing the fact that the government had used \u20ac97,000 of public funds on the campaign in support of the proposed law.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 44], "content_span": [45, 369]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272506-0008-0000", "contents": "2017 Slovenian railway referendum, Aftermath\nOn 14 March 2018 Supreme Court delivered a judgement, annulling the results and ordered a new vote, which was set for 13 May.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 44], "content_span": [45, 170]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272506-0009-0000", "contents": "2017 Slovenian railway referendum, Aftermath\nThe railway link was the biggest project of the Cerar cabinet. On the same day, Cerar announced his resignation as the Prime Minister, months before the conclusion of his term in office. Cerar stated that the court verdict was \"one blow too far\" by those who wanted to block the development of Slovenia, mentioning tensions in the coalition among reasons for his resignation.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 44], "content_span": [45, 420]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272506-0010-0000", "contents": "2017 Slovenian railway referendum, Aftermath\nThe referendum was repeated on 13 May 2018, and a slight majority of voters chose no (50.06%). However, the number of registered voters choosing no was too low (at 7.50%), meaning the law remained in force.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 44], "content_span": [45, 251]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272507-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 Snooker Shoot Out\nThe 2017 Coral Snooker Shoot Out was a professional ranking snooker tournament which took place at the Watford Colosseum in Watford from 23 to 26 February 2017. It was played under a variation of the standard rules of snooker. In 2017 it was extended from 64 to 128 players, and became a ranking tournament for the first time in its history. It was the 15th ranking event of the 2016/2017 season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [22, 22], "content_span": [23, 419]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272507-0001-0000", "contents": "2017 Snooker Shoot Out\nRobin Hull was the defending champion, but he lost 18\u201325 to Fergal O'Brien in the second round.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [22, 22], "content_span": [23, 118]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272507-0002-0000", "contents": "2017 Snooker Shoot Out\nAnthony McGill won his second ranking title, beating Xiao Guodong 1\u20130 in the final (67\u201319).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [22, 22], "content_span": [23, 114]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272507-0003-0000", "contents": "2017 Snooker Shoot Out\nThis was the first time that no century break was made in the competition. The highest break was a 96 from Graeme Dott.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [22, 22], "content_span": [23, 142]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272507-0004-0000", "contents": "2017 Snooker Shoot Out, Prize fund\nThe breakdown of prize money for this year is shown below.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 34], "content_span": [35, 93]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272507-0005-0000", "contents": "2017 Snooker Shoot Out, Prize fund\nThe \"rolling 147 prize\" for a maximum break stood at \u00a315,000.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 34], "content_span": [35, 96]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272507-0006-0000", "contents": "2017 Snooker Shoot Out, Draw\nMatches and session times are listed below. Matches began within approximately ten minutes intervals. Random draws were conducted prior to each round.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 28], "content_span": [29, 179]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272508-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 Social Christian Unity Party presidential primary\nThe Social Christian Unity Party (PUSC) presidential primary of 2017 or Social Christian National Convention as is known in Spanish was an electoral process for the selection of the party's presidential candidate for the 2018 Costa Rican general election and was scheduled for June 4, 2017.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 54], "section_span": [54, 54], "content_span": [55, 345]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272508-0001-0000", "contents": "2017 Social Christian Unity Party presidential primary\nThe two main pre-candidates were previous presidential candidate, former PUSC's Secretary General and president of the Costa Rican Department of Social Security Rodolfo Piza, and then deputy, former President of Congress and former president of Liga Deportiva Alajuelense football team Rafael Ortiz.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 54], "section_span": [54, 54], "content_span": [55, 354]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272508-0002-0000", "contents": "2017 Social Christian Unity Party presidential primary, Candidates\nPiza, a lawyer and businessman, was PUSC's candidate on the 2014 election ironically after losing the election to the winner of the previous primary, physician Rodolfo Hern\u00e1ndez, due to Hernadez\u2019 resignation as candidate motivated by internal party fighting. Hern\u00e1ndez selected Piza as his running mate and Piza took over the nomination once Hern\u00e1ndez left.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 54], "section_span": [56, 66], "content_span": [67, 424]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272508-0003-0000", "contents": "2017 Social Christian Unity Party presidential primary, Candidates\nPiza is generally seen as part of the Liberal faction inside PUSC, a more right-wing fiscally conservative and socially liberal faction lead by former president Miguel Angel Rodr\u00edguez, in favor of small government and lower taxes. Whilst Ortiz on the contrary claims to be representative of the traditional Calderonista faction, a more left-wing Social-Christian pro-Welfare State and more socially conservative faction inspired by Rafael Angel Calder\u00f3n Guardia's Social Reform. Ortiz also has the support of former president Abel Pacheco, whilst the only other former president from PUSC, Rafael Angel Calder\u00f3n Fournier (Guardia's son) left PUSC altogether and formed his own new party with Hern\u00e1ndez as candidate.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 54], "section_span": [56, 66], "content_span": [67, 782]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272508-0004-0000", "contents": "2017 Social Christian Unity Party presidential primary, Candidates\nPiza has the support of most of PUSC's parliamentary faction, except for two deputies (Humberto Vargas and Jorge Rodr\u00edguez, both of them endorsed Ortiz) and two former ministers; Esmeralda Britton and Patricia Vega, and of course of Rodr\u00edguez.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 54], "section_span": [56, 66], "content_span": [67, 310]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272508-0005-0000", "contents": "2017 Social Christian Unity Party presidential primary, Contested candidates\nTwo more figures tried to be candidates; former president of the Costa Rican Railroad Institute Miguel Carabagu\u00edaz and pro-marijuana activist Gerald Murray. Both were denied participation due to not having the minimal time of membership (two years) in the party (Carabagu\u00edaz was member, for a while, of Calder\u00f3n Fournier's party but resigned after Hern\u00e1ndez was selected candidate instead of him and Murray is a newcomer). Carabagu\u00edaz did not appeal PUSC's decision but Murray did, presenting an appeal into Costa Rica's Tribunal Supremo de Elecciones that was rejected.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 54], "section_span": [56, 76], "content_span": [77, 647]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272508-0006-0000", "contents": "2017 Social Christian Unity Party presidential primary, Costs\nThe cost for inscription as pre-candidate was 40 million colones. A sum that was appealed by all pre-candidates except Piza arguing it was disproportionate, especially as other major parties like National Liberation and Citizens' Action had much lesser amounts for their respective primaries. Carabaguiz and Murray did not paid as their candidacies were denied. The Electoral Court did reduce the amount to 35 million.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 54], "section_span": [56, 61], "content_span": [62, 480]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272509-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 Social Democratic Party of Finland leadership election\nThe 2017 Social Democratic Party of Finland leadership election was held on 4 February 2017. 495 voting attendees of the 45th Social Democratic party convention, held in Lahti, elected the incumbent chair Antti Rinne for a second term as the chair of Social Democratic Party. MP Timo Harakka finished second and MP Tytti Tuppurainen finished third.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 59], "section_span": [59, 59], "content_span": [60, 408]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272510-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 Sociedade Esportiva Palmeiras season\nThe 2017 season was the 103rd in Sociedade Esportiva Palmeiras existence. This season Palmeiras participated in the Campeonato Paulista, Copa Libertadores, Copa do Brasil and the S\u00e9rie A.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [41, 41], "content_span": [42, 229]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272510-0001-0000", "contents": "2017 Sociedade Esportiva Palmeiras season, Players, Squad information\nSquad at the end of the season. Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [43, 69], "content_span": [70, 230]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272510-0002-0000", "contents": "2017 Sociedade Esportiva Palmeiras season, Players, Copa Libertadores squad\nNote: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [43, 75], "content_span": [76, 204]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272510-0003-0000", "contents": "2017 Sociedade Esportiva Palmeiras season, Competitions, Campeonato Paulista, First stage\nThe draw was held on November 1, 2016. Palmeiras was drawn on Group C.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [43, 89], "content_span": [90, 160]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272510-0004-0000", "contents": "2017 Sociedade Esportiva Palmeiras season, Competitions, Copa Libertadores, Group stage\nThe draw of the tournament was held on 21 December 2016, 20:00 PYST (UTC\u22123), at the CONMEBOL Convention Centre in Luque, Paraguay. Palmeiras was drawn on the Group 5.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [43, 87], "content_span": [88, 254]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272510-0005-0000", "contents": "2017 Sociedade Esportiva Palmeiras season, Competitions, Copa Libertadores, Knockout stage\nThe draw for this round was held on June 14. As Palmeiras finished first in his group, they hosted the second leg.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [43, 90], "content_span": [91, 205]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272510-0006-0000", "contents": "2017 Sociedade Esportiva Palmeiras season, Competitions, Copa do Brasil\nAs a team that disputed the Copa Libertadores, Palmeiras entered in the round of 16. The draw was held on April 20, 2017.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [43, 71], "content_span": [72, 193]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272511-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 Soeratin Cup\nThe 2017 Soeratin Cup (also known as the Pertamina Soeratin Cup for sponsorship reasons) season is a football competition which is intended for footballers under the age of seventeen and fifteen. The national round started on 14 October 2017.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 17], "section_span": [17, 17], "content_span": [18, 260]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272511-0001-0000", "contents": "2017 Soeratin Cup\nPersab Brebes are the defending champion for U-17. PKN Penajam Utama won the title of U-17 on 28 October 2017 after defeating Persita Tangerang 3\u20132 at the final. Askot Bandung won the title of U-15 on 28 October 2017 after defeating PSSA Asahan 4\u20131 at the final.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 17], "section_span": [17, 17], "content_span": [18, 280]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272511-0002-0000", "contents": "2017 Soeratin Cup, Format\nEach Provincial Association only given one representative to the national round. 30 teams will perform in the national round of under-15 and 32 teams in under-17, consist of teams of provincial competition winners. National round took place in Magelang, Central Java and Special Region of Yogyakarta.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 17], "section_span": [19, 25], "content_span": [26, 326]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272511-0003-0000", "contents": "2017 Soeratin Cup, National Round\nNational round took place in Magelang, Central Java and Special Region of Yogyakarta. Two teams from each group will advance to the knockout round.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 17], "section_span": [19, 33], "content_span": [34, 181]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272511-0004-0000", "contents": "2017 Soeratin Cup, National Round, U-17, Group Stage\n32 teams from each provincial association will compete. Matches for the Group Stage will be played from 14 October 2017. All group will play half season round-robin.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 17], "section_span": [19, 52], "content_span": [53, 218]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272511-0005-0000", "contents": "2017 Soeratin Cup, National Round, U-17, Group Stage\nThis group will be held in Sultan Agung Stadium, Bantul.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 17], "section_span": [19, 52], "content_span": [53, 109]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272511-0006-0000", "contents": "2017 Soeratin Cup, National Round, U-17, Group Stage\nThis group will be held in Sultan Agung Stadium, Bantul.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 17], "section_span": [19, 52], "content_span": [53, 109]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272511-0007-0000", "contents": "2017 Soeratin Cup, National Round, U-17, Group Stage\nThis group will be held in Moch. Soebroto Stadium, Magelang.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 17], "section_span": [19, 52], "content_span": [53, 113]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272511-0008-0000", "contents": "2017 Soeratin Cup, National Round, U-17, Group Stage\nThis group will be held in Moch. Soebroto Stadium, Magelang.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 17], "section_span": [19, 52], "content_span": [53, 113]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272511-0009-0000", "contents": "2017 Soeratin Cup, National Round, U-17, Group Stage\nThis group will be held in Gemilang Stadium, Magelang Regency.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 17], "section_span": [19, 52], "content_span": [53, 115]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272511-0010-0000", "contents": "2017 Soeratin Cup, National Round, U-17, Group Stage\nThis group will be held in Gemilang Stadium, Magelang Regency.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 17], "section_span": [19, 52], "content_span": [53, 115]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272511-0011-0000", "contents": "2017 Soeratin Cup, National Round, U-17, Knockout Stage\nAs Persiter Ternate disqualified from the tournament, PSS Sleman won third-place position automatically.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 17], "section_span": [19, 55], "content_span": [56, 160]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272511-0012-0000", "contents": "2017 Soeratin Cup, National Round, U-15, Group Stage\n30 teams from each provincial association will compete. Matches for the Group Stage will be played from 15 October 2017. All group will play half season round-robin.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 17], "section_span": [19, 52], "content_span": [53, 218]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272511-0013-0000", "contents": "2017 Soeratin Cup, National Round, U-15, Group Stage\nThis group will be held in Dwi Windu Stadium, Bantul.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 17], "section_span": [19, 52], "content_span": [53, 106]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272511-0014-0000", "contents": "2017 Soeratin Cup, National Round, U-15, Group Stage\nThis group will be held in Dwi Windu Stadium, Bantul.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 17], "section_span": [19, 52], "content_span": [53, 106]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272511-0015-0000", "contents": "2017 Soeratin Cup, National Round, U-15, Group Stage\nThis group will be held in Abu Bakrin Stadium, Magelang.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 17], "section_span": [19, 52], "content_span": [53, 109]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272511-0016-0000", "contents": "2017 Soeratin Cup, National Round, U-15, Group Stage\nThis group will be held in Abu Bakrin Stadium, Magelang.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 17], "section_span": [19, 52], "content_span": [53, 109]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272511-0017-0000", "contents": "2017 Soeratin Cup, National Round, U-15, Group Stage\nThis group will be held in Yogyakarta State University Stadium, Yogyakarta.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 17], "section_span": [19, 52], "content_span": [53, 128]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272511-0018-0000", "contents": "2017 Soeratin Cup, National Round, U-15, Group Stage\nThis group will be held in Yogyakarta State University Stadium, Yogyakarta.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 17], "section_span": [19, 52], "content_span": [53, 128]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272512-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 Sogndal Fotball season\nThe 2017 season is Sogndal's second season back in the Tippeligaen since their relegation at the end of the 2014 season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [27, 27], "content_span": [28, 148]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272512-0001-0000", "contents": "2017 Sogndal Fotball season, Squad\nNote: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 34], "content_span": [35, 163]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272512-0002-0000", "contents": "2017 Sogndal Fotball season, Squad, Out on loan\nNote: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 47], "content_span": [48, 176]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272512-0003-0000", "contents": "2017 Sogndal Fotball season, Transfers, Winter\nIn:Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 46], "content_span": [47, 178]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272512-0004-0000", "contents": "2017 Sogndal Fotball season, Transfers, Winter\nOut:Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 46], "content_span": [47, 179]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272512-0005-0000", "contents": "2017 Sogndal Fotball season, Transfers, Summer\nIn:Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 46], "content_span": [47, 178]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272512-0006-0000", "contents": "2017 Sogndal Fotball season, Transfers, Summer\nOut:Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 46], "content_span": [47, 179]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272513-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 Solheim Cup\nThe 2017 Solheim Cup was the 15th edition of the Solheim Cup matches, held August 18\u201320 at the Des Moines Golf and Country Club in West Des Moines, Iowa. The Solheim Cup is a biennial team competition between the top women professional golfers from Europe and the United States. It is a three-day match play event between teams of twelve players with a similar format to the Ryder Cup. Juli Inkster captained the U.S. team for the second time and Annika S\u00f6renstam captained the European team for the first time.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [16, 16], "content_span": [17, 528]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272513-0001-0000", "contents": "2017 Solheim Cup\nThe United States won by a score of 161\u20442 to 111\u20442, retaining the cup they won in 2015.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [16, 16], "content_span": [17, 104]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272513-0002-0000", "contents": "2017 Solheim Cup, Course layout\nThe Solheim Cup did not use either of the venue's two courses, North and South, in the configurations played by club members. Instead, it used a composite course, made up of nine holes from each of the two courses, that played to 6,894 yards (6,304\u00a0m) par 73. The average elevation is approximately 950 feet (290\u00a0m) above sea level.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [18, 31], "content_span": [32, 364]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272513-0003-0000", "contents": "2017 Solheim Cup, Format\nThe Solheim Cup is a match play event, with each match worth one point. The format is as follows:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [18, 24], "content_span": [25, 122]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272513-0004-0000", "contents": "2017 Solheim Cup, Format\nWith a total of 28 points, 141\u20442 points are required to win the Cup, and 14 points are required for the defending champion to retain the Cup. All matches are played to a maximum of 18 holes. If the score is even after 18 holes, each team earns one-half point.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [18, 24], "content_span": [25, 284]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272513-0005-0000", "contents": "2017 Solheim Cup, Team qualification and selection, Eligibility criteria\nThe United States and European teams have different eligibility criteria:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [18, 72], "content_span": [73, 146]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272513-0006-0000", "contents": "2017 Solheim Cup, Team qualification and selection, Eligibility criteria\nTeam USAMembers of the United States team must be current members of the LPGA Tour and meet one of these three citizenship criteria:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [18, 72], "content_span": [73, 205]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272513-0007-0000", "contents": "2017 Solheim Cup, Team qualification and selection, Team selection\nThe United States and European teams are selected by different methods.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [18, 66], "content_span": [67, 138]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272513-0008-0000", "contents": "2017 Solheim Cup, Team qualification and selection, Team selection\nTeam USATeam USA consisted of the leading eight players from the LPGA Solheim Cup points rankings, the top two players in the Women's World Golf Rankings not already qualified via the points rankings and two chosen by the team captain. LPGA Solheim Cup points were earned for top-20 finishes on the LPGA Tour over a two-year period beginning with the 2015 Yokohama Tire LPGA Classic and ending with the 2017 Women's British Open. Points were doubled in major championships and top-20 finishes during the 2017 LPGA Tour season earn more points than those in 2015 and 2016.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [18, 66], "content_span": [67, 638]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272513-0009-0000", "contents": "2017 Solheim Cup, Team qualification and selection, Team selection\nTeam EuropeTeam Europe consisted of the top four players from the LET Solheim Cup standings, followed by the top four LET members on the Women's World Golf Rankings who were not already qualified via the Solheim Cup standings, and four captain's selections.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [18, 66], "content_span": [67, 324]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272513-0010-0000", "contents": "2017 Solheim Cup, Teams\nCreamer replaced Jessica Korda, who withdrew with a forearm injury after finishing fifth in points. Ages on first day of matches, August 18; Rolex rankings at team selection on August 7.Captain's picks shown in yellow.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [18, 23], "content_span": [24, 242]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272513-0011-0000", "contents": "2017 Solheim Cup, Teams\n^ Matthew, previously named an assistant captain, replaced Suzann Pettersen, who withdrew with a back injury after qualifying for the team by her Rolex ranking. Ages on first day of matches, August 18; Rolex rankings at team selection on August 7.Captain's picks shown in yellow.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [18, 23], "content_span": [24, 303]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272513-0012-0000", "contents": "2017 Solheim Cup, Day one, Morning foursomes\nIn the opening match, Europe was dormie-2 before Cristie Kerr and Lexi Thompson won the last two holes to halve the match. In the last match, the United States was two up after 12 holes until Karine Icher and Catriona Matthew won three of the next four holes and won the match by 1 hole.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [18, 44], "content_span": [45, 332]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272513-0013-0000", "contents": "2017 Solheim Cup, Day one, Afternoon four-ball\nThe United States won all four matches of the afternoon session. The Europe pairs never led at any stage in any of the matches. This was the first time United States swept a session in Solheim Cup history.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [18, 46], "content_span": [47, 252]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272513-0014-0000", "contents": "2017 Solheim Cup, Day two, Morning foursomes\nAfter heavy defeats in the first two matches, Europe recovered to level the session by winning the last two matches. The two European pairings who had won their foursomes matches on the first day were also the winning pairs in the second foursomes session. By winning her match, Kerr became the leading United States points scorer, with 19, passing the 18.5 of Juli Inkster.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [18, 44], "content_span": [45, 419]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272513-0015-0000", "contents": "2017 Solheim Cup, Day two, Afternoon four-ball\nThe United States won three of the four matches to take a commanding lead, needing just 31\u20442 points in the singles to retain the Solheim Cup. Kerr and Thompson were paired together for the sixth time (3 in 2015 and 3 in 2017), and remained undefeated as a pair, with four wins and two draws. In 16 holes, the two posted a combined score of 12 under par.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [18, 46], "content_span": [47, 400]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272513-0016-0000", "contents": "2017 Solheim Cup, Day three, Singles\nIn the opening singles matchup, Anna Nordqvist won the first four holes against Thompson and held a four-hole advantage with nine holes remaining. Thompson rallied to take a late 1-up lead, shooting eight under par over the following seven holes. Her run included eagles at the 11th and 15th holes. On the 18th hole, Nordqvist hit her approach shot within a foot of the hole for a birdie that earned Europe a half-point.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [18, 36], "content_span": [37, 457]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272513-0016-0001", "contents": "2017 Solheim Cup, Day three, Singles\nIn the next two matches, Paula Creamer defeated Georgia Hall by a 1-up margin and Kerr concluded an undefeated week with a 2 and 1 victory over Melissa Reid. Americans Lizette Salas and Angel Yin went dormie in their matches, ensuring that the U.S. would win the 14 points necessary to retain the Solheim Cup. Yin and Karine Icher went on to halve their match, while Salas won against Jodi Ewart Shadoff to clinch an outright victory for the U.S.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [18, 36], "content_span": [37, 483]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272513-0017-0000", "contents": "2017 Solheim Cup, Individual player records\nEach entry refers to the Win\u2013Loss\u2013Half record of the player.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [18, 43], "content_span": [44, 104]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272514-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 Somali drought\nAs of February 2017 a drought ravages Somalia that has left more than 6 million people, or half the country's population, facing food shortages with several water supplies becoming undrinkable due to the possibility of infection.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [19, 19], "content_span": [20, 249]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272514-0001-0000", "contents": "2017 Somali drought\nAccording to the Humanitarian Information Unit of the U.S. Government,over 2.9 million people in Somalia face crisis or emergency level acute food insecurity and need emergency food aid, as a result of below average to failed rains in many areas in 2016 that reduced crop production and harmed livestock. Somalia is currently facing its seventh consecutively poor harvest and food stability is a major issue. In the April-June rainy season little to no rainfall occurred across much of Somalia in April, but rain has begun and is forecasted in May.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [19, 19], "content_span": [20, 568]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272514-0001-0001", "contents": "2017 Somali drought\nLack of potable water has accelerated an acute watery diarrhea-cholera outbreak with an estimated 32,000 cases reported since the beginning of the year. 1.4 million children are projected to need treatment for acute malnutrition in 2017, according to the UN Children's Fund (UNICEF). FEWS NET expects 2.9 million people will remain in crisis and emergency levels of acute food insecurity through at least June 2017. In March 2017, 1.75 million people received international food assistance, according to the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [19, 19], "content_span": [20, 590]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272514-0002-0000", "contents": "2017 Somali drought\nAn estimated 1.1 million IDPs currently live in Somalia, and at least 548,000 additional people have been displaced since November 2016 due to the drought. Most people displaced by drought left rural parts of Bay, Lower Shabelle, and Sool and settled in urban areas such as Mogadishu and Baidoa. Displacement numbers continue to rise as more people leave their homes and displacement monitoring increases. IOM and other UN agencies estimate that the number of IDPs, a highly vulnerable group in Somalia, will rise to 3 million by June if the April-June rains are below average or fail entirely. Additionally, since January 2016, about 56,000 former Somali refugees have returned from Kenya's Dadaab refugee camp to Somalia through UNHCR's voluntary repatriation program and have settled in Gedo, Bay, Lower Jubba, and Banaadir.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [19, 19], "content_span": [20, 847]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272514-0003-0000", "contents": "2017 Somali drought, Causes\nMain causes of the drought and its impact are said to be instability, conflict and climate change with severe weather conditions potentially also playing a part. El Ni\u00f1o may be the drought's cause.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 27], "content_span": [28, 225]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272514-0004-0000", "contents": "2017 Somali drought, Humanitarian situation\nOn 4 March, Somalia's prime minister Hassan Ali Khaire announced that at least 110 people died due to hunger and diarrhoea in Bay Region alone.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 43], "content_span": [44, 187]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272514-0005-0000", "contents": "2017 Somali drought, Humanitarian situation\nThe FAO Representative for Somalia, noted that the situation in many rural areas, particularly Bay, Puntland is starting to look \"worryingly like the run-up to famine in 2010-2011\".", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 43], "content_span": [44, 225]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272514-0006-0000", "contents": "2017 Somali drought, Humanitarian situation\nThe International Organization for Migration also warns that if \"action is not taken immediately, early warning signals point towards a growing humanitarian crisis in Somalia of potentially catastrophic proportions\".", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 43], "content_span": [44, 260]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272514-0007-0000", "contents": "2017 Somali drought, Humanitarian situation\nHassan Saadi Noor, Save the Children's Country Director in Somalia states:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 43], "content_span": [44, 118]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272514-0008-0000", "contents": "2017 Somali drought, Humanitarian situation\nWe're on the verge of a catastrophe similar to 2011 \u2013 or worse, as conditions now are markedly worse than in the lead-up to that event. A quarter of a million lives were needlessly lost then, and we know that action at this stage can make a difference. The international community must step up to ensure that tragic moment in history isn\u2019t repeated.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 43], "content_span": [44, 393]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272514-0009-0000", "contents": "2017 Somali drought, Humanitarian situation\nIn addition to drought and famine, diseases, such as cholera and measles are beginning to spread.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 43], "content_span": [44, 141]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272514-0010-0000", "contents": "2017 Somali drought, Humanitarian situation\nAs of March 2017, more than 8,400 cases of the cholera have already been confirmed since January, which have claimed 200 lives. On 20 March 2017, at least 26 people died from hunger in the semi-autonomous Jubaland region of southern Somalia in the past 36 hours, according to the state media.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 43], "content_span": [44, 336]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272514-0011-0000", "contents": "2017 Somali drought, Humanitarian situation\nAs of July 2017, unclean drinking water has caused over 71,000 cases of cholera or severe diarrhea in 2017, resulting in nearly 1,100 deaths.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 43], "content_span": [44, 185]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272514-0012-0000", "contents": "2017 Somali drought, Calls for response, Immediate response\nOn 2 February 2017 a senior United Nations humanitarian official in Somalia warned of a famine in some of the worst drought-affected areas without a massive and urgent scale up of humanitarian assistance in the coming weeks. He also stated that the omission of such an immediate response \"will cost lives, further destroy livelihoods, and could undermine the pursuit of key State-building and peacebuilding initiatives\". On 8 March 2017 United Nations Secretary-General Ant\u00f3nio Guterres urged a massive scale up in international support to avert a famine.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 59], "content_span": [60, 615]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272514-0013-0000", "contents": "2017 Somali drought, Calls for response, Adequate response\nWhile the particular drought can only be dealt with by an immediate response some suggest foresight and preventive, long-term, more cost-efficient and appropriate measures. Esther Ngumbi, researcher at the Department of Entomology and Plant Pathology at Auburn University in Alabama, suggests that Horn of Africa's repetitive cycles of drought and hunger crisis should be responded to with \"strategic integration and coordination between governments and NGOs\" to \"help farmers become more resilient to drought and other climate change-related disaster\". Furthermore she states that once this has been achieved, innovative ways to disseminate available information and solutions to farmers would be needed. Mohamed Abdulkadir, field manager of Save the Children notes that food deliveries destroy local markets. German Federal Minister of Economic Cooperation and Development Gerd M\u00fcller suggested a billion-strong crisis-fund for the United Nations to allow it to act preventively.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 58], "content_span": [59, 1040]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272514-0014-0000", "contents": "2017 Somali drought, Response, Government response\nOn 28 February 2017, Somali President Mohamed Abdullahi Mohamed declares the drought a national disaster.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 50], "content_span": [51, 156]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272514-0015-0000", "contents": "2017 Somali drought, Response, Germany\nAccording to reports of 1 May 2017 in a visit to the country Germany's foreign minister Sigmar Gabriel pledged to at least doubling the 70 million euros of aid and stated in a press conference with Somali prime minister Hassan Ali Khaire that the \"international state community has to do more against the famine catastrophe\". Furthermore he asks the international community to no longer view Somalia as a failed state \"but as a state which laboriously struggles to recreate a reliable state structure\" enabling it to \"guarantee security\".", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 38], "content_span": [39, 577]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272514-0016-0000", "contents": "2017 Somali drought, Response, International\nOn 11 May 2017 the international conference on Somalia took place in London. There Mohamed Abdullahi Mohamed showed plans for security in the country. According to Sigmar Gabriel over half the needed financial resources have been brought together.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 44], "content_span": [45, 292]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272515-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 Somali presidential election\nThe 2017 Somalia presidential election was held in Somalia on 8 February. Members of parliament elected in the autumn-2016 parliamentary election elected former Prime Minister Mohamed Abdullahi Mohamed to the post of President of Somalia for a four-year term.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [33, 33], "content_span": [34, 293]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272515-0001-0000", "contents": "2017 Somali presidential election\nThe presidential election was to be held in August 2016 and promised to be a one-person, one-vote national poll, but had been postponed several times and shifted to an electoral college system due to security concerns. On 26 January 2017, the election was set for 8 February, with candidates required to register by 29 January. The election was held in an airport hangar at Aden Adde International Airport, Mogadishu.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [33, 33], "content_span": [34, 451]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272515-0002-0000", "contents": "2017 Somali presidential election\nMohamed was declared president in a peaceful transition of power after incumbent President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud conceded defeat and congratulated the victor.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [33, 33], "content_span": [34, 192]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272515-0003-0000", "contents": "2017 Somali presidential election, Security\nDue to the ongoing civil war, security for the ballot was a significant concern. The vote was initially planned to be held at a Mogadishu police academy but was moved to the more secure Aden Adde International Airport, considered as the safest place in Somalia's Capital. On the voting day, traffic was banned in the city, schools were closed and flights to and from the airport were suspended.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 43], "content_span": [44, 438]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272515-0004-0000", "contents": "2017 Somali presidential election, Electoral system\nIn the previous presidential election in 2012, the president was elected by a parliament that had been picked by 135 elders. Plans in 2016\u20132017 for a full election involving all adult Somalis were scrapped due to security concerns relating to the ongoing civil war. The election costs were 60% funded by donor countries in Europe, the United States and Japan, with the remainder from the Somali government and candidate registration fees.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 51], "content_span": [52, 490]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272515-0005-0000", "contents": "2017 Somali presidential election, Electoral system\nThe president was elected by the 328 members of the Lower House and Upper House of the Somali Parliament. The Parliament's members were elected in the 2016 parliamentary election which itself was limited to 14,025 clan elder-appointed delegates. The election's foreign financiers described the extension of the franchise as a \"modest step forward\".", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 51], "content_span": [52, 400]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272515-0006-0000", "contents": "2017 Somali presidential election, Electoral system\nThe procedure for the election\u2014a form of runoff voting\u2014is outlined in section 89 of the Constitution of Somalia. There were over twenty registered candidates in the first round of voting.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 51], "content_span": [52, 239]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272515-0007-0000", "contents": "2017 Somali presidential election, Bribery\nThe parliamentary election was considered by experts to be one of the most corrupt political events in the history of the country. Amid widespread reports of vote-buying, investigators estimated at least $20 million had been paid as bribes. Several candidates paid political unknowns to run against them to add a veneer of legitimacy to their races, and analysts have said that Al-Shabaab did not interfere with the election, as the corruption involved made the group look good by comparison. Much of the money used came from foreign nations with interests in Somalia, which hoped that the candidates they supported monetarily would help advance their interests. Once seated, the parliament voted on who would become president.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 42], "content_span": [43, 770]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272515-0008-0000", "contents": "2017 Somali presidential election, Candidates\nA total of 23 or 24 candidates declared themselves, though withdrawals\u2014including that of Abdirahman Farole\u2014reduced the field to 21 by the time of the vote. The field included the incumbent President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud, incumbent Prime Minister Omar Sharmarke, former President Sharif Sheikh Ahmed, former Prime Minister Mohamed Abdullahi Mohamed and Somalia's former envoy to Kenya Mohamed Ali Nur among others.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 45], "content_span": [46, 460]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272515-0009-0000", "contents": "2017 Somali presidential election, Results\nNo candidate achieved the required two-thirds of votes to win in the first round, so the top four candidates (Hassan Sheikh Mohamud, Mohamed Abdullahi Mohamed, Sharif Sheikh Ahmed, and Omar Abdirashid Sharmarke) advanced to the second round. Omar Abdirashid Sharmarke then dropped out, reducing the field to three candidates. No candidate reached the required threshold in the second round of voting, and third-place Ahmed was eliminated. Hassan Sheikh Mohamud conceded defeat, negating the need for a final vote.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 42], "content_span": [43, 556]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272515-0010-0000", "contents": "2017 Somali presidential election, Results\nMohamed became the President of Somalia after receiving 184 out of the total 329 votes by members of the Somali Parliament, thereby defeating former president Hassan Sheikh Mohamud. He ran against 19 opponents and was sworn into office on 16 February.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 42], "content_span": [43, 294]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272516-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 Somaliland presidential election\nPresidential elections were held in Somaliland on 13 November 2017, the third direct presidential election since 2003. General elections had been scheduled to be held in Somaliland on 27 March 2017 to elect both the President and House of Representatives, but were initially postponed by six months due to the drought condition in the region. The elections to elect the President and Vice President were eventually held separately on 13 November. Incumbent President Ahmed Mohamed Mohamoud of the Peace, Unity, and Development Party (Kulmiye) did not run for a second term.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [37, 37], "content_span": [38, 611]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272516-0001-0000", "contents": "2017 Somaliland presidential election\nThe result was a victory for ruling Kulmiye party candidate Muse Bihi Abdi, who received 55% of the vote.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [37, 37], "content_span": [38, 143]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272516-0002-0000", "contents": "2017 Somaliland presidential election, Background\nParliamentary elections were due originally to be held in Somaliland in September 2010, and were eventually scheduled for 26 June 2015 alongside the presidential elections, but due to the unpreparedness of the National elections Committee the Guurti extended the incumbent's term for a period of 21 months in early September 2015.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 49], "content_span": [50, 380]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272516-0003-0000", "contents": "2017 Somaliland presidential election, Candidates\nIn November 2015 Kulmiye party chairman Muse Bihi Abdi was selected as the presidential candidate for the ruling Peace, Unity, and Development Party. Former long-time House Speaker Abdirahman Mohamed Abdullahi, also known as Irro, was chosen as the candidate for the Waddani Party.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 49], "content_span": [50, 331]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272516-0004-0000", "contents": "2017 Somaliland presidential election, Candidates\nThe candidate for the Justice and Development was Faysal Ali Warabe, who had unsuccessfully contested the two previous presidential elections. Warabe became the party's candidate after a long legal and political challenge between Warabe and the party's original presidential candidate Jamal Ali Hussein; Hussein later joined Kulmiye. Warabe's running mate was Abdi Ahmed Musa Abyan.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 49], "content_span": [50, 432]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272516-0005-0000", "contents": "2017 Somaliland presidential election, Conduct\nSixty international observers from over 27 countries were deployed across Somaliland to observe the elections. Seventeen of the 21 districts in Somaliland were visited by observers, with 335 of the 1,624 polling stations attended. The report by the Development Planning Unit of University College London concluded that \"Throughout the election period, Somalilanders demonstrated their support for the rule of law and constitutional process, voting peacefully and in significant numbers and the mission applauds this ongoing commitment to peaceful participation in an impressively open electoral system.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 46], "content_span": [47, 650]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272516-0006-0000", "contents": "2017 Somaliland presidential election, Results\nOn 21 November the NEC announced that Muse Bihi Abdi of the ruling Kulmiye party polled 55.1% of votes to emerge winner. His closest contender was Abdirahman Irro of the Waddani party who polled 40.7% with Faysal Ali Warabe finishing last with 4.2% of votes.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 46], "content_span": [47, 305]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272516-0007-0000", "contents": "2017 Somaliland presidential election, Aftermath\nAbdi was inaugurated as president on 13 December 2017 in Hargeisa.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 48], "content_span": [49, 115]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272517-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 Somerset County Council election\nThe 2017 Somerset County Council election took place on 4 May 2017 as part of the 2017 local elections in the United Kingdom. All 55 councillors were elected from 54 electoral divisions which each returned either one or two county councillors by first-past-the-post voting for a four-year term of office.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [37, 37], "content_span": [38, 342]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272517-0001-0000", "contents": "2017 Somerset County Council election, Results by division, Frome West\nDerek (full name Derek Tanswell) was elected as a Liberal Democrat in 2013", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 70], "content_span": [71, 145]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272518-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 Soul Train Music Awards\nThe 2017 Soul Train Music Awards took place on November 5, 2017 at the Orleans Arena in Las Vegas, Nevada, and aired on BET Her and BET on November 26, 2017. American singer and songwriter Toni Braxton was honored with the Legend Award for her contributions to the music industry, while the R&B girl group SWV received the Lady of Soul Award.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [28, 28], "content_span": [29, 372]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272519-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 South Africa A Team Tri-Series\nThe 2017 South Africa A Team Tri-Series was a cricket that took place in South Africa in July and August 2017. It was a tri-nation series between South Africa A, Afghanistan A and India A. The one-day matches were played as List A fixtures. Following the List A fixtures, South Africa A and India A played two four-day games with first-class status, also called unofficial Tests.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [35, 35], "content_span": [36, 415]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272519-0001-0000", "contents": "2017 South Africa A Team Tri-Series\nOriginally, Australia A were scheduled to play in the series, but they withdrew in early July following an ongoing pay dispute with Cricket Australia. Later that month, Afghanistan A were named as their replacement, after the national team was awarded Test match status the previous month.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [35, 35], "content_span": [36, 325]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272519-0002-0000", "contents": "2017 South Africa A Team Tri-Series\nIndia A won the tri-series, beating South Africa A by 7 wickets in the final of the competition. The first-class series was drawn 1\u20131, with South Africa A winning the first match and India A winning the second.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [35, 35], "content_span": [36, 246]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272519-0003-0000", "contents": "2017 South Africa A Team Tri-Series, First-class series, Squads\nRavikumar Samarth replaced Abhinav Mukund following the former's selection to the India squad for the Sri Lanka tour.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 63], "content_span": [64, 181]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272520-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 South Africa Sevens\nThe 2017 South Africa Sevens was the second tournament within the 2017\u201318 World Rugby Sevens Series and the nineteenth edition of the South Africa Sevens. It was held over the weekend of 9\u201310 December 2017 at Cape Town Stadium in Cape Town, South Africa.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [24, 24], "content_span": [25, 279]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272520-0001-0000", "contents": "2017 South Africa Sevens, Format\nThe teams were drawn into four 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 brackets where teams competed for the Gold, Silver, and Bronze medals. The bottom two teams from each group went to the playoffs in the Challenge Trophy brackets.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 32], "content_span": [33, 359]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272520-0002-0000", "contents": "2017 South Africa Sevens, Teams\nFifteen core teams are participating in the tournament along with one invited team, the winner of the 2017 Africa Cup Sevens, Uganda:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 31], "content_span": [32, 165]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272520-0003-0000", "contents": "2017 South Africa Sevens, Players, Dream Team\nThe following seven players were selected to the tournament Dream Team at the conclusion of the tournament:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 45], "content_span": [46, 153]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272521-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 South Africa Women's Quadrangular Series\nThe 2017 South Africa Women's Quadrangular Series was an international women's cricket tournament that was held in Potchefstroom, South Africa, from 4 to 21 May 2017. The series was contested between the teams of India, Ireland, South Africa and Zimbabwe. The matches were played at Senwes Park and The PUK Oval. All the matches were played as Women's One Day International (WODI) matches, except for fixtures that featured Zimbabwe, who do not have WODI status.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [45, 45], "content_span": [46, 508]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272521-0001-0000", "contents": "2017 South Africa Women's Quadrangular Series\nAhead of the tournament, South Africa's captain Dane van Niekerk was ruled out of the tournament due to a foot injury. South Africa named an interim captain, but they did not add a replacement to their squad.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [45, 45], "content_span": [46, 254]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272521-0002-0000", "contents": "2017 South Africa Women's Quadrangular Series\nIndia won the tournament, beating South Africa by 8 wickets in the final.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [45, 45], "content_span": [46, 119]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272522-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 South Alabama Jaguars baseball team\nThe 2017 South Alabama Jaguars baseball team represents the University of South Alabama in the 2017 NCAA Division I baseball season. The Jaguars play their home games at Eddie Stanky Field.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [40, 40], "content_span": [41, 230]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272522-0001-0000", "contents": "2017 South Alabama Jaguars baseball team, Schedule and results\nSouth Alabama announced its 2017 baseball schedule on November 7, 2016. The 2017 schedule consisted of 25 home and 31 away games in the regular season. The Jaguars hosted Sun Belts foes Coastal Carolina, Georgia State, Little Rock, Texas State, and Troy and will travel to Appalachian State, Arkansas State, Georgia Southern, Louisiana\u2013Lafayette, and Louisiana\u2013Monroe.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 62], "content_span": [63, 431]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272522-0002-0000", "contents": "2017 South Alabama Jaguars baseball team, Schedule and results\nThe 2017 Sun Belt Conference Championship was contested May 24\u201328 in Statesboro, Georgia, and hosted by Georgia Southern.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 62], "content_span": [63, 184]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272522-0003-0000", "contents": "2017 South Alabama Jaguars baseball team, Schedule and results\nSouth Alabama finished 2nd in the east division of the conference which qualified the Jaguars to compete in the tournament as the 3rd seed for the team's 12th tournament title.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 62], "content_span": [63, 239]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272523-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 South Alabama Jaguars football team\nThe 2017 South Alabama Jaguars football team represented the University of South Alabama in the 2017 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The Jaguars played their home games at Ladd\u2013Peebles Stadium in Mobile, Alabama, and competed in the Sun Belt Conference. They were led by ninth-year head coach Joey Jones. They finished the season 4\u20138, 3\u20135 in Sun Belt play to finish in a tie for eighth place.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [40, 40], "content_span": [41, 438]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272523-0001-0000", "contents": "2017 South Alabama Jaguars football team\nOn November 20 following a 52\u20130 loss to previously winless Georgia Southern, head coach Joey Jones, the only head coach in South Alabama football history, announced his resignation. He stayed on to coach the final game of the season and finished at South Alabama with a nine-year record of 52\u201350. On December 7, the school hired Steve Campbell as head coach.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [40, 40], "content_span": [41, 400]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272523-0002-0000", "contents": "2017 South Alabama Jaguars football team, Previous season\nThe Jaguars finished the 2016 season 6\u20137, 2\u20136 in Sun Belt play to finish in a three-way tie for eighth place. They were invited to the Arizona Bowl where they lost to Air Force.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 57], "content_span": [58, 235]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272523-0003-0000", "contents": "2017 South Alabama Jaguars football team, Schedule\nSouth Alabama announced its 2017 football schedule on March 1, 2017. The 2017 schedule consisted of six home and away games in the regular season. The Jaguars hosted Sun Belt foes Arkansas State, Idaho, Louisiana\u2013Lafayette, and Louisiana\u2013Monroe, and will travel to Georgia Southern, Georgia State, New Mexico State, and Troy.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 50], "content_span": [51, 376]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272523-0004-0000", "contents": "2017 South Alabama Jaguars football team, Schedule\nThe Jaguars hosted two of the four non-conference opponents, Alabama A&M from the Southwestern Athletic Conference and Oklahoma State from the Big 12 Conference, and traveled to Louisiana Tech from Conference USA and Ole Miss from the Southeastern Conference.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 50], "content_span": [51, 310]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272524-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 South American Aerobic Gymnastics Championships\nThe 2017 South American Aerobic Gymnastics Championships were held in Lima, Peru, August 23\u201325, 2017. The competition was organized by the Peruvian Gymnastics Federation and approved by the International Gymnastics Federation.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 52], "section_span": [52, 52], "content_span": [53, 279]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272525-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 South American Artistic Gymnastics Championships\nThe 2017 South American Artistic Gymnastics Championships were held in Cochabamba, Bolivia, November 30\u2013December 2, 2017. The competition was organized by the Bolivian Gymnastics Federation and approved by the International Gymnastics Federation.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 53], "section_span": [53, 53], "content_span": [54, 300]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272526-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 South American Beach Soccer League\nThe 2017 CONMEBOL South American Beach Soccer League was the first edition of the South American Beach Soccer League (named natively in Spanish as the CONMEBOL Liga Sudamericana de F\u00fatbol Playa), a continental league competition for South American men's national beach soccer teams. Organised by the governing body for South American football, CONMEBOL, as part of its Development Department's Evolution Program, all ten members of the continental confederation took part, with both senior and Under 20s teams participating in the league events.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [39, 39], "content_span": [40, 585]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272526-0001-0000", "contents": "2017 South American Beach Soccer League\nThe teams were first divided into two geographically based zones (North and South) to compete in a round robin tournament against other members of their own zone. The winners of each zone then proceeded to face each other in the Finals to contest the title.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [39, 39], "content_span": [40, 297]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272526-0002-0000", "contents": "2017 South American Beach Soccer League\nThe regular season events took place in September 2017, whilst, due to delays, the finals did not take place until October 2018.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [39, 39], "content_span": [40, 168]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272526-0003-0000", "contents": "2017 South American Beach Soccer League\nBrazil won the league after, as North zone champions, they defeated South zone champions Paraguay in the finals.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [39, 39], "content_span": [40, 152]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272526-0004-0000", "contents": "2017 South American Beach Soccer League, Teams\nTen nations have sent two teams each, a senior representative squad and an Under 20s representative squad. In total, 20 teams will compete.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 46], "content_span": [47, 186]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272526-0005-0000", "contents": "2017 South American Beach Soccer League, North zone\nThe North zone regular season event took place in the Peruvian capital of Lima. All matches were hosted in a purpose built arena on Agua Dulce Beach in the district of Chorrillos, organised in cooperation with the Peruvian Football Federation.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 51], "content_span": [52, 295]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272526-0006-0000", "contents": "2017 South American Beach Soccer League, North zone\nMatches are listed as local time in Lima, PET (UTC-5).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 51], "content_span": [52, 106]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272526-0007-0000", "contents": "2017 South American Beach Soccer League, South zone\nThe South zone regular season event took place in the Paraguayan city of Lambare, Gran Asunci\u00f3n. All matches were hosted at the Central Court of the Resort Yacht y Golf Club Paraguayo on the banks of Paraguay River, organised in cooperation with the Paraguayan Football Association. The matches were originally scheduled to take place at \u00d1u Guas\u00fa Park in Luque.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 51], "content_span": [52, 413]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272526-0008-0000", "contents": "2017 South American Beach Soccer League, South zone\nMatches are listed as local time in Lambare, PYT (UTC-4).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 51], "content_span": [52, 109]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272526-0009-0000", "contents": "2017 South American Beach Soccer League, Finals\nThe zone winners play each other for the league title; their senior teams play each other over two legs, as do their under 20s representatives for a total of four matches comprising the finals. The winners are the nation which accumulates the most points from all four matches combined.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 47], "content_span": [48, 334]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272526-0010-0000", "contents": "2017 South American Beach Soccer League, Finals\nOriginally, the finals were scheduled for May 2018 in Xiamen, China. However, due to a last minute decision by the organisers, the finals were postponed on April 30 until after the 2018 FIFA World Cup.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 47], "content_span": [48, 249]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272526-0011-0000", "contents": "2017 South American Beach Soccer League, Finals\nAfter considering the Bahamas as the new venue, and Rosario, Argentina, the finals were eventually scheduled to take place in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil from 5\u20136 October.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 47], "content_span": [48, 214]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272526-0012-0000", "contents": "2017 South American Beach Soccer League, Finals\nAll matches took place at a purpose built arena at Barra Olympic Park, just outside the Olympic Tennis Centre.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 47], "content_span": [48, 158]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272526-0013-0000", "contents": "2017 South American Beach Soccer League, Finals\nMatches are listed as local time in Rio de Janeiro, BRT (UTC-3).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 47], "content_span": [48, 112]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272526-0014-0000", "contents": "2017 South American Beach Soccer League, Finals, Matches\nBrazil earn three points; Brazil lead the series an unassailable 9\u20130", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 56], "content_span": [57, 125]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272526-0015-0000", "contents": "2017 South American Beach Soccer League, Finals, Winners\nBrazil claimed a clean sweep in the finals, winning all four matches to win the series 12 points to nil.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 56], "content_span": [57, 161]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272526-0016-0000", "contents": "2017 South American Beach Soccer League, Finals, Winners\nWith an unassailable lead after match three, the final match was played as a dead rubber.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 56], "content_span": [57, 146]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272527-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 South American Championships in Athletics\n2017 South American Championships in Athletics was the 50th edition of the biennial athletics competition between South American nations. The event was held in Luque, near Asunci\u00f3n, Paraguay, from 23 to 25 June at the Pista Comit\u00e9 Ol\u00edmpico Paraguayo. It was the first time this competition was held in that country.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [46, 46], "content_span": [47, 362]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272527-0001-0000", "contents": "2017 South American Championships in Athletics, Participation\nAll 13 member federations of CONSUDATLE participated at the championships.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [48, 61], "content_span": [62, 136]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272528-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 South American Championships in Athletics \u2013 Results\nThese are the full results of the 2017 South American Championships in Athletics which took place in Luque, Asunci\u00f3n, Paraguay, from 23 to 25 June at the Pista Comit\u00e9 Ol\u00edmpico Paraguayo.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 56], "section_span": [56, 56], "content_span": [57, 243]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272529-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 South American Rhythmic Gymnastics Championships\nThe 2017 South American Rhythmic Gymnastics Championships were held in Cochabamba, Bolivia, September 27\u201329, 2017. The competition was organized by the Bolivian Gymnastics Federation and approved by the International Gymnastics Federation.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 53], "section_span": [53, 53], "content_span": [54, 293]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272530-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 South American Rugby Championship \"A\"\nThe 2017 South American Rugby Championship (Confederaci\u00f3n Sudamericana de Rugby (CONSUR) Championship) Division A is the third edition of second level of the South American Rugby Championship. The tournament is played in a round-robin format with each team playing each other team once. The two first teams will win the right to compete in the top level tournament of South American Rugby Championship, called South America Rugby Cup, and the winner will face the loser of the two-game-series between USA and Canada as round 4 of the Americas qualification for the 2019 Rugby World Cup in Japan.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [42, 42], "content_span": [43, 638]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272531-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 South American Trampoline Championships\nThe 2017 South American Trampoline Championships were held in Paipa, Colombia, September 15\u201317, 2017. The competition was organized by the Colombian Gymnastics Federation, and approved by the International Gymnastics Federation.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [44, 44], "content_span": [45, 273]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272532-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 South American U-15 Championship\nThe 2017 South American Under-15 Football Championship was the 8th edition of the South American Under-15 Football Championship, the biennial international youth football championship organised by the CONMEBOL for the men's under-15 national teams of South America. The tournament was held in Argentina between 5 and 19 November 2017.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [37, 37], "content_span": [38, 372]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272532-0001-0000", "contents": "2017 South American U-15 Championship\nEach match has a duration of 80 minutes, consisting of two halves of 40 minutes with a 15-minute half-time. Up to five substitutions may be made for each team in a match.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [37, 37], "content_span": [38, 208]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272532-0002-0000", "contents": "2017 South American U-15 Championship\nHost team Argentina won their first South American U-15 title by defeating the defending champions Brazil 3\u20132 in the final.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [37, 37], "content_span": [38, 161]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272532-0003-0000", "contents": "2017 South American U-15 Championship, Teams\nAll ten CONMEBOL member national teams entered the tournament. Moreover, two teams from UEFA were invited to compete.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 44], "content_span": [45, 162]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272532-0004-0000", "contents": "2017 South American U-15 Championship, Venues\nArgentina was named as host of the tournament at the 67th Ordinary CONMEBOL Congress held on 26 April 2017 in Santiago, Chile. San Juan and Mendoza were chosen as host cities and ratified by CONMEBOL on 11 October 2017.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 45], "content_span": [46, 265]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272532-0005-0000", "contents": "2017 South American U-15 Championship, Venues\nThe matches were originally scheduled to be played in two stadiums. Due to the semi-final of the Copa Argentina played at Estadio Malvinas Argentinas on 12 November 2017, two matches were moved to Estadio V\u00edctor Antonio Legrotaglie.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 45], "content_span": [46, 278]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272532-0006-0000", "contents": "2017 South American U-15 Championship, Draw\nThe draw was held on 13 October 2017, 17:30 ART (UTC\u22123), at the Sal\u00f3n Cruce de los Andes in the Civic Center of the Province of San Juan. The 12 teams were drawn into two groups of six teams. The hosts Argentina were seeded into Group A, while the title holders Brazil were seeded into Group B. The remaining teams were seeded based on the results in the 2015 South American Under-15 Football Championship.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 43], "content_span": [44, 450]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272532-0007-0000", "contents": "2017 South American U-15 Championship, Squads\nPlayers born on or after 1 January 2002 are eligible to compete in the tournament. Each team has to submit a squad of 22 players, including a minimum of three goalkeepers (Regulations Article 5.2).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 45], "content_span": [46, 243]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272532-0008-0000", "contents": "2017 South American U-15 Championship, Group stage\nThe top two teams of each group advance to the semi-finals.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 50], "content_span": [51, 110]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272532-0009-0000", "contents": "2017 South American U-15 Championship, Group stage\nThe teams are ranked according to points (3 points for a win, 1 point for a draw, 0 points for a loss). If tied on points, tiebreakers would be applied in the following order (Regulations Article 18.1):", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 50], "content_span": [51, 253]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272532-0010-0000", "contents": "2017 South American U-15 Championship, Knockout stage\nIf tied after regulation time, extra time is not played, and the penalty shoot-out is used to determine the winner (Regulations Article 18.3).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 53], "content_span": [54, 196]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272532-0011-0000", "contents": "2017 South American U-15 Championship, Goalscorers\nThere were 142 goals scored in 33 matches, for an average of 4.3 goals per match.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 50], "content_span": [51, 132]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272533-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 South American U-15 Championship squads\nThe 2017 South American U-15 Championship was an international football tournament held in Argentina from 5 to 19 November 2017. The twelve national teams involved in the tournament (all 10 CONMEBOL member national teams and 2 invited UEFA teams) were required to register a squad of 22 players, three of whom must have been goalkeepers. Only players in these squads were eligible to take part in the tournament.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [44, 44], "content_span": [45, 457]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272533-0001-0000", "contents": "2017 South American U-15 Championship squads\nEach national team had to submit its list of 22 players to CONMEBOL by 24 October 2017 deadline. National teams were able to change up to five players in their squad up to five days before the start of the tournament, in that case, the final list had to be submitted to CONMEBOL by 31 October 2017. After that date, teams could only make late replacements in the event of serious injury, up to 24 hours prior to the start of the tournament.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [44, 44], "content_span": [45, 485]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272533-0002-0000", "contents": "2017 South American U-15 Championship squads\nAll registered players had to have been born on or after 1 January 2002. The age listed for each player is on 5 November 2017, the first day of the tournament.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [44, 44], "content_span": [45, 204]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272533-0003-0000", "contents": "2017 South American U-15 Championship squads\nOn 5 November 2017, CONMEBOL published the lists of the twelve teams.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [44, 44], "content_span": [45, 114]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272533-0004-0000", "contents": "2017 South American U-15 Championship squads, Group A, Czech Republic\nThe 22-man squad was announced on 24 October 2017. Midfielder Jakub Drozd was replaced by Martin Kudela-", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [46, 69], "content_span": [70, 174]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272533-0005-0000", "contents": "2017 South American U-15 Championship squads, Group B, Peru\nThe 22-man squad was announced on 2 November 2017. Defender Leandro Chiri was replaced by Renzo Zubiate.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [46, 59], "content_span": [60, 164]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272534-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 South American U-17 Championship\nThe 2017 South American Under-17 Football Championship (Spanish: Campeonato Sudamericano Sub-17 Chile 2017, Brazilian Portuguese: Campeonato Sul-Americano Sub-17 Chile 2017) was the 17th edition of the South American Under-17 Football Championship, a football competition for the under-17 national teams in South America organized by CONMEBOL. It was held in Chile from 23 February to 19 March 2017.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [37, 37], "content_span": [38, 437]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272534-0001-0000", "contents": "2017 South American U-17 Championship\nBrazil were crowned champions, and together with Chile, Paraguay and Colombia, which were the top four teams of this tournament, qualified for the 2017 FIFA U-17 World Cup in India.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [37, 37], "content_span": [38, 219]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272534-0002-0000", "contents": "2017 South American U-17 Championship, Venues\nAccording to ANFP sources, Chile was named as host country of the tournament during the CONMEBOL Executive Committee meeting held on 12 May 2015, this was ratified by CONMEBOL at another meeting of its Executive Committee held on 4 April 2016. The chosen venues were Estadio El Teniente, Rancagua (Group A and final stage) and Estadio Fiscal, Talca (Group B). On 22 February 2017, Estadio La Granja, Curic\u00f3 was added as an emergency venue to host the first two matchdays of Group B since Estadio Fiscal field was in poor condition.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 45], "content_span": [46, 577]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272534-0003-0000", "contents": "2017 South American U-17 Championship, Squads\nEach team registered a squad of 23 players (three of whom must be goalkeepers).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 45], "content_span": [46, 125]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272534-0004-0000", "contents": "2017 South American U-17 Championship, Draw\nThe draw of the tournament was held on 12 January 2017, 14:00 CLST (UTC\u22123), at the Chilean Football Federation headquarters in Santiago, Chile. The ten teams were drawn into two groups of five. The hosts Chile and the defending champions Brazil were seeded into Group A and Group B respectively and assigned to position 1 in their group, while the remaining eight teams were placed into four \"pairing pots\" according to their final positions in the 2015 South American Under-17 Football Championship (shown in brackets).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 43], "content_span": [44, 564]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272534-0005-0000", "contents": "2017 South American U-17 Championship, First stage\nThe top three teams in each group advanced to the final stage.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 50], "content_span": [51, 113]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272534-0006-0000", "contents": "2017 South American U-17 Championship, First stage\nWhen teams finished level of points, the final rankings were determined according to:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 50], "content_span": [51, 136]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272534-0007-0000", "contents": "2017 South American U-17 Championship, Final stage\nWhen teams finished level of points, the final rankings were determined according to the same criteria as the first stage, taking into account only matches in the final stage.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 50], "content_span": [51, 226]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272534-0008-0000", "contents": "2017 South American U-17 Championship, Qualified teams for FIFA U-17 World Cup\nThe following four teams from CONMEBOL qualified for the 2017 FIFA U-17 World Cup.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 78], "content_span": [79, 161]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272535-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 South American U-17 Championship squads\nThe 2017 South American Under-17 Football Championship is an international association football tournament held in Chile. The ten national teams involved in the tournament were required to register a squad of 23 players; only players in these squads are eligible to take part in the tournament. Each player had to have been born after January 1, 2000. All ages as of start of the tournament.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [44, 44], "content_span": [45, 436]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272535-0001-0000", "contents": "2017 South American U-17 Championship squads\nPlayers name marked in bold have been capped at full international level.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [44, 44], "content_span": [45, 118]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272536-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 South American U-20 Championship\nThe 2017 South American Youth Football Championship Spanish: Campeonato Sudamericano Sub-20 Juventud de Am\u00e9rica Ecuador 2017, Portuguese: Campeonato Sul-Americano Sub-20 Juventude da Am\u00e9rica Equador 2017) was the 28th edition of the South American Youth Football Championship, a football competition for the under-20 national teams in South America organized by CONMEBOL. It was held in Ecuador from 18 January to 11 February 2017.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [37, 37], "content_span": [38, 469]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272536-0001-0000", "contents": "2017 South American U-20 Championship\nUruguay were crowned champions, and together with Ecuador, Venezuela and Argentina, which were the top four teams of this tournament, qualified for the 2017 FIFA U-20 World Cup in South Korea.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [37, 37], "content_span": [38, 230]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272536-0002-0000", "contents": "2017 South American U-20 Championship, Squads\nEach team may register a squad of 23 players (three of whom must be goalkeepers).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 45], "content_span": [46, 127]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272536-0003-0000", "contents": "2017 South American U-20 Championship, Venues\nA total of eight venues in seven cities were proposed by FEF in July 2016, days later Latacunga was added as a possible venue. Tulc\u00e1n was also nominated, but was finally dismissed along with Cuenca, Machala and Portoviejo. Eventually, five venues were confirmed to host the matches, Estadio Bellavista in Ambato, Estadio Ol\u00edmpico de Riobamba in Riobamba and Estadio La Cocha in Latacunga for the Group A; Estadio Ol\u00edmpico de Ibarra in Ibarra for the Group B while the final stage took place at Estadio Ol\u00edmpico Atahualpa in Quito. However, on 5 January 2017, Estadio La Cocha in Latacunga was dropped as refurbishment work was not completed in time.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 45], "content_span": [46, 695]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272536-0004-0000", "contents": "2017 South American U-20 Championship, Draw\nOriginally, the draw was scheduled for 30 November 2016 in Montevideo but had to be postponed due to crash of LaMia Flight 2933 that occurred on 28 November 2016. It was rescheduled to be held on 7 December 2016, 11:00 PYT (UTC\u22123), at the CONMEBOL headquarters in Luque, Paraguay. The ten teams were drawn into two groups of five. Ecuador (hosts) and Argentina (title holders) were seeded into Group A and Group B respectively and assigned to position 1 in their group, while the remaining teams were placed into four \"pairing pots\" according to their results in the 2015 South American U-20 Championship (shown in brackets).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 43], "content_span": [44, 669]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272536-0005-0000", "contents": "2017 South American U-20 Championship, First stage\nThe top three teams in each group advanced to the final stage.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 50], "content_span": [51, 113]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272536-0006-0000", "contents": "2017 South American U-20 Championship, First stage\nWhen teams finished level of points, the final rankings were determined according to:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 50], "content_span": [51, 136]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272536-0007-0000", "contents": "2017 South American U-20 Championship, Final stage\nWhen teams finished level of points, the final rankings were determined according to the same criteria as the first stage, taking into account only matches in the final stage.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 50], "content_span": [51, 226]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272536-0008-0000", "contents": "2017 South American U-20 Championship, Qualified teams for FIFA U-20 World Cup\nThe following four teams from CONMEBOL qualified for the 2017 FIFA U-20 World Cup.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 78], "content_span": [79, 161]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272537-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 South American U-20 Championship squads\nThe 2017 South American U-20 Championship was an international association football tournament held in Ecuador. The ten national teams involved in the tournament were required to register a squad of 23 players; only players in these squads are eligible to take part in the tournament.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [44, 44], "content_span": [45, 329]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272537-0001-0000", "contents": "2017 South American U-20 Championship squads\nEach player had to have been born after 1 January 1997. All ages as of start of the tournament.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [44, 44], "content_span": [45, 140]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272537-0002-0000", "contents": "2017 South American U-20 Championship squads\nPlayers name marked in bold have been capped at full international level.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [44, 44], "content_span": [45, 118]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272538-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 South American U20 Championships in Athletics\nThe 42nd South American U20 Championships in Athletics were held in Leonora, Guyana, on 3 and 4 June. It was the first time that this competition was held in Guyana.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 50], "section_span": [50, 50], "content_span": [51, 216]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272539-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 South American Under-20 Beach Soccer Championship\nThe 2017 CONMEBOL South American Under-20 Beach Soccer Championship was the first edition of the South American Under-20 Beach Soccer Championship (known natively in Spanish as the Sudamericano Sub-20 Futbol Playa), an international youth beach soccer tournament for South American national teams of men under the age of 20.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 54], "section_span": [54, 54], "content_span": [55, 379]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272539-0001-0000", "contents": "2017 South American Under-20 Beach Soccer Championship\nThe championship was organised by CONMEBOL, the governing body for football in South America, in cooperation with the local organisers, the Uruguayan Football Federation (AUF). Confirmed in December 2015, the event took place between 3 and 10 December in Montevideo, Uruguay.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 54], "section_span": [54, 54], "content_span": [55, 330]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272539-0002-0000", "contents": "2017 South American Under-20 Beach Soccer Championship\nBrazil won the inaugural championship, beating Argentina on penalties in the final to become under-20 South American champions.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 54], "section_span": [54, 54], "content_span": [55, 182]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272539-0003-0000", "contents": "2017 South American Under-20 Beach Soccer Championship, Teams\nUnder 20s teams representing all 10 members of CONMEBOL took part.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 54], "section_span": [56, 61], "content_span": [62, 128]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272539-0004-0000", "contents": "2017 South American Under-20 Beach Soccer Championship, Squads\nEach team submitted a squad consisting of 12 players, of individuals no older than 20 years.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 54], "section_span": [56, 62], "content_span": [63, 155]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272539-0005-0000", "contents": "2017 South American Under-20 Beach Soccer Championship, Venue\nOne venue was used to host all matches in the capital city of Montevideo, on Pocitos Beach, in the district of Pocitos.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 54], "section_span": [56, 61], "content_span": [62, 181]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272539-0006-0000", "contents": "2017 South American Under-20 Beach Soccer Championship, Draw\nThe draw to split the ten teams into two groups of five took place on November 1 at 19:00 UYT (UTC\u20133) in Montevideo, Uruguay at the headquarters of the Uruguayan Football Association.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 54], "section_span": [56, 60], "content_span": [61, 244]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272539-0007-0000", "contents": "2017 South American Under-20 Beach Soccer Championship, Draw\nThe remaining eight teams were split into four pots of two, shown in the below table.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 54], "section_span": [56, 60], "content_span": [61, 146]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272539-0008-0000", "contents": "2017 South American Under-20 Beach Soccer Championship, Draw\nThe teams were seeded based on how many points they gained in the last U-20 tournament, the Liga Sudamericana; those with the most points were placed in Pot 1 as the highest seeds, down to the lowest seeds in Pot 4 who collected the fewest points. From each pot, one team was drawn into Group A and the other team was drawn into Group B.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 54], "section_span": [56, 60], "content_span": [61, 398]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272539-0009-0000", "contents": "2017 South American Under-20 Beach Soccer Championship, Group stage\nThe match schedule was revealed on 1 November, after the completion of the draw.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 54], "section_span": [56, 67], "content_span": [68, 148]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272539-0010-0000", "contents": "2017 South American Under-20 Beach Soccer Championship, Placement matches\nThe teams finishing in third, fourth and fifth place in the groups were knocked out of title-winning contention, receding to play in consolation matches to determine 5th through 10th place in the final standings.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 54], "section_span": [56, 73], "content_span": [74, 286]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272539-0011-0000", "contents": "2017 South American Under-20 Beach Soccer Championship, Knockout stage\nThe group winners and runners-up progressed to the knockout stage to continue to compete for the title.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 54], "section_span": [56, 70], "content_span": [71, 174]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272540-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 South American Youth Games\nThe 2017 South American Youth Games, also known as the II South American Youth Games, were a multi-sport event celebrated in Santiago, Chile. All 14 National Olympic Committees (NOCs) of the ODESUR were expected to compete.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [31, 31], "content_span": [32, 255]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272540-0001-0000", "contents": "2017 South American Youth Games, Bids\nThe election of the host for the South American Youth Games of 2017 was announced during the General Assembly of ODESUR between the 23 and 27 of March 2015.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 37], "content_span": [38, 194]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272540-0002-0000", "contents": "2017 South American Youth Games, Bids\nWe want this event to take place in Asunci\u00f3n, now we'll start the fight.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 37], "content_span": [38, 110]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272541-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 South Asian floods\nWidespread monsoon flooding occurred in the South Asian countries of Bangladesh, India, Nepal and Pakistan from July through September 2017. By 30 August, more than 41 million people were known to be affected by the floods, a figure that increased by 10% over the following three days, topping 45 million by 2 September. According to UNICEF, that figure includes 16 million children.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [23, 23], "content_span": [24, 407]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272541-0001-0000", "contents": "2017 South Asian floods\nAbout 2,000 people, on average, have died due to flooding in South Asia each year during the previous two decades, according to The New York Times' reading of the Centre for Research on the Epidemiology of Disasters (EM-DAT) disaster database.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [23, 23], "content_span": [24, 267]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272541-0002-0000", "contents": "2017 South Asian floods, Background and context\nMonsoons hit South Asia every year between June and September, but the 2017 monsoon season has been far worse than average, bringing flooding, and associated landslides, of a scale unseen in recent years. Experts have called these the worst South Asian floods in decades, with long-term food supplies in question due to ruined farmland. As of 2 September, 1,288 people have been confirmed killed, and more than 45 million affected. The estimated number of people affected increased from 24 million to 41 million during the last week of August 2017.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 47], "content_span": [48, 596]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272541-0003-0000", "contents": "2017 South Asian floods, Background and context\nThe International Centre for Climate Change and Development (ICCCD) and others have asserted that these floods have been exacerbated by climate change.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 47], "content_span": [48, 199]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272541-0004-0000", "contents": "2017 South Asian floods, Countries affected, Bangladesh\nAs of 1 September, flooding that the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies called the worst in four decades covered approximately one-third of Bangladesh, primarily in the northern, north-eastern, and central parts of the country. At the height of the storms on 11 August, a week of regular monsoon rain fell in the span of a few hours. More rain and flooding was expected, including in Dhaka, the country's capital. Over six million have been affected, according to UNICEF, with estimates ranging as high as 8.5 million. Property losses included nearly 700,000 damaged or destroyed homes, 4,680,000 hectares (11,600,000 acres) of farmland inundated, and thousands of miles of damaged roads. The sheer amount of destroyed farmland, coming during the regular time of rice cultivation, has sparked fears of a food crisis in the country.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 55], "content_span": [56, 917]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272541-0005-0000", "contents": "2017 South Asian floods, Countries affected, Bangladesh\nAround 140 deaths from the floods were reported. Over fifty thousand people have been displaced, adding to nearly thirty thousand refugees fleeing the 2016\u201317 Northern Rakhine State clashes.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 55], "content_span": [56, 246]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272541-0006-0000", "contents": "2017 South Asian floods, Countries affected, India\nFlooding in India has been primarily confined to the northern portion of the country, including Assam, West Bengal, Bihar, Rajasthan and Uttar Pradesh. In the latter two, over 500 and over a hundred have died (respectively). By mid-August, flooding had affected over 31 million people, and damaged or destroyed over 800,000 houses. Over 85% of Kaziranga National Park was flooded. Government officials were criticized for not placing more preventative measures before these floods hit. In Bihar, for example, Reuters reported that there was anger at the number of embankments and roads which were designed with few to no provisions for water drainage. In Gujarat state, the floods and rains were reported to have caused 224 deaths in June and July months.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 50], "content_span": [51, 806]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272541-0007-0000", "contents": "2017 South Asian floods, Countries affected, India\nMumbai faces severe problems each year during the monsoon season because of its loose building restrictions and large homeless population, but this year's season saw the city receive more rainfall and worse flooding than the Maharashtra floods of 2005. One hospital was flooded, and the city's public transportation was forced to shut down. The weather also caused a century-old multi-story building to collapse, killing at least 33. On 29 August 2017, Mumbai was again witness to floods due to a confluence of torrential rains and high tide, resulting in 298\u00a0mm of rainfall in a period of 9 hours. 5 people are reported to have lost their lives in Mumbai due to the deluge which saw the highest rainfall in a single day in August since 1997.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 50], "content_span": [51, 793]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272541-0008-0000", "contents": "2017 South Asian floods, Countries affected, India\nFor the third consecutive year, monsoon season has been marked by flooding in the northwest and northeast regions, while drought in India worsens along the southern peninsula. According to an Indo-Asian News Service release issued in September, these \"rainfall extremes have increased threefold over the last few years and now extend over all of central India -- from Gujarat to Odisha.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 50], "content_span": [51, 438]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272541-0009-0000", "contents": "2017 South Asian floods, Countries affected, Nepal\nAs of 24 August 143 people have been killed in Nepal; 1.7 million have been affected by them, and around 461,000 have been forced out of their residences. Over 34,000 homes were flooded, destroying 1,000. Parts of the Mahendra Highway, the most important east\u2013west connection in the country, were washed away, and agricultural experts predicted that the country's rice production would be adversely affected. The runway of Biratnagar Airport was flooded and the airport was forced to close on 15 August.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 50], "content_span": [51, 554]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272541-0010-0000", "contents": "2017 South Asian floods, Countries affected, Nepal\nExperts stated that the flooding was the worst seen by Nepal in several years; about one-third of the country was flooded, much of it in the poorest areas of the country.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 50], "content_span": [51, 221]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272541-0011-0000", "contents": "2017 South Asian floods, Countries affected, Pakistan\nMonsoon rains caused urban flooding in Karachi and Rawalpindi, the largest city in Pakistan. At least 23 people, including seven children, died after Karachi received up to 130 millimetres (5.1\u00a0in) of rainfall on 31 August. Most of the victims died from being electrocuted, with others being killed by partial building collapses or drowning. Two more died in Kashmore and Jamshoro districts of Sindh.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 53], "content_span": [54, 454]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272541-0012-0000", "contents": "2017 South Asian floods, Countries affected, Pakistan\nThe flooding followed a little more than a week after 41 millimetres (1.6\u00a0in) of rain fell on Karachi on 21\u201322 August. There, 19 people died in rain-related incidents\u2014including electrocution, falling billboards, and roof collapse, according to the Edhi and Chhipa rescue services.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 53], "content_span": [54, 334]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272542-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 South Ayrshire Council election\nThe 2017 local council election to South Ayrshire Council was held on Thursday 4 May 2017, on the same day as the 31 other local authorities in Scotland. It was the third successive Local Council election in South Ayrshire to run under the STV Electoral System. Following the election, a coalition administration was formed between the SNP, Labour and Independent councillors, despite the fact that the Conservatives remained the largest party on the council, increasing their lead over the SNP by 2 seats.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [36, 36], "content_span": [37, 543]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272542-0001-0000", "contents": "2017 South Ayrshire Council election, Boundary Review\nThe total number of seats on South Ayrshire Council was reduced as part of a Boundary Review by the Local Government Boundary Commission for Scotland from 30 to 28, with the total number of council wards remaining at 8.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 53], "content_span": [54, 273]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272542-0002-0000", "contents": "2017 South Ayrshire Council election, Boundary Review\nThe St. Leonard's area of Ayr was moved from the Ayr East ward to the Ayr West ward, with the number of council seats in Ayr East being reduced from 4 to 3.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 53], "content_span": [54, 210]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272542-0003-0000", "contents": "2017 South Ayrshire Council election, Boundary Review\nAnnbank and St. Quivox were moved from the Maybole, North Carrick and Coylton ward to the Kyle ward, with Kirkoswald, Maidens and Turnberry moving from the Maybole, North Carrick and Coylton ward to the Girvan and South Carrick ward. The number of council seats in Maybole, North Carrick and Coylton was reduced from 4 to 3.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 53], "content_span": [54, 378]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272542-0004-0000", "contents": "2017 South Ayrshire Council election, Boundary Review\nThe Conservatives were the net losers of the boundary changes, who would have otherwise had two additional councillors elected in Ayr East and Maybole, North Carrick and Coylton.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 53], "content_span": [54, 232]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272542-0005-0000", "contents": "2017 South Ayrshire Council election, Election Result\nNote: \"Votes\" are the first preference votes. The net gain/loss and percentage changes relate to the result of the previous Scottish local elections on 3 May 2012. This may differ from other published sources showing gain/loss relative to seats held at dissolution of Scotland's councils.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 53], "content_span": [54, 342]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272543-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 South Carolina Gamecocks baseball team\nThe 2017 South Carolina Gamecocks baseball team represented the University of South Carolina in the 2017 NCAA Division I baseball season. The Gamecocks played their home games at Founders Park. The team was led by 5th year head coach Chad Holbrook.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [43, 43], "content_span": [44, 292]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272544-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 South Carolina Gamecocks football team\nThe 2017 South Carolina Gamecocks football team represented the University of South Carolina in the 2017 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The Gamecocks played their home games at Williams-Brice Stadium in Columbia, South Carolina and competed in the East Division of the Southeastern Conference (SEC). They were led by second-year head coach Will Muschamp. They finished the season 9\u20134, 5\u20133 in SEC play to finish in second place in the East Division. They were invited to the Outback Bowl, where they defeated Michigan.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [43, 43], "content_span": [44, 567]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272544-0001-0000", "contents": "2017 South Carolina Gamecocks football team, Schedule\nSouth Carolina announced its 2017 football schedule on September 13, 2016. The 2017 schedule consists of 7 home games, 4 away, and 1 neutral site game in the regular season. The Gamecocks hosted SEC foes Arkansas, Florida, Kentucky, and Vanderbilt, and traveled to Georgia, Missouri, Tennessee, and Texas A&M.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [45, 53], "content_span": [54, 363]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272544-0002-0000", "contents": "2017 South Carolina Gamecocks football team, Schedule\nThe Gamecocks hosted three of its four non\u2013conference games which are against Clemson from the Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC), Louisiana Tech from Conference USA and Wofford from the Southern Conference and travel to Charlotte, North Carolina for the Belk Kickoff against NC State from the ACC.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [45, 53], "content_span": [54, 349]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272545-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 South Carolina State Bulldogs football team\nThe 2017 South Carolina State Bulldogs football team represented South Carolina State University in the 2017 NCAA Division I FCS football season. They were led by 16th-year head coach Oliver Pough and played their home games at Oliver C. Dawson Stadium. They were a member of the Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference (MEAC). They finished the season 3\u20137, 2\u20136 in MEAC play to finish in a three-way tie for eighth place.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 48], "section_span": [48, 48], "content_span": [49, 462]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272546-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 South Carolina's 5th congressional district special election\nA special election was held on June 20, 2017, to determine the member of the United States House of Representatives for South Carolina's 5th congressional district. Representative Mick Mulvaney was nominated by President Donald Trump as director of the Office of Management and Budget and confirmed by the United States Senate on February 16, 2017, necessitating his resignation from the House of Representatives.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 65], "section_span": [65, 65], "content_span": [66, 479]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272546-0001-0000", "contents": "2017 South Carolina's 5th congressional district special election\nState Representative Ralph Norman narrowly defeated Archie Parnell, a senior advisor for Goldman Sachs, 51.0% to 47.9%, in a low-turnout election.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 65], "section_span": [65, 65], "content_span": [66, 212]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272546-0002-0000", "contents": "2017 South Carolina's 5th congressional district special election, Libertarian Party, Candidates, Eliminated at convention\nThe Libertarian Party nominating convention was held April 1, 2017.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 65], "section_span": [67, 122], "content_span": [123, 190]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272547-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 South Dakota Coyotes football team\nThe 2017 South Dakota Coyotes football team represented the University of South Dakota in the 2017 NCAA Division I FCS football season. They were led by second-year head coach Bob Nielson and played their home games in the DakotaDome. They were a member of the Missouri Valley Football Conference. They finished the season 8\u20135, 4\u20134 in MVFC play to finish in a three-way tie for fifth place. They received an at-large bid to the FCS Playoffs, which was the schools first ever FCS Playoff bid, where they defeated Nicholls State in the first round before losing to Sam Houston State in the second round.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [39, 39], "content_span": [40, 641]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272548-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 South Dakota State Jackrabbits football team\nThe 2017 South Dakota State Jackrabbits football team represented South Dakota State University in the 2017 NCAA Division I FCS football season. They were led by 21st-year head coach John Stiegelmeier and played their home games at Dana J. Dykhouse Stadium in Brookings, South Dakota as members of the Missouri Valley Football Conference. The Jackrabbits finished the season 11\u20133, 6\u20132 in MVFC play to finish in a tie for second place. They received an at-large bid to the FCS Playoffs where they defeated Northern Iowa in the second round and New Hampshire in the quarterfinals before losing in the semifinals to James Madison.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 49], "section_span": [49, 49], "content_span": [50, 677]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272548-0001-0000", "contents": "2017 South Dakota State Jackrabbits football team, Previous season\nThe Jackrabbits finished the 2016 season 9\u20134, 7\u20131 in MVFC play to earn a share of the MVFC title. Due to their head-to-head victory over North Dakota State, they received the MVFC's automatic bid to the FCS playoffs where they defeated Villanova in the second round before losing in the quarterfinals to North Dakota State.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 49], "section_span": [51, 66], "content_span": [67, 390]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272549-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 South East Asian Junior and Cadet Table Tennis Championships\nThe 23rd South East Asian Junior and Cadet Table Tennis Championships 2017 were held in Singapore.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 65], "section_span": [65, 65], "content_span": [66, 164]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272550-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 South Florida Bulls football team\nThe 2017 South Florida Bulls football team represented the University of South Florida (USF) in the 2017 NCAA Division I FBS football season. They played their home games at Raymond James Stadium in Tampa, Florida, and were led by first-year head coach Charlie Strong. The Bulls competed as members of the East Division of the American Athletic Conference. They finished the season 10\u20132, 6\u20132 in AAC play to finish in second place in the East Division. They were invited to the Birmingham Bowl where they defeated Texas Tech.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [38, 38], "content_span": [39, 564]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272550-0001-0000", "contents": "2017 South Florida Bulls football team, Previous season\nIn 2016, the Bulls had their most successful season in school history, finishing 11\u20132, 7\u20131 in American Athletic Conference play. They finished as co-champions of the East Division, but lost out on participating in the Conference Championship Game on a tie-breaker to Temple. They received an invitation to the Birmingham Bowl.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 55], "content_span": [56, 382]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272550-0002-0000", "contents": "2017 South Florida Bulls football team, Previous season\nBefore playing in the Birmingham Bowl, head coach Willie Taggart was hired by Oregon. Interim head coach T. J. Weist led the Bulls to victory in the bowl game, beating South Carolina 46\u201339 in overtime.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 55], "content_span": [56, 257]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272550-0003-0000", "contents": "2017 South Florida Bulls football team, Offseason, Coaching changes\nThe coaching vacancy left by Willie Taggart was filled when USF hired Charlie Strong as head coach on December 11, 2016. Strong had been the head coach at the University of Texas before being fired after three seasons.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 67], "content_span": [68, 286]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272550-0004-0000", "contents": "2017 South Florida Bulls football team, Offseason, Coaching changes\nSterlin Gilbert was named the new offensive coordinator on January 5, 2017. Gilbert had been Charlie Strong's offensive coordinator at Texas in 2016. USF hired Brian Jean-Mary as the new defensive coordinator on January 8, 2017. Jean-Mary has been on Charlie Strong's coaching staff since Strong started coaching at Louisville in 2010. He was Texas's linebackers coach in 2016.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 67], "content_span": [68, 445]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272550-0005-0000", "contents": "2017 South Florida Bulls football team, Offseason, Disciplinary issues\nIn late March 2017, senior USF defensive back Hassan Childs was dismissed from the team after being involved in a road rage incident in which he was shot three times. He was charged with aggravated assault and marijuana possession after the incident.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 70], "content_span": [71, 321]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272550-0006-0000", "contents": "2017 South Florida Bulls football team, Offseason, Disciplinary issues\nIn early May, another USF player was arrested, this time defensive end LaDarrius Jackson, who was charged with assaulting a female in student housing. Judge Margaret Taylor, of Hillsborough County, criticized head coach Charlie Strong's lack of control over his players, saying that she was \"ashamed of being an alum.\" Coach Strong had only been employed at the school for five months at the time of Jackson's arrest and had not recruited either of the players in question. A video of Judge Taylor's comments went viral, and she later recused herself from the case.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 70], "content_span": [71, 636]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272550-0007-0000", "contents": "2017 South Florida Bulls football team, Preseason\nIn the preseason AAC media poll, the Bulls were picked to finish first in the East Division of the AAC, receiving all 30 first-place votes. They also received 26 of 30 votes as the favorite to win the AAC championship.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 49], "content_span": [50, 268]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272550-0008-0000", "contents": "2017 South Florida Bulls football team, Schedule\nSouth Florida announced their 2017 football schedule on February 9, 2017.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 48], "content_span": [49, 122]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272551-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 South Korean Figure Skating Championships\nThe 2017 South Korean Figure Skating Championships (Korean: \uc81c71\ud68c \uc804\uad6d \ub0a8\ub140 \ud53c\uaca8\uc2a4\ucf00\uc774\ud305 \uc885\ud569\uc120\uc218\uad8c\ub300\ud68c) were held from January 6\u20138, 2017 at the Gangneung Ice Arena in Gangneung. It was organized by Korea Skating Union. This was the 71st edition of those championships held.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [46, 46], "content_span": [47, 303]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272551-0001-0000", "contents": "2017 South Korean Figure Skating Championships\nSkaters competed in the disciplines of men's singles, ladies' singles, pair skating, and ice dancing on the senior, junior levels for the title of national champion of South Korea. The results of the national championships were used to choose the Korean teams to the 2017 World Junior Championships and 2017 World Championships.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [46, 46], "content_span": [47, 375]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272551-0002-0000", "contents": "2017 South Korean Figure Skating Championships\nThe Korea Skating Union published the list of entries on December 28, 2016. Cha Jun-hwan won his first national title. Lim Eun-soo also won her first title.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [46, 46], "content_span": [47, 203]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272551-0003-0000", "contents": "2017 South Korean Figure Skating Championships, International team selections, Winter Universiade\nBased on the results of the 2016 KSU President Cup Ranking Competition from October 14\u201316, 2016.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [48, 97], "content_span": [98, 194]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272551-0004-0000", "contents": "2017 South Korean Figure Skating Championships, International team selections, Four Continents Championships\nBased on the results of the 2016 KSU President Cup Ranking Competition from October 14\u201316, 2016.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [48, 108], "content_span": [109, 205]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272551-0005-0000", "contents": "2017 South Korean Figure Skating Championships, International team selections, Asian Winter Games\nBased on the results of the 2016 KSU President Cup Ranking Competition from October 14\u201316, 2016.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [48, 97], "content_span": [98, 194]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272552-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 South Korean presidential election\nEarly presidential elections were held in South Korea on 9 May 2017 following the impeachment and dismissal of Park Geun-hye. The elections were conducted in a single round, on a first-past-the-post basis, and had originally been scheduled for 20 December 2017. However, they were brought forward after the decision of the Constitutional Court on 10 March 2017 to uphold the National Assembly's impeachment of Park. Following procedures set out in the Constitution of South Korea, Prime Minister Hwang Kyo-ahn succeeded Park as the acting president. After Park was removed from office by the Constitutional Court's ruling, acting president Hwang announced he would not run for a term in his own right.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [39, 39], "content_span": [40, 741]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272552-0001-0000", "contents": "2017 South Korean presidential election\nOpinion polling before April consistently placed the Democratic Party's candidate, Moon Jae-in, runner-up in the 2012 election, as the front-runner. Second place in the opinion polls was initially held by former UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon, who declined to run in February, followed by Ahn Hee-jung, whilst he lost the Democratic primaries to Moon. Support for People's Party founder Ahn Cheol-soo then surged, threatening Moon's lead in the polls throughout early April, before descending to approximately equal that of Liberty Korea Party's candidate, Hong Jun-pyo, in final polls.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [39, 39], "content_span": [40, 628]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272552-0002-0000", "contents": "2017 South Korean presidential election\nMoon won the election with 41 percent of the vote, defeating his nearest opponent, Hong, by a nearly 2-to-1 margin. Under the Constitution of South Korea, if a president dies, resigns, or is removed by impeachment, a new election must take place within 60 days. As a result, unlike previous presidential elections, president-elect Moon took office immediately upon the confirmation of the result by the National Election Commission, with the inauguration at the National Assembly on the same day.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [39, 39], "content_span": [40, 537]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272552-0003-0000", "contents": "2017 South Korean presidential election, Background\nPark Geun-hye of the conservative Saenuri Party (renamed just prior to the election in February 2017 as the Liberty Korea Party) won the previous presidential election in 2012, succeeding Lee Myung-bak of the same party.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 51], "content_span": [52, 272]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272552-0004-0000", "contents": "2017 South Korean presidential election, Background\nThe Saenuri Party lost the parliamentary election in April 2016, with opposition parties including liberal Democratic Party of Korea and People's Party winning a majority in the National Assembly. Commentators described the result as leaving Park a lame duck president, as she may not run again under South Korea's one-term presidency rule. and the Nikkei Asian Review noted that, in the wake of her \"crushing defeat\", \"rivals sense a prime opportunity to complete the power shift in the December 2017 presidential vote\". The Korea Times stated: \"The drama of deals and power struggles for next year's election has already begun.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 51], "content_span": [52, 682]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272552-0005-0000", "contents": "2017 South Korean presidential election, Background, Impeachment of President Park Geun-hye\nOn 9 December 2016, President Park was impeached by the National Assembly by a vote of 234 for and 56 against (with seven invalid votes and two abstentions) after her implication in the 2016 South Korean political scandal. The Constitutional Court reviewed the motion of impeachment.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 91], "content_span": [92, 375]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272552-0006-0000", "contents": "2017 South Korean presidential election, Background, Impeachment of President Park Geun-hye\nOn 10 March 2017, Park was formally removed from office, with a unanimous ruling by all eight of the Constitutional Court's justices supporting her impeachment. A presidential election would have to be held within 60 days. In the interim, Prime Minister Hwang Kyo-ahn succeeded Park and served out the remainder of the 18th term until election day.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 91], "content_span": [92, 440]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272552-0007-0000", "contents": "2017 South Korean presidential election, Background, Impeachment of President Park Geun-hye\nThe presidential election had previously been scheduled for 20 December, with Park barred from running due to the constitutional ban on any sort of presidential reelection. However, with Park's removal from office, the elections were brought forward to 9 May in order to ensure that a new president would be able to take office within 60 days of Park's removal, as required by the Constitution.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 91], "content_span": [92, 486]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272552-0008-0000", "contents": "2017 South Korean presidential election, Registered candidates\nThe six parties represented in the National Assembly are the social liberal Democratic Party of Korea, the conservative Liberty Korea Party, the centrist People's Party, the center-right Bareun Party, the progressive Justice Party, and pro-Park Geun-hye conservative Saenuri Party.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 62], "content_span": [63, 344]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272552-0009-0000", "contents": "2017 South Korean presidential election, Registered candidates\nBallot numbers for party candidates were given according to the candidate's party seat distribution in the National Assembly. Ballot numbers for independent and minor party candidates were determined through a random lottery by the National Election Commission.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 62], "content_span": [63, 324]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272552-0010-0000", "contents": "2017 South Korean presidential election, Registered candidates\nA record number of 15 candidates registered, out of which two withdrew before election day.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 62], "content_span": [63, 154]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272552-0011-0000", "contents": "2017 South Korean presidential election, Nominations, Democratic Party, Primary\nCandidates were determined by an open primary of citizens who registered as a voter between February 15 to March 9, and March 12 to March 21. Overall, 2,144,840 people registered as a primary voter, making the 2017 primary the largest in Korean history.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 79], "content_span": [80, 333]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272552-0012-0000", "contents": "2017 South Korean presidential election, Nominations, Democratic Party, Primary\nThe primary was conducted from March 22 to April 3, with the voting base divided by four regions: Honam, Yeongnam, Hoseo and Seoul Capital Area, Gangwon Province, and Jeju Province as a single region. 71.6% of the registered voters voted in the primary, putting the vote total at 1,642,640.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 79], "content_span": [80, 370]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272552-0013-0000", "contents": "2017 South Korean presidential election, Nominations, Liberty Korea Party, Primary\nCandidate was determined by a combination of opinion polls, conducted between March 30 to March 31 (50%), and the votes cast by the delegates at the party convention held on March 31 (50%). Candidates were:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 82], "content_span": [83, 289]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272552-0014-0000", "contents": "2017 South Korean presidential election, Nominations, People's Party, Primary\nCandidate was chosen by an open primary (80%) and an opinion poll conducted between April 4 and 5 (20%). The primary was conducted through March 25 to April 4, with 7 regional primaries being held. Ahn Cheol-soo was declared winner of the primary on April 4. The candidate were:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 77], "content_span": [78, 356]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272552-0015-0000", "contents": "2017 South Korean presidential election, Nominations, Bareun Party, Primary\nCandidate was determined by a combination of votes from an evaluation commission based on 4 debates, held in different region of the country (40%), votes from the party members (30%), and public opinion polls (30%). Candidates were:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 75], "content_span": [76, 308]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272552-0016-0000", "contents": "2017 South Korean presidential election, Nominations, Bareun Party, Primary\nYoo Seong-min was nominated as the candidate of Baerun Party on March 28.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 75], "content_span": [76, 149]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272552-0017-0000", "contents": "2017 South Korean presidential election, Nominations, Justice Party, Primary\nCandidates were determined by a closed voting of the party members. Candidates were:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 76], "content_span": [77, 161]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272552-0018-0000", "contents": "2017 South Korean presidential election, Nominations, Justice Party, Primary\nSim Sang-jung was nominated as the candidate of the Justice Party on February 16.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 76], "content_span": [77, 158]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272552-0019-0000", "contents": "2017 South Korean presidential election, Campaign, Official campaign\nThe official campaign begun on April 17 and ended on midnight of May 8.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 68], "content_span": [69, 140]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272552-0020-0000", "contents": "2017 South Korean presidential election, Opinion polling\nOpinion polls throughout 2017 showed Moon Jae-in as the leading candidate. Polls prior to the conclusion of the Democratic primary (which included his rivals to the nomination) had Moon at around 30% support, and polls conducted after he had won the primary showed generally consistent results of around 40% by April.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 56], "content_span": [57, 374]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272552-0021-0000", "contents": "2017 South Korean presidential election, Opinion polling\nPolling showed a significant decline in support for Ahn Cheol-soo during April. While at the beginning of the month he was polling close to Moon, and even exceeded him in a few polls, by May his support had dropped to around 20%. This decline coincided with rising support for Hong Jun-pyo. By the time of the polling blackout period began on 3 May, Ahn and Hong were recording similar levels of support.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 56], "content_span": [57, 461]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272552-0022-0000", "contents": "2017 South Korean presidential election, Results\nMoon Jae-in of the Democratic Party of Korea won the plurality of the votes (41.09% in contrast to 24.04% won by his closest opponent Hong Jun-pyo), thus winning this election. He assumed the office as the President of South Korea immediately upon the confirmation of the results at 8:09 am on 10 May 2017 (Local time) and was inaugurated in the National Assembly at afternoon on the same day.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 48], "content_span": [49, 442]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272552-0023-0000", "contents": "2017 South Korean presidential election, Results\nMoon's 17.1% margin of victory is the largest percentage margin for any liberal candidate since the beginning of free and fair direct elections in 1987.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 48], "content_span": [49, 201]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272553-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 South Lanarkshire Council election\nElections to South Lanarkshire Council were held on 4 May 2017 on the same day as the 31 other local authorities in Scotland. The election used the twenty wards created under the Local Governance (Scotland) Act 2004, with 64 Councillors being elected, a reduction of 3 members from 2012. Each ward elected either 3 or 4 members, using the STV electoral system.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [39, 39], "content_span": [40, 400]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272553-0001-0000", "contents": "2017 South Lanarkshire Council election\nFollowing the 2017 election, the Scottish National Party attempted to form a coalition with Labour and the Liberal Democrats which was unsuccessful. The SNP then formed a minority administration.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [39, 39], "content_span": [40, 235]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272553-0002-0000", "contents": "2017 South Lanarkshire Council election, Election result\nThe overall turnout was 46.9% and there were 2,308 rejected ballots.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 56], "content_span": [57, 125]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272553-0003-0000", "contents": "2017 South Lanarkshire Council election, Election result\nNote: \"Votes\" are the sum of first preference votes across all council wards. The net gain/loss and percentage changes relate to the result of the previous Scottish local elections on 3 May 2007. This is because STV has an element of proportionality which is not present unless multiple seats are being elected. This may differ from other published sources showing gain/loss relative to seats held at dissolution of Scotland's councils.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 56], "content_span": [57, 493]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272553-0004-0000", "contents": "2017 South Lanarkshire Council election, Changes since 2017, By-elections\nOn 23 June 2017 Rutherglen Central and North Labour councillor Gerard Killen resigned his seat having been elected as an MP for Rutherglen and Hamilton West. A by-election was held on 23 November 2017, won by Martin Lennon of the Scottish Labour Party.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 73], "content_span": [74, 326]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272553-0005-0000", "contents": "2017 South Lanarkshire Council election, Changes since 2017, By-elections\nOn 2 June 2019 East Kilbride Central North Independent and former SNP councillor Sheena Wardhaugh died. A by-election was held on 29 August 2019, won by the SNP's Grant Ferguson.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 73], "content_span": [74, 252]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272554-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 South Ossetian name change referendum\nA referendum on changing the territory's name was held in South Ossetia on 9 April 2017, alongside presidential elections. It was approved by 79.53%. The constitution will be amended to denominate the formal name of the country from \"Republic of South Ossetia\" to \"Republic of South Ossetia\u2013the State of Alania\", referencing Alania, a state built by the Alan people. Modern Ossetians are descended from the Alans, although the name Ossetian is of Georgian origin (although the Georgian root word \u10dd\u10e1\u10d8 is itself from an Alanic autonym).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [42, 42], "content_span": [43, 577]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272554-0001-0000", "contents": "2017 South Ossetian name change referendum, Background\nIn a move towards integration with the Russian Federation, South Ossetian President Leonid Tibilov proposed in December 2015 a name change to \"South Ossetia\u2013Alania\" \u2014 in analogy with \"North Ossetia\u2013Alania\", a Russian federal subject. Tibilov furthermore suggested holding a referendum on joining the Russian Federation prior to April 2017, which would lead to a united \"Ossetia\u2013Alania\". In April 2016, Tibilov said he intended to hold the referendum before August of that year. However, on 30 May, Tibilov postponed the referendum until after the presidential election due in April 2017.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [44, 54], "content_span": [55, 642]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272555-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 South Ossetian presidential election\nPresidential elections were held in South Ossetia on 9 April 2017 alongside a referendum on changing the official name of the state to \"Republic of South Ossetia\u2013the State of Alania\", or \"South Ossetia\u2013Alania\" for short. Incumbent President Leonid Tibilov ran for a second and final term in office, but was defeated by Anatoliy Bibilov of the United Ossetia party.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [41, 41], "content_span": [42, 406]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272555-0001-0000", "contents": "2017 South Ossetian presidential election, Background\nThe date was set by Parliament on 18 January 2017.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [43, 53], "content_span": [54, 104]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272555-0002-0000", "contents": "2017 South Ossetian presidential election, Results\nThe final result had Bibilov well out in front with 55% of the vote.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [43, 50], "content_span": [51, 119]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272556-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 South Sudan Football Championship\nThe 2017 South Sudan Football Championship (also called the 2017 South Sudan Champions League or 2017 South Sudan Premier League) was the 4th season of the South Sudan Football Championship, the top-level football championship of South Sudan. It was played between 9 and 26 November 2017.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [38, 38], "content_span": [39, 327]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272556-0001-0000", "contents": "2017 South Sudan Football Championship, Group stage\nThere were two groups, with Group A played in Juba and Group B played in Wau.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 51], "content_span": [52, 129]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272556-0002-0000", "contents": "2017 South Sudan Football Championship, Group stage\nKator FC won Group A and Wau Salaam FC won Group B.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 51], "content_span": [52, 103]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272557-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 South Sudan famine\nIn the early months of 2017, parts of South Sudan experienced a famine following several years of instability in the country's food supply caused by war and drought. The famine, largely focused in the northern part of the country, affected an estimated five million people (nearly 50% of the South Sudanese population). In May 2017, the famine was officially declared to have weakened to a state of severe food insecurity.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [23, 23], "content_span": [24, 446]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272557-0001-0000", "contents": "2017 South Sudan famine, Background\nSouth Sudan suffered the 1998 Sudan famine before its independence, but no famine had been formally declared anywhere in the world during the six years prior to 2017. There are currently warnings of imminent famine in Yemen, Somalia, and the northeastern part of Nigeria, but the formal declaration requires that the following criteria be met:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 35], "content_span": [36, 380]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272557-0002-0000", "contents": "2017 South Sudan famine, Background\nA February 20 update of the Integrated Food Security Phase Classification (IPC) found that 4.9 million South Sudan residents, 40% of the population, were in need of \"urgent food, agriculture, and nutrition assistance\". The report had surveyed 23 counties, of which 14 exceeded the emergency action threshold of 15% acute malnutrition. The World Food Programme carried out relief operations throughout the war, mitigating the risk of famine in other areas including the Northern Bahr el Ghazal state. Bahr el Ghazal had been the region most severely affected in the 1998 famine, when it was struck by a two-year drought, a ban on humanitarian airdrops, restrictions on movement of displaced persons, confiscation of cattle and destruction of food stores.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 35], "content_span": [36, 789]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272557-0003-0000", "contents": "2017 South Sudan famine, Background\nA 2016 UN report described the former Unity State as the site of continuous fighting throughout the civil war because it has \"great economic and symbolic importance because of its vast oil resources and also as a predominantly Nuer state, in a conflict that has pitted the two dominant tribes, Dinkas and Nuers, against each other\". Looting and burning in Unity State and displacement of its inhabitants in fighting over oil reserves also occurred in the Second Sudanese Civil War in the years leading up to the 1998 Sudan famine. It is estimated that in 1998, 12,000 people starved in the Block 5A area out of 240,000 total, with another 160,000 forcibly displaced. Instability is a major reason for the low oil production in South Sudan since 2012.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 35], "content_span": [36, 786]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272557-0004-0000", "contents": "2017 South Sudan famine, Progression to famine\nIn February 2015 the World Food Programme noted the potential for drought in South Sudan and other nearby countries due to the developing El Ni\u00f1o event. Their report found that South Sudan was \"experiencing a very good start to the agricultural season\" and suggested it might be an exception to a pessimistic regional prediction for July to September 2015.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 46], "content_span": [47, 403]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272557-0005-0000", "contents": "2017 South Sudan famine, Progression to famine\nIn June 2015 the Famine Early Warning Systems Network observed a spike in food prices and an increase in the number of households likely to face catastrophic famine. These were attributable in part to economic considerations including increasing transport costs, a decrease in the parallel exchange rate of the South Sudanese Pound from 6.1 to 11.5 per United States Dollar, and the loss of government credit allowing import of food at the official exchange rate of 2.9 SSP per USD. At the time 8.8% of households surveyed in Ayod and 1.4% in Mayendit had a household hunger score of 5 or 6, which was below the 20% threshold for regional famine.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 46], "content_span": [47, 693]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272557-0006-0000", "contents": "2017 South Sudan famine, Progression to famine\nBy September 2015, Leer County, the home of rebel leader Riek Machar and future epicentre of the famine, had been rendered devoid of cattle and nearly empty of civilians fleeing massacre and the burning of homes and fields; drought contributed in part by lowering crop yields and in part by reducing the length of a traditional pause in fighting for the rainy season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 46], "content_span": [47, 414]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272557-0007-0000", "contents": "2017 South Sudan famine, Progression to famine\nIn January 2016, a WHO report noted that \"existing conditions may lead to famine\" due to drought in the central and eastern part of the country.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 46], "content_span": [47, 191]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272557-0008-0000", "contents": "2017 South Sudan famine, Progression to famine\nIn March 2016, the UN reported that the South Sudan Army was being paid not in money but with a \"do what you can and take what you can\" policy that allowed them to confiscate cattle and other possessions, and even to rape and murder civilian women as a form of salary. The report described all sides but especially the South Sudan government SPLA forces and allied militia making targeted attacks on civilians based on ethnicity, systematically destroying towns and villages. It concluded that the pattern of abuses \"suggests a deliberate strategy to deprive the civilians living in the area of any form of livelihood or material support.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 46], "content_span": [47, 686]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272557-0009-0000", "contents": "2017 South Sudan famine, Progression to famine\nBy August 2016, South Sudan was gripped by an \"almost entirely man-made\" food crisis attributed more to blockage of food assistance than to drought. At the time nearly 25% of the country's population was in a state of disparity. Sudan is in urgent need of food assistance.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 46], "content_span": [47, 319]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272557-0010-0000", "contents": "2017 South Sudan famine, Progression to famine\nBy June 2017, the food crisis had subsided and the UN considered the famine to be over, while still pointing out that 1.7 million people were facing the level of food insecurity just below famine.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 46], "content_span": [47, 243]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272557-0011-0000", "contents": "2017 South Sudan famine, Progression to famine\nAs of December 2017, there was an estimated 42% of the South Sudanese population facing severe security conditions, with most of the effected being young people and children.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 46], "content_span": [47, 221]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272557-0012-0000", "contents": "2017 South Sudan famine, Effects\nOn 20 February 2017, the United Nations declared a famine in parts of former Unity State of South Sudan and warned that it could spread rapidly without further action. The World Food Programme reported that 67% of the South Sudanese population (4.9 million people) needed food urgently, and at least 100,000, according to the UN, were in imminent danger of death by starvation.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 32], "content_span": [33, 410]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272557-0013-0000", "contents": "2017 South Sudan famine, Effects\nInternational humanitarian advocates stated the famine was manmade and pointed to the country's ongoing conflict for creating the famine conditions. More than 3 million people had been displaced by ongoing violence across the country, forcing families to abandon agricultural land and livestock, leaving them with few food resources to survive with. The worst fighting was in Unity State, where tens of thousands of people fled their homes due to a government offensive against opposition-held areas.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 32], "content_span": [33, 533]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272557-0014-0000", "contents": "2017 South Sudan famine, Effects\nA mass humanitarian effort focused on responding to the famine declaration. Still, there were significant challenges for agencies delivering food in famine affected areas. Fighting prevented civilians from reaching food distribution sites. In other cases, civilians reported that food they received was taken by soldiers involved in the fighting. UN officials said President Salva Kiir Mayardit was blocking food deliveries to some areas, though Kiir said on 21 February that the government would allow \"unimpeded access\" to aid organizations.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 32], "content_span": [33, 576]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272557-0015-0000", "contents": "2017 South Sudan famine, Effects\nIn addition, parts of South Sudan did not have rain in two years. According to United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization Representative Serge Tissot, \"Our worst fears have been realised. Many families have exhausted every means they have to survive. The people are predominantly farmers and war has disrupted agriculture. They\u2019ve lost their livestock, even their farming tools. For months there has been a total reliance on whatever plants they can find and fish they can catch.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 32], "content_span": [33, 519]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272557-0016-0000", "contents": "2017 South Sudan famine, Effects\nThe reports also warned that about 5.5 million people, half of South Sudan's population, were expected to suffer food shortages and insecurity by July 2017. According to Jeremy Hopkins, the South Sudan representative for the UN children's agency, more than 200,000 children were at risk of death from malnutrition in the country.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 32], "content_span": [33, 362]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272557-0017-0000", "contents": "2017 South Sudan famine, Responses, Government of South Sudan\nDays after the declaration of famine, the government raised the price of a business visa from $100 to $10,000, mostly aimed at aid workers, citing a need to increase government revenue. U.N. officials said that President Salva Kiir Mayardit was blocking food deliveries to some areas.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 61], "content_span": [62, 346]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272557-0018-0000", "contents": "2017 South Sudan famine, Responses, United Nations\nIn 2016 several UN agencies and other relief agencies intensified their efforts, setting a new record for post-independence South Sudan by reaching four million people with 265,000 metric tons of food assistance and $13.8 million in cash assistance. According to the UN Children's Fund Deputy Executive Director and UN Assistant Secretary General Justin Forsyth, \"Nobody should be dying of starvation in 2017. There is enough food in the world, we have enough capability in terms of the humanitarian community.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 50], "content_span": [51, 561]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272557-0018-0001", "contents": "2017 South Sudan famine, Responses, United Nations\nIn South Sudan, UNICEF has 620 feeding centres for severely malnourished children, so the places where children are dying are places we can't get to, or get to only occasionally. If there was access, we could save all of these children's lives.\" Furthermore, UNICEF warned that more than 1 million children in South Sudan are subjected to malnutrition.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 50], "content_span": [51, 403]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272557-0019-0000", "contents": "2017 South Sudan famine, Responses, European Union\nOn February 2017 the United Kingdom said that it would issue \u00a3100 million in aid to South Sudan in 2017, while the European Union said that it would send \u00a369 million.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 50], "content_span": [51, 217]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272557-0020-0000", "contents": "2017 South Sudan famine, Responses, Canada\nIn March 2017, Canada government announced $37 million in funding for UN agencies and non-governmental humanitarian organizations working to address famine in South Sudan. In June 2017, the Canadian government $860 Million (CAD) in funding to assist in the response to South Sudan's famine and conflict.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 42], "content_span": [43, 346]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272557-0021-0000", "contents": "2017 South Sudan famine, Ongoing Famine (2018), Overview\nOne year after famine was declared in 2017 in South Sudan, three United Nations agencies warned without sustained humanitarian assistance and access, there could be a danger of severely food insecurity in the coming months; this would threaten more than seven million people in the crisis-torn country---almost two-thirds of the South Sudanese population. Namely, in January 2018, there was a 40 percent increase in the number of severely food insecure people, compared to a year ago in 2017. According to an Integrated Food Security Phase Classification report, a total of 5.3 million people---nearly half the population--- were struggling to find enough food each day and in \u201ccrisis\u201d or \u201cemergency\u201d levels of food insecurity.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 56], "content_span": [57, 784]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272557-0022-0000", "contents": "2017 South Sudan famine, Ongoing Famine (2018), Effects\n1.2 million children under five years of age severely malnourished. Increases in acute malnutrition are due to serious food insecurity, widespread conflict and displacement, poor access to services, high morbidity, extremely poor diets, and poor sanitation and hygiene. In the former counties of Renk, Nyirol, Duk, Twic East and Pibor (Greater Upper Nile region) during the March\u2013May period, Global Acute Malnutrition rates were over 20 percent, which was above WHO's 15-percent emergency threshold.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 55], "content_span": [56, 555]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272557-0023-0000", "contents": "2017 South Sudan famine, Ongoing Famine (2018), Effects\nThe period of the lean season between May and July and the ongoing conflicts continuously worsened the famine. Members of a working group including South Sudanese and UN officials called this year \"the toughest year on record.\u201d By September, relentless conflicts and the lean season pushed 6.1 million people - nearly 60 percent of the population \u2013 into extreme hunger. \u201cMore than 6 million lives shattered by hunger are just too many,\u201d said Pierre Gauthier, FAO's Acting Representative in South Sudan.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 55], "content_span": [56, 558]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272557-0023-0001", "contents": "2017 South Sudan famine, Ongoing Famine (2018), Effects\n\u201cAssessment after assessment, we find that conflict is the main driver of this desperate situation, making it impossible for farmers to get back on their feet. We are reaching as many people as we can, in almost every county, but it is critical to end the conflict and sustain peace to prevent an already severe food insecurity situation from deteriorating even further. This IPC demonstrates clearly that if the people of South Sudan have peace, they will be able to improve their own resilience and food security situation.\u201d", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 55], "content_span": [56, 582]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272557-0024-0000", "contents": "2017 South Sudan famine, Responses (2018), United Nations\nMany UN officials believed that man-made conflicts caused the high levels of widespread hunger across the country. The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) and World Food Programme (WFP), therefore, called for a sustainable peace across the country, and unhindered, safe access to all areas where people who survived the fighting but are left with nothing, and need life-saving assistance. In addition, these three UN organizations offered assistance to address the food crisis through various strategies.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 57], "content_span": [58, 633]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272557-0025-0000", "contents": "2017 South Sudan famine, Responses (2018), United Nations, The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)\nFAO attempted to restore the country's agriculture sector by supporting the farmers with seeds and tools. By the end of September, FAO already distributed over 4,800 tons of crop seeds to approximately 1.4 million farmers. Because many South Sudanese relied on their livestocks to survive, FAO also subsidized the fishermen and pastoralists, including providing essential animal health services to protect livestocks.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 124], "content_span": [125, 542]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272557-0026-0000", "contents": "2017 South Sudan famine, Responses (2018), United Nations, The United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF)\nSince the beginning of 2018, numerous outpatient treatment programmes (OTP) and stabilization centers established by the UNICEF admitted 147,421 children who suffered from severe acute malnutrition. This number represents 69% of the 215,312 target for 2018 and 55% of the 269,140 Severe Acute Malnutrition caseload for this year. 89% of these children fully recovered from this devastating epidemic.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 102], "content_span": [103, 502]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272557-0027-0000", "contents": "2017 South Sudan famine, Responses (2018), United Nations, World Food Programme\nWorld Food Programme (WFP), the food-assistance branch of the United Nations and the world's largest humanitarian organization addressing hunger and promoting food security, resumed the integrated rapid response mechanism (IRRM).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 79], "content_span": [80, 309]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272557-0028-0000", "contents": "2017 South Sudan famine, Responses (2018), United Nations, World Food Programme\nAs of January 2018, WFP already sent seven teams in Bilkey, Nyandit, Kurwai, Jaibor, Chuil, Buot and Ulang, providing life-saving food and nutrition assistance to around 96,633 people, including 17,370 children under the age of five. Moreover, WFP plans to deploy an additional 26 missions in February and March, targeting close to 400,000. In addition to providing immediate services, the IRRM establishes a framework of humanitarian access, which enables partners to establish longer-term presence in disaster-affected locations.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 79], "content_span": [80, 611]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272557-0029-0000", "contents": "2017 South Sudan famine, Responses (2018), United Nations, World Food Programme\nWFP aided the population with life-saving emergency food supplies, food in return for work to construct and rehabilitate community assets, and food for school meals. It also provided special medications for the prevention and treatment of malnutrition in children, and pregnant and nursing women. So far in 2018, WFP had distributed 30,000 tons of food and utilized US$2.9 million in cash-based transfers to help more than 3.1 million South Sudanese people.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 79], "content_span": [80, 537]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272557-0030-0000", "contents": "2017 South Sudan famine, Responses (2018), United Nations, World Food Programme\nWFP Executive Director David Beasley warned in December 2019 that South Sudan's food security situation was in \"trouble, serious trouble\" after flooding and conflicts, and that immediate action was needed to stave off famine in 2020.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 79], "content_span": [80, 313]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272557-0031-0000", "contents": "2017 South Sudan famine, Responses (2018), OXFAM\nOxfam is a confederation of 20 independent charitable organizations focusing on the alleviation of global poverty, founded in 1942 and led by Oxfam International. It is a major nonprofit group with an extensive collection of operations. Oxfam is on the ground racing to get food, water and hygiene items to the most vulnerable people in the region of Sudan, South Sudan, Uganda, and Ethiopia. It is providing regular emergency food distributions, clean water, safe sanitation facilities, and essential hygiene items to help keep diseases at bay. Also, it is supporting people to produce food and make a living for themselves. Specifically, they train people on improving their farming methods and deliver assets like livestock, tools, seeds, and fishing gear. Likewise, they distribute cash and vouchers to families for use in markets. Lastly, they support traders to build better links between communities.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 48], "content_span": [49, 956]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272558-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 South Supreme Airlines Antonov An-26 crash\nOn 20 March 2017, an Antonov An-26 of South Supreme Airlines was destroyed by fire after landing at Wau Airport, South Sudan on a domestic flight from Juba Airport.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 47], "section_span": [47, 47], "content_span": [48, 212]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272558-0001-0000", "contents": "2017 South Supreme Airlines Antonov An-26 crash, Accident\nThe aircraft was destroyed by fire after landing at Wau Airport, South Sudan on a domestic scheduled passenger flight from Juba Airport, South Sudan. There were 40 passengers, plus five crew on board. The accident occurred at about 15:00 local time (12:00 UTC), in conditions of 800 metres (870\u00a0yd) visibility. The aircraft may already have been on fire when it landed. An eyewitness reported smoke coming from the tail as it was landing. Another report is that the aircraft collided with a fire engine after it had landed, and then caught fire. The left landing gear collapsed and the aircraft was destroyed by the ensuing fire. Thirty-seven passengers received various degrees of injuries, however, no death was recorded from the crash.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 47], "section_span": [49, 57], "content_span": [58, 796]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272559-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 South Surma Upazila bombings\nThe 2017 South Surma Upazila bombings was a combined police and army raid of a suspected militant hideout in South Surma Upazila, Sylhet, Bangladesh on 25\u00a0March 2017. During the raid, the militants targeted the Bangladesh Armed Forces who were surrounding the militant occupied compound in Sylhet. There were two suicide bombings which killed four civilians and two police officers and wounded more than 40, some critically. An army lieutenant colonel later died from his injuries. Bombs exploded and gunfire was reported when the military launched Operation Twilight to clear the militant hideout. ISIL claimed responsibility however, Home Minister Asaduzzaman Khan Kamal denied the claims of ISIL and blamed the local Jama\u2019atul Mujahideen Bangladesh for the attacks. Finally the Bangladesh Army neutralised four militants at the suspected hideout.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [33, 33], "content_span": [34, 883]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272559-0001-0000", "contents": "2017 South Surma Upazila bombings, Background\nOn Thursday, 23 March 2017, the Bangladesh Police surrounded a suspected militant hideout in South Surma Upazila, Sylhet, Bangladesh. The hideout was located in a housing complex which consisted of two apartment buildings. The police unit was reinforced with personnel from Rapid Action Battalion on the Friday. On Saturday, the 1st Para Commando Battalion took charge of operations.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 45], "content_span": [46, 429]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272559-0002-0000", "contents": "2017 South Surma Upazila bombings, Operation Twilight\nOperation Twilight was launched by the 1st Para Commando Battalion of the Bangladesh Army under the command of Major General Anwarul Momen, GOC 17th Infantry Division in Jalalabad Cantonment. First the security forces established a three kilometre perimeter around the militant hideout. Then the operation was launched on Saturday morning at 8\u00a0am. Two militants were killed in the initial attack, one of whom detonated a suicide vest. The commandos rescued 78 civilians who had been trapped in the building since Thursday. The militants had planted improvised explosive devices (IEDs) all over the building which slowed down the operation.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 53], "content_span": [54, 694]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272559-0002-0001", "contents": "2017 South Surma Upazila bombings, Operation Twilight\nThe main gate of the building was blocked by a refrigerator with an IED booby trap attached to it. Army spokesman, Brigadier General Fakhrul Ahsan, initially reported that the operation would take more time because of the presence of scattered IEDs in strategic points inside the building. \u201cWe used a rocket launcher to punch a hole through the wall. We used explosives but those didn\u2019t work out. Then we used a Thai shell and successfully neutralised two militants,\u201d Brigadier General Fakhrul said. The commandos arrived in armoured personnel carriers from their military base for the operation. The building had 30 apartments and 150 rooms, and the militants constantly changed their location. The operation was launched on Saturday morning at 8\u00a0am. The Commando unit was assisted by SWAT forces and Bangladesh police. Finally four militants were found dead at the hideout.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 53], "content_span": [54, 929]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272559-0003-0000", "contents": "2017 South Surma Upazila bombings, Bombing\nOn 26 March, while Operation Twilight was in progress, militants bombed a crowd of about 500\u2013600 onlookers gathered near the cordon perimeter, which was about 400 metres from the militant hideout. Two bombs were used in the attack. The first was thrown by two individuals from a motorcycle at 6.45\u00a0pm. The second was left in a bag containing vegetables and exploded at 7.55, after police and RAB personnel moved into the area following the first explosion. Six people, including two police officers, were killed in the explosions and 44 injured.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 42], "content_span": [43, 588]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272559-0003-0001", "contents": "2017 South Surma Upazila bombings, Bombing\nLieutenant Colonel Abul Kalam Azad, director of intelligence of RAB, was seriously injured in the second explosion. He was taken to Sylhet MAG Osmani Medical College for primary care. Then he was flown to the Combined Military Hospital in Dhaka. He was later flown to Singapore for better treatment, but died from his injuries. Police Inspector Monirul Islam of the bomb disposal squad and Inspector Abu Kawser were killed outright by the second explosion.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 42], "content_span": [43, 499]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272560-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 South Surrey\u2014White Rock federal by-election\nA by-election was held in the federal riding of South Surrey\u2014White Rock in British Columbia on December 11, 2017 following the resignation of Conservative MP Dianne Watts. The seat was gained for the Liberals by Gordie Hogg.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 48], "section_span": [48, 48], "content_span": [49, 273]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272560-0001-0000", "contents": "2017 South Surrey\u2014White Rock federal by-election\nThe by-election result was rare as it saw a seat gain for a governing party.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 48], "section_span": [48, 48], "content_span": [49, 125]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272560-0002-0000", "contents": "2017 South Surrey\u2014White Rock federal by-election\nThe by election was held on the same day as 3 others across Canada; Battlefords\u2014Lloydminster in Alberta, Bonavista\u2014Burin\u2014Trinity in Newfoundland and Labrador and Scarborough\u2014Agincourt in Ontario.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 48], "section_span": [48, 48], "content_span": [49, 244]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272560-0003-0000", "contents": "2017 South Surrey\u2014White Rock federal by-election, Background, Constituency\nThe riding is anchored by the cities of Surrey and White Rock.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 48], "section_span": [50, 74], "content_span": [75, 137]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272560-0004-0000", "contents": "2017 South Surrey\u2014White Rock federal by-election, Background, Representation\nThe riding of South Surrey\u2014White Rock was newly created for the 2015 election. A notionally safe seat for the Conservatives, the result was tighter than expected. Conservative candidate Dianne Watts won over the Liberal candidate with a majority of under 2000 votes. The seat was vacated on September 30, 2017, after Watts announced on September 24, 2017, that she would be resigning her seat to enter provincial politics and seek the leadership of the British Columbia Liberal Party.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 48], "section_span": [50, 76], "content_span": [77, 561]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272560-0005-0000", "contents": "2017 South Surrey\u2014White Rock federal by-election, Campaign\nFormer federal cabinet minister and Delta\u2014Richmond East MP Kerry-Lynne Findlay defeated Fraser Institute policy analyst and former BC Liberal staffer David Hunt and police officer Bryan Tepper for the Conservative Party nomination.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 48], "section_span": [50, 58], "content_span": [59, 290]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272560-0006-0000", "contents": "2017 South Surrey\u2014White Rock federal by-election, Campaign\nFormer White Rock Mayor and Surrey-White Rock MLA Gordie Hogg was acclaimed as the Liberal Party candidate. A rumoured candidate for the nomination was Judith Higginbotham, a former Surrey city councillor and the riding's Liberal candidate in the 2015 federal election.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 48], "section_span": [50, 58], "content_span": [59, 328]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272560-0007-0000", "contents": "2017 South Surrey\u2014White Rock federal by-election, Campaign\nMortgage broker Jonathan Silveira was acclaimed the NDP candidate on November 19.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 48], "section_span": [50, 58], "content_span": [59, 140]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272560-0008-0000", "contents": "2017 South Surrey\u2014White Rock federal by-election, Campaign\nThe Speaker's warrant regarding the vacancy was received on October 3, 2017; under the Parliament of Canada Act the writ for a by-election had to be dropped no later than April 1, 2018, 180 days after the Chief Electoral Officer was officially notified of the vacancy via a warrant issued by the Speaker.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 48], "section_span": [50, 58], "content_span": [59, 363]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272561-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 Southeast Asian Games\nThe 2017 Southeast Asian Games (Malay: Sukan Asia Tenggara 2017), officially known as the 29th Southeast Asian Games (or simply 29th SEA Games; Malay: Sukan Asia Tenggara ke-29 or Sukan SEA ke-29) and commonly known as Kuala Lumpur 2017, was a Southeast Asian multi-sport event that took place in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. This was the sixth time that Malaysia hosted the games and its first time since 2001. Previously, it had also hosted the 1965, 1971, 1977 and 1989 editions of the games. The 2017 edition is most notable for being the first edition to include winter sports.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [26, 26], "content_span": [27, 604]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272561-0001-0000", "contents": "2017 Southeast Asian Games\nThe games were held from 19 to 30 August 2017, although several events had commenced from 14 August 2017. Around 4,646 athletes participated at the event, which featured 404 events in 38 sports. It was opened by the King of Malaysia, Muhammad V at the Bukit Jalil National Stadium.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [26, 26], "content_span": [27, 308]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272561-0002-0000", "contents": "2017 Southeast Asian Games\nHosts Malaysia led the final medal tally, followed by Thailand and Vietnam. Several games and national records were broken during the games. While the games were deemed generally smooth, it was marred with a series of controversies, ranging from transportation to doping issues.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [26, 26], "content_span": [27, 305]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272561-0003-0000", "contents": "2017 Southeast Asian Games, Host city\nAs per SEA Games traditions, hosting duties are rotated among the SEA Games Federation (SEAGF) member countries. Each country is assigned a year to host but may choose to do so or not.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 37], "content_span": [38, 222]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272561-0004-0000", "contents": "2017 Southeast Asian Games, Host selection\nIn July 2012, the SEAGF meeting in Myanmar confirmed that Malaysia would host the regional biennial event in 2017, should there be no other country willing to bid for the host job. Olympic Council of Malaysia (OCM) secretary general Sieh Kok Chi, who attended the meeting, said that Myanmar would host the Games in 2013, followed by Singapore in 2015. It was to be Brunei's turn but it expressed its interest to host the 2019 Games instead of the 2017 edition and thus this resulted in Malaysia being chosen as the host for the 2017 Games.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 42], "content_span": [43, 582]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272561-0005-0000", "contents": "2017 Southeast Asian Games, Development and preparation\nThe Malaysia SEA Games Organising Committee (MASOC) was formed in 2015 to oversee the staging of the event.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 55], "content_span": [56, 163]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272561-0006-0000", "contents": "2017 Southeast Asian Games, Development and preparation, Costs\nSports minister Khairy Jamaluddin in 2013 had hoped the cost of hosting the games would not exceed MYR80 million (USD18 million). But in 2016, the government budgeted the cost to not exceed MYR500 million while during the 2017 budget, the prime minister, who was also the finance minister, announced a RM450 million budget for hosting the games.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 62], "content_span": [63, 408]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272561-0007-0000", "contents": "2017 Southeast Asian Games, Development and preparation, Costs\nIn comparison, Singapore had spent about MYR740 million (SGD264 million, using the then SGD/MYR exchange rate of 2.80, as opposed to the current rate of 3.15) organising the games in 2015 while Myanmar was estimated to have spent about MYR1 billion in 2013.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 62], "content_span": [63, 320]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272561-0008-0000", "contents": "2017 Southeast Asian Games, Development and preparation, Venues\nThe 2017 Southeast Asian Games was organised across several states in Malaysia. All the existing venues in Bukit Jalil National Sports Complex were upgraded while a new velodrome, costing MYR 80 million was built in Nilai, Negeri Sembilan to host track cycling events and was completed on late March 2017 and opened on 26 May 2017. Initially, Sabah and Sarawak were considered for a number of events contested. However, the Chief Executive Officer of 2017 SEA Games, Zolkples Embong has decided not to involve the East Malaysian states, citing \"higher cost\" as the main reason for not involving.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 63], "content_span": [64, 659]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272561-0009-0000", "contents": "2017 Southeast Asian Games, Development and preparation, Venues\nMore than RM1.6 billion has been allocated by the host country to turn the National Sports Complex in Bukit Jalil, Kuala Lumpur, and its surrounding areas into a Sports City. The first phase of the work will get the Bukit Jalil National Stadium ready to host the 2017 Southeast Asia Games.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 63], "content_span": [64, 353]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272561-0010-0000", "contents": "2017 Southeast Asian Games, Development and preparation, Venues\nA games village was not built. Instead, a \"village in the city\" concept saw athletes and officials housed in 33 hotels across Peninsular Malaysia. Besides being physically near to the games venues, it was hoped that it will add vibe to the nation and reduce post-games costs in converting a dedicated games village to other uses.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 63], "content_span": [64, 393]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272561-0011-0000", "contents": "2017 Southeast Asian Games, Development and preparation, Venues\nThe 29th Southeast Asian Games had 44 venues for the games, 27 in Kuala Lumpur, 10 in Selangor, 3 in Putrajaya, 2 in Negeri Sembilan and 1 each in Terengganu and Kedah respectively.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 63], "content_span": [64, 245]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272561-0012-0000", "contents": "2017 Southeast Asian Games, Development and preparation, Public transport\nPrasarana became one of the 2017 Southeast Asian Games sponsors as \u201cOfficial Public Transport Service Provider\u201d on 9 May 2017 during the 100-days countdown celebration. The company had expressed commitment to provide 50 Rapid Buses in Klang Valley, fully wrapped with the games' images and logo, and agreed to extend its service hours during the Games to ease the movement of the public to competition venues.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 73], "content_span": [74, 483]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272561-0012-0001", "contents": "2017 Southeast Asian Games, Development and preparation, Public transport\nOn 11 August 2017, the company announced that it will offer a 50 percent discount on tickets to commuters who utilise its Light Rail Transit, Mass Rail Transit, Bus Rapid Transit and Monorail Line services to competition venues during the Kuala Lumpur 2017. Prasarana also extended its transportation services hours to 2.00am at selected stations for the comfort of fans and spectators along the Light Rail Transit, Mass Rail Transit and Bus Rapid Transit lines. Several double deck buses will be provided to the public who wish to witness the opening ceremony of the biennial Games on 19 August at the National Stadium in Bukit Jalil.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 73], "content_span": [74, 709]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272561-0013-0000", "contents": "2017 Southeast Asian Games, Development and preparation, Volunteers\nThe organisers estimated that about 20,000 volunteers are needed to successfully host the SEA Games and the ASEAN Para Games. They were tasked with a variety of duties, such as scorekeeping, crowd control, ticketing, promotions. Volunteer recruitment began on 14 November 2015, the same date as the launch party of the games logo, theme and mascot until July 2017, in which 50,000 people have signed up as volunteers. The Games Volunteer Program was held at the National University of Malaysia in Bangi in four phases from February to June. On 19 July 2017, of the 50,000 online applicants, 13,000 people were selected to be the games volunteer. 9,000 people were chosen to be the volunteer of the 2017 Southeast Asian Games, whereas another 4,000 people were chosen to be the volunteer of the 2017 ASEAN Para Games.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 67], "content_span": [68, 884]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272561-0014-0000", "contents": "2017 Southeast Asian Games, Development and preparation, Ticketing\nOnline tickets were put on sale from 4 July 2017. To encourage public participation at the games, it was announced on 4 July 2017 that 24 of the sports, aquatics' open swimming event and cycling (BMX and road) events will be free for spectators, while the other 12, such as aquatics (diving, swimming, synchronised and water polo events) and cycling (track events) are kept at relatively affordable levels of between RM10 and RM20.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 66], "content_span": [67, 498]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272561-0015-0000", "contents": "2017 Southeast Asian Games, Development and preparation, Countdown\nDuring the closing ceremony of the 2015 Southeast Asian Games, the SEAGF Flag was formally handed over to Malaysia from Singapore. This was followed by a song and dance section highlighting Malaysia as the next venue. On 14 November 2015, a launch party was held at the Suria KLCC to launch the logo, mascot and the volunteer recruitment programme.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 66], "content_span": [67, 415]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272561-0016-0000", "contents": "2017 Southeast Asian Games, Development and preparation, Countdown\nOn 19 August 2016, a series of festivities, dubbed the \"Wau Factor\" were held at the National Sports Council Centre in Setiawangsa, to mark the one-year countdown to the games. From 2 March to 20 May 2017 Malaysia SEA Games organising committee organised a school tour programme dubbed the KL2017@Schools programme at 33 selected schools across Peninsular Malaysia to instill awareness about the games amongst the school students.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 66], "content_span": [67, 497]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272561-0017-0000", "contents": "2017 Southeast Asian Games, Development and preparation, Countdown\nOn 9 May 2017, Malaysia SEA Games Organising committee organised a major countdown event at KL Sentral to mark the 100-day countdown in a few days which was attended by athletes, officials, para-athletes, stakeholders, sponsors and volunteers. After that, various individuals and organisations marked the games countdown through a video tribute.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 66], "content_span": [67, 412]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272561-0017-0001", "contents": "2017 Southeast Asian Games, Development and preparation, Countdown\nThis included: Kyopropaganda and Malaysia SEA Games Organising Committee (100, 100-people mass exercise), Ipan Bender (90, 90 High Fives), Intan Sarah and National Women Futsal teammates (80, Ball-juggling 80 times), Aminemo and the Royal Malaysian Police Personnel (70, 70 times push-ups in 7 different ways), Superpandy, Farhan Kapoor and the scouts (60, Building a tower of bottles in 60 seconds using 100 Plus bottles), Joseph Germani and Malaysia Basketball Association trainees (50, score 50 basketball shots), Olivia Shyan and the SK Taman Megah students (40, plant 40 plants), Ahmad Aiman and 30 locals (30, 30-people teh tarik relay), Muhammad Rezza, Akwa Ariffin and 20 tai-chi practitioners (20, doing Tai Chi with 20 practitioners), Joseph Germani and the Fire and Rescue Department of Malaysia personnel (10, doing 10 times burpees), Farhan Hadi, Preston Les and Tanesh (3, doing three-legged race), Ain Suhada and Iqbal Harun (2, Exercise with a Partner) and Miss Alvy, Yasmin Matthews, Khor Adrian and Raj Mahal (1, paint a number 1 sculpture bearing the stripes of the games logo with a group of people). A run competition dubbed the 2017 SEA Games Run was held in Putrajaya the same day as the Games' marathon event (at the same venue) and opening ceremony.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 66], "content_span": [67, 1341]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272561-0018-0000", "contents": "2017 Southeast Asian Games, Development and preparation, Security\nThe principal agency to ensure the security of the games is the Royal Malaysian Police Force. Six drills were held to prepare the police force to face any unforeseen situations.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 65], "content_span": [66, 243]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272561-0019-0000", "contents": "2017 Southeast Asian Games, Development and preparation, Medals\nThe medals of the games were designed by Royal Selangor, which is also the designer company for the torch and the baton. They were announced on 30 May 2017, the same day Royal Selangor announced as one of the games' main sponsor which made MASOC's sponsorship total RM82.6 million, exceeded its sponsorship target of RM80 million. The medals have subtle curved surfaces, rims and edges, and are made of pewter with a disc of kempas wood integrated into the design. They featured the Southeast Asian Games Federation logo on the obverse (In the case of ASEAN Para Games, it is the ASEAN Para Sports Federation logo), and the games logo on the reverse.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 63], "content_span": [64, 714]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272561-0020-0000", "contents": "2017 Southeast Asian Games, Development and preparation, Baton relay\nThe games baton relay, dubbed the Rising Together Baton Run, is the first of its kind in the history of Southeast Asian Games. It covered a distance of 10 kilometres on average in the 10 capital cities of the Southeast Asian Region countries, excluding the host country, passing through the landmarks of each countries' capital city.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 68], "content_span": [69, 402]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272561-0020-0001", "contents": "2017 Southeast Asian Games, Development and preparation, Baton relay\nThe baton relay began with Brunei on 5 March 2017, followed by the Philippines on 12 March, Laos on 18 March, Myanmar on 25 March, Thailand on 1 April, Vietnam on 9 April, East Timor on 17 April, Cambodia on 22 April and Indonesia on 30 April and ended with Singapore on 13 May 2017. The games baton was designed by Royal Selangor which sold the baton to the public at MYR 1480 and its design was inspired by the games' theme, rising together. Its design depicts shards and a triangular cross section. The baton has a length of 400\u00a0mm, a width of 44\u00a0mm, weighs approximately 600g and made up of materials which are a stave in kempas, a tawny wood native to Southeast Asia, and a satin-finished pewter finial.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 68], "content_span": [69, 777]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272561-0021-0000", "contents": "2017 Southeast Asian Games, Development and preparation, Torch relay\nThe same day the baton relay ended in Singapore, the torch relay was held across the country began with the state of Johor until 18 May 2017, followed by Malacca from 18 to 21 May 2017, Negeri Sembilan from 22 to 25 May, Labuan from 3 to 4 June, Sabah from 5 to 8 June, Sarawak from 8 to 13 June, Perlis from 15 to 17 June, Kedah from 17 to 20 June, Penang from 3 to 6 July, Perak from 7 to 12 July, Kelantan from 13 to 17 July, Terengganu from 17 to 23 July, Pahang from 24 to 30 July, Selangor from 31 July to 5 August, and ended with Putrajaya and the host city Kuala Lumpur from 6 to 12 August 2017.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 68], "content_span": [69, 672]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272561-0021-0001", "contents": "2017 Southeast Asian Games, Development and preparation, Torch relay\nThe games torch has a length of 125\u00a0mm, width of 86\u00a0mm and a height of 850\u00a0mm and weighs 2\u00a0kg with fuel and 1.8\u00a0kg without fuel. Like the baton, the torch was designed too by Royal Selangor. It has a sleek custom-milled combustion chamber, a triangular cross section and has the games logo and motto, the SEA Games and the ASEAN Para Games logo emblazoned on it.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 68], "content_span": [69, 431]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272561-0022-0000", "contents": "2017 Southeast Asian Games, Development and preparation, Sustainability\nAs an aspect of staging the games, the Games organising committee committed to a focus on sustainability and environmental protection by launching the Kuala Lumpur 2017 Green Initiatives on 5 June 2017. Among the activities of the initiative is the \u2018One Medal, One Tree\u2019 programme aimed at having a total of 5,249 trees be planted in and around Kuala Lumpur Sports City, one for each medal awarded to winning athlete during the games which is divided into three phases. Other activities included providing waste recycling bins at games' main venue, providing public transportation and providing electric car facilities at selected spots of the games' main venue.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 71], "content_span": [72, 734]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272561-0023-0000", "contents": "2017 Southeast Asian Games, Marketing, Motto\nThe official motto of the 2017 Southeast Asian Games is \"Rising Together\" or \"Bangkit Bersama\" in Malay. It was chosen to highlight unity between the nations in Southeast Asia as well as to signify the Kuala Lumpur games as the first Southeast Asian Games to be held after the formation of the ASEAN Community in 2015.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 44], "content_span": [45, 364]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272561-0024-0000", "contents": "2017 Southeast Asian Games, Marketing, Logo\nThe logo of the 2017 Southeast Asian Games is an image of a Wau Bulan, a crescent-shaped kite traditionally popular on the east coast of Peninsular Malaysia. The combination of stripes and colours of the logo were derived from the flags of all countries in Southeast Asia. A nationwide competition was held to select the logo of the games which saw a total of 174 entries submitted for the design competition.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 43], "content_span": [44, 453]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272561-0024-0001", "contents": "2017 Southeast Asian Games, Marketing, Logo\nThe Kuala Lumpur 2017 logo, made by combining the games' logo with the logo of 2017 ASEAN Para Games is sometimes used by the organisers to reflect the common relationship as parallel games of one another with SEA Games being held for the able-bodied athletes and the ASEAN Para games held for the disabled athletes.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 43], "content_span": [44, 360]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272561-0025-0000", "contents": "2017 Southeast Asian Games, Marketing, Mascot\nThe official mascot of the 2017 Southeast Asian Games is an anthropomorphic Malayan tiger named Rimau. It was unveiled on 14 November 2015, together with the games' logo and theme. The mascot's name is not only a Malay word for Tiger, but also an abbreviation of the games' core values, namely: Respect, Integrity, Move, Attitude and Unity. He is described as a gracious, friendly, competitive and athletic athlete.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 45], "content_span": [46, 461]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272561-0026-0000", "contents": "2017 Southeast Asian Games, Marketing, Songs\nThe 2017 Southeast Asian Games had 4 theme songs. During the 100 day countdown celebration on 9 May 2017, Malaysians were requested by singer Dayang Nurfaizah and composer Ramli MS to submit their ideas and stories related to the games' theme \"Rising Together\" to social network websites through a crowdsourcing campaign to enable them to create the games theme song. On 8 August 2017, one theme song for the games has been released and is entitled \"Rising Together\" (Bangkit Bersama).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 44], "content_span": [45, 531]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272561-0027-0000", "contents": "2017 Southeast Asian Games, Marketing, Songs\nOn 2 August 2017, a theme song titled \"Tunjuk Belang\" (Show The Stripes) was released. It was performed by monoloQue, Azlan Typewriter and maliQue. The song is described as a rock song which merges \"traditional and modern sounds\". The composer and producer of the song is maliQue. The title of the song literally means showing off one's true colours in English and \"Belang\" means stripes alluding to the mascot of the games, shown above.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 44], "content_span": [45, 482]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272561-0028-0000", "contents": "2017 Southeast Asian Games, Marketing, Songs\nAnother theme song was released earlier on 13 July 2017, titled \"So Many Hands\" (Tangan-Tangan Yang Menjulang) and was performed by Mia Palencia in English and Asmidar in Malay which is the song of the Kuala Lumpur 2017 Promo Video, \"It Takes a Nation to Raise a Champion\" (Bersama Kita Lahirkan Juara).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 44], "content_span": [45, 348]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272561-0029-0000", "contents": "2017 Southeast Asian Games, Marketing, Songs\nA closing theme song for the Games, \"Together We Rise\" was released on 30 August 2017. It was performed by Vince Chong and Jaclyn Victor.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 44], "content_span": [45, 182]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272561-0030-0000", "contents": "2017 Southeast Asian Games, Marketing, Sponsors\nDentsu Sports Asia, a subsidiary of Dentsu and the Sportswork Group are the sponsorship agencies of the 2017 Southeast Asian Games. The partnership of the two firms were announced in January 2016. Dentsu is responsible for manages sponsorship matters involving international and Malaysian firms while Sportswork manages Malaysian government linked companies", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 47], "content_span": [48, 405]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272561-0031-0000", "contents": "2017 Southeast Asian Games, Marketing, Sponsors\nThere are four tiers of sponsorship depending on the amount of funds a company contributes to the games. Bronze sponsors contributed RM1 million or less, Silver sponsors contributed RM1 to 3 million. Gold sponsors contributed RM3 to 7.5 million and Platinum sponsors contributed RM7.5 to 15 million.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 47], "content_span": [48, 347]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272561-0032-0000", "contents": "2017 Southeast Asian Games, Marketing, Sponsors\nA total of 39 sponsors, comprising 6 Platinum sponsors, 6 Gold sponsors, 9 Silver sponsors and 18 Bronze sponsors, contributed to the 2017 Southeast Asian Games.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 47], "content_span": [48, 209]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272561-0033-0000", "contents": "2017 Southeast Asian Games, The Games, Opening ceremony\nThe opening ceremony was held in Bukit Jalil National Stadium on 19 August 2017 at 20:17 MST (UTC+8) which highlighted aspects of Malaysia's history and culture. The ceremony was directed by film director Saw Teong Hin alongside the Memories Entertainment creative team with co-operation from the Malaysian Armed Forces. The time 20:17 was chosen to start the opening ceremony to mark the year 2017, the year which Malaysia hosted the 29th Southeast Asian Games.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 55], "content_span": [56, 518]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272561-0034-0000", "contents": "2017 Southeast Asian Games, The Games, Opening ceremony\nThe Games were officially declared open by the then Yang di-Pertuan Agong of Malaysia, Sultan Muhammad V while diver Nur Dhabitah Sabri lit the cauldron of the games.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 55], "content_span": [56, 222]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272561-0035-0000", "contents": "2017 Southeast Asian Games, The Games, Closing ceremony\nThe closing ceremony was held in Bukit Jalil National Stadium on 30 August 2017 at 21:30 MST (UTC+8). The closing ceremony coincided with the eve of the Malaysia's 60th Independence Day celebrations. Like the opening ceremony, the closing ceremony was directed by film director Saw Teong Hin alongside the Memories Entertainment creative team with co-operation from the Malaysian Armed Forces.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 55], "content_span": [56, 449]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272561-0036-0000", "contents": "2017 Southeast Asian Games, The Games, Closing ceremony\nThe ceremony started with the Malaysian Armed Forces performing Negaraku, this time with in-suit performers as Rimau being the drummers, followed by the parade of athletes from 11 nations and Rimau entering the stage, with Malaysia entering first. The parade of volunteers started with the formation of the word \"WAU\", symbolising the name of the volunteer programme, \"WAU Factor\", followed by a video shot in the first-person's point of view of one volunteer helping in sports including basketball, athletics and gymnastics. A cultural performance titled \"Terima Kasih Daun Keladi\", an inspiration related to nature, was presented.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 55], "content_span": [56, 688]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272561-0036-0001", "contents": "2017 Southeast Asian Games, The Games, Closing ceremony\nA closing speech was given by the President of the Malaysian Olympic Council, Tunku Imran. Prime Minister of Malaysia Najib Razak then declared the 2017 Southeast Asian Games closed, followed by extinguishing of the cauldron when Jaclyn Victor and Vince Chong performed \"Together We Rise\". A video about the sports teams, featuring mostly Malaysian sports medalists and their families, was played, followed by the lowering of the SEA Games Federation flag by the Royal Malaysian Navy.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 55], "content_span": [56, 540]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272561-0036-0002", "contents": "2017 Southeast Asian Games, The Games, Closing ceremony\nThe Southeast Asian Games Federation flag was handed over from the Minister of the Youth and Sports of Malaysia to Foreign Affairs Secretary Alan Peter Cayetano, chairman of the 2019 Southeast Asian Games organising committee through Tunku Imran and the Philippine Olympic Committee (POC) president Jose \"Peping\" Cojuangco. The National Anthem of the Philippines, Lupang Hinirang was played and the Philippines flag was raised, symbolising the hosting responsibilities being passed to Philippines. A video of the Philippines tourism was later shown.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 55], "content_span": [56, 605]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272561-0036-0003", "contents": "2017 Southeast Asian Games, The Games, Closing ceremony\nThe ceremony concluded through the integration of Malaysia's National Day eve celebration (the first in history inside the stadium), in a form of a concert of Malaysian songs from the 1950s to the 2010s, titled \"Soundtrack: Negaraku\", featuring performances by local artists including M. Nasir, Salamiah Hassan, Azlan Typewriter, Joe Flizzow, Vince Chong, Atai, Francissca Peter, Marsha Milan Londoh, Dasha Logan, Amy Search, Sheila Majid, Siti Nordiana, Man Bai, Talitha Tan, Hijjaz, Ella, Jason Lo, Zainal Abidin, Black, Faizal Tahir, SonaOne and Jaclyn Victor.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 55], "content_span": [56, 619]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272561-0036-0004", "contents": "2017 Southeast Asian Games, The Games, Closing ceremony\nAfter these performances, a video presentation was played, featuring quotations and photo montage of Malaysia's first Prime Minister Tunku Abdul Rahman. Afterwards, PM Razak went to the main stage, wherein he gave a speech congratulating the organisers, regional guests and, especially, Malaysians who ended its campaign by collecting the highest number of gold medals. He then, just after midnight, surprised the audience in excitement by declaring 4 September a public holiday (a move he already planned during the games) as a reward for Malaysia's spectacular achievement. Concluding his speech, PM Razak led the nation in chanting \"Merdeka!\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 55], "content_span": [56, 701]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272561-0036-0005", "contents": "2017 Southeast Asian Games, The Games, Closing ceremony\nseven times to mark Malaysia's 60th year of Independence. As with its annual traditions during National Day eve, Negaraku was played for the second time, this time, led by the Permata Seni Choir. To mark the games' historic moment, a We-fie photo-op was taken around the entire stadium. The concert ended with four patriotic songs including the aforementioned artists' cover of Saya Anak Malaysia, Amy Search's Negaraku, Dayang Nurfaizah's cover of Sudiman's Warisan and Atai's performance of Tanggal 31 Ogos, to celebrate Malaysia's 60th Independence Day.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 55], "content_span": [56, 612]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272561-0037-0000", "contents": "2017 Southeast Asian Games, The Games, Participating nations\nAll 11 members of Southeast Asian Games Federation (SEAGF). Below is a list of all the participating NOCs.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 60], "content_span": [61, 167]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272561-0038-0000", "contents": "2017 Southeast Asian Games, The Games, Sports\nOn 16 June 2015, Chief Executive Officer for the 2017 SEA Games, Zolkples Embong said the staging of Olympic sports hopes will be part of the legacy of the SEA Games in Malaysia. He said that while it has always been the norm for host nations to select sports they are geared towards in an attempt to increase their haul of gold medals, the practice is not in line with the goals, which is to groom athletes from the region to compete at the Asian and Olympic Games.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 45], "content_span": [46, 512]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272561-0038-0001", "contents": "2017 Southeast Asian Games, The Games, Sports\nHe gives an example of 2011 Southeast Asian Games hosted by Indonesia which included many non-Olympic sports and the host played to their advantage by being the overall winners with 182 gold medals. However, Indonesia only won 47 gold medals in 2015 Southeast Asian Games. He added, in terms of the number and type of sports, Malaysia may not include non-Olympic sports like floorball and sailing's optimist race in 2017.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 45], "content_span": [46, 467]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272561-0039-0000", "contents": "2017 Southeast Asian Games, The Games, Sports\nAs of February 2016, the sports of Archery, BMX cycling, Wrestling, Triathlon, Judo, Muaythai, Canoeing, Bodybuilding and Fencing were removed from the preliminary shortlist of the sporting disciplines to be played at the 2017 SEA Games. Also removed from the list are the women's events in boxing, billiards and snooker, sanda, and weightlifting and 8 events in Athletics. National Olympic Committees from the 11 participating countries had until 9 March to appeal to reinclude the delisted sports in the shortlist.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 45], "content_span": [46, 562]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272561-0040-0000", "contents": "2017 Southeast Asian Games, The Games, Sports\nOn 12 May 2016, a meeting between Olympic Council of Malaysia and Paralympic Council of Malaysia, chaired by sports minister Khairy Jamaluddin was held to propose the merger of the 2017 Southeast Asian Games and the 2017 ASEAN Para Games into a single games which if approved will integrate the para sports into the games' main programme. The same topic was also discussed at the Asean Para Sports Federation Board of Governors meeting on 7 June 2016. By 14 July, the proposal has been rejected by SEA Games Federation (SEAGF) Council, with 9 member countries have opposed the proposal while only two (Malaysia and Laos) agreed, citing the reason for the rejection was due to the tradition and culture that has long been maintained by SEAGF.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 45], "content_span": [46, 787]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272561-0041-0000", "contents": "2017 Southeast Asian Games, The Games, Sports\n38 sports with 404 events in all for the Games were included in the final list approved by the SEAGF on 14 July 2016. Winter sports were introduced for the first time in Games history.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 45], "content_span": [46, 230]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272561-0042-0000", "contents": "2017 Southeast Asian Games, The Games, Medal table\nThe 2017 Southeast Asian Games featured 404 events, resulting in 404 medal sets to be distributed.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 50], "content_span": [51, 149]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272561-0043-0000", "contents": "2017 Southeast Asian Games, The Games, Medal table\nTwo additional gold medals were awarded as there were first-place ties in women's high jump and men's pommel horse. As a consequence, no silver medal was awarded in these events.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 50], "content_span": [51, 229]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272561-0044-0000", "contents": "2017 Southeast Asian Games, The Games, Medal table\nTwo bronze medals were awarded in some events: most events in martial arts (6 in boxing, 6 in judo, 15 in karate, 5 in muay thai, 14 in pencak silat, and 15 in taekwondo); all events in racket sports (7 in badminton, 9 in squash, 7 in table tennis, and 5 in tennis); billiards and snooker (7), fencing (6), netball (1), p\u00e9tanque (7), and sepak takraw (11). Furthermore, there were third-place ties in the Rhythmic Gymnastics women's hoop event and Swimming women's 50 m backstroke event, giving a total of 123 additional bronze medals. On the other hand, no bronze medal was awarded in the men's 3000 m relay short track speed skating event.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 50], "content_span": [51, 692]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272561-0045-0000", "contents": "2017 Southeast Asian Games, The Games, Medal table\nAs a result, a total of 1,334 medals comprising 406 gold medals, 402 silver medals, and 526 bronze medals were awarded to athletes.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 50], "content_span": [51, 182]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272561-0046-0000", "contents": "2017 Southeast Asian Games, The Games, Medal table\nMalaysian gold medalists Wendy Ng Yan Yee (aquatics - diving), Thai gold medalists Nurisan Loseng (pencak silat), and Thai silver medalists Benjaporn Sriphanomthorn (aquatics - swimming) tested positive for a banned drug and was stripped of their medals. Collin Syquia (equestrian) of the Philippines was also stripped of his gold medal after his horse Andrew E tested positive for a banned substance.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 50], "content_span": [51, 452]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272561-0047-0000", "contents": "2017 Southeast Asian Games, Broadcasting\nDuring the Games, 28 sports events were broadcast live. The host broadcast activities were provided by International Games Broadcast Services (IGBS), the production house, in partnership with SEA Games Television (SGTV), a joint venture between Astro, Radio Televisyen Malaysia and Media Prima. The International Broadcast Centre was located at Malaysia International Trade and Exhibition Centre (MITEC).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 40], "content_span": [41, 445]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272561-0048-0000", "contents": "2017 Southeast Asian Games, Concerns and controversies\nThe 2017 Southeast Asian Games was marred with a series of controversies, ranging from\u00a0transportation to doping issues.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 54], "content_span": [55, 174]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272562-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 Southeast Asian Games opening ceremony\nThe 2017 Southeast Asian Games opening ceremony was held in Bukit Jalil National Stadium on 19 August 2017 at 20:17 MST (UTC+8) which highlighted aspects of Malaysia's history and culture. The ceremony was directed by film director Saw Teong Hin alongside the Memories Entertainment creative team with co-operation from the Malaysian Armed Forces. The time 20:17 was chosen to start the opening ceremony to mark the year 2017, the year which Malaysia hosted the 29th Southeast Asian Games.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [43, 43], "content_span": [44, 533]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272562-0001-0000", "contents": "2017 Southeast Asian Games opening ceremony, Proceedings, Welcome, national flag and anthem\nThe opening ceremony begin with the arrival of the Yang di-Pertuan Agong of Malaysia, Sultan Muhammad V. Flag of Malaysia was raised of the Malaysia national anthem, Negaraku was instrumental by Malaysian Armed Forces band.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [45, 91], "content_span": [92, 315]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272562-0002-0000", "contents": "2017 Southeast Asian Games opening ceremony, Proceedings, Countdown\nThis was followed by the footage of few Malaysians of different ages and races paint their face with the colours of the games logo and a ten-to-one countdown of the large screens counted down from 10 to 1 after the playing of the national anthem, the word \"Selamat Datang\" (Welcome) was projected onto the seats of the stadium with fireworks being released around the stadium to mark the beginning of the ceremony.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [45, 67], "content_span": [68, 482]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272562-0003-0000", "contents": "2017 Southeast Asian Games opening ceremony, Proceedings, Main event, Preface\n320 Malaysian flags, along with the national flags of the participating nations, the Southeast Asian Games Federation flag and the edition flag, were brought into the stadium to symbolise the welcoming of the participants by Malaysia's 32 million population while Monoloque and Azlan Typewriter performed \"Tunjuk Belang\" on the stage.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [45, 77], "content_span": [78, 412]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272562-0003-0001", "contents": "2017 Southeast Asian Games opening ceremony, Proceedings, Main event, Preface\n\"Rimau\", the mascot of the Games then entered the stadium after a video footage made by computer graphics showing a tiger running across Kuala Lumpur and Putrajaya from the National Stadium, passing through landmarks such as Petronas Towers, Kuala Lumpur Tower, Telekom Tower, Sultan Abdul Samad Building and the Putrajaya Bridge.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [45, 77], "content_span": [78, 408]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272562-0004-0000", "contents": "2017 Southeast Asian Games opening ceremony, Proceedings, Main event, Parade of Nations\nAs per Southeast Asian Games Federation (SEAGF) protocol, the parade of athletes from all 11 competing nations started with Brunei leading the field in English alphabetical order and ended with the host nation, Malaysia entering the stadium last. When the athletes entering the stadium, the name and the flag of their participating nations were projected onto the seats of the stadium. The parade concluded with the performance of the song \"Bangkit Bersama\" by Sarawakian singer Dayang Nurfaizah.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [45, 87], "content_span": [88, 584]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272562-0005-0000", "contents": "2017 Southeast Asian Games opening ceremony, Proceedings, Main event, Parade of Nations\nThe 1980 Malaysian footballers James Wong, Santokh Singh and Shukor Salleh led the former athletes who carried the Games Federation flag and the games edition flag into the stadium which were raised by Malaysian Army Personnel. The Federation flag was carried by Shalin Zulkifli, Ramachandran Munusamy, Nurul Huda Abdullah, Rabuan Pit, Sharon Low Su Lin, Rashid Sidek, Zaiton Othman and Jeffrey Ong Kuan Seng, while the Games Edition Flag was carried by Shanti Govindasamy, Shahrulneeza Razali, Elaine Teo Shueh Fern, Nur Herman Majid, Norsham Yoon, R. Jaganathan, Choo Yih Hwa and Nasri Nasir.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [45, 87], "content_span": [88, 682]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272562-0006-0000", "contents": "2017 Southeast Asian Games opening ceremony, Proceedings, Main event, Speeches and protocols\nIn keeping with tradition, welcoming speeches were given by the President of the Southeast Asian Games Federation Tunku Imran and Malaysia's Youth and Sports Minister Khairy Jamaluddin. After that, the Games were officially declared open by the then Yang di-Pertuan Agong of Malaysia, Sultan Muhammad V. Later, Malaysian high jumper Nauraj Singh Randhawa was given the honour of taking the oath of sportsmanship on behalf of the athletes whilst Vice-President of the Olympic Council of Malaysia Datuk Megat Zulkarnain Tan Sri Omardin read out the oath behalf of Games officials.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [45, 92], "content_span": [93, 671]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272562-0007-0000", "contents": "2017 Southeast Asian Games opening ceremony, Proceedings, Main event, Main performances\nA 20-minutes showcase of Malaysia's cultural diversity that came in four segments, \"Provenance\", \"Similarities in Diversity\", \"Together We are Stronger\", and \"A Nation Built on Inclusion\", told the story of the origins of Malaysian inhabitants, celebrated the differences of people across the country and the region, emphasised the importance of strength and endurance while the conclusion featured people coming together with differences and similarities on full display. Singer Mia Palencia performed the song \"So Many Hands\", one of the three theme songs of the Games. A total of 6,000 people were involved in the showcase consisting of performers, volunteers, children and members of the armed forces.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [45, 87], "content_span": [88, 793]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272562-0008-0000", "contents": "2017 Southeast Asian Games opening ceremony, Proceedings, Main event, Torch lighting\nA video about the nationwide torch relay held months after the region's baton relay and months before the games was shown. After that, the torch of the Games was carried into the stadium by five group of Malaysia's former and current generation of sportsmen and sportswomen, each with three person: 1 former sportsman and 2 current sportsmen.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [45, 84], "content_span": [85, 427]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272562-0008-0001", "contents": "2017 Southeast Asian Games opening ceremony, Proceedings, Main event, Torch lighting\nThe torch bearers are: Siti Safiyah, Kenny Ang and Muhammad Rafiq Ismail of bowling, Mohd Shah Firdaus, Ng Joo Ngan and Fatehah Mustapa of cycling, Mohd Faizal Shaari, Mirnawan Nawawi and Hanis Nadihah Onn of Hockey, Khairul Hafiz Jantan, Mohd Zaki Sadri and Khirtana Ramasamy of athletics, Chan Peng Soon, Razif Sidek and Goh Jin Wei of Badminton. Bryan Nickson Lomas and Pandelela Rinong of Diving passed the torch to rising diving star Nur Dhabitah Sabri, who then was suspended by wires and at a distance, she lit the cauldron afterwards.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [45, 84], "content_span": [85, 627]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272562-0008-0002", "contents": "2017 Southeast Asian Games opening ceremony, Proceedings, Main event, Torch lighting\nThe cauldron's design was inspired by the traditional Malaysian oil torches used to welcome guests during festivals, and was to symbolise national unity. It had five spokes inscribed with the Rukun Negara and the colour gold served to honour Malaysia's monarch, as well as a nod to the highest award at the biennial games. A colourful fireworks display then erupted over the National Stadium, signalling the official commencement of the Games. The opening ceremony ended with the Yang di-Pertuan Agong leaving the stadium and Malaysia national anthem, Negaraku was instrumental by Malaysian Armed Forces band for the second time.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [45, 84], "content_span": [85, 714]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272563-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 Southeast Asian haze\nThe 2017 Southeast Asian Haze was a transnational haze crisis that started in late July, 2017. The Singaporean National Environment Agency said in June that the number of hotspots in Sumatra due to farmers using the \"slash-and-burn\" technique to clear land was 180.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [25, 25], "content_span": [26, 291]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272564-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 Southeast Missouri State Redhawks football team\nThe 2017 Southeast Missouri State Redhawks football team represented Southeast Missouri State University in the 2017 NCAA Division I FCS football season. They were led by fourth-year head coach Tom Matukewicz and played their home games at Houck Stadium. They were a member of the Ohio Valley Conference. They finished the season 3\u20138, 3\u20135 in OVC play to finish in a tie for fifth place.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 52], "section_span": [52, 52], "content_span": [53, 439]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272565-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 Southeastern Conference Baseball Tournament\nThe 2017 Southeastern Conference Baseball Tournament was held from May 23 through May 28 at Hoover Metropolitan Stadium in Hoover, Alabama. The annual tournament determined the tournament champion of the Division I Southeastern Conference in college baseball. The tournament champion earned the conference's automatic bid to the 2017 NCAA Division I Baseball Tournament After a search for potential new sites, the SEC named Hoover the host for the 2017 and future events, with a specific term to be negotiated.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 48], "section_span": [48, 48], "content_span": [49, 559]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272565-0001-0000", "contents": "2017 Southeastern Conference Baseball Tournament\nThe tournament has been held every year since 1977, with LSU claiming their twelfth championship against Arkansas, the most of any school. Original members Georgia and Kentucky along with 1993 addition Arkansas have never won the tournament. This is the nineteenth consecutive year and twenty-first overall that the event has been held at Hoover Metropolitan Stadium, known from 2007 through 2012 as Regions Park. Texas A&M joined in 2013, and won its first title in 2016. Missouri, which also joined in 2013, has yet to win the event.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 48], "section_span": [48, 48], "content_span": [49, 584]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272565-0002-0000", "contents": "2017 Southeastern Conference Baseball Tournament, Format and seeding\nThe regular season division winners claimed the top two seeds and the next ten teams by conference winning percentage, regardless of division, claimed the remaining berths in the tournament. The bottom eight teams played a single-elimination opening round, followed by a double-elimination format until the semifinals, when the format reverted to single elimination through the championship game. This is the fifth year of this format.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 48], "section_span": [50, 68], "content_span": [69, 504]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272566-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 Southeastern Conference Softball Tournament\nThe 2017 SEC Softball tournament was held at Sherri Parker Lee Stadium on the campus of University of Tennessee in Knoxville, Tennessee from May 10 through May 13, 2017. The tournament will earn the Southeastern Conference's automatic bid to the 2017 NCAA Division I Softball Tournament. The Championship game was broadcast on ESPN and the semifinals were broadcast on ESPNU, while all other SEC tournament games will be live on the SEC Network.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 48], "section_span": [48, 48], "content_span": [49, 494]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272567-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 Southeastern Conference football season\nThe 2017 Southeastern Conference football season was the 85th season of SEC football and took place during the 2017 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The season began on August 31 and will end with the 2017 SEC Championship Game on December 2. The SEC is a Power Five conference under the College Football Playoff format along with the Atlantic Coast Conference, the Big 12 Conference, the Big Ten Conference, and the Pac\u201312 Conference. For the 2017 season, the SEC has 14 teams divided into two divisions of seven each, named East and West.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [44, 44], "content_span": [45, 589]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272567-0001-0000", "contents": "2017 Southeastern Conference football season, Preseason, SEC media days\nThe SEC conducted its annual media days at the Hyatt Regency Birmingham \u2013 The Wynfrey Hotel in Hoover, Alabama between July 11 and July 14. The event commenced with a speech by commissioner Greg Sankey, and all 14 teams sent their head coaches and three selected players to speak with members of the media. The event along with all speakers and interviews were broadcast live on the SEC Network and streamed live on ESPN.com.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [46, 71], "content_span": [72, 497]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272567-0002-0000", "contents": "2017 Southeastern Conference football season, Preseason, SEC media days, Preseason media polls\nThe SEC Media Days concluded with its annual preseason media polls. Since 1992, the credentialed media has gotten the preseason champion correct just six times. Only nine times has the preseason pick even made it to the SEC title game. Below are the results of the media poll with total points received next to each school and first-place votes in parentheses.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [46, 94], "content_span": [95, 455]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272567-0003-0000", "contents": "2017 Southeastern Conference football season, Head coaches\nNote: All stats shown are before the beginning of the season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [46, 58], "content_span": [59, 120]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272567-0004-0000", "contents": "2017 Southeastern Conference football season, Schedule, Regular season\nRankings reflect those of the AP poll for that week until week 10 when CFP rankings are used.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [46, 70], "content_span": [71, 164]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272567-0005-0000", "contents": "2017 Southeastern Conference football season, SEC vs other conferences, SEC vs. Power 5 matchups\nThis is a list of teams considered by the SEC as \"Power Five\" teams for purposes of meeting league requirements that each member play at least one \"power\" team in non-conference play. In addition to the SEC, the NCAA officially considers all football members of the ACC, Big 10, Big 12 and Pac-12, plus independent Notre Dame (a full but non-football ACC member), as \"Power Five\" teams. Although the NCAA does not consider BYU a \"Power Five\" school, the SEC considers games against BYU as satisfying its \"Power Five\" scheduling requirement.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [46, 96], "content_span": [97, 637]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272567-0006-0000", "contents": "2017 Southeastern Conference football season, SEC vs other conferences, SEC vs. Power 5 matchups\nAll rankings are from the current AP Poll at the time of the game.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [46, 96], "content_span": [97, 163]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272567-0007-0000", "contents": "2017 Southeastern Conference football season, Awards and honors, SEC Individual Awards\nThe following individuals won the conference's annual player and coach awards:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [46, 86], "content_span": [87, 165]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272567-0008-0000", "contents": "2017 Southeastern Conference football season, Home game attendance\nGame played at Arkansas' secondary home stadium War Memorial Stadium, capacity: 54,120.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [46, 66], "content_span": [67, 154]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272568-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 Southeastern Louisiana Lions football team\nThe 2017 Southeastern Louisiana Lions football team represented Southeastern Louisiana University in the 2017 NCAA Division I FCS football season. The Lions were led by sixth-year head coach Ron Roberts and played their home games at Strawberry Stadium. They were a member of the Southland Conference. They finished the season 6\u20135, 6\u20133 in Southland play to finish in fifth place.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 47], "section_span": [47, 47], "content_span": [48, 427]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272568-0001-0000", "contents": "2017 Southeastern Louisiana Lions football team\nOn January 19, head coach Ron Roberts resigned to become the defensive coordinator at Louisiana. He finished at Southeastern Louisiana with a six-year record of 42\u201329.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 47], "section_span": [47, 47], "content_span": [48, 215]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272569-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 Southern Conference Baseball Tournament\nThe 2017 Southern Conference Baseball Tournament was held from May 23 through May 28 at Fluor Field at the West End in Greenville, South Carolina. The annual event determined the conference champion of the Division I Southern Conference in college baseball. The tournament winner earns the league's bid to the 2017 NCAA Division I Baseball Tournament. This is the last of 20 athletic championships held by the conference in the 2016\u201317 academic year.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [44, 44], "content_span": [45, 495]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272569-0001-0000", "contents": "2017 Southern Conference Baseball Tournament\nThe tournament was originally held from 1950\u201353, when the Southern Conference was a large conference composed of several small schools and several large schools, the latter of which would form the Atlantic Coast Conference after the 1953 season. The event was re-established in 1984 and has been held every year since. Defending champion Western Carolina has claimed ten championships, the most of any school, with The Citadel close behind at eight tournament wins. Furman is the only other school current school with multiple championships, having won two. East Tennessee State, UNC Greensboro, and VMI have never won a title, although East Tennessee State and VMI returned to the conference in 2015 after over ten years in other conferences. Mercer claimed the conference championship in its first ever appearance in 2015.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [44, 44], "content_span": [45, 869]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272569-0002-0000", "contents": "2017 Southern Conference Baseball Tournament\nThe tournament will be played in Greenville, which has hosted four of the past eight events.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [44, 44], "content_span": [45, 137]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272569-0003-0000", "contents": "2017 Southern Conference Baseball Tournament, Seeding and format\nAll nine teams will participate in the tournament, with the bottom two seeds playing a single-elimination play-in round. The remaining teams will then be divided into two brackets and play double-elimination tournaments. The winners of each bracket will play a single championship game.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [46, 64], "content_span": [65, 351]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272570-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 Southern Conference Men's Basketball Tournament\nThe 2017 Southern Conference Men's Basketball Tournament took place Friday, March 3 through Monday, March 6 in Asheville, North Carolina, at the U.S. Cellular Center. The entire tournament was streamed on ESPN3, with the Southern Conference Championship Game televised on ESPN at 7pm EST. The champion, East Tennessee State, received an automatic bid into the 2017 NCAA Tournament with a 79\u201374 win over UNC Greensboro.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 52], "section_span": [52, 52], "content_span": [53, 471]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272571-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 Southern Conference Men's Soccer Tournament\nThe 2017 Southern Conference Men's Soccer Tournament, was the 12th edition of the tournament. It determined the Southern Conference's automatic berth into the 2017 NCAA Division I Men's Soccer Championship.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 48], "section_span": [48, 48], "content_span": [49, 255]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272571-0001-0000", "contents": "2017 Southern Conference Men's Soccer Tournament\nDefending champions, Mercer, successfully defended their title, beating UNC Greensboro in the final.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 48], "section_span": [48, 48], "content_span": [49, 149]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272571-0002-0000", "contents": "2017 Southern Conference Men's Soccer Tournament, Seeding\nAll six teams in the SoCon qualified for the tournament. The teams were seeded based on their regular season conference record.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 48], "section_span": [50, 57], "content_span": [58, 185]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272572-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 Southern Conference Softball Tournament\nThe 2017 Southern Conference softball tournament was held at Jim Frost Stadium on the campus of the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga in Chattanooga, Tennessee, from May 10 through May 13, 2017. ETSU won their first-ever tournament championship and earned the SoCon's automatic bid to the 2017 NCAA Division I Softball Tournament. The Championship game was broadcast on ESPN3 while all other games were broadcast on the .", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [44, 44], "content_span": [45, 471]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272572-0001-0000", "contents": "2017 Southern Conference Softball Tournament, Format\nThe SoCon Tournament takes the top 7 teams and places them in a double elimination tournament, up until the championship. Seed 1 gets a bye to the 2nd Round. The championship game is played with a winner-take-all single game format.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [46, 52], "content_span": [53, 285]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272573-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 Southern Conference Women's Basketball Tournament\nThe 2017 Southern Conference Women's Basketball Tournament was held between Thursday, March 2 and Sunday, March 5 in Asheville, North Carolina, at the U.S. Cellular Center.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 54], "section_span": [54, 54], "content_span": [55, 227]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272573-0001-0000", "contents": "2017 Southern Conference Women's Basketball Tournament, Seeds\nTeams are seeded by record within the conference, with a tiebreaker system to seed teams with identical conference records.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 54], "section_span": [56, 61], "content_span": [62, 185]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272573-0002-0000", "contents": "2017 Southern Conference Women's Basketball Tournament, Schedule\nAll tournament games are nationally televised on an ESPN network:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 54], "section_span": [56, 64], "content_span": [65, 130]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272574-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 Southern Conference Women's Soccer Tournament\nThe 2017 Southern Conference Women's Soccer Tournament was the postseason women's soccer tournament for the Southern Conference held from October 25 through November 5, 2017. The first round and quarterfinals of the tournament were held at campus sites, while the semifinals and final took place at Samford University Track & Soccer Stadium in Birmingham, Alabama. The ten-team single-elimination tournament consisted of four rounds based on seeding from regular season conference play. The Samford Bulldogs were the defending champions, but they were eliminated from the 2017 tournament with a 2\u20131 semifinal loss in double overtime to the UNC Greensboro Spartans. UNC Greensboro won the tournament with a 1\u20130 win over the Western Carolina Catamounts in the final. This was the seventh Southern Conference tournament title for the UNC Greensboro women's soccer program and the first for head coach Michael Coll.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 50], "section_span": [50, 50], "content_span": [51, 962]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272575-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 Southern Conference football season\nThe 2017 Southern Conference football season was the 96th season of college football for the Southern Conference (SoCon) and formed a part of the 2017 NCAA Division I FCS football season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [40, 40], "content_span": [41, 228]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272575-0001-0000", "contents": "2017 Southern Conference football season, Preseason poll results, Preseason All-Conference Teams\nOffensive Player of the Year: Devlin Hodges, R-Jr., QB, SamfordDefensive Player of the Year: Kailik Williams, Sr., DB, The Citadel", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 96], "content_span": [97, 227]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272575-0002-0000", "contents": "2017 Southern Conference football season, Regular season\nRankings reflect that of the Sports Network poll for that week.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 56], "content_span": [57, 120]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272576-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 Southern Illinois Salukis football team\nThe 2017 Southern Illinois Salukis football team represented Southern Illinois University in the 2017 NCAA Division I FCS football season. They were led by second-year head coach Nick Hill and played their home games at Saluki Stadium. They were a member of the Missouri Valley Football Conference. They finished the season 4\u20137, 2\u20136 in MVFC play to finish in a tie for eighth place.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [44, 44], "content_span": [45, 427]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272577-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 Southern Jaguars football team\nThe 2017 Southern Jaguars football team represented Southern University in the 2017 NCAA Division I FCS football season. The Jaguars were led by fifth-year head coach Dawson Odums and played their home games at Ace W. Mumford Stadium in Baton Rouge, Louisiana as members of the West Division of the Southwestern Athletic Conference (SWAC). They finished the season 7\u20134, 5\u20132 in SWAC play to finish in second place in the West Division.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [35, 35], "content_span": [36, 470]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272577-0001-0000", "contents": "2017 Southern Jaguars football team\nDue to NCAA APR violations, the Jaguars were ineligible to participate in the SWAC Championship or the Celebration Bowl.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [35, 35], "content_span": [36, 156]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272577-0002-0000", "contents": "2017 Southern Jaguars football team, Preseason\nThe Jaguars were picked to finish in second place in the Western Division.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 46], "content_span": [47, 121]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272578-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 Southern Kings season\nIn 2017, the Southern Kings participated in the 2017 Super Rugby competition, their third appearance in the competition after also playing in 2013 and 2016. They were included in the Africa 2 Conference of the competition, along with Jaguares, Lions and Sharks.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [26, 26], "content_span": [27, 291]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272578-0001-0000", "contents": "2017 Southern Kings season\nIn April 2017, SANZAAR announced that three clubs would be cut from Super Rugby for the 2018 Super Rugby season, with two of those teams coming from South Africa. A newly-established SARU Franchise Committee was tasked with determining the two teams to drop out of Super Rugby, and on 7 July 2017, it was confirmed that the Cheetahs and Kings would not participate in the competition going forward, but would \"explore alternative playing opportunities in other international competitions\". On 1 August 2017, the European-based Pro12 announced that the competition would expand to 14 teams \u2014 being rebranded the Pro14 \u2014 and that the Cheetahs and Kings would be the teams joining the expanded tournament from the 2017\u201318 season onwards.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [26, 26], "content_span": [27, 762]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272578-0002-0000", "contents": "2017 Southern Kings season, Personnel, Coaches and management\nThe Kings coaching and management staff for the 2017 Super Rugby season were:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 61], "content_span": [62, 139]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272578-0003-0000", "contents": "2017 Southern Kings season, Personnel, Squad\nThe following players were named in the Kings squad for the 2017 Super Rugby season:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 44], "content_span": [45, 129]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272578-0004-0000", "contents": "2017 Southern Kings season, Log\nThe final standings for the 2017 Super Rugby season were:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 31], "content_span": [32, 89]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272578-0005-0000", "contents": "2017 Southern Kings season, Log\nThe top eight teams will qualify to the finals, with their final positions in the overall log determining their seedings in the Quarter Finals. The conference winners will be seeded #1 to #4 for the Quarter Finals, in order of log points gained during the group stages, while the wildcards will be seeded as #5 to #8 in order of log points gained during the group stages.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 31], "content_span": [32, 403]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272578-0005-0001", "contents": "2017 Southern Kings season, Log\nIn the Quarter Finals, the conference winners will host the first round of the finals, with the highest-seeded conference winner hosting the fourth-seeded wildcard entry, the second-seeded conference winner hosting the third-seeded wildcard entry, the third-seeded conference winner hosting the second-seeded wildcard entry and the fourth-seeded conference winner hosting the top-seed wildcard entry. The Quarter Final winners will progress to the Semi-Finals, where the winners of Quarter Finals 1 and 4 will play each other, as well as the winners of Quarter Finals 2 and 3, each tie hosted by the higher-seeded team.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 31], "content_span": [32, 651]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272578-0005-0002", "contents": "2017 Southern Kings season, Log\nThe winner of the Semi-Finals will progress to the Final, again to be held at the venue of the highest-seeded team. 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 at least three tries more than the opponent in a matchClassification:Teams standings are calculated as follows:* Conference Leaders (i.e. conference leaders will always be ranked at the top)* Log points* Number of games won* Overall points difference* Number of tries scored* Overall try difference", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 31], "content_span": [32, 582]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272578-0006-0000", "contents": "2017 Southern Kings season, Player statistics\nThe Super Rugby appearance record for players that represented the Kings in 2017 is as follows:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 45], "content_span": [46, 141]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272579-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 Southern Miss Golden Eagles football team\nThe 2017 Southern Miss Golden Eagles football team represented the University of Southern Mississippi in the 2017 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The Golden Eagles played their home games at the M. M. Roberts Stadium in Hattiesburg, Mississippi and competed in the West Division of Conference USA (C\u2013USA). They were led by second-year head coach Jay Hopson. They finished the season 8\u20135, 6\u20132 in C-USA play to finish in a tie for second place in the West Division. They were invited to the Independence Bowl where they lost to Florida State.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [46, 46], "content_span": [47, 592]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272579-0001-0000", "contents": "2017 Southern Miss Golden Eagles football team, Schedule\nSouthern Miss announced its 2017 football schedule on January 26, 2017. The 2017 schedule consists of 6 home and away games in the regular season. The Golden Eagles will host C\u2013USA foes North Texas, UTEP, UAB, and Charlotte, and will travel to UTSA, Louisiana Tech, Rice, and Marshall.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [48, 56], "content_span": [57, 342]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272579-0002-0000", "contents": "2017 Southern Miss Golden Eagles football team, Schedule\nThe team will play four non\u2013conference games, two home games against Kentucky from the Southeastern Conference (SEC) and Southern from the Southwestern Athletic Conference, and two road games against ULM from the Sun Belt Conference and Tennessee who is also from the Southeastern Conference.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [48, 56], "content_span": [57, 349]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272580-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 Southern Myanmar FC season\nSouthern Myanmar United Football Club is a Burmese football club, based at Yamanya Stadium in Mawlamyaing, Myanmar.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [31, 31], "content_span": [32, 147]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272580-0001-0000", "contents": "2017 Southern Myanmar FC season, 2017 Players Squad\nNote: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 51], "content_span": [52, 180]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272581-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 Southern Raqqa offensive\nThe 2017 Southern Raqqa offensive was an operation by the Syrian Army against Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) in the southwestern countryside of the Raqqa Province.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [29, 29], "content_span": [30, 206]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272581-0001-0000", "contents": "2017 Southern Raqqa offensive, Background\nIn early May 2017, Syrian Government forces launched an offensive against ISIL in the eastern countryside of Aleppo, capturing the Jirah Airbase late on 12 May.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 41], "content_span": [42, 202]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272581-0002-0000", "contents": "2017 Southern Raqqa offensive, Background\nFollowing this, by early June, the Syrian Army, led by the Tiger forces, captured the town of Maskanah and its surrounding villages after ISIL fighters withdrew from the area, thus expelling ISIL from its last stronghold in Aleppo governorate. The next day, the Army came reached the boundaries of Ar-Raqqah Governorate.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 41], "content_span": [42, 362]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272581-0003-0000", "contents": "2017 Southern Raqqa offensive, The offensive\nOn 13 June, the Syrian Army made a large advance into the Raqqah governorate, capturing several villages, and thus reaching the Ithriya-Al-Thawrah road. These advances were made with little resistance from ISIL. Four days later, the Army progressed further eastwards, overtaking 14 sites, thus coming close to ISIL-held Resafa.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 44], "content_span": [45, 372]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272581-0004-0000", "contents": "2017 Southern Raqqa offensive, The offensive\nDuring 18 June, the Syrian Army captured the last two villages on the road to Resafa. Later that day, an F/A-18 Super Hornet launched from USS George H.W. Bush shot down a Syrian Air Force Su-22M4, over airstrikes carried out by the SAF against what the Coalition claimed to be the SDF, while Syria said was ISIL in the village of Ja'din. Later, clashes broke out near Resafa between the Syrian Army and the SDF, as the former attempted to rescue the pilot of the downed jet. The next day, Resafa was captured by the Syrian Army.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 44], "content_span": [45, 574]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272581-0005-0000", "contents": "2017 Southern Raqqa offensive, The offensive\nOn 22 June, ISIL attempted to cut off the Syrian Army supply line to Resafa near the town of Um Sosah, but the assault was thwarted before it even began. On 30 June, the Syrian Army regained complete control of the Ithriya-Thawrah road, besieging the remaining ISIL held area in Aleppo. Subsequently, ISIL evacuated the pocket and the SAA captured all of the remaining ISIL-held towns, villages, and desert in the Aleppo province.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 44], "content_span": [45, 475]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272581-0006-0000", "contents": "2017 Southern Raqqa offensive, Aftermath\nOn 15 July Tiger Forces captured half a dozen oil fields in Ar-Raqqah province, the next day, Tiger Forces captured Al-Fahd Oil Field and nearby Al-Fahd Oil Station and advanced further to the south of Resafa in Ar-Raqqah Governorate capturing Zamleh Sharqiyah, B\u2019ir Zamleh and al-Khalaa gas fields. Building on these gains, further progress has been made on 17 July with Deilla oil field being restored under government control. A couple more oil fields were captured later in the day alongside the town of Rajm Al-Joz. On 22 July, the Syrian Army advanced even further, capturing Sabkhawi from ISIS and moving closer to SDF held northern Syria.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 40], "content_span": [41, 687]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272582-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 Southern Thailand floods\nThe 2017 Southern Thailand floods occurred from December 2016 throughout early months of 2017 and are the biggest floods in over 30 years in the southern part of the country during the regional annual monsoon season, which is distinct from other parts of the nation and mirrors that the Malay Peninsula. They have also caused damages in Kelantan and Terengganu states in Malaysia the weeks prior. The floods began in early January. Some 120 billion baht (US$4 billion) in damages are foreseen as of mid-January, much of this due to lost production in agriculture tourism and infrastructure. Rubber supply is particularly impacted. The death toll have reached 91. Particularly hard hit are palm and rubber plantations.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [29, 29], "content_span": [30, 747]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272583-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 Southern Utah Thunderbirds football team\nThe 2017 Southern Utah Thunderbirds football team represented Southern Utah University in the 2017 NCAA Division I FCS football season. They were led by second-year head coach Demario Warren and played their home games at Eccles Coliseum in Cedar City, Utah as sixth-year as members of the Big Sky Conference. They finished the season 9\u20133, 7\u20131 in Big Sky play to earn a share of the conference championship with Weber State. They received the conference's automatic bid to the FCS Playoffs where they lost to Weber State in the second round.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [45, 45], "content_span": [46, 587]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272583-0001-0000", "contents": "2017 Southern Utah Thunderbirds football team, Previous season\nThe Thunderbirds finished the 2016 season 6\u20135, 5\u20133 in Big Sky play to finish in a tie for fourth place.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [47, 62], "content_span": [63, 166]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272584-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 Southern Utah Thunderbirds volleyball team\nThe 2017 Southern Utah Thunderbirds volleyball team will represent Southern Utah University in the 2017 NCAA Division I women's volleyball season. The Thunderbirds are led by third year head coach Craig Choate and play their home games at Centrum Arena. The Thunderbirds are members of the Big Sky.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 47], "section_span": [47, 47], "content_span": [48, 346]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272584-0001-0000", "contents": "2017 Southern Utah Thunderbirds volleyball team\nSouthern Utah comes off a season where they finished 2\u201314 in conference, 4\u201324 overall, good for sixth place in the South Division and tied for 11th overall. For 2017 the Thunderbirds were picked to finish sixth in the South, 12th overall, in the pre-season Big Sky poll.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 47], "section_span": [47, 47], "content_span": [48, 318]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272584-0002-0000", "contents": "2017 Southern Utah Thunderbirds volleyball team, Season highlights\nSeason highlights will be filled in as the season progresses.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 47], "section_span": [49, 66], "content_span": [67, 128]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272584-0003-0000", "contents": "2017 Southern Utah Thunderbirds volleyball team, Announcers for televised games\nAll home games will be on the Pluto TV Ch. 236. Select road games will also be televised or streamed.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 47], "section_span": [49, 79], "content_span": [80, 181]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272585-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 Southern Vipers season\nThe 2017 season was Southern Vipers' second season, in which they competed in the Women's Cricket Super League, a Twenty20 competition. The side topped the group stage for the second year in a row, therefore progressing to the final. In the final, they faced Western Storm in a repeat of the previous season's final. This time, however, Western Storm were victorious by seven wickets with twelve balls to spare.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [27, 27], "content_span": [28, 439]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272585-0001-0000", "contents": "2017 Southern Vipers season\nThe side was captained by Charlotte Edwards and coached by Nicholas Denning. They played two of their home matches at the Rose Bowl and their other home match at the Arundel Castle Cricket Ground.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [27, 27], "content_span": [28, 224]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272585-0002-0000", "contents": "2017 Southern Vipers season, Squad\nSouthern Vipers announced a 15-player squad on 26 July 2017. Dane van Niekerk were originally signed as an overseas player, but was ruled out due to injury and replaced by Mignon du Preez. Age given is at the start of Southern Vipers' first match of the season (10 August 2017).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 34], "content_span": [35, 313]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272586-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 Southland Conference Baseball Tournament\nThe 2017 Southland Conference Baseball Tournament was held from May 24 through 27. The top eight regular season finishers of the league's thirteen teams met in the double-elimination tournament to be held at Constellation Field in Sugar Land, Texas. Sam Houston State won their sixth tournament championship to earn the conference's automatic bid to the 2017 NCAA Division I Baseball Tournament. Abilene Christian and Incarnate Word are ineligible for postseason play as they transition from Division II.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [45, 45], "content_span": [46, 550]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272586-0001-0000", "contents": "2017 Southland Conference Baseball Tournament, Seeding and format\nThe top eight finishers from the regular season, not including Abilene Christian or Incarnate Word, were seeded one through eight. They played a two bracket, double-elimination tournament, with the winner of each bracket meeting in a single championship final.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [47, 65], "content_span": [66, 326]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272586-0002-0000", "contents": "2017 Southland Conference Baseball Tournament, All-Tournament Team, Most Valuable Player\nRobie Rojas was named Tournament Most valuable Player. Rojas was a catcher for Sam Houston State.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [47, 88], "content_span": [89, 186]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272587-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 Southland Conference Men's Basketball Tournament\nThe 2017 Southland Conference Men's Basketball Tournament, was the postseason men's basketball tournament that completed 2016\u201317 season in the Southland Conference. The tournament was held at the Merrell Center in Katy, Texas from March 8\u201311, 2017. The winner of the tournament, New Orleans, received the conference's automatic bid to the NCAA Tournament with a 68\u201365 OT win over Texas A&M-Corpus Christi.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 53], "section_span": [53, 53], "content_span": [54, 459]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272587-0001-0000", "contents": "2017 Southland Conference Men's Basketball Tournament\nTwo programs in their final year of the transition from NCAA Division II to Division I, Abilene Christian and Incarnate Word, were ineligible for the tournament.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 53], "section_span": [53, 53], "content_span": [54, 215]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272587-0002-0000", "contents": "2017 Southland Conference Men's Basketball Tournament, Seeds\nThe top 8 teams in the conference qualified for the tournament. The top two seeds earned double byes into the semifinals in the merit-based format. The No. 3 and No. 4 seeds received single byes to the quarterfinals.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 53], "section_span": [55, 60], "content_span": [61, 277]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272587-0003-0000", "contents": "2017 Southland Conference Men's Basketball Tournament, Seeds\nTeams were seeded by record within the conference, with a tiebreaker system to seed teams with identical conference records.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 53], "section_span": [55, 60], "content_span": [61, 185]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272588-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 Southland Conference Softball Tournament\nThe 2017 Southland Conference tournament was held at Farris Field on the campus of the University of Central Arkansas in Conway, Arkansas from May 10 through May 12, 2017. The tournament winner, the McNeese State Cowgirls, earned the Southland Conference's automatic bid to the 2017 NCAA Division I Softball Tournament. The Championship game was broadcast on ESPN3 with the remainder of the tournament airing on the Southland Digital Network.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [45, 45], "content_span": [46, 488]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272588-0001-0000", "contents": "2017 Southland Conference Softball Tournament, Format\nThe top 6 teams qualified for the Southland Softball Tournament. Abilene Christian and Incarnate Word were ineligible due to their transition from D2 to D1. Abilene Christian finished the regular season in second place. Since Abilene Christian was ineligible for tournament play, the third through sixth-place finishers moved up in seeding. In addition, the Northwestern State Lady Demons, finishing the regular season in seventh place, qualified for the tournament.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [47, 53], "content_span": [54, 520]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272589-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 Southland Conference Women's Basketball Tournament\nThe 2017 Southland Conference Women's Basketball Tournament, a part of the 2016\u201317 NCAA Division I women's basketball season, took place March 9\u201312, 2017 at the Merrell Center in Katy, Texas. The winner of the tournament, the Central Arkansas Sugar Bears, received the Southland Conference's automatic bid to the 2017 NCAA Tournament.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 55], "section_span": [55, 55], "content_span": [56, 390]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272589-0001-0000", "contents": "2017 Southland Conference Women's Basketball Tournament, Seeds and regular season standings\nOnly the Top 8 teams advanced to the Southland Conference Tournament. The co-regular season champion Abilene Christian Wildcats were ineligible for the NCAA Tourney. Their seed fell to the next eligible team. Abilene Christian and Incarnate Word were ineligible for post-season play as they were in the final year of a 4-year transition from D2 to D1. They will be eligible for the Southland tourney in 2018. This chart shows all the teams records and standings and explains why teams advanced to the conference tourney or finished in certain tiebreaking positions.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 55], "section_span": [57, 91], "content_span": [92, 657]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272590-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 Southland Conference Women's Soccer Tournament\nThe 2017 Southland Conference Women's Soccer Tournament was the postseason women's soccer tournament for the Southland Conference held from November 1\u20135, 2017. The seven-match tournament took place at Jack Dugan Stadium in Corpus Christi, Texas. The eight-team single-elimination tournament consisted of three rounds based on seeding from regular season conference play. The Houston Baptist Huskies were the defending champions, but they were eliminated from the 2017 tournament with a 1\u20130 quarterfinal loss to the Central Arkansas Sugar Bears. The Lamar Lady Cardinals won the tournament with a 2\u20130 win over the Stephen F. Austin Ladyjacks in the final. This was the first Southland Conference tournament title for the Lamar women's soccer program and for head coach Steve Holeman.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 51], "section_span": [51, 51], "content_span": [52, 834]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272591-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 Southwestern Athletic Conference Baseball Tournament\nThe 2017 Southwestern Athletic Conference Baseball Tournament will be held place at Wesley Barrow Stadium in New Orleans, Louisiana from May 17 through May 21. The winner of the tournament will earn the conference's automatic bid to the 2017 NCAA Division I Baseball Tournament.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 57], "section_span": [57, 57], "content_span": [58, 336]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272591-0001-0000", "contents": "2017 Southwestern Athletic Conference Baseball Tournament\nThe double elimination tournament features four teams from each division.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 57], "section_span": [57, 57], "content_span": [58, 131]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272591-0002-0000", "contents": "2017 Southwestern Athletic Conference Baseball Tournament, Seeding and format\nThe four eligible teams in each division will be seeded one through four, with the top seed from each division facing the fourth seed from the opposite division in the first round, and so on. The teams then play a two bracket, double-elimination tournament with a one-game final between the winners of each bracket.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 57], "section_span": [59, 77], "content_span": [78, 393]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272592-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 Spa-Francorchamps Formula 2 round\nThe 2017 Spa-Francorchamps FIA Formula 2 round was a pair of motor races held on 26 and 27 August 2017 at the Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps in Stavelot, Belgium as part of the FIA Formula 2 Championship. It was the eighth round of the 2017 FIA Formula 2 Championship and was run in support of the 2017 Belgian Grand Prix.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [38, 38], "content_span": [39, 359]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272592-0001-0000", "contents": "2017 Spa-Francorchamps Formula 2 round, Background\nCharles Leclerc, once again, entered the round as the championship leader with a significant margin over nearest rival, Oliver Rowland. Rowland had closed the gap in the previous round in Hungary, but nevertheless was still 54 points behind the Mon\u00e9gasque driver.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 50], "content_span": [51, 314]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272592-0002-0000", "contents": "2017 Spa-Francorchamps Formula 2 round, Background\nFor this round, Rapax had inherited an entirely new driver lineup with Sergio Canamasas and Nyck de Vries making way for Louis Del\u00e9traz and Roberto Merhi. Nyck de Vries and Louis Del\u00e9traz effectively switched seats with de Vries going from Rapax to Racing Engineering and Del\u00e9traz vice versa.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 50], "content_span": [51, 343]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272593-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 Spain transportation strikes\nThe 2017 Spain transportation strikes are strikes primarily made up of by transport services, especially taxis, railways, and buses.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [33, 33], "content_span": [34, 166]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272593-0001-0000", "contents": "2017 Spain transportation strikes, Political and social context\nMany of the strikers have used the Madrid Pride events to draw more attention to their causes and to create greater financial effects through their strikes. The Madrid Pride events are the celebrations held in the center of Madrid the weekend after June 28, the International Day of LGBT Pride. Since the events bring many people to Madrid, strikers have tried to limit public transport to weaken the city and make their importance felt.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 63], "content_span": [64, 501]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272593-0001-0001", "contents": "2017 Spain transportation strikes, Political and social context\nAs a result, the Madrid government has set minimum levels of services to \"ensure the necessary mobility and the provision of an essential service for citizens, accentuated also with the massive demand for use that is expected during these days, because of the celebration World Pride in Madrid.\" On July 1, the day of the Pride parade, the minimum services were 75%.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 63], "content_span": [64, 430]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272593-0002-0000", "contents": "2017 Spain transportation strikes, Political and social context\nThis was not the first time that transport workers have used large events to attract more attention and to create greater effects through their strikes. In February 2016 metro workers in Barcelona carried out strikes during the Mobile World Congress (MWC). In 2015, during the same congress, there were between 30,000 and 40,000 more passengers than usual each day. The 2015 strike has been followed by other strikes that have also attacked major events in order to claim greater effects.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 63], "content_span": [64, 552]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272593-0003-0000", "contents": "2017 Spain transportation strikes, Strikes, Taxi strikes (and strikes against Uber and other ridesharing companies)\nThere have been many strike actions by taxi drivers protesting the perceived \"labor intrusion\" by ridesharing companies such as Uber and Cabify. On June 29, a 24-hour strike action took place. The lack of taxi drivers impeded transportation to and from Barcelona\u2013El Prat Airport and Barcelona Sants railway station and pushed the metro and buses to their limits as peoples\u2019 only alternative. The taxi drivers had originally planned a slow march through Barcelona at night, but given the \"positive response\" from the government, which had promised to pressure the Ministry of Public Works to stop granting more licenses to Uber and other outside services, the taxi drivers canceled their march.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 115], "content_span": [116, 810]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272593-0004-0000", "contents": "2017 Spain transportation strikes, Strikes, Taxi strikes (and strikes against Uber and other ridesharing companies)\nTaxi drivers have argued that the ridesharing companies will raise rates as soon as they can seize a hold of transport services in Barcelona, similarly to how they have in other cities and \"as has already happened in London.\" The Transport Law was the focus of the striker\u2019s legal argument. Taxi drivers asked that the government, both the municipal and provincial, respect the proportion of licenses, which is one VTC license (which Cabify cars use) for every 30 taxis.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 115], "content_span": [116, 586]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272593-0005-0000", "contents": "2017 Spain transportation strikes, Strikes, Strikes by metro operators\nMetro operators from Madrid performed strikes from June 28 to July 2, which coincided with the World Pride 2017 celebrations in Madrid. The operators carried out these stoppages to try to earn better work benefits. They were looking for recognition of their professional status as \"electric traction drivers.\" If they were granted this professional category, Social Security would credit the sicknesses derived from their work.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 70], "content_span": [71, 498]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272593-0006-0000", "contents": "2017 Spain transportation strikes, Strikes, Bus strikes\nOn June 20, 2017 the first day of strikes by bus drivers in Galicia took place. According to the Government of Galicia, strikes affected 67,500 schoolchildren and 90% of regular lines on the first day. On the following day, the strike paralyzed almost 100% of the sector and left 57,000 without bus transportation services. On each day, the strikers massively supported the unions' call against the Government\u2019s plans to reorganize the bus lines.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 55], "content_span": [56, 502]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272593-0007-0000", "contents": "2017 Spain transportation strikes, Strikes, Bus strikes\nSince the beginning of the strikes, there has been a strong increase in the use of private vehicles in Galicia. Several unions have insisted that the strikes have been planned to continue until an agreement is reached. The unions that participated in the strikes include CCOO, UGT and CIG. In addition to the Government\u2019s transport plan, these groups also protested against the lack of collective bargaining.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 55], "content_span": [56, 464]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272594-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 Spanish Athletics Championships\nThe 2017 Spanish Athletics Championships was the 97th edition of the national championship in outdoor track and field for Spain. It was held on 22 and 23 July at the Estadio Joan Serrahima in Barcelona. It served as the selection meeting for Spain at the 2017 World Championships in Athletics.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [36, 36], "content_span": [37, 330]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272594-0001-0000", "contents": "2017 Spanish Athletics Championships\nThe club championships in relays and combined track and field events were contested separately from the main competition.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [36, 36], "content_span": [37, 158]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272595-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 Spanish Grand Prix\nThe 2017 Spanish Grand Prix (formally known as the Formula 1 Gran Premio de Espa\u00f1a Pirelli 2017) was a Formula One motor race held on 14 May 2017 at the Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya in Montmel\u00f3, Spain. The race was the fifth round of the 2017 FIA Formula One World Championship and marked the forty-seventh running of the Spanish Grand Prix as a World Championship event since the inaugural season in 1950, and the twenty-seventh time that a World Championship round had been held at Catalunya.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [23, 23], "content_span": [24, 520]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272595-0001-0000", "contents": "2017 Spanish Grand Prix, Report, Free practice\nBoth of Friday's practice sessions finished with an identical top six on the timesheet, with Lewis Hamilton heading the list, his Mercedes teammate Valtteri Bottas second and the Ferraris of Kimi R\u00e4ikk\u00f6nen and Sebastian Vettel third and fourth respectively. Next came the Red Bulls, with Max Verstappen fifth in both sessions and Daniel Ricciardo sixth. McLaren Honda's run of poor reliability continued, with home favourite Fernando Alonso sitting out most of the first session after his car suffered a major engine failure during his first lap. Alonso was able to take part in the second session, but had to wait until almost half an hour into it while his team was completing an engine change.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 46], "content_span": [47, 743]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272595-0002-0000", "contents": "2017 Spanish Grand Prix, Report, Free practice\nThe third practice session, on Saturday morning, finished with R\u00e4ikk\u00f6nen quickest, Vettel second, and Hamilton third. Bottas was fourth after his engine suffered a water leak and he was only able to run towards the end of the session, once Mercedes had changed the engine. The Red Bull pair of Verstappen and Ricciardo were again fifth and sixth.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 46], "content_span": [47, 393]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272595-0003-0000", "contents": "2017 Spanish Grand Prix, Report, Qualifying\nLewis Hamilton claimed pole position from Sebastian Vettel by 0.051 seconds. Vettel was initially ordered to stop the car on track for an engine problem in Q1 but he questioned the decision and the problem was resolved and allowed him to continue. Valtteri Bottas and Kimi R\u00e4ikk\u00f6nen filled up the second row followed by the Red Bulls of Max Verstappen and Daniel Ricciardo. Fernando Alonso delivered a shocking result to get his underpowered McLaren into Q3 and then qualifying as the best of the rest behind Mercedes, Ferrari and Red Bull. The top ten was filled out by Sergio P\u00e9rez, Felipe Massa and Esteban Ocon.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 43], "content_span": [44, 659]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272595-0004-0000", "contents": "2017 Spanish Grand Prix, Report, Race\nVettel had a better start than Hamilton and led into the first corner. Then an incident with Bottas, R\u00e4ikk\u00f6nen and Verstappen meant that both R\u00e4ikk\u00f6nen and Verstappen retired with suspension damage and Bottas was left slightly handicapped. The incident also caused Felipe Massa to obtain a puncture, while also forcing Alonso off the track, leading them to eventually finish the race outside of the points. This left the top ten as Vettel, Hamilton, Bottas, Ricciardo, P\u00e9rez, Ocon, H\u00fclkenberg, Magnussen, Sainz and Grosjean.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 37], "content_span": [38, 562]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272595-0004-0001", "contents": "2017 Spanish Grand Prix, Report, Race\nHamilton stuck with Vettel for 14 laps, when Ferrari decided to cover off the undercut by pitting for softs. Hamilton meanwhile stayed out on track for 7 extra laps and rejoined around 7 seconds behind Vettel on the medium tyres. Vettel lost around 4 seconds to Hamilton trying to get past Bottas, who hadn't pitted yet, before completing a spectacular overtake on Bottas.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 37], "content_span": [38, 410]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272595-0005-0000", "contents": "2017 Spanish Grand Prix, Report, Race\nWith just over 30 laps remaining, the McLaren of Vandoorne drove into Massa and retired with suspension damage, earning him a grid penalty at the next race. The Virtual Safety Car (VSC) was brought out so his car could be removed and this allowed Hamilton to pit for the faster soft tyres, while not losing much time to Vettel due to the limited speed. Vettel then pitted for the slower medium tyres as was required, just when the VSC had finished, resulting in Vettel coming out of the pitlane alongside Hamilton.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 37], "content_span": [38, 552]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272595-0005-0001", "contents": "2017 Spanish Grand Prix, Report, Race\nThey touched wheels and Hamilton was forced off the track and had to fall behind Vettel. Then on lap 38, the Mercedes of Bottas suffered an engine failure (from the engine he had used for all previous races) and this promoted Ricciardo into a podium place. Meanwhile, Pascal Wehrlein who was doing a one-stop, used the VSC to his advantage and came out of the pits in 8th; he then got promoted to 7th following Bottas's retirement. However, he received a five-second penalty for an error in entering the pit lane.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 37], "content_span": [38, 551]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272595-0006-0000", "contents": "2017 Spanish Grand Prix, Report, Race\nHamilton, with faster tyres, then managed to overtake Vettel for the lead on the pit straight on lap 44 and held on to the lead to win the race, reducing Vettel's lead in the championship to 6 points and increasing Mercedes's lead in the Constructors' Championship to 8 points over Ferrari. Ricciardo finished 3rd for his first podium of the season and took the 5th place in the Championship from Verstappen.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 37], "content_span": [38, 446]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272595-0006-0001", "contents": "2017 Spanish Grand Prix, Report, Race\nDespite new upgrades, his Red Bull was 75 seconds behind Hamilton, the furthest back they had been all season, and Ricciardo was the only other car apart from the 2 leaders to finish on the lead lap. The next to cross the line were the Force Indias of P\u00e9rez and Ocon. Then Nico H\u00fclkenberg finished in 6th place for Renault, their highest finish since returning to the sport in 2016.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 37], "content_span": [38, 420]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272595-0006-0002", "contents": "2017 Spanish Grand Prix, Report, Race\nWehrlein crossed the line in 7th but was demoted to 8th with his penalty, still picking up 4 valuable points for the struggling Sauber team, with the Toro Rosso of Carlos Sainz being promoted to the 7th in his stead. Kvyat and Grosjean finished 9th and 10th respectively after Kevin Magnussen, who was running in 9th, suffered a late puncture due to contact with Kvyat and fell to 14th. Fernando Alonso finished in 12th, the first time he had finished a race in the season, but he admitted he was lacking the race pace to go with his superb qualifying.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 37], "content_span": [38, 590]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272596-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 Spanish Indoor Athletics Championships\nThe 2017 Spanish Indoor Athletics Championships was the 53rd edition of the annual indoor track and field competition organised by the Royal Spanish Athletics Federation (RFEA), which serves as the Spanish national indoor championship for the sport. A total of 26 events (divided evenly between the sexes) were contested over two days on 18 and 19 February at the Pista Cubierta de Atletismo Carlos Gil P\u00e9rez in Salamanca, Castile y Le\u00f3n.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [43, 43], "content_span": [44, 482]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272596-0001-0000", "contents": "2017 Spanish Indoor Athletics Championships\nOrlando Ortega equalled the championship record of 7.52 in the semi-finals of the men's 60 metres hurdles.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [43, 43], "content_span": [44, 150]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272597-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 Spanish motorcycle Grand Prix\nThe 2017 Spanish motorcycle Grand Prix was the fourth round of the 2017 MotoGP season. It was held at the Circuito de Jerez in Jerez de la Frontera on May 7, 2017. The MotoGP race also marked the 3,000th Grand Prix World Championship race.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [34, 34], "content_span": [35, 274]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272597-0001-0000", "contents": "2017 Spanish motorcycle Grand Prix, Championship standings after the race, MotoGP\nBelow are the standings for the top five riders and constructors after round four has concluded.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 81], "content_span": [82, 178]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272598-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 Sparkassen ATP Challenger\nThe 2017 Sparkassen ATP Challenger was a professional tennis tournament played on indoor hard courts in Ortisei, Italy between 9 and 15 October 2017. It was the eighth edition of the tournament which was part of the 2017 ATP Challenger Tour.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [30, 30], "content_span": [31, 272]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272598-0001-0000", "contents": "2017 Sparkassen ATP Challenger, Singles main draw entrants, Other entrants\nThe following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 74], "content_span": [75, 143]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272598-0002-0000", "contents": "2017 Sparkassen ATP Challenger, Singles main draw entrants, Other entrants\nThe following player received entry into the singles main draw using a protected ranking:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 74], "content_span": [75, 164]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272599-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 Sparkassen ATP Challenger \u2013 Doubles\nKevin Krawietz and Albano Olivetti were the defending champions but lost in the first round to Tomasz Bednarek and David Pel.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [40, 40], "content_span": [41, 166]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272599-0001-0000", "contents": "2017 Sparkassen ATP Challenger \u2013 Doubles\nSander Arends and Antonio \u0160an\u010di\u0107 won the title after defeating Jeremy Jahn and Edan Leshem 6\u20132, 5\u20137, [13\u201311] in the final.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [40, 40], "content_span": [41, 163]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272600-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 Sparkassen ATP Challenger \u2013 Singles\nStefano Napolitano was the defending champion but lost in the second round to Matteo Donati.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [40, 40], "content_span": [41, 133]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272600-0001-0000", "contents": "2017 Sparkassen ATP Challenger \u2013 Singles\nLorenzo Sonego won the title after defeating Tim P\u00fctz 6\u20134, 6\u20134 in the final.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [40, 40], "content_span": [41, 117]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272601-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 Sparkassen Open\nThe 2017 Sparkassen 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 Braunschweig, Germany between 10 and 15 July 2017.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [20, 20], "content_span": [21, 263]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272601-0001-0000", "contents": "2017 Sparkassen Open, Singles main draw entrants, Other entrants\nThe following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 64], "content_span": [65, 133]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272601-0002-0000", "contents": "2017 Sparkassen Open, Singles main draw entrants, Other entrants\nThe following players received entry into the singles main draw as special exempts:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 64], "content_span": [65, 148]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272602-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 Sparkassen Open \u2013 Doubles\nJames Cerretani and Philipp Oswald were the defending champions but only Cerretani chose to defend his title, partnering Max Schnur. Cerretani lost in the first round to Sander Arends and Matw\u00e9 Middelkoop.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [30, 30], "content_span": [31, 236]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272602-0001-0000", "contents": "2017 Sparkassen Open \u2013 Doubles\nJulian Knowle and Igor Zelenay won the title after defeating Kevin Krawietz and Gero Kretschmer 6\u20133, 7\u20136(7\u20133) in the final.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [30, 30], "content_span": [31, 154]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272603-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 Sparkassen Open \u2013 Singles\nThomaz Bellucci was the defending champion but lost in the first round to Gast\u00e3o Elias.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [30, 30], "content_span": [31, 118]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272603-0001-0000", "contents": "2017 Sparkassen Open \u2013 Singles\nNicola Kuhn won the title after Viktor Galovi\u0107 retired trailing 6\u20132, 5\u20137, 2\u20134 in the final.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [30, 30], "content_span": [31, 122]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272604-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 Speaker of the Chamber of Deputies of the Parliament of the Czech Republic election\nElection of the Speaker of the Chamber of Deputies of the Parliament of the Czech Republic will be held on 20 November 2017.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 88], "section_span": [88, 88], "content_span": [89, 213]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272604-0001-0000", "contents": "2017 Speaker of the Chamber of Deputies of the Parliament of the Czech Republic election, Background\nLegislative election was held on 20 and 21 October 2017. ANO 2011 have won plurality of 78 seats. Civic Democratic Party emerged as the second largest party with 25 seats. On 22 October 2017, ANO 2011 announced that it would nominate Radek Vondr\u00e1\u010dek as the Speaker of the Chamber. On 23 October 2017, Freedom and Direct Democracy agreed to support Vondr\u00e1\u010dek. Both parties have 100 seats of 200.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 88], "section_span": [90, 100], "content_span": [101, 495]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272604-0002-0000", "contents": "2017 Speaker of the Chamber of Deputies of the Parliament of the Czech Republic election, Background\nOn 24 October 2017, the Civic Democratic Party announced it would nominate Petr Fiala as its candidate. On 25 October 2017, Czech Pirate Party announced it would most likely support Vondr\u00e1\u010dek. TOP 09 announced it wouldn't support Vondr\u00e1\u010dek.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 88], "section_span": [90, 100], "content_span": [101, 341]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272604-0003-0000", "contents": "2017 Speaker of the Chamber of Deputies of the Parliament of the Czech Republic election, Background\nOn 31 October 2017, Miroslav Kalousek the leader of TOP 09 called parties to vote for neither of 2 candidates and to jam up the Chamber. This would prevent Andrej Babi\u0161 from becoming prime minister.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 88], "section_span": [90, 100], "content_span": [101, 299]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272604-0004-0000", "contents": "2017 Speaker of the Chamber of Deputies of the Parliament of the Czech Republic election, Background\nFiala withdrawn from the election on 15 November 2017 because Vondr\u00e1\u010dek had support of Pirates and SPD.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 88], "section_span": [90, 100], "content_span": [101, 204]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272604-0005-0000", "contents": "2017 Speaker of the Chamber of Deputies of the Parliament of the Czech Republic election, Background\nOn 22 November 2017, Vondr\u00e1\u010dek was elected the Speaker. He received 135 votes. 14 votes were against and 46 blank.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 88], "section_span": [90, 100], "content_span": [101, 215]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272605-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 Speaker of the United States House of Representatives election\nThe 2017 Speaker of the United States House of Representatives election took place on January 3, 2017, on the opening day of the 115th United States Congress, two months after the 2016 elections. This was the 125th speaker of the House of Representatives election since the office was created in 1789. The incumbent speaker, Paul Ryan, received 239 votes, a majority of the votes cast, and was re-elected speaker.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 67], "section_span": [67, 67], "content_span": [68, 481]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272605-0001-0000", "contents": "2017 Speaker of the United States House of Representatives election\nImmediately after the election, the Dean of the United States House of Representatives, John Conyers, administered the oath of office to the speaker. Ryan in turn administered the oath of office en masse to the rest of the members of the House of Representatives.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 67], "section_span": [67, 67], "content_span": [68, 331]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272605-0002-0000", "contents": "2017 Speaker of the United States House of Representatives election, Results\nThe vote count in the January 3, 2017 speaker of the House election was:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 67], "section_span": [69, 76], "content_span": [77, 149]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272605-0003-0000", "contents": "2017 Speaker of the United States House of Representatives election, Results\nRepresentatives voting for someone other than their party's speaker nominee were:\u25a0\u00a0Jim Cooper of Tennessee and Kathleen Rice of New York voted for Tim Ryan; \u25a0\u00a0Ron Kind of Wisconsin voted for Jim Cooper;\u25a0\u00a0Kyrsten Sinema of Arizona voted for John Lewis;\u25a0\u00a0Thomas Massie of Kentucky voted for Dan Webster.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 67], "section_span": [69, 76], "content_span": [77, 378]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272606-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 Special Honours\nAs part of the British honours system, Special Honours are issued at the Monarch's pleasure at any given time. The Special Honours refer to the awards made within royal prerogative, operational honours and other honours awarded outside the New Years Honours and Birthday Honours.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [20, 20], "content_span": [21, 300]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272607-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 Special Olympics World Winter Games\nThe 2017 Special Olympic World Winter Games (German: 2017 Special Olympics World Winterspiele) officially called 11th Special Olympics World Winter Games is a Special Olympics, a multi-sports event that was held in Austria from March 14 through March 25, 2017.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [40, 40], "content_span": [41, 301]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272607-0001-0000", "contents": "2017 Special Olympics World Winter Games, Overview\nIt was announced in 2012 that the host city for the 2017 Special Olympics World Winter Games would be Graz and Schladming in Styria, Austria.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 50], "content_span": [51, 192]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272607-0002-0000", "contents": "2017 Special Olympics World Winter Games, Overview\nThe opening and closing ceremonies were broadcast in the United States on ABC and ESPN. Most events were played live or re-aired on ESPN, ESPN2 and ESPNNEWS throughout the games.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 50], "content_span": [51, 229]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272607-0003-0000", "contents": "2017 Special Olympics World Winter Games, The games, Reception\nWith 113 nations participating all were invited to the Official Reception in Vienna after the teams arrived. At the Reception teams and nations could meet other athletes, take photos and talk to media from all over the world. This first Special Olympics World Games had ever done. The Reception took place on March 16, 2017, at the Vienna,Rathaus.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 62], "content_span": [63, 410]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272607-0004-0000", "contents": "2017 Special Olympics World Winter Games, The games, Reception, Arrivals\nMost athletes arrived at Vienna International Airport on March 14, 2017, and were given Special Austria 2017 necklaces and gear for their stay.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 72], "content_span": [73, 216]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272607-0005-0000", "contents": "2017 Special Olympics World Winter Games, The games, Reception, Arrivals\nThe teams from Ghana and Afghanistan were denied visas to travel to Austria to compete. The grounds for denial conveyed to the Ghana team were that Austria believed that the athletes would not return to Ghana after the competition. Tim Shriver, chairman of the board of Special Olympics International, said: \"On paper, six athletes of more than 2,500 did not attend the 2017 World Games. But for those six, it is a nightmare.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 72], "content_span": [73, 499]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272607-0006-0000", "contents": "2017 Special Olympics World Winter Games, The games, Opening ceremony\nThe opening ceremony was on March 18, 2017. The games were officially opened by Alexander Van der Bellen. Jason Mraz and Grace VanderWaal, with a choir of children from Schladming and Special Olympics global messengers, performed \"I Won't Give Up.\" Helene Fischer performed \"Fighter\".", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 69], "content_span": [70, 354]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272607-0007-0000", "contents": "2017 Special Olympics World Winter Games, Broadcasting\nThe 2017 World Games was broadcast on the following broadcasters in the following country:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 54], "content_span": [55, 145]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272608-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 Special Photo Edition\n2017 Special Photo Edition is an extended play from South Korean boy band UP10TION. It was released on October 12, 2017, by TOP Media. The album consists of three tracks, including the title track, \"Going Crazy\".", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [26, 26], "content_span": [27, 239]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272608-0001-0000", "contents": "2017 Special Photo Edition, Commercial performance\nThe EP sold 22,392+ copies in South Korea. It peaked at number 11 on the Korean Gaon Chart.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 50], "content_span": [51, 142]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272609-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 Speedway European Championship\nThe 2017 Speedway European Championship season was the fifth season of the Speedway European Championship (SEC) era, and the 17th UEM Individual Speedway European Championship. It was the fifth series under the promotion of One Sport Lts. of Poland.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [35, 35], "content_span": [36, 285]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272609-0001-0000", "contents": "2017 Speedway European Championship\nThe championship was won by And\u017eejs \u013bebedevs, who claimed the title for the first time. Despite not winning a round, he finished in second place three times, leaving him seven points clear of Russia's Artem Laguta in the final standings. Last year's runner-up V\u00e1clav Mil\u00edk finished third, while Krzysztof Kasprzak and Andreas Jonsson secured the final spots in the 2018 line-up by finishing forth and fifth respectively.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [35, 35], "content_span": [36, 456]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272609-0002-0000", "contents": "2017 Speedway European Championship, Qualification\nFor the 2017 season, 15 permanent riders were joined at each SEC Final by one wild card and two track reserves.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 50], "content_span": [51, 162]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272609-0003-0000", "contents": "2017 Speedway European Championship, Qualification\nDefending champion, Nicki Pedersen from Denmark was automatically invited to participate in all final events. V\u00e1clav Mil\u00edk, Krzysztof Kasprzak, Grigory Laguta and Leon Madsen secured their participation in all final events thanks to being in the top five of the general classification in the 2016 season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 50], "content_span": [51, 355]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272609-0004-0000", "contents": "2017 Speedway European Championship, Qualification\nSeven riders qualified through the SEC Challenge and the line-up was then completed when Artem Laguta, Andreas Jonsson and And\u017eejs \u013bebedevs received and accepted wild cards to compete.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 50], "content_span": [51, 235]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272609-0005-0000", "contents": "2017 Speedway European Championship, Calendar, Qualification\nThe calendar for qualification consisted of 3 Semi-final events and one SEC Challenge event.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 60], "content_span": [61, 153]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272609-0006-0000", "contents": "2017 Speedway European Championship, Calendar, Championship Series\nA four-event calendar was scheduled for the final series, with events in Poland, Germany and Sweden.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 66], "content_span": [67, 167]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272610-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 Speedway Grand Prix\nThe 2017 Speedway Grand Prix season was the 23rd season of the Speedway Grand Prix era, and decided the 72nd FIM Speedway World Championship. It was seventeenth series under the promotion of Benfield Sports International, an IMG company.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [24, 24], "content_span": [25, 262]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272610-0001-0000", "contents": "2017 Speedway Grand Prix\nThe world title was won by Jason Doyle, who finished ahead of debutant Patryk Dudek and former two-time champion Tai Woffinden. It was the first title of Doyle's career, and the first time an Australian had lifted the trophy since Chris Holder in 2012. Defending champion Greg Hancock was unable to complete the season after suffering an injury, competing in only six of the 12 rounds.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [24, 24], "content_span": [25, 410]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272610-0002-0000", "contents": "2017 Speedway Grand Prix, Qualification\nFor the 2017 season there were 15 permanent riders, joined at each Grand Prix by one wild card and two track reserves.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 39], "content_span": [40, 158]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272610-0003-0000", "contents": "2017 Speedway Grand Prix, Qualification\nThe top eight riders from the 2016 championship qualified automatically. Those riders were joined by the three riders who qualified via the Grand Prix Challenge.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 39], "content_span": [40, 201]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272610-0004-0000", "contents": "2017 Speedway Grand Prix, Qualification\nThe final four riders were nominated by series promoters, Benfield Sports International, following the completion of the 2016 season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 39], "content_span": [40, 173]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272610-0005-0000", "contents": "2017 Speedway Grand Prix, Calendar\nThe 2017 season consisted of 12 events, one more than the 2016 series.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 34], "content_span": [35, 105]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272611-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 Speedway Grand Prix Qualification\nThe 2017 Individual Speedway World Championship Grand Prix Qualification was a series of motorcycle speedway meetings that were used to determine the three riders that qualified for the 2017 Speedway Grand Prix. The series consisted of four qualifying rounds at Terenzano, Slangerup, King's Lynn and Abensberg, two semi-finals at Gori\u010dan and Lonigo and then the Grand Prix Challenge at Vetlanda. The three riders that qualified were Patryk Dudek, Martin Vacul\u00edk and Fredrik Lindgren.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [38, 38], "content_span": [39, 522]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272612-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 Speedway Grand Prix of Australia\nThe 2017 QBE Insurance Australian FIM Speedway Grand Prix was the 12th and final race meeting of the 2017 Speedway Grand Prix season. It took place on 28 October at the Etihad Stadium in Melbourne, Australia.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [37, 37], "content_span": [38, 246]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272612-0001-0000", "contents": "2017 Speedway Grand Prix of Australia, Riders\nFirst reserve Peter Kildemand replaced Greg Hancock, second reserve Martin Smolinski replaced Nicki Pedersen, first track reserve Justin Sedgmen replaced Niels-Kristian Iversen and second track reserve Davey Watt replaced Fredrik Lindgren. The Speedway Grand Prix Commission also nominated Sam Masters as the wild card, and Brady Kurtz and Rohan Tungate as third and fourth track Reserves.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 45], "content_span": [46, 435]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272612-0002-0000", "contents": "2017 Speedway Grand Prix of Australia, Results\nThe Grand Prix was won by Australia's Jason Doyle, who beat Tai Woffinden, Bartosz Zmarzlik and Patryk Dudek in the final. It was second Grand Prix win of the season for Doyle, and the sixth of his career. He also wrapped up the world title in the 10th heat of the night, becoming the first Australian to win the world title on home soil. He also set the record for the most final appearances in one season with 10.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 46], "content_span": [47, 462]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272612-0003-0000", "contents": "2017 Speedway Grand Prix of Australia, Results, Heat details\ne: retired or mechanical failure \u2022 m: exclusion for exceeding two minute time allowance \u2022 t: exclusion for touching the tapes \u2022 x: other exclusion \u2022 f: fellns: non-starter \u2022 nc: non-classifySemi-finals: Heat 21: Riders placed 1st, 4th, 6th & 7th in the intermediate classification (after 20 heats)Heat 22: Riders placed 2nd, 3rd, 5th & 8th in the intermediate classification (after 20 heats)Big Final (heat 23): The first and second placed riders in each of the Semi-Finals", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 60], "content_span": [61, 534]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272613-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 Speedway Grand Prix of Czech Republic\nThe 2017 Mitas Czech Republic FIM Speedway Grand Prix was the fourth race of the 2017 Speedway Grand Prix season. It took place on June 10 at the Mark\u00e9ta Stadium in Prague, Czech Republic.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [42, 42], "content_span": [43, 231]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272613-0001-0000", "contents": "2017 Speedway Grand Prix of Czech Republic, Riders\nFirst reserve Peter Kildemand replaced Nicki Pedersen, who was injured and not fit to race. The Speedway Grand Prix Commission also nominated V\u00e1clav Mil\u00edk Jr. as the wild card, and Josef Franc and Mat\u011bj K\u016fs both as Track Reserves.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [44, 50], "content_span": [51, 281]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272613-0002-0000", "contents": "2017 Speedway Grand Prix of Czech Republic, Results\nThe Grand Prix was won by Australia's Jason Doyle, who beat world champion Greg Hancock and wild card V\u00e1clav Mil\u00edk Jr. in the final. It was the fifth Grand Prix win of Doyle's career, and the second time in a row that he won in Prague. Hancock had initially top scored during the qualifying heats.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [44, 51], "content_span": [52, 349]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272613-0003-0000", "contents": "2017 Speedway Grand Prix of Czech Republic, Results\nChampionship leader Patryk Dudek finished fourth in the final, maintaining a one-point leader over Doyle in the overall standings.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [44, 51], "content_span": [52, 182]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272613-0004-0000", "contents": "2017 Speedway Grand Prix of Czech Republic, Results, Heat details\ne: retired or mechanical failure \u2022 m: exclusion for exceeding two minute time allowance \u2022 t: exclusion for touching the tapes \u2022 x: other exclusion \u2022 f: fellns: non-starter \u2022 nc: non-classifySemi-finals: Heat 21: Riders placed 1st, 4th, 6th & 7th in the intermediate classification (after 20 heats)Heat 22: Riders placed 2nd, 3rd, 5th & 8th in the intermediate classification (after 20 heats)Big Final (heat 23): The first and second placed riders in each of the Semi-Finals", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [44, 65], "content_span": [66, 539]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272614-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 Speedway Grand Prix of Denmark\nThe 2017 Kj\u00e6rgaard Danish FIM Speedway Grand Prix was the fifth race of the 2017 Speedway Grand Prix season. It took place on June 24 at the CASA Arena in Horsens, Denmark.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [35, 35], "content_span": [36, 208]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272614-0001-0000", "contents": "2017 Speedway Grand Prix of Denmark, Riders\nFirst reserve Peter Kildemand replaced Nicki Pedersen, who was injured and not fit to race. The Speedway Grand Prix Commission also nominated Kenneth Bjerre as the wild card, and Andreas Lyager and Frederik Jakobsen both as Track Reserves.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 43], "content_span": [44, 283]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272614-0002-0000", "contents": "2017 Speedway Grand Prix of Denmark, Results\nThe Grand Prix was won by Poland's Maciej Janowski, who beat Emil Sayfutdinov and Patryk Dudek in the final. Jason Doyle had initially top scored during the qualifying heats, however he finished last in the final despite his broken foot. It was second successive Horsens win for Janowski, and it lifted him to third in the overall standings - seven points behind joint leaders Doyle and Dudek.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 44], "content_span": [45, 438]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272614-0003-0000", "contents": "2017 Speedway Grand Prix of Denmark, Results, Heat details\ne: retired or mechanical failure \u2022 m: exclusion for exceeding two minute time allowance \u2022 t: exclusion for touching the tapes \u2022 x: other exclusion \u2022 f: fellns: non-starter \u2022 nc: non-classifySemi-finals: Heat 21: Riders placed 1st, 4th, 6th & 7th in the intermediate classification (after 20 heats)Heat 22: Riders placed 2nd, 3rd, 5th & 8th in the intermediate classification (after 20 heats)Big Final (heat 23): The first and second placed riders in each of the Semi-Finals", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 58], "content_span": [59, 532]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272615-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 Speedway Grand Prix of Germany\nThe 2017 IPONE German FIM Speedway Grand Prix was the ninth race of the 2017 Speedway Grand Prix season. It took place on September 9 at the Bergring Arena in Teterow, Germany.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [35, 35], "content_span": [36, 212]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272615-0001-0000", "contents": "2017 Speedway Grand Prix of Germany, Riders\nFirst reserve Peter Kildemand replaced Greg Hancock, second reserve Martin Smolinski replaced Nicki Pedersen and third reserve Max Fricke replaced Niels-Kristian Iversen. The Speedway Grand Prix Commission also nominated Kai Huckenbeck as the wild card, and Tobias Kroner and Mathias Bartz both as Track Reserves.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 43], "content_span": [44, 357]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272615-0002-0000", "contents": "2017 Speedway Grand Prix of Germany, Results\nThe Grand Prix was won by Slovenia's Matej \u017dagar, who beat Martin Vacul\u00edk, Jason Doyle and Chris Holder in the final. Doyle had initially top scored in the qualifying heats, however the third place saw him move 10 points clear of Patryk Dudek, who was eliminated in the semi-finals.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 44], "content_span": [45, 327]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272615-0003-0000", "contents": "2017 Speedway Grand Prix of Germany, Results, Heat details\ne: retired or mechanical failure \u2022 m: exclusion for exceeding two minute time allowance \u2022 t: exclusion for touching the tapes \u2022 x: other exclusion \u2022 f: fellns: non-starter \u2022 nc: non-classifySemi-finals: Heat 21: Riders placed 1st, 4th, 6th & 7th in the intermediate classification (after 20 heats)Heat 22: Riders placed 2nd, 3rd, 5th & 8th in the intermediate classification (after 20 heats)Big Final (heat 23): The first and second placed riders in each of the Semi-Finals", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 58], "content_span": [59, 532]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272616-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 Speedway Grand Prix of Great Britain\nThe 2017 Adrian Flux British FIM Speedway Grand Prix was the sixth race of the 2017 Speedway Grand Prix season. It took place on 22 July at the Principality Stadium in Cardiff, Wales.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [41, 41], "content_span": [42, 225]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272616-0001-0000", "contents": "2017 Speedway Grand Prix of Great Britain, Riders\nFirst reserve Peter Kildemand replaced Nicki Pedersen, who was injured and not fit to race. The Speedway Grand Prix Commission also nominated Craig Cook as the wild card, and Adam Ellis and Josh Bates both as Track Reserves.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [43, 49], "content_span": [50, 274]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272616-0002-0000", "contents": "2017 Speedway Grand Prix of Great Britain, Results\nThe Grand Prix was won by Poland's Maciej Janowski, who beat Jason Doyle and Matej \u017dagar in the final. It was the second successive win for Janowski, who moved to joint-second in the overall standings with compatriot Patryk Dudek - three points behind Doyle. Bartosz Zmarzlik had initially top scored in the heats with 13 points, but he was excluded in the final.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [43, 50], "content_span": [51, 414]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272616-0003-0000", "contents": "2017 Speedway Grand Prix of Great Britain, Results, Heat details\ne: retired or mechanical failure \u2022 m: exclusion for exceeding two minute time allowance \u2022 t: exclusion for touching the tapes \u2022 x: other exclusion \u2022 f: fellns: non-starter \u2022 nc: non-classifySemi-finals: Heat 21: Riders placed 1st, 4th, 6th & 7th in the intermediate classification (after 20 heats)Heat 22: Riders placed 2nd, 3rd, 5th & 8th in the intermediate classification (after 20 heats)Big Final (heat 23): The first and second placed riders in each of the Semi-Finals", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [43, 64], "content_span": [65, 538]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272617-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 Speedway Grand Prix of Latvia\nThe 2017 Rietumu Bank Latvian FIM Speedway Grand Prix was the third race of the 2017 Speedway Grand Prix season. It took place on May 27 at the Latvijas Sp\u012bdveja Centrs in Daugavpils, Latvia.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [34, 34], "content_span": [35, 226]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272617-0001-0000", "contents": "2017 Speedway Grand Prix of Latvia, Riders\nFirst reserve Peter Kildemand replaced Nicki Pedersen, who was injured and not fit to race. The Speedway Grand Prix Commission also nominated Maksims Bogdanovs as the wild card, and Kjasts Puod\u017euks and Jevge\u0146ijs Kostigovs both as Track Reserves.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 42], "content_span": [43, 288]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272617-0002-0000", "contents": "2017 Speedway Grand Prix of Latvia, Results\nThe Grand Prix was won by Poland's Piotr Pawlicki Jr., who beat compatriots Patryk Dudek and Maciej Janowski and Australia's Jason Doyle in the final. It was the first Grand Prix win of Pawlicki Jr.'s career, and the first time in Grand Prix history that three riders from the same nation occupied the first three places on the podium.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 43], "content_span": [44, 379]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272617-0003-0000", "contents": "2017 Speedway Grand Prix of Latvia, Results\nDudek's second-place finish resulted in him topping the overall standings. Previous series leader Fredrik Lindgren, who failed to make the semi-finals for the first time this year, slipped to joint-second place with Doyle, both just one point behind Dudek.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 43], "content_span": [44, 300]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272617-0004-0000", "contents": "2017 Speedway Grand Prix of Latvia, Results, Heat details\ne: retired or mechanical failure \u2022 m: exclusion for exceeding two minute time allowance \u2022 t: exclusion for touching the tapes \u2022 x: other exclusion \u2022 f: fellns: non-starter \u2022 nc: non-classifySemi-finals: Heat 21: Riders placed 1st, 4th, 6th & 7th in the intermediate classification (after 20 heats)Heat 22: Riders placed 2nd, 3rd, 5th & 8th in the intermediate classification (after 20 heats)Big Final (heat 23): The first and second placed riders in each of the Semi-Finals", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 57], "content_span": [58, 531]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272618-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 Speedway Grand Prix of Poland\nThe 2017 Lotto Warsaw FIM Speedway Grand Prix of Poland was the second race of the 2017 Speedway Grand Prix season. It took place on May 13th at the Stadion Narodowy in Warsaw, Poland.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [34, 34], "content_span": [35, 219]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272618-0001-0000", "contents": "2017 Speedway Grand Prix of Poland, Riders\nThe Speedway Grand Prix Commission nominated Przemys\u0142aw Pawlicki as the wild card, and Krystian Pieszczek and Pawe\u0142 Przedpe\u0142ski both as Track Reserves.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 42], "content_span": [43, 194]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272618-0002-0000", "contents": "2017 Speedway Grand Prix of Poland, Results\nThe Grand Prix was won by Fredrik Lindgren, who beat Maciej Janowski, Jason Doyle and Martin Vacul\u00edk in the final. It was the second Grand Prix win of Lindgren's career, and was a result that took him to the top of the overall championship standings - 5 points clear of Doyle.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 43], "content_span": [44, 320]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272618-0003-0000", "contents": "2017 Speedway Grand Prix of Poland, Results, Heat details\ne: retired or mechanical failure \u2022 m: exclusion for exceeding two minute time allowance \u2022 t: exclusion for touching the tapes \u2022 x: other exclusion \u2022 f: fellns: non-starter \u2022 nc: non-classifySemi-finals: Heat 21: Riders placed 1st, 4th, 6th & 7th in the intermediate classification (after 20 heats)Heat 22: Riders placed 2nd, 3rd, 5th & 8th in the intermediate classification (after 20 heats)Big Final (heat 23): The first and second placed riders in each of the Semi-Finals", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 57], "content_span": [58, 531]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272619-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 Speedway Grand Prix of Poland II\nThe 2017 MIB Nordic Gorz\u00f3w FIM Speedway Grand Prix of Poland was the eighth race of the 2017 Speedway Grand Prix season. It took place on August 26 at the Edward Jancarz Stadium in Gorz\u00f3w, Poland.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [37, 37], "content_span": [38, 234]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272619-0001-0000", "contents": "2017 Speedway Grand Prix of Poland II, Riders\nSecond reserve Martin Smolinski replaced Greg Hancock, fourth reserve V\u00e1clav Mil\u00edk Jr. replaced Nicki Pedersen and fifth reserve Michael Jepsen Jensen replaced Niels-Kristian Iversen. The Speedway Grand Prix Commission also nominated Krzysztof Kasprzak as the wild card, and Kacper Woryna and Oskar Polis both as Track Reserves.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 45], "content_span": [46, 374]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272619-0002-0000", "contents": "2017 Speedway Grand Prix of Poland II, Results\nThe Grand Prix was won by Great Britain's Tai Woffinden, who beat Patryk Dudek, Jason Doyle and Bartosz Zmarzlik in the final. As a result of finishing third, Doyle moved back to the top of the overall standings. Previous series leader Maciej Janowski failed to make the semi-finals.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 46], "content_span": [47, 330]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272619-0003-0000", "contents": "2017 Speedway Grand Prix of Poland II, Results, Heat details\ne: retired or mechanical failure \u2022 m: exclusion for exceeding two minute time allowance \u2022 t: exclusion for touching the tapes \u2022 x: other exclusion \u2022 f: fellns: non-starter \u2022 nc: non-classifySemi-finals: Heat 21: Riders placed 1st, 4th, 6th & 7th in the intermediate classification (after 20 heats)Heat 22: Riders placed 2nd, 3rd, 5th & 8th in the intermediate classification (after 20 heats)Big Final (heat 23): The first and second placed riders in each of the Semi-Finals", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 60], "content_span": [61, 534]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272620-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 Speedway Grand Prix of Poland III\nThe 2017 Nice Toru\u0144 FIM Speedway Grand Prix of Poland was the 11th race of the 2017 Speedway Grand Prix season. It took place on October 7 at the Marian Rose MotoArena in Toru\u0144, Poland.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [38, 38], "content_span": [39, 224]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272620-0001-0000", "contents": "2017 Speedway Grand Prix of Poland III, Riders\nFirst reserve Peter Kildemand replaced Greg Hancock, second reserve Martin Smolinski replaced Nicki Pedersen, third reserve Max Fricke replaced Niels-Kristian Iversen and fourth reserve V\u00e1clav Mil\u00edk Jr. replaced Fredrik Lindgren. The Speedway Grand Prix Commission also nominated Pawe\u0142 Przedpe\u0142ski as the wild card, and Bartosz Smekta\u0142a and Igor Kope\u0107-Sobczy\u0144ski both as Track Reserves.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 46], "content_span": [47, 433]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272620-0002-0000", "contents": "2017 Speedway Grand Prix of Poland III, Results\nThe Grand Prix was won by Poland's Patryk Dudek, who beat Tai Woffinden, Bartosz Zmarzlik and Matej \u017dagar in the final. It was the first Grand Prix win of Dudek's career, which kept alive the title race as championship leader Jason Doyle was eliminated in the semi-finals.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 47], "content_span": [48, 320]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272620-0003-0000", "contents": "2017 Speedway Grand Prix of Poland III, Results, Heat details\ne: retired or mechanical failure \u2022 m: exclusion for exceeding two minute time allowance \u2022 t: exclusion for touching the tapes \u2022 x: other exclusion \u2022 f: fellns: non-starter \u2022 nc: non-classifySemi-finals: Heat 21: Riders placed 1st, 4th, 6th & 7th in the intermediate classification (after 20 heats)Heat 22: Riders placed 2nd, 3rd, 5th & 8th in the intermediate classification (after 20 heats)Big Final (heat 23): The first and second placed riders in each of the Semi-Finals", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 61], "content_span": [62, 535]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272621-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 Speedway Grand Prix of Scandinavia\nThe 2017 Stockholm FIM Speedway Grand Prix was the tenth race of the 2017 Speedway Grand Prix season. It took place on September 22 at the Friends Arena in Stockholm, Sweden.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [39, 39], "content_span": [40, 214]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272621-0001-0000", "contents": "2017 Speedway Grand Prix of Scandinavia, Riders\nFirst reserve Peter Kildemand replaced Greg Hancock, second reserve Martin Smolinski replaced Nicki Pedersen and third reserve Max Fricke replaced Niels-Kristian Iversen. The Speedway Grand Prix Commission also nominated Kim Nilsson as the wild card, and Jacob Thorssell and Filip Hjelmland both as Track Reserves.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 47], "content_span": [48, 362]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272621-0002-0000", "contents": "2017 Speedway Grand Prix of Scandinavia, Results\nThe Grand Prix was won by Slovenia's Matej \u017dagar, who beat Bartosz Zmarzlik, Jason Doyle and Peter Kildemand in the final. It was Zagar's second successive Grand Prix win after finishing first in Germany the round before. Doyle, who equalled the record number of final appearances in one season with nine, initially top scored in the qualifying heats, however third place saw him move 22 points clear of Patryk Dudek, who failed to make the semi-finals.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 48], "content_span": [49, 502]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272621-0003-0000", "contents": "2017 Speedway Grand Prix of Scandinavia, Results, Heat details\ne: retired or mechanical failure \u2022 m: exclusion for exceeding two minute time allowance \u2022 t: exclusion for touching the tapes \u2022 x: other exclusion \u2022 f: fellns: non-starter \u2022 nc: non-classifySemi-finals: Heat 21: Riders placed 1st, 4th, 6th & 7th in the intermediate classification (after 20 heats)Heat 22: Riders placed 2nd, 3rd, 5th & 8th in the intermediate classification (after 20 heats)Big Final (heat 23): The first and second placed riders in each of the Semi-Finals", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 62], "content_span": [63, 536]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272622-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 Speedway Grand Prix of Slovenia\nThe 2017 Slovenian FIM Speedway Grand Prix was the opening race of the 2017 Speedway Grand Prix season. It took place on April 29 at the Matija Gubec Stadium in Kr\u0161ko, Slovenia.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [36, 36], "content_span": [37, 214]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272622-0001-0000", "contents": "2017 Speedway Grand Prix of Slovenia, Riders\nThe Speedway Grand Prix Commission nominated Nick \u0160korja as the wild card, and Matic Iva\u010di\u010d and Denis \u0160tojs both as Track Reserves.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 44], "content_span": [45, 176]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272622-0002-0000", "contents": "2017 Speedway Grand Prix of Slovenia, Results\nThe Grand Prix was won by Martin Vacul\u00edk, who beat Fredrik Lindgren, Patryk Dudek and Jason Doyle in the final. Emil Sayfutdinov had initially top scored on the night, but was eliminated in the semi-finals.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 45], "content_span": [46, 252]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272622-0003-0000", "contents": "2017 Speedway Grand Prix of Slovenia, Results, Heat details\ne: retired or mechanical failure \u2022 m: exclusion for exceeding two minute time allowance \u2022 t: exclusion for touching the tapes \u2022 x: other exclusion \u2022 f: fellns: non-starter \u2022 nc: non-classifySemi-finals: Heat 21: Riders placed 1st, 4th, 6th & 7th in the intermediate classification (after 20 heats)Heat 22: Riders placed 2nd, 3rd, 5th & 8th in the intermediate classification (after 20 heats)Big Final (heat 23): The first and second placed riders in each of the Semi-Finals", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 59], "content_span": [60, 533]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272623-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 Speedway Grand Prix of Sweden\nThe 2017 Teng Tools Swedish FIM Speedway Grand Prix was the seventh race of the 2017 Speedway Grand Prix season. It took place on August 12 at the G&B Stadium in M\u00e5lilla, Sweden.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [34, 34], "content_span": [35, 213]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272623-0001-0000", "contents": "2017 Speedway Grand Prix of Sweden, Riders\nFirst reserve Peter Kildemand replaced Nicki Pedersen and second reserve Martin Smolinski replaced Greg Hancock. The Speedway Grand Prix Commission also nominated Linus Sundstr\u00f6m as the wild card, and Kim Nilsson and Joel Kling both as Track Reserves.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 42], "content_span": [43, 294]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272623-0002-0000", "contents": "2017 Speedway Grand Prix of Sweden, Results\nThe Grand Prix was won by Poland's Bartosz Zmarzlik, who beat Antonio Lindb\u00e4ck, Fredrik Lindgren and Maciej Janowski in the final. Lindb\u00e4ck and Lindgren had top scored during the qualifying heats and then won each of the semi-finals, however the former was passed by Zmarzlik on the final bend of the decider. Janowkski took the lead in the overall standings after finishing fourth, while title rivals Jason Doyle and Patryk Dudek both failed to make the semi-finals.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 43], "content_span": [44, 511]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272623-0003-0000", "contents": "2017 Speedway Grand Prix of Sweden, Results, Heat details\ne: retired or mechanical failure \u2022 m: exclusion for exceeding two minute time allowance \u2022 t: exclusion for touching the tapes \u2022 x: other exclusion \u2022 f: fellns: non-starter \u2022 nc: non-classifySemi-finals: Heat 21: Riders placed 1st, 4th, 6th & 7th in the intermediate classification (after 20 heats)Heat 22: Riders placed 2nd, 3rd, 5th & 8th in the intermediate classification (after 20 heats)Big Final (heat 23): The first and second placed riders in each of the Semi-Finals", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 57], "content_span": [58, 531]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272624-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 Speedway World Cup\nThe 2017 Monster Energy FIM Speedway World Cup (SWC) was the seventeenth and the last FIM Speedway World Cup, the annual international speedway world championship tournament. It took place between 1 July and 8 July 2017 and involved nine national teams. Poland successfully defended their 2016 title. The competition was replaced by the Speedway of Nations.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [23, 23], "content_span": [24, 381]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272625-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 Speedway World Cup Event 1\nEvent One of the 2017 Monster Energy FIM Speedway World Cup was the opening race of the 2017 edition of the Speedway World Cup. It was staged on July 1 at the Adrian Flux Arena in King's Lynn, Great Britain and was won by Great Britain from Australia, United States, and the Czech Republic. As a result, Great Britain progressed directly to the 2017 Speedway World Cup Final, while Australia and the United States progressed to the 2017 Speedway World Cup Race-off. The Czech Republic were eliminated.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [31, 31], "content_span": [32, 534]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272625-0001-0000", "contents": "2017 Speedway World Cup Event 1\nCraig Cook led Great Britain to the final by scoring 14 points, while Steve Worrall, Chris Harris and Robert Lambert all scored 13 points each. Australia were hampered by the loss of Jason Doyle, who was injured and unable to compete, however Chris Holder was the star of the meeting scoring 19 points.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [31, 31], "content_span": [32, 334]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272626-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 Speedway World Cup Event 2\nEvent Two of the 2017 Monster Energy FIM Speedway World Cup was the second race of the 2017 edition of the Speedway World Cup. It was staged on July 4 at the Stena Arena in V\u00e4stervik, Sweden and was won by Sweden from Russia, Latvia, and Denmark. As a result, Sweden progressed directly to the 2017 Speedway World Cup Final, while Russia and Latvia progressed to the 2017 Speedway World Cup Race-off. Denmark were eliminated.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [31, 31], "content_span": [32, 457]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272626-0001-0000", "contents": "2017 Speedway World Cup Event 2\nLatvia and Denmark initially tied on 28 points after the 20 qualifying heats, however And\u017eejs \u013bebedevs beat Niels-Kristian Iversen in a run-off to secure the Latvians place in the race-off. It was the first time since the Speedway World Cup was introduced in 2001 that Denmark had been eliminated at this stage.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [31, 31], "content_span": [32, 343]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272626-0002-0000", "contents": "2017 Speedway World Cup Event 2\nAntonio Lindb\u00e4ck and Fredrik Lindgren top scored for Sweden with 11 and 10 points respectively, while Grigory Laguta led Russia with a 12-point haul.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [31, 31], "content_span": [32, 181]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272627-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 Speedway World Cup Final\nThe 2017 Monster Energy FIM Speedway World Cup Final was the last and final race of the 2017 edition of the Speedway World Cup. It was staged on July 8 at the Alfred Smoczyk Stadium in Leszno, Poland,. It was won by Poland, the eighth time they had done so since the World Cup was launched in 2001. They beat Sweden by eight points, while Russia finished third with Great Britain in fourth.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [29, 29], "content_span": [30, 420]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272627-0001-0000", "contents": "2017 Speedway World Cup Final\nCaptain Maciej Janowski was top scorer for Poland, with teammates Bartosz Zmarzlik, Piotr Pawlicki Jr. and Patryk Dudek also all scoring double figures. Antonio Lindb\u00e4ck lead Sweden to second place, scoring 20 points.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [29, 29], "content_span": [30, 247]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272628-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 Speedway World Cup Race-off\nThe 2017 Monster Energy FIM Speedway World Cup Race Off was the third race of the 2017 edition of the Speedway World Cup. It was run on July 7 at the Alfred Smoczyk Stadium in Leszno, Poland and was won by Russia from Australia, Latvia and the United States. As a result, Russia progressed to the 2017 Speedway World Cup Final, where they will join defending champions and hosts Poland, Event One winners Great Britain and Event Two winners Sweden. Australia finished second, but were eliminated from the competition along with Latvia and the United States.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [32, 32], "content_span": [33, 590]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272628-0001-0000", "contents": "2017 Speedway World Cup Race-off\nEmil Sayfutdinov led Russia to victory with a 15-point maximum, and he was well supported by Gleb Chugunov, Andrey Kudryashov and Vadim Tarasenko. The Russian team still made the final without Grigory Laguta, who was suspended in the build-up to the event after failing a doping test. Jason Doyle top scored with 12 points for Australia, while And\u017eejs \u013bebedevs was the star for Latvia with 18 points.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [32, 32], "content_span": [33, 433]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272629-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 Spengler Cup\nThe 91st Spengler Cup was a men's ice hockey competition being held in Davos, Switzerland between 26 and 31 December 2017. All matches were being played at HC Davos's home known as Vaillant Arena.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 17], "section_span": [17, 17], "content_span": [18, 214]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272629-0001-0000", "contents": "2017 Spengler Cup\nSix competing teams were split into two groups of three (in the round-robin series). The two groups, named Torriani and Cattini, are named after legendary Swiss hockey players Richard 'Bibi' Torriani and the Cattini brothers, Hans and Ferdinand.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 17], "section_span": [17, 17], "content_span": [18, 263]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272629-0002-0000", "contents": "2017 Spengler Cup, Teams participating\nThe list of teams that are participating in the tournament are as listed.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 17], "section_span": [19, 38], "content_span": [39, 112]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272629-0003-0000", "contents": "2017 Spengler Cup, Match officials\nThe officials who are named to the tournament are as listed.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 17], "section_span": [19, 34], "content_span": [35, 95]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272630-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 Spielberg Formula 2 round\nThe 2017 Red Bull Ring FIA Formula 2 round was a pair of motor races held on 8 and 9 July 2017 at the Red Bull Ring in Spielberg, Styria, Austria as part of the FIA Formula 2 Championship. It was the fifth round of the 2017 FIA Formula 2 Championship and was run in support of the 2017 Austrian Grand Prix.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [30, 30], "content_span": [31, 337]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272631-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 Split local elections\nThe 2017 Split local elections were held on 21 May and 4 June 2017 for the Mayor of Split and members of the Split city council. Ivo Baldasar, the 71st mayor who served from 2013 to 2017 ran for re-election to a second four-year term, ultimately finishing in 9th place with 0.80% of the vote in the first round.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [26, 26], "content_span": [27, 338]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272631-0000-0001", "contents": "2017 Split local elections\nAs no candidate won an absolute majority of the vote in the first round, a second round of elections was held on 4 June 2017 between the two highest-ranked candidates in terms of popular vote: \u017deljko Kerum of the Croatian Civic Party, who was previously the 70th Mayor of Split from 2009 to 2013, and Andro Krstulovi\u0107 Opara of the Croatian Democratic Union. Krstulovi\u0107 Opara narrowly won the run-off taking 46.2% of the votes against 44.3% for Kerum. Turnout was 45.5% in the first round and 38.1% in the second round.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [26, 26], "content_span": [27, 545]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272631-0001-0000", "contents": "2017 Split local elections\nThis was the third direct election for the mayor of Split (simultaneously held with elections for all other county prefects and mayors in Croatia) since the popular vote method was introduced in 2009, as previously those officials had been elected by their county or city assemblies and councils.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [26, 26], "content_span": [27, 323]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272631-0002-0000", "contents": "2017 Split local elections, Mayoral election\nThe percentages of votes from each candidate are calculated from number of valid votersThe percentages of valid and invalid votes are calculated from the turnout numberThe turnout percentage is calculated from the number of expected voters", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 44], "content_span": [45, 284]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272631-0003-0000", "contents": "2017 Split local elections, Council election\nThe percentages of votes from each list are calculated from number of valid votersThe percentages of valid and invalid votes are calculated from the turnout numberThe turnout percentage is calculated from the number of expected voters", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 44], "content_span": [45, 279]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272632-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 Spokane Empire season\nThe 2017 Spokane Empire season was the second season for the professional indoor football franchise in the Indoor Football League (IFL). The Empire were one of ten teams that competed in the IFL for the 2017 season and were members of the Intense Conference.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [26, 26], "content_span": [27, 285]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272632-0001-0000", "contents": "2017 Spokane Empire season\nLed by head coach Adam Shackleford, the Empire played their home games at Spokane Veterans Memorial Arena in Spokane, Washington. After the season, the team ceased operations.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [26, 26], "content_span": [27, 202]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272632-0002-0000", "contents": "2017 Spokane Empire season, Roster\nRookies in italics updated June 14, 201726 Active, 10 Inactive", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 34], "content_span": [35, 97]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272633-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 Sport Club Corinthians Paulista season\nThe 2017 season was the 108th season in the history of Sport Club Corinthians Paulista.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [43, 43], "content_span": [44, 131]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272633-0001-0000", "contents": "2017 Sport Club Corinthians Paulista season, Background, Squad\nNote: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [45, 62], "content_span": [63, 191]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272633-0002-0000", "contents": "2017 Sport Club Corinthians Paulista season, Background, Managerial changes\nOn December 15, four days after the 2016 season ended, it was announced that Oswaldo de Oliveira was fired from the club. A week later, assistant manager F\u00e1bio Carille was announced as full-time manager for this season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [45, 75], "content_span": [76, 295]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272633-0003-0000", "contents": "2017 Sport Club Corinthians Paulista season, Campeonato Paulista\nFor the 2017 Campeonato Paulista, the 16 teams are divided in four groups of 4 teams (A, B, C, D). They will face all teams, except those that are in their own group, with the top two teams from each group qualifying for the quarterfinals. The two overall worst teams will be relegated.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [45, 64], "content_span": [65, 351]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272634-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 Sport11 Ladies Open\nThe 2017 Sport11 Ladies Open was a professional tennis tournament played on outdoor clay courts. It was the second edition of the tournament and was part of the 2017 ITF Women's Circuit. It took place in Budapest, Hungary, on 10\u201316 July 2017.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [24, 24], "content_span": [25, 267]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272634-0001-0000", "contents": "2017 Sport11 Ladies Open, Singles main draw entrants, Other entrants\nThe following players received a wildcard into the singles main draw:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 68], "content_span": [69, 138]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272634-0002-0000", "contents": "2017 Sport11 Ladies Open, Singles main draw entrants, Other entrants\nThe following player received entry by using a protected ranking:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 68], "content_span": [69, 134]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272635-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 Sport11 Ladies Open \u2013 Doubles\nCindy Burger and Arantxa Rus were the defending champions, but both players chose not to participate.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [34, 34], "content_span": [35, 136]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272635-0001-0000", "contents": "2017 Sport11 Ladies Open \u2013 Doubles\nMariana Duque and Mar\u00eda Irigoyen won the title, defeating Aleksandra Kruni\u0107 and Nina Stojanovi\u0107 in the final, 7\u20136(7\u20133), 7\u20135.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [34, 34], "content_span": [35, 159]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272636-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 Sport11 Ladies Open \u2013 Singles\nIrina Khromacheva was the defending champion, but lost in the quarterfinals to Jana \u010cepelov\u00e1.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [34, 34], "content_span": [35, 128]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272636-0001-0000", "contents": "2017 Sport11 Ladies Open \u2013 Singles\n\u010cepelov\u00e1 won the title, defeating Danka Kovini\u0107 in the final, 6\u20134, 6\u20133.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [34, 34], "content_span": [35, 106]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272637-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 SportPesa Super Cup\nThe SportPesa Super Cup is an association football competition that took place in June 2017 in Dar Es Salaam, Tanzania.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [24, 24], "content_span": [25, 144]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272637-0001-0000", "contents": "2017 SportPesa Super Cup, Overview\nThe 2017 SportPesa Super Cup was the inaugural edition of an eight-team knockout tournament featuring four teams each from Kenya and Tanzania created and sponsored by bookmakers SportPesa.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 34], "content_span": [35, 223]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272637-0002-0000", "contents": "2017 SportPesa Super Cup, Overview\nSportsPesa sponsored six of the participating teams, Gor Mahia FC, AFC Leopards SC and Nakuru AllStars FC from Kenya and Yanga SC, Simba SC and Singida United FC from Tanzania. Tusker FC (Kenya) and Jang\u2019ombe Boys SC (Zanzibar) were selected to join them in the competition.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 34], "content_span": [35, 309]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272637-0003-0000", "contents": "2017 SportPesa Super Cup, Overview\nThe tournament started at the quarterfinal stage with penalties separating the teams in case of a draw at regulation time. The quarter final draw pit Leopards vs Singida, Yanga vs Tusker, Gor vs Jang'ombe and Simba vs AllStars.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 34], "content_span": [35, 262]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272637-0004-0000", "contents": "2017 SportPesa Super Cup, Overview, Everton FC\nThe winner of the 2017 SportPesa Super Cup also got a chance to play against the English Premier League giants, Everton FC, on 13 July 2017. During Everton's first visit to East Africa, they played tournament winner Gor Mahia as part of their agreement with bookmaker SportPesa to develop football in East Africa.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 46], "content_span": [47, 360]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272638-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 Sporting Kansas City season\nThe 2017 Sporting Kansas City season was the twenty-second season of the team's existence in Major League Soccer and the seventh year played under the Sporting Kansas City moniker.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [32, 32], "content_span": [33, 213]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272638-0001-0000", "contents": "2017 Sporting Kansas City season, Current roster\nNote: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality. Squad correct as of September 12, 2017.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 48], "content_span": [49, 217]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272638-0002-0000", "contents": "2017 Sporting Kansas City season, Player Movement, In\nPer Major League Soccer and club policies terms of the deals do not get disclosed.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 53], "content_span": [54, 136]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272638-0003-0000", "contents": "2017 Sporting Kansas City season, Player Movement, Loans\nPer Major League Soccer and club policies terms of the deals do not get disclosed.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 56], "content_span": [57, 139]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272639-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 Spring European League of Legends Championship Series\nThe 2017 Spring European League of Legends Championship Series split (2017 Spring EU LCS) is the fifth season and ninth split of the European League of Legends Championship Series, (EU LCS) the highest level of professional League of Legends play in Europe. It was won by G2 Esports, with a roster of Expect, Trick, PerkZ, Zven, and Mithy and was their third EU LCS Champions title. Most games were being played at Studio K/L in Adlershof, Berlin, Germany. The finals were held at the Barclaycard Arena in Hamburg, Germany.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 58], "section_span": [58, 58], "content_span": [59, 582]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272639-0001-0000", "contents": "2017 Spring European League of Legends Championship Series, Summer Promotion Tournament\nIn the 2017 EU LCS Summer Promotion Tournament, four teams competed in a double elimination bracket. The two winners of qualifying round matches advanced to the Summer Season. Teams eliminated from the bracket qualify for the EUCS Summer Season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 58], "section_span": [60, 87], "content_span": [88, 333]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272640-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 Spring UPSL season\nThe 2017 Spring United Premier Soccer League season was the 8th season of the UPSL.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [23, 23], "content_span": [24, 107]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272640-0001-0000", "contents": "2017 Spring UPSL season, National playoffs\nThe national playoffs were played at Silverlakes Sports Complex in Norco, CA.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 42], "content_span": [43, 120]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272641-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 Springfield Lasers season\nThe 2017 Springfield Lasers season will be the 22nd season of the franchise in World TeamTennis (WTT).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [30, 30], "content_span": [31, 133]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272641-0001-0000", "contents": "2017 Springfield Lasers season, Season recap, Drafts, Marquee Player Draft\nThe Lasers had the second overall pick at the 2017 WTT Marquee Player Draft on February 16. They traded the pick along with other undisclosed consideration to the New York Empire for the first overall selection with which the Lasers drafted top-ranked American Jack Sock. In doing so, the Lasers left John Isner unprotected. He was chosen by the Empire with the first pick in the second round. The Empire selected Eugenie Bouchard with the pick they acquired from the Lasers in the trade. The Lasers passed on making any selections in the second and third rounds of the draft.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 74], "content_span": [75, 651]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272642-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 SprintX GT Championship Series\nThe 2017 SprintX GT Championship Series was the second season of the SprintX GT Championship Series. Dion von Moltke was the defending champion in the highest class, the Pro class in GT. It was the first season sanctioned by the United States Auto Club, after being under Sports Car Club of America sanctioning last year.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [35, 35], "content_span": [36, 357]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272642-0001-0000", "contents": "2017 SprintX GT Championship Series, Schedule\nThe calendar was revealed on 13 October 2016. The season comprised five rounds, all of which are headliners. Laguna Seca did not return on the schedule. Virginia, Lime Rock and Circuit of the Americas made their first appearance on the SprintX schedule.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 45], "content_span": [46, 299]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272642-0002-0000", "contents": "2017 SprintX GT Championship Series, Championship standings, Drivers' championships\nChampionship points were awarded for the first twenty positions in each race. The overall pole-sitter also received one point. Entries were required to complete 50% of the winning car's race distance in order to be classified and earn points.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 83], "content_span": [84, 326]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272643-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 Sri Lanka floods\nThe 2017 Sri Lanka floods resulted from a heavy southwest monsoon, beginning around 18 to 19\u00a0May 2017. Flooding was worsened by the arrival of the precursor system to Cyclone Mora, causing flooding and landslides throughout Sri Lanka during the final week of May 2017. The floods affected 15\u00a0districts, killed at least 208\u00a0people and left a further 78\u00a0people missing. As of 3\u00a0June, 698,289\u00a0people were affected, while 11,056\u00a0houses were partially damaged and another 2,093\u00a0houses completely destroyed. According to Al Jazeera, about 600,000\u00a0people have been displaced due to the floods.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [21, 21], "content_span": [22, 608]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272643-0001-0000", "contents": "2017 Sri Lanka floods\nThe flooding severely affected Sri Lanka's Western Province, Sabaragamuwa Province, Southern Province and part of Central Province. The worst-affected districts were Kalutara, Matara and Ratnapura. In Kalutara, flooding of the Kalu River also triggered several mudflows. Agalawatte, a town within Kalutara District, reported 47\u00a0deaths and 62\u00a0people missing as of 29\u00a0May, with many areas made inaccessible by landslides. The Ratnapura District had recorded 79\u00a0deaths by 30\u00a0May.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [21, 21], "content_span": [22, 498]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272643-0002-0000", "contents": "2017 Sri Lanka floods, Floods\nThe southwest monsoon typically peaks during late May to the beginning of June in Sri Lanka, with prevailing winds from the south and southwest, streaming toward the Bay of Bengal. The areas that usually receive the heaviest rain are the south and west of the country, including Kalutara, Ratnapura, and Colombo. The monsoon was anticipated to arrive after 14\u00a0May, but owing to below-normal water levels in the region, it was initially not expected to cause severe flooding.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 29], "content_span": [30, 504]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272643-0003-0000", "contents": "2017 Sri Lanka floods, Floods\nParts of Sri Lanka received 300\u00a0mm \u2013 500\u00a0mm of heavy monsoon rain in a 24-hour period by 25\u00a0May, resulting in widespread flooding. Highest recorded rainfall was 533\u00a0mm in Kukuleganga. Galle, a coastal city, received 223\u00a0mm (8.8\u00a0in) and Ratnapura experienced 453\u00a0mm (17.8\u00a0in) of rainfall during the period of 27 to 30\u00a0May, leading to severe inland flooding. On 27\u00a0May, an area of convective thunderstorms in the Bay of Bengal started to converge, moving to the northeast and becoming Cyclone Mora on 28\u00a0May. Cyclone Mora later affected Bangladesh and Myanmar.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 29], "content_span": [30, 588]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272643-0004-0000", "contents": "2017 Sri Lanka floods, Floods\nBy the evening of 25\u00a0May, the National Building Research Organisation (NBRO) of Sri Lanka had issued a \"Level\u00a03 Red Alert\" landslide warning for the districts of Ratnapura, Kegalle, Galle, Kalutara, Matara, Hambantota and Nuwara Eliya. Areas within Galle District became cut off due to landslides. Part of the Southern Expressway closed, owing to flooding between Colombo and Matara. The Kelani River, which runs through Sri Lanka's largest city Colombo, measured a water level increase of 15.44\u00a0m (50.7\u00a0ft) by 9:30\u00a0a.m. Sri Lanka Time (15:00\u00a0UTC) on 27\u00a0May, and peaked by 28\u00a0May. As of 29\u00a0May, the Bolgoda Dam in Panadura was at a risk of collapse.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 29], "content_span": [30, 679]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272643-0005-0000", "contents": "2017 Sri Lanka floods, Floods\nThe death toll included at least 45 school children. By 1\u00a0June, around 95 people remained missing.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 29], "content_span": [30, 128]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272643-0006-0000", "contents": "2017 Sri Lanka floods, Response\nThe Sri Lanka Armed Forces initially deployed nearly 10,000 personnel and equipment for relief, help and rescue operations. This is the biggest deployment of troops during peacetime in Sri Lanka.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 31], "content_span": [32, 227]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272643-0007-0000", "contents": "2017 Sri Lanka floods, Response\nThe Sri Lanka Army deployed more than 1700 Army personnel of 17 Battalions, including Commando, Special Forces, Mechanized Infantry and Army medical personnel. BTRs, WMZs troop carriers and 30 Army boats and other machinery were deployed by the Army for the rescue operations. The Army also deployed sandbags for flood defenses.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 31], "content_span": [32, 360]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272643-0008-0000", "contents": "2017 Sri Lanka floods, Response\nThe Sri Lanka Navy deployed over 110 search-and-rescue teams comprising 776 naval personnel along with 116 relief boats. The Navy began rescue work along the Kelani River by 19 May.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 31], "content_span": [32, 213]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272643-0009-0000", "contents": "2017 Sri Lanka floods, Response\nThe Sri Lanka Air Force deployed Mil Mi-17s, Bell 212s, and Bell 412 helicopters to rescue the affected in all areas. Flights involving B200 Beechcraft were deployed for continuous reconnaissance/observations over affected areas.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 31], "content_span": [32, 261]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272643-0010-0000", "contents": "2017 Sri Lanka floods, Response\nDuring search and rescue operations a Sri Lanka Air Force Mil Mi-17E crashed over the Baddegama area, but no one aboard the chopper was injured. One member of the response team died from injuries sustained while conducting rescue operations.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 31], "content_span": [32, 273]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272643-0011-0000", "contents": "2017 Sri Lanka floods, Response\nAt least 77,000 people were evacuated from the floods and relocated to safe locations. Sixteen hospitals in the flood-affected areas were also evacuated.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 31], "content_span": [32, 185]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272643-0012-0000", "contents": "2017 Sri Lanka floods, International response\nForeign Minister told \"16 countries had rushed relief supplies and medicine\".", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 45], "content_span": [46, 123]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272644-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 Sri Lankan fuel crisis\nSri Lanka, from 3 November 2017 until 11 November 2017, faced a fuel shortage when a substandard fuel shipment was rejected which caused a depletion in reservations due to the general public fearing of a prolonged duration of crisis. However, there was only a shortage of petrol not diesel or kerosene.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [27, 27], "content_span": [28, 330]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272644-0001-0000", "contents": "2017 Sri Lankan fuel crisis, Events\nThe Sri Lanka fuel crisis began on 3 November 2017 when rumours started spreading that a fuel shipment belonging to Lanka IOC (Indian Oil Company) was rejected. Later on the rumour was confirmed as legitimate and the reason given was that the fuel in the rejected shipment was not up to standards. Arjuna Ranatunga the Minister of Petroleum Resources Development on the next day addressed the situation to the media.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 35], "content_span": [36, 452]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272644-0001-0001", "contents": "2017 Sri Lankan fuel crisis, Events\nHowever the Ministry of Petroleum Resources Development announced that there was 10,000 metric tonnes fuel in the reserves to last till 9 November 2017 but the leader of the Ceylon Petroleum Union, Asanka Ranawala said the contrary to this. Due to development of the tense situation the general public started panic buying causing the reserves to deplete faster than expected. However the crisis was brought to a stop after the ship Nevaska Lady on 11 November 2017 with 40,000 metric tonnes of fuel which was reported as being sufficient for twenty days.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 35], "content_span": [36, 591]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272644-0002-0000", "contents": "2017 Sri Lankan fuel crisis, Other causes\nOther than the substandard fuel rejected being the main reason for the crisis there were several other events that worsened the crisis during this time period.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 41], "content_span": [42, 201]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272644-0003-0000", "contents": "2017 Sri Lankan fuel crisis, Implemented solutions\nMany steps were taken by the Ministry of Petroleum Resources Development to overcome the problem until any fuel shipments arrived", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 50], "content_span": [51, 180]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272644-0004-0000", "contents": "2017 Sri Lankan fuel crisis, Aftermath\nA cabinet sub committee was appointed by the President of Sri Lanka Maithripala Sirisena in order to investigate the crisis on the 7 November 2017. According to the report submitted by the committee on 17 November 2017 the main reason for the crisis was the failure to maintain proper fuel stocks according to the average use and another reason was the failure to report the dire situation to higher authorities on time causing the whole situation to go out of hand. However, according to the officials the report is inconclusive and the sub committee has also requested recruiting technical officers to get a more detailed report.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 38], "content_span": [39, 672]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272645-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 Sri Lankan national honours\nIn March 2017 President of Sri Lanka Maithripala Sirisena awarded national honours to 90 individuals for distinguished services. It was the first time in twelve years that awards were given out and there were 426 applicants. The awards ceremony was held on 20 March 2017 at the Nelum Pokuna Theatre in Colombo.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [32, 32], "content_span": [33, 343]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272646-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 Srinagar by-election\nA by-election was held in the Lok Sabha constituency of Srinagar on 9 April 2017 with repolling in 38 polling on 13 April. It was triggered by the resignation of Tariq Hameed Karra after his defection from Jammu and Kashmir Peoples Democratic Party to the Indian National Congress.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [25, 25], "content_span": [26, 307]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272646-0001-0000", "contents": "2017 Srinagar by-election\n21 March was the final date for candidates to nominate. Voting took place between 7am and 5pm.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [25, 25], "content_span": [26, 120]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272646-0002-0000", "contents": "2017 Srinagar by-election, Candidates\nOther party candidates included Sajad Reshi of Rashtriya Samajwadi Party, Chetan Sharma of Akhil Bharatiya Hindu Mahasabha and Bikram Singh of Jammu and Kashmir Liberal Democratic Party. The independent candidates were Sajjad Hussain Beigh, Ghulam Hassan Dar, Farooq Ahmad Dar and Mehraj Khurshid Malik.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 37], "content_span": [38, 341]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272646-0003-0000", "contents": "2017 Srinagar by-election, Candidates\nSome leaders of the Bharatiya Janata Party stated in mid-March that it will stand against its government coalition partner the PDP. However only the PDP filed nominations. Jammu and Kashmir National Panthers Party stated that it had decided to boycott the election, claiming the security cover to its senior leaders was withdrawn. The Kashmiri separatists meanwhile called upon the voters to boycott the poll.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 37], "content_span": [38, 447]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272646-0004-0000", "contents": "2017 Srinagar by-election, Results\nA voter turnout of 7.14%, the lowest in 30 years, was recorded amidst violent protests and attacks on polling stations by mobs during the elections on 9 April. Repoll at 38 polling stations was ordered by the Election Commission of India. A 2% voter turnout was recorded in areas where repolling was held on 13 April, bringing the turnout to 7.13%. Farooq Abdullah was declared the winner on the next day with over 10,700 votes over his nearest rival Nazir Ahmad Khan.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 34], "content_span": [35, 503]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272646-0005-0000", "contents": "2017 Srinagar by-election, Violence and protests\nViolence broke out during the elections on 9 April with over 200 violent incidents reported, concentrated mostly in Budgam district in addition to attacks on polling stations with poll staff abandoning about 70% of election stations. Protesters tried to enforce a boycott that had been called by the separatists. 8 people were killed in clashes between mobs and security forces. Videos of Kashmiri youths beating up CRPF troops who did not retaliate, as well as videos of purported excesses by Indian troops created controversies. The repolling on 13 April was relatively peaceful with only one incident of stone-throwing reported, however with a very low voter turnout.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 48], "content_span": [49, 719]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272646-0006-0000", "contents": "2017 Srinagar by-election, Violence and protests\nThe by-poll for the Lok Sabha seat of Anantnag which was originally scheduled for 12 April was also postponed to 25 May due to the violence in the Srinagar by-poll. The election to the Anantnag seat was later cancelled with the Election Commission citing security problems.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 48], "content_span": [49, 322]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272647-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 Sriwijaya F.C. season\nThe 2017 Sriwijaya season is the 11th season in the club's football history, the 11th consecutive season in the top-flight Liga Indonesia season and the 7th season competing in the Liga 1.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [26, 26], "content_span": [27, 216]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272648-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 St Kilda Football Club season\nThe 2017 St Kilda Football Club season was the St Kilda Football Club's 119th season in the AFL.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [34, 34], "content_span": [35, 131]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272649-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 St Patrick's Athletic F.C. season\nThe 2017 season was St. Patrick's Athletic F.C. 's 88th year in existence and was the Supersaint's 66th consecutive season in the top-flight of Irish football. It was the sixth year that Liam Buckley is the team's manager (in his current spell), following replacing Pete Mahon in December 2011.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [38, 38], "content_span": [39, 333]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272649-0000-0001", "contents": "2017 St Patrick's Athletic F.C. season\nWith the new change to the League of Ireland structure, 3 clubs were set to be relegated from the Premier Division, which has created an intense relegation between many clubs, including Pats' due to their lower budget than previous years following a poor 2016 season in which they finished 7th in the league, making 2017 the first year in 7 years without European football. The relegation battle went right down to the last day of the season, where Pat's secured the necessary point to stay up following a 1\u20131 draw away to Derry City.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [38, 38], "content_span": [39, 573]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272649-0001-0000", "contents": "2017 St Patrick's Athletic F.C. season, Squad, Squad statistics, Appearances, goals and cards\nNumber in brackets represents (appearances of which were substituted ON). Last Updated \u2013 28 October 2017", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 93], "content_span": [94, 198]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272649-0002-0000", "contents": "2017 St Patrick's Athletic F.C. season, Squad, Squad statistics, Captains\nLast updated: 28 October 2017Source: Competitive match reports. Competitive matches onlyMatches started as captain onlyCountry: FIFA nationality; No. : Squad number; P: Position; Name: Player name; No. Games: Number of games started as captain.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 73], "content_span": [74, 318]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272649-0003-0000", "contents": "2017 St Patrick's Athletic F.C. season, Club, Kit\nSupplier: UmbroSponsor(s): Pieta House (front of jersey)Bill Griffin Motors (back of jersey)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 49], "content_span": [50, 142]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272649-0004-0000", "contents": "2017 St Patrick's Athletic F.C. season, Club, Kit\nThe club released a new Away kit for the season, with the Home and Third kits being retained from the 2016 season. The club's Main Shirt Sponsor, Clune Construction Company L.P.'s sponsorship deal came to an end leaving a vacancy for a new shirt sponsor. This vacancy was filled when the club voluntarily donated their shirt sponsorship place to local suicide prevention charity, Pieta House.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 49], "content_span": [50, 442]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272649-0005-0000", "contents": "2017 St Patrick's Athletic F.C. season, Club, Kit\nKey:LOI=League of Ireland Premier DivisionFAI=FAI CupEAC=EA Sports CupLSC=Leinster Senior CupFRN=Friendly", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 49], "content_span": [50, 155]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272650-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 St. Francis Brooklyn Terriers men's soccer team\nThe 2017 St. Francis Brooklyn Terriers men's soccer team represent St. Francis College during the 2017 NCAA Division I men's soccer season. The Terrier's home games are played at Brooklyn Bridge Park, Pier 5. The team has been a member of the Northeast Conference since 1981 and is coached by Tom Giovatto, who was in his eleventh year at the helm of the Terriers.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 52], "section_span": [52, 52], "content_span": [53, 417]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272650-0001-0000", "contents": "2017 St. Francis Brooklyn Terriers men's soccer team\nGoing into the season, the Teriers were unanimously picked by the NEC's head coaches to defend its crown in 2017. The Terriers ended their season at 14\u20135\u20131 overall and 6\u20130\u20131 in conference play. The Terriers won the NEC Regular season championship and the Tournament Championship.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 52], "section_span": [52, 52], "content_span": [53, 333]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272650-0002-0000", "contents": "2017 St. Francis Brooklyn Terriers men's soccer team, 2017 squad\nAs of August 21, 2017. Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 52], "section_span": [54, 64], "content_span": [65, 216]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272651-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 St. George Illawarra Dragons season\nThe 2017 St. George Illawarra Dragons season was the 19th in the joint venture club's history. The Dragons competed in the NRL's 2017 Telstra Premiership season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [40, 40], "content_span": [41, 202]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272652-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 St. Louis Cardinals season\nThe 2017 St. Louis Cardinals season was the 136th for the St. Louis Cardinals of Major League Baseball (MLB), a franchise in St. Louis, Missouri. It was the 126th season for the Cardinals in the National League (NL), and their 12th at Busch Stadium III. The Cardinals missed the playoffs for a second consecutive season, having last done that between the 2007 and 2008 seasons.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [31, 31], "content_span": [32, 409]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272652-0001-0000", "contents": "2017 St. Louis Cardinals season, Off-season, Overview\nMajor League Baseball and the Players' Association reached a new, tentative CBA contract to reduce the 15-day disabled list timetable to 10-days. This change will allow teams to make quicker decisions on whether to bring up a roster replacement rather than wait to see if the injured player would be ready to return to action in less than two weeks. In addition, the Home field advantage in the World Series for the league winning the All-Star Game is repealed starting this year. Home field advantage in the World Series will be awarded to the league champion team with the better regular season win-loss record. The details of the new five-years contract (expiring Nov. 30, 2021) listed .", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 53], "content_span": [54, 744]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272652-0002-0000", "contents": "2017 St. Louis Cardinals season, Off-season, Overview\nCommissioner Rob Manfred levied a severe penalty, Jan. 30, 2017, on the Cardinals organization from former scouting director Chris Correa's hacking of the Houston Astros database in 2013 and 2014, who was fired by early-July 2015, and is now serving out a 46-month sentence (for unlawfully accessing another company's information) that began in July 2016, and ordered to pay a $279,038 fine.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 53], "content_span": [54, 445]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272652-0002-0001", "contents": "2017 St. Louis Cardinals season, Off-season, Overview\nThe Cardinals must give the Astros their No. 56 overall selection, part of the Draft's second round, and the No. 75 overall selection, part of Compensation Round B. St. Louis does not possess a first-round pick in this year's Draft. Additionally, the team must pay the Astros $2 million. No other person was responsible for hacking into the Astros' database. Correa has been placed on baseball's permanently ineligible list.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 53], "content_span": [54, 478]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272652-0003-0000", "contents": "2017 St. Louis Cardinals season, Off-season, Acquisitions, departures, and roster moves, Players\nFormer Cubs' center fielder and free agent Dexter Fowler signed with the Cardinals on December 9, 2016, for $82.5 mil. over 5 years. The contract includes a full no-trade clause.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 96], "content_span": [97, 275]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272652-0004-0000", "contents": "2017 St. Louis Cardinals season, Off-season, Acquisitions, departures, and roster moves, Players\nYadier Molina reached an agreement for a 3-year contract extension on April 2, for a reported $60 million, making him the highest-paid catcher in baseball. He wasn't interested in exercising his 2018 mutual option, which would have been worth $15 million. The average annual value of Giants' catcher Buster Posey's contract is $18.5 million. The extension assures Molina of remaining in St. Louis through 2020, and increases the chances that he will finish his career having played for just one organization that drafted him (2000), and he has been in the majors since 2004. This distinction of having Molina retire as a Cardinal is something that carried weight for both parties throughout the negotiations.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 96], "content_span": [97, 805]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272652-0005-0000", "contents": "2017 St. Louis Cardinals season, Off-season, Acquisitions, departures, and roster moves, Players\nIn the 12 seasons Molina has been the No. 1 catcher, the Cards have won more regular-season games than any other National League team (1,075). Their 48 postseason victories are the most in baseball in that time. There have been three NL pennants and World Series wins in 2006 and 2011. Molina? Seven-time All-Star. Eight-time Gold Glove winner. Throwing arm one of the best ever. The Cards have a 3.79 ERA over the past 12 years, the second lowest in the Majors. The Cards had two other factors to weigh. One is that one of their top prospects, Carson Kelly, is a catcher and widely considered Major League ready. Another is that Molina's 1,582 games are the 24th most in history at his position, and he's likely to become just the sixth to break the 2,000-game mark.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 96], "content_span": [97, 864]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272652-0006-0000", "contents": "2017 St. Louis Cardinals season, Off-season, Acquisitions, departures, and roster moves, Players\nNo position takes its toll on a body more than catcher. Still, at 34, Molina is coming off a season in which he started a career-high 142 games and batted .307. He batted .333 in the World Baseball Classic (Puerto Rico), and looked as good as ever behind the plate.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 96], "content_span": [97, 362]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272652-0007-0000", "contents": "2017 St. Louis Cardinals season, Off-season, Acquisitions, departures, and roster moves, Players\nApril 3 brought yet another contract extension. Stephen Piscotty, 26, signed a six-year extension for a reported $33.75 million ($5.625 mil. average), with a $15 million option for 2023 on April 3. Piscotty was not yet arbitration-eligible, and his first year of free-agent eligibility was to be 2022. Five years ago, the Cardinals plucked Piscotty out of Stanford University with one of the two picks they netted as compensation for Albert Pujols' departure. Since making his big league debut, Piscotty has posted a .282/.349/.467 slash line and an .816 OPS. In 2016, Piscotty led the Cards in games played (153), runs scored (86), RBIs (85) and game-winning RBIs (10).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 96], "content_span": [97, 767]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272652-0008-0000", "contents": "2017 St. Louis Cardinals season, Spring training\nThe Cardinals had 66 players in camp before 11 were sent to minor league camp on March 13, including three on the 40-man roster, and eight non-roster invitees. Among those sent down was left-handed pitcher Marco Gonzales (40-man), who still is working his way back from Tommy John surgery that he had about 11 months ago. Gonzales has been working behind the scenes with a few bullpen sessions during Spring Training, and it's possible he could wrap up his recovery by the end of May. \"Once Marco gets healthy, it's just a matter of how well he's able to execute his pitches,\" Matheny said of the left-hander's potential return to the Cardinals.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 48], "content_span": [49, 694]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272652-0009-0000", "contents": "2017 St. Louis Cardinals season, Spring training\nThe other players reassigned were RHP Sandy Alcantara, INF Eliezer Alvarez (40-man), RHP Jack Flaherty, LHP Austin Gomber, C Andrew Knizner, C Jeremy Martinez, C Dennis Ortega, RHP Daniel Poncedeleon, RHP Robby Rowland and INF Edmundo Sosa (40-man).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 48], "content_span": [49, 298]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272652-0010-0000", "contents": "2017 St. Louis Cardinals season, Spring training\nMatheny praised all of them, and said he was especially impressed with Ortega's work in camp.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 48], "content_span": [49, 142]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272652-0011-0000", "contents": "2017 St. Louis Cardinals season, Spring training\n\"Dennis really showed a lot of moxie behind the plate,\" Matheny said of the 19-year-old prospect. \"He catches older than 19, and I think you're going to see a high ceiling with him. ... All of them have had a good spring. The development staff has done such a great job. It just seems every one of these kids, they're coming in and they just look a little more refined. They've been really on top of their game, and you can tell they have a lot of things to look forward to.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 48], "content_span": [49, 524]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272652-0012-0000", "contents": "2017 St. Louis Cardinals season, Spring training\nOn March 16, RHP Corey Baker and Trey Nielsen were sent to Min. Lg. camp.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 48], "content_span": [49, 122]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272652-0013-0000", "contents": "2017 St. Louis Cardinals season, Spring training\nNRI (LHP) Jordan Schafer had arm surgery on March 17.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 48], "content_span": [49, 102]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272652-0014-0000", "contents": "2017 St. Louis Cardinals season, Spring training\nThe Cardinals optioned RHP Luke Weaver to AAA-Memphis, and reassigned RH reliever Mitch Harris to minor league camp on March 18. The moves left 35 active players and 16 non-roster invitees in big league Spring Training.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 48], "content_span": [49, 268]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272652-0015-0000", "contents": "2017 St. Louis Cardinals season, Spring training\n2 NRIs, (RHP) Josh Lucas and (LHP) Zach Phillips, were reassigned on March 19, to Min. Lg. camp. Right-hander Rowan Wick and outfielder Anthony Garcia were optioned to AAA-Memphis. On March 20, 2 more NRIs, (C) Gabriel Lino and (OF) Todd Cunningham were also reassigned to Min. Lg. camp. (2b/SS) Breyvic Valera was optioned to AAA-Memphis.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 48], "content_span": [49, 388]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272652-0016-0000", "contents": "2017 St. Louis Cardinals season, Spring training\n(RHP) Sam Tuivailala was optioned to AAA-Memphis on March 22, leaving 31 on the active roster and 42 in big league camp. Matt Adams played the outfield for the first time since Little League. The Cardinals are introducing a new mobile ticket subscription idea called \"Ballpark Pass\" that gives fans all the home games they want to attend, $29.99/month (with auto-renewal) for each of the six months of the season, by using their smartphone, with no printed tickets. But there are no seats with this new attendance feature, only standing-room. The pass covers all 80 home games, except for Opening Day/Night. More information at", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 48], "content_span": [49, 676]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272652-0017-0000", "contents": "2017 St. Louis Cardinals season, Spring training\n(OF) Tommy Pham was optioned to AAA on March 25, leaving 30 on the active roster and 41 in big league camp. The Opening Day (Night) roster has now been finalized, at the earliest date since Matheny became manager, with (OF) Jose Martinez, 28, having the most poignant story. After 10 years of toiling in the minors, the Venezuelan made his debut last September when he was called up by the Cardinals. But as for making the Opening Day roster, he didn't think that would ever happen.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 48], "content_span": [49, 531]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272652-0017-0001", "contents": "2017 St. Louis Cardinals season, Spring training\nHe leads the Cardinals with 17 hits, four homers and 13 RBIs this spring. He also enhanced his credentials by showing that he could play first base, in addition to both corner outfield spots. (RHP) Miguel Socolovich, (RHP) Matt Bowman, (SS/2B) Greg Garcia, and (C) Eric Fryer were also assured spots on the active roster. Tyler Lyons, Zach Duke, and Alex Reyes will start the season on the disabled list.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 48], "content_span": [49, 454]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272652-0018-0000", "contents": "2017 St. Louis Cardinals season, Spring training\nFour more cuts on March 27, sent (C) Carson Kelly () to get more at-bats, and (RHP) Mike Mayers optioned to AAA. (OF) Adolis Garc\u00eda and (3B) Patrick Wisdom gone to Min. Lg. camp. These changes gave the team 28 active players, and 9 NRIs remaining.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 48], "content_span": [49, 296]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272652-0019-0000", "contents": "2017 St. Louis Cardinals season, Spring training\nOn the last day at Jupiter on March 29, the Cardinals purchased (C) Eric Fryer's contract from AAA-Memphis, and added him to the 40-man roster. He will be Yadier Molina's backup. To make room on the 40-man roster, the injured (P) Zach Duke is transferred to the 60-day DL. Five NRIs: (3B) Paul DeJong, (RHP) Arturo Reyes, (LHP) Ryan Sherriff, (OF) Harrison Bader, and (OF) Chad Huffman were assigned to Min. Lg. camp. These changes bring the NRIs to 3, with 28 active.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 48], "content_span": [49, 517]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272652-0019-0001", "contents": "2017 St. Louis Cardinals season, Spring training\nThe last spring training game for 2017 got the team 20 wins (beating the Washington Nationals, ), first time since 1997, vs. 8 losses. Michael Wacha pitched four innings in 64 pitches, giving up five hits in a 6\u20132 win. Cardinals outfielder/first baseman Jos\u00e9 Mart\u00ednez capped a terrific spring with a two-run double off reliever Phillips Valdez to extend the lead in the sixth. Martinez finished with a team-most 19 hits, 14 runs, 15 RBIs, .508 OBP, .740 Slg% and 1.248 OPS (50 AB), in the .", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 48], "content_span": [49, 539]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272652-0020-0000", "contents": "2017 St. Louis Cardinals season, Spring training\nThe Cardinals will play an exhibition game \"Battle of the Birds\" against their Triple-A affiliate in Memphis on Thu. March 30. First pitch is scheduled for 7:05\u00a0p.m. CT on KMOX (1120AM), and Gameday Audio. The Cardinals will use several relievers to cover the game, beginning with right-hander Jonathan Broxton, who will be making his first career start. The Cardinals beat the Redbirds, in slugging four home runs, with Broxton getting the win, pitching only the first inning. Randal Grichuk, who took a pitch off his hand in Wednesday's (Mar. 29) Grapefruit finale, was not in the lineup. He hopes to return soon. The sellout attendance was 10,220 at AutoZone Park.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 48], "content_span": [49, 717]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272652-0021-0000", "contents": "2017 St. Louis Cardinals season, Spring training\nThe Cardinals will close out their exhibition schedule Friday (Mar. 31) with a 5:05\u00a0p.m. CT game with the Double-A Springfield Cardinals at Hammons Field in Springfield, Mo. Mike Leake, 3\u20131 in Grapefruit League play, will get his final tuneup. On March 31, Leake threw 89 pitches in a 5\u20132 win over the team's AA-level Springfield affiliate. Leake called this spring, \"the best spring I've had in my career.\" Randal Grichuk returned to the lineup after missing the AAA-Memphis game with his sore right hand, after getting a HBP to it. He singled on the first pitch he saw. Since Springfield became a Cardinals affiliate in 2005, 104 of its players have reached the big leagues.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 48], "content_span": [49, 725]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272652-0022-0000", "contents": "2017 St. Louis Cardinals season, Spring training, Injuries\nAfter an MRI, Alex Reyes, 22 (RHP), was diagnosed with a partial UCL tear in his elbow on February 14, and will have Tommy John surgery, losing him for the entire 2017 season. General manager John Mozeliak said an MRI taken of Reyes' elbow in 2013 showed a strain. He didn't begin his minor league season until June that season. He made his major league debut Aug. 9, 2016, and was 4\u20131 with a 1.57 ERA in five starts and seven relief appearances, with 52 strikeouts in 46 innings. ranks him the #3 pitching prospect in baseball, and #14 overall. ESPN's Keith Law has Reyes ranked as the #2 pitching prospect in baseball.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 58], "content_span": [59, 679]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272652-0023-0000", "contents": "2017 St. Louis Cardinals season, Spring training, Injuries\nReyes had successful surgery in Florida on February 16. Head team physician Dr. George Paletta performed the procedure.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 58], "content_span": [59, 178]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272652-0024-0000", "contents": "2017 St. Louis Cardinals season, Spring training, Injuries\nNRI (LHP) Jordan Schafer went under the knife on March 17. Instead of replacing Schafer's ulnar collateral ligament in his elbow, Cardinals team doctor George Paletta performed a repair of the ligament. By avoiding Tommy John surgery, Schafer has an estimated recovery time of seven months. If the ligament had been replaced, recovery would have taken at least a year.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 58], "content_span": [59, 427]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272652-0025-0000", "contents": "2017 St. Louis Cardinals season, Spring training, Injuries\nThe injury-bug hit the Cardinals once again on March 30, with (RHP) Trevor Rosenthal going on the 10-day disabled list with a right lat strain. The move gives (RHP) Sam Tuivailala an active roster spot. The Cardinals have three off-days over their first 10-game stretch, giving them more leeway for the starters' rotation and relievers needed. Others who start the season on the 10-day DL are: (LHP) Tyler Lyons (right knee), and (RHP) John Gant (right groin), and (RHP) Alex Reyes (Tommy John surgery).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 58], "content_span": [59, 562]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272652-0026-0000", "contents": "2017 St. Louis Cardinals season, Regular season summary\nManager Mike Matheny made the speculation official on March 19: Michael Wacha would join Carlos Martinez, Adam Wainwright, Lance Lynn, and Mike Leake in an all-righty rotation. Wacha entered Spring Training without a confirmed rotation spot. He had posted a 2.65 ERA and 1.24 WHIP over five starts. Wacha had struck out 15 and walked four over 17 innings. He had two spring starts remaining. The Cards had yet to reveal how they will order the five to begin the season, or who would start the team's season opener in two weeks.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 55], "content_span": [56, 583]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272652-0027-0000", "contents": "2017 St. Louis Cardinals season, Regular season summary\nOn March 22, manager Matheny decided the Opening Night starter would be Carlos Martinez, his first opening day start. At 25, he was the youngest pitcher to draw an Opening Day start for the Cards since Joe Magrane in 1989. Martinez was opposed by the Chicago Cubs' Jon Lester in the nationally televised game from Busch Stadium. He signed a five-year, $51 million contract with the team in January. He was St. Louis' top starter in 2016, going 16\u20139, with a 3.04 ERA and 174 strikeouts in a career-high 195.1 innings. Adam Wainwright started the second game on April 4.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 55], "content_span": [56, 624]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272652-0028-0000", "contents": "2017 St. Louis Cardinals season, Regular season summary\nIt was announced that the Cardinals and Pittsburgh Pirates would be the latest MLB teams to play a game in historic Williamsport, Pennsylvania, site of the annual Little League World Series, at BB&T Ballpark at Historic Bowman Field, home of the Williamsport Crosscutters, a Philadelphia Phillies affiliate in the short-season (New York-Penn League). The stadium has an official seating capacity of 2,366. They would play on Sunday, August 20, with Pittsburgh as the home team. It would be televised by ESPN as its weekly Sunday Night Baseball game. Outfielder Randal Grichuk played (and pitched) for the Lamar Little League team that reached the World Series in 2003 and 2004.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 55], "content_span": [56, 733]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272652-0029-0000", "contents": "2017 St. Louis Cardinals season, Regular season summary, April, Opening Night win over Cubs at Busch Stadium\nOpening Night (7:35 pm) was on Sunday April 2, with a nationwide audience on ESPN saw Randal Grichuk drive in three runs, including the game-winning single, a 390-foot blast to left field in the bottom of the ninth to beat the Cubs, 4\u20133 for the first win of the 2017 season. It was his second career walk-off hit and both were against the Cubs. Grichuk batted a lowly eighth in the lineup after a sub-par spring.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 108], "content_span": [109, 521]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272652-0029-0001", "contents": "2017 St. Louis Cardinals season, Regular season summary, April, Opening Night win over Cubs at Busch Stadium\nJose Martinez, 28, but a rookie this year and on an Opening Day roster for the first time in his career, crushed a one-out, pinch-hit double in the ninth that landed 397 feet away in right-center, to ignite the Cardinals' game-winning rally. Closer Seung-Hwan Oh had given up a three-run home run in the top of the ninth to Willson Contreras to tie the game 3\u20133. The homer left a no-decision, after an outstanding 7.1 innings from ace Carlos Martinez, enjoying his first Opening Day start of his career.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 108], "content_span": [109, 612]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272652-0029-0002", "contents": "2017 St. Louis Cardinals season, Regular season summary, April, Opening Night win over Cubs at Busch Stadium\nMartinez carved up the Cubs' lineup, struck out 10 (including reigning National League MVP Kris Bryant three times), walking none, scattering six hits (one double), and never allowed a runner to advance past second. Martinez became the first starting pitcher in the Statcast Era (since 2015) to record three swinging strikeouts on pitches faster than 99\u00a0mph. Martinez fanned Bryant with a 99.7-mph fastball in the first and a 99.1-mph fastball in the sixth. Addison Russell struck out on a 99.6-mph fastball in the second inning.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 108], "content_span": [109, 638]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272652-0029-0003", "contents": "2017 St. Louis Cardinals season, Regular season summary, April, Opening Night win over Cubs at Busch Stadium\nThe Cubs' manager Joe Maddon said, \"He's got as good a right-handed arm as anybody in the league.\" Dexter Fowler legged-out an infield hit in the third inning, his first since defecting from the Cubs to the Cardinals over the off-season, giving the Cards their first run of the game and season after Matt Carpenter's sacrifice fly.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 108], "content_span": [109, 440]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272652-0029-0004", "contents": "2017 St. Louis Cardinals season, Regular season summary, April, Opening Night win over Cubs at Busch Stadium\nYadier Molina had the distinction of becoming the first player in baseball history to receive a no-pitch intentional walk, that loaded the bases for Grichuk, who, having smashed a critical two-run homer an inning earlier making it 3\u20130, launched a 1\u20131 pitch off the wall in left-center to set off a celebration. MLB columnist Phil Rogers opined about this most-intense rivalry in baseball: \"You better believe the Cardinals have their hopes of winning it all. They might be at their most dangerous when you don't see them coming, and this could be that kind of year. The march to October has begun, and don't be surprised if it includes teams on both ends of this rivalry.\" Commissioner Rob Manfred was among those in attendance. The three hour 33 minute game featured the third-largest attendance (47,566) in Busch Stadium history.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 108], "content_span": [109, 940]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272652-0030-0000", "contents": "2017 St. Louis Cardinals season, Regular season summary, April, Rosenthal activated, Tuivailala optioned\nOn April 10, injured reliever Trevor Rosenthal was activated from the 10-day DL and Sam Tuivailala was optioned to AAA Memphis. The organization liked the idea of using Rosenthal as a flex reliever who could pitch multiple innings mid-game or meaningful ones late in games. One week into the season, the Cards' bullpen had allowed 13 runs and six home runs over 17.1 innings.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 104], "content_span": [105, 480]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272652-0031-0000", "contents": "2017 St. Louis Cardinals season, Regular season summary, April, Lyons activated, Peralta on DL\nOn April 20, injured LH Reliever Tyler Lyons was activated from the DL. Jhonny Peralta was placed on the DL due to an upper respiratory illness.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 94], "content_span": [95, 239]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272652-0032-0000", "contents": "2017 St. Louis Cardinals season, Regular season summary, April, Carpenter serves one-game suspension\nMatt Carpenter served a one-game suspension on April 25, for bumping umpire John Tumpane on April 23. Carpenter was ejected by Tumpane after arguing a pair of called strikes in the seventh inning. As the argument turned heated, the top of Carpenter's helmet scraped the bottom of Tumpane's hat. Any contact with an umpire automatically triggers a suspension. Carpenter also paid a fine. The Cardinals on April 25 out-righted outfielder Anthony Garcia and did not immediately fill the roster spot", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 100], "content_span": [101, 596]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272652-0033-0000", "contents": "2017 St. Louis Cardinals season, Regular season summary, April, Chris Coghlan does aerial flip to score\nBlue Jays pinch-hitter Chris Coghlan performed an acrobatic aerial flip and somersault over Yadier Molina to score the go-ahead run in the seventh inning in the April 25, 6\u20135 loss in 11 innings. The run snapped reliever Matt Bowman's 19.2 inning scoreless streak. The Cardinals answered in the bottom of the seventh with outfielder Jos\u00e9 Mart\u00ednez hitting his first career home run, a two-run blast to tie the game at four. The Blue Jays blew two saves in a game for the first time since 2014, but it avoided its worst 20-game start in franchise history by improving to 6\u201314, while the Cardinals missed a chance to get to .500 and fell to 9\u201311.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 103], "content_span": [104, 746]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272652-0034-0000", "contents": "2017 St. Louis Cardinals season, Regular season summary, April, Carpenter hits grand slam in 11th to beat Blue Jays\nMatt Carpenter hit a walk-off grand slam, and first grand slam of his career, in the 11th inning of an 8\u20134 victory versus the Blue Jays in the first game of a split double-header on April 27.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 115], "content_span": [116, 307]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272652-0035-0000", "contents": "2017 St. Louis Cardinals season, Regular season summary, May, Lyons back on DL, Tuivailala recalled\nLHP Tyler Lyons was placed back on the DL on May 2 with a right intercostal muscle strain. RHP Sam Tuivailala was recalled.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 99], "content_span": [100, 223]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272652-0036-0000", "contents": "2017 St. Louis Cardinals season, Regular season summary, May, Piscotty on DL for first time, Pham recalled\nOn May 5, RF Stephen Piscotty was placed on the DL for the first time in his career with a right hamstring strain. Tommy Pham was recalled. CF Dexter Fowler, on the other hand, avoided the DL altogether from a sore right shoulder, and, after undergoing an MRI exam in St. Louis, was cleared to pinch-hit on Friday (May 5).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 106], "content_span": [107, 429]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272652-0037-0000", "contents": "2017 St. Louis Cardinals season, Regular season summary, May, Magneuris Sierra makes debut, Jose Martinez on DL\nTwenty-one year old (advanced) A-level outfielder Magneuris Sierra made his major league debut on May 7, after Jos\u00e9 Mart\u00ednez was put on the DL with a left groin strain. Sierra was the youngest position player to appear with the Cardinals since Miguel Mejia did it 10 days after his 21st birthday in 1996.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 111], "content_span": [112, 416]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272652-0037-0001", "contents": "2017 St. Louis Cardinals season, Regular season summary, May, Magneuris Sierra makes debut, Jose Martinez on DL\nSierra, who was hitting .272/.337/.407 with seven extra-base hits and three stolen bases in 20 games for the Palm Beach Cardinals (Class A-Advanced) in the Florida State League, was just the third 21-year-old position player to reach the Majors with the Cardinals in the last 22 years; Albert Pujols (2001) was the most recent. Sierra's speed had a big impact on the Cardinals since his first three days from May 7.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 111], "content_span": [112, 527]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272652-0037-0002", "contents": "2017 St. Louis Cardinals season, Regular season summary, May, Magneuris Sierra makes debut, Jose Martinez on DL\nThe Cardinals' in the 6\u20135 win on May 9, singled and scored in a four-run eighth inning that tied the game at 5, and then singled and scored what proved to be the winning run in the top of the ninth. He dashed home with the game-deciding run on Dexter Fowler's pinch-hit single in the ninth, sliding in ahead of the tag in blazing fashion. His sprint, which was clocked by Statcast\u2122 at 7.24 seconds despite a modest 14.2-foot secondary lead.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 111], "content_span": [112, 553]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272652-0037-0003", "contents": "2017 St. Louis Cardinals season, Regular season summary, May, Magneuris Sierra makes debut, Jose Martinez on DL\nThe dash was St. Louis' second-fastest second-to-home time this year on a play with a secondary lead of less than 15 feet. On his ninth-inning single he went from home to first base in 3.88 seconds, helping force an error that got him into scoring position at second. Only seven players this season have recorded a faster home-to-first time on a non-bunt. It tied Sierra's own record (set Monday night, May 8) for the Cardinals' fastest non-bunt, home-to-first time in the Statcast\u2122 Era (since 2015).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 111], "content_span": [112, 612]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272652-0038-0000", "contents": "2017 St. Louis Cardinals season, Regular season summary, May, Series win vs. Cubs, consecutive attendance records set\nThe Cardinals beat the Cubs two best aces in the last two games of the three-set after losing the Friday (May 12, attendance 47,601) game, setting consecutive attendance records at the newest Busch Stadium in the process. On May 13, the Birds beat Jon Lester 5\u20133, setting a new stadium record with 47,882 paid, with Carlos Martinez the victor.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 117], "content_span": [118, 461]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272652-0038-0001", "contents": "2017 St. Louis Cardinals season, Regular season summary, May, Series win vs. Cubs, consecutive attendance records set\nThe next (day) game, May 14, saw Adam Wainwright return to his usual superb form over seven innings, shutting out the Cubs and ace Jake Arrieta, 5\u20130, thanks in part to Matt Carpenter's first hit in the regular season off good buddy and former teammate at Texas Christian University, and groomsman at his wedding, Arrieta. Prior to that home run, Carpenter was 0-for-28 in the regular season against him. The attendance of 47,925 broke the previous day's record. The three-game total of 143,408 set the all-time series record. The Cardinals retained first place in the NL Central (21\u201315, .583; 1 game ahead of the surprising Milwaukee Brewers, 21\u201317), while the Cubs, who fell below .500 (18\u201319, .486) with their seventh loss in nine games, sit 3 1/2 games back.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 117], "content_span": [118, 879]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272652-0039-0000", "contents": "2017 St. Louis Cardinals season, Regular season summary, May, Gant activated, optioned to Memphis\nRH reliever John Gant was activated from the DL on May 16, and sent to AAA Memphis.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 97], "content_span": [98, 181]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272652-0040-0000", "contents": "2017 St. Louis Cardinals season, Regular season summary, May, Peralta activated, Sierra optioned\nMay 19 brought 3B-man Jhonny Peralta back to active status since April 17, while speedy OF'er Magneuris Sierra was optioned (played in May 17 game, no game May 18), with a promotion to the (AA Level) Springfield Cardinals. Peralta batted only .120 (3-for-25) in eight games, while Sierra made his major league debut on May 7, hitting safely in each of his seven games played, batting .367 (11-for-30) with eight runs scored.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 96], "content_span": [97, 521]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272652-0041-0000", "contents": "2017 St. Louis Cardinals season, Regular season summary, May, Cardinals lose, committing 35th error\nThe San Francisco Giants won on May 19, 6\u20135, thanks to the Cardinals' NL-leading 35th error of the season helping the Giants to their three-run seventh. Dexter Fowler brought the Cardinals to a 5\u20133 lead with a three-run home run in the bottom of the inning after a 46-min rain delay, before the Giants answered with a run in the eighth, and two more in the ninth for the win. Prior to the loss, the Cardinals had not lost a game this season when taking a lead into the ninth. The Giants are now 2\u201321 this season when trailing after eight innings, and they entered 6\u201315 on the road. Mark Melancon, making his first appearance since May 3, converted his 17th career save against the Cardinals, most against any opponent.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 99], "content_span": [100, 818]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272652-0042-0000", "contents": "2017 St. Louis Cardinals season, Regular season summary, May, Matt Adams traded, Piscotty activated from DL\nBefore the game on May 20, the Cardinals announced a trade: 1B Matt Adams to the Atlanta Braves and cash considerations for a minor league infielder Juan Yepez. Stephen Piscotty was activated from the DL after finishing a rehab assignment since his May 4 injured right hamstring strain. 1B/3B Yepez is 19, from Caracas, Venezuela, who signed with the Braves in July 2014, as a non-drafted free agent, who was playing at A-level with the Rome Braves.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 107], "content_span": [108, 557]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272652-0043-0000", "contents": "2017 St. Louis Cardinals season, Regular season summary, May, Tuivailala optioned to Memphis Redbirds, Lyons activated\nOn May 22, RH reliever Sam Tuivailala was optioned to the AAA Memphis Redbirds, leaving 24 on the active roster and 38 on the 40-man roster. The next day, LH reliever Tyler Lyons was activated, joining the team in time for the series in Los Angeles against the Dodgers.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 118], "content_span": [119, 388]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272652-0044-0000", "contents": "2017 St. Louis Cardinals season, Regular season summary, May, Piscotty on personal leave\nRF Stephen Piscotty took personal leave before the Friday, May 26 game. He remained on the roster after he left Friday, and Matheny said he didn't know when to expect him to return to the club. The Cardinals did not appear to have a player available to add to the roster in time for Friday's game, but they could add a player during the weekend to take Piscotty's place. He left a couple hours before the first pitch. He was not in the lineup, but that was unrelated to his personal matter.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 88], "content_span": [89, 579]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272652-0045-0000", "contents": "2017 St. Louis Cardinals season, Regular season summary, May, Socolovich DFA, John Brebbia purchased (AAA)\nRH reliever Miguel Socolovich was designated for assignment (removed from the 40-man roster temporarily) on May 27. He was 0\u20131 with one save in 15 appearances, striking out 14 in 182\u20443 innings. RH reliever John Brebbia was purchased from the AAA Memphis Redbirds. Brebbia has made nine straight scoreless appearances for Memphis. He has a 1.69 ERA, 29 strikeouts and five walks over 262\u20443 innings.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 106], "content_span": [107, 504]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272652-0046-0000", "contents": "2017 St. Louis Cardinals season, Regular season summary, May, Wong on DL, Paul DeJong purchased\n2B Kolten Wong was placed on the DL, retroactive to May 27, from a left elbow strain before the game on May 28. 3B/SS Paul DeJong, 23, was purchased from AAA.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 95], "content_span": [96, 254]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272652-0047-0000", "contents": "2017 St. Louis Cardinals season, Regular season summary, May, Martinez activated, Grichuk optioned to A-level\nRF Jos\u00e9 Martinez was activated before the May 29 game. LF Randal Grichuk was optioned to A-level Palm Beach. The team decided to send Grichuk to Palm Beach rather than the Triple-A affiliate in Memphis. GM John Mozeliak said this was to put Grichuk in a lower-stress environment where he could play consistently and work on things like his strike zone management. Mozeliak added that Grichuk will have a different voice to learn from, working with George Greer as he tries to get back to the Majors.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 109], "content_span": [110, 609]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272652-0048-0000", "contents": "2017 St. Louis Cardinals season, Regular season summary, May, DeJong homers in first at-bat\nNewly promoted 2B/3B/SS Paul DeJong hit a home run in his first at-bat in the majors. It came as a pinch-hitter at Coors Field in the ninth inning off veteran closer Greg Holland, who was before the game, 19-for-19 in saves and boasting a 0.96 ERA. The home run was the fourth for the Cardinals, but it did them no good as they fell 4\u20138 to the Colorado Rockies. The ball sailed 388 feet into the left field stands.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 91], "content_span": [92, 506]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272652-0048-0001", "contents": "2017 St. Louis Cardinals season, Regular season summary, May, DeJong homers in first at-bat\nDeJong hit .294 with a team-high 11 homers and 31 RBIs in 46 games with the Memphis Redbirds this spring, but he has little experience as a pinch-hitter, so he made frequent trips from the dugout to the indoor batting cage. With his parents in the stands, DeJong unwound on a 92\u00a0mph fastball and circled the bases into the history books. \"It was just a dream come true,\" DeJong said. \"I've been playing baseball since I was four years old, and to do that in my first at bat was something I'll remember forever.\" DeJong was the ninth Cardinals' player to accomplish the feat: the last time was by Mark Worrell in the second game of a June 5, 2008 doubleheader. He followed up the next day (May 29) with a single and a double against the Los Angeles Dodgers. DeJong is the .", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 91], "content_span": [92, 864]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272652-0049-0000", "contents": "2017 St. Louis Cardinals season, Regular season summary, May, Gyorko on personal leave, Piscotty on the way back\nJedd Gyorko took personal leave in a hurry before the May 30 game to be with his wife who is expecting. Stephen Piscotty is on his way back to St. Louis after leaving the team Friday (May 26) afternoon to deal with a personal matter at his home in Pleasanton, California. His mother was diagnosed with ALS. He returned to the team in time for the May 31 game after missing five games. Because of the two personal leaves, the Cardinals played with a two-man bench on May 30.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 112], "content_span": [113, 586]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272652-0050-0000", "contents": "2017 St. Louis Cardinals season, Regular season summary, May, Broxton released, John Gant recalled\nRH reliever John Gant was recalled before the game on May 31, after Jonathan Broxton was released. Should Broxton sign elsewhere, the Cardinals will be responsible for the remainder of his $3.75 million salary in 2017, minus the pro-rated minimum. Broxton, 32, threw 152\u20443 innings for the Cardinals this year with an awful 6.89 ERA. Gant, 24, was acquired by the Cardinals last December as part of the package that sent Jaime Garcia to the Atlanta Braves.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 98], "content_span": [99, 554]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272652-0050-0001", "contents": "2017 St. Louis Cardinals season, Regular season summary, May, Broxton released, John Gant recalled\nHe had begun 2017 on the disabled list with a right groin strain, but returned on May 16, and had been working as a starter in Memphis. In three starts for the Memphis Redbirds, Gant was 0\u20131 with a 2.19 ERA and 11 strikeouts in 121\u20443 total innings. He will be available for Wednesday night's (May 31) game against the Dodgers out of the bullpen as the long reliever.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 98], "content_span": [99, 465]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272652-0051-0000", "contents": "2017 St. Louis Cardinals season, Regular season summary, June, Pujols hits his 600th home run with Angels\nFormer Cardinals' superstar Albert Pujols hit his 600th career home run on June 3 for the Los Angeles Angels, becoming only the ninth player to achieve that feat. He was the first to hit a grand slam for his 600th. He hit his 500th on April 22, 2014. Pujols at 37 and 139 days, is the fourth-youngest player (behind Alex Rodriguez, Babe Ruth, and Hank Aaron) to hit 600 homers.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 105], "content_span": [106, 483]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272652-0051-0001", "contents": "2017 St. Louis Cardinals season, Regular season summary, June, Pujols hits his 600th home run with Angels\nHe joined Barry Bonds (762), Hank Aaron (755), Babe Ruth (714), Alex Rodriguez (696), Willie Mays (660), Ken Griffey Jr. (630), Jim Thome (612), and Sammy Sosa (609), as the only other players to have 600. Thome was the last to do it on August 15, 2011. Pujols hit .328 with a 1.037 OPS averaging 40 Doubles (455 with the Cardinals), 40 home runs (445 with the Cardinals), and 121 RBIs per season when with the Cardinals in the 11 years, 2001\u20132011.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 105], "content_span": [106, 554]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272652-0051-0002", "contents": "2017 St. Louis Cardinals season, Regular season summary, June, Pujols hits his 600th home run with Angels\nHe signed a 10-year, $240 million contract with the Angels before the 2012 campaign, though age and a spate of lower-body injuries have stunted his production in recent years. He hit .328/.420/.617 in those 11 years (21\u201332), but only .265/.323/.469 (.793 OPS) with the Angels (2012 \u2013 June 3, 2017; 32\u201337) from injuries.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 105], "content_span": [106, 425]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272652-0052-0000", "contents": "2017 St. Louis Cardinals season, Regular season summary, June, Gyorko returns from Paternity Leave, Sierra optioned\n3B Jedd Gyorko was reinstated from Paternity Leave in the birth of his third child, before the finale on June 4; after missing the first two games against the Cubs. OF'er Magneuris Sierra was optioned to AA-level Springfield Cardinals. Gyorko leads the team with a .321 average.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 115], "content_span": [116, 394]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272652-0053-0000", "contents": "2017 St. Louis Cardinals season, Regular season summary, June, Ballpark Village a finalist for ULI's Global Award for Excellence\nBallpark Village is one of 25 finalists for the Urban Land Institute's Global Award for Excellence, . The award recognizes \"outstanding development projects on an international platform in the private, public and nonprofit sectors.\" The Cardinals and The Cordish Companies collaborated on the planning and construction of Ballpark Village, which opened in 2014. It marked the first time that a professional sports venue was master planned and fully integrated into a broader mixed-use development. Ballpark Village has attracted more than 10 million guests since opening, and it will soon be expanding.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 128], "content_span": [129, 731]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272652-0053-0001", "contents": "2017 St. Louis Cardinals season, Regular season summary, June, Ballpark Village a finalist for ULI's Global Award for Excellence\nOver the offseason, the Cardinals and The Cordish Companies announced plans for a 550,000 square feet (12.6 acres) second phase that will include a residential towner, office space and additional retail restaurant and entertainment space. Construction on that $220 million phase is expected to begin later this year. ULI will select a winner among these finalists during its October meeting in Los Angeles. The Cordish Companies have been awarded seven ULI Awards for Excellence, more than any other developer in the world.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 128], "content_span": [129, 652]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272652-0054-0000", "contents": "2017 St. Louis Cardinals season, Regular season summary, June, Scooter Gennett hits 4 home runs\nOn June 6, the Cincinnati Reds' utility infielder, Scooter Gennett, 27, had the night of his career with a 4-home run game (#4, 5, 6, and 7) including a grand slam, going 5-for-5 (a single), and driving in 10 runs, in a 13\u20131 thrashing of the plummeting Cardinals with their fifth-straight loss. He became the 17th player, and it was the first time against any Cardinals' team, to accomplish the 4-homer game feat, with his fourth in the bottom of the eighth inning with a man on-base, for his 9th and 10th RBIs. His slash line jumped from .270/.308/.450 with a .758 OPS to .302/.336/.578 and .914 OPS with a 135 OPS+, and his RBIs from 20 to 30. Josh Hamilton was the last player to have a 4-home run game on May 8, 2012.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 95], "content_span": [96, 818]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272652-0055-0000", "contents": "2017 St. Louis Cardinals season, Regular season summary, June, Chad Huffman promoted, Gant optioned\n1B Chad Huffman, a longtime friend of Matt Carpenter, was promoted from AAA. RHP John Gant was optioned The Cardinals had an open spot for Huffman on the 40-man roster, and made space for him on the active roster by optioning RHP John Gant. The move reduced the pitching staff to 12 for the first time since April 20.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 99], "content_span": [100, 417]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272652-0056-0000", "contents": "2017 St. Louis Cardinals season, Regular season summary, June, Peralta DFA, Wong activated; coaching changes\nThe Cardinals held a press conference before the game on June 9, with GM John Mozeliak announcing a number of personnel changes after a disastrous 0\u20137 road trip. 3B Jhonny Peralta was DFA, and 2B Kolten Wong was activated. In addition, there were a number of coaching changes. Assistant hitting coach Bill Mueller was given a leave of absence, replaced by Mark Budaska (hitting coach at AAA-Memphis). 3B coach Chris Maloney was reassigned within the organization, replaced by quality control coach Mike Shildt. Ron \"Pop\" Warner was added to the coaching staff.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 108], "content_span": [109, 669]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272652-0056-0001", "contents": "2017 St. Louis Cardinals season, Regular season summary, June, Peralta DFA, Wong activated; coaching changes\nThis is the first time Mozeliak had to make a mid-season coaching staff change. The drop to 26\u201332, was the lowest below .500 that Mgr. Mike Matheny has seen since his hire after the 2011 season. It is also the first time since the end of the 2007 season that they have had a record this poor this late in the season. During the road trip, there wasn't a facet of the game that could support the Cardinals. The starting pitching faltered and frayed with an ERA greater than 7.00 and not one quality start.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 108], "content_span": [109, 613]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272652-0056-0002", "contents": "2017 St. Louis Cardinals season, Regular season summary, June, Peralta DFA, Wong activated; coaching changes\nThe manager twice removed a starter early in order to goose the substandard offense with a pinch-hitter, and still the Cardinals scored a total of 20 runs in the seven-day trip. They allowed more than 40. The bullpen ruptured in the final three games of the series in Cincinnati with a close game Wednesday coming apart on lefty Brett Cecil.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 108], "content_span": [109, 450]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272652-0057-0000", "contents": "2017 St. Louis Cardinals season, Regular season summary, June, Cards end seven-game losing streak\nThe Cardinals ended their worst losing streak (7 games) since 2007 on June 9 at home against the weak Phillies, from strong pitching by Michael Wacha, a key home run by Aledmys Diaz, and a four-star catch by Tommy Pham to end the threat in the ninth inning.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 97], "content_span": [98, 355]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272652-0058-0000", "contents": "2017 St. Louis Cardinals season, Regular season summary, June, Martinez throws first complete game and shutout\nCarlos Martinez threw his first career complete game and shutout on June 10 (afternoon game), at home against the Phillies, 7\u20130. He scattered four hits, striking out 11. It was his first shutout in 80 starts. Eric Fryer was the catcher, with Yadier Molina out with a strained back. Martinez had been oh-so-close to checking the accomplishment off his list a month ago when he twirled nine scoreless innings against the San Francisco Giants. He had to settle for a no-decision, however, since his offense couldn't muster a run of support.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 110], "content_span": [111, 648]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272652-0058-0001", "contents": "2017 St. Louis Cardinals season, Regular season summary, June, Martinez throws first complete game and shutout\nIn becoming the first Cardinals' pitcher to notch a complete game this year, Martinez highlighted why the Cardinals believe he's a budding ace in this rotation. The Phillies did not advance a runner as far as third, and with 11 strikeouts, Martinez became the first Cards' pitcher since Adam Wainwright (2010) with four straight starts of at least eight strikeouts. He finished with a pitch count of 107. His 2.84 runs support was third-lowest in the National League, but a day after general manager John Mozeliak called out the offense's timid production, it came through with its biggest inning output (four runs) of the season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 110], "content_span": [111, 741]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272652-0059-0000", "contents": "2017 St. Louis Cardinals season, Regular season summary, June, Cardinals sweep Phillies, Wainwright leads pitchers\nAdam Wainwright pitched five strong innings on June 11, in his team-leading 7th win (against 4 losses), giving up 2 runs, leading the team to a 6\u20135 win, in its first sweep of an opponent since May 8\u201310. Dexter Fowler hit a monster-length 3-run home run, giving the Cards a 3\u20132 lead after five innings, which they kept, although surviving a 2-run scare (after leading 6\u20133) in the ninth. Yadier Molina missed his third consecutive game. The team enjoys an off-day on Monday, June 12.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 114], "content_span": [115, 596]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272652-0059-0001", "contents": "2017 St. Louis Cardinals season, Regular season summary, June, Cardinals sweep Phillies, Wainwright leads pitchers\nThe bats showed life, but it was against a Phillies' pitching staff that ranks last in ERA (5.02), versus the Cardinals that had been mostly listless at the plate during a winless seven-game road trip. The Cardinals arrived home on Friday (June 9) having been outscored, 42\u201320, while slashing .212/.285/.332 over the previous week. Little had looked right, and that led Cardinals GM John Mozeliak to put the group on notice. Production over the next four to six weeks, Mozeliak said, would likely determine the Cardinals' position at the non-waiver Trade Deadline at the end of July. \"It's hard to win games when you're scoring 2.5 runs per game,\" Mozeliak said. \"Certainly when you look at how we were thinking this offense would work, it hasn't done so. We can start at the top.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 114], "content_span": [115, 896]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272652-0060-0000", "contents": "2017 St. Louis Cardinals season, Regular season summary, June, Cardinals sweep Phillies, Wainwright leads pitchers\nThat would be with Matt Carpenter and Dexter Fowler, neither of whom has played up to expectation. Matheny sought to jostle things by flipping their spots in the lineup, and, for at least one weekend, it worked. Fowler's three-run homer out of the second spot in the lineup put the Cardinals ahead for good on Sunday (June 11), and it capped a three-game series in which he and Carpenter, hitting from in his familiar spot at leadoff, went 8-for-22 with five extra-base hits, four runs and five RBIs. All eight starting position players reached base at least once on Sunday. In both Friday and Saturday's (June 10) win, seven of the eight did so. The offense tallied 27 hits and 16 runs in all. Its 13 combined runs scored in the final two games represented the most the Cardinals have scored in consecutive games in more than a month.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 114], "content_span": [115, 950]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272652-0061-0000", "contents": "2017 St. Louis Cardinals season, Regular season summary, June, DeJong optioned to AAA, M Gonzalez and Tuivailala recalled for DH, Peralta released\n2B Paul DeJong was optioned to AAA on June 12. LHP Marco Gonzalez was recalled, as was RHP Sam Tuivailala for the June 13 split double-header, which temporarily gives the team 26 on the active roster. 3B Jhonny Peralta was given his release after the Cardinals could not find another team interested in him after his designated for assignment. The club will pay the remainder of his $10 million salary. Gonzalez will be making his first start since 2015, from injury and returned after Tommy John surgery in May.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 146], "content_span": [147, 659]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272652-0062-0000", "contents": "2017 St. Louis Cardinals season, Regular season summary, June, Cards-Brewers split DH\nThe Cardinals and Milwaukee Brewers split their split-DH on June 13, and no change in their standings. In the first game (1:15pm), Jose Martinez had his first multi-HR game in slugging two homers, driving in three runs. It meant more than usual for him, because his mom was there to see it. Lance Lynn pitched five strong innings, in a 6\u20130 shutout of the first-place Brewers. Lynn got his first win (5\u20133) since May 5, allowing only three hits, striking out eight, but walking four. He had 95 pitches on a 95-degree day at Busch.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 85], "content_span": [86, 614]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272652-0062-0001", "contents": "2017 St. Louis Cardinals season, Regular season summary, June, Cards-Brewers split DH\nChad Huffman, pinch-hitting for Lynn, got his first major-league hit since 2010, with his first career triple. LHP Tyler Lyons recorded his first major-league save, pitching the last three innings. The Cardinals' bullpen blew another lead and lost the nightcap, 8\u20135, giving them no advance on the Brewers for the day, with two more games to play against them in the next two days. Marco Gonzales started for the first time since 2015, but could only go 3.1 innings, giving up six hits, five runs on three HRs, walking none, striking out two.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 85], "content_span": [86, 627]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272652-0063-0000", "contents": "2017 St. Louis Cardinals season, Regular season summary, June, Wong back on DL, DeJong recalled\n2B Kolten Wong was back on the DL, before the June 15 game with a right triceps strain. Paul DeJong was recalled. Wong was taken out of the June 15 game prior to the sixth inning. He came off the DL on June 9, recovering from a left elbow injury, missing 13 games from May 27 \u2013 June 8.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 95], "content_span": [96, 381]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272652-0064-0000", "contents": "2017 St. Louis Cardinals season, Regular season summary, June, Another flurry of roster moves to right a sinking ship\nBefore the June 25 Sunday Night Baseball game on ESPN, the Cardinals announced another flurry of moves designed to right a sinking ship after losing three straight to a season-low, seven-below-.500 mark of 33\u201340 (.452). The Cardinals recalled OF Randal Grichuk and RHP-reliever Mike Mayers from AAA, purchased the contract of 1B Luke Voit,26,\u2013a St. Louis native (Lafayette High School) making his major-league debut, optioned 1B Chad Huffman, and DL'ed OF Dexter Fowler (right heel spur), and LH-reliever Kevin Siegrist (cervical spine sprain). In 70 games with AAA-Memphis, Voit hit .322/.406/.561 (.967 OPS), with 23 doubles, 12 home runs, and 45 RBIs, before his debut. He serves as a backup to first baseman Matt Carpenter, and as a pinch-hitter off the bench.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 117], "content_span": [118, 882]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272652-0065-0000", "contents": "2017 St. Louis Cardinals season, Regular season summary, June, DeJong switched to SS\nAfter his 20th game playing 2B, Paul DeJong was switched to SS. He played SS for four games prior to his switch on June 27 (Jun 6, 17, 21, and 24).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 84], "content_span": [85, 232]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272652-0066-0000", "contents": "2017 St. Louis Cardinals season, Regular season summary, June, Diaz optioned, Mejia recalled, A. Reyes trans. to 60-day DL\nBefore the June 28 game in the desert against the resurgent Arizona Diamondbacks (50\u201328, .641, 2nd in NL West), the Cardinals optioned the struggling hitting-and-fielding SS Aledmys Diaz to AAA, purchased the contract of utility infielder Alex Mejia, and cleared the 40-man spot for Mejia by transferring starter RHP Alex Reyes to the 60-day DL. Diaz' OPS+ of 80 is 54 points lower than it was a year ago, and his slugging percentage has dropped from .510 to .396.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 122], "content_span": [123, 587]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272652-0066-0001", "contents": "2017 St. Louis Cardinals season, Regular season summary, June, Diaz optioned, Mejia recalled, A. Reyes trans. to 60-day DL\nHe has struck out more frequently, walked less often, and not shown the same discipline that made him so successful last year. Diaz has swung and missed at 14% of the pitches outside the strike zone. That's five percentage points higher than last year. Diaz's .260 batting average would be much lower if not for his ability to beat out 21 infield hits. His minus-9 Defensive Runs Saved ranked second worst in the Majors among players with at least 250 innings played at short.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 122], "content_span": [123, 599]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272652-0066-0002", "contents": "2017 St. Louis Cardinals season, Regular season summary, June, Diaz optioned, Mejia recalled, A. Reyes trans. to 60-day DL\nMatheny said the Cardinals will prioritize work for Diaz at short in Memphis, though getting him exposure at other infield spots hasn't been ruled out. With Diaz gone, the Cardinals are likely to give rookie Paul DeJong a heavy dose of work at short. Greg Garcia and Mejia, who is considered an above-average defensive shortstop, will also be options. Mejia, a fourth-round Draft pick in 2012, has fluctuated between AA Springfield and AAA Memphis for the last three seasons. The 26-year-old hit .251/.305/.366 in 63 AA games this year before earning a promotion to AAA, where he batted .263/.333/.289 in 11 games. He made his major league debut on June 29, playing 2B.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 122], "content_span": [123, 792]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272652-0067-0000", "contents": "2017 St. Louis Cardinals season, Regular season summary, June, Cardinals promote GM Mozeliak to Pres of BB Ops; Mike Girsch new GM\nOn June 30, the Cardinals promoted GM John Mozeliak to the new position of President of Baseball Operations, and Assistant GM Mike Girsch to be the new GM. Mozeliak was hired as GM on October 31, 2007. Mozeliak's promotion continues a trend across baseball of how personnel departments are now structured, giving one person the power of overseeing baseball operations while also retaining a GM position. Other teams who use such a structure include the Chicago Cubs, Los Angeles Dodgers, Cleveland Indians, Oakland Athletics and the Tampa Bay Rays.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 130], "content_span": [131, 679]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272652-0067-0001", "contents": "2017 St. Louis Cardinals season, Regular season summary, June, Cardinals promote GM Mozeliak to Pres of BB Ops; Mike Girsch new GM\nMozeliak is still expected to oversee the club's baseball operations decisions and remain heavily involved in the department. Girsch joined the Cardinals in 2006, when they also won the World Series, as coordinator of amateur scouting, and he later spent three years in the baseball development department before being promoted. Both will receive contract extensions through 2020.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 130], "content_span": [131, 511]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272652-0068-0000", "contents": "2017 St. Louis Cardinals season, Regular season summary, June, Cardinals played more high-leverage moments than any other team\nThrough games of June 30, the Cardinals have played in more high-leverage moments than any other major-league team. The first time the team scored five runs in one inning did not occur until its 69th game of the season. The second time came on June 30 with a five-run fourth inning against the Arizona Diamondbacks, in a 10\u20134 win. According to Fangraphs' leverage index, no team has played under more stress this season than St. Louis. The Cardinals also entered Friday (June 30) tied with the Phillies for the highest percentage of plate appearances (20.7%) in high-leverage spots.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 126], "content_span": [127, 709]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272652-0068-0001", "contents": "2017 St. Louis Cardinals season, Regular season summary, June, Cardinals played more high-leverage moments than any other team\nForty-three of the Cardinals' games have been decided by two runs or fewer, whereas Friday marked the 22nd time this year that the margin was at least five. All those close games highlight why the team's defense and baserunning continue to come under scrutiny. Little mistakes have big consequences when there's no wiggle room. After the July 1 win (2\u20131) over the Washington Nationals, the Cardinals now have 44 games of their 80 played decided by two runs or fewer.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 126], "content_span": [127, 593]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272652-0069-0000", "contents": "2017 St. Louis Cardinals season, Regular season summary, July, Alex Mejia gets first hit, HR in Wacha birthday win\nStarting off July in a game broadcast by Fox, the Cardinals won the three-game series (after besting them 8\u20131 on June 30) against the #1 team in the NL East, the Washington Nationals (47\u201333, .588), with a 2\u20131 win. SS, but playing 2B Alex Mejia, recorded his first major-league hit, and later added his first HR, to support Michael Wacha's win on Wacha'a 26th birthday. Holding the Nationals to four hits, Wacha struck out a season-high nine over a 94-pitch, six-inning outing. The Nationals weren't able to advance a runner to third against him.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 114], "content_span": [115, 660]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272652-0069-0001", "contents": "2017 St. Louis Cardinals season, Regular season summary, July, Alex Mejia gets first hit, HR in Wacha birthday win\nWashington starter Gio Gonz\u00e1lez was just as stingy, as he limited the Cardinals to two hits over seven innings. But he was clipped for a two-out run, driven in by Mejia, in the second inning. Mejia padded the 1\u20130 lead by blasting a first-pitch home run to open the eighth. The insurance proved to be necessary, too. Trevor Rosenthal, who was being given another look as a closer, allowed Washington's first run and loaded the bases with a two-out walk.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 114], "content_span": [115, 567]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272652-0069-0002", "contents": "2017 St. Louis Cardinals season, Regular season summary, July, Alex Mejia gets first hit, HR in Wacha birthday win\nCardinals manager Mike Matheny then turned to Matt Bowman, who notched his first career save by freezing Adrian Sanchez on a full-count fastball in Sanchez's first Major League at-bat. After Paul DeJong extended the second inning by drawing only his second walk in 104 plate appearances, Mejia smacked a single up the middle to drive home Luke Voit, who had earlier beaten out a potential inning-ending double play. Mejia, who was making his second career start, had been hitless in his first three Major League at-bats.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 114], "content_span": [115, 635]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272652-0069-0003", "contents": "2017 St. Louis Cardinals season, Regular season summary, July, Alex Mejia gets first hit, HR in Wacha birthday win\nIn addition to Bowman earning his first save and Mejia tallying his first hits, several other Cardinals reached notable numbers on Saturday: With a fourth-inning single, Yadier Molina extended his hitting streak to 16 games, tying a career high; only Ted Simmons has a longer streak by a Cardinals' catcher with 19 games, Wacha tied Steve Carlton as the second-fastest Cardinals' pitcher to reach 500 strikeouts by getting there in his 106th game, (Lance Lynn, 101 G). Mgr. Matheny earned managerial win No. 500, making him the second-quickest manager in franchise history to reach that mark, achieving the milestone in his 890th game, for a .562 win percentage. He started the 2017 season with a 461\u2013349 (.569) managerial record. Billy Southworth hit 500 wins in 766 games, (.653).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 114], "content_span": [115, 897]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272652-0070-0000", "contents": "2017 St. Louis Cardinals season, Regular season summary, July, Carlos Martinez and Yadier Molina named to All-Star Game Roster\nCarlos Martinez and Yadier Molina were named to the All-Star Game reserves (on a July 2 ESPN televised report), in Miami on July 11. Molina made the All-Star team for seven consecutive seasons before having that streak broken last year. Molina leads all NL catchers with 66 starts and 580 innings caught. He also ranks among the top four in total hits (69), home runs (nine) and RBIs (35). He is slashing .273/.308/.409 on the season, entered Sunday riding a 16-game hitting streak. It's his second hitting streak of that length this year.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 126], "content_span": [127, 666]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272652-0070-0001", "contents": "2017 St. Louis Cardinals season, Regular season summary, July, Carlos Martinez and Yadier Molina named to All-Star Game Roster\nMartinez is a second-time All-Star, though he'll be looking for his first appearance when he travels to Miami. Martinez did not pitch in the All-Star Game two summers ago (2015) after winning a spot on the roster through the Final Vote competition. Martinez entered Sunday's (July 2) showdown against Max Scherzer (Washington Nationals) ranked fourth in the NL in ERA (2.88), second in opponents' batting average (.199), fourth in WHIP (1.07) and sixth in strikeouts per nine innings (10.24). This marks the second consecutive season that the Cardinals have placed two players on the All-Star team.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 126], "content_span": [127, 725]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272652-0071-0000", "contents": "2017 St. Louis Cardinals season, Regular season summary, July, Carlos Martinez vs. Max Scherzer\nOn the night (July 2) he was named to the All-Star team, Carlos Martinez (6\u20136, 2.88 ERA, 1 Shutout, 121 strikeouts, 10.2 per 9 IP; 1.072 WHIP; .199/.275/.325 opp. slash and .600 opp OPS) pitched against St. Louis native, and Parkway Central High School graduate Max Scherzer (Washington Nationals, in a nationally televised ESPN Sunday Night Baseball Game of the Week. Scherzer is the best pitcher in the NL in terms of ERA (2.06; 212 ERA+), strikeouts (151; 12.0 per 9 IP) and WHIP (0.783). His opp. slash is .164/.227/.292 and .520 opp OPS.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 95], "content_span": [96, 638]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272652-0071-0001", "contents": "2017 St. Louis Cardinals season, Regular season summary, July, Carlos Martinez vs. Max Scherzer\nScherzer also has two complete games this year. Looking for his 10th win (9\u20135), the Chesterfield, MO native and University of Missouri alum has been fantastic of late. He's allowed more than one earned run just once in his last seven starts and reached double-digit strikeouts in six of those games. Scherzer ranks first in right-handed-hitters' batting average against, but Martinez is right behind him in second place (Scherzer, .125; Martinez, .171).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 95], "content_span": [96, 549]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272652-0071-0002", "contents": "2017 St. Louis Cardinals season, Regular season summary, July, Carlos Martinez vs. Max Scherzer\nScherzer was drafted by the St. Louis Cardinals in the 43rd round (1,291st overall) in the 2003 Major League Baseball Draft, but did not sign, and instead attended the University of Missouri. He was then drafted again in 2006 by the Arizona Diamondbacks, this time in the 1st round as the 11th overall pick. He was Mizzou's first-ever 1st round MLB pick. On January 9, 2012 it was announced that Scherzer would be one of six new inductees to the University of Missouri Intercollegiate Athletics Hall of Fame. While at Mizzou, he won Big 12 Pitcher of the Year in 2005. [ Wikipedia entry for Max Scherzer]", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 95], "content_span": [96, 700]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272652-0072-0000", "contents": "2017 St. Louis Cardinals season, Regular season summary, July, Carlos Martinez vs. Max Scherzer\nScherzer and the Nationals beat the Cardinals in an easy 7\u20132 win. Scherzer (10\u20135) pitched 7 innings, giving up only 3 hits and no runs, lowering his ERA to an NL-leading 1.94. He opened the evening by striking out seven his first time through the Cardinals' order. He finished the night with 12, marking the 10th time this season\u2014and 59th of his career\u2014that Scherzer reached the double-digit strikeout mark in a game. Scherzer was supported early by Harper, who spoiled the night of Cardinals All-Star starter Carlos Martinez (6\u20137).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 95], "content_span": [96, 628]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272652-0072-0001", "contents": "2017 St. Louis Cardinals season, Regular season summary, July, Carlos Martinez vs. Max Scherzer\nFellow All-Star OF Bryce Harper crushed a slider over the right-field wall to give the Nationals a two-run lead in the first inning, before golfing a third-inning pitch for another two-run homer, hie 13th career multi-homer game, to punctuate a three-run third. Martinez allowed as many runs on Sunday (five) as he had in his previous five starts combined, with his ERA ballooning to 3.15. Tommy Pham hit a two-run home run (10th), in the eighth inning (Enny Romero) for the only Cardinals runs.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 95], "content_span": [96, 591]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272652-0073-0000", "contents": "2017 St. Louis Cardinals season, Regular season summary, July, Halfway through season record\nAt the half-way point through 2017 after the July 2 game, the Cardinals are 39\u201342 (.481), in third place in the NL Central, 3.5 G behind the Milwaukee Brewers (44\u201340, .524), and 1.5 G behind the Chicago Cubs (41\u201341, .500).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 92], "content_span": [93, 315]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272652-0074-0000", "contents": "2017 St. Louis Cardinals season, Regular season summary, July, Luke Weaver recalled, Mike Mayers optioned\n, RHP Luke Weaver was recalled before the game on July 3. Mike Mayers was optioned. Arguably the most dominant pitcher in the organization's Minor League system this year, Weaver made eight starts in 2016. He will not be held back as a long reliever, but will instead be considered a relief option for any situation. He was due to start for Triple-A Memphis today, is rested and ready to pitch as soon as he's needed. At Memphis, he was 7\u20131 with a 1.93 ERA in 11 starts.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 105], "content_span": [106, 576]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272652-0074-0001", "contents": "2017 St. Louis Cardinals season, Regular season summary, July, Luke Weaver recalled, Mike Mayers optioned\nHe's walked 13, struck out 60, and allowed three home runs in 56 innings. Most recently, he posted a 1.59 ERA in four June starts. Weaver made his Major League debut last August, and finished 1\u20134 with a 5.70 ERA and 1.596 WHIP. He opened his big league career by allowing three or fewer runs in each of his first six starts, but was pulled from the rotation after two abbreviated mid-September performances. The #1 and 32 prospects are RHP Alex Reyes, and C Carson Kelly.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 105], "content_span": [106, 577]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272652-0075-0000", "contents": "2017 St. Louis Cardinals season, Regular season summary, July, Cardinals offense erupts for 14 runs\nThe offense had their biggest game this season on July 3, with a 14\u20136 rout () of the Miami Marlins, at Busch Stadium. With more hits in the first three innings than they had in their last two games combined, the Cardinals pummeled starter Jeff Locke and held on for the win. The Cardinals had their most productive first inning (four runs) of the season, and sent 12 batters to the plate during a seven-run third inning that chased Locke.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 99], "content_span": [100, 538]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272652-0075-0001", "contents": "2017 St. Louis Cardinals season, Regular season summary, July, Cardinals offense erupts for 14 runs\nBy the end of that inning, everyone in the Cardinals' lineup had reached base at least once and eight different batters had scored a run. Luke Voit, crushed his first Major League home run (two-runs in the 8th inning) and his first four RBIs. Tommy Pham (batting second) was a perfect 3-for-3 including a triple, 2 RBIs, plus two walks reaching base safely every time at-bat. Yadier Molina also went 3-for-3 with 3 RBIs. The offense has scored 61 runs over the team's last nine games, of which the Cardinals have won seven. Adam Wainwright had a rocky fifth inning but finished it before being pulled, giving up 8 hits and 6 runs (all earned) for his ninth win, and a 6\u20131 record at home. He also contributed at-bat with a two-run single. He is now batting .226 with a .678 OPS.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 99], "content_span": [100, 877]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272652-0076-0000", "contents": "2017 St. Louis Cardinals season, Regular season summary, July, July 4 record\nThe Cardinals were 103\u2013100\u20132 (.507) on July 4 games in their history before today's loss. They played a double header every year between 1927 and 1950. The July 3 game started a stretch of 14 consecutive games against sub-.500 teams (FL, NYM, PIT, NYM). After the July 4 loss, they are 23\u201316 (.590) against teams below .500.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 76], "content_span": [77, 401]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272652-0077-0000", "contents": "2017 St. Louis Cardinals season, Regular season summary, July, Fowler activated, Jose Martinez optioned\nThe Cardinals activated CF Dexter Fowler before the game on July 7, optioning OF Jos\u00e9_Mart\u00ednez. Fowler missed 12 games due to a right heel spur from June 25 \u2013 July 6. He ranks 2nd among St. Louis players with 40 runs scored, and his 35 RBI rank 4th. Fowler is batting .245 with 10 doubles, four triples and 13 home runs (2nd among StL hitters). Martinez opened the season on the Major League roster for the first time in his career.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 103], "content_span": [104, 536]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272652-0077-0001", "contents": "2017 St. Louis Cardinals season, Regular season summary, July, Fowler activated, Jose Martinez optioned\nThe right-handed hitter batted .280 with five home runs and 17 RBI this season, and has appeared in 50 games. Martinez has made 26 starts and has two outfield assists, coming in back-to-back games April 17 and 18 vs. Pittsburgh. Martinez missed 17 games (May 7\u201328) earlier this season with a left groin injury.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 103], "content_span": [104, 414]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272652-0078-0000", "contents": "2017 St. Louis Cardinals season, Regular season summary, July, Four Home Runs not enough to win\nThe July 7 game saw four Cardinals hit Home Runs, but they were all solo shots, and it wasn't enough for Carlos Martinez (6\u20138) as he gave up five runs in five innings for the second consecutive games, allowing seven hits, losing 6\u20135 to the New York Mets. Randal Grichuk, Paul DeJong, Dexter Fowler, and Jedd Gyorko all homered, but the team lost for the fourth time in six games. Winner Jacob deGrom is the first pitcher to allow four home runs against the Cardinals and win since Robin Roberts in 1955.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 95], "content_span": [96, 599]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272652-0078-0001", "contents": "2017 St. Louis Cardinals season, Regular season summary, July, Four Home Runs not enough to win\nPreacher Roe of the Brooklyn Dodgers also accomplished that feat in 1953. The Cardinals hit back-to-back home runs for the third game this season, and hit two sets of back-to-back homers in the same game for the ninth time in club history. The last time that happened was on May 2, 2016, against the Phillies. The last time the Cardinals hit four home runs in a game on two sets of back-to-back home runs that were all solo homers was May 7, 2012, at Arizona.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 95], "content_span": [96, 555]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272652-0079-0000", "contents": "2017 St. Louis Cardinals season, Regular season summary, July, DeJong, Pham, Voit get hot at the break\nThe Cardinals are heading into the All-Star break (43\u201345, .489) having won or tied their past four series. They are tied with the Cubs for 2nd place, 5.5 games behind the Milwaukee Brewers (50\u201341, .549). After 88 games, the team has . In , they scored 779, giving up 712. The players who have helped lead them to their recent success, however, could not have been predicted 88 games ago. In the Cardinals' 6\u20130 victory over the Mets on Sunday (July 9) at Busch Stadium, Tommy Pham and rookies Paul DeJong and Luke Voit accounted for the club's three home runs and four of its six runs.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 102], "content_span": [103, 687]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272652-0080-0000", "contents": "2017 St. Louis Cardinals season, Regular season summary, July, DeJong, Pham, Voit get hot at the break\nPaul DeJong, the starting shortstop, stepped up against the Mets, breaking records across the three games. In the series, he went 9-for-12 (.750) with three home runs, five doubles and four RBIs. He is in the midst of a six-game hitting streak, and his eight extra-base hits in the series are the most by a Cardinals' player in a three-game series in the modern era (post-1900). He has 10 Doubles, nine homers, 20 RBIs, and is hitting .313/.331/.602 (.932 OPS, 139 OPS+) at the break.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 102], "content_span": [103, 587]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272652-0081-0000", "contents": "2017 St. Louis Cardinals season, Regular season summary, July, DeJong, Pham, Voit get hot at the break\nTommy Pham, who hit his 11th home run Sunday, has 11 stolen bases. He became the first Cardinal since Albert Pujols in 2009 to have at least 10 homers and 10 stolen bases before the break. He is hitting .299/.386/.510 (.895 OPS, 134 OPS+) with 8 Doubles and a Triple, with 34 RBIs.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 102], "content_span": [103, 384]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272652-0082-0000", "contents": "2017 St. Louis Cardinals season, Regular season summary, July, DeJong, Pham, Voit get hot at the break\nLuke Voit, a St. Louis native, has also posted impressive numbers, hitting .316/.366/.684 (1.050 OPS, 168 OPS+) in 38 at-bats in 14 games. He has five Doubles and eight RBIs in July, including his four-RBI day July 3 against the Marlins.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 102], "content_span": [103, 340]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272652-0083-0000", "contents": "2017 St. Louis Cardinals season, Regular season summary, July, Yadier Molina hits HR in All-Star Game\nYadier Molina got the NL its only run in the All-Star Game on July 11, when he hit a home run in the sixth inning off Ervin Santana (Minn. Twins) to tie the game at 1. But the NL lost 1\u20132 in 10 inn. Reggie Smith was the last Cardinal to hit an All-Star Game home run in the 1974 game. He became the oldest catcher to hit a home run in an All-Star Game, two days before his 35th birthday (July 13), passing Yogi Berra.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 101], "content_span": [102, 519]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272652-0084-0000", "contents": "2017 St. Louis Cardinals season, Regular season summary, July, \"Take Me Out to the Ball Game\"\nThe famous baseball song, Take Me Out to the Ball Game was first performed in a baseball park: Sportsman's Park before Game 4 of the 1934 World Series by the famous Gashouse Gang players Pepper Martin and his Marvelous Musical Mississippi Mudcats Band. The song was written in 1908, with words by Jack Norworth and music from Albert Von Tilzer. Ironically, neither had attended a baseball game. It was the #1 song for 1908, selling over 6 million sheet copies. Major League Baseball realized that Ladies Days, when women were admitted to the ballpark for free, were no longer necessary.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 93], "content_span": [94, 680]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272652-0084-0001", "contents": "2017 St. Louis Cardinals season, Regular season summary, July, \"Take Me Out to the Ball Game\"\nIn 1909, the National League banned the practice, assuming women would now attend on a regular basis. \"Katie Casey was baseball mad; Had the fever and had it bad; Just to root for the home town crew \u2026 On a Saturday, her young beau called to see if she'd like to go, To see a show but Miss Kate said \"No, I'll tell you what you can do.\" That leads into the iconic chorus that everyone sings throughout the summer.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 93], "content_span": [94, 506]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272652-0085-0000", "contents": "2017 St. Louis Cardinals season, Regular season summary, July, Wong and Siegrist activated, Mejia and Weaver optioned\nAt the break on Thu. July 13, the Cardinals activated 2B Kolten Wong and LHP Kevin Siegrist, optioning SS Alex Mejia and RHP Luke Weaver.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 117], "content_span": [118, 255]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272652-0086-0000", "contents": "2017 St. Louis Cardinals season, Regular season summary, July, Grichuck on DL, Jose Martinez recalled\nBefore the game on July 14, LF Randal Grichuk was placed on the DL from a lower back strain. OF Jos\u00e9 Mart\u00ednez was recalled.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 101], "content_span": [102, 225]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272652-0087-0000", "contents": "2017 St. Louis Cardinals season, Regular season summary, July, Piscotty on DL, Sierra recalled\nBefore the game on July 15, RF Stephen Piscotty was placed on the DL from a right groin strain. OF Magneuris Sierra was recalled from AA Springfield.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 94], "content_span": [95, 244]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272652-0088-0000", "contents": "2017 St. Louis Cardinals season, Regular season summary, July, Wacha throws first complete game, shutout\nMichael Wacha threw his first complete game and a 5\u20130 shutout win against the New York Mets at Citi Field on July 18. He gave up only three hits, one walk, and allowing just one runner to reach third base, in the ninth inning with two outs. He pitched after an 11-day layoff to give his troublesome right shoulder additional rest. He threw a career-high 119 pitches. He started the ninth inning at 97 pitches. The shutout was the first by a Cardinals' pitcher on the road since Shelby Miller on June 7, 2014.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 104], "content_span": [105, 613]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272652-0088-0001", "contents": "2017 St. Louis Cardinals season, Regular season summary, July, Wacha throws first complete game, shutout\nSince posting an 8.17 ERA over a six-game stretch that had some calling for his removal from the rotation, Wacha is 4\u20130 with a 1.01 ERA in four starts. His strikeout rate has jumped, and he's found the cutter to be a put-away pitch. After notching five strikeouts on it over his first 14 appearances, Wacha has logged eight in his last three. Wacha garnered 12 outs on his fastball, eight with his cutter, four via the changeup and three with the curve.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 104], "content_span": [105, 558]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272652-0089-0000", "contents": "2017 St. Louis Cardinals season, Regular season summary, July, Carson Kelly promoted, Zach Duke and Randal Grichuk activated\nin baseball and the , Carson Kelly, 23, was promoted to the majors before the game on July 21. He hit .283/.375/.459 with 10 home runs and 41 RBIs in 68 games for Triple-A Memphis this season. He made his Major League debut last season, and went 2-for-13 with a double in 10 games for St. Louis. LF Randal Grichuk was activated from the disabled list, as was LHP Zach Duke from the 60-day DL. Grichuk is batting .215 with nine home runs and 30 RBIs in 61 games for the Cardinals this season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 124], "content_span": [125, 616]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272652-0089-0001", "contents": "2017 St. Louis Cardinals season, Regular season summary, July, Carson Kelly promoted, Zach Duke and Randal Grichuk activated\nDuke is a 12-year MLB veteran, making nine Minor League rehab appearances before being activated, throwing nine scoreless innings. RHP Sam Tuivailala was optioned to AAA-Memphis, as was OF Magneuris Sierra to AA-Springfield. To make room, C Eric Fryer was designated for assignment, with Duke taking Fryer's spot on the 40-man roster.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 124], "content_span": [125, 459]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272652-0090-0000", "contents": "2017 St. Louis Cardinals season, Regular season summary, July, Cardinals trade LHP Marco Gonzales for OF prospect Tyler O'Neill\nBefore the game on July 21, the Cardinals traded LHP Marco Gonzales for a power-hitting #75 prospect in baseball ( ) Tyler O'Neill, 22, of the Seattle Mariners. Both players were products of the 2013 MLB Draft, with Gonzales taken in the first round, and O'Neill by Seattle in the third. O'Neill had 14 homers in his past 19 games at Triple-A Tacoma and was batting .244/.328/.479 with 19 homers, 21 doubles and 56 RBIs in 93 games this season. His 19 home runs ranked eighth in the Pacific Coast League.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 127], "content_span": [128, 632]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272652-0090-0001", "contents": "2017 St. Louis Cardinals season, Regular season summary, July, Cardinals trade LHP Marco Gonzales for OF prospect Tyler O'Neill\nHe was the Mariners' Minor League Player of the Year last season when he batted .293 with 24 home runs and 102 RBIs at the Double-A level. GM John Mozeliak said, \"It adds to our offensive depth. [ It's] not that we're not proud of our outfield depth, but we do think this offensive profile is unique. [ He has] middle-of-the-order potential.\" O'Neill will report to Triple-A Memphis, where he'll play alongside another Cardinals outfield prospect, Harrison Bader. Gonzales' status as an out-of-options player next year left the Cardinals uncertain of how they'd find a fit for him on the Major League roster.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 127], "content_span": [128, 736]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272652-0091-0000", "contents": "2017 St. Louis Cardinals season, Regular season summary, July, Fowler on DL, Harrison Bader promoted\nOn July 25, Dexter Fowler was placed on the DL from a left wrist strain, and promoted their OF Harrison Bader, 23, from AAA-Memphis. He is in the lineup, and will make his major league debut. He hit .297/.354 with 19 home runs and slugging .517 with 48 RBIs, stealing 9 bases in 350 at-bats. He was their third-round pick in 2015. Fowler is hitting .241/.333/.452, with 29 extra-base hits and 37 RBIs in 333 plate appearances over 81 games this season. Memphis outfielder Chad Huffman was outrighted and subsequently granted his unconditional release.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 100], "content_span": [101, 653]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272652-0092-0000", "contents": "2017 St. Louis Cardinals season, Regular season summary, July, Wainwright on DL, retroactive to July 23\nBefore the July 25 game, starting pitcher Adam Wainwright, 35, was placed on the 10-day DL, retroactive to July 23, due to mid-back tightness. The team will announce a corresponding roster move tomorrow. Wainwright is leading the Cardinals with 11 wins and has posted a 4.89 ERA in his 20 games started, striking out 95 batters in 110.1 innings pitched. This marks just the fourth time in his career that Wainwright has been disabled: 2008 for right middle finger sprain, 2011 for right elbow Tommy John surgery, and 2015 for a ruptured right Achilles. The three-time All-Star owns a career mark of 145\u201381 with a 3.27 ERA in 340 games pitched, ranking 5th on the Cardinals all-time wins list. He has 1,582 strikeouts as a Cardinals' pitcher, ranking second behind Bob Gibson (3,117).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 103], "content_span": [104, 887]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272652-0093-0000", "contents": "2017 St. Louis Cardinals season, Regular season summary, July, Wainwright on DL, retroactive to July 23\nRHP Mike Mayers was recalled on July 26, as the temporary help from Wainwright's DL.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 103], "content_span": [104, 188]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272652-0094-0000", "contents": "2017 St. Louis Cardinals season, Regular season summary, July, Bader gets first hit, run\nHarrison Bader, scarcely 12 hours after his call-up, recorded his first major league hit, a double to open the ninth inning that turned into a run that decided the 3\u20132 win over Colorado Rockies (now 58\u201344 .569), who hold a 41\u20442 game lead over the Cubs for one of the two Wild Card spots. Paul DeJong gave the Cards the lead with a two-run home run in the first, his seventh for the month that matched the most by a Cardinals' rookie in July, and is tied for second place among NL home run leaders in the month.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 88], "content_span": [89, 599]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272652-0094-0001", "contents": "2017 St. Louis Cardinals season, Regular season summary, July, Bader gets first hit, run\nStarter Lance Lynn has now given up one run in his last 251\u20443 innings, lowering his ERA to 3.21 (with the Cardinals overall at 3.83, third-best in NL L.A. Dodgers 3.15 and Arizona Diamondbacks 3.52 in NL West); and opposing batters hitting a team-lowest .210 against him (min. 25 IP). Reliever Matt Bowman blew a save (giving up a solo home run to tie it at 2\u20132 in the eighth inning), which is the 15th for the team, fourth-most in the NL.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 88], "content_span": [89, 528]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272652-0094-0002", "contents": "2017 St. Louis Cardinals season, Regular season summary, July, Bader gets first hit, run\nDeJong is one of only two players to ever hit double-digit home runs for both the Cardinals, and Triple-A Memphis in the same season. He joins Rick Ankiel, who did so in 2007. DeJong has 13 with each team, while Ankiel spent the majority of 2007 with Memphis, hitting 32 home runs there, and 11 with St. Louis. The win kept the Cardinals after 100 games (49\u201351 .490) four games back of the Milwaukee Brewers (54\u201348 .529) in the wild NL Central, playing leap-frog over the Cubs (52\u201347 .525), who are one-half game behind.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 88], "content_span": [89, 609]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272652-0095-0000", "contents": "2017 St. Louis Cardinals season, Regular season summary, July, Lance Lynn on trading block?\nWith the non-waiver trade deadline looming in five days (July 31), and as an upcoming free agent at the end of the season, Lance Lynn could be an intriguing trade option for the struggling Cardinals, still trying to hit the .500 level (49\u201351). Since his dreadful back-to-back outings in June, he has been superb with a 2\u20130, 0.75 ERA record over his last four starts totaling 25.1 IP. For the season, he is 8\u20136, 3.21 ERA, with a team-leading 21 starts.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 91], "content_span": [92, 543]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272652-0095-0001", "contents": "2017 St. Louis Cardinals season, Regular season summary, July, Lance Lynn on trading block?\nIt has not been determined if he will make another start after his outstanding July 25 start against a heavy-hitting Colorado Rockies lineup, that was a near-win because of yet another (15th) blown bullpen save opportunity this team has suffered in 2017. Lynn gave up only one run on three hits in six innings, striking out six.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 91], "content_span": [92, 420]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272652-0096-0000", "contents": "2017 St. Louis Cardinals season, Regular season summary, July, Luke Weaver recalled, Mike Mayers optioned\nRHP Luke Weaver was recalled on July 27, and recalled from yesterday RHP Mike Mayers was optioned. Weaver is the No. 64 overall prospect in the Majors, and the Cardinals' fourth-best prospect. Weaver will make his first start in 2017. In two relief appearances with St. Louis this season, Weaver has allowed three hits and no runs over three innings. As a starter in AAA Memphis, he has excelled this year, going 9\u20131 in 13 starts with a 1.91 ERA. He made eight starts in nine appearances in 2016 (1\u20134, 5.70 ERA).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 105], "content_span": [106, 618]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272652-0097-0000", "contents": "2017 St. Louis Cardinals season, Regular season summary, July, Cardinals set single-game attendance record at Busch Stadium III\nThe Cardinals set a Busch Stadium III attendance record on July 29, with an announced crowd of 48,052. That figure surpassed all previous attendance marks\u2014even those from the postseason and All-Star Game\u2014at the 12-year-old ballpark. The previous record was 47,925 on May 14,2017.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 127], "content_span": [128, 407]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272652-0098-0000", "contents": "2017 St. Louis Cardinals season, Regular season summary, July, Cardinals hold at non-waiver trade deadline\nThe Cardinals decided to make no changes by the non-waiver trade deadline on July 31, 3pm CDT. That means that the Cardinals will enter the final two months of the season with Lance Lynn still a member of their rotation, and an overcrowded outfield. The latter is expected to be addressed during the off-season. As for Lynn, he'll play out the rest of this year as a pending free agent. The Cardinals have not initiated extension talks with the 30-year-old right-hander, and GM John Mozeliak confirmed the organization will \"table all of that until the year end.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 106], "content_span": [107, 670]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272652-0098-0001", "contents": "2017 St. Louis Cardinals season, Regular season summary, July, Cardinals hold at non-waiver trade deadline\nMozeliak added that momentum never picked up among the teams that had inquired about Lynn's availability. The Cardinals can still net a compensatory Draft pick\u2014which would come after Compensation Round B in 2018\u2014if they make Lynn a qualifying offer and he declines. The value of the qualifying offer is expected to be around $18 million for one year. The club entered the day (off-day) at 52\u201353, sitting in third-place in the NL Central, 41\u20442 games behind the Cubs, and 2 games behind the Brewers. Teams can still Reporter Jayson Stark outlines the waiver rules.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 106], "content_span": [107, 670]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272652-0099-0000", "contents": "2017 St. Louis Cardinals season, Regular season summary, August, Piscotty activated, Bader optioned\nOn August 1, before a crucial series against the second-place Milwaukee Brewers, the Cardinals activated OF Stephen Piscotty from the DL, and optioned OF Harrison Bader to AAA. Piscotty missed 16 games after hitting .236/.348/.371 with a 90 OPS+ in 69 games. Bader got his first hit and scored the game-winning run in his first game, hitting .286/.348/.381 (6 for 21) .729 OPS and a 92 OPS+ with 2 doubles, two walks, and nine strikeouts in his six games.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 99], "content_span": [100, 555]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272652-0100-0000", "contents": "2017 St. Louis Cardinals season, Regular season summary, August, Paul DeJong wins NL Rookie of the Month Award for July\nAfter batting .298/.347/.638 (.985 OPS) with 6 home runs and 16 RBI's in the month of July, Paul DeJong was named the NL Rookie of the Month on his 24th birthday (August 2). He was the first Cardinals' player to win the award since Kolten Wong in May 2014. Through the game on August 1, DeJong was hitting .281/.308/.558 (.865 OPS, 121 OPS+), with 14 home runs and 32 RBIs in 54 games and 208 plate appearances. Among rookies with at least 50 games played, only the Yankees' Aaron Judge and the Dodgers' Cody Bellinger have a higher slugging percentage than DeJong.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 119], "content_span": [120, 685]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272652-0101-0000", "contents": "2017 St. Louis Cardinals season, Regular season summary, August, August injuries/transactions\nOn August 4, starting pitcher Luke Weaver was optioned to AAA, and for the fifth time this season, reliever Sam Tuivailala was recalled.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 93], "content_span": [94, 230]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272652-0102-0000", "contents": "2017 St. Louis Cardinals season, Regular season summary, August, August injuries/transactions\nAdam Wainwright was activated before the August 6 game he pitched, missing two starts. LHP Kevin Siegrist was placed on the DL with left forearm tendinitis.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 93], "content_span": [94, 250]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272652-0103-0000", "contents": "2017 St. Louis Cardinals season, Regular season summary, August, August injuries/transactions\nBefore the August 7 game, OF Dexter Fowler was activated from the DL after missing 12 games. OF Stephen Piscotty was optioned to AAA Memphis.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 93], "content_span": [94, 235]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272652-0104-0000", "contents": "2017 St. Louis Cardinals season, Regular season summary, August, August injuries/transactions\nAfter the showing problems with decreased velocity and command in the ninth inning of the August 16 game, reliever Trevor Rosenthal was placed on the 10-day DL from a right posterior elbow irritation. RHP Luke Weaver was recalled from AAA. Rosenthal was 11 for 13 in save opportunities, with a 3.40 ERA and 76 strikeouts in 47.2 innings.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 93], "content_span": [94, 432]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272652-0105-0000", "contents": "2017 St. Louis Cardinals season, Regular season summary, August, August injuries/transactions\nPitching only three innings with 55 pitches but decreased velocity on August 18, starter Adam Wainwright was placed on the DL from right elbow impingement. He was 12\u20135 with a 5.12 ERA. Opponent batters were hitting .283 against him. RHP Mike Mayers was recalled from AAA Memphis.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 93], "content_span": [94, 373]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272652-0106-0000", "contents": "2017 St. Louis Cardinals season, Regular season summary, August, August injuries/transactions\nBefore the August 19 game, the Cardinals promoted reliever Josh Lucas, 26, from AAA Memphis, to make his major league debut. To make room for him, RHP Mike Mayers was optioned to the Memphis. Lucas had been in the organization since the Cardinals took him in the 21st round of the 2010 MLB Draft. He had a 3.34 ERA, 1.165 WHIP and 14 saves in 43 appearances at AAA, striking out 65, walking only nine in 56.2 innings. Sixteen of Lucas' appearances have been for one-plus innings. In his debut, Lucas gave up four hits, including a home run for his lone run allowed, walking none, striking out two in his two innings pitched.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 93], "content_span": [94, 718]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272652-0107-0000", "contents": "2017 St. Louis Cardinals season, Regular season summary, August, August injuries/transactions\nOn August 21, OF Stephen Piscotty remained with the team after his 26th-man callup for the 2017 MLB Little League Classic on August 20. 1B Luke Voit was optioned to make the active roster down to the usual 25.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 93], "content_span": [94, 303]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272652-0108-0000", "contents": "2017 St. Louis Cardinals season, Regular season summary, August, August injuries/transactions\nBefore the August 23 game, the Cardinals announced that RH reliever Trevor Rosenthal will have Tommy John surgery to repair a partially torn ulnar collateral ligament in his right elbow. Dr. Neal ElAttrache will perform the procedure next week. The surgery not only ends Rosenthal's season, but it will cost him much\u2014and possibly all\u2014of 2018 as well. He led the Majors with 93 saves from 2014 to 2015. The timing also complicates his move toward free agency, and it leaves the Cardinals without an obvious answer as to who will fill the ninth-inning void in his absence.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 93], "content_span": [94, 664]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272652-0108-0001", "contents": "2017 St. Louis Cardinals season, Regular season summary, August, August injuries/transactions\nHe was to be arbitration-eligible for a third time this winter and due for a salary increase from the $6.4 million he's earning in 2017. It's a financial commitment the Cardinals won't want to make for a pitcher who may need the full season to recover from surgery. The club could choose to not tender Rosenthal a contract and try to re-sign him for a lesser amount, or under a Minor League contract, to retain control of him. The Cardinals transferred Rosenthal to the 60-day DL ending his season, while calling-up LH reliever Ryan Sherriff, 27, for his major-league debut later. He is 5\u20131, 3.19 ERA converting six-out-of-seven save opportunities at AAA-Memphis. Reliever Josh Lucas was optioned. Rosenthal was 3\u20134 with a 3.40 ERA, with 11 saves.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 93], "content_span": [94, 841]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272652-0109-0000", "contents": "2017 St. Louis Cardinals season, Regular season summary, August, August injuries/transactions\nIn the eighth inning of a 4\u20134 game, about to score the lead run from third base of the August 26 game against the Tampa Bay Rays, 3B Jedd Gyorko suffered a right hamstring strain. He was placed on the 10-day DL the next day. Gyorko was the team-leader with 64 RBIs, hitting .272 with 18 HRs in 114 games. Luke Voit was recalled from AAA.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 93], "content_span": [94, 431]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272652-0110-0000", "contents": "2017 St. Louis Cardinals season, Regular season summary, August, Second consecutive game with go-ahead grand slam\nFor the first time in the Cardinals' long history, the team won consecutive games, on August 9\u201310, featuring a go-ahead grand slam. The 59th win of the season (against 56 losses, .513) for their sixth consecutive win, tied their longest win streak (May 5\u201310), and pushed the Cardinals to within one game of the first-place Cubs in the NL Central, passing the Brewers for second place, with 47 games remaining.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 113], "content_span": [114, 523]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272652-0110-0001", "contents": "2017 St. Louis Cardinals season, Regular season summary, August, Second consecutive game with go-ahead grand slam\nDexter Fowler slammed the Royals in the seventh inning on August 10 (8\u20136 win), when tied at 3\u20133, while Yadier Molina hit a grand slam in the sixth inning the previous night (8\u20135 win), after trailing 5\u20134. The game on August 9 featured Molina's slam coming one pitch after a cat, subsequently known as the \"Rally Cat\", ran into center field. The cat was picked up by a groundskeeper, who got scratched and clawed for his trouble.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 113], "content_span": [114, 541]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272652-0110-0002", "contents": "2017 St. Louis Cardinals season, Regular season summary, August, Second consecutive game with go-ahead grand slam\nMolina's 387-foot homer was the fifth grand slam of his career, tying him with Tim McCarver for second all-time among Cardinals' catchers for grand slams. He needs two more to tie Ted Simmons. Because of Molina's key hit, the Cardinals moved closer in the chase for the NL Central. Fowler's slam (fifth in his career) was the Cardinals' third in their last five games, and his five RBIs in a game was his highest. He had scored a run in his last five games.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 113], "content_span": [114, 571]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272652-0110-0003", "contents": "2017 St. Louis Cardinals season, Regular season summary, August, Second consecutive game with go-ahead grand slam\nThe Rally Cat went missing after the game and the Cardinals released a statement: \"We are hopeful someone will find the cat and contact us so we can properly care for it. Our grounds crew is working on developing a stray animal protocol to ensure the safety of both crew and animal should this happen again. In the meantime, the Cardinals are looking to scratch and claw their way back to the top of the division standings.\" The Rally Cat was found early on August 11, and transported to a veterinarian to be checked out, and eventually available for adoption. It was not a feral cat as initially thought. It is a medium haired tabby. It's still unknown if anyone in the Cardinals' organization will open their doors to the cat. Custody of the cat remains in dispute.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 113], "content_span": [114, 881]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272652-0111-0000", "contents": "2017 St. Louis Cardinals season, Regular season summary, August, Cards in a virtual tie for first in NL Central\nAfter the 6\u20135 win on August 12 (61\u201356, .521) and the Cubs' loss later that night (60\u201355, .522), the teams were in a virtual tie for first place in the NL Central. The August 12 win was the team's season-high eighth consecutive win. Carlos Martinez won his ninth game, and Paul DeJong hit his team-leading 17th home run for the deciding run in the seventh inning. The Cardinals' eight-game winning streak was their most since April 28 to May 5, 2015, and the longest of Matheny's managerial career.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 111], "content_span": [112, 609]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272652-0111-0001", "contents": "2017 St. Louis Cardinals season, Regular season summary, August, Cards in a virtual tie for first in NL Central\nThe Cards were five and one-half games back less than two weeks ago. DeJong's team-leading 17th home run came in his 64th game and 244th at-bat. He tied five other Cardinals for the seventh-most home runs by a rookie in Cardinals' history, with six of them coming in the seventh inning or later. He was slashing .291/.320/.566. Before the game on August 12, his 16 home runs in his first 63 games were second only to future Hall of Famer Albert Pujols' 20 in the same number of games in 2001.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 111], "content_span": [112, 604]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272652-0111-0002", "contents": "2017 St. Louis Cardinals season, Regular season summary, August, Cards in a virtual tie for first in NL Central\nDuring the team's eight-game winning streak, DeJong 's ability and consistency played a pivotal role. He had at least one hit in all but one of those games, with three home runs and nine RBIs over that stretch. Combined with the 13 homers he hit in 48 games with the AAA Memphis, DeJong has 30 home runs this season. Adam Wainwright's hit in the August 11 game drove in his 11th RBI, which led all MLB pitchers.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 111], "content_span": [112, 523]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272652-0111-0003", "contents": "2017 St. Louis Cardinals season, Regular season summary, August, Cards in a virtual tie for first in NL Central\nCompared to the team's previous game on August 11 for their seventh consecutive win (8\u20135), the six runs scored on August 12 were the lowest from the previous six games, when eight runs or more were scored. That streak was the first time since April 11\u201316, 2011, tying the franchise record. The club also achieved the feat Sept. 9\u201315, 1922.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 111], "content_span": [112, 451]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272652-0112-0000", "contents": "2017 St. Louis Cardinals season, Regular season summary, August, Cards in a virtual tie for first in NL Central\nHowever, following the win, the Cardinals would lose three straight and five of their next seven games. The Cubs, in the same span, won six of eight games to extend the lead over the Cardinals to 3.5 games as of August 21.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 111], "content_span": [112, 334]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272652-0113-0000", "contents": "2017 St. Louis Cardinals season, Regular season summary, August, Paul DeJong becomes fourth Cards' rookie to hit 20 HRs\nPaul DeJong became only the fourth Cardinals' rookie to hit 20 home runs, doing so in only his 70th game on August 19. Albert Pujols (37 in 2001), Chris Duncan (22 in '06), and Ray Jablonski (21 in 1953) previously accomplished the feat. He also has 17 doubles, 48 RBIs in 269 AB, hitting .305/.336/.591 with a .927 OPS.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 119], "content_span": [120, 440]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272652-0114-0000", "contents": "2017 St. Louis Cardinals season, Regular season summary, August, Ryan Sherriff makes debut\nLH reliever Ryan Sherriff made his major-league debut against the Tampa Bay Rays on August 25. He pitched three scoreless innings, registering four strikeouts, while scattering two hits. But the Cards fell 3\u20137 to the Rays, with their eighth loss in 11 games, remaining 4 1/2 games behind the Cubs in the National League Central and five back of the Rockies for the NL's second Wild Card spot.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 90], "content_span": [91, 483]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272652-0115-0000", "contents": "2017 St. Louis Cardinals season, Regular season summary, August, Matt Carpenter donates to Hurricane Harvey relief\nOn August 29, Galveston, Texas native and Houston-area resident, Matt Carpenter, announced a personal donation of $10,000 for each home run he hits until the end of the season, to the relief efforts in the tragedy of Hurricane Harvey, which smashed into Rockport, Texas (just south of Houston) as a Category 4 hurricane, on August 25, with wind gusts up to 132\u00a0mph (212\u00a0km/h). Adam Wainwright and the Cardinals' owner William DeWitt, Jr., also pledged the same $10,000 per Carpenter home run, totaling $30,000 for each one Carpenter hits.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 114], "content_span": [115, 653]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272652-0115-0001", "contents": "2017 St. Louis Cardinals season, Regular season summary, August, Matt Carpenter donates to Hurricane Harvey relief\nCarpenter has hit 17 this year through the 130 games played. Randal Grichuk said he has remained in constant contact with his parents, who still live in his hometown of Rosenberg, Texas, a suburb southwest of downtown Houston. In the first game after his pledge, that same evening Carpenter hit a home run, his 18th (a 10\u20132 win), which gave $30,000 to the relief efforts.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 114], "content_span": [115, 486]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272652-0116-0000", "contents": "2017 St. Louis Cardinals season, Regular season summary, August, Leake traded to Seattle\nStarting RH pitcher Mike Leake was traded to the Seattle Mariners on August 30, on the eve of the waiver trade deadline (Aug. 31), $750,000 in international cap space as well as cash considerations, for a minor league shortstop Rayder Ascanio, 21. Prior to this deadline, a player is eligible to play in post-season games, as Leake now is, should Seattle earn a Wild Card spot.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 88], "content_span": [89, 466]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272652-0116-0001", "contents": "2017 St. Louis Cardinals season, Regular season summary, August, Leake traded to Seattle\nLeake, 29, signed a five-year contract with the Cards in December 2015, and he has three years and $48 million remaining on his deal after 2017, with a mutual $18 million option, or a $5 million buyout in 2021. The contract, which included a full no-trade clause, was no problem as Leake waived it to help facilitate the trade, according to reports. The Cardinals are picking up $17 million of the remaining $53 million money on Leake's contract.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 88], "content_span": [89, 535]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272652-0116-0002", "contents": "2017 St. Louis Cardinals season, Regular season summary, August, Leake traded to Seattle\nLeake began the year red-hot, going 3\u20131 with a 1.35 ERA in five April outings, before seeing his ERA increase in each month of the season. The right-hander is 0\u20133 with an 8.88 ERA and a .375 opponents batting average in five starts in August. He is 7\u201312 with a 4.21 ERA in 26 starts for the Cards this season, after going 9\u201312 with a 4.69 ERA in 30 starts in 2016. Leake is 80\u201376 with a 4.02 ERA in 223 career appearances (228 starts).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 88], "content_span": [89, 524]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272652-0116-0003", "contents": "2017 St. Louis Cardinals season, Regular season summary, August, Leake traded to Seattle\nThe shortstop received by the Cardinals is a switch-hitter, signed out of Venezuela with the Mariners' organization since 2012. Ascanio hit .217/.295/.355 with a .649 OPS in 111 Minor League games this season, and he will be added to the Cardinals' Class A Advanced Palm Beach Cardinals roster for the remainder of this year. The , RHP Jack Flaherty, 21, will take Leake's place in the rotation, starting on September 1, making his major league debut. He is three years removed after high school, now with the AAA Memphis Redbirds.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 88], "content_span": [89, 620]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272652-0117-0000", "contents": "2017 St. Louis Cardinals season, Regular season summary, August, Siegrist DFA, John Gant recalled\nLH reliever Kevin Siegrist was DFA on August 31, after activating him from the DL, making room for RH reliever John Gant, recalled from AAA, who will take the roster spot that Mike Leake vacated after his trade. Gant, 25, has a 3.83 ERA with 99 strikeouts in 1031\u20443 innings over 18 starts for the Memphis Redbirds this season. He was acquired last December from Atlanta in the Jaime Garcia trade. His lone appearance with the big league club this year came on June 6, when he allowed the Cincinnati Reds two runs on three hits over 31\u20443 innings.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 97], "content_span": [98, 643]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272652-0117-0001", "contents": "2017 St. Louis Cardinals season, Regular season summary, August, Siegrist DFA, John Gant recalled\nSiegrist was in the midst of a tough season with a 4.98 ERA over 341\u20443 innings and a 13.3% walk rate that ranked 192nd among 203 relievers with at least 30 innings. He had been battling left forearm tendinitis as well. Siegrist, who was under team control for two more seasons, had fallen out of favor as a top left-hander in the Cardinals' bullpen, with Left-handers slugging a career-best .420 against him this year. He was claimed off waivers by the Philadelphia Phillies on September 2.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 97], "content_span": [98, 588]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272652-0118-0000", "contents": "2017 St. Louis Cardinals season, Regular season summary, September, Apr\u2013Aug 1,2-run games record\nAt the end of August, the team is 67\u201366 (.504), and had an 18\u201325 (.419) record in one-run games. They are 9\u201312 (.429) record in 2-run games. For 1- or 2-run games, the team is 27\u201337 (.422). The Cardinals have 7 players with 15+ HR's, tops among NL teams and T2nd in the majors, with Houston and Baltimore, trailing only the Texas (9 players). The Cardinals had a franchise record 8 players hit 15+ HR's last year, as they paced the NL with 225 home runs. They have scored 245 runs via the home run, giving up 231 that way. In total, the Cardinals have scored 631 runs, giving up 581.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 96], "content_span": [97, 680]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272652-0119-0000", "contents": "2017 St. Louis Cardinals season, Regular season summary, September, Jack Flaherty makes ML debut\nStarting RHP Jack Flaherty made his major league debut on September 1, at AT&T Park against the San Francisco Giants. He pitched a perfect first inning, striking out the first and third batters, and got the second on a fly ball. But, he gave up a two-run home run among five hits, in the second inning. Overall, he allowed five runs on eight hits over four innings with six strikeouts and one intentional walk. Harrison Bader also had a memorable night when he clubbed his first Major League home run in the third inning, a two-run blast that got the Cardinals on the scoreboard.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 96], "content_span": [97, 676]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272652-0120-0000", "contents": "2017 St. Louis Cardinals season, Regular season summary, September, Rosters expand\nThe rosters expanded on September 1, and the Cardinals brought up from AAA-Memphis: OF Harrison Bader, 2B/SS Alex Mejia, C Alberto Rosario, plus RHP Sandy Alcantara from AA-Springfield Cardinals. Bader is the . Alcantara is particularly intriguing for the Cardinals, with his power arm, and is the . He will initially be used in relief. At AA-Springfield, he was 7\u20135 with a 4.31 ERA in 25 games (22 starts), and had 106 strikeouts with 54 walks in 1251\u20443 innings. Alcantara held opponents to a .262 average this season, while relying primarily on a fastball that routinely clocked between 94 and 96\u00a0mph. That velocity, coupled with a hard curve and solid changeup, have the Cardinals salivating about Alcantara's prospects. He stands 6' 4\", a lean 170 pounds (77\u00a0kg)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 82], "content_span": [83, 849]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272652-0121-0000", "contents": "2017 St. Louis Cardinals season, Regular season summary, September, Alcantara makes ML debut\nRH reliever Sandy Alcantara made his major-league debut on September 3, in a 7\u20133 win over the lowly San Francisco Giants (54\u201385). He pitched 0.2 innings, giving up two hits, a run (home run), one walk, and one strikeout.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 92], "content_span": [93, 313]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272652-0122-0000", "contents": "2017 St. Louis Cardinals season, Regular season summary, September, Carlos Martinez throws second shutout\nCarlos Martinez threw his second shutout of the season on September 4 against the San Diego Padres. He joins Ervin Santana (3, Minnesota Twins), and Corey Kluber (2, Cleveland Indians), as the only other MLB pitchers to record at least two shutouts. Martinez struck out 10, walked three, giving up only three singles, with no runners reaching second base. He threw 109 pitches, 76 for strikes. His 183 innings pitched in 2017, ranks second among all NL starters. Opponent batters are hitting .228 against him, third-best of the Cardinals' starters. Lance Lynn is first at .211 and Luke Weaver second at .220.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 105], "content_span": [106, 714]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272652-0123-0000", "contents": "2017 St. Louis Cardinals season, Regular season summary, September, Cardinals acquire reliever Juan Nicasio\nThe Cardinals made a rare September trade when they acquired Philadelphia Phillies RH reliever and setup man Juan Nicasio, 31, for minor league infielder Eliezer Alvarez on September 5. He won't be eligible for a postseason roster should the Cards advance to the playoffs. He has made a NL-high 67 appearances this year, 65 with the Pittsburgh Pirates, who put him on waivers. He posted a 2.79 ERA and a 1.09 WHIP over 611\u20443 innings this season. He's struck out 16, walked 18, and held opponents to a .218 batting average. Nicasio's 21 Holds rank as the fifth most in the NL.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 107], "content_span": [108, 683]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272652-0124-0000", "contents": "2017 St. Louis Cardinals season, Regular season summary, September, Attendance passes 3 million\nThe year's attendance passed 3 million (3,026,081) for the 14th consecutive year at the September 10 game, the 71st home game (39\u201332; Road 35\u201337). An average per game of 42,621. Their highest attendance year was in 2007, when they received 3,552,180 for an average of 43,854.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 95], "content_span": [96, 371]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272652-0125-0000", "contents": "2017 St. Louis Cardinals season, Regular season summary, September, NL Central race going down to the wire\nWith 19 games to play over the next 20 days including the September 12 game, the Cardinals (75\u201368, .524) are only two games behind the Cubs (77\u201366) for the division lead, and the Brewers (75\u201369) a shade behind in third place. The Cubs have lost six of their last eight, while the Cardinals have won seven of their last eight, cutting five games off the Cubs' lead. They are 8\u20132 in September, with only the Cleveland Indians better, with an amazing 19 consecutive games won, now 88\u201356 (.611; 40\u201329 Home, 48\u201327 Road), 131\u20442 ahead in the AL Central.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 106], "content_span": [107, 653]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272652-0125-0001", "contents": "2017 St. Louis Cardinals season, Regular season summary, September, NL Central race going down to the wire\nNo team has gotten better starting pitching in this stretch than the Cardinals: 1.91 ERA (Cleveland starters have a 1.97 ERA over the same time period). The Cardinals were 33\u201340 after the June 24 game. Since then, they are 42\u201328 (.600). The Brewers play 11 of their final 18 games against teams with a losing record, and the other seven are against the Cubs and Cardinals. The two NL Wild Card berths may not provide a safety net.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 106], "content_span": [107, 537]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272652-0125-0002", "contents": "2017 St. Louis Cardinals season, Regular season summary, September, NL Central race going down to the wire\nThe Arizona D-backs (83\u201361) are cruising toward one, and the Colorado Rockies (79\u201365) lead the Cardinals by 31\u20442 games in the race for the other. The Cubs have seven games remaining against the Cardinals, and four against the Brewers. The Cardinals finish the season with three home games against the Brewers, but they also play the Reds and Pirates nine times.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 106], "content_span": [107, 468]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272652-0126-0000", "contents": "2017 St. Louis Cardinals season, Regular season summary, September, Gyorko activated\n3B Jedd Gyorko activated before the September 13 game, can pinch-hit, but will take it slow with base-running after he suffered a right hamstring strain during the August 26 game. He lost his team-leading categories of 64 RBIs and 18 HRs, while hitting .272. He missed 15 games.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 84], "content_span": [85, 363]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272652-0127-0000", "contents": "2017 St. Louis Cardinals season, Regular season summary, September, Swept in Chicago\nA crucial visit to Wrigley Field for the September 15\u201317 series against the Cubs, going into it, led the Cardinals by only three games. The three games there turned into a sweep by the home team pushing the Cardinals behind by six games to win the NL Central, with only 13 remaining. In this series, the Cardinals finished 2-for-14 with runners in scoring position and cost themselves runs at least four times with poor defensive plays. The losses also dropped the team to third place in the NL Central, two games behind the Brewers. They are also 41\u20442 games behind the Colorado Rockies for the second Wild Card spot. The Cardinals have only four more (home) games against the Cubs, with six road games against the Reds and Pirates prior, and ending the season at home after the Cubs, against the Brewers.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 84], "content_span": [85, 890]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272652-0128-0000", "contents": "2017 St. Louis Cardinals season, Regular season summary, September, Wainwright to return, as a reliever\nAdam Wainwright is poised to return from the DL in time for the September 19 game, but he will as a reliever. He was placed on the DL with a right elbow impingement on August 28. The Cardinals plan to continue starting rookie Jack Flaherty, who has made three appearances since being called up at the start of the month. Flaherty, whose next start will be on September 19, is in line to make three starts over the team's final 13 games. None of those would be against the Cubs. Wainwright was activated from the DL before the September 19 game, missing 28 games and five starts. 3B-man Jedd Gyorko returned to the field, making his first start there since August 26.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 103], "content_span": [104, 770]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272652-0129-0000", "contents": "2017 St. Louis Cardinals season, Regular season summary, September, Molina starts a GoFundMe page for Puerto Rico\nYadier Molina and his wife Wanda, started a for victims of Hurricane Maria on September 21, with a goal of $1 million. It has raised $20,000 in seven hours. More than 3 million people there are without power, and over 95% of cell service is down. Molina is a native of Bayamon and reportedly owns a home in Vega Alta. Drone video on The Weather Channel described Bayamon as looking \"like a war zone.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 113], "content_span": [114, 515]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272652-0130-0000", "contents": "2017 St. Louis Cardinals season, Regular season summary, September, Cardinals eliminated from NL Central title\nThe team was eliminated from the NL Central race with the loss to the Cubs in the first game of their final head-to-head four-game series on September 25. The club is 4\u201312 against the Cubs, with three games remaining between them. They are seven games behind the Cubs with six to play. Cardinals' pitching has served up 19 home runs in 16 games to the Cubs this season. The Cardinals (81\u201375) trail the Colorado Rockies by 21\u20442 games in the NL Wild Card chase. The Cardinals also trail the second-place Milwaukee Brewers by one game in the Wild Card hunt.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 110], "content_span": [111, 665]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272652-0131-0000", "contents": "2017 St. Louis Cardinals season, Regular season summary, September, Molina on concussion protocol\nYadier Molina was placed on baseball's concussion protocol after consecutive foul tip pitches off his catcher's mask on September 25. Protocol requires that a player be evaluated 48 hours (2 days) after sustaining the head trauma before a diagnosis is determined. Molina noted that his headaches and nausea had subsided since Monday (September 25), though he has not been cleared to drive a car. It was the first time Molina said he could remember being hit by foul balls on consecutive pitches. He missed three games following the incident.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 97], "content_span": [98, 639]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272652-0131-0001", "contents": "2017 St. Louis Cardinals season, Regular season summary, September, Molina on concussion protocol\nHe hopes to play again before the final regular season game on (Sunday) October 1. After the team was eliminated from post-season play with the loss on September 28, he and three other players were shut down on September 29, for the remaining three games in the season, to prevent further damage from their injuries. Adam Wainwright, Matt Carpenter, and LH-reliever Tyler Lyons were given rest for the last three games. Lyons did not miss any time this season due to injury, but had started to recently show signs of weakness in his surgically repaired left knee. The Cardinals don't want to risk any additional stress over this final weekend.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 97], "content_span": [98, 742]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272652-0132-0000", "contents": "2017 St. Louis Cardinals season, Regular season summary, September, Molina on concussion protocol\nOn Aug. 28, Carpenter announced that he would make a $10,000 donation, to relief efforts from Hurricane Harvey in his hometown of Houston, for every home run he hit for the rest of the season. Wainwright and the Cardinals quickly matched that pledge. Though he played with a shoulder injury, Carpenter went on to hit six homers over the final 24 games to bring the donation total to $180,000. Carpenter said he has already given his $60,000 portion to the American Red Cross.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 97], "content_span": [98, 573]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272652-0133-0000", "contents": "2017 St. Louis Cardinals season, Regular season summary, September, Lance Lynn's final start, Cardinals knocked out of playoffs\nLance Lynn made what is probably his last start as a Cardinals' pitcher, since his rookie year in 2011. He pitched five strong innings, giving up just one run (1st inn. HR), three hits, walking four, striking out five, on September 28. He led the pitching staff with 33 starts, (and 3.43 ERA for the starters), while giving up a team-high 27 home runs. He is expected to become a free agent after the season end, with the team not interested in conducting contract extension talks with him.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 127], "content_span": [128, 618]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272652-0133-0001", "contents": "2017 St. Louis Cardinals season, Regular season summary, September, Lance Lynn's final start, Cardinals knocked out of playoffs\nHe is tied with Adam Wainwright for the most post-season appearances with 24. He is third in franchise history with five post-season wins. His career numbers are 72\u201347 (.605), 3.38 ERA in 183 G with 161 starts, 369 walks, 919 strikeouts, 1.29 WHIP, and 114 ERA+. The club was knocked out of the playoffs as a possible Wild Card entry with the extra-inning loss to the Cubs, where Paul DeJong was robbed of a would-be game-tying home run by center fielder Leonys Martin in the 11th inning to end the game.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 127], "content_span": [128, 632]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272652-0133-0002", "contents": "2017 St. Louis Cardinals season, Regular season summary, September, Lance Lynn's final start, Cardinals knocked out of playoffs\nThe Cubs had a 14\u20135 record against their division rivals, and won seven of eight one-run games against them. With the loss on September 28, that game was the last since the start of the 2011 season that the Cards took the field for a regular-season game knowing they had post-season aspirations. That covered 1,131 consecutive games, which was the longest active streak in major league baseball.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 127], "content_span": [128, 523]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272652-0134-0000", "contents": "2017 St. Louis Cardinals season, Regular season summary, October, Final game\nThe final game on October 1, was a loss to the second-place Milwaukee Brewers (86\u201376), scoring only one run. The Cardinals ended 2017 with an 83\u201379 (.512) record, in third place in the NL Central, nine games behind the division-winning Cubs (92\u201370), and four games behind the second Wild Card Colorado Rockies (87\u201375).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 76], "content_span": [77, 395]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272652-0135-0000", "contents": "2017 St. Louis Cardinals season, Regular season summary, October, Attendance\nThe attendance for their 81 home games (44\u201337 .543), was 3,448,337 up 0.1% from the 3,444,490 in 2016. Their attendance is second in the 15-team NL only to the Los Angeles Dodgers that has over four times the St. Louis metro population and a stadium that has a capacity of 56,000, over 13,000 more than Busch Stadium. Away, the club was 39\u201342 (.481). The team had a 24\u201329 (.453) record in one-run games. They are 11\u201313 (.458) record in 2-run games. For 1- or 2-run games, the team is 35\u201342 (.455). Scored 761 runs, giving up 705, +56. In 2016, scored 779, allowed 712, +67.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 76], "content_span": [77, 651]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272652-0136-0000", "contents": "2017 St. Louis Cardinals season, Schedule and results\nMost games are broadcast on Fox Sports Midwest, unless noted on the game dates. Games broadcast on the MLB Network not noted. Small notation (TBS / ESPN) game broadcasts are for out-of-metro area only.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 53], "content_span": [54, 255]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272652-0137-0000", "contents": "2017 St. Louis Cardinals season, Schedule and results, Game log\nLegend:\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0 = Win\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0 = Loss\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0 = PostponementBold = Cardinals player", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 63], "content_span": [64, 143]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272652-0138-0000", "contents": "2017 St. Louis Cardinals season, Schedule and results, Game log\n\u2022 August 20 game vs Pittsburgh Pirates to be played at BB&T Ballpark at Historic Bowman Field in Williamsport, Pennsylvania, as part of MLB Little League Classic.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 63], "content_span": [64, 227]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272652-0139-0000", "contents": "2017 St. Louis Cardinals season, Statistics, Batting statistics\nBelow double line: Ranked by AB regardless of position for position players / Role, then IP for pitchers", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 63], "content_span": [64, 168]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272652-0140-0000", "contents": "2017 St. Louis Cardinals season, Statistics, Batting statistics\nPlayers in italics no longer on the roster BOLD = team leader in category", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 63], "content_span": [64, 137]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272652-0141-0000", "contents": "2017 St. Louis Cardinals season, Statistics, Pitching statistics\nBelow double line: Ranked by AB regardless of position for position players / Role, then IP for pitchers", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 64], "content_span": [65, 169]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272652-0142-0000", "contents": "2017 St. Louis Cardinals season, Statistics, Pitching statistics\nPlayers in italics no longer on the roster BOLD = led National League (NL) in category", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 64], "content_span": [65, 151]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272652-0143-0000", "contents": "2017 St. Louis Cardinals season, Minor league system and first-year player draft, Major League Baseball draft\nThe 2017 Major League Baseball (MLB) First-Year Player Draft will begin on June 12, 2017, at Secaucus, New Jersey. The draft will assign amateur baseball players to MLB teams.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 109], "content_span": [110, 285]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272652-0144-0000", "contents": "2017 St. Louis Cardinals season, Minor league system and first-year player draft, Major League Baseball draft\nWith the worst record in the 2016 MLB season, the Minnesota Twins received the first overall pick. In addition, compensation picks will be distributed for players who did not sign from the 2016 MLB Draft.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 109], "content_span": [110, 314]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272652-0145-0000", "contents": "2017 St. Louis Cardinals season, Minor league system and first-year player draft, Major League Baseball draft\nMLB Network will broadcast the first 36 picks (Round 1 and Competitive Balance Round A), while MLB.com will stream all 75 picks on Day 1. MLB.com will also provide live pick-by-pick coverage of Rounds 3\u201310 on Day 2, starting at 12 p.m. CT. Rounds 11\u201340 can be heard live on MLB.com on Wednesday, beginning at 11 a.m. CT.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 109], "content_span": [110, 430]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272652-0146-0000", "contents": "2017 St. Louis Cardinals season, Minor league system and first-year player draft, Major League Baseball draft\nFor the first time since 2002, the Cardinals will not be making a selection in the first round. Under the Collective Bargaining Agreement, each team has an allotted bonus pool equal to the sum of the values of that club's selections in the first 10 rounds of the Draft. The more picks a team has, and the earlier it picks, the larger the pool. The signing bonuses for a team's selections in the first 10 rounds, plus any bonus greater than $125,000 for a player taken after the 10th round, will apply toward the bonus-pool total.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 109], "content_span": [110, 639]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272652-0147-0000", "contents": "2017 St. Louis Cardinals season, Minor league system and first-year player draft, Major League Baseball draft\nAny team going up to five percent over its allotted pool will be taxed at a 75-percent rate on the overage. A team that overspends by 5\u201310 percent gets a 75-percent tax plus the loss of a first-round pick. A team that goes 10\u201315 percent over its pool amount will be hit with a 100-percent penalty on the overage and the loss of a first- and second-round pick. Any overage of 15 percent or more gets a 100-percent tax plus the loss of first-round picks in the next two drafts. The Cardinals have the lowest bonus pool money of any team. The value assigned to the Cardinals' first pick (No. 94) is $570,900.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 109], "content_span": [110, 715]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272652-0148-0000", "contents": "2017 St. Louis Cardinals season, Minor league system and first-year player draft, Major League Baseball draft\nThe Cardinals made 30 picks on Day 3 (June 14) drafting 38 players because of no picks in rounds one and two. Eight of those were high schoolers. Twenty-two (22) of their 38 picks were pitchers: seven lefties and 15 righties; no pitchers before the eighth round. Their total bonus pool ($2.176 million) was significantly lower than all the others. Because of this financial limitations, it drew the club to more college seniors who are considered easier signees, of which the Cardinals drafted 16. The breakdown of 16 position players includes: four catchers, six middle infielders, two third basemen, and four outfielders. The Cardinals now start scouring the country for talent ahead of the 2018 Draft, and will work against a July 7 (4 p.m. CT) deadline to sign members of this year's class.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 109], "content_span": [110, 904]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272652-0149-0000", "contents": "2017 St. Louis Cardinals season, Minor league system and first-year player draft, Major League Baseball draft\nThere were 1,215 players drafted, 771 (63.5%) from 4-year schools, 312 from high school (25.7%), 130 from junior college, and 2 from no schools. Pitching, as usual, ruled the draft, with 660 (54.3%) of the total. 472 RH, and 188 LH. Next in declining order were: OF 205, SS 100, C 99, 3B 61, 2B 42, 1B 37, and Utility 5.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 109], "content_span": [110, 430]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272652-0150-0000", "contents": "2017 St. Louis Cardinals season, Minor league system and first-year player draft, Major League Baseball draft\nThirteen draftees were signed by June 19. All 13 players who agreed to terms have been placed on either the State College Spikes (PA) Short Season, or Johnson City Cardinals (TN) Rookie roster. Both of the short-season clubs open play this week.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 109], "content_span": [110, 355]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272652-0151-0000", "contents": "2017 St. Louis Cardinals season, Minor league system and first-year player draft, Free agents signed\nThe Cardinals have $5.75 mil. in bonus pool money to spend in the international market from now until June 15, 2018. They have already traded a portion of that away.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 100], "content_span": [101, 266]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272653-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 St. Louis mayoral election\nThe 2017 St. Louis mayoral election was held on April 4, 2017, to elect the mayor of St. Louis, Missouri. Incumbent Mayor Francis Slay chose not to run for reelection. Slay, who was serving his fourth term as mayor, indicated in March 2016 that he would run for reelection, but announced in April 2016 that he would not run for a fifth term. Primary elections took place on March 7, 2017, and the general election was held on April 4. Alderwoman Lyda Krewson was elected and became the first female Mayor of St. Louis.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [31, 31], "content_span": [32, 550]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272654-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 St. Louis protests\nBeginning on the afternoon of September 15, 2017, a series of protests took place in St. Louis, Missouri, following the acquittal of former St. Louis police officer Jason Stockley in the shooting of Anthony Lamar Smith, a black man. Over 160 people were arrested during the first three days of demonstrations, with largely peaceful protests. There has been significant criticism around the police and governmental response to protests, resulting in lawsuits from the ACLU.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [23, 23], "content_span": [24, 496]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272654-0001-0000", "contents": "2017 St. Louis protests, Timeline of events, September 15\nRoughly 200-300 demonstrators assembled in downtown St. Louis near the city courthouse. The protests were mostly peaceful. Police used pepper spray to drive back protesters on at least two occasions: after protesters responded angrily to the approach of buses filled with police in tactical armor (riot gear), and after individuals mounted an abandoned police vehicle and damaged its windshield.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 57], "content_span": [58, 453]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272654-0002-0000", "contents": "2017 St. Louis protests, Timeline of events, September 15\nDemonstrations later moved to the Central West End neighborhood, where they swelled to over 1,000 people. They were peaceful until about 9:45\u00a0pm, after protesters made their way to the home of mayor Lyda Krewson. Despite urgings from demonstration leaders, at least one protester put a rock through the mayor's window. The mayor is believed not to have been home. Although most demonstrators dispersed immediately, police deployed pepper spray and tear gas, driving back remaining demonstrators and onlookers through the Central West End's commercial area. There, angered protesters damaged several businesses.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 57], "content_span": [58, 668]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272654-0003-0000", "contents": "2017 St. Louis protests, Timeline of events, September 15\nA total of 33 people, 32 of whom were local, were arrested and charged with crimes ranging from peace disturbance to destruction of property. The US Justice Department announced that no federal investigation will take place.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 57], "content_span": [58, 282]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272654-0004-0000", "contents": "2017 St. Louis protests, Timeline of events, September 16\nOn the afternoon of September 16, protesters marched through a shopping center in the St. Louis suburb of Des Peres and blocked a road. As the sun set a peaceful march made its way through the St. Louis suburb of University City. As night fell, however, demonstrators threw projectiles at police and smashed storefront windows as police drove them down Delmar Boulevard. 23 businesses and a police vehicle were damaged. Police made nine arrests.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 57], "content_span": [58, 503]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272654-0005-0000", "contents": "2017 St. Louis protests, Timeline of events, September 17\nAbout 1,000 people protested outside police headquarters in downtown St. Louis. The event was peaceful until a small group of protesters started smashing the windows of a Marriott hotel and other businesses. Police arrested 123 people. Police also said unknown chemical substances were thrown at them and that an officer on bike was taken to the hospital for non-life-threatening injuries. Among those arrested included an undercover St. Louis police officer, a Getty Images photojournalist, and an Air Force lieutenant.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 57], "content_span": [58, 578]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272654-0006-0000", "contents": "2017 St. Louis protests, Timeline of events, September 21\nPolice in Richmond Heights shut down the St. Louis Galleria after a group of protesters blocked the intersection of Brentwood Boulevard and Galleria Parkway. Protests started outside Busch Stadium in downtown St Louis, as a Billy Joel concert took place.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 57], "content_span": [58, 312]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272654-0007-0000", "contents": "2017 St. Louis protests, Timeline of events, September 23\nProtesters marched through the Saint Louis Galleria in Richmond Heights before St. Louis County Police said it ordered the demonstrators to disperse. Police made 22 arrests. One officer and two protesters were injured during the incident. Some protesters alleged that the police did not give the dispersal order.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 57], "content_span": [58, 370]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272654-0008-0000", "contents": "2017 St. Louis protests, Timeline of events, September 29\nA group of protesters attending a baseball game between the St. Louis Cardinals and the Milwaukee Brewers at Busch Stadium unfurled a banner which depicted a cardinal, to match St. Louis' baseball mascot, with #ExpectUs written across the bird's jersey and the bird holding a \"Black Lives Matter\" sign, and read at the bottom \"Stop Killing Us.\" The protesters were removed from the stadium by police. At least two protesters were arrested as ongoing demonstrations outside Busch Stadium continued as well.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 57], "content_span": [58, 563]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272654-0009-0000", "contents": "2017 St. Louis protests, Timeline of events, September 30\nProtesters returned to the St Louis Galleria, though only briefly, and chanted \"Black lives matter\" and \"If we don't get it, shut it down!\" while marching through the mall. They also addressed shoppers and onlookers.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 57], "content_span": [58, 274]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272654-0010-0000", "contents": "2017 St. Louis protests, Timeline of events, October 3\n143 were arrested after a group of protesters blocked and briefly closed the eastbound lanes of Interstate 64 at Kingshighway. This marks the highest total number of arrests in one night since the protests began.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 54], "content_span": [55, 267]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272654-0011-0000", "contents": "2017 St. Louis protests, Timeline of events, October 4\nOn this day, and made public October 6, local U.S. Attorney Carrie Costantin sent a letter to US Justice Department's Civil Rights Division asking to implement a request by St. Louis Mayor Lyda Krewson and Interim Police Commissioner Lawrence M. O'Toole for an independent federal investigation.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 54], "content_span": [55, 351]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272654-0012-0000", "contents": "2017 St. Louis protests, Timeline of events, October 5\nA group of protestors blocked traffic at Hampton Avenue and Chippewa Street on Thursday evening before marching to the nearby St. Louis Police Officers Association and calling for its spokesman to be fired.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 54], "content_span": [55, 261]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272654-0013-0000", "contents": "2017 St. Louis protests, Timeline of events, October 6\nProtests returned to the nearby city of Ferguson three years after the shooting of Michael Brown. The Ferguson protesters first stopped outside the Ferguson Market, where Brown had a run-in with the store owner before he was stopped by the officer who later shot him, and later moved to the Ferguson police headquarters on South Florissant Road. A video of Ferguson protestors carrying Black Lives Matter signs and standing around the burning flag while repeatedly chanting \"we can't take it no more\" is also leaking online as well.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 54], "content_span": [55, 587]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272654-0014-0000", "contents": "2017 St. Louis protests, Timeline of events, October 13\nMore Ferguson protests take place and 5 out of 50 protesters are arrested for refusing to obey two or three police warnings to leave the street in front the police headquarters and move onto the sidewalk 40 minutes after protests begin at night.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 55], "content_span": [56, 301]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272654-0015-0000", "contents": "2017 St. Louis protests, Timeline of events, October 14\n200 peaceful protestors march through the streets of downtown St. Louis in the afternoon.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 55], "content_span": [56, 145]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272654-0016-0000", "contents": "2017 St. Louis protests, Timeline of events, October 21\nProtesters accompany State Representative Bruce Franks to the AFL\u2013CIO Convention in downtown St. Louis. The convention center staff refused entry to the demonstrators, including Rep. Franks, who was scheduled to speak. Trade unionists attending the conference joined the demonstration and demanded that all protesters be given entry.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 55], "content_span": [56, 389]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272654-0017-0000", "contents": "2017 St. Louis protests, Timeline of events, November 24\nSeven protestors, including Franks, were arrested following an attempt to disrupt Black Friday sales at the St. Louis Galleria. About 50 protesters arrived shortly after 2 p.m., forcing the mall to close for less than an hour at 2:40\u00a0p.m. The mall reopened 3:20\u00a0p.m. after most protestors had left the vicinity.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 56], "content_span": [57, 368]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272654-0018-0000", "contents": "2017 St. Louis protests, Reactions\nActing Police Commissioner Lawrence O'Toole spoke about the protests in a video statement with Mayor Lyda Krewson. He stated, \"Many of the demonstrators were peaceful. However, after dark, many agitators began to destroy property and assault police officers.\" The mayor herself earlier stated, \"I am sobered by this outcome. Frustration, anger, hurt, pain, hope and love all intermingle. I encourage St. Louisans to show each other compassion, to recognize that we all have different experiences and backgrounds and that we all come to this with real feelings and experiences.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 34], "content_span": [35, 612]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272654-0018-0001", "contents": "2017 St. Louis protests, Reactions\nMissouri Governor Eric Greitens warned protesters they could be arrested for property damage if further violence occurred. He issued a strong condemnation Saturday night in a Facebook post stating, \"In the past, our leaders let people break windows, loot, start fires. They let them do it. Not this time. Tonight, the police arrested the vandals. At this moment, they're all sitting in a jail cell. They're gonna wake up and face felony charges. These aren't protesters, these are criminals. We had leaders who wanted to give people a safe space to loot and to burn. Now in Missouri if you loot the only safe space you're going to have is in a jail cell.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 34], "content_span": [35, 690]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272654-0019-0000", "contents": "2017 St. Louis protests, Reactions\nIrish rock band U2 as well as singer Ed Sheeran cancelled concerts in St. Louis due to the unrest. The St. Louis Walk to End Alzheimer's, the Shakespeare Festival's performance of 'Blow, Winds', the Cardinals Care 6K Walk/Run, Mike Birbiglia's stand-up performance at The Pageant, the Missouri History Museum's Twilight Tuesday concert series, the School of Rock show at Delmar Hall, and the St. Louis Symphony's performance of Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets - In Concert were all cancelled due to the protests as well. PeaceFest at the Harris-Stowe State University campus, The Mission: St. Louis gala at Ballpark Village, the 45th Annual Moonlight Ramble and the opening of the St Louis Science Center's exhibit \"Science Uncorked\" were all also postponed.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 34], "content_span": [35, 801]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272654-0020-0000", "contents": "2017 St. Louis protests, Reactions\nOn September 22, 2017, the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) sued the city of St. Louis over its treatment of the protesters.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 34], "content_span": [35, 164]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272655-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 St. Paul Cash Spiel\nThe 2017 St. Paul Cash Spiel was held from October 6 to 8 at the St. Paul Curling Club in St. Paul, Minnesota as part of the 2017\u201318 World Curling Tour. Both the men's and women's event were held in a round robin format.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [24, 24], "content_span": [25, 246]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272656-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 St. Petersburg Ladies' Trophy\nThe 2017 St. Petersburg Ladies' Trophy was a professional tennis tournament played on indoor hard courts. It was the eighth edition of the tournament and second time as a WTA Premier tournament. It was part of the 2017 WTA Tour and was held between 30 January and 5 February 2017.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [34, 34], "content_span": [35, 315]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272656-0001-0000", "contents": "2017 St. Petersburg Ladies' Trophy, Prize money\n1Qualifiers prize money is also the Round of 32 prize money. *per team", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 47], "content_span": [48, 118]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272656-0002-0000", "contents": "2017 St. Petersburg Ladies' Trophy, Singles main draw entrants, Other entrants\nThe following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 78], "content_span": [79, 147]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272656-0003-0000", "contents": "2017 St. Petersburg Ladies' Trophy, Doubles main draw entrants, Other entrants\nThe following pair received a wildcard into the doubles main draw:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 78], "content_span": [79, 145]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272657-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 St. Petersburg Ladies' Trophy \u2013 Doubles\nMartina Hingis and Sania Mirza were the defending champions, but Mirza chose not to participate this year. Hingis played alongside Belinda Bencic, but lost in the first round to Gabriela Dabrowski and Micha\u00eblla Krajicek.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [44, 44], "content_span": [45, 265]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272657-0001-0000", "contents": "2017 St. Petersburg Ladies' Trophy \u2013 Doubles\nJe\u013cena Ostapenko and Alicja Rosolska won the title, defeating Darija Jurak and Xenia Knoll in the final, 3\u20136, 6\u20132, [10\u20135].", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [44, 44], "content_span": [45, 167]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272658-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 St. Petersburg Ladies' Trophy \u2013 Singles\nRoberta Vinci was the defending champion, but lost in the quarterfinals to unseeded Kristina Mladenovic.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [44, 44], "content_span": [45, 149]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272658-0001-0000", "contents": "2017 St. Petersburg Ladies' Trophy \u2013 Singles\nMladenovic went on to win her first WTA singles title, defeating Yulia Putintseva in the final, 6\u20132, 6\u20137(3\u20137), 6\u20134.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [44, 44], "content_span": [45, 160]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272658-0002-0000", "contents": "2017 St. Petersburg Ladies' Trophy \u2013 Singles, Seeds\nThe top four seeds received a bye into the second round.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [46, 51], "content_span": [52, 108]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272659-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 St. Petersburg Open\nThe 2017 St. Petersburg Open was a tennis tournament played on indoor hard courts. It was the 22nd edition of the St. Petersburg Open, and part of the ATP World Tour 250 Series of the 2017 ATP World Tour. It took place at the Sibur Arena in Saint Petersburg, Russia, from September 18 through 24, 2017.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [24, 24], "content_span": [25, 327]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272659-0001-0000", "contents": "2017 St. Petersburg Open, Singles main draw entrants, Other entrants\nThe following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 68], "content_span": [69, 137]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272659-0002-0000", "contents": "2017 St. Petersburg Open, Doubles main draw entrants, Other entrants\nThe following pairs received wildcards into the doubles main draw:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 68], "content_span": [69, 135]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272660-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 St. Petersburg Open \u2013 Doubles\nDominic Inglot and Henri Kontinen were the defending champions, but Kontinen chose not to participate this year. Inglot played alongside Daniel Nestor, but lost in the quarterfinals to Roman Jebav\u00fd and Matw\u00e9 Middelkoop.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [34, 34], "content_span": [35, 254]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272660-0001-0000", "contents": "2017 St. Petersburg Open \u2013 Doubles\nJebav\u00fd and Middelkoop went on to win the title, defeating Julio Peralta and Horacio Zeballos in the final, 6\u20134, 6\u20134.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [34, 34], "content_span": [35, 151]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272661-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 St. Petersburg Open \u2013 Singles\nAlexander Zverev was the defending champion, but chose not to participate this year.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [34, 34], "content_span": [35, 119]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272661-0001-0000", "contents": "2017 St. Petersburg Open \u2013 Singles\nDamir D\u017eumhur won his first ATP World Tour title, defeating Fabio Fognini in the final, 3\u20136, 6\u20134, 6\u20132. D\u017eumhur became the first player from Bosnia and Herzegovina to win the ATP title.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [34, 34], "content_span": [35, 219]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272661-0002-0000", "contents": "2017 St. Petersburg Open \u2013 Singles, Seeds\nThe top four seeds receive a bye into the second round.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 41], "content_span": [42, 97]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272662-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 St. Petersburg raid\nOn 13\u201314\u00a0December 2017, Russian security authorities arrested seven members of an ISIL terrorist cell during a police operation in St. Petersburg. The suspects were alleged to have plotted suicide bombings in St. Petersburg on the weekend of 16\u201317 December 2017, with the Kazan Cathedral among the targets. Both the United States Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) and the Russian Federal Security Service (FSB) were involved in the operation.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [24, 24], "content_span": [25, 467]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272662-0001-0000", "contents": "2017 St. Petersburg raid, Background\nRussia has become one of the main targets of jihadists since it began a military campaign against various Islamist groups in Syria. In October 2015, an airplane with Russian tourists was blown up over Egypt on its way to St. Petersburg. In August 2016, two men with firearms and axes attacked a police station on the Shchelkovskoye highway near Moscow. In April 2017, a suicide bomber blew himself up in a car at the St. Petersburg metro. In August 2017, a single terrorist organized a series of attacks, including mass killings and arson, in the center of Surgut.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 36], "content_span": [37, 601]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272662-0002-0000", "contents": "2017 St. Petersburg raid, Background\nThree days earlier the FSB had arrested three suspected members of a similar group in Moscow, where they were allegedly plotting attacks during the New Year holidays and the upcoming presidential campaign.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 36], "content_span": [37, 242]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272662-0003-0000", "contents": "2017 St. Petersburg raid, Raids\nAccording to a statement, a \"large number of explosives used to make homemade bombs, automatic rifles, munitions and extremist literature\" were seized during a police operation on\u00a013 and\u00a014 December. Seven people were arrested. During the operation, the officers also destroyed a laboratory that the suspects had reportedly used to manufacture explosive devices.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 31], "content_span": [32, 394]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272662-0004-0000", "contents": "2017 St. Petersburg raid, Raids\nThe FSB issued a video of one of the detainees being questioned. \"I was supposed to make the explosives and... pack them into bottles with projectiles attached\" he said.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 31], "content_span": [32, 201]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272663-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 St. Petersburg, Florida mayoral election\nThe 2017 St. Petersburg, Florida mayoral election was held on August 29 and November 7, 2017, to elect the next mayor of St. Petersburg, Florida, in a general election, with a primary election which took place on August 29, 2017. Incumbent mayor Rick Kriseman, a Democrat, opted to seek re-election. His opponent in the runoff was Republican former mayor Rick Baker (2001\u20132010). The election was officially non-partisan.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [45, 45], "content_span": [46, 466]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272663-0001-0000", "contents": "2017 St. Petersburg, Florida mayoral election, Background\nIn the 2013 election, then incumbent mayor Bill Foster opted to seek re-election for that year's mayoral election. With no candidates having a majority in the primary election, Foster and former Florida House of Representatives member Rick Kriseman faced off in the general election, where Kriseman was elected on November 5, 2013, by a 10 point margin. He assumed office on January 2, 2014.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [47, 57], "content_span": [58, 449]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272663-0002-0000", "contents": "2017 St. Petersburg, Florida mayoral election, Candidates, Declared\nIn December 2016, advocate and singer-songwriter Paul Congemi announced his bid for mayor. In January 2017, current incumbent mayor Rick Kriseman filed for re-election. In March 2017, African People's Socialist Party activist Jesse Nevel filed for election, as well as Anthony Cates II, a salesman. In May 2017, former St. Petersburg mayor Rick Baker filed for re-election, and Ernisa Barnwell. In June 2017, activist Theresa Lassiter announced her bid for mayoral office.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [47, 67], "content_span": [68, 540]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272663-0003-0000", "contents": "2017 St. Petersburg, Florida mayoral election, Primary campaigns\nSeven candidates ended up filing for the mayoral office before the cut-off date on June 23. The front-runners include the incumbent mayor Kriseman and former mayor Baker, with minor candidates including Nevel, Lassiter, Cates, Congemi, and Barnwell.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [47, 64], "content_span": [65, 314]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272663-0004-0000", "contents": "2017 St. Petersburg, Florida mayoral election, Primary campaigns\nAt the start of each campaign, Kriseman focused on the continuation of progress which included financing and construction of a new police headquarters and St. Petersburg Pier, poverty, and keeping the Tampa Bay Rays in the city. Baker aimed to win voters with his past management reputation, rebuilding the Sundial, and the Major League Soccer bid for the Tampa Bay Rowdies. Minor candidates such as Nevel and Lassiter vowed to focus on poverty and on St. Petersburg's southern historical black community.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [47, 64], "content_span": [65, 570]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272663-0005-0000", "contents": "2017 St. Petersburg, Florida mayoral election, Primary campaigns\nUpon announcement of his re-election bid, Kriseman received endorsements from congressman Charlie Crist, U.S. senator Bill Nelson, the Sun Coast Police Benevolent Association, and four city council members in March.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [47, 64], "content_span": [65, 280]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272663-0006-0000", "contents": "2017 St. Petersburg, Florida mayoral election, Primary campaigns\nOn June 27, Kriseman and Baker participated in a debate which centered on local issues and questions as well as past campaigns.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [47, 64], "content_span": [65, 192]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272663-0007-0000", "contents": "2017 St. Petersburg, Florida mayoral election, Primary campaigns\nOn July 10, Barnwell was disqualified from the race due to a bounced check upon applying for candidacy. On the same day, the second public mayoral debate was held between both major candidates\u2014Kriseman and Baker\u2014and minor candidates\u2014Nevel, Lassiter, Cates, Congemi, and Barnwell\u2014on issues involving the economy is south St. Petersburg, the police department, and homelessness before being halted by protesters. In the latter, mayoral candidate Congemi went viral after a comment he made on July 18 during a mayoral forum towards another mayoral candidate Nevel and his supporters.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [47, 64], "content_span": [65, 645]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272663-0008-0000", "contents": "2017 St. Petersburg, Florida mayoral election, Primary campaigns\nOn August 9, Ernisa Barnwell was officially disqualified from the mayoral race after a judge dismissed her injunction.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [47, 64], "content_span": [65, 183]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272663-0009-0000", "contents": "2017 St. Petersburg, Florida mayoral election, Primary campaigns\nThroughout the primary election, Baker had been endorsed by the Tampa Bay Times, various pastors in St. Petersburg, as well as realtors. In August, Kriseman was endorsed by Barack Obama.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [47, 64], "content_span": [65, 251]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272663-0010-0000", "contents": "2017 St. Petersburg, Florida mayoral election, Primary campaigns, Primary results\nKriseman and Baker obtained the most votes of any the candidates during the August 29 primary and both will advance a second election on November 7 as neither got the majority vote needed to avoid a runoff election. The day after the primary took place, it was reported Kriseman took 48.36 percent of the vote, or 27,322 votes with all 92 precincts reporting. Baker, a former two-term mayor, won 27,253 or 48.23 percent.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [47, 81], "content_span": [82, 502]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272663-0010-0001", "contents": "2017 St. Petersburg, Florida mayoral election, Primary campaigns, Primary results\nKriseman's win in the actual primary vote was unexpected, since opinions polls conducted before the election showed Baker with not only a wide lead, but enough potential to win over enough voters needed to cross the more than 50 percent majority threshold; at his post-election party, Baker had also given a speech claiming prematurely that he had won the primary as well.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [47, 81], "content_span": [82, 454]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272663-0011-0000", "contents": "2017 St. Petersburg, Florida mayoral election, General election\nAt the beginning of the general election on September 6, both Kriseman and Baker temporarily suspended their campaigns to prepare for Hurricane Irma.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [47, 63], "content_span": [64, 213]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272664-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 Stab\u00e6k Fotball season\nThe 2017 season will be Stab\u00e6k's fourth season back in the Eliteserien following their relegation in 2012, their 21st season in the top flight of Norwegian football. Stab\u00e6k finished the previous season in fourteenth place and survived the relegation play-offs against FK Jerv.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [26, 26], "content_span": [27, 303]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272664-0001-0000", "contents": "2017 Stab\u00e6k Fotball season, Squad\nNote: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 33], "content_span": [34, 162]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272664-0002-0000", "contents": "2017 Stab\u00e6k Fotball season, Squad, Out on loan\nNote: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 46], "content_span": [47, 175]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272664-0003-0000", "contents": "2017 Stab\u00e6k Fotball season, Transfers, Winter\nIn:Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 45], "content_span": [46, 177]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272664-0004-0000", "contents": "2017 Stab\u00e6k Fotball season, Transfers, Winter\nOut:Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 45], "content_span": [46, 178]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272664-0005-0000", "contents": "2017 Stab\u00e6k Fotball season, Transfers, Summer\nIn:Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 45], "content_span": [46, 177]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272664-0006-0000", "contents": "2017 Stab\u00e6k Fotball season, Transfers, Summer\nOut:Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 45], "content_span": [46, 178]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272665-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 Stadium Super Trucks season\nThe 2017 Speed Energy Stadium Super Trucks season was the fifth season of the Stadium Super Trucks series. Paul Morris won his first series championship with a one-point advantage over Matthew Brabham.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [32, 32], "content_span": [33, 234]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272665-0001-0000", "contents": "2017 Stadium Super Trucks season, Season summary\nFor the third consecutive year, the new SST season began at Adelaide Street Circuit to support the Supercars Championship's Clipsal 500 Adelaide. Lucas Oil Off Road Racing Series driver Jeff Hoffman made his series debut, while Gavin Harlien ran his first race since 2015. In Race 1, V8 Ute Racing Series racer Craig Dontas, who helped SST establish a following in Australia, started in the second row and quickly took the lead.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 48], "content_span": [49, 477]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272665-0001-0001", "contents": "2017 Stadium Super Trucks season, Season summary\nAlthough Paul Morris and Matthew Brabham passed Dontas on the final lap, Harlien wrecked after making contact with Erik Davis and flipped, causing the race to be red flagged and Dontas to be declared the race winner. Sheldon Creed beat Toby Price to win Race 2. The final race began with Dontas flipping, leading to a red flag that shortened the race from eight to five laps. Hoffman led the race until Morris passed him and went on to win; Hoffman was eventually involved in a battle with his Royal Purple teammate Harlien, ending when Harlien hit the wall and triggered a wreck that involved Davis, Price, and Travis Milburn.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 48], "content_span": [49, 676]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272665-0002-0000", "contents": "2017 Stadium Super Trucks season, Season summary\nThe trucks' first American race took place with the IndyCar Series' Firestone Grand Prix of St. Petersburg. Sprint car racing driver Davey Hamilton Jr. joined the series for his maiden SST start, driving the No. 75 Always Evolving truck owned by Davis. Although Brabham led much of Race 1, power steering issues and a late spin knocked him out of the win; instead, Robby Gordon and Creed fought for the victory, with the former holding the latter off to win his first race at St. Petersburg since 2014. Brabham rebounded by winning Race 2, the first non-Australian SST winner at the track.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 48], "content_span": [49, 638]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272665-0003-0000", "contents": "2017 Stadium Super Trucks season, Season summary\nIn January, the Toyota Grand Prix of Long Beach and the series formed a multi-year agreement to continue racing at the street course. Brabham took the weekend victory as he won Race 1 and finished second in Race 2; Gordon won the latter. Myles Cheek, who raced in the series' Super Trophy Kart division in 2013, made his series debut at Long Beach as he finished seventh and eighth, including spinning in Race 2.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 48], "content_span": [49, 461]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272665-0004-0000", "contents": "2017 Stadium Super Trucks season, Season summary\nReturning to Australia in May, SST's races at Barbagallo Raceway in conjunction with the Perth SuperSprint was their first at a closed circuit. Jake Kostecki ran his first SST weekend in the No. 75, but contact on a ramp with Milburn in Race 1 caused him to roll through the grass; Harlien attempted to dodge Kostecki's truck but stalled his vehicle, eliminating him from the race. Creed avoided the wreck and eventually won the round. Kostecki missed the rest of the weekend due to the damage. Gordon won Race 2, while Creed beat Gordon to the finish in Race 3 by .023 seconds, one of the closest finishes in series history.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 48], "content_span": [49, 674]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272665-0005-0000", "contents": "2017 Stadium Super Trucks season, Season summary\nCreed's success continued as he swept the two Chevrolet Detroit Grand Prix races. Gordon missed the weekend as he was competing in the Baja 500, with Hamilton serving as the interim No. 7 driver. Stock Car Brasil driver \u00c1tila Abreu also made his SST debut at Detroit, driving the No. 51 with sponsorship from his SCB team Shell Oil Company and Monster Energy.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 48], "content_span": [49, 408]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272665-0006-0000", "contents": "2017 Stadium Super Trucks season, Season summary\nA week after Detroit, the series followed IndyCar to Texas Motor Speedway for the Rainguard Water Sealers 600, where SST raced on a dirt track featuring elements of the infield, pit road, and the frontstretch. As further promotion for the trucks, TMS' turn two held an off-road expo called the \"Off-Road Ruckus\", which allowed visitors to drive their off-road vehicles along an obstacle course and observe exhibits. P. J. Jones and Creed won the two races, but Harlien claimed the overall weekend victory with third- and second-place finishes.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 48], "content_span": [49, 592]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272665-0007-0000", "contents": "2017 Stadium Super Trucks season, Season summary\nThe trucks' next trip to Australia, the Hidden Valley Raceway in Darwin as part of the Darwin Triple Crown, was their first points racing at the track; in 2016, Morris, Price, and Brad Gallard participated in an SST demonstration at Hidden Valley. Morris won Races 1 and 3 in close battles with Gordon, but Race 2 saw him hit the tire barrier in a chicane and roll over; Brabham won the round. After the weekend, Gordon took a stadium truck to a nightclub in the city, where he performed donuts.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 48], "content_span": [49, 544]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272665-0007-0001", "contents": "2017 Stadium Super Trucks season, Season summary\nHe was eventually charged with and pleaded guilty to traffic and anti-hooning violations, leading to a fine, though he defended his actions as he had received prior approval from security guards. The Confederation of Australian Motor Sport (CAMS) revoked Gordon's competition visa for future events, barring him from racing in the country and jeopardizing the series' future. An apology and $10,000 donation to the Australian Road Safety Foundation in October led to the ban being lifted.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 48], "content_span": [49, 537]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272665-0008-0000", "contents": "2017 Stadium Super Trucks season, Season summary\nIn July, SST joined Monster Jam for a round at the Beijing National Stadium, their first trip to Asia since a demo in Mongolia in 2016 and their inaugural Asian points race. Among the ten SST drivers was newcomer Li Ya Tao. Racing on a dirt oval, Hamilton led the most laps and won the race, but was disqualified as he had not taken the Joker Lap; instead, Brabham was declared the winner.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 48], "content_span": [49, 438]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272665-0009-0000", "contents": "2017 Stadium Super Trucks season, Season summary\nThe following month, the series was a part of IndyCar's Grand Prix at The Glen at Watkins Glen International. Officially known as the UFD at The Glen, it was SST's first race in the northeastern United States and first on an American permanent road course. Gordon and Brabham won the weekend's two races.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 48], "content_span": [49, 353]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272665-0010-0000", "contents": "2017 Stadium Super Trucks season, Season summary\nTo close 2017, SST organized the inaugural Race & Rock World Championship at the Lake Elsinore Diamond baseball park. Among those in the field were X Games Austin 2014 gold medalist Apdaly Lopez, female off-road racer Sara Price, NASCAR's Casey Mears, Trans-Am Series veteran Adam Andretti, and four-time AMA Motocross champion Ryan Villopoto. Morris skipped the weekend as he was tending to a rib injury, so he tasked Jerett Brooks with driving his No. 67 truck.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 48], "content_span": [49, 512]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272665-0010-0001", "contents": "2017 Stadium Super Trucks season, Season summary\nBoth races were determined by two heats each, with Lopez and Creed winning on Friday; Mears, Davis, Andretti, and Greg Adler failed to qualify for the Friday feature. Lopez went on to win Race 1. Saturday featured heat wins by Creed and Brooks. The two dominated the second half of Race 2, with Brooks' runner-up finish and Brabham's eighth securing the championship for Morris by one point.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 48], "content_span": [49, 440]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272666-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 Staffordshire County Council election\nThe 2017 Staffordshire County Council election took place on 4 May 2017 as part of 2017 local elections in the UK. All 62 councillors were elected from electoral divisions (two of which serve dual-councillor electoral divisions) for a four-year term of office. The system used is first-past-the-post voting.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [42, 42], "content_span": [43, 350]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272666-0001-0000", "contents": "2017 Staffordshire County Council election\nThe result was Conservative councillors formed an increased majority on the council.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [42, 42], "content_span": [43, 127]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272667-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 Stallion Laguna F.C. season\nThe 2017 season is Stallion Laguna's 1st season in the top flight of Philippines football.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [32, 32], "content_span": [33, 123]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272667-0001-0000", "contents": "2017 Stallion Laguna F.C. season, League squad\nNote: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 46], "content_span": [47, 175]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272668-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 Stamford mayoral election\nThe 2017 Stamford mayoral election was held on November 7, 2017. The election saw the reelection of David Martin.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [30, 30], "content_span": [31, 144]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272669-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 Stan Wawrinka tennis season\nThe 2017 Stan Wawrinka season started with the 2017 Brisbane International and ended with a first round loss at Wimbledon.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [32, 32], "content_span": [33, 155]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272669-0001-0000", "contents": "2017 Stan Wawrinka tennis season, Year summary, Australian Open and early hard court season, Brisbane International\nWawrinka opened his season for the first time in his career in Brisbane after eight consecutive years in Chennai. After a bye in the first round he beat Viktor Troicki. In the quarter finals, Wawrinka beat Kyle Edmund in three sets. In the semifinal the Swiss player was defeated by Kei Nishikori.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 115], "content_span": [116, 413]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272669-0002-0000", "contents": "2017 Stan Wawrinka tennis season, Year summary, Australian Open and early hard court season, Australian Open\nWawrinka entered the first Grand Slam of the year as the fourth seed. In the first round he rescues, only to be defeated by Martin Klizan. Wawrinka lost the first set 4-6, but the Swiss won the following two sets by 6-4, 7-5. When the match seemed to be in the Stan's hands Klizan recovered and he broke Wawrinka in the seventh game of the fourth set. In the final set Wawrinka was under a break with the score of 2-4. Wawrinka retrieved again and at the end he won the set and the match.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 108], "content_span": [109, 597]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272669-0002-0001", "contents": "2017 Stan Wawrinka tennis season, Year summary, Australian Open and early hard court season, Australian Open\nIn the following rounds the Swiss faced in order Steve Johnson, Viktor Troicki and Andreas Seppi. In these three matches Wawrinka lost only one set against the Serbian tennis player and he was particularly in trouble with Seppi who was defeated in three tie-breaks by the Swiss. In the quarter finals Wawrinka's opponent was the French Jo-Wilfried Tsonga. Wawrinka got rid of Tsonga quickly in three sets. In the semifinal Wawrinka faced his compatriot Roger Federer and was beaten in five sets.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 108], "content_span": [109, 604]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272669-0003-0000", "contents": "2017 Stan Wawrinka tennis season, Year summary, Australian Open and early hard court season, Dubai Open\nWawrinka is the defending champion in Dubai. The Swiss player lost in the first round against Damir D\u017eumhur in two sets, despite the Wawrinka's advantage of one break in the first set.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 103], "content_span": [104, 288]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272669-0004-0000", "contents": "2017 Stan Wawrinka tennis season, Year summary, Australian Open and early hard court season, Indian Wells Masters\nWawrinka entered the final and ended up losing to Roger Federer in two close sets.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 113], "content_span": [114, 196]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272669-0005-0000", "contents": "2017 Stan Wawrinka tennis season, Year summary, Clay court season and French Open, French Open\nAt the French Open Wawrinka, the 2015 champion, reached the final round but lost to Rafael Nadal 6-2, 6-3, 6-1. Nadal won a record 10th Roland Garros title on his favoured clay surface, his first Grand Slam victory since the 2014 French Open.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 94], "content_span": [95, 337]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272669-0006-0000", "contents": "2017 Stan Wawrinka tennis season, All matches\nThis table chronicles all the matches of Stan Wawrinka in 2017, including walkovers (W/O) which the ATP does not count as wins. They are marked ND for non-decision or no decision.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 45], "content_span": [46, 225]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272669-0007-0000", "contents": "2017 Stan Wawrinka tennis season, Yearly records, Head-to-head matchups\nStan Wawrinka had a 26\u201311 (70.3%\u00a0of wins) match win-loss record in the 2017 season. His record against players who were part of the ATP Rankings Top Ten at the time of their meetings was 3\u20133 (50.0%\u00a0of wins). The following list is ordered by number of wins:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 71], "content_span": [72, 328]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272670-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 Stanford Cardinal football team\nThe 2017 Stanford Cardinal football team represented Stanford University in the 2017 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The Cardinal were led by seventh-year head coach David Shaw. They played their home games at Stanford Stadium and were members of the North Division of the Pac-12 Conference. They finished the season 9\u20135, 7\u20132 in Pac-12 play to win a share of the North Division title with Washington. Due to their head-to-head win over Washington, they represented the North Division in the Pac-12 Championship Game where they lost to USC. They were invited to the Alamo Bowl where they lost to TCU.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [36, 36], "content_span": [37, 641]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272670-0001-0000", "contents": "2017 Stanford Cardinal football team, Previous season\nIn 2016, the Cardinal finished the season by defeating North Carolina 25\u201323 in the Sun Bowl.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 53], "content_span": [54, 146]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272671-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 Stanford Cardinal men's soccer team\nThe 2017 Stanford Cardinal men's soccer team represented Stanford University during the 2017 NCAA Division I men's soccer season. It is the 44th season of the university fielding a program. It the program's sixth season with Jeremy Gunn as head coach. The Cardinal played their home matches at Cagan Stadium.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [40, 40], "content_span": [41, 349]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272671-0001-0000", "contents": "2017 Stanford Cardinal men's soccer team\nThe Cardinal's 2017 season saw the Cardinal threepeat and win the NCAA Division I Men's Soccer Tournament for the third-consecutive year. The Cardinal also won the Pac-12 Conference championship for the fourth consecutive year. Stanford's NCAA success marked only the second time in NCAA history that a Division I program won the Men's Soccer Championship for three straight seasons. The last feat was Bruce Arena's Virginia teams that won the NCAA tournament from 1991 through 1994.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [40, 40], "content_span": [41, 524]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272671-0002-0000", "contents": "2017 Stanford Cardinal men's soccer team, Roster\nNote: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 48], "content_span": [49, 177]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272671-0003-0000", "contents": "2017 Stanford Cardinal men's soccer team, Professional departures, MLS Draft Picks\nThe following members of 2017 Stanford Cardinal men's soccer team were selected in the 2018 MLS SuperDraft.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 82], "content_span": [83, 190]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272671-0004-0000", "contents": "2017 Stanford Cardinal men's soccer team, Professional departures, Homegrown contracts\nThe following members of the 2017 Stanford Cardinal men's soccer team signed homegrown contracts with their academy clubs.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 86], "content_span": [87, 209]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272672-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 Stanley Cup Finals\nThe 2017 Stanley Cup Finals was the championship series of the National Hockey League's (NHL) 2016\u201317 season, and the culmination of the 2017 Stanley Cup playoffs. The Eastern Conference champion and defending Stanley Cup champion Pittsburgh Penguins defeated the Western Conference champion Nashville Predators, four games to two. Penguins captain Sidney Crosby was awarded the Conn Smythe Trophy as the most valuable player of the playoffs for the second consecutive year. The Penguins won the Stanley Cup in their opponent's rink, for the fifth time.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [23, 23], "content_span": [24, 577]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272672-0001-0000", "contents": "2017 Stanley Cup Finals\nDuring the regular season, the Penguins finished second in the league with 111 points, which gave them home ice advantage in the series. The series began on May 29 and concluded on June 11. The Penguins made their second consecutive Finals appearance, marking the third time in their history they had done this, following their appearances in 1991\u20131992 and 2008\u20132009. This was the first time since 2009, a rematch between the Penguins and Detroit Red Wings, that any team appeared in consecutive Finals. The Penguins also became the first team since the Red Wings (in 1997 and 1998) to win the Stanley Cup in consecutive years and the first to do so since the introduction of the salary cap. They also became the fifth franchise to accomplish this feat more than once.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [23, 23], "content_span": [24, 792]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272672-0002-0000", "contents": "2017 Stanley Cup Finals\nThis marked the second consecutive season in which a Western Conference team made their first appearance in the Finals; the San Jose Sharks made their Finals debut the year prior. This was the first time in NHL history that two United States\u2013born head coaches faced off against each other in the Stanley Cup Finals.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [23, 23], "content_span": [24, 339]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272672-0003-0000", "contents": "2017 Stanley Cup Finals\nThe Penguins won the first two games of the series despite being massively outshot by the Predators in both games. Nashville tied the series at two with a pair of convincing wins at home. However, Penguins goaltender Matt Murray shut out the Predators for the remainder of the series. Penguins coach Mike Sullivan became the third coach in NHL history to win the Stanley Cup in his first two seasons as a coach with his team, joining Pete Green of the original Ottawa Senators (in 1920 and 1921) and Toe Blake of the Montreal Canadiens (in 1956 and 1957). This was the first Final since 1983 in which no game was decided by one goal, and the second Final in three years to have none of its games reach overtime.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [23, 23], "content_span": [24, 735]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272672-0004-0000", "contents": "2017 Stanley Cup Finals, Paths to the Finals, Pittsburgh Penguins\nThis was Pittsburgh's second consecutive Finals appearance, and sixth overall. The Penguins did not make any major transactions during the offseason, instead signing head coach Mike Sullivan to a three-year extension. At the deadline, Pittsburgh acquired defencemen Ron Hainsey and Mark Streit via trade, which proved helpful for depth when star Kris Letang suffered a season-ending injury just weeks before the playoffs started.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 65], "content_span": [66, 495]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272672-0005-0000", "contents": "2017 Stanley Cup Finals, Paths to the Finals, Pittsburgh Penguins\nPittsburgh finished with 111 points (50\u201321\u201311) during the regular season to finish second in the Metropolitan Division and second overall among playoff teams. Center and team captain Sidney Crosby led the Penguins with 89 points, which ranked second in the league, and won the Rocket Richard Trophy with 44 goals. Phil Kessel led the team in assists with 47.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 65], "content_span": [66, 424]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272672-0006-0000", "contents": "2017 Stanley Cup Finals, Paths to the Finals, Pittsburgh Penguins\nIn the playoffs, the Penguins defeated the Columbus Blue Jackets in five games, eliminated the Presidents' Trophy-winning Washington Capitals for a second consecutive year, this time in seven games, and edged the Ottawa Senators in seven games in the Eastern Conference Finals after Chris Kunitz scored in double overtime of game seven.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 65], "content_span": [66, 402]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272672-0007-0000", "contents": "2017 Stanley Cup Finals, Paths to the Finals, Nashville Predators\nThis was Nashville's first Stanley Cup Finals appearance in its 19-year history.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 65], "content_span": [66, 146]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272672-0008-0000", "contents": "2017 Stanley Cup Finals, Paths to the Finals, Nashville Predators\nDuring the offseason, Nashville traded defenceman and long-time team captain Shea Weber to Montreal for defenceman P. K. Subban, and during the regular season, traded for forwards Cody McLeod and Vernon Fiddler. The Predators also re-signed forward Filip Forsberg during the offseason.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 65], "content_span": [66, 351]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272672-0009-0000", "contents": "2017 Stanley Cup Finals, Paths to the Finals, Nashville Predators\nNashville finished with 94 points (41\u201329\u201312) during the regular season to finish as the second wild-card team in the Western Conference, and the 16th overall and last-seeded playoff team. Forsberg and Viktor Arvidsson tied for the team lead in regular-season goal-scoring with 31 each. Ryan Johansen led the team in assists with 47. Arvidsson and Johansen tied for the team lead in points with 61.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 65], "content_span": [66, 463]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272672-0010-0000", "contents": "2017 Stanley Cup Finals, Paths to the Finals, Nashville Predators\nThe Predators started the playoffs by upsetting the top-seeded Chicago Blackhawks in four games, becoming the second team in NHL history to be the lowest seed in their conference to sweep the top seeded team in the opening round (1993 St. Louis Blues). They followed that up by eliminating the St. Louis Blues and Anaheim Ducks, both in six games. Kevin Fiala and Johansen sustained serious leg injuries in the second and third rounds respectively, and both missed the remainder of the playoffs.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 65], "content_span": [66, 561]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272672-0010-0001", "contents": "2017 Stanley Cup Finals, Paths to the Finals, Nashville Predators\nThe Predators became the third team to be the lowest seed in their conference in NHL history to reach the Stanley Cup Finals, joining the 2006 Edmonton Oilers and the 2012 Los Angeles Kings. The Predators were also the third different franchise that head coach Peter Laviolette led to the Stanley Cup Finals. He won the Cup with the Carolina Hurricanes in 2006, and also took the Philadelphia Flyers to the 2010 Stanley Cup Finals.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 65], "content_span": [66, 497]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272672-0011-0000", "contents": "2017 Stanley Cup Finals, Game summaries, Game one\nLate in the first period, penalties from Nashville forwards Calle Jarnkrok and James Neal gave Pittsburgh a full two-minute 5-on-3 power play, and Evgeni Malkin scored to make it 1\u20130. Just 1:15 later, Conor Sheary scored into an open net after a cross-ice pass from Chris Kunitz caught Nashville's defence off guard. In the final seconds of the period, a centring pass from Nick Bonino deflected off Mattias Ekholm and into the net to give Pittsburgh a 3\u20130 lead. Following Bonino's goal, the Penguins went 37 consecutive minutes without a shot on goal, including the entire second period.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 49], "content_span": [50, 638]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272672-0011-0001", "contents": "2017 Stanley Cup Finals, Game summaries, Game one\nThe Predators used power-play goals from Ryan Ellis and Colton Sissons to make it 3\u20132, and Frederick Gaudreau scored immediately following a Penguins power play to tie the game midway through the third. Soon afterwards, Pittsburgh's first shot since the first period resulted in a Jake Guentzel goal to give Pittsburgh the lead again. Bonino scored again into an empty net to clinch the victory for Pittsburgh.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 49], "content_span": [50, 460]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272672-0012-0000", "contents": "2017 Stanley Cup Finals, Game summaries, Game two\nMidway through the first, the Predators took their first-ever lead in a Stanley Cup Finals game when Pontus Aberg scored around Olli Maatta. The Penguins tied it late in the period when a Guentzel tip sneaked past Pekka Rinne. After a scoreless second period in which the Predators took twice as many shots as the Penguins, Pittsburgh came out firing in the third, scoring three goals in 3:18. The first was Guentzel's twelfth of the playoffs, making him the first rookie since Dino Ciccarelli to score twelve times in a single postseason. The next two goals came 15 seconds apart and prompted Predators head coach Peter Laviolette to replace Rinne with backup Juuse Saros. Nashville never cut into the deficit as Pittsburgh won the game by 4\u20131.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 49], "content_span": [50, 795]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272672-0013-0000", "contents": "2017 Stanley Cup Finals, Game summaries, Game three\nJake Guentzel came within one goal of Dino Ciccarelli's rookie playoff record when a shot 2:46 into the game got past Pekka Rinne. In the second period, Roman Josi and Frederick Gaudreau scored only 42 seconds apart to quickly give Nashville the lead. Neal scored with 23 seconds left in the second to give the Predators a two-goal lead. In the third period, a breakaway by Craig Smith and a goal by Ekholm provided insurance in a 5\u20131 victory for Nashville. Near the end of the game, several misconducts were assessed after a cross checking by Phil Kessel drew a crowd and fights broke out.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 51], "content_span": [52, 642]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272672-0014-0000", "contents": "2017 Stanley Cup Finals, Game summaries, Game four\nCalle Jarnkrok gave Nashville an early lead, but a breakaway goal by Sidney Crosby tied the score at one. In the second period, after a Penguins breakaway was stopped by Rinne, Gaudreau's wrap-around shot appeared to be stopped by Matt Murray, but video review showed the puck sneak under Murray's paddle and across the goal line before Murray sent it back out. A breakaway goal by Viktor Arvidsson gave the Predators their third goal of the game. Rinne would stop all nine shots faced in the third period and an empty-net goal by Filip Forsberg gave Nashville a 4\u20131 win and tied the series 2\u20132.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 50], "content_span": [51, 646]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272672-0015-0000", "contents": "2017 Stanley Cup Finals, Game summaries, Game five\nJustin Schultz scored for Pittsburgh early in the first period on the power play. Two more goals from the Penguins caused Nashville to again replace Rinne with Saros in net to start the second period. Pittsburgh scored three more times in the second, the first from Conor Sheary. Guentzel assisted on Sheary's goal, tying the rookie record for points in a single postseason (21). Kessel and Ron Hainsey scored the last of Pittsburgh's six goals; Kessel and Crosby both ended the game with three points. Neither team scored in the third period, making Matt Murray the first rookie since Cam Ward in 2006 to record a shutout in the Stanley Cup Finals. During the third period, 20 penalties were assessed, the most in one period since the third game of the 2011 Stanley Cup Finals.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 50], "content_span": [51, 829]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272672-0016-0000", "contents": "2017 Stanley Cup Finals, Game summaries, Game six\nThe game remained scoreless until the final two minutes of the third period when former Predator Patric Hornqvist scored with 1:35 left in the game. Nashville challenged for goaltender interference, but the on-ice ruling was upheld. Carl Hagelin added an empty net goal with 15 seconds remaining.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 49], "content_span": [50, 346]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272672-0017-0000", "contents": "2017 Stanley Cup Finals, Game summaries, Game six\nDuring the second period, a quick whistle prevented a Predators' scoring chance that almost certainly would have resulted in a goal. Referee Kevin Pollock thought Matt Murray had covered a Filip Forsberg shot, but the puck was, in fact, loose in the goal crease, when Colton Sissons tapped it in.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 49], "content_span": [50, 346]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272672-0018-0000", "contents": "2017 Stanley Cup Finals, Stanley Cup engraving\nThe 2017 Stanley Cup was presented to Penguins captain Sidney Crosby by NHL Commissioner Gary Bettman following the Penguins 2\u20130 win over the Predators in game six", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 46], "content_span": [47, 210]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272672-0019-0000", "contents": "2017 Stanley Cup Finals, Stanley Cup engraving\nThe following Penguins players and staff had their names engraved on the Stanley Cup", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 46], "content_span": [47, 131]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272672-0020-0000", "contents": "2017 Stanley Cup Finals, Stanley Cup engraving, Engraving notes\nIncluded in the team picture, but left off of the Stanley Cup.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 63], "content_span": [64, 126]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272672-0021-0000", "contents": "2017 Stanley Cup Finals, Television and radio\nIn Canada, the series was broadcast by Sportsnet and simulcast by CBC Television in English, and TVA Sports in French. In the U.S., NBC broadcast most of the games; games two and three were aired by NBCSN. In the U.S., the games were seen by an average of 4.762 million viewers, an increase of 19% over the 2016 finals, and the highest-rated finals without an Original Six team. Despite competition from the 2017 Tony Awards broadcast and the return of ABC's Sunday-night game show block, game six achieved a total viewership of 7.086 million.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 45], "content_span": [46, 589]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272672-0022-0000", "contents": "2017 Stanley Cup Finals, Television and radio\nThe NHL on Westwood One/NBC Sports Radio carried the games throughout the United States on radio and through online streaming, while the home calls of Nashville (WPRT-FM/Predators Radio Network) and Pittsburgh (WXDX-FM/Penguins Radio Network) was available both over the air in their home markets and through online streaming.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 45], "content_span": [46, 372]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272673-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 Stanley Cup playoffs\nThe 2017 Stanley Cup playoffs of the National Hockey League (NHL) began on April 12, 2017, after the 2016\u201317 regular season and concluded on June 11, 2017, with the Pittsburgh Penguins defeating the Nashville Predators four games to two in the Finals to win the Stanley Cup for the second consecutive year.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [25, 25], "content_span": [26, 332]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272673-0001-0000", "contents": "2017 Stanley Cup playoffs\nThe Washington Capitals made the playoffs as the Presidents' Trophy winners for the second consecutive year with the most points (i.e. best record) during the regular season. The Detroit Red Wings failed to make the playoffs for the first time since the 1989\u201390 season, ending the NHL's longest active playoff streak at 25 consecutive seasons; the streak was also tied for the third-longest streak in NHL history. The longest active playoff streak moved to the Pittsburgh Penguins with eleven consecutive appearances.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [25, 25], "content_span": [26, 543]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272673-0001-0001", "contents": "2017 Stanley Cup playoffs\nThe Edmonton Oilers made the playoffs for the first time since 2006, ending a record-tying playoff drought for a team with ten years missed (the Florida Panthers also missed the playoffs between 2001 and 2011 inclusively). For the first time since 2006, both Alberta teams, the Oilers and the Calgary Flames, qualified for the postseason in the same year. For the first time since 2013, and the fourth time since 2002, all three Eastern Canadian teams (Montreal Canadiens, Ottawa Senators, and Toronto Maple Leafs) qualified for the playoffs. In all, five Canadian-based teams made the playoffs, matching 2004 and 2015, after a season in which none of the seven teams in Canada contended. Five Original Six teams made the playoffs, with only the previously mentioned Red Wings failing to make it.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [25, 25], "content_span": [26, 822]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272673-0002-0000", "contents": "2017 Stanley Cup playoffs\nThe first round saw eighteen overtime games, eclipsing the previous record of seventeen overtime games in the first round set in 2013. There were 27 total overtime games in these playoffs, one short of the record set in 1993. It was also the first time since 2001 that no first round series went the full seven games.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [25, 25], "content_span": [26, 343]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272673-0003-0000", "contents": "2017 Stanley Cup playoffs\nFor the eighth season in a row (and the twelfth time in the last fourteen seasons), a California-based team was in the Western Conference Final.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [25, 25], "content_span": [26, 170]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272673-0004-0000", "contents": "2017 Stanley Cup playoffs, Playoff seeds\nThis was the fourth year in which the top three teams in each division make the playoffs, along with two wild cards in each conference (for a total of eight playoff teams from each conference).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 40], "content_span": [41, 234]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272673-0005-0000", "contents": "2017 Stanley Cup playoffs, Playoff bracket\nIn each round, teams competed in a best-of-seven series following a 2\u20132\u20131\u20131\u20131 format (scores in the bracket indicate the number of games won in each best-of-seven series). The team with home ice advantage played at home for games one and two (and games five and seven, if necessary), and the other team was at home for games three and four (and game six, if necessary). The top three teams in each division made the playoffs, along with two wild cards in each conference, for a total of eight teams from each conference.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 42], "content_span": [43, 563]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272673-0006-0000", "contents": "2017 Stanley Cup playoffs, Playoff bracket\nIn the First Round, the lower seeded wild card in the conference played against the division winner with the best record while the other wild card played against the other division winner, and both wild cards were de facto #4 seeds. The other series matched the second and third place teams from the divisions. In the first two rounds, home ice advantage was awarded to the team with the better seed; in the last two rounds, it was awarded to the team that had the better regular season record.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 42], "content_span": [43, 537]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272673-0007-0000", "contents": "2017 Stanley Cup playoffs, First Round, Eastern Conference First Round, (A1) Montreal Canadiens vs. (WC1) New York Rangers\nThe Montreal Canadiens finished first in the Atlantic Division earning 103 points. The New York Rangers finished as the Eastern Conference's first wild-card, earning 102 points. This was the sixteenth playoff meeting between these two teams with New York winning eight of the fifteen previous series. They last met in the 2014 Eastern Conference Final, in which New York won in six games. Montreal won all three games in this year's regular-season series.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 122], "content_span": [123, 578]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272673-0008-0000", "contents": "2017 Stanley Cup playoffs, First Round, Eastern Conference First Round, (A1) Montreal Canadiens vs. (WC1) New York Rangers\nThe Rangers eliminated the Canadiens in six games. In the first game of the series, Tanner Glass and Michael Grabner scored the only goals of the games as the Rangers won the game 2\u20130 on Henrik Lundqvist's 31-save shutout. In game two, the Canadiens tied the game with 18 seconds left, then in overtime, Alexander Radulov pushed it past the Rangers' goaltender to give Montreal a 4\u20133 victory. Radulov continued his scoring into game three, getting a goal and an assist to help the Canadiens achieve a 3\u20131 victory.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 122], "content_span": [123, 636]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272673-0008-0001", "contents": "2017 Stanley Cup playoffs, First Round, Eastern Conference First Round, (A1) Montreal Canadiens vs. (WC1) New York Rangers\nThe Rangers ended a six-game home-losing streak after game four, winning 2\u20131 over the Canadiens to tie the series 2\u20132. Mika Zibanejad got the overtime-winner for the Rangers in game five after Chris Kreider deflected a pass off of Canadiens defenceman Alexei Emelin, landing towards the forward who put it past goaltender Carey Price in a 3\u20132 win. Mats Zuccarello scored twice in game six as the Rangers eliminated the Canadiens in a 3\u20131 victory to advance to the second round.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 122], "content_span": [123, 600]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272673-0009-0000", "contents": "2017 Stanley Cup playoffs, First Round, Eastern Conference First Round, (A2) Ottawa Senators vs. (A3) Boston Bruins\nThe Ottawa Senators finished second in the Atlantic Division, earning 98 points. The Boston Bruins earned 95 points in the regular season to finish third in the Atlantic. This was the first playoff meeting between the contemporary Ottawa franchise and Boston, and the first Boston-Ottawa series since the 1927 Stanley Cup Finals. Ottawa won all four games in this year's regular season series.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 115], "content_span": [116, 509]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272673-0010-0000", "contents": "2017 Stanley Cup playoffs, First Round, Eastern Conference First Round, (A2) Ottawa Senators vs. (A3) Boston Bruins\nThe Senators eliminated the Bruins in six games. In the first game, the Senators gained a 1\u20130 lead into the third on Bobby Ryan's goal in the second period, however, the Bruins scored twice in the final period with Brad Marchand having the final tally 2:33 before the game ended 2\u20131 for Boston. In game two, Ottawa came back from a two-goal deficit in the third period and won via Dion Phaneuf whose goal in overtime helped tie the series 1\u20131 after a 4\u20133 conquest.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 115], "content_span": [116, 580]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272673-0010-0001", "contents": "2017 Stanley Cup playoffs, First Round, Eastern Conference First Round, (A2) Ottawa Senators vs. (A3) Boston Bruins\nIn game three, Ottawa had a three-goal lead with Mike Hoffman scoring twice, but the Bruins came back with three goals in the third period. In overtime, Bruins forward Riley Nash took a roughing penalty and on the ensuing power play, Bobby Ryan tipped in a pass from Kyle Turris ending the game 4\u20133 for the Senators. Bobby Ryan scored the only goal in game four, at the 5:49 mark of the third period, allowing the Senators to achieve a 3\u20131 series lead.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 115], "content_span": [116, 568]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272673-0010-0002", "contents": "2017 Stanley Cup playoffs, First Round, Eastern Conference First Round, (A2) Ottawa Senators vs. (A3) Boston Bruins\nBoston came back from an early 2\u20130 deficit in game five and the game would go to overtime. In double-overtime, Bruins rookie Sean Kuraly scored his second goal of the game, completing the comeback in a 3\u20132 feat. In game six, Clarke MacArthur scored the series-winning goal on the power play in overtime for Ottawa to advance to the second round.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 115], "content_span": [116, 461]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272673-0011-0000", "contents": "2017 Stanley Cup playoffs, First Round, Eastern Conference First Round, (M1) Washington Capitals vs. (WC2) Toronto Maple Leafs\nThe Washington Capitals earned the Presidents' Trophy for the second consecutive year as the NHL's best regular season team this time with 118 points. The Toronto Maple Leafs finished as the Eastern Conference's second wild-card, earning 95 points. This was the first playoff meeting between these two teams. Washington won two of the three games in this year's regular season series.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 126], "content_span": [127, 511]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272673-0012-0000", "contents": "2017 Stanley Cup playoffs, First Round, Eastern Conference First Round, (M1) Washington Capitals vs. (WC2) Toronto Maple Leafs\nThis became only the third playoff series in NHL history in which five games were decided in overtime (the first being the 1951 Stanley Cup Finals between the Toronto Maple Leafs and the Montreal Canadiens and the second occurring in the 2012 Western Conference Quarterfinals between the Phoenix Coyotes and the Chicago Blackhawks).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 126], "content_span": [127, 459]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272673-0013-0000", "contents": "2017 Stanley Cup playoffs, First Round, Eastern Conference First Round, (M1) Washington Capitals vs. (WC2) Toronto Maple Leafs\nThe Capitals defeated the Maple Leafs in six games. Although Toronto had a two-goal lead in the first ten minutes of the first game, Washington scored two goals, both from Justin Williams, and won the game 3\u20132 in overtime from Tom Wilson's goal. In game two, rookie Kasperi Kapanen scored twice including the game-winner in double-overtime leading the Maple Leafs to a 4\u20133 victory.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 126], "content_span": [127, 508]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272673-0013-0001", "contents": "2017 Stanley Cup playoffs, First Round, Eastern Conference First Round, (M1) Washington Capitals vs. (WC2) Toronto Maple Leafs\nWashington took two two-goal leads in game three; the first pick in the 2016 NHL Draft, Auston Matthews, helped soften the lead with his first playoff goal, but after the Capitals got a 3\u20131 lead, the Maple Leafs scored twice to tie the game. Then in overtime, Tyler Bozak tipped a shot past the Capitals' goaltender to give the Leafs a 2\u20131 series lead.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 126], "content_span": [127, 479]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272673-0013-0002", "contents": "2017 Stanley Cup playoffs, First Round, Eastern Conference First Round, (M1) Washington Capitals vs. (WC2) Toronto Maple Leafs\nGame four was the only game of the series not to go into overtime; Tom Wilson and T. J. Oshie both scored two goals and Oshie's second goal proved to be the game-winner in a 5\u20134 victory after an attempted comeback by Toronto was thwarted. Game five featured the fourth overtime game of this series with Justin Williams scoring for Capitals in a 2\u20131, taking a 3\u20132 series lead in the process. In game six, the game went to overtime for the fifth time this series and at 6:31 of the first overtime period Marcus Johansson scored his second goal for the Capitals in a 2\u20131 victory and another trip to the second round.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 126], "content_span": [127, 740]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272673-0014-0000", "contents": "2017 Stanley Cup playoffs, First Round, Eastern Conference First Round, (M2) Pittsburgh Penguins vs. (M3) Columbus Blue Jackets\nThe Pittsburgh Penguins finished second in the Metropolitan Division earning 111 points. The Columbus Blue Jackets earned 108 points to finish third in the Metropolitan. This was the second playoff meeting between these teams; they last met in the 2014 Eastern Conference First Round, which Pittsburgh won in six games. The teams split this year's four-game regular season series.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 127], "content_span": [128, 508]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272673-0015-0000", "contents": "2017 Stanley Cup playoffs, First Round, Eastern Conference First Round, (M2) Pittsburgh Penguins vs. (M3) Columbus Blue Jackets\nThe Penguins defeated the Blue Jackets in five games. Before game one began, Matt Murray, the starting goaltender for the Penguins, injured himself during warm-ups forcing Marc-Andre Fleury, who had been demoted to the backup for the season, to start the game; his team would win the game 3\u20131, making 31 saves in the process. Sidney Crosby got a goal and two assists in game two as the Penguins defeated the Blue Jackets 4\u20131 and took a 2\u20130 series lead.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 127], "content_span": [128, 580]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272673-0015-0001", "contents": "2017 Stanley Cup playoffs, First Round, Eastern Conference First Round, (M2) Pittsburgh Penguins vs. (M3) Columbus Blue Jackets\nIn game three, Jake Guentzel scored a hat-trick, his third being the overtime-winner as the Penguins came back from a two-goal deficit and defeated the Blue Jackets 5\u20134 and take a 3\u20130 series lead. Columbus avoided a sweep in game four, scoring with five different players in a 5\u20134 victory; this was also the franchise's first playoff win in regulation. In game five, Bryan Rust scored twice, including the series-winner, and Fleury made 49 saves in a 5\u20132 win for the Penguins to advance to the second round.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 127], "content_span": [128, 635]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272673-0016-0000", "contents": "2017 Stanley Cup playoffs, First Round, Western Conference First Round, (C1) Chicago Blackhawks vs. (WC2) Nashville Predators\nThe Chicago Blackhawks finished first in the Central Division earning 109 points. The Nashville Predators finished as the Western Conference's second wild-card, earning 94 points. This was the third playoff meeting between these teams with Chicago winning both previous series. They last met in the 2015 Western Conference First Round, which Chicago won in six games. Chicago won four of the five games in this year's regular season series.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 125], "content_span": [126, 566]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272673-0017-0000", "contents": "2017 Stanley Cup playoffs, First Round, Western Conference First Round, (C1) Chicago Blackhawks vs. (WC2) Nashville Predators\nThe Predators defeated the Blackhawks in a four-game sweep; this was the first time in NHL playoff history that an eighth-seeded team swept a playoff series against the top seed in their conference. Viktor Arvidsson scored the only goal in game one as the Predators shut out the Blackhawks, stopping all 29 shots they faced. The Blackhawks remained scoreless after game two, instead being outscored 5\u20130 with Pekka Rinne not only stopping all 30 shots he faced, but also providing two assists.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 125], "content_span": [126, 618]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272673-0017-0001", "contents": "2017 Stanley Cup playoffs, First Round, Western Conference First Round, (C1) Chicago Blackhawks vs. (WC2) Nashville Predators\nChicago finally scored a goal in game three and they maintained a two-goal lead throughout the second period, but in the third period, Filip Forsberg scored twice for Nashville to tie the game and send it to overtime. In overtime, Nashville forward Kevin Fiala skated around Chicago goalie Corey Crawford and put the puck past the Chicago netminder to complete the comeback in a 3\u20132 victory giving them their first 3\u20130 series lead. In game four, Roman Josi scored twice in a 4\u20131 victory and Rinne made 30 saves for the Predators, who swept a playoff opponent for the first time in franchise history.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 125], "content_span": [126, 725]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272673-0018-0000", "contents": "2017 Stanley Cup playoffs, First Round, Western Conference First Round, (C2) Minnesota Wild vs. (C3) St. Louis Blues\nThe Minnesota Wild finished second in the Central Division earning 106 points. The St. Louis Blues earned 99 points to finish third in the Central. This was the second playoff meeting between these teams; their only previous meeting was the 2015 Western Conference First Round, which Minnesota won in six games. St. Louis won three of the five games in this year's regular season series.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 116], "content_span": [117, 504]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272673-0019-0000", "contents": "2017 Stanley Cup playoffs, First Round, Western Conference First Round, (C2) Minnesota Wild vs. (C3) St. Louis Blues\nThe Blues defeated the Wild in five games. St. Louis won the first game of the series 2\u20131 17:48 into overtime from Joel Edmundson's wrist shot after the Wild tied the game in the final minute of the game, Jake Allen made 51 saves in the process. In game two, Jaden Schwartz scored the game-winner with 2:27 left in the third period, giving the Blues another 2\u20131 victory over the Wild.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 116], "content_span": [117, 501]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272673-0019-0001", "contents": "2017 Stanley Cup playoffs, First Round, Western Conference First Round, (C2) Minnesota Wild vs. (C3) St. Louis Blues\nThe Wild continued to score only one goal in each game this series, losing the game nevertheless, this time 3\u20131 as Allen made 40 saves and the Blues took a 3\u20130 series lead. Devan Dubnyk kept the Wild alive in the series, stopping all 28 shots he faced in a 2\u20130 victory in game four. In game five, the Blues took a 3\u20131 lead in the third period only to see the Wild tie it up in the last ten minutes. However, in overtime, Magnus Paajarvi ended the game for St. Louis, defeating the Wild 4\u20133 to advance to the second round.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 116], "content_span": [117, 638]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272673-0020-0000", "contents": "2017 Stanley Cup playoffs, First Round, Western Conference First Round, (P1) Anaheim Ducks vs. (WC1) Calgary Flames\nThe Anaheim Ducks finished first in the Pacific Division for the fifth consecutive year, this time earning 105 points. The Calgary Flames finished as the Western Conference's first wild-card, earning 94 points. This was the third playoff meeting between these teams with Anaheim winning both previous series. They last met in the 2015 Western Conference Second Round which Anaheim won in five games. Anaheim won four of the five games in this year's regular season series. Anaheim has also won 25 straight regular-season home games against Calgary.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 115], "content_span": [116, 664]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272673-0021-0000", "contents": "2017 Stanley Cup playoffs, First Round, Western Conference First Round, (P1) Anaheim Ducks vs. (WC1) Calgary Flames\nThe Ducks defeated the Flames in a four-game sweep. In game one, both Ryan Getzlaf and Jakob Silfverberg had a goal and an assist, the latter of whom had the game-winning goal in a 3\u20132 victory for the Ducks. Anaheim continued their home-dominance over Calgary defeating the Flames 3\u20132 with a goal and an assist by Getzlaf again. The Flames had a lead of 4\u20131 in game three, forcing Ducks goaltender John Gibson to be replaced by Jonathan Bernier. The Ducks came back in this game, scoring three times, in what would become the fourth overtime game of this night.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 115], "content_span": [116, 677]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272673-0021-0001", "contents": "2017 Stanley Cup playoffs, First Round, Western Conference First Round, (P1) Anaheim Ducks vs. (WC1) Calgary Flames\nCorey Perry then threw the puck towards the net and it bounced off both Calgary goaltender Brian Elliott and defenceman Michael Stone and into the net, to give the Ducks a 3\u20130 series lead. In game four, Gibson stopped 36 shots by the Flames, but allowed only one goal as the Ducks ended the series with a 3\u20131 win.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 115], "content_span": [116, 429]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272673-0022-0000", "contents": "2017 Stanley Cup playoffs, First Round, Western Conference First Round, (P2) Edmonton Oilers vs. (P3) San Jose Sharks\nThe Edmonton Oilers finished second in the Pacific Division with 103 points. The San Jose Sharks earned 99 points in the regular season to finish third in the Pacific. Edmonton started a playoff series at home for the first time since the 1991 Campbell Conference Final. This was the second playoff meeting between these teams; their only previous series was the 2006 Western Conference Semifinals, which Edmonton won in six games. Edmonton won three of the five games in this year's regular season series.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 117], "content_span": [118, 624]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272673-0023-0000", "contents": "2017 Stanley Cup playoffs, First Round, Western Conference First Round, (P2) Edmonton Oilers vs. (P3) San Jose Sharks\nThe Oilers defeated the Sharks in six games. In Edmonton's first playoff game since 2006, the Oilers took a 2\u20130 lead in the first period, but the Sharks scored three goals over the second, third, and first overtime period winning the game 3\u20132 from Melker Karlsson's goal. The Oilers scored two shorthanded goals in game two as they blanked San Jose 2\u20130. The shutout streak continued in game three, as Zack Kassian scored the only goal for the Oilers and Cam Talbot stopped 23 shots.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 117], "content_span": [118, 600]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272673-0023-0001", "contents": "2017 Stanley Cup playoffs, First Round, Western Conference First Round, (P2) Edmonton Oilers vs. (P3) San Jose Sharks\nLogan Couture and Joe Pavelski scored two goals each and Martin Jones stopped all 23 shots as the Sharks blanked the Oilers 7\u20130 in game four to tie the series at two. The Sharks gained a 3\u20131 lead over the Oilers in game five, but both Mark Letestu and Oscar Klefbom scored to tie the game and send it to overtime. David Desharnais would end it at 18:15 of overtime to give the Oilers a 4\u20133 triumph and a 3\u20132 series lead. In game six, the Oilers scored twice in the second period, both on breakaways, and closed out the series with a 3\u20131 win.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 117], "content_span": [118, 659]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272673-0024-0000", "contents": "2017 Stanley Cup playoffs, Second Round, Eastern Conference Second Round, (A2) Ottawa Senators vs. (WC1) New York Rangers\nThis was the second playoff meeting between these two teams; their only previous series was in the 2012 Eastern Conference Quarterfinals, which New York won in seven games. This was the second time under the current playoff format and the second year in a row in which a wild-card team had more points than its opponent during the regular season but did not have home ice advantage; the other time was the Tampa Bay Lightning and the New York Islanders in last year's Eastern Conference Second Round. Ottawa won two of the three games in this year's regular season series.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 121], "content_span": [122, 694]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272673-0025-0000", "contents": "2017 Stanley Cup playoffs, Second Round, Eastern Conference Second Round, (A2) Ottawa Senators vs. (WC1) New York Rangers\nThe Senators defeated the Rangers in six games. In the first game, goaltender Craig Anderson made 34 saves in a 2\u20131 victory for the Senators. The Rangers had leads of 3\u20131, 4\u20132, and 5\u20133 in game two only to have the Senators tie up the game on Jean-Gabriel Pageau's hat-trick goal with 1:02 remaining. In double-overtime, Pageau's fourth goal of the game gave the Senators a 6\u20135 win and a 2\u20130 series lead.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 121], "content_span": [122, 525]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272673-0025-0001", "contents": "2017 Stanley Cup playoffs, Second Round, Eastern Conference Second Round, (A2) Ottawa Senators vs. (WC1) New York Rangers\nIn doing this, he became the first player to score four goals in a playoff game since Johan Franzen scored four goals for the Detroit Red Wings in game four of their 2010 second round series against the San Jose Sharks. Mats Zuccarello had a goal and an assist in game three as the Rangers won the affair 4\u20131. The Rangers defeated the Senators 4\u20131 again in game four, tying the series 2\u20132; Oscar Lindberg scored twice in the victory. The Rangers got an early two-goal lead in game five, but the Senators came back scoring three goals in return.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 121], "content_span": [122, 666]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272673-0025-0002", "contents": "2017 Stanley Cup playoffs, Second Round, Eastern Conference Second Round, (A2) Ottawa Senators vs. (WC1) New York Rangers\nThe Rangers regained the lead, but former Ranger Derick Brassard tied the game in the final minutes to send it to overtime. Kyle Turris ended the game 6:28 into overtime to give the Senators a 5\u20134 victory and a 3\u20132 series lead. In game six, Erik Karlsson netted the series-winning goal and added an assist for the Senators who advanced to the Conference Finals for the first time in ten years after a 4\u20132 victory.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 121], "content_span": [122, 535]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272673-0026-0000", "contents": "2017 Stanley Cup playoffs, Second Round, Eastern Conference Second Round, (M1) Washington Capitals vs. (M2) Pittsburgh Penguins\nThis was the tenth playoff meeting between these teams and the second consecutive in the second round. Pittsburgh has won eight of the nine previous series including last year's confrontation which ended in six games. These teams split their four-game regular season series.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 127], "content_span": [128, 402]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272673-0027-0000", "contents": "2017 Stanley Cup playoffs, Second Round, Eastern Conference Second Round, (M1) Washington Capitals vs. (M2) Pittsburgh Penguins\nThe Penguins defeated the Capitals in seven games after they gave up a 3\u20131 series lead. In the final eight minutes of game one, Nick Bonino scored the game-winning goal as the Penguins once led 2\u20130 only to have Washington score twice to tie the game, then with 8:24 left in the third period Bonino gave the Penguins a 3\u20132 lead and thus the victory. Phil Kessel and Jake Guentzel both scored twice for the Penguins in a 6\u20132 victory, gaining a 2\u20130 series lead as a result.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 127], "content_span": [128, 598]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272673-0027-0001", "contents": "2017 Stanley Cup playoffs, Second Round, Eastern Conference Second Round, (M1) Washington Capitals vs. (M2) Pittsburgh Penguins\nThe Capitals got an early 1\u20130 lead in game three, then a goal by Evgeny Kuznetsov put them up by two goals, however, in the final two minutes of the game, the Penguins tied the score 2\u20132. In overtime, Trevor Daley of the Penguins was penalized for holding and on the ensuing power play, Kevin Shattenkirk scored to give the Capitals a 3\u20132 victory.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 127], "content_span": [128, 475]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272673-0027-0002", "contents": "2017 Stanley Cup playoffs, Second Round, Eastern Conference Second Round, (M1) Washington Capitals vs. (M2) Pittsburgh Penguins\nPittsburgh lead 2\u20130 in game four only to have Washington tie the game, however, 2:49 after Nate Schmidt tied the game for Washington, Justin Schultz on the power play gave the Penguins a 3\u20132 lead and the victory. Washington scored three times in the third period of game five after being down one goal to win 4\u20132. Andre Burakovsky scored twice in game six, forcing a seventh game in Washington's 5\u20132 triumph. In game seven, Marc-Andre Fleury stopped all 29 shots and Bryan Rust scored the series-winning goal to defeat the Capitals 2\u20130 and advance to the Conference Finals for the second consecutive year.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 127], "content_span": [128, 733]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272673-0028-0000", "contents": "2017 Stanley Cup playoffs, Second Round, Western Conference Second Round, (C3) St. Louis Blues vs. (WC2) Nashville Predators\nThis was the first playoff meeting between these teams. Nashville won three of the five games in this year's regular season series.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 124], "content_span": [125, 256]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272673-0029-0000", "contents": "2017 Stanley Cup playoffs, Second Round, Western Conference Second Round, (C3) St. Louis Blues vs. (WC2) Nashville Predators\nThe Predators defeated the Blues in six games. The first game of the series had Nashville gain a 3\u20131 lead, St. Louis then scored twice in the third period to tie the game, but with 5:05 left in the third period, Vernon Fiddler gave the Predators 4\u20133 lead as well a 1\u20130 series lead. During the game, Kevin Fiala fractured his left leg after being checked by Robert Bortuzzo; Fiala would require a stretcher to get off the ice. In game two, Vladimir Tarasenko scored twice including the game-winner, tying the series 1\u20131 in a 3\u20132 triumph.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 124], "content_span": [125, 661]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272673-0029-0001", "contents": "2017 Stanley Cup playoffs, Second Round, Western Conference Second Round, (C3) St. Louis Blues vs. (WC2) Nashville Predators\nThe Predators continued their home-winning streak dating back to last year's first round winning game three, by a final score of 3\u20131 with Colton Sissons assisting twice, increasing the streak to seven home games. Nashville won their eighth consecutive playoff home game after game four, defeating the Blues 2\u20131 and Pekka Rinne making 32 saves. Jaden Schwartz broke a 1\u20131 tie in the third period of the fifth game and maintained the 2\u20131 lead to a victory.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 124], "content_span": [125, 579]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272673-0029-0002", "contents": "2017 Stanley Cup playoffs, Second Round, Western Conference Second Round, (C3) St. Louis Blues vs. (WC2) Nashville Predators\nIn game six, Ryan Johansen scored the series-winning goal in a 3\u20131 victory as the Predators moved onto the Conference Finals for the first time in franchise history after nineteen years in the league. This left the Columbus Blue Jackets as the only team that has never made it to the Conference Finals, after the Winnipeg Jets beat the Predators in the 2018 Western Conference Second Round to make it to the Conference Finals.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 124], "content_span": [125, 551]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272673-0030-0000", "contents": "2017 Stanley Cup playoffs, Second Round, Western Conference Second Round, (P1) Anaheim Ducks vs. (P2) Edmonton Oilers\nThis was the second playoff meeting between these teams; their only previous series was in the 2006 Western Conference Final, which Edmonton won in five games. Edmonton won three of the five games in this year's regular season series.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 117], "content_span": [118, 352]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272673-0031-0000", "contents": "2017 Stanley Cup playoffs, Second Round, Western Conference Second Round, (P1) Anaheim Ducks vs. (P2) Edmonton Oilers\nThe Ducks defeated the Oilers in seven games. In the first game, Mark Letestu scored twice and Leon Draisaitl had a goal and three assists as the Oilers, who once gained a 3\u20131 lead in the third period only to see the Ducks tie the game in less than three minutes, scored twice in the final five minutes to achieve a 5\u20133 lead and thus the victory. Goalie Cam Talbot stopped 39 shots and former-Duck Patrick Maroon scored the game-winning goal in game two for the Oilers' 2\u20131 victory.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 117], "content_span": [118, 600]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272673-0031-0001", "contents": "2017 Stanley Cup playoffs, Second Round, Western Conference Second Round, (P1) Anaheim Ducks vs. (P2) Edmonton Oilers\nAnaheim took an early 3\u20130 lead in game three only to see the Oilers tie the game. The Ducks took the lead back in the second period with Chris Wagner's goal, then Jakob Silfverberg scored his second of the game and Ryan Kesler provided an insurance goal to close out the game 6\u20133. In game four, Ryan Getzlaf scored twice to take the lead for the Ducks after being down 2\u20130 in the game, then in 45 seconds into overtime, Silfverberg scored to give the Ducks the victory and the series tie.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 117], "content_span": [118, 606]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272673-0031-0002", "contents": "2017 Stanley Cup playoffs, Second Round, Western Conference Second Round, (P1) Anaheim Ducks vs. (P2) Edmonton Oilers\nThe Oilers gained a 3\u20130 lead in game five, but with 3:16 left in the game, the Ducks scored three times to tie the game becoming the first team to score three goals in that span of time left to tie the game. The comeback was complete at 6:57 of double-overtime when Corey Perry gave Ducks a 4\u20133 victory and a 3\u20132 series lead. The Oilers scored five times in the first period of game six and Draisaitl had a hat trick along with two assists to defeat the Ducks 7\u20131 and force a seventh game. In game seven, Nick Ritchie's goal proved to be the series-winner as the Ducks were able to win a series via seventh game for the first time since 2006 and advance to the Conference Finals with a 2\u20131 victory.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 117], "content_span": [118, 816]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272673-0032-0000", "contents": "2017 Stanley Cup playoffs, Conference Finals, Eastern Conference Final, (M2) Pittsburgh Penguins vs. (A2) Ottawa Senators\nThis was the fifth playoff meeting between these teams with Pittsburgh winning three of the four previous series. They last met in the 2013 Eastern Conference Semifinals, which Pittsburgh won in five games. This was the second consecutive Conference Finals appearance for Pittsburgh who defeated the Tampa Bay Lightning last year in seven games. Ottawa last went to the Conference Finals in 2007; they defeated the Buffalo Sabres in five games. Ottawa won two of the three games in this year's regular season series.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 121], "content_span": [122, 638]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272673-0033-0000", "contents": "2017 Stanley Cup playoffs, Conference Finals, Eastern Conference Final, (M2) Pittsburgh Penguins vs. (A2) Ottawa Senators\nThe Penguins defeated the Senators in seven games. In game one, the Senators held onto a one-goal lead until Evgeni Malkin tied the game in the third period, but in overtime, Bobby Ryan scored to give Ottawa a 2\u20131 victory. The second game remained scoreless until Phil Kessel scored with 6:55 left in the game to give the Penguins a 1\u20130 lead and the victory; Marc-Andre Fleury made 23 saves in the process. In the first period of game three, the Senators scored four times including three in a span of 2:18 leading them into a 5\u20131 victory.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 121], "content_span": [122, 661]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272673-0033-0001", "contents": "2017 Stanley Cup playoffs, Conference Finals, Eastern Conference Final, (M2) Pittsburgh Penguins vs. (A2) Ottawa Senators\nIn his first playoff game since his injury before the first game of the playoffs, goaltender Matt Murray made 24 saves and stopped a comeback from Ottawa in a 3\u20132 victory for Pittsburgh. Murray stopped all 26 shots and the Penguins routed the Senators 7\u20130 in game five to take a 3\u20132 series lead. Craig Anderson made 45 saves in game six, forcing a seventh game in a 2\u20131 victory. In game seven, Chris Kunitz of the Penguins and Mark Stone of the Senators started the scoring 20 seconds apart in the second period. After both Justin Schultz and Ryan Dzingel made the game 2\u20132, the match headed into overtime. In double-overtime, Kunitz scored his second of the game to send the Pittsburgh Penguins to the Finals for the second consecutive year.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 121], "content_span": [122, 864]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272673-0034-0000", "contents": "2017 Stanley Cup playoffs, Conference Finals, Western Conference Final, (P1) Anaheim Ducks vs. (WC2) Nashville Predators\nThis was the second consecutive playoff meeting and the third overall between these teams with Nashville winning both previous series, including a seven-game win in last year's first round. This was Anaheim's fifth Conference Finals appearance. They last made the Conference Finals in 2015 where they were defeated in seven games by the Chicago Blackhawks. This was Nashville's first Conference Finals appearance in their 19-year history. Anaheim won two of the three games in this year's regular season series.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 120], "content_span": [121, 632]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272673-0035-0000", "contents": "2017 Stanley Cup playoffs, Conference Finals, Western Conference Final, (P1) Anaheim Ducks vs. (WC2) Nashville Predators\nThe Predators defeated the Ducks in six games. The first game of the series went into overtime, and at 9:24 James Neal put the puck past the Ducks goaltender to take game one, 3\u20132. In game two, the Ducks rallied from an early-two-goal deficit to defeat the Predators 5\u20133 and Ryan Getzlaf assisted thrice in the victory. Nashville kept their home playoff win streak alive in game three, winning 2\u20131; after a pair of goals were disallowed due to goaltender interference, Roman Josi scored for the Predators with 2:43 left in the game.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 120], "content_span": [121, 653]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272673-0035-0001", "contents": "2017 Stanley Cup playoffs, Conference Finals, Western Conference Final, (P1) Anaheim Ducks vs. (WC2) Nashville Predators\nAlthough Nashville tied the game after being down by two goals in game four, Anaheim won the game on Corey Perry's goal 10:25 into overtime, tying the series 2\u20132 in a 3\u20132 victory. Pekka Rinne made 32 saves in game five for the Predators as Nashville took a 3\u20132 series lead in a 3\u20131 victory. In game six, Colton Sissons' hat trick goal was the series-winning goal in a 6\u20133 victory, putting the Nashville Predators in the Finals for the first time in their 19-year history.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 120], "content_span": [121, 592]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272673-0036-0000", "contents": "2017 Stanley Cup playoffs, Stanley Cup Finals\nThis was the first playoff meeting between these two teams. Pittsburgh made their second consecutive Stanley Cup Finals appearance and their sixth overall; they won in the previous year defeating the San Jose Sharks in six games. Nashville made their first Finals appearance in their franchise's history. These teams split their two-game regular season series.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 45], "content_span": [46, 406]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272673-0037-0000", "contents": "2017 Stanley Cup playoffs, Player statistics, Goaltenders\nThis is a combined table of the top five goaltenders based on goals against average and the top five goaltenders based on save percentage, with at least 420 minutes played. The table is sorted by GAA, and the criteria for inclusion are bolded.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 57], "content_span": [58, 301]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272673-0038-0000", "contents": "2017 Stanley Cup playoffs, Television\nThis marked the sixth postseason under NBC Sports' current 10-year contract for American television rights to the NHL. All national coverage of games aired on either NBCSN, the NBC broadcast network, NHL Network, USA Network, or CNBC. During the first round, excluding games exclusively broadcast on NBC, the regional rightsholders of each participating U.S. team produced local telecasts of their respective games; NBCUniversal held exclusive rights to all games from the second round onward. Unlike past seasons, the national broadcasts were no longer blacked out on television in the markets of participating teams, and could co-exist with the local broadcasts (however, NBC-provided streaming was still restricted in Boston and Pittsburgh).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 37], "content_span": [38, 782]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272673-0039-0000", "contents": "2017 Stanley Cup playoffs, Television\nFor first-round games involving Chicago, San Jose and Washington\u2014teams whose regional rights are held by the co-owned NBC Sports Regional Networks\u2014the national broadcasts shared the same video as the local broadcasts but overdubbed with national commentators. This was done so NBC would not have to bring additional equipment to these games to produce an entirely separate telecast for the national audience.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 37], "content_span": [38, 446]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272673-0040-0000", "contents": "2017 Stanley Cup playoffs, Television\nIn Canada, for the third postseason under Rogers Media's current 12-year contract, coverage was broadcast by Sportsnet and CBC under the Hockey Night in Canada brand, and streamed on Sportsnet Now, CBCSports.ca (for games televised by CBC), or the subscription service Rogers NHL GameCentre Live. French-language coverage was on TVA Sports. Rogers agreed not to schedule games on CBC for the first four Sunday nights of the playoffs, so that the network could broadcast Canada: The Story of Us, a documentary series it had commissioned as part of programming commemorating the 150th anniversary of Canadian confederation.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 37], "content_span": [38, 659]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272674-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 StarCraft II World Championship Series\nThe 2017 StarCraft II World Championship Series (WCS) is the 2017 edition of the StarCraft II World Championship Series, the highest level of esports competition for StarCraft II. The tournament series' Global Finals were won by South Korean professional player Lee \"Rogue\" Byung Ryul.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [43, 43], "content_span": [44, 329]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272674-0001-0000", "contents": "2017 StarCraft II World Championship Series, Format\nFor the first time since the tournament circuit's founding in 2012, the 2017 StarCraft II World Championship Series introduced a format that would stay consistent for two years. Competition was separated into two regions, WCS Circuit and WCS Korea. The former featured four large events with accompanying qualifiers under the WCS Challenger branding, while the latter featured three seasons of the long-running Global StarCraft II League (GSL) Code S with two smaller GSL Super Tournament events interspersed. Two shared World Championship Series Global events featured players from both regions prior to the Global Finals. All these events gave out WCS Circuit and/or WCS Korea points that determined the seeding of the Global Finals. Other events including two of ESL's Intel Extreme Masters and SPOTV's StarCraft II StarLeague also gave out points and were announced at later dates, separately from the main WCS format.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [45, 51], "content_span": [52, 974]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272674-0002-0000", "contents": "2017 StarCraft II World Championship Series, Format\nAnother introduction to the circuit was crowdfunding, as Blizzard Entertainment introduced the War Chest to crowdfund StarCraft II esports, adding $200,000 to the prize pool of the 2017 Global Finals.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [45, 51], "content_span": [52, 252]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272674-0003-0000", "contents": "2017 StarCraft II World Championship Series, Format, Seeding\nEight players from each WCS region qualify to the event based on their WCS points-based rankings. Winners of WCS Circuit stops, GSL Code S events, and IEM Katowice receive automatic qualification. The sixteen players are then seeded into four four-player groups for the first round based on their region-specific ranking. A draw is held for the quarterfinals bracket, with winners of each group facing second-place finishers of other groups.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [45, 60], "content_span": [61, 502]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272674-0004-0000", "contents": "2017 StarCraft II World Championship Series, Results, Global Finals\nThe WCS Global Finals were held at the Anaheim Convention Center in Anaheim, California as part of BlizzCon 2017. They featured a group stage as the first round of play, played out the week prior to the main event, followed by bracket play from the quarterfinals onward at the convention center itself.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [45, 67], "content_span": [68, 370]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272676-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 State of Origin series\nThe 2017 State of Origin series was the 36th annual best-of-three series between the Queensland and New South Wales rugby league teams. Before this series Queensland had won 20 times, NSW 13 times, with two series drawn. Queensland were the current title holders coming into the series, having won 2-1 in 2016.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [27, 27], "content_span": [28, 338]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272676-0001-0000", "contents": "2017 State of Origin series\nWith Games One and Two completed, the series was tied with 1 win to each team. Game Three (the Decider) was played in Brisbane at Suncorp Stadium; leading to a 22-6 win to Queensland.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [27, 27], "content_span": [28, 211]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272676-0002-0000", "contents": "2017 State of Origin series\nFormer Queensland rugby league legend Kevin Walters coached Queensland for the 2nd year after his maiden series win in 2016. Former Canberra, New South Wales and Australia captain Laurie Daley coached New South Wales for the 5th year, looking for his 2nd series win after New South Wales' 2-1 win in 2014.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [27, 27], "content_span": [28, 333]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272676-0003-0000", "contents": "2017 State of Origin series\nQueensland won their third consecutive series and their eleventh from the past twelve. New South Wales had decided on an unchanged team throughout the series, for the first time in at least twenty years.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [27, 27], "content_span": [28, 231]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272677-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 State of the Nation Address (Philippines)\nThe 2017 State of the Nation Address was the second State of the Nation Address delivered by President Rodrigo Duterte.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [46, 46], "content_span": [47, 166]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272677-0001-0000", "contents": "2017 State of the Nation Address (Philippines), Preparations\n3000 people were invited to attend the second State of the Nation Address of President Rodrigo Duterte. President Duterte rehearsed his speech and wished to deliver it without the help of a teleprompter.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [48, 60], "content_span": [61, 264]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272677-0002-0000", "contents": "2017 State of the Nation Address (Philippines), Seating and guests\nFormer presidents Fidel V. Ramos, Joseph Estrada, and Gloria Macapagal Arroyo have attended the event. The attendees were invited to wear barongs, Filipiniana dresses, and Mindanao-inspired outfits.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [48, 66], "content_span": [67, 265]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272678-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 Stephen F. Austin Lumberjacks football team\nThe 2017 Stephen F. Austin football team represented Stephen F. Austin State University in the 2017 NCAA Division I FCS football season. The Lumberjacks were be by fourth-year head coach Clint Conque and played their home games at Homer Bryce Stadium. They played as a member of the Southland Conference. They finished the season 4\u20137, 4\u20135 in Southland play to finish in a tie for sixth place.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 48], "section_span": [48, 48], "content_span": [49, 441]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272679-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 Stetson Hatters football team\nThe 2017 Stetson Hatters football team represented Stetson University during the 2017 NCAA Division I FCS football season. They were led by fifth-year head coach Roger Hughes and played their home games at Spec Martin Stadium. They were members of the Pioneer Football League. They finished the season 2\u20139, 1\u20137 in PFL play to finish in tenth place.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [34, 34], "content_span": [35, 383]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272680-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 Stirling Council election\nElections to Stirling Council were held on 4 May 2017, the same day as the 31 other local authorities in Scotland. The election used the seven wards created under the Local Governance (Scotland) Act 2004, with 23 councillors being elected, an increase of 1 from 2012. Each ward elected either 3 or 4 members, using the STV electoral system. Following the Fifth Electoral Review by the Local Government Boundary Commission for Scotland, minor changes were made to several of the ward boundaries and one additional Councillor was added moving the total number of Councillors from twenty-two to twenty-three.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [30, 30], "content_span": [31, 636]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272680-0001-0000", "contents": "2017 Stirling Council election\nThe election saw the Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party increased their representation on the council by five and significantly increase their vote share. The SNP retained their nine seats (though lost the council seat they had won in a 2015 by-election) and the Scottish Green Party retained their one seat. The Scottish Labour Party saw their representation on the Council drop by four seats and the Scottish Liberal Democrats and all independent candidates failed to win any seats.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [30, 30], "content_span": [31, 521]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272680-0002-0000", "contents": "2017 Stirling Council election\nFollowing the 2012 election a coalition had been formed between the Labour Party and the Conservatives which replaced the previous SNP minority administration. In the aftermath of the 2017 election a new coalition was agreed between the SNP and Labour with Labour Councillor Christine Simpson becoming Provost of Stirling and the SNP's Graham Houston becoming depute convener of the council.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [30, 30], "content_span": [31, 422]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272680-0003-0000", "contents": "2017 Stirling Council election, 2017 Results\nNote: \"Votes\" are the first preference votes. The net gain/loss and percentage changes relate to the result of the previous Scottish local elections on 3 May 2007. This may differ from other published sources showing gain/loss relative to seats held at dissolution of Scotland's councils.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 44], "content_span": [45, 333]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272681-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 Stjarnan season\nStjarnan is an Icelandic sports club specialising in football located in Gar\u00f0ab\u00e6r.During the 2017 campaign they will be competing in the following competitions: \u00darvalsdeild, Icelandic Cup, Icelandic League Cup.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [20, 20], "content_span": [21, 231]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272681-0001-0000", "contents": "2017 Stjarnan season, Squad\nNote: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 27], "content_span": [28, 156]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272682-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 Stock Car Brasil Championship\nThe 2017 Stock Car Brasil Championship is the thirty-ninth season of the Stock Car Brasil. The season marks the exit of Peugeot. The manufacturer entered in the series in 2007 and won the championship five times, including the last two seasons.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [34, 34], "content_span": [35, 279]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272682-0001-0000", "contents": "2017 Stock Car Brasil Championship, Teams and drivers\nPeugeot retired as manufacturer for the 2017. Therefore, all teams compete with a Chevrolet Cruze Stock Car.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 53], "content_span": [54, 162]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272682-0002-0000", "contents": "2017 Stock Car Brasil Championship, Race calendar and results\nThe 2017 schedule was announced on 20 December 2016. On March 20, 2017, the calendar was revised with the return of Cascavel and the announcement that the first race would not be held with wildcard drivers. All races take place in Brazil except one round at Aut\u00f3dromo Juan y \u00d3scar G\u00e1lvez in Argentina next to the Super TC2000 Argentina in the 200\u00a0km stage of Buenos Aires. For the first time, the Corrida do Milh\u00e3o took place at Aut\u00f3dromo Internacional de Curitiba sponsored by Pirelli, the sponsor of the whole series.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 61], "content_span": [62, 581]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272682-0003-0000", "contents": "2017 Stock Car Brasil Championship, Championship standings\nPoints are awarded for each race at an event to the driver/s of a car that completed at least 75% of the race distance and was running at the completion of the race.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 58], "content_span": [59, 224]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272682-0004-0000", "contents": "2017 Stock Car Brasil Championship, Championship standings, Drivers' Championship\nBold\u00a0\u2013 Pole positionItalics\u00a0\u2013 Fastest lap\u2020\u00a0\u2013 Retired, but classified", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 81], "content_span": [82, 150]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272683-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 Stockholm Ladies Cup\nThe 2017 Stockholm Ladies Curling Cup was held from September 28 to 31 at the Danderyd Curling Arena in Stockholm, Sweden as part of the 2017\u201318 World Curling Tour. The event was held in a round robin format.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [25, 25], "content_span": [26, 234]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272684-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 Stockholm Open\nThe 2017 Stockholm Open (also known as the Intrum Stockholm Open for sponsorship purposes) was a professional men's tennis tournament played on indoor hard courts. It was the 49th edition of the tournament, and part of the ATP World Tour 250 series of the 2017 ATP World Tour. It took place at the Kungliga tennishallen in Stockholm, Sweden from 16 October until 22 October 2017. Fourth-seeded Juan Mart\u00edn del Potro won the singles title.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [19, 19], "content_span": [20, 459]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272684-0001-0000", "contents": "2017 Stockholm Open, Singles main draw entrants, Other entrants\nThe following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 63], "content_span": [64, 132]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272684-0002-0000", "contents": "2017 Stockholm Open, Doubles main draw entrants, Other entrants\nThe following pairs received wildcards into the doubles main draw:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 63], "content_span": [64, 130]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272685-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 Stockholm Open \u2013 Doubles\nElias and Mikael Ymer were the defending champions, but lost in the first round to Marc L\u00f3pez and Fernando Verdasco.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [29, 29], "content_span": [30, 146]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272685-0001-0000", "contents": "2017 Stockholm Open \u2013 Doubles\nOliver Marach and Mate Pavi\u0107 won the title, defeating Aisam-ul-Haq Qureshi and Jean-Julien Rojer in the final, 3\u22126, 7\u22126(8\u22126), [10\u22124].", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [29, 29], "content_span": [30, 163]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272686-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 Stockholm Open \u2013 Singles\nJuan Mart\u00edn del Potro was the defending champion and successfully defended his title, defeating Grigor Dimitrov in the final, 6\u20134, 6\u20132.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [29, 29], "content_span": [30, 165]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272686-0001-0000", "contents": "2017 Stockholm Open \u2013 Singles, Seeds\nThe top four seeds receive a bye into the second round.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 36], "content_span": [37, 92]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272687-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 Stockholm truck attack\nThe 2017 Stockholm truck attack was an Islamist terrorist attack which took place on 7 April of that year in central Stockholm, the capital of Sweden. A hijacked truck was deliberately driven into crowds along Drottninggatan (Queen Street) before being crashed into an \u00c5hl\u00e9ns department store. Five people were killed, including an eleven-year-old girl, and 14 others were seriously injured.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [27, 27], "content_span": [28, 419]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272687-0001-0000", "contents": "2017 Stockholm truck attack\nThe perpetrator was Rakhmat Akilov, a 39-year-old rejected asylum seeker and a citizen of Uzbekistan, who was apprehended several hours later. He had sworn allegiance to the Islamic State in a self-recorded video the day before the attack, and Uzbek authorities said he had allegedly joined the group. Akilov was convicted of murder and terrorist crimes, and sentenced to life in prison and, if released, deportation to Uzbekistan and lifetime expulsion from Sweden.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [27, 27], "content_span": [28, 494]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272687-0002-0000", "contents": "2017 Stockholm truck attack, Attack\nAkilov chose to attack during an afternoon as there were many tourists in the area. Akilov recorded a number of films in the Odenplan area where he is heard saying that it is time to kill \"infidels\" and that it grieved him how Muslims in the Levant and Afghanistan were dying. The attack took place at about 14:53 local time. It began when a truck for the Spendrups brewery was hijacked while making a delivery on the street Adolf Fredriks kyrkogata in central Stockholm. According to a Spendrups press release, the driver attempted to stop the hijacker by standing in front of the truck, but had to jump out of the way and was slightly injured when the hijacker accelerated towards him.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 35], "content_span": [36, 723]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272687-0003-0000", "contents": "2017 Stockholm truck attack, Attack\nThe hijacker then drove the truck at high speed into a pedestrian street, going about 500 metres (1,600\u00a0ft) down Drottninggatan, one of Stockholm's main shopping streets, hitting pedestrians along the way. Witnesses said the hijacker attempted to target children as he zigzagged on the street. The attack ended when the truck slammed into the \u00c5hl\u00e9ns City department store on the corner of Drottninggatan and M\u00e4ster Samuelsgatan. The truck caught fire, but the flames were quickly doused by firefighters. The hijacker jumped out and fled the scene.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 35], "content_span": [36, 583]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272687-0004-0000", "contents": "2017 Stockholm truck attack, Attack\nA homemade bomb was reportedly found in the truck after it was abandoned by the hijacker. Police sources said the device was found in a bag and had not been detonated, adding that the attacker had been burned by it. National Police Commissioner Dan Eliasson later said they had found a suspicious object in the driver's seat that \"could be a bomb or an incendiary device\", and was pending further investigation.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 35], "content_span": [36, 447]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272687-0005-0000", "contents": "2017 Stockholm truck attack, Aftermath, Immediate response\nThe Parliament House and the metro system were locked down in response to the attack, and Stockholm Central Station was evacuated. All trains to and from Stockholm were put on hold, with traffic only resuming later in the evening.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 58], "content_span": [59, 289]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272687-0006-0000", "contents": "2017 Stockholm truck attack, Aftermath, Immediate response\nThe Swedish Prime Minister said in a press statement that the attack appeared to be terrorism, and that police and security services were treating it as such. Two days after the attack, the prime minister said the following:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 58], "content_span": [59, 283]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272687-0007-0000", "contents": "2017 Stockholm truck attack, Aftermath, Immediate response\nI wish today to first address you who grieve someone you've lost or worry for someone who is injured. You should know that all of Sweden is with you. We know that our enemies are these awful murderers \u2013 not one-another.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 58], "content_span": [59, 278]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272687-0008-0000", "contents": "2017 Stockholm truck attack, Aftermath, Immediate response\nKing Carl XVI Gustaf, on behalf of the Royal Family, gave their condolences, stating, \"Our hearts go out to the victims of this terrible tragedy, and to their families.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 58], "content_span": [59, 228]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272687-0009-0000", "contents": "2017 Stockholm truck attack, Aftermath, Immediate response\nSwedish media reported on those who chose to help the injured, especially medical doctors working nearby who ran to help those in need. Police from all over Stockholm were called in to assist after the attack.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 58], "content_span": [59, 268]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272687-0010-0000", "contents": "2017 Stockholm truck attack, Aftermath, Immediate response\nSwedish border controls were tightened following the attack, and travelers from other countries, including Nordic countries, were advised by police to bring their passports. However, the Swedish Security Service (S\u00e4po) did not raise the risk assessment from \"level 3\" (on a scale of 1 to 5), the level it had been at since 2010.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 58], "content_span": [59, 387]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272687-0011-0000", "contents": "2017 Stockholm truck attack, Aftermath, Immediate response\nOn the day of the attack, Norwegian police said officers in the country's largest cities and at Oslo Airport would be armed. The day after the attack, a man was arrested and part of the Gr\u00f8nland district of Oslo closed off by police after a \"bomb-like\" device was found, which was later destroyed in a controlled explosion. The man, a 17-year-old Russian citizen, was charged on 9 April with illegal possession of an explosive device.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 58], "content_span": [59, 493]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272687-0011-0001", "contents": "2017 Stockholm truck attack, Aftermath, Immediate response\nThe man arrived with his family in Norway as an asylum seeker in 2010, and was known to the Norwegian Police Security Service (PST) for having expressed support for the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIS). With his background from the Caucasus, the 17-year-old has been linked to two other young Chechen men from the same martial arts club in the northern village Vads\u00f8 who traveled to fight for ISIS in Syria. The events led PST to raise the terror alert, indicating that attempted attacks during the coming year are \"likely\". Police patrols were also increased in Finland's capital Helsinki.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 58], "content_span": [59, 660]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272687-0012-0000", "contents": "2017 Stockholm truck attack, Aftermath, Reactions, Domestic\nOn 9 April, the Swedish Prime Minister said the government intended to change immigration law to facilitate the removal of people whose applications to stay in Sweden have been rejected.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 59], "content_span": [60, 246]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272687-0013-0000", "contents": "2017 Stockholm truck attack, Aftermath, Reactions, Domestic\nOn 9 April, more than forty thousand people gathered on Sergels torg (Sergel's Square) in Stockholm to honor the victims. Many people visited the site of the attack, leaving flowers and candles for the victims on Sergels Torg and on Drottninggatan, resulting in what was described as a \"sea of flowers\". Flowers were also left at G\u00f6taplatsen in Sweden's second-biggest city Gothenburg.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 59], "content_span": [60, 445]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272687-0014-0000", "contents": "2017 Stockholm truck attack, Aftermath, Reactions, Domestic\nAfter the attack, there were proposals in Aftonbladet\u2014one of Sweden's biggest newspapers\u2014that vehicles be banned from Stockholm city center so they cannot be used as weapons, citing the use of vehicles as terrorist weapons in Stockholm as well as Nice, Berlin, Jerusalem, and London.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 59], "content_span": [60, 343]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272687-0015-0000", "contents": "2017 Stockholm truck attack, Aftermath, Reactions, Domestic\nThe department store \u00c5hl\u00e9ns had planned to re-open two days after the attack, but received heavy criticism after saying they would be selling smoke-damaged clothing at reduced rates. \u00c5hl\u00e9ns later chose to stay closed for one more day and not to sell any damaged clothing.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 59], "content_span": [60, 331]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272687-0016-0000", "contents": "2017 Stockholm truck attack, Aftermath, Reactions, Domestic\nThe Swedish far-right was accused of trying to profit from the attack, producing fake news and circulating fake quotations online. This included tweets and social media posts from officials of the Sweden Democrats, a right-wing nationalist party. A man with a name similar to that of the main suspect was falsely implicated on the website Avpixlat.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 59], "content_span": [60, 408]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272687-0017-0000", "contents": "2017 Stockholm truck attack, Aftermath, Reactions, Domestic\nFollowing the attack, the social media website Facebook was criticized for not deleting images of badly wounded or dead victims. On 11 April, a Facebook spokesman said the website had begun deleting the images. Swedish authorities started cracking down on illegal immigrants in the country after the attack.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 59], "content_span": [60, 367]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272687-0018-0000", "contents": "2017 Stockholm truck attack, Aftermath, Reactions, Domestic\nIn April 2019, the municipality of Stockholm organised an event to place a wreath to commemorate the anniversary of the attack. Families of the victims were not invited and were banned from attending the event which the municipality said was \"private\".", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 59], "content_span": [60, 312]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272687-0019-0000", "contents": "2017 Stockholm truck attack, Aftermath, Reactions, International\nThe lights on the Eiffel Tower were switched off on the evening of the attack to mourn the deaths. Nice, a city which bore witness to a similar but deadlier attack in 2016, raised the Swedish flag at half-mast the day after the attack to show solidarity with the Swedish people. In Brussels, where a terrorist attack took place a year earlier, the ING Marnix building near the Throne metro station was also decorated with a moving Swedish flag animation.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 64], "content_span": [65, 519]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272687-0020-0000", "contents": "2017 Stockholm truck attack, Aftermath, Reactions, International\nResponses by the heads of state or foreign ministers of several European countries were issued within hours of the attack. However, discussion among US news media and officials was dominated by the American missile strike in Syria, which happened the same day.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 64], "content_span": [65, 325]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272687-0021-0000", "contents": "2017 Stockholm truck attack, Aftermath, Reactions, International\nSt\u00e9phane Dujarric, the Spokesperson for the Secretary-General of the United Nations, said, \"Our sympathy goes to the families of the victims and all those affected and we wish the injured a prompt recovery. The United Nations stands in solidarity with the people and Government of Sweden\". Pope Francis also said prayers for the victims of the attack.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 64], "content_span": [65, 416]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272687-0022-0000", "contents": "2017 Stockholm truck attack, Aftermath, Reactions, International\nDanish government minister Inger St\u00f8jberg expressed concerns that at least 12,000 illegal immigrants were still living in Sweden after having their asylum applications rejected. She said that if satisfactory answers could not be given by the Swedish government, Denmark would consider implementing border checks on the Danish side of the border. The only border checks done in April 2017 were on the Swedish side. The attack is described as \"driven by jihadist ideology\" by Europol.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 64], "content_span": [65, 547]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272687-0023-0000", "contents": "2017 Stockholm truck attack, Perpetrator\nSwedish police initially published pictures of a man wearing a hooded jacket, who they wanted to question over the attack. At 19:55 (17:55 UTC) on 7 April, Rakhmat Akilov, a 39-year-old construction worker from Uzbekistan, was apprehended in M\u00e4rsta, north of Stockholm, suspected, on probable cause, of \"terrorist crimes through murder\". The police said he had been found \"behaving suspiciously with minor injuries\" and was believed to have driven the truck. He was officially arrested at 01:15 on 8 April, and formally identified by the Swedish Prosecution Authority on 11 April.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 40], "content_span": [41, 621]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272687-0024-0000", "contents": "2017 Stockholm truck attack, Perpetrator\nThe Swedish Security Service (S\u00e4po) was heavily involved in the investigation. In 2016, S\u00e4po had received some information on the suspect, but were unable to confirm it when they followed up on it. They reportedly deemed him a \"marginal figure\" on the fringes of extremist groups.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 40], "content_span": [41, 321]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272687-0025-0000", "contents": "2017 Stockholm truck attack, Perpetrator\nAkilov came from a Russian speaking family from a village outside Samarkand, currently in Uzbekistan. His older brother Olim Akilov stated in an interview with Swedish newspaper Aftonbladet that they considered themselves a \"typical Soviet family\", and he mentions that they did not welcome the collapse of the USSR. According to the brother, neither Rakhmat Akilov nor his children were ever religious, and Rakhmat did not attend mosque in Russia or Uzbekistan or show signs of increased religiosity. Akilov moved to Russia in 2009 to work at the same cement factory outside Moscow as his older brother, which he did until 2013 when he lost this job.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 40], "content_span": [41, 692]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272687-0026-0000", "contents": "2017 Stockholm truck attack, Perpetrator\nAs stated by Akilov during police interrogation, in Tashkent he applied for a visa to Poland, after which travelled to Warsaw and then Gdansk, from where he took a ferry to Sweden.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 40], "content_span": [41, 221]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272687-0027-0000", "contents": "2017 Stockholm truck attack, Perpetrator\nAkilov arrived in Sweden on 10 October 2014. He claimed asylum at the Swedish Migration Agency. The agency registered his application under the given fake name although his true identity was known and despite that according to the Dublin Regulation his application should have been handled in Poland, as he already had a visa there. Akilov stated he needed refuge from \"the Uzbek security services which he claims tortured him and accused him of terrorism and treason\".", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 40], "content_span": [41, 510]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272687-0027-0001", "contents": "2017 Stockholm truck attack, Perpetrator\nHowever, Sweden's Migration Board ruled that there was no evidence of this, and in late 2016, Akilov was ordered to leave Sweden within four weeks. When he failed to do so voluntarily and did not appear at the Swedish Migration Agency when called, the case was referred to the police; however, he went into hiding and could not be found for deportation. Reportedly, he lived at various addresses in Stockholm suburbs and was known as a hard worker, and a \"normal Muslim\" who visited the mosque on Fridays but got drunk on weekends and used cannabis. Shortly before the attack, Akilov was fired from his construction job, due to using drugs and sleeping while at work on dangerous construction sites with asbestos.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 40], "content_span": [41, 754]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272687-0028-0000", "contents": "2017 Stockholm truck attack, Perpetrator\nOn 9 April, Swedish police said Akilov had \"expressed sympathy for extremist organizations, among them IS [Islamic State]\". On 14 April, Uzbek Foreign Minister Abdulaziz Kamilov said that Akilov had joined ISIL after moving to Sweden, and had encouraged friends and family in Uzbekistan to fight for ISIL. Uzbekistan had opened an investigation and charged Akilov with participation in extremist, separatist and fundamentalist groups, as well as with making and distributing material that threatened public security.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 40], "content_span": [41, 557]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272687-0028-0001", "contents": "2017 Stockholm truck attack, Perpetrator\nAn Uzbek security source said Akilov had tried to travel to Syria in 2015 to join ISIL but was stopped at the Turkey-Syria border and sent back to Sweden. The source added that, two months before the attack, Uzbek authorities had put Akilov on a wanted list for those suspected of religious extremism. The Foreign Minister said that intelligence on Akilov had been \"passed to one of our Western partners, so that the Swedish side could be informed\". The Swedish Ministry for Foreign Affairs said it had not received such information. ISIS has not claimed responsibility for the attack, but experts note that the group tends not to do so if its members are arrested, as in the Stockholm attack.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 40], "content_span": [41, 734]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272687-0029-0000", "contents": "2017 Stockholm truck attack, Perpetrator\nAkilov was registered at the same address as another person with links to financial crime. Initial suspicions of those involved sending money to ISIS could not be confirmed, though a number of people were convicted of false accounting and severe tax crimes. Early reports suggested Akilov had exchanged WhatsApp messages with a Chechen ISIL supporter just before and immediately after the attack. The authenticity of the chat was questioned, however. His former Facebook page reportedly linked to extremists and featured at least two ISIS propaganda videos.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 40], "content_span": [41, 598]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272687-0029-0001", "contents": "2017 Stockholm truck attack, Perpetrator\nIt has also been suggested that he had liked a Facebook page called \"Friends of Libya and Syria\", whose aim is to expose the \"terrorism of the imperialistic financial capitals\" of the United States, Britain, and Arab \"dictatorships\". During his time in prison, Akilov had made \"Hitler salutes\" and racially insulted personnel, leading to an investigation for racial agitation which was later dropped as the threats and insults were directed to specific individuals and not made public. Akilov has shown aggressive tendencies in prison, which requires him to be protected by four employees, including one armed.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 40], "content_span": [41, 651]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272687-0030-0000", "contents": "2017 Stockholm truck attack, Perpetrator\nAkilov has supported the Islamist organisation Hizb-ut-Tahrir on Facebook. According to the prosecutor, Akilov's motive for carrying out the attack was to make the Swedish government cease its military training effort in Iraq.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 40], "content_span": [41, 267]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272687-0031-0000", "contents": "2017 Stockholm truck attack, Perpetrator, Legal proceedings\nThe public prosecutor successfully requested Akilov be remanded in custody during the preliminary investigation on 10 April 2017, pending a decision on prosecution. Akilov requested a Sunni Muslim defense attorney, which was rejected by the Stockholm District Court. A pre-trial hearing was held at Stockholm District Court on 11 April, where his lawyer said he confessed to a terrorist crime and intended to plead guilty. A court-ordered psychological evaluation determined that Akilov did not suffer from any mental disorder at the time of the attack. Prosecutor Hans Ihrman indicted Akilov for terrorist crimes on 30 January 2018.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 59], "content_span": [60, 693]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272687-0032-0000", "contents": "2017 Stockholm truck attack, Perpetrator, Legal proceedings\nAkilov was found guilty of terrorist crimes by five murders, attempted terrorist crimes by 119 counts of attempted murder and 24 counts of endangering others on 7 June 2018. He was sentenced to life in prison, and will be legally allowed to request a time-set prison sentence in 2028. If released, he would be deported to Uzbekistan and banned from returning to Sweden. Akilov was imprisoned in Kumla Prison, a high security facility. In August 2018, he was assaulted by a fellow inmate who wanted vengeance for Akilov's terrorist attack.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 59], "content_span": [60, 598]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272687-0033-0000", "contents": "2017 Stockholm truck attack, Perpetrator, Further investigation\nSeveral other people were briefly detained by police in connection with the attack. Police said on 13 April that they had held about 700 interrogations and made approximately 300 seizures during the preliminary investigation. Five people were detained the day after the attack in two separate raids of a car and apartment linked to Akilov, all of whom were released from police custody within two days. The next day, a second suspect with links to Akilov was arrested on a lower level of suspicion of terrorist crimes through murder. The prosecutor revoked the arrest of the suspect two days later as the suspicions had weakened. Another person was arrested for an undisclosed offense on 23 April and two days later the arrest was revoked as the person was cleared of any involvement in the attack.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 63], "content_span": [64, 862]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272687-0034-0000", "contents": "2017 Stockholm truck attack, Casualties\nFive people died as a result of the attack. Four of the victims who were killed at the scene or died in hospital shortly thereafter were identified as British Spotify executive Chris Bevington, 41, a 31-year-old Belgian psychologist, a 69-year-old Swedish woman, and Ebba \u00c5kerlund, an 11-year-old Swedish girl. The last casualty, a 69-year-old Swedish politician, died in hospital three weeks after the attack. In a press release on the day of the attack, the Stockholm County Council said that 15 people were being treated in hospitals, nine for serious injuries.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 39], "content_span": [40, 604]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272687-0035-0000", "contents": "2017 Stockholm truck attack, Casualties\nEbba \u00c5kerlund was mentioned in the manifesto of the perpetrator of the Christchurch mosque shootings. \u00c5kerlund's parents denounced the shootings and the use of her death as a pretext to commit terrorist attacks.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 39], "content_span": [40, 251]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272688-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 Stockton ATP Challenger\nThe 2017 Stockton ATP Challenger was a professional tennis tournament played on hard courts. It was the second edition of the tournament which was part of the 2017 ATP Challenger Tour. It took place in Stockton, United States between 2 October and 8 October 2017.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [28, 28], "content_span": [29, 292]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272688-0001-0000", "contents": "2017 Stockton ATP Challenger, Singles main draw entrants, Other entrants\nThe following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 72], "content_span": [73, 141]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272688-0002-0000", "contents": "2017 Stockton ATP Challenger, Singles main draw entrants, Other entrants\nThe following players received entry into the singles main draw using protected rankings:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 72], "content_span": [73, 162]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272688-0003-0000", "contents": "2017 Stockton ATP Challenger, Singles main draw entrants, Other entrants\nThe following player received entry into the singles main draw as an alternate:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 72], "content_span": [73, 152]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272689-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 Stockton ATP Challenger \u2013 Doubles\nBrian Baker and Sam Groth were the defending champions but chose not to defend their title.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [38, 38], "content_span": [39, 130]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272689-0001-0000", "contents": "2017 Stockton ATP Challenger \u2013 Doubles\nBrydan Klein and Joe Salisbury won the title after defeating Denis Kudla and Mi\u0137elis L\u012bbietis 6\u20132, 6\u20134 in the final.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [38, 38], "content_span": [39, 155]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272690-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 Stockton ATP Challenger \u2013 Singles\nFrances Tiafoe was the defending champion but chose not to defend his title.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [38, 38], "content_span": [39, 115]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272690-0001-0000", "contents": "2017 Stockton ATP Challenger \u2013 Singles\nCameron Norrie won the title after defeating Darian King 6\u20131, 6\u20133 in the final.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [38, 38], "content_span": [39, 118]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272691-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 Stockton Challenger\nThe 2017 Stockton Challenger was a professional tennis tournament played on outdoor hard courts. It was the third edition of the tournament and was part of the 2017 ITF Women's Circuit. It took place in Stockton, United States, on 17\u201323 July 2017.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [24, 24], "content_span": [25, 272]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272691-0001-0000", "contents": "2017 Stockton Challenger, Singles main draw entrants, Other entrants\nThe following players received a wildcard into the singles main draw:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 68], "content_span": [69, 138]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272692-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 Stockton Challenger \u2013 Doubles\nKrist\u00fdna Pl\u00ed\u0161kov\u00e1 and Alison Van Uytvanck were the defending champions, but both players chose not to participate.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [34, 34], "content_span": [35, 149]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272692-0001-0000", "contents": "2017 Stockton Challenger \u2013 Doubles\nUsue Maitane Arconada and Sofia Kenin won the title, defeating Tammi Patterson and Chanel Simmonds in the final, 4\u20136, 6\u20131, [10\u20135].", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [34, 34], "content_span": [35, 165]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272693-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 Stockton Challenger \u2013 Singles\nThe Women\u2019s Singles tournament of the 2017 Stockton Challenger tennis championship took place in Stockton, USA, between 17 July and 23 July 2017. 32 players from 10 countries took part in the 5-round tournament. The final winner was Sofia Kenin of the USA, who defeated Ashley Kratzer of the USA. The defending champion from 2016, Alison Van Uytvanck of Belgium, did not compete.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [34, 34], "content_span": [35, 414]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272694-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 Stoke-on-Trent Central by-election\nThere was a by-election in the constituency of Stoke-on-Trent Central on 23 February 2017 following the resignation of Labour's Tristram Hunt, who became director of the Victoria and Albert Museum in London. It took place alongside a by-election in Copeland.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [39, 39], "content_span": [40, 298]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272694-0001-0000", "contents": "2017 Stoke-on-Trent Central by-election\nLabour chose Gareth Snell, a member of Newcastle-under-Lyme Borough Council, to defend their seat. Paul Nuttall, elected leader of the UK Independence Party in November 2016, was his party's candidate. UKIP were expected to do well after coming second in 2015, and the very high level of support for Brexit in Stoke in the June 2016 referendum.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [39, 39], "content_span": [40, 384]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272694-0002-0000", "contents": "2017 Stoke-on-Trent Central by-election\nNuttall became embroiled in controversy when his account of being present at the 1989 Hillsborough disaster was disputed by those who knew him at the time. Snell was also criticised for historical Twitter posts he had made about women on television, Brexit and Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn. An independent candidate, Barbara Fielding-Morriss, was arrested during the election campaign for inciting racial hatred and imprisoned for the offence in 2018.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [39, 39], "content_span": [40, 490]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272694-0003-0000", "contents": "2017 Stoke-on-Trent Central by-election\nSnell retained the seat for Labour with 37% of the vote, a slight decrease compared to 2015. The turnout of 38.2% was the lowest in the history of the constituency, which usually has a low turnout anyway.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [39, 39], "content_span": [40, 244]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272694-0004-0000", "contents": "2017 Stoke-on-Trent Central by-election, Background\nThe seat had been held by Labour since its creation for the 1950 general election, and by Tristram Hunt since 2010. The Liberal Democrats were second at the 2005 and 2010 elections, but the UK Independence Party (UKIP) came second in 2015. The constituency is set to be reshaped and renamed under the initial proposals of the Sixth Periodic Review of Westminster constituencies.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 51], "content_span": [52, 430]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272694-0005-0000", "contents": "2017 Stoke-on-Trent Central by-election, Background\nThe seat had a turnout of 49.9% in the 2015 general election, the lowest turnout in the country. The electorate is majority working class, with higher than average levels of unemployment. The constituency is entirely urban.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 51], "content_span": [52, 275]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272694-0006-0000", "contents": "2017 Stoke-on-Trent Central by-election, Background\nIn the 2016 EU Referendum, Stoke-on-Trent (the whole council area) voted heavily to Leave the European Union: at 69.4%, this was the highest percentage in the West Midlands region. As the constituency is not coterminous with any local authority, the exact result for the parliamentary seat is unknown. However Chris Hanretty, a Reader in Politics at the University of East Anglia, estimated using a demographic model that in Stoke Central, 65.0% of voters voted 'Leave'.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 51], "content_span": [52, 522]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272694-0007-0000", "contents": "2017 Stoke-on-Trent Central by-election, Background\nAccording to figures released by Stoke-on-Trent City Council, over 2,500 new applications to vote had been received before the deadline for voter registration. This followed campaigns by the council and the Staffordshire University Students' Union to increase registration. The total number of eligible electors was 57,701, an increase of 4.3% on the figure when the election was called.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 51], "content_span": [52, 439]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272694-0008-0000", "contents": "2017 Stoke-on-Trent Central by-election, Candidates and parties, Labour\nOn 16 January 2017, Jeremy Corbyn appointed Jack Dromey MP to run Labour's by-election campaign. The Labour shortlist for Stoke-on-Trent Central was confirmed as Councillor Alison Gardner, Dr Stephen Hitchin, Trudie McGuinness, and Councillor Gareth Snell. Hitchin withdrew from the contest prior to the hustings. Snell was selected as the Labour candidate on 25 January 2017. Snell is a member and former leader of Newcastle-under-Lyme Borough Council, and supported 'Remain' in the EU referendum. He did not support the re-election of Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn during the 2016 leadership election.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 71], "content_span": [72, 673]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272694-0009-0000", "contents": "2017 Stoke-on-Trent Central by-election, Candidates and parties, Labour\nSnell's platform included policies of securing a deal for the city's ceramics industry from Brexit, attracting better-paid jobs to Stoke, and increasing the amount of affordable housing.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 71], "content_span": [72, 258]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272694-0010-0000", "contents": "2017 Stoke-on-Trent Central by-election, Candidates and parties, UKIP\nOn 21 January, UKIP leader Paul Nuttall MEP was confirmed as the party's candidate. He had previously stood unsuccessfully for parliament four times.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 69], "content_span": [70, 219]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272694-0011-0000", "contents": "2017 Stoke-on-Trent Central by-election, Candidates and parties, Conservatives\nOn 25 January the Conservatives selected Jack Brereton, councillor for the ward of Baddeley Green, Milton & Norton, as their candidate. Brereton is a member of the Stoke-on-Trent City Council cabinet and is a school governor.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 78], "content_span": [79, 304]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272694-0012-0000", "contents": "2017 Stoke-on-Trent Central by-election, Candidates and parties, Conservatives\nTwo days before Brereton's selection, an article in The Huffington Post quoted unnamed Conservative Party sources saying that the by-election in Stoke would be given lower priority than the Copeland by-election on the same day, which the party thought they had a better chance of winning. Former Conservative minister Esther McVey had previously suggested that UKIP was significantly better placed to win the Stoke by-election than the Conservatives.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 78], "content_span": [79, 529]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272694-0013-0000", "contents": "2017 Stoke-on-Trent Central by-election, Candidates and parties, Conservatives\nBrereton's platform included securing local investment for Stoke, a crackdown on street drinking and anti-social behaviour, and placing controls on the number of EU migrants. He would become the MP for the neighbouring constituency of Stoke-on-Trent South at the general election held four months later.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 78], "content_span": [79, 382]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272694-0014-0000", "contents": "2017 Stoke-on-Trent Central by-election, Candidates and parties, Liberal Democrats\nDr Zulfiqar Ali, a National Health Service consultant who lives in Stoke, was the Liberal Democrat candidate. He contested the seat in 2015 and Stoke-on-Trent South in 2010.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 82], "content_span": [83, 256]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272694-0015-0000", "contents": "2017 Stoke-on-Trent Central by-election, Candidates and parties, Others\nOn 31 January it was announced that Adam Colclough, who had stood in two council elections, would be standing for the Green Party.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 71], "content_span": [72, 202]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272694-0016-0000", "contents": "2017 Stoke-on-Trent Central by-election, Candidates and parties, Others\nIndependent candidate Barbara Fielding-Morriss (standing under the name Barbara Fielding) is the registered leader of the party \"Abolish Magna Carta, Reinstate Monarchy\" and is recorded as a vexatious litigant. She is a self-declared white supremacist and anti-Semite.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 71], "content_span": [72, 340]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272694-0017-0000", "contents": "2017 Stoke-on-Trent Central by-election, Candidates and parties, Others\nThe Incredible Flying Brick stood as a candidate for the Official Monster Raving Loony Party. His policies included abolishing gravity and powering trains on gravy.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 71], "content_span": [72, 236]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272694-0018-0000", "contents": "2017 Stoke-on-Trent Central by-election, Candidates and parties, Others\nBritish National Party candidate David Furness stood for the party in the London Mayoral election in 2016, finishing tenth with 13,325 votes (0.5%). He had also contested two parliamentary by-elections: Feltham and Heston in 2011 and Batley and Spen in 2016, polling 540 (2.3%) and 548 votes (2.7%) respectively.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 71], "content_span": [72, 384]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272694-0019-0000", "contents": "2017 Stoke-on-Trent Central by-election, Candidates and parties, Others\nThe Christian Peoples Alliance chose Godfrey Davies, a retired Merchant Navy deck officer from Congleton, Cheshire. Davies, whose party is pro-Brexit, planned to revive Stoke's ceramics industry, and stood for conservative positions on marriage and abortion.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 71], "content_span": [72, 330]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272694-0020-0000", "contents": "2017 Stoke-on-Trent Central by-election, Candidates and parties, Others\nMohammed Akram ran as an independent, against the privatisation of the NHS, in favour of new council housing and a Brexit deal protecting migrants.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 71], "content_span": [72, 219]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272694-0021-0000", "contents": "2017 Stoke-on-Trent Central by-election, Campaign\nEarly in the campaign, Labour candidate Gareth Snell attacked both UKIP and the Conservatives for their stance on NHS funding, while the Conservative, Brereton, raised Snell's opposition to Brexit in his acceptance speech as Conservative candidate.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 49], "content_span": [50, 298]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272694-0022-0000", "contents": "2017 Stoke-on-Trent Central by-election, Campaign\nOn 3 February, it was reported by The Guardian that the Labour Party was exploring an agreement with the Liberal Democrats and the Green Party which would involve these parties deprioritising their respective campaigns in this by-election in order to assist Labour in defeating UKIP. The report also suggested that Liberal Democrat and Green candidates could withdraw, although under electoral law the deadline for formal withdrawals has passed and the candidates would remain on the ballot. On 4 February, a Labour spokesman denied this report when asked by The Independent.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 49], "content_span": [50, 625]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272694-0023-0000", "contents": "2017 Stoke-on-Trent Central by-election, Campaign\nAll candidates, bar Nuttall, Fielding and Akram, took part in personal interviews for ITV News. Staffordshire University hosted a debate on 14 February, attended by all candidates bar Fielding and Akram, and attended by around 200 members of the public. The university's Professor of Journalism and Politics, Mick Temple, called it \"one of the most important political elections in British political history\". The NHS was a key topic of debate: Nuttall called for investment in healthcare instead of \"vanity projects\" like High Speed 2, Snell spoke of \"stability\" for EU-national NHS workers after Brexit, and Furness said that \"third world\" doctors and nurses were more needed in their countries of origin.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 49], "content_span": [50, 757]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272694-0024-0000", "contents": "2017 Stoke-on-Trent Central by-election, Campaign\nA major storm, named Doris, hit the constituency on polling day, which some commentators suggested would suppress turnout.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 49], "content_span": [50, 172]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272694-0025-0000", "contents": "2017 Stoke-on-Trent Central by-election, Controversies, Paul Nuttall\nOn 1 February, it was reported that nomination papers submitted by UKIP candidate Paul Nuttall declared he was living in a house in Stoke that he had not moved into at the time they were filed, potentially an offence under the Representation of the People Act 1983. A spokesman for the UKIP campaign stated that the house had been rented by the party prior to the close of nominations and that Nuttall would be moving in that day. On 11 February, Nuttall moved out of the house following attempted break-ins and hate mail, and moved to another property in the Stoke Central constituency.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 68], "content_span": [69, 656]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272694-0026-0000", "contents": "2017 Stoke-on-Trent Central by-election, Controversies, Paul Nuttall\nOn 11 February, Nuttall was accused of lying about his claims to have been present at the Hillsborough disaster when he was 12. A former teacher at his school denied he was among pupils present.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 68], "content_span": [69, 263]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272694-0027-0000", "contents": "2017 Stoke-on-Trent Central by-election, Controversies, Paul Nuttall\nThe Hillsborough Families Support Group said they were surprised Nuttall had never offered to support their campaigns, while people who had known Nuttall at the time of the disaster and candidates he had previously stood against said they had no recollection of him mentioning it. UKIP released statements from Nuttall's father and a long-time friend who now works for the party stating that he had been at Hillsborough.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 68], "content_span": [69, 489]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272694-0027-0001", "contents": "2017 Stoke-on-Trent Central by-election, Controversies, Paul Nuttall\nNuttall himself said that those who suggested he was not at the ground were the \"scum of the earth\" but declined to confirm whether he had given a statement to the police (as everyone at the ground on the day of the disaster has been asked to). A UKIP statement said that the claims were \"a new low for the Labour party and its associates\".", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 68], "content_span": [69, 409]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272694-0028-0000", "contents": "2017 Stoke-on-Trent Central by-election, Controversies, Paul Nuttall\nNuttall was later challenged on a radio show about past UKIP press releases that he had lost \"close personal friends\" in the disaster: he admitted this was not true, saying \"someone he knew\" had died, and said that the press releases had not \"come from him\". A UKIP press officer subsequently took responsibility and offered to resign, but the resignation was not accepted by Nuttall. Two UKIP branch chairs resigned in response to Nuttall's actions and comments by UKIP donor Arron Banks on the subject. On 20 February, Nuttall gave a witness statement to police officers from Operation Resolve, who are investigating the causes of the Hillsborough disaster and whether there is any criminal culpability on the part of individuals or organisations.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 68], "content_span": [69, 818]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272694-0029-0000", "contents": "2017 Stoke-on-Trent Central by-election, Controversies, Other\nSnell was criticised for historical Twitter posts that he made about the appearance and moral character of several women on television, and apologised publicly. Among his other tweets were one where he called Brexit a \"massive pile of shit\", and Labour leader Corbyn an \"IRA supporting friend of Hamas career politician\". He responded by saying that despite his opposition to Brexit, he would not aim to overturn it and would look for the best deal for Stoke, and said that his comments on Corbyn were \"to demonstrate the absurdity of the hyperbole\".", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 61], "content_span": [62, 612]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272694-0030-0000", "contents": "2017 Stoke-on-Trent Central by-election, Controversies, Other\nUKIP Immigration spokesman John Bickley retweeted an Islamophobic cartoon saying \"If you want a jihadi for a neighbour, vote Labour\", a variation on an anti-black slogan from the notorious election campaign in Smethwick in 1964. He apologised for the racist origin of the phrase but not for the anti-Muslim content that he had shared.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 61], "content_span": [62, 396]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272694-0031-0000", "contents": "2017 Stoke-on-Trent Central by-election, Controversies, Other\nIndependent Barbara Fielding was arrested under Section 19 of the Public Order Act 1986, i.e. an offence to publish or distribute written material which may stir up racial hatred, because of material published on her website. Her posts had included praise for Adolf Hitler, and compared asylum seekers to termites. In June 2018, she was found guilty on three charges and not guilty of the fourth. On 3 October 2018 she was sentenced to twelve months imprisonment.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 61], "content_span": [62, 525]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272694-0032-0000", "contents": "2017 Stoke-on-Trent Central by-election, Controversies, Other\nOn 16 February, it was revealed that Muslim residents had received text messages urging them to vote tactically and suggesting they will have to \"answer for this in the Grave and on the Final day\" for voting for a party other than Labour. The Liberal Democrats, whose candidate is Muslim, condemned the move, and called on Labour to apologise. The Lib Dems later reported the incident to Staffordshire Police, as the incident may breach laws on undue spiritual influence.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 61], "content_span": [62, 533]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272694-0033-0000", "contents": "2017 Stoke-on-Trent Central by-election, Controversies, Other\nAutomated Twitter accounts, which usually posted pro-Russia propaganda, posted anti-UKIP and pro-Labour messages in the run-up to the by-election. A UKIP spokesman said that he was not concerned by the posts, nor did he believe they had been directed by President Vladimir Putin.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 61], "content_span": [62, 341]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272694-0034-0000", "contents": "2017 Stoke-on-Trent Central by-election, Reaction\nThe turnout of 38.2% was the lowest in the constituency's history, which has been one of markedly low turnouts.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 49], "content_span": [50, 161]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272694-0035-0000", "contents": "2017 Stoke-on-Trent Central by-election, Reaction\nAfter he was announced as the victor, Snell said that the people of Stoke had chosen the \"politics of hope\" over the \"politics of fear\". Labour MP Jack Dromey said that the party had to retain \"humility\" while it remained in opposition.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 49], "content_span": [50, 286]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272694-0036-0000", "contents": "2017 Stoke-on-Trent Central by-election, Reaction\nThe result was widely described in the media as poor for UKIP, as they did not capitalise on their second place in 2015, Labour's poor standing in opinion polls, and the high support in the constituency for Brexit.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 49], "content_span": [50, 264]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272694-0037-0000", "contents": "2017 Stoke-on-Trent Central by-election, Reaction\nUKIP's campaign was criticised by former leader Nigel Farage, who said that Nuttall should have courted Conservative voters with rhetoric about immigration rather than look to gain votes from Labour. Major donor Arron Banks was critical of Nuttall for not expelling former Conservatives Douglas Carswell and Suzanne Evans from UKIP, saying that the failure at Stoke had proven that the party was not gaining votes from Conservatives; he threatened to withdraw funding unless he was made chairman to expel them himself. Carswell and Banks both left the party at the end of March.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 49], "content_span": [50, 628]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272694-0038-0000", "contents": "2017 Stoke-on-Trent Central by-election, Reaction\nIn April 2020, Novara Media's Aaron Bastani claimed that members of Labour's senior management team (SMT), including the former general secretary Iain McNicol, actively attempted to get Labour to lose this by-election in the hope that such a defeat would remove Corbyn as leader.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 49], "content_span": [50, 329]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272695-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 Stony Brook Seawolves football team\nThe 2017 Stony Brook Seawolves football team represented Stony Brook University in the 2017 NCAA Division I FCS football season. The Seawolves competed as fifth-year members of the Colonial Athletic Association with Chuck Priore as the head coach for his twelfth season. They played their home games at Kenneth P. LaValle Stadium in Stony Brook, New York. They finished the season 10\u20133, 7\u20131 in CAA play to finish in second place. They received an at-large bid to the FCS Playoffs where they defeated Lehigh in the first round before losing to James Madison in the second round.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [40, 40], "content_span": [41, 618]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272696-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 Strade Bianche\nThe 2017 Strade Bianche was a road cycling one-day race that took place on 4 March. It was the eleventh edition of the Strade Bianche and was the fifth event of the 2017 UCI World Tour. It was the first time that the race was included in the UCI World Tour calendar.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [19, 19], "content_span": [20, 286]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272696-0001-0000", "contents": "2017 Strade Bianche\nPoland's Micha\u0142 Kwiatkowski (Team Sky) became the second rider, after Fabian Cancellara, to win multiple editions of the race, after attacking from a group of four race favourites with around 15 kilometres (9.3 miles) remaining and was able to solo away to the race victory. Second place was taken by Greg Van Avermaet for the BMC Racing Team fifteen seconds in arrears, while a further two seconds back in third place, Lotto\u2013Soudal's Tim Wellens completed the podium.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [19, 19], "content_span": [20, 488]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272696-0002-0000", "contents": "2017 Strade Bianche, Teams\nAs a new event to the UCI World Tour, all UCI WorldTeams were invited to the race, but not obligated to compete in the race. However, all eighteen UCI WorldTeams elected to compete in the race, the first such occurrence in relation to the new-for-2017 races. Three UCI Professional Continental teams competed, completing the 21-team peloton.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 26], "content_span": [27, 368]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272696-0003-0000", "contents": "2017 Strade Bianche, Route\nThe race started and finished in the UNESCO World Heritage Site of Siena, for the second successive year, prior to which the race started in San Gimignano. The distance was 175 kilometres (109 miles), run entirely within the southern Tuscan province of Siena. The Strade Bianche is particularly renowned for its sectors of strade bianche (English: white roads) or sterrati (English: dirt), which comprise large sections of the route.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 26], "content_span": [27, 460]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272696-0004-0000", "contents": "2017 Strade Bianche, Route\nThe course ran over the hilly terrain of the Chianti region and included eleven sectors and a total of 61.9 kilometres (38.5 miles) \u2013 up from nine sectors and a total of 52.8 kilometres (32.8 miles) in 2016 \u2013 of dirt road. The two returning sectors come within the first 30 kilometres (19 miles), at Bagnaia and Radi. The first sector was addressed just 11.4 kilometres (7.1 miles) after the start; the longest and most arduous sectors were the ones in Lucignano d'Asso, 11.9 kilometres (7.4 miles) in length, and the 11.5 kilometres (7.1 miles)-long Monte Sante Marie.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 26], "content_span": [27, 596]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272696-0005-0000", "contents": "2017 Strade Bianche, Route\nThe latter section was renamed in honour of Fabian Cancellara, following his third win in the race in 2016. The last stretch of gravel road came 13.3 kilometres (8.3 miles) from the finish in Siena. The race finished on Siena's illustrious Piazza del Campo, after a narrow ascent on the roughly-paved Via Santa Caterina in the heart of the medieval city, with steep stretches of up to 16% in gradient.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 26], "content_span": [27, 428]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272697-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 Strade Bianche Women\nThe third edition of the women's Strade Bianche was held on 4 March 2017, in Tuscany, Italy. Elisa Longo Borghini won the race, in bad weather, ahead of Katarzyna Niewiadoma and the previous year's champion, Lizzie Deignan.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [25, 25], "content_span": [26, 249]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272697-0001-0000", "contents": "2017 Strade Bianche Women\nThe women's Strade Bianche served as the first event of the second UCI Women's World Tour, the highest level of professional women's cycling. The race is organized on the same day as the men's event, at a shorter distance, but on much of the same roads.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [25, 25], "content_span": [26, 279]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272698-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 Str\u00f8msgodset Toppfotball season\nThe 2017 season is Str\u00f8msgodset's eleventh season back in Eliteserien since their promotion in the 2006 season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [36, 36], "content_span": [37, 148]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272698-0001-0000", "contents": "2017 Str\u00f8msgodset Toppfotball season, Squad\nNote: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 43], "content_span": [44, 172]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272698-0002-0000", "contents": "2017 Str\u00f8msgodset Toppfotball season, Squad, Out on loan\nNote: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 56], "content_span": [57, 185]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272698-0003-0000", "contents": "2017 Str\u00f8msgodset Toppfotball season, Transfers, Winter\nIn:Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 55], "content_span": [56, 187]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272698-0004-0000", "contents": "2017 Str\u00f8msgodset Toppfotball season, Transfers, Winter\nOut:Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 55], "content_span": [56, 188]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272698-0005-0000", "contents": "2017 Str\u00f8msgodset Toppfotball season, Transfers, Summer\nIn:Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 55], "content_span": [56, 187]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272698-0006-0000", "contents": "2017 Str\u00f8msgodset Toppfotball season, Transfers, Summer\nOut:Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 55], "content_span": [56, 188]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272699-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 Stu Sells Toronto Tankard\nThe 2017 StuSells Toronto Tankard was held from October 11 to 14 at the High Park Club in Toronto, Ontario. The event was held as part of the 2017\u201318 World Curling Tour.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [30, 30], "content_span": [31, 200]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272700-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 Sturgeon River\u2014Parkland federal by-election\nA by-election was held in the federal riding of Sturgeon River\u2014Parkland in Alberta on 23 October 2017 following the resignation of Conservative MP Rona Ambrose. The seat was held for the Conservatives by Dane Lloyd.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 48], "section_span": [48, 48], "content_span": [49, 264]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272700-0001-0000", "contents": "2017 Sturgeon River\u2014Parkland federal by-election\nThe by-election was held on the same day as another Tory held seat in Lac-Saint-Jean in Quebec. This seat however was lost to the Liberals.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 48], "section_span": [48, 48], "content_span": [49, 188]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272700-0002-0000", "contents": "2017 Sturgeon River\u2014Parkland federal by-election, Background, Constituency\nSturgeon River\u2014Parkland is a rural riding in Central Alberta; to the north and west of the city of Edmonton. The constituency covers a number of prairie towns and Indian reserves.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 48], "section_span": [50, 74], "content_span": [75, 254]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272700-0003-0000", "contents": "2017 Sturgeon River\u2014Parkland federal by-election, Background, Representation\nSturgeon River\u2014Parkland is considered a safe seat for the Tories. It was newly created for the 2015 general election, and was the seat of Rona Ambrose when she was Leader of the Opposition as Leader of the Conservative Party of Canada.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 48], "section_span": [50, 76], "content_span": [77, 312]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272700-0004-0000", "contents": "2017 Sturgeon River\u2014Parkland federal by-election, Campaign\nThe riding of was vacated on July 4, 2017, due to the resignation of Rona Ambrose whose term as interim Conservative Party of Canada leader ended with the election of her successor on May 27, 2017. Ambrose announced her decision to resign to the Conservative Party caucus on May 12, 2017, and her decision was made public on May 15. The suburban Edmonton riding was created for the 2015 federal election and has had Ambrose as its sole MP.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 48], "section_span": [50, 58], "content_span": [59, 498]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272700-0004-0001", "contents": "2017 Sturgeon River\u2014Parkland federal by-election, Campaign\nIt was created predominantly out of the former electoral district of Edmonton\u2014Spruce Grove \u2013 for which Ambrose was the MP since its inception at the 2004 federal election \u2013 as well as Westlock\u2014St. Paul which was held only by Conservatives from its creation in 2004 until it was abolished in 2015, as well as a small portion from the Yellowhead constituency which has been Conservative since 2003, and was previously held successively by the Progressive Conservatives, Reform Party and Canadian Alliance.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 48], "section_span": [50, 58], "content_span": [59, 562]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272700-0005-0000", "contents": "2017 Sturgeon River\u2014Parkland federal by-election, Campaign\nFormer parliamentary staffer Dane Lloyd defeated businessman and former 2017 Conservative leadership contestant Rick Peterson, Ambrose constituency staffer Luke Inberg and former Prime Minister's Office staffer Jamie Mozeson for the Conservative nomination. A rumoured candidate for the Conservative nomination was Garry Keller, who served as Ambrose's chief of staff. On August 25, Keller declared he would not run for the nomination. The nomination to choose a Conservative candidate was held over two days, September 23 and 24.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 48], "section_span": [50, 58], "content_span": [59, 589]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272700-0006-0000", "contents": "2017 Sturgeon River\u2014Parkland federal by-election, Campaign\nUniversity of Alberta professor Brian Gold was acclaimed the Liberal Party candidate. Gold previously ran for the party in 2015 in Edmonton Griesbach.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 48], "section_span": [50, 58], "content_span": [59, 209]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272700-0007-0000", "contents": "2017 Sturgeon River\u2014Parkland federal by-election, Campaign\nMedical laboratory technologist Shawna Gawreluck was selected as the NDP candidate.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 48], "section_span": [50, 58], "content_span": [59, 142]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272700-0008-0000", "contents": "2017 Sturgeon River\u2014Parkland federal by-election, Campaign\nEducator Ernest Chauvet defeated businessman Kevin Schulthies for the Christian Heritage Party nomination on September 14.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 48], "section_span": [50, 58], "content_span": [59, 181]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272700-0009-0000", "contents": "2017 Sturgeon River\u2014Parkland federal by-election, Campaign\nThe warrant issued by the Speaker regarding the vacancy was received by the Chief Electoral Officer on July 4, 2017; under the Parliament of Canada Act the writ for a by-election had to be dropped no sooner than August 21, 2017, and no later than December 31, 2017 (11 and 180 days, respectively, from the warrant receipt date). On September 17, 2017, the writ was dropped for a by-election held on October 23, 2017.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 48], "section_span": [50, 58], "content_span": [59, 475]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272701-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 Sudam\u00e9rica Rugby Sevens\nThe 2017 Sudam\u00e9rica Rugby Sevens was the eleventh edition of the Sudam\u00e9rica Rugby Sevens, the continental championship for rugby sevens in South America. One team qualified for the tournament through the SAR North Sevens.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [28, 28], "content_span": [29, 250]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272701-0001-0000", "contents": "2017 Sudam\u00e9rica Rugby Sevens\nChile and Uruguay \u2014 as the top two finishing teams that are not already core teams on the Sevens World Series \u2014 qualified to the 2017 Hong Kong Sevens for a chance to earn core team status. Chile \u2014 as the top finishing non core team \u2014 qualified for the 2017 USA Sevens.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [28, 28], "content_span": [29, 298]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272701-0002-0000", "contents": "2017 Sudam\u00e9rica Rugby Sevens, Qualifying\nLower-ranked teams qualified through the Sudam\u00e9rica Rugby North Sevens tournament, held in Guarne-Antioquia, Colombia from 8\u20139 July 2016", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 40], "content_span": [41, 177]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272701-0003-0000", "contents": "2017 Sudam\u00e9rica Rugby Sevens, Main Tournament\nThe main South America Sevens series will take place over two legs, one in Punta del Este, Uruguay, and one in Vi\u00f1a del Mar, Chile.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 45], "content_span": [46, 177]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272701-0004-0000", "contents": "2017 Sudam\u00e9rica Rugby Sevens, Main Tournament\nUnlike the other continental sevens championships, the South American Sevens invites countries from outside South America to participate. Fiji, United States, and Canada sent developmental teams.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 45], "content_span": [46, 241]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272701-0005-0000", "contents": "2017 Sudam\u00e9rica Rugby Sevens, Main Tournament, Punta del Este Sevens\nThe Punta del Este Sevens was held at Campus de Maldonado, 6\u20137 January 2017", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 68], "content_span": [69, 144]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272702-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 Sudan Premier League\nThe 2017 Sudan Premier League is the 46th season of top-tier football in Sudan. The season began on 24 January 2017.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [25, 25], "content_span": [26, 142]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272703-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 Sudirman Cup\nThe 2017 Sudirman Cup (officially known as the 2017 Total BWF Sudirman Cup for sponsorship reasons) was the 15th edition of the Sudirman Cup, the biennial international badminton championship contested by the mixed national teams of the member associations of Badminton World Federation (BWF), since its inception in 1989. The tournament was hosted by Gold Coast, Australia, between 21 and 28 May 2017. It will be the first time this event is hosted outside Asia and Europe since its establishment in 1989.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 17], "section_span": [17, 17], "content_span": [18, 525]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272703-0001-0000", "contents": "2017 Sudirman Cup\nThe matches was played at Carrara Sports and Leisure Centre. It was the first time that Australia had hosted the tournament and the first time this event is hosted outside Asia and Europe since its establishment in 1989.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 17], "section_span": [17, 17], "content_span": [18, 238]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272703-0002-0000", "contents": "2017 Sudirman Cup\nChina was the defending champion. Korea defeated China 3\u20132 to win the tournament, which became the first Sudirman Cup title for Korea after 2003.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 17], "section_span": [17, 17], "content_span": [18, 163]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272703-0003-0000", "contents": "2017 Sudirman Cup, Host city selection\nGlasgow and Gold Coast submitted bids to host 2017 Sudirman Cup. Gold Coast was announced as the host for 2017 Sudirman Cup, while Glasgow later awarded the 2017 BWF World Championships.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 17], "section_span": [19, 38], "content_span": [39, 225]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272703-0004-0000", "contents": "2017 Sudirman Cup, Seedings\nThe seedings for 32 teams competing in the tournament were released on 2 March 2017. It was based on aggregated points from the best players in the world ranking. The tournament was divided into four groups, with twelve teams in the elite group competing for the title. Eight teams were seeded into second and third groups and four remaining teams were seeded into fourth group.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 17], "section_span": [19, 27], "content_span": [28, 406]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272703-0005-0000", "contents": "2017 Sudirman Cup, Seedings\nOn the day of the draw, it was announced that the original list of 32 teams was pared down to 28, with four teams \u2013 Mexico, Netherlands, Spain and Sweden were withdrawing from the tournament. The 28 participating teams were divided into four groups, with Group 1 consisting of the 12 teams that will compete for the title. Group 2 and Group 3 (eight teams each) will fight for overall placings. The draw was held on 17 March 2017. England withdrew from the Sudirman Cup on 4 April 2017.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 17], "section_span": [19, 27], "content_span": [28, 514]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272703-0006-0000", "contents": "2017 Sudirman Cup, Knockout stage, Final draw\nThe draw for the quarterfinals will be held after the completion of the final matches in the group stage on 24 May 2017.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 17], "section_span": [19, 45], "content_span": [46, 166]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272704-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 Sudirman Cup group stage\nThe group stage of the 2017 Sudirman Cup was the first stage of the competition. It began on 21 May and ended on 25 May, held at Carrara Sport and Leisure Centre in Gold Coast, Australia. The top two teams from each group (8 in total) advanced to the final knockout stage to compete in a single-elimination tournament. The teams from group 2 and 3 (14 in total) advanced to the final classification stage to compete in a single-elimination tournament.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [29, 29], "content_span": [30, 481]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272704-0001-0000", "contents": "2017 Sudirman Cup group stage, Seedings\nThe seedings for 32 teams competing in the tournament were released on March 2, 2017. It was based on aggregated points from the best players in the world ranking. The tournament was divided into four groups, with twelve teams in the elite group competing for the title. Eight teams were seeded into second and third groups and four remaining teams were seeded into fourth group.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 39], "content_span": [40, 419]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272704-0002-0000", "contents": "2017 Sudirman Cup group stage, Seedings\nOn the day of the draw, it was announced that the original list of 32 teams was pared down to 28, with four teams \u2013 Mexico, Netherlands, Spain and Sweden were withdrawing from the tournament. The 28 participating teams were divided into four groups, with Group 1 consisting of the 12 teams that will compete for the title. Group 2 and Group 3 (eight teams each) will fight for overall placings. The draw was held on March 17, 2017. England withdrew from the Sudirman Cup on April 4, 2017.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 39], "content_span": [40, 528]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272705-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 Sudirman Cup knockout stage\nThe knockout stage of the 2017 Sudirman Cup was the final stage of the competition, following the group stage. It began on 25 May with the quarter-finals and ended on 28 May with the final match of the tournament, held at Carrara Sport and Leisure Centre in Gold Coast, Australia. The top two teams from each group (8 in total) advanced to the final knockout stage to compete in a single-elimination tournament. The teams from group 2 and 3 (14 in total) advanced to the final classification stage to compete in a single-elimination tournament.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [32, 32], "content_span": [33, 577]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272706-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 Sudirman Cup squads\nThis article lists the confirmed squads lists for badminton's 2017 Sudirman Cup.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [24, 24], "content_span": [25, 105]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272707-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 Suffolk County Council election\nThe 2017 Suffolk County Council election took place on 4 May 2017 as part of the 2017 local elections in the United Kingdom. All 75 councillors were elected from 63 electoral divisions, which returned either one or two county councillors each, by first-past-the-post voting, for a four-year term of office.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [36, 36], "content_span": [37, 343]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272707-0001-0000", "contents": "2017 Suffolk County Council election\nVoters who live in divisions which elected two councillors (12 divisions) were entitled to cast a maximum of two votes, while those living in divisions only electing one councillor (51 divisions) were only entitled to cast one vote.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [36, 36], "content_span": [37, 269]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272707-0002-0000", "contents": "2017 Suffolk County Council election\nLabour and the Conservatives were the only parties fielding candidates in all 63 electoral divisions. The Liberal Democrats had candidates standing in 58 divisions, while the Green Party stood candidates in 46 divisions and UKIP stood candidates in 43 divisions.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [36, 36], "content_span": [37, 299]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272707-0003-0000", "contents": "2017 Suffolk County Council election, Summary\nThe Conservatives regained much of the ground they lost at the previous election taking a net gain of 15 seats despite only picking up two extra seats in Ipswich.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 45], "content_span": [46, 208]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272707-0004-0000", "contents": "2017 Suffolk County Council election, Summary\nLabour lost 4 of its 5 seats in Lowestoft but managed to pick up a Sudbury seat that they haven't held since 2009 and remained the main opposition party.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 45], "content_span": [46, 199]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272707-0005-0000", "contents": "2017 Suffolk County Council election, Summary\nThe Lib Dem lost 2 seats and failed to maintain a by election gain in Hadleigh.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 45], "content_span": [46, 125]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272707-0006-0000", "contents": "2017 Suffolk County Council election, Summary\nThe Greens made a net gain of 1, and UKIP lost all their seats.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 45], "content_span": [46, 109]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272707-0007-0000", "contents": "2017 Suffolk County Council election, Government Formation\nWith 52 seats and a fourth successive victory, the Conservatives were able to form a working majority of 29 in the new Council, with Colin Noble (Row Heath) elected as Council Leader. In May 2018 he was ousted in a party room ballot by cabinet member for waste, fire and the environment Matthew Hicks (Thredling).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 58], "content_span": [59, 372]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272707-0008-0000", "contents": "2017 Suffolk County Council election, Government Formation\nOpposition leader Sandy Martin (St John's) stood down after being elected to Parliament in the 2017 general election in June, with Sandra Gage (Rushmere) succeeding him. However, in December 2017 she stood down to be replaced by former deputy group leader Sarah Adams (St John's), who had returned to the council after winning the by-election triggered by Martin's departure.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 58], "content_span": [59, 434]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272707-0009-0000", "contents": "2017 Suffolk County Council election, Government Formation\nThe Lib Dems and the Greens agreed to form a joint group, with the leadership switching each year, David Wood (Peninsula) the incumbent Lib Dem group leader became the first leader of this new group.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 58], "content_span": [59, 258]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272708-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 Sugar Bowl\nThe 2017 Sugar Bowl is a bowl game that was played on January 2, 2017 at the Mercedes-Benz Superdome in New Orleans, Louisiana. This 83rd Sugar Bowl was played between a team from the Big 12 Conference and the Southeastern Conference. It is one of the 2016\u201317 bowl games that concluded the 2016 FBS football season. Sponsored by the Allstate insurance company, the game is officially known as the Allstate Sugar Bowl. The game was notable as Oklahoma's last under longtime head coach Bob Stoops prior to his retirement.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [15, 15], "content_span": [16, 535]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272708-0001-0000", "contents": "2017 Sugar Bowl, Teams\nThe two teams were selected by the College Football Playoff committee on December 4, 2016. The highest-ranked team from the SEC and the Big 12 were to be selected. However, the highest-ranked team from the SEC, Alabama, was selected in the semifinals of the playoff, so the second highest ranked SEC team went in their place. Auburn was the second highest ranked team at 14th in the playoff rankings, so they were selected for the Sugar Bowl. Oklahoma was the Big 12 champion and the conference's highest ranked at 7th, therefore sending the Sooners to the Sugar Bowl.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [17, 22], "content_span": [23, 592]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272708-0002-0000", "contents": "2017 Sugar Bowl, Teams\nThis was the second meeting between the two schools; the previous meeting was the 1972 Sugar Bowl, which saw the Sooners defeat the Tigers by a score of 40\u201322.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [17, 22], "content_span": [23, 182]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272708-0003-0000", "contents": "2017 Sugar Bowl, Teams, Auburn\nAfter a disappointing 2015 season, Auburn coach Gus Malzahn was considered to be at risk of losing his job if a similar season followed. The season started out poorly for the Tigers, as they started 1\u20132, with both losses coming to nationally-ranked teams. However, in week 4, the Tigers played rival LSU. LSU was #18 heading into the game, but it was Auburn that won 18\u201313. That started a six-game win streak that put the Tigers into the national Top 10. Towards the end of the season, injuries began to plague the Tigers, and they lost 2 of their final 3 games. However, losses by Tennessee and Florida sent the Tigers to the Sugar Bowl.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [17, 30], "content_span": [31, 669]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272708-0004-0000", "contents": "2017 Sugar Bowl, Teams, Oklahoma\nOklahoma made the playoff in the 2015 season, and many experts expected them to compete for another playoff berth. However, much like Auburn, the Sooners started 1\u20132, with both losses coming against nationally-ranked opponents. That start ended any hope of going back to the playoff. In the annual rivalry game against Texas, the Sooners won a close and hard-fought victory over the Longhorns, which started a turnaround and a nine-game win streak for the Sooners. Included in that win streak was a win against Oklahoma State which gave the Sooners the Big 12 championship and the Sugar Bowl berth.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [17, 32], "content_span": [33, 631]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272709-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 Sukhothai F.C. season\nThe 2017 season is Sukhothai's 2nd season in the Thai League T1 since 2016.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [26, 26], "content_span": [27, 103]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272709-0001-0000", "contents": "2017 Sukhothai F.C. season, Thailand Champions Cup\nThe 2017 Thailand Champions Cup. It features SCG Muangthong United, the winners of the 2016 Thai League, and Sukhothai, the winners of the 2016 Thai FA Cup. It was played at Supachalasai Stadium.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 50], "content_span": [51, 246]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272709-0002-0000", "contents": "2017 Sukhothai F.C. season, Transfers\nFirst Thai footballer's market is opening on December 14, 2016 to January 28, 2017Second Thai footballer's market is opening on June 3, 2017 to June 30, 2017", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 37], "content_span": [38, 195]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272710-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 Sukma attack\nThe Sukma attack was an ambush carried out by the Communist Party of India (Maoist) against Indian paramilitary forces on 24 April 2017, during the Naxalite-Maoist insurgency. It was the largest ambush since a similar attack in 2010, in the neighbouring district of Dantewada.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 17], "section_span": [17, 17], "content_span": [18, 294]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272710-0001-0000", "contents": "2017 Sukma attack\nThe ambush took place between Burkapal and Chintagufa in Sukma district of Chhattisgarh, India. A group of 300 Maoists attacked a 99-member troop of the Central Reserve Police Force. Three Maoists and 25 police personnel were killed in the ensuing firefight.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 17], "section_span": [17, 17], "content_span": [18, 276]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272711-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 Sultan Azlan Shah Cup\nThe 2017 Sultan Azlan Shah Cup was the 26th edition of the Sultan Azlan Shah Cup. It was held in Ipoh, Perak, Malaysia from 29 April \u2013 6 May 2017.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [26, 26], "content_span": [27, 173]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272711-0001-0000", "contents": "2017 Sultan Azlan Shah Cup\nThe number of teams for this year\u2019s cup has decreased by one compared to last year\u2019s tournament where seven teams competed. Pakistan and Canada, who competed previously, will not join this edition and Great Britain had been invited.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [26, 26], "content_span": [27, 259]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272711-0002-0000", "contents": "2017 Sultan Azlan Shah Cup\nGreat Britain defeated Australia 4\u20133 in the final to win the cup.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [26, 26], "content_span": [27, 92]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272712-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 Sultan Azlan Shah Cup squads\nThis article lists the confirmed squads lists for 2017 Sultan Azlan Shah Cup.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [33, 33], "content_span": [34, 111]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272713-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 Sultan of Johor Cup\nThe 2017 Sultan of Johor Cup was the seventh edition of the Sultan of Johor Cup, a field hockey tournament. It was held in Johor Bahru, Johor, Malaysia from 22 to 29 October 2017.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [24, 24], "content_span": [25, 204]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272713-0001-0000", "contents": "2017 Sultan of Johor Cup\nAs in previous editions, a total of six teams competed for the title. England, New Zealand as well as Pakistan who competed previously, were absent from the tournament. The teams were replaced by Great Britain, India and United States.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [24, 24], "content_span": [25, 260]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272713-0002-0000", "contents": "2017 Sultan of Johor Cup, Participating nations\nIncluding the host nation, 6 teams competed in the tournament.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 47], "content_span": [48, 110]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272713-0003-0000", "contents": "2017 Sultan of Johor Cup, Umpires\nA total of seven umpires were appointed by the FIH and National Association to officiate the tournament.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 33], "content_span": [34, 138]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272713-0004-0000", "contents": "2017 Sultan of Johor Cup, Results\nThe schedule was released on 7 September 2017. All times are in Malaysia Standard Time (UTC+08:00).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 33], "content_span": [34, 133]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272714-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 Sultan of Selangor Cup\nThe 2017 Sultan of Selangor Cup was played on 6 May 2017, at Singapore National Stadium in Kallang, Singapore.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [27, 27], "content_span": [28, 138]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272714-0001-0000", "contents": "2017 Sultan of Selangor Cup, Pre-match\nOn 22 November 2016, in a press conference at Football Association of Singapore headquarters at Jalan Besar Stadium, Sultan of Selangor Cup's chairman, Tan Sri Abdul Karim Munisar confirms that the next tournament will be held on 6 May at Singapore National Stadium. In the same press conference, he also announced that a new competition for youth under sixteen be introduced.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 38], "content_span": [39, 415]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272714-0002-0000", "contents": "2017 Sultan of Selangor Cup, Pre-match\nA special press conference for Sultan of Selangor Cup was held on 17 March in Singapore. During the conference, Tan Sri Abdul Karim announces that the Sultan of Selangor, His Royal Highness Sultan Sharafuddin Idris Shah had chosen PKNS F.C. to be Selangor's representative to the competition. The new trophy for the under sixteen competition was also introduced in the ceremony.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 38], "content_span": [39, 417]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272714-0003-0000", "contents": "2017 Sultan of Selangor Cup, Pre-match\nOn 3 April, Sultan Sharafuddin Idris Shah receive sponsorship that amounts to RM1.06 mil from fourteen corporate body for the sixteenth edition of Sultan of Selangor Cup. In the event held at Istana Alam Shah, Klang, the Sultan receives sponsorship from seven GLC and seven private companies.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 38], "content_span": [39, 331]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272715-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 Summer Deaflympics\nThe 2017 Summer Deaflympics (Turkish: 2017 Yaz \u0130\u015fitme Engelliler Olimpiyat Oyunlar\u0131), officially known as the 23rd Summer Deaflympics (Turkish: 23'\u00fcnc\u00fc Yaz \u0130\u015fitme Engelliler Olimpiyat Oyunlar\u0131), is an international multi-sport event that took place in Samsun, Turkey from July 18 to July 30, 2017. 3,148 athletes from 97 countries competed in 18 sports with 21 disciplines. 86 records were broken with 54 being world records and 32 being Deaflympics records.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [23, 23], "content_span": [24, 482]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272715-0001-0000", "contents": "2017 Summer Deaflympics, Sports\n2017 Summer Deaflympics offered 18 Sports including Golf which made its debut.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 31], "content_span": [32, 110]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272715-0002-0000", "contents": "2017 Summer Deaflympics, Venues\nThe largest venue at the games in terms of seating capacity was the 33,919 -seat Samsun 19 May\u0131s Stadium, which served as the ceremonies venue.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 31], "content_span": [32, 175]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272715-0003-0000", "contents": "2017 Summer Deaflympics, Participating nations\nA total of 97 countries from all over the world participated in the Games. This was the highest number of nations in any edition before. Afghanistan, Cameroon, Ivory Coast, Mali made their debut at the games.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 46], "content_span": [47, 255]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272715-0004-0000", "contents": "2017 Summer Deaflympics, Logo\nThe logo of the games is a combination of the elements of The Olympic Games, the Olympic flame, deaf communication, Samsun Pheasant Bird, Turkish Tulip, Peace and Friendship.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 29], "content_span": [30, 204]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272715-0005-0000", "contents": "2017 Summer Deaflympics, Mascot\nThe official mascot of the 2017 Summer Deaflympics was unveiled on June 13, 2017. It represents a local male resident wearing regional outfit. The name of the mascot was chosen as \"\u00c7ak\u0131r\" (literally \"greyish blue\") following a voting on the official website of the Deaflympics.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 31], "content_span": [32, 309]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272715-0006-0000", "contents": "2017 Summer Deaflympics, Torch relay\nThe Olympic torch was brought from Lausanne, Switzerland to Bat\u0131 Park in Samsun by the Turkish Olympic champion in wrestling, Taha Akg\u00fcl. The torch relay began with lighting of the torches of the Turkish sportspeople as \"Olympic ambassadors\", the footballers G\u00f6khan G\u00f6n\u00fcl and Sabri Sar\u0131o\u011flu, world-record holder female diver \u015eahika Erc\u00fcmen and media presenter and sportswoman Ece Vahapo\u011flu. Led by the Minister of Youth and Sports Akif \u00c7a\u011fatay K\u0131l\u0131\u00e7, they marched to the Mustafa Da\u011f\u0131stanl\u0131 Sports Hall, where the torch was handed over to the mayor of the Samsun Metropolitan Municipality, Yusuf Ziya Y\u0131lmaz.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 36], "content_span": [37, 644]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272715-0007-0000", "contents": "2017 Summer Deaflympics, Calendar\nThis is currently based on the schedule released by the official website of the Games.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 33], "content_span": [34, 120]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272715-0008-0000", "contents": "2017 Summer Deaflympics, Medal table\nThis is the table of the medal count of the 2017 Summer Deaflympics, based on the medal count of the International Olympic Committee (IOC). These rankings sort by the number of gold medals, earned by a National Olympic Committee (NOC). The number of silver medals is taken into consideration next and then the number of bronze medals. If, after the above, countries are still tied, equal ranking is given and they are listed alphabetically by IOC Country Code. Although this information is provided by the IOC, the IOC itself does not recognize or endorse any ranking system.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 36], "content_span": [37, 612]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272716-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 Summer European League of Legends Championship Series\nThe 2017 Summer European League of Legends Championship Series split (2017 Summer EU LCS) is the fifth season and tenth split of the European League of Legends Championship Series, (EU LCS) the highest level of professional League of Legends play in Europe. Most games are being played at Studio K/L in Adlershof, Berlin, Germany.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 58], "section_span": [58, 58], "content_span": [59, 389]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272717-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 Summer Transplant Games\nThe 2017 Transplant Games (Spanish: Juegos Mundiales para Transplantados) were a multi-sport event held from 25 June to 2 July 2017 in M\u00e1laga, Spain. They were the 21st edition of the World Transplant Games.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [28, 28], "content_span": [29, 236]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272717-0001-0000", "contents": "2017 Summer Transplant Games\nThe Games were organized by the World Transplant Games Federation (WTGF).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [28, 28], "content_span": [29, 102]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272718-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 Summer Universiade\nThe 2017 Summer Universiade (Chinese: 2017\u5e74\u590f\u5b63\u4e16\u754c\u5927\u5b78\u904b\u52d5\u6703; pinyin: 2017 Ni\u00e1n Xi\u00e0j\u00ec Sh\u00ecji\u00e8 D\u00e0xu\u00e9 Y\u00f9nd\u00f2nghu\u00ec), the XXIX Summer Universiade, commonly known as the Taipei 2017 Universiade, was an international multi-sport event that took place in Taipei, Taiwan from 19 to 30 August 2017.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [23, 23], "content_span": [24, 303]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272718-0001-0000", "contents": "2017 Summer Universiade, Bid selection\nThe cities of Bras\u00edlia in Brazil and Taipei in Taiwan were in contention for the Games. Taipei was elected as the host city of the 2017 Summer Universiade by FISU on 29 November 2011, in Brussels, Belgium.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 38], "content_span": [39, 244]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272718-0002-0000", "contents": "2017 Summer Universiade, Venue changes\nIn June 2015, Taipei's Mayor Ko Wen-je announced that organizers had shifted the opening and closing ceremonies from the Taipei Dome to the Taipei Municipal Stadium due to delays in the construction of the domed stadium.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 38], "content_span": [39, 259]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272718-0003-0000", "contents": "2017 Summer Universiade, Marketing, Motto\nThe official motto of the games was For You, For Youth or \u737b\u7d66\u4f60\uff0c\u737b\u7d66\u5e74\u8f15\u4e16\u4ee3 (Pinyin: Xian g\u011bi n\u01d0, xi\u00e0n g\u011bi ni\u00e1nq\u012bng sh\u00ecd\u00e0i, in Chinese. It was adopted to represent the assembly of university athletes from around the world to compete and pursue for dreams and victory.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 41], "content_span": [42, 302]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272718-0004-0000", "contents": "2017 Summer Universiade, Marketing, Logo\nThe logo of the games was an image of the Chinese character \"Bei\" (\u5317), which means North, and is the abbreviation of the host city of the 2017 Summer Universiade, Taipei. The logo was based on the shape of letter U, which stands for Universiade, United and University. It was adopted to represent the passion, vitality, hope and positivity. The logo's combination of five colors (blue, yellow, black, green and red) represents the assembly of university athletes from around the world to compete. The logo was designed by Yu Ming-lung.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 40], "content_span": [41, 576]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272718-0005-0000", "contents": "2017 Summer Universiade, Marketing, Mascot\nThe mascot of the games was Bravo the Bear (Chinese: \u718a\u8b9a), a Formosan black bear. The white V on the chest of the Formosan black bear and the gold medal represented the hope of the games athletes in pursuing dreams and victory, while the identity of the black bear as the endangered species in Taiwan represented commitment to protecting the natural environment. The mascot name, Bravo, which is an expression of approval in Italian, was chosen to represent athletes' bravery in achieving outstanding results. The Mandarin name of the mascot, \u718a\u8b9a (Pinyin\u00a0: Xi\u00f3ng Z\u00e0n), sounds like the word 'brilliant' in the Taiwanese Min-nan language. The mascot was designed by Yu Ming-lung.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 42], "content_span": [43, 718]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272718-0006-0000", "contents": "2017 Summer Universiade, Marketing, Theme song\nThe official theme song of the Taipei 2017 Universiade was \"Embrace the World with You\" (Chinese: \u64c1\u62b1\u4e16\u754c\u64c1\u62b1\u4f60; pinyin: Y\u014dng B\u00e0o Sh\u00ec Ji\u00e8 Y\u014dng B\u00e0o N\u01d0), composed by Utjung Tjakivalid and sung by I-WANT\u661f\u52e2\u529b. The theme song was produced by techno producer Howie B and Taiwanese music producer Ada Su.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 46], "content_span": [47, 337]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272718-0007-0000", "contents": "2017 Summer Universiade, Marketing, Attendees\nOn 7 July, it was announced that the President of the Republic of China (Taiwan), Tsai Ing-wen would attend the event.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 45], "content_span": [46, 164]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272718-0008-0000", "contents": "2017 Summer Universiade, Marketing, Attendees\nWhile China officially announced it would not be sending teams to participate in team events, in what has been referred to as a \"stealth boycott\", individual Chinese athletes are allowed to travel to Taiwan and compete in the individual events.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 45], "content_span": [46, 290]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272718-0009-0000", "contents": "2017 Summer Universiade, Marketing, Attendees\nDays before the opening ceremony, Ugandan sports official Norman Katende stated that the Ugandan team had been ordered not to travel to Taiwan because of their country's adherence to the \"one China\" policy. Katende published a letter received from the Ugandan Ministry of Foreign Affairs reading \"The purpose of this letter is to inform you of 'the one china [sic] policy', which is the position of the government of Uganda. In this regard therefore the Ministry of Foreign Affairs is advising that your Ministry does not send an official delegation to participate.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 45], "content_span": [46, 612]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272718-0009-0001", "contents": "2017 Summer Universiade, Marketing, Attendees\nThe Taiwanese Ministry of Foreign Affairs representative Eleanor Wang said \"The Uganda team is still trying to talk with its government and is hoping to be allowed to attend the games in Taipei.\" In an update on 15 August, Katende published a statement from Makerere University Sports and Recreation Department head Peninnah Kabenge, citing \"overaction [sic] and misunderstanding\" for the Ministry's actions. Ms. Kabenge later confirmed this, writing \"It is official team UGANDA is on the way to the 29th Universiade.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 45], "content_span": [46, 564]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272718-0010-0000", "contents": "2017 Summer Universiade, Opening ceremony\nThe Universiade's 19 August opening ceremonies were marred by several incidents of protest from protestors outside the stadium, as well as rumors that one or more Islamic State (IS) sympathisers had infiltrated the country, either as foreign workers or as part of the event's guest teams. Several groups and organizations that included opponents to the pension reform that was carried out in June also staged protests outside of the Taipei Municipal Stadium which in turn affected the opening ceremony.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 41], "content_span": [42, 544]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272718-0011-0000", "contents": "2017 Summer Universiade, Opening ceremony\nIt was known before the event that athletes from China would not take part in the opening ceremony for political reasons. However, protests on domestic issues near the stadium caused security concerns that prevented all athletes after Canada from entering the stadium as scheduled. Only flagbearers carried the flags into the stadium, while the athletes waited outside. Eventually, all athletes were allowed into the stadium, with the host country's team conventionally coming last.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 41], "content_span": [42, 524]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272718-0012-0000", "contents": "2017 Summer Universiade, Opening ceremony\nOver 5,600 uniformed and plain-clothes Taiwanese police, including Military police armed with rifles, were present to ensure the smooth running of the opening ceremony.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 41], "content_span": [42, 210]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272718-0013-0000", "contents": "2017 Summer Universiade, Opening ceremony\nPresident Tsai Ing-wen officially announces the opening of the Taipei 2017 Summer Universiade.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 41], "content_span": [42, 136]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272718-0014-0000", "contents": "2017 Summer Universiade, Opening ceremony\nKo Wen-je, the mayor of Taipei, together with Oleg Matytsin, President of the International University Sports Federation (FISU).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 41], "content_span": [42, 170]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272718-0015-0000", "contents": "2017 Summer Universiade, Opening ceremony\nPerformances in the Opening ceremony of the 2017 Summer Universiade.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 41], "content_span": [42, 110]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272718-0016-0000", "contents": "2017 Summer Universiade, Closing ceremony\nDuring the closing ceremony, athletes from Argentina, Brazil, Canada, Denmark, Dominican Republic and the United Kingdom thanked Taiwan by carrying banners, Republic of China flags and wigs with the colours of the ROC flag. A day after the Closing Ceremony, Argentinian athletes were given an official warning by FISU for bringing flags of the Republic of China into the stadium as they marched in the parade of nations in the closing ceremony.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 41], "content_span": [42, 486]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272718-0017-0000", "contents": "2017 Summer Universiade, Closing ceremony\nThe host of 2019 Summer Universiade, Naples, Italy, also gave performances at the closing ceremony.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 41], "content_span": [42, 141]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272718-0018-0000", "contents": "2017 Summer Universiade, Closing ceremony\nVice President Chen Chien-jen with Ko Wen-je in the closing ceremony.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 41], "content_span": [42, 111]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272718-0019-0000", "contents": "2017 Summer Universiade, Closing ceremony\nArgentinian athletes in the closing ceremony, with flags of the Republic of China.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 41], "content_span": [42, 124]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272718-0020-0000", "contents": "2017 Summer Universiade, Closing ceremony\nCanadian athletes in the closing ceremony with a banner that says \"Thank you, Taipei\" in Chinese.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 41], "content_span": [42, 139]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272718-0021-0000", "contents": "2017 Summer Universiade, Sport\nThe Organizing Committee, in addition to the 14 compulsory sports, opted to add eight more sports in the program of this edition of the Games: Archery, Badminton, Baseball, Golf, Taekwondo and Weightlifting. They have been present in some previous editions of the Games. Roller Skating and Wushu, which have recently been recognized as University sports by FISU will be part of the program for the first time. This would also be the first edition in which the number of optional sports would return to 3; similar to the format that was used until 2003. Four additional sports were added to the program, reflecting local traditions and demands, making a total of 7 sports. In addition an eighth sport was added later: Billiards.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 30], "content_span": [31, 758]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272718-0022-0000", "contents": "2017 Summer Universiade, Medal table\nHost nation (The Republic of China (Taiwan) is recognized by the name of Chinese Taipei by FISU.)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 36], "content_span": [37, 136]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272719-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 Summit League Baseball Tournament\nThe 2017 Summit League Baseball Tournament took place from May 24 through 27. The top four regular season finishers of the league's six teams met in the double-elimination tournament held at J. L. Johnson Stadium on the campus of Oral Roberts in Tulsa, Oklahoma. The winner of the tournament will earn the Summit League's automatic bid to the 2017 NCAA Division I Baseball Tournament.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [38, 38], "content_span": [39, 423]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272719-0001-0000", "contents": "2017 Summit League Baseball Tournament, Seeding\nThe top four finishers from the regular season will be seeded one through four based on conference winning percentage during the double round robin regular season. The teams will then play a double elimination tournament.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 47], "content_span": [48, 269]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272720-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 Summit League Men's Basketball Tournament\nThe 2017 Summit League Men's Basketball Tournament was the post-season men's basketball tournament for the Summit League. The tournament was held from March 4\u20137, 2017 at the Denny Sanford Premier Center in Sioux Falls, South Dakota. The winners of the tournament, South Dakota State, received an automatic bid to the 2017 NCAA Tournament with a 79\u201377 win over Omaha in the finals. This was South Dakota State's fourth championship in six years.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [46, 46], "content_span": [47, 491]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272720-0001-0000", "contents": "2017 Summit League Men's Basketball Tournament, Seeds\nThe top 8 teams in the final standings qualified for the tournament.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [48, 53], "content_span": [54, 122]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272720-0002-0000", "contents": "2017 Summit League Men's Basketball Tournament, Seeds\nTeams were seeded by record within the conference, with a tiebreaker system to seed teams with identical conference records.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [48, 53], "content_span": [54, 178]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272721-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 Summit League Men's Soccer Tournament\nThe 2017 Summit League Men's Soccer Tournament, was the 24th edition of the tournament. It determined the Summit League's automatic berth into the 2017 NCAA Division I Men's Soccer Championship.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [42, 42], "content_span": [43, 237]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272721-0001-0000", "contents": "2017 Summit League Men's Soccer Tournament\nThe tournament was hosted by the University of Nebraska Omaha and all matches were contested at Al F. Caniglia Field. Tournament hosts Omaha reached the final against Denver, creating a repeat of the 2016 Summit League Men's Soccer Tournament championship game.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [42, 42], "content_span": [43, 304]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272721-0002-0000", "contents": "2017 Summit League Men's Soccer Tournament\nFor only the second time in tournament history, and for the first time since 2008, the championship was determined through a penalty shoot-out. The longest shoot-out in Summit League history, the marathon of penalty kicks went for 12 rounds, with two players on each side kicking twice from the penalty mark. Omaha were able to get the better of Denver, winning the shoot-out 9-8 thanks to a miss from Denver's Graham Smith and a successfully converted penalty from Emmanuel Hamzat.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [42, 42], "content_span": [43, 525]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272721-0003-0000", "contents": "2017 Summit League Men's Soccer Tournament\nOmaha earned their first ever college conference tournament championship, and their first ever berth into the NCAA Division I Men's Soccer Tournament. In the NCAA Tourney, Omaha played at No. 13, Florida International, and lost in the first round, 2-0.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [42, 42], "content_span": [43, 295]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272721-0004-0000", "contents": "2017 Summit League Men's Soccer Tournament, Seeds\nThe top four teams participate in the tournament. The seeding is based on the program's conference record during the 2017 Summit League season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [44, 49], "content_span": [50, 193]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272722-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 Summit League Women's Basketball Tournament\nThe 2017 Summit League Women's Basketball Tournament was a post-season women's basketball tournament for The Summit League. The tournament took place March 4\u20137 at the Denny Sanford Premier Center in Sioux Falls, South Dakota. The Top 8 teams in the final standings qualified for the tournament.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 48], "section_span": [48, 48], "content_span": [49, 343]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272723-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 Summit League Women's Soccer Tournament\nThe 2017 Summit League Women's Soccer Tournament was the postseason women's soccer tournament for the Summit League held on November 2 and 4, 2017. The three-match tournament took place at Dacotah Field in Fargo, North Dakota. The four-team single-elimination tournament consisted of two rounds based on seeding from regular season conference play. The South Dakota State Jackrabbits were the defending champions, but they were eliminated from the 2017 tournament with a 2\u20130 semifinal loss to the North Dakota State Bison. The Denver Pioneers won the tournament and earned the conference's automatic bid to the NCAA tournament. The tournament win was Denver's second as a member of the conference.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [44, 44], "content_span": [45, 742]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272724-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 Sun Belt Conference Baseball Tournament\nThe 2017 Sun Belt Conference Baseball Tournament was held at J. I. Clements Stadium on the campus of Georgia Southern University in Statesboro, Georgia from May 24 to May 28, 2017, using a double-elimination format. The winner of the tournament earned the Sun Belt Conference's automatic bid to the 2017 NCAA Division I Baseball Tournament.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [44, 44], "content_span": [45, 385]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272724-0001-0000", "contents": "2017 Sun Belt Conference Baseball Tournament, Seeding\nIn a change from previous years, the seeding for the tournament was modified with the re-introduction of division play. The #1 seed would be the division winner with the best record, and the other division winner would be the #2 seed. This would reward each division winner for winning their division. Once the #1 seed is determined, the other division winner is automatically granted the #2 seed, even if that team's overall conference record isn't the second best. Seeds 3-10 are then assigned regardless of division based on conference winning percentage, with the bottom four seeds competing in a play-in round. The remaining eight teams will then play a two bracket, double-elimination tournament. The winner of each bracket will play a championship final.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [46, 53], "content_span": [54, 815]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272724-0002-0000", "contents": "2017 Sun Belt Conference Baseball Tournament, Schedule\nDue to poor field conditions and the threat of further inclement weather the first round of the tournament was postponed. Alternative sites and make-up schedules are being examined. On May 24 the Sun Belt announced that the tournament would move to a single elimination format.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [46, 54], "content_span": [55, 332]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272724-0003-0000", "contents": "2017 Sun Belt Conference Baseball Tournament, Bracket, Play-in round\nThe first two matchups of the tournament were single-elimination and were be held on Thursday May 25, 2017.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [46, 68], "content_span": [69, 176]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272724-0004-0000", "contents": "2017 Sun Belt Conference Baseball Tournament, Bracket, Single-elimination round\nCoastal Carolina faced the team that won on the day before with the lowest seed with the other winner against Texas-Arlington. The tournament was originally scheduled to be a double elimination tournament. Due to weather and poor field conditions they had to make the tournament single elimination.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [46, 79], "content_span": [80, 379]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272725-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 Sun Belt Conference Men's Basketball Tournament\nThe 2017 Sun Belt Conference Men's Basketball Tournament is the postseason conference tournament for the Sun Belt Conference. The tournament will be held at the Lakefront Arena in New Orleans, Louisiana from March 8 to March 12, 2017. The tournament winner will receive the conference's automatic bid into the NCAA Tournament.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 52], "section_span": [52, 52], "content_span": [53, 380]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272725-0001-0000", "contents": "2017 Sun Belt Conference Men's Basketball Tournament, Seeds\nAll 12 conference teams will compete in the conference tournament. Teams were seeded by record within the conference, with a tiebreaker system to seed teams with identical conference records. The top four teams received a bye to the quarterfinals.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 52], "section_span": [54, 59], "content_span": [60, 307]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272726-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 Sun Belt Conference Men's Soccer Tournament\nThe 2017 Sun Belt Conference Men's Soccer Tournament, was the 23rd edition of the tournament. It determined the Sun Belt Conference's automatic berth into the 2017 NCAA Division I Men's Soccer Championship. The tournament was hosted by Coastal Carolina, and all matches were played at CCU Soccer Field.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 48], "section_span": [48, 48], "content_span": [49, 351]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272726-0001-0000", "contents": "2017 Sun Belt Conference Men's Soccer Tournament\nThe 2017 final was a rematch of last year's final. Top-seed and host, Coastal Carolina won their second consecutive Sun Belt title, defeating Georgia State, 2-0 in the final. Coastal Carolina would advance to the 2017 NCAA Division I Men's Soccer Championship, where they reached the Sweet 16. One of the largest upsets in the tournament was Howard, who reached the semifinals after defeating Hartwick, 2-1. It was Howard's second win of the entire season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 48], "section_span": [48, 48], "content_span": [49, 505]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272727-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 Sun Belt Conference Women's Basketball Tournament\nThe 2017 Sun Belt Women's Basketball Tournament is the postseason women's basketball tournament for the Sun Belt Conference beginning on March 7 and ending on March 12, 2017, at the Lakefront Arena in New Orleans.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 54], "section_span": [54, 54], "content_span": [55, 268]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272728-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 Sun Belt Conference Women's Soccer Tournament\nThe 2017 Sun Belt Conference Women's Soccer Tournament was the postseason women's soccer tournament for the Sun Belt Conference held from November 1\u20135, 2017. The seven-match tournament took place at the Foley Sports Complex in Foley, Alabama. The eight-team single-elimination tournament consisted of three rounds based on seeding from regular season conference play. The defending champions were the South Alabama Jaguars and they successfully defended their title with a 5\u20130 win over the Coastal Carolina Chanticleers in the final. This was the fifth consecutive and fifth overall Sun Belt women's soccer tournament title for South Alabama and the first for first-year head coach Richard Moodie.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 50], "section_span": [50, 50], "content_span": [51, 748]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272729-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 Sun Belt Conference football season\nThe 2017 Sun Belt conference football season began on August 31, 2017 and ended on December 2, 2017. It was part of the 2017 season of the Football Bowl Subdivision (FBS), the top level of NCAA Division I football.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [40, 40], "content_span": [41, 255]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272729-0001-0000", "contents": "2017 Sun Belt Conference football season, Season\nThis was the first season for Coastal Carolina, which was in its second and final transitional season from the Division I Football Championship Subdivision (FCS) to FBS. This was also the final season for both Idaho and New Mexico State as associate members of the conference; New Mexico State will remain in the FBS as an independent program, while Idaho will move down to the FCS level in its main conference, the Big Sky Conference.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 48], "content_span": [49, 484]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272730-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 Sun Bowl\nThe 2017 Sun Bowl was a postseason college football bowl game played at Sun Bowl Stadium in El Paso, Texas, on December 29, 2017. The game was the 84th Sun Bowl and featured the NC State Wolfpack of the Atlantic Coast Conference and the Arizona State Sun Devils of the Pac-12 Conference. It was one of the 2017\u201318 bowl games concluding the 2017 FBS football season. Sponsored by Hyundai Motor America, the game was officially known as the Hyundai Sun Bowl.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 13], "section_span": [13, 13], "content_span": [14, 470]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272730-0001-0000", "contents": "2017 Sun Bowl\nAfter taking a 28\u201310 lead at the half, NC State defeated Arizona State by a 52\u201331 final score. Nyheim Hines of NC State was selected as the game MVP. His teammates Kentavius Street and Kyle Bambard were named the most valuable lineman and most valuable special teams player, respectively.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 13], "section_span": [13, 13], "content_span": [14, 302]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272730-0002-0000", "contents": "2017 Sun Bowl, Teams, NC State\nThe NC State Wolfpack finished the 2017 regular season with an 8\u20134 record under Coach Dave Doeren; the most wins Doeren has had at his tenure at NC State to date. The game was the team's first appearance in the Sun Bowl, and their second straight bowl win. Shortly after at the NFL draft, the entire NC State defensive line was selected in the first four rounds along with their running back, Nyheim Hines. Coach Doeren was offered a contract extension which locked in his role for another 6 years shortly after the game.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 13], "section_span": [15, 30], "content_span": [31, 552]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272730-0003-0000", "contents": "2017 Sun Bowl, Teams, Arizona State\nThe Arizona State Sun Devils finished the 2017 regular season with a 7\u20135 record. The game was the team's sixth appearance in the Sun Bowl.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 13], "section_span": [15, 35], "content_span": [36, 174]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272731-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 Suncorp Super Netball season\nThe 2017 Suncorp Super Netball season was the inaugural season of the premier netball league in Australia, following the disbanding of the ANZ Championship in 2016. The regular season began on 18 February 2017 and concluded with the Grand Final on 17 June 2017.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [33, 33], "content_span": [34, 295]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272731-0001-0000", "contents": "2017 Suncorp Super Netball season\nExpansion team Sunshine Coast Lightning won the Grand Final, comfortably defeating Giants Netball at the Brisbane Entertainment Centre.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [33, 33], "content_span": [34, 169]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272731-0002-0000", "contents": "2017 Suncorp Super Netball season, Overview\nThe season was played over 14 rounds, allowing every team to play each other twice, once at home and once away. The top 4 teams on the standings at the conclusion of the regular season qualified for the finals series. In the first week of the finals series, the 1st ranked team hosted the 2nd ranked team in the major semi-final (with the winner of that match to qualify for the Grand Final) and the 3rd ranked team hosted the 4th ranked team in the minor semi-final (with the loser of that match eliminated). The loser of the major semi-final then hosted the winner of the minor semi-final in the preliminary final. The winner of the major semi-final then hosted the winner of the preliminary final in the Grand Final.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 43], "content_span": [44, 763]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272731-0003-0000", "contents": "2017 Suncorp Super Netball season, Awards, Postseason Awards\nReserves in the Team of the Year: Caitlin Thwaites (Attack Reserve), Serena Guthrie (Mid Court Reserve) and Rebecca Bulley (Defender Reserve)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 60], "content_span": [61, 202]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272732-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 Sundance Film Festival\nThe 2017 Sundance Film Festival took place from January 19 to January 29, 2017. The first lineup of competition films was announced November 30, 2016.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [27, 27], "content_span": [28, 178]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272732-0001-0000", "contents": "2017 Sundance Film Festival, Juries\nJury members, for each program of the festival, including the Alfred P. Sloan Jury were announced on January 11, 2017.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 35], "content_span": [36, 154]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272733-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 Sunshine Ladies Tour\nThe 2017 Sunshine Ladies Tour was the 4th season of the Sunshine Ladies Tour, a series of professional golf tournaments for women based in South Africa.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [25, 25], "content_span": [26, 179]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272733-0001-0000", "contents": "2017 Sunshine Ladies Tour, Schedule\nThe season consisted of 11 events, ten in South Africa and one in Eswatini, played between January and May.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 35], "content_span": [36, 143]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272733-0002-0000", "contents": "2017 Sunshine Ladies Tour, Order of Merit\nThis shows the leaders in the final Order of Merit.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 41], "content_span": [42, 93]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272734-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 Sunwolves season\nIn 2017, the Sunwolves participated in the 2017 Super Rugby competition, their second ever appearance in the competition since joining in 2016. They were included in the Africa 1 Conference of the competition, along with the Bulls, Cheetahs and Stormers.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [21, 21], "content_span": [22, 279]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272734-0001-0000", "contents": "2017 Sunwolves season, Personnel, Coaches and management\nThe Sunwolves coaching and management staff for the 2017 Super Rugby season were:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 56], "content_span": [57, 138]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272734-0002-0000", "contents": "2017 Sunwolves season, Personnel, Squad\nThe following players were named in the Sunwolves squad for the 2017 Super Rugby season:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 39], "content_span": [40, 128]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272734-0003-0000", "contents": "2017 Sunwolves season, Log\nThe final standings for the 2017 Super Rugby season were:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 26], "content_span": [27, 84]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272734-0004-0000", "contents": "2017 Sunwolves season, Log\nThe top eight teams will qualify to the finals, with their final positions in the overall log determining their seedings in the Quarter Finals. The conference winners will be seeded #1 to #4 for the Quarter Finals, in order of log points gained during the group stages, while the wildcards will be seeded as #5 to #8 in order of log points gained during the group stages.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 26], "content_span": [27, 398]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272734-0004-0001", "contents": "2017 Sunwolves season, Log\nIn the Quarter Finals, the conference winners will host the first round of the finals, with the highest-seeded conference winner hosting the fourth-seeded wildcard entry, the second-seeded conference winner hosting the third-seeded wildcard entry, the third-seeded conference winner hosting the second-seeded wildcard entry and the fourth-seeded conference winner hosting the top-seed wildcard entry. The Quarter Final winners will progress to the Semi-Finals, where the winners of Quarter Finals 1 and 4 will play each other, as well as the winners of Quarter Finals 2 and 3, each tie hosted by the higher-seeded team.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 26], "content_span": [27, 646]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272734-0004-0002", "contents": "2017 Sunwolves season, Log\nThe winner of the Semi-Finals will progress to the Final, again to be held at the venue of the highest-seeded team. 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 at least three tries more than the opponent in a matchClassification:Teams standings are calculated as follows:* Conference Leaders (i.e. conference leaders will always be ranked at the top)* Log points* Number of games won* Overall points difference* Number of tries scored* Overall try difference", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 26], "content_span": [27, 577]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272734-0005-0000", "contents": "2017 Sunwolves season, Player statistics\nThe Super Rugby appearance record for players that represented the Sunwolves in 2017 is as follows:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 40], "content_span": [41, 140]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272734-0006-0000", "contents": "2017 Sunwolves season, Player statistics\nFor each match, the player's squad number is shown. Starting players are numbered 1 to 15, while the replacements are numbered 16 to 23. If a replacement made an appearance in the match, it is indicated by . \"App\" refers to the number of appearances made by the player, \"Try\" to the number of tries scored by the player, \"Kck\" to the number of points scored via kicks (conversions, penalties or drop goals) and \"Pts\" refer to the total number of points scored by the player.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 40], "content_span": [41, 515]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272735-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 Super 8s\nThis is the current revision of this page, as edited by John of Reading (talk | contribs) at 17:05, 13 April 2020 (Typo/general fixes, replaced: teams points \u2192 team's points). The present address (URL) is a permanent link to this version.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 13], "section_span": [13, 13], "content_span": [14, 252]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272735-0001-0000", "contents": "2017 Super 8s\nThe 2017 Super 8s were the third season of the Rugby Football League domestic competition in which the format of splitting teams after a certain number of games have been played.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 13], "section_span": [13, 13], "content_span": [14, 192]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272735-0002-0000", "contents": "2017 Super 8s\nThe format was employed across all three divisions and was used to decide championships, promotion and relegation.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 13], "section_span": [13, 13], "content_span": [14, 128]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272735-0003-0000", "contents": "2017 Super 8s\nFor the clubs in Super League XXII the split came after 23 games. The top eight clubs played each other once more before the top four team entered the playoffs for a place in the Super League Grand Final. In this group, points amassed during the regular season were carried forward to the Super 8 stage.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 13], "section_span": [13, 13], "content_span": [14, 318]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272735-0004-0000", "contents": "2017 Super 8s\nThe four teams finishing bottom of the Super League after 23 rounds went into a group of eight with the four teams who finished top of the Championship. Again the teams played each other once with the top three finishers after this stage plus the club who finished fifth (Catalans Dragons) playing in Super League XXIII while the other four will play in the 2018 Championship. This group of eight was also known as the Qualifiers and was the only Super 8 group in which points amassed during the regular season were not carried forward to the group stage.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 13], "section_span": [13, 13], "content_span": [14, 570]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272735-0005-0000", "contents": "2017 Super 8s\nThe other eight teams in the Championship competed for the Championship Shield with the top four going through to the Shield play-off semi-finals. The two teams finishing bottom of this group were relegated to League 1.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 13], "section_span": [13, 13], "content_span": [14, 233]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272735-0006-0000", "contents": "2017 Super 8s\nIn League 1 the top eight teams after the regular season of 15 games formed a group. The format for 2017 has been varied slightly from previous years in that the team finishing top of this Super 8 group will automatically be promoted to the Championship with the next four teams going through to the play-off semi-finals. Previously the top two teams played in the League 1 Grand Final with the winner being promoted and the loser going into the play-off semi-finals with the teams finishing third, fourth and fifth.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 13], "section_span": [13, 13], "content_span": [14, 530]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272735-0007-0000", "contents": "2017 Super 8s\nThe bottom eight teams in League 1 played each other for the League 1 Shield in a format identical to the Championship Shield except that there is no relegation from League 1.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 13], "section_span": [13, 13], "content_span": [14, 189]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272735-0008-0000", "contents": "2017 Super 8s, Super League, Super 8's\nThe Super League Super 8s sees the top eight teams from the Super League play seven games each. Each team's points are carried over and after seven rounds the top four teams will contest the play off semi-finals with the team finishing first hosting the team in fourth, and the team finishing second hosting the third placed team; the winners of these semi-finals will contest the Super League Grand Final at Old Trafford.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 13], "section_span": [15, 38], "content_span": [39, 461]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272735-0009-0000", "contents": "2017 Super 8s, The Qualifiers\nThe Qualifiers Super 8s sees the bottom 4 teams from Super League table join the top 4 teams from the Championship. The points totals are reset to zero and each team plays seven games each, playing every other team once. After seven games each the teams finishing 1st, 2nd, and 3rd will gain qualification to the 2018 Super League season. The teams finishing 4th and 5th will play in the \"Million Pound Game\" at the home of the 4th place team which will earn the winner a place in Super League XXIII; the loser, along with teams finishing 6th, 7th and 8th, will be relegated to the Championship for 2018.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 13], "section_span": [15, 29], "content_span": [30, 634]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272735-0010-0000", "contents": "2017 Super 8s, Championship Shield\nAt the end of the regular season the bottom 8 Championship teams play each other once more, home or away. The bottom two teams are then relegated to League 1 and the top four teams qualify for the play-offs for the Championship Shield.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 13], "section_span": [15, 34], "content_span": [35, 270]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272735-0011-0000", "contents": "2017 Super 8s, League 1 Super 8s\nThe top eight teams in League 1 carry points forward and play each other once more home or away. After seven games the top team will be promoted to the Championship for 2018 while the teams finishing second to fifth will enter the playoffs.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 13], "section_span": [15, 32], "content_span": [33, 273]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272735-0012-0000", "contents": "2017 Super 8s, League 1 Shield\nThe bottom eight teams compete in the League 1 Shield where they play each other once more home or away. The top two teams compete for the League 1 Shield.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 13], "section_span": [15, 30], "content_span": [31, 186]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272736-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 Super Coppa Sammarinese\nThe 2017 Super Coppa Sammarinese was played on 20 September 2017, at Campo di Fiorentino in Fiorentino, San Marino. This was the 6th Super Coppa Sammarinese and was played by Tre Penne, winners of the 2016\u201317 Coppa Titano, and La Fiorita, winners of the 2016\u201317 Campionato Sammarinese di Calcio. Tre Penne won 4\u20130 to win their third Super Coppa Sammarinese.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [28, 28], "content_span": [29, 386]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272736-0001-0000", "contents": "2017 Super Coppa Sammarinese, Route to the final\nTre Penne qualified by winning the 2016\u201317 Coppa Titano and La Fiorita qualified by winning the 2016\u201317 Campionato Sammarinese di Calcio.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 48], "content_span": [49, 186]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272737-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 Super Formula Championship\nThe 2017 Japanese Super Formula Championship is the 31st season of premier Japanese open-wheel motor racing, and the fifth under the moniker of Super Formula. Yuji Kunimoto is the defending series champion.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [31, 31], "content_span": [32, 238]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272737-0001-0000", "contents": "2017 Super Formula Championship\nHiroaki Ishiura won his second Driver's Championship in three years, finishing only half a point ahead of Pierre Gasly after the final round was cancelled due to Typhoon Lan. The Cerumo INGING team won their second successive Team Championship.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [31, 31], "content_span": [32, 276]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272738-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 Super GT Series\nThe 2017 Autobacs Super GT Series was the twenty-fifth season of the Japan Automobile Federation Super GT Championship including the All Japan Grand Touring Car Championship (JGTC) era, and the thirteenth season under the name Super GT. It was the thirty-fifth overall season of a national JAF sportscar championship dating back to the All Japan Sports Prototype Championship. The season began on April 9 and ended on November 12, after 8 races.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [20, 20], "content_span": [21, 466]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272738-0001-0000", "contents": "2017 Super GT Series\nIn the GT500 class, the #37 Lexus Team KeePer TOM'S duo of Ry\u014d Hirakawa and Nick Cassidy won their first-ever championship, narrowly beating the Nismo duo of Tsugio Matsuda and Ronnie Quintarelli for the championship. It was the first championship title for TOM'S since Juichi Wakisaka and Andr\u00e9 Lotterer's 2009 title win.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [20, 20], "content_span": [21, 343]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272738-0001-0001", "contents": "2017 Super GT Series\nIn the GT300 class, in Good Smile Company and Hatsune Miku's 10th season of involvement in Super GT, Goodsmile Racing won their third GT300 title in just seven years after a closely fought championship battle between the #4 Hatsune Miku AMG and the #65 LEON CVSTOS AMG of K2 R&D LEON Racing. It was Nobuteru Taniguchi and Tatsuya Kataoka's third title, as well as Mercedes' first championship title in Super GT.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [20, 20], "content_span": [21, 432]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272739-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 Super League Grand Final\nThe 2017 Super League Grand Final was the 20th official Grand Final championship-deciding game of the Super League XXII. It was held at Old Trafford, Manchester on 7 October 2017, kick off 18.00. Leeds Rhinos became champions for a record 8th time after beating Castleford Tigers 24\u20136 in front of a sell out crowd of 72,827.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [29, 29], "content_span": [30, 354]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272739-0001-0000", "contents": "2017 Super League Grand Final, Background, Route to Final, Castleford Tigers\nFinishing top of the table in the regular season, Castleford qualified directly to the play-off semi-final where they met St Helens at home. The game went to golden point extra time before a Luke Gale drop goal gave Castleford the win 23\u201322.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 76], "content_span": [77, 319]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272739-0002-0000", "contents": "2017 Super League Grand Final, Background, Route to Final, Leeds Rhinos\nLeeds also had direct qualification to the semi-final where they hosted Hull F.C. at Headingley. In another close game it was Leeds who triumphed 18\u201316.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 71], "content_span": [72, 224]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272740-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 Super League of Malawi\nThe 2017 TNM Super League was the 32nd season of the Super League of Malawi, the top professional league for association football clubs in Malawi, since its establishment in 1986. It started on 6 May 2017.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [27, 27], "content_span": [28, 233]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272740-0001-0000", "contents": "2017 Super League of Malawi\nKamuzu Barracks FC are the defending champions of the 2016 season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [27, 27], "content_span": [28, 94]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272740-0002-0000", "contents": "2017 Super League of Malawi, Clubs\n16 teams compete in this season: the top 13 teams from the previous season and three promoted teams from the regional leagues. Chitipa United, Masters Security FC and Blantyre United entered as the three promoted teams.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 34], "content_span": [35, 254]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272741-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 Super Rugby Final\nThe 2017 Super Rugby Final was played between the Lions and the Crusaders. The match, held at Ellis Park in Johannesburg was the 22nd final in the Super Rugby competition's history, and attracted a record crowd attendance of 62,000.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [22, 22], "content_span": [23, 257]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272741-0001-0000", "contents": "2017 Super Rugby Final\nThe Crusaders won the final, defeating the Lions by eight points, and stretched their record number of Super Rugby title wins to eight. A strong Crusaders defence, several errors committed by the Lions and a red card were the losers' downfall in the highly anticipated Super Rugby final held on South African soil for the first time since 2010.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [22, 22], "content_span": [23, 367]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272741-0002-0000", "contents": "2017 Super Rugby Final\nBoth finalists had won their respective conferences in the regular season. The Lions, as the top-placed team in 2017 season standings, played all their matches in the finals series at home in Johannesburg. They beat fellow South African side the Sharks in a closely matched quarterfinal, before defeating the previous year's champion the Hurricanes in their semifinal match.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [22, 22], "content_span": [23, 399]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272741-0003-0000", "contents": "2017 Super Rugby Final\nThe Crusaders had comfortably beat local New Zealand rivals the Highlanders and Chiefs in their respective quarterfinal and semifinal playoffs at home in Christchurch before travelling to Johannesburg for the final.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [22, 22], "content_span": [23, 240]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272741-0004-0000", "contents": "2017 Super Rugby Final, Road to the final\nThe 18 teams were split geographically into two groups with two conferences in each group. The Australasian Group included five teams in the Australian Conference and five teams in the New Zealand Conference. The South African Group, with six South African teams, one Argentinean team and one Japanese team was split into a four-team Africa 1 Conference and a four-team Africa 2 Conference.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 41], "content_span": [42, 432]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272741-0005-0000", "contents": "2017 Super Rugby Final, Road to the final\nThe four conference winners qualified for the quarterfinals with a home ground advantage against four wildcard teams, made up of the third to fifth placed teams in the Australasian Group and the third placed team in the South African Group.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 41], "content_span": [42, 282]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272741-0006-0000", "contents": "2017 Super Rugby Final, Road to the final\nThe quarterfinals featured away wins for the Hurricanes over the Brumbies, and Chiefs over the Stormers. The Crusaders beat Highlanders, keeping them scoreless, and the Lions beat the Sharks. For the semifinals, the Crusaders defeated the Chiefs in Christchurch and the Lions defeated the Hurricanes in Johannesburg.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 41], "content_span": [42, 358]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272742-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 Super Rugby season\nThe 2017 Super Rugby season was the 22nd season of Super Rugby, an annual rugby union competition organised by SANZAAR between teams from Argentina, Australia, Japan, New Zealand and South Africa. It was the second season featuring an expanded 18-team format, following the competition's expansion from 15 teams prior to the 2016 season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [23, 23], "content_span": [24, 361]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272742-0001-0000", "contents": "2017 Super Rugby season\nAfter 17 rounds of matches between 23 February and 15 July \u2013 with Rounds 15 and 16 split due to the 2017 mid-year rugby union internationals and British & Irish Lions tour to New Zealand \u2013 four conference winners and four wildcard teams progressed to the finals series, which will consist of quarterfinals, semifinals and a final on 5 August.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [23, 23], "content_span": [24, 366]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272742-0002-0000", "contents": "2017 Super Rugby season, Competition format\nThe 18 participating teams were divided into two geographical groups, each consisting of two conferences: the Australasian Group, with five teams in the Australian Conference and five teams in the New Zealand Conference, and the South African Group, with six South African teams, one Argentine team and one Japanese team split into two four-team conferences \u2013 an Africa 1 Conference and an Africa 2 Conference.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 43], "content_span": [44, 454]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272742-0003-0000", "contents": "2017 Super Rugby season, Competition format\nIn the group stages, there were 17 rounds of matches, where each team played 15 matches and had two rounds of byes for a total of 135 matches. Due to the British & Irish Lions tour to New Zealand in June and July, Rounds 15 and 16 were split; Round 15 of the Australian and New Zealand Conferences were played on the weekend of 3 June, with Round 16 of the New Zealand Conference scheduled for the following week. The South African Conference Round 15 matches were played on the weekend of 1 July, with the Round 16 matches for the Australian and South African conferences scheduled for a week later.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 43], "content_span": [44, 644]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272742-0004-0000", "contents": "2017 Super Rugby season, Competition format\nTeams played six intra-conference matches; in the four-team African Conferences, each team played the other three teams in their conference at home and away, while in the five-team Australasian Conferences, each team played two teams home and away and once against the other two teams (one at home and one away). The other nine matches were a single round of matches against each team in the other conference in their group, as well as against each team from one of the conferences in the other group. For 2017, the teams in Africa 1 played the teams in the New Zealand Conference, while the teams in Africa 2 played the teams in the Australian Conference.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 43], "content_span": [44, 700]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272742-0005-0000", "contents": "2017 Super Rugby season, Competition format\nThe top team in each of the four conferences qualified for the quarterfinals. The next three highest-ranked teams in the Australasian Group and the next highest-ranked team in the South African group also qualified to the quarterfinals as wildcards. The conference winners were seeded #1 to #4 for the quarterfinals, in order of log points gained during the group stages, while the wildcards were seeded as #5 to #8 in order of log points gained during the group stages.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 43], "content_span": [44, 514]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272742-0006-0000", "contents": "2017 Super Rugby season, Competition format\nIn the quarterfinals, the conference winners hosted the first round of the finals, with the highest-seeded conference winner hosting the fourth-seeded wildcard entry, the second-seeded conference winner hosting the third-seeded wildcard entry, the third-seeded conference winner hosting the second-seeded wildcard entry and the fourth-seeded conference winner hosting the top-seed wildcard entry.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 43], "content_span": [44, 440]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272742-0007-0000", "contents": "2017 Super Rugby season, Competition format\nThe quarterfinal winners progressed to the semifinals. Instead of the following the Shaughnessy playoff format used from 1996 to 2016, the semi-finals were drawn according to a predetermined bracket. Under the new format, the winner of Quarter-final 1 (which featured the highest-seeded conference winner and the lowest-seeded wildcard) will play the winner of Quarter-final 4 (which featured the fourth-seeded conference winner and the highest-seeded wildcard) and likewise with the winners of Quarter-finals 2 and 3. The two semi-final hosts were the highest-seeded winners of their respective quarter-finals.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 43], "content_span": [44, 655]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272742-0008-0000", "contents": "2017 Super Rugby season, Competition format\nThe winners of the semifinals advanced to the final, at the venue of the highest-seeded team.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 43], "content_span": [44, 137]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272742-0009-0000", "contents": "2017 Super Rugby season, Competition format, Changes for 2018\nOn 9 April 2017, SANZAAR announced that the competition would return to a 15-team format for 2018, with two teams from South Africa and one team from Australia being dropped. To ensure five-team conferences, Japanese side the Sunwolves would move from the South African Conference to the Australian Conference.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 61], "content_span": [62, 373]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272742-0010-0000", "contents": "2017 Super Rugby season, Competition format, Changes for 2018\nOn 7 July 2017, the South African Rugby Union confirmed that the Cheetahs and Southern Kings were the South African teams that would not participate in the competition going forward, and both those teams joined the Pro14 competition from the 2017\u201318 season onwards.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 61], "content_span": [62, 329]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272742-0011-0000", "contents": "2017 Super Rugby season, Standings\nThe final standings for the 2017 Super Rugby season were:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 34], "content_span": [35, 92]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272742-0012-0000", "contents": "2017 Super Rugby season, Standings\nThe top eight teams will qualify to the finals, with their final positions in the overall log determining their seedings in the Quarter Finals. The conference winners will be seeded #1 to #4 for the Quarter Finals, in order of log points gained during the group stages, while the wildcards will be seeded as #5 to #8 in order of log points gained during the group stages.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 34], "content_span": [35, 406]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272742-0012-0001", "contents": "2017 Super Rugby season, Standings\nIn the Quarter Finals, the conference winners will host the first round of the finals, with the highest-seeded conference winner hosting the fourth-seeded wildcard entry, the second-seeded conference winner hosting the third-seeded wildcard entry, the third-seeded conference winner hosting the second-seeded wildcard entry and the fourth-seeded conference winner hosting the top-seed wildcard entry. The Quarter Final winners will progress to the Semi-Finals, where the winners of Quarter Finals 1 and 4 will play each other, as well as the winners of Quarter Finals 2 and 3, each tie hosted by the higher-seeded team.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 34], "content_span": [35, 654]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272742-0012-0002", "contents": "2017 Super Rugby season, Standings\nThe winner of the Semi-Finals will progress to the Final, again to be held at the venue of the highest-seeded team. 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 at least three tries more than the opponent in a matchClassification:Teams standings are calculated as follows:* Conference Leaders (i.e. conference leaders will always be ranked at the top)* Log points* Number of games won* Overall points difference* Number of tries scored* Overall try difference", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 34], "content_span": [35, 585]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272742-0013-0000", "contents": "2017 Super Rugby season, Standings, Round-by-round\nThe table below shows each team's progression throughout the season. For each round, their cumulative points total is shown with the overall log position in brackets:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 50], "content_span": [51, 217]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272742-0014-0000", "contents": "2017 Super Rugby season, Matches\nThe fixtures for the 2017 Super Rugby competition were released on 20 September 2016. The following matches were played during the regular season:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 32], "content_span": [33, 179]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272742-0015-0000", "contents": "2017 Super Rugby season, Finals\nThe four conference winners advanced to the Quarter Finals, where they had home advantage against four wildcard teams, which consisted of the third to fifth-ranked teams in the Australasian Group and the third-ranked team in the South African Group.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 31], "content_span": [32, 281]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272742-0016-0000", "contents": "2017 Super Rugby season, Players, Squads\nThe following squads were named for the 2017 Super Rugby season:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 40], "content_span": [41, 105]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272742-0017-0000", "contents": "2017 Super Rugby season, Referees\nThe following refereeing panel was appointed by SANZAAR for the 2017 Super Rugby season:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 33], "content_span": [34, 122]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272743-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 Super Taikyu Series\nThe 2017 Super Taikyu Series is the 26th season of the Super Taikyu Series. The season will start on 1 April at Twin Ring Motegi and end on 15 October at Okayama International Circuit.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [24, 24], "content_span": [25, 209]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272744-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 Super2 Series\nThe 2017 Super2 Series (known for commercial reasons as the 2017 Dunlop Super2 Series) was an Australian motor racing competition for Supercars, staged as a support series to the Virgin Australia Supercars Championship. It was the eighteenth annual Supercars Development Series.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [18, 18], "content_span": [19, 297]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272744-0001-0000", "contents": "2017 Super2 Series\nThe series was won by Todd Hazelwood, driving a Holden VF Commodore for Matt Stone Racing.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [18, 18], "content_span": [19, 109]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272744-0002-0000", "contents": "2017 Super2 Series\nA few substantial changes were seen for the 2017 season including the new rules of the Super2 program. This saw the opportunity for Dunlop Series teams to field a Wildcard entry in up to two of the four Virgin Australia Supercars Championship events at Winton, Barbagallo Raceway, Hidden Valley and Queensland Raceway. This program was developed to encourage more cars and teams to get involved in the Supercars Championship. The Bathurst round of the Super2 Series became a non-pointscoring round for the first time since 2004, to encourage more cars and teams to submit wildcard entries for the Bathurst 1000.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [18, 18], "content_span": [19, 630]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272745-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 Superbike World Championship\nThe 2017 Superbike World Championship was the 30th season of the Superbike World Championship. The season was contested over 26 races at 13 locations, starting on 25 February at Phillip Island Grand Prix Circuit in Australia and ending on 4 November at Losail International Circuit in Qatar.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [33, 33], "content_span": [34, 325]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272745-0001-0000", "contents": "2017 Superbike World Championship\nThe season saw the revision of the starting grid format for the second race, which was previously based on qualifying results for both races: riders placed from fourth to ninth in Race 1 were promoted to the first two rows for Race 2; then the third, the second and the winner followed on the third row; the remaining riders were sorted from the tenth grid slot onwards according to Superpole results.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [33, 33], "content_span": [34, 435]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272745-0002-0000", "contents": "2017 Superbike World Championship\nThe season was marred by the death of Honda rider and former MotoGP World Champion Nicky Hayden, who succumbed to injuries sustained in a pedal-cycling accident near Rimini, Italy, on 22 May.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [33, 33], "content_span": [34, 225]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272746-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 Supercars Championship\nThe 2017 Supercars Championship (formally known as the 2017 Virgin Australia Supercars Championship) was an FIA-sanctioned international motor racing series for Supercars, which prior to July 2016 had been known as V8 Supercars. It was the nineteenth running of the Supercars Championship and the twenty-first series in which Supercars have contested the premier Australian touring car title.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [27, 27], "content_span": [28, 420]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272746-0001-0000", "contents": "2017 Supercars Championship\nThe 2017 season saw the category undergo a substantial revision of its technical regulations, with the introduction of Gen 2 Supercar rules which opened the championship up to a wider range of body shapes and engine configurations. Despite this, all teams continued within the previous regulations.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [27, 27], "content_span": [28, 326]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272746-0002-0000", "contents": "2017 Supercars Championship\nDJR Team Penske was awarded the Teams Championship and Ford won the Manufacturers Championship. Jamie Whincup claimed his seventh title in controversial circumstances when Scott McLaughlin was penalized in the title-deciding race.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [27, 27], "content_span": [28, 258]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272746-0003-0000", "contents": "2017 Supercars Championship, Calendar\nThe following fourteen events are scheduled to take place in 2017:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 37], "content_span": [38, 104]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272746-0004-0000", "contents": "2017 Supercars Championship, Rule changes, Technical regulations\nThe 2017 season saw the introduction of Gen 2 Supercar regulations. Two-door coup\u00e9 body styles are permitted alongside four-door sedans, while the engine regulations were opened up to include turbocharged four or six-cylinder engines. However, cars are still be required to be based on front-engined, rear wheel drive, four-seater production cars that are sold in Australia. The chassis and control components carried over from the New Generation V8 Supercar regulations used since 2013. However all teams are continuing to use New Generation specification cars until the beginning of 2018 when the Holden Commodore ZB built to the new specifications will debut.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 64], "content_span": [65, 727]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272746-0005-0000", "contents": "2017 Supercars Championship, Rule changes, Technical regulations\nTwo new control Dunlop tyres were introduced, marking the first change in tyre construction since 2003. Whereas in previous seasons, the two compounds were designated hard and soft, in 2017 these are named soft and super soft respectively. All teams attended a test session on 21 February 2017 at Sydney Motorsport Park to evaluate the new tyre.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 64], "content_span": [65, 410]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272746-0006-0000", "contents": "2017 Supercars Championship, Results and standings, Points system\nPoints were awarded for each race at an event, to the driver or drivers of a car that completed at least 75% of the race distance and was running at the completion of the race, up to a maximum of 300 points per event.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 65], "content_span": [66, 283]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272747-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 Supercheap Auto Bathurst 1000\nThe 2017 Supercheap Auto Bathurst 1000 was a motor racing event for the Supercars Championship, held from October 5 to 8 2017 at the Mount Panorama Circuit in Bathurst, New South Wales, and consisted of a 1000 kilometre race. It was the eleventh event of fourteen in the 2017 Supercars Championship and was Race 20 of the season. It was also the second event of the 2017 Enduro Cup.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [34, 34], "content_span": [35, 417]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272747-0001-0000", "contents": "2017 Supercheap Auto Bathurst 1000\nDJR Team Penske driver Scott McLaughlin qualified on pole with a lap time of 2:03.8312, the fastest lap of the Mount Panorama Circuit recorded by a Supercar.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [34, 34], "content_span": [35, 192]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272747-0002-0000", "contents": "2017 Supercheap Auto Bathurst 1000\nThe race was won by David Reynolds and Luke Youlden driving a Holden VF Commodore for Erebus Motorsport.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [34, 34], "content_span": [35, 139]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272747-0003-0000", "contents": "2017 Supercheap Auto Bathurst 1000, Report, Background\nThe event was the 60th running of the Bathurst 1000, which was first held at the Phillip Island Grand Prix Circuit in 1960 as a 500-mile race for Australian-made standard production sedans, and marked the 57th time that the race was held at Mount Panorama. It was the 21st running of the Australian 1000 race, which was first held after the organisational split between the Australian Racing Drivers Club and V8 Supercars Australia that saw two \"Bathurst 1000\" races contested in both 1997 and 1998. It was the 19th time the race had been held as part of the Supercars Championship and the fifth time it formed part of the Enduro Cup. The defending winners of the race were Will Davison and Jonathon Webb.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 54], "content_span": [55, 760]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272747-0004-0000", "contents": "2017 Supercheap Auto Bathurst 1000, Report, Background\nScott McLaughlin entered the event as the championship leader, 84 points clear of Triple Eight Race Engineering's Jamie Whincup. McLaughlin's DJR Team Penske team-mate Fabian Coulthard was third in the points standings, 161 behind McLaughlin. In the Teams' Championship, DJR Team Penske held a 372-point lead over Triple Eight. In the Enduro Cup standings, Prodrive Racing Australia team-mates Cameron Waters and Richie Stanaway led the pairing of McLaughlin and Alexandre Pr\u00e9mat by 24 points.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 54], "content_span": [55, 548]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272747-0005-0000", "contents": "2017 Supercheap Auto Bathurst 1000, Report, Entry list\nTwenty-six cars were entered in the event. It was the first time since 2008 that no additional \"Wildcard\" entries had been received for the race. The race would see the Bathurst 1000 debut of four drivers - Super2 drivers Todd Hazelwood, Richard Muscat and Garry Jacobson and main-game debutant Alex Rullo. Rullo (at 17 years, 4 months and 23 days) would become the third youngest Bathurst 1000 starter after Cameron Waters (17 years, 2 months and 6 days in 2011) and Paul Dumbrell (17 years, 2 months and 14 days in 1999).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 54], "content_span": [55, 578]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272747-0006-0000", "contents": "2017 Supercheap Auto Bathurst 1000, Report, Practice\nThree one-hour practice sessions were held on the Thursday prior to the race. Practice 1 and Practice 3 were open to both regular drivers and co-drivers, while Practice 2 was for co-drivers only. The first session saw Mostert set the fastest lap time of 2:06.3033. Lowndes was second fastest, six hundredths behind while Todd Kelly was sixteen hundredths further back. Tim Slade caused a red flag as a result of losing control in the Esses before heavily impacting the wall on the entry to the Dipper. The session was halted again with nineteen minutes remaining after Alex Rullo stopped on Conrod Straight having found the wall at Forrest's Elbow.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 52], "content_span": [53, 701]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272748-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 Supercl\u00e1sico de las Am\u00e9ricas\nThe 2017 Supercl\u00e1sico de las Am\u00e9ricas \u2013 Copa Doctor Nicol\u00e1s Leoz was the fourth edition of the Supercl\u00e1sico de las Am\u00e9ricas. The match was played at the Melbourne Cricket Ground in Melbourne, Australia.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [33, 33], "content_span": [34, 236]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272748-0001-0000", "contents": "2017 Supercl\u00e1sico de las Am\u00e9ricas\nArgentina won the match by the solitary goal scored by Gabriel Mercado in the 45th minute of the first half.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [33, 33], "content_span": [34, 142]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272749-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 Supercopa Argentina\nThe 2017 Supercopa Argentina Final was the 6th edition of the Supercopa Argentina, an annual football match contested by the winners of the Argentine Primera Divisi\u00f3n and Copa Argentina competitions. The match was played at the Estadio Malvinas Argentinas in the city of Mendoza on 14 March 2018.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [24, 24], "content_span": [25, 322]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272749-0001-0000", "contents": "2017 Supercopa Argentina\nBoca Juniors and River Plate qualified after winning the 2016\u201317 Argentine Primera Divisi\u00f3n tournament and the 2016\u201317 Copa Argentina, respectively. It was the second time in history and first since 1976 that the two most important Argentine clubs faced each other in a final match.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [24, 24], "content_span": [25, 307]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272749-0002-0000", "contents": "2017 Supercopa Argentina\nRiver Plate defeated Boca Juniors 2\u20130 to win their first Supercopa Argentina title.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [24, 24], "content_span": [25, 108]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272749-0003-0000", "contents": "2017 Supercopa Argentina, Match, Details\nAssistant referees:Yamil Bonf\u00e1Gustavo RossiFourth official:Fernando RapalliniAdditional assistant referees:Facundo TelloAriel Penel", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 40], "content_span": [41, 172]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272750-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 Supercopa MX\nThe 2017 Supercopa MX was a Mexican football match-up played on 16 July 2017 between the champions of the Apertura 2016 Copa MX, Quer\u00e9taro, and Am\u00e9rica. Like the previous two editions, the 2017 Supercopa MX was contested in a single-leg format at a neutral venue in the United States. This match took place at the StubHub Center in Carson, California for the second straight year.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 17], "section_span": [17, 17], "content_span": [18, 398]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272750-0001-0000", "contents": "2017 Supercopa MX\nThe match is normally contested by the winners of the Apertura and Clausura editions of the Copa MX. However Guadalajara, winners of the Clausura 2017, also won the Clausura 2017 Liga MX, and thus qualified for the 2017 Campe\u00f3n de Campeones. Since Guadalajara were also the Supercopa MX title holders, they were replaced by Am\u00e9rica, who were the team that accumulated the most aggregate points in the previous two editions of Copa MX that was not already playing in either the Campe\u00f3n de Campeones or Supercopa MX.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 17], "section_span": [17, 17], "content_span": [18, 532]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272750-0002-0000", "contents": "2017 Supercopa MX\nThe 2017 Supercopa MX was part of a doubleheader, which also includes the 2017 Campe\u00f3n de Campeones, organized by Univision Deportes, Soccer United Marketing (SUM), Liga MX and LA Galaxy.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 17], "section_span": [17, 17], "content_span": [18, 205]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272750-0003-0000", "contents": "2017 Supercopa MX, Match details\nAssistant referees:Mario Jes\u00fas L\u00f3pez (Durango)Pablo Israel Hern\u00e1ndez (Mexico City)Fourth official: Jorge Antonio P\u00e9rez (Veracruz)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 17], "section_span": [19, 32], "content_span": [33, 162]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272751-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 Supercopa de Chile\nThe 2017 Supercopa de Chile was the fourth edition of this championship organised by the Asociaci\u00f3n Nacional de F\u00fatbol Profesional (ANFP).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [23, 23], "content_span": [24, 162]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272751-0001-0000", "contents": "2017 Supercopa de Chile\nThe match was played between the 2016-17 Primera Divisi\u00f3n Best-Champions Universidad Cat\u00f3lica, and the 2016 Copa Chile Winners Colo-Colo.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [23, 23], "content_span": [24, 161]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272751-0002-0000", "contents": "2017 Supercopa de Chile, Road to the final\nThe two teams that contested the Supercopa were Universidad Cat\u00f3lica, that qualified as Apertura 2016-17 Champion and the Best Champion in the accumulated table, and Colo-Colo, that qualified for the match as the winner of the 2016 Copa Chile, defeating Everton 4:0 at the Estadio Nacional.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 42], "content_span": [43, 333]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272752-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 Supercopa de Espa\u00f1a\nThe 2017 Supercopa de Espa\u00f1a was the 34th edition of the Supercopa de Espa\u00f1a, an annual two-legged football tie contested by the winners of the previous season's La Liga and Copa del Rey competitions.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [24, 24], "content_span": [25, 225]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272752-0001-0000", "contents": "2017 Supercopa de Espa\u00f1a\nThe tie was played in August 2017 between the winners of the 2016\u201317 Copa del Rey and holders of the Supercopa, Barcelona, and the champions of the 2016\u201317 La Liga, Real Madrid. This was the first time since the 2012 edition that the Supercopa featured El Cl\u00e1sico.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [24, 24], "content_span": [25, 289]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272752-0002-0000", "contents": "2017 Supercopa de Espa\u00f1a\nReal Madrid won the Supercopa de Espa\u00f1a 5\u20131 on aggregate for their 10th title.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [24, 24], "content_span": [25, 103]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272752-0003-0000", "contents": "2017 Supercopa de Espa\u00f1a, Match details, First leg\nThe first half of the match ended goalless. Five minutes into the second half, Marcelo fired a ground cross that deflected off Piqu\u00e9's foot, resulting in an own goal. Four minutes later, Real Madrid had a great opportunity to score when Benzema did a stepover and evaded Pique's tackle, then sent a cross to Dani Carvajal across the goal and Carvajal shot but Jordi Alba cleared it on the goal line. In the 70th minute, Cristiano Ronaldo scored after a pass from Casemiro but it was ruled offside. Seven minutes later, Luis Su\u00e1rez was brought down in the box by Keylor Navas, resulting in a penalty, which was subsequently converted by Messi.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 50], "content_span": [51, 693]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272752-0004-0000", "contents": "2017 Supercopa de Espa\u00f1a, Match details, First leg\nMessi's strike marked his 25th goal in the fixture. Three minutes later, in the 80th minute, Real scored their second through a counter attack when Isco assisted Ronaldo with a long ball who shot into the top right corner from the edge of the box. Ronaldo was booked for removing his shirt as part of his celebration. Two minutes later he was booked again by the referee for allegedly diving when he collided with Samuel Umtiti in the box, which resulted in a second yellow card to become a red card, therefore getting suspended for the second leg. Ronaldo was later given a 5 match suspension after replays showed him push the referee in frustration for the red card. Real's last goal was scored in the 90th minute in similar fashion to the second, when Asensio shot into the top left corner following an assist from Lucas V\u00e1zquez.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 50], "content_span": [51, 883]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272752-0005-0000", "contents": "2017 Supercopa de Espa\u00f1a, Match details, Second leg\nThe first goal came quite early in the second leg through a Real throw-in the fourth minute following a poor clearance from Samuel Umtiti which resulted in the ball landing in the young Marco Asensio's feet who scored from 30+ yards out with his left foot. In the 32nd minute, Benzema stole the ball from Javier Mascherano and passed it to Lucas Vazquez in the center of the box who then hit the left post.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 51], "content_span": [52, 458]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272752-0006-0000", "contents": "2017 Supercopa de Espa\u00f1a, Match details, Second leg\nEight minutes after the half-hour mark, Marcelo sent a ground cross in for Benzema who controlled it backwards with his right foot and finished with a left foot half-volley straight into the bottom corner of the net which was enough for the victory. Six minutes after the start of the second half, Rapha\u00ebl Varane made a poor pass to Mateo Kova\u010di\u0107 to let Suarez recover the ball and pass it to Messi who then hit the crossbar inside the box.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 51], "content_span": [52, 492]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272752-0006-0001", "contents": "2017 Supercopa de Espa\u00f1a, Match details, Second leg\nIn the 70th minute, Andre Gomes took a throw in and played it to Suarez who then made a body feint and dribbled past Dani Carvajal. Suarez then played a through ball to Sergi Roberto on the left side of the box who toe poked the ball, which was saved by Navas.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 51], "content_span": [52, 312]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272752-0006-0002", "contents": "2017 Supercopa de Espa\u00f1a, Match details, Second leg\nVarane's header fell to Ivan Rakitic a few yards outside the box who then passed the ball to Messi who took a shot, which was saved by Navas, and the deflection fell in the path of Suarez who performed a diving header that bounced off the right side post and went out of play.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 51], "content_span": [52, 328]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272752-0007-0000", "contents": "2017 Supercopa de Espa\u00f1a, Match details, Second leg\nThere was lesser action for the last 20 minutes, although Theo Hernandez, Dani Ceballos and N\u00e9lson Semedo came on to make their official debuts respectively.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 51], "content_span": [52, 209]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272753-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 Supercopa de Espa\u00f1a de Baloncesto\nThe 2017 Supercopa de Espa\u00f1a de Baloncesto was the 14th edition of the tournament since it is organized by the ACB and the 18th overall. It will be also called Supercopa Endesa for sponsorship reasons. It was played in the Gran Canaria Arena in Las Palmas on September. Herbalife Gran Canaria was the defending champion.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [38, 38], "content_span": [39, 359]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272753-0001-0000", "contents": "2017 Supercopa de Espa\u00f1a de Baloncesto, Participant teams and draw\nOn February 13, 2017, the ACB confirmed Las Palmas to host the tournament. The semifinals were drawn on 6 July 2017, without any restriction.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 66], "content_span": [67, 208]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272754-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 Supercoppa Italiana\nThe 2017 Supercoppa Italiana was the 30th edition of the Supercoppa Italiana, the Italian football super cup. It was played on 13 August 2017 in Rome, Italy. With Juventus winning both the 2016\u201317 Serie A championship and the 2016\u201317 Coppa Italia, the game was played between Juventus and the 2016\u201317 Coppa Italia runners-up, Lazio. Lazio won the match 3\u20132 and claimed their fourth Supercoppa title.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [24, 24], "content_span": [25, 424]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272754-0001-0000", "contents": "2017 Supercoppa Italiana, Match, Details\nAssistant referees:Filippo MeliAndrea CrispoFourth official:Michael FabbriAdditional assistant referees:Massimiliano IrratiAntonio Damato", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 40], "content_span": [41, 178]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272755-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 Supercupa Rom\u00e2niei\nThe 2017 Supercupa Rom\u00e2niei was the 19th edition of Romania's season opener cup competition. The game was contested between Liga I title holders, Viitorul Constan\u021ba, and Romanian Cup holders, Voluntari. It was played at Municipal Stadium in Boto\u0219ani in July. Voluntari won the trophy for the first time in its history, after defeating Viitorul Constan\u021ba with 1\u20130.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [23, 23], "content_span": [24, 387]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272756-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 Superettan\nThe 2017 Superettan is part of the 2017 Swedish football season, and the 17th season of Superettan, Sweden's second-tier football division in its current format. A total of 16 teams contest the league.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [15, 15], "content_span": [16, 217]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272756-0001-0000", "contents": "2017 Superettan\nFixtures for the 2017 season were announced on 9 December 2016.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [15, 15], "content_span": [16, 79]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272756-0002-0000", "contents": "2017 Superettan, Teams\nA total of 16 teams contest the league. The top two teams qualify directly for promotion to Allsvenskan, the third will enter a playoff for the chance of a promotion.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [17, 22], "content_span": [23, 189]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272756-0003-0000", "contents": "2017 Superettan, League table, Playoffs\nThe 13th-placed and 14th-placed teams of Superettan meets the two runners-up from 2017 Division 1 (Norra and S\u00f6dra) in Two-legged ties on a home-and-away basis with the team from Superettan finishing at home.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [17, 39], "content_span": [40, 248]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272757-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 Superliga Colombiana\nThe 2017 Superliga Colombiana (known as the 2017 Superliga \u00c1guila for sponsorship purposes) was the sixth edition of the Superliga Colombiana. It was contested by the champions of the 2016 Categor\u00eda Primera A season from 21 January to 29 January 2017. Santa Fe were the winners, beating Independiente Medell\u00edn 1\u20130 on aggregate score.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [25, 25], "content_span": [26, 359]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272758-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 Supersport 300 World Championship\nThe 2017 Supersport 300 World Championship was the first season of the Supersport 300 World Championship. The debut season was contested over nine races, which were held at all the European rounds of 2017 Superbike World Championship, starting from 2 April at Motorland Arag\u00f3n in Spain to 22 October at Circuito de Jerez in Spain.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [38, 38], "content_span": [39, 369]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272759-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 Supersport World Championship\nThe 2017 Supersport World Championship season was the twenty-first season of the Supersport World Championship, the nineteenth held under this name. The season was contested over 12 races at 12 locations, starting from 26 February at Phillip Island Grand Prix Circuit in Australia to 4 November at Losail International Circuit in Qatar.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [34, 34], "content_span": [35, 371]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272760-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 Superta\u00e7a C\u00e2ndido de Oliveira\nThe 2017 Superta\u00e7a C\u00e2ndido de Oliveira was the 39th edition of the Superta\u00e7a C\u00e2ndido de Oliveira. It took place on 5 August 2017 and featured the winners of the 2016\u201317 Primeira Liga and 2016\u201317 Ta\u00e7a de Portugal, Benfica, and the runners-up of the Ta\u00e7a de Portugal, Vit\u00f3ria de Guimar\u00e3es. Benfica won their second consecutive Superta\u00e7a C\u00e2ndido de Oliveira for the first time and seventh overall.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [34, 34], "content_span": [35, 429]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272760-0001-0000", "contents": "2017 Superta\u00e7a C\u00e2ndido de Oliveira, Venue\nThe Aveiro Municipal Stadium was announced as the venue on 6 June 2017, following the decision of the Portuguese Football Federation Directive Board. That same day, the Board announced that the stadium would also be the venue of the following year's Superta\u00e7a C\u00e2ndido de Oliveira. This was the eight time Aveiro Municipal Stadium hosted the Superta\u00e7a (it had been the venue in the 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014 and 2016 editions).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 41], "content_span": [42, 477]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272760-0002-0000", "contents": "2017 Superta\u00e7a C\u00e2ndido de Oliveira, Background\nBenfica made their 19th Superta\u00e7a appearance. Their last appearance had been in 2016, when they defeated Braga 3\u20130 at the Est\u00e1dio Municipal de Aveiro. Benfica had won six Superta\u00e7as, in 1980, 1985, 1989, 2005, 2014 and 2016.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 46], "content_span": [47, 271]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272760-0003-0000", "contents": "2017 Superta\u00e7a C\u00e2ndido de Oliveira, Background\nVit\u00f3ria de Guimar\u00e3es played in the fixture for the fourth time. Their last presence had been in 2013 when they lost 3\u20130 to Porto. Vit\u00f3ria de Guimar\u00e3es had won one edition against Porto in 1988, 2\u20130 on aggregate, and had also been runners-up in 2011.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 46], "content_span": [47, 296]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272760-0004-0000", "contents": "2017 Superta\u00e7a C\u00e2ndido de Oliveira, Pre-match, Entry\nBenfica qualified for their fourth consecutive Superta\u00e7a C\u00e2ndido de Oliveira by winning the league title. On the penultimate matchday, Benfica won 5\u20130 against Vit\u00f3ria de Guimar\u00e3es at the Est\u00e1dio da Luz to clinch the Primeira Liga for the 36th time and fourth consecutive time for the first time in their history.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 52], "content_span": [53, 365]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272760-0005-0000", "contents": "2017 Superta\u00e7a C\u00e2ndido de Oliveira, Pre-match, Entry\nVit\u00f3ria de Guimar\u00e3es qualified by reaching the cup final, losing to league champions Benfica 2\u20131.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 52], "content_span": [53, 150]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272760-0006-0000", "contents": "2017 Superta\u00e7a C\u00e2ndido de Oliveira, Match, Details\nAssistant referees:Rui TavaresRui TeixeiraFourth official:Manuel OliveiraVideo assistant referees:Jorge SousaHugo Miguel", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 50], "content_span": [51, 171]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272761-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 Suphanburi F.C. season\nThe 2017 season is Suphanburi's 7th season in the Thai League T1 by 2006\u20132007 and since 2013.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [27, 27], "content_span": [28, 121]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272761-0001-0000", "contents": "2017 Suphanburi F.C. season, Reserve team in Thai League 4\nSuphanburi send the reserve team to compete in T4 Western Region as Suphanburi B.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 58], "content_span": [59, 140]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272761-0002-0000", "contents": "2017 Suphanburi F.C. season, Transfers\nFirst Thai footballer's market was open on December 14, 2016, to January 28, 2017. Second Thai footballer's market is opening on June 3, 2017, to June 30, 2017.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 38], "content_span": [39, 199]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272762-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 Surigao earthquake\nThe 2017 Surigao earthquake occurred on February 10, 2017 at 10:03 PM (PST), with a surface wave magnitude of 6.7 off the coast of Surigao del Norte in the Philippines. According to the PHIVOLCS Earthquake Intensity Scale the earthquake was an Intensity VII (Destructive) earthquake at maximum. In the past Surigao province has been hit by a magnitude 7.2 tremor in both 1879 and 1893.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [23, 23], "content_span": [24, 409]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272762-0001-0000", "contents": "2017 Surigao earthquake, Earthquake\nThe earthquake was recorded by PHIVOLCS on February 10, 2017 at 10:03:42 PM (UTC+8). Based on the agency, the epicenter of the 6.7 magnitude-earthquake was at Coordinates: or 16 kilometers, north west of Surigao City. The earthquake was tectonic of origin. The most affected area in terms of PHIVOLCS Earthquake Intensity Scale (PEIS) was Surigao City which experienced an intensity of Intensity VII (Destructive). The United States Geological Survey reports the earthquake as having a moment magnitude of 6.5.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 35], "content_span": [36, 547]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272762-0002-0000", "contents": "2017 Surigao earthquake, Earthquake\nThe Pacific Tsunami Warning Center issued no tsunami warning following the earthquake.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 35], "content_span": [36, 122]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272762-0003-0000", "contents": "2017 Surigao earthquake, Impact\nAccording to the Department of Social Welfare and Development, at least 300 houses in Surigao del Norte were damaged following the earthquake. Seven bridges collapsed, isolating San Francisco. At least eleven towns were affected, experiencing power outages.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 31], "content_span": [32, 289]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272762-0004-0000", "contents": "2017 Surigao earthquake, Impact\nThe Provincial Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council of Surigao del Norte projects that the cost of damage to property and infrastructure is at least \u20b1665 million.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 31], "content_span": [32, 204]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272762-0005-0000", "contents": "2017 Surigao earthquake, Aftermath\nOn February 11, 2017, the government of Surigao City declared a state of calamity.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 34], "content_span": [35, 117]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272762-0006-0000", "contents": "2017 Surigao earthquake, Aftermath\nThe Civil Aviation Authority of the Philippines has suspended all flights to and from Surigao City due to the damage sustained by the city's airport runway.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 34], "content_span": [35, 191]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272762-0007-0000", "contents": "2017 Surigao earthquake, Aftermath\nThe Philippine national government, through Presidential spokesman Ernesto Abella, assured the public that the government will provide aid.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 34], "content_span": [35, 174]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272762-0008-0000", "contents": "2017 Surigao earthquake, Aftermath\nBy the afternoon of February 14, 2017, there were at least 140 reported aftershocks recorded by PHIVOLCS.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 34], "content_span": [35, 140]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272762-0009-0000", "contents": "2017 Surigao earthquake, Aftermath\nOn March 5, 2017, an aftershock of magnitude 5.9 occurred while one person died of a heart attack, 29 others were injured and some walls collapsed.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 34], "content_span": [35, 182]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272763-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 Surrey County Council election\nThe 2017 Surrey County Council election took place as part of the 2017 local elections in the UK. All 81 councillors were elected for single-member electoral divisions for a four-year term. The electoral system used is first-past-the-post voting.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [35, 35], "content_span": [36, 282]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272763-0001-0000", "contents": "2017 Surrey County Council election\nThe result was Conservative councillors formed an increased majority on the council at the equivalent loss of three seats formerly won by UKIP. Two tied second-largest party groupings of councillors were unaltered as to their seats, on net balance. These were Liberal Democrats and an informal alliance of Independent and Residents Association councillors: nine councillors each. The balance of two councillors continued as one Labour Party and one Green Party of England and Wales member.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [35, 35], "content_span": [36, 525]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272763-0002-0000", "contents": "2017 Surrey County Council election, Division Results, Caterham Valley\nIn the previous election a Green Party candidate polled 5%.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 70], "content_span": [71, 130]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272763-0003-0000", "contents": "2017 Surrey County Council election, Division Results, Farnham Central\nAt the past election the UKIP candidate polled 22%, the Independent candidate polled 18% and the Labour candidate polled 8%.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 70], "content_span": [71, 195]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272763-0004-0000", "contents": "2017 Surrey County Council election, Division Results, Farnham North\nIn the previous election the UKIP candidate polled 31%, an Independent candidate polled 18% and Labour polled 7%.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 68], "content_span": [69, 182]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272763-0005-0000", "contents": "2017 Surrey County Council election, Division Results, Heatherside and Parkside\nIn the 2013 election David Ivison won the seat for the Conservatives", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 79], "content_span": [80, 148]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272763-0006-0000", "contents": "2017 Surrey County Council election, Division Results, Walton\nIn the previous election a Walton Society candidate polled 32%", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 61], "content_span": [62, 124]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272763-0007-0000", "contents": "2017 Surrey County Council election, Division Results, Waverley Western Villages\nIn the previous election the UKIP candidate polled 22% and the Labour candidate polled 7%.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 80], "content_span": [81, 171]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272764-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 Surrey Stars season\nThe 2017 season was Surrey Stars' second season, in which they competed in the Women's Cricket Super League, a Twenty20 competition. The side finished second in the group stage, winning four of their five matches, therefore progressing to the semi-final. However, they lost to eventual winners Western Storm in the semi-final by 3 wickets.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [24, 24], "content_span": [25, 364]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272764-0001-0000", "contents": "2017 Surrey Stars season\nThe side was captained by Nat Sciver and coached by Richard Bedbrook. They played their home matches at The Oval.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [24, 24], "content_span": [25, 138]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272764-0002-0000", "contents": "2017 Surrey Stars season, Squad\nSurrey Stars' 15-player squad is listed below. Age given is at the start of Surrey Stars' first match of the season (13 August 2017).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 31], "content_span": [32, 165]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272765-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 Suruga Bank Championship\nThe 2017 Suruga Bank Championship (Japanese: \u30b9\u30eb\u30ac\u9280\u884c\u30c1\u30e3\u30f3\u30d4\u30aa\u30f3\u30b7\u30c3\u30d72017; Spanish: Copa Suruga Bank 2017) was the tenth edition of the Suruga Bank Championship (also referred to as the J.League Cup / Copa Sudamericana Championship Final), the club football match co-organized by the Japan Football Association, the football governing body of Japan, CONMEBOL, the football governing body of South America, and J.League, the professional football league of Japan, between the champions of the previous season's J.League Cup and Copa Sudamericana.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [29, 29], "content_span": [30, 565]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272765-0001-0000", "contents": "2017 Suruga Bank Championship\nThe match was contested between Japanese team Urawa Red Diamonds, the 2016 J.League Cup champions, and Brazilian team Chapecoense, the 2016 Copa Sudamericana champions. It was hosted by Urawa Red Diamonds at the Saitama Stadium 2002 in Saitama, Japan on 15 August 2017.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [29, 29], "content_span": [30, 299]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272765-0002-0000", "contents": "2017 Suruga Bank Championship\nUrawa Red Diamonds defeated Chapecoense 1\u20130 to win their first Suruga Bank Championship title.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [29, 29], "content_span": [30, 124]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272765-0003-0000", "contents": "2017 Suruga Bank Championship, Format\nThe Suruga Bank Championship was played as a single match, with the J.League Cup winners hosting the match. If tied at the end of regulation, extra time would not be played, and the penalty shoot-out would be used to determine the winner. A maximum of seven substitutions may be made during the match.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 37], "content_span": [38, 339]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272765-0004-0000", "contents": "2017 Suruga Bank Championship, Match, Details\nAssistant referees:Yoon Kwang-yeol (Korea Republic)Kim Young-ha (Korea Republic)Fourth official:Kim Hee-gon (Korea Republic)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 45], "content_span": [46, 170]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272766-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 Suzhou Ladies Open\nThe 2017 Suzhou Ladies Open was a professional tennis tournament played on outdoor hard courts. It was the sixth edition of the tournament and was part of the 2017 ITF Women's Circuit. It took place in Suzhou, China, on 16\u201322 October 2017.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [23, 23], "content_span": [24, 263]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272766-0001-0000", "contents": "2017 Suzhou Ladies Open, Singles main draw entrants, Other entrants\nThe following players received a wildcard into the singles main draw:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 67], "content_span": [68, 137]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272767-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 Suzhou Ladies Open \u2013 Doubles\nHiroko Kuwata and Akiko Omae were the defending champions, but Omae chose not to participate. Kuwata played alongside Laura Robson, but they lost in the semifinals to Eri Hozumi and Miyu Kato.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [33, 33], "content_span": [34, 226]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272767-0001-0000", "contents": "2017 Suzhou Ladies Open \u2013 Doubles\nJacqueline Cako and Nina Stojanovi\u0107 won the title after defeating Hozumi and Kato 2\u20136, 7\u20135, [10\u20132] in the final.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [33, 33], "content_span": [34, 146]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272768-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 Suzhou Ladies Open \u2013 Singles\nChang Kai-chen was the defending champion, but chose not to participate.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [33, 33], "content_span": [34, 106]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272768-0001-0000", "contents": "2017 Suzhou Ladies Open \u2013 Singles\nSara Errani won the title, defeating Guo Hanyu in the final, 6\u20131, 6\u20130.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [33, 33], "content_span": [34, 104]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272769-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 Suzuka 1000km\nThe 46th International Suzuka 1000 km was endurance event that took place on August 27, 2017 at the Suzuka Circuit in Suzuka City, Japan. It was the 46th edition of the 1000 km Suzuka at Suzuka, and the last as part of the Super GT Series, also being the last running under the 1000-kilometer format. The race was won by the Nakajima Racing team with Bertrand Baguette and Kosuke Matsuura driving.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [18, 18], "content_span": [19, 416]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272770-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 Svenska Cupen Final\nThe 2017 Svenska Cupen final was played on 13 April 2017. The match was played at J\u00e4mtkraft Arena, \u00d6stersund, the home ground of \u00d6stersunds FK, determined in a draw on 19 March 2017 after the semi-finals.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [24, 24], "content_span": [25, 229]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272770-0001-0000", "contents": "2017 Svenska Cupen Final\nThe Allsvenskan clubs \u00d6stersunds FK and IFK Norrk\u00f6ping contested the final, with the winner earning a place in the second qualifying round of the 2017\u201318 UEFA Europa League. \u00d6stersunds FK played their first ever Svenska Cupen final. IFK Norrk\u00f6ping played their first final since 1994 and their 11th in total. \u00d6stersunds FK won their first Svenska Cupen title after defeating IFK Norrk\u00f6ping 4\u20131. This was the first time a Svenska Cupen final was played on artificial turf.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [24, 24], "content_span": [25, 496]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272770-0002-0000", "contents": "2017 Svenska Cupen Final, Route to the final\nNote: In all results below, the score of the finalist is given first.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 44], "content_span": [45, 114]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272771-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 Svijany Open\nThe 2017 Svijany Open was a professional tennis tournament played on clay courts. It was the 5th edition of the tournament which was part of the 2017 ATP Challenger Tour. It took place in Liberec, Czech Republic between 31 July and 6 August 2017.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 17], "section_span": [17, 17], "content_span": [18, 264]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272771-0001-0000", "contents": "2017 Svijany Open, Singles main draw entrants, Other entrants\nThe following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 17], "section_span": [19, 61], "content_span": [62, 130]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272772-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 Svijany Open \u2013 Doubles\nJonathan Eysseric and Andr\u00e9 Ghem were the defending champions but chose not to defend their title.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [27, 27], "content_span": [28, 126]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272772-0001-0000", "contents": "2017 Svijany Open \u2013 Doubles\nLaurynas Grigelis and Zden\u011bk Kol\u00e1\u0159 won the title after defeating Tomasz Bednarek and David Pel 6\u20133, 6\u20134 in the final.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [27, 27], "content_span": [28, 146]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272773-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 Svijany Open \u2013 Singles\nArthur De Greef was the defending champion but chose not to defend his title.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [27, 27], "content_span": [28, 105]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272773-0001-0000", "contents": "2017 Svijany Open \u2013 Singles\nPedro Sousa won the title after defeating Guilherme Clezar 6\u20134, 5\u20137, 6\u20132 in the final.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [27, 27], "content_span": [28, 114]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272774-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 Sweden Hockey Games\nThe 2017 Sweden Hockey Games was played between 9\u201312 February 2017. The Czech Republic, Finland, Sweden and Russia played a round-robin for a total of three games per team and six games in total. Five of the matches are played in Gothenburg, Sweden, and one match in Saint Petersburg, Russia. The tournament was part of 2016\u201317 Euro Hockey Tour. Tournament was won by Russia.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [24, 24], "content_span": [25, 400]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272774-0001-0000", "contents": "2017 Sweden Hockey Games\nAll times are local. Gothenburg \u2013 (Central European Time \u2013 UTC+1) St Petersburg \u2013 (Moscow Time - UTC+3)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [24, 24], "content_span": [25, 128]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272775-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 Swedish Church Assembly elections\nOn September 17, 2017, elections were held for all 249 seats in the General Synod of the Church of Sweden.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [38, 38], "content_span": [39, 145]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272776-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 Swedish Golf Tour\nThe 2017 Swedish Golf Tour was the 34th season of the Swedish Golf Tour, a series of professional golf tournaments held in Sweden, Norway and Denmark with a winter series in Spain.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [22, 22], "content_span": [23, 203]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272776-0001-0000", "contents": "2017 Swedish Golf Tour\nThe tournaments also featured on the 2017 Nordic Golf League (NGL).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [22, 22], "content_span": [23, 90]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272776-0002-0000", "contents": "2017 Swedish Golf Tour, Schedule\nThe season consisted of 14 events played between May and October with a winter series in February.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 32], "content_span": [33, 131]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272777-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 Swedish Golf Tour (women)\nThe 2017 Swedish Golf Tour was the 32nd season of the Swedish Golf Tour, a series of professional golf tournaments for women held in Sweden and Norway.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [30, 30], "content_span": [31, 182]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272777-0001-0000", "contents": "2017 Swedish Golf Tour (women)\nA number of the tournaments also featured on the 2017 LET Access Series (LETAS).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [30, 30], "content_span": [31, 111]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272777-0002-0000", "contents": "2017 Swedish Golf Tour (women), Schedule\nThe season consisted of 9 tournaments played between May and October, where one event was held in Norway.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 40], "content_span": [41, 146]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272778-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 Swedish Men's Handball Championship final\nThe 2017 Swedish Men's Handball Championship final (Swedish: SM-finalen i handboll f\u00f6r herrar 2017) was a handball match that took place at Malm\u00f6 Arena in Malm\u00f6 on 27 May 2017 to decide the winner of the 2016\u201317 Handbollsligan. The match was contested by IFK Kristianstad and Alings\u00e5s HK. Kristianstad won the match by 31\u201325 to win their third consecutive Swedish title.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [46, 46], "content_span": [47, 417]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272778-0001-0000", "contents": "2017 Swedish Men's Handball Championship final, Background\nKristianstad entered the match as two-time defending champions, having won the titles in 2015 and 2016. Kristianstad had won the regular season, whereas Alings\u00e5s had finished fifth. Both regular season matches between the teams had finished with home wins, with Alings\u00e5s winning by 30\u201324 and Kristianstad by 25\u201316. The teams hade previously faced each other in the quarter-finals in 2012 and 2013 and in the final in 2015 and 2016, with Kristianstad winning each time. It was the fifth time that Malm\u00f6 Arena hosted the final, following 2010, 2012, 2014 and 2016.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [48, 58], "content_span": [59, 621]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272778-0002-0000", "contents": "2017 Swedish Men's Handball Championship final, Road to the final\nKristianstad defeated Eskilstuna Guif by 3\u20130 in the quarter-final series and Ystads IF by 3\u20131 in the semi-finals. Alings\u00e5s won both the quarter-finals against HK Malm\u00f6 and the semi-finals against IK S\u00e4vehof by 3\u20131.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [48, 65], "content_span": [66, 280]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272778-0003-0000", "contents": "2017 Swedish Men's Handball Championship final, Match, Summary\nKristianstad started the match strongly and led by 4\u20130 after nine minutes. The teams followed each other to 8\u20134, but Kristianstad extended the lead to 16\u20137 and led by 18\u201311 at half-time. Alings\u00e5s played better at the start of the second half and reduced the deficit to 22\u201319. However, after that they went eight minutes without a goal and Kristianstad extended the lead to 26-20. Kristianstad held on to the lead and won by 31\u201325. Kristianstad's Jerry Tollbring was the top scorer of the match at 10 goals. Andreas Flodman scored the most goals for Alings\u00e5s, 9.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [48, 62], "content_span": [63, 624]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272778-0004-0000", "contents": "2017 Swedish Men's Handball Championship final, Reactions\nKristianstad player Albin Lagergren praised teammate Jerry Tollbring, saying that \"we just had to give the ball to Jerry and it was a goal, he did whatever he wanted to.\" According to Kristianstad captain \u00d3lafur Gu\u00f0mundsson his team's strong start to the match was decisive. Kristianstad goalkeeper Neboj\u0161a Simi\u0107 praised his team's fans after the match saying that \"they are like wings on your back\". Alings\u00e5s coach Mikael Franz\u00e9n said after the match: \"the uphill slope is too steep from the start against such a good team as Kristianstad.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [48, 57], "content_span": [58, 598]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272778-0004-0001", "contents": "2017 Swedish Men's Handball Championship final, Reactions\nI can't say anymore than that it is fair, they push us down and don't give us the chance.\" He highlighted his team's inability to best Simi\u0107 as a reason for the loss, saying \"[Simi\u0107] is good today, but not impossible. He makes some saves that are important, but naturally if we had got the better of him earlier you never know.\" Alings\u00e5s player Max Darj said \"we did a lot of things that we certainly shouldn't do. (...) We have been here before, we should have learned our lesson\".", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [48, 57], "content_span": [58, 540]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272779-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 Swedish Open\nThe 2017 Swedish Open was a tennis tournament played on outdoor clay courts as part of the ATP World Tour 250 Series of the 2017 ATP World Tour and as part of the International Series on the 2017 WTA Tour. It took place in B\u00e5stad, Sweden, from 17 through 23 July 2017 for the men's tournament, and from 24 through 30 July 2017 for the women's tournament. It is also known as the 2017 SkiStar Swedish Open for the men and the 2017 Ericsson Open for the women for sponsorship reasons. It was the 70th edition of the event for the men and the 9th edition for the women.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 17], "section_span": [17, 17], "content_span": [18, 584]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272779-0001-0000", "contents": "2017 Swedish Open, Points and prize money, Prize money\n1 Qualifiers prize money is also the Round of 32 prize money* per team", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 17], "section_span": [19, 54], "content_span": [55, 125]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272779-0002-0000", "contents": "2017 Swedish Open, ATP singles main draw entrants, Other entrants\nThe following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 17], "section_span": [19, 65], "content_span": [66, 134]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272779-0003-0000", "contents": "2017 Swedish Open, ATP doubles main draw entrants, Other entrants\nThe following pairs received wildcards into the doubles main draw:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 17], "section_span": [19, 65], "content_span": [66, 132]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272779-0004-0000", "contents": "2017 Swedish Open, WTA singles main draw entrants, Other entrants\nThe following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 17], "section_span": [19, 65], "content_span": [66, 134]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272779-0005-0000", "contents": "2017 Swedish Open, WTA doubles main draw entrants, Other entrants\nThe following pairs received wildcards into the doubles main draw:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 17], "section_span": [19, 65], "content_span": [66, 132]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272780-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 Swedish Open \u2013 Men's Doubles\nMarcel Granollers and David Marrero were the defending champions, but Granollers chose not to participate this year. Marrero played alongside Nenad Zimonji\u0107, but lost in the quarterfinals to Elias and Mikael Ymer.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [33, 33], "content_span": [34, 247]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272780-0001-0000", "contents": "2017 Swedish Open \u2013 Men's Doubles\nJulian Knowle and Philipp Petzschner won the title, defeating Sander Arends and Matw\u00e9 Middelkoop in the final, 6\u20132, 3\u20136, [10\u20137].", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [33, 33], "content_span": [34, 162]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272781-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 Swedish Open \u2013 Men's Singles\nAlbert Ramos Vi\u00f1olas was the defending champion, but lost in the quarterfinals to Fernando Verdasco.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [33, 33], "content_span": [34, 134]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272781-0001-0000", "contents": "2017 Swedish Open \u2013 Men's Singles\nDavid Ferrer won his third title in B\u00e5stad, defeating Alexandr Dolgopolov in the final, 6\u20134, 6\u20134, ending a 21-month title drought.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [33, 33], "content_span": [34, 164]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272781-0002-0000", "contents": "2017 Swedish Open \u2013 Men's Singles, Seeds\nThe top four seeds receive a bye into the second round.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 40], "content_span": [41, 96]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272782-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 Swedish Open \u2013 Women's Doubles\nAndreea Mitu and Alicja Rosolska were the defending champions, but Mitu chose not to participate this year. Rosolska played alongside Oksana Kalashnikova, but lost in the semifinals to Quirine Lemoine and Arantxa Rus.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [35, 35], "content_span": [36, 253]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272782-0001-0000", "contents": "2017 Swedish Open \u2013 Women's Doubles\nLemoine and Rus went on to win the title, defeating Mar\u00eda Irigoyen and Barbora Krej\u010d\u00edkov\u00e1 in the final 3\u20136, 6\u20133, [10\u20138].", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [35, 35], "content_span": [36, 156]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272783-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 Swedish Open \u2013 Women's Singles\nLaura Siegemund was the defending champion, but could not defend her title due to a right knee injury.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [35, 35], "content_span": [36, 138]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272783-0001-0000", "contents": "2017 Swedish Open \u2013 Women's Singles\nKate\u0159ina Siniakov\u00e1 won the title, defeating Caroline Wozniacki in the final, 6\u20133, 6\u20134.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [35, 35], "content_span": [36, 122]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272784-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 Swiss Athletics Championships\nThe 2017 Swiss Athletics Championships (German: Schweizer Leichtathletik-Meisterschaften 2017) was the year's national outdoor track and field championships for Switzerland. It was held on 21 and 22 July at the Letzigrund in Z\u00fcrich.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [34, 34], "content_span": [35, 267]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272784-0001-0000", "contents": "2017 Swiss Athletics Championships\nIt served as the selection meeting for Switzerland at the 2017 World Championships in Athletics.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [34, 34], "content_span": [35, 131]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272785-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 Swiss Indoor Athletics Championships\nThe 2017 Swiss Indoor Athletics Championships (German: Schweizer Leichtathletik-Hallenmeisterschaften 2017, French: Championnats suisses d\u00b4athl\u00e9tisme en salle 2017) was the 36th edition of the national championship in indoor track and field for Switzerland. It was held on 18\u201319 February at the Sporthalle End der Welt in Magglingen, Evilard. A total of 24 events (divided evenly between the sexes) were contested over the two-day competition.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [41, 41], "content_span": [42, 485]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272786-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 Swiss Indoors\nThe 2017 Swiss Indoors was a men's tennis tournament played on indoor hard courts. It was the 48th edition of the event, and part of the 500 series of the 2017 ATP World Tour. It was held at the St. Jakobshalle in Basel, Switzerland, from 23 October through 29 October 2017. The event was the final professional tennis tournament for Swiss player Marco Chiudinelli, who received wildcards into both the singles and the doubles draws.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [18, 18], "content_span": [19, 452]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272786-0001-0000", "contents": "2017 Swiss Indoors, Singles main draw entrants, Other entrants\nThe following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [20, 62], "content_span": [63, 131]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272786-0002-0000", "contents": "2017 Swiss Indoors, Doubles main draw entrants, Other entrants\nThe following pairs received wildcards into the doubles main draw:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [20, 62], "content_span": [63, 129]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272787-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 Swiss Indoors \u2013 Doubles\nMarcel Granollers and Jack Sock were the defending champions, but chose not to participate together this year. Granollers played alongside Ivan Dodig and successfully defended the title, defeating Fabrice Martin and \u00c9douard Roger-Vasselin in the final, 7\u20135, 7\u20136(8\u20136). Sock teamed up with Nicholas Monroe, but lost to Dodig and Granollers in the semifinals.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [28, 28], "content_span": [29, 385]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272788-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 Swiss Indoors \u2013 Singles\nMarin \u010cili\u0107 was the defending champion, but lost in the semifinals to Juan Mart\u00edn del Potro.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [28, 28], "content_span": [29, 121]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272788-0001-0000", "contents": "2017 Swiss Indoors \u2013 Singles\nRoger Federer won his eighth Swiss Indoors and 95th singles title, defeating del Potro in the final, 6\u20137(5\u20137), 6\u20134, 6\u20133. With this title, Federer moved ahead of Ivan Lendl for second place in the list for most men's singles titles won in the Open era.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [28, 28], "content_span": [29, 280]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272789-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 Swiss Olympic Curling Trials\nThe 2017 Swiss Olympic Curling Trials were held from October 11 to 14 at the Curlinghalle Biel in Biel-Bienne, Switzerland. The winning team represented Switzerland at the 2018 Winter Olympics. There was only a women's event, as the Peter de Cruz rink has already been chosen to represent Switzerland in men's curling.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [33, 33], "content_span": [34, 352]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272789-0001-0000", "contents": "2017 Swiss Olympic Curling Trials\nThe Silvana Tirinzoni rink from Aarau won the event, after posting a 6-0 round robin record, rendering a playoff unnecessary.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [33, 33], "content_span": [34, 159]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272790-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 Swiss Open Grand Prix Gold\nThe 2017 Swiss Open Grand Prix Gold was the fifth Grand Prix's badminton tournament of the 2017 BWF Grand Prix Gold and Grand Prix. The tournament was held at the St. Jakobshalle in Basel, Switzerland on 14\u201319 March 2017 and had a total purse of $120,000.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [31, 31], "content_span": [32, 287]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272791-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 Swiss Open Gstaad\nThe 2017 Swiss Open Gstaad (also known as the 2017 J. Safra Sarasin Swiss Open Gstaad for sponsorship reasons) was a men's tennis tournament played on outdoor clay courts. It was the 50th edition of the Swiss Open, and part of the ATP World Tour 250 Series of the 2017 ATP World Tour. It took place at the Roy Emerson Arena in Gstaad, Switzerland, from 24 July through 30 July 2017.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [22, 22], "content_span": [23, 405]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272791-0001-0000", "contents": "2017 Swiss Open Gstaad, Singles main draw entrants, Other entrants\nThe following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 66], "content_span": [67, 135]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272791-0002-0000", "contents": "2017 Swiss Open Gstaad, Doubles main draw entrants, Other entrants\nThe following pairs received wildcards into the doubles main draw:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 66], "content_span": [67, 133]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272792-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 Swiss Open Gstaad \u2013 Doubles\nJulio Peralta and Horacio Zeballos were the defending champions, but chose to compete in Hamburg instead.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [32, 32], "content_span": [33, 138]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272792-0001-0000", "contents": "2017 Swiss Open Gstaad \u2013 Doubles\nOliver Marach and Philipp Oswald won the title, defeating Jonathan Eysseric and Franko \u0160kugor in the final, 6\u20133, 4\u20136, [10\u20138].", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [32, 32], "content_span": [33, 158]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272793-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 Swiss Open Gstaad \u2013 Singles\nFeliciano L\u00f3pez was the defending champion, but lost in the second round to Yannick Hanfmann.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [32, 32], "content_span": [33, 126]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272793-0001-0000", "contents": "2017 Swiss Open Gstaad \u2013 Singles\nFabio Fognini won the title, defeating Hanfmann in the final, 6\u20134, 7\u20135.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [32, 32], "content_span": [33, 104]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272793-0002-0000", "contents": "2017 Swiss Open Gstaad \u2013 Singles, Seeds\nThe top four seeds receive a bye into the second round.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 39], "content_span": [40, 95]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272794-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 Swiss referendums\nSeven national referendums were held in Switzerland during 2017. Polling took place on 12 February, 21 May and 24 September, whilst no referendum was scheduled for the November date.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [22, 22], "content_span": [23, 205]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272794-0001-0000", "contents": "2017 Swiss referendums, May referendum\nOne referendum was held on 21 May on whether to accept the new Energy Act, establishing the Energy Strategy 2050, which seeks to phase out nuclear energy and increase renewable energy and energy efficiency. The plan was opposed by the Swiss People's Party, which launched the optional referendum against it. The Energy Act was approved by 58% of voters.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 38], "content_span": [39, 392]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272794-0002-0000", "contents": "2017 Swiss referendums, September referendums\nThe latter two referendums were related, and the Federal Act on the 2020 Pension Reforms would only have gone into effect if the proposed VAT increase was also accepted by voters. The pension reform would have raised the women's retirement age to 65. The proposed reforms were supported by centre and left-of-centre parties and opposed by right-of-centre parties such as the FDP.The Liberals and the Swiss People's Party.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 45], "content_span": [46, 467]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272795-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 Swope Park Rangers season\nThe 2017 Swope Park Rangers season was the club's 2nd year of play, along with their second season in the Western Conference of the United Soccer League, the second tier of the United States Soccer Pyramid. For the 2nd straight year the Swope Park Rangers finished fourth in the Western Conference and were Runners Up in the USL Championship. This time losing 1-0 to Louisville City FC.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [30, 30], "content_span": [31, 417]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272796-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 Sydney Seaplanes DHC-2 crash\nOn 31 December 2017 at about 3:15\u00a0pm AEDT (UTC+11:00), a de Havilland Canada DHC-2 Beaver configured as a floatplane crashed into Jerusalem Bay off Cowan Creek, on the northern outskirts of Sydney, Australia. The aircraft, operated by Sydney Seaplanes, was carrying five passengers and a pilot, all of whom were killed in the crash. It was returning diners from Cottage Point Inn restaurant to Rose Bay Water Airport. The ATSB believes it probable that the pilot's performance was adversely affected by carbon monoxide poisoning. Post mortem tests on the bodies of the victims showed raised levels of CO in the blood, and a crack in the exhaust system was seen as the likely source of the gas.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [33, 33], "content_span": [34, 727]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272796-0001-0000", "contents": "2017 Sydney Seaplanes DHC-2 crash, Aircraft\nThe aircraft was a 54-year-old de Havilland Canada DHC-2 Beaver, originally built in 1963 and registered in Australia since February 1964; it was powered by a single Pratt & Whitney R-985 Wasp Junior engine.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 43], "content_span": [44, 251]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272796-0002-0000", "contents": "2017 Sydney Seaplanes DHC-2 crash, Aircraft\nIn 1996, the aircraft was destroyed in a crash while working as a crop duster near Armidale, New South Wales, killing the pilot. The aircraft was then completely rebuilt; the Civil Aviation Safety Authority confirmed that it had been repaired according to industry requirements.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 43], "content_span": [44, 322]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272796-0003-0000", "contents": "2017 Sydney Seaplanes DHC-2 crash, Victims\nThe Canadian-Australian pilot and five British tourists \u2013 Richard Cousins, 58, CEO of British foodservice company Compass Group, his two sons, his fianc\u00e9e and her daughter \u2013 were killed in the crash.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 42], "content_span": [43, 242]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272796-0004-0000", "contents": "2017 Sydney Seaplanes DHC-2 crash, Investigation\nThe Australian Transport Safety Bureau (ATSB) opened an investigation into the accident. Most of the wreckage of the aircraft was raised on 4 January 2018. The intermediate report, published on 31 January 2018, indicated that the aircraft was found to have followed a differing flight path from the usual, and had failed to climb to the necessary altitude needed to fly over the surrounding terrain. It also indicated that the preliminary examination of aircraft flight control surfaces and controls seemed in sound order and expected positions, and as well that the engine sounded normal to witnesses on the ground. The aircraft landed inverted and all six on board suffered fatal injuries.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 48], "content_span": [49, 740]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272796-0005-0000", "contents": "2017 Sydney Seaplanes DHC-2 crash, Investigation\nOn 28 January 2021, the ATSB released a final report to the accident, which concluded that Toxicology results identified that the pilot and passengers had higher than normal levels of carboxyhaemoglobin in their blood and that several pre-existing cracks in the exhaust collector ring, very likely released exhaust gas into the engine/accessory bay, which then very likely entered the cabin through holes in the main firewall where three bolts were missing from the magneto access panels and the aircraft was fitted with a disposable CO detector, it's been widely deemed unreliable.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 48], "content_span": [49, 631]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272796-0006-0000", "contents": "2017 Sydney Seaplanes DHC-2 crash, Investigation\nFurthermore, the operators of the aircraft has implemented changes to the aircraft's system of maintenance, which include:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 48], "content_span": [49, 171]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272797-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 Sydney Sevens\nThe 2017 Sydney Sevens was the fourteenth edition of the Australian Sevens tournament, the second of which to be held in Sydney, and the fourth tournament of the 2016\u201317 World Rugby Sevens Series. The tournament was played on 4\u20135 February 2017 at Allianz Stadium in Sydney, Australia.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [18, 18], "content_span": [19, 303]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272797-0001-0000", "contents": "2017 Sydney Sevens, Format\nThe teams were drawn into four pools of four teams each. Each team played all the others in their pool once. The top two teams from each pool advanced to the Cup quarter finals. The bottom two teams from each group advanced to the Challenge Trophy quarter finals.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [20, 26], "content_span": [27, 290]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272797-0002-0000", "contents": "2017 Sydney Sevens, Teams\nThe fifteen core teams were joined by Papua New Guinea, who qualified via the 2016 Oceania Sevens, for this tournament.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [20, 25], "content_span": [26, 145]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272798-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 Sydney SuperSprint\nThe 2017 Red Rooster Sydney SuperSprint was a motor racing event for the Supercars Championship, held on the weekend of 18 to 20 August 2017. The event was held at Sydney Motorsport Park in Eastern Creek, New South Wales and consisted of two races, 120 and 200 kilometres in length. It is the ninth event of fourteen in the 2017 Supercars Championship and hosted Races 17 and 18 of the season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [23, 23], "content_span": [24, 417]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272799-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 Sydney Swans season\nThe 2017 AFL season was the 121st season in the Australian Football League contested by the Sydney Swans.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [24, 24], "content_span": [25, 130]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272799-0001-0000", "contents": "2017 Sydney Swans season, Squad for 2017\nStatistics are correct as of end of 2016 season. Flags represent the state of origin, i.e. the state in which the player played his under 18 football.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 40], "content_span": [41, 191]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272799-0002-0000", "contents": "2017 Sydney Swans season, Playing list changes\nThe following summarises all player changes between the conclusion of the 2015 season and the beginning of the 2016 season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 46], "content_span": [47, 170]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272799-0003-0000", "contents": "2017 Sydney Swans season, Awards and records, VFL/AFL records\nThe Swans became the first team ever to make the finals after starting 0-6.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 61], "content_span": [62, 137]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272799-0004-0000", "contents": "2017 Sydney Swans season, Awards and records, Bob Skilton Medal\nPaul Roos Award for Best Player in a Finals Series: Heath Grundy & Kieren Jack", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 63], "content_span": [64, 142]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272799-0005-0000", "contents": "2017 Sydney Swans season, Awards and records, Debuts\n1Had previously played for another club but played their first match for the Sydney Swans.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 52], "content_span": [53, 143]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272800-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 Sydney Women's Sevens\nThe 2017 Sydney Women's Sevens was the second tournament of the 2016\u201317 World Rugby Women's Sevens Series. It was the inaugural edition of the Australian Women's Sevens and part of the World Rugby Women's Sevens Series.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [26, 26], "content_span": [27, 246]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272800-0001-0000", "contents": "2017 Sydney Women's Sevens\nThe tournament was played on 3\u20134 February 2017 at Allianz Stadium and Kippax Field in Sydney, and won by Canada 21\u201317 over the United States in the final.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [26, 26], "content_span": [27, 181]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272800-0002-0000", "contents": "2017 Sydney Women's Sevens, Format\nThe 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 brackets, together with the two best third-placed teams. The other teams from each group played off for the Challenge Trophy.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 34], "content_span": [35, 325]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272801-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 Sydney to Hobart Yacht Race\nThe 2017 Sydney to Hobart Yacht Race was the 73rd annual running of the Sydney to Hobart Yacht Race. Hosted by the Cruising Yacht Club of Australia, it began on Sydney Harbour at 13:00 on 26 December 2017, before heading south for 628 nautical miles (1,163 kilometres) via the Tasman Sea, Bass Strait, Storm Bay and up the River Derwent, to cross the finish line in Hobart, Tasmania.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [32, 32], "content_span": [33, 416]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272801-0001-0000", "contents": "2017 Sydney to Hobart Yacht Race\nA fleet of 102 boats contested the race. These included past winners Wizard, InfoTrack, Wild Oats XI, Black Jack, Comanche and Kialoa II.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [32, 32], "content_span": [33, 170]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272801-0002-0000", "contents": "2017 Sydney to Hobart Yacht Race\nLine honours were claimed by LDV Comanche, which broke Perpetual Loyal\u2019s 2016 race record, to finish in a time of 1 day, 9 hours, 15 minutes and 24 seconds.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [32, 32], "content_span": [33, 189]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272802-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 Syed Modi International Grand Prix Gold\nThe 2017 Syed Modi International Grand Prix Gold was the second grand prix's badminton tournament of the 2017 BWF Grand Prix Gold and Grand Prix. The tournament was held at the Babu Banarasi Das Indoor Stadium in Lucknow, India on 24 \u2013 29 January 2017 and had a total purse of $120,000.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [44, 44], "content_span": [45, 331]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272802-0001-0000", "contents": "2017 Syed Modi International Grand Prix Gold, Tournament\nThe 2017 Syed Modi International Grand Prix Gold was the eight edition of Syed Modi International Badminton Championships. This tournament has been rate as Grand Prix level since it was sanctioned by BWF in 2009. The competition has provided a great platform for some of the younger badminton players to prove their mettle against some of the best in the world. This tournament named to commemorate the 1982 Commonwealth Games champion Syed Modi. This tournament inaugurated by the Uttar Pradesh governor Ram Naik. The inaugural ceremony of the tournament presented a glittering tweet in which many international stars and dance-to-party programs.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [46, 56], "content_span": [57, 704]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272802-0002-0000", "contents": "2017 Syed Modi International Grand Prix Gold, Tournament, Venue\nThis international tournament held at the Babu Banarasi Das Indoor Stadium, Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh, India.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [46, 63], "content_span": [64, 170]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272802-0003-0000", "contents": "2017 Syed Modi International Grand Prix Gold, Tournament, Point distribution\nBelow is the tables with the point distribution for each phase of the tournament based on the BWF points system.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [46, 76], "content_span": [77, 189]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272802-0004-0000", "contents": "2017 Syed Modi International Grand Prix Gold, Tournament, Prize money\nThe total prize money for this year tournament is US$120,000.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [46, 69], "content_span": [70, 131]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272802-0005-0000", "contents": "2017 Syed Modi International Grand Prix Gold, Tournament, Blood donation camp\nThis tournament also organized a blood donation camp in the morning session on 27 January with the help of Red Cross Society. The officers of the international umpire, coaches, officials and the U.P. Olympic Association affiliated with badminton also assist in this righteous work of blood donation.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [46, 77], "content_span": [78, 377]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272803-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 Symetra Tour\nThe 2017 Symetra Tour was a series of professional women's golf tournaments held from March through October 2017 in the United States. The Symetra Tour is the second-tier women's professional golf tour in the United States and is the \"official developmental tour\" of the LPGA Tour. It was previously known as the Futures Tour. In 2017, total prize money on the Symetra Tour was $2,950,000, down from $3,200,000 in 2016.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 17], "section_span": [17, 17], "content_span": [18, 437]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272803-0001-0000", "contents": "2017 Symetra Tour, Schedule and results\nThe number in parentheses after winners' names show the player's total number of official money, individual event wins on the Symetra Tour including that event.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 17], "section_span": [19, 39], "content_span": [40, 200]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272803-0002-0000", "contents": "2017 Symetra Tour, Leading money winners\nThe top ten money winners at the end of the season gained fully exempt cards on the LPGA Tour for the 2018 season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 17], "section_span": [19, 40], "content_span": [41, 155]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272804-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 Syracuse Orange football team\nThe 2017 Syracuse Orange football team represented Syracuse University during the 2017 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The Orange were led by second-year head coach Dino Babers and played their home games at the Carrier Dome. They competed as members of the Atlantic Division of the Atlantic Coast Conference, finishing in last place with a final record of 4\u20138 (2\u20136 ACC).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [34, 34], "content_span": [35, 411]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272805-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 Syracuse Orange men's soccer team\nThe 2017 Syracuse Orange men's soccer team represents Syracuse University during the 2017 NCAA Division I men's soccer season. It was the program's 94th season. The Orange are led by Ian McIntyre, who is in his eight year.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [38, 38], "content_span": [39, 261]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272805-0001-0000", "contents": "2017 Syracuse Orange men's soccer team, Roster\nNote: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 46], "content_span": [47, 175]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272805-0002-0000", "contents": "2017 Syracuse Orange men's soccer team, MLS Draft\nThe following members of the 2017 Syracuse Orange men's soccer team were selected in the 2018 MLS SuperDraft.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 49], "content_span": [50, 159]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272806-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 Syrian Cup\nThe 2017 version of the Syrian Cup is the 47th edition to be played. It is the premier knockout tournament for football teams in Syria. Al-Wahda are the defending champions.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [15, 15], "content_span": [16, 189]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272806-0001-0000", "contents": "2017 Syrian Cup\nThe competition has been disrupted because of the ongoing Syrian Civil War, where some games have been awarded as 3:0 victories due to teams not being able to compete.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [15, 15], "content_span": [16, 183]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272806-0002-0000", "contents": "2017 Syrian Cup\nThe winners of the competition will enter the 2018 AFC Cup qualifying playoffs.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [15, 15], "content_span": [16, 95]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272807-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 Szuperkupa (men's water polo)\nThe 2017 Szuperkupa (known as the TippMix F\u00e9rfi Szuper Kupa for sponsorship reasons). It was played on 22 December 2017 in Budapest, Hungary. With Szolnoki D\u00f3zsa winning both the 2016\u201317 Orsz\u00e1gos Bajnoks\u00e1g I championship and the 2016 Magyar Kupa, the game was played between Szolnoki D\u00f3zsa and the 2016 Magyar Kupa runners-up, Egri VK.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [34, 34], "content_span": [35, 370]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272808-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 S\u00e3o Paulo Challenger de T\u00eanis\nThe 2017 S\u00e3o Paulo Challenger de T\u00eanis was a professional tennis tournament played on clay courts. It was the seventh edition of the tournament which was part of the 2017 ATP Challenger Tour. It took place in Campinas, Brazil between 2 and 8 October 2017.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [34, 34], "content_span": [35, 290]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272808-0001-0000", "contents": "2017 S\u00e3o Paulo Challenger de T\u00eanis, Singles main draw entrants, Other entrants\nThe following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 78], "content_span": [79, 147]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272808-0002-0000", "contents": "2017 S\u00e3o Paulo Challenger de T\u00eanis, Singles main draw entrants, Other entrants\nThe following player received entry into the singles main draw as an alternate:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 78], "content_span": [79, 158]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272809-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 S\u00e3o Paulo Challenger de T\u00eanis \u2013 Doubles\nFabr\u00edcio Neis and Caio Zampieri were the defending champions but only Neis chose to defend his title, partnering M\u00e1ximo Gonz\u00e1lez. Neis successfully defended his title.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [44, 44], "content_span": [45, 212]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272809-0001-0000", "contents": "2017 S\u00e3o Paulo Challenger de T\u00eanis \u2013 Doubles\nGonz\u00e1lez and Neis won the title after defeating Gast\u00e3o Elias and Jos\u00e9 Pereira 6\u20131, 6\u20131 in the final.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [44, 44], "content_span": [45, 145]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272810-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 S\u00e3o Paulo Challenger de T\u00eanis \u2013 Singles\nGonzalo Lama was the defending champion but lost in the first round to Jo\u00e3o Souza.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [44, 44], "content_span": [45, 127]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272810-0001-0000", "contents": "2017 S\u00e3o Paulo Challenger de T\u00eanis \u2013 Singles\nGast\u00e3o Elias won the title after defeating Renzo Olivo 3\u20136, 6\u20133, 6\u20134 in the final.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [44, 44], "content_span": [45, 127]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272811-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 S\u00e3o Paulo FC season\nThe 2017 season was S\u00e3o Paulo's 88th year since the club's existence. At the beginning of this year S\u00e3o Paulo had as a featured the return of retired goalkeeper Rogerio Ceni, the owner of record numbers in Tricolor\u00b4s history such as 1,237 matches and 131 goals in 23 years. Ceni was hired to be head coach just a year after retirement, during time off the former player spent his time studying technical fundamentals of football management in some clubs of Europe like Liverpool and Sevilla.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [24, 24], "content_span": [25, 516]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272811-0000-0001", "contents": "2017 S\u00e3o Paulo FC season\nIn the first activity by S\u00e3o Paulo, the newly coach earned a preseason friendly tournament in Florida after two wins in penalty shootout, the final match was played against rival Corinthians and game ended in 0-0 (4-3 in penalties). Although the victorious beginning the ex-goalkeeper remained only 6 months in charge reaching a 50% performance of points acquired by official competitive matches, Ceni take group to semi-finals being eliminated by Corinthians after two legs. In national cup, Copa do Brasil, S\u00e3o Paulo disputed until fourth round when was defeated by Cruzeiro in aggregated score 2-3 (0-2 home; 2-1 away).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [24, 24], "content_span": [25, 647]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272811-0000-0002", "contents": "2017 S\u00e3o Paulo FC season\nThird setback in a short period of one month came against newcomer Argentine club in international competitions, Defensa y Justicia, who stopped The Dearest doing a double equal results and scoring a single goal in Morumbi Stadium, fact that led them to next stage (0-0 away; 1-1 home). Lastly Ceni managed in first eleven rounds of S\u00e9rie A (national league) being fired due its positioning in table as 17th place, first round that Tricolor appeared in relegation zone.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [24, 24], "content_span": [25, 494]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272811-0000-0003", "contents": "2017 S\u00e3o Paulo FC season\nThe charge was occupied by former goalkeeper until July 3 after 35 official matches and replaced by Dorival J\u00fanior, previous head coach from one of biggest rivals Santos FC. Dorival had commanded the seashore club over 120 games with an expressive percentage of points approximately 64% got in two times. Although there has been a change, team kept an irregular performance in the course of league fighting against relegation in most of rounds and being 14 rounds between the lasts four positions.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [24, 24], "content_span": [25, 522]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272811-0000-0004", "contents": "2017 S\u00e3o Paulo FC season\nAround 10 matches before the end of season, The Dearest improved his campaign being one of the best clubs in the second half of championship. Never before S\u00e3o Paulo was relegated in whole history of Campeonato Brasileiro Era since 1971 but took an negative record of most rounds ended in relegation zone, more than 2013 when spent 11 rounds there.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [24, 24], "content_span": [25, 372]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272811-0001-0000", "contents": "2017 S\u00e3o Paulo FC season, Players, Current squad\nNote: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 48], "content_span": [49, 177]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272811-0002-0000", "contents": "2017 S\u00e3o Paulo FC season, Players, Transfers, In\nNote: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 48], "content_span": [49, 177]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272811-0003-0000", "contents": "2017 S\u00e3o Paulo FC season, Players, Transfers, Out\nNote: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 49], "content_span": [50, 178]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272812-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 S\u00e3o Tom\u00e9 First Division\nThe 2017 S\u00e3o Tom\u00e9 (Island or Regional) First Division was the competition of the Santomean Football Federation's S\u00e3o Tome section that took place that season. The club had 12 clubs. the competition began in 22 April and finished on 29 October. Geographically all clubs that took part in the Premier Division were in the east and almost all but UDRA were in the northeast where the regional and national capital is located. UDRA won their second and recent title (their next title in three years) and almost a month later headed to the national champions to win their national title.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [28, 28], "content_span": [29, 611]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272812-0001-0000", "contents": "2017 S\u00e3o Tom\u00e9 First Division, Overview\nA total of 132 matches were played and 362 goals were scored, more than half than last season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 38], "content_span": [39, 133]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272812-0002-0000", "contents": "2017 S\u00e3o Tom\u00e9 First Division, Overview\nUD Correia and UDESCAI were relegated from the Premier Division as they finished in the last two positions. Sporting S\u00e3o Tom\u00e9 and 6 de Setembro were champions of the Second Division and were promoted into the division for the following season and will participate.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 38], "content_span": [39, 303]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272812-0003-0000", "contents": "2017 S\u00e3o Tom\u00e9 First Division, Overview\nSporting Praia Cruz scored the most goals numbering 49, second was UDRA with 47. third was Bairros Unidos and fourth was Trindade with 38. On the opposites, UDESCAI conceded the most with 45 followed by Inter Bom-Bom with 42 and 7th placed Trindade and 10th placed Agrosport with 41.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 38], "content_span": [39, 322]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272813-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 S\u00e3o Tom\u00e9 Second Division\nThe 2017 S\u00e3o Tom\u00e9 (Island or Regional) Second Division was a third their competition that took place that season. The club had 10 clubs, the competition began on 21 May and finished on 13 November. Geographically almost all clubs but Ribeira Peixe and Guadalupe were from the Northeast. Sporting S\u00e3o Tom\u00e9 won the title and will participate into the Premier Division in the following season, alongside second placed 6 de Setembro. A total of 90 matches were played and 338 goals were scored, higher than the previous two seasons season.w", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [29, 29], "content_span": [30, 566]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272813-0001-0000", "contents": "2017 S\u00e3o Tom\u00e9 Second Division\nOn the opposites, both K\u011b Morabeza and Boavista Uba Budo were relegated into the Third Division in the following season as they were the last placed clubs.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [29, 29], "content_span": [30, 185]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272813-0002-0000", "contents": "2017 S\u00e3o Tom\u00e9 Second Division\nNext season, Otot\u00f3 and Cruz Vermelha were promoted into the Second Division as they were the top Third Division clubs of the season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [29, 29], "content_span": [30, 162]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272813-0003-0000", "contents": "2017 S\u00e3o Tom\u00e9 Second Division, Overview\nSporting S\u00e3o Tom\u00e9 scored the most goals numbering 71, a high unseen in the Second Division in seasons, second was 6 de Setembro with 42, third was Guadalupe with 37 and fourth was Santana with 34. K\u011b Morabeza scored the least with only 13 goals. On the opposites, Boavista Uba Budo conceded the most with 58, second was 8th placed Oque do Rei with 37 and third was 7th placed Amador with 36.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 39], "content_span": [40, 431]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272814-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 S\u00e3o Tom\u00e9 and Pr\u00edncipe Championship\nThe 2017 S\u00e3o Tom\u00e9 and Principe Championship was the 32nd season of the S\u00e3o Tom\u00e9 and Principe Championship the top-level football championship of S\u00e3o Tom\u00e9 and Principe.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [39, 39], "content_span": [40, 207]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272814-0001-0000", "contents": "2017 S\u00e3o Tom\u00e9 and Pr\u00edncipe Championship\nThere are two separate championships, one for teams of S\u00e3o Tom\u00e9 Island and one for teams of Pr\u00edncipe Island. The champions of the two island championships play a home-and-away two-legged final to decide the overall champions.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [39, 39], "content_span": [40, 265]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272814-0002-0000", "contents": "2017 S\u00e3o Tom\u00e9 and Pr\u00edncipe Championship, S\u00e3o Tom\u00e9 teams 2017, Third Division, Final table\nBoth Otot\u00f3 (1st) and Cruz Vermelha (2nd) will be promoted into the Second Division in the following season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 89], "content_span": [90, 197]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272814-0003-0000", "contents": "2017 S\u00e3o Tom\u00e9 and Pr\u00edncipe Championship, Pr\u00edncipe Championship\nA total of 6 teams participate in the Pr\u00edncipe Island League. Os Oper\u00e1rios won their championship title for Pr\u00edncipe and qualified into the national championship matches.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 62], "content_span": [63, 233]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272814-0004-0000", "contents": "2017 S\u00e3o Tom\u00e9 and Pr\u00edncipe Championship, National final\nThe two match finals took place. on 19 and 26 November. The qualified teams were:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 55], "content_span": [56, 137]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272814-0005-0000", "contents": "2017 S\u00e3o Tom\u00e9 and Pr\u00edncipe Championship, National final\nUDRA won all two legs, first 2-0 in S\u00e3o Tom\u00e9 Island, then 1-3 in Pr\u00edncipe and UDRA won their second national championship title. By district, Cau\u00e9's total honours won in the championships also became two, superseded Cantagalo's single title and became third out of fifth, tied with Lobata, all won by Desportivo de Guadalupe.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 55], "content_span": [56, 381]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272814-0006-0000", "contents": "2017 S\u00e3o Tom\u00e9 and Pr\u00edncipe Championship, National final\nAlso UDRA became entrant into the national super cup and qualify as champion.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 55], "content_span": [56, 133]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272814-0007-0000", "contents": "2017 S\u00e3o Tom\u00e9 and Pr\u00edncipe Championship, National final, Results\nFirst Leg [Nov 19, Est\u00e1dio Nacional 12 de Julho, S\u00e3o Tom\u00e9]", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 64], "content_span": [65, 123]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272814-0008-0000", "contents": "2017 S\u00e3o Tom\u00e9 and Pr\u00edncipe Championship, National final, Results\nSecond Leg [Nov 26, Est\u00e1dio Regional 13 de Junho, Santo Ant\u00f3nio]", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 64], "content_span": [65, 129]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272815-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 S\u00faper TC 2000\nThe 2017 S\u00faper TC 2000 season was the 6th season of this category, founded in 2012 and since that year was categorized as divisional major, compared to its pair TC 2000.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [18, 18], "content_span": [19, 188]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272815-0001-0000", "contents": "2017 S\u00faper TC 2000, Teams and drivers\nAll drivers were registered in Argentina. Guest drivers for the 200 km de Buenos Aires are not included.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [20, 37], "content_span": [38, 142]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272816-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 T-Team F.C. season\nThe 2017 season was T\u2013Team's 6th season in Liga Super since being promoted.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [23, 23], "content_span": [24, 99]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272816-0001-0000", "contents": "2017 T-Team F.C. season, Statistics, Top scorers\nThe list is sorted by shirt number when total goals are equal.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 48], "content_span": [49, 111]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272816-0002-0000", "contents": "2017 T-Team F.C. season, Statistics, Clean sheets\nThe list is sorted by shirt number when total clean sheets are equal.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 49], "content_span": [50, 119]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272817-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 T10 League\n2017 T10 League was the inaugural season of the T10 League. The matches had a 10-over-a-side format with a time duration of 90 minutes. The tournament was played over four days, with a round robin followed by semifinals and the final. It was played from 14\u201317 December at the Sharjah Cricket Stadium.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [15, 15], "content_span": [16, 316]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272817-0001-0000", "contents": "2017 T10 League, Fixtures\nAll times are in United Arab Emirates Standard Time (UTC+4). All matches will be held in the United Arab Emirates.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [17, 25], "content_span": [26, 140]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272818-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 T20 Blast\nThe 2017 NatWest T20 Blast was the 2017 season of the T20 Blast, a professional Twenty20 cricket league in England and Wales. It was the fourth season in which the domestic T20 competition, run by the ECB, has been branded as the NatWest T20 Blast. The league consisted of the 18 first-class county teams divided into two divisions of nine teams each with fixtures played between July and September. Ahead of the final round of fixtures, 15 teams were still in a position to qualify for the quarter-finals. The finals day took place at Edgbaston Cricket Ground in Birmingham on 2 September 2017. Nottinghamshire Outlaws were the competition winners.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 14], "section_span": [14, 14], "content_span": [15, 664]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272818-0001-0000", "contents": "2017 T20 Blast, Competition format\nThe 18 competing teams were initially split into 2 divisions (North and South), each containing 9 teams, for the group stage of the competition. During the group stage (from July to September) each club played six of the other teams in the same division twice, once at a home stadium and once at a home ground of their opponents. They played the other two teams only once, for a total of 14 games each. Teams received two points for a win and one point for a tie or if a match was abandoned. Teams were ranked within their groups by total points, then net run rate. At the end of the group stage, the top four teams from each group entered the knockout stage of the competition.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 14], "section_span": [16, 34], "content_span": [35, 713]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272819-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 TAC Cup Girls season\nThe 2017 TAC Cup Girls season was the inaugural season of the TAC Cup Girls competition for under-18 female Australian rules footballers in Victoria. The premiership was won by the Calder Cannons, who finished on top of the ladder with the highest percentage at the end of season. This was the mechanism to determine the premiers, with no finals series or Grand Final match held as is customary in Australian football competitions.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [25, 25], "content_span": [26, 457]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272820-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 TAC Cup season\nThe 2017 TAC Cup season was the 26th season of the TAC Cup competition. The season was won by the Geelong Falcons after when Joel Amartey from the Sandringham Dragons missed after the siren, this claimed the Falcons third premiership win in its history. Geelong Falcons defeated the Sandringham Dragons by 2 points.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [19, 19], "content_span": [20, 335]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272821-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 TCR Asia Series\nThe 2017 TCR Asia Series season is the third season of the TCR Asia Series.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [20, 20], "content_span": [21, 96]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272821-0001-0000", "contents": "2017 TCR Asia Series, Calendar and results\nThe 2017 initial schedule was announced on 8 November 2016, with six events scheduled. On 2 February 2017, the 2017 schedule has changed with the entry of Zhuhai events. On 29 March 2017, the calendar was once again changed with Zhuhai replacing the round in Thailand held at the Chang International Circuit, Zhejiang and Shanghai will also switch places on the calendar. The Macau round was also removed.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 42], "content_span": [43, 448]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272822-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 TCR BeNeLux Touring Car Championship\nThe 2017 TCR Benelux Touring Car Championship was the second season of the TCR Benelux Touring Car Championship. The season started on 22 April at Zolder and ended on 22 October at Assen. St\u00e9phane L\u00e9meret entered the season as the defending champion.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [41, 41], "content_span": [42, 292]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272822-0001-0000", "contents": "2017 TCR BeNeLux Touring Car Championship, Calendar and results\nThe 2017 schedule again consists of six rounds in the Benelux region, across Belgium and Netherlands. The round held in Luxembourg at the Circuit Goodyear did not return. Each round includes a qualifying session and five races: a 60-minute-long qualifying race with a mandatory driver change, and four 20-minute-long sprint races. The starting grid for the qualifying race will no longer be established by a popular vote via Facebook, through the Making the Grid application. But will be determined by a traditional qualifying session.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [43, 63], "content_span": [64, 599]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272822-0001-0001", "contents": "2017 TCR BeNeLux Touring Car Championship, Calendar and results\nRace 1 uses the fastest lap of after the pit stop during the qualifying race to determine the starting grid. Race 3 uses the fastest lap of before the pit stop during qualifying race. Races 2 and 4 include a rolling start using the finishing order, respectively, of Race 1 and 3. The calendar was announced on 25 September 2016, then revised on 15 December 2016.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [43, 63], "content_span": [64, 426]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272822-0002-0000", "contents": "2017 TCR BeNeLux Touring Car Championship, Calendar and results\nAll races will be run together with Clio Cup Benelux in separate classifications. Rounds 2, 4 and 6 are co-headlined by the GT & Prototype Challenge.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [43, 63], "content_span": [64, 213]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272822-0003-0000", "contents": "2017 TCR BeNeLux Touring Car Championship, Calendar and results, Drivers' championships\nIn sprint races both the competing driver and the co-driver that is not competing score points.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [43, 87], "content_span": [88, 183]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272822-0004-0000", "contents": "2017 TCR BeNeLux Touring Car Championship, Calendar and results, Drivers' championships, Junior class\nIn contrast to the overall Drivers' championship only the driver competing scores points in sprint races.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [43, 101], "content_span": [102, 207]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272822-0005-0000", "contents": "2017 TCR BeNeLux Touring Car Championship, Calendar and results, Teams' championship\nPoints toward the Teams' championship are only awarded in the qualifying race.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [43, 84], "content_span": [85, 163]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272822-0006-0000", "contents": "2017 TCR BeNeLux Touring Car Championship, Calendar and results, Cars' championship\nPoints toward the Cars' championship are only awarded in the sprint races.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [43, 83], "content_span": [84, 158]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272823-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 TCR China Touring Car Championship\nThe 2017 TCR China season was the first season of the TCR's Chinese Touring Car Championship.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [39, 39], "content_span": [40, 133]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272823-0001-0000", "contents": "2017 TCR China Touring Car Championship, Calendar and results\nThe 2017 schedule was announced on 18 December 2016, with five events scheduled one invitation round in Macau. Yet all cars from TCR China withdrew from the Macau race due to freight delay.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 61], "content_span": [62, 251]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272824-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 TCR Ib\u00e9rico Touring Car Series\nThe 2017 TCR Ib\u00e9rico Touring Car Series season was the first season of the TCR Iberico Touring Car Series, a merger of the TCR Spain and TCR Portugal series. The championship started at Aut\u00f3dromo do Estoril in Portugal on 30 April and ended at Algarve International Circuit in Portugal on 22 October.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [35, 35], "content_span": [36, 337]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272824-0001-0000", "contents": "2017 TCR Ib\u00e9rico Touring Car Series, Calendar and results\nThe 2017 schedule was announced on 8 November 2016, with four event in Portugal and three events in Spain. The Portuguese rounds will count towards the TCR Portugal standings, while the Spanish rounds will cound towards the TCR Spain standings. An overall title will also be available.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 57], "content_span": [58, 343]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272824-0002-0000", "contents": "2017 TCR Ib\u00e9rico Touring Car Series, Championship standings, TCR Ib\u00e9rico Touring Car Series, Drivers' championship\n\u2020\u00a0\u2013 Drivers did not finish the race, but were classified as they completed over 75% of the race distance.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 114], "content_span": [115, 220]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272824-0003-0000", "contents": "2017 TCR Ib\u00e9rico Touring Car Series, Championship standings, TCR Portugal Touring Car Championship, Drivers' championship\n\u2020\u00a0\u2013 Drivers did not finish the race, but were classified as they completed over 75% of the race distance.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 121], "content_span": [122, 227]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272824-0004-0000", "contents": "2017 TCR Ib\u00e9rico Touring Car Series, Championship standings, TCR Spain Touring Car Championship, Drivers' championship\n\u2020\u00a0\u2013 Drivers did not finish the race, but were classified as they completed over 75% of the race distance.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 118], "content_span": [119, 224]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272825-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 TCR International Series\nThe 2017 TCR International Series was the third and the last season of the TCR International Series.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [29, 29], "content_span": [30, 130]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272825-0001-0000", "contents": "2017 TCR International Series\nStefano Comini entered the season as defending double champion, but finished only third in the standings with 30 points behind the new champion Jean-Karl Vernay, who won the title with a race to spare in the Dubai round, and Attila Tassi. Comini and Tassi were separated by only one point.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [29, 29], "content_span": [30, 319]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272825-0002-0000", "contents": "2017 TCR International Series\nIn the teams' standings Hungarian team M1RA managed to secure the title in Dubai, beating the previous champions Craft-Bamboo Racing by 62 points.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [29, 29], "content_span": [30, 176]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272825-0003-0000", "contents": "2017 TCR International Series, Teams and drivers, Team and driver changes\nStefano Comini left Leopard Racing to join the newly entered Comtoyou Racing with Audi RS3 LMS TCR. Fr\u00e9d\u00e9ric Vervisch joined the team in the second Audi from Spa onwards, while for the final two rounds of the season they've entered a third entry for TCR Benelux regular Denis Dupont who was behind the wheel of SEAT Le\u00f3n TCR.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 73], "content_span": [74, 399]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272825-0004-0000", "contents": "2017 TCR International Series, Teams and drivers, Team and driver changes\nLeopard Racing retained Jean-Karl Vernay and at Spa they've entered a second car for Robert Huff. Huff only entered rounds which did not clashed with his commitments in the World Touring Car Championship. At Monza he was replaced by Jaap van Lagen and in Dubai by Gordon Shedden. Van Lagen entered in Oschersleben in a third car. The team also supported Maxime Potty who entered at Spa under the Micha\u00ebl Mazurin Sport banner.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 73], "content_span": [74, 499]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272825-0005-0000", "contents": "2017 TCR International Series, Teams and drivers, Team and driver changes\nCraft-Bamboo Racing retained Pepe Oriola and James Nash, but Sergey Afanasyev was replaced by Hugo Valente. Valente left the team after Monza and his seat was taken by Daniel Lloyd.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 73], "content_span": [74, 255]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272825-0006-0000", "contents": "2017 TCR International Series, Teams and drivers, Team and driver changes\nWestCoast Racing switched from Civic Type R TCR (FK2) to Volkswagen Golf GTI TCR. As a result, the team ended their association with Sportspromotion \u2013 the operation responsible for WestCoast Racing's entry in the series. The team retained Gianni Morbidelli while Giacomo Alto\u00e8 was entered in the second car. Alto\u00e8 would leave the team after Oschersleben and he was replaced by the TCR Asia Series regular Kantadhee Kusiri at Buriram, Rafa\u00ebl Galiana at Zhejiang and Benjamin Leuchter at Dubai.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 73], "content_span": [74, 566]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272825-0007-0000", "contents": "2017 TCR International Series, Teams and drivers, Team and driver changes\nThe newly formed team of M1RA entered the series entering two Civic Type R TCR (FK2) cars for the veteran Roberto Colciago and Attila Tassi. Norbert Michelisz, who is also co-owner of the team, entered at Hungaroring in a third Civic and in Buriram as stand-in for Colciago, who was recovering from injuries sustained during the Oschersleben round. Giacomo Alto\u00e8 entered the team in Buriram in the team's third entry and double ADAC TCR Germany champion Josh Files entered in Dubai.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 73], "content_span": [74, 556]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272825-0008-0000", "contents": "2017 TCR International Series, Teams and drivers, Team and driver changes\nTCR Benelux team DG Sport Comp\u00e9tition entered the series with two Opel Astra TCR cars for TCR Trophy Europe winner Pierre-Yves Corthals and Ma\u0165o Homola. Corthals was later replaced by Gr\u00e9goire Demoustier who later left the team after Oschersleben. With the exception of Zhejiang, where the team entered a single car for Homola, the team's second entry was driven by Munkong Sathienthirakul in Buriram and by 2017 TCR Trophy Europe winner Aur\u00e9lien Comte in Dubai.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 73], "content_span": [74, 536]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272825-0009-0000", "contents": "2017 TCR International Series, Teams and drivers, Team and driver changes\nDavit Kajaia left Liqui Moly Team Engstler to form GE Force in partnership with Romeo Ferraris who provided the team with two Alfa Romeo Giulietta TCR cars. Du\u0161an Borkovi\u0107 joined the team in the second car. The team also entered a third car for Rustavi International Motorpark owner Shota Abkhazava in Rustavi and for Michela Cerruti in Bahrain.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 73], "content_span": [74, 419]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272825-0010-0000", "contents": "2017 TCR International Series, Teams and drivers, Team and driver changes\nDuncan Ende made his series d\u00e9but driving for his own team Icarus Motorsports in a SEAT Le\u00f3n TCR.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 73], "content_span": [74, 171]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272825-0011-0000", "contents": "2017 TCR International Series, Teams and drivers, Team and driver changes\nZeng\u0151 Motorsport returned to the series after missing out the previous season. The team was supposed to enter Cee'd TCR for Ferenc Ficza, but due to delays in delivery Ficza was rotating between Zeng\u00f5 Motorsport and Zele Racing driving SEAT Le\u00f3n TCR. In Hungaroring the Cee'd TCR made its debut appearance with Ficza behind the wheel, but after Oschersleben the team withdrew from the season due to reliability issues.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 73], "content_span": [74, 492]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272825-0012-0000", "contents": "2017 TCR International Series, Teams and drivers, Team and driver changes\nStian Paulsen and Jens Reno M\u00f8ller entered the series from Spa to Oschersleben rider for their own teams - Stian Paulsen Racing and Reno Racing. The European TCR rounds counted as qualification for the 2017 TCR Trophy Europe, but neither of them entered the event.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 73], "content_span": [74, 338]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272825-0013-0000", "contents": "2017 TCR International Series, Teams and drivers, Team and driver changes\nAfter fielding two one-off entries for their TCR Benelux drivers Tom Coronel and Benjamin Lessennes at Spa, Boutsen Ginion Racing entered a single Honda Civic Type R TCR for Aur\u00e9lien Panis from Oschersleben onwards.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 73], "content_span": [74, 289]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272825-0014-0000", "contents": "2017 TCR International Series, Teams and drivers, Team and driver changes\nLiqui Moly Team Engstler left the series to concentrate on their campaigns in TCR Asia Series and ADAC TCR Germany Touring Car Championship. The team entered Luca Engstler in Oschesleben under the Junior Team Engstler banner.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 73], "content_span": [74, 299]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272825-0015-0000", "contents": "2017 TCR International Series, Teams and drivers, Team and driver changes\nBRC Racing Team made its d\u00e9but in the series for the final two rounds of the season fielding two Hyundai i30 N TCR cars for veteran riders Gabriele Tarquini and Alain Menu The team received support from Hyundai Motorsport. However, as the i30 N TCR was given temporary homologation neither the team, nor its drivers were eligible to score points.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 73], "content_span": [74, 420]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272825-0016-0000", "contents": "2017 TCR International Series, Teams and drivers, Team and driver changes\nB3 Racing folded after the end of the 2016 season due to financial difficulties. Many of the team's personnel went on to form M1RA.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 73], "content_span": [74, 205]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272825-0017-0000", "contents": "2017 TCR International Series, Teams and drivers, Team and driver changes\nTarget Competition also left the series after 2016 to concentrate on their efforts in ADAC TCR Germany.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 73], "content_span": [74, 177]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272825-0018-0000", "contents": "2017 TCR International Series, Calendar\nThe 2017 provisional schedule was announced on 28 November 2016, with ten events scheduled.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 39], "content_span": [40, 131]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272825-0019-0000", "contents": "2017 TCR International Series, Calendar, Calendar changes\nThe rounds held at Autodromo do Estoril, Autodromo Enzo e Dino Ferrari, Sochi Autodrom, Marina Bay Street Circuit, Sepang International Circuit and Guia Circuit were discontinued.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 57], "content_span": [58, 237]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272825-0020-0000", "contents": "2017 TCR International Series, Calendar, Calendar changes\nThe series made their debut in Georgia at the Rustavi International Motorpark which opened the season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 57], "content_span": [58, 160]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272825-0021-0000", "contents": "2017 TCR International Series, Calendar, Calendar changes\nThe provisional calendar featured a round at the Circuit de Monaco supporting the Monaco Grand Prix, but was removed as it wasn't approved by the Monegasque ASN as they had never entered negotiations to stage the race. It was replaced by Autodromo Nazionale di Monza in Italy as supporting series to the European Le Mans Series.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 57], "content_span": [58, 386]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272825-0022-0000", "contents": "2017 TCR International Series, Calendar, Calendar changes\nWith the release of the TCR China Touring Car Championship the calendar slot for October, which was left vacant, was given to the Zhejiang International Circuit. In the previous two seasons the series visited Shanghai International Circuit.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 57], "content_span": [58, 298]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272825-0023-0000", "contents": "2017 TCR International Series, Calendar, Calendar changes\nThe round in Hungaroring was originally scheduled on 1\u20132 July, but for logistics reasons it was pulled back two weeks earlier than planned. The change also meant that the series would support the Hungarian round of the Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 57], "content_span": [58, 306]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272825-0024-0000", "contents": "2017 TCR International Series, Calendar, Calendar changes\nThe season finale which was supposed to be held on Yas Marina Circuit supporting the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix was moved to Dubai Autodrome with the new date being a week earlier.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 57], "content_span": [58, 232]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272825-0025-0000", "contents": "2017 TCR International Series, Fan Award\nAt the end of every weekend, a panel consisting of the International Series' Promoter and the promotional and media team name three candidates who stood out during the event for any particular reason.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 40], "content_span": [41, 241]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272825-0026-0000", "contents": "2017 TCR International Series, Championship standings, Drivers' championship\n\u2020\u00a0\u2013 Drivers did not finish the race, but were classified as they completed over 75% of the race distance.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 76], "content_span": [77, 182]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272825-0027-0000", "contents": "2017 TCR International Series, Championship standings, Teams' Championship\n\u2020\u00a0\u2013 Drivers did not finish the race, but were classified as they completed over 75% of the race distance.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 74], "content_span": [75, 180]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272825-0028-0000", "contents": "2017 TCR International Series, Championship standings, Model of the year\n\u2020\u00a0\u2013 Drivers did not finish the race, but were classified as they completed over 75% of the race distance.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 72], "content_span": [73, 178]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272826-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 TCR International Series Buriram round\nThe 2017 TCR International Series Buriram round was the eighth round of the 2017 TCR International Series season. It took place on 3 September at the Chang International Circuit.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [43, 43], "content_span": [44, 222]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272826-0001-0000", "contents": "2017 TCR International Series Buriram round\nNorbert Michelisz won the first race starting from third position and Aur\u00e9lien Panis gained the second one, starting from pole position, both driving a Honda Civic Type-R TCR.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [43, 43], "content_span": [44, 219]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272826-0002-0000", "contents": "2017 TCR International Series Buriram round, Ballast\nDue to the results obtained in the previous round, Gianni Morbidelli received +30\u00a0kg, Daniel Lloyd +20\u00a0kg and Ma\u0165o Homola +10\u00a0kg. While Norbert Michelisz will take his +20\u00a0kg of ballast carried over from the Hungaroring round.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [45, 52], "content_span": [53, 279]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272826-0003-0000", "contents": "2017 TCR International Series Buriram round, Ballast\nThe Balance of Performance was also adjusted for this event, meaning the Audi RS3 LMS TCRs and Honda Civic Type-R TCRs was both given a -10\u00a0kg weight break.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [45, 52], "content_span": [53, 209]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272827-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 TCR International Series Dubai round\nThe 2017 TCR International Series Dubai round was the tenth and final round of the 2017 TCR International Series season. It took place on 18 November at the Dubai Autodrome.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [41, 41], "content_span": [42, 215]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272827-0001-0000", "contents": "2017 TCR International Series Dubai round\nPepe Oriola won the first race starting from fourth, driving a SEAT Le\u00f3n TCR, while Stefano Comini gained the second one starting from second, driving an Audi RS3 LMS TCR.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [41, 41], "content_span": [42, 213]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272827-0002-0000", "contents": "2017 TCR International Series Dubai round\nJean-Karl Vernay won the Drivers championship, after out scoring main rival Attila Tassi in Race 1. Tassi then defended the runner-up spot in the championship from Stefano Comini, finishing just 1 point ahead of Comini, following Race 2. M1RA won the Teams championship, while the Volkswagen Golf GTI TCR secured the Model of the Year championship, in the second race.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [41, 41], "content_span": [42, 410]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272827-0003-0000", "contents": "2017 TCR International Series Dubai round, Ballast\nDue to the results obtained in the previous round, Robert Huff received +30\u00a0kg, Gianni Morbidelli received +20\u00a0kg and both Jean-Karl Vernay and Gabriele Tarquini received +10\u00a0kg. However, since Robert Huff didn't take part in the event, he didn't take the ballast.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [43, 50], "content_span": [51, 315]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272828-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 TCR International Series Hungaroring round\nThe 2017 TCR International Series Hungaroring round was the sixth round of the 2017 TCR International Series season. It took place on 18 June at the Hungaroring.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 47], "section_span": [47, 47], "content_span": [48, 209]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272828-0001-0000", "contents": "2017 TCR International Series Hungaroring round\nAttila Tassi won both races starting from third position in Race 1 and eighth position in Race 2, driving a Honda Civic Type-R TCR.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 47], "section_span": [47, 47], "content_span": [48, 179]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272828-0002-0000", "contents": "2017 TCR International Series Hungaroring round, Ballast\nDue to the results obtained in the previous round, Stefano Comini received +30 kilograms (66\u00a0lb), Du\u0161an Borkovi\u0107 +20 kilograms (44\u00a0lb) and both Roberto Colciago and Thomas J\u00e4ger +10 kilograms (22\u00a0lb). Nevertheless, J\u00e4ger didn't take part at this event, so he didn't take the ballast.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 47], "section_span": [49, 56], "content_span": [57, 340]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272828-0003-0000", "contents": "2017 TCR International Series Hungaroring round, Ballast\nThe Balance of Performance was also adjusted for this event, meaning the Honda Civic Type-R TCRs was given an additional +10 kilograms (22\u00a0lb), having already had +30 kilograms (66\u00a0lb), in addition to its minimum weight of 1,285 kilograms (2,833\u00a0lb). The SEAT Le\u00f3n TCRs and Volkswagen Golf GTI TCRs was also given a weight break, going down -10\u00a0kg.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 47], "section_span": [49, 56], "content_span": [57, 405]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272829-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 TCR International Series Monza round\nThe 2017 TCR International Series Monza round was the fourth round of the 2017 TCR International Series season. It took place on 13\u201314 May at the Autodromo Nazionale Monza.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [41, 41], "content_span": [42, 214]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272829-0001-0000", "contents": "2017 TCR International Series Monza round\nRoberto Colciago won the first race starting from second position, driving a Honda Civic Type-R TCR, and Stefano Comini gained the second one, driving an Audi RS3 LMS TCR.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [41, 41], "content_span": [42, 213]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272829-0002-0000", "contents": "2017 TCR International Series Monza round, Ballast\nDue to the results obtained in the previous round, Stefano Comini received +30\u00a0kg, Jean-Karl Vernay received +20\u00a0kg and Benjamin Lessennes received +10\u00a0kg. Nevertheless, Lessennes didn't take part at this event, so he didn't take the ballast.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [43, 50], "content_span": [51, 293]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272830-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 TCR International Series Oschersleben round\nThe 2017 TCR International Series Oschersleben round was the seventh round of the 2017 TCR International Series season. It took place on 9 July at the Motorsport Arena Oschersleben.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 48], "section_span": [48, 48], "content_span": [49, 230]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272830-0001-0000", "contents": "2017 TCR International Series Oschersleben round\nGianni Morbidelli won both races starting from pole position in Race 1 and tenth position in Race 2, driving a Volkswagen Golf GTI TCR.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 48], "section_span": [48, 48], "content_span": [49, 184]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272830-0002-0000", "contents": "2017 TCR International Series Oschersleben round, Ballast\nDue to the results obtained in the previous round, Attila Tassi received +30\u00a0kg, Norbert Michelisz +20\u00a0kg and Pepe Oriola +10\u00a0kg. Nevertheless, Michelisz didn't take part at this event, so he didn't take the ballast.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 48], "section_span": [50, 57], "content_span": [58, 274]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272830-0003-0000", "contents": "2017 TCR International Series Oschersleben round, Ballast\nThe Balance of Performance was also adjusted for this event, meaning the Alfa Romeo Giulietta TCRs, Audi RS3 LMS TCRs, Kia Cee'd TCRs, Subaru WRX STi TCRs, Peugeot 308 Racing Cup TCRs, Volkswagen Golf GTI TCRs and SEAT Le\u00f3n TCRs was all given a -20\u00a0kg weight break, while the Honda Civic Type-R TCRs, Opel Astra TCRs and SEAT Le\u00f3n TCR DSG's was given a -10\u00a0kg weight break. With the DSG equipped Audi RS3 LMS TCRs and SEAT Le\u00f3n TCRs had their ride height reduced to 60mm.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 48], "section_span": [50, 57], "content_span": [58, 529]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272831-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 TCR International Series Rustavi round\nThe 2017 TCR International Series Rustavi round was the first round of the 2017 TCR International Series season. It took place on 2 April at the Rustavi International Motorpark.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [43, 43], "content_span": [44, 221]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272831-0001-0000", "contents": "2017 TCR International Series Rustavi round\nDavit Kajaia won the first race starting from pole position, driving an Alfa Romeo Giulietta TCR, and Pepe Oriola gained the second one, driving a SEAT Le\u00f3n TCR.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [43, 43], "content_span": [44, 205]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272831-0002-0000", "contents": "2017 TCR International Series Rustavi round, Ballast\nAfter the Adria testing session, the Balance of Performance was issued: The Audi RS3 LMS TCRs were given a +45\u00a0kg from the minimum weight of 1285\u00a0kg, while the Opel Astra TCRs were given +40\u00a0kg, the SEAT Le\u00f3n TCRs and Honda Civic TCRs were given +30\u00a0kg, the Volkswagen Golf GTI TCRs were given +10\u00a0kg and the Alfa Romeo Giulietta TCRs were given -20\u00a0kg. Both the Volkswagen Golf GTI TCRs and Alfa Romeo Giulietta TCRs were given a -10mm in ride height, running at 70mm from the minimum 80mm in ride height.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [45, 52], "content_span": [53, 559]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272832-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 TCR International Series Sakhir round\nThe 2017 TCR International Series Sakhir round was the second round of the 2017 TCR International Series season. It took place on 15\u201316 April at the Bahrain International Circuit.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [42, 42], "content_span": [43, 222]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272832-0001-0000", "contents": "2017 TCR International Series Sakhir round\nRoberto Colciago won the first race starting from third position, driving a Honda Civic Type-R TCR, and Du\u0161an Borkovi\u0107 gained the second one, driving an Alfa Romeo Giulietta TCR.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [42, 42], "content_span": [43, 221]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272832-0002-0000", "contents": "2017 TCR International Series Sakhir round, Ballast\nDue to the results obtained in the previous round, Davit Kajaia received +30\u00a0kg, Attila Tassi +20\u00a0kg and Pepe Oriola +10\u00a0kg.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [44, 51], "content_span": [52, 176]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272832-0003-0000", "contents": "2017 TCR International Series Sakhir round, Ballast\nA last minute BOP adjustment was announced after qualifying, meaning the Opel Astra TCRs engine power was adjusted down from 100% to 95%. Both the Audi RS3 LMS TCRs and SEAT Le\u00f3n TCRs using a DSG gearbox was given -10mm in ride height, running at 70mm from the minimum 80mm in ride height.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [44, 51], "content_span": [52, 341]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272833-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 TCR International Series Salzburgring round\nThe 2017 TCR International Series Salzburgring round was the fifth round of the 2017 TCR International Series season. It took place on 11 June at the Salzburgring.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 48], "section_span": [48, 48], "content_span": [49, 212]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272833-0001-0000", "contents": "2017 TCR International Series Salzburgring round\nDu\u0161an Borkovi\u0107 won the first race starting from second position, driving an Alfa Romeo Giulietta TCR, and Roberto Colciago gained the second one, driving a Honda Civic Type-R TCR.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 48], "section_span": [48, 48], "content_span": [49, 228]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272833-0002-0000", "contents": "2017 TCR International Series Salzburgring round, Ballast\nDue to the results obtained in the previous round, Roberto Colciago received +30\u00a0kg, Fr\u00e9d\u00e9ric Vervisch +20\u00a0kg and Stefano Comini +10\u00a0kg.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 48], "section_span": [50, 57], "content_span": [58, 194]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272834-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 TCR International Series Spa-Francorchamps round\nThe 2017 TCR International Series Spa-Francorchamps round was the third round of the 2017 TCR International Series season. It took place on 5\u20136 May at the Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 53], "section_span": [53, 53], "content_span": [54, 238]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272834-0001-0000", "contents": "2017 TCR International Series Spa-Francorchamps round\nStefano Comini won the first race starting from pole position, driving an Audi RS3 LMS TCR, and Jean-Karl Vernay gained the second one, driving a Volkswagen Golf GTI TCR.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 53], "section_span": [53, 53], "content_span": [54, 224]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272834-0002-0000", "contents": "2017 TCR International Series Spa-Francorchamps round, Ballast\nDue to the results obtained in the previous round, Roberto Colciago and Du\u0161an Borkovi\u0107 both received +30\u00a0kg, while Hugo Valente received +10\u00a0kg.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 53], "section_span": [55, 62], "content_span": [63, 207]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272834-0003-0000", "contents": "2017 TCR International Series Spa-Francorchamps round, Ballast\nThe Balance of Performance was also adjusted for this event, meaning the Alfa Romeo Giulietta TCRs was deprived of its -20\u00a0kg weight break, it will therefore run its minimum weight of 1285\u00a0kg. The Opel Astra TCRs was also given a weight break, going down from +40\u00a0kg to +20\u00a0kg.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 53], "section_span": [55, 62], "content_span": [63, 340]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272835-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 TCR International Series Zhejiang round\nThe 2017 TCR International Series Zhejiang round was the ninth round of the 2017 TCR International Series season. It took place on 8 October at the Zhejiang International Circuit.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [44, 44], "content_span": [45, 224]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272835-0001-0000", "contents": "2017 TCR International Series Zhejiang round\nGabriele Tarquini won the first race starting from fourteenth position, driving a Hyundai i30 N TCR and Robert Huff gained the second one, starting from tenth position, driving a Volkswagen Golf GTI TCR.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [44, 44], "content_span": [45, 248]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272835-0002-0000", "contents": "2017 TCR International Series Zhejiang round, Ballast\nDue to the results obtained in the previous round, Attila Tassi and Norbert Michelisz both received +30\u00a0kg, while both Giacomo Alto\u00e8 and Du\u0161an Borkovi\u0107 received +10\u00a0kg. However, since neither Norbert Michelisz or Giacomo Alto\u00e8 took part, they didn't take ballast at this event.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [46, 53], "content_span": [54, 331]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272835-0003-0000", "contents": "2017 TCR International Series Zhejiang round, Ballast\nThe Balance of Performance was also adjusted for this event, meaning the Opel Astra TCRs was given a +30\u00a0kg of additional weight. While the new Hyundai i30 N TCRs was allowed to run at its minimum weight of 1285\u00a0kg. However, following Race 1. The Hyundai's was given a +40\u00a0kg of additional weight, as well as having their engine power reduced from a 100% to 95%.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [46, 53], "content_span": [54, 416]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272836-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 TCR Italy Touring Car Championship\nThe 2017 TCR Italy Touring Car Championship is the third season of the ITCC to run under TCR regulations and the 31st season since a national touring car series was revived in 1987 as the Campionato Italiano Turismo.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [39, 39], "content_span": [40, 256]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272836-0001-0000", "contents": "2017 TCR Italy Touring Car Championship, Calendar and results\nThe previous schedule for 2017 was announced on November 24, 2016, but on February 16, 2017 a new calendar was announced with changes of dates and with all the events scheduled to be held in Italy.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 61], "content_span": [62, 259]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272836-0002-0000", "contents": "2017 TCR Italy Touring Car Championship, Drivers' championship\nOne point for pole position and one point for fastests lap.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 62], "content_span": [63, 122]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272836-0003-0000", "contents": "2017 TCR Italy Touring Car Championship, Drivers' championship, TCR Standing\n\u2020\u00a0\u2013 Drivers did not finish the race, but were classified as they completed over 75% of the race distance.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 76], "content_span": [77, 182]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272836-0004-0000", "contents": "2017 TCR Italy Touring Car Championship, Drivers' championship, TCT Trophy\n\u2020\u00a0\u2013 Drivers did not finish the race, but were classified as they completed over 75% of the race distance.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 74], "content_span": [75, 180]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272836-0005-0000", "contents": "2017 TCR Italy Touring Car Championship, Drivers' championship, TCR Constructors Standing\n\u2020\u00a0\u2013 Drivers did not finish the race, but were classified as they completed over 75% of the race distance.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 89], "content_span": [90, 195]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272837-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 TCR Middle East Series\nThe 2017 TCR Middle East Series season was the first season of the TCR Middle East Series. The championship started at Dubai Autodrome in Dubai on 12 January and ended at Bahrain International Circuit in Bahrain on 10 March.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [27, 27], "content_span": [28, 252]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272837-0001-0000", "contents": "2017 TCR Middle East Series, Calendar and results\nThe 2017 schedule was announced on 15 November 2016, with three events held across the Middle East.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 49], "content_span": [50, 149]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272838-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 TCR Scandinavia Touring Car Championship\nThe 2017 TCR Scandinavia Touring Car Championship was the seventh Scandinavian Touring Car Championship season. This season will see the introduction of the TCR regulations. The season started at Ring Knutstorp on 7 May and ended at Mantorp Park on 17 September, after eight rounds.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [45, 45], "content_span": [46, 328]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272838-0001-0000", "contents": "2017 TCR Scandinavia Touring Car Championship, Teams and drivers, Team and driver changes\nWith the introduction of the new technical regulations many of the teams competing in the previous season did not return. Polestar Cyan Racing left the STCC for the support Swedish GT series. Flash Engineering also left the championship.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [47, 89], "content_span": [90, 327]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272838-0002-0000", "contents": "2017 TCR Scandinavia Touring Car Championship, Calendar\nOn 18 October 2016, a preliminary calendar was announced, with one round still to be announced. The championship will host six rounds in Sweden and one round in Finland.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [47, 55], "content_span": [56, 225]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272839-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 TCR Series seasons\nThis article describes some of the 2017 seasons of TCR Series across the world.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [23, 23], "content_span": [24, 103]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272839-0001-0000", "contents": "2017 TCR Series seasons, VLN TCR Class\nThe 2017 Veranstaltergemeinschaft Langstreckenpokal N\u00fcrburgring TCR Class was the first season for the TCR Class in the championship.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 38], "content_span": [39, 172]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272839-0002-0000", "contents": "2017 TCR Series seasons, VLN TCR Class, Teams and drivers\nDrivers with an asterisk on their \"Rounds\" column took part in the non-championship 2017 24 Hours N\u00fcrburgring round.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 57], "content_span": [58, 174]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272839-0003-0000", "contents": "2017 TCR Series seasons, TCR Baltic Trophy\nThe 2017 TCR Baltic Trophy is the first season of the TCR Baltic Trophy. TCR Baltic Trophy will run within the Baltic Touring Car Championship events.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 42], "content_span": [43, 193]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272839-0004-0000", "contents": "2017 TCR Series seasons, TCR Baltic Trophy, Calendar and results\nThe 2017 schedule was announced on 13 December 2016. The calendar includes two rounds in Latvia and one in Estonia.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 64], "content_span": [65, 180]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272840-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 TCR Thailand Touring Car Championship\nThe 2017 TCR Thailand Touring Car Championship will be the second season of the TCR Thailand Touring Car Championship. The championship will run within the Thailand Super Series' events.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [42, 42], "content_span": [43, 229]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272841-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 TCR Trophy Europe\nThe 2017 TCR Trophy Europe was the second holding of the TCR Trophy Europe, and the only one held as one-off event on 28\u201329 October in Adria International Raceway in Italy for drivers from the national and regional European TCR series.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [22, 22], "content_span": [23, 258]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272842-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 TCU Horned Frogs baseball team\nThe 2017 TCU Horned Frogs baseball team represented Texas Christian University during the 2017 NCAA Division I baseball season. The Horned Frogs played their home games at Charlie & Marie Lupton Baseball Stadium as a member of the Big 12 Conference. They were led by head coach Jim Schlossnagle, the winningest coach in TCU baseball history, in his 14th year at TCU.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [35, 35], "content_span": [36, 402]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272842-0001-0000", "contents": "2017 TCU Horned Frogs baseball team, Previous season\nThe Horned Frogs entered the 2017 season on the heels of three consecutive trips to the College World Series. The 2016 TCU Horned Frogs baseball team notched a 38\u201314 (15\u20139) regular season record to finish third in the Big 12 Conference standings.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 52], "content_span": [53, 299]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272842-0001-0001", "contents": "2017 TCU Horned Frogs baseball team, Previous season\nIn the postseason, the Horned Frogs won the Big 12 Tournament Championship with wins over Baylor, Oklahoma State, Texas and West Virginia, were selected as one of sixteen NCAA Regional Tournament hosts for the third year in a row and the sixth time in eight years, swept through the Fort Worth Regional with wins over Oral Roberts, Gonzaga and Arizona State; advanced to the Super Regional round of the Tournament for the third straight year, where they faced #4 National Seed Texas A&M in College Station, TX for the best-of-three series; won the College Station Super Regional after an 8\u20132 win, 1\u20137 loss and 4\u20131 win; and advanced to their third consecutive College World Series. At the 2016 CWS, the Frogs notched a 2\u20132 record, winning their first two games over Texas Tech and Coastal Carolina before losing two consecutive games to Coastal Carolina and being eliminated from the tournament. TCU finished the season with a 49\u201318 record and ranked third in the final polls.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 52], "content_span": [53, 1028]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272842-0002-0000", "contents": "2017 TCU Horned Frogs baseball team, Preseason, MLB draft\nThe following Horned Frogs on the 2016 roster were selected in the 2016 Major League Baseball draft:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 57], "content_span": [58, 158]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272842-0003-0000", "contents": "2017 TCU Horned Frogs baseball team, Preseason, Departed players\nThe following Horned Frogs on the 2016 roster departed the program prior to the 2017 season:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 64], "content_span": [65, 157]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272842-0004-0000", "contents": "2017 TCU Horned Frogs baseball team, Preseason, Summer leagues\nBetween the 2015\u201316 and 2016\u201317 academic years, the following 2017 Horned Frogs participated in summer collegiate baseball leagues:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 62], "content_span": [63, 194]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272842-0005-0000", "contents": "2017 TCU Horned Frogs baseball team, Preseason, Recruiting class\nThe Horned Frogs added the following 11 players to the roster as part of their 2016 recruiting class:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 64], "content_span": [65, 166]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272842-0006-0000", "contents": "2017 TCU Horned Frogs baseball team, Preseason, Season projections\nComing off three straight College World Series appearances in 2014, 2015 and 2016, losing only four players to graduation and the Draft, and adding a highly ranked recruiting class, the 2017 Horned Frogs were projected as one of the \"Eight for Omaha\" in July 2016 by Baseball America, D1 Baseball and Perfect Game.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 66], "content_span": [67, 381]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272842-0007-0000", "contents": "2017 TCU Horned Frogs baseball team, Preseason, Season projections\nThe Horned Frogs started the 2017 season as the unanimous preseason #1 club. For the third straight year, TCU was picked to finish first in the Big 12 Conference.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 66], "content_span": [67, 229]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272842-0008-0000", "contents": "2017 TCU Horned Frogs baseball team, Personnel, Coaching staff\nTCU returns its entire coaching staff from the Frogs' 2014, 2015 and 2016 College World Series seasons. After leading the Frogs to their third consecutive College World Series and being named Baseball America's 2016 National Coach of the Year, Jim Schlossnagle, the winningest coach in TCU Horned Frogs baseball history, inked a six-year contract extension worth over $1 million per year, and assistants Shane Mosiello and Kirk Saarloos inked multi-year contract extensions.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 62], "content_span": [63, 537]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272842-0009-0000", "contents": "2017 TCU Horned Frogs baseball team, Rankings\nThe Horned Frogs started 2017 as the unanimous preseason #1 club. On December 20, 2016, TCU was ranked preseason #1 by Collegiate Baseball. The Frogs' were also ranked preseason #1 by Perfect Game on January 11, 2017, D1 Baseball on January 17, 2017, Baseball America on January 23, 2017, the USA Today Coaches Poll on January 26, 2017, and the National Collegiate Baseball Writers Association on January 31, 2017.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 45], "content_span": [46, 460]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272842-0010-0000", "contents": "2017 TCU Horned Frogs baseball team, Rankings\n^ Collegiate Baseball ranks 40 teams in their preseason poll, but only ranks 30 teams weekly during the season. \u2020 NCBWA ranks 35 teams in their preseason poll, but only ranks 30 teams weekly during the season. * New poll was not released for this week so for comparison purposes the previous week's ranking is inserted in this week's slot.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 45], "content_span": [46, 385]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272843-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 TCU Horned Frogs football team\nThe 2017 TCU Horned Frogs football team represented Texas Christian University in the 2017 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The 122nd TCU football team played as a member of the Big 12 Conference and played their home games at Amon G. Carter Stadium, on the TCU campus in Fort Worth, Texas. They were led by 17th-year head coach Gary Patterson. They finished the season 11\u20133, 7\u20132 in Big 12 play to finish in second place. They lost to Oklahoma in the Big 12 Championship Game. They were invited to the Alamo Bowl where they defeated Stanford.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [35, 35], "content_span": [36, 582]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272843-0001-0000", "contents": "2017 TCU Horned Frogs football team, Previous season\nThe 2016 TCU Horned Frogs football team finished the regular season 6\u20136 and fell to 6\u20137 after losing 31\u201323 to Georgia in the Liberty Bowl.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 52], "content_span": [53, 191]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272843-0002-0000", "contents": "2017 TCU Horned Frogs football team, Honors and awards, Major award finalists\nHonors and Awards Source: TCU Game 8 Media Notes (unless otherwise noted)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 77], "content_span": [78, 151]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272844-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 TD6\n2017 TD6 is a micro-asteroid, classified as a near-Earth object of the Apollo group, approximately 10\u201320 meters in diameter. It was first observed by Pan-STARRS at Haleakala Observatory, Hawaii, on 11 October 2017.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 8], "section_span": [8, 8], "content_span": [9, 223]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272844-0001-0000", "contents": "2017 TD6\nOn 19 October 2017, the asteroid transited Earth at a nominal distance of 191,000\u00a0km; 119,000\u00a0mi (0.001278\u00a0AU), which corresponds to 0.5 lunar distances (LD). On the following day it also passed near the Moon at 113,000\u00a0km (0.00075575\u00a0AU). Peaking near a magnitude of 18, the object was too faint to be seen\u2014except for the largest telescopes.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 8], "section_span": [8, 8], "content_span": [9, 351]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272844-0002-0000", "contents": "2017 TD6\nAs of 2018, 2017 TD6 has a poorly determined orbit with an uncertainty of 6 and a short observation arc of 8 days only. Due to its small size, the asteroid is likely to remain unobserved until its next, still relatively distant approach, predicted to occur in March 2044, at a distance of 2,030,000\u00a0km (0.01358\u00a0AU) or 5.3\u00a0LD from Earth.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 8], "section_span": [8, 8], "content_span": [9, 345]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272845-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 TEAN International\nThe 2017 TEAN International was a professional tennis tournament played on outdoor clay courts. It was the 22nd edition of the tournament which was part of the 2017 ATP Challenger Tour. It took place in Alphen aan den Rijn, Netherlands, on 5 \u2013 10 September 2017.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [23, 23], "content_span": [24, 286]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272845-0001-0000", "contents": "2017 TEAN International, Singles main draw entrants, Other entrants\nThe following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 67], "content_span": [68, 136]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272845-0002-0000", "contents": "2017 TEAN International, Singles main draw entrants, Other entrants\nThe following players received entry into the singles main draw using protected rankings:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 67], "content_span": [68, 157]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272846-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 TEAN International \u2013 Doubles\nDaniel Masur and Jan-Lennard Struff were the defending champions but chose not to defend their title.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [33, 33], "content_span": [34, 135]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272846-0001-0000", "contents": "2017 TEAN International \u2013 Doubles\nBotic van de Zandschulp and Boy Westerhof won the title after defeating Alexandar Lazov and Volodymyr Uzhylovskyi 7\u20136(8\u20136), 7\u20135 in the final.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [33, 33], "content_span": [34, 175]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272847-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 TEAN International \u2013 Singles\nJan-Lennard Struff was the defending champion but chose not to defend his title.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [33, 33], "content_span": [34, 114]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272847-0001-0000", "contents": "2017 TEAN International \u2013 Singles\nJ\u00fcrgen Zopp won the title after defeating Tommy Robredo 6\u20133, 6\u20132 in the final.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [33, 33], "content_span": [34, 112]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272848-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 TEB K\u00fclt\u00fcrpark Cup\nThe 2017 TEB K\u00fclt\u00fcrpark Cup was a professional tennis tournament played on outdoor hard courts. It was the first edition of the tournament and was part of the 2017 ITF Women's Circuit. It took place in \u0130zmir, Turkey, on 19\u201325 June 2017.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [23, 23], "content_span": [24, 260]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272848-0001-0000", "contents": "2017 TEB K\u00fclt\u00fcrpark Cup, Singles main draw entrants, Other entrants\nThe following player received a wildcard into the singles main draw:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 67], "content_span": [68, 136]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272848-0002-0000", "contents": "2017 TEB K\u00fclt\u00fcrpark Cup, Singles main draw entrants, Other entrants\nThe following player received entry into the singles main draw using a protected ranking:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 67], "content_span": [68, 157]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272849-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 TEB K\u00fclt\u00fcrpark Cup \u2013 Doubles\nAn-Sophie Mestach and Nina Stojanovi\u0107 won the title, defeating Emma Laine and Kotomi Takahata in the final, 6\u20134, 7\u20135.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [33, 33], "content_span": [34, 151]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272850-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 TEB K\u00fclt\u00fcrpark Cup \u2013 Singles\nMihaela Buz\u0103rnescu won the title, defeating Eri Hozumi in the final, 6\u20131, 6\u20130.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [33, 33], "content_span": [34, 112]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272851-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 THB Champions League\nThe 2017 THB Champions League is the top level football competition in Madagascar. It started on 1 September 2017.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [25, 25], "content_span": [26, 140]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272852-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 TOP 09 leadership election\nCzech political party TOP 09 held a leadership election on 26 November 2017, following the party's poor result in the 2017 Czech legislative election. Ji\u0159\u00ed Posp\u00ed\u0161il was elected as the new leader.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [31, 31], "content_span": [32, 227]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272852-0001-0000", "contents": "2017 TOP 09 leadership election, Background\nMiroslav Kalousek was elected leader in 2015. His term expired in November 2017. It was speculated that the outcome of the election would depend on the party's result in the 2017 legislative election. Kalousek said that he would resign if the party achieved a poor result in the election.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 43], "content_span": [44, 332]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272852-0002-0000", "contents": "2017 TOP 09 leadership election, Background\nThe party was heavily defeated and received only 5%. Speculation about possible successors to Kalousek started, centring on Mark\u00e9ta Pekarov\u00e1 Adamov\u00e1 and Ji\u0159\u00ed Posp\u00ed\u0161il. On 24 October 2017, Kalousek announced that he would not seek reelection.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 43], "content_span": [44, 285]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272852-0003-0000", "contents": "2017 TOP 09 leadership election, Campaign\nPekarov\u00e1 Adamov\u00e1 said she was considering running and that she would decide within a week, eventually deciding not to run, to focus on her family instead. Ludmila \u0160tv\u00e1nov\u00e1 announced her candidacy on 3 November 2017. On 4 November 2017, MEP Lud\u011bk Niedermayer joined the party, provoking speculation about his possible candidacy. Jakub Lep\u0161, whose candidacy was suggested by Karel Schwarzenberg, admitted that he could run.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 41], "content_span": [42, 463]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272852-0004-0000", "contents": "2017 TOP 09 leadership election, Campaign\nOn 4 November 2017, the Prague branch of TOP 09 nominated Ji\u0159\u00ed Posp\u00ed\u0161il for party leader. Posp\u00ed\u0161il later confirmed his candidacy. He also received support from regional branches in Plze\u0148, South Moravia and Hradec Kr\u00e1lov\u00e9. By 25 November 2017, Posp\u00ed\u0161il was the only official candidate, with \u0160tv\u00e1nov\u00e1 having failed to receive any nominations. On 26 November 2017, Pavel N\u011bmec announced his candidacy.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 41], "content_span": [42, 440]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272852-0005-0000", "contents": "2017 TOP 09 leadership election, Campaign\nThe election was held on 26 November 2017. Posp\u00ed\u0161il received 147 votes of 177 and became the new leader. N\u011bmec received 13 votes.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 41], "content_span": [42, 171]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272853-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 TSL season\nThe 2017 AFL Tasmania TSL premiership season is an Australian rules football competition staged across Tasmania, Australia over twenty-one home and away rounds and six finals series matches between 31 March and 23 September.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [15, 15], "content_span": [16, 240]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272853-0001-0000", "contents": "2017 TSL season\nThe League was known as the Southern Cross State League under a commercial naming-rights sponsorship agreement with the company.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [15, 15], "content_span": [16, 144]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272853-0002-0000", "contents": "2017 TSL season\nNorth Launceston defeated Lauderdale by 87 points to win the 2017 TSL Grand Final.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [15, 15], "content_span": [16, 98]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272854-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 TT Pro League\nThe 2017 TT Pro League season is the nineteenth season of the TT Pro League, the Trinidad and Tobago professional league for association football clubs, since its establishment in 1999. A total of ten teams are contesting the league, with Central FC the defending champions from the 2016\u201317 season. The league will start on 9 June and will end on 28 November with the crowning of the champion. North East Stars were crowned champions on the penultimate match day. It was their first league title since 2004.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [18, 18], "content_span": [19, 526]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272854-0001-0000", "contents": "2017 TT Pro League, Teams, Team summaries\nNote: Flags indicate national team as has been defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [20, 41], "content_span": [42, 179]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272854-0002-0000", "contents": "2017 TT Pro League, Stadiums Used\nSince the teams do not play in their set home stadium, these are the stadiums that were used to host the matches throughout the season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [20, 33], "content_span": [34, 169]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272854-0003-0000", "contents": "2017 TT Pro League, League table, Positions by round\nThe table lists the positions of teams after each week of matches. In order to preserve chronological evolvements, any postponed matches are not included to the round at which they were originally scheduled, but added to the full round they were played immediately afterwards. For example, if a match is scheduled for the tenth round of matches, but then postponed and played between rounds 16 and 17, it will be added to the standings for round 16.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [20, 52], "content_span": [53, 502]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272855-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 TT Super League\nThe 2017 TT Super League season is the inaugural season under the title of the TT Super League and the fifteenth season for second tier association football clubs in Trinidad and Tobago, since its establishment in 2003. The league comprises 19 teams playing in two divisions. 12 teams play in League 1 and 7 teams play in League 2. League 1 began on June 11, 2017 and ended on December 10, 2017 with the crowning of Guaya United as champions. League 2 began on June 24, 2017 and ended on September 30, 2017 with the crowning of Petit Valley/Diego Martin United as champions.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [20, 20], "content_span": [21, 595]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272856-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 TVB Star Awards Malaysia\nThe 2017 TVB Star Awards Malaysia (simplified Chinese: TVB \u9a6c\u6765\u897f\u4e9a\u661f\u5149\u835f\u8403\u9881\u5956\u5178\u793c2017; traditional Chinese: TVB \u99ac\u4f86\u897f\u4e9e\u661f\u5149\u8588\u8403\u9812\u734e\u5178\u79ae2017), presented by TVB Entertainment News, Astro, MY FM, and MELODY FM in Malaysia, is an awards ceremony that recognises the best Hong Kong TVB television programmes that aired on Malaysia's Astro On Demand and Astro Wah Lai Toi in 2017. It was held on 25 November 2017 at the Arena of Stars, Genting Highlands in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, and was broadcast live through Malaysia's Astro Wah Lai Toi, Hong Kong's TVB Jade, and TVB Entertainment News . The ceremony was hosted by Carol Cheng, FAMA, Mayanne Mak, Luk Ho-ming, and Jarvis Chow.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [29, 29], "content_span": [30, 684]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272857-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 Tahiti Championship season\nThe 2017 Tahiti Championship competition was the 44th season of the Tahitian domestic rugby union club competition operated by the F\u00e9d\u00e9ration Polyn\u00e9sienne de Rugby (FPR).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [31, 31], "content_span": [32, 202]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272858-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 Taiwan Football Premier League\nThe 2017 Taiwan Football Premier League (TFPL) was the first season of the Taiwan Football Premier League since it replaced the Intercity Football League following the 2016 season. It was contested by 8 clubs. Taichung City Dragon, who participated in the final Intercity Football League season, were replaced for the inaugural TFPL by Tainan City. Taipower FC finished at the top of the table, but were defeated 1-1 on away goals in a playoff by Tatung FC, the second ranked team, for the title. With that result, Tatung FC earned an automatic berth in the 2018 AFC Cup group stage, while Taipower FC qualified for the playoff round. However, neither side chose to enter the tournament, so 3rd place playoff winners Hang Yuen were granted the AFC Cup berth.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [35, 35], "content_span": [36, 794]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272858-0001-0000", "contents": "2017 Taiwan Football Premier League, Playoff Round, Final\nThe two top placed teams in the division compete in a play-off to determine the league champions. The winners qualify for the AFC Cup Group Stage, while the losers will play in the AFC Cup Qualification play-off preliminary round 2.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 57], "content_span": [58, 290]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272859-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 Taiwan Open\nThe 2017 Taiwan Open was a women's tennis tournament played on indoor hard courts. It was the second edition of the event and part of the WTA International tournaments of the 2017 WTA Tour. The tournament was moved from Kaohsiung to Taipei starting from this year.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [16, 16], "content_span": [17, 281]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272859-0001-0000", "contents": "2017 Taiwan Open, Points and prize money, Prize money\n1 Qualifiers' prize money is also the Round of 32 prize money* per team", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [18, 53], "content_span": [54, 125]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272859-0002-0000", "contents": "2017 Taiwan Open, Singles main draw entrants, Other entrants\nThe following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [18, 60], "content_span": [61, 129]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272859-0003-0000", "contents": "2017 Taiwan Open, Doubles main draw entrants, Other entrants\nThe following pairs received wildcards into the doubles main draw:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [18, 60], "content_span": [61, 127]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272860-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 Taiwan Open \u2013 Doubles\nChan Hao-ching and Chan Yung-jan were the defending champions and successfully defended their title, defeating Lucie Hradeck\u00e1 and Kate\u0159ina Siniakov\u00e1 in the final, 6\u20134, 6\u20132.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [26, 26], "content_span": [27, 199]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272861-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 Taiwan Open \u2013 Singles\nVenus Williams was the defending champion, but chose to compete in St. Petersburg instead.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [26, 26], "content_span": [27, 117]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272861-0001-0000", "contents": "2017 Taiwan Open \u2013 Singles\nElina Svitolina won the title, defeating Peng Shuai in the final, 6\u20133, 6\u20132.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [26, 26], "content_span": [27, 102]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272862-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 Taiwan blackout\nOn 15 August 2017 at 4:52 p.m. NST, massive blackout hit northern half of Taiwan, affecting 6.68 million households. Electricity rationing was implemented at 6:00 p.m. and the blackout fully ended at 9:40 p.m.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [20, 20], "content_span": [21, 230]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272862-0001-0000", "contents": "2017 Taiwan blackout, Event, Power plant\nDuring the power supply equipment replacement for a control system of the metering station at Tatan Power Plant in Guanyin District, Taoyuan City by a contractor of CPC Corporation, the worker did not switch the system from auto mode to manual mode before starting the work, causing the two gas supply pipe valves to close and stop the supply of liquefied natural gas fuel source for two minutes. Six generators of the power plant fully tripped due to that, disrupting the supply of 4 GW of electricity.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 40], "content_span": [41, 544]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272862-0002-0000", "contents": "2017 Taiwan blackout, Event, Public\nResidents in major cities in northern Taiwan reported slow-moving traffic, stalled lifts or gondolas, and no air conditioning. Some emergency services were called to rescue trapped people and the police were manually directing traffic. And before 2017 Summer Universiade.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 35], "content_span": [36, 307]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272862-0003-0000", "contents": "2017 Taiwan blackout, Reactions\nTaipower responded by offering one day electricity charge cut from each household bill, which resulted in NT$270 million of revenue loss to the company.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 31], "content_span": [32, 184]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272862-0004-0000", "contents": "2017 Taiwan blackout, Reactions\nPresident Tsai Ing-wen apologized to the people of Taiwan through her Facebook page, stating that electricity supply is a national security issue.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 31], "content_span": [32, 178]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272862-0005-0000", "contents": "2017 Taiwan blackout, Reactions\nEconomic Affairs Minister Lee Chih-kung resigned shortly afterwards to take responsibility. Premier Lin Chuan appointed Deputy Minister Shen Jong-chin as acting Minister to replace Lee.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 31], "content_span": [32, 217]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272862-0006-0000", "contents": "2017 Taiwan blackout, Reactions\nCPC Corporation Chairperson Chen Chin-te resigned three days afterwards to take responsibility of the event which was then replaced by acting Chairperson Yang Wei-fuu. His resignation also was accepted by Premier Lin.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 31], "content_span": [32, 249]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272862-0007-0000", "contents": "2017 Taiwan blackout, Damages\nThe blackout caused at least US$3 million of loss or damages to over 150 companies in industrial parks and export processing zones.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 29], "content_span": [30, 161]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272862-0008-0000", "contents": "2017 Taiwan blackout, Aftermaths\nPresident Tsai promised that her administration would conduct a comprehensive review of the electrical grid of Taiwan to reexamine and strengthen it.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 32], "content_span": [33, 182]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272863-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 Tajik League\nThe 2017 Tajik League is the 26th season of Tajik League, the Tajikistan Football Federation's top division of association football. FC Istiklol are the defending champions, having won the previous season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 17], "section_span": [17, 17], "content_span": [18, 223]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272863-0001-0000", "contents": "2017 Tajik League, Teams\nOn 8 February 2017, the Tajikistan Football Federation announced that the season would involve eight teams, with Khayr Vahdat, Parvoz and Ravshan dropping out of the league, and Panjshir gaining promotion.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 17], "section_span": [19, 24], "content_span": [25, 230]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272864-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 Tajik Super Cup\nThe 2017 Tajik Supercup was the 8th Tajik Supercup, an annual Tajik football match played between the winners of the previous season's Tajik League and Tajik Cup. The match was contested by 2016 Tajik League and 2016 Tajik Cup champions, Istiklol, and the 2016 Tajik Cup Runners-up, Khosilot Farkhor. It was held at Central Stadium in Hisor a day before the first game of the 2017 Tajik League. Khosilot Farkhor won the match 2\u20131 with goals in the first half from Khairullo Azizov and Agbley Jones, with Istiklol striker Dmitry Barkov scoring a late consolation goal.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [20, 20], "content_span": [21, 588]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272864-0001-0000", "contents": "2017 Tajik Super Cup, Background\nIstiklol qualified as League and Cup champions, suffering only one defeat domestically all season, earning them a fourth straight Tajik Supercup appearance, and seventh in total.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 32], "content_span": [33, 211]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272864-0002-0000", "contents": "2017 Tajik Super Cup, Background\nKhosilot Farkhor qualified as runners-up to Istiklol in both the League and the cup, for their first appearance in the Supercup.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 32], "content_span": [33, 161]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272865-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 Tajikistan Cup\nThe 2017 Tajik Cup is the 26th edition of the Tajik Cup. The cup winner qualifies for the 2018 AFC Cup.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [19, 19], "content_span": [20, 123]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272865-0001-0000", "contents": "2017 Tajikistan Cup\nThe draw of the tournament was held on 22 May 2017.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [19, 19], "content_span": [20, 71]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272866-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 Tales of the Turtles 400\nThe 2017 Tales of the Turtles 400, was a Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series race held on September 17, 2017, at Chicagoland Speedway in Joliet, Illinois. Contested over 267 laps on the 1.5-mile (2.4\u00a0km) intermediate speedway, was the 27th race of the 2017 Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series season, first race of the Playoffs, and the first race of the Round of 16.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [29, 29], "content_span": [30, 391]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272866-0001-0000", "contents": "2017 Tales of the Turtles 400, Report, Background\nChicagoland Speedway is a 1.5 miles (2.4\u00a0km) tri-oval speedway in Joliet, Illinois, southwest of Chicago. The speedway opened in 2001 and currently hosts NASCAR racing including the opening event in the Chase for the Sprint Cup. Until 2011, the speedway also hosted the IndyCar Series, recording numerous close finishes including the closest finish in IndyCar history. The speedway is owned and operated by International Speedway Corporation and located adjacent to Route 66 Raceway.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 49], "content_span": [50, 533]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272866-0002-0000", "contents": "2017 Tales of the Turtles 400, First practice\nKyle Busch was the fastest in the first practice session with a time of 29.325 seconds and a speed of 184.143\u00a0mph (296.349\u00a0km/h).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 45], "content_span": [46, 175]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272866-0003-0000", "contents": "2017 Tales of the Turtles 400, Qualifying\nKyle Busch scored the pole for the race with a time of 28.729 and a speed of 187.963\u00a0mph (302.497\u00a0km/h).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 41], "content_span": [42, 146]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272866-0004-0000", "contents": "2017 Tales of the Turtles 400, Practice (post-qualifying), Second practice\nMartin Truex Jr. was the fastest in the second practice session with a time of 29.892 seconds and a speed of 180.650\u00a0mph (290.728\u00a0km/h).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 74], "content_span": [75, 211]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272866-0005-0000", "contents": "2017 Tales of the Turtles 400, Practice (post-qualifying), Final practice\nKyle Busch was the fastest in the final practice session with a time of 29.958 seconds and a speed of 180.252\u00a0mph (290.087\u00a0km/h).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 73], "content_span": [74, 203]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272866-0006-0000", "contents": "2017 Tales of the Turtles 400, Media, Television\nNBC Sports covered the race on the television side. Rick Allen, Jeff Burton and Steve Letarte had the call in the booth for the race. Dave Burns, Parker Kligerman, Marty Snider and Kelli Stavast reported from pit lane during the race.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 48], "content_span": [49, 283]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272866-0007-0000", "contents": "2017 Tales of the Turtles 400, Media, Radio\nThe Motor Racing Network had the radio call for the race, which was simulcast on Sirius XM NASCAR Radio.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 43], "content_span": [44, 148]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272867-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 Tallahassee Tennis Challenger\nThe 2017 Tallahassee Tennis Challenger will be a professional tennis tournament played on green clay courts. It will be the 18th edition of the tournament which will be part of the 2017 ATP Challenger Tour. It will take place in Tallahassee, United States between 24 and 29 April 2017.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [34, 34], "content_span": [35, 320]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272867-0001-0000", "contents": "2017 Tallahassee Tennis Challenger, Singles main draw entrants, Other entrants\nThe following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 78], "content_span": [79, 147]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272867-0002-0000", "contents": "2017 Tallahassee Tennis Challenger, Singles main draw entrants, Other entrants\nThe following player received entry into the singles main draw using a protected ranking:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 78], "content_span": [79, 168]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272868-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 Tallahassee Tennis Challenger \u2013 Doubles\nDennis Novikov and Julio Peralta were the defending champions but only Novikov chose to defend his title, partnering Stefan Kozlov. Novikov lost in the quarterfinals to Gonzalo Escobar and Roberto Quiroz.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [44, 44], "content_span": [45, 249]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272868-0001-0000", "contents": "2017 Tallahassee Tennis Challenger \u2013 Doubles\nScott Lipsky and Leander Paes won the title after defeating M\u00e1ximo Gonz\u00e1lez and Leonardo Mayer 4\u20136, 7\u20136(7\u20135), [10\u20137] in the final.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [44, 44], "content_span": [45, 175]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272869-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 Tallahassee Tennis Challenger \u2013 Singles\nQuentin Halys was the defending champion but chose not to defend his title.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [44, 44], "content_span": [45, 120]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272869-0001-0000", "contents": "2017 Tallahassee Tennis Challenger \u2013 Singles\nBla\u017e Rola won the title after defeating Ramkumar Ramanathan 6\u20132, 6\u20137(6\u20138), 7\u20135 in the final.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [44, 44], "content_span": [45, 137]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272870-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 Tamil Nadu Farmers protest\nThe 2017 Tamil Nadu Farmers Protest was a protest against the Bhartiya Janata Party-led central government by farmers from Tamil Nadu demanding waiver of their farm loans among other demands due to crop failures. The protests started after the 2016\u20132017 Drought in Tamil Nadu, which was caused after a worst rainfall to the state after 140 years. This led to many farmers committing suicides and dying of heart attacks.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [31, 31], "content_span": [32, 451]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272870-0001-0000", "contents": "2017 Tamil Nadu Farmers protest\nThe protest was started by a group of farmers led by 72-year old farmer P. Ayyakannu on March 14, 2017 at the Jantar Mantar in Delhi and went on for months. The protesting farmers shaved half of their moustaches and heads, held snakes and mice in their mouths, performed mock funerals, flogged themselves, brought the skulls of other farmers who had committed suicide, drank their urine and even ate human feces as protest.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [31, 31], "content_span": [32, 455]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272870-0002-0000", "contents": "2017 Tamil Nadu Farmers protest, Background and causes, Kaveri River water dispute\nProtests started in Tamil Nadu in August 2016 after Karnataka declined to release water from the Cauvery River into Tamil Nadu. This created distress among the farmers in the Delta districts.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 82], "content_span": [83, 274]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272870-0003-0000", "contents": "2017 Tamil Nadu Farmers protest, Background and causes, Drought\nThe 2016\u20132017 Drought in Tamil Nadu created the worst agricultural crisis in the state, where more than 40 percent of people earn a living from agriculture. The crisis was caused by water shortage due to poor rainfall, reduced crop costs, and decreasing access to formal financial services. The state government announced the entire state as drought hit.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 63], "content_span": [64, 418]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272870-0004-0000", "contents": "2017 Tamil Nadu Farmers protest, Background and causes, Drought\nIn the year 2016, Tamil Nadu faced the worst rainfall for the prior 140 years which led to the decline state's cropping area by 41.5% and the paddy procurement by 84.4%. Average annual rainfall decreased by 62% in 2016. The Northeast monsoon season failed in the state with the worst rainfall ever, with scattered rain in some areas. This led to the highest deficit of reservoir levels in all of India with an 82% reduction. This led to only one-third of the fields not sown in Tamil Nadu.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 63], "content_span": [64, 553]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272870-0005-0000", "contents": "2017 Tamil Nadu Farmers protest, Background and causes, Farmer suicides\nTamil Nadu recorded 604 suicides of farm workers in 2015. A local fact-finding team reported that in the districts of Nagapattinam, Thiruvarur, Ariyalur, Tanjavur and Pudukkottai more than 120 farmers had committed suicide or died by suicide in two months in 2017. The reports stated that the numbers began with one or two deaths a day and grew to ten. Since October 2016, over 270 farmers in the state have reportedly committed suicide or died naturally. A local farmers association insisted that there were more than 250 farmer suicides since October 2016. The farmers who protested claimed that more than 106 farmers had committed suicide in a month and they used skulls and bones to highlight the suicides of the farmers.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 71], "content_span": [72, 798]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272870-0006-0000", "contents": "2017 Tamil Nadu Farmers protest, Demands\nThe Government of Tamil Nadu requested a relief fund of \u20b9 40,000 crores but the Government of India only approved \u20b9 2014 crores which led to discontent among the farmers. In addition to the \u20b9 40,000 crore drought fund, the farmers have called for their farms loans to be cancelled and for pensions for those farmers who no longer work. The loan waiver of Rs 36,359 crore announced by the Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh, Yogi Adityanath, added more weight to the demands of the farmers.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 40], "content_span": [41, 528]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272870-0007-0000", "contents": "2017 Tamil Nadu Farmers protest, Timeline of protests\nMarch 14: Around 80 farmers started their protests in Jantar Mantar, Delhi led by a 72 year old farmer, P. Ayyakannu demanding loan waivers from the central government. The first day the farmers protested with the skulls of the farmers who had committed suicide.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 53], "content_span": [54, 316]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272870-0008-0000", "contents": "2017 Tamil Nadu Farmers protest, Timeline of protests\nMarch 15: The group started a provocative campaign during their. The protestors wore nooses around their heads, held skulls they said belonged to the farmers who had committed suicide, performed mock funerals and kept dead rats and snakes in their mouths. Although these protests received media and political attention due to their exceptional appearance, they did not contribute in any of their requests being addressed.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 53], "content_span": [54, 475]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272870-0009-0000", "contents": "2017 Tamil Nadu Farmers protest, Timeline of protests\nMarch 17: The farmers protested by holding dead snakes in the mouth.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 53], "content_span": [54, 122]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272870-0010-0000", "contents": "2017 Tamil Nadu Farmers protest, Timeline of protests\nApril 2: The farmers shaved half of their heads symbolize half-barren lands. They also had shave half of their moustaches.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 53], "content_span": [54, 176]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272870-0011-0000", "contents": "2017 Tamil Nadu Farmers protest, Timeline of protests\nApril 4: On the 22nd day of the protest, the Tamil Nadu High Court gave judgement waiving farmers loan in cooperative banks.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 53], "content_span": [54, 178]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272870-0012-0000", "contents": "2017 Tamil Nadu Farmers protest, Timeline of protests\nApril 10: After 28 days, a group of farmers led by Ayyakannu reportedly went to the Prime Minister's Office (PMO) to send a memorandum, but they were not given access. They jumped out of the vans on their way back to Jantar Mantar and stripped off their clothing. The farmers protesting were soon arrested. Some of the farmers also rolled naked on the road as they were pulled away by police. Ayyakannu who was leading the protests told the media. \"The Prime Minister declined to meet us, which is why we're running naked. This is our miserable state, look at our pathetic state.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 53], "content_span": [54, 634]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272870-0013-0000", "contents": "2017 Tamil Nadu Farmers protest, Timeline of protests\nApril 14: After 32 days of the protest, the farmers dressed up as women wearing sarees to get the attention of Prime Minister Narendra Modi and audiences. They wore sarees and beat their chests and cried out to display their opposition.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 53], "content_span": [54, 290]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272870-0014-0000", "contents": "2017 Tamil Nadu Farmers protest, Timeline of protests\nApril 15: During their 33rd day at protest, the farmers wore mangalsutras around their necks. They started singing funeral songs and screamed at the Prime Minister Narendra Modi to come and make a visit to their grief stricken women and pay attention of their sufferings. Screaming the name of Narendra Modi, the farmers cut Mangalsutra to show the pain of the widows of farmers.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 53], "content_span": [54, 433]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272870-0015-0000", "contents": "2017 Tamil Nadu Farmers protest, Timeline of protests\nApril 16: The Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK) organized an all-party meeting and called for a state wide bandh on April 25 to highlight the issues of the farmers. The AIADMK and the Bharatiya Janata Party were not invited. 500,000 hotels and food joints all across Tamil Nadu were set to participate in the Bandh. Around 55,000 sand lorries were set to not operate in the bandh.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 53], "content_span": [54, 432]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272870-0016-0000", "contents": "2017 Tamil Nadu Farmers protest, Timeline of protests\nApril 22: 38 days into the protest, the protesting farmers drank their urine in protest. Ayyakannu who led the protest stated \"This is our hopelessness. Who wants to sit in this heat and drink urine in Delhi? We are powerless and we have been compelled to do this by the government. In Tamil Nadu, we do not get water to drink, and Modi has ignored our thirst.\" They also said they would eat their feces on the weekend if their demands are not addressed. A demonstration was held were a man wearing a mask of Narendra Modi whipped the protestors to show what they were going through.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 53], "content_span": [54, 637]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272870-0017-0000", "contents": "2017 Tamil Nadu Farmers protest, Timeline of protests\nApril 23: after Tamil Nadu's Chief Minister Edappadi Palanisamy met them and agreed to address their problems, the farmers temporarily stalled their protests. They also said they would resume their protests in a bigger way on May 25 if their demands were not met.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 53], "content_span": [54, 317]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272870-0018-0000", "contents": "2017 Tamil Nadu Farmers protest, Timeline of protests\nApril 25: The DMK and other opposition parties organized demonstrations all across Tamil Nadu. DMK's M.K Stalin was arrested, Shops, hotels were shut down and government busses stopped along the roads. Police have been mobilized in large numbers to avoid any adverse events in major locations across the state. Earlier the DMK also accused the BJP-led central government of not being bothered about the protests.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 53], "content_span": [54, 466]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272870-0019-0000", "contents": "2017 Tamil Nadu Farmers protest, Timeline of protests\nJuly 7: Approximately 70 farmers were arrested when they tried to perform a demonstration near the Prime Minister's house in Lok Kalyan Marg. Later they were taken to the Parliament Street Police Station.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 53], "content_span": [54, 258]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272870-0020-0000", "contents": "2017 Tamil Nadu Farmers protest, Timeline of protests\nAugust 29: The farmers ate raw meat to show their protest.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 53], "content_span": [54, 112]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272870-0021-0000", "contents": "2017 Tamil Nadu Farmers protest, Timeline of protests\nSeptember 11: The farmers ate human excreta and also threatened to march naked to Prime Minister Narendra Modi's office and also eat human flesh.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 53], "content_span": [54, 199]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272870-0022-0000", "contents": "2017 Tamil Nadu Farmers protest, Timeline of protests\nSeptember 12: The farmers completed their 100 days of protest and said they would continue until their demands were met.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 53], "content_span": [54, 174]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272870-0023-0000", "contents": "2017 Tamil Nadu Farmers protest, Timeline of protests\nSeptember 18: After 107 days of protests, Ayyakannu the President of South Indian Rivers Inter-Linking Farmers Association who led the protests stated that more than 141 farmers were hospitalized during the protests.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 53], "content_span": [54, 270]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272870-0024-0000", "contents": "2017 Tamil Nadu Farmers protest, Timeline of protests\nOctober 26: The farmers returned after completing their protests as the rainy season and beginning of winter left most of its members sick. Ayyakannu spoke to the media that more than 5 lakh farmers from all across the country will march to Delhi on November 20, 2017 to corner the Bhartiya Janata Party-led NDA Government. He also claimed that the Chief Minister Eddapadi Palaniswami betrayed them by not keeping his words.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 53], "content_span": [54, 478]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272870-0025-0000", "contents": "2017 Tamil Nadu Farmers protest, Timeline of protests\nThe food for the farmers were prepared by volunteers belonging to the Delhi Sikh Gurdwara Management Committee (DSGMC). The committee claimed that the food was delivered two times to the farmers by the committee.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 53], "content_span": [54, 266]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272871-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 Tamil Nadu Premier League\nThe 2017 season of the Tamil Nadu Premier League was the second edition of the TNPL, a professional Twenty20 cricket league in Tamil Nadu, India. The league was formed by the Tamil Nadu Cricket Association (TNCA) in 2016.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [30, 30], "content_span": [31, 252]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272872-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 Tamil Thalaivas season\nThe 2017 Tamil Thalaivas season is the first season of the Tamil Thalaivas' existence in the Pro Kabaddi League. The team is led by Ajay Thakur and coached by K Baskaran. The team is owned by Nimmagadda Prasad and former Indian cricket captain Sachin Tendulkar, Actors Allu Arjun and Ram Charan and also Allu Aravind. Actor Kamal Hasan is the brand ambassador of the team. Tamil Thalaivas play their home matches at the Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium (Chennai), Tamil Nadu.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [27, 27], "content_span": [28, 496]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272872-0001-0000", "contents": "2017 Tamil Thalaivas season, Review\nThe Thalaivas had a good auction as they picked star defender Amit Hooda, who bagged a whopping Rs 63 lakh, along with C Arun and Sanket Chavan to make the defence rock solid. They also signed one of the best do-or-die raiders, Ajay Thakur, who will also be leading the team onto the pitch as captain. M Thivakaran and Sombir are other important names in attack.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 35], "content_span": [36, 398]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272872-0002-0000", "contents": "2017 Tamil Thalaivas season, Points table\nSource: prokabaddi.comThe teams are divided into two zones with each zone having six teams based on their geographical proximity. Each team will play 15 intra-zonal matches and 7 inter-zonal matches.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 41], "content_span": [42, 241]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272872-0003-0000", "contents": "2017 Tamil Thalaivas season, Sponsors\nTamil Thalaivas announced Muthoot Fincorp India will be the Official Title Sponsor for Season 5, 2017. Powered by , Associate sponsors are , Nippon Paints, and Admiral Sportswear", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 37], "content_span": [38, 217]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272873-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 Tampa Bay Buccaneers season\nThe 2017 Tampa Bay Buccaneers season was the franchise's 42nd season in the National Football League, the 20th playing their home games at Raymond James Stadium and the second under head coach Dirk Koetter.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [32, 32], "content_span": [33, 239]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272873-0001-0000", "contents": "2017 Tampa Bay Buccaneers season\nOn March 9, 2017, the Buccaneers signed former Washington Redskins wide receiver DeSean Jackson, defensive tackle Chris Baker, former Dallas Cowboys safety J. J. Wilcox (traded to Pittsburgh Steelers), former New York Jets kicker Nick Folk, and veteran quarterback Ryan Fitzpatrick.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [32, 32], "content_span": [33, 316]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272873-0002-0000", "contents": "2017 Tampa Bay Buccaneers season\nThe team's Week 1 game against the Miami Dolphins was rescheduled to November 19 due to Hurricane Irma. Week 11 was originally the two teams' bye week. Week 1 would become the bye week for both teams and they would not play until Week 2. This was first time since the Arizona Cardinals in 2001 in which a team had a bye week in Week 1.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [32, 32], "content_span": [33, 368]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272873-0003-0000", "contents": "2017 Tampa Bay Buccaneers season\nThey were hampered with poor performance and an early kicking situation, as they failed to improve or match their 9\u20137 record from the previous season. After a loss to the Detroit Lions on December 10, 2017, they were mathematically eliminated from the playoffs with a 4\u20139 record. The Bucs finished the season 5-11. This was their tenth consecutive season without a playoff appearance, with their last being in the 2007 season. Also, the Bucs finished last in the NFC South for the seventh time in nine seasons.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [32, 32], "content_span": [33, 543]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272873-0004-0000", "contents": "2017 Tampa Bay Buccaneers season, Offseason, Departures, Acquisitions\nThe first transactions of the year occurred shortly after the conclusion of the 2016 regular season on January 2, 2017, when the Buccaneers signed offensive lineman Josh Allen, safety Isaiah Johnson, offensive lineman Mike Liedtke, cornerback Cody Riggs, running back Blake Sims, and tight end Tevin Westbrook to reserve/futures contracts.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 69], "content_span": [70, 409]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272873-0005-0000", "contents": "2017 Tampa Bay Buccaneers season, Offseason, Departures, Acquisitions\nOn January 4, the Bucs signed tight end Kivon Cartwright and kicker John Lunsford to reserve/futures contracts. On January 5, the Bucs signed Edmonton Eskimos wide receiver Derel Walker, Saskatchewan Roughriders Jeff Knox Jr and guard Jarvis Harrison.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 69], "content_span": [70, 321]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272873-0006-0000", "contents": "2017 Tampa Bay Buccaneers season, Offseason, Departures, Acquisitions\nOn September 3, the club signed T. J. Ward, previously with Denver, for a one-year deal worth $5\u00a0million.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 69], "content_span": [70, 175]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272873-0007-0000", "contents": "2017 Tampa Bay Buccaneers season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 2: vs. Chicago Bears\nAfter a bye in Week 1 due to Hurricane Irma, Tampa Bay began their season in Week 2 against Chicago. Jameis Winston threw for 204 yards and 1 touchdown pass to Mike Evans, as the Buccaneers routed the Bears 29\u20137. Bears quarterback (and former Buccaneer) Mike Glennon lost a fumble, and threw two interceptions, one of which was returned for a touchdown.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 91], "content_span": [92, 445]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272873-0008-0000", "contents": "2017 Tampa Bay Buccaneers season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 3: at Minnesota Vikings\nBefore the game, wide receivers Mike Evans and DeSean Jackson kneeled during the national anthem after comments made by president Donald Trump about national anthem protests two days prior. The Vikings jumped out to a 28\u20133 lead by the third quarter, while the Buccaneers defense could not contain Case Keenum, who threw for 369 yards and three touchdown passes. After quarterback Jameis Winston threw his second interception, a frustrated Evans was seen kicking over the ice tub on the sidelines. Minnesota held on to top Tampa Bay by the final score of 34\u201317.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 94], "content_span": [95, 655]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272873-0009-0000", "contents": "2017 Tampa Bay Buccaneers season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 4: vs. New York Giants\nJameis Winston threw for 332 yards and three touchdown passes, but Tampa Bay found themselves trailing by a point late in the fourth quarter to the New York Giants. Tampa Bay jumped out to a 13\u20130 lead in the first quarter, but kicker Nick Folk missed an extra point and later missed two field goal attempts. The Giants took a 23\u201322 lead with 3:16 remaining in regulation after a 2-yard touchdown pass from Eli Manning to Rhett Ellison. In the final three minutes, Winston drove the Buccaneers to the Giants' 16-yard line. Folk kicked a 34-yard field goal just inside the left upright as time expired, and Tampa Bay won 25\u201323.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 93], "content_span": [94, 719]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272873-0010-0000", "contents": "2017 Tampa Bay Buccaneers season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 5: vs. New England Patriots\nThe Tampa Bay defense played significantly better, picking off Patriots quarterback Tom Brady (his first interception of the season) and getting a sack fumble. Running back Doug Martin returned from his suspension, and had a productive showing, rushing for 74 yards on 14 carries and scoring a touchdown. However, the Tampa Bay offense mostly struggled through the first three-quarters. Meanwhile, Buccaneers kicker Nick Folk struggled mightily, missing on all three of his field goal attempts.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 98], "content_span": [99, 593]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272873-0010-0001", "contents": "2017 Tampa Bay Buccaneers season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 5: vs. New England Patriots\nLate in the fourth quarter, Jameis Winston threw a touchdown pass to tight end Cameron Brate, making the score 16\u201314 with just over two minutes left in regulation. After a failed onside kicked, the Patriots scored a field goal putting themselves up by five. The Buccaneers got the ball back with 1:10 remaining, and zero timeouts left. Winston drove the Buccaneers to the New England 18-yard line with 3 seconds to go. Winston's pass to O. J. Howard in the endzone as time expired fell incomplete, ending the team's six-game home winning streak. After missing six kicks since the Giants game (five field goals and one extra point), kicker Nick Folk was placed on injured reserve.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 98], "content_span": [99, 778]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272873-0011-0000", "contents": "2017 Tampa Bay Buccaneers season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 6: at Arizona Cardinals\nThe Buccaneers started off horribly, both offensively and defensively as the Cardinals scored early. Five days earlier, veteran running back Adrian Peterson had been traded to Arizona from the Saints. Peterson started his first game for the Cardinals, scoring on the opening drive. Down 24\u20130 in the second quarter, Jameis Winston was sidelined with a shoulder injury and was replaced by backup quarterback Ryan Fitzpatrick. Winston would not return. After Fitzpatrick threw an interception early in the third quarter, the Cardinals scored again taking a 31\u20130 lead. The Buccaneers mounted a comeback, outscoring the Cardinals 33-7 for the remainder of the game, but came up short 38-33 after failing to recover an onside kick with just 2:02 remaining in regulation.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 94], "content_span": [95, 859]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272873-0012-0000", "contents": "2017 Tampa Bay Buccaneers season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 7: at Buffalo Bills\nThe Buccaneers played a more consistent game, but still came up short in Buffalo. After scoring early in the third quarter, Buffalo took a 17\u20136 lead. After another Bills field goal, and two touchdown passes from Jameis Winston to rookie tight-end O. J. Howard, the game was tied, 20-20. With just over 3 minutes remaining in regulation, another touchdown pass by Winston, this time a diving catch just inbounds by Mike Evans gave the Buccaneers a 27\u201320 lead.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 90], "content_span": [91, 549]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272873-0012-0001", "contents": "2017 Tampa Bay Buccaneers season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 7: at Buffalo Bills\nOn the next drive, the Bills drove down the field in three plays to tie the game, aided by an ill-timed 15-yard Unnecessary Roughness penalty by Robert McClain. With 2:20 left in the fourth, a pass from Winston to Adam Humphries was fumbled and recovered by the Bills at Tampa Bay 32-yard line. After running down the clock, the Bills kicked a field goal to win the game. With this loss, the Buccaneers now have lost three straight games, all by less than one score, and sit at 2\u20134 at the bottom of the NFC South.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 90], "content_span": [91, 604]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272873-0013-0000", "contents": "2017 Tampa Bay Buccaneers season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 8: vs. Carolina Panthers\nThe Buccaneers drop their fourth straight game in a disappointing loss. The defense improved, while the offense only put up 3 points. With this loss, the Bucs move to 2-5 and are still at the bottom of the NFC South.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 95], "content_span": [96, 312]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272873-0014-0000", "contents": "2017 Tampa Bay Buccaneers season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 9: at New Orleans Saints\nThe offense once again struggled as the Bucs lost their fifth straight game and their second straight against a division opponent. Jameis Winston sat out of the second half due to an injury and was replaced by Ryan Fitzpatrick. This game was also marred by a brawl on Tampa Bay's sideline in the 3rd quarter when Winston, who was already considered out with the aforementioned injury, went over and pushed Marshon Lattimore in his ear, and Mike Evans suddenly shoved Lattimore from behind to spark the fight; however, there were no ejections.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 95], "content_span": [96, 638]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272873-0015-0000", "contents": "2017 Tampa Bay Buccaneers season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 9: at New Orleans Saints\nWith this loss, the Bucs move to 2\u20136. This is the Bucs' longest losing streak since the 2014 season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 95], "content_span": [96, 196]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272873-0016-0000", "contents": "2017 Tampa Bay Buccaneers season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 10: vs. New York Jets\nThe Bucs end their five-game losing streak with a win at home against the Jets. With Jameis Winston out with an injury and Mike Evans out due to a one-game suspension earned in the previous game against the Saints, Ryan Fitzpatrick and rookie Chris Godwin got the starts for the Bucs. The only scores came from field goals until the fourth quarter where both teams scored late touchdowns. The Bucs scored first taking a 15\u20133 lead, then the Jets scored with 38 seconds left, cutting the lead to five points. A failed Jets onside kick sealed a Bucs win.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 92], "content_span": [93, 644]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272873-0017-0000", "contents": "2017 Tampa Bay Buccaneers season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 11: at Miami Dolphins\nAfter originally being slated to play in Week 1, the Bucs and the Dolphins finally met on what should have been each other's bye week. The Bucs win consecutive games for the first time this year with a 30\u201320 win. The defense created 4 turnovers in the first half, 3 interceptions and one fumble. Ryan Fitzpatrick started once again, finishing with over 270 passing yards and 2 touchdowns. With this win, the Bucs move to 4\u20136.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 92], "content_span": [93, 518]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272873-0018-0000", "contents": "2017 Tampa Bay Buccaneers season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 12: at Atlanta Falcons\nThe Bucs go 0\u20133 in the division with a loss at the Falcons. After going down 27\u20136 in the third quarter, the Bucs fought back to cut the lead to 27\u201320. After a turn over on downs, the Falcons scored again to end the game. With this loss, the Bucs fall to 4\u20137, equaling their loss total from last season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 93], "content_span": [94, 396]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272873-0019-0000", "contents": "2017 Tampa Bay Buccaneers season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 13: at Green Bay Packers\nWith the loss, the Bucs exceeded their loss total from the previous season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 95], "content_span": [96, 171]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272873-0020-0000", "contents": "2017 Tampa Bay Buccaneers season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 14: vs. Detroit Lions\nAfter going down 21\u20137 in the third, the Bucs fought back to tie the game 21-21. With 20 seconds left, the Lions scored a field goal to secure the win. With this loss, the Bucs were officially mathematically out of the playoffs. This marked the 10th straight season without a playoff appearance.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 92], "content_span": [93, 387]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272873-0021-0000", "contents": "2017 Tampa Bay Buccaneers season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 15: vs. Atlanta Falcons\nThe Bucs lost their fourth straight game. This marked the first time since 2014 where the Bucs didn't win at least one of the two games against the Falcons. Jameis Winston played, arguably, his best game of the season finishing 27/35 on passes, throwing three touchdowns with no interceptions. A late fourth quarter pass to Adam Humphries brought the Bucs within three points, but kicker Pat Murray missed a 54-yard field goal with 0 seconds remaining to seal the loss. The Bucs move to 4\u201310 on the season, with the last two games being against division rivals New Orleans and Carolina.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 94], "content_span": [95, 681]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272873-0022-0000", "contents": "2017 Tampa Bay Buccaneers season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 15: vs. Atlanta Falcons\nDuring halftime, former Bucs coach Jon Gruden was inducted into the Buccaneers Ring of Honor. He is best known for leading the Bucs to their first Super Bowl win.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 94], "content_span": [95, 257]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272873-0023-0000", "contents": "2017 Tampa Bay Buccaneers season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 16: at Carolina Panthers\nThe Bucs drop their fifth straight for the second time this season. With this loss, the Bucs have had 7 of their 11 losses come by 7 points or less.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 95], "content_span": [96, 244]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272873-0024-0000", "contents": "2017 Tampa Bay Buccaneers season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 17: vs. New Orleans Saints\nThe Bucs finish the season with a win against a division rival. A late 4th quarter touchdown pass from Jameis Winston to rookie wide receiver Chris Godwin with 9 seconds remaining gave the Bucs their first win against a division opponent this year. With this win, the Bucs finish the season 5-11, their sixth losing season in eight years. They went 4\u20134 in home games and 1\u20137 in road games. They will pick 7th in the 2018 NFL Draft.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 97], "content_span": [98, 529]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272874-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 Tampa Bay Rays season\nThe Tampa Bay Rays 2017 season was the Rays' 20th season of Major League Baseball, and the 10th as the \"Rays\" (all at Tropicana Field). Although they improved upon their record from last season, they still finished in third place in the American League East and did not make the playoffs.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [26, 26], "content_span": [27, 315]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272875-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 Tampa Bay Rowdies season\nThe 2017 Tampa Bay Rowdies season was the club's eighth season of existence, and their first in the United Soccer League. Including the previous Tampa Bay Rowdies, this was the 24th season of a franchise in the Tampa Bay metro area with the Rowdies moniker. Including the now-defunct Tampa Bay Mutiny, this was the 30th season of professional soccer in the Tampa Bay region.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [29, 29], "content_span": [30, 404]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272875-0001-0000", "contents": "2017 Tampa Bay Rowdies season, Competitions, Preseason\nThe Rowdies began their preseason by co-hosting and participating in the 2017 Florida Cup. Tampa Bay also hosted Major League Soccer teams in the Suncoast Invitational for the second year in a row.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 54], "content_span": [55, 252]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272875-0002-0000", "contents": "2017 Tampa Bay Rowdies season, Competitions, USL\nThe Rowdies completed the USL regular season in third place on the Eastern Conference table with 53 points. This was one point behind the second place, Charleston Battery, and nine behind table-toppers, Louisville City FC. Tampa Bay finished the season strongly, going unbeaten in their final seven matches, and losing only two of their final fifteen. Their top-four finish also guaranteed that they would host at least one playoff match.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 48], "content_span": [49, 487]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272875-0003-0000", "contents": "2017 Tampa Bay Rowdies season, Competitions, USL Cup playoffs\nThe Rowdies clinched their spot in the single elimination 2017 USL playoffs on October 4, with a 3\u20132 victory over New York Red Bulls II.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 61], "content_span": [62, 198]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272875-0004-0000", "contents": "2017 Tampa Bay Rowdies season, Broadcast partners\nLocal Hearst Television channel, WMOR-TV, announced on March 9, 2017 that they would be the Tampa Bay Rowdies' exclusive broadcast partners for the upcoming United Soccer League season. All USL home games will be broadcast live and in primetime on channel 32.2, thisTV Tampa Bay.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 49], "content_span": [50, 329]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272876-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 Tampa Bay Storm season\nThe 2017 Tampa Bay Storm season was the 30th and final season for the franchise in the Arena Football League, and their 26th while in Tampa Bay. The Storm played at Amalie Arena.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [27, 27], "content_span": [28, 206]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272876-0001-0000", "contents": "2017 Tampa Bay Storm season, Roster\nRookies in itlatics updated August 14, 201724 Active, 21 Inactive", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 35], "content_span": [36, 101]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272876-0002-0000", "contents": "2017 Tampa Bay Storm season, Schedule, Regular season\nThe 2017 regular season schedule was released on January 5, 2017.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 53], "content_span": [54, 119]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272877-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 Tampere Open\nThe 2017 Tampere Open was a professional tennis tournament played on clay courts. It was the 36th edition of the tournament which was part of the 2017 ATP Challenger Tour and the 2017 ITF Women's Circuit. It took place in Tampere, Finland, on 24\u201330 July 2017.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 17], "section_span": [17, 17], "content_span": [18, 277]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272877-0001-0000", "contents": "2017 Tampere Open, Men's Singles main draw entrants, Other entrants\nThe following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 17], "section_span": [19, 67], "content_span": [68, 136]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272877-0002-0000", "contents": "2017 Tampere Open, Women's Singles main draw entrants, Other entrants\nThe following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 17], "section_span": [19, 69], "content_span": [70, 138]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272878-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 Tampere Open \u2013 Men's Doubles\nDavid P\u00e9rez Sanz and Max Schnur were the defending champions but chose not to defend their title.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [33, 33], "content_span": [34, 131]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272878-0001-0000", "contents": "2017 Tampere Open \u2013 Men's Doubles\nSander Gill\u00e9 and Joran Vliegen won the title after defeating Lucas G\u00f3mez and Juan Ignacio Londero 6\u20132, 6\u20137(5\u20137), [10\u20133] in the final.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [33, 33], "content_span": [34, 167]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272879-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 Tampere Open \u2013 Men's Singles\nKimmer Coppejans was the defending champion but lost in the first round to Tallon Griekspoor.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [33, 33], "content_span": [34, 127]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272879-0001-0000", "contents": "2017 Tampere Open \u2013 Men's Singles\nCalvin Hemery won the title after defeating Pedro Sousa 6\u20133, 6\u20134 in the final.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [33, 33], "content_span": [34, 112]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272880-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 Tampines Rovers FC season\nThe 2017 S.League season is Tampines Rovers's 22nd season at the top level of Singapore football and 72nd year in existence as a football club. The club will also compete in the Singapore League Cup, Singapore Cup, Singapore Community Shield and the AFC Cup.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [30, 30], "content_span": [31, 289]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272880-0001-0000", "contents": "2017 Tampines Rovers FC season, Key events, January\nOn 4/1/2017, Khairul Amri joined the Stag's club despite offers from Hougang United and Warriors FC.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 51], "content_span": [52, 152]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272880-0002-0000", "contents": "2017 Tampines Rovers FC season, Key events, January\nOn 7/1/2017, Hafiz Sujad left the club to join Thailand League 2 club, BBCU FC.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 51], "content_span": [52, 131]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272880-0003-0000", "contents": "2017 Tampines Rovers FC season, Key events, January\nOn 13/1/2017, it is reported that Daniel Bennett had crossed over from the Stags' fierce rival, Geylang International for the new season after his contract is not renewed at the end of the 2016 season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 51], "content_span": [52, 253]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272880-0004-0000", "contents": "2017 Tampines Rovers FC season, Key events, January\nOn 24/1/2017, Tampines Rovers' AFC Champions League dreams were dashed after they were beaten 2-0 by Global FC from the Philippines.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 51], "content_span": [52, 184]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272880-0005-0000", "contents": "2017 Tampines Rovers FC season, Key events, January\nOn 27/1/2017, coach, Akbar Nawas parted ways with the Stag after it was reported that they had been looking at various options since the end of 2016 season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 51], "content_span": [52, 208]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272880-0006-0000", "contents": "2017 Tampines Rovers FC season, Key events, February\nOn 1/2/2017, Jurgen Raab was announced as the new coach for the team, signing a 3 years contract.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 52], "content_span": [53, 150]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272880-0007-0000", "contents": "2017 Tampines Rovers FC season, Key events, February\nOn 8/2/2017, it was reported that Sahil Suhaimi will sign for the team but only play in the AFC Cup competition.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 52], "content_span": [53, 165]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272880-0008-0000", "contents": "2017 Tampines Rovers FC season, Key events, February\nOn 10/2/2017, Singaporean-American, Raspreet Sandhu from Sonoma State University signed for the club to play in the AFC Cup.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 52], "content_span": [53, 177]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272880-0009-0000", "contents": "2017 Tampines Rovers FC season, Key events, February\nOn 21/2/2017, the Stags kicked off their AFC Cup campaign with a 2-1 win against Felda United.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 52], "content_span": [53, 147]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272880-0010-0000", "contents": "2017 Tampines Rovers FC season, Key events, February\nOn 26/2/2017, Stags failed to stop Albirex Niigata (S) from winning their 5th consecutive title, the Charity Shield.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 52], "content_span": [53, 169]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272880-0011-0000", "contents": "2017 Tampines Rovers FC season, Key events, March\nOn 3/3/2017, the Stags won their 1st match of the 2017 Sleague season by beating Hougang United 2-1.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 49], "content_span": [50, 150]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272880-0012-0000", "contents": "2017 Tampines Rovers FC season, Key events, March\nOn 6/3/2017, it was reported that some of the players were not pay on time, sparkling fears of money issue the club faced in 2016.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 49], "content_span": [50, 180]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272880-0013-0000", "contents": "2017 Tampines Rovers FC season, Key events, March\nOn 7/3/2017, the club lost 5-0 in Philippines to Ceres Negro. This is a landmark victory for a Philippines club in their AFC Cup history.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 49], "content_span": [50, 187]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272880-0014-0000", "contents": "2017 Tampines Rovers FC season, Key events, March\nOn 14/3/2017, 7 Stags were called up to the National Team for the matches against Afghanistan & Bahrain. The 7 players were Izwan Mahbud, Shakir Hamzah, Madhu Mohana, Daniel Bennett, Mustafic Fahrudin, Yasir Hanapi & Khairul Amri.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 49], "content_span": [50, 280]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272880-0015-0000", "contents": "2017 Tampines Rovers FC season, Key events, March\nOn 15/3/2017, another trashing in the AFC Cup for the Stags against Hanoi FC. They lost 4-0 in Hanoi.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 49], "content_span": [50, 151]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272880-0016-0000", "contents": "2017 Tampines Rovers FC season, Key events, March\nOn 16/3/2017, captain Madhu Mohana was handed a suspended $1,000 fine for his comments on social media directed at referee Sukhbir Singh after they lost to Albirex in the Charity Shield.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 49], "content_span": [50, 236]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272880-0017-0000", "contents": "2017 Tampines Rovers FC season, Key events, April\nOn 4/4/2017, the Stags concede a last minute goal to Hanoi to lost their 3rd consecutive match in the continental tournament.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 49], "content_span": [50, 175]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272880-0018-0000", "contents": "2017 Tampines Rovers FC season, Key events, April\nOn 8/4/2017, it was announced that Sahil Suhaimi who was only registered for the AFC Cup will be joining English Premier League club Burnley FC for a month-long training stint.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 49], "content_span": [50, 226]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272880-0019-0000", "contents": "2017 Tampines Rovers FC season, Key events, May\nOn 3/5/2017, the team was knocked out of the AFC Cup competition after failing to win their last group match against Ceres Negro FC.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 47], "content_span": [48, 180]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272880-0020-0000", "contents": "2017 Tampines Rovers FC season, Key events, May\nOn 12/5/2017, the Stags beat the unbeaten Protectors by 3-2 to go to #2 in the table.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 47], "content_span": [48, 133]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272880-0021-0000", "contents": "2017 Tampines Rovers FC season, Key events, May\nOn 16/5/2017, long term injured player, Fazrul Nawaz announced that has set a target of June for his full comeback after making his return to national training on 15/5/2017 following an eight-month absence.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 47], "content_span": [48, 254]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272880-0022-0000", "contents": "2017 Tampines Rovers FC season, Key events, June\nOn 21/6/2017, Tampines chairman Krishna Ramachandra announced he is stepping down from duty after 19months in-charge.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 48], "content_span": [49, 166]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272880-0023-0000", "contents": "2017 Tampines Rovers FC season, Key events, July\nOn 28/7/2017, the team returned to Tampines for their home game. The 1st home game after years away is against Brunei DPMM.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 48], "content_span": [49, 172]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272880-0024-0000", "contents": "2017 Tampines Rovers FC season, Key events, September\nOn 7/9/2017, Desmond Ong is appointed as the new chairman of the club.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 53], "content_span": [54, 124]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272881-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 Tanay bus accident\nA tourist bus carrying 50 passengers, mostly students from Bestlink College of the Philippines in Quezon City who were on a field trip, lost its brakes and crashed into an electricity pole in Tanay, Rizal, killing 15 passengers including the driver. The accident uncovered lax regulations on safety of students on educational trips in the Philippines and prompted the Commission on Higher Education and Department of Education to issue moratoriums on field trips for the 2016\u201317 school year.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [23, 23], "content_span": [24, 515]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272881-0001-0000", "contents": "2017 Tanay bus accident, Accident\nA tourist bus (no. 8), operated by Panda Coach Tours and Transport Inc., transporting around 50 college students from Bestlink College of the Philippines who are in the field trip destined to a camping site in Rizal. According to Erwin Gascon of the Tanay police station, the bus was travelling to Sitio Bayucal in Barangay Sampaloc in Tanay, Rizal when it lost its brakes and bumped into the electricity pole around 8:45 am, killing 15 passengers (13 students and a teacher) and including a driver named Julian Lacorda Jr. in the process, and injuring about 40 others.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 33], "content_span": [34, 603]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272881-0001-0001", "contents": "2017 Tanay bus accident, Accident\nOne passenger later died in a hospital a day after the accident. The town government said that the bus driver deliberately hit the post as the braking method. The impact of the crash tearing the roof of the bus and toppling the post. Moments before the accident, passengers allegedly noticed the smell of burning rubber. However, the bus driver apparently ignored them.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 33], "content_span": [34, 403]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272881-0002-0000", "contents": "2017 Tanay bus accident, Accident\nIn an interview with DZMM, the bus representative, Johna Martires, said the company had already issued their insurance firm to take care of the needs of the victims.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 33], "content_span": [34, 199]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272881-0003-0000", "contents": "2017 Tanay bus accident, Aftermath\nA day after the accident, the Commission on Higher Education imposed a moratorium on field trips and educational tours in all education levels to give the investigation of the accident. A proposal made by Commissioner Prospero de Vera III to disable field trips in private and public colleges and universities until the investigation is made. The Land Transportation Franchising and Regulatory Board (LTFRB) is set to suspend the operations of the bus company which is involved in an accident. The Department of Education (DepEd) announced on February 22 that it will issue a moratorium on all levels until June 2017 following the accident. It is revealed that another survivor said that the bus no. 8 was a substitute of Harana Tours bus that was initially assigned to them.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 34], "content_span": [35, 810]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272881-0004-0000", "contents": "2017 Tanay bus accident, Aftermath\nSenators Tito Sotto and Bam Aquino sought a Senate investigation into accidents, finding to ensure the safety of the commuters amid road accidents.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 34], "content_span": [35, 182]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272881-0005-0000", "contents": "2017 Tanay bus accident, Aftermath\nMonths after the accident, the Tourism Department called on academic institutions to arrange field trips only with DOT-accredited tour service providers.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 34], "content_span": [35, 188]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272881-0006-0000", "contents": "2017 Tanay bus accident, Reaction\nActresses Denise Laurel and Carmi Martin expressed sadness over the deaths of the bus accident. Laurel and Martin claimed to have encountered the bus pass by before the accident and waved to the students while filming for their upcoming television series, The Better Half, in Tanay. In her Instagram post, Laurel quoted:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 33], "content_span": [34, 354]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272881-0007-0000", "contents": "2017 Tanay bus accident, Reaction\n\u201cI saw the kids in the bus accident before it happened they yelled and said hi to me while I was taping on the side of the road for the better half and I waved back.. \u201cI'm praying for all of em.. I was so shocked to see all the ambulances passing by.. let's pray for all of them..\u201d", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 33], "content_span": [34, 315]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272882-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 Tanjong Datu by-election\nA by-election was held for the Sarawak State Assembly seat of Tanjong Datu on 18 February 2017 following the nomination day on 4 February 2017. The seat fell vacant following the death of its state assemblyman and Sarawak Chief Minister Adenan Satem from cardiac arrest on January 11, 2017. Adenan, who was also president of the Parti Pesaka Bumiputera Bersatu (a Barisan Nasional component party), won the Tanjong Datu seat in 2016 state elections when he defeated Jazolkipli Numan of PKR by polling 6,360 votes against 468 by Jazolkipli.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [29, 29], "content_span": [30, 569]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272882-0001-0000", "contents": "2017 Tanjong Datu by-election\nThe Tanjong Datu by-election will see a three-way contest between Barisan Nasional candidate Jamilah Anu, State Reform Party candidate Johnny Aput and Parti Bansa Dayak Sarawak Baru candidate Rapelson Richard Hamit. Jamilah is the widow of Adenan and has been known for her involvement in charity and volunteer work and accompanying her late husband on constituency visits.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [29, 29], "content_span": [30, 403]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272882-0002-0000", "contents": "2017 Tanjong Datu by-election, Results\nJamilah Anu managed to retain the seat for Barisan Nasional with a majority of 6,443 votes beating two other candidates.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 38], "content_span": [39, 159]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272883-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 Tarleton State Texans football team\nThis is the current revision of this page, as edited by PCN02WPS (talk | contribs) at 15:42, 20 March 2020 (\u2192\u200eReferences: navbox). The present address (URL) is a permanent link to this version.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [40, 40], "content_span": [41, 235]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272883-0001-0000", "contents": "2017 Tarleton State Texans football team\nThe 2017 Tarleton State Texans football team represented Tarleton State University in the 2017 NCAA Division II football season. They were led by head coach Todd Whitten, who was in his consecutive second season at Tarleton State and sixth overall at head coaching the Texans. The Texans played their home games at Memorial Stadium and were members of the Lone Star Conference. The Texans finished the regular season with a 6\u20135 record, 4\u20134 in the LSC, and tie for fourth place in the Lone Star Conference. The Texans were invited to play in the inaugural Corsicana Bowl in Corsicana, Texas against Central Oklahoma. TSU lost 38-31.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [40, 40], "content_span": [41, 672]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272883-0002-0000", "contents": "2017 Tarleton State Texans football team, Schedule\nTarleton State announced its 2017 football schedule on April 25, 2017. The schedule consisted of five home and six away games in the regular season. The Texans hosted LSC foes Eastern New Mexico, Texas A&M-Commerce, and West Texas A&M and traveled to Angelo State, Midwestern State, Texas-Permian Basin, Texas A&M-Kingsville, and Western New Mexico.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 50], "content_span": [51, 400]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272883-0003-0000", "contents": "2017 Tarleton State Texans football team, Schedule\nThe Texans hosted two of the three non-conference games against Oklahoma Panhandle State from the Central States Football League and Western Oregon from the Great Northwest Athletic Conference and visited Delta State from the Gulf South Conference.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 50], "content_span": [51, 301]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272884-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 Tashkent Challenger\nThe 2017 Tashkent Challenger was a professional tennis tournament played on hard courts. It was the tenth edition of the tournament which was part of the 2017 ATP Challenger Tour. It took place in Tashkent, Uzbekistan between 9 and 14 October 2017.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [24, 24], "content_span": [25, 273]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272884-0001-0000", "contents": "2017 Tashkent Challenger, Singles main draw entrants, Other entrants\nThe following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 68], "content_span": [69, 137]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272885-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 Tashkent Challenger \u2013 Doubles\nMikhail Elgin and Denis Istomin were the defending champions but lost in the first round to James Cerretani and Marc Polmans.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [34, 34], "content_span": [35, 160]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272885-0001-0000", "contents": "2017 Tashkent Challenger \u2013 Doubles\nHans Podlipnik-Castillo and Andrei Vasilevski won the title after defeating Yuki Bhambri and Divij Sharan 6\u20134, 6\u20132 in the final.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [34, 34], "content_span": [35, 163]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272886-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 Tashkent Challenger \u2013 Singles\nKonstantin Kravchuk was the defending champion but lost in the second round to Marek Jaloviec.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [34, 34], "content_span": [35, 129]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272886-0001-0000", "contents": "2017 Tashkent Challenger \u2013 Singles\nGuillermo Garc\u00eda L\u00f3pez won the title after defeating Kamil Majchrzak 6\u20131, 7\u20136(7\u20131) in the final.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [34, 34], "content_span": [35, 131]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272887-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 Tashkent Open\nThe 2017 Tashkent Open was a WTA International tennis tournament played on outdoor hard courts. It was the 19th edition of the Tashkent Open, on the 2017 WTA Tour. It took place at the Olympic Tennis School in Tashkent, Uzbekistan, between September 25 and 30, 2017.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [18, 18], "content_span": [19, 285]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272887-0001-0000", "contents": "2017 Tashkent Open, Points and prize money, Prize money\n1 Qualifiers prize money is also the Round of 32 prize money* per team", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [20, 55], "content_span": [56, 126]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272887-0002-0000", "contents": "2017 Tashkent Open, Singles main draw entrants, Other entrants\nThe following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [20, 62], "content_span": [63, 131]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272887-0003-0000", "contents": "2017 Tashkent Open, Doubles main draw entrants, Other entrants\nThe following pairs received wildcards into the doubles main draw:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [20, 62], "content_span": [63, 129]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272888-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 Tashkent Open \u2013 Doubles\nRaluca Olaru and \u0130pek Soylu were the defending champions, but Olaru chose to compete in Wuhan instead. Soylu played alongside Irina Khromacheva, but lost in the semifinal to T\u00edmea Babos and Andrea Hlav\u00e1\u010dkov\u00e1.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [28, 28], "content_span": [29, 237]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272888-0001-0000", "contents": "2017 Tashkent Open \u2013 Doubles\nBabos and Hlav\u00e1\u010dkov\u00e1 went on to win the title, defeating Nao Hibino and Oksana Kalashnikova in the final, 7\u20135, 6\u20134.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [28, 28], "content_span": [29, 144]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272889-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 Tashkent Open \u2013 Singles\nKrist\u00fdna Pl\u00ed\u0161kov\u00e1 was the defending champion, but lost in the second round to Kurumi Nara.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [28, 28], "content_span": [29, 119]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272889-0001-0000", "contents": "2017 Tashkent Open \u2013 Singles\nKateryna Bondarenko won the title, defeating T\u00edmea Babos in the final, 6\u20134, 6\u20134.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [28, 28], "content_span": [29, 109]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272890-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 Tasmania SuperSprint\nThe 2017 Tyrepower Tasmania SuperSprint was a motor racing event for the Supercars Championship, held on the weekend of 7 to 9 April 2017. The event was held at Symmons Plains Raceway in Launceston, Tasmania, and was scheduled to consist of one race of 120 kilometres and one race of 200 kilometres in length. It was the second event of fourteen in the 2017 Supercars Championship and hosted Races 3 and 4 of the season. The event was the 45th running of the Tasmania SuperSprint.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [25, 25], "content_span": [26, 506]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272890-0001-0000", "contents": "2017 Tasmania SuperSprint, Report, Background\nShane van Gisbergen entered the event as the championship leader ahead of Fabian Coulthard and James Courtney.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 45], "content_span": [46, 156]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272890-0002-0000", "contents": "2017 Tasmania SuperSprint, Report, Race 3\nRace three began in damp conditions. Polesitter Scott McLaughlin had a slow getaway from pole position and was rounded up by Chaz Mostert and Shane van Gisbergen off the start. On lap two, Fabian Coulthard made contact with Rick Kelly on the exit of turn three, slowing up Garth Tander (who was behind Kelly), who in turn was hit by Cameron Waters and subsequently spun, causing a chain reaction crash involving Tim Blanchard, James Courtney, Will Davison, Simona de Silvestro, Taz Douglas, James Moffat, Nick Percat, Scott Pye, Alex Rullo and Tim Slade.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 41], "content_span": [42, 596]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272890-0002-0001", "contents": "2017 Tasmania SuperSprint, Report, Race 3\nThe race was immediately red-flagged and of the cars involved only Coulthard, de Silvestro and Waters returned to the grid (Coulthard and Waters) or the pit-lane (de Silvestro). The race was suspended for 45 minutes before the field completed two more laps under the Safety Car before the race was declared under time-certain conditions, with van Gisbergen winning the race after passing Mostert before the incident occurred. McLaughlin finished down in 14th having accidentally driven into the pit-lane as opposed to the grid in the red-flag period. Points were initially awarded to the fifteen classified finishers but were later rescinded.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 41], "content_span": [42, 684]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272890-0003-0000", "contents": "2017 Tasmania SuperSprint, Results, Race 3, Race\nAs the completed race distance was less than 75% of its original designation, no points were awarded.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 48], "content_span": [49, 150]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272891-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 Tasmanian Legislative Council periodic election\nPeriodic elections for the Tasmanian Legislative Council were held on 6 May 2017. The three seats up for elections were Launceston, Murchison and Rumney. They were previously contested in 2011.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 52], "section_span": [52, 52], "content_span": [53, 246]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272891-0001-0000", "contents": "2017 Tasmanian Legislative Council periodic election, Launceston\nThe seat of Launceston, based in the inland Tasmanian city of Launceston, has been held by independent member Rosemary Armitage since 2011.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 52], "section_span": [54, 64], "content_span": [65, 204]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272891-0002-0000", "contents": "2017 Tasmanian Legislative Council periodic election, Murchison\nThe west coast seat of Murchison has been held by independent member Ruth Forrest since 2005.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 52], "section_span": [54, 63], "content_span": [64, 157]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272891-0003-0000", "contents": "2017 Tasmanian Legislative Council periodic election, Rumney\nThe south-eastern seat of Rumney had been held by Tony Mulder since 2011. Mulder was defeated by the Labor candidate, Sarah Lovell.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 52], "section_span": [54, 60], "content_span": [61, 192]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272892-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 Taupo TRS round\nThe 2017 Taupo TRS round was the fourth round of the 2017 Toyota Racing Series. The event was held at the Bruce McLaren Motorsport Park, in Taupo, New Zealand from 4 to 5 February 2017.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [20, 20], "content_span": [21, 206]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272892-0001-0000", "contents": "2017 Taupo TRS round, Report, Practice\nThomas Randle continued his front-running form by achieving the fastest time in four out of the five practice sessions during the weekend. The only other driver to top the timesheets during practice was Marcus Armstrong, who went fastest in Practice Four.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 38], "content_span": [39, 294]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272892-0002-0000", "contents": "2017 Taupo TRS round, Report, Race 1, Qualifying\nArmstrong grabbed his first Toyota Racing Series pole position with a time of 1:23.383, with Jehan Daruvala in second and Brendon Leitch in third.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 48], "content_span": [49, 195]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272892-0003-0000", "contents": "2017 Taupo TRS round, Report, Race 1, Race\nA strong start followed by fast, consistent race pace meant that Leitch would grab his first race win of the year. Armstrong finished second and Daruvala third.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 42], "content_span": [43, 203]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272892-0004-0000", "contents": "2017 Taupo TRS round, Report, Race 2\nPedro Piquet held off a rampant Thomas Randle to take his second win of the year, with Daruvala in third.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 36], "content_span": [37, 142]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272893-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 TaxSlayer Bowl\nThe 2017 TaxSlayer Bowl was a post-season American college football bowl game played on December 31, 2017, at EverBank Field in Jacksonville, Florida. The 73rd edition of the Gator Bowl featured the Louisville Cardinals of the Atlantic Coast Conference against the Mississippi State Bulldogs of the Southeastern Conference. It was one of the 2017\u201318 bowl games that concluded the 2017 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The game's naming rights sponsor was tax preparation software company TaxSlayer, and for sponsorship reasons was officially known as the TaxSlayer Bowl.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [19, 19], "content_span": [20, 594]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272894-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 Ta\u00e7a 12 de Novembro\nThe 2017 Ta\u00e7a 12 de Novembro is the 5th staging of the Ta\u00e7a 12 de Novembro. The season began on 29 September 2017 and was finished in the final match on 28 October 2017.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [24, 24], "content_span": [25, 194]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272894-0001-0000", "contents": "2017 Ta\u00e7a 12 de Novembro\nPonta Leste will enter as the defending champions after winning the 2016 edition by defeating Assalam 1-0 in the final.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [24, 24], "content_span": [25, 144]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272894-0002-0000", "contents": "2017 Ta\u00e7a 12 de Novembro, First round\nThis round match held between 29 September and 10 October 2017. Draw held on 26 September 2017.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 37], "content_span": [38, 133]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272894-0003-0000", "contents": "2017 Ta\u00e7a 12 de Novembro, Second round\nThis round match held between 11 and 15 October 2017. Draw held on 26 September 2017.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 38], "content_span": [39, 124]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272894-0004-0000", "contents": "2017 Ta\u00e7a 12 de Novembro, Third round\nThis round match held on 17 October 2017. Draw held on 26 September 2017. SL Benfica, DIT and Carsae received a bye.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 37], "content_span": [38, 154]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272894-0005-0000", "contents": "2017 Ta\u00e7a 12 de Novembro, Semifinals\nThis round match held between 21 and 22 October 2017. Draw held on 26 September 2017.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 36], "content_span": [37, 122]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272894-0006-0000", "contents": "2017 Ta\u00e7a 12 de Novembro, Final\nThis round match held on 28 October 2017 in Kampo Demokrasia, Dili.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 31], "content_span": [32, 99]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272895-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 Ta\u00e7a da Liga Final\nThe 2017 Ta\u00e7a da Liga Final was the final match of the 2016\u201317 Ta\u00e7a da Liga, the tenth season of the Ta\u00e7a da Liga. It was played on 29 January 2017 at Est\u00e1dio Algarve.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [23, 23], "content_span": [24, 191]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272895-0001-0000", "contents": "2017 Ta\u00e7a da Liga Final\nThe competition involved the 35 clubs playing in the top two tiers of the Portuguese football league system \u2013 18 from Primeira Liga and 17 from Segunda Liga \u2013 during the 2016\u201317 season. Reserve sides of Primeira Liga teams which played in the 2016\u201317 Segunda Liga were excluded from the competition.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [23, 23], "content_span": [24, 323]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272895-0002-0000", "contents": "2017 Ta\u00e7a da Liga Final\nMoreirense defeated Braga 1\u20130 to win their first national cup in their first appearance in a national cup final.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [23, 23], "content_span": [24, 136]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272895-0003-0000", "contents": "2017 Ta\u00e7a da Liga Final, Background\nOn 19 June 2015, the Liga Portuguesa de Futebol Profissional (\"LPFP\") announced that the number of teams in the 2016\u201317 LigaPro season would be reduced to 22, thus reducing the number of teams that would play in the Ta\u00e7a da Liga from 37 to 35.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 35], "content_span": [36, 279]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272895-0004-0000", "contents": "2017 Ta\u00e7a da Liga Final, Background\nOn 28 June 2016, the LPFP approved some changes in relation to the semi-finals matches. It was settled that both the semi-finals and final match were to be played in the same week and in the same stadium.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 35], "content_span": [36, 240]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272895-0005-0000", "contents": "2017 Ta\u00e7a da Liga Final, Background\nBraga made their second appearance in the Ta\u00e7a da Liga final after their first final in 2013, where they defeated Porto 1\u20130. Moreirense had their first appearance in any national competition final in the club's history. Both clubs are from Braga Football Association.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 35], "content_span": [36, 303]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272895-0006-0000", "contents": "2017 Ta\u00e7a da Liga Final, Background\nIn Braga's and Moreirense's entire history, the two teams had played one another 15 times \u2013 Braga won eight matches, Moreirense won one match and the teams drew six matches. Before the final, the last meeting between both sides had been in the domestic league, on 22 December 2016, with hosts Braga defeating Moreirense 2\u20131.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 35], "content_span": [36, 360]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272895-0007-0000", "contents": "2017 Ta\u00e7a da Liga Final, Route to the final\nNote: In all results below, the score of the finalist is given first (H: home; A: away; N: neutral).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 43], "content_span": [44, 144]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272895-0008-0000", "contents": "2017 Ta\u00e7a da Liga Final, Route to the final, Braga\nBraga entered the 2016\u201317 Ta\u00e7a da Liga in the third round. The third round consisted of three group stage matches with the group winner progressing to the semi-finals. Braga were drawn in group B, alongside Primeira Liga sides Rio Ave, Mar\u00edtimo and Segunda Liga's Sporting da Covilh\u00e3.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 50], "content_span": [51, 335]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272895-0009-0000", "contents": "2017 Ta\u00e7a da Liga Final, Route to the final, Moreirense\nMoreirense entered the competition in the second round. They won a home match against Estoril 1\u20130, with Fr\u00e9d\u00e9ric Maciel scoring the goal.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 55], "content_span": [56, 193]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272895-0010-0000", "contents": "2017 Ta\u00e7a da Liga Final, Route to the final, Moreirense\nIn the next stage, Moreirense were drawn into Group C together with Feirense, Belenenses and Porto. Moreirense's first match was away against Feirense on 1 December. Moreirense defeated the Santa Maria da Feira-based side 1\u20132 with goals from En\u00e7a Fati and Emmanuel Boateng, both in the first half. Moreirense's second group stage match was a home tie against Belenenses which ended 3\u20133. Moreirense took the lead on 34 minutes through Roberto, who then scored an own goal in the 20th minute of the second half.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 55], "content_span": [56, 565]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272895-0010-0001", "contents": "2017 Ta\u00e7a da Liga Final, Route to the final, Moreirense\nAndr\u00e9 Sousa and Miguel Rosa gave a 1\u20133 lead to Belenenses before Cau\u00ea converted a penalty. Roberto scored his second goal to seal a draw. Their third and final group stage match was a 1\u20130 victory against Porto on 3 January, with Francisco Geraldes scoring the only goal of the match.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 55], "content_span": [56, 339]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272895-0011-0000", "contents": "2017 Ta\u00e7a da Liga Final, Route to the final, Moreirense\nIn the semi-finals played on 26 January, Moreirense played Benfica. The first half saw Benfica dominate possession and score an early goal from Eduardo Salvio. In the first minute of second half, winger Ousmane Dram\u00e9 scored to level the score. On the 54th minute, Boateng scored another goal for the C\u00f3negos, assisted by Cau\u00ea. Eighteen minutes later, he scored again, this time assisted by Daniel Podence, becoming the first player to score two goals against Benfica in a Ta\u00e7a da Liga match. This result marked Benfica's first defeat in the competition since 31 October 2007 and put an end to a 42-match unbeaten run. This was also Moreirense's first ever win over Benfica in 20 matches.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 55], "content_span": [56, 743]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272895-0012-0000", "contents": "2017 Ta\u00e7a da Liga Final, Pre-match, Broadcasting\nThe final was broadcast by RTP on TV (RTP1, RTP Internacional, RTP \u00c1frica) and Radio (Antena 1). TV coverage was shared with Sport TV.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 48], "content_span": [49, 183]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272895-0013-0000", "contents": "2017 Ta\u00e7a da Liga Final, Pre-match, Officials\nMatch officials were confirmed on 27 January, when Artur Soares Dias of Porto was named the referee for the final. Soares Dias was assisted by Rui Tavares (Porto) and Nuno Pereira (Coimbra). The fourth official was Jo\u00e3o Silva (Porto), while the additional assistant referees were H\u00e9lder Malheiro (Lisbon) and Lu\u00eds Ferreira (Braga).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 45], "content_span": [46, 377]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272895-0014-0000", "contents": "2017 Ta\u00e7a da Liga Final, Pre-match, Ticketing\nTickets for the final four went on sale on 19 December. The LPFP allocated tickets for both finalist clubs with prices for the match varying between \u20ac5 and \u20ac15.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 45], "content_span": [46, 206]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272895-0015-0000", "contents": "2017 Ta\u00e7a da Liga Final, Pre-match, Venue\nOn 28 June 2016, the LPFP announced that both the semi-finals and final would be played at a neutral venue. On 15 July, the Est\u00e1dio Algarve was selected to host the final four.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 41], "content_span": [42, 218]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272895-0016-0000", "contents": "2017 Ta\u00e7a da Liga Final, Pre-match, Venue\nThe Est\u00e1dio Algarve had previously hosted the Ta\u00e7a da Liga final three times, in 2008, 2009 and 2010. The first one was won by Vit\u00f3ria de Set\u00fabal (after a penalty shoot-out), while the last two were won by Benfica.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 41], "content_span": [42, 256]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272895-0017-0000", "contents": "2017 Ta\u00e7a da Liga Final, Pre-match, Venue\nThe Est\u00e1dio Algarve holds a capacity for 30,002 spectators and was opened in 2004 ahead of UEFA Euro 2004.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 41], "content_span": [42, 148]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272895-0018-0000", "contents": "2017 Ta\u00e7a da Liga Final, Match, Details\nAssistant referees:Rui Tavares (Porto)Nuno Pereira (Coimbra)Fourth official:Jo\u00e3o Silva (Porto)Additional assistant referees:H\u00e9lder Malheiro (Lisbon)Lu\u00eds Ferreira (Braga)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 39], "content_span": [40, 209]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272896-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 Ta\u00e7a de Macau\nThe 2017 Ta\u00e7a de Macau is the 2017 cup season competition of Ta\u00e7a de Macau.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [18, 18], "content_span": [19, 94]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272897-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 Ta\u00e7a de Portugal Final\nThe 2017 Ta\u00e7a de Portugal Final was the last match of the 2016\u201317 Ta\u00e7a de Portugal, which decided the winner of the 77th season of the Ta\u00e7a de Portugal. It was played on 28 May 2017 at the Est\u00e1dio Nacional in Oeiras, between Benfica and Vit\u00f3ria de Guimar\u00e3es.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [27, 27], "content_span": [28, 286]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272897-0001-0000", "contents": "2017 Ta\u00e7a de Portugal Final\nBenfica won the Portuguese Cup for a record 26th time and made its 11th double (record \u2013 previously in 2014) by also winning the League.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [27, 27], "content_span": [28, 164]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272897-0002-0000", "contents": "2017 Ta\u00e7a de Portugal Final\nVit\u00f3ria de Guimar\u00e3es qualified for the 2017\u201318 UEFA Europa League by reaching the final, as Benfica had already qualified for the UEFA Champions League via their league result. As Benfica won the 2016\u201317 Primeira Liga, Vit\u00f3ria de Guimar\u00e3es will play against them in the 2017 Superta\u00e7a C\u00e2ndido de Oliveira as the Ta\u00e7a de Portugal representative.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [27, 27], "content_span": [28, 372]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272897-0003-0000", "contents": "2017 Ta\u00e7a de Portugal Final, Broadcasting\nThe final was broadcast in Portugal on television by RTP (on RTP1), who holds the rights for several Portuguese Football Federation properties (which includes the Ta\u00e7a de Portugal final, the Superta\u00e7a C\u00e2ndido de Oliveira and the Portugal national football team exhibition matches), and by SportTV (on SportTV 1) who holds the rights to broadcast the whole Ta\u00e7a de Portugal. RTP also broadcast the match worldwide, on RTP Internacional and on Portuguese-speaking Africa on RTP \u00c1frica.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 41], "content_span": [42, 525]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272898-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 Team Bahrain\u2013Merida season\nThe 2017 Bahrain\u2013Merida Pro Cycling season was the first season of the Bahrain\u2013Merida team, which was founded in 2016. As a UCI WorldTeam, they were automatically invited and obligated to send a squad to every event in the UCI World Tour, and their season began in January with the Tour Down Under.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [31, 31], "content_span": [32, 330]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272899-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 Team Bath netball season\nThe 2017 Team Bath netball season saw Team Bath finish fourth overall in the 2017 Netball Superleague. Team Bath won seven games in a row to finish fourth in the regular season. Their qualification for the play-offs was only secured on the last day. In the semi-final they were beaten by Loughborough Lightning. They went on to finish fourth overall after defeat to Manchester Thunder in the 3rd/4th place play-off.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [29, 29], "content_span": [30, 445]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272899-0001-0000", "contents": "2017 Team Bath netball season, Preseason\nTeam Bath reached the final of the Mike Greenwood Trophy but lost to Netball Superleague newcomers Wasps.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 40], "content_span": [41, 146]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272899-0002-0000", "contents": "2017 Team Bath netball season, Preseason\nOn 7 January 2017 Team Bath hosted and won a three team tournament which also featured Loughborough Lightning and Wasps.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 40], "content_span": [41, 161]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272900-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 Team Ice Racing World Championship\nThe 2017 Team Ice Racing World Championship was the 39th edition of the Team World Championship. The final was held on 11/12 March, 2017, in Inzell, Germany. Russia won their 15th consecutive title and 23rd title overall.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [39, 39], "content_span": [40, 261]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272901-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 Team Long Track World Championship\nThe 2017 Team Long Track World Championship was the 11th annual FIM Team Long Track World Championship. The final took place on 24 September 2017 in Roden, Drenthe, Netherlands.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [39, 39], "content_span": [40, 217]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272902-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 Team LottoNL\u2013Jumbo season\nThe 2017 season for the LottoNL\u2013Jumbo road cycling team began in January at the Tour Down Under. As a UCI WorldTeam, they were automatically invited and obligated to send a squad to every event in the UCI World Tour.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [30, 30], "content_span": [31, 247]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272903-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 Team Sky season\nThe 2017 cycling season began in Australia at the Tour Down Under for Team Sky in January.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [20, 20], "content_span": [21, 111]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272903-0001-0000", "contents": "2017 Team Sky season\nAs a UCI WorldTeam, they were automatically invited and obliged to send a squad to every event in the UCI World Tour.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [20, 20], "content_span": [21, 138]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272904-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 Team Speedway Junior World Championship\nThe 2017 Team Speedway Junior World Championship was the 13th FIM Team Under-21 World Championship season. The final took place on 2 September, 2017 in Rybnik, Poland.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [44, 44], "content_span": [45, 212]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272904-0001-0000", "contents": "2017 Team Speedway Junior World Championship\nHosts Poland won their tenth Team Under-21 World Championship, and their fourth in succession. The Poles accumulated 47 points, with Bartosz Smekta\u0142a top scoring for them with 14 points. Australia finished second with 37 points, with Denmark in third on 27.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [44, 44], "content_span": [45, 302]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272905-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 Team Sunweb (men's team) season\nThe 2017 season for Team Sunweb began in January with the Tour Down Under. As a UCI WorldTeam, they were automatically invited and obligated to send a squad to every event in the UCI World Tour.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [36, 36], "content_span": [37, 231]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272906-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 Teen Choice Awards\nThe 2017 Teen Choice Awards ceremony was held on August 13, 2017, at the Galen Center in Los Angeles, California. The awards celebrate the year's achievements in music, film, television, sports, fashion, comedy, and the Internet, and were voted on by viewers living in the US, aged 13 and over through various social media sites. A three hour musical festival called \"Teen Fest\" and hosted by Jake Paul was streamed exclusively on YouTube with some of the event appearing during the Teen Choice broadcast. Maroon 5 received the inaugural Decade Award. Throughout the show, several celebrities, including Vanessa Hudgens, Zendaya and Lauren Jauregui of Fifth Harmony, addressed the aftermath of the 2017 Unite the Right rally and encouraged teens to speak out against violence and hate. This is the first ceremony since 2002 to not include a host.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [23, 23], "content_span": [24, 870]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272906-0001-0000", "contents": "2017 Teen Choice Awards, Winners and nominees\nThe first wave of nominations were announced on June 19, 2017. The second wave was announced on July 12, 2017. Winners are listed first, in bold.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 45], "content_span": [46, 191]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272907-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 Tees Valley mayoral election\nThe inaugural Tees Valley mayoral election was held on 4 May 2017 to elect the mayor of the Tees Valley Combined Authority. The mayor was elected by the supplementary vote system. Subsequent elections will be held in May 2021 and every four years after 2024.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [33, 33], "content_span": [34, 292]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272907-0001-0000", "contents": "2017 Tees Valley mayoral election\nNorth East England is a Labour stronghold and prior to the election, the Labour candidate Sue Jeffrey was considered the overwhelming favourite. The eventual victory of the Conservative candidate Ben Houchen was reported as a shock and a poor result for Labour following their losses in the local elections that same day.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [33, 33], "content_span": [34, 355]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272907-0002-0000", "contents": "2017 Tees Valley mayoral election, Background\nFollowing a devolution deal between the UK government and the Tees Valley Combined Authority (TVCA), it was agreed to introduce a directly-elected mayor for the combined authority, with an initial election to be held in May 2017. The Cities and Local Government Devolution Act 2016 required a directly-elected metro mayor for combined authorities to receive additional powers from central government.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 45], "content_span": [46, 446]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272907-0003-0000", "contents": "2017 Tees Valley mayoral election, Candidates, Liberal Democrats\nChris Foote Wood, author and former Bishop Auckland district councillor, was selected to be the Liberal Democrat candidate after defeating Anne-Marie Curry, Liberal Democrat group leader on Darlington Borough Council, in a ballot of party members.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 64], "content_span": [65, 312]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272907-0004-0000", "contents": "2017 Tees Valley mayoral election, Candidates, North East Party\nJohn Tait, former Parliamentary candidate in Stockton North, withdrew from the race after failing to raise the required \u00a35,000 deposit.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 63], "content_span": [64, 199]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272908-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 Tehran City Council election\nAn election to the Islamic City Council of Tehran took place on 19 May 2017, along with the local elections nationwide.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [33, 33], "content_span": [34, 153]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272908-0001-0000", "contents": "2017 Tehran City Council election\nThe council is elected by the plurality-at-large voting system. This election saw losses for the Principlists and the Reformists gained all 21 seats.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [33, 33], "content_span": [34, 183]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272908-0002-0000", "contents": "2017 Tehran City Council election\nMore than 3.6 million voters turned out in the election, setting a record.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [33, 33], "content_span": [34, 108]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272908-0003-0000", "contents": "2017 Tehran City Council election, Campaign\nIn January 2017, reformists started working with moderates and supporters of Hassan Rouhani to compile a shared electoral list of candidates for City Council of Tehran. In April 2017, the Moderation and Development Party joined the Reformists' Supreme Council for Policymaking, the body responsible for picking the candidates included in the list. The final list under the brand name The List of Hope, drew criticism from reformists but was eventually endorsed by Mohammad Khatami. It included only 2 out of the 13 incumbent reformist councilors and several well-known reformist figures were not included.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 43], "content_span": [44, 649]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272908-0003-0001", "contents": "2017 Tehran City Council election, Campaign\nSome reform-minded non-partisans were also expected to feature in the list, including whistleblower Yashar Soltani, social activists Leila Arshad and Ameneh Shirafkan, and Taraneh Yalda, a cityplanner. As a result, two other lists emerged: Om\u012bd-e E\u1e63l\u0101\u1e25\u0101\u1e6d (Persian: \u0627\u0645\u06cc\u062f \u0627\u0635\u0644\u0627\u062d\u0627\u062a\u200e, lit. 'Reforms' Hope'), partially made up of the incumbent reformist councilors and \u0160a\u1e25r-e D\u012bgar (Persian: \u0634\u0647\u0631 \u062f\u06cc\u06af\u0631\u200e, lit. ' Alternative City') by independent activists.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 43], "content_span": [44, 492]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272908-0004-0000", "contents": "2017 Tehran City Council election, Campaign\nThe conservative camp and its newly established umbrella organization Popular Front of Islamic Revolution Forces that supported the incumbent mayor Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf, unanimously endorsed the list published under the name \u1e34edma\u1e6d (Persian: \u062e\u062f\u0645\u062a\u200e, lit. 'Service').", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 43], "content_span": [44, 313]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272908-0005-0000", "contents": "2017 Tehran City Council election, Campaign\nSeveral candidates who were initially approved, including former Islamic Iran Participation Front MP Ali Tajernia, Office for Strengthening Unity activist Abdollah Momeni and Emad Behavar of the Freedom Movement of Iran among others, were declared disqualified after Revolutionary Guards Intelligence agency reportedly forced the Central Election Supervisory Board.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 43], "content_span": [44, 409]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272909-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 Tehran attacks\nThe 2017 Tehran attacks were a series of two simultaneous terrorist attacks occurred on 7 June 2017 that were carried out by five terrorists belonging to the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) against the Iranian Parliament building and the Mausoleum of Ruhollah Khomeini, both in Tehran, Iran, leaving 17 civilians dead and 43 wounded. The shootings were the first terrorist attacks in Tehran in more than a decade, and the first major terror attack in the country since the 2010 Zahedan bombings.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [19, 19], "content_span": [20, 527]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272909-0001-0000", "contents": "2017 Tehran attacks\nGovernment officials later stated that they had foiled a third attack that day. Iranian security services stated on 8 June that they had identified the five militants responsible for the twin events, disclosing the men's first names, and detailed that they were of Kurdish Iranian background and had returned to Iran in August 2016. The terrorists reportedly served in a clandestine cell linked to Wahhabi-related networks. Some Iranian officials have accused the American, Israeli, and Saudi governments of being behind the attacks.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [19, 19], "content_span": [20, 553]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272909-0002-0000", "contents": "2017 Tehran attacks\nOn June 13, the Commander of Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC), Major General Mohammad Ali Jafari, stated that the terrorist attacks were carried out at the demand of Riyadh. \"We have precise intelligence showing that unfortunately, Saudi Arabia, in addition to supporting the terrorists, has demanded them to conduct operations in Iran,\" he said.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [19, 19], "content_span": [20, 381]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272909-0003-0000", "contents": "2017 Tehran attacks\nThe formal state funeral took place on 9 June in the context of traditional Friday prayers, and multiple Iranian officials attended such as President Hassan Rouhani, Parliament Speaker Ali Larijani, and Chief Justice Sadeq Larijani. Rouhani's speech stressed national unity, saying that \"the nation will undoubtedly emerge victorious\". On 10 June, security officials stated that they had killed the operational commander and mastermind behind the attacks.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [19, 19], "content_span": [20, 475]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272909-0004-0000", "contents": "2017 Tehran attacks\nOn 18 June 2017, the IRGC launched a series of medium-range precision missiles at an ISIL headquarters in Dayr al-Zawr (Syria) from inside Iran. The retaliatory strikes were, according to an IRGC statement, sending a message to the terrorists and their networks of supporters after the bloodshed in Tehran.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [19, 19], "content_span": [20, 326]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272909-0005-0000", "contents": "2017 Tehran attacks, Background\nThe Iranian government has been battling the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) for over three years with both military advisers and direct troops fighting the group's militants in both Iraq and Syria. ISIL, whose doctrine is based on the stringent Wahhabi segment of Sunni Islam, sees Shia Muslims, the largest Muslim population group in Iran, as apostates and enemies of Islam. Nonetheless, ISIL had yet to carry out any attacks within Iran despite repeatedly threatening the nation's people. In the months before the attack, ISIL increased its propaganda efforts in Persian to influence Iran's Sunni minority.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 31], "content_span": [32, 653]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272909-0006-0000", "contents": "2017 Tehran attacks, Background\nPresident of Iran Hassan Rouhani has stressed greater rights for minorities, including Iranian Sunnis, and he made engagement efforts an element of his successful re-election campaign. However, areas such as the southeastern province of Sistan and Baluchistan have had persistent conflicts with Sunni extremist cells, including assassination attempts by the militants. On 8 June 2017, Iran's intelligence minister, Mahmoud Alavi, remarked that the government had broken up \"a hundred terrorist plots\" over the past two previous years alone.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 31], "content_span": [32, 572]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272909-0007-0000", "contents": "2017 Tehran attacks, Background\nOn 3 May 2017, Saudi Deputy crown prince, Mohammad bin Salman, accused Iran of aiming to wrest control over Islam's holiest site in Mecca and threatened action. Salman stated, \"We won't wait for the battle to be in Saudi Arabia, instead, we will work so that the battle is for them in Iran, not in Saudi Arabia.\" The comments attracted condemnation from Iranians such as Minister of Foreign Affairs Javad Zarif.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 31], "content_span": [32, 443]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272909-0008-0000", "contents": "2017 Tehran attacks, Parliament attack\nAccording to a statement given by Hossein Zolfaghari, the Iranian deputy Minister of Interior, to the Islamic Republic of Iran Broadcasting, four militants entered the Parliament's administrative building disguised as women. Several of the gunmen opened fire, leaving seven to eight people injured. The militants were reported to have taken some people hostage, although the Iranian government denied this. The ISIL outlet Amaq News Agency released footage purportedly from a terrorist as he undertook the shooting, captured on the man's smartphone.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 38], "content_span": [39, 588]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272909-0009-0000", "contents": "2017 Tehran attacks, Parliament attack\nThe building was subsequently surrounded by security forces. An Iranian member of parliament said that one of his staff was among the victims. Iranian state television reported that one of the attackers had blown himself up inside the parliament building while parliament was in session, while according to some other news agencies, the explosion could have been due to the grenades thrown by the attackers. Associated Press reported that journalists at the site had seen police snipers on nearby rooftops. Shops in the neighborhood were closed. Eyewitnesses said that the gunmen were shooting at people in the street from the fourth floor of the parliament building.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 38], "content_span": [39, 706]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272909-0010-0000", "contents": "2017 Tehran attacks, Parliament attack\nIran's parliament continued meeting even as shooting erupted outside the main chamber. Ali Larijani, the speaker of the parliament, dismissed the attacks, saying they were a \"trivial matter\" and that security forces were dealing with them. Iranian MPs posted selfies from inside the parliamentary chamber in a show of defiance.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 38], "content_span": [39, 366]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272909-0011-0000", "contents": "2017 Tehran attacks, Parliament attack, IRGC special forces operation\nThe Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) special forces known as Saberin Unit entered the operation scene under the command of Brigadier General Mohammad Pakpour, Commander of the IRGC Ground Forces, and the snipers took up their positions. Minutes later, Major General Mohammad Ali Jafari, chief commander of IRGC, entered the scene accompanied by Brigadier General Hossein Salami, deputy commander of IRGC, Brigadier General Gholamhossein Gheybparvar, commander of Basij and Brigadier General Hossein Nejat, deputy chief of IRGC intelligence office.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 69], "content_span": [70, 625]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272909-0012-0000", "contents": "2017 Tehran attacks, Parliament attack, IRGC special forces operation\nA team of the special forces made their way to the upper floors of the parliament and killed one of the terrorists which made the two others begin shooting indiscriminately at people. This shooting revealed their position to the forces. Meanwhile, IRGC forces killed another terrorist before he detonated his suicide vest. The Iranian government later stated that four gunmen had been killed.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 69], "content_span": [70, 462]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272909-0013-0000", "contents": "2017 Tehran attacks, Mausoleum attack\nThe attack on the Mausoleum of Ayatollah Khomeini took place at 10:30 am on 7 June 2017, and the fact that it occurred around the same time as the strike against the Iranian parliament immediately aroused suspicion that the two were coordinated as \"twin attacks\". According to the New York Times, the attacks lasted for several hours.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 37], "content_span": [38, 372]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272909-0014-0000", "contents": "2017 Tehran attacks, Mausoleum attack\nAccording to the administrator of mausoleum of Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini, the attack on the mausoleum left one person dead and three people injured. BBC reported that a suicide bomber detonated a bomb at the mausoleum. One female militant was captured alive. The counter-terrorism operation in the Ayatollah Khomeini's shrine was conducted by NAJA. According to NAJA, the attackers who attempted to enter the shrine were taken down by police snipers. One of the terrorists who was shot detonated himself, but the explosion did not harm any other people. Another terrorist started firing at both civilians and police forces; this resulted in one death and five individuals being injured, including a nearby policeman.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 37], "content_span": [38, 756]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272909-0015-0000", "contents": "2017 Tehran attacks, Alleged third attack\nGovernment officials later stated that they thwarted a third attack, with a terrorist team arrested by security forces.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 41], "content_span": [42, 161]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272909-0016-0000", "contents": "2017 Tehran attacks, Responsibility\nThe Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant claimed responsibility for the attacks. This is the group's first attack in Iran. The Amaq News Agency, related to ISIL, released a 24-second video showing a lifeless body of a man, while a voice says in Arabic: \"Do you think we will leave? We will remain, God willing.\" The attackers were reportedly under the leadership of a commander with the nom de guerre of Abu Aisha.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 35], "content_span": [36, 450]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272909-0017-0000", "contents": "2017 Tehran attacks, Responsibility\nAccording to Deutsche Welle, some observers suspected the involvement of different actors, including People's Mujahedin of Iran (MEK). The organization denied that it was involved in the attacks. It was partly because of the target (MEK leaders had said Ayatollah Khomeini's tomb would be among their first), in addition to use of a female attacker and cyanide pill, a regular MEK practice.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 35], "content_span": [36, 426]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272909-0018-0000", "contents": "2017 Tehran attacks, Responsibility\nIranian authorities such as members of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps and the Iranian Minister of Foreign Affairs (Javad Zarif) have accused Saudi Arabia of being behind the attacks. In a Twitter post, Zarif wrote, \"Terror-sponsoring despots threaten to bring the fight to our homeland. Proxies attack what their masters despise most: the seat of democracy\". His statements referred to the Saudi deputy crown prince Mohammad bin Salman's threats against the country about a month earlier, in which bin Salman asserted that \"we will work so that the battle is for them in Iran\".", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 35], "content_span": [36, 620]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272909-0019-0000", "contents": "2017 Tehran attacks, Responsibility\nOn 9 June, the Lieutenant Commander of the Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps (IRGC), Brigadier General Hossein Salami, argued that the attacks in Tehran were the outcome of a trilateral project with Americans, Israelis, and Saudis working together. Salami said that the terrorist strikes aimed at undermining Iran's political and security power after its enemies' back-to-back defeats in regional disputes and proxy warfare over the past years.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 35], "content_span": [36, 481]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272909-0020-0000", "contents": "2017 Tehran attacks, Responsibility\nOn 13 June, the main IRGC Commander, Major General Mohammad Ali Jafari, stated that the terrorists carried out their actions at the demand of Riyadh. He declared, \"We have precise intelligence showing that unfortunately, Saudi Arabia in addition to supporting the terrorists, has demanded them to conduct operations in Iran.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 35], "content_span": [36, 361]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272909-0021-0000", "contents": "2017 Tehran attacks, Responsibility\nReza Seifollhai, the deputy head of Iran's Supreme National Security Council, stated that he believed the militants were native Iranians that the external group had recruited. Multiple witnesses who had heard the gunmen identified them as speaking Arabic with an Iranian accent, possibly revealing the terrorists as ethnic Arabs living in Iran. On 8 June, the government released photographs of five deceased assailants and disclosed their first names; additional information such as their surnames were held back for security purposes.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 35], "content_span": [36, 572]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272909-0022-0000", "contents": "2017 Tehran attacks, Responsibility\nHassan Nasrallah, the Secretary General of Hezbollah, stated that the attacks were part of an \"international, destructive plan\" backed by various states in the region.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 35], "content_span": [36, 203]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272909-0023-0000", "contents": "2017 Tehran attacks, Responsibility, Public opinion in Iran\nA poll conducted 11 to 17 June 2017, by the Center for International and Security Studies (CISSM) at University of Maryland School of Public Policy & IranPoll with a sample size of 1004 and \u00b13.1% margin of sampling error among Iranians, indicates that more than half of the responders acknowledge ISIL as the perpetrator of the attacks. The results for the open-ended question was a follows:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 59], "content_span": [60, 451]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272909-0024-0000", "contents": "2017 Tehran attacks, Responsibility, Public opinion in Iran\nIn the same opinion poll, answers regarding the possible actors involved in the event was as below (list of groups and countries read by the pollster):", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 59], "content_span": [60, 211]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272909-0025-0000", "contents": "2017 Tehran attacks, Casualties\nEighteen individuals died at the hands of the ISIL attackers. The assailants fired upon both security personnel and nearby civilians alike. As well as those killed, fifty-two victims were injured.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 31], "content_span": [32, 228]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272909-0026-0000", "contents": "2017 Tehran attacks, Casualties\nAhmad Shojaei, head of Iran's Medical jurisprudence, initially announced the incident death toll at 17, with three of the victims women. Six of the seven attackers were killed: four during the parliament shootings and two others at Khomeini's mausoleum. Three of the attackers blew themselves up in the parliament building and the mausoleum; the other three were shot by security forces and law enforcement. All casualties, including victims and attackers, were Iranian. One of the casualties was one of the MP's chief of staff; another was one of the visitors in his office. The video captured by ISIL was also broadcast at his office.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 31], "content_span": [32, 668]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272909-0027-0000", "contents": "2017 Tehran attacks, Identity of the attackers\nThe Intelligence Ministry (VEVAK) released a statement on 8 June 2017 that detailed information on the five attackers and affiliated terrorist cells. It was announced that the full identities of the assailants had been determined after intelligence work by the Ministry, and only the militants' first names were released given that surnames had to be withheld due to certain social and security considerations. According to the Intelligence Ministry, the five individuals involved in carrying out the attacks had a history of past terrorist activities and links to groups with extremist, Wahhabi-related beliefs. They were identified as Seriyas, Fereydoun, Qayyoum, Abu Jahad, and Ramin.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 46], "content_span": [47, 734]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272909-0028-0000", "contents": "2017 Tehran attacks, Identity of the attackers\nThe statement said that the five had left Iran after being recruited by ISIL and had participated in the terrorist group's activities in the Iraqi city of Mosul and the Syrian city of Raqqah. It additionally said they had re-entered Iran in August 2016. Reportedly under the command of \"Abu Ayesheh\", a high-ranking commander within ISIL, they planned to carry out terror attacks in religious cities. However, the militants had reportedly fled the country following the destruction of their particular network and blows dealt to ISIL leadership.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 46], "content_span": [47, 592]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272909-0029-0000", "contents": "2017 Tehran attacks, Identity of the attackers\nBefore the publication of the statement, Iranian Intelligence Minister Mahmoud Alavi had said that it was still soon to judge whether Saudi Arabia had had a role in the attacks in Tehran. \"We witnessed heavy pressure from terrorists, to the extent that we have been identifying and arresting two-member and three-member teams or single individuals every week\", said Alavi.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 46], "content_span": [47, 419]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272909-0030-0000", "contents": "2017 Tehran attacks, Reactions, Domestic reactions\nAyatollah Ali Khamenei, Supreme Leader of Iran, downplayed the attacks by calling them mere \"firecrackers\" (Persian: \u062a\u0631\u0642\u0647 \u0628\u0627\u0632\u06cc\u200e) which would not lead to the weakening of Iran's fight against terrorism. He said, \"These firecrackers have no effect on Iran. They will soon be eliminated.\" The Ayatollah also stated that they \"are too small to affect the will of the Iranian nation and its officials\".", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 50], "content_span": [51, 448]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272909-0031-0000", "contents": "2017 Tehran attacks, Reactions, Domestic reactions\nIranian government officials expressed sympathies for the victims and condemned the attack. President Hassan Rouhani said the attack would make Iran more united in the war against terrorism. \"We will prove once again that we will crush the enemies' plots with more unity and more strength,\" Rouhani said. He also called for regional and international cooperation and unity. First Vice President Eshaq Jahangiri also stated that the government would promote the organized fight against radical terrorism. Iranian Minister of Foreign Affairs Javad Zarif condemned the terrorist attack in Tehran saying, \"terrorism is a problem that we face in the Middle East and the whole world\".", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 50], "content_span": [51, 729]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272909-0032-0000", "contents": "2017 Tehran attacks, Reactions, Domestic reactions\nIranian parliament speaker Ali Larijani said in his closing statements that the attack was a \"minor issue.\" Two days later while addressing a funeral ceremony for the victims of the attack, Larijani underlined that terrorists tried to undermine the democratic and religious foundations of the nation, but they failed to do so. It further stated that \"The United States has aligned itself with the ISIL in the region,\" claiming that US is behind most of the terrorist acts in the world and that US has demonstrated that it is \"the international ISIL.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 50], "content_span": [51, 601]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272909-0033-0000", "contents": "2017 Tehran attacks, Reactions, Domestic reactions\nTehran Mayor Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf tweeted \"Martyrdom of our dear citizens in a terrorist attack have created deep scars on our hearts.\" 2017 presidential defeated candidate Ebrahim Raisi also condemned the attacks and said that the attacks showed ISIL's peak helplessness and humiliation.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 50], "content_span": [51, 343]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272909-0034-0000", "contents": "2017 Tehran attacks, Reactions, Domestic reactions\nMajor General Mohsen Rezaee of the Revolutionary Guards wrote in an Instagram post that Iran was sure to \"severely punish the terrorists who have murdered hundreds, not only in Iran but also in the U.K., Germany, France, Afghanistan, and Pakistan.\" Iran's Revolutionary Guards also released a statement saying Saudi Arabia was behind the attack. Supreme National Security Council Secretary Ali Shamkhani also stated that authorities had apprehended several people suspected of planning bomb attacks. He noted that the arrests were made over the last few days and added that the attacks were planned for the holy month of Ramadan.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 50], "content_span": [51, 680]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272909-0035-0000", "contents": "2017 Tehran attacks, Reactions, Domestic reactions\nIranian Sunni leader and Zahedan Friday Prayers Imam Molavi Abdul Hamid condemned the attacks. Blasting the militants' \"sinister goals\", he remarked, \"Blind terrorists martyred fasting people who were referred to the offices of the Parliament.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 50], "content_span": [51, 295]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272909-0036-0000", "contents": "2017 Tehran attacks, Reactions, Domestic reactions\nIn a statement that condemned the ISIS attacks, People's Mujahedin of Iran leader Maryam Rajavi reminded that, \"ISIS's conduct clearly benefits the Iranian regime's Supreme Leader Khamenei, who wholeheartedly welcomes it as an opportunity to overcome his regime's regional and international impasse and isolation. The founder and the number one state sponsor of terror is thus trying to switch the place of murderer and the victim and portray the central banker of terrorism as a victim.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 50], "content_span": [51, 539]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272909-0037-0000", "contents": "2017 Tehran attacks, Reactions, International reactions\nOfficial condolences were expressed by the governments of various countries and international bodies. United Nations Secretary-General Ant\u00f3nio Guterres condemned the attacks while expressing sympathies for the government of Iran and the families of the victims, and Guterres wished for a quick recovery to all those injured. The United Nations Security Council observed a minute's silence in the aftermath of the attack. Federica Mogherini, European Union Foreign Policy Chief, condemned the attacks and voiced sympathy and solidarity with Iran in a phone-call with Mohammad Javad Zarif, the Iranian Minister of Foreign Affairs. Many around the world also posted #PrayforTehran on social media in solidarity after the attacks.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 55], "content_span": [56, 782]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272909-0038-0000", "contents": "2017 Tehran attacks, Reactions, International reactions\nUnited States Senators Bernie Sanders and Dianne Feinstein called on the Senate to delay a vote on imposing sanctions on Iran. However, no delay took place and the measures went through shortly. Iranian Parliament Speaker Ali Larijani condemned the sanctions' imposition and remarked that the U.S. government had acted \"shamelessly.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 55], "content_span": [56, 389]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272909-0039-0000", "contents": "2017 Tehran attacks, Reactions, International reactions\nPresident of the United States Donald Trump released a statement in which he prayed for the \"innocent victims of terrorist attacks\" and said that \"states that sponsor terrorism risk falling victim to the evil they promote.\" Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif rejected Trump's statement, calling it \"repugnant.\" Richard N. Haass, the president of the Council on Foreign Relations, also criticized Trump's statement.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 55], "content_span": [56, 481]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272909-0039-0001", "contents": "2017 Tehran attacks, Reactions, International reactions\nHaass argued on Twitter that \"[c]ondemnation of terrorism cannot be selective if it is to have meaning\" and \"must condemn it in Tehran as well as in Europe\" as well as that the \"statement on Iran terror, which after condolences says Iran deserved it, is result of divided staff drafting [without] smart clear guidance\". Reza Marashi, research director of the National Iranian American Council, called Trump's statement \"a vile response to grieving Iranians\" and asked what would happen if Iranians claimed that the U.S. deserved the 9/11 attacks. He also pointed out that Iranians held candlelight vigils for 9/11 victims and an entire soccer stadium of Iranians observed a moment of silence as well.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 55], "content_span": [56, 756]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272909-0040-0000", "contents": "2017 Tehran attacks, Reactions, International reactions\nOn 10 June 2017, during House Foreign Affairs Committee hearing on Hezbollah, Republican congressman Dana Rohrabacher stated that:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 55], "content_span": [56, 186]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272909-0041-0000", "contents": "2017 Tehran attacks, Reactions, International reactions\nWe have recently seen an attack on Iran, and the Iranian government, the mullahs, believe that Sunni forces have attacked them. This may signal a ratcheting up of certain commitments by the United States of America. As far as I'm concerned, I just want to make this point and see what you think, isn't it a good thing for us to have the United States finally backing up Sunnis who will attack Hezbollah and the Shiite threat to us? Isn't that a good thing? And if so, maybe this is a Trump\u200a\u2014\u200amaybe it's a Trump strategy of actually supporting one group against another, considering that you have two terrorist organizations.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 55], "content_span": [56, 680]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272909-0042-0000", "contents": "2017 Tehran attacks, Reactions, International reactions\nRohrabacher's statement was criticised in social media, by British left-wing journalist Mehdi Hasan, Human Rights Watch Deputy Director Jim Murphy, journalist Negar Mortazavi and the National Iranian American Council, among others. In a further statement to clarify his position, Rohrabacher stated that he \"oppose the use of force against unarmed civilians no matter who is the victim or who is doing the killing\" but he is also against \"Iran's vicious Mullah monarchy\" and \"when it comes to Sunni terrorists or Shiite terrorists, I prefer them to target each other rather than any other victims, especially innocent civilians and Americans.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 55], "content_span": [56, 699]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272909-0042-0001", "contents": "2017 Tehran attacks, Reactions, International reactions\nAlso added that it will \"require support for those proud Iranians who want to win their freedom and heritage from Mullahs and are willing to fight for it. That does not include Isis, but it may include a lot of Iranians who see blowing up Khomeini's mausoleum as an expression of freedom from the yolk [sic] of Islamic terror.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 55], "content_span": [56, 383]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272909-0043-0000", "contents": "2017 Tehran attacks, Reactions, International reactions\nFollowing the events, multiple Iranian officials as well as organizations such as the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps suggested that Saudi Arabia was responsible. Adel al-Jubeir, the Foreign Affairs Minister of Saudi Arabia, denied his country's involvement in the attacks and said Riyadh had no knowledge of who had committed them. While stating that his administration is unwilling reestablish normal diplomatic ties with Iran, he additionally condemned the terrorist attacks and \"the killing of the innocent anywhere it occurs.\" Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei remarked in a 9 June message that the attacks had spread hatred towards the Saudi government, which he labeled one of the \"stooges\" of the U.S.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 55], "content_span": [56, 771]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272909-0044-0000", "contents": "2017 Tehran attacks, Aftermath, Funeral and farewells\nA state funeral held on 9 June 2017 at the Parliament's headquarters was attended by Iranian officials such as President Hassan Rouhani, Parliament Speaker Ali Larijani, and Chief Justice Sadeq Larijani. Other individuals joining the ceremony included government ministers and senior figures such as Ayatollah Mohammad Mohammadi-Golpayegani, the head of the formal office of Supreme Leader Ayatollah Khamenei. Several foreign ambassadors came as well. The survivors of the Tehran attacks who attended held up pictures of the victims.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 53], "content_span": [54, 587]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272909-0045-0000", "contents": "2017 Tehran attacks, Aftermath, Funeral and farewells\nIn a written message to the ceremony, Ayatollah Khamenei stressed that the attacks \"will not damage our nation's determination to fight terrorism\". He stated as well that the events \"will only increase hatred for the governments of the United States and their stooges in the region like Saudi Arabia.\" During the funeral processions, many individuals in the massive crowds chanted slogans against both the American and Saudi governments, blaming them for the violence.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 53], "content_span": [54, 522]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272909-0046-0000", "contents": "2017 Tehran attacks, Aftermath, Funeral and farewells\nAddressing the ceremony, the Parliament Speaker said, \"Today is a hard day for the Iranian nation. Farewell to dear ones, who were sadly martyred\". He remarked that the \"terrorists fell short of their aim\" yet still managed to blindly target civilians and mere state employees before the attacks ended. President Rouhani's speech stressed national unity, with the leader saying that \"the nation will undoubtedly emerge victorious\".", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 53], "content_span": [54, 485]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272909-0047-0000", "contents": "2017 Tehran attacks, Aftermath, Arrests of terrorist suspects\nAfter the success of Iranian intelligence operations, including the cooperation of some of the families of the terrorists, forty-one ISIL militants were identified and arrested on 9 June 2017. They were taken in across the country, including in Kermanshah, Kurdistan, and West Azarbaijan as well as within Tehran itself. Upon arresting the terrorists, Iranian authorities found weapons, bomb materials, explosive belts, communications equipment, and forged documents. While reporting these positive results, officials emphasized as well that efforts against ISIL networks must continue outside of Iran's borders.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 61], "content_span": [62, 674]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272909-0048-0000", "contents": "2017 Tehran attacks, Aftermath, Arrests of terrorist suspects\nOn 10 June, Tehran police had a particular breakthrough in discovering the car that the terrorists had used. Iranian security forces announced that day that their intelligence efforts succeeded in finding and killing the mastermind and main commander behind the attacks. As well, seven individuals in southern Larestan County were taken in that day for suspected ties to the ISIL organization.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 61], "content_span": [62, 455]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272909-0049-0000", "contents": "2017 Tehran attacks, Aftermath, Military response\nOn 18 June 2017, the IRGC announced that a series of medium-range ground-to-ground missiles were launched at ISIL group headquarters in the Syrian city of Dayr al-Zawr, the missiles being fired from Iran's western provinces of Kermanshah and Kurdistan. Striking in response to the terrorist attacks in Tehran, the IRGC stated that their strikes resulted in the death of a significant number of extremists as well as the destruction of a large number of weapons, ammunition, and equipment belonging to them. The Iranian government semi-officially released a video of the actual military launch. Afterward, the Iranian Ambassador to the United Kingdom, Hamid Baeidinejad, declared that the strikes \"manifested the will and capacity of Iran to fight against terrorism and security threats.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 49], "content_span": [50, 838]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272909-0050-0000", "contents": "2017 Tehran attacks, Aftermath, Military response\nIn a public statement related to the strikes, published by its Public Relations Office, the IRGC cautioned that the missile strikes were just a warning to deter any further action by the terrorists. It specifically read that the \"IRGC warns the Takfiri terrorists and their regional and trans-regional supporters that they would be engulfed by its revolutionary wrath and flames of the fire of its revenge in case they repeat any such devilish and dirty move in future.\" Some Iranian sources suggested that the IRGC chose Dayr al-Zawr given that the city had begun to serve as the primary center of assembly, command, and logistics for ISIL militants lately where the terrorists had moved ground after defeats in Aleppo and Mosul over the previous months.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 49], "content_span": [50, 806]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272909-0051-0000", "contents": "2017 Tehran attacks, Aftermath, Military response\nWhile Iranian forces have undertaken multiple efforts against ISIL in the past, these were the first admitted strikes launched from Iranian soil. The missiles reportedly traveled about six-hundred kilometers until they reached the targeted city. The same day as the launch, Ayatollah Khamenei held meetings with the families of Iranian personnel fighting inside both Iraq and Syria, the leader giving a speech stressing the need for continued action outside of Iran's borders.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 49], "content_span": [50, 526]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272909-0052-0000", "contents": "2017 Tehran attacks, Aftermath, Military response\nThe day after the strike, the IRGC released official footage depicting moments in which the missiles successfully hit their targets. The videos were transmitted by drones that the IRGC flew from Damascus over Dayr al-Zour. IRGC spokesman Brigadier General Ramezan Sharif said, \"Fortunately, all incoming reports and images of drones which were monitoring the operation suggest that the six medium-range powerful Iranian missiles have precisely hit the targets, the key bases of terrorists in the general area of Dayr al-Zawr inside Syria.\" As well, Amir Ali Hajizadeh, the commander of the IRGC's Aerospace Force, stated the videos showed them that \"the missiles precisely hit their targets.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 49], "content_span": [50, 742]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272910-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 Telekom Cup (summer)\nThe 2017 Telekom Cup (summer) was the 9th edition of the Telekom Cup, a football friendly tournament organized by Deutsche Telekom, who was also the sponsor. It was hosted by Borussia M\u00f6nchengladbach at the BORUSSIA-PARK in M\u00f6nchengladbach, on 15 July 2017. Alongside the hosts, Bayern Munich, 1899 Hoffenheim, and Werder Bremen also took part.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [25, 25], "content_span": [26, 370]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272910-0001-0000", "contents": "2017 Telekom Cup (summer)\nBayern Munich won their fourth title following a 2\u20130 win over Werder Bremen in the final.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [25, 25], "content_span": [26, 115]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272910-0002-0000", "contents": "2017 Telekom Cup (summer), Matches\nAll matches lasted for just 45 minutes. If a match was level after normal time then a penalty shoot-out was played to decide who advanced.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 34], "content_span": [35, 173]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272911-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 Telekom Cup (winter)\nThe 2017 Telekom Cup (winter) was the 8th edition of the Telekom Cup, a football friendly tournament organized by Deutsche Telekom, who is also the sponsor. It was hosted by Fortuna D\u00fcsseldorf at the ESPRIT arena in D\u00fcsseldorf, on 14 January 2017. Alongside the hosts, Mainz 05, Borussia M\u00f6nchengladbach, and Bayern Munich also took part.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [25, 25], "content_span": [26, 364]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272911-0001-0000", "contents": "2017 Telekom Cup (winter), Overview, Matches\nAll matches lasted for just 45 minutes. If a match was level after normal time then a penalty shoot-out was played to decide who advanced.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 44], "content_span": [45, 183]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272912-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 Telkom Knockout\nThe 2017 Telkom Knockout is the 36th edition of the Telkom Knockout, a South African cup competition comprising the 16 teams in the Premier Soccer League. It took place between October and December 2017.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [20, 20], "content_span": [21, 224]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272913-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 Telus Cup\nThe 2017 Telus Cup was Canada's 39th annual national midget 'AAA' hockey championship, contested April 24 \u2013 30, 2017 at the CN Centre in Prince George, British Columbia. The Cape Breton West Islanders defeated the Blizzard du S\u00e9minaire Saint-Fran\u00e7ois 5-4 in overtime to win the gold medal, becoming the first team from Atlantic Canada to win a national midget championship.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 14], "section_span": [14, 14], "content_span": [15, 389]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272913-0001-0000", "contents": "2017 Telus Cup, Road to the Telus Cup, Atlantic Region\nCape Breton West Islanders advance by winning tournament played March 30\u2013April 2, 2017 in Miramichi, New Brunswick.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 14], "section_span": [16, 54], "content_span": [55, 170]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272913-0002-0000", "contents": "2017 Telus Cup, Road to the Telus Cup, Qu\u00e9bec\nBlizzard du S\u00e9minaire Saint-Fran\u00e7ois advance by winning Quebec Midget AAA Hockey League championship series.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 14], "section_span": [16, 45], "content_span": [46, 154]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272913-0003-0000", "contents": "2017 Telus Cup, Road to the Telus Cup, Central Region\nMississauga Rebels advance by winning tournament played March 26\u2013April 2, 2016 in Sudbury, Ontario.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 14], "section_span": [16, 53], "content_span": [54, 153]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272913-0004-0000", "contents": "2017 Telus Cup, Road to the Telus Cup, West Region\nRegina Pat Canadians advance by winning tournament played March 30\u2013April 2, 2017 at the T.G. Smith Centre in Steinbach, Manitoba.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 14], "section_span": [16, 50], "content_span": [51, 180]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272913-0005-0000", "contents": "2017 Telus Cup, Road to the Telus Cup, Pacific Region\nSeries not played: Leduc Oil Kings advance automatically as Cariboo Cougars are the national host team.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 14], "section_span": [16, 53], "content_span": [54, 157]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272914-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 Tempe Challenger\nThe 2017 Tempe Challenger was a professional tennis tournament played on hard courts. It was the inaugural edition of the tournament which was be part of the 2017 ATP Challenger Tour. It took place in Tempe, United States between 13 and 19 February 2017.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [21, 21], "content_span": [22, 276]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272914-0001-0000", "contents": "2017 Tempe Challenger, Singles main draw entrants, Other Entrants\nThe following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 65], "content_span": [66, 134]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272915-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 Tempe Challenger \u2013 Doubles\nWalter Trusendi and Matteo Viola won the title after defeating Marcelo Ar\u00e9valo and Jos\u00e9 Hern\u00e1ndez-Fern\u00e1ndez 5\u20137, 6\u20132, [12\u201310] in the final.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [31, 31], "content_span": [32, 171]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272916-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 Tempe Challenger \u2013 Singles\nTennys Sandgren won the title after defeating Nikola Milojevi\u0107 4\u20136, 6\u20130, 6\u20133 in the final.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [31, 31], "content_span": [32, 122]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272917-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 Temple Mount crisis\nThe 2017 Temple Mount crisis was a period of violent tensions related to the Temple Mount, which began on 14 July 2017, after a shooting incident in the complex in which Palestinian gunmen killed two Israeli police officers. Following the attack, Israeli authorities installed metal detectors at the entrance to the Mount in a step that caused large Palestinian protests and was severely criticized by Palestinian leaders, the Arab League, and other Muslim leaders, on the basis that it constituted a change in the \"status quo\" of the Temple Mount entry restrictions.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [24, 24], "content_span": [25, 592]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272917-0001-0000", "contents": "2017 Temple Mount crisis\nThe Jerusalem Islamic Waqf called Muslims to pray outside the Temple Mount, and not enter the mosque complex until the metal detectors were removed.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [24, 24], "content_span": [25, 173]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272917-0002-0000", "contents": "2017 Temple Mount crisis\nOn 25 July the Israeli Cabinet voted to remove the metal detectors and replace them with other surveillance measures. Nevertheless, Palestinian activists decided to continue protesting, claiming those cameras represent a greater degree of control than the metal detectors. On 27 July, Israel removed the new security measures from the Mount, which led to the Waqf telling Muslims they could return to pray inside the compound. 113 Palestinians were reportedly injured in clashes with police after thousands of Muslims returned to pray at Temple Mount.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [24, 24], "content_span": [25, 576]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272917-0003-0000", "contents": "2017 Temple Mount crisis\nWithin an 11-day period, eleven people had died due to the crisis.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [24, 24], "content_span": [25, 91]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272917-0004-0000", "contents": "2017 Temple Mount crisis, Temple Mount shooting\nShortly after 07:00 in the morning on 14 July 2017, three gunmen, armed with rifles and a handgun, left the Temple Mount and approached a police checkpoint in the Lions' Gate outside of it in East Jerusalem where they opened fire on officers of Israeli Border Police. Two Israeli border police officers were critically wounded and died later, and another two were moderately wounded in the attack. The three attackers fled back to the square in front of one of the mosques on the temple mount and were shot by Israeli police officers.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 47], "content_span": [48, 582]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272917-0005-0000", "contents": "2017 Temple Mount crisis, Temple Mount shooting, Aftermath\nIsraeli authorities shut down the Temple Mount complex, and for the first time in years, Friday prayers at the al-Aqsa mosque were canceled. The old city was also closed to traffic. The al-Aqsa mosque was raided by Israeli authorities and Jerusalem Islamic Waqf personnel were questioned. The Israeli police said they found additional weapons in the raid, including mock guns, knives, clubs, chains, and other weapons.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 58], "content_span": [59, 478]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272917-0006-0000", "contents": "2017 Temple Mount crisis, Temple Mount shooting, Disturbances on the Temple Mount\nOn the 16 July, Israeli authorities reopened the Temple Mount, after placing metal detectors at the entrances to the compound. The Waqf called on Muslims to protest outside of the compound instead of entering, with around 200 Muslims protesting outside on the 16th. Israeli authorities also announced the installation of security cameras outside the compound. On 21 July, Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas ordered the suspension of all official contact with Israel until it removed the new security measures.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 81], "content_span": [82, 592]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272917-0007-0000", "contents": "2017 Temple Mount crisis, Temple Mount shooting, Disturbances on the Temple Mount\nThousands of young Palestinians clashed with Israeli security services in protest of the new security measures put in place at the al-Aqsa mosque. On Friday, July 21 three Palestinians were killed in clashes with Israeli forces in Jerusalem's Old City, Palestinian officials said.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 81], "content_span": [82, 362]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272917-0008-0000", "contents": "2017 Temple Mount crisis, Temple Mount shooting, Disturbances on the Temple Mount\nFollowing a ruling by the supreme court on the 25 of July, the attackers' bodies were released to their families on the night of the 26 July. In a show of support for the attackers, some 10,000 people marched in the funeral processing in Umm al-Fahm, praising the attack and calling the attackers heroes and shahids. Even though Umm al-Fahm is located inside Israel, (they are Israeli citizens) they still praised the terrorists during the funeral. But not all are radicalized. One relative said, \"We did not want to talk too much about what happened, and we did not know at all that they were planning to shoot policemen in Jerusalem. If we had known, we would have stopped them.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 81], "content_span": [82, 763]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272917-0009-0000", "contents": "2017 Temple Mount crisis, Temple Mount shooting, Disturbances on the Temple Mount\nThe Islamic Waqf along with the Grand Mufti of Jerusalem announced on the morning of 27 July that Muslims can return to worship at the al-Aqsa compound after Israel completely removed the newly installed security measures. Following the victory celebrations that lasted all Thursday afternoon, thousands of Muslims entered the Temple Mount. Almost immediately after worshippers returned to the site, clashes broke out between worshippers and Israeli security forces with worshippers throwing rocks and security forces using tear gas and stun grenades. 113 worshippers were injured and one Israeli police officer injured.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 81], "content_span": [82, 702]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272917-0010-0000", "contents": "2017 Temple Mount crisis, Temple Mount shooting, Disturbances on the Temple Mount\n28 July, Amid high security in the Old City of Jerusalem, thousands of Muslim worshipers attended Friday prayers at the Temple Mount. Crowds dispersed peacefully from the compound, because the entrance to prayer-goers was limited to men aged 50 and older and all women.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 81], "content_span": [82, 351]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272917-0011-0000", "contents": "2017 Temple Mount crisis, Additional incidents, Halamish attack\nOn 21 July 2017, a 19-years old Omar Al-Abed al-Jalil broke into a Jewish house in the Israeli settlement of Halamish. He stabbed four people in the house, killing three of them. Before the attack he wrote in his Facebook account: \"Take your weapons and resist.... I only have a knife and it will answer the call of Al-Aqsa.... I know I am going and will not return.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 63], "content_span": [64, 431]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272917-0012-0000", "contents": "2017 Temple Mount crisis, Additional incidents, Petah Tikva attack\nOn 24 July 2017, an Arab Israeli civilian was stabbed in Petah Tikva, Israel, by a Palestinian man from Qalqilya. The incident is suspected as an act of terrorism.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 66], "content_span": [67, 230]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272917-0013-0000", "contents": "2017 Temple Mount crisis, Additional incidents, Petah Tikva attack, Attack\nThe attacker, a Palestinian resident of Qalqilya, stabbed a bus driver near a Shawarma stand in the Israeli city of Petah Tikva, after he had entered to the shop. The assailant was arrested and taken for questioning by the Israeli police. the victim, a 32-years-old Arab-Israeli man, resident of the Arab village of Arraba, was in moderate-to-serious condition from stab wounds in his neck, and was taken to Beilinson Hospital.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 74], "content_span": [75, 502]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272917-0014-0000", "contents": "2017 Temple Mount crisis, Additional incidents, Petah Tikva attack, Attack\nThe attack has been described by authorities as a terror attack, with the victim being attacked due to the attacker mistaking his identity for Jewish.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 74], "content_span": [75, 225]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272917-0015-0000", "contents": "2017 Temple Mount crisis, Additional incidents, Petah Tikva attack, Perpetrator\nThe stabber, identified as 21-years old Palestinian man from Qalqilya, was illegally residing and working in Israel. He repeatedly told police just after the stabbing that he carried out the attack \"for Al-Aqsa.\" He spent time in prison in the years 2015 and 2016.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 79], "content_span": [80, 344]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272917-0016-0000", "contents": "2017 Temple Mount crisis, Additional incidents, Attack on Israel embassy in Amman\nOn 23 July 2017, a Jordanian man stabbed an Israeli guard at the Israeli embassy complex in Amman, Jordan. The Israeli authorities relate the attack to the crisis.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 81], "content_span": [82, 245]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272917-0017-0000", "contents": "2017 Temple Mount crisis, Additional incidents, Disturbances in the West Bank\nOn 28 July, Clashes were reported in the West Bank between Palestinians and the IDF, particularly in Bethlehem, Nablus, Kalkilya, Hevron, Kafr Qadum and the Tomb of Rachel. The Palestine Red Crescent said that one Palestinian was wounded by live fire, two by rubber coated metal bullets and ten from tear gas inhalation during clashes in Bethlehem.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 77], "content_span": [78, 426]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272917-0018-0000", "contents": "2017 Temple Mount crisis, Additional incidents, Confrontations on the Gaza border\nHundreds of youths reached the border area between the Gaza strip and Israel on Friday, 28 July. This was in response to a call by Hamas for protests to take place in solidarity with Palestinian Arabs in Jerusalem. An IDF spokeswoman said that soldiers opened fire at demonstrators trying to damage the security fence that separates Israel from Gaza. Warning shot were initially fired as protesters set fire to tires and hurled rocks. As a result of the clashes, 16 year old Abdulrahman Abu Hmeisa was killed and seven others were also wounded by Israeli gunfire.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 81], "content_span": [82, 645]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272917-0019-0000", "contents": "2017 Temple Mount crisis, Reactions in the Arab World, Jordan\nFollowing the terrorist attack that killed two Israeli policemen, a Jordanian statement called Israel to \u201crefrain from taking actions that will violate the status quo in Jerusalem and the Al-Aqsa Mosque.\u201d", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 61], "content_span": [62, 266]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272917-0020-0000", "contents": "2017 Temple Mount crisis, Reactions in the Arab World, The Palestinian Authority\nOn 21 July, Mahmoud Abbas announced that the Palestinian leadership will freeze all contact with Israel, as a protest over the new Israeli security measures. In order to encourage the demonstrations, The Palestinian Authority Martyrs Fund offered financial compensation to those involved. After the removal of the metal detectors, Abbas announced and called the Palestinians to continue the uprising. Also, as the leader of the Palestinian Authority, he guided the Tanzim to spread the violence to Judea and Sameria, on 28 July; the second day of rage.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 80], "content_span": [81, 634]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272917-0021-0000", "contents": "2017 Temple Mount crisis, Reactions in the Arab World, Saudi Arabia\nKing Salman, sent a message to Jerusalem via the White House, urging Israel to reopen the Temple Mount to Muslim worshipers as soon as possible.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 67], "content_span": [68, 212]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272918-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 Temple Mount shooting\nOn 14 July 2017, three Arab-Israeli men left the Temple Mount (also known as the Noble Sanctuary), and opened fire on Israeli border police officers stationed near the Gate of the Tribes which is close to the Lions' Gate. Two Israeli border police officers were killed and two more were injured in the attack. All three attackers were shot and killed by Israeli police after fleeing back into the complex.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [26, 26], "content_span": [27, 432]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272918-0001-0000", "contents": "2017 Temple Mount shooting, Background\nPrior to the shooting, there had been three attacks in Jerusalem in 2017:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 38], "content_span": [39, 112]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272918-0002-0000", "contents": "2017 Temple Mount shooting, Attack\nShortly after 07:00 in the morning on 14 July 2017, three gunmen armed with improvised \"carlo\" submachine guns and a handgun, ran out of the Temple Mount via the Gate of the Tribes (near the Lions' Gate) and shot at Israeli Border Police officers stationed in the street outside. The three attackers fled back to the square in front of one of the mosques on the Temple Mount and were shot by Israeli police officers.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 34], "content_span": [35, 451]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272918-0002-0001", "contents": "2017 Temple Mount shooting, Attack\nAfter being shot, one of the attackers who was believed to be dead, rose up from the ground and attempted to attack police officers but was shot before he could, shouting as he got up \"I'm from Raed Salah's group\". Two Israeli border police officers were critically wounded and died later, and another two were moderately wounded in the attack.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 34], "content_span": [35, 379]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272918-0003-0000", "contents": "2017 Temple Mount shooting, Attack, Attackers\nThe three attackers were Arab Israeli citizens from the city of Umm al-Fahm. They were identified as Mohammed Ahmed Mafdal Jabrin and Mohammed Hamed Abed Eltif Jabrin, both of whom were 19 years old, as well as 29 year old Mohammed Ahmed Mohammed Jabrin who worked as a Muezzin in a local mosque. Two of the attackers posted pictures of themselves smiling in front of the al-Aqsa mosque on Facebook three hours before the attack with the caption \"tomorrow's smile will be wider\" and \"praise to Allah, and enough\". The attackers hid the weapons used for the attack in the square at the Temple Mount a few days prior to the attack, with the assistance of a member of the Waqf.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 45], "content_span": [46, 720]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272918-0004-0000", "contents": "2017 Temple Mount shooting, Attack, Attackers\nThe perpetrators and the mosque they prayed in were identified by Israeli authorities as belonging to the northern branch of the Islamic Movement in Israel.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 45], "content_span": [46, 202]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272918-0005-0000", "contents": "2017 Temple Mount shooting, Attack, Victims\nThe two border police officers who died in the attack were identified as Haiel Sitawe and Kamil Shnaan. Both of them were Israeli Druze and hailed from the Northern Galilee region. Sitawe, 30 years old, lived in the village of Maghar, and Shnaan, 22 years old, lived in the village of Hurfeish. Sitawe had joined the Border Police as part of his mandatory national service in 2012 and had served at Temple Mount since then. Shnaan joined it after high school and signed on as a career officer seven months before the attack. He was the youngest son of Israeli Labor Party's former Knesset member Shachiv Shnaan.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 43], "content_span": [44, 655]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272918-0006-0000", "contents": "2017 Temple Mount shooting, Aftermath, Jerusalem\nIsraeli authorities shut down the Temple Mount complex, and for the first time in years, Friday prayers at the al-Aqsa mosque were canceled. The Old City was also closed to traffic. The al-Aqsa mosque was raided by Israeli authorities and Jerusalem Islamic Waqf personnel were questioned. The Israeli police said they found additional weapons in the raid, including mock guns, knives, clubs, chains, and other weapons. Muhammad Ahmad Hussein, the Grand Mufti of Jerusalem, called on Muslims to march to al-Aqsa and hold Friday prayers wherever they are stopped. The Grand Mufti was detained by Israeli security officers following his call for Muslims to defy the closure.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 48], "content_span": [49, 721]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272918-0007-0000", "contents": "2017 Temple Mount shooting, Aftermath, Jerusalem\nOn the 16 July, Israeli authorities reopened the Temple Mount, after placing metal detectors at the entrances to the compound, under protest from the site's Waqf authorities. A crisis spiraled leading to a weeklong stand-off, during which Israeli security agencies such as Shin Bet recommended their removal. The Waqf called on Muslims to protest outside of the compound instead of entering, with around 200 Muslims protesting outside on the 16th. Israeli authorities also announced the installation of security cameras outside the compound.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 48], "content_span": [49, 590]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272918-0007-0001", "contents": "2017 Temple Mount shooting, Aftermath, Jerusalem\nAlthough the compound was reopened for Muslim access, Israeli police prevented Jews from entering the Temple Mount complex under directions from Prime Minister Netanyahu. Clashes erupted outside the Temple Mount later that day after a group of Palestinians attempted to enter with a casket containing a body. Jews were allowed in on the morning of the 17 July. Further clashes occurred on the night of the 17th, and Fatah called on the 18th for a \"day of rage\" in protest of the new security arrangements.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 48], "content_span": [49, 554]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272918-0008-0000", "contents": "2017 Temple Mount shooting, Aftermath, Jerusalem\nPalestinians protesting against new security measures had clashed with Israeli security forces outside the gates to the al-Aqsa compound for several days and on Friday, 21 July 2017. Three Palestinians were killed, one of them a 17-year old from Silwan. Details regarding his death vary; the Ma'an news agency reports that he was shot by a settler, a report not confirmed by other sources, which confirm only that he was killed in Ras al-Amud. On the same day, Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas ordered the suspension of all official contact with Israel until it removed the new security measures.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 48], "content_span": [49, 648]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272918-0009-0000", "contents": "2017 Temple Mount shooting, Aftermath, Umm al-Fahm\nSeveral hours after the attack, a wake and symbolic funeral with hundreds of attendees was held for the attackers in the Al-Porkan mosque in Umm al-Fahm, which is affiliated with the Islamic Movement in Israel and in which the attackers prayed, in which the attackers were praised and called Shahids.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 50], "content_span": [51, 351]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272918-0010-0000", "contents": "2017 Temple Mount shooting, Aftermath, Umm al-Fahm\nFollowing a ruling by the supreme court on the 25 of July, the attackers' bodies were released to their families on the night of the 26th of July. In a show of support for the attackers, some 10,000 people marched in the funeral processing in Umm al-Fahm, praising the attack and calling the attackers heroes and shahids.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 50], "content_span": [51, 372]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272918-0011-0000", "contents": "2017 Temple Mount shooting, Aftermath, Umm al-Fahm\nRaed Salah was arrested and charged for his alleged incitement for terror.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 50], "content_span": [51, 125]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272918-0012-0000", "contents": "2017 Temple Mount shooting, Aftermath, Umm al-Fahm\nThree residents of Umm al-Fahm were indicted in September 2017 for allegedly planning a copy cat attack on the Temple Mount, after they had allegedly failed to join the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 50], "content_span": [51, 257]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272918-0013-0000", "contents": "2017 Temple Mount shooting, Aftermath, Maghar\nMaghar is mixed Druze-Christian-Muslim town. Following a Facebook post supporting the terror attack by a Muslim resident of Maghar, the hometown of one of the victims, two mosques in the village were attacked in two separate incidents on the nights of 14 and 16 July with stun grenades and gunfire resulting in minor property damage. Israeli police were on the scene of the attacks within minutes, where they gathered evidence and opened an investigation.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 45], "content_span": [46, 501]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272918-0014-0000", "contents": "2017 Temple Mount shooting, Aftermath, Related terror attacks\nIn the evening of 21 July, 3 Israelis were murdered and one severely wounded when a 19-year old Palestinian youth, Omar al-Abed, from the village of Kobar, penetrated a home in the Israeli settlement of Halamish/Neve Tzuf and carried out an assault by stabbing members of the family. Shortly before, al-Abed had written on Facebook that he was upset by the murdering of Palestinian women and children, and the desecration of the al-Aqsa Mosque.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 61], "content_span": [62, 506]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272918-0015-0000", "contents": "2017 Temple Mount shooting, Aftermath, Related terror attacks\nOn the afternoon of July 23, Mohammed Zakaria al-Jawawdeh a 17-year-old Palestinian from Amman, stabbed an Israeli embassy guard in the stomach with a screwdriver. The guard shot al-Jawawdeh in self-defence. A stray bullet accidentally injured the Jordanian building owner, he later succumbed to his wounds. Jordanian authorities had prevented the guard's departure from Amman but eventually allowed him to return which led to speculation that there had been an agreement between the Jordanian and Israeli governments that in exchange for the guard's return, the metal detectors at the al-Aqsa compound would be removed.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 61], "content_span": [62, 682]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272918-0016-0000", "contents": "2017 Temple Mount shooting, Aftermath, Related terror attacks\nOn Monday morning, 24 July, a Palestinian man from Qalqiliya stabbed a 32 year old Arab Israeli in Petah Tikva. A worker at a nearby pizza restaurant struck the attacker with a pizza tray. He was later arrested and said he did it for al-Aqsa, in reference to the new security measures.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 61], "content_span": [62, 347]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272918-0017-0000", "contents": "2017 Temple Mount shooting, Reactions, Media coverage\nAccording to Ynet, the breaking news report from Al-Jazeera reported only on the shooting of the attackers and not the incident itself. Donald Trump Jr. criticized BBC on Twitter for the way they headlined the attack.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 53], "content_span": [54, 271]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272919-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 Temple Owls football team\nThe 2017 Temple Owls football team represented Temple University in the 2017 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The Owls were led by first-year head coach Geoff Collins and played their home games at Lincoln Financial Field. They were members of the East Division of the American Athletic Conference. They finished the season 7\u20136, 4\u20134 in AAC play to finish in third place in the East Division. They were invited to the Gasparilla Bowl where they defeated FIU.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [30, 30], "content_span": [31, 492]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272919-0001-0000", "contents": "2017 Temple Owls football team, Game summaries, Tulsa\nat Skelly Field at H.A. Chapman Stadium \u2022 Tulsa, Oklahoma", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 53], "content_span": [54, 111]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272919-0002-0000", "contents": "2017 Temple Owls football team, NFL Players, NFL Draft Combine\nOne Temple player was invited to participate in the 2018 NFL Scouting Combine.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 62], "content_span": [63, 141]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272919-0003-0000", "contents": "2017 Temple Owls football team, NFL Players, 2018 NFL Draft\nFollowing the season, the following members of the Temple football team were selected in the 2018 NFL Draft.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 59], "content_span": [60, 168]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272919-0004-0000", "contents": "2017 Temple Owls football team, NFL Players, 2018 NFL Draft\nIn addition to the draft selections above, the following Temple players signed NFL contracts after the draft.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 59], "content_span": [60, 169]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272920-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 Tennessee State Tigers football team\nThe 2017 Tennessee State Tigers football team represented Tennessee State University as a member of the Ohio Valley Conference (OVC) in the 2017 NCAA Division I FCS football season. They were led by eighth-year head coach Rod Reed and played their home games at Nissan Stadium and Hale Stadium. Tennessee State finished the season 6\u20135 overall and 2\u20135 in OVC play to tie for seventh place.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [41, 41], "content_span": [42, 430]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272921-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 Tennessee Tech Golden Eagles football team\nThe 2017 Tennessee Tech Golden Eagles football team represented Tennessee Technological University in the 2017 NCAA Division I FCS football season. They were led by second-year head coach Marcus Satterfield and played their home games at Tucker Stadium. They were a member of the Ohio Valley Conference. They finished the season 1\u201310, 1\u20137 in OVC play to finish in last place.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 47], "section_span": [47, 47], "content_span": [48, 423]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272921-0001-0000", "contents": "2017 Tennessee Tech Golden Eagles football team\nOn November 19, 2017, head coach Marcus Satterfield was fired. He finished at Tennessee Tech with a two-year record of 6\u201316.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 47], "section_span": [47, 47], "content_span": [48, 172]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272922-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 Tennessee Titans season\nThe 2017 Tennessee Titans season was the franchise's 48th season in the National Football League and the 58th overall. It also marked the franchise's 21st season in the state of Tennessee as well as the second full season under head coach Mike Mularkey. They equaled their record from a year ago, and not only that, with a 15\u201310 win over the Jacksonville Jaguars in Week 17, they clinched their first playoff berth since 2008. In the first round, the Titans rallied from a 21\u20133 halftime deficit against the Chiefs to win 22\u201321, winning their first playoff game since 2003.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [28, 28], "content_span": [29, 601]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272922-0000-0001", "contents": "2017 Tennessee Titans season\nHowever, they were defeated by the New England Patriots in the Divisional Round by the score of 35\u201314. Despite making the playoffs and winning a playoff game, this would be Mularkey's final year coaching the Titans, as they parted ways after the season ended. This is also the last season where the Titans wore their uniform design since 1999.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [28, 28], "content_span": [29, 372]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272922-0001-0000", "contents": "2017 Tennessee Titans season, Offseason, Organizational changes\nOn January 4, the Titans fired wide receivers coach Bob Bratkowski and assistant wide receivers coach Jason Tucker. On January 5, general manager Jon Robinson was promoted to executive vice president/general manager.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 63], "content_span": [64, 280]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272922-0002-0000", "contents": "2017 Tennessee Titans season, Offseason, Roster changes, Reserve/future free agent contracts\nThe first transactions of the year occurred shortly after the conclusion of the 2016 regular season on January 3, 2017, when the Titans signed offensive lineman Karim Barton, linebacker Kourtnei Brown, tight end Jerome Cunningham, running back David Fluellen, wide receiver Jonathan Krause, offensive tackle Tyler Marz, and wide receiver K.J. Maye to reserve/future contracts.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 92], "content_span": [93, 469]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272922-0003-0000", "contents": "2017 Tennessee Titans season, Offseason, Roster changes, Reserve/future free agent contracts\nOn January 4, the Titans signed linebacker Reshard Cliett and tight end Tim Semisch to reserve/future contracts.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 92], "content_span": [93, 205]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272922-0004-0000", "contents": "2017 Tennessee Titans season, Offseason, Roster changes, Reserve/future free agent contracts\nThe Titans signed their final two futures contracts of 2017, in defensive back Tye Smith on January 16 and defensive tackle Caushaud Lyons on January 24.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 92], "content_span": [93, 246]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272922-0005-0000", "contents": "2017 Tennessee Titans season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 12: at Indianapolis Colts\nThis was the Titans' first win in Indianapolis since 2007, and their first season sweep of Indy since 2002.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 92], "content_span": [93, 200]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272922-0006-0000", "contents": "2017 Tennessee Titans season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 17: vs. Jacksonville Jaguars\nWith the win, the Titans clinched their first playoff berth since 2008.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 95], "content_span": [96, 167]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272922-0007-0000", "contents": "2017 Tennessee Titans season, Postseason, AFC Wild Card Playoffs: at (4) Kansas City Chiefs\nMarcus Mariota became the first quarterback in NFL playoff history to throw a touchdown to himself. In addition, the Titans won their first playoff game since 2003.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 91], "content_span": [92, 256]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272922-0008-0000", "contents": "2017 Tennessee Titans season, Postseason, AFC Divisional Playoffs: at (1) New England Patriots\nRookie Corey Davis caught his first career touchdowns. These would not be enough, however, as the top-seeded/defending champion Patriots steamrolled the Titans, 35-14. With the loss, the Titans' season ended, with a record of 10-8. With the Patriots losing to the Eagles three weeks later in Super Bowl LII, the Titans would have the third-longest championship drought of any team in the NFL, going back to 1961 when they were the Houston Oilers.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 94], "content_span": [95, 541]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272923-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 Tennessee Volunteers baseball team\nThe 2017 Tennessee Volunteers baseball team represented the University of Tennessee in the 2017 NCAA Division I baseball season. The Volunteers played their home games at Lindsey Nelson Stadium. The team was coached by Dave Serrano in his sixth season as head coach at Tennessee. Three games prior to the end of the season, Serrano announced that he will resign at its conclusion.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [39, 39], "content_span": [40, 420]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272924-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 Tennessee Volunteers football team\nThe 2017 Tennessee Volunteers football team represented the University of Tennessee in the 2017 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The Volunteers played their home games at Neyland Stadium in Knoxville, Tennessee and competed in the Eastern Division of the Southeastern Conference (SEC). They were led by fifth-year head coach Butch Jones until his firing on November 12. Brady Hoke was named the interim head coach for the remainder of the season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [39, 39], "content_span": [40, 490]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272924-0001-0000", "contents": "2017 Tennessee Volunteers football team\nThe team finished the season 4\u20138, 0\u20138 in SEC play in last place in the Eastern Division and the SEC. They were the first Tennessee team in program history to lose eight games in a season, as well as the first to not win an SEC game since becoming a charter member of the conference in 1932.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [39, 39], "content_span": [40, 330]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272924-0002-0000", "contents": "2017 Tennessee Volunteers football team, Schedule\nTennessee announced its 2017 football schedule on September 13, 2016. The 2017 schedule consisted of 7 home games, 4 away, and 1 neutral site game in the regular season. The Volunteers hosted SEC foes Georgia, South Carolina, LSU, and Vanderbilt, and traveled to Alabama, Florida, Kentucky, and Missouri.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 49], "content_span": [50, 354]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272924-0003-0000", "contents": "2017 Tennessee Volunteers football team, Schedule\nThe Volunteers hosted three of its four non\u2013conference games which were against Indiana State from the Missouri Valley Football Conference, UMass, who competes independently, and Southern Miss from Conference USA. They traveled to Atlanta, Georgia, for the Chick-fil-A Kickoff against Georgia Tech from the ACC.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 49], "content_span": [50, 361]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272924-0004-0000", "contents": "2017 Tennessee Volunteers football team, Game summaries, Georgia Tech\nIn a renewed rivalry with the Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets, the Tennessee Volunteers traveled to Atlanta to play in their second Chick-fil-A Kickoff Game. The Volunteers never had the lead in regulation play but scored two touchdowns in the fourth quarter to tie the game at 28 and force overtime. Each team traded touchdowns through two overtimes with Georgia Tech ultimately seeking to win the game on a two-point conversion. However, quarterback TaQuon Marshall could not complete the pass, and Tennessee secured the 42\u201341 victory.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 69], "content_span": [70, 603]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272924-0005-0000", "contents": "2017 Tennessee Volunteers football team, Game summaries, Georgia Tech\nIn his first start as a Volunteer, quarterback Quentin Dormady went 20-for-37 for 221 passing yards and a pair of touchdowns, both to wide receiver Marquez Callaway. Running back John Kelly ran for 128 rushing yards and four touchdowns. After averaging 47 yards on six punts, five of which pinned the Yellow Jackets inside their 20-yard line, punter Trevor Daniel was named Ray Guy Award Punter of the Week.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 69], "content_span": [70, 477]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272924-0006-0000", "contents": "2017 Tennessee Volunteers football team, Game summaries, Georgia Tech\nFollowing the game, Tennessee head coach Butch Jones stated, \"That was a very good college football game. I have a lot of respect for Georgia Tech. I am really proud of our players. We spoke all week long about a will to win, and that was the kind of game to find out our will to win. We knew that this was going to be a game that you had to show some resolve and some grit, and you had to play complementary football.\" He added, \"The resolve and resiliency of our defense, even though we gave up [535] yards rushing, we still managed to force two takeaways, and offensively, we didn't turn the football over, which was paramount to winning the football game.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 69], "content_span": [70, 730]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272924-0007-0000", "contents": "2017 Tennessee Volunteers football team, Game summaries, Indiana State\nIn their home opener, the #25 Tennessee Volunteers hosted the Indiana State Sycamores in the teams' first-ever meeting. From the opening kickoff, which Tennessee freshman running back Ty Chandler returned 91 yards for a touchdown, the Volunteers scored 28 unanswered points. Indiana State's only touchdown came early in the third quarter. Tennessee scored twice more to win their home-opener, 42\u20137. Following the game, Chandler was named SEC Freshman of the Week.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 70], "content_span": [71, 534]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272924-0008-0000", "contents": "2017 Tennessee Volunteers football team, Game summaries, Indiana State\nTennessee head coach Butch Jones called the outcome \"a good win.\" He added, \"With the short turnaround, I thought [our players] did a very good job all week long of trying to prepare their bodies and their minds, so I'm really proud of them. I thought one of the keys to the game was third-down defense and being able to get off the field.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 70], "content_span": [71, 411]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272924-0009-0000", "contents": "2017 Tennessee Volunteers football team, Game summaries, Florida\nIn a defensive battle throughout much of the game, the #23 Tennessee Volunteers faced their rivals, the #24 Florida Gators in Gainesville. Down by 10 points in the fourth quarter, Tennessee recovered to allow kicker Aaron Medley to tie the game at 20, after getting stalled in Florida territory with less than a minute to play. As time expired, Florida quarterback Feleipe Franks threw a 63-yard pass to open wide receiver Tyrie Cleveland for a touchdown, sealing a 26\u201320 victory.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 64], "content_span": [65, 545]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272924-0010-0000", "contents": "2017 Tennessee Volunteers football team, Game summaries, Alabama\nFor the 11th straight time, the Crimson Tide defeated the Volunteers in their annual rivalry game. Tennessee's lone score came on a 97-yard pick-six from Daniel Bituli off of Tua Tagovailoa in the third quarter.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 64], "content_span": [65, 276]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272924-0011-0000", "contents": "2017 Tennessee Volunteers football team, Game summaries, Kentucky\nFor only the second time in the last 33 meetings, and despite having a turnover margin of 4\u20130, the Kentucky Wildcats defeated the Tennessee Volunteers by a score of 29\u201326.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 65], "content_span": [66, 237]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272924-0012-0000", "contents": "2017 Tennessee Volunteers football team, Game summaries, Southern Miss\nThe Volunteers snapped a four-game losing streak in the 24\u201310 victory over Southern Miss. Running back John Kelly recorded two touchdowns and quarterback Jarrett Guarantano had one rushing touchdown.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 70], "content_span": [71, 270]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272925-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 Tennis Championships of Maui\nThe 2017 Tennis Championships of Maui will be a professional tennis tournament played on outdoor hard courts. It will be the eighth edition of the tournament and part of the 2017 ATP Challenger Tour. It will take place in Lahaina, Maui, United States between 24\u201329 January 2017.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [33, 33], "content_span": [34, 312]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272925-0001-0000", "contents": "2017 Tennis Championships of Maui, Singles main draw entrants, Other entrants\nThe following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 77], "content_span": [78, 146]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272926-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 Tennis Championships of Maui \u2013 Doubles\nJason Jung and Dennis Novikov were the defending champions but only Novikov chose to defend his title, partnering Julio Peralta. Novikov lost in the semifinals to Austin Krajicek and Jackson Withrow.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [43, 43], "content_span": [44, 243]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272926-0001-0000", "contents": "2017 Tennis Championships of Maui \u2013 Doubles\nKrajicek and Withrow won the title after defeating Bradley Klahn and Tennys Sandgren 6\u20134, 6\u20133 in the final.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [43, 43], "content_span": [44, 151]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272927-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 Tennis Championships of Maui \u2013 Singles\nWu Di was the defending champion but lost in the first round to Tommy Paul.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [43, 43], "content_span": [44, 119]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272927-0001-0000", "contents": "2017 Tennis Championships of Maui \u2013 Singles\nChung Hyeon won the title after defeating Taro Daniel 7\u20136(7\u20133), 6\u20131 in the final.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [43, 43], "content_span": [44, 125]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272928-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 Tennis Classic of Macon\nThe 2017 Tennis Classic of Macon was a professional tennis tournament played on outdoor hard courts. It was the fifth edition of the tournament and was part of the 2017 ITF Women's Circuit. It took place in Macon, United States, on 23\u201329 October 2017.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [28, 28], "content_span": [29, 280]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272928-0001-0000", "contents": "2017 Tennis Classic of Macon, Singles main draw entrants, Other entrants\nThe following players received a wildcard into the singles main draw:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 72], "content_span": [73, 142]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272929-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 Tennis Classic of Macon \u2013 Doubles\nMicha\u00eblla Krajicek and Taylor Townsend were the defending champions, but Krajicek chose not to participate. Townsend plays alongside Jessica Pegula, but they withdrew before their quarterfinal match.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [38, 38], "content_span": [39, 238]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272929-0001-0000", "contents": "2017 Tennis Classic of Macon \u2013 Doubles\nKaitlyn Christian and Sabrina Santamaria won the title after defeating Paula Cristina Gon\u00e7alves and Sanaz Marand 6\u20131, 6\u20130 in the final.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [38, 38], "content_span": [39, 174]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272930-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 Tennis Classic of Macon \u2013 Singles\nKayla Day was the defending champion, but lost in the semifinal to Victoria Duval.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [38, 38], "content_span": [39, 121]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272930-0001-0000", "contents": "2017 Tennis Classic of Macon \u2013 Singles\nAnna Karol\u00edna Schmiedlov\u00e1 won the title after defeating Duval 6\u20134, 6\u20131 in the final.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [38, 38], "content_span": [39, 123]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272931-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 Tercera Divisi\u00f3n play-offs\nThe 2017 Tercera Divisi\u00f3n play-offs to Segunda Divisi\u00f3n B from Tercera Divisi\u00f3n (Promotion play-offs) were the final playoffs for the promotion from 2016\u201317 Tercera Divisi\u00f3n to 2017\u201318 Segunda Divisi\u00f3n B. The first four teams in each group took part in the play-off.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [31, 31], "content_span": [32, 298]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272931-0001-0000", "contents": "2017 Tercera Divisi\u00f3n play-offs, Format\nThe eighteen group winners have the opportunity to be promoted directly to Segunda Divisi\u00f3n B. The eighteen group winners were drawn into a two-legged series where the nine winners will promote to Segunda Divisi\u00f3n B. The nine losing clubs will enter the play-off round for the last nine promotion spots.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 39], "content_span": [40, 343]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272931-0002-0000", "contents": "2017 Tercera Divisi\u00f3n play-offs, Format\nThe eighteen runners-up were drawn against one of the eighteen fourth-placed clubs outside their group and the eighteen third-placed clubs were drawn against one another in a two-legged series. The twenty-seven winners will advance with the nine losing clubs from the champions' series to determine the eighteen teams that will enter the last two-legged series for the last nine promotion spots. In all the playoff series, the lower-ranked club play at home first. Whenever there is a tie in position (e.g. like the group winners in the champions' series or the third-placed teams in the first round), a draw determines the club to play at home first.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 39], "content_span": [40, 691]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272932-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 Terengganu FA season\nThe 2017 season was Terengganu's 1st season in Liga Premier since relegated in 2016 season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [25, 25], "content_span": [26, 117]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272932-0001-0000", "contents": "2017 Terengganu FA season, Transfers\nFirst transfer window started in December 2017 to 22 January 2017 and second transfer window started on 15 May 2017 to 11 June 2017.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 36], "content_span": [37, 169]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272932-0002-0000", "contents": "2017 Terengganu FA season, Competitions, Piala Malaysia\nOn 22 May 2017, the group stages were confirmed with Terengganu facing Selangor, Johor Darul Ta'zim and Sarawak in Group D.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 55], "content_span": [56, 179]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272932-0003-0000", "contents": "2017 Terengganu FA season, Statistics, Top scorers\nThe list is sorted by shirt number when total goals are equal.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 50], "content_span": [51, 113]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272932-0004-0000", "contents": "2017 Terengganu FA season, Statistics, Top scorers\n* Player names in bold denotes player that left mid-season", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 50], "content_span": [51, 109]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272932-0005-0000", "contents": "2017 Terengganu FA season, Statistics, Clean sheets\nThe list is sorted by shirt number when total clean sheets are equal.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 51], "content_span": [52, 121]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272933-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 Teretonga Park TRS round\nThe 2017 Teretonga Park TRS round was the second round of the 2017 Toyota Racing Series. The event was held at Teretonga Park, in Invercargill, New Zealand from 21 to 22 January 2017.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [29, 29], "content_span": [30, 213]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272933-0001-0000", "contents": "2017 Teretonga Park TRS round\nRichard Verschoor demonstrated a consistent run of form and cruised to overall victory for the weekend, extending his championship lead over the rest of the field.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [29, 29], "content_span": [30, 193]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272933-0002-0000", "contents": "2017 Teretonga Park TRS round, Background\nRookie Richard Verschoor is the points leader heading into the second round of the Toyota Racing Series, in a demonstration of consistency \u2013 which he would later claim to be vital toward winning the championship. Star performances throughout the grid included Marcus Armstrong, who won on his first outing and demonstrated pace throughout the entire weekend, firming his challenge for the title in his rookie year.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 41], "content_span": [42, 456]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272933-0003-0000", "contents": "2017 Teretonga Park TRS round, Report, Practice\nThe first two practice sessions were held on the Thursday and Daruvala once again proved his pace by setting the fastest time in both sessions. The beginning of Friday proved to be treacherous, with damp conditions hampering the session. Richard Verschoor was the fastest in the first free practice of Friday, with a time of 1:00.245. Conditions began to improve in the next session and local racer, Brendon Leitch was the first to break into the 53's, which saw him take the fastest time for free practice four.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 47], "content_span": [48, 560]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272933-0004-0000", "contents": "2017 Teretonga Park TRS round, Report, Race 1, Qualifying\nThomas Randle continued his strong form by taking pole position, with a narrow margin over Richard Verschoor. Leitch acquired third place on the grid.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 57], "content_span": [58, 208]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272933-0005-0000", "contents": "2017 Teretonga Park TRS round, Report, Race 1, Race\nAfter Randle initially took the win, stewards deemed him, as well as Daruvala and Hayek as to have jumped the start. Therefore, a 10-second penalty was applied to these competitors, handing the win over to Richard Verschoor.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 51], "content_span": [52, 276]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272933-0006-0000", "contents": "2017 Teretonga Park TRS round, Report, Race 3, Qualifying\nLocal knowledge paid off as Leitch secured pole position for the feature race with tight margins between the top few cars. Randle achieved second and Daruvala was third.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 57], "content_span": [58, 227]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272934-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 Tevlin Women's Challenger\nThe 2017 Tevlin Women's Challenger was a professional tennis tournament played on indoor hard courts. It was the 13th edition of the tournament and part of the 2017 ITF Women's Circuit, offering a total of $50,000 in prize money. It took place in Toronto, Ontario, Canada between October 30 and November 5, 2017.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [30, 30], "content_span": [31, 343]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272934-0001-0000", "contents": "2017 Tevlin Women's Challenger, Singles main draw entrants, Other entrants\nThe following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 74], "content_span": [75, 143]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272934-0002-0000", "contents": "2017 Tevlin Women's Challenger, Singles main draw entrants, Other entrants\nThe following player entered the singles main draw with a protected ranking:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 74], "content_span": [75, 151]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272934-0003-0000", "contents": "2017 Tevlin Women's Challenger, Singles main draw entrants, Other entrants\nThe following players received entry into the singles main draw by special exempts:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 74], "content_span": [75, 158]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272935-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 Tevlin Women's Challenger \u2013 Doubles\nGabriela Dabrowski and Micha\u00eblla Krajicek were the defending champions, but decided not to participate this year.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [40, 40], "content_span": [41, 154]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272935-0001-0000", "contents": "2017 Tevlin Women's Challenger \u2013 Doubles\nAlexa Guarachi and Erin Routliffe won the title, defeating Ysaline Bonaventure and Victoria Rodr\u00edguez 7\u20136(7\u20134), 3\u20136, [10\u20134] in the final.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [40, 40], "content_span": [41, 178]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272936-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 Tevlin Women's Challenger \u2013 Singles\nCatherine Bellis was the defending champion, but decided not to participate this year.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [40, 40], "content_span": [41, 127]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272936-0001-0000", "contents": "2017 Tevlin Women's Challenger \u2013 Singles\nYsaline Bonaventure won the title, defeating Patty Schnyder 7\u20136(7\u20133), 6\u20133 in the final.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [40, 40], "content_span": [41, 129]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272937-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 Texas A&M Aggies baseball team\nThe 2017 Texas A&M Aggies baseball team represents the Texas A&M University in the 2017 NCAA Division I baseball season. The Aggies play their home games at Olsen Field at Blue Bell Park.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [35, 35], "content_span": [36, 223]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272937-0001-0000", "contents": "2017 Texas A&M Aggies baseball team\nThe Aggies reached the College World Series for the sixth time in school history.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [35, 35], "content_span": [36, 117]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272938-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 Texas A&M Aggies football team\nThe 2017 Texas A&M Aggies football team represented Texas A&M University in the 2017 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The Aggies played their home games at Kyle Field in College Station, Texas and competed in the Western Division of the Southeastern Conference (SEC). They were led by sixth-year head coach Kevin Sumlin. They finished the season 7\u20136, 4\u20134 in SEC play to finish in a tie for fourth place in the Western Division. They were invited to the Belk Bowl where they lost to Wake Forest. This season was the first time since 2009 that Texas A&M was not ranked in the AP Poll during the regular season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [35, 35], "content_span": [36, 648]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272938-0001-0000", "contents": "2017 Texas A&M Aggies football team\nOn November 26, head coach Kevin Sumlin was fired. He finished at Texas A&M with a six-year record of 51\u201326. Interim head coach Jeff Banks led the Aggies in the Belk Bowl.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [35, 35], "content_span": [36, 207]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272938-0002-0000", "contents": "2017 Texas A&M Aggies football team\nOn December 2, Florida State head coach Jimbo Fisher was hired by Texas A&M as their new head coach.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [35, 35], "content_span": [36, 136]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272938-0003-0000", "contents": "2017 Texas A&M Aggies football team, Schedule\nTexas A&M announced its 2017 football schedule on September 13, 2016. The 2017 schedule consists of 7 home games, 4 away games and 1 neutral site game in the regular season. The Aggies will host SEC foes Alabama, Auburn, Mississippi State, and South Carolina, and will travel to Florida, LSU, and Ole Miss. Texas A&M will go against Arkansas for the fourth time in a row in Arlington, Texas.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 45], "content_span": [46, 437]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272938-0004-0000", "contents": "2017 Texas A&M Aggies football team, Schedule\nThe Aggies will host three of its four non\u2013conference games which are against Louisiana from the Sun Belt Conference, New Mexico from the Mountain West Conference and Nicholls State from the Southland Conference and travel to UCLA from the Pac-12 Conference.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 45], "content_span": [46, 304]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272938-0005-0000", "contents": "2017 Texas A&M Aggies football team, Game summaries, UCLA\nThe Texas A&M Aggies opened up the 2017 season on the road against the UCLA Bruins at the Rose Bowl. Despite leading the Bruins 44\u201310 with 4:08 left in the 3rd, the Aggies were stifled in the 4th quarter, losing 45\u201344. The 34 point comeback victory is the largest in UCLA history. Nick Starkel started at quarterback for Texas A&M before leaving the game with an apparent left foot injury, with Kellen Mond taking his place.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 57], "content_span": [58, 482]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272939-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 Texas A&M\u2013Commerce Lions football team\nThe 2017 Texas A&M\u2013Commerce Lions football team represented Texas A&M University\u2013Commerce in the 2017 NCAA Division II football season. They were led by head coach Colby Carthel, who was in his fifth season at Texas A&M-Commerce. The Lions played their home games at Memorial Stadium and were members of the Lone Star Conference. The Lions won the NCAA Division II Football Championship. Quarterback Luis Perez also won the Harlon Hill Trophy.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [43, 43], "content_span": [44, 487]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272939-0001-0000", "contents": "2017 Texas A&M\u2013Commerce Lions football team, Previous season\nThe 2016 team finished with an overall record of 11\u20132 and ranked no. 9 in the final AFCA poll. The Lions lost only one regular season game, 25\u201326 to instate rival Midwestern State, and were Lone Star Conference champions. The team made the NCAA Division II Postseason Tournament, defeating no. 5 Colorado Mesa 34\u201323 in the regional quarterfinal, but lost to no. 1 Grand Valley State 32\u201355 in the semifinals round.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [45, 60], "content_span": [61, 474]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272939-0002-0000", "contents": "2017 Texas A&M\u2013Commerce Lions football team, Schedule\nTexas A&M\u2013Commerce announced its 2017 football schedule on December 12, 2016. The schedule consisted of five home and away games in the regular season. The Lions hosted LSC foes Angelo State, Eastern New Mexico, Texas-Permian Basin, and Western New Mexico and traveled to Midwestern State, Tarleton State, Texas A&M-Kingsville, and West Texas A&M", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [45, 53], "content_span": [54, 400]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272939-0003-0000", "contents": "2017 Texas A&M\u2013Commerce Lions football team, Schedule\nThe Lions hosted one of the two non-conference games against William Jewell from the Great Lakes Valley Conference and traveled to North Alabama from the Gulf South Conference.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [45, 53], "content_span": [54, 230]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272939-0004-0000", "contents": "2017 Texas A&M\u2013Commerce Lions football team, Game summaries, at No. 6 North Alabama\nThe Lions started the 2017 season on the road against the no. 6 North Alabama Lions from the Gulf South Conference. The game was originally scheduled to be played a day earlier, on August 31, but was postponed due to Hurricane Harvey.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [45, 83], "content_span": [84, 318]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272939-0005-0000", "contents": "2017 Texas A&M\u2013Commerce Lions football team, Game summaries, at No. 6 North Alabama\nThe first half was a defensive battle between the two teams, with only two drives not ending in a punt, both by North Alabama. The first drive was in the first quarter when Dre Hall caught a 20-yard pass from Blake Hawkins to put North Alabama up 7\u20130 following Chandlr Carrera's kick. The second drive occurred in the second quarter when Carrera missed a 37-yard field goal. Commerce would finally get on the board on its first drive of the second half, with Kristov Martinez making a 30-yard field goal.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [45, 83], "content_span": [84, 588]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272939-0005-0001", "contents": "2017 Texas A&M\u2013Commerce Lions football team, Game summaries, at No. 6 North Alabama\nOn North Alabama's following possession, Carrera would miss another field goal, this time from 42 yards. Commerce's next three drives would end with Luis Perez throwing an interception. Commerce would score again with 4:18 left when Blake Hawkins was tackled in his own endzone by Chris Smith, resulting in a safety. On the following drive, Martinez would make a 30-yard field goal to give Commerce a 8\u20137 lead with 1:12 left. North Alabama attempted a 55-yard field goal on the next drive, this time by Joe Gurley, but the kicked was blocked and recovered by Commerce with 12 seconds remaining in the game.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [45, 83], "content_span": [84, 690]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272939-0006-0000", "contents": "2017 Texas A&M\u2013Commerce Lions football team, Game summaries, at No. 7 Central Washington (Regional Semifinal)\nThe Lions traveled to Ellensburg, Washington to face the no. 7 Wildcats in the Regional Semifinal of the Division II playoffs. Texas A&M\u2013Commerce trailed Eastern Washington 28\u20137 at halftime, but scored 21 unanswered points in the second half to tie the game. The two teams traded field goals in the first overtime period, with the Lions' Kristov Martinez making a 38-yard field goal in the second overtime period to win the game and advance to the Regional Final.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [45, 109], "content_span": [110, 573]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272940-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 Texas A&M\u2013Kingsville Javelinas football team\nThe 2017 Texas A&M\u2013Kingsville Javelinas football team represented Texas A&M University\u2013Kingsville in the 2017 NCAA Division II football season. They were led by third-year head coach Daren Wilkinson. The Javelinas played their home games at Javelina Stadium and were members of the Lone Star Conference.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 49], "section_span": [49, 49], "content_span": [50, 353]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272940-0001-0000", "contents": "2017 Texas A&M\u2013Kingsville Javelinas football team, Schedule\nTexas A&M\u2013Kingsville announced its 2017 football schedule on December 3, 2016. The schedule consists of five home and six away games in the regular season. The Javelinas will host LSC foes Tarleton State, Texas A&M-Commerce, and West Texas A&M and will travel to Angelo State, Eastern New Mexico, Midwestern State, Texas-Permian Basin, and Western New Mexico.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 49], "section_span": [51, 59], "content_span": [60, 419]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272940-0002-0000", "contents": "2017 Texas A&M\u2013Kingsville Javelinas football team, Schedule\nThe Javelinas will host two of the three non-conference games against Central Washington from the Great Northwest Athletic Conference (GNAC) and William Jewell from the Great Lakes Valley Conference and will travel to Simon Fraser also from the GNAC.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 49], "section_span": [51, 59], "content_span": [60, 310]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272941-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 Texas Bowl\nThe 2017 Texas Bowl was an American college football bowl game played on December 27, 2017, at NRG Stadium in Houston, Texas. Sponsored by the Academy Sports + Outdoors sporting goods company, it was officially known as the Academy Sports + Outdoors Texas Bowl. The game was one of the 2017\u201318 bowl games concluding the 2017 FBS football season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [15, 15], "content_span": [16, 361]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272941-0001-0000", "contents": "2017 Texas Bowl\nThe twelfth edition of the Texas Bowl, the game featured the Texas Longhorns of the Big 12 Conference against the Missouri Tigers of the Southeastern Conference. This was the teams' 24th meeting. Prior to the game, Texas led the series 17\u20136. This was their first match-up since Missouri left the Big 12 Conference after the 2011 season. Texas defeated Missouri, 33\u201316.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [15, 15], "content_span": [16, 384]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272942-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 Texas Longhorns baseball team\nThe 2017 Texas Longhorns baseball team represented the University of Texas at Austin during the 2017 NCAA Division I baseball season. The Longhorns played their home games at UFCU Disch\u2013Falk Field as a member of the Big 12 Conference. They were led by head coach David Pierce, in his first season at Texas.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [34, 34], "content_span": [35, 341]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272942-0001-0000", "contents": "2017 Texas Longhorns baseball team\nThe Longhorns finished as the runner-up for the 2017 Big 12 Conference Baseball Tournament, then finished as runner-up to Long Beach State in the Long Beach Regional.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [34, 34], "content_span": [35, 201]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272942-0002-0000", "contents": "2017 Texas Longhorns baseball team, Rankings\n^ Collegiate Baseball ranks 40 teams in their preseason poll, but only ranks 30 teams weekly during the season. \u2020 NCBWA ranks 35 teams in their preseason poll, but only ranks 30 teams weekly during the season. * New poll was not released for this week so for comparison purposes the previous week's ranking is inserted in this week's slot.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 44], "content_span": [45, 384]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272943-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 Texas Longhorns football team\nThe 2017 Texas Longhorns football team, known variously as \"Texas\", \"UT\", the \"Longhorns\", or the \"Horns\", was a collegiate American football team representing the University of Texas at Austin as a member of the Big 12 Conference in the 2017 NCAA Division I FBS football season; the 2017\u00a0team was the 125th to represent the university in college football. The Longhorns were led by first-year head coach Tom Herman with Tim Beck as the team's offensive coordinator and Todd Orlando as the team's defensive coordinator. The team played its home games at Darrell K Royal\u2013Texas Memorial Stadium in Austin, Texas.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [34, 34], "content_span": [35, 645]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272943-0001-0000", "contents": "2017 Texas Longhorns football team\nFollowing a 5\u20137\u00a0season the previous year, the 2017\u00a0preseason involved a complete overhaul of the coaching staff for the Texas Longhorns football team. On November 27, 2016, Houston head coach Tom Herman was hired as the Longhorns head coach, replacing Charlie Strong.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [34, 34], "content_span": [35, 302]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272943-0002-0000", "contents": "2017 Texas Longhorns football team, Personnel\nAn entire staff needed to be built as Coach Herman chose not to retain any current staff members that were under Coach Strong. The initial group of 6 that followed Herman from Houston to Texas included four assistant coaches, all of whom have extensive coaching experience in the state of Texas with three being Texas natives. Former Longhorn great Oscar Giles, Corby Meekins, Derek Warehime and Jason Washington all were coaches on Herman's Houston staff and will join him in Austin. Positions and titles for the assistant coaches will be announced after the completion of the staff. In addition, Fernando Lovo will serve as Assistant AD for Football Operations, while Derek Chang will be Director of Player Personnel. Both also come from Herman's UH staff.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 45], "content_span": [46, 804]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272943-0003-0000", "contents": "2017 Texas Longhorns football team, Personnel\nTexas then added another former Herman UH assistant, the one year offensive coordinator from Rutgers Drew Mehringer as the passing game coordinator. 4 more pieces of the puzzle then were announced on Dec 19, more from his Houston staff. Todd Orlando, who was Hermans Defensive Coorindator at Houston comes over in the same role. Assistant Coach Craig Naviar also joins him. Additionally, Yancy McKnight will serve as Head Strength and Conditioning Coach for Football, while Tory Teykl will be Director of Football Operations. Herman also added the recently retired NFL player and former Longhorn Michael Huff as a quality control/assistant DB coach.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 45], "content_span": [46, 695]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272943-0004-0000", "contents": "2017 Texas Longhorns football team, Schedule, Media affiliates\nTexas' flagship radio station is KTXX-FM (\"The Horn\", 104.9 FM) based in Austin, Texas. Fourteen other FM\u00a0stations and twenty-one AM\u00a0stations cover UT's football games around Texas, while a pair of FM and AM stations based in Austin cover Texas games in Spanish. Texas Longhorns football games are broadcast via satellite radio on Sirius channel\u00a0117, XM channel\u00a0202, and SiriusXM channel\u00a0969.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 62], "content_span": [63, 455]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272944-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 Texas Rangers season\nThe 2017 Texas Rangers season was the franchise's 57th overall, their 46th in Arlington, Texas and their 24th at Globe Life Park in Arlington. The Rangers began the season on April 3 against the Cleveland Indians and finished the season on October 1 against the Oakland A's.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [25, 25], "content_span": [26, 301]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272944-0001-0000", "contents": "2017 Texas Rangers season, Offseason and spring training\nThe Rangers posted a 17\u201316 win\u2013loss record in pre-season spring training, as well as playing three tied games that were not included in the standings.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 56], "content_span": [57, 207]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272945-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 Texas Southern Tigers football team\nThe 2017 Texas Southern Tigers football team represented Texas Southern University in the 2017 NCAA Division I FCS football season. The Tigers were led by second-year head coach Michael Haywood and played their home games at a BBVA Compass Stadium in Houston, Texas as members of the West Division of the Southwestern Athletic Conference (SWAC). The Tigers finished the season 2\u20139, 2\u20135 in SWAC play to finish in fourth place in the West Division.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [40, 40], "content_span": [41, 487]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272945-0001-0000", "contents": "2017 Texas Southern Tigers football team, Preseason\nThe Tigers were picked to finish in fourth place in the West Division.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 51], "content_span": [52, 122]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272946-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 Texas State Bobcats baseball team\nThe 2017 Texas State Bobcats baseball team represented the Texas State University in the 2017 NCAA Division I baseball season. The Bobcats played their home games at Bobcat Ballpark.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [38, 38], "content_span": [39, 221]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272946-0001-0000", "contents": "2017 Texas State Bobcats baseball team, Schedule and results\nTexas State announced its 2017 baseball schedule on October 26, 2016. The 2017 schedule consisted of 33 home and 23 away games in the regular season. The Bobcats hosted Sun Belts foes Arkansas State, Coastal Carolina, Georgia State, Louisiana\u2013Monroe, and Texas\u2013Arlington and will travel to Appalachian State, Little Rock, Louisiana, South Alabama, and Troy.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 60], "content_span": [61, 418]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272946-0002-0000", "contents": "2017 Texas State Bobcats baseball team, Schedule and results\nThe 2017 Sun Belt Conference Championship was contested May 24\u201328 in Statesboro, Georgia, and was hosted by Georgia Southern.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 60], "content_span": [61, 186]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272946-0003-0000", "contents": "2017 Texas State Bobcats baseball team, Schedule and results\nTexas State finished 4th in the west division of the conference which qualified the Bobcats to compete in the tournament as the 8th seed to seek for the team's 1st Sun Belt Conference tournament title.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 60], "content_span": [61, 263]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272947-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 Texas State Bobcats football team\nThe 2017 Texas State Bobcats football team represented Texas State University in the 2017 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The Bobcats played their home games at Bobcat Stadium in San Marcos, Texas, and competed in the Sun Belt Conference. They were led by second-year head coach Everett Withers. They finished the season 2\u201310, 1\u20137 in Sun Belt play to finish in last place.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [38, 38], "content_span": [39, 416]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272947-0001-0000", "contents": "2017 Texas State Bobcats football team, Schedule\nTexas State announced its 2017 football schedule on March 1, 2017. The 2017 schedule consists of 6 home and away games in the regular season. The Bobcats will host Sun Belt foes Appalachian State, Georgia State, Louisiana\u2013Monroe, and New Mexico State, and will travel to Arkansas State, Coastal Carolina, Louisiana\u2013Lafayette, and Troy.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 48], "content_span": [49, 384]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272947-0002-0000", "contents": "2017 Texas State Bobcats football team, Schedule\nThe Bobcats will host two of the four non-conference opponents, Houston Baptist from the Southland Conference and UTSA from Conference USA, and will travel to Colorado from the Pac-12 Conference and Wyoming from the Mountain West Conference.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 48], "content_span": [49, 291]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272947-0003-0000", "contents": "2017 Texas State Bobcats football team, Coaching staff\nAfter the 2016 season, Texas State lost several coaches to other programs, e.g. Mississippi State, Notre Dame, and Boston College. Withers reached into his past to hire Zak Kuhr from Rutgers. Kuhr was formerly the running backs coach at James Madison University under Coach Withers in 2014 and 2015, adding the co-offensive coordinator title in 2015. Withers filled the remaining openings on the staff with Eric Mateos from LSU and by promoting graduate assistant Preston Mason to full-time.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 54], "content_span": [55, 546]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272948-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 Texas Tech Red Raiders baseball team\nThe 2017 Texas Tech Red Raiders baseball team represents Texas Tech University during the 2017 NCAA Division I baseball season. The Red Raiders play their home games at Dan Law Field at Rip Griffin Park as a member of the Big 12 Conference. They are led by head coach Tim Tadlock, in his 5th season at Texas Tech.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [41, 41], "content_span": [42, 355]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272948-0001-0000", "contents": "2017 Texas Tech Red Raiders baseball team, Rankings\n^ Collegiate Baseball ranks 40 teams in their preseason poll, but only ranks 30 teams weekly during the season. \u2020 NCBWA ranks 35 teams in their preseason poll, but only ranks 30 teams weekly during the season. * New poll was not released for this week so for comparison purposes the previous week's ranking is inserted in this week's slot.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [43, 51], "content_span": [52, 391]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272949-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 Texas Tech Red Raiders football team\nThe 2017 Texas Tech Red Raiders football team represented Texas Tech University in the 2017 NCAA Division I FBS football season. Kliff Kingsbury led the Red Raiders in his fifth season as the program's 15th head coach. The Red Raiders played their home games on the university's campus in Lubbock, Texas at Jones AT&T Stadium, and competed as members of the Big 12 Conference. They finished the season 6\u20137, 3\u20136 in Big 12 play to finish in eighth place. They were invited to the Birmingham Bowl where they lost to South Florida.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [41, 41], "content_span": [42, 569]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272949-0001-0000", "contents": "2017 Texas Tech Red Raiders football team, Previous season\nThe 2016 Texas Tech Red Raiders football team finished 5\u20137, 3\u20136 in Big 12 play. The team's conference wins were against Kansas, TCU, and Baylor and finished in 8th place in the Big 12. The Red Raiders finished the 2016 season with a 55\u201334 victory over Baylor, snapping a 5-game losing streak against the Bears.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [43, 58], "content_span": [59, 369]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272949-0002-0000", "contents": "2017 Texas Tech Red Raiders football team, Previous season\nThe 2016 team finished with the 6th best offense and the worst defense in Division I FBS.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [43, 58], "content_span": [59, 148]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272949-0003-0000", "contents": "2017 Texas Tech Red Raiders football team, Spring game\nTexas Tech's 2017 spring game was held at The Ford Center at The Star in Frisco, Texas on April 1, 2017. The Red Raiders are the first collegiate football program to hold an event at The Star.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [43, 54], "content_span": [55, 247]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272949-0004-0000", "contents": "2017 Texas Tech Red Raiders football team, Schedule\nTexas Tech announced their 2017 schedule on December 13, 2016. The 2017 schedule consisted of 6 home games, 5 away games, and 1 neutral site game in the regular season. The Red Raiders hosted Big 12 foes Oklahoma State, Iowa State, Kansas State, and TCU and traveled to Kansas, West Virginia, and Texas. Texas Tech played Baylor in Arlington, Texas at AT&T Stadium for the 76th meeting in their rivalry.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [43, 51], "content_span": [52, 455]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272949-0005-0000", "contents": "2017 Texas Tech Red Raiders football team, Schedule\nThe Red Raiders hosted non-conference games against Eastern Washington and Arizona State and traveled to their other non-conference opponent Houston in Houston, Texas.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [43, 51], "content_span": [52, 219]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272949-0006-0000", "contents": "2017 Texas Tech Red Raiders football team, Season summary, Eastern Washington\nThe Red Raiders entered the game with quarterback Nic Shimonek making his first career start for Texas Tech after former Tech quarterback Patrick Mahomes II was drafted by the Kansas City Chiefs in the 2017 NFL Draft. Shimonek started the game by completing 14 straight passes and exited the game in the 3rd quarter, finishing 26/30 for 384 yards and 3 touchdowns with no interceptions. Red Raider backups McLane Carter and Jeff Duffey went 3/3 for 49 yards, 1 touchdown and 2/2 for 16 yards, respectively.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [43, 77], "content_span": [78, 584]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272949-0007-0000", "contents": "2017 Texas Tech Red Raiders football team, Season summary, Eastern Washington\nThe Red Raiders received the opening kickoff and started at their own 25-yard line, but a delay of game penalty pushed them back to the 20. Shimonek was sacked on 3rd and 7, forcing the Red Raiders to punt on a three and out. The Eagles started at the Texas Tech 39-yard line following the punt, but Nic Sblendorio fumbled the ball and it was recovered by Texas Tech's Douglas Coleman III. The Red Raiders failed to capitalize on the turnover and punted from the Eastern Washington 43-yard line. The two teams traded punts before Tech scored on a Justin Stockton 25-yard run late in the 1st quarter with Michael Ewton making the PAT.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [43, 77], "content_span": [78, 711]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272949-0008-0000", "contents": "2017 Texas Tech Red Raiders football team, Season summary, Eastern Washington\nEastern Washington opened the second quarter by marching down field to the Texas Tech 4-yard line, getting their first score of the day on a 22-yard field goal from Roldan Alcobendas to trail 7\u20133 with 10:32 left in the first half. The Red Raiders responded to the field goal on their next possession with Shimonek finding Derrick Willies for a 75\u2013yard touchdown reception to lead 14\u20133 after Ewton's PAT. The Eagle's made it to the Tech 31-yard line and decided to go for it on 4th and 1, but couldn't pick up the first down.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [43, 77], "content_span": [78, 602]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272949-0008-0001", "contents": "2017 Texas Tech Red Raiders football team, Season summary, Eastern Washington\nAfter the turnover on downs, Shimonek threw a 68-yard touchdown pass to Keke Coutee to widen their lead to 21\u20133 following the PAT. The Eagles responded to the touchdown on their next possession with a 22-yard pass from Gage Gubrud to Terrance Grady; with Alcobendas making the PAT Eastern Washington trailed Texas Tech 10\u201321 with 4:07 left in the half. The Red Raiders would score another touchdown to lead 28\u201310 at halftime.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [43, 77], "content_span": [78, 503]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272949-0009-0000", "contents": "2017 Texas Tech Red Raiders football team, Season summary, Eastern Washington\nTexas Tech scored two offensive touchdowns in the 3rd quarter, one a 1-yard run from Tre King and another one a 4-yard run from Justin Stockton. With 3:09 left in the 3rd quarter, Guburd threw an interception to Willie Sykes who returned it 33-yards for a pick six, extending Tech's lead to 49\u201310 following Ewton's PAT. Texas Tech backup quarterback McLane Carter entered the game late in the 3rd quarter, ending the drive with a 22-yard touchdown pass Quan Shorts late in the 4th quarter. The Red Raiders ended their next two drives by turning over on downs.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [43, 77], "content_span": [78, 637]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272949-0009-0001", "contents": "2017 Texas Tech Red Raiders football team, Season summary, Eastern Washington\nThe Red Raiders won their season opener 56\u201310, improving to 5\u20130 in season openers under head coach Kliff Kingsbury. The Texas Tech defense held Eastern Washington, a team that has won 3 out of its last 5 games against FBS opponents, to only 10 points and 301 total yards while forcing 3 turnovers.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [43, 77], "content_span": [78, 375]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272949-0010-0000", "contents": "2017 Texas Tech Red Raiders football team, Season summary, Arizona State\nKickoff was delayed for an hour due to thunderstorms in the Lubbock area.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [43, 72], "content_span": [73, 146]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272949-0011-0000", "contents": "2017 Texas Tech Red Raiders football team, Season summary, Arizona State\nThe Sun Devils received the opening kickoff, with Michael Barden's kick going out of bounds. Arizona State started at their own 35-yard line, making it all the way to the Texas Tech 23-yard line before the drive stalled out. Brandon Ruiz tried for a 41-yard field goal, but missed. The Red Raiders took over at their own 23, but couldn't pick up a first down and punted the ball. Arizona State made it to the Texas Tech 26-yard line, before bringing out Ruiz for another field goal attempt. This time Ruiz's kick, a 44-yard attempt, was good, giving the Sun Devils a 3\u20130 lead midway through the 1st quarter. Despite a slow offensive start, Texas Tech scored 21 unanswered points to lead 21\u20133 at the end of the 1st.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [43, 72], "content_span": [73, 787]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272949-0012-0000", "contents": "2017 Texas Tech Red Raiders football team, Season summary, Arizona State\nOn Arizona State's next offensive position they scored their first touchdown on a 3-yard pass from Manny Wilkins to Kyle Williams. On the drive, Texas Tech's defense committed 4 penalties. The Red Raiders almost scored on their next possession, but Desmond Nisby fumbled the ball just short of the goal line. The Sun Devils scored following the fumble recovery to trail 17\u201321 with 5:34 left in the half. Following miscues by both the defense and offense on previous drives, the Red Raiders scored on a 10-yard pass from Nic Schimonek to fullback Mason Reed.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [43, 72], "content_span": [73, 630]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272949-0012-0001", "contents": "2017 Texas Tech Red Raiders football team, Season summary, Arizona State\nTexas Tech's defense stopped Arizona State's offense on the following drive, forcing the Sun Devils to punt from their own 38-yard line. On the punt, Michael Sleep-Dalton's punt was blocked by Ja'Deion High, who recovered the ball at the Arizona State 27-yard line. The Red Raiders scored quickly following the blocked punt, extending their lead to 35\u201317. The first half ended with Wilkins being sacked by Mychealon Thomas for a loss of 11-yards.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [43, 72], "content_span": [73, 519]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272949-0013-0000", "contents": "2017 Texas Tech Red Raiders football team, Season summary, Arizona State\nTexas Tech's offense struggled in the 3rd quarter, while the defense gave up 3 touchdowns to the Sun Devils. After trailing by 18 at halftime, Arizona State tied the game 45\u201345 after a 21-yard pass from Wilkins to N'Keal Harry with 9:52 left to play. The two teams traded punts before the Red Raiders retook the lead following receiver Dylan Cantrell's 3-yard touchdown run.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [43, 72], "content_span": [73, 447]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272949-0013-0001", "contents": "2017 Texas Tech Red Raiders football team, Season summary, Arizona State\nOn the next possession, Arizona State made it to their own 37-yard line but a false start penalty and Wilkins being sacked by Zach Barnes and Eli Howard pushed the Sun Devils back to their 17-yard line, bringing up 4th and 30. Wilkins tried a deep pass to Harry, but it was incomplete and Arizona State turned the ball over on downs, giving the Red Raiders a 52\u201345 victory.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [43, 72], "content_span": [73, 446]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272949-0014-0000", "contents": "2017 Texas Tech Red Raiders football team, Season summary, Houston\nTexas Tech closed non\u2013conference play against instate and former Southwest Conference rival Houston.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [43, 66], "content_span": [67, 167]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272949-0015-0000", "contents": "2017 Texas Tech Red Raiders football team, Season summary, Houston\nHouston received the opening kickoff with their first drive ending in a Kyle Allen pass being intercepted by Dakota Allen. Texas Tech scored 3 off of the turnover with Michael Ewton making a 32-yard field goal to give the Red Raiders a 3\u20130 lead. The Cougars committed a total of 5 turnovers in the game while the Red Raiders only had 1. In a defensive battle, Texas Tech beat Houston 27\u201324, improving to 3\u20130 for the first time since 2013. With the victory, the Red Raiders ended the Cougars' 16-game home winning streak.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [43, 66], "content_span": [67, 587]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272949-0016-0000", "contents": "2017 Texas Tech Red Raiders football team, Season summary, Oklahoma State\nTexas Tech received the opening kickoff, but the drive ended in a Dominic Panazzolo punt from the Red Raiders' 33-yard line. Oklahoma State started at their own 37-yard line before scoring on a 14-yard pass from Mason Rudolph to James Washington to take a 7\u20130 lead. The Red Raiders punted once again on their next possession with the Cowboys starting at their own 30-yard line. Oklahoma State made it all the way to the Texas Tech 19-yard line before a Rudolph pass was intercepted by Damarcus Fields and returned 95-yard for a touchdown to tie the game 7\u20137.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [43, 73], "content_span": [74, 632]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272949-0016-0001", "contents": "2017 Texas Tech Red Raiders football team, Season summary, Oklahoma State\nReceiving the ball back, the Cowboys made it all the way to the Red Raiders' 5-yard line before the drive stalled out. Matt Ammendola tried for a 22-yard field goal, but the kick failed after hitting the right upright. Following the missed field goal, Texas Tech scored their first offensive touchdown of the game on a 3-yard pass from Nic Schimonek to Dylan Cantrell. The Cowboys scored a touchdown on their next two possessions to lead 21\u201314 with 3:49 left in the half. To end the first half, Michael Barden made a 24-yard field goal as time expired.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [43, 73], "content_span": [74, 626]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272949-0017-0000", "contents": "2017 Texas Tech Red Raiders football team, Season summary, Kansas\nThe Red Raiders scored 2 touchdowns in the 1st quarter after the Jayhawks failed to convert on 4th down. During the 3rd quarter, Texas Tech kicker Michael Barden missed his first field goal of the season on a 44-yard attempt.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [43, 65], "content_span": [66, 291]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272949-0018-0000", "contents": "2017 Texas Tech Red Raiders football team, Season summary, West Virginia\nThe Red Raiders entered the game ranked at #24 in the AP Poll, their first ranking since week 11 of the 2013 season. Texas Tech kicker Michael Barden missed 3 field goals during the game: from 43, 23, and 37 yards.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [43, 72], "content_span": [73, 287]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272949-0019-0000", "contents": "2017 Texas Tech Red Raiders football team, Season summary, Iowa State\nThe kicking problems continued for Texas Tech with the Red Raiders using 3 different kickers throughout the game. Michael Ewton missed an extra point; Matthew Cluck missed a 35-yard field goal; and Michael Barden made an extra point.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [43, 69], "content_span": [70, 303]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272949-0020-0000", "contents": "2017 Texas Tech Red Raiders football team, Season summary, Baylor\nTexas Tech received the opening kickoff, with receiver Keke Coutee returning it 92 yards for a touchdown. Baylor responded on the next drive with Charlie Brewer finding Gavin Holmes for a 4-yard touchdown pass. On the ensuing kickoff, Quentin Yontz returned Jay Sedwick's kick for 22 yards to the Texas Tech 47-yard line. The Red Raiders ended the drive on a 1-yard touchdown run from Tre King. The two teams traded punts on their next drives. After the Texas Tech punt, Baylor started at their own 35-yard line.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [43, 65], "content_span": [66, 578]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272949-0020-0001", "contents": "2017 Texas Tech Red Raiders football team, Season summary, Baylor\nThe Bears made it to the Texas Tech 9-yard line when Brewer fumbled the ball with Dakota Allen recovering it for the Red Raiders. Texas Tech scored a touchdown following the Baylor fumble on a 5-yard pass from Nic Shimonek to T. J. Vasher. Baylor turned the ball over on downs on their next possession at the Texas Tech 1-yard line. The Red Raiders only made it to their own 31-yard line before having to punt. The Bears made it back to the redzone, but Brewer's pass was intercepted in the endzone by Vaughnte Dorsey. Texas Tech took a knee to end the first half with a 21\u20137 lead.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [43, 65], "content_span": [66, 647]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272949-0021-0000", "contents": "2017 Texas Tech Red Raiders football team, Season summary, Baylor\nBaylor received the second half kickoff before going three-and-out and punted from their own 29-yard line. Texas Tech made it to the Baylor 1-yard line before Tre King fumbled with the ball being recovered by Jordan Williams for Baylor. The Bears turned the ball over on the next drive when Brewer was sacked at the Baylor 35-yard line and fumbled the ball; Mychealon Thomas recovered the ball at the Baylor 21-yard line. The Red Raiders scored 3 points off of the turnover with a 39-yard field goal from Clayton Hatfield.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [43, 65], "content_span": [66, 588]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272949-0021-0001", "contents": "2017 Texas Tech Red Raiders football team, Season summary, Baylor\nBaylor scored a touchdown on their next drive with a 6-yard pass from Brewer to Pooh Stricklin. On the following kickoff, the Bears attempted an onside kick that was recovered by Texas Tech at the Baylor 47-yard line. The Red Raiders started the drive at the Baylor 32-yard line after a catching interference penalty against Baylor. Texas Tech scored quickly with Shimonek throwing a 30-yard touchdown pass to Cameron Batson. Baylor started their next drive at their own 25-yard line.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [43, 65], "content_span": [66, 550]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272949-0021-0002", "contents": "2017 Texas Tech Red Raiders football team, Season summary, Baylor\nThe Bears made it to the Texas Tech 40-yard line, but turned the ball over on downs after Brewer threw 4 incomplete passes in a row. Baylor attempted their first field goal attempt midway through the 4th quarter with Connor Martin making a 34-yard field goal. The Bears fumbled for a third time in the 4th quarter, with David Coleman III recovering it for the Red Raiders and returned it 31 yards for a touchdown. Following the fumble touchdown, Baylor answered back on their next drive with a 3-yard pass from Brewer to Denzel Mims. The Bears attempted another onside kick, with the Red Raiders recovering it at their own 49-yard line. Texas Tech ran the ball to end the game with a 38\u201324 victory.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [43, 65], "content_span": [66, 764]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272949-0022-0000", "contents": "2017 Texas Tech Red Raiders football team, Season summary, Baylor\nThe Red Raiders extended their win streak against the Bears to 2 games and snapped a four-game losing streak on the season. Texas Tech scored 17 points off of turnovers and forced four turnovers: one interception and three fumbles.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [43, 65], "content_span": [66, 297]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272949-0023-0000", "contents": "2017 Texas Tech Red Raiders football team, Season summary, TCU\nThe Red Raiders' only score of the game came during the first quarter on a 22-yard field goal from Clayton Hatfield. The drive went on for 21 plays, the longest drive of the season in all of college football by snap count. Hatfield later missed a 20-yard field goal that went nowhere near the goal post, going far wide left.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [43, 62], "content_span": [63, 387]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272949-0024-0000", "contents": "2017 Texas Tech Red Raiders football team, Season summary, TCU\nThe Saddle Trophy was re-introduced for the rivalry after being absent for 46 years.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [43, 62], "content_span": [63, 147]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272949-0025-0000", "contents": "2017 Texas Tech Red Raiders football team, Season summary, Texas\nMcLane Carter started at quarterback for the Red Raiders. Carter went 11/16 for 175 yards in the 1st quarter, but only completed one pass in the 2nd quarter. Carter was pulled in the 4th quarter, finishing 16/37 for 237 yards with 2 interceptions and one rushing touchdown. Nic Shimonek came in at quarterback with his first pass going 52 yards to Keke Coutee. Shimonek's second pass was a 13-yard touchdown reception to T. J. Vasher. Shimonek finished 4/8 for 96 yards with 2 touchdowns. After trailing 10\u201320 at halftime, the Red Raiders staged a comeback for a 27\u201323 victory over the Longhorns.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [43, 64], "content_span": [65, 661]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272950-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 Texas\u2013Permian Basin Falcons football team\nThe 2017 Texas\u2013Permian Basin Falcons football team represented University of Texas of the Permian Basin in the 2017 NCAA Division II football season. They were led by second-year head coach Justin Carrigan. The Falcons play edtheir home games at Ratliff Stadium and were members of the Lone Star Conference. The 2017 season was the second season in the program's history.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [46, 46], "content_span": [47, 418]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272950-0001-0000", "contents": "2017 Texas\u2013Permian Basin Falcons football team, Schedule\nTexas-Permian Basin announced its 2017 football schedule on March 24, 2017. The schedule consists of five home and away games, including one neutral site game in the regular season. The Falcons will host LSC foes Angelo State, Midwestern State, Tarleton State, and Texas A&M-Kingsville and will travel to Eastern New Mexico, Texas A&M-Commerce, West Texas A&M, and Western New Mexico.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [48, 56], "content_span": [57, 441]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272950-0002-0000", "contents": "2017 Texas\u2013Permian Basin Falcons football team, Schedule\nThe Falcons will host one of the three non-conference games against Sul Ross from the American Southwest Conference and will travel to Lamar from the Southland Conference and will play Quincy from the Great Lakes Valley Conference in Miami, Oklahoma on the campus of Northeastern Oklahoma A&M College.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [48, 56], "content_span": [57, 358]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272951-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 Thai FA Cup\nThe 2017 Thai FA Cup is the 22nd season of a Thailand's knockout football competition. It was sponsored by Chang, and known as the Chang FA Cup (Thai: \u0e0a\u0e49\u0e32\u0e07 \u0e40\u0e2d\u0e1f\u0e40\u0e2d\u0e04\u0e31\u0e1e) for sponsorship purposes. The tournament is organized by the Football Association of Thailand. 74 clubs were accepted into the tournament, and it began with the qualification round on 5 April 2017, and concluded with the final on 25 November 2017. The winner would have qualified for the 2018 AFC Champions League preliminary round 2 and the 2018 Thailand Champions Cup.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [16, 16], "content_span": [17, 553]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272951-0001-0000", "contents": "2017 Thai FA Cup, Results, Qualification round\nQualification round for teams currently playing in the 2017 Thai League 2, 2017 Thai League 3, 2017 Thai League 4 and 2017 Thai Football Amateur Tournament. Qualification round had drawn on 17 March 2017 by FA Thailand. Every match in this round was held on 5 April 2017.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [18, 46], "content_span": [47, 318]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272951-0002-0000", "contents": "2017 Thai FA Cup, Results, First round\nThe first round will be featured by ten clubs which were the winners of the qualification round and fifty-four clubs from 2017 Thai League 1, 2017 Thai League 2, 2017 Thai League 3, 2017 Thai League 4 and 2017 Thai Football Amateur Tournament. First round had drawn on 5 June 2017 by FA Thailand. The first round was held on 21 June 2017.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [18, 38], "content_span": [39, 377]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272951-0003-0000", "contents": "2017 Thai FA Cup, Results, Second round\nThe second round will be featured by thirty-two clubs which were the winners of the first round. Second round had drawn on 13 July 2017 by FA Thailand. The second round was held on 2 August 2017.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [18, 39], "content_span": [40, 235]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272951-0004-0000", "contents": "2017 Thai FA Cup, Results, Third round\nThe third round will be featured by sixteen clubs which were the winners of the second round; including eight clubs from T1, seven clubs from T2, and one club from T4. The draw for the third round was held on 12 September 2017, at the Rajpruek club in Bangkok. All matches of this round was held on 27 September 2017.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [18, 38], "content_span": [39, 356]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272951-0005-0000", "contents": "2017 Thai FA Cup, Results, Quarter-finals\nThe quarter-finals will be featured by eight clubs which were the winners of the third round; including five clubs from T1, two clubs from T2, and one club from T4. Quarter-finals had drawn on 11 October 2017 at the Rajpruek club in Bangkok. All matches of this round was held on 18 October 2017.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [18, 41], "content_span": [42, 338]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272951-0006-0000", "contents": "2017 Thai FA Cup, Results, Semi-finals\nThe semi-finals will be featured by four clubs which were the winners of the quarter-finals round, including three clubs from T1 and one club from T4. Semi-finals had drawn on 19 October 2017 at the Rajpruek club in Bangkok. All matches of this round was held on 1 November 2017.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [18, 38], "content_span": [39, 318]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272951-0007-0000", "contents": "2017 Thai FA Cup, Results, Final\nThe final will be featured by the winners of the semi-finals round, both were the clubs from T1. A match of this round was held on 25 November 2017.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [18, 32], "content_span": [33, 181]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272952-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 Thai FA Cup Final\nThe 2017 Thai FA Cup Final was the final match of the 2017 Thai FA Cup, the 22nd season of a Thailand's football tournament organised by Football Association of Thailand. It was played at the Supachalasai Stadium in Bangkok, Thailand on 25 November 2017, between Chiangrai United a big team from the Northern part of Thailand and Bangkok United a big team from the metropolitan region.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [22, 22], "content_span": [23, 408]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272952-0001-0000", "contents": "2017 Thai FA Cup Final, Road to the final\nIn their semi-finals, Chiangrai United beat SCG Muangthong United on Penalty shoot-out 4\u20133 after extra time 120 minutes of 2\u20132 . In the same way, Bangkok United beat JL Chiangmai United 3\u20130 and qualified to the final.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 41], "content_span": [42, 259]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272952-0002-0000", "contents": "2017 Thai FA Cup Final, Road to the final\nNote: In all results below, the score of the finalist is given first (H: home; A: away; T1: Clubs from Thai League; T2: Clubs from Thai League 2; T4: Clubs from Thai League 4).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 41], "content_span": [42, 218]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272952-0003-0000", "contents": "2017 Thai FA Cup Final, Match, Details\nAssistant referees: Rachen Srichai Chaowalit PhoonprasitFourth official: Wiwat Jumpa-onMatch Commissioner: Paiboon AnyapoReferee Assessor: Chalat Pirom", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 38], "content_span": [39, 190]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272953-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 Thai Honda Ladkrabang F.C. season\nThe 2017 season is Thai Honda Ladkrabang season in the Thai League T1", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [38, 38], "content_span": [39, 108]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272954-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 Thai League 2\nThe 2017 Thai League 2 (known as the M-150 Championship for sponsorship reasons) is the 20th season of the League since its establishment in 1997. It is the feeder league for the Thai League T1. A total of 18 teams will compete in the league this season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [18, 18], "content_span": [19, 273]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272954-0001-0000", "contents": "2017 Thai League 2, Teams, Stadium and locations\nNote: Club dissolved during season would shown by grey background.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [20, 48], "content_span": [49, 115]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272954-0002-0000", "contents": "2017 Thai League 2, Teams, Sponsoring\nNote: Club dissolved during season would shown by grey background.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [20, 37], "content_span": [38, 104]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272954-0003-0000", "contents": "2017 Thai League 2, Teams, Personnel\nNote: Flags indicate national team as has been defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality; Club dissolved during season would shown by grey background.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [20, 36], "content_span": [37, 235]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272954-0004-0000", "contents": "2017 Thai League 2, Teams, Foreign players\nThe number of foreign players is restricted to five per T2 team. A team can use five foreign players on the field in each game, including at least one player from the AFC member countries and one player from nine countries member of ASEAN (3+1+1).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [20, 42], "content_span": [43, 290]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272954-0005-0000", "contents": "2017 Thai League 2, League table, Positions by round\nThe table lists the positions of teams after each week of matches. In order to preserve chronological evolvements, any postponed matches are not included in the round at which they were originally scheduled, but added to the full round they were played immediately afterwards. For example, if a match is scheduled for matchday 13, but then postponed and played between days 16 and 17, it will be added to the standings for day 16.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [20, 52], "content_span": [53, 483]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272954-0006-0000", "contents": "2017 Thai League 2, Attendances, Overall statistical table\nUpdated to games played on 21 October 2017Source: Notes:\u2020Teams played previous season in Division 2", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [20, 58], "content_span": [59, 158]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272954-0007-0000", "contents": "2017 Thai League 2, Attendances, Attendances by home match played\nSince 29 April 2017 BBCU had withdrawn. But statistics of attendances are continue counting.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [20, 65], "content_span": [66, 158]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272955-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 Thai League 3\nThe 2017 Thai League 3 (known as the Euro Cake League Pro for sponsorship reasons) football season will be the 1st season of Thai League 3. 29 clubs will be divided into 2 groups (regions).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [18, 18], "content_span": [19, 208]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272955-0001-0000", "contents": "2017 Thai League 3, Clubs, Lower Region\nPromoted from 2016 Regional League Division 2 Bangkok & field Region", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [20, 39], "content_span": [40, 108]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272955-0002-0000", "contents": "2017 Thai League 3, Clubs, Lower Region\nPromoted from 2016 Regional League Division 2 Bangkok & Eastern Region", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [20, 39], "content_span": [40, 110]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272955-0003-0000", "contents": "2017 Thai League 3, Results, Third place play-off\nThis round was featured by Udon Thani, the second place of 2017 Thai League 3 Upper Region and Trang, the second place of 2017 Thai League 3 Lower Region. Winners of third place play-off would promoted to 2018 Thai League 2.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [20, 49], "content_span": [50, 274]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272955-0004-0000", "contents": "2017 Thai League 3, Results, Final\nThis round was featured by Khonkaen, the first place of 2017 Thai League 3 Upper Region and Samut Sakhon, the first place of 2017 Thai League 3 Lower Region. Both winners and runners-up would promoted to 2018 Thai League 2 automatically.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [20, 34], "content_span": [35, 272]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272956-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 Thai League 3 Lower Region\n2017 Thai League 3 (Euro Cake League Pro) Lower Region is the 1st season of the League, its establishment in 2017. It is a part of the Thai League 3 and the feeder league for the Thai League 2. A total of 15 teams will compete in the league this season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [31, 31], "content_span": [32, 285]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272956-0001-0000", "contents": "2017 Thai League 3 Lower Region, Changes from Last Season, Team changes, Promoted Clubs\nFive club was promoted from the 2016 Thai Division 2 League Western Region", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 87], "content_span": [88, 162]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272956-0002-0000", "contents": "2017 Thai League 3 Lower Region, Changes from Last Season, Team changes, Promoted Clubs\nThree club was promoted from the 2016 Thai Division 2 League Bangkok & field Region", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 87], "content_span": [88, 171]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272956-0003-0000", "contents": "2017 Thai League 3 Lower Region, Changes from Last Season, Team changes, Promoted Clubs\nFour club was promoted from the 2016 Thai Division 2 League Bangkok & Eastern Region", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 87], "content_span": [88, 172]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272956-0004-0000", "contents": "2017 Thai League 3 Lower Region, Changes from Last Season, Team changes, Promoted Clubs\nFour club was promoted from the 2016 Thai Division 2 League Southern Region", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 87], "content_span": [88, 163]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272956-0005-0000", "contents": "2017 Thai League 3 Lower Region, Teams, Foreign players\nThe number of foreign players is restricted to five per T3 team. A team can use five foreign players on the field in each game, including at least one player from the AFC member countries and one player from nine countries member of ASEAN (3+1+1).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 55], "content_span": [56, 303]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272956-0006-0000", "contents": "2017 Thai League 3 Lower Region, League table, Positions by round\nThe table lists the positions of teams after each week of matches. In order to preserve chronological evolvements, any postponed matches are not included in the round at which they were originally scheduled, but added to the full round they were played immediately afterwards. For example, if a match is scheduled for matchday 13, but then postponed and played between days 16 and 17, it will be added to the standings for day 16.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 65], "content_span": [66, 496]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272956-0007-0000", "contents": "2017 Thai League 3 Lower Region, Attendances, Attendances by home match played\nSource: Note:Unk.1 Some error of T3 official match report 25 March 2017 (Kasem Bundit University 4\u20132 Rajpracha). Unk.2 Some error of T3 official match report 2 July 2017 (Simork 3\u20130 Krung Thonburi). Unk.3 Some error of T3 official match report 10 September 2017 (Nara United 1\u20133 Samut Sakhon).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 78], "content_span": [79, 372]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272957-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 Thai League 3 Play-off Round\nThai League 3 Play-off Round is last promotion quota of Thai League 2. Thai Football clubs, which is runner-up of 2017 Thai League 3 Upper Region and runner-up of 2017 Thai League 3 Lower Region, pass to 2017 Thai League 3 Play-off Round. This round plays Home-Away match. Thai Football clubs get more total scores when finish Home-Away match to promote Thai League 2. Away goals rule is used to this tournament.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [33, 33], "content_span": [34, 446]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272958-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 Thai League 3 Upper Region\n2017 Thai League 3 Upper Region is the 1st season of the Thai football league. It is a part of the Thai League 3 and the feeder league for the Thai League 2. A total of 14 teams will compete in the league this season, after Prachinburi United failed in getting a licence for the league and Phichit withdrew before the season started.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [31, 31], "content_span": [32, 365]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272958-0001-0000", "contents": "2017 Thai League 3 Upper Region, Changes from last season, Team changes, Promoted clubs\nFour club was promoted from the 2016 Thai Division 2 League Northern Region", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 87], "content_span": [88, 163]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272958-0002-0000", "contents": "2017 Thai League 3 Upper Region, Changes from last season, Team changes, Promoted clubs\nFive club was promoted from the 2016 Thai Division 2 League North Eastern Region", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 87], "content_span": [88, 168]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272958-0003-0000", "contents": "2017 Thai League 3 Upper Region, Changes from last season, Team changes, Promoted clubs\nFour club was promoted from the 2016 Thai Division 2 League Central Region", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 87], "content_span": [88, 162]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272958-0004-0000", "contents": "2017 Thai League 3 Upper Region, Changes from last season, Team changes, Promoted clubs\nThree club was promoted from the 2016 Thai Division 2 League Central Region", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 87], "content_span": [88, 163]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272958-0005-0000", "contents": "2017 Thai League 3 Upper Region, Teams, Foreign players\nThe number of foreign players is restricted to five per T3 team. A team can use five foreign players on the field in each game, including at least one player from the AFC member countries and one player from nine countries member of ASEAN (3+1+1).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 55], "content_span": [56, 303]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272958-0006-0000", "contents": "2017 Thai League 3 Upper Region, League table, Positions by round\nThe table lists the positions of teams after each week of matches. In order to preserve chronological evolvements, any postponed matches are not included in the round at which they were originally scheduled, but added to the full round they were played immediately afterwards. For example, if a match is scheduled for matchday 13, but then postponed and played between days 16 and 17, it will be added to the standings for day 16.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 65], "content_span": [66, 496]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272958-0007-0000", "contents": "2017 Thai League 3 Upper Region, Attendances, Attendances by home match played\nSource: Note:Unk.1 Some error of T3 official match report 19 February 2017 (Lamphun Warrior 2\u20130 Ubon Ratchathani). Unk.2 Some error of T3 official match report 30 April 2017 (Kamphaengphet 3\u20131 Singburi Bangrajun). Unk.3 Some error of T3 official match report 2 July 2017 (Chachoengsao 5\u20130 Kamphaengphet). Unk.4 Some error of T3 official match report 12 August 2017 (Ayutthaya 1\u20130 Lamphun Warrior).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 78], "content_span": [79, 476]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272959-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 Thai League 4\nThe 2017 Thai League T4 (also known as the Euro Cake League for sponsorship reasons) was the 12th season of the Thai League 4, it had redirected from the regional league division 2, since its establishment in 2006. The 61 clubs will be divided into 6 groups (regions).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [18, 18], "content_span": [19, 287]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272959-0001-0000", "contents": "2017 Thai League 4, Regional League stage All locations, 2017\nRed Zone\u00a0: 2017 Thai League 4 Bangkok Metropolitan RegionYellow Zone\u00a0: 2017 Thai League 4 Eastern RegionPink Zone: 2017 Thai League 4 Western RegionGreen Zone: 2017 Thai League 4 Northern Region Orange Zone: 2017 Thai League 4 North Eastern RegionBlue Zone: 2017 Thai League 4 Southern Region", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [20, 61], "content_span": [62, 354]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272959-0002-0000", "contents": "2017 Thai League 4, Play-off round\nRunner-up of 2017 Thai League 4 Northern Region and Runner-up of 2017 Thai League 4 Southern Region football teams pass to this round. this round plays sudden death matches. The winner will entered to the First round.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [20, 34], "content_span": [35, 252]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272959-0003-0000", "contents": "2017 Thai League 4, First round\nWinner of Play-off round and 11 Thai football teams pass to this round. this round provide 2 part to Group A and Group B. Each group has 6 Thai football teams. It is paired to 3 couples and plays Home-Away matches. Thai football teams which take total score over opportunity for win this round and pass to Final round. Away goals rule is used to this tournament.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [20, 31], "content_span": [32, 394]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272959-0004-0000", "contents": "2017 Thai League 4, Final round\n6 Thai football teams, Which win opportunity, pass to this round. this round provide 2 part to 2017 Thai League 4 champions league round Group A and 2017 Thai League 4 champions league round Group B. Each region has 3 Thai football teams. It plays Round-robin matches. Thai football teams which get champion, runner-up and 3rd position which has the best scores of each region to were promoted to 2018 Thai League 3. Mini-league rule is used to this tournament.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [20, 31], "content_span": [32, 493]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272959-0005-0000", "contents": "2017 Thai League 4, Final round, Ranking of third-placed teams\nThe best third-placed team would promoted to 2018 Thai League 3.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [20, 62], "content_span": [63, 127]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272960-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 Thai League 4 Bangkok Metropolitan Region\n2017 Thai League 4 Bangkok Metropolitan Region is the 9th season of the League competition since its establishment in 2009. It is in the 4th tier of the Thai football league system.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [46, 46], "content_span": [47, 228]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272960-0001-0000", "contents": "2017 Thai League 4 Bangkok Metropolitan Region, Changes from last season, Team changes, Promoted clubs\nThree club was promoted to the 2017 Thai League 3 Southern Region.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [48, 102], "content_span": [103, 169]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272960-0002-0000", "contents": "2017 Thai League 4 Bangkok Metropolitan Region, Results 3rd match for each team\nIn the third leg, the winner on head-to-head result of the first and the second leg will be home team. If head-to-head result are tie, must to find the home team from head-to-head goals different. If all of head-to-head still tie, must to find the home team from penalty kickoff on the end of each second leg match (This penalty kickoff don't bring to calculate points on league table, it's only the process to find the home team on third leg).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [48, 79], "content_span": [80, 524]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272961-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 Thai League 4 Champions League\nThe champions league round was the next stage from the regional stage of 2017 Thai League 4. Winners and runners-up of each region would qualified to this round to finding 5 clubs promoting to 2018 Thai League 3.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [35, 35], "content_span": [36, 248]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272961-0001-0000", "contents": "2017 Thai League 4 Champions League, Teams, Stadium and locations\n13 clubs from all around Thailand would compete in the champions league round. 2 clubs Chiangrai City runners-up from Northern and Phuket runners-up from Southern regions must be play-off to finding one club joining last 12 clubs in group stage.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 65], "content_span": [66, 311]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272961-0002-0000", "contents": "2017 Thai League 4 Champions League, Teams, Personnel\nNote: Flags indicate national team as has been defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 53], "content_span": [54, 191]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272961-0003-0000", "contents": "2017 Thai League 4 Champions League, Play-off round\nRunners-up of Northern and Southern regions must be play-off to finding only 1 team qualifying to Thai League 4 champions league group stage. Because both regions have only 9 teams that less than all another regions.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 51], "content_span": [52, 268]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272961-0004-0000", "contents": "2017 Thai League 4 Champions League, Group stage\nThe draw for the group stage was held on 12 September 2017, at the Sports Authority of Thailand (SAT) in Bangkok. The 12 teams were drawn to knock out stage, winners would advanced into two groups of three.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 48], "content_span": [49, 255]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272961-0005-0000", "contents": "2017 Thai League 4 Champions League, Group stage\nIn each group, teams play against each other home-and-away in a round-robin format. The group winners, runners-up, and best third place promote to the 2018 Thai League 3.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 48], "content_span": [49, 219]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272961-0006-0000", "contents": "2017 Thai League 4 Champions League, Group stage, Final round, Group B\nThe match JL Chiangmai United v Muangkan United, originally led 3\u20130 by JL Chiangmai United, was forfeited and awarded 2\u20130 to JL Chiangmai United by the FA Thailand on 10 October 2017, as Muangkan United's players had walked out during the match could continue playing after power failure has solved.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 70], "content_span": [71, 370]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272961-0007-0000", "contents": "2017 Thai League 4 Champions League, Group stage, Ranking of third-placed teams\nThe best third-placed team would promoted to 2018 Thai League 3.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 79], "content_span": [80, 144]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272962-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 Thai League 4 Eastern Region\n2017 Thai League 4 Eastern Region is the 8th season of the League competition since its establishment in 2009. It is in the fourth tier of the Thai football league system.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [33, 33], "content_span": [34, 206]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272962-0001-0000", "contents": "2017 Thai League 4 Eastern Region, Changes from last season, Team changes, Promoted clubs\nTwo club was promoted to the 2017 Thai League 3 Upper Region.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 89], "content_span": [90, 151]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272962-0002-0000", "contents": "2017 Thai League 4 Eastern Region, Changes from last season, Team changes, Promoted clubs\nPromoted from the 2016 Thai Division 3 Tournament Eastern Region", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 89], "content_span": [90, 154]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272962-0003-0000", "contents": "2017 Thai League 4 Eastern Region, Results 3rd match for each team\nIn the third leg, the winner on head-to-head result of the first and the second leg will be home team. If head-to-head result are tie, must to find the home team from head-to-head goals different. If all of head-to-head still tie, must to find the home team from penalty kickoff on the end of each second leg match (This penalty kickoff don't bring to calculate points on league table, it's only the process to find the home team on third leg).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 66], "content_span": [67, 511]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272963-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 Thai League 4 Northeastern Region\n2017 Thai League 4 Northeastern Region is the 9th season of the League competition since its establishment in 2009. It is in the 4th tier of the Thai football league system.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [38, 38], "content_span": [39, 212]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272963-0001-0000", "contents": "2017 Thai League 4 Northeastern Region, Changes from last season, Team changes, Promoted clubs\nFive club was promoted to the 2017 Thai League 3 Upper Region.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 94], "content_span": [95, 157]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272963-0002-0000", "contents": "2017 Thai League 4 Northeastern Region, Results 3rd match for each team\nIn the third leg, the winner on head-to-head result of the first and the second leg will be home team. If head-to-head result are tie, must to find the home team from head-to-head goals different. If all of head-to-head still tie, must to find the home team from penalty kickoff on the end of each second leg match (This penalty kickoff don't bring to calculate points on league table, it's only the process to find the home team on third leg).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 71], "content_span": [72, 516]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272964-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 Thai League 4 Northern Region\n2017 Thai League 4 Northern Region is the 9th season of the League competition since its establishment in 2009. It is in the 4th tier of the Thai football league system.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [34, 34], "content_span": [35, 204]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272964-0001-0000", "contents": "2017 Thai League 4 Northern Region, Changes from last season, Promoted clubs\nFour club was promoted to the 2017 Thai League 3 Upper Region.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 76], "content_span": [77, 139]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272964-0002-0000", "contents": "2017 Thai League 4 Northern Region, Changes from last season, Promoted clubs\nPromoted from the 2016 Thai Division 3 Tournament Northern Region", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 76], "content_span": [77, 142]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272964-0003-0000", "contents": "2017 Thai League 4 Northern Region, Results 3rd match for each team\nIn the third leg, the winner on head-to-head result of the first and the second leg will be home team. If head-to-head result are tie, must to find the home team from head-to-head goals different. If all of head-to-head still tie, must to find the home team from penalty kickoff on the end of each second leg match (This penalty kickoff don't bring to calculate points on league table, it's only the process to find the home team on third leg).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 67], "content_span": [68, 512]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272965-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 Thai League 4 Southern Region\n2017 Thai League 4 Southern Region is the 8th season of the League competition since its establishment in 2009. It is in the fourth tier of the Thai football league system.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [34, 34], "content_span": [35, 207]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272965-0001-0000", "contents": "2017 Thai League 4 Southern Region, Changes from last season, Promoted clubs\nFour club was promoted to the 2017 Thai League 3 Southern Region.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 76], "content_span": [77, 142]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272965-0002-0000", "contents": "2017 Thai League 4 Southern Region, League table, Positions by round\nThe table lists the positions of teams after each week of matches. In order to preserve chronological evolvements, any postponed matches are not included in the round at which they were originally scheduled, but added to the full round they were played immediately afterwards. For example, if a match is scheduled for matchday 13, but then postponed and played between days 16 and 17, it will be added to the standings for day 16.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 68], "content_span": [69, 499]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272965-0003-0000", "contents": "2017 Thai League 4 Southern Region, League table, Results\nIn the third leg, the winner on head-to-head result of the first and the second leg will be home team. If head-to-head result are tie, must to find the home team from head-to-head goals different. If all of head-to-head still tie, must to find the home team from penalty kickoff on the end of each second leg match (This penalty kickoff don't bring to calculate points on league table, it's only the process to find the home team on third leg).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 57], "content_span": [58, 502]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272965-0004-0000", "contents": "2017 Thai League 4 Southern Region, Attendance, Attendance by home match played\nSource: Note:Unk.1 Some error of T4 official match report 6 May 2017 (Yala United 1\u20130 Phuket). Unk.2 Some error of T4 official match report 6 August 2017 (Satun United 3\u20130 Phattalung). Unk.3 Some error of T4 official match report 16 August 2017 (Hatyai 2\u20131 Sungaipadee). Unk.4 Some error of T4 official match report 27 August 2017 (Phuket 1\u20131 Hatyai).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 79], "content_span": [80, 431]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272966-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 Thai League 4 Western Region\n2017 Thai League 4 Western Region is the 5th season of the League competition since its establishment in 2013. It is in the 4th tier of the Thai football league system.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [33, 33], "content_span": [34, 202]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272966-0001-0000", "contents": "2017 Thai League 4 Western Region, Changes from last season, Promoted clubs\nFour club was promoted to the 2017 Thai League 3 Southern Region.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 75], "content_span": [76, 141]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272966-0002-0000", "contents": "2017 Thai League 4 Western Region, Results 3rd match for each team\nIn the third leg, the winner on head-to-head result of the first and the second leg will be home team. If head-to-head result are tie, must to find the home team from head-to-head goals different. If all of head-to-head still tie, must to find the home team from penalty kickoff on the end of each second leg match (This penalty kickoff don't bring to calculate points on league table, it's only the process to find the home team on third leg).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 66], "content_span": [67, 511]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272967-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 Thai League Cup\nThe 2017 Thai League Cup is the 8th season in the second era of a Thailand's knockout football competition. All games are played as a single match. It was sponsored by Toyota, and known as the Toyota League Cup (Thai: \u0e42\u0e15\u0e42\u0e22\u0e15\u0e49\u0e32 \u0e25\u0e35\u0e01\u0e04\u0e31\u0e1e) for sponsorship purposes. 71 clubs were accepted into the tournament, and it began with the first qualification round on 1 March 2017, and concluded with the final on 22 November 2017. The tournament has been readmitted back into Thai football after a 10-year absence. The prize money for this prestigious award is said to be around 5 million baht and the runners-up will be netting 1 million baht.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [20, 20], "content_span": [21, 653]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272967-0001-0000", "contents": "2017 Thai League Cup\nThe prize money is not the only benefit of this cup, the team winning the fair play spot will get a Hilux Vigo. The MVP of the competition will get a Toyota Camry Hybrid Car. The winner would have qualified for the 2017 Mekong Club Championship final.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [20, 20], "content_span": [21, 272]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272967-0002-0000", "contents": "2017 Thai League Cup\nThis is the first edition of the competition and the qualifying round will be played in regions featuring clubs from the Thai League 3 and Thai League 4.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [20, 20], "content_span": [21, 174]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272967-0003-0000", "contents": "2017 Thai League Cup, Results, First qualification round\nThere were fourteen clubs from 2017 Thai League 3 and twenty-five clubs from 2017 Thai League 4 have signed to qualifying in 2017 Thai League cup. Qualification round had drawn on 22 February 2017 by FA Thailand.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 56], "content_span": [57, 269]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272967-0004-0000", "contents": "2017 Thai League Cup, Results, Second qualification round\nThe second qualifying round will be featured by nineteen clubs which were the winners of first qualification round and Phrae United, a club from 2017 Thai League 3.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 57], "content_span": [58, 222]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272967-0005-0000", "contents": "2017 Thai League Cup, Results, Qualification play-off round\nThe qualifying play-off round will be featured by six clubs which were the winners of second qualification round and fourteen clubs from 2017 Thai League 2. Qualification play-off round had drawn on 4 April 2017 by FA Thailand. Angthong, Songkhla United, Trat and Nakhon Pathom United withdrew. Kalasin, Samut Prakan United, Kamphaengphet and Ayutthaya United was drawn to qualify to First round.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 59], "content_span": [60, 456]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272967-0006-0000", "contents": "2017 Thai League Cup, Results, First round\nThe first round will be featured by ten clubs which were the winners of the qualification play-off round, 4 clubs which were the winners of the second qualification round, and eighteen clubs from 2017 Thai League. First round had drawn on 27 June 2017 by FA Thailand.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 42], "content_span": [43, 310]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272967-0007-0000", "contents": "2017 Thai League Cup, Results, Second round\nThe second round will be featured by sixteen clubs which were the winners of the first round, including eleven clubs from T1 and five clubs from T2. Second round had drawn on 9 August 2017 by FA Thailand.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 43], "content_span": [44, 248]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272967-0008-0000", "contents": "2017 Thai League Cup, Results, Quarter-finals\nThe quarter-finals round will be featured by eight clubs which were the winners of the second round, including seven clubs from T1 and one club from T2. Quarter-finals round had drawn on 5 October 2017 by FA Thailand.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 45], "content_span": [46, 263]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272967-0009-0000", "contents": "2017 Thai League Cup, Results, Semi-finals\nThe semi-finals round will be featured by four clubs which were the winners of the quarter-finals round, all of them were the clubs from T1. Semi-finals round had drawn on 17 October 2017 by FA Thailand.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 42], "content_span": [43, 246]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272967-0010-0000", "contents": "2017 Thai League Cup, Results, Final\nThe final will be featured by the winners of the semi-finals round, both were the clubs from T1. A match of this round was held on 22 November 2017.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 36], "content_span": [37, 185]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272968-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 Thai League Cup Final\nThe 2017 Thai League Cup Final was the final match of the 2017 Thai League Cup, the 8th season in the second era of a Thailand's football tournament organised by Football Association of Thailand. It was played at the Supachalasai Stadium in Bangkok, Thailand on 22 November 2017, between SCG Muangthong United a big team from the metropolitan region and Chiangrai United a big team from the Northern part of Thailand.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [26, 26], "content_span": [27, 444]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272968-0001-0000", "contents": "2017 Thai League Cup Final, Road to the final\nIn their semi-finals, SCG Muangthong United beat BEC Tero Sasana 2\u20131 . In the same way, Chiangrai United beat Ratchaburi Mitr Phol 1\u20130 and qualified to the final.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 45], "content_span": [46, 208]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272968-0002-0000", "contents": "2017 Thai League Cup Final, Road to the final\nNote: In all results below, the score of the finalist is given first (H: home; A: away; T1: Clubs from Thai League; T2: Clubs from Thai League 2; T3: Clubs from Thai League 3.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 45], "content_span": [46, 221]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272968-0003-0000", "contents": "2017 Thai League Cup Final, Match, Details\nAssistant referees: Apichit Nopuan Rachan DawangpaFourth official: Mongkolchai PechsriMatch Commissioner: Aris KulsawaspakdeeReferee Assessor: Praew Seemarksuk", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 42], "content_span": [43, 202]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272969-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 Thai League T1\nThe 2017 Thai League T1 (also known as the Toyota Thai League for sponsorship reasons) was the 21st season of the Thai League, the top Thai professional league for association football clubs, since its establishment in 1996. A total of 18 teams will compete in the league. The season began on 11 February 2017. Fixtures for the 2017 season were announced on 12 January 2017.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [19, 19], "content_span": [20, 394]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272969-0001-0000", "contents": "2017 Thai League T1\nMuangthong United are the defending champions, having won the Thai Premier League title the previous season. Thai Honda Ladkrabang, Ubon UMT United and Port have entered as the three promoted teams from the 2016 Thai League 2.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [19, 19], "content_span": [20, 247]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272969-0002-0000", "contents": "2017 Thai League T1, Teams\nThere are 18 clubs in the league, with three promoted teams from Thai League 2 replacing the three teams that were relegated from Thai League T1 following the 2016 season. All clubs that secured Thai League status for the season were subject to approval by the AFC Club Licensing before becoming eligible to participate.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 26], "content_span": [27, 347]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272969-0003-0000", "contents": "2017 Thai League T1, Teams\nArmy United, Chainat Hornbill and BBCU were relegated at the end of the 2016 season after finishing in the bottom three places of the table. They were replaced by 2016 Thai League 2 champions Thai Honda Ladkrabang, 2nd place Ubon UMT United and 3rd place Port, were promoted to bring the total teams in the league to 18.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 26], "content_span": [27, 347]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272969-0004-0000", "contents": "2017 Thai League T1, Teams\nUbon UMT United was founded in 2015, they finishing as Thai League 2 runners up in 2016, and earned promotion to the Thai League T1 for the first time in their history.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 26], "content_span": [27, 195]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272969-0005-0000", "contents": "2017 Thai League T1, Teams, Personnel\nNote: Flags indicate national team as has been defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 37], "content_span": [38, 175]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272969-0006-0000", "contents": "2017 Thai League T1, Teams, Foreign players\nThe number of foreign players is restricted to five per T1 team. A team can use four foreign players on the field in each game, including at least one player from the AFC member countries (3+1).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 43], "content_span": [44, 238]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272969-0007-0000", "contents": "2017 Thai League T1, League table, Positions by round\nThe table lists the positions of teams after each week of matches. In order to preserve chronological evolvements, any postponed matches are not included in the round at which they were originally scheduled, but added to the full round they were played immediately afterwards. For example, if a match is scheduled for matchday 13, but then postponed and played between days 16 and 17, it will be added to the standings for day 16.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 53], "content_span": [54, 484]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272969-0008-0000", "contents": "2017 Thai League T1, Attendance, Overall statistics\nUpdated to games played on 18 November 2017Source: Notes:\u2020Teams played previous season in Division 1", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 51], "content_span": [52, 152]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272969-0009-0000", "contents": "2017 Thai League T1, Attendance, Attendance by home match played\nSource: Note:Ban.1 Attendances on the match SCG Muangthong United vs. Port (17 May 2017) had banned by FA Thailand. Ban.2 Attendances on the match Port vs. SCG Muangthong United (22 October 2017) had banned by FA Thailand.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 64], "content_span": [65, 287]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272970-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 Thai Women's League\nThe 2017 Thai Women's League (also known as the Muang Thai Women's League for sponsorship reasons) was the 4th season of the Thai Women's League, the top Thai professional league for women's association football clubs, since its establishment in 2009. A total of 10 teams will compete in the league. The season began on 22 April 2017. Fixtures for the 2017 season were announced on 21 April 2017.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [24, 24], "content_span": [25, 421]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272970-0001-0000", "contents": "2017 Thai Women's League\nBG Bundit Asia are the defending champions, having won the Thai Women's Premier League title the previous season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [24, 24], "content_span": [25, 138]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272970-0002-0000", "contents": "2017 Thai Women's League, Teams, Personnel and sponsoring\nNote: Flags indicate national team as has been defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 57], "content_span": [58, 195]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272971-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 Thailand Amateur League\nThe 2017 Thailand Amateur League is the 1st season of the League competition since its establishment in 2017. It is in the fifth tier of the Thai football league system.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [28, 28], "content_span": [29, 199]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272971-0001-0000", "contents": "2017 Thailand Amateur League, Final Round\nWinner of each Region football teams pass to this round. this round plays sudden death matches. The winner will Promoted to the 2018 Thai League 4.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 41], "content_span": [42, 189]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272972-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 Thailand Champions Cup\nThe 2017 Thailand Champions Cup was the first Thailand Champions Cup, an annual football match contested by the winners of the previous season's Thai League 1 and Thai FA Cup competitions. The match was played at Supachalasai Stadium, Bangkok and contested by 2016 Thai League T1 champions SCG Muangthong United, and Sukhothai as the champions of the 2016 Thai FA Cup.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [27, 27], "content_span": [28, 396]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272972-0001-0000", "contents": "2017 Thailand Champions Cup, Match, Details\nAssistant referees: Pattarapong Kusathit Rawut NakaritFourth official: Chaireag NgamsomMatch Commissioner: Paiboon UyapoReferee Assessor: Pirom Un-prasertGeneral Coordinator: Ekapol Polnavee", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 43], "content_span": [44, 234]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272973-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 Thailand Five's\nThe 2017 Thailand Five's (Thai:\u0e1f\u0e38\u0e15\u0e0b\u0e2d\u0e25\u0e2a\u0e35\u0e48\u0e40\u0e2a\u0e49\u0e32 \u0e44\u0e17\u0e22\u0e41\u0e25\u0e19\u0e14\u0e4c \u0e44\u0e1f\u0e27\u0e4c 2017) is an international futsal competition. It was organized by the Football Association of Thailand or the FAT. The tournament is set to be a round-robin format with all matches being held at the Bangkok Arena in Bangkok, Thailand on 10 to 12 September 2017.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [20, 20], "content_span": [21, 341]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272973-0001-0000", "contents": "2017 Thailand Five's\nThis edition will feature the host Thailand and three invited teams. The three teams that have been invited are 2016 FIFA Futsal World Cup champion, Argentina, 2016 Thailand Five's champion, Kazakhstan and Mozambique.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [20, 20], "content_span": [21, 239]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272973-0002-0000", "contents": "2017 Thailand Five's, Venue\nThe matches are played at the Bangkok Arena in Bangkok.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 27], "content_span": [28, 83]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272974-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 Thailand Masters Grand Prix Gold\nThe 2017 Thailand Masters Grand Prix Gold was the third Grand Prix's badminton tournament of the 2017 BWF Grand Prix Gold and Grand Prix. The tournament was held at the Nimibutr Stadium in Bangkok, Thailand on February 7\u201312, 2017 and had a total purse of $120,000.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [37, 37], "content_span": [38, 302]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272975-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 Thailand Open Grand Prix Gold\nThe 2017 Thailand Open Grand Prix Gold will be the seventh grand prix's badminton tournament of the 2017 BWF Grand Prix Gold and Grand Prix. The tournament will be held at Nimibutr Stadium in Bangkok in Thailand 30 May \u2013 4 June 2017 and had a total purse of $120,000.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [34, 34], "content_span": [35, 302]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272976-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 Thailand national football team results\nThis article details the fixtures and results of the Thailand national football team in 2017.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [44, 44], "content_span": [45, 138]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272976-0001-0000", "contents": "2017 Thailand national football team results, vs Japan\nAssistant referees:Park Sang-jun (South\u00a0Korea)Park In-sun (South\u00a0Korea)Fourth official:Kim Dae-Young (South\u00a0Korea)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [46, 54], "content_span": [55, 169]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272976-0002-0000", "contents": "2017 Thailand national football team results, vs United Arab Emirates\nAssistant referees:Lim Kok Heng (Singapore)Mohd Yusri (Malaysia)Fourth official:Muhammad Nazmi Nasaruddin (Malaysia)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [46, 69], "content_span": [70, 188]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272976-0003-0000", "contents": "2017 Thailand national football team results, vs Iraq\nAssistant referees:Yaser Tulefat (Bahrain)Ibrahim Saleh (Bahrain)Fourth official:Issa Abdulla Hassan Mohamed Ali (Bahrain)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [46, 53], "content_span": [54, 176]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272976-0004-0000", "contents": "2017 Thailand national football team results, vs Australia\nAssistant referees:Chow Chun Kit (Hong\u00a0Kong)Cheng Oi Cho (Hong\u00a0Kong)Fourth official:Yu Ming-hsun (Chinese\u00a0Taipei)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [46, 58], "content_span": [59, 172]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272976-0005-0000", "contents": "2017 Thailand national football team results, vs Kenya\nAssistant referees:Chit Moe Aye (Myanmar)Hein Min Tun (Myanmar)Fourth official:Punmarin Khamruem (Thailand)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [46, 54], "content_span": [55, 162]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272977-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 The Citadel Bulldogs football team\nThe 2017 The Citadel Bulldogs football team represented The Citadel, The Military College of South Carolina in the 2017 NCAA Division I FCS football season. The Bulldogs were led by second-year head coach Brent Thompson and played their home games at Johnson Hagood Stadium. They were members of the Southern Conference. They finished the season 5\u20136, 3\u20135 in SoCon play to finish in a tie for sixth place.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [39, 39], "content_span": [40, 444]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272977-0001-0000", "contents": "2017 The Citadel Bulldogs football team, Previous season\nThe Bulldogs finished the 2016 season 10\u20132, 8\u20130 in SoCon play to claim their fourth conference championship. This was the first time a Citadel football team completed an 8\u20130 record in conference play. The Bulldogs appeared in the FCS Playoffs for the fifth time, but were defeated in their first game after earning a bye to the second round.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 56], "content_span": [57, 398]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272977-0002-0000", "contents": "2017 The Citadel Bulldogs football team, Preseason, Preseason media poll\nThe SoCon released their preseason media poll on July 18, 2017, with the Bulldogs predicted to finish in second place, with six of 22 voters picking The Citadel first. The same day the coaches released their preseason poll with the Bulldogs also predicted to finish in second place.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 72], "content_span": [73, 355]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272977-0003-0000", "contents": "2017 The Citadel Bulldogs football team, Preseason, Preseason All-SoCon Teams\nThe Bulldogs placed five players on the preseason all-SoCon teams, and Kailik Williams was named as preseason Defensive Player of the Year.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 77], "content_span": [78, 217]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272977-0004-0000", "contents": "2017 The Citadel Bulldogs football team, Schedule\nThe Bulldogs planned to host Mercer for their traditional Parents' Day game on October 7, and will face VMI for Homecoming.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 49], "content_span": [50, 173]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272978-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 The Hague Open\nThe 2017 The Hague Open was a professional tennis tournament played on clay courts. It was the 25th edition of the tournament and was part of the 2017 ATP Challenger Tour. It took place in Scheveningen, Netherlands between 17 and 23 July 2017.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [19, 19], "content_span": [20, 263]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272978-0001-0000", "contents": "2017 The Hague Open, Singles main draw entrants, Other entrants\nThe following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 63], "content_span": [64, 132]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272978-0002-0000", "contents": "2017 The Hague Open, Singles main draw entrants, Other entrants\nThe following player received entry into the singles main draw using a protected ranking:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 63], "content_span": [64, 153]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272979-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 The Hague Open \u2013 Doubles\nWesley Koolhof and Matw\u00e9 Middelkoop were the defending champions but chose not to defend their title.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [29, 29], "content_span": [30, 131]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272979-0001-0000", "contents": "2017 The Hague Open \u2013 Doubles\nSander Gill\u00e9 and Joran Vliegen won the title after defeating Jozef Koval\u00edk and Stefanos Tsitsipas 6\u20132, 4\u20136, [12\u201310] in the final.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [29, 29], "content_span": [30, 159]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272980-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 The Hague Open \u2013 Singles\nRobin Haase was the defending champion but lost in the first round to Thiemo de Bakker.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [29, 29], "content_span": [30, 117]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272980-0001-0000", "contents": "2017 The Hague Open \u2013 Singles\nGuillermo Garc\u00eda L\u00f3pez won the title after defeating Ruben Bemelmans 6\u20131, 6\u20137(3\u20137), 6\u20132 in the final.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [29, 29], "content_span": [30, 131]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272981-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 The Republicans (France) leadership election\nA leadership election for the presidency of The Republicans (LR) was held on 10 December 2017, the first since the refoundation of the party in 2015, before which it was known as the Union for a Popular Movement (UMP), and seventh overall including the UMP congresses.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 49], "section_span": [49, 49], "content_span": [50, 318]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272981-0001-0000", "contents": "2017 The Republicans (France) leadership election\nThe leadership election followed the 2017 presidential election, in which its candidate Fran\u00e7ois Fillon, the party nominee after winning the 2016 presidential primary, was eliminated in the first round. The party suffered further losses in the subsequent legislative elections, and the appointment of several right-wing ministers to the government of newly elected president Emmanuel Macron led to a split between \"constructive\" personalities and hardliners within the party, culminating in the expulsion of six prominent supporters and members of the government from The Republicans.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 49], "section_span": [49, 49], "content_span": [50, 634]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272981-0002-0000", "contents": "2017 The Republicans (France) leadership election\nWith the presidency of the party officially vacant since Fillon won the primary in November 2016, the political bureau of the party scheduled a leadership election a leadership election for 10 December 2017, with a second round on 17 December if no candidate secured a majority of the vote in the first round.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 49], "section_span": [49, 49], "content_span": [50, 359]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272981-0003-0000", "contents": "2017 The Republicans (France) leadership election\nIn a single-round vote on 10 December 2017, Laurent Wauquiez was elected by a wide margin, securing 74.64% of votes with turnout of just under 100,000 members, with his opponents Florence Portelli and Ma\u00ebl de Calan posting only marginal scores. Wauquiez was the only major politician from the party to stand in the leadership election, which Xavier Bertrand and Val\u00e9rie P\u00e9cresse declined to contest. Following the result, Bertrand, the president of the regional council of Hauts-de-France, announced his departure from the party, noting his disagreement with Wauquiez's hard-right line.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 49], "section_span": [49, 49], "content_span": [50, 636]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272981-0004-0000", "contents": "2017 The Republicans (France) leadership election, Background\nOn 30 May 2015, the Union for a Popular Movement (UMP) was refounded as The Republicans (LR), an initiative of Nicolas Sarkozy preceding the 2016 presidential primary for the 2017 presidential election. Sarkozy presided over the party until 23 August 2016, when he declared his candidacy in the presidential primary, after which Laurent Wauquiez was appointed as interim president and \u00c9ric Woerth as general secretary of the party in accordance with its statutes. The presidency of the party became vacant on 29 November after the primary was won by Fran\u00e7ois Fillon, who appointed Bernard Accoyer as general secretary and Wauquiez as 1st vice president.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 49], "section_span": [51, 61], "content_span": [62, 715]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272981-0005-0000", "contents": "2017 The Republicans (France) leadership election, Background\nIn the first round of the 2017 presidential election, Fillon suffered a historic defeat, with the right eliminated in the first round for the first time in the history of the Fifth Republic amid \"Penelopegate\". In the subsequent legislative elections, the right suffered further losses, losing nearly a hundred deputies, its worst score in the history of the Fifth Republic.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 49], "section_span": [51, 61], "content_span": [62, 436]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272981-0006-0000", "contents": "2017 The Republicans (France) leadership election, Background\nFollowing the election of Emmanuel Macron as president under the banner of En Marche! and the subsequent appointment of three right-wing personalities in prominent posts in the newly formed government \u2013 \u00c9douard Philippe as Prime Minister, Bruno Le Maire as French Ministry for the Economy and Finance, and G\u00e9rald Darmanin as Minister of Public Action and Accounts \u2013 a parliamentary group including LR dissidents supportive of the government, \"The Constructives\", was formed in the National Assembly, separate from the existing LR group.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 49], "section_span": [51, 61], "content_span": [62, 598]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272981-0006-0001", "contents": "2017 The Republicans (France) leadership election, Background\nMany LR figures called for the exclusion of the three ministers as well as S\u00e9bastien Lecornu, Thierry Sol\u00e8re, and Franck Riester, from the party. On 11 July, Accoyer announced that a \"special commission\" would \"collect the explanations\" of the six, postponing the exclusion decision until the autumn. On 24 October, Le Maire confirmed that he left The Republicans for La R\u00e9publique En Marche. Darmamin, Lecornu, Sol\u00e8re, and Riester were formally excluded by the political bureau of the party on 31 October; Philippe was not formally excluded due to juridicial reasons, though the party noted his departure. On 25 November, Darmamin, Lecornu, and Sol\u00e8re announced they joined La R\u00e9publique En Marche, while Riester founded a new centre-right party, Agir.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 49], "section_span": [51, 61], "content_span": [62, 815]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272981-0007-0000", "contents": "2017 The Republicans (France) leadership election, Background\nOn 11 July, the political bureau of The Republicans agreed to hold a leadership election for the new president of the party on 10 and 17 December, with nominations closing on 11 October. Voting was held for 24 hours starting from 20:00 CET on 9 December in order to allow members of the party to vote regardless of their location, and be held in the same manner a week later if a second round was necessary.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 49], "section_span": [51, 61], "content_span": [62, 469]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272981-0008-0000", "contents": "2017 The Republicans (France) leadership election, Candidates\nCandidates for the presidency of The Republicans were required to submit applications for their candidacies with sponsorships to the High Authority of the party by 11 October 2017. To be considered valid, applications required the sponsorship of at least 1% of party adherents (i.e., a minimum of 2,347) within at least 15 different departmental federations, without more than a fifth of sponsors originating from any single federation, in addition to at least 5% of LR parliamentarians in the deputies, senators, or MEPs (i.e., at least 13 parliamentarians).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 49], "section_span": [51, 61], "content_span": [62, 621]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272981-0008-0001", "contents": "2017 The Republicans (France) leadership election, Candidates\nThe list of official candidates was released by the High Authority on 26 October after the validation of sponsorships, marking the beginning of the official campaign, which ended at midnight on 8 December; in the event that a second round was needed, the official campaign would have continued from 11 to 15 December.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 49], "section_span": [51, 61], "content_span": [62, 379]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272981-0009-0000", "contents": "2017 The Republicans (France) leadership election, Opinion polling\nBecause the number of paying members of the party constitutes only a small proportion of the French population, no surveys have explicitly surveyed voting intentions. However, surveys have been conducted among all French, including supporters of The Republicans and the right and centre, on the candidate they would support in the leadership election.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 49], "section_span": [51, 66], "content_span": [67, 418]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272981-0010-0000", "contents": "2017 The Republicans (France) leadership election, Aftermath\nOn 11 December 2017, following the election of Laurent Wauquiez as president of the party, Xavier Bertrand, president of the regional council of Hauts-de-France, announced that he would \"definitively quit\" The Republicans. Appearing on France 2, he stated that he no longer recognized his party and therefore decided to leave it the evening of the election, having already been critical of Wauquiez's failure to clearly commit against the extreme-right and engagement with the FN. Bertrand said that he did not intend to join or create a political party, adding that \"my party is the Hauts-de-France region\".", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 49], "section_span": [51, 60], "content_span": [61, 669]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272981-0010-0001", "contents": "2017 The Republicans (France) leadership election, Aftermath\nWauquiez's victory was met with relative silence among political personalities of the moderate right, with no acknowledgement or congratulation to Val\u00e9rie P\u00e9cresse and Christian Estrosi silent, and Alain Jupp\u00e9 merely noting that the election produced a \"victory without surprise\". Prior to the election, Jean-Christophe Lagarde, president of the Union of Democrats and Independents (UDI), stated that there would no longer be an alliance between the two parties in the case of a Wauquiez victory.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 49], "section_span": [51, 60], "content_span": [61, 557]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272981-0011-0000", "contents": "2017 The Republicans (France) leadership election, Aftermath\nOn 13 December, Wauquiez unveiled his selections for the leadership of the party, with Virginie Calmels, Guillaume Peltier, and Damien Abad appointed as vice presidents, Annie Genevard appointed as secretary general, in addition to six deputy secretaries general and spokespersons. Wauquiez will meet with P\u00e9cresse later in the week.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 49], "section_span": [51, 60], "content_span": [61, 394]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272982-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 The Spring League season\nThe 2017 The Spring League season was the first overall in league history, which was played in Sulphur Springs, West Virginia at The Greenbrier resort.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [29, 29], "content_span": [30, 181]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272982-0001-0000", "contents": "2017 The Spring League season, Business plan\nCEO Woods founded The Spring League in early 2016. On December 22, 2016, SiriusXM NFL Radio initially reported the league as being owned by the NFL, but retracted that by the end of the day. The NFL informed its teams of the league's existence and its plans to operate from April 5 through April 26, 2017. The Spring League's 2017 season consisted of a four-team, three-week single round-robin tournament in White Sulphur Springs, West Virginia at The Greenbrier resort in April, and a two-team \"Showcase\" game in Napa, California in July. The teams in each tournament were only identified with vague geographic names such as North, South, East, West and California. A game streamed on Facebook received 60,000 views while a practice received 30,000 views.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 44], "content_span": [45, 801]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272982-0002-0000", "contents": "2017 The Spring League season, Players and Coaches\nCoaches with long NFL or college experience included quarterback coach Terry Shea, Steve Fairchild, Donnie Henderson, Dennis Creehan and Art Valero (offensive line).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 50], "content_span": [51, 216]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272982-0003-0000", "contents": "2017 The Spring League season, Players and Coaches\nFor the April games, the league had four teams and 105 players. Its players included NFL veterans Fred Jackson, Anthony \"Boobie\" Dixon, Ben Tate, Greg Hardy, Ricky Stanzi, McLeod Bethel-Thompson and Ahmad Bradshaw. The players ranged from two to 10 years out from college.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 50], "content_span": [51, 323]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272982-0004-0000", "contents": "2017 The Spring League season, Signees to professional leagues\nThe following players signed with NFL or CFL teams following their involvement with The Spring League in 2017:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 62], "content_span": [63, 173]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272982-0005-0000", "contents": "2017 The Spring League season, Spring League Showcase\nOn July 15, 2017, the Spring League Showcase was held at Napa Memorial Stadium in California between Spring League California, coached by Terry Shea and Spring League East, coached by Donnie Henderson. Flofootball.com's FloPRO subscription service streamed the game. David Ash started the game for the California roster and lead several scoring drives. He had 96 passing yards and 9-of-13 passing, including a 4-yard touchdown pass to Anthony Dixon with an interception and 3 runs for a total of 10 yards with his longest for 9 yards. For the East, two quarterbacks, Casey Pachall and Trenton Norvell, made touchdown passes. Pachall completed 4-of-6 passes for 84 yards and a 67-yard touchdown. The game's top rusher was Paul Harris of the East team, who rushed twice for 74 yards and a 6-yard touchdown. East defeated California 23\u201319.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 53], "content_span": [54, 890]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272982-0006-0000", "contents": "2017 The Spring League season, Reception\nThe league indicated two CFL and 10 NFL teams had their scouts visit the league while another 20 made requests for video footage. Following the April games, roughly two dozen players were invited to NFL rookie mini-camps. The Carolina Panthers picked up six for their rookie mini-camp.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 40], "content_span": [41, 326]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272982-0007-0000", "contents": "2017 The Spring League season, Reception\nAfter the first season, NFL scouts seemed to like the league structure but otherwise gave mixed responses. Value was perceived by scouts as they got updated information on forgotten players or saw a player with a conditioned arm, but otherwise the talent level was below what NFL teams expected for an established developmental league. Some scouts expected younger players that had been to a couple NFL training camp but in the wrong system. Woods indicated that the older and big names brought attention to the league, which has a secondary purpose of providing a veteran annual showcase.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 40], "content_span": [41, 630]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272983-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 The Women's Tour\nThe 2017 Ovo Energy Women's Tour was the fourth staging of The Women's Tour, a women's cycling stage race held in the United Kingdom. It ran from 7 to 11 June 2017, as part of the 2017 UCI Women's World Tour.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [21, 21], "content_span": [22, 230]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272983-0001-0000", "contents": "2017 The Women's Tour\nThe race was won by Polish rider Katarzyna Niewiadoma, riding for the WM3 Pro Cycling team, who as a result, took the lead of the overall Women's World Tour standings. Niewiadoma held the race lead for the duration of the race, after winning the opening stage in Kettering following a solo break of nearly 50 kilometres (31 miles), ultimately winning the race overall by 78 seconds from Luxembourg's Christine Majerus (Boels\u2013Dolmans), who won the points and sprints jerseys after consistent finishing. The podium was completed by Canyon\u2013SRAM's Hannah Barnes.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [21, 21], "content_span": [22, 580]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272983-0002-0000", "contents": "2017 The Women's Tour\nBarnes moved onto the podium at the expense of Canada's Leah Kirchmann (Team Sunweb), after gaining twelve bonus seconds throughout the final stage; she also won the British rider classification as a result of this, having swapped the lead back-and-forth with sister Alice Barnes (Drops) throughout the race. In the other classifications, Audrey Cordon of Wiggle High5 held the lead of the mountains classification for the duration of the race, while Lucinda Brand (Team Sunweb) was deemed the most combative rider of the race while Team Sunweb were the winners of the teams classification.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [21, 21], "content_span": [22, 612]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272983-0003-0000", "contents": "2017 The Women's Tour, Teams\n17 teams participated in the 2017 Women's Tour. The top 15 UCI Women's World tour teams were automatically invited, and obliged to attend the race. On 15 February 2017 race organisers announced that Drops and Team WNT were invited to compete in the tour.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 28], "content_span": [29, 283]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272983-0004-0000", "contents": "2017 The Women's Tour, Route\nOn 15 February the route for the race was revealed. The 2017 Tour began with a stage between Daventry and Kettering in Northamptonshire. The second stage featured Stoke-on-Trent and Staffordshire before a third stage between Atherstone and Leamington Spa. The fourth stage started and finished in Chesterfield before the final stage took place in London on the same 6.2-kilometre (3.9\u00a0mi) circuit that is used in the Tour of Britain.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 28], "content_span": [29, 462]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272983-0005-0000", "contents": "2017 The Women's Tour, Classification leadership table\nIn the Women's Tour, five different jerseys were awarded. The most important was the general classification, which was calculated by adding each cyclist's finishing times on each stage. Time bonuses were awarded to the first three finishers on all stages: the stage winner won a ten-second bonus, with six and four seconds for the second and third riders respectively. Bonus seconds were also awarded to the first three riders at intermediate sprints; three seconds for the winner of the sprint, two seconds for the rider in second and one second for the rider in third. The rider with the least accumulated time is the race leader, identified by a green jersey. This classification was considered the most important of the 2017 Women's Tour, and the winner of the classification was considered the winner of the race.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 54], "content_span": [55, 873]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272983-0006-0000", "contents": "2017 The Women's Tour, Classification leadership table\nAdditionally, there was a points classification, which awarded a white jersey, with black, blue and pink trim. In the points classification, cyclists received points for finishing in the top 10 in a stage. For winning a stage, a rider earned 15\u00a0points, with 12 for second, 9 for third, 7 for fourth with a point fewer per place down to a single point for 10th place. There was also a sprints classification for the points awarded at intermediate sprints on each stage\u00a0\u2013 awarded on a 3\u20132\u20131 scale\u00a0\u2013 where the leadership of which was marked by a red jersey.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 54], "content_span": [55, 609]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272983-0007-0000", "contents": "2017 The Women's Tour, Classification leadership table\nThere was also a mountains classification, the leadership of which was marked by a predominantly black jersey. In the mountains classification, points towards the classification were won by reaching the top of a climb before other cyclists. Each climb was categorised as either first, second, or third-category, with more points available for the higher-categorised climbs. First-category climbs awarded the most points; the first ten riders were able to accrue points, compared with the first six on second-category climbs and the first four on third-category.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 54], "content_span": [55, 616]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272983-0008-0000", "contents": "2017 The Women's Tour, Classification leadership table\nThe fifth and final jersey represented the classification for British riders, marked by a light blue and pink jersey. This was decided the same way as the general classification, but only riders born in Great Britain were eligible to be ranked in the classification. There was also a team classification, in which the times of the best three cyclists per team on each stage were added together; the leading team at the end of the race was the team with the lowest total time.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 54], "content_span": [55, 530]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272984-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 Thindown Challenger Biella\nThe 2017 Thindown Challenger Biella was a professional tennis tournament played on outdoor red clay courts. It was part of the 2017 ATP Challenger Tour. It took place in Biella, Italy between 31 July \u2013 6 August 2017.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [31, 31], "content_span": [32, 248]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272984-0001-0000", "contents": "2017 Thindown Challenger Biella, Singles main draw entrants, Other Entrants\nThe following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 75], "content_span": [76, 144]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272984-0002-0000", "contents": "2017 Thindown Challenger Biella, Singles main draw entrants, Other Entrants\nThe following player received entry into the singles main draw as a special exempt:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 75], "content_span": [76, 159]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272984-0003-0000", "contents": "2017 Thindown Challenger Biella, Singles main draw entrants, Other Entrants\nThe following player received entry into the singles main draw as an alternate:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 75], "content_span": [76, 155]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272985-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 Thindown Challenger Biella \u2013 Doubles\nThis was a doubles tennis event in a professional tennis tournament held in Biella, Italy, in the summer of 2017.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [41, 41], "content_span": [42, 155]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272985-0001-0000", "contents": "2017 Thindown Challenger Biella \u2013 Doubles\nAndre Begemann and Leander Paes were the defending champions but chose not to defend their title.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [41, 41], "content_span": [42, 139]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272985-0002-0000", "contents": "2017 Thindown Challenger Biella \u2013 Doubles\nAttila Bal\u00e1zs and Fabiano de Paula won the title after defeating Johan Brunstr\u00f6m and Dino Marcan 5\u20137, 6\u20134, [10\u20134] in the final.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [41, 41], "content_span": [42, 169]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272986-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 Thindown Challenger Biella \u2013 Singles\nFederico Gaio was the defending champion but lost in the second round to Jo\u00e3o Souza.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [41, 41], "content_span": [42, 126]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272986-0001-0000", "contents": "2017 Thindown Challenger Biella \u2013 Singles\nFilip Krajinovi\u0107 won the title after defeating Salvatore Caruso 6\u20133, 6\u20132 in the final.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [41, 41], "content_span": [42, 128]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272987-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 Three Days of De Panne\nThe 2017 Three Days of De Panne (Dutch: Driedaagse De Panne\u2013Koksijde) was the 41st edition of the Three Days of De Panne cycling stage race. The race included four stages over three days, from 28\u201330 March 2017. It was rated as a 2.HC event in the 2017 UCI Europe Tour.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [27, 27], "content_span": [28, 296]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272987-0001-0000", "contents": "2017 Three Days of De Panne\nThe race was won by Quick-Step Floors rider Philippe Gilbert, after he attacked on the Muur van Geraardsbergen during the race's opening stage and soloed away to the victory by 17 seconds from his nearest competitor. He ultimately won the race by 38 seconds ahead of Trek\u2013Segafredo's Matthias Br\u00e4ndle, while the podium was completed by Alexander Kristoff from Team Katusha\u2013Alpecin, who won the second stage of the race. Kristoff's consistent finishing over the stages won him the points classification, while Gilbert won the sprints classification, primarily from his opening-day attack.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [27, 27], "content_span": [28, 615]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272987-0002-0000", "contents": "2017 Three Days of De Panne\nIn the race's other classifications, Sport Vlaanderen\u2013Baloise rider Piet Allegaert was the winner of the mountains classification, Simone Consonni from UAE Team Emirates was the winner of the Bernard Van de Kerckhove Trophy, as the best-placed rider under the age of 23 \u2013 in thirteenth place overall \u2013 while Trek\u2013Segafredo won the teams classification, as Br\u00e4ndle, Edward Theuns and Boy van Poppel all finished within the top ten placings in the general classification.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [27, 27], "content_span": [28, 497]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272987-0003-0000", "contents": "2017 Three Days of De Panne, Route\nThe race included four stages; three road stages, while the fourth and final stage was an individual time trial.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 34], "content_span": [35, 147]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272987-0004-0000", "contents": "2017 Three Days of De Panne, Teams\n24 teams took part in the 2017 Three Days of De Panne. 7 of these were UCI WorldTeams, 13 were UCI Professional Continental teams, and 4 were UCI Professional Continental teams.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 34], "content_span": [35, 212]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272987-0005-0000", "contents": "2017 Three Days of De Panne, Classification leadership table\nIn the 2017 Three Days of De Panne, four different jerseys were awarded. For the general classification, which was calculated by adding each cyclist's finishing times on each stage, and allowing time bonuses for the first three finishers at intermediate sprints and at the finish of mass-start stages, the leader received a white jersey. This classification was considered the most important of the 2017 Three Days of De Panne, and the winner of the classification was considered the winner of the race.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 60], "content_span": [61, 564]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272987-0006-0000", "contents": "2017 Three Days of De Panne, Classification leadership table\nAdditionally, there was a points classification, which awarded a green jersey. In the points classification, cyclists received points for finishing in the top placings of a stage. On the first two days; for winning a stage, a rider earned 20\u00a0points, with 18 for second, 16 for third, 14 for fourth, 12 for fifth, 10 for sixth with a point fewer per place down to a single point for 15th place.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 60], "content_span": [61, 454]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272987-0006-0001", "contents": "2017 Three Days of De Panne, Classification leadership table\nOn the final day, points were awarded to the top 10 riders, with 10 points for the winner and a point fewer per place down to a single point for 10th place. There was also a sprints classification for points awarded at the race's intermediate sprints, where riders received points for finishing in the top three at these sprints; the leadership of which was marked by a blue jersey.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 60], "content_span": [61, 443]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272987-0007-0000", "contents": "2017 Three Days of De Panne, Classification leadership table\nThere was also a mountains classification, the leadership of which was marked by a red jersey. Points for this classification were won by the first riders to the top of each categorised climb, on a 5\u20133\u20131 scale as all climbs were categorised the same. There was also a classification for teams, in which the times of the best three cyclists per team on each stage were added together; the leading team at the end of the race was the team with the lowest total time.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 60], "content_span": [61, 525]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272988-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 Th\u00fcringen Rundfahrt der Frauen\nThe 2017 Th\u00fcringen Rundfahrt der Frauen (also known as the Internationalen LOTTO Th\u00fcringen Ladies Tour for sponsorship reasons) was the 30th edition of the Th\u00fcringen Rundfahrt der Frauen, a women's cycling stage race in Germany. It was rated by the UCI as a category 2.1 race and was held between 12 and 18 July 2017.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [35, 35], "content_span": [36, 353]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272988-0001-0000", "contents": "2017 Th\u00fcringen Rundfahrt der Frauen\nThe race was won by home rider Lisa Brennauer (Canyon\u2013SRAM), who regained the race lead from Team WNT's Hayley Simmonds after the fourth stage individual time trial. Brennauer finished 19 seconds clear of Ellen van Dijk, who was racing for a Netherlands national team, while Simmonds completed the podium, a further 16 seconds in arrears. Other classification wins were taken by Eugenia Bujak (BTC City Ljubljana; points), Tayler Wiles (UnitedHealthcare; mountains) and Emma White (United States national team; youth), while the teams classification was won by Canyon\u2013SRAM.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [35, 35], "content_span": [36, 609]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272988-0002-0000", "contents": "2017 Th\u00fcringen Rundfahrt der Frauen, Teams\nA total of 18 teams took part in the race.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 42], "content_span": [43, 85]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272988-0003-0000", "contents": "2017 Th\u00fcringen Rundfahrt der Frauen, Classification leadership table\nIn the 2017 Th\u00fcringen Rundfahrt der Frauen, six different jerseys were awarded. The most important was the general classification, which was calculated by adding each cyclist's finishing times on each stage. Time bonuses were awarded to the first three finishers on all mass-start stages: the stage winner won a ten-second bonus, with six and four seconds for the second and third riders respectively. Bonus seconds were also awarded to the first three riders at intermediate sprints; three seconds for the winner of the sprint, two seconds for the rider in second and one second for the rider in third. The rider with the least accumulated time is the race leader, identified by a yellow jersey. This classification was considered the most important of the 2017 Th\u00fcringen Rundfahrt der Frauen, and the winner of the classification was considered the winner of the race.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 68], "content_span": [69, 939]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272988-0004-0000", "contents": "2017 Th\u00fcringen Rundfahrt der Frauen, Classification leadership table\nThere was also a mountains classification, the leadership of which was marked by a black, white and yellow jersey. In the mountains classification, points towards the classification were won by reaching the top of a climb before other cyclists. Each climb was categorised as either first, second, or third-category, with more points available for the higher-categorised climbs. First-category climbs awarded the most points; the first four riders were able to accrue points, compared with the first three on all other climbs.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 68], "content_span": [69, 594]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272988-0005-0000", "contents": "2017 Th\u00fcringen Rundfahrt der Frauen, Classification leadership table\nAdditionally, there was a sprints classification, which awarded a blue jersey. In the sprints classification, cyclists received points for finishing in the top 5 in a stage, except the time trials. For winning a stage, a rider earned 5\u00a0points, with 4 for second, 3 for third, 2 for fourth and a single point for 5th place. Points were also awarded at intermediate sprints on each mass-start stage\u00a0\u2013 awarded on a 3\u20132\u20131 scale. The fourth jersey represented the young rider classification, marked by a red and white jersey. This was decided the same way as the general classification, but only riders born on or after 1 January 1995 were eligible to be ranked in the classification.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 68], "content_span": [69, 748]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272988-0006-0000", "contents": "2017 Th\u00fcringen Rundfahrt der Frauen, Classification leadership table\nThe fifth jersey represented the classification for German riders, marked by a white and blue jersey. This was decided on each day's stage results, but only riders born in Germany were eligible to be ranked in the classification. The sixth and final jersey (coloured white and green) was for the most active rider, decided daily by a race jury. A purple jersey, presented on the podium only, was also given to amateur riders. There was also a team classification, in which the times of the best three cyclists per team on each stage were added together; the leading team at the end of the race was the team with the lowest total time.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 68], "content_span": [69, 703]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272989-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 Tianjin Open\nThe 2017 Tianjin Open was a women's professional tennis tournament played on hard courts. It was the 4th edition of the tournament, and part of the 2017 WTA Tour. It took place at the Tuanbo International Tennis Centre in Tianjin, China between 9 and 15 October 2017.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 17], "section_span": [17, 17], "content_span": [18, 285]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272989-0001-0000", "contents": "2017 Tianjin Open, Points and prize money, Prize money\n1 Qualifiers prize money is also the Round of 32 prize money* per team", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 17], "section_span": [19, 54], "content_span": [55, 125]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272989-0002-0000", "contents": "2017 Tianjin Open, Singles main draw entrants, Other entrants\nThe following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 17], "section_span": [19, 61], "content_span": [62, 130]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272990-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 Tianjin Open \u2013 Doubles\nChristina McHale and Peng Shuai were the defending champions, but Peng chose not to participate this year. McHale played alongside Lauren Davis, but lost in the first round to Kateryna Bondarenko and Alla Kudryavtseva.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [27, 27], "content_span": [28, 246]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272990-0001-0000", "contents": "2017 Tianjin Open \u2013 Doubles\nIrina-Camelia Begu and Sara Errani won the title, defeating Dalila Jakupovi\u0107 and Nina Stojanovi\u0107 in the final, 6\u20134, 6\u20133.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [27, 27], "content_span": [28, 148]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272991-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 Tianjin Open \u2013 Singles\nPeng Shuai was the defending champion, but lost in the semifinals to Maria Sharapova.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [27, 27], "content_span": [28, 113]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272991-0001-0000", "contents": "2017 Tianjin Open \u2013 Singles\nSharapova went on to win the title, defeating Aryna Sabalenka in the final, 7\u20135, 7\u20136(10\u20138). This was Sharapova's first title after serving a suspension for a doping offense, and was her final career title before retiring in 2020.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [27, 27], "content_span": [28, 257]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272992-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 Tianjin Quanjian F.C. season\nTianjin Quanjian F.C. is a professional Chinese football club that currently participates in the Chinese Super League division under licence from the Chinese Football Association (CFA). The team is based in Tianjin and their home stadium is the Haihe Educational Football Stadium that has a seating capacity of 30,000. Their current owners are Quanjian Nature Medicine who officially took over the club on 7 July 2015.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [33, 33], "content_span": [34, 452]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272993-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 Tiburon Challenger\nThe 2017 Tiburon Challenger was a professional tennis tournament played on outdoor hard courts. It was the eleventh edition of the tournament which was part of the 2017 ATP Challenger Tour. It took place in Tiburon, United States between 25 September and 1 October 2017.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [23, 23], "content_span": [24, 294]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272993-0001-0000", "contents": "2017 Tiburon Challenger, Singles main draw entrants, Other Entrants\nThe following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 67], "content_span": [68, 136]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272993-0002-0000", "contents": "2017 Tiburon Challenger, Singles main draw entrants, Other Entrants\nThe following players received entry into the singles main draw as special exempts:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 67], "content_span": [68, 151]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272993-0003-0000", "contents": "2017 Tiburon Challenger, Singles main draw entrants, Other Entrants\nThe following player received entry into the singles main draw using a protected ranking:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 67], "content_span": [68, 157]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272994-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 Tiburon Challenger \u2013 Doubles\nMatt Reid and John-Patrick Smith were the defending champions but chose not to defend their title.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [33, 33], "content_span": [34, 132]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272994-0001-0000", "contents": "2017 Tiburon Challenger \u2013 Doubles\nAndr\u00e9 G\u00f6ransson and Florian Lakat won the title after defeating Marcelo Ar\u00e9valo and Miguel \u00c1ngel Reyes-Varela 6\u20134, 6\u20134 in the final.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [33, 33], "content_span": [34, 166]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272995-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 Tiburon Challenger \u2013 Singles\nDarian King was the defending champion but lost in the first round to Mackenzie McDonald.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [33, 33], "content_span": [34, 123]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272995-0001-0000", "contents": "2017 Tiburon Challenger \u2013 Singles\nCameron Norrie won the title after defeating Tennys Sandgren 6\u20132, 6\u20133 in the final.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [33, 33], "content_span": [34, 117]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272996-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 Tikrit attacks\nOn 4 April 2017, several Islamic State militants disguised as military personnel killed at least 35 people in Tikrit, 14 of which were members of security forces.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [19, 19], "content_span": [20, 183]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272996-0001-0000", "contents": "2017 Tikrit attacks, The attacks\nThe attack occurred late on the night of April 4, when 10 ISIL militants disguised in police uniform attacked a security checkpoint and stormed the house of a police colonel in Zuhour, a neighborhood in Tikrit. The clashes resulted in the killing of at least five IS militants; three were shot dead, while two others detonated their explosive vests, according to a security source.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 32], "content_span": [33, 414]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272997-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 Tilia Slovenia Open\nThe 2017 Tilia Slovenia Open was a professional tennis tournament played on hard courts. It was the fifth edition of the tournament which was part of the 2017 ATP Challenger Tour. It took place in Portoro\u017e, Slovenia between 7 \u2013 12 August 2017.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [24, 24], "content_span": [25, 268]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272997-0001-0000", "contents": "2017 Tilia Slovenia Open, Singles main draw entrants, Other entrants\nThe following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 68], "content_span": [69, 137]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272997-0002-0000", "contents": "2017 Tilia Slovenia Open, Singles main draw entrants, Other entrants\nThe following player received entry into the singles main draw as a special exempt:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 68], "content_span": [69, 152]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272997-0003-0000", "contents": "2017 Tilia Slovenia Open, Singles main draw entrants, Other entrants\nThe following player received entry into the singles main draw as an alternate:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 68], "content_span": [69, 148]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272998-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 Tilia Slovenia Open \u2013 Doubles\nSergey Betov and Ilya Ivashka were the defending champions but only Ivashka chose to defend his title, partnering Aldin \u0160etki\u0107. Ivashka lost in the semifinals to Luk\u00e1\u0161 Rosol and Franko \u0160kugor.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [34, 34], "content_span": [35, 227]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272998-0001-0000", "contents": "2017 Tilia Slovenia Open \u2013 Doubles\nHans Podlipnik-Castillo and Andrei Vasilevski won the title after defeating Rosol and \u0160kugor 6\u20133, 7\u20136(7\u20134) in the final.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [34, 34], "content_span": [35, 155]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272999-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 Tilia Slovenia Open \u2013 Singles\nFlorian Mayer was the defending champion but chose not to defend his title.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [34, 34], "content_span": [35, 110]}} {"id": "enwiki-00272999-0001-0000", "contents": "2017 Tilia Slovenia Open \u2013 Singles\nSergiy Stakhovsky won the title after defeating Matteo Berrettini 6\u20137(4\u20137), 7\u20136(8\u20136), 6\u20133 in the final.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [34, 34], "content_span": [35, 138]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273000-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 Tim Hortons Brier\nThe 2017 Tim Hortons Brier, Canada's national men's curling championship, was held from March 4\u201312, 2017 at the Mile One Centre in St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [22, 22], "content_span": [23, 192]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273000-0001-0000", "contents": "2017 Tim Hortons Brier\nThis marked the second time the Brier was hosted by St. John's, the first being the 1972 Macdonald Brier.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [22, 22], "content_span": [23, 128]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273000-0002-0000", "contents": "2017 Tim Hortons Brier\nNewfoundland and Labrador won the Brier 7\u20136 in the final against Team Canada, giving skip Brad Gushue his first Brier title. With the win, the Gushue rink earned the right to represent Canada at the 2017 Ford World Men's Curling Championship held from April 1\u20139, 2017 at Northlands Coliseum in Edmonton, Alberta. They also represented Team Canada at the 2018 Tim Hortons Brier in Regina, Saskatchewan and earned $225,000 for the victory. The bronze medal was won by Manitoba.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [22, 22], "content_span": [23, 498]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273000-0003-0000", "contents": "2017 Tim Hortons Brier\nThe total attendance for the event was 122,592, up from the 115,047 that attended the previous year's Brier held in Ottawa, Ontario. The attendance for the final was 6,471.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [22, 22], "content_span": [23, 195]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273000-0004-0000", "contents": "2017 Tim Hortons Brier, Background, Host bidding\nBoth Ontario's Sault Ste. Marie (Essar Centre) and Newfoundland and Labrador's St. John's (Mile One Centre) made bids for the Brier, but it was announced on September 14, 2015 that St. John's would host.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 48], "content_span": [49, 252]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273000-0005-0000", "contents": "2017 Tim Hortons Brier, Background, Brier Bear\nThe wearer of the Brier Bear \u2013 the Brier-renowned mascot \u2013 suit, Reg Caughie, has announced that, after this 2017 Canadian Men's Curling Championship, he will retire from wearing the suit. The 78-year old Caughie believes that Curling Canada will continue the tradition of the Brier Bear.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 46], "content_span": [47, 335]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273000-0006-0000", "contents": "2017 Tim Hortons Brier, Teams\nTen of the fifteen teams of the 2017 Brier were in the top 30 of the men's 2016\u201317 CTRS standings. Newfoundland and Labrador's Brad Gushue, skip of one of the consistent top three rinks in Canada, attempted to win his first Brier (in 14 appearances) in front of a hometown crowd. Brothers Kevin Koe \u2013 representing Team Canada, and Jamie Koe \u2013 representing the Northwest Territories, again competed against each other. 2016 PEI Champion Adam Casey and his third David Mathers moved west to join rinks that then won the championships of Saskatchewan and Ontario, respectively.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 29], "content_span": [30, 604]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273000-0007-0000", "contents": "2017 Tim Hortons Brier, Teams\nGlenn Howard won the Ontario Championship for the 17th time as either third or skip. By contrast, a team not skipped by either Kevin Martin, Randy Ferbey or Kevin Koe won the Alberta Championship for the first time since 1999 (although Kevin Martin coached Alberta's Brendan Bottcher).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 29], "content_span": [30, 315]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273000-0008-0000", "contents": "2017 Tim Hortons Brier, Teams\nSkip : Kevin KoeThird: Marc KennedySecond: Brent LaingLead: Ben HebertAlternate: Scott Pfeifer", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 29], "content_span": [30, 124]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273000-0009-0000", "contents": "2017 Tim Hortons Brier, Teams\nSkip : Brendan BottcherThird: Darren MouldingSecond: Brad ThiessenLead: Karrick MartinAlternate: Evan Asmussen", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 29], "content_span": [30, 140]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273000-0010-0000", "contents": "2017 Tim Hortons Brier, Teams\nFourth: Jim CotterSkip: John MorrisSecond: Tyrel GriffithLead: Rick SawatskyAlternate: David Harper", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 29], "content_span": [30, 129]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273000-0011-0000", "contents": "2017 Tim Hortons Brier, Teams\nSkip : Mike KennedyThird: Scott JonesSecond: Marc LeCocqLead: Jamie BrannenAlternate: Spencer Mawhinney", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 29], "content_span": [30, 133]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273000-0012-0000", "contents": "2017 Tim Hortons Brier, Teams\nSkip : Brad JacobsThird: Ryan FrySecond: E.J. HarndenLead: Ryan HarndenAlternate: Lee Toner", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 29], "content_span": [30, 121]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273000-0013-0000", "contents": "2017 Tim Hortons Brier, Teams\nSkip : Jamie MurphyThird: Jordan PinderSecond: Scott SaccaryLead: Phil CrowellAlternate: Alan Darragh", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 29], "content_span": [30, 131]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273000-0014-0000", "contents": "2017 Tim Hortons Brier, Teams\nSkip : Glenn HowardThird: Richard HartSecond: David MathersLead: Scott HowardAlternate: Adam Spencer", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 29], "content_span": [30, 130]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273000-0015-0000", "contents": "2017 Tim Hortons Brier, Teams\nSkip : Eddie MacKenzieThird: Sean LedgerwoodSecond: Matt NabuursLead: Robbie DohertyAlternate: Philip Gorveatt", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 29], "content_span": [30, 140]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273000-0016-0000", "contents": "2017 Tim Hortons Brier, Teams\nSkip : Jean-Michel M\u00e9nardThird: Martin Cr\u00eateSecond: \u00c9ric SylvainLead: Philippe M\u00e9nardAlternate: Pierre Charette", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 29], "content_span": [30, 141]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273000-0017-0000", "contents": "2017 Tim Hortons Brier, Teams\nSkip : Adam CaseyThird: Catlin SchneiderSecond: Shaun MeachemLead: Dustin KidbyAlternate: Jamie Schneider", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 29], "content_span": [30, 135]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273000-0018-0000", "contents": "2017 Tim Hortons Brier, Teams\nSkip : Jamie KoeThird: Chris SchilleSecond: Brad ChorostkowskiLead: Robert BordenAlternate: Greg Skauge", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 29], "content_span": [30, 133]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273000-0019-0000", "contents": "2017 Tim Hortons Brier, Teams\nSkip : Jim NixThird: Edmund MacDonaldSecond: Greg HowardLead: Darryl McGrathAlternate: Howard Fick", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 29], "content_span": [30, 128]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273000-0020-0000", "contents": "2017 Tim Hortons Brier, Teams\nFourth: Jon SolbergSkip: Craig KochanSecond: Ray MikkelsenLead: Darrin FredricksonAlternate: Wade Scoffin", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 29], "content_span": [30, 135]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273000-0021-0000", "contents": "2017 Tim Hortons Brier, Pre-Qualifying Tournament, Results\nAll draw times are listed in Newfoundland Standard Time (UTC\u221203:30).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 58], "content_span": [59, 127]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273000-0022-0000", "contents": "2017 Tim Hortons Brier, Round robin results\nAll draw times are listed in Newfoundland Standard Time (UTC\u221203:30).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 43], "content_span": [44, 112]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273001-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 Times Square car crash\nOn May 18, 2017, a car was crashed in Times Square, New York City, United States. One person was killed and 20 were injured. Navy veteran Richard Rojas was charged with two counts of second degree murder, 18 attempted murders and 38 assaults, to which he pled not guilty.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [27, 27], "content_span": [28, 299]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273001-0001-0000", "contents": "2017 Times Square car crash\nAfter being detained, Rojas was found to have ingested phencyclidine before the crash. When interviewed by the NYPD, Rojas said he wanted to die in a \"suicide by cop\", and that he had been hearing voices. In a jailhouse news interview three days later, he said he did not remember the incident or any statements he made afterward.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [27, 27], "content_span": [28, 358]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273001-0002-0000", "contents": "2017 Times Square car crash\nA year later, multiple liability lawsuits were filed between Rojas, victims, and the city.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [27, 27], "content_span": [28, 118]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273001-0003-0000", "contents": "2017 Times Square car crash, Incident\nRichard Rojas, the driver of a maroon 2009 Honda Accord, sped into pedestrians in Times Square after having jumped the sidewalk on the west side of Seventh Avenue at 42nd Street, outside the Reuters Building. He continued for three blocks before crashing into traffic bollards at the northwest corner of 45th Street and Seventh Avenue, at Broadway. As Rojas was trying to leave his car, a traffic agent tackled him and took him into custody. After having exited the car Rojas said: \"I wanted to kill them,\" according to prosecutors.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 37], "content_span": [38, 570]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273001-0004-0000", "contents": "2017 Times Square car crash, Victims\nAlyssa Elsman, an 18-year-old tourist from Portage, Michigan, was killed and 20 people were injured, four critically.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 36], "content_span": [37, 154]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273001-0005-0000", "contents": "2017 Times Square car crash, Suspect\nRichard Rojas (born 1991), a 26-year-old resident of the Bronx and a military veteran, was arrested and charged after the crash. He previously served in the United States Navy and had two prior arrests for driving under the influence. These arrests came in 2008 and 2015. He enlisted in the Navy in 2011 and was an electrician's mate fireman apprentice. In 2012, he served aboard the destroyer USS Carney. He was most recently based at Naval Air Station Jacksonville and was discharged in 2014.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 36], "content_span": [37, 531]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273001-0006-0000", "contents": "2017 Times Square car crash, Suspect\nRojas was arrested in September 2012 after assaulting a cab driver and yelling at an officer, \"My life is over\", and threatening to kill police officers after his release. He also spent two months in military prison in 2013. A neighbor said his family was Dominican. One of his friends said Rojas had developed a drinking problem after his military service, using it as medication for his \"dark thoughts and moods\", and posted what the friend described as \"demonic\" content on social media. According to authorities and his friends, his mental health issues dated back to his childhood though he never sought psychiatric care, becoming more paranoid and increasing his intake of marijuana and alcohol.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 36], "content_span": [37, 738]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273001-0007-0000", "contents": "2017 Times Square car crash, Suspect\nRojas was obsessed with Scientology and had accumulated literature on the religion. He recently got back his car after it was repossessed a short time before the incident. A week before the incident, he was arrested and charged with pointing a knife at a notary, whom he accused of stealing his identity.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 36], "content_span": [37, 341]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273001-0008-0000", "contents": "2017 Times Square car crash, Suspect\nInvestigators looked into his psychological history. In an interview for the New York Post on May 21, he said he had no recollection of the incident or any statements he made when arrested and sought help in the prior week, including speaking to a mental health counselor at a veteran's affairs center, who promised to call him on Monday (May 22).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 36], "content_span": [37, 384]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273001-0009-0000", "contents": "2017 Times Square car crash, Aftermath\nBill de Blasio, the Mayor of New York City, and other officials have said there is no indication the incident was an act of terrorism. Several law enforcement officials said the suspect thought he was hearing voices and expected to die. Rojas tested negative for alcohol, but additional testing was done to determine whether he was taking any drugs. The drug test came back as positive while blood tests were conducted for whether he had taken synthetic marijuana or PCP. Rojas has since offered alternative explanations to the investigators who said they hadn't come to any conclusions.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 38], "content_span": [39, 626]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273001-0010-0000", "contents": "2017 Times Square car crash, Aftermath\nAccording to a criminal complaint, Rojas admitted smoking marijuana laced with PCP before driving the car. Prosectors said he told the police he wanted to die by suicide by cop. He also rambled that he had been hearing voices and it was the last day on Earth. According to other sources, he said he claimed to hear voices telling him the police were going to kill him. Later, they said he had tested positive for PCP and told police God made him do it. His interview was said to be abnormal and rambling.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 38], "content_span": [39, 543]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273001-0011-0000", "contents": "2017 Times Square car crash, Legal proceedings\nRojas was later charged with second-degree murder, 20 counts of attempted murder, and five counts of aggravated vehicular homicide.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 46], "content_span": [47, 178]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273001-0012-0000", "contents": "2017 Times Square car crash, Legal proceedings\nOn July 13, Rojas, through his lawyer, Enrico DeMarco, pleaded not guilty to two counts of second-degree murder, 18 attempted murders and 38 assaults.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 46], "content_span": [47, 197]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273001-0013-0000", "contents": "2017 Times Square car crash, Legal proceedings\nOn October 24, DeMarco declined to reveal whether he would attempt an insanity defense, saying he needed \"another month or so\" to examine Rojas' possessions, such as notebooks, which the district attorney possesses. Justice Melissa Jackson urged him to hurry before adjourning till December 18. On December 17, he filed notice of his intent to pursue an insanity defense. Rojas will be examined by psychiatrists hired by both sides.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 46], "content_span": [47, 479]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273001-0014-0000", "contents": "2017 Times Square car crash, Legal proceedings, Civil action\nIn July 2018, Elsman's father and sister sued New York City for unspecified damages, alleging it failed to provide adequate protection from civilian attacks. Rojas was also named as a defendant. The next month, victims Jessica Williams and William Nelson Sr. filed a similar joint suit for $75 million.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 60], "content_span": [61, 363]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273001-0015-0000", "contents": "2017 Times Square car crash, Legal proceedings, Civil action\nRojas countersued the plaintiffs, blaming their injuries on their own culpable conduct, and holding their respective insurance companies solely responsible for paying their expenses. He agreed with their claim that the city was recklessly negligent, and sued it accordingly.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 60], "content_span": [61, 335]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273002-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 Tipperary Senior Football Championship\nThe 2017 Tipperary Senior Football Championship was the 127th edition of the Tipperary GAA's premier club Gaelic football tournament for senior graded teams in County Tipperary, Ireland. The tournament consisted of 16 teams with the winner going on to represent Tipperary in the Munster Senior Club Football Championship. The championship began with a Group stage before proceeding to a knock-out format.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [43, 43], "content_span": [44, 448]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273002-0001-0000", "contents": "2017 Tipperary Senior Football Championship\nLoughmore-Castleiney were the defending champions after they defeated Moyle Rovers in the previous years final.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [43, 43], "content_span": [44, 155]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273002-0002-0000", "contents": "2017 Tipperary Senior Football Championship\nThis was Fethard's first ever year in the senior grade after claiming the 2016 Tipperary Intermediate Football Championship title, however they will drop back to the I.F.C. for 2018 after losing the Relegation final. They will be replaced by I.F.C. champions Kiladangan.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [43, 43], "content_span": [44, 314]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273002-0003-0000", "contents": "2017 Tipperary Senior Football Championship, Team Changes\nThe following teams have changed division since the 2016 championship season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [45, 57], "content_span": [58, 135]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273002-0004-0000", "contents": "2017 Tipperary Senior Football Championship, Format\nThe 16 teams are drawn into random groups of four. The top two teams automatically enter the knock-out stages. Should a team finish third or fourth in their group but win their regional championship (West Tipperary S.F.C./Mid Tipperary S.F.C./South Tipperary S.F.C. ), they will be re-instated into the county series in a Preliminary Quarter-Final in a random draw against any of the second placed teams.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [45, 51], "content_span": [52, 456]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273002-0005-0000", "contents": "2017 Tipperary Senior Football Championship, Group stage\nAll 16 teams enter the competition at this stage. The top 2 teams in each group go into the Quarter-Finals while the bottom team of each group will enter a Relegation Playoff.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [45, 56], "content_span": [57, 232]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273002-0006-0000", "contents": "2017 Tipperary Senior Football Championship, Knockout stage, Preliminary Quarter Final\nArravale Rovers won the West Tipperary S.F.C. in 2017, and thus qualified for the Knock-out stage despite finishing third in Group B.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [45, 86], "content_span": [87, 220]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273003-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 Tipperary Senior Hurling Championship\nThe 2017 Tipperary Senior Hurling Championship was the 127th staging of the Tipperary Senior Hurling Championship since its establishment by the Tipperary County Board in 1887. The draw for the group stage placings took place on 23 January 2017. The championship began on 28 April 2017 and ended on 8 October 2017.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [42, 42], "content_span": [43, 357]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273003-0001-0000", "contents": "2017 Tipperary Senior Hurling Championship\nThurles Sarsfields were the defending champions and entered the championship in search of a fourth successive title. Ballina and Burgess were relegated after finishing bottom of the relegation group.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [42, 42], "content_span": [43, 242]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273003-0002-0000", "contents": "2017 Tipperary Senior Hurling Championship\nThe final was played on 8 October 2017 at Semple Stadium in Thurles, between Thurles Sarsfields and Borris-Ileigh, in what was their first meeting in a final in 62 years. Thurles Sarsfields won the match by 1-24 to 0-11 to claim their 36th championship title overall and a fourth title in succession.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [42, 42], "content_span": [43, 343]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273003-0003-0000", "contents": "2017 Tipperary Senior Hurling Championship\nThurles Sarsfields' Pa Bourke was the championship's top scorer with 3-43.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [42, 42], "content_span": [43, 117]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273004-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 Tipperary county hurling team season\nThe 2017 season was Michael Ryan's second year as manager of the Tipperary senior hurling team.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [41, 41], "content_span": [42, 137]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273004-0001-0000", "contents": "2017 Tipperary county hurling team season\nOn 28 November 2016, P\u00e1draic Maher was named as the new captain of the Tipperary Senior hurling team for 2017 with S\u00e9amus Callanan named as vice-captain.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [41, 41], "content_span": [42, 195]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273004-0002-0000", "contents": "2017 Tipperary county hurling team season\nIntersport/Elverys continued as sponsors of Tipperary GAA for a third year. Tipperary wore a New Jersey design for the first time on 23 April in the League final against Galway. The new design has Intersport with Elverys underneath with Elverys.ie on the back shoulders.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [41, 41], "content_span": [42, 312]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273004-0003-0000", "contents": "2017 Tipperary county hurling team season\nThe Tipperary players and management team traveled to Miami in December 2016 for a team holiday where they rang in the new year. Tipperary again chose not to compete in the Munster Senior Hurling League which was held in January.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [41, 41], "content_span": [42, 271]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273004-0004-0000", "contents": "2017 Tipperary county hurling team season\nTipperary were going for a three in a row of Munster titles and were also defending their All-Ireland title. They were looking to win back-to-back All-Ireland's for the first time since 1965.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [41, 41], "content_span": [42, 233]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273004-0005-0000", "contents": "2017 Tipperary county hurling team season, 2017 senior hurling management team, 2017 squad\nOn 28 November 2016, a pre-season training squad of 40 players was announced by Michael Ryan for winter training.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [43, 90], "content_span": [91, 204]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273004-0006-0000", "contents": "2017 Tipperary county hurling team season, 2017 senior hurling management team, 2017 squad\nThe following players made their competitive senior debut in 2017.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [43, 90], "content_span": [91, 157]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273004-0007-0000", "contents": "2017 Tipperary county hurling team season, 2017 senior hurling management team, 2017 squad\nSquad as per 2017 National Hurling League Final v Galway on 23 April 2017", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [43, 90], "content_span": [91, 164]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273004-0008-0000", "contents": "2017 Tipperary county hurling team season, 2017 senior hurling management team, 2017 squad\nSquad as per 2017 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship Semi-Final v Galway on 6 August 2017", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [43, 90], "content_span": [91, 185]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273004-0009-0000", "contents": "2017 Tipperary county hurling team season, Challenge Games\nA challenge match against St. Thomas of Galway which was due to be played on 22 January was called off as St. Thomas's withdrew. Tipperary played their first game of the year against Antrim in a challenge match on 29 January in Corrigan Park, Belfast. The match against Antrim was as part of a weekend to remember the late Fr. Alec Reid, Redemptorist Priest, originally from Nenagh and who played a pivotal role in the Peace Process. He was also a member of the Tipperary minor hurling panel which won the All-Ireland title in 1949. Antrim had a 2\u20138 to 0\u20138 lead at half-time but Tipperary went on to win by 4\u201322 to 2\u201315.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [43, 58], "content_span": [59, 679]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273004-0010-0000", "contents": "2017 Tipperary county hurling team season, Challenge Games\nBrian Hogan Joe O\u2019Dwyer, Ronan Maher, Alan Flynn Willie Ryan, S\u00e9amus Kennedy, Barry Heffernan, Stephen Cahill Michael Breen Sean Ryan, Steven O\u2019Brien, Jason Forde Andrew Coffey, Seamus Callanan (c), John McGrath", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [43, 58], "content_span": [59, 274]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273004-0011-0000", "contents": "2017 Tipperary county hurling team season, 2017 National Hurling League, Summary\nTipperary started their league campaign on 11 February against Dublin, 22 weeks after winning the All-Ireland title. The match was played in Croke Park with a 5pm throw-in, and was televised live by Eir Sport. Steven O\u2019Brien and Aidan McCormack made their league debuts for Tipperary in the match with P\u00e1draic Maher being named as the man of the match. Tipperary had a 0\u201311 to 0\u20136 lead at half-time and went on to win by 16 points on a 1\u201324 to 1-8 scoreline where there was strong wind with heavy rain during the game. The Tipperary goal was scored by Jason Forde in the 55th minute when he read the break of the ball and ran through unopposed before hitting a low shot past Dublin goalkeeper Gary Maguire.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [43, 80], "content_span": [81, 787]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273004-0012-0000", "contents": "2017 Tipperary county hurling team season, 2017 National Hurling League, Summary\nA week later on 19 February Tipperary defeated Waterford in wet conditions on a heavy pitch at Walsh Park by 1\u201318 to 0\u201315. Tipperary had a 0\u201311 to 0\u201310 lead at half time. The Tipperary goal was scored by John McGrath in the 58th minute when he batted the ball to the net after an initial shot from Noel McGrath was saved by Waterford goalkeeper Ian O\u2019Regan. The match was shown live by TG4. S\u00e9amus Kennedy was the man of the match. After two games Tipperary were on top of Division 1A of the National Hurling League with four points and the only team to win both of their opening games.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [43, 80], "content_span": [81, 667]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273004-0013-0000", "contents": "2017 Tipperary county hurling team season, 2017 National Hurling League, Summary\nOn 5 March Tipperary played Clare in round 3 of the National Hurling League at Semple Stadium, deferred coverage of the game was shown by TG4. The Tipperary v Longford National Football League match that was due to take place before it was postponed due to the weather. James Barry was named to start but was ruled out of the match due to a heavy cold which prevented him from training all week, with Padraic Maher starting instead. Seamus Callanan was also ruled out with a bug. Barry Heffernan made his first start of the year at midfield.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [43, 80], "content_span": [81, 622]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273004-0013-0001", "contents": "2017 Tipperary county hurling team season, 2017 National Hurling League, Summary\nTipperary had a 0\u20135 to no score lead after 12 minutes and also lead by 0\u20137 to 0-2 before Clare playing with the breeze got into the game and had a 0\u201311 to 0\u201310 lead at half time. In the second half Tipperary pulled clear before Clare reduced the lead back to three points with Tipperary once again going on to win by seven points.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [43, 80], "content_span": [81, 411]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273004-0013-0002", "contents": "2017 Tipperary county hurling team season, 2017 National Hurling League, Summary\nBrendan Maher went off with a shoulder injury just before half-time with Niall O\u2019Meara and Donagh Maher also leaving the game with injuries, the latter went off deep in stoppage time with concussion with Tipperary finishing the match with 14 men. Tom\u00e1s Hamill who was switched to full-back was named as the man of the match. With this victory Tipperary maintained their 100% record in the league and are also now unbeaten in 11 months.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [43, 80], "content_span": [81, 516]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273004-0014-0000", "contents": "2017 Tipperary county hurling team season, 2017 National Hurling League, Summary\nOn 11 March Tipperary played Kilkenny under the lights in round 4 of the National Hurling League at Semple Stadium. The match was televised live by Eir Sport. This was the 31st league and championship clash between the counties since Brian Cody took over as manager of Kilkenny in 1999. There were 41 players training with the Tipperary hurling panel for the league and the starting side included ten of the starting fifteen which started the 2016 All Ireland Final against Kilkenny.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [43, 80], "content_span": [81, 564]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273004-0014-0001", "contents": "2017 Tipperary county hurling team season, 2017 National Hurling League, Summary\nTipperary went on to maintain their unbeaten record when substitute Steven O\u2019Brien scored a 70th minute point to earn a draw. On a warm dry night Tipperary led by four points at half-time on a 2\u201311 to 2-7 scoreline. John McGrath got the opening goal for Tipperary in the third minute with a low shot along the ground from close range after confusion in the Kilkenny full-back after a high ball into the square. Kilkenny replied with a goal from TJ Reid when he shot powerfully to the net which left Darragh Mooney rooted to the spot after five minutes.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [43, 80], "content_span": [81, 633]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273004-0014-0002", "contents": "2017 Tipperary county hurling team season, 2017 National Hurling League, Summary\nNiall O\u2019Meara got the second goal for Tipperary when he fired low to the right of the net across the goalkeeper after a short run at goal and an initial pass from John O\u2019Dwyer, this put Tipperary in a 2\u20137 to 1\u20132 lead. O\u2019Meara's goal was later voted at the end of 2017 as the GAA hurling goal of the year. TJ Reid scored from a penalty after thirty minutes, after a Michael Cahill foul on Alan Murphy.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [43, 80], "content_span": [81, 481]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273004-0014-0003", "contents": "2017 Tipperary county hurling team season, 2017 National Hurling League, Summary\nIn the second half Padraic Maher brought down Liam Blanchfield in the 56th minute with TJ Reid scoring his third goal of the game and his second penalty. It was revealed that Brendan Maher may miss the remainder of the league after he damaged his AC joint in round 3 against Clare. It was also revealed that Cathal Barrett is close to returning to action after an operation on an ankle injury before Christmas.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [43, 80], "content_span": [81, 491]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273004-0015-0000", "contents": "2017 Tipperary county hurling team season, 2017 National Hurling League, Summary\nOn 26 March Tipperary, already assured of finishing on top, played Cork in round 5 of the National Hurling League at P\u00e1irc U\u00ed Rinn. Highlights of the match were shown that night on League Sunday. Tipperary and Cork had previously met on 60 occasions in the National Hurling League with Cork leading with 29 wins to Tipperary's 26, while there have been 5 draws. John Meagher and Willie Ryan made their first starts in the league while Tommy Heffernan made his league debut, goalkeeper Darren Gleeson started his first league game of the year.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [43, 80], "content_span": [81, 623]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273004-0015-0001", "contents": "2017 Tipperary county hurling team season, 2017 National Hurling League, Summary\nIn a match played in warm sunny conditions, Cork had a 0\u201314 to 2\u20136 lead at half-time. The first half Tipperary goals came from Seamus Callanan with a close range finish after a rebound came back to him from a John McGrath shot and a minute later from John McGrath this time the finisher after a pass from Seamus Callanan. In the second half with time almost up S\u00e9amus Callanan got his second goal of the game when he kicked to the net to level the match.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [43, 80], "content_span": [81, 535]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273004-0015-0002", "contents": "2017 Tipperary county hurling team season, 2017 National Hurling League, Summary\nPatrick Horgan then put Cork back in front with a point before Ronan Maher equalized with a sideline cut. There was still time for Patrick Horgan to put Cork in front again with a long range point in the 74th minute which turned out to be the winning score. It was the first defeat of the season for Tipperary.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [43, 80], "content_span": [81, 391]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273004-0016-0000", "contents": "2017 Tipperary county hurling team season, 2017 National Hurling League, Summary\nOn 2 April, Tipperary went on to play Offaly in the Quarter-final at O'Connor Park in Tullamore after the draw for home advantage was made on 27 March. Tipperary won the game easily by 18 points on a 4\u201328 to 3-13 scoreline. Cathal Barrett returned after having a scheduled operation on an ankle for his first game of the year, while defender Alan Flynn made his League debut starting at corner back.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [43, 80], "content_span": [81, 480]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273004-0016-0001", "contents": "2017 Tipperary county hurling team season, 2017 National Hurling League, Summary\nPlaying against the breeze in the opening half, they had a 1\u201314 to 0\u20137 lead at half-time with the first goal coming from Seamus Callanan in the 17th minute after an assist by Niall O\u2019Meara. Tipperary led by 25 points at one stage in the second half before a late rally by Offaly brought the score down.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [43, 80], "content_span": [81, 383]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273004-0017-0000", "contents": "2017 Tipperary county hurling team season, 2017 National Hurling League, Summary\nTipperary went on to play Wexford at Nowlan Park in the semi-finals on Easter Sunday 16 April, with the winners playing Galway who beat Limerick earlier in the final. The match was shown live by TG4. Brendan Maher was expected to return from a shoulder injury he sustained against Clare in March. Patrick Maher returned to the panel after returning from a six-month Army peacekeeping trip to Syria. Tipperary had a two-day get-together at the Abbottstown's Centre of Excellence over the weekend of 8 and 9 April.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [43, 80], "content_span": [81, 593]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273004-0017-0001", "contents": "2017 Tipperary county hurling team season, 2017 National Hurling League, Summary\nSix players were cut from the squad, Andrew Coffey, Tommy Heffernan, Padraig Greene, Stephen Cahill, Dylan Fitzell and Willie Ryan. Brendan Maher returned to the team for the semi-final alongside Jason Forde who replaced Michael Breen in midfield. John O\u2019Dwyer didn't start the game and was replaced in attack by Steven O\u2019Brien. Donagh Maher picked up a hamstring injury in training the week before the game and will be out for a number of weeks. In dry and warm conditions, Tipperary won the game on a 5\u201318 to 1-19 scoreline.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [43, 80], "content_span": [81, 607]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273004-0017-0002", "contents": "2017 Tipperary county hurling team season, 2017 National Hurling League, Summary\nWith ten minutes to go in the game, Tipperary were two points in front but they then went on a run of scoring 2-4 without reply in a five-minute spell to go on and win the game with ease in the end. Tipperary had a 2\u20136 to 0\u20138 lead at half time with the first half goals coming form John McGrath in the 6th minute and the second from Noel McGrath in the 18th minute after a pass from Niall O\u2019Meara.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [43, 80], "content_span": [81, 478]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273004-0017-0003", "contents": "2017 Tipperary county hurling team season, 2017 National Hurling League, Summary\nWexford manager Davy Fitzgerald then entered the field to challenge referee Diarmuid Kirwan thinking that it should have been a free to Wexford before the second goal. He confronted Tipperary's Niall O\u2019Meara and shoved Jason Forde before leaving the field of play. John McGrath was named as the man of the match.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [43, 80], "content_span": [81, 393]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273004-0018-0000", "contents": "2017 Tipperary county hurling team season, 2017 National Hurling League, Summary\nThe league final against Galway was played at the Gaelic Grounds on 23 April with a 3:30 throw in. The match was shown live by TG4. Tipperary were aiming for their first league title win since 2008. It was confirmed the day after the semi-final victory that S\u00e9amus Callanan had broke his thumb during that game and would miss the final. On 20 April, Jason Forde was handed a proposed two-game suspension for his reaction to Davy Fitzgerald coming on the field of play in the semi-final win. Tipperary have already indicated that they will appeal the decision.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [43, 80], "content_span": [81, 640]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273004-0018-0001", "contents": "2017 Tipperary county hurling team season, 2017 National Hurling League, Summary\nForde was named in the starting line-up alongside the returning Michael Breen and John O'Dwyer instead of Niall O'Meara and the injured Seamus Callanan. In the final, Galway won by 3\u201321 to 0\u201314. Galway were dominate throughout the match and had a 0\u201311 to 0\u20135 lead at half-time with several other scoring opportunities missed. In the first minutes of the second half Jason Flynn scored the first goal of the game when he cut in from the left before firing to the roof of the net.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [43, 80], "content_span": [81, 559]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273004-0018-0002", "contents": "2017 Tipperary county hurling team season, 2017 National Hurling League, Summary\nHe got his second in the 57th minute when he again managed to cut in from the left before firing past the advancing Darren Gleeson. Patrick Maher came on in the second half to make his first appearance of the year and hit one shot against the bar, but Galway had complete control of the match and got a third goal late on from Cathal Mannion when he fired low to the left. Tipperary manager Michael Ryan speaking after the match said \"I can\u2019t explain where it all went wrong, that was a complete non-show from us.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [43, 80], "content_span": [81, 596]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273004-0018-0003", "contents": "2017 Tipperary county hurling team season, 2017 National Hurling League, Summary\nThe loss was Tipperary's biggest ever defeat in an All-Ireland or National League final and the defeat means that Kilkenny remain the only county to win the League title as reigning All-Ireland champions since Galway in 1989. Two days after the defeat to Galway, Kieran Bergin informed manager Michael Ryan that he was departing the panel due to work commitments, he subsequently joined the Tipperary Senior football panel a week later.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [43, 80], "content_span": [81, 517]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273004-0019-0000", "contents": "2017 Tipperary county hurling team season, 2017 National Hurling League, Results\nDaragh Mooney Donagh Maher, James Barry, John O\u2019Keeffe Tomas Hamill, Ronan Maher, Padraic Maher (c) Brendan Maher, Kieran Bergin Steven O\u2019Brien, Jason Forde, Noel McGrath John O\u2019Dwyer, Seamus Callanan, Aidan McCormack", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [43, 80], "content_span": [81, 303]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273004-0020-0000", "contents": "2017 Tipperary county hurling team season, 2017 National Hurling League, Results\nD Mooney D Maher, J Barry, J O\u2019Dwyer S Kennedy, T Hamill, P Maher (c) B Maher, K Bergin D McCormack, J Forde, S O\u2019Brien A McCormack, J McGrath, N O\u2019Meara.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [43, 80], "content_span": [81, 240]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273004-0021-0000", "contents": "2017 Tipperary county hurling team season, 2017 National Hurling League, Results\nD Mooney D. Maher, J. O\u2019Dwyer, T. Hamill S. Kennedy, R. Maher, P. Maher (c) B. Maher, B. Heffernan S. O\u2019Brien, N. O\u2019Meara, N. McGrath J. O\u2019Dwyer, J. McGrath, A. McCormack", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [43, 80], "content_span": [81, 257]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273004-0022-0000", "contents": "2017 Tipperary county hurling team season, 2017 National Hurling League, Results\nD Mooney John O\u2019Keeffe, James Barry, Michael Cahill Tom\u00e1s Hamill, Ronan Maher, P\u00e1draic Maher (c) Sean Curran, Michael Breen Dan McCormack, Niall O\u2019Meara, Noel McGrath John O\u2019Dwyer, Seamus Callanan, John McGrath.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [43, 80], "content_span": [81, 300]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273004-0023-0000", "contents": "2017 Tipperary county hurling team season, 2017 National Hurling League, Results\nDarren Gleeson Michael Cahill, James Barry, John Meagher Willie Ryan, Tom\u00e1s Hamill, P\u00e1draic Maher Se\u00e1n Curran, Kieran Bergin Dan McCormack, Niall O\u2019Meara, Jason Forde S\u00e9amus Callanan, John McGrath, Tommy Heffernan.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [43, 80], "content_span": [81, 304]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273004-0024-0000", "contents": "2017 Tipperary county hurling team season, 2017 Munster Senior Hurling Championship, Munster Quarter-final\nThe draw for the championship was held on 13 October 2016 and was broadcast live on RT\u00c92. Tipperary were drawn to take on Cork in the Munster Quarter final on 21 May with the winners playing Waterford in the Munster Semi-Final.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [43, 106], "content_span": [107, 334]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273004-0025-0000", "contents": "2017 Tipperary county hurling team season, 2017 Munster Senior Hurling Championship, Munster Quarter-final\nOn 4 May, Jason Forde was handed a one-match ban for his scuffle with Davy Fitzgerald in the League semi-final and missed the Munster Championship game against Cork. Tipperary confirmed that they would appeal against the one-match suspension. On 16 May it was confirmed that the appeal had failed and that the one-match suspension was upheld.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [43, 106], "content_span": [107, 449]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273004-0026-0000", "contents": "2017 Tipperary county hurling team season, 2017 Munster Senior Hurling Championship, Munster Quarter-final\nThe match was shown live on RT\u00c9 Two as part of the Sunday Game live, presented by Michael Lyster with analysis by Ger Loughnane, Henry Shefflin, and Cyril Farrell. Commentary on the game was provided by Ger Canning alongside Michael Duignan. This was the 85th championship match between Tipperary and Cork, with Tipperary ahead on 38 wins to Cork's 37 with 7 draws. Seamus Callanan returned to the Tipperary team at corner-forward with Patrick Maher only named as a substitute after injury while a hamstring injury ruled out Michael Cahill. Tipperary started with 13 of their All-Ireland winning team.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [43, 106], "content_span": [107, 708]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273004-0026-0001", "contents": "2017 Tipperary county hurling team season, 2017 Munster Senior Hurling Championship, Munster Quarter-final\nPlaying into the town end in the first half, Brendan Maher had a goal chance for Tipperary when running thru on goals in the fourth minute but his shot went over the bar for a point. The teams were level at 0\u201315 to 0\u201315 at half-time but Cork went on to win the game by four points on a 2\u201327 to 1-26 scoreline. Cork got the first goal in the game eight minutes into the second half when Shane Kingston scored with a low shot after he was initially hooked.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [43, 106], "content_span": [107, 561]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273004-0026-0002", "contents": "2017 Tipperary county hurling team season, 2017 Munster Senior Hurling Championship, Munster Quarter-final\nJohn McGrath got a goal for Tipperary in the 57th minute when he shot powerfully to the right corner of the net from the left after a pass from Seamus Callanan. With Cork leading by a point, they went on to get their second goal in the 68th minute when the ball broke to Michael Cahalane behind the Tipperary defense where he went on to shoot low to the net. Conor Lehane of Cork was named by RTE as the man of the match.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [43, 106], "content_span": [107, 528]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273004-0027-0000", "contents": "2017 Tipperary county hurling team season, 2017 Munster Senior Hurling Championship, Munster Quarter-final\nTipperary manager Michael Ryan speaking after the game felt that Tipperary have plenty to work on after this defeat saying \"We were beaten by a better team today, I thought Cork were excellent in almost every facet of the game, there was a lot about our game that we will reflect on when we get time.\" The match had been described as one of the greatest Munster championship encounters of all-time with Henry Shefflin saying \"Its a game we'll talk about for years to come. It ebbed and flowed from one side of the field to the other. It was just magnificent.\" The concession of 2-27 was the biggest by Tipperary in Munster Senior hurling history. Tipperary defender Cathal Barrett will be out of action for six weeks after injuring his left knee in the second half of the match.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [43, 106], "content_span": [107, 885]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273004-0028-0000", "contents": "2017 Tipperary county hurling team season, 2017 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship\nAfter the defeat to Cork, Tipperary went on to play in the qualifiers of the All-Ireland Championship which started in July, the draw was held on the morning of 26 June. Tipperary were now the third favorites to win the All-Ireland title, priced at 4/1 with Paddy Power after the defeat to Cork. On 30 May it emerged that defender Cathal Barrett has been dropped from the Tipperary senior hurling panel for an internal issue. Barrett was due to be out of action for up to eight weeks with ligament damage. It later emerged that Barrett had been arrested on 27 May 2017 and charged with assaulting a barman at Hayes' Hotel in Thurles. He was found guilty in October 2018 of the charge.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [43, 87], "content_span": [88, 772]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273004-0029-0000", "contents": "2017 Tipperary county hurling team season, 2017 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship, 2017 All Ireland Qualifiers Round 1\nTipperary were drawn to meet Westmeath in round 1 of the qualifiers, which was played at Semple Stadium on 1 July, it was the first time that the two teams had played each other in the championship. The team to play Westmeath was named on 29 June and showed six changes to the team that started the previous match against Cork. Darragh Mooney made his first championship start in goal in place of Darren Gleeson with Tom\u00e1s Hamill and Joe O'Dwyer also coming into the starting team to make their first starts.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [43, 124], "content_span": [125, 633]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273004-0029-0001", "contents": "2017 Tipperary county hurling team season, 2017 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship, 2017 All Ireland Qualifiers Round 1\nTipperary did not produce the performance that they wanted and struggled to beat Westmeath on the day. They had a 1\u201310 to 0\u20139 lead at half time and with seventeen minutes remaining, Westmeath were just three points behind, 0\u201312 to 1\u201312, when Cormac Boyle forced a save from Daragh Mooney which would have tied up the game. Tipperary had sixteen wides during the game. John O\u2019Dwyer got Tipperary's first goal after 14 minutes when he scored from an acute angle after rounding the goalkeeper with John McGrath getting the second late in the match.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [43, 124], "content_span": [125, 670]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273004-0029-0002", "contents": "2017 Tipperary county hurling team season, 2017 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship, 2017 All Ireland Qualifiers Round 1\nNiall O'Meara received an ankle injury in the second half and was stretchered off which may end his season. Tipperary manager Michael Ryan was disappointed with some of the performances saying \"some of the performances were below par and when performances are below par, you open the door to competition, a healthy thing, as far as I'm concerned.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [43, 124], "content_span": [125, 472]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273004-0030-0000", "contents": "2017 Tipperary county hurling team season, 2017 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship, 2017 All Ireland Qualifiers Round 2\nIn the draw which was held on 3 July, Tipperary were drawn to meet Dublin in round 2 of the qualifiers, which was played at Semple Stadium on 8 July as part of a double header with Kilkenny against Waterford being played after it. Dublin were unhappy with the match being fixed for Thurles. The team to play Dublin was named on 6 July and showed two changes to the team that started the previous match against Westmeath. Jason Forde and John McGrath come into the team in place of Noel McGrath and the injured Niall O'Meara. Darren Gleeson was recalled in place of the injured Daragh Mooney who was initially named on the team. In a match played in warm conditions, Tipperary had a 4\u201311 to 1\u201310 lead at half-time and went on to win comfortably by 6\u201326 to 1\u201319 with Seamus Callanan scoring 3\u201311.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [43, 124], "content_span": [125, 919]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273004-0031-0000", "contents": "2017 Tipperary county hurling team season, 2017 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship, 2017 All Ireland Qualifiers Round 2\nSeamus Callanan scored his first goal in the eight minute when he collected a Michael Breen pass and finished low and hard to the bottom left-hand corner. John McGrath got the next goal for Tipperary when he bundled the ball to the net after a high ball in from Pauric Maher. McGrath got his second when he lobbed the ball first-time over the advancing goalkeeper after a Seamus Callanan pass. Callanan got the fourth goal when he pulled from a tight angle on the right after a pass from Bonner Maher.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [43, 124], "content_span": [125, 626]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273004-0031-0001", "contents": "2017 Tipperary county hurling team season, 2017 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship, 2017 All Ireland Qualifiers Round 2\n19 seconds into the second half Michael Breen ran from half way before scoring with a shot to the roof of the net. Seamus Callanan got the sixth goal and his third when he fired home in injury-time after being set up by John O\u2019Dwyer. The 6\u201326 score was Tipperary's highest total in 92 years of championship hurling, one point short of the 12-9 (45 points) hit against Antrim in 1925.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [43, 124], "content_span": [125, 508]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273004-0032-0000", "contents": "2017 Tipperary county hurling team season, 2017 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship, 2017 All Ireland Quarter-final\nIn the draw which was held on 10 July, Tipperary were drawn to meet Clare in quarter-finals, which was to be played at the re-developed P\u00e1irc U\u00ed Chaoimh on 22 July. The match was to be the first All-Ireland championship game at the venue since 1983.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [43, 119], "content_span": [120, 369]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273004-0033-0000", "contents": "2017 Tipperary county hurling team season, 2017 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship, 2017 All Ireland Quarter-final\nThe match was the first major fixture to be played at the venue. Tickets for the match were priced at \u20ac35 for the stand and \u20ac20 for the terrace with the game expected to be a sell-out. Tipperary declined the opportunity for a run-out at the re-developed P\u00e1irc U\u00ed Chaoimh prior to the match. The team to play Clare was named on 20 July and showed three changes to the team that started the previous match against Dublin. Daragh Mooney returns as goalkeeper, with S\u00e9amus Kennedy, and Noel McGrath also coming into the team. The match was shown live on RT\u00c9 Two as part of the Sunday Game live, presented by Michael Lyster with analysis by Ger Loughnane, Liam Sheedy, and Eddie Brennan. Commentary on the game was provided by Ger Canning alongside Michael Duignan.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [43, 119], "content_span": [120, 880]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273004-0034-0000", "contents": "2017 Tipperary county hurling team season, 2017 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship, 2017 All Ireland Quarter-final\nTipperary won the game on a 0\u201328 to 3-16 scoreline with John McGrath named as the man of the match after scoring six points from play. Playing into the city end in the first-half, Tipperary had led by 0\u201316 to 2\u20135 at half-time after out-scoring Clare by 0\u20137 to 0\u20132 in the closing ten minutes of the first half.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [43, 119], "content_span": [120, 429]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273004-0034-0001", "contents": "2017 Tipperary county hurling team season, 2017 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship, 2017 All Ireland Quarter-final\nClare had scored two first half goals in a minute from Aaron Cunningham, the first in the nineteenth minute, a low shot past the advancing Daragh Mooney and the second when he rounded Mooney before shooting into the empty net after twenty minutes which tied the game at 2\u20133 to 0\u20139. Five minutes into the second half Seamus Callanan scored a point when a goal was on. Tipperary opened up a seven-point lead before Clare replied with five points and with five minutes to go Conor McGrath scored a point for Clare to cut Tipperary's lead to one point.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [43, 119], "content_span": [120, 668]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273004-0034-0002", "contents": "2017 Tipperary county hurling team season, 2017 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship, 2017 All Ireland Quarter-final\nTipperary finished well and scored five points without replay from John O\u2019Dwyer, Ronan Maher, John McGrath, and substitutes Steven O\u2019Brien and Jason Forde before a late scrambled goal from Shane O\u2019Donnell in the fifth minute of injury time cut the gap to three points with the final whistle going soon afterwards. Clare shot 18 wides to Tipperary's 13. Sean O'Brien made his championship debut for Tipperary with Mark Kehoe also on the bench for the first time.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [43, 119], "content_span": [120, 582]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273004-0035-0000", "contents": "2017 Tipperary county hurling team season, 2017 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship, 2017 All Ireland Semi-final\nDue to Tipperary and Waterford winning in the quarter-finals and both having already played Waterford, a draw was held on 24 July to decide who would play either Galway or Cork in the semi-finals. Tipperary were drawn to meet Galway in semi-finals in a match which will be played at Croke Park on 6 August. This will be the fourth year in a row that Tipperary met Galway in the Championship. It was also confirmed that Cathal Barrett would not be returning to the panel for the remainder of the season despite returning to club hurling after his injury. On 27 July, manager Michael Ryan speaking at a media event ahead of the semi-final said that \"There will be no more changes to the panel in 2017.\" Before the match Tipperary were priced by Paddy Power at 2/1 to retain the All-Ireland title with Galway slight favorites at 15/8.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [43, 116], "content_span": [117, 948]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273004-0036-0000", "contents": "2017 Tipperary county hurling team season, 2017 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship, 2017 All Ireland Semi-final\nTickets for the match were priced at \u20ac45 for the stands and \u20ac30 for the hill 16 terrace. The team to play Galway was announced on 4 August with two changes made, Goalkeeper Darren Gleeson returned ahead of Darragh Mooney with Michael Cahill also coming into the team instead of Tom\u00e1s Hamill, James Barry was also named at full-back. The starting team contains 14 of the team that won the 2016 All Ireland final.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [43, 116], "content_span": [117, 528]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273004-0036-0001", "contents": "2017 Tipperary county hurling team season, 2017 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship, 2017 All Ireland Semi-final\nThe match was shown live on RT\u00c9 Two as part of the Sunday Game live, presented by Michael Lyster with analysis by Henry Shefflin, Liam Sheedy, and Cyril Farrell. Commentary on the game was provided by Ger Canning alongside Michael Duignan. The match was also live on Sky Sports presented by Rachel Wyse and Brian Carney with commentary by Nicky English and Mike Finnerty.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [43, 116], "content_span": [117, 488]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273004-0037-0000", "contents": "2017 Tipperary county hurling team season, 2017 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship, 2017 All Ireland Semi-final\nPlaying into the hill 16 end in the first-half, Tipperary opened the scoring with a free from Seamus Callanan after three minutes, and after seven minutes they had a 4\u20132 lead after a point by John O\u2019Dwyer. After 23 minutes, Tipperary scored a goal when John McGrath shot the ball from the ground to the net after a mishit by Seamus Callanan caused confusion for goalkeeper Colm Callanan who failed to deal with the ball with McGrath flicking the ball away from the goalkeeper and Daithi Burke before shooting low to the net.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [43, 116], "content_span": [117, 641]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273004-0037-0001", "contents": "2017 Tipperary county hurling team season, 2017 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship, 2017 All Ireland Semi-final\nTwo minutes later Seamus Callanan should have got a second goal but his flick was saved by Colm Callanan. Tipperary had led by 1\u201310 to 0\u201312 at half-time. With ten minutes to go Galway had a one-point lead on 0\u201319 to 1-15 before John McGrath leveled the score two minutes later with a point. With three minutes to go Galway went back in front with a long range point from Joe Canning. Brendan Maher then scored with a free two minutes into injury time to level the scores again.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [43, 116], "content_span": [117, 594]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273004-0037-0002", "contents": "2017 Tipperary county hurling team season, 2017 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship, 2017 All Ireland Semi-final\nA long range free from Joe Canning a minute later was parried away by Darren Gleeson and cleared by James Barry, the ball was worked out to Joe Canning by Johnny Coen with Canning scoring the winning point for Galway in the fourth minute of added time from the right sideline, it was the fifth consecutive point that he scored for Galway. John O'Dwyer had a late chance to level the scores but hit his shot from the right touchline to the left and wide, as Galway held on to win by 0\u201322 to 1\u201318.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [43, 116], "content_span": [117, 612]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273004-0037-0003", "contents": "2017 Tipperary county hurling team season, 2017 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship, 2017 All Ireland Semi-final\nThe teams were level on 12 occasions and this was the third year in succession that one point separated the teams at the end. The free count was 17 to 8 in Galway's favour, 9 to 3 for Galway in the second half. Gear\u00f3id McInerney was named as the man of the match ahead of Conor Whelan and P\u00e1draic Maher.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [43, 116], "content_span": [117, 420]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273004-0038-0000", "contents": "2017 Tipperary county hurling team season, 2017 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship, 2017 All Ireland Semi-final\nTipperary manager Michael Ryan speaking after the game said that Tipperary has given there very best and saluted Joe Canning's winning point saying \"Needless to say we have a very disappointed bunch in our dressing-room, that is what you do, you put your best out there and you do your absolute best, it is harsh on any team to lose that kind of a match, this is the exact reverse of what happened last year\". Tipperary captain P\u00e1draic Maher was devastated by the defeat saying \"I\u2019m absolutely devastated, the lads gave it everything, i think we did the Tipperary jersey proud.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [43, 116], "content_span": [117, 695]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273004-0039-0000", "contents": "2017 Tipperary county hurling team season, Awards\nThe Sunday Game team of the year was picked on 3 September, which was the night of the final. The panel consisted of Brendan Cummins, Michael Duignan, Tom\u00e1s Mulcahy, Jackie Tyrrell, Anthony Daly, Eddie Brennan and Cyril Farrell. Padraic Maher was the only Tipperary player named in the team at right half-back.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [43, 49], "content_span": [50, 360]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273004-0040-0000", "contents": "2017 Tipperary county hurling team season, Awards\nThe nominations for the PwC All-Stars were announced on 20 September with Tipperary receiving 5 nominations \u2013 Padraic Maher, Brendan Maher, John McGrath, Noel McGrath, and Seamus Callanan. The award winners were presented at a gala black tie banquet in Dublin's Convention Centre on 3 November. Padraic Maher was the only Tipperary player named on the All-Star team. Maher was named at right half back to win his fifth award.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [43, 49], "content_span": [50, 475]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273004-0041-0000", "contents": "2017 Tipperary county hurling team season, Fenway Hurling Classic\nOn 19 November, Tipperary were in Boston to play Clare, competing for the Players Champions Cup in the semi-final of the 2017 Fenway Hurling Classic at Fenway Park. The winners would play the winners of the other semi-final between Galway and Dublin. Tipperary lost their semi-final to eventual winners Clare by 50\u201345. Clare had an 18-point lead with eight minutes to go but Tipperary, despite Patrick Maher having picked up a second yellow card, came back to within five points in the last minute. Clare had a 24\u201317 lead at half-time.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [43, 65], "content_span": [66, 601]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273004-0042-0000", "contents": "2017 Tipperary county hurling team season, Fenway Hurling Classic\nPanel: Paul Maher, Patrick Maher, John O\u2019Dwyer, Dan McCormack, Donagh Maher, Mark Kehoe, Michael Breen, Sean Curran, Tomas Hamill, Tom Fox, Conor Kenny. Subs: Daragh Mooney, Alan Flynn, Paul Shanahan, Brendan Maher, Ger Browne, John McGrath, Noel McGrath, Seamus Callanan, Brian Hogan, Paul Maher, Sean O\u2019Brien, Cian Darcy.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [43, 65], "content_span": [66, 389]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273004-0043-0000", "contents": "2017 Tipperary county hurling team season, 2018 Season\nOn 26 September 2017, it was confirmed that Michael Ryan would continue as Tipperary manager on a new three-year term alongside coach Declan Fanning and selectors John Madden and Conor Stakelum. In October 2017, kit man John \u2018Hotpoint\u2019 Hayes left his position after 30 years when he was informed that he would not be required. Also goalkeeping coach Brian Horgan left after being involved for the previous two years.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [43, 54], "content_span": [55, 471]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273004-0044-0000", "contents": "2017 Tipperary county hurling team season, Retirements\nOn 21 October 2017, goalkeeper Darren Gleeson announced his retirement from inter-county hurling after ten years and 20 championship appearances, citing work and family commitments as the reasons.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [43, 54], "content_span": [55, 251]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273004-0045-0000", "contents": "2017 Tipperary county hurling team season, Retirements\nAlso in October, defender John O'Keeffe announced his retirement from inter-county hurling.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [43, 54], "content_span": [55, 146]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273005-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 Tipsport liga\n2017 Tipsport liga is the nineteen edition of annual football tournament in Czech Republic.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [18, 18], "content_span": [19, 110]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273006-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 Tirreno\u2013Adriatico\nThe 2017 Tirreno\u2013Adriatico was a road cycling stage race that took place between 8 and 14 March. It was the 52nd edition of the Tirreno\u2013Adriatico and was the seventh event of the 2017 UCI World Tour.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [22, 22], "content_span": [23, 222]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273006-0001-0000", "contents": "2017 Tirreno\u2013Adriatico\nThe race was won for the second time in three years by Colombian rider Nairo Quintana, riding for the Movistar Team. Quintana took the race lead after winning the queen stage of the race to Monte Terminillo, and maintained it to the end of the race, ultimately winning by 25 seconds over BMC Racing Team rider Rohan Dennis, who won the final individual time trial stage as well as being part of the opening stage-winning team time trial. The podium was completed by FDJ's Thibaut Pinot, a further 11 seconds in arrears of Dennis.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [22, 22], "content_span": [23, 552]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273006-0002-0000", "contents": "2017 Tirreno\u2013Adriatico\nIn the race's other classifications, Bora\u2013Hansgrohe's Peter Sagan won the points classification after two stage victories, a second-place stage finish and a third place; Androni\u2013Sidermec\u2013Bottecchia rider Davide Ballerini won the mountains classification, while Bob Jungels (Quick-Step Floors) overtook Egan Bernal for the victory in the young rider classification, overhauling him in the final time trial. Quintana's Movistar Team won the teams classification with Jonathan Castroviejo also placing in the top ten overall.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [22, 22], "content_span": [23, 545]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273006-0003-0000", "contents": "2017 Tirreno\u2013Adriatico, Teams\nAs Tirreno\u2013Adriatico is a UCI World Tour event, all eighteen UCI WorldTeams were invited automatically and obliged to enter a team in the race. Four UCI Professional Continental teams competed, completing the 22-team peloton.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 29], "content_span": [30, 255]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273006-0004-0000", "contents": "2017 Tirreno\u2013Adriatico, Route\nThe route of the 2017 Tirreno\u2013Adriatico was announced on 15 December 2016. The sixth stage, initially due to be held over 159 kilometres (99 miles) was extended to 168 kilometres (104 miles), as a result of sub-standard road conditions.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 29], "content_span": [30, 266]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273006-0005-0000", "contents": "2017 Tirreno\u2013Adriatico, Stages, Stage 1\nFor the second year in succession, BMC Racing Team sealed victory on the opening day, as the American team recorded a time some 16 seconds faster than their closest rivals, Quick-Step Floors. Leading the team over the line was Italian rider Damiano Caruso, which enabled him to receive the first blue jersey for the general classification leader. The team's overall contenders Tejay van Garderen and Rohan Dennis were amongst the sextet at the finish, taking an early advantage over their rivals.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 39], "content_span": [40, 536]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273006-0006-0000", "contents": "2017 Tirreno\u2013Adriatico, Stages, Stage 1\nThe team time trial was marred by a crash suffered by Team Sky rider Gianni Moscon, when his front wheel disintegrated at high speed. Moscon fell to the tarmac, suffering abrasions, but was able to remount. After the stage, Geraint Thomas stated to the media that two other team members suffered broken wheels during the stage; Team Sky ultimately finished 1 minute, 41 seconds down on the time of the BMC Racing Team.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 39], "content_span": [40, 458]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273006-0007-0000", "contents": "2017 Tirreno\u2013Adriatico, Stages, Stage 2\nThe day's breakaway consisted of Davide Ballerini and Raffaello Bonusi from Androni\u2013Sidermec\u2013Bottecchia, Hugo Houle (AG2R La Mondiale), Nippo\u2013Vini Fantini's Alan Marangoni, Mirco Maestri for Bardiani\u2013CSF, and Charles Planet (Team Novo Nordisk). This sextet managed to gain around four minutes on the peloton, but after the climb to Volterra their advantage had been cut in half; with 41\u00a0km (25\u00a0mi) to go, a crash in the peloton took down several riders including Caleb Ewan (Orica\u2013Scott) and Jurgen Van den Broeck (LottoNL\u2013Jumbo). Ewan was later forced to abandon, and joined teammate Roger Kluge on the sidelines after he had earlier abandoned earlier in the day.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 39], "content_span": [40, 704]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273006-0008-0000", "contents": "2017 Tirreno\u2013Adriatico, Stages, Stage 2\nWith 27\u00a0km (17\u00a0mi) to go the leaders were in sight of the peloton with BMC Racing Team, Trek\u2013Segafredo, Bora\u2013Hansgrohe and Orica\u2013Scott carrying out the tempo at the front of the group; this started a wave of counter-attacks from the main field, with attacks from Iuri Filosi (Nippo\u2013Vini Fantini), and Team Sky pairing Gianni Moscon and Micha\u0142 Kwiatkowski.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 39], "content_span": [40, 395]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273006-0008-0001", "contents": "2017 Tirreno\u2013Adriatico, Stages, Stage 2\nInside of 5.5\u00a0km (3\u00a0mi) remaining, Quick-Step Floors's Bob Jungels and Geraint Thomas (Team Sky attacked on the 16% steep climb towards Pomarance, pulling Tim Wellens (Lotto\u2013Soudal), and BMC Racing Team duo Tejay van Garderen and Damiano Caruso \u2013 in the leader's blue jersey \u2013 away with them. With Thomas pulling clear of Jungels, Nairo Quintana (Movistar Team) countered to the group of pursuers; Thomas was able to stay clear until the end, winning the stage by nine seconds from Tom Dumoulin of Team Sunweb.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 39], "content_span": [40, 550]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273006-0009-0000", "contents": "2017 Tirreno\u2013Adriatico, Stages, Stage 3\nA group of riders that included Andriy Hrivko (Astana), Alexis Gougeard (AG2R La Mondiale), Mattia Frapporti (Androni\u2013Sidermec\u2013Bottecchia), Mirco Maestri and Luca Wackermann (Bardiani\u2013CSF), Iuri Filosi and Kohei Uchima (Nippo\u2013Vini Fantini) broke clear of the peloton in the early kilometres, with a gap of over three minutes ahead of the day's only categorised climb, at Scansano. Just as he had done the previous day, Maestri took maximum points at the pair of intermediate sprint points on the route, but the peloton was still pulling the breakaway back, and the field was as one again, with around 20\u00a0km (12\u00a0mi) remaining.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 39], "content_span": [40, 665]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273006-0010-0000", "contents": "2017 Tirreno\u2013Adriatico, Stages, Stage 3\nThere was a crash in the final kilometres of the stage that took down Quick-Step Floors's main sprinter, Fernando Gaviria, and delaying numerous other riders as well \u2013 with the crash coming within the final 3\u00a0km (2\u00a0mi), all riders in the group were given the same time as the stage winner. At the finish, the world champion Peter Sagan (Bora\u2013Hansgrohe) took his first victory of the season, edging out Elia Viviani (Team Sky) and J\u00fcrgen Roelandts (Lotto\u2013Soudal) in a sprint to the line. With race leader Greg Van Avermaet (BMC Racing Team) among those that were delayed by the Gaviria crash, he ceded the race lead \u2013 for the third leader in as many days \u2013 to teammate Rohan Dennis.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 39], "content_span": [40, 721]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273006-0011-0000", "contents": "2017 Tirreno\u2013Adriatico, Classification leadership table\nIn the 2017 Tirreno\u2013Adriatico, four jerseys were awarded. The general classification was calculated by adding each cyclist's finishing times on each stage. Time bonuses were awarded to the first three finishers on all stages except for the individual time trial: the stage winner won a ten-second bonus, with six and four seconds for the second and third riders respectively. Bonus seconds were also awarded to the first three riders at intermediate sprints; three seconds for the winner of the sprint, two seconds for the rider in second and one second for the rider in third. The leader of the general classification received a blue jersey. This classification was considered the most important of the 2017 Tirreno\u2013Adriatico, and the winner of the classification was considered the winner of the race.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 55], "content_span": [56, 859]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273006-0012-0000", "contents": "2017 Tirreno\u2013Adriatico, Classification leadership table\nThe second classification was the points classification. Riders were awarded points for finishing in the top ten in a stage. Unlike in the points classification in the Tour de France, the winners of all stages \u2013 with the exception of the team time trial, which awarded no points towards the classification \u2013 were awarded the same number of points. Points were also won in intermediate sprints; five points for crossing the sprint line first, three points for second place, two for third and one for fourth. The leader of the points classification was awarded a red jersey.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 55], "content_span": [56, 628]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273006-0013-0000", "contents": "2017 Tirreno\u2013Adriatico, Classification leadership table\nThere was also a mountains classification, for which points were awarded for reaching the top of a climb before other riders. Each climb was categorised as either Superior-, or single-category, with more points available for the more difficult, Superior-category climb, Monte Terminillo. For Monte Terminillo, the top seven riders earned points; on the other climbs, only the top four riders earned points. The leadership of the mountains classification was marked by a green jersey.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 55], "content_span": [56, 539]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273006-0014-0000", "contents": "2017 Tirreno\u2013Adriatico, Classification leadership table\nThe fourth jersey represented the young rider classification, marked by a white jersey. Only riders born after 1 January 1992 were eligible; the young rider best placed in the general classification was the leader of the young rider classification. There was also a classification for teams, in which the times of the best three cyclists in a team on each stage were added together; the leading team at the end of the race was the team with the lowest cumulative time.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 55], "content_span": [56, 524]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273007-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 Tobago House of Assembly election\nHouse of Assembly elections were held in Tobago on 23 January 2017. The result was a victory for the People's National Movement, which won ten of the twelve seats in the Tobago House of Assembly.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [38, 38], "content_span": [39, 234]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273008-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 Tokelauan general election\nGeneral elections were held in Tokelau between 23 and 31 January 2017.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [31, 31], "content_span": [32, 102]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273008-0001-0000", "contents": "2017 Tokelauan general election, Electoral system\nThe 21 members of Parliament were elected from three seven-seat constituencies corresponding to the three villages on the island, Atafu, Fakaofo and Nukunonu.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 49], "content_span": [50, 208]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273008-0002-0000", "contents": "2017 Tokelauan general election, Electoral system\nWithin each constituency, there are five separate positions; the Faipule (atoll leader) designate, the Pulenuku (village mayor) designate, the Fatupaepae (Council of Women) representative, the Taulelea/Aumaga (Men's Group) representative and three Taupulega (village elder) representatives.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 49], "content_span": [50, 340]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273009-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 Tokyo Marathon\nThe 2017 Tokyo Marathon (Japanese: \u6771\u4eac\u30de\u30e9\u30bd\u30f3 2017) was the eleventh edition of the annual marathon race in Tokyo, Japan and was held on Sunday, 28 February. An IAAF Gold Label Road Race, it was the first World Marathon Majors event to be held that year. The men's race was won by Wilson Kipsang in a New Course Record of 2:03:58. The women's race was won by Sarah Chepchirchir.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [19, 19], "content_span": [20, 394]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273010-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 Tokyo prefectural election\nPrefectural elections for the Tokyo Metropolitan Assembly (\u5e73\u621029\u5e74/2017\u5e74\u6771\u4eac\u90fd\u8b70\u4f1a\u8b70\u54e1\u9078\u6319, Heisei 29-nen/2017-nen T\u014dky\u014d togikai giin senkyo, \"Heisei 29/2017 election of members of the Tokyo Metropolitan Assembly\") were held on 2 July 2017. The 127 members were elected in forty-two electoral districts, seven returning single members elected by first-past-the-post, and thirty-five returning multiple members under single non-transferable vote. Four districts had their magnitude adjusted in this election to match population changes.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [31, 31], "content_span": [32, 556]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273010-0001-0000", "contents": "2017 Tokyo prefectural election\nThe results of the election persuaded Shinzo Abe to call a snap election, and led to the resignation of Renho as Democratic Party leader.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [31, 31], "content_span": [32, 169]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273010-0002-0000", "contents": "2017 Tokyo prefectural election, Background\nLDP leader Shinzo Abe took office as Prime Minister following the 2012 general election and strengthened his position in the 2014 general election. However, Abe's government was subsequently struck by criticism for its handling of the Moritomo Gakuen scandal and controversial remarks by Defense Minister Tomomi Inada. In the meantime, Yuriko Koike won the 2016 Tokyo gubernatorial election as an independent candidate, and left the LDP in June 2017 to found a new local political party, Tomin First, to challenge the LDP in the prefectural election. At the time of the election, Koike was widely believed to be eyeing a future bid to replace Abe as prime minister.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 43], "content_span": [44, 709]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273010-0003-0000", "contents": "2017 Tokyo prefectural election, Results\nWith counting almost complete, the seat distribution was as follows:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 40], "content_span": [41, 109]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273010-0004-0000", "contents": "2017 Tokyo prefectural election, Results\nMonths after the Tokyo prefectural election, Abe called a snap general election for October 2017, and Koike established the new Kibo no To party to challenge the LDP nationally.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 40], "content_span": [41, 218]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273010-0005-0000", "contents": "2017 Tokyo prefectural election, Results, By district\nMost districts are coterminous with a municipality (-ku/-shi/-ch\u014d/-son) of the same name. The following districts comprise multiple municipalities:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 53], "content_span": [54, 201]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273010-0006-0000", "contents": "2017 Tokyo prefectural election, Same-day elections\nOn the same day, the mayoral election in Kokubunji, Tokyo returned incumbent Kunio Izawa, backed by LDP and Komeito, against center-left supported (DP, JCP, LP, SDP, Net) former deputy mayor Michio Higuchi. Another prefectural election on July 2 was the gubernatorial election in Hy\u014dgo.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 51], "content_span": [52, 338]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273011-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 Toledo Rockets football team\nThe 2017 Toledo Rockets football team represented the University of Toledo in the 2017 NCAA Division I FBS football season. They were led by second-year head coach Jason Candle and played their home games at the Glass Bowl as members of the West Division of the Mid-American Conference. They finished the season 11\u20133, 7\u20131 in MAC play to win the West Division. They defeated Akron in the MAC Championship game to become champions of the MAC. They received an invitation to the Dollar General Bowl where they lost to Appalachian State for the second consecutive year in a bowl game.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [33, 33], "content_span": [34, 614]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273011-0001-0000", "contents": "2017 Toledo Rockets football team, Previous season\nThe Rockets finished the 2016 season 9\u20134, 6\u20132 in MAC play to finish in second place in the West Division. They were invited to the Camellia Bowl where they lost to Appalachian State.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 50], "content_span": [51, 233]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273012-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 Toledo, Ohio mayoral election\nThe 2017 Toledo mayoral election took place on November 7, 2017, to elect the Mayor of Toledo, Ohio. The election was officially nonpartisan, with the top two candidates from the September 12 primary election advancing to the general election, regardless of party. Incumbent Democratic Mayor Paula Hicks-Hudson lost reelection to Lucas County Treasurer Wade Kapszukiewicz.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [34, 34], "content_span": [35, 407]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273013-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 Tommy & More\n2017 Tommy & More was a United Kingdom 7-date concert tour by British band The Who. The first two nights saw the band performing live in its entirety their 1969 studio album Tommy along with a few classics, with the rest of the tour featuring an extended Tommy set as a centerpiece to an otherwise greatest hits show.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 17], "section_span": [17, 17], "content_span": [18, 335]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273013-0001-0000", "contents": "2017 Tommy & More, Set list, Show on 30 March 2017 at the Royal Albert Hall\nThis set list is representative of the Teenage Cancer Trust Benefit performance on 30 March 2017 at the Royal Albert Hall, London, UK. It does not represent all concerts for the duration of the tour.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 17], "section_span": [19, 75], "content_span": [76, 275]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273013-0002-0000", "contents": "2017 Tommy & More, Set list, Show on 1 April 2017 at the Royal Albert Hall\nThis set list is representative of the Teenage Cancer Trust Benefit performance on 1 April 2017 at the Royal Albert Hall, London, UK. It does not represent all concerts for the duration of the tour. This show was officially released on 13 October 2017 as Tommy - Live At The Royal Albert Hall on various formats (2 CD Digipack / 3 Vinyls Gatefold / 1 DVD / 1 Blu-ray).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 17], "section_span": [19, 74], "content_span": [75, 443]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273014-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 Tomsk Oblast gubernatorial election\nGubernatorial Election in Tomsk Oblast were held on 10 September 2017.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [40, 40], "content_span": [41, 111]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273015-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 Tonga Major League\nThe 2017 season of the Tonga Major League is the 38th season of top flight association football competition in Tonga. A total of seven teams compete in the league. The winner qualifies for the 2018 OFC Champions League Qualifying stage. Because the Tonga Major League is the only men's senior competition on Tonga there is no relegation.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [23, 23], "content_span": [24, 361]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273015-0001-0000", "contents": "2017 Tonga Major League\nThe league was won by Veitongo and they qualified for the 2018 OFC Champions League.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [23, 23], "content_span": [24, 108]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273016-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 Tongan general election\nGeneral elections were held in Tonga on 16 November 2017 to elect 17 of the 26 seats to the Legislative Assembly. King Tupou VI dissolved the Assembly on 25 August 2017 on the advice of its Speaker, Siale\u02bbataongo Tu\u02bbivakan\u014d, who claimed that Prime Minister \u02bbAkilisi Pohiva was attempting to claim powers held by the King and Privy Council within Cabinet.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [28, 28], "content_span": [29, 383]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273016-0001-0000", "contents": "2017 Tongan general election\nNominations closed on 27 September, with 86 candidates contesting the 17 people's seats. The election resulted in a victory for the DPFI, with \u02bbAkilisi P\u014dhiva remaining as Prime Minister.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [28, 28], "content_span": [29, 216]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273016-0002-0000", "contents": "2017 Tongan general election, Electoral system\nThe Legislative Assembly of Tonga has up to 30 members, of which 17 are directly elected by first-past-the-post voting from single-member constituencies. The island of Tongatapu has ten constituencies, Vava\u02bbu three, Ha\u02bbapai two and \u02bbEua and Niuatoputapu/Niuafo\u02bbou one each. Nine seats are held by members of the nobility who elect representatives amongst themselves. The Cabinet formed by a Prime Minister may include up to four members not elected to the Assembly, who then automatically become members of the legislature.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 46], "content_span": [47, 570]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273016-0003-0000", "contents": "2017 Tongan general election, Results\nThe Democratic Party of the Friendly Islands won 14 seats, enough to allow them to form a government without needing the support of nobles or independents.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 37], "content_span": [38, 193]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273017-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 Top Challenge League\nThe 2017 Top Challenge League was the inaugural season of Japan's second-tier domestic rugby union competition, the Top Challenge League.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [25, 25], "content_span": [26, 163]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273017-0001-0000", "contents": "2017 Top Challenge League\nIt was played from 9 September to 23 December 2017, with eight participating teams. Honda Heat won the competition for the second time \u2013 having previously won in 2014\u201315 \u2013 and won promotion to the 2018\u201319 Top League. Hino Red Dolphins, Mitsubishi Sagamihara DynaBoars and Kyuden Voltex finished second, third and fourth respectively to qualify for the promotion play-offs, while Kamaishi Seawaves finished seventh to qualify for the relegation play-offs. Chubu Electric Power finished eighth to be relegated to the third tier regional leagues for 2018.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [25, 25], "content_span": [26, 578]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273017-0002-0000", "contents": "2017 Top Challenge League, Competition rules\nIn January 2017, the JRFU announced the format of the Top Challenge League competition. The competition was played in two stages. The First Stage was a round-robin format, where all eight teams played each other once.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 44], "content_span": [45, 262]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273017-0003-0000", "contents": "2017 Top Challenge League, Competition rules\nThe top four teams in the First Stage progressed to Group A of the Second Stage, while the bottom four teams progressed to Group B. Each of these groups was another round-robin, with all four teams playing each other once.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 44], "content_span": [45, 267]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273017-0004-0000", "contents": "2017 Top Challenge League, Competition rules\nThe team that finished top of Group A won automatic promotion to the 2018\u201319 Top League, while the other three teams in Group A progressed to promotion play-offs against the teams placed 13th, 14th and 15th in the 2017\u201318 Top League.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 44], "content_span": [45, 278]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273017-0005-0000", "contents": "2017 Top Challenge League, Competition rules\nThe team that finished bottom of Group B were relegated to the regional leagues for 2018. The winners of the Top East League, Top West League and Top Ky\u016bsh\u016b League competed in a Regional Challenge, with the winner replacing the relegated team in the 2018 Top Challenge League. The second-bottom team in Group B progressed to a promotion / relegation play-off match against the runner-up of the Regional Challenge.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 44], "content_span": [45, 458]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273017-0006-0000", "contents": "2017 Top Challenge League, Teams\nThe following teams took part in the 2017 Top Challenge League competition:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 32], "content_span": [33, 108]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273017-0007-0000", "contents": "2017 Top Challenge League, First Stage, Standings\nThe final standings for the 2017 Top Challenge League First Stage were:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 49], "content_span": [50, 121]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273017-0008-0000", "contents": "2017 Top Challenge League, Second Stage Group A, Standings\nThe standings for the 2017 Top Challenge League Second Stage Group A are:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 58], "content_span": [59, 132]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273017-0009-0000", "contents": "2017 Top Challenge League, Second Stage Group B, Standings\nThe standings for the 2017 Top Challenge League Second Stage Group B are:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 58], "content_span": [59, 132]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273017-0010-0000", "contents": "2017 Top Challenge League, Promotion and relegation, Relegation play-offs\nAt the end of the season, the team placed seventh will play against the regional team placed second for a place in the 2018 Top Challenge League.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 73], "content_span": [74, 219]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273018-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 Toppserien\nThe 2017 Toppserien is the 31st season of the highest women's football league in Norway. LSK Kvinner entered the season as the defending champions, and claimed their fourth consecutive title, securing the crown with two rounds to spare.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [15, 15], "content_span": [16, 252]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273019-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 Toray Pan Pacific Open\nThe 2017 Toray Pan Pacific Open was a women's tennis tournament played on outdoor hard courts. It was the 34th edition of the Pan Pacific Open, and part of the Premier Series of the 2017 WTA Tour. It took place at the Ariake Coliseum in Tokyo, Japan, on 18\u201324 September 2017.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [27, 27], "content_span": [28, 303]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273019-0001-0000", "contents": "2017 Toray Pan Pacific Open, Singles main draw entrants, Other entrants\nThe following players received wild cards into the main singles draw:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 71], "content_span": [72, 141]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273019-0002-0000", "contents": "2017 Toray Pan Pacific Open, Singles main draw entrants, Other entrants\nThe following players received entry from the singles qualifying draw:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 71], "content_span": [72, 142]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273019-0003-0000", "contents": "2017 Toray Pan Pacific Open, Doubles main draw entrants, Other entrants\nThe following pair received a wildcard into the doubles main draw:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 71], "content_span": [72, 138]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273020-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 Toray Pan Pacific Open \u2013 Doubles\nSania Mirza and Barbora Str\u00fdcov\u00e1 were the defending champions, but chose not to participate this year.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [37, 37], "content_span": [38, 140]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273020-0001-0000", "contents": "2017 Toray Pan Pacific Open \u2013 Doubles\nAndreja Klepa\u010d and Mar\u00eda Jos\u00e9 Mart\u00ednez S\u00e1nchez won the title, defeating Daria Gavrilova and Daria Kasatkina in the final, 6\u20133, 6\u20132.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [37, 37], "content_span": [38, 169]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273021-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 Toray Pan Pacific Open \u2013 Singles\nCaroline Wozniacki was the defending champion and successfully defended her title, defeating Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova in the final, 6\u20130, 7\u20135. This marked Wozniacki's first title of 2017 and snapped a six-match losing streak in tournament finals.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [37, 37], "content_span": [38, 283]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273022-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 Torneo Clausura (Chile)\nThe 2017 Campeonato Nacional Clausura Scotiabank was the 100th Chilean League top flight, in which Universidad de Chile won its 18th league title.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [28, 28], "content_span": [29, 176]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273023-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 Torneo Descentralizado\nThe 2017 Torneo Descentralizado de F\u00fatbol Profesional (known as the 2017 Copa Movistar for sponsorship reasons) was the 101st season of the highest division of Peruvian football. A total of 16 teams competed in the season. Alianza Lima were the champions.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [27, 27], "content_span": [28, 283]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273023-0001-0000", "contents": "2017 Torneo Descentralizado, Competition modus\nThe season was divided into four phases, Torneo de Verano, Torneo Apertura, Torneo Clausura, and the Play-offs final.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 46], "content_span": [47, 164]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273023-0002-0000", "contents": "2017 Torneo Descentralizado, Competition modus\nThe first phase was the Torneo de Verano where all the teams were divided into two groups and played each team in their group twice at home and away. The winner of each group qualified to a double-legged, home-and-away final. The group winner with the most points in the aggregate table chose which leg they played as the home team. The winner of this tournament earned access to the second round of the 2018 Copa Libertadores as long as it was not relegated at the end of the season. If the Torneo de Verano champion was to also win either the Apertura or Clausura tournaments then the runner-up would take their Copa Libertadores berth.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 46], "content_span": [47, 685]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273023-0003-0000", "contents": "2017 Torneo Descentralizado, Competition modus\nThe second and third stages were two smaller Apertura and Clausura tournaments of 15 games each. Each team played all other teams once during the Apertura tournament and once during the Clausura tournament in reversed order for a total of 30 matches. Points earned during the Apertura did not carry over during the Clausura. The winners of the Apertura and Clausura stages were to qualify to the Playoff final and to the 2018 Copa Libertadores group stage as long as they were not relegated at the end of the season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 46], "content_span": [47, 563]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273023-0004-0000", "contents": "2017 Torneo Descentralizado, Competition modus\nThe playoffs were to be contested by the Apertura and Clausura champions. The team with the most points on the aggregate table would choose which leg they would play as the home team. If teams were tied in points, a third match on neutral ground would be played to decide the national champion. If a team won both the Apertura and Clausura tournaments, then it would be automatically declared the tournament champion and the runners-up from the Apertura and Clausura tournaments would play two play-off matches to decide which team would enter the 2018 Copa Libertadores group stage.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 46], "content_span": [47, 630]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273023-0004-0001", "contents": "2017 Torneo Descentralizado, Competition modus\nThe two teams with the fewest points at the end of the third stage were relegated. The berth to the Copa Libertadores first stage and the four 2018 Copa Sudamericana berths were awarded to the teams with the best record in the aggregate table that had not qualified for the Copa Libertadores.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 46], "content_span": [47, 339]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273023-0005-0000", "contents": "2017 Torneo Descentralizado, Teams\nA total of 16 teams played in the 2017 Torneo Descentralizado. Fourteen teams from the previous season, plus the 2016 Segunda Divisi\u00f3n champion (Cantolao) and the 2016 Copa Per\u00fa champion (Sport Rosario).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 34], "content_span": [35, 238]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273023-0006-0000", "contents": "2017 Torneo Descentralizado, Torneo de Verano, Finals\nThe champion will be the one with the most points after the two legs are played. In case they are tie on points, the team with the best goal different over the two legs will be declared the champion. The away goal rule will not apply. In case both teams score the same number of goals, there will be 30 minutes of extra time and penalties.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 53], "content_span": [54, 393]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273023-0007-0000", "contents": "2017 Torneo Descentralizado, Torneo de Verano, Finals\nMelgar defeated UTC 4\u20133 on penalties after being tied on aggregate and secured a spot in the 2018 Copa Libertadores second stage.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 53], "content_span": [54, 183]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273023-0008-0000", "contents": "2017 Torneo Descentralizado, Playoffs\nAs Alianza Lima and Real Garcilaso finished both as champions and runners-up of the Apertura and Clausura tournaments, no playoff games were played. Alianza Lima were the overall champions and Real Garcilaso were the overall runners-up, and both teams qualified for the 2018 Copa Libertadores group stage.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 37], "content_span": [38, 343]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273023-0009-0000", "contents": "2017 Torneo Descentralizado, Aggregate table\nAll stages (Torneo de Verano, Torneo Apertura, and Torneo Clausura) of the 2017 season were aggregated into a single league table throughout the season to determine the teams that would qualify for the Copa Libertadores and Copa Sudamericana, as well as those to be relegated at the end of the season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 44], "content_span": [45, 346]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273024-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 Torneo Internacional Challenger Le\u00f3n\nThe 2017 Torneo Internacional Challenger Le\u00f3n will be a professional tennis tournament played on hard courts. It will be the fifteenth edition of the tournament which will be part of the 2017 ATP Challenger Tour. It will take place in Le\u00f3n, Mexico between 28 March and 2 April 2017.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [41, 41], "content_span": [42, 324]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273024-0001-0000", "contents": "2017 Torneo Internacional Challenger Le\u00f3n, Singles main draw entrants, Other entrants\nThe following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [43, 85], "content_span": [86, 154]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273024-0002-0000", "contents": "2017 Torneo Internacional Challenger Le\u00f3n, Singles main draw entrants, Other entrants\nThe following player received entry into the singles main draw as a special exempt:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [43, 85], "content_span": [86, 169]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273024-0003-0000", "contents": "2017 Torneo Internacional Challenger Le\u00f3n, Singles main draw entrants, Other entrants\nThe following players received entry into the singles main draw as alternates:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [43, 85], "content_span": [86, 164]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273025-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 Torneo Internacional Challenger Le\u00f3n \u2013 Doubles\nSantiago Gonz\u00e1lez and Mate Pavi\u0107 were the defending champions but only Gonz\u00e1lez chose to defend his title, partnering Artem Sitak. Gonz\u00e1lez lost in the first round to Marcelo Ar\u00e9valo and Fabr\u00edcio Neis.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 51], "section_span": [51, 51], "content_span": [52, 253]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273025-0001-0000", "contents": "2017 Torneo Internacional Challenger Le\u00f3n \u2013 Doubles\nLeander Paes and Adil Shamasdin won the title after defeating Luca Margaroli and Caio Zampieri 6\u20131, 6\u20134 in the final.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 51], "section_span": [51, 51], "content_span": [52, 169]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273026-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 Torneo Internacional Challenger Le\u00f3n \u2013 Singles\nMichael Berrer was the defending champion but chose not to defend his title.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 51], "section_span": [51, 51], "content_span": [52, 128]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273026-0001-0000", "contents": "2017 Torneo Internacional Challenger Le\u00f3n \u2013 Singles\nAdri\u00e1n Men\u00e9ndez-Maceiras won the title after defeating Roberto Quiroz 6\u20134, 3\u20136, 6\u20133 in the final.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 51], "section_span": [51, 51], "content_span": [52, 149]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273027-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 Torneo Internazionale Femminile Antico Tiro a Volo\nThe 2017 Torneo Internazionale Femminile Antico Tiro a Volo was a professional tennis tournament played on outdoor clay courts. It was the ninth edition of the tournament and was part of the 2017 ITF Women's Circuit. It took place in Rome, Italy, on 3\u20139 July 2017.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 55], "section_span": [55, 55], "content_span": [56, 320]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273027-0001-0000", "contents": "2017 Torneo Internazionale Femminile Antico Tiro a Volo, Singles main draw entrants, Other entrants\nThe following player received a wildcard into the singles main draw:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 55], "section_span": [57, 99], "content_span": [100, 168]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273028-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 Torneo Internazionale Femminile Antico Tiro a Volo \u2013 Doubles\n\u0130pek Soylu and Xu Shilin were the defending champions, but both players chose not to participate.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 65], "section_span": [65, 65], "content_span": [66, 163]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273028-0001-0000", "contents": "2017 Torneo Internazionale Femminile Antico Tiro a Volo \u2013 Doubles\nAnastasiya Komardina and Nadia Podoroska won the title, defeating Quirine Lemoine and Eva Wacanno in the final, 7\u20136(7\u20133), 6\u20133.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 65], "section_span": [65, 65], "content_span": [66, 192]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273029-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 Torneo Internazionale Femminile Antico Tiro a Volo \u2013 Singles\nS\u00edlvia Soler Espinosa was the defending champion, but lost in the quarterfinals to Jessica Pieri.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 65], "section_span": [65, 65], "content_span": [66, 163]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273029-0001-0000", "contents": "2017 Torneo Internazionale Femminile Antico Tiro a Volo \u2013 Singles\nKateryna Kozlova won the title, defeating Mariana Duque in the final, 7\u20136(8\u20136), 6\u20134.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 65], "section_span": [65, 65], "content_span": [66, 150]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273030-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 Torneo de Promoci\u00f3n y Reserva\nThe Torneo de Promoci\u00f3n y Reserva is a football tournament in Peru. There are currently 16 clubs in the league. Each team will have a roster of twelve 21-year-old players, three 19-year-olds, and three older reinforcements; whenever they be recorded in the club. The tournament will offer the champion two bonus points and the runner-up one bonus point to the respective regular teams in the 2017 Torneo Descentralizado.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [34, 34], "content_span": [35, 455]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273031-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 Torneo di Viareggio\nThis is the 69th edition of Torneo di Viareggio, the annual youth football tournament held in Viareggio, Tuscany.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [24, 24], "content_span": [25, 138]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273031-0001-0000", "contents": "2017 Torneo di Viareggio, Format\nThe 40 teams are seeded in 10 groups, 5 groups in pool A and 5 groups in pool B. Each team from a group meets the others in a single tie. The winning club from each group and six best runners-up progress to the knockout stage. All matches in the final rounds are single tie. During the round of 16 no extra time will be played in case of a draw, with the match proceeding immediately to penalty kicks. From the quarterfinals on, matches include 30 minutes extra time and penalties to be played if the draw between teams still holds.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 32], "content_span": [33, 565]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273031-0002-0000", "contents": "2017 Torneo di Viareggio, Participating teams\n40 teams participate in the tournament. The list of the teams are below.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 45], "content_span": [46, 118]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273032-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 Toronto Argonauts season\nThe 2017 Toronto Argonauts season was the 60th season for the team in the Canadian Football League and their 145th season overall. The Argonauts finished the season in first place in the East Division and finished with a 9\u20139 record.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [29, 29], "content_span": [30, 262]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273032-0001-0000", "contents": "2017 Toronto Argonauts season\nThe Argonauts improved upon their 5\u201313 record from 2016 with their sixth win after 13 games and clinched a playoff spot following a Hamilton Tiger-Cats loss on October 13, 2017. The team hosted their first playoff game since 2013, in which they defeated the crossover Saskatchewan Roughriders in the East Final by a score of 25\u201321. The Argonauts made their 23rd appearance in the Grey Cup championship game and won for the 17th time in the 105th Grey Cup game in Ottawa against the league-leading Calgary Stampeders by a score of 27\u201324. It was the third largest fourth-quarter comeback in Grey Cup history (eight-point deficit) and the Argos became the first team in Grey Cup history with two touchdowns of 100-plus yards.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [29, 29], "content_span": [30, 752]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273032-0002-0000", "contents": "2017 Toronto Argonauts season\nWith the 2018 Toronto Argonauts team failing to qualify for the playoffs, the 2017 Argonauts became the first championship team since the 1970 Montreal Alouettes to miss the playoffs in both the preceding and following years.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [29, 29], "content_span": [30, 255]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273032-0003-0000", "contents": "2017 Toronto Argonauts season\nGoing back to the beginning of the year, it was announced on February 28, 2017 that Jim Popp would assume the duties of general manager and Marc Trestman would take on head coaching duties. The end result, as noted above, was a stark contrast to their 2016 season, with people calling for the dismissal for Jim Barker and Scott Milanovich toward the latter portions of the 2016 Toronto Argonauts season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [29, 29], "content_span": [30, 433]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273032-0004-0000", "contents": "2017 Toronto Argonauts season, Offseason, CFL Draft\nThe 2017 CFL Draft took place on May 7, 2017. The Argonauts had six selections in the eight-round draft after trading the first overall pick for Drew Willy and their sixth-round pick for S. J. Green.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 51], "content_span": [52, 251]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273032-0005-0000", "contents": "2017 Toronto Argonauts season, Preseason\nThe Toronto Argonauts won their first preseason game with a dominant defensive performance, returning two Montreal interceptions for touchdowns in the game. In the second preseason game, this time on the road, the Argos came back to win against their hated rivals Hamilton \u2013 while notably not giving any game reps to Grey Cup-winning quarterbacks Ricky Ray or Drew Willy.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 40], "content_span": [41, 412]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273032-0006-0000", "contents": "2017 Toronto Argonauts season, Team, Roster\nItalics indicate international player updated 2017-11-2646 Active, 16 Injured, 2 Six-game7 Practice Roster", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 43], "content_span": [44, 150]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273033-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 Toronto Blue Jays season\nThe 2017 Toronto Blue Jays season was the 41st season of the franchise in the American League East division of Major League Baseball, and the 27th full season of play (28th overall) at Rogers Centre. For the first time since the 2014 season, the Blue Jays failed to make it to the postseason, finishing fourth in the AL East with a 76\u201386 record.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [29, 29], "content_span": [30, 375]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273033-0001-0000", "contents": "2017 Toronto Blue Jays season, Offseason\nThe Blue Jays offseason began on October 19, 2016, when they were eliminated by the Cleveland Indians in the American League Championship Series. On October 24, general manager Ross Atkins held a press conference at the Rogers Centre to discuss the team's offseason plans. Atkins stated that the club would likely extend qualifying offers to pending free agents Jos\u00e9 Bautista and Edwin Encarnaci\u00f3n, and pick up Jason Grilli's $3 million contract option for the 2017 season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 40], "content_span": [41, 514]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273033-0001-0001", "contents": "2017 Toronto Blue Jays season, Offseason\nHe also told reporters that the team could explore stretching out Joe Biagini and using him as a starting pitcher, and that Roberto Osuna would remain a relief pitcher indefinitely. With regards to the coaching staff, Atkins stated that the coaches from 2016, with the exception of assistant hitting coach Eric Owens, would return for the 2017 season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 40], "content_span": [41, 392]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273033-0002-0000", "contents": "2017 Toronto Blue Jays season, Offseason\nCenter fielder Kevin Pillar underwent surgery in late October to repair a thumb ligament he tore in August, and was expected to be ready for 2017 spring training. Jason Grilli's option for the 2017 season was picked up by the team on November 5. On November 7, Bautista and Encarnaci\u00f3n were each issued a $17.2 million qualifying offer for the 2017 season. R. A. Dickey signed with the Atlanta Braves on November 10. Lourdes Gurriel Jr., a Cuban player who defected in February 2016, signed a seven-year, $22 million contract with the Blue Jays on November 12.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 40], "content_span": [41, 601]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273033-0002-0001", "contents": "2017 Toronto Blue Jays season, Offseason\nEncarnaci\u00f3n and Bautista each declined their qualifying offers on November 14. Kendrys Morales signed a three-year, $33 million contract with the Blue Jays on November 18. The Blue Jays also claimed Dominic Leone and Leonel Campos on November 18, and added Anthony Alford, Ryan Borucki, and Richard Ure\u00f1a to the 40-man roster to protect them from the Rule 5 draft. The St. Louis Cardinals and Brett Cecil finalized a four-year, $30.5 million contract on November 21. Steve Pearce signed a two-year, $12.5 million contract with Toronto on December 5. The Blue Jays selected Glenn Sparkman in the Rule 5 draft on December 8, and lost minor leaguers Jorge Flores, Jorge Saez, and Matt Smoral in the Triple-A phase of the draft.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 40], "content_span": [41, 765]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273033-0003-0000", "contents": "2017 Toronto Blue Jays season, Offseason\nEdwin Encarnaci\u00f3n agreed to a three-year, $60 million contract with the Cleveland Indians on December 22, 2016. The contract was officially signed on January 5, 2017. The Blue Jays gained a compensatory first round draft selection in the 2017 Major League Baseball draft after the signing of Encarnaci\u00f3n became official. On January 12, Darwin Barney and Ezequiel Carrera agreed to one-year contracts worth $2.8875 million and $1.1625 million respectively, avoiding salary arbitration. Aaron Loup agreed to a one-year, $1.125 million contract for the 2017 season the following day, leaving Marcus Stroman as the lone remaining Blue Jay eligible for arbitration.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 40], "content_span": [41, 701]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273033-0003-0001", "contents": "2017 Toronto Blue Jays season, Offseason\nAfter several days of negotiations, Jos\u00e9 Bautista signed a one-year, $18 million contract with the Blue Jays on January 18. His contract also includes a mutual option for the 2018 season valued at $17 million, and a $20 million vesting option for 2019. Michael Saunders signed with the Philadelphia Phillies on January 19. Four Blue Jays players were featured to MLB's Top 100 prospects list when it was revealed on January 28. Vladimir Guerrero Jr. was rated the top prospect for Toronto, ranked 34th. Sean Reid-Foley, Anthony Alford, and Richard Ure\u00f1a were ranked 64th, 70th, and 94th respectively.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 40], "content_span": [41, 641]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273033-0004-0000", "contents": "2017 Toronto Blue Jays season, Offseason\nEntering February, the Blue Jays were still in search of relief pitching and catching depth. Jarrod Saltalamacchia was signed to a minor league contract on February 6. Three days later, the Jays signed J. P. Howell and Joe Smith to a one-year contracts worth $3 million each. Chad Girodo and A. J. Jim\u00e9nez were designated for assignment to make room on the 40-man roster for Howell and Smith. Marcus Stroman won his arbitration case against the Blue Jays on February 14, and was awarded a $3.4 million salary for the season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 40], "content_span": [41, 565]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273033-0005-0000", "contents": "2017 Toronto Blue Jays season, Spring training\nBlue Jays pitchers and catchers reported to spring training on February 14 in Dunedin, Florida. Position players reported on February 17. Josh Donaldson suffered a right calf strain while working out on February 20, and was ruled out for 2\u20133 weeks. On February 23, the team announced that non-roster invitee Casey Lawrence would start the first game of the Grapefruit League season, and be followed in the rotation by Joe Biagini and Mat Latos. On March 10, in a game against the Detroit Tigers, non-roster invitee TJ House was stuck in the head by a line drive.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 46], "content_span": [47, 609]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273033-0005-0001", "contents": "2017 Toronto Blue Jays season, Spring training\nHe remained on the ground for many minutes being attended to by medical staff, and left the field in an ambulance. Early in camp, concerns were raised about the health of second baseman Devon Travis and his availability for Opening Day. On March 13, it was announced that Travis, as well as Josh Donaldson, would take part in a minor league game the following day. On March 16, the Blue Jays renewed Aaron Sanchez's contract at the MLB-minimum of $535,000. The team had reportedly attempted to negotiate a raise in payment with Sanchez and his agent, Scott Boras, however the offer was refused by Sanchez and Boras.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 46], "content_span": [47, 662]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273033-0006-0000", "contents": "2017 Toronto Blue Jays season, Spring training\nOn March 26, manager John Gibbons announced that Marco Estrada would be the starting pitcher on Opening Day, and be followed in the rotation by J. A. Happ, Marcus Stroman, Francisco Liriano, and Aaron Sanchez. Reliever Bo Schultz, who had been competing for a spot in the bullpen, underwent Tommy John surgery on March 29, and was ruled out for the entire season. On April 1, Gibbons signed a two-year extension with the Blue Jays, that also included an option for the 2020 season. The Opening Day roster was announced on April 2. Mike Bolsinger was designated for assignment, while Melvin Upton Jr. was released. Pitchers Roberto Osuna, Glenn Sparkman, and Bo Schultz opened the year on the disabled list, along with outfielder Dalton Pompey.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 46], "content_span": [47, 790]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273033-0007-0000", "contents": "2017 Toronto Blue Jays season, Spring training\nThe Blue Jays ended spring training with a 12\u201318 win\u2013loss record, excluding three tie games that did not count toward the standings. Their .400 winning percentage was the joint-worst (along with Detroit) among American League teams in pre-season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 46], "content_span": [47, 293]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273033-0008-0000", "contents": "2017 Toronto Blue Jays season, 2017 draft\nThe 2017 Major League Baseball draft began on June 12.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 41], "content_span": [42, 96]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273033-0009-0000", "contents": "2017 Toronto Blue Jays season, Regular season, April\nFor the fourth consecutive year, the Blue Jays opened their season on the road. Taking on Baltimore in a brief two-game series, Toronto sent Marco Estrada to the mound on Opening Day, while Baltimore countered with Kevin Gausman. The game went into extra-innings tied 2\u20132, before Jason Grilli allowed a walk-off solo home run to the 2016 American League leader in home runs, Mark Trumbo. After an off-day, the Blue Jays would drop to 0\u20132 on the year, losing to the Orioles 3\u20131.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 52], "content_span": [53, 530]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273033-0009-0001", "contents": "2017 Toronto Blue Jays season, Regular season, April\nToronto earned their first win of the year in the first game of their four-game series against the Tampa Bay Rays in St. Petersburg. Kendrys Morales hit a grand slam, and Marcus Stroman held Tampa to a single run in his 61\u20443 innings in the 5\u20132 victory. The Blue Jays would then drop the following three games to Tampa, by scores of 10\u20138, 3\u20132, and 7\u20132. The losses moved the Jays to a dismal 1\u20135 record, matching their worst start in franchise history. To make matters worse, reliever J. P. Howell was placed on the 10-day disabled list with a left shoulder injury, and Josh Donaldson was forced to leave the final game of the road trip with a calf injury.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 52], "content_span": [53, 707]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273033-0010-0000", "contents": "2017 Toronto Blue Jays season, Regular season, April\nPlaying at home for the first time in 2017, the Blue Jays opened their nine-game home stand with a short two-game series against the Milwaukee Brewers. Toronto was narrowly defeated in the first game, 4\u20133, which extended their home opener losing streak to six. The Blue Jays were swept by the Brewers in the final game of the series, 2\u20130. Marcus Stroman threw the second complete game of his career in the loss. Baltimore then began a four-game series against the Jays with a 2\u20131 victory.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 52], "content_span": [53, 541]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273033-0010-0001", "contents": "2017 Toronto Blue Jays season, Regular season, April\nJosh Donaldson, who had reaggravated his calf injury in Tampa, was forced to leave the first game against Baltimore with the same calf injury. He was placed on the 10-day disabled list the following day. The Blue Jays dropped the next game in the series, 6\u20134, which lowered their record to 1\u20139 and furthered the 2017 team's hold on the record for the worst start in franchise history.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 52], "content_span": [53, 437]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273033-0010-0002", "contents": "2017 Toronto Blue Jays season, Regular season, April\nTheir seven-game losing streak came to an end on April 15, when Kendrys Morales hit a walk-off solo home run in the bottom of the ninth inning to give the Jays a 2\u20131 victory. Toronto was unable to earn a series-split with Baltimore, dropping the final game by a score of 11\u20134. Aaron Sanchez was placed on the disabled list prior to the game with a blister on his pitching hand, and J. A. Happ was forced to leave the game with left elbow soreness. Happ would also go on the disabled list the following day.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 52], "content_span": [53, 559]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273033-0010-0003", "contents": "2017 Toronto Blue Jays season, Regular season, April\nIn the first game of a three-game series against the Boston Red Sox, the Blue Jays were unable to complete a late-game comeback, taking an 8\u20137 loss. Francisco Liriano and the Toronto bullpen held the Red Sox to six hits and no runs in a 3\u20130 win the following day. In the final game of the home stand, the Blue Jays were denied their first series-win of the year, as the offence was stymied by Red Sox ace Chris Sale. Despite some late heroics by Kendrys Morales to send the game into extra innings, the Blue Jays would lose 4\u20131 in ten innings. The loss moved the team to a 3\u201312 record, which was the worst in all of Major League Baseball.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 52], "content_span": [53, 691]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273033-0011-0000", "contents": "2017 Toronto Blue Jays season, Regular season, April\nHoping to rebound from their woeful first 15 games, the Blue Jays began a seven-game road trip in Los Angeles, taking on the Angels for four. Ryan Tepera earned the first win of his career in the first game of the series, as Toronto barely held on to a slim 8\u20137 win in 13 innings. The second game saw the Jays fall just short of coming back from a 5\u20130 deficit, losing 5\u20134 and levelling the series at a game apiece.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 52], "content_span": [53, 467]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273033-0011-0001", "contents": "2017 Toronto Blue Jays season, Regular season, April\nMarcus Stroman threw his second complete game in 12 days, allowing two runs on seven hits in the Blue Jays' 6\u20132 victory the following day. Controversy arose before, during, and after the final game of the series, as the umpiring crew from the previous game was replaced for undisclosed reasons. The replacement home plate umpire, Toby Basner, had previously drawn the ire of Toronto fans for ejecting Josh Donaldson in the first inning of a game against the Minnesota Twins the previous year.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 52], "content_span": [53, 545]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273033-0011-0002", "contents": "2017 Toronto Blue Jays season, Regular season, April\nIn the final game of the Angels series, Basner made several questionable calls against both teams, and ejected Blue Jays manager John Gibbons. The Angels would take the game, 2\u20131, and split the four game series with Toronto. Toronto closed their road play for April in St. Louis, taking on the Cardinals. The first game of the series went into extra-innings tied 5\u20135. Chris Coghlan submitted a play-of-the-year candidate late in the game, leaping over Cardinals catcher Yadier Molina to score.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 52], "content_span": [53, 546]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273033-0011-0003", "contents": "2017 Toronto Blue Jays season, Regular season, April\nIn the top of the eleventh inning, Marcus Stroman was called upon to pinch-hit and delivered the first hit and double of his career, and later scored the go-ahead run to take a 6\u20135 lead that the team would not surrender. The second game of the series was rained-out, and rescheduled for the following day as a day-night doubleheader. The Cardinals would take both games, by scores of 8\u20134 and 6\u20134, and send the Blue Jays home with a losing record on their road trip.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 52], "content_span": [53, 518]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273033-0012-0000", "contents": "2017 Toronto Blue Jays season, Regular season, April\nTo cap a disappointing April, the Jays returned home for a three-game series against Tampa Bay. The Rays hit four home runs in the first game of the series, defeating Toronto 7\u20134. The Jays held the Rays to a single run in the second game, and Roberto Osuna bounced back from a few rough outings with a 1-2-3 ninth inning to earn his second save of the season, closing the 4\u20131 win.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 52], "content_span": [53, 433]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273033-0012-0001", "contents": "2017 Toronto Blue Jays season, Regular season, April\nIn the final game of April, the Blue Jays scored three runs in the eighth inning to win 3\u20131, taking both their first series of the year and winning back-to-back games for the first time in 2017. The game was not without disappointment however, as Aaron Sanchez returned from the disabled list to start, but lasted only a single inning before leaving with a split fingernail on his pitching hand.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 52], "content_span": [53, 448]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273033-0013-0000", "contents": "2017 Toronto Blue Jays season, Regular season, May\nLooking to rebound from a disastrous April, the Blue Jays opened the month of May in New York, taking on the Yankees for three games. Ryan Goins led the way offensively in the first game, recording the first two-run sacrifice fly in franchise history in Toronto's 7\u20131 victory. New York would end the Blue Jays three-game winning streak with an 11\u20135 victory the following day. The Yankees would take the series with an 8\u20136 win in the finale, and drop the Blue Jays back to 10 games below .500.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 50], "content_span": [51, 543]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273033-0013-0001", "contents": "2017 Toronto Blue Jays season, Regular season, May\nMarcus Stroman left the game in the third inning with a minor arm injury. Following a day-off, the Jays began their third series of the season against Tampa Bay. Kendrys Morales hit two home runs to lead Toronto to an 8\u20134 win in the series opener. Rays starter Jake Odorizzi held the Blue Jays to a single run over seven innings, as the Rays took the second game by a score of 6\u20131. Joe Biagini made his first Major League start in the final game of the series, pitching four strong innings and aiding the Blue Jays to a 2\u20131 win and just their second series-victory of the year.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 50], "content_span": [51, 628]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273033-0014-0000", "contents": "2017 Toronto Blue Jays season, Regular season, May\nThe Blue Jays returned home from their 3\u20133 road trip and opened a nine-game home stand with a rematch of last year's American League Championship Series against the Cleveland Indians. The series marked Edwin Encarnaci\u00f3n's return to Toronto, after departing in the offseason. Prior to the game, Russell Martin was placed on the 10-day disabled list with a left arm injury. Toronto emerged victorious in the first game, 4\u20132, led by a strong outing by Marcus Stroman. The Indians shutout the Jays in the second game, 6\u20130.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 50], "content_span": [51, 569]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273033-0014-0001", "contents": "2017 Toronto Blue Jays season, Regular season, May\nKendrys Morales left the game with a hamstring injury, adding to the growing list of injured Toronto players. The third and final game of the series went into the ninth inning tied 7\u20137, before the Jays managed to load the bases for Ryan Goins, who singled in the winning run. The Seattle Mariners then arrived in Toronto for a four-game series. Before the first game began, Toronto placed Francisco Liriano on the disabled list with left shoulder inflammation. Former Mariner Justin Smoak drove in four runs in the Blue Jays 7\u20132 victory in the opener.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 50], "content_span": [51, 602]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273033-0014-0002", "contents": "2017 Toronto Blue Jays season, Regular season, May\nJoe Biagini and the Blue Jays bullpen held the Mariners scoreless in game two, earning a 4\u20130 victory. In the third game of the series, Kevin Pillar recorded three hits to give him the American League lead in hits with 47. The Blue Jays took the game by a score of 7\u20132, setting up an opportunity for their first sweep of the season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 50], "content_span": [51, 382]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273033-0014-0003", "contents": "2017 Toronto Blue Jays season, Regular season, May\nKevin Pillar hit the first walk-off home run of his career in the final game of the series, giving the Blue Jays a 3\u20132 victory, their first four-game sweep since the 2015 season, and a five-game winning streak. Aaron Sanchez returned from the disabled list and made his first start since departing with a torn fingernail on April 30. To close their home stand, the Jays began a home-and-home series against the Atlanta Braves. Atlanta would take both games in Toronto, by scores of 10\u20136 and 9\u20136 respectively.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 50], "content_span": [51, 559]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273033-0015-0000", "contents": "2017 Toronto Blue Jays season, Regular season, May\nContinuing the series in Atlanta, the Blue Jays were defeated 8\u20134 by the Braves in a game that was rife with controversy. Freddie Freeman was hit on the wrist by an Aaron Loup pitch in the fifth inning, and left the game. In the seventh inning, Kevin Pillar struck out on a quick pitch from Braves pitcher Jason Motte. Immediately after striking out, Pillar called Motte a homophobic slur, which caused both Motte and Braves catcher Kurt Suzuki to confront him and led both dugouts to rush onto the field in defense of their teammates.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 50], "content_span": [51, 586]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273033-0015-0001", "contents": "2017 Toronto Blue Jays season, Regular season, May\nIn the eighth inning, Jos\u00e9 Bautista enraged the Braves by flipping his bat after hitting a solo home run. Following the game, Pillar publicly apologized to Motte. Prior to the game on May 18, the Blue Jays held a press conference with Pillar to apologize for the incident again, and announced that Pillar would be suspended for two games. It was also announced that Freeman would miss 10\u201312 weeks with a broken wrist. Toronto would avoid being swept by Atlanta, winning the final game of the four-game series 9\u20130.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 50], "content_span": [51, 564]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273033-0015-0002", "contents": "2017 Toronto Blue Jays season, Regular season, May\nMarcus Stroman hit just the second home run by a Blue Jay pitcher in franchise history in the win. The Jays then returned to Baltimore for their first series at Camden Yards since the start of the season. Much like the game on Opening Day, the first game of the series went into extra innings before Jason Grilli allowed a walk-off home run. In the second game, Danny Barnes allowed a three-run home run to Welington Castillo, handing the Orioles a 7\u20135 win.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 50], "content_span": [51, 508]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273033-0015-0003", "contents": "2017 Toronto Blue Jays season, Regular season, May\nThe Blue Jays salvaged the final game of the series, defeating the Orioles by a score of 3\u20131. Marco Estrada struck out 12 Baltimore batters, matching his career-high for strikeouts in a single game. To close their road play for the month, the Jays swept the Milwaukee Brewers by scores of 4\u20133 and 8\u20134 in a brief, two-game series. Danny Barnes earned his first career win in the first game, and Ryan Goins hit his first grand slam in the second game, giving the Blue Jays a successful 4\u20133 road trip.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 50], "content_span": [51, 549]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273033-0016-0000", "contents": "2017 Toronto Blue Jays season, Regular season, May\nHeading home to close May, the Blue Jays faced the Texas Rangers for the first time since sweeping them out of the playoffs in the 2016 American League Division Series. Devon Travis hit a grand slam in the first game of the three-game series, and Justin Smoak and Kendrys Morales each homered in the 7\u20136 win. Jos\u00e9 Bautista provided all the offence the Jays would need in the second game, hitting a three-run home run to lead Toronto to a 3\u20131 win. Texas would take the final game, 3\u20131, and snap Toronto's five-game winning streak.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 50], "content_span": [51, 580]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273033-0016-0001", "contents": "2017 Toronto Blue Jays season, Regular season, May\nThe Blue Jays would close May with a home interleague matchup against the Cincinnati Reds. The Blue Jays racked up 23 hits in the first game, crushing the Reds 17\u20132. Kendrys Morales broke a 4\u20134 tie in the eighth inning of the second game with a two-run home run and sealed a 6\u20134 victory for Toronto. The Jays completed the sweep with a 5\u20134 victory to end May, led by home runs from Devon Travis and Luke Maile.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 50], "content_span": [51, 461]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273033-0017-0000", "contents": "2017 Toronto Blue Jays season, Regular season, June\nJune began with a four-game series against the Yankees at the Rogers Centre. Marco Estrada allowed four earned runs in the first inning of the first game, as the Yankees defeated the Jays 12\u20132. Francisco Liriano returned from the disabled list to start the second game, and led Toronto to a 7\u20135 victory with assistance from Josh Donaldson, who hit two home runs. In the third game, Jason Grilli became the first Blue Jay reliever to allow four home runs in a single relief inning, as New York shut out the Jays 7\u20130. The Blue Jays would earn the series-split in the final game, winning 3\u20132. Devon Travis was hit on the wrist by a pitch from Yankees starter Luis Severino, and left the game after the inning.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 51], "content_span": [52, 758]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273033-0018-0000", "contents": "2017 Toronto Blue Jays season, Regular season, June\nFollowing their 7\u20133 homestand, the Jays embarked on a west coast road trip, beginning in Oakland. The Athletics would take the first two games of the three game series, by scores of 5\u20133 and 4\u20131. Prior to the second game, it was announced that Devon Travis had suffered a recurrence of the knee injury that had ended his 2016 campaign, and was placed on the disabled list. Josh Donaldson led the Jays to a 7\u20135 win in the third and final game of the series, hitting a two-run home run in the tenth inning.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 51], "content_span": [52, 555]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273033-0018-0001", "contents": "2017 Toronto Blue Jays season, Regular season, June\nThe Blue Jays then travelled to Seattle, to take on the Mariners. Seattle won the opener, 4\u20132, in what resembled a Toronto home game due to the large number of Blue Jay fans present at Safeco Field. The Jays would return the favour in the second game, winning 4\u20132 on the back of home runs by Kendrys Morales, Ezequiel Carrera, and Justin Smoak. The Jays would win the series with a 4\u20130 victory on Sunday, with J. A. Happ earning his first win of the season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 51], "content_span": [52, 509]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273033-0019-0000", "contents": "2017 Toronto Blue Jays season, Regular season, June\nAfter an off-day, the Jays began a short, two-game series against the Tampa Bay Rays back at home. Prior to the first game, it was announced that Devon Travis had undergone knee surgery and was ruled out for at least three months. Rays rookie Jacob Faria stymied the Toronto offence as Tampa took the opener, 8\u20131. Russell Martin's eighth inning home run led the Jays to a 7\u20136 win over Tampa in the final game of the series. The Chicago White Sox then came to Toronto for a three-game set. Joe Biagini allowed seven runs in the start, and Chicago rolled to an 11\u20134 win. The Sox would also take the second game by a score of 5\u20132. The Blue Jays avoided being swept, winning the final game 7\u20133 thanks to two-run homers from Russell Martin and Kendrys Morales.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 51], "content_span": [52, 807]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273033-0020-0000", "contents": "2017 Toronto Blue Jays season, Regular season, June\nAfter a frustrating 2\u20133 homestand, the Jays flew to Texas to face the Rangers. With Texas ahead 6\u20135 in the ninth inning, the Blue Jays came back with two runs off Rangers closer Matt Bush and held on to win 7\u20136. The Rangers would take the second game of the series, 6\u20131, and drop the Jays to 0\u20138 in games where they could have reached a .500 record for the first time in 2017. The Toronto offence put up six runs in the first inning and the pitching held on to a 7\u20135 victory in the third game.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 51], "content_span": [52, 545]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273033-0020-0001", "contents": "2017 Toronto Blue Jays season, Regular season, June\nThe Blue Jays would drop their ninth chance at a .500 record in the final game of the series, 11\u20134. To end their road games for June, the Jays went to Kauffman Stadium to take on the Kansas City Royals. Toronto held a 4\u20131 lead in the first game heading into the bottom of the ninth inning, however, with Roberto Osuna unavailable, the combination of Ryan Tepera, Aaron Loup, and Jason Grilli allowed four runs with two outs to hand Kansas a 5\u20134 win.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 51], "content_span": [52, 501]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273033-0020-0002", "contents": "2017 Toronto Blue Jays season, Regular season, June\nPost-game, Osuna explained to the media that he was unavailable due to an anxiety issue he had recently developed, and noted that, while he felt fine physically, he was unsure of when he would pitch again. The Royals would hold on to a 3\u20132 win in the second game, with Jason Vargas earning his league-leading eleventh win of the year. The Blue Jays would emerge victorious in the third and final game of the series, 8\u20132, with Osuna pitching the final inning.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 51], "content_span": [52, 510]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273033-0021-0000", "contents": "2017 Toronto Blue Jays season, Regular season, June\nThe Jays returned home to end the month of June, taking on Baltimore. Toronto fell to a dismal 2\u20138 record against the Orioles in the first game, losing 3\u20131. Marcus Stroman led the way in the second game, striking out eight Orioles over 72\u20443 scoreless innings as Toronto won 4\u20130. Baltimore would return the shutout in the final game of the series, winning 2\u20130. In the final game of June, the Blue Jays fell 7\u20134 in extra-innings to the Boston Red Sox. Starter Marco Estrada walked a career-high seven batters in the loss.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 51], "content_span": [52, 571]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273033-0022-0000", "contents": "2017 Toronto Blue Jays season, Regular season, July\nThe series with the Red Sox continued into July, with Chris Sale and Francisco Liriano on the mound on Canada Day. Boston would emerge victorious, 7\u20131, with Sale striking out 11. The Red Sox would complete the sweep on July 2, with a 15\u20131 thrashing of the Jays. After the game, it was announced that Justin Smoak had been named the starting first baseman for the American League at the 2017 Major League Baseball All-Star Game.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 51], "content_span": [52, 479]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273033-0023-0000", "contents": "2017 Toronto Blue Jays season, Regular season, July\nTo end the unofficial first half of the season, the Blue Jays embarked on a short three-game road trip against the Yankees before returning home for four games against the AL-leading Houston Astros. The Yankees would take the first game of their series, 6\u20133. Starter Marcus Stroman left after five innings due to concern that he was developing a blister on his right hand.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 51], "content_span": [52, 424]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273033-0023-0001", "contents": "2017 Toronto Blue Jays season, Regular season, July\nThe Blue Jays would snap their five-game losing streak with a 4\u20131 win over New York, and took the series with a 7\u20136 win in the finale, aided by four walks in the eighth inning by Dellin Betances. The team returned to the Rogers Centre and defeated the Astros 7\u20134 in the first game of their series. Before the July 7 game Roberto Osuna was added to the All-Star Game roster. Aaron Sanchez returned from his third DL stint of the year to start the second game of the series, but lasted only 12\u20443 innings and yielded seven runs. Houston would win the game, 12\u20132. The Jays took the third game by a score of 7\u20132, led by home runs from Josh Donaldson and Troy Tulowitzki. Houston shellacked the Blue Jays in the final game before the All-Star break, 19\u20131, handing Toronto their second-most lopsided loss in franchise history.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 51], "content_span": [52, 871]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273033-0024-0000", "contents": "2017 Toronto Blue Jays season, Regular season, July\nFollowing the All-Star break, the Blue Jays began a ten-game road trip in Detroit. The Jays began the second half on the right foot, walking ten times against the Tigers and winning 7\u20132. The Tigers would rebound to take the series, winning the next two games by scores of 11\u20131 and 6\u20135. The Jays then travelled to Fenway Park for the first time in 2017. Steve Pearce knocked in the go-ahead run in the eighth inning of the first game, aiding the Jays to a 4\u20133 win.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 51], "content_span": [52, 515]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273033-0024-0001", "contents": "2017 Toronto Blue Jays season, Regular season, July\nHanley Ram\u00edrez hit a walk-off solo home run in the 15th inning of the second game, as Boston evened the series with a 5\u20134 win. Aaron Sanchez struggled greatly in the third game of the series, taking his first loss at Fenway in seven starts, 5\u20131. Toronto would split the series, with Justin Smoak's two home runs helping them take the fourth and final game 8\u20136. To cap the road trip, the Blue Jays were swept in three games in Cleveland. Edwin Encarnaci\u00f3n had 4 RBI in the Indians' 13\u20133 win in the first game. Danny Barnes yielded a walk-off home run to Francisco Lindor in the second game, taking the loss 2\u20131 in ten innings. Cleveland starter Corey Kluber dominated Toronto in the finale, striking out 14 in the 8\u20131 win.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 51], "content_span": [52, 773]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273033-0025-0000", "contents": "2017 Toronto Blue Jays season, Regular season, July\nThe Jays took their 3\u20137 road trip back to the Rogers Centre for a seven-game homestand against the west coast Athletics and Angels. Francisco Liriano earned what became his final win as a Blue Jay in the first game of the four-game series, 4\u20132. C\u00e9sar Valdez earned his first MLB win in seven years, defeating Oakland 4\u20131 the following night. The Jays took the third game of the series, 3\u20132, after a walk-off solo home run by Kendrys Morales.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 51], "content_span": [52, 493]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273033-0025-0001", "contents": "2017 Toronto Blue Jays season, Regular season, July\nSteve Pearce hit a walk-off grand slam in the tenth inning of the final game to give the Jays an 8\u20134 win and a four-game sweep. Controversy arose in the fifth inning, after home plate umpire Will Little ejected John Gibbons, Marcus Stroman, and Russell Martin for arguing about the strike zone. The Blue Jays lost their first game against the Angels, 7\u20132, and also lost Troy Tulowitzki to a severe ankle sprain. With trade rumours swirling, Francisco Liriano pitched a shutout through five innings, but faltered in the sixth as Toronto dropped the second game, 6\u20135. The Jays salvaged the final game of the series, thanks to an ultimate grand slam from Steve Pearce, his second walk-off grand slam of the week.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 51], "content_span": [52, 761]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273033-0026-0000", "contents": "2017 Toronto Blue Jays season, Regular season, July\nPrior to their final game in July, the Blue Jays made two trades. The first sent Francisco Liriano to the Houston Astros for outfielders Nori Aoki and Teoscar Hern\u00e1ndez, while the second swapped Joe Smith with the Cleveland Indians for pitcher Thomas Pannone and infielder Samad Taylor. In Chicago to take on the White Sox that night, the Jays were defeated 7\u20136.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 51], "content_span": [52, 414]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273033-0027-0000", "contents": "2017 Toronto Blue Jays season, Regular season, August\nContinuing their series with the White Sox, the Jays opened August with an 8\u20134 win, and took the series with a 5\u20131 victory the following day. After travelling to Houston, the Blue Jays were blown out by the Astros in the first of a three-game set, 16\u20137. Toronto took the second game, 4\u20133, after scoring the winning run in the tenth inning against Francisco Liriano, who they traded to Houston less than a week prior. The Astros would win the final game of the series, 7\u20136, aided by a four-run ninth inning.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 53], "content_span": [54, 560]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273033-0028-0000", "contents": "2017 Toronto Blue Jays season, Regular season, August\nThe Jays began a crucial ten-game homestand on August 8, with three against division-rival New York. Josh Donaldson provided all of the offence for Toronto in the first game, hitting a pair of two-run home runs in the 4\u20132 victory. The Yankees won the second game, 11\u20135, which dropped the Jays to five games back of the Mariners for a wild-card spot. Marco Estrada's seven shutout innings led the Jays to a 4\u20130 win and a series victory the following day. Toronto began a three-game series with the Pittsburgh Pirates on August 11.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 53], "content_span": [54, 583]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273033-0028-0001", "contents": "2017 Toronto Blue Jays season, Regular season, August\nThe Jays lost the series opener, 4\u20132, and also lost Russell Martin to an oblique injury. In the second game of the series, first lieutenant Chris Rowley made his debut, and in doing so became the first West Point graduate to play in Major League Baseball. He earned the win, 7\u20132, after pitching 51\u20443 innings of one-run ball. The Jays improved their homestand record to 4\u20132 with a 7\u20131 win over the Pirates the next day.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 53], "content_span": [54, 472]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273033-0028-0002", "contents": "2017 Toronto Blue Jays season, Regular season, August\nIn the first of four games against Tampa Bay, Nick Tepesch held the Rays to one run through his six innings and earned the win, 2\u20131. Tampa continued their run of success against Marco Estrada in the second game, tagging him for six runs in the 6\u20134 Toronto loss. Toronto rebounded from the loss and took the last two games of the series, 3\u20132 and 5\u20133. The wins moved the Jays to within three games of a .500 record, which was the closest they had been to a level record since late June.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 53], "content_span": [54, 538]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273033-0029-0000", "contents": "2017 Toronto Blue Jays season, Regular season, August\nFrom that point on, however, the Blue Jays struggled in August. They flew to Chicago to take on the Cubs for three games and were swept by the defending World Series champions. Jake Arrieta led Chicago to a 7\u20134 win in the first game, and Jos\u00e9 Quintana took the victory in the second game, 4\u20133. The final game went into extra innings tied 3\u20133. The Jays took a 5\u20133 lead in the tenth, but Roberto Osuna and the Toronto defence could not hold the lead, taking the loss 6\u20135.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 53], "content_span": [54, 523]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273033-0029-0001", "contents": "2017 Toronto Blue Jays season, Regular season, August\nIn Tampa Bay for three games after an off-day, the Jays suffered their fourth-consecutive loss, 6\u20135. The Blue Jays hit six home runs the following night, ending their losing streak with a 7\u20136 win. Tampa Bay won the final game of the series, by a score of 2\u20130. The Jays took on the Minnesota Twins for three after returning to the Rogers Centre. While Justin Smoak hit his 35th home run of the year in the first game, Bartolo Col\u00f3n led the Twins to a 6\u20131 win.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 53], "content_span": [54, 512]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273033-0029-0002", "contents": "2017 Toronto Blue Jays season, Regular season, August\nThe Jays won a slugfest second game, 10\u20139, but lost the rubber match with Minnesota the following day, 7\u20132. Byron Buxton hit three home runs for Minnesota in the final game. Toronto was then dealt a crushing blow to their slim playoff hopes, as they were swept by the visiting Red Sox. Boston took the three game series by scores of 6\u20135, 3\u20130, and 7\u20131, which dropped the Jays to a season-low 11 games under .500. August ended on a minor high-note, as Toronto took the opening game of a four-game series in Baltimore 11\u20138, led by a three home run game from Kendrys Morales.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 53], "content_span": [54, 625]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273033-0030-0000", "contents": "2017 Toronto Blue Jays season, Regular season, September and October\nThe Blue Jays opened September by continuing their series with the Orioles. Due to September roster expansion, the Blue Jays recalled Teoscar Hern\u00e1ndez and Richard Ure\u00f1a, and also added Carlos Ram\u00edrez and Michael Saunders to their roster in time for the second game of the series. Joe Biagini would pitch seven complete innings and record a career-high ten strikeouts in the game, but the Orioles walked off the Blue Jays in the thirteenth inning and won the game 1\u20130.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 68], "content_span": [69, 537]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273033-0030-0001", "contents": "2017 Toronto Blue Jays season, Regular season, September and October\nMarcus Stroman started the third game of the series, but had to be removed after pitching 12\u20443 innings when he suffered a bruised elbow from a Mark Trumbo line drive. The Blue Jays however, went to win the game 7\u20132. In the series finale, the Blue Jays carried a 4\u20133 lead into the bottom of the ninth inning, but lost the game 5\u20134 in the twelfth inning. The road trip concluded with three games against the Red Sox in Boston, whom the Blue Jays had a 3\u201310 record against.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 68], "content_span": [69, 539]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273033-0030-0002", "contents": "2017 Toronto Blue Jays season, Regular season, September and October\nIn the first game, the Blue Jays hit four home runs as a team and won by a score of 10\u20134. The Blue Jays led 2\u20130 in the bottom of the ninth inning but lost the second game by a score of 3\u20132 in nineteen innings. Roberto Osuna suffered his league-leading tenth blown save of the season and the Blue Jays suffered their third extra-innings loss in five games. The Blue Jays also struck out a franchise-record 23 times in the game. The Blue Jays lost the rubber match 6\u20131, recording only four hits in the game. The Blue Jays ended their road trip 3\u20134, with three of the four losses being walkoff losses in extra innings.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 68], "content_span": [69, 684]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273033-0031-0000", "contents": "2017 Toronto Blue Jays season, Regular season, September and October\nFollowing an off day, the Blue Jays returned home, beginning a homestand with three games against the Detroit Tigers. Marcus Stroman made his scheduled start in the series opener following his injury-shortened start in Baltimore. Richard Ure\u00f1a hit his first career home run, but the Blue Jays were unable to overcome a second inning deficit caused by a Nicholas Castellanos grand slam and lost the game by a score of 5\u20134. in the second game, Brett Anderson earned his first win for the Blue Jays and Kevin Pillar contributed with four hits, helping the Blue Jays win 5\u20134.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 68], "content_span": [69, 640]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273033-0031-0001", "contents": "2017 Toronto Blue Jays season, Regular season, September and October\nIn the rubber match, Teoscar Hern\u00e1ndez recorded his first multi home run game, hitting his first two home runs for the Blue Jays and contributing with 5 RBI. The Blue Jays won the game 8\u20132 and won their first series since mid-August when they won three out of four games against the Tampa Bay Rays. The Blue Jays wrapped up their homestand with three games against the Baltimore Orioles, winning the first game 4\u20133. Joe Biagini started the second game and pitched his most impressive start, pitching eight innings for the first time in his career.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 68], "content_span": [69, 616]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273033-0031-0002", "contents": "2017 Toronto Blue Jays season, Regular season, September and October\nTrailing 2\u20131 in the bottom of the ninth inning, the Blue Jays came back and defeated the Orioles 3\u20132, with Richard Ure\u00f1a tallying his first career walkoff hit. The Blue Jays would not complete the sweep, as Baltimore would win the series finale 2\u20131. Following their 4\u20132 homestand, the Blue Jays traveled to Minnesota for a four-game series against the Twins, who currently occupied the second wildcard spot.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 68], "content_span": [69, 476]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273033-0031-0003", "contents": "2017 Toronto Blue Jays season, Regular season, September and October\nIn the first game, with the Blue Jays trailing the Twins 2\u20131 in the top of the ninth inning with two outs, Justin Smoak hit his 38th home run of the season to tie the game. However, the Blue Jays lost 3\u20132 in the tenth inning, suffering a fourth extra innings walkoff loss in September. The Blue Jays would rebound and win the second game of the series 4\u20133. In the third game of the series, Josh Donaldson hit two home runs and Marco Estrada pitched eight innings, leading the Blue Jays to a 7\u20132 victory. The series would not end nicely for the Blue Jays, as Joe Biagini struggled in his start in the series finale and was pulled after 11\u20443 innings in a 13\u20137 loss. Josh Donaldson hit five home runs in the four-game series.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 68], "content_span": [69, 791]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273033-0032-0000", "contents": "2017 Toronto Blue Jays season, Regular season, September and October\nFollowing an off day, the Blue Jays returned home for their final homestand of the season. Hosting the Kansas City Royals for a three-game series, the first game would feature a record-setting moment in the MLB as the Royals' Alex Gordon hit the 5694th overall home run of the 2017 season, setting an all-time record. Despite giving up the record-setting home run, the Blue Jays won the game 5\u20132 backed by a seven-inning effort by Marcus Stroman and a three RBI night by Darwin Barney.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 68], "content_span": [69, 554]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273033-0032-0001", "contents": "2017 Toronto Blue Jays season, Regular season, September and October\nThe Blue Jays would drop the final two games of the series; Brett Anderson surrendered eight runs and was pulled after 11\u20443 innings en route to a 15\u20135 loss in the second game and they would be shut out by Kansas City 1\u20130 in the series finale. This loss ensured the Blue Jays with finish their season with a losing record, for the first time since 2013. The Blue Jays then wrapped up their home schedule, hosting the New York Yankees for a three-game series.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 68], "content_span": [69, 526]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273033-0032-0002", "contents": "2017 Toronto Blue Jays season, Regular season, September and October\nThe first game was an 8\u20131 blowout win for Toronto, following a seven-inning outing by Marco Estrada and a Ryan Goins grand slam. However, the Blue Jays lost the second game 5\u20131, and were officially eliminated from playoff contention. In what would be his final home game as a Blue Jay, Jos\u00e9 Bautista contributed two hits and an RBI as the Blue Jays took the rubber match 9\u20135. Teoscar Hernandez, having been used primarily in right field throughout the month to replace Bautista, homered in each game of the series.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 68], "content_span": [69, 583]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273033-0033-0000", "contents": "2017 Toronto Blue Jays season, Regular season, September and October\nEnding their season with a six-game road trip, the Blue Jays returned to Boston for the second time in September to face the Red Sox for three games. The Blue Jays won the first two games 6\u20134 and 9\u20134, winning a series against the Red Sox for the first time in 2017. However, Marco Estrada struggled during the series finale and was pulled after 21\u20443 innings as the Blue Jays went on to lose 10\u20137. Following an off day, the Blue Jays began a three-game series against the Yankees in New York to conclude their season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 68], "content_span": [69, 585]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273033-0033-0001", "contents": "2017 Toronto Blue Jays season, Regular season, September and October\nThe Blue Jays dropped the first two games of the series by scores of 4\u20130 and 2\u20131. The Blue Jays ended the season on a positive note, winning their final game by a score of 2\u20131, despite recording only two hits in the game. The Blue Jays finished their 2017 season with a 76\u201386 record and missed the playoffs for the first time since the 2014 season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 68], "content_span": [69, 417]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273034-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 Toronto FC II season\nThe 2017 Toronto FC II season is the third season in the club's history. In 2016 the team finished 12th in the Eastern Conference, therefore, missing the playoffs.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [25, 25], "content_span": [26, 189]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273034-0001-0000", "contents": "2017 Toronto FC II season, Roster, Players\nAs of October 15, 2017. The squad of Toronto FC II will be composed of an unrestricted number of first-team players on loan to the reserve team, players signed to TFC II, and TFC Academy players. Academy players who appear in matches with TFC II will retain their college eligibility.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 42], "content_span": [43, 327]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273034-0002-0000", "contents": "2017 Toronto FC II season, Statistics, Clean sheets\nIncludes all competitive matches. Correct as of October 15, 2017", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 51], "content_span": [52, 116]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273035-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 Toronto FC season\nThe 2017 Toronto FC season was the 11th season in the history of Toronto FC. On June 27, 2017, Toronto FC won their sixth Canadian Championship 3\u20132 on aggregate over Montreal, earning them a spot in the 2018 CONCACAF Champions League. On September 30, Toronto FC won their first Supporters' Shield with a 4\u20132 home win over New York Red Bulls, to clinch top of the league with the most points that season. By doing so, they also became the first Canadian team to win the Supporters' Shield.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [22, 22], "content_span": [23, 512]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273035-0000-0001", "contents": "2017 Toronto FC season\nIn Toronto FC's last regular season match of the season on October 22, Toronto FC drew 2\u20132 away to Atlanta; in doing so, Toronto FC broke the MLS regular season point record with 69 points. On November 29, Toronto FC won the Eastern Conference Championship for the second year in a row, with a 1\u20130 aggregate win over the Columbus Crew. On December 9, 2017, Toronto defeated Seattle 2\u20130 in the 2017 MLS Cup final, becoming the first MLS team to complete a domestic treble, as well as the first Canadian team to win the MLS Cup.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [22, 22], "content_span": [23, 549]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273035-0001-0000", "contents": "2017 Toronto FC season, Transfers, In, Draft picks\nDraft picks are not automatically signed to the team roster. Only those who are signed to a contract will be listed as transfers in.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 50], "content_span": [51, 183]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273035-0002-0000", "contents": "2017 Toronto FC season, Statistics, Shutouts\n* Includes one shared clean sheet against Sporting Kansas City.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 44], "content_span": [45, 108]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273036-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 Toronto International Film Festival\nThe 42nd annual Toronto International Film Festival was held from 7 to 17 September 2017. There were fourteen programmes, with the Vanguard and City to City programmes both being retired from previous years, with the total number of films down by 20% from the 2016 edition. Borg/McEnroe directed by Janus Metz Pedersen opened the festival.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [40, 40], "content_span": [41, 380]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273036-0001-0000", "contents": "2017 Toronto International Film Festival\nAccording to a \"fact sheet\" released by the Festival before it began, this edition included 255 feature-length films and 84 short films. Of the feature films, 147 are claimed to be world premieres. The number of Canadian films at the Festival (including co-productions) is listed as 28 features and 29 shorts.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [40, 40], "content_span": [41, 350]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273036-0002-0000", "contents": "2017 Toronto International Film Festival, Canada's Top Ten\nIn December, TIFF programmers released their annual Canada's Top Ten list of the films selected as the ten best Canadian films of 2017. The selected films received a follow-up screening at the TIFF Bell Lightbox as a \"Canada's Top Ten\" minifestival in January 2018, where Unarmed Verses won the People's Choice Award.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 58], "content_span": [59, 376]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273037-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 Toronto Rock season\nThe Toronto Rock are a lacrosse team based in Toronto playing in the National Lacrosse League (NLL). The 2017 season is the 20th in franchise history, and 19th as the Rock.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [24, 24], "content_span": [25, 197]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273037-0001-0000", "contents": "2017 Toronto Rock season, Regular season, Finalstandings\nx:\u00a0Clinched playoff berth; c:\u00a0Clinched playoff berth by crossing over to another division; y:\u00a0Clinched division; z:\u00a0Clinched best regular season record; GP:\u00a0Games PlayedW:\u00a0Wins; L:\u00a0Losses; GB:\u00a0Games back; PCT:\u00a0Win percentage; Home:\u00a0Record at Home; Road:\u00a0Record on the Road; GF:\u00a0Goals scored; GA:\u00a0Goals allowedDifferential:\u00a0Difference between goals scored and allowed; GF/GP:\u00a0Average number of goals scored per game; GA/GP:\u00a0Average number of goals allowed per game", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 56], "content_span": [57, 520]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273037-0002-0000", "contents": "2017 Toronto Rock season, Roster, Entry Draft\nThe 2016 NLL Entry Draft took place on September 26, 2016. The Rock made the following selections:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 45], "content_span": [46, 144]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273038-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 Toronto Wolfpack season\nThe 2017 Toronto Wolfpack season was the inaugural season for the Toronto Wolfpack rugby league football club. The Wolfpack finished 1st in League 1, winning 20 of their 22 matches, and earned promotion to 2018 Rugby League Championship.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [28, 28], "content_span": [29, 266]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273038-0001-0000", "contents": "2017 Toronto Wolfpack season, Season review, April 2016\nAfter becoming the first North American team to join the Rugby Football League (RFL) it was announced that former Leigh Centurions coach Paul Rowley would be taking the head coach's role for the Canadian team. Shortly after Brian Noble joined the club as the director of rugby. Coach Rowley announced that his assistant manager would be ex Super League and Ireland international Simon Finnigan. The Wolfpack announced that they would be playing their home games at the 9,600 capacity Lamport Stadium.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 55], "content_span": [56, 556]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273038-0002-0000", "contents": "2017 Toronto Wolfpack season, Season review, July 2016\nToronto announced their first two signings, experienced Wakefield Trinity Wildcats centre Craig Hall and try scoring winger Liam Kay from Leigh Centurions. The Wolfpack later announced that they had signed Warrington Wolves pair, back rower James Laithwaite and halfback Gary Wheeler, in a bid to recruit a competitive squad for the 2017 season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 54], "content_span": [55, 400]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273038-0003-0000", "contents": "2017 Toronto Wolfpack season, Season review, August 2016\nIn August, Toronto announced it had signed its first Canadian player, (and Canada's captain) Sheffield Eagles halfback Rhys Jacks. Following this, young Australian halfback Blake Wallace signed for Toronto from the Illawarra Cutters. Further recruitment in the forwards was made as Wales prop Dan Fleming signed with the Wolfpack. 19-year-old halfback Reece Dean also joined the Toronto ranks from Challenge Cup winners Hull FC, identified as a player for the future by coach Rowley. The Wolfpack also announced that Leigh Centurions duo, loose forward Andrew Dixon and winger Jonathan Pownall, were to join for the 2017 season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 56], "content_span": [57, 685]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273038-0004-0000", "contents": "2017 Toronto Wolfpack season, Season review, September 2016\nThe first signing of September was loose forward Jack Bussey who was signed from RFL Championship side London Broncos. Toronto bolstered their team further by bringing in experienced Ireland international hooker Bob Beswick from Super League side Leigh Centurions. Beswick will take up the role of head of strength and conditioning at Toronto along with his playing duties. Greg Worthington was the next to join Paul Rowley's roster with the powerful centre being sign from the coach's former club Leigh.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 59], "content_span": [60, 564]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273038-0005-0000", "contents": "2017 Toronto Wolfpack season, Season review, October 2016\nToronto announced their first American player, United States national representative Ryan Burroughs from the Wentworthville Magpies in the Ron Massey Cup. Bradford Bulls player Kurt Haggerty retired from playing rugby league in order to become part of Paul Rowley's coaching staff at Toronto. In the middle of the month the 2017 fixtures were released and it was revealed that Toronto's first ever League match would be away to London Skolars in March 2017. Their first home game would be in Round 6 against Oxford Rugby League in May 2017. Following the fixture release, Toronto announced that they had signed young prop forward Toby Everett from the London Broncos on a season-long loan.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 57], "content_span": [58, 747]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273038-0006-0000", "contents": "2017 Toronto Wolfpack season, Season review, November 2016\nThe Wolfpack announced that they had signed former England international and veteran centre Richard Whiting from Super League side Leigh Centurions. In addition to this, young prop forward Steve Crossley signed for the Wolfpack from RFL Championship shield winners Bradford Bulls. Experienced Championship fullback Quentin Laulu-Togaga'e was signed from Sheffield Eagles. Toronto announced the signing of American born prop forward Jerome Veve from the Gold Coast Titans, in addition to this prop Jacob Emmitt signed for the Wolfpack from Swinton Lions.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 58], "content_span": [59, 612]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273038-0006-0001", "contents": "2017 Toronto Wolfpack season, Season review, November 2016\nAt the 2016 Four Nations final, the Wolfpack held a press conference where it was announced that Tongan prop Fuifui Moimoi had signed a one-year deal with the club from Leigh Centurions. In addition to this it was revealed that Premier Sports had acquired the rights to all of Toronto's matches for the 2017 and 2018 seasons. Furthermore, current Super League champions Wigan Warriors and Challenge Cup winners Hull F.C. will play Toronto in the pre-season friendlies.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 58], "content_span": [59, 527]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273038-0007-0000", "contents": "2017 Toronto Wolfpack season, Season review, December 2016\nDuring this month, the final 18 trialists from Toronto's Last Tackle campaign traveled to the UK to compete in a friendly match against Brighouse Rangers (Toronto's training partners) in order to win a full-time contract with the Wolfpack. With a record crowd of over 500 at Brighouse, the Wolfpack were victorious 28\u201326 due to a try in the last 5 minutes from Nathan Campbell.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 58], "content_span": [59, 436]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273038-0007-0001", "contents": "2017 Toronto Wolfpack season, Season review, December 2016\nAfter the match it was announced that Jamaican born Campbell would join the first team squad for the 2017 season, in addition to this Canadian born Quinn Ngawati, the 17 year old stand off, was also offered a contract thanks to a try and 4 goals in the match. The final player to receive a full-time contract was USA born Joe Eichner, a second row forward who had previously played for Jacksonville Axemen.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 58], "content_span": [59, 465]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273038-0008-0000", "contents": "2017 Toronto Wolfpack season, Season review, January 2017\nDue to the liquidation of the Bradford Bulls, prop Adam Sidlow announced that he had signed with Toronto. Trialist Chad Bain (a Canadian born prop) was called up to the first team by Brian Noble following a man of the match performance in the friendly against Brighouse. During the month, Toronto played their first ever pre-season friendly against reigning Challenge Cup champions Hull FC. The Wolfpack took an early lead through halfback Blake Wallace but Hull soon took the lead and won the match 26\u201320 with further Toronto tries coming from Fuifui Moimoi, Jonathan Pownall and Liam Kay with captain Craig Hall kicking two conversions.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 57], "content_span": [58, 696]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273038-0009-0000", "contents": "2017 Toronto Wolfpack season, Season review, February 2017\nIt was announced that Toronto would enter the 2017 Challenge Cup in the 3rd round along with the other League 1 sides. The Wolfpack were drawn away to National Conference League premier side Siddal. They overcame the amateur team 14\u20136 in tough conditions with American Ryan Burroughs crossing for the first competitive try for the Wolfpack.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 58], "content_span": [59, 399]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273038-0010-0000", "contents": "2017 Toronto Wolfpack season, Season review, March 2017\nToronto started the League 1 season with a comprehensive 76\u20130 victory over London Skolars. Prop Fuifui Moimoi was the highlight of the match as he crossed for a hat-trick, the first player to achieve that at Toronto. In the process they helped to achieve the record attendance for the Skolars with 1,542 people coming to see the Wolfpack's first ever league game. Following this the Wolfpack travelled to Cumbria to face Whitehaven.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 55], "content_span": [56, 488]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273038-0010-0001", "contents": "2017 Toronto Wolfpack season, Season review, March 2017\nToronto came away with a 24\u201310 victory on a muddy and wet surface, captain Craig Hall scored the opening try with Liam Kay, Bob Beswick and Jonny Pownall also crossing for tries. Toronto continued their good start to their first Challenge Cup campaign as they beat RFL Championship side London Broncos in a close fought 30\u201326 win. The Wolfpack rounded up the month with a 48\u201321 win at the Keighley Cougars, the match was very close with Keighley 9\u20138 up at half time however the superior fitness of Toronto and a Jonny Pownall hat-trick saw them win the game.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 55], "content_span": [56, 614]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273038-0011-0000", "contents": "2017 Toronto Wolfpack season, Season review, April 2017\nToronto announced the signing of former Leeds Rhinos and retired prop forward Ryan Bailey on a season long contract, meanwhile hooker Sean Penkywicz came back from a ban and signed for the club. The Wolfpack continued their winning run in the league with a comprehensive 82\u20136 victory over Doncaster, loose forward Jack Bussey scored a hat-trick while Fuifui Moimoi marked his return with a brace of tries along with winger Liam Kay and halfback Blake Wallace also scoring two tries each. Captain Craig Hall kicked a record 13 goals in the match.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 55], "content_span": [56, 601]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273038-0011-0001", "contents": "2017 Toronto Wolfpack season, Season review, April 2017\nThe following week saw Toronto beat North Wales Crusaders 80\u20130 in a one sided game, the Wolfpack were 60\u20130 at halftime with Hall scoring a hat-trick of tries and becoming the first player for the Wolfpack to reach 100 points for the club. The club announced the signing of halfback Ryan Brierley from the Huddersfield Giants, Brierley previously played under coach Paul Rowley at Leigh Centurions. April ended with Toronto's first ever loss in a competitive match as they were narrowly defeated 22\u201329 by Super League side Salford Red Devils in the Challenge Cup.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 55], "content_span": [56, 618]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273038-0012-0000", "contents": "2017 Toronto Wolfpack season, Season review, May 2017\nTeam flew back to Toronto for the first ever home game for Toronto at Lamport Stadium on May 6 against Oxford RL. After the game, they immediately flew back to England to prepare for the game on May 12 against Newcastle Thunder. Just after that game, the Wolfpack flew transatlantic again back to Toronto for 2 home games.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 53], "content_span": [54, 376]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273038-0013-0000", "contents": "2017 Toronto Wolfpack season, Players\nStatistics include Challenge Cup, League 1, and Super 8's matches.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 37], "content_span": [38, 104]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273039-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 Total Solar Eclipse stamp\nThe United States Postal Service issued the Total Eclipse of the Sun Forever stamp on June 20, 2017. The stamp includes two superimposed images, one showing a total solar eclipse and the second showing a full moon that is revealed upon heat being applied. This stamp commemorates the solar eclipse of August 21, 2017 which was visible across the continental United States from coast to coast, weather permitting.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [30, 30], "content_span": [31, 443]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273039-0001-0000", "contents": "2017 Total Solar Eclipse stamp, Details\nIn the first U.S. stamp application of thermochromic ink, the Total Eclipse of the Sun Forever stamps reveal a second image. By rubbing a thumb or finger on the image, the heat imparted will cause an underlying image of the full moon to be revealed. Afterward, the image reverts to the dark image as it cools.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 39], "content_span": [40, 349]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273039-0002-0000", "contents": "2017 Total Solar Eclipse stamp, Details\nThe US Postal Service notes that exposure to ultraviolet (UV) light causes degradation of thermochromic inks, so the eclipse stamps should be shielded from sunlight to preserve their thermochromic behavior. To help with this, the Postal Service sends panes of this stamp to purchasers in special UV-blocking envelopes. In addition, UV-protective sleeves for the eclipse stamps are available from post offices for 25\u00a2 each.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 39], "content_span": [40, 462]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273039-0003-0000", "contents": "2017 Total Solar Eclipse stamp, Details\nThe photograph of the total solar eclipse on the stamp was taken at Jalu, Libya on March 29, 2006 by Fred Espenak. The stamp's alternate image is a photo of the full moon taken by Espenak at his observatory in Portal, Arizona in 2010. Known as \"Mr. Eclipse\", Espenak is a retired NASA astrophysicist. The stamp was designed by USPS art director Antonio Alcal\u00e1 of Alexandria, Virginia.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 39], "content_span": [40, 424]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273039-0004-0000", "contents": "2017 Total Solar Eclipse stamp, Details\nThe stamp is printed in a pressure-sensitive adhesive pane of 16 stamps, in one design.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 39], "content_span": [40, 127]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273039-0005-0000", "contents": "2017 Total Solar Eclipse stamp, Denomination\nThe stamp is a Forever stamp so has no defined denomination which means it will always be equal in value to the current First-Class Mail 1-ounce price, regardless of any future rate changes.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 44], "content_span": [45, 235]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273039-0006-0000", "contents": "2017 Total Solar Eclipse stamp, First day ceremony\nThe stamp's First-Day-of-Issue ceremony took place on June 20, 2017 at the University of Wyoming's Art Museum in conjunction with its annual summer solstice celebration. That building was designed with an architectural feature whereby, on the day of the summer solstice each year, a single beam of sunlight moves across the floor and shines on a silver dollar embedded in the floor in the center of the Rotunda Gallery at noon.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 50], "content_span": [51, 478]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273040-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 Toulon Tournament\nThe 2017 Toulon Tournament (officially French: 45\u00e8me Festival International \"Espoirs\" \u2013 Tournoi Maurice Revello) was the 45th edition of the Toulon Tournament. The tournament was named after Maurice Revello, who started the tournament in 1967 and died in 2016. It was held in the department of Bouches-du-Rh\u00f4ne from 29 May to 10 June 2017. The 2017 edition was the first to feature 12 teams.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [22, 22], "content_span": [23, 414]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273040-0001-0000", "contents": "2017 Toulon Tournament\nThe tournament was won by the defending champions England, who claimed their sixth title, beating Ivory Coast 5\u20133 in a penalty shootout after the game ended 1\u20131.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [22, 22], "content_span": [23, 184]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273040-0002-0000", "contents": "2017 Toulon Tournament, Squads\nThe twelve national teams involved in the tournament were required to register a squad of 20 Under-20 players.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 30], "content_span": [31, 141]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273040-0003-0000", "contents": "2017 Toulon Tournament, Matches rules\nEvery match consisted of two periods of 40 minutes each. In a match, every team had nine named substitutes and the maximum number of substitutions permitted was four. In the knockout stage, if a game tied at the end of regulation time, extra time would not be played and the penalty shoot-out would be used to determine the winner.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 37], "content_span": [38, 369]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273040-0004-0000", "contents": "2017 Toulon Tournament, Group stage\nThe draw was held on 15 April 2017. The twelve teams were drawn into three groups of four. The group winners and the best second-placed team qualified for the semi-finals. The Group stage was played from 29 May to 6 June 2017.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 35], "content_span": [36, 262]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273040-0005-0000", "contents": "2017 Toulon Tournament, Knockout stage\nThe knockout stage was played on 8 and 10 June 2017.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 38], "content_span": [39, 91]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273040-0006-0000", "contents": "2017 Toulon Tournament, Goalscorers\n61 goals were scored in 22 matches, for an average of 2.77 goals per match.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 35], "content_span": [36, 111]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273040-0007-0000", "contents": "2017 Toulon Tournament, Awards, Individual awards\nAfter the final, the following players were rewarded for their performances during the competition.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 49], "content_span": [50, 149]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273040-0008-0000", "contents": "2017 Toulon Tournament, Awards, Best XI\nThe best XI team was a squad consisting of the eleven most impressive players at the tournament.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 39], "content_span": [40, 136]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273041-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 Toulon Tournament squads\nThe 2017 Toulon Tournament was an international association football tournament held in Bouches-du-Rh\u00f4ne, France. The twelve national teams involved in the tournament were required to register a squad of 20 players; only players in these squads were eligible to take part in the tournament. Each squad was composed of Under-20 players. All ages as of start of the tournament.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [29, 29], "content_span": [30, 405]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273041-0001-0000", "contents": "2017 Toulon Tournament squads, Group A, England\nEngland named a squad on 16 May. Subsequent to the announcement, Elliott Moore replaced Sadou Diallo of Manchester City, who withdrew injured, and Callum Slattery replaced Andre Dozzell of Ipswich Town who was removed from the squad to play for England under-19s. While it was officially considered an Under-20 side, the main England national under-20 football team was taking part in the 2017 FIFA U-20 World Cup at the same time.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 47], "content_span": [48, 479]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273042-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 Tour Cycliste F\u00e9minin International de l'Ard\u00e8che\nThe 2017 Tour Cycliste F\u00e9minin International de l'Ard\u00e8che is a women's cycle stage race held in France from 5 September to 11 September, 2017. The tour has an UCI rating of 2.2.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 53], "section_span": [53, 53], "content_span": [54, 232]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273043-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 Tour Down Under\nThe 2017 Tour Down Under was a road cycling stage race that took place between 17 and 22 January 2017 in and around Adelaide, South Australia. It was the 19th edition of the Tour Down Under and was the first event of the 2017 UCI World Tour.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [20, 20], "content_span": [21, 262]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273043-0001-0000", "contents": "2017 Tour Down Under\nBMC Racing Team rider Richie Porte won the race for the first time, holding the race lead from the second day onwards following his stage win into Paracombe. Porte added a second stage win\u00a0\u2013 the queen stage at Willunga Hill\u00a0\u2013 as he ultimately won the race by 48 seconds ahead of his closest challenger. Orica\u2013Scott's Esteban Chaves finished in second place, having taken third-place finishes in both of the stages won by Porte; third place on the podium was decided on the final day of the race.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [20, 20], "content_span": [21, 516]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273043-0001-0001", "contents": "2017 Tour Down Under\nJay McCarthy (Bora\u2013Hansgrohe) trailed Nathan Haas of Team Dimension Data by three seconds, but McCarthy was able to win the first intermediate sprint of the day\u00a0\u2013 offering three bonus seconds towards the general classification\u00a0\u2013 after a lead-out from world champion teammate Peter Sagan. With McCarthy and Haas finishing tied on time, the final podium position went to McCarthy on countback.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [20, 20], "content_span": [21, 412]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273043-0002-0000", "contents": "2017 Tour Down Under\nIn the race's other classifications, Chaves' Orica\u2013Scott teammate Caleb Ewan won the sprints classification, winning four of the six stages during the race, becoming the third rider to do so after his compatriot Robbie McEwen in 2002 and Andr\u00e9 Greipel in 2008, while Thomas De Gendt (Lotto\u2013Soudal) won the mountains classification on the final day, taking points on the first climb of Montefiore Hill to assume the lead from Porte. Colombian Jhonatan Restrepo of Team Katusha\u2013Alpecin was the winner of the young rider classification, finishing in tenth place overall, while the teams classification was won by the only non-UCI WorldTeam in the race, UniSA\u2013Australia.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [20, 20], "content_span": [21, 687]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273043-0003-0000", "contents": "2017 Tour Down Under, Participating teams\nAs the Tour Down Under was a UCI World Tour event, all eighteen UCI WorldTeams were invited automatically and obliged to enter a team in the race. One other team was given a wildcard entry into the race: UniSA\u2013Australia.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 41], "content_span": [42, 262]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273043-0004-0000", "contents": "2017 Tour Down Under, Route\nThe route of the 2017 Tour Down Under was announced at the beginning of July 2016 and centred around the city of Adelaide in South Australia. There were six mass-start road stages and no time trials. Two days before the start of the Tour, there was a flat criterium race, the People's Choice Classic, which took place in Rymill Park and which was suited for the sprinters. It was won by Caleb Ewan (Orica\u2013Scott) in a sprint finish.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 27], "content_span": [28, 459]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273043-0004-0001", "contents": "2017 Tour Down Under, Route\nThe first five stages of the race itself included at least some climbing, and a few opportunities for the sprinters, especially stage one. Several stages of the Tour included climbs early in the stage and hilly circuits at the end. The second stage reversed this with circuits at the beginning and a climb immediately before the finish. The fifth stage finished with two climbs of Willunga Hill, which had been decisive in previous editions of the race. The final stage was another criterium around the centre of Adelaide.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 27], "content_span": [28, 550]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273043-0005-0000", "contents": "2017 Tour Down Under, Classification leadership table\nIn the 2017 Tour Down Under, four different jerseys were awarded. For the general classification, calculated by adding each cyclist's finishing times on each stage, and allowing time bonuses for the first three finishers at intermediate sprints and at the finish of mass-start stages, the leader received an ochre jersey. This classification was considered the most important of the 2017 Tour Down Under, and the winner of the classification was considered the winner of the race.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 53], "content_span": [54, 534]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273043-0006-0000", "contents": "2017 Tour Down Under, Classification leadership table\nAdditionally, there was a sprints classification, which awarded a red jersey. In the sprints classification, cyclists received points for finishing in the top 15 in a stage. For winning a stage, a rider earned 15\u00a0points, with one point fewer per place down to a single point for 15th place. Points towards the classification could also be accrued at intermediate sprint points during each stage; these intermediate sprints also offered bonus seconds towards the general classification. There was also a mountains classification, the leadership of which was marked by a white jersey with navy polka dots. In the mountains classification, points were won by reaching the top of a climb before other cyclists, with more points available for the higher-categorised climbs.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 53], "content_span": [54, 822]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273043-0007-0000", "contents": "2017 Tour Down Under, Classification leadership table\nThe fourth jersey represented the young rider classification, marked by a white jersey. This was decided in the same way as the general classification, but only riders born after 1 January 1993 were eligible to be ranked in the classification. There was also a classification for teams, in which the times of the best three cyclists per team on each stage were added together; the leading team at the end of the race was the team with the lowest total time. In addition, there was a combativity award given after each stage to the rider(s) considered, by a jury, to have \"instigated the most attacks, breakaways or assisted their teammates to the best advantage\".", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 53], "content_span": [54, 717]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273044-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 Tour La Provence\nThe 2017 Tour La Provence was a road cycling stage race that took place between 21 and 23 February 2017. The race was rated as a 2.1 event as part of the 2017 UCI Europe Tour, and was the second edition of the Tour La Provence.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [21, 21], "content_span": [22, 249]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273044-0001-0000", "contents": "2017 Tour La Provence\nThe race was won by Australian rider Rohan Dennis, of the BMC Racing Team; Dennis finished second to Frenchman Alexandre Geniez (FDJ) on the second stage to take the leader's blue jersey, and maintained this with another second-place stage finish the following day \u2013 behind Italy's Mattia Cattaneo from the Androni Giocattoli\u2013Sidermec team \u2013 to take the victory overall by two seconds ahead of Cattaneo. Geniez completed the podium, a further two seconds in arrears, after a tie-break with Direct \u00c9nergie rider Jonathan Hivert.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [21, 21], "content_span": [22, 549]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273044-0002-0000", "contents": "2017 Tour La Provence\nDennis also won the points classification as the most consistent finisher over the three days, with Geniez winning the multi-coloured jersey for the best cumulative placings in the general, points and mountains classifications. UAE Team Emirates rider Jan Polanc was the winner of the mountains classification, while the young rider classification was claimed by Geniez's teammate L\u00e9o Vincent, finishing 15th overall. In fifth place overall, Julien El Fares (Delko\u2013Marseille Provence KTM) was the top-placed rider from the Provence region, while the teams classification was won by the BMC Racing Team.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [21, 21], "content_span": [22, 624]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273044-0003-0000", "contents": "2017 Tour La Provence, Teams\nEighteen teams were invited to start the race. These included four UCI WorldTeams, six UCI Professional Continental teams, seven UCI Continental teams and a French national team.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 28], "content_span": [29, 207]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273044-0004-0000", "contents": "2017 Tour La Provence, Classification leadership table\nIn the 2017 Tour La Provence, four different jerseys were awarded for the main classifications. For the general classification, calculated by adding each cyclist's finishing times on each stage, the leader received a blue jersey. This classification was considered the most important of the 2017 Tour La Provence, and the winner of the classification was considered the winner of the race.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 54], "content_span": [55, 444]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273044-0005-0000", "contents": "2017 Tour La Provence, Classification leadership table\nAdditionally, there was a points classification, which awarded a green jersey. In the points classification, cyclists received points for finishing in the top 15 in a mass-start stage. For winning a stage, a rider earned 25\u00a0points, with 20 for second, 16 for third, 13 for fourth, 11 for fifth with a point fewer per place down to a single point for 15th place. Points towards the classification could also be accrued at intermediate sprint points during each stage. There was also a mountains classification, the leadership of which was marked by a red jersey.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 54], "content_span": [55, 616]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273044-0005-0001", "contents": "2017 Tour La Provence, Classification leadership table\nIn the mountains classification, points were won by reaching the top of a climb before other cyclists, with more points available for the higher-categorised climbs. The fourth jersey represented the young rider classification, marked by a white jersey. This was decided in the same way as the general classification, but only riders born after 1 January 1994 were eligible to be ranked in the classification.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 54], "content_span": [55, 463]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273044-0006-0000", "contents": "2017 Tour La Provence, Classification leadership table\nAdditional jerseys were also awarded for the best rider in the overall classification from the Provence region (grey jersey), the most combative rider (black jersey) and the rider placed highest cumulatively across the general, points and mountains classification (multi-coloured jersey).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 54], "content_span": [55, 343]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273045-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 Tour de Corse\nThierry Neuville and Nicolas Gilsoul were the rally winners. Their team, Hyundai Shell Mobis WRT, were the manufacturers' winners.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [18, 18], "content_span": [19, 149]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273045-0001-0000", "contents": "2017 Tour de Corse, Classification, Power Stage\nThe Power Stage was a 10.42\u00a0km (6.5\u00a0mi) stage at the end of the rally.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [20, 47], "content_span": [48, 118]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273046-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 Tour de France\nThe 2017 Tour de France was the 104th edition of the Tour de France, one of cycling's Grand Tours. The 21-stage race took place across 3,540\u00a0km (2,200\u00a0mi), commencing with an individual time trial in D\u00fcsseldorf, Germany on 1 July, and concluding with the Champs-\u00c9lys\u00e9es stage in Paris on 23 July. A total of 198 riders from 22 teams entered the race. The overall general classification won by Chris Froome of Team Sky, his third consecutive victory and fourth overall. Rigoberto Ur\u00e1n (Cannondale\u2013Drapac) and Romain Bardet (AG2R La Mondiale) finished second and third, respectively.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [19, 19], "content_span": [20, 601]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273046-0001-0000", "contents": "2017 Tour de France\nGeraint Thomas (Team Sky) won the opening stage and became the Tour's first rider that year to wear the general classification leader's yellow jersey. Froome, who performed the best in the opening stage out of the pre-race favourites, took the lead after the fifth stage's summit finish. He held the lead until it was taken by Fabio Aru (Astana) at the end of stage twelve, where Froome lost time on the steep summit finish to Peyragudes. Froome retook the yellow jersey after the fourteenth stage and held it until the end of the race.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [19, 19], "content_span": [20, 556]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273046-0002-0000", "contents": "2017 Tour de France\nThe points classification was won by Michael Matthews of Team Sunweb, with teammate Warren Barguil, winner of two high mountain stages, taking the mountains classification as well as the award for most combative rider. Orica\u2013Scott's Simon Yates, in seventh place overall, won the young rider classification. The team classification was won by Team Sky.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [19, 19], "content_span": [20, 372]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273046-0003-0000", "contents": "2017 Tour de France, Teams\nThe 2017 edition of the Tour de France consisted of 22 teams. The race was the 25th of the 38 events in the UCI World Tour, and all of its eighteen UCI WorldTeams were entitled, and obliged, to enter the race. On 26 January 2017, the organiser of the Tour, Amaury Sport Organisation (ASO), announced the four second-tier UCI Professional Continental teams that were given wildcard invitations, of which three were French-based (Cofidis, Direct \u00c9nergie and Fortuneo\u2013Oscaro) and one was Belgian (Wanty\u2013Groupe Gobert, which participated in the race for the first time).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 26], "content_span": [27, 593]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273046-0003-0001", "contents": "2017 Tour de France, Teams\nFortuneo\u2013Oscaro were initially invited to the race as Fortuneo\u2013Vital Concept, before a change of sponsorship prior to the opening day of racing. The presentation of the teams\u00a0\u2013 where the members of each team's roster are introduced in front of the media and local dignitaries\u00a0\u2013 took place in front of a crowd of 15,000 at the Burgplatz square in D\u00fcsseldorf, Germany, on 29 June, two days before the opening stage held in the city.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 26], "content_span": [27, 457]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273046-0004-0000", "contents": "2017 Tour de France, Teams\nEach squad was allowed a maximum of nine riders, resulting in a start list total of 198. Of these, 49 were competing in their first Tour de France. The riders came from 32 countries. Six countries had more than 10 riders in the race: France (39), Italy (18), Belgium (16), Germany (16), the Netherlands (15), and Spain (13). The average age of riders in the race was 29.4 years, ranging from the 22-year-old \u00c9lie Gesbert (Fortuneo\u2013Oscaro) to the 40-year-old Haimar Zubeldia (Trek\u2013Segafredo). Cannondale\u2013Drapac had the youngest average age while Team Dimension Data had the oldest.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 26], "content_span": [27, 607]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273046-0005-0000", "contents": "2017 Tour de France, Pre-race favourites\nIn the lead up to the 2017 Tour de France, Chris Froome (Team Sky) was seen by many pundits as the top pre-race favourite for the general classification. His closest rivals were thought to be Richie Porte (BMC Racing Team), Nairo Quintana (Movistar Team), Alberto Contador (Trek\u2013Segafredo), Romain Bardet (AG2R La Mondiale) and Fabio Aru (Astana). The other riders considered contenders for the general classification were Alejandro Valverde (Movistar Team), Jakob Fuglsang (Astana), Thibaut Pinot (FDJ), Esteban Chaves (Orica\u2013Scott), Geraint Thomas (Team Sky), Dan Martin (Quick-Step Floors), Simon Yates (Orica\u2013Scott), and Louis Meintjes (UAE Team Emirates).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 40], "content_span": [41, 701]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273046-0006-0000", "contents": "2017 Tour de France, Pre-race favourites\nFroome, who won the 2013, 2015 and 2016 editions of the Tour, had not won a race in the 2017 season prior to the Tour's start. His best result was fourth overall at the Crit\u00e9rium du Dauphin\u00e9, a race considered to be the warm-up for the Tour and one he has won before his three previous Tour victories. Despite this, he was thought to have one of the strongest teams in the race that would ride in total support of him.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 40], "content_span": [41, 459]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273046-0006-0001", "contents": "2017 Tour de France, Pre-race favourites\nThe 32-year-old Porte, who placed fifth in the 2016 Tour, won the general classification in two stage races so far in 2017, the Tour Down Under and the Tour de Romandie, and came second in the Dauphin\u00e9. Quintana, third in the 2016 Tour, placed second at the Giro d'Italia, with overalls wins at the Tirreno\u2013Adriatico and the Volta a la Comunitat Valenciana earlier in the season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 40], "content_span": [41, 420]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273046-0006-0002", "contents": "2017 Tour de France, Pre-race favourites\nThe two-time winner (2007 and 2009) 34-year-old Contador came second overall in four stage races in 2017 before the Tour, Paris\u2013Nice, the Vuelta a Andaluc\u00eda, the Volta a Catalunya and the Tour of the Basque Country. Bardet, the 2016 Tour runner-up, placed sixth overall in the Dauphin\u00e9, with his best other result sixth in the one-day Classic race Li\u00e8ge\u2013Bastogne\u2013Li\u00e8ge. Aru started the Tour sharing leadership of the team with the Dauphin\u00e9 winner Fuglsang. Aru won the Italian National Road Race Championships a week before the Tour and placed fifth at the Dauphin\u00e9.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 40], "content_span": [41, 607]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273046-0007-0000", "contents": "2017 Tour de France, Pre-race favourites\nThe sprinters considered favourites for the points classification and wins on the flat or hilly bunch sprint finishes were Peter Sagan (Bora\u2013Hansgrohe), Marcel Kittel (Quick-Step Floors), Mark Cavendish (Team Dimension Data), Andr\u00e9 Greipel (Lotto\u2013Soudal), and Alexander Kristoff (Team Katusha\u2013Alpecin). Others expected to contend for sprint finishes included Michael Matthews (Team Sunweb), Arnaud D\u00e9mare (FDJ), Dylan Groenewegen (LottoNL\u2013Jumbo), John Degenkolb (Trek\u2013Segafredo), Sonny Colbrelli (UAE Team Emirates) and Nacer Bouhanni (Cofidis). Double reigning world road race champion Sagan had won the five previous points classifications of the Tour, one away from matching Erik Zabel's record of six from 1996 to 2001.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 40], "content_span": [41, 764]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273046-0007-0001", "contents": "2017 Tour de France, Pre-race favourites\nHis form in the 2017 season before the Tour included winning the one-day Kuurne\u2013Brussels\u2013Kuurne race and the points classifications in Tirreno\u2013Adriatico, the Tour de Suisse and the Tour of California. Kittel had gained eight wins so far in 2017, as well as the general and points classifications in the Dubai Tour at the start of the season. Cavendish's season before the Tour was affected by glandular fever, missing around three months; his only success had been a stage win and the points classification at the Abu Dhabi Tour. Greipel had amassed four wins in 2017 before the Tour, including one at the Giro. Kristoff had taken six wins so far in 2017, and the points classifications at the Tour of Oman, the \u00c9toile de Bess\u00e8ges and the Three Days of De Panne.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 40], "content_span": [41, 803]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273046-0008-0000", "contents": "2017 Tour de France, Route and stages\nThe opening stages of the 2017 Tour (known as the Grand D\u00e9part) were originally scheduled to be in London, United Kingdom; this would have been the third time the Tour had visited London, following the 2007 and 2014 editions. In September 2015, a week before this was due to be announced, Transport for London pulled out of the bid. It was later revealed that this was the decision of the then Mayor of London, Boris Johnson, on the grounds of cost: hosting the Grand Depart would have cost \u00a335 million.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 37], "content_span": [38, 541]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273046-0008-0001", "contents": "2017 Tour de France, Route and stages\nIn December 2015, the ASO announced that the Grand D\u00e9part would take place with stages based in D\u00fcsseldorf, the fourth time the Tour had begun in Germany and the first since 1987. The bid to host the Tour was only narrowly approved by the city council. The return to Germany followed a resurgence in German professional cycling. On 14 January 2016, details of the opening two stages were announced. The first stage would be a 13-kilometre (8.1\u00a0mi) individual time trial in D\u00fcsseldorf itself. The second stage would also begin in D\u00fcsseldorf. The full route was announced by race director Christian Prudhomme on 18 October 2016 at the Palais des Congr\u00e8s in Paris.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 37], "content_span": [38, 699]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273046-0009-0000", "contents": "2017 Tour de France, Route and stages\nAfter the first time trial, the race left Germany during stage two, which finished in the Belgian city of Li\u00e8ge. Stage three headed south, and after a brief passage through Luxembourg, ended with a climb in Longwy. After a transitional stage, stage five saw the first major climb, the finish at the La Planche des Belles Filles. The next two stages headed south-west, before stage eight in the Jura Mountains, featured three categorised climbs.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 37], "content_span": [38, 482]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273046-0009-0001", "contents": "2017 Tour de France, Route and stages\nThe ninth stage included the steep climbs of the Col de la Biche, the Col du Grand Colombier, and, after a 42-year absence, the Signal du Mont du Chat, its summit 25\u00a0km (15.5\u00a0mi) from the finish in Chamb\u00e9ry. After a transfer during the rest day, stage ten took place in the Dordogne region, between P\u00e9rigueux and Bergerac. Stage eleven was a transitional stage, followed by two stages in the Pyrenees. Stage twelve started from Pau and ended at the Peyragudes ski resort.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 37], "content_span": [38, 509]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273046-0009-0002", "contents": "2017 Tour de France, Route and stages\nThe next stage was short, at 110\u00a0km (68\u00a0mi), but included three climbs before a descent finish into Foix. After leaving the Pyrenees, the riders headed north-east; stage fourteen finished with a climb towards the end of the stage. Stage fifteen featured the first appearance of the Col de Peyra Taillade, with its conclusion in Le Puy-en-Velay. Stage sixteen, the first after the final rest day, was a transitional stage, heading east, towards the Alps.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 37], "content_span": [38, 491]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273046-0009-0003", "contents": "2017 Tour de France, Route and stages\nStage seventeen included the Col d'Ornon, the Col de la Croix de Fer, the Col du T\u00e9l\u00e9graphe and the highest point of elevation in the race, the Col du Galibier, before a descent finish into Serre Chevalier. Stage eighteen was the final day of mountains; it had two climbs, the Col de Vars and the finishing climb, the Col d'Izoard. It was the first time the Tour finished on the 2,360\u00a0m (7,743\u00a0ft)-high mountain pass. After another transitional stage, heading south, came stage twenty, a 23\u00a0km (14.3\u00a0mi) individual time trial in Marseille. Starting at the Stade V\u00e9lodrome, the course headed around the city, designated the 2017 European Capital of Sport, before ending also at the Stade V\u00e9lodrome. The final stage began in Montgeron, which hosted the start of the first Tour, before concluding with the traditional laps of the Champs-\u00c9lys\u00e9es.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 37], "content_span": [38, 880]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273046-0010-0000", "contents": "2017 Tour de France, Route and stages\nThere were 21 stages in the race, covering a total distance of 3,540\u00a0km (2,200\u00a0mi), 13\u00a0km (8.1\u00a0mi) shorter than the 2016 Tour. There were two time trial events, both of which were individual, a total of 36\u00a0km (22.4\u00a0mi). Of the remaining nineteen stages, eight were officially classified as flat, six as medium mountain and five as high mountain. The longest mass-start stage was stage nineteen, at 222.5\u00a0km (138\u00a0mi), and the shortest was stage thirteen, at 101\u00a0km (63\u00a0mi).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 37], "content_span": [38, 510]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273046-0010-0001", "contents": "2017 Tour de France, Route and stages\nFor the first time since the 1992 edition, the route included all five of mainland France's mountainous regions; the Vosges, the Jura, the Pyrenees, the Massif Central and the Alps. There were summit finishes on stage twelve to Peyragudes and stage eighteen to the Col d'Izoard. Additionally, the hilly stage three had a hilltop finish in Longwy, and stage five ended at La Planche des Belles Filles. The highest point of the race was the 2,642\u00a0m (8,668\u00a0ft)-high Col du Galibier mountain pass on stage seventeen. It was among seven hors cat\u00e9gorie (English: \"out of category\") rated climbs in the race. There were ten new start or finish locations. The rest days were after stage nine, in the Dordogne, and fifteen, in Le Puy-en-Velay.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 37], "content_span": [38, 772]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273046-0011-0000", "contents": "2017 Tour de France, Race overview, Opening stages, Vosges and Jura\nThe opening stage's individual time trial was won by Geraint Thomas with a time of 16 min 4 s over the 14\u00a0km (8.7\u00a0mi) course. Thomas took the yellow and green jerseys as the leader of the general and points classifications respectively. Chris Froome was the highest placed of the general classification favourites, in sixth place, sixteen seconds down. Overall contender Alejandro Valverde crashed on the wet roads and his injuries forced him to withdraw from the Tour. Marcel Kittel won stage two's bunch sprint, and with it the green jersey.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 67], "content_span": [68, 611]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273046-0011-0001", "contents": "2017 Tour de France, Race overview, Opening stages, Vosges and Jura\nBreakaway rider Taylor Phinney (Cannondale\u2013Drapac) took the first polka dot jersey as the leader of the mountains classification. The uphill sprint finish of stage three was won by Peter Sagan; Nathan Brown (Cannondale\u2013Drapac) took over the polka dot jersey. The fourth stage ended with a bunch sprint and was won by D\u00e9mare, with him also taking the green jersey. There were two crashes leading up to the finish, the first was in the peloton around 1\u00a0km (0.6\u00a0mi) left and the second involved the sprinters at the end.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 67], "content_span": [68, 585]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273046-0011-0002", "contents": "2017 Tour de France, Race overview, Opening stages, Vosges and Jura\nIn the sprint finish, Mark Cavendish crashed into the barriers at the side of the road, withdrawing later that day from the race from his injuries. Sagan, second in the stage, was disqualified after race officials judged that he caused Cavendish to crash, with the jury president Philippe Marien saying that he \"endangered some of his colleagues seriously\". The near universal opinion among commentators and former riders was that a disqualification is not justified and even senseless. Andr\u00e9 Greipel, who had criticised Sagan right after the stage, also exonerated him after watching the replays. In December 2017, Sagan was officially exonerated by cycling's governing body, the Union Cycliste Internationale (UCI).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 67], "content_span": [68, 785]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273046-0012-0000", "contents": "2017 Tour de France, Race overview, Opening stages, Vosges and Jura\nIn the fifth stage, a group containing the overall contenders caught the last of the breakaway riders 5\u00a0km (3.1\u00a0mi) from the summit finish at the La Planche des Belles Filles. With 2.4\u00a0km (1.5\u00a0mi) remaining, Fabio Aru attacked and won with a margin of sixteen seconds over the group. Thomas lost twenty seconds on the group and lost the yellow jersey to teammate Froome. Aru took over the lead of the mountains classification. Kittel won the following two stages which ended in bunch sprints.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 67], "content_span": [68, 560]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273046-0012-0001", "contents": "2017 Tour de France, Race overview, Opening stages, Vosges and Jura\nThe latter stage was decided by a photo finish, with Kittel 6\u00a0mm (0.2\u00a0in) ahead of Edvald Boasson Hagen (Team Dimension Data); Kittel regained the green jersey. In stage eight, the first high mountain stage, Lilian Calmejane of Direct \u00c9nergie attacked over the category 1 climb of Mont\u00e9e de la Combe de Laisia Les Molunes from a six-strong lead breakaway and soloed for 11.5\u00a0km (7.1\u00a0mi) to take the win 37 seconds ahead of second-placed and lone chaser Robert Gesink (LottoNL\u2013Jumbo). Calmejane put himself into the polka dot jersey.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 67], "content_span": [68, 600]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273046-0012-0002", "contents": "2017 Tour de France, Race overview, Opening stages, Vosges and Jura\nThe ninth stage saw a select group of general classification favourites join Warren Barguil (Team Sunweb) after the final climb of the Mont du Chat and contest a sprint finish, won by Rigoberto Ur\u00e1n (Cannondale\u2013Drapac). Barguil took lead of the mountains classification. Upon crossing the finish line Barguil thought he won the stage while Uran showed no visible reaction.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 67], "content_span": [68, 440]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273046-0012-0003", "contents": "2017 Tour de France, Race overview, Opening stages, Vosges and Jura\nAfter a few moments to review the photo finish it was revealed that Uran's 'bike throw' got him over the line first to claim the stage win as Froome sprinted hard to earn a stage podium, but more importantly four bonus seconds to extend his overall lead. Richie Porte crashed heavily taking down Dan Martin while descending the Mont du Chat within the group of overall contenders. Porte withdrew from the race and was rushed to the hospital; fortunately he was in a stable condition. Dan Martin recovered and finished strongly. The following day was the Tour's first rest day.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 67], "content_span": [68, 644]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273046-0013-0000", "contents": "2017 Tour de France, Race overview, Pyrenees and Massif Central\nStages ten and eleven were won from bunch sprints by Kittel, taking his total of wins at the race to five. The twelfth stage saw the overall contenders all reach the foot of the short steep climb to Peyragudes; Romain Bardet won by a margin of two seconds. Froome came seventh, 22 seconds down, and lost the overall lead to third-placed Aru. The 101\u00a0km (62.8\u00a0mi)-long stage thirteen was won by Barguil, who won the sprint after a descent from an elite group with Nairo Quintana, Alberto Contador and Mikel Landa (Team Sky).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 63], "content_span": [64, 587]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273046-0013-0001", "contents": "2017 Tour de France, Race overview, Pyrenees and Massif Central\nThe chasing group of overall contenders came in 1 min 39 s down. In the fourteenth stage, a reduced peloton contested the uphill sprint finish at Rodez, which was won Matthews. Aru's advantage of six seconds over Froome was changed to a deficit of eighteen, after Aru came in thirty seconds down in thirtieth place and Froome was seventh, one second behind the Matthews.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 63], "content_span": [64, 434]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273046-0014-0000", "contents": "2017 Tour de France, Race overview, Pyrenees and Massif Central\nStage fifteen saw Trek\u2013Segafredo's Bauke Mollema attack a breakaway group over the top of the Col de Peyra Taillade with 31\u00a0km (19.3\u00a0mi) to go and solo to victory. In the large group containing the overall contenders, Bardet's team AG2R La Mondiale forced a high pace on the Peyra Taillade. A further 6\u00a0km (3.7\u00a0mi) later on the climb, Froome suffered a broken spoke, and, after receiving a new wheel from a teammate and some assistance from three other teammates, he was able to chase back up to the group.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 63], "content_span": [64, 570]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273046-0014-0001", "contents": "2017 Tour de France, Race overview, Pyrenees and Massif Central\nThe next day was the second rest day of the race. In the sixteenth stage, the high pace set by Matthews's Team Sunweb dropped the green jersey wearer Kittel; Matthews, who was second to Kittel in points classification, won the stage. Primo\u017e Rogli\u010d (LottoNL\u2013Jumbo), second behind Barguil in the mountains classification, won the following mountainous stage after a solo attack on the Col du Galibier, finishing in Serre Chevalier after a descent over a minute ahead of a four-man group containing the new top overall top three in the general classification Froome, Ur\u00e1n and Bardet, respectively, and also Barguil. Aru dropped from second overall to fourth. Kittel crashed and withdrew from the Tour, putting Matthews in the green jersey.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 63], "content_span": [64, 800]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273046-0015-0000", "contents": "2017 Tour de France, Race overview, Alps and finale\nThe final high mountain stage of the Tour, the eighteenth, saw Barguil claim his second stage victory of the race on the summit finish at Col d'Izoard; he was initially caught by the group of overall favourites on the final climb after being the one of last survivors from the breakaway, with only Darwin Atapuma (UAE Team Emirates) ahead. Barguil's winning move came with 3\u00a0km (1.9\u00a0mi) remaining, passing Atapuma to win by twenty seconds.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 51], "content_span": [52, 491]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273046-0015-0001", "contents": "2017 Tour de France, Race overview, Alps and finale\nA three-way sprint for fourth place saw Bardet finish just ahead of Froome with Ur\u00e1n placing fifth; Bardet moved up to second overall, six seconds ahead of Ur\u00e1n, with Froome holding a 23-second advantage. Boasson Hagen won stage nineteen with an attack from a reduced breakaway with 2.5\u00a0km (1.6\u00a0mi) to go. Maciej Bodnar of Bora\u2013Hansgrohe won the 22.5\u00a0km (14.0\u00a0mi) individual time trial of the penultimate stage, setting a time of 28 min 15 s. Froome was third, six seconds down, increasing his lead in the general classification to 54 seconds. Bardet dropped to third overall after he lost over two minutes in the stage, and Ur\u00e1n was 31 seconds in arrears.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 51], "content_span": [52, 708]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273046-0016-0000", "contents": "2017 Tour de France, Race overview, Alps and finale\nThe final stage in Paris was won by Dylan Groenewegen in a bunch sprint on the Champs-\u00c9lys\u00e9es. Froome finished the race to win his fourth Tour de France. Ur\u00e1n placed second overall, 54 seconds down, with Bardet 2 min 20 s behind, just one second ahead of Landa (fourth overall). Matthews won the points classification with a total of 370, 136 ahead of Greipel in second. Barguil won the mountains classification with 169 points, 89 ahead of second-placed Rogli\u010d.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 51], "content_span": [52, 514]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273046-0016-0001", "contents": "2017 Tour de France, Race overview, Alps and finale\nThe best young rider was seventh-placed overall Simon Yates, who was followed by Louis Meintjes (eighth overall) in second, 2 min 6 s down. An Orica\u2013Scott rider won the classification for the second consecutive year, after Yates' twin brother Adam won in 2016. Team Sky finished as the winners of the team classification, 7 min 14 s ahead of second-placed AG2R La Mondiale. Of the 198 starters, 167 reached the finish of the last stage in Paris.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 51], "content_span": [52, 497]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273046-0017-0000", "contents": "2017 Tour de France, Classification leadership and minor prizes\nThere were four main individual classifications being contested in the 2017 Tour de France, as well as a team competition. The most important was the general classification, which was calculated by adding each rider's finishing times on each stage. Time bonuses (time subtracted) were awarded at the end of every stage apart from the two individual time trials. The first three riders get 10, 6, and 4 seconds, respectively.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 63], "content_span": [64, 488]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273046-0017-0001", "contents": "2017 Tour de France, Classification leadership and minor prizes\nFor crashes within the final 3\u00a0km (1.9\u00a0mi) of a stage, not including time trials and summit finishes, any rider involved received the same time as the group they were in when the crash occurred. The rider with the lowest cumulative time was the winner of the general classification and was considered to be the overall winner of the Tour. The rider leading the classification wore a yellow jersey.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 63], "content_span": [64, 461]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273046-0018-0000", "contents": "2017 Tour de France, Classification leadership and minor prizes\nThe second classification was the points classification. Riders received points for finishing among the highest placed in a stage finish, or in intermediate sprints during the stage. The points available for each stage finish were determined by the stage's type. The leader was identified by a green jersey.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 63], "content_span": [64, 371]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273046-0019-0000", "contents": "2017 Tour de France, Classification leadership and minor prizes\nThe third classification was the mountains classification. Points were awarded to the riders that reached the summit of the most difficult climbs first. The climbs were categorised, in order of increasing difficulty, as fourth-, third-, second-, and first-category and hors cat\u00e9gorie. Double points were awarded on the summit finish of the Col d'Izoard on stage 18. The leader wore a white jersey with red polka dots.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 63], "content_span": [64, 481]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273046-0020-0000", "contents": "2017 Tour de France, Classification leadership and minor prizes\nThe final individual classification was the young rider classification. This was calculated the same way as the general classification, but the classification was restricted to riders who were born on or after 1 January 1992. The leader wore a white jersey.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 63], "content_span": [64, 321]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273046-0021-0000", "contents": "2017 Tour de France, Classification leadership and minor prizes\nThe final classification was a team classification. This was calculated using the finishing times of the best three riders per team on each stage; the leading team was the team with the lowest cumulative time. The number of stage victories and placings per team determined the outcome of a tie. The riders in the team that led this classification were identified with yellow number bibs on the back of their jerseys and yellow helmets.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 63], "content_span": [64, 499]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273046-0022-0000", "contents": "2017 Tour de France, Classification leadership and minor prizes\nIn addition, there was a combativity award given after each stage to the rider considered, by a jury, to have \"made the greatest effort and who demonstrated the best qualities of sportsmanship\". No combativity awards were given for the time trials and the final stage. The winner wore a red number bib the following stage. At the conclusion of the Tour, Warren Barguil won the overall super-combativity award, again, decided by a jury.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 63], "content_span": [64, 499]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273046-0023-0000", "contents": "2017 Tour de France, Classification leadership and minor prizes\nA total of \u20ac2,280,950 was awarded in cash prizes in the race. The overall winner of the general classification received \u20ac500,000, with the second and third placed riders getting \u20ac200,000 and \u20ac100,000 respectively. All finishers in the top 160 were awarded with money. The holders of the classifications benefited on each stage they led; the final winners of the points and mountains were given \u20ac25,000, while the best young rider and most combative rider collected \u20ac20,000. The team classification winners were given \u20ac50,000.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 63], "content_span": [64, 589]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273046-0023-0001", "contents": "2017 Tour de France, Classification leadership and minor prizes\n\u20ac11,000 was given to the winners of each stage of the race, with smaller amounts given to places 2\u201320. There was also a special award with a prize of \u20ac5,000, the Souvenir Henri Desgrange, given in honour of Tour founder Henri Desgrange to the first rider to pass the summit of the Col du Galibier. This prize was won by Primo\u017e Rogli\u010d on stage seventeen.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 63], "content_span": [64, 417]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273046-0024-0000", "contents": "2017 Tour de France, UCI rankings\nRiders from the WorldTeams competing for individually and for their teams for points that contributed towards the World Tour rankings. Riders from both the WorldTeams and Professional Continental teams also competed individually and for their nations for points that contributed towards the UCI World Ranking, which included all UCI road races. Both rankings used the same points scale, awarding points to the top sixty in the general classification, each yellow jersey given at the end of a stage, the top five finishers in each stage and for the top three in the final points and mountains classifications.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 33], "content_span": [34, 642]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273046-0024-0001", "contents": "2017 Tour de France, UCI rankings\nThe points accrued by Chris Froome moved him from twentieth to sixth in the World Tour and kept his fifth place in the World Ranking. Greg Van Avermaet (BMC Racing Team) held the lead of both individual rankings. Quick-Step Floors and Belgium also holding the lead of the World Tour team ranking and World Ranking nation ranking, respectively.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 33], "content_span": [34, 377]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273047-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 Tour de France, Stage 1 to Stage 11\nThe 2017 Tour de France is the 104th edition of the cycle race, one of cycling's Grand Tours. The race started in D\u00fcsseldorf, Germany on 1 July, with stage 11 occurring on 12 July with a stage finish in Pau. The race finished on the Champs-\u00c9lys\u00e9es in Paris on 23 July.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [40, 40], "content_span": [41, 309]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273047-0001-0000", "contents": "2017 Tour de France, Stage 1 to Stage 11, Stage 1\nThe tour began on 1 July 2017 in Germany, with an individual time trial that started and finished in D\u00fcsseldorf. The flat course started alongside the Messe D\u00fcsseldorf and followed the right bank of the Rhine, southwards, before crossing the river at the Oberkasseler Bridge and then crossing back at the Rhineknee Bridge. After the intermediate time check at the K\u00f6nigsallee, the route headed back towards the Messe D\u00fcsseldorf.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 49], "content_span": [50, 478]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273047-0002-0000", "contents": "2017 Tour de France, Stage 1 to Stage 11, Stage 1\nThe time trial was held in wet conditions, which saw numerous riders crash. Alejandro Valverde (Movistar Team) and Ion Izagirre (Bahrain\u2013Merida) suffered the most serious of these crashes, with both riders forced to abandon the Tour.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 49], "content_span": [50, 283]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273047-0003-0000", "contents": "2017 Tour de France, Stage 1 to Stage 11, Stage 2\nThis flat stage departed from D\u00fcsseldorf and quickly headed over the category 4 climb of the C\u00f4te de Grafenberg. The race then looped east through Mettmann and Ratingen and headed back west, through the outskirts of D\u00fcsseldorf, to the first intermediate sprint at M\u00f6nchengladbach. The peloton then travelled south through J\u00fclich and continued southwest through Aachen, before crossing the border into Belgium. The race continued through Kelmis and Herve to the category 4 climb of the C\u00f4te d'Olne, and the riders then headed west through Chaudfontaine, before the stage finish in Liege.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 49], "content_span": [50, 636]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273047-0004-0000", "contents": "2017 Tour de France, Stage 1 to Stage 11, Stage 3\nThis undulating stage departed south from Verviers in Belgium, and headed over the category 4 C\u00f4te de Sart in the first 20\u00a0km (12\u00a0mi). The route then used part of the Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps before heading through Stavelot, Trois-Ponts and Vielsalm. The riders then crossed into Luxembourg and travelled through Troisvierges. An intermediate sprint took place at Wincrange, and the race then continued over the category 4 C\u00f4te de Wiltz and the category 3 C\u00f4te d'Eschdorf. After descending through Grosbous, the race passed through Saeul, Kehlen, Dippach and Esch-sur-Alzette, before crossing into France at Audun-le-Tiche. The route then turned west through Villerupt, headed over the category 4 climb of the C\u00f4te de Villers-la-Montagne and turned north at Cheni\u00e8res. The race then had an uphill finish on the 1.6\u00a0km (0.99\u00a0mi) climb of the category 3 C\u00f4te des Religieuses in Longwy.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 49], "content_span": [50, 937]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273047-0005-0000", "contents": "2017 Tour de France, Stage 1 to Stage 11, Stage 4\nThis flat stage departed east from Mondorf-les-Bains in Luxembourg and crossed the border, heading south, from Schengen to Contz-les-Bains. The riders then headed south-west to Thionville, turned south for Maizi\u00e8res-l\u00e8s-Metz and then west for Saint-Privat-la-Montagne. The race continued south through Ars-sur-Moselle, Pont-\u00e0-Mousson, Dieulouard and Toul. An intermediate sprint took place at Goviller, before the category 4 climb of the Col des Trois Fontaines. The race continued through Gironcourt-sur-Vraine to the finish line in Vittel.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 49], "content_span": [50, 591]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273047-0006-0000", "contents": "2017 Tour de France, Stage 1 to Stage 11, Stage 4\nPeter Sagan (Bora\u2013Hansgrohe), who finished second to FDJ's Arnaud D\u00e9mare, was initially demoted to 115th after contact with Mark Cavendish (Team Dimension Data) during the sprint, which resulted in Cavendish, Ben Swift (UAE Team Emirates) and John Degenkolb (Trek\u2013Segafredo) hitting the ground. Sagan was also penalised 30 seconds in the general classification \u2013 dropping him out of the top-ten overall \u2013 and 80 points in the points classification: a 50-point penalty plus the 30 he had initially gained for second place on the stage. Later at a press conference, Sagan was disqualified from the race.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 49], "content_span": [50, 651]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273047-0007-0000", "contents": "2017 Tour de France, Stage 1 to Stage 11, Stage 5\nThis low mountain stage departed from Vittel and headed east, with racing beginning at Valleroy-le-Sec, where the peloton turned south. The riders then travelled through Darney and again turned east at Demangevelle, heading to Saint-Loup-sur-Semouse. The peloton then turned south to Ormoiche and then north-east to Luxeuil-les-Bains, continuing north to Fougerolles. The race continued east to an intermediate sprint at Faucogney, before the category 3 climb of the C\u00f4te d'Esmouli\u00e8res at 573\u00a0m (1,880\u00a0ft). The route continued into an uncategorised climb for approximately 10\u00a0km (6.2\u00a0mi), before descending south-west through Servance to Belonchamp. The race then continued west through Plancher-les-Mines, before the 5.9\u00a0km (3.7\u00a0mi) category 1 climb to La Planche des Belles Filles at 1,035\u00a0m (3,396\u00a0ft).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 49], "content_span": [50, 855]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273047-0008-0000", "contents": "2017 Tour de France, Stage 1 to Stage 11, Stage 5\nFollowing the previous day's accident, Cavendish was diagnosed with a right scapular fracture and did not start the stage.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 49], "content_span": [50, 172]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273047-0009-0000", "contents": "2017 Tour de France, Stage 1 to Stage 11, Stage 6\nThis flat stage departed west from Vesoul, with the race starting after passing through Vaivre-et-Montoille. The peloton continued through Fayl-Billot for the category 4 climb of the C\u00f4te de Langres. The riders then went north-west towards Chaumont, which was followed by an intermediate sprint at Colombey-les-Deux-\u00c9glises. After continuing west through Bar-sur-Aube, the peloton then climbed the category 4 C\u00f4te de la colline Sainte-Germaine. The route then passed through Vendeuvre-sur-Barse and Rouilly-Sacey, before crossing the Seine at Pont-Sainte-Marie and heading to the finish line in Troyes.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 49], "content_span": [50, 652]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273047-0010-0000", "contents": "2017 Tour de France, Stage 1 to Stage 11, Stage 7\nThis flat stage departed south-east from Troyes, with the race starting outside the city centre. The peloton continued through Verri\u00e8res, and went in a southerly direction through Bar-sur-Seine and Ch\u00e2tillon-sur-Seine, to an intermediate sprint at Chanceaux. After passing through Saint-Martin-du-Mont and M\u00e2lain, the riders then climbed the category 4 C\u00f4te d'Urcy. The race then took a circuitous clockwise route through Gevrey-Chambertin, Gilly-l\u00e8s-C\u00eeteaux, Villebichot, Auvillars-sur-Sa\u00f4ne and Corgoloin, to the finish line in Nuits-Saint-Georges.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 49], "content_span": [50, 600]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273047-0011-0000", "contents": "2017 Tour de France, Stage 1 to Stage 11, Stage 7\nA difference of only 0.0003 seconds was judged by photo finish to separate the winner Marcel Kittel from Edvald Boasson Hagen, second.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 49], "content_span": [50, 184]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273047-0012-0000", "contents": "2017 Tour de France, Stage 1 to Stage 11, Stage 8\nThis hilly stage departed from Dole, heading south-east through Arbois, to an intermediate sprint at Montrond. The riders continued south through Champagnole, Mont-sur-Monnet and Bonlieu, before the category 3 climb of Col de la Joux to 1,043\u00a0m (3,422\u00a0ft). The race then descended to Chassal and continued into the category 2 C\u00f4te de Viry at 748\u00a0m (2,454\u00a0ft). After turning north-east and descending to Saint-Claude, the riders then ascended south-east into the 11.7\u00a0km (7.3\u00a0mi) category 1 climb of Mont\u00e9e de la Combe de Laisia Les Molunes at 1,202\u00a0m (3,944\u00a0ft), before continuing north-east, on the plateau, to the finish line at Station des Rousses.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 49], "content_span": [50, 701]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273047-0013-0000", "contents": "2017 Tour de France, Stage 1 to Stage 11, Stage 9\nThis mountain stage departed east from Nantua, with the race starting at Les Neyrolles. The category 2 climb of C\u00f4te des Neyrolles and the category 3 Col de B\u00e9rentin at 1,144\u00a0m (3,753\u00a0ft) occurred in the early part of the stage. The peloton continued south-east, crossing the G\u00e9nissiat Dam, prior to ascending the category 3 C\u00f4te de Franclens at 484\u00a0m (1,588\u00a0ft). After a gradual descent south into Seyssel, the riders turned east and commenced the 10.5\u00a0km (6.5\u00a0mi) ascent of the Hors cat\u00e9gorie Col de la Biche at 1,316\u00a0m (4,318\u00a0ft).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 49], "content_span": [50, 583]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273047-0013-0001", "contents": "2017 Tour de France, Stage 1 to Stage 11, Stage 9\nThe race then descended south through Virieu-le-Petit and turned east into the 8.5\u00a0km (5.3\u00a0mi) ascent of the Hors cat\u00e9gorie Col du Grand Colombier at 1,501\u00a0m (4,925\u00a0ft). Turning south at Anglefort, the riders continued through Culoz, to an intermediate sprint at Massignieu-de-Rives. To the south-east, the category 4 C\u00f4te de Jongieux at 414\u00a0m (1,358\u00a0ft) was followed by the 8.7\u00a0km (5.4\u00a0mi) climb of the Hors cat\u00e9gorie Signal du Mont du Chat at 1,504\u00a0m (4,934\u00a0ft). The final descent of the stage was to Le Bourget-du-Lac, before the finish line in Chamb\u00e9ry.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 49], "content_span": [50, 607]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273047-0014-0000", "contents": "2017 Tour de France, Stage 1 to Stage 11, Stage 9\nBoth Geraint Thomas and Richie Porte were forced to withdraw with bone fractures, after suffering crashes on the descents of the Col de la Biche and the Mont du Chat, respectively. Other withdrawals included Robert Gesink, Manuele Mori and Jes\u00fas Herrada.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 49], "content_span": [50, 304]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273047-0015-0000", "contents": "2017 Tour de France, Stage 1 to Stage 11, Rest day 1\nAfter suffering injuries in a crash on the previous stage, Rafa\u0142 Majka decided to withdraw from the race on the first rest day.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 52], "content_span": [53, 180]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273047-0016-0000", "contents": "2017 Tour de France, Stage 1 to Stage 11, Stage 10\nThis flat stage departed south-east from P\u00e9rigueux, with the race starting before reaching Saint-Laurent-sur-Manoire. The peloton continued east through Saint-Cr\u00e9pin-d'Auberoche and Fossemagne to Thenon. After heading south-east through Auriac-du-P\u00e9rigord and then turning south-west at Montignac, the riders turned east at Les Eyzies-de-Tayac-Sireuil and headed south from Sarlat-la-Can\u00e9da to the category 4 climb of the C\u00f4te de Domme. The race then continued west to an intermediate sprint at Saint-Cyprien, and then passed through Siorac-en-P\u00e9rigord and Le Buisson-de-Cadouin, before reaching the category 4 climb of the C\u00f4te du Buisson-de-Cadouin. The riders continued through Lalinde and Creysse, before going around the south side of Bergerac and reaching the finish line from the western side of the city.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 50], "content_span": [51, 863]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273047-0017-0000", "contents": "2017 Tour de France, Stage 1 to Stage 11, Stage 11\nThis flat stage departed south-west from Eymet, heading through Seyches and Marmande. The peloton continued through Casteljaloux and Houeill\u00e8s to Labastide-d'Armagnac, and then turned south-east for Monclar where the riders continued south-west. An intermediate sprint took place at Aire-sur-l'Adour, prior to the riders going over the category 4 climb of the C\u00f4te d\u2019Aire-sur-l'Adour. The riders turned south for Garlin and continued to Saint-Laurent-Bretagne. The race then turned south-west for Morla\u00e0s and headed to the finish line in Pau.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 50], "content_span": [51, 593]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273048-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 Tour de France, Stage 12 to Stage 21\nThe 2017 Tour de France is the 104th edition of the cycle race, one of cycling's Grand Tours. The race started in D\u00fcsseldorf, Germany on 1 July, with stage 12 occurring on 13 July with a stage departing from Pau. The race finished on the Champs-\u00c9lys\u00e9es in Paris on 23 July.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [41, 41], "content_span": [42, 315]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273048-0001-0000", "contents": "2017 Tour de France, Stage 12 to Stage 21, Stage 12\nThis mountain stage departed east from Pau. With the race starting at Ousse, the peloton continued through Tarbes and headed southeast through Tournay, for the category 4 climb of the C\u00f4te de Capvern. Continuing east through La Barthe-de-Neste, the riders took a southeasterly direction from Aventignan, to an intermediate sprint at Loures-Barousse. The route then turned northeast from Fronsac, into the category 2 climb of the Col des Ares to 797\u00a0m (2,615\u00a0ft) which then descended to Sengouagnet.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [43, 51], "content_span": [52, 550]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273048-0001-0001", "contents": "2017 Tour de France, Stage 12 to Stage 21, Stage 12\nThe riders then commenced ascending south, and then west, into the category 1 climb of the Col de Ment\u00e9 to 1,349\u00a0m (4,426\u00a0ft). After descending to Saint-B\u00e9at and continuing along the valley to Maul\u00e9on-Barousse, the race headed south into the 11.7\u00a0km (7.3\u00a0mi) climb of the Hors cat\u00e9gorie Port de Bal\u00e8s to 1,755\u00a0m (5,758\u00a0ft), descending to Saint-Aventin where the race turned west. The route continued into the 9.7\u00a0km (6\u00a0mi) category 1 climb of the Col de Peyresourde to 1,569\u00a0m (5,148\u00a0ft), with a brief partial descent before the category 2 climb to the finish line at Peyragudes.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [43, 51], "content_span": [52, 631]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273048-0002-0000", "contents": "2017 Tour de France, Stage 12 to Stage 21, Stage 13\nThis mountain stage departed south-east from Saint-Girons. With the race starting outside Lacourt, the peloton continued south through Oust to an intermediate sprint at Seix. The peloton continued south and then south-east, through Ustou, to the category 1 climb of the Col de Latrape at 1,110\u00a0m (3,640\u00a0ft). After descending to Aulus-les-Bains, the riders commenced an ascent east and then north into the 10\u00a0km (6.2\u00a0mi) category 1 climb of the Col d'Agnes at 1,570\u00a0m (5,150\u00a0ft).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [43, 51], "content_span": [52, 530]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273048-0002-0001", "contents": "2017 Tour de France, Stage 12 to Stage 21, Stage 13\nThe riders then took a long descent north to Massat to begin the route north-east into the 9.3\u00a0km (5.8\u00a0mi) category 1 climb of the Mur de P\u00e9gu\u00e8re at 1,375\u00a0m (4,511\u00a0ft). After a descent north-east through Burret, the race continued descending east through Saint-Pierre-de-Rivi\u00e8re, to the finish line at Foix.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [43, 51], "content_span": [52, 359]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273048-0003-0000", "contents": "2017 Tour de France, Stage 12 to Stage 21, Stage 13\nOn Bastille Day, Warren Barguil (Team Sunweb) achieved his first Tour de France stage victory; as a result, he became the first French rider to win on the national holiday since David Moncouti\u00e9's stage 12 victory, at Digne-les-Bains, in 2005.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [43, 51], "content_span": [52, 294]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273048-0004-0000", "contents": "2017 Tour de France, Stage 12 to Stage 21, Stage 14\nThis hilly stage departed north-west from Blagnac. With the race starting outside Seilh, the peloton continued through Grenade before turning east. After heading through Castelnau-d'Estr\u00e9tefonds, Villari\u00e8s and Bessi\u00e8res, an intermediate sprint took place at Rabastens. Continuing north-east through Gaillac and Carmaux, the riders then faced the category 3 climb of the C\u00f4te du viaduc du Viaur. Following a false flat and a brief descent was the category 3 C\u00f4te de Centr\u00e8s. The race continued on an undulating route west and then north to a short, steep uphill finish in Rodez.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [43, 51], "content_span": [52, 629]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273048-0005-0000", "contents": "2017 Tour de France, Stage 12 to Stage 21, Stage 15\nThis hilly stage departed north-east from Laissac-S\u00e9v\u00e9rac-l'\u00c9glise, with racing starting in the vicinity of Palmas-d'Aveyron. The peloton continued through Saint-Geniez-d'Olt-et-d'Aubrac into the 8.9\u00a0km (5.5\u00a0mi) category 1 climb of the Mont\u00e9e de Naves d\u2019Aubrac to 1,058\u00a0m (3,471\u00a0ft). The route then plateaued, before continuing into the category 3 C\u00f4te de Vieurals to 1,358\u00a0m (4,455\u00a0ft). The race then continued north-west, and then north-east through Nasbinals and Malbouzon. After passing through Rimeize, there was an intermediate sprint at Saint-Alban-sur-Limagnole, followed by an uncategorised climb for approximately 10\u00a0km (6.2\u00a0mi).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [43, 51], "content_span": [52, 691]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273048-0005-0001", "contents": "2017 Tour de France, Stage 12 to Stage 21, Stage 15\nThe riders then gradually descended through Esplantas-Vazeilles and north to Saint-Arcons-d'Allier, where the route turned east to the valley floor at Prades. From here, the race immediately commenced the ascent of the 8.3\u00a0km (5.2\u00a0mi) category 1 Col de Peyra Taillade to 1,190\u00a0m (3,900\u00a0ft). The riders then descended through Chaspuzac, before the brief category 4 climb of the C\u00f4te de Saint-Vidal. The race continued descending, through Polignac, to the finish line in Le Puy-en-Velay.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [43, 51], "content_span": [52, 537]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273048-0006-0000", "contents": "2017 Tour de France, Stage 12 to Stage 21, Stage 16\nThis hilly-to-flat stage departed east, ascending from Le Puy-en-Velay, with racing starting after passing through Brives-Charensac. The riders continued through Saint-Julien-Chapteuil, before reaching the undulating plateau after the category 3 C\u00f4te de Boussoulet at 1,204\u00a0m (3,950\u00a0ft). The race then partially descended into Le Chambon-sur-Lignon and reascended into Devesset, where the race turned north-east to Saint-Bonnet-le-Froid. Continuing east into the category 4 Col du Rouvey at 1,250\u00a0m (4,100\u00a0ft), the riders then completed a full descent, south-east through Lalouvesc and Saint-F\u00e9licien to Tournon-sur-Rh\u00f4ne.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [43, 51], "content_span": [52, 674]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273048-0006-0001", "contents": "2017 Tour de France, Stage 12 to Stage 21, Stage 16\nAfter crossing the Rh\u00f4ne into Tain-l'Hermitage, the race then turned north-east to an intermediate sprint at Chantemerle-les-Bl\u00e9s, before eventually turning south-east for Bren. Once through the outskirts of Saint-Donat-sur-l'Herbasse, the route turned south to Ch\u00e2teauneuf-sur-Is\u00e8re and then south-east to Alixan. From there, the race headed north, through Bourg-de-P\u00e9age, to the finish line at Romans-sur-Is\u00e8re.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [43, 51], "content_span": [52, 465]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273048-0007-0000", "contents": "2017 Tour de France, Stage 12 to Stage 21, Stage 17\nThis mountain stage departed east from La Mure. With racing starting at Sousville, the peloton continued through Valbonnais before turning north at Entraigues. The riders then headed into the category 2 climb of the Col d'Ornon at 1,371\u00a0m (4,498\u00a0ft), and then descended to an intermediate sprint at Allemont. The race continued climbing north and then east, into the 24\u00a0km (15\u00a0mi) Hors cat\u00e9gorie climb of the Col de la Croix de Fer at 2,067\u00a0m (6,781\u00a0ft). After descending east and then north to Saint-Jean-de-Maurienne, the riders continued in the valley south-east to Saint-Michel-de-Maurienne.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [43, 51], "content_span": [52, 647]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273048-0007-0001", "contents": "2017 Tour de France, Stage 12 to Stage 21, Stage 17\nThe race then went south-west into the 11.9\u00a0km (7.4\u00a0mi) category 1 ascent of the Col du T\u00e9l\u00e9graphe at 1,566\u00a0m (5,138\u00a0ft), with a partial descent south to Valloire. The route then immediately ascended into the 17.7\u00a0km (11\u00a0mi) Hors cat\u00e9gorie Col du Galibier, for the Souvenir Henri Desgrange. The riders then descended south-east through the uncategorised Col du Lautaret, and Le Mon\u00eatier-les-Bains, to the finish line at Serre Chevalier.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [43, 51], "content_span": [52, 488]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273048-0008-0000", "contents": "2017 Tour de France, Stage 12 to Stage 21, Stage 18\nThis mountain stage departed south-west from Brian\u00e7on, with racing starting approximately halfway to Saint-Martin-de-Queyri\u00e8res. The peloton continued south through L'Argenti\u00e8re-la-Bess\u00e9e and Saint-Cl\u00e9ment-sur-Durance, and south-west through Embrun and Savines-le-Lac to the category 3 C\u00f4te des Demoiselles Coiff\u00e9es. The race continued to Le Sauze-du-Lac before turning south-east towards Le Lauzet-Ubaye, and then heading east to an intermediate sprint at Les Thuiles. After passing through Barcelonnette and Jausiers, the riders turned north for Saint-Paul-sur-Ubaye, and then the 9.3\u00a0km (5.8\u00a0mi) category 1 ascent of the Col de Vars, from where the race descended north to Guillestre. The riders then began gradually ascending again, continuing north-east through Arvieux. The route continued north with a 14.7\u00a0km (9.1\u00a0mi) climb to the finish line on the Hors cat\u00e9gorie Col d'Izoard. This was the first stage finish on the Col d'Izoard in Tour history.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [43, 51], "content_span": [52, 1007]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273048-0009-0000", "contents": "2017 Tour de France, Stage 12 to Stage 21, Stage 19\nThis undulating stage departed west from Embrun, heading through Chorges and turning south. Following the category 3 Col Lebraut, the race descended south-west into Espinasses and immediately ascended into the category 3 C\u00f4te de Br\u00e9ziers, continuing into the uncategorised Col de Sarraut. After gently descending through La Motte-du-Caire to Sisteron, the route rose towards Saint-\u00c9tienne-les-Orgues, where the race took a winding route west for an intermediate sprint at Banon. From there, the race descended south-west through Apt, and turned south to the category 3 Col du Pointu. The riders descended to Lourmarin and turned west for M\u00e9rindol. After continuing south-west to Lamanon, the race headed south to the finish line at Salon-de-Provence.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [43, 51], "content_span": [52, 802]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273048-0010-0000", "contents": "2017 Tour de France, Stage 12 to Stage 21, Stage 20\nThe final individual time trial departed from inside the Stade V\u00e9lodrome, with the riders heading along the Boulevard Michelet and Avenue du Prado towards the Plage du Prado. After a brief journey south alongside the Marseille Borely Racecourse, the route then doubled back, following the coast north along the Corniche du Pr\u00e9sident-John-Fitzgerald-Kennedy, to the first time check at the Palais du Pharo. Continuing around the Old Port of Marseille to the Museum of European and Mediterranean Civilisations, the riders again doubled back.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [43, 51], "content_span": [52, 591]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273048-0010-0001", "contents": "2017 Tour de France, Stage 12 to Stage 21, Stage 20\nThe route then took the other side of the road around the Old Port before heading inland, with a 1.2\u00a0km (0.75\u00a0mi) climb, to the second time check at Notre-Dame de la Garde. The riders then faced a winding descent back to the Corniche du Pr\u00e9sident-John-Fitzgerald-Kennedy, before taking the Avenue du Prado and Boulevard Michelet back to the finish line inside the stadium.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [43, 51], "content_span": [52, 424]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273048-0011-0000", "contents": "2017 Tour de France, Stage 12 to Stage 21, Stage 21\nThis flat stage departed north-west from Montgeron, with racing starting before reaching Villeneuve-Saint-Georges. After continuing west to Villeneuve-le-Roi, the peloton headed south-west to Villemoisson-sur-Orge and turned north-west. On reaching Longjumeau, the riders headed north to Montrouge, entered Paris at the Porte d'Orl\u00e9ans and turned west along the southern Boulevards of the Marshals. After crossing the Seine at the Pont du Garigliano, the race headed north along the Voie Georges-Pompidou, crossing back at the Pont des Invalides and quickly crossing for the final time at the Pont Alexandre III. After passing through the Grand Palais, the race then entered the Champs-\u00c9lys\u00e9es. The riders then faced the circuit around the Tuileries Garden, through the Place de la Concorde and around the Arc de Triomphe. The race had an intermediate sprint after the third pass of the finish line, with the race ending after the ninth pass of the finish line.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [43, 51], "content_span": [52, 1013]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273049-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 Tour de Hongrie\nThe 2017 Tour de Hongrie was a six-day cycling stage race that took place in Hungary in June and July 2017. The race was the 38th edition of the Tour de Hongrie, and was rated as a 2.2 event as part of the 2017 UCI Europe Tour. The race included 5 stages plus the prologue, starting in Szombathely on 27 June and finishing on 2 July in Budapest.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [20, 20], "content_span": [21, 366]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273049-0001-0000", "contents": "2017 Tour de Hongrie\nThe race was won by Colombia's Daniel Jaramillo (UnitedHealthcare), after winning the race's penultimate stage in Miskolc. Jaramillo finished two seconds clear of top young and Hungarian rider Barnab\u00e1s Pe\u00e1k, riding for the Kontent\u2013DKSI Cycling Team, while the podium was completed by Rog\u2013Ljubljana's Tadej Poga\u010dar from Slovenia. In the race's other classifications, Scott Sunderland (IsoWhey Sports SwissWellness) won the points classification after two stage victories, Dimension Data for Qhubeka's Amanuel Gebrezgabihier was the winner of the mountains classification, while his Dimension Data for Qhubeka squad won the teams classification.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [20, 20], "content_span": [21, 664]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273049-0002-0000", "contents": "2017 Tour de Hongrie, Participating teams\n20 teams were invited to the 2017 Tour de Hongrie: one UCI Professional Continental team, eleven UCI Continental teams along with eight other teams, consisting of six domestic Hungarian teams, a regional team and a Serbian national team.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 41], "content_span": [42, 279]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273049-0003-0000", "contents": "2017 Tour de Hongrie, Participating teams\nUnieuro Trevigiani\u2013Hemus 1896 and the Astana Track Team withdrew from the race before it started, therefore eighteen teams took to the start in Szombathely.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 41], "content_span": [42, 198]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273050-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 Tour de Langkawi\nThe 2017 Tour de Langkawi was the 22nd edition of an annual professional road bicycle racing stage race held in Malaysia since 1996. The race was run at the highest category apart from those races which make up the UCI World Tour, and was rated by the Union Cycliste Internationale (UCI) as a 2.HC (hors category) race as part of the 2017 UCI Asia Tour.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [21, 21], "content_span": [22, 375]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273050-0001-0000", "contents": "2017 Tour de Langkawi\nThe race was won by South African rider Ryan Gibbons for Team Dimension Data, taking the first professional wins of his career. He won the race by 33 seconds ahead of Australia's Cameron Bayly (IsoWhey Sports SwissWellness), while the podium was completed by Italian rider Alberto Cecchin, a further two seconds behind for the Wilier Triestina\u2013Selle Italia squad.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [21, 21], "content_span": [22, 385]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273050-0002-0000", "contents": "2017 Tour de Langkawi, Teams\n19 teams accepted invitations to participate in the 2017 Tour de Langkawi. One UCI WorldTeam \u2013 Team Dimension Data was invited to the race, along with six UCI Professional Continental and eleven UCI Continental teams. The field was completed by one national selection teams. Each team had a maximum of six riders:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 28], "content_span": [29, 342]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273050-0003-0000", "contents": "2017 Tour de Langkawi, Route\nThe itinerary for the race was released on 22 December 2016. It comprised eight stages, and a total distance of 1,222.2 kilometres (759.4 miles).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 28], "content_span": [29, 174]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273050-0004-0000", "contents": "2017 Tour de Langkawi, Classification leadership table\nIn the 2017 Tour de Langkawi, four different jerseys were awarded. For the general classification, calculated by adding each cyclist's finishing times on each stage, and allowing time bonuses for the first three finishers at intermediate sprints and at the finish of mass-start stages, the leader received a yellow jersey. This classification was considered the most important of the 2017 Tour de Langkawi, and the winner of the classification was considered the winner of the race.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 54], "content_span": [55, 537]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273050-0005-0000", "contents": "2017 Tour de Langkawi, Classification leadership table\nAdditionally, there was a points classification, which awarded a blue jersey. In the points classification, cyclists received points for finishing in the top 10 in a mass-start stage. For winning a stage, a rider earned 15\u00a0points, with 12 for second, 9 for third, 7 for fourth with a point fewer per place down to a single point for 10th place. Points towards the classification could also be accrued at intermediate sprint points during each stage; these intermediate sprints also offered bonus seconds towards the general classification. There was also a mountains classification, the leadership of which was marked by a green and red jersey. In the mountains classification, points were won by reaching the top of a climb before other cyclists, with more points available for the higher-categorised climbs.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 54], "content_span": [55, 864]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273050-0006-0000", "contents": "2017 Tour de Langkawi, Classification leadership table\nThe fourth jersey represented the Asian rider classification, marked by a white jersey. This was decided in the same way as the general classification, but only riders from Asia were eligible to be ranked in the classification. There was also a classification for teams, in which the times of the best three cyclists in a team on each stage were added together; the leading team at the end of the race was the team with the lowest cumulative time, while there was also an Asian-only variant for the teams as well.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 54], "content_span": [55, 568]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273051-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 Tour de Luxembourg\nThe 2017 Tour de Luxembourg was the 77th edition of the Tour de Luxembourg cycle stage race. It was held between 31 May and 4 June, as part of the 2017 UCI Europe Tour as a 2.HC event. Defending champion Maurits Lammertink did not compete in the race, as he elected to compete in the partly-concurrent Crit\u00e9rium du Dauphin\u00e9 event in France.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [23, 23], "content_span": [24, 364]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273051-0001-0000", "contents": "2017 Tour de Luxembourg\nThe race was won by Belgium's Greg Van Avermaet, riding for the BMC Racing Team. After winning the second stage of the race, Van Avermaet took the race lead from teammate Jempy Drucker, after finishing second to Cofidis rider Anthony Perez the following day. Van Avermaet cemented the race victory by winning the final stage of the race, ultimately winning the race by 29 seconds overall, and winning the points classification as a result.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [23, 23], "content_span": [24, 463]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273051-0002-0000", "contents": "2017 Tour de Luxembourg\nPerez held the young rider classification lead going into the final day by just one second ahead of Benjamin Thomas (Arm\u00e9e de Terre) and Xandro Meurisse of Wanty\u2013Groupe Gobert, but Meurisse took the jersey, by finishing in third place on the final stage behind Van Avermaet and WB Veranclassic Aqua Protect's Alex Kirsch, accumulating enough bonus seconds to overhaul both riders into second place overall. Perez completed the podium, seven seconds down on Meurisse. In the race's other classifications, Fortuneo\u2013Vital Concept rider Brice Feillu won the mountains classification, while the teams classification was won by Cofidis, after placing Perez, Luis \u00c1ngel Mat\u00e9 and Nicolas Edet in the top ten overall.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [23, 23], "content_span": [24, 732]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273051-0003-0000", "contents": "2017 Tour de Luxembourg, Schedule\nThe race's start and finish towns were announced through the race's Facebook page on 31 January 2017, with further details announced later in the year.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 33], "content_span": [34, 185]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273051-0004-0000", "contents": "2017 Tour de Luxembourg, Teams\n14 teams were selected to take place in the 2017 Tour de Luxembourg. BMC Racing Team was the only UCI WorldTeam; eight were UCI Professional Continental teams and five were UCI Continental teams.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 30], "content_span": [31, 226]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273051-0005-0000", "contents": "2017 Tour de Luxembourg, Classification leadership table\nIn the 2017 Tour de Luxembourg, four jerseys were awarded. The general classification was calculated by adding each cyclist's finishing times on each stage. Time bonuses were awarded to the first three finishers on all stages except for the individual time trial: the stage winner won a ten-second bonus, with six and four seconds for the second and third riders respectively. Bonus seconds were also awarded to the first three riders at intermediate sprints\u00a0\u2013 three seconds for the winner of the sprint, two seconds for the rider in second and one second for the rider in third. The leader of the general classification received a yellow jersey. This classification was considered the most important of the 2017 Tour de Luxembourg, and the winner of the classification was considered the winner of the race.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 56], "content_span": [57, 865]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273051-0006-0000", "contents": "2017 Tour de Luxembourg, Classification leadership table\nThe second classification was the points classification. Riders were awarded points for finishing in the top ten in a stage, with the exception of the prologue. Unlike in the points classification in the Tour de France, the winners of all stages were awarded the same number of points. The leader of the points classification was awarded a blue jersey.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 56], "content_span": [57, 409]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273051-0007-0000", "contents": "2017 Tour de Luxembourg, Classification leadership table\nThere was also a mountains classification, for which points were awarded for reaching the top of a climb before other riders. Each climb was categorised as either first, or second-category, with more points available for the more difficult, higher-categorised climbs. For first-category climbs, the top four riders earned points, while on second-category climbs, only the top three riders earned points. The leadership of the mountains classification was marked by a purple jersey.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 56], "content_span": [57, 538]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273051-0008-0000", "contents": "2017 Tour de Luxembourg, Classification leadership table\nThe fourth jersey represented the young rider classification, marked by a white jersey. Only riders born after 1 January 1991 were eligible; the young rider best placed in the general classification was the leader of the young rider classification. There was also a classification for teams, in which the times of the best three cyclists in a team on each stage were added together; the leading team at the end of the race was the team with the lowest cumulative time.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 56], "content_span": [57, 525]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273052-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 Tour de Pologne\nThe 2017 Tour de Pologne was a road cycling stage race that took place between 29 July and 4 August in Poland. It was the 74th edition of the Tour de Pologne and was the twenty-seventh event of the 2017 UCI World Tour. The race was won by Dylan Teuns riding for BMC Racing Team.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [20, 20], "content_span": [21, 299]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273052-0001-0000", "contents": "2017 Tour de Pologne, Schedule\nThe race route was announced on 15 May 2017 at the BG\u017b Arena in Pruszk\u00f3w.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 30], "content_span": [31, 104]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273052-0002-0000", "contents": "2017 Tour de Pologne, Participating teams\nAs the 2017 Tour de Pologne was a UCI World Tour event, all eighteen UCI WorldTeams were invited automatically and obliged to enter a team into the race. Along with a Polish national team, three other squads were given wildcard places into the race, and as such, formed the event's 22-team peloton. The number of riders allowed per squad was seven, down from eight, in 2016; all teams except Cannondale\u2013Drapac (six riders) did so, and therefore the start list contained a total of 153 riders.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 41], "content_span": [42, 534]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273052-0003-0000", "contents": "2017 Tour de Pologne, Stages, Stage 1\nThe opening stage of the 2017 Tour de Pologne was a ride around Krakow, effectively designed for the sprinters. Having left from the city's Old Square, the peloton completed an anti-clockwise loop around the city, which contained the only two categorised climbs, in the villages of Bachowice and Kasz\u00f3w, both fourth category. Once the riders returned to Krak\u00f3w, they first passed the sole intermediate sprint, before completing three laps around a 4\u00a0km (2.5\u00a0mi) circuit, to complete the day's running.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 37], "content_span": [38, 539]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273052-0004-0000", "contents": "2017 Tour de Pologne, Stages, Stage 2\nThe second stage was another opportunity for the sprinters. After the start in Tarnowskie G\u00f3ry, the riders headed south-east, passing through the intermediate sprints in Piekary \u015al\u0105skie, Chorz\u00f3w and Siemianowice \u015al\u0105skie, following devious roads before hitting the 17\u00a0km (10.6\u00a0mi) finishing circuit in Katowice. It contained the two category four climbs of the day, and the final metres before the finish line headed slightly downhill, with speeds of about 80 kilometres per hour (50\u00a0mph) expected from the top riders.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 37], "content_span": [38, 555]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273052-0005-0000", "contents": "2017 Tour de Pologne, Stages, Stage 3\nAfter the opening two sprint stages, the next stage took the riders into the Silesian Beskids with a route that favoured the climbers. After a reasonably flat first half, the first category Salmopol was climbed, before the riders entered a circuit containing the Zameczek climb, which was climbed twice. Once the riders had descended, they returned over the Salmopol, going in the opposite way from that climbed previously, with the summit coming 11.3 kilometres (7.0 miles) before the finish line. The final ascent was only 1.2 kilometres (0.7 miles) long, but averaged 11.3%.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 37], "content_span": [38, 615]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273052-0006-0000", "contents": "2017 Tour de Pologne, Stages, Stage 4\nWith a length of 238 kilometres (148 miles), the fourth stage was the longest stage of the 2017 Tour de Pologne. Having started in Zawiercie, the first section of the route was hilly, covering the sole categorised climb of the day in Olkusz, where there was also an intermediate sprint, with the other two being in Jastrz\u0119bie-Zdr\u00f3j and Rybnik. A finishing circuit was also utilised in the finishing city of Zabrze, with three laps of a 6.5\u00a0km (4.0\u00a0mi) long loop being completed to complete proceedings.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 37], "content_span": [38, 540]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273052-0007-0000", "contents": "2017 Tour de Pologne, Stages, Stage 5\nThe stage started from Olimp Nagawczyna, near D\u0119bica, heading south-east, through the Podkarpackie Voivodeship. The route was hilly throughout, with four categorised climbs all coming in the second half of the section \u2013 two ascents in Gmina Lubenia and one in \u0141any (part of the village Matys\u00f3wka), before the riders entered Rzesz\u00f3w, where the only intermediate sprint was held. There, the peloton entered the lengthy 22.5\u00a0km (14.0\u00a0mi) circuit, to be covered once, and containing another ascent of \u0141any, the summit coming 10.6\u00a0km (6.6\u00a0mi) before the finish.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 37], "content_span": [38, 594]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273052-0008-0000", "contents": "2017 Tour de Pologne, Classification leadership table\nIn the 2017 Tour de Pologne, four different jerseys were awarded. The general classification was calculated by adding each cyclist's finishing times on each stage, and allowing time bonuses for the first three finishers at intermediate sprints (three seconds to first, two seconds to second and one second to third) and at the finish of all stages: the stage winner won a ten-second bonus, with six and four seconds for the second and third riders respectively. The leader of the classification received a yellow jersey; it was considered the most important of the 2017 Tour de Pologne, and the winner of the classification was considered the winner of the race.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 53], "content_span": [54, 716]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273052-0009-0000", "contents": "2017 Tour de Pologne, Classification leadership table\nThere was also a mountains classification, the leadership of which was marked by a purple jersey. In the mountains classification, points towards the classification were won by reaching the top of a climb before other cyclists. Each climb was categorised as either first, second, third, or fourth-category, with more points available for the higher-categorised climbs. Double points were also awarded for the premier first-category climb on the final stage.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 53], "content_span": [54, 511]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273052-0010-0000", "contents": "2017 Tour de Pologne, Classification leadership table\nAdditionally, there was a sprints classification, which awarded a white jersey. In the points classification, cyclists received points for finishing in the top 20 in a stage. For winning a stage, a rider earned 20\u00a0points, with a point fewer per place down to 1 point for 20th place. The fourth and final jersey represented the active rider classification, marked by a blue jersey. This was decided at the race's intermediate sprints, awarding points on a 3\u20132\u20131 scale.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 53], "content_span": [54, 521]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273052-0011-0000", "contents": "2017 Tour de Pologne, Classification leadership table\nThere was also a classification for Polish riders, with the highest-placed rider appearing on the podium each day. As well as this, a teams classification was also calculated, in which the times of the best three cyclists per team on each stage were added together; the leading team at the end of the race was the team with the lowest total time.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 53], "content_span": [54, 400]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273053-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 Tour de Romandie\nThe 2017 Tour de Romandie was a road cycling stage race that took place between 25 and 30 April in Romandie, Switzerland. It was the 71st edition of the Tour de Romandie and the nineteenth event of the 2017 UCI World Tour.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [21, 21], "content_span": [22, 244]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273053-0001-0000", "contents": "2017 Tour de Romandie\nThe race was won on the final day by Australia's Richie Porte (BMC Racing Team), who overhauled a 19-second deficit to British rider Simon Yates over the 17.88-kilometre (11.11\u00a0mi) time trial, and won the race for the first time. Yates \u2013 riding for the Orica\u2013Scott squad \u2013 was able to finish second overall, holding off LottoNL\u2013Jumbo's Primo\u017e Rogli\u010d of Slovenia, who won the final time trial and finished just five seconds in arrears of Yates at the finish.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [21, 21], "content_span": [22, 479]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273053-0001-0001", "contents": "2017 Tour de Romandie\nIn the race's other classifications, Belgian Sander Arm\u00e9e won the mountains classification for the second year in succession for Lotto\u2013Soudal, home rider Stefan K\u00fcng won the points classification for the BMC Racing Team, while 14th place overall was enough for Pierre Latour (AG2R La Mondiale) to win the young rider classification. The teams classification was won by the Movistar Team.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [21, 21], "content_span": [22, 409]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273053-0002-0000", "contents": "2017 Tour de Romandie, Participating teams\nAs the Tour de Romandie was a UCI World Tour event, all eighteen UCI WorldTeams were invited automatically and were obliged to enter a team in the race. The only non-WorldTeam in the race were Wanty\u2013Groupe Gobert.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 42], "content_span": [43, 256]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273053-0003-0000", "contents": "2017 Tour de Romandie, Route\nThe race itinerary was announced on 10 December 2016. The second stage, initially scheduled to be run over 160.7\u00a0km (100\u00a0mi), and to start in Champ\u00e9ry, was shortened due to snow.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 28], "content_span": [29, 207]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273053-0004-0000", "contents": "2017 Tour de Romandie, Classification leadership table\nIn the Tour de Romandie, four jerseys were awarded. The general classification was calculated by adding up each cyclist's finishing times on each stage. Time bonuses were awarded to the first three finishers on road stages (stages 1\u20134): the stage winner won a ten-second bonus, with six and four seconds for the second and third riders respectively. No bonus seconds were awarded at intermediate sprints. The leader of the general classification received a yellow jersey. This classification was considered the most important of the Tour, and the winner of the classification was considered the winner of the race. The young rider classification was based on the general classification: the highest-ranked rider born after 1 January 1993, was the leader of the classification and wore a white jersey.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 54], "content_span": [55, 855]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273053-0005-0000", "contents": "2017 Tour de Romandie, Classification leadership table\nThere was a mountains classification; the leader of this competition wore a pink, black and blue jersey. Over the road stages of the race, there were 16 classified climbs, each of which was ranked as first-category, second-category or third-category. The first riders to cross the summit of the climbs won points towards the mountain classification. On first-category climbs, the first five riders won points with the first of these winning 12 points. Points were also awarded to the first five riders across the summit of second-category climbs, though the winner only won 8 points. On third-category climbs, only the first four riders won points, with the first rider winning five points. For the climbs near the stage finishes at Champ\u00e9ry and Leysin, double points were awarded.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 54], "content_span": [55, 836]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273053-0006-0000", "contents": "2017 Tour de Romandie, Classification leadership table\nThere was also a points classification. In the points classification, cyclists received points for finishing in the top 15 in a stage. On the flat mass-start stages; for winning a stage, a rider earned 50\u00a0points, with 30 for second, 20 for third and so on down to two points for 15th place. In the individual time trials and mountainous stages, points were awarded to the top 15 riders, with 30 points for the winner, 25 for second, 22 for third and so on down to two points for 15th place.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 54], "content_span": [55, 545]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273053-0006-0001", "contents": "2017 Tour de Romandie, Classification leadership table\nPoints towards the classification could also be accrued at intermediate sprint points during each stage; on each of the road stages, there were two intermediate sprints. The first rider in these sprints won 15 points; the second rider won 10 points; the third rider won 6 points. The winner of the classification won a green jersey.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 54], "content_span": [55, 387]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273053-0007-0000", "contents": "2017 Tour de Romandie, Classification leadership table\nThe final individual classification was a combativity prize. After each road stage, a jury chose the rider on the basis of sportsmanship and effort in the stage. The rider was awarded a red dossard (race number) for the following stage. After the final stage, the jury chose the most combative rider of the race overall. The final classification was a team classification. This was calculated by adding together the times of the best three riders on each team in each stage.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 54], "content_span": [55, 529]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273054-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 Tour de Suisse\nThe 2017 Tour de Suisse was a road cycling stage race that took place between 10 and 18 June. It was the 81st edition of the Tour de Suisse and the twenty-fourth event of the 2017 UCI World Tour.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [19, 19], "content_span": [20, 215]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273054-0001-0000", "contents": "2017 Tour de Suisse\nFor the second time in three years, Slovenian rider Simon \u0160pilak (Team Katusha\u2013Alpecin) won the race after taking the race lead on the seventh stage, soloing to the stage victory when the race visited Austria. He finished 48 seconds clear of BMC Racing Team rider Damiano Caruso, while the podium was completed by LottoNL\u2013Jumbo's Steven Kruijswijk, a further 20 seconds in arrears of Caruso.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [19, 19], "content_span": [20, 411]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273054-0002-0000", "contents": "2017 Tour de Suisse\nIn the race's other classifications, Bora\u2013Hansgrohe rider Peter Sagan won the points classification for the sixth time in seven years after further extending his record for stage victories in the race \u2013 he won two stages to move to fifteen in his career; Aqua Blue Sport rider Lasse Norman Hansen led the mountains classification for the duration, while the best placed home rider was Mathias Frank (AG2R La Mondiale), finishing in seventh place overall. The teams classification was won by AG2R La Mondiale, with Frank being joined in the top-ten by Domenico Pozzovivo in fourth.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [19, 19], "content_span": [20, 600]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273054-0003-0000", "contents": "2017 Tour de Suisse, Teams\nAs the Tour de Suisse was a UCI World Tour event, all eighteen UCI WorldTeams were invited automatically and obliged to enter a team in the race. Four UCI Professional Continental teams competed, completing the 22-team peloton.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 26], "content_span": [27, 254]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273054-0004-0000", "contents": "2017 Tour de Suisse, Route\nThe race route was partially announced on 21 December 2016, before the full itinerary was confirmed on 2 March 2017.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 26], "content_span": [27, 143]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273054-0005-0000", "contents": "2017 Tour de Suisse, Classification leadership table\nIn the 2017 Tour de Suisse, four different jerseys were awarded. The general classification was calculated by adding each cyclist's finishing times on each stage, and allowing time bonuses for the first three finishers at intermediate sprints (three seconds to first, two seconds to second and one second to third) and at the finish of mass-start stages; these were awarded to the first three finishers on all stages except for the individual time trial: the stage winner won a ten-second bonus, with six and four seconds for the second and third riders respectively. The leader of the classification received a yellow jersey; it was considered the most important of the 2017 Tour de Suisse, and the winner of the classification was considered the winner of the race.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 52], "content_span": [53, 820]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273054-0006-0000", "contents": "2017 Tour de Suisse, Classification leadership table\nAdditionally, there was a points classification, which awarded a black jersey. In the points classification, cyclists received points for finishing in the top 5 in a stage. For winning a stage, a rider earned 10\u00a0points, with 8 for second, 6 for third, 4 for fourth and 2 for 5th place. Points towards the classification could also be accrued\u00a0\u2013 awarded on a 6\u20133\u20131 scale\u00a0\u2013 at intermediate sprint points during each stage; these intermediate sprints also offered bonus seconds towards the general classification as noted above.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 52], "content_span": [53, 577]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273054-0007-0000", "contents": "2017 Tour de Suisse, Classification leadership table\nThere was also a mountains classification, the leadership of which was marked by a blue jersey. In the mountains classification, points towards the classification were won by reaching the top of a climb before other cyclists. Each climb was categorised as either hors, first, second, or third-category, with more points available for the higher-categorised climbs.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 52], "content_span": [53, 417]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273054-0008-0000", "contents": "2017 Tour de Suisse, Classification leadership table\nThe fourth and final jersey represented the classification for Swiss riders, marked by a red jersey. This was decided the same way as the general classification, but only riders born in Switzerland were eligible to be ranked in the classification. There was also a classification for teams, in which the times of the best three cyclists per team on each stage were added together; the leading team at the end of the race was the team with the lowest total time. In addition, there was a combativity award given after each stage to the rider considered, by a jury, to have been most active, or in the case of the individual time trials, the stage winner was automatically deemed the most active rider.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 52], "content_span": [53, 753]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273055-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 Tour de Wallonie\nThe 2017 VOO-Tour de Wallonie was a five-stage men's professional road cycling race, held in Belgium as a 2.HC race on the 2017 UCI Europe Tour. It was the forty-fourth running of the Tour de Wallonie, starting on 22 July in Stavelot and finishing on 26 July in Thuin.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [21, 21], "content_span": [22, 290]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273055-0001-0000", "contents": "2017 Tour de Wallonie\nThe race was won by Belgian rider Dylan Teuns (BMC Racing Team), winning two stages and the points classification alongside his overall success.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [21, 21], "content_span": [22, 166]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273055-0002-0000", "contents": "2017 Tour de Wallonie, Teams\nInitially, 19 teams were selected to take part in Tour de Wallonie. Six of these were UCI WorldTeams, with ten UCI Professional Continental teams and three UCI Continental teams. A 20th team, Professional Continental team Aqua Blue Sport were later added to the race.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 28], "content_span": [29, 296]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273055-0003-0000", "contents": "2017 Tour de Wallonie, Classification leadership table\nIn the 2017 Tour de Wallonie, five different jerseys were awarded. The general classification was calculated by adding each cyclist's finishing times on each stage, and allowing time bonuses for the first three finishers at intermediate sprints (three seconds to first, two seconds to second and one second to third) and at the finish of all stages to the first three finishers: the stage winner won a ten-second bonus, with six and four seconds for the second and third riders respectively. The leader of the classification received a yellow jersey; it was considered the most important of the 2017 Tour de Wallonie, and the winner of the classification was considered the winner of the race.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 54], "content_span": [55, 748]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273055-0004-0000", "contents": "2017 Tour de Wallonie, Classification leadership table\nThere was also a mountains classification, the leadership of which was marked by a white jersey. In the mountains classification, points towards the classification were won by reaching the top of a climb before other cyclists. Each climb was categorised as either first, or second-category, with more points available for the higher-categorised climbs.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 54], "content_span": [55, 407]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273055-0005-0000", "contents": "2017 Tour de Wallonie, Classification leadership table\nAdditionally, there was a points classification, which awarded a green jersey. In the points classification, cyclists received points for finishing in the top 10 in a stage. For winning a stage, a rider earned 25\u00a0points, with 20 for second, 15 for third, 10 for fourth and so on, down to 1 point for 10th place. There was also a separate classification for the intermediate sprints, rewarding a purple jersey. Points towards the classification were accrued\u00a0\u2013 awarded on a 5\u20133\u20131 scale\u00a0\u2013 at intermediate sprint points during each stage; these intermediate sprints also offered bonus seconds towards the general classification as noted above.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 54], "content_span": [55, 694]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273055-0006-0000", "contents": "2017 Tour de Wallonie, Classification leadership table\nThe fifth and final jersey represented the classification for young riders, marked by a red jersey. This was decided the same way as the general classification, but only riders born after 22 July 1993 were eligible to be ranked in the classification. This jersey was only awarded post-stage, and was not worn during the race. There was also a team classification, in which the times of the best three cyclists per team on each stage were added together; the leading team at the end of the race was the team with the lowest total time.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 54], "content_span": [55, 589]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273056-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 Tour de Yorkshire\nThe 2017 Tour de Yorkshire was a three-day cycling stage race staged in Yorkshire over 28\u201330 April 2017. It was the third edition of the Tour de Yorkshire, organised by Welcome to Yorkshire and the Amaury Sport Organisation.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [22, 22], "content_span": [23, 247]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273056-0001-0000", "contents": "2017 Tour de Yorkshire\nThe race was won by Team Dimension Data rider Serge Pauwels of Belgium, after a strong performance from his team on the hilly final stage; Jacques Janse van Rensburg set Pauwels up for an attack on the Wigtwizzle climb and he went clear while Omar Fraile manned the chase group in support. After Pauwels had pulled out a gap, Fraile attacked and joined up with his team captain, setting up a tandem victory salute at the finish at Fox Valley in Stocksbridge, Sheffield. Pauwels won the race by six seconds over Fraile, while Direct \u00c9nergie's Jonathan Hivert completed the podium, one second further behind Fraile. The race's other classifications were won by Caleb Ewan (points for Orica\u2013Scott), Pieter Weening (mountains for Roompot\u2013Nederlandse Loterij), and Team Dimension Data (teams classification).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [22, 22], "content_span": [23, 826]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273056-0002-0000", "contents": "2017 Tour de Yorkshire, Route\nOn 25 October 2016, the start and finish locations for the event were released: these were Bridlington, Scarborough, Tadcaster, Harrogate, Bradford and Sheffield.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 29], "content_span": [30, 192]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273056-0003-0000", "contents": "2017 Tour de Yorkshire, Route\nThe stage routes were released on 2 December 2016. The routes were Bridlington to Scarborough, Tadcaster to Harrogate and Bradford to Sheffield. The women's race was to be held on Saturday 29 April, over the Tadcaster to Harrogate route.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 29], "content_span": [30, 267]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273056-0004-0000", "contents": "2017 Tour de Yorkshire, Teams\n18 teams were selected to take part in Tour de Yorkshire. Seven of these were UCI WorldTeams, with five UCI Professional Continental teams, five UCI Continental teams and a Great Britain national team. Teams could enter between five and eight riders.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 29], "content_span": [30, 280]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273056-0005-0000", "contents": "2017 Tour de Yorkshire, Classification leadership table\nIn the 2017 Tour de Yorkshire, four different jerseys were awarded. The general classification was calculated by adding each cyclist's finishing times on each stage. Time bonuses were awarded to the first three finishers on all stages: the stage winner won a ten-second bonus, with six and four seconds for the second and third riders respectively. Bonus seconds were also awarded to the first three riders at intermediate sprints; three seconds for the winner of the sprint, two seconds for the rider in second and one second for the rider in third. The leader of the general classification received a light blue and yellow jersey. This classification was considered the most important of the 2017 Tour de Yorkshire, and the winner of the classification was considered the winner of the race.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 55], "content_span": [56, 849]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273056-0006-0000", "contents": "2017 Tour de Yorkshire, Classification leadership table\nThe second classification was the points classification. Riders were awarded points for finishing in the top ten in a stage. Unlike in the points classification in the Tour de France, the winners of all stages were awarded the same number of points. Points were also won in intermediate sprints; five points for crossing the sprint line first, three points for second place and one for third. The leader of the points classification was awarded a green jersey.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 55], "content_span": [56, 516]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273056-0007-0000", "contents": "2017 Tour de Yorkshire, Classification leadership table\nThere was also a mountains classification, for which points were awarded for reaching the top of a climb before other riders. Each climb was categorised the same, with four points awarded to the first rider over the top of each climb. Two points were awarded for the second-placed rider, with one point for third place. The leadership of the mountains classification was marked by a pink jersey.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 55], "content_span": [56, 451]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273056-0008-0000", "contents": "2017 Tour de Yorkshire, Classification leadership table\nAnother jersey was awarded at the end of each stage. This was a combativity prize and was awarded to the rider who \"made the greatest effort and [...] demonstrated the best qualities in terms of sportsmanship\". A jury selected a list of riders to be eligible for the prize; the winner of the prize was then decided by a vote on Twitter. The rider was awarded a grey jersey. There was also a classification for teams, in which the times of the best three cyclists in a team on each stage were added together; the leading team at the end of the race was the team with the lowest cumulative time.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 55], "content_span": [56, 649]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273057-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 Tour des Fjords\n2017 Tour des Fjords was the fifth edition of the Tour des Fjords cycle stage race. The race was won by Norwegian Team Dimension Data racer Edvald Boasson Hagen.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [20, 20], "content_span": [21, 182]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273057-0001-0000", "contents": "2017 Tour des Fjords, Teams\nTwenty teams were invited to start the race. These included three UCI WorldTeams, eight UCI Professional Continental teams and nine UCI Continental teams.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 27], "content_span": [28, 182]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273057-0002-0000", "contents": "2017 Tour des Fjords, Classification leadership table\nIn the 2017 Tour des Fjords, four different jerseys were awarded. The general classification was calculated by adding each cyclist's finishing times on each stage, and allowing time bonuses for the first three finishers at intermediate sprints (three seconds to first, two seconds to second and one second to third) and at the finish of mass-start stages; these were awarded to the first three finishers on all stages: the stage winner won a ten-second bonus, with six and four seconds for the second and third riders respectively. The leader of the classification received a yellow jersey; it was considered the most important of the 2017 Tour des Fjords, and the winner of the classification was considered the winner of the race.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 53], "content_span": [54, 786]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273057-0003-0000", "contents": "2017 Tour des Fjords, Classification leadership table\nThere was also a mountains classification, the leadership of which was marked by a polka-dot jersey. In the mountains classification, points towards the classification were won by reaching the top of a climb before other cyclists. Each climb was categorised as either first, second, or third-category, with more points available for the higher-categorised climbs.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 53], "content_span": [54, 417]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273057-0004-0000", "contents": "2017 Tour des Fjords, Classification leadership table\nAdditionally, there was a points classification, which awarded a blue jersey. In the points classification, cyclists received points for finishing in the top 10 in a stage. For winning a stage, a rider earned 20\u00a0points, with 16 for second, 14 for third and so on, down to 1 point for 10th place. Points towards the classification could also be accrued\u00a0\u2013 awarded on a 6\u20134\u20132 scale\u00a0\u2013 at intermediate sprint points during each stage; these intermediate sprints also offered bonus seconds towards the general classification as noted above.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 53], "content_span": [54, 588]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273057-0005-0000", "contents": "2017 Tour des Fjords, Classification leadership table\nThe fourth and final jersey represented the classification for young riders, marked by a white jersey. This was decided the same way as the general classification, but only riders born after 1 January 1995 were eligible to be ranked in the classification. There was also a classification for teams, in which the times of the best three cyclists per team on each stage were added together; the leading team at the end of the race was the team with the lowest total time.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 53], "content_span": [54, 523]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273058-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 Tour du Haut Var\nThe 2017 Tour du Haut Var was a road cycling stage race that took place on 18 and 19 February 2017. The race was rated as a 2.1 event as part of the 2017 UCI Europe Tour, and was the 49th edition of the Tour du Haut Var.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [21, 21], "content_span": [22, 242]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273058-0001-0000", "contents": "2017 Tour du Haut Var\nJust as it was in 2016, the overall race victory was decided upon cumulative stage finishes, after nine riders finished both stages in the same time. With stage finishes of second and third, Arthur Vichot took honours in both the general classification and the points classification for the FDJ team. Second place in the overall standings went to Julien Simon (Cofidis) with finishes of eighth and first, while the podium was completed by Fortuneo\u2013Vital Concept's Romain Hardy, with two sixth-place finishes. Tom Bohli won the young rider classification for BMC Racing Team, Franck Bonnamour (Fortuneo\u2013Vital Concept) won the mountains classification, while the teams classification was won by the BMC Racing Team.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [21, 21], "content_span": [22, 735]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273058-0002-0000", "contents": "2017 Tour du Haut Var, Teams\nSixteen teams were invited to start the race. These included three UCI WorldTeams, six UCI Professional Continental teams and seven UCI Continental teams.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 28], "content_span": [29, 183]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273058-0003-0000", "contents": "2017 Tour du Haut Var, Classification leadership table\nIn the 2017 Tour du Haut Var, four different jerseys were awarded. For the general classification, calculated by adding each cyclist's finishing times on each stage, the leader received a yellow jersey. This classification was considered the most important of the 2017 Tour du Haut Var, and the winner of the classification was considered the winner of the race.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 54], "content_span": [55, 417]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273058-0004-0000", "contents": "2017 Tour du Haut Var, Classification leadership table\nAdditionally, there was a points classification, which awarded a green jersey. In the points classification, cyclists received points for finishing in the top 15 in a mass-start stage. For winning a stage, a rider earned 25\u00a0points, with 20 for second, 16 for third, 14 for fourth, 12 for fifth, 10 for sixth, then 1 point fewer per place down to 1 for 15th place. Points towards the classification could also be accrued at intermediate sprint points during each stage. There was also a mountains classification, the leadership of which was marked by a red jersey. In the mountains classification, points were won by reaching the top of a climb before other cyclists, with more points available for the higher-categorised climbs.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 54], "content_span": [55, 783]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273058-0005-0000", "contents": "2017 Tour du Haut Var, Classification leadership table\nThe fourth jersey represented the young rider classification, marked by a white jersey. This was decided in the same way as the general classification, but only riders born after 1 January 1993 were eligible to be ranked in the classification. There was also a classification for teams, in which the times of the best three cyclists per team on each stage were added together; the leading team at the end of the race was the team with the lowest total time.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 54], "content_span": [55, 512]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273059-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 Tour of Austria\nThe 2017 Tour of Austria (German: \u00d6sterreich-Rundfahrt 2017) was the 69th edition of the Tour of Austria cycling stage race. The 1,121.7-kilometre (697.0\u00a0mi)-long race started in Graz on 2 July with a prologue individual time trial up the Schlo\u00dfberg hill, and concluded in Wels on 8 July.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [20, 20], "content_span": [21, 309]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273059-0001-0000", "contents": "2017 Tour of Austria\nThe race consisted of 6 road stages and the aforementioned prologue, one stage less than the 2016 edition. The race was part of the 2017 UCI Europe Tour, and was rated as a 2.1 event.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [20, 20], "content_span": [21, 204]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273059-0002-0000", "contents": "2017 Tour of Austria\nThe race was won by home rider Stefan Denifl (Aqua Blue Sport), who took the first victory of his professional career. Denifl finished 37 seconds clear of Spain's Delio Fern\u00e1ndez, riding for the Delko\u2013Marseille Provence KTM squad, while the podium was completed by Colombian Miguel \u00c1ngel L\u00f3pez of Astana, 59 seconds down on Denifl but a winner of the race's queen stage to the Kitzb\u00fcheler Horn. In the race's other classifications, Sep Vanmarcke (Cannondale\u2013Drapac) was the winner of the points classification, Pieter Weening of Roompot\u2013Nederlandse Loterij was the winner of the mountains classification, while Team Dimension Data were the winners of the teams classification.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [20, 20], "content_span": [21, 698]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273059-0003-0000", "contents": "2017 Tour of Austria, Schedule\nThe route for the race was announced on 9 June 2017.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 30], "content_span": [31, 83]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273059-0004-0000", "contents": "2017 Tour of Austria, Participating teams\nNineteen teams were initially scheduled to compete in the 2017 edition of the Tour of Austria, as announced on 9 June 2017. These included four UCI WorldTeams, eight UCI Professional Continental teams, six UCI Continental teams and an Italian national team.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 41], "content_span": [42, 299]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273059-0005-0000", "contents": "2017 Tour of Austria, Participating teams\nBardiani\u2013CSF were denied entry to the race, after the squad was banned for 30 days following the positive doping tests for Stefano Pirazzi and Nicola Ruffoni prior to the Giro d'Italia.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 41], "content_span": [42, 227]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273059-0006-0000", "contents": "2017 Tour of Austria, Classification leadership table\nIn the 2017 Tour of Austria, four jerseys were awarded. The general classification was calculated by adding each cyclist's finishing times on each stage. Time bonuses were awarded to the first three finishers on all stages except the prologue: the stage winner won a ten-second bonus, with six and four seconds for the second and third riders respectively. Bonus seconds were also awarded to the first three riders at intermediate sprints\u00a0\u2013 three seconds for the winner of the sprint, two seconds for the rider in second and one second for the rider in third. The leader of the general classification received a yellow jersey. This classification was considered the most important of the 2017 Tour of Austria, and the winner of the classification was considered the winner of the race.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 53], "content_span": [54, 839]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273059-0007-0000", "contents": "2017 Tour of Austria, Classification leadership table\nThe second jersey represented the mountains classification, marked by a red jersey with white polka dots and yellow trim. Points for this classification were won by the first riders to the top of each categorised climb, with more points available for the higher-categorised climbs. For the hors- and first-category climbs, the top five riders scored points, while the other categories rewarded the top three riders with points.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 53], "content_span": [54, 481]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273059-0008-0000", "contents": "2017 Tour of Austria, Classification leadership table\nAdditionally, there was a points classification, which awarded a green jersey. In the points classification, cyclists received points for finishing in the top 15 in a stage, with the exception of the opening prologue stage. For winning a stage, a rider earned 15\u00a0points, with 12 for second, 10 for third, 8 for fourth with a point fewer per place down to two points for 10th place. Points towards the classification could also be accrued\u00a0\u2013 awarded on a 4\u20132\u20131 scale\u00a0\u2013 at intermediate sprint points during each stage; these intermediate sprints also offered bonus seconds towards the general classification as noted above.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 53], "content_span": [54, 674]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273059-0009-0000", "contents": "2017 Tour of Austria, Classification leadership table\nThe fourth and final jersey represented the classification for Austrian riders, marked by a red jersey. This was decided the same way as the general classification, but only riders born in Austria were eligible to be ranked in the classification. There was also a team classification, in which the times of the best three cyclists per team on each stage were added together; the leading team at the end of the race was the team with the lowest total time.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 53], "content_span": [54, 509]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273060-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 Tour of Belgium\nThe 2017 Tour of Belgium, known as the 2017 Baloise Belgium Tour for sponsorship purposes, was the 87th edition of the Tour of Belgium cycling stage race. It took place from 24 to 28 May 2017 in Belgium, as part of the 2017 UCI Europe Tour; it was categorised as a 2.HC race. Defending champion Dries Devenyns (Quick-Step Floors) did not take part in the race, as he was taking part in the concurrent Giro d'Italia.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [20, 20], "content_span": [21, 436]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273060-0001-0000", "contents": "2017 Tour of Belgium\nThe race was won by Jens Keukeleire, riding for the Belgium national team. Keukeleire trailed overnight leader R\u00e9mi Cavagna (Quick-Step Floors) by a second going into the final stage, but bonus seconds gained in the race's \"golden kilometre\" \u2013 where three intermediate sprint positions were held within the space of a kilometre \u2013 allowed Keukeleire to move into the lead on the road, and despite crashing in the final three kilometres, he was able to win the race by six seconds from Cavagna. Three-time race winner Tony Martin of Team Katusha\u2013Alpecin completed the podium, five seconds further behind Cavagna.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [20, 20], "content_span": [21, 631]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273060-0002-0000", "contents": "2017 Tour of Belgium\nIn the race's other classifications, Jens Debusschere (Lotto\u2013Soudal) won the points classification, the combativity classification was won by Cofidis rider Kenneth Vanbilsen, while the teams classification was taken by Quick-Step Floors, after placing three riders in the top five places overall.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [20, 20], "content_span": [21, 317]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273060-0003-0000", "contents": "2017 Tour of Belgium, Teams\n20 teams were selected to take part in Tour of Belgium. Five of these were UCI WorldTeams, with ten UCI Professional Continental teams, four UCI Continental teams and a Belgium national team.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 27], "content_span": [28, 219]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273060-0004-0000", "contents": "2017 Tour of Belgium, Classification leadership table\nIn the 2017 Tour of Belgium, three different jerseys were awarded. The general classification was calculated by adding each cyclist's finishing times on each stage. Time bonuses were awarded to the first three finishers on all stages: the stage winner won a ten-second bonus, with six and four seconds for the second and third riders respectively. Bonus seconds were also awarded to the first three riders at sprints in the \"golden kilometre\", where three intermediate sprint positions were held within the space of a kilometre.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 53], "content_span": [54, 582]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273060-0004-0001", "contents": "2017 Tour of Belgium, Classification leadership table\nThree seconds were awarded for the winner of the sprint, two seconds for the rider in second and one second for the rider in third. The leader of the general classification received a red jersey. This classification was considered the most important of the 2017 Tour of Belgium, and the winner of the classification was considered the winner of the race.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 53], "content_span": [54, 408]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273060-0005-0000", "contents": "2017 Tour of Belgium, Classification leadership table\nThe second classification was the points classification. Riders were awarded points for finishing in the top ten in a stage. Unlike in the points classification in the Tour de France, the winners of all stages were awarded the same number of points. The leader of the points classification was awarded a blue jersey. There was also a combativity classification, where riders received points for finishing in the top five at intermediate sprint points during each stage, on a 10\u20138\u20136\u20134\u20132 scale.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 53], "content_span": [54, 546]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273060-0005-0001", "contents": "2017 Tour of Belgium, Classification leadership table\nBonus points were awarded if a breakaway had gained a sufficient advantage over the field, up to a maximum of 5 points. There was also a classification for teams, in which the times of the best three cyclists in a team on each stage were added together; the leading team at the end of the race was the team with the lowest cumulative time.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 53], "content_span": [54, 393]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273061-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 Tour of Britain\nThe 2017 Tour of Britain was an eight-stage men's professional road cycling race. It was the fourteenth running of the modern version of the Tour of Britain and the 77th British tour in total. The race started on 3 September in Edinburgh and finished on 10 September in Cardiff. The race was part of the 2017 UCI Europe Tour.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [20, 20], "content_span": [21, 346]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273061-0001-0000", "contents": "2017 Tour of Britain, Teams\nThe twenty teams invited to participate in the Tour of Britain were:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 27], "content_span": [28, 96]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273062-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 Tour of California\nThe 2017 Amgen Tour of California was a road cycling stage race that took place between 14 and 20 May. It was the 12th edition of the Tour of California and the 22nd event of the 2017 UCI World Tour; the first time that the race has been staged as part of the World Tour.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [23, 23], "content_span": [24, 295]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273062-0001-0000", "contents": "2017 Tour of California\nNew Zealand's George Bennett (LottoNL\u2013Jumbo) took the first victory of his professional career, winning the general classification by 35 seconds ahead of Polish rider Rafa\u0142 Majka, riding for the Bora\u2013Hansgrohe team. Majka had held the race lead after winning the second stage ahead of Bennett, but Bennett's superior performance during the penultimate day time trial at Big Bear Lake allowed him to take the race lead, and ultimately the race win. Bennett's win was the first overall win by a rider from New Zealand at UCI World Tour level. The podium was completed by the top home rider, Cannondale\u2013Drapac member Andrew Talansky, a second in arrears of Majka.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [23, 23], "content_span": [24, 684]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273062-0002-0000", "contents": "2017 Tour of California\nIn the other classifications, Majka's teammate Peter Sagan won the sprints classification, and its accompanying green jersey, for the seventh time in eight years; Colombian rider Daniel Jaramillo (UnitedHealthcare) edged out Rally Cycling's Evan Huffman on a countback to win the polka-dot jersey for the mountains classification, while a final-day attack by Australian Lachlan Morton (Team Dimension Data) allowed him to regain the white jersey of young rider classification leader that he had lost the previous day to Team Sky's Tao Geoghegan Hart. The teams classification was won by Team Sky, after placing both Ian Boswell and Geoghegan Hart in the top-ten overall. Huffman won the most stages during the race with two, the first time that a UCI Continental team had won on the UCI World Tour.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [23, 23], "content_span": [24, 822]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273062-0003-0000", "contents": "2017 Tour of California, Teams\nAs a new event to the UCI World Tour, all UCI WorldTeams were invited to the race, but not obligated to compete in the race. Almost all the competing teams were announced on 9 March 2017, with UAE Team Emirates added to the field in the week leading up to the race.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 30], "content_span": [31, 296]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273062-0004-0000", "contents": "2017 Tour of California, Teams\nAs such, twelve of the eighteen WorldTeams competed in the race. Three UCI Professional Continental teams competed, while two UCI Continental teams were also granted permission to compete in the race. Therefore, this completed the 17-team peloton.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 30], "content_span": [31, 278]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273062-0005-0000", "contents": "2017 Tour of California, Route\nFor the 2017 edition, the race was shortened from eight stages to seven stages. The full race route was announced on 31 January 2017.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 30], "content_span": [31, 164]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273062-0006-0000", "contents": "2017 Tour of California, Classification leadership table\nIn the 2017 Tour of California, five different jerseys were awarded. For the general classification, calculated by adding each cyclist's finishing times on each stage, and allowing time bonuses for the first three finishers at intermediate sprints and at the finish of mass-start stages, the leader received a yellow jersey. This classification was considered the most important of the 2017 Tour of California, and the winner of the classification was considered the winner of the race.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 56], "content_span": [57, 543]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273062-0007-0000", "contents": "2017 Tour of California, Classification leadership table\nAdditionally, there was a sprints classification, which awarded a green jersey. In the sprints classification, cyclists received points for finishing in the top 10 in a stage. For winning a stage, a rider earned 15\u00a0points, with 12 for second, 9 for third, 7 for fourth with a point fewer per place down to a single point for 10th place. Points towards the classification could also be accrued\u00a0\u2013 awarded on a 3\u20132\u20131 scale\u00a0\u2013 at intermediate sprint points during each stage; these intermediate sprints also offered bonus seconds towards the general classification. There was also a mountains classification, the leadership of which was marked by a white jersey with red polka dots. In the mountains classification, points were won by reaching the top of a climb before other cyclists, with more points available for the higher-categorised climbs.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 56], "content_span": [57, 899]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273062-0008-0000", "contents": "2017 Tour of California, Classification leadership table\nThe fourth jersey represented the young rider classification, marked by a predominantly \"white design\" jersey. This was decided in the same way as the general classification, but only riders born after 1 January 1992 were eligible to be ranked in the classification. There was also a classification for teams, in which the times of the best three cyclists per team on each stage were added together; the leading team at the end of the race was the team with the lowest total time. In addition, there was a combativity award given after each stage to the rider considered, by a jury, to have \"who best exemplifies the character of those engaged in the fight against cancer / heart disease\", in line with the jersey's sponsors. This award was marked by a blue jersey.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 56], "content_span": [57, 822]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273063-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 Tour of California (women's race)\nThe 2017 Amgen Tour of California Women's Race (also known as the Amgen Breakaway from Heart Disease Women's Race empowered with SRAM for sponsorship reasons) was the third edition of the women's Tour of California cycling stage race. It ran from 11 to 14 May 2017, and was part of the 2017 UCI Women's World Tour; the race started in South Lake Tahoe and finished in Sacramento.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [38, 38], "content_span": [39, 418]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273063-0001-0000", "contents": "2017 Tour of California (women's race)\nThe race was won on the final day by Boels\u2013Dolmans rider Anna van der Breggen, surpassing UnitedHealthcare's Katie Hall thanks to bonus seconds won at an intermediate sprint. As a result, van der Breggen took the lead of the Women's World Tour standings.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [38, 38], "content_span": [39, 293]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273063-0002-0000", "contents": "2017 Tour of California (women's race), Teams\n17 teams participated in the 2017 Tour of California; 16 teams announced in March 2017, with further amendments made to the field in the week leading up to the race.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 45], "content_span": [46, 211]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273063-0003-0000", "contents": "2017 Tour of California (women's race), Schedule\nThe full race route was announced on 31 January 2017.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 48], "content_span": [49, 102]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273063-0004-0000", "contents": "2017 Tour of California (women's race), Classification leadership table\nIn the 2017 Tour of California, five different jerseys were awarded. For the general classification, calculated by adding each cyclist's finishing times on each stage, and allowing time bonuses for the first three finishers at intermediate sprints and at the finish of mass-start stages, the leader received a yellow jersey. This classification was considered the most important of the 2017 Tour of California, and the winner of the classification was considered the winner of the race.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 71], "content_span": [72, 558]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273063-0005-0000", "contents": "2017 Tour of California (women's race), Classification leadership table\nAdditionally, there was a sprints classification, which awarded a green jersey. In the sprints classification, cyclists received points for finishing in the top 10 in a stage. For winning a stage, a rider earned 15\u00a0points, with 12 for second, 9 for third, 7 for fourth with a point fewer per place down to a single point for 10th place. Points towards the classification could also be accrued\u00a0\u2013 awarded on a 3\u20132\u20131 scale\u00a0\u2013 at intermediate sprint points during each stage; these intermediate sprints also offered bonus seconds towards the general classification. There was also a mountains classification, the leadership of which was marked by a white jersey with red polka dots. In the mountains classification, points were won by reaching the top of a climb before other cyclists, with more points available for the higher-categorised climbs.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 71], "content_span": [72, 914]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273063-0006-0000", "contents": "2017 Tour of California (women's race), Classification leadership table\nThe fourth jersey represented the young rider classification, marked by a predominantly \"white design\" jersey. This was decided in the same way as the general classification, but only riders born after 1 January 1992 were eligible to be ranked in the classification. There was also a classification for teams, in which the times of the best three cyclists per team on each stage were added together; the leading team at the end of the race was the team with the lowest total time. In addition, there was a combativity award given after each stage to the rider considered, by a jury, to have \"who best exemplifies the character of those engaged in the fight against cancer / heart disease\", in line with the jersey's sponsors. This award was marked by a blue jersey.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 71], "content_span": [72, 837]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273064-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 Tour of Chongming Island\nThe 2017 Tour of Chongming Island was the eleventh staging of the Tour of Chongming Island, a women's stage race held in Shanghai, China. It ran from 5 to 7 May 2017 and was held as part of the 2017 UCI Women's World Tour.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [29, 29], "content_span": [30, 252]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273064-0001-0000", "contents": "2017 Tour of Chongming Island\nThe race was won for the first time by Wiggle High5's Jolien D'Hoore, ahead of two-time race winners Kirsten Wild (Cylance Pro Cycling) and Chloe Hosking of Al\u00e9\u2013Cipollini.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [29, 29], "content_span": [30, 201]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273064-0002-0000", "contents": "2017 Tour of Chongming Island, Classification leadership table\nIn the 2017 Tour of Chongming Island, five different jerseys were awarded. The most important was the general classification, which was calculated by adding each cyclist's finishing times on each stage. Time bonuses were awarded to the first three finishers on all mass-start stages: the stage winner won a ten-second bonus, with six and four seconds for the second and third riders respectively. The rider with the least accumulated time is the race leader, identified by a yellow jersey. This classification was considered the most important of the 2017 Tour of Chongming Island, and the winner of the classification was considered the winner of the race.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 62], "content_span": [63, 720]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273064-0003-0000", "contents": "2017 Tour of Chongming Island, Classification leadership table\nThere was also a mountains classification, the leadership of which was marked by a polkadot jersey. In the mountains classification, points towards the classification were won by reaching the top of a climb before other cyclists. Additionally, there was a points classification, which awarded a green jersey. In the points classification, cyclists received points for finishing in the top 10 in a stage.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 62], "content_span": [63, 466]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273064-0004-0000", "contents": "2017 Tour of Chongming Island, Classification leadership table\nThe fourth jersey represented the young rider classification, marked by a white jersey. This was decided the same way as the general classification, but only riders born on or after 1 January 1995 were eligible to be ranked in the classification, in line with the young rider classification of all UCI Women's World Tour events. The fifth and final jersey represented the classification for Chinese riders, marked by a blue jersey. This was decided the same way as the general classification, but only riders born in China were eligible to be ranked in the classification. There was also a team classification, in which the times of the best three cyclists per team on each stage were added together; the leading team at the end of the race was the team with the lowest total time.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 62], "content_span": [63, 844]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273065-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 Tour of Croatia\nThe 2017 Tour of Croatia was a road cycling stage race that took place in Croatia between 18 and 23 April 2017. It was the third edition of the Tour of Croatia since its revival in 2015, and was rated as a 2.1 event as part of the UCI Europe Tour.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [20, 20], "content_span": [21, 268]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273065-0001-0000", "contents": "2017 Tour of Croatia, Teams\nTwenty teams were invited to start the race. These included four UCI WorldTeams, seven UCI Professional Continental teams and nine UCI Continental teams.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 27], "content_span": [28, 181]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273065-0002-0000", "contents": "2017 Tour of Croatia, Schedule\nThe second stage of the race was scheduled for 123 kilometres (76 miles), but was shortened due to poor weather conditions.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 30], "content_span": [31, 154]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273065-0003-0000", "contents": "2017 Tour of Croatia, Classification leadership table\nIn the 2017 Tour of Croatia, four different jerseys were awarded. The general classification was calculated by adding each cyclist's finishing times on each stage, and allowing time bonuses for the first three finishers at intermediate sprints (three seconds to first, two seconds to second and one second to third) and at the finish of mass-start stages; these were awarded to the first three finishers on all stages: the stage winner won a ten-second bonus, with six and four seconds for the second and third riders respectively. The leader of the classification received a red jersey; it was considered the most important of the 2017 Tour of Croatia, and the winner of the classification was considered the winner of the race.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 53], "content_span": [54, 783]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273065-0004-0000", "contents": "2017 Tour of Croatia, Classification leadership table\nAdditionally, there was a points classification, which awarded a blue jersey. In the points classification, cyclists received points for finishing in the top 15 in a stage. For winning a stage, a rider earned 25\u00a0points, with 20 for second, 16 for third, 14 for fourth, 12 for fifth, 10 for sixth and a point fewer per place down to 1 point for 15th place. Points towards the classification could also be accrued\u00a0\u2013 awarded on a 5\u20133\u20131 scale\u00a0\u2013 at intermediate sprint points during each stage; these intermediate sprints also offered bonus seconds towards the general classification as noted above.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 53], "content_span": [54, 648]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273065-0005-0000", "contents": "2017 Tour of Croatia, Classification leadership table\nThere was also a mountains classification, the leadership of which was marked by a green jersey. In the mountains classification, points towards the classification were won by reaching the top of a climb before other cyclists. Each climb was categorised as either hors, second, or third-category, with more points available for the higher-categorised climbs. The fourth and final jersey represented the classification for young riders, marked by a white jersey. This was decided the same way as the general classification, but only riders born after 1 January 1995 were eligible to be ranked in the classification. There was also a classification for teams, in which the times of the best three cyclists per team on each stage were added together; the leading team at the end of the race was the team with the lowest total time.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 53], "content_span": [54, 882]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273066-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 Tour of Flanders\nThe 2017 Tour of Flanders (Dutch: Ronde van Vlaanderen 2017) was the 101st edition of the Tour of Flanders, a one-day cycling classic, that took place on 2 April 2017. It was the second monument race of the 2017 cycling season and the thirteenth event of the 2017 UCI World Tour. The race marked the pinnacle of the Flemish Cycling Week.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [21, 21], "content_span": [22, 359]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273066-0001-0000", "contents": "2017 Tour of Flanders\nThe race was won by Belgian national champion Philippe Gilbert from the Quick-Step Floors team, after a solo attack on the Oude Kwaremont and holding off the rest of the field over the remaining 55 kilometres (34\u00a0mi). Second place went to another Belgian, Greg Van Avermaet of the BMC Racing Team, beating Dutch riders Niki Terpstra (Quick-Step Floors) and Dylan van Baarle from Cannondale\u2013Drapac in a three-up sprint finish for the podium placings.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [21, 21], "content_span": [22, 471]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273066-0002-0000", "contents": "2017 Tour of Flanders, Route\nThe city of Antwerp staged the start of the event for the first time, after 19 starts in Bruges, marking the first time the Tour of Flanders addressed the province of Antwerp. The race finished in Oudenaarde for a total distance of 260.8 kilometres (162.1\u00a0mi) and saw the renewed inclusion of the Muur van Geraardsbergen, one of the emblematic climbs of the race.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 28], "content_span": [29, 392]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273066-0003-0000", "contents": "2017 Tour of Flanders, Route\nThe first 116 kilometres (72\u00a0mi) of the race are on all-flat roads from Antwerp via Sint-Niklaas, Dendermonde, Aalst and Zottegem towards Oudenaarde, where the race passes for the first time after 101 kilometres (63\u00a0mi); before addressing the first of 18 climbs, the Oude Kwaremont after 116 kilometres (72\u00a0mi). The Oude Kwaremont, which has been the focal point of the Ronde in the last few years, appears three times on the route and its last two appearances are paired with the Paterberg three kilometres later. The Muur van Geraardsbergen is the ninth categorised climb at 95 kilometres (59\u00a0mi) from the finish.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 28], "content_span": [29, 644]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273066-0004-0000", "contents": "2017 Tour of Flanders, Route\nThe final 75 kilometres (47\u00a0mi) were identical to previous editions. Of the final nine climbs, first was the Kanarieberg, then the first combination of Oude Kwaremont\u2013Paterberg, followed just 6 kilometres (3.7\u00a0mi) later by the roughly-cobbled Koppenberg, the steepest climb of the race. The Koppenberg was immediately followed by the flat cobbled sector of the Mariaborrestraat, leading to the Steenbeekdries and Taaienberg climbs. The Kruisberg in Ronse came at 26 kilometres (16\u00a0mi) from the finish, before heading to the final two climbs. The second pairing of Oude Kwaremont and Paterberg represented the end game of the race, preceding the 13.2-kilometre (8.2\u00a0mi) run-in to the finish.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 28], "content_span": [29, 719]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273066-0005-0000", "contents": "2017 Tour of Flanders, Route, Categorised climbs and cobbles\nEighteen categorised climbs are programmed, of which 12 are cobbled. In addition to the climbs, five sectors of flat cobbled roads are included.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 60], "content_span": [61, 205]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273066-0006-0000", "contents": "2017 Tour of Flanders, Participating teams\n25 teams competed in the race. The 18 UCI WorldTeams were automatically invited and obliged to participate in the race, while an additional seven Professional Continental teams were given wildcard entries, when these were announced on 28 February 2017. Jens Keukeleire of Orica\u2013Scott pulled out of the race on the morning of the start, making a total peloton of 199 riders.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 42], "content_span": [43, 416]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273067-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 Tour of Flanders for Women\nThe 2017 Tour of Flanders for Women was the 14th running of the Tour of Flanders for Women, a women's bicycle race in Belgium. It was held on 2 April 2017, as the fifth race of the 2017 UCI Women's World Tour season over a distance of 153.2 kilometres (95.2 miles).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [31, 31], "content_span": [32, 297]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273067-0001-0000", "contents": "2017 Tour of Flanders for Women\nAfter a four-rider move was caught with 1.2 kilometres (0.75 miles) remaining, the race ended in a bunch sprint of 19 riders; for the second time in three World Tour races, it was American rider Coryn Rivera (Team Sunweb) that was the victor as the first American to win an edition of the Tour of Flanders, edging out Australia's Gracie Elvin from the Orica\u2013Scott team who was the first Australian to podium at this race, while the podium was completed by Boels\u2013Dolmans rider Chantal Blaak from the Netherlands.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [31, 31], "content_span": [32, 543]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273067-0002-0000", "contents": "2017 Tour of Flanders for Women, Route\nThe race started and finished in Oudenaarde, for a total distance of 153.2 kilometres (95.2 miles). The first 80 kilometres (50 miles) wound through the hills of the Zwalm region, before addressing the climbs in the Flemish Ardennes between Geraardsbergen and Oudenaarde. There were 12 categorised climbs and five sectors of flat cobbled roads.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 38], "content_span": [39, 383]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273068-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 Tour of Guangxi\nThe 2017 Tour of Guangxi was a road cycling stage race that took place in China between 19 and 24 October 2017. It was the 1st edition of the Tour of Guangxi and was part of the 2017 UCI World Tour as a 2.UWT event. The race was won by Belgian cyclist Tim Wellens of Lotto\u2013Soudal.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [20, 20], "content_span": [21, 301]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273068-0001-0000", "contents": "2017 Tour of Guangxi\nThe points classification was won by Fernando Gaviria of Quick-Step Floors.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [20, 20], "content_span": [21, 96]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273068-0002-0000", "contents": "2017 Tour of Guangxi\nThe mountains classification was won by Daniel Oss of BMC Racing Team.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [20, 20], "content_span": [21, 91]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273068-0003-0000", "contents": "2017 Tour of Guangxi\nThe youth classification was won by Julian Alaphilippe of Quick-Step Floors.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [20, 20], "content_span": [21, 97]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273068-0004-0000", "contents": "2017 Tour of Guangxi, Teams\nEighteen teams of up to seven riders started the race:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 27], "content_span": [28, 82]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273069-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 Tour of Iran (Azerbaijan)\nTour of Iran (Azerbaijan) 2017 was a UCI 2.1 Asian Tour stage race and the 32nd edition of Tour of Iran (Azerbaijan) which took place across six stages October 8-13, 2017 in Iranian Azerbaijan. The total length of the tour was 1,017.0 km with its route passing through Tabriz, Urmia, Jolfa, Sarein, and Sahand Ski Resort. A total of 14 Iranian and International teams participated in this edition of the tour.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [30, 30], "content_span": [31, 440]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273070-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 Tour of Norway\nThe 2017 Tour of Norway was a road cycling stage race that took place in Norway between 17 and 21 May 2017. It was the seventh edition of the Tour of Norway and was rated as a 2.HC event as part of the 2017 UCI Europe Tour.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [19, 19], "content_span": [20, 243]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273070-0001-0000", "contents": "2017 Tour of Norway\nThe race was won by Team Dimension Data's Edvald Boasson Hagen.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [19, 19], "content_span": [20, 83]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273070-0002-0000", "contents": "2017 Tour of Norway, Teams\nTwenty-one teams were invited to start the race. These included five UCI WorldTeams, ten UCI Professional Continental teams and six UCI Continental teams.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 26], "content_span": [27, 181]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273070-0003-0000", "contents": "2017 Tour of Norway, Classification leadership table\nIn the 2017 Tour of Norway, four different jerseys were awarded. The general classification was calculated by adding each cyclist's finishing times on each stage, and allowing time bonuses for the first three finishers at intermediate sprints (three seconds to first, two seconds to second and one second to third) and at the finish of mass-start stages; these were awarded to the first three finishers on all stages: the stage winner won a ten-second bonus, with six and four seconds for the second and third riders respectively. The leader of the classification received a yellow jersey; it was considered the most important of the 2017 Tour of Norway, and the winner of the classification was considered the winner of the race.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 52], "content_span": [53, 783]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273070-0004-0000", "contents": "2017 Tour of Norway, Classification leadership table\nAdditionally, there was a points classification, which awarded a green jersey. In the points classification, cyclists received points for finishing in the top 15 in a stage. For winning a stage, a rider earned 15\u00a0points, with 14 for second, 13 for third, and a point fewer per place down to 1 point for 15th place. Points towards the classification could also be accrued\u00a0\u2013 awarded on a 3\u20132\u20131 scale\u00a0\u2013 at intermediate sprint points during each stage; these intermediate sprints also offered bonus seconds towards the general classification as noted above.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 52], "content_span": [53, 606]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273070-0005-0000", "contents": "2017 Tour of Norway, Classification leadership table\nThere was also a mountains classification, the leadership of which was marked by an orange jersey. In the mountains classification, points towards the classification were won by reaching the top of a climb before other cyclists. Each climb was categorised as either first, second, or third-category, with more points available for the higher-categorised climbs. The fourth and final jersey represented the classification for young riders, marked by a white jersey. This was decided the same way as the general classification, but only riders born after 1 January 1995 were eligible to be ranked in the classification. There was also a classification for teams, in which the times of the best three cyclists per team on each stage were added together; the leading team at the end of the race was the team with the lowest total time.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 52], "content_span": [53, 884]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273071-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 Tour of Oman\nThe 2017 Tour of Oman was a road cycling stage race that took place between 14 and 19 February 2017 in Oman. It was the eighth edition of the Tour of Oman and was rated as a 2.HC race as part of the 2017 UCI Asia Tour. The previous year's winner, Vincenzo Nibali, did not defend his title.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 17], "section_span": [17, 17], "content_span": [18, 307]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273071-0001-0000", "contents": "2017 Tour of Oman\nThe race was won by Belgium's Ben Hermans, as part of the BMC Racing Team; Hermans took the race lead after winning the second stage of the race, and further extended his lead with a victory in the queen stage of the race, finishing at Jabal Al Akhdhar. Hermans won the race by 22 seconds ahead of Portuguese rider Rui Costa (UAE Abu Dhabi), who finished second on two stages during the race. The podium was completed by Astana's Fabio Aru from Italy, who was a further 13 seconds in arrears of Costa.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 17], "section_span": [17, 17], "content_span": [18, 519]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273071-0002-0000", "contents": "2017 Tour of Oman\nHermans duked it out for the points classification victory with Norwegian sprinter Alexander Kristoff (Team Katusha\u2013Alpecin), with the honours ultimately going to Kristoff, who won three of the remaining four stages of the race. The young rider classification was won by Eritrea's Merhawi Kudus, who finished in fourth place overall for Team Dimension Data, while Belgian Aim\u00e9 De Gendt (Sport Vlaanderen\u2013Baloise) won the combativity classification for points won at intermediate sprints and noted climbs. With Kudus, Lachlan Morton and Nathan Haas all finishing within the top ten overall, Team Dimension Data won the teams classification.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 17], "section_span": [17, 17], "content_span": [18, 657]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273071-0003-0000", "contents": "2017 Tour of Oman, Teams\nEighteen teams were invited to take part in the race. These included nine UCI WorldTeams and nine UCI Professional Continental teams.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 17], "section_span": [19, 24], "content_span": [25, 158]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273071-0004-0000", "contents": "2017 Tour of Oman, Route\nThe route for the race was announced on 27 January 2017.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 17], "section_span": [19, 24], "content_span": [25, 81]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273071-0005-0000", "contents": "2017 Tour of Oman, Classification leadership table\nThere were five principal classifications in the 2017 Tour of Oman.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 17], "section_span": [19, 50], "content_span": [51, 118]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273071-0006-0000", "contents": "2017 Tour of Oman, Classification leadership table\nThe first and most important was the general classification; the winner of this was considered the overall winner of the race. It was calculated by adding together each rider's times on each stage, then applying bonuses. Bonuses were awarded for coming in the top three on a stage (10 seconds for the winner, 6 seconds for the second placed rider and 4 seconds for the rider in third) or at intermediate sprints (3 seconds, 2 seconds and 1 second for the top three riders). The rider in the lead of the general classification wore a red jersey.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 17], "section_span": [19, 50], "content_span": [51, 595]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273071-0007-0000", "contents": "2017 Tour of Oman, Classification leadership table\nThe second competition was the points classification, calculated by awarding points for the top 10 riders at the finish of each stage (15 points to the winner down to 1 point for the rider in tenth place) and to the top three at intermediate sprints (3 points, 2 points and 1 point). The rider with the highest points total was the leader of the classification and wore a green jersey. The young rider classification was open to those born on or after 1 January 1992. The young rider ranked highest in the general classification was the leader of the young rider classification and wore a white jersey.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 17], "section_span": [19, 50], "content_span": [51, 653]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273071-0008-0000", "contents": "2017 Tour of Oman, Classification leadership table\nThe combativity classification was based on points won at intermediate sprints and classified climbs along the route. Points were awarded to the top three riders across each sprint or climb (3 points, 2 points and 1 point). The rider with the most accumulated points was the leader of the classification and wore a white jersey with red and green polka dots. The final competition was the team classification. On each stage, each team was awarded a time based on the cumulative time of its top three riders; the times for each stage were then added together and the team with the lowest total time was the leader of the team classification.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 17], "section_span": [19, 50], "content_span": [51, 691]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273072-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 Tour of Slovenia\nThe 2017 Tour of Slovenia (Slovene: Dirka po Sloveniji) was the 24th edition of the Tour of Slovenia cycling stage race, held between 15 and 18 June.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [21, 21], "content_span": [22, 171]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273072-0001-0000", "contents": "2017 Tour of Slovenia\nThe race was decided on the race's queen stage, with the top-three stage placings taking the final podium positions. Rafa\u0142 Majka (Bora\u2013Hansgrohe) won both the general and mountains classification, by taking first place at the summit finish in Rogla. He won the race by seven seconds overall, from Bahrain\u2013Merida's Giovanni Visconti, while a further ten seconds in arrears was Jack Haig of Orica\u2013Scott; having finished second in 2016, Haig completed the podium in 2017.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [21, 21], "content_span": [22, 490]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273072-0002-0000", "contents": "2017 Tour of Slovenia\nIn the race's other classifications, Majka's teammate Sam Bennett won the points classification in a three-way tiebreak with Luka Mezgec (Orica\u2013Scott) and Sonny Colbrelli (Bahrain\u2013Merida), as Bennett won two stages during the race; Tadej Poga\u010dar (Rog\u2013Ljubljana) was the winner of the under-23 young rider classification in fifth place overall, while Nippo\u2013Vini Fantini were the winners of the teams classification.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [21, 21], "content_span": [22, 436]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273072-0003-0000", "contents": "2017 Tour of Slovenia, Participating teams\nEighteen teams were initially announced for the 2017 edition, but a 19th team\u00a0\u2013 Amplatz\u2013BMC\u00a0\u2013 was added a month before the race.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 42], "content_span": [43, 171]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273072-0004-0000", "contents": "2017 Tour of Slovenia, Classification leadership table\nIn the 2017 Tour of Slovenia, four different jerseys were awarded. The general classification was calculated by adding each cyclist's finishing times on each stage, and allowing time bonuses for the first three finishers at intermediate sprints (three seconds to first, two seconds to second and one second to third) and at the finish of mass-start stages; these were awarded to the first three finishers on all stages: the stage winner won a ten-second bonus, with six and four seconds for the second and third riders respectively. The leader of the classification received a green jersey; it was considered the most important of the 2017 Tour of Slovenia, and the winner of the classification was considered the winner of the race.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 54], "content_span": [55, 788]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273072-0005-0000", "contents": "2017 Tour of Slovenia, Classification leadership table\nAdditionally, there was a points classification, which awarded a red jersey. In the points classification, cyclists received points for finishing in the top 15 in a stage. For winning a stage, a rider earned 25\u00a0points, with 20 for second, 16 for third, 14 for fourth, 12 for fifth, 10 for sixth and a point fewer per place down to 1 point for 15th place. Points towards the classification could also be accrued\u00a0\u2013 awarded on a 5\u20133\u20131 scale\u00a0\u2013 at intermediate sprint points during each stage; these intermediate sprints also offered bonus seconds towards the general classification as noted above.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 54], "content_span": [55, 648]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273072-0006-0000", "contents": "2017 Tour of Slovenia, Classification leadership table\nThere was also a mountains classification, the leadership of which was marked by a blue jersey. In the mountains classification, points towards the classification were won by reaching the top of a climb before other cyclists. Each climb was categorised as either first, second, or third-category, with more points available for the higher-categorised climbs. The fourth and final jersey represented the classification for young riders, marked by a white jersey. This was decided the same way as the general classification, but only riders born after 1 January 1995 were eligible to be ranked in the classification. There was also a classification for teams, in which the times of the best three cyclists per team on each stage were added together; the leading team at the end of the race was the team with the lowest total time.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 54], "content_span": [55, 883]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273072-0007-0000", "contents": "2017 Tour of Slovenia, Classification leadership table\nBest young rider (under 23 years) by time was awarded with white jersey.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 54], "content_span": [55, 127]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273073-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 Tour of Utah\nThe 2017 Tour of Utah was a seven-stage road cycling race held from July 31 to August 6, 2017, and the 13th edition of the Tour of Utah. It was rated as a 2.HC on the 2017 UCI America Tour. The race was won by Rob Britton of Rally Cycling.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 17], "section_span": [17, 17], "content_span": [18, 257]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273073-0001-0000", "contents": "2017 Tour of Utah, Teams\nSixteen teams entered the race. Each team had a maximum of eight riders:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 17], "section_span": [19, 24], "content_span": [25, 97]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273074-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 Tour of the Alps\nThe 2017 Tour of the Alps was a road cycling stage race that took place in Austria and Italy between 17 and 21 April 2017. It was the 41st edition of the renamed Giro del Trentino and was rated as a 2.HC event as part of the 2017 UCI Europe Tour.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [21, 21], "content_span": [22, 268]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273074-0001-0000", "contents": "2017 Tour of the Alps\nTeam Sky and one of its riders won the overall classification for the third year in succession, as Geraint Thomas became the first British rider to win the race. Thomas won the third stage of the race, taking the leader's fuchsia jersey as a result, and ultimately won by seven seconds ahead of Thibaut Pinot (FDJ), who finished all five stages within the top-five, including a stage win on the final day. The podium was completed by AG2R La Mondiale's Domenico Pozzovivo, a further thirteen seconds in arrears of Pinot.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [21, 21], "content_span": [22, 542]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273074-0002-0000", "contents": "2017 Tour of the Alps\nIn the race's other classifications, Androni\u2013Sidermec\u2013Bottecchia rider Egan Bernal took the young rider classification on the final day from Cannondale\u2013Drapac's Hugh Carthy; Alexander Foliforov (Gazprom\u2013RusVelo) and Pascal Ackermann (Bora\u2013Hansgrohe) led from start-to-finish as they won the mountains and sprints classifications respectively, while the teams classification was won by the BMC Racing Team.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [21, 21], "content_span": [22, 427]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273074-0003-0000", "contents": "2017 Tour of the Alps\nThis had been the last race of Michele Scarponi, that died the following day while training near home.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [21, 21], "content_span": [22, 124]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273074-0004-0000", "contents": "2017 Tour of the Alps, Route\nIn October 2016, it was announced that the race would expand from four to five days. The route for the race was announced on 17 February 2017.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 28], "content_span": [29, 171]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273074-0005-0000", "contents": "2017 Tour of the Alps, Route\nThe second stage, initially scheduled to be run over 195.8\u00a0km (122\u00a0mi), and to start in Innsbruck, was shortened due to snow. The third stage was also shortened due to snow; from 143.1\u00a0km (89\u00a0mi), to 137.5\u00a0km (85\u00a0mi) but remaining at its scheduled start and finish locations.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 28], "content_span": [29, 304]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273074-0006-0000", "contents": "2017 Tour of the Alps, Teams\nOn 17 February 2017, the race's eighteen competing teams were announced at the Biathlon World Championships 2017 in Hochfilzen, Austria. These included seven UCI WorldTeams, seven UCI Professional Continental teams, three UCI Continental teams and an Italian national team.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 28], "content_span": [29, 302]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273074-0007-0000", "contents": "2017 Tour of the Alps, Classification leadership table\nIn the 2017 Tour of the Alps, four different jerseys were awarded. The general classification was calculated by adding each cyclist's finishing times on each stage. Time bonuses were awarded to the first three finishers on all stages: the stage winner won a ten-second bonus, with six and four seconds for the second and third riders respectively. The leader of the general classification received a fuchsia jersey; this classification was considered the most important of the 2017 Tour of the Alps, and the winner of the classification was considered the winner of the race.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 54], "content_span": [55, 630]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273074-0008-0000", "contents": "2017 Tour of the Alps, Classification leadership table\nThe second classification was the sprints classification, the leader of which was awarded a red jersey. In the sprints classification, riders received points for finishing in the top three at intermediate sprint points during each stage. Points were awarded on a 6\u20134\u20132 scale for the first four stages, while the points were doubled for the final stage.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 54], "content_span": [55, 407]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273074-0009-0000", "contents": "2017 Tour of the Alps, Classification leadership table\nThere was also a mountains classification, for which points were awarded for reaching the top of a climb before other riders. Each of the ten climbs were categorised as either first, second, or third-category, with more points available for the more difficult, higher-categorised climbs. For first-category climbs, the top five riders earned points; on the other climbs, only the top three riders earned points. The leadership of the mountains classification was marked by a green jersey.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 54], "content_span": [55, 543]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273074-0010-0000", "contents": "2017 Tour of the Alps, Classification leadership table\nThe fourth jersey represented the young rider classification, marked by a white jersey. Only riders born after 1 January 1994 were eligible; the young rider best placed in the general classification was the leader of the young rider classification. There was also a classification for teams, in which the times of the best three cyclists in a team on each stage were added together; the leading team at the end of the race was the team with the lowest cumulative time.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 54], "content_span": [55, 523]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273075-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 Tour of the Basque Country\nThe 2017 Tour of the Basque Country was a road cycling stage race that took place between 3 and 8 April. It was the 57th edition of the Tour of the Basque Country and was the fourteenth event of the 2017 UCI World Tour.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [31, 31], "content_span": [32, 251]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273075-0001-0000", "contents": "2017 Tour of the Basque Country\nThe race was won for the first time by Alejandro Valverde of the Movistar Team, who took the race lead on the penultimate day after winning the queen stage in Eibar, before further extending the lead by finishing second in the final-day individual time trial; Valverde's finishes on those stages aided him to take the points classification from Team Sunweb's Michael Matthews at the death. Valverde finished 17 seconds clear of four-time race winner Alberto Contador (Trek\u2013Segafredo) while the all-Spanish podium was completed by the national time trial champion, Ion Izagirre, a further four seconds in arrears of Contador for the Bahrain\u2013Merida team.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [31, 31], "content_span": [32, 684]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273075-0002-0000", "contents": "2017 Tour of the Basque Country\nIn the race's other classifications, Cannondale\u2013Drapac's Alex Howes won the polka-dot jersey as winner of the mountains classification, Llu\u00eds Mas (Caja Rural\u2013Seguros RGA) was the winner of the intermediate sprints classification while Bahrain\u2013Merida won the teams classification.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [31, 31], "content_span": [32, 311]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273075-0003-0000", "contents": "2017 Tour of the Basque Country, Route\nThe full route of the 2017 Tour of the Basque Country was announced on 23 March 2017.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 38], "content_span": [39, 124]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273075-0004-0000", "contents": "2017 Tour of the Basque Country, Participating teams\nAs the Tour of the Basque Country was a UCI World Tour event, all eighteen UCI WorldTeams were invited automatically and were obliged to enter a team in the race. Two UCI Professional Continental teams \u2013 Cofidis and Caja Rural\u2013Seguros RGA \u2013 were awarded wildcard places, bringing the number of teams to twenty. As each team included eight riders, a total of 160 riders started the first stage.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 52], "content_span": [53, 446]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273075-0005-0000", "contents": "2017 Tour of the Basque Country, Classification leadership table\nIn the 2017 Tour of the Basque Country, four different jerseys were awarded. For the general classification, calculated by adding each cyclist's finishing times on each stage, the leader received a yellow jersey. This classification was considered the most important of the 2017 Tour of the Basque Country, and the winner of the classification was considered the winner of the race.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 64], "content_span": [65, 447]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273075-0006-0000", "contents": "2017 Tour of the Basque Country, Classification leadership table\nAdditionally, there was a points classification, which awarded a white jersey. In the points classification, cyclists received points for finishing in the top 15 in a stage. For winning a stage, a rider earned 25\u00a0points, with 20 for second, 16 for third, 14 for fourth, 12 for fifth, 10 for sixth with a point fewer per place down to a single point for 15th place. There was also a sprints classification for the points awarded at intermediate sprints on each stage (except for the time trial stage) \u2013 awarded on a 3\u20132\u20131 scale \u2013 where the leadership of which was marked by a blue jersey.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 64], "content_span": [65, 652]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273075-0007-0000", "contents": "2017 Tour of the Basque Country, Classification leadership table\nThe fourth jersey represented the mountains classification, marked by a white and red polka-dot jersey. Points for this classification were won by the first riders to the top of each categorised climb, with more points available for the higher-categorised climbs. There was also a classification for teams, in which the times of the best three cyclists per team on each stage were added together; the leading team at the end of the race was the team with the lowest total time.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 64], "content_span": [65, 542]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273076-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 Touring Car Endurance Series\nThe 2017 Touring Car Endurance Series powered by Hankook was the second season of the Touring Car Endurance Series (TCES). Creventic was the organiser and promoter of the series.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [33, 33], "content_span": [34, 212]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273076-0001-0000", "contents": "2017 Touring Car Endurance Series, Entry list\nLMS Racing powered by Bas Koeten NKPP Racing by Bas Koeten Racing Bas Koeten Racing powered by Kawasaki Bas Koeten Racing", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 45], "content_span": [46, 167]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273077-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 Touring Car Masters\nThe 2017 Touring Car Masters was an Australian motor racing series for touring cars manufactured between 1 January 1963 and 31 December 1978. It was the eleventh running of the Touring Car Masters series. Each car was allocated into one the following classes: Pro Masters, Pro Am, Pro Sports, IROC (Porsche), Trans Am.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [24, 24], "content_span": [25, 343]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273077-0001-0000", "contents": "2017 Touring Car Masters\nThe series was won by Steven Johnson driving a Ford Mustang. Johnson also won the Pro Masters class with Adam Bressington (Chevrolet Camaro) winning Pro Am and Darren Beale (Holden Monaro GTS) winning Pro Sports.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [24, 24], "content_span": [25, 237]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273077-0002-0000", "contents": "2017 Touring Car Masters, Race calendar\nThe series was contested over seven rounds. Rounds included Series Races and non-points Dometic Trophy Races (indicated below with TR).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 39], "content_span": [40, 175]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273078-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 Tournament of Nations\nThe 2017 Tournament of Nations was the inaugural Tournament of Nations, an international women's football tournament, consisting of a series of friendly games. It was held in the United States, from July 27 to August 3, 2017, and featured four teams.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [26, 26], "content_span": [27, 277]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273078-0001-0000", "contents": "2017 Tournament of Nations, Format\nThe tournament featured the national teams of Australia, Brazil, Japan, and the hosts, the United States, competing in a round-robin format, with each team playing every other once. Three points are awarded for a win, one for a draw, and none for a loss. Current FIFA Ranking is important, as it is one of the tie-breaking criteria.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 34], "content_span": [35, 367]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273078-0002-0000", "contents": "2017 Tournament of Nations, Venues\nThree cities along the west coast served as the venues for the tournament.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 34], "content_span": [35, 109]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273078-0003-0000", "contents": "2017 Tournament of Nations, Goalscorers\n26 goals were scored in 6 matches, for an average of 4.33 goals per matches.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 39], "content_span": [40, 116]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273078-0004-0000", "contents": "2017 Tournament of Nations, Television coverage\nThe ESPN family of networks carried all tournament games. Games were shown on ESPN, ESPN2, and ESPN3.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 47], "content_span": [48, 149]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273079-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 Tournament of Nations squads\nThis article lists the squads for the 2017 Tournament of Nations, the inaugural edition of the Tournament of Nations. The cup consisted of a series of friendly games, and was held in the United States from 27 July to 3 August 2017. The four national teams involved in the tournament registered a squad of 23 players.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [33, 33], "content_span": [34, 350]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273079-0001-0000", "contents": "2017 Tournament of Nations squads\nThe age listed for each player is on 27 July 2017, the first day of the tournament. The club listed is the club for which the player last played a competitive match prior to the tournament. The nationality for each club reflects the national association (not the league) to which the club is affiliated. A flag is included for coaches that are of a different nationality than their own national team.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [33, 33], "content_span": [34, 434]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273079-0002-0000", "contents": "2017 Tournament of Nations squads, Squads, Australia\nThe final squad was announced on 17 July 2017. Following the second match of the tournament, Lydia Williams suffered an injury and was replaced by Teagan Micah.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 52], "content_span": [53, 213]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273079-0003-0000", "contents": "2017 Tournament of Nations squads, Squads, Japan\nThe final squad was announced on 14 July 2017. On 21 July 2017, Kaede Nakamura withdrew due to injury and was replaced with Miho Manya.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 48], "content_span": [49, 184]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273080-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 Townsville 400\nThe 2017 Watpac Townsville 400 was a motor racing event for the Supercars Championship, held on the weekend of 7 to 9 July 2017. The event was held at Townsville Street Circuit near Townsville, Queensland and consisted of two races, both 200 kilometres in length. It is the seventh event of fourteen in the 2017 Supercars Championship and hosted Races 13 and 14 of the season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [19, 19], "content_span": [20, 396]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273080-0001-0000", "contents": "2017 Townsville 400, Background, Driver changes\nAaren Russell was drafted in to replace Cameron McConville at Lucas Dumbrell Motorsport.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 47], "content_span": [48, 136]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273081-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 Townsville Blackhawks season\nThe 2017 Townsville Blackhawks season was the third in the club's history. Coached by Kristian Woolf and captained by Daniel Beasley, they competed in the Intrust Super Cup and finished 6th, being eliminated in the first week of the finals.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [33, 33], "content_span": [34, 274]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273082-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 Towson Tigers football team\nThe 2017 Towson Tigers football team represented Towson University in the 2017 NCAA Division I FCS football season. They were led by ninth-year head coach Rob Ambrose and played their home games at Johnny Unitas Stadium. They were a member of the Colonial Athletic Association. They finished the season 5\u20136, 3\u20135 in CAA play to finish in a three-way tie for seventh place.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [32, 32], "content_span": [33, 404]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273083-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 Toyota Grand Prix of Long Beach\nThe 2017 Toyota Grand Prix of Long Beach was the second round of the 2017 IndyCar Series and the 43rd annual running of the Toyota Grand Prix of Long Beach. The race was contested over 85 laps on a temporary street circuit in Long Beach, California on April 9, 2017. H\u00e9lio Castroneves won the pole, while James Hinchcliffe won the race.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [36, 36], "content_span": [37, 373]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273083-0001-0000", "contents": "2017 Toyota Grand Prix of Long Beach, Report, Qualifying\nQualifying was held on Saturday, April 8, 2017. For the third consecutive year, H\u00e9lio Castroneves qualified on pole for the event, setting a new track record in the process with a lap of 1:06.2254, at an average speed of 106.98 mph (172.17 km/h). Scott Dixon qualified in second, while Ryan Hunter-Reay qualified third. Finishing the Fast Six were James Hinchcliffe, Alexander Rossi, and Graham Rahal. Defending race winner Simon Pagenaud was penalized for interfering with one of his teammate Castroneves' laps and was stripped of his two fastest laps in the session, relegating him to last place on the grid.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 56], "content_span": [57, 667]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273083-0002-0000", "contents": "2017 Toyota Grand Prix of Long Beach, Report, Race\nThe race was held on Sunday, April 9. At the start of the race, pole sitter H\u00e9lio Castroneves timed the start poorly and immediately dropped five positions. Scott Dixon led the race into turn one, with James Hinchcliffe and Ryan Hunter-Reay behind. As the field worked the first turns of the race, Charlie Kimball and Will Power came together in turn four, sending both cars into the wall and bringing out the race's first caution period. Kimball was forced to retire from the race from the damage, while Power was able to continue on after a front wing change.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 50], "content_span": [51, 612]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273083-0003-0000", "contents": "2017 Toyota Grand Prix of Long Beach, Report, Race\nWhen racing resumed, Dixon continued to hold the lead, while Hunter-Reay managed to slip past Hinchcliffe for second position. By lap 10, pit stops began to occur amongst drivers further back, including Mikhail Aleshin, Tony Kanaan, and the Andretti Autosport teammates Takuma Sato and Marco Andretti. Shortly after the stops, however, Andretti began to slow and eventually pulled off course and retired from the race. Race leader Dixon would make his pit stop shortly after this on lap 16, handing the lead to Hunter-Reay. The remaining front runners, committed to a two-stop strategy, remained on course longer, with Hinchcliffe and Alexander Rossi being the first to peel off on lap 28. By the time the pit sequence ended on lap 31, Dixon regained the lead, with Hunter-Reay following in second.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 50], "content_span": [51, 849]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273083-0004-0000", "contents": "2017 Toyota Grand Prix of Long Beach, Report, Race\nDixon, on his three-stop strategy, pitted again on lap 41, once again handing the lead to Hunter-Reay. Dixon was able to make significant ground on the leaders on his new tires and, as they came into the pits around lap 55, he resumed the lead with ease. After the cycle, Hinchcliffe managed to get ahead of Hunter-Reay. However, up front, a battle for the lead began brewing as Josef Newgarden managed to move into second place and put pressure on Dixon.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 50], "content_span": [51, 506]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273083-0004-0001", "contents": "2017 Toyota Grand Prix of Long Beach, Report, Race\nOn lap 60, however, he and his teammate Castroneves pitted, with Dixon following them in a lap latter, elevating Hinchcliffe to the race lead. During the sequence, Newgarden managed to get around Dixon. On lap 64, the complexion of the race suddenly changed, as Rossi suddenly ground to a halt on course, bringing out the race's second caution period with 21 laps remaining.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 50], "content_span": [51, 425]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273083-0005-0000", "contents": "2017 Toyota Grand Prix of Long Beach, Report, Race\nAt the restart, the running order was Hinchcliffe, Hunter-Reay, S\u00e9bastien Bourdais, Newgarden, and Dixon. Hinchcliffe was able to manage to pull out a lead on Hunter-Reay, but shortly thereafter, Hunter-Reay began to pull him back. Further back, a clash between Mikhail Aleshin and Tony Kanaan resulted in a puncture for Kanaan, dropping him down the order. Also in this time frame, Takuma Sato suddenly slowed on course and brought his car to a halt on an access lane.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 50], "content_span": [51, 520]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273083-0006-0000", "contents": "2017 Toyota Grand Prix of Long Beach, Report, Race\nWith five laps to go, second place Hunter-Reay suddenly slowed and stopped on course, bringing out the race's third and final caution period. Hunter-Reay's retirement meant that all four Andretti Autosport cars would fail to reach the end due to mechanical or electrical issues. S\u00e9bastien Bourdais, running a quiet but steady race, suddenly moved into second, while Newgarden was boosted into third.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 50], "content_span": [51, 450]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273083-0006-0001", "contents": "2017 Toyota Grand Prix of Long Beach, Report, Race\nOn the restart Hinchcliffe was able to pull out a sizable lead on the front straight, securing his position for the short run to the end, and crossed the line 1.5 seconds ahead of Bourdais to take his first victory since the 2015 season and his first since his near fatal crash during practice for the 2015 Indianapolis 500. Third place went to Newgarden, fourth to Dixon, and fifth Simon Pagenaud, who quietly moved his way up from the rear of the field to take a respectable finish. Rookie Ed Jones finished in sixth. As a result of the finish, Bourdais was able to extend his points lead in the championship, while Hinchcliffe moved into second place.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 50], "content_span": [51, 705]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273083-0007-0000", "contents": "2017 Toyota Grand Prix of Long Beach, Report, Race\nFollowing a last lap incident with Mikhail Aleshin, J. R. Hildebrand was found to have broken a bone in his left hand. He was not cleared to resume driving for the following race at Barber Motorsports Park.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 50], "content_span": [51, 257]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273083-0008-0000", "contents": "2017 Toyota Grand Prix of Long Beach, Results, Race\nNotes: Points include 1 point for leading at least 1 lap during a race, an additional 2 points for leading the most race laps, and 1 point for Pole Position.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 51], "content_span": [52, 209]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273084-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 Toyota Owners 400\nThe 2017 Toyota Owners 400 was a Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series race held on April 30, 2017, at Richmond International Raceway in Richmond, Virginia. Contested over 400 laps on the 0.75 mile (1.2\u00a0km) asphalt short track, it was the ninth race of the 2017 Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [22, 22], "content_span": [23, 320]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273084-0001-0000", "contents": "2017 Toyota Owners 400\nJoey Logano won the race, his 18th career win in the Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series, having done it from the rear of the field. This race was his 300th Cup Series start. However, on May 4, 2017, due to a rear suspension issue, Logano's win was encumbered. It did not count as a ticket to the Playoffs, which ultimately cost Logano a berth in the post-season, since he did not win again during the regular season nor point his way in.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [22, 22], "content_span": [23, 458]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273084-0002-0000", "contents": "2017 Toyota Owners 400, Report, Background\nRichmond International Raceway (RIR) is a 3/4-mile (1.2\u00a0km), D-shaped, asphalt race track located just outside Richmond, Virginia in Henrico County. It hosts the Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series and Xfinity Series. Known as \"America's premier short track\", it formerly hosted a NASCAR Camping World Truck Series race, an IndyCar Series race, and two USAC sprint car races.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 42], "content_span": [43, 415]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273084-0003-0000", "contents": "2017 Toyota Owners 400, First practice\nMartin Truex, Jr. was the fastest in the first practice session with a time of 21.743 seconds and a speed of 124.178\u00a0mph (199.845\u00a0km/h).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 38], "content_span": [39, 175]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273084-0004-0000", "contents": "2017 Toyota Owners 400, Qualifying\nMatt Kenseth scored the pole for the race with a time of 22.300 and a speed of 121.076\u00a0mph (194.853\u00a0km/h).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 34], "content_span": [35, 141]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273084-0005-0000", "contents": "2017 Toyota Owners 400, Practice (post-qualifying), Second practice\nErik Jones was the fastest in the second practice session with a time of 22.367 seconds and a speed of 120.714\u00a0mph (194.270\u00a0km/h).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 67], "content_span": [68, 198]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273084-0006-0000", "contents": "2017 Toyota Owners 400, Practice (post-qualifying), Final practice\nKyle Larson was the fastest in the final practice session with a time of 22.675 seconds and a speed of 119.074\u00a0mph (191.631\u00a0km/h).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 66], "content_span": [67, 197]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273084-0007-0000", "contents": "2017 Toyota Owners 400, Race, First stage\nMatt Kenseth led the field to the green flag at 2:16\u00a0p.m. Erik Jones made contact with Kasey Kahne exiting Turn 2 on the first lap, leading to a left-front tire cut and slamming the wall on the seventh lap of the race. Jones, after being released from the infield care center, said he and Kahne, were \"three-wide right on the start and then the 5 ran us up into the fence. I was trying not to wreck everybody and then a couple laps later the GameStop Prey Toyota Camry cut a left-front tire. It\u2019s just really a heartbreaking day. It\u2019s not what we wanted, but we\u2019ll just have to come back next week with another fast race car and try to run up front again.\u201d He went on to finish last.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 41], "content_span": [42, 725]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273084-0008-0000", "contents": "2017 Toyota Owners 400, Race, First stage\nThe race restarted on lap 12. The second caution flew on lap 65 when Ricky Stenhouse Jr. made contact with the wall in Turn 3. Chris Buescher, Kyle Busch and Dale Earnhardt Jr. restarted from the tail-end of the field for speeding.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 41], "content_span": [42, 273]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273084-0009-0000", "contents": "2017 Toyota Owners 400, Race, First stage\nThe race restarted on lap 72. Kenseth won the first stage and the third caution flew for the conclusion of the first stage.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 41], "content_span": [42, 165]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273084-0010-0000", "contents": "2017 Toyota Owners 400, Race, Second stage\nThe race restarted on lap 110. Brad Keselowski passed Kenseth on the backstretch to take the lead on lap 164, won the second stage and the fourth caution flew for the conclusion of the second stage. Denny Hamlin exited pit road with the race lead. Jimmie Johnson restarted from the tail-end of the field for an uncontrolled tire.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 42], "content_span": [43, 372]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273084-0011-0000", "contents": "2017 Toyota Owners 400, Race, Final stage\nThe race restarted on lap 212 and Hamlin lost the lead to Keselowski on the restart. Kevin Harvick passed Keselowski for the lead with 170 laps to go. Keselowski drove past Harvick on the outside exiting Turn 2 to retake the lead with 162 to go. Debris in the restart zone, a towel, brought out the fifth caution with 150 to go. Hamlin exited pit road with the race lead Kasey Kahne restarted the race from the tail-end of the field for speeding.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 41], "content_span": [42, 488]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273084-0012-0000", "contents": "2017 Toyota Owners 400, Race, Final stage\nThe race restarted with 144 to go. Keselowski edged out Hamlin at the start/finish line to retake the lead with 113 to go. A number of cars hit pit road with 84 to go to start a cycle of green flag pit stops. Keselowski pitted from the lead with 81 to go, giving it to Ryan Newman. Exiting pit road with 57 to go, Johnson slammed into teammate Earnhardt exiting Turn 2 and brought out the sixth caution. Earnhardt told reporters after the race that Johnson \"said he didn\u2019t see us.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 41], "content_span": [42, 522]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273084-0012-0001", "contents": "2017 Toyota Owners 400, Race, Final stage\nWe were out there running around the top and weren\u2019t ready to pit yet, and he said that he didn\u2019t get any notice that there was a car on the outside. \u2026 Jimmie didn\u2019t know I was there. Came off the corner and didn\u2019t know I was there. It was an explosion. But the car held up pretty well.\u201d Johnson said after the race that he was trying to decipher \"if I just didn't hear it being told to me or if it wasn't told to me. It's still terrible, obviously. Man, I'm surprised our cars kept rolling after that because I just body-slammed him into the wall. And I could have easily not heard the clear or something else happened. I don't know. But that's the last thing you want to happen with a teammate.\u201d", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 41], "content_span": [42, 739]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273084-0013-0000", "contents": "2017 Toyota Owners 400, Race, Final stage\nThe race restarted with 51 to go. With 43 laps to go, Earnhardt suffered a left-rear tire cut and spun out in Turn 3, bringing out the seventh caution. During the caution, Ty Dillon spun out entering Turn 3 in front of Clint Bowyer. Hamlin exited pit road with the race lead.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 41], "content_span": [42, 317]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273084-0014-0000", "contents": "2017 Toyota Owners 400, Race, Final stage\nThe race restarted with 39 to go and Keselowski took the lead on the ensuing lap. Kenseth made contact with Chase Elliott in Turn 1 and his right-rear tire went flat with 38 to go. Debris brought out the eighth caution with 33 to go. Keselowski and Logano stayed out while the rest of the drivers pitted. Martin Truex Jr. restarted from the tail-end of the field for a commitment line violation.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 41], "content_span": [42, 437]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273084-0015-0000", "contents": "2017 Toyota Owners 400, Race, Final stage\nThe race restarted with 30 to go and Joey Logano passed Keselowski exiting Turn 2 on the ensuing lap to take the lead. The ninth caution flew with 24 to go when Ryan Blaney made contact with Kurt Busch exiting Turn 2, suffered a cut left-rear tire, spun out and slammed the wall in Turn 3. Kyle Larson opted not to pit and assumed the lead. Kyle Busch, commitment line violation, and Elliott, uncontrolled tire, restarted the race from the tail-end of the field for pit road infractions.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 41], "content_span": [42, 529]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273084-0016-0000", "contents": "2017 Toyota Owners 400, Race, Final stage\nThe race restarted with 20 to go. Logano passed Larson with 17 to go and drove on to score the victory.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 41], "content_span": [42, 145]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273084-0017-0000", "contents": "2017 Toyota Owners 400, Race, Post-race, Driver comments\nLogano said in victory lane it was \"nice to break through and get our first points win of the year, that being on the 300th start. For me personally, it was kind of a cool milestone to hit and drive into victory lane with that, too.\u201d", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 56], "content_span": [57, 290]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273084-0018-0000", "contents": "2017 Toyota Owners 400, Race, Post-race, Driver comments\nHamlin, who finished a season best third, said after the race that third \"was about as good as we had. You know, we just didn't have the speed that the other cars had. We talked about that Friday during media. But we optimized our day. It's the best we could do. We finished right where we should have.\u201d", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 56], "content_span": [57, 360]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273084-0019-0000", "contents": "2017 Toyota Owners 400, Race, Post-race, Driver comments\nStenhouse, who rebounded from hitting the wall early in the race to finish fourth, said he \"had to fight hard for this top-five. I made a mistake early. I thought we had a car capable of running in the top five a lot. I got loose into [Turn] 3 and got into the fence and had to play catchup from there.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 56], "content_span": [57, 360]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273084-0020-0000", "contents": "2017 Toyota Owners 400, Media, Television\nFox Sports covered their 17th race at the Richmond International Raceway. Mike Joy, two-time Richmond winner Jeff Gordon and six-time Richmond winner Darrell Waltrip had the call in the booth for the race. Chris Neville, Vince Welch and Matt Yocum handled the pit road duties for the television side.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 41], "content_span": [42, 342]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273084-0021-0000", "contents": "2017 Toyota Owners 400, Media, Radio\nMRN had the radio call for the race which will also be simulcast on Sirius XM NASCAR Radio. Joe Moore, Jeff Striegle and six-time Richmond winner Rusty Wallace called the race in the booth when the field raced down the frontstretch. Mike Bagley called the race from a platform inside the backstretch when the field raced down the backstretch. Winston Kelley, Alex Hayden and Glenn Jarrett worked pit road for the radio side.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 36], "content_span": [37, 461]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273085-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 Toyota Premier Cup\nThe 2017 Toyota Premier Cup was the 7th Toyota Premier Cup. It's a single-game cup competition organized by the Toyota and Football Association of Thailand. It features SCG Muangthong United the winners of the 2016 Thai League Cup and Sanfrecce Hiroshima as an invited team from the 2016 J1 League (Japan). Competition features at National Stadium, Bangkok and sponsored by Toyota Motor (Thailand) Co., Ltd.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [23, 23], "content_span": [24, 432]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273085-0001-0000", "contents": "2017 Toyota Premier Cup, Match, Details\nAssistant referees: Park In-sun Bang Ki-yeolFourth official: Chaireag NgamsomMatch Commissioner: Weerayut SirisapReferee Assessor: Sakdarin SuwanjiraGeneral Coordinator: Ekapol PolnaveeMedia Officer: Anuwat Phandinthong", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 39], "content_span": [40, 266]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273086-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 Toyota Racing Series\nThe 2017 Castrol Toyota Racing Series was the thirteenth running of the Toyota Racing Series, the premier open-wheel motorsport category held in New Zealand. The series consisted of fifteen races at five meetings. It began on 14 January at Ruapuna Park in Christchurch, and concluded on 12 February with the 62nd running of the New Zealand Grand Prix, at Circuit Chris Amon in Feilding. Lando Norris was the defending drivers' champion but decided not to compete, concentrating on his European Formula Three campaign, whilst M2 Competition were the defending teams champions.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [25, 25], "content_span": [26, 601]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273086-0001-0000", "contents": "2017 Toyota Racing Series\nThomas Randle became the first Australian to win the Toyota Racing Series when he clinched the title by five points over Pedro Piquet. In third place overall and the best-placed rookie was Red Bull Junior driver, Richard Verschoor, who led most of the championship through strong, consistent performances. The best-placed Kiwi would be rookie and Ferrari Driver Academy driver, Marcus Armstrong; beating out his other countrymen - Taylor Cockerton and Brendon Leitch.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [25, 25], "content_span": [26, 493]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273086-0002-0000", "contents": "2017 Toyota Racing Series, Teams and drivers\nA new team, MTEC Motorsport made their debut this season. In December 2016, the grid was finalized as follows:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 44], "content_span": [45, 155]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273086-0003-0000", "contents": "2017 Toyota Racing Series, Race calendar and results\nThe calendar for the series was announced on 12 July 2016, and was held over five successive weekends in January and February.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 52], "content_span": [53, 179]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273086-0004-0000", "contents": "2017 Toyota Racing Series, Championship standings\nIn order for a driver to score championship points, they have to complete at least 75% of the race winner's distance, and be running at the race's completion. All races counted towards the final championship standings.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 49], "content_span": [50, 268]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273087-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 Toyota/Save Mart 350\nThe 2017 Toyota/Save Mart 350 was a Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series race held on June 25, 2017 at Sonoma Raceway in Sonoma, California. Contested over 110 laps on the 1.99-mile (3.20\u00a0km) road course, it was the 16th race of the 2017 Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [25, 25], "content_span": [26, 300]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273087-0001-0000", "contents": "2017 Toyota/Save Mart 350, Report, Background\nSonoma Raceway, formerly Sears Point Raceway and Infineon Raceway is a 2.52-mile (4.06\u00a0km) road course and drag strip located on the landform known as Sears Point in the southern Sonoma Mountains in Sonoma, California, USA. The road course features 12 turns on a hilly course with 160 feet (49\u00a0m) of total elevation change. It is host to one of only two NASCAR Sprint Cup Series races each year that are run on road courses (the other being Watkins Glen International in Watkins Glen, New York).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 45], "content_span": [46, 541]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273087-0001-0001", "contents": "2017 Toyota/Save Mart 350, Report, Background\nIt is also host to the Verizon IndyCar Series and several other auto races and motorcycle races such as the American Federation of Motorcyclists series. Sonoma Raceway continues to host amateur, or club racing events which may or may not be open to the general public. The largest such car club is the Sports Car Club of America.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 45], "content_span": [46, 375]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273087-0002-0000", "contents": "2017 Toyota/Save Mart 350, Practice, First practice\nMartin Truex Jr. was the fastest in the first practice session with a time of 75.740 seconds and a speed of 94.587\u00a0mph (152.223\u00a0km/h).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 51], "content_span": [52, 186]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273087-0003-0000", "contents": "2017 Toyota/Save Mart 350, Practice, Final practice\nKyle Larson was the fastest in the final practice session with a time of 75.899 seconds and a speed of 94.389\u00a0mph (151.904\u00a0km/h).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 51], "content_span": [52, 181]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273087-0004-0000", "contents": "2017 Toyota/Save Mart 350, Qualifying\nKyle Larson scored the pole for the race with a time of 75.177 and a speed of 95.295\u00a0mph (153.362\u00a0km/h).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 37], "content_span": [38, 142]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273087-0005-0000", "contents": "2017 Toyota/Save Mart 350, Race, First stage\nKyle Larson led the field to the green flag at 3:22 p.m. With Sonoma Raceway being a more technical (rhythm) road course, brake usage is rather heavy, especially going into the 90\u00b0 hairpin Turn 11. A few drivers locked up the brakes going into the turn in the early laps, including Daniel Su\u00e1rez, who was making his first ever start at Sonoma. He flat-spotted his tires on the second lap and made an unscheduled stop the following lap to replace them. Two laps later, teammate Kyle Busch did the same.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 44], "content_span": [45, 546]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273087-0005-0001", "contents": "2017 Toyota/Save Mart 350, Race, First stage\nBy the ninth lap, Martin Truex Jr. caught Larson and set him up for a pass heading into Turn 11 to take the race lead. Caution flew for the first time on lap 14 when Dale Earnhardt Jr. locked up his brakes and his car spun counter-clockwise, sending him through the hairpin and into the path of cars ahead, causing slight damage to Danica Patrick. Larson also suffered minor damage when he clipped Earnhardt. Chris Buescher took over the race lead because he opted not to pit under the caution.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 44], "content_span": [45, 539]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273087-0006-0000", "contents": "2017 Toyota/Save Mart 350, Race, First stage\nThe race restarted on lap 17 and Buescher led for another lap before teammate A. J. Allmendinger, on fresher tires, out-braked him going into Turn 10 to take the lead. Truex worked his way up to him, passed him entering Turn 11 to retake the lead and drove on to win the first stage on lap 25. Caution flew moments later for the completion of the stage.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 44], "content_span": [45, 398]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273087-0007-0000", "contents": "2017 Toyota/Save Mart 350, Race, Second stage\nA lap after the ensuing restart on lap 30, Patrick (outside), Earnhardt (middle) and Larson (inside) tried to round Turn 4a three-wide, sending Earnhardt into the right-rear corner of Patrick and spinning her out into the path of Ricky Stenhouse Jr., who t-boned the drivers-side of her car. This brought out the third caution.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 45], "content_span": [46, 373]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273087-0008-0000", "contents": "2017 Toyota/Save Mart 350, Race, Second stage\nThe race resumed on lap 33. Going into Turn 11 on the same lap, Allmendinger was clipped by Larson and spun in the hairpin. He was clipped by Clint Bowyer, but the race remained green. A caution did fly five laps later, however, for a piece of sheet metal in Turn 11.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 45], "content_span": [46, 313]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273087-0009-0000", "contents": "2017 Toyota/Save Mart 350, Race, Second stage\nReturning to green on lap 40, a number of cars \u2013 including race leader Truex \u2013 opted to short-pit the end of the second stage to set them up for the end of the race and because they didn't pit under the first stage break. This handed the race lead to Jimmie Johnson, who drove on to win the second stage. Caution flew moments later for the completion of the stage. Denny Hamlin assumed the race lead by electing not to pit.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 45], "content_span": [46, 469]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273087-0010-0000", "contents": "2017 Toyota/Save Mart 350, Race, Final stage\nThe race restarted with 56 laps to go. With 47 to go, Busch took advantage of Hamlin's slip into Turn 11 to take the lead, only to allow Kevin Harvick to pass him unchallenged on the frontstretch two laps later. With 43 to go, Truex caught Harvick and out-braked him entering Turn 11 to retake the lead. On the following lap, cars were hitting pit road to make their final stop of the race. Truex did so with 40 to go, and a slow stop shuffled him behind Harvick in the running order. Jamie McMurray assumed the lead with 39 to go before pitting the next time around, handing the lead to Brad Keselowski, who was hoping for a caution.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 44], "content_span": [45, 679]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273087-0011-0000", "contents": "2017 Toyota/Save Mart 350, Race, Final stage\nShortly after his slow stop, Truex reported he was losing a cylinder (engine was failing). He was fading at first, but then reported the problem had subsided. He worked his way up to third before making an unscheduled stop with 24 to go and subsequently to the garage for an engine failure.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 44], "content_span": [45, 335]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273087-0012-0000", "contents": "2017 Toyota/Save Mart 350, Race, Final stage\nWith 24 to go, Harvick had closed the gap to Keselowski to 1.3 seconds. Two laps later, Harvick made the race-winning pass on Keselowski rounding Turn 7a and set sail. On the final lap, Kasey Kahne slammed the barriers on the frontstretch as Harvick was coming to the line. This ended the race under caution and Harvick, who had a nine-second lead over second-place Bowyer, drove on to victory.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 44], "content_span": [45, 439]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273087-0013-0000", "contents": "2017 Toyota/Save Mart 350, Media, Television\nFox NASCAR televised the race in the United States on FS1 for the third consecutive year. Mike Joy was the lap-by-lap announcer, while six-time Sonoma winner Jeff Gordon and Darrell Waltrip were the color commentators. Jamie Little, Chris Neville and Matt Yocum reported from pit lane during the race.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 44], "content_span": [45, 346]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273087-0014-0000", "contents": "2017 Toyota/Save Mart 350, Media, Radio\nRadio coverage of the race was broadcast by Performance Racing Network. PRN's broadcast of the race was simulcasted on Sirius XM NASCAR Radio. Doug Rice and Mark Garrow announced the race in the booth while the field was racing on the pit straight. Pat Patterson called the race from a stand outside of turn 2 when the field was racing up turns 2, 3 and 3a. Brad Gillie called the race from a stand outside of turn 7a when the field was racing through turns 4a and 7a.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 39], "content_span": [40, 508]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273087-0014-0001", "contents": "2017 Toyota/Save Mart 350, Media, Radio\nThe field came back into the view of the booth in turns 8 and 9. Rob Albright called the race from a billboard outside turn 11 when the field was racing through turns 10 and 11. Jeff Hammond, Brett McMillan, Jim Noble and Wendy Venturini reported from pit lane during the race.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 39], "content_span": [40, 317]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273088-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 Trail World Championships\nThe 2017 Trail World Championships was the 7th edition of the global trail running competition, Trail World Championships, organised by the International Association of Ultrarunners (IAU) and was held in Badia Prataglia (Italy), the 10 June 2017.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [30, 30], "content_span": [31, 277]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273089-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 Trampoline Gymnastics World Championships\nThe 32nd Trampoline Gymnastics World Championships were held in Sofia, Bulgaria, from November 9\u201312, 2017.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [46, 46], "content_span": [47, 153]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273090-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 Trans-Am Series\nThe 2017 Trans-Am Series was the 49th running of the Sports Car Club of America's Trans-Am Series, and consisted of 13 races. The Detroit race was for TA and TA2 only, and the Circuit of the Americas race was a shared race.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [20, 20], "content_span": [21, 244]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273090-0001-0000", "contents": "2017 Trans-Am Series\nThe rules set from the end of the 2016 season featured four classes: TA, TA2, TA3, and TA4 was retained for 2017.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [20, 20], "content_span": [21, 134]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273090-0002-0000", "contents": "2017 Trans-Am Series\nA separate \"West Coast\" championship with 3 races separate from the main championship and one round shared with the main championship, the race at Circuit of the Americas will be contested for the first time ever.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [20, 20], "content_span": [21, 234]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273090-0003-0000", "contents": "2017 Trans-Am Series, Schedule changes\nThe New Jersey Motorsports Park and Watkins Glen races moved from the spring to the fall while Homestead-Miami Speedway moved from the fall to the Spring. NOLA Motorsports Park was dropped from the schedule, while the series ran at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway road course for the first time, sharing a weekend with the Sportscar Vintage Racing Association.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 38], "content_span": [39, 399]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273090-0004-0000", "contents": "2017 Trans-Am Series, Television\nThe following events were televised on CBS Sports Network on a tape-delay basis:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 32], "content_span": [33, 113]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273091-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 Travelers Curling Club Championship\nThe 2017 Travelers Curling Club Championship was held from November 20 to 25 at the Cataraqui Golf and Country Club in Kingston, Ontario.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [40, 40], "content_span": [41, 178]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273092-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 Travelers Men's NOCA Provincials\nThe 2017 Travelers Northern Ontario Men's Provincial Championship, the \"provincial\" men's curling championship of Northern Ontario was held February 8\u201312 at the Fort William Curling Club in Thunder Bay, Ontario. The winning team Will represent Northern Ontario at the 2017 Tim Hortons Brier in St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [37, 37], "content_span": [38, 371]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273093-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 Tre Valli Varesine\nThe 2017 Tre Valli Varesine was the 97th edition of the Tre Valli Varesine road cycling one day race. It was held on 3 October 2017 as part of the 2017 UCI Europe Tour in category 1.HC, over a distance of 192.9\u00a0km, starting in Saronno and ending in Varese.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [23, 23], "content_span": [24, 280]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273093-0001-0000", "contents": "2017 Tre Valli Varesine\nThe race was won by Alexandre Geniez of AG2R La Mondiale.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [23, 23], "content_span": [24, 81]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273093-0002-0000", "contents": "2017 Tre Valli Varesine, Teams\nTwenty-four teams were invited to take part in the race. These included thirteen UCI WorldTeams, seven UCI Professional Continental teams and four UCI Continental teams.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 30], "content_span": [31, 200]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273094-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 Trek\u2013Segafredo season\nThe 2017 season for the Trek\u2013Segafredo cycling team began in January at the Tour Down Under. As a UCI WorldTeam, they were automatically invited and obligated to send a squad to every event in the UCI World Tour.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [26, 26], "content_span": [27, 239]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273095-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 Treviso Open\nThe 2017 Dynamic Treviso Open, was the fifth and final Euro Tour 9-Ball pool event in 2017. The event was won by Poland's Wiktor Zieli\u0144ski who defeated Austria's Mario He 9\u20131 in the final. This was Zielinski's first Euro Tour victory, as he became the youngest player to win a Euro Tour event, aged 16.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 17], "section_span": [17, 17], "content_span": [18, 320]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273095-0001-0000", "contents": "2017 Treviso Open\n2016 Treviso Open champion David Alcaide lost in the last 32 of the event against Maximilian Lechner.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 17], "section_span": [17, 17], "content_span": [18, 119]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273095-0002-0000", "contents": "2017 Treviso Open, Tournament format\nThe event saw a total of 142 players compete, in a double-elimination knockout tournament, until the last 32 stage; where the tournament was contested as single elimination.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 17], "section_span": [19, 36], "content_span": [37, 210]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273096-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 Trinidad and Tobago FA Trophy\nThe 2017 Trinidad and Tobago FA Trophy was the 86th season of the FA Trophy, which is the oldest football competition for teams in Trinidad and Tobago. North East Stars entered as the tournament's defending champion, who defeated W Connection 5-4 on penalties after a 0\u20130 in the 2014\u201315 final at Ato Boldon Stadium. The tournament began on 16 September with 64 teams competing in single elimination matches and will conclude with the final on 8 December. W Connection won their 5th FA Trophy after beating Police 3-1 in the final at the Ato Boldon Stadium.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [34, 34], "content_span": [35, 591]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273096-0001-0000", "contents": "2017 Trinidad and Tobago FA Trophy, Qualification\nThe 2017\u201318 FA Trophy will involve all ten Pro League clubs, twenty Super League sides, six each from the Northern FA, Eastern FA, Central FA, Southern FA, and five from the Tobago FA and the Eastern Counties Football Union (ECFU).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 49], "content_span": [50, 281]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273096-0002-0000", "contents": "2017 Trinidad and Tobago FA Trophy, Qualification\nThe following clubs qualified for the 83rd edition of the FA Trophy:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 49], "content_span": [50, 118]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273096-0003-0000", "contents": "2017 Trinidad and Tobago FA Trophy, Schedule\nThe schedule for the 2017\u201318 FA Trophy, as announced by the Trinidad and Tobago Football Association:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 44], "content_span": [45, 146]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273096-0004-0000", "contents": "2017 Trinidad and Tobago FA Trophy, Results\nAll matches were played over two 45 minute halves, and in the process if the match were drawn at the end of regulation time, penalty kicks will decide the outcome.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 43], "content_span": [44, 207]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273096-0005-0000", "contents": "2017 Trinidad and Tobago FA Trophy, Results, Round of 64\nThe draw for the most prestigious knockout tournament held by the Trinidad and Tobago Football Association was made on 22 August 2017 at its head office in the Ato Boldon Stadium with ties played on 16 and 17 of September 2017.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 56], "content_span": [57, 284]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273096-0006-0000", "contents": "2017 Trinidad and Tobago FA Trophy, Results, Round of 32\nThe matches of the Round of 32 are as follows and will be played from 1 to 5 October 2017.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 56], "content_span": [57, 147]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273096-0007-0000", "contents": "2017 Trinidad and Tobago FA Trophy, Results, Round of 16\nThe draws for the Round of 16 are as follows. Morvant Caledonia United made another leap towards a fourth FA Trophy by ousting fellow Pro League compatriots and defending champions North East Stars 4-1 on penalties following a 1-1 draw in one of six Round-of-16 clashes contested on Sunday. Connection, four-time former champions, edged Super League\u2019s Cunupia FC 3-2 in a fiery contest that saw three red cards, a missed penalty, a converted penalty, and a \u201cShowtime\u201d double at the Mannie Ramjohn Stadium.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 56], "content_span": [57, 562]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273096-0007-0001", "contents": "2017 Trinidad and Tobago FA Trophy, Results, Round of 16\nBut six-time former champions Defence Force, led by an uninterrupted hat-trick from Trinidad and Tobago attacking midfielder Hashim Arcia, made light work of Central 500 Spartans, trashing the Super League outfit 5-1 at Barataria Oval. Three-time former champions, Police FC, left it late against WASA FC\u2019s Eastern Football Association (EFA) side for a 2-1 win through goals by Elijah Belgrave and Kenaz Williams 89th and 92nd minutes to overturn a one-goal deficit at WASA Ground in St. Joseph after Theo Hosein had given the hosts the lead on 59 minutes. Elsewhere, Jabari Mitchell and Shaquille Dublin scored on either side of the break to earn 1969 champions Point Fortin Civic a 2-0 win over Police FC\u2019s Super League side at Police Barracks in St. James.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 56], "content_span": [57, 816]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273096-0008-0000", "contents": "2017 Trinidad and Tobago FA Trophy, Results, Quarterfinals\nFormer champions Morvant Caledonia United and Police FC, both of the Pro League, have booked their places into the 2017 FA Trophy semi-final round which is tentatively set November 26.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 58], "content_span": [59, 243]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273096-0009-0000", "contents": "2017 Trinidad and Tobago FA Trophy, Results, Quarterfinals\nMorvant Caledonia edged Super League side Club Sando Moruga 1-0 courtesy Kareem Joseph\u2019s late converted penalty before Police rallied from a goal down to beat rivals Defence Force 3-1 to complete the first quarter-final double-header at the Hasely Crawford Stadium training field on Tuesday afternoon. Neil Benjamin Jr. scored his 15th goal in all competitions this season to lift W Connection to a 1-0 win over Super League side Guaya United on Wednesday night to complete the last four of the 2017 FA Trophy.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 58], "content_span": [59, 569]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273096-0010-0000", "contents": "2017 Trinidad and Tobago FA Trophy, Results, Quarterfinals\nConnection, FA champions of 1999, 2000, 2002 and 2013-14, joined Pro League compatriots and former champions Morvant Caledonia United and Police FC, and 1976 FC Phoenix\u2014the last remaining team of 19 Super League clubs that were part of the competition this season\u2014into the semi-final round which is expected to be contested on November 26.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 58], "content_span": [59, 398]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273096-0011-0000", "contents": "2017 Trinidad and Tobago FA Trophy, Results, Semifinals\nW Connection and Police FC have set up an all-Pro League final of the 2017 FA Trophy on December 17 after comfortable semi-final wins yesterday over Tobago\u2019s 1976 FC Phoenix, 3-0, and Morvant Caledonia United, 5-1, respectively, at Ato Boldon Stadium.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 55], "content_span": [56, 307]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273096-0012-0000", "contents": "2017 Trinidad and Tobago FA Trophy, Results, Semifinals\nNeil Benjamin Jr. put four-time champions Connection ahead in just the fourth minute of the semi-final one against Phoenix before veteran attacker Hughtun Hector (26\u2019) and Suriname forward Dimitri Apai (75\u2019) sent the Tobagonians packing.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 55], "content_span": [56, 293]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273096-0013-0000", "contents": "2017 Trinidad and Tobago FA Trophy, Results, Semifinals\nLater, Kareem Freitas scored a hat-trick, netting in the 19th, 54th and 84th minutes at the Couva venue, interrupted by the break and a double from teammate Elijah Belgrave (47th & 51st minutes) to as the Lawmen dispatched three-time former champions Morvant Caledonia, who grabbed a consolation item in the 90th minute through Sedale Mc Lean.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 55], "content_span": [56, 399]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273096-0014-0000", "contents": "2017 Trinidad and Tobago FA Trophy, Results, Final\nW Connection celebrated a fifth FA Trophy, reuniting with the title they last won in 2014 after defeating 10-men Police FC 3-1 last night at the Home of Football, Ato Boldon Stadium in Couva to bring down the curtain on the 2017 season for top-flight clubs.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 50], "content_span": [51, 308]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273096-0015-0000", "contents": "2017 Trinidad and Tobago FA Trophy, Results, Final\nVeteran midfielder Hughtun Hector scored late on either side of the break to finish with a double and the eventual MVP award after Suriname international Dimitri Apai opened the 2017 final scoring for coach Stuart Charles-Fevrier\u2019s men.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 50], "content_span": [51, 287]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273096-0016-0000", "contents": "2017 Trinidad and Tobago FA Trophy, Results, Final\n\u201cIt\u2019s a great feeling; a Christmas feeling, to come away champions,\u201d said W Connection assistant coach Earl Jean after his team were crowned the $100,000 2017 FA Trophy champions.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 50], "content_span": [51, 230]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273097-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 Trinidad and Tobago League Cup\nThe 2017 Trinidad and Tobago League Cup (known for sponsorship reasons as the 2017 First Citizens Cup) was the eighteenth season of the First Citizens Cup, which is the league cup competition for Trinidad and Tobago teams competing in the TT Pro League. Defence Force entered as the cup holders having defeated Ma Pau Stars by a score of 1\u20130 in the 2016 final. First Citizens Bank changed the slogan to \"Where Winners Reign\" due to the amount of money that the winner of the tournament would obtain.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [35, 35], "content_span": [36, 535]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273097-0000-0001", "contents": "2017 Trinidad and Tobago League Cup\nTeams were drawn into numbers with respect to their position in the 2017 TT Pro League at the time of the draw. It means that teams from 7\u201310 in the league enter at the play-offs, while from 1\u20136 enter at the quarterfinal stage. W Connection were crowned 8-time champions after defeating Defence Force in the final.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [35, 35], "content_span": [36, 350]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273097-0001-0000", "contents": "2017 Trinidad and Tobago League Cup, Draw Numbers\nThe teams were drawn into their respective league position at the time of the draw.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 49], "content_span": [50, 133]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273097-0002-0000", "contents": "2017 Trinidad and Tobago League Cup, Results, Quarterfinals\nThe quarterfinals began with a double header at the Ato Boldon Stadium where Club Sando made a come from behind win against Morvant Caledonia United. It set the seen for an enthralling game between Defence Force and San Juan Jabloteh which ended 3-3 with 'the Army' advancing to the semis. A surprise result happened the following day with Point Fortin Civic knocking out North East Stars. The final game of the quarters was the 'Couva Classico' where 'The Savonetta Boys' beat Central to face Club Sando in the semis.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 59], "content_span": [60, 578]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273097-0003-0000", "contents": "2017 Trinidad and Tobago League Cup, Results, Semi-Finals\nGoalkeeper Andre Marchan epitomised the true heart-of-a-soldier when, limping through injury, he made three saves in a nail-biting penalty shootout against Point Fortin Civic on Friday night to put Defence Force one win away from successfully defending the First Citizens Cup. In a scintillating contest fit for a final, Defence Force surfaced 4-3 penalty winners over Civic following a dramatic 3-3 draw in semi-final one at the Ato Boldon Stadium, before Connection left it late to dispatch 10-men Club Sando 2-0 in semi-final two with a goal each from Neil Benjamin Jr. and substitute Daniel Diaz.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 57], "content_span": [58, 658]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273097-0004-0000", "contents": "2017 Trinidad and Tobago League Cup, Results, Final\nSuriname international Dimitrie Apai picked up the Final\u2019s MVP and Best Forward honours while his side W Connection celebrated a record-extending eighth First Citizens Cup by dethroning Defence Force 3-1 on Friday night at the Ato Boldon Stadium in Couva.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 51], "content_span": [52, 307]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273098-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 Trinidad and Tobago Pro Bowl\nThe 2017 Trinidad and Tobago Pro Bowl was the thirteenth season of the Digicel Pro Bowl, which is a knockout football tournament for Trinidad and Tobago teams competing in the TT Pro League. Defence Force entered as the cup holders having defeated W Connection by a score of 2\u20131 in the 2016 final. Defence Force won the tournament by 5-3 on penalty kicks over Central after a 2-2 draw at the final whistle.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [33, 33], "content_span": [34, 440]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273098-0001-0000", "contents": "2017 Trinidad and Tobago Pro Bowl, Qualification, Enter at quarterfinals\n1st. Central2nd. W Connection3rd. San Juan Jabloteh4th. Ma Pau Stars5th. Club Sando6th. Defence Force", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 72], "content_span": [73, 174]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273098-0002-0000", "contents": "2017 Trinidad and Tobago Pro Bowl, Qualification, Enter at Qualifiers\n7th. Police8th. St. Ann's Rangers9th. Morvant Caledonia United10th. Point Fortin Civic", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 69], "content_span": [70, 156]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273099-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 Tripura earthquake\nA magnitude 5.7 earthquake struck India 20\u00a0km (12\u00a0mi) east north-east of Ambassa in the state of Tripura on 3 January 2017 with a maximum observed intensity of 6-7 EMS. It struck at 2:39\u00a0pm local time (09:09 UTC), and was centered in an isolated area. The estimated depth was 32.0\u00a0km.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [23, 23], "content_span": [24, 308]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273099-0001-0000", "contents": "2017 Tripura earthquake\nOne person died and five others were injured in India. At least 50 houses were damaged due to landslides that occurred in Dhalai district, while roads were blocked after trees were uprooted. According to the Tripura State Disaster Management Authority, at least 6,727 buildings were damaged in Tripura in the districts of Dhalai and Unakoti. Shaking was felt in many parts of north-eastern India including as far as Kolkata. The tremor was also felt in neighboring Bangladesh, where two people died and three others were injured. The earthquake caused liquefaction on the banks of the Manu river in Tripura and along the Dhalai river in adjacent parts of Bangladesh, in particular in the Kamalganj area.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [23, 23], "content_span": [24, 727]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273100-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 Tro-Bro L\u00e9on\nThe 2017 Tro-Bro L\u00e9on was a one-day road cycling race that took place on 17 April 2017. It was the 34th edition of the Tro-Bro L\u00e9on and was rated as a 1.1 event as part of the 2017 UCI Europe Tour. It was also the eighth event of the 2017 French Road Cycling Cup.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 17], "section_span": [17, 17], "content_span": [18, 281]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273100-0001-0000", "contents": "2017 Tro-Bro L\u00e9on\nThe race was won by Damien Gaudin (Arm\u00e9e de Terre).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 17], "section_span": [17, 17], "content_span": [18, 69]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273100-0002-0000", "contents": "2017 Tro-Bro L\u00e9on, Teams\nNineteen teams were invited to take part in the race. These included two UCI WorldTeams, eight UCI Professional Continental teams and nine UCI Continental teams.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 17], "section_span": [19, 24], "content_span": [25, 186]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273101-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 Trofeo Alfredo Binda-Comune di Cittiglio\nThe 2017 Trofeo Alfredo Binda-Comune di Cittiglio was the 19th running of the women's Trofeo Alfredo Binda-Comune di Cittiglio, a women's bicycle race in Italy. It was the third race of the 2017 UCI Women's World Tour season and was held on 19 March 2017; the race started in Gavirate and finished in Cittiglio.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [45, 45], "content_span": [46, 357]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273101-0001-0000", "contents": "2017 Trofeo Alfredo Binda-Comune di Cittiglio\nIn a reduced field sprint finish, Team Sunweb rider Coryn Rivera from the United States achieved her first World Tour race win, out-sprinting Cuban national champion Arlenis Sierra (Astana), while Denmark's Cecilie Uttrup Ludwig completed the podium for the Cerv\u00e9lo\u2013Bigla Pro Cycling team.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [45, 45], "content_span": [46, 335]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273102-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 Trofeo Angelo Caffi\nThe 2017 Trofeo Angelo Caffi was the second edition of the Trofeo Angelo Caffi run at the 2017 Bologna Motor Show. The event featured cars and teams from the NASCAR Whelen Euro Series duelling at a temporary racetrack. The event was won by Lorenzo Marcucci.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [24, 24], "content_span": [25, 282]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273103-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 Trofeo Citt\u00e0 di Brescia\nThe 2017 Trofeo Citt\u00e0 di Brescia was a professional tennis tournament played on carpet courts. It was the fourth edition of the tournament which was part of the 2017 ATP Challenger Tour. It took place in Brescia, Italy between 13 and 19 November 2017.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [28, 28], "content_span": [29, 280]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273103-0001-0000", "contents": "2017 Trofeo Citt\u00e0 di Brescia, Singles main draw entrants, Other entrants\nThe following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 72], "content_span": [73, 141]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273103-0002-0000", "contents": "2017 Trofeo Citt\u00e0 di Brescia, Singles main draw entrants, Other entrants\nThe following player received entry into the singles main draw using a protected ranking:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 72], "content_span": [73, 162]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273103-0003-0000", "contents": "2017 Trofeo Citt\u00e0 di Brescia, Singles main draw entrants, Other entrants\nThe following player received entry into the singles main draw as an alternate:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 72], "content_span": [73, 152]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273104-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 Trofeo Citt\u00e0 di Brescia \u2013 Doubles\nMikhail Elgin and Alexander Kudryavtsev were the defending champions but chose not to defend their title.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [38, 38], "content_span": [39, 144]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273104-0001-0000", "contents": "2017 Trofeo Citt\u00e0 di Brescia \u2013 Doubles\nSander Arends and Sander Gill\u00e9 won the title after defeating Luca Margaroli and Tristan-Samuel Weissborn 6\u20132, 6\u20133 in the final.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [38, 38], "content_span": [39, 166]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273105-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 Trofeo Citt\u00e0 di Brescia \u2013 Singles\nLuca Vanni was the defending champion but chose not to defend his title.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [38, 38], "content_span": [39, 111]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273105-0001-0000", "contents": "2017 Trofeo Citt\u00e0 di Brescia \u2013 Singles\nLuk\u00e1\u0161 Lacko won the title after defeating Laurynas Grigelis 6\u20131, 6\u20132 in the final.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [38, 38], "content_span": [39, 121]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273106-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 Trofeo Faip\u2013Perrel\nThe 2017 Trofeo Faip\u2013Perrel will be a professional tennis tournament played on hard courts. It will be the twelfth edition of the tournament which will be part of the 2017 ATP Challenger Tour. It will take place in Bergamo, Italy between 20 and 26 February 2016.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [23, 23], "content_span": [24, 286]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273106-0001-0000", "contents": "2017 Trofeo Faip\u2013Perrel, Singles main draw entrants, Other entrants\nThe following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 67], "content_span": [68, 136]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273107-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 Trofeo Faip\u2013Perrel \u2013 Doubles\nKen and Neal Skupski were the defending champions but chose not to defend their title.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [33, 33], "content_span": [34, 120]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273107-0001-0000", "contents": "2017 Trofeo Faip\u2013Perrel \u2013 Doubles\nJulian Knowle and Adil Shamasdin won the title after defeating Dino Marcan and Tristan-Samuel Weissborn 6\u20133, 6\u20133 in the final.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [33, 33], "content_span": [34, 160]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273108-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 Trofeo Faip\u2013Perrel \u2013 Singles\nPierre-Hugues Herbert was the defending champion but withdrew before the tournament began.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [33, 33], "content_span": [34, 124]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273108-0001-0000", "contents": "2017 Trofeo Faip\u2013Perrel \u2013 Singles\nJerzy Janowicz won the title after defeating Quentin Halys 6\u20134, 6\u20134 in the final.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [33, 33], "content_span": [34, 115]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273109-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 Trofeo Laigueglia\nThe 2017 Trofeo Laigueglia was a one-day road cycling race that took place on 12 February 2017 in and around Laigueglia, Italy. It was the 54rd edition of the Trofeo Laigueglia and was rated as a 1.HC event as part of the 2017 UCI Europe Tour.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [22, 22], "content_span": [23, 266]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273109-0001-0000", "contents": "2017 Trofeo Laigueglia\nThe race was won by Fabio Felline, riding for an Italian national team select, attacking the peloton with around 15 kilometres (9.3 miles) remaining, and soloing away to victory by 25 seconds from his closest competitor. Second place went to Romain Hardy for the Fortuneo\u2013Vital Concept team, ahead of Delko\u2013Marseille Provence KTM's Mauro Finetto.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [22, 22], "content_span": [23, 369]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273109-0002-0000", "contents": "2017 Trofeo Laigueglia, Teams\nTwenty-three teams were invited to take part in the race. These included four UCI WorldTeams, twelve UCI Professional Continental teams, six UCI Continental teams and an Italian national team.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 29], "content_span": [30, 222]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273110-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 Trofeo TCR Italy\nThe 2017 Trofeo TCR Italy was the inaugural edition of the Trofeo TCR Italy run at the 2017 Bologna Motor Show. The event featured cars and teams from the TCR Italy Touring Car Championship duelling at a temporary racetrack. The event was won by Giacomo Alto\u00e8.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [21, 21], "content_span": [22, 282]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273111-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 Trof\u00e9u Joaquim Agostinho\nThe 2017 Trof\u00e9u Joaquim Agostinho\u2013GP Internacional Torres Vedras was a road cycling stage race that took place in the Centro region of Portugal between 5 and 9 July 2017. The race was rated as a 2.2 event as part of the 2017 UCI Europe Tour, and was the 40th edition of the Trof\u00e9u Joaquim Agostinho.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [29, 29], "content_span": [30, 329]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273112-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 Troms\u00f8 IL season\nThe 2017 season is Troms\u00f8's third season back in the Tippeligaen following their relegation in 2013, their 30th season in the top flight of Norwegian football and their second season with B\u00e5rd Flovik as their manager.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [21, 21], "content_span": [22, 239]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273112-0001-0000", "contents": "2017 Troms\u00f8 IL season, Squad\nNote: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 28], "content_span": [29, 157]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273112-0002-0000", "contents": "2017 Troms\u00f8 IL season, Squad, Out on loan\nNote: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 41], "content_span": [42, 170]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273112-0003-0000", "contents": "2017 Troms\u00f8 IL season, Transfers, Winter\nIn:Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 40], "content_span": [41, 172]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273112-0004-0000", "contents": "2017 Troms\u00f8 IL season, Transfers, Winter\nOut:Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 40], "content_span": [41, 173]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273112-0005-0000", "contents": "2017 Troms\u00f8 IL season, Transfers, Summer\nIn:Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 40], "content_span": [41, 172]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273112-0006-0000", "contents": "2017 Troms\u00f8 IL season, Transfers, Summer\nOut:Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 40], "content_span": [41, 173]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273113-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 Troph\u00e9e des Champions\nThe 2017 Troph\u00e9e des Champions (transl. 2017 Champions Trophy) was the 22nd edition of the Troph\u00e9e des Champions, the annual super cup in France. The match was contested by the 2016\u201317 Ligue 1 champions Monaco, and the 2016\u201317 Coupe de France champions Paris Saint-Germain. The match was played at the Stade Ibn Batouta in Tangier, Morocco.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [26, 26], "content_span": [27, 367]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273113-0001-0000", "contents": "2017 Troph\u00e9e des Champions\nParis Saint-Germain were the four-time defending champions, having defeated Lyon 4\u20131 in the 2016 edition, which was played in Austria.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [26, 26], "content_span": [27, 161]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273113-0002-0000", "contents": "2017 Troph\u00e9e des Champions\nParis Saint-Germain won the match 2\u20131 for their seventh Troph\u00e9e des Champions title.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [26, 26], "content_span": [27, 111]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273113-0003-0000", "contents": "2017 Troph\u00e9e des Champions, Match, Summary\nDjibril Sidib\u00e9 opened the scoring for Monaco in the 30th minute when he ran through on goal before clipping the ball past the advancing goalkeeper Alphonse Areola from just outside the penalty area with his right foot. Dani Alves equalised in the 51st minute, scoring with his right foot from a free-kick which went over the wall and into the top left corner from over 25 yards out. Adrien Rabiot got the winning goal in the 63rd minute when he headed into the net from six yards out after a cross from the right from Dani Alves.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 42], "content_span": [43, 572]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273113-0004-0000", "contents": "2017 Troph\u00e9e des Champions, Match, Details\nAssistant referees:Hicham Ait Abbou (Morocco)Lahcen Azgaou (Morocco)Fourth official:Adil Zourak (Morocco)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 42], "content_span": [43, 148]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273114-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 Troy Trojans baseball team\nThe 2017 Troy Trojans baseball team represented the Troy University in the 2017 NCAA Division I baseball season. The Trojans played their home games at Riddle\u2013Pace Field.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [31, 31], "content_span": [32, 202]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273114-0001-0000", "contents": "2017 Troy Trojans baseball team, Schedule and results\nTroy announced its 2017 football schedule on October 27, 2016. The 2017 schedule consisted of 28 home and 28 away games in the regular season. The Trojans hosted Sun Belts foes Appalachian State, Georgia Southern, Louisiana\u2013Lafayette, Louisiana\u2013Monroe, and Texas State and will travel to Coastal Carolina, Georgia State, Little Rock, South Alabama, and Texas\u2013Arlington.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 53], "content_span": [54, 423]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273114-0002-0000", "contents": "2017 Troy Trojans baseball team, Schedule and results\nThe 2017 Sun Belt Conference Championship was contested May 24\u201328 in Statesboro, Georgia, and was hosted by Georgia Southern.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 53], "content_span": [54, 179]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273114-0003-0000", "contents": "2017 Troy Trojans baseball team, Schedule and results\nTroy finished 4th in the east division of the conference which qualified the Trojans to compete in the tournament as the 6th seed seeking for the team's 4th Sun Belt Conference tournament title.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 53], "content_span": [54, 248]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273115-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 Troy Trojans football team\nThe 2017 Troy Trojans football team represented Troy University in the 2017 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The Trojans played their home games at Veterans Memorial Stadium in Troy, Alabama, and competed in the Sun Belt Conference. They were led by third-year head coach Neal Brown. They finished the season 11\u20132, 7\u20131 in Sun Belt play to finish in a tie for the Sun Belt championship. They received an invitation to the New Orleans Bowl where they defeated North Texas.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [31, 31], "content_span": [32, 506]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273115-0001-0000", "contents": "2017 Troy Trojans football team, Previous season\nThe Trojans finished the 2016 season 10\u20133, 6\u20132 in Sun Belt play to finish in a tie for third place. They were invited to the Dollar General Bowl where they defeated Ohio. The season marked the first 10-win season for Troy since joining the FBS in 2001. It was also the first time that Troy had received a Top 25 ranking since.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 48], "content_span": [49, 375]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273115-0002-0000", "contents": "2017 Troy Trojans football team, Schedule\nTroy announced its 2017 football schedule on March 1, 2017. The 2017 schedule consisted of six home and away games in the regular season. The Trojans hosted Sun Belt foes Georgia Southern, Idaho, South Alabama, and Texas State, and traveled to Arkansas State, Coastal Carolina, Georgia State, and New Mexico State.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 41], "content_span": [42, 356]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273115-0003-0000", "contents": "2017 Troy Trojans football team, Schedule\nThe Trojans hosted two of their four non-conference opponents, Akron from the Mid-American Conference and Alabama State from the Southwestern Athletic Conference, and will travel to Boise State from the Mountain West Conference and LSU from the Southeastern Conference.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 41], "content_span": [42, 311]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273115-0004-0000", "contents": "2017 Troy Trojans football team, Game summaries, at LSU\nTroy beat LSU securing their first win against an AP TOP 25 team.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 55], "content_span": [56, 121]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273116-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 Tulane Green Wave football team\nThe 2017 Tulane Green Wave football team represented Tulane University in the 2017 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The Green Wave played their home games at Yulman Stadium in New Orleans, Louisiana, and competed in the West Division of the American Athletic Conference. They were led by second-year head coach Willie Fritz. They finished the season 5\u20137, 3\u20135 in AAC play to finish in fifth place in the West Division.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [36, 36], "content_span": [37, 458]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273116-0001-0000", "contents": "2017 Tulane Green Wave football team, Schedule\nTulane announced its 2017 football schedule on February 9, 2017. The 2017 schedule consists of 6 home and away games in the regular season. The Green Wave hosted AAC foes Cincinnati, Houston, South Florida, and Tulsa, and traveled to East Carolina, Memphis, Navy, and SMU.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 46], "content_span": [47, 319]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273116-0002-0000", "contents": "2017 Tulane Green Wave football team, Schedule\nThe Green Wave hosted two of the four non-conference opponents: Army, which is an independent football school, and Grambling State from the Southwestern Athletic Conference. The team traveled to Florida International (FIU) from Conference USA and Oklahoma from the Big 12 Conference.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 46], "content_span": [47, 330]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273117-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 Tulsa Golden Hurricane football team\nThe 2017 Tulsa Golden Hurricane football team represented the University of Tulsa in the 2017 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The Golden Hurricane played their home games at the Skelly Field at H. A. Chapman Stadium in Tulsa, Oklahoma, and competed in the West Division of the American Athletic Conference. They were led by third-year head coach Philip Montgomery. They finished the season 2\u201310, 1\u20137 in AAC play to finish in last place in the West Division.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [41, 41], "content_span": [42, 504]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273117-0001-0000", "contents": "2017 Tulsa Golden Hurricane football team, Schedule\nTulsa announced its 2017 football schedule on February 9, 2017. The 2017 schedule consists of 6 home and away games in the regular season. The Golden Hurricane will host AAC foes Houston, Memphis, Navy, and Temple, and will travel to UConn, SMU, South Florida, and Tulane.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [43, 51], "content_span": [52, 324]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273117-0002-0000", "contents": "2017 Tulsa Golden Hurricane football team, Schedule\nThe Golden Hurricane will host two of the four non-conference opponents, Louisiana from the Sun Belt Conference and New Mexico from the Mountain West Conference, and will travel to Oklahoma State from the Big 12 Conference and Toledo from the Mid-American Conference.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [43, 51], "content_span": [52, 319]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273118-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 Tulsa Roughnecks FC season\nThe 2017 Tulsa Roughnecks FC season is the club's third season of existence, and their third in the United Soccer League. It is the club's first season playing in the second division of American soccer following U.S. Soccer's sanctioning of USL as a Division II professional league. Including the previous iterations of franchises named \"Tulsa Roughnecks\", this is the 17th season of a soccer club named the \"Roughnecks\" playing in the Tulsa metropolitan area.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [31, 31], "content_span": [32, 492]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273118-0001-0000", "contents": "2017 Tulsa Roughnecks FC season\nOutside of the USL, the Roughnecks participated in the 2017 U.S. Open Cup.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [31, 31], "content_span": [32, 106]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273119-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 Turin stampede\nThe 2017 Turin stampede (Italian: Tragedia di Piazza San Carlo) occurred on 3 June 2017 when panic emerged in the Piazza San Carlo after a robbery attempt during a screening of the UEFA Champions League Final in Turin, Italy between local team Juventus and Real Madrid. Three people died as a result of the incident, and at least 1,672 people were injured.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [19, 19], "content_span": [20, 376]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273119-0001-0000", "contents": "2017 Turin stampede, Stampede\nThe incident occurred at approximately 10:30 p.m. local time, about 10 minutes before the end of the match, when panic erupted among those at Piazza San Carlo, leading to a stampede. During the panic, a railing of stairs leading to an underground parking garage gave way, causing additional injuries.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 29], "content_span": [30, 330]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273119-0002-0000", "contents": "2017 Turin stampede, Stampede\nAlthough the panic was initially thought to be caused by the noise of firecrackers, it was later determined to be caused by a robbery attempt of shooting pepper spray into the crowd to steal valuables among the public, and someone shouting that a bomb had gone off may have fueled the panic.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 29], "content_span": [30, 321]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273119-0003-0000", "contents": "2017 Turin stampede, Casualties\nAt least 1,672 people were injured, including seven who were seriously injured. On 15 June, less than two weeks after the stampede, a 38-year-old woman, Erika Pioletti, died in hospital of her sustained injuries. Another woman, Marisa Amato, became tetraplegic and eventually died in hospital on 25 January 2019. A man, Anthony Bucci, died on 31 January 2020, in hospital after two years of battling with an amputated foot.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 31], "content_span": [32, 455]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273119-0004-0000", "contents": "2017 Turin stampede, Reactions and investigations\nSome older Juventus fans said the stampede had evoked painful memories of the Heysel Stadium disaster in 1985, when 39 fans, mostly Juventus supporters from Italy, were crushed against a collapsing wall in Brussels, Belgium, before the start of the 1985 European Cup Final between Juventus and Liverpool.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 49], "content_span": [50, 354]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273119-0005-0000", "contents": "2017 Turin stampede, Reactions and investigations\nIn November 2017, the Prosecutor Office of Turin started a formal investigation involving around twenty suspects, included the mayor Chiara Appendino and the police chief Angelo Sanna.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 49], "content_span": [50, 234]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273119-0006-0000", "contents": "2017 Turin stampede, Reactions and investigations\nOn 13 April 2018, eight people were arrested on charges of triggering mass panic to commit a robbery using pepper spray. One of them confessed the crime. The suspects were identified by telephone interceptions, in one of which a gold necklace stolen in the event was mentioned.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 49], "content_span": [50, 327]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273119-0007-0000", "contents": "2017 Turin stampede, Reactions and investigations\nOn 14 May 2019, the victims of the tragedy were commemorated with a plaque in the piazza.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 49], "content_span": [50, 139]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273119-0008-0000", "contents": "2017 Turin stampede, Reactions and investigations\nOn 17 May 2019, Sohaib Bouimadaghen, Hamza Belghazi and Mohammed Machmachi were sentenced to 10 years, 4 months and 20 days in prison, and Aymene El Sahibi to 10 years, 3 months and 24 days in prison.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 49], "content_span": [50, 250]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273120-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 Turkey men's EuroBasket team\nTurkey cut its squad to 14 players on 18 August 2017.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [33, 33], "content_span": [34, 87]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273121-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 Turkish Basketball Cup\nThe 2017 Turkish Basketball Cup was the 32nd edition of Turkey's professional national cup competition for men's basketball teams. The tournament was held in the Ankara Arena in the capital city of Ankara, Turkey.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [27, 27], "content_span": [28, 241]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273122-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 Turkish Basketball Presidential Cup\nThe 2017 Turkish Basketball Presidential Cup (Turkish: 2017 Erkekler Basketbol Cumhurba\u015fkanl\u0131\u011f\u0131 Kupas\u0131) was the 33rd edition of the Turkish Basketball Presidential Cup. The game was played between Fenerbah\u00e7e Do\u011fu\u015f, champions of the 2016\u201317 Basketbol S\u00fcper Ligi, and Banvit, the winners of the 2017 Turkish Cup.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [40, 40], "content_span": [41, 351]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273122-0001-0000", "contents": "2017 Turkish Basketball Presidential Cup\nBanvit made its second appearance, while Fenerbah\u00e7e played in its 14th President's Cup and won its 7th title.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [40, 40], "content_span": [41, 150]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273122-0002-0000", "contents": "2017 Turkish Basketball Presidential Cup, Match details\nLuigi Datome, who had 14 points and 5 rebounds in the game, was named the Presidential Cup MVP.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 55], "content_span": [56, 151]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273123-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 Turkish Parliament Speaker election\nThe mid-term Turkish Parliament Speaker elections of 2017 were held on 20 November 2017 in order to elect the Speaker of the Grand National Assembly. The election took place in three rounds, with a fourth becoming unnecessary after incumbent Speaker \u0130smail Kahraman was re-elected with 289 votes.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [40, 40], "content_span": [41, 337]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273123-0001-0000", "contents": "2017 Turkish Parliament Speaker election\nA total of six candidates stood for election, with the Justice and Development Party (AKP) both re-nominating incumbent speaker \u0130smail Kahraman and also nominating Tamer Da\u011fl\u0131 as a 'back-up candidate' in case there was a deterioration in Kahraman's health. The Republican People's Party (CHP) nominated Zekeriya Temizel, Nationalist Movement Party (MHP) nominated Celal Adan while the Peoples' Democratic Party (HDP) nominated imprisoned MP Selma Irmak. The \u0130Y\u0130 Party, established less than a month before the election by Meral Ak\u015fener, nominated Yusuf Hala\u00e7o\u011flu.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [40, 40], "content_span": [41, 604]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273123-0002-0000", "contents": "2017 Turkish Parliament Speaker election\nTo protest the inability of their imprisoned MPs to vote and participate in parliamentary proceedings, the HDP nominated one of their imprisoned MPs. The AKP's back-up candidate Tamer Da\u011fl\u0131 withdrew before the third round to allow Kahraman to have a clear path to victory.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [40, 40], "content_span": [41, 313]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273123-0003-0000", "contents": "2017 Turkish Parliament Speaker election, Election process\nElections for the Speaker of the Grand National Assembly are held every two years, once at the start of the parliamentary term (immediately after elections) and one in the half-way through.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 58], "content_span": [59, 248]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273123-0004-0000", "contents": "2017 Turkish Parliament Speaker election, Election process\nThe Speaker is elected by secret ballot through a maximum of four rounds held within Parliament, with a two-thirds majority of 367 votes to be elected outright in the first two rounds. If the election goes into a third round, the votes needed to win is lowered to a simple majority (276) votes. If the election goes into a fourth round, the top two candidates who won the most votes in the third round contest a run-off, with the candidate winning the highest number of votes being elected.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 58], "content_span": [59, 549]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273123-0005-0000", "contents": "2017 Turkish Parliament Speaker election, Election process\nThe vote is held via a secret ballot. The incumbent speaker, on grounds of neutrality, is not allowed to participate. This meant that the despite having 316 seats in parliament, the AKP only has 315 voting-eligible MPs.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 58], "content_span": [59, 278]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273123-0006-0000", "contents": "2017 Turkish Parliament Speaker election, Candidates, Potential candidates\nBefore the election, there was speculation over whether Kahraman would be the AKP's candidate, given frictions within the party and a desire for change. It was later reported that the party had suffered long arguments over whether to renominate Kahraman and that it was eventually decided that it would support him should he personally wish to run for re-election. His eventual candidacy resulted in AKP officials attempting to convince Burhan Kuzu, who has expressed a long public desire in becoming speaker, to rule himself out from running without his party's support. Kuzu openly expressed his resentment as a result.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 74], "content_span": [75, 696]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273123-0007-0000", "contents": "2017 Turkish Parliament Speaker election, Candidates, AKP 'back-up' candidate\nThe AKP implemented a 'back-up candidate' strategy for the speaker election, which involved nominating a 2nd candidate in the event of unforeseen circumstances, such as a worsening in Kahraman's health. The candidate was chosen alphabetically, from Adana (which is first alphabetically in Turkey's list of electoral districts), with Tamer Da\u011fl\u0131 at the top of the list (below \u00d6mer \u00c7elik, who wasn't able to run since he is a government minister). The lottery system put in place was likened to choosing a name out of a hat, and Da\u011fl\u0131 earned the nickname 'bunny candidate' as a result.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 77], "content_span": [78, 661]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273123-0008-0000", "contents": "2017 Turkish Parliament Speaker election, Candidates, AKP 'back-up' candidate\nDa\u011fl\u0131's candidacy led to concerns as the election drew nearer. Commentators alleged that he was the preferred candidate of AKP leader Recep Tayyip Erdo\u011fan, whom Da\u011fl\u0131 claimed had personally asked him to run. Erdo\u011fan had previously stated that he had no knowledge of Kahraman's candidacy until it was officially announced. The 'back-up candidacy' model also raised concerns that dissident MPs within the AKP could vote for Da\u011fl\u0131 and publicly demonstrate a split in the party, prompting Da\u011fl\u0131 to openly call for MPs to not vote for him.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 77], "content_span": [78, 612]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273124-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 Turkish Super Cup\nThe 2017 Turkish Super Cup (Turkish: TFF S\u00fcper Kupa) was the 44th edition of the Turkish Super Cup since its establishment as Presidential Cup in 1966, the annual Turkish football season-opening match contested by the winners of the previous season's top league and cup competitions (or cup runner-up in case the league- and cup-winning club is the same). It was played on 6 August 2017 between the champions of 2016\u201317 S\u00fcper Lig, Be\u015fikta\u015f, and the winners of 2016\u201317 Turkish Cup, Konyaspor.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [22, 22], "content_span": [23, 514]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273125-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 Turkish Women's Cup\nThe 2017 Alanya Gold City Cup or 2017 Turkish Women's Cup was the first edition of the Turkish Women's Cup, an invitational women's football tournament held annually in Turkey. It took place from 1 to 7 March 2017.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [24, 24], "content_span": [25, 240]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273125-0001-0000", "contents": "2017 Turkish Women's Cup, Format\nThe four invited teams played a round-robin tournament. Points awarded in the group stage follow the standard formula of three points for a win, one point for a draw and zero points for a loss. In the case of two teams being tied on the same number of points in a group, their head-to-head result determine the higher place, or in case of a tie, the goal difference.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 32], "content_span": [33, 399]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273126-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 Turkish constitutional referendum\nA constitutional referendum was held throughout Turkey on 16 April 2017 on whether to approve 18 proposed amendments to the Turkish constitution that were brought forward by the governing Justice and Development Party (AKP) and the Nationalist Movement Party (MHP). As a result of its approval, the office of the Prime Minister was abolished and the existing parliamentary system of government was replaced with an executive presidency and a presidential system.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [38, 38], "content_span": [39, 501]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273126-0000-0001", "contents": "2017 Turkish constitutional referendum\nThe number of seats in Parliament was raised from 550 to 600, while, among a series of other proposals, the president was given more control over appointments to the Supreme Board of Judges and Prosecutors (HSYK). The referendum was held under a state of emergency that was declared following a failed military coup attempt in July 2016.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [38, 38], "content_span": [39, 376]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273126-0001-0000", "contents": "2017 Turkish constitutional referendum\nEarly results indicated a 51\u201349% lead for the \"Yes\" vote. In an unprecedented move, the Supreme Electoral Council (YSK) allowed non-stamped ballots to be accepted as valid. Some critics of the reform decried this move to be illegal, claiming that as many as 1.5 million ballots were unstamped, and did not recognize the results. Large-scale protests erupted following the results in order to protest the YSK's decision. In subsequent reports, the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE) and Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) both criticized unfairness during the campaign and declared the YSK's decision to be illegal.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [38, 38], "content_span": [39, 698]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273126-0002-0000", "contents": "2017 Turkish constitutional referendum\nAn executive presidency has been a long-standing proposal of the governing AKP and its founder, the current President of Turkey, Recep Tayyip Erdo\u011fan. In October 2016, the Nationalist Movement Party (MHP) announced its co-operation for producing draft proposals with the government, with the combined support of both AKP and MHP MPs being sufficient to put forward the proposals to a referendum following a parliamentary vote in January.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [38, 38], "content_span": [39, 476]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273126-0002-0001", "contents": "2017 Turkish constitutional referendum\nThose in favour of a 'Yes' vote argued that the changes were necessary for a strong and stable Turkey, arguing that an executive presidency would bring about an end to unstable coalition governments that had dominated Turkish politics since the 1960s up until 2002. The 'No' campaign have argued that the proposals would concentrate too much power in the hands of the President, effectively dismantling the separation of powers and taking legislative authority away from Parliament.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [38, 38], "content_span": [39, 521]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273126-0002-0002", "contents": "2017 Turkish constitutional referendum\nCritics argued that the proposed system would resemble an 'elected dictatorship' with no ability to hold the executive to account, leading effectively to a 'democratic suicide' and autocracy. Three days before the referendum, one of Erdo\u011fan's aides called for a federal system should the 'Yes' vote prevail, causing a backlash from the pro-Yes MHP. Both sides of the campaign have been accused of using divisive and extreme rhetoric, with Erdo\u011fan accusing all 'No' voters of being terrorists siding with the plotters of the failed 2016 coup.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [38, 38], "content_span": [39, 580]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273126-0003-0000", "contents": "2017 Turkish constitutional referendum\nThe campaign was marred by allegations of state suppression against 'No' campaigners, while the 'Yes' campaign were able to make use of state facilities and funding to organize rallies and campaign events. Leading members of the 'No' campaign, which included many high-profile former members of the MHP such as Meral Ak\u015fener, \u00dcmit \u00d6zda\u011f, Sinan O\u011fan, and Yusuf Hala\u00e7o\u011flu were all subject to both violence and campaign restrictions.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [38, 38], "content_span": [39, 469]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273126-0003-0001", "contents": "2017 Turkish constitutional referendum\nThe 'Yes' campaign were faced with campaigning restrictions by several European countries, with the German, Dutch, Danish and Swiss governments all cancelling or requesting the suspension of 'Yes' campaign events directed at Turkish voters living abroad. The restrictions caused a sharp deterioration in diplomatic relations and caused a diplomatic crisis between Turkey and the Netherlands. Concerns were also raised about voting irregularities, with 'Yes' voters in Germany being caught attempting to vote more than once and also being found to have been in possession of ballot papers before the overseas voting process had started. European election monitors said the vote did not meet international standards.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [38, 38], "content_span": [39, 753]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273126-0004-0000", "contents": "2017 Turkish constitutional referendum, Background\nIntroducing a presidential system was proposed by then-Minister of Justice Cemil \u00c7i\u00e7ek and backed by then-Prime Minister Erdo\u011fan in 2005. Since then, the current presidential system has been openly supported by Justice and Development Party leaders several times, along with a \"new constitution\". Justice and Development Party vice-president Hayati Yaz\u0131c\u0131 proposed April 2017 as a date for the referendum.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 50], "content_span": [51, 456]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273126-0005-0000", "contents": "2017 Turkish constitutional referendum, Constitutional amendments, Initial proposals\nOn 10 December 2016, the AKP and MHP brought forward a total of 21 proposed amendments to the constitution and began collecting signatures from MPs in order to begin the parliamentary procedures for initiating a referendum. After Assembly Commission talks, 3 proposals were withdrawn, leaving 18 amendments remaining. The full-text proposal in Turkish and the present Turkish constitution are found at the following links. The most important changes have been highlighted by the Union of Turkish Bar Associations.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 84], "content_span": [85, 598]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273126-0006-0000", "contents": "2017 Turkish constitutional referendum, Constitutional amendments, Initial proposals\nAn English-language summary and interpretation of the 18 amendments is listed in the table below.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 84], "content_span": [85, 182]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273126-0007-0000", "contents": "2017 Turkish constitutional referendum, Constitutional amendments, Parliamentary Constitutional Commission\nAfter being signed by the AKP's 316 MPs, the 21 proposed changes were submitted to the Speaker of the Grand National Assembly and were then referred to the Parliamentary Constitutional Commission. The Parliamentary Constitutional Commission, headed by AKP MP Mustafa \u015eentop, began scrutinizing the proposals in December 2016, earlier than the planned date of January 2017. The Constitutional Commission is formed of 25 Members of which 15 are from the AKP, 5 are from the CHP, 3 are from the HDP and 2 are from the MHP, as per the composition of parliament. Since the AKP held a large majority of the commission's seats, it was expected by media commentators that there would be minimal surprise developments at the scrutiny stage. Debates in the commission were heated, with occasional fights being observed between MPs.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 106], "content_span": [107, 928]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273126-0008-0000", "contents": "2017 Turkish constitutional referendum, Constitutional amendments, Parliamentary Constitutional Commission\nThe Constitutional Commission has the power to amend or reject the proposed changes before they are put to a vote for all MPs. The Commission made minor changes to numerous proposals, such as raising the number of members of the Supreme Board of Judges and Prosecutors from 12 to 13. The commission rejected three of the 21 proposed changes, reducing the constitutional package from 21 proposals to 18.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 106], "content_span": [107, 509]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273126-0008-0001", "contents": "2017 Turkish constitutional referendum, Constitutional amendments, Parliamentary Constitutional Commission\nThe 5th proposal, which created 'reserve MPs' to take the parliamentary seats that fall vacant between elections, was controversially rejected with just three signatures, well short of the support of 25 commission members or 184 total MPs necessary. It was reported that AKP MPs opposed the creation of 'reserve MPs' on the grounds that it threatened the security of sitting MPs by incentivizing reserves to incapacitate them in order to take their seat. The 15th proposal, giving the President the right to structure the civil service and state institutions through executive decrees, was rejected. A day later on 29 December, the 14th proposal, which gave the right for the President to appoint senior bureaucratic officials, was also rejected.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 106], "content_span": [107, 853]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273126-0009-0000", "contents": "2017 Turkish constitutional referendum, Constitutional amendments, Parliamentary Constitutional Commission\nThe Commission completed the approval process on 30 December, rejecting 3 of the 21 proposals in total.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 106], "content_span": [107, 210]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273126-0010-0000", "contents": "2017 Turkish constitutional referendum, Constitutional amendments, Parliamentary voting\nFollowing the completion of the Constitutional Commission hearings, the 18 proposals were presented to parliament for ratification. Constitutional amendments need a three fifths majority (330 votes) to be put forward to a referendum and a two-thirds majority (367 votes) to be ratified directly. Justice and Development Party (AKP) officials claimed before the vote that even if the 367-threshold was reached, the government would not ratify the changes without a referendum.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 87], "content_span": [88, 563]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273126-0011-0000", "contents": "2017 Turkish constitutional referendum, Constitutional amendments, Parliamentary voting\nParliament voted on each of the 18 proposals separately in two rounds. The first round served as an indicator of whether the amendments would gather sufficient support, with amendments being proposed by all parties present in the chamber. In the second round, parties are no longer permitted to propose changes to the proposals. The results of the second round are taken into account, with 330 votes needed to send them to a referendum or 367 for direct implementation. A final vote on all of the approved proposals at large, with the same thresholds, was undertaken at the end of the second round, with the entire process being disbanded if votes in favour fell below 330.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 87], "content_span": [88, 761]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273126-0012-0000", "contents": "2017 Turkish constitutional referendum, Constitutional amendments, Parliamentary voting\nOf the total 550 Members of Parliament, 537 were entitled to a vote. 11 MPs from the Peoples' Democratic Party (HDP) were under arrest for terrorism charges and were unable to partake in the vote, with the remaining 48 HDP MPs boycotting the vote after their motion calling for the arrested MPs to be brought to parliament to vote was rejected. The Parliamentary Speaker \u0130smail Kahraman, who is unable to take part in the vote by virtue of being the Speaker, was hospitalized during the vote, meaning that AKP deputy speaker Ahmet Ayd\u0131n presided over the proceedings and was therefore unable to cast a vote.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 87], "content_span": [88, 695]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273126-0013-0000", "contents": "2017 Turkish constitutional referendum, Constitutional amendments, Parliamentary voting\nOf the 537 MPs eligible to vote, the AKP held 315, the CHP 133, the MHP 39, the HDP 48 and 2 were independent. Of the MHP's 39 MPs, 6 had openly stated that they would vote against the amendments, leaving the total number of MPs expected to vote 'Yes' at 348. The CHP's 133 MPs and the two independents, which consisted of Aylin Nazl\u0131aka and \u00dcmit \u00d6zda\u011f, voted 'No' while the HDP boycotted the votes.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 87], "content_span": [88, 487]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273126-0014-0000", "contents": "2017 Turkish constitutional referendum, Constitutional amendments, Parliamentary voting\nParliamentary voting began on 9 January, with the first round of voting being completed on 15 January. Opposition politicians criticized the rushed way in which the votes were conducted, with four to five votes taking place in a day with no adjournments. The votes were marred by numerous irregularities, with CHP Members of Parliament filming AKP MPs openly casting their vote or intimidating uncertain MPs to vote 'Yes'. The Minister of Health, Recep Akda\u011f, was filmed casting an open vote, which is disallowed by the constitution, and openly admitting that he had committed a crime afterwards.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 87], "content_span": [88, 684]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273126-0014-0001", "contents": "2017 Turkish constitutional referendum, Constitutional amendments, Parliamentary voting\nAKP MPs responded to attempts to film them with hostility, with fights occasionally breaking out between government and opposition MPs. CHP MP Fatma Kaplan H\u00fcrriyet was allegedly strangled by AKP Parliamentary Group Leader Mustafa Elita\u015f after she filmed Elita\u015f and Prime Minister Binali Y\u0131ld\u0131r\u0131m casting open votes. Several MPs were hospitalized, while the podium where MPs rose to make speeches was dislocated with one of its \u20ac15,000 microphones being reported as missing. The second round of voting was completed on 20 January, with all of the proposed amendments being approved. A final motion to enact the approved amendments was approved by 339 votes, surpassing the 330-vote threshold to hold a referendum but falling short of the 367-vote threshold needed to enact the amendments directly.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 87], "content_span": [88, 885]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273126-0015-0000", "contents": "2017 Turkish constitutional referendum, Constitutional amendments, Article voting\nSeveral AKP MPs voted openly for the changes, violating the constitutional requirement of a secret vote.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 81], "content_span": [82, 186]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273126-0016-0000", "contents": "2017 Turkish constitutional referendum, Reception\nThe amendments were received with heavy criticism from opposition parties and non-governmental organisations, with criticism focusing particularly on the erosion of the separation of powers and the abolition of parliamentary accountability. Constitutional legal experts such as Kemal G\u00f6zler and \u0130brahim Kabo\u011flu claimed that the changes would result in the Parliament becoming effectively powerless, while the executive president would have controls over the executive, legislative, and judiciary.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 49], "content_span": [50, 546]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273126-0016-0001", "contents": "2017 Turkish constitutional referendum, Reception\nOn 4 December, the Atat\u00fcrkist Thought Association (ADD), Association for the Support of Contemporary Living (\u00c7YDD) and the Trade Union Confederation held a rally in Ankara despite having their permissions revoked by the Governor of Ankara, calling for a rejection of the executive presidential system on the grounds that it threatened judicial independence and secular democratic values.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 49], "content_span": [50, 437]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273126-0017-0000", "contents": "2017 Turkish constitutional referendum, Reception\nThe amendments were initially received with mixed responses from the opposition CHP, which have long been critical of the AKP's constitutional plans. Shortly after the proposals were made public and submitted to Parliament on 10 December, Prime Minister Binali Y\u0131ld\u0131r\u0131m reported that the CHP was in agreement with 5 of the proposed changes. However, reception by the CHP was negative, with the party's deputy leader Selin Sayek B\u00f6ke claiming that the proposals essentially created a \"sultanate\".", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 49], "content_span": [50, 545]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273126-0017-0001", "contents": "2017 Turkish constitutional referendum, Reception\nParliamentary group leader Levent G\u00f6k, one of the first to comment on the released proposals, claimed that the changes would revert 140 years of Turkish parliamentary democracy, calling on all parties to reject the proposals. Another of the CHP's parliamentary group leaders, \u00d6zg\u00fcr \u00d6zel, called the proposals a \"regime change\", with the parliament being left essentially powerless in scrutinising ministers and holding them to account.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 49], "content_span": [50, 486]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273126-0017-0002", "contents": "2017 Turkish constitutional referendum, Reception\n\u00d6zel claimed that the AKP were unlikely to obtain the 330 votes necessary to put the changes to a referendum, stating that he would be surprised if the number of MPs voting in favour reached 275. CHP MP Selina Do\u011fan claimed that the authoritarian nature of the proposals would effectively end Turkey's EU accession negotiations, citing the lack of any relevance to European values. CHP MP Cemal Oktan Y\u00fcksel claimed that the proposals resembled the constitution of Assad's Syria, stating that it wouldn't be a national constitution but \"Syria's constitution translated\".", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 49], "content_span": [50, 620]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273126-0018-0000", "contents": "2017 Turkish constitutional referendum, Reception\nDespite having the nationalist MHP's official support, it was reported that Turkish nationalists were also overwhelmingly critical of both the proposals and their party's involvement in their drafting. Bah\u00e7eli, who has historically lent support to the AKP in controversial situations, was subject to criticism from all major parties for his decision to support the constitutional amendments, being described as the AKP's \"back garden\", \"life-line\" or \"spare tyre\" by critics. On 24 October 2016, 5 of the 40 MHP Members of Parliament declared that they would reject the constitutional proposals, against their party line.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 49], "content_span": [50, 671]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273126-0018-0001", "contents": "2017 Turkish constitutional referendum, Reception\n\u00dcmit \u00d6zda\u011f, who was a leadership candidate against Bah\u00e7eli and one of the 5 MPs critical of the changes, had his party membership revoked in November. A poll released by Gezici in December showed that almost two-thirds of MHP supporters were against the proposed changes, though MHP supporters were also the most undecided amongst the other parties. On 27 December, MHP MP Kadir Ko\u00e7demir became the fifth MP from his party to publicly state his opposition to the proposals.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 49], "content_span": [50, 523]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273126-0019-0000", "contents": "2017 Turkish constitutional referendum, Reception\nSpeaking shortly after the proposals were released, the HDP's spokesperson Ayhan Bilgen criticized the proposed changes for being anti-democratic and against the principle of judicial independence. Citing the proposed creation of \"executive orders\" that can be decreed by the President at will without parliamentary scrutiny, Bilgen criticized the nature of the changes, calling them poorly written and an attempt to cover up constitutional violations that had taken place under the current constitution.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 49], "content_span": [50, 554]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273126-0019-0001", "contents": "2017 Turkish constitutional referendum, Reception\nHowever, on 18 December, HDP MP Kadri Y\u0131ld\u0131r\u0131m claimed that there would be no reason to reject the proposals if the changes included a separate \"status\" for Turkish Kurds and a constitutional entitlement to education for Kurdish citizens in their native Kurdish language. This led to speculation that the HDP could be convinced to support the changes by the AKP government, though the MHP would be unlikely to jointly support any changes that are also endorsed by the HDP. On 21 December, the CHP and HDP issued a parliamentary motion that would declare the proposals \"unconstitutional\", but the motion was rejected by MPs.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 49], "content_span": [50, 673]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273126-0020-0000", "contents": "2017 Turkish constitutional referendum, Reception\nThe changes have also received severe criticism from outside Turkey. One commentator went as far as to declare that \"if a majority votes yes, this will be the end of parliamentary democracy in Turkey.\" The NGO Human Rights Watch stated that the changes were a \"huge threat to human rights, the rule of law, and the country\u2019s democratic future.\" The Economist concluded that \"a vote for Yes would saddle the country with an elected dictator.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 49], "content_span": [50, 491]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273126-0020-0001", "contents": "2017 Turkish constitutional referendum, Reception\nThe Venice Commission of the Council of Europe, in its March 2017 Opinion on the Constitutional amendments, defined them as \"a threat to democracy\" and stressed the \"dangers of degeneration of the proposed system towards and authoritarian and personal regime\". Also, before the vote took place, the openDemocracy website reported that some European news outlets published concerns that the 2017 referendum amounted to something like an \"enabling act\" for Erdo\u011fan.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 49], "content_span": [50, 513]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273126-0021-0000", "contents": "2017 Turkish constitutional referendum, Campaign positions\nRuling party AKP and opposition MHP are the signatories of the amendments. MHP has provided their conditional support until their conditions are met. Main opposition CHP's initial position was to wait until the amendments were finalized. CHP leader K\u0131l\u0131\u00e7daro\u011flu once mentioned of bringing the changes into Grand Assembly. Later, CHP decided to favor No vote and started \"T\u00fcrkiye'yi B\u00f6ld\u00fcrmeyece\u011fiz\" (Turkish: We'll not partition Turkey) rallies. Parliament's fourth party HDP is against the changes.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 58], "content_span": [59, 558]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273126-0022-0000", "contents": "2017 Turkish constitutional referendum, Campaigns, 'Yes' campaign\nThe 'Yes' campaign has been predominantly led by Justice and Development Party (AKP) politicians, as well as Nationalist Movement Party (MHP) politicians loyal to leader Devlet Bah\u00e7eli. Initially expecting a 7 February start to the campaign, the AKP eventually kicked off their official campaign on 25 February with a presentation by Prime Minister Binali Y\u0131ld\u0131r\u0131m at the Ankara sports stadium. Amid poor showings in opinion polls in February, Erdo\u011fan reportedly asked pro-government pollsters to suspend their opinion polling until the end of March, while proposals for a joint electoral rally by both leading AKP and MHP politicians has also been proposed.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 65], "content_span": [66, 724]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273126-0023-0000", "contents": "2017 Turkish constitutional referendum, Campaigns, 'Yes' campaign\nThe 'Yes' campaign has been criticized for its smear campaign against individuals voting 'No', associating them with numerous terrorist organisations. Prime Minister Binali Y\u0131ld\u0131r\u0131m claimed that they would vote 'Yes' because the Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) and the so-called Fethullah G\u00fclen Terrorist Organisation (FET\u00d6) were voting 'No', though both organisations have historically been in favour of an executive presidency. President Recep Tayyip Erdo\u011fan also caused controversy when he claimed that those voting 'No' were siding with the coup plotters behind the 2016 Turkish coup d'\u00e9tat attempt.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 65], "content_span": [66, 667]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273126-0024-0000", "contents": "2017 Turkish constitutional referendum, Campaigns, 'Yes' campaign\nAt present, the 'Yes' campaign has been conducted through electoral rallies held by Prime Minister Y\u0131ld\u0131r\u0131m, leading AKP politicians and also President Erdo\u011fan, who has held 'public opening' rallies similar to his tactics in the June 2015 general election. MHP leader Devlet Bah\u00e7eli has conducted conferences in favour of a 'Yes' vote, with the first occurring in Konya on 12 February 2017.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 65], "content_span": [66, 456]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273126-0025-0000", "contents": "2017 Turkish constitutional referendum, Campaigns, 'Yes' campaign\nOn 10 March, the Great Union Party (BBP) led by Mustafa Destici announced that they would support a 'Yes' vote, bringing the total number of parties supporting 'Yes' to six. Both the BBP and MHP have suffered serious opposition to their support for a 'Yes' vote, with BBP members calling for Destici's resignation following his announcement. The MHP suffered a wave of resignations, inner-party suspensions and a rival 'No' campaign run by high-profile nationalist politicians, with opinion polls indicating that a significant majority of MHP voters intend to vote against the proposals.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 65], "content_span": [66, 653]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273126-0025-0001", "contents": "2017 Turkish constitutional referendum, Campaigns, 'Yes' campaign\nMost polls put the percentage of 'No' voters in the MHP at between 50% to 80%, with definite 'Yes' voters remaining at 20-25%. Politicians supporting 'No' from both the MHP and BBP have claimed that over 95% of their party supporters are favouring a 'No' vote, breaking with their party's executive decision.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 65], "content_span": [66, 374]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273126-0026-0000", "contents": "2017 Turkish constitutional referendum, Campaigns, 'No' campaign\nThe CHP unveiled their campaign logo and slogan on 28 February, using the slogan 'Gelece\u011fim i\u00e7in Hay\u0131r' (translating to For my future, no). The party planned their first electoral rally in Amasya, though preliminary rallies were held by party leader Kemal K\u0131l\u0131\u00e7daro\u011flu on 21 December 2016 in Adana and by dissident MP Muharrem \u0130nce on 8 March 2017 at Zonguldak. CHP MPs also made a series of overseas visits to rally support from overseas voters, with former leader Deniz Baykal holding an event in France.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 64], "content_span": [65, 571]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273126-0027-0000", "contents": "2017 Turkish constitutional referendum, Campaigns, 'No' campaign\nHigh-profile dissident MHP politicians, such as Meral Ak\u015fener, Sinan O\u011fan, \u00dcmit \u00d6zda\u011f, and Yusuf Hala\u00e7o\u011flu all began a 'No' campaign based on Turkish nationalism, rivalling the MHP's official 'Yes' campaign. The dissident 'No' campaign attracted significantly higher popularity than the MHP's official 'Yes' events, with opinion polls indicating that an overwhelming majority of MHP voters intend to break the party line and vote 'No'. In addition to the MHP dissidents, the Turkish Bars Association and its President Metin Feyzio\u011flu and Leader of \"No\" Party Leader Tuna Beklevi\u00e7 embarked on a nationwide tour, intending to meet with locals in numerous towns and villages to rally support for a 'No' vote.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 64], "content_span": [65, 770]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273126-0028-0000", "contents": "2017 Turkish constitutional referendum, Campaigns, 'No' campaign\n'No' campaigners have faced alleged government-backed coercion and suppression. On 1 March, the main opposition Republican People's Party (CHP) unveiled a 78-point report regarding irregularities and suppression of 'No' campaigners, with Deputy Leader \u00d6zt\u00fcrk Y\u0131lmaz claiming that those who were campaigning for a 'No' vote faced fear and state coercion. CHP parliamentary group leader Engin Altay also criticized the government for using state funds to fund the 'Yes' campaign while repressing 'No' voters, claiming that their conduct did not allow them to talk of 'democracy'.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 64], "content_span": [65, 642]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273126-0029-0000", "contents": "2017 Turkish constitutional referendum, Controversies and electoral misconduct\nAllegations of electoral misconduct, irregularities throughout the campaign and state coercion of 'No' supporters were widespread prior to, during and after the referendum. European election monitors said the referendum did not meet international standards.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 78], "content_span": [79, 336]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273126-0030-0000", "contents": "2017 Turkish constitutional referendum, Controversies and electoral misconduct, State suppression of 'No' voters\nThe AKP government and the General Directorate of Security (police) have both been criticized for employing tactics designed to limit the campaigning abilities of 'No' supporters, through arrests, control of the media and political suppression. On 23 January 2017, university students campaigning for a 'No' vote on a commuter ferry in \u0130stanbul were implicated by security officers for 'insulting the president', with their arrests being stopped by onboard passengers.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 112], "content_span": [113, 581]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273126-0030-0001", "contents": "2017 Turkish constitutional referendum, Controversies and electoral misconduct, State suppression of 'No' voters\nOn 31 January, Republican People's Party council member Sera Kad\u0131gil was arrested and later freed on charges of 'insulting religious values and inciting hatred' for campaigning for a 'No' vote on social media. In Bursa, a voter who revealed that he was voting 'No' was reported to the police and later arrested. National television channels have been vastly in favour of the 'Yes' campaign. One study found that 'Yes' supporters received 90% of airtime. A Turkish court banned a pro-Kurdish Peoples' Democratic Party (HDP) song Bejin Na (Say No) which supported the \"No\" on the grounds that it contravened the constitution and fomented hatred.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 112], "content_span": [113, 757]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273126-0031-0000", "contents": "2017 Turkish constitutional referendum, Controversies and electoral misconduct, State suppression of 'No' voters\nMunicipalities held by pro-'Yes' parties have also sought to limit the campaign events of 'No' voters by denying them rights to hold rallies in public spaces of community halls. Meral Ak\u015fener, a leading nationalist politician and one of the most prominent campaigners for a 'No' vote, was stopped from holding speeches when her campaign venues in Yalova and Edirne were abruptly shut down shortly before her events, with posters advertising her events in Eski\u015fehir being ripped down.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 112], "content_span": [113, 596]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273126-0031-0001", "contents": "2017 Turkish constitutional referendum, Controversies and electoral misconduct, State suppression of 'No' voters\nOn 11 February while she was making a speech at a hotel hall in \u00c7anakkale, the venue suffered a power cut and was perceived by the pro-opposition media to be a symbol of the oppressive tactics against the 'No' campaign. After initially being obstructed by riot police, attendees at the conference used their phone lights to allow the event to continue.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 112], "content_span": [113, 465]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273126-0032-0000", "contents": "2017 Turkish constitutional referendum, Controversies and electoral misconduct, Overseas 'Yes' campaign bans\nOverseas election campaigning, even in diplomatic missions, is illegal under Turkish law. Yet, most political parties in Turkey, including CHP and the ruling AKP, have broken the law.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 108], "content_span": [109, 292]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273126-0033-0000", "contents": "2017 Turkish constitutional referendum, Controversies and electoral misconduct, Overseas 'Yes' campaign bans\nIn early March, pro-'YES' campaigners, including high-profile AKP government ministers were barred from holding campaign events in Germany, Austria, Switzerland, Denmark, and the Netherlands.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 108], "content_span": [109, 300]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273126-0034-0000", "contents": "2017 Turkish constitutional referendum, Controversies and electoral misconduct, Overseas 'Yes' campaign bans, Germany\nIn Germany, local municipalities withdrew permits for Justice Minister Bekir Bozda\u011f's campaign event in Gaggenau and Economy Minister Nihat Zeybek\u00e7i's event in Cologne. While authorities cited security concerns, the insufficient capacities of the rented venues and irregularities in the organisational process, the Turkish government strongly condemned the cancellations and claimed that they were directly linked to an anti-Turkish agenda of the German federal government. Turkish foreign minister Mevl\u00fct \u00c7avu\u015fo\u011flu claimed that Germany had showed 'double standards' and a disregard for 'human rights and freedom of speech' by cancelling the events.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 117], "content_span": [118, 767]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273126-0034-0001", "contents": "2017 Turkish constitutional referendum, Controversies and electoral misconduct, Overseas 'Yes' campaign bans, Germany\nFollowing a negative reaction by the German federal government to a proposed rally by Recep Tayyip Erdo\u011fan, Erdo\u011fan accused Germany of 'Nazi-style tactics', causing strong condemnation by German officials and a souring of diplomatic relations. The Turkish government also accused Germany of funding and supporting the Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK), which is designated as a terrorist organisation in both countries. Mevl\u00fct \u00c7avu\u015fo\u011flu was due to meet his German counterpart on 8 March, with scheduled campaign speeches in Hamburg also being cancelled due to irregularities with the venues. \u00c7avu\u015fo\u011flu therefore made his speech in the Hamburg consulate, despite Turkish law forbidding election campaigns in diplomatic missions. The cancellations in Germany were met by condemnation from the main opposition and pro-'No' Republican People's Party, with former leader Deniz Baykal cancelling a planned visit to Germany as a result.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 117], "content_span": [118, 1043]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273126-0035-0000", "contents": "2017 Turkish constitutional referendum, Controversies and electoral misconduct, Overseas 'Yes' campaign bans, Diplomatic crisis with the Netherlands\nA diplomatic crisis occurred between Turkey and the Netherlands on 11 March, after \u00c7avu\u015fo\u011flu's official plane had its permission to land revoked mid-air ahead of a scheduled campaign speech. Later that day, Families and Social Policy Minister Fatma Bet\u00fcl Sayan Kaya's convoy was stopped by Dutch police, which blocked her access to the Turkish consulate in Rotterdam. Kaya was later declared persona non grata, with a regional state of emergency being declared and her convoy being asked to leave the country. Kaya was therefore forced to return to Germany, while \u00c7avu\u015fo\u011flu left for France to attend another campaign event. Violent protests by Turkish expats broke out in Rotterdam following the expulsion of both ministers, with the police making 12 arrests.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 148], "content_span": [149, 908]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273126-0036-0000", "contents": "2017 Turkish constitutional referendum, Controversies and electoral misconduct, Overseas 'Yes' campaign bans, Diplomatic crisis with the Netherlands\nThe Dutch government had previously asked Turkish ministers to refrain from campaigning in the country, fearing that divisive campaign rhetoric would sow divisions within the Turkish community. Prime Minister Mark Rutte claimed that negotiations with the Turkish government to allow a small scale speech by the minister were still ongoing, when \u00c7avu\u015fo\u011flu publicly threatened with sanctions should ministers be prevented from campaigning. It was these threats that made the situation unsolvable to the Dutch government.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 148], "content_span": [149, 667]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273126-0037-0000", "contents": "2017 Turkish constitutional referendum, Controversies and electoral misconduct, Overseas 'Yes' campaign bans, Diplomatic crisis with the Netherlands\nMany people in Turkey took the side of the Turkish government in the matter, with the pro-'No' main opposition announcing their support for the government and calling on the AKP to freeze diplomatic relations with the Netherlands. All CHP overseas campaign events were later suspended in solidarity, while the pro-'No' MHP dissident camp also expressed their condemnation against the Dutch government for their actions. In the Dutch parliament all parties, except for the two-seat Denk party, supported the decisions of the Dutch Government. Recep Tayyip Erdo\u011fan reiterated his claim that European governments that suspended campaigning were 'Nazi remnants', which the Dutch government denounced as \"unacceptable\".", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 148], "content_span": [149, 863]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273126-0038-0000", "contents": "2017 Turkish constitutional referendum, Controversies and electoral misconduct, Unstamped ballots\nOn the referendum day, while the voting was underway, the Supreme Electoral Council of Turkey lifted a rule that required each ballot to have an official stamp. Instead, it ruled that ballots with no stamp would be considered valid, unless there was proof that they were fraudulent. Because ballots have not only stamps but other security measures in place, it doesn't make them illegitimate. The Supreme Electoral Council filed a criminal complaint for the officials that caused the problem by not stamping the ballots. The opposition parties claim that as many as 1.5 million ballots without a stamp were accepted.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 97], "content_span": [98, 714]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273126-0038-0001", "contents": "2017 Turkish constitutional referendum, Controversies and electoral misconduct, Unstamped ballots\nOpposition parties CHP and HDP have said they will contest the results. CHP leader Kemal K\u0131l\u0131\u00e7daro\u011flu said that lifting the rule violated Turkish law. According to Meral Ak\u015fener, \"No\" won by 52 percent. The Peoples' Democratic Party contested the election results announced by pro-government Anadolu Agency and insisted that 1.5 million votes without valid stamps should be cancelled.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 97], "content_span": [98, 482]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273127-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 Turkish constitutional referendum 'No' campaign\nThe 2017 Turkish constitutional referendum 'No' campaign (Turkish: Hay\u0131r) refers to a collection of unsuccessful political campaigns led by political parties, organizations and media outlets in favour of a 'No' vote in the 2017 Turkish constitutional referendum. Were the campaign to have been successful, it would have resulted in Turkey remaining a parliamentary republic as opposed to an executive presidency, which it became as a result of the referendum, and would have constituted the first direct upset against the governing Justice and Development Party (AKP) since they took office in 2002.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 52], "section_span": [52, 52], "content_span": [53, 652]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273127-0001-0000", "contents": "2017 Turkish constitutional referendum 'No' campaign\n'No' campaigners faced alleged government-backed coercion and suppression. On 1 March, the main opposition Republican People's Party (CHP) unveiled a 78-point report regarding irregularities and suppression of 'No' campaigners, with Deputy Leader \u00d6zt\u00fcrk Y\u0131lmaz claiming that those who were campaigning for a 'No' vote faced fear and state coercion. CHP parliamentary group leader Engin Altay also criticized the government for using state funds to fund the 'Yes' campaign while repressing 'No' voters, claiming that their conduct did not allow them to talk of 'democracy'.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 52], "section_span": [52, 52], "content_span": [53, 625]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273127-0002-0000", "contents": "2017 Turkish constitutional referendum 'No' campaign\nA 'No' vote was supported by the main opposition party, CHP, and the smaller opposition Peoples' Democratic Party (HDP). Over 40 smaller political parties were also in favour of a 'No' vote, as well as a significant number of Nationalist Movement Party (MHP) politicians and voters who opposed their leader President Recep Tayyip Erdogan's call for a 'Yes' vote. The main rival to the 'No' campaign, which did not have a centralized or united structure, was the 'Yes' campaign.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 52], "section_span": [52, 52], "content_span": [53, 530]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273127-0003-0000", "contents": "2017 Turkish constitutional referendum 'No' campaign\nThe 'No' option on the ballot paper used for the referendum was coloured in a light brown.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 52], "section_span": [52, 52], "content_span": [53, 143]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273127-0004-0000", "contents": "2017 Turkish constitutional referendum 'No' campaign, Supporters, Political parties\nThe following political parties supported a 'No' vote in 2017:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 52], "section_span": [54, 83], "content_span": [84, 146]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273127-0005-0000", "contents": "2017 Turkish constitutional referendum 'No' campaign, Republican People's Party (CHP) campaign\nThe Republican People's Party (CHP) held a pre-campaign rally in Adana on 3 December 2016, titled 'We will not partition Turkey'. The rally was also supported by Idealists, who traditionally support the MHP. The CHP parliamentary group voted against the proposals in Parliament but was unable to block their approval. On 15 February 2017, it was announced that the CHP wouldn't refer the voting process, which had been marred by unconstitutional open voting by AKP MPs, to the Constitutional Court, claiming that they believed that voters would reject the proposals at the ballot box.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 52], "section_span": [54, 94], "content_span": [95, 679]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273127-0006-0000", "contents": "2017 Turkish constitutional referendum 'No' campaign, Republican People's Party (CHP) campaign\nOn 6 February, the CHP unveiled a 10-article booklet detailing the reasons why they supported a 'No' vote, with the 10 key points being opposition to a 'one-man regime', a party state, the end of powers of Parliament, a government without scrutiny, a biased judiciary, en economic crisis, terrorism, the erosion of fundamental and universal values, to partitioning Turkey and an 'elected monarchy'. This followed on from a 21 December 2016 publication released by CHP Deputy Leader B\u00fclent Tezcan, containing 35 questions and answers about the proposed presidential system.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 52], "section_span": [54, 94], "content_span": [95, 667]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273127-0007-0000", "contents": "2017 Turkish constitutional referendum 'No' campaign, Republican People's Party (CHP) campaign\nOn 28 February, the CHP unveiled their campaign, under the slogan \u2018Gelece\u011fim \u0130\u00e7in Hay\u0131r\u2019 ('No' for my future). It was stated that party logos would not be used during the campaign. The party also unveiled its first official campaign rally to be at Amasya, though one of the party's dissident MPs Muharrem \u0130nce held a rally at Alapl\u0131, Zonguldak Province on 8 March. Also on 8 March International Women's Day, the CHP Women's Wing in \u0130zmir held an event where participants spelled out the word 'No' with their bodies, with the scene captured by helicopter. The event was also attended by party leader Kemal K\u0131l\u0131\u00e7daro\u011flu's wife Selvi and Deputy Leader Selin Sayek B\u00f6ke.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 52], "section_span": [54, 94], "content_span": [95, 761]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273127-0008-0000", "contents": "2017 Turkish constitutional referendum 'No' campaign, Republican People's Party (CHP) campaign\nMany CHP MPs began visiting different areas of Turkey and Turkish expats abroad in order to gather support for a 'No' vote soon after the referendum date was announced. The party's former leader Deniz Baykal attended an event in France while \u0130stanbul Member of Parliament Sezgin Tanr\u0131kulu and parliamentary group leader \u00d6zg\u00fcr \u00d6zel led a group of MPs to Diyarbak\u0131r where the party has no representation.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 52], "section_span": [54, 94], "content_span": [95, 497]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273127-0009-0000", "contents": "2017 Turkish constitutional referendum 'No' campaign, Republican People's Party (CHP) campaign\nAt the start of the campaign, party leader Kemal K\u0131l\u0131\u00e7daro\u011flu reportedly asked the party's officials to conduct the 'No' campaign on a purely positive basis, refraining from using a negative or alienating discourse. It was also reported that the CHP were getting ready to make a campaign film similar to the 'No' campaign for the Chilean national plebiscite of 1988, which resulted in a victory for the 'No' side and an eventual end to the regime of Augusto Pinochet.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 52], "section_span": [54, 94], "content_span": [95, 562]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273128-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 Turkish constitutional referendum 'Yes' campaign\nThe 2017 Turkish constitutional referendum 'Yes' campaign refers to a campaign headed by numerous political parties, non-governmental organisations, individuals and media outlets in favour of a 'Yes' vote in the 2017 Turkish constitutional referendum. If successful, the 'Yes' campaign will transform Turkey from a parliamentary republic into an executive presidency. The 'Yes' campaign is rivalled primarily by parties and organisations that lead a 'No' campaign'. Neither campaign has a united or centralised campaign structure, with rallies and campaign events being largely organised by political parties independently of each other.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 53], "section_span": [53, 53], "content_span": [54, 691]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273128-0001-0000", "contents": "2017 Turkish constitutional referendum 'Yes' campaign\nThe 'Yes' campaign has been predominantly led by Justice and Development Party (AKP) politicians, as well as Nationalist Movement Party (MHP) politicians loyal to leader Devlet Bah\u00e7eli. Initially expecting a 7 February start to the campaign, the AKP eventually kicked off their official campaign on 25 February with a presentation by Prime Minister Binali Y\u0131ld\u0131r\u0131m at the Ankara sports stadium. Amid poor showings in opinion polls in February, Erdo\u011fan reportedly asked pro-government pollsters to suspend their opinion polling until the end of March, while proposals for a joint electoral rally by both leading AKP and MHP politicians has also been proposed.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 53], "section_span": [53, 53], "content_span": [54, 712]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273128-0002-0000", "contents": "2017 Turkish constitutional referendum 'Yes' campaign\nWhen Turkish ministers, in an illegal move under Turkish law, tried to travel to the Netherlands to promote the 'Yes' campaign to Turkish citizens living there, they were barred from doing so by the Dutch, causing the 2017 Dutch\u2013Turkish diplomatic incident.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 53], "section_span": [53, 53], "content_span": [54, 311]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273128-0003-0000", "contents": "2017 Turkish constitutional referendum 'Yes' campaign, Supporters, Political parties\nThe following political parties have announced their support for a 'Yes' vote.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 53], "section_span": [55, 84], "content_span": [85, 163]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273128-0004-0000", "contents": "2017 Turkish constitutional referendum 'Yes' campaign, Justice and Development Party (AKP) campaign, Domestic campaign\nThe AKP campaign has primarily focused around the concept of a 'great and strong Turkey' (B\u00fcy\u00fck ve G\u00fc\u00e7l\u00fc T\u00fcrkiye) during its campaign, while senior politicians have also emphasised the need to establish an executive presidency in order to stop terrorism and grow the economy. Opposition politicians have claimed that the AKP has been unable to justify the proposed constitutional changes, resorting to a populist campaign as a result.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 53], "section_span": [55, 118], "content_span": [119, 553]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273128-0005-0000", "contents": "2017 Turkish constitutional referendum 'Yes' campaign, Justice and Development Party (AKP) campaign, Domestic campaign\nThe AKP began its campaign on 25 February with a presentation by Prime Minister Binali Y\u0131ld\u0131r\u0131m, with the reserved seats being notably empty during the event. President Erdo\u011fan began his campaigns under the guise of 'public opening' rallies, a campaign method similar to the one used by the Presidency in the June 2015 general election. Following the first public opening rally on 17 February in Kahramanmara\u015f, Erdo\u011fan was criticised for making a perceived u-turn in his speech, first claiming that he would not desire an executive presidency for his personal gain but then claiming that the project was 'his own' just five minutes later.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 53], "section_span": [55, 118], "content_span": [119, 757]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273128-0006-0000", "contents": "2017 Turkish constitutional referendum 'Yes' campaign, Justice and Development Party (AKP) campaign, Domestic campaign\nErdo\u011fan and Y\u0131ld\u0131r\u0131m have both been heavily criticised for associating 'No' voters with terrorist organisations, both implicitly and directly on numerous occasions. During a speech to AKP Members of Parliament, Y\u0131ld\u0131r\u0131m claimed that they would vote 'Yes' because the Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) and the Fethullah G\u00fclen Terrorist Organisation (FET\u00d6) were supporting 'No'. At the same time, Erdo\u011fan claimed that those who were opposing the changes were siding with the coup plotters behind the 2016 Turkish coup d'\u00e9tat attempt.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 53], "section_span": [55, 118], "content_span": [119, 647]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273128-0006-0001", "contents": "2017 Turkish constitutional referendum 'Yes' campaign, Justice and Development Party (AKP) campaign, Domestic campaign\nTheir claims fell into disrepute when it emerged that FET\u00d6 was one of the first proponents of an executive presidency in 1997, having supported the AKP government when they came to power in 2002 until 2013. The PKK have also long favoured an executive presidency in return for greater independence in Kurdish populated regions, with members of the pro-Kurdish Peoples' Democratic Party (HDP) implicitly speaking out in favour of a 'Yes' vote.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 53], "section_span": [55, 118], "content_span": [119, 561]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273128-0007-0000", "contents": "2017 Turkish constitutional referendum 'Yes' campaign, Justice and Development Party (AKP) campaign, Overseas campaign\nOverseas election campaigning, even in diplomatic missions, is illegal under Turkish law; yet most political parties in Turkey, including the ruling AKP, have flouted the law.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 53], "section_span": [55, 118], "content_span": [119, 294]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273128-0008-0000", "contents": "2017 Turkish constitutional referendum 'Yes' campaign, Justice and Development Party (AKP) campaign, Overseas campaign\nAlthough Y\u0131ld\u0131r\u0131m managed to hold a rally in Oberhausen, Germany on 18 February, foreign governments have reacted negatively to attempts by Turkish politicians to hold overseas campaign events targeting voters abroad. The Foreign Minister of Austria, Sebastian Kurz, stated that he did not want Erdo\u011fan to visit the country to hold a campaign event because it would create division amongst Turkish citizens living in Austria. The intervention resulted in an angry reaction from Deputy Prime Minister Numan Kurtulmu\u015f, who claimed that Turkey's referandum was not the concern of the Austrian government. In Germany, events due to be held by Economy Minister Nihat Zeybek\u00e7i and Justice Minister Bekir Bozda\u011f were cancelled by local municipalities, who stated that the venues for the events had insufficient capacity. The developments were harshly criticised by the Turkish government as well as the main opposition.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 53], "section_span": [55, 118], "content_span": [119, 1031]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273128-0009-0000", "contents": "2017 Turkish constitutional referendum 'Yes' campaign, Nationalist Movement Party (MHP) campaign\nThe official party executive of the far-right Nationalist Movement Party (MHP), lead by Devlet Bah\u00e7eli, announced in late 2016 that they would co-operate with the AKP as they sought to draft a new constitution. This was met by opposition due to the MHP's long-standing staunch opposition to the presidential system, a policy also present in their November 2015 general election manifesto. Bah\u00e7eli himself was heavily criticised for the sudden u-turn, with videos comparing his sudden change of course to his past speeches where he strongly opposed the presidential system receiving record views on social media.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 53], "section_span": [55, 96], "content_span": [97, 708]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273128-0009-0001", "contents": "2017 Turkish constitutional referendum 'Yes' campaign, Nationalist Movement Party (MHP) campaign\nThe MHP official executive claimed that Bah\u00e7eli was trying to avoid an early election, which would have been a possibility if the AKP failed to put their proposals forward to a referendum. An early general election would have likely meant the MHP falling below the 10% election threshold and losing all their parliamentary seats. In January 2017, Bah\u00e7eli announced that they would also support a 'Yes' vote in the referendum, in addition to providing parliamentary support during the voting process.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 53], "section_span": [55, 96], "content_span": [97, 596]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273128-0010-0000", "contents": "2017 Turkish constitutional referendum 'Yes' campaign, Nationalist Movement Party (MHP) campaign\nThe MHP executive's decision to support a 'Yes' vote was met by strong opposition from the party's voter base, leading Bah\u00e7eli to claim that the party 'didn't have' a voter base. 7 MPs amongst the 40-strong MHP parliamentary group rebelled, leading to the eventual expulsion of four of them from the party. A wave of resignations from the party's local and district associations followed. In response to the start of an alternate 'No' campaign by high-profile MHP politicians, Bah\u00e7eli claimed that those who were disobeying the party line were attempting to 'defame' the MHP and did not represent Turkish nationalism.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 53], "section_span": [55, 96], "content_span": [97, 714]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273128-0010-0001", "contents": "2017 Turkish constitutional referendum 'Yes' campaign, Nationalist Movement Party (MHP) campaign\nIn a further speech during a regular parliamentary party briefing, Bah\u00e7eli stated that he would support Recep Tayyip Erdo\u011fan in an election if he was faced with the choice of choosing between Erdo\u011fan and 'No' supporters such as Do\u011fu Perin\u00e7ek. He further went on to claim that those asking him why he was supporting a 'Yes' vote should 'mind their own business.'", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 53], "section_span": [55, 96], "content_span": [97, 458]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273128-0011-0000", "contents": "2017 Turkish constitutional referendum 'Yes' campaign, Nationalist Movement Party (MHP) campaign\nBah\u00e7eli began his campaigning in Konya on 12 February 2017, speaking to a hall which was lambasted by the pro-'No' media for being significantly emptier than expected. Many polls suggest that a significant majority of MHP voters are 'No' supporters, with this figure rising to 90% in some estimates. Most polls put the percentage of 'No' voters in the MHP at between 50% to 80%, with definite 'Yes' voters remaining at 20\u201325%.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 53], "section_span": [55, 96], "content_span": [97, 523]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273128-0012-0000", "contents": "2017 Turkish constitutional referendum 'Yes' campaign, Nationalist Movement Party (MHP) campaign\nMany theories have been put forward by politicians and journalists to explain Bah\u00e7eli's sudden change of policy, with some claiming that Erdo\u011fan agreed to make him his Vice President under the new presidential regime. It was also reported in the Ayd\u0131nl\u0131k newspaper that three forms of blackmail had been made to the MHP by the AKP. The first concerned the threat of a snap election, in which the MHP would likely fail to secure 10% of the vote and win seats in Parliament.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 53], "section_span": [55, 96], "content_span": [97, 569]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273128-0012-0001", "contents": "2017 Turkish constitutional referendum 'Yes' campaign, Nationalist Movement Party (MHP) campaign\nThe second concerned Bah\u00e7eli's own seat as leader of the MHP, a position from which he was almost defeated during the 2016 Nationalist Movement Party Extraordinary Congress. Bah\u00e7eli was able to hang on to his leadership by avoiding a party congress with the help of the pro-government Supreme Electoral Council and the government-backed judiciary, but it was claimed that the government would cease to assist Bah\u00e7eli in maintaining his position should he not agree to campaign for a 'Yes' vote. A final threat was perceived to be a personal revelation regarding Bah\u00e7eli, in the form of an embarrassing video tape or a recording that would disgrace him and the MHP, which the government would release if Bah\u00e7eli refused to comply.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 53], "section_span": [55, 96], "content_span": [97, 826]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273129-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 Turkmen by-elections\nTwo parliamentary by-elections were held in Turkmenistan on 21 May 2017. In the Gunesh constituency G.Mammedova was elected, whilst G.Ataeva was elected in Vekil constituency.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [25, 25], "content_span": [26, 201]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273129-0001-0000", "contents": "2017 Turkmen by-elections\nMembers of the Assembly of Turkmenistan are elected in single-member constituencies by first-past-the-post voting. Voter turnout was 91.02%.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [25, 25], "content_span": [26, 166]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273130-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 Turkmenistan Cup\nThe 2017 Turkmenistan Cup (Turkmen: T\u00fcrkmenistany\u0148 Kubogy 2017) is the 24th season of the Turkmenistan Cup knockout tournament. The cup winner qualifies for the 2018 AFC Cup.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [21, 21], "content_span": [22, 196]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273130-0001-0000", "contents": "2017 Turkmenistan Cup\nThe draw of the tournament was held on 10 July 2017.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [21, 21], "content_span": [22, 74]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273131-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 Turkmenistan presidential election\nPresidential elections were held in Turkmenistan on 12 February 2017. This was Turkmenistan's fifth presidential election and decided who would be the country's president for the next seven years. Incumbent President Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedow won with more than 97% of the vote, similar to the results of the 2012 elections.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [39, 39], "content_span": [40, 364]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273131-0001-0000", "contents": "2017 Turkmenistan presidential election\nThe result was widely expected; although the election was nominally contested by nine candidates, all opposition candidates were appointed by the government and the elections were regarded by foreign organisations as not being a free and fair contest.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [39, 39], "content_span": [40, 291]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273131-0002-0000", "contents": "2017 Turkmenistan presidential election, Background\nIn September 2012, the constitution was changed to remove term limits and the 70 year-old age limit for presidential candidates, as well as extending the presidential term from five to seven years.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 51], "content_span": [52, 249]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273131-0003-0000", "contents": "2017 Turkmenistan presidential election, Electoral system\nThe President of Turkmenistan is elected using the two-round system.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 57], "content_span": [58, 126]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273131-0004-0000", "contents": "2017 Turkmenistan presidential election, Candidates\nThe Democratic Party nominated the incumbent President, Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedow, who won 97.14% of the vote in the previous elections. A total of 9 candidates were approved by the Central Election Committee. The opposition candidates' manifestos were published in the state-controlled mass media.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 51], "content_span": [52, 350]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273132-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 Turku attack\nThe 2017 Turku attack took place on 18 August 2017 at around 16:02\u201316:05 (UTC+3) when 10 people were stabbed in central Turku, Southwest Finland. Two women were killed in the attack and eight people sustained injuries.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 17], "section_span": [17, 17], "content_span": [18, 236]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273132-0001-0000", "contents": "2017 Turku attack\nPolice were informed at 16:02. Three minutes later the attacker, Abderrahman Bouanane, a Moroccan rejected asylum seeker, had been detained. At the time of his arrest, Bouanane was using the name Abderrahman Mechkah, which was later discovered to be a false identity. In June 2018, Bouanane was found guilty of two counts of murder with terrorist intent and eight counts of attempted murder with terrorist intent. It was the first time anybody had been sentenced for a terrorist crime in Finland.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 17], "section_span": [17, 17], "content_span": [18, 514]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273132-0002-0000", "contents": "2017 Turku attack\nBouanane reportedly identified as a soldier of the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS). He had been radicalised three months before the stabbing took place. During the investigation, he was discovered possessing ISIS propaganda material and a video of him reciting a manifesto.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 17], "section_span": [17, 17], "content_span": [18, 298]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273132-0003-0000", "contents": "2017 Turku attack, Background\nFinland had not experienced terrorist attacks and had faced very little political violence since the end of World War II.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 17], "section_span": [19, 29], "content_span": [30, 151]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273132-0004-0000", "contents": "2017 Turku attack, Background\nIn June 2017, the Finnish Security Intelligence Service assessed the overall terrorist threat as level two (\"elevated\") on its four-tier scale. According to the Service, the most significant terrorist threat in Finland was at the time \"posed by individual actors or small groups motivated by radical Islamist propaganda or terrorist organisations encouraging them.\" Europol's assessment of terrorism threats in the European Union (EU) in 2016 was similar to that of the Service:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 17], "section_span": [19, 29], "content_span": [30, 508]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273132-0005-0000", "contents": "2017 Turku attack, Background\nThe terrorist threat in the EU in 2016 emanated from remotely directed individuals operating alone or in small groups, and those that may have been inspired by terrorist propaganda, but not directed. The former are receiving direction and personal instruction from, and are possibly being facilitated by, a terrorist organisation. The latter are individual attackers, possibly but not necessarily being helped by family and/or friends as accomplices. They are inspired by jihadist propaganda and messaging, but not necessarily receiving personal direction or instruction from any group.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 17], "section_span": [19, 29], "content_span": [30, 616]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273132-0006-0000", "contents": "2017 Turku attack, Background\nBetween 1 January 2015 and 31 March 2017, Finland received 39\u00a0thousand asylum applications.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 17], "section_span": [19, 29], "content_span": [30, 121]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273132-0007-0000", "contents": "2017 Turku attack, Background\nBouanane arrived in Finland at the beginning of 2016 and was a \"rejected asylum seeker.\" He had previously lived as an illegal alien in Germany and had committed crimes there under several different identities from the end of 2015 until early 2016 without seeking asylum. He had no prior convictions in Finland according to the Finnish Legal Register Centre, but the Finnish Security Intelligence Service confirmed receiving, in early 2017, a non-specific tip-off that Bouanane appeared to be becoming radicalised and was interested in extremist ideology. The tip-off did not contain information suggesting an actual attack.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 17], "section_span": [19, 29], "content_span": [30, 654]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273132-0008-0000", "contents": "2017 Turku attack, Background\nAccording to persons interviewed at the Pansio asylum-seeker reception centre by national broadcaster Yle, Abderrahman Bouanane arrived at the centre in December 2016 and displayed radicalist behaviour during his stay, such as asking how he could join the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS), listening to radicalist sermons on his phone and considering Finns to be infidels (kuff\u0101r). The interviewees warned the reception centre management of the behaviour in January 2017. Helsingin Sanomat published similar interviews afterward.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 17], "section_span": [19, 29], "content_span": [30, 565]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273132-0009-0000", "contents": "2017 Turku attack, Background\nYle also reported that the police were at the time monitoring approximately 100 young asylum seeker men in the Southwest Finland area and that police believed Bouanane had radicalized fairly quickly during August; for example, his behaviour and clothing style had changed. Bouanane was not one of the 350 individuals monitored by the Finnish Security Intelligence Service for terrorism-prevention purposes.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 17], "section_span": [19, 29], "content_span": [30, 436]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273132-0010-0000", "contents": "2017 Turku attack, Background\nAccording to concluding remarks by the Finnish National Bureau of Investigation (NBI) after the case was closed, Bouanane told during his interrogations that he started having an interest in ISIS propaganda three months prior to the attack. Police believed he was a lone wolf and there was no evidence of direct contact between any terrorist organization and him. Bouanane possessed ISIS material, such as photos and videos, on his mobile phone and his computer; his close friends believed he displayed signs of radicalization.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 17], "section_span": [19, 29], "content_span": [30, 557]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273132-0010-0001", "contents": "2017 Turku attack, Background\nBouanane saw himself as a soldier of ISIS and said one motive for his attack were airstrikes by the Western Coalition during the 2017 Battle of Raqqa in Syria. According to NBI, his vision was to die in the attack as a martyr similarly to previous attacks in Europe that he admired. He hoped that ISIS would claim his attack\u2014although this did not happen.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 17], "section_span": [19, 29], "content_span": [30, 384]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273132-0011-0000", "contents": "2017 Turku attack, Attack\nAround noon of 18 August 2017, Abderrahman Bouanane took two kitchen knives with him and cycled from a friend's place in Kaarina to downtown Turku, where he attended a Muslim prayer at a mosque next to the river Aura. From there, he proceeded to a park outside Turku Cathedral and read a manifesto he had drafted on video. The manifesto was religiously inspired and contained, among others, discussion on the infidelity of Western nations as well as how oppressed Muslims should act. Bouanane disseminated the video to a group chat on an instant messaging service. Next, he moved to the local bus station where he intended to attack a military conscript, believing a soldier to be a valid target. Bouanane cancelled after other people arrived at the scene and he moved to Turku Market Square.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 17], "section_span": [19, 25], "content_span": [26, 818]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273132-0012-0000", "contents": "2017 Turku attack, Attack\nAt around 16:02, Bouanane, armed with the two knives, stabbed four people at the west corner of Market Square. The Emergency Response Centre alerted all nearby police patrols to the incident. Bouanane stabbed six more people while yelling \"Allahu akbar\" and running towards Puutori, approximately 465 metres (1,526\u00a0ft) away. Bystanders intervened in the attacks and chased the attacker while simultaneously warning other people. When police confronted Bouanane stabbing a victim at street address Brahenkatu 14 near Puutori, he ignored verbal orders and was immobilised with a single shot to the thigh and a taser at 16:05. He was given first aid and taken into custody.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 17], "section_span": [19, 25], "content_span": [26, 696]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273132-0013-0000", "contents": "2017 Turku attack, Casualties\nTwo people died as a result of the attack: one at the scene of the incident, and another in hospital. Eight victims were non-fatally wounded, six of whom were women and two men; three of them were critically injured. One of the victims was aged 15, the others were adults. Both of the fatalities were Finnish women, born in 1951 and 1986. Among the wounded there were a British man, an Italian woman, a Swedish man, and a 15-year-old Syrian girl who arrived in Finland as an asylum seeker.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 17], "section_span": [19, 29], "content_span": [30, 519]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273132-0013-0001", "contents": "2017 Turku attack, Casualties\nThe Italian citizen did not receive critical injuries while Hassan Zubier, a British paramedic living in Sweden, was injured four times as he tried to help a victim. Zubier, hailed as a hero by Finnish media, was open about the incident and appeared on national television to discuss it. He stated that after he had rushed to treat a bleeding woman injured during the attack, Bouanane stabbed him several times. Zubier suffered a severed spinal cord and severe nerve damage and lost his mobility. He was critical of some by-standers who took photos and videos of the scene instead of helping and partly blamed the media for this kind of behaviour.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 17], "section_span": [19, 29], "content_span": [30, 677]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273132-0014-0000", "contents": "2017 Turku attack, Casualties\nThe police suspected early on that the attacker had purposely chosen females as his victims, as the male victims were injured while trying to help other victims or stop the attacker. It was later discovered that the attacker had previously planned attacks at different sites, which would have included male casualties. Thus, police no longer had reason to believe that the casualties were picked based on their sex.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 17], "section_span": [19, 29], "content_span": [30, 445]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273132-0015-0000", "contents": "2017 Turku attack, Aftermath\nTurku City Library and Hansa shopping centre were evacuated, and police initially advised people to avoid the city centre area. Finnish Prime Minister Juha Sipil\u00e4 tweeted on 18 August 2017, at 17:09: \"The Government is closely following the events in Turku and the on-going police operation. The Government will meet later today.\" Finnish police increased security across the whole nation, such as at Helsinki Airport and Helsinki Central railway station along with other transport hubs across Finland. A crisis service hotline and an on-site crisis service point were established in the Turku area and the number of on-call social workers was doubled. Flags were flown half-mast on 19 August and a national moment of silence was held at the Market Square on 20 August.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 17], "section_span": [19, 28], "content_span": [29, 798]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273132-0016-0000", "contents": "2017 Turku attack, Aftermath\nThe attack prompted the Finnish Government, Members of Parliament and the President of Finland Sauli Niinist\u00f6 to discuss fast-tracking the intelligence and surveillance bill in motion to prevent future attacks. The bill proposed to enhance national security against serious threats with both civilian and military intelligence; it included new surveillance powers such as network traffic surveillance and intelligence gathering abroad.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 17], "section_span": [19, 28], "content_span": [29, 464]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273132-0016-0001", "contents": "2017 Turku attack, Aftermath\nPrime Minister Juha Sipil\u00e4 commented on the need for intelligence gathering reform that \"it should be obvious from a constitutional standpoint that the right to life is a more precious fundamental right than the right to privacy in light of the Turku event.\" Similarly, the event sparked discussion on adjusting asylum and immigration policies, such as returning rejected asylum seekers more rigorously and increasing judicial deterrent on illegal stays. Director of the Finnish Security Intelligence Service Antti Pelttari believed deportation centres for rejected asylum seekers and intensified returns would be beneficial from a security point of view. Interior Minister Paula Risikko did not find the suggestion feasible\u2014as the residents of such centres are not placed under constant surveillance, but are only required to check in regularly.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 17], "section_span": [19, 28], "content_span": [29, 875]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273132-0017-0000", "contents": "2017 Turku attack, Aftermath\nA photo taken by press photographer Liisa Huima depicting a police officer kneeling beside the lying Abderrahman Bouanane after his detainment at 16:24 was chosen as the news photo of the year in Finland. It was considered to be an illustration of the police officers' response during an exceptional event as well as a reminder of how important freedom of the press is. According to the jury, it is \"a classical photograph of an event where the news are currently in motion\" and it summarizes the most important news story of the year \"straightforwardly and without aesthetics\".", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 17], "section_span": [19, 28], "content_span": [29, 607]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273132-0018-0000", "contents": "2017 Turku attack, Aftermath\nIn December 2017, a Facebook fundraiser was launched to financially support Hassan Zubier who was injured while assisting another victim of the attack. On 25 June 2018, Zubier became the first foreign person to be awarded Finland's Life Saving Medal for helping a victim and protecting others during the attack. On 19 July 2018, he was also presented the George Medal for his actions.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 17], "section_span": [19, 28], "content_span": [29, 413]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273132-0019-0000", "contents": "2017 Turku attack, Aftermath\nZubier applied for Finnish state pension based on injuries he suffered during the attack, but admitted in August 2018 to benefits fraud by forging work history in his application. Prior, the Finnish State Treasury (Finnish: Valtiokonttori) discovered that he had not worked at the designated ambulance company during the dates specified in his application. Furthermore, the signee on the documentation provided by Zubier was not an employee of the company.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 17], "section_span": [19, 28], "content_span": [29, 485]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273132-0020-0000", "contents": "2017 Turku attack, Investigation, 18\u201320 August\nAt 19:00 on 18 August 2017, the police held a press conference where they reported that the nature of the attack had not yet been established. On 19 August at 14:00, the Finnish National Bureau of Investigation (NBI) announced that the arrested main suspect was an 18-year-old Moroccan man, and that the case was suspected to be a terrorist attack. NBI reported that police had raided a flat in the Varissuo suburb of Turku, home to a large immigrant population, and an asylum-seekers' reception centre in the Pansio suburb of Turku overnight between 18 and 19 August. Four more persons were arrested while one person was placed under an international arrest warrant. A white Fiat Ducato belonging to one of the suspects was seized during the raids.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 17], "section_span": [19, 46], "content_span": [47, 796]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273132-0021-0000", "contents": "2017 Turku attack, Investigation, 18\u201320 August\nThe Finnish Security Intelligence Service deemed that the terrorist threat assessment level would remain unchanged from level two (\"elevated\"). According to the Service's assessment at the time, Bouanane's profile was similar to that of several other recent radical Islamist terrorist attacks that have taken place in Europe and the Service considered the incident to be the first suspected terrorist strike in Finland. On the morning of 20 August, NBI conducted an approximately 45-minute re-enactment of the event at Market Square and Puutori as a normal method of investigating serious crimes. Additional locations were searched in the Runosm\u00e4ki suburb of Turku and persons connected to the case were interviewed. NBI gathered photographic and video evidence from the public through a WhatsApp account.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 17], "section_span": [19, 46], "content_span": [47, 852]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273132-0022-0000", "contents": "2017 Turku attack, Investigation, 21\u201325 August\nOn 21 August, Bouanane was named by authorities as Abderrahman Mechkah\u2014although the name was subsequently shown to be false. He remained in hospital on 21 August, but no longer in intensive care. NBI requested he be remanded during pre-trial investigations. Bouanane and three of the suspected associates were remanded into pre-trial detention on 22 August by the district court of Southwest Finland (Finnish: Varsinais-Suomen k\u00e4r\u00e4j\u00e4oikeus) on suspicion of two counts of murder with terrorist intent and eight counts of attempted murder with terrorist intent.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 17], "section_span": [19, 46], "content_span": [47, 606]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273132-0022-0001", "contents": "2017 Turku attack, Investigation, 21\u201325 August\nHe admitted to causing the deaths and injuries, but denied that they constituted murder with terrorist intent. The motive of the attack was still unclear according to NBI. Investigators cancelled the remand hearing of one of the five originally arrested and cleared the person from any charges. NBI was at the time investigating the case in cooperation with Europol and Interpol and focusing on background issues, such as whether the attack was conducted in isolation or whether an organization guided the suspects as well as trying to locate the sixth suspect outside of Finland.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 17], "section_span": [19, 46], "content_span": [47, 627]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273132-0022-0002", "contents": "2017 Turku attack, Investigation, 21\u201325 August\nOn 23 August, two more suspects were detained on suspicion of preparing to commit crimes with terrorist intent. The two were subsequently interviewed; and one of them released and cleared of charges later on. As of 24 August, four suspects were in pre-trial detention, one arrested, one under an international arrest warrant and two cleared.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 17], "section_span": [19, 46], "content_span": [47, 388]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273132-0023-0000", "contents": "2017 Turku attack, Investigation, 26 August \u2013 7 February\nOn 26 August, NBI reported that they had released the second suspect arrested on 23 August and cleared the person of all charges. On 27 August, it was reported that Abderrahman Mechkah was not the main suspect's real name, nor was he 18-years old as previously thought. He was later confirmed to be 22-year-old Abderrahman Bouanane. Two of the remanded suspects were released and cleared of all charges on 31 August. Reports also described the suspect placed under an international arrest warrant as a 23-year-old Finnish citizen born in Uzbekistan suspected of supporting Bouanane's radical thoughts. (As of September 2018, the wanted suspect had contacted NBI with the intent to clear the matter, but he had not been questioned nor was his exact location known.) NBI commented that the investigation will continue for months in part due to the need to translate Arabic material.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 17], "section_span": [19, 56], "content_span": [57, 937]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273132-0024-0000", "contents": "2017 Turku attack, Investigation, 26 August \u2013 7 February\nThe fourth remanded accessory suspect was released from detention and cleared of charges on 1 September, leaving Bouanane as the only one remaining in custody. Bouanane was ordered on 12 October by the district court to undergo a psychiatric evaluation\u2014a request he had made early into the investigation; the results determined that Bouanane was fully aware of his actions. On 19 October, the Finnish Government established an independent inquiry team to investigate the stabbing and provide recommendations on how new attacks could be prevented.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 17], "section_span": [19, 56], "content_span": [57, 603]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273132-0024-0001", "contents": "2017 Turku attack, Investigation, 26 August \u2013 7 February\nNBI held a press conference on 7 February 2018 to report that the investigation was concluded and the material, spanning some 1,400 pages, would be forwarded to the Finnish Prosecution Office. During the same press conference, the Finnish Security Intelligence Service reiterated that there was no apparent need to change the terrorist threat level from level two (\"elevated\").", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 17], "section_span": [19, 56], "content_span": [57, 434]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273132-0025-0000", "contents": "2017 Turku attack, Trial\nBouanane was charged by the prosecution with two counts of murder with terrorist intent and eight counts of attempted murder with terrorist intent on 27 February 2018. According to the relevant authorities, the defendant had been acting compos mentis and was therefore competent to stand trial. The case came before the district court of Southwest Finland, the court of first instance under whose jurisdiction Turku comes. The preliminary hearing began on 20 March. The actual trial started on 9 April, and was expected to last until mid-May.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 17], "section_span": [19, 24], "content_span": [25, 567]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273132-0026-0000", "contents": "2017 Turku attack, Trial\nOn 15 June, Bouanane was found guilty of murder with terrorist intent on two counts, and of attempted murder with terrorist intent on eight counts. He was sentenced to life in prison. The verdict was described as the first time anybody had been sentenced for a terrorist crime in Finland. Reuters wrote after the ruling that the stabbing represented the \"first militant Islamist attack\" in Finland and Finnish Jihadism researcher Atte Kaleva iterated that \"the ruling confirms radical Islamist terrorism's entry into Finland.\" Bouanane appealed the court's decision on the last possible day for appeals. However, in January 2019, Bouanane withdrew his appeal.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 17], "section_span": [19, 24], "content_span": [25, 684]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273132-0027-0000", "contents": "2017 Turku attack, Reactions\nPrime Minister Juha Sipil\u00e4 remarked during a press conference on 19 August 2017: \"If the criminal charge is confirmed to be terror-related murder, that would be a first in Finland. We have feared this. The day before in Barcelona and now in Turku. We are no longer an island.\" He added: \"This act was cowardly and reprehensible. The killing of innocent people is a violation of humanity and of religions' principles. We are however all in the same boat and we must defend humanity so that hate is not answered with hate.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 17], "section_span": [19, 28], "content_span": [29, 550]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273132-0027-0001", "contents": "2017 Turku attack, Reactions\nInterior Minister Paula Risikko said on Twitter on 19 August: \"Terrorists want to pit people against each other. We will not let this happen. Finnish society will not be defeated by fear or hatred.\" On 19 August, protesters from anti-immigration and anti-racism groups staged demonstrations near the site of the stabbing. The Islamic Council of Finland and the Moroccan Forum in Finland strongly condemned the attack and denounced the use of violence and hatred on 20 August. Several international leaders offered their condolences to the victims of the attacks.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 17], "section_span": [19, 28], "content_span": [29, 591]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273133-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 Tuvalu A-Division\nThe 2017 Tuvalu A-Division was the 17th season of top flight association football in Tuvalu. The season started and finish on 2017.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [22, 22], "content_span": [23, 154]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273133-0001-0000", "contents": "2017 Tuvalu A-Division\nThis seventeenth edition of the Tuvalu A-Division marked the end of the Nauti FC title streak, which in 2016 totaled 10 consecutive titles and 11 in total. In addition to the 11 Tuvalu A-Division titles, the Nauti FC team had previously won the Tuvalu League Tournament 11 other times (national league predecessor to the Tuvalu A-Division).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [22, 22], "content_span": [23, 363]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273134-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 Tyrone Intermediate Football Championship\nThe 2017 Tyrone Intermediate Football Championship is the 2017 edition of Tyrone GAA's second-tier gaelic football tournament for intermediate clubs in County Tyrone, Northern Ireland. Sixteen teams compete with the winners receiving promotion to the Tyrone Senior Football Championship the next year and representing Tyrone in the Ulster Intermediate Club Football Championship.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [46, 46], "content_span": [47, 426]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273134-0001-0000", "contents": "2017 Tyrone Intermediate Football Championship\nPomeroy Plunkett's won the 2016 IFC final after they defeated Derrylaughan 3-12 to 1-12 in the final in Omagh.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [46, 46], "content_span": [47, 157]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273134-0002-0000", "contents": "2017 Tyrone Intermediate Football Championship\nPomeroy Plunkett's, Urney St. Columba's and Donaghmore St. Patrick's returned to senior championship football in 2017.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [46, 46], "content_span": [47, 165]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273134-0003-0000", "contents": "2017 Tyrone Intermediate Football Championship\nRock St. Patrick's won the 2016 Tyrone JFC final defeating Tattyreagh 1-9 to 1-6 in Dungannon to earn promotion to the 2017 Tyrone Intermediate Championship.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [46, 46], "content_span": [47, 204]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273135-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 Tyrone Senior Football Championship\nThe 2017 Tyrone Senior Football Championship is the 112th edition of Tyrone GAA's premier gaelic football tournament for clubs in Tyrone Senior Football League Division 1. Sixteen teams compete with the winners receiving the O'Neill Cup and representing Tyrone in the Ulster Senior Club Football Championship.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [40, 40], "content_span": [41, 350]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273135-0001-0000", "contents": "2017 Tyrone Senior Football Championship\nKillyclogher were the defending champions after they defeated Coalisland after a replay in the 2016 final. However the defence of their title came undone at the first hurdle when losing to newly promoted Pomeroy Plunkett's in Round 1.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [40, 40], "content_span": [41, 275]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273135-0002-0000", "contents": "2017 Tyrone Senior Football Championship\nPomeroy Plunkett's, Urney St. Columba's and Donaghmore St. Patrick's returned to senior championship football in 2017.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [40, 40], "content_span": [41, 159]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273135-0003-0000", "contents": "2017 Tyrone Senior Football Championship\nThis year marked the first time a Tyrone championship game was played outside the county. Omagh St. Enda's defeated Ardboe O'Donovan Rossa in a first round re-fixture tie in the Athletic Grounds, Armagh. Healy Park was ruled out due to Omagh's involvement and no neutral floodlit venue was available.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [40, 40], "content_span": [41, 341]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273135-0004-0000", "contents": "2017 Tyrone Senior Football Championship\nGreencastle St. Patrick's made the drop back down to the Intermediate ranks when finishing bottom of the 2017 S.F.L. They were followed by Strabane Sigersons who lost their S.F.L. Relegation Playoff to Urney St. Columba's, who in turn then lost their SFL/IFL Promotion/Relegation Playoff to Aghyaran St. Davog's. I.F.C. champions Moy T\u00edr na n\u00d3g and I.F.L. champions Derrylaughan Kevin Barry's will also replace these relegated teams in 2018.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [40, 40], "content_span": [41, 482]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273135-0005-0000", "contents": "2017 Tyrone Senior Football Championship\nOn 15 October 2017, Omagh St. Enda's claimed their 9th S.F.C. crown and first in three years when defeating Errigal Ciar\u00e1n by 0-10 to 0-8 at Healy Park.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [40, 40], "content_span": [41, 193]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273135-0006-0000", "contents": "2017 Tyrone Senior Football Championship, Format\nThe championship has a straight knock out structure. The 16 teams that take part in the championship are the 16 teams in the Senior Football League (SFL).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 48], "content_span": [49, 204]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273135-0007-0000", "contents": "2017 Tyrone Senior Football Championship, Format\nEither two or three teams are relegated each year from the SFC and SFL. The 16th placed team in the SFL is automatically relegated to the IFL. The 15th and 14th placed teams then play a SFL relegation playoff with the loser being relegated. The winner plays the winner of the IFL promotion playoffs - if they win, they remain in the SFC and SFL - if they lose they are relegated to the IFC and IFL. (The winner of the SFC can't be relegated. If the championship winner finishes in the bottom 3 in the league, the 13th placed team enters the relegation scenario.)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 48], "content_span": [49, 612]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273135-0008-0000", "contents": "2017 Tyrone Senior Football Championship, Format\nEither two or three teams are promoted to the SFC each year. The IFC champions and the IFL champions are automatically promoted to the senior grade (If a team wins the IFC and IFL, the 2nd placed team in the IFL are automatically promoted). 2nd, 3rd, 4th and 5th place in the IFL enter the IFL promotion semi-finals (If the IFC champions are placed in the top 5 the 6th placed team enter the IFL promotion semi-finals) with the eventual winner of the final earning the right to play the loser of the SFL relegation playoff in a relegation/promotion playoff.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 48], "content_span": [49, 606]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273135-0009-0000", "contents": "2017 Tyrone Senior Football Championship, Team Changes\nThe following teams have changed division since the 2016 championship season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 54], "content_span": [55, 132]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273136-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 T\u00fcrk Telecom \u0130zmir Cup\nThe 2017 T\u00fcrk Telecom \u0130zmir Cup was a professional tennis tournament played on hard courts. It was the tenth edition of the tournament which was part of the 2017 ATP Challenger Tour. It took place in \u0130zmir, Turkey between 18 and 24 September 2017.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [27, 27], "content_span": [28, 275]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273136-0001-0000", "contents": "2017 T\u00fcrk Telecom \u0130zmir Cup, Singles main draw entrants, Other Entrants\nThe following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 71], "content_span": [72, 140]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273136-0002-0000", "contents": "2017 T\u00fcrk Telecom \u0130zmir Cup, Singles main draw entrants, Other Entrants\nThe following players received entry into the singles main draw as special exempts:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 71], "content_span": [72, 155]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273137-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 T\u00fcrk Telecom \u0130zmir Cup \u2013 Doubles\nMarco Chiudinelli and Marius Copil were the defending champions but chose not to defend their title.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [37, 37], "content_span": [38, 138]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273137-0001-0000", "contents": "2017 T\u00fcrk Telecom \u0130zmir Cup \u2013 Doubles\nScott Clayton and Jonny O'Mara won the title after Denys Molchanov and Sergiy Stakhovsky withdrew from the final.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [37, 37], "content_span": [38, 151]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273138-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 T\u00fcrk Telecom \u0130zmir Cup \u2013 Singles\nMarsel \u0130lhan was the defending champion but lost in the first round to Illya Marchenko.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [37, 37], "content_span": [38, 125]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273138-0001-0000", "contents": "2017 T\u00fcrk Telecom \u0130zmir Cup \u2013 Singles\nMarchenko won the title after defeating St\u00e9phane Robert 7\u20136(7\u20132), 6\u20130 in the final.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [37, 37], "content_span": [38, 121]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273139-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 U Sports Men's Basketball Championship\nThe 2017 U Sports Men's Final 8 Basketball Tournament was held March 9\u201312, 2017 in Halifax, Nova Scotia. It was hosted by Dalhousie University at the Scotiabank Centre, the first time since 1987 that Dalhousie hosted the tournament.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [43, 43], "content_span": [44, 276]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273139-0001-0000", "contents": "2017 U Sports Men's Basketball Championship\nThe Carleton Ravens won their seventh straight title, their 13th in 15 years, this time over the Ryerson Rams, who came into the tournament ranked number one in the country. The Dalhousie Tigers took their first ever bronze medal by defeating the McGill Redmen. Carleton extended its record number of men's national basketball championships, more than any top division college in Canada or the United States.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [43, 43], "content_span": [44, 452]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273139-0002-0000", "contents": "2017 U Sports Men's Basketball Championship\nAll tournament games were shown live online via the U Sports website (using Stretch Internet). The semi-final and final games were on television's Sportsnet 360 and on its online service.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [43, 43], "content_span": [44, 231]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273139-0003-0000", "contents": "2017 U Sports Men's Basketball Championship\nThis marked the first Men's Final 8 branded as a U Sports championship.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [43, 43], "content_span": [44, 115]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273140-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 U Sports University Cup\nThe 2017 U Sports Men's University Cup Hockey Tournament (55th Annual) was held March 16\u201319, 2017 in Fredericton, New Brunswick and played at the Aitken Centre on UNB's Fredericton campus. This event marked the first year of a successful two-year bid to host the 2017 and 2018 USports University Cup. This is the 3rd time UNB has hosted the University Cup - they first hosted a two-year bid in 2003 & 2004 and again in 2011 & 2012. UNB is the first program to host the event 3 times since the expanded format was introduced in 1998.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [28, 28], "content_span": [29, 561]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273140-0001-0000", "contents": "2017 U Sports University Cup\nThe UNB Varsity Reds won their 7th title (6th under head coach Gardiner MacDougall) and their first title defense over the Saskatchewan Huskies coached by Dave Adolph. The #5 seed has appeared in the finals six times since the expanded format started in 1998 and has won three titles; UNB in each case (2007, 2016 & 2017). The #6 seed has appeared in 4 finals and has not yet won.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [28, 28], "content_span": [29, 409]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273140-0002-0000", "contents": "2017 U Sports University Cup\nUNB's title defense follows on the heels of Alberta's back-to-back titles in 2014 & 2015.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [28, 28], "content_span": [29, 118]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273140-0003-0000", "contents": "2017 U Sports University Cup\nUNB and Alberta are the only two teams to host and win since the expanded format was introduced in 1998 - they each have two titles at home (Alberta - 2005 and 2006 / UNB - 2011 and 2017)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [28, 28], "content_span": [29, 216]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273140-0004-0000", "contents": "2017 U Sports University Cup\nThis is the 3rd straight appearance for UNB in the finals (2015-Silver, 2016-Gold & 2017 Gold). This has only occurred three other times going back to 1983 (34 years);- UNB (2007-Gold, 2008-Silver, 2009-Gold)- UQTR (2001-Gold, 2002-Silver, 2003-Gold)- Saskatchewan (1981-Silver, 1982-Silver, 1983-Gold)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [28, 28], "content_span": [29, 331]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273140-0005-0000", "contents": "2017 U Sports University Cup, Road to the Cup, OUA playoffs\nNote: UQTR Patriotes forfeit all games from January 25, 2017 to February 25, 2017, as well as their first 13 games of the next season, due to an ineligible player. There original 2016-17 record of 16-10-2 (34pts for 5th) was corrected to 13-13-2 (28pts for 7th). However, this change is not reflected here because the foul and subsequent forfeitures were not announced until January 18th, 2018 (the following season) when the infraction became known.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 59], "content_span": [60, 510]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273140-0006-0000", "contents": "2017 U Sports University Cup, University Cup tournament\nThe eight teams to advance to the tournament are listed below. The three(3) conference champions must be seeded 1-3 followed by the OUA Runner-up (seed #4). The remaining four seeds are for the AUS Finalist, Canada West Finalist, OUA Third-place and host. Their seedings are based on the pre-tournament rankings. Since UNB advanced as the AUS Runner-up, Acadia would represent the host.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 55], "content_span": [56, 442]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273140-0007-0000", "contents": "2017 U Sports University Cup, University Cup tournament, Weather\nA Nor'easter traveled across Ontario, Quebec, New England and the Maritimes on Tuesday, two days before the tournament started. The storm cancelled flights east out of Toronto, Ottawa and Montreal. This impacted Queen's who had scheduled to leave on Tuesday by bus to Toronto where they would fly to Fredericton. They were informed their flight was cancelled and they instead booked a bus to Fredericton leaving Tuesday afternoon. They got as far as Quebec City where they stayed the night. McGill had also started their journey by bus on Tuesday and got as far as Riviere-du-Loup.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 64], "content_span": [65, 646]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273140-0008-0000", "contents": "2017 U Sports University Cup, University Cup tournament, Weather\nPoor road conditions and road closures stranded both teams for the entire day on Wednesday in their respective locations. As such they were not able to attend the UCup Gala on Wednesday night. They continued their journeys on Thursday and both arrive mid-day on Thursday. This had the biggest impact on Queen's who was scheduled to play UNB that night at 7pm local (AST). The game was delayed by 1 hour to 8pm to provide Queen's some additional time to prepare. The travel impact was less for McGill whose first game wasn't until Friday.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 64], "content_span": [65, 602]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273140-0009-0000", "contents": "2017 U Sports University Cup, University Cup tournament, Weather\nSaskatchewan Huskies arrived on Monday but not all of their equipment did - they had to purchase a sizable amount of equipment from a local sporting goods store to outfit the team for their first practice on Tuesday. The missing bags did arrive late Wednesday.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 64], "content_span": [65, 325]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273140-0010-0000", "contents": "2017 U Sports University Cup, University Cup tournament, Tournament format\nThe tournament is a traditional 8 team, single elimination ladder with Bronze Medal game between the two semi-final losers. Games that are tied after regulation play a 10-minute overtime period following the 3rd period. If there is no score after the first overtime, the ice is cleaned and they would play 20 minute periods (with ice cleaned between periods) until there is a winner.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 74], "content_span": [75, 458]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273140-0011-0000", "contents": "2017 U Sports University Cup, University Cup tournament, Tournament format\nThe higher seed is the 'Home' team for each game (the home team must wear their 'white' jerseys and will get the last change during stoppages of play).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 74], "content_span": [75, 226]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273140-0012-0000", "contents": "2017 U Sports University Cup, University Cup tournament, Tournament format\nThe UNB Varsity Reds played as the visitor in games 1 but as the home team in games 2 & 3. The Saskatchewan Huskies were the visitor in all three of their games.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 74], "content_span": [75, 236]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273140-0013-0000", "contents": "2017 U Sports University Cup, Tournament All-Stars\nPhilippe Maillet, from the UNB Varsity Reds, was selected as the Major W.J. 'Danny' McLeod Award for U Sports University Cup MVP. Maillet had 4 goals and 6 assist for 10 points in 3 games. 3 of his goals were scored in their quarter-final game vs Queen's (a hat trick) and 4 of his assists were scored in the Gold Medal game.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 50], "content_span": [51, 376]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273140-0014-0000", "contents": "2017 U Sports University Cup, Tournament All-Stars\nJoining Maillet on the tournament all-star team were:Forward Cam Braes (UNB Varsity Reds)Forward Levi Cable (Saskatchewan Huskies)Defenceman Geoff Schemitsch (Acadia Axemen)Defenceman Jesse Forsberg (Saskatchewan Huskies)Goalie \u00c9tienne Marcoux (UNB Varsity Reds)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 50], "content_span": [51, 313]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273141-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 U Sports Women's Basketball Championship\nThe 2017 U Sports Women's Final 8 Basketball Tournament was held March 9\u201312, 2017, in Victoria, British Columbia. It was hosted by University of Victoria at the CARSA Performance Gym, which was the first time since 1993 that Victoria had hosted the tournament.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [45, 45], "content_span": [46, 306]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273142-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 U Sports Women's Ice Hockey Championship\nThe 2017 U Sports Women's Ice Hockey Championship was held from March 16\u201319, 2017, in Napanee, Ontario. The entire tournament was played at Strathcona Paper Centre, near the campus of Queen's University.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [45, 45], "content_span": [46, 249]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273143-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 U Sports Women's Volleyball Championship\nThe 2017 U Sports Women's Volleyball Championship was held March 17\u201319, 2017, in Toronto, Ontario, to determine a national champion for the 2016\u201317 U Sports women's volleyball season. The tournament was played at the Mattamy Athletic Centre and hosted by Ryerson University. It was the first time that Ryerson had hosted the tournament.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [45, 45], "content_span": [46, 382]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273143-0001-0000", "contents": "2017 U Sports Women's Volleyball Championship\nThe third-seeded UBC Thunderbirds defeated the top-seeded Alberta Pandas in the gold medal match 3\u20131 to claim their league-leading 11th women's volleyball national championship.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [45, 45], "content_span": [46, 223]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273144-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 U Sports football season\nThe 2017 U Sports football season began on August 25 with the St. Francis Xavier X-Men visiting the Saint Mary's Huskies in Halifax, Nova Scotia and the Montreal Carabins visiting the Concordia Stingers in Montreal, Quebec. The season concluded on November 25 with the 53rd Vanier Cup championship at Tim Hortons Field in Hamilton, Ontario. This season saw the first conference shift since 2001 with the Bishop's Gaiters moving from the Quebec Student Sport Federation to the Atlantic University Sport conference. 27 university teams in Canada participated in the newly re-branded U Sports football, the highest level of amateur Canadian football. The Western Mustangs defeated the Laval Rouge et Or, 39-17, to win their first Vanier Cup since 1994.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [29, 29], "content_span": [30, 779]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273144-0001-0000", "contents": "2017 U Sports football season, Regular season, Conference changes\nOn December 15, 2016, Bishop's University Athletics and Atlantic University Sport (AUS) announced that the Bishop's Gaiters would be joining the AUS conference beginning in 2017. The move increases the number of teams competing in the AUS from four to five, while reducing the teams in the Quebec Student Sport Federation (RSEQ) from six to five. It also marked the first time since 1990 that the AUS had more than four teams, when the University College of Cape Breton played for one season before disbanding. This change also brought an end to the scheduled interlocking play with the RSEQ that had been in place since 2002.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 65], "content_span": [66, 692]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273144-0002-0000", "contents": "2017 U Sports football season, Regular season, Schedules\nThe schedule for the Ontario University Athletics conference was released on January 18, 2017 with 11 teams playing over the course of nine weeks with each team receiving one bye week. Compared to the previous season, there were no major format changes. The OUA will begin play on August 26, 2017 with the Carleton Ravens visiting the Queen's Gaels at Richardson Memorial Stadium. Eight other OUA teams will play the following day. The regular season will conclude on October 21, 2017 with the Yates Cup championship game taking place three weeks later on November 11, 2017.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 56], "content_span": [57, 631]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273144-0003-0000", "contents": "2017 U Sports football season, Regular season, Schedules\nOn January 23, 2017, the schedule changes for the AUS were revealed, with the conference opening the season two weeks earlier than usual on Friday August 25 with the St. Francis Xavier X-Men visiting the Saint Mary's Huskies. Each team will play the other four teams twice with each team also having two bye weeks over the ten-week schedule. With these changes, the AUS will also now permit teams to play one out-of-conference exhibition game, in lieu of interlock play with the RSEQ being eliminated.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 56], "content_span": [57, 558]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273144-0003-0001", "contents": "2017 U Sports football season, Regular season, Schedules\nThere are three Friday night regular season games in the AUS with the remaining 17 games being played on Saturday afternoons. The regular season will conclude on October 28, 2017 and playoff format will remain the same despite an additional team; the second place team will host the third place team in the semi-final and the first place team will host the Loney Bowl championship game on November 11, 2017.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 56], "content_span": [57, 464]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273144-0004-0000", "contents": "2017 U Sports football season, Regular season, Schedules\nThe Quebec Student Sport Federation released their schedule on February 21, 2017. Following the aforementioned departure of Bishop's, the conference's schedule featured five teams for the first time since 2002. Similar to the AUS schedule, the five teams will play eight regular season games over ten weeks with each team receiving two bye weeks. In contrast to the AUS, the RSEQ will have its top four teams qualify for the playoffs with two semi-final games and the winners of those games playing for the Dunsmore Cup on November 11, 2017. This was the same format used when the conference had five teams in 2002. Of the 20 games scheduled, two are on Thursdays, five are on Fridays, 11 are on Saturdays, and two are on Sundays.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 56], "content_span": [57, 787]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273144-0005-0000", "contents": "2017 U Sports football season, Regular season, Schedules\nWith the changes to the other conferences, the Canada West Universities Athletic Association was left as the only conference with an even number of teams and there were no major format changes when the schedule was unveiled on April 18, 2017. All six teams will play on September 1, 2017 and conclude their seasons on October 28, 2017. As usual, all teams will have a bye week on Thanksgiving Day weekend. In total, eight regular season games will be played on Fridays and 16 will be played on Saturdays. Similar to the other conferences, the conference championship game, the Hardy Cup, will be played on November 11, 2017.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 56], "content_span": [57, 681]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273144-0006-0000", "contents": "2017 U Sports football season, Regular season, Cancelled game\nOn October 4, 2017, it was announced that the October 5 game between the Montreal Carabins and Concordia Stingers was cancelled due to Montreal players and coaching staff members exhibiting flu symptoms. Due to scheduling constraints, the game was outright cancelled and would not be rescheduled. Montreal and Concordia would only play sevens games as a result and winning percentage would be counted in the standings as opposed to point totals. If teams are tied in the standings based on win percentage, head-to-head results would be used as a second tie-breaker. The decision was met with controversy as a similar situation in 2006 had the St. Francis Xavier X-Men forfeit a game to the McGill Redmen due to illnesses on their team rather than the game count as a no-decision.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 61], "content_span": [62, 841]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273144-0007-0000", "contents": "2017 U Sports football season, Post-season\nThe Vanier Cup is played between the champions of the Mitchell Bowl and the Uteck Bowl, the national semi-final games. In 2017, according to the rotating schedule, the Canada West Hardy Trophy championship team will host the Qu\u00e9bec conference Dunsmore Cup championship team for the Mitchell Bowl. The winners of the Atlantic conference's Loney Bowl will host the Yates Cup Ontario championship team for the Uteck Bowl.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 42], "content_span": [43, 461]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273144-0008-0000", "contents": "2017 U Sports football season, Post-season, Conference Playoffs, Atlantic University Sport\nOn November 9, 2017, Atlantic University Sport announced that the Saint Mary's team had been disqualified due to an undisclosed eligibility violation, and that the Loney Bowl had been cancelled. The Acadia Axemen were declared conference champions by default. However, Saint Mary's took U Sports governing body to the Ontario Superior Court (where U Sports is headquartered) due to their interpretation of a player eligibility rule. Saint Mary's wide receiver Archelaus Jack had been on the practice roster of the Canadian Football League's Saskatchewan Roughriders until October 11, 2016. The league rules state that if a player is on a professional team's roster past August 15, that player would have to sit out one year. The rules were not clear on whether this referred to an academic year or season, or a 365-day period.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 90], "content_span": [91, 917]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273144-0009-0000", "contents": "2017 U Sports football season, Post-season, Conference Playoffs, Atlantic University Sport\nOn November 12, one day after the game was originally scheduled, the Ontario judge ruled in favour of Saint Mary's and the Loney Bowl was re-scheduled for November 14, with the Uteck Bowl still scheduled for the following Saturday, November 18, against the Western Mustangs. Acadia won the game in overtime 45\u201438.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 90], "content_span": [91, 404]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273145-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 U-12 Baseball World Cup\nThe 2017 U-12 Baseball World Cup is an under 12 international baseball tournament held from July 28 to August 6 in Tainan, Taiwan. It is the fourth edition of the tournament.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [28, 28], "content_span": [29, 203]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273145-0001-0000", "contents": "2017 U-12 Baseball World Cup, Format\nFirst Round: The 12 participating teams were drawn into two groups of 6 for round robin. The top 3 teams from each pool advance to the Super Round while the bottom 3 teams play in the Consolation Round.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 36], "content_span": [37, 239]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273145-0002-0000", "contents": "2017 U-12 Baseball World Cup, Format\nConsolation Round: The bottom 3 teams from each pool play each of the other bottom 3 teams from the other pool (ex. The 4th place team from Group A plays the 4th, 5th, and 6th place teams from Pool B). The results of the previous round robin carry over for teams originally in the same pool (ex. The 4th place team from Group A beats both the 5th and 6th place teams from Group A in pool play and starts the consolation round with a 2-0 record.). Teams don't advance to play any more games after the consolation round.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 36], "content_span": [37, 555]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273145-0003-0000", "contents": "2017 U-12 Baseball World Cup, Format\nSuper Round: The top 3 teams from each pool play each of the other top 3 teams from the other pool (ex. The 1st place team from Group A plays the 1st, 2nd, and 3rd place teams from Group B). The results of the previous round robin carry over for teams originally in the same pool (ex. If the 1st place team from Group A beats both the 2nd and 3rd place teams from Group A in pool play and starts the Super Round with a 2-0 record. The 3rd and 4th place finishers advance to the Bronze Medal Game, and the 1st and 2nd place finishers advance to the Gold Medal Game.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 36], "content_span": [37, 601]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273145-0004-0000", "contents": "2017 U-12 Baseball World Cup, Format\nMedal Round: The Medal Round consists of the Bronze Medal Game, contested by the 3rd and 4th place finishers from the Super Round, and the Gold Medal Game, contested by the 1st and 2nd place finishers.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 36], "content_span": [37, 238]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273145-0005-0000", "contents": "2017 U-12 Baseball World Cup, Teams\nTwelve teams qualified for the tournament. The number in parentheses is their nations ranking in the WBSC World Rankings prior to the start of the tournament.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 35], "content_span": [36, 194]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273145-0006-0000", "contents": "2017 U-12 Baseball World Cup, First Round, Group A\nDue to WBSC tie-breaking procedures, Japan was awarded 1st in the group followed by Chinese Taipei and Mexico respectively. All 3 teams advanced to the Super Round.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 50], "content_span": [51, 215]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273145-0007-0000", "contents": "2017 U-12 Baseball World Cup, First Round, Group B\nDue to WBSC tie-breaking procedures, South Korea was awarded 2nd in the group followed by Nicaragua and Panama respectively. South Korea and Nicaragua advanced to the Super Round while Panama was eliminated and sent to the Consolation Round.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 50], "content_span": [51, 292]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273145-0008-0000", "contents": "2017 U-12 Baseball World Cup, 2nd Round, Super Round\nIn the super round, if a team played another team that qualified for the super round, the result from the 1st round carried over to the super round. Therefore, each team played 3 games in the super round and 2 games that carried over from the first round.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 52], "content_span": [53, 308]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273145-0009-0000", "contents": "2017 U-12 Baseball World Cup, 2nd Round, Super Round\nDue to WBSC tie-breaking procedures, Chinese Taipei was awarded 1st in the group over the United States who was seeded 2nd, both teams advanced to the gold medal game. Also due to tie-breaking procedures, South Korea was ranked 5th and Nicaragua was ranked 6th, however both teams were still eliminated.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 52], "content_span": [53, 356]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273145-0010-0000", "contents": "2017 U-12 Baseball World Cup, 2nd Round, Consolation Round\nIn the consolation round, if a team played another team that qualified for the consolation round, the result from the 1st round carried over to the consolation round. Therefore, each team played 3 games in the consolation round and 2 games that carried over from the first round.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 58], "content_span": [59, 338]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273145-0011-0000", "contents": "2017 U-12 Baseball World Cup, 2nd Round, Consolation Round\nDue to WBSC tie-breaking procedures, Czech Republic was finished 2nd in the consolation round over Brazil who finished 3rd. Also due to the tie-breaking procedures, South Africa was finished 5th and Germany finished 6th.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 58], "content_span": [59, 279]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273145-0012-0000", "contents": "2017 U-12 Baseball World Cup, Medal Rounds\nBoth the Gold and Bronze Medal game were played at Tainan Municipal Stadium in Tainan.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 42], "content_span": [43, 129]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273146-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 U-18 Baseball World Cup\nThe 2017 U-18 Baseball World Cup or the XXVIII U-18 Baseball World Cup was an international baseball tournament held by the World Baseball Softball Confederation for players 18-year-old and younger. The 2017 edition was held in Thunder Bay, Canada from September 1\u201310, 2017.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [28, 28], "content_span": [29, 303]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273146-0001-0000", "contents": "2017 U-18 Baseball World Cup, Format\nFirst Round: The twelve participating nations were drawn into two groups of 6, in which single round robin will occur. The top 3 nations from each group advances to the Super Round, while the bottom 3 nations from each group advance to the Consolation Round.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 36], "content_span": [37, 295]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273146-0002-0000", "contents": "2017 U-18 Baseball World Cup, Format\nConsolation Round: The 6 nations in this round play one game against the teams they have not played yet. (example: The 4th placed team from Group A will play the bottom three teams from Group B)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 36], "content_span": [37, 231]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273146-0003-0000", "contents": "2017 U-18 Baseball World Cup, Format\nSuper Round: The format in the Super Round is similar to that of the Consolation Round. Each team plays the top three teams from the opposing group. (example: The 1st placed team from Group B will play the top three teams from Group A) The standings for this round will include the 2 games played against the 2 other Second Round qualifiers from the team's First Round group, and the 3 games played in the Second Round, for a total of 5 games. The 3rd and 4th place finishers advance to the Bronze Medal Game, and the 1st and 2nd place finishers advance to the Gold Medal Game.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 36], "content_span": [37, 614]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273146-0004-0000", "contents": "2017 U-18 Baseball World Cup, Format\nFinals: The Finals consist of the Bronze Medal Game, contested by the 3rd and 4th place finishers, and the Gold Medal Game, contested by the 1st and 2nd place finishers.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 36], "content_span": [37, 206]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273146-0005-0000", "contents": "2017 U-18 Baseball World Cup, Teams\nThe following 12 teams qualified for the tournament. The number shown in parenthesis is the country's position in the WBSC World Rankings going into the competition.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 35], "content_span": [36, 201]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273146-0006-0000", "contents": "2017 U-18 Baseball World Cup, Teams\nChinese Taipei is the official WBSC designation for the team representing the state officially referred to as the Republic of China, more commonly known as Taiwan. (See also political status of Taiwan for details.)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 35], "content_span": [36, 250]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273146-0007-0000", "contents": "2017 U-18 Baseball World Cup, Statistics leaders, Pitching\n* Minimum 0.8 innings pitched per game** They is tied with others with a 0.00 ERA but they pitched the most innings (12.0)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 58], "content_span": [59, 181]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273147-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 U-19 Asia Rugby Championship\nThe 2017 U-19 Asia Rugby Championship is an international rugby union competition for Under 20 national teams in Asia. The winners will secure a berth at the 2018 World Rugby Under 20 Trophy.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [33, 33], "content_span": [34, 225]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273147-0001-0000", "contents": "2017 U-19 Asia Rugby Championship, Top division\nThe top division will be hosted in Sri Lanka and Hong Kong on 10 and 16 December 2017 respectively. It will be played over two legs.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 47], "content_span": [48, 180]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273147-0002-0000", "contents": "2017 U-19 Asia Rugby Championship, Division 1\nDivision 1 matches will be held by the Philippines at the International School Manila in Taguig from 13\u201316 December 2017.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 45], "content_span": [46, 167]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273148-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 U.S. Classic\nThe 2017 U.S. Classic, known as the 2017 Secret U.S. Classic for sponsorship reasons, was the 34rd edition of the U.S. Classic gymnastics tournament. The competition was held on July 29, 2017, at the Sears Centre Arena in the Hoffman Estates suburb of Chicago, Illinois.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 17], "section_span": [17, 17], "content_span": [18, 288]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273149-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 U.S. F2000 National Championship\nThe 2017 Cooper Tires USF2000 Championship Powered by Mazda will be the eighth season\u00a0\u2013 since its revival in 2010\u00a0\u2013 of the U.S. F2000 National Championship, an open wheel auto racing series that is the first step in INDYCAR's Road to Indy ladder, operated by Andersen Promotions. A 14-race schedule was announced on September 14, 2016.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [37, 37], "content_span": [38, 373]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273149-0001-0000", "contents": "2017 U.S. F2000 National Championship\nThe 2017 season will see the introduction of the Tatuus USF-17 car for the Championship class. SCCA Formula Continental chassis (including the previous Van Diemen\\Elan DP08) were slated to compete in National Class, but after the first weekend there were no race entries in that class and it was abandoned.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [37, 37], "content_span": [38, 344]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273149-0002-0000", "contents": "2017 U.S. F2000 National Championship\n2016 Mazda Road to Indy Shootout champion Oliver Askew of Cape Motorsports came out strong, winning five of the first six races. However, he faltered at the Road America round and Dutch driver Rinus Veekay won both races there, opening the door to a tighter championship fight. Askew won two more races down the stretch while Veekay won only one more, the final race at Watkins Glen International, where Askew finished second, good enough to claim the championship. Canadian Parker Thompson won three races in the second half of the season and finished third in points. Robert Megennis won the season's first race at St. Petersburg and was the only other driver to win a race. He finished sixth in points, as he did not finish on the podium again the rest of the season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [37, 37], "content_span": [38, 808]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273150-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 U.S. Figure Skating Championships\nThe 2017 Prudential U.S. Figure Skating Championships were held from January 14\u201322 at the Sprint Center in Kansas City, Missouri and Silverstein Eye Centers Arena in Independence, Missouri. Medals were awarded in the disciplines of men's singles, ladies singles, pair skating, and ice dancing at the senior, junior, novice, intermediate, and juvenile levels. The results were part of the U.S. selection criteria for the 2017 Four Continents, 2017 World Junior Championships, and the 2017 World Championships.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [38, 38], "content_span": [39, 547]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273150-0001-0000", "contents": "2017 U.S. Figure Skating Championships\nKansas City was announced as the host in December 2015.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [38, 38], "content_span": [39, 94]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273150-0002-0000", "contents": "2017 U.S. Figure Skating Championships, Qualifying\nCompetitors qualified at regional and sectional competitions held from October to November 2016 or earned a bye.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 50], "content_span": [51, 163]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273150-0003-0000", "contents": "2017 U.S. Figure Skating Championships, Qualifying\nIn November 2016, U.S. Figure Skating published the list of skaters who had qualified or received a bye to the 2017 U.S. Championships. A number of skaters later withdrew, including Adam Rippon, Polina Edmunds, Alexa Scimeca Knierim / Chris Knierim, Caitlin Fields / Ernie Utah Stevens, and Jessica Calalang / Zack Sidhu.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 50], "content_span": [51, 372]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273150-0004-0000", "contents": "2017 U.S. Figure Skating Championships, Senior results, Senior pairs\nKayne/O'Shea withdrew due to a concussion. She hit her head while attempting a throw triple flip during the short program on January 19.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 68], "content_span": [69, 205]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273150-0005-0000", "contents": "2017 U.S. Figure Skating Championships, International team selections\nAccording to a rule change made by U.S. Figure Skating in autumn 2016 and approved in December, champions at the 2017 U.S. Championships no longer automatically qualify to the World Championships.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 69], "content_span": [70, 266]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273150-0006-0000", "contents": "2017 U.S. Figure Skating Championships, International team selections, Four Continents\nThe team for the 2017 Four Continents Championships was announced on January 21 and 22, 2017.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 86], "content_span": [87, 180]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273150-0007-0000", "contents": "2017 U.S. Figure Skating Championships, International team selections, World Junior Championships\nThe team for the 2017 World Junior Championships was announced on January 21 and 22, 2017.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 97], "content_span": [98, 188]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273150-0008-0000", "contents": "2017 U.S. Figure Skating Championships, International team selections, World Championships\nThe team for the 2017 World Championships was announced on January 21 and 22, 2017.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 90], "content_span": [91, 174]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273151-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 U.S. Men's Clay Court Championships\nThe 2017 U.S. Men's Clay Court Championships (also known as the Fayez Sarofim & Co. U.S. Men's Clay Court Championships for sponsorship purposes) was a tennis tournament played on outdoor clay courts. It was 49th edition of the U.S. Men's Clay Court Championships, and an ATP World Tour 250 event on the 2017 ATP World Tour. It took place at River Oaks Country Club in Houston, Texas, United States, from April 10 through April 16, 2017.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [40, 40], "content_span": [41, 478]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273151-0001-0000", "contents": "2017 U.S. Men's Clay Court Championships, Singles main draw entrants, Other entrants\nThe following player using a protected ranking into the singles main draw:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 84], "content_span": [85, 159]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273151-0002-0000", "contents": "2017 U.S. Men's Clay Court Championships, Doubles main draw entrants, Other entrants\nThe following pairs received wildcards into the doubles main draw:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 84], "content_span": [85, 151]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273152-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 U.S. Men's Clay Court Championships \u2013 Doubles\nBob and Mike Bryan were the defending champions, but lost in the semifinals to Julio Peralta and Horacio Zeballos.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 50], "section_span": [50, 50], "content_span": [51, 165]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273152-0001-0000", "contents": "2017 U.S. Men's Clay Court Championships \u2013 Doubles\nPeralta and Zeballos went on to win the title, defeating Dustin Brown and Frances Tiafoe in the final, 4\u20136, 7\u20135, [10\u20136].", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 50], "section_span": [50, 50], "content_span": [51, 171]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273153-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 U.S. Men's Clay Court Championships \u2013 Singles\nJuan M\u00f3naco was the defending champion, but lost in the first round to Dustin Brown.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 50], "section_span": [50, 50], "content_span": [51, 135]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273153-0001-0000", "contents": "2017 U.S. Men's Clay Court Championships \u2013 Singles\nSteve Johnson won the title, defeating Thomaz Bellucci in the final, 6\u20134, 4\u20136, 7\u20136(7\u20135).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 50], "section_span": [50, 50], "content_span": [51, 139]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273153-0002-0000", "contents": "2017 U.S. Men's Clay Court Championships \u2013 Singles, Seeds\nThe top four seeds receive a bye into the second round.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 50], "section_span": [52, 57], "content_span": [58, 113]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273154-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 U.S. National Gymnastics Championships\nThe 2017 P&G U.S. National Gymnastics Championships is the 54th edition of the U.S. National Gymnastics Championships. The competition was held from August 17\u201320, 2017 at the Honda Center in Anaheim, California.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [43, 43], "content_span": [44, 255]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273154-0001-0000", "contents": "2017 U.S. National Gymnastics Championships, Competition schedule\nThe competition featured Senior and Junior competitions for both women's and men's disciplines. The competition was as follows:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [45, 65], "content_span": [66, 193]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273154-0002-0000", "contents": "2017 U.S. National Gymnastics Championships, Competition schedule\nThursday, August 17: Men's gymnastics \u2014 1 p.m., juniors, and 7 p.m., seniors", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [45, 65], "content_span": [66, 142]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273154-0003-0000", "contents": "2017 U.S. National Gymnastics Championships, Competition schedule\nFriday, August 18: Women\u2019s gymnastics \u2014 1 p.m., juniors, and 7:30 p.m., seniors", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [45, 65], "content_span": [66, 145]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273154-0004-0000", "contents": "2017 U.S. National Gymnastics Championships, Competition schedule\nSaturday, August 19: Men\u2019s gymnastics \u2013 12 p.m., juniors, and 5 p.m., seniors", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [45, 65], "content_span": [66, 143]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273154-0005-0000", "contents": "2017 U.S. National Gymnastics Championships, Competition schedule\nSunday, August 20: Women\u2019s gymnastics \u2013 11 a.m., juniors, and 3:30 p.m., seniors", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [45, 65], "content_span": [66, 146]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273154-0006-0000", "contents": "2017 U.S. National Gymnastics Championships, Sponsorship\nProcter & Gamble, a multinational consumer goods company, is the title sponsor of the event.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [45, 56], "content_span": [57, 149]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273154-0007-0000", "contents": "2017 U.S. National Gymnastics Championships, National team\nThe top 6 all-around females made the national team. For seniors, this consisted of Ragan Smith, Jordan Chiles. Riley McCusker, Trinity Thomas, Margzetta Frazier, and Morgan Hurd. Additionally, Jade Carey, the vault champion and floor silver medalist, and Ashton Locklear, the uneven bars silver medalist, were also named to the team. For juniors, Maile O'Keefe, Emma Malabuyo, Kara Eaker, Adeline Kenlin, Audrey Davis, and Leanne Wong were the top six all-around finishers. Additionally, uneven bars bronze medalist Gabby Perea was also named to the national team.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [45, 58], "content_span": [59, 624]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273155-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 U.S. Open (golf)\nThe 2017 U.S. Open Championship was the 117th U.S. Open, held June 15\u201318 at Erin Hills in Erin, Wisconsin, northwest of Milwaukee. Brooks Koepka claimed his first major title with a 16-under-par 272, four strokes ahead of runners-up Brian Harman and Hideki Matsuyama. Koepka's score matched the lowest ever at the championship, set in 2011 by Rory McIlroy.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [21, 21], "content_span": [22, 379]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273155-0001-0000", "contents": "2017 U.S. Open (golf)\nThis was the first U.S. Open in Wisconsin, but marked its fifth major, following four editions of the PGA Championship. It was played in 1933 at Blue Mound in Wauwatosa, and at Whistling Straits near Kohler in 2004, 2010, and 2015.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [21, 21], "content_span": [22, 253]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273155-0002-0000", "contents": "2017 U.S. Open (golf)\nThe purse was a record for a major at $12 million, and the winner's share exceeded $2 million for the first time, at $2.16 million.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [21, 21], "content_span": [22, 153]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273155-0003-0000", "contents": "2017 U.S. Open (golf), Venue\nThis was the first U.S. Open at Erin Hills, which opened in 2006 and hosted the U.S. Amateur in 2011. It was also the first U.S. Open since 1992 at par 72.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 28], "content_span": [29, 184]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273155-0004-0000", "contents": "2017 U.S. Open (golf), Venue\nIt continued a long tradition of golf in the state, which hosted the U.S. Women's Open twice at Blackwolf Run in Kohler (1998, 2012), and the U.S. Senior Open at Whistling Straits in 2007. The PGA Tour formerly stopped in the state regularly with the Greater Milwaukee Open (1968\u20132009), preceded by the Milwaukee Open Invitational (1955\u20131961).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 28], "content_span": [29, 372]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273155-0005-0000", "contents": "2017 U.S. Open (golf), Field\nAbout half the field consisted of players who were exempt from qualifying for the U.S. Open. Each player is classified according to the first category in which he qualified, and other categories are shown in parentheses.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 28], "content_span": [29, 249]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273155-0006-0000", "contents": "2017 U.S. Open (golf), Field\n\u00c1ngel Cabrera, Lucas Glover, Dustin Johnson (12,13,14,15), Martin Kaymer (14,15), Graeme McDowell, Rory McIlroy (6,7,13,14,15), Justin Rose (11,14,15), Webb Simpson, Jordan Spieth (5,13,14,15)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 28], "content_span": [29, 221]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273155-0007-0000", "contents": "2017 U.S. Open (golf), Field\nSergio Garc\u00eda (12,14,15), Adam Scott (13,14,15), Bubba Watson (13,14,15), Danny Willett (14,15)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 28], "content_span": [29, 124]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273155-0008-0000", "contents": "2017 U.S. Open (golf), Field\nJim Furyk, Branden Grace (14,15), Shane Lowry, Kevin Na (13), Scott Piercy (14), Daniel Summerhays", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 28], "content_span": [29, 127]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273155-0009-0000", "contents": "2017 U.S. Open (golf), Field\nDaniel Berger (14,15), Paul Casey (14,15), Roberto Castro, Kevin Chappell (14,15), Emiliano Grillo (14,15), J. B. Holmes (14,15), Kevin Kisner (14,15), Russell Knox (14,15), Matt Kuchar (14,15), Hideki Matsuyama (14,15), William McGirt (14,15), Sean O'Hair, Patrick Reed (14,15), Charl Schwartzel (14,15), Brandt Snedeker (14,15), Justin Thomas (14,15), Jhonattan Vegas, Gary Woodland (14,15)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 28], "content_span": [29, 421]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273155-0010-0000", "contents": "2017 U.S. Open (golf), Field\nAn Byeong-hun (15), Wesley Bryan (15), Rafa Cabrera-Bello (15), Ross Fisher (15), Matthew Fitzpatrick (15), Tommy Fleetwood (15), Bill Haas (15), Adam Hadwin (15), Brian Harman (15), Tyrrell Hatton (15), Russell Henley (15), Charley Hoffman (15), Billy Horschel (15), Yuta Ikeda (15), Brooks Koepka (15), Marc Leishman (15), Francesco Molinari (15), Louis Oosthuizen (15), Pat Perez (15), Thomas Pieters (15), Jon Rahm (15), Brendan Steele (15), Hideto Tanihara (15), Wang Jeung-hun, Lee Westwood (15), Bernd Wiesberger (15)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 28], "content_span": [29, 553]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273155-0011-0000", "contents": "2017 U.S. Open (golf), Round summaries, First round\nRickie Fowler tied the U.S. Open record for lowest first round score in relation to par, shooting a bogey-free round of 65 (\u22127) for a one-shot lead over Paul Casey and Xander Schauffele. The course played easily, yielding 44 under-par rounds. Despite this, many of the pre-tournament favorites faltered. Jordan Spieth played solidly, but stumbled late for an opening 73 (+1). World number one Dustin Johnson was derailed by a double bogey on the par-5 14th, shooting a 3-over 75. Jon Rahm, Rory McIlroy, and Jason Day were even worse, shooting 76 (+4), 78 (+6), and 79 (+7), respectively. Meanwhile, Canadian Adam Hadwin tied a U.S. Open record with six straight birdies, en route to shooting four under par. This was the first major in which neither Phil Mickelson or Tiger Woods competed, in 23 years. The scoring average was 73.385 (+1.385).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 51], "content_span": [52, 896]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273155-0012-0000", "contents": "2017 U.S. Open (golf), Round summaries, Second round\nFour players finished atop the leadership after the second round for the first time since 1974. Paul Casey was four-over on his round before recording five straight birdies from holes 17-3 to shoot 71 (\u22121). Brooks Koepka made four birdies on his front-nine to get to nine-under but fell back with two bogeys on the back-nine. They were joined at the top of the leaderboard by Tommy Fleetwood and Brian Harman, who each shot 70 (\u22122). First round leader Rickie Fowler also got as low as nine-under before three straight bogeys saw him fall a shot behind the leaders.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 52], "content_span": [53, 617]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273155-0012-0001", "contents": "2017 U.S. Open (golf), Round summaries, Second round\nHideki Matsuyama and Chez Reavie had the low round of the day with a 65 (\u22127); combined with Fowler's opening round, it is the first time in U.S. Open history that three players shot a round of 65 in the same tournament. Forty-two players were under-par after 36 holes, a new tournament record. The scoring average was 73.225 (+1.225).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 52], "content_span": [53, 387]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273155-0013-0000", "contents": "2017 U.S. Open (golf), Round summaries, Second round\nFor the first time since the introduction of the Official World Golf Ranking in 1986, the top three ranked players (Dustin Johnson, Rory McIlroy, and Jason Day) all missed the cut in a major championship.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 52], "content_span": [53, 257]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273155-0014-0000", "contents": "2017 U.S. Open (golf), Round summaries, Second round\nAmateurs: Champ (\u22125), Scheffler (\u22121), Andersen (+2), McNealy (+3), Smalley (+3), Gregory (+4), Niemann (+5), Crawford (+6), Dalke (+6), Hagestad (+8), Theegala (+8), Harvey (+10), Oda (+10), Lee (+20)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 52], "content_span": [53, 253]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273155-0015-0000", "contents": "2017 U.S. Open (golf), Round summaries, Third round\nOvernight rains and calm conditions during the day led to numerous low scores. Brian Harman birdied three holes on the back-nine to post a score of 67 (\u22125) and take a one-shot lead over Tommy Fleetwood, Brooks Koepka, and Justin Thomas. Thomas began the round in a tie for 24th before a historic round put him into contention. An eagle on the 18th gave Thomas a score of 63 (\u22129), tying the major championship record. At nine-under, he set the U.S. Open record for lowest score in relation to par, breaking the mark set by Johnny Miller in 1973.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 51], "content_span": [52, 596]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273155-0015-0001", "contents": "2017 U.S. Open (golf), Round summaries, Third round\nFleetwood held possession of the lead before a bogey at the par-5 18th saw him finish a shot behind Harman, while Koepka birdied the last to also get to within a stroke. Rickie Fowler recovered from a bogey at the 13th with three straight birdies on holes 14-16 and was two back. Paul Casey began the round tied for the lead but shot a three-over 75 and dropped to 17th.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 51], "content_span": [52, 422]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273155-0016-0000", "contents": "2017 U.S. Open (golf), Round summaries, Third round\nFive golfers were at 10-under-par or better entering the final round. Before this year, only six golfers had ever reached double digits under par at any point in a U.S. Open. The scoring average was 72.036 (+0.036).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 51], "content_span": [52, 267]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273155-0017-0000", "contents": "2017 U.S. Open (golf), Round summaries, Final round, Summary\nBrooks Koepka tied the U.S. Open scoring record and won his first career major championship by four strokes over Brian Harman and Hideki Matsuyama. Beginning the round a shot out of the lead, Koepka quickly erased the deficit with birdies on his first two holes. After saving par with an eight-foot putt on the 13th, he then recorded three straight birdies on his way to a round of 67 (\u22125). His total of 16-under par tied the tournament scoring record set by Rory McIlroy in 2011.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 60], "content_span": [61, 541]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273155-0017-0001", "contents": "2017 U.S. Open (golf), Round summaries, Final round, Summary\nHarman entered the round with the lead but fell into a tie for second with three bogeys on the back-nine. Matsuyama shot the low round of the day with 66 (\u22126) and jumped into a tie with Harman. After establishing a new tournament scoring record in the third round, Justin Thomas bogeyed three of his first five holes and finished three-over on the round to drop to a tie for ninth. Tommy Fleetwood also began the round a shot behind but three bogeys on the front-nine dropped him from contention. The low amateur was Scottie Scheffler, who finished at \u20131, beating Cameron Champ by just one stroke. In all, thirty-one players finished the tournament under par, breaking the U.S. Open record set in 1990.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 60], "content_span": [61, 763]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273156-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 U.S. Open Cup\nThe 2017 Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup was the 104th edition of the oldest ongoing competition in American soccer.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [18, 18], "content_span": [19, 128]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273156-0001-0000", "contents": "2017 U.S. Open Cup\nFC Dallas entered the competition as the defending champions, but were eliminated in the quarterfinals by Sporting Kansas City. First round matchups were announced April 12, and matches began May 9.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [18, 18], "content_span": [19, 217]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273156-0002-0000", "contents": "2017 U.S. Open Cup\nThe cash prize amounts were the same as those in the 2016 tournament, with the champion receiving $250,000 and the runner-up $60,000. The team from each lower division that advanced the furthest received $15,000.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [18, 18], "content_span": [19, 231]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273156-0003-0000", "contents": "2017 U.S. Open Cup, Qualification\nQualification for the Open Cup began in September 2016 with lower league play-in ties. NPSL team Minneapolis City SC was disqualified before the start of the tournament after the club changed leagues during the qualification process.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [20, 33], "content_span": [34, 267]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273156-0004-0000", "contents": "2017 U.S. Open Cup, Brackets\nHost team listed firstBold = winner* = after extra time, ( ) = penalty shootout score", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [20, 28], "content_span": [29, 114]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273156-0005-0000", "contents": "2017 U.S. Open Cup, Brackets\nHost team listed firstBold = winner* = after extra time, ( ) = penalty shootout score", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [20, 28], "content_span": [29, 114]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273157-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 U.S. Open Cup Final\nThe 2017 Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup Final was played on September 20, 2017, at Children's Mercy Park in Kansas City, Kansas. The match determined the winner of the 2017 U.S. Open Cup, a tournament open to amateur and professional soccer teams affiliated with the United States Soccer Federation. It was the 104th edition of the oldest competition in United States soccer. This edition of the final was contested between Sporting Kansas City and the New York Red Bulls, both of Major League Soccer.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [24, 24], "content_span": [25, 520]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273157-0001-0000", "contents": "2017 U.S. Open Cup Final\nKansas City and New York both play in the top tier of American soccer, Major League Soccer\u00a0(MLS), and bypassed the initial stages of the tournament, with direct entry into the fourth round of play. Kansas City secured its berth in the final by defeating four other MLS teams; Minnesota United FC, Houston Dynamo, FC Dallas, and San Jose Earthquakes. New York's road to the final involved victories over three MLS teams and one USL team; New York City FC, Philadelphia Union, New England Revolution and FC Cincinnati.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [24, 24], "content_span": [25, 541]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273157-0002-0000", "contents": "2017 U.S. Open Cup Final\nKansas City won their fourth title following a 2\u20131 win thanks to goals from Latif Blessing and D\u00e1niel Sall\u00f3i. As winners, Kansas City qualified for the 2019 CONCACAF Champions League.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [24, 24], "content_span": [25, 208]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273157-0003-0000", "contents": "2017 U.S. Open Cup Final\nThe match was broadcast in English on ESPN2 and in Spanish on ESPN Deportes, making it the third straight time the cup final was aired on one of the ESPN networks.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [24, 24], "content_span": [25, 188]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273157-0004-0000", "contents": "2017 U.S. Open Cup Final, Road to the final\nThe U.S. Open Cup is an annual American soccer competition open to all United States Soccer Federation affiliated teams, from amateur adult club teams to the professional clubs of Major League Soccer (MLS). The 2017 competition was the 104th edition of the oldest soccer tournament in the United States.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 43], "content_span": [44, 347]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273157-0005-0000", "contents": "2017 U.S. Open Cup Final, Road to the final, Sporting Kansas City\nSporting Kansas City had previously won the U.S. Open Cup in 2004, 2012, and the 2015, and to date, are the only Kansan club to have ever won the honor. To reach the final, Kansas City hosted three of their four cup fixture heading to the final.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 65], "content_span": [66, 311]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273157-0006-0000", "contents": "2017 U.S. Open Cup Final, Road to the final, New York Red Bulls\nThe Red Bulls had only been to one previous Open Cup Final, the 2003 Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup Final, which the then-MetroStars lost to the Chicago Fire 0-1 at Giants Stadium. Two other teams from New Jersey, Elizabeth S.C. and Paterson F.C., have won the Open Cup, with Paterson F.C. winning the then-Challenge Cup in 1923 on a forfeit, and Elizabeth S.C. winning the Challenge Cup in 1970 and 1972.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 63], "content_span": [64, 463]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273158-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 U.S. Open Cup qualification\nThe 2017 Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup tournament proper will feature teams from all five tiers of men's soccer of the American Soccer Pyramid. A record 64 amateur teams have entered qualifying this year.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [32, 32], "content_span": [33, 232]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273158-0001-0000", "contents": "2017 U.S. Open Cup qualification\nAs with the 2016 tournament, US Soccer now oversees the qualifying process that used to be handled by each association. According to US Soccer, all teams within the Division I & II professional leagues will qualify automatically as in past years. Any Open Division national league can apply to use previous year's league standings as their qualification method. Remaining Open Division teams will participate in up to five qualifying rounds to determine entrants into the tournament proper. Final slot allocation will be determined when team registration has concluded.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [32, 32], "content_span": [33, 602]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273158-0002-0000", "contents": "2017 U.S. Open Cup qualification, National League Track, Premier Development League (21 teams)\nTwenty-one teams entered through the Premier Development League. Nine division winners, followed by 12 at large berths.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 94], "content_span": [95, 214]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273158-0003-0000", "contents": "2017 U.S. Open Cup qualification, Local Qualifying Track, Second qualifying round\nSecond round games took place in 2016. All winners qualified for the tournament proper.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 81], "content_span": [82, 169]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273159-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 U.S. Open Grand Prix Gold\nThe 2017 U.S. Open Grand Prix Gold, is the eleventh Grand Prix's badminton tournament of the 2017 BWF Grand Prix Gold and Grand Prix and the 55th edition of the U.S. Open tournament. The tournament was held at the Anaheim Convention Center in Anaheim, California, United States on 19 \u2013 23 July 2017 and had a total purse of $120,000.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [30, 30], "content_span": [31, 364]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273160-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 U.S. Women's Open\nThe 2017 U.S. Women's Open was the 72nd U.S. Women's Open, held July 13\u201316 at Trump National Golf Club in Bedminster, New Jersey, west of New York City.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [22, 22], "content_span": [23, 175]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273160-0001-0000", "contents": "2017 U.S. Women's Open\nThe U.S. Women's Open is the oldest of the five current major championships and was the third of the 2017 season. With the largest purse in women's golf, increased to $5 million in 2017, it was televised by Fox Sports 1 and Fox Sports.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [22, 22], "content_span": [23, 258]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273160-0002-0000", "contents": "2017 U.S. Women's Open\nPark Sung-hyun won her first major title, two strokes ahead of amateur Choi Hye-jin. It was her first win on the LPGA Tour, after ten victories on the LPGA of Korea Tour. Seven strokes back at 143 (\u20131) after 36 holes, Park carded 134 (\u201310) on the weekend with consecutive rounds of 67.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [22, 22], "content_span": [23, 308]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273160-0003-0000", "contents": "2017 U.S. Women's Open, Qualifying and field\nThe championship is open to any female professional or amateur golfer with a USGA handicap index not exceeding 2.4. Players qualify by competing in one of twenty 36-hole qualifying tournaments held at sites across the United States and at international sites in China, England, Japan, and South Korea. Additional players were exempt from qualifying because of past performances in professional or amateur tournaments around the world.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 44], "content_span": [45, 479]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273160-0004-0000", "contents": "2017 U.S. Women's Open, Qualifying and field, Exempt from qualifying\nMany players are exempt in multiple categories. Players are listed only once, in the first category in which they became exempt, with additional categories in parentheses () next to their names. Golfers qualifying in Category 14 who qualified in other categories are denoted with the tour by which they qualified.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 68], "content_span": [69, 382]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273160-0005-0000", "contents": "2017 U.S. Women's Open, Qualifying and field, Exempt from qualifying\n1. Winners of the U.S. Women's Open for the last ten years (2007\u20132016)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 68], "content_span": [69, 139]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273160-0006-0000", "contents": "2017 U.S. Women's Open, Qualifying and field, Exempt from qualifying\nChoi Na-yeon, Chun In-gee (8,12,13,14-KLPGA,16,17), Paula Creamer, Ji Eun-hee (10,16), Cristie Kerr (10,12,13,16,17), Brittany Lang (10,16,17), Inbee Park (5,6,7,9,12,13,16,17), Ryu So-yeon (7,12,13,16,17), Michelle Wie (17)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 68], "content_span": [69, 293]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273160-0007-0000", "contents": "2017 U.S. Women's Open, Qualifying and field, Exempt from qualifying\n2. Winner and runner-up from the 2016 U.S. Women's Amateur (must be an amateur)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 68], "content_span": [69, 148]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273160-0008-0000", "contents": "2017 U.S. Women's Open, Qualifying and field, Exempt from qualifying\n3. Winner of the 2017 British Ladies Amateur Golf Championship (must be an amateur)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 68], "content_span": [69, 152]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273160-0009-0000", "contents": "2017 U.S. Women's Open, Qualifying and field, Exempt from qualifying\n4. Winner of the 2016 Mark H. McCormack Medal (Women's World Amateur Golf Ranking) (must be an amateur)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 68], "content_span": [69, 172]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273160-0010-0000", "contents": "2017 U.S. Women's Open, Qualifying and field, Exempt from qualifying\n5. Winners of the Women's PGA Championship for the last five years (2013\u20132017)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 68], "content_span": [69, 147]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273160-0011-0000", "contents": "2017 U.S. Women's Open, Qualifying and field, Exempt from qualifying\n6. Winners of the Ricoh Women's British Open for the last five years (2012\u20132016)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 68], "content_span": [69, 149]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273160-0012-0000", "contents": "2017 U.S. Women's Open, Qualifying and field, Exempt from qualifying\nAriya Jutanugarn (12,13,16,17), Stacy Lewis (10,16,17), Mo Martin (16,17), Jiyai Shin (14-JLPGA,16,17)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 68], "content_span": [69, 171]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273160-0013-0000", "contents": "2017 U.S. Women's Open, Qualifying and field, Exempt from qualifying\n7. Winners of the ANA Inspiration for the last five years (2013\u20132017)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 68], "content_span": [69, 138]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273160-0014-0000", "contents": "2017 U.S. Women's Open, Qualifying and field, Exempt from qualifying\n8. Winners of the Evian Championship for the last four years (2013\u20132016)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 68], "content_span": [69, 142]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273160-0015-0000", "contents": "2017 U.S. Women's Open, Qualifying and field, Exempt from qualifying\n10. Ten lowest scorers and anyone tying for 10th place from the 2016 U.S. Women's Open", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 68], "content_span": [69, 155]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273160-0016-0000", "contents": "2017 U.S. Women's Open, Qualifying and field, Exempt from qualifying\nJodi Ewart Shadoff (16,17), Anna Nordqvist (13,16,17), Park Sung-hyun (14-KLPGA,16,17), Gerina Piller (16,17), Amy Yang (12,13,16,17)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 68], "content_span": [69, 202]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273160-0017-0000", "contents": "2017 U.S. Women's Open, Qualifying and field, Exempt from qualifying\n11. Top 75 money leaders from the 2016 final official LPGA money list", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 68], "content_span": [69, 138]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273160-0018-0000", "contents": "2017 U.S. Women's Open, Qualifying and field, Exempt from qualifying\nMarina Alex, Katie Burnett, Chella Choi (17), Carlota Ciganda (13,16,17), Jacqui Concolino, Austin Ernst (16,17), Shanshan Feng (13,16,17), Sandra Gal, Charley Hull (13,16,17), M. J. Hur (16,17), Karine Icher (16,17), Moriya Jutanugarn (17), Kim Kaufman, Megan Khang, Christina Kim, In-Kyung Kim (13,16,17), Kim Sei-young (12,13,16,17), Jessica Korda (16,17), Candie Kung, Alison Lee (16), Lee Mi-hyang (17), Minjee Lee (13,16,17), Mirim Lee (12,13,16,17), Lin Xiyu, Pernilla Lindberg, Gaby L\u00f3pez, Caroline Masson (13), Catriona Matthew, Ai Miyazato, Mika Miyazato, Azahara Mu\u00f1oz, Haru Nomura (16,17), Su-Hyun Oh, Ryann O'Toole, Lee-Anne Pace, Park Hee-young, Pornanong Phatlum (16), Morgan Pressel, Beatriz Recari, Paula Reto, Lizette Salas, Alena Sharp, Jenny Shin (16,17), Kelly Shon, Sarah Jane Smith, Jennifer Song, Angela Stanford, Kris Tamulis, Mariajo Uribe, Karrie Webb, Jing Yan, Sakura Yokomine", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 68], "content_span": [69, 974]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273160-0019-0000", "contents": "2017 U.S. Women's Open, Qualifying and field, Exempt from qualifying\n12. Top 10 money leaders from the 2017 official LPGA money list, through the close of entries on May 17", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 68], "content_span": [69, 172]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273160-0020-0000", "contents": "2017 U.S. Women's Open, Qualifying and field, Exempt from qualifying\n13. Winners of LPGA co-sponsored events, whose victories are considered official, from the conclusion of the 2016 U.S. Women's Open to the initiation of the 2017 U.S. Women's Open", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 68], "content_span": [69, 248]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273160-0021-0000", "contents": "2017 U.S. Women's Open, Qualifying and field, Exempt from qualifying\n14. Top five money leaders from the 2016 Japan LPGA Tour, Korea LPGA Tour and Ladies European Tour", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 68], "content_span": [69, 167]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273160-0022-0000", "contents": "2017 U.S. Women's Open, Qualifying and field, Exempt from qualifying\nBeth Allen, Aditi Ashok, Bae Seon-woo (16), Isabelle Boineau, Georgia Hall, Jang Su-yeon, Kim Ha-neul (16,17), Ko Jin-young (16,17), Lee Seung-hyun, Florentyna Parker, Ai Suzuki (16,17)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 68], "content_span": [69, 254]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273160-0023-0000", "contents": "2017 U.S. Women's Open, Qualifying and field, Exempt from qualifying\n15. Top three money leaders from the 2016 China LPGA Tour.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 68], "content_span": [69, 127]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273160-0024-0000", "contents": "2017 U.S. Women's Open, Qualifying and field, Exempt from qualifying\n16. Top 50 point leaders from the current Rolex Rankings and anyone tying for 50th place as of May 17", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 68], "content_span": [69, 170]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273160-0025-0000", "contents": "2017 U.S. Women's Open, Qualifying and field, Exempt from qualifying\n17. Top 50 point leaders from the current Rolex Rankings and anyone tying for 50th place as of July 9", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 68], "content_span": [69, 170]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273160-0026-0000", "contents": "2017 U.S. Women's Open, Qualifying and field, Qualifiers\nAdditional players qualified through sectional qualifying tournaments in May and June at sites in the United States, China, South Korea, England, and Japan.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 56], "content_span": [57, 213]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273160-0027-0000", "contents": "2017 U.S. Women's Open, Qualifying and field, Qualifiers\nMay 22 at The Country Club at DC Ranch, Scottsdale, Arizona", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 56], "content_span": [57, 116]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273160-0028-0000", "contents": "2017 U.S. Women's Open, Qualifying and field, Qualifiers\nMay 30 at Industry Hills Golf Club (Eisenhower course), City of Industry, California", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 56], "content_span": [57, 141]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273160-0029-0000", "contents": "2017 U.S. Women's Open, Qualifying and field, Qualifiers\nMay 30 at Diamond Oaks Country Club, Fort Worth, Texas", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 56], "content_span": [57, 111]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273160-0030-0000", "contents": "2017 U.S. Women's Open, Qualifying and field, Qualifiers\nJun 2 at BallenIsles Country Club (East course), Palm Beach Gardens, Florida", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 56], "content_span": [57, 133]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273160-0031-0000", "contents": "2017 U.S. Women's Open, Qualifying and field, Qualifiers\nJun 5 at Lake Merced Golf Club, Daly City, California", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 56], "content_span": [57, 110]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273160-0032-0000", "contents": "2017 U.S. Women's Open, Qualifying and field, Qualifiers\nJun 5 at Lan Hai International Golf Club, Shanghai, China", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 56], "content_span": [57, 114]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273160-0033-0000", "contents": "2017 U.S. Women's Open, Qualifying and field, Qualifiers\nJun 5 at The Legends at Chateau Elan, Braselton, Georgia", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 56], "content_span": [57, 113]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273160-0034-0000", "contents": "2017 U.S. Women's Open, Qualifying and field, Qualifiers\nJun 5 at Hidden Creek Golf Club, Egg Harbor Township, New Jersey", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 56], "content_span": [57, 121]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273160-0035-0000", "contents": "2017 U.S. Women's Open, Qualifying and field, Qualifiers\nJun 7 at Bogey Hills Country Club, St Louis, Missouri", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 56], "content_span": [57, 110]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273160-0036-0000", "contents": "2017 U.S. Women's Open, Qualifying and field, Qualifiers\nJun 7 at The Woodlands Country Club (Gary Player course), Spring, Texas", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 56], "content_span": [57, 128]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273160-0037-0000", "contents": "2017 U.S. Women's Open, Qualifying and field, Qualifiers\nJun 9 at Sugar Mill Country Club, New Smyrna Beach, Florida", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 56], "content_span": [57, 116]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273160-0038-0000", "contents": "2017 U.S. Women's Open, Qualifying and field, Qualifiers\nJun 12 at Woo Jeong Hills Country Club, Cheonan, South Korea", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 56], "content_span": [57, 117]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273160-0039-0000", "contents": "2017 U.S. Women's Open, Qualifying and field, Alternates added to field\nThe following players were added to the field before the start of the tournament when spots reserved for exemptions in various categories were not used and to replace players who withdrew from the tournament.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 71], "content_span": [72, 280]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273160-0040-0000", "contents": "2017 U.S. Women's Open, Qualifying and field, Alternates added to field\nSara Banke, Valdis Thora Jonsdottir, Nelly Korda, Bronte Law, Madelene Sagstr\u00f6m, Maddie Szeryk, Alison Walshe, Ayaka Watanabe, Angel Yin", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 71], "content_span": [72, 208]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273160-0041-0000", "contents": "2017 U.S. Women's Open, Round summaries, First round\nFollowing over two hours of weather delays, play was suspended due to darkness on Thursday at approximately 8:33 pm EDT; 39 players were on the course and completed their rounds on Friday morning.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 52], "content_span": [53, 249]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273161-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 U23 World Wrestling Championships\nThe 2017 U23 World Wrestling Championships were the inaugural edition of the U23 World Wrestling Championships of combined events, and was held from November 21 to 26 in Bydgoszcz, Poland.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [38, 38], "content_span": [39, 227]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273162-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 UAB Blazers football team\nThe 2017 UAB Blazers football team represented the University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB) in the 2017 NCAA Division I FBS football season as a member of the West Division of Conference USA (C-USA). They were led by second-year head coach Bill Clark and played their home games at Legion Field in Birmingham, Alabama. They finished the season 8\u20135, 6\u20132 in C-USA play to finish in a tie for second place in the West Division. They received an invitation to the Bahamas Bowl, where they lost to Ohio.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [30, 30], "content_span": [31, 530]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273162-0001-0000", "contents": "2017 UAB Blazers football team\nThe 2017 season marked the return of UAB football after a two-year hiatus following the elimination of the program in December 2014 and its subsequent reinstatement in July 2015.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [30, 30], "content_span": [31, 209]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273162-0002-0000", "contents": "2017 UAB Blazers football team, Previous season\nThe Blazers last participated in a football season in 2014. The Blazers finished the season 6\u20136, 4\u20134 C-USA play to finish in a tie for third place in the West Division. Following the season, the school stopped sponsoring football. However on June 1, 2015, the school announced they were beginning the process to reinstate football, and the program was reinstated for the 2017 season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 47], "content_span": [48, 431]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273162-0003-0000", "contents": "2017 UAB Blazers football team, Spring Game\nThe 2017 Spring Game took place at Legion Field, on April 1, at 1:00\u00a0p.m., and the Green team, composed of starters, defeated the Gold team 49\u20137 before 7,822 fans.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 43], "content_span": [44, 207]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273163-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 UAE Super Cup\nThe 2017 UAE Super Cup was the 17th and the 10th Professional UAE Super Cup, held at the Baniyas Stadium, Abu Dhabi on 20 January 2018 between Al Jazira, winners of the 2016\u201317 UAE Pro-League and Al Wahda, winners of 2017\u201318 UAE President's Cup. Al Wahda won the game 2\u20130.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [18, 18], "content_span": [19, 291]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273163-0001-0000", "contents": "2017 UAE Super Cup, Details\nAssistant referees:Sabet Obaid Al AliAli Abdulla Al ShehhiFourth official:Abdulla Mohamed Eshtairy", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [20, 27], "content_span": [28, 126]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273164-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 UAE Team Emirates season\nThe 2017 season for UAE Team Emirates began in January at the Tour Down Under. As a UCI WorldTeam, they were automatically invited and obligated to send a squad to every event in the UCI World Tour.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [29, 29], "content_span": [30, 228]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273165-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 UC Davis Aggies football team\nThe 2017 UC Davis Aggies football team represented the University of California, Davis during the 2017 NCAA Division I FCS football season. The Aggies were led by first\u2013year head coach Dan Hawkins and played their home games at Aggie Stadium as members of the Big Sky Conference. They finished the season 5\u20136, 3\u20135 in Big Sky play to finish in eighth place.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [34, 34], "content_span": [35, 391]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273165-0001-0000", "contents": "2017 UC Davis Aggies football team, Previous season\nThe Aggies finished the 2016 season 3\u20138, 2\u20136 in Big Sky play to finish in a four-way tie for ninth place.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 51], "content_span": [52, 157]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273165-0002-0000", "contents": "2017 UC Davis Aggies football team, Previous season\nOn November 21, 2016, head coach Ron Gould was fired. He finished at UC Davis with a four-year record of 12\u201333. On November 30, the school hired Dan Hawkins as head coach.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 51], "content_span": [52, 223]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273165-0003-0000", "contents": "2017 UC Davis Aggies football team, Schedule\nDespite also being a member of the Big Sky Conference, the game with Portland State on September 16 is considered a non-conference game.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 44], "content_span": [45, 181]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273166-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 UCF Knights football team\nThe 2017 UCF Knights football team represented the University of Central Florida in the 2017 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The Knights played their home games at the newly renamed Spectrum Stadium in Orlando, Florida, and competed in the East Division of the American Athletic Conference. They were led by second year head coach Scott Frost.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [30, 30], "content_span": [31, 379]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273166-0001-0000", "contents": "2017 UCF Knights football team\nThe Knights finished the regular season 12\u20130, the football program's first ever undefeated regular season, second 12-win season, and won the 2017 American Conference Championship. The Knights season culminated in a 2018 Peach Bowl win over Auburn. The effort came just two years after an 0\u201312 winless season (2015). UCF became the first team in the history of NCAA Division I FBS to improve from a winless regular season to an undefeated regular season in only two years.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [30, 30], "content_span": [31, 502]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273166-0002-0000", "contents": "2017 UCF Knights football team\nDespite being the only undefeated team in FBS, UCF did not receive a spot in the College Football Playoff. Frost criticized the College Football Playoff committee, saying that the Knights \"deserve[d] more credit from the committee than what they got.\" Frost believed that the committee deliberately ranked the Knights low enough on a weekly basis that they had no realistic chance of finishing in the top four. The Knights proclaimed themselves national champions at the end of the season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [30, 30], "content_span": [31, 520]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273166-0002-0001", "contents": "2017 UCF Knights football team\nFlorida lawmakers proposed passing a resolution declaring UCF the national champions, which Florida Governor Rick Scott proclaimed officially on January 8, 2018. On January 9, UCF was ranked No. 1 by the Colley Matrix, a mathematically basedpower rating developed by Wes Colley and designated by the NCAA as a major selector of championships.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [30, 30], "content_span": [31, 373]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273166-0003-0000", "contents": "2017 UCF Knights football team, Preseason, Spring game\nThe 2017 UCF Spring game was held Saturday April 22 at Spectrum Stadium. The team was split into two squads. Team UCFast consisted mostly of the first team offense and defense, and UCFierce was made up of second team players.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 54], "content_span": [55, 280]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273166-0004-0000", "contents": "2017 UCF Knights football team, Schedule\nUCF announced its 2017 football schedule on February 9, 2017. The 2017 schedule originally consisted of seven home and five away games in the regular season. The Knights were set to host conference foes UConn, East Carolina, Memphis, and South Florida and were to travel to Cincinnati, Navy, SMU, and Temple.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 40], "content_span": [41, 349]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273166-0005-0000", "contents": "2017 UCF Knights football team, Schedule\nThe Knights also hosted one of their two non-conference opponents, FIU from Conference USA, and traveled to Maryland from the Big Ten. UCF was scheduled to host games against Georgia Tech from the ACC, and Maine from the Colonial Athletic Association, before Hurricane Irma caused the Georgia Tech game to be canceled and the Memphis home game to be rescheduled over the Maine game. On September 21, 2017, UCF added a home game against the FCS Austin Peay Governors for October 28.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 40], "content_span": [41, 522]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273166-0006-0000", "contents": "2017 UCF Knights football team, Season summary\nIn just his second season as head coach, and just two years removed from the winless 2015 campaign, head coach Scott Frost aimed to continue the UCF football teams's turnaround. Frost had brought the team six wins in 2016, making them bowl-eligible. Going into 2017, the team looked to build on their momentum.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 46], "content_span": [47, 357]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273166-0007-0000", "contents": "2017 UCF Knights football team, Season summary\nThe Knights opened their season with a lopsided victory against FIU; however, days later, the season was temporarily put on hiatus due to Hurricane Irma. Two games were canceled, and one was able to be rescheduled. After a 22-day layoff, the Knights had an impressive win at Maryland, leading to a much-anticipated intra-conference meeting against 3\u20130 Memphis. The Knights soundly beat the Memphis Tigers, establishing themselves as the new front-runner in the AAC. The Knights entered both the AP and Coaches Polls, and later in October, they were also ranked in the CFP rankings.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 46], "content_span": [47, 628]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273166-0008-0000", "contents": "2017 UCF Knights football team, Season summary\nStatistically, the Knights were the top scoring team in the nation (48.2 points per game), and finished 5th in yards per game (530). With blowout wins against Cincinnati, East Carolina, and Austin Peay, along with closer, pivotal wins against Navy and SMU, the Knights were 10\u20130 entering the final game of the regular season. The Knights hosted rival South Florida on Black Friday to decide the AAC East Division crown. In a shootout game described by some observers as one of the best games of the college football season, the Knights won the game 49\u201342.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 46], "content_span": [47, 602]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273166-0009-0000", "contents": "2017 UCF Knights football team, Season summary\nThe Knights finished the regular season 11\u20130, the program's first ever undefeated regular season. With the win, UCF would host the AAC Championship game. The school set an NCAA mark by becoming the first team to go from a winless regular season (2015) to an undefeated regular season in only two years. The team set school records for most consecutive games won, most points in a single game, and saw many players and coaches receive individual superlative awards.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 46], "content_span": [47, 511]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273166-0010-0000", "contents": "2017 UCF Knights football team, Season summary\nIn the latter weeks of the regular season, fueled by the team's success on the field, media reports began surfacing about the possibility of head coach Scott Frost departing UCF for another school. Frost, the former national championship winning quarterback at Nebraska, had expressed personal interest in the Cornhuskers head coaching job, and it incidentally became available in November. Frost was also rumored for some of the many higher-profile vacancies, including Florida, Tennessee, and others. Nebraska athletic officials actively targeted Frost in their coaching search, and after Frost shot down rumors of going to Florida, it became clear Frost's future would be either at Nebraska, or continuing at UCF.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 46], "content_span": [47, 763]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273166-0011-0000", "contents": "2017 UCF Knights football team, Season summary\nDespite the ongoing coaching rumors, UCF went on to win the AAC Championship game in dramatic fashion. The game was a rematch against Memphis, but this time the game was a shootout. The Knights prevailed 62\u201355 in double overtime. The win cemented UCF as the top Group of Five school in the nation, clinching them an automatic berth in a New Year's Six bowl game. Despite their unblemished 12\u20130 record up to that point, the Knights were not named to the College Football Playoff top four, and effectively could not play for the CFP National Championship. The Knights were paired against Auburn in the Chick-fil-A Peach Bowl on New Year's Day.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 46], "content_span": [47, 688]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273166-0012-0000", "contents": "2017 UCF Knights football team, Season summary\nA day after winning the AAC, head coach Scott Frost was formally introduced as the new head coach of Nebraska, as had been widely speculated. UCF immediately named offensive coordinator Troy Walters as the interim head coach. Frost would be taking nearly his entire staff with him to Nebraska, potentially leaving UCF without a coaching staff for the bowl season. The newly introduced NCAA early signing period fueled Nebraska's urgency of hiring Frost, as school officials were anxious for Frost to begin recruiting immediately.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 46], "content_span": [47, 576]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273166-0012-0001", "contents": "2017 UCF Knights football team, Season summary\nMeanwhile, UCF named Josh Heupel their new head coach, but stopped short of committing Heupel to coaching in the bowl. After several days of uncertainty, and mild controversy, an agreement was reached such that Frost and his staff would return to UCF to coach the bowl game. Despite the difficulty of juggling two teams at once, Frost was committed to coaching UCF in the Peach Bowl, and called finishing out the UCF job as the 'right thing to do.'", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 46], "content_span": [47, 495]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273166-0013-0000", "contents": "2017 UCF Knights football team, Season summary\nThe Knights defeated the Auburn Tigers in the Peach Bowl 34\u201327, completing a perfect 13\u20130 season. In the aftermath, UCF athletic director Danny White created a stir when he publicly proclaimed UCF the national champions, despite the CFP championship game still being one week away. Several other outlets followed suit, including the Orlando Sentinel, WYGM, Prince George Journal, and the Colley Matrix. Other national media outlets debated the issue over the next several days. UCF received four first place votes in the final AP Poll, and placed 6th overall.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 46], "content_span": [47, 606]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273166-0013-0001", "contents": "2017 UCF Knights football team, Season summary\nThe Knights were honored with a parade at Walt Disney World, a block party in downtown Orlando at Church Street Station, and were presented with the Key to the City by Orlando Mayor Buddy Dyer. Florida Governor Rick Scott signed a resolution officially recognizing the Knights as national champions on January 8, and later in the month, the Knights were honored at the 2018 NFL Pro Bowl.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 46], "content_span": [47, 434]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273166-0014-0000", "contents": "2017 UCF Knights football team, Season summary\nOff the field, UCF's home stadium changed its name to Spectrum Stadium, reflecting the acquisition of Bright House Networks by Charter Communications, and subsequent re-branding as Spectrum.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 46], "content_span": [47, 237]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273166-0015-0000", "contents": "2017 UCF Knights football team, Game summaries, FIU\nThe Knights opened the season on Thursday night against FIU. It was the start of the second season for head coach Scott Frost at UCF, as well as the first game for FIU under head coach Butch Davis. The Knights routed the Panthers, as the offense racked up 587 yards, and quarterback McKenzie Milton threw for 360 yards and four touchdown passes (22 yards, 50 yards, 3 yards, 13 yards, respectively). There were four rushing touchdowns, including a 51-yard run by Napoleon Maxwell in the third quarter. The UCF defense forced three fumbles, an interception, a safety, and four 3-and-outs by the Panthers offense.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 51], "content_span": [52, 663]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273166-0016-0000", "contents": "2017 UCF Knights football team, Game summaries, at Maryland\nAfter a 22-day layoff due to Hurricane Irma, UCF was back on the field in Week 4. With the teams coming into the matchup ranked No. 1 and No. 2 in scoring (61 points for UCF and 57 points for Maryland) and having gone to double overtime in their meeting last year, the game was expected to be close. After a slow start for both teams, Maryland's backup quarterback, Kasim Hill, was injured and taken off the field in the first quarter.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 59], "content_span": [60, 495]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273166-0016-0001", "contents": "2017 UCF Knights football team, Game summaries, at Maryland\nWhile the Terrapins were able to score the opening field goal at the end of that drive, they could not contain the Knights offense much longer, as the offense combined for 428 total yards. Meanwhile, the Knights defense overpowered the Terrapins on offense, keeping the Terrapins to 42 rushing yards, while the Knights picked off third string quarterback Max Bortenschlager twice, returning one for a touchdown.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 59], "content_span": [60, 471]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273166-0017-0000", "contents": "2017 UCF Knights football team, Game summaries, Memphis\nAfter having their scheduled game on September 10 canceled due to Hurricane Irma, the two schools arranged to reschedule their game for September 30. It was the conference opener for both teams. Both UCF and Memphis came into the matchup undefeated, with Memphis winning three previous games and UCF winning their two previous games. After a slow start to the game, the Knights ended up with 603 total yards and one turnover, versus Memphis' 396 total yards and four turnovers.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 55], "content_span": [56, 533]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273166-0017-0001", "contents": "2017 UCF Knights football team, Game summaries, Memphis\nUCF quarterback McKenzie Milton threw for 253 yards and three touchdown passes, while running back Adrian Killins Jr. scored two rushing touchdowns. Killins set a UCF record with a 96-yard touchdown run, the longest rushing touchdown in school history. After the game, UCF entered both the AP Poll and the Coaches Poll at No. 25.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 55], "content_span": [56, 385]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273166-0018-0000", "contents": "2017 UCF Knights football team, Game summaries, at Cincinnati\nUCF opened the game with two quick touchdowns, with both possessions totaling one minute and 32 seconds of game time, while holding Cincinnati to one touchdown in their first two possession. While the Knights defense let the Bearcats score more points than any of the Knights previous opponents, they also recorded one interception, a blocked PAT and allowed only 391 yards. Meanwhile, the Bearcats defense could not stop the Knights offense, which scored seven touchdowns and set up one field goal over the Knights' eight possessions. The game was stopped with four seconds left in the third quarter due to lightning in the area. Soon after the delay passed the one hour mark, the American Athletic Conference canceled the rest of the game.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 61], "content_span": [62, 803]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273166-0019-0000", "contents": "2017 UCF Knights football team, Game summaries, East Carolina\nEntering the game ranked number one in scoring offense in the nation while facing the worst scoring defense in the nation, the Knights were 33.5 point favorites. The Knights ended up scoring nine touchdowns, including one interception returned for a touchdown and one punt return returned for a touchdown. The 63 points the Knights scored were the most since 2001, when they beat Liberty University 63\u20130. The Knights also put up 603 yards of offense, making it the first time since 1998 that UCF has put up more than 500 yards of offense in three straight games. With the win, the Knights improved to 5\u20130 for the first time in program history since moving up to D-1 football, and the first time since 1988.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 61], "content_span": [62, 768]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273166-0020-0000", "contents": "2017 UCF Knights football team, Game summaries, at Navy\nNavy welcomed the Knights to Annapolis following the Midshipmen's first loss of the season, 30\u201327 at Memphis, while riding a 17-game home win streak. Prior to the game, the Knights practiced against Navy's triple option scheme by having coach Scott Frost, who ran the option offense during his time as quarterback at Nebraska from 1995 to 1997, play as the scout team's quarterback. The game ended up being the Knights closest scoring game yet, with Navy tying the Knights twice and being only three points down for most of the fourth quarter. Both teams offenses racked up over 400 yards.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 55], "content_span": [56, 645]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273166-0020-0001", "contents": "2017 UCF Knights football team, Game summaries, at Navy\nThe Midshipmen's defense recorded one fumble, while the Knights defense recorded two interceptions and a fumble. The forced fumble by the Knights was key play of the fourth quarter. With 7:14 left in regulation, facing a 3rd down & 5 at the UCF 38, and trailing by only 3, Navy running back Darryl Bonner took a pitch to the left. A punishing hit by Brandon Moore jarred the ball loose, and Moore recovered for UCF. The Knights then iced the game with a 7-play, clock-burning drive, culminating in Otis Anderson's first career touchdown for the Knights, and a ten-point lead they would not surrender. With the 31\u201321 win, the Knights improved to 6\u20130 for the first time in program history.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 55], "content_span": [56, 743]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273166-0021-0000", "contents": "2017 UCF Knights football team, Game summaries, Austin Peay\nComing off of their closest game yet, the Knights welcomed the Austin Peay Governors (an FCS program) to Spectrum Stadium. Austin Peay came into the game 5\u20133, after having snapped their 29-game losing streak earlier in the year. Both teams offenses surged throughout the game, with the Governors putting up 352 yards and 33 points, the most by any UCF opponent in the season at the time. Meanwhile, the Knights offense put up 489 yards and a school record 73 points. The Knights defense forced two turnovers, including a fumble returned for a touchdown by Shaquem Griffin.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 59], "content_span": [60, 632]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273166-0021-0001", "contents": "2017 UCF Knights football team, Game summaries, Austin Peay\nThe game also included a kickoff return for a touchdown by each team, a tipped pass for an Austin Peay touchdown, both teams going two for two on fourth down conversions, Austin Peay guard Ryan Rockensuess recovering a fumble for a touchdown after the Governors offense fumbled twice in a play that started from the UCF 5 yard line, and an unsportsmanlike conduct call on UCF head coach Scott Frost, all in the first half.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 59], "content_span": [60, 482]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273166-0021-0002", "contents": "2017 UCF Knights football team, Game summaries, Austin Peay\nWith rival USF's loss to Houston, combined with losses by TCU and Penn State to Iowa State and Ohio State respectively, the Knights became one of only five teams remaining undefeated after Week 9 (along with Alabama, Georgia, Miami (FL), and Wisconsin). They also rose to first place in the American Athletic Conference.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 59], "content_span": [60, 380]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273166-0022-0000", "contents": "2017 UCF Knights football team, Game summaries, at SMU\nThe Knights visited the SMU Mustangs, who started 6\u20132, their best record post \"death penalty\". Both teams boasted high powered offenses, leading some to believe the game would be an offensive shootout. Instead, the game became the second-lowest scoring game of the season for the Knights (behind only the Navy game). The game was the closest game yet for the Knights, and the only one to end as a single digit victory, as well as a one possession game.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 54], "content_span": [55, 507]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273166-0022-0001", "contents": "2017 UCF Knights football team, Game summaries, at SMU\nThough the Knights put up a season-high 615 yards on offense, they were unable to convert all of their drives into points. Inside the red zone, they turned over the ball on downs on their opening drive, and later lost a fumble. Knights quarterback McKenzie Milton also threw two interceptions, including one that was returned for a touchdown. The Knights offense was able to make big plays when it mattered, including an 80-yard touchdown reception by Gabriel Davis, a 64-yard touchdown run Adrian Killins Jr., and a 63-yard catch and run by Tre'Quan Smith which set up a field goal.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 54], "content_span": [55, 638]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273166-0022-0002", "contents": "2017 UCF Knights football team, Game summaries, at SMU\nThe Knights defense forced a crucial SMU fumble at the goal line, keeping the Mustangs from scoring a touchdown in the second quarter. Late in the fourth quarter, two critical fourth down stops by the defense sealed the game for the Knights. With 5:10 remaining in regulation, facing a 4th down & 3 at the UCF 38, SMU quarterback Ben Hicks threw to Trey Quinn, who dropped the pass as he was turning down field, and the ball was turned over on downs. With 1:24 to go, the Mustangs faced yet another 4th down at their own 34. Hicks pass attempt was incomplete and the Knights took a knee to win the game.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 54], "content_span": [55, 658]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273166-0023-0000", "contents": "2017 UCF Knights football team, Game summaries, UConn\nUCF hosted UConn, in a matchup once known briefly as the Civil Conflict. With light rain showers in the area, UCF jumped out to a 21\u20133 lead after the first quarter. The Knights scored an opening drive touchdown run by Otis Anderson, aided by a fourth down conversion resulting from a Huskies offsides penalty as UCF lined up for a punt at their own 29 yard line. Midway through the second quarter, McKenzie Milton threw to Tre'Quan Smith who eluded three defenders untouched for a 41-yard touchdown pass, and UCF enjoyed a 28\u201310 halftime lead.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 53], "content_span": [54, 597]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273166-0023-0001", "contents": "2017 UCF Knights football team, Game summaries, UConn\nThe Knights, however, sputtered and were held scoreless in the third quarter. Huskies quarterback David Pindell completed a 60-yard pass to Arkeel Newsome, and on the next play, ran the ball in himself for a touchdown, and trimmed the lead to 28\u201317. Otis Anderson fumbled the ball deep in UConn territory, and later a turnover on downs, and UCF miscues became the focus of attention. The Knights turned the game around in the fourth quarter, however, behind a 65-yard touchdown run by Anderson, and another touchdown run by Milton.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 53], "content_span": [54, 585]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273166-0023-0002", "contents": "2017 UCF Knights football team, Game summaries, UConn\nWith just under 9 minutes remaining, the UCF defense forced a turnover on downs. On the next play from scrimmage, backup quarterback Noah Vedral threw a 35-yard touchdown to Cam Stewart, who was left unguarded, and the Knights sealed a 49\u201324 victory. With Georgia's loss to Auburn, UCF would be one of four remaining undefeated teams in the country (the others being Alabama, Miami (FL), and Wisconsin).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 53], "content_span": [54, 457]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273166-0024-0000", "contents": "2017 UCF Knights football team, Game summaries, at Temple\nUCF traveled to Philadelphia to take on division opponent Temple. After a tight first quarter, Temple led 10\u20137 early in the second period. The Knights then scored 24 unanswered points to go ahead, and never surrendered the lead en route to a 45\u201319 victory. The Owls offense gave up three turnovers (two interceptions, and one fumble) in the second quarter, all of which led to UCF points. With just over three minutes left before halftime, UCF punter Mac Loudermilk pinned the Owls back at their own 8 yard line.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 57], "content_span": [58, 570]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273166-0024-0001", "contents": "2017 UCF Knights football team, Game summaries, at Temple\nOn the next play from scrimmage, Owls quarterback Frank Nutile was intercepted by Kyle Gibson, who returned the ball to the 5 yard line. That set up a McKenzie Milton touchdown pass to Gabriel Davis, and capped off an explosive second quarter, and a comfortable 31\u201310 lead by the Knights at halftime. Both teams traded punts to start the third quarter. Then Milton threw a 22-yard touchdown pass to Tre'Quan Smith to increase the lead. On the next drive, Shaquem Griffin intercepted Frank Nutile, and returned the ball 22 yards close to midfield.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 57], "content_span": [58, 604]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273166-0024-0002", "contents": "2017 UCF Knights football team, Game summaries, at Temple\nMilton drove the Knights down for another touchdown, and a 45\u201313 lead. The first team offense and first team defense were benched for the duration of the fourth quarter. The second team defense gave up one 74-yard touchdown pass from Frank Nutile to Adonis Jennings, but with three minutes to go Nevelle Clarke intercepted Nutile in the endzone to halt any chance of an Owls rally. The Knights improved to 10\u20130 on the season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 57], "content_span": [58, 483]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273166-0025-0000", "contents": "2017 UCF Knights football team, Game summaries, South Florida\nThe 13th-ranked Knights welcomed the 22nd-ranked Bulls (9\u20131) to Spectrum Stadium with the winner of the game claiming the American Athletic Conference East Division title and a spot in the 2017 American Athletic Conference Football Championship Game. The game was the first ranked match-up in the War on I-4 rivalry. The game quickly turned into an offensive shootout, with a total of 1,186 yards of offense between both teams. The game came down to the wire, with UCF taking an eight-point lead (following an earlier missed extra point by South Florida) with 2:21 left in regulation.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 61], "content_span": [62, 646]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273166-0025-0001", "contents": "2017 UCF Knights football team, Game summaries, South Florida\nSouth Florida then tied the game with an 83-yard touchdown and a two-point conversion with 1:41 remaining. On the ensuing kickoff, UCF's Mike Hughes returned the kickoff 95 yards for a touchdown, giving the Knights a 49\u201342 lead, with 1:28 left. The Bulls attempted to strike back, but fumbled on the UCF 45 yard line which UCF linebacker Chequan Burkett recovered to seal the game. The game was called one of the best of the season. With Miami and Alabama both losing their respective games, UCF and Wisconsin would be the only two undefeated teams in college football.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 61], "content_span": [62, 631]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273166-0026-0000", "contents": "2017 UCF Knights football team, Game summaries, AAC Championship: Memphis\nMemphis fumbled away the ball on the first drive of the game. UCF quarterback McKenzie Milton threw two touchdown passes, and the Knights led 17\u20137 at the end of the first quarter. Memphis dominated most of the second quarter, highlighted by miscues by the Knights, particularly on offense. Tigers quarterback Riley Ferguson threw two touchdown passes, including a 68-yard bomb to a wide open Anthony Miller. The Knights committed three turnovers in the second quarter, a fumble and two red zone interceptions. Tigers kicker Riley Patterson kicked a 27-yard field goal as time expired in the first half, and Memphis led at halftime 31\u201324.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 73], "content_span": [74, 711]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273166-0027-0000", "contents": "2017 UCF Knights football team, Game summaries, AAC Championship: Memphis\nUCF bounced back in the third quarter. Memphis opened the second half with a surprise onside kick, but the kick attempt failed. McKenzie Milton had two touchdown runs, and threw for another touchdown, and the Knights were back in the lead by the score of 45\u201334. Trailing by 14 partway through the fourth quarter, Tigers running back Tony Pollard broke away for a 66-yard touchdown run. On their next drive, Memphis tied the game 48\u201348 with Ferguson's 10-yard touchdown pass to Anthony Miller.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 73], "content_span": [74, 566]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273166-0028-0000", "contents": "2017 UCF Knights football team, Game summaries, AAC Championship: Memphis\nWith 33 seconds remaining in regulation, Memphis lined up for a potential game-winning 46-yard field goal attempt. The field goal attempt was blocked and recovered by the Knights, but not before the Tigers were called for Delay of Game. The penalty gave the Tigers a second chance at a game-winning field goal attempt. Riley Patterson's 51-yard field goal attempt sailed wide left, and the game would ultimately go to overtime tied 48\u201348.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 73], "content_span": [74, 512]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273166-0029-0000", "contents": "2017 UCF Knights football team, Game summaries, AAC Championship: Memphis\nBoth teams scored touchdowns in the first overtime period, and the game was tied 55\u201355 going into the second overtime. Otis Anderson scored a 1-yard touchdown run to put UCF ahead 62\u201355. Memphis took over on offense. Facing 2nd down & Goal at the UCF 9 yard line, Riley Ferguson dropped back to pass, but was pressured by Shaquem Griffin. Ferguson's pass was intercepted by Tre Neal at the 4 yard line to end the game. With UCF's victory, along with Wisconsin's loss in the Big Ten Championship, UCF would stand as the only undefeated team in the college football season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 73], "content_span": [74, 645]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273166-0030-0000", "contents": "2017 UCF Knights football team, Game summaries, Peach Bowl: Auburn\nThe No. 12 Knights, as the highest ranked Group of Five conference champion, were given an automatic bid to play in a New Year's Six bowl, traveling up to Atlanta to play in the Peach Bowl at Mercedes-Benz Stadium. The Knights were matched up against the No. 7 Auburn Tigers (10\u20133), the SEC West champion and 10.5 point favorite. For the Tigers, this would be their second of three consecutive games at Mercedes-Benz Stadium, following their 28\u20137 loss to Georgia in the 2017 SEC Championship Game, while being scheduled to open their 2018 season against the Washington Huskies in the Chick-fil-A Kickoff Game.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 66], "content_span": [67, 676]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273166-0031-0000", "contents": "2017 UCF Knights football team, Game summaries, Peach Bowl: Auburn\nThe high-powered UCF offense got off to a shaky start, but superb defensive play kept the Knights in the game during the first half. A mishandled snap was fumbled by quarterback McKenzie Milton and recovered by Auburn, which led to a Tigers field goal and a 3\u20130 lead. Jarrett Stidham then led Auburn on a 14-play, 45-yard drive to the UCF 36 line. Daniel Carlson missed a 53-yard field goal attempt, and the score remained 3\u20130. Milton, with two long quarterback runs, put the Knights in field goal range, and the score was tied 3\u20133 partway through the second quarter.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 66], "content_span": [67, 634]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273166-0031-0001", "contents": "2017 UCF Knights football team, Game summaries, Peach Bowl: Auburn\nFour play later, Stidham near midfield, ran up the middle for a 6-yard gain. But the ball was punched out of his hands and bounced into the hands of Knights defender Tre Neal. Tightroping down the sidelines, Neal returned the ball 36 yards to the Auburn 21 yard line. Two plays later, McKenzie Milton scored the game's first touchdown, on an 18-yard quarterback run. Milton's passing numbers were thus far unimpressive, finishing the first half only 3-of-17 for 30 yards. But Milton's 83 yards rushing, coupled with five first half sacks by the Knights defense, gave UCF a 13\u20136 halftime lead.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 66], "content_span": [67, 659]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273166-0032-0000", "contents": "2017 UCF Knights football team, Game summaries, Peach Bowl: Auburn\nThe third quarter belonged to the Tigers, as Noah Igbinoghene took the second half kickoff back 72 yards to the UCF 26 yard line. Jarrett Stidham threw a 26-yard touchdown pass to Will Hastings, then Kerryon Johnson had a rushing touchdown on the next possession. The Tigers flipped the scoreboard, now leading by the score of 20\u201313. McKenzie Milton and the Knights offense finally revved into high gear. Facing 3rd down & 8 at their own 37, Milton connected with Jordan Akins for a 26-yard pass completion to the Auburn 37.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 66], "content_span": [67, 591]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273166-0032-0001", "contents": "2017 UCF Knights football team, Game summaries, Peach Bowl: Auburn\nMilton followed it up with a 12-yard screen pass to running back Otis Anderson. Hit at the 2 yard line, Anderson dragged two defenders into the endzone for the Knights' second touchdown. The UCF defense forced a three-and-out, and at the start of the fourth quarter, Milton and the Knights took over at their own 41. After two long completions, Milton quickly drove the Knights to the 8 yard line. Under pressure and scrambling, Milton found Dredrick Snelson at the back of the endzone for a leaping touchdown catch and a 27\u201320 UCF lead.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 66], "content_span": [67, 604]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273166-0033-0000", "contents": "2017 UCF Knights football team, Game summaries, Peach Bowl: Auburn\nThe Tigers went three-and-out for a second time, and Milton slowly began wearing down the Tigers defense. The Knights drove to the Auburn 8 line, but a Matthew Wright field goal attempt was tipped and blocked. At the 40 yard line with just over 6 minutes remaining in regulation, Jarrett Stidham's pass was intercepted by Chequan Burkett, who returned the ball 45 yards for a UCF touchdown. With the Knights now leading 34\u201320 with under six minutes to go, Auburn fans began heading for the exits, and the UCF side of the stadium turned into a frenzy. Auburn managed a quick touchdown on their next drive, and trimmed the score to 34\u201327 with 4:12 to play.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 66], "content_span": [67, 721]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273166-0034-0000", "contents": "2017 UCF Knights football team, Game summaries, Peach Bowl: Auburn\nLooking to run out the clock, and ice the game, the Knights drove to the Auburn 21, where they faced 4th down & 7 with 2:18 left in regulation. Wright's field goal attempt sailed wide left, and the game shockingly continued. With one last chance to tie the game and potentially force overtime, the Tigers drove to the UCF 21 yard line. They had converted on a 4th & 8, and the Knights defense was bending but did not break. With 33 seconds to go, Stidham was under pressure by Shaquem Griffin, and threw up a desperation pass. With no receivers in the area, the ball was easily intercepted in the endzone by Antwan Collier. The Knights took a knee, and secured the victory, and a 13\u20130 undefeated season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 66], "content_span": [67, 770]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273166-0035-0000", "contents": "2017 UCF Knights football team, Game summaries, Peach Bowl: Auburn\nMcKenzie Milton was selected as the offensive MVP with 245 yards passing, two touchdown passes, no interceptions, 116 yards rushing, and one rushing touchdown. Auburn narrowly edged UCF in total yards (421 to 411), but the Tigers had three turnovers compared to only one for the Knights. Shaquem Griffin had 12 tackles and 1.5 sacks, and pressured Stidham all game. Griffin was voted defensive MVP, in his final game for the Knights. Following the game, the school claimed a national championship. A few days later, UCF was ranked number 1 by the Colley Matrix, an NCAA-designated major selector of football national championships. The NCAA does not officially select a national champion in FBS football.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 66], "content_span": [67, 771]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273167-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 UCI Africa Tour\nThe 2017 UCI Africa Tour is the 13th season of the UCI Africa Tour. The season began on 28 October 2016 with the Tour du Faso and will end on 17 September 2017.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [20, 20], "content_span": [21, 181]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273167-0001-0000", "contents": "2017 UCI Africa Tour\nThe points leader, based on the cumulative results of previous races, wears the UCI Africa Tour cycling jersey.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [20, 20], "content_span": [21, 132]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273167-0002-0000", "contents": "2017 UCI Africa Tour\nThroughout the season, points are awarded to the top finishers of stages within stage races and the final general classification standings of each of the stages races and one-day events. The quality and complexity of a race also determines how many points are awarded to the top finishers, the higher the UCI rating of a race, the more points are awarded. The UCI ratings from highest to lowest are as follows:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [20, 20], "content_span": [21, 431]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273168-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 UCI America Tour\nThe 2017 UCI America Tour is the thirteenth season of the UCI America Tour. The season began on October 24, 2016 with the Vuelta a Guatemala and will end on October 7, 2017.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [21, 21], "content_span": [22, 195]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273168-0001-0000", "contents": "2017 UCI America Tour\nThe points leader, based on the cumulative results of previous races, wears the UCI America Tour cycling jersey. Throughout the season, points are awarded to the top finishers of stages within stage races and the final general classification standings of each of the stages races and one-day events. The quality and complexity of a race also determines how many points are awarded to the top finishers, the higher the UCI rating of a race, the more points are awarded.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [21, 21], "content_span": [22, 490]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273168-0002-0000", "contents": "2017 UCI America Tour\nThe UCI ratings from highest to lowest are as follows:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [21, 21], "content_span": [22, 76]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273169-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 UCI Asia Tour\nThe 2017 UCI Asia Tour is the 13th season of the UCI Asia Tour. The season began on 22 October 2016 with the Tour of Hainan and will end on 7 October 2017.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [18, 18], "content_span": [19, 174]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273169-0001-0000", "contents": "2017 UCI Asia Tour\nThe points leader, based on the cumulative results of previous races, wears the UCI Asia Tour cycling jersey.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [18, 18], "content_span": [19, 128]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273169-0002-0000", "contents": "2017 UCI Asia Tour\nThroughout the season, points are awarded to the top finishers of stages within stage races and the final general classification standings of each of the stages races and one-day events. The quality and complexity of a race also determines how many points are awarded to the top finishers, the higher the UCI rating of a race, the more points are awarded.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [18, 18], "content_span": [19, 374]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273169-0003-0000", "contents": "2017 UCI Asia Tour\nThe UCI ratings from highest to lowest are as follows:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [18, 18], "content_span": [19, 73]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273170-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 UCI BMX World Championships\nThe 2017 UCI BMX World Championships was the 22nd edition of the UCI BMX World Championships, and took place at the Novant Health BMX Supercross Track in Rock Hill, South Carolina, United States from July 25 to 29, 2017.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [32, 32], "content_span": [33, 253]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273170-0001-0000", "contents": "2017 UCI BMX World Championships\nIn contrast to the 2016 edition, only four medal events were held.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [32, 32], "content_span": [33, 99]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273171-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 UCI Cyclo-cross World Championships\nThe 2017 UCI Cyclo-cross World Championships were the World Championship for cyclo-cross for the season 2016\u201317. It was held in Bieles in Luxembourg on Saturday 28 and Sunday 29 January 2017. The championships featured five events; men's races for elite, under-23 and junior riders, and women's races for elite and under-23 riders.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [40, 40], "content_span": [41, 372]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273172-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 UCI Cyclo-cross World Championships \u2013 Men's elite race\nThis event was held on 29 January 2017 as part of the 2017 UCI Cyclo-cross World Championships in Belvaux, Luxembourg. Participants must be men born in 1994 or before. It was won by Wout van Aert of Belgium.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 59], "section_span": [59, 59], "content_span": [60, 267]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273172-0001-0000", "contents": "2017 UCI Cyclo-cross World Championships \u2013 Men's elite race, Race report\nWout van Aert and Mathieu van der Poel were the big favourites before the race, having dominated the whole season and dividing the majority of races between them.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 59], "section_span": [61, 72], "content_span": [73, 235]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273172-0002-0000", "contents": "2017 UCI Cyclo-cross World Championships \u2013 Men's elite race, Race report\nIn contrast to the previous races, snow and ice were much less and the track had become much more muddy and therefore slower. As a result, several rocks surfaced which were barely visible and often covered in small pools of water. The race would turn out to become tough on the material, with especially flat tyres playing a deciding role.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 59], "section_span": [61, 72], "content_span": [73, 412]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273172-0003-0000", "contents": "2017 UCI Cyclo-cross World Championships \u2013 Men's elite race, Race report\nJust after the start, Belgian Tom Meeusen broke his bicycle at the first obstacle and was forced to retire immediately. Meanwhile, van der Poel immediately raced away from the pack with only Kevin Pauwels able to follow. A chase group involved van Aert, Tim Merlier, Michael Vanthourenhout, Corn\u00e9 van Kessel, Stan Godrie, Cl\u00e9ment Venturini and Lars van der Haar already 15 seconds back after the first lap. A puncture by Pauwels caused him to drop back, leaving van der Poel going solo from lap two. In the chasing group several riders also suffered multiple punctures and dropped back, with only van Aert able to remain about ten seconds behind.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 59], "section_span": [61, 72], "content_span": [73, 719]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273172-0004-0000", "contents": "2017 UCI Cyclo-cross World Championships \u2013 Men's elite race, Race report\nVan der Poel suffered successive punctures on laps 2, 3 and 4 but each time closely before the pit lane, not losing much time but allowing van Aert to close the gap each lap, finally getting back together on lap 4. Behind the two leaders the gap kept widening, however the first chaser changed often as punctures caused many riders to drop back from a good position. Several riders suffered several punctures and some riders even dropped out of the race as they ran out of spare tyres, including 2008 World Champion Lars Boom.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 59], "section_span": [61, 72], "content_span": [73, 599]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273172-0005-0000", "contents": "2017 UCI Cyclo-cross World Championships \u2013 Men's elite race, Race report\nThe two leaders remained together until lap 6 when disaster struck for van der Poel as he suffered a puncture a long distance from the pits, causing him to lose 30 seconds on van Aert. Van Aert now only needed to avoid punctures in the last three laps to win his second consecutive world title, in which he succeeded. As the other riders were already over a minute back, van der Poel had no problem securing second but was visibly disappointed with his second place and eventually finished in tears 44 seconds behind van Aert.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 59], "section_span": [61, 72], "content_span": [73, 599]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273172-0006-0000", "contents": "2017 UCI Cyclo-cross World Championships \u2013 Men's elite race, Race report\nIn the fight for third, over two minutes behind van Aert, Pauwels was able to overtake van der Haar on the final lap to take his fifth bronze medal at the UCI Cyclo-cross World Championships following earlier third places in 2011, 2012, 2014 and 2016.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 59], "section_span": [61, 72], "content_span": [73, 324]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273173-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 UCI Cyclo-cross World Championships \u2013 Men's junior race\nThe Men's junior race at the 2017 UCI Cyclo-cross World Championships was held on 28 January 2017 in Bieles, Luxembourg. Contenders had to be male and born in 1999 or 2000. It was won by one of the race favourites Tom Pidcock of Great Britain ahead of two compatriots.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 60], "section_span": [60, 60], "content_span": [61, 329]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273173-0001-0000", "contents": "2017 UCI Cyclo-cross World Championships \u2013 Men's junior race, Race report\nThe weeks before the race temperatures had been below zero causing the soil to be frozen and slight rain the night and morning before the race caused the track to be extremely icy and slippery. This was evident right at the start as several riders took a tumble in the first turn, holding up about half the pack.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 60], "section_span": [62, 73], "content_span": [74, 386]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273173-0002-0000", "contents": "2017 UCI Cyclo-cross World Championships \u2013 Men's junior race, Race report\nThe first lap saw Maxime Bonsergent of France take an early lead, chased by a small group involving Jelle Camps, Toon Vandebosch, Ben Turner, Antoine Benoist and pre-race favorite Tom Pidcock. Pidcock was the only one succeeding to bridge the gap to Bonsergent and together they built up a lead while the rest of the pack quickly spread out and most riders were cycling alone. Already at the end of the second lap, Pidcock had broken away and built up a gap of more than 20 seconds over Bonsergent who had been caught by Ben Turner. Timo Kielich was also in the chasing group but fell hard and dropped outside the top 10. This left the group of Antoine Benoist, Loris Rouiller and Dan Tulett racing for fourth place, another 20 seconds behind Turner and Bonsergent.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 60], "section_span": [62, 73], "content_span": [74, 839]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273173-0003-0000", "contents": "2017 UCI Cyclo-cross World Championships \u2013 Men's junior race, Race report\nPidcock maintained and extended his lead during the race, never coming in real trouble an easily taking the victory. In the battle for the medals, Bonsergent dropped out as he fell several times and eventually after breaking his derailleur gears and losing a shoe he had to run back to the pits and would eventually finish in 20th place. Tulett caught Turner by the end of lap three and they battled it out for the remaining two medals with Tulett taking the silver in the end. Louis Rouiller came close to both British riders on the final lap but finally came eight seconds short of bronze.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 60], "section_span": [62, 73], "content_span": [74, 665]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273174-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 UCI Cyclo-cross World Championships \u2013 Women's elite race\nThis event was held on 28 January 2017 as a part of the 2017 UCI Cyclo-cross World Championships in Bieles, Luxembourg. Participants must be women born in 2000 or before. The race was won by Sanne Cant of Belgium, winning her first title.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 61], "section_span": [61, 61], "content_span": [62, 300]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273174-0001-0000", "contents": "2017 UCI Cyclo-cross World Championships \u2013 Women's elite race, Race report\nThe fastest starter was Ellen Van Loy who took the head start but did not manage to get away from the bunch. At the end of the first lap, eight riders were still within 6 seconds: Eva Lechner, Marianne Vos, Sanne Cant, Kate\u0159ina Nash, Lucinda Brand, home rider Christine Majerus, surprise Maghalie Rochette and Van Loy.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 61], "section_span": [63, 74], "content_span": [75, 393]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273174-0002-0000", "contents": "2017 UCI Cyclo-cross World Championships \u2013 Women's elite race, Race report\nVos, Cant and Brand opened up a gap and separated as a group; Vos tried several times to break away but Cant each time managed to close the gap with Brand trailing slightly. On the fourth of five laps, Cant slipped and lost about ten seconds, therefore Vos went into the final lap with eight seconds advantage. Meanwhile, Nash had come back from behind and was leading Brand by a few seconds for third place.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 61], "section_span": [63, 74], "content_span": [75, 483]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273174-0003-0000", "contents": "2017 UCI Cyclo-cross World Championships \u2013 Women's elite race, Race report\nOn the final lap, Vos' chain dropped, forcing her to step off the bike and manually put it back in place which allowed Cant to close the gap. The two battled it out on the slippery last half lap, overtaking each other several times. At the final real obstacle, a steep descent, Cant was able to overtake Vos and kept the lead onto the final straight, outsprinting Vos to take her first world title. Twenty seconds later, Nash outsprinted Brand for third place.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 61], "section_span": [63, 74], "content_span": [75, 535]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273175-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 UCI Europe Tour\nThe 2017 UCI Europe Tour was the thirteenth season of the UCI Europe Tour. The 2017 season began on 26 January 2017 with the Trofeo Santany\u00ed-Ses Salines-Campos and ended on 17 October 2017 with the Nationale Sluitingsprijs.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [20, 20], "content_span": [21, 244]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273175-0001-0000", "contents": "2017 UCI Europe Tour\nBelgian rider Baptiste Planckaert (Wallonie-Bruxelles\u2013Group Protect), who scored 1,605 points in the 2016 edition, was the defending champion of the UCI Europe Tour.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [20, 20], "content_span": [21, 186]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273175-0002-0000", "contents": "2017 UCI Europe Tour\nNacer Bouhanni (Cofidis) won the overall standings for the second time in three years; Wanty\u2013Groupe Gobert won the team classification, while France won both the overall nations' title and the under-23 equivalent.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [20, 20], "content_span": [21, 234]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273175-0003-0000", "contents": "2017 UCI Europe Tour, Race structure\nThroughout the season, points are awarded to the top finishers of stages within stage races and the final general classification standings of each of the stages races and one-day events. The quality and complexity of a race also determines how many points are awarded to the top finishers, the higher the UCI rating of a race, the more points are awarded.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 36], "content_span": [37, 392]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273175-0004-0000", "contents": "2017 UCI Europe Tour, Race structure\nThe UCI ratings from highest to lowest are as follows:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 36], "content_span": [37, 91]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273175-0005-0000", "contents": "2017 UCI Europe Tour, Final standings\nFor the 2017 season, the standings are calculated based upon the UCI World Ranking, with the ranking period being the previous 52 weeks.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 37], "content_span": [38, 174]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273176-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 UCI Junior Track Cycling World Championships\nThe 2017 UCI Junior Track Cycling World Championships was the annual Junior World Championship for track cycling held at the Velodromo Fassa Bortolo in Montichiari, Italy from 23 to 27 August 2017.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 49], "section_span": [49, 49], "content_span": [50, 247]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273177-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 UCI Mountain Bike World Championships\nThe 2017 UCI Mountain Bike World Championships was the 28th edition of the UCI Mountain Bike World Championships. As in 2016, the championships in the various disciplines were held at separate events. The world championships in four-cross were held at Val di Sole, Italy, on 24 and 25 August 2017, alongside UCI World Cup events in cross-country and downhill. The world championships in cross-country and downhill were held in Cairns, Australia, from 5 to 10 September 2017.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [42, 42], "content_span": [43, 517]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273177-0001-0000", "contents": "2017 UCI Mountain Bike World Championships\nThe UCI world championships in trials, which had been held alongside the UCI Mountain Bike World Championships since 2000, were run as part of the newly created UCI Urban Cycling World Championships in 2017. The Urban Cycling World Championships also included the UCI world championships in cross-country eliminator, which had been part of the UCI Mountain Bike World Championships since 2012, and in BMX freestyle.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [42, 42], "content_span": [43, 458]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273177-0002-0000", "contents": "2017 UCI Mountain Bike World Championships\nThe Cairns event marked the second time the UCI Mountain Bike World Championships had been held in Cairns and the third time the event was held in Australia, following the 1996 edition in Cairns and the 2009 edition in Canberra. This was the third consecutive year that the UCI World Championships in four-cross were held in Val di Sole.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [42, 42], "content_span": [43, 380]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273178-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 UCI Mountain Bike World Cup\nThe 2017 UCI Mountain Bike World Cup was a series of races in Olympic Cross-Country (XCO), Cross-Country Eliminator (XCE), and Downhill (DHI). Each discipline had an Elite Men and an Elite Women category. There were also men's and women's under-23 categories in the XCO and junior men's and women's categories in the DHI. The cross-country series had six rounds and the downhill series had seven rounds.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [32, 32], "content_span": [33, 436]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273178-0001-0000", "contents": "2017 UCI Mountain Bike World Cup\nThe Cross-Country Eliminator (XCE) was included as a UCI World Cup discipline for the first time since 2014. The XCE schedule for 2017 had six rounds. The XCE World Cup events had previously been held alongside the XCO and DHI races, but in 2017 they were held as separate events.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [32, 32], "content_span": [33, 313]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273178-0002-0000", "contents": "2017 UCI Mountain Bike World Cup\nThe Junior Women's Downhill category was included as a World Cup discipline for the first time in 2017.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [32, 32], "content_span": [33, 136]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273178-0003-0000", "contents": "2017 UCI Mountain Bike World Cup\nNew regulations were introduced in 2017 to reduce the numbers of competitors in the UCI World Cup downhill events. The minimum number of UCI points required to compete in a World Cup was increased from 30 to 40. The field sizes for the downhill finals were reduced from 20 to 15 (plus protected riders) for the Elite Women and from 30 to 20 for the Junior Men.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [32, 32], "content_span": [33, 393]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273178-0004-0000", "contents": "2017 UCI Mountain Bike World Cup, Cross-country, Elite\nNino Schurter was the first Cross-country mountain biker to accomplish a Perfect season. Additionally he won at the World Championships the gold medal at the single and at the mixed race and the Cape Epic.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 54], "content_span": [55, 260]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273179-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 UCI Oceania Tour\nThe 2017 UCI Oceania Tour is the 13th season of the UCI Oceania Tour. The season began on 22 January 2017 with the New Zealand Cycle Classic and finished on 4 March 2017 with the Continental Championships.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [21, 21], "content_span": [22, 227]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273179-0001-0000", "contents": "2017 UCI Oceania Tour\nThe points leader, based on the cumulative results of previous races, wears the UCI Oceania Tour cycling jersey. Sean Lake from Australia is the defending 2016 UCI Oceania Tour champion.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [21, 21], "content_span": [22, 208]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273179-0002-0000", "contents": "2017 UCI Oceania Tour\nThroughout the season, points are awarded to the top finishers of stages within stage races and the final general classification standings of each of the stages races and one-day events. The quality and complexity of a race also determines how many points are awarded to the top finishers, the higher the UCI rating of a race, the more points are awarded. The UCI ratings from highest to lowest are as follows:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [21, 21], "content_span": [22, 432]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273180-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 UCI Para-cycling Road World Championships\nThe 2017 UCI Para-cycling Road World Championships is the World Championships for road cycling for athletes with a physical disability. The Championships took place on the roads of Pietermaritzburg in South Africa from 31 August to 3 September 2017.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [46, 46], "content_span": [47, 296]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273181-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 UCI Road World Championships\nThe 2017 UCI Road World Championships were held in 2017 in Bergen, Norway. It was the 90th UCI Road World Championships and the second to be held in Norway, after the 1993 world championships in Oslo. Chantal Blaak of the Netherlands won the women's road race and Peter Sagan of Slovakia won the men's road race. Sagan became the first man to win three successive world road race championships.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [33, 33], "content_span": [34, 428]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273181-0001-0000", "contents": "2017 UCI Road World Championships, Bidding process\nIt was announced on 25 September 2014 following a two-day meeting held in conjunction with the 2014 UCI Road World Championships in Ponferrada, Spain, that Bergen was elected to host the Championships in 2017. The city was chosen over Innsbruck (Austria), Melbourne (Australia) and Bogot\u00e1 (Colombia).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 50], "content_span": [51, 351]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273181-0002-0000", "contents": "2017 UCI Road World Championships, Bidding process\nBergen sent in their application by 1 January 2014. By that time they had put eighteen months of planning into the event. The total budget for the event is said to be 156 million Norwegian kroner. Of this, 58 million kroner are earmarked to be paid to the UCI as an organising fee. The Norwegian federation president Harald Tiedemann Hansen ruled out paying more than that. Norway had unsuccessfully bid for the 2016 World Championships.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 50], "content_span": [51, 488]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273182-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 UCI Road World Championships \u2013 Men's road race\nThe Men's road race of the 2017 UCI Road World Championships was a cycling event that took place on 24 September 2017 in Bergen, Norway. It was the 84th edition of the championship, and Slovakia's Peter Sagan was the two times defending champion.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 51], "section_span": [51, 51], "content_span": [52, 298]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273182-0001-0000", "contents": "2017 UCI Road World Championships \u2013 Men's road race\nAfter a late move from France's Julian Alaphilippe was brought back within the final kilometres, Sagan outsprinted his rivals to win a third consecutive world title, the first male rider to do so. As well as this, he became the fifth man \u2013 after Alfredo Binda, Rik Van Steenbergen, Eddy Merckx and \u00d3scar Freire \u2013 to win three elite road world championship titles. European champion Alexander Kristoff from Norway took the silver medal, while the bronze medal went to Australian Michael Matthews.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 51], "section_span": [51, 51], "content_span": [52, 547]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273182-0002-0000", "contents": "2017 UCI Road World Championships \u2013 Men's road race, Course\nThe race started in Rong and traversed 39.5 kilometres (24.5 miles) before reaching the finishing circuit in Bergen. After a further 17.9 kilometres (11.1 miles), the riders crossed the finish line on the Festplassen for the first time, with the riders completing eleven full laps of the circuit 19.1 kilometres (11.9 miles) in length. The main feature of the circuit was the climb of Salmon Hill, about 7 kilometres (4.3 miles) into the lap; the climb was 1.5 kilometres (0.93 miles) long at an average gradient of 6.4%. At 267.5 kilometres (166.2 miles), the 2017 men's road race was the longest in the championships since 272.26 kilometres (169.17 miles) were covered in 2013.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 51], "section_span": [53, 59], "content_span": [60, 739]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273182-0003-0000", "contents": "2017 UCI Road World Championships \u2013 Men's road race, Qualification\nQualification were based on performances on the UCI World Ranking on August 15, 2017.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 51], "section_span": [53, 66], "content_span": [67, 152]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273182-0004-0000", "contents": "2017 UCI Road World Championships \u2013 Men's road race, Qualification, Additional places\nUkraine, \u00a0Iran, \u00a0Venezuela, \u00a0Turkey, \u00a0Ecuador, \u00a0Croatia, \u00a0Brazil, \u00a0South Korea, \u00a0Algeria, \u00a0Tunisia and \u00a0China have chosen not to use (all of their) quota places. Latvia, \u00a0Argentina, \u00a0Sweden, \u00a0Greece, \u00a0Hong Kong, \u00a0Finland and \u00a0Albania have received additional quota places.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 51], "section_span": [53, 85], "content_span": [86, 358]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273182-0005-0000", "contents": "2017 UCI Road World Championships \u2013 Men's road race, Qualification, Participating nations\n196 cyclists from 44 nations were entered in the men's road race, however Irish representative Damien Shaw did not start the race. The number of cyclists per nation is shown in parentheses.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 51], "section_span": [53, 89], "content_span": [90, 279]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273182-0006-0000", "contents": "2017 UCI Road World Championships \u2013 Men's road race, Final classification\nOf the race's 196 entrants, 132 riders completed the full distance of 267.5 kilometres (166.2 miles).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 51], "section_span": [53, 73], "content_span": [74, 175]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273183-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 UCI Road World Championships \u2013 Men's team time trial\nThe Men's team time trial of the 2017 UCI Road World Championships was a cycling event that took place on 17 September 2017 in Bergen, Norway. It was the 33rd edition of the championship, and the 6th since its reintroduction for trade teams in 2012. Belgian team Quick-Step Floors were the defending champions, having won in 2016. 17 teams and 102 riders entered the competition.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 57], "section_span": [57, 57], "content_span": [58, 437]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273183-0001-0000", "contents": "2017 UCI Road World Championships \u2013 Men's team time trial\nAfter the women's Sunweb team won their team time trial earlier in the day, the men repeated the feat, with the German-registered outfit finishing 8.29 seconds clear of the BMC Racing Team from the United States. The podium was completed by Team Sky of Great Britain, 22.35 seconds behind the time Team Sunweb. Defending champions Quick-Step Floors finished fourth, 35.20 seconds down on the winners, and missed the medals for the first time since the race was reintroduced.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 57], "section_span": [57, 57], "content_span": [58, 532]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273183-0002-0000", "contents": "2017 UCI Road World Championships \u2013 Men's team time trial, Course\nThe race started at Ask\u00f8y and finished in the centre of Bergen. It was 42.5 kilometres (26.4 miles)-long and featured two climbs: Loddefjord, a 600-metre (2,000\u00a0ft)-long climb at an average gradient of 10% and the Birkelundsbakken, a climb 3 kilometres (1.9 miles) in length, at an average of 6%.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 57], "section_span": [59, 65], "content_span": [66, 362]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273183-0003-0000", "contents": "2017 UCI Road World Championships \u2013 Men's team time trial, Prevention of UCI WorldTeams boycott\nJust as in 2016, the event had been due to award points towards the team rankings of the 2017 UCI World Tour. In August 2017, the Association International des Groupes Cyclistes Professionels (AIGCP) agreed a deal with the UCI to avoid a boycott of the race, but no points would be awarded towards the World Tour rankings.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 57], "section_span": [59, 95], "content_span": [96, 418]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273184-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 UCI Road World Championships \u2013 Men's time trial\nThe Men's time trial of the 2017 UCI Road World Championships is a cycling event that took place on 20 September 2017 in Bergen, Norway. It was the 24th edition of the championship; Tom Dumoulin of the Netherlands won his first title.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 52], "section_span": [52, 52], "content_span": [53, 287]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273184-0001-0000", "contents": "2017 UCI Road World Championships \u2013 Men's time trial, Qualification\nAll National Federations were allowed to enter four riders for the race, with a maximum of two riders to start. In addition to this number, the outgoing World Champion and the current continental champions were also able to take part.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 52], "section_span": [54, 67], "content_span": [68, 302]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273184-0002-0000", "contents": "2017 UCI Road World Championships \u2013 Men's time trial, Qualification, Participating nations\n65 cyclists from 41 nations were entered in the men's time trial, although Guyana's sole representative Jermaine Burrowes failed to start. The number of cyclists per nation is shown in parentheses.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 52], "section_span": [54, 90], "content_span": [91, 288]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273185-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 UCI Road World Championships \u2013 Men's under-23 road race\nThe Men's under-23 road race of the 2017 UCI Road World Championships was a cycling event that took place on 22 September 2017 in Bergen, Norway. It was the 22nd edition of the event, for which Norwegian rider Kristoffer Halvorsen was the defending champion, having won in 2016. The race was won by French rider Beno\u00eet Cosnefroy, who outsprinted German rider Lennard K\u00e4mna. 178 riders from 56 nations entered the competition.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 60], "section_span": [60, 60], "content_span": [61, 486]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273185-0001-0000", "contents": "2017 UCI Road World Championships \u2013 Men's under-23 road race, Qualification\nQualification was based mainly on the UCI Under-23 Continental Rankings by nations as of 12 August 2018, with varying number on qualifications depending on the continent. In addition to this number, any rider within the top placings of the continent's elite tour ranking that was not already qualified, the outgoing World Champion and the current continental champions were also able to take part.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 60], "section_span": [62, 75], "content_span": [76, 473]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273185-0002-0000", "contents": "2017 UCI Road World Championships \u2013 Men's under-23 road race, Qualification, Continental champions\nThe European champion Casper Pedersen, was not directly eligible, as Denmark had already reached the cap of six qualified riders.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 60], "section_span": [62, 98], "content_span": [99, 228]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273185-0003-0000", "contents": "2017 UCI Road World Championships \u2013 Men's under-23 road race, Final classification\nOf the race's 178 entrants, 121 riders completed the full distance of 191 kilometres (119 miles).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 60], "section_span": [62, 82], "content_span": [83, 180]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273186-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 UCI Road World Championships \u2013 Men's under-23 time trial\nThe Men's under-23 time trial of the 2017 UCI Road World Championships took place in Bergen, Norway on 18 September 2017. The course of the race was 37.2\u00a0km (23.1\u00a0mi). It was won by Mikkel Bjerg of Denmark, who finished 1' 05\" faster than American rider Brandon McNulty.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 61], "section_span": [61, 61], "content_span": [62, 332]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273187-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 UCI Road World Championships \u2013 Women's road race\nThe Women's road race of the 2017 UCI Road World Championships is a cycling event that took place on 23 September 2017 in Bergen, Norway. It was won by Chantal Blaak of the Netherlands, ahead of Australian Katrin Garfoot and the defending champion, Amalie Dideriksen of Denmark.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 53], "section_span": [53, 53], "content_span": [54, 332]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273187-0001-0000", "contents": "2017 UCI Road World Championships \u2013 Women's road race, Course\nThe race started and finished on the Festplassen in Bergen, with the riders completing eight laps of a circuit 19.1 kilometres (11.9 miles) in length. The main feature of the circuit was the climb of Salmon Hill, about 7 kilometres (4.3 miles) into the lap; the climb was 1.5 kilometres (0.93 miles) long at an average gradient of 6.4%. At 152.8 kilometres (94.9 miles), the 2017 women's road race was the longest in the championships' history, surpassing the previous record of 140.05 kilometres (87.02 miles) in 2013.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 53], "section_span": [55, 61], "content_span": [62, 581]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273187-0002-0000", "contents": "2017 UCI Road World Championships \u2013 Women's road race, Qualification\nQualification was based mainly on the UCI World Ranking by nations as of 15 August 2017. The first five nations in this classification qualified seven riders to start, the next ten nations qualified six riders to start and the next five nations qualified five riders to start. All other nations had the possibility to send three riders to start. In addition to this number, the outgoing World Champion and the current continental champions were also able to take part.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 53], "section_span": [55, 68], "content_span": [69, 537]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273187-0003-0000", "contents": "2017 UCI Road World Championships \u2013 Women's road race, Qualification, Participating nations\n153 cyclists from 47 nations were entered in the women's road race, however Cuba's sole representative Marlies Mejias did not start the race. The number of cyclists per nation is shown in parentheses.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 53], "section_span": [55, 91], "content_span": [92, 292]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273187-0004-0000", "contents": "2017 UCI Road World Championships \u2013 Women's road race, Final classification\nOf the race's 153 entrants, 77 riders completed the full distance of 152.8 kilometres (94.9 miles).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 53], "section_span": [55, 75], "content_span": [76, 175]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273188-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 UCI Road World Championships \u2013 Women's team time trial\nThe Women's team time trial of the 2017 UCI Road World Championships was a cycling event that took place on 17 September 2017 in Bergen, Norway. Nine teams and a total of fifty-four riders contested the event, the opening race of the Road World Championships.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 59], "section_span": [59, 59], "content_span": [60, 319]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273188-0001-0000", "contents": "2017 UCI Road World Championships \u2013 Women's team time trial\nTeam Sunweb from the Netherlands won the world title for the first time, completing the race at an average speed of 45.786 kilometres per hour (28.450\u00a0mph), 12.43 seconds faster than another Dutch team Boels\u2013Dolmans, the defending world champions. The bronze medal went to Cerv\u00e9lo\u2013Bigla Pro Cycling from Germany, 28 seconds behind Boels\u2013Dolmans.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 59], "section_span": [59, 59], "content_span": [60, 405]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273188-0002-0000", "contents": "2017 UCI Road World Championships \u2013 Women's team time trial\nAmongst the winning riders for Team Sunweb, Ellen van Dijk won her fourth team time trial world championships, having won in 2012 and 2013 for Specialized\u2013lululemon and 2016 for Boels\u2013Dolmans. The five remaining riders won their first world title, in a result described as an \"upset\", as it was the squad's first team time trial win of 2017.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 59], "section_span": [59, 59], "content_span": [60, 401]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273189-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 UCI Road World Championships \u2013 Women's time trial\nThe Women's time trial of the 2017 UCI Road World Championships was a cycling event that took place on 19 September 2017 in Bergen, Norway. Annemiek van Vleuten of the Netherlands won the event.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 54], "section_span": [54, 54], "content_span": [55, 249]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273189-0001-0000", "contents": "2017 UCI Road World Championships \u2013 Women's time trial, Qualification\nAll National Federations were allowed to enter four riders for the race, with a maximum of two riders to start. In addition to this number, the outgoing World Champion and the current continental champions were also able to take part.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 54], "section_span": [56, 69], "content_span": [70, 304]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273189-0002-0000", "contents": "2017 UCI Road World Championships \u2013 Women's time trial, Qualification, Participating nations\n54 cyclists from 34 nations took part in the women's time trial. The number of cyclists per nation is shown in parentheses.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 54], "section_span": [56, 92], "content_span": [93, 216]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273190-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 UCI Track Cycling World Championships\nThe 2017 UCI Track Cycling World Championships were the World Championships for track cycling in 2017. They took place in Hong Kong in the Hong Kong Velodrome from 12 to 16 April 2017. The last time the championships took place in Asia was at the 1990 UCI Track Cycling World Championships in Japan at the Green Dome Maebashi.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [42, 42], "content_span": [43, 369]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273190-0001-0000", "contents": "2017 UCI Track Cycling World Championships, Bidding\nTurkmenistan showed their interest in hosting the championships at the Opening Ceremony of the Olympic Council of Asia General Assembly in September 2015. The Central Asian country's President Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov expressed his intention in which he reiterated his aim to use sport to raise the profile of the nation. Berdimuhamedov described the proposal as \"fully in accord\" with the plans of the nation, adding that the country has \"all the necessary conditions\". Igor Makarov, the Ashgabat-born president of the Russian Cycling Federation, outlined the attractions of the Ashgabat Sports Complex Velodrome. The velodrome is among the largest velodromes in the world with room for 6000 spectators. He appealed directly to the president to consider bidding for the event. The championships would represent the largest-profile sporting event ever held in Turkmenistan.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [44, 51], "content_span": [52, 926]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273190-0002-0000", "contents": "2017 UCI Track Cycling World Championships, Bidding, Announcement\nUCI president Brian Cookson announced that Hong Kong would host the championships at the 2016 UCI Track Cycling World Championships. He praised Hong Kong for their organisation of the final round of 2015-2016 UCI Track Cycling World Cup, which took place at the end of January 2016.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [44, 65], "content_span": [66, 348]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273191-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 UCI Track Cycling World Championships \u2013 Men's 1 km time trial\nThe Men's 1 km time trial competition at the 2017 World Championships was held on 16 April 2017.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 66], "section_span": [66, 66], "content_span": [67, 163]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273192-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 UCI Track Cycling World Championships \u2013 Men's individual pursuit\nThe Men's individual pursuit competition at the 2017 World Championships was held on 14 April 2017.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 69], "section_span": [69, 69], "content_span": [70, 169]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273192-0001-0000", "contents": "2017 UCI Track Cycling World Championships \u2013 Men's individual pursuit, Results, Qualifying\nThe first two racers will race for gold, the third and fourth fastest rider will race for the bronze medal.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 69], "section_span": [71, 90], "content_span": [91, 198]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273193-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 UCI Track Cycling World Championships \u2013 Men's keirin\nThe Men's keirin competition at the 2017 World Championships was held on 13 April 2017.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 57], "section_span": [57, 57], "content_span": [58, 145]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273193-0001-0000", "contents": "2017 UCI Track Cycling World Championships \u2013 Men's keirin, Results, First round\nThe first two riders in each heat qualified to the second round, all other riders advanced to the first round repechages.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 57], "section_span": [59, 79], "content_span": [80, 201]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273193-0002-0000", "contents": "2017 UCI Track Cycling World Championships \u2013 Men's keirin, Results, First round repechage\nThe winner of each heat qualified to the second round.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 57], "section_span": [59, 89], "content_span": [90, 144]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273193-0003-0000", "contents": "2017 UCI Track Cycling World Championships \u2013 Men's keirin, Results, Second round\nThe first three riders in each heat qualify to final 1-6, all other riders advance to final 7-12.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 57], "section_span": [59, 80], "content_span": [81, 178]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273194-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 UCI Track Cycling World Championships \u2013 Men's madison\nThe Men's madison competition at the 2017 World Championships was held on 16 April 2017.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 58], "section_span": [58, 58], "content_span": [59, 147]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273195-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 UCI Track Cycling World Championships \u2013 Men's omnium\nThe Men's omnium competition at the 2017 World Championships will be held on 15 April 2017.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 57], "section_span": [57, 57], "content_span": [58, 149]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273195-0001-0000", "contents": "2017 UCI Track Cycling World Championships \u2013 Men's omnium, Results, Tempo race\n36 sprints were held, each awarding a point to the winner; in addition, 20 points were added/subtracted for a lap gain/loss respectively.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 57], "section_span": [59, 78], "content_span": [79, 216]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273195-0002-0000", "contents": "2017 UCI Track Cycling World Championships \u2013 Men's omnium, Results, Elimination race\nSprints were held every two laps; the last rider in each sprint was eliminated.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 57], "section_span": [59, 84], "content_span": [85, 164]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273195-0003-0000", "contents": "2017 UCI Track Cycling World Championships \u2013 Men's omnium, Results, Points race and final standings\nRiders' points from the previous 3 events were carried into the points race (consisting of 100 laps (25km)), in which the final standings were decided.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 57], "section_span": [59, 99], "content_span": [100, 251]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273196-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 UCI Track Cycling World Championships \u2013 Men's points race\nThe Men's points race competition at the 2017 World Championships was held on 14 April 2017.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 62], "section_span": [62, 62], "content_span": [63, 155]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273197-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 UCI Track Cycling World Championships \u2013 Men's scratch\nThe Men's scratch competition at the 2017 World Championships was held on 13 April 2017.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 58], "section_span": [58, 58], "content_span": [59, 147]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273197-0001-0000", "contents": "2017 UCI Track Cycling World Championships \u2013 Men's scratch, Results\nFirst rider across the line without a net lap loss wins.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 58], "section_span": [60, 67], "content_span": [68, 124]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273198-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 UCI Track Cycling World Championships \u2013 Men's sprint\nThe Men's sprint event of the 2017 UCI Track Cycling World Championships was held on 14 and 15 April 2017.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 57], "section_span": [57, 57], "content_span": [58, 164]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273198-0001-0000", "contents": "2017 UCI Track Cycling World Championships \u2013 Men's sprint, Results, Qualifying\nThe top four riders advanced directly to the 1/8 finals; places 5 to 28 advanced to the 1/16 final.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 57], "section_span": [59, 78], "content_span": [79, 178]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273198-0002-0000", "contents": "2017 UCI Track Cycling World Championships \u2013 Men's sprint, Results, Quarterfinals\nMatches were extended to a best-of-three format hereon; winners proceeded to the semifinals.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 57], "section_span": [59, 81], "content_span": [82, 174]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273198-0003-0000", "contents": "2017 UCI Track Cycling World Championships \u2013 Men's sprint, Results, Semifinals\nWinners proceeded to the gold medal final; losers proceeded to the bronze medal final.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 57], "section_span": [59, 78], "content_span": [79, 165]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273199-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 UCI Track Cycling World Championships \u2013 Men's team pursuit\nThe Men's team pursuit competition at the 2017 World Championships was held on 12 and 13 April 2017.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 63], "section_span": [63, 63], "content_span": [64, 164]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273199-0001-0000", "contents": "2017 UCI Track Cycling World Championships \u2013 Men's team pursuit, Results, Qualifying\nThe fastest 8 teams qualify for the first round, from which the top 4 remain in contention for the gold medal final and the other 4 for the bronze medal final.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 63], "section_span": [65, 84], "content_span": [85, 244]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273199-0002-0000", "contents": "2017 UCI Track Cycling World Championships \u2013 Men's team pursuit, Results, First round\nFirst round heats are held as follows:Heat 1: 6th v 7th fastestHeat 2: 5th v 8th fastestHeat 3: 2nd v 3rd fastestHeat 4: 1st v 4th fastest", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 63], "section_span": [65, 85], "content_span": [86, 224]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273199-0003-0000", "contents": "2017 UCI Track Cycling World Championships \u2013 Men's team pursuit, Results, First round\nThe winners of heats 3 and 4 proceeded to the gold medal final. The remaining 6 teams were ranked on time, from which the top 2 proceeded to the bronze medal final.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 63], "section_span": [65, 85], "content_span": [86, 250]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273200-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 UCI Track Cycling World Championships \u2013 Men's team sprint\nThe Men's team sprint competition at the 2017 World Championships was held on 12 April 2017.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 62], "section_span": [62, 62], "content_span": [63, 155]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273200-0001-0000", "contents": "2017 UCI Track Cycling World Championships \u2013 Men's team sprint, Results, First round\nFirst round heats were held as follows:Heat 1: 4th v 5th fastestHeat 2: 3rd v 6th fastestHeat 3: 2nd v 7th fastestHeat 4: 1st v 8th fastest", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 62], "section_span": [64, 84], "content_span": [85, 224]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273200-0002-0000", "contents": "2017 UCI Track Cycling World Championships \u2013 Men's team sprint, Results, First round\nThe heat winners were ranked on time, from which the top 2 proceeding to the gold medal final and the other 2 proceeding to the bronze medal final.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 62], "section_span": [64, 84], "content_span": [85, 232]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273201-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 UCI Track Cycling World Championships \u2013 Women's 500 m time trial\nThe Women's 500 m time trial competition at the 2017 World Championships was held on 15 April 2017.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 69], "section_span": [69, 69], "content_span": [70, 169]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273202-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 UCI Track Cycling World Championships \u2013 Women's individual pursuit\nThe Women's individual pursuit competition at the 2017 World Championships was held on 15 April 2017.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 71], "section_span": [71, 71], "content_span": [72, 173]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273202-0001-0000", "contents": "2017 UCI Track Cycling World Championships \u2013 Women's individual pursuit, Results, Qualifying\nThe first two racers raced for gold, the third and fourth fastest rider raced for the bronze medal.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 71], "section_span": [73, 92], "content_span": [93, 192]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273203-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 UCI Track Cycling World Championships \u2013 Women's keirin\nThe Women's keirin competition at the 2017 World Championships was held on 16 April 2017.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 59], "section_span": [59, 59], "content_span": [60, 149]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273203-0001-0000", "contents": "2017 UCI Track Cycling World Championships \u2013 Women's keirin, Results, First round\nThe first two riders in each heat qualified to the second round, all other riders advanced to the first round repechages.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 59], "section_span": [61, 81], "content_span": [82, 203]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273203-0002-0000", "contents": "2017 UCI Track Cycling World Championships \u2013 Women's keirin, Results, First round repechage\nThe winner of each heat qualified to the second round.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 59], "section_span": [61, 91], "content_span": [92, 146]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273203-0003-0000", "contents": "2017 UCI Track Cycling World Championships \u2013 Women's keirin, Results, Second round\nThe first three riders in each heat qualified to the final, all other riders advanced to final 7\u201312.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 59], "section_span": [61, 82], "content_span": [83, 183]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273204-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 UCI Track Cycling World Championships \u2013 Women's madison\nThe Women's madison competition at the 2017 World Championships was held on 15 April 2017.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 60], "section_span": [60, 60], "content_span": [61, 151]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273205-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 UCI Track Cycling World Championships \u2013 Women's omnium\nThe Women's omnium competition at the 2017 World Championships was held on 14 April 2017.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 59], "section_span": [59, 59], "content_span": [60, 149]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273205-0001-0000", "contents": "2017 UCI Track Cycling World Championships \u2013 Women's omnium, Results, Tempo race\n27 sprints were held, each awarding a point to the winner; in addition, 20 points were added/subtracted for a lap gain/loss respectively.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 59], "section_span": [61, 80], "content_span": [81, 218]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273205-0002-0000", "contents": "2017 UCI Track Cycling World Championships \u2013 Women's omnium, Results, Elimination race\nSprints were held every two laps; the last rider in each sprint was eliminated.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 59], "section_span": [61, 86], "content_span": [87, 166]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273205-0003-0000", "contents": "2017 UCI Track Cycling World Championships \u2013 Women's omnium, Results, Points race and final standings\nRiders' points from the previous 3 events were carried into the points race (consisting of 80 laps (20km)), in which the final standings were decided.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 59], "section_span": [61, 101], "content_span": [102, 252]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273206-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 UCI Track Cycling World Championships \u2013 Women's points race\nThe Women's points race competition at the 2017 World Championships was held on 16 April 2017.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 64], "section_span": [64, 64], "content_span": [65, 159]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273207-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 UCI Track Cycling World Championships \u2013 Women's scratch\nThe Women's scratch competition at the 2017 World Championships was held on 12 April 2017.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 60], "section_span": [60, 60], "content_span": [61, 151]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273207-0001-0000", "contents": "2017 UCI Track Cycling World Championships \u2013 Women's scratch, Results\nFirst rider across the line without a net lap loss wins.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 60], "section_span": [62, 69], "content_span": [70, 126]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273208-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 UCI Track Cycling World Championships \u2013 Women's sprint\nThe Women's sprint competition at the 2017 World Championships was held on 13 and 14 April 2017.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 59], "section_span": [59, 59], "content_span": [60, 156]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273208-0001-0000", "contents": "2017 UCI Track Cycling World Championships \u2013 Women's sprint, Results, Qualifying\nThe top four riders advanced directly to the 1/8 finals; places 5 to 28 advanced to the 1/16 final.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 59], "section_span": [61, 80], "content_span": [81, 180]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273208-0002-0000", "contents": "2017 UCI Track Cycling World Championships \u2013 Women's sprint, Results, Quarterfinals\nMatches are extended to a best-of-three format hereon; winners proceed to the semifinals.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 59], "section_span": [61, 83], "content_span": [84, 173]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273208-0003-0000", "contents": "2017 UCI Track Cycling World Championships \u2013 Women's sprint, Results, Semifinals\nWinners proceeded to the gold medal final; losers proceeded to the bronze medal final.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 59], "section_span": [61, 80], "content_span": [81, 167]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273209-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 UCI Track Cycling World Championships \u2013 Women's team pursuit\nThe Women's team pursuit competition at the 2017 World Championships was held on 12 and 13 April 2017.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 65], "section_span": [65, 65], "content_span": [66, 168]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273209-0001-0000", "contents": "2017 UCI Track Cycling World Championships \u2013 Women's team pursuit, Results, Qualifying\nThe fastest eight teams qualified for the first round, from which the top four remained in contention for the gold medal final and the other four for the bronze medal final.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 65], "section_span": [67, 86], "content_span": [87, 260]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273209-0002-0000", "contents": "2017 UCI Track Cycling World Championships \u2013 Women's team pursuit, Results, First round\nFirst round heats were held as follows:Heat 1: 6th v 7th fastestHeat 2: 5th v 8th fastestHeat 3: 2nd v 3rd fastestHeat 4: 1st v 4th fastest", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 65], "section_span": [67, 87], "content_span": [88, 227]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273209-0003-0000", "contents": "2017 UCI Track Cycling World Championships \u2013 Women's team pursuit, Results, First round\nThe winners of heats 3 and 4 proceeded to the gold medal final. The remaining 6 teams were ranked on time, from which the top 2 proceeded to the bronze medal final.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 65], "section_span": [67, 87], "content_span": [88, 252]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273210-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 UCI Track Cycling World Championships \u2013 Women's team sprint\nThe Women's team sprint competition at the 2017 World Championships was held on 12 April 2017.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 64], "section_span": [64, 64], "content_span": [65, 159]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273210-0001-0000", "contents": "2017 UCI Track Cycling World Championships \u2013 Women's team sprint, Results, First round\nFirst round heats were held as follows:Heat 1: 4th v 5th fastestHeat 2: 3rd v 6th fastestHeat 3: 2nd v 7th fastestHeat 4: 1st v 8th fastest", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 64], "section_span": [66, 86], "content_span": [87, 226]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273210-0002-0000", "contents": "2017 UCI Track Cycling World Championships \u2013 Women's team sprint, Results, First round\nThe heat winners were ranked on time, from which the top 2 proceeded to the gold medal final and the other 2 proceeded to the bronze medal final.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 64], "section_span": [66, 86], "content_span": [87, 232]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273211-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 UCI Urban Cycling World Championships\nThe 2017 UCI Urban Cycling World Championships was the first edition of the UCI Urban Cycling World Championships and was held from 6 to 12 November 2017 in Chengdu, China.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [42, 42], "content_span": [43, 215]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273211-0001-0000", "contents": "2017 UCI Urban Cycling World Championships\nThe event comprised the 2017 UCI World Championships in BMX freestyle, cross-country eliminator, and trials. Prior to 2017, the UCI World Championships in cross-country eliminator and trials were held as part of the UCI Mountain Bike & Trials World Championships. There were no previous UCI World Championships in BMX freestyle.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [42, 42], "content_span": [43, 371]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273212-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 UCI Women's World Tour\nThe 2017 UCI Women's World Tour was the second edition of the UCI Women's World Tour. For the 2017 season, the calendar consisted of 20 races, up from 17 in 2016. Two one-day races \u2013 the Amstel Gold Race and Li\u00e8ge\u2013Bastogne\u2013Li\u00e8ge, to complete an Ardennes classics week \u2013 were added along with the Ladies Tour of Norway and the Holland Ladies Tour; all 2016 races returned for the 2017 calendar, with the exception of the cancelled Philadelphia International Cycling Classic.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [27, 27], "content_span": [28, 501]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273212-0001-0000", "contents": "2017 UCI Women's World Tour\nThe individual classification was won by Dutch rider Anna van der Breggen, riding for the Boels\u2013Dolmans team. Van der Breggen took the lead of the standings after winning the Tour of California, and after losing the lead to Poland's Katarzyna Niewiadoma (WM3 Pro Cycling) after the Women's Tour, van der Breggen regained the lead after victory at the Giro d'Italia Femminile.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [27, 27], "content_span": [28, 403]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273212-0001-0001", "contents": "2017 UCI Women's World Tour\nVan der Breggen, who won five races during 2017 \u2013 including all three Ardennes classics \u2013 maintained her lead throughout the remainder of the season, ultimately winning the overall classification by 27 points from compatriot Annemiek van Vleuten from the Orica\u2013Scott team. Van Vleuten closed the gap in points over the second half of the season, finishing third at the Giro d'Italia Femminile before victories at La Course by Le Tour de France, and the Holland Ladies Tour. Third place in the standings went to Niewiadoma, who took podium finishes in all three Ardennes classics and a second place at Strade Bianche, alongside her Women's Tour victory.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [27, 27], "content_span": [28, 680]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273212-0002-0000", "contents": "2017 UCI Women's World Tour\nIn the other classifications, Cerv\u00e9lo\u2013Bigla Pro Cycling rider Cecilie Uttrup Ludwig from Denmark was the winner of the youth classification for riders under the age of 23. Uttrup Ludwig took seven victories in the classification, and finished with over three times as many points compared to her nearest challengers. Boels\u2013Dolmans were the winners of the teams classification, taking eight wins during the season. Team Sunweb, and their American rider Coryn Rivera, took three victories as they finished as runners-up in the standings.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [27, 27], "content_span": [28, 563]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273212-0003-0000", "contents": "2017 UCI Women's World Tour, Events\nThe Philadelphia International Cycling Classic was scheduled to be held on 4 June, but was cancelled on 27 January due to \"difficulty attracting sponsor financial support\".", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 35], "content_span": [36, 208]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273212-0004-0000", "contents": "2017 UCI Women's World Tour, Final points standings, Individual\nRiders tied with the same number of points were classified by number of victories, then number of second places, third places, and so on, in World Tour events and stages.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 63], "content_span": [64, 234]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273212-0005-0000", "contents": "2017 UCI Women's World Tour, Final points standings, Youth\nThe top three riders in the final results of each World Tour event's young rider classification received points towards the standings. Six points were awarded to first place, four points to second place and two points to third place.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 58], "content_span": [59, 292]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273212-0006-0000", "contents": "2017 UCI Women's World Tour, Final points standings, Team\nTeam rankings were calculated by adding the ranking points of the top four riders of a team in each race, plus points gained in the Crescent V\u00e5rg\u00e5rda UCI Women's WorldTour TTT.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 57], "content_span": [58, 234]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273213-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 UCI World Championships\nThere are several 2017 UCI World Championships. The International Cycling Union (UCI) holds World Championships every year. For 2017, this includes:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [28, 28], "content_span": [29, 177]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273214-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 UCI World Tour\nThe 2017 UCI World Tour was a competition that included thirty-seven road cycling events throughout the 2017 men's cycling season. It was the ninth edition of the ranking system launched by the Union Cycliste Internationale (UCI) in 2009. The competition started with the opening stage of the Tour Down Under on 17 January and concluded with the final stage of the Tour of Guangxi on 24 October. Slovakia's Peter Sagan was the defending champion. The 2017 edition featured ten new events.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [19, 19], "content_span": [20, 508]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273214-0001-0000", "contents": "2017 UCI World Tour\nSagan was unable to defend his World Tour title, winning just one race overall at the Grand Prix Cycliste de Qu\u00e9bec in September, as he finished fourth in the points rankings; he finished one point behind third-placed Tom Dumoulin. The rankings were topped for the first time by Belgian rider Greg Van Avermaet, riding for the BMC Racing Team, who amassed 3,582 points with the newly-enlarged points-scoring system over the course of the season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [19, 19], "content_span": [20, 465]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273214-0001-0001", "contents": "2017 UCI World Tour\nVan Avermaet led the standings for the majority of the season, winning four races overall; three on home soil at Omloop Het Nieuwsblad, E3 Harelbeke, and Gent\u2013Wevelgem, with a single win in France at Paris\u2013Roubaix. Van Avermaet finished 130 points clear of Great Britain's Chris Froome, riding for Team Sky. Froome won two of the three Grand Tours to be held in 2017, winning his fourth Tour de France, before taking a first Vuelta a Espa\u00f1a success, the first Tour\u2013Vuelta double in 39 years. The success gave him the World Tour points lead for several hours before Van Avermaet surpassed him with a seventh-place finish at the Grand Prix Cycliste de Montr\u00e9al.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [19, 19], "content_span": [20, 679]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273214-0002-0000", "contents": "2017 UCI World Tour\nIn the concurrent teams' standings, Team Sky prevailed with 12,806 points, as Froome's victories were added to by Micha\u0142 Kwiatkowski (Strade Bianche, Milan\u2013San Remo and Cl\u00e1sica de San Sebasti\u00e1n), Sergio Henao (Paris\u2013Nice) and Elia Viviani (EuroEyes Cyclassics and Bretagne Classic Ouest\u2013France). 154 points behind in second place were Quick-Step Floors, who took 30 victories on World Tour races (including 16 Grand Tour stages) during the 2017 season, with overall victories for Yves Lampaert (Dwars door Vlaanderen) and Philippe Gilbert (Tour of Flanders and Amstel Gold Race). With 10,961 points, BMC Racing Team finished in third place primarily down to Van Avermaet's performances, with further wins to Richie Porte (Tour Down Under and Tour de Romandie) and Dylan Teuns at the Tour de Pologne.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [19, 19], "content_span": [20, 819]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273214-0003-0000", "contents": "2017 UCI World Tour, Events\nAll events from the 2016 UCI World Tour were included, although some events were scheduled on different dates than previous editions. Ten new events were also added to the calendar. An eleventh event, the Tour of Qatar, was originally added to the calendar in October 2016, but it was cancelled in December 2016 due to lack of sponsorship support. Another new-for-2017 World Tour event, the Presidential Tour of Turkey, was postponed from its initial dates of 18\u201323 April, in February. In March, following a meeting of the UCI Professional Cycling Council, the race was rescheduled for 10\u201315 October.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 27], "content_span": [28, 628]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273214-0004-0000", "contents": "2017 UCI World Tour, Events\nA new points ranking was also introduced for the 2017 season, based upon the points scales for the UCI World Ranking. Therefore, up to 60 riders \u2013 up from a maximum of 20 riders at the Grand Tours \u2013 would be able to score points in all races. As well as the new points rankings, the previous ranking by nations was also removed.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 27], "content_span": [28, 356]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273214-0005-0000", "contents": "2017 UCI World Tour, Events\nJust as in 2016, the team time trial at the UCI World Championships, scheduled to be held on 17 September, had been due to award points towards the team rankings. In August 2017, the Association International des Groupes Cyclistes Professionels (AIGCP) agreed a deal with the UCI to avoid a boycott of the race, but no points would be awarded towards the World Tour rankings.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 27], "content_span": [28, 403]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273214-0006-0000", "contents": "2017 UCI World Tour, Final points standings, Individual\nRiders tied with the same number of points were classified by number of victories, then number of second places, third places, and so on, in World Tour events and stages.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 55], "content_span": [56, 226]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273214-0007-0000", "contents": "2017 UCI World Tour, Final points standings, Team\nTeam rankings were calculated by adding the ranking points of all the riders of a team in the table.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 49], "content_span": [50, 150]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273215-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 UCLA Bruins baseball team\nThe 2017 UCLA Bruins baseball team represented the University of California, Los Angeles in the 2017 NCAA Division I baseball season as a member of the Pac-12 Conference. The team was coached by John Savage and played their home games at Jackie Robinson Stadium.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [30, 30], "content_span": [31, 293]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273215-0001-0000", "contents": "2017 UCLA Bruins baseball team, Previous season\nThe Bruins finished 25\u201331 overall, and 12\u201318 in the conference. The Bruins were not invited to the NCAA Division I tournament.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 47], "content_span": [48, 174]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273215-0002-0000", "contents": "2017 UCLA Bruins baseball team, Previous season, MLB Draft Selections\nThe Bruins had six individuals selected in the 2016 MLB draft.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 69], "content_span": [70, 132]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273216-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 UCLA Bruins football team\nThe 2017 UCLA Bruins football team represented the University of California, Los Angeles during the 2017 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The Bruins played its home games at the Rose Bowl in Pasadena, California. They began the season coached by sixth-year head coach Jim L. Mora. They competed as members of the South Division of the Pac-12 Conference.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [30, 30], "content_span": [31, 389]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273216-0001-0000", "contents": "2017 UCLA Bruins football team\nOn November 19, one day after UCLA lost its third consecutive match-up against its crosstown rival USC, Jim Mora was fired. He finished the season 5\u20136, with a 3\u20135 record in Pac-12 play. Following Mora's dismissal, offensive coordinator Jedd Fisch was chosen to serve as interim head coach for the remainder of the season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [30, 30], "content_span": [31, 352]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273216-0002-0000", "contents": "2017 UCLA Bruins football team\nThe Bruins won all six of their home games and lost all six of their road games during the regular season. In all, they were outscored by their opponents by a combined score of 476 to 422.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [30, 30], "content_span": [31, 219]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273216-0003-0000", "contents": "2017 UCLA Bruins football team, Game summaries, Texas A&M\nJosh Rosen completed 35 of 59 passes for 491 yards and four touchdowns to rally UCLA to a 45\u201344 win over Texas A&M. The Bruins overcame a 34-point deficit, the largest comeback in school history and the second-most ever in the Football Bowl Subdivision (FBS). Michigan State had a 35-point comeback win over Northwestern in 2006.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 57], "content_span": [58, 387]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273216-0004-0000", "contents": "2017 UCLA Bruins football team, Game summaries, Hawaii\nRosen threw a career-high five touchdowns, including three to Darren Andrews, in a 56\u201323 win over Hawaii. The quarterback completed 22 of 25 passes for 329 yards. It was the 12th 300-yard game of his career, breaking the school record of 11 set previously by Cade McNown. The Bruins raced out to a 14\u20130 lead after the first quarter and 35\u20137 at halftime. Theo Howard finished the game with a career-high seven receptions for 110 yards with a touchdown.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 54], "content_span": [55, 506]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273216-0005-0000", "contents": "2017 UCLA Bruins football team, Game summaries, Memphis\nUCLA rallied from a 10-point deficit in the third quarter before falling 48\u201345 to Memphis. Rosen finished with 463 yards and four touchdowns, but also threw his first two interceptions of the season. The first was by the Tigers' linebacker Tim Hart, who returned it for a 60-yard touchdown to put Memphis ahead 41\u201331. UCLA had entered the national rankings that week at No. 25.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 55], "content_span": [56, 433]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273216-0006-0000", "contents": "2017 UCLA Bruins football team, Game summaries, Arizona\nThe Bruins surrendered 457 yards rushing to Arizona and were outgained 605\u2013409 in total yards in a 47\u201330 loss, the first defeat to the Wildcats in UCLA coach Jim Mora's tenure. Rosen was 20-for-34 passing for 219 yards with no touchdowns and a career-high three interceptions. It was his first time in the season he was held under 300 yards, ending a streak of seven games dating back to 2016.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 55], "content_span": [56, 449]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273216-0007-0000", "contents": "2017 UCLA Bruins football team, Game summaries, Arizona State\nAfter being out the previous week with a concussion, Rosen returned to the lineup and threw for 381 yards with one touchdown and also scored on a 1-yard run in a 44\u201337 win over the Arizona State Sun Devils. He connected with Jordan Lasley on a 22-yard score on the first play of the fourth quarter, as the Bruins outscored the Sun Devils 10\u20133 in the final quarter to pull away. Starting slowly, Rosen was just 10-for-25 at halftime, but was 15-of-20 for 225 yards in the second half.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 61], "content_span": [62, 545]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273216-0008-0000", "contents": "2017 UCLA Bruins football team, Game summaries, USC\nIn his first matchup against USC quarterback Sam Darnold, Rosen was 32 of 52 passing for 421 yards along with three touchdowns and an interception in a 28\u201323 loss to the Trojans. The two passers were among the top prospects for the 2018 NFL draft.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 51], "content_span": [52, 299]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273216-0009-0000", "contents": "2017 UCLA Bruins football team, Game summaries, USC\nWith their loss to USC, the Bruins finished the regular season with a winless 0\u20136 record on the road and extended their overall road losing streak to 10 games. Additionally, this was head coach Jim Mora's final game at UCLA, as he was fired the following morning.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 51], "content_span": [52, 315]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273216-0010-0000", "contents": "2017 UCLA Bruins football team, Game summaries, California\nIn the regular season finale against California, the Bruins won 30\u201327 to become bowl-eligible. Rosen led the Bruins to a 17\u20139 lead at the half, but was held out the rest of the game for precautionary reasons after he suffered three sacks, including one late in the second quarter when he was slow to get up after being thrown to the ground. He finished 13-of-18 passing for 202 yards and two touchdowns. UCLA finished undefeated at home for the first time since 2005.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 58], "content_span": [59, 526]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273216-0011-0000", "contents": "2017 UCLA Bruins football team, Game summaries, Kansas State\u2013Cactus Bowl\nOfficials: Jer. Magallanes (Referee); Johnnie Forte (Umpire); Matt Fitzgerald(Linesman); Tim Graham (Line Judge); Rob Luklan (Back Judge); Wayne Rundell (Field Judge); George Liotus (Side Judge).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 72], "content_span": [73, 268]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273217-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 UConn Huskies football team\nThe 2017 UConn Huskies football team represented the University of Connecticut during the 2017 NCAA Division I FBS football season as a member of the East Division of the American Athletic Conference. They played their home games at Rentschler Field. They were led by head coach Randy Edsall in his first year of his second stint and thirteenth year overall. They finished the season 3\u20139, 2\u20136 in AAC play to finish in a three-way tie for fourth place in the East Division.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [32, 32], "content_span": [33, 505]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273217-0001-0000", "contents": "2017 UConn Huskies football team, Game summaries, Holy Cross\nat Pratt & Whitney Stadium at Rentschler Field \u2022 East Hartford, Connecticut", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 60], "content_span": [61, 136]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273217-0002-0000", "contents": "2017 UConn Huskies football team, Game summaries, East Carolina\nat Pratt & Whitney Stadium at Rentschler Field \u2022 East Hartford, Connecticut", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 63], "content_span": [64, 139]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273217-0003-0000", "contents": "2017 UConn Huskies football team, Game summaries, Memphis\nat Pratt & Whitney Stadium at Rentschler Field \u2022 East Hartford, Connecticut", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 57], "content_span": [58, 133]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273217-0004-0000", "contents": "2017 UConn Huskies football team, Game summaries, Tulsa\nat Pratt & Whitney Stadium at Rentschler Field \u2022 East Hartford, Connecticut", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 55], "content_span": [56, 131]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273217-0005-0000", "contents": "2017 UConn Huskies football team, Game summaries, Missouri\nat Pratt & Whitney Stadium at Rentschler Field \u2022 East Hartford, Connecticut", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 58], "content_span": [59, 134]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273217-0006-0000", "contents": "2017 UConn Huskies football team, Game summaries, South Florida\nat Pratt & Whitney Stadium at Rentschler Field \u2022 East Hartford, Connecticut", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 63], "content_span": [64, 139]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273218-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 UEC European Cyclo-cross Championships\nThe 2017 UEC European Cyclo-cross Championships is the European Championship for cyclo-cross for the season 2017\u201318. It is holds in T\u00e1bor in Czech Republic on Sunday 5 November 2017. The championships featured five events; men's races for elite, under-23 and junior riders, and women's races for elite and under-23 riders.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [43, 43], "content_span": [44, 366]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273219-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 UEC European Track Championships\nThe 2017 UEC European Track Championships is the eight edition of the elite UEC European Track Championships in track cycling and will take place at the Velodrom in Berlin, Germany, between 19 and 22 October 2017. The event is organised by the European Cycling Union. All European champions are awarded the UEC European Champion jersey which may be worn by the champion throughout the year when competing in the same event at other competitions.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [37, 37], "content_span": [38, 483]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273219-0001-0000", "contents": "2017 UEC European Track Championships\nThe 12 Olympic events (sprint, team sprint, team pursuit, keirin, madison and omnium for men and women), as well as 11 other events are on the program for these European Championships.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [37, 37], "content_span": [38, 222]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273220-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 UEC European Track Championships (under-23 & junior)\nThe 2017 UEC European Track Championships (under-23 & junior) was the 17th continental championships for European under-23 and junior track cyclists, and the 8th since the event was renamed following the reorganisation of European track cycling in 2010. The event took place at the Sangalhos Velodrome in Sangalhos, Portugal from 19 to 23 July 2017.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 57], "section_span": [57, 57], "content_span": [58, 407]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273221-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 UEC European Track Championships \u2013 Men's 1 km time trial\nThe Men's 1 km time trial was held on 21 October 2017.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 61], "section_span": [61, 61], "content_span": [62, 116]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273222-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 UEC European Track Championships \u2013 Men's elimination race\nThe Men's elimination race was held on 20 October 2017.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 62], "section_span": [62, 62], "content_span": [63, 118]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273223-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 UEC European Track Championships \u2013 Men's individual pursuit\nThe Men's individual pursuit was held on 21 October 2017.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 64], "section_span": [64, 64], "content_span": [65, 122]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273224-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 UEC European Track Championships \u2013 Men's keirin, Results, First round\nHeat winners qualified directly for the semi-finals; the remainder went to the first round repechage.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 52], "section_span": [54, 74], "content_span": [75, 176]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273224-0001-0000", "contents": "2017 UEC European Track Championships \u2013 Men's keirin, Results, Semi-finals\nFirst three riders in each semi qualified for the final; the remainder went to the small final (for places 7-12).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 52], "section_span": [54, 74], "content_span": [75, 188]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273225-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 UEC European Track Championships \u2013 Men's madison\nThe Men's madison was held on 22 October 2017. 18 teams participated over a distance of 50 km (200 laps), with sprints every 10 laps awarding 5, 3, 2 or 1 point to the first four (double in the final sprint); 20 points are also awarded/withdrawn for each lap gained/lost respectively.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 53], "section_span": [53, 53], "content_span": [54, 338]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273226-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 UEC European Track Championships \u2013 Men's omnium\nThe Men's omnium was held on 20 October 2017. 25 riders were entered, of which 20 qualified and went on to compete across four events.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 52], "section_span": [52, 52], "content_span": [53, 187]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273226-0001-0000", "contents": "2017 UEC European Track Championships \u2013 Men's omnium, Results, Qualifying\nThe top 10 riders in each heat qualified for the final.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 52], "section_span": [54, 73], "content_span": [74, 129]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273226-0002-0000", "contents": "2017 UEC European Track Championships \u2013 Men's omnium, Results, Points race and final standings\nRiders' points from the previous 3 events were carried into the points race, in which the final standings were decided.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 52], "section_span": [54, 94], "content_span": [95, 214]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273227-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 UEC European Track Championships \u2013 Men's points race\nThe Men's points race was held on 21 October 2017. 24 riders participated over a distance of 40\u00a0km (160 laps), with sprints every 10 laps awarding 5, 3, 2 or 1 point to the first four (double in the final sprint); 20 points are also awarded/withdrawn for each lap gained/lost respectively.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 57], "section_span": [57, 57], "content_span": [58, 347]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273229-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 UEC European Track Championships \u2013 Men's sprint, Results, Qualifying\nThe top four riders advanced directly to the 1/8 finals; places 5 to 28 advanced to the 1/16 finals.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 52], "section_span": [54, 73], "content_span": [74, 174]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273229-0001-0000", "contents": "2017 UEC European Track Championships \u2013 Men's sprint, Results, Quarter-finals\nOne-on-one matches are extended to a 'best of three' format hereon. Winners proceed to the semi-finals.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 52], "section_span": [54, 77], "content_span": [78, 181]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273229-0002-0000", "contents": "2017 UEC European Track Championships \u2013 Men's sprint, Results, Semi-finals\nWinners proceed to the gold medal final; losers proceed to the bronze medal final.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 52], "section_span": [54, 74], "content_span": [75, 157]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273230-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 UEC European Track Championships \u2013 Men's stayer\nThe Men's stayer was held on 21 October 2017. 7 riders were motor-paced by their pilots over a distance of 50 km (200 laps)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 52], "section_span": [52, 52], "content_span": [53, 176]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273231-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 UEC European Track Championships \u2013 Men's team pursuit\nThe Men's team pursuit was held on 18 and 19 October 2017.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 58], "section_span": [58, 58], "content_span": [59, 117]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273231-0001-0000", "contents": "2017 UEC European Track Championships \u2013 Men's team pursuit, Results, Qualifying\nThe fastest 8 teams qualify for the first round, from which the top 4 remain in contention for the gold medal final and the other 4 for the bronze medal final.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 58], "section_span": [60, 79], "content_span": [80, 239]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273231-0002-0000", "contents": "2017 UEC European Track Championships \u2013 Men's team pursuit, Results, First round\nFirst round heats are held as follows:Heat 1: 6th v 7th qualifierHeat 2: 5th v 8th qualifierHeat 3: 2nd v 3rd qualifierHeat 4: 1st v 4th qualifier", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 58], "section_span": [60, 80], "content_span": [81, 227]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273231-0003-0000", "contents": "2017 UEC European Track Championships \u2013 Men's team pursuit, Results, First round\nThe winners of heats 3 and 4 proceed to the gold medal final. The remaining 6 teams are ranked on time, from which the top 2 proceed to the bronze medal final.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 58], "section_span": [60, 80], "content_span": [81, 240]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273232-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 UEC European Track Championships \u2013 Men's team sprint\nThe Men's team sprint was held on 19 October 2017.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 57], "section_span": [57, 57], "content_span": [58, 108]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273232-0001-0000", "contents": "2017 UEC European Track Championships \u2013 Men's team sprint, Results, First round\nFirst round heats are held as follows:Heat 1: 4th v 5th qualifierHeat 2: 3rd v 6th qualifierHeat 3: 2nd v 7th qualifierHeat 4: 1st v 8th qualifier", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 57], "section_span": [59, 79], "content_span": [80, 226]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273232-0002-0000", "contents": "2017 UEC European Track Championships \u2013 Men's team sprint, Results, First round\nThe heat winners are ranked on time, from which the top 2 proceed to the gold medal final and the other 2 proceed to the bronze medal final.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 57], "section_span": [59, 79], "content_span": [80, 220]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273233-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 UEC European Track Championships \u2013 Women's 500 m time trial\nThe Women's 500 m time trial was held on 20 October 2017.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 64], "section_span": [64, 64], "content_span": [65, 122]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273234-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 UEC European Track Championships \u2013 Women's elimination race\nThe Women's elimination race was held on 19 October 2017.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 64], "section_span": [64, 64], "content_span": [65, 122]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273235-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 UEC European Track Championships \u2013 Women's individual pursuit\nThe Women's individual pursuit was held on 20 October 2017.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 66], "section_span": [66, 66], "content_span": [67, 126]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273236-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 UEC European Track Championships \u2013 Women's keirin, Results, First round\nTop two in each heat qualified directly for the semi-finals; the remainder went to the first round repechage.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 54], "section_span": [56, 76], "content_span": [77, 186]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273236-0001-0000", "contents": "2017 UEC European Track Championships \u2013 Women's keirin, Results, Semi-finals\nFirst three riders in each semi qualified for the final; the remainder went to the small final (for places 7-12).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 54], "section_span": [56, 76], "content_span": [77, 190]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273237-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 UEC European Track Championships \u2013 Women's madison\nThe Women's madison was held on 22 October 2017. 14 teams participated over a distance of 30 km (120 laps), with sprints every 10 laps awarding 5, 3, 2 or 1 point to the first four (double in the final sprint); 20 points are also awarded/withdrawn for each lap gained/lost respectively.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 55], "section_span": [55, 55], "content_span": [56, 342]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273238-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 UEC European Track Championships \u2013 Women's omnium\nThe Women's omnium was held on 21 October 2017; 20 riders competed across four events.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 54], "section_span": [54, 54], "content_span": [55, 141]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273238-0001-0000", "contents": "2017 UEC European Track Championships \u2013 Women's omnium, Results, Points race and final standings\nRiders' points from the previous 3 events were carried into the points race, in which the final standings were decided.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 54], "section_span": [56, 96], "content_span": [97, 216]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273239-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 UEC European Track Championships \u2013 Women's points race\nThe Women's points race was held on 20 October 2017. 18 riders participated over a distance of 25\u00a0km (100 laps), with sprints every 10 laps awarding 5, 3, 2 or 1 point to the first four (double in the final sprint); 20 points are also awarded/withdrawn for each lap gained/lost respectively.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 59], "section_span": [59, 59], "content_span": [60, 351]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273241-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 UEC European Track Championships \u2013 Women's sprint, Results, Qualifying\nThe top twelve riders advanced directly to the 1/8 finals; places 13 to 20 advanced to the 1/16 finals.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 54], "section_span": [56, 75], "content_span": [76, 179]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273241-0001-0000", "contents": "2017 UEC European Track Championships \u2013 Women's sprint, Results, Quarter-finals\nOne-on-one matches are extended to a 'best of three' format hereon. Winners proceed to the semi-finals.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 54], "section_span": [56, 79], "content_span": [80, 183]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273241-0002-0000", "contents": "2017 UEC European Track Championships \u2013 Women's sprint, Results, Semi-finals\nWinners proceed to the gold medal final; losers proceed to the bronze medal final.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 54], "section_span": [56, 76], "content_span": [77, 159]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273242-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 UEC European Track Championships \u2013 Women's team pursuit\nThe Women's team pursuit was held on 18 and 19 October 2017.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 60], "section_span": [60, 60], "content_span": [61, 121]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273242-0001-0000", "contents": "2017 UEC European Track Championships \u2013 Women's team pursuit, Results, Qualifying\nAll 8 teams qualify for the first round, from which the top 4 remain in contention for the gold medal final and the other 4 for the bronze medal final.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 60], "section_span": [62, 81], "content_span": [82, 233]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273242-0002-0000", "contents": "2017 UEC European Track Championships \u2013 Women's team pursuit, Results, First round\nFirst round heats are held as follows:Heat 1: 6th v 7th qualifierHeat 2: 5th v 8th qualifierHeat 3: 2nd v 3rd qualifierHeat 4: 1st v 4th qualifier", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 60], "section_span": [62, 82], "content_span": [83, 229]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273242-0003-0000", "contents": "2017 UEC European Track Championships \u2013 Women's team pursuit, Results, First round\nThe winners of heats 3 and 4 proceed to the gold medal final. The remaining 6 teams are ranked on time, from which the top 2 proceed to the bronze medal final.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 60], "section_span": [62, 82], "content_span": [83, 242]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273243-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 UEC European Track Championships \u2013 Women's team sprint\nThe Women's team sprint was held on 19 October 2017.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 59], "section_span": [59, 59], "content_span": [60, 112]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273243-0001-0000", "contents": "2017 UEC European Track Championships \u2013 Women's team sprint, Results, First round\nFirst round heats are held as follows:Heat 1: 4th v 5th qualifierHeat 2: 3rd v 6th qualifierHeat 3: 2nd v 7th qualifierHeat 4: 1st v 8th qualifier", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 59], "section_span": [61, 81], "content_span": [82, 228]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273243-0002-0000", "contents": "2017 UEC European Track Championships \u2013 Women's team sprint, Results, First round\nThe heat winners are ranked on time, from which the top 2 proceed to the gold medal final and the other 2 proceed to the bronze medal final.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 59], "section_span": [61, 81], "content_span": [82, 222]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273244-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 UEFA Champions League Final\nThe 2017 UEFA Champions League Final was the final match of the 2016\u201317 UEFA Champions League, the 62nd season of Europe's premier club football tournament organised by UEFA, and the 25th season since it was renamed from the European Cup to the UEFA Champions League. It was played at the Millennium Stadium in Cardiff, Wales on 3 June 2017, between Italian side Juventus and Spanish side and title holders Real Madrid, in a repeat of the 1998 final. It would also be the first European Cup final held under a closed roof.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [32, 32], "content_span": [33, 555]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273244-0000-0001", "contents": "2017 UEFA Champions League Final\nReal Madrid won the match 4\u20131 to secure their 12th title in this competition. With this victory, as the defending champions, Real Madrid became the first team to successfully defend their title in the Champions League era, and the first to do so since Milan in 1990. On the other hand, Juventus lost a fifth final in a row and a seventh in nine finals reached.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [32, 32], "content_span": [33, 393]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273244-0001-0000", "contents": "2017 UEFA Champions League Final\nReal Madrid qualified as the UEFA representative at the 2017 FIFA Club World Cup in the United Arab Emirates, and also earned the right to play against the winners of the 2016\u201317 UEFA Europa League, Manchester United, in the 2017 UEFA Super Cup, triumphing in both competitions.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [32, 32], "content_span": [33, 311]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273244-0002-0000", "contents": "2017 UEFA Champions League Final, Teams\nIn the following table, finals until 1992 were in the European Cup era, since 1993 were in the UEFA Champions League era.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 39], "content_span": [40, 161]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273244-0003-0000", "contents": "2017 UEFA Champions League Final, Venue\nThe Millennium Stadium was announced as the final venue on 30 June 2015, following the decision of the UEFA Executive Committee meeting in Prague, Czech Republic. The stadium entered into a naming rights deal with the Principality Building Society in 2016 that saw it renamed as the \"Principality Stadium\"; however, due to UEFA regulations regarding the use of names of non-tournament sponsors, they continue to use the name \"Millennium Stadium\" in official literature, while the name \"National Stadium of Wales\" was used for the final itself.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 39], "content_span": [40, 583]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273244-0004-0000", "contents": "2017 UEFA Champions League Final, Venue\nShortly before the final date of 3 June 2017, it was announced that for security reasons the retractable roof would . This marked the first and so far only time that the UEFA Champions League final was held indoors.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 39], "content_span": [40, 255]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273244-0005-0000", "contents": "2017 UEFA Champions League Final, Background\nThe match was a repeat of the 1998 final, making it the eighth repeated final pairing. Real Madrid won the 1998 final 1\u20130. The 2017 final was the first time since the two teams met in 1998 that both finalists had won either their domestic league or the Champions League the previous season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 44], "content_span": [45, 335]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273244-0006-0000", "contents": "2017 UEFA Champions League Final, Background\nJuventus reached their ninth final after a 4\u20131 aggregate win against Monaco to maintain their undefeated record in this season's competition. Juventus also entered the final with the best defensive record in the 2016\u201317 Champions League, having conceded only three times. Previously Juventus won finals in 1985 and 1996, and lost a record six in 1973, 1983, 1997, 1998, 2003 and 2015. This was also their 14th final in all seasonal UEFA competitions, having also played in one Cup Winners' Cup final (winning in 1984) and four UEFA Cup finals (winning in 1977, 1990 and 1993, and losing in 1995). If they were to lose, Juventus would tie Benfica's record of five consecutive finals lost.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 44], "content_span": [45, 732]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273244-0007-0000", "contents": "2017 UEFA Champions League Final, Background\nTitle holders Real Madrid reached a record 15th final after a 4\u20132 aggregate win against city rivals Atl\u00e9tico Madrid, knocking them out of the competition for the fourth consecutive season. Real Madrid went into the final as top scorers of the 2016\u201317 Champions League, having scored 32 goals. This final was their third since 2014, and gave Real a chance to win a record 12th title. Previously they won finals in 1956, 1957, 1958, 1959, 1960, 1966, 1998, 2000, 2002, 2014 and 2016, and lost in 1962, 1964 and 1981.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 44], "content_span": [45, 559]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273244-0007-0001", "contents": "2017 UEFA Champions League Final, Background\nThis was also their 19th final in all seasonal UEFA competitions, having also played in two Cup Winners' Cup finals (losing in 1971 and 1983) and two UEFA Cup finals (winning in 1985 and 1986). Real Madrid were looking to be the first team in the Champions League era (since 1993) to win two consecutive finals. Four times prior the previous champions had advanced to the final (Milan in 1995, Ajax in 1996, Juventus in 1997, and Manchester United in 2009), but on all occasions the title holders lost.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 44], "content_span": [45, 547]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273244-0008-0000", "contents": "2017 UEFA Champions League Final, Background\nThe two sides had previously met eighteen times in European competitions, all in the European Cup/UEFA Champions League, with a record of eight wins each and two draws. The first meeting between the two sides took place in the 1961\u201362 European Cup quarter-finals, where Real Madrid beat Juventus 3\u20131 in a play-off after the two sides exchanged 1\u20130 away wins. The most recent meeting between the clubs had taken place in the 2014\u201315 UEFA Champions League semi-finals, where Juventus won 3\u20132 on aggregate to advance to the 2015 final.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 44], "content_span": [45, 577]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273244-0009-0000", "contents": "2017 UEFA Champions League Final, Background\nJuventus entered the final chasing their first treble of domestic league, domestic cup, and Champions League titles, bidding to become the ninth team to win it. They won the 2016\u201317 Coppa Italia after defeating Lazio in the final on 17 May, and clinched the 2016\u201317 Serie A title on 21 May. Real Madrid were chasing the double of domestic league and Champions League titles, having won the 2016\u201317 La Liga on 21 May, the final day of the season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 44], "content_span": [45, 490]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273244-0010-0000", "contents": "2017 UEFA Champions League Final, Road to the final\nNote: In all results below, the score of the finalist is given first (H: home; A: away).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 51], "content_span": [52, 140]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273244-0011-0000", "contents": "2017 UEFA Champions League Final, Pre-match, Ambassador\nThe ambassador for the final was former Wales international Ian Rush, who won the European Cup with Liverpool in 1984, and also played for Juventus from 1987 to 1988.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 55], "content_span": [56, 222]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273244-0012-0000", "contents": "2017 UEFA Champions League Final, Pre-match, Logo\nUEFA unveiled the brand identity of the final on 25 August 2016 in Monaco during the group stage draw.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 49], "content_span": [50, 152]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273244-0013-0000", "contents": "2017 UEFA Champions League Final, Pre-match, Ticketing\nWith a stadium capacity of 66,000 for the final, a total of 41,500 tickets were available to fans and the general public; the two finalist teams received 18,000 tickets each and 5,500 tickets were made available for sale to fans worldwide via UEFA.com from 17 to 28 March 2017 in four price categories: \u00a3390, \u00a3275, \u00a3140, and \u00a360. The remaining tickets were allocated to the local organising committee, UEFA and national associations, commercial partners and broadcasters, and to serve the corporate hospitality programme.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 54], "content_span": [55, 576]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273244-0014-0000", "contents": "2017 UEFA Champions League Final, Pre-match, Opening ceremony\nAmerican hip-hop group The Black Eyed Peas performed at the opening ceremony preceding the final. The performance, which included a pyrotechnic display, ran over time and forced the kick-off to be delayed by several minutes. The UEFA Champions League Anthem featured a recording of Italian tenor Andrea Bocelli from the previous season's final.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 61], "content_span": [62, 406]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273244-0015-0000", "contents": "2017 UEFA Champions League Final, Pre-match, Related events\nThe 2017 UEFA Women's Champions League Final was held two days prior, on 1 June 2017, at the Cardiff City Stadium, with title holders Lyon beating Paris Saint-Germain 7\u20136 on penalties, following a 0\u20130 draw after extra time. The winning penalty was scored by Lyon goalkeeper Sarah Bouhaddi, immediately after her opposite number, Katarzyna Kiedrzynek, had missed her kick.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 59], "content_span": [60, 431]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273244-0016-0000", "contents": "2017 UEFA Champions League Final, Pre-match, Related events\nThe annual UEFA Champions Festival was held between 1\u20134 June 2017 at Cardiff Bay.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 59], "content_span": [60, 141]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273244-0017-0000", "contents": "2017 UEFA Champions League Final, Match, Officials\nIn May 2017, German referee Felix Brych was selected to supervise the final. He was joined by fellow German officials Mark Borsch and Stefan Lupp as assistant referees, Bastian Dankert and Marco Fritz as additional assistant referees, Rafael Foltyn as reserve assistant referee, and Serbian Milorad Ma\u017ei\u0107 as fourth official.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 50], "content_span": [51, 375]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273244-0018-0000", "contents": "2017 UEFA Champions League Final, Match, Summary\nJuventus dominated possession in the opening 19 minutes of the match, and had three major chances to score. Gonzalo Higua\u00edn had two shots on goal that were easily saved by Keylor Navas, while Miralem Pjani\u0107 had a more dangerous chance that Navas dived to push wide to his right.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 48], "content_span": [49, 327]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273244-0018-0001", "contents": "2017 UEFA Champions League Final, Match, Summary\nDespite the scoring chances, as well as the closing down of Real Madrid's counterattacks in the midfield, Cristiano Ronaldo scored the first goal of the match in the 20th minute; Dani Carvajal played a one-two on the right with Ronaldo before passing across for him to shoot low to the left corner of the net, which deflected in off the right foot of Leonardo Bonucci. Juventus responded with a goal seven minutes later to bring the score to 1\u20131.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 48], "content_span": [49, 495]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273244-0018-0002", "contents": "2017 UEFA Champions League Final, Match, Summary\nMario Mand\u017euki\u0107 chested down a ball from Higua\u00edn and hooked the ball over his shoulder from 15 yards (14\u00a0m), which arced over Navas. The goal was heralded as one of the best goals ever scored in a Champions League final and was compared to Zinedine Zidane's goal in the 2002 final for Real Madrid. Juventus remained in control through the end of the first half, while Real Madrid conceded two yellow cards for defenders Sergio Ramos and Dani Carvajal.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 48], "content_span": [49, 500]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273244-0019-0000", "contents": "2017 UEFA Champions League Final, Match, Summary\nReal Madrid began the second half strongly and in control, though play was stopped several times for fouls and injuries to both sides. Real Madrid took a 2\u20131 lead in the 61st minute from a long-range strike from Casemiro, which deflected off Sami Khedira and past Gianluigi Buffon to the left corner of the net. Three minutes later, Ronaldo scored Madrid's third goal of the night and his second, finishing in the 6-yard (5.5\u00a0m) box from a cut-back from Luka Modri\u0107 on the right.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 48], "content_span": [49, 528]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273244-0019-0001", "contents": "2017 UEFA Champions League Final, Match, Summary\nJuventus, fending off additional attacks from Madrid, picked up three additional yellow cards, including one to newly substituted Juan Cuadrado. Real Madrid replaced striker Karim Benzema with Gareth Bale, a Cardiff native who had not been fit enough to start but was given a homecoming. Cuadrado picked up a second yellow card and was sent off in the 84th minute for a shove on Sergio Ramos, who went down while holding his foot. Marco Asensio scored Madrid's fourth and final goal in the 90th minute, a tap-in from 12 yards (11\u00a0m) after a cut-back from Marcelo from the left.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 48], "content_span": [49, 626]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273244-0020-0000", "contents": "2017 UEFA Champions League Final, Match, Details\nThe \"home\" team (for administrative purposes) was determined by an additional draw held after the semi-final draw, which was held on 21 April 2017 at UEFA headquarters in Nyon, Switzerland.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 48], "content_span": [49, 238]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273244-0021-0000", "contents": "2017 UEFA Champions League Final, Match, Details\nAssistant referees:Mark Borsch (Germany)Stefan Lupp (Germany)Fourth official:Milorad Ma\u017ei\u0107 (Serbia)Additional assistant referees:Bastian Dankert (Germany)Marco Fritz (Germany)Reserve assistant referee:Rafael Foltyn (Germany)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 48], "content_span": [49, 273]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273244-0022-0000", "contents": "2017 UEFA Champions League Final, Post-match\nThe trophy presentation returned to the pitch for the first time since 2006 when Barcelona collected the trophy. UEFA president Aleksander \u010ceferin said \"The pitch is the players' stage and it is only fitting that their achievements are celebrated there\", The European Cup was then presented to Real Madrid captain Sergio Ramos to commemorate the first team to win it the back-to-back.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 44], "content_span": [45, 429]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273244-0023-0000", "contents": "2017 UEFA Champions League Final, Post-match\nWith their win, Real Madrid secured a record-extending twelfth title in the European Cup/Champions League and became the first club to win back-to-back titles in the Champions League era. This was the club's third title win in four seasons; a feat that has only occurred thrice before \u2013 Real Madrid (1956\u201360), Ajax (1971\u201373) and Bayern Munich (1974\u201376). Real Madrid has not lost a final in the Champions League era, with their last defeat occurring in 1981. The victory also saw Madrid secure their first League \u2013 European Cup double since the 1957\u201358 season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 44], "content_span": [45, 604]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273244-0023-0001", "contents": "2017 UEFA Champions League Final, Post-match\nMadrid's first goal in the final marked their 500th all-time goal in the competition, becoming the first club to reach the milestone. Cristiano Ronaldo also became the first player to score in three Champions League finals, and ranking second with the European Cup included, only behind Alfredo Di St\u00e9fano's five finals scored in. Twenty-one year old Asensio became the youngest Real Madrid player to score in a European Cup/Champions League final.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 44], "content_span": [45, 493]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273244-0024-0000", "contents": "2017 UEFA Champions League Final, Post-match\nWith their loss, Juventus extended their record number of final losses to seven, and tied Benfica's record of five consecutive finals lost.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 44], "content_span": [45, 184]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273244-0025-0000", "contents": "2017 UEFA Champions League Final, Post-match, Reactions\nAt the post-match press conference, Allegri stated that Juventus had played well in the first-half but failed to make the most of their chances. He felt that his team \"let go psychologically\" after conceding the second goal. Allegri added, \"Even if Real Madrid had a very good second half and have excellent players who can change the game at any moment, that second goal knocked the wind out of our sails.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 55], "content_span": [56, 462]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273244-0025-0001", "contents": "2017 UEFA Champions League Final, Post-match, Reactions\nThey raised the tempo, as we were the ones pushing Real Madrid back in the first half, but in the second we couldn't play our way out of defence and they kept pushing us back. At that moment, we should've taken out the extra energy to push hard and keep the game open, as we know Real Madrid leave you the chances to score at all times, but we conceded the third goal and that was really damaging.\" Juventus captain Buffon stated that losing the match was a big disappointment.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 55], "content_span": [56, 533]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273244-0025-0002", "contents": "2017 UEFA Champions League Final, Post-match, Reactions\nHe felt his side had \"an excellent first half, where we caused Real Madrid huge problems\" but \"in the second half their class, strength and how accustomed they are to winning these games showed through. They won deservedly.\" If Juventus had won, Buffon would have become the oldest player to win a Champions League surpassing compatriot Paolo Maldini. FIFA President Gianni Infantino, who attended the match, told reporters, \"Juventus played a great first half, then in the second Real Madrid were extraordinary. They were two excellent sides and in the end the best team won.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 55], "content_span": [56, 633]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273244-0026-0000", "contents": "2017 UEFA Champions League Final, Post-match, Reactions\nZidane declared that his players deserved to win the double and become the first team to defend the title in the Champions league era. Zidane stated, \"They have made history, for sure. Nobody has done it, and now we have. Today is a historic day for all Madridistas, for the players, for me, for all our family. But saying this, you know how it is. Next year will be much more difficult. We will have to work a lot to try and win again.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 55], "content_span": [56, 492]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273244-0026-0001", "contents": "2017 UEFA Champions League Final, Post-match, Reactions\nBut today we can say we are a very good team, and we deserved to win La Liga and the Champions League. It was not easy.\" He also felt that \"a lot of hard work\" was the reason behind the team's success. Zidane also revealed that he had instructed his players to \"keep going, but to play a bit higher up the pitch, and to keep the ball\" during the half-time team talk.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 55], "content_span": [56, 422]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273244-0027-0000", "contents": "2017 UEFA Champions League Final, Post-match, Reactions\nRamos said he was proud that Madrid had \"kept their date with history\" and felt it was because of the harmonious relationship among the players. Madrid's captain said, \"We are tremendously proud of this team, and this institution. We had a date with history and were really looking forward to it. For 59 years we had not achieved the double, and nobody had ever won two Champions Leagues in a row. We were able to keep a dressing room without any jealousies and that was key. Success does not come by coincidence.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 55], "content_span": [56, 569]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273244-0027-0001", "contents": "2017 UEFA Champions League Final, Post-match, Reactions\nWe are a great group, headed by a great coach in Zidane. Three Champions Leagues in four years is crazy.\" Kroos revealed that he did not believe that Madrid would be able to successfully defend the trophy saying, \"I didn't expect it would be possible to defend this title as it's so difficult to win it once. But to do it twice in a row is unbelievable. To win it three times in the last four years means a lot. It means it's not only a good team on the pitch but off the pitch. It's like that and I'm happy to be part of the team.\" Kroos also pointed out that Juventus had only conceded three goals in their entire Champions League campaign, and that scoring four against them in the final was a sign of Madrid's quality.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 55], "content_span": [56, 778]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273244-0028-0000", "contents": "2017 UEFA Champions League Final, Post-match, Reactions\nModri\u0107 said that Madrid's performance in the first half was because they had \"dropped back too much\". He felt that the team's performance improved in the second half after Zidane instructed them to become \"more aggressive\" and \"to not allow Juve to keep the ball easily\". Cardiff native Bale stated that winning the title in his hometown was a \"great feeling\". He also stated that he had no regrets about not being able to start the match, and was happy to have been able to play.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 55], "content_span": [56, 536]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273244-0029-0000", "contents": "2017 UEFA Champions League Final, 2017 Turin stampede\nDuring a viewing event for the match at the Piazza San Carlo in Turin, a robbery attempt followed by a loud bang caused panic, and a subsequent stampede killed three people, and at least 1,672 people were injured. On 14 May 2019, the victims of the tragedy were commemorated with a plaque in the piazza.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 53], "content_span": [54, 357]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273245-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 UEFA Europa League Final\nThe 2017 UEFA Europa League Final was the final match of the 2016\u201317 UEFA Europa League, the 46th season of Europe's secondary club football tournament organised by UEFA, and the 8th season since it was renamed from the UEFA Cup to the UEFA Europa League. It was played on 24 May 2017 at the Friends Arena in Solna, Stockholm, Sweden, between Dutch side Ajax and English side Manchester United. Manchester United won the match 2\u20130 to secure their first title in this competition.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [29, 29], "content_span": [30, 509]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273245-0000-0001", "contents": "2017 UEFA Europa League Final\nWith this victory, they joined Juventus, Ajax, Bayern Munich and Chelsea as the only clubs to have won all three major European trophies (European Champion Clubs' Cup/UEFA Champions League, UEFA Cup/Europa League, and the now-defunct Cup Winners' Cup); while, with this defeat, Ajax became the fifth club \u2013 after Hamburger SV, Fiorentina, Arsenal and Liverpool \u2013 to have lost a final in all these competitions.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [29, 29], "content_span": [30, 440]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273245-0001-0000", "contents": "2017 UEFA Europa League Final\nManchester United earned the right to play against the winners of the 2016\u201317 UEFA Champions League, Real Madrid, in the 2017 UEFA Super Cup. They also entered the group stage of the 2017\u201318 UEFA Champions League, as the berth reserved for the Champions League title holders was not used. Police of Stockholm took measures against potential terrorist attacks which they described as \"the new normality\", since two had occurred in Stockholm in 2010 and just a month before the final, and also prepared for potential clashes between supporters.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [29, 29], "content_span": [30, 572]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273245-0002-0000", "contents": "2017 UEFA Europa League Final, Teams\nIn the following table, finals until 2009 were in the UEFA Cup era, since 2010 were in the UEFA Europa League era.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 36], "content_span": [37, 151]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273245-0003-0000", "contents": "2017 UEFA Europa League Final, Venue\nFriends Arena, located in the Solna Municipality of the Stockholm urban area, was announced as the final venue on 30 June 2015, following the decision of the UEFA Executive Committee meeting in Prague, Czech Republic.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 36], "content_span": [37, 254]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273245-0004-0000", "contents": "2017 UEFA Europa League Final, Background\nThis was Ajax's second final in the UEFA Cup/Europa League, having won in the 1992 UEFA Cup Final over Torino on away goals.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 41], "content_span": [42, 166]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273245-0005-0000", "contents": "2017 UEFA Europa League Final, Background\nThis was Manchester United's first final in the UEFA Cup/Europa League. They were seeking to join Juventus, Ajax, Bayern Munich and Chelsea as the only clubs to have won all three major European trophies (European Champion Clubs' Cup/UEFA Champions League, UEFA Cup/Europa League, and the now defunct UEFA Cup Winners' Cup).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 41], "content_span": [42, 366]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273245-0006-0000", "contents": "2017 UEFA Europa League Final, Background\nThe two sides had previously met four times in European competitions, all in the UEFA Cup/Europa League, with a record of two wins each. However, Manchester United had eliminated Ajax on both occasions, 2\u20131 on aggregate in the 1976\u201377 UEFA Cup first round, and 3\u20132 on aggregate in the 2011\u201312 UEFA Europa League round of 32.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 41], "content_span": [42, 366]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273245-0007-0000", "contents": "2017 UEFA Europa League Final, Road to the final\nNote: In the table, the score of the finalist is given first (H = home; A = away).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 48], "content_span": [49, 131]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273245-0008-0000", "contents": "2017 UEFA Europa League Final, Pre-match, Ambassador\nThe ambassador for the final was former Swedish international player Patrik Andersson, who won the Champions League with Bayern Munich against Valencia in 2001.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 52], "content_span": [53, 213]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273245-0009-0000", "contents": "2017 UEFA Europa League Final, Pre-match, Logo\nUEFA unveiled the brand identity of the final on 26 August 2016 in Monaco during the group stage draw.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 46], "content_span": [47, 149]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273245-0010-0000", "contents": "2017 UEFA Europa League Final, Pre-match, Ticketing\nWith a stadium capacity of 48,000 for the final, a total number of 37,000 tickets were available to fans and the general public, with the two finalist teams receiving 10,000 tickets each and with 17,000 tickets being available for sale to fans worldwide via UEFA.com from 17 to 28 March 2017 in four price categories: \u20ac150, \u20ac100, \u20ac70 and \u20ac45. The remaining tickets were allocated to the local organising committee, UEFA and national associations, commercial partners and broadcasters, and to serve the corporate hospitality programme.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 51], "content_span": [52, 586]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273245-0011-0000", "contents": "2017 UEFA Europa League Final, Pre-match, Opening ceremony\nA minute's silence was observed before the final in memory to victims of the bombing in Manchester which occurred two days before the final; the opening ceremony was thus considerably reduced.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 58], "content_span": [59, 251]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273245-0012-0000", "contents": "2017 UEFA Europa League Final, Match, Officials\nSlovenian referee Damir Skomina was announced as the final referee by UEFA on 12 May 2017.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 47], "content_span": [48, 138]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273245-0013-0000", "contents": "2017 UEFA Europa League Final, Match, Summary\nPaul Pogba opened the scoring for Manchester United in the 18th minute when his low left foot shot from just outside the penalty area took a deflection off Davinson S\u00e1nchez which wrong footed the goalkeeper before looping over him and into the net. Henrikh Mkhitaryan got the second goal three minutes into the second half when with his back to goal he flicked the ball into the net with his right foot from three yards out after the ball had been knocked down to him by Chris Smalling after a corner from the right by Juan Mata. Wayne Rooney, who entered minutes before the final whistle, took the captain's armband and later led the team to lift the trophy in his final game for United; he would return to Everton less than two months later.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 45], "content_span": [46, 789]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273245-0014-0000", "contents": "2017 UEFA Europa League Final, Match, Details\nThe \"home\" team (for administrative purposes) was determined by an additional draw held after the semi-final draw, which was held on 21 April 2017 at UEFA headquarters in Nyon, Switzerland. Ajax as the \"home\" team played with their new home kit which would be used the following season. United wore their outgoing away (European third) kit.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 45], "content_span": [46, 386]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273245-0015-0000", "contents": "2017 UEFA Europa League Final, Match, Details\nAssistant referees:Jure Praprotnik (Slovenia)Robert Vukan (Slovenia)Fourth official:Gianluca Rocchi (Italy)Additional assistant referees:Matej Jug (Slovenia)Slavko Vin\u010di\u0107 (Slovenia)Reserve assistant referee:Toma\u017e Klan\u010dnik (Slovenia)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 45], "content_span": [46, 278]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273246-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 UEFA European Under-17 Championship\nThe 2017 UEFA European Under-17 Championship (also known as UEFA Under-17 Euro 2017) was the 16th edition of the UEFA European Under-17 Championship (35th edition if the Under-16 era is also included), the annual international youth football championship organised by UEFA for the men's under-17 national teams of Europe. Croatia, which were selected by UEFA on 26 January 2015, hosted the tournament.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [40, 40], "content_span": [41, 442]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273246-0001-0000", "contents": "2017 UEFA European Under-17 Championship\nA total of 16 teams played in the tournament, with players born on or after 1 January 2000 eligible to participate. Each match had a duration of 80 minutes, consisting of two halves of 40 minutes with a 15-minute half-time.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [40, 40], "content_span": [41, 264]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273246-0002-0000", "contents": "2017 UEFA European Under-17 Championship\nSame as previous editions held in odd-numbered years, the tournament acted as the UEFA qualifiers for the FIFA U-17 World Cup. The top five teams of the tournament qualified for the 2017 FIFA U-17 World Cup in India as the UEFA representatives. This was decreased from the previous six teams, as FIFA decided to give one of the slots originally reserved for UEFA to the Oceania Football Confederation starting from 2017.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [40, 40], "content_span": [41, 461]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273246-0003-0000", "contents": "2017 UEFA European Under-17 Championship\nSpain won their third title by beating England 4\u20131 on penalties in the final after a 2\u20132 draw, and both teams were joined by Germany, Turkey, France as UEFA qualifiers for the 2017 FIFA U-17 World Cup. Portugal were the defending champions, but failed to qualify.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [40, 40], "content_span": [41, 304]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273246-0004-0000", "contents": "2017 UEFA European Under-17 Championship, Qualification\nAll 54 UEFA nations entered the competition, and with the hosts Croatia qualifying automatically, the other 53 teams competed in the qualifying competition to determine the remaining 15 spots in the final tournament. The qualifying competition consisted of two rounds: Qualifying round, which took place in autumn 2016, and Elite round, which took place in spring 2017.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 55], "content_span": [56, 425]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273246-0005-0000", "contents": "2017 UEFA European Under-17 Championship, Qualification, Qualified teams\nNote: All appearance statistics include only U-17 era (since 2002).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 72], "content_span": [73, 140]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273246-0006-0000", "contents": "2017 UEFA European Under-17 Championship, Qualification, Final draw\nThe final draw was held on 3 April 2017, 18:00 CEST (UTC+2), at the Panorama Zagreb Hotel in Zagreb, Croatia. The 16 teams were drawn into four groups of four teams.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 67], "content_span": [68, 233]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273246-0006-0001", "contents": "2017 UEFA European Under-17 Championship, Qualification, Final draw\nHosts Croatia were assigned to position A1 in the draw, while the other teams were seeded according to their results in the qualification elite round, with the seven best elite round group winners (counting all elite round results) placed in Pot 1 and drawn to positions 1 and 2 in the groups, and the remaining eight teams (the eighth-best elite round group winner and the seven elite round group runners-up) placed in Pot 2 and drawn to positions 3 and 4 in the groups.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 67], "content_span": [68, 539]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273246-0007-0000", "contents": "2017 UEFA European Under-17 Championship, Venues\nAt first, it was announced that eight stadiums would host the competition, each of those being in Istria and Primorje. Later, that was changed.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 48], "content_span": [49, 192]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273246-0008-0000", "contents": "2017 UEFA European Under-17 Championship, Venues\nRijeka and Kostrena were the only hosts that were planned at first with new hosts being Vara\u017edin, Zapre\u0161i\u0107, Velika Gorica and two in Croatian capital Zagreb \u2013 in boroughs Sesvete and Lu\u010dko. The final would be played in Vara\u017edin.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 48], "content_span": [49, 277]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273246-0009-0000", "contents": "2017 UEFA European Under-17 Championship, Match officials\nA total of 9 referees, 12 assistant referees and 3 fourth officials were appointed for the final tournament.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 57], "content_span": [58, 166]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273246-0010-0000", "contents": "2017 UEFA European Under-17 Championship, Group stage\nThe final tournament schedule was confirmed on 7 April 2017.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 53], "content_span": [54, 114]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273246-0011-0000", "contents": "2017 UEFA European Under-17 Championship, Group stage\nThe teams are ranked according to points (3 points for a win, 1 point for a draw, 0 points for a loss). If two or more teams are equal on points on completion of the group matches, the following tie-breaking criteria are applied, in the order given, to determine the rankings (Regulations Articles 17.01 and 17.02):", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 53], "content_span": [54, 369]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273246-0012-0000", "contents": "2017 UEFA European Under-17 Championship, Knockout stage\nIn the knockout stage, penalty shoot-out is used to decide the winner if necessary (no extra time is played).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 56], "content_span": [57, 166]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273246-0013-0000", "contents": "2017 UEFA European Under-17 Championship, Knockout stage\nAs part of a trial sanctioned by the IFAB to reduce the advantage of the team shooting first in a penalty shoot-out, a different sequence of taking penalties, known as \"ABBA\", that mirrors the serving sequence in a tennis tiebreak would be used if a penalty shoot-out was needed (team A kicks first, team B kicks second):", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 56], "content_span": [57, 378]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273246-0014-0000", "contents": "2017 UEFA European Under-17 Championship, Knockout stage, Quarter-finals\nWinners qualified for 2017 FIFA U-17 World Cup. The two best losing quarter-finalists entered the FIFA U-17 World Cup play-off.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 72], "content_span": [73, 200]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273246-0015-0000", "contents": "2017 UEFA European Under-17 Championship, Knockout stage, Quarter-finals, Ranking of losing quarter-finalists\nTo determine the two best losing quarter-finalists which enter the FIFA U-17 World Cup play-off, the losing quarter-finalists are ranked by the following criteria (Regulations Article 16.06):", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 109], "content_span": [110, 301]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273246-0016-0000", "contents": "2017 UEFA European Under-17 Championship, Goalscorers\nThere were 99 goals scored in 32 matches, for an average of 3.09 goals per match.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 53], "content_span": [54, 135]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273246-0017-0000", "contents": "2017 UEFA European Under-17 Championship, Qualified teams for FIFA U-17 World Cup\nThe following five teams from UEFA qualified for the 2017 FIFA U-17 World Cup.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 81], "content_span": [82, 160]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273247-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 UEFA European Under-17 Championship qualification\nThe 2017 UEFA European Under-17 Championship qualifying competition was a men's under-17 football competition that determined the fifteen teams joining the automatically qualified hosts Croatia in the 2017 UEFA European Under-17 Championship final tournament.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 54], "section_span": [54, 54], "content_span": [55, 314]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273247-0001-0000", "contents": "2017 UEFA European Under-17 Championship qualification\nA total of 53 UEFA member national teams entered the qualifying competition. Players born on or after 1 January 2000 are eligible to participate. Each match has a duration of 80 minutes, consisting of two halves of 40 minutes with a 15-minute half-time.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 54], "section_span": [54, 54], "content_span": [55, 308]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273247-0002-0000", "contents": "2017 UEFA European Under-17 Championship qualification, Format, Tiebreakers\nThe teams are ranked according to points (3 points for a win, 1 point for a draw, 0 points for a loss). If two or more teams are equal on points on completion of a mini-tournament, the following tie-breaking criteria are applied, in the order given, to determine the rankings (Regulations Articles 14.01 and 14.02):", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 54], "section_span": [56, 75], "content_span": [76, 391]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273247-0003-0000", "contents": "2017 UEFA European Under-17 Championship qualification, Format, Tiebreakers\nTo determine the five best third-placed teams from the qualifying round and the seven best runners-up from the elite round, the results against the teams in fourth place are discarded. The following criteria are applied (Regulations Articles 15.01, 15.02 and 15.03):", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 54], "section_span": [56, 75], "content_span": [76, 342]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273247-0004-0000", "contents": "2017 UEFA European Under-17 Championship qualification, Qualifying round, Draw\nThe draw for the qualifying round was held on 3 December 2015, 09:00 CET (UTC+1), at the UEFA headquarters in Nyon, Switzerland.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 54], "section_span": [56, 78], "content_span": [79, 207]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273247-0005-0000", "contents": "2017 UEFA European Under-17 Championship qualification, Qualifying round, Draw\nThe teams were seeded according to their coefficient ranking, calculated based on the following:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 54], "section_span": [56, 78], "content_span": [79, 175]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273247-0006-0000", "contents": "2017 UEFA European Under-17 Championship qualification, Qualifying round, Draw\nEach group contained two teams from Pot A and two teams from Pot B. For political reasons, Spain and Gibraltar (due to the disputed status of Gibraltar), Armenia and Azerbaijan (due to the disputed status of Nagorno-Karabakh), as well as Russia and Ukraine (due to the Russian military intervention in Ukraine), could not be drawn in the same group.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 54], "section_span": [56, 78], "content_span": [79, 428]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273247-0007-0000", "contents": "2017 UEFA European Under-17 Championship qualification, Qualifying round, Groups\nThe qualifying round must be played between 1 July and mid-November 2016.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 54], "section_span": [56, 80], "content_span": [81, 154]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273247-0008-0000", "contents": "2017 UEFA European Under-17 Championship qualification, Qualifying round, Groups\nTimes up to 29 October 2016 are CEST (UTC+2), thereafter times are CET (UTC+1).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 54], "section_span": [56, 80], "content_span": [81, 160]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273247-0009-0000", "contents": "2017 UEFA European Under-17 Championship qualification, Qualifying round, Ranking of third-placed teams\nTo determine the five best third-placed teams from the qualifying round which advance to the elite round, only the results of the third-placed teams against the first and second-placed teams in their group are taken into account.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 54], "section_span": [56, 103], "content_span": [104, 333]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273247-0010-0000", "contents": "2017 UEFA European Under-17 Championship qualification, Elite round, Draw\nThe draw for the elite round will be held on 13 December 2016, 11:45 CET (UTC+1), at the UEFA headquarters in Nyon, Switzerland.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 54], "section_span": [56, 73], "content_span": [74, 202]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273247-0011-0000", "contents": "2017 UEFA European Under-17 Championship qualification, Elite round, Draw\nThe teams were seeded according to their results in the qualifying round. Germany, which received a bye to the elite round, were automatically seeded into Pot A. Each group contained one team from Pot A, one team from Pot B, one team from Pot C, and one team from Pot D. Winners and runners-up from the same qualifying round group could not be drawn in the same group, but the best third-placed teams (Montenegro, Ukraine, Belgium, Czech Republic, Armenia) could be drawn in the same group as winners or runners-up from the same qualifying round group. For political reasons, Russia and Ukraine could not be drawn in the same group.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 54], "section_span": [56, 73], "content_span": [74, 706]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273247-0012-0000", "contents": "2017 UEFA European Under-17 Championship qualification, Elite round, Groups\nThe elite round must be played by the end of March 2017.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 54], "section_span": [56, 75], "content_span": [76, 132]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273247-0013-0000", "contents": "2017 UEFA European Under-17 Championship qualification, Elite round, Groups\nTimes up to 25 March 2017 are CET (UTC+1), thereafter times are CEST (UTC+2).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 54], "section_span": [56, 75], "content_span": [76, 153]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273247-0014-0000", "contents": "2017 UEFA European Under-17 Championship qualification, Elite round, Ranking of second-placed teams\nTo determine the seven best second-placed teams from the elite round which qualify for the final tournament, only the results of the second-placed teams against the first and third-placed teams in their group are taken into account.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 54], "section_span": [56, 99], "content_span": [100, 332]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273247-0015-0000", "contents": "2017 UEFA European Under-17 Championship qualification, Top goalscorers\nThe following players scored four goals or more in the qualifying competition:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 54], "section_span": [56, 71], "content_span": [72, 150]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273248-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 UEFA European Under-17 Championship squads\nThe following is a list of squads for each national team that competed at the 2017 UEFA European Under-17 Championship in Croatia. Each national team had to submit a squad of 18 players born on or after 1 January 2000.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 47], "section_span": [47, 47], "content_span": [48, 266]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273249-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 UEFA European Under-19 Championship\nThe 2017 UEFA European Under-19 Championship (also known as UEFA Under-19 Euro 2017) was the 16th edition of the UEFA European Under-19 Championship (66th edition if the Under-18 and Junior eras are included), the annual international youth football championship organised by UEFA for the men's under-19 national teams of Europe. Georgia, which were selected by UEFA on 26 January 2015, hosted the tournament.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [40, 40], "content_span": [41, 450]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273249-0001-0000", "contents": "2017 UEFA European Under-19 Championship\nA total of eight teams played in the tournament, with players born on or after 1 January 1998 eligible to participate.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [40, 40], "content_span": [41, 159]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273249-0002-0000", "contents": "2017 UEFA European Under-19 Championship\nIn the final, which was played on 15 July, England defeated Portugal 2\u20131.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [40, 40], "content_span": [41, 114]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273249-0003-0000", "contents": "2017 UEFA European Under-19 Championship, Qualification\nAll 54 UEFA nations entered the competition, and with the hosts Georgia qualifying automatically, the other 53 teams competed in the qualifying competition to determine the remaining seven spots in the final tournament. The qualifying competition consisted of two rounds: Qualifying round, which took place in autumn 2016, and Elite round, which took place in spring 2017.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 55], "content_span": [56, 428]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273249-0004-0000", "contents": "2017 UEFA European Under-19 Championship, Qualification, Qualified teams\nNote: All appearance statistics include only U-19 era (since 2002).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 72], "content_span": [73, 140]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273249-0005-0000", "contents": "2017 UEFA European Under-19 Championship, Qualification, Final draw\nThe final draw was held in 13 April 2017, 14:00 GET (UTC+4), at the Ballroom of Hotels & Preference Hualing in Tbilisi, Georgia. The eight teams were drawn into two groups of four teams. There was no seeding, except that hosts Georgia were assigned to position A1 in the draw.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 67], "content_span": [68, 344]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273249-0006-0000", "contents": "2017 UEFA European Under-19 Championship, Venues\nThe final tournament matches were held in four stadium venues located in two cities:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 48], "content_span": [49, 133]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273249-0007-0000", "contents": "2017 UEFA European Under-19 Championship, Match officials\nA total of 6 referees, 8 assistant referees and 2 fourth officials were appointed for the final tournament.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 57], "content_span": [58, 165]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273249-0008-0000", "contents": "2017 UEFA European Under-19 Championship, Squads\nEach national team have to submit a squad of 18 players.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 48], "content_span": [49, 105]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273249-0009-0000", "contents": "2017 UEFA European Under-19 Championship, Group stage\nThe final tournament schedule was confirmed on 24 April 2017.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 53], "content_span": [54, 115]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273249-0010-0000", "contents": "2017 UEFA European Under-19 Championship, Group stage\nThe teams are ranked according to points (3 points for a win, 1 point for a draw, 0 points for a loss). If two or more teams are equal on points on completion of the group matches, the following tie-breaking criteria are applied, in the order given, to determine the rankings (Regulations Articles 17.01 and 17.02):", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 53], "content_span": [54, 369]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273249-0011-0000", "contents": "2017 UEFA European Under-19 Championship, Knockout stage\nIn the knockout stage, extra time and penalty shoot-out are used to decide the winner if necessary.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 56], "content_span": [57, 156]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273249-0012-0000", "contents": "2017 UEFA European Under-19 Championship, Knockout stage\nOn 2 May 2016, the UEFA Executive Committee agreed that the competition would be part of the International Football Association Board (IFAB)'s trial to allow a fourth substitute to be made during extra time. On 1 June 2017, it was also announced as part of a trial sanctioned by the IFAB to reduce the advantage of the team shooting first in a penalty shoot-out, a different sequence of taking penalties, known as \"ABBA\", that mirrors the serving sequence in a tennis tiebreak would be used if a penalty shoot-out was needed (team A kicks first, team B kicks second):", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 56], "content_span": [57, 624]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273250-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 UEFA European Under-19 Championship qualification\nThe 2017 UEFA European Under-19 Championship qualifying competition was a men's under-19 football competition that determined the seven teams joining the automatically qualified hosts Georgia in the 2017 UEFA European Under-19 Championship final tournament.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 54], "section_span": [54, 54], "content_span": [55, 312]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273250-0001-0000", "contents": "2017 UEFA European Under-19 Championship qualification\nA total of 53 UEFA member national teams entered the qualifying competition. Players born on or after 1 January 1998 are eligible to participate.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 54], "section_span": [54, 54], "content_span": [55, 200]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273250-0002-0000", "contents": "2017 UEFA European Under-19 Championship qualification, Format, Tiebreakers\nThe teams are ranked according to points (3 points for a win, 1 point for a draw, 0 points for a loss). If two or more teams are equal on points on completion of a mini-tournament, the following tie-breaking criteria are applied, in the order given, to determine the rankings (Regulations Articles 14.01 and 14.02):", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 54], "section_span": [56, 75], "content_span": [76, 391]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273250-0003-0000", "contents": "2017 UEFA European Under-19 Championship qualification, Format, Tiebreakers\nTo determine the best third-placed team from the qualifying round, the results against the teams in fourth place are discarded. The following criteria are applied (Regulations Article 15.01):", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 54], "section_span": [56, 75], "content_span": [76, 267]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273250-0004-0000", "contents": "2017 UEFA European Under-19 Championship qualification, Qualifying round, Draw\nThe draw for the qualifying round was held on 3 December 2015, 10:00 CET (UTC+1), at the UEFA headquarters in Nyon, Switzerland.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 54], "section_span": [56, 78], "content_span": [79, 207]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273250-0005-0000", "contents": "2017 UEFA European Under-19 Championship qualification, Qualifying round, Draw\nThe teams were seeded according to their coefficient ranking, calculated based on the following:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 54], "section_span": [56, 78], "content_span": [79, 175]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273250-0006-0000", "contents": "2017 UEFA European Under-19 Championship qualification, Qualifying round, Draw\nEach group contained two teams from Pot A and two teams from Pot B. For political reasons, Armenia and Azerbaijan (due to the disputed status of Nagorno-Karabakh), as well as Russia and Ukraine (due to the Russian military intervention in Ukraine), could not be drawn in the same group.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 54], "section_span": [56, 78], "content_span": [79, 365]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273250-0007-0000", "contents": "2017 UEFA European Under-19 Championship qualification, Qualifying round, Groups\nThe qualifying round must be played on the following FIFA International Match Calendar dates unless all four teams agree to play on another date:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 54], "section_span": [56, 80], "content_span": [81, 226]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273250-0008-0000", "contents": "2017 UEFA European Under-19 Championship qualification, Qualifying round, Groups\nTimes up to 29 October 2016 are CEST (UTC+2), thereafter times are CET (UTC+1).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 54], "section_span": [56, 80], "content_span": [81, 160]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273250-0009-0000", "contents": "2017 UEFA European Under-19 Championship qualification, Qualifying round, Groups, Group 11\nThe Poland v Northern Ireland match was completed with a 1\u20130 scoreline before a default victory was awarded.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 54], "section_span": [56, 90], "content_span": [91, 199]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273250-0010-0000", "contents": "2017 UEFA European Under-19 Championship qualification, Qualifying round, Ranking of third-placed teams\nTo determine the best third-placed team from the qualifying round which advance to the elite round, only the results of the third-placed teams against the first and second-placed teams in their group are taken into account.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 54], "section_span": [56, 103], "content_span": [104, 327]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273250-0011-0000", "contents": "2017 UEFA European Under-19 Championship qualification, Elite round, Draw\nThe draw for the elite round was held on 13 December 2016, 11:00 CET (UTC+1), at the UEFA headquarters in Nyon, Switzerland.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 54], "section_span": [56, 73], "content_span": [74, 198]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273250-0012-0000", "contents": "2017 UEFA European Under-19 Championship qualification, Elite round, Draw\nThe teams were seeded according to their results in the qualifying round. Spain, which received a bye to the elite round, were automatically seeded into Pot A. Each group contained one team from Pot A, one team from Pot B, one team from Pot C, and one team from Pot D. Winners and runners-up from the same qualifying round group could not be drawn in the same group, but the best third-placed team (Belarus) could be drawn in the same group as winners or runners-up from the same qualifying round group.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 54], "section_span": [56, 73], "content_span": [74, 577]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273250-0013-0000", "contents": "2017 UEFA European Under-19 Championship qualification, Elite round, Groups\nThe elite round must be played on the following FIFA International Match Calendar dates unless all four teams agree to play on another date:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 54], "section_span": [56, 75], "content_span": [76, 216]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273250-0014-0000", "contents": "2017 UEFA European Under-19 Championship qualification, Elite round, Groups\nTimes up to 25 March 2017 are CET (UTC+1), thereafter times are CEST (UTC+2).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 54], "section_span": [56, 75], "content_span": [76, 153]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273250-0015-0000", "contents": "2017 UEFA European Under-19 Championship qualification, Top goalscorers\nThe following players scored four goals or more in the qualifying competition:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 54], "section_span": [56, 71], "content_span": [72, 150]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273251-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 UEFA European Under-19 Championship squads\nEach national team has to submit a squad of 18 players, two of whom must be goalkeepers.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 47], "section_span": [47, 47], "content_span": [48, 136]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273251-0001-0000", "contents": "2017 UEFA European Under-19 Championship squads\nPlayers in boldface have been capped at full international level since the tournament.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 47], "section_span": [47, 47], "content_span": [48, 134]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273251-0002-0000", "contents": "2017 UEFA European Under-19 Championship squads\nAges are as of the start of the tournament, 2 July 2017.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 47], "section_span": [47, 47], "content_span": [48, 104]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273251-0003-0000", "contents": "2017 UEFA European Under-19 Championship squads, Group A, Sweden\nOn 16 June 2017, Sweden named their squad. On 28 June 2017, defender Dennis Had\u017eikaduni\u0107, midfielder Mattias Svanberg and midfielder Svante Ingelsson left the squad, being replaced by Anel Ahmedhod\u017ei\u0107, Teddy Bergqvist and Joseph Ceesay.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 47], "section_span": [49, 64], "content_span": [65, 301]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273251-0004-0000", "contents": "2017 UEFA European Under-19 Championship squads, Group A, Portugal\nOn 25 June 2017, Portugal announced their final squad. On 28 June, Madi Queta replaced injured Jos\u00e9 Gomes.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 47], "section_span": [49, 66], "content_span": [67, 173]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273251-0005-0000", "contents": "2017 UEFA European Under-19 Championship squads, Group B, Germany\nOn 25 June 2017, Germany announced their final squad. Maxime Awoudja replaced Salih \u00d6zcan.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 47], "section_span": [49, 65], "content_span": [66, 156]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273252-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 UEFA European Under-21 Championship\nThe 2017 UEFA European Under-21 Championship (also known as UEFA Under-21 Euro 2017) was the 21st edition of the UEFA European Under-21 Championship, a biennial international youth football championship organised by UEFA for the men's under-21 national teams of Europe. The final tournament was hosted in Poland for the first time, after their bid was selected by the UEFA Executive Committee on 26 January 2015 in Nyon, Switzerland. The tournament took place from 16\u201330 June 2017. Players born on or after 1 January 1994 were eligible for the tournament.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [40, 40], "content_span": [41, 596]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273252-0001-0000", "contents": "2017 UEFA European Under-21 Championship\nIn March 2012, UEFA announced that the competition would take place in even numbered years from 2016 onwards. In September 2013, UEFA announced its intention to continue holding the final tournament in odd numbered years following a request from its member national football associations. On 24 January 2014, UEFA confirmed that the final tournament would be held in 2017 and that it would be expanded from 8 teams to 12.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [40, 40], "content_span": [41, 462]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273252-0002-0000", "contents": "2017 UEFA European Under-21 Championship, Hosts\nThe hosts were announced at a meeting of the UEFA Executive Committee in Nyon on 26 January 2015. In late April 2014, the Polish Football Association very strongly indicated the country has high chances to host the tournament. Bidding to welcome Europe's best youth teams was one of the reasons for Poland's withdrawal from the UEFA Euro 2020 race.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 47], "content_span": [48, 396]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273252-0003-0000", "contents": "2017 UEFA European Under-21 Championship, Qualification\nA total of 53 UEFA nations entered the competition (Gibraltar did not enter), and with the hosts Poland qualifying automatically, the other 52 teams competed in the qualifying competition to determine the remaining 11 spots in the final tournament. The qualifying competition, which took place from March 2015 to November 2016, consisted of two rounds:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 55], "content_span": [56, 408]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273252-0004-0000", "contents": "2017 UEFA European Under-21 Championship, Qualification, Qualified teams\nNote: All appearance statistics include only U-21 era (since 1978).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 72], "content_span": [73, 140]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273252-0005-0000", "contents": "2017 UEFA European Under-21 Championship, Qualification, Final draw\nThe final draw was held on 1 December 2016, 18:00 CET (UTC+1), at the ICE Congress Centre in Krak\u00f3w. The 12 teams were drawn into three groups of four teams. The teams were seeded according to their coefficient ranking following the end of the qualifying play-offs, with the hosts Poland assigned to position A1 in the draw. Each group contained either the hosts or one team from Pot 1, one team from Pot 2, and two teams from Pot 3.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 67], "content_span": [68, 501]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273252-0006-0000", "contents": "2017 UEFA European Under-21 Championship, Venues\nOn 7 June 2016, Polish Football Association selected six venues:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 48], "content_span": [49, 113]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273252-0007-0000", "contents": "2017 UEFA European Under-21 Championship, Match officials\nIn February 2017, UEFA selected nine referees and their teams for this tournament.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 57], "content_span": [58, 140]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273252-0008-0000", "contents": "2017 UEFA European Under-21 Championship, Squads\nEach national team had to submit a squad of 23 players, three of whom had to be goalkeepers. If a player was injured or ill severely enough to prevent his participation in the tournament before his team's first match, he could be replaced by another player.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 48], "content_span": [49, 306]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273252-0009-0000", "contents": "2017 UEFA European Under-21 Championship, Group stage\nThe group winners and the best runner-up advanced to the semi-finals.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 53], "content_span": [54, 123]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273252-0010-0000", "contents": "2017 UEFA European Under-21 Championship, Group stage\nTeams were ranked according to points (3 points for a win, 1 point for a draw, 0 points for a loss), and if tied on points, the following tiebreaking criteria were applied, in the order given, to determine the rankings (Regulations Articles 18.01 and 18.02):", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 53], "content_span": [54, 312]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273252-0011-0000", "contents": "2017 UEFA European Under-21 Championship, Group stage, Ranking of second-placed teams\nThe match-ups of the semi-finals depended on which runner-up qualified (Regulations Article 17.02):", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 85], "content_span": [86, 185]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273252-0012-0000", "contents": "2017 UEFA European Under-21 Championship, Knockout stage\nIn the knockout stage, extra time and a penalty shoot-out were used to decide the winner if necessary.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 56], "content_span": [57, 159]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273252-0013-0000", "contents": "2017 UEFA European Under-21 Championship, Knockout stage\nOn 2 May 2016, the UEFA Executive Committee agreed that the competition would be part of the International Football Association Board's trial to allow a fourth substitute to be made during extra time.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 56], "content_span": [57, 257]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273252-0014-0000", "contents": "2017 UEFA European Under-21 Championship, Goalscorers\nThere were 65 goals scored in 21 matches, for an average of 3.1 goals per match.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 53], "content_span": [54, 134]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273252-0015-0000", "contents": "2017 UEFA European Under-21 Championship, Awards\nThe following awards were given at the conclusion of the tournament:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 48], "content_span": [49, 117]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273252-0016-0000", "contents": "2017 UEFA European Under-21 Championship, Awards, Team of the tournament\nAfter the tournament, the Under-21 Team of the Tournament was selected by the UEFA Technical Observers.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 72], "content_span": [73, 176]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273253-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 UEFA European Under-21 Championship Final\nThe 2017 UEFA European Under-21 Championship Final was a football match that took place on 30 June 2017 at the Stadion Cracovia in Krak\u00f3w, Poland, to determine the winners of the 2017 UEFA European Under-21 Championship. The match was contested by Germany and Spain, the winners of the semi-finals.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [46, 46], "content_span": [47, 345]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273253-0001-0000", "contents": "2017 UEFA European Under-21 Championship Final\nGermany won the final 1\u20130 for their second UEFA European Under-21 Championship title.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [46, 46], "content_span": [47, 132]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273253-0002-0000", "contents": "2017 UEFA European Under-21 Championship Final, Match, Details\nAssistant referees:Fr\u00e9d\u00e9ric Haquette (France)Hicham Zakrani (France)Fourth official:Ivan Kru\u017eliak (Slovakia)Additional assistant referees:Beno\u00eet Millot (France)J\u00e9r\u00f4me Miguelgorry (France)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [48, 62], "content_span": [63, 250]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273254-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 UEFA European Under-21 Championship qualification\nThe 2017 UEFA European Under-21 Championship qualifying competition was a men's under-21 football competition that determined the 11 teams joining the automatically qualified hosts Poland in the 2017 UEFA European Under-21 Championship final tournament.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 54], "section_span": [54, 54], "content_span": [55, 308]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273254-0001-0000", "contents": "2017 UEFA European Under-21 Championship qualification\nA total of 52 UEFA member national teams entered the qualifying competition, with Gibraltar as the only absentee. Players born on or after 1 January 1994 are eligible to participate.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 54], "section_span": [54, 54], "content_span": [55, 237]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273254-0002-0000", "contents": "2017 UEFA European Under-21 Championship qualification, Format, Tiebreakers\nThe teams are ranked according to points (3 points for a win, 1 point for a draw, 0 points for a loss). If two or more teams are equal on points on completion of a group, the following tie-breaking criteria are applied, in the order given, to determine the rankings (Regulations Article 14.01):", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 54], "section_span": [56, 75], "content_span": [76, 370]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273254-0003-0000", "contents": "2017 UEFA European Under-21 Championship qualification, Format, Tiebreakers\nTo determine the four best runners-up from the qualifying group stage, the results against the teams in sixth place are discarded. The following criteria are applied (Regulations Article 14.02):", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 54], "section_span": [56, 75], "content_span": [76, 270]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273254-0004-0000", "contents": "2017 UEFA European Under-21 Championship qualification, Format, Tiebreakers\nIn the play-offs, the team that scores more goals on aggregate over the two legs qualifies for the final tournament. If the aggregate score is level, the away goals rule is applied, i.e., the team that scores more goals away from home over the two legs advances. If away goals are also equal, extra time is played. The away goals rule is again applied after extra time, i.e., if there are goals scored during extra time and the aggregate score is still level, the visiting team advances by virtue of more away goals scored. If no goals are scored during extra time, the tie is decided by penalty shoot-out (Regulations Articles 15.01 and 15.02).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 54], "section_span": [56, 75], "content_span": [76, 721]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273254-0005-0000", "contents": "2017 UEFA European Under-21 Championship qualification, Schedule\nThe qualifying matches are played on dates that fall within the FIFA International Match Calendar.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 54], "section_span": [56, 64], "content_span": [65, 163]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273254-0006-0000", "contents": "2017 UEFA European Under-21 Championship qualification, Qualifying group stage, Draw\nThe draw for the qualifying group stage was held on 5 February 2015, 09:00 CET (UTC+1), at the UEFA headquarters in Nyon, Switzerland.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 54], "section_span": [56, 84], "content_span": [85, 219]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273254-0007-0000", "contents": "2017 UEFA European Under-21 Championship qualification, Qualifying group stage, Draw\nThe teams were seeded according to their coefficient ranking, calculated based on the following:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 54], "section_span": [56, 84], "content_span": [85, 181]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273254-0008-0000", "contents": "2017 UEFA European Under-21 Championship qualification, Qualifying group stage, Draw\nGroups 1\u20137 each contained one team from each of Pots A\u2013F, while Group 8\u20139 each contained one team from each of Pots A\u2013E. For political reasons, Azerbaijan and Armenia (due to the disputed status of Nagorno-Karabakh), as well as Russia and Ukraine (due to the Russian military intervention in Ukraine), could not be drawn in the same group.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 54], "section_span": [56, 84], "content_span": [85, 424]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273254-0009-0000", "contents": "2017 UEFA European Under-21 Championship qualification, Qualifying group stage, Ranking of second-placed teams\nTo determine the four best second-placed teams from the qualifying group stage which advance to the play-offs, only the results of the second-placed teams against the first, third, fourth and fifth-placed teams in their group are taken into account, while results against the sixth-placed team (for groups with six teams) are not included. As a result, eight matches played by each second-placed team will count for the purposes of determining the ranking.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 54], "section_span": [56, 110], "content_span": [111, 567]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273254-0010-0000", "contents": "2017 UEFA European Under-21 Championship qualification, Play-offs, Draw\nThe draw for the play-offs was held on 14 October 2016, 13:00 CEST (UTC+2), at the UEFA headquarters in Nyon, Switzerland.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 54], "section_span": [56, 71], "content_span": [72, 194]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273255-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 UEFA European Under-21 Championship qualification Group 1\nGroup 1 of the 2017 UEFA European Under-21 Championship qualifying competition consists of six teams: Czech Republic, Belgium, Montenegro, Moldova, Latvia, and Malta. The composition of the nine groups in the qualifying group stage was decided by the draw held on 5 February 2015.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 62], "section_span": [62, 62], "content_span": [63, 343]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273255-0001-0000", "contents": "2017 UEFA European Under-21 Championship qualification Group 1\nThe group is played in home-and-away round-robin format. The group winners qualify directly for the final tournament, while the runners-up advance to the play-offs if they are one of the four best runners-up among all nine groups (not counting results against the sixth-placed team).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 62], "section_span": [62, 62], "content_span": [63, 346]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273255-0002-0000", "contents": "2017 UEFA European Under-21 Championship qualification Group 1, Matches\nTimes are CEST (UTC+2) for dates between 29 March and 24 October 2015 and between 27 March and 29 October 2016, for other dates times are CET (UTC+1).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 62], "section_span": [64, 71], "content_span": [72, 222]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273256-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 UEFA European Under-21 Championship qualification Group 2\nGroup 2 of the 2017 UEFA European Under-21 Championship qualifying competition consists of six teams: Italy, Serbia, Slovenia, Republic of Ireland, Lithuania, and Andorra. The composition of the nine groups in the qualifying group stage was decided by the draw held on 5 February 2015.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 62], "section_span": [62, 62], "content_span": [63, 348]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273256-0001-0000", "contents": "2017 UEFA European Under-21 Championship qualification Group 2\nThe group is played in home-and-away round-robin format. The group winners qualify directly for the final tournament, while the runners-up advance to the play-offs if they are one of the four best runners-up among all nine groups (not counting results against the sixth-placed team).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 62], "section_span": [62, 62], "content_span": [63, 346]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273256-0002-0000", "contents": "2017 UEFA European Under-21 Championship qualification Group 2, Matches\nTimes are CEST (UTC+2) for dates between 29 March and 24 October 2015 and between 27 March and 29 October 2016, for other dates times are CET (UTC+1).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 62], "section_span": [64, 71], "content_span": [72, 222]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273257-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 UEFA European Under-21 Championship qualification Group 3\nGroup 3 of the 2017 UEFA European Under-21 Championship qualifying competition consists of six teams: France, Ukraine, Scotland, Iceland, Macedonia, and Northern Ireland. The composition of the nine groups in the qualifying group stage was decided by the draw held on 5 February 2015.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 62], "section_span": [62, 62], "content_span": [63, 347]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273257-0001-0000", "contents": "2017 UEFA European Under-21 Championship qualification Group 3\nThe group is played in home-and-away round-robin format. The group winners qualify directly for the final tournament, while the runners-up advance to the play-offs if they are one of the four best runners-up among all nine groups (not counting results against the sixth-placed team).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 62], "section_span": [62, 62], "content_span": [63, 346]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273257-0002-0000", "contents": "2017 UEFA European Under-21 Championship qualification Group 3, Matches\nTimes are CEST (UTC+2) for dates between 29 March and 24 October 2015 and between 27 March and 29 October 2016, for other dates times are CET (UTC+1).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 62], "section_span": [64, 71], "content_span": [72, 222]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273258-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 UEFA European Under-21 Championship qualification Group 4\nGroup 4 of the 2017 UEFA European Under-21 Championship qualifying competition consists of six teams: Portugal, Israel, Greece, Hungary, Albania, and Liechtenstein. The composition of the nine groups in the qualifying group stage was decided by the draw held on 5 February 2015.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 62], "section_span": [62, 62], "content_span": [63, 341]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273258-0001-0000", "contents": "2017 UEFA European Under-21 Championship qualification Group 4\nThe group is played in home-and-away round-robin format. The group winners qualify directly for the final tournament, while the runners-up advance to the play-offs if they are one of the four best runners-up among all nine groups (not counting results against the sixth-placed team).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 62], "section_span": [62, 62], "content_span": [63, 346]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273258-0002-0000", "contents": "2017 UEFA European Under-21 Championship qualification Group 4, Matches\nTimes are CEST (UTC+2) for dates between 29 March and 24 October 2015 and between 27 March and 29 October 2016, for other dates times are CET (UTC+1).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 62], "section_span": [64, 71], "content_span": [72, 222]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273259-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 UEFA European Under-21 Championship qualification Group 5\nGroup 5 of the 2017 UEFA European Under-21 Championship qualifying competition consists of six teams: Denmark, Romania, Armenia, Wales, Bulgaria, and Luxembourg. The composition of the nine groups in the qualifying group stage was decided by the draw held on 5 February 2015.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 62], "section_span": [62, 62], "content_span": [63, 338]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273259-0001-0000", "contents": "2017 UEFA European Under-21 Championship qualification Group 5\nThe group is played in home-and-away round-robin format. The group winners qualify directly for the final tournament, while the runners-up advance to the play-offs if they are one of the four best runners-up among all nine groups (not counting results against the sixth-placed team).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 62], "section_span": [62, 62], "content_span": [63, 346]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273259-0002-0000", "contents": "2017 UEFA European Under-21 Championship qualification Group 5, Matches\nTimes are CEST (UTC+2) for dates between 29 March and 24 October 2015 and between 27 March and 29 October 2016, for other dates times are CET (UTC+1).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 62], "section_span": [64, 71], "content_span": [72, 222]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273260-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 UEFA European Under-21 Championship qualification Group 6\nGroup 6 of the 2017 UEFA European Under-21 Championship qualifying competition consists of six teams: Spain, Sweden, Croatia, Georgia, Estonia, and San Marino. The composition of the nine groups in the qualifying group stage was decided by the draw held on 5 February 2015.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 62], "section_span": [62, 62], "content_span": [63, 336]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273260-0001-0000", "contents": "2017 UEFA European Under-21 Championship qualification Group 6\nThe group is played in home-and-away round-robin format. The group winners qualify directly for the final tournament, while the runners-up advance to the play-offs if they are one of the four best runners-up among all nine groups (not counting results against the sixth-placed team).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 62], "section_span": [62, 62], "content_span": [63, 346]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273260-0002-0000", "contents": "2017 UEFA European Under-21 Championship qualification Group 6, Matches\nTimes are CEST (UTC+2) for dates between 29 March and 24 October 2015 and between 27 March and 29 October 2016, for other dates times are CET (UTC+1).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 62], "section_span": [64, 71], "content_span": [72, 222]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273261-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 UEFA European Under-21 Championship qualification Group 7\nGroup 7 of the 2017 UEFA European Under-21 Championship qualifying competition consists of six teams: Germany, Russia, Austria, Finland, Azerbaijan, and Faroe Islands. The composition of the nine groups in the qualifying group stage was decided by the draw held on 5 February 2015.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 62], "section_span": [62, 62], "content_span": [63, 344]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273261-0001-0000", "contents": "2017 UEFA European Under-21 Championship qualification Group 7\nThe group is played in home-and-away round-robin format. The group winners qualify directly for the final tournament, while the runners-up advance to the play-offs if they are one of the four best runners-up among all nine groups (not counting results against the sixth-placed team).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 62], "section_span": [62, 62], "content_span": [63, 346]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273261-0002-0000", "contents": "2017 UEFA European Under-21 Championship qualification Group 7, Matches\nTimes are CEST (UTC+2) for dates between 29 March and 24 October 2015 and between 27 March and 29 October 2016, for other dates times are CET (UTC+1).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 62], "section_span": [64, 71], "content_span": [72, 222]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273262-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 UEFA European Under-21 Championship qualification Group 8\nGroup 8 of the 2017 UEFA European Under-21 Championship qualifying competition consists of five teams: Netherlands, Slovakia, Turkey, Belarus, and Cyprus. The composition of the nine groups in the qualifying group stage was decided by the draw held on 5 February 2015.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 62], "section_span": [62, 62], "content_span": [63, 331]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273262-0001-0000", "contents": "2017 UEFA European Under-21 Championship qualification Group 8\nThe group is played in home-and-away round-robin format. The group winners qualify directly for the final tournament, while the runners-up advance to the play-offs if they are one of the four best runners-up among all nine groups (not counting results against the sixth-placed team).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 62], "section_span": [62, 62], "content_span": [63, 346]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273262-0002-0000", "contents": "2017 UEFA European Under-21 Championship qualification Group 8, Matches\nTimes are CEST (UTC+2) for dates between 29 March and 24 October 2015 and between 27 March and 29 October 2016, for other dates times are CET (UTC+1).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 62], "section_span": [64, 71], "content_span": [72, 222]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273263-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 UEFA European Under-21 Championship qualification Group 9\nGroup 9 of the 2017 UEFA European Under-21 Championship qualifying competition consists of five teams: England, Switzerland, Norway, Bosnia and Herzegovina, and Kazakhstan. The composition of the nine groups in the qualifying group stage was decided by the draw held on 5 February 2015.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 62], "section_span": [62, 62], "content_span": [63, 349]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273263-0001-0000", "contents": "2017 UEFA European Under-21 Championship qualification Group 9\nThe group is played in home-and-away round-robin format. The group winners qualify directly for the final tournament, while the runners-up advance to the play-offs if they are one of the four best runners-up among all nine groups (not counting results against the sixth-placed team).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 62], "section_span": [62, 62], "content_span": [63, 346]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273263-0002-0000", "contents": "2017 UEFA European Under-21 Championship qualification Group 9, Matches\nTimes are CEST (UTC+2) for dates between 29 March and 24 October 2015 and between 27 March and 29 October 2016, for other dates times are CET (UTC+1).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 62], "section_span": [64, 71], "content_span": [72, 222]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273264-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 UEFA European Under-21 Championship qualification play-offs\nThe play-offs of the 2017 UEFA European Under-21 Championship qualifying competition involve the four runners-up with the best records among all nine groups in the qualifying group stage: Austria, Norway, Serbia, and Spain. The draw for the play-offs was held on 14 October 2016.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 64], "section_span": [64, 64], "content_span": [65, 344]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273264-0001-0000", "contents": "2017 UEFA European Under-21 Championship qualification play-offs\nThe play-offs are played in home-and-away two-legged format. The two play-off winners qualify for the final tournament.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 64], "section_span": [64, 64], "content_span": [65, 184]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273264-0002-0000", "contents": "2017 UEFA European Under-21 Championship qualification play-offs, Ranking of second-placed teams\nTo determine the four best second-placed teams from the qualifying group stage which advance to the play-offs, only the results of the second-placed teams against the first, third, fourth and fifth-placed teams in their group are taken into account, while results against the sixth-placed team (for groups with six teams) are not included. As a result, eight matches played by each second-placed team will count for the purposes of determining the ranking.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 64], "section_span": [66, 96], "content_span": [97, 553]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273265-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 UEFA European Under-21 Championship squads\nThe following is a list of squads for all twelve national teams that competed at the 2017 UEFA European Under-21 Championship. Each national team had to submit a final squad of 23 players, three of whom had to be goalkeepers.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 47], "section_span": [47, 47], "content_span": [48, 273]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273265-0001-0000", "contents": "2017 UEFA European Under-21 Championship squads\nPlayers in boldface were capped at full international level prior to the start of the tournament.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 47], "section_span": [47, 47], "content_span": [48, 145]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273265-0002-0000", "contents": "2017 UEFA European Under-21 Championship squads\nAge, caps, goals and club as of 16 June 2017.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 47], "section_span": [47, 47], "content_span": [48, 93]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273265-0003-0000", "contents": "2017 UEFA European Under-21 Championship squads, Group A, Poland\nPoland named their final squad on 2 June 2017. Head coach: Marcin Dorna", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 47], "section_span": [49, 64], "content_span": [65, 136]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273265-0004-0000", "contents": "2017 UEFA European Under-21 Championship squads, Group A, Sweden\nSweden named their final squad on 30 May 2017. On 6 June 2017, defender Pa Konate was ruled out of the tournament after a thigh injury, and was replaced by defender Egzon Binaku.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 47], "section_span": [49, 64], "content_span": [65, 243]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273265-0005-0000", "contents": "2017 UEFA European Under-21 Championship squads, Group C, Germany\nJonathan Tah withdrew from the squad due to injury and was replaced by Waldemar Anton.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 47], "section_span": [49, 65], "content_span": [66, 152]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273266-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 UEFA Regions' Cup\nThe 2017 UEFA Regions' Cup was the 10th edition of the UEFA Regions' Cup, a football competition for amateur teams in Europe organized by UEFA.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [22, 22], "content_span": [23, 166]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273266-0001-0000", "contents": "2017 UEFA Regions' Cup\nZagreb, which lost to Leinster/Munster (Eastern Region) in the previous edition's final, defeated Munster/Connacht (Region 2), also from the Republic of Ireland, in this edition's final to become the first team from Croatia to win the UEFA Regions' Cup.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [22, 22], "content_span": [23, 276]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273266-0002-0000", "contents": "2017 UEFA Regions' Cup, Teams\nA total of 38 teams entered the tournament. Each of the 54 UEFA member associations could enter a regional amateur representative team which qualified through a national qualifying competition, or when applicable, their national amateur representative team.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 29], "content_span": [30, 287]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273266-0003-0000", "contents": "2017 UEFA Regions' Cup, Teams\nTeams were ranked according to their UEFA coefficients, computed based on results of the last three seasons, to decide on the round they entered. The top 30 teams entered the intermediate round, and the bottom 8 teams (ranked 31\u201338) entered the preliminary round.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 29], "content_span": [30, 293]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273266-0004-0000", "contents": "2017 UEFA Regions' Cup, Teams\nThe draws for the preliminary round and intermediate round were held on 3 December 2015, 14:00 CET (UTC+1), at the UEFA headquarters in Nyon, Switzerland. The mechanism of the draws for each round was as follows:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 29], "content_span": [30, 242]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273266-0005-0000", "contents": "2017 UEFA Regions' Cup, Format\nIn the preliminary round and intermediate round, each group is played as a round-robin mini-tournament at one of the teams selected as hosts after the draw.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 30], "content_span": [31, 187]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273266-0006-0000", "contents": "2017 UEFA Regions' Cup, Format\nIn the final tournament, the eight qualified teams play a group stage (two groups of four) followed by the final between the group winners, at a host selected by UEFA from one of the teams.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 30], "content_span": [31, 220]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273266-0007-0000", "contents": "2017 UEFA Regions' Cup, Format, Tiebreakers\nIn the preliminary round, intermediate round, and group stage of the final tournament, teams are ranked according to points (3 points for a win, 1 point for a draw, 0 points for a loss), and if tied on points, the following tiebreaking criteria are applied, in the order given, to determine the rankings (regulations Articles 14.01, 14.02, 16.01 and 16.02):", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 43], "content_span": [44, 401]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273266-0008-0000", "contents": "2017 UEFA Regions' Cup, Preliminary round\nThe two group winners advance to the intermediate round to join the 30 teams which receive byes to the intermediate round. Matches must be played between 1 May and 31 July 2016.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 41], "content_span": [42, 219]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273266-0009-0000", "contents": "2017 UEFA Regions' Cup, Intermediate round\nThe eight group winners advance to the final tournament. Matches must be played between 15 August and 15 December 2016.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 42], "content_span": [43, 162]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273266-0010-0000", "contents": "2017 UEFA Regions' Cup, Intermediate round\nTimes up to 29 October 2016 are CEST (UTC+2), thereafter times are CET (UTC+1).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 42], "content_span": [43, 122]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273266-0011-0000", "contents": "2017 UEFA Regions' Cup, Final tournament\nThe hosts of the final tournament was selected by UEFA from the eight qualified teams, with UEFA announcing on 21 December 2016 that it would be hosted in Istanbul, Turkey between 1 and 9 July 2017.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 40], "content_span": [41, 239]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273266-0012-0000", "contents": "2017 UEFA Regions' Cup, Final tournament\nThe draw for the final tournament was held on 2 March 2017, 17:00 TRT (UTC+3), at the Turkish Football Federation headquarters in Istanbul. The eight teams were drawn into two groups of four without any seeding, except that the hosts were assigned to position A1 in the draw. Based on the decisions taken by the UEFA Emergency Panel, teams from Russia and Ukraine would not be drawn into the same group. The final tournament schedule was confirmed on 4 May 2017.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 40], "content_span": [41, 503]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273266-0013-0000", "contents": "2017 UEFA Regions' Cup, Final tournament\nThe two group winners advance to the final, while the two group runners-up receive bronze medals. In the final, extra time and penalty shoot-out are used to decide the winner if necessary.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 40], "content_span": [41, 229]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273266-0014-0000", "contents": "2017 UEFA Regions' Cup, Final tournament\nAll times are CEST (UTC+2); local times, TRT (UTC+3), are in parentheses.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 40], "content_span": [41, 114]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273267-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 UEFA Super Cup\nThe 2017 UEFA Super Cup was the 42nd edition of the UEFA Super Cup, an annual football match organised by UEFA and contested by the reigning champions of the two main European club competitions, the UEFA Champions League and the UEFA Europa League. The match featured Spanish side Real Madrid, the title holders and winners of the 2016\u201317 UEFA Champions League, and English side Manchester United, the winners of the 2016\u201317 UEFA Europa League. The match was played at the Philip II Arena in Skopje, Macedonia, on 8 August 2017, and was the first UEFA final staged in the country.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [19, 19], "content_span": [20, 600]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273267-0001-0000", "contents": "2017 UEFA Super Cup\nReal Madrid won the match 2\u20131 for their second consecutive and fourth overall UEFA Super Cup title.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [19, 19], "content_span": [20, 119]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273267-0002-0000", "contents": "2017 UEFA Super Cup, Teams\nWhile the two teams had never met in the Super Cup, they had met 10 times in the European Champion Clubs' Cup/UEFA Champions League; Real Madrid had the advantage in the teams' previous meetings, with four wins, four draws and two losses.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 26], "content_span": [27, 265]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273267-0003-0000", "contents": "2017 UEFA Super Cup, Venue\nThe Philip II Arena was announced as the final venue on 30 June 2015, following the decision of the UEFA Executive Committee meeting in Prague, Czech Republic.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 26], "content_span": [27, 186]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273267-0004-0000", "contents": "2017 UEFA Super Cup, Pre-match, Ticketing\nWith a stadium capacity of 30,500 for the match, a total number of 23,000 tickets were available to fans and the general public, being available for sale to fans worldwide via UEFA.com from 13 June to 4 July 2017 in three price categories: \u20ac50, \u20ac30, and \u20ac15. The remaining tickets were allocated to the local organising committee, UEFA and national associations, commercial partners and broadcasters.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 41], "content_span": [42, 442]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273267-0005-0000", "contents": "2017 UEFA Super Cup, Match, Officials\nItalian referee Gianluca Rocchi was announced as the referee by UEFA on 20 July 2017.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 37], "content_span": [38, 123]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273267-0006-0000", "contents": "2017 UEFA Super Cup, Match, Summary\nIn the 16th minute, Casemiro headed against the bar after a corner from the left-hand side by Toni Kroos, before opening the scoring eight minutes later with a left-footed strike after a pass into the box from Dani Carvajal. Isco made it 2\u20130 in the 52nd minute when he side-footed the ball into the bottom corner of the net from six yards after a pass from Gareth Bale. In the 61st minute, Bale hit the bar with a shot from the right of the penalty area. Romelu Lukaku pulled a goal back for Manchester United a minute later when he followed up on an initial shot from Nemanja Mati\u0107, which was parried back into his path by Keylor Navas.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 35], "content_span": [36, 673]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273267-0007-0000", "contents": "2017 UEFA Super Cup, Match, Details\nThe Champions League winners were designated as the \"home\" team for administrative purposes.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 35], "content_span": [36, 128]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273267-0008-0000", "contents": "2017 UEFA Super Cup, Match, Details\nAssistant referees:Elenito Di Liberatore (Italy)Mauro Tonolini (Italy)Fourth official:Cl\u00e9ment Turpin (France)Additional assistant referees:Davide Massa (Italy)Massimiliano Irrati (Italy)Reserve assistant referee:Riccardo Di Fiore (Italy)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 35], "content_span": [36, 273]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273268-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 UEFA Women's Champions League Final\nThe 2017 UEFA Women's Champions League Final was the final match of the 2016\u201317 UEFA Women's Champions League, the 16th season of Europe's premier women's club football tournament organised by UEFA, and the eighth season since it was renamed from the UEFA Women's Cup to the UEFA Women's Champions League. It was played at the Cardiff City Stadium in Cardiff, Wales, on 1 June 2017, between two French sides Lyon and Paris Saint-Germain.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [40, 40], "content_span": [41, 478]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273268-0001-0000", "contents": "2017 UEFA Women's Champions League Final\nLyon won the final 7\u20136 on penalties after a goalless draw, giving them their fourth title, equalling Frankfurt's record, and became the first team to retain the title twice.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [40, 40], "content_span": [41, 214]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273268-0002-0000", "contents": "2017 UEFA Women's Champions League Final, Teams\nIn the following table, finals until 2009 were in the UEFA Women's Cup era, since 2010 were in the UEFA Women's Champions League era.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 47], "content_span": [48, 181]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273268-0003-0000", "contents": "2017 UEFA Women's Champions League Final, Venue\nThe Cardiff City Stadium was announced as the final venue on 30 June 2015, following the decision of the UEFA Executive Committee meeting in Prague, Czech Republic to award the men's and women's Champions League finals to Cardiff.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 47], "content_span": [48, 278]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273268-0004-0000", "contents": "2017 UEFA Women's Champions League Final, Background\nThe final was the first all-French final and the first featuring teams from the same country since two German teams met in the 2006 final, as well as the first not to feature German teams since the 2007 final and the first ever not to feature either German or Swedish teams.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 52], "content_span": [53, 327]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273268-0005-0000", "contents": "2017 UEFA Women's Champions League Final, Background\nThis was Lyon's sixth final after winning in 2011, 2012 and 2016 and losing in 2010 and 2013, while this was Paris Saint-Germain's second final after losing in 2015.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 52], "content_span": [53, 218]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273268-0006-0000", "contents": "2017 UEFA Women's Champions League Final, Road to the final\nNote: In all results below, the score of the finalist is given first (H: home; A: away).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 59], "content_span": [60, 148]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273268-0007-0000", "contents": "2017 UEFA Women's Champions League Final, Pre-match, Ambassador\nThe ambassador for the final was former Welsh international player Jayne Ludlow, who won the UEFA Women's Cup in 2007 with Arsenal.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 63], "content_span": [64, 195]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273268-0008-0000", "contents": "2017 UEFA Women's Champions League Final, Pre-match, Ticketing\nTickets were available on sale for \u00a36 (adults) and \u00a33 (children 16 and under).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 62], "content_span": [63, 141]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273268-0009-0000", "contents": "2017 UEFA Women's Champions League Final, Match, Officials\nGerman referee Bibiana Steinhaus was announced as the final referee by UEFA on 12 May 2017.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 58], "content_span": [59, 150]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273268-0010-0000", "contents": "2017 UEFA Women's Champions League Final, Match, Details\nThe \"home\" team (for administrative purposes) was determined by an additional draw held after the quarter-final and semi-final draws, which was held on 25 November 2016 at UEFA headquarters in Nyon, Switzerland.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 56], "content_span": [57, 268]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273268-0011-0000", "contents": "2017 UEFA Women's Champions League Final, Match, Details\nAssistant referees:Christina Biehl (Germany)Katrin Rafalski (Germany)Fourth official:Riem Hussein (Germany)Reserve official:Ella De Vries (Belgium)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 56], "content_span": [57, 204]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273269-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 UEFA Women's Under-17 Championship\nThe 2017 UEFA Women's Under-17 Championship (also known as UEFA Women's Under-17 Euro 2017) was the 10th edition of the UEFA Women's Under-17 Championship, the annual international youth football championship organised by UEFA for the women's under-17 national teams of Europe. The Czech Republic, which were selected by UEFA on 26 January 2015, hosted the tournament.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [39, 39], "content_span": [40, 408]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273269-0001-0000", "contents": "2017 UEFA Women's Under-17 Championship\nA total of eight teams played in the tournament, with players born on or after 1 January 2000 eligible to participate. Each match had a duration of 80 minutes, consisting of two halves of 40 minutes with a 15-minute half-time.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [39, 39], "content_span": [40, 266]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273269-0002-0000", "contents": "2017 UEFA Women's Under-17 Championship, Qualification\nA total of 46 UEFA nations entered the competition (including Malta who entered for the first time), and with the hosts Czech Republic qualifying automatically, the other 45 teams competed in the qualifying competition to determine the remaining seven spots in the final tournament. The qualifying competition consisted of two rounds: Qualifying round, which took place in autumn 2016, and Elite round, which took place in spring 2017.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 54], "content_span": [55, 490]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273269-0003-0000", "contents": "2017 UEFA Women's Under-17 Championship, Qualification, Final draw\nThe final draw was held on 7 April 2017, 10:00 CEST (UTC+2), at the Park Hotel in Plze\u0148, Czech Republic. The eight teams were drawn into two groups of four teams. There was no seeding, except that hosts Czech Republic were assigned to position A1 in the draw.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 66], "content_span": [67, 326]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273269-0004-0000", "contents": "2017 UEFA Women's Under-17 Championship, Match officials\nA total of 6 referees, 8 assistant referees and 2 fourth officials were appointed for the final tournament.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 56], "content_span": [57, 164]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273269-0005-0000", "contents": "2017 UEFA Women's Under-17 Championship, Squads\nEach national team have to submit a squad of 18 players.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 47], "content_span": [48, 104]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273269-0006-0000", "contents": "2017 UEFA Women's Under-17 Championship, Group stage\nThe final tournament schedule was confirmed on 11 April 2017.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 52], "content_span": [53, 114]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273269-0007-0000", "contents": "2017 UEFA Women's Under-17 Championship, Group stage\nThe teams are ranked according to points (3 points for a win, 1 point for a draw, 0 points for a loss). If two or more teams are equal on points on completion of the group matches, the following tie-breaking criteria are applied, in the order given, to determine the rankings (Regulations Articles 17.01 and 17.02):", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 52], "content_span": [53, 368]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273269-0008-0000", "contents": "2017 UEFA Women's Under-17 Championship, Knockout stage\nIn the knockout stage, penalty shoot-out is used to decide the winner if necessary (no extra time is played).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 55], "content_span": [56, 165]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273269-0009-0000", "contents": "2017 UEFA Women's Under-17 Championship, Knockout stage\nAs part of a trial sanctioned by the IFAB to reduce the advantage of the team shooting first in a penalty shoot-out, a different sequence of taking penalties, known as \"ABBA\", that mirrors the serving sequence in a tennis tiebreak would be used if a penalty shoot-out was needed (team A kicks first, team B kicks second):", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 55], "content_span": [56, 377]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273269-0010-0000", "contents": "2017 UEFA Women's Under-17 Championship, Knockout stage\nThe penalty shoot-out in the semi-final between Germany and Norway was the first ever to implement this new system.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 55], "content_span": [56, 171]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273269-0011-0000", "contents": "2017 UEFA Women's Under-17 Championship, Knockout stage\nThere is no third place match for this edition of the tournament as it is not used as a qualifier for the FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup (since expansion to eight teams).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 55], "content_span": [56, 223]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273270-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 UEFA Women's Under-17 Championship qualification\nThe 2017 UEFA Women's Under-17 Championship qualifying competition was a women's under-17 football competition that determined the seven teams joining the automatically qualified hosts Czech Republic in the 2017 UEFA Women's Under-17 Championship final tournament.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 53], "section_span": [53, 53], "content_span": [54, 318]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273270-0001-0000", "contents": "2017 UEFA Women's Under-17 Championship qualification\nA total of 45 UEFA member national teams entered the qualifying competition (including Malta who entered for the first time). Players born on or after 1 January 2000 are eligible to participate. Each match has a duration of 80 minutes, consisting of two halves of 40 minutes with a 15-minute half-time.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 53], "section_span": [53, 53], "content_span": [54, 356]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273270-0002-0000", "contents": "2017 UEFA Women's Under-17 Championship qualification, Format, Tiebreakers\nThe teams are ranked according to points (3 points for a win, 1 point for a draw, 0 points for a loss). If two or more teams are equal on points on completion of a mini-tournament, the following tie-breaking criteria are applied, in the order given, to determine the rankings (Regulations Articles 14.01 and 14.02):", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 53], "section_span": [55, 74], "content_span": [75, 390]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273270-0003-0000", "contents": "2017 UEFA Women's Under-17 Championship qualification, Format, Tiebreakers\nTo determine the best third-placed team from the qualifying round and the best runner-up from the elite round, the results against the teams in fourth place are discarded. The following criteria are applied (Regulations Article 15.01):", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 53], "section_span": [55, 74], "content_span": [75, 310]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273270-0004-0000", "contents": "2017 UEFA Women's Under-17 Championship qualification, Qualifying round, Draw\nThe draw for the qualifying round was held on 13 November 2015, 08:40 CET (UTC+1), at the UEFA headquarters in Nyon, Switzerland.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 53], "section_span": [55, 77], "content_span": [78, 207]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273270-0005-0000", "contents": "2017 UEFA Women's Under-17 Championship qualification, Qualifying round, Draw\nThe teams were seeded according to their coefficient ranking, calculated based on the following:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 53], "section_span": [55, 77], "content_span": [78, 174]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273270-0006-0000", "contents": "2017 UEFA Women's Under-17 Championship qualification, Qualifying round, Draw\nEach group contained one team from Pot A, one team from Pot B, one team from Pot C, and one team from Pot D. For political reasons, Russia and Ukraine (due to the Russian military intervention in Ukraine) could not be drawn in the same group.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 53], "section_span": [55, 77], "content_span": [78, 320]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273270-0007-0000", "contents": "2017 UEFA Women's Under-17 Championship qualification, Qualifying round, Groups\nThe qualifying round must be played between 1 September and 31 October 2016.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 53], "section_span": [55, 79], "content_span": [80, 156]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273270-0008-0000", "contents": "2017 UEFA Women's Under-17 Championship qualification, Qualifying round, Groups\nTimes up to 29 October 2016 are CEST (UTC+2), thereafter times are CET (UTC+1).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 53], "section_span": [55, 79], "content_span": [80, 159]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273270-0009-0000", "contents": "2017 UEFA Women's Under-17 Championship qualification, Qualifying round, Ranking of third-placed teams\nTo determine the best third-placed team from the qualifying round which advance to the elite round, only the results of the third-placed teams against the first and second-placed teams in their group are taken into account.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 53], "section_span": [55, 102], "content_span": [103, 326]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273270-0010-0000", "contents": "2017 UEFA Women's Under-17 Championship qualification, Elite round, Draw\nThe draw for the elite round was held on 11 November 2016, 11:40 CET (UTC+1), at the UEFA headquarters in Nyon, Switzerland.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 53], "section_span": [55, 72], "content_span": [73, 197]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273270-0011-0000", "contents": "2017 UEFA Women's Under-17 Championship qualification, Elite round, Draw\nThe teams were seeded according to their results in the qualifying round. Spain, which received a bye to the elite round, were automatically seeded into Pot A. Each group contained one team from Pot A, one team from Pot B, one team from Pot C, and one team from Pot D. Teams from the same qualifying round group could not be drawn in the same group.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 53], "section_span": [55, 72], "content_span": [73, 422]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273270-0012-0000", "contents": "2017 UEFA Women's Under-17 Championship qualification, Elite round, Groups\nThe elite round must be played between 1 February and 2 April 2017.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 53], "section_span": [55, 74], "content_span": [75, 142]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273270-0013-0000", "contents": "2017 UEFA Women's Under-17 Championship qualification, Elite round, Groups\nTimes up to 25 March 2017 are CET (UTC+1), thereafter times are CEST (UTC+2).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 53], "section_span": [55, 74], "content_span": [75, 152]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273270-0014-0000", "contents": "2017 UEFA Women's Under-17 Championship qualification, Elite round, Ranking of second-placed teams\nTo determine the best second-placed team from the elite round which qualify for the final tournament, only the results of the second-placed teams against the first and third-placed teams in their group are taken into account.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 53], "section_span": [55, 98], "content_span": [99, 324]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273270-0015-0000", "contents": "2017 UEFA Women's Under-17 Championship qualification, Top goalscorers\nThe following players scored four goals or more in the qualifying competition:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 53], "section_span": [55, 70], "content_span": [71, 149]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273271-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 UEFA Women's Under-19 Championship\nThe 2017 UEFA Women's Under-19 Championship (also known as UEFA Women's Under-19 Euro 2017) was the 16th edition of the UEFA Women's Under-19 Championship (20th edition if the Under-18 era is included), the annual international youth football championship organised by UEFA for the women's under-19 national teams of Europe. Northern Ireland was selected by UEFA on 26 January 2015 as the host country for the tournament.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [39, 39], "content_span": [40, 461]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273271-0001-0000", "contents": "2017 UEFA Women's Under-19 Championship\nA total of eight teams played in the tournament, with players born on or after 1 January 1998 eligible to participate.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [39, 39], "content_span": [40, 158]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273271-0002-0000", "contents": "2017 UEFA Women's Under-19 Championship\nSame as previous editions held in odd-numbered years, the tournament acts as the UEFA qualifiers for the FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup. The top four teams of the tournament qualified for the 2018 FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup in France as the UEFA representatives, besides France who qualified automatically as hosts.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [39, 39], "content_span": [40, 353]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273271-0003-0000", "contents": "2017 UEFA Women's Under-19 Championship, Qualification\nA total of 48 UEFA nations entered the competition, and with the hosts Northern Ireland qualifying automatically, the other 47 teams competed in the qualifying competition to determine the remaining seven spots in the final tournament. The qualifying competition consisted of two rounds: Qualifying round, which took place in autumn 2016, and Elite round, which took place in spring 2017.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 54], "content_span": [55, 443]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273271-0004-0000", "contents": "2017 UEFA Women's Under-19 Championship, Qualification, Qualified teams\nNote: All appearance statistics include only U-19 era (since 2002).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 71], "content_span": [72, 139]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273271-0005-0000", "contents": "2017 UEFA Women's Under-19 Championship, Qualification, Final draw\nThe final draw was held on 22 June 2017, 15:00 BST (UTC+1), at the Belfast City Hall in Belfast, Northern Ireland. The eight teams were drawn into two groups of four teams. There was no seeding, except that hosts Northern Ireland were assigned to position A1 in the draw.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 66], "content_span": [67, 338]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273271-0006-0000", "contents": "2017 UEFA Women's Under-19 Championship, Squads\nEach national team have to submit a squad of 18 players.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 47], "content_span": [48, 104]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273271-0007-0000", "contents": "2017 UEFA Women's Under-19 Championship, Match officials\nA total of 6 referees, 8 assistant referees and 2 fourth officials were appointed for the final tournament.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 56], "content_span": [57, 164]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273271-0008-0000", "contents": "2017 UEFA Women's Under-19 Championship, Group stage\nThe final tournament schedule was confirmed on 22 June 2017.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 52], "content_span": [53, 113]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273271-0009-0000", "contents": "2017 UEFA Women's Under-19 Championship, Group stage\nThe group winners and runners-up advance to the semi-finals and qualify for the 2018 FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 52], "content_span": [53, 166]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273271-0010-0000", "contents": "2017 UEFA Women's Under-19 Championship, Group stage\nThe teams are ranked according to points (3 points for a win, 1 point for a draw, 0 points for a loss). If two or more teams are equal on points on completion of the group matches, the following tie-breaking criteria are applied, in the order given, to determine the rankings (Regulations Articles 17.01 and 17.02):", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 52], "content_span": [53, 368]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273271-0011-0000", "contents": "2017 UEFA Women's Under-19 Championship, Knockout stage\nIn the knockout stage, extra time and penalty shoot-out are used to decide the winner if necessary.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 55], "content_span": [56, 155]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273271-0012-0000", "contents": "2017 UEFA Women's Under-19 Championship, Knockout stage\nOn 2 May 2016, the UEFA Executive Committee agreed that the competition would be part of the International Football Association Board (IFAB)'s trial to allow a fourth substitute to be made during extra time. On 1 June 2017, it was also announced as part of a trial sanctioned by the IFAB to reduce the advantage of the team shooting first in a penalty shoot-out, a different sequence of taking penalties, known as \"ABBA\", that mirrors the serving sequence in a tennis tiebreak would be used if a penalty shoot-out was needed (team A kicks first, team B kicks second):", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 55], "content_span": [56, 623]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273271-0013-0000", "contents": "2017 UEFA Women's Under-19 Championship, Goalscorers\nNote: Goals scored in the FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup play-off are included in this list, but are not counted by UEFA for statistical purposes.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 52], "content_span": [53, 196]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273271-0014-0000", "contents": "2017 UEFA Women's Under-19 Championship, Qualified teams for FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup\nThe following five teams from UEFA qualified for the 2018 FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup, including France which qualified as hosts.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 88], "content_span": [89, 218]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273272-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 UEFA Women's Under-19 Championship qualification\nThe 2017 UEFA Women's Under-19 Championship qualifying competition was a women's under-19 football competition that determined the seven teams joining the automatically qualified hosts Northern Ireland in the 2017 UEFA Women's Under-19 Championship final tournament.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 53], "section_span": [53, 53], "content_span": [54, 320]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273272-0001-0000", "contents": "2017 UEFA Women's Under-19 Championship qualification\nA total of 47 UEFA member national teams entered the qualifying competition. Players born on or after 1 January 1998 are eligible to participate.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 53], "section_span": [53, 53], "content_span": [54, 199]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273272-0002-0000", "contents": "2017 UEFA Women's Under-19 Championship qualification, Format, Tiebreakers\nThe teams are ranked according to points (3 points for a win, 1 point for a draw, 0 points for a loss). If two or more teams are equal on points on completion of a mini-tournament, the following tie-breaking criteria are applied, in the order given, to determine the rankings (Regulations Articles 14.01 and 14.02):", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 53], "section_span": [55, 74], "content_span": [75, 390]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273272-0003-0000", "contents": "2017 UEFA Women's Under-19 Championship qualification, Format, Tiebreakers\nTo determine the ten best runners-up from the qualifying round and the best runner-up from the elite round, the results against the teams in fourth place are discarded. The following criteria are applied (Regulations Article 15.01):", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 53], "section_span": [55, 74], "content_span": [75, 307]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273272-0004-0000", "contents": "2017 UEFA Women's Under-19 Championship qualification, Qualifying round, Draw\nThe draw for the qualifying round was held on 13 November 2015, 09:55 CET (UTC+1), at the UEFA headquarters in Nyon, Switzerland.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 53], "section_span": [55, 77], "content_span": [78, 207]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273272-0005-0000", "contents": "2017 UEFA Women's Under-19 Championship qualification, Qualifying round, Draw\nThe teams were seeded according to their coefficient ranking, calculated based on the following:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 53], "section_span": [55, 77], "content_span": [78, 174]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273272-0006-0000", "contents": "2017 UEFA Women's Under-19 Championship qualification, Qualifying round, Draw\nEach group contained one team from Pot A, one team from Pot B, one team from Pot C, and one team from Pot D. For political reasons, Armenia and Azerbaijan (due to the disputed status of Nagorno-Karabakh), as well as Russia and Ukraine (due to the Russian military intervention in Ukraine), could not be drawn in the same group.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 53], "section_span": [55, 77], "content_span": [78, 405]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273272-0007-0000", "contents": "2017 UEFA Women's Under-19 Championship qualification, Qualifying round, Groups\nThe qualifying round must be played on the following FIFA International Match Calendar dates unless all four teams agree to play on another date:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 53], "section_span": [55, 79], "content_span": [80, 225]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273272-0008-0000", "contents": "2017 UEFA Women's Under-19 Championship qualification, Qualifying round, Groups, Group 4\nThe Serbia v Scotland match was not played as scheduled due to illness within the Scotland squad. The match was awarded by UEFA as a 3\u20130 win for Serbia due to Scotland's \"refusal to play\" the match.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 53], "section_span": [55, 88], "content_span": [89, 287]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273272-0009-0000", "contents": "2017 UEFA Women's Under-19 Championship qualification, Qualifying round, Groups, Group 9\nThe Croatia v Czech Republic match was completed with a 0\u20137 scoreline before a default victory was awarded.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 53], "section_span": [55, 88], "content_span": [89, 196]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273272-0010-0000", "contents": "2017 UEFA Women's Under-19 Championship qualification, Qualifying round, Ranking of second-placed teams\nTo determine the ten best second-placed teams from the qualifying round which advance to the elite round, only the results of the second-placed teams against the first and third-placed teams in their group are taken into account.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 53], "section_span": [55, 103], "content_span": [104, 333]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273272-0011-0000", "contents": "2017 UEFA Women's Under-19 Championship qualification, Elite round, Draw\nThe draw for the elite round was held on 11 November 2016, 11:00 CET (UTC+1), at the UEFA headquarters in Nyon, Switzerland.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 53], "section_span": [55, 72], "content_span": [73, 197]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273272-0012-0000", "contents": "2017 UEFA Women's Under-19 Championship qualification, Elite round, Draw\nThe teams were seeded according to their results in the qualifying round. France, England and Germany, which received byes to the elite round, were automatically seeded into Pot A. Each group contained one team from Pot A, one team from Pot B, one team from Pot C, and one team from Pot D. Teams from the same qualifying round group could not be drawn in the same group.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 53], "section_span": [55, 72], "content_span": [73, 443]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273272-0013-0000", "contents": "2017 UEFA Women's Under-19 Championship qualification, Elite round, Groups\nThe elite round must be played on the following FIFA International Match Calendar dates unless all four teams agree to play on another date:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 53], "section_span": [55, 74], "content_span": [75, 215]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273272-0014-0000", "contents": "2017 UEFA Women's Under-19 Championship qualification, Elite round, Groups, Group 1\nThe Belgium v Russia match was completed with a 3\u20130 scoreline before a default victory was awarded.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 53], "section_span": [55, 83], "content_span": [84, 183]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273272-0015-0000", "contents": "2017 UEFA Women's Under-19 Championship qualification, Elite round, Ranking of second-placed teams\nTo determine the best second-placed team from the elite round which qualify for the final tournament, only the results of the second-placed teams against the first and third-placed teams in their group are taken into account.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 53], "section_span": [55, 98], "content_span": [99, 324]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273272-0016-0000", "contents": "2017 UEFA Women's Under-19 Championship qualification, Top goalscorers\nThe following players scored four goals or more in the qualifying competition:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 53], "section_span": [55, 70], "content_span": [71, 149]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273273-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 UEFA Youth League Final\nThe 2017 UEFA Youth League Final was the final match of the 2016\u201317 UEFA Youth League, the 4th season of the youth club football tournament. It was played at the Colovray Stadium in Nyon, Switzerland on 24 April 2017, between Portuguese side Benfica and Austrian side Red Bull Salzburg.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [28, 28], "content_span": [29, 315]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273273-0001-0000", "contents": "2017 UEFA Youth League Final, Road to the final\nNote: In all results below, the score of the finalist is given first (H: home; A: away).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 47], "content_span": [48, 136]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273274-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 UEFA Youth Olympic Futsal Qualifying Tournament\nThe 2017 UEFA Youth Olympic Futsal Qualifying Tournament was an international youth futsal competition organised by UEFA as qualifying for the futsal tournament at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics in Buenos Aires. Two under-18 national teams each from Europe qualify for the boys' tournament and the girls' tournament.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 52], "section_span": [52, 52], "content_span": [53, 369]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273274-0001-0000", "contents": "2017 UEFA Youth Olympic Futsal Qualifying Tournament\nPlayers born between 1 January 2000 and 31 December 2003 were eligible to compete in the tournament, which was played in various venues between 1\u20134 November 2017.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 52], "section_span": [52, 52], "content_span": [53, 215]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273274-0002-0000", "contents": "2017 UEFA Youth Olympic Futsal Qualifying Tournament, Format\nThe teams were drawn into groups of four teams (four groups for men's, two groups for women's). Each group was played in single round-robin format at one of the teams which were selected as hosts.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 52], "section_span": [54, 60], "content_span": [61, 257]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273274-0003-0000", "contents": "2017 UEFA Youth Olympic Futsal Qualifying Tournament, Men's tournament\nThe top 16 (out of 55) UEFA members in the UEFA men's futsal rankings were invited to the tournament.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 52], "section_span": [54, 70], "content_span": [71, 172]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273274-0004-0000", "contents": "2017 UEFA Youth Olympic Futsal Qualifying Tournament, Women's tournament\nThe top eight (out of 55) UEFA members in the UEFA men's futsal rankings were invited to the tournament.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 52], "section_span": [54, 72], "content_span": [73, 177]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273274-0005-0000", "contents": "2017 UEFA Youth Olympic Futsal Qualifying Tournament, Qualified teams for Youth Olympics\nThe following two teams from UEFA qualified for the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics boys' futsal tournament.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 52], "section_span": [54, 88], "content_span": [89, 192]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273274-0006-0000", "contents": "2017 UEFA Youth Olympic Futsal Qualifying Tournament, Qualified teams for Youth Olympics\nThe following two teams from UEFA qualified for the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics girls' futsal tournament.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 52], "section_span": [54, 88], "content_span": [89, 193]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273275-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 UK & Ireland Greyhound Racing Year\nThe 2017 UK & Ireland Greyhound Racing Year was the 92nd year of greyhound racing in the United Kingdom and Ireland.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [39, 39], "content_span": [40, 156]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273275-0001-0000", "contents": "2017 UK & Ireland Greyhound Racing Year, Summary, Wimbledon and Hall Green\nThe year was best known for the closure of the GRA operated tracks of Wimbledon Stadium and Hall Green Stadium. Wimbledon closed on 25 March. Wimbledon's sister track Hall Green, owned by Euro Property Investments Ltd, closed on 29 July and will be demolished.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 74], "content_span": [75, 335]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273275-0002-0000", "contents": "2017 UK & Ireland Greyhound Racing Year, Summary, Towcester Derby\nThe premier competition of the year, the English Greyhound Derby, was held at Towcester on 1 July, the first time in the competition's history that it was held outside of London. It was won by 28-1 shot Astute Missile; the outsider of the six in the final.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 65], "content_span": [66, 322]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273275-0003-0000", "contents": "2017 UK & Ireland Greyhound Racing Year, Summary, Irish protests\nIn Ireland continuing protests by the DGOBA resulted in a suspension of racing at Shelbourne Park for five months and the cancellation of several major events. The protest was over the February closure of Harold's Cross Stadium. The Irish Derby held in September was won by the Patrick Guilfoyle trained Good News.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 64], "content_span": [65, 379]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273275-0004-0000", "contents": "2017 UK & Ireland Greyhound Racing Year, Summary, Streaming Rights & Bookmakers\nThe industry experienced a battle for broadcasting and streaming rights between Satellite Information Services (SIS) and the Arena Racing Company (ARC). Each signed up various tracks to enable them to produce fixtures for the bookmaking chains, the latter ARC even bought two tracks (Sunderland and Newcastle) from William Hill in May. Ladbrokes and Gala Coral merged to become Ladbrokes Coral.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 79], "content_span": [80, 474]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273275-0005-0000", "contents": "2017 UK & Ireland Greyhound Racing Year, Summary, Other News\nOne of the sports leading events, the Laurels, switched from the GRA and Belle Vue to Newcastle. The move was seen as positive with high hopes that the race could regain some of its former glory and increase its prize fund. Mark Wallis extended his champion trainer trophy record to nine.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 60], "content_span": [61, 349]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273276-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 UK Championship\nThe 2017 UK Championship was a professional ranking snooker tournament that took place from 28 November to 10 December 2017 at the Barbican Centre in York, England. The event was the 41st edition of the UK Championship, first held in 1977, organised by the World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association. It was the eleventh ranking and first Triple Crown event of the 2017/2018 season. The event saw 128 players compete, with no qualification round. The prize fund was a total of \u00a3850,000, with \u00a3170,000 received by the winner.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [20, 20], "content_span": [21, 555]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273276-0001-0000", "contents": "2017 UK Championship\nRonnie O'Sullivan equalled Steve Davis's record of six UK titles by defeating Shaun Murphy 10\u20135 in the final. This was O'Sullivan's 31st ranking and 18th Triple Crown title, also equalling Stephen Hendry's record for most Triple Crown championships. Mark Selby was the defending champion, but he was defeated by Scott Donaldson 3\u20136 in the last 64. Michael White won the highest break prize, with a 142 made in the second round. The event followed the Northern Ireland Open, and preceded the Scottish Open.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [20, 20], "content_span": [21, 526]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273276-0002-0000", "contents": "2017 UK Championship, Prize fund\nThe championship's prize money was identical to that of the previous year's event, with the event winner earning \u00a3170,000. The highest break prize of \u00a35,000 was won by Michael White, who completed a 142 break during his second round match with Matthew Selt. The \"rolling 147 prize\" for a maximum break stood at \u00a315,000, but went unclaimed. The breakdown of prize money is shown below:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 32], "content_span": [33, 417]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273276-0003-0000", "contents": "2017 UK Championship, Tournament summary\nThe 2017 UK Championship was the eleventh ranking and first Triple Crown event of the 2017/2018 snooker season. The event saw 128 players from the World Snooker Tour take part, with all matches until the final being played as best of 11 frame matches, with the final being played as best of 19 frame match, held over two sessions. The first round of the competition started on 28 November 2017, with players being seeded according to their world rankings.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 40], "content_span": [41, 496]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273276-0004-0000", "contents": "2017 UK Championship, Tournament summary, Early rounds (first\u2013fourth round)\nThe first round saw few upsets, with most of the highest ranked players progressing. However, Ding Junhui (second seed) was defeated by world number 130 Leo Fernandez 6\u20135, despite having led 5\u20131, and having a chance to win the match in frame 7. Fernandez had only recently returned to the professional circuit after serving a 15-month ban for a corruption charge. Elsewhere, Ali Carter (11th seed) lost 6\u20132 to Jimmy White (118). Despite Carter having been ahead 2\u20131, White won the next five frames to progress. Another upset saw Lyu Haotian (104) defeat Anthony Hamilton (25) 6\u20131.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 75], "content_span": [76, 656]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273276-0005-0000", "contents": "2017 UK Championship, Tournament summary, Early rounds (first\u2013fourth round)\nThe second round of the tournament was played from 2\u20133 December and began with defending champion, and world number one Mark Selby losing to Scott Donaldson (64) 3\u20136. Donaldson had lost all 10 matches of his season prior to the tournament, won six of the last seven frames to win the match, having trailed 0\u20132. The remaining top 16 players progressed through the second round, with the lowest ranked player to proceed being Lyu \u2013 ranked 104 \u2013 who defeated Peter Ebdon 6\u20133 to reach the third round.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 75], "content_span": [76, 573]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273276-0006-0000", "contents": "2017 UK Championship, Tournament summary, Early rounds (first\u2013fourth round)\nRound three was played between the remaining 32 players, from 4\u20135 December 2017, seeing more top 16 players be defeated. Graeme Dott (30) overcame Judd Trump (3) 6\u20132, despite trailing 2\u20130. Dott compiled five 50+ breaks, and won the next six frames. Hoatian who had defeated Hamilton and Ebdon in prior round, defeated Marco Fu (8) 6\u20134. Both Neil Robertson (9) and Mark Williams (16) were also defeated at this stage, 5\u20136. Robertson was defeated by Mark Joyce (41), and caused him to miss the 2018 Masters, after dropping out of the top 16, thanks to the loss. Sunny Akani (87) whitewashed Barry Hawkins (10) 6\u20130, with Hawkins commenting after the match that he was \"in a state of shock\" with the result, commenting on both Akani's performance, and the poor playing conditions. Williams lost to fellow Welshman Ryan Day (17), having been ahead at 4\u20131.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 75], "content_span": [76, 926]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273276-0007-0000", "contents": "2017 UK Championship, Tournament summary, Early rounds (first\u2013fourth round)\nRound four saw the remaining sixteen players play from 6\u20137 December 2017. Only four top 16 seeded players reached the last 16 of the tournament \u2013 John Higgins (4), Shaun Murphy (5), Mark Allen (6) and Ronnie O'Sullivan (7). This was the fewest top 16 seeds to reach that stage in the tournament's 40-year history. Higgins played Mark King (21), where he was defeated 5\u20136. King trailed at both 2\u20134, and 4\u20135 but won the match despite making a highest break of just 69. Murphy would defeat Ricky Walden 6\u20131, with Walden only winning frame four. Mark Allen lost to Joe Perry (22) 6\u20134. O'Sullivan played Sunny Akani in this round, winning the match 6\u20135, despite being 4\u20135 behind. O'Sullivan commented after the match that he felt as though he had \"robbed\" Akani of the win, describing him as being unlucky.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 75], "content_span": [76, 877]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273276-0008-0000", "contents": "2017 UK Championship, Tournament summary, Later stages (quarter-finals\u2013final)\nThe quarter-finals took place on 8 December 2017 on two tables. Shaun Murphy completed a 6\u20131 victory over Mark King. Post-match, both Murphy and King commented on the audience, with a man being removed for snoring and a woman for talking during the match. Ronnie O'Sullivan defeated Martin Gould 6\u20133, after leading 5\u20130.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 77], "content_span": [78, 397]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273276-0009-0000", "contents": "2017 UK Championship, Tournament summary, Later stages (quarter-finals\u2013final)\nStephen Maguire defeated Joe Perry 6\u20133 to set up a semi-final match with O'Sullivan, in a repeat of the 2007 UK Championship final. After beating Maguire in 2007, O'Sullivan commented that Maguire would \"dominate for a decade\". Reacting to the match from 10 years prior, Maguire stated that O'Sullivan \"talks some bollocks\", having not dominated the game since that match. Ryan Day also overcame Mark Joyce in a deciding frame 6\u20135.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 77], "content_span": [78, 509]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273276-0010-0000", "contents": "2017 UK Championship, Tournament summary, Later stages (quarter-finals\u2013final)\nThe semi-finals were played on 9 December 2017. The first semi-final saw O'Sullivan defeat Maguire 6\u20134. O'Sullivan took a 4\u20130 lead at the interval, before Maguire won four of the next five frames, with O'Sullivan winning the match in frame ten. The second semi-final saw Shaun Murphy overcome Ryan Day 6\u20133. Murphy would take a 5\u20131 lead, before losing the next two frames, and winning the match in frame nine.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 77], "content_span": [78, 486]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273276-0011-0000", "contents": "2017 UK Championship, Tournament summary, Later stages (quarter-finals\u2013final)\nThe final was played as best of 19 frames, over two sessions on 10 December 2017. Both O'Sullivan and Murphy had met in the final of the 2017 Champion of Champions the month prior, with Murphy winning 10\u20138. Murphy and O'Sullivan would share the first session 4\u20134, despite Murphy being behind at 2\u20134. In the second session, O'Sullivan put together six 50+ breaks including two centuries to win six of the next seven frames to win the match 10\u20135, winning five frames in a row.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 77], "content_span": [78, 552]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273276-0012-0000", "contents": "2017 UK Championship, Tournament summary, Later stages (quarter-finals\u2013final)\nPost match, pundit John Parrott described O'Sullivan as \"a genius of a juggernaut\", commenting on the impressiveness of the clinical win. The win would be O'Sullivan's sixth UK Championship victory equalling that achieved by Steve Davis, and his 18th Triple Crown victory overall, equalling the record set by Stephen Hendry.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 77], "content_span": [78, 402]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273276-0013-0000", "contents": "2017 UK Championship, Main draw\nBelow is the results for the tournament. Players in bold denote winners of matches. The player's seedings are based on the player's world ranking prior to the tournament.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 31], "content_span": [32, 202]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273276-0014-0000", "contents": "2017 UK Championship, Century breaks\nA total of 99 breaks were made at the event, the highest of which \u2013 a 142 \u2013 was made by Michael White in the second round.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 36], "content_span": [37, 159]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273276-0015-0000", "contents": "2017 UK Championship, Sponsorship and broadcasting\nThe event was sponsored by betting company Betway, sponsors of the UK Championship since 2015. The tournament's broadcasters were dependent on country, with the BBC and Eurosport televising across the United Kingdom and Europe respectively. The event was broadcast in China by Superstars Online, and China Central Television. In Hong Kong, NowTV simulcasted the event with additional commentary.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 50], "content_span": [51, 446]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273277-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 UK Independence Party leadership election\nThe 2017 UK Independence Party leadership election was called after the resignation of Paul Nuttall as leader of the UK Independence Party on 9 June 2017, following the poor performance of the party in the 2017 general election. Former party chairman Steve Crowther was chosen three days later to serve as interim leader.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [46, 46], "content_span": [47, 368]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273277-0001-0000", "contents": "2017 UK Independence Party leadership election\nOn 11 August, the party confirmed that eleven candidates had been cleared to stand for the leadership. Subsequently, the number on the ballot fell to seven as four withdrew to support other candidates.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [46, 46], "content_span": [47, 248]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273277-0002-0000", "contents": "2017 UK Independence Party leadership election\nThe election was won by Henry Bolton with 30.0% of the vote.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [46, 46], "content_span": [47, 107]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273277-0003-0000", "contents": "2017 UK Independence Party leadership election, Election rules\nThe leadership contest took place under a first-past-the-post system, where the candidate with the greatest number of votes became leader.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [48, 62], "content_span": [63, 201]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273277-0004-0000", "contents": "2017 UK Independence Party leadership election, Election rules\nAccording to party rules, candidates had to have been party members for at least two years as of 23 June 2017, and needed the support of one hundred members across at least ten local parties. Candidates paid a \u00a35,000 deposit, half of which was refundable for candidates who received at least 20% of the vote.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [48, 62], "content_span": [63, 371]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273277-0005-0000", "contents": "2017 UK Independence Party leadership election, Campaign\nThere was immediate speculation that former leader Nigel Farage MEP might stand for a third period as leader. Bill Etheridge MEP and Thanet District Council leader Chris Wells both indicated they might stand if Farage did not. Farage subsequently announced in early July that he would not be standing. In the event, neither Etheridge nor Wells stood for the leadership; Etheridge became the running mate of John Rees-Evans.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [48, 56], "content_span": [57, 480]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273277-0006-0000", "contents": "2017 UK Independence Party leadership election, Campaign\nA key divide between candidates was between what The Guardian described as \"Farage-ist economic libertarians\" like Etheridge and the \"more hard-right, Islam-focused\" Anne Marie Waters and Peter Whittle. Etheridge stated that \"whichever side wins, the other side won't have a future in the party\". In early July, over a thousand new members had joined the party in only two weeks, leading to accusations of far-right infiltration in support of Waters. Party sources suggested Waters had concluded a deal with Whittle that were he to win, she would become deputy leader, which Whittle denied.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [48, 56], "content_span": [57, 647]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273277-0007-0000", "contents": "2017 UK Independence Party leadership election, Campaign\nNominations closed on 28 July, with candidates then being approved as candidates by the party's executive. On 21 August the number fell to ten, when David Allen withdrew to support Henry Bolton. The number of candidates fell again on 31 August, to seven, as Ben Walker, David Coburn MEP and Marion Mason all stepped down in order to form a \"Victory for the Ukip United\" ticket with Jane Collins. The four wanted to see the party reflect Farage's leadership, rather than \"banging on about Islam and gay marriage\". Were Collins to be elected, Coburn would have become Deputy Leader with Walker as Party Chairman.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [48, 56], "content_span": [57, 667]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273277-0008-0000", "contents": "2017 UK Independence Party leadership election, Campaign, Controversy\nAt least 18 of the party's 20 MEPs were reported to be considering resigning and forming a new party if Waters won the leadership or was given a senior role in the party, given her anti-Islam views and support from the far-right. Etheridge publicly said that he would resign if Waters won, and Jonathan Arnott MEP said it would be difficult for him to remain. Etheridge subsequently launched his third leadership bid, having previously declared in both of UKIP's 2016 leadership elections.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [48, 69], "content_span": [70, 559]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273277-0009-0000", "contents": "2017 UK Independence Party leadership election, Campaign, Controversy\nEtheridge withdrew his candidacy on 26 July, two days before close of nominations. He urged candidates from the \"libertarian\" wing of the party to unite against what he described as fringe candidates using the party \"as a vehicle for the views of the EDL and the BNP\". He said he would leave the party if Waters or Whittle won the leadership. Jack Buckby, a former parliamentary candidate for Liberty GB who as a former BNP member is barred from joining UKIP, was reported to be helping Waters in her campaign.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [48, 69], "content_span": [70, 580]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273277-0010-0000", "contents": "2017 UK Independence Party leadership election, Campaign, Controversy\nControversy over Waters continued, with Mike Hookem MEP resigning as the party's deputy whip in the European Parliament in protest at her candidacy and at the chief whip Stuart Agnew's support for her. Hookem described Waters as \"far-right\". Nathan Gill MEP also said he would leave the party if she won. Waters and Whittle both expressed concern at Sharia councils in the UK.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [48, 69], "content_span": [70, 446]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273277-0011-0000", "contents": "2017 UK Independence Party leadership election, Campaign, Controversy\nLGBT rights defined another split between those who declared as candidates, with three (Whittle, Waters and Coburn) being openly gay, while David Kurten and John Rees-Evans had both said that they oppose same-sex marriage. Kurten faced criticism when he claimed that gay people are more likely to be abused as children. Whittle retorted: \"Neither I, nor any of the gay friends and colleagues I have known over 35 years, were sexually abused.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [48, 69], "content_span": [70, 512]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273277-0012-0000", "contents": "2017 UK Independence Party leadership election, Campaign, Controversy\nIn August, Rees-Evans announced a proposal to offer \u00a39,000 and health insurance to Britons with dual nationality, in return for them moving to countries where they have the right to settle. They would be required to start a business and trade with the UK. This would be to help achieve \"negative net immigration towards one million a year\", and would be funded by cutting the foreign aid budget. He was condemned by rivals Whittle and Collins; both Collins and Liberal Democrat MP Tom Brake compared the proposal to the BNP's manifesto.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [48, 69], "content_span": [70, 606]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273277-0013-0000", "contents": "2017 UK Independence Party leadership election, Campaign, Controversy\nOn 24 August, Lawrence Webb, UKIP group leader on Havering London Borough Council and former mayoral candidate, tweeted that he \"won\u2019t stand for 2018 local elections if Peter Whittle wins\". The following day, the Romford Recorder reported that all six of Havering Council\u2019s UKIP councillors \"will not stand in next year\u2019s local elections if Peter Whittle is named leader of their party\".", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [48, 69], "content_span": [70, 457]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273277-0014-0000", "contents": "2017 UK Independence Party leadership election, Candidates\nUKIP Employment Spokesperson (2014 - 2016)MEP for Yorkshire and the Humber (since 2014)Parliamentary candidate in Rotherham in 2015 and 2012Parliamentary candidate in Barnsley Central in 2011Parliamentary candidate in Scunthorpe in 2010", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [48, 58], "content_span": [59, 295]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273277-0015-0000", "contents": "2017 UK Independence Party leadership election, Candidates\nLondon-wide Member (AM) of the London Assembly (since 2016)Parliamentary candidate in Castle Point in 2017Parliamentary candidate in Camberwell and Peckham in 2015", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [48, 58], "content_span": [59, 222]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273277-0016-0000", "contents": "2017 UK Independence Party leadership election, Candidates\nUKIP Culture and Communities Spokesperson (since 2014)London-wide Member (AM) of, and Leader of UKIP in, the London Assembly (since 2016)London mayoral candidate in 2016Candidate for European Parliament in 2014Parliamentary candidate for South Basildon and East Thurrock in 2017Parliamentary candidate for Eltham in 2015", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [48, 58], "content_span": [59, 379]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273277-0017-0000", "contents": "2017 UK Independence Party leadership election, Aftermath\nBolton said that his victory had prevented UKIP from becoming a British version of the Nazi Party, condemning rhetoric of a war with Islam. He went on to be sacked as party leader by a vote at an emergency conference of the party in February 2018.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [48, 57], "content_span": [58, 305]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273277-0018-0000", "contents": "2017 UK Independence Party leadership election, Aftermath\nWaters described the election result as a victory of jihad against truth. Singer Morrissey claimed that the party had rigged the vote in order to prevent Waters from winning.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [48, 57], "content_span": [58, 232]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273277-0019-0000", "contents": "2017 UK Independence Party leadership election, Aftermath\nRees-Evans resigned from UKIP to found a new political party, called Affinity, but instead joined the Democrats and Veterans party and assuming its leadership. Waters set up a new political party, For Britain. Powlesland left UKIP and stood as a local election candidate for the Libertarian Party UK in May 2018.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [48, 57], "content_span": [58, 370]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273278-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 UK Music Video Awards\nThe 2017 UK Music Video Awards were held on 26 October 2017 to recognise the best in music videos from United Kingdom and worldwide. The nominations were announced on 21 September 2017.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [26, 26], "content_span": [27, 212]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273278-0001-0000", "contents": "2017 UK Music Video Awards, Video genre categories\nThe Blaze \u2013 \"Territory\" (Directors: Jonathan and Quillaume Alric (The Blaze))", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 50], "content_span": [51, 129]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273278-0002-0000", "contents": "2017 UK Music Video Awards, Video genre categories\nFather John Misty \u2013 \"Things It Would Have Been Helpful to Know Before the Revolution\" (Director: Chris Hopewell)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 50], "content_span": [51, 164]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273278-0003-0000", "contents": "2017 UK Music Video Awards, Video genre categories\nCharlotte Cardin \u2013 \"Like It Doesn't Hurt\" (Director: Kristof Brandl)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 50], "content_span": [51, 120]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273278-0004-0000", "contents": "2017 UK Music Video Awards, Video genre categories\nLemon Twigs \u2013 \"I Want To Prove To You\" (Director: Nick Rooney)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 50], "content_span": [51, 114]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273278-0005-0000", "contents": "2017 UK Music Video Awards, Video genre categories\nOscar Worldpeace \u2013 \"Tate Modern, Wary, Pearls\" (Director: Tax Tron Delix)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 50], "content_span": [51, 125]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273278-0006-0000", "contents": "2017 UK Music Video Awards, Craft and technical categories\nKanye West \u2013 \"Fade\" (Choreographers: Guapo, Jae Blaze, Derek \u2018Bentley\u2019 Watkins)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 58], "content_span": [59, 139]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273278-0007-0000", "contents": "2017 UK Music Video Awards, Craft and technical categories\nMick Jagger \u2013 \"Gotta Get a Grip\" (Colourist: Mark Gethin at MPC LA)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 58], "content_span": [59, 127]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273278-0008-0000", "contents": "2017 UK Music Video Awards, Craft and technical categories\nYoung Thug \u2013 \"Wyclef Jean\" (Editors: Ryan Staake & Eric Degliomini)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 58], "content_span": [59, 127]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273278-0009-0000", "contents": "2017 UK Music Video Awards, Live and interactive categories\nMura Masa ft. Damon Albarn \u2013 \"Blu (Live)\" (Director: Colin Solal Cardo)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 59], "content_span": [60, 132]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273279-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 UK Open\nThe 2017 Coral UK Open was a darts tournament staged by the Professional Darts Corporation. It was the fifteenth year of the tournament where, following numerous regional qualifying heats throughout Britain, players competing in a single elimination tournament to be crowned champion. The tournament was held for the fourth time at the Butlin's Resort in Minehead, England, between 3\u20135 March 2017, and has the nickname, \"the FA Cup of darts\" as a random draw will be staged after each round until the final.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 12], "section_span": [12, 12], "content_span": [13, 520]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273279-0001-0000", "contents": "2017 UK Open\nMichael van Gerwen was the defending champion, but withdrew on the morning of the event with a back injury. Two-time runner-up and top seed Peter Wright won his first PDC major, defeating Gerwyn Price 11\u20136 in the final.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 12], "section_span": [12, 12], "content_span": [13, 232]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273279-0002-0000", "contents": "2017 UK Open, Format and qualifiers, UK Open Qualifiers\nThere are six qualifying events staged in February 2017 to determine the UK Open Order of Merit Table. The tournament winners are:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 12], "section_span": [14, 55], "content_span": [56, 186]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273279-0003-0000", "contents": "2017 UK Open, Format and qualifiers, UK Open Qualifiers\nThe tournament is featuring 128 players. The results of the six qualifiers shown above were collated into the UK Open Order Of Merit. The top 32 players in the Order of Merit received a place at the final tournament. In addition, the next 64 players (without ties in this year's edition) in the Order of Merit list qualified for the tournament, but started in the earlier rounds played on the Friday. A further 32 players qualify via regional qualifying tournaments.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 12], "section_span": [14, 55], "content_span": [56, 522]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273279-0004-0000", "contents": "2017 UK Open, Format and qualifiers, Top 32 in Order of Merit (receiving byes into Third Round)\n*Michael van Gerwen withdrew on March 3 due to a back injury and was not replaced; the last player drawn in the third round got a bye.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 12], "section_span": [14, 95], "content_span": [96, 230]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273279-0005-0000", "contents": "2017 UK Open, Format and qualifiers, Riley qualifiers (starting in First Round)\n32 amateur players qualified from Riley qualifiers held across the UK.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 12], "section_span": [14, 79], "content_span": [80, 150]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273279-0006-0000", "contents": "2017 UK Open, Prize money\nThe prize fund increased from last year's edition prize fund to \u00a3350,000.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 12], "section_span": [14, 25], "content_span": [26, 99]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273280-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 UK Open Qualifier 1\nThe 2017 UK Open Qualifier 1 was the first of six UK Open Qualifier events on the 2017 PDC Pro Tour. The tournament took place in Wigan, England on 3 February. It featured a field of 244 players and \u00a360,000 in prize money, with \u00a310,000 going to the winner.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [24, 24], "content_span": [25, 281]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273281-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 UK Open Qualifier 2\nThe 2017 UK Open Qualifier 2 was the second of six UK Open Qualifier events on the 2017 PDC Pro Tour. The tournament took place in Wigan, England on 4 February. It featured a field of 244 players and \u00a360,000 in prize money, with \u00a310,000 going to the winner.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [24, 24], "content_span": [25, 282]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273282-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 UK Open Qualifier 3\nThe 2017 UK Open Qualifier 3 was the third of six UK Open Qualifier events on the 2017 PDC Pro Tour. The tournament took place in Wigan, England on 5 February. It featured a field of 244 players and \u00a360,000 in prize money, with \u00a310,000 going to the winner.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [24, 24], "content_span": [25, 281]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273283-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 UK Open Qualifier 4\nThe 2017 UK Open Qualifier 4 was the fourth of six UK Open Qualifier events on the 2017 PDC Pro Tour. The tournament took place in Wigan, England on 10 February. It featured a field of 244 players and \u00a360,000 in prize money, with \u00a310,000 going to the winner.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [24, 24], "content_span": [25, 283]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273284-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 UK Open Qualifier 5\nThe 2017 UK Open Qualifier 5 was the fifth of six UK Open Qualifier events on the 2017 PDC Pro Tour. The tournament took place in Wigan, England on 11 February. It featured a field of 244 players and \u00a360,000 in prize money, with \u00a310,000 going to the winner.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [24, 24], "content_span": [25, 282]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273285-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 UK Open Qualifier 6\nThe 2017 UK Open Qualifier 6 was the last of six UK Open Qualifier events on the 2017 PDC Pro Tour. The tournament took place in Wigan, England on 12 February. It featured a field of 244 players and \u00a360,000 in prize money, with \u00a310,000 going to the winner.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [24, 24], "content_span": [25, 281]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273286-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 UK Seniors Championship\nThe 2017 UK Seniors Championship was a senior snooker tournament, that took place at the Harlequin Theatre in Redhill, England, from 24 to 26 October 2017. It was a first stage of the newly created World Seniors Tour.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [28, 28], "content_span": [29, 246]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273286-0001-0000", "contents": "2017 UK Seniors Championship\nThe Championship was won by Jimmy White who beat Ken Doherty 4\u20132 in the final.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [28, 28], "content_span": [29, 107]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273287-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 UMass Minutemen football team\nThe 2017 UMass Minutemen football team represented the University of Massachusetts Amherst in the 2017 NCAA Division I FBS football season. This was the fourth year of head coach Mark Whipple's second stint at UMass and 10th year overall. The Minutemen divided their home schedule between two stadiums. Five home games were played at the UMass campus at Warren McGuirk Alumni Stadium with their final home game at Fenway Park. This was UMass's second year as an independent. They finished the season 4\u20138.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [34, 34], "content_span": [35, 539]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273287-0001-0000", "contents": "2017 UMass Minutemen football team, Schedule\n\u2606All Eleven Sports broadcasts will be simulcast on NESN or NESN+.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 44], "content_span": [45, 110]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273288-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 UMass Minutemen soccer team\nThe 2017 UMass Minutemen soccer team represented the University of Massachusetts Amherst during the 2017 NCAA Division I men's soccer season. It was the program's 88th season in existence, and their 31st in the Atlantic 10 Conference. The Minutemen were led by fourth-year head coach, Fran O'Leary.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [32, 32], "content_span": [33, 331]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273288-0001-0000", "contents": "2017 UMass Minutemen soccer team\nThe season proved to be one of the more successful seasons for the Minutemen, as they qualified for the NCAA Division I Men's Soccer Championship for the first time since 2008, and posted their first winning overall record since 2008. The Minutemen won their sixth Atlantic 10 Regular Season championship, and completed the conference double by winning their third ever Atlantic 10 Men's Soccer Tournament. It was the program's first time to win both the regular season and tournament in the same season. At the end of the regular season, UMass was ranked in the United Soccer Coaches poll at 24, making it the first time in a decade the Minutemen earned national rankings.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [32, 32], "content_span": [33, 706]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273288-0002-0000", "contents": "2017 UMass Minutemen soccer team\nThe Minutemen earned an automatic berth into the NCAA Tournament, where they hosted Colgate. Their spell in the NCAA Tournament was short-lived, as they fell 2\u20130 to the Raiders at home.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [32, 32], "content_span": [33, 218]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273288-0003-0000", "contents": "2017 UMass Minutemen soccer team, Roster\nNote: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 40], "content_span": [41, 169]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273289-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 UNAF U-15 Tournament\nThe 2017 UNAF U-15 Tournament was the first edition of the UNAF U-15 Tournament. The tournament took place in Morocco from 20 to 24 August 2017.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [25, 25], "content_span": [26, 170]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273290-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 UNAF U-17 Tournament\nThe 2017 UNAF U-17 Tournament is the 14th edition of the UNAF U-17 Tournament. The tournament took place in Rabat from 20 to 24 August 2017.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [25, 25], "content_span": [26, 166]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273291-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 UNAF U-18 Tournament\nThe 2017 UNAF U-18 Tournament was the 10th edition of the UNAF U-20 Tournament which was apparently changed from U-20 to U-18. The tournament took place in Tunisia, from 26 April to 2 May 2017. Tunisia won the tournament.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [25, 25], "content_span": [26, 247]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273292-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 UNCAF U-16 Tournament\nThe 2017 UNCAF U-16 Tournament was the 7th UNCAF U-16 Tournament, a biennial international football tournament contested by men's under-16 national teams. Organized by UNCAF, the tournament took place in El Salvador between 20 and 25 November 2017.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [26, 26], "content_span": [27, 275]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273292-0001-0000", "contents": "2017 UNCAF U-16 Tournament\nThe matches were played at Complejo Deportivo FESFUT. Five Central American teams took part of the tournament, playing each other in a round-robin format. Guatemala did not participate due to their sanction by FIFA and Belize did not send a team.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [26, 26], "content_span": [27, 273]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273293-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 UNCAF Women's Interclub Championship\nThe 2017 UNCAF Women's Interclub Championship (Spanish: 2017 Campeonato Interclubes Femenino de UNCAF) was the second edition of the UNCAF Women's Club Championship, Central America's premier women's club football organized by UNCAF. The tournament was played in Managua, Nicaragua between 4 and 9 September 2017.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [41, 41], "content_span": [42, 355]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273293-0001-0000", "contents": "2017 UNCAF Women's Interclub Championship\nIn the final, Moravia from Costa Rica defeated UNAN Managua from Nicaragua to win their second consecutive title. All games were 80 minutes in duration.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [41, 41], "content_span": [42, 194]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273293-0002-0000", "contents": "2017 UNCAF Women's Interclub Championship, Teams\nA total of six teams from five of the seven UNCAF associations entered the tournament.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [43, 48], "content_span": [49, 135]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273293-0003-0000", "contents": "2017 UNCAF Women's Interclub Championship, Venues\nAll matches were played at the Nicaragua National Football Stadium in Managua.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [43, 49], "content_span": [50, 128]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273293-0004-0000", "contents": "2017 UNCAF Women's Interclub Championship, Group stage\nThe six teams were divided into two groups of three. The group winners and runners-up advanced to the semi-finals.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [43, 54], "content_span": [55, 169]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273294-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 UNLV Rebels football team\nThe 2017 UNLV Rebels football team represented the University of Nevada, Las Vegas in the 2017 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The Rebels were led by third-year head coach Tony Sanchez and played their home games at Sam Boyd Stadium. They were members of the West Division of the Mountain West Conference. They finished the season 5\u20137 and 4\u20134 in Mountain West play to finish in third place in the West Division. Following the season, head coach Tony Sanchez shook up his staff after releasing Kent Baer (defensive coordinator/linebackers) and Andy LaRussa (special teams/safeties).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [30, 30], "content_span": [31, 617]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273294-0001-0000", "contents": "2017 UNLV Rebels football team, Game summaries, Howard\nUNLV's season-opening loss to Howard represented the largest upset in college football history in terms of point spread. Howard was a 45 point underdog to UNLV and pulled the upset on the back of quarterback Caylin Newton, brother of NFL quarterback Cam Newton, who had 330 total offensive yards in the game.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 54], "content_span": [55, 363]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273295-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 US Darts Masters\nThe 2017 partypoker US Darts Masters was the inaugural staging of the tournament by the Professional Darts Corporation, as a third entry in the 2017 World Series of Darts. The tournament featured eight North American players who faced eight PDC players, which was held at the Tropicana Las Vegas in Las Vegas, United States from 14\u201315 July 2017.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [21, 21], "content_span": [22, 367]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273295-0001-0000", "contents": "2017 US Darts Masters\nMichael van Gerwen became the champion, defeating Daryl Gurney 8\u20136 in the final to win his first title in Vegas.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [21, 21], "content_span": [22, 134]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273295-0002-0000", "contents": "2017 US Darts Masters, Qualifiers\nAdrian Lewis and Phil Taylor were both originally scheduled to take part but both withdrew. Lewis was replaced by Gerwyn Price, whilst Taylor was replaced by World Number six James Wade.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 33], "content_span": [34, 220]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273295-0003-0000", "contents": "2017 US Darts Masters, Qualifiers\nThe eight invited PDC players, seeded according to the World Series Order of Merit, were:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 33], "content_span": [34, 123]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273295-0004-0000", "contents": "2017 US Darts Masters, Qualifiers\nThe top 4 North American Order of Merit qualifiers were:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 33], "content_span": [34, 90]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273296-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 US Junior Open Squash Championships\nThe 2017 Men's US Junior Squash Championships is the men's edition of the 2017 US Junior Open squash championship, which is a World Junior Squash Circuit Tier 2 event. The event primarily took place at the Payne Whitney Gymnasium at Yale University in New Haven, Connecticut from December 16 to 19. Mexico's Leonel C\u00e1rdenas won his third US Junior Open title, defeating Adhitya Raghavan of India in the Boys' Under 19 final. India's Yash Fadte won his first US Junior Open title, defeating Ayush Menon of the United States in the Boys' Under 17 final.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [40, 40], "content_span": [41, 592]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273297-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 US Open (tennis)\nThe 2017 US Open was the 137th edition of tennis' US Open and the fourth and final Grand Slam event of the year. It was held on outdoor hard courts at the USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center in New York City. Experimental rules featured in qualifying for the main draw as well as in the junior, wheelchair and exhibition events.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [21, 21], "content_span": [22, 359]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273297-0001-0000", "contents": "2017 US Open (tennis)\nStan Wawrinka and Angelique Kerber were the previous year's men's and women's singles champions. Neither managed to defend their title as Wawrinka withdrew before the start of the tournament due to a knee injury that ended his season, while Kerber lost in the first round to Naomi Osaka.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [21, 21], "content_span": [22, 309]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273297-0002-0000", "contents": "2017 US Open (tennis)\nThe men's singles tournament concluded with Rafael Nadal defeating Kevin Anderson in the final, while the women's singles tournament concluded with Sloane Stephens defeating Madison Keys in the final.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [21, 21], "content_span": [22, 222]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273297-0003-0000", "contents": "2017 US Open (tennis), Tournament\nThe 2017 US Open was the 137th edition of the tournament and took place at the USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center in Flushing Meadows\u2013Corona Park of Queens in New York City, New York, United States. The tournament was held on 15 DecoTurf hard courts.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 33], "content_span": [34, 294]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273297-0004-0000", "contents": "2017 US Open (tennis), Tournament\nThe tournament was an event run by the International Tennis Federation (ITF) and was part of the 2017 ATP World Tour and the 2017 WTA Tour calendars under the Grand Slam category. The tournament consisted of both men's and women's singles and doubles draws as well as a mixed doubles event. There were also singles and doubles events for both boys and girls (players under 18), which were part of the Grade A category of tournaments. Additionally, there were singles and doubles wheelchair tennis events for men, women and quads.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 33], "content_span": [34, 563]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273297-0005-0000", "contents": "2017 US Open (tennis), Tournament\nThe 2017 tournament saw the USTA try out two experimental rules. Firstly, the USTA introduced a shot clock to combat slow play and to address players going over the allotted time for warm ups and medical time outs. Secondly, coaching was allowed from the side of the court. Whilst a player was at the same end as their box they could verbally communicate, if they were at the opposite end then sign language would be allowed. This meant that coaching incidents involving Victoria Azarenka and Caroline Garcia at Wimbledon would have been allowed. The rules only applied in qualifying matches for the main draw, junior, wheelchair and legends matches.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 33], "content_span": [34, 684]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273297-0006-0000", "contents": "2017 US Open (tennis), Tournament\nThe tournament was played on hard courts and took place over a series of 15 courts with DecoTurf surface, including the two existing main showcourts \u2013 Arthur Ashe Stadium and the new Grandstand. Louis Armstrong Stadium, one of the main stadiums used in the previous tournament, was demolished after the 2016 tournament and was replaced for the 2017 edition by a temporary stadium located next to parking lot B near the construction of the previous Louis Armstrong Stadium site.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 33], "content_span": [34, 511]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273297-0007-0000", "contents": "2017 US Open (tennis), Broadcast\nIn the United States, the 2017 US Open will be the third year in a row under an 11-year, $825 million contract with ESPN, in which the broadcaster holds exclusive rights to the entire tournament and the US Open Series. This means that the tournament is not available on broadcast television. This also makes ESPN the exclusive U.S. broadcaster for three of the four tennis majors. In Australia, SBS won the rights to broadcast the US Open with the free to air coverage starting from the quarter finals.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 32], "content_span": [33, 535]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273297-0008-0000", "contents": "2017 US Open (tennis), Point and prize money distribution, Point distribution\nBelow is a series of tables for each of the competitions showing the ranking points on offer for each event.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 77], "content_span": [78, 186]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273297-0009-0000", "contents": "2017 US Open (tennis), Point and prize money distribution, Prize money\nThe total prize-money compensation for the 2017 US Open is $50.4 million, a 3.7% increase on the same total last year. Of that total, a record $3.7 million goes to both the men's and women's singles champions, which is increased to 7.5 percent from last year. This made the US Open the most lucrative and highest paying tennis grand slam in the world, leapfrogging Wimbledon in total prize money fund. Prize money for the US Open qualifying tournament is also up 49.2 percent, to $2.9 million. The total prize money for the wheelchair tennis events was $200,000.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 70], "content_span": [71, 633]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273297-0010-0000", "contents": "2017 US Open (tennis), Singles seeds\nSeeds are based on the ATP and WTA rankings as of August 21, 2017. Rank and points before are as of August 28, 2017.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 36], "content_span": [37, 153]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273297-0011-0000", "contents": "2017 US Open (tennis), Singles seeds, Men's singles\nThe following players would have been seeded, but they withdrew from the event.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 51], "content_span": [52, 131]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273297-0012-0000", "contents": "2017 US Open (tennis), Singles seeds, Women's singles\nThe following players would have been seeded, but they withdrew from the event.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 53], "content_span": [54, 133]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273297-0013-0000", "contents": "2017 US Open (tennis), Wild card entries\nThe following players were given wildcards to the main draw based on internal selection and recent performances.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 40], "content_span": [41, 153]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273297-0014-0000", "contents": "2017 US Open (tennis), Qualifier entries\nThe qualifying competitions took place at the USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center on 22 \u2013 25 August 2017.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 40], "content_span": [41, 155]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273297-0015-0000", "contents": "2017 US Open (tennis), Protected ranking\nThe following players were accepted directly into the main draw using a protected ranking:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 40], "content_span": [41, 131]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273297-0016-0000", "contents": "2017 US Open (tennis), Withdrawals\nThe following players were accepted directly into the main tournament, but withdrew with injuries, suspensions or for personal reasons.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 34], "content_span": [35, 170]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273298-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 US Open Series\nIn tennis, the 2017 US Open Series was the fourteenth edition of the US Open Series, which comprised a group of hard court tournaments that started on July 24, 2017 in Atlanta and concluded in Connecticut for the women and in Winston-Salem for the men on August 26, 2017. This edition consisted of three separate men's tournaments and three women's tournaments, with the Western & Southern Open hosting both a men's and women's event. The series was headlined by two ATP World Tour Masters 1000 and two WTA Premier 5 events.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [19, 19], "content_span": [20, 544]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273298-0001-0000", "contents": "2017 US Open Series, Discontinuation of the Bonus Challenge\nThe 2017 US Open Series is the first edition of the series not to feature the Bonus Challenge. In previous years, players had been eligible for additional prize money, based on a combination of their finish in the series and their finish in the US Open itself, with the maximum amount of money being awarded to a player who won both.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 59], "content_span": [60, 393]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273298-0002-0000", "contents": "2017 US Open Series, Week 1, ATP \u2013 BB&T Atlanta Open\nNick Kyrgios was the defending champion, but chose not to participate this year.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 52], "content_span": [53, 133]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273298-0003-0000", "contents": "2017 US Open Series, Week 2, WTA \u2013 Bank of the West Classic (Stanford)\nJohanna Konta was the defending champion, but chose not to participate this year.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 70], "content_span": [71, 152]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273298-0004-0000", "contents": "2017 US Open Series, Week 3, ATP \u2013 Rogers Cup (Montreal)\nNovak Djokovic was the defending champion but withdrew with an elbow injury before the tournament began. He also announced that he would miss the remainder of the 2017 season, and thereby the entire US Open Series, due to the injury.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 56], "content_span": [57, 290]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273298-0005-0000", "contents": "2017 US Open Series, Week 3, WTA \u2013 Rogers Cup (Toronto)\nSimona Halep was the defending champion, but lost to Elina Svitolina in the semifinals.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 55], "content_span": [56, 143]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273298-0006-0000", "contents": "2017 US Open Series, Week 4, ATP \u2013 Western & Southern Open (Cincinnati)\nMarin \u010cili\u0107 was the defending champion, but withdrew before the tournament began.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 71], "content_span": [72, 153]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273298-0007-0000", "contents": "2017 US Open Series, Week 4, WTA \u2013 Western & Southern Open (Cincinnati)\nKarol\u00edna Pl\u00ed\u0161kov\u00e1 was the defending champion, but lost in the semifinals to Garbi\u00f1e Muguruza.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 71], "content_span": [72, 165]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273298-0008-0000", "contents": "2017 US Open Series, Week 5, ATP \u2013 Winston-Salem Open\nPablo Carre\u00f1o Busta was the defending champion, but lost in the second round to Julien Benneteau.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 53], "content_span": [54, 151]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273298-0009-0000", "contents": "2017 US Open Series, Week 5, ATP \u2013 Winston-Salem Open\nRoberto Bautista Agut won the title, defeating Damir D\u017eumhur in the final, 6\u20134, 6\u20134.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 53], "content_span": [54, 138]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273298-0010-0000", "contents": "2017 US Open Series, Week 5, WTA \u2013 Connecticut Open (New Haven)\nAgnieszka Radwa\u0144ska was the defending champion but lost to the eventual champion Daria Gavrilova in the semi-finals.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 63], "content_span": [64, 180]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273298-0011-0000", "contents": "2017 US Open Series, Weeks 6\u20137, ATP \u2013 US Open (New York)\nStan Wawrinka was the defending champion but withdrew with a knee injury before the tournament began having announced he would miss the remainder of the 2017 season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 56], "content_span": [57, 222]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273298-0012-0000", "contents": "2017 US Open Series, Weeks 6\u20137, WTA \u2013 US Open (New York)\nAngelique Kerber was the defending champion, but lost in the first round to Naomi Osaka.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 56], "content_span": [57, 145]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273299-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 US Open \u2013 Boys' Doubles\nJuan Carlos Aguilar and Felipe Meligeni Alves were the defending champions, but both players were ineligible to participate.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [28, 28], "content_span": [29, 153]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273299-0001-0000", "contents": "2017 US Open \u2013 Boys' Doubles\nHsu Yu-hsiou and Wu Yibing won the title, defeating Toru Horie and Yuta Shimizu in the final, 6\u20134, 5\u20137, [11\u20139].", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [28, 28], "content_span": [29, 140]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273300-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 US Open \u2013 Boys' Singles\nF\u00e9lix Auger-Aliassime was the defending champion, but chose not to participate.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [28, 28], "content_span": [29, 108]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273300-0001-0000", "contents": "2017 US Open \u2013 Boys' Singles\nWu Yibing won the title, defeating Axel Geller in the final, 6\u20134, 6\u20134.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [28, 28], "content_span": [29, 99]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273301-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 US Open \u2013 Day-by-day summaries\nThis is a list of day-by-day summaries of the 2017 US Open.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [35, 35], "content_span": [36, 95]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273302-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 US Open \u2013 Girls' Doubles\nJada Hart and Ena Shibahara were the defending champions, but both players were ineligible to participate.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [29, 29], "content_span": [30, 136]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273302-0001-0000", "contents": "2017 US Open \u2013 Girls' Doubles\nOlga Danilovi\u0107 and Marta Kostyuk won the title, defeating Lea Bo\u0161kovi\u0107 and Wang Xiyu in the final, 6\u20131, 7\u20135.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [29, 29], "content_span": [30, 138]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273303-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 US Open \u2013 Girls' Singles\nKayla Day was the defending champion, but chose not to participate.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [29, 29], "content_span": [30, 97]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273303-0001-0000", "contents": "2017 US Open \u2013 Girls' Singles\nAmanda Anisimova won the title, defeating Coco Gauff in the final, 6\u20130, 6\u20132.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [29, 29], "content_span": [30, 106]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273304-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 US Open \u2013 Men's Champions Invitational\nPat Cash and Mark Philippoussis were the two-time defending champions, but Philippoussis did not participate this year. Cash played alongside Henri Leconte, but lost to John and Patrick McEnroe in the final, 2\u20136, 4\u20136.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [43, 43], "content_span": [44, 261]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273305-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 US Open \u2013 Men's Doubles\nJamie Murray and Bruno Soares were the defending champions, but lost in the quarterfinals to Jean-Julien Rojer and Horia Tec\u0103u.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [28, 28], "content_span": [29, 156]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273305-0001-0000", "contents": "2017 US Open \u2013 Men's Doubles\nRojer and Tec\u0103u went on to win the title, defeating Feliciano L\u00f3pez and Marc L\u00f3pez in the final, 6\u20134, 6\u20133.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [28, 28], "content_span": [29, 135]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273305-0002-0000", "contents": "2017 US Open \u2013 Men's Doubles, Seeds\nClick on the seed number of a player to go to their draw section.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 35], "content_span": [36, 101]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273306-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 US Open \u2013 Men's Singles\nRafael Nadal won his 16th Major title and 3rd US Open title, by defeating Kevin Anderson, 6\u20133, 6\u20133, 6\u20134. Nadal retained the ATP No. 1 singles ranking after Roger Federer lost in the quarterfinals. It was also Nadal's first hard court title since January 2014.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [28, 28], "content_span": [29, 288]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273306-0001-0000", "contents": "2017 US Open \u2013 Men's Singles\nStan Wawrinka was the defending champion, but was unable to defend the title due to a knee injury that ended his season prematurely. Wawrinka's withdrawal ended his streak of 50 consecutive grand slam appearances, dating back to the 2005 French Open. Novak Djokovic withdrew due to an elbow injury that ended his tennis season, ending his streak of 51 consecutive grand slam appearances, dating back to the 2005 Australian Open. Accordingly, this was the first men's singles draw at the US Open since 1971 to include neither finalist from the previous year's tournament. It was also the first Grand Slam since 2004 that did not feature Wawrinka, Djokovic or Murray in the tournament.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [28, 28], "content_span": [29, 712]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273306-0002-0000", "contents": "2017 US Open \u2013 Men's Singles\nAfter the loss of Marin \u010cili\u0107 in the third round, there was a guaranteed first time Grand Slam finalist in the bottom half of the draw. Anderson was the first South African man to reach the US Open singles final since Cliff Drysdale at the 1965 and any Grand Slam singles final since Kevin Curren at the 1984 Australian Open, as well as the lowest-ranked male player to reach the US Open singles final since the ATP rankings began in 1973. Anderson was also the tallest Grand Slam finalist in history, at 6 feet 8 inches.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [28, 28], "content_span": [29, 550]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273306-0003-0000", "contents": "2017 US Open \u2013 Men's Singles\nFederer broke the men's singles record for total appearances at Grand Slams with his 71st participation. Also, Andrey Rublev became the youngest man to reach the US Open quarterfinals since Andy Roddick in 2001, and Denis Shapovalov the youngest man to reach the fourth round of the US Open since Michael Chang in 1989. Sam Querrey also became the first American man to reach the quarterfinals of the US Open since John Isner and Andy Roddick in 2011. Also, Pablo Carre\u00f1o Busta made his first major semifinal appearance, becoming the first Spanish semifinalist since David Ferrer in 2012 other than Nadal.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [28, 28], "content_span": [29, 634]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273306-0004-0000", "contents": "2017 US Open \u2013 Men's Singles\nDiego Schwartzman, who lost to Carre\u00f1o Busta in the quarterfinals, became the shortest man (5'7\") to reach a Grand Slam singles quarterfinal since Jaime Yzaga (also 5'7\") did so at the 1994 US Open.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [28, 28], "content_span": [29, 227]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273306-0005-0000", "contents": "2017 US Open \u2013 Men's Singles\nAt the time of this tournament, there were seven active Grand Slam champions and seven active US Open champions; four of the seven participated (2011 and 2015 champion Novak Djokovic, 2012 champion Andy Murray and 2016 champion Stan Wawrinka did not).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [28, 28], "content_span": [29, 280]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273306-0006-0000", "contents": "2017 US Open \u2013 Men's Singles\nThis was also the last Grand Slam tournament for former World No. 9 Nicolas Almagro.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [28, 28], "content_span": [29, 113]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273306-0007-0000", "contents": "2017 US Open \u2013 Men's Singles, Seeds\nClick on the seed number of a player to go to their draw section.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 35], "content_span": [36, 101]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273307-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 US Open \u2013 Mixed Doubles\nLaura Siegemund and Mate Pavi\u0107 were the defending champions, but Siegemund was unable to compete due to injury. Pavi\u0107 played alongside Andreja Klepa\u010d, but lost to Alicja Rosolska and Santiago Gonz\u00e1lez in the first round.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [28, 28], "content_span": [29, 249]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273307-0001-0000", "contents": "2017 US Open \u2013 Mixed Doubles\nMartina Hingis and Jamie Murray won their second consecutive Grand Slam mixed doubles title, defeating Chan Hao-ching and Michael Venus in the final, 6\u20131, 4\u20136, [10\u20138].", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [28, 28], "content_span": [29, 196]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273308-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 US Open \u2013 Wheelchair Men's Doubles\nSt\u00e9phane 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\u20135, 6\u20134.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [39, 39], "content_span": [40, 301]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273309-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 US Open \u2013 Wheelchair Men's Singles\nShingo Kunieda was the two-time defending champion from 2015, when the event was last held, but lost in the quarterfinals to Alfie Hewett.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [39, 39], "content_span": [40, 178]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273309-0001-0000", "contents": "2017 US Open \u2013 Wheelchair Men's Singles\nSt\u00e9phane Houdet won the title, defeating Hewett in the final, 6\u20132, 4\u20136, 6\u20133.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [39, 39], "content_span": [40, 116]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273310-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 US Open \u2013 Wheelchair Quad Doubles\nNick 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\u20135, 6\u20132.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [38, 38], "content_span": [39, 321]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273311-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 US Open \u2013 Wheelchair Quad Singles\nDylan Alcott was the defending champion from 2015, when the event was last held, but was eliminated in the round robin competition.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [38, 38], "content_span": [39, 170]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273311-0001-0000", "contents": "2017 US Open \u2013 Wheelchair Quad Singles\nDavid Wagner won the title, defeating Andrew Lapthorne in the final, 7\u20135, 3\u20136, 6\u20134.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [38, 38], "content_span": [39, 122]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273311-0002-0000", "contents": "2017 US Open \u2013 Wheelchair Quad Singles, Draw, Round Robin\nStandings 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.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 57], "content_span": [58, 272]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273312-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 US Open \u2013 Wheelchair Women's Doubles\nJiske 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\u20136, 3\u20136.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [41, 41], "content_span": [42, 303]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273313-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 US Open \u2013 Wheelchair Women's Singles\nJordanne Whiley was the defending champion from 2015, when the event was last held, but did not participate this year as she was pregnant.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [41, 41], "content_span": [42, 180]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273313-0001-0000", "contents": "2017 US Open \u2013 Wheelchair Women's Singles\nYui Kamiji won the title, defeating Diede de Groot in the final, 7\u20135, 6\u20132.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [41, 41], "content_span": [42, 116]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273314-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 US Open \u2013 Women's Champions Invitational\nLindsay Davenport and Mary Joe Fern\u00e1ndez were the defending champions, but lost in the final to Kim Clijsters and Martina Navratilova, 6\u20134, 2\u20136, [4\u201310].", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [45, 45], "content_span": [46, 198]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273315-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 US Open \u2013 Women's Doubles\nBethanie Mattek-Sands and Lucie \u0160af\u00e1\u0159ov\u00e1 were the defending champions, but Mattek-Sands was unable to compete due to injury. \u0160af\u00e1\u0159ov\u00e1 played alongside Barbora Str\u00fdcov\u00e1, but lost in the semifinals to Lucie Hradeck\u00e1 and Kate\u0159ina Siniakov\u00e1.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [30, 30], "content_span": [31, 268]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273315-0001-0000", "contents": "2017 US Open \u2013 Women's Doubles\nChan Yung-jan and Martina Hingis won the title, defeating Hradeck\u00e1 and Siniakov\u00e1 in the final, 6\u20133, 6\u20132. It was their first Grand Slam title together, and their seventh title overall, all in 2017.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [30, 30], "content_span": [31, 227]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273315-0002-0000", "contents": "2017 US Open \u2013 Women's Doubles, Seeds\nClick on the seed number of a player to go to their draw section.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 37], "content_span": [38, 103]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273316-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 US Open \u2013 Women's Singles\nSloane Stephens defeated Madison Keys in the final, 6\u20133, 6\u20130 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.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [30, 30], "content_span": [31, 687]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273316-0001-0000", "contents": "2017 US Open \u2013 Women's Singles\nAngelique 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.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [30, 30], "content_span": [31, 286]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273316-0002-0000", "contents": "2017 US Open \u2013 Women's Singles\nFor 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.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [30, 30], "content_span": [31, 281]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273316-0003-0000", "contents": "2017 US Open \u2013 Women's Singles\nThis 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.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [30, 30], "content_span": [31, 354]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273316-0004-0000", "contents": "2017 US Open \u2013 Women's Singles\nGarbi\u00f1e Muguruza became the new world No. 1 at the end of the tournament despite losing in the fourth round, after Karol\u00edna Pl\u00ed\u0161kov\u00e1 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.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [30, 30], "content_span": [31, 333]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273316-0005-0000", "contents": "2017 US Open \u2013 Women's Singles\nVenus 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).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [30, 30], "content_span": [31, 196]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273316-0006-0000", "contents": "2017 US Open \u2013 Women's Singles, Seeds\nClick on the seed number of a player to go to their draw section.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 37], "content_span": [38, 103]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273317-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 USA Indoor Track and Field Championships\nThe 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.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [45, 45], "content_span": [46, 412]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273318-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 USA Outdoor Track and Field Championships\nThe 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\u201325 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.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [46, 46], "content_span": [47, 462]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273318-0001-0000", "contents": "2017 USA Outdoor Track and Field Championships\nThe 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.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [46, 46], "content_span": [47, 469]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273318-0002-0000", "contents": "2017 USA Outdoor Track and Field Championships, Men's results\nKey:\u2260\u00a0Not 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..", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [48, 61], "content_span": [62, 321]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273318-0003-0000", "contents": "2017 USA Outdoor Track and Field Championships, Women's results\nKey:\u2260\u00a0Not 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..", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [48, 63], "content_span": [64, 323]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273318-0004-0000", "contents": "2017 USA Outdoor Track and Field Championships, Qualification\nThe 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.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [48, 61], "content_span": [62, 806]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273318-0005-0000", "contents": "2017 USA Outdoor Track and Field Championships, Qualification\nAdditionally, defending World Champions and 2016 Diamond League Champions received byes into the World Championships. The athletes eligible for a bye are:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [48, 61], "content_span": [62, 216]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273318-0006-0000", "contents": "2017 USA Outdoor Track and Field Championships, Qualification, Diamond League Champions\nBoth qualified by winning their respective events in the championships.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [48, 87], "content_span": [88, 159]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273319-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 USA Sevens\nThe 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\u201317 World Rugby Sevens Series. The tournament was played on 3\u20135 March 2017 at Sam Boyd Stadium in Las Vegas, Nevada.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [15, 15], "content_span": [16, 303]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273319-0001-0000", "contents": "2017 USA Sevens, Format\nThe 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.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [17, 23], "content_span": [24, 295]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273319-0002-0000", "contents": "2017 USA Sevens, Teams\nThe 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 Sudam\u00e9rica Rugby Sevens", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [17, 22], "content_span": [23, 189]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273320-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 USA Swimming Championships\nThe 2017 Phillips 66 National Swimming Championships were held from June 27 to July 1, 2017, at the IU Natatorium in Indianapolis, Indiana.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [31, 31], "content_span": [32, 171]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273321-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 USA Women's Sevens\nThe 2017 USA Women's Sevens was the third tournament of the 2016\u201317 World Rugby Women's Sevens Series, held from March 3\u20135, 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.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [23, 23], "content_span": [24, 328]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273321-0001-0000", "contents": "2017 USA Women's Sevens, Format\nThe 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.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 31], "content_span": [32, 347]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273322-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 USAC National Midget Series\nThe 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.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [32, 32], "content_span": [33, 500]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273322-0001-0000", "contents": "2017 USAC National Midget Series, Schedule\nThe entire season will be broadcast on-demand by . Select races were broadcast live by Speed Shift TV.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 42], "content_span": [43, 145]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273323-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 USAC Silver Crown Series\nThe 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.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [29, 29], "content_span": [30, 495]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273323-0001-0000", "contents": "2017 USAC Silver Crown Series, Schedule\nThe 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.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 39], "content_span": [40, 348]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273324-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 USAFL National Championships\nThe 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\u201322.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [33, 33], "content_span": [34, 270]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273325-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 USARL season\nThe 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.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 17], "section_span": [17, 17], "content_span": [18, 372]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273325-0001-0000", "contents": "2017 USARL season, Team changes\nThe Bucks County Sharks and the DC Slayers folded after the 2016 season bringing the number of teams down to 12.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 17], "section_span": [19, 31], "content_span": [32, 144]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273325-0002-0000", "contents": "2017 USARL season, Regular season\nTeams 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", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 17], "section_span": [19, 33], "content_span": [34, 260]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273325-0003-0000", "contents": "2017 USARL season, Final\nThe Atlanta Rhinos defeated the New York Knights 32-18 in the grand final to become the 2017 USARL National Champions.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 17], "section_span": [19, 24], "content_span": [25, 143]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273326-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 USC Trojans football team\nThe 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\u20133, 8\u20131 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\u20137.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [30, 30], "content_span": [31, 668]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273326-0001-0000", "contents": "2017 USC Trojans football team, Personnel, Returning starters\nUSC returns 26 starters in 2017, including 12 on offense, 11 on defense, and 3 on special teams.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 61], "content_span": [62, 158]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273326-0002-0000", "contents": "2017 USC Trojans football team, Personnel, Returning starters\nKey departures include Justin Davis (TB \u2013 6 games), JuJu Smith-Schuster (WR \u2013 13 games), Darreus Rogers (WR \u2013 13 games), De'Quan Hampton (WR), Isaac Whitney (WR), Taylor McNamara (TE \u2013 11 games), Zach Banner (OT \u2013 11 games), Chad Wheeler (OT \u2013 11 games), Damien Mama (OL \u2013 12 games), Jordan Simmons (OL \u2013 2 games), Stevie Tu'ikolovatu (DT \u2013 12 games), Quinton Powell (LB), Michael Hutchings (ILB \u2013 13 games), Adoree' Jackson (CB \u2013 13 games), Leon McQuay III (S \u2013 12 games), Zach Smith (LS \u2013 13 games).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 61], "content_span": [62, 563]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273326-0003-0000", "contents": "2017 USC Trojans football team, Personnel, Transfers\nThe Trojans lost 5 players due to transfer. One transfer during the 2017 season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 52], "content_span": [53, 133]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273326-0004-0000", "contents": "2017 USC Trojans football team, Personnel, Scholarship distribution chart\nredshirt year used / redshirt year eligible / *\u00a0: Former walk-on", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 73], "content_span": [74, 138]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273326-0005-0000", "contents": "2017 USC Trojans football team, Personnel, Scholarship distribution chart\n- 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.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 73], "content_span": [74, 239]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273326-0006-0000", "contents": "2017 USC Trojans football team, 2017 NFL Draft, NFL Combine\nThe 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\u2019 Jackson, OG Damien Mama, WR Darreus Rogers, WR JuJu Smith-Schuster, NT Stevie Tu\u2019ikolovatu and OT Chad Wheeler.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 59], "content_span": [60, 346]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273326-0007-0000", "contents": "2017 USC Trojans football team, 2017 NFL Draft, NFL Combine\nThe eight Trojans were tested at the Combine in Indianapolis beginning on February 28 through March 6.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 59], "content_span": [60, 162]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273326-0008-0000", "contents": "2017 USC Trojans football team, 2017 NFL Draft, NFL Combine\nTrojans 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", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 59], "content_span": [60, 315]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273326-0009-0000", "contents": "2017 USC Trojans football team, Statistics, Defense\nKey: 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\u00a0: Touchdown", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 51], "content_span": [52, 370]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273326-0010-0000", "contents": "2017 USC Trojans football team, Awards and honors, AP Pre-Season All-Americans\nCameron Smith - ILB - SophomoreIman Marshall - CB - Sophomore", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 78], "content_span": [79, 140]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273326-0011-0000", "contents": "2017 USC Trojans football team, Awards and honors, PAC-12 All-Conference Team\nSam Darnold - QB - SophomoreRonald Jones II - TB - JuniorRasheem Green - DT - JuniorUchenna Nwosu - OLB - SeniorCameron Smith - ILB - JuniorMarvell Tell - S - JuniorMichael Pittman Jr. - ST - Sophomore", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 77], "content_span": [78, 280]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273326-0012-0000", "contents": "2017 USC Trojans football team, Awards and honors, PAC-12 All-Conference Team\nDeontay Burnett - WR - JuniorToa Lobendahn - OT - SeniorChristian Rector - DT - SophomoreMatt Lopes - ST - Senior", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 77], "content_span": [78, 192]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273326-0013-0000", "contents": "2017 USC Trojans football team, Awards and honors, PAC-12 All-Conference Team\nStephen 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", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 77], "content_span": [78, 323]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273326-0014-0000", "contents": "2017 USC Trojans football team, Awards and honors, Sporting News 2017 college football preseason All-Americans\nSam Darnold - QB - SophomoreCameron Smith - LB - Junior", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 110], "content_span": [111, 167]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273327-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 USL Playoffs\nThe 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.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 17], "section_span": [17, 17], "content_span": [18, 385]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273327-0001-0000", "contents": "2017 USL Playoffs\nSixteen 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.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 17], "section_span": [17, 17], "content_span": [18, 468]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273327-0002-0000", "contents": "2017 USL Playoffs, USL Conference standings\nThe top 8 teams from each conference advance to the USL playoffs.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 17], "section_span": [19, 43], "content_span": [44, 109]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273328-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 USL season\nThe 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.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [15, 15], "content_span": [16, 199]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273328-0001-0000", "contents": "2017 USL season\nNew York Red Bulls II are the defending champions of both the USL Cup and Regular Season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [15, 15], "content_span": [16, 105]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273328-0002-0000", "contents": "2017 USL season, Rule changes\nTeams are now permitted only three substitutions a match. Previously, teams were allowed five substitutions a match.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [17, 29], "content_span": [30, 146]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273328-0003-0000", "contents": "2017 USL season, Teams\n\u2020 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.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [17, 22], "content_span": [23, 185]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273328-0004-0000", "contents": "2017 USL season, Competition Format\nThe season started on March 25 and ended October 15. The top eight finishers in each conference qualified for the playoffs.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [17, 35], "content_span": [36, 159]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273328-0005-0000", "contents": "2017 USL season, League Awards, All-League Teams\nF: Chandler Hoffman (SLC), Dane Kelly (RNO), Enzo Martinez (CLT)M: Marcel Sch\u00e4fer (TBR), Sebastian Velasquez (SLC), Chris Wehan (RNO)D: Paco Craig (LOU), Harrison Delbridge (CIN), Sebastien Ibeagha (SAN), Forrest Lasso (CHS)G: Diego Restrepo (SAN)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [17, 48], "content_span": [49, 298]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273328-0006-0000", "contents": "2017 USL season, League Awards, All-League Teams\nF: 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)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [17, 48], "content_span": [49, 296]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273329-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 UST Growling Tigers men's basketball team\nThe 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.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [46, 46], "content_span": [47, 363]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273329-0001-0000", "contents": "2017 UST Growling Tigers men's basketball team\nThe 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.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [46, 46], "content_span": [47, 313]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273329-0002-0000", "contents": "2017 UST Growling Tigers men's basketball team\nThey 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.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [46, 46], "content_span": [47, 258]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273329-0003-0000", "contents": "2017 UST Growling Tigers men's basketball team\nThey had an average losing margin of 13.9 points against a single 3 point win for the entire season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [46, 46], "content_span": [47, 147]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273329-0004-0000", "contents": "2017 UST Growling Tigers men's basketball team\nLike 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.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [46, 46], "content_span": [47, 277]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273329-0005-0000", "contents": "2017 UST Growling Tigers men's basketball team\nCameroonian center Steve Akomo led the league in rebounds with a 13.2 per game average.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [46, 46], "content_span": [47, 134]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273329-0006-0000", "contents": "2017 UST Growling Tigers men's basketball team, Roster changes\nThe 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.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [48, 62], "content_span": [63, 286]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273329-0007-0000", "contents": "2017 UST Growling Tigers men's basketball team, Roster changes\nUST has eight new players in their roster, composed of four rookies and four transferees.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [48, 62], "content_span": [63, 152]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273329-0008-0000", "contents": "2017 UST Growling Tigers men's basketball team, Roster changes\nFormer 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.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [48, 62], "content_span": [63, 402]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273329-0009-0000", "contents": "2017 UST Growling Tigers men's basketball team, Roster changes\nAfter Season 79's last place finish in the standings, sports analysts have again downplayed UST's chances of making it to the final four.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [48, 62], "content_span": [63, 200]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273329-0010-0000", "contents": "2017 UST Growling Tigers men's basketball team, Coaching staff\nBoy Sablan went into his second year as the head coach of the Growling Tigers after signing a one-year contract extension in June 2017.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [48, 62], "content_span": [63, 198]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273329-0011-0000", "contents": "2017 UST Growling Tigers men's basketball team, Coaching staff\nFormer PBA players Gerry Esplana and Bobby Jose replaced Patrick Fran and Rabbi Tomacruz as assistant coaches going into Season 80.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [48, 62], "content_span": [63, 194]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273329-0012-0000", "contents": "2017 UST Growling Tigers men's basketball team, Coaching staff\nEsplana, 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.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [48, 62], "content_span": [63, 395]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273329-0013-0000", "contents": "2017 UST Growling Tigers men's basketball team, Ineligibility issues\nSteve 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.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [48, 68], "content_span": [69, 392]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273329-0014-0000", "contents": "2017 UST Growling Tigers men's basketball team, Ineligibility issues\nThey 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.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [48, 68], "content_span": [69, 392]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273329-0015-0000", "contents": "2017 UST Growling Tigers men's basketball team, Ineligibility issues\nIn 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.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [48, 68], "content_span": [69, 711]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273329-0016-0000", "contents": "2017 UST Growling Tigers men's basketball team, Ineligibility issues\nThe 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.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [48, 68], "content_span": [69, 281]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273329-0017-0000", "contents": "2017 UST Growling Tigers men's basketball team, Ineligibility issues\nOn 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.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [48, 68], "content_span": [69, 596]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273329-0018-0000", "contents": "2017 UST Growling Tigers men's basketball team, Close calls\nThe 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.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [48, 59], "content_span": [60, 252]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273329-0019-0000", "contents": "2017 UST Growling Tigers men's basketball team, Close calls\nAgainst 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.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [48, 59], "content_span": [60, 340]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273329-0020-0000", "contents": "2017 UST Growling Tigers men's basketball team, Close calls\nThey 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.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [48, 59], "content_span": [60, 312]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273329-0021-0000", "contents": "2017 UST Growling Tigers men's basketball team, Close calls\nAgainst 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.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [48, 59], "content_span": [60, 294]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273329-0022-0000", "contents": "2017 UST Growling Tigers men's basketball team, Close calls\nIn 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.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [48, 59], "content_span": [60, 262]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273329-0023-0000", "contents": "2017 UST Growling Tigers men's basketball team, Close calls\nIn 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.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [48, 59], "content_span": [60, 256]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273329-0024-0000", "contents": "2017 UST Growling Tigers men's basketball team, UAAP Season 80 games results\nElimination games were played in a double round-robin format. All games were aired on ABS-CBN Sports and Action.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [48, 76], "content_span": [77, 189]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273329-0025-0000", "contents": "2017 UST Growling Tigers men's basketball team, Aftermath\nFollowing 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.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [48, 57], "content_span": [58, 414]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273329-0026-0000", "contents": "2017 UST Growling Tigers men's basketball team, Aftermath\nTigresses 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.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [48, 57], "content_span": [58, 242]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273329-0027-0000", "contents": "2017 UST Growling Tigers men's basketball team, Aftermath\nFormer 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.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [48, 57], "content_span": [58, 222]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273329-0028-0000", "contents": "2017 UST Growling Tigers men's basketball team, Aftermath\nOn 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.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [48, 57], "content_span": [58, 401]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273330-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 UT Arlington Mavericks baseball team\nThe 2017 Texas\u2013Arlington 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.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [41, 41], "content_span": [42, 246]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273330-0001-0000", "contents": "2017 UT Arlington Mavericks baseball team, Schedule and results\nTexas\u2013Arlington 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\u2013Monroe, and Texas State.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [43, 63], "content_span": [64, 436]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273330-0002-0000", "contents": "2017 UT Arlington Mavericks baseball team, Schedule and results\nThe 2017 Sun Belt Conference Championship was contested May 24\u201328 in Statesboro, Georgia, and was hosted by Georgia Southern.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [43, 63], "content_span": [64, 189]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273330-0003-0000", "contents": "2017 UT Arlington Mavericks baseball team, Schedule and results\nTexas-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.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [43, 63], "content_span": [64, 272]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273331-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 UT Martin Skyhawks football team\nThe 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\u20135, 4\u20134 in OVC play to finish in fourth place.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [37, 37], "content_span": [38, 404]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273332-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 UTEP Miners football team\nThe 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\u2013USA). 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\u201312, 0\u20138 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.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [30, 30], "content_span": [31, 715]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273332-0001-0000", "contents": "2017 UTEP Miners football team, Schedule\nUTEP 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.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 40], "content_span": [41, 341]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273332-0002-0000", "contents": "2017 UTEP Miners football team, Schedule\nThe 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.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 40], "content_span": [41, 283]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273333-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 UTSA Roadrunners football team\nThe 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\u2013USA). They were led by second-year head coach Frank Wilson. They finished the season 6\u20135, 3\u20135 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.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [35, 35], "content_span": [36, 569]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273333-0001-0000", "contents": "2017 UTSA Roadrunners football team, Schedule\nUTSA 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.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 45], "content_span": [46, 317]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273333-0002-0000", "contents": "2017 UTSA Roadrunners football team, Schedule\nThe 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.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 45], "content_span": [46, 415]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273333-0003-0000", "contents": "2017 UTSA Roadrunners football team, Schedule\nThe Roadrunners ended the season with their first winning record since 2013, with one of their six wins being a 17\u201310 victory against Baylor, giving the school its first ever win against a Power Five team.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 45], "content_span": [46, 251]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273334-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 UV43\n2017 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\u2013Levy 9. This minor planet has neither been numbered nor named.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 9], "section_span": [9, 9], "content_span": [10, 336]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273334-0001-0000", "contents": "2017 UV43, Description\n2017 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.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 9], "section_span": [11, 22], "content_span": [23, 336]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273334-0002-0000", "contents": "2017 UV43, Description\nIt orbits the Sun at a distance of 5.0\u20138.5\u00a0AU once every 17 years and 6 months (6,387 days; semi-major axis of 6.74\u00a0AU). Its orbit has an eccentricity of 0.26 and an inclination of 5\u00b0 with respect to the ecliptic. The body's observation arc begins with its first observation by the Mount Lemmon Survey in March 2005.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 9], "section_span": [11, 22], "content_span": [23, 339]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273334-0003-0000", "contents": "2017 UV43, Description, Comet Shoemaker\u2013Levy 9\nAs of December 2017, 2017 UV43 has an orbit similar to the average one of the fragments of comet Shoemaker\u2013Levy 9 (semi-major axis: 6.81\u00b10.04\u00a0AU , eccentricity: 0.210\u00b10.004, inclination: 5.87\u00b0\u00b10.08\u00b0, longitude of the ascending node: 220.8\u00b0\u00b10.2\u00b0 and argument of perihelion: 354.98\u00b0\u00b10.05\u00b0).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 9], "section_span": [11, 46], "content_span": [47, 335]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273335-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 UWLX season\nThe 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.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [16, 16], "content_span": [17, 188]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273336-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 Uganda Cup\nUganda Cup 2017-18 was the 43rd edition of the main Ugandan football Cup.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [15, 15], "content_span": [16, 89]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273336-0001-0000", "contents": "2017 Uganda Cup, Format\nThe 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.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [17, 23], "content_span": [24, 293]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273336-0002-0000", "contents": "2017 Uganda Cup, Overview\nThe competition was won by KCCA FC who defeated Paidha Black Angels 2-0 in the final, held in Arua.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [17, 25], "content_span": [26, 125]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273336-0003-0000", "contents": "2017 Uganda Cup, Awards\nPaidha Black Angels' Emmanuel Rubangakene won the best goalkeeper award.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [17, 23], "content_span": [24, 96]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273337-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 Uganda Marburg virus outbreak\nThe 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.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [34, 34], "content_span": [35, 204]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273337-0001-0000", "contents": "2017 Uganda Marburg virus outbreak\nThe 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", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [34, 34], "content_span": [35, 470]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273337-0002-0000", "contents": "2017 Uganda Marburg virus outbreak, Virology and epidemiology\nAccording 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).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 61], "content_span": [62, 301]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273337-0003-0000", "contents": "2017 Uganda Marburg virus outbreak, Virology and epidemiology\nThe 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", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 61], "content_span": [62, 337]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273337-0004-0000", "contents": "2017 Uganda Marburg virus outbreak, Virology and epidemiology\nAccording 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.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 61], "content_span": [62, 295]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273337-0005-0000", "contents": "2017 Uganda Marburg virus outbreak, Virology and epidemiology\nOn 8 December the World Health Organization declared the end to the outbreak in the country of Uganda due to two 21-day quarantine periods", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 61], "content_span": [62, 200]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273337-0006-0000", "contents": "2017 Uganda Marburg virus outbreak, Virology and epidemiology, Other outbreaks\nThe table lists a subset of the Marburg virus disease outbreaks, which have occurred specifically in Uganda:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 78], "content_span": [79, 187]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273338-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 Ukrainian Cup Final\nThe 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.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [24, 24], "content_span": [25, 252]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273338-0001-0000", "contents": "2017 Ukrainian Cup Final, Road to Kharkiv\nNote: In all results below, the score of the finalist is given first (H: home; A: away).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 41], "content_span": [42, 130]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273338-0002-0000", "contents": "2017 Ukrainian Cup Final, Previous encounters\nThe 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.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 45], "content_span": [46, 581]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273339-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 Ukrainian Figure Skating Championships\nThe 2017 Ukrainian Figure Skating Championships (Ukrainian: \u0427\u0435\u043c\u043f\u0456\u043e\u043d\u0430\u0442 \u0423\u043a\u0440\u0430\u0457\u043d\u0438 \u0437 \u0444\u0456\u0433\u0443\u0440\u043d\u043e\u0433\u043e \u043a\u0430\u0442\u0430\u043d\u043d\u044f \u043d\u0430 \u043a\u043e\u0432\u0437\u0430\u043d\u0430\u0445 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.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [43, 43], "content_span": [44, 469]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273340-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 Ukrainian Super Cup\nThe 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.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [24, 24], "content_span": [25, 243]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273340-0001-0000", "contents": "2017 Ukrainian Super Cup\nThe 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.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [24, 24], "content_span": [25, 181]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273340-0002-0000", "contents": "2017 Ukrainian Super Cup, Preparations and other background events\nOn 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.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 66], "content_span": [67, 491]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273340-0003-0000", "contents": "2017 Ukrainian Super Cup, Preparations and other background events\nFor 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\u201315 July 2017 there are planned number of mass events by Ukrainian Premier League among which will be a 2.5\u00a0km (1.6\u00a0mi) running race \"Probih UPL\" that will take place in the morning of the game day.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 66], "content_span": [67, 748]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273340-0004-0000", "contents": "2017 Ukrainian Super Cup, Preparations and other background events\nOriginally appointed referee Anatoliy Zhabchenko was replaced by Kostiantyn Trukhanov on a personal request.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 66], "content_span": [67, 175]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273340-0005-0000", "contents": "2017 Ukrainian Super Cup, Previous encounters\nBefore 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.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 45], "content_span": [46, 345]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273341-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 Ulster Senior Club Football Championship\nThe 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.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [45, 45], "content_span": [46, 295]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273341-0001-0000", "contents": "2017 Ulster Senior Club Football Championship\nSlaughtneil (Derry) were the reigning champions following their victory in the 2016 final over Kilcoo (Down).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [45, 45], "content_span": [46, 155]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273341-0002-0000", "contents": "2017 Ulster Senior Club Football Championship, Teams\nThe 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.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [47, 52], "content_span": [53, 292]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273342-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 Ulster Senior Football Championship\nThe 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.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [40, 40], "content_span": [41, 329]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273342-0001-0000", "contents": "2017 Ulster Senior Football Championship\nTyrone 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.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [40, 40], "content_span": [41, 195]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273342-0002-0000", "contents": "2017 Ulster Senior Football Championship, Teams\nThe 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.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 47], "content_span": [48, 259]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273343-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 Ulster Senior Hurling Championship\nThe 2017 Ulster Senior Hurling Championship was the 69th staging of the Ulster hurling championship since its establishment by the Ulster Council in 1901.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [39, 39], "content_span": [40, 194]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273343-0001-0000", "contents": "2017 Ulster Senior Hurling Championship\nThe 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.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [39, 39], "content_span": [40, 229]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273343-0002-0000", "contents": "2017 Ulster Senior Hurling Championship, Format\nIn 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.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 47], "content_span": [48, 335]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273343-0003-0000", "contents": "2017 Ulster Senior Hurling Championship, Format\nIn 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.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 47], "content_span": [48, 230]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273344-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 Ulster Unionist Party leadership election\nAn 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.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [46, 46], "content_span": [47, 673]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273345-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 Under 18 Women's Australian Championships\nThe 2017 Women's Under 18 Australian Championships was a field hockey tournament held in the Tasmanian city of Hobart from 19\u201329 April 2017.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [46, 46], "content_span": [47, 187]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273345-0001-0000", "contents": "2017 Under 18 Women's Australian Championships\nQLD 1 won the gold medal, defeating NSW State 2\u20130 in the final. WA won the bronze medal by defeating VIC 4\u20131 in the third place playoff.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [46, 46], "content_span": [47, 183]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273346-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 Under 21 Men's Australian Hockey Championships\nThe 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\u201314 July 2017.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 51], "section_span": [51, 51], "content_span": [52, 207]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273346-0001-0000", "contents": "2017 Under 21 Men's Australian Hockey Championships, Competition Format\nThe 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.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 51], "section_span": [53, 71], "content_span": [72, 371]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273346-0002-0000", "contents": "2017 Under 21 Men's Australian Hockey Championships, Competition Format\nThe 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.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 51], "section_span": [53, 71], "content_span": [72, 277]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273346-0003-0000", "contents": "2017 Under 21 Men's Australian Hockey Championships, Competition Format\nThe 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.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 51], "section_span": [53, 71], "content_span": [72, 272]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273346-0004-0000", "contents": "2017 Under 21 Men's Australian Hockey Championships, Statistics, Goalscorers\nThere were 130 goals scored in 24 matches, for an average of 5.42 goals per match.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 51], "section_span": [53, 76], "content_span": [77, 159]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273347-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 Under 21 Women's Australian Championships\nThe 2017 Women's Under 21 Australian Championships was a Field Hockey tournament held in the New South Wales city of Wollongong between 7\u201314 July 2017.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [46, 46], "content_span": [47, 198]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273347-0001-0000", "contents": "2017 Under 21 Women's Australian Championships\nNew South Wales won the tournament by defeating Western Australia 2\u20131 in the final. Queensland won the bronze medal by defeating South Australia 3\u20130 in the third and fourth playoff.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [46, 46], "content_span": [47, 228]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273347-0002-0000", "contents": "2017 Under 21 Women's Australian Championships, Competition Format\nThe 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.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [48, 66], "content_span": [67, 366]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273347-0003-0000", "contents": "2017 Under 21 Women's Australian Championships, Competition Format\nThe 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.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [48, 66], "content_span": [67, 272]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273347-0004-0000", "contents": "2017 Under 21 Women's Australian Championships, Competition Format\nThe 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.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [48, 66], "content_span": [67, 267]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273348-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 Under-20 Provincial Championship\nThe 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.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [37, 37], "content_span": [38, 265]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273348-0001-0000", "contents": "2017 Under-20 Provincial Championship\nThe competition was won by Griffons U20, who beat Limpopo Blue Bulls U20 29\u201322 in the final played on 20 October 2017.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [37, 37], "content_span": [38, 158]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273348-0002-0000", "contents": "2017 Under-20 Provincial Championship, Competition rules and information\nThere 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).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 72], "content_span": [73, 533]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273348-0003-0000", "contents": "2017 Under-20 Provincial Championship, Competition rules and information\nThe top four teams in the pool stage qualified for the semifinals, which were followed by a final.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 72], "content_span": [73, 171]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273348-0004-0000", "contents": "2017 Under-20 Provincial Championship, Teams\nThe teams that played in the 2017 Under-20 Provincial Championship were:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 44], "content_span": [45, 117]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273348-0005-0000", "contents": "2017 Under-20 Provincial Championship, Pool stage, Standings\nPoints 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", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 60], "content_span": [61, 226]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273348-0006-0000", "contents": "2017 Under-20 Provincial Championship, Honours\nThe honour roll for the 2017 Under-20 Provincial Championship was as follows:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 46], "content_span": [47, 124]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273348-0007-0000", "contents": "2017 Under-20 Provincial Championship, Players\nThe following squads were named for the 2017 Under-20 Provincial Championship:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 46], "content_span": [47, 125]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273348-0008-0000", "contents": "2017 Under-20 Provincial Championship, Referees\nThe following referees officiated matches in the 2017 Under-20 Provincial Championship:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 47], "content_span": [48, 135]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273349-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 Under-21 Provincial Championship\nThe 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.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [37, 37], "content_span": [38, 268]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273349-0001-0000", "contents": "2017 Under-21 Provincial Championship\nThe competition was won by Western Province U21, after they beat Blue Bulls U21 48\u201341 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.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [37, 37], "content_span": [38, 326]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273349-0002-0000", "contents": "2017 Under-21 Provincial Championship, Competition rules and information\nThere 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).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 72], "content_span": [73, 528]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273349-0003-0000", "contents": "2017 Under-21 Provincial Championship, Competition rules and information\nThe top four teams in the pool stage qualified for the semifinals, which were followed by a final.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 72], "content_span": [73, 171]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273349-0004-0000", "contents": "2017 Under-21 Provincial Championship, Teams\nThe teams that played in the 2017 Under-21 Provincial Championship were:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 44], "content_span": [45, 117]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273349-0005-0000", "contents": "2017 Under-21 Provincial Championship, Pool stage, Standings\nThe final standings of the 2017 Under-21 Provincial Championship Pool Stage were:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 60], "content_span": [61, 142]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273349-0006-0000", "contents": "2017 Under-21 Provincial Championship, Pool stage, Standings\nThe 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", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 60], "content_span": [61, 275]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273349-0007-0000", "contents": "2017 Under-21 Provincial Championship, Honours\nThe honour roll for the 2017 Under-21 Provincial Championship was as follows:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 46], "content_span": [47, 124]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273349-0008-0000", "contents": "2017 Under-21 Provincial Championship, Players\nThe following squads were named for the 2017 Under-21 Provincial Championship:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 46], "content_span": [47, 125]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273350-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 UniCredit Czech Open\nThe 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 Prost\u011bjov, Czech Republic between 5\u201310 June 2017.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [25, 25], "content_span": [26, 272]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273350-0001-0000", "contents": "2017 UniCredit Czech Open, Singles main draw entrants, Other entrants\nThe following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 69], "content_span": [70, 138]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273350-0002-0000", "contents": "2017 UniCredit Czech Open, Singles main draw entrants, Other entrants\nThe following players received entry into the singles main draw as alternates:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 69], "content_span": [70, 148]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273351-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 UniCredit Czech Open \u2013 Doubles\nAliaksandr 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 Dur\u00e1n and Andr\u00e9s Molteni. Zelenay partnered Julian Knowle but lost in the first round to David Marrero and Leander Paes.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [35, 35], "content_span": [36, 345]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273351-0001-0000", "contents": "2017 UniCredit Czech Open \u2013 Doubles\nDur\u00e1n and Molteni win the title after defeating Roman Jebav\u00fd and Hans Podlipnik-Castillo 7\u20136(7\u20135), 6\u20137(5\u20137), [10\u20136] in the final.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [35, 35], "content_span": [36, 165]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273352-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 UniCredit Czech Open \u2013 Singles\nMikhail Kukushkin was the defending champion but lost in the first round to Nicol\u00e1s Jarry.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [35, 35], "content_span": [36, 126]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273352-0001-0000", "contents": "2017 UniCredit Czech Open \u2013 Singles\nJi\u0159\u00ed Vesel\u00fd won the title after defeating Federico Delbonis 5\u20137, 6\u20131, 7\u20135 in the final.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [35, 35], "content_span": [36, 123]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273353-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 Union budget of India\nIt 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.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [26, 26], "content_span": [27, 193]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273353-0001-0000", "contents": "2017 Union budget of India\nThe 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.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [26, 26], "content_span": [27, 273]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273353-0002-0000", "contents": "2017 Union budget of India\nIn his speech the Finance Minister of India, Arun Jaitley has quoted that the Agenda for 2017-18 is \"Transform, Energise and Clean India\" \u2013 TEC India. He further went to explain that TEC India means to", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [26, 26], "content_span": [27, 228]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273353-0003-0000", "contents": "2017 Union budget of India\nThe printing of the budget documents began with a traditional Halwa ceremony in January 2017.32", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [26, 26], "content_span": [27, 122]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273353-0004-0000", "contents": "2017 Union budget of India\nIt's the first budget after major changes in the economy like Goods and Services Tax (India) and 2016 Indian banknote demonetisation.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [26, 26], "content_span": [27, 160]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273353-0005-0000", "contents": "2017 Union budget of India, Railway budget\nRailway 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.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 42], "content_span": [43, 240]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273353-0006-0000", "contents": "2017 Union budget of India, Finance Bill\nFinance 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", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 40], "content_span": [41, 254]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273354-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 United Arab Emirates Air Force Sikorsky UH-60M Black Hawk crash\nOn 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\".", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 68], "section_span": [68, 68], "content_span": [69, 351]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273354-0001-0000", "contents": "2017 United Arab Emirates Air Force Sikorsky UH-60M Black Hawk crash\nOne 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\u2013United Arab Emirates normalization agreement, which happened three years later in 2020.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 68], "section_span": [68, 68], "content_span": [69, 502]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273355-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 United Bowl\nThe 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\u201341.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [16, 16], "content_span": [17, 360]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273355-0001-0000", "contents": "2017 United Bowl\nThis 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.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [16, 16], "content_span": [17, 284]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273355-0002-0000", "contents": "2017 United Bowl, Venue\nThe 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.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [18, 23], "content_span": [24, 210]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273355-0003-0000", "contents": "2017 United Bowl, Background, Arizona Rattlers\nOn 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\u201329. The Rattlers finished the season with a conference best 12\u20134, 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\u201336.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [18, 46], "content_span": [47, 536]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273355-0004-0000", "contents": "2017 United Bowl, Background, Sioux Falls Storm\nIn 2017, the Storm began the regular season with 8 straight wins, including a 40\u201329 victory over the Arizona Rattlers in week 1, before a 44\u201336 loss to the Wichita Falls Nighthawks. They finished the season with a 14\u20132 record, earning the top seed in the United Conference and the best record in the league, which they secured with a 45\u201324 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\u201332.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [18, 47], "content_span": [48, 557]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273356-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 United Conservative Party leadership election\nA 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.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 50], "section_span": [50, 50], "content_span": [51, 439]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273356-0001-0000", "contents": "2017 United Conservative Party leadership election\nBoth 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.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 50], "section_span": [50, 50], "content_span": [51, 421]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273356-0002-0000", "contents": "2017 United Conservative Party leadership election, \"Kamikaze campaign\" scandal\nThe 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.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 50], "section_span": [52, 79], "content_span": [80, 934]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273356-0003-0000", "contents": "2017 United Conservative Party leadership election, \"Kamikaze campaign\" scandal\nA 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.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 50], "section_span": [52, 79], "content_span": [80, 350]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273356-0004-0000", "contents": "2017 United Conservative Party leadership election, \"Kamikaze campaign\" scandal\nAn 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.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 50], "section_span": [52, 79], "content_span": [80, 380]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273356-0005-0000", "contents": "2017 United Conservative Party leadership election, \"Kamikaze campaign\" scandal\nCallaway, 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.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 50], "section_span": [52, 79], "content_span": [80, 606]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273356-0006-0000", "contents": "2017 United Conservative Party leadership election, Declared candidates, Brian Jean\nBrian Jean, 54, was the final Leader of the Wildrose Party (2015\u20132017). Jean is currently the MLA for Fort McMurray-Conklin (2015\u2013present). He served as MP for Athabasca (2004\u20132006) and Fort McMurray\u2014Athabasca (2006\u20132014), Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Transport, Infrastructure and Communities (2006\u20132011), and Leader of the Official Opposition in Alberta (2015\u20132017). 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.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 50], "section_span": [52, 83], "content_span": [84, 640]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273356-0007-0000", "contents": "2017 United Conservative Party leadership election, Declared candidates, Jason Kenney\nJason Kenney, 49, was the final Leader of the Progressive Conservative Association of Alberta (2017). He served as MP for Calgary Southeast (1997\u20132015) and Calgary Midnapore (2015\u20132016), and was Minister of Citizenship and Immigration (2008\u20132013), Minister of Employment and Social Development (2013\u20132015), Minister of Multiculturalism and Citizenship (2013\u20132015), 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.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 50], "section_span": [52, 85], "content_span": [86, 599]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273356-0008-0000", "contents": "2017 United Conservative Party leadership election, Declared candidates, Doug Schweitzer\nDoug Schweitzer, 38, is a Calgary lawyer and longtime PC party member. He served as CEO of the Manitoba PC Party (2008\u20132009) and campaign manager of Jim Prentice's successful PC leadership campaign in 2014.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 50], "section_span": [52, 88], "content_span": [89, 295]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273356-0009-0000", "contents": "2017 United Conservative Party leadership election, Withdrawn candidates, Jeff Callaway\nJeff Callaway, 40, was formerly President of the Wildrose Party (2008\u20132010; 2014\u20132017) and 2015 Wildrose candidate for Calgary-North West. He is currently a Calgary-based senior investment advisor.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 50], "section_span": [52, 87], "content_span": [88, 285]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273357-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 United Kingdom elections\nSeveral elections were held in the United Kingdom in 2017:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [29, 29], "content_span": [30, 88]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273358-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 United Kingdom general election\nThe 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.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [36, 36], "content_span": [37, 562]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273358-0001-0000", "contents": "2017 United Kingdom general election\nThe 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.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [36, 36], "content_span": [37, 581]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273358-0002-0000", "contents": "2017 United Kingdom general election\nUnder 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.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [36, 36], "content_span": [37, 388]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273358-0003-0000", "contents": "2017 United Kingdom general election\nOpinion 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.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [36, 36], "content_span": [37, 581]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273358-0003-0001", "contents": "2017 United Kingdom general election\nThis 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.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [36, 36], "content_span": [37, 651]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273358-0004-0000", "contents": "2017 United Kingdom general election\nIn 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 F\u00e9in 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.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [36, 36], "content_span": [37, 437]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273358-0005-0000", "contents": "2017 United Kingdom general election\nNegotiation 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.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [36, 36], "content_span": [37, 392]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273358-0006-0000", "contents": "2017 United Kingdom general election, Electoral system\nEach 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.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 54], "content_span": [55, 507]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273358-0007-0000", "contents": "2017 United Kingdom general election, Electoral system\nThe 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.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 54], "content_span": [55, 288]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273358-0008-0000", "contents": "2017 United Kingdom general election, Electoral system, Voting eligibility\nTo vote in the general election, one had to be:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 74], "content_span": [75, 122]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273358-0009-0000", "contents": "2017 United Kingdom general election, Electoral system, Voting eligibility\nIndividuals 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.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 74], "content_span": [75, 540]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273358-0010-0000", "contents": "2017 United Kingdom general election, Electoral system, Voting eligibility\nOn 18 May, The Independent reported that more than 1.1\u00a0million 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.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 74], "content_span": [75, 275]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273358-0011-0000", "contents": "2017 United Kingdom general election, Date and cost of the election\nThe 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.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 67], "content_span": [68, 515]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273358-0012-0000", "contents": "2017 United Kingdom general election, Date and cost of the election\nOn 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.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 67], "content_span": [68, 600]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273358-0013-0000", "contents": "2017 United Kingdom general election, Date and cost of the election\nLabour 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.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 67], "content_span": [68, 522]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273358-0014-0000", "contents": "2017 United Kingdom general election, Date and cost of the election\nOn 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.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 67], "content_span": [68, 275]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273358-0015-0000", "contents": "2017 United Kingdom general election, Date and cost of the election, Timetable\nThe key dates are listed below (all times are BST):", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 78], "content_span": [79, 130]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273358-0016-0000", "contents": "2017 United Kingdom general election, Date and cost of the election, Cost\nThe cost of organising the election was around \u00a3140\u00a0million \u2013 slightly less than the EU referendum, of which \u00a398\u00a0million was spent on administrative costs, and \u00a342.5\u00a0million was spent on campaign costs.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 73], "content_span": [74, 276]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273358-0017-0000", "contents": "2017 United Kingdom general election, Parties and candidates\nMost 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.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 60], "content_span": [61, 261]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273358-0018-0000", "contents": "2017 United Kingdom general election, Parties and candidates\nThe 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.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 60], "content_span": [61, 494]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273358-0019-0000", "contents": "2017 United Kingdom general election, Parties and candidates, Great Britain\nThe 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.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 75], "content_span": [76, 663]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273358-0020-0000", "contents": "2017 United Kingdom general election, Parties and candidates, Great Britain\nWhile 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)\u201449 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.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 75], "content_span": [76, 613]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273358-0020-0001", "contents": "2017 United Kingdom general election, Parties and candidates, Great Britain\nUKIP, 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.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 75], "content_span": [76, 508]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273358-0020-0002", "contents": "2017 United Kingdom general election, Parties and candidates, Great Britain\nSmaller 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.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 75], "content_span": [76, 463]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273358-0021-0000", "contents": "2017 United Kingdom general election, Parties and candidates, Northern Ireland\nIn Northern Ireland, the Democratic Unionist Party (DUP), Sinn F\u00e9in, 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 F\u00e9in maintained its abstentionist policy. The DUP, Sinn F\u00e9in, 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.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 78], "content_span": [79, 616]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273358-0022-0000", "contents": "2017 United Kingdom general election, Parties and candidates, Candidates\n3,304 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.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 72], "content_span": [73, 487]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273358-0022-0001", "contents": "2017 United Kingdom general election, Parties and candidates, Candidates\nIn 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.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 72], "content_span": [73, 610]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273358-0023-0000", "contents": "2017 United Kingdom general election, Parties and candidates, Candidates\nIn 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.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 72], "content_span": [73, 398]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273358-0024-0000", "contents": "2017 United Kingdom general election, Parties and candidates, Candidates\nOf the 109 candidates in Northern Ireland, Sinn F\u00e9in, 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.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 72], "content_span": [73, 498]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273358-0025-0000", "contents": "2017 United Kingdom general election, Parties and candidates, Candidates, Party selection processes\nUnlike 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.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 99], "content_span": [100, 258]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273358-0026-0000", "contents": "2017 United Kingdom general election, Parties and candidates, Candidates, Party selection processes\nFor 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.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 99], "content_span": [100, 715]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273358-0026-0001", "contents": "2017 United Kingdom general election, Parties and candidates, Candidates, Party selection processes\nHaving 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.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 99], "content_span": [100, 511]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273358-0027-0000", "contents": "2017 United Kingdom general election, Parties and candidates, Candidates, Party selection processes\nThe 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.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 99], "content_span": [100, 779]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273358-0028-0000", "contents": "2017 United Kingdom general election, Parties and candidates, Candidates, High-profile candidates\nFormer 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).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 97], "content_span": [98, 701]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273358-0029-0000", "contents": "2017 United Kingdom general election, Parties and candidates, Candidates, High-profile candidates\nTony 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.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 97], "content_span": [98, 294]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273358-0030-0000", "contents": "2017 United Kingdom general election, Parties and candidates, Candidates, High-profile candidates\nEli 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.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 97], "content_span": [98, 414]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273358-0031-0000", "contents": "2017 United Kingdom general election, Parties and candidates, Candidates, High-profile candidates\nThose 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.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 97], "content_span": [98, 331]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273358-0032-0000", "contents": "2017 United Kingdom general election, Parties and candidates, Candidates, High-profile candidates\nAfter coming second in the Stoke-on-Trent Central by-election earlier in 2017, UKIP leader Paul Nuttall contested Boston and Skegness.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 97], "content_span": [98, 232]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273358-0033-0000", "contents": "2017 United Kingdom general election, Parties and candidates, Candidates, High-profile candidates\nFormer 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.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 97], "content_span": [98, 400]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273358-0034-0000", "contents": "2017 United Kingdom general election, Parties and candidates, Electoral alliances and arrangements\nAhead 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.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 98], "content_span": [99, 620]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273358-0035-0000", "contents": "2017 United Kingdom general election, Parties and candidates, Electoral alliances and arrangements\nWithin 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.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 98], "content_span": [99, 694]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273358-0036-0000", "contents": "2017 United Kingdom general election, Parties and candidates, Electoral alliances and arrangements\nNotwithstanding 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.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 98], "content_span": [99, 853]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273358-0037-0000", "contents": "2017 United Kingdom general election, Parties and candidates, Electoral alliances and arrangements\nIn 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 F\u00e9in, 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 F\u00e9in's abstentionist policy was criticised, and the SDLP admitted an agreement was unlikely. On 8 May, the SDLP rejected Sinn F\u00e9in's call for them to stand aside in some seats.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 98], "content_span": [99, 775]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273358-0038-0000", "contents": "2017 United Kingdom general election, Campaign, Background\nPrior 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.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 58], "content_span": [59, 575]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273358-0039-0000", "contents": "2017 United Kingdom general election, Campaign, Background\nThe general election came soon after the Northern Ireland Assembly election on 2 March. Talks on power-sharing between the DUP and Sinn F\u00e9in 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.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 58], "content_span": [59, 386]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273358-0040-0000", "contents": "2017 United Kingdom general election, Campaign, Background\nLocal 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.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 58], "content_span": [59, 491]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273358-0041-0000", "contents": "2017 United Kingdom general election, Campaign, Background\nOn 6 May, a letter from Church of England Archbishops Justin Welby and John Sentamu stressed the importance of education, housing, communities and health.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 58], "content_span": [59, 213]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273358-0042-0000", "contents": "2017 United Kingdom general election, Campaign, Background\nAll 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.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 58], "content_span": [59, 282]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273358-0043-0000", "contents": "2017 United Kingdom general election, Campaign, Background\nMajor 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.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 58], "content_span": [59, 273]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273358-0044-0000", "contents": "2017 United Kingdom general election, Campaign, Issues, Brexit\nThe 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\".", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 62], "content_span": [63, 482]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273358-0045-0000", "contents": "2017 United Kingdom general election, Campaign, Issues, Brexit\nLabour 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.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 62], "content_span": [63, 640]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273358-0046-0000", "contents": "2017 United Kingdom general election, Campaign, Issues, Brexit\nThe 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.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 62], "content_span": [63, 660]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273358-0047-0000", "contents": "2017 United Kingdom general election, Campaign, Issues, Security\nTwo 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.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 64], "content_span": [65, 622]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273358-0048-0000", "contents": "2017 United Kingdom general election, Campaign, Issues, Security\nFormer 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.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 64], "content_span": [65, 459]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273358-0049-0000", "contents": "2017 United Kingdom general election, Campaign, Issues, Security\nThe 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.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 64], "content_span": [65, 466]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273358-0050-0000", "contents": "2017 United Kingdom general election, Campaign, Issues, Security\nOn 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.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 64], "content_span": [65, 390]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273358-0051-0000", "contents": "2017 United Kingdom general election, Campaign, Issues, Security\nThe 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.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 64], "content_span": [65, 508]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273358-0052-0000", "contents": "2017 United Kingdom general election, Campaign, Issues, Social care\nSocial 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.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 67], "content_span": [68, 503]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273358-0053-0000", "contents": "2017 United Kingdom general election, Campaign, Issues, Scottish independence and the future of the UK\nThe 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.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 102], "content_span": [103, 602]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273358-0053-0001", "contents": "2017 United Kingdom general election, Campaign, Issues, Scottish independence and the future of the UK\nThe 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, \u201cUndoubtedly the issue of an independence referendum was a factor in this election result, but I think there were other factors as well\u201d.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 102], "content_span": [103, 618]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273358-0054-0000", "contents": "2017 United Kingdom general election, Campaign, Issues, University tuition fees\nLabour was thought to have attracted a significant number of student voters with its pledge to abolish tuition fees, which stands at \u00a39,250 a year in England, and bring back student grants.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 79], "content_span": [80, 269]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273358-0055-0000", "contents": "2017 United Kingdom general election, Campaign, Issues, Possible coalitions\nAlthough 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\u2013Lab pact were credited with securing a Conservative win in the 1992 and 2015 elections. On 19 April, May warned against a Labour\u2013SNP\u2013Lib 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.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 75], "content_span": [76, 760]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273358-0056-0000", "contents": "2017 United Kingdom general election, Campaign, Party campaigns, Conservatives\nMay launched the Conservative campaign with a focus on Brexit, lower domestic taxes and avoiding a Labour\u2013SNP-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.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 78], "content_span": [79, 489]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273358-0057-0000", "contents": "2017 United Kingdom general election, Campaign, Party campaigns, Conservatives\nMay 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.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 78], "content_span": [79, 894]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273358-0058-0000", "contents": "2017 United Kingdom general election, Campaign, Party campaigns, Conservatives\nOn 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.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 78], "content_span": [79, 760]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273358-0059-0000", "contents": "2017 United Kingdom general election, Campaign, Party campaigns, Conservatives\nIn 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.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 78], "content_span": [79, 465]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273358-0059-0001", "contents": "2017 United Kingdom general election, Campaign, Party campaigns, Conservatives\nThe 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.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 78], "content_span": [79, 581]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273358-0060-0000", "contents": "2017 United Kingdom general election, Campaign, Party campaigns, Conservatives\nUnveiling 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 \u00a38bn per year and on schools by \u00a34bn 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.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 78], "content_span": [79, 678]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273358-0060-0001", "contents": "2017 United Kingdom general election, Campaign, Party campaigns, Conservatives\nNew 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.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 78], "content_span": [79, 668]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273358-0061-0000", "contents": "2017 United Kingdom general election, Campaign, Party campaigns, Conservatives\nThe manifesto also proposed reforms to social care in England that would raise the threshold for free care from \u00a323,250 to \u00a3100,000, 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\".", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 78], "content_span": [79, 776]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273358-0062-0000", "contents": "2017 United Kingdom general election, Campaign, Party campaigns, Conservatives\nThe Conservative Party manifesto at the 2017 general election proposed repealing the Fixed-term Parliaments Act 2011.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 78], "content_span": [79, 196]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273358-0063-0000", "contents": "2017 United Kingdom general election, Campaign, Party campaigns, Labour\nCorbyn 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\".", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 71], "content_span": [72, 667]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273358-0064-0000", "contents": "2017 United Kingdom general election, Campaign, Party campaigns, Labour\nLabour 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\u00a0million 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 \u00a3300\u00a0million 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.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 71], "content_span": [72, 727]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273358-0065-0000", "contents": "2017 United Kingdom general election, Campaign, Party campaigns, Labour\nOn 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 \u00a380,000 per year. The following day Labour outlined plans to ban junk food TV adverts and parking charges at NHS hospitals. Labour promised an additional \u00a34.8\u00a0billion for education, funded by raising corporation tax from 19% to 26%.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 71], "content_span": [72, 464]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273358-0066-0000", "contents": "2017 United Kingdom general election, Campaign, Party campaigns, Labour\nA draft copy of Labour's manifesto was leaked to the Daily Mirror and The Daily Telegraph on 10 May. It included pledges to renationalise the National Grid, railways, and the Royal Mail and create publicly owned energy companies. The draft was noted for including commitments to workers' rights, a ban on fracking, and the abolition of university tuition fees in England. The draft manifesto included a commitment to the Trident nuclear deterrent, but suggested a future government would be \"extremely cautious\" about using it. The next day Labour's Clause V meeting endorsed the manifesto after amendments from shadow cabinet members and trade unions present.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 71], "content_span": [72, 732]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273358-0067-0000", "contents": "2017 United Kingdom general election, Campaign, Party campaigns, Labour\nIn a speech at Chatham House on 12 May, Corbyn set out his foreign policy, saying he would reshape Britain's foreign relations, avoid the use of nuclear weapons, and while Labour supported Trident renewal he would initiate a defence review in government. Corbyn stated that he would halt all weapons sales from the UK to Saudi Arabia citing the violations of human rights in the Saudi Arabian-led intervention in Yemen. After the 2017 London Bridge attack, Corbyn said that a conversation should take place \"with Saudi Arabia and other Gulf states that have funded and fuelled extremist ideology\".", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 71], "content_span": [72, 669]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273358-0068-0000", "contents": "2017 United Kingdom general election, Campaign, Party campaigns, Labour\nOn 14 May, Labour revealed plans to extend stamp duty by introducing a financial transactions tax, which McDonnell claimed would raise up to \u00a35.6bn per year. The next day Corbyn set out plans to spend \u00a337bn on the NHS in England over a five-year parliament, including \u00a310bn on IT upgrades and building repairs.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 71], "content_span": [72, 382]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273358-0069-0000", "contents": "2017 United Kingdom general election, Campaign, Party campaigns, Labour\nLaunching its manifesto officially on 16 May, Labour revealed it would nationalise the water industry, provide 30 hours per week of free childcare for two- to four-year-olds, charge companies a levy on annual earnings above \u00a3330,000, lower the 45p income tax rate threshold to \u00a380,000 per year, and reintroduce the 50p tax rate for those earning more than \u00a3123,000 per year. Labour said it would raise an additional \u00a348.6bn in tax revenue per year and insisted its policies were fully costed, though it was noted no costings were provided for its nationalisation pledges.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 71], "content_span": [72, 643]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273358-0069-0001", "contents": "2017 United Kingdom general election, Campaign, Party campaigns, Labour\nCompared to the leaked draft, the manifesto was noted for toughening Labour's position on defence and Trident, confirming that outside the EU free movement would have to end, qualifying support for airport expansion, and clarifying the party's stance on Israel-Palestine, as well as other changes. After initial confusion, Labour clarified it would not reverse the government's freeze on most working-age benefits.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 71], "content_span": [72, 486]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273358-0070-0000", "contents": "2017 United Kingdom general election, Campaign, Party campaigns, Labour\nIn an interview following the manifesto launch, Unite general secretary Len McCluskey said victory for Labour in the general election would be \"extraordinary\" and that winning just 200 seats (compared to 229 seats held at the time) would be a \"successful\" result; the following morning he clarified he was now \"optimistic\" about Labour's chances.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 71], "content_span": [72, 418]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273358-0071-0000", "contents": "2017 United Kingdom general election, Campaign, Party campaigns, SNP\nThe SNP, keen to maintain its position as the third-largest party in the House of Commons, made the need to protect Scotland's interests in the Brexit negotiations a central part of its campaign. The SNP manifesto called for a vote on independence to be held \"at the end of the Brexit process\", set out \"anti-austerity\" plans to invest \u00a3118bn in UK public services over the next five years, pledged to increase the minimum wage to \u00a310 an hour and called for Scotland to have control over immigration and to remain in the EU single market after Brexit. With the polls closing, Nicola Sturgeon told the Today programme that the SNP could support a Labour government \"on an issue-by-issue basis\" in the event of a hung parliament and she would be open to forming a \"progressive alternative to a Conservative government\".", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 68], "content_span": [69, 886]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273358-0072-0000", "contents": "2017 United Kingdom general election, Campaign, Party campaigns, Liberal Democrats\nCentral themes of the Liberal Democrat campaign were an offer of a referendum on any eventual Brexit deal and a desire for the UK to stay in the single market. The party reportedly targeted seats which had voted to remain in the EU, such as Twickenham, Oxford West and Abingdon, and Vauxhall. Bob Marshall-Andrews, a Labour MP from 1997 to 2010, announced he would support the Liberal Democrats.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 82], "content_span": [83, 478]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273358-0073-0000", "contents": "2017 United Kingdom general election, Campaign, Party campaigns, Liberal Democrats\nThe party reported a surge in membership after the election was called, passing 100,000 on 24 April, having grown by 12,500 in the preceding week. The party also reported raising \u00a3500,000 in donations in the first 48 hours after May's announcement of an early election.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 82], "content_span": [83, 352]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273358-0074-0000", "contents": "2017 United Kingdom general election, Campaign, Party campaigns, Liberal Democrats\nAn early issue raised in the campaign was Tim Farron's views, as a Christian, regarding gay sex and LGBT rights. After declining to state whether he thought gay sex was a sin, Farron affirmed that he believed neither being gay nor having gay sex are sinful.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 82], "content_span": [83, 340]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273358-0075-0000", "contents": "2017 United Kingdom general election, Campaign, Party campaigns, Liberal Democrats\nThe party proposed raising income tax by 1p to fund the NHS and maintaining the triple-lock on the state pension. The Liberal Democrats also promised an additional \u00a37\u00a0billion to protect per-pupil funding in education; they said it would be partly funded by remaining in the EU single market. The party pledged on 11 May to accept 50,000 refugees from Syria over five years, with Farron saying that the \u00a34.3\u00a0billion costs would over time be repaid in taxes by those refugees that settle in Britain.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 82], "content_span": [83, 580]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273358-0076-0000", "contents": "2017 United Kingdom general election, Campaign, Party campaigns, Liberal Democrats\nOn 12 May the party revealed plans to legalise cannabis and extend paid paternity leave. Farron proposed financial incentives for graduates joining the armed forces and committed to NATO's 2% of GDP defence spending target. The next day the Liberal Democrats promised to end the cap on public-sector pay increases and repeal the Investigatory Powers Act. On 16 May the Liberal Democrats proposed an entrepreneurs' allowance, to review business rates and to increase access to credit.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 82], "content_span": [83, 566]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273358-0077-0000", "contents": "2017 United Kingdom general election, Campaign, Party campaigns, Liberal Democrats\nPolicies emphasised during their manifesto launch on 17 May included a second referendum on a Brexit deal with the option to remain a member of the EU, discounted bus passes for 16- to 21-year-olds, the reinstatement of Housing Benefit for 18- to 21-year-olds, a \u00a33bn plan to build 300,000 new houses a year by 2022 and support for renters to build up equity in their rented properties.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 82], "content_span": [83, 469]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273358-0078-0000", "contents": "2017 United Kingdom general election, Campaign, Party campaigns, UKIP\nPaul Nuttall announced that UKIP's manifesto would seek to ban the burqa, outlaw sharia law, impose a temporary moratorium on new Islamic schools and require annual checks against female genital mutilation (FGM) for high-risk girls. In response to the proposed burqa ban UKIP's foreign affairs spokesperson James Carver resigned, labelling the policy \"misguided\".", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 69], "content_span": [70, 433]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273358-0079-0000", "contents": "2017 United Kingdom general election, Campaign, Party campaigns, UKIP\nDespite losing all 145 of the seats it was defending in the 2017 local elections (but gaining one from Labour in Burnley), Nuttall insisted voters would return to UKIP in the general election. On 8 May UKIP proposed a net migration target of zero within five years.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 69], "content_span": [70, 335]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273358-0080-0000", "contents": "2017 United Kingdom general election, Campaign, Television debates\nWithin hours of the election being announced, Corbyn, Farron and Sturgeon called for televised debates. The Prime Minister's office initially opposed the idea. On 19 April, the BBC and ITV announced they planned to host leaders' debates, as they had done in the 2010 and 2015 elections, whether or not May took part. Labour subsequently ruled out Corbyn taking part in television debates without May.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 66], "content_span": [67, 467]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273358-0081-0000", "contents": "2017 United Kingdom general election, Campaign, Television debates\nBroadcaster Andrew Neil separately interviewed the party leaders in The Andrew Neil Interviews on BBC One, starting on 22 May with Theresa May. The Manchester Arena bombing led to interviews with Nuttall, Farron, Sturgeon and Corbyn to be rescheduled. ITV Tonight also ran a series of programmes with the major party leaders.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 66], "content_span": [67, 392]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273358-0082-0000", "contents": "2017 United Kingdom general election, Campaign, Television debates\nSky News and Channel 4 hosted an election programme on 29 May where May and Corbyn were individually interviewed by Jeremy Paxman after taking questions from a studio audience. The BBC held two debates to which all seven main party leaders were invited, on 31 May in Cambridge and 6 June in Manchester; both May and Corbyn stated they would not attend the 31 May debate. May said that she had already debated Corbyn many times in parliament, and that she would be meeting the public instead. Corbyn announced on the day that he would attend the debate in Cambridge, calling on May to do the same. Instead Amber Rudd appeared for the Conservatives.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 66], "content_span": [67, 714]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273358-0083-0000", "contents": "2017 United Kingdom general election, Campaign, Television debates\nThe BBC hosted separate debates for the English regions, and for both Scotland and Wales, and also a Question Time special with May and Corbyn separately answering questions from voters on 2 June, chaired by David Dimbleby. Sturgeon and Farron were expected to do the same on 4 June, but after the 2017 London Bridge attack it was rescheduled to 5 June and instead presented by Nick Robinson.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 66], "content_span": [67, 459]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273358-0083-0001", "contents": "2017 United Kingdom general election, Campaign, Television debates\nThe BBC also hosted two back-to-back episodes of a special election programme titled Election Questions on 4 June, the first in Bristol with Green Party co-leader Jonathan Bartley followed by Nuttall, and the second in Swansea with Plaid Cymru leader Leanne Wood. The party leaders were individually questioned by a studio audience.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 66], "content_span": [67, 399]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273358-0084-0000", "contents": "2017 United Kingdom general election, Campaign, Television debates\nSTV planned to host a live TV debate in Glasgow with four Scottish party leaders on 24 May, but it was postponed, owing to the Manchester Arena bombing. The debate was rescheduled for Tuesday 6 June.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 66], "content_span": [67, 266]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273358-0085-0000", "contents": "2017 United Kingdom general election, Campaign, Campaign costs\nIn the 12 months leading up to the election, the Conservatives spent \u00a318.5m, Labour spent \u00a311m and the Liberal Democrats spent \u00a36.8m.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 62], "content_span": [63, 196]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273358-0086-0000", "contents": "2017 United Kingdom general election, Endorsements\nNewspapers, organisations and individuals endorsed parties or individual candidates for the election. For example, the main national newspapers gave the following endorsements:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 50], "content_span": [51, 227]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273358-0087-0000", "contents": "2017 United Kingdom general election, Media coverage\nIn contrast to the 2015 general election, in which smaller parties received more media coverage than usual, coverage during the 2017 election focused on the two main political parties, Labour and the Conservatives (84% of the politicians featured in newspapers, and 67% on TV, were Conservative or Labour), with Conservatives sources receiving the most coverage and quotation, particularly in the print media (the margin of difference between Conservative and Labour sources was 2.1 points on TV and 9.6 points in newspapers).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 52], "content_span": [53, 579]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273358-0087-0001", "contents": "2017 United Kingdom general election, Media coverage\nThe five most prominent politicians were Theresa May (Cons) (30.1% of news appearanced), Jeremy Corbyn (Lab) (26.7%), Tim Farron (Lib Dem) (6.8%), Nicola Sturgeon (SNP) (3.7%), and Boris Johnson (Cons) (3.6%). The Democratic Unionist Party (DUP) received next to no coverage during the campaign (0.4% of appearances) but were prominent in coverage after the election.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 52], "content_span": [53, 420]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273358-0088-0000", "contents": "2017 United Kingdom general election, Media coverage\nNewspapers were partisan in their coverage and generally took an attacking editorial line, providing negative coverage of one or more parties they opposed rather than advocating for the party they endorsed, with Labour receiving the most negative coverage. Mick Temple, professor of Journalism and Politics at Staffordshire University, characterised the negativity Corbyn and Labour received during this election as more hostile than that which Ed Miliband and Labour received during the 2015 general election. Jeremy Corbyn was portrayed as a coward, and he and his closest allies were accused of being terrorist sympathizers.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 52], "content_span": [53, 680]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273358-0088-0001", "contents": "2017 United Kingdom general election, Media coverage\nDuring the election period, BBC Question Time host David Dimbleby said Jeremy Corbyn had not had 'a fair deal at the hands of the press' and that he was more popular than the media made him out to be. An exception, when the Conservative Party received more negative coverage than Labour, was during the third week of the campaign, when the Conservatives released their manifesto, proposed a controversial social welfare policy (which became known as the \"dementia tax\") and subsequently made a U-turn on the proposal.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 52], "content_span": [53, 570]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273358-0088-0002", "contents": "2017 United Kingdom general election, Media coverage\nWhen newspaper circulation size is accounted for, the Conservative Party was the only party to receive a positive evaluation overall from the press. It was endorsed by newspapers that had an 80% share of the national Sunday press audience (the five Sunday newspapers endorsing the Conservatives had a daily circulation of more than 4\u00a0million) and 57% of the national daily press (a combined circulation of 4,429,460).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 52], "content_span": [53, 470]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273358-0089-0000", "contents": "2017 United Kingdom general election, Media coverage\nOne national Sunday newspaper (the Sunday Mirror), endorsed Labour, with two others endorsing tactical voting against the Conservative (these three titles, with a daily circulation of under 1\u00a0million, had a share of 20% of the Sunday press audience), and 11% of the national daily press (namely, The Guardian and the Daily Mirror; a combined circulation of 841,010). On this metric, 'Conservative partisanship was the most salient voice in the British national press'.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 52], "content_span": [53, 521]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273358-0089-0001", "contents": "2017 United Kingdom general election, Media coverage\nWhen newspapers' articles were measured by their positivity and negativity towards and against the parties running in the election, The Sun, The Daily Telegraph, the Daily Express and the Daily Mail provided support for the Conservatives and The Guardian and the Daily Mirror provided support for the Labour party. However, few Guardian or Mirror election-related editorials called for a vote for Labour, and even fewer endorsed Corbyn \u2013 many articles in left-wing papers criticised him, or he was ignored.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 52], "content_span": [53, 559]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273358-0089-0002", "contents": "2017 United Kingdom general election, Media coverage\nWhile the collective voice of the right-wing papers were (four times) stronger in their support for the Conservatives than the left-wing were of Labour, on the whole they were similar to the left in their negativity towards, or avoidance of, the leader of their endorsed party. Only the Daily Express gave Theresa May unreserved support. After the election, the press turned on Theresa May, who had run on a campaign that platformed her as a 'strong and stable' leader, and they described her as 'weak and wobbly', 'robotic', the 'zombie prime minister', and a 'dead woman walking'.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 52], "content_span": [53, 635]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273358-0090-0000", "contents": "2017 United Kingdom general election, Media coverage\nBroadcast media, by giving airtime directly to Jeremy Corbyn and his policy ideas, was seen as playing a significant role during the election in presenting him as someone less frightening that the newspapers had presented him and more engaging than Theresa May. The BBC has been criticised for its coverage during the election campaign.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 52], "content_span": [53, 389]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273358-0090-0001", "contents": "2017 United Kingdom general election, Media coverage\nFor example, right-wing papers The Sun and the Daily Mail complained that the audience at the BBC run leaders' debate was pro-Corbyn, and the Daily Mail asked why the topic of immigration, one of the Conservatives favoured issues, was barely mentioned; and right-wing websites Breitbart London and Westmonster said BBC coverage on Brexit was pro-EU. Left-wing websites, like The Canary, The Skwawkbox and Another Angry Voice complained that the BBC was pro-Tory and anti-Corbyn. According to analysts, a bias was evident during Jeremy Paxman's leaders debates, with 54% of airtime devoted to Conservative issues and 31% to Labour's.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 52], "content_span": [53, 685]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273358-0090-0002", "contents": "2017 United Kingdom general election, Media coverage\nIn an episode of Have I Got News for You aired during the campaign period, Ian Hislop, editor of Private Eye, suggested the BBC was biased in favour of the Conservatives. The BBC's political editor Laura Kuenssberg particularly received criticism for her election coverage. During the election the BBC circulated a 2015 report of Kuenssberg's (on Corbyn's views on 'shoot to kill' policy) that had been censured by the BBC Trust for its misleading editing; on the final day of the election the BBC acknowledged that the clip was subject to a complaint that had been upheld by the Trust.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 52], "content_span": [53, 639]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273358-0091-0000", "contents": "2017 United Kingdom general election, Media coverage\nAs during the 2015 election, although less than then (\u221212.5%), most media coverage (32.9%) was given to the workings of the electoral process itself (e.g., electoral events, opinion polls, 'horse race' coverage, campaign mishaps). During the first two weeks of campaigning, members of the public, interviewed in vox pops, made up a fifth to almost a half of all sources in broadcast news.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 52], "content_span": [53, 441]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273358-0091-0001", "contents": "2017 United Kingdom general election, Media coverage\nWhile in the first two weeks of the election period policy made up less than half of all broadcast coverage, over the whole campaign policy received more coverage in all media than during the previous election, particularly after manifestos were published in the third week, when close to eight in ten broadcast news items were primarily about policy issues. Policy around Brexit and the EU receiving most coverage overall (10.9%), and national events that happened during the campaign period (namely, the terrorist attacks on Manchester Arena and in the area of London Bridge), along with controversies over Trident, brought policy issues around defence and security to the fore (7.2%).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 52], "content_span": [53, 740]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273358-0092-0000", "contents": "2017 United Kingdom general election, Media coverage\nFrom the start of the campaign, commentators predicted a landslide victory for the Conservatives. After the results were in and the Conservatives had won by a much smaller margin, on air Channel 4's Jon Snow said, \"I know nothing, we the media, the pundits and experts, know nothing\". A number of newspaper columnists expressed similar sentiments.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 52], "content_span": [53, 400]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273358-0092-0001", "contents": "2017 United Kingdom general election, Media coverage\nSome analysts and commentators have suggested the gap between the newspapers' strong support, and the public's marginal support, for the Conservatives in this election indicates a decline in the influence of print media, and/or that in 2017's election social media played a decisive role (perhaps being the first election in which this was the case). Some website and blog content, like that produced by The Canary and Another Angry Voice, gained as much traffic as many mainstream media articles and went more viral than mainstream political journalism. The London Economic had the most shared election-related article online during the campaign.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 52], "content_span": [53, 700]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273358-0092-0002", "contents": "2017 United Kingdom general election, Media coverage\nOthers urge caution, stressing that the traditional press still have an importance influence on how people vote. In a YouGov poll, 42% of the general public said that TV was most influential in helping them choose, or confirming their choice in, whom to vote for; 32% said newspapers and magazines; 26%, social media; and 25%, radio. 58% of people surveyed also thought that the social media had diminished the influence of newspapers.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 52], "content_span": [53, 488]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273358-0093-0000", "contents": "2017 United Kingdom general election, Politicians not standing, Other politicians\nFormer UKIP leader Nigel Farage announced that he would not stand, saying he could be more effective as an MEP. UKIP major donor Arron Banks, who had earlier indicated his intention to stand in Clacton to defeat Douglas Carswell, withdrew in favour of the UKIP candidate after Carswell announced he would be standing down.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 81], "content_span": [82, 404]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273358-0094-0000", "contents": "2017 United Kingdom general election, Politicians not standing, Other politicians\nPlaid Cymru leader Leanne Wood chose not to contest a Westminster seat, nor did former Labour MP and shadow chancellor Ed Balls.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 81], "content_span": [82, 210]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273358-0095-0000", "contents": "2017 United Kingdom general election, Opinion polling and seat projections\nIn the 2015 general election, polling companies underestimated the Conservative Party vote and overestimated the Labour Party vote and so failed to predict the result accurately. Afterwards they started making changes to polling practices; recommendations from a review by the British Polling Council are likely to result in further changes. Almost all polls and predictions were for seats in Great Britain only, with Northern Irish parties being either absent from the totals or counted as \"other\". The Spreadex columns below cover bets on the number of seats each party will win with the midpoint between asking and selling price.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 74], "content_span": [75, 707]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273358-0096-0000", "contents": "2017 United Kingdom general election, Opinion polling and seat projections, Predictions three weeks before the vote\nThe first-past-the-post system used in UK general elections means that the number of seats won is not directly related to vote share. Thus, several approaches are used to convert polling data and other information into seat predictions. The table below lists some of the predictions.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 115], "content_span": [116, 399]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273358-0097-0000", "contents": "2017 United Kingdom general election, Opinion polling and seat projections, Predictions on polling day\nThe UK's first-past-the-post electoral system means that national shares of the vote do not give an exact indicator of how the various parties will be represented in Parliament. Different commentators and pollsters currently provide a number of predictions, based on polls and other data, as to how the parties will be represented in Parliament:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 102], "content_span": [103, 448]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273358-0098-0000", "contents": "2017 United Kingdom general election, Opinion polling and seat projections, Exit poll\nAn exit poll, conducted by GfK and Ipsos MORI on behalf of the BBC, ITV and Sky News, was published at the end of voting at 10\u00a0pm, predicting the number of seats for each party, with the Conservatives being the largest party, but short of an overall majority: Actual results were close to the prediction.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 85], "content_span": [86, 390]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273358-0099-0000", "contents": "2017 United Kingdom general election, Results\nResults for all constituencies except Kensington were reported by the morning after the election. The Conservatives remained the largest single party in terms of seats and votes, but were short of a parliamentary majority. The Conservatives won 317 seats with 42.4% of the vote while the Labour Party won 262 seats with 40.0% of the vote. The election resulted in the third hung parliament since the Second World War, elections in February 1974 and 2010 having previously resulted in hung parliaments. YouGov correctly predicted a hung parliament after employing \"controversial\" methodology.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 45], "content_span": [46, 637]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273358-0100-0000", "contents": "2017 United Kingdom general election, Results\nTwenty-nine seats that had changed parties at the 2015 election changed parties again in 2017. Nineteen of these seats returned the candidate from the party that had held the seat in 2010. A third party took ten of these seats: nine were Conservative gains from the SNP in seats that the SNP had won from Labour in 2015, whilst Portsmouth South, which the Conservatives had gained from the Lib Dems in 2015, was then gained by Labour in 2017.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 45], "content_span": [46, 488]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273358-0101-0000", "contents": "2017 United Kingdom general election, Results\nIn England, Labour made a net gain of 21 seats, taking 25 constituencies from the Conservatives and two from the Liberal Democrats. Its gains were predominantly in university towns and cities and in London, most notably achieving victories in Battersea, Canterbury, Kensington and Ipswich from the Conservatives by narrow margins; it also lost five seats to the Conservatives, largely in the Midlands, and did not regain Copeland which had been lost in a February by-election. The Conservatives experienced a net loss of 22 seats, the first time since 1997 that the party suffered a net loss of seats.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 45], "content_span": [46, 647]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273358-0101-0001", "contents": "2017 United Kingdom general election, Results\nThey gained Clacton from UKIP and Southport from the Liberal Democrats in addition to the six gains from Labour. The Liberal Democrats took five seats from the Conservatives, including Twickenham, won back by Vince Cable, and Kingston and Surbiton, won by Ed Davey, but lost two seats to Labour: Leeds North West and Sheffield Hallam, the seat of former party leader Nick Clegg. Richmond Park, which the Liberal Democrats had won in a 2016 by-election, was narrowly lost to the Conservatives. Caroline Lucas remained the sole Green Party MP, retaining Brighton Pavilion.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 45], "content_span": [46, 616]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273358-0102-0000", "contents": "2017 United Kingdom general election, Results\nIn Scotland, the Conservatives, Labour, and the Liberal Democrats all gained seats from the SNP, whose losses were attributed to opposition to a second Scottish independence referendum, contributing to tactical voting for unionist parties. The Conservative Party placed second in Scotland for the first time since 1992, won its largest number of seats in Scotland since 1983 and recorded its highest share of the vote there since 1979. With thirteen seats, the Scottish Conservatives became the largest unionist party in Scotland for the first time since 1955. Labour gained six seats from the SNP, while the Liberal Democrats gained three. Having won 56 of 59 Scottish seats at the last general election, the SNP lost a total of 21 seats, and majorities in its remaining seats were greatly reduced. High-profile losses included SNP Commons leader Angus Robertson in Moray and former party leader and ex-First Minister Alex Salmond in Gordon.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 45], "content_span": [46, 988]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273358-0103-0000", "contents": "2017 United Kingdom general election, Results\nIn Wales, Labour held 25 seats and gained Cardiff North, Gower and Vale of Clwyd from the Conservatives, leaving the Welsh Tories with eight seats. Plaid Cymru retained its three existing seats and gained Ceredigion, the Liberal Democrats' only seat in Wales. This was the first ever election at which the Liberal Democrats or one of their ancestral parties failed to win a seat in Wales.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 45], "content_span": [46, 434]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273358-0104-0000", "contents": "2017 United Kingdom general election, Results\nIn Northern Ireland, the SDLP lost its three seats (Foyle and South Down to Sinn F\u00e9in and Belfast South to the DUP), while the UUP lost its two seats (Fermanagh and South Tyrone to Sinn F\u00e9in and South Antrim to the DUP). With the Alliance Party failing to win any seats or regain Belfast East, this left the DUP with ten seats (up from eight) and Sinn F\u00e9in with seven (up from four); independent unionist Sylvia Hermon retained North Down. Recording its best result since partition, Sinn F\u00e9in confirmed it would continue its abstentionist policy, leaving no nationalist representation in the House of Commons.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 45], "content_span": [46, 655]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273358-0105-0000", "contents": "2017 United Kingdom general election, Results\nUKIP failed to win any seats, its vote share falling from 12.6% at the previous general election to just 1.8%; party leader Paul Nuttall came third in Boston and Skegness. The Greens' vote share dropped from 3.8% to 1.6%.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 45], "content_span": [46, 267]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273358-0106-0000", "contents": "2017 United Kingdom general election, Results, Analysis\nThe result was noted for increased vote shares for Labour (up 9.6 percentage points) and the Conservatives (up 5.5 percentage points), with a combined 82.4% share of the vote, up from 67.3% in 2015. The highest combined share of the vote for the two main parties since 1970, it was suggested this indicated a return to two-party politics caused by tactical voting which led to the Conservatives having a smaller share of seats despite an increased number of votes. The election was characterised by higher turnout, particularly among younger voters, which may have contributed to Labour's increased vote share.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 55], "content_span": [56, 666]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273358-0106-0001", "contents": "2017 United Kingdom general election, Results, Analysis\nResearch company Ipsos MORI considered age to be one of the most significant factors behind the result; compared to the 2015 general election, under-45s tended to opt more for Labour and over-54s for the Conservatives. It found 60% of those aged 18\u201324 voted Labour while 61% of over-64s voted Conservative. The swing to Labour was high in those seats with large numbers of young people. In seats where the Remain vote was strong there was also evidence of tactical voting against the Conservatives to stop a \"hard Brexit\", with many voters opting for the non-Conservative candidate with the best chance of winning.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 55], "content_span": [56, 670]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273358-0107-0000", "contents": "2017 United Kingdom general election, Results, Analysis\nIn terms of social grade, Labour increased its share of middle-class voters (defined as ABC1) by 12 percentage points compared to the previous election while the Conservatives increased their share of working-class voters (C2DE) by 12 percentage points. Political scientist John Curtice found that the Conservatives tended to experience a greater increase in vote share in seats with a higher proportion of working-class voters, particularly those that voted Leave in the EU referendum. Many of Labour's most successful results occurred in seats that voted Remain by a large margin in 2016.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 55], "content_span": [56, 646]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273358-0108-0000", "contents": "2017 United Kingdom general election, Results, Analysis\nCompared to previous elections, turnout by private renters increased (from 51% in 2010 to 65%) and favoured Labour to a greater degree, with the party achieving a 23-point lead over the Conservatives among private renters; the Conservatives maintained a 14-point lead among homeowners. In terms of education, YouGov found that a one-point lead for the Conservatives among university graduates in 2015 had flipped to a 17-point lead for Labour in 2017. For those with low educational qualifications, the Conservatives led by 22 points, up from 8 points in 2015.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 55], "content_span": [56, 616]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273358-0109-0000", "contents": "2017 United Kingdom general election, Results, Analysis\nIt was suggested that UKIP's decline boosted both main parties, but tended to help Labour retain seats in the North of England and the Midlands against the Conservatives, though it may have also benefited the Conservatives in predominantly working-class seats. Ipsos Mori found that UKIP's collapse was consistent across all age groups.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 55], "content_span": [56, 392]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273358-0110-0000", "contents": "2017 United Kingdom general election, Results, Analysis\nPublished in August 2017, the British Election Study (BES), which surveyed 30,000 voters, found that despite a relatively low profile in the campaign, Brexit was considered to be the single most important issue facing the country by over a third of respondents. It found more than half of UKIP voters in 2015 went to the Conservatives, while 18% went to Labour. Remain voters tended to favour Labour, with the party particularly gaining among Remain voters who previously supported other parties, despite perceived uncertainty over its position on the single market. There was a strong correlation between those who prioritised controlling immigration and the Conservatives, while the same was true for supporting single market access and those who opted for Labour or the Liberal Democrats.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 55], "content_span": [56, 847]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273358-0111-0000", "contents": "2017 United Kingdom general election, Results, Analysis\nThe BES study indicated the importance of the campaign period. A pre-election survey found 41% for the Conservatives and 27% for Labour, but by the election 19% of voters had switched party. Unlike the previous election where both main parties achieved similar shares of late-switchers, Labour won 54% while the Conservatives won 19%. Likeability of party leaders also narrowed over the course of the campaign.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 55], "content_span": [56, 466]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273358-0112-0000", "contents": "2017 United Kingdom general election, Results, Analysis\nNewly elected MPs included Britain's first turbaned Sikh MP, Tan Dhesi, the first woman Sikh MP, Preet Gill, and the first MP of Palestinian descent, Layla Moran.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 55], "content_span": [56, 218]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273358-0113-0000", "contents": "2017 United Kingdom general election, Results, Analysis\nA record number of woman and LGBT+ MPs were elected. 208 woman MPs were elected to Parliament; the first time more than 200 MPs were women and beating the previous high of 196 woman MPs in the last Parliament. For the first time, a majority of MPs were educated at state comprehensive schools. More MPs who are known to be disabled were elected in 2017 than in 2015.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 55], "content_span": [56, 422]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273358-0114-0000", "contents": "2017 United Kingdom general election, Results, Long-term trends\nThe results of the 2017 general election indicate the tilting of Britain's political axis, which reflects long-term trends. Looking at information of constituency-level voting in England between 2005 and 2017, patterns of voting confirm the relevance of identifying new categories of social class alongside traditional political divides. Labour has had increased appeal to voters who work in areas central to the modern British economy, and at the same time in larger metropolitan centres and economically dynamic university towns. On the other hand, the Conservative voter base has been seen to increase in less populated, less ethnically diverse areas, where voters are more engaged in industries such as manufacturing.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 63], "content_span": [64, 785]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273358-0115-0000", "contents": "2017 United Kingdom general election, Results, Overall\nElection results plotted on a map showing equal-size constituencies, showing winning party in each.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 54], "content_span": [55, 154]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273358-0116-0000", "contents": "2017 United Kingdom general election, Results, Overall\nElection results showing the best-performing party in each constituency, other than Conservative or Labour.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 54], "content_span": [55, 162]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273358-0117-0000", "contents": "2017 United Kingdom general election, Results, Overall, Summary\nAfter all 650 constituencies had been declared, the results were:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 63], "content_span": [64, 129]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273358-0118-0000", "contents": "2017 United Kingdom general election, Results, Voter demographics, Ipsos MORI\nIpsos MORI polling after the election suggested the following demographic breakdown:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 77], "content_span": [78, 162]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273358-0119-0000", "contents": "2017 United Kingdom general election, Results, Voter demographics, YouGov\nYouGov polling after the election suggested the following demographic breakdown:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 73], "content_span": [74, 154]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273358-0120-0000", "contents": "2017 United Kingdom general election, Aftermath, Government formation\nCorbyn and Farron called on May to resign. On 9 June, May apologised to candidates who lost their seats and confirmed she would continue as party leader and prime minister, with the intention of forming a minority government with support from the Democratic Unionist Party to ensure \"certainty\". May's joint chiefs of staff Nick Timothy and Fiona Hill resigned, replaced by Gavin Barwell, who had lost his seat in the election.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 69], "content_span": [70, 497]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273358-0121-0000", "contents": "2017 United Kingdom general election, Aftermath, Government formation\nOn 10 June, a survey of 1,500 ConservativeHome readers found that almost two-thirds of Conservative Party members wanted Theresa May to resign. A YouGov poll of 1,720 adults for The Sunday Times had 48% saying Theresa May should resign, with 38% against. A Survation poll of 1,036 adults online for The Mail on Sunday showed 49% of people wanting her resignation, with 38% against. On 11 June George Osborne, former Chancellor of the Exchequer, described May as a \"dead woman walking\".", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 69], "content_span": [70, 555]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273358-0122-0000", "contents": "2017 United Kingdom general election, Aftermath, Government formation\nIn a post-election reshuffle carried out on 11 June, May promoted her close ally Damian Green to become First Secretary of State and brought Michael Gove into the cabinet as Environment Secretary, making Andrea Leadsom Leader of the House of Commons. Liz Truss, David Lidington and David Gauke changed roles, while eleven cabinet members including key figures such as Boris Johnson, Amber Rudd, Michael Fallon, Philip Hammond and David Davis remained in post.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 69], "content_span": [70, 529]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273358-0123-0000", "contents": "2017 United Kingdom general election, Aftermath, Government formation\nNegotiations between the Conservatives and the DUP began on 9 June. On 12 June, it was reported that the State Opening of Parliament, scheduled for 19 June, could be delayed. DUP sources informed the BBC that the Grenfell Tower fire on 14 June would delay finalisation of an agreement. On 15 June, it was announced that the Queen's Speech would occur on 21 June. A confidence and supply deal was reached on 26 June, with the DUP backing the Conservatives in key votes in the House of Commons over the course of the parliament.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 69], "content_span": [70, 596]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273358-0123-0001", "contents": "2017 United Kingdom general election, Aftermath, Government formation\nThe agreement included additional funding of \u00a31\u00a0billion for Northern Ireland, highlighted mutual support for Brexit and national security, expressed commitment to the Good Friday Agreement, and indicated that policies such as the state pension triple lock and Winter Fuel Payments would be maintained. Various commentators suggested this raises problems for the UK government's role as a neutral arbiter in Northern Ireland, as is required under the Good Friday Agreement.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 69], "content_span": [70, 542]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273358-0124-0000", "contents": "2017 United Kingdom general election, Aftermath, Government formation\nIn April 2020, Sky News's Tom Rayner and The Independent's Jon Stone reported on an 860-page dossier into the handing of allegations of antisemitism by Labour members and officials. Stone stated that the right-wing of the party weaponised claims of antisemitism\u2014amongst other things\u2014in an active attempt to undermine Corbyn and prevent Labour from winning the 2017 election in the hope that a poor result would trigger a leadership contest to remove Corbyn as leader.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 69], "content_span": [70, 537]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273358-0125-0000", "contents": "2017 United Kingdom general election, Aftermath, Party leadership changes\nAfter achieving just 1.8% of the popular vote, down from 12.7% in 2015, and failing to win any seats, Paul Nuttall resigned as UKIP leader on 9 June. A leadership election followed.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 73], "content_span": [74, 255]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273358-0126-0000", "contents": "2017 United Kingdom general election, Aftermath, Party leadership changes\nIan Blackford became the new SNP leader in Westminster on 14 June, following Angus Robertson's defeat.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 73], "content_span": [74, 176]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273358-0127-0000", "contents": "2017 United Kingdom general election, Aftermath, Party leadership changes\nAlso on 14 June, Brian Paddick resigned as home affairs spokesperson for the Liberal Democrats over concerns about Farron's \"views on various issues\" during the campaign. Later that day Farron announced his resignation as leader of the Liberal Democrats, citing conflict between his Christian faith and serving as leader. He remained as leader until Sir Vince Cable was elected unopposed on 20 July.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 73], "content_span": [74, 473]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273358-0128-0000", "contents": "2017 United Kingdom general election, Aftermath, Campaign post-mortems\nFigures inside and outside the Conservative Party criticised its campaign widely.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 70], "content_span": [71, 152]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273358-0128-0001", "contents": "2017 United Kingdom general election, Aftermath, Campaign post-mortems\nPoints of criticism included the initial decision to call the election (which Lynton Crosby had advised against); the control of the campaign by a small team of May's joint chiefs of staff Nick Timothy and Fiona Hill, who were more experienced with policy work than campaigning; the presidential style of the campaign focusing on the figure of Theresa May, while most of the Cabinet were sidelined (particularly the exclusion of Chancellor of the Exchequer Philip Hammond, with reports that May would sack him after the election); and a poorly designed manifesto that offered little hope and the contents of which were not shared with Cabinet members until shortly before its release. In July, Prime Minister Theresa May admitted she had \"shed a tear\" upon seeing the election exit poll, and suggested the manifesto's lack of appeal to younger voters had played a part in Conservative shortcomings.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 70], "content_span": [71, 969]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273358-0129-0000", "contents": "2017 United Kingdom general election, Aftermath, Allegations of Russian interference\nIn 2018, an investigation by Swansea University and The Sunday Times revealed that 6,500 Russian Twitter accounts, at least many of which were bots, supported Labour, denigrated Conservatives, and reached millions of voters. Their intention was to swing the elections for Labour. Labour's Shadow Chancellor John McDonnell dismissed the claims as \"ludicrous\", \"farcical\" and a \"classic Sunday Times smear campaign\" and further said: \"If there's an issue here about anything with Russian influence in our society, it's about Russian oligarchs funding the Tory party \u2013 let's have an inquiry into that.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 84], "content_span": [85, 684]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273358-0130-0000", "contents": "2017 United Kingdom general election, Aftermath, Election turnout figures\nA January 2018 report in The Times reported that researchers at Oxford University and the University of Manchester have found that election turnout in June 2017 was actually in the high 70s and could have been as high as 80.3 per cent, partly because those with second homes and students are registered twice, and partly also because of entries there by mistake or because of voter fraud. By overestimating the number of registered voters, official sources underestimated the proportion of the electorate that voted. Turnout in the 2017 election is likely to have been roughly 78 per cent. A spokesman for the Election Commission said officials would \"consider this report's findings on the calculation of election turnout figures\". The commission \"continues to work to improve the accuracy and completeness\" of the electoral register, he added.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 73], "content_span": [74, 919]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273358-0131-0000", "contents": "2017 United Kingdom general election, Donations\nElectoral commission data shows that in 2017 Q2, total donations for each major political party, over \u00a37,500, are as follows:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 47], "content_span": [48, 173]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273359-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 United Kingdom general election in England\nThe 2017 United Kingdom general election in England was held on Thursday 8 June 2017 across 533 constituencies within England.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 47], "section_span": [47, 47], "content_span": [48, 174]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273359-0001-0000", "contents": "2017 United Kingdom general election in England, Analysis\nThe Conservatives retained a majority of seats in England, though with a net loss of 23 seats. They also increased their share of the vote to their highest since 1987.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 47], "section_span": [49, 57], "content_span": [58, 225]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273359-0002-0000", "contents": "2017 United Kingdom general election in England, Analysis\nThe Labour Party substantially increased their share of the vote and made gains for the first time since 2001, but did not overtake the Conservatives. Labour received its highest share of the vote in England since 1997.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 47], "section_span": [49, 57], "content_span": [58, 277]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273359-0003-0000", "contents": "2017 United Kingdom general election in England, Analysis\nThe Liberal Democrats, led by Tim Farron saw their previous leader Nick Clegg lose his seat; as Sheffield Hallam was gained by the Labour candidate, Jared O'Mara. They also lost their by-election gain at Richmond Park to Zac Goldsmith of the Conservatives; whose resignation on 25 October 2016 triggered the by-election initially. They also gained some seats, including the recovery of Twickenham by former Business Secretary Sir Vince Cable who had lost it to the Conservatives two years previously. Cable succeeded Farron as party leader on 20 July 2017.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 47], "section_span": [49, 57], "content_span": [58, 614]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273359-0004-0000", "contents": "2017 United Kingdom general election in England, Analysis\nUKIP saw their share of the vote collapse to almost negligible levels. They failed to gain any new seats and their one success from 2015, Clacton, returned to Conservative control. Paul Nuttall resigned as party leader on 9 June 2017 after finishing in third place at Boston and Skegness.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 47], "section_span": [49, 57], "content_span": [58, 346]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273359-0005-0000", "contents": "2017 United Kingdom general election in England, Analysis\nThe Green Party decreased its share of the vote and failed to make any gains, but retained Brighton Pavilion. The party deliberately chose not to contest many seats, in order to give Labour an increased chance of winning over Conservative candidates.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 47], "section_span": [49, 57], "content_span": [58, 308]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273359-0006-0000", "contents": "2017 United Kingdom general election in England, Regional results, North West England\nIn Cheshire the 2015 result was reversed, with Labour winning seven seats and the Conservatives four. Crewe and Nantwich was a gain for Labour, with tutor and activist Laura Smith defeating children and families minister Edward Timpson. In Tatton, former chancellor George Osborne did not seek re-election, having become editor of the Evening Standard. He was succeeded by Esther McVey, who had been a junior DWP minister in the Cameron-Clegg coalition prior to her defeat in Wirral West in 2015. In Warrington South the care and support minister David Mowat was defeated by the borough's former mayor Faisal Rashid. City councillor and trade unionist Mike Amesbury gained Weaver Vale from Graham Evans.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 47], "section_span": [49, 85], "content_span": [86, 789]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273359-0007-0000", "contents": "2017 United Kingdom general election in England, Regional results, South East England\nOf the eight constituencies in Berkshire six were held by the Conservatives. The party leader and prime minister Theresa May was re-elected, as were justice minister Dr Phillip Lee, Asia minister Alok Sharma and former trade secretary Dr John Redwood. Labour held Slough for Tan Dhesi. Labour also gained Reading East, with former civil servant Matt Rodda defeating civil society minister Rob Wilson.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 47], "section_span": [49, 85], "content_span": [86, 486]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273359-0008-0000", "contents": "2017 United Kingdom general election in England, Regional results, South East England\nNo seats changed allegiance in Buckinghamshire. Commons leader Dr David Lidington, veterans minister Lieutenant Colonel Mark Lancaster and former attorney-general Dominic Grieve were re-elected. John Bercow, speaker of the House of Commons, returned in Buckingham uncontested by the main political parties.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 47], "section_span": [49, 85], "content_span": [86, 392]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273359-0009-0000", "contents": "2017 United Kingdom general election in England, Regional results, South East England\nIn Hampshire the Conservatives were successful in sixteen seats. DWP ministers Damian Hinds and Penny Mordaunt, May's own PPS George Hollingbery, Cabinet Office undersecretary Caroline Nokes and assistant whip Steve Brine were re-elected. Labour won two seats, with shadow energy minister Alan Whitehead holding Southampton Test and city councillor Stephen Morgan gaining Portsmouth South from Flick Drummond (giving that constituency its first Labour MP in its ninety-nine-year history).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 47], "section_span": [49, 85], "content_span": [86, 574]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273359-0010-0000", "contents": "2017 United Kingdom general election in England, Regional results, South East England\nLabour gained Canterbury, with former teaching assistant Rosie Duffield defeating Sir Julian Brazier. This ended the monopoly which the Conservatives had enjoyed across Kent since 2010. The rest of the seats held, with work & pensions secretary Damian Green securing re-election alongside sport minister Tracey Crouch, defence secretary Sir Michael Fallon and business secretary Greg Clark.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 47], "section_span": [49, 85], "content_span": [86, 476]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273359-0011-0000", "contents": "2017 United Kingdom general election in England, Regional results, South East England\nIn Oxfordshire the Conservatives held four of the six seats including Witney, which had elected David Cameron two years prior. Labour held Oxford East, while Oxford West and Abingdon was a gain for the Liberal Democrats, with former teacher Layla Moran defeating public health undersecretary Nicola Blackwood.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 47], "section_span": [49, 85], "content_span": [86, 395]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273359-0012-0000", "contents": "2017 United Kingdom general election in England, Regional results, South East England\nFor the fourth general election in a row the Conservatives made a clean sweep of Surrey. Prisons undersecretary Sam Gyimah, transport secretary Chris Grayling, deputy chief whip Anne Milton, chancellor Philip Hammond, health secretary Jeremy Hunt and former lord chancellor Michael Gove all held their seats here.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 47], "section_span": [49, 85], "content_span": [86, 399]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273359-0013-0000", "contents": "2017 United Kingdom general election in England, Regional results, South West England\nThe combined representation of Labour and the Liberal Democrats doubled compared to 2015, but the Conservatives still had a landslide and also increased their vote share to an outright majority.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 47], "section_span": [49, 85], "content_span": [86, 280]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273359-0014-0000", "contents": "2017 United Kingdom general election in England, Regional results, South West England\nIn Cornwall the Conservatives held all six constituencies, re-electing junior ministers George Eustice and Sarah Newton.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 47], "section_span": [49, 85], "content_span": [86, 206]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273359-0015-0000", "contents": "2017 United Kingdom general election in England, Regional results, South West England\nIn Devon Labour made one gain in Plymouth Sutton and Devonport, trade unionist Luke Pollard defeating Oliver Colvile. They also held Exeter for the sixth consecutive time. The other ten constituencies were held by the Conservatives, including treasury minister Mel Stride and former FCO minister Sir Hugo Swire, who defeated a challenge by independent candidate Claire Wright in his East Devon constituency. The former armed forces minister Sir Nick Harvey attempted to regain the constituency of North Devon but the Conservative Peter Heaton-Jones held it by a margin of 4,332.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 47], "section_span": [49, 85], "content_span": [86, 664]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273359-0016-0000", "contents": "2017 United Kingdom general election in England, Regional results, South West England\nIn Dorset all eight Conservative MPs were re-elected, including the counter-terrorism minister Tobias Ellwood and former Lancaster chancellor Sir Oliver Letwin.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 47], "section_span": [49, 85], "content_span": [86, 246]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273359-0017-0000", "contents": "2017 United Kingdom general election in England, Regional results, South West England\nThe Conservatives held five seats in Gloucestershire, returning former chief whip Mark Harper. Labour gained Stroud, where Forest Green Rovers chairman David Drew defeated Neil Carmichael.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 47], "section_span": [49, 85], "content_span": [86, 274]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273359-0018-0000", "contents": "2017 United Kingdom general election in England, Regional results, South West England\nThe five Somerset constituencies were all held by the Conservatives. Tessa Munt attempted unsuccessfully to regain Wells from James Heappey.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 47], "section_span": [49, 85], "content_span": [86, 226]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273359-0019-0000", "contents": "2017 United Kingdom general election in England, Regional results, South West England\nThe Conservatives also held all seven seats in Wiltshire: Climate change minister Claire Perry was re-elected, as were DWP minister Justin Tomlinson and solicitor-general Robert Buckland.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 47], "section_span": [49, 85], "content_span": [86, 273]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273359-0020-0000", "contents": "2017 United Kingdom general election in England, Regional results, West Midlands\nThe Conservatives increased their majority and Labour fell back slightly. Both parties increased their share of the popular vote. The Liberal Democrats and Greens failed to make any improvement on the 2015 result, while UKIP saw its support collapse.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 47], "section_span": [49, 80], "content_span": [81, 331]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273359-0021-0000", "contents": "2017 United Kingdom general election in England, Regional results, West Midlands\nIn the ceremonial county of West Midlands Labour won twenty seats and the Conservatives won eight. Gisela Stuart retired and was succeeded in Birmingham Edgbaston by Sandwell councillor Preet Gill, making her the first female Sikh in the House of Commons. Work & Pensions spokesman Jack Dromey (husband of Harriet Harman) was re-elected in Birmingham Erdington. Shadow Europe minister Khalid Mahmood achieved a fifth term as MP for Birmingham Perry Barr. Second Church Estates Commissioner Dame Caroline Spelman was returned im Meriden. Business minister Margot James won a third term in Stourbridge. Former Chief Whip Andrew Mitchell held Sutton Coldfield. Walsall councillor Eddie Hughes defeated the long-serving Labour backbencher David Winnick on a 12-point swing. Tom Watson, deputy Labour leader, was re-elected in West Bromwich East and Valerie Vaz, shadow leader of the Commons, held Walsall South.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 47], "section_span": [49, 80], "content_span": [81, 988]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273359-0022-0000", "contents": "2017 United Kingdom general election in England, Regional results, West Midlands\nThe Conservatives made a clean sweep of Worcestershire for the third consecutive election. Their six MPs included communities secretary Sajid Javid and three junior ministers (Harriet Baldwin, Robin Walker and Mark Garnier).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 47], "section_span": [49, 80], "content_span": [81, 305]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273359-0023-0000", "contents": "2017 United Kingdom general election in England, Regional results, West Midlands\nThe Conservatives also maintained their sweep of Shropshire from 2015. Five MPs were elected, including Philip Dunne (incumbent Minister of State for Health) and Owen Paterson (who had headed the Northern Ireland Office and Defra under the coalition).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 47], "section_span": [49, 80], "content_span": [81, 332]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273359-0024-0000", "contents": "2017 United Kingdom general election in England, Regional results, West Midlands\nIn Staffordshire the Conservatives won nine seats and Labour the remaining three. Junior whips Andrew Griffiths and Christopher Pincher secured re-election, as did their predecessor Michael Fabricant in Lichfield, while Chief Whip Gavin Williamson increased his majority by two thousand. The Moorlands gave a third term to culture secretary Karen Bradley. Conservative Jack Brereton defeated Rob Flello, ending sixty-seven years of Labour representation in Stoke-on-Trent South.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 47], "section_span": [49, 80], "content_span": [81, 559]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273359-0025-0000", "contents": "2017 United Kingdom general election in England, Regional results, West Midlands\nIn Warwickshire the Labour party gained Warwick and Leamington (county councillor Matt Western defeated Chris White, ending seven years of Conservative ascendancy.) The Conservatives held the five other seats, electing attorney-general Jeremy Wright, DCLG minister Marcus Jones and PPS Mark Pawsey.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 47], "section_span": [49, 80], "content_span": [81, 379]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273359-0026-0000", "contents": "2017 United Kingdom general election in England, Regional results, West Midlands\nIn Herefordshire Jesse Norman and Bill Wiggin were both returned to Parliament.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 47], "section_span": [49, 80], "content_span": [81, 160]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273359-0027-0000", "contents": "2017 United Kingdom general election in England, Regional results, Yorkshire and the Humber\nAll seats in the region went to the two main parties: Labour increasing their dominance, the Conservatives falling back slightly, and the Liberal Democrats being swept away. UKIP had polled strongly in 2015 but this year declined to insignificance. The Green Party continued to have negligible presence.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 47], "section_span": [49, 91], "content_span": [92, 395]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273359-0028-0000", "contents": "2017 United Kingdom general election in England, Regional results, Yorkshire and the Humber\nAll three Kingston-upon-Hull constituencies were held by Labour: Diana Johnson and Karl Turner were re-elected by large majorities, while former Home Secretary Alan Johnson retired and was replaced by Hessle town councillor Emma Hardy.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 47], "section_span": [49, 91], "content_span": [92, 327]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273359-0029-0000", "contents": "2017 United Kingdom general election in England, Regional results, Yorkshire and the Humber\nIn the East Riding of Yorkshire, the four Conservative MPs (David Davis, Graham Stuart, Greg Knight and Andrew Percy) were all re-elected with substantially increased shares of the vote.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 47], "section_span": [49, 91], "content_span": [92, 278]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273359-0030-0000", "contents": "2017 United Kingdom general election in England, Regional results, Yorkshire and the Humber\nLabour made a clean sweep across South Yorkshire, holding the thirteen which they had already (including Doncaster North for former leader Ed Miliband and Doncaster Central for former Chief Whip Dame Rosie Winterton) as well as gaining Sheffield Hallam from the former Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 47], "section_span": [49, 91], "content_span": [92, 394]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273359-0031-0000", "contents": "2017 United Kingdom general election in England, Regional results, Yorkshire and the Humber\nIn West Yorkshire five Conservatives (Craig Whittaker, Alec Shelbrooke, Andrea Jenkyns, Stuart Andrew and Philip Davies) were re-elected. Two others (Jason McCartney and Kris Hopkins) were defeated by Labour, as was the only Liberal Democrat Greg Mulholland. Labour held the fourteen seats it had won in 2015, returning shadow Lord Chancellor Richard Burgon and leadership contender Yvette Cooper as well as actress Tracy Brabin who had been elected the previous autumn following the murder of Jo Cox.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 47], "section_span": [49, 91], "content_span": [92, 593]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273359-0032-0000", "contents": "2017 United Kingdom general election in England, Regional results, Yorkshire and the Humber\nNo constituencies changed allegiance in North Yorkshire: Labour's Rachael Maskell was re-elected in York Central while all seven other seats were held by the Conservatives, including vice-chamberlain and junior whip Julian Smith and transport minister Andrew Jones.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 47], "section_span": [49, 91], "content_span": [92, 357]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273359-0033-0000", "contents": "2017 United Kingdom general election in England, Regional results, Yorkshire and the Humber\nIn North and North East Lincolnshire Nic Dakin and Martin Vickers were both re-elected. Melanie Onn also won re-election in Great Grimsby.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 47], "section_span": [49, 91], "content_span": [92, 230]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273359-0034-0000", "contents": "2017 United Kingdom general election in England, Donations\nElectoral commission data shows that in 2017 Q2, total donations for each major political party, over \u00a37,500, are as follows:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 47], "section_span": [49, 58], "content_span": [59, 184]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273360-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 United Kingdom general election in Northern Ireland\nThe 2017 United Kingdom general election in Northern Ireland was held on 8 June 2017. All 18 seats in Northern Ireland were contested. 1,242,698 people were eligible to vote, up 5,933 from the 2015 general election. 65.6% of eligible voters turned out, an increase of 7.2 percentage points from the last general election.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 56], "section_span": [56, 56], "content_span": [57, 378]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273360-0001-0000", "contents": "2017 United Kingdom general election in Northern Ireland\nThe DUP gained 2 seats for a total of 10, and Sinn F\u00e9in won 7, an improvement of 3. Independent unionist Sylvia Hermon was also re-elected in her constituency of North Down. Meanwhile, the SDLP lost 3 seats and the UUP lost 2 seats, meaning they both lost all their representation in the House of Commons.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 56], "section_span": [56, 56], "content_span": [57, 362]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273360-0002-0000", "contents": "2017 United Kingdom general election in Northern Ireland\nAs Sinn F\u00e9in maintains a policy of abstentionism in regards to the British Parliament, the 2017 election marked the first parliament since 1964 without any Irish nationalist MPs who take their seats in the House of Commons in Westminster.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 56], "section_span": [56, 56], "content_span": [57, 295]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273360-0003-0000", "contents": "2017 United Kingdom general election in Northern Ireland\nNationally, the governing Conservative Party fell 8 seats short of a parliamentary majority after the election, reduced to 4 if the absence of Sinn F\u00e9in is taken into account. The DUP thus held the balance of power, and announced on 10 June that it would support the Conservative government on a \"confidence and supply\" basis. (See also Conservative\u2013DUP agreement.)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 56], "section_span": [56, 56], "content_span": [57, 422]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273360-0004-0000", "contents": "2017 United Kingdom general election in Northern Ireland, Results\nFive seats changed hands in Northern Ireland. The SDLP lost its seats in Foyle and South Down to Sinn F\u00e9in and the constituency of Belfast South to the DUP. Meanwhile, the UUP lost South Antrim to the DUP and Fermanagh and South Tyrone to Sinn F\u00e9in. The number of unionist and nationalist representatives (11 and 7, respectively) remained unchanged from the 2015 general election, although none of the nationalist members are participating in the current Parliament.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 56], "section_span": [58, 65], "content_span": [66, 532]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273361-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 United Kingdom general election in Scotland\nThe 2017 United Kingdom general election in Scotland was held on Thursday 8 June 2017; all 59 seats were contested under the first-past-the-post electoral system.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 48], "section_span": [48, 48], "content_span": [49, 211]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273361-0001-0000", "contents": "2017 United Kingdom general election in Scotland\nThe general election in Scotland was fought in the aftermath of the 2016 Scottish Parliament election, in which the Scottish National Party (SNP) won a third term in government but lost its overall majority in the Scottish Parliament. At that election, the Scottish Conservatives increased their number of MSPs, overtaking Labour as the largest opposition party. The 2016 EU referendum was held a month later on Thursday 23 June, and the final result was for the United Kingdom to leave the EU; despite Scotland voting 62.0% for 'Remain'. Negotiations were due to begin shortly since invocation of Article 50 of the Treaty on European Union in March 2017, which was expected to dominate the snap general election campaign.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 48], "section_span": [48, 48], "content_span": [49, 771]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273361-0002-0000", "contents": "2017 United Kingdom general election in Scotland\nIn line with the Fixed-term Parliaments Act 2011, an election had not been due until 7 May 2020, but a call for a snap election by Prime Minister Theresa May received the necessary two-thirds majority in a 522\u201313 vote in the House of Commons on 19 April 2017. The Conservative Party, which has governed nationally since 2010, was defending a majority of 17 against the Labour Party, the official opposition. The third-largest party was the SNP, which had won 56 of the 59 Scottish seats at the 2015 general election.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 48], "section_span": [48, 48], "content_span": [49, 565]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273361-0003-0000", "contents": "2017 United Kingdom general election in Scotland\nThe election resulted in the SNP remaining the largest single party in Scotland, despite losing 21 seats to pro-union candidates. This marked a 13% drop in support for the SNP, down to 36.9% of the vote. The Conservatives, at 28.6%, doubled their share of the vote and won 13 seats, while Labour won seven seats and the Liberal Democrats four seats. The Conservatives recorded their best result in Scotland since 1983 (in terms of seats won) or 1979 (in terms of share of the popular vote). Until this election the Conservatives had not been the second-largest party in Scotland since 1992 and had not been the largest unionist party in Scotland since 1955.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 48], "section_span": [48, 48], "content_span": [49, 706]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273361-0004-0000", "contents": "2017 United Kingdom general election in Scotland\nDefeated SNP MPs included: former SNP leader and First Minister of Scotland Alex Salmond, SNP Westminster leader Angus Robertson, SNP Chief Whip Mike Weir; as well as John Nicolson and Tasmina Ahmed-Sheikh. Commentators suggested that the election might reduce the SNP's case for a second referendum on Scottish independence. Following the election, the SNP leader Nicola Sturgeon acknowledged that her party's plans for a second referendum were 'undoubtedly' a factor in the election results. The SNP also abandoned its fundraiser for a possible referendum after raising only half of its \u00a31,000,000 target, just over a week before its preset deadline.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 48], "section_span": [48, 48], "content_span": [49, 701]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273361-0005-0000", "contents": "2017 United Kingdom general election in Scotland, Political context\nFollowing a referendum held on Scottish independence in 2014 which saw 44.7% of voters in Scotland vote for Scotland to become an independent state and 55.3% vote for Scotland to remain a part of the United Kingdom, the SNP won 56 of the 59 UK Parliamentary seats in Scotland at the 2015 UK general election, campaigning on a manifesto focusing on bringing greater devolved powers to Scotland following a promise made by the three main unionist parties in Scotland to bring more devolved powers to the country should it reject independence. The SNP manifesto at the 2015 general election repeatedly stated that \"The SNP will always support independence - but that is not what this election is about\".", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 48], "section_span": [50, 67], "content_span": [68, 768]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273361-0006-0000", "contents": "2017 United Kingdom general election in Scotland, Political context\nLabour only returned a single MP at Edinburgh South; a reduction of 40 seats compared to the previous election. The party lost out heavily to the SNP in working-class areas around the Scottish Central Belt, with Scottish Labour's safest constituency (Glasgow North East) returning the largest swing at the general election for any seat in the UK with 39.3% from Labour to SNP. The party performed best in more affluent constituencies, with then-Scottish Labour leader Jim Murphy missing out in his former constituency of East Renfrewshire by just 3,718 votes. Labour's next closest result was at Edinburgh North and Leith, where they missed out to the SNP by 5,597 votes, and in East Lothian, where the SNP polled ahead of Labour by 6,803 votes.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 48], "section_span": [50, 67], "content_span": [68, 813]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273361-0007-0000", "contents": "2017 United Kingdom general election in Scotland, Political context\nThe Scottish Liberal Democrats lost 10 of their 11 Westminster seats from 2010, with their safest seat in the UK - Orkney and Shetland - remaining as the only Liberal Democrat seat in Scotland. They marginally lost out to the SNP in East Dunbartonshire, where former Lib Dem MP Jo Swinson lost out to the SNP by 2,167 votes. Among those to lose their seat at the election were: former Liberal Democrat leader Charles Kennedy and the Chief Secretary to the Treasury, Danny Alexander. The Liberal Democrats finished in third place at Berwickshire, Roxburgh and Selkirk and West Aberdeenshire and Kincardine, seats which they had held at the previous election.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 48], "section_span": [50, 67], "content_span": [68, 725]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273361-0008-0000", "contents": "2017 United Kingdom general election in Scotland, Political context\nThe Scottish Conservative Party had not held a majority of Scottish seats at a general election since 1955 and lost all Scottish representation at the 1997 general election. Since 2001, the party had held only one Scottish seat in the House of Commons. In 2005, following the re-organisation of Scottish constituencies, that seat was Dumfriesshire, Clydesdale and Tweeddale, a mostly rural constituency near the Scottish Borders. In 2015, its share of the vote in Scotland decreased by 1.8% but managed to retain Dumfriesshire, Clydesdale and Tweeddale, as its only Scottish seat. It had been reported the party could gain Berwickshire, Roxburgh and Selkirk, a seat which they lost out to the Scottish National Party by a meagre 0.6% of the vote.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 48], "section_span": [50, 67], "content_span": [68, 814]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273361-0009-0000", "contents": "2017 United Kingdom general election in Scotland, Political context\nThe SNP polled slightly under half of the votes, 49.97%, in Scotland at the 2015 general election; the largest vote share at a general election in Scotland for a party since the Conservatives won a majority of the popular vote, 50.1%, in 1955.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 48], "section_span": [50, 67], "content_span": [68, 311]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273361-0010-0000", "contents": "2017 United Kingdom general election in Scotland, Political context\nThe impact of the 2016 EU referendum and a proposed second Scottish independence referendum was a large theme at the snap 2017 general election. The SNP incorrectly predicted that many pro-union voters would switch allegiance to the party in order to remain within the European Union. Polling from YouGov suggests people moving towards independence as a result of Brexit would be offset by the number of previously pro-independence Leave voters saying they would vote against independence as a result of Brexit.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 48], "section_span": [50, 67], "content_span": [68, 579]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273361-0011-0000", "contents": "2017 United Kingdom general election in Scotland, Political context\nA study by Electoral Calculus, published on 14 May 2017, concluded that the Conservatives could win 11 seats in Scotland.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 48], "section_span": [50, 67], "content_span": [68, 189]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273361-0012-0000", "contents": "2017 United Kingdom general election in Scotland, Campaign events, Television debates\nLike the rest of the United Kingdom, Scottish broadcasters hosted television debates. On 21 May, BBC Scotland announced that they would host a debate on 10 December, two days before the election, which was moderated by Sarah Smith. On 6 June, two days before the election, STV hosted a television debate from the Tramway theatre in Glasgow with the four main Scottish leaders. It was originally due to be held the week before but this was postponed until Tuesday 6 June. The debate was moderated by Bernard Ponsbury.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 48], "section_span": [50, 85], "content_span": [86, 602]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273361-0013-0000", "contents": "2017 United Kingdom general election in Scotland, Results, Description of results\nAt the election the SNP remained the largest party in Scotland, taking the vast majority of seats situated around the more industrial Central Belt of the country, between Balloch, Dundee, Irvine, Kilmarnock and Livingston, where the campaign in favour of Scottish independence performed best at the 2014 independence referendum. The party also took the most votes and a majority of seats in three out of four major cities in Scotland (Dundee, Glasgow and Edinburgh), however Labour were within 1,200 votes of taking the most votes in Edinburgh and were within 200 votes of gaining two additional seats in Glasgow. The SNP failed to win a majority of the vote in any of Scotland's 59 constituencies.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 48], "section_span": [50, 81], "content_span": [82, 780]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273361-0014-0000", "contents": "2017 United Kingdom general election in Scotland, Results, Description of results\nThe Scottish Conservatives performed best in areas where the campaign in favour of remaining part of the United Kingdom performed best in at the 2014 independence referendum and in areas where the campaign to leave the European Union performed best in at the 2016 EU membership referendum. The Conservatives formed the largest party in the south of the country through Dumfries and Galloway, the Scottish Borders and South Ayrshire, where they won four seats in total.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 48], "section_span": [50, 81], "content_span": [82, 550]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273361-0014-0001", "contents": "2017 United Kingdom general election in Scotland, Results, Description of results\nThey also gained the East Renfrewshire constituency, an affluent commuter suburb on the outskirts of Glasgow which was the safest Conservative constituency in Scotland before their collapse at the 1997 general election, and gained the Ochil and South Perthshire and Stirling constituencies in Central Scotland, coming within 21 votes of gaining Perth and North Perthshire, the second closest result in Scotland and the third closest across the United Kingdom as a whole.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 48], "section_span": [50, 81], "content_span": [82, 552]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273361-0014-0002", "contents": "2017 United Kingdom general election in Scotland, Results, Description of results\nSix out of seven constituencies in the North-East of Scotland voted Conservative, including former SNP party leader and First Minister of Scotland Alex Salmond's constituency of Gordon, and the SNP Westminster leader Angus Robertson's seat of Moray. Two out of three seats covering the city of Aberdeen returned Conservative MP's.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 48], "section_span": [50, 81], "content_span": [82, 412]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273361-0014-0003", "contents": "2017 United Kingdom general election in Scotland, Results, Description of results\nIn a profile of the seat of Moray for The Guardian after the election, journalist Severin Carrell summarised the result: \"Moray had been an SNP seat for 30 years but... using Brexit as the basis for a second independence vote so soon after 2014 crystallised an irritation with the party brewing for several years. The Tory cry that Sturgeon needed \u201cto get on with the day job\u201d resonated.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 48], "section_span": [50, 81], "content_span": [82, 470]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273361-0015-0000", "contents": "2017 United Kingdom general election in Scotland, Results, Description of results\nScottish Labour retained their Edinburgh South constituency with a significant majority of 15,514 votes (32.4%), making it the safest constituency in Scotland. They also regained a number of previously safe Labour working-class constituencies in the Central Belt of Scotland, including Coatbridge, Chryston and Bellshill, Glasgow North East, Kirkcaldy and Cowdenbeath and Rutherglen and Hamilton West, gaining a further two seats in Lothian (East Lothian and Midlothian). The party were within 1,400 votes of gaining a further six seats from the SNP in Greater Glasgow.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 48], "section_span": [50, 81], "content_span": [82, 651]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273361-0016-0000", "contents": "2017 United Kingdom general election in Scotland, Results, Description of results\nThe Liberal Democrats gained the suburban constituencies of East Dunbartonshire and Edinburgh West on the outskirts of Glasgow and Edinburgh respectively. The party also regained their former heartland of Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross, a large rural constituency covering the northernmost parts of Great Britain, with Orkney and Shetland again becoming the safest Lib Dem constituency in the UK in vote share terms, with a majority 19.6% of the vote.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 48], "section_span": [50, 81], "content_span": [82, 540]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273361-0016-0001", "contents": "2017 United Kingdom general election in Scotland, Results, Description of results\nThey lost out to the SNP in the North East Fife constituency by just 2 votes (0.0%), the closest result in the United Kingdom at a general election since the result in Winchester in 1997. However, the party's vote collapsed to the Conservatives in Aberdeenshire, the Borders and in parts of the Highlands.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 48], "section_span": [50, 81], "content_span": [82, 387]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273362-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 United Kingdom general election in Wales\nThe 2017 United Kingdom general election in Wales was held on 8 June 2017; all 40 seats in Wales were contested. The election for each seat was conducted on the basis of first-past-the-post.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [45, 45], "content_span": [46, 236]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273362-0001-0000", "contents": "2017 United Kingdom general election in Wales, Analysis\nThe Labour Party remained the largest party in Wales and won an even larger majority of seats after gaining three seats from the Conservatives. Its 48.9% of the vote and total of 771,354 popular votes were its best in Wales since 1997.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [47, 55], "content_span": [56, 291]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273362-0002-0000", "contents": "2017 United Kingdom general election in Wales, Analysis\nThe Conservative Party, who entered the campaign with high hopes of making gains, saw its representation reduced back to the levels it won in the 2010 general election.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [47, 55], "content_span": [56, 224]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273362-0003-0000", "contents": "2017 United Kingdom general election in Wales, Analysis\nPlaid Cymru won back Ceredigion after the constituency's 12 years in Liberal Democrat hands, and brought its tally up to four seats, which was its best result showing since 2001 and one of its joint best in history.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [47, 55], "content_span": [56, 271]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273362-0004-0000", "contents": "2017 United Kingdom general election in Wales, Analysis\nPlaid Cymru's gain in Ceredigion and the Liberal Democrats' failure to make gains elsewhere meant that this was the first time in Welsh electoral history where there were no Liberal or Liberal Democrat MPs elected to represent a Welsh constituency in a Westminster Parliamentary election.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [47, 55], "content_span": [56, 344]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273363-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 United Kingdom local elections\nThe 2017 United Kingdom local elections were held on Thursday 4 May 2017. Local elections were held across Great Britain, with elections to 35 English local authorities and all councils in Scotland and Wales.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [35, 35], "content_span": [36, 244]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273363-0001-0000", "contents": "2017 United Kingdom local elections\nNewly created combined authority mayors were directly elected in six areas of England: Cambridgeshire and Peterborough, Greater Manchester, the Liverpool City Region, Tees Valley, the West Midlands, and the West of England. In addition, Doncaster and North Tyneside re-elected local authority mayors. Local by-elections for 107 council seats also took place on 4 May.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [35, 35], "content_span": [36, 403]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273363-0002-0000", "contents": "2017 United Kingdom local elections\nThe Conservative Party led under Prime Minister Theresa May enjoyed the best local election performance in a decade, making significant gains at the expense of the Labour Party. The UK Independence Party lost every seat they were defending, but gained just one seat at the expense of the Labour Party. The Liberal Democrats lost 41 seats, despite their vote share increasing. The Conservatives won four out of six metro-mayoral areas, including in the traditionally Labour-voting Tees Valley and West Midlands.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [35, 35], "content_span": [36, 546]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273363-0003-0000", "contents": "2017 United Kingdom local elections\nThe local elections were followed by a general election on 8 June.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [35, 35], "content_span": [36, 102]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273363-0004-0000", "contents": "2017 United Kingdom local elections, Eligibility to vote\nAll registered electors (British, Irish, Commonwealth and European Union citizens) who were aged 18 or over (or aged 16 or over in Scotland) on polling day were entitled to vote in the local elections. A person who had two homes (such as a university student having a term-time address and living at home during holidays) could register to vote at both addresses as long as they were not in the same electoral area, and could vote in the local elections for the two different local councils.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 56], "content_span": [57, 548]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273363-0005-0000", "contents": "2017 United Kingdom local elections, Eligibility to vote\nIndividuals had to be registered to vote by midnight twelve working days before polling day (13 April 2017 in England and Wales; 17 April 2017 in Scotland). Anyone qualifying as an anonymous elector had until midnight on 25 April 2017 to register.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 56], "content_span": [57, 304]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273363-0006-0000", "contents": "2017 United Kingdom local elections, Seats held prior to the election\nIn total, 4,851 council seats were up for election in 88 councils; additionally six new mayors were directly elected. Approximately 10,000 people were candidates for election. All 32 councils in Scotland (1,227 seats) and all 22 councils in Wales (1,254 seats) were up for election; an additional 34 councils (2,370 seats) in England were up for election. Of the 35 English councils up for election, 27 were county councils, seven were unitary authorities, and one was the Doncaster Metropolitan Borough Council.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 69], "content_span": [70, 582]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273363-0007-0000", "contents": "2017 United Kingdom local elections, Seats held prior to the election\nAccording to a BBC News estimate, taking into account boundary changes, the major political parties were effectively defending the following notional results in council seats on election day:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 69], "content_span": [70, 261]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273363-0008-0000", "contents": "2017 United Kingdom local elections, Seats held prior to the election\nThere were also 687 independent councillors and 4 Mebyon Kernow councillors. The remaining 217 seats were held by residents' associations and minor parties. A by-election for the parliamentary constituency of Manchester Gorton (caused by the death of Sir Gerald Kaufman, the sitting MP) was due to be held on the same day as the local election, but the by-election was cancelled after the general election was called for the following month.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 69], "content_span": [70, 511]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273363-0009-0000", "contents": "2017 United Kingdom local elections, Results, Overall results - Great Britain\nAs elections were not held throughout the country, the\u00a0BBC\u00a0calculated a Projected National Vote Share (PNV), which aims to assess what the council results indicate the UK-wide vote would be \"if the results were repeated at a general election\". The BBC's preliminary Projected National Vote Share was 38% for the\u00a0Conservatives, 27% for\u00a0Labour, 18% for the\u00a0Liberal Democrats\u00a0and 5% for\u00a0the UK Independence Party, with others on around 12%.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 77], "content_span": [78, 515]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273363-0010-0000", "contents": "2017 United Kingdom local elections, Results, Overall results - Great Britain\nThis is the highest vote share for the Conservatives in local elections since 2008, when they faced Labour a decade into government and suffering from the financial crisis. The Liberal Democrats have performed better than at any election since 2010, whilst Labour has not performed so badly since 2010.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 77], "content_span": [78, 380]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273363-0011-0000", "contents": "2017 United Kingdom local elections, Results, Overall results - Great Britain\nUKIP lost 145 of their 146 seats. Prominent former UKIP members talked of the party being finished and that it should disband.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 77], "content_span": [78, 204]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273363-0012-0000", "contents": "2017 United Kingdom local elections, Results, Results by nation, England\nNote that unlike in Scotland and Wales, where all local authorities were up for election, the England results are for only 34 councils out of 353, and should not be taken as reflective of the whole of England.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 72], "content_span": [73, 282]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273363-0013-0000", "contents": "2017 United Kingdom local elections, Results, Results by nation, Wales\nFor comparative purposes, the table above shows changes since 2012 including Anglesey's council, which was last elected in 2013.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 70], "content_span": [71, 199]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273363-0014-0000", "contents": "2017 United Kingdom local elections, Results, Results by nation, Scotland\nThe table has been arranged according to popular vote, not the number of seats won.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 73], "content_span": [74, 157]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273363-0015-0000", "contents": "2017 United Kingdom local elections, Results, Results by nation, Scotland\nThere were boundary changes in many of these councils, with an increase in council seats across the country from 1,223 to 1,227, making direct comparisons with the 2012 results problematic. Notional seats and seat change are based on a notional 2012 result calculated by the BBC.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 73], "content_span": [74, 353]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273363-0016-0000", "contents": "2017 United Kingdom local elections, England, Non-metropolitan county councils\nAll 27 county councils for areas with a two-tier structure of local governance had all of their seats up for election. These were first-past-the-post elections in a mixture of single-member and multi-member electoral divisions.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 78], "content_span": [79, 306]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273363-0017-0000", "contents": "2017 United Kingdom local elections, England, Non-metropolitan county councils\nThese were the last elections to Dorset and Northamptonshire county councils.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 78], "content_span": [79, 156]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273363-0018-0000", "contents": "2017 United Kingdom local elections, England, Unitary authorities\nSeven single-tier unitary authorities held elections, with all of their seats up for election. These were first-past-the-post elections in a mixture of single-member and multi-member electoral divisions or wards.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 65], "content_span": [66, 278]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273363-0019-0000", "contents": "2017 United Kingdom local elections, England, Metropolitan boroughs\nOne metropolitan borough, the Metropolitan Borough of Doncaster, had all of its seats up for election, after moving to whole council elections in 2015. This was a first-past-the-post election in a mixture of two-member and three-member wards.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 67], "content_span": [68, 310]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273363-0020-0000", "contents": "2017 United Kingdom local elections, England, Mayoral elections, Combined authority mayors\nSix elections were held for directly elected regional mayors. These newly established positions lead combined authorities set up by groups of local councils, as part of devolution deals giving the combined authorities additional powers and funding.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 90], "content_span": [91, 339]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273363-0021-0000", "contents": "2017 United Kingdom local elections, England, Mayoral elections, Combined authority mayors\nOther planned mayoralties have been postponed or cancelled. The election of the Sheffield City Region Combined Authority mayor was postponed in January 2017 and, following legal action, did not occur until the 2018 local elections. The North East Combined Authority deal was scrapped as several councils in the region voted down the proposal, however the smaller North of Tyne combined authority was approved by the councils and by parliament for the 2019 local elections. The other devolution deals that were scrapped were for the Norfolk and Suffolk, Greater Lincolnshire and the Solent.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 90], "content_span": [91, 680]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273363-0022-0000", "contents": "2017 United Kingdom local elections, England, Mayoral elections, Local authority mayors\nTwo elections for directly elected local district mayors will be held. These Mayors act as council leaders in their local authorities.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 87], "content_span": [88, 222]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273364-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 United Nations Climate Change Conference\nThe 2017 United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP23) was an international meeting of political leaders, non-state actors and activists to discuss environmental issues. It was held at UN Campus in Bonn (Germany) from 6\u201317 November 2017. The conference incorporated the 23rd Conference of the Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC), the thirteenth meeting of the parties for the Kyoto Protocol (CMP13), and the second session of the first meeting of the parties for the Paris Agreement (CMA1-2 or CMA1.2).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [45, 45], "content_span": [46, 593]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273364-0001-0000", "contents": "2017 United Nations Climate Change Conference\nThe purpose of the conference was to discuss and implement plans about combating climate change, including the details of how the Paris Agreement will work after it enters into force in 2020. The COP was presided over by the Prime Minister of Fiji, Frank Bainimarama, marking the first time a small-island developing state assumed the presidency of the negotiations. The German government provided considerable support that amounted to more than \u20ac117 million ($135.5 million) for the construction of the conference facilities.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [45, 45], "content_span": [46, 572]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273364-0002-0000", "contents": "2017 United Nations Climate Change Conference\nAlthough COP23 focused primarily on technical details of the Paris Agreement, it was the first conference of the parties to take place after President Donald Trump announced that the U.S. would withdraw from the agreement.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [45, 45], "content_span": [46, 268]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273364-0003-0000", "contents": "2017 United Nations Climate Change Conference\nCOP23 concluded with what was called the 'Fiji Momentum for Implementation,' which outlined the steps that need to be taken in 2018 to make the Paris Agreement operational and launched the Talanoa Dialogue - a process designed to help countries enhance and implement their Nationally Determined Contributions by 2020.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [45, 45], "content_span": [46, 363]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273364-0004-0000", "contents": "2017 United Nations Climate Change Conference, Outcomes\nSignificant progress was made on the so-called implementation guidelines for the Paris Agreement \u2013 commonly known as the Paris Rulebook \u2013 which are the details that will determine how the Agreement will work in practice. COP23 resulted in the Fiji Momentum for Implementation, which reinforced the need for urgent action and increased ambition. Parties will need to finalise the Implementation Guidelines at COP24.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [47, 55], "content_span": [56, 470]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273364-0005-0000", "contents": "2017 United Nations Climate Change Conference, Outcomes\nAt COP23, the Fijian Presidency announced its approach to the Talanoa Dialogue \u2013 know formerly as the Facilitative Dialogue. The Talanoa Dialogue is an inclusive and participatory process designed to allow countries to assess the progress made so far toward achieving the long-term of the Paris Agreement, and to help them increase the ambition of their Nationally Determined Contributions by 2020. The Talanoa Dialogue is a precursor to the global stocktakes that will take place every five years, beginning in 2023.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [47, 55], "content_span": [56, 573]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273364-0006-0000", "contents": "2017 United Nations Climate Change Conference, Outcomes\nA rift began to emerge between developed and developing countries over pre-2020 action. On the first day of the conference, developing countries, including China and India, asked for an agenda item to discuss this issue, which refers to the emission cuts that developed countries are required to make prior to 2020 under the Kyoto Protocol. Developed countries resisted this request, arguing that this issue was best discussed in other forums.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [47, 55], "content_span": [56, 499]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273364-0006-0001", "contents": "2017 United Nations Climate Change Conference, Outcomes\nIn the end, Parties agreed to hold additional stocktaking sessions in 2018 and 2019 to review progress on reducing emissions, as well as produce two assessments on climate finance in 2018 and 2020. Several European countries, including the United Kingdom, Germany and Spain, ratified the Doha Amendment during COP23. Also during COP23, Syria announced that it would sign the Paris Agreement, leaving the United States as the only country that has rejected the pact.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [47, 55], "content_span": [56, 521]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273364-0007-0000", "contents": "2017 United Nations Climate Change Conference, Outcomes\nDeveloped and developing countries also agreed to hold an experts dialogue in 2018 on the controversial issue of loss and damage, which will explore options for mobilising expertise, technology and support for the victims of climate change and will inform the next review of the Warsaw International Mechanism in 2019.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [47, 55], "content_span": [56, 374]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273364-0008-0000", "contents": "2017 United Nations Climate Change Conference, Outcomes\nParties reached a historic decision on agriculture after six years of deadlock. The agreement established the Koronivia Joint Work on Agriculture to develop and implement new strategies for mitigation and adaptation the agriculture sector.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [47, 55], "content_span": [56, 295]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273364-0009-0000", "contents": "2017 United Nations Climate Change Conference, Outcomes\nParties also finalized the Gender Action Plan and the Local Communities and Indigenous Peoples Platform, both of which are designed to increase the participation of traditionally marginalized groups in the UN Climate Negotiations.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [47, 55], "content_span": [56, 286]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273364-0010-0000", "contents": "2017 United Nations Climate Change Conference, Outcomes\nA group of 30 countries including Britain, Canada and New Zealand launched of the Powering Past Coal Alliance with the aim to phase out coal from power generation by 2030.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [47, 55], "content_span": [56, 227]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273364-0011-0000", "contents": "2017 United Nations Climate Change Conference, Climate Action Zone\nWhile the formal negotiations took place in the World Conference Centre Bonn \u2013 called the Bula Zone \u2013 other non-state actors met in the global climate action zone \u2013 the Bonn Zone \u2013 located in temporary structures built in Rheinaue Park. The Zone was marked by Fiji\u2019s Bula spirit and highlighted the groundswell of activity and innovation being undertaken by local governments, cities, businesses, investors, civil society, youth activists, and ordinary men and women.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [47, 66], "content_span": [67, 534]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273364-0012-0000", "contents": "2017 United Nations Climate Change Conference, Climate Action Zone\nDuring COP23, the German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ) launched the InsuResilience Global Partnership for Climate and Disaster Risk Finance and Insurance Solutions with the contribution of US$125 million. This aim of this initiative is to bring affordable insurance and other financial protection to millions of vulnerable people around the world.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [47, 66], "content_span": [67, 448]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273364-0013-0000", "contents": "2017 United Nations Climate Change Conference, Climate Action Zone\nA delegation of sub-national leaders, led by Governor Jerry Brown of California and former New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg, travelled to Bonn to present America\u2019s Pledge, which reports ongoing efforts to uphold the ongoing efforts the U.S.\u2019s emissions reduction target, even after President Trump announced his intention to withdraw the U.S. from the Paris Agreement.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [47, 66], "content_span": [67, 440]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273364-0014-0000", "contents": "2017 United Nations Climate Change Conference, Climate Action Zone\nSeparately, Michael Bloomberg used pledged $50 million to expand his anti-coal US campaign into Europe.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [47, 66], "content_span": [67, 170]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273364-0015-0000", "contents": "2017 United Nations Climate Change Conference, Climate Action Zone\nThe Fijian COP23 Presidency also launched the Ocean Pathway Partnership, which will be co-chaired by Fiji and Sweden, in an effort the strengthen the link between global warming and the health of the world\u2019s oceans.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [47, 66], "content_span": [67, 282]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273364-0016-0000", "contents": "2017 United Nations Climate Change Conference, Attendees\nas well as California Governor Jerry Brown, Michael Bloomberg and Arnold Schwarzenegger.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [47, 56], "content_span": [57, 145]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273364-0017-0000", "contents": "2017 United Nations Climate Change Conference, Attendees, Observers\nThe Climate Action Business Association (CABA) delegation to COP23 in Bonn, Germany was spearheaded by Executive Director, Michael Green and included policymakers from the Massachusetts State House: Representative Jim Cantwell, Representative Josh Cutler, Representative Jen Benson, and Senator Michael Barrett, and Green at the climate talks. The delegation was supported by staff from Northeastern University.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [47, 67], "content_span": [68, 479]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273364-0018-0000", "contents": "2017 United Nations Climate Change Conference, Notable quotations\nOn Wednesday 15 November 2017, world leaders such as Ant\u00f3nio Guterres (Secretary-General of the United Nations), Emmanuel Macron (President of France) and Angela Merkel (Chancellor of Germany) delivered speeches at the conference.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [47, 65], "content_span": [66, 296]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273365-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 United Nations Security Council election\nThe 2017 United Nations Security Council election was held on 2 June 2017 during the 71st session of the United Nations General Assembly, held at United Nations Headquarters in New York City. In addition to the regular elections for five of the non-permanent seats on the UN Security Council, there was by-election for a sixth seat held by Italy who relinquished its seat at the end of the year as part of a term splitting agreement with the Netherlands. The regular elections are for two-year mandates commencing on 1 January 2018; the by-election is for the remainder of Italy's term. In accordance with the Security Council's rotation rules, whereby the ten non-permanent UNSC seats rotate among the various regional blocs into which UN member states traditionally divide themselves for voting and representation purposes, the five regularly available seats are allocated as follows:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [45, 45], "content_span": [46, 932]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273365-0001-0000", "contents": "2017 United Nations Security Council election\nThe six elected members began their two-year terms on 1 January 2018, and continued to serve on the Security Council until the end of 2019. Notably, Equatorial Guinea was elected to the Council for the first time.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [45, 45], "content_span": [46, 259]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273365-0002-0000", "contents": "2017 United Nations Security Council election, Candidates, African Group\nAs a result of the rotation policy implemented by the Security Council for designation of its temporary seats, two nations from Africa would be selected. Prospective candidates were further limited by internal subdivision within the Africa Group.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [47, 72], "content_span": [73, 319]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273365-0003-0000", "contents": "2017 United Nations Security Council election, Candidates, Eastern European Group\nThe Eastern European Group was designated one seat on the Security Council in the election. Poland, having attempted to procure a seat in the past, announced its candidacy, as did Bulgaria. However, the latter dropped out of the race in December 2016, leaving Poland unopposed for the seat.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [47, 81], "content_span": [82, 372]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273365-0004-0000", "contents": "2017 United Nations Security Council election, Candidates, Eastern European Group\nThe two-year tenure will represent Poland's sixth term as a temporary member of the Security Council. Witold Waszczykowski, the Minister of Foreign Affairs, heralded their election as \"a great victory for Polish diplomacy\".", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [47, 81], "content_span": [82, 305]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273365-0005-0000", "contents": "2017 United Nations Security Council election, Candidates, Western European and Others Group\nConventionally, there are only five seats available in each UN Security Council election. However, Italy, having claimed the Western European seat the 2016 election, agreed to vacate after one year and allow the Netherlands to take its place. The Netherlands ran unopposed.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [47, 92], "content_span": [93, 366]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273365-0006-0000", "contents": "2017 United Nations Security Council election, Candidates, Western European and Others Group\nThe presence of the Netherlands on the Security Council will represent their first term on the body in twenty years. Minister of Foreign Affairs Halbe Zijlstra said, in a meeting with UN Secretary-General Ant\u00f3nio Guterres, that the Dutch delegation would \"focus on themes such as justice and the prevention of conflicts\" during its tenure.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [47, 92], "content_span": [93, 432]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273366-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 United States Grand Prix\nThe 2017 United States Grand Prix (formally known as the 2017 Formula 1 United States Grand Prix) was a Formula One motor race held on October 22, 2017 at the Circuit of the Americas in Austin, Texas, United States as the seventeenth round of the 2017 FIA Formula One World Championship.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [29, 29], "content_span": [30, 317]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273366-0000-0001", "contents": "2017 United States Grand Prix\nThe race marked the forty-seventh running of the United States Grand Prix, the thirty-ninth time that the race was run as a World Championship event since the inaugural season in 1950, and the sixth time that a World Championship round was held at the Circuit of the Americas in Austin, Texas.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [29, 29], "content_span": [30, 323]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273366-0001-0000", "contents": "2017 United States Grand Prix\nMercedes driver Lewis Hamilton entered the round with a 59-point lead over Ferrari's Sebastian Vettel in the World Drivers' Championship. Hamilton's teammate Valtteri Bottas was third, a further 13 points behind. In the World Constructors' Championship, Mercedes held a lead of 155 points over Ferrari, with Red Bull Racing a further 92 points behind in third place.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [29, 29], "content_span": [30, 396]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273366-0002-0000", "contents": "2017 United States Grand Prix\nMercedes clinched its fourth successive World Constructors' Championship after Hamilton won and Bottas finished 5th.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [29, 29], "content_span": [30, 146]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273366-0003-0000", "contents": "2017 United States Grand Prix, Background, Driver changes\nCarlos Sainz Jr. moved to Renault and replaced Jolyon Palmer. Daniil Kvyat returned to Toro Rosso after having missed the Malaysian and Japanese Grands Prix, taking over Sainz's car. 2015 World Endurance Champion Brendon Hartley made his Formula One d\u00e9but, taking Pierre Gasly's (formerly Kvyat's) seat at Toro Rosso. This was the first time a New Zealander participated in a Formula One race in 33 years.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 57], "content_span": [58, 463]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273366-0004-0000", "contents": "2017 United States Grand Prix, Background, Tyres\nTyre supplier Pirelli provided teams with the ultra-soft, super-soft and soft compounds of tyre. The purple branding on the ultra-soft compound was replaced by pink for the race to raise awareness of breast cancer. Several teams also incorporated pink into their liveries to support the cause (except Force India, whose cars were pink to begin with).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 48], "content_span": [49, 399]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273366-0005-0000", "contents": "2017 United States Grand Prix, Race, Race Report\nLewis Hamilton won after passing title rival Sebastian Vettel early on in the race with the German driver coming home 2nd, Hamilton extended his Championship lead in the process to 66 points. Kimi R\u00e4ikk\u00f6nen was 3rd, Max Verstappen did overtake R\u00e4ikk\u00f6nen on the final lap, although Verstappen was found to have cut the corner, resulting in a time penalty.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 48], "content_span": [49, 403]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273367-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 United States House of Representatives elections\nThere were six special elections to the United States House of Representatives in 2017 during the 115th United States Congress.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 53], "section_span": [53, 53], "content_span": [54, 181]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273367-0001-0000", "contents": "2017 United States House of Representatives elections\nAll of the elections were won by the party previously holding the seat. Therefore, there were no net changes in party.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 53], "section_span": [53, 53], "content_span": [54, 172]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273367-0002-0000", "contents": "2017 United States House of Representatives elections\nAlthough Democrats did not gain any seats, their margins were narrower than the districts' Cook Partisan Voting Index.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 53], "section_span": [53, 53], "content_span": [54, 172]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273368-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 United States Marine Corps KC-130 crash\nOn 10 July 2017, a Lockheed KC-130T Hercules aircraft of the United States Marine Corps (USMC) crashed in Leflore County, Mississippi, killing all 16 people on board. The aircraft had the call sign \"Yanky 72\" and was from Marine Aerial Refueler Transport Squadron 452 (VMGR-452) based at Stewart Air National Guard Base, New York. Debris from the aircraft was found in Leflore County, Mississippi. The USMC released a statement calling the event a \"mishap.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [44, 44], "content_span": [45, 502]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273368-0001-0000", "contents": "2017 United States Marine Corps KC-130 crash\nThe crash is the deadliest Marine Corps disaster since 2005, when a U.S. Marine Corps Sikorsky CH-53E Super Stallion helicopter crashed in Iraq, killing 31 people.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [44, 44], "content_span": [45, 208]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273368-0002-0000", "contents": "2017 United States Marine Corps KC-130 crash, Aircraft\nThe aircraft involved was a Lockheed KC-130T Hercules tanker/transport of the United States Marine Corps built in 1993, with Bureau Number (BuNo.) 165000. The aircraft was nicknamed Triple Nuts because of the abbreviated number \"000\" on its nose. The aircraft was initially delivered to the United States Air Force in 1993 and later was transferred to the United States Navy and then assigned to the U.S. Marine Corps. It was damaged on the ground during a storm on 1 June 2004 at Naval Air Station Joint Reserve Base Fort Worth, Texas. As a result of the storm, it was flipped onto its port wingtip, damaging a refueling pod. It was quickly repaired and placed back into service.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [46, 54], "content_span": [55, 735]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273368-0003-0000", "contents": "2017 United States Marine Corps KC-130 crash, Accident\nThe flight took off from Cherry Point at 14:07 EDT, with the callsign \"Yanky 72.\" The aircraft was en route to Naval Air Facility El Centro in California. At 1549:24 EDT, the crew made a routine transmission to Memphis ARTCC, followed by which nothing more was heard from the flight. Radar contact was abruptly lost minutes later. After nine unsuccessful attempts by Memphis ARTCC to reach the aircraft, another flight reported seeing a plume of smoke. The plane had apparently crashed 85 miles (137\u00a0km) north of Jackson, Mississippi, killing all sixteen occupants.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [46, 54], "content_span": [55, 620]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273368-0003-0001", "contents": "2017 United States Marine Corps KC-130 crash, Accident\nBrigadier General Bradley James said immediately after the accident, \"Indications are something went wrong at cruise altitude.\" The aircraft was also reported to have been carrying weapons and ammunition. Debris was spread in a 5-mile (8\u00a0km) radius from the crash site and firefighters attending the crash site used 4,000 US gallons (15,000\u00a0l) of foam to extinguish the post-crash fire. Witnesses reported seeing the aircraft on fire with a smoking engine and descending in a \"flat spin\".", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [46, 54], "content_span": [55, 543]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273368-0004-0000", "contents": "2017 United States Marine Corps KC-130 crash, Investigation\nAccording to the accident report published by the USMC, the accident was caused by improper repairs conducted in 2011 on a corroded propeller blade. While the aircraft was not equipped with a Flight Data Recorder or a Cockpit Voice Recorder, investigators were able to determine through available evidence and engineering data that the blade, belonging to the inner-left engine, failed while the aircraft was cruising at 20,000 feet. It passed through the left side of the fuselage and embedded itself in the inner-right wall of the passenger compartment.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [46, 59], "content_span": [60, 615]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273368-0004-0001", "contents": "2017 United States Marine Corps KC-130 crash, Investigation\nThe blade striking the fuselage created a shock that traveled through the aircraft and caused the propeller and part of the reduction gearbox from the inner-right engine to separate and impact the right forward fuselage, \"momentarily embedded into the upper right section,\" before striking and removing most of the right horizontal stabilizer. The fuselage, including the flight deck, separated at a point 19 feet forward of the leading edge of the wingbox. The remains of the fuselage section ahead of the wingbox was then quickly torn apart by aerodynamic forces, after which the remains of the aircraft rapidly descended to the ground.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [46, 59], "content_span": [60, 698]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273368-0005-0000", "contents": "2017 United States Marine Corps KC-130 crash, Memorial\nOn 14 July 2018 a memorial located near the crash site in Leflore County was dedicated to the fallen. Part of the stretch of U.S. Highway 82 that ran through the crash site was also renamed YANKY 72 Memorial Highway.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [46, 54], "content_span": [55, 272]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273369-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 United States Men's Curling Championship\nThe 2017 United States Men's Curling Championship was held from February 11 to 18 at the Xfinity Arena in Everett, Washington. It was held in conjunction with the 2017 United States Women's Curling Championship.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [45, 45], "content_span": [46, 257]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273369-0001-0000", "contents": "2017 United States Men's Curling Championship, Teams\nTen teams qualified to participate in the 2017 national championship.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [47, 52], "content_span": [53, 122]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273370-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 United States Mixed Doubles Curling Championship\nThe 2017 United States Mixed Doubles Curling Championship was held from March 2-5 at the Four Seasons Curling Club in Blaine, Minnesota. Matt Hamilton and Becca Hamilton won the tournament, earning the right to represent the United States at the 2017 World Mixed Doubles Curling Championship in Lethbridge, Canada.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 53], "section_span": [53, 53], "content_span": [54, 368]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273370-0001-0000", "contents": "2017 United States Mixed Doubles Curling Championship, Teams\nTwelve teams qualified to compete in the championship. Six of the teams were automatically qualified and the remaining six teams made it into the tournament by being the top teams in a 22 team qualifying round held at Curl Mesabi in January 2017.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 53], "section_span": [55, 60], "content_span": [61, 307]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273370-0002-0000", "contents": "2017 United States Mixed Doubles Curling Championship, Playoffs\nThe playoffs consisted of a 6-team bracket with the top two teams receiving byes in the quarterfinals.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 53], "section_span": [55, 63], "content_span": [64, 166]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273371-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 United States Mixed Doubles Curling Olympic Trials\nThe 2017 United States Mixed Doubles Curling Olympic Trials was held from December 13-17 at the Four Seasons Curling Club in Blaine, Minnesota. The winner of this event was chosen to represent the United States at the 2018 Winter Olympics.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 55], "section_span": [55, 55], "content_span": [56, 295]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273372-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 United States Olympic Curling Trials\nThe 2017 United States Olympic Curling Trials were held from November 11\u201318, 2017 at Baxter Arena in Omaha, Nebraska. Five teams qualified for the men's tournament and three teams qualified for the women's tournament. The winner of each tournament represented the United States at the 2018 Winter Olympics in Pyeongchang County, South Korea.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [41, 41], "content_span": [42, 383]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273372-0001-0000", "contents": "2017 United States Olympic Curling Trials, Road to the Trials\nUSA Curling used a number of selection criteria to determine which teams would qualify for the Olympic Trials. If an American team placed in the top five at the 2017 World Men's Curling Championship or 2017 World Women's Curling Championship, that team would automatically qualify for the Olympic Trials. The John Shuster and Nina Roth rinks qualified via this method. Next, teams had an opportunity to qualify for the Olympic Trials by placing in the top 15 of the World Curling Tour Order of Merit standings for the 2016\u201317 season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [43, 61], "content_span": [62, 595]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273372-0001-0001", "contents": "2017 United States Olympic Curling Trials, Road to the Trials\nNo US teams placed high enough in these standings to automatically qualify in this manner. The final criterion used for inclusion in the trial was a discretionary selection by USA Curling's Olympic Team Selection Committee. The committee was required to choose some number of teams for each tournament to ensure that there were a minimum of three and a maximum of five teams competing. The committee chose three men's teams and two women's teams. A fifth team, skipped by Todd Birr, was added to the men's tournament after a successful appeal to the USCA Judiciary Hearing Panel, alleging that the Olympic Team Selection Committee erred in its decision not to include Team Birr in the tournament.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [43, 61], "content_span": [62, 758]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273372-0002-0000", "contents": "2017 United States Olympic Curling Trials, Men, Round Robin Results\nAll draw times are listed in Central Standard Time (UTC\u22126).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [43, 67], "content_span": [68, 127]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273372-0003-0000", "contents": "2017 United States Olympic Curling Trials, Men, Final\nThe final round was between the top two teams at the end of the round robin. The teams played a best-of-three series.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [43, 53], "content_span": [54, 171]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273372-0004-0000", "contents": "2017 United States Olympic Curling Trials, Women, Round Robin Results\nAll draw times are listed in Central Standard Time (UTC\u22126).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [43, 69], "content_span": [70, 129]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273372-0005-0000", "contents": "2017 United States Olympic Curling Trials, Women, Final\nThe final round was between the top two teams at the end of the round robin. The teams played a best-of-three series.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [43, 55], "content_span": [56, 173]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273373-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 United States Senate special election in Alabama\nThe 2017 United States Senate special election in Alabama took place on December 12, 2017, to fill a vacancy in the U.S. Senate through the end of the term ending on January 3, 2021, arising from the resignation on February 8, 2017, of Jeff Sessions to serve as the 84th United States Attorney General. Democratic candidate Doug Jones defeated Republican candidate Roy Moore by a margin of 21,924 votes (1.63%). Jones became the first Democrat to win a U.S. Senate seat in the state since 1992.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 53], "section_span": [53, 53], "content_span": [54, 548]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273373-0001-0000", "contents": "2017 United States Senate special election in Alabama\nOn February 9, 2017, Governor Robert J. Bentley appointed Luther Strange, the Attorney General of Alabama, to fill the vacancy until a special election could take place. Bentley controversially scheduled the special election to align with the 2018 general election instead of sooner. When Kay Ivey succeeded Bentley as governor, she rescheduled the special election for December 12, 2017.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 53], "section_span": [53, 53], "content_span": [54, 442]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273373-0002-0000", "contents": "2017 United States Senate special election in Alabama\nJones, a former U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of Alabama, won the Democratic primary election. Moore, a former Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Alabama, competed with Strange and Mo Brooks in the August 15, 2017, Republican primary; the two highest vote-getters, Moore and Strange, advanced to a runoff. President Donald Trump supported Moore's opponent Strange during the primary runoff, in addition to much of the Republican establishment in the Senate, including Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, who made the success of Strange's candidacy a major priority.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 53], "section_span": [53, 53], "content_span": [54, 636]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273373-0002-0001", "contents": "2017 United States Senate special election in Alabama\nTrump's efforts on behalf of Strange included a rally in Huntsville, Alabama, plus tweeting, and Vice President Mike Pence also campaigned for Strange. With McConnell's help, Strange outspent Moore by a margin of 10-to-1. However, Moore won the primary runoff on September 26, 2017. This was the first time that an incumbent U.S. Senator having active White House support lost a primary since Arlen Specter lost to Joe Sestak in 2010.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 53], "section_span": [53, 53], "content_span": [54, 488]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273373-0003-0000", "contents": "2017 United States Senate special election in Alabama\nIn mid-November 2017, multiple women alleged that Moore had made unwanted advances or sexual assaults on them when he was in his early thirties and they were in their teens (the youngest was 14 at the time), attracting widespread national media coverage of the election. As a result of these allegations, many national Republican leaders and office holders called for Moore to withdraw from the special election or rescinded their endorsements of him. However, Donald Trump and many Alabama Republicans reaffirmed their support. At the time of the revelations, it was too late to remove his name from the ballot.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 53], "section_span": [53, 53], "content_span": [54, 666]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273373-0003-0001", "contents": "2017 United States Senate special election in Alabama\nMany Republican leaders proposed shifting their support to a write-in candidate such as Strange. Moore has stated that he never engaged in sexual misconduct, although he has not denied that he approached or dated teenagers over the age of 16 while he was in his 30s. Sixteen is the legal age of consent in Alabama. In late November, retired Marine Colonel Lee Busby launched a write-in campaign.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 53], "section_span": [53, 53], "content_span": [54, 449]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273373-0004-0000", "contents": "2017 United States Senate special election in Alabama\nAt 9:23\u00a0p.m. CST, the Associated Press called the election for Jones, though Moore refused to concede. Jones is the first Democratic candidate to win a statewide election in Alabama since former Lieutenant Governor Lucy Baxley was elected president of the Alabama Public Service Commission in 2008. Jones was sworn into office on January 3, 2018, becoming the first Democratic U.S. Senator from Alabama since Howell Heflin's retirement in 1997.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 53], "section_span": [53, 53], "content_span": [54, 498]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273373-0005-0000", "contents": "2017 United States Senate special election in Alabama, Background, Potential appointees\nFollowing then-President-elect Donald Trump's nomination of then-Senator Sessions to be U.S. Attorney General, Robert Aderholt, a member of the United States House of Representatives, had asked to be appointed to the seat. Representative Mo Brooks had also expressed interest in the seat, while Strange had stated before being selected that he would run for the seat in the special election whether or not he was appointed. Other potential choices Bentley interviewed for the appointment included Moore, Del Marsh, the President Pro Tempore of the Alabama Senate, and Jim Byard, the director of the Alabama Department of Economic and Community Affairs.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 53], "section_span": [55, 87], "content_span": [88, 740]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273373-0006-0000", "contents": "2017 United States Senate special election in Alabama, Republican primary, Campaign\nThe Republican primary attracted national attention, especially following Trump's endorsement of incumbent Senator Luther Strange. Strange was backed by several key figures within the Republican establishment, most notably Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell. His two main rivals in the primary consisted of former state judge Roy Moore and Mo Brooks. While Strange showed no signs of losing the first round of the primary, almost every opinion poll showed him trailing Roy Moore in a runoff. Strange came in second place in the first round of the primary behind Roy Moore, securing a spot in the runoff.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 53], "section_span": [55, 83], "content_span": [84, 691]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273373-0007-0000", "contents": "2017 United States Senate special election in Alabama, Republican primary, Campaign\nNational interest in the race dramatically increased in the month before the runoff. Strange maintained his endorsement from Trump, who campaigned for him in Huntsville during the closing days of the campaign. Trump's endorsement of Strange sparked criticism among his own base, many of whom preferred Moore and detested Strange for his seemingly establishment feel. Several notable people close to Trump broke from the president to endorse Moore, including HUD Secretary Ben Carson and Breitbart Executive Chairman Steve Bannon. Despite the endorsement of Trump, Strange was handily defeated by Roy Moore in the runoff.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 53], "section_span": [55, 83], "content_span": [84, 704]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273373-0008-0000", "contents": "2017 United States Senate special election in Alabama, Republican primary, Runoff\nPresident Donald Trump supported Moore's opponent Strange during the primary runoff, and almost the whole national Republican establishment wanted Strange to win. Trump's efforts on behalf of Strange included a rally in Alabama, plus tweeting.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 53], "section_span": [55, 81], "content_span": [82, 325]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273373-0009-0000", "contents": "2017 United States Senate special election in Alabama, General election, Controversies, Roy Moore sexual misconduct allegations\nOn November 9, The Washington Post reported that four women had accused Roy Moore of engaging in sexual conduct with them when they were teenagers and he was an assistant district attorney in his thirties. One of the women was 14 years old at the time, below the legal age of consent. A few days later a fifth woman said that she had received unwanted attention from Moore when she was 15 years old, and that in December 1977 or January 1978, when she was 16, Moore sexually assaulted her. Moore denied the allegations.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 53], "section_span": [55, 127], "content_span": [128, 647]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273373-0010-0000", "contents": "2017 United States Senate special election in Alabama, General election, Controversies, Roy Moore sexual misconduct allegations\nAfter this, certain Republican leaders and conservative organizations withdrew their endorsements of Moore or asked him to drop out of the campaign. These included Texas Senator Ted Cruz, U.S. Attorney General and former seat holder Jeff Sessions, Ivanka Trump, the National Republican Senatorial Committee, former Republican presidential nominees Mitt Romney and John McCain, Republican Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, Ohio Governor John Kasich, Utah Senator Mike Lee, Montana Senator Steve Daines, and House Representatives Barbara Comstock, Carlos Curbelo, and Adam Kinzinger, as well as the Young Republican Federation of Alabama.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 53], "section_span": [55, 127], "content_span": [128, 770]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273373-0010-0001", "contents": "2017 United States Senate special election in Alabama, General election, Controversies, Roy Moore sexual misconduct allegations\nOther conservative websites and organizations such as National Review urged readers not to vote for Moore. Despite this, Moore continued to receive support from the state party and a week before the election, President Donald Trump strongly endorsed Moore. Following Trump's endorsement, the RNC reinstated their support for him, and Republican leaders said they would \"let the people of Alabama decide\" whether to elect Moore.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 53], "section_span": [55, 127], "content_span": [128, 555]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273373-0011-0000", "contents": "2017 United States Senate special election in Alabama, General election, Controversies, Roy Moore sexual misconduct allegations\nAt the time of the revelations, it was too close to the election for Moore's name to be removed from the ballot. Republican officials proposed various ways to promote an alternate Republican candidate. One suggestion was to ask Governor Kay Ivey to delay the special election until 2018, but Ivey said she had no plans to change the election date. Some Republicans such as Senator Lisa Murkowski floated the prospect of a write-in campaign to elect Luther Strange, with Utah Senator Orrin Hatch actively endorsing a write-in campaign for Strange.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 53], "section_span": [55, 127], "content_span": [128, 674]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273373-0011-0001", "contents": "2017 United States Senate special election in Alabama, General election, Controversies, Roy Moore sexual misconduct allegations\nHowever, Strange said it was \"highly unlikely\" that he would run a write-in campaign. Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell proposed Attorney General Jeff Sessions, who formerly held the Senate seat, as a write-in candidate. In late November, Retired Marine Col. Lee Busby launched a write-in campaign stating that he thought there is room for a centrist in the race.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 53], "section_span": [55, 127], "content_span": [128, 496]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273373-0012-0000", "contents": "2017 United States Senate special election in Alabama, General election, Debates\nRepublican nominee Roy Moore refused to debate Democratic nominee Doug Jones. Moore turned down debate invitations extended by the League of Women Voters, WHNT-TV and AL.com. Jones' campaign said that Jones was \"willing to debate Roy Moore anytime, anywhere\" and accused Moore of \"hiding from the voters, from the media and from his record for weeks.\" Moore and his campaign stated that he refused to debate Jones because their policy positions were already clear to voters and thus there was no need for a formal debate.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 53], "section_span": [55, 80], "content_span": [81, 602]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273373-0013-0000", "contents": "2017 United States Senate special election in Alabama, General election, Results\nDoug Jones defeated Roy Moore by a margin of 21,924 votes. Voter turnout was 40.54% of Alabama's 3,326,812 registered voters.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 53], "section_span": [55, 80], "content_span": [81, 206]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273373-0014-0000", "contents": "2017 United States Senate special election in Alabama, General election, Results\nJones won primarily by running up huge margins in the state's major cities. The state's four largest counties\u2014Jefferson (home to the state's largest city of Birmingham), Mobile (home to Mobile), Madison (home to Huntsville), and Montgomery (home to the state capital of Montgomery)\u2014all gave Jones 56 percent or more of the vote. He carried Jefferson by over 83,800 votes, and Montgomery by almost 30,500 votes; either county would have been more than enough to give him the victory. Jones also dominated the Black Belt. Jones took 61% of votes from voters under 45. He also took over 96 percent of the Black vote. While Moore dominated the state's rural areas outside of the Black Belt, he significantly underperformed Trump's totals in those areas, as well as the suburbs such as traditional GOP fortress Shelby County, which Moore won narrowly.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 53], "section_span": [55, 80], "content_span": [81, 927]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273373-0015-0000", "contents": "2017 United States Senate special election in Alabama, General election, Results\nAs of December 15, Moore demanded a recount and refused to concede the race, despite being urged by Trump, Bannon, and others to concede. In Alabama, if the final margin of victory is less than 0.5%, then a recount is automatically triggered. If not, then either candidate can request a recount at their own expense. However, Alabama Secretary of State John Merrill estimated that a recount could cost anywhere from $1 million to $1.5 million, an amount that would have had to be paid in full when the request is made.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 53], "section_span": [55, 80], "content_span": [81, 599]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273373-0015-0001", "contents": "2017 United States Senate special election in Alabama, General election, Results\nMoore had only $636,046 on hand by the time the campaign ended. A number of right-leaning websites pushed conspiracy theories about voter fraud providing the margin for Jones. Merrill noted on December 20 that the only outstanding ballots were 366 military ballots and 4,967 provisional ballots; even if all those votes were for Moore, it would not have been enough to trigger an automatic recount.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 53], "section_span": [55, 80], "content_span": [81, 479]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273373-0016-0000", "contents": "2017 United States Senate special election in Alabama, General election, Results\nBecause the number of write-in votes was larger than Jones' margin of victory, the names written in were both counted and listed. Luther Strange, who lost the Republican primary to Moore, received the most write-in votes, followed by former White House aide Lee Busby, U.S. Rep. Mo Brooks, who also ran in the Republican Senate primary, Libertarian write-in candidate Ron Bishop, and Attorney General Jeff Sessions. Nick Saban, Alabama's head coach, finished in seventh with more than 250 votes.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 53], "section_span": [55, 80], "content_span": [81, 576]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273373-0017-0000", "contents": "2017 United States Senate special election in Alabama, General election, Results\nAfter the election, Moore filed a lawsuit attempting to block the state from certifying the election and calling for an investigation into voter fraud. On December 28, 2017, a judge dismissed this lawsuit and state officials certified the election results, officially declaring Doug Jones the winner. Jones was sworn into office on January 3, 2018, by Vice President Mike Pence. Jones became the first Democrat to win a statewide race in Alabama since former Lieutenant Governor Lucy Baxley was elected president of the Alabama Public Service Commission in 2008 over Republican Twinkle Andress Cavanaugh. Prior to that, Democrat Jim Folsom Jr. was elected Lieutenant Governor of Alabama in 2006 over Republican Luther Strange. The last Democrat to win a federal statewide election in Alabama was Richard Shelby in 1992, who switched to the Republican Party in late 1994.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 53], "section_span": [55, 80], "content_span": [81, 951]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273374-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 United States Virgin Islands special election\nA special election was held on April 8, 2017 in the St. Thomas-St. John District to determine the unfilled seat of the 32nd Legislature of the Virgin Islands.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 50], "section_span": [50, 50], "content_span": [51, 209]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273375-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 United States Women's Curling Championship\nThe 2017 United States Women's Curling Championship was held from February 11 to 18 at the Xfinity Arena in Everett, Washington. It was held in conjunction with the 2017 United States Men's Curling Championship.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 47], "section_span": [47, 47], "content_span": [48, 259]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273375-0001-0000", "contents": "2017 United States Women's Curling Championship, Teams\nEight teams qualified to participate in the 2017 national championship.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 47], "section_span": [49, 54], "content_span": [55, 126]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273376-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 United States elections\nThe 2017 United States elections were held, in large part, on Tuesday, November 7, 2017. This off-year election featured gubernatorial elections in Virginia and New Jersey, as well as state legislative elections in both houses of the New Jersey Legislature and in the Virginia House of Delegates (the lower house of the Virginia legislature). Numerous citizen initiatives, mayoral races, and a variety of other local elections also occurred. Special elections were also held for one seat of the U.S. Senate, representing Alabama, and six seats of the U.S. House of Representatives.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [28, 28], "content_span": [29, 610]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273376-0001-0000", "contents": "2017 United States elections\nThe Democrats picked up the governorship in New Jersey and the Alabama Senate seat that was up for a special election. The governorship in Virginia and the six House seats that were up for special elections did not change party hands.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [28, 28], "content_span": [29, 263]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273376-0002-0000", "contents": "2017 United States elections\nAnalysts such as Harry Enten of FiveThirtyEight and Chris Cillizza of CNN interpreted the 2017 election results overall as demonstrating a move toward the Democratic Party. With the Democrats picking up the Senate seat in Alabama, it reduced the Republicans' majority in the Senate to 51\u201349. The analysts also noted that although none of five House seats held by a Republican switched to the other party in the 2017 special elections, in each race the Democrat received a higher percentage of votes than in recent elections for the same seat. Furthermore, Democrats made large gains in the Virginia House of Delegates, and picked up 42 seats in state legislatures.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [28, 28], "content_span": [29, 693]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273376-0003-0000", "contents": "2017 United States elections, Federal elections\nThe following special elections were held to replace Senators or Representatives who resigned in the 115th U.S. Congress:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 47], "content_span": [48, 169]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273376-0004-0000", "contents": "2017 United States elections, State and territorial elections, Legislative\nThe two states that held gubernatorial elections also held legislative elections:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 74], "content_span": [75, 156]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273376-0005-0000", "contents": "2017 United States elections, State and territorial elections, Legislative\nAs part of a federal court ruling that invalidated its state legislative districts, the North Carolina General Assembly was ordered to hold special elections in the fall of 2017 with updated district lines. However, the US Supreme Court has put a hold on the 2017 election until it rules on the matter.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 74], "content_span": [75, 377]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273376-0006-0000", "contents": "2017 United States elections, State and territorial elections, Legislative, Special elections\nA February 25 special election for the Delaware Senate seat left vacant by Bethany Hall-Long when she became the state's lieutenant governor was won by Democrat Stephanie Hansen.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 93], "content_span": [94, 272]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273376-0007-0000", "contents": "2017 United States elections, State and territorial elections, Legislative, Special elections\nAn April 18 special election for the Georgia Senate seat left vacated by Judson Hill when he decided to run for US Congress 6th district seat vacated by Tom Price who was appointed Health and Human Services Secretary. Democratic candidate Christine Triebsch and Republican Candidate Kay Kirkpatrick ran for the vacated Georgia State Senate seat, which was won by Kirkpatrick.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 93], "content_span": [94, 469]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273376-0008-0000", "contents": "2017 United States elections, State and territorial elections, Legislative, Special elections\nThere was a special election in the heavily Republican New York Assembly District 9 on May 23, which was won by Democrat Christine Pellegrino 58\u201342. Trump had won the district with 60% of the vote.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 93], "content_span": [94, 291]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273376-0009-0000", "contents": "2017 United States elections, State and territorial elections, Legislative, Special elections\nAs of September 13, Democrats have picked up a total of six Republican held seats as a result of special elections. This includes the New York Assembly seat picked up by Christine Pellegrino, two seats in the New Hampshire House of Representatives as well as two more in the Oklahoma House of Representatives, and one seat in the Oklahoma Senate. Republicans picked up a total of one seat, in the Louisiana House of Representatives where Republican John Stefanski won a special election to the seat vacated by Democratic incumbent Jack Montoucet, who resigned to be appointed Secretary of the Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries by Governor John Bel Edwards.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 93], "content_span": [94, 763]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273376-0010-0000", "contents": "2017 United States elections, State and territorial elections, Legislative, Special elections\nOn September 26, Democrats flipped two more Republican-held seats. One was the Florida Senate seat formerly held by Frank Artiles, who had resigned after using racial slurs to describe fellow legislators. The seat was won by Annette Taddeo with 51% of the vote. The other was a seat in the New Hampshire House of Representatives, the third seat in that legislative body to change to Democratic control in 2017.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 93], "content_span": [94, 504]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273376-0011-0000", "contents": "2017 United States elections, State and territorial elections, Legislative, Special elections\nOn October 24 a special election was held to elect a new State Representative for Strafford 13 in the New Hampshire House of Representatives. Casey Conley, a Democrat, won comfortably.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 93], "content_span": [94, 278]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273376-0012-0000", "contents": "2017 United States elections, State and territorial elections, Legislative, Special elections\nOn November 7, several states held special elections. There was a special election to fill the Washington State Senate seat for the Washington's 45th legislative district. Since the State Senate was evenly split going into the election, the contest election determined the partisan balance of power in Washington. Democrat Manka Dhingra won a majority of votes in the first round of the election, but rules required the race to go to a second round regardless.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 93], "content_span": [94, 554]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273376-0012-0001", "contents": "2017 United States elections, State and territorial elections, Legislative, Special elections\nIn the second round, with over $9,000,000 spent on the election through campaign contributions and political action committee expenditures, with a small number of votes yet to be counted, Dhingra led by over a 10% margin. Anticipating the Dhingra victory, Democratic Senate Minority Leader Sharon Nelson described a comprehensive agenda for the 60-day legislative session beginning in January that included voting rights reform and campaign-finance disclosure revision, as well as women's reproductive health, clean energy and firearms safety measures. Dhingra won the second round.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 93], "content_span": [94, 676]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273376-0013-0000", "contents": "2017 United States elections, State and territorial elections, Legislative, Special elections\nOn the same day, Democrats won a fourth seat in the New Hampshire House of Representatives with Democratic Erika Connors winning an election to fill a vacancy for the Hillsborough 15 district caused by the death of Republican Rep. Steve Vaillancourt. Democrats also picked up two seats previously held by Republicans in the Georgia House of Representatives, as well as advancing two candidates to a runoff election for a Georgia State Senate seat formerly held by a Republican.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 93], "content_span": [94, 571]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273376-0014-0000", "contents": "2017 United States elections, State and territorial elections, Legislative, Special elections\nOn November 14, Democrat Allison Ikley-Freeman won an Oklahoma Senate special election in the previously Republican-held 37th district by 31 votes.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 93], "content_span": [94, 241]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273376-0015-0000", "contents": "2017 United States elections, State and territorial elections, Puerto Rican status referendum\nA referendum regarding the political status of Puerto Rico was held on June 11. Puerto Rican voters were asked whether they prefer statehood, independence/free association, or maintain the current U.S. territorial status. This was the fifth such plebiscite overall, and the first one since 2012. Because there were almost 500,000 blank ballots in that 2012 referendum, creating confusion as to the voters' true desire, Congress decided to ignore that vote and then subsequently allocated funds for holding this 2017 one. 97% of the voters chose statehood in the referendum, though turnout was only at 23%.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 93], "content_span": [94, 699]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273376-0016-0000", "contents": "2017 United States elections, State and territorial elections, Constitutional convention of New York\nUnder the provisions of the New York Constitution, every twenty years the state is required to place before the voters a proposal to hold a constitutional convention to be held the following year, with any suggested amendments being voted on in the year after that. Therefore, in November 2017 a proposal was placed on the ballot for a 2018 convention, with any amendments to be voted on in 2019. On this vote, over 80% voted against a constitutional convention.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 100], "content_span": [101, 563]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273376-0017-0000", "contents": "2017 United States elections, Mayoral elections\nVarious elections were held for officeholders in numerous cities, counties, school boards, special districts and others around the country. Below is a list of the mayoral elections held in the main cities of the United States:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 47], "content_span": [48, 274]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273376-0018-0000", "contents": "2017 United States elections, Milestones\nFifteen candidates who were members of the Democratic Socialists of America were elected to office in thirteen states, most notably Lee J. Carter in the Virginia House of Delegates, thus adding to the twenty members already holding elected office nationwide.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 40], "content_span": [41, 299]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273376-0019-0000", "contents": "2017 United States elections, Tables of partisan control results\nThese tables show the partisan results of the Congressional special elections and gubernatorial races in 2017. Bold indicates a change in control.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 64], "content_span": [65, 211]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273377-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 United States federal budget\nThe 2017 United States federal budget is the United States federal budget for fiscal year 2017, which lasted from October 1, 2016 to September 30, 2017. President Barack Obama submitted a budget proposal to the 114th Congress on February 9, 2016. The 2017 fiscal year overlaps the end of the Obama administration and the beginning of the Trump administration.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [33, 33], "content_span": [34, 393]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273377-0001-0000", "contents": "2017 United States federal budget\nThe government was initially funded through a series of three temporary continuing resolutions. Funding for military construction and the Department of Veterans Affairs was enacted on September 29, 2016 as part of the Continuing Appropriations and Military Construction, Veterans Affairs, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2017, and Zika Response and Preparedness Act. The remaining funding was passed as an omnibus spending bill, the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2017, enacted on May 5, 2017.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [33, 33], "content_span": [34, 538]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273377-0002-0000", "contents": "2017 United States federal budget\nThe federal budget outlines the government\u2019s plans for spending and revenue. In the United States, the federal budget request is first introduced by the president. The federal budget and all appropriations must then be written and approved by the United States Congress. In Congress the process begins with the House Budget Committee and the Senate Budget Committee creating their own budget. After both houses pass a budget resolution, representatives and senators come up with a conference report negotiating between both the House and Senate versions. Budget resolutions do not go to the president for a signature or veto. [ 5][6] This budget does not directly enact the actual spending of the federal government, but it sets the amounts that each congressional committee is allowed to spend on the programs, agencies and departments for which it is responsible. Actual spending is driven by the final appropriations bills. [ 5]", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [33, 33], "content_span": [34, 965]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273377-0003-0000", "contents": "2017 United States federal budget\nThe Budget Control Act of 2011 (BCA) had established spending caps on defense and non-defense spending, which were first applied in FY2013. [ 7] Just before midnight on October 26, 2015, Republican and Democratic leaders reached an agreement, the Bipartisan Budget Act of 2015, to increase the budget caps imposed by the BCA for fiscal years by $50 billion in FY2016 and $30 billion in FY2017, and temporarily suspend the debt limit until March 15, 2017. The increased spending was to be offset by changes in Medicare, Social Security disability insurance, selling off oil from the strategic petroleum reserves, and other changes. [ 8][9]", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [33, 33], "content_span": [34, 672]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273377-0004-0000", "contents": "2017 United States federal budget, Budget proposals\nThe Obama administration's proposed budget for 2017 proposed spending $4.2 trillion and raising $3.6 trillion in tax revenue. The administration's stated priorities are creating jobs, building 21st century transportation, investing in medical research, addressing climate change, and increased funding for national security.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 51], "content_span": [52, 376]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273377-0005-0000", "contents": "2017 United States federal budget, Budget proposals\nCongress did not pass a regular budget resolution for the 2017 fiscal year during the 114th Congress, but did so early in the 115th Congress, over three months after the fiscal year had actually begun.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 51], "content_span": [52, 253]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273377-0006-0000", "contents": "2017 United States federal budget, Related legislation, 114th Congress\nOn September 28, 2016, Congress passed a continuing resolution which extended funding at previous years levels up to December 9, 2016. The continuing resolution avoided a government shutdown and directed funding specifically for protection against the Zika virus and flood relief in Louisiana. The resolution did not include funding some members of Congress requested for the lead crisis in Flint, Michigan. The continuing resolution was named as the Continuing Appropriations and Military Construction, Veterans Affairs, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2017, and Zika Response and Preparedness Act.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 70], "content_span": [71, 679]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273377-0007-0000", "contents": "2017 United States federal budget, Related legislation, 114th Congress\nIn November 2016, shortly after the 2016 presidential election, the incoming Trump administration advocated for a second continuing resolution funding the government only until the end of March, to allow the incoming administration influence over the 2017 budget. The House Republican leadership acceded to this plan, although some lawmakers expressed concern that delaying the final appropriations legislation would distract Congress from other priorities during the beginning of Trump's administration. The final bill, the Further Continuing and Security Assistance Appropriations Act, 2017, extended funding through April 28, 2017.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 70], "content_span": [71, 705]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273377-0007-0001", "contents": "2017 United States federal budget, Related legislation, 114th Congress\nIt was passed by the House and Senate on December 8 and 9, 2016, respectively. The passage of the bill in the Senate was delayed after Democrats objected to the fact that an extension of health benefits for retired miners would not last until the end of the year, but a compromise was made to take up the matter in January.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 70], "content_span": [71, 394]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273377-0008-0000", "contents": "2017 United States federal budget, Related legislation, 115th Congress\nOn January 12, 2017, the Senate voted 51 to 48 to pass a FY2017 budget resolution, S.Con.Res . 3, that contained language allowing the repeal of the Affordable Care Act through the budget reconciliation process, which disallows a filibuster in the Senate. The resulting bill, the American Health Care Act of 2017 was initially publicly released by House Republicans on March 6, 2017. The bill was initially withdrawn on March 24 after it failed to gain sufficient House Republican support to pass it, but continuing attempts at compromise led to a new attempt to pass it in early May.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 70], "content_span": [71, 655]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273377-0009-0000", "contents": "2017 United States federal budget, Related legislation, 115th Congress\nThe Trump administration released its preliminary 2018 federal budget request on March 16, 2017. The budget also proposed changes to the BCA spending caps for FY2017, with defense spending increasing by $25 billion (from $551 to $576 billion), and non-defense spending decreasing by $15 billion (from $519 billion to $504 billion).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 70], "content_span": [71, 402]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273377-0010-0000", "contents": "2017 United States federal budget, Related legislation, 115th Congress\nOn April 28, 2017, Congress passed a one-week continuing resolution that extended funding through May 5, 2017. On May 1, a bipartisan agreement was announced on the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2017, which included all of the remaining appropriations bills.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 70], "content_span": [71, 332]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273377-0011-0000", "contents": "2017 United States federal budget, Related legislation, 115th Congress\nNear the end of the fiscal year, on September 8, additional disaster funding due to Hurricane Harvey was enacted as part of the Continuing Appropriations Act, 2018 and Supplemental Appropriations for Disaster Relief Requirements Act, 2017.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 70], "content_span": [71, 310]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273378-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 United States federal hiring freeze\nThe 2017 United States federal hiring freeze was instituted by the Presidential Memorandum signed by President Donald Trump on January 23, 2017. Trump and Office of Management and Budget Director Mick Mulvaney ordered the hiring freeze lifted on April 12, 2017.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [40, 40], "content_span": [41, 302]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273378-0001-0000", "contents": "2017 United States federal hiring freeze, Provisions\nThe order instituted a 90-day hiring freeze for United States federal employees, after which it was to be replaced by a long-term workforce reduction plan to be developed by the Office of Personnel Management. The order bans hiring contractors to fill positions that would otherwise be filled by employees. The hiring freeze does not affect military personnel and those deemed essential for security, but the details of implementation rules have been clarified over time with multiple sets of guidance listing exceptions.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 52], "content_span": [53, 574]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273378-0002-0000", "contents": "2017 United States federal hiring freeze, History\nThe hiring freeze follows similar measures instituted by Jimmy Carter and Ronald Reagan. In 1982, the Government Accounting Office issued a report on the impact of these freezes and found they had \"little effect on Federal employment levels\" and \"disrupted agency operations, and in some cases, increased costs to the Government.\" This was because government agencies, rather than hire more contractors, had to pay overtime to existing employees, which is more expensive.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 49], "content_span": [50, 521]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273378-0003-0000", "contents": "2017 United States federal hiring freeze, History\nIn December 2010, President Obama issued Executive Order 13561 carrying out a two-year federal employee pay freeze. Two years later, on December 27, 2012, he issued a new order, Executive Order 13635, which would end the pay freeze and give civilian federal employees a 0.5% raise in 2013. Congress then proposed legislation that would continue the pay freeze. In 2013, Federal employees endured sequestration-related furloughs as well as several unpaid days related to government shutdown. In November 2016, President Obama enacted a freeze on the hiring of Senior Executive Service positions. The size of the federal workforce ended Obama's administration essentially unchanged, increasing to 2.8 million from 2.79 million, and below the peak of 3.15 million during the Reagan administration.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 49], "content_span": [50, 844]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273378-0004-0000", "contents": "2017 United States federal hiring freeze, History\nPrior to becoming president, Trump indicated that he would institute a hiring freeze. In late October 2016, he revealed a six-point plan for his first 100 days; the second of these six was \"a hiring freeze on all federal employees to reduce federal workforce through attrition (exempting military, public safety, and public health)\" In a November 14, 2016, press conference, President Barack Obama had urged Trump to reconsider his proposed freeze, noting that, since 1967, the country's population increased 136%, the private sector workforce increased 67%, and the federal workforce has increased 10%.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 49], "content_span": [50, 653]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273378-0005-0000", "contents": "2017 United States federal hiring freeze, History\nThe order was signed as one of the first executive actions of the Trump Administration in a ceremony that also included orders for the withdrawal of the United States from the Trans-Pacific Partnership, and for reimposing the Mexico City Policy banning foreign non-governmental organizations that receive federal funding from performing or promoting abortion services. Following the signing ceremony, White House Press Secretary Sean Spicer addressed the press corps on hiring freeze and other issues. He said that the order \"counters the dramatic expansion of the federal workforce in recent years.\" Several articles pointed to the lack of a factual basis for this statement.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 49], "content_span": [50, 726]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273378-0006-0000", "contents": "2017 United States federal hiring freeze, History\nThe hiring freeze was lifted by Budget Director Mick Mulvaney on April 12, 2017.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 49], "content_span": [50, 130]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273378-0007-0000", "contents": "2017 United States federal hiring freeze, Scope of freeze\nTrump initially stated on January 23 that the hiring freeze does not affect \"the military\" and personnel associated with public safety. After two days of confusion, the Office of Management and Budget and the Office of Personnel Management clarified on January 25 that the freeze would not apply to public healthcare workers at the Department of Veterans Affairs, but would apply to Department of Defense civilians. On January 31, OMB and OPM issued more guidance with several more exceptions to the hiring freeze. In this guidance, the freeze does not apply to agencies under the following circumstances:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 57], "content_span": [58, 663]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273378-0008-0000", "contents": "2017 United States federal hiring freeze, Scope of freeze\nFurther, OMB guidance declared that \"The head of any agency may exempt any positions that it deems necessary to: Meet national security (including foreign relations) responsibilities, or Meet public safety responsibilities (including essential activities to the extent that they protect life and property). Agencies may refer to longstanding guidance, which provides examples of such activities in OMB Memorandum. Agency Operations in the Absence of Appropriations.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 57], "content_span": [58, 524]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273378-0009-0000", "contents": "2017 United States federal hiring freeze, Impacts and reactions\nThe hiring freeze was criticized by Democratic members of Congress, veterans' advocates, advocates for disabled people, and others.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 63], "content_span": [64, 195]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273378-0010-0000", "contents": "2017 United States federal hiring freeze, Impacts and reactions\nHarry Stein, director of fiscal policy at the Center for American Progress, criticized the freeze, predicting that it \"will have profound negative consequences throughout the country.\" Stein and others cited a 1982 GAO report analyzing hiring freezes during the Reagan and Carter administrations, which determined that the freezes caused disruption to government services without saving funds.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 63], "content_span": [64, 457]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273378-0010-0001", "contents": "2017 United States federal hiring freeze, Impacts and reactions\nAt a House Oversight and Government Reform Committee hearing on February 15, 2017, Comptroller General of the United States Gene L. Dodaro, the head of the Government Accountability Office, said: \"We've looked at hiring freezes in the past by prior administrations and they haven't proven to be effective in reducing costs and they cause some problems if they're in effect for a long period of time.\" Dodaro noted that the hiring freeze posed a risk to the government, particularly in areas with a \"skill gaps\" such as cybersecurity and acquisition workforce. Dodaro said that if reducing the size of the federal workforce was a goal, \"a sustained hiring freeze is not the best way. It\u2019s better to do it through a budget or workforce plan.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 63], "content_span": [64, 804]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273378-0011-0000", "contents": "2017 United States federal hiring freeze, Impacts and reactions\nFederal employees' unions criticized the freeze and questioned the notion that there were too many federal employees, noting that there are about as many federal employees today as there were in 1962 under the John F. Kennedy administration.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 63], "content_span": [64, 305]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273378-0012-0000", "contents": "2017 United States federal hiring freeze, Impacts and reactions, Impact on veterans and the military\nBecause veterans make up one-third of all federal employees, the hiring freeze were seen as disproportionately likely to be affect veterans. The extent of the impact of the freeze on the VA was unclear, with the White House and the VA sending out conflicting signals. Many veterans had VA job interviews delayed or canceled. Paul Rieckhoff, the chief executive of Iraq and Afghanistan Veterans of America, said that the freeze \"sent shock waves across the entire veteran community\" and \"raises serious concerns about the president\u2019s commitment to veterans and improving the VA.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 100], "content_span": [101, 679]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273378-0012-0001", "contents": "2017 United States federal hiring freeze, Impacts and reactions, Impact on veterans and the military\nDisabled American Veterans said that the situation was confusing. VoteVets slammed the inclusion of the VA, saying \"If his executive order leads to preventable deaths, that will be on Donald Trump\u2019s hands, and we will hold him personally accountable.\" The Republican chairs of the House and Senate Veterans' Affairs Committees wrote a letter asking for clarification, while the Democratic ranking members of the House and Senate Veterans' Affairs Committees of those committees, joined by 53 other congressional Democrats, asked Trump to explicitly exclude the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs from the hiring freeze.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 100], "content_span": [101, 721]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273378-0013-0000", "contents": "2017 United States federal hiring freeze, Impacts and reactions, Impact on veterans and the military\nSeveral days after the hiring freeze was announced, following this backlash, the acting Secretary of Veterans Affairs Robert Snyder issued a memo saying that certain VA positions, such as physicians and nurses, would be exempted from the freeze.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 100], "content_span": [101, 346]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273378-0014-0000", "contents": "2017 United States federal hiring freeze, Impacts and reactions, Impact on veterans and the military\nThe confusion following the hiring freeze hit parent in the U.S. military. In late February 2017, the commander of the U.S. Army Garrison Wiesbaden, in Germany informed Army parents that all part-day childcare programs at the garrison would end on March 1 as a \"result of staff shortages due to the Federal Hiring Freeze\" that prevented childcare services \"from replacing staff who depart for any reason.\" A similar memo was issued at Fort Knox in Kentucky. Subsequently, waivers were granted for Fort Knox and Garrison Wiesbaden, but the freeze still interrupted service and disrupted hiring at those sites and elsewhere. The hiring freeze also caused disruption in Navy shipbuilding, which Navy officials said was counterproductive.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 100], "content_span": [101, 835]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273378-0015-0000", "contents": "2017 United States federal hiring freeze, Impacts and reactions, Other impacts and reactions\nFederal employees' organizations condemned the hiring freeze, with the National Federation of Federal Employees saying that it would \"will cripple employment opportunities particularly for women, veterans, minorities and the disabled.\" The National Active and Retired Federal Employees Association also opposed the freeze, saying it would save no money. The National Treasury Employees Union, American Federation of Government Employees, and other unions similarly criticized the freeze.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 92], "content_span": [93, 580]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273378-0016-0000", "contents": "2017 United States federal hiring freeze, Impacts and reactions, Other impacts and reactions\nThe hiring freeze caused fears among employees at federal scientific agencies such as the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), NASA, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), and National Science Foundation (NSF), all of which are subject to the freeze. Scientists feared that the freeze might become permanent or be a precursor to deeper budget cuts.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 92], "content_span": [93, 464]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273378-0017-0000", "contents": "2017 United States federal hiring freeze, Impacts and reactions, Other impacts and reactions\nThe hiring freeze was seen as likely to worsen the delay in adjudicating Social Security Disability applications, which already has a 526-day backlog. On January 27, 2017, Budget Director Mulvaney addressed the issue briefly stating, \"I don\u2019t think you\u2019re wrong to be concerned about it, Senator,\"... \"I don\u2019t think it automatically follows that hiring more people will create more efficiency.\" in response to questioning from Virginia Senator Tim Kaine.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 92], "content_span": [93, 547]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273378-0018-0000", "contents": "2017 United States federal hiring freeze, Impacts and reactions, Other impacts and reactions\nIn a smaller market, the hiring freeze came in the middle of the 2017 hiring season for new PhD Economists, removing approximately 10% of the jobs in the US that target people with newly granted PhDs in Economics.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 92], "content_span": [93, 306]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273379-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 United States gubernatorial elections\nThe 2017 United States gubernatorial elections were held on November 7, 2017, in two states: Virginia and New Jersey. These elections formed part of the 2017 United States elections. The last regular gubernatorial elections for these two states were in 2013. Both incumbents were term-limited, so both seats were open. Democrats held the governorship in Virginia and picked up the governorship of New Jersey. For the first time since 2008, Democrats won the total popular vote of the year's gubernatorial elections.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [42, 42], "content_span": [43, 558]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273379-0001-0000", "contents": "2017 United States gubernatorial elections, Election predictions\nSeveral sites and individuals publish predictions of competitive seats. These predictions look at factors such as the strength of the incumbent (if the incumbent is running for re-election), the strength of the candidates, and the partisan leanings of the state (reflected in part by the state's Cook Partisan Voting Index rating). The predictions assign ratings to each seat, with the rating indicating the predicted advantage that a party has in winning that seat.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [44, 64], "content_span": [65, 531]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273379-0001-0001", "contents": "2017 United States gubernatorial elections, Election predictions\nMost election predictors use \"tossup\" to indicate that neither party has an advantage, \"lean\" to indicate that one party has a slight advantage, \"likely\" or \"favored\" to indicate that one party has a significant but not insurmountable advantage, and \"safe\" or \"solid\" to indicate that one party has a near-certain chance of victory. Some predictions also include a \"tilt\" rating that indicates that one party has an advantage that is not quite as strong as the \"lean\" rating would indicate.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [44, 64], "content_span": [65, 555]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273379-0002-0000", "contents": "2017 United States gubernatorial elections, Race summary, Closest races\nStates where the margin of victory was less than 10%:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [44, 71], "content_span": [72, 125]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273379-0003-0000", "contents": "2017 United States gubernatorial elections, New Jersey\nThe 2017 New Jersey gubernatorial election was held on November 7, 2017. There were seven candidates. Candidates for Lieutenant Governor of New Jersey run on the same ticket and thus are elected at the same time. Incumbent Republican Governor Chris Christie, who was re-elected to a second term in 2013 with 60.4% of the vote, was term-limited and could not run for a third consecutive term.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [44, 54], "content_span": [55, 446]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273379-0004-0000", "contents": "2017 United States gubernatorial elections, New Jersey\nPrimary elections took place on June 6, 2017. Kim Guadagno, Lieutenant Governor of New Jersey, won the Republican primary. Woodcliff Lake Mayor Carlos Rendo was her running mate. Phil Murphy, banker and former U.S. Ambassador to Germany, won the Democratic primary. Former State Assembly Speaker Sheila Oliver was his running mate. Seth Kaper-Dale ran as the Green Party candidate; his running mate was Lisa Durden. Pete Rohrman ran as the Libertarian Party candidate; his running mate was Karrese Laguerre. Matt Riccardi ran as the Constitution Party candidate. There were two other independent candidates on the ballot.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [44, 54], "content_span": [55, 676]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273379-0005-0000", "contents": "2017 United States gubernatorial elections, New Jersey\nPolls closed at 8 pm EST. Murphy won the election, receiving 56.0% of the vote.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [44, 54], "content_span": [55, 134]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273379-0006-0000", "contents": "2017 United States gubernatorial elections, Virginia\nDemocratic Governor Terry McAuliffe won election with 48% of the vote in 2013. McAuliffe was not eligible to run for reelection due to term limits established by the Virginia Constitution.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [44, 52], "content_span": [53, 241]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273379-0007-0000", "contents": "2017 United States gubernatorial elections, Virginia\nThe Virginia gubernatorial election of 2017 was held on November 7, 2017. Primary elections took place on June 13, 2017. Virginia utilizes an open primary, in which registered voters are allowed to vote in either party's primary election. The Democratic Party nominated Ralph Northam and the Republican Party nominated Ed Gillespie. The Libertarian Party nominated Clifford Hyra by convention on May 6, 2017.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [44, 52], "content_span": [53, 461]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273379-0008-0000", "contents": "2017 United States gubernatorial elections, Virginia\nIn the general election on November 7, 2017, Democratic nominee Ralph Northam defeated Republican nominee Ed Gillespie, winning by the largest margin for a Democrat since 1985. Northam became the 73rd governor of Virginia, and assumed office on January 13, 2018. The election had the highest voter turnout percentage in a Virginia gubernatorial election in twenty years with over 47% of the state's constituency casting their ballot.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [44, 52], "content_span": [53, 486]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273380-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 United States\u2013Saudi Arabia arms deal\nOn May 20, 2017, U.S. President Trump and Saudi Arabia's Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud signed a series of letters of intent for the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia to purchase arms from the United States totaling US$110 billion immediately, and $350 billion over 10 years. The intended purchases include tanks, combat ships, missile defense systems, as well as radar, communications and cybersecurity technology. The transfer was widely seen as a counterbalance against the influence of Iran in the region and a \"significant\" and \"historic\" expansion of United States relations with Saudi Arabia.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [41, 41], "content_span": [42, 629]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273380-0001-0000", "contents": "2017 United States\u2013Saudi Arabia arms deal, Background\nSaudi Arabia is a key U.S. ally in the Middle East. Saudi Arabia's security forces have relied on U.S. equipment, training, and service support for decades, officially as a counterbalance to Iranian military influence in the region, and to help protect the Kingdom from extremist attacks. Between 2011 and 2015, Saudi Arabia was the destination for nearly 10% of all U.S. arms exports. In 2016, the Obama administration proposed a series of arms deals worth $115 billion, including warships, helicopters, and maintenance.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [43, 53], "content_span": [54, 575]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273380-0001-0001", "contents": "2017 United States\u2013Saudi Arabia arms deal, Background\nHowever, some parts of this deal were blocked by the administration in December 2016 after Saudi Arabia's airstrikes and targeting procedures in neighboring Yemen drew controversy. After Saudi warplanes targeted a funeral in Yemen's capital Sanaa, killing more than 140 people, the Obama administration announced its intention to review U.S. military assistance to Saudi Arabia.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [43, 53], "content_span": [54, 432]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273380-0002-0000", "contents": "2017 United States\u2013Saudi Arabia arms deal, Background\nThe 2017 deal was partially created with the help of Jared Kushner, son-in-law of and senior advisor to President Trump; Kushner had cultivated relationships with Saudi royalty during the transition and personally contacted Lockheed Martin during the deal-making process.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [43, 53], "content_span": [54, 325]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273380-0003-0000", "contents": "2017 United States\u2013Saudi Arabia arms deal, Details\nThe signing occurred at the Riyadh Summit, and was part of Trump's 2017 series of visits to the Vatican, Saudi Arabia and Israel. It also was related to a $20 billion investment in mostly American infrastructure.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [43, 50], "content_span": [51, 263]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273380-0004-0000", "contents": "2017 United States\u2013Saudi Arabia arms deal, Details\nSaudi Arabia signed billions of dollars of deals with U.S. companies in the arms industry and petroleum industry, including Lockheed Martin, Boeing, Raytheon, General Dynamics, Northrop Grumman, General Electric, Exxon Mobil, Halliburton, Honeywell, McDermott International, Jacobs Engineering Group, National Oilwell Varco, Nabors Industries, Weatherford International, Schlumberger and Dow Chemical.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [43, 50], "content_span": [51, 452]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273380-0005-0000", "contents": "2017 United States\u2013Saudi Arabia arms deal, Details\nSaudi Arabia joined The Blackstone Group in May 2017 in a $40 billion fund to invest in stateside infrastructure projects.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [43, 50], "content_span": [51, 173]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273380-0006-0000", "contents": "2017 United States\u2013Saudi Arabia arms deal, American and Saudi Arabian government statements\nThe White House hailed the deal as a \"significant expansion\" of the two nations' \"security relationships\". The United States Secretary of State Rex Tillerson described the deal as \"historic\" and said that it would counter Iran, and urged them to halt support of destabilizing forces in the Middle East, although he hinted the United States would be open to discussions.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [43, 91], "content_span": [92, 461]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273380-0007-0000", "contents": "2017 United States\u2013Saudi Arabia arms deal, American and Saudi Arabian government statements\nIn December 2018, the Senators in the US voted to end American military assistance for Saudi Arabia's war in Yemen. The 56-to-41 vote came after the controversial killing of journalist Jamal Khashoggi and thousands of civilian casualties in Yemen. Senator Bernie Sanders, who co-wrote the resolution, said it is the first time Congress had used the law to make clear \u201cthat the constitutional responsibility for making war rests with the United States Congress, not the White House. Today, we tell the despotic regime in Saudi Arabia that we will not be part of their military adventurism.\u201d", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [43, 91], "content_span": [92, 681]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273380-0008-0000", "contents": "2017 United States\u2013Saudi Arabia arms deal, American and Saudi Arabian government statements\nOn September 24, 2020, the Democratic Party introduced a legislation to control the United States foreign arms sales. The legislation was introduced while Trump administration was in discussions, led by Jared Kushner, about the possible sale of F-35s to the UAE. In the past the Trump administration has sold billions of dollars worth of weapons to Gulf allies Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates, during their active involvement in the Yemen civil war.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [43, 91], "content_span": [92, 551]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273380-0009-0000", "contents": "2017 United States\u2013Saudi Arabia arms deal, American and Saudi Arabian government statements\nOn November 18, 2020, three US senators namely, Democratic Senators Bob Menendez and Chris Murphy and Republican Senator Rand Paul announced four separate resolutions in disagreement of President Donald Trump's plan to sell more than $23 billion worth of Reaper drones, F-35 fighter aircraft and air-to-air missiles and other munitions to the UAE.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [43, 91], "content_span": [92, 439]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273380-0010-0000", "contents": "2017 United States\u2013Saudi Arabia arms deal, Reception, Domestic response\nTulsi Gabbard\u2014a Democratic Representative from Hawaii\u2014criticized the move, saying that \"Saudi Arabia is a country\u00a0with\u00a0a devastating record of human rights violations at home and abroad and has a long history of providing support to terrorist organizations that threaten the American people\". Rand Paul introduced a bill to try to block the plan calling it a \"travesty\".", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [43, 71], "content_span": [72, 442]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273380-0011-0000", "contents": "2017 United States\u2013Saudi Arabia arms deal, Reception, Domestic response\nSenator John McCain told Al Jazeera: \"The Saudis are in a war in Yemen and they need weapons. You want to win, you need weapons. We are in a war.\" According to Senator Chris Murphy, \"That $110 billion is a mix of old sales and future prospective sales that have not been announced or signed.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [43, 71], "content_span": [72, 364]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273380-0012-0000", "contents": "2017 United States\u2013Saudi Arabia arms deal, Reception, International response\nIran \u2013 Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei called Saudi Arabia a \"cow being milked\" by the United States.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [43, 76], "content_span": [77, 174]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273380-0013-0000", "contents": "2017 United States\u2013Saudi Arabia arms deal, Reception, International response\nIsrael \u2013 Yuval Steinitz, Minister of National Infrastructures, Energy, and Water Resources, expressed \"concern\".", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [43, 76], "content_span": [77, 189]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273380-0014-0000", "contents": "2017 United States\u2013Saudi Arabia arms deal, Reception, International response\nSaudi Arabia \u2013 The Government of Saudi Arabia praised the deal, and it stated that it is a turning point in Saudi\u2013American relations.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [43, 76], "content_span": [77, 210]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273380-0015-0000", "contents": "2017 United States\u2013Saudi Arabia arms deal, Reception, International response\nYemen \u2013 More than 10,000 Yemeni people protested the deal in Sana'a. Houthis fired a ballistic missile toward the Saudi capital Riyadh.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [43, 76], "content_span": [77, 212]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273380-0016-0000", "contents": "2017 United States\u2013Saudi Arabia arms deal, Impact\nOn June 5, 2017, Bruce Reidel of the Brookings Institution wrote that the arms deal consisted of \"a bunch of letters of interest or intent, but not contracts.\" On June 13, the United States Senate narrowly rejected an effort to block part of deal and approved the sale of $500 million worth of American weapons.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [43, 49], "content_span": [50, 361]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273380-0016-0001", "contents": "2017 United States\u2013Saudi Arabia arms deal, Impact\nThe approval of the deal was opposed by various lawmakers, including GOP Senators Mike Lee, Rand Paul, Todd Young and Dean Heller, along with most Democratic Senators who voted to advance the measure in order to block the sale, citing the human rights violations by Saudi Arabia in the Yemeni Civil War and human rights violations at home. Among the senators who voted against moving the measure to block the sale were Democrats Joe Donnelly, Claire McCaskill, Bill Nelson, Joe Manchin and Mark Warner along with Republicans including Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, Bob Corker and John McCain.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [43, 49], "content_span": [50, 645]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273380-0017-0000", "contents": "2017 United States\u2013Saudi Arabia arms deal, Impact\nIn August 2018, a laser-guided Mark 82 bomb sold by the U.S. and built by Lockheed Martin was used in the Saudi-led coalition airstrike on a school bus in Yemen, which killed 51 people, including 40 children. Following the civilian casualties in Yemen by the airstrikes conducted by Saudi Arabia, the U.S. suggested putting gun cameras on Saudi and Emirati warplanes to see how strikes were being conducted, but the proposal was rejected by both the Saudis and the UAE. U.S. military officials posted at the coalition war room in Riyadh brought to notice that inexperienced Saudi pilots were flying the warplanes at high altitude to avoid enemy fire, but in turn were putting civilians in danger due to inaccurate bombings.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [43, 49], "content_span": [50, 773]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273380-0018-0000", "contents": "2017 United States\u2013Saudi Arabia arms deal, Impact\nThrough October 2018, the Saudi government had purchased $14.5 billion of arms.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [43, 49], "content_span": [50, 129]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273380-0019-0000", "contents": "2017 United States\u2013Saudi Arabia arms deal, Impact\nDuring 2018, Trump made several assertions of how many American jobs the deal would create, including as many as 1,000,000.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [43, 49], "content_span": [50, 173]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273381-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 United Women's Soccer season\nThe 2017 United Women's Soccer season was the 23nd season of pro-am women's soccer in the United States, and the 2nd season of the UWS league.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [33, 33], "content_span": [34, 176]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273381-0001-0000", "contents": "2017 United Women's Soccer season, Playoffs, East Conference Playoffs\nBold = winner* = after extra time, ( ) = penalty shootout score", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 69], "content_span": [70, 133]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273381-0002-0000", "contents": "2017 United Women's Soccer season, Playoffs, Midwest Conference Playoffs\nBold = winner* = after extra time, ( ) = penalty shootout score", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 72], "content_span": [73, 136]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273381-0003-0000", "contents": "2017 United Women's Soccer season, Playoffs, National Playoffs\nHosted by Grandville High School in Grandville, Michigan. Classified to the semifinals are Grand Rapids FC (Midwest Conference champion), Santa Clarita (West Conference champion), Long Island Rough Riders (East Conference champion) and Detroit Sun FC invited by United Women's Soccer as a wildcard.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 62], "content_span": [63, 361]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273381-0004-0000", "contents": "2017 United Women's Soccer season, Playoffs, National Playoffs\nBold = winner* = after extra time, ( ) = penalty shootout score", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 62], "content_span": [63, 126]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273381-0005-0000", "contents": "2017 United Women's Soccer season, League Awards, All-League First Team\nF: Bethany Balcer (GRA), Carissima Cutrona (WNY)M: Jackie Bruno (NJC), Deyna Castellanos (SAC), Kimberly Marra (LIR), Annie Steinlage (GRA)D: Michaela Kovacs (GRA), Natalia Kuikka (SAC), Rebecca Raber (NJC), Lauren Sesselmann (SAC)G: Caitlyn Clem (DET)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 71], "content_span": [72, 325]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273381-0006-0000", "contents": "2017 United Women's Soccer season, League Awards, All-League Second Team\nF: Haley Crawford (LAN), Joelle Gosselin (CAL), Madison Schupbach (DET)M: Brenna Brown (NEM), Chloe Castaneda (SAC), Dani Evans (DET)D: Jennifer Cafferky (NEM), Taylor Groth (LIR), Natalie Norris (RSL), Brooke Salmon (NYS)G: Emily Burns (CAL)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 72], "content_span": [73, 316]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273382-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 University of Utah Hospital incident\nCoordinates: On July 26, 2017, Jeff Payne, a detective for the Salt Lake City Police Department (SLCPD), arrested nurse Alex Wubbels at the University of Utah Hospital after she refused to illegally draw blood from an unconscious patient. Footage of the incident released on August 31, 2017 went viral online. The SLCPD announced policy changes which would affect how police should handle situations involving drawing blood, and the hospital announced it would also change its police protocol to avoid repeating the incident. Utah lawmakers made a bill to amend the blood draw policy of Utah law enforcement, which Utah Governor Gary Herbert signed into law on March 15, 2018.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [41, 41], "content_span": [42, 718]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273382-0001-0000", "contents": "2017 University of Utah Hospital incident, Incident\nOn July 26, 2017, Marcos Torres, a pickup truck driver fleeing from Utah Highway Patrol troopers in Cache County, Utah, crashed head-on into a semi-truck. Torres, the pickup truck driver, died at the scene. William Gray, the semi-truck driver and a part-time police officer, was severely burned. He was taken into the University of Utah Hospital in a sedated and comatose state.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [43, 51], "content_span": [52, 430]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273382-0002-0000", "contents": "2017 University of Utah Hospital incident, Incident\nOfficers from the Salt Lake City Police Department arrived at the hospital and asked to get a blood sample from Gray. Alex Wubbels was on-duty nurse at the time and advised Payne that the police request did not meet the legal requirements and could not be performed. Wubbels cited established policy that", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [43, 51], "content_span": [52, 356]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273382-0003-0000", "contents": "2017 University of Utah Hospital incident, Incident\nShe cited to that effect the specific hospital policy, on which the police department had agreed, that would not permit her to provide the blood sample.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [43, 51], "content_span": [52, 204]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273382-0004-0000", "contents": "2017 University of Utah Hospital incident, Incident\nWubbels is shown in the Detective Jeff Payne's body cam video holding a cell phone in her palm. On the video, Payne can be heard saying, \"She [Wubbels] is the one who has told me 'No'.\" The remote person on that phone, assumed to be a hospital administrator, says", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [43, 51], "content_span": [52, 315]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273382-0005-0000", "contents": "2017 University of Utah Hospital incident, Incident\n\"Yeah, sir, but you're making a big mistake. Right now you are making a huge mistake and are threatening a nurse-\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [43, 51], "content_span": [52, 166]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273382-0006-0000", "contents": "2017 University of Utah Hospital incident, Incident\nPayne then cut the conversation off with an \"OK\" and made a two-handed grab for her phone; when she pulled it away he said \"No. We're done. We're done. \", and then grabbed and arrested Wubbels. She was later released after spending 20 minutes in the police car in handcuffs without any charges being brought against her.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [43, 51], "content_span": [52, 372]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273382-0007-0000", "contents": "2017 University of Utah Hospital incident, Incident\nGray never recovered from his injuries and died on September 25, 2017.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [43, 51], "content_span": [52, 122]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273382-0008-0000", "contents": "2017 University of Utah Hospital incident, Investigations & response\nAt a press conference on August 31, 2017, nurse Wubbels and her attorney released footage of the incident taken from hospital surveillance and police body cameras. The footage of the incident soon went viral online. The SLCPD faced heavy criticism on social media for how it handled the incident.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [43, 68], "content_span": [69, 365]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273382-0009-0000", "contents": "2017 University of Utah Hospital incident, Investigations & response\nAccording to a statement posted by Salt Lake City mayor Jackie Biskupski, the SLCPD launched a 35-day internal affairs investigation into the arrest within 24 hours of the July 26 incident, starting with meeting the hospital's CEO and nursing management team. A state audit of this investigation found that the police department had followed policies for this investigation, though it suggested the SLCPD should work faster to publicize information that is in public interest. The Salt Lake County District Attorney Sim Gill announced that his office was also investigating the arrest.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [43, 68], "content_span": [69, 654]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273382-0009-0001", "contents": "2017 University of Utah Hospital incident, Investigations & response\nGill requested investigative assistance from the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI). FBI spokeswoman Sandra Yi Barker said the agency opened a civil rights review after the video went public, agreed to help the county investigate the incident, and also opened a probe into the arrest. The Unified Police Department of Greater Salt Lake also investigated the arrest.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [43, 68], "content_span": [69, 437]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273382-0010-0000", "contents": "2017 University of Utah Hospital incident, Investigations & response\nThe SLCPD publicly apologized to Wubbels for the arrest, and put officer Payne on paid leave on September 1, 2017. Another police officer connected to the incident was put on paid leave the next day. According to Payne's attorney, Payne had expressed a desire to apologize to Wubbels for the incident.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [43, 68], "content_span": [69, 370]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273382-0011-0000", "contents": "2017 University of Utah Hospital incident, Investigations & response\nOn September 2, about a hundred Utahns gathered at a Utah Against Police Brutality rally near the SLCPD courtyard to call for Payne to be fired. The University of Utah police chief apologized to Wubbels on September 4, saying that the university police should have done more to protect her on the night she was arrested.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [43, 68], "content_span": [69, 389]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273382-0012-0000", "contents": "2017 University of Utah Hospital incident, Investigations & response\nOn September 13, 2017, Jackie Biskupski, the mayor of Salt Lake City, said that the internal investigation revealed Payne and his watch commander, Lt. James Tracy, violated six separate staff policies during the incident, including policies regarding arrests and standards of conduct. A report from Salt Lake City's Police Civilian Review Board also alleged that Payne and Tracy violated police policies. It stated that Payne became upset and frustrated during the incident, eventually \"[losing] control of his emotions.\" Payne's lawyer said this report was based on speculation.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [43, 68], "content_span": [69, 648]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273382-0013-0000", "contents": "2017 University of Utah Hospital incident, Investigations & response\nOn September 25, the Salt Lake Police Association, the police union, criticized the city for its treatment of the police officers involved in the incident.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [43, 68], "content_span": [69, 224]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273382-0014-0000", "contents": "2017 University of Utah Hospital incident, Investigations & response\nOn October 11, 2017, Payne was fired by the police department and his commanding officer at the time of the incident, Lieutenant James Tracy, was demoted two ranks down to police officer. Payne had been already fired on September 5 from his part-time job as a paramedic for the private firm of Gold Cross Ambulance.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [43, 68], "content_span": [69, 386]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273382-0015-0000", "contents": "2017 University of Utah Hospital incident, Investigations & response\nTracy appealed his demotion, arguing it amounted to \"excessive discipline,\" but the Salt Lake City's Civil Service Commission upheld it.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [43, 68], "content_span": [69, 205]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273382-0016-0000", "contents": "2017 University of Utah Hospital incident, Aftermath\nFollowing the incident, the SLCPD changed its policies on drawing blood. A police department spokeswoman said these changes require law enforcement to have consent or a warrant to draw blood, instead of just implied consent. These policy changes served as the model for police protocols announced by the SLCPD on October 12, 2017, which other police agencies in the Salt Lake Valley could choose to adopt.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [43, 52], "content_span": [53, 458]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273382-0017-0000", "contents": "2017 University of Utah Hospital incident, Aftermath\nAccording to hospital officials, within weeks after the incident, they had implemented new rules meant to allow patient care staff to focus on their work and minimize disputes in patient care units. The hospital announced these changes in September 2017, which included not allowing police officers in patient-care areas and having them speak with \"house supervisors\" instead of nurses.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [43, 52], "content_span": [53, 439]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273382-0018-0000", "contents": "2017 University of Utah Hospital incident, Aftermath\nOn October 31, 2017, Wubbels and her attorney announced that Salt Lake City and the University of Utah had agreed to settle the incident for $500,000. She said that part of the settlement would go toward efforts geared to making body cam footage easier for the public to obtain.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [43, 52], "content_span": [53, 331]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273382-0019-0000", "contents": "2017 University of Utah Hospital incident, Aftermath\nOn October 11, 2019, former police detective Jeff Payne filed a suit against the Salt Lake City Police Department, seeking more than $300,000 in damages and claiming that, in 2017, though following the orders of his commanding officer and complying with department policies, he was \"wrongfully terminated.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [43, 52], "content_span": [53, 359]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273382-0019-0001", "contents": "2017 University of Utah Hospital incident, Aftermath\nPayne had been hired in August 2019 by the Weber County Sheriff's Office as a \"part-time civilian corrections assistant,\" the \"second controversial high-profile hire\" for the Sheriff\u2019s Office \"in recent months,\" as the press reported, coming a few weeks after Kayla Dallof, a former University of Utah police detective who had been fired for showing a \u201ccomplete dereliction of duty,\u201d was hired as a sheriff's deputy.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [43, 52], "content_span": [53, 470]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273382-0020-0000", "contents": "2017 University of Utah Hospital incident, Legislative effect\nOn September 20, 2017, the Utah State Legislature's Judiciary Interim Committee voted unanimously in favor of drafting a bill that would clarify consent laws regarding police-ordered blood draws.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [43, 61], "content_span": [62, 257]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273382-0021-0000", "contents": "2017 University of Utah Hospital incident, Legislative effect\nOn November 15, 2017, a legislative committee drafted a bill that, mainly, would require police officers to take a blood draw only with the person's oral or written consent, through presenting a warrant, or presenting a judicially recognized exception to a warrant.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [43, 61], "content_span": [62, 327]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273382-0021-0001", "contents": "2017 University of Utah Hospital incident, Legislative effect\nRepresentative Craig Hall, R-West Valley City, who was a member of the drafting committee, stated that \"there are situations where a blood draw is necessary and justified\" but the new legislation \"takes that decision out of the police officer's hands,\" adding that \"electronic warrants take about 10 minutes to obtain, so there's really no reason not to get one.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [43, 61], "content_span": [62, 425]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273382-0022-0000", "contents": "2017 University of Utah Hospital incident, Legislative effect\nOn January 25, 2018, the Utah House of Representatives voted 72\u20130 to pass the bill, numbered HB43.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [43, 61], "content_span": [62, 160]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273382-0023-0000", "contents": "2017 University of Utah Hospital incident, Legislative effect\nOn January 31, Alex Wubbels testified to the State's Senate Judiciary, Law Enforcement and Criminal Justice Committee in support of the bill. The Salt Lake City Police, the Utah Highway Patrol, the American Civil Liberties Union of Utah, and the Libertas Institute also expressed their support during the hearings.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [43, 61], "content_span": [62, 376]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273382-0024-0000", "contents": "2017 University of Utah Hospital incident, Legislative effect\nThe Committee voted 6\u20130 in favor of passing the bill. Utah Governor Gary Herbert signed it on March 15, 2018, and the legislation went into effect on May 8, 2018.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [43, 61], "content_span": [62, 224]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273383-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 Unnao rape case\nThe Unnao rape case refers to the gang rape of a 17-year-old girl on 4 June 2017 in Unnao, Uttar Pradesh, India. On 16 December 2019, former BJP member Kuldeep Singh Sengar was convicted for the rape on 20 December 2019 and sentenced to life imprisonment. Further Sengar was found guilty in the death of the girl's father in judicial custody.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [20, 20], "content_span": [21, 363]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273383-0001-0000", "contents": "2017 Unnao rape case\nTwo chargesheets had been filed in the case. The first charge, filed by the Central Bureau of Investigation on 11 July 2018, accused Sengar, a former Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader and Member of the Legislative Assembly (MLA) from Uttar Pradesh, of the rape. The second was filed two days later accusing Sengar, his brother, three policemen and five other individuals of framing the rape survivor's father as the perpetrator.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [20, 20], "content_span": [21, 451]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273383-0002-0000", "contents": "2017 Unnao rape case\nThe rape survivor attempted to immolate herself at the residence of Yogi Adityanath, the Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh, on 8 April 2018. Her father died in judicial custody shortly thereafter. These incidents brought public attention to the case, and the incident was widely reported on in the national media in April 2018. Another rape case, in Jammu and Kashmir, also received national attention during the same period, leading to joint protests seeking justice for both victims.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [20, 20], "content_span": [21, 504]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273383-0003-0000", "contents": "2017 Unnao rape case\nFollowing a truck collision on 28 July 2019, resulting in the serious injury of the victim and death of two relatives, it was revealed that the family had been threatened and had written the Chief Justice of India for help. On 31 July 2019, the Supreme Court and Chief Justice acknowledged the case.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [20, 20], "content_span": [21, 320]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273383-0004-0000", "contents": "2017 Unnao rape case, Incident, Previous events\nThe victim stated that she was lured by a woman named Shashi Singh, her son, Shubham Singh, and her daughter, Nidhi Singh, to move to Kanpur with the allurement of securing employment. On the night of 11 June 2017, she went with Shubham Singh and later was allegedly raped multiple times by him and his driver, Awdhesh Tiwari. She was later assaulted by unknown individuals and allegedly sold to one Brajesh Yadav for \u20b9 60,000.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 47], "content_span": [48, 476]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273383-0004-0001", "contents": "2017 Unnao rape case, Incident, Previous events\nA First Information Report (FIR) was registered under section 363 and 366 of the Indian Penal Code (IPC) on 20 June 2017 against Shubham Singh and Awdhesh Tiwari. A day later, Uttar Pradesh Police located the victim in a village in Auraiya and sent her for a medical examination. On 22 June 2017, she recorded her statement in front of a Judicial Magistrate under Section 164 of the Code of Criminal Procedure (CrPC) in which she narrated her ordeal and named Shubham Singh, Awdhesh Tiwari, Brijesh Yadav and other unknown assailants for abduction and gang rape. A second FIR was registered later under the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act (POCSO) and the accused were subsequently detained.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 47], "content_span": [48, 754]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273383-0005-0000", "contents": "2017 Unnao rape case, Incident, Complaint\nIn an open letter written on 17 August 2017 to the Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh, Yogi Adityanath, the victim stated that, prior to the events of 11 June, she had been raped on 4 June at 8:00 p.m. (IST) in the house of Sengar, a Member of the Legislative Assembly of Uttar Pradesh from the Unnao constituency, and a member of the Bharatiya Janata Party. The complaint said that she had entered the house seeking Sengar's assistance in finding employment. Her statement was recorded by the police on 22 June, but did not allow her to name her assailant.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 41], "content_span": [42, 596]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273383-0005-0001", "contents": "2017 Unnao rape case, Incident, Complaint\nOn 5 April 2018, the woman's father was arrested and placed in judicial custody, allegedly after he was assaulted by supporters of Sengar. A medical examination found injuries consistent with his having been beaten. He stated that Sengar's brother Atul had led the assault; no action was taken in response to this complaint at that time. Four days later, the victim attempted to immolate herself in front of the residence of Adityanath, stating that the police had taken no action against the accused.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 41], "content_span": [42, 543]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273383-0005-0002", "contents": "2017 Unnao rape case, Incident, Complaint\nA day later, on 9 April, her father died in hospital of his injuries, leading to the arrest of Atul Sengar and the suspension of six police officers. The death and the immolation attempt led to widespread outrage, after which an FIR was registered against Sengar. The state government handed the case over to the Central Bureau of Investigation. The case was subsequently shifted to the Allahabad High Court.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 41], "content_span": [42, 450]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273383-0006-0000", "contents": "2017 Unnao rape case, Incident, Arrests\nOn 13 April 2018, Kuldeep Sengar was taken in by the CBI for questioning. Later in the day, on the basis of the Allahabad High Court order, he was arrested and spent a week in judicial custody, and new FIRs were registered. A second arrest in the case was made on 14 April of Shashi Singh, who allegedly took the survivor to Sengar on the same day as the incident.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 39], "content_span": [40, 404]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273383-0007-0000", "contents": "2017 Unnao rape case, Incident, Arrests\nThe rape victim's uncle, who had started a campaign accusing Sengar of the rape of his niece and the death of the rape victim's father, his elder brother, in custody, was arrested on 21 November 2018 in an 18-year-old gun-firing case.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 39], "content_span": [40, 274]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273383-0008-0000", "contents": "2017 Unnao rape case, Aftermath, Protests\nThe incident made headlines in India in April 2018. Joint protests were held across India demanding justice for both victims. The Prime Minister of India, Narendra Modi, issued a statement condemning the incidents. Following the truck collision on 28 July 2019, there were protests once again, including protests by the opposition in the Parliament on 30 July 2019.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 41], "content_span": [42, 407]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273383-0009-0000", "contents": "2017 Unnao rape case, Aftermath, Truck collision\nOn 28 July 2019, the rape victim and her lawyer were seriously injured and two of her family members died when a truck struck their car. The truck had blackened license plates, and the police officers assigned to provide security for the victim were not present, with the explanation that there was no space in the car in which the victim was traveling. These circumstances have led to the wide suspicion of a conspiracy to eliminate the witness and her family.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 48], "content_span": [49, 510]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273383-0010-0000", "contents": "2017 Unnao rape case, Aftermath, Supreme Court Intervention\nThe Chief Justice of India was anguished by the events and, in view of the situation, the CJI-led bench of the Supreme Court ordered the transfer of a total of five cases related to the Unnao incident to Delhi in the court of the District & Sessions Judge, West District, Tis Hazari Court, and also directed protection to the victim's family members, her lawyer and his family members. The victim was also awarded \u20b925 lakhs as interim compensation to be paid by the Uttar Pradesh Government.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 59], "content_span": [60, 551]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273383-0011-0000", "contents": "2017 Unnao rape case, Aftermath, Supreme Court Intervention\nFurther, on 2 August 2019 the same bench also directed that Mahesh Singh, uncle of the rape victim and said to be a key witness in the case, be transferred to Tihar Jail in Delhi from Raebareli Jail where he is currently imprisoned.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 59], "content_span": [60, 292]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273383-0012-0000", "contents": "2017 Unnao rape case, Conviction\nOn 16 December 2019, Sengar was convicted for the rape. On 20 December, he was sentenced to life imprisonment by a Delhi court and he was fined \u20b925 lakh (US$35,000) from which Rs 15 lakhs will be paid to the state government to meet the trial and prosecution expenses. Further in March 2020 Senger was found \"guilty of culpable homicide and criminal conspiracy in her father's death\".", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 32], "content_span": [33, 417]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273384-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 Upper Austria Ladies Linz\nThe 2017 Upper Austria Ladies Linz was a women's tennis tournament played on indoor hard courts. It was the 31st edition of the Generali Ladies Linz, and part of the WTA International tournaments-category of the 2017 WTA Tour. It was held at the TipsArena Linz in Linz, Austria, on 9\u201315 October 2017.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [30, 30], "content_span": [31, 331]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273384-0001-0000", "contents": "2017 Upper Austria Ladies Linz, Points and prize money, Prize money\n1 Qualifiers prize money is also the Round of 32 prize money* per team", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 67], "content_span": [68, 138]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273384-0002-0000", "contents": "2017 Upper Austria Ladies Linz, Singles entrants, Other entrants\nThe following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 64], "content_span": [65, 133]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273384-0003-0000", "contents": "2017 Upper Austria Ladies Linz, Doubles entrants, Other entrants\nThe following pairs received wildcards into the doubles main draw:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 64], "content_span": [65, 131]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273385-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 Upper Austria Ladies Linz \u2013 Doubles\nKiki Bertens and Johanna Larsson were the defending champions and successfully defended their title, defeating Natela Dzalamidze and Xenia Knoll in the final, 3\u20136, 6\u20133, [10\u20134].", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [40, 40], "content_span": [41, 217]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273386-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 Upper Austria Ladies Linz \u2013 Singles\nDominika Cibulkov\u00e1 was the defending champion but withdrew before the tournament began.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [40, 40], "content_span": [41, 128]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273386-0001-0000", "contents": "2017 Upper Austria Ladies Linz \u2013 Singles\nBarbora Str\u00fdcov\u00e1 won the title, defeating Magdal\u00e9na Ryb\u00e1rikov\u00e1 in the final, 6\u20134, 6\u20131.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [40, 40], "content_span": [41, 127]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273387-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 Uppsala rape\nOn 21 January 2017, in Uppsala, Sweden, a group of men gang raped a nearly unconscious woman for several hours and live streamed it on Facebook. One of the men admitted to the crime during the video itself. Witnesses also stated that later in another video they made, the woman denied she was raped.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 17], "section_span": [17, 17], "content_span": [18, 317]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273387-0001-0000", "contents": "2017 Uppsala rape\nThe incident was stopped when viewers of the Facebook Live feed realised what was happening and phoned the police, who entered the apartment and interrupted the crime as it was still in progress.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 17], "section_span": [17, 17], "content_span": [18, 213]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273387-0002-0000", "contents": "2017 Uppsala rape\nThe Local, an English language news website, reported that \"the alleged crime took place in an apartment in the city of Uppsala early on Sunday morning. The victim was reportedly close to unconscious.\" The BBC reports that \"Josefine Lundgren, 21, called the police when she saw the video. Speaking to Swedish tabloid Expressen, she said she saw one of the men tear the woman's clothes off and lie on top of her. She also said one of the men had a gun.\" The Expressen online newspaper went on to say that \"Police are investigating a case of suspected sexual abuse against a woman who was filmed and sent out live on Facebook on Sunday morning.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 17], "section_span": [17, 17], "content_span": [18, 661]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273387-0003-0000", "contents": "2017 Uppsala rape\nTwo Afghan immigrants, one 18 and one 20 years old, were arrested, and a 24-year-old Swedish citizen was held for failing to report the crime; under Swedish law, their identities could not be released at the time.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 17], "section_span": [17, 17], "content_span": [18, 231]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273387-0004-0000", "contents": "2017 Uppsala rape\nThe younger Afghan was sentenced to a year in prison for rape and the other was sentenced for 28 months. The accused Swedish citizen was jailed for 6 months on charges of not reporting rape and gross defamation. The judge stated that even if the woman had agreed to sex as they claimed, she was in a vulnerable position and hence they would be held guilty of rape. They were also told to pay 330,000 kronor to the victim as compensation.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 17], "section_span": [17, 17], "content_span": [18, 455]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273388-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 Uruguay Open\nThe 2017 Uruguay Open was a professional tennis tournament played on clay courts. It was the thirteenth edition of the tournament which was part of the 2017 ATP Challenger Tour. It took place in Montevideo, Uruguay between November 6 and 12, 2017.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 17], "section_span": [17, 17], "content_span": [18, 265]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273388-0001-0000", "contents": "2017 Uruguay Open, Singles main draw entrants, Other entrants\nThe following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 17], "section_span": [19, 61], "content_span": [62, 130]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273388-0002-0000", "contents": "2017 Uruguay Open, Singles main draw entrants, Other entrants\nThe following player received entry into the singles main draw using a protected ranking:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 17], "section_span": [19, 61], "content_span": [62, 151]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273389-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 Uruguay Open \u2013 Doubles\nAndr\u00e9s Molteni and Diego Schwartzman were the defending champions but only Molteni chose to defend his title, partnering Sergio Gald\u00f3s. Molteni lost in the first round to Pedro Cach\u00edn and Nicol\u00e1s Jarry.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [27, 27], "content_span": [28, 230]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273389-0001-0000", "contents": "2017 Uruguay Open \u2013 Doubles\nRomain Arneodo and Fernando Romboli won the title after defeating Ariel Behar and Fabiano de Paula 2\u20136, 6\u20134, [10\u20138] in the final.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [27, 27], "content_span": [28, 157]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273390-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 Uruguay Open \u2013 Singles\nDiego Schwartzman was the defending champion but chose not to defend his title.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [27, 27], "content_span": [28, 107]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273390-0001-0000", "contents": "2017 Uruguay Open \u2013 Singles\nPablo Cuevas won the title after defeating Gast\u00e3o Elias 6\u20134, 6\u20133 in the final.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [27, 27], "content_span": [28, 106]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273391-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 Uruguayan Primera Divisi\u00f3n season\nThe 2017 Liga Profesional de Primera Divisi\u00f3n season, also known as the Campeonato Uruguayo 2017, was the 114th season of Uruguay's top-flight football league, and the 87th in which it is professional. Nacional were the defending champions. Pe\u00f1arol were the champions after winning the Torneo Clausura and defeating Apertura winners Defensor Sporting at the championship playoff via penalty shoot-out.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [38, 38], "content_span": [39, 440]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273391-0001-0000", "contents": "2017 Uruguayan Primera Divisi\u00f3n season, Format\nThe season was played under the Apertura-Clausura format, with the Apertura being played from February to May and the Clausura from August to November, and the inclusion of an additional tournament between the Apertura and Clausura named Torneo Intermedio and played from May to July. In the Intermedio, the 16 teams were split into two groups of eight with each club facing the others in their group once, and both group winners played the final. All three tournaments of the season counted for the aggregate table.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 46], "content_span": [47, 563]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273391-0001-0001", "contents": "2017 Uruguayan Primera Divisi\u00f3n season, Format\nIf the best team in the aggregate table did not win the Apertura or Clausura, it would have gained a berth to the finals, but if one team won both tournaments it would automatically win the championship. The worst three teams in the relegation table were relegated, taking into account the 2016 and 2017 seasons. Also, the Torneo Intermedio winners would qualify for the 2018 Copa Sudamericana in case they failed to secure an international berth at the end of the season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 46], "content_span": [47, 519]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273391-0002-0000", "contents": "2017 Uruguayan Primera Divisi\u00f3n season, Torneo Intermedio\nThe Torneo Intermedio was played between the Apertura and Clausura tournaments, and consisted of two groups of eight teams whose composition depended on the final standings of the Torneo Apertura: teams in odd-numbered positions played in Serie A, while teams in even-numbered positions played in Serie B. In each group, teams played each other once, and both group winners played the Torneo Intermedio final, with its winner being assured of a Copa Sudamericana berth in case it failed to qualify for CONMEBOL competitions through the aggregate table. The Intermedio winner also had the chance to play the Supercopa Uruguaya against the Primera Divisi\u00f3n champion.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 57], "content_span": [58, 722]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273391-0003-0000", "contents": "2017 Uruguayan Primera Divisi\u00f3n season, Aggregate table, Aggregate table playoff\nSince Pe\u00f1arol and Defensor Sporting ended the season tied in points, a playoff was played to determine the aggregate table first-placed team. The winners qualified for the Championship playoff finals.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 80], "content_span": [81, 281]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273391-0004-0000", "contents": "2017 Uruguayan Primera Divisi\u00f3n season, Championship playoff, Final\nSince Pe\u00f1arol, who had the best record in the aggregate table, won the semifinal, they became champions automatically and the final was not played. Defensor Sporting became runners-up as the second-placed team in the aggregate table. Both teams qualified for the 2018 Copa Libertadores group stage.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 67], "content_span": [68, 366]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273391-0005-0000", "contents": "2017 Uruguayan Primera Divisi\u00f3n season, Relegation\nRelegation is determined at the end of the season by computing an average of the number of points earned per game over the four most recent tournaments: 2016 Transici\u00f3n and this season's three tournaments (Apertura, Intermedio, and Clausura). The three teams with the lowest average were relegated to the Segunda Divisi\u00f3n for the following season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 50], "content_span": [51, 398]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273391-0006-0000", "contents": "2017 Uruguayan Primera Divisi\u00f3n season, Relegation, Relegation playoff\nSince El Tanque Sisley and Sud Am\u00e9rica ended with the same average, a playoff (by points) between both teams was played to determine the third relegated team. If both teams were tied in points after the second leg, an extra match would be played. The loser was relegated to the Segunda Divisi\u00f3n.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 70], "content_span": [71, 366]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273392-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 Utah State Aggies football team\nThe 2017 Utah State Aggies football team represented Utah State University in the 2017 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The Aggies were led by fifth-year head coach Matt Wells and played their home games at Merlin Olsen Field at Maverik Stadium. They competed as members of the Mountain Division of the Mountain West Conference. They finished the season 6\u20137, 4\u20134 in Mountain West play to finish in a tie for fourth place in the Mountain Division. They were invited to the Arizona Bowl where they lost to New Mexico State.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [36, 36], "content_span": [37, 562]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273392-0001-0000", "contents": "2017 Utah State Aggies football team, Coaching staff, Coaching changes\nUtah State hired David Yost as offensive coordinator on December 30, 2016. Yost had previously been the quarterbacks coach at Oregon. Both of the co-offensive coordinators from 2016 remain on staff; Jovon Bouknight as Outside Receivers Coach, and Luke Wells as the Tight Ends/Inside Receivers Coach.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 70], "content_span": [71, 370]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273392-0002-0000", "contents": "2017 Utah State Aggies football team, Schedule\nUtah State's 2017 football schedule was announced on March 2, 2017. The Aggies will play three straight home games for the first time since 1997, in a stretch that includes in-state rival BYU, Colorado State, and rival Wyoming.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 46], "content_span": [47, 274]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273393-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 Utah State Aggies volleyball team\nThe 2017 Utah State Aggies volleyball team will represent Utah State University in the 2017 NCAA Division I women's volleyball season. The Aggies are led by twelfth year head coach Grayson DuBose and play their home games at the Wayne Estes Center. The Aggies are members of the Mountain West.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [38, 38], "content_span": [39, 333]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273393-0001-0000", "contents": "2017 Utah State Aggies volleyball team\nUtah State comes off a season where they finished 8\u201310 in conference, 14\u201316 overall, good for seventh in the conference. Coming into 2017 the Aggies were picked to finish sixth in the pre-season Mountain West poll.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [38, 38], "content_span": [39, 253]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273393-0002-0000", "contents": "2017 Utah State Aggies volleyball team, Season highlights\nSeason highlights will be filled in as the season progresses.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 57], "content_span": [58, 119]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273393-0003-0000", "contents": "2017 Utah State Aggies volleyball team, Announcers for televised games\nAll home games will be on the MW Network powered by Stadium. Select road games will also be televised or streamed.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 70], "content_span": [71, 185]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273394-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 Utah Utes football team\nThe 2017 Utah Utes football team represented the University of Utah during the 2017 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The team was coached by thirteenth-year head coach Kyle Whittingham and played their home games in Rice-Eccles Stadium in Salt Lake City, Utah. They competed as members of the South Division of the Pac-12 Conference. They finished the season 7\u20136, 3\u20136 in Pac-12 play to finish in fifth place in the South Division. They were invited to the Heart of Dallas Bowl where they defeated West Virginia.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [28, 28], "content_span": [29, 544]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273394-0001-0000", "contents": "2017 Utah Utes football team, Schedule\nUtah announced their 2017 football schedule on January 18, 2017. The Utes played FCS North Dakota, in-state rival BYU, and San Jose State in out-of-conference play. In Pac-12 conference play, the Utes did not play cross-divisional foes California and Oregon State.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 38], "content_span": [39, 303]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273395-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 Utah Utes volleyball team\nThe 2017 Utah Utes volleyball team will represent the University of Utah in the 2017 NCAA Division I women's volleyball season. The Utes are led by twenty-eighth year head coach Beth Launiere and play their home games at the Huntsman Center. The Utes are members of the Pac-12 Conference.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [30, 30], "content_span": [31, 319]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273395-0001-0000", "contents": "2017 Utah Utes volleyball team\nUtah comes off a season where they went 20\u201312, 11\u20139 in conference. They earned an at-large NCAA Tournament at-large slot where they lost to UNLV in the first round. The Utes enter the season having been picked to finish fourth in the 2017 pre-season Pac-12 poll.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [30, 30], "content_span": [31, 293]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273395-0002-0000", "contents": "2017 Utah Utes volleyball team, Season highlights\nSeason highlights will be filled in as the season progresses.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 49], "content_span": [50, 111]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273395-0003-0000", "contents": "2017 Utah Utes volleyball team, Announcers for televised games\nAll home conference games will be on Pac-12 Networks or P12 Digital Network. All Pac-12 Network games will be on the National Feed and Mountain Feed unless noted otherwise. Select road games will also be televised or streamed.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 62], "content_span": [63, 289]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273396-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 Utah Valley Wolverines volleyball team\nThe 2017 Utah Valley Wolverines volleyball team will represent Utah Valley University in the 2017 NCAA Division I women's volleyball season. The Wolverines are led by nineteenth year head coach Sam Atoa and play their home games at Lockhart Arena. The Wolverines are members of the WAC.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [43, 43], "content_span": [44, 331]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273396-0001-0000", "contents": "2017 Utah Valley Wolverines volleyball team\nUtah Valley comes off a season where they finished second in the WAC. For 2017 the Wolverines were picked to finish third in the pre-season WAC poll behind New Mexico State and UTRGV.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [43, 43], "content_span": [44, 227]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273396-0002-0000", "contents": "2017 Utah Valley Wolverines volleyball team, Season highlights\nSeason highlights will be filled in as the season progresses.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [45, 62], "content_span": [63, 124]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273396-0003-0000", "contents": "2017 Utah Valley Wolverines volleyball team, Announcers for televised games\nAll home games will be on the WAC Digital Network. Select road games will also be televised or streamed.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [45, 75], "content_span": [76, 180]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273397-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 Utah's 3rd congressional district special election\nAfter previously stating that he would not run for re-election, Jason Chaffetz announced on May 19 that he was resigning his seat in the House, effective June 30. A special election was called to replace him with a filing period opening on May 19 and closing by June 30, an expected primary date of August 15, and an election day of November 7.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 55], "section_span": [55, 55], "content_span": [56, 400]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273397-0001-0000", "contents": "2017 Utah's 3rd congressional district special election\nA crowded field of candidates emerged to compete for spots in their respective parties' primaries. 15 Republicans, 4 Democrats, 2 Independent American Party members and 1 Libertarian declared their candidacy. Candidates could qualify for the primary ballot by either being nominated by delegates at their party's convention or gathering 7,000 signatures from registered voters. Those gathering signatures could also seek nomination at their party's convention. The Republican and Democratic parties held conventions June 17 to select a nominee from the declared.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 55], "section_span": [55, 55], "content_span": [56, 618]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273397-0002-0000", "contents": "2017 Utah's 3rd congressional district special election\nThe primary election to determine the Republican Party's candidate for the general election was held on August 15. In addition to the partisan candidates, one unaffiliated candidate appeared on the general election ballot and two candidates ran as a write-in.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 55], "section_span": [55, 55], "content_span": [56, 315]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273397-0003-0000", "contents": "2017 Utah's 3rd congressional district special election\nThe general election was held on Tuesday, November 7, 2017. Republican John Curtis was declared the winner and was subsequently seated by the U.S. House for a term that ends January 3, 2019.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 55], "section_span": [55, 55], "content_span": [56, 246]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273397-0004-0000", "contents": "2017 Utah's 3rd congressional district special election, Republican primary\nThe Republican primary was held on Tuesday August 15, 2017. Only registered Republicans living in the 3rd congressional district were able vote in the primary, though unaffiliated voters were allowed to affiliate as Republicans at polling locations on election day.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 55], "section_span": [57, 75], "content_span": [76, 341]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273397-0005-0000", "contents": "2017 Utah's 3rd congressional district special election, Republican primary, Candidates\nFifteen candidates declared their candidacy for the Republican party nomination. While four candidates declared their intent to gather signatures, only two submitted signatures for verification by the required deadline. This election was the first time in Utah politics where three candidates were on the primary ballot since two candidates submitted enough signatures to qualify for the primary ballot and the party nominated a third candidate at its convention.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 55], "section_span": [57, 87], "content_span": [88, 551]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273397-0006-0000", "contents": "2017 Utah's 3rd congressional district special election, Republican primary, Candidates, Eliminated in primary\nAinge and Curtis submitted enough signatures to qualify for spots on the primary ballot. Curtis also participated in the convention process, but lost to Herrod who was nominated at the convention. Curtis would go on to win the primary.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 55], "section_span": [57, 110], "content_span": [111, 346]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273397-0007-0000", "contents": "2017 Utah's 3rd congressional district special election, Democratic Party\nFour candidates declared their candidacy for the Democratic party nomination. Two candidates declared their intent to gather signatures but neither submitted signatures for verification prior to the required deadline. On June 17, 2017, the Democratic Party formally nominated Kathie Allen as their candidate, eliminating the need for a primary election.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 55], "section_span": [57, 73], "content_span": [74, 427]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273397-0008-0000", "contents": "2017 Utah's 3rd congressional district special election, United Utah Party, Candidates\nThe United Utah Party submitted the required number of signatures to be recognized as a political party in Utah on May 25, one day before the candidate filing deadline. Jim Bennett, son of former US Senator Bob Bennett, grandson of former US Senator Wallace F. Bennett, and executive director of the newly formed United Utah Party, filed to run as a member of the newly formed party but was rejected because the state had not yet processed the submitted signatures.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 55], "section_span": [57, 86], "content_span": [87, 552]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273397-0009-0000", "contents": "2017 Utah's 3rd congressional district special election, United Utah Party, Candidates\nThe party took the issue to court, and a federal judge found that Utah had illegally violated Bennett's First and Fourteenth Amendment rights by denying him a spot on the ballot. The state elections office immediately complied with the court order and declined to appeal the decision. Jim Bennett was placed on the general election ballot as the United Utah Party candidate.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 55], "section_span": [57, 86], "content_span": [87, 461]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273397-0010-0000", "contents": "2017 Utah's 3rd congressional district special election, Independent American Party, Candidates\nTwo candidates declared their intent to seek the nomination of the Independent American Party.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 55], "section_span": [57, 95], "content_span": [96, 190]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273397-0011-0000", "contents": "2017 Utah's 3rd congressional district special election, Libertarian Party, Candidates\nOnly one candidate declared for the Libertarian Party nomination. On June 10, 2017, the Libertarian Party formally nominated Joe Buchman as their candidate. He became the first candidate certified for the general election.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 55], "section_span": [57, 86], "content_span": [87, 309]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273397-0012-0000", "contents": "2017 Utah's 3rd congressional district special election, Independent, Candidates\nCandidates that preferred not to participate in the political party process could declare as an unaffiliated candidate. To qualify for a spot on the general election ballot, candidates needed to gather at least 300 valid signatures from registered voters living in the 3rd congressional district. Only one candidate met this qualification by the June 12 deadline.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 55], "section_span": [57, 80], "content_span": [81, 444]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273397-0013-0000", "contents": "2017 Utah's 3rd congressional district special election, Write-in candidates, Candidates\nCandidates had until September 8 to declare their write-in candidacy. Write-in candidates' names will not appear on the ballot and voters must write or type in the name of the candidate for the vote to count.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 55], "section_span": [57, 88], "content_span": [89, 297]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273397-0014-0000", "contents": "2017 Utah's 3rd congressional district special election, General election\nThe special general election was held on Tuesday, November 7, 2017.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 55], "section_span": [57, 73], "content_span": [74, 141]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273397-0015-0000", "contents": "2017 Utah's 3rd congressional district special election, General election, Candidates\nThe following candidates have qualified to appear in the state-sponsored debates:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 55], "section_span": [57, 85], "content_span": [86, 167]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273397-0016-0000", "contents": "2017 Utah's 3rd congressional district special election, General election, Candidates\nThe following third-party or independent candidates have qualified for the ballot but haven't polled high enough to currently qualify for the state-sponsored debates:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 55], "section_span": [57, 85], "content_span": [86, 252]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273398-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly election\nThe election to the 17th Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly was held from 11 February to 8 March 2017 in 7 phases. This election saw a voter turnout of 61.04% compared to 59.40% in the previous election. The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) won the election by an overwhelming three-quarter majority of 325 seats despite not projecting a chief ministerial candidate before the election. As part of its election strategy, BJP contested under a collective leadership and capitalised mostly on the political clout and 'brand' of its leader, Narendra Modi. In the previous election in 2012, the Samajwadi Party had won a majority and formed government in the leadership of Akhilesh Yadav.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 48], "section_span": [48, 48], "content_span": [49, 729]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273398-0001-0000", "contents": "2017 Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly election\nOn 18 March 2017, Yogi Adityanath was appointed as the Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh. Then Uttar Pradesh BJP chief Keshav Prasad Maurya and Dinesh Sharma were appointed as Deputy Chief Ministers.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 48], "section_span": [48, 48], "content_span": [49, 246]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273398-0002-0000", "contents": "2017 Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly election, Background, Electoral process changes\nIn January 2016, the Election Commission of India published updated electoral rolls in all 403 assembly segments. In July 2016, Election Commission decided to increase the number of polling booths in Uttar Pradesh for the 2017 Assembly elections. New polling centres will be planned in the constituencies having more than 1,500 registered voters as well as polling booths in six constituencies of Muzaffarnagar, Budhana, Purkazi, Khatoli, Charthawal and Midanpur to be raised from 1,769 to 1,819 booths. Voter assistance booths would be set up and photo slip of voters in a new design would be sent to them. First time, the Form-2B would contain the photograph of the candidates and their nationality.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 48], "section_span": [50, 87], "content_span": [88, 789]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273398-0003-0000", "contents": "2017 Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly election, Background, Electoral process changes\nVoter-verified paper audit trail (VVPAT) machines was used along with EVM in 30 assembly constituencies covering 14 districts including Varanasi, Ghaziabad and Bareilly constituency.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 48], "section_span": [50, 87], "content_span": [88, 270]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273398-0004-0000", "contents": "2017 Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly election, Background, Electoral process changes\nAs per the special summary revision of electoral rolls, there are a total of 14.05 crore voters in Uttar Pradesh as of January 2015.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 48], "section_span": [50, 87], "content_span": [88, 220]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273398-0005-0000", "contents": "2017 Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly election, Schedule\nAssembly elections in Uttar Pradesh were held between 11 February and 8 March 2017. The term of the outgoing government ended on 27 May 2017.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 48], "section_span": [50, 58], "content_span": [59, 200]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273398-0006-0000", "contents": "2017 Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly election, Schedule\nOn 4 January 2017, The Election Commission of India announced the election schedule to the Legislative Assembly of Uttar Pradesh along with the other four state (Goa, Manipur, Punjab and Uttarakhand) which are due for an election. The entire election is scheduled into 7 phases.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 48], "section_span": [50, 58], "content_span": [59, 337]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273398-0007-0000", "contents": "2017 Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly election, Opinion polls\nVarious organisations/agencies have been conducting opinions polls to predict voter intentions in the upcoming legislative assembly elections.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 48], "section_span": [50, 63], "content_span": [64, 206]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273398-0008-0000", "contents": "2017 Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly election, Exit polls and forecast\nVarious organisations/agencies have been conducting Exit polls to predict voter intentions in the legislative assembly elections.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 48], "section_span": [50, 73], "content_span": [74, 203]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273398-0009-0000", "contents": "2017 Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly election, Result\nThe election results for all 403 Legislative Assembly seats were declared on 11 March 2017.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 48], "section_span": [50, 56], "content_span": [57, 148]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273398-0010-0000", "contents": "2017 Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly election, Reactions\nAfter the BJP emerged as the majority party in the election, Prime Minister Narendra Modi thanked the public in a tweet saying, \"Gratitude to the people of India for the continued faith, support and affection for the BJP. This is very humbling & overwhelming.\" The BJP's UP chief Keshav Prasad Maurya attributed the victory to Modi saying, \"It is a Modi wave. The wave which started with 2014 Lok Sabha elections is continuing in 2017 and the momentum will go beyond the 2019 general elections.\" Congress vice-president Rahul Gandhi sent a tweet to Modi congratulating him for his party's victory, to which Modi replied, \"Thank you. Long live democracy!\" Modi was congratulated on the victory by U.S. President Donald Trump during a telephone conversation on 27 March 2017.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 48], "section_span": [50, 59], "content_span": [60, 833]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273398-0011-0000", "contents": "2017 Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly election, Reactions\nThe BBC wrote that the BJP \"appears to have successfully forged a coalition of upper, middle-ranking and lower castes to be able to manipulate the social arithmetic of Indian elections\". It also noted that the party had been able to avoid the image of \"doling out reckless patronage to a caste or group\", which the BBC considered responsible for the SP's defeat. Bhanu Joshi of Delhi-based think tank Centre for Policy Research said, \"He [Modi] has managed to go beyond the caste arithmetic. On the ground, the BJP is not perceived as a casteist party.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 48], "section_span": [50, 59], "content_span": [60, 613]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273398-0012-0000", "contents": "2017 Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly election, Reactions\nPolitical scientist Milan Vaishnav felt that the election \"represents a referendum on demonetisation\". Vaishnav said, \"Whether voters were bothered by the implementation of the policy or not, they clearly have decided that the PM is a man of action.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 48], "section_span": [50, 59], "content_span": [60, 310]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273398-0013-0000", "contents": "2017 Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly election, Reactions\nBSP Leader and former Chief Minister Mayavati claimed that the BJP tampered with the Electronic Voting Machines (EVM) thereby rigging the election outcome. However, this charge was rejected by the Election Commission as well as other parties as lacking any substance.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 48], "section_span": [50, 59], "content_span": [60, 327]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273399-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 Uttarakhand Legislative Assembly election\nThe 2017 Uttarakhand Legislative Assembly election were the 4th Vidhan Sabha (Legislative Assembly) election of the state of Uttarakhand in India. Elections were held on 15 February 2017 in a single phase for the 69 seats of the Uttarakhand Legislative Assembly. Voting in the Karnaprayag constituency was postponed until 9 March 2017 due to the death of BSP candidate Kuldeep Kanwasi in a road accident. In the previous election in 2012, none of the parties won a majority but the Indian National Congress formed the government with the help of PDF in the leadership of Vijay Bahuguna.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [46, 46], "content_span": [47, 633]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273399-0001-0000", "contents": "2017 Uttarakhand Legislative Assembly election\nThe voter turnout for the 69 seats of Uttarakhand Legislative Assembly that held on 15 February was 65.64% which is less than the last election's voter turnout of 66.85%.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [46, 46], "content_span": [47, 217]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273399-0002-0000", "contents": "2017 Uttarakhand Legislative Assembly election, Schedule and electorate\nThe schedule for the Uttarakhand Assembly Election was announced by the Election Commission of India on 4 January 2017 and elections took place on 15 February 2017. 69 out of 70 ACs went on to polls on the same day but polls were postponed for Karnaprayag Assembly constituency to 9 March. The results were announced on 11 March 2017. Voter-verified paper audit trail (VVPAT) machines were used along with EVM in four assembly constituencies in Uttarakhand.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [48, 71], "content_span": [72, 529]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273399-0003-0000", "contents": "2017 Uttarakhand Legislative Assembly election, List of elected Assembly members\nComplete list of winners with the margin of winning votes.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [48, 80], "content_span": [81, 139]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273400-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 Uttarakhand earthquake\nA magnitude 5.1 earthquake struck India, at depth of 16.1\u00a0km (10\u00a0mi), near Rudraprayag district in the state of Uttarakhand on February\u00a06, 2017. Tremors were felt continuously for thirty seconds in national capital Delhi NCR and neighbouring Gurgaon, Punjab and other parts of north India. One person was injured, with panic scenes around the epicenter. Many cracks in buildings were reported.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [27, 27], "content_span": [28, 421]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273401-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 Uvira clashes\nThe 2017 Uvira clashes were a series of skirmishes between the National Coalition of the People for the Sovereignty of Congo (CNPSC) and the Armed Forces of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (FARDC) supported by United Nations MONUSCO peacekeepers in and around the city of Uvira, in the South Kivu province of the Democratic Republic of the Congo. The clashes were a result of the CNPSC coalition's rebellion that began several months earlier, in which the coalition declared its intent to capture the city.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [18, 18], "content_span": [19, 530]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273401-0001-0000", "contents": "2017 Uvira clashes, Background\nThe CNPSC coalition began a rebellion in 2017 after anticipated elections did not take place in the DRC. William Yakutumba, the coalition's leader, declared his intent to remove President Joseph Kabila from power via armed force. Uvira is the second-largest city in South Kivu, the main province where the coalition is based. The CNPSC had also previously stated their intentions to capture the city as part of their wider campaign to challenge the government. After scoring victories against the government in June and the months after, the CNPSC coalition would continue their momentum and advance on Uvira on September 27th.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [20, 30], "content_span": [31, 658]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273401-0002-0000", "contents": "2017 Uvira clashes, Clashes\nIn the early morning of September 27th, CNPSC forces under Ebu Ela Kitungano and Ren\u00e9 Itongwa advanced to positions 5 km outside of the city. Clashes with government forces erupted at 5 am, and continued throughout the day as rebel forces continued to move on the city. At around 3 pm, CNPSC forces entered Uvira, and heavy fighting erupted, with rebel forces briefly capturing Uvira's port. FARDC forces were reportedly overrun, but with the support of MONUSCO, eventually repelled the incursion.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [20, 27], "content_span": [28, 525]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273401-0003-0000", "contents": "2017 Uvira clashes, Clashes\nFighting continued at 5 am the next day, coinciding with a naval raid carried out by boats under the command of Saidi Ekanda. Government naval forces battled the CNPSC's boats for several hours, sinking one. MONUSCO mobilized attack helicopters to assist in fending off the attack. Within several hours, rebel forces were pushed back south, officially ending the clashes.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [20, 27], "content_span": [28, 399]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273401-0004-0000", "contents": "2017 Uvira clashes, Aftermath\nAfter the attack, a large CNPSC meeting was held in Kazimia, the coalition's main headquarters until 2018. The meeting was used to discuss further collaboration within the coalition, as well as how the group would be structured. Additionally, the FARDC would launch an offensive in retaliation to this attack and the CNPSC's previous incursions, which would damage the coalition temporarily.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [20, 29], "content_span": [30, 421]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273402-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 Uzbek League\nThe 2017 Uzbek League was the 26th season of top level football in Uzbekistan since 1992. Lokomotiv Tashkent were the defending champions from the 2016 campaign.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 17], "section_span": [17, 17], "content_span": [18, 179]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273402-0001-0000", "contents": "2017 Uzbek League, Teams\nNavbahor Namangan remained for the 2017 Uzbek League after winning in the relegation play-off match with Naryn. Obod Tashkent was promoted to the 2016 League as the 2015 First League winner. The draw for the 2016 season was held on 20 December 2016. The first matchday is scheduled for 3 March 2017.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 17], "section_span": [19, 24], "content_span": [25, 324]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273402-0002-0000", "contents": "2017 Uzbek League, Foreign players\nThe number of foreign players is restricted to five per USL team. A team can use only five foreign players on the field in each game.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 17], "section_span": [19, 34], "content_span": [35, 168]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273403-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 Uzbekistan Cup\nThe 2017 Uzbekistan Cup is the 25th season of the annual Uzbek football Cup competition.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [19, 19], "content_span": [20, 108]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273403-0001-0000", "contents": "2017 Uzbekistan Cup\nThe competition started on 19 March 2017, and ended in November 2017.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [19, 19], "content_span": [20, 89]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273403-0002-0000", "contents": "2017 Uzbekistan Cup\nThe cup winner is guaranteed a place in the 2018 AFC Champions League.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [19, 19], "content_span": [20, 90]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273404-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 Uzbekistan First League\nThe 2017 Uzbekistan First League was the 26th season of second level football in Uzbekistan since its independence in 1992. FK Yangiyer, Istiqlol Fergana, Neftchi Termez and Ghallakor-Barsa were promoted from the Second League. The draw was held on 1 February 2017 and first match was 1 April 2017.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [28, 28], "content_span": [29, 327]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273405-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 V de V Challenge Monoplace\nThe 2017 V de V Challenge Monoplace was a multi-event motor racing championship for open wheel, formula racing cars held across Europe. The championship features drivers competing mainly in 2 litre Formula Renault single seat race cars that conform to the technical regulations for the championship. The season began at Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya on 17 March and will finish on 5 November at Estoril after seven triple-header rounds.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [31, 31], "content_span": [32, 469]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273405-0001-0000", "contents": "2017 V de V Challenge Monoplace\nDrivers compete in two classes depending on the type of car they drive. Those competing in the current Tatuus FR 2.0 2013 car, as well as the previous Barazi-Epsilon FR2.0\u201310 car, which are in use since 2010, are included in Class A. Old Formula Renault 2.0 machinery along with other cars such as Formula BMW and Formula Abarth encompass Class B.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [31, 31], "content_span": [32, 379]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273405-0002-0000", "contents": "2017 V de V Challenge Monoplace, Standings, Points system\nPoints are awarded following a complex system. Drivers receive a set of points according to their overall position in each race, as well as an additional set of points according to their position within the class their car belongs to. No separated standings for classes A and B are issued. The points distribution is as follows:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 57], "content_span": [58, 386]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273405-0003-0000", "contents": "2017 V de V Challenge Monoplace, Standings, Points system\nThe total number of points scored in each round is multiplied by a coefficient, depending on the round. Only the best 19 results are counted towards the overall standings, whereas all results are valid towards the Gentlemen Drivers standings.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 57], "content_span": [58, 300]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273406-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 V de V Endurance Series\nThe 2017 V de V Endurance Series was the third consecutive season for the GT, Touring Car and LMP3 classes of the V de V sanctioned series.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [28, 28], "content_span": [29, 168]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273407-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 V de V Proto Endurance Challenge\nThe 2017 V de V Proto Endurance Series was the sixteenth consecutive season for the Group CN based series sanctioned by V de V Sports.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [37, 37], "content_span": [38, 172]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273408-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 V.League 1\nThe 2017 V.League 1 (known as the Toyota V.League 1 for sponsorship reasons) season was the 61st season of the V.League 1, the highest division of Football in Vietnam. The season began on 7 January 2017 and ended on 25 November 2017. The season was twice interrupted due to the Vietnam Football Federation's decision to stop the league for 4 weeks due to the 2017 FIFA U-20 World Cup, and then again for 7 weeks for the 29th SEA Games.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [15, 15], "content_span": [16, 451]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273408-0001-0000", "contents": "2017 V.League 1, Changes from last season, Team changes\nThe following teams have changed division since the 2016 season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [17, 55], "content_span": [56, 120]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273408-0002-0000", "contents": "2017 V.League 1, Changes from last season, Rule changes\nThere is no longer a play-off match this season, so there is only one direct relegation spot.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [17, 55], "content_span": [56, 149]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273408-0003-0000", "contents": "2017 V.League 1, Changes from last season, Names changes\nIn January 2017, H\u00e0 N\u1ed9i T&T were renamed H\u00e0 N\u1ed9i and QNK Qu\u1ea3ng Nam were renamed Qu\u1ea3ng Nam.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [17, 56], "content_span": [57, 146]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273408-0004-0000", "contents": "2017 V.League 1, Changes from last season, Stadium changes\nSHB \u0110\u00e0 N\u1eb5ng are going to use H\u00f2a Xu\u00e2n Stadium instead of Chi L\u0103ng Stadium.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [17, 58], "content_span": [59, 133]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273408-0005-0000", "contents": "2017 V.League 1, Teams, Personnel and kits\nNote: Flags indicate national team as has been defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [17, 42], "content_span": [43, 180]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273408-0006-0000", "contents": "2017 V.League 1, Teams, Foreign players\nV.League teams are allowed to use two foreign players and one naturalised player. H\u00e0 N\u1ed9i and Than Qu\u1ea3ng Ninh are allowed to have four foreign players (at least one AFC player) to play AFC Cup.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [17, 39], "content_span": [40, 232]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273408-0007-0000", "contents": "2017 V.League 1, Positions by round\nThis table lists the positions of teams after each week of matches. In order to preserve the chronological evolution, any postponed matches are not included to the round at which they were originally scheduled, but added to the full round they were played immediately afterwards. For example, if a match is scheduled for matchday 13, but then postponed and played between days 16 and 17, it will be added to the standings for day 16.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [17, 35], "content_span": [36, 469]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273408-0008-0000", "contents": "2017 V.League 1, Awards, Annual awards, Dream Team\nV\u0169 V\u0103n Thanh (Ho\u00e0ng Anh Gia Lai) Ho\u00e0ng V\u0103n Kh\u00e1nh (S\u00f4ng Lam Ngh\u1ec7 An) Tr\u1ea7n \u0110\u00ecnh Tr\u1ecdng (S\u00e0i G\u00f2n F.C.) \u0110\u1ed7 V\u0103n Thu\u1eadn (S\u00e0i G\u00f2n F.C.)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [17, 50], "content_span": [51, 177]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273408-0009-0000", "contents": "2017 V.League 1, Awards, Annual awards, Dream Team\nNguy\u1ec5n Quang H\u1ea3i (H\u00e0 N\u1ed9i F.C) Nguy\u1ec5n Huy H\u00f9ng (Qu\u1ea3ng Nam) Nguy\u1ec5n Ho\u00e0ng Qu\u1ed1c Ch\u00ed (Sanna Kh\u00e1nh H\u00f2a) \u0110inh Thanh Trung (Qu\u1ea3ng Nam)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [17, 50], "content_span": [51, 177]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273408-0010-0000", "contents": "2017 V.League 1, Awards, Annual awards, Dream Team\nErrol Stevens (H\u1ea3i Ph\u00f2ng F.C.) Nguy\u1ec5n Anh \u0110\u1ee9c (Becamex B\u00ecnh D\u01b0\u01a1ng)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [17, 50], "content_span": [51, 117]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273408-0011-0000", "contents": "2017 V.League 1, Attendances, By club\nUpdated to games played on 25 November 2017Source: Notes:\u2020 Teams played previous season in V.League 2", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [17, 37], "content_span": [38, 139]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273409-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 V.League 2\nThe 2017 V.League 2 (referred to as S\u1ee9 Thi\u00ean Thanh V.League 2 for sponsorship reasons) is the 23rd season of V.League 2, Vietnam's second tier professional football league. The season began on 11 February 2017 and finished on 26 July 2017. The season started with 7 clubs after the withdrawals of 3 clubs without any replaces.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [15, 15], "content_span": [16, 343]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273409-0001-0000", "contents": "2017 V.League 2, Changes from last season, Team changes\nThe following teams had changed division since the 2016 season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [17, 55], "content_span": [56, 119]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273409-0002-0000", "contents": "2017 V.League 2, Changes from last season, Rule changes\nThere is only one promotion spot for the champion. Club finishing last will play a play-off match against the 4th-placed club of 2017 Second League.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [17, 55], "content_span": [56, 204]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273409-0003-0000", "contents": "2017 V.League 2, Results, Play-off match\n\u0110\u1ed3ng Th\u00e1p won the match and remained in 2018 V.League 2.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [17, 40], "content_span": [41, 97]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273410-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 VBA season\nThe 2017 VBA season was the second season of the Vietnam Basketball Association. The regular season began on September 5, 2017 and end on November 5, 2017. The playoffs began on November 8, 2017 and ended on December 3, 2017, with the Thang Long Warriors beating the Cantho Catfish in 5 games to clinch their first VBA title.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [15, 15], "content_span": [16, 341]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273410-0001-0000", "contents": "2017 VBA season, Draft\nThe Thang Long Warriors selected Justin Young first in the inaugural VBA Heritage Player Draft.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [17, 22], "content_span": [23, 118]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273410-0002-0000", "contents": "2017 VBA season, Import players\nEach team is allowed 2 heritage players and 1 foreign player.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [17, 31], "content_span": [32, 93]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273411-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 VCU Rams baseball team\nThe 2017 VCU Rams baseball team was the program's 47th baseball season. It was their 5th season the Atlantic 10 Conference. The Rams began their season on February 17, 2017 with a 3\u20130 victory over Florida State.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [27, 27], "content_span": [28, 240]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273411-0001-0000", "contents": "2017 VCU Rams baseball team, Rankings\n^ Collegiate Baseball ranks 40 teams in their preseason poll, but only ranks 30 teams weekly during the season. \u2020 NCBWA ranks 35 teams in their preseason poll, but only ranks 30 teams weekly during the season. * New poll was not released for this week so for comparison purposes the previous week's ranking is inserted in this week's slot.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 37], "content_span": [38, 377]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273412-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 VCU Rams men's soccer team\nThe 2017 VCU Rams men's soccer team represented Virginia Commonwealth University during the 2017 NCAA Division I men's soccer season. It was the 38th season of the university fielding a program. The Rams were be led by eighth-year head coach, Dave Giffard.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [31, 31], "content_span": [32, 288]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273412-0001-0000", "contents": "2017 VCU Rams men's soccer team\nFor the third straight season, the Rams reached the championship match of the Atlantic 10 Men's Soccer Tournament, but lost for the third straight time. The Rams fell 1-3 to UMass. Despite the loss the Rams earned an at-large berth to the NCAA Division I Men's Soccer Championship. It was the program's first NCAA Tournament berth in four years. VCU were seeded 16th, giving the program their first seeding since 2012. The Rams lost in their opening NCAA Tournament match to Butler, 2-3.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [31, 31], "content_span": [32, 519]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273412-0002-0000", "contents": "2017 VCU Rams men's soccer team, Background, Previous season\nThe Rams team finished the 2016 season 8\u20139\u20134, 4\u20133\u20131 in A10 play to earn a berth into the 2016 Atlantic 10 Men's Soccer Tournament. They defeated UMass and Dayton to advance to the A10 Championship, where they lost to Fordham. The Rams did not earn an at-large berth into the 2016 NCAA Tournament.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 60], "content_span": [61, 357]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273412-0003-0000", "contents": "2017 VCU Rams men's soccer team, Review, Offseason\nDuring the 2016-17 offseason, the Rams lost nine seniors to graduation. The most notable departure was four-year starter, Dakota Barnathan, who declared for the 2017 MLS SuperDraft. Barnathan was selected in the third round, with the 59th pick by FC Dallas. Barnathan was offered a trial with FC Dallas, and appeared in a couple preseason exhibitions with the club, but ultimately was not offered a contract. After leaving Dallas' camp, Barnathan signed on with second division, United Soccer League outfit, Swope Park Rangers, the reserve team of MLS-outfit, Sporting Kansas City. No other graduates signed professional contracts following their graduation.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 50], "content_span": [51, 709]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273412-0004-0000", "contents": "2017 VCU Rams men's soccer team, Review, Offseason\nIn February 2017, the spring 2017 season schedule was announced, where VCU participated in several exhibition matches between March and May.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 50], "content_span": [51, 191]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273412-0005-0000", "contents": "2017 VCU Rams men's soccer team, Review, Offseason\nOn November 13, 2017, VCU was announced as the 16th-overall seed in the 2017 NCAA Division I Men's Soccer Championship, making it the 10th time in program history the Rams qualified for the tournament.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 50], "content_span": [51, 252]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273412-0006-0000", "contents": "2017 VCU Rams men's soccer team, Roster\nNote: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 39], "content_span": [40, 168]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273412-0007-0000", "contents": "2017 VCU Rams men's soccer team, MLS Draft\nThe following members of the 2017 VCU Rams men's soccer team were selected in the 2018 MLS SuperDraft.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 42], "content_span": [43, 145]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273413-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 VFL Women's season\nThe 2017 VFL Women's season was the second season of the VFL Women's (VFLW). The season commenced on 6 May and concluded with the Grand Final on 24 September 2017.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [23, 23], "content_span": [24, 187]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273413-0001-0000", "contents": "2017 VFL Women's season\nThe competition was contested by ten clubs with two changes from the inaugural season \u2013 Knox were replaced by the Box Hill Hawks (operated by the Hawthorn Football Club); and Geelong Magpies were replaced by the Geelong Cats.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [23, 23], "content_span": [24, 249]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273414-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 VFL season\nThe 2017 Victorian Football League season is the 136th season of the Victorian Football Association/Victorian Football League Australian rules football competition. The competition began on 8 April and concluded with the Grand Final on 24 September 2017.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [15, 15], "content_span": [16, 270]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273414-0001-0000", "contents": "2017 VFL season\nThe Grand Final was won by Port Melbourne, who defeated Richmond by 4 points at Etihad Stadium.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [15, 15], "content_span": [16, 111]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273414-0002-0000", "contents": "2017 VFL season, League membership\nAt the end of the 2016 season, AFL Victoria terminated the licence of the Frankston Football Club due to its financial position, which was no longer considered viable. The club had suffered a severe downturn in the profitability of its pokies licence over the previous few years, and by 2016 the machines were generating a loss for the club. The club terminated the pokies licence in May 2016, but by that time owed more than $1,500,000, both to the state gaming regulators and other creditors.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [17, 34], "content_span": [35, 529]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273414-0002-0001", "contents": "2017 VFL season, League membership\nThe club went into voluntary administration in August, and the club's VFL licence was terminated the following month, in the week after the VFL Grand Final. The club's immediate existence was saved when creditors, including the gaming regulators, agreed to waive more than 90% of the club's debt, and it came out of administration in late November 2016, but was still excluded from the 2017 season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [17, 34], "content_span": [35, 433]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273414-0002-0002", "contents": "2017 VFL season, League membership\nThe club then embarked on a campaign to assure its long-term viability, which included signing up 1200 members and working to improve its relationship with the local leagues as a pathway for Mornington Peninsula footballers into state football. The club applied for and was re-granted its VFL licence for the 2018 season, meaning it missed only one season of football.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [17, 34], "content_span": [35, 403]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273414-0003-0000", "contents": "2017 VFL season, League membership\nThere had been an expectation over the previous few years that the Australian Football League's St Kilda Football Club would terminate its reserves affiliation with Sandringham at the end of 2016 and enter a stand-alone reserves team into the VFL. However, after renegotiations during 2016, a new rolling affiliation deal with no fixed term was signed the two clubs to begin in 2017.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [17, 34], "content_span": [35, 418]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273414-0003-0001", "contents": "2017 VFL season, League membership\nThe new deal changed the nature of the affiliation, expanding St Kilda's involvement in Sandringham's operation: this included removing a stipulation from the previous agreement that no more than 14 St Kilda listed players could play in Sandringham's senior team in any given match. The deal will also result in the club playing three games per year in St Kilda colours from the 2018 season at St Kilda's former home ground Moorabbin Oval.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [17, 34], "content_span": [35, 474]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273414-0004-0000", "contents": "2017 VFL season, League membership\nThe Casey Scorpions were renamed the Casey Demons, to co-brand the club with its AFL-affiliate, Melbourne. The club changed its guernsey design to match that of the Melbourne Football Club.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [17, 34], "content_span": [35, 224]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273414-0005-0000", "contents": "2017 VFL season, League membership\nIn the second season of the VFL Women's competition, the licence held by the North Geelong Football Club to operate the Geelong Magpies team was transferred to the AFL's Geelong Football Club, who rebranded the team as the Cats; the Knox Falcons left the competition; and, the Box Hill Football Club was granted a licence to enter the competition. The size of the VFL Women's thus remained at ten clubs.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [17, 34], "content_span": [35, 438]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273415-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 VL2\n2017 VL2 is a micro-asteroid, classified as a near-Earth object of the Apollo group. It was first observed by ATLAS at Mauna Loa Observatory on 10 November 2017, a day after it passed inside the orbit of Earth.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 8], "section_span": [8, 8], "content_span": [9, 219]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273415-0001-0000", "contents": "2017 VL2, Orbit and classification\n2017 VL2 is an Apollo asteroid, the largest subgroup of near-Earth objects. It orbits the Sun at a distance of 0.9\u20131.5\u00a0AU once every 16 months (498 days; semi-major axis of 1.23\u00a0AU). Its orbit has an eccentricity of 0.23 and an inclination of 12\u00b0 with respect to the ecliptic. It is, however, not a Mars-crossing asteroid, as its aphelion of 1.51\u00a0AU is less than the orbit of the Red Planet at 1.666\u00a0AU.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 8], "section_span": [10, 34], "content_span": [35, 438]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273415-0002-0000", "contents": "2017 VL2, Orbit and classification, Close approaches\nThe object has a minimum orbital intersection distance with Earth of 180,000\u00a0km (0.0012\u00a0AU), which corresponds to 0.5 lunar distances. On 9 November 2017, it came within 0.31 lunar distances of the Earth (see diagrams).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 8], "section_span": [10, 52], "content_span": [53, 272]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273415-0003-0000", "contents": "2017 VL2, Physical characteristics\n2017 VL2 has been estimated to measure between 6 and 32 meters in diameter, comparable to the Chelyabinsk meteor, which was also not observed before it hit the atmosphere over Russia in 2013. For an assumed albedo of 0.20, which is typical for the common S-type asteroids, 2017 VL2's diameter would be likely 18 meters only.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 8], "section_span": [10, 34], "content_span": [35, 360]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273415-0004-0000", "contents": "2017 VL2, Physical characteristics\nAs of 2018, no rotational lightcurve of this asteroid has been obtained from photometric observations. The object's rotation period, pole and shape remain unknown.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 8], "section_span": [10, 34], "content_span": [35, 198]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273415-0005-0000", "contents": "2017 VL2, Numbering and naming\nThis minor planet has not yet been numbered by the Minor Planet Center and remains unnamed.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 8], "section_span": [10, 30], "content_span": [31, 122]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273416-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 VMI Keydets football team\nThe 2017 VMI Keydets football team represented the Virginia Military Institute in the 2017 NCAA Division I FCS football season. It was VMI's 127th football season. The Keydets were led by third-year head coach Scott Wachenheim. They played their home games at 10,000\u2013seat Alumni Memorial Field at Foster Stadium. This was VMI's fourth season as a member of the Southern Conference. They finished the season 0\u201311, 0\u20138 in SoCon play to finish in last place. This was VMI's fourth winless season and the first time they had gone winless since 2004.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [30, 30], "content_span": [31, 576]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273416-0001-0000", "contents": "2017 VMI Keydets football team, Game summaries, at Air Force\nVMI opened the season with their first ever matchup against Air Force. It was the first time the program played a game in Colorado and the farthest west VMI has ever travelled. The game started off poorly for the visitors, as VMI allowed the Falcons to march down the field for an eight-play, 65-yard drive capped off by a 27-yard touchdown run by Tim McVey. Later in the first quarter, Air Force quarterback Arion Worthman found Geraud Saunders for a 57-yard touchdown strike that put the Falcons ahead 14\u20130.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 60], "content_span": [61, 570]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273416-0002-0000", "contents": "2017 VMI Keydets football team, Game summaries, at Air Force\nAir Force only piled on from there, as Worthman found Saunders in the endzone again to start the second, followed up by two rushing touchdowns in the final six minutes of the quarter, as the Falcons went into the locker room with a 35\u20130 advantage. More worrisome for the Keydets was that starting quarterback Austin Coulling was carted off the field in the second quarter after receiving a hit from Falcons safety Garrett Kauppila. Coulling did not return to the contest.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 60], "content_span": [61, 532]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273416-0003-0000", "contents": "2017 VMI Keydets football team, Game summaries, at Air Force\nAir Force continued to pile on the scoring in the second half, as Malik Miller punched it into the endzone from five yards out. Later, Nolan Eriksen added a three-yard rushing score, and the Falcon defense would preserve the shutout, winning 62\u20130. VMI struggled offensively all day, gaining only six first downs to Air Force's 32. The Keydets had only 55 rushing yards, compared to the Falcons' 473. VMI used three quarterbacks\u2014Coulling, Duncan Hodges, and Reece Udinski\u2014who combined to complete 10 of 19 passes for only 40 yards with one interception, by Udinski. The loss marked the sixth consecutive season-opening defeat for VMI.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 60], "content_span": [61, 694]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273416-0004-0000", "contents": "2017 VMI Keydets football team, Game summaries, Catawba\nVMI was hoping to earn their first win of the season over Division II-Catawba in their first meeting with the Indians since 1990. The game started off well for the Keydets, as running back Daz Palmer bursted up the middle on the team's first drive for a 56-yard score less than three minutes into the contest. From there, the game became a defensive grudgematch; the only other score of the half came on a 39-yard field goal by freshman kicker Grant Clemons at 10:28 of the second quarter, giving VMI a 10\u20130 advantage.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 55], "content_span": [56, 574]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273416-0005-0000", "contents": "2017 VMI Keydets football team, Game summaries, Catawba\nBut the Indians managed to turn the tide early in the third, as the visitors concocted an eight-play, 91-yard touchdown drive that featured pass completions of 36 and 42 yards, punctuated with a one-yard plunge by Eamon Smart. After the rest of the third quarter went by without a score, Catawba took their first lead of the day with a 28-yard run by Kenyatta Greene less than two minutes in to the fourth. However, the Indians missed the extra-point, keeping it a three-point game.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 55], "content_span": [56, 538]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273416-0006-0000", "contents": "2017 VMI Keydets football team, Game summaries, Catawba\nFrom there, it was a back-and-forth affair. VMI quickly marched down the field but was stopped on third down in Indian territory, setting up another 39-yard field goal by Clemons, who had missed from forty yards earlier in the afternoon. But Catawba had the answer just four plays and 85 seconds later, as quarterback Patrick O'Brien hooked up with Sam Mobley for a 66-yard gain which took Catawba deep into Keydet territory. Then, the two found each other again in the endzone for a 13-yard score.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 55], "content_span": [56, 554]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273416-0007-0000", "contents": "2017 VMI Keydets football team, Game summaries, Catawba\nDown by seven, VMI responded again with a five-play touchdown drive that was capped off with a 26-yard run by Quan Mayers, evening the score at 20\u201320 with 7:32 to play. Catawba went three-and-out on their next possession, but VMI was unable to take advantage, failing to complete on a 3rd down in their own territory. This set up the would-be game-winning drive for the Indians, as O'Brien found Keyon West in the endzone from 25 yards out to put the visitors ahead 27\u201320. VMI had one final shot to tie it up, but on 3rd and 7 from VMI's 28-yard line, Coulling's pass was picked off by Jeremy Addison, preserving the Indians' upset win. The victory is believed to be Catawba's first over a Division I program.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 55], "content_span": [56, 765]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273417-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 VR12\n2017 VR12 is a sub-kilometer asteroid with a somewhat elongated and angular shape, approximately 160 meters (500 feet) in diameter. It is classified as near-Earth object and potentially hazardous asteroid of the Apollo or Amor group. The V-type asteroid has a rotation period of approximately 1.5 hours. It was first observed on 10 November 2017 by the 60-inch Pan-STARRS\u00a01 telescope at Haleakala Observatory in Hawaii.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 9], "section_span": [9, 9], "content_span": [10, 429]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273417-0001-0000", "contents": "2017 VR12, Orbit and classification\nIt orbits the Sun at a distance of 1.0\u20131.7\u00a0AU once every 1 years and 7 months (585 days; semi-major axis of 1.37\u00a0AU). Its orbit has an eccentricity of 0.27 and an inclination of 9\u00b0 with respect to the ecliptic. 2017 VR12 is a V-type asteroid with a bright surface.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 9], "section_span": [11, 35], "content_span": [36, 300]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273417-0002-0000", "contents": "2017 VR12, 2018 flyby\n2017 VR12 passed 0.0097\u00a0AU (3.76 lunar distances) from Earth on 7 March 2018, the closest approach by this asteroid currently known. It brightened to 12th magnitude, making it one of the brightest Near Earth asteroids of the year. It was observed by radar from Goldstone, Green Bank and Arecibo Observatory. Images revealed that 2017 VR12 is a slightly elongated and angular body with a size of approximately 160 by 100 meters.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 9], "section_span": [11, 21], "content_span": [22, 449]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273417-0003-0000", "contents": "2017 VR12, Physical characteristics\nImages obtained at Green Bank and Arecibo observatories in 2018, revealed that 2017 VR12 is a slightly elongated and angular body with a size of approximately 160 by 100 meters.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 9], "section_span": [11, 35], "content_span": [36, 213]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273417-0004-0000", "contents": "2017 VR12, Physical characteristics, Rotation period\nOn 5 March 2018, a rotational lightcurve was obtained from photometric observations by astronomers at the Northolt Branch Observatories. Lightcurve analysis gave a rotation period of 1.5 hours with a brightness amplitude between 0.4 and 0.5 magnitude (U=n.a).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 9], "section_span": [11, 52], "content_span": [53, 312]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273417-0005-0000", "contents": "2017 VR12, Gallery\n2017 VR12, imaged at Northolt Branch Observatories on 15 February 2018. The asteroid is visible at 17th magnitude at this point, at a distance of 10.4 million km (6.5 million mi) from Earth. The image is inverted (stars appear dark, the background appears light).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 9], "section_span": [11, 18], "content_span": [19, 282]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273417-0006-0000", "contents": "2017 VR12, Gallery\n2017 VR12 on 26 February 2018. The asteroid is visible at 15th magnitude, at a distance of 4.8 million km (3.0 million miles) from Earth. The telescope is tracking the asteroid, causing stars to trail as the asteroid slowly moves across the sky.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 9], "section_span": [11, 18], "content_span": [19, 264]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273417-0007-0000", "contents": "2017 VR12, Gallery\n2017 VR12 on 5 March 2018, two days before closest approach. The asteroid was 1.9 million km (1.2 million mi) from Earth at that time, visible at 13th magnitude.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 9], "section_span": [11, 18], "content_span": [19, 180]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273417-0008-0000", "contents": "2017 VR12, Gallery\nMotion across the sky from north to south during the 6 hours around closest approach.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 9], "section_span": [11, 18], "content_span": [19, 104]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273418-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 VTB United League All-Star Game\n2017 VTB United League All-Star was the inaugural All-Star event of the VTB United League as a part of the 2016\u201317 VTB United League. The event took place on February 11, 2017. The game was played at the Bolshoy Ice Dome in Sochi, Russia. The game was played in a Russia Stars vs. the World Stars format. The Russian Stars won the game against the World Stars, by a score of 131:121. Andrey Vorontsevich was named the MVP of the game. J\u0101nis Timma won the All-Star Game's slam dunk contest, and Sergey Karasev won the 3-Point Contest.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [36, 36], "content_span": [37, 570]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273419-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 VTB United League Playoffs\nThe 2017 VTB United League Playoffs were the concluding games of the 2016\u201317 VTB United League to determine the season champions. The Playoffs started on May 1, 2017. The champions or the runners-up of the Playoffs qualified for the 2017\u201318 EuroLeague (depending on the spot of automatically qualified CSKA Moscow).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [31, 31], "content_span": [32, 347]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273419-0001-0000", "contents": "2017 VTB United League Playoffs, Format\nIn the playoffs, a best-of-five games format is used. The team that wins the series will be the first team to win three games. The first two games will be played on the playing court of the four highest-place teams, the third game and, if necessary, the fourth, will be played on the playing court of the next four highest-place teams and the fifth game, if necessary, will be played on the playing court of the four highest-place teams.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 39], "content_span": [40, 478]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273420-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 VTV Awards\nThe 2017 VTV Awards (Vietnamese: \u1ea4n t\u01b0\u1ee3ng VTV - \u0110i\u1ec3m h\u1eb9n 2017) is a ceremony honouring the outstanding achievement in television on the Vietnam Television (VTV) network from August 2016 to July 2017. It took place on September 7, 2017 in Hanoi and hosted by L\u1ea1i V\u0103n S\u00e2m & Thanh V\u00e2n Hugo.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [15, 15], "content_span": [16, 303]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273420-0001-0000", "contents": "2017 VTV Awards, Presenters/Awarders\nSeveral winners was announced by the hosts L\u1ea1i V\u0103n S\u00e2m & Thanh V\u00e2n Hugo, then the awarder only appeared to give the prize.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [17, 36], "content_span": [37, 159]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273421-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 VTV International Women's Volleyball Cup\nThe 2017 VTV Cup Championship is the 14th staging of the international tournament. The tournament will held in H\u1ea3i D\u01b0\u01a1ng, Vietnam.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [45, 45], "content_span": [46, 176]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273421-0001-0000", "contents": "2017 VTV International Women's Volleyball Cup, Final standing\nMB: 14 Ayaka Sugi, 15 Haruka Maruo, 17 Kasumi Nojima, 18 Mami YokotaOH: 1 Momoka Oda(C), 11 Misaki Yamauchi, 12 Arisa Inoue, 4 Nao Muranaga, 3 Yuka Imamura", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [47, 61], "content_span": [62, 217]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273422-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 VTV9 \u2013 Binh Dien International Women's Volleyball Cup\nThe 2017 VTV9 - Binh Dien International Women's Volleyball Cup was the 11th staging . The tournament was held in T\u00e2y Ninh, Vietnam.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 58], "section_span": [58, 58], "content_span": [59, 190]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273422-0001-0000", "contents": "2017 VTV9 \u2013 Binh Dien International Women's Volleyball Cup, Pools composition\nVTV B\u00ecnh \u0110i\u1ec1n Long An (Host) Altay VC Yunnan Th\u00f4ng tin LVPB", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 58], "section_span": [60, 77], "content_span": [78, 139]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273422-0002-0000", "contents": "2017 VTV9 \u2013 Binh Dien International Women's Volleyball Cup, Pool standing procedure\nMatch won 3\u20130 or 3\u20131: 3 match points for the winner, 0 match points for the loserMatch won 3\u20132: 2 match points for the winner, 1 match point for the loser", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 58], "section_span": [60, 83], "content_span": [84, 238]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273423-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 VW13\n2017 VW13 is an Apollo near-Earth asteroid roughly 250 meters (820 feet) in diameter. It was discovered on 13 November 2017 when the asteroid was about 0.069\u00a0AU (10,300,000\u00a0km; 6,400,000\u00a0mi) from Earth and had a solar elongation of 110 degrees. Ten days earlier, on 3 November 2017, the asteroid had passed 0.02818\u00a0AU (4,216,000\u00a0km; 2,619,000\u00a0mi) from Earth, but only had a solar elongation of 65 degrees.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 9], "section_span": [9, 9], "content_span": [10, 415]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273423-0001-0000", "contents": "2017 VW13, 2001 Earth approach\nCalculating the orbit backwards it is known that the asteroid made a close approach to Earth on 8 November 2001. The nominal (best-fit) solution shows that the asteroid passed about 0.001\u00a0AU (150,000\u00a0km; 93,000\u00a0mi) from Earth. But due to the uncertainties in the trajectory, the asteroid could have passed as far as 0.008\u00a0AU (1,200,000\u00a0km; 740,000\u00a0mi) from Earth. The observation arc is only 118 days, but as the observation arc becomes longer the precise distance of the 2001 approach will become better constrained.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 9], "section_span": [11, 30], "content_span": [31, 548]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273424-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 Vaahteraliiga season\nThe 2017 Vaahteraliiga season was the 38th season of the highest level of American football in Finland. The regular season took place between May 6 and August 27, 2017. The Finnish champion was determined in the playoffs, and at the championship game Vaahteramalja XXXVIII the Helsinki Roosters won their sixth consecutive championship, this time against the Wasa Royals.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [25, 25], "content_span": [26, 397]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273425-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 Vaitupu by-election\nA by-election was held in the Vaitupu constituency in Tuvalu on 19 July 2017. It was triggered by incumbent MP Apisai Ielemia's dismissal from the seat by court order. It was won by political newcomer Isaia Vaipuna Taape.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [24, 24], "content_span": [25, 246]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273425-0001-0000", "contents": "2017 Vaitupu by-election, Background\nElected to the national Parliament as MP for Vaitupu in the 2015 general election, former Prime Minister Apisai Ielemia sat on the benches of the opposition to Prime Minister Enele Sopoaga's government. In May 2016, he was convicted for corruption and abuse of office, having been found to have accepted approximately 19,000 AUS $ from \"Japanese and Taiwanese interests\" into his personal bank account between late 2009 and mid-2010, when he had been Prime Minister. He was sentenced to one year in prison.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 36], "content_span": [37, 543]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273425-0001-0001", "contents": "2017 Vaitupu by-election, Background\nHe appealed successfully against his conviction, but was not permitted to resume his seat in Parliament, as Speaker Otinielu Tausi issued a ruling that he was no longer qualified to sit. Upon judicial review of that ruling, Chief Justice Charles Sweeney found: \"When The Hon. Apisai Ielemia commenced to serve his sentence on 6 May 2016, he became a person who was then disqualified from being elected as a member of Parliament\". The judge specified that if Ielemia had, in the context of his appeal, sought \"an order staying his sentence of imprisonment [before] he had commenced to serve it\", then his seat would not have become vacant, as he would not have been imprisoned.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 36], "content_span": [37, 713]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273425-0002-0000", "contents": "2017 Vaitupu by-election, Result\nThe by-election took place on 19 July 2017. Neither a full list of candidates nor specific results have been published. Candidate Isaia Taape, a \"political newcomer\", was elected with \"a little over half the 1,100 votes, 41 votes ahead of Melton Paka Tauetia\". He joined the benches of the governments parliamentary majority; the result thus constituting a government gain from the opposition.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 32], "content_span": [33, 426]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273426-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 Valan International Antonov An-26 crash\nOn 14 October 2017, an Antonov An-26 transport aircraft of Valan International Cargo Charter crashed shortly before it was due to land at F\u00e9lix-Houphou\u00ebt-Boigny International Airport, Abidjan, Ivory Coast. Four of the ten people on board were killed.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [44, 44], "content_span": [45, 295]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273426-0001-0000", "contents": "2017 Valan International Antonov An-26 crash, Aircraft\nThe accident aircraft was an Antonov An-26-100, registration ER-AVB, msn 3204. The aircraft had first flown in 1975.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [46, 54], "content_span": [55, 171]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273426-0002-0000", "contents": "2017 Valan International Antonov An-26 crash, Accident\nThe aircraft was operating a flight from Ouagadougou Airport, Burkina Faso to F\u00e9lix Houphou\u00ebt Boigny International Airport, Abidjan. It crashed on the coast of the Ivory Coast shortly before landing. It broke in two during the accident. It was carrying six Moldovan crew and four French Army personnel. Four crew were killed. One of the six survivors was seriously injured. The aircraft had been chartered by the French Army and was operating in support of Operation Barkhane. The injured were transferred to the Port-Bouet camp for treatment. A thunderstorm was reported in the area at the time of the accident, about 08:30 local time (UTC).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [46, 54], "content_span": [55, 698]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273426-0003-0000", "contents": "2017 Valan International Antonov An-26 crash, Investigation\nAuthorities in the Ivory Coast opened an investigation into the accident. The Civil Aviation Authority of Moldova is assisting the investigation. The flight data recorder and cockpit voice recorder were recovered from the wreckage of the aircraft.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [46, 59], "content_span": [60, 307]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273427-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 Valdosta State Blazers football team\nThe 2017 Valdosta State Blazers football team represented Valdosta State University as a member of the Gulf South Conference (GSC) during the 2017 NCAA Division II football season. They were led by second-year head coach Kerwin Bell and played their home games at Bazemore\u2013Hyder Stadium in Valdosta, Georgia. Valdosta State compiled an overall record of 5\u20134 with a mark of 5\u20133 in conference play, placing in a five-way tie for second in the GSC.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [41, 41], "content_span": [42, 487]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273427-0001-0000", "contents": "2017 Valdosta State Blazers football team, Schedule\nValdosta State announced its 2017 football schedule on March 17, 2017. The schedule consisted of four home games, five away games, and one neutral site game in the regular season. The Blazers hosted GSC foes Florida Tech, Mississippi College, North Alabama, and West Alabama and traveled to Delta State, Shorter, West Florida, and West Georgia.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [43, 51], "content_span": [52, 396]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273427-0002-0000", "contents": "2017 Valdosta State Blazers football team, Schedule\nThe Blazers were scheduled to travel to both non-conference games, which were against Albany State of the Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (SAIC) a neutral site game against Fort Valley State, also from the SIAC.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [43, 51], "content_span": [52, 276]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273428-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 Vale of Glamorgan Council election\nThe 2017 Vale of Glamorgan Council election took place on Thursday 4 May 2017 to elect members of Vale of Glamorgan Council in Wales. There were 47 council seats available, across 23 wards. This was the same day as other United Kingdom local elections.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [39, 39], "content_span": [40, 292]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273428-0001-0000", "contents": "2017 Vale of Glamorgan Council election\nThe previous full council election took place on 3 May 2012.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [39, 39], "content_span": [40, 100]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273428-0002-0000", "contents": "2017 Vale of Glamorgan Council election, Election result\nIn winning 23 seats the Conservatives had a surprising resurgence, taking back the council from the previous coalition of Labour councillors and Llantwit First Independents. The Conservatives were one seat short of an overall majority. Labour-held wards such as Barry's Dyfan and Illtyd were taken by the Tories, as was the previous Plaid Cymru stronghold of Dinas Powys.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 56], "content_span": [57, 428]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273428-0003-0000", "contents": "2017 Vale of Glamorgan Council election, Ward overview\n[ a] Plaid Cymru had won a seat from Labour at a by-election on 2 August 2012[b] The Conservatives had won a seat from the Llantwit First Independents at a by-election on 26 March 2015[c] Cllr Mahoney was elected in 2012 for UKIP but re-designated himself as Independent in February 2016", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 54], "content_span": [55, 342]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273429-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 Valencian Community motorcycle Grand Prix\nThe 2017 Valencian Community motorcycle Grand Prix was the eighteenth and final round of the 2017 MotoGP season. It was held at the Circuit Ricardo Tormo in Valencia on November 12, 2017.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [46, 46], "content_span": [47, 234]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273429-0001-0000", "contents": "2017 Valencian Community motorcycle Grand Prix\nIn the MotoGP class, Dani Pedrosa took the victory after overtaking Johann Zarco on the final lap, while Marc M\u00e1rquez clinched his fourth premier class title and sixth overall with a third place finish after rival Andrea Dovizioso crashed out. The victory would prove to be Pedrosa's last in MotoGP, as well as his final podium finish.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [46, 46], "content_span": [47, 382]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273429-0002-0000", "contents": "2017 Valencian Community motorcycle Grand Prix\nIn the Moto3 class, this was the final race for both the Peugeot and Mahindra MGP3O chassis packages, as the teams that used those bikes, CIP, \u00c1ngel Nieto Team, and Redox Pr\u00fcstelGP all switched to KTM for 2018.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [46, 46], "content_span": [47, 257]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273429-0003-0000", "contents": "2017 Valencian Community motorcycle Grand Prix, Championship standings after the race, MotoGP\nBelow are the standings for the top five riders and constructors after round eighteen has concluded.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [48, 93], "content_span": [94, 194]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273430-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 Valparaiso Crusaders football team\nThe 2017 Valparaiso Crusaders football team represented Valparaiso University in the 2017 NCAA Division I FCS football season. They were led by fourth-year head coach Dave Cecchini and played their home games at Brown Field. They competed in the Pioneer Football League. They finished the season 6\u20135, 5\u20133 in PFL play to finish in a three-way tie for third place. The Crusaders had a winning season for the first time since 2003 and had five league wins for the first time since 1961.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [39, 39], "content_span": [40, 523]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273431-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 Valparaiso earthquake\nThe Valpara\u00edso earthquake of April 2017 was a strong earthquake that shook the cities of Valpara\u00edso and Santiago on Monday, April 24, 2017 at 18:38 local time and 21:38 UTC . Its epicenter was located off the coast of the Valpara\u00edso Region and had a magnitude of 6.9 Mw. On the scale of Mercalli, the earthquake reached an intensity VII.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [26, 26], "content_span": [27, 364]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273431-0001-0000", "contents": "2017 Valparaiso earthquake\nBefore this seismic event there was an unusual increase in seismic activity (seismic swarm) that began on Saturday, April 22 and before the event of magnitude 6.9 more than 180 earthquakes (precursor earthquakes) had been recorded, being one of the most strong that of magnitude 6.0 of the dawn of the April 22, 2017.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [26, 26], "content_span": [27, 344]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273431-0002-0000", "contents": "2017 Valparaiso earthquake\nSubsequent to this event, more than 1000 aftershocks have been recorded, including several earthquakes of magnitude greater than 5.0 and two earthquakes of magnitude 5.8 and 6.0 on Moment magnitude scale that occurred on Friday, April 28, 2017 at 12:30 and 13:05 local time respectively.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [26, 26], "content_span": [27, 314]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273431-0003-0000", "contents": "2017 Valparaiso earthquake, Modified Mercalli intensities for some localities\nThe earthquake was widely felt throughout the central zone of Chile and in at least two provinces of Argentina.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 77], "content_span": [78, 189]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273431-0004-0000", "contents": "2017 Valparaiso earthquake, Modified Mercalli intensities for some localities\nIntensities of the earthquake on the scale of Mercalli in Chile according to ONEMI.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 77], "content_span": [78, 161]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273431-0005-0000", "contents": "2017 Valparaiso earthquake, Modified Mercalli intensities for some localities\nIntensities of the earthquake on the scale of Mercalli in Argentina according to INPRES.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 77], "content_span": [78, 166]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273431-0006-0000", "contents": "2017 Valparaiso earthquake, Earthquakes Foreshock\nThe first foreshock quake was recorded at 19:46 (local time) and 22:49 (UTC) on April 22, and had a magnitude of 4.8 Mw, with epicenter 32\u00a0km west of Valpara\u00edso and 28.1\u00a0km deep.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 49], "content_span": [50, 228]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273431-0007-0000", "contents": "2017 Valparaiso earthquake, Aftershock\nAfter the earthquake more than 1000 aftershocks were registered, the largest one had a magnitude of 6.0 Mw, with an epicenter 14 kilometers south of Valpara\u00edso and 25.9 kilometers deep.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 38], "content_span": [39, 224]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273431-0008-0000", "contents": "2017 Valparaiso earthquake, Tectonic Summary\nThe April 24, 2017 M6.9 earthquake west of Valparaiso, Chile, occurred as the result of thrust faulting on or near the subduction zone interface between the Nazca and Pacific plates. At the latitude of this event, the Nazca Plate is moving towards the east-northeast at a velocity of 74\u00a0mm/year with respect to South America, and begins its subduction beneath the continent at the Peru\u2013Chile Trench, 80\u00a0km to the west of the April 24 earthquake. The size, location, depth and mechanism of this event are all consistent with its occurrence on the megathrust interface in this region.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 44], "content_span": [45, 627]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273431-0009-0000", "contents": "2017 Valparaiso earthquake, Tectonic Summary\nWhile commonly plotted as points on maps, earthquakes of this size are more appropriately described as slip over a larger fault area. Events of the size of the April 24, 2017 earthquake are typically about 40x20 km in size (length x width).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 44], "content_span": [45, 285]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273431-0010-0000", "contents": "2017 Valparaiso earthquake, Tectonic Summary\nChile has a long history of massive earthquakes, including the 2010 M 8.8 Maule earthquake in central Chile, which ruptured a ~400\u00a0km long section of the plate boundary immediately south of this 2017 event. The April 24, 2017 earthquake lies close to where the Juan Fern\u00e1ndez Ridge enters the subduction zone, in a section of the plate boundary that ruptured in a M 8.0 earthquake in March 1985, and previously in the 1906 M 8.2 Valparaiso earthquake (reported by some to be as large as M 8.6).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 44], "content_span": [45, 539]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273431-0010-0001", "contents": "2017 Valparaiso earthquake, Tectonic Summary\nTo the north of the Juan Fernandez Ridge, the subduction zone last ruptured in the M 8.3 Illapel earthquake in September 2015. This subduction zone also hosted the largest earthquake on record, the 1960 M 9.5 earthquake in southern Chile. Over the century prior to the April 24, 2017 earthquake, the region within 400\u00a0km of this event has hosted 19 M 7+ earthquakes.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 44], "content_span": [45, 411]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273431-0010-0002", "contents": "2017 Valparaiso earthquake, Tectonic Summary\nPrior to the April 24 M 6.9 event, the region immediately surrounding this earthquake hosted 9 other events of M 4.5 or larger over the preceding 2 days, including a M 5.9 earthquake on April 23, 2017. The 6.9 shock was also preceded by 4 seconds by a M~4 foreshock. Within an hour of the M 6.9 earthquake, 4 aftershocks of M 4.7-5.4 had been located.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 44], "content_span": [45, 396]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273431-0011-0000", "contents": "2017 Valparaiso earthquake, Magnitude of the earthquake\nThis list includes information about the earthquake, which were measured by different seismological institutions worldwide.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 55], "content_span": [56, 179]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273431-0012-0000", "contents": "2017 Valparaiso earthquake, Tsunami\nThe National Office of Emergency of the Interior Ministry declared a tsunami warning for the coasts of the Valpara\u00edso and O'Higgins regions. A few minutes later, the National Tsunami Service of Chile (SNAM, by its initials in Spanish), dependent on the Hydrographic and Oceanographic Service of the Chilean Navy (SHOA, by its initials in Spanish), ruled out the probability of a tsunami off the coast of Chile. However, if the tsunami was generated, according to the Pacific Tsunami Warning Center (PTWC) the maximum heights were; 16\u00a0cm in the city of Valpara\u00edso and 10\u00a0cm in the commune of Quintero.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 35], "content_span": [36, 636]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273432-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 Valur season\nKnattspyrnuf\u00e9lagi\u00f0 Valur is an Icelandic athletic club based in Reykjav\u00edk, Iceland. In 2017, they competed in the following competitions: League Cup, Cup, \u00darvalsdeild, UEFA Europa League, Super Cup.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 17], "section_span": [17, 17], "content_span": [18, 216]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273433-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 Vancouver International Film Festival\nThe 2017 Vancouver International Film Festival, the 36th event in the history of the Vancouver International Film Festival, was held from September 28 to October 13, 2017.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [42, 42], "content_span": [43, 214]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273433-0001-0000", "contents": "2017 Vancouver International Film Festival\nThe festival's opening gala film was Mina Shum's Meditation Park, and its closing gala was Todd Haynes's Wonderstruck; during the festival, a special gala was also dedicated to Guy Maddin's film The Green Fog, with its score performed live in the theatre by the Kronos Quartet.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [42, 42], "content_span": [43, 320]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273434-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 Vancouver Stealth season\nThe Vancouver Stealth are a lacrosse team based in Vancouver, British Columbia. The team plays in the National Lacrosse League (NLL). The 2017 season was the 18th in franchise history and the 4th season in Vancouver. The franchise previously played in Everett, Washington, San Jose, and Albany, New York.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [29, 29], "content_span": [30, 334]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273434-0001-0000", "contents": "2017 Vancouver Stealth season, Regular season, Final standings\nx:\u00a0Clinched playoff berth; c:\u00a0Clinched playoff berth by crossing over to another division; y:\u00a0Clinched division; z:\u00a0Clinched best regular season record; GP:\u00a0Games PlayedW:\u00a0Wins; L:\u00a0Losses; GB:\u00a0Games back; PCT:\u00a0Win percentage; Home:\u00a0Record at Home; Road:\u00a0Record on the Road; GF:\u00a0Goals scored; GA:\u00a0Goals allowedDifferential:\u00a0Difference between goals scored and allowed; GF/GP:\u00a0Average number of goals scored per game; GA/GP:\u00a0Average number of goals allowed per game", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 62], "content_span": [63, 526]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273434-0002-0000", "contents": "2017 Vancouver Stealth season, Roster, Entry Draft\nThe 2016 NLL Entry Draft took place on September 26, 2016. The Stealth made the following selections:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 50], "content_span": [51, 152]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273435-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 Vancouver Whitecaps FC season\nThe 2017 Vancouver Whitecaps FC season is the club's seventh season in Major League Soccer, the top division of soccer in the United States and Canada. Including previous iterations of the franchise, this is 40th season of professional soccer being played in Vancouver under a variation of the \"Whitecaps\" name.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [34, 34], "content_span": [35, 346]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273435-0001-0000", "contents": "2017 Vancouver Whitecaps FC season\nOutside of MLS, the Whitecaps played in the knockout rounds of the 2016\u201317 CONCACAF Champions League, where they faced fellow MLS team the New York Red Bulls in the quarterfinals. Additionally, the team played in the 2017 Canadian Championship.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [34, 34], "content_span": [35, 279]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273435-0002-0000", "contents": "2017 Vancouver Whitecaps FC season, Major League Soccer, Regular season, Results\nLast updated: October 22, 2017Source: Pld = Matches played; Pts = Points; W = Matches won; T = Matches tied; L = Matches lost; GF = Goals for; GA = Goals against; GD = Goal difference", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 80], "content_span": [81, 266]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273435-0003-0000", "contents": "2017 Vancouver Whitecaps FC season, CONCACAF Champions League, 2016\u201317, Group stage\nGroup stage matches were played during the 2016 Vancouver Whitecaps FC season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 83], "content_span": [84, 162]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273435-0004-0000", "contents": "2017 Vancouver Whitecaps FC season, Playing statistics\nAppearances (Apps.) numbers are for appearances in competitive games only including sub appearancesRed card numbers denote: Numbers in parentheses represent red cards overturned for wrongful dismissal.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 54], "content_span": [55, 256]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273435-0005-0000", "contents": "2017 Vancouver Whitecaps FC season, Playing statistics\nSource: (for players and positions) 00(for squad numbers) 00(for actual stats.)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 54], "content_span": [55, 134]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273436-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 Vancouver municipal by-election\nA municipal by-election was held in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada on October 14, 2017. One empty seat on city council and all the seats on the Vancouver school board were filled.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [36, 36], "content_span": [37, 221]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273436-0001-0000", "contents": "2017 Vancouver municipal by-election\nThese elections were held outside the normal four-year schedule. Unlike in full elections, voters were only asked to elect one councillor and nine school board trustees rather than the full complement of elected municipal positions. The by-election was necessary for two reasons: the resignation of Vision Vancouver councillor Geoff Meggs from City Council to become BC Premier John Horgan's chief of staff and the desire of the new provincial NDP government to reconstitute the Vancouver School Board, whose elected members had all been fired by the previous BC Liberal government.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [36, 36], "content_span": [37, 619]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273436-0002-0000", "contents": "2017 Vancouver municipal by-election\nThe school board election marked the first time a OneCity candidate was elected to any position in Vancouver's elected government.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [36, 36], "content_span": [37, 167]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273436-0003-0000", "contents": "2017 Vancouver municipal by-election, Background\nThe by-election was called to replace the single vacant council seat, due to Geoff Meggs' departure to take on the role of Premier John Horgan's chief of staff. The by-election was also meant to elect a new board of school trustees, who had been dismissed by provincial education minister Mike Bernier after failing to pass a balanced budget and allegations of workplace harassment arose.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 48], "content_span": [49, 437]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273436-0004-0000", "contents": "2017 Vancouver municipal by-election, Nomination process, Non-Partisan Association\nOn September 6, 2017, the Non-Partisan Association held a nomination meeting to decide their representative for the lone Council position. Hector Bremner, the successful nominee, beat out former school trustee Penny Noble and former leader of the Cedar Party Glen Chernen. Candidates for the five school trustee positions were announced at the same time.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 82], "content_span": [83, 437]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273436-0005-0000", "contents": "2017 Vancouver municipal by-election, Nomination process, Green Party\nPete Fry, who had unsuccessfully ran for Council in 2014, was the first confirmed nominee for council by any major political party in Vancouver. The Greens also nominated former incumbent Janet Fraser to run for re-election alongside Judy Zaichkowsky and Estrellita Gonzalez.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 69], "content_span": [70, 345]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273436-0006-0000", "contents": "2017 Vancouver municipal by-election, Results, School Board trustees\n(I) denotes incumbents prior to the dismissal of all nine School Board trustees by Education Minister Mike Bernier in October 2016.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 68], "content_span": [69, 200]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273437-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 Vanderbilt Commodores baseball team\nThe 2017 Vanderbilt Commodores baseball team represents Vanderbilt University during the 2017 NCAA Division I baseball season. The Commodores play their home games at Hawkins Field as a member of the Eastern Division of the Southeastern Conference. They are led by head coach Tim Corbin, in his 15th season at Vanderbilt. The Commodores would finish the regular season 33-21-1 overall, 15-13-1 in conference play and be invited to the 2017 NCAA Division I Baseball Tournament. Vanderbilt would beat Clemson to win the Clemson Regional, before losing to #1 Oregon State in the Corvallis Super Regional.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [40, 40], "content_span": [41, 642]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273437-0001-0000", "contents": "2017 Vanderbilt Commodores baseball team, Previous season\nThe Commodores had a hot start to the 2016 season, being ranked as high as #2 before compiling a 40-15 regular season record, going 18-12 in the SEC. The Commodores finished ranked #10 in the nation and earned a #6 seed in the 2016 Southeastern Conference tournament. The Commodores went 2-2 and were eliminated by Texas A&M, the eventual champions. Following the SEC tournament, the Commodores hosted a regional in the NCAA Division I Baseball Tournament, part of the Louisville super regional. The season was marred by the death of freshman pitcher Donny Everett, who drowned the day before Vanderbilt was to take on Xavier University in their first regional game. Vanderbilt went 0-2 in the Nashville regional to end the season, falling to Xavier and Washington.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 57], "content_span": [58, 823]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273438-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 Vanderbilt Commodores football team\nThe 2017 Vanderbilt Commodores football team represented Vanderbilt University in the 2017 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The Commodores played their home games at Vanderbilt Stadium in Nashville, Tennessee and compete in the East Division of the Southeastern Conference (SEC). They were led by fourth-year head coach Derek Mason. The team earned a final record of 5\u20137 (1\u20137 SEC) in a season notable for wins against Kansas State, then in the top 20, and Tennessee, but also for sizeable losses against SEC opponents Alabama (by 59 points), Georgia (by 31), and Missouri (by 28). The Tennessee win at Neyland Stadium was the Commodores' fourth in six games, a feat unequaled by VU in that rivalry since 1926.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [40, 40], "content_span": [41, 754]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273438-0001-0000", "contents": "2017 Vanderbilt Commodores football team, Schedule\nVanderbilt announced its 2017 football schedule on September 13, 2016. The 2017 schedule consisted of 7 home games and 5 away games in the regular season. The Commodores hosted SEC foes Alabama, Georgia, Kentucky, and Missouri, and traveled to Florida, Ole Miss, South Carolina, and Tennessee.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 50], "content_span": [51, 344]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273438-0002-0000", "contents": "2017 Vanderbilt Commodores football team, Schedule\nThe Commodores hosted three of their four non\u2013conference games, against Alabama A&M from the Southwestern Athletic Conference, Kansas State from the Big 12 Conference and Western Kentucky from Conference USA. Vanderbilt traveled to Middle Tennessee (also from Conference USA) and ended a five-game losing streak in opening games dating from 2012.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 50], "content_span": [51, 397]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273439-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 Varsity Cup\nThe 2017 Varsity Cup was the 2017 edition of the Varsity Cup, an annual inter-university rugby union competition featuring university sides in South Africa. The tournament \u2013 known as the FNB Varsity Cup presented by Steinhoff International for sponsorship reasons \u2013 was the tenth season of the Varsity Cup and was contested from 30 January to 17 April 2017.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [16, 16], "content_span": [17, 374]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273439-0001-0000", "contents": "2017 Varsity Cup, Competition rules and information\nThere were nine participating universities in the 2017 Varsity Cup. These teams played each other once over the course of the season, either home or away.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [18, 51], "content_span": [52, 206]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273439-0002-0000", "contents": "2017 Varsity Cup, Competition rules and information\nTeams 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).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [18, 51], "content_span": [52, 349]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273439-0003-0000", "contents": "2017 Varsity Cup, Competition rules and information\nThe top four teams qualified for the title play-offs. In the semi-finals, the team that finished first had home advantage against the team that received fourth, while the team that finished second had home advantage against the team that finished third. The winners of these semi-finals played each other in the final, at the home venue of the higher-placed team.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [18, 51], "content_span": [52, 415]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273439-0004-0000", "contents": "2017 Varsity Cup, Competition rules and information\nThe Varsity Cup tweaked the scoring system introduced in 2016; under the 2017 rules, tries could be worth five or seven points, depending on the point where the try-scoring move originated. If the try-scoring move originated in the opponents' half, it would count five points. If the move originated in the try-scoring team's own half, two bonus points were awarded and the try would be worth seven points.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [18, 51], "content_span": [52, 458]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273439-0005-0000", "contents": "2017 Varsity Cup, Teams\nThe following teams took part in the 2017 Varsity Cup competition:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [18, 23], "content_span": [24, 90]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273439-0006-0000", "contents": "2017 Varsity Cup, Standings\nThe top four teams qualified to the semi-finals. The first-placed team hosted the fourth-placed team and the second-placed team hosted the third-placed team. The higher-ranked semi-final winner then hosted the lower-ranked semi-final winner in the final.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [18, 27], "content_span": [28, 282]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273439-0007-0000", "contents": "2017 Varsity Cup, Standings\nPoints 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", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [18, 27], "content_span": [28, 193]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273439-0008-0000", "contents": "2017 Varsity Cup, Standings, Round-by-round\nThe table below shows each team's progression throughout the season. For each round, their cumulative points total is shown with the overall log position in brackets:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [18, 43], "content_span": [44, 210]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273439-0009-0000", "contents": "2017 Varsity Cup, Matches\nThe following matches were played in the 2017 Varsity Cup:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [18, 25], "content_span": [26, 84]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273439-0010-0000", "contents": "2017 Varsity Cup, Players, Squads\nThe following squads were named for the 2017 Varsity Cup:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [18, 33], "content_span": [34, 91]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273440-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 Varsity Rugby\n2017 Varsity Rugby was the 2017 edition of four rugby union competitions annually played between several university teams in South Africa. It was contested from 30 January to 17 April 2017 and was the tenth edition of these competitions.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [18, 18], "content_span": [19, 256]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273440-0001-0000", "contents": "2017 Varsity Rugby, Varsity Cup\nThe following teams competed in the 2017 Varsity Cup: CUT Ixias, Maties, NMMU Madibaz, NWU Pukke, UCT Ikey Tigers, UFS Shimlas, UJ, UP Tuks and Wits. Wits were promoted from the 2016 Varsity Shield to return to the Varsity Shield competition after a two-year absence.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [20, 31], "content_span": [32, 308]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273440-0002-0000", "contents": "2017 Varsity Rugby, Varsity Shield\nThe following teams competed in the 2017 Varsity Shield: CPUT, Rhodes, TUT Vikings, UFH Blues, UKZN Impi, UWC and WSU All Blacks.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [20, 34], "content_span": [35, 171]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273440-0003-0000", "contents": "2017 Varsity Rugby, Young Guns, Competition rules\nThere was nine participating universities in the 2017 Young Guns competition, the Under-20 sides of each of the nine Varsity Cup teams. These teams were divided into three regionalised pools and each team played every team in their pool twice over the course of the season, once at home and once away.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [20, 49], "content_span": [50, 351]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273440-0004-0000", "contents": "2017 Varsity Rugby, Young Guns, Competition rules\nTeams 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 eight points or less. Teams were ranked by log points, then points difference (points scored less points conceded).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [20, 49], "content_span": [50, 347]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273440-0005-0000", "contents": "2017 Varsity Rugby, Young Guns, Competition rules\nThe top four teams overall qualified for the title play-off semi-finals.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [20, 49], "content_span": [50, 122]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273440-0006-0000", "contents": "2017 Varsity Rugby, Young Guns, Standings\nThe final standings for the 2017 Varsity Cup Young Guns were:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [20, 41], "content_span": [42, 103]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273440-0007-0000", "contents": "2017 Varsity Rugby, Young Guns, Matches\nThe following matches were played in the 2017 Varsity Young Guns competition:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [20, 39], "content_span": [40, 117]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273440-0008-0000", "contents": "2017 Varsity Rugby, Koshuis Rugby Championship, Competition rules\nThere was nine participating teams in the 2017 Steinhoff Koshuis Rugby Championship competition, the winners of the internal leagues of each of the nine Varsity Cup teams. These teams were divided into two pools (one with five teams and one with four teams) and each team played every team in their pool once over the course of the season, either at home or away.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [20, 65], "content_span": [66, 429]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273440-0009-0000", "contents": "2017 Varsity Rugby, Koshuis Rugby Championship, Competition rules\nTeams 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 eight points or less. Teams were ranked by log points, then points difference (points scored less points conceded).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [20, 65], "content_span": [66, 363]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273440-0010-0000", "contents": "2017 Varsity Rugby, Koshuis Rugby Championship, Standings\nThe final standings for the 2017 Steinhoff Koshuis Rugby Championship were:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [20, 57], "content_span": [58, 133]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273440-0011-0000", "contents": "2017 Varsity Rugby, Koshuis Rugby Championship, Matches\nThe following matches were played in the 2017 Steinhoff Koshuis Rugby Championship competition:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [20, 55], "content_span": [56, 151]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273441-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 Varsity Shield\nThe 2017 Varsity Shield was the 2017 edition of the Varsity Shield, an annual second-tier inter-university rugby union competition featuring university sides in South Africa. The tournament \u2013 known as the FNB Varsity Shield presented by Steinhoff International for sponsorship reasons \u2013 was the seventh season of the Varsity Shield and was contested from 9 February to 10 April 2017.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [19, 19], "content_span": [20, 403]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273441-0001-0000", "contents": "2017 Varsity Shield, Competition rules and information\nThere were seven participating universities in the 2017 Varsity Shield. These teams played each other once over the course of the season, either home or away.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 54], "content_span": [55, 213]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273441-0002-0000", "contents": "2017 Varsity Shield, Competition rules and information\nTeams 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).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 54], "content_span": [55, 352]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273441-0003-0000", "contents": "2017 Varsity Shield, Competition rules and information\nThe top four teams qualified for the title play-offs. In the semi-finals, the team that finished first had home advantage against the team that received fourth, while the team that finished second had home advantage against the team that finished third. The winners of these semi-finals played each other in the final, at the home venue of the higher-placed team.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 54], "content_span": [55, 418]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273441-0004-0000", "contents": "2017 Varsity Shield, Teams\nThe following teams took part in the 2017 Varsity Shield competition:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 26], "content_span": [27, 96]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273441-0005-0000", "contents": "2017 Varsity Shield, Standings\nThe top four teams qualified to the semi-finals. The first-placed team hosted the fourth-placed team and the second-placed team hosted the third-placed team. The higher-ranked semi-final winner then hosted the lower-ranked semi-final winner in the final.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 30], "content_span": [31, 285]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273441-0006-0000", "contents": "2017 Varsity Shield, Standings\nPoints 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", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 30], "content_span": [31, 196]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273441-0007-0000", "contents": "2017 Varsity Shield, Standings, Round-by-round\nThe table below shows each team's progression throughout the season. For each round, their cumulative points total is shown with the overall log position in brackets:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 46], "content_span": [47, 213]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273441-0008-0000", "contents": "2017 Varsity Shield, Matches\nThe following matches were played in the 2017 Varsity Shield:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 28], "content_span": [29, 90]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273442-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 Vegas eRace\nThe 2017 Visa Vegas eRace was a Formula E eSports race held at The Venetian Resort Hotel Casino, in Las Vegas, Nevada, as part of the Sports Business Innovation Summit at the 2017 Consumer Electronics Show on January 7, 2017. Unlike other races, the Vegas eRace did not count towards the 2016\u201317 season, and was not held on a real track. Ten sim racers\u2014competitors who typically race in simulation racing video games\u2014competed against the regular series drivers on a simulated course for a record-breaking total prize fund in eSports racing history of $1 million. The race itself was made up of two races: a 14-lap qualifying race for the slowest 20 qualifiers to determine positions 11 to 20 for the 20-lap main race. The first ten starting positions were decided by an earlier qualifying session that was divided into five groups of six cars.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [16, 16], "content_span": [17, 860]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273442-0001-0000", "contents": "2017 Vegas eRace\nDragon sim driver Bono Huis led every session that he participated in and won the race from pole position. Professional driver Ant\u00f3nio F\u00e9lix da Costa took victory in the qualification race shortly beforehand. Huis led most of the race until the mandatory virtual pit stops to change into a second car when Olli Pahkala of Mahindra moved into the lead. Pahkala held the position for the final five laps to finish first on the road, but he was penalized 12 seconds after it was discovered that a software bug enabled him to use FanBoost for longer than permitted. Second went to the highest-placed professional driver Felix Rosenqvist for Mahindra and Pakhala's penalty dropped him to third.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [16, 16], "content_span": [17, 706]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273442-0002-0000", "contents": "2017 Vegas eRace\nMedia reaction to the eRace was mixed. Those who were critical of the race panned its organization because multiple technical problems prompted a half hour delay of the main event, and one driver each was forced to respectively withdraw from both races due to simulator issues. Reviewers who wrote a positive review spoke of their feelings that the consequences of the event could lead to a professional eSports racing series and aid in rectifying accessibility problems, and for others to use it as an alternative career to traditional motor racing. After the eRace, some sim racers were adopted into the teams they were assigned to and aided their real-life development through car testing and advising.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [16, 16], "content_span": [17, 722]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273442-0003-0000", "contents": "2017 Vegas eRace, Background and preparations\nLuis Pachon, the founder of the Madrid-based start-up company Cloud Sport, proposed the idea for an eRace in Las Vegas to Formula E (FE) CEO Alejandro Agag who quickly understood Pachon's intention and began work soon after. iRacing was reportedly an early contender for an association with FE, but the costs of laser scanning the track, and the lack of a wider benefit of putting in the effort of constructing the circuit, meant it was not cost effective.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [18, 45], "content_span": [46, 502]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273442-0004-0000", "contents": "2017 Vegas eRace, Background and preparations\nIn June 2016, Agag revealed the eRace plans to Reuters, and announced that it would be held as part of the 2017 Consumer Electronics Show (CES). Prior to the announcement, FE had held (and currently hold) eRaces at all championship rounds where spectators compete against professional racing drivers in the eVillage of the hosting race track. The eRace was officially confirmed at the 2016 London ePrix the following month.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [18, 45], "content_span": [46, 469]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273442-0004-0001", "contents": "2017 Vegas eRace, Background and preparations\nIt was held as part of CES' Sport Business Innovation Summit, and took place at The Venetian Resort Hotel Casino, on January 7, 2017, but the race did not count towards the 2016\u201317 championship, and no points were awarded. FE entered into a partnership with ELEAGUE for this event, which had commentary by Jack Nicholls and Dario Franchitti.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [18, 45], "content_span": [46, 387]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273442-0005-0000", "contents": "2017 Vegas eRace, Background and preparations\nA total of 30 drove in the eRace: 20 FE competitors who composed the regular season grid, and ten sim racing drivers who qualified for the event by participating in a four-race elimination contest called the Road to Vegas Challenge from October 16 and December 4, 2016. The top two racers who qualified for the eRace were former Formula Ford 1600 driver Graham Carroll and iRacing world champion Greger Huttu. Each of the ten sim drivers was randomly drawn into the ten legitimate FE teams.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [18, 45], "content_span": [46, 536]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273442-0005-0001", "contents": "2017 Vegas eRace, Background and preparations\nFor real-world realism, every participant wore a flame-proof race suit, and utilized identical virtual cars with the sole change being the team liveries and personal numbers for identification purposes. Pit stops to virtually switch to a second car were mandatory. The race was regulated by FE's sporting director, and motorsport's world governing body, the F\u00e9d\u00e9ration Internationale de l'Automobile. The total prize fund was $1 million (the largest in eSports racing history), and was broadcast on the live streaming platform Twitch.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [18, 45], "content_span": [46, 580]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273442-0006-0000", "contents": "2017 Vegas eRace, Background and preparations\nThe layout of the 3.14-mile (5.05\u00a0km) long anti-clockwise track was designed by Cloud Sport and it was publicly unveiled on the morning of January 6. Drivers began on the South Las Vegas Boulevard and progressed past hotel and casino resorts such as the Luxor and the MGM Grand. Cloud Sport supplied and regulated the Playseat simulation equipment which operated on the racing video game rFactor 2. Thrustmaster TS-PC steering wheels and T3PA pedals were fitted to the equipment. All computers were sealed and approved by the stewards to ensure parity.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [18, 45], "content_span": [46, 598]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273442-0006-0001", "contents": "2017 Vegas eRace, Background and preparations\nExternal ports were blocked to prevent anybody from plugging in personal components. Since no G-forces could be felt by drivers during the race, Cloud Sport remedied this by programming the vehicles to respond to the inertia created by sudden acceleration. This made for a realistic driving experience: vehicles tilted onto three wheels during sharp cornering, and the performance of the cars deteriorated when they sustained damage.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [18, 45], "content_span": [46, 480]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273442-0007-0000", "contents": "2017 Vegas eRace, Background and preparations\nThe Vegas eRace was heavily promoted beforehand. FE's inaugural champion Nelson Piquet Jr. of NextEV NIO spoke of his excitement for the eRace and stated his belief FE combining the simulation and real-life racing worlds was a positive step: \"I think this is going to be really fun with all the drivers together.\" Andretti driver Robin Frijns revealed his interest in how he would compare against sim drivers: \"I don't really know what to expect, maybe the sim drivers or the fans are really good, maybe not, we don't know.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [18, 45], "content_span": [46, 569]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273442-0007-0001", "contents": "2017 Vegas eRace, Background and preparations\nIf all you do is race on simulators at home, then maybe they are pretty good!.\" Mahindra's Felix Rosenqvist said he felt the sim racers would have an advantage because of their experience but he felt it would not be as great after learning the circuit. Hans-J\u00fcrgen Abt, the team principal of Audi Sport ABT, felt the Vegas eRace was \"a good example\" of how the series was moving farther than other racing championships: \"For more than six decades, we have been racing in motorsport on all of the world's race tracks\u2014but this event is a total first for us.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [18, 45], "content_span": [46, 602]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273442-0008-0000", "contents": "2017 Vegas eRace, Practice and qualifying\nFour practice sessions were held before the qualification race on January 7. The first session, held on January 6, lasted for half an hour, with sim drivers taking part, and the second identically timed session for the professional racing drivers was held fifteen minutes later. The final two sessions for sim and professional drivers took place on the morning of January 7; both ran for fifteen minutes. Bono Huis set the fastest time for Dragon in the combined opening practice session with a time of one minute and 28.456 seconds, half a second faster than anyone else.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [18, 41], "content_span": [42, 614]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273442-0008-0001", "contents": "2017 Vegas eRace, Practice and qualifying\nHis closest challenger was the highest placed professional driver Rosenqvist in second in front of third-placed Graham Carroll and Virgin's Jos\u00e9 Mar\u00eda L\u00f3pez in fourth. Piquet was fifth-fastest, ahead of Ant\u00f3nio F\u00e9lix da Costa in sixth. Sam Bird, Enzo Bonito, Olli Pahkala and Frijns rounded out the session's top ten fastest drivers. In the combined second practice session, Huis again topped the combined time sheets with a lap of 1 minute, 28.142 seconds, more than half a second quicker than the second-placed Frijns; Rosenqvist was third and F\u00e9lix da Costa was fourth-quickest; Petar Brljak was fifth and Graham Carroll sixth. Pahkala placed seventh, Bonito eighth, David Greco ninth and L\u00f3pez completed the top ten ahead of qualifying.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [18, 41], "content_span": [42, 782]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273442-0009-0000", "contents": "2017 Vegas eRace, Practice and qualifying\nSaturday afternoon's 50 minute qualifying session was divided into five groups of six cars. The groups were determined by a lottery system and were permitted six minutes of on-track activity. The fastest five overall competitors in all five groups participated in a \"Super Pole\" session with one driver on the track at any time going out in reverse order from fifth to first. Each of the five drivers was limited to one timed lap and the starting order was determined by their' fastest times. (Super Pole from first to fifth, and group qualifying from sixth to tenth).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [18, 41], "content_span": [42, 610]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273442-0009-0001", "contents": "2017 Vegas eRace, Practice and qualifying\nHuis continued to top every session throughout the eRace meeting and achieved pole position with a lap of 1 minute, 28.631 seconds. He was awarded an automatic award of $25,000 for the achievement. Huis was joined on the grid's front row by Rosenqvist whose fastest lap was two-tenths of a second slower. The rest of the top ten consisted of sim racers: Aleksi Uusi-Jaakkola was third and Graham Carroll fourth. Greco rounded out the top five super pole competitors. Pahkala, Patrik Holzmann, Huttu, Bonito and Alkesi Elomaa were sixth to tenth.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [18, 41], "content_span": [42, 587]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273442-0009-0002", "contents": "2017 Vegas eRace, Practice and qualifying\nThe rest of the field lined up as L\u00f3pez, F\u00e9lix da Costa, Frijns, Piquet and Lucas di Grassi, Ma Qinghua, Bird, Maro Engel, Jean-\u00c9ric Vergne, J\u00e9r\u00f4me d'Ambrosio, Daniel Abt, S\u00e9bastien Buemi, Mitch Evans, St\u00e9phane Sarrazin, Lo\u00efc Duval, Nico Prost, Oliver Turvey, Adam Carroll, Petar Brjlak (who crashed during his run) and Nick Heidfeld.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [18, 41], "content_span": [42, 376]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273442-0010-0000", "contents": "2017 Vegas eRace, Practice and qualifying, Qualifying race\nA 14-lap qualifying race contested by the slowest 20 drivers from group qualifying was held from 15:25 Pacific Standard Time (PST) (UTC+08:00) to determine positions 11 to 20 on the grid. D'Ambrosio did not begin the event because of technical problems with his racing pod. In a race where multiple crashes occurred, which meant several cars lost car bodywork parts, L\u00f3pez led from the start until F\u00e9lix da Costa closed up to him and overtook him on the outside at turn five.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [18, 58], "content_span": [59, 534]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273442-0010-0001", "contents": "2017 Vegas eRace, Practice and qualifying, Qualifying race\nF\u00e9lix da Costa led the remainder of the race to finish first and begin from 11th in the main race. L\u00f3pez finished second and Frijns took third place. Outside the top three, Piquet secured fourth and was followed closely behind by Evans and Bird in fifth and sixth. Defending series champion Buemi took seventh ahead of di Grassi in eighth. The final two qualifiers were Di Grassi's teammate Abt and Duval in ninth and tenth.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [18, 58], "content_span": [59, 483]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273442-0011-0000", "contents": "2017 Vegas eRace, Main race\nA special feature of FE is the \"Fan Boost\" feature, an additional 100\u00a0kW (130\u00a0hp) of power to use for six seconds in the driver's second car. The three drivers who are allowed to use the boost is determined by a fan vote. For the Vegas eRace, Pakhala, L\u00f3pez and Greco were handed the extra power. The race was due to start at 16:05 PST, but multiple technical problems caused it to be delayed for half an hour, and its distance was reduced from 28 to 20 laps.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [18, 27], "content_span": [28, 487]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273442-0011-0001", "contents": "2017 Vegas eRace, Main race\nOwing to a control issue that affected his simulator, di Grassi was unable to start the event. The exact number of viewers was not disclosed. When the race began from its standing start, Huis maintained the lead entering the first corner and began to expand a small lead over Rosenqvist in the opening laps who could not maintain the leader's pace. Towards the end of lap one, Holzmann clipped the outside wall out of the final corner, speared across the start/finish straight, and collected F\u00e9lix da Costa, ending both drivers' chances of standing on the podium. Holzmann retired but F\u00e9lix da Costa continued with light damage to his car. Piquet fell to 17th on the first lap, but returned to 14th place by lap seven. Bird on the other hand was running in sixth by the third lap.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [18, 27], "content_span": [28, 808]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273442-0012-0000", "contents": "2017 Vegas eRace, Main race\nThe mandatory virtual pit stops, during which all drivers needed to change into a second car, started at the end of lap seven when Bird entered the pit lane. Pahkala opted to bow out of a multi-car battle with Uusi-Jaakkola, Greco and Graham Carroll for third place at the end of the next lap to make his mandatory stop. Pahkala left with a clear track ahead of him, and since no other driver was close enough to impede his progress, he recorded a series of quick lap times.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [18, 27], "content_span": [28, 502]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273442-0012-0001", "contents": "2017 Vegas eRace, Main race\nOn the tenth lap, Graham Carroll got a run on Uusi-Jaakkola leaving the final corner and steered onto the inside line into the first turn chicane. Greco made it three abreast on the outside. He and Uusi-Jaakkola made contact, and the latter touched Graham Carroll's left-rear wheel. Two of the cars barrel rolled through the trackside catch fencing and into some palm trees. The cars glitched quickly and re-rendered themselves back onto the circuit. Uusi-Jaakkola and Greco had each lost one of their wheels and dropped several positions. Virtual racing technology allowed the trio to emerge unhurt from the crash and the safety car was not used.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [18, 27], "content_span": [28, 675]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273442-0013-0000", "contents": "2017 Vegas eRace, Main race\nAs the eRace progressed, race leader Huis made an error, allowing Rosenqvist to close to within less than two seconds of him. Huis and Rosenqvist made their pit stops together at the end of lap fifteen and emerged in second and third places. Pakhala lapped in the 1 minute, 24 second range, moving him to the front of the field, and requiring Huis and Rosenqvist to focus on battling for second position. With four laps remaining, Buemi dropped outside the top ten when Piquet overtook him for tenth. Ussi-Jaakkola and Bonito battled for fourth, which ended in the latter's favour in the last three laps. Pahkala was unchallenged for the rest of the eRace, and was first to cross the start/finish line. Huis held off Rosenqvist in the closing laps for second.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [18, 27], "content_span": [28, 787]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273442-0014-0000", "contents": "2017 Vegas eRace, Main race\nAfter the podium ceremony, Huis and Dragon filed a complaint with the race stewards. An investigation of data shared by viewers on Twitter soon after the race determined that Pahkala had used FanBoost illegally for at about five laps as opposed to the maximum of five seconds because of a software bug. Hence, Pahkala had 12 seconds added to his race time and was demoted to third. Huis inherited the victory and Rosenqvist took second. Off the podium, Bonito took fourth ahead of the Finnish duo of Uusi-Jaakkola and Huttu. L\u00f3pez, Bird, Abt and Piquet rounded out the top ten. Buemi, Elomaa, Frijns, Duval, Greco, F\u00e9lix da Costa and Graham Carroll were the final classified finishers. Huis earned $200,000 for winning the race and Greco won $10,000 for recording the race's fastest lap.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [18, 27], "content_span": [28, 815]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273442-0015-0000", "contents": "2017 Vegas eRace, Post-race\nHuis commented on the victory: \"It's very exciting to be here, racing in conjunction with pro drivers during one of the most renowned tech forward events. And to be the ultimate grand victor with Faraday Future Dragon Racing is thrilling.\" Second-place finisher Rosenqvist stated that although the simulation racing environment was new to all the professional racing drivers, he expressed his hope of competing in future eRaces, adding: \"In the end it worked out very well for me and I was up the at front in every session.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [18, 27], "content_span": [28, 551]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273442-0015-0001", "contents": "2017 Vegas eRace, Post-race\nLuckily, in the final I started from the front row and had a very clean race with a long first stint, without any traffic, and I was able to cruise to the podium in P2.\" Despite his 12-second penalty for overusing FanBoost, Pahkala was sanguine, and said that he felt the simulation and real life racing worlds belong together and praised the development of motor racing eSport events, adding: \"In the end, P3 was more than welcome for me. It's been a blast! I made some mistakes in the practice session preparation which cost me pace later on and P3 is more than fair for everyone with what happened.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [18, 27], "content_span": [28, 630]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273442-0016-0000", "contents": "2017 Vegas eRace, Post-race\nMedia reaction to the Vegas eRace was mostly positive. Kyle Patrick for GTPlanet praised the quality of competitiveness across the field: \"Real drivers showed they could hang with the gamers on their own turf, which can only be a good thing for both sides moving forward.\" The correspondent for CNN wrote Huis was widely agreed to be \"a deserving overall winner\", and said that the eRace had further emphasized \"the narrow margins between the FE drivers and sim racers\" with five professional drivers finishing in the top ten.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [18, 27], "content_span": [28, 554]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273442-0016-0001", "contents": "2017 Vegas eRace, Post-race\nPat McAssey of New England Sports Network noted FE's partnership with ELEAGUE brought sim racing to a mainstream audience and argued that eSports can potentially solve accessibility issues as some people lack the capital to purchase a go-kart. He argued FE could aid the growth of eRacing and allow others to use it as an alternative career path to traditional motor racing. Writing for Alphr, Curtis Moldrich echoed similar statements, and believed the positive consequence of the Vegas eRace was a testament to FE's forward-looking philosophy. Although he stated his belief another eRace was unlikely to be repeated on a large scale, Autosport's Scott Mitchell called the event \"an enormous middle finger to the traditionalists\", and wrote of his feeling that it was \"huge for a hidden part of motorsport that FE has taken that chance.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [18, 27], "content_span": [28, 866]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273442-0017-0000", "contents": "2017 Vegas eRace, Post-race\nOther media outlets received the race more negatively. Luke Smith of NBC Sports wrote that Pahkala's penalty was \"deeply embarrassing for all of those who looked to make the inaugural eRace such a success\" and likened it to \"Balance of Performance on steroids.\" He went on to say that the event had not been as smoothly as organizers wished, and there had been some skepticism over FE attempting to close the gap between the real-life and simulation worlds since the former is reliant on sensory input.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [18, 27], "content_span": [28, 530]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273442-0017-0001", "contents": "2017 Vegas eRace, Post-race\nThe Checkered Flag's Scott Douglas was more critical, writing that as a competition, the race was \"a disappointment\" since sim racers were expected to dominate, and its problems hurt the finishing order's credibility: \"This undermined the race as a competition, and also did nothing to help the reputation of FE itself as its best drivers were so resoundingly beaten. It lacked any sense of real weight or drama, and tied in with the glitches affecting some of the drivers it didn't come anywhere near to producing the excitement of real racing.\" Writing for Ars Technica, Jonathan M. Gitlin felt short-changed as a result of spectating the eRace and noted the large number of complaints about the quality of the graphics in the Twitch stream.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [18, 27], "content_span": [28, 771]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273442-0018-0000", "contents": "2017 Vegas eRace, Legacy\nFollowing the evemt, some of the competing sim racers were adopted into their respective teams, and aided in the real-life development of their cars through testing and advising, which according to FE's eSports manager Matt Huxley, indicated that their opinions were taken seriously.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [18, 24], "content_span": [25, 308]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273443-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 Vehbi Emre & Hamit Kaplan Tournament\nThe 35th Vehbi Emre & Hamit Kaplan Tournament 2017, was a wrestling event held in Istanbul, Turkey between 4 and 5 March 2017.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [41, 41], "content_span": [42, 168]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273443-0001-0000", "contents": "2017 Vehbi Emre & Hamit Kaplan Tournament\nThis international tournament includes competition men's Greco-Roman wrestling. This ranking tournament was held in honor of the Olympic Champion, Hamit Kaplan and Turkish Wrestler and manager Vehbi Emre.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [41, 41], "content_span": [42, 246]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273444-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 Veikkausliiga\nThe 2017 Veikkausliiga was the eighty-seventh season of top-tier football in Finland. IFK Mariehamn were the defending champions.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [18, 18], "content_span": [19, 148]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273444-0001-0000", "contents": "2017 Veikkausliiga\nFixtures for the 2017 season were announced on 19 January 2017. The season started on 5 April 2017 and ended on 28 October 2017.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [18, 18], "content_span": [19, 147]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273444-0002-0000", "contents": "2017 Veikkausliiga, Teams\nPK-35 Vantaa were relegated to Ykk\u00f6nen after finishing at the bottom of the 2016 season. Their place was taken by Ykk\u00f6nen champions JJK.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [20, 25], "content_span": [26, 162]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273444-0003-0000", "contents": "2017 Veikkausliiga, Teams\nFC Inter as 11th-placed team regained their Veikkausliiga spot after beating the second-placed Ykk\u00f6nen team TPS 2\u20130 on aggregate in a relegation/promotion playoff.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [20, 25], "content_span": [26, 189]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273444-0004-0000", "contents": "2017 Veikkausliiga, Results\nEach team plays three times against every other team, either twice at home and once away or once at home and twice away, for a total of 33 matches played each.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [20, 27], "content_span": [28, 187]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273445-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 Venetian autonomy referendum\nThe Venetian autonomy referendum of 2017 took place on 22 October in Veneto, Italy.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [33, 33], "content_span": [34, 117]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273445-0001-0000", "contents": "2017 Venetian autonomy referendum\nThe poll was not binding, but it might have consequences in terms of negotiations between the Italian government and Veneto as the regional government declared that it would ask for more devolved powers whether [if] the \"yes\" won. According to Mario Bertolissi, law professor and advisor to the regional government, the referendum would have \"constituent power\". Others considered it pointless while supporters of unitarianism in Italy counter-productive.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [33, 33], "content_span": [34, 489]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273445-0002-0000", "contents": "2017 Venetian autonomy referendum\nAs expected, the \"yes\" vote did succeed. Turnout was 57.2% and 98.1% of participants voted \"yes\".", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [33, 33], "content_span": [34, 131]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273445-0003-0000", "contents": "2017 Venetian autonomy referendum, Background\nThe referendum date was announced in April 2017 by President of Veneto Luca Zaia after decades of debates and efforts by supporters of Venetian nationalism, which rose to prominence in the 1980s\u20131990s. Both in 1992 and 2000, the Constitutional Court had rejected proposals for similar referenda brought forward by the Regional Council of Veneto.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 45], "content_span": [46, 391]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273445-0004-0000", "contents": "2017 Venetian autonomy referendum, Background\nIn 2014, Plebiscito.eu, a minor Venetist organisation and supposedly cross-party committee, organised an online unofficial independence referendum.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 45], "content_span": [46, 193]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273445-0005-0000", "contents": "2017 Venetian autonomy referendum, Background\nFollowing that episode, the Region tried to hold an official one by voting a related bill. In June 2015, the Constitutional Court ruled the independence referendum out as contrary to the Constitution, but it authorised one of the five autonomy referenda proposed by the Region (\"Do you want further forms and special conditions of autonomy to be attributed to the Region of Veneto?\"). Lombardy, Italy's most populous region neighbouring to Veneto on the east, held a similar referendum on 22 October.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 45], "content_span": [46, 546]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273445-0005-0001", "contents": "2017 Venetian autonomy referendum, Background\nBoth Zaia and President of Lombardy Roberto Maroni were members of Lega Nord (LN) and more specifically of Liga Veneta and Lega Lombarda, respectively. The LN had always been a strong proponent of federal reform, but these referendums were supported also by the Five Star Movement, Forza Italia and more moderately the Democratic Party.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 45], "content_span": [46, 382]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273445-0006-0000", "contents": "2017 Venetian autonomy referendum, Background\nThe Economist newspaper, which bet on the \"yes\" camp to prevail, also predicted that due to the perceived \"anti-southern skew\" of the vote the \"national ambitions\" of Matteo Salvini, LN federal secretary, would be negatively impacted by a resounding \"yes\" victory while Zaia could become the \"future leader of the party\". (However, Salvini not only remained party leader, but led the party to a success in the 2018 general election sand was sworn in as Deputy Prime Minister in Conte Cabinet.)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 45], "content_span": [46, 539]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273446-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 Venezuelan Constituent Assembly election\nConstituent Assembly elections were held in Venezuela on 30 July 2017 to elect the members of the 2017 Constituent National Assembly (Spanish: Asamblea Nacional Constituyente; ANC). Unlike the 1999 Constituent National Assembly, which was assembled following a referendum, the 2017 election was convened by the presidential decree of President Nicol\u00e1s Maduro.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [45, 45], "content_span": [46, 405]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273446-0001-0000", "contents": "2017 Venezuelan Constituent Assembly election\nApproximately two-thirds (364) of Assembly members were elected by municipal citizens while members of seven social sectors \u2014 including trade unions, communal councils, indigenous groups, farmers, students, and pensioners \u2014 elected the remaining one-third (181) of members. The new constitution proposed by the Constituent Assembly will be subject to approval by referendum. The opposition's refusal to contest the election meant that most candidates of the Constituent Assembly were likely to be supporters of the government. The upcoming regional and presidential elections may also be delayed from their planned dates under a new constitution since no timeline was given for the rewrite.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [45, 45], "content_span": [46, 736]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273446-0002-0000", "contents": "2017 Venezuelan Constituent Assembly election\nThe decision to hold the election has been criticised by members of the international community. Over 40 countries along with supranational bodies, such as the European Union, Mercosur and the Organization of American States, condemned and failed to recognize the election, stating it would only further escalate tensions. President Maduro's allies \u2014 such as Bolivia, Cuba, Ecuador, Nicaragua, Russia, and Syria \u2014 discouraged foreign intervention in Venezuelan politics and congratulated the president.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [45, 45], "content_span": [46, 548]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273446-0003-0000", "contents": "2017 Venezuelan Constituent Assembly election, Background\nFollowing the death of former President Hugo Ch\u00e1vez, citizens suffered under a socioeconomic crisis under his successor, Nicol\u00e1s Maduro, as rampant crime, hyperinflation and shortages diminished their quality of life. As a result of the ensuing crisis, political tensions culminated into a series of protests that occurred since 2014. As a result of discontent with the Bolivarian government, for the first time since 1999, the opposition was elected to hold the majority in the National Assembly following the 2015 parliamentary election.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [47, 57], "content_span": [58, 597]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273446-0004-0000", "contents": "2017 Venezuelan Constituent Assembly election, Background, 2017 Venezuelan constitutional crisis\nFollowing the 2015 National Assembly election, the lame duck National Assembly (consisting of Bolivarian officials) filled the Supreme Tribunal of Justice (TSJ) with allies. The TSJ quickly stripped three opposition lawmakers of their seats in early 2016, citing alleged \"irregularities\" in elections, preventing an opposition supermajority in the National Assembly which would have been able to challenge President Maduro. The TSJ court then began to approve of multiple actions performed by Maduro and granted him more powers. In July 2016, the opposition walked out of Vatican-mediated dialogue between the Bolivarian government and the opposition, due to lack of progress towards releasing political prisoners or allowing a recall election; the opposition stated \"We'll only sit down with the government again once they meet what was agreed on.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [47, 96], "content_span": [97, 946]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273446-0005-0000", "contents": "2017 Venezuelan Constituent Assembly election, Background, 2017 Venezuelan constitutional crisis\nIn October 2016, a recall referendum against President Maduro was cancelled by the National Electoral Council (CNE). The following days after the recall movement was cancelled, 1.2\u00a0million Venezuelans protested throughout the country against the move and demanded President Maduro to leave office. Protests in Caracas remained relatively calm while protests in other states resulted in clashes between demonstrators and authorities, leaving one policeman dead, 120 injured and 147 arrested.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [47, 96], "content_span": [97, 587]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273446-0005-0001", "contents": "2017 Venezuelan Constituent Assembly election, Background, 2017 Venezuelan constitutional crisis\nThat day, the opposition gave President Maduro a deadline of November 4, 2016 to hold elections, with opposition leader Henrique Capriles stating, \"today we are giving a deadline to the government. I tell the coward who is in Miraflores ... that on November 3, the Venezuelan people are coming to Caracas because we are going to Miraflores\". Days later, on November 1, 2016, then National Assembly President and opposition leader, Henry Ramos Allup, announced the cancellation of November 3 march to the Miraflores presidential palace, with Vatican-led dialogue between the opposition and the government beginning. By December 7, 2016, dialogue halted between the two parties. Two months later on January 13, 2017, the Vatican declined to send a scheduled envoy for Vatican-mediated dialogue, a decision attributed to Maduro's failure to honor previous commitments made during the previous Vatican-mediated dialogues between the government and opposition.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [47, 96], "content_span": [97, 1052]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273446-0006-0000", "contents": "2017 Venezuelan Constituent Assembly election, Background, 2017 Venezuelan constitutional crisis\nSince 2016 the TSJ had held the National Assembly to be in contempt of court for swearing in the three stripped legislators. On March 29, 2017, in a surprising move, the TSJ declared it was taking over the legislative powers of Assembly for \"as long as the contempt situation persists\". The Tribunal, mainly supporters of President Nicol\u00e1s Maduro, also restricted the immunity granted to the Assembly's members, who mostly belonged to the opposition. The dissolution was termed as a \"coup\" by the opposition while the Organization of American States (OAS) termed the action as a \"self-coup\". The decision was condemned by some media outlets with analysts characterizing the move as a turn towards authoritarianism and one-man rule.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [47, 96], "content_span": [97, 828]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273446-0007-0000", "contents": "2017 Venezuelan Constituent Assembly election, Background, 2017 Venezuelan constitutional crisis\nOn April 1, 2017, the TSJ reversed its decision, thereby reinstating the powers of the National Assembly. Public dissatisfaction with the decision persisted however, with the strengthening of the protests that year \"into the most combative since a wave of unrest in 2014\" resulting from the crisis.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [47, 96], "content_span": [97, 395]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273446-0008-0000", "contents": "2017 Venezuelan Constituent Assembly election, Background, 2017 Venezuelan protests\nFollowing the reversal of the rulings by the TSJ, the National Assembly prepared proceeding against the court and accused the court of not being separated from the executive, though Reuters noted that \"the move by the opposition-led congress would only be symbolic because it remains powerless\". Following the criticism of the TSJ's ruling by Attorney General Ortega, calls for her to be involved in a \"Republican Moral Council, made up of the Prosecutor's Office, the Office of the Comptroller and the Office of the Ombudsman\" to remove members of the TSJ were made. During protests on 4 April, opposition leaders announced that they would pursue the removal of the seven judges who signed the rulings against the National Assembly.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [47, 83], "content_span": [84, 817]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273446-0009-0000", "contents": "2017 Venezuelan Constituent Assembly election, Background, 2017 Venezuelan protests\nOn 7 April, Ombudsman Tarek William Saab announced that Attorney General Ortega's vote would not be counted in a Republican Moral Council decision on TSJ judges, stating that he and Comptroller Manuel Galindo would not participate in proceedings against the TSJ.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [47, 83], "content_span": [84, 346]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273446-0010-0000", "contents": "2017 Venezuelan Constituent Assembly election, Background, 2017 Venezuelan protests\nProtests continued on for a month into May 2017, claiming 29 lives before President Maduro made a constitutional proposal. As of June 16, 2017 there have been 90 people killed in protests, most of whom were students.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [47, 83], "content_span": [84, 300]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273446-0011-0000", "contents": "2017 Venezuelan Constituent Assembly election, Process, Proposal\nToday, on May 1, I announce that I will use my presidential privileges as constitutional head of state in accordance with article 347, to convene the original constituent power so that the working class and the people can call a National Constituent Assembly.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [47, 64], "content_span": [65, 324]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273446-0012-0000", "contents": "2017 Venezuelan Constituent Assembly election, Process, Proposal\nOn 1 May 2017 following a month of protests that resulted in at least 29 dead, President Maduro called for a constituent assembly that would draft a new constitution that would replace the 1999 Venezuela Constitution of his predecessor, Hugo Ch\u00e1vez. He invoked Article 347, and stated that his call for a new constitution was necessary to counter the actions of the opposition. Many countries consider that the election may be a bid by Maduro to stay in power indefinitely.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [47, 64], "content_span": [65, 538]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273446-0013-0000", "contents": "2017 Venezuelan Constituent Assembly election, Process, Approval\nOn 22 May, the Republican Moral Council \u2013 which the opposition hoped would establish proceedings against TSJ judges \u2013 shared their approval of the National Constituent Assembly despite the absence of Attorney General Ortega, who had criticized the move, with Ombudsman Tarek William Saab stating that \"The call to the National Constituent Assembly is a constitutional exit to the political situation that the country is living, in order to foster dialogue and coexistence of the country\".", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [47, 64], "content_span": [65, 553]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273446-0014-0000", "contents": "2017 Venezuelan Constituent Assembly election, Process, Approval\nThe following day, the head of the National Electoral Council (CNE), Tibisay Lucena, officially approved President Maduro's proposal for a Constituent Assembly shortly after TSJ judges began to speak out against the proposal, announcing that the internal elections would be held in late-July on an unspecified date, paving a way to replace Hugo Ch\u00e1vez's 1999 constitution. Maduro later explained that the National Constituent Assembly would be composed of 545 members \u2013 364 of which would be chosen by municipal governments and 181 drawn from workers groups (79), retirees (28), communal council members (24), students (24), peasantry (8), fishermen (8), the disabled (5) and businessmen (5).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [47, 64], "content_span": [65, 757]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273446-0015-0000", "contents": "2017 Venezuelan Constituent Assembly election, Process, Approval\nThe opposition has criticized the selection of representatives by municipal governments because municipal elections had been delayed until after constituents were chosen for the assembly \u2013 with each vote being a \"secret vote\".", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [47, 64], "content_span": [65, 291]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273446-0016-0000", "contents": "2017 Venezuelan Constituent Assembly election, Process, Stages\nAccording to the Venezuelan Electoral Observatory, the CNE ignored in their electoral schedule 14 auditions, several stages of the process and ignored 70 of 100 mandatory previous activities of any election contemplated in the Organic Law of Electoral Processes (Lopre in Spanish).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [47, 62], "content_span": [63, 344]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273446-0017-0000", "contents": "2017 Venezuelan Constituent Assembly election, Process, Campaigning\nAt the rally, President Maduro criticized the governments of the United States, Mexico and Colombia and alleged that they attempted to intervene in Venezuela. President Maduro also ordered the opposition to participate in dialogue, stating \"I propose that they abandon the insurrectional path and sit down to dialogue in the next few hours\", warning his opponents that if they did not quickly participate, he would force dialogue through \"constitutional law\".", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [47, 67], "content_span": [68, 527]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273446-0018-0000", "contents": "2017 Venezuelan Constituent Assembly election, Conduct\nIf there are 15,000 workers, all 15,000 workers must vote without any excuses ... Company by company, ministry by ministry, governorship by governorship, city hall by city hall, we're all going to vote for the Constituent Assembly.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [47, 54], "content_span": [55, 286]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273446-0019-0000", "contents": "2017 Venezuelan Constituent Assembly election, Conduct\nIn the days leading to the election, workers of state-owned companies were warned that their jobs would be terminated the following day if they did not vote in the election. Furthermore, each worker was required to take another 10 voters to the elections, which would be tracked by the authorities. Management workers of state-run entities were threatened with being fired as well if they or their employees refused to vote.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [47, 54], "content_span": [55, 479]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273446-0019-0001", "contents": "2017 Venezuelan Constituent Assembly election, Conduct\nMany public workers remained conflicted due to the threat of being fired, knowing that their job benefits from the government would be cut and that their identity could be revealed in a similar manner to the Tasc\u00f3n List incident during the Venezuelan recall referendum in 2004. More than 90% of the workers did not obey the Bolivarian government's call to participate, which led to massive firings following the elections.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [47, 54], "content_span": [55, 477]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273446-0020-0000", "contents": "2017 Venezuelan Constituent Assembly election, Conduct\nThe day before the election, some military vehicles carrying election materials were attacked and their contents were destroyed. Other voting areas were also destroyed to prevent voting. A candidate was killed the night before the election.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [47, 54], "content_span": [55, 295]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273446-0021-0000", "contents": "2017 Venezuelan Constituent Assembly election, Conduct\nOn the morning of 30 July, President Maduro was the first to vote in the election. While scanning his Card of the Homeland during a public demonstration to show that the card could be scanned to see if an individual had already voted, a cell phone scanning his card read \"The person does not exist or the card was canceled\". Citizens of Caracas awoke to streets filled with barricades and various areas of protesters calling for democracy, with authorities responding to the demonstrations with force, firing tear gas at those gathered.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [47, 54], "content_span": [55, 591]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273446-0022-0000", "contents": "2017 Venezuelan Constituent Assembly election, Conduct\nBy midday, Tibisay Lucena, the head of the CNE electoral body stated that \"99% and more of the Venezuelan population is voting all over the country\" and that Caracas had remained \"calm\", though media outlets observing polling areas at the time stated that turnout had been low. At about the same time, a bomb was detonated near a motorcycle convoy of the Bolivarian National Police, injuring seven officers.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [47, 54], "content_span": [55, 462]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273446-0023-0000", "contents": "2017 Venezuelan Constituent Assembly election, Conduct\nA leaked audio of V\u00edctor Julio Gonz\u00e1lez, mayor of Santa Luc\u00eda in the Miranda state, said that he was worried that most of the polling stations were empty and the proposed participation had not been reached, asking for more voters to be mobilized. A leaked audio of Edison Alvarado, president of the Caracas Metro's worker union, voiced similar concerns, saying that according to the registry, only 300 workers voted and that he was \"ashamed\" to report such figure. Despite the empty streets and polling areas, the Bolivarian government extended voting hours, stating that there had still been large lines of voters still attempting to participate.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [47, 54], "content_span": [55, 702]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273446-0024-0000", "contents": "2017 Venezuelan Constituent Assembly election, Conduct\nFollowing the CNE's approval of the results, President Maduro immediately stated that a commission would be created \"to act ex officio and to lift the parliamentary immunity of those who have to lift it\", and criticized the National Assembly, Attorney General Ortega, the media and President of the United States, Donald Trump, stating \"What the fuck do we care about what Trump says\". By the end of the day, at least 10 people are killed in violent incidents during the election.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [47, 54], "content_span": [55, 535]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273446-0024-0001", "contents": "2017 Venezuelan Constituent Assembly election, Conduct\nMaduro vowed to pursue the opposition \"with the virtually unlimited powers of a constituent assembly\", vowing that opposition officials would be jailed, the opposition-led National Assembly elected in 2015 would be dissolved and that the Public Ministry of Venezuela headed by Attorney General Luisa Ortega D\u00edaz, who broke ranks from Maduro's government, would be restructured.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [47, 54], "content_span": [55, 432]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273446-0025-0000", "contents": "2017 Venezuelan Constituent Assembly election, Public opinion\nAn 8 May poll found that 73% of Venezuelans disagreed with Maduro's Constituent Assembly, with 79% believing that they live in some form of dictatorship (49% believe absolute dictatorship, 30% believe it is a mix of a dictatorship and democracy). According to a May 2017 poll by More Consulting, 68.8% of the Venezuelans reject the proposal, and 72.9% (with more than 20% who consider themselves chavistas) consider the government a dictatorship.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [47, 61], "content_span": [62, 508]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273446-0025-0001", "contents": "2017 Venezuelan Constituent Assembly election, Public opinion\nA poll taken by Hercon between 10\u201325 May 2017 found that 78.1% wanted Maduro out of office in 2017, 79.9% did not agree with the Constituent Assembly, 73.3% believed the CNE favored the ruling party (PSUV) and 75.5% thought that President Maduro started the Constituent Assembly proposal to establish a government similar to Cuba's.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [47, 61], "content_span": [62, 394]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273446-0026-0000", "contents": "2017 Venezuelan Constituent Assembly election, Results\nThe first official announcement of preliminary results came when Tibisay Lucena, president of the National Electoral Council, announced that 8,089,230 persons voted, with a 41.53% turnout.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [47, 54], "content_span": [55, 243]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273446-0027-0000", "contents": "2017 Venezuelan Constituent Assembly election, Results\nIn the early afternoon of the voting day before the official announcement, Julio Borges, the president of the opposition-controlled National Assembly declared that no more than two million people voted in the process, stating that the CNE would later officially claim that about 8.5 million voted.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [47, 54], "content_span": [55, 352]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273446-0028-0000", "contents": "2017 Venezuelan Constituent Assembly election, Results\nSmartmatic, the Venezuelan-owned company which provided the voting machines, stated that the results were tampered with by the CNE. The company said that the turnout was off by at least one million votes. Internal CNE documents obtained by Reuters revealed that only 3,720,465 votes had been cast by 5.30 p.m., though voting was extended to 7 p.m. and some centers are thought to have stayed open longer. Tibisay Lucena, president of the CNE, said that such allegations had been instructed from the United States. Information Minister Ernesto Villegas announced that the Constituent Assembly would further investigate the allegations.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [47, 54], "content_span": [55, 689]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273446-0028-0001", "contents": "2017 Venezuelan Constituent Assembly election, Results\nHowever, according to the Reuters report, both Chief Prosecutor Luisa Ortega D\u00edaz and Luis Rondon, one of the CNE's five directors, spoke out against the results. \"I'm absolutely sure that those numbers are not correct,\" said Ortega. \"For the first time since I took up this commitment to the country, I cannot guarantee the consistency or veracity of the results offered,\" said Rondon.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [47, 54], "content_span": [55, 441]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273446-0029-0000", "contents": "2017 Venezuelan Constituent Assembly election, Results\nIndependent analysts voiced that the turnout was lower than what the CNE stated \u2013 somewhere between 11.3% and 21.0% \u2013 with Ratio-Ucab estimating that there were 2.2 million participants, Delphos estimating 3.1 million voters, and Torino Capital estimating 3,111,807 to 4,086,309 voters, settling at 3.6 million voters.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [47, 54], "content_span": [55, 373]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273446-0030-0000", "contents": "2017 Venezuelan Constituent Assembly election, Results\nThe 2017 Constituent Assembly of Venezuela was officially sworn in on 4 August 2017.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [47, 54], "content_span": [55, 139]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273446-0031-0000", "contents": "2017 Venezuelan Constituent Assembly election, Analysis, Journalists\nAndr\u00e9s Oppenheimer considers that the proposal would allow Maduro to abolish all the democratic institutions in Venezuela, in a similar process to the 1976 Constitution of Cuba.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [47, 68], "content_span": [69, 246]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273446-0032-0000", "contents": "2017 Venezuelan Constituent Assembly election, Analysis, Journalists\nMariana Zu\u00f1iga and Nick Miroff stated in The Washington Post:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [47, 68], "content_span": [69, 130]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273446-0033-0000", "contents": "2017 Venezuelan Constituent Assembly election, Analysis, Journalists\nWhen your house is burning and smack in the path of a Category 5 hurricane, it's probably not the best time to tear down the frame and jackhammer the foundation. But those are the home improvement plans of President Nicol\u00e1s Maduro, who is moving forward with a provocative attempt to rewrite Venezuela's constitution despite the country's descent into political and economic catastrophe.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [47, 68], "content_span": [69, 456]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273446-0034-0000", "contents": "2017 Venezuelan Constituent Assembly election, Analysis, Officials\nDanilo Antonio Mojica Monsalvo, the magistrate of the Social Cassation Chamber of the TSJ, announced his disagreement with President Maduro's Constituent Assembly on 23 May 2017, stating that without a popular referendum voting on the assembly, the move would be \"spurious ... a legal metaphor to describe what is done outside the Constitution\". Another TSJ judge, Marisela Godoy, spoke out against Maduro's proposal the same day, stating \"At this moment I support, without any fear, the attorney general (Luisa Ortega D\u00edaz), who is not any official\" and that if she were to be criticized by the government, she \"does not care\".", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [47, 66], "content_span": [67, 695]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273446-0035-0000", "contents": "2017 Venezuelan Constituent Assembly election, Analysis, Officials\nGerardo Blyde, mayor of Baruta municipality, pointed out that, although the article 347 does authorize the proposal by President Maduro, it should have been ratified by a public referendum.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [47, 66], "content_span": [67, 256]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273447-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 Venezuelan National Assembly attack\nOn 5 July 2017, colectivos and supporters of President Nicol\u00e1s Maduro stormed the Palacio Federal Legislativo on the Independence Day of Venezuela, assaulting many members of the opposition-led National Assembly. At least 12 opposition legislators and their staff were injured as a result of the attack.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [40, 40], "content_span": [41, 344]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273447-0001-0000", "contents": "2017 Venezuelan National Assembly attack, Series of events, Ceremony\nThe day began with the National Assembly attempting to commemorate the Venezuelan Declaration of Independence. At approximately 8:20am VST, Vice President Tareck El Aissami, Interior Minister N\u00e9stor Reverol and Minister of Defense Vladimir Padrino L\u00f3pez unexpectedly arrived at the Palacio Federal Legislativo with government supporters dressed in red, interrupting the days events. El Aissami delivered a speech calling on supporters to march to the Palacio Federal Legislativo and \"to forge independence in the streets\".", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 68], "content_span": [69, 591]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273447-0002-0000", "contents": "2017 Venezuelan National Assembly attack, Series of events, Ceremony\nWe are in the facilities of a state power that has been kidnapped by the same oligarchy that betrayed Bol\u00edvar and his cause ... I invite the people ... to come ... to the hemicycle and assume a proclamation to lead the future of the country", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 68], "content_span": [69, 309]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273447-0003-0000", "contents": "2017 Venezuelan National Assembly attack, Series of events, Ceremony\nAfter speaking for over fifteen minutes and calling for supporters to march to the palace, El Aissami left the area with his entourage.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 68], "content_span": [69, 204]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273447-0004-0000", "contents": "2017 Venezuelan National Assembly attack, Series of events, Attack\nBy 9:18am VST, a calm had returned to the National Assembly as the lawmakers retreated into the Palacio Federal Legislativo. Speaker of the National Assembly, Julio Borges, spoke a half hour later calling for the Venezuelan armed forces to protect the will of the Venezuelan people and not that of a political party.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 66], "content_span": [67, 383]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273447-0005-0000", "contents": "2017 Venezuelan National Assembly attack, Series of events, Attack\nGovernment supporters began to congregate at the entrances of the Palacio Federal Legislativo at about 10:40am VST and at 11:45am VST, National Guardsmen stationed at the legislative palace allowed the crowds to enter the National Assembly facility.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 66], "content_span": [67, 316]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273447-0006-0000", "contents": "2017 Venezuelan National Assembly attack, Series of events, Attack\nHundreds of people belonging to colectivos and pro-government groups then stormed the National Assembly armed with pipes, firearms and fireworks, proceeding to fire guns and tear gas throughout the area. By 1:30pm VST, colectivos were inside of the legislative palace assaulting individuals without any intervention from the National Guard. Some legislators made futile attempts to defend themselves from the government groups with fire extinguishers, Opposition lawmakers were beaten with objects and while some were attacked while lying defenseless on the ground. After hours of brawling occurred and many opposition officials were beaten, the National Guard finally withdrew pro-government groups from the facility.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 66], "content_span": [67, 785]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273447-0007-0000", "contents": "2017 Venezuelan National Assembly attack, Series of events, Attack\nFollowing the attack, the walls and floors of the Palacio Federal Legislativo were left stained with the blood of opposition lawmakers. However, government supporters remained outside of the Palacio Federal Legislativo for hours, assaulting legislators as they left with the National Guard showing indifference to the pro-government attacks. By 7:10pm, authorities began to escort lawmakers to their vehicles and within twenty minutes, 90% of legislators were evacuated from the area, though journalists and photographers had to escape by their own will under a hail of bottles, fireworks and stones. As a result of the attack, at least 12 opposition officials and their staff were reported to be injured.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 66], "content_span": [67, 772]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273447-0008-0000", "contents": "2017 Venezuelan National Assembly attack, Aftermath, Shortage of medical supplies\nFollowing the attack, individuals injured could not receive treatment due to the shortage of medical supplies in the country and because the Bolivarian government prohibited the National Assembly from having proper medical insurance. Many asked for donations of gauze, bandages, antibiotics, antiseptics, IV solutions and painkillers.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 81], "content_span": [82, 416]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273447-0009-0000", "contents": "2017 Venezuelan National Assembly attack, Response, Domestic\nPresident Nicol\u00e1s Maduro condemned the attack, describing it as a \"strange event\" and called for an investigation while National Assembly speaker Julio Borges described Maduro's remarks as \"hypocritical\", stating that \"it was their armed groups that assaulted and attacked us\".", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 60], "content_span": [61, 338]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273447-0010-0000", "contents": "2017 Venezuelan National Assembly attack, Response, International response, Governments\nThe governments of Mexico and Panama condemned the assault on the National Assembly.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 87], "content_span": [88, 172]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273447-0011-0000", "contents": "2017 Venezuelan National Assembly attack, Response, International response, Supranational bodies\nThe Inter-American Commission on Human Rights and the United Nations condemned the attack.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 96], "content_span": [97, 187]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273448-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 Venezuelan Primera Divisi\u00f3n season\nThe 2017 Primera Divisi\u00f3n season was the 36th professional season of Venezuela's top-flight football league. Zamora were the defending champions, but did not qualify to the Serie Final, after being eliminated by Monagas in the quarter-finals of the Torneo Apertura and by Deportivo Lara in the quarter-finals of the Torneo Clausura.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [39, 39], "content_span": [40, 372]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273448-0001-0000", "contents": "2017 Venezuelan Primera Divisi\u00f3n season\nMonagas were the champions, defeating Deportivo Lara in the Serie Final, 2\u20131 on aggregate.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [39, 39], "content_span": [40, 130]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273448-0002-0000", "contents": "2017 Venezuelan Primera Divisi\u00f3n season, Teams, Stadia and locations\na Trujillanos played the matchday 11 of the Torneo Clausura (against Deportivo Lara) at the Estadio Jos\u00e9 Pachencho Romero in Maracaibo, after the Estadio Jos\u00e9 Alberto P\u00e9rez in Valera was suspended due to crowd disturbances in the Copa Venezuela round of 16 second leg against Zulia.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 68], "content_span": [69, 351]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273448-0003-0000", "contents": "2017 Venezuelan Primera Divisi\u00f3n season, Torneo Apertura\nThe Torneo Apertura was the first tournament of the season. The regular season started on 28 January and finished on 21 May 2017.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 56], "content_span": [57, 186]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273448-0004-0000", "contents": "2017 Venezuelan Primera Divisi\u00f3n season, Torneo Apertura, Awards, Team of the Tournament\nThe Asociaci\u00f3n FUTVE chose the team of the Torneo Apertura.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 88], "content_span": [89, 148]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273448-0005-0000", "contents": "2017 Venezuelan Primera Divisi\u00f3n season, Torneo Apertura, Awards, Player of the Tournament\nThe best player of Torneo Apertura was Monagas winger Anthony Blondell, chosen by the Asociaci\u00f3n FUTVE.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 90], "content_span": [91, 194]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273448-0006-0000", "contents": "2017 Venezuelan Primera Divisi\u00f3n season, Torneo Clausura\nThe Torneo Clausura was the second tournament of the season. The regular season started on 15 July and finished on 29 October 2017.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 56], "content_span": [57, 188]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273448-0007-0000", "contents": "2017 Venezuelan Primera Divisi\u00f3n season, Torneo Clausura, Awards, Team of the Tournament\nThe Asociaci\u00f3n FUTVE chose the team of the Torneo Clausura.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 88], "content_span": [89, 148]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273448-0008-0000", "contents": "2017 Venezuelan Primera Divisi\u00f3n season, Torneo Clausura, Awards, Player of the Tournament\nThe best player of Torneo Clausura was Deportivo Lara goalkeeper Carlos Salazar, chosen by the Asociaci\u00f3n FUTVE.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 90], "content_span": [91, 203]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273448-0009-0000", "contents": "2017 Venezuelan Primera Divisi\u00f3n season, Serie Final\nThe Serie Final is held between the champions of the Torneo Apertura and the Torneo Clausura to determine the champions of the season. The draw to determine the order of the legs was held on 4 December 2017.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 52], "content_span": [53, 260]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273448-0010-0000", "contents": "2017 Venezuelan Primera Divisi\u00f3n season, Awards, Annual awards, Player of the Year\nThe best player of the 2017 season was Monagas forward Anthony Blondell, chosen by the Asociaci\u00f3n FUTVE.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 82], "content_span": [83, 187]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273449-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 Venezuelan constitutional crisis\nOn 29 March 2017, the Supreme Tribunal of Justice (TSJ) of Venezuela took over legislative powers of the National Assembly. The Tribunal, mainly supporters of President Nicol\u00e1s Maduro, also restricted the immunity granted to the Assembly's members, who mostly belonged to the opposition.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [37, 37], "content_span": [38, 325]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273449-0001-0000", "contents": "2017 Venezuelan constitutional crisis\nThe dissolution was considered by the opposition to be a \"coup\" while the Organization of American States (OAS) termed the action a \"self-coup\". The decision was condemned by some media outlets with analysts characterizing the move as a turn towards authoritarianism and one-man rule.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [37, 37], "content_span": [38, 322]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273449-0002-0000", "contents": "2017 Venezuelan constitutional crisis\nPoliticians throughout the Americas, as well as leaders from the United Nations, expressed concern with the decision and demanded its reversal, though the Venezuelan government stated no coup had taken place and instead justified its decision as a reaction to \"coup-like actions\" allegedly performed by the opposition.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [37, 37], "content_span": [38, 356]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273449-0003-0000", "contents": "2017 Venezuelan constitutional crisis\nOn 1 April 2017, the TSJ partially reversed its decision, thereby reinstating the powers of the National Assembly. Public dissatisfaction with the decision persisted however, with the strengthening of the protests that year \"into the most combative since a wave of unrest in 2014\" resulting from the crisis.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [37, 37], "content_span": [38, 345]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273449-0004-0000", "contents": "2017 Venezuelan constitutional crisis, Background\nFollowing the death of President Hugo Ch\u00e1vez, Venezuela faced a severe socioeconomic crisis during the Presidency of his successor, President Nicol\u00e1s Maduro, as a result of their policies. Due to the state's high levels of urban violence, inflation, and chronic shortages of basic goods attributed to economic policies such as strict price controls, civil insurrection in Venezuela culminated in the 2014\u201317 protests. Protests occurred over the years, with demonstrations occurring in various intensities depending on the crises Venezuelans were facing at the time and the perceived threat of being repressed by authorities.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 49], "content_span": [50, 674]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273449-0005-0000", "contents": "2017 Venezuelan constitutional crisis, Background\nThe discontent with the United Socialist Government saw the opposition being elected to hold the majority in the National Assembly for the first time since 1999 following the 2015 Parliamentary Election. As a result of that election, the lame duck National Assembly consisting of United Socialist officials filled the Venezuelan Supreme Court with allies. Into early 2016, the Supreme Court alleged that voting irregularities occurred in the 2015 Parliamentary Elections and stripped four Assembly members of their seats, preventing an opposition supermajority in the National Assembly which would be able to challenge President Maduro.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 49], "content_span": [50, 686]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273449-0005-0001", "contents": "2017 Venezuelan constitutional crisis, Background\nThe Assembly nevertheless swore in 3 of the members in question, in response to which the Supreme Court ruled that the Assembly was in contempt of court and in violation of the constitutional order. The TSJ court then began to approve multiple actions performed by Maduro and granted him more powers.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 49], "content_span": [50, 350]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273449-0006-0000", "contents": "2017 Venezuelan constitutional crisis, Background\nAfter facing years of crisis, the Venezuelan opposition pursued a recall referendum against President Maduro, presenting a petition to the National Electoral Council (CNE) on 2 May 2016. By August 2016, the momentum to recall President Maduro appeared to be progressing, with the Council setting a date for the second phase of collecting signatures, though it made the schedule strenuous, stretching the process into 2017 which made it impossible for the opposition to activate new Presidential Elections. On 21 October 2016, the Council suspended the referendum only days before preliminary signature-gatherings were to be held. The Council blamed alleged voter fraud as the reason for the cancellation of the referendum. International observers criticized the move, stating that CNE's decision made Maduro look as if he were seeking to rule as a dictator.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 49], "content_span": [50, 907]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273449-0007-0000", "contents": "2017 Venezuelan constitutional crisis, Background\nDays after the recall movement was cancelled, 1.2\u00a0million Venezuelans protested throughout the country against the move, demanding President Maduro to leave office, with Caracas protests remaining calm while protests in other federal states resulted in clashes between demonstrators and authorities, leaving one policeman dead, 120 injured and 147 arrested. That day the opposition gave President Maduro a deadline of 3 November 2016 to hold elections, with opposition leader, Miranda Governor Henrique Capriles stating, \"Today we are giving a deadline to the Government. I tell the coward who is in Miraflores ... that on 3 November the Venezuelan people are coming to Caracas because we are going to Miraflores\".", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 49], "content_span": [50, 764]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273449-0008-0000", "contents": "2017 Venezuelan constitutional crisis, Background\nDays later on 1 November 2016, then National Assembly President and opposition leader Henry Ramos Allup announced the cancellation of 3 November march to the Miraflores presidential palace, with Vatican-led dialogue between the opposition and the government beginning. By 7 December 2016, dialogue halted between the two and two months later on 13 January 2017 after talks stalled, the Vatican officially pulled out of the dialogue. Further protests were much smaller due to the fear of repression, with the opposition organizing surprise protests instead of organized mass marches.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 49], "content_span": [50, 632]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273449-0009-0000", "contents": "2017 Venezuelan constitutional crisis, Background\nOther actions by President Maduro and his Bolivarian officials included a 7 February 2017 meeting which announced the creation of the Great Socialist Justice Mission which had the goal of establishing \"a great alliance between the three powers, the judiciary, the citizen and the executive\", with Maduro stating that \"we have been fortunate to see how the judicial power has been growing and perfecting, carrying a doctrine so complete with the constitution of 1999\" while stating that the opposition-led National Assembly \"took power not for the majority not for the people but for themselves\".", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 49], "content_span": [50, 645]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273449-0010-0000", "contents": "2017 Venezuelan constitutional crisis, Events, Judicial events\nThe Court ruled that the National Assembly was \"in a situation of contempt\", because of the aforementioned rulings against the election of some of its members. It stripped the Assembly of legislative powers, and took those powers for itself; which meant that the Court might have been able to create laws. The court did not indicate if or when it might hand power back. A statement issued by the court however stated that it would retain the powers of the legislature until the \"contempt situation persists and the National Assembly actions are invalidated\".", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 62], "content_span": [63, 621]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273449-0010-0001", "contents": "2017 Venezuelan constitutional crisis, Events, Judicial events\nThe action transferred powers from the Assembly, which had an opposition majority since January 2016, to the Supreme Tribunal of Justice, which has a majority of government loyalists. The ruling also granted President Maduro the power to suspend elections, imprison opposition deputies and withdraw Venezuela from the Organization of American States.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 62], "content_span": [63, 413]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273449-0011-0000", "contents": "2017 Venezuelan constitutional crisis, Events, Judicial events, Ruling N\u00ba 156\nOn the basis of the declared unconstitutional omission, this Constitutional Chamber resolves that there is no impediment for the National Executive to establish joint ventures in the spirit established in Article 33 of the Organic Hydrocarbons Law, for which purpose the National Executive, by body of the Ministry of Energy and Petroleum, shall inform to this Chamber of all the pertinent circumstances to that constitution and conditions, including the special advantages envisaged in favor of the Republic. Any subsequent modification of the conditions shall be reported to this Chamber, following a favorable report from the Ministry of Energy and Petroleum.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 77], "content_span": [78, 740]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273449-0012-0000", "contents": "2017 Venezuelan constitutional crisis, Events, Judicial events, Ruling N\u00ba 156\nResolving the interpretation requested of Article 33 of the current Organic Hydrocarbons Law, the Chamber decides that the National Assembly, acting de facto, can not modify the proposed conditions or seek to establish other conditions.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 77], "content_span": [78, 314]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273449-0013-0000", "contents": "2017 Venezuelan constitutional crisis, Events, Judicial events, Ruling N\u00ba 156\nOn the basis of a state of emergency, the Head of State may amend the rule to be interpreted by means of a reform, in accordance with the jurisprudence of this High Court (see Ruling N\u00ba 155 of 28 March 2017).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 77], "content_span": [78, 286]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273449-0014-0000", "contents": "2017 Venezuelan constitutional crisis, Events, Judicial events, Reactions to the judicial ruling\nThe move was denounced by the opposition, with Assembly President Julio Borges making statements on 30 March describing the action as a coup d'\u00e9tat by President Nicol\u00e1s Maduro. Borges called on the military to intervene, stating that \"they cannot remain silent in the face of the violation of the Constitution\" and \"that FAN officers are also going through drama caused by the high cost of life. We want to make a call on them to be the first guardians of democracy and the Venezuelan Constitution and that they become part of the solution.\" Finally, Borges called on international attention to the ruling and called for new protests saying \"there is fear, there is repression, but it is time to stand up.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 96], "content_span": [97, 803]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273449-0015-0000", "contents": "2017 Venezuelan constitutional crisis, Events, Judicial events, Reactions to the judicial ruling\nHours later, opposition officials gathered outside of the TSJ headquarters and were attacked by pro-government paramilitary groups called colectivos and National Guard troops. Deputy Juan Requesens was attacked by colectivo forces while Carlos Paparoni was pushed to the concrete by a National Guardsman. A journalist for the National Assembly's broadcast team, El Capitolio TV was struck in the head and required stitches. Government supporters and authorities also attempted to take recording devices away from the media on the scene.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 96], "content_span": [97, 633]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273449-0016-0000", "contents": "2017 Venezuelan constitutional crisis, Events, Judicial events, Reactions to the judicial ruling\nIn a rare break of ranks, on 31 March 2017, pro-government Attorney General Luisa Ortega D\u00edaz stated on Venezuelan state television while holding a copy of the 1999 Constitution that the TSJ's ruling was a \"rupture of constitutional order\" and that it was her \"duty to inform my country of my deep concern over these events,\" with her audience responding with a lengthy applause. Borges, the Assembly President, stated that officials should follow Ortega's example and called on the military \"to obey the orders of your conscience.\" Meanwhile, protesters were repressed by the National Guard armed with buckshot and batons. Many demonstrators were arrested, with the media being caught in the assault, having their cameras confiscated while one female reporter of Caracol Radio was singled out by a group of troops and beaten.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 96], "content_span": [97, 923]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273449-0017-0000", "contents": "2017 Venezuelan constitutional crisis, Events, Judicial events, Reactions to the judicial ruling\nOn 4 April 2017, opposition called for a march from Plaza Venezuela to the National Assembly with thousands of Venezuelans participating, though access to the meeting point was quickly blocked by the Bolivarian National Guard. Twelve subway stations were closed. Pro -government colectivos blocked opposition marches and fired weapons at protesters, with demonstrations resulting in the injuries of about 42 individuals, including seven police officers, while over 50 people were arrested.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 96], "content_span": [97, 586]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273449-0018-0000", "contents": "2017 Venezuelan constitutional crisis, Events, Judicial events, Reactions to the judicial ruling\nIn reporting the story, The New York Times noted that in the previous few months Maduro had been swiftly consolidating power, and the Assembly was considered by many to be the sole remaining counterbalance to the President's control. It also noted that following such moves by the government, \"many now describe as not just an authoritarian regime, but an outright dictatorship.\" Fox News also noted that following the sporadic protests that did not produce results, with the government already consolidating itself within the military and politically by canceling elections, calls for further demonstrations as well as the intervention of the armed forces were futile.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 96], "content_span": [97, 766]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273449-0019-0000", "contents": "2017 Venezuelan constitutional crisis, Events, Judicial events, Reversal of decisions\nFollowing the rare criticism from Attorney General Ortega, an inner-circle official, Maduro ordered a review of the TSJ's decision regarding the National Assembly. One day later, the Tribunal reversed that particular order, thereby reinstating the powers of the Assembly. The opposition, however, dismissed the backtracking and called on Venezuelans \"to take to the streets\" against what they called an attempted coup, arguing that the moves proved that Maduro controlled the judiciary and therefore separation of powers did not exist in the republic. Protests in the country continued after the reversal with the opposition demanding early elections.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 85], "content_span": [86, 737]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273449-0020-0000", "contents": "2017 Venezuelan constitutional crisis, Events, Judicial events, Proceedings against TSJ\nFollowing the reversal of the rulings by the TSJ, the National Assembly prepared proceeding against the court, accusing the court of not being separated from the executive, though Reuters noted that \"the move by the opposition-led congress would only be symbolic because it remains powerless\".", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 87], "content_span": [88, 381]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273449-0020-0001", "contents": "2017 Venezuelan constitutional crisis, Events, Judicial events, Proceedings against TSJ\nFollowing the criticism of the TSJ's ruling by Attorney General Ortega, there were calls for her to be involved in the so-called Republican Moral Council, made up of the Prosecutor's Office, the Office of the Comptroller and the Office of the Ombudsman, which had the right to remove members of the TSJ according to the Venezuelan constitution. During protests on 4 April, opposition leaders announced that they would pursue the removal of the seven judges who signed the rulings against the National Assembly.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 87], "content_span": [88, 598]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273449-0021-0000", "contents": "2017 Venezuelan constitutional crisis, Events, Judicial events, Proceedings against TSJ\nOn 7 April, Ombudsman Tarek William Saab announced the decision of the Republican Moral Council decision on the TSJ judges, stating that he and Comptroller Manuel Galindo had rejected the request to endorse proceedings against the TSJ, whereas Attorney General Ortega had dissented.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 87], "content_span": [88, 370]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273449-0022-0000", "contents": "2017 Venezuelan constitutional crisis, Events, Constitutional assembly\nToday, on May 1, I announce that I will use my presidential privileges as constitutional head of state in accordance with article 347, to convene the original constituent power so that the working class and the people can call a national constituent assembly.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 70], "content_span": [71, 330]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273449-0023-0000", "contents": "2017 Venezuelan constitutional crisis, Events, Constitutional assembly, Proposal\nOn 1 May 2017 following a month of protests that resulted in at least 29 dead, Maduro called for a Constitutional Assembly that would draft a new constitution that would replace the 1999 Venezuela Constitution. He invoked Article 347, and stated that his call for a new constitution was necessary to counter the actions of the opposition. Critics suspected that the members of the Constitutional Assembly would not be elected in open elections, but selected from social organizations loyal to Maduro. The proposal would be an alternative way to close the National Assembly. It would also allow him to stay in power during the interregnum, as the process would take at least two years.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 80], "content_span": [81, 765]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273449-0024-0000", "contents": "2017 Venezuelan constitutional crisis, Events, Constitutional assembly, Proposal\nDiosdado Cabello pointed that the new constitution would prevent a politician similar to the Argentine Mauricio Macri from ever becoming president of Venezuela. Macri was elected president in the 2015 presidential elections, ending the 12-years terms of N\u00e9stor Kirchner and Cristina Fern\u00e1ndez de Kirchner, longtime allies of both Ch\u00e1vez and Maduro.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 80], "content_span": [81, 429]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273449-0025-0000", "contents": "2017 Venezuelan constitutional crisis, Events, Constitutional assembly, Proposal\nThe MUD started a common front for all the people in Venezuela that oppose the amendment. It is composed by the MUD, the Marea Socialista, minor parties without representatives in the Assembly (such as the marxists Bandera Roja), disenchanted chavistas, the Catholic Church, universities, human rights organizations, lawyers and artists. Eustoquio Contreras is the only deputy that defected from Maduro and opposed the amendment. Luis Salamanca, former rector of the National Electoral Council, considers that the front may not be capable to stop Maduro, as he is unwilling to negotiate the proposal.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 80], "content_span": [81, 681]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273449-0026-0000", "contents": "2017 Venezuelan constitutional crisis, Events, Constitutional assembly, Approval\nOn 22 May, the Republican Moral Council \u2013 which the opposition hoped would establish proceedings against TSJ judges \u2013 shared their approval of the National Constitutional Assembly despite the absence of Attorney General Ortega, with Ombudsman Tarek William Saab stating that \"The call to the National Constituent Assembly is a constitutional exit to the political situation that the country is living, in order to foster dialogue and coexistence of the country\".", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 80], "content_span": [81, 543]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273449-0027-0000", "contents": "2017 Venezuelan constitutional crisis, Events, Constitutional assembly, Approval\nThe next day on 23 May, Danilo Antonio Mojica Monsalvo, the magistrate of the Social Cassation Chamber of the TSJ announced his disagreement with President Maduro's Constitutional Assembly, stating that without a popular referendum voting on the assembly, the move would be \"spurious ... a legal metaphor to describe what is done outside the Constitution\". Another TSJ judge, Marisela Godoy, spoke out against Maduro's proposal, stating \"At this moment I support, without any fear, the attorney general (Luisa Ortega D\u00edaz), who is not any official\" and that if she were to be criticized by the government, she \"does not care\". However, the Constitutional assembly proposal was accepted by the CNE, with an election slated for 10 July 2017.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 80], "content_span": [81, 820]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273449-0028-0000", "contents": "2017 Venezuelan constitutional crisis, Events, Constitutional assembly, Reactions to constitutional assembly\nThe call generated further protests. 920 Battalions were created and maintained, composed by 200,000 militias to respond to violent protests. Pedro Carre\u00f1o, aide of Diosdado Cabello, stated that Venezuela would be suffering an attack similar to the 1973 Chilean coup d'\u00e9tat against Salvador Allende, and that those militias would prevent that. Capriles complained that Maduro is preparing forces to wage a war, and said \"let the world see who wants elections and who tries to impose himself by force\". Protesters may be tried under military justice, instead of civil courts. The constitution of Venezuela limits the scope of the military courts to crimes of a military nature.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 108], "content_span": [109, 785]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273449-0029-0000", "contents": "2017 Venezuelan constitutional crisis, Events, Parallel Supreme Tribunal\nOn 20 June 2017, President of the National Assembly Julio Borges, the opposition-led legislative body of Venezuela, announced the activations of Articles 333 and 350 of the Venezuelan Constitution. A \"road map\" was also enacted by the opposition which entailed the nullification of further actions performed by the TSJ, the call for a continuous, peaceful protest movement \"until the restitution of the constitutional order\" and for Venezuelans to continue to confront President Maduro's constitutional assembly.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 72], "content_span": [73, 585]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273449-0030-0000", "contents": "2017 Venezuelan constitutional crisis, Events, Parallel Supreme Tribunal, Reactions to parallel government\nAccording to Jose Vicente Haro, a constitutional lawyer, the Venezuelan opposition should name new directors of Venezuela's branches of government in order to establish a parallel government and to further pursue corrupt individuals, however noting that the Bolivarian government may attempt to jail opposition leaders.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 106], "content_span": [107, 426]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273450-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 Venezuelan municipal elections\nThe Venezuelan municipal elections of 2017 were held on 10 December 2017, to elect 335 mayors throughout Venezuela, as well as the governor of the state of Zulia. This was the first municipal election held since 2013, when elections were delayed from 2012 following the death of Hugo Ch\u00e1vez. The election resulted in many members of the United Socialist Party of Venezuela (the PSUV, created by Hugo Ch\u00e1vez) being elected as heads of municipal governments throughout Venezuela.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [35, 35], "content_span": [36, 513]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273450-0001-0000", "contents": "2017 Venezuelan municipal elections, Irregularities, Elections delay\nControversy arose surrounding whether the election would be held or not, as the National Electoral Council (CNE) had not determined a date only two months ahead of the expected date, with some believing that this was due to the belief that if elections were held, the ruling party, the PSUV, would suffer one of its largest losses in over a decade.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 68], "content_span": [69, 417]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273450-0002-0000", "contents": "2017 Venezuelan municipal elections, Irregularities, Elections delay\nOn 18 October 2016, the head of the CNE, Tibisay Lucena, stated that regional and municipal elections would not be held until mid-2017, stating the delay was due to an \"economic war\" and low oil prices. Government sources cited by Reuters stated that the true reason for the delay was the hope that higher oil prices might raise the popularity of the PSUV.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 68], "content_span": [69, 425]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273450-0003-0000", "contents": "2017 Venezuelan municipal elections, Irregularities, Elections delay\nIn May 2017, after approving President Maduro's plan for a National Constituent Assembly Tibisay Lucena announced that elections for representatives to redo the constitution would take place in late July, and that municipal elections would not be held until 10 December 2017, despite the fact that the National Constituent Assembly would choose its members based on decisions by the current municipal governments, which had held a PSUV majority since 2013, giving the upcoming municipal elections no chance to influence the new constitution.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 68], "content_span": [69, 610]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273450-0004-0000", "contents": "2017 Venezuelan municipal elections, Irregularities, Relocation of voting centers\nOn 2 December 2017, S\u00famate denounced the relocation of 169 polling stations, including in the Chacao and Libertador municipalities, with T\u00e1chira State having the most changes, with 27. Francisco Castro, director of S\u00famate, indicated that 106 voting centers were relocated and the remaining 63 were migrated to existing stations. He added that the most affected states with regard to voting center relocations were M\u00e9rida and Aragua, with 15 each, Miranda, with 13, T\u00e1chira and Zulia, with 12 each, and Carabobo, with 9. Voting centers were relocated by the pro-government National Electoral Council (CNE) citing security reasons, despite the fact that the 2017 Venezuelan protests ended after the Constituent Assembly election.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 81], "content_span": [82, 809]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273450-0005-0000", "contents": "2017 Venezuelan municipal elections, Irregularities, Un Nuevo Tiempo\nOn 2 December 2017, Vicente Bello, the National Electoral Council representative of the Un Nuevo Tiempo (UNT) opposition political party denounced irregularities during the audit of the voting machines and delivered a document to UNT leader Luis Emilio Rond\u00f3n that stated that \"the established protocol related to the selection of samples by status in the line of production and their subsequent verification\", \"the schedules set for the start of daily activity\" and that the respective shifts were modified without prior notice, warning that the CNE did not establish that the samples of the selected machines were subsequently verified for proper functioning. The electoral technician clarified that the UNT would not participate in the preparation and signing of the minutes that would be carried out as result of the audit of the production of voting machines.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 68], "content_span": [69, 933]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273450-0006-0000", "contents": "2017 Venezuelan municipal elections, Irregularities, Global Observatory of Communication and Democracy\nThe Global Observatory of Communication and Democracy (El Observatorio Global de Comunicaci\u00f3n y Democracia (OGCD) is an NGO whose mission statement says it 'aims to strengthen democratic values in Latin America') detected several irregularities since the announcement of the elections, including that it must have been done with six months of anticipation to comply with the electoral norms, organizing the electoral process in less than a month.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 102], "content_span": [103, 550]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273450-0006-0001", "contents": "2017 Venezuelan municipal elections, Irregularities, Global Observatory of Communication and Democracy\nThe Observatory also states that the law establishes that the election of the representatives of the municipal councils should have been done along the municipal elections and that the CNE violated the Special Law of the Municipal Regime of the Metropolitan Area of Caracas by suspending the election of the metropolitan mayors of Caracas and Alto Apure District, as well as the representatives to the metropolitan cabildos (town halls).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 102], "content_span": [103, 540]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273450-0006-0002", "contents": "2017 Venezuelan municipal elections, Irregularities, Global Observatory of Communication and Democracy\nDays after the elections, on 20 December 2017, the Constituent Assembly approved the Constituent Decree for the Suppression and Liquidation of the Metropolitan Area and the Alto Apure District, dissolving both entities. On 9 January 2018, the National Assembly with opposition majority declared the \"absolute nullity\" of the Constituent's Assembly decision to suppress the entities. Likewise, the Observatory indicated that the norms corresponding to the announcement were violated by publishing the electoral schedule without formal announcements or press conference of the electoral body and by performing electoral activities, such as the nomination of candidates, before the publication of the schedule.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 102], "content_span": [103, 810]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273450-0006-0003", "contents": "2017 Venezuelan municipal elections, Irregularities, Global Observatory of Communication and Democracy\nIt also declared that norms related to the candidates postulation were also violated by granting only five days for the application, curation, admission and rejection, interposition, decision of appeals against the applications, as well as for the substitutions and modifications, and that the substitution and modification of candidacies rules were violated when the CNE established only two days for the process, when the Organic Law of Electoral Processes specifies that the political parties may modify candidacies up to ten days before the election.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 102], "content_span": [103, 657]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273450-0007-0000", "contents": "2017 Venezuelan municipal elections, Irregularities, Global Observatory of Communication and Democracy\nFurthermore, the Observatory denounced the elimination of the inscription of new voters for the Electoral Registry, its precarious revision and the limitation for national and international observation, whose accreditations are granted discretionally by the CNE.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 102], "content_span": [103, 365]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273450-0007-0001", "contents": "2017 Venezuelan municipal elections, Irregularities, Global Observatory of Communication and Democracy\nOther factors criticized by the organization were the arbitrary conformation of the municipal regional boards, whose chosen voters were the same ones chosen in a public and automated raffle on 31 March 2016, and the fact that despite that the CNE promised to review the modification and relocation of the polling stations during the previous regional elections, two days before the election several centers remained in different locations without determining the total number of stations that remained in that condition.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 102], "content_span": [103, 623]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273450-0007-0002", "contents": "2017 Venezuelan municipal elections, Irregularities, Global Observatory of Communication and Democracy\nThe general director of the Observatory, Griselda Colina, warned about the inequity and lack of coverage of the activities of all the candidates in the public media; she stressed the lack of information for voters about the electoral offer and the outdate of the Electoral Registry since 2015, where according to unofficial estimates, approximately two million Venezuelans are being excluded.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 102], "content_span": [103, 495]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273450-0007-0003", "contents": "2017 Venezuelan municipal elections, Irregularities, Global Observatory of Communication and Democracy\nThe national coordinator of the Electoral Observation Network of the Education Assembly, Jos\u00e9 Domingo Mujica, stated that the municipal elections \"drag fundamental faults since the governors elections\" and due to \"a hasty election to the election\" a \"a huge cut in the electoral schedule activities\" was provoked, he also pointed to the exclusion of the municipal council elections and the metropolitan mayors and also expressed his belief that there was a pro-government advantage in the electoral campaign, citing the \"abuse of the official media to openly promote the pro-government candidates\" and \"the difference of conditions for the participants\".", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 102], "content_span": [103, 757]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273450-0008-0000", "contents": "2017 Venezuelan municipal elections, Irregularities, \u00c1ngel Prado\nIn the Sim\u00f3n Planas municipality in the Lara state, the chavista and Constituent Assembly member \u00c1ngel Prado at first was denied the inscription of the independent candidacy despite getting signatures of 32% of the voters in the municipality, receiving later support from the Communist Party of Venezuela, the MEP, the Tupamaro, the ORA and the Patria para Todos parties, of which the latter changed its support for the PSUV candidate to \u00c1ngel Pardo, change endorsed by Resolution Nro. 17/11/09/-00 of 13 November of the very Municipal Electoral Board.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 64], "content_span": [65, 617]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273450-0008-0001", "contents": "2017 Venezuelan municipal elections, Irregularities, \u00c1ngel Prado\nThe National Constituent Assembly directive declared that no member could to be a candidate without the written endorsement of its directive, reason why a thousand people mobilized to Caracas to demand the permit, request that was ignored. At the time of the elections only the PPT card appeared, which received 57.45% of the total votes. At the end, the CNE decided to finally award the position to the PSUV candidate, Jean Ort\u00edz.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 64], "content_span": [65, 496]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273450-0009-0000", "contents": "2017 Venezuelan municipal elections, Irregularities, Election day\nDuring the elections, the CNE rector Luis Emilio Rond\u00f3n stated that the more frequent complaints were related to assisted voting and political proselytizing near polling stations, mostly in the Barinas, Carabobo and Zulia states.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 65], "content_span": [66, 295]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273450-0009-0001", "contents": "2017 Venezuelan municipal elections, Irregularities, Election day\nThe Electoral Observation Network of the Education Assembly (ROE) and Venezuelan Electoral Observatory (OEV) reported that the elections were characterized by abstention and the absence of both board members and witnesses, causing many voting centers to open after the stipulated time due to the lack of board members, and that several boards had to be constituted by accidental members, voters waiting in line and willig to fill the vacancies.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 65], "content_span": [66, 510]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273450-0009-0002", "contents": "2017 Venezuelan municipal elections, Irregularities, Election day\nThe Democratic Unity Roundtable announced that in the primary process the candidates for the municipal elections would be elected, after the denouncement by the opposition coalition in the October 2017 regional elections the MUD decided not to field candidacies in these elections. However, some MUD member parties fielded candidates, such as Un Nuevo Tiempo and Avanzada Progresista", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 65], "content_span": [66, 449]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273450-0010-0000", "contents": "2017 Venezuelan municipal elections, Irregularities, Election day\nAccording to reports of the Observation Network, the average of the national participation was 21%, being T\u00e1chira the state with most participating, 35%, and Aragua with the least, 9%. The low presence of witnesses in the polling stations remained during the closure of the centers in municipalities such as Sucre, Chacao and Libertador, where the lines were too short or there were no voters waiting to vote, contrary to previous elections or the 2015 parliamentary elections. According to the reports received by the organization, the abstention reached over 70% at 4:00 pm. However, the government's National Electoral Council has estimated that 47.32% of people eligible to vote did so.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 65], "content_span": [66, 756]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273450-0011-0000", "contents": "2017 Venezuelan municipal elections, Irregularities, Election day\nAccording to Domingo Mujica, the ROE national coordinator, violations of the companion voting rule were detected in 15 % on a national scale, use of public funds to mobilize voters in 16%, that 10% of the centers reported technical failures with the voting machines and that there were incidents in 5% of the stations. Other irregularities denounced by the specialists were the disproportionate use of political propaganda near polling stations and the use of the Carnet de la Patria as a coercion method of the voter.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 65], "content_span": [66, 584]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273450-0011-0001", "contents": "2017 Venezuelan municipal elections, Irregularities, Election day\nIgnacio \u00c1valos, director of the OEV, indicated that the delay in the opening was also due to the fact that in several centers the voters refused to volunteer. According to the Observation Network, approximately 48% of the polling stations throughout the country had to be constituted by accidental members and 45% of the polling stations had no witnesses.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 65], "content_span": [66, 421]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273450-0012-0000", "contents": "2017 Venezuelan municipal elections, Irregularities, Election day\nThere were complaints of voting centers in the Libertador municipality of Caracas where \"red points\" were installed for the verification of the voter's Carnet de la Patria and where propaganda in favor of the pro-government candidates was shown, an act forbidden during the electoral processes prohibited act during the electoral processes. Despite that Jorge Rodr\u00edguez clarifyed that only the identity card was needed to vote, president Nicol\u00e1s Maduro, vicepresident Tareck El Aissami and Rodr\u00edguez encouraged voters to vote with the Carnet de la Patria. In an afternoon press conference, Jorge Rodr\u00edguez assured that those who voted in the municipal elections and registered their participation in the tricolor points with the Carnet de la Patria \"would receive a gift\".", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 65], "content_span": [66, 838]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273450-0013-0000", "contents": "2017 Venezuelan municipal elections, Irregularities, Election day\nThe coordinator of the electoral center of the Andr\u00e9s Bello school in La Candelaria parish in Caracas denounced that the National Electoral Council did not hagive the credentials to the board members and witnesses who supported the candidate for mayor of the Libertador municipality Maribel Castillo, so they could not seal, sign or access the polling station, while they were delivered the night before to the representatives of the Patria Para Todos party and the United Socialist Party of Venezuela.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 65], "content_span": [66, 568]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273450-0013-0001", "contents": "2017 Venezuelan municipal elections, Irregularities, Election day\nIn the Ud\u00f3n P\u00e9rez voting center, in Maracaibo, twenty motorcyclists with passengers verbally threatened voters and journalists, including Zulia state candidate Manuel Rosales, throwing explosives before retiring. In the Portuguesa state three persons were detained for attempting to illegally enter in a voting center. In the San Crist\u00f3bal and Jun\u00edn municipalities in T\u00e1chira state there were three preventive detentions for the destruction of the electoral ballot and the damage of a voting machine, respectively.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 65], "content_span": [66, 580]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273450-0014-0000", "contents": "2017 Venezuelan municipal elections, Results\nAccording to the results published by the National Electoral Council (CNE) on its website, the United Socialist Party and the Great Patriotic Pole obtained 306 municipalities, while the opposition and independents that participated obtained 29 municipalities.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 44], "content_span": [45, 304]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273451-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 Venezuelan protests\nThe 2017 Venezuelan protests, were a series of protests occurring throughout Venezuela. Protests began in January 2017 after the arrest of multiple opposition leaders and the cancellation of dialogue between the opposition and Nicol\u00e1s Maduro's government.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [24, 24], "content_span": [25, 281]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273451-0001-0000", "contents": "2017 Venezuelan protests\nAs the tension continued, the 2017 Venezuelan constitutional crisis began in late March when the pro-government Supreme Tribunal of Justice (TSJ) dissolved the opposition-led National Assembly, with the intensity of protests increasing greatly throughout Venezuela following the decision. As April arrived, the protests grew \"into the most combative since a wave of unrest in 2014\" resulting from the crisis with hundreds of thousands of Venezuelans protesting daily through the month and into May. After failing to prevent the July Constituent Assembly election, the opposition and protests largely lost momentum.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [24, 24], "content_span": [25, 640]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273451-0002-0000", "contents": "2017 Venezuelan protests, Background\nFollowing the death of President Hugo Ch\u00e1vez, Venezuela faced a severe socioeconomic crisis during the presidency of his successor, Nicol\u00e1s Maduro, as a result of Ch\u00e1vez's policies and Maduro's continuation of them. Due to the country's high levels of urban violence, inflation, and chronic shortages of basic goods attributed to economic policies such as strict price controls, civil insurrection in Venezuela culminated in the 2014\u201317 protests.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 36], "content_span": [37, 483]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273451-0003-0000", "contents": "2017 Venezuelan protests, Background\nProtests occurred over the years, with demonstrations occurring in various intensities depending on the crises Venezuelans were facing at the time and the perceived threat of being repressed by authorities.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 36], "content_span": [37, 243]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273451-0004-0000", "contents": "2017 Venezuelan protests, Background\nDue to the discontent with the Bolivarian government, the opposition was elected to hold the majority in the National Assembly for the first time since 1999, following the 2015 parliamentary election. As a result of that election, the lame duck National Assembly, consisting of government officials, filled the TSJ with allies.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 36], "content_span": [37, 364]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273451-0005-0000", "contents": "2017 Venezuelan protests, Background\nInto early 2016, the TSJ alleged that voting irregularities occurred in the 2015 parliamentary elections and stripped four lawmakers of their seats, preventing an opposition supermajority in the National Assembly which would be able to challenge President Maduro. The TSJ court then began to approve of multiple actions performed by Maduro and granted him more powers.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 36], "content_span": [37, 405]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273451-0006-0000", "contents": "2017 Venezuelan protests, Background\nAfter facing years of crisis, the Venezuelan opposition pursued a recall referendum against President Maduro, presenting a petition to the National Electoral Council (CNE) on May 2, 2016. By August 2016, the momentum to recall President Maduro appeared to be progressing as the CNE set a date for the second phase of collecting signatures. Though it made the schedule strenuous, stretching the process into 2017 made it impossible for the opposition to activate new presidential elections.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 36], "content_span": [37, 526]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273451-0007-0000", "contents": "2017 Venezuelan protests, Background\nOn 21 October 2016, the CNE suspended the referendum only days before preliminary signature-gatherings were to be held.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 36], "content_span": [37, 156]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273451-0008-0000", "contents": "2017 Venezuelan protests, Background\nThe CNE blamed alleged voter fraud as the reason for the cancellation of the referendum. International observers criticized the move, stating that CNE's decision made Maduro look as if he were seeking to rule as a dictator.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 36], "content_span": [37, 260]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273451-0009-0000", "contents": "2017 Venezuelan protests, Background\nDays after the recall movement was cancelled, 1.2 million Venezuelans protested throughout the country against the move, demanding President Maduro to leave office. Caracas protests remained calm while protests in other states resulted in clashes between demonstrators and authorities, leaving one policeman dead, 120 injured and 147 arrested. That day the opposition gave President Maduro a deadline of 3 November 2016 to hold elections, with opposition leader Henrique Capriles stating, \"Today we are giving a deadline to the government. I tell the coward who is in Miraflores ... that on 3 November the Venezuelan people are coming to Caracas because we are going to Miraflores\".", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 36], "content_span": [37, 719]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273451-0010-0000", "contents": "2017 Venezuelan protests, Background\nDays later on 1 November 2016, then National Assembly President and opposition leader Henry Ramos Allup announced the cancellation of the 3 November march to the Miraflores presidential palace, with Vatican-led dialogue between the opposition and the government beginning.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 36], "content_span": [37, 309]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273451-0011-0000", "contents": "2017 Venezuelan protests, Background\nBy 7 December 2016, dialogue halted between the two and two months later on 13 January 2017 after talks stalled, the Vatican officially pulled out of the dialogue.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 36], "content_span": [37, 200]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273451-0012-0000", "contents": "2017 Venezuelan protests, Timeline\nProtests were originally much smaller in the early months of 2017 due to the fear of repression. The first large protest to occur in 2017 was on 23 January 2017, with several thousand Venezuelans participating. Following that day of protest, opposition leader Henrique Capriles stated that only surprise protests would occur for the meantime.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 34], "content_span": [35, 377]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273451-0013-0000", "contents": "2017 Venezuelan protests, Timeline\nThe following day, the first surprise demonstration occurred with only hundreds of Venezuelans attending, blocking the Francisco Fajardo highway in both directions holding a sign saying \"Elections now\", with Venezuelan authorities not being able to respond until an hour later when the protest was peacefully broken up. There were no other surprise protests to follow.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 34], "content_span": [35, 403]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273451-0014-0000", "contents": "2017 Venezuelan protests, Timeline, Constitutional crisis\nOn 29 March 2017, the 2017 Venezuelan constitutional crisis began, with immunity being taken away from opposition parliamentarians by the Supreme Tribunal of Justice of Venezuela (TSJ), with the TSJ assuming legislative powers of the opposition-controlled National Assembly. Days later, the Supreme Court reversed its decision on 1 April, though the opposition argued that the juridic action was still a \"coup\". Protests following the constitutional crisis grew \"into the most combative since a wave of unrest in 2014\". Weeks later on 14 April 2017, the opposition announced the \"Grand March and Great Taking in All States\", later known as the \"Mother of All Marches\", to take place on 19 April to \"overflow\" Caracas.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 57], "content_span": [58, 775]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273451-0015-0000", "contents": "2017 Venezuelan protests, Timeline, Mother of All Marches\nOn 19 April 2017, the \"mother of all protests\", as it was called by organizers, occurred. The day began with demonstrators gathering around the country at about 10:30\u00a0a.m., with Caracas having 26 different routes for the main march to head to the office of the Ombudsman to demonstrate. As the march progressed through Caracas, the National Guard began to block routes and fire tear gas at marchers at 11:50\u00a0a.m., with the demonstrators refusing to leave despite the use of force. At about 12:30\u00a0p.m., demonstrations by both opposition and pro-government Venezuelans fill Caracas' avenues.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 57], "content_span": [58, 647]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273451-0015-0001", "contents": "2017 Venezuelan protests, Timeline, Mother of All Marches\nShortly after 12:45\u00a0p.m., protesters on the Francisco Fajardo Freeway near Bello Monte begin to flee the area after enduring over an hour of tear gas from authorities, with many leaping into the Guaire River, which is used for sewage drainage, to avoid the gas. Near 2:10\u00a0p.m., a 17-year-old boy was shot in the head and killed at a protest.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 57], "content_span": [58, 399]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273451-0016-0000", "contents": "2017 Venezuelan protests, Timeline, Mother of All Marches\nAt about 4:35\u00a0p.m., pro-government paramilitaries called colectivos shot and killed Paola Ram\u00edrez, a 23-year-old woman who was protesting. Later in the evening, a National Guardsman was killed south of Caracas, the first authority killed in the year's protests, with the day's deaths raising the death toll of the 2017 protests to at least 8 people. By 9:00\u00a0p.m., the Penal Forum stated that 521 Venezuelans had been arrested throughout the day, bringing the number of total arrests since the beginning of the year to over 1,000. Several media outlets stated \"hundreds of thousands\" participated while Central University mathematics professor Ricardo Rios estimated at least 1.2 million protested, which would make it the largest protest in Venezuela's history. According to pollster Megan\u00e1lisis, 2.5 million Venezuelans protested in Caracas alone, while 6 million protested throughout the country.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 57], "content_span": [58, 956]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273451-0017-0000", "contents": "2017 Venezuelan protests, Timeline, OAS withdrawal\nThe government began efforts to withdraw from the Organization of American States, a two-year process, on 26 April 2017, after multiple member states called for a special session to discuss Venezuela's crisis.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 50], "content_span": [51, 260]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273451-0018-0000", "contents": "2017 Venezuelan protests, Timeline, OAS withdrawal\nFollowing the death of a student the same day, the son of Ombudsman Tarek Saab, Yibram Saab, uploaded a video on YouTube stating that he had protested that night and that \"That could've been me! \", condemning what he called \"the brutal repression by the country's security forces\", and pleading to his father saying \"Dad, in this moment you have the power to end the injustice that has sunk this country. I ask you as your son and in the name of Venezuela, to whom you serve, that you reflect on the situation and do what you have to do\".", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 50], "content_span": [51, 589]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273451-0019-0000", "contents": "2017 Venezuelan protests, Timeline, Constituent assembly proposal\nOn 1 May 2017, hundreds of thousands of Venezuelans protested, attempting to march to various government buildings to have their demands met. Police responded to the peaceful marches violently, firing tear gas, with one National Assembly member, Jose Olivares, being struck in the head with a tear gas canister, which led to heavy bleeding. President Maduro announced later that day plans to replace the National Assembly with a communal national assembly and called for the drafting of a new constitution under a handpicked constituent assembly, the third in modern times.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 65], "content_span": [66, 639]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273451-0020-0000", "contents": "2017 Venezuelan protests, Timeline, Constituent assembly proposal\nThe move by President Maduro would also allow him to stay in power during the interregnum, essentially nullifying the 2018 presidential elections, as the constitutional process would take at least two years. According to Reuters, \"Maduro's call\u00a0... to rewrite the constitution has energized the protest movement\".", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 65], "content_span": [66, 379]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273451-0021-0000", "contents": "2017 Venezuelan protests, Timeline, Constituent assembly proposal\nHundreds of thousands of people marched on 3 May, denouncing President Maduro's proposed rewrite of the constitution. The clashes between protesters and authorities left more than 300 injured and one dead; in one incident, National Guard VN-4 armoured personnel carriers rammed protesters who were rushing a group of guardsmen. A video went viral of President Maduro dancing on state television while National Guardsmen were seen using tear gas on protesters nearby. Reuters again noted that \"images of a military vehicle running over a demonstrator\u00a0... caused further outrage\", with protests continuing.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 65], "content_span": [66, 670]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273451-0022-0000", "contents": "2017 Venezuelan protests, Timeline, Constituent assembly proposal\nOpposition officials, on 5 May, draped a large banner down the side of the National Assembly's administrative building high above central Caracas reading \"Dictator Maduro\". Citizens of La Villa del Rosario burned and tore down a statue of late President Hugo Ch\u00e1vez, an act compared to the destruction of Saddam Hussein's statue in Iraq as well as other instances of statue toppling during times of popular unrest.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 65], "content_span": [66, 480]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273451-0023-0000", "contents": "2017 Venezuelan protests, Timeline, Constituent assembly proposal\nPresident Maduro announced a plan of \"a military constituency to deepen the Bolivarian military revolution within the very heart of the Bolivarian National Armed Forces\" on 8 May, calling for the military to help draft a new constitution with the goal to \"strengthen the union\" between the military and civilians. On 13 May 2017, President Maduro declared a \"State of Emergency and Economic Emergency throughout the national territory\" in the Official Gazette N\u00b0 6,298, creating the possibility of granting Maduro more decree powers and the power to temporarily suspend some constitutional rights.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 65], "content_span": [66, 663]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273451-0024-0000", "contents": "2017 Venezuelan protests, Timeline, Constituent assembly proposal\nOn the 50th day of consecutive protests, millions of Venezuelans protested in Caracas on 20 May during the \"We Are Millions\" march, demanding an end to violent repression and immediate elections. The day resulted in over 120 injured in Caracas alone, while one man was killed in Valera, Trujillo by colectivo members despite nearby police presence.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 65], "content_span": [66, 414]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273451-0025-0000", "contents": "2017 Venezuelan protests, Timeline, Constituent assembly proposal\nThe same month, the investment bank Goldman Sachs purchased $2.8 billion of PDVSA 2022 bonds from the Central Bank of Venezuela. In its original statement, Goldman stated that \"We recognize that the situation is complex and evolving and that Venezuela is in crisis. We agree that life there has to get better, and we made the investment in part because we believe it will.\".", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 65], "content_span": [66, 440]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273451-0025-0001", "contents": "2017 Venezuelan protests, Timeline, Constituent assembly proposal\nVenezuelan politicians and protesters in New York opposed to Maduro accused the bank of being of complicit of human rights abuses under the government and declared that the operation would fuel hunger in Venezuela by depriving the government of foreign exchange to import food, leading the securities to be dubbed \"hunger bonds.\" The National Assembly voted to ask the U.S. Congress to investigate the deal, which they called \"immoral, opaque, and hypocritical given the socialist government\u2019s anti-Wall Street rhetoric\". In a public letter to the bank's chief executive, Lloyd Blankfein, the National Assembly president Julio Borges said that \"Goldman Sachs\u2019s financial lifeline to the regime will serve to strengthen the brutal repression unleashed against the hundreds of thousands of Venezuelans peacefully protesting for political change in the country.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 65], "content_span": [66, 925]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273451-0026-0000", "contents": "2017 Venezuelan protests, Timeline, Barinas riots\nIt is pretty symbolic that the citizens are venting their frustrations on the author of the Bolivarian revolution", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 49], "content_span": [50, 163]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273451-0027-0000", "contents": "2017 Venezuelan protests, Timeline, Barinas riots\nResidents of Barinas \u2013 the hometown of President Maduro's predecessor, late President Hugo Ch\u00e1vez \u2013 began the day by demonstrating against Maduro's proposed constitutional changes. Following the death of Yorman Al\u00ed Bervecia and Jhon Alberto Quintero on 22 May, who were allegedly killed by the National Guard during the protests, citizens of Barinas began to riot. Individuals began to attack state institutions and buildings of the ruling PSUV party, including the local CNE office, the Barinas state PSUV headquarters and the La Concordia police station, where uniforms and firearms were stolen.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 49], "content_span": [50, 647]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273451-0027-0001", "contents": "2017 Venezuelan protests, Timeline, Barinas riots\nResidents later turned their attention to the birthplace home of the late President Hugo Ch\u00e1vez, burning his childhood residence. Five statues of Ch\u00e1vez were also destroyed in the area's rioting. Among the chaos in \"the cradle of Chavez's revolution\", former chavistas were seen gathered and burning government related paraphernalia, denouncing President Maduro as \"a tyrant\" while chanting that his days were numbered as the leader of Venezuela. As the day concluded, over 50 stores were looted in Barinas, while additional deaths were recorded, with the death toll rising up to six killed as well as reports of hundreds being injured. Opposition leaders condemned the violence as the Barinas riots overshadowed their official demonstrations surrounding the healthcare of Venezuela that day.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 49], "content_span": [50, 842]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273451-0028-0000", "contents": "2017 Venezuelan protests, Timeline, Helicopter incident\nWe would never give up, and what couldn't be done with votes, we would do with weapons, we would liberate the fatherland with weapons.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 55], "content_span": [56, 190]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273451-0029-0000", "contents": "2017 Venezuelan protests, Timeline, Helicopter incident\nOn 27 June 2017, President Maduro stated that if his government fails, he and his supporters would use forces to reestablish the government. That afternoon, a video was released showing men with assault rifles flanking Oscar P\u00e9rez, a film actor and investigator of CICPC, Venezuela's investigative agency, stating that \"We are nationalists, patriots and institutionalists. This fight is not with the rest of the state forces, it is against the tyranny of this government\".", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 55], "content_span": [56, 528]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273451-0029-0001", "contents": "2017 Venezuelan protests, Timeline, Helicopter incident\nHours after the video was released, P\u00e9rez is seen piloting a CICPC helicopter over the Supreme Court with a banner on the side reading \"350 Liberty\", a reference to Article 350 of the constitution which states that \"The people of Venezuela ... shall disown any regime, legislation or authority that violates democratic values, principles and guarantees or encroaches upon human rights\". While the helicopter was near the Supreme Court, gunfire was heard in the area. President Maduro stated that a military rebellion had occurred while opposition officials said that the actions were staged so Maduro could justify a crackdown on those who oppose his government and the constituent assembly. National Guardsmen then stormed the National Assembly, assaulting the largely opposition legislative body.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 55], "content_span": [56, 854]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273451-0030-0000", "contents": "2017 Venezuelan protests, Timeline, 2017 Venezuelan referendum\nOn 5 July 2017, the National Assembly announced plans of a referendum for Venezuelans to decide whether they agree with the Constituent Assembly election, demanded the military to recognize the National Assembly or demanded immediate general elections. That day, Vice President Tareck El Aissami led government supporters to the Palacio Federal Legislativo, where the National Assembly was later attacked by colectivos.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 62], "content_span": [63, 482]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273451-0031-0000", "contents": "2017 Venezuelan protests, Timeline, 2017 Venezuelan referendum\nDays later, the 2017 Venezuelan referendum was held on 16 July, with the opposition stating that about 7.5 million Venezuelans participated in the process, with over 99% voting against the Constituent Assembly, voting for the recognition of the National Assembly and voting for immediate general elections.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 62], "content_span": [63, 369]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273451-0032-0000", "contents": "2017 Venezuelan protests, Timeline, Trancazos and strikes\nFollowing the rejection of the referendum's results by the government, the opposition announced plans for a \"zero hour\", planning trancazos, or sit-ins where citizens often congregated in mass on streets to impede city life, and setting dates for general strikes. From 18 to 19 July, trancazos closed the streets of many cities in Venezuela. On 20 July, millions of Venezuelans participated in a 24-hour general strike.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 57], "content_span": [58, 477]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273451-0033-0000", "contents": "2017 Venezuelan protests, Timeline, 2017 Venezuelan Constituent Assembly election\nDespite opposition efforts, the 2017 Venezuelan Constituent Assembly election was held on 30 July 2017. The majority of those elected into the 2017 Constituent Assembly of Venezuela were loyal to the government due to the opposition boycott of the election. More than 40 countries condemned the elections, and raised concerns of Venezuela turning into a dictatorship.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 81], "content_span": [82, 449]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273451-0034-0000", "contents": "2017 Venezuelan protests, Timeline, 2017 Venezuelan Constituent Assembly election\nTibisay Lucena, president of the National Electoral Council, announced that 8,089,230 persons voted, with a 41.53% turnout though the voting machine company Smartmatic stated that the number of votes were manipulated by at least one million votes while Reuters also reported that according to internal CNE documents leaked to the agency, only 3,720,465 votes were cast thirty minutes before polls were expected to close, though polls were open for an additional hour.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 81], "content_span": [82, 549]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273451-0035-0000", "contents": "2017 Venezuelan protests, Timeline, Disillusionment of protest movement\nOn 6 August 2017, about 20 individuals led by fugitive Captain Juan Caguaripano's \"41st Brigade\" attacked Paramacay Military Base near Valencia, Venezuela and stole weapons from the facility, with many residents of Valencia supporting the rebellion and shouting \"freedom\" in the streets. Most members of the attack as well as their leaders were captured days later.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 71], "content_span": [72, 437]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273451-0036-0000", "contents": "2017 Venezuelan protests, Timeline, Disillusionment of protest movement\nBy 8 August, a national trancazo called by the opposition was quickly dispersed and experienced low turnout. A march organized for 12 August had only about 1,000 participants, with many Venezuelans stating that they had lost interest in the protest movement due to the fear of repression and because of their anger towards the conflicted opposition, and expressing their disapproval with the opposition's decision to participate in the regional elections.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 71], "content_span": [72, 527]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273451-0037-0000", "contents": "2017 Venezuelan protests, Timeline, Disillusionment of protest movement\nFollowing the 2017 Venezuelan regional elections where the opposition only won five of twenty-three governorships, disillusionment with the opposition movement grew, especially after four of five opposition governors elected of Democratic Action decided to be sworn in under the government-led National Constituent Assembly despite promises to never recognize the body.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 71], "content_span": [72, 441]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273451-0038-0000", "contents": "2017 Venezuelan protests, Timeline, Christmas protests\nShortly before and after Christmas, Venezuelans throughout the country, with these individual groups numbering no more than fifty, began to gather in groups and protest against the shortages of food and gasoline. Many gas stations throughout the country resorting to having military personnel distribute rationed amounts of gasoline.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 54], "content_span": [55, 388]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273451-0039-0000", "contents": "2017 Venezuelan protests, Protest violence, Deaths, April\nIn the first month of protests, April 2017, 33 Venezuelans died as a result of incidents surrounding the protests. A large proportion of the deaths occurred on 20 April 2017, with 16 deaths being attributed to looting occurring in Caracas that evening consisting of thirteen electrocution deaths and three firearm deaths.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 57], "content_span": [58, 379]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273451-0039-0001", "contents": "2017 Venezuelan protests, Protest violence, Deaths, April\nVenezuelan authorities were the cause of 7 other deaths that month; five firearm deaths, one tear gas canister wound and one asphyxiation from tear gas, while pro-government paramilitary groups known as colectivos, which cooperate with government security forces to repress protesters, were responsible for another 6 deaths, all the result of firearms. Deaths perpetrated by unknown individuals accounted for 4 Venezuelans killed in April; three gunshot wounds and one head injury.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 57], "content_span": [58, 539]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273451-0040-0000", "contents": "2017 Venezuelan protests, Protest violence, Deaths, May\nIn the month of May, a total of 47 Venezuelans died following violence occurring near protests. Unknown perpetrators were the cause of death for 24 Venezuelans; twenty gunshot wounds, one head injury, two electrocutions and one unknown cause of death. Security forces were responsible for 16 deaths; all sixteen deaths attributed to firearms, while colectivos killed 2 individuals; all two resulting from firearms. Accidental and incidental deaths claimed 4 lives; two from an automobile accident with a barricade, two from being struck by a vehicle. Citizens of Barinas shot dead 1 member of the National Guard during the riots in the area in late-May.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 55], "content_span": [56, 709]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273451-0041-0000", "contents": "2017 Venezuelan protests, Protest violence, Deaths, June\nIn June, a total of 25 Venezuelans were killed during the protests. Fifteen deaths were attributed to unknown individuals, three deaths were caused by colectivos with all being gunshot wounds, three were caused by civilians, two were attributed to accidents, two were caused Venezuelan authorities with both being gunshot wounds. The causes of death were seventeen gunshot wound incidents, five incidents where individuals were struck by a vehicle, one death by tear gas asphyxiation, one death by blunt trauma and one lynching. A man who was struck in the head by a tear gas canister in June 2017 later died on 13 February 2018.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 56], "content_span": [57, 686]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273451-0042-0000", "contents": "2017 Venezuelan protests, Protest violence, Deaths, July\nA total of 58 Venezuelans were killed in the month of July as protests culminated into the 2017 Venezuelan Constituent Assembly election. During the election day alone on 30 July, 10 individuals died as a result of violent clashes, representing a large number of those killed in the month. Excluding those killed during the 6 August Paramacay Military Base attack, July was the final month in which protesters were killed, as the protests began to dissipate in mid-August.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 56], "content_span": [57, 529]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273451-0043-0000", "contents": "2017 Venezuelan protests, Protest violence, Deaths, December\nThe final death during the 2017 protests occurred on Christmas Eve when an 18 year old pregnant woman was caught in a protest over limited amounts of pork. She was shot and killed by a National Guardsman at the scene who was later arrested.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 60], "content_span": [61, 301]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273451-0044-0000", "contents": "2017 Venezuelan protests, Protest violence, Government\nAmnesty International maintains that the government has a \"premeditated policy\" to commit violent and lethal acts against protesters, stating that there is \"a planned strategy by the government of President Maduro to use violence and illegitimate force against the Venezuelan population to neutralize any criticism\".", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 54], "content_span": [55, 371]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273451-0045-0000", "contents": "2017 Venezuelan protests, Protest violence, Government, Torture and abuses\nHuman rights groups have stated that Venezuelan authorities have used force to gain confessions. Foro Penal stated that \"most of the detainees are beaten once they are arrested, while they are being transferred to a temporary detention site where they are to be brought before a judge\", giving one instance with \"a group of 40 people arrested for alleged looting, 37 reported that they were beaten before their hair was forcefully shaved off their heads\". In other examples of abuses, \"15 reported that they were forced to eat pasta with grass and excrement.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 74], "content_span": [75, 633]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273451-0045-0001", "contents": "2017 Venezuelan protests, Protest violence, Government, Torture and abuses\nThe regime\u2019s officials forced dust from tear gas canisters up their noses to pry open their mouths. They then shoved the pasta with excrement in their mouths and made them swallow it\". Venezuela's intelligence agency, SEBIN, was ordered by President Maduro on 16 April to take legal actions against individuals who state that they have been tortured by authorities.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 74], "content_span": [75, 440]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273451-0046-0000", "contents": "2017 Venezuelan protests, Protest violence, Government, Torture and abuses\nI order SEBIN to sue those spokesmen of the opposition who are accusing of barbarities and improper acts that are never discussed in this republic.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 74], "content_span": [75, 222]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273451-0047-0000", "contents": "2017 Venezuelan protests, Protest violence, Government, Torture and abuses\nAccording to the Justice and Peace Commission of the Venezuelan Episcopal Conference, many other cases of abuses have been recorded. In one instance, a woman was arrested in Altos Mirandinos by the National Guard where she was beaten and then urinated on by three National Guardsmen who threatened to rape her.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 74], "content_span": [75, 385]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273451-0048-0000", "contents": "2017 Venezuelan protests, Protest violence, Government, Torture and abuses\nHuman Rights Watch has reviewed extensive evidence implicating the Venezuelan security forces ... in a wide range of serious abuses since protesters took to the streets ... Security forces have used excessive force and condoned attacks by armed pro-government groups against massive anti-government protests, leading to dozens of deaths and hundreds of injuries. Security forces have also engaged in arbitrary arrests and physical abuse against detainees that in some cases would amount to torture.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 74], "content_span": [75, 573]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273451-0049-0000", "contents": "2017 Venezuelan protests, Protest violence, Government, Torture and abuses\nIn a 15 June statement, Human Rights Watch stated that high levels officials of the government, such as Major General Antonio Jos\u00e9 Benavides Torres, the head of the Bolivarian National Guard; Chief General Vladimir Padrino L\u00f3pez, the defense minister and the strategic operational commander of the Armed Forces; Major General N\u00e9stor Reverol, the interior minister, General Carlos Alfredo P\u00e9rez Ampueda, director of the Bolivarian National Police; Major General Gustavo Gonz\u00e1lez L\u00f3pez, the national intelligence director, and Captain Siria Venero de Guerrero, the military attorney general, are responsible for the human rights violations and abuses performed by Venezuelan security forces during the protests. Venezuelan officials have praised authorities for their actions and denied any wrongdoing.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 74], "content_span": [75, 875]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273451-0050-0000", "contents": "2017 Venezuelan protests, Protest violence, Government, Torture and abuses\nThe United Nations has decried \"widespread and systematic use of excessive force\" against demonstrators, saying security forces and pro-government groups were responsible for the deaths of at least 73 protesters. UN rights office described \"a picture of widespread and systematic use of excessive force and arbitrary detentions against demonstrators in Venezuela\". \"Witness accounts suggest that security forces, mainly the national guard, the national police and local police forces, have systematically used disproportionate force to instil fear, crush dissent and to prevent demonstrators from assembling, rallying and reaching public institutions to present petitions,\" the rights office said.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 74], "content_span": [75, 772]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273451-0051-0000", "contents": "2017 Venezuelan protests, Protest violence, Government, Raids in residential areas\nA report by Human Rights Watch and Foro Penal documented at least six cases in which Venezuelan security forces raided residential areas andapartment buildings in Caracas and in four different states, usually near barricades built by residents. According to testimonies, officials bursted into houses without warrants, stealing personal belongings and food from residents, as well as beating and arresting them.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 82], "content_span": [83, 494]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273451-0052-0000", "contents": "2017 Venezuelan protests, Protest violence, Government, Use of tear gas\nGroups such as the Venezuelan Observatory of Health have denounced the use of tear gas fired directly or nearby health centers and hospitals, as well as houses and residential buildings. A report of the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights specified that non lethal weapons, were used systematically to cause unnecessary injuries, explaining that security forces fired tear gas canisters directly against protesters at short distances.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 71], "content_span": [72, 534]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273451-0053-0000", "contents": "2017 Venezuelan protests, Protest violence, Government, Use of firearms\nThe majority of individuals killed during protests died from gunshot wounds, with many resulting from the repression by Venezuelan authorities and assisting pro-government colectivos. During protests on 5 June, members of CONAS, Venezuela's elite anti-kidnapping task-force, fired live ammunition at protesters in eastern Caracas as they gathered near the CCCT shopping mall.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 71], "content_span": [72, 447]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273451-0054-0000", "contents": "2017 Venezuelan protests, Protest violence, Government, Use of chemical agents\nIn 2017, Amnesty International once again criticized the government's usage of chemical agents, expressing concern of a \"red gas\" used to suppress protesters in Chacao on 8 April 2017, demanding \"clarification of the components of the red tear gas used by state security forces against the opposition demonstrations\". Experts stated that all tear gas used by authorities should originally be colorless, noting that the color may be added to provoke or \"color\" protesters so they can easily be identified and arrested.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 78], "content_span": [79, 597]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273451-0055-0000", "contents": "2017 Venezuelan protests, Protest violence, Government, Use of chemical agents\nOn 10 April 2017, Venezuelan police fired tear gas at protesters from helicopters flying overhead, which is prohibited by Article 141 of the Civil Aeronautic Law; demonstrators fled to avoid being hit by the high-velocity canisters.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 78], "content_span": [79, 311]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273451-0056-0000", "contents": "2017 Venezuelan protests, Protest violence, Government, Use of chemical agents\nM\u00f3nica Kr\u00e4uter, a chemist and teacher of the Sim\u00f3n Bol\u00edvar University who has studied over a thousand tear gas canisters since 2014, has stated that security forces have fired expired tear gas which, according to her, \"breaks down into cyanide oxide, phosgenes and nitrogens that are extremely dangerous\".", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 78], "content_span": [79, 384]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273451-0057-0000", "contents": "2017 Venezuelan protests, Protest violence, Protesters, Resistencia\nOrganized groups, known as the Resistencia (Resistance), perform confrontational acts against Venezuelan authorities. The Resistencia members state that they defend other protesters from approaching violent authorities while the Maduro government characterizes them as \"right-wing, drug-crazed terrorists\". Former Venezuelan authorities are members of the Resistencia, teaching them riot formations and other government methods. The groups deny attacks on government buildings.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 67], "content_span": [68, 545]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273451-0058-0000", "contents": "2017 Venezuelan protests, Law enforcement, Plan Zamora\nSadly, this is the beginning of a war, gentlemen ... They will continue until reaching the point where an intervention is justified. Let\u2019s not fool ourselves. Sadly, it fell to our generation to live with this conflict, and we have to assume it to the degree that is being demanded by our country.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 54], "content_span": [55, 352]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273451-0059-0000", "contents": "2017 Venezuelan protests, Law enforcement, Plan Zamora\nOver 2,000 security checkpoints were ordered by President Maduro on 15 April, which would be established throughout Venezuela prior to the 19 April \"mega march\", with nearly 200,000 Venezuelan authorities said to be participating. Finally on 18 April, President Maduro \"green-lighted\" Plan Zamora, a plan compared to the heavily criticized Plan \u00c1vila, and was described by officials as \"a joint strategic plan to respond to possible adverse events or foreign intervention that endangers the country's security\".", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 54], "content_span": [55, 566]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273451-0059-0001", "contents": "2017 Venezuelan protests, Law enforcement, Plan Zamora\nAntonio Benavides, commander of the Bolivarian National Guard, stated that the plan involved \"the incorporation of the people to exercise the transition from normal social activity to the state of internal or external commotion\", granting Bolivarian civilians the power to act as shock troops. The plan also granted the Bolivarian state the power to arrest protesters under martial law and have civilians face military tribunals, which was heavily criticized by human rights groups. Civilians accused of attacking military authorities would be charged with \"rebellion\" and could be summarily tried in military courts.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 54], "content_span": [55, 672]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273451-0060-0000", "contents": "2017 Venezuelan protests, Law enforcement, Plan Zamora, Use of snipers\nIn late-April, days after the Mother of All Marches, generals of the National Bolivarian Armed Forces of Venezuela gathered in Barquisimeto at discussion chaired by Lara Division General Jos\u00e9 Rafael Torrealba P\u00e9rez; with Brigadier General Hern\u00e1n Enrique Homez Machado (National Guard), Brigadier General Carlos Enrique Quijada Rojas (Air Force), Brigadier General Dilio Rafael Rodr\u00edguez D\u00edaz (Army), Brigadier General Joel Vicente Canel\u00f3n (Army) and Brigadier General Iv\u00e1n Dar\u00edo Lara Lander (Army) attending.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 70], "content_span": [71, 579]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273451-0061-0000", "contents": "2017 Venezuelan protests, Law enforcement, Plan Zamora, Use of snipers\nAt the meeting, Torrealba suggests the use of snipers against protesters, explaining that sniper candidates must be chosen out of loyalty, telling the generals \"to make preparations with those individuals that can serve as snipers, beginning with psychological and aptitude tests\". He further explained the risk of civil war, stating that President Maduro \"has already signed a range of operations and as I said ... we could be at the beginning of a subversive urban war\".", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 70], "content_span": [71, 543]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273451-0061-0001", "contents": "2017 Venezuelan protests, Law enforcement, Plan Zamora, Use of snipers\nDespite the objection by an attending general, Torrealba insisted that the snipers would scare protesters off the street, saying \"it will only be us that pulls through because ... once people start to see dead bodies, and dead bodies begin to appear, then everyone will begin to stay at home ... You will remember my words, the armed forces are the ones that have to solve this problem\".", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 70], "content_span": [71, 458]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273451-0062-0000", "contents": "2017 Venezuelan protests, Law enforcement, Plan Zamora, Use of snipers\nOn 22 May, it was reported that snipers supposedly belonging to the National Guard were firing from the Center for Education and Development of Petr\u00f3leos de Venezuela rooftops in the El Hatillo Municipality.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 70], "content_span": [71, 278]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273451-0063-0000", "contents": "2017 Venezuelan protests, Law enforcement, Civilian groups, Bolivarian Militia and colectivos\nOn 1 February 2017, President Maduro announced that the Bolivarian Militia would be directed towards an anti-protest objective, saying that his supporters \"will multiply throughout the territory, special forces of rapid action, special troops of the militias ... to make our homeland impregnable\".", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 93], "content_span": [94, 391]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273451-0064-0000", "contents": "2017 Venezuelan protests, Law enforcement, Civilian groups, Bolivarian Militia and colectivos\nTwo days before the Mother of All Marches, President Maduro on 17 April ordered the expansion of the Bolivarian Militia to involve 500,000 loyal Venezuelans, stating that each would be armed with a rifle and demanded the prevention of another event similar to the 2002 Venezuelan coup d'\u00e9tat attempt.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 93], "content_span": [94, 394]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273451-0065-0000", "contents": "2017 Venezuelan protests, Law enforcement, Civilian groups, Bolivarian Militia and colectivos\nDiosdado Cabello, a high-level PSUV official loyal to the government, stated that 60,000 motorized colectivos and the Bolivarian Militia would be spread throughout Caracas on 19 April \"until necessary\" to deter the opposition's \"megamarch\", calling their actions \"terrorism\".", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 93], "content_span": [94, 369]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273451-0066-0000", "contents": "2017 Venezuelan protests, Law enforcement, Civilian groups, Bolivarian Militia and colectivos\nObservatorio Venezolano de Conflictividad Social stated that between 1 April 2017 and 31 July 2017, colectivos attacked at least 523 of 6,729 of protests \u2013 or about 8% of protests \u2013 with bullet wounds reported in the majority of the protests where colectivos were involved.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 93], "content_span": [94, 367]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273451-0067-0000", "contents": "2017 Venezuelan protests, Law enforcement, Ban on imports\nThe Venezuelan government on 27 May began to block the import of first aid kits, gas masks, gauze, eye drops, and bullet-proof vests, among other products, stating that the goods were to be used by terrorists.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 57], "content_span": [58, 267]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273451-0068-0000", "contents": "2017 Venezuelan protests, Media, Attacks on journalists\nIn the early days of the protests on 12 April, the Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) issued an advisory to journalists, stating:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 55], "content_span": [56, 189]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273451-0069-0000", "contents": "2017 Venezuelan protests, Media, Attacks on journalists\nLocal and international journalists covering the protests have been attacked, beaten, arrested and sprayed with tear gas, and have had their equipment confiscated and stolen. ... Journalists covering the story told the CPJ that the authorities have been firing tear gas into the crowds at close range. ... Local and international media have found it increasingly difficult to operate in Venezuela due to government obstruction. Police and armed pro-government gangs have detained, harassed and attacked journalists. Assaults have taken place in broad daylight, and pro-government gangs have stolen media equipment.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 55], "content_span": [56, 670]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273451-0070-0000", "contents": "2017 Venezuelan protests, Media, Attacks on journalists\nThe CPJ offered advice on how to avoid aggression, how to react to tear gas and how to contact the organization to report any attacks on journalists.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 55], "content_span": [56, 205]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273451-0071-0000", "contents": "2017 Venezuelan protests, Media, Attacks on journalists\nDuring the Mother of All Marches, an El Nacional reporter was robbed by a Bolivarian National Police officer. The following day, more than 50 government sympathizers attacked three El Nacional journalists on 20 April, near La India, beating them with sticks while also throwing rocks and bottles at them. Another journalist captured the attack on film.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 55], "content_span": [56, 408]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273451-0072-0000", "contents": "2017 Venezuelan protests, Media, Attacks on journalists\nOn 6 May during a women's march, reporters were attacked by state authorities throughout the country. In San Carlos, Cojedes, Alexander Olvera was kicked by a National Guardsman while covering a protest. A reporter for El Pitazo, Yessica Sumoza, was robbed of her equipment in Caracas, while in Aragua, local police struck reporter Gaby Aguilar in the face with a stone. Alexander Medina of Radio Fe y Alegr\u00eda, meanwhile, was surrounded by authorities in San Fernando, Apure who threatened to lynch the reporter.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 55], "content_span": [56, 568]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273451-0073-0000", "contents": "2017 Venezuelan protests, Media, Attacks on journalists\nDuring protests on 8 May, there were 19 reports of attacks on journalists, with 5 instances involving protesters attempting to rob reporters, while the other 15 reports involved Venezuelan authorities and colectivos.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 55], "content_span": [56, 272]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273451-0074-0000", "contents": "2017 Venezuelan protests, Media, Attacks on journalists\nOn 10 May, 27-year-old Miguel Castillo Bracho, a journalist who had graduated the previous week, died after being shot in the chest with a tear gas canister by a National Guardsman while already being detained. On 18 May, four journalists were attacked by the National Guard and had their equipment stolen, including Eugenio Garc\u00eda of Spain, Herminia Rodr\u00edguez of Globovision, Andry Rinc\u00f3n of Vivoplaynet and Kevin Villamizar of El Nacional.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 55], "content_span": [56, 497]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273451-0075-0000", "contents": "2017 Venezuelan protests, Media, Attacks on journalists\nDuring the 20 May protests, a graphic journalist of La Patilla was injured in Chaca\u00edto after being shot in the leg with a tear gas canister.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 55], "content_span": [56, 196]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273451-0076-0000", "contents": "2017 Venezuelan protests, Media, Censorship\nPresident Maduro ordered cable providers to take CNN en Espa\u00f1ol off the air on 14 February 2017, days after CNN aired an investigation into the alleged fraudulent issuing of Venezuelan passports and visas. The news story revealed a confidential intelligence document that linked Venezuelan Vice President Tareck El Aissami to 173 Venezuelan passports and IDs issued to individuals from the Middle East, including people connected to the terrorist group Hezbollah.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 43], "content_span": [44, 507]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273451-0077-0000", "contents": "2017 Venezuelan protests, Media, Censorship\nDuring the Mother of All Marches on 19 April, TN's satellite signal was censored from DirecTV after showing live coverage of the protests. El Tiempo of Colombia was also censored in the country during the day's protests. That night, the National Commission of Telecommunications removed the Spanish channel Antena 3 from cable carriers, following rumors that they were going to cover the political crisis in Venezuela.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 43], "content_span": [44, 462]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273451-0078-0000", "contents": "2017 Venezuelan protests, Hacking\nOn 6 May 2017, it was reported that two individuals on Twitter, @yosoyjustin and @ERHDP calling themselves TeamHDPP, breached several Venezuelan government agencies and Internet portals, hacking information from Carnet de la Patria holders. Hacker @yosoyjsutin stated that the hackings were \"for all the Venezuelans fallen during the last days of protests in Venezuela. Their deaths will not be in vain\". Details hacked included \"identities, telephone numbers, email accounts, Twitter and addresses among other personal descriptions\" of government officials and authorities, including those of National Bolivarian Police, CICPC, SEBIN, CONATEL and the Chancellery.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 33], "content_span": [34, 698]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273451-0078-0001", "contents": "2017 Venezuelan protests, Hacking\nThe Carnet de la Patria accounts of President Nicol\u00e1s Maduro, his wife (First Lady Cilia Flores), the Minister of Popular Power for Communication and Information Ernesto Villegas, Diosdado Cabello, Chancellor Delcy Rodr\u00edguez, Admiral Carmen Teresa Mel\u00e9ndez Rivas and other officials were also cancelled. The hackers added, \"We have more than 450 PDF files and more than a thousand page conversations of them\".", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 33], "content_span": [34, 443]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273451-0079-0000", "contents": "2017 Venezuelan protests, Hacking\nFollowing the 2017 Constituent Assembly election, The Binary Guardians, a hacker group, attacked multiple Venezuelan government and military websites placing anti-government messages and called for the military to intervene against the government.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 33], "content_span": [34, 281]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273451-0080-0000", "contents": "2017 Venezuelan protests, Hacking\nOn August 6 the MUD denounced that their website was hacked for a second time. The site was defaced, featuring US president Donald Trump and French politician Jean-Luc M\u00e9lenchon giving a speech about an alleged international policy of destabilization in Venezuela.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 33], "content_span": [34, 298]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273451-0081-0000", "contents": "2017 Venezuelan protests, International reactions\nVenezuelans and activists harassed government officials and their families who enjoyed luxurious lifestyles compared to Venezuelan citizens. The top income of a Venezuelan official would be approximately $700 per year. Despite this, families of government officials live abroad and even attend foreign universities.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 49], "content_span": [50, 365]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273451-0082-0000", "contents": "2017 Venezuelan protests, International reactions\nThe daughter of Caracas mayor and Bolivarian official Jorge Rodr\u00edguez, Lucia Rodriguez, who is also the niece of foreign minister Delcy Rodr\u00edguez, resides in Australia attending SAE Institute. Human rights activists have criticized her lifestyle in Australia, with activists verbally attacking Rodriguez as she was at Bondi Beach sipping cocktails, requiring her personal body guard to intervene. The former banking minister under Ch\u00e1vez, Eugenio Vasquez Orellana, was also harassed while eating at a Venezuelan bakery in Doral, Florida. On 11 May, Venezuelans in Spain surrounded a cultural center in Spain preventing Venezuelan ambassador Mario Isea from leaving, with Isea calling the action a \"kidnapping\".", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 49], "content_span": [50, 760]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273451-0083-0000", "contents": "2017 Venezuelan protests, International reactions\nPresident Maduro compared the verbal confrontations with Bolivarian sympathizers abroad to the Nazi persecution of the Jews, stating \"We are the Jews of the 21st century\". The Confederation of Israelite Associations of Venezuela denounced Maduro's comparison to the Holocaust, stating \"That episode in the history of humanity, which cost 6 million Jews their lives, among them 1.5 million children, is unique and incomparable\" and that his comparison \"offends the memory of the Victims and all who are direct mourners of this dark episode of humanity\".", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 49], "content_span": [50, 603]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273452-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 Venezuelan referendum\nThe 2017 Venezuelan referendum was held in Venezuela on 16 July 2017. The referendum was called by the National Assembly in response to the constitutional crisis and President Nicol\u00e1s Maduro's plans for a Constituent Assembly. The referendum is an act of civil disobedience in the context of the application of Articles 333 and 350 of the Venezuelan constitution, with the articles calling for Venezuelans to \"disown any regime ... that violates democratic values\", especially since the National Electoral Council and the Supreme Tribunal of Justice are not recognized in the referendum. The opposition Democratic Unity Roundtable (MUD) announced that there would be 2,030 areas for the popular consultation nationwide to serve more than 19 million voters.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [26, 26], "content_span": [27, 783]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273452-0001-0000", "contents": "2017 Venezuelan referendum, Background, Constitutional crisis\nOn 29 March 2017, the government-filled Supreme Tribunal of Justice (TSJ) attempted to assume the powers of the opposition-led National Assembly, though the TSJ later reversed their decision. Despite this, protests in the country strengthened to an intensity not seen since the 2014 Venezuelan protests.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 61], "content_span": [62, 365]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273452-0002-0000", "contents": "2017 Venezuelan referendum, Background, Constitutional crisis\nAs protests intensified with nearly 30 killed in clashes in one month, President Maduro called for a Constitutional Assembly to draft a new constitution on 1 May 2017, sparking more outrage among Venezuelans. Protesting occurred for nearly 100 days before the opposition announced the unofficial referendum.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 61], "content_span": [62, 369]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273452-0003-0000", "contents": "2017 Venezuelan referendum, Background, Planning\nThe National Assembly unanimously approved the plebiscite on 5 July 2017 based on Articles 5, 70 and 71 of the constitution. The National Commission of Telecommunications banned the media from calling the referendum a \"popular consultation\"; a move that was described as \"arbitrary and illegal\" by the National College of Journalists.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 48], "content_span": [49, 383]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273452-0004-0000", "contents": "2017 Venezuelan referendum, Background, Planning, Questions\nOn 6 July the Unity Roundtable announced the 3 questions that will be asked in the National Consultation, according to what is established by the opposition alliance, Venezuelans should answer three questions with \"Yes\" or \"No\", with The intention that the results are the first step for a change of political system in Venezuela. The questions would be:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 59], "content_span": [60, 414]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273452-0005-0000", "contents": "2017 Venezuelan referendum, Background, Planning, Questions\nIn the electoral process, all Venezuelans over the age of 18 enrolled or not enrolled in the CNE, inside and outside Venezuela, may participate. The committee formed for the development of the event, called \"Rescue for Democracy\", would work on the logistics and security of this activity.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 59], "content_span": [60, 349]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273452-0006-0000", "contents": "2017 Venezuelan referendum, Opinion polls, Constituent Assembly\nAn 8 May poll found that 73% of Venezuelans disagreed with Maduro's Constitutional Assembly, with 79% believing that they live in some form of dictatorship (49% believe absolute dictatorship, 30% believe it is a mix of a dictatorship and democracy). According to a May 2017 poll by More Consulting, 68.8% of the Venezuelans reject the proposal, and 72.9% (with more than 20% who consider themselves chavistas) consider the government a dictatorship.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 63], "content_span": [64, 513]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273452-0006-0001", "contents": "2017 Venezuelan referendum, Opinion polls, Constituent Assembly\nA poll taken by Hercon between 10\u201325 May 2017 found that 78.1% wanted Maduro out of office in 2017, 79.9% did not agree with the Constitutional Assembly, 73.3% believed the CNE favored the ruling party (PSUV) and 75.5% thought that President Maduro started the Constitutional Assembly proposal to establish a government similar to Cuba's.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 63], "content_span": [64, 402]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273452-0007-0000", "contents": "2017 Venezuelan referendum, Conduct\nPresident of the National Assembly, Julio Borges, invited several former presidents as observers for the popular consultation. The Democratic Initiative of Spain and the Americas (IDEA) reported that it will send a commission consisting of five former presidents: Laura Chinchilla from Costa Rica, Vicente Fox from Mexico, Andr\u00e9s Pastrana from Colombia, Jorge Quiroga from Bolivia and Miguel \u00c1ngel Rodr\u00edguez of Costa Rica, in response to the invitation. The Assembly also invited \"more than 12 personalities and parliamentarians from other countries\".", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 35], "content_span": [36, 587]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273452-0008-0000", "contents": "2017 Venezuelan referendum, Conduct\nThe process was assisted by organizations such as S\u00famate, EsData, Voto Joven and Foro Penal Venezolano. Invitations have been made to international organizations to attend as witnesses, but it is unknown whether they were able to attend.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 35], "content_span": [36, 273]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273452-0009-0000", "contents": "2017 Venezuelan referendum, Conduct\nIn the morning as voting began, colectivos broke into the voting center of the San Agust\u00edn parish in western Caracas, destroyed the notebooks that already had over three hundred signatures and stole an electoral ballot box. The center was moved to Parque Carabobo to continue with the voting.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 35], "content_span": [36, 328]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273452-0010-0000", "contents": "2017 Venezuelan referendum, Conduct\nColectivos and Venezuelan authorities loyal to the Bolivarian government had also fired guns upon a large congregation of voters and dispersed a center in the usually pro-government neighborhood of Catia. The shooting in Catia left two dead and four seriously injured from gunshot wounds.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 35], "content_span": [36, 324]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273452-0011-0000", "contents": "2017 Venezuelan referendum, Conduct\nAs polls closed at 4:00pm VST, President Maduro appeared on state television and made no mention of the Catia incident, instead blaming the opposition for any violence the country is facing. A \"rehearsal\" of the 30 July constitutional vote held on the same day resulted in a smaller number of participants. State media also portrayed the rehearsal as having a \"high turnout\", despite conventional press noting its low turnout and that Maduro did not appear in public as planned.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 35], "content_span": [36, 514]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273452-0012-0000", "contents": "2017 Venezuelan referendum, Conduct\nThe following day, National Guard General Antonio Benavides Torres, the Chief of Government of the Capital District who is under investigation for human rights violations, stated that the opposition was responsible for the violence in Catia and that the referendum had very low turnout, saying that at opposition voting centers, \"there were barely 50 people\". On 18 July, President Maduro suggested that the United States was responsible for the violence in Catia.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 35], "content_span": [36, 500]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273452-0013-0000", "contents": "2017 Venezuelan referendum, Results\nOf the 19.5 million registered Venezuelan voters, approximately 7.5 million people participated in the referendum, including 690,000 Venezuelans from abroad. Low turnout was attributed to less voting areas than official elections, with about 2,000 voting areas in Venezuela and 500 foreign cities with centers.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 35], "content_span": [36, 346]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273452-0014-0000", "contents": "2017 Venezuelan referendum, Reactions, Governments\nThe governments of Brazil, Canada, Costa Rica, Germany, Mexico and the United States called for the cancellation of the Bolivarian government's proposed Constitutional Assembly and condemned the violence at poll centers in Venezuela performed by colectivos. Bolivian president Evo Morales rejected the referendum convened by the Venezuelan opposition and accused former Latin American presidents to participate as observers of said process of being \"conspirators\" of a plot of orchestrated \"coup\" against Nicol\u00e1s Maduro.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 50], "content_span": [51, 571]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273452-0015-0000", "contents": "2017 Venezuelan referendum, Reactions, Governments\nThe Venezuelan government declared the five former Latin American leaders that participated as international observers to the referendum as persona non grata. Former Mexican President Vicente Fox was banned on July 16. Former President of Colombia Andr\u00e9s Pastrana, former President of Bolivia Jorge Quiroga and former Presidents of Costa Rica Laura Chinchilla and Miguel \u00c1ngel Rodr\u00edguez were banned on July 18. Foreign Minister Samuel Moncada said the Latin American leaders invited as observers were \"political sicarios\", \"clowns\" and \"mercenaries\" that \"sell themselves to the highest bidder to go to various destinations and repeat what they are told\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 50], "content_span": [51, 705]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273452-0016-0000", "contents": "2017 Venezuelan referendum, Reactions, Supranational bodies\nThe United Nations called on the Venezuelan government to respect the National Assembly's election as well as the will of the people. The European Union demanded the cancellation of Maduro's Constitutional Assembly following the referendum.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 59], "content_span": [60, 300]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273453-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 Venezuelan regional elections\nRegional elections were held in Venezuela on 15 October 2017 to elect state governors. The two main participants were the Democratic Unity Roundtable (MUD) opposition coalition and the Great Patriotic Pole (GPP) alliance of the ruling Bolivarian government. The election resulted in a victory for the GPP, which won the majority of governorships. The GPP won 18 out of the 23 governorships, while the MUD won the remaining five. Four Democratic Action governors of five opposition governors elected decided to be sworn in under the Bolivarian government-led National Constituent Assembly despite promises to never recognize the body.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [34, 34], "content_span": [35, 668]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273453-0001-0000", "contents": "2017 Venezuelan regional elections, Irregularities, Delayed elections\nControversy arose surrounding on whether the election would be held or not since the government-leaning National Electoral Council (CNE) had not determined a date only two months ahead of the expected election date in December 2016, when the mandates of the governors of the 23 states of the country expired, with some believing that this is due to the belief that if elections were held, the ruling party, United Socialist Party of Venezuela (PSUV), would suffer one of its largest losses in over a decade. Luis Emilio Rond\u00f3n, rector of the National Electoral Council (CNE), explained that the CNE has received complaints related to delays in the setting up of the polling stations and the arrival of their staff, as well as \"technical problems with voting machines\".", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 69], "content_span": [70, 838]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273453-0002-0000", "contents": "2017 Venezuelan regional elections, Irregularities, Delayed elections\nOn 18 October 2016, the president of the National Electoral Council (CNE), Tibisay Lucena, stated that regional elections would not be held until mid-2017, stating the delay was due to a so-called \"economic war\" and low oil prices. Government sources stated that the true reason of the delay was the hope that higher oil prices may raise the popularity of the PSUV.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 69], "content_span": [70, 435]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273453-0003-0000", "contents": "2017 Venezuelan regional elections, Irregularities, Delayed elections\nLucena finally announced on 23 May 2017 that elections were to be held on 10 December 2017. However, during the 5th session of the 2017 Constituent Assembly of Venezuela, it was later suggested to move ahead the elections into October 2017. A month before the elections, 15 October 2017 was selected as the date for regional elections.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 69], "content_span": [70, 405]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273453-0004-0000", "contents": "2017 Venezuelan regional elections, Irregularities, Relocation of voting centers\nLuis Emilio Rond\u00f3n denounced several irregularities throughout the campaign, which were also criticised by the opposition and governments such as Canada and the United States, and considered that the electoral body has taken several illegal measures aimed at demobilizing voters in areas identified as opposition strongholds. The Democratic Unity Roundtable issued a statement declaring:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 80], "content_span": [81, 468]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273453-0005-0000", "contents": "2017 Venezuelan regional elections, Irregularities, Relocation of voting centers\nThe abrupt changes of voting centers is a technique known as crazy mouse used by the Nicaraguan government to confuse opposition voters. Since 2006, when Daniel Ortega came to power in Nicaragua, all elections have been fraudulent through the use of various mechanisms, including shock groups similar to the colectivos. This is widely known by the international community.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 80], "content_span": [81, 453]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273453-0006-0000", "contents": "2017 Venezuelan regional elections, Irregularities, Relocation of voting centers\nThey claimed Daniel Ortega and First Lady Rosario Murillo are allies of president Nicol\u00e1s Maduro and that \"both have now become in the principal advisors of Maduro in the organization of electoral frauds\". In a statement, the MUD demanded the Executive Branch the immediate expulsion of Nicaraguan advisors and asked the Organization of American States (OAS) and the governments of the region to demand Nicaragua not to meddle in the internal affairs of Venezuela, saying that \"we reject the participation of Nicaragua in any initiative related with the situation of Venezuela\". Liliana Hern\u00e1ndez, electoral coordinator of the MUD, denounced that the CNE did not allow international observers and did not accredit the Venezuelan Electoral Observatory for the accompaniment during the regional elections.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 80], "content_span": [81, 884]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273453-0007-0000", "contents": "2017 Venezuelan regional elections, Irregularities, Relocation of voting centers\nThe relocation happened in less than 72 hours of the election of more than 250 voting centers, many of which located in traditionally opposition zones. Due to the relocation of voting centers by the government, some middle class Venezuelans who usually support the opposition were forced to vote in poor communities filled with crime, deterring voter participation in some cases.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 80], "content_span": [81, 460]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273453-0007-0001", "contents": "2017 Venezuelan regional elections, Irregularities, Relocation of voting centers\nThree days before elections, the Bolivarian government-led CNE changed hundreds of voting locations affecting over 700,000 voters in predominately opposition areas, publishing a table with the affected polling stations, with the Miranda and M\u00e9rida states being the most affected, with 232,428 and 129,520 voters, respectively. The CNE cited security reasons, though opposition members believe the move was to cause confusion and prevent voter participation.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 80], "content_span": [81, 538]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273453-0008-0000", "contents": "2017 Venezuelan regional elections, Irregularities, Broadcasting\nRond\u00f3n also criticized the state television network, Venezolana de Televisi\u00f3n, for transmitting pro-government messages which is forbidden by law, describing it as \"regretful\" that the very public network \"is violating the electoral regulations\".", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 64], "content_span": [65, 311]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273453-0009-0000", "contents": "2017 Venezuelan regional elections, Irregularities, Ineligible candidates\nThe CNE had refused to remove MUD politicians who had lost primaries before the election from boards that voter would choose from. Venezuelans seeking to vote for an opposition candidate had the possibility of voting for an ineligible candidate out of confusion.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 73], "content_span": [74, 336]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273453-0010-0000", "contents": "2017 Venezuelan regional elections, Irregularities, Election day\nAlthough the Venezuelan Electoral Observatory declared that \"there are incidents but these are more isolated than generalized\", it reported several irregularities, including reports of absence of witnesses in voting centers, that the CNE web portal still had outdated data on the relocation of polling stations, that Carlos Ocariz, candidate for the Miranda state, postponed his right to vote because he was attacked, and that a polling stating located in Palo Verde, Caracas, asked voters to pass by a \"red point\" of the United Socialist Party (PSUV) to verify their information after voting.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 64], "content_span": [65, 658]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273453-0011-0000", "contents": "2017 Venezuelan regional elections, Irregularities, Election day\nDuring the elections there was refusal by the Plan Rep\u00fablica and board members for media to cover the process. In the Ferm\u00edn Toro school of Valencia one of the electoral witnesses denounced that their credential was taken away by an official after taking photos of the center. Until the dawn, the System of Public Media transmitted electoral propaganda of the pro-government candidates, violating the electoral norm. In Los Teques several electoral boards opened late and with accidental members (voters waiting in line and board witnesses).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 64], "content_span": [65, 606]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273453-0012-0000", "contents": "2017 Venezuelan regional elections, Irregularities, Election day\nDaniel Ascanio, president of the Federation of Student Centers of the Sim\u00f3n Bol\u00edvar University, declared that government supporters took control of the largest polling stating in Guarenas to prevent voters to cast their ballot. Despite that at 10:00am VST the MUD registered more than 620 irregular incidents, the opposition coalition assured that the complaints still represented a low percentage and they were being dealt with regionally to solve the problems. Minister of Defense Padrino L\u00f3pez reported the commission of 26 alleged electoral crimes, and Foro Penal reported 15 related arrests, including one for taking a picture of the electoral ballot, among which most of the detainees were released.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 64], "content_span": [65, 770]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273453-0013-0000", "contents": "2017 Venezuelan regional elections, Irregularities, Election day\nElection ink was not used like in previous elections. In several polling stations, power outages and failing voter machines led to longer than expected wait times for voters. Pro -government colectivos were seen riding motorcycles near voting centers in some cities; Eduardo Vale, a MUD councilor of Maracaibo, denounced that with Molotov cocktails were thrown at one center. Journalists were reportedly assaulted in Trujillo and Zulia.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 64], "content_span": [65, 501]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273453-0014-0000", "contents": "2017 Venezuelan regional elections, Irregularities, Results\nThe Democratic Unity Roundtable issued a statement setting a position and denouncing the several irregularities during the process, among which were:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 59], "content_span": [60, 209]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273453-0015-0000", "contents": "2017 Venezuelan regional elections, Irregularities, Results\nThe National Electoral Council published results for Bol\u00edvar on its website confirming the victory of the opposition candidate, then deleted them hours later. The opposition candidate to the Bol\u00edvar state governorship, Andr\u00e9s Vel\u00e1squez, announced before the CNE counted the voters that the results that showed him as the winner were \"irreversible\", declaring having 100% of the ballots, pointing out that the CNE did not count them to try to revert the obtained advantage and assuring that until the moment he had 50.42% of the adjudicated votes, while the Socialist Party had 49.58%, 268,361 votes.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 59], "content_span": [60, 659]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273453-0015-0001", "contents": "2017 Venezuelan regional elections, Irregularities, Results\nOn 18 October, Vel\u00e1squez denounced the appointment of candidate Justo Noguera Pietri to the governorship as \"fraud\", claiming the existence of invalid ballots. The same day, parliamentarian Enrique M\u00e1rquez showed comparisons of the voting records from several voting boards with the results shown by the CNE, in which they subtracted votes from Andr\u00e9s Vel\u00e1squez and added votes to Justo Noguera Pietri, including a board showing a participation percentage of 96.67%.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 59], "content_span": [60, 526]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273453-0016-0000", "contents": "2017 Venezuelan regional elections, Irregularities, Results\nIn the evening, spokesman for the MUD Ramon Guillermo Aveledo stated that opposition candidates elected into office would not subordinate to the Constituent National Assembly, saying \"The Constitution is in force and says that the governor is sworn in before the Legislative Council\". Minutes before Tibisay Lucena announced preliminary results, the MUD advised voters that the CNE had different results than the ones calculated by observers.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 59], "content_span": [60, 502]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273453-0017-0000", "contents": "2017 Venezuelan regional elections, Irregularities, Results\nThe substitutions that are our right and are established in the constitution were not allowed illegally. With 48 hours left for the boards to be installed the CNE unscrupulously and illegally made a move and changed the voting centers to 225 thousand Mirandinos.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 59], "content_span": [60, 322]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273453-0018-0000", "contents": "2017 Venezuelan regional elections, Irregularities, Results\nThe opposition candidate Carlos Ocariz declared that he would not recognize H\u00e9ctor Rodr\u00edguez, his rival candidate, as governor of Miranda. As part of the complaints made by the opposition candidate, he explained that for example in 403 centers out of 1118 \"we could not connect with the witnesses because they shut down the telephone lines\". He described having \"all the acts and we are reviewing them. But it is not a matter only of acts \" since \"in many voting centers they took our witnesses by force\".", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 59], "content_span": [60, 565]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273453-0018-0001", "contents": "2017 Venezuelan regional elections, Irregularities, Results\nHe explained that \"the substitutions that are our right and are established in the constitution were not allowed illegally. With 48 hours left for the boards to be installed the CNE unscrupulously and illegally made a move and changed the voting centers to 225 thousand Mirandinos\". He also explained that they did a re-engineering with the centers relocation and that \"it affected the results remarkably\". He added that the persons that were mobilized in buses to the relocated centers were assaulted and beaten, and that violence was used as a tool to prevent the vote. \"We saw the massification of the multiple vote as there was no indelible ink\", adding that Venezuela currently faces \"an absolutely fraudulent system\". \"There are numerical inconsistencies between the polls and the election results.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 59], "content_span": [60, 865]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273453-0019-0000", "contents": "2017 Venezuelan regional elections, Public opinion\nPoll results are listed in the tables below in chronological order and using the date the survey's fieldwork was done, as opposed to the date of publication. If such date is unknown, the date of publication is given instead. The highest percentage figure in each polling survey is displayed in bold, and the background shaded in the leading party's colour.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 50], "content_span": [51, 407]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273453-0020-0000", "contents": "2017 Venezuelan regional elections, Results, Preliminary\nAccording to Lucena, the MUD opposition coalition had only won 5 of 22 governorships in Venezuela \u2013 Anzo\u00e1tegui, M\u00e9rida, Nueva Esparta, T\u00e1chira and Zulia \u2013 in what she called \"irreversible results\", while the GPP alliance of the Bolivarian government had won the remaining 17. There was no word on the results of the final state, Bol\u00edvar.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 56], "content_span": [57, 394]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273453-0021-0000", "contents": "2017 Venezuelan regional elections, Aftermath\nFollowing the elections where the opposition only won five of twenty-three governorships, disillusionment with the opposition movement grew, especially after four of five opposition governors elected belonging to Democratic Action decided to be sworn in under the Bolivarian government-led National Constituent Assembly despite promises to never recognize the body.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 45], "content_span": [46, 411]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273454-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 Verona bus crash\nThe 2017 Verona bus crash was a traffic collision that happened around midnight on the night of 20\u201321 January 2017 on the A4 motorway at San Martino Buon Albergo, near Verona, Italy. A coach that was transporting Hungarian high school students (14\u201318 yrs old) and their teachers back from a skiing trip in France collided with the highway traffic barrier, crashed into a bridge pylon, and then caught fire.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [21, 21], "content_span": [22, 428]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273454-0001-0000", "contents": "2017 Verona bus crash\nThe fire charred the bus. Sixteen people on board the bus were killed and at least 26 sustained injuries, 10 serious and two life-threatening. Some of the bodies of victims were burned beyond recognition, and the investigation team had to take DNA samples of the parents of the deceased victims to identify the bodies. One of the seriously injured victims suffered third-degree burns. He died on 22 March, raising the number of victims to 17. The accident became the second most severe foreign bus crash involving Hungarians after the 1999 Deutschlandsberg bus crash in which 18 people were killed.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [21, 21], "content_span": [22, 620]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273454-0002-0000", "contents": "2017 Verona bus crash, Accident\nThere were 56 people on board: two drivers, teenage students from the Szinyei Merse P\u00e1l Gimn\u00e1zium in Budapest and adults accompanying them including one teacher's family, returning from skiing in France.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 31], "content_span": [32, 235]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273454-0003-0000", "contents": "2017 Verona bus crash, Accident\nThe Setra S317 GT-HD coach was travelling on the A4 motorway at San Martino Buon Albergo near Verona, when, for unknown reasons, the vehicle collided with the traffic barrier and then crashed into a bridge pylon. The collision crushed the right side of the coach up until the middle door and it caused a fuel fire almost immediately.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 31], "content_span": [32, 365]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273454-0003-0001", "contents": "2017 Verona bus crash, Accident\nWith the front door obliterated and the middle door blocked by the pylon, the surviving occupants had to break out windows on the left side to be able to escape; one student ran through the bus breaking windows with a hammer, and was later found dead. Most people on board were sleeping at the time of the accident. A physical education teacher and his wife returned to the bus several times to rescue students. Both of their children died in the accident, and the teacher suffered burn injuries on his back during rescue. Other drivers on the road stopped to help, giving the survivors clothes and blankets, and a cell phone to call families. One driver Lanfranco Fossa stayed for over an hour to help translate for rescue crews, as the students did not speak Italian, only Hungarian and English.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 31], "content_span": [32, 829]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273454-0004-0000", "contents": "2017 Verona bus crash, Accident\nThere were reports that a following truck driver had noticed \"something wrong\" with one of the coach's wheels, and black smoke coming from the rear. Italian authorities found no braking marks on the scene of the crash.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 31], "content_span": [32, 250]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273454-0005-0000", "contents": "2017 Verona bus crash, Reactions\nBoth the Hungarian Police and the Hungarian Ambulance Service (OMSZ) sent a team to Italy to assist the accident investigation and to help the survivors. To help the survivors and victims' families in coping with the psychological shock after the crash, several Hungarian psychologists travelled to Verona.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 32], "content_span": [33, 339]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273454-0006-0000", "contents": "2017 Verona bus crash, Reactions\nHungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orb\u00e1n and Italian Prime Minister Paolo Gentiloni expressed condolences for the victims of the accident. The Hungarian government declared 23 January as a national day of mourning in memory of the victims. On that day, Prime Minister Viktor Orb\u00e1n, President J\u00e1nos \u00c1der, Parliamentary Speaker L\u00e1szl\u00f3 K\u00f6v\u00e9r and other officials attended a military ceremony in which the national flag at Kossuth Lajos Square in front of the Hungarian Parliament was raised and then lowered to half-mast. Public institutions including BKV buses displayed a black flag, multiple television stations displayed a black ribbon or a black station logo, and several entertainment venues cancelled concerts and events.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 32], "content_span": [33, 754]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273454-0007-0000", "contents": "2017 Verona bus crash, Reactions\nThe Italian ambassador to Hungary and hundreds of students, parents and relatives gathered outside the school mourning the accident and paid homage by lighting candles, memorial photos, drawings and laying flowers.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 32], "content_span": [33, 247]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273454-0008-0000", "contents": "2017 Verona bus crash, Investigation\nHungarian Foreign Minister P\u00e9ter Szijj\u00e1rt\u00f3 confirmed that an investigation into the cause of the accident began soon afterwards. According to the Hungarian Foreign Minister, the driver lost control of the coach and that investigators had found no brake marks at the scene. The bus company, Pizolitbusz Ltd, is being investigated; the owner told media the bus had been in good condition.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 36], "content_span": [37, 423]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273454-0009-0000", "contents": "2017 Verona bus crash, Investigation\nAnalysis of the crash revealed that the barrier placed on the side of the highway did not behave according to the safety regulations: instead of bending and guiding the vehicle back to safety, it broke, causing a punctured wheel and acting like a rail trap carrying the bus into the bridge pylon. There was no reinforcement or doubling in the barrier structure before the dangerously close bridge pylon, as is usual in such locations, and the barrier structure was anchored on soft ground rather than concrete. Light poles mounted dangerously close to the guardrail (inside the deformation zone of the barrier, where they should not have been mounted) were knocked out by the bus, causing an electrical short circuit and igniting leaking fuel.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 36], "content_span": [37, 780]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273454-0010-0000", "contents": "2017 Verona bus crash, Investigation\nItaly's State radio reported that a Slovenian truck driver driving behind the bus noticed a problem with one of the wheels of the bus and tried to alert the driver of the bus. The broadcaster continued to report that the Slovenian truck driver stayed at the scene, attempting to help until investigators arrived.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 36], "content_span": [37, 349]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273455-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 Verrazzano Open\nThe 2017 Verrazzano Open was a professional tennis tournament played on clay courts. It was the first edition of the tournament which was part of the 2017 ATP Challenger Tour. It took place in Sophia Antipolis, France between 3 and 9 April 2017.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [20, 20], "content_span": [21, 266]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273455-0001-0000", "contents": "2017 Verrazzano Open, Singles main draw entrants, Other Entrants\nThe following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 64], "content_span": [65, 133]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273455-0002-0000", "contents": "2017 Verrazzano Open, Singles main draw entrants, Other Entrants\nThe following player received entry into the singles main draw as a special exempt:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 64], "content_span": [65, 148]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273456-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 Verrazzano Open \u2013 Doubles\nTristan Lamasine and Franko \u0160kugor won the title after defeating Uladzimir Ignatik and Jozef Koval\u00edk 6\u20132, 6\u20132 in the final.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [30, 30], "content_span": [31, 154]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273457-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 Verrazzano Open \u2013 Singles\nAlja\u017e Bedene won the title after defeating Beno\u00eet Paire 6\u20132, 6\u20132 in the final.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [30, 30], "content_span": [31, 109]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273458-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 Vietnam National Futsal League\nIt was the eighth season of the Vietnam Futsal League, the Vietnam professional futsal league for association football clubs. This season is hold by VFF and VOV Channel. The main sponsorship of this season are HD Bank and Cityland.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [35, 35], "content_span": [36, 267]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273458-0001-0000", "contents": "2017 Vietnam National Futsal League, Rule changes\nIn this season, there are 2 stages. At the end of the First stage, 4 of 5 teams will be qualified to the Second stage, where we have 10 teams (6 automatic qualifications and 4 qualifications). The champion will be qualified to AFC Futsal Club Championship, while the runner-up will be qualified to AFF Futsal Club Championship.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 49], "content_span": [50, 377]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273458-0002-0000", "contents": "2017 Vietnam National Futsal League, First stage\nAll matches are held in Qu\u00e2n Khu 5 Arena, \u0110\u00e0 N\u1eb5ng from 17 February 2017 to 31 February 2017.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 48], "content_span": [49, 141]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273458-0003-0000", "contents": "2017 Vietnam National Futsal League, Second stage\nAll matches are held in Qu\u00e2n Khu 7 Arena, H\u1ed3 Ch\u00ed Minh City from 8 April to 24 June 2017.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 49], "content_span": [50, 138]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273459-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 Vietnam Open (tennis)\nThe 2017 Vietnam Open was a professional tennis tournament played on hard courts. It is the third edition of the tournament which is part of the 2017 ATP Challenger Tour. It takes place in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam between 23 and 29 October 2017.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [26, 26], "content_span": [27, 273]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273459-0001-0000", "contents": "2017 Vietnam Open (tennis), Singles main draw entrants, Other entrants\nThe following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 70], "content_span": [71, 139]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273459-0002-0000", "contents": "2017 Vietnam Open (tennis), Singles main draw entrants, Other entrants\nThe following player received entry into the singles main draw using a protected ranking:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 70], "content_span": [71, 160]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273460-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 Vietnam Open (tennis) \u2013 Doubles\nSanchai and Sonchat Ratiwatana were the defending champions but lost in the quarterfinals to Ben McLachlan and Go Soeda.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [36, 36], "content_span": [37, 157]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273460-0001-0000", "contents": "2017 Vietnam Open (tennis) \u2013 Doubles\nSaketh Myneni and Vijay Sundar Prashanth won the title after defeating McLachlan and Soeda 7\u20136(7\u20133), 7\u20136(7\u20135) in the final.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [36, 36], "content_span": [37, 160]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273461-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 Vietnam Open (tennis) \u2013 Singles\nJordan Thompson was the defending champion but chose not to defend his title.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [36, 36], "content_span": [37, 114]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273461-0001-0000", "contents": "2017 Vietnam Open (tennis) \u2013 Singles\nMikhail Youzhny won the title after defeating John Millman 6\u20134, 6\u20134 in the final.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [36, 36], "content_span": [37, 118]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273462-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 Vietnam Open Grand Prix\nThe 2017 Vietnam Open Grand Prix, officially Yonex Sunrise Vietnam Open 2017 was a badminton tournament which took place at the Nguyen Du Stadium in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam on 4\u201310 September 2017 and had a total purse of $65,000.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [28, 28], "content_span": [29, 260]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273462-0001-0000", "contents": "2017 Vietnam Open Grand Prix, Tournament\nThe 2017 Vietnam Open Grand Prix was the thirteenth Grand Prix's badminton tournament of the 2017 BWF Grand Prix Gold and Grand Prix and also part of the Vietnam Open championships which have been held since 1996. This tournament was organized by the Vietnam Badminton Federation, and presented by the Hochiminh City Badminton Association, with the sanctioned from the Badminton World Federation.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 40], "content_span": [41, 437]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273462-0002-0000", "contents": "2017 Vietnam Open Grand Prix, Tournament, Venue\nThis international tournament was held at the Nguyen Du Cultural Sports Club in District 1, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam, and the practice venue at the Phu Tho Training Center in District 11.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 47], "content_span": [48, 236]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273462-0003-0000", "contents": "2017 Vietnam Open Grand Prix, Tournament, Point distribution\nBelow is the tables with the point distribution for each phase of the tournament based on the BWF points system for the Grand Prix event.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 60], "content_span": [61, 198]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273462-0004-0000", "contents": "2017 Vietnam Open Grand Prix, Tournament, Prize money\nThe total prize money was US$65,000. Distribution of prize money was in accordance with BWF regulations.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 53], "content_span": [54, 158]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273463-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 Vietnamese Cup\nThe 2017 National Cup was the 25th edition of the Vietnamese Cup. It was sponsored by S\u1ee9 Thi\u00ean Thanh, and known as the S\u1ee9 Thi\u00ean Thanh National Cup for sponsorship purposes. This year's competition, which features 21 teams including V.League 1's 14 teams and National First Division's 7 teams. The winner are qualified to AFC Cup.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [19, 19], "content_span": [20, 349]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273464-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 Vietnamese National Football Second League\nThe 2017 Vietnamese National Football Second League was the 19th season of the Vietnamese National Football Second League. The season began on 5 May 2017 and finished on 1 August 2017.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 47], "section_span": [47, 47], "content_span": [48, 232]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273464-0001-0000", "contents": "2017 Vietnamese National Football Second League, Rule changes\nIn this season, there are 16 teams divided in two groups in qualifying stage according to geographic region. The top 4 team of each group will be qualified to final round. In final round, 8 teams will play 7 matches:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 47], "section_span": [49, 61], "content_span": [62, 278]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273464-0002-0000", "contents": "2017 Vietnamese National Football Second League, Rule changes\nThe winners of Match 5, 6 and 7 will promote to 2018 V.League 2. The loser of Match 7 will play a play-off match with the club finished last in 2017 V.League 2. The play-off winner will earn the last spot to participate in 2018 V.League 2. The team with worst result in both groups will relegate to 2018 Vietnamese Third League.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 47], "section_span": [49, 61], "content_span": [62, 390]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273464-0003-0000", "contents": "2017 Vietnamese National Football Second League, Team changes\nThe following teams have changed division since the 2016 season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 47], "section_span": [49, 61], "content_span": [62, 126]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273464-0004-0000", "contents": "2017 Vietnamese National Football Second League, Final round, Match 5\nC\u00f4ng An Nh\u00e2n D\u00e2n promote to 2018 V.League 2. B\u00ecnh Thu\u1eadn enter Match 7.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 47], "section_span": [49, 69], "content_span": [70, 140]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273464-0005-0000", "contents": "2017 Vietnamese National Football Second League, Final round, Match 6\nB\u00ecnh \u0110\u1ecbnh promote to 2018 V.League 2. H\u00e0 N\u1ed9i B enter Match 7.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 47], "section_span": [49, 69], "content_span": [70, 131]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273464-0006-0000", "contents": "2017 Vietnamese National Football Second League, Final round, Match 7\nH\u00e0 N\u1ed9i B promote to 2018 V.League 2. B\u00ecnh Thu\u1eadn enter play-off match against club ranked 7th in 2017 V.League 2.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 47], "section_span": [49, 69], "content_span": [70, 182]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273465-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 Vietnamese National Football Third League\nThe 2017 Vietnamese National Football Third League will be the 13th season of the Vietnamese National Football Third League. The season will begin on 3 October 2017 and finish on 9 October 2017.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [46, 46], "content_span": [47, 241]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273465-0001-0000", "contents": "2017 Vietnamese National Football Third League, Rule\nIn this season, there are 8 teams divided geographically to 2 groups with 4 teams per group. The winner and runner-up of each group will promote to Second League. The teams play each other once in a centralised venue.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [48, 52], "content_span": [53, 270]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273465-0002-0000", "contents": "2017 Vietnamese National Football Third League, Team changes\nThe following teams have changed division since the 2016 season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [48, 60], "content_span": [61, 125]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273466-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 Viking FK season\nThe 2017 season was Viking's 29th consecutive year in Eliteserien, and their 68th season in the top flight of Norwegian football.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [21, 21], "content_span": [22, 151]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273466-0001-0000", "contents": "2017 Viking FK season, Season events\nIan Burchnall replaced Kjell Jonevret as manager on 24 November 2016.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 36], "content_span": [37, 106]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273466-0002-0000", "contents": "2017 Viking FK season, Season events\nAlmost a year later, on 9 November 2017, Burchnall was fired from the job following the club's relegation to OBOS-ligaen.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 36], "content_span": [37, 158]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273466-0003-0000", "contents": "2017 Viking FK season, Squad\nNote: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 28], "content_span": [29, 157]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273466-0004-0000", "contents": "2017 Viking FK season, Squad, Out on loan\nNote: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 41], "content_span": [42, 170]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273466-0005-0000", "contents": "2017 Viking FK season, Transfers, Winter\nIn:Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 40], "content_span": [41, 172]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273466-0006-0000", "contents": "2017 Viking FK season, Transfers, Winter\nOut:Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 40], "content_span": [41, 173]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273466-0007-0000", "contents": "2017 Viking FK season, Transfers, Summer\nIn:Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 40], "content_span": [41, 172]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273466-0008-0000", "contents": "2017 Viking FK season, Transfers, Summer\nOut:Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 40], "content_span": [41, 173]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273467-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 Villa Santa Luc\u00eda mudflow\nThe Villa Santa Luc\u00eda mudflow was a natural disaster in Chait\u00e9n commune, southern Chile, that occurred on the morning of December 16, 2017, in the namesake locality, located in the commune of Chait\u00e9n, Los Lagos Region. The mudflow caused the death of 21 persons and the dissapereance of one.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [30, 30], "content_span": [31, 323]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273468-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 Villanova Wildcats football team\nThe 2017 Villanova Wildcats football team represented Villanova University in the 2017 NCAA Division I FCS football season. They were led by first-year head coach Mark Ferrante and played their home games at Villanova Stadium. They were a member of the Colonial Athletic Association. They finished the season 5\u20136, 3\u20135 in CAA play to finish in a three-way tie for seventh place.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [37, 37], "content_span": [38, 415]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273469-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 Virginia Attorney General election\nThe Virginia Attorney General election of 2017 was held on November 7, 2017. The incumbent attorney general, Democrat Mark Herring, was expected to run for governor, but announced he would run for re-election instead. As only Herring and Republican John Adams qualified for their respective party primaries, the two automatically became their parties' nominees. In the general election, Herring defeated Adams to win a second term as Attorney General of Virginia.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [39, 39], "content_span": [40, 503]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273470-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 Virginia Cavaliers football team\nThe 2017 Virginia Cavaliers football team represented the University of Virginia during the 2017 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The Cavaliers were led by second-year head coach Bronco Mendenhall and played their home games at Scott Stadium. They competed as members of the Coastal Division in the Atlantic Coast Conference. They finished the season 6\u20137, 3\u20135 in ACC play to finish in a three-way tie for fourth place in the Coastal Division. They were invited to the Military Bowl where they lost to Navy.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [37, 37], "content_span": [38, 548]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273470-0001-0000", "contents": "2017 Virginia Cavaliers football team, Game summaries, at Boise State\nThe Cavaliers came in as thirteen point underdogs against the Broncos and quickly went down 7\u20130 within the first three minutes. After this shaky start, the Cavaliers took a 21\u201314 lead into halftime led by success in the passing game on offense. To start the second half, the Cavaliers took just 3 plays to score, stretching the lead to 28\u201314. Virginia pressed its advantage to 42\u201314 before Boise State made it 42\u201323 on a late safety and touchdown. The win has been hailed as Virginia's \"most impressive win\" so far under Coach Mendenhall.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 69], "content_span": [70, 608]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273471-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 Virginia Cavaliers men's soccer team\nThe 2017 Virginia Cavaliers men's soccer team represented University of Virginia during the 2017 NCAA Division I men's soccer season. The Cavaliers were led by head coach George Gelnovatch, in his twenty-second season. They play home games at Kl\u00f6ckner Stadium. This was the team's 77th season playing organized men's college soccer and their 64th playing in the Atlantic Coast Conference.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [41, 41], "content_span": [42, 430]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273471-0001-0000", "contents": "2017 Virginia Cavaliers men's soccer team, Roster\nNote: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [43, 49], "content_span": [50, 178]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273471-0002-0000", "contents": "2017 Virginia Cavaliers men's soccer team, MLS Draft\nThe following members of the 2017 Virginia Cavaliers men's soccer team were selected in the 2018 MLS SuperDraft.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [43, 52], "content_span": [53, 165]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273472-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 Virginia House of Delegates election\nThe Virginia House of Delegates election of 2017 was held on Tuesday, November 7. All 100 seats in the Virginia House of Delegates were contested. The Republican Party held a 66\u201334 majority in the House of Delegates before the election but lost 15 seats to the Democratic Party, resulting in the Republicans holding a 50\u201349 advantage. After a recount, the result of the election in the 94th district was called a tie. The candidate to hold the seat was determined by random drawing on January 4, 2018, which resulted in the Republicans holding a 51\u201349 majority.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [41, 41], "content_span": [42, 603]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273472-0001-0000", "contents": "2017 Virginia House of Delegates election\nThe election was marred by electoral irregularities, such as robocalls falsely telling voters their polling places had changed and voters being assigned to the wrong district. These irregularities led to lawsuits and a delay in the certification of the election results. Several candidates filed for recounts, one of which changed the result, the first time in almost 30 years that a recount in a Virginia election had done so. That recount's results were not certified, however, due to a questionable ballot; a tie was declared and a random drawing gave the seat to the pre-recount leader.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [41, 41], "content_span": [42, 632]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273472-0002-0000", "contents": "2017 Virginia House of Delegates election, Background\nThe election took place during the first term of President Donald Trump, a Republican who won the 2016 presidential election. Democrats fielded a larger number of candidates than usual in hopes of defying Trump. While 17 Republican delegates' districts backed Clinton, none of the Democrats' districts backed Trump. For this reason, Democrats focused more on picking up seats than on defending seats. Early on, it was expected that Republicans would hold the majority, but Democrats became more optimistic following the unexpectedly close result in Kansas's 4th congressional district special election.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [43, 53], "content_span": [54, 656]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273472-0002-0001", "contents": "2017 Virginia House of Delegates election, Background\nLikewise, after Jacqueline Smith won the election for Prince William County Clerk of Circuit Court, Republicans expressed concern that Democratic momentum and Republican internal bickering could cause them to lose five to ten seats in the House of Delegates. Democratic state senator Jeremy McPike argued that Smith's victory boded well for Democratic turnout in the state election.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [43, 53], "content_span": [54, 436]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273472-0003-0000", "contents": "2017 Virginia House of Delegates election, Background\nThe filing deadline for Republicans and Democrats to participate in the June 13 primary was March 30. There were seven open House seats, as Republicans Dave Albo, Mark Dudenhefer, Peter Farrell, Bill Howell, Jimmie Massie, and Rick Morris, and Democrat Daun Hester all declined to run again. A total of 55 House of Delegates races were contested. 77 Democrats lined up to challenge 49 Republican incumbents. 35 races were uncontested in the general election, with 13 having only a Republican candidate and 22 having only a Democrat.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [43, 53], "content_span": [54, 586]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273472-0004-0000", "contents": "2017 Virginia House of Delegates election, Background\nIn the 2017 election, Democrats reported 153,442 donations of $100 or less, whereas Republicans reported 7,332 such donations.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [43, 53], "content_span": [54, 180]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273472-0005-0000", "contents": "2017 Virginia House of Delegates election, Results\nBy November 8, the Associated Press called the elections in 96 districts, giving the Democrats a 49\u201347 advantage but not yet the majority of seats. Upon certification of the election results on November 27, the Republicans held a 51\u201349 majority. A recount in the 94th district resulted in the Democrats gaining one more seat, causing a 50\u201350 split. But a three-judge panel declined to certify the result and counted another vote that tied the election, which led to the panel declaring that there was no winner.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [43, 50], "content_span": [51, 562]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273472-0005-0001", "contents": "2017 Virginia House of Delegates election, Results\nSo the balance of the House of Delegates was at 50\u201349 in the Republicans' favor until the race was resolved through drawing lots, as per state law. On January 4, 2018, the drawing was held and Republican David Yancey was declared the winner. His opponent, Shelly Simonds, conceded on January 10.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [43, 50], "content_span": [51, 346]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273472-0006-0000", "contents": "2017 Virginia House of Delegates election, Results\nThere were several notable candidates who won elections. Democratic candidate Chris Hurst, whose girlfriend was murdered on live television in 2015, defeated Republican incumbent and National Rifle Association-supported Joseph Yost in the 12th district. In the 13th district, Democratic candidate Danica Roem defeated Republican incumbent Bob Marshall to become the first openly transgender candidate to be elected and serve in a state legislative body in the United States.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [43, 50], "content_span": [51, 525]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273472-0006-0001", "contents": "2017 Virginia House of Delegates election, Results\nIn the 21st and 42nd districts, respectively, Democratic candidates Kelly Fowler and Kathy Tran became the first Asian American women elected to the House of Delegates after defeating Republican incumbent Ron Villanueva and candidate Lolita Mancheno-Smoak. Democratic candidates Elizabeth Guzm\u00e1n and Hala Ayala defeated Republican incumbents Scott Lingamfelter and Richard Anderson in the 31st and 51st districts, respectively, to also become the first two Hispanic women elected to the House of Delegates. In the 50th district, Lee Carter, the Democratic candidate and a self-described democratic socialist, defeated Republican incumbent and House Majority Whip Jackson Miller. Democratic candidate Dawn M. Adams became the first openly lesbian candidate to be elected to the House of Delegates after defeating Republican incumbent G. Manoli Loupassi in the 68th district.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [43, 50], "content_span": [51, 924]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273472-0007-0000", "contents": "2017 Virginia House of Delegates election, Results\nIn the 2017 election, 25 women were elected to the House of Delegates, breaking the previous record of 19 that was set in 2013.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [43, 50], "content_span": [51, 178]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273472-0008-0000", "contents": "2017 Virginia House of Delegates election, Aftermath, Reaction\nFrank Bruni, a columnist for The New York Times, said the Republican Party should be \"scared\" as a result of the Virginia elections. Slate writer Mark Stern blamed gerrymandering as the reason why the Democrats did not win a majority in the House of Delegates. Chicago Tribune editorial board member Clarence Page called the election an \"unmistakable anti-Trump backlash.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [43, 62], "content_span": [63, 435]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273472-0009-0000", "contents": "2017 Virginia House of Delegates election, Aftermath, Misinformation\nOn November 7, a Twitter account called \"MAGA Mike King\" was suspended after it tweeted more than a dozen times a graphic purportedly instructing Virginians on how to vote by text. On the same day, Harry Wiggins, the chair of the Prince William County Democratic Committee, told The Intercept that voters in his county were receiving robocalls falsely telling them their polling places had changed.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [43, 68], "content_span": [69, 467]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273472-0010-0000", "contents": "2017 Virginia House of Delegates election, Aftermath, Irregularities\nOn November 13, the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund filed a lawsuit in the state court alleging that conflicting and misleading instructions from the Stafford County Electoral Board would ultimately prevent provisional ballots from being counted. Their lawsuit was thrown out on November 14 by judge Victoria Willis because it was not clear that the two voters named as plaintiffs had been harmed. On November 20, the Virginia State Board of Elections voted unanimously to delay certification of elections in the 28th and 88th districts after Elections Commissioner Edgardo Cort\u00e9s announced that in April 2016, Fredericksburg registrar Juanita Pitchford erroneously assigned 83 voters from the 28th to the 88th.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [43, 68], "content_span": [69, 789]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273472-0011-0000", "contents": "2017 Virginia House of Delegates election, Aftermath, Irregularities\nOn November 22, federal judge T. S. Ellis III rejected the Virginia Democratic Party's bid to halt the Virginia State Board of Elections from certifying the vote totals in the 28th district. After certifying the final results on November 27, Virginia State Board of Elections Chairman James Alcorn acknowledged the possibility of other voters being erroneously assigned to the wrong district. On December 7, the Democrats filed an amended complaint that asked the judge to order the state to decertify the election, block Republican candidate Robert Thomas from being seated as a delegate when the General Assembly convenes in January, and hold a new election for the seat.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [43, 68], "content_span": [69, 742]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273472-0012-0000", "contents": "2017 Virginia House of Delegates election, Aftermath, Irregularities\nOn January 2, 2018, it was reported that the Virginia Department of Elections, Speaker Bill Howell, and Fredericksburg's Electoral Board knew there were problems with voters assigned to the wrong House districts in the Fredericksburg area since at least early 2015.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [43, 68], "content_span": [69, 334]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273472-0013-0000", "contents": "2017 Virginia House of Delegates election, Aftermath, Recounts\nOn November 29, Democratic candidates Shelly Simonds and Donte Tanner filed for recounts in the 94th and 40th districts, respectively. On November 30, Republican incumbent Manoli Loupassi, who lost to Democratic candidate Dawn Adams, filed for a recount in the 68th district. On December 3, Democratic candidate Joshua Cole filed a request for a recount in the 28th district. On December 14, Republican incumbent Tim Hugo won the recount in the 40th district, defeating Donte Tanner by 99 votes. On December 20, Adams' victory over Loupassi was confirmed by the recount. On December 21, Republican candidate Robert Thomas defeated Joshua Cole in the recount of the 28th district election.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [43, 62], "content_span": [63, 751]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273472-0014-0000", "contents": "2017 Virginia House of Delegates election, Aftermath, Recounts\nOn December 19, the recount in the 94th district determined that Simonds defeated Republican incumbent David Yancey by one vote, which ended the 18-year Republican majority in the House of Delegates and created an even 50\u201350 split. It was the first time in almost thirty years that a recount changed an election result in Virginia. However, a three-judge panel declined to certify the results, citing a questionable ballot that had previously not been counted, which they deemed should be counted in favor of the Republican instead. Judge Bryant Sugg said, \"The court declares there is no winner in this election.\" In the event of a tie in a House of Delegates election, state law says the winner is chosen by lot. On December 21, James Alcorn tweeted that a random drawing would occur on December 27.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [43, 62], "content_span": [63, 864]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273472-0015-0000", "contents": "2017 Virginia House of Delegates election, Aftermath, Recounts\nOn December 26, the drawing was postponed after Simonds filed a legal motion challenging the validity of a ballot counted in Yancey's favor. On December 28 on CNN's New Day, Simonds said, \"I do have a problem with doing a game of chance now, because I do feel now I did win fair and square during the recount.\" On December 29, Alcorn tweeted, \"The State Board of Elections will convene on Thursday, January 4 at 11:00 am. Unless the court system intervenes, the Board will draw a winner for [the 94th district].\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [43, 62], "content_span": [63, 575]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273472-0015-0001", "contents": "2017 Virginia House of Delegates election, Aftermath, Recounts\nIn the legal case, Yancey filed paperwork arguing that Simonds had presented no grounds for a recount court to reconsider its decision. On January 3, 2018, the recount panel rejected Simonds' motion, allowing the random draw to proceed as planned. On January 4, the tie-breaking drawing was held and Yancey was the winner. Simonds conceded on January 10.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [43, 62], "content_span": [63, 417]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273472-0016-0000", "contents": "2017 Virginia House of Delegates election, Aftermath, Speakership\nIf the Republicans retained a majority in the House of Delegates, Kirk Cox was in line to become speaker. On December 8, Kenneth R. Plum, a Democrat and the most senior member of the House of Delegates, voiced the possibility of him becoming speaker while minority leader David Toscano is named the majority leader. In an email disclosed by The Washington Post on December 27, Toscano accused the Republicans of trying \"to undermine [Democratic] unity by offering deals to various members in exchange [for] a vote for Speaker.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [43, 65], "content_span": [66, 593]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273472-0016-0001", "contents": "2017 Virginia House of Delegates election, Aftermath, Speakership\nToscano also warned his fellow Democratic delegates against calling in sick when the legislature convenes or taking an ill-timed bathroom break during the floor session, fearing that in an evenly split chamber, the Republicans might seize any opportunity to call a vote and take control. After the Republicans retained a majority in the House of Delegates, Cox was elected speaker by a vote of 98\u20130 on January 10, 2018. Cox didn't vote for himself, and one Democratic delegate didn't appear to be in the chamber.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [43, 65], "content_span": [66, 578]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273473-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 Virginia Tech Hokies football team\nThe 2017 Virginia Tech Hokies football team represented Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University during the 2017 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The Hokies were led by second-year head coach Justin Fuente and played their home games at Lane Stadium in Blacksburg, Virginia. Virginia Tech competed as members of the Coastal Division of the Atlantic Coast Conference. They finished the season 9\u20134, 5\u20133 in ACC play to finish in second place in the Coastal Division. They were invited to the Camping World Bowl where they lost to Oklahoma State.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [39, 39], "content_span": [40, 597]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273473-0001-0000", "contents": "2017 Virginia Tech Hokies football team, Previous season\nThe Hokies finished the 2016 season 10\u20134, 6\u20132 in ACC play to win its sixth ACC Coastal Division title. In the ACC Championship, the Hokies fell to eventual National Champion Clemson. The Hokies were invited to the Belk Bowl where they defeated Arkansas, scoring 35 unanswered points to win the game 35\u201324, the greatest comeback in team history.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 56], "content_span": [57, 401]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273473-0002-0000", "contents": "2017 Virginia Tech Hokies football team, Game summaries, vs West Virginia\nIn the first game of the season at FedExField in Landover, Maryland, Hokies quarterback Josh Jackson ran for a touchdown and threw another as the Hokies held off No. 22-ranked West Virginia 31\u201324. In the 52nd meeting between the two schools, a back-and-forth matchup was decided in the fourth quarter when Jackson rushed for a 46-yard gain to set up Travon McMillion's three-yard touchdown run with 6:30 left in the game. The Hokie defense, which gave up 592 total yards to the Mountaineers, came up big at the end, keeping West Virginia out of the endzone after two attempts from the 15-yard line as time expired. The win moved the Hokies to 1\u20130 on the season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 73], "content_span": [74, 735]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273473-0003-0000", "contents": "2017 Virginia Tech Hokies football team, Game summaries, Delaware\nThe Hokies announced they would wear new \"white Hokie stone\" helmets for their first home game of the year against FCS Delaware. After allowing nearly 600 yards to West Virginia, Virginia Tech's defense rebounded nicely to record Bud Foster's 32nd shutout as the Hokies' defensive coordinator. The Blue Hens only got into Virginia Tech territory three times. Another Hokie hallmark, special teams, played an important role as Greg Stroman returned a punt for a touchdown late in the first quarter to give the Hokies a 7\u20130 lead. Quarterback Josh Jackson threw two scoring passes in the game as the Hokies were held to only 303 yards of total offense. However, it was enough as the Hokies moved to 2\u20130 on the season with a 27\u20130 win.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 65], "content_span": [66, 796]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273473-0004-0000", "contents": "2017 Virginia Tech Hokies football team, Game summaries, at East Carolina\nVirginia Tech traveled to Greenville, North Carolina to take on East Carolina in a non-conference game. Things did not start well for the Hokies as the Pirates took an early 7\u20130 and then 17\u20137 lead as the first quarter ended. VT responded quickly thereafter, getting a touchdown catch from Cam Phillips and three Joey Slye field goals in the second quarter to take the lead at the half 23\u201317. In the second half the Hokies ran away with the game scoring five touchdowns in the third quarter to take a 57\u201317 lead. Four of the third quarter touchdowns were passes from quarterback Josh Jackson. Another touchdown in the fourth quarter gave the Hokies a 64\u201317 win over East Carolina.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 73], "content_span": [74, 753]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273473-0005-0000", "contents": "2017 Virginia Tech Hokies football team, Game summaries, at East Carolina\nThe Hokies rushed for 287 yards and Jackson passed for 388 yards and five touchdowns in the blowout. Phillips set a school record with 14 catches for 189 yards in the game. Meanwhile, the Hokie defense held the Pirates to only 281 total yards. The win moved the Hokies to 3\u20130 on the season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 73], "content_span": [74, 364]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273473-0006-0000", "contents": "2017 Virginia Tech Hokies football team, Honorary #25 Beamer Jersey\nSince the start of the 2016 season, two days prior to each game, Head Coach Justin Fuente has selected an outstanding special teams player to wear the #25 jersey in honor of former head coach, Frank Beamer, who wore #25 as a player for Virginia Tech.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 67], "content_span": [68, 318]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273473-0007-0000", "contents": "2017 Virginia Tech Hokies football team, 2018 NFL Draft\nThe Hokies had five players selected in the 2018 NFL draft. The Edmunds brothers were both selected in the first round.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 55], "content_span": [56, 175]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273474-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 Virginia Tech Hokies men's soccer team\nThe 2017 Virginia Tech Hokies men's soccer team represents Virginia Tech during the 2017 NCAA Division I men's soccer season. It was the 46th season of the university fielding a program. The Hokies played their home fixtures at Sandra D. Thompson Field in Blacksburg, Virginia. The Hokies were led by ninth year head coach Mike Brizendine.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [43, 43], "content_span": [44, 383]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273474-0001-0000", "contents": "2017 Virginia Tech Hokies men's soccer team, Roster\nNote: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [45, 51], "content_span": [52, 180]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273474-0002-0000", "contents": "2017 Virginia Tech Hokies men's soccer team, Roster\nPrior to the season Virginia Tech named the three captains shown above.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [45, 51], "content_span": [52, 123]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273474-0003-0000", "contents": "2017 Virginia Tech Hokies men's soccer team, MLS Draft\nThe following members of the 2017 Virginia Tech Hokies men's soccer team were selected in the 2018 MLS SuperDraft.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [45, 54], "content_span": [55, 169]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273475-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 Virginia elections\nStatewide and municipal elections were held in the U.S. state of Virginia on November 7, 2017. The main election being held in Virginia was the state's gubernatorial election. In addition, all of Virginia's House of Delegates seats were up for re-election. Primary elections for the House of Delegates and the governor were held on June 13, 2017. Ralph Northam (D) was elected to become the 73rd Governor of Virginia, Justin Fairfax (D) was elected to become the 41st Lieutenant Governor of Virginia, and Mark Herring (D) was reelected as the 47th Attorney General of Virginia.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [23, 23], "content_span": [24, 601]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273475-0001-0000", "contents": "2017 Virginia elections, Governor\nThe Virginia gubernatorial election of 2017 took place on November 7, 2017. Primaries took place on June 13, 2017. The incumbent governor, Democrat Terry McAuliffe, was not eligible to run for re-election due to term limits established by the Virginia Constitution. Virginia is the only state that prohibits its governor from serving consecutive terms.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 33], "content_span": [34, 386]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273475-0002-0000", "contents": "2017 Virginia elections, Governor\nThe primary elections took place on June 13, 2017. Virginia utilizes an open primary, in which registered voters are allowed to vote in only one party's primary election.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 33], "content_span": [34, 204]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273475-0003-0000", "contents": "2017 Virginia elections, Governor\nRalph Northam won the election to become the 73rd Governor of Virginia with 53.7% of the popular vote.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 33], "content_span": [34, 136]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273475-0004-0000", "contents": "2017 Virginia elections, Lieutenant Governor\nThe Virginia lieutenant gubernatorial election of 2017 took place on November 7, 2017. The incumbent lieutenant governor, Democrat Ralph Northam, did not seek re-election in order to run for governor.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 44], "content_span": [45, 245]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273475-0005-0000", "contents": "2017 Virginia elections, Lieutenant Governor\nJustin Fairfax won the election to become the 41st Lieutenant Governor of Virginia with 52.7% of the popular vote.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 44], "content_span": [45, 159]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273475-0006-0000", "contents": "2017 Virginia elections, Attorney General\nThe Virginia Attorney General election of 2017 took place on November 7, 2017. The incumbent attorney general, Democrat Mark Herring, ran for re-election to a second term.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 41], "content_span": [42, 213]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273475-0007-0000", "contents": "2017 Virginia elections, Attorney General\nMark Herring was reelected as the 47th Attorney General of Virginia with 53.3% of the popular vote.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 41], "content_span": [42, 141]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273475-0008-0000", "contents": "2017 Virginia elections, Local elections\nIn an April 18, 2017 special election, Jacqueline Smith was elected Prince William County Clerk of Circuit Court. That she won with an 8-point margin of victory after having been outspent seven-to-one by a politician with greater name recognition was viewed by Republicans as a sign of Democratic momentum. Democratic state senator Jeremy McPike argued that Smith's victory boded well for Democratic turnout in the state election.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 40], "content_span": [41, 471]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273475-0009-0000", "contents": "2017 Virginia elections, Local elections\nIn a special election in Chesterfield County on November 7th, Jenefer Hughes defeated Republican incumbent Tim McPeters with over 55% of the vote to become the county's next Commissioner of Revenue, marking the first time in over 37 years the post has gone to a Democrat.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 40], "content_span": [41, 313]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273476-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 Virginia gubernatorial election\nThe 2017 Virginia gubernatorial election was held on November 7, 2017. Incumbent Democratic Governor Terry McAuliffe was unable to run for reelection, as the Constitution of Virginia prohibits the officeholder from serving consecutive terms, although he later announced his campaign for a second term in the 2021 election.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [36, 36], "content_span": [37, 359]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273476-0001-0000", "contents": "2017 Virginia gubernatorial election\nPrimary elections took place on June 13, 2017. Virginia utilizes an open primary, in which registered voters are allowed to vote in either party's primary election. The Democratic Party nominated Ralph Northam and the Republican Party nominated Ed Gillespie. The Libertarian Party nominated Clifford Hyra by convention on May 6, 2017.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [36, 36], "content_span": [37, 371]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273476-0002-0000", "contents": "2017 Virginia gubernatorial election\nIn the general election on November 7, 2017, Democratic nominee Ralph Northam defeated Republican nominee Ed Gillespie, winning by the largest margin for a Democrat since 1985. Northam became the 73rd governor of Virginia, and assumed office on January 13, 2018. The election had the highest voter turnout percentage in a Virginia gubernatorial election in twenty years with over 47% of the state's constituency casting their ballot.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [36, 36], "content_span": [37, 470]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273476-0003-0000", "contents": "2017 Virginia gubernatorial election\nAs of 2020, this is the most recent time James City County, Stafford County, and Lynchburg have voted for the Republican candidate in a statewide election. This is also the first cycle in Virginia since 2012 in which a candidate won with a majority of the vote, the lone exception being Ralph Northam's lieutenant governor run in 2013.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [36, 36], "content_span": [37, 372]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273476-0004-0000", "contents": "2017 Virginia gubernatorial election, General election\nThe race had been closely watched by national observers. For Republicans, National Review wrote that Gillespie's campaign was an important example of whether and how mainstream Republican politics can produce victories in a purple state in the \"era of Trumpism\" and said that the outcome would affect Republican strategies in future races. Democrats have stated a view that the election is a test of whether the party can find its way after losing the 2016 presidential election and several subsequent special elections. NBC News reported that Northam was the \"hand-picked\" choice of outgoing Governor Terry McAuliffe, and that McAuliffe's legacy and potential 2020 presidential aspirations depended on Northam winning the election.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 54], "content_span": [55, 787]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273476-0005-0000", "contents": "2017 Virginia gubernatorial election, General election, Debates\nAfter the primaries, Gillespie challenged Northam to ten debates, but only three were held. The first debate was hosted by the Virginia Bar Association on July 22 in Hot Springs, Virginia. The second was held on September 19, hosted by the Northern Virginia Chamber of Commerce in Tysons Corner, Virginia, and televised statewide by NBC-affiliated TV stations. The third and final debate was held on October 9 at University of Virginia's College at Wise in Wise, Virginia.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 63], "content_span": [64, 536]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273476-0006-0000", "contents": "2017 Virginia gubernatorial election, General election, Polling\nPolls for the general election varied significantly, ranging from a 17-point lead for Ralph Northam on one end to an 8-point lead for Ed Gillespie on the other, with most polls showing the race within or close to the margin of error. Politico reported that the wide variation in polling numbers was likely due to differences in methodology among the polls. Polls tightened significantly in the last two weeks of the campaign with several showing the race tied or within the margin of error.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 63], "content_span": [64, 554]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273476-0007-0000", "contents": "2017 Virginia gubernatorial election, General election, Fundraising\nVirginia election laws allow for unlimited campaign contributions in state and local elections.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 67], "content_span": [68, 163]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273476-0008-0000", "contents": "2017 Virginia gubernatorial election, General election, Fundraising\nAccording to the Virginia Public Access Project, Northam's top five donors were the Democratic Governors Association's super PAC DGA Action; Michael Bloomberg's Everytown for Gun Safety group; the Virginia League of Conservation Voters; Michael D. Bills; and the Laborers' International Union of North America.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 67], "content_span": [68, 378]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273476-0009-0000", "contents": "2017 Virginia gubernatorial election, General election, Fundraising\nGillespie's top five donors were the Republican Governors Association; A Stronger Virginia; Let's Grow Virginia; Marlene Ricketts; and Dwight Schar.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 67], "content_span": [68, 216]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273476-0010-0000", "contents": "2017 Virginia gubernatorial election, General election, Fundraising\nHyra's top five donors were Michael Chastain; Hyra himself; the Libertarian Party of Virginia; Paradise Indian Restaurant; and nine donors who have given the same amount.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 67], "content_span": [68, 238]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273476-0011-0000", "contents": "2017 Virginia gubernatorial election, General election, Results\nEven though polls in the weeks before the election showed a highly competitive race, some even showing Gillespie ahead, Northam won by a larger margin than expected, about nine percent, and more than 200,000 votes. Gillespie was unable to come back from the large margins in the suburbs of Washington, D.C. and Virginia Beach, and he conceded to Northam at 8:56 PM EST.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 63], "content_span": [64, 433]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273477-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 Virginia lieutenant gubernatorial election\nThe 2017 Virginia lieutenant gubernatorial election was held on November 7, 2017. After the party primary elections were held, the major party nominees were Jill Vogel (Republican) and Justin Fairfax (Democrat). The incumbent Lieutenant Governor, Democrat Ralph Northam, declined to run for re-election in order to run for Governor. In the general election on November 7, 2017, Democratic nominee Justin Fairfax defeated Republican state Senator Jill Vogel to become the 41st Lieutenant Governor of Virginia.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 47], "section_span": [47, 47], "content_span": [48, 556]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273478-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 Virsligas Winter Cup\nThe 2017 Virsligas Winter Cup is the league cup's fifth season. It began on 14 January 2017. FK Liep\u0101ja are the defending champion.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [25, 25], "content_span": [26, 157]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273479-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 Visayas and Mindanao floods\nThe 2017 Visayas and Mindanao floods was an event that caused extreme flooding within parts of the Philippines, caused by several low-pressure systems. In mid-January 2017, several parts of Visayas and Mindanao experienced flooding as a result of a low-pressure area, combined with the tail-end of a cold front.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [32, 32], "content_span": [33, 344]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273479-0001-0000", "contents": "2017 Visayas and Mindanao floods, Causes\nThe cause of the floods was during the impact of three depressions monitored by PAGASA (Auring, Bising and Crising).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 40], "content_span": [41, 157]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273479-0002-0000", "contents": "2017 Visayas and Mindanao floods, Impact\nThe city of Cagayan de Oro was seriously affected by the floods, as the heavy rain started in the early afternoon and continued late into the evening on Monday, January 16, inundating several streets and stranding many commuters. Hundreds of students were trapped at the University of Science and Technology of Southern Philippines (USTP) due to the floodwaters without any food or water. With most of the campus flooded, students were forced to head to the upper floors of the school's buildings.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 40], "content_span": [41, 538]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273479-0003-0000", "contents": "2017 Visayas and Mindanao floods, Impact\nShopping malls along Claro M. Recto Avenue were hit by the floodwaters as well; Limketkai Center was rendered completely impassable. One mall's basement parking area was filled with water, while another mall near Bitan-ag Creek was also flooded, despite the area already being elevated.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 40], "content_span": [41, 327]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273479-0004-0000", "contents": "2017 Visayas and Mindanao floods, Impact\nAs a result of the heavy rain in Cagayan de Oro, parts of Camaman-an, Patag, Carmen, and a number of urban barangays were swamped by the deluge. Two landslides were reported in the city; one on Masterson Avenue near Pryce Plaza Hotel, and in Paglaum Village, Camaman-an. The City Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Department (CDRRMD) said that a rain gauge near the Cagayan River recorded a total of 166.2\u00a0mm, about 20\u00a0mm less than the amount of rainfall recorded in December 2011 when Tropical Storm Sendong (Washi) impacted the city. However, the two-day rainfall amount was higher than that from both Tropical Depression Agaton (Lingling) and Tropical Storm Seniang (Jangmi).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 40], "content_span": [41, 724]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273479-0005-0000", "contents": "2017 Visayas and Mindanao floods, Impact\nNumerous business establishments and schools opened their doors to people unable to return home because of the floods. This included Centrio Mall, SM City Cagayan de Oro and Limketkai Mall which remained open after hours, and Xavier University, which made its canteen, a number of classrooms and covered courts as a temporary refuge.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 40], "content_span": [41, 374]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273479-0006-0000", "contents": "2017 Visayas and Mindanao floods, Impact\nFloods also affected the provinces of Bohol, Cebu, Negros Oriental, Misamis Oriental, Lanao del Sur and Bukidnon. Landslides were also reported in several parts of Visayas and Mindanao.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 40], "content_span": [41, 226]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273479-0007-0000", "contents": "2017 Visayas and Mindanao floods, Impact\nClasses were suspended in Tacloban, Leyte, Southern Leyte, and Misamis Oriental, as well as parts of Samar, Northern Samar, Eastern Samar provinces.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 40], "content_span": [41, 189]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273479-0008-0000", "contents": "2017 Visayas and Mindanao floods, Aftermath\nThe local government of Cagayan de Oro declared a state of calamity over the city in the early morning of Tuesday, January 17, 2017. On Thursday, January 19, as a result of the continuous rainfall, the Cagayan de Oro City Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Office (CDRRMO) declared a code yellow, asking residents to be vigilant. At least seven people died in the city due to the floods.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 43], "content_span": [44, 435]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273479-0009-0000", "contents": "2017 Visayas and Mindanao floods, Aftermath\nA few days after the floods, it was reported that supplies of doxycycline, used to treat people against leptospirosis, had run out in Cagayan de Oro. A similar situation occurred in the aftermath of Tropical Storm Sendong when 24 people died because of an outbreak of leptospirosis.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 43], "content_span": [44, 326]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273479-0010-0000", "contents": "2017 Visayas and Mindanao floods, Aftermath\nAccording to Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) secretary Mark Villar, the agency will ask the Department of Budget and Management (DBM) for an additional P300 million for the accelerated completion of various projects that are meant to reduce future flooding in Cagayan de Oro. Meanwhile, the DPWH was called into question by Senate President Aquilino Pimentel III for a lack of coordination with the City Government of Cagayan de Oro when implementing projects. The agency also admitted that the recently completed bridge over Bitan-ag Creek failed to prevent neck-level floodwaters from inundating Limketkai Center and USTP. Due to garbage clogging the creek, mud and water spilled onto Claro M. Recto Avenue.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 43], "content_span": [44, 768]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273480-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 Visit Panam\u00e1 Cup\nThe 2017 Visit Panam\u00e1 Cup will be a professional tennis tournament played on clay courts. It will be the fourth edition of the tournament which will be part of the 2017 ATP Challenger Tour. It will take place in Panama City, Panama between 3 and 8 April 2017.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [21, 21], "content_span": [22, 281]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273480-0001-0000", "contents": "2017 Visit Panam\u00e1 Cup, Singles main draw entrants, Other Entrants\nThe following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 65], "content_span": [66, 134]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273480-0002-0000", "contents": "2017 Visit Panam\u00e1 Cup, Singles main draw entrants, Other Entrants\nThe following player received entry into the singles main draw using a protected ranking:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 65], "content_span": [66, 155]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273481-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 Visit Panam\u00e1 Cup \u2013 Doubles\nFranti\u0161ek \u010cerm\u00e1k and Mikhail Elgin were the defending champions but chose not to defend their title.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [31, 31], "content_span": [32, 132]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273481-0001-0000", "contents": "2017 Visit Panam\u00e1 Cup \u2013 Doubles\nSergio Gald\u00f3s and Caio Zampieri won the title after defeating Kevin Krawietz and Adri\u00e1n Men\u00e9ndez-Maceiras 1\u20136, 7\u20136(7\u20135), [10\u20137] in the final.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [31, 31], "content_span": [32, 173]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273482-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 Visit Panam\u00e1 Cup \u2013 Singles\nPere Riba was the defending champion but chose not to defend his title.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [31, 31], "content_span": [32, 103]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273482-0001-0000", "contents": "2017 Visit Panam\u00e1 Cup \u2013 Singles\nRog\u00e9rio Dutra Silva won the title after defeating Pe\u0111a Krstin 6\u20132, 6\u20134 in the final.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [31, 31], "content_span": [32, 116]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273483-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 Vissel Kobe season\nThe 2017 Vissel Kobe season was Vissel Kobe's fourth consecutive season in the J1 League and their 19th J1 League season overall. They also took part in the 2017 Emperor's Cup and the 2017 J.League Cup.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [23, 23], "content_span": [24, 226]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273483-0001-0000", "contents": "2017 Vissel Kobe season, Squad\nAs of 8 February 2017. Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 30], "content_span": [31, 182]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273483-0002-0000", "contents": "2017 Vissel Kobe season, Squad, Out on loan\nNote: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 43], "content_span": [44, 172]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273484-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 Viterra Championship\nThe 2017 Viterra Championship, Manitoba's provincial men's curling championship, was held from February 8 to 12 at the Stride Place in Portage la Priarie. The winning team represented Manitoba at the 2017 Tim Hortons Brier in St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [25, 25], "content_span": [26, 290]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273484-0001-0000", "contents": "2017 Viterra Championship, Draw\n32 team double knockout with playoff roundFour teams qualify each from A Event and B Event", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 31], "content_span": [32, 122]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273485-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 Vi\u00f1a del Mar International Song Festival\nThe LVIII Edition of the Vi\u00f1a del Mar International Song Festival (Spanish: LVIII Festival Internacional de la Canci\u00f3n de Vi\u00f1a del Mar 2017), also known as Vi\u00f1a 2017, took place from February 20 to 25, 2017 at Quinta Vergara Amphitheater, in the Chilean city of Vi\u00f1a del Mar.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [45, 45], "content_span": [46, 321]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273485-0001-0000", "contents": "2017 Vi\u00f1a del Mar International Song Festival, Queen of the Festival\nThe Chilean model and panelist of the morning programme of Canal 13 \"Bienvenidos\" Kika Silva was elected Queen of the Festival of Vi\u00f1a del Mar with 143 votes of the journalists.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [47, 68], "content_span": [69, 246]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273486-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 Vodafone Gold Coast 600\nThe 2017 Vodafone Gold Coast 600 was a motor racing event for the Supercars Championship, held on the weekend of 20 to 22 October 2017. The event was held at the Gold Coast Street Circuit in Surfers Paradise, Queensland and consisted of two races, 300 kilometres in length. It is the twelfth event of fourteen in the 2017 Supercars Championship and hosted Races 21 and 22 of the season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [28, 28], "content_span": [29, 415]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273486-0001-0000", "contents": "2017 Vodafone Gold Coast 600, Background, Driver changes\nAshley Walsh, having withdrawn from the Bathurst 1000 due to injury, was again replaced by Andre Heimgartner.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 56], "content_span": [57, 166]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273487-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 Volta Limburg Classic\nThe 2017 Volta Limburg Classic was a one-day road cycling race that took place on 1 April 2017. It was the 44th edition of the Volta Limburg Classic and was rated as a 1.1 event as part of the 2017 UCI Europe Tour.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [26, 26], "content_span": [27, 241]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273487-0001-0000", "contents": "2017 Volta Limburg Classic, Teams\nTwenty-two teams were invited to take part in the race. These included two UCI WorldTeams, eight UCI Professional Continental teams and twelve UCI Continental teams.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 33], "content_span": [34, 199]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273488-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 Volta a Catalunya\nThe 2017 Volta a Catalunya was a road cycling stage race that took place between 20 and 26 March. It was the 97th edition of the Volta a Catalunya and the ninth event of the 2017 UCI World Tour.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [22, 22], "content_span": [23, 217]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273488-0001-0000", "contents": "2017 Volta a Catalunya\nThe race was won for the second time by Movistar Team rider Alejandro Valverde, who \u2013 like all of his teammates received a one-minute time penalty in the team time trial stage of the race \u2013 won three stages, the mountains classification as well as the overall general classification. Valverde finished over a minute clear of his next closest competitor; Alberto Contador finished second for Trek\u2013Segafredo, 63 seconds in arrears of Valverde. The podium was completed by Valverde's teammate Marc Soler \u2013 taking the young rider classification as a result \u2013 a further 13 seconds adrift of Contador. In the other classifications, the performances for Valverde and Soler were good enough for the Movistar Team to win the teams classification, while Cannondale\u2013Drapac's Pierre Rolland won the intermediate sprints classification.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [22, 22], "content_span": [23, 846]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273488-0002-0000", "contents": "2017 Volta a Catalunya, Teams\nAs the Volta a Catalunya is a UCI World Tour event, all eighteen UCI WorldTeams were invited automatically and obliged to enter a team in the race. Seven UCI Professional Continental teams competed, completing the 25-team peloton. Two of the Professional Continental teams, Team Manzana Postob\u00f3n and Soul Brasil Pro Cycling, made their d\u00e9but at UCI World Tour level.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 29], "content_span": [30, 396]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273488-0003-0000", "contents": "2017 Volta a Catalunya, Route\nThe full route of the 2017 Volta a Catalunya was announced on 9 March 2017. The race featured a team time trial for the first time since 2007, and its longest since 1964.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 29], "content_span": [30, 200]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273488-0004-0000", "contents": "2017 Volta a Catalunya, Route\nThe fourth stage, initially scheduled to be run over 194.3\u00a0km (121\u00a0mi) and to start in Ll\u00edvia, was shortened due to snow.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 29], "content_span": [30, 151]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273488-0005-0000", "contents": "2017 Volta a Catalunya, Classification leadership table\nIn the 2017 Volta a Catalunya, four different jerseys were awarded. The general classification was calculated by adding each cyclist's finishing times on each stage. Time bonuses were awarded to the first three finishers on all stages except for the team time trial: the stage winner won a ten-second bonus, with six and four seconds for the second and third riders respectively. Bonus seconds were also awarded to the first three riders at intermediate sprints; three seconds for the winner of the sprint, two seconds for the rider in second and one second for the rider in third. The leader of the general classification received a white and green jersey. This classification was considered the most important of the 2017 Volta a Catalunya, and the winner of the classification was considered the winner of the race.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 55], "content_span": [56, 874]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273488-0006-0000", "contents": "2017 Volta a Catalunya, Classification leadership table\nThe second classification was the sprints classification, the leader of which was awarded a white-and-black jersey. In the sprints classification, riders received points for finishing in the top three at intermediate sprint points during each stage. There was also a mountains classification, the leadership of which was marked by a red jersey. Points for this classification were won by the first riders to the top of each categorised climb, with more points available for the higher-categorised climbs.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 55], "content_span": [56, 560]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273488-0007-0000", "contents": "2017 Volta a Catalunya, Classification leadership table\nThe fourth jersey represented the young rider classification, marked by a white \"design\" jersey. Only riders born after 1 January 1992 were eligible; the young rider best placed in the general classification was the leader of the young rider classification. There was also a classification for teams, in which the times of the best three cyclists per team on each stage were added together; the leading team at the end of the race was the team with the lowest total time.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 55], "content_span": [56, 527]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273489-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 Volta a Portugal\nThe 2017 Volta a Portugal was a men's road bicycle race held from 4 August to 15 August 2017. It is the 79th edition of the men's stage race to be held, which was established in 1927. As part of the 2017 UCI Europe Tour, it was rated as a 2.1 event. Ra\u00fal Alarc\u00f3n end the race in first place. However, in March 2021, due to doping all his results obtained between 28 July 2015 and 21 October 2019 were cancelled, including 2017 Volta a Portugal.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [21, 21], "content_span": [22, 466]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273490-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 Volta a la Comunitat Valenciana\nThe 2017 Volta a la Comunitat Valenciana (transl. 2017 Tour of the Valencian Community) was a road cycling stage race that took place in the Valencian Community between 1 and 5 February 2017. The race was rated as a 2.1 event as part of the 2017 UCI Europe Tour, and was the 68th edition of the Volta a la Comunitat Valenciana.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [36, 36], "content_span": [37, 364]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273490-0001-0000", "contents": "2017 Volta a la Comunitat Valenciana\nThe race was won by Colombian rider Nairo Quintana for the Movistar Team, who took the race lead on the penultimate day after winning the queen stage of the race atop the Alto Mas de la Costa. The podium was completed by a pair of BMC Racing Team riders, having assumed their positions after a first-day team time trial victory; Ben Hermans finished 13 seconds behind Quintana in second, with Manuel Senni finishing third\u00a0\u2013 winning the white jersey for the young rider classification as a result\u00a0\u2013 a further 19 seconds in arrears. In the race's other classifications, Cyril Gautier (AG2R La Mondiale) won both the sprints and mountains classifications, Philippe Gilbert won the combination classification\u00a0\u2013 for the best positioning over all classifications\u00a0\u2013 for Quick-Step Floors, while the Movistar Team won the teams classification.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [36, 36], "content_span": [37, 872]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273490-0002-0000", "contents": "2017 Volta a la Comunitat Valenciana, Teams\n25 teams were invited to take part in the race. These included twelve UCI WorldTeams, seven UCI Professional Continental teams, five UCI Continental teams and a Spanish national team.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 43], "content_span": [44, 227]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273490-0003-0000", "contents": "2017 Volta a la Comunitat Valenciana, Classification leadership table\nIn the 2017 Volta a la Comunitat Valenciana, five different jerseys were awarded. For the general classification, calculated by adding each cyclist's finishing times on each stage, and allowing time bonuses for the first three finishers at intermediate sprints and at the finish of mass-start stages, the leader received a yellow jersey. This classification was considered the most important of the 2017 Volta a la Comunitat Valenciana, and the winner of the classification was considered the winner of the race.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 69], "content_span": [70, 582]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273490-0004-0000", "contents": "2017 Volta a la Comunitat Valenciana, Classification leadership table\nAdditionally, there was a sprints classification, which awarded a green jersey. Points towards the classification were accrued at intermediate sprint points during each stage; these intermediate sprints also offered bonus seconds towards the general classification. There was also a mountains classification, the leadership of which was marked by a red jersey with white polka dots. In the mountains classification, points were won by reaching the top of a climb before other cyclists, with more points available for the higher-categorised climbs.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 69], "content_span": [70, 617]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273490-0005-0000", "contents": "2017 Volta a la Comunitat Valenciana, Classification leadership table\nThe fourth jersey represented the young rider classification, marked by a white jersey. This was decided in the same way as the general classification, but only riders born after 1 January 1992 were eligible to be ranked in the classification. There was also a classification for teams, in which the times of the best three cyclists per team on each stage were added together; the leading team at the end of the race was the team with the lowest total time.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 69], "content_span": [70, 527]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273490-0005-0001", "contents": "2017 Volta a la Comunitat Valenciana, Classification leadership table\nIn addition, there was a combination classification, calculated by adding the numeral ranks of each cyclist in the general, sprints and mountains classifications\u00a0\u2013 a rider must have scored in all classifications possible to qualify for the combination classification\u00a0\u2013 with the lowest cumulative total signifying the winner of this competition.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 69], "content_span": [70, 414]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273491-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 Volta ao Algarve\nThe 2017 Volta ao Algarve was a road cycling stage race that took place in the Algarve region of Portugal between 15 and 19 February 2017. It was the 43rd edition of the Volta ao Algarve and was rated as a 2.HC event as part of the 2017 UCI Europe Tour.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [21, 21], "content_span": [22, 275]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273491-0001-0000", "contents": "2017 Volta ao Algarve\nThe race was won by Slovenian rider Primo\u017e Rogli\u010d for the LottoNL\u2013Jumbo team, having taken the race lead after top-three finishes in the second and third stages. Rogli\u010d maintained a 22-second lead over Team Sky's Micha\u0142 Kwiatkowski from Poland for the remainder of the race, to take the biggest stage race win of his career. The podium was completed by France's Tony Gallopin riding for the Lotto\u2013Soudal team, a further 33 seconds in arrears of Kwiatkowski.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [21, 21], "content_span": [22, 479]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273491-0002-0000", "contents": "2017 Volta ao Algarve\nTwo of Gallopin's teammates were to each win one of the race's sub-classifications; Tiesj Benoot won the young rider classification, finishing in eighth place overall while Andr\u00e9 Greipel won the points classification with a stage win and a second place during the race. Juan Felipe Osorio won the mountains classification for Team Manzana Postob\u00f3n, while the teams classification was won by the Astana team.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [21, 21], "content_span": [22, 429]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273491-0003-0000", "contents": "2017 Volta ao Algarve, Teams\n24 teams were invited to take part in the race. These included eleven UCI WorldTeams, six UCI Professional Continental teams, and seven UCI Continental teams.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 28], "content_span": [29, 187]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273491-0004-0000", "contents": "2017 Volta ao Algarve, Route\nThe route for the race was announced on 8 December 2016.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 28], "content_span": [29, 85]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273491-0005-0000", "contents": "2017 Volta ao Algarve, Classification leadership table\nIn the 2017 Volta ao Algarve, four different jerseys were awarded. For the general classification, calculated by adding each cyclist's finishing times on each stage, and allowing time bonuses for the first three finishers at intermediate sprints and at the finish of mass-start stages, the leader received a yellow jersey. This classification was considered the most important of the 2017 Volta ao Algarve, and the winner of the classification was considered the winner of the race.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 54], "content_span": [55, 537]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273491-0006-0000", "contents": "2017 Volta ao Algarve, Classification leadership table\nAdditionally, there was a points classification, which awarded a red jersey. In the points classification, cyclists received points for finishing in the top 10 in a mass-start stage. For winning a stage, a rider earned 25\u00a0points, with 20 for second, 16 for third, 13 for fourth, 10 for fifth, 8 for sixth, 6 for seventh, 4 for eighth, 2 for ninth and 1 for tenth place. Points towards the classification could also be accrued at intermediate sprint points during each stage; these intermediate sprints also offered bonus seconds towards the general classification. There was also a mountains classification, the leadership of which was marked by a blue jersey. In the mountains classification, points were won by reaching the top of a climb before other cyclists, with more points available for the higher-categorised climbs.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 54], "content_span": [55, 880]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273491-0007-0000", "contents": "2017 Volta ao Algarve, Classification leadership table\nThe fourth jersey represented the young rider classification, marked by a white jersey. This was decided in the same way as the general classification, but only riders born after 1 January 1994 were eligible to be ranked in the classification. There was also a classification for teams, in which the times of the best three cyclists per team on each stage were added together; the leading team at the end of the race was the team with the lowest total time.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 54], "content_span": [55, 512]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273492-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 Volvo Car Open\nThe 2017 Volvo Car Open was a women's tennis event on the 2017 WTA Tour. It took place between April 3 \u2013 9, 2017 and was the 45th edition of the Charleston Open tournament and a Premier level tournament. The event took place at the Family Circle Tennis Center, on Daniel Island, Charleston, United States. It was the only event of the clay court season played on green clay.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [19, 19], "content_span": [20, 394]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273492-0001-0000", "contents": "2017 Volvo Car Open, Doubles main draw entrants, Other entrants\nThe following pairs received wildcards into the doubles main draw:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 63], "content_span": [64, 130]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273493-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 Volvo Car Open \u2013 Doubles\nCaroline Garcia and Kristina Mladenovic were the defending champions, but chose not to participate this year.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [29, 29], "content_span": [30, 139]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273493-0001-0000", "contents": "2017 Volvo Car Open \u2013 Doubles\nBethanie Mattek-Sands and Lucie \u0160af\u00e1\u0159ov\u00e1 won the title, defeating Lucie Hradeck\u00e1 and Kate\u0159ina Siniakov\u00e1 in the final, 6\u20131, 4\u20136, [10\u20137].", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [29, 29], "content_span": [30, 165]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273494-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 Volvo Car Open \u2013 Singles\nSloane Stephens was the defending champion, but did not participate this year as she was recovering from foot surgery.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [29, 29], "content_span": [30, 148]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273494-0001-0000", "contents": "2017 Volvo Car Open \u2013 Singles\nDaria Kasatkina won her first WTA Tour title, defeating Je\u013cena Ostapenko in the final, 6\u20133, 6\u20131. This was the first final between two teenage players on the WTA tour since Yanina Wickmayer defeated Petra Kvitov\u00e1 at the 2009 Linz tournament.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [29, 29], "content_span": [30, 270]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273494-0002-0000", "contents": "2017 Volvo Car Open \u2013 Singles, Seeds\nThe top eight seeds received a bye into the second round.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 36], "content_span": [37, 94]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273494-0003-0000", "contents": "2017 Volvo Car Open \u2013 Singles, Seeds\nClick on the seed number of a player to go to their draw section.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 36], "content_span": [37, 102]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273495-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 Voronin Cup\nThe 2017 Mikhail Voronin Cup took place on December 19\u201320 in Moscow, Russia.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [16, 16], "content_span": [17, 93]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273496-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 Vuelta a Andaluc\u00eda\nThe 2017 Vuelta a Andaluc\u00eda was a road cycling stage race that took place in Andalusia between 15 and 19 February 2017. The race was rated as a 2.HC event as part of the 2017 UCI Europe Tour, and was the 63rd edition of the Vuelta a Andaluc\u00eda.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [23, 23], "content_span": [24, 267]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273496-0001-0000", "contents": "2017 Vuelta a Andaluc\u00eda\nThe five-stage race was won for a record-extending fifth time \u2013 in six years \u2013 by Alejandro Valverde of the Movistar Team, taking the 100th victory of his professional career in the process. Valverde won the opening stage of the race, and after losing the lead to Trek\u2013Segafredo's Alberto Contador the following day, Valverde re-assumed the lead of the race by finishing second to Victor Campenaerts (LottoNL\u2013Jumbo) in the third stage time trial; Valverde was able to maintain a lead of one second over Contador for the remainder of the race. The podium was completed by Thibaut Pinot, who finished five seconds further back in third place for the FDJ team.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [23, 23], "content_span": [24, 681]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273496-0002-0000", "contents": "2017 Vuelta a Andaluc\u00eda\nWith consistent finishing during the race, Valverde was also able to win the points and combination classifications, and was the best-placed Spanish rider. Georg Preidler won the green jersey for the mountains classification, riding for Team Sunweb, while Wanty\u2013Groupe Gobert rider Marco Minnaard won the white jersey for the intermediate sprints classification. The teams classification was won by Team Sky, with three of the squad's riders \u2013 Wout Poels, Diego Rosa and Mikel Landa \u2013 in fourth, fifth and sixth overall respectively.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [23, 23], "content_span": [24, 557]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273496-0003-0000", "contents": "2017 Vuelta a Andaluc\u00eda, Teams\n21 teams were invited to take part in the race. These included nine UCI WorldTeams, ten UCI Professional Continental teams and two UCI Continental teams.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 30], "content_span": [31, 184]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273496-0004-0000", "contents": "2017 Vuelta a Andaluc\u00eda, Classification leadership table\nIn the 2017 Vuelta a Andaluc\u00eda, four different jerseys were awarded. For the general classification, calculated by adding each cyclist's finishing times on each stage, the leader received a red jersey. This classification was considered the most important of the 2017 Vuelta a Andaluc\u00eda, and the winner of the classification was considered the winner of the race.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 56], "content_span": [57, 420]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273496-0005-0000", "contents": "2017 Vuelta a Andaluc\u00eda, Classification leadership table\nAdditionally, there was a points classification, which awarded a yellow jersey. In the points classification, cyclists received points for finishing in the top 15 in a stage. For winning a stage, a rider earned 25\u00a0points, with 20 for second, 16 for third, 13 for fourth, 11 for fifth with a point fewer per place down to a single point for 15th place. There was also a sprints classification for the points awarded at designated intermediate sprints, where the leadership of which was marked by a white jersey.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 56], "content_span": [57, 567]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273496-0006-0000", "contents": "2017 Vuelta a Andaluc\u00eda, Classification leadership table\nThe fourth jersey represented the mountains classification, the leadership of which was marked by a green jersey. In the mountains classification, points were won by reaching the top of a climb before other cyclists, with more points available for the higher-categorised climbs. There was also a classification for teams, in which the times of the best three cyclists per team on each stage were added together; the leading team at the end of the race was the team with the lowest total time.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 56], "content_span": [57, 549]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273497-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 Vuelta a Asturias\nThe 2017 Vuelta a Asturias was the 60th edition of the Vuelta a Asturias cycling stage race, that took place over three stages from 29 April to 1 May 2017. It was held as part of the 2017 UCI Europe Tour. The defending champion was Hugh Carthy (Caja Rural\u2013Seguros RGA), but Carthy did not defend his title as he had moved to the Cannondale\u2013Drapac squad that was not invited to the race.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [22, 22], "content_span": [23, 409]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273497-0001-0000", "contents": "2017 Vuelta a Asturias\nThe race was won by Spanish rider Ra\u00fal Alarc\u00f3n, riding for the Portuguese W52\u2013FC Porto\u2013Mestre da Cor team. Over the stages, Alarc\u00f3n won one and finished the other two in second place \u2013 more than enough for the points classification win \u2013 as he triumphed in the race overall by 32 seconds. Second place went to Colombia's Nairo Quintana (Movistar Team), in his final preparation race before the 2017 Giro d'Italia, while the podium was completed by Spain's \u00d3scar Sevilla (Medell\u00edn\u2013Inder) on countback from Portugal's Jo\u00e3o Benta of R\u00e1dio Popular\u2013Boavista.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [22, 22], "content_span": [23, 576]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273497-0002-0000", "contents": "2017 Vuelta a Asturias\nIn the race's other classifications, Colombians Sergio Higuita and Hern\u00e1n Aguirre from Team Manzana Postob\u00f3n won the mountains and young rider classifications respectively, Kuwait\u2013Cartucho.es rider Fernando Grijalba won the sprints classification, while W52\u2013FC Porto\u2013Mestre da Cor won the teams classification, after placing Alarc\u00f3n, Ricardo Mestre (seventh) and Joaquim Silva (ninth) in the top ten overall.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [22, 22], "content_span": [23, 431]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273497-0003-0000", "contents": "2017 Vuelta a Asturias\nIn March 2021 Ra\u00fal Alarc\u00f3n due to doping had all his results obtained between July 28, 2015 and October 21, 2019, cancelled, including 2017 Vuelta a Asturias.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [22, 22], "content_span": [23, 181]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273497-0004-0000", "contents": "2017 Vuelta a Asturias, Route\nThe race includes three road stages on consecutive days; the exact stage details were released on 20 April 2017.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 29], "content_span": [30, 142]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273497-0005-0000", "contents": "2017 Vuelta a Asturias, Teams\nA total of 20 teams raced in the 2017 Vuelta a Asturias.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 29], "content_span": [30, 86]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273497-0006-0000", "contents": "2017 Vuelta a Asturias, Classification leadership table\nIn the 2017 Vuelta a Asturias, four jerseys were awarded. The general classification was calculated by adding each cyclist's finishing times on each stage. Time bonuses were awarded to the first three finishers on all stages: the stage winner won a ten-second bonus, with six and four seconds for the second and third riders respectively. Bonus seconds were also awarded to the first three riders at intermediate sprints\u00a0\u2013 three seconds for the winner of the sprint, two seconds for the rider in second and one second for the rider in third. The leader of the general classification received a blue jersey. This classification was considered the most important of the 2017 Vuelta a Asturias, and the winner of the classification was considered the winner of the race.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 55], "content_span": [56, 823]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273497-0007-0000", "contents": "2017 Vuelta a Asturias, Classification leadership table\nAdditionally, there was a points classification, which awarded a green jersey. In the points classification, cyclists received points for finishing in the top 15 in a stage. For winning a stage, a rider earned 25\u00a0points, with 20 for second, 16 for third, 14 for fourth, 12 for fifth, 10 for sixth with a point fewer per place down to a single point for 15th place. There was also a sprints classification for the points awarded at intermediate sprints on each stage \u2013 awarded on a 3\u20132\u20131 scale \u2013 where the leadership of which was marked by a black-and-white jersey.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 55], "content_span": [56, 620]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273497-0008-0000", "contents": "2017 Vuelta a Asturias, Classification leadership table\nThe fourth jersey represented the mountains classification, marked by a white jersey. Points for this classification were won by the first riders to the top of each categorised climb, with more points available for the higher-categorised climbs. There was also a classification for teams, in which the times of the best three cyclists per team on each stage were added together; the leading team at the end of the race was the team with the lowest total time.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 55], "content_span": [56, 515]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273498-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 Vuelta a Burgos\nThe 2017 Vuelta a Burgos was a men's road bicycle race which was held from 1 August to 5 August 2017. It is the 39th edition of the Vuelta a Burgos stage race, which was established in 1946. The race was rated as a 2.HC event and forms part of the 2017 UCI Europe Tour. The race was made up of five stages.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [20, 20], "content_span": [21, 327]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273498-0001-0000", "contents": "2017 Vuelta a Burgos, Teams\nEighteen teams entered the race. Each team had a maximum of eight riders:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 27], "content_span": [28, 101]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273499-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 Vuelta a Castilla y Le\u00f3n\nThe 2017 Vuelta a Castilla y Le\u00f3n was the 32nd edition of the Vuelta a Castilla y Le\u00f3n cycle race and was held on 19 May to 21 May 2017. The race started in Aguilar de Campoo and finished in Le\u00f3n. The race was won by Jonathan Hivert.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [29, 29], "content_span": [30, 263]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273500-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 Vuelta a Colombia\nThe 67th edition of the Vuelta a Colombia was held from 1 to 13 August 2017.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [22, 22], "content_span": [23, 99]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273501-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 Vuelta a Espa\u00f1a\nThe 2017 Vuelta a Espa\u00f1a was a three-week Grand Tour cycling stage race that took place in Spain between 19 August and 10 September 2017. The race was the 72nd edition of the Vuelta a Espa\u00f1a and the final Grand Tour of the 2017 cycling season. The race started in N\u00eemes, France, and finished in Madrid. It was the first time the race has started in France and only the third time it has started outside Spain, after 1997 (Portugal) and 2009 (Netherlands).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [20, 20], "content_span": [21, 476]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273501-0001-0000", "contents": "2017 Vuelta a Espa\u00f1a\nThe general classification was won by 2017 Tour de France champion Chris Froome from Team Sky, ahead of Vincenzo Nibali of Bahrain\u2013Merida. Froome became the third rider to win the Tour-Vuelta double after Jacques Anquetil (1963) and Bernard Hinault (1978), and the first to do so since the Vuelta was moved to its current calendar position. Froome also won the points and combination classifications, becoming the first rider to win three jerseys in a single Vuelta since Denis Menchov in 2007. The mountains classification was won by Cannondale\u2013Drapac rider Davide Villella, while Trek\u2013Segafredo's Alberto Contador won the combativity award in his final Grand Tour, as well as the final mountain stage atop the iconic Angliru. Astana took the team award.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [20, 20], "content_span": [21, 776]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273501-0002-0000", "contents": "2017 Vuelta a Espa\u00f1a, Teams\nThe 2017 edition of the Vuelta a Espa\u00f1a consisted of 22 teams. All eighteen UCI WorldTeams were entitled, and obliged, to enter the race. On 27 March 2017, the organiser of the Vuelta, Unipublic, announced the four second-tier UCI Professional Continental teams given wildcard invitations. The presentation of the teams\u00a0\u2013 where the members of each team's roster are introduced in front of the media and local dignitaries\u00a0\u2013 took place inside the Arena of N\u00eemes in N\u00eemes, France, on 19 August, before the start of stage one, held in the city.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 27], "content_span": [28, 568]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273501-0003-0000", "contents": "2017 Vuelta a Espa\u00f1a, Teams\nEach squad was allowed a maximum of nine riders, resulting in a start list total of 198 riders. Of these, 75 were competing in their first Vuelta a Espa\u00f1a. The total number of riders that finished the race was 158. The riders came from 33 countries. Six countries had more than 10 riders in the race: Spain (31), France (20), Italy (20), Belgium (17), the Netherlands (15), and Colombia (12). The average age of riders in the race was 27.6 years, ranging from the 20-year-old Lennard K\u00e4mna (Team Sunweb) to the 40-year-old Svein Tuft (Orica\u2013Scott). Team Manzana Postob\u00f3n had the youngest average age while Trek\u2013Segafredo had the oldest.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 27], "content_span": [28, 664]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273501-0004-0000", "contents": "2017 Vuelta a Espa\u00f1a, Pre-race favourites\nReigning Vuelta champion Nairo Quintana (Movistar Team) chose not to defend his title, after having competed in both the Giro d'Italia and the Tour de France earlier in the season. Chris Froome (Team Sky), who arrived at the Vuelta having won his fourth Tour de France the month before, was considered the favourite by most commentators and bookmakers. Froome had previously finished second at the Vuelta on three occasions.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 41], "content_span": [42, 466]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273501-0004-0001", "contents": "2017 Vuelta a Espa\u00f1a, Pre-race favourites\nA victory in Spain would make him only the third rider after Jacques Anquetil (in 1963) and Bernard Hinault (in 1978) to win both the Tour and the Vuelta in the same season, and the first rider to do so since the race was moved in the calendar from spring to late summer. It would also make him the first British rider to win the race.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 41], "content_span": [42, 377]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273501-0005-0000", "contents": "2017 Vuelta a Espa\u00f1a, Pre-race favourites\nIn Quintana's absence, bib number one was handed to three-time winner Alberto Contador (Trek\u2013Segafredo), who announced in early August that he would retire from cycling after the race. Contador was considered to be among the favourites, although his performances in recent Grand Tours had cast doubt upon his potential. 2010 winner Vincenzo Nibali (Bahrain\u2013Merida) was considered to be Froome's closest rival for overall victory, having skipped the Tour de France. Fabio Aru (Astana), winner of the 2015 edition, started the race as a favourite as well after he performed well to finish fifth overall at the Tour de France.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 41], "content_span": [42, 665]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273501-0006-0000", "contents": "2017 Vuelta a Espa\u00f1a, Pre-race favourites\nThe previous year's third-placed finisher, Esteban Chaves (Orica\u2013Scott), was also given chances to win the race overall. Other riders mentioned to potentially finish high in the general classification were Steven Kruijswijk (LottoNL\u2013Jumbo) and Rafa\u0142 Majka (Bora\u2013Hansgrohe), third in 2015. Potential favourites to make their debut at the Vuelta were Ilnur Zakarin (Team Katusha\u2013Alpecin), who had finished fifth at the Giro d'Italia in May, as well as both Adam and Simon Yates (both Orica\u2013Scott).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 41], "content_span": [42, 537]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273501-0007-0000", "contents": "2017 Vuelta a Espa\u00f1a, Route and stages\nThe route of the 2017 Vuelta a Espana was revealed by Unipublic on 12 January 2017. Keeping with the tradition of the past few years, the race started off with a team time trial. However, the race started in France, just the third time in history that the Spanish Grand Tour began outside of its home country.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 38], "content_span": [39, 348]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273501-0008-0000", "contents": "2017 Vuelta a Espa\u00f1a, Route and stages\nThe third stage saw the race leave France, with a mountain stage to Andorra la Vella. The first uphill finale was on stage 5, with a summit finish atop the Ermita de Santa Luc\u00eda. The queen stage of the 2017 Vuelta was stage 20, which featured a summit finish atop the Alto de l'Angliru. Finally, the race ended with a customary circuit race in Madrid.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 38], "content_span": [39, 390]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273501-0009-0000", "contents": "2017 Vuelta a Espa\u00f1a, Classification leadership\nThe Vuelta a Espa\u00f1a had three individual classifications, for which jerseys were awarded daily to the leading rider, as well as a team competition. The primary classification was the general classification, which was calculated by adding each rider's finishing times on each stage. Time bonuses were awarded at the end of every stage apart from the two individual time trials. The rider with the lowest cumulative time was the leader of the general classification, and wears the red jersey. The leader of the general classification at the end of the race was considered the overall winner of the Vuelta a Espa\u00f1a.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 47], "content_span": [48, 660]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273501-0010-0000", "contents": "2017 Vuelta a Espa\u00f1a, Classification leadership\nThe second classification was the points classification. Riders received points for finishing among the highest placed in a stage finish, or in intermediate sprints during the stage. The points available for each stage finish were determined by the stage's type. The leader was identified by a green jersey.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 47], "content_span": [48, 355]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273501-0011-0000", "contents": "2017 Vuelta a Espa\u00f1a, Classification leadership\nThe next classification was the mountains classification. Points were awarded to the riders that reached the summit of the most difficult climbs first. The climbs were categorized, in order of increasing difficulty, third-, second-, and first- and special-category. The leader wore a white jersey with blue polka dots.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 47], "content_span": [48, 366]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273501-0012-0000", "contents": "2017 Vuelta a Espa\u00f1a, Classification leadership\nThe final of the individual classifications was the combination classification. A rider's ranking in the combination classification was determined by tallying up his positions in the general, points, and mountains classifications. The leader wore a white jersey. If no rider was classified in all three classifications, riders classified in two would have been considered, and if that was tied the general classification will decide the winner.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 47], "content_span": [48, 492]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273501-0013-0000", "contents": "2017 Vuelta a Espa\u00f1a, Classification leadership\nThere was also the team classification. After each stage, the times of the three highest finishers of each team are added together. The victory was awarded to the team with the lowest cumulative time at the end of the event.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 47], "content_span": [48, 272]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273501-0014-0000", "contents": "2017 Vuelta a Espa\u00f1a, Classification leadership\nIn addition, there were two individual awards: the combativity award and the young rider award. The combativity award was given after each stage to the rider \"who displayed the most generouseffort and best sporting spirit.\" The daily winner wore a green number bib the following stage. At the end of the Vuelta, a jury decides the top three riders for the \"Most Combative Rider ofLa Vuelta\", with a public vote deciding the victor. The young rider award is calculated the same way as the general classification, but the classification was restricted to riders who were born on or after 1 January 1992. The leader wore a red number bib.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 47], "content_span": [48, 683]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273501-0015-0000", "contents": "2017 Vuelta a Espa\u00f1a, Classification leadership\nA total of \u20ac1,120,230 will be awarded in cash prizes in the race. The overall winner of the general classification will receive \u20ac150,000, with the second and third placed riders getting \u20ac57,000 and \u20ac30,000 respectively. All finishers in the top 20 were awarded with money. The holders of the four individual classifications benefited on each stage they led. The final winners of the points and combined were given \u20ac11,000, while the mountains classification got \u20ac23,100 and the most combative rider got \u20ac3,000. The team classification winners were given \u20ac12,500.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 47], "content_span": [48, 610]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273501-0015-0001", "contents": "2017 Vuelta a Espa\u00f1a, Classification leadership\n\u20ac11,000 was given to the winners of each stage of the race, with smaller amounts given to places 2\u201320. There was also a special award with a prize of \u20ac1,000, the Cima Alberto Fern\u00e1ndez, given to first rider (Miguel \u00c1ngel L\u00f3pez) to reach the summit of the Alto Hoya de la Mora at the finish of stage fifteen.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 47], "content_span": [48, 355]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273501-0016-0000", "contents": "2017 Vuelta a Espa\u00f1a, UCI rankings\nThe race was the 25th of the 38 events in the UCI World Tour, with riders from the WorldTeams competing for individually and for their teams for points that contributed towards the rankings. Riders from both the WorldTeams and Professional Continental teams also competed individually and for their nations for points that contributed towards the UCI World Ranking, which included all UCI races. The points accrued by Chris Froome moved him up to second from tenth in the World Tour and rose to third from sixth in the World Ranking. Greg Van Avermaet (BMC Racing Team) held the lead of both individual rankings. Team Sky took the lead of the World Tour team ranking and Belgium remained top of the World Ranking nation ranking.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 34], "content_span": [35, 763]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273501-0017-0000", "contents": "2017 Vuelta a Espa\u00f1a, Adverse analytical finding\nOn 13 December 2017, it was announced by Team Sky that Chris Froome was found with 2000\u00a0ng/ml of Salbutamol in a sample collected on 7 September, after the finish of stage 18. Froome, who suffers from asthma, is allowed a dose of 1000\u00a0ng/ml. If the UCI had found this to be a doping violation, he could have lost his Vuelta title and faced a potential ban from competitive cycling. On 2 July 2018, the UCI, with the cooperation of WADA, ruled that upon review of the submitted evidence that there was no wrongdoing and closed the case, exonerating Froome and allowing his 2017 Vuelta win to stand.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 48], "content_span": [49, 646]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273502-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 Vuelta a Espa\u00f1a, Stage 1 to Stage 11\nThe 2017 Vuelta a Espa\u00f1a began on 19 August, with Stage 21 scheduled for 10 September. The 2017 edition of the cycle race began with the only team time trial stage of the race.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [41, 41], "content_span": [42, 218]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273503-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 Vuelta a Espa\u00f1a, Stage 12 to Stage 21\nThe 2017 Vuelta a Espa\u00f1a began on 19 August, with Stage 21 scheduled for 10 September. The 2017 edition of the cycle race began with the only team time trial stage of the race.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [42, 42], "content_span": [43, 219]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273504-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 Vuelta a Murcia\nThe 2017 Vuelta a Murcia was the 37th edition of the Vuelta a Murcia road cycling one day race. It was part of the 2017 UCI Europe Tour, as a 1.1 categorised race.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [20, 20], "content_span": [21, 184]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273504-0001-0000", "contents": "2017 Vuelta a Murcia\nThe race was won for a record-extending fifth time by local rider Alejandro Valverde of the Movistar Team, attacking the peloton with around 70 kilometres (43 miles) remaining, and soloing away to victory by over two minutes from his closest competitor. In the sprint finish from a select group of 20 riders, Jhonatan Restrepo (Team Katusha\u2013Alpecin) took second place ahead of Bora\u2013Hansgrohe's Patrick Konrad.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [20, 20], "content_span": [21, 430]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273504-0002-0000", "contents": "2017 Vuelta a Murcia, Teams\nTwenty teams were invited to take part in the race. These included six UCI WorldTeams, eight UCI Professional Continental teams, five UCI Continental teams and a Spanish national team.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 27], "content_span": [28, 212]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273505-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 Vuelta a San Juan\nThe 2017 Vuelta a San Juan was a road cycling stage race that took place between 23 and 29 January. It was the 35th edition of the Vuelta a San Juan and the first time it was rated as a 2.1 event on the UCI America Tour calendar.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [22, 22], "content_span": [23, 252]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273505-0001-0000", "contents": "2017 Vuelta a San Juan\nThe race was won by Bauke Mollema for the Trek\u2013Segafredo team; after finishing second to Bahrain\u2013Merida's Ram\u016bnas Navardauskas in the third stage individual time trial, Mollema took the race leader's blue jersey from Navardauskas two days later, atop the Alto Colorado\u00a0\u2013 in a stage won by UAE Abu Dhabi's Rui Costa\u00a0\u2013 and maintained a 14-second race lead to the end of the race. Second place went to \u00d3scar Sevilla (Medell\u00edn\u2013Inder), while a further two seconds in arrears, was Androni Giocattoli\u2013Sidermec rider Rodolfo Torres who completed the final podium.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [22, 22], "content_span": [23, 578]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273505-0002-0000", "contents": "2017 Vuelta a San Juan\nTorres' teammate Egan Bernal won the green jersey for the young rider classification, while riders from the A.C. Agrupaci\u00f3n Virgen de F\u00e1tima squad claimed all the remaining jerseys: Franco Germ\u00e1n L\u00f3pez won the red jersey for the mountains classification, Nicol\u00e1s Naranjo won the yellow jersey for the sprints classification, while Ricardo Escuela claimed the white and violet jerseys for being the highest-placed rider from the San Juan province and Argentina as a whole. Bahrain\u2013Merida won the teams classification, while Quick-Step Floors won five of the race's seven stages, with two wins apiece for Fernando Gaviria and Maximiliano Richeze and Tom Boonen with one.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [22, 22], "content_span": [23, 691]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273505-0003-0000", "contents": "2017 Vuelta a San Juan, Participating teams\nAs the Vuelta a San Juan was a 2.1 event, a limited number of UCI WorldTeams were able to participate in the race. In total, 26 teams participated in the race: 4 UCI WorldTeams, 6 Professional Continental teams, 10 Continental teams, and 6 national selections.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 43], "content_span": [44, 304]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273505-0004-0000", "contents": "2017 Vuelta a San Juan, Route\nThe route of the 2017 Vuelta a San Juan consisted of 6 mass start stages and one individual time trial. All stages were centered around the town of San Juan. Most of the stages were relatively flat, except for stage 5, which finished on top of a 2,565\u00a0m (8,415\u00a0ft) mountain, the Alto Colorado.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 29], "content_span": [30, 323]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273505-0005-0000", "contents": "2017 Vuelta a San Juan, Classification leadership table\nThere were four official classifications in the 2017 Vuelta a San Juan, with four corresponding leader's jerseys. The blue jersey was for the leader in the general classification, the yellow jersey for the leader in the sprint classification, the red jersey for the leader in the mountain classification, and the green jersey for the leader in the under 23 classification.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 55], "content_span": [56, 428]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273505-0006-0000", "contents": "2017 Vuelta a San Juan, Classification leadership table\nNext to these classifications, there were subclassifications for Argentine riders, and riders from the province of San Juan, while there was also a classification for teams.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 55], "content_span": [56, 229]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273506-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 V\u00e5lerenga Fotball season\nV\u00e5lerenga Fotball is a Norwegian association football club from Oslo. They play their home games at Ullevaal Stadion which has a capacity of 28,972. During the 2017 campaign they competed in Eliteserien and the Norwegian Cup.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [29, 29], "content_span": [30, 255]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273506-0001-0000", "contents": "2017 V\u00e5lerenga Fotball season, Season events\nOn 1 January, Ronny Deila took over as manager from Kjetil Rekdal having signed a contract with the club on 13 July 2016.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 44], "content_span": [45, 166]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273506-0002-0000", "contents": "2017 V\u00e5lerenga Fotball season, Squad\nNote: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 36], "content_span": [37, 165]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273506-0003-0000", "contents": "2017 V\u00e5lerenga Fotball season, Squad, Out on loan\nNote: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 49], "content_span": [50, 178]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273506-0004-0000", "contents": "2017 V\u00e5lerenga Fotball season, Transfers, Winter\nIn:Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 48], "content_span": [49, 180]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273506-0005-0000", "contents": "2017 V\u00e5lerenga Fotball season, Transfers, Winter\nOut:Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 48], "content_span": [49, 181]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273506-0006-0000", "contents": "2017 V\u00e5lerenga Fotball season, Transfers, Summer\nIn:Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 48], "content_span": [49, 180]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273506-0007-0000", "contents": "2017 V\u00e5lerenga Fotball season, Transfers, Summer\nOut:Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 48], "content_span": [49, 181]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273507-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 W-League Grand Final\nThe 2017 W-League Grand Final was the final match of the 2016\u201317 W-League season and decided the champions of women's football in Australia for the season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [25, 25], "content_span": [26, 181]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273507-0001-0000", "contents": "2017 W-League Grand Final\nThe match took place at nib Stadium in Perth, Western Australia on 12 February 2017 and was played by Perth Glory and reigning league champions Melbourne City. The match was won by Melbourne City 0\u20132, who recorded their second consecutive league championship. The match marked the second time both clubs qualified for a Grand Final, Perth having lost in the 2014 final and Melbourne qualifying for their second consecutive final after winning the 2016 final. The player of the match award was won by Jessica Fishlock of Melbourne City. At the time, the attendance of 4,591 was a record for W-League grand finals.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [25, 25], "content_span": [26, 638]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273507-0002-0000", "contents": "2017 W-League Grand Final, Match statistics\nThe following are the match statistics for the 2017 W-League Grand Final:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 43], "content_span": [44, 117]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273508-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 WAC Men's Basketball Tournament\nThe 2017 WAC Men's Basketball Tournament is a postseason men's basketball tournament for the Western Athletic Conference. It will be held from March 9\u201311, 2017 at Orleans Arena in Paradise, Nevada. The winner of the tournament, New Mexico State, will receive the conference's automatic bid to the NCAA Tournament with a 70 to 60 win over California State-Bakersfield.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [36, 36], "content_span": [37, 404]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273508-0001-0000", "contents": "2017 WAC Men's Basketball Tournament, Seeds\nGrand Canyon was ineligible to participate in the conference tournament during its transition to Division I. The remaining seven teams will participate in the tournament. The top seed will receive a bye to the semifinals. Teams will be seeded by record within the conference, with a tiebreaker system to seed teams with identical conference records.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 43], "content_span": [44, 393]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273509-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 WAC Men's Soccer Tournament\nThe 2017 WAC Men's Soccer Tournament was the 10th edition of the tournament. It determined the Western Athletic Conference's automatic berth into the 2017 NCAA Division I Men's Soccer Championship. The defending champions were the UNLV Rebels.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [32, 32], "content_span": [33, 276]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273509-0001-0000", "contents": "2017 WAC Men's Soccer Tournament\nSeattle U won their third WAC title, defeating San Jose State, 2-1 in the championship game. With the win, Seattle U surpassed UNLV and Fresno State with the most WAC Tournament titles. With the berth, Seattle U earned an automatic bid into the NCAA Tournament. There, they upset city-rivals, Washington, in the first round, before falling to Akron in the second round.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [32, 32], "content_span": [33, 402]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273510-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 WAC Women's Basketball Tournament\nThe 2017 WAC Women's Basketball Tournament is a basketball tournament held on March 9\u201312, 2017 at the Orleans Arena in Paradise, Nevada. The #1 seed in the tournament received a first round bye to the semifinals. Grand Canyon did not compete in the 2017 women's basketball tournament. As a D2 to D1 transitioning school, they are ineligible to compete in the NCAA tournament until the 2018 season, so they could not win the conference tournament since the winner receives an automatic bid to the NCAA Tournament. However Grand Canyon was eligible to win the regular season title and is eligible to compete in the WNIT or WBI should they be invited. The winner of the WAC Tournament earned an automatic trip to the 2017 NCAA Tournament.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [38, 38], "content_span": [39, 774]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273511-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 WAC Women's Soccer Tournament\nThe 2017 Western Athletic Conference Women's Soccer Tournament was the postseason women's soccer tournament for the Western Athletic Conference held from November 1\u20135, 2017. The five match tournament took place at GCU Stadium in Phoenix on the campus of Grand Canyon University. The six-team single-elimination tournament consisted of three rounds based on seeding from regular season conference play. The defending champions were the Seattle Redhawks, but they failed to defend their title after losing the penalty shoot-out tiebreaking procedure following a tie with the Utah Valley Wolverines in the final. This was the second WAC women's soccer tournament championship for the Utah Valley women's soccer program and the first for first-year head coach Chris Lemay.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [34, 34], "content_span": [35, 803]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273511-0001-0000", "contents": "2017 WAC Women's Soccer Tournament, Seeds\nThe top six teams qualify for the tournament. Teams receive three points for each win and one point for each tie within their seven-game conference schedule. Teams will be seeded by total points earned, with a tiebreaker system to seed teams with identical conference records. The top two seeds will receive byes to the semifinals.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 41], "content_span": [42, 373]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273512-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 WAFL season\nThe 2017 WAFL season was the 133rd season of the various incarnations of the West Australian Football League (WAFL). The season commenced on 18 March 2017 and concluded with the 2017 WAFL Grand Final on 24 September 2017.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [16, 16], "content_span": [17, 238]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273512-0001-0000", "contents": "2017 WAFL season, Ladder\nFor the full list of results for the home-and-away season, refer to the attached reference.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [18, 24], "content_span": [25, 116]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273513-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 WAFU Cup of Nations\nThe 2017 WAFU Cup of Nations (also referred to as Ghana 2017) was an association football tournament that took place in September 2017 in Ghana.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [24, 24], "content_span": [25, 169]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273513-0001-0000", "contents": "2017 WAFU Cup of Nations\nSixteen teams from West Africa participated. The tournament was the first featuring national teams to be arranged by Fox Sports as part of a twelve year partnership between the broadcaster and the West Africa national football associations union.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [24, 24], "content_span": [25, 271]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273513-0002-0000", "contents": "2017 WAFU Cup of Nations\nOriginally, one of the two host cities was set to be Sekondi-Takoradi however the local organising committee changed it to Elmina due to \"structural defects at the Sekondi-Takoradi Stadium and the danger it could pose to fans during the tournament\".", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [24, 24], "content_span": [25, 274]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273513-0003-0000", "contents": "2017 WAFU Cup of Nations, Draw\nThe draw was held on 27 July at Labadi Beach Hotel in Accra. Teams were ranked using the June 2017 FIFA Rankings. Ghana were given the highest ranking due to being competition hosts.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 30], "content_span": [31, 213]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273513-0004-0000", "contents": "2017 WAFU Cup of Nations, Draw\nThe four highest ranked national teams from WAFU Zones A and B were seeded meaning they could not be drawn against each other.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 30], "content_span": [31, 157]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273513-0005-0000", "contents": "2017 WAFU Cup of Nations, Awards, Best XI\nThe team of the tournament was announced on 27 September 2017.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 41], "content_span": [42, 104]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273514-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 WAFU Cup of Nations squads, Group 1, Ghana\nCoach: Maxwell Konadu, The final squad was announced on 8 September 2017.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 47], "content_span": [48, 122]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273514-0001-0000", "contents": "2017 WAFU Cup of Nations squads, Group 1, Nigeria\nCoach: Salisu Yusuf, final squad was named on 8th September 2017", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 49], "content_span": [50, 115]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273514-0002-0000", "contents": "2017 WAFU Cup of Nations squads, Group 1, Gambia\nCoach: Omar Sise, final squad was named on 8th September 2017", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 48], "content_span": [49, 111]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273515-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 WCHA Men's Ice Hockey Tournament\nThe 2017 WCHA Men's Ice Hockey Tournament was played between March 3 and March 18, 2017, on campus locations. By winning the tournament, Michigan Tech was awarded the Broadmoor Trophy and received the WCHA's automatic bid to the 2017 NCAA Division I Men's Ice Hockey Tournament.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [37, 37], "content_span": [38, 316]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273515-0001-0000", "contents": "2017 WCHA Men's Ice Hockey Tournament, Format\nThe first two rounds of the postseason tournament features a best-of-three games format. The top eight conference teams participate in the tournament. Teams are seeded No. 1 through No. 8 according to their final conference standing, with a tiebreaker system used to seed teams with an identical number of points accumulated. The higher seeded teams each earn home ice and host one of the lower seeded teams.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 45], "content_span": [46, 454]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273515-0002-0000", "contents": "2017 WCHA Men's Ice Hockey Tournament, Format\nThe final was a single game held at the campus site of the highest remaining seed.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 45], "content_span": [46, 128]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273515-0003-0000", "contents": "2017 WCHA Men's Ice Hockey Tournament, Format, Conference Standings\nNote: GP = Games Played; W = Wins; L = Losses; T = Ties; PTS = Points; GF = Goals For; GA = Goals Against", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 67], "content_span": [68, 173]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273516-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 WFG Tankard\nThe 2017 WFG Tankard, the Quebec men's provincial curling championship was held from January 8 to 15 at the Ar\u00e9na de L\u00e9vis in L\u00e9vis, Quebec. The winning Jean-Michel M\u00e9nard team represented Quebec at the 2017 Tim Hortons Brier in St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador. The event was held in conjunction with the 2017 Quebec Scotties Tournament of Hearts.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [16, 16], "content_span": [17, 370]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273517-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 WGC-Bridgestone Invitational\nThe 2017 WGC-Bridgestone Invitational was a professional golf tournament held August 3\u20136 on the South Course of Firestone Country Club in Akron, Ohio. It was the 19th WGC-Bridgestone Invitational tournament, and the third of the World Golf Championships events in 2017.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [33, 33], "content_span": [34, 303]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273517-0001-0000", "contents": "2017 WGC-Bridgestone Invitational, Venue, Course layout\nThe South Course was designed by Bert Way and redesigned by Robert Trent Jones in 1960.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 55], "content_span": [56, 143]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273517-0002-0000", "contents": "2017 WGC-Bridgestone Invitational, Field\nThe field consisted of players drawn primarily from the Official World Golf Ranking and the winners of the worldwide tournaments with the strongest fields.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 40], "content_span": [41, 196]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273517-0003-0000", "contents": "2017 WGC-Bridgestone Invitational, Field\nRafa Cabrera-Bello (2,3,4), Matthew Fitzpatrick (2,3,4), Rickie Fowler (2,3,4), Sergio Garc\u00eda (2,3,4), J. B. Holmes, Dustin Johnson (2,3,4), Zach Johnson, Brooks Koepka (2,3,4), Matt Kuchar (2,3), Rory McIlroy (2,3,4), Phil Mickelson (2,3), Ryan Moore (2,3), Thomas Pieters (2,3), Patrick Reed (2,3,4), Justin Rose (2,3,4), Jordan Spieth (2,3,4), Henrik Stenson (2,3,4), Andy Sullivan, Jimmy Walker (2,3,4), Lee Westwood, Danny Willett (2,3), Chris Wood", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 40], "content_span": [41, 494]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273517-0004-0000", "contents": "2017 WGC-Bridgestone Invitational, Field\nDaniel Berger (3,4), Wesley Bryan (3,4), Paul Casey (3), Kevin Chappell (3,4), Jason Day (3), Jason Dufner (3,4), Ross Fisher (3), Tommy Fleetwood (3,4), Branden Grace (3), Emiliano Grillo (3), Bill Haas (3), Brian Harman (3,4), Tyrrell Hatton (3,4), Charley Hoffman (3), Billy Horschel (3,4), Kim Si-woo (3,4), Kevin Kisner (3,4), Russell Knox (3,4), Marc Leishman (3,4), Hideki Matsuyama (3,4), Francesco Molinari (3,4), Alex Nor\u00e9n (3,4), Louis Oosthuizen (3), Pat Perez (3,4), Jon Rahm (3,4), Charl Schwartzel (3), Adam Scott (3), Hideto Tanihara, Justin Thomas (3,4), Bubba Watson (3), Bernd Wiesberger (3), Gary Woodland (3)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 40], "content_span": [41, 671]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273517-0005-0000", "contents": "2017 WGC-Bridgestone Invitational, Field\nSam Brazel, Bryson DeChambeau, Adam Hadwin, Russell Henley, Mackenzie Hughes, Thongchai Jaidee, Thorbj\u00f8rn Olesen, Rod Pampling, Renato Paratore, Andr\u00e9s Romero, Xander Schauffele, Kyle Stanley, Brendan Steele, Hudson Swafford, Wang Jeung-hun, Fabrizio Zanotti", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 40], "content_span": [41, 299]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273518-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 WGC-Dell Technologies Match Play\nThe 2017 WGC-Dell Technologies Match Play was the 19th WGC Match Play, played March 22\u201326 at Austin Country Club in Austin, Texas. It was the second of four World Golf Championships in 2017. Dustin Johnson won the final 1 up over Jon Rahm.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [37, 37], "content_span": [38, 277]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273518-0001-0000", "contents": "2017 WGC-Dell Technologies Match Play, Field\nThe field consists of the top 64 players available from the Official World Golf Ranking on March 12. However, the seedings are based on the World Rankings on March 19.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 44], "content_span": [45, 212]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273518-0002-0000", "contents": "2017 WGC-Dell Technologies Match Play, Field\nHenrik Stenson (ranked 5 on March 12, personal reasons), Adam Scott (8, personal reasons), Justin Rose (13, personal reasons), and Adam Hadwin (51, personal reasons) did not compete, allowing entry for Jason Dufner (ranked 65), Kim Kyung-tae (66), Joost Luiten (67) and Pat Perez (68). On March 17, world number nine Rickie Fowler dropped out, replaced by Kim Si-woo (69).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 44], "content_span": [45, 417]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273518-0003-0000", "contents": "2017 WGC-Dell Technologies Match Play, Format\nIn 2014 and earlier editions, the championship was a single elimination match play event. A new format was introduced in 2015, and the championship now starts with pool play, with 16 groups of four players playing round-robin matches, on Wednesday through Friday. The top 16 seeded players are allocated to the 16 groups, one in each group. The remaining 48 players are placed into three pools (seeds 17\u201332, seeds 33\u201348, seeds 49\u201364). Each group has one player randomly selected from each pool to complete the group.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 45], "content_span": [46, 562]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273518-0004-0000", "contents": "2017 WGC-Dell Technologies Match Play, Format\nAll group play matches are limited to 18 holes with one point awarded for a win and one-half point for a halved match. Ties for first place in a group are broken by a sudden-death stroke play playoff, beginning on hole 1.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 45], "content_span": [46, 267]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273518-0005-0000", "contents": "2017 WGC-Dell Technologies Match Play, Format\nThe winners of each group advance to a single-elimination bracket on the weekend, with the round of 16 and quarterfinals on Saturday, and the semi-finals, finals, and consolation match on Sunday.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 45], "content_span": [46, 241]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273518-0006-0000", "contents": "2017 WGC-Dell Technologies Match Play, Format\nRank \u2013 Official World Golf Ranking on March 19, 2017.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 45], "content_span": [46, 99]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273518-0007-0000", "contents": "2017 WGC-Dell Technologies Match Play, Results, Pool play\nPlayers were divided into 16 groups of four players and played round-robin matches Wednesday to Friday.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 57], "content_span": [58, 161]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273518-0008-0000", "contents": "2017 WGC-Dell Technologies Match Play, Results, Pool play\nOf the 32 matches played, 10 were \"upsets\" with the lower seeded player beating the higher seeded player and 5 matches were halved. These included top seeds #2 Rory McIlroy, #5 Jordan Spieth, and #11 Danny Willett losing matches, #3 Jason Day conceding his match and withdrawing from the tournament and #4 Hideki Matsuyama, #7 Sergio Garc\u00eda, #9 Patrick Reed, and #16 Matt Kuchar halving matches.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 57], "content_span": [58, 453]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273518-0009-0000", "contents": "2017 WGC-Dell Technologies Match Play, Results, Pool play\nOf the 32 matches played, 15 were upsets with the lower seeded player beating the higher seeded player and 2 matches were halved. These included top seeds #4 Hideki Matsuyama, #6 Justin Thomas, #9 Patrick Reed, #15 Branden Grace and #16 Matt Kuchar losing matches and #3 Jason Day conceding his match. Gary Woodland withdrew from the tournament for personal reasons, conceding his second- and third-round matches and Francesco Molinari withdrew after the second round with a wrist injury, conceding his third-round match. There were 14 players that had perfect 2\u20130\u20130 records, including the top seed, Dustin Johnson.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 57], "content_span": [58, 673]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273518-0010-0000", "contents": "2017 WGC-Dell Technologies Match Play, Results, Pool play\nOf the 32 matches played, 14 were upsets with the lower seeded player beating the higher seeded player and 3 matches were halved. These included top seeds #3 Jason Day (concession), #4 Hideki Matsuyama, #6 Justin Thomas, #7 Sergio Garc\u00eda, #9 Patrick Reed, #10 Tyrrell Hatton, and #15 Danny Willett losing matches and #2 Rory McIlroy, #5 Jordan Spieth, and #13 Bubba Watson halving matches. Five groups went to sudden-death playoffs, three involving two players and two involving three players. The playoffs went from one to six holes.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 57], "content_span": [58, 592]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273518-0010-0001", "contents": "2017 WGC-Dell Technologies Match Play, Results, Pool play\nEight golfers advanced with perfect 3\u20130\u20130 records: #1 Dustin Johnson, #8 Alex Nor\u00e9n, #12 Paul Casey, #14 Phil Mickelson, #20 Brooks Koepka, #21 Jon Rahm, #48 William McGirt, and #62 S\u00f8ren Kjeldsen. Five of the top 16 seeds advanced while three of the bottom 16 seeds advanced. Nine Americans advance to the round of 16.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 57], "content_span": [58, 377]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273519-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 WGC-HSBC Champions\nThe 2017 WGC-HSBC Champions was a golf tournament played from 26\u201329 October 2017 at the Sheshan Golf Club in Shanghai, China. It was the ninth WGC-HSBC Champions tournament, and the fourth of four World Golf Championships events held in the 2017 calendar year.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [23, 23], "content_span": [24, 284]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273519-0001-0000", "contents": "2017 WGC-HSBC Champions\nJustin Rose won his first HSBC Champions and second World Golf Championship.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [23, 23], "content_span": [24, 100]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273519-0002-0000", "contents": "2017 WGC-HSBC Champions, Field\nThe following is a list of players who qualified for the 2017 WGC-HSBC Champions. The criteria is towards the leaders in points lists rather than tournament winners. Players who qualify from multiple categories will be listed in the first category in which they are eligible with the other qualifying categories in parentheses next to the player's name.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 30], "content_span": [31, 384]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273519-0003-0000", "contents": "2017 WGC-HSBC Champions, Field\nDaniel Berger (4), Rafa Cabrera-Bello (5), Paul Casey (4), Jason Day (4), Tony Finau (4), Ross Fisher (5), Matthew Fitzpatrick (5), Tommy Fleetwood (5), Branden Grace, Bill Haas, Adam Hadwin (4), Brian Harman (4), Tyrrell Hatton (5), Russell Henley (4), Matt Kuchar (4), Marc Leishman (4), Phil Mickelson, Francesco Molinari (5), Alex Nor\u00e9n (5), Pat Perez (4), Thomas Pieters (5), Jon Rahm (4,5), Patrick Reed (4,5), Justin Rose (4,5), Xander Schauffele (4), Charl Schwartzel (5), Adam Scott, Henrik Stenson (5), Jhonattan Vegas (4), Bernd Wiesberger (5)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 30], "content_span": [31, 585]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273519-0004-0000", "contents": "2017 WGC-HSBC Champions, Field\nPatrick Cantlay, Charles Howell III, Chez Reavie, Kyle Stanley, Hudson Swafford", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 30], "content_span": [31, 110]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273519-0005-0000", "contents": "2017 WGC-HSBC Champions, Field\nKiradech Aphibarnrat, Paul Dunne, Ryan Fox, Alexander L\u00e9vy, Li Haotong, Mike Lorenzo-Vera, Thorbj\u00f8rn Olesen, Richie Ramsay, Jordan Smith, Matthew Southgate, Hideto Tanihara, Peter Uihlein, Fabrizio Zanotti", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 30], "content_span": [31, 236]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273519-0006-0000", "contents": "2017 WGC-HSBC Champions, Field\nCao Yi, Dou Zecheng, Liang Wenchong, Liu Yanwei, Wu Ashun, Zhang Xinjun", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 30], "content_span": [31, 102]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273519-0007-0000", "contents": "2017 WGC-HSBC Champions, Round summaries, First round\nBrooks Koepka shot an 8-under-par 64 to take a one-stroke lead over Kiradech Aphibarnrat and Gavin Green.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 53], "content_span": [54, 159]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273519-0008-0000", "contents": "2017 WGC-HSBC Champions, Round summaries, Second round\nDustin Johnson shot a 9-under-par 63 to take a one-stroke lead over first-round leader Brooks Koepka.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 54], "content_span": [55, 156]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273519-0009-0000", "contents": "2017 WGC-HSBC Champions, Round summaries, Third round\nDustin Johnson shot a 4-under-par 68 to open a 6-shot lead over Brooks Koepka who was hurt by a triple-bogey on the par-5 8th hole.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 53], "content_span": [54, 185]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273519-0010-0000", "contents": "2017 WGC-HSBC Champions, Round summaries, Final round\nJustin Rose overcame an eight-stroke deficit to win by two strokes over third-round leader Dustin Johnson, as well as Brooks Koepka and Henrik Stenson. Rose shot a 5-under-par 67, tied for the low round with Phil Mickelson, while Johnson shot a 5-over-par 77 in windy conditions.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 53], "content_span": [54, 333]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273520-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 WGC-Mexico Championship\nThe 2017 WGC-Mexico Championship was a golf tournament played March 2\u20135 at Club de Golf Chapultepec in Naucalpan, Mexico, just west of Mexico City. It was the 18th time the WGC Championship has been played, and the first of the World Golf Championships events to be staged in 2017. The approximate elevation of the course's clubhouse is 2,400 meters (7,870\u00a0ft) above sea level. The Championship was won by Dustin Johnson in his first tournament as the World number 1.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [28, 28], "content_span": [29, 496]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273520-0001-0000", "contents": "2017 WGC-Mexico Championship, Field\nThe field consisted of players from the top of the Official World Golf Ranking and the money lists/Orders of Merit from the six main professional golf tours. Each player is classified according to the first category in which he qualified, but other categories are shown in parentheses.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 35], "content_span": [36, 321]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273520-0002-0000", "contents": "2017 WGC-Mexico Championship, Field\nAn Byeong-hun (2), Daniel Berger (2,3), Rafa Cabrera-Bello (2,5,6), Paul Casey (2,3), Kevin Chappell (2,3), Matthew Fitzpatrick (2,5), Rickie Fowler (2,4), Jim Furyk (2), Sergio Garc\u00eda (2,6), Branden Grace (2,5), Emiliano Grillo (2,3), Bill Haas (2), Tyrrell Hatton (2,5), J. B. Holmes (2,3), Yuta Ikeda (2,7), Dustin Johnson (2,3,4), Zach Johnson (2), Kevin Kisner (2,3), Russell Knox (2,3), Brooks Koepka (2), Matt Kuchar (2,3), Hideki Matsuyama (2,3,4), William McGirt (3), Rory McIlroy (2,3,5), Phil Mickelson (2,3), Francesco Molinari (2,5), Ryan Moore (2,3), Kevin Na (2,3), Alex Nor\u00e9n (2,5), Louis Oosthuizen (2,5), Scott Piercy (2), Thomas Pieters (2), Jon Rahm (2,4), Patrick Reed (2,3), Justin Rose (2), Charl Schwartzel (2,3), Adam Scott (2,3), Brandt Snedeker (2,3), Jordan Spieth (2,3,4), Henrik Stenson (2,5,6), Justin Thomas (2,3,4), Jimmy Walker (2,3), Wang Jeung-hun (2,5,6), Bubba Watson (2,3), Lee Westwood (2,5), Bernd Wiesberger (2,5,6), Danny Willett (2,5), Chris Wood (5), Gary Woodland (2,3,4)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 35], "content_span": [36, 1053]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273520-0003-0000", "contents": "2017 WGC-Mexico Championship, Field\nRoberto Castro, Jason Dufner, Kim Si-woo, Sean O'Hair, Jhonattan Vegas", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 35], "content_span": [36, 106]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273520-0004-0000", "contents": "2017 WGC-Mexico Championship, Field\nRoss Fisher, S\u00f8ren Kjeldsen, Joost Luiten, Thorbj\u00f8rn Olesen, Andy Sullivan", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 35], "content_span": [36, 110]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273520-0005-0000", "contents": "2017 WGC-Mexico Championship, Field\nSam Brazel, Tommy Fleetwood, Pablo Larraz\u00e1bal, David Lipsky, Fabrizio Zanotti", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 35], "content_span": [36, 113]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273521-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 WK League\nThe 2017 WK League was the ninth season of the WK League, the top division of women's football in South Korea. In the off-season, Gyeongju KHNP joined the league. Incheon Hyundai Steel Red Angels were the defending champions. The regular season began on 14 April 2017 and ended on 6 November 2017. Incheon Hyundai Steel Red Angels won their fifth consecutive league title.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 14], "section_span": [14, 14], "content_span": [15, 387]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273521-0001-0000", "contents": "2017 WK League, Playoff and championship\nThe semi-final was contested between the 2nd and 3rd placed teams (Icheon Daekyo and Hwacheon KSPO) in the regular season. After defeating Icheon Daekyo 2\u20131, Hwacheon KSPO advanced to the two-legged final to face the 1st placed team (Incheon Hyundai Steel Red Angels) in the regular season. Hwacheon KSPO lost 6\u20130 on aggregate to Incheon Hyundai Steel Red Angels, who won their fifth consecutive league title.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 14], "section_span": [16, 40], "content_span": [41, 450]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273521-0002-0000", "contents": "2017 WK League, Playoff and championship\nThe playoff is played one leg and championship final is played over two legs.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 14], "section_span": [16, 40], "content_span": [41, 118]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273522-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 WMF World Cup\nThe 2017 World Minifootball Federation World Cup was the second edition of the WMF World Cup, the world championship for men's national minifootball teams organized by the World Minifootball Federation. The tournament was contested in Nabeul city in Tunisia from 06\u201315 October 2017.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [18, 18], "content_span": [19, 301]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273522-0001-0000", "contents": "2017 WMF World Cup, Venue\nAll the matches of 2017 WMF World Cup are played in the Nabeul Minifoot Stadium, Nabeul. This stadium is temporary built to host the competition and is stripped down after the end of the event.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [20, 25], "content_span": [26, 219]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273522-0002-0000", "contents": "2017 WMF World Cup, Teams and draw, Teams\nUnlike in the 2015 WMF World Cup, 24 teams from 5 continents are qualified for the final tournament:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [20, 41], "content_span": [42, 142]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273522-0003-0000", "contents": "2017 WMF World Cup, Teams and draw, Draw\nOn June 11, 2017, the Executive bureau of the World Minifootball Federation had unanimously decided in Brno, Czech Republic that the 2017 World Cup will be organized from October 6 to October 16, 2017.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [20, 40], "content_span": [41, 242]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273522-0004-0000", "contents": "2017 WMF World Cup, Teams and draw, Draw\nOn September 6, 2017, The final draw for 2017 WMF World Cup was made in Tunis. For the draw, the 24 teams were divided into four seeding pots:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [20, 40], "content_span": [41, 183]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273522-0005-0000", "contents": "2017 WMF World Cup, Teams and draw, Draw\nTunisia (Host country)\u00a0Romania\u00a0Mexico\u00a0United States\u00a0Russia\u00a0Czech Republic", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [20, 40], "content_span": [41, 114]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273522-0006-0000", "contents": "2017 WMF World Cup, Group stage\nThe winners and runners-up of each group and the best four third-placed teams advance to the round of 16. The rankings of teams in each group are determined as follows:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [20, 31], "content_span": [32, 200]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273522-0007-0000", "contents": "2017 WMF World Cup, Group stage\nIf two or more teams are equal on the basis of the above three criteria, their rankings are determined as follows:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [20, 31], "content_span": [32, 146]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273522-0008-0000", "contents": "2017 WMF World Cup, Knockout stage\nIn the knockout stage, the sixteen teams play a single-elimination tournament.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [20, 34], "content_span": [35, 113]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273523-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 WNBA All-Star Game\nThe 2017 WNBA All-Star Game was an exhibition basketball game played on July 22, 2017. The Seattle Storm hosted a WNBA All-Star Game for the first time.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [23, 23], "content_span": [24, 176]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273523-0001-0000", "contents": "2017 WNBA All-Star Game\nStarters for this year's All-Star game were selected by a combination of fan, media, and player voting. Fans accounted for 50% of the vote to determine the starters for Verizon WNBA All-Star 2017, while current players and a media panel accounted for 25% each. Maya Moore, of the Minnesota Lynx was the overall leader in votes with 32,866, with Elena Delle Donne, of the Washington Mystics, finishing in 2nd with 31,414 votes.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [23, 23], "content_span": [24, 450]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273523-0002-0000", "contents": "2017 WNBA All-Star Game\nThe Western Conference defeated the Eastern Conference with a 130-121 victory. Maya Moore was named MVP. Allie Quigley of the Chicago Sky won the Three-Point Contest.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [23, 23], "content_span": [24, 190]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273523-0003-0000", "contents": "2017 WNBA All-Star Game, Coaches\nThe Minnesota Lynx and the New York Liberty had the best records in the Western and Eastern Conferences during the 2016 season, therefore making Cheryl Reeve and Bill Laimbeer the head coaches of the Western and Eastern Conference, respectively. Due to a family matter, Laimbeer was not able to coach. Curt Miller of the Connecticut Sun was named as his replacement, by having the best regular-season record in the East as of July 10th. This is Reeve's third time coaching in the All-Star Game and Miller's first.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 32], "content_span": [33, 546]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273523-0004-0000", "contents": "2017 WNBA All-Star Game, Roster\nThe All-Star Game starters were announced on July 11, 2017 during SportsCenter. The All-Star Game reserves were announced on July 18, 2017 during the Seattle-Chicago game on ESPN2.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 31], "content_span": [32, 212]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273523-0005-0000", "contents": "2017 WNBA All-Star Game, Roster, Eastern Conference\nTiffany Hayes of the Atlanta Dream and Jasmine Thomas of the Connecticut Sun were named the backcourt starters in the East, both of them earning their first All Star appearances. Elena Delle Donne of the Washington Mystics, her fourth selection, Tina Charles of the New York Liberty, her fifth selection, and Jonquel Jones of the Connecticut Sun, her first selection, were named the frontcourt starters.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 51], "content_span": [52, 455]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273523-0006-0000", "contents": "2017 WNBA All-Star Game, Roster, Eastern Conference\nThe East reserves include Layshia Clarendon of the Atlanta Dream, Allie Quigley of the Chicago Sky, Alyssa Thomas of the Connecticut Sun, Stefanie Dolson of the Chicago Sky, Candice Dupree of the Indiana Fever, and Elizabeth Williams of the Atlanta Dream. With Delle Donne missing the game due to injury, Sugar Rodgers of the New York Liberty was named as a replacement. Clarendon, Quigley, Rodgers, Thomas, and Williams were all selected for the first time in their careers, while Dupree and Dolson were selected for their 6th and 2nd times, respectively.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 51], "content_span": [52, 608]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273523-0007-0000", "contents": "2017 WNBA All-Star Game, Roster, Western Conference\nSue Bird of the Seattle Storm and Diana Taurasi of the Phoenix Mercury were named the starting backcourt in the West, earning their tenth and eighth selections, respectively. In the frontcourt, Maya Moore of the Minnesota Lynx was named to her fifth selection, along with Candace Parker of the Los Angeles Sparks and Sylvia Fowles of the Minnesota Lynx, both earning their fourth selection.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 51], "content_span": [52, 442]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273523-0008-0000", "contents": "2017 WNBA All-Star Game, Roster, Western Conference\nThe West reserves include Seimone Augustus of the Minnesota Lynx, Skylar Diggins-Smith of the Dallas Wings, Chelsea Gray of the Los Angeles Sparks, Brittney Griner of the Phoenix Mercury, Nneka Ogwumike of the Los Angeles Sparks, and Breanna Stewart of the Seattle Storm. With Griner missing the game due to injury, Rebekkah Brunson of the Minnesota Lynx was named as a replacement. Gray and Stewart were named to their first All-Star teams, Brunson, Ogwumike, and Griner were named to their fourth team, Diggins-Smith was named to her third team, and Augustus was named to her seventh team.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 51], "content_span": [52, 643]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273523-0009-0000", "contents": "2017 WNBA All-Star Game, Three-Point Contest\nFive contestants participated in the Three-Point Contest, held during halftime of the All-Star Game. This was the first such contest held since the Stars at the Sun event that replaced the All-Star Game in 2010. Allie Quigley won the Three-Point Shootout with a Final Round score of 27 points. She defeated Sugar Rodgers, who scored 19 points. Quigley played for the Patrick Quigley Memorial Scholarship charity, which received $10,000 due to Quigley's win.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 44], "content_span": [45, 502]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273524-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 WNBA Finals\nThe 2017 WNBA Finals was the best-of-five championship series for the 2017 season of the Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA), tipping off on September 24. It was a rematch of the previous year's finals matchup. The top-seeded Minnesota Lynx held home court advantage in the Finals, and won three games to two against the second-seeded Los Angeles Sparks. The Sparks won a semifinal series against the Phoenix Mercury to determine one of the Finals berths; the first-seeded Lynx defeated the Washington Mystics to earn the other. Sylvia Fowles was named the 2017 WNBA Finals MVP.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [16, 16], "content_span": [17, 606]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273525-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 WNBA Playoffs\nThe 2017 WNBA Playoffs was the postseason tournament of the WNBA's 2017 season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [18, 18], "content_span": [19, 98]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273525-0001-0000", "contents": "2017 WNBA Playoffs, Format\nFollowing the WNBA regular season, eight teams in the entire league qualified for the playoffs and were seeded one to eight. Regular season records determined the seedings of the teams. The team with the best record received seed one, the team with the next best record received seed two, and so on. The top two seeds get double byes, while the next two seeds get first-round byes.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [20, 26], "content_span": [27, 408]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273525-0002-0000", "contents": "2017 WNBA Playoffs, Format\nThese seedings were used to create a bracket that determines the match-ups throughout the playoffs. The first round of the playoffs consisted of two match-ups based on the seedings (5-8 and 6-7). The two winners advanced to the second round with a match-up between the number 3 seed and the lower of the advancing seeds and another match-up between the number 4 seed and the other first round winner. The winners of the first two rounds advanced to the semifinals, where the lower ranked seed of the winners faced the number 1 seed, while the other remaining team faced the number 2 seed.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [20, 26], "content_span": [27, 615]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273525-0003-0000", "contents": "2017 WNBA Playoffs, Format\nThe first two rounds are single elimination games played on the higher ranking seed's home court. The semifinals and WNBA Finals are best-of-five series played in a 2-2-1 format, meaning the team with home-court advantage (better record) hosts games 1, 2, and 5 while their opponent hosts games 3 and 4.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [20, 26], "content_span": [27, 330]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273526-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 WNBA draft\nThe 2017 WNBA draft was the league's draft for the 2017 WNBA season. On March 30, the WNBA announced that the draft would take place on April 13 in New York at Samsung 837.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [15, 15], "content_span": [16, 188]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273526-0001-0000", "contents": "2017 WNBA draft, Draft lottery\nThe lottery selection to determine the order of the top four picks in the 2017 draft occurred on September 28, 2016. The winner of the lottery, the San Antonio Stars, picked first.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [17, 30], "content_span": [31, 211]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273526-0002-0000", "contents": "2017 WNBA draft, Draft lottery, Lottery chances\nAll odds out of 1,000 based on percentages (the 11\u201312\u201313\u201314 combination is ignored).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [17, 47], "content_span": [48, 132]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273526-0003-0000", "contents": "2017 WNBA draft, Draft lottery, Lottery chances\nThis is the fourth time that the lottery was won by the team that had the highest odds. The lottery odds were based on combined records from the 2015 and 2016 WNBA seasons. The San Antonio Stars, with the worst two-year record, were guaranteed no worse than the third pick.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [17, 47], "content_span": [48, 321]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273526-0004-0000", "contents": "2017 WNBA draft, Notable prospects\nOn November 29, 2016, WNBA.com posted notable prospects for the draft. The list included:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [17, 34], "content_span": [35, 124]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273526-0005-0000", "contents": "2017 WNBA draft, Notable prospects\nOn April 6, 2017, the WNBA released the names of the players who would be invited to be in attendance at the draft through their @WNBA Twitter account:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [17, 34], "content_span": [35, 186]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273527-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 WNBA season\nThe 2017 WNBA season was the 21st season of the Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA). Its regular season began on May 13 with three games, highlighted by the defending WNBA champion Los Angeles Sparks hosting the Seattle Storm. It concluded on September 3. The playoffs began on September 6, and concluded on October 4, with the Minnesota Lynx defeating the Sparks in five games to win their fourth WNBA title.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [16, 16], "content_span": [17, 437]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273527-0001-0000", "contents": "2017 WNBA season\nIt was the final season for the San Antonio Stars in the city that they had called home since 2003. After the season, parent company Spurs Sports & Entertainment sold the team to MGM Resorts International, which moved the team to Las Vegas. The former Stars now play as the Las Vegas Aces.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [16, 16], "content_span": [17, 306]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273527-0002-0000", "contents": "2017 WNBA season, 2017 WNBA Draft\nThe San Antonio Stars selected Kelsey Plum first in the 2017 WNBA Draft. The draft was televised nationally on the ESPN networks (Round 1 on ESPN2, Rounds 2 and 3 on ESPNU).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [18, 33], "content_span": [34, 207]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273527-0003-0000", "contents": "2017 WNBA season, Arena changes\nTwo teams announced temporary arena changes for the 2017 season, both due to their regular arenas undergoing renovations during the WNBA season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [18, 31], "content_span": [32, 176]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273528-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 WNBL Finals\nThe 2017 WNBL Finals was the postseason tournament of the WNBL's 2016\u201317 season. The Sydney Uni Flames defeated the Dandenong Rangers 2\u20130, to win their fourth WNBL Championship title.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [16, 16], "content_span": [17, 200]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273529-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 WPA World Nine-ball Championship\nThe WPA 9-Ball-World Championship 2017 was the 26th edition of the 9-Ball pool World Championships. It took place from December 9 to 14, 2017 in the al-Attiya Sports Arena of the Al-Arabi Sports Club in Doha. The Qatari capital was the eighth time in a row the venue for the 9-Ball Championships.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [37, 37], "content_span": [38, 334]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273529-0001-0000", "contents": "2017 WPA World Nine-ball Championship\nThe championship was won by Filipino Carlo Biado, who defeated his compatriot Roland Garcia 13\u20135 in the final. Third place went to Taiwanese Wu Kun-lin and fourth to Albanian Eklent Ka\u00e7i. Defending champion was the Austrian Albin Ouschan, who lost in the second round against Kun-lin. The world number one Chang Jung-Lin was defeated in the round of the last 64 of the Canadian John Morra.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [37, 37], "content_span": [38, 427]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273529-0002-0000", "contents": "2017 WPA World Nine-ball Championship, Qualification\nThe tournament is attended by 128 players. 24 players qualified over the world rankings. A total of 92 starting places have been awarded according to a quota by the continental and regional associations as well as the hosting Qatari association and the sponsors. From December 5 to 7, 2017, a qualifying tournament was held, in which 96 participants in three knockout competitions played off the remaining 12 starting positions.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 52], "content_span": [53, 481]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273529-0003-0000", "contents": "2017 WPA World Nine-ball Championship, Qualification\nIn the main tournament, the 128 participants were first divided into 16 groups of 8 players, in which they competed in the double knockout system from December 9 to 11 . Four players of each group qualified for the final round, which took place from December 12 to 14 and was played in the knockout system.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 52], "content_span": [53, 359]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273529-0004-0000", "contents": "2017 WPA World Nine-ball Championship, Tournament bracket, Final round, Final\nThe final was played between two Filipino players, the two players alternate break. Carlo Biado reached 13 in the first place to win the championship.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 77], "content_span": [78, 228]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273529-0005-0000", "contents": "2017 WPA World Nine-ball Championship, Tournament bracket, Final round, Final\nBiado quickly dominated the first two games. He then took advantage of Garcia's mistakes to make the score 5\u20130, then 7\u20130. Garcia gets the first point in the eighth game, losing 1\u20137. However Garcia's perfectionism in the next game led Biado to raise the score to 8\u20131.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 77], "content_span": [78, 344]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273529-0006-0000", "contents": "2017 WPA World Nine-ball Championship, Tournament bracket, Final round, Final\nGarcia seemed to be back with two straight wins, with a 3\u20138 deficit. However, a good break from Biado, with a penalty shoot-out Garcia made the score continue to separate the 7 points is 10\u20133. However, at this time the results seem to have been determined. Biado quickly ended the match with a perfect game of breaking balls and win the match and the 9-Ball world championship for the first time.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 77], "content_span": [78, 474]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273530-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 WPA World Nine-ball Junior Championship\nThe 2017 WPA World Nine-ball Junior Championship was a professional youth 9-Ball World Championship held between October 30 and November 2, 2017. The event was split into three competitions, Under 17s, boys and girls. Sanjin Pehlivanovi\u0107 won the U17 event, defeating Robbie Capito in the final, with Fjodor Gorst winning the boys event. Kristina Tkatsch won the girls event defeating South Korea's Lee Woo-jin in the final.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [44, 44], "content_span": [45, 468]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273531-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 WPI Engineers football team\nThe 2017 WPI Engineers football team represented Worcester Polytechnic Institute in the 2017 NCAA Division III football season. It marked the Engineers' 128th overall season. The team played its home games at Alumni Stadium in Worcester, Massachusetts. They were led by eighth-year head coach Chris Robertson. This was the first season that WPI competed in the New England Women's and Men's Athletic Conference (NEWMAC) for football.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [32, 32], "content_span": [33, 466]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273531-0001-0000", "contents": "2017 WPI Engineers football team\nThe Engineers finished the regular season with eight victories and two losses. The eight wins is the second most in school history (the Engineers posted nine wins in 1992), tying the 1983, 1989, and 1990 seasons. WPI was selected to host a bowl game making it their third postseason appearance in school history. The Engineers defeated the SUNY Maritime Privateers 17-3 to win their first bowl game in school history.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [32, 32], "content_span": [33, 450]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273531-0002-0000", "contents": "2017 WPI Engineers football team, Schedule\nThe 2017 schedule was officially released on June 29, 2017. WPI faced all seven NEWMAC opponents: Catholic, Coast Guard, Maine Maritime, MIT, Merchant Marine, Norwich, and Springfield. They also scheduled three non-conference games: Anna Maria of the Eastern Collegiate Football Conference (ECFC), Becker of the Commonwealth Coast Conference (CCC), and RPI of the Liberty League.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 42], "content_span": [43, 422]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273531-0003-0000", "contents": "2017 WPI Engineers football team, Schedule\nOn November 13, 2017, the Engineers were selected to host SUNY Maritime of the Eastern Collegiate Football Conference (ECFC) as part of the 2017 New England Bowl Series.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 42], "content_span": [43, 212]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273532-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 WSBL season\nThe 2017 WSBL season was the 29th season of the Women's State Basketball League (SBL). The regular season began on Friday 17 March, with Perry Lakes, East Perth and Rockingham hosting Stirling, Kalamunda and Perth respectively. The 2017 WSBL All-Star Game was played on 5 June at Bendat Basketball Centre \u2013 the home of basketball in Western Australia. The regular season ended on Saturday 29 July. The finals began on Friday 4 August and ended on Friday 1 September, when the Perry Lakes Hawks defeated the Mandurah Magic in the WSBL Grand Final.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [16, 16], "content_span": [17, 563]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273532-0001-0000", "contents": "2017 WSBL season, Regular season\nThe regular season began on Friday 17 March and ended on Saturday 29 July after 20 rounds of competition. In an exciting move by the SBL, all games over the Easter Weekend were played on a blockbuster Thursday night with six venues all hosting games before the league took a break for the Easter long weekend. Anzac Round took place again in round 6 of the competition with the Kalamunda Eastern Suns and Willetton Tigers continuing their Anzac Day game tradition while being joined this year by the Cockburn Cougars hosting the Rockingham Flames on the Tuesday afternoon.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [18, 32], "content_span": [33, 605]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273532-0001-0001", "contents": "2017 WSBL season, Regular season\nIn round 9, the inaugural Women's Round took place in alignment with Mother's Day on Sunday 14 May. During this round, the SBL trialled the WSBL games being played at the later timeslot at each venue following the MSBL games. There was also Rivalry Round in round 12 and Heritage Round in round 16.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [18, 32], "content_span": [33, 331]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273532-0002-0000", "contents": "2017 WSBL season, Finals\nThe finals began on Friday 4 August and ended on Friday 1 September with the WSBL Grand Final.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [18, 24], "content_span": [25, 119]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273532-0003-0000", "contents": "2017 WSBL season, All-Star Game\nThe 2017 WSBL All-Star Game took place at Bendat Basketball Centre on Monday 5 June, with all proceeds going to Lifeline WA for suicide prevention.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [18, 31], "content_span": [32, 179]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273533-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 WTA 125K series\nThe WTA 125K series is the secondary professional tennis circuit organised by the Women's Tennis Association. The 2017 WTA 125K series calendar consisted of eight tournaments, each with a total prize fund of $125,000. After 2016, San Antonio Open folded while two new tournaments were introduced in Zhengzhou and Mumbai. The Hua Hin Championships returned after the previous year's edition was cancelled due to the death of Thai monarch, Bhumibol Adulyadej.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [20, 20], "content_span": [21, 478]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273533-0001-0000", "contents": "2017 WTA 125K series, Statistical information\nThese tables present the number of singles (S) and doubles (D) titles won by each player and each nation during the season. The players/nations are sorted by: 1) total number of titles (a doubles title won by two players representing the same nation counts as only one win for the nation); 2) a singles > doubles hierarchy; 3) alphabetical order (by family names for players).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 45], "content_span": [46, 422]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273533-0002-0000", "contents": "2017 WTA 125K series, Statistical information\nTo avoid confusion and double counting, these tables should be updated only after an event is completed.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 45], "content_span": [46, 150]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273534-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 WTA Awards\nThe 2017 WTA Awards are a series of awards given by the Women's Tennis Association to players who have achieved something remarkable during the 2017 WTA Tour.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [15, 15], "content_span": [16, 174]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273534-0001-0000", "contents": "2017 WTA Awards, The awards\nThese awards are decided by either the media, the players, the association, or the fans. Nominees were announced by the WTA's Twitter account.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [17, 27], "content_span": [28, 170]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273535-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 WTA Elite Trophy\nThe 2017 WTA Elite Trophy was a women's tennis tournament played at the Hengqin International Tennis Center in Zhuhai, China. It was the 3rd edition of the singles event and doubles competition. The tournament was contested by twelve singles players and six doubles teams.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [21, 21], "content_span": [22, 294]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273535-0001-0000", "contents": "2017 WTA Elite Trophy, Tournament, Qualifying, Singles qualifying\nThe field consists of the top eleven players not already qualified for the 2017 WTA Finals, plus either (a) the 12th-player not qualified for 2017 WTA Finals, or (b) a wild card. The final two alternates for the 2017 WTA Finals would have been eligible to play in WTA Elite Trophy even if they had participated in the WTA Finals. Point totals are calculated by combining points obtained from sixteen tournaments. Of these sixteen tournaments, a player's results from the four Grand Slam events, the four Premier Mandatory tournaments, and (for Top 20 players at the end of 2016) the best results from two Premier 5 tournaments must be included.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 65], "content_span": [66, 710]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273535-0002-0000", "contents": "2017 WTA Elite Trophy, Tournament, Qualifying, Doubles qualifying\nTwo teams composed of players that did not compete in the WTA Finals singles (except Finals Alternates) or doubles competitions, using the players\u2019 combined doubles rankings as of the Monday after the final regular-season Tournament of the current Tour Year to determine the order of acceptance; and up to two teams composed of players that did not compete in the WTA Finals singles (except Finals Alternates) or doubles competitions and that include at least one Elite Trophy Singles Qualified Player or Elite Trophy Alternate, using the higher of the players\u2019 combined singles or doubles rankings as of the Monday after the final regular-season Tournament of the current Tour Year to determine the order of acceptance. Plus two wild cards. For each wild card not given out, the next highest pair of players shall become a participant.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 65], "content_span": [66, 902]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273535-0003-0000", "contents": "2017 WTA Elite Trophy, Tournament, Format\nThe singles event features twelve players in a round robin event, split into four groups of three. Over the first four days of competition, each player meets the other two players in her group, with the winner in each group advancing to the semifinal. The winners of each semifinal meet in the championship match. The six doubles teams will be split into two round robin groups, with the winner of each advancing to the final.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 41], "content_span": [42, 468]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273535-0004-0000", "contents": "2017 WTA Elite Trophy, Tournament, Format, Round robin tie-breaking methods\nIn 2017, the final standings of each group were determined by the first of the following methods that applied:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 75], "content_span": [76, 186]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273535-0005-0000", "contents": "2017 WTA Elite Trophy, Tournament, Format, Ambassador of the Tournament\nStefanie Graf, former WTA World No.1 and 22-time Grand Slam champion, continued as Tournament Ambassador for the 2017 WTA Elite Trophy Zhuhai, helping promote the third edition of this elite year-end women\u2019s tennis event.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 71], "content_span": [72, 293]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273535-0006-0000", "contents": "2017 WTA Elite Trophy, Prize money and points\nThe total prize money for the Hengqin Life 2017 WTA Elite Trophy Zhuhai was US $2,280,935.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 45], "content_span": [46, 136]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273535-0007-0000", "contents": "2017 WTA Elite Trophy, Qualified players, Singles\n\u2020 The player's ranking at the time did not qualify her to play this event. Accordingly, the player's next best result is counted in its place.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 49], "content_span": [50, 192]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273535-0008-0000", "contents": "2017 WTA Elite Trophy, Qualified players, Singles\n\u2021 The player was not a Top 20 player at the end of 2016 and therefore not required to count her two best Premier 5 results. Accordingly, the player's next best result is counted in its place.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 49], "content_span": [50, 241]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273536-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 WTA Elite Trophy \u2013 Doubles\n\u0130pek Soylu and Xu Yifan were the defending champions, but did not participate this year.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [31, 31], "content_span": [32, 120]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273536-0001-0000", "contents": "2017 WTA Elite Trophy \u2013 Doubles\nDuan Yingying and Han Xinyun won the title, defeating Lu Jingjing and Zhang Shuai in the final 6\u20132, 6\u20131.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [31, 31], "content_span": [32, 136]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273537-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 WTA Elite Trophy \u2013 Singles\nPetra Kvitov\u00e1 was the defending champion but failed to qualify this year.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [31, 31], "content_span": [32, 105]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273537-0001-0000", "contents": "2017 WTA Elite Trophy \u2013 Singles\nJulia G\u00f6rges won the title, defeating CoCo Vandeweghe in the final, 7\u20135, 6\u20131.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [31, 31], "content_span": [32, 109]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273538-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 WTA Finals\nThe 2017 WTA Finals was a women's tennis tournament held in Kallang, Singapore. It was the 47th edition of the singles event and the 42nd edition of the doubles competition. The tournament was contested by eight singles players and eight doubles teams. It was the final professional tournament for top-ranked doubles player and former top-ranked singles player Martina Hingis.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [15, 15], "content_span": [16, 392]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273538-0001-0000", "contents": "2017 WTA Finals, Tournament\nThe 2017 WTA Finals took place at the Singapore Indoor Stadium the week of October 23, 2017, and was the 47th edition of the event. The tournament was run by the Women's Tennis Association (WTA) as part of the 2017 WTA Tour. Singapore is now the ninth city to host the WTA Finals since its inauguration in 1972 and will host the event for at least five years.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [17, 27], "content_span": [28, 387]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273538-0002-0000", "contents": "2017 WTA Finals, Tournament, Qualifying\nIn singles, point totals are calculated by combining point totals from sixteen tournaments. Of these sixteen tournaments, a player's results from the four Grand Slam events, the four Premier Mandatory tournaments, and (for Top 20 players at the end of 2016) the best results from two Premier 5 tournaments must be included. In doubles, point totals are calculated by any combination of eleven tournaments throughout the year. Unlike in singles, this combination does not need to include results from the Grand Slams or Premier-level tournaments.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [17, 39], "content_span": [40, 585]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273538-0003-0000", "contents": "2017 WTA Finals, Tournament, Format\nThe singles event features eight players in a round robin event, split into two groups of four. Over the first four days of competition, each player meets the other three players in her group, with the top two in each group advancing to the semifinals. The first-placed player in one group meets the second-placed player in the other group, and vice versa. The winners of each semifinal meet in the championship match. The doubles event returns to a single elimination event. The winners of each quarterfinal match will advance to the semifinals and the winners of each semifinal match will advance to the final.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [17, 35], "content_span": [36, 648]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273538-0004-0000", "contents": "2017 WTA Finals, Tournament, Format, Round robin tie-breaking methods\nThe final standings of each group were determined by the first of the following methods that applied:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [17, 69], "content_span": [70, 171]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273538-0005-0000", "contents": "2017 WTA Finals, Prize money and points\nThe total prize money for the BNP Paribas 2016 WTA Finals was US$7,000,000.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [17, 39], "content_span": [40, 115]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273538-0006-0000", "contents": "2017 WTA Finals, Qualified players, Singles\nGarbi\u00f1e Muguruza began her season in Brisbane, where she retired in the semifinals. She recovered from this injury to reach the quarterfinals at the Australian Open, losing to Coco Vandeweghe in straight sets. She had early exits in the Middle East before making the quarterfinals in Indian Wells and the fourth round in Miami, falling to Karol\u00edna Pl\u00ed\u0161kov\u00e1 and retiring against Caroline Wozniacki respectively.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [17, 43], "content_span": [44, 454]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273538-0007-0000", "contents": "2017 WTA Finals, Qualified players, Singles\nMuguruza's clay court season started slowly, losing her opening matches in Stuttgart and Madrid. She found form in Rome, reaching the semifinals, but failed to defend her French Open crown, ousted in the fourth round by Kristina Mladenovic. Muguruza opened her grass court season in Birmingham where she lost to Ashleigh Barty in the semifinals. She followed this up with a first round loss in Eastbourne to Barbora Str\u00fdcov\u00e1, only managing to win one game. However, this slump was short-lived as her next tournament was a success, defeating Venus Williams in the final at Wimbledon, capturing her second major.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [17, 43], "content_span": [44, 654]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273538-0008-0000", "contents": "2017 WTA Finals, Qualified players, Singles\nMuguruza kept up the good form on the American hard courts, making the semifinals in Stanford and the quarterfinals in Toronto. She then claimed her second title of the year, comprehensively beating Simona Halep in the final of Cincinnati, the last of three top-10 victories that week. However, she was unable to continue this string of deep runs, falling to Petra Kvitov\u00e1 in the fourth round of the US Open. Despite the relatively early exit, at the completion of this tournament, Muguruza took over the spot of World No.1 for the first time in her career.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [17, 43], "content_span": [44, 601]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273538-0009-0000", "contents": "2017 WTA Finals, Qualified players, Singles\nMuguruza opened her Asian hard-court swing in Tokyo, losing in the semifinals to Caroline Wozniacki. The following week in Wuhan, she fell to Je\u013cena Ostapenko in the quarterfinals. Her last tournament before the WTA Finals was in Beijing where she retired in the first round, marking her fourth retirement this season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [17, 43], "content_span": [44, 362]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273538-0010-0000", "contents": "2017 WTA Finals, Qualified players, Singles\nSimona Halep comes into the WTA finals as the current World No.1 after a rather consistent year. Despite this, she began her year quite poorly, only managing three wins in her first four tournaments. A second-round loss in Shenzhen was followed up by a straight sets defeat in her opening match at the Australian Open to Shelby Rogers. She then retired in the quarterfinals of St. Petersburg before Kristina Mladenovic beat her in the third round in Indian Wells. She then reached the quarterfinals in Miami, losing to Johanna Konta.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [17, 43], "content_span": [44, 577]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273538-0011-0000", "contents": "2017 WTA Finals, Qualified players, Singles\nHalep began to put in impressive results in the clay court season, starting with a semifinal showing in Stuttgart. She followed this up with her first title of the season in Madrid, winning in three sets over Kristina Mladenovic. She made another final the following week in Rome, but failed to overcome Elina Svitolina. She continued her string of reaching finals, this time at the French Open. However, she was again unsuccessful in taking home the trophy, losing to Je\u013cena Ostapenko.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [17, 43], "content_span": [44, 530]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273538-0012-0000", "contents": "2017 WTA Finals, Qualified players, Singles\nHalep's first tournament on grass was in Eastbourne, which ended with a loss to Caroline Wozniacki in the quarterfinals. She also lost at the quarterfinal stage at Wimbledon, at the hands of Johanna Konta. After a retirement on the hard courts of Washington, Halep's results on this surface began to pick up. Reaching the semifinals of Toronto and the final of Cincinnati, losing to Elina Svitolina and Garbi\u00f1e Muguruza respectively. However, she drew Maria Sharapova in the first round of the US Open and suffered a three-set loss. She then lost her opening match in Wuhan. The following week, she reached the final in Beijing, losing to Caroline Garcia. Despite the loss, due to beating Jelena Ostapenko in the semifinals, Halep became World No.1 for the first time.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [17, 43], "content_span": [44, 812]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273538-0013-0000", "contents": "2017 WTA Finals, Qualified players, Singles\nKarol\u00edna Pl\u00ed\u0161kov\u00e1 began her season with a strong showing in Brisbane, winning the title by defeating Aliz\u00e9 Cornet in the final. She followed this up with a quarterfinal showing at the Australian Open, losing in three sets to Mirjana Lu\u010di\u0107-Baroni. Pl\u00ed\u0161kov\u00e1 very quickly got back on the winner's board, claiming the title in Doha with a win over Caroline Wozniacki in the final. However, the following week she lost her opening match in Dubai. She had consistent results in Indian Wells and Miami, losing in the semifinals of both tournaments to Svetlana Kuznetsova and Caroline Wozniacki respectively.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [17, 43], "content_span": [44, 644]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273538-0014-0000", "contents": "2017 WTA Finals, Qualified players, Singles\nPl\u00ed\u0161kov\u00e1 got off on the wrong foot in the clay court season, exiting early in Stuttgart, Prague and Madrid. She did manage to find some form at the following tournaments, with a quarterfinal finish in Rome and a semifinal finish at the French Open. She looked back on top of her game when the grass court swing came around, winning the title in Eastbourne over Caroline Wozniacki. However, it quickly came to an end with a shock loss to Magdal\u00e9na Ryb\u00e1rikov\u00e1 in the second round of Wimbledon. Despite the early exit, Pl\u00ed\u0161kov\u00e1 earned the position of World No.1 for the first time in her career.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [17, 43], "content_span": [44, 637]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273538-0015-0000", "contents": "2017 WTA Finals, Qualified players, Singles\nNext up for Pl\u00ed\u0161kov\u00e1 were the American hard courts, where she had strong results. Losses to Caroline Wozniacki in the quarterfinals of Toronto and the semifinals of Cincinnati to Garbi\u00f1e Muguruza preceded the US Open where she fell in the quarterfinals to Coco Vandeweghe. She then entered Tokyo and Wuhan, reaching the quarterfinals at both tournaments before losing to Angelique Kerber and Ashleigh Barty respectively. This was followed by a third-round loss in Beijing.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [17, 43], "content_span": [44, 516]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273538-0016-0000", "contents": "2017 WTA Finals, Qualified players, Singles\nElina Svitolina had an impressive year, putting together the best season of her career which included a tour-leading five titles. She opened her season in Brisbane with a semifinal loss to eventual champion Karol\u00edna Pl\u00ed\u0161kov\u00e1. At the Australian Open, she fell in three sets to Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova in the third round. Her next two tournaments ended with a trophy, defeating Peng Shuai in the final of Taipei, before coming away victorious in Dubai against Caroline Wozniacki. However, her next three tournaments were not as successful, retiring in the second round in Kuala Lumpur and suffering early exits in Indian Wells and Miami.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [17, 43], "content_span": [44, 680]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273538-0017-0000", "contents": "2017 WTA Finals, Qualified players, Singles\nSvitolina began her clay court swing in Istanbul where she claimed the title, defeating Elise Mertens in the final. After a first round exit in Madrid, she rebounded to win another title, this time against Simona Halep in Rome. However, the next time she met the Romanian she did not have the same success, losing in the quarterfinals of the French Open despite having a match point in the second set. Svitolina struggled on the grass court of Birmingham, falling in the second round. This was followed up by a fourth-round loss to Jelena Ostapenko at Wimbledon.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [17, 43], "content_span": [44, 606]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273538-0018-0000", "contents": "2017 WTA Finals, Qualified players, Singles\nGetting back on hard courts, Svitolina wasted no time picking up another title, defeating Caroline Wozniacki in the final of Toronto. She couldn't find the same form in Cincinnati, falling in the third round. At the US Open, she reached the fourth round before losing to eventual finalist Madison Keys. A quarterfinal loss to Caroline Garcia in Beijing followed, and in her most recent tournament in Hong Kong, she withdrew before her second-round match.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [17, 43], "content_span": [44, 498]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273538-0019-0000", "contents": "2017 WTA Finals, Qualified players, Singles\nVenus Williams had quite a resurgent season. After withdrawing from her second-round match in Auckland, she made it all the way to the final of the Australian Open, her first major final in eight years. However, she lost to sister Serena in the final. Her next tournament ended quickly, losing her opening match in St. Petersburg to eventual winner Kristina Mladenovic. Williams returned to form for the Sunshine swing, falling to Elena Vesnina in Indian Wells and Johanna Konta in Miami, both of whom went on to claim the title.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [17, 43], "content_span": [44, 573]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273538-0020-0000", "contents": "2017 WTA Finals, Qualified players, Singles\nWilliams suffered an early exit at her first clay court tournament of the year in Charleston. She put in better performances in her next two tournaments, losing to Garbi\u00f1e Muguruza in the quarterfinals of Madrid, before falling in the fourth round of the French Open against Timea Bacsinszky. She then proved she didn't need and warm-up grass court tournaments before Wimbledon, progressing to the final. This makes her the only player to reach two major finals this season. She was unable to claim the title however, falling in straight sets to Garbi\u00f1e Muguruza.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [17, 43], "content_span": [44, 607]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273538-0021-0000", "contents": "2017 WTA Finals, Qualified players, Singles\nThe American hard-court swing didn't get off to a good start for Williams, as she fell to Elina Svitolina and Ashleigh Barty in the third round of Toronto and the second round of Cincinnati respectively. She managed to turn things around at the US Open, reaching the semifinal stage before being defeated by Sloane Stephens. In her only tournament of the Asian swing, Williams lost in the second round of Hong Kong to Naomi Osaka.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [17, 43], "content_span": [44, 474]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273538-0022-0000", "contents": "2017 WTA Finals, Qualified players, Singles\nCaroline Wozniacki had an extremely consistent season, proven by her tour-leading seven finals. Her first two tournaments were in Auckland and Sydney, where she reached the quarterfinals of both. At the Australian Open, she made it to the third round before a straights loss to Johanna Konta. Wozniacki then made back-to-back finals in the Middle East, falling to Karol\u00edna Pl\u00ed\u0161kov\u00e1 in Doha and Elina Svitolina in Dubai. Her solid form stayed with her in Indian Wells and Miami, losing in the quarterfinals of the former to Kristina Mladenovic before making her first Premier Mandatory final in four years at the later. However, she lost to Johanna Konta.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [17, 43], "content_span": [44, 698]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273538-0023-0000", "contents": "2017 WTA Finals, Qualified players, Singles\nWozniacki's first two clay court tournaments were in Charleston and Prague, both of which came to end at the hands of Jelena Ostapenko in the quarterfinals and second round respectively. Her poor results continued in Madrid, losing in the second round to Carla Su\u00e1rez Navarro. She then retired in her first-round match in Strasbourg. Wozniacki rebounded to make it to the quarterfinals of the French Open, but once again fell to Jelena Ostapenko.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [17, 43], "content_span": [44, 490]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273538-0024-0000", "contents": "2017 WTA Finals, Qualified players, Singles\nWozniacki started the grass court swing with good form. She reached the final in Eastbourne, but ultimately lost the title-match to Karol\u00edna Pl\u00ed\u0161kov\u00e1. Despite the positive result, she was unable to progress as far at Wimbledon, bowing out in the fourth round after losing in straight sets to Coco Vandeweghe. Following this, Wozniacki returned to the clay courts, this time in Bastad where she lost in the final to Kate\u0159ina Siniakov\u00e1. Wozniacki made another final at her next tournament in Toronto.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [17, 43], "content_span": [44, 542]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273538-0024-0001", "contents": "2017 WTA Finals, Qualified players, Singles\nAlong the way, she recorded her first victory over a current World No. 1 when she defeated Karol\u00edna Pl\u00ed\u0161kov\u00e1 in the quarterfinals. However, she could not manage a similar result in the final, losing to Elina Svitolina to mark her sixth straight loss in finals this season. She then lost in the quarterfinals of Cincinnati to Karol\u00edna Pl\u00ed\u0161kov\u00e1, before a surprise loss to Ekaterina Makarova ended her US Open campaign in the second round.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [17, 43], "content_span": [44, 480]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273538-0025-0000", "contents": "2017 WTA Finals, Qualified players, Singles\nWozniacki finally broke through in Tokyo, defeating Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova in the final to claim her first title of the season. However, this did not set up good results for the rest of the season, losing her opening match in Wuhan, falling to Petra Kvitov\u00e1 in the third round of Beijing and withdrawing before her second-round match in Hong Kong.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [17, 43], "content_span": [44, 393]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273538-0026-0000", "contents": "2017 WTA Finals, Qualified players, Singles\nJe\u013cena Ostapenko began her season in Auckland, where she retired during her semifinal match. At the Australian Open, she was ousted by Karol\u00edna Pl\u00ed\u0161kov\u00e1 in the third round. This was followed up with first-round exits in St. Petersburg and Dubai and a quarterfinal loss in Acapulco. Her form didn't improve much on the Sunshine swing either, losing to Dominika Cibulkov\u00e1 in the second round of Indian Wells and dropping her first-round match in Miami.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [17, 43], "content_span": [44, 494]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273538-0027-0000", "contents": "2017 WTA Finals, Qualified players, Singles\nOstapenko's form began to rise once she played on the clay courts of Charleston, losing in the final to Daria Kasatkina. She fell in the first round of Stuttgart to Coco Vandeweghe before reaching the semifinals in Prague. She had another first-round loss, this time in Rome to Garbi\u00f1e Muguruza. However, she swept through the French Open, clinching the title over Simona Halep to claim the first major of her career.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [17, 43], "content_span": [44, 461]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273538-0028-0000", "contents": "2017 WTA Finals, Qualified players, Singles\nOn the grass courts in Eastbourne, Ostapenko lost in the third round to Johanna Konta. She then progressed to the quarterfinals of Wimbledon, where she crashed out in quarterfinals after losing to Venus Williams. The American hard-court swing didn't bring much luck for her, losing her opening matches in both Toronto and Cincinnati. At the US Open, she lost in the third round to Daria Kasatkina. Ostapenko then won her second title of the year in Seoul, defeating Beatriz Haddad Maia in the final. Her quality results continued in Asia, reaching the semifinal stage in both Wuhan and Beijing, falling to Ashleigh Barty and Simona Halep respectively.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [17, 43], "content_span": [44, 695]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273538-0029-0000", "contents": "2017 WTA Finals, Qualified players, Singles\nCaroline Garcia opened her season at the Australian Open, where she fell in the third round to Barbora Str\u00fdcov\u00e1. She struggled in her next four tournaments, failing to get beyond the second round in Taipei, Doha, Dubai and Kuala Lumpur. From there, she reached the fourth round in Indian Wells, losing to Svetlana Kuznetsova and then was knocked out in her opening match in Miami by Peng Shuai. However, she rebounded to reach the semifinals of Monterrey.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [17, 43], "content_span": [44, 499]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273538-0030-0000", "contents": "2017 WTA Finals, Qualified players, Singles\nGarcia's clay court swing began slowly, falling in the first round of Madrid. She continued to progress deeper into her next couple of tournaments, losing in the second round and semifinals of Rome and Strasbourg respectively, both to Daria Gavrilova. She then reached the quarterfinals of the French Open before succumbing to Karol\u00edna Pl\u00ed\u0161kov\u00e1. Her grass court results were also solid, losing in the semifinals of Mallorca, and the fourth round of Wimbledon, where she was defeated by Johanna Konta.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [17, 43], "content_span": [44, 544]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273538-0031-0000", "contents": "2017 WTA Finals, Qualified players, Singles\nAfter a second-round exit in Gstaad, Garcia reached the semifinals of Bastad. She then progressed to the quarterfinals in Toronto, losing to Simona Halep. This was followed up by a first-round loss in Cincinnati before she was defeated by Petra Kvitov\u00e1 in the third round of the US Open. Garcia's Asian swing brought about very good results beginning with a quarterfinal loss to Garbi\u00f1e Muguruza in Tokyo. Shen then won back-to-back titles in Wuhan and Beijing, defeating Ashleigh Barty and Simona Halep in the respective finals.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [17, 43], "content_span": [44, 573]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273538-0032-0000", "contents": "2017 WTA Finals, Qualified players, Doubles\nChan Yung-jan and Martina Hingis have been playing together since 2017 Doha. Before that, Yung-jan mainly partnered with her sister Hao-Ching, and Hingis partnered with Sania Mirza, among others. They took their first joint title in Indian Wells. The duo also played well in the clay court season, taking the Madrid Open and defending the Italian Open. Their clay court winning streak ended in the final of the French Open. They continued their triumphant performance in the grass court season, winning two titles in a row (Mallorca and Eastbourne), but reaching the quarterfinals of Wimbledon.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [17, 43], "content_span": [44, 638]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273538-0032-0001", "contents": "2017 WTA Finals, Qualified players, Doubles\nThe duo triumphed in Cincinnati, after Hingis failed to do so with Mirza in the 2016 season. Following that, the duo won three major titles in a row, US Open, Wuhan Open and China Open, staying unbeaten to date. Hingis became the new No. 1 doubles player and Chan joined her at No.1 before the finals.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [17, 43], "content_span": [44, 345]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273538-0033-0000", "contents": "2017 WTA Finals, Qualified players, Doubles\nFor Yung-jan, it will be her fourth appearance at the Finals. For Hingis, it will be her eighth appearance, winning the title thrice.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [17, 43], "content_span": [44, 177]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273538-0034-0000", "contents": "2017 WTA Finals, Qualified players, Doubles\nEkaterina Makarova and Elena Vesnina started the new season by reaching the final in the Premier Brisbane tournament. They then won their second joint Premier 5 tournament in Dubai. The duo improved their results in Miami and Indian Wells as they reached the quarterfinals and the semifinals respectively. They reached their only clay court final in Rome. The Russian duo then won their third joint Grand Slam doubles title in Wimbledon, winning the final in a rare double bagel (6\u20130, 6\u20130).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [17, 43], "content_span": [44, 534]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273538-0034-0001", "contents": "2017 WTA Finals, Qualified players, Doubles\nFurthermore, they reduced the distance to the Super Slam as they will need to win the Australian Open to achieve that feat. They defended the title in the following Rogers Cup. In the Asian swing, the pair debuted at the Wuhan Open by reaching the quarterfinals, retiring in the first set, and they got into the semifinals of the China Open.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [17, 43], "content_span": [44, 385]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273538-0035-0000", "contents": "2017 WTA Finals, Qualified players, Doubles\nMakarova and Vesnina are the defending champions. For both players, it will be their third appearance in the Finals.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [17, 43], "content_span": [44, 160]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273538-0036-0000", "contents": "2017 WTA Finals, Qualified players, Doubles\nThe team of Ashleigh Barty and Casey Dellacqua was one of the most strongest in 2013, who was not far away from qualifying for the four-teams Tour Championships. Since 2015, Barty partnered with other players and played mainly in the ITF tour, while Dellacqua had some success with Yaroslava Shvedova in 2015, but had to withdraw from the WTA Finals as she incurred a concussion in Beijing. In 2017, the Australians reunited and played together throughout the season. Their first success came at the Australian Open, reaching the quarterfinals.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [17, 43], "content_span": [44, 588]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273538-0036-0001", "contents": "2017 WTA Finals, Qualified players, Doubles\nThey won their first joint tournament, the Malaysian Open, but played poorly in Indian Wells and Miami. They won a second International tournament, now in Strasbourg, followed by a final entry at the French Open, losing their fourth joint Grand Slam on four different tournaments. However, the duo played well in the grass court season, winning one tournament out of two, and reaching the quarterfinals of the Wimbledon Championships. In the US series, the duo reached another final, in New Haven. At season's end their best result came in Beijing where they reached the semifinals.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [17, 43], "content_span": [44, 626]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273538-0037-0000", "contents": "2017 WTA Finals, Qualified players, Doubles\nFor both players, it will be the debut appearance at the Finals.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [17, 43], "content_span": [44, 108]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273538-0038-0000", "contents": "2017 WTA Finals, Qualified players, Doubles\nAnna-Lena Gr\u00f6nefeld and Kv\u011bta Peschke regularly partnered together since 2012. Although Gr\u00f6nefeld did not have a steady partner before that, she could gain success with different partners. Peschke had a strong partnership with Katarina Srebotnik before that. In the 2017 season, the pair did not play well until May, when they won the International Prague Open, their only title this year. They had less success in the clay and grass court season, but they managed to reach the semifinals in Wimbledon. They also reached the final in the following Rogers Cup. In the late season, the German-Czech duo's best result was reaching the quarterfinals of the Wuhan Open.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [17, 43], "content_span": [44, 708]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273538-0039-0000", "contents": "2017 WTA Finals, Qualified players, Doubles\nThis is Gr\u00f6nefeld's first appearance at the Finals. For Peschke, it will be her seventh appearance at the Finals.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [17, 43], "content_span": [44, 157]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273538-0040-0000", "contents": "2017 WTA Finals, Qualified players, Doubles\nGabriela Dabrowski and Xu Yifan debuted as a team in Miami, surprisingly beating top players such as Makarova/Vesnina, Hlavackova/Peng and Mirza/Strycova on their way before claiming their first title. They won another title in New Haven, beating Barty/Dellacqua in the final. Their best Grand Slam performance came at the US Open, where they reached the quarterfinals. In the Asian swing, they had moderate success, reaching the quarterfinals in Wuhan and Beijing.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [17, 43], "content_span": [44, 509]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273538-0041-0000", "contents": "2017 WTA Finals, Qualified players, Doubles\nFor both players, it will be their debut appearance at the Finals.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [17, 43], "content_span": [44, 110]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273538-0042-0000", "contents": "2017 WTA Finals, Qualified players, Doubles\nAndreja Klepa\u010d and Mar\u00eda Jos\u00e9 Mart\u00ednez S\u00e1nchez paired together in the season's beginning. The duo played moderately in most tournaments. In Miami, the pair achieved its first notable success by beating Mattek-Sands/Safarova on their way to reach the quarterfinals. They improved somewhat in late summer, achieving one of their best results this year by fighting through the quarterfinals of the US Open. This was followed by a triumph at the Tokyo Pan Pacific Open and a quarterfinal entry at the China Open.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [17, 43], "content_span": [44, 552]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273538-0043-0000", "contents": "2017 WTA Finals, Qualified players, Doubles\nFor Klepa\u010d, it will be her debut at the Finals. Mart\u00ednez S\u00e1nchez once appeared in the Tour Championships and won it with Nuria Llagostera Vives in 2009.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [17, 43], "content_span": [44, 196]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273538-0044-0000", "contents": "2017 WTA Finals, Qualified players, Doubles\nKiki Bertens and Johanna Larsson have regularly partnered together since 2015. In the 2017 season, they claimed their first trophy in the ASB Classic. Overall, Bertens and Larsson were mainly successful in low rank tournaments, having won three more titles. Beside that, they reached the quarterfinals at the Mutua Madrid Open. They twice reached the 4th Round at the French Open and US Open.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [17, 43], "content_span": [44, 436]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273538-0045-0000", "contents": "2017 WTA Finals, Qualified players, Doubles\nFor both players, it will be their debut at the Finals.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [17, 43], "content_span": [44, 99]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273538-0046-0000", "contents": "2017 WTA Finals, Groupings, Singles\nThe 2017 edition of the year\u2013end finals will feature the current world No. 1, three major champions and three major finalists. The competitors were divided into two groups, representing the colors of the flag of Singapore.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [17, 35], "content_span": [36, 258]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273538-0047-0000", "contents": "2017 WTA Finals, Porsche Race to Singapore\nWTA players qualify for the WTA Finals by competing throughout the year in WTA tournaments throughout the world, as well as the four Grand Slam events. Players earn ranking points on the Porsche Race To Singapore leaderboard, and the top 7 singles players (and usually top 8) and top 8 doubles teams on this leaderboard at the conclusion of the year (as of the Monday following the final regular season tournament) earn the right to compete in the WTA Championships.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [17, 42], "content_span": [43, 509]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273538-0048-0000", "contents": "2017 WTA Finals, Porsche Race to Singapore\nFor singles, all results from that year count towards a player's ranking; for doubles, only the best 11 results for a team from that year count towards the team's ranking. The eighth spot in singles is not guaranteed a place in the finals as the WTA has some leeway per the WTA rules.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [17, 42], "content_span": [43, 327]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273538-0049-0000", "contents": "2017 WTA Finals, Porsche Race to Singapore, Singles\nPlayers in gold have qualified. Players in brown have withdrawn from consideration from playing the tournament.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [17, 51], "content_span": [52, 163]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273538-0050-0000", "contents": "2017 WTA Finals, Porsche Race to Singapore, Singles\n\u2020 The player's ranking at the time did not qualify her to play this event. Accordingly, the player's next best result is counted in its place.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [17, 51], "content_span": [52, 194]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273538-0051-0000", "contents": "2017 WTA Finals, Porsche Race to Singapore, Singles\n\u2021 The player was not a Top 20 player at the end of 2016 and therefore not required to count her two best Premier 5 results. Accordingly, the player's next best result is counted in its place.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [17, 51], "content_span": [52, 243]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273538-0052-0000", "contents": "2017 WTA Finals, Porsche Race to Singapore, Doubles\nTeams in gold have qualified. Teams in brown have withdrawn from consideration from playing the tournament even if they qualify. Teams in dark gold withdrew after qualifying. Teams in dark brown have one player that qualified separately with another partner, making the team ineligible to qualify.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [17, 51], "content_span": [52, 349]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273538-0053-0000", "contents": "2017 WTA Finals, Player head-to-head\nBelow are the head-to-head records as they approached the tournament.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [17, 36], "content_span": [37, 106]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273539-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 WTA Finals \u2013 Doubles\nEkaterina Makarova and Elena Vesnina were the defending champions, but lost in the semifinals to Kiki Bertens and Johanna Larsson.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [25, 25], "content_span": [26, 156]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273539-0001-0000", "contents": "2017 WTA Finals \u2013 Doubles\nT\u00edmea Babos and Andrea Hlav\u00e1\u010dkov\u00e1 won the title, defeating Bertens and Larsson in the final, 4\u20136, 6\u20134, [10\u20135].", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [25, 25], "content_span": [26, 136]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273540-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 WTA Finals \u2013 Singles\nDominika Cibulkov\u00e1 was the previous year's champion, but failed to qualify this year.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [25, 25], "content_span": [26, 111]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273540-0001-0000", "contents": "2017 WTA Finals \u2013 Singles\nCaroline Wozniacki won the title, snapping a seven-match losing streak to Venus Williams, beating her in the final in straight sets. Williams became the oldest player to reach the final of the event.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [25, 25], "content_span": [26, 225]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273540-0002-0000", "contents": "2017 WTA Finals \u2013 Singles\nThe top seven seeds all had the chance to attain the year-end WTA no. 1 singles ranking. Newly crowned World No. 1 Simona Halep secured the position after Karol\u00edna Pl\u00ed\u0161kov\u00e1 lost in the semifinals.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [25, 25], "content_span": [26, 223]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273540-0003-0000", "contents": "2017 WTA Finals \u2013 Singles\nCaroline Garcia, Je\u013cena Ostapenko and Elina Svitolina made their debuts in the event.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [25, 25], "content_span": [26, 111]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273540-0004-0000", "contents": "2017 WTA Finals \u2013 Singles, Draw, White Group\nStandings are determined by: 1) Number of wins; 2) Number of matches; 3) In two-player ties, head-to-head records; 4) In three-player ties, (a) percentage of sets won (head-to-head records if two players remain tied), then (b) percentage of games won (head-to-head records if two players remain tied), then (c) WTA rankings", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 44], "content_span": [45, 368]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273541-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 WTA Premier tournaments\nThe 2017 WTA Premier tournaments are 21 of the tennis tournaments on the 2017 WTA Tour. The WTA Tour is the elite tour for women's professional tennis. The WTA Premier tournaments are divided into three levels, which all rank below the Grand Slam events and above the WTA International tournaments.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [28, 28], "content_span": [29, 327]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273542-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 WTA Shenzhen Open\nThe 2017 Shenzhen Open (known as 2017 Shenzhen Gemdale Open for sponsorship reason) was a tennis tournament played on outdoor hard courts. It was the fifth edition of the Shenzhen Open, and part of the WTA International tournaments of the 2017 WTA Tour. It took place at the Shenzhen Longgang Sports Center in Shenzhen, China, from 1 to 7 January 2017.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [22, 22], "content_span": [23, 375]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273542-0001-0000", "contents": "2017 WTA Shenzhen Open, Points and prize money, Prize money\n1 Qualifiers prize money is also the Round of 32 prize money* per team", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 59], "content_span": [60, 130]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273542-0002-0000", "contents": "2017 WTA Shenzhen Open, Singles main draw entrants, Other entrants\nThe following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 66], "content_span": [67, 135]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273542-0003-0000", "contents": "2017 WTA Shenzhen Open, Doubles main draw entrants, Other entrants\nThe following pairs received wildcards into the doubles main draw:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 66], "content_span": [67, 133]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273543-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 WTA Shenzhen Open \u2013 Doubles\nVania King and Monica Niculescu were the defending champions, but King chose not to participate this year. Niculescu played alongside Simona Halep, but lost in the first round to Natela Dzalamidze and Veronika Kudermetova.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [32, 32], "content_span": [33, 255]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273543-0001-0000", "contents": "2017 WTA Shenzhen Open \u2013 Doubles\nAndrea Hlav\u00e1\u010dkov\u00e1 and Peng Shuai won the title, defeating Raluca Olaru and Olga Savchuk in the final, 6\u20131, 7\u20135.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [32, 32], "content_span": [33, 144]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273544-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 WTA Shenzhen Open \u2013 Singles\nAgnieszka Radwa\u0144ska was the defending champion, but lost in the quarterfinals to Alison Riske.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [32, 32], "content_span": [33, 127]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273544-0001-0000", "contents": "2017 WTA Shenzhen Open \u2013 Singles\nUnseeded Kate\u0159ina Siniakov\u00e1 won her first WTA singles title, defeating Riske in the final, 6\u20133, 6\u20134.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [32, 32], "content_span": [33, 133]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273545-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 WTA Tour\nThe 2017 WTA Tour was the elite professional tennis circuit organised by the Women's Tennis Association (WTA) for the 2017 tennis season. The 2017 WTA Tour calendar comprises the Grand Slam tournaments (supervised by the International Tennis Federation (ITF), the WTA Premier tournaments (Premier Mandatory, Premier 5, and regular Premier), the WTA International tournaments, the Fed Cup (organized by the ITF), the year-end championships (the WTA Tour Championships and the WTA Elite Trophy). Also included in the 2017 calendar is the Hopman Cup, which is organized by the ITF and does not distribute ranking points.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 13], "section_span": [13, 13], "content_span": [14, 631]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273545-0001-0000", "contents": "2017 WTA Tour, Schedule\nThis is the complete schedule of events on the 2017 calendar, with player progression documented from the quarterfinals stage.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 13], "section_span": [15, 23], "content_span": [24, 150]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273545-0002-0000", "contents": "2017 WTA Tour, Statistical information\nThese tables present the number of singles (S), doubles (D), and mixed doubles (X) titles won by each player and each nation during the season, within all the tournament categories of the 2017 WTA Tour: the Grand Slam tournaments, the year-end championships (the WTA Tour Championships and the Tournament of Champions), the WTA Premier tournaments (Premier Mandatory, Premier 5, and regular Premier), and the WTA International tournaments.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 13], "section_span": [15, 38], "content_span": [39, 478]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273545-0002-0001", "contents": "2017 WTA Tour, Statistical information\nThe players/nations are sorted by: 1) total number of titles (a doubles title won by two players representing the same nation counts as only one win for the nation); 2) cumulated importance of those titles (one Grand Slam win equalling two Premier Mandatory/Premier 5 wins, one year-end championships win equalling one-and-a-half Premier Mandatory/Premier 5 win, one Premier Mandatory/Premier 5 win equalling two Premier wins, one Premier win equalling two International wins); 3) a singles > doubles > mixed doubles hierarchy; 4) alphabetical order (by family names for players).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 13], "section_span": [15, 38], "content_span": [39, 619]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273545-0003-0000", "contents": "2017 WTA Tour, Statistical information, Titles information\nThe following players won their first main circuit title in singles, doubles, or mixed doubles:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 13], "section_span": [15, 58], "content_span": [59, 154]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273545-0004-0000", "contents": "2017 WTA Tour, Statistical information, Titles information\nThe following players defended a main circuit title in singles, doubles, or mixed doubles:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 13], "section_span": [15, 58], "content_span": [59, 149]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273545-0005-0000", "contents": "2017 WTA Tour, Statistical information, Top 10 entry\nThe following players entered the top 10 for the first time in their careers:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 13], "section_span": [15, 52], "content_span": [53, 130]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273545-0006-0000", "contents": "2017 WTA Tour, WTA Rankings\nThese are the WTA rankings of the top 20 singles players, doubles players, and the top 10 doubles teams on the WTA Tour, at the end of the 2017 season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 13], "section_span": [15, 27], "content_span": [28, 179]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273545-0007-0000", "contents": "2017 WTA Tour, Prize money leaders\nFor the first time since the 2001 season, at the age of 37, Venus Williams topped the money list with $5,468,741. The top-37 players earned over $1,000,000. Martina Hingis and Yung-Jan Chan each made over $1.4 million by playing exclusively in doubles tournaments. It was the 4th consecutive year that a player earned over $1,000,000 in doubles events.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 13], "section_span": [15, 34], "content_span": [35, 387]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273545-0008-0000", "contents": "2017 WTA Tour, Points distribution\nS = singles players, D = doubles teams, Q = qualification players. * Assumes undefeated Round Robin match record.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 13], "section_span": [15, 34], "content_span": [35, 148]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273545-0009-0000", "contents": "2017 WTA Tour, Retirements\nFollowing is a list of notable players (winners of a main tour title, and/or part of the WTA Rankings top 100 (singles) or (doubles) for at least one week) who announced their retirement from professional tennis, became inactive (after not playing for more than 52 weeks), or were permanently banned from playing, during the 2017 season:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 13], "section_span": [15, 26], "content_span": [27, 364]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273546-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 WWE Superstar Shake-up\nThe 2017 WWE Superstar Shake-up was the eleventh WWE draft \u2013 and the first to be rebranded as the Superstar Shake-up \u2013 produced by the American professional wrestling promotion WWE between the Raw and SmackDown brands. Instead of a traditional draft, changes between the brands were made behind the scenes, with moving wrestlers simply appearing on a brand's show or announced via WWE's website or social medias. It was a two-day event that took place on the April 10 and 11 episodes of Monday Night Raw and SmackDown Live, respectively, on the USA Network in the United States. Raw was broadcast from Uniondale, New York at the Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum, while SmackDown was broadcast from Boston, Massachusetts at TD Garden.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [27, 27], "content_span": [28, 762]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273546-0001-0000", "contents": "2017 WWE Superstar Shake-up, Background\nThe WWE Draft is an annual process used by the American professional wrestling promotion WWE while a brand extension, or brand split, is in effect. The original brand extension occurred from 2002 to 2011. During a brand extension, the company divides its roster into brands where the wrestlers exclusively perform for each brand's respective television show, and the draft is used to refresh the rosters of the brand divisions, typically between the Raw and SmackDown brands.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 39], "content_span": [40, 515]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273546-0002-0000", "contents": "2017 WWE Superstar Shake-up, Background\nIn mid-2016, WWE reintroduced the brand extension, dividing their main roster between the Raw and SmackDown brands, represented by the shows of the same name, with a commissioner and a general manager appointed for each brand. During the 2016 WWE draft in July, the commissioners and general managers drafted wrestlers to compete exclusively on their respective brands. The following year on the April 3, 2017 episode of Monday Night Raw, WWE Chairman and chief executive officer Vince McMahon announced another draft.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 39], "content_span": [40, 558]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273546-0002-0001", "contents": "2017 WWE Superstar Shake-up, Background\nThe 2017 draft was rebranded as the Superstar Shake-up and scheduled for the April 10 and April 11 episodes of Raw and SmackDown Live, respectively. For the 2017 Superstar Shake-up, instead of a traditional draft, the brands' commissioners and general managers made trades and other deals behind the scenes between their respective talent. During the 2016 draft, NXT wrestlers were eligible to be drafted, and although some NXT wrestlers debuted on Raw and SmackDown during the 2017 Shake-up, these were not considered part of the Shake-up.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 39], "content_span": [40, 580]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273546-0003-0000", "contents": "2017 WWE Superstar Shake-up, Selection, Raw\nThe following wrestlers and other personnel changed brands on the April 10 episode of Raw. The first and last two entries happened before and after the show, respectively.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 43], "content_span": [44, 215]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273546-0004-0000", "contents": "2017 WWE Superstar Shake-up, Selection, SmackDown\nThe following wrestlers changed brands on the April 11 episode of SmackDown. The first entry happened before the show.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 49], "content_span": [50, 168]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273546-0005-0000", "contents": "2017 WWE Superstar Shake-up, Reception\nWWE had explained that the general managers of Raw and SmackDown could make trades and deals amongst their talent. Adam Silverstein of CBS Sports commented on this, stating that there was no explanation on who was traded for who or what deals were made. Instead, the performers just appeared on the show and declared that they were now part of that brand.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 38], "content_span": [39, 394]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273546-0005-0001", "contents": "2017 WWE Superstar Shake-up, Reception\nSilverstein also commented on how there were matches that were scheduled for Payback, which was supposed to be a Raw-exclusive pay-per-view, but due to the shake-up, a couple of SmackDown wrestlers appeared there since their matches were scheduled prior to the shake-up. He said the feuds for those matches should have ended at WrestleMania 33. Silverstein said that WWE at least explained what would happen to the winner of the United States Championship match, something they did not do for the WWE Championship match. The reason for this was because Randy Orton and Bray Wyatt's match was a non-title match, which was not initially clear when the match was scheduled.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 38], "content_span": [39, 709]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273546-0006-0000", "contents": "2017 WWE Superstar Shake-up, Reception\nBrian Mazique of Forbes stated that the Superstar Shake-up felt like Major League Baseball's Winter Meetings, and that it added \"much-needed freshness after WrestleMania.\" Mazique also expressed excitement over potential feuds, such as Bray Wyatt and Finn B\u00e1lor on Raw and AJ Styles and Kevin Owens on SmackDown. Josh Barnett of Sports Weekly stated that the fate of SmackDown's tag team division was now up to The New Day, as the division had been foundering for quite some time.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 38], "content_span": [39, 519]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273546-0007-0000", "contents": "2017 WWE Superstar Shake-up, Reception\nThe April 10 episode of Raw garnered a rating of 2.35, which was down from the post-WrestleMania Raw of the previous week, which had a 2.62 rating. The April 10 broadcast averaged 3.429 million viewers, which was down from the 3.767 million average viewers of the previous week. The April 11 episode of SmackDown saw a rating of 2.14, which was up from 2.02 the previous week, and was SmackDown's highest rating since the brand split in July 2016. The April 11 broadcast had a total viewership of 3.1 million viewers.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 38], "content_span": [39, 556]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273546-0008-0000", "contents": "2017 WWE Superstar Shake-up, Aftermath\nDuring and following the events of the Superstar Shake-up on Raw, Braun Strowman injured new Raw member Kalisto after he had lost to him in a dumpster match. In the women's division, new Raw members Alexa Bliss and Mickie James participated in a fatal four-way match, which Alexa won to become the number one contender for the Raw Women's Championship at Payback; she subsequently defeated Bayley at the event and became the first woman to win both the Raw and SmackDown women's championships.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 38], "content_span": [39, 532]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273546-0008-0001", "contents": "2017 WWE Superstar Shake-up, Aftermath\nNew Raw members The Miz and Intercontinental Champion Dean Ambrose reignited their old feud from SmackDown over the title. Apollo Crews joined with Titus O'Neil and later Akira Tozawa, Curt Hawkins continued his role as a jobber, but claimed that everyone who defeats him becomes a star. Bray Wyatt ended his feud with Randy Orton at Payback and began a feud with Seth Rollins. Also, Dash Wilder of The Revival, who debuted along with his tag team partner Scott Dawson on the April 3 episode of Raw, suffered a jaw injury, which took him out for several weeks. NXT's Elias Samson debuted on the April 10 episode of Raw and later shortened his ring name to Elias.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 38], "content_span": [39, 701]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273546-0009-0000", "contents": "2017 WWE Superstar Shake-up, Aftermath\nOn SmackDown, AJ Styles defeated Baron Corbin and new SmackDown member Sami Zayn to become the number one contender for the United States Championship at Backlash. New SmackDown member Charlotte Flair became the number one contender for Naomi's SmackDown Women's Championship. Their title match ended in a no contest after both women were attacked by The Welcoming Committee (Natalya, Tamina, and Carmella with James Ellsworth); Charlotte subsequently turned face. The Shining Stars changed their ring name to The Col\u00f3ns and had a short feud with American Alpha.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 38], "content_span": [39, 601]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273546-0009-0001", "contents": "2017 WWE Superstar Shake-up, Aftermath\nJinder Mahal continued his mini-feud with Mojo Rawley from WrestleMania 33 and subsequently defeated Randy Orton for the WWE Championship at Backlash; he received help from the NXT's The Bollywood Boyz (renamed to The Singh Brothers, Sunil and Samir, respectively), who were promoted to SmackDown. At Payback, Chris Jericho defeated Kevin Owens for the United States Championship, subsequently moving Jericho to SmackDown. The New Day challenged The Usos for the SmackDown Tag Team Championship at Money in the Bank. For several weeks, Lana was promoted as \"coming soon\" in vignettes showcasing her in a new gimmick.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 38], "content_span": [39, 655]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273546-0009-0002", "contents": "2017 WWE Superstar Shake-up, Aftermath\nShe made her first official appearance for the brand on the June 6 episode of SmackDown and challenged Naomi for the SmackDown Women's Championship at Money in the Bank. Her husband Rusev appeared in WWE.com videos and demanded a WWE Championship match at Money in the Bank, but did not appear until the July 4 episode of SmackDown, when he confronted the returning John Cena, setting up a flag match at Battleground.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 38], "content_span": [39, 456]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273547-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 Waco Showdown\nThe 2017 Waco Showdown was a professional tennis tournament played on outdoor hard courts. It was the third edition of the tournament and was part of the 2017 ITF Women's Circuit. It took place in Waco, United States, on 6\u201312 November 2017.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [18, 18], "content_span": [19, 259]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273547-0001-0000", "contents": "2017 Waco Showdown, Singles main draw entrants, Other entrants\nThe following players received a wildcard into the singles main draw:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [20, 62], "content_span": [63, 132]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273548-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 Waco Showdown \u2013 Doubles\nMicha\u00eblla Krajicek and Taylor Townsend are the defending champions, however Krajicek chose to compete in Limoges instead.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [28, 28], "content_span": [29, 150]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273548-0001-0000", "contents": "2017 Waco Showdown \u2013 Doubles\nTownsend played alongside Jessica Pegula, but they lost in the final to Sofia Kenin and Anastasiya Komardina, 7\u20135, 5\u20137, [11\u20139].", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [28, 28], "content_span": [29, 156]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273549-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 Waco Showdown \u2013 Singles\nBeatriz Haddad Maia was the defending champion, but chose not to participate.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [28, 28], "content_span": [29, 106]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273549-0001-0000", "contents": "2017 Waco Showdown \u2013 Singles\nTaylor Townsend won the title, defeating Ajla Tomljanovi\u0107 in the final, 6\u20133, 2\u20136, 6\u20132.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [28, 28], "content_span": [29, 115]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273550-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 Wagner Seahawks football team\nThe 2017 Wagner Seahawks football team represented Wagner College in the 2017 NCAA Division I FCS football season as a member of the Northeast Conference (NEC). They were led by third-year head coach Jason Houghtaling and played their home games at Wagner College Stadium. Wagner finished the season 4\u20137 overall and 2\u20134 in NEC play to tie for fifth place.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [34, 34], "content_span": [35, 390]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273551-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 Wake Forest Demon Deacons baseball team\nThe 2017 Wake Forest Demon Deacons baseball team represented Wake Forest University during the 2017 NCAA Division I baseball season. The Demon Deacons play their home games at Gene Hooks Field at Wake Forest Baseball Park as a member of the Atlantic Coast Conference. They were led by head coach Tom Walter in his 8th season at Wake Forest.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [44, 44], "content_span": [45, 385]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273551-0001-0000", "contents": "2017 Wake Forest Demon Deacons baseball team\nAfter a successful regular season record and conference record in ACC play the Demon Deacons secured a spot in the NCAA Tournament as the eighth overall seed. Wake Forest advanced to the Super Regionals, unfortunately the Deacs would lose to the Florida Gators in Game 2 of the Gainesville Super Regional. Eight players from the team were selected in the 2017 MLB Draft, setting a school record.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [44, 44], "content_span": [45, 440]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273552-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 Wake Forest Demon Deacons football team\nThe 2017 Wake Forest Demon Deacons football team represented Wake Forest University during the 2017 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The team was led by fourth-year head coach Dave Clawson, and played their home games at BB&T Field. Wake Forest competed in the Atlantic Division of the Atlantic Coast Conference as they have since the league's inception in 1953. They finished the season 8\u20135, 4\u20134 in ACC play to finish in a three-way tie for third place in the Atlantic Division. They were invited to the Belk Bowl where they defeated Texas A&M.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [44, 44], "content_span": [45, 594]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273553-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 Wake Forest Demon Deacons men's soccer team\nThe 2017 Wake Forest Demon Deacons men's soccer team represents Wake Forest University during the 2017 NCAA Division I men's soccer season. It is the 71st season of the university fielding a program. It the program's third season with Bobby Muuss as head coach. The Demon Deacons play their home matches at Spry Stadium.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 48], "section_span": [48, 48], "content_span": [49, 369]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273553-0001-0000", "contents": "2017 Wake Forest Demon Deacons men's soccer team, Roster\nNote: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 48], "section_span": [50, 56], "content_span": [57, 185]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273553-0002-0000", "contents": "2017 Wake Forest Demon Deacons men's soccer team, Roster\nPrior to the season Wake Forest named the three captains shown above.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 48], "section_span": [50, 56], "content_span": [57, 126]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273553-0003-0000", "contents": "2017 Wake Forest Demon Deacons men's soccer team, MLS Draft\nThe following members of the 2017 Wake Forest Demon Deacons men's soccer team were selected in the 2018 MLS SuperDraft.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 48], "section_span": [50, 59], "content_span": [60, 179]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273554-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 Wales Rally GB\nThe 2017 Wales Rally (formally the 73. Dayinsure Wales Rally GB) was the 12th round of the 2017 World Rally Championship. The rally was being held over four days between 26 October and 29 October 2017, and was based in Deeside, United Kingdom. Britons Elfyn Evans and Daniel Barritt won the rally on their home soil, which marked their first success in the WRC.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [19, 19], "content_span": [20, 381]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273554-0001-0000", "contents": "2017 Wales Rally GB\nS\u00e9bastien Ogier and Julien Ingrassia finished the rally in third position which was enough to seal the drivers' title. M-Sport secured their first manufacturers' championship as a private team and its first since winning with Ford in 2007.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [19, 19], "content_span": [20, 259]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273554-0002-0000", "contents": "2017 Wales Rally GB, Classification, Power Stage\nThe Power Stage was a 6.43\u00a0km (4.0\u00a0mi) stage at the end of the rally.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 48], "content_span": [49, 118]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273555-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 Walker Cup\nThe 46th Walker Cup Match was played September 9 and 10, 2017 at the Los Angeles Country Club in Los Angeles, California. It was the second Walker Cup Match played in California, the previous occasion being in 1981 at Cypress Point Club. Great Britain and Ireland were the holders of the cup. The United States won the match 19 points to 7.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [15, 15], "content_span": [16, 356]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273555-0001-0000", "contents": "2017 Walker Cup, Format\nOn Saturday, there were four matches of foursomes in the morning and eight singles matches in the afternoon. On Sunday, there were again four matches of foursomes in the morning, followed by ten singles matches (involving every player) in the afternoon. In all, 26 matches were played.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [17, 23], "content_span": [24, 309]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273555-0002-0000", "contents": "2017 Walker Cup, Format\nEach of the 26 matches was worth one point in the larger team competition. If a match is all square after the 18th hole extra holes are not played. Rather, each side earns \u00bd a point toward their team total. The team that accumulates at least 13\u00bd points wins the competition. In the event of a tie, the previous winner retains the Cup.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [17, 23], "content_span": [24, 358]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273555-0003-0000", "contents": "2017 Walker Cup, Teams\nTen players for the USA and Great Britain & Ireland played in the event plus a non-playing captain for each team. Harry Ellis was an automatic selection for the Great Britain & Ireland team having won the 2017 Amateur Championship. The two teams were announced following the U.S. Amateur.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [17, 22], "content_span": [23, 311]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273555-0004-0000", "contents": "2017 Walker Cup, Teams\nNote: \"Rank\" is the World Amateur Golf Ranking as of the start of the Cup.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [17, 22], "content_span": [23, 97]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273555-0005-0000", "contents": "2017 Walker Cup, Teams\nCraig Watson was the original captain of the Great Britain and Ireland team but withdrew on August 30 because of a family illness.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [17, 22], "content_span": [23, 153]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273556-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 Walsh Cup\nThe 2017 Bord na M\u00f3na Walsh Cup was the 55th staging of the Walsh Cup since its establishment in 1954. Kilkenny won their 20th title after a 0-20 to 0-18 win against Galway in the final on 5 February.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 14], "section_span": [14, 14], "content_span": [15, 215]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273556-0001-0000", "contents": "2017 Walsh Cup, Format\n16 teams competed: 11 county teams from Leinster, Ulster and Connacht (Antrim, Carlow, Dublin, Galway, Kildare, Kilkenny, Laois, Meath, Offaly, Westmeath and Wexford) and five third-level colleges (DCU D\u00f3chas \u00c9ireann, DIT, IT Carlow, NUI Galway and UCD).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 14], "section_span": [16, 22], "content_span": [23, 277]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273556-0002-0000", "contents": "2017 Walsh Cup, Format\nThe teams are drawn into four groups of four teams. Each team plays the other teams in its group once, earning 2 points for a win and 1 for a draw.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 14], "section_span": [16, 22], "content_span": [23, 170]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273557-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 Waratah Cup\nThe 2017 Waratah Cup was the 15th season of Football NSW's knockout competition. The Preliminary Rounds are now a part of the FFA Cup competition. The 5 winners from the FFA Cup preliminary Seventh Round qualified for the Waratah Cup, as well as the reigning National Premier Leagues champion (Sydney United 58).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [16, 16], "content_span": [17, 329]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273557-0001-0000", "contents": "2017 Waratah Cup\nThe Cup was won by Hakoah Sydney City East, their 7th title.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [16, 16], "content_span": [17, 77]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273557-0002-0000", "contents": "2017 Waratah Cup, Preliminary rounds\nNew South Wales clubs, other than Northern NSW and A-League clubs, participate in the FFA Cup via the preliminary rounds. The competition is for all Senior Men's teams of the National Premier Leagues NSW, NPL 2, NPL 3, NSW State League, as well as Association teams which applied to participate.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [18, 36], "content_span": [37, 332]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273557-0003-0000", "contents": "2017 Waratah Cup, Preliminary rounds\nA total of 148 clubs entered into the competition, and the five qualifiers that joined Sydney United in the final rounds were:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [18, 36], "content_span": [37, 163]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273557-0004-0000", "contents": "2017 Waratah Cup, Playoff round\nFour of the qualifiers played-off to reduce the remaining teams to 4, while APIA Leichhardt Tigers and Hakoah Sydney City East received a Bye until the semi-finals.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [18, 31], "content_span": [32, 196]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273557-0005-0000", "contents": "2017 Waratah Cup, Semi finals\nA total of 4 teams took part in this stage of the competition.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [18, 29], "content_span": [30, 92]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273558-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 Warrington Wolves season\nThis article details the Warrington Wolves Rugby League Football Club's 2017 season. This is the Wolves' 22nd consecutive season in the Super League.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [29, 29], "content_span": [30, 179]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273559-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 Warriors FC season\nThe 2017 season is Warriors' 22nd consecutive season in the top flight of Singapore football and in the S.League. Along with the S.League, the club will also compete in the Prime League, the Singapore Cup and the Singapore League Cup.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [23, 23], "content_span": [24, 258]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273560-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 Warwickshire County Council election\nThe 2017 Warwickshire County Council election took place as part of the 2017 local elections in the UK. All 57 councillors were elected for single-member electoral divisions for a four-year term. The voting system used was first-past-the-post.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [41, 41], "content_span": [42, 285]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273560-0001-0000", "contents": "2017 Warwickshire County Council election\nBoundary changes took effect at this election after a review by the Local Government Boundary Commission for England.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [41, 41], "content_span": [42, 159]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273560-0002-0000", "contents": "2017 Warwickshire County Council election\nThe result was Conservative councillors formed a majority of 15 on the council which had been three seats short of any single political grouping's control before the election. The second-largest party became ten councillors of the Labour Party and the balance of the council became formed by seven Liberal Democrats.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [41, 41], "content_span": [42, 358]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273561-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 Washington Huskies football team\nThe 2017 Washington Huskies football team represented the University of Washington during the 2017 NCAA Division I FBS football season. Chris Petersen led the team in his fourth season as head coach. Washington competed as a member of the North Division of the Pac-12 Conference and played their home games on campus at Husky Stadium in Seattle. They finished the season 10\u20133, 7\u20132 in Pac-12 play to win a share of the North Division title with Stanford. Due to their head-to-head loss to Stanford, they did not represent the North Division in the Pac-12 Championship Game. They were invited to the Fiesta Bowl where they lost to Penn State.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [37, 37], "content_span": [38, 678]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273561-0001-0000", "contents": "2017 Washington Huskies football team, NFL Scouting Combine\nSeven members of the 2017 team were invited to participate in drills at the 2018 NFL Scouting Combine held between February 27 and March 5, 2018 at Lucas Oil Stadium in Indianapolis, Indiana.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 59], "content_span": [60, 251]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273561-0002-0000", "contents": "2017 Washington Huskies football team, NFL Draft\nThe 2018 NFL Draft was held at AT&T Stadium in Arlington, Texas on April 26 through April 28, 2018. The following Washington players were either selected or signed as undrafted free agents following the draft.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 48], "content_span": [49, 258]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273562-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 Washington Kastles season\nThe 2017 Washington Kastles season will be the tenth season of the franchise in World TeamTennis (WTT).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [30, 30], "content_span": [31, 134]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273562-0001-0000", "contents": "2017 Washington Kastles season, Season recap, Drafts\nAt the WTT Marquee Player Draft on February 16, 2017, the Kastles protected Martina Hingis, Venus Williams and Bob and Mike Bryan. Mardy Fish was left unprotected and was drafted by the New York Empire with the first pick of the third round.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 52], "content_span": [53, 294]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273562-0002-0000", "contents": "2017 Washington Kastles season, Draft picks\nAfter finishing third in WTT in 2016, the Kastles selected fourth in each round of WTT's drafts.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 43], "content_span": [44, 140]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273562-0003-0000", "contents": "2017 Washington Kastles season, Draft picks, Marquee Player Draft\nWTT conducted its 2017 Marquee Player Draft in New York City on February 16. The selections made by the Kastles are shown in the table below.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 65], "content_span": [66, 207]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273563-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 Washington Mystics season\nThe 2017 WNBA season for the Washington Mystics of the Women's National Basketball Association is scheduled to begin May 13, 2017. The Mystics got off to a strong start, posting a 10\u20135 record in May and June. After a 4\u20134 July, the Mystics struggled to finish out the season. A 4\u20136 finish saw them place third in the Eastern Conference, and earn the 6th overall seed in the playoffs. Strong performances from star players allowed the Mystics to win in the First Round over the Dallas Wings and in the Second Round over the New York Liberty. In the Semifinals, the Mystics were swept by the Minnesota Lynx 0\u20133.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [30, 30], "content_span": [31, 639]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273563-0001-0000", "contents": "2017 Washington Mystics season\nThe Mystics became the first Washington-based professional sports team to reach the semifinal stage of playoffs since they themselves did so in 2002. They and the NHL's Washington Capitals reaching the Finals in 1998 were the only instances of a Washington-based team reaching the semifinals since the Redskins' 1991 Super Bowl.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [30, 30], "content_span": [31, 360]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273564-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 Washington Nationals season\nThe 2017 Washington Nationals season was the Nationals' 13th season as the baseball franchise of Major League Baseball in the District of Columbia, the 10th season at Nationals Park, and the 49th since the original team was started in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. They won the National League East division title for the fourth time in six years but were defeated by the Chicago Cubs in the Division Series.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [32, 32], "content_span": [33, 437]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273564-0001-0000", "contents": "2017 Washington Nationals season, Offseason, Team news\nThe Washington Nationals announced in October 2016 that their entire coaching staff would return for the 2017 season, led by manager Dusty Baker.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 54], "content_span": [55, 200]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273564-0002-0000", "contents": "2017 Washington Nationals season, Offseason, Team news\nThe team lost several players to free agency after the 2016 season, including right-handed relief pitcher Matt Belisle, left-handed reliever Sean Burnett, infielder Stephen Drew, outfielder Chris Heisey, right-handed pitcher Mat Latos, closer Mark Melancon, catcher Wilson Ramos, and left-handed reliever Marc Rzepczynski. Additionally, the Nationals chose not to exercise their 2017 option on right-handed pitcher Yusmeiro Petit, who also became a free agent, and injured right-handed reliever Aaron Barrett declined an outright assignment to the minors and elected free agency as well. The team did not extend a qualifying offer to any of its free agents.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 54], "content_span": [55, 712]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273564-0002-0001", "contents": "2017 Washington Nationals season, Offseason, Team news\nRamos was considered a likely candidate for a qualifying offer, but due to an injury late in the 2016 season expected to sideline him for part of the 2017 season, he did not receive one; he ultimately signed a two-year deal with the Tampa Bay Rays. Outfielder Ben Revere was eligible for arbitration, but after an injury-plagued and offensively dismal season, he was not tendered a new contract and became a free agent; he later signed a one-year deal with the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim for less than he was due to earn through the arbitration process.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 54], "content_span": [55, 611]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273564-0002-0002", "contents": "2017 Washington Nationals season, Offseason, Team news\nThe Nationals extended one-year contracts for the 2017 season to all of their other arbitration-eligible players: shortstop Danny Espinosa (who ended up being traded before arbitration to the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim), right fielder Bryce Harper, catcher Jose Lobaton, third baseman Anthony Rendon, and right-handed pitcher Tanner Roark. Heisey and Drew both signed new one-year contracts with the Nationals as well.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 54], "content_span": [55, 476]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273564-0003-0000", "contents": "2017 Washington Nationals season, Offseason, Team news\nAt various times during the off-season, the Nationals were linked in trade talks to the Chicago White Sox for left-handed starting pitcher Chris Sale (ultimately traded to the Boston Red Sox) and right-handed reliever David Robertson, the Pittsburgh Pirates for center fielder Andrew McCutchen, the Tampa Bay Rays for left-handed reliever \u00c1lex Colom\u00e9, and the Minnesota Twins for second baseman Brian Dozier, among other players.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 54], "content_span": [55, 484]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273564-0003-0001", "contents": "2017 Washington Nationals season, Offseason, Team news\nThe Nationals also reportedly made an attempt to re-sign Melancon, who instead signed with the San Francisco Giants, and to sign right-handed reliever Kenley Jansen, a free agent who ended up returning to the Los Angeles Dodgers. They also were reported to have interest in other free agents, including right-handed pitchers Tyson Ross (ultimately signed by the Texas Rangers), Greg Holland (ultimately signed by the Colorado Rockies), and Sergio Romo (ultimately signed by the Dodgers).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 54], "content_span": [55, 542]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273564-0004-0000", "contents": "2017 Washington Nationals season, Offseason, Team news\nThe Nationals made one major trade during the off-season, dealing top pitching prospects Lucas Giolito and Reynaldo L\u00f3pez and 2016 first-round draft pick Dane Dunning to the White Sox for Adam Eaton, an outfielder with team control through the 2021 season. The Washington Post reported after the trade that the Nationals had become pessimistic after observing Giolito in 2016, including his first major league appearances, that the consensus top right-handed pitching prospect in baseball would end up developing as they had originally expected.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 54], "content_span": [55, 600]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273564-0004-0001", "contents": "2017 Washington Nationals season, Offseason, Team news\nIn trading Espinosa, who was reportedly unhappy about Eaton's acquisition as it was expected to mean center fielder Trea Turner would become the 2017 starting shortstop, the Nationals acquired pitching prospects Austin L. Adams and Kyle McGowin from the Angels. Two other minor trades during the off-season sent lower-ranked prospects to the San Diego Padres and Tampa Bay Rays for catcher and former Nationals top prospect Derek Norris and left-handed relief pitcher Enny Romero, respectively. Norris was ultimately released during spring training after the Nationals signed catcher Matt Wieters out of free agency.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 54], "content_span": [55, 671]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273564-0005-0000", "contents": "2017 Washington Nationals season, Offseason, Spring training\nFor 2017, the Nationals moved to a new spring training facility at The Ballpark of the Palm Beaches, in West Palm Beach, Florida, which they share with the Houston Astros. Projected to cost US$135 million, the construction of the ballpark and training facilities actually cost US$150 million. The new facility provided each team with two major-league-size practice fields, four-minor-league-size practice fields, an agility field, a half field, batting cages, and pitching mounds, and centered around a new baseball stadium with 6,400 ticketed seats and 1,250 berm seats. The move from their former spring training home, Space Coast Stadium in Viera, Florida, placed the Nationals far closer to other teams during spring training, facilitating travel for spring training games.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 60], "content_span": [61, 838]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273564-0006-0000", "contents": "2017 Washington Nationals season, Offseason, Spring training\nConstruction of the new facility was rushed so that it could be completed in 16 months. Nationals pitchers and catchers officially reported for spring training at the new facility on February 14, followed by the rest of the players on February 17. Construction was not yet complete, but the Nationals were able to prioritize the parts of the facilities most important to spring training so that it met their needs by the reporting dates.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 60], "content_span": [61, 498]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273564-0007-0000", "contents": "2017 Washington Nationals season, Offseason, Spring training\nWashington began its schedule of spring training games on February 25 with three straight road games. With construction crews still putting the finishing touches on the stadium during the morning, the Nationals and Astros opened the Ballpark of the Palm Beaches with their first game there on February 28, with the Nationals playing as the home team at the shared facility. Commissioner of Baseball Rob Manfred cut a ceremonial ribbon, and a helicopter flyover took place during the opening ceremonies.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 60], "content_span": [61, 563]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273564-0007-0001", "contents": "2017 Washington Nationals season, Offseason, Spring training\nBefore a crowd of 5,897, Nationals non-roster invitee Jeremy Guthrie threw the first pitch at 1:07\u00a0p.m. EST, to Astros first baseman Marwin Gonz\u00e1lez, whom he eventually struck out. In the bottom of the first inning, second baseman Daniel Murphy doubled for the first hit in the ballpark's history, and a few minutes later scored its first run when right fielder Bryce Harper doubled to drive him home.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 60], "content_span": [61, 462]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273564-0007-0002", "contents": "2017 Washington Nationals season, Offseason, Spring training\nIn the top of the fourth inning, Astros designated hitter Carlos Beltr\u00e1n hit the stadium's first home run, and catcher Derek Norris hit the first Nationals home run in the park's history in the bottom of the fourth. With two outs in the bottom of the ninth, outfielder Michael A. Taylor hit a walk-off solo home run to give the Nationals a 4\u20133 victory in their first game at their new spring training home.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 60], "content_span": [61, 467]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273564-0008-0000", "contents": "2017 Washington Nationals season, Offseason, Spring training\nThe facility's name changed the following season, becoming FITTEAM Ballpark of the Palm Beaches after the Astros and Nationals signed a 12-year deal for the naming rights to the stadium on February 16, 2018, with FITTEAM, an event brand partnership and organic products firm in Palm Beach Gardens, Florida.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 60], "content_span": [61, 367]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273564-0009-0000", "contents": "2017 Washington Nationals season, Offseason, Spring training, World Baseball Classic\nEight Nationals, including five participants in major league camp, were granted leave from spring training to participate in the 2017 World Baseball Classic.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 84], "content_span": [85, 242]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273564-0009-0001", "contents": "2017 Washington Nationals season, Offseason, Spring training, World Baseball Classic\nStarting pitcher Tanner Roark and second baseman Daniel Murphy played for Team USA, reliever Enny Romero played for Team Dominican Republic (eliminated in the second round), reliever \u00d3liver P\u00e9rez played for Team Mexico (eliminated in the first round), minor league catcher Nick Rickles and minor league reliever R.C. Orlan played for Team Israel (eliminated in the first round), and minor league catcher Jhonatan Solano and minor league infielder Adri\u00e1n S\u00e1nchez played for Team Colombia (eliminated in the first round).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 84], "content_span": [85, 604]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273564-0009-0002", "contents": "2017 Washington Nationals season, Offseason, Spring training, World Baseball Classic\nReliever Rafael Martin was slated to be available for Mexico if it reached the second round, but due to a controversial scoring decision, it failed to do so. Catcher Spencer Kieboom was listed on the preliminary roster for Team Netherlands but was left off the final announced roster for the World Baseball Classic. Starting pitcher Max Scherzer was originally expected to play for the United States in the tournament, but he withdrew after announcing a stress fracture in the ring finger of his right hand in January.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 84], "content_span": [85, 603]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273564-0010-0000", "contents": "2017 Washington Nationals season, Offseason, Spring training, World Baseball Classic\nTeam USA won the tournament, with Roark turning in a strong four-inning start in the semifinal against Japan. Murphy received only two starts and six at-bats during the tournament, to the frustration of Nationals manager Dusty Baker, who said he thought it was \"hurting\" both his players to spend most of their time during the World Baseball Classic on the bench. Of Murphy, he said, \"How are you going to get your stuff together when you're not playing?\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 84], "content_span": [85, 540]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273564-0011-0000", "contents": "2017 Washington Nationals season, Offseason, Spring training, World Baseball Classic\nRoark had not planned to stay for the entire tournament, but he elected to stay on the roster in order to make a promised start in the championship round. He told The Washington Post, \"Fortunately, it was all three rounds to win the gold, which is amazing to be a part of.\" Murphy said he spent his time on the team drilling and talking with USA teammates Ian Kinsler and Paul Goldschmidt about fielding and hitting.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 84], "content_span": [85, 501]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273564-0012-0000", "contents": "2017 Washington Nationals season, Regular season, Opening Day, Opening Day lineup\nThe Nationals began their 2017 season at home against the division rival Miami Marlins. Marlins starter Edinson V\u00f3lquez pitched effectively, making heavy use of his changeup to bamboozle Nationals hitters and working out of jams in the first and fourth innings. He gave up four hits and a walk and allowed no runs while striking out six, but he left the game after five innings.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 81], "content_span": [82, 460]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273564-0012-0001", "contents": "2017 Washington Nationals season, Regular season, Opening Day, Opening Day lineup\nStephen Strasburg was efficient as the Opening Day starter for the Nationals, but the Marlins took the lead in the top of the fourth inning, with right fielder Giancarlo Stanton driving in catcher J. T. Realmuto with a double and then scoring on a single by Marcell Ozuna.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 81], "content_span": [82, 354]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273564-0012-0002", "contents": "2017 Washington Nationals season, Regular season, Opening Day, Opening Day lineup\nThe lead was cut in half as Nationals right fielder Bryce Harper hit his fifth career Opening Day home run to right field off Marlins reliever David Phelps in the sixth inning with no one on base, and then Phelps gave up the lead entirely in the bottom of the seventh inning, as pinch-hitter Adam Lind homered to center field after a two-out single by catcher Matt Wieters\u2014both players new additions to the Nationals who signed late in the off-season, with Lind making his first plate appearance with Washington.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 81], "content_span": [82, 594]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273564-0013-0000", "contents": "2017 Washington Nationals season, Regular season, Opening Day, Opening Day lineup\nNationals second baseman Daniel Murphy made the score 4\u20132 with an RBI single in the eighth off Marlins reliever Junichi Tazawa, in Tazawa's first appearance for Miami, but another new Marlin, submariner Brad Ziegler, worked out of a bases-loaded, no-outs jam without letting in another run, striking out left fielder Jayson Werth and inducing third baseman Stephen Drew to ground into a double play, Drew's second of the game.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 81], "content_span": [82, 508]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273564-0013-0001", "contents": "2017 Washington Nationals season, Regular season, Opening Day, Opening Day lineup\nBlake Treinen, named the Nationals' new closer two days before Opening Day, came on for a save situation in the top of the ninth inning and retired the Marlins in order on a popout and two strikeouts, earning his second career save. Strasburg collected the win and Phelps was collared with the loss.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 81], "content_span": [82, 381]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273564-0014-0000", "contents": "2017 Washington Nationals season, Regular season, Opening Day, Opening Day lineup\nTwo players who had originally been expected to make their season debuts on Opening Day for the Nationals sat out the game: starting pitcher Max Scherzer, who had pitched on Opening Day for Washington in 2015 and 2016, was moved back in the rotation after getting a late start to spring training due to a fractured knuckle, and regular third baseman Anthony Rendon was held out with a calf contusion he suffered during the last week of spring training.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 81], "content_span": [82, 534]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273564-0015-0000", "contents": "2017 Washington Nationals season, Regular season, April\nThe Nationals started their season by taking two out of three in a series at home against the Miami Marlins, a division rival in the National League East. The team began their 2017 campaign with an unusual roster configuration of 14 position players and 11 pitchers, but they reverted to a more typical 13-and-12 split by purchasing the contract of right-handed pitcher Jeremy Guthrie for a start on April 8 at Citizens Bank Park against the rival Philadelphia Phillies and optioning outfielder Michael A. Taylor to Class-AAA Syracuse of the International League.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 55], "content_span": [56, 619]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273564-0015-0001", "contents": "2017 Washington Nationals season, Regular season, April\nAfter Guthrie gave up 10 earned runs and got just two outs \u2014 statistically the worst start in Montreal\u2013Washington franchise history, and only the fourth time in the past 100 years a pitcher had allowed double-digit earned runs without recording at least three outs \u2014 en route to a 17\u20133 loss, the spot starter was designated for assignment the next morning, and the Nationals selected the contract of minor league reliever Matt Albers.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 55], "content_span": [56, 490]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273564-0016-0000", "contents": "2017 Washington Nationals season, Regular season, April\nBoth the Nationals' starting shortstop, Trea Turner, and his primary backup, Stephen Drew, were placed on the 10-day disabled list with strained hamstrings within days of one another. The team recalled Taylor on April 10 and purchased the contract of utility infielder Grant Green on April 12, making Green the third non-roster invitee to the Nationals' spring training in West Palm Beach (after Guthrie, who was removed from the roster after less than 24 hours, and Albers) added to the roster during the month.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 55], "content_span": [56, 568]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273564-0016-0001", "contents": "2017 Washington Nationals season, Regular season, April\nTurner was activated on April 21 for a game against the division rival New York Mets, and Green was designated for assignment; in his return, as a pinch-hitter, Turner had the game-winning RBI in a 4\u20133 victory when he took a bases-loaded walk in the 11th inning.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 55], "content_span": [56, 318]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273564-0016-0002", "contents": "2017 Washington Nationals season, Regular season, April\nOn the pitching side of the ledger, left-handed reliever Sammy Solis was placed on the disabled list with elbow inflammation on April 19, and the Nationals called up Joe Ross to start against the division rival Atlanta Braves; Washington won that game 14\u20134 on the back of two grand slams, struck by right fielder Bryce Harper and first baseman Ryan Zimmerman, in a 20-hit effort and Ross earned the win.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 55], "content_span": [56, 459]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273564-0017-0000", "contents": "2017 Washington Nationals season, Regular season, April\nThe struggles of newly minted closer Blake Treinen in the ninth inning prompted manager Dusty Baker to announce on April 19 that closing duties would be shared between relievers Shawn Kelley and Koda Glover. Baker said concerns about Kelley's resiliency, due to a twice-repaired elbow, and Glover's lack of experience, as a rookie without a career save, kept the team from giving either one the sole job of closer. Glover earned his first career save on April 22, coming into the ninth inning with two outs and retiring the only batter he faced. However, he landed on the disabled list with a left hip impingement on April 26, and left-handed reliever Matt Grace was recalled.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 55], "content_span": [56, 732]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273564-0018-0000", "contents": "2017 Washington Nationals season, Regular season, April\nThe Nationals placed starter Stephen Strasburg on the paternity list on April 24, with the right-hander anticipating the birth of his second child, and made Jacob Turner the fourth spring training non-roster invitee (after Guthrie, Albers, and Green) to crack the team's active roster in the month of April. Turner, a right-handed pitcher whose contract was selected from Class-AAA Syracuse, was given the opportunity to start against the Colorado Rockies in the first of a four-game set at Coors Field.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 55], "content_span": [56, 559]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273564-0018-0001", "contents": "2017 Washington Nationals season, Regular season, April\nAlthough Turner supplied a quality start, giving up three earned runs over six innings, and left the game with a lead, the Rockies scored five unanswered runs off the Nationals' bullpen for an 8\u20134 finish. The game ended up being the only one the Nationals lost on their 10-game roadtrip, with their 9\u20131 run through series visiting the Braves, Mets, and Rockies standing as the best such mark in team history.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 55], "content_span": [56, 464]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273564-0018-0002", "contents": "2017 Washington Nationals season, Regular season, April\nOn April 25, Trea Turner hit for the cycle for the first time in his career, cracking a two-run home run off Rockies reliever Jordan Lyles in the sixth inning and rounding out his four-hit night with a bases-clearing triple in the seventh inning as the Nationals won a high-scoring 15\u201312 contest. In an emphatic finish to the trip, on April 27, the Nationals defeated the Rockies 16\u20135, with the winning margin of 11 runs being supplied entirely in the seventh inning \u2014 the most runs the Montreal\u2013Washington franchise had scored in an inning in almost 20 years. Strasburg was also reactivated on April 27 and Grace was optioned back to Class-AAA Syracuse, with Jacob Turner reassigned to the bullpen after his spot start.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 55], "content_span": [56, 776]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273564-0019-0000", "contents": "2017 Washington Nationals season, Regular season, April\nThe team suffered a serious blow when center fielder Adam Eaton, acquired in the off-season in a trade with the Chicago White Sox, stepped awkwardly on first base beating out an infield single in the ninth inning at Nationals Park against the Mets on April 28. Eaton had to be carried off the field, and an MRI showed he had torn his anterior cruciate ligament and knee meniscus and sprained his ankle. The injuries were expected to rule him out for the season, although Eaton said he would work as hard as he could to return in time for the playoffs. The Nationals called up outfielder Rafael Bautista to replace Eaton on the active roster.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 55], "content_span": [56, 697]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273564-0020-0000", "contents": "2017 Washington Nationals season, Regular season, April\nDespite losing Eaton and dropping the first two games of the three-game series against the Mets, the Nationals capped the month with a historic performance against their New York rivals on April 30, scoring in every inning but the second and winning 23\u20135 \u2014 the first time an MLB team had scored 23 or more runs in a game in nearly 10 years \u2014 and benefiting from a stellar performance from third baseman Anthony Rendon.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 55], "content_span": [56, 474]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273564-0020-0001", "contents": "2017 Washington Nationals season, Regular season, April\nRendon had never had more than four RBIs in a game before, and during his 95 plate appearances of the season prior to April 30 had not a hit a home run and had driven in only five runs, but on April 30 he set a Montreal-Washington franchise record for runs batted in in a single game with 10, hitting three home runs and a three-run double while going 6-for-6 and scoring five runs.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 55], "content_span": [56, 438]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273564-0020-0002", "contents": "2017 Washington Nationals season, Regular season, April\nRendon became one of only six Major League Baseball players to go 6-for-6 and hit three home runs in a game, only the second player in history to do it while also driving in at least 10 runs, and only the 13th player in history with at least 10 RBIs in a game. He also became only the fifth Nationals player to hit three home runs in agame, joining Adam Dunn, Bryce Harper, Alfonso Soriano, and Ryan Zimmerman.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 55], "content_span": [56, 466]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273564-0020-0003", "contents": "2017 Washington Nationals season, Regular season, April\nBautista also made his major league debut in the game, batting twice against Kevin Plawecki, a catcher making his first-ever major league appearance as a pitcher, and going 0-for-2. Plawecki pitched two innings for the Mets, retiring the side in order in the seventh inning before giving up four runs in the eighth inning, allowing solo home runs by Harper and Rendon and a two-run pinch-hit home run by Adam Lind. The game's 23 runs and seven home runs were both Nationals records, and the Nationals tied the single-game club record for hits with 23.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 55], "content_span": [56, 607]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273564-0020-0004", "contents": "2017 Washington Nationals season, Regular season, April\n(Coincidentally, on the same day as the Nationals' 23\u20135 win, the team's Class-A Full Season affiliate, the Hagerstown Suns, also won by 18 runs as they defeated the Lexington Legends 22\u20134. Like Rendon for Washington, top Nationals infield prospect Carter Kieboom hit three home runs for Hagerstown in that game. The Suns set a South Atlantic League record with 30 hits in the game.)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 55], "content_span": [56, 438]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273564-0021-0000", "contents": "2017 Washington Nationals season, Regular season, April\nOvercoming their injuries, the Nationals wrapped up April with a 17\u20138 record, the best in the major leagues, and finished the month five games ahead of both the Marlins and the Phillies in the National League East. The Nationals became the first team in MLB history to score at least 14 runs in a game five times in April. They scored 170 runs, a club record for a calendar month and 31 more runs than the next-best team, the Arizona Diamondbacks, even though the Diamondbacks played one more game.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 55], "content_span": [56, 554]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273564-0021-0001", "contents": "2017 Washington Nationals season, Regular season, April\nThe Nationals averaged an MLB-high 6.8 runs per game during April, 1.2 runs per game better than any other team, and finished the month leading MLB in hits (with 265), walks (with 102), team on-base percentage (at .369), team slugging percentage (at .510), and doubles (with 58), and second in MLB in home runs with 45.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 55], "content_span": [56, 376]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273564-0022-0000", "contents": "2017 Washington Nationals season, Regular season, April\nIn his 90 plate appearances during April, Zimmerman set a new Nationals record for runs batted in during a month with 29, and he finished April leading the MLB in several categories. Zimmerman was announced on May 1 as National League player of the week for the last week of April, during which he played and hit safely in all six games, had two or more hits in four of them, and drove in more than one run in five games.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 55], "content_span": [56, 477]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273564-0022-0001", "contents": "2017 Washington Nationals season, Regular season, April\nDuring the week, he batted .500 (13-for-26), and had two doubles, five home runs, and 13 RBIs and scored 11 runs. He hit safely in each of them, had at least two hits in four, and drove in multiple runs in five. It was his fourth National League player of the week award and first since July 2012. On May 3, he was named National League Player of the Month for April, the first time he had received the award.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 55], "content_span": [56, 465]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273564-0022-0002", "contents": "2017 Washington Nationals season, Regular season, April\nIt was the seventh time a Nationals player had won the award, and the fourth time a National had received the award in the last seven times it had been awarded. Meanwhile, Harper set an MLB record for the most runs scored in April with 32. He finished the month leading the MLB in on-base percentage at .509.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 55], "content_span": [56, 364]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273564-0023-0000", "contents": "2017 Washington Nationals season, Regular season, April\nDespite the team's winning ways in April, the bullpen was a source of problems all month, with its combined 5.70 ERA ranking as the highest in the National League during April. Nationals relievers pitched in all 25 games in April and gave up runs in 19 of them.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 55], "content_span": [56, 317]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273564-0023-0001", "contents": "2017 Washington Nationals season, Regular season, April\nAlthough Nationals relievers issued a National League-lowest 2.93 walks per nine innings and threw a higher percentage of their pitches in the strike zone than any other MLB bullpen by a full two percentage points, they also threw the fourth-lowest number of first-pitch strikes among MLB bullpens, suggesting problems with command in the strike zone. Much of the bullpen's struggles came from relievers giving up 1.86 home runs per nine innings, a rate one full home run higher than the previous season's.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 55], "content_span": [56, 562]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273564-0024-0000", "contents": "2017 Washington Nationals season, Regular season, May\nThe Nationals optioned starter Joe Ross to Class-AAA Syracuse on May 1, following consecutive starts in which he failed to pitch five full innings, and called up pitcher A. J. Cole. Closer Shawn Kelley landed on the 10-day disabled list on May 5 with a lower back strain and reliever Matt Grace was recalled from Class-AAA Syracuse. With both Kelley and alternate closer Koda Glover on the shelf with injuries, reliever Matt Albers was called upon to close out a 4\u20132 game against the division rival Philadelphia Phillies on May 5. Albers hit the leadoff batter with a pitch but retired the next three to finally earn his first career save. Albers finished the game having given up no runs, no walks, and only four hits in 11+1\u20443 innings pitched in 2017.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 53], "content_span": [54, 807]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273564-0025-0000", "contents": "2017 Washington Nationals season, Regular season, May\nOn May 6 in a 6\u20132 victory at Philadelphia, outfielder Rafael Bautista made his first career start (playing right field) and notched his first career hit, a single through the infield off Phillies pitcher Vince Velasquez. Bautista was optioned back to Syracuse on May 8, with the Nationals recalling outfielder Brian Goodwin to take his place on the bench.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 53], "content_span": [54, 409]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273564-0025-0001", "contents": "2017 Washington Nationals season, Regular season, May\nAfter being swept in two games at Oriole Park at Camden Yards against their American League \"natural rival\", the Baltimore Orioles, the Nationals rallied as the annual home-and-home \"Beltway Series\" came to Washington, coming from behind on May 10 to win on a walk-off single by former Orioles catcher Matt Wieters. The series finale on May 11 was rained out \u2014 it was rescheduled for June 8 \u2014 as was the next day's game against the Phillies, which was rescheduled for May 14 as part of a day-night Sunday doubleheader.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 53], "content_span": [54, 572]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273564-0025-0002", "contents": "2017 Washington Nationals season, Regular season, May\nGlover and Kelley were activated from the disabled list on May 12, with Cole and Grace being optioned to Syracuse, but Grace returned days later after reliever Joe Blanton was placed on the disabled list with right shoulder inflammation on May 17 after a string of poor performances out of the bullpen.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 53], "content_span": [54, 356]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273564-0026-0000", "contents": "2017 Washington Nationals season, Regular season, May\nOn May 13, the Nationals announced they had reached a one-year deal for the 2018 season with right fielder Bryce Harper at $21.625 million \u2014 the highest salary for an arbitration-eligible player in MLB history \u2014 effectively buying out Harper's final year of arbitration eligibility; it was a raise of about $8 million over his 2017 salary. That night, Harper hit a two-run walk-off home run to defeat the Phillies 6\u20134, with Kelley earning the win in relief.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 53], "content_span": [54, 511]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273564-0026-0001", "contents": "2017 Washington Nationals season, Regular season, May\nIn the second game of the day-night doubleheader, which the Nationals split with the Phillies, on May 14, Washington starting pitcher Max Scherzer threw just the second immaculate inning in team history, striking out C\u00e9sar Hern\u00e1ndez, Odubel Herrera, and Aaron Altherr on nine pitches in the fifth inning en route to a 6\u20135 victory. In the team's next game on May 16, Harper notched another personal achievement as he hit a home run at PNC Park against the Pittsburgh Pirates, the last ballpark in the National League at which Harper had not homered.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 53], "content_span": [54, 602]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273564-0027-0000", "contents": "2017 Washington Nationals season, Regular season, May\nRoss was recalled from Class-AAA Syracuse for a start against the Seattle Mariners in interleague play at Nationals Park on May 23. Goodwin was optioned back to Syracuse to make room on the roster, giving the Nationals a four-man bench and an eight-man bullpen. However, Goodwin was recalled the next day after outfielder Chris Heisey tore his biceps tendon while taking batting practice before the game, an injury that put him on the disabled list.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 53], "content_span": [54, 503]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273564-0027-0001", "contents": "2017 Washington Nationals season, Regular season, May\nOn May 25, manager Dusty Baker named Glover as the team's closer after previously hinting that he would be giving the rookie right-hander the ninth inning. \"He had said that's the job he wanted, and so it's his now,\" Baker explained. Saving a 5\u20131 game with the bases loaded by the San Diego Padres on May 26, Glover struck out Hunter Renfroe to end the game on a 95.6\u00a0mph slider, the hardest slider thrown for a swinging strike all year. Starting pitcher Stephen Strasburg set a personal best in a win on May 27, striking out 15 Padres to exceed his previous career high by one. The 3\u20130 win over San Diego was also the first shutout thrown by Nationals pitchers in the 2017 season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 53], "content_span": [54, 735]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273564-0028-0000", "contents": "2017 Washington Nationals season, Regular season, May\nInfielder Stephen Drew returned from the disabled list, with Grace once again optioned to Syracuse, and the Nationals began a nine-game swing through California on May 29. On the first game of the road trip, the Nationals obtained their second shutout win of the year, beating the San Francisco Giants 3\u20130 behind a strong start by Tanner Roark.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 53], "content_span": [54, 398]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273564-0028-0001", "contents": "2017 Washington Nationals season, Regular season, May\nThe game was marred, however, by an eighth-inning brawl that broke out after Giants reliever Hunter Strickland, facing Harper for the first time since the Nationals right fielder went 2-for-2 with two home runs off him during the 2014 National League Division Series, drilled Harper in the hip with a 98\u00a0mph fastball with his first pitch. Harper tossed aside his bat and charged Strickland on the mound, throwing his helmet wide to the left of Strickland before the two players traded punches.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 53], "content_span": [54, 547]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273564-0028-0002", "contents": "2017 Washington Nationals season, Regular season, May\nThey were separated by their teammates, with Giants first baseman and former National Michael Morse quickly getting between them before being bowled over (and concussed) by Giants pitcher and former University of Notre Dame football star Jeff Samardzija, and ejected from the game. Harper said after the game that he decided immediately that the pitch was intentional: \"You never want to get suspended or anything like that, but sometimes you've got to go and get him. You can't hesitate. You either go to first base or you go after him, and I decided to go after him.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 53], "content_span": [54, 623]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273564-0028-0003", "contents": "2017 Washington Nationals season, Regular season, May\nHe suggested Strickland was retaliating for the 2014 home runs (which Strickland denied), saying, \"It was three years ago. ... I don't know why he's thinking about it. He's got a World Series ring, it's on his finger, and he can look at it every single night he wants to.\" Both Harper and Strickland were issued suspensions by Major League Baseball, with Harper receiving a four-game penalty, which was lowered on appeal to three games. He began serving the suspension on May 31.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 53], "content_span": [54, 533]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273564-0029-0000", "contents": "2017 Washington Nationals season, Regular season, May\nThe Nationals finished May with a sweep of the Giants in their three-game set at AT&T Park, their only series sweep of the month.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 53], "content_span": [54, 183]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273564-0029-0001", "contents": "2017 Washington Nationals season, Regular season, May\nDuring May, they won a series at home against the Arizona Diamondbacks, then won a series on the road against the Phillies, lost both games at Oriole Park at Camden Yards, won the one game against the Orioles played at Nationals Park (with the second postponed until June), took another series against the Phillies at home, lost back-to-back series on the road against the Pirates and division rival Atlanta Braves, and then won consecutive series at home against the Mariners and Padres before the sweep in San Francisco.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 53], "content_span": [54, 576]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273564-0029-0002", "contents": "2017 Washington Nationals season, Regular season, May\nThe Nationals led the National League East Division by 9+1\u20442 games over the New York Mets with a 33\u201319 record at the end of the month, one of just two MLB teams with fewer than 20 losses (with the Houston Astros in the American League) and owning the best win percentage in the National League.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 53], "content_span": [54, 348]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273564-0030-0000", "contents": "2017 Washington Nationals season, Regular season, June\nThe month of June began with the Nationals taking two out of three in interleague play visiting the Oakland Athletics. Outfielder Brian Goodwin struck his first major league home run off Athletics reliever Zach Neal on June 2, a two-run shot over the high wall in Oakland Coliseum's right-center field. Starting pitcher Joe Ross's place in the rotation was unclear after a second consecutive losing start in which he failed to go more than four innings, as he gave up seven runs in three innings of a 10\u20134 loss to the Athletics on June 3.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 54], "content_span": [55, 593]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273564-0030-0001", "contents": "2017 Washington Nationals season, Regular season, June\nThe Nationals also got bad news on injured outfielder Chris Heisey, as he was evaluated after a short rehab assignment and shut down due to swelling in his arm after he ruptured a biceps tendon the previous month, with manager Dusty Baker telling media that Heisey \"might have rushed it a little sooner than he should have\".", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 54], "content_span": [55, 379]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273564-0030-0002", "contents": "2017 Washington Nationals season, Regular season, June\nOn June 4, the Nationals defeated Oakland 11\u201310, but the win brought up fresh concerns about the team's bullpen after closer Koda Glover and reliever Shawn Kelley combined to allow six earned runs in the bottom of the ninth inning, including four on a grand slam home run by Matt Joyce off Kelley, before Kelley locked down the save.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 54], "content_span": [55, 388]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273564-0030-0003", "contents": "2017 Washington Nationals season, Regular season, June\nOutfielder Jayson Werth was placed on the 10-day disabled list after fouling a ball off his foot in the June 3 game, and the Nationals selected the contract of veteran utilityman Ryan Raburn on June 5 as they headed into a three-game series with the Los Angeles Dodgers, their first meeting with the Dodgers since the 2016 National League Division Series, to take over for Werth in left field. Minor league pitcher Rafael Martin was designated for assignment to make room for Raburn on the 40-man roster.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 54], "content_span": [55, 559]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273564-0031-0000", "contents": "2017 Washington Nationals season, Regular season, June\nStarting pitcher Max Scherzer joined an exclusive club of pitchers in a June 6 game against the Dodgers by striking out 11 batters through the first four innings of the game. The feat had only been accomplished by four other pitchers in major league history. Scherzer ultimately ended up with 14 strikeouts and zero earned runs through seven innings of a 2\u20131 Nationals victory. The Nationals dropped the last game of the series to Clayton Kershaw, the Dodgers' ace, to finish 7\u20132 on their California roadtrip.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 54], "content_span": [55, 564]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273564-0031-0001", "contents": "2017 Washington Nationals season, Regular season, June\nWashington's Stephen Strasburg, who took the loss despite giving up just one earned run over seven innings and striking out eight Dodgers, tied Kerry Wood's record for most strikeouts in the first 1,000 innings of a starting pitcher's career at 1,166 during the game. Getting another start after a pair of poor outings, Ross bounced back in a makeup game against the Baltimore Orioles in interleague play at Nationals Park on June 8, pitching 7+1\u20443 innings and allowing one earned run for the win and setting a new personal best for strikeouts in a game with 12.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 54], "content_span": [55, 617]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273564-0032-0000", "contents": "2017 Washington Nationals season, Regular season, June\nThe Nationals were swept at home for the first time in 2017 by the Texas Rangers in interleague play. Closer Glover blew his first save opportunity of the season on June 10 and admitted after the game that he had injured his back that morning and had not told the team about his condition. Glover was placed on the disabled list the next day and Joe Blanton was reactivated.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 54], "content_span": [55, 429]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273564-0032-0001", "contents": "2017 Washington Nationals season, Regular season, June\nOn June 12, infielder Wilmer Difo \u2014 who had frozen up on a potential game-winning bunt single in the June 10 game while leading off third base, being tagged out in a rundown before an eventual Nationals 6\u20133 loss \u2014 was optioned to the Class-AAA Syracuse Chiefs. Reliever Trevor Gott was called up, giving the Nationals an eight-man bullpen as they headed into a series against the division rival Atlanta Braves.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 54], "content_span": [55, 465]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273564-0032-0002", "contents": "2017 Washington Nationals season, Regular season, June\nGott picked up the win in his first game on June 13, with the Nationals defeating the Braves 10\u20135, but after a relief appearance the following day in which he was charged with five earned runs over 1+2\u20443 innings, he was optioned back to Class-AAA Syracuse and left-hander Matt Grace recalled for a series against the division rival New York Mets beginning June 15. The Nationals took three out of four against the Mets, with Grace appearing in two games.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 54], "content_span": [55, 509]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273564-0033-0000", "contents": "2017 Washington Nationals season, Regular season, June\nOn June 18, Kelley was placed on the disabled list with a trapezius strain amid a dismal stretch that saw him post a rate of 4.5 home runs per nine innings, and right-handed pitcher A. J. Cole was called up from Syracuse to take his place on the roster. Cole did not appear in a game before the Nationals optioned him back to Syracuse on June 22. Difo was recalled the following day for a series against the Cincinnati Reds, with center fielder Michael A. Taylor reportedly dealing with an undisclosed injury.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 54], "content_span": [55, 564]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273564-0033-0001", "contents": "2017 Washington Nationals season, Regular season, June\nDifo made his first career start in the outfield on June 23, playing center field, but after multiple defensive misplays that led to Cincinnati runs, he was lifted from the game in favor of Raburn. The Nationals defeated the Reds 6\u20135 behind Goodwin's first career two-homer game and a walk-off single by right fielder Bryce Harper. Taylor returned to the starting lineup on June 24, notching four hits with two home runs in an 18\u20133 rout of the Reds.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 54], "content_span": [55, 504]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273564-0034-0000", "contents": "2017 Washington Nationals season, Regular season, June\nIn a 6\u20131 victory over the visiting Chicago Cubs, defending World Series champions, on June 27, the Nationals tied a franchise record for stolen bases in a game with seven, all off the battery of pitcher Jake Arrieta and catcher Miguel Montero. Four of those steals were notched by shortstop Trea Turner, who stole seven bases in the four-game series against the Cubs at Nationals Park before leaving the rubber game on June 29 after being hit in the right wrist by a fastball from reliever Pedro Strop.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 54], "content_span": [55, 557]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273564-0034-0001", "contents": "2017 Washington Nationals season, Regular season, June\nThe team announced after the game, a seesaw 5\u20134 loss, that Turner had suffered a non-displaced fracture in his wrist, an injury for which the team offered no recovery timetable but which Turner compared to a similar wrist fracture weeks earlier in the season that had sidelined Braves first baseman Freddie Freeman for an anticipated two months. Turner was placed on the 10-day disabled list and the Nationals selected the contract of infielder Adri\u00e1n S\u00e1nchez from Class-AAA Syracuse to replace him on the roster, moving rehabbing left-handed reliever Sammy Solis to the 60-day disabled list in the process.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 54], "content_span": [55, 662]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273564-0034-0002", "contents": "2017 Washington Nationals season, Regular season, June\nThe injury announcement came just a day after Glover, placed on the disabled list earlier in the month with back stiffness, told reporters he had been experiencing right shoulder pain since late May and was continuing to deal with severe rotator cuff inflammation after initially trying to pitch through the issue. He blamed the back injury, which he said involved a displaced vertebra after he slipped while showering, on \"overcompensation\" due to the shoulder pain. The Nationals also lost first base coach Davey Lopes during the Cubs series, as he was granted leave from the team due to a family emergency. Outfield and baserunning coordinator Gary Thurman took over Lopes' role in his absence.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 54], "content_span": [55, 752]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273564-0035-0000", "contents": "2017 Washington Nationals season, Regular season, June\nIn sum, heading into a three-game roadtrip visiting the St. Louis Cardinals and extending into the next month, the Nationals won series against the Athletics and the Dodgers and then earned a season split with the Orioles by winning their makeup game to begin the month on a positive run, then lost their next two series against the Rangers and Braves before taking three out of four in Queens against the Mets, dropped a series on the road against the Miami Marlins, and then returned home to win a three-game series against the Reds and split their four-game set with the Cubs.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 54], "content_span": [55, 634]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273564-0035-0001", "contents": "2017 Washington Nationals season, Regular season, June\nThe Nationals dropped their series opener at St. Louis 8\u20131 on June 30, with S\u00e1nchez making his major league debut as a pinch-runner and defensive replacement at shortstop late in the game, to finish 14\u201314 in June wins and losses, 8+1\u20442 games over the Braves and 9+1\u20442 games over the Mets, with a 47\u201333 overall win-loss record. It was the first full month since September 2015 in which they did not post a winning record.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 54], "content_span": [55, 475]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273564-0036-0000", "contents": "2017 Washington Nationals season, Regular season, June\nTwo Nationals stars \u2014 Scherzer and first baseman Ryan Zimmerman \u2014 made franchise history in June. On June 13, Zimmerman hit two home runs off Braves starter R. A. Dickey to tie Vladimir Guerrero for the Montreal\u2013Washington franchise record of 234 home runs, although he did not hit another home run for the remainder of the month and finished June still tied with Guerrero for the record.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 54], "content_span": [55, 443]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273564-0036-0001", "contents": "2017 Washington Nationals season, Regular season, June\nOne start after recording his 2,000th strikeout against the Rangers, Scherzer struck out ten Mets on June 16 to tie Pedro Mart\u00ednez's franchise mark of five consecutive starts with double-digit strikeouts, and in his next start on June 21, he struck out 11 Marlins to set the franchise record at six. Scherzer was named the National League Pitcher of the Month, posting a 0.99 ERA on the month.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 54], "content_span": [55, 448]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273564-0037-0000", "contents": "2017 Washington Nationals season, Regular season, July\nFollowing a rough outing in long relief for Jacob Turner the previous day, the Nationals designated him for assignment on July 1. Left-handed reliever Sammy Solis was activated off the 60-day disabled list. The Nationals rallied in the ninth inning of their July 1 game against the St. Louis Cardinals, scoring a run and loading the bases against closer Trevor Rosenthal. St. Louis brought in reliever Matt Bowman to try to nail down his first career save, while Nationals manager Dusty Baker sent infielder Adri\u00e1n S\u00e1nchez to the plate to pinch-hit in his first MLB at-bat.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 54], "content_span": [55, 628]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273564-0037-0001", "contents": "2017 Washington Nationals season, Regular season, July\nS\u00e1nchez worked the count full before taking a pitch roughly six inches off the plate away for what would have been ball four and a game-tying walk, but home plate umpire Manny Gonzalez called him out on strikes to end the game at 2\u20131 in the Cardinals' favor. Baker praised S\u00e1nchez after the game, saying the call \"just wasn't fair to him\" and remarking, \"You hate to have an at-bat like that and have it settled on apparently a bad call.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 54], "content_span": [55, 493]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273564-0037-0002", "contents": "2017 Washington Nationals season, Regular season, July\nIn the following game, on July 2, minutes after being named to play in the 2017 All-Star Game as the top overall National League vote-getter, right fielder Bryce Harper hit two home runs off fellow All-Star Carlos Mart\u00ednez. Starting pitcher Max Scherzer, also named to the All-Star roster, struck out 12 Cardinals while allowing no runs in seven innings to earn the 7\u20132 win.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 54], "content_span": [55, 429]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273564-0038-0000", "contents": "2017 Washington Nationals season, Regular season, July\nThe Nationals played their annual Independence Day contest at Nationals Park on July 4 against the division rival New York Mets, with Joe Ross starting for the home team. The Nationals won 11\u20134, marking yet another game for Ross in which he received run support in the double-digits: his seventh in 12 starts on the season to that point. The win was also Washington's 50th of the season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 54], "content_span": [55, 442]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273564-0038-0001", "contents": "2017 Washington Nationals season, Regular season, July\nThe next day's game was postponed due to rain, while the game on the day after that \u2014 the opener of a series at Nationals Park against Washington's top division rival, the Atlanta Braves \u2014 was delayed for more than three hours due to a thunderstorm in the forecast, which never materialized, prompting some criticism of the Nationals for unnecessarily pushing back the start time until 10:10\u00a0p.m. EDT. The July 6 game, which actually finished early in the morning of July 7 due to the late start, was a 5\u20132 Braves win.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 54], "content_span": [55, 573]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273564-0038-0002", "contents": "2017 Washington Nationals season, Regular season, July\nStarting center fielder Michael A. Taylor was lifted midway through the game with an oblique strain, which manager Dusty Baker announced after the game would send him to the 10-day disabled list, with outfielder Chris Heisey being activated from the disabled list in a corresponding move. The Nationals struck back that evening, mounting a ferocious ninth-inning rally in the July 7 game to come back from a three-run deficit and force extra innings.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 54], "content_span": [55, 505]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273564-0038-0003", "contents": "2017 Washington Nationals season, Regular season, July\nIn the tenth inning, the shortstop S\u00e1nchez lined a slider from former National Ian Krol, pitching in relief for Atlanta, up the middle for his first career hit. Three at-bats later, S\u00e1nchez came around to score on second baseman Daniel Murphy's walk-off single over the head of left fielder Matt Kemp, and the Nationals won 5\u20134.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 54], "content_span": [55, 383]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273564-0038-0004", "contents": "2017 Washington Nationals season, Regular season, July\nIn the July 8 game, though, the Nationals suffered their first shutout of the year, losing 13\u20130 as the Braves pummeled starter Stephen Strasburg, who exited the game in the third inning after being hit on the hip with a line drive comebacker; usual starter Tanner Roark, in his first relief appearance of the season; and Solis, still working his way back from injury. The Nationals defeated Atlanta 10\u20135 to earn a split of the four-game series on July 9, in their last game before the All-Star Break.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 54], "content_span": [55, 555]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273564-0038-0005", "contents": "2017 Washington Nationals season, Regular season, July\nRoss again received double-digit run support, for the eighth time in 13 starts to begin the season, but exited in the fourth inning after exhibiting a marked decrease in velocity and struggling with his command. The team announced several days later that Ross would undergo Tommy John surgery, forcing him to miss the remainder of the season and beyond.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 54], "content_span": [55, 408]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273564-0039-0000", "contents": "2017 Washington Nationals season, Regular season, July\nWith Ross on the disabled list and Solis optioned back to the Class-AAA Syracuse Chiefs after a string of poor relief outings, the Nationals promoted right-handed relievers Trevor Gott and Austin L. Adams from Syracuse for a series against the Cincinnati Reds beginning July 14.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 54], "content_span": [55, 333]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273564-0039-0001", "contents": "2017 Washington Nationals season, Regular season, July\nBehind starter Gio Gonz\u00e1lez's first outing of at least eight innings long since 2015, the Nationals shut out the Reds 5\u20130 in the July 14 game, as Gonz\u00e1lez went 8+1\u20443 innings and reliever Matt Grace notched his first career save, inheriting a bases-loaded jam from setup man Matt Albers and inducing a groundout to end the ballgame.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 54], "content_span": [55, 386]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273564-0039-0002", "contents": "2017 Washington Nationals season, Regular season, July\nBoth Gott and Adams floundered in the July 15 game in Cincinnati, giving up a combined seven runs without retiring a batter, as Adams loaded the bases, walked in a run, and gave up an RBI single in his major league debut before being relieved by \u00d3liver P\u00e9rez, and Gott surrendered two runs on base hits followed by a three-run home run by Scooter Gennett in the ninth inning before Grace came into the game and retired the side in order for his second career save, a day after his first, preserving a 10\u20137 final score. In the first three games of the series, for the first time in Montreal\u2013Washington franchise history, three different players hit two home runs per game: Harper on July 14, Anthony Rendon on July 15, and Murphy on July 16.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 54], "content_span": [55, 795]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273564-0040-0000", "contents": "2017 Washington Nationals season, Regular season, July\nOn July 16, the Nationals completed a five-player trade with the Oakland Athletics, acquiring relievers Sean Doolittle and Ryan Madson for right-hander Blake Treinen and prospects Jesus Luzardo and Sheldon Neuse. Ross was moved to the 60-day disabled list to make room on the roster.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 54], "content_span": [55, 338]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273564-0040-0001", "contents": "2017 Washington Nationals season, Regular season, July\nThe Nationals again purchased Turner's contract from Syracuse, re-adding him to the roster, to take Treinen's place in the bullpen on July 17 while awaiting the activation of Doolittle and Madson, who were expected to join the team in Anaheim the next day for a series against the Los Angeles Angels in interleague play; injured closer Koda Glover was transferred to the 60-day disabled list to clear roster space.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 54], "content_span": [55, 469]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273564-0040-0002", "contents": "2017 Washington Nationals season, Regular season, July\nThat day, Washington concluded a four-game sweep of their series in Cincinnati in a 6\u20131 game that included several notable occurrences: Ryan Zimmerman hit his 20th home run of the year to surpass Expos star Vladimir Guerrero's Montreal\u2013Washington franchise record with 235 career home runs as a National, Murphy scored all the way from second base on a sacrifice fly hit by catcher Matt Wieters, and Murphy struck out three times for the first time since May 20, 2014, when he was with the Mets.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 54], "content_span": [55, 550]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273564-0041-0000", "contents": "2017 Washington Nationals season, Regular season, July\nThe Washington Post reported that amid a slower-than-anticipated recovery for left fielder Jayson Werth from a bruised foot suffered the previous month, Werth said on July 18 that scans had revealed a fracture of his first metatarsal bone as well as a bone bruise. The Nationals made a series of roster moves on July 18 as well: Turner was designated for assignment for the second time of the month, just a day after being re-added to the roster and without appearing in a game in that brief stint, while Adams and Gott were optioned back to Class-AAA Syracuse.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 54], "content_span": [55, 616]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273564-0041-0001", "contents": "2017 Washington Nationals season, Regular season, July\nThose roster moves cleared room for the Nationals to activate Doolittle and Madson as well as select the contract of Edwin Jackson from Syracuse, tabbing Jackson to start the first of their two-game interleague series against the Angels. The changes to the pitching staff left the Nationals unusually heavy on left-handed relievers, with four in the bullpen (Doolittle, Grace, P\u00e9rez, and Enny Romero) to three right-handers (Albers, Joe Blanton, and Madson).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 54], "content_span": [55, 513]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273564-0041-0002", "contents": "2017 Washington Nationals season, Regular season, July\nMaking his first start for the Nationals since the 2012 season, Jackson pitched seven innings and gave up two earned runs, both on solo home runs, to earn his first win of the season. Doolittle gave up his first hit of the year to a left-handed hitter, a double high off the wall by Kole Calhoun, but nailed down the save after allowing an earned run in his first appearance for Washington. Harper came a close call at second base away from hitting for the cycle in the July 18 contest, as he was called out trying to stretch a single into a double while going 4-for-4 overall with a home run and a triple.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 54], "content_span": [55, 661]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273564-0042-0000", "contents": "2017 Washington Nationals season, Regular season, July\nThe Arizona Diamondbacks led off what would ultimately be a 6\u20135 victory on July 21 over the visiting Nationals with back-to-back-to-back home runs off Scherzer, the first time in Nationals history that an opponent had blasted three consecutive home runs in a game and the first time it had happened to Scherzer. The Nationals rallied to win the second game of the series behind a revamped pitch arsenal from starter Roark, who befuddled Diamondbacks batters by ditching his four-seam fastball and mixing in a heavier-than-usual dose of curveballs.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 54], "content_span": [55, 602]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273564-0042-0001", "contents": "2017 Washington Nationals season, Regular season, July\nFacing rookie starting pitcher Anthony Banda in his major league debut, Harper crushed a 467-foot home run onto the Chase Field concourse in right-center field \u2014 the longest home run of his career to that point \u2014 to extend his hitting streak to a career-best 15 games. Heisey suffered a groin injury while legging out a pivotal triple in the 4\u20133 contest and was placed on the 10-day disabled list. Left fielder Ryan Raburn was also assigned to the bereavement list, taking leave to attend his grandfather's funeral.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 54], "content_span": [55, 570]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273564-0042-0002", "contents": "2017 Washington Nationals season, Regular season, July\nWashington recalled catcher Pedro Severino and selected the contract of outfield prospect Andrew Stevenson to take Heisey and Raburn's roster spots. Stevenson made his major league debut in the July 23 rubber game, being inserted mid-game to replace Wilmer Difo in left field and going 0-for-2 at the plate. The Nationals won 6\u20132, but Strasburg exited the game just two innings into his start with forearm tightness, with Blanton picking up the win in relief. The Nationals announced July 25 that Strasburg had been treated for a nerve impingement.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 54], "content_span": [55, 603]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273564-0042-0003", "contents": "2017 Washington Nationals season, Regular season, July\nHe was placed on the 10-day disabled list, with top pitching prospect Erick Fedde tabbed to make a spot start in his place. Raburn was transferred from the bereavement list to the disabled list with a trapezius strain on July 26. The Nationals recalled Solis to give them an extra reliever the next day, bringing the bullpen up to a total of five left-handed relievers. First base coach Davey Lopes returned the same day after an extended leave of absence.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 54], "content_span": [55, 511]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273564-0043-0000", "contents": "2017 Washington Nationals season, Regular season, July\nOn July 27, the Nationals tied a franchise record for home runs hit in a game, blasting eight in a 15\u20132 rout of the visiting Milwaukee Brewers. In the third inning, the center fielder Brian Goodwin, the shortstop Difo, the right fielder Harper, and the first baseman Zimmerman hit back-to-back-to-back-to-back home runs off Brewers pitcher Michael Blazek, a veteran reliever getting his first major league start.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 54], "content_span": [55, 467]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273564-0043-0001", "contents": "2017 Washington Nationals season, Regular season, July\nRendon, the Nationals' third baseman, added another home run off Blazek later in the inning to tie the major league record for home runs in an inning with five, with Blazek setting a new record for home runs surrendered by a single pitcher in an inning. After being inserted mid-game to play center field, Stevenson rifled a line drive single to right field in the eighth inning, his first major league hit, off Brewers outfielder Hern\u00e1n P\u00e9rez, sent to the mound for his major league pitching debut with his team trailing by 13 runs. Scherzer earned the win over Blazek and the Brewers on his 33rd birthday.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 54], "content_span": [55, 662]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273564-0044-0000", "contents": "2017 Washington Nationals season, Regular season, July\nAfter having traded Luzardo as part of the deal with the Athletics, the Nationals traded two more left-handed pitching prospects at the July non-waiver trade deadline. First, they made a trade with the division rival Philadelphia Phillies on July 28, fencing 18th-ranked prospect McKenzie Mills to Philadelphia for veteran utilityman Howie Kendrick. Kendrick was activated the next day, with the Nationals placing infielder Stephen Drew on the 10-day disabled list and designating minor league first baseman Matt Skole for assignment to clear a spot on the 40-man roster.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 54], "content_span": [55, 626]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273564-0044-0001", "contents": "2017 Washington Nationals season, Regular season, July\nKendrick lashed a pinch-hit double in his Nationals debut against Germ\u00e1n M\u00e1rquez of the Colorado Rockies in the July 29 game and scored one of the team's two runs in the 4\u20132 loss, in which Harper's hitting streak came to an end at 19 games. Heading into a double-header against the Rockies on July 30 due to a rainout, the Nationals selected Fedde's contract to start the first game. In a corresponding move, they released veteran outfielder Heisey, who had hit .162 for Washington while spending considerable time on the disabled list during the season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 54], "content_span": [55, 609]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273564-0044-0002", "contents": "2017 Washington Nationals season, Regular season, July\nIn his major league debut, Fedde pitched four innings while giving up seven runs, five of them earned, and striking out three. He took the loss in the 10\u20136 contest, in which Zimmerman homered twice to set a new record in the history of Washington, D.C., professional baseball for career home runs, surpassing Frank Howard's mark of 237 for the Washington Senators. Severino was optioned July 30 but remained with the team for the day as an extra player allowed on the roster for the double-header.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 54], "content_span": [55, 552]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273564-0044-0003", "contents": "2017 Washington Nationals season, Regular season, July\nMinutes after the expiry of the July 31 trade deadline, the Nationals announced they had completed a trade with the Minnesota Twins to acquire closer Brandon Kintzler for 17th-ranked prospect Tyler J. Watson. Minor league reliever Jimmy Cordero was designated for assignment to clear space for Kintzler on the 40-man roster.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 54], "content_span": [55, 379]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273564-0045-0000", "contents": "2017 Washington Nationals season, Regular season, July\nThe Nationals finished July having won four series and lost two, including the three-game set against the Cardinals that began the previous month, while splitting two.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 54], "content_span": [55, 222]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273564-0045-0001", "contents": "2017 Washington Nationals season, Regular season, July\nComing out of St. Louis, they swept two games against the Mets (with the third game of the series postponed by rain), split a four-game set with the Braves, swept the Reds in four games after the All-Star break, split a two-game series visiting the Angels, took two out of three against both the Diamondbacks and the Brewers, and dropped two of three to the Rockies before heading to Miami to play the division rival Marlins for three games beginning July 31.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 54], "content_span": [55, 514]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273564-0045-0002", "contents": "2017 Washington Nationals season, Regular season, July\nIn that game, the Nationals shut out the Marlins 1\u20130 behind eight no-hit innings from their starter Gonz\u00e1lez, pitching on what would have been the 25th birthday of his friend, the late Marlins pitcher Jos\u00e9 Fern\u00e1ndez. With the win, the Nationals improved to 63\u201341, finishing the month of July up 14 games on the second-place Marlins in the National League East Division and with the second-best overall record in the National League.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 54], "content_span": [55, 487]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273564-0046-0000", "contents": "2017 Washington Nationals season, Regular season, August\nAce Max Scherzer hit his first career home run, a three-run shot off Miami Marlins starter Chris O'Grady in the second inning on August 1. Scherzer was unable to complete his pitching warm-up afterward, however, exiting after just one inning of work with what the team announced as a neck spasm. Scherzer said after the game he had \"slept on it wrong\" and considered it a day-to-day injury rather than a serious issue. The Nationals were unable to hold Scherzer's six-run lead, as the division rival Marlins won 7\u20136 despite a 5-for-5 performance from Nationals left fielder Howie Kendrick.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 56], "content_span": [57, 646]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273564-0046-0001", "contents": "2017 Washington Nationals season, Regular season, August\nWashington called up A. J. Cole from the Class-AAA Syracuse Chiefs for a spot start on August 2 \u2014 a 7\u20130 shutout at the hands of the Marlins to give them the series win, with former Nationals spring training invitee Vance Worley earning the win for Miami \u2014 also activating right-handed reliever Brandon Kintzler after he was acquired in a July 31 trade with the Minnesota Twins. Starter Erick Fedde and left-handed reliever Sammy Solis were optioned to Syracuse. Solis was recalled August 4, however, with left-handed reliever Enny Romero landing on the disabled list with a left forearm strain.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 56], "content_span": [57, 652]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273564-0046-0002", "contents": "2017 Washington Nationals season, Regular season, August\nFedde also returned to the major league team on August 5, as starting pitcher Gio Gonz\u00e1lez took leave from the team for the birth of his second child.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 56], "content_span": [57, 207]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273564-0046-0003", "contents": "2017 Washington Nationals season, Regular season, August\nThe Nationals clinched a series win over the Chicago Cubs with a 9\u20134 victory on August 6, as although Fedde left the game after 5+1\u20443 innings in line for the loss, having given up three home runs and four earned runs in total in his second major league start, the team rallied to take the lead against Cubs reliever Carl Edwards Jr., who hit third baseman Anthony Rendon on the shoulder with the bases loaded and ended up taking the loss as catcher Matt Wieters hit the next pitch out to straightaway center field for a go-ahead grand slam. Fedde was optioned back to Syracuse on August 7, as Gonz\u00e1lez was activated.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 56], "content_span": [57, 673]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273564-0047-0000", "contents": "2017 Washington Nationals season, Regular season, August\nThe Nationals took three out of four from the division rival Marlins at Nationals Park, capping the series win on August 10 with a diving catch down the left field line by rookie outfielder Andrew Stevenson to take away an RBI and extra bases from Miami second baseman Dee Gordon with two outs in the top of the ninth. The catch preserved a 3\u20132 ballgame as closer Sean Doolittle locked down the save.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 56], "content_span": [57, 457]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273564-0047-0001", "contents": "2017 Washington Nationals season, Regular season, August\nAlso in the series, on August 9, first baseman Ryan Zimmerman turned in a two-homer effort as he overtook Tim Wallach as the RBI leader in Montreal\u2013Washington franchise history. Wallach, who played for the Montreal Expos, was in the visitors' dugout for the series as the Marlins' bench coach.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 56], "content_span": [57, 350]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273564-0047-0002", "contents": "2017 Washington Nationals season, Regular season, August\nAfter an August 11 rainout and a lengthy rain delay on August 12, in the first inning of a late-night home game against the San Francisco Giants, Nationals right fielder Bryce Harper slipped on first base while running out a grounder, crashed to the ground, and had to be carried off the field. After the Nationals downed the Giants 3\u20131, with the game finishing early in the morning of August 13, manager Dusty Baker announced Harper had hyperextended his left knee.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 56], "content_span": [57, 523]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273564-0047-0003", "contents": "2017 Washington Nationals season, Regular season, August\nGeneral manager Mike Rizzo said later in the day that tests showed Harper had \"significant\" bruising of the bones in his left knee but had avoided any ligament or tendon damage, meaning he was expected to be able to return later in the season. Harper was placed on the disabled list and outfielder Michael A. Taylor was reactivated from a rehab assignment with the Class-AA Harrisburg Senators to take his place on the roster. The Nationals also recalled catcher Pedro Severino for the day as an extra man for a doubleheader with the Giants.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 56], "content_span": [57, 598]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273564-0047-0004", "contents": "2017 Washington Nationals season, Regular season, August\nThe Nationals and Giants split the doubleheader, with Giants taking the day game behind seven shutout innings from rookie Chris Stratton and the Nationals losing yet another outfielder, Brian Goodwin, to a groin injury in the eighth inning, before Washington won the night game on an eleventh-inning grand slam by Kendrick, the first of his career.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 56], "content_span": [57, 405]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273564-0048-0000", "contents": "2017 Washington Nationals season, Regular season, August\nThe Nationals optioned Cole to Syracuse and recalled Severino to the 25-man roster on August 15, ahead of an interleague game at Nationals Park against the Los Angeles Angels. The Nationals defeated the Angels in the August 15 game, with Kendrick hitting his 100th and 101st career home runs to provide Washington with its margin of victory in the 3\u20131 game.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 56], "content_span": [57, 414]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273564-0048-0001", "contents": "2017 Washington Nationals season, Regular season, August\nIn another set of roster moves on August 16, Goodwin was placed on the 10-day disabled list, injured shortstop Trea Turner was transferred from the 10-day disabled list to the 60-day disabled list, and veteran outfielder Alejandro De Aza had his contract selected from the Chiefs. The Nationals also disclosed that primary setup man Ryan Madson was dealing with a medical issue with one of the fingers on his throwing hand.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 56], "content_span": [57, 480]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273564-0048-0002", "contents": "2017 Washington Nationals season, Regular season, August\nMadson was placed on the 10-day disabled list with a right finger sprain, retroactive to August 14, and veteran reliever Shawn Kelley was activated from the disabled list August 17 after completing a rehab assignment with the Chiefs. Scherzer was a late scratch as the August 18 starter, and the Nationals announced he would also go on the 10-day disabled list, retroactive to August 15, as his neck strain recurred.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 56], "content_span": [57, 473]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273564-0048-0003", "contents": "2017 Washington Nationals season, Regular season, August\nReliever Matt Grace was called upon to make his first major league start in Scherzer's place, and he turned in 4+1\u20443 scoreless innings as the Nationals defeated the San Diego Padres 7\u20131, with middle reliever Joe Blanton getting credit for the win. The only run was given up by Kelley, who allowed a solo home run to Dusty Coleman in his return to action against his former team. Scherzer was replaced on the roster by starting pitcher Stephen Strasburg, activated August 19 after nearly a month on the disabled list. Strasburg turned in a quality start that day against the Padres, giving up just two earned runs in six innings, but took the 3\u20131 loss as an injury-depleted Nationals lineup could not solve San Diego's pitching.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 56], "content_span": [57, 784]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273564-0049-0000", "contents": "2017 Washington Nationals season, Regular season, August\nBaker attempted an unorthodox deployment of his late-inning relievers in an August 24 rubber game against the Houston Astros in interleague play, sending out Doolittle for the eighth and Kintzler for the ninth. Both relievers struggled, with Doolittle allowing a run before Kintzler allowed two, blowing the save opportunity. The Nationals ultimately won the game and the series 5\u20134 in the eleventh inning, with Solis earning the save, the first of his career.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 56], "content_span": [57, 517]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273564-0049-0001", "contents": "2017 Washington Nationals season, Regular season, August\nBaker explained after the game that he had been attempting to play matchups, using Doolittle against left-handed batters in the eighth before Kintzler handled Houston's right-handed batters in the ninth; Kintzler, however, said the Nationals were trying to get him to 30 saves on the season, after he had collected 28 with the Twins prior to being traded at the end of July.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 56], "content_span": [57, 431]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273564-0049-0002", "contents": "2017 Washington Nationals season, Regular season, August\nUpon returning to Washington, D.C., on August 25, the Nationals optioned Severino to Syracuse and recalled Cole for a spot start against the division rival New York Mets, in which Cole took the loss despite allowing only one run over six innings and setting a new personal best for strikeouts with eight in what ended as a 4\u20132 Mets victory.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 56], "content_span": [57, 397]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273564-0049-0003", "contents": "2017 Washington Nationals season, Regular season, August\nIn a harrowing moment in the eighth inning of the next game in the series on August 26, a 9\u20134 bounceback victory for Washington, Nationals second baseman Adri\u00e1n S\u00e1nchez was felled by a foul tip into the chest after trying to bunt away a 97-mph fastball from Mets reliever Jeurys Familia that sailed in on him. S\u00e1nchez was able to finish out his at-bat, driving home a run with a single into left field for his third RBI of the day, before being pulled from the game and hospitalized overnight for observation and testing.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 56], "content_span": [57, 578]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273564-0049-0004", "contents": "2017 Washington Nationals season, Regular season, August\nS\u00e1nchez was released in the morning after a CT test determined he had escaped serious injury. Cole was optioned back to the minors on August 27, as outfielder Rafael Bautista was recalled and Fedde was brought up as the 26th man for a day-night doubleheader against the Mets.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 56], "content_span": [57, 332]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273564-0049-0005", "contents": "2017 Washington Nationals season, Regular season, August\nThe Nationals split the doubleheader, losing the first game \u2014 displaying diminished velocity and giving up five runs on two home runs, Fedde took a no-decision as the Nationals rallied back from a five-run deficit only to lose 6\u20135, as pinch-runner Edwin Jackson was thrown out at home plate in the bottom of the ninth inning to end the game \u2014 and winning the second 5\u20134 behind a quality start from Tanner Roark and a go-ahead RBI by Stevenson, the first of his career, on a bases-loaded walk.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 56], "content_span": [57, 549]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273564-0050-0000", "contents": "2017 Washington Nationals season, Regular season, August\nOn August 28, Scherzer and outfielder Jayson Werth were both activated from the disabled list, as Bautista and Stevenson were optioned back to Class-AAA Syracuse and infielder Stephen Drew was transferred to the 60-day disabled list as he remained sidelined with an abdominal strain. In his return to action, Scherzer threw seven innings of one-hit ball against the visiting Marlins to record the 11\u20132 win, with Werth contributing with a two-run home run as part of a 2-for-4 day.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 56], "content_span": [57, 537]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273564-0050-0001", "contents": "2017 Washington Nationals season, Regular season, August\nS\u00e1nchez was optioned to Syracuse and outfielder Ryan Raburn moved to the 60-day disabled list with a trapezius injury as the Nationals activated shortstop Trea Turner, out since late June with a broken wrist, from the 60-day disabled list on August 29. Turner led off and doubled in his first game back, an 8\u20133 victory for the Nationals behind a quality start from Jackson and a strong offensive performance by the second baseman Daniel Murphy and the third baseman Rendon, who combined for seven RBIs in the August 29 contest.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 56], "content_span": [57, 584]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273564-0050-0002", "contents": "2017 Washington Nationals season, Regular season, August\nThe Nationals completed their three-game sweep of Miami on August 30 as Strasburg threw his first complete game shutout since the 2013 season while also hitting a go-ahead home run off Marlins starter Adam Conley, his second of the year. The Nationals tacked on three more runs in the game to win 4\u20130.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 56], "content_span": [57, 358]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273564-0051-0000", "contents": "2017 Washington Nationals season, Regular season, August\nThe Nationals headed out to Milwaukee for the start of a seven-game roadtrip beginning August 31 and stretching into September having posted their highest win total in a month for the season, despite injuries to key players like Harper, Scherzer, and Madson during August.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 56], "content_span": [57, 329]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273564-0051-0001", "contents": "2017 Washington Nationals season, Regular season, August\nAfter losing the last two games in their three-game set in Miami to start the month, they proceeded to win two of three from the Cubs on the road, win three of four from the Marlins and then two of three from the Giants at home, split the two-game interleague series with the visiting Angels, win three of four from the Padres and then two of three from the Astros on the road, split the four-game series with the visiting Mets, and then sweep the Marlins in three games at home.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 56], "content_span": [57, 536]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273564-0051-0002", "contents": "2017 Washington Nationals season, Regular season, August\nThe Milwaukee Brewers ended Washington's four-game winning streak, winning 6\u20133 in the August 31 series opener despite Turner falling a home run shy of hitting for the cycle. All in all, the Nationals went 18\u201311 over the month of August and finished the month with an 81\u201352 record, good for second overall in the National League behind the Los Angeles Dodgers and 15 games up over the second-place Marlins in the National League East.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 56], "content_span": [57, 490]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273564-0052-0000", "contents": "2017 Washington Nationals season, Regular season, September\nRosters expanded on September 1. In their first wave of call-ups, the Nationals recalled pitchers Austin L. Adams and Erick Fedde from the Class-AAA Syracuse Chiefs, as well as catcher Raudy Read from the Class-AA Harrisburg Senators. The team also activated relievers Ryan Madson and Enny Romero from the disabled list. Read made his major league debut on September 3, grounding out in a pinch-hit appearance in the eighth inning before coming in as the Nationals' substitute catcher.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 59], "content_span": [60, 545]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273564-0052-0001", "contents": "2017 Washington Nationals season, Regular season, September\nAdams collected his first career major league out after loading the bases in the eighth inning and inducing a groundball to shortstop Trea Turner, who flicked it to Read for the forceout at home. Two runs scored, however, on a passed ball by Read and a sacrifice fly hit to Howie Kendrick in left field.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 59], "content_span": [60, 363]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273564-0052-0002", "contents": "2017 Washington Nationals season, Regular season, September\nThe Nationals lost the game 7\u22122 to complete a one-out-of-four showing at Miller Park against the Brewers, their first series loss in a month, although first baseman Ryan Zimmerman hit his 30th home run of the season with two outs in the ninth inning to save the Nationals from being shut out for the second time in three games.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 59], "content_span": [60, 387]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273564-0053-0000", "contents": "2017 Washington Nationals season, Regular season, September\nThe Nationals placed Fedde on the 10-day disabled list on September 4 and recalled starting pitcher A. J. Cole from Syracuse, along with catcher Pedro Severino. Fedde was listed with a flexor strain in his right throwing arm, an injury expected to rule him out for the remainder of the season. Cole got the start on September 4 against the division rival Miami Marlins and earned the win in the 7\u22122 contest, in which Read notched his first career hit by chopping an infield single deflected off the glove of pitcher Jarlin Garc\u00eda.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 59], "content_span": [60, 590]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273564-0053-0001", "contents": "2017 Washington Nationals season, Regular season, September\nInserted in the ninth inning as a defensive substitute in left field, Alejandro De Aza leaped to take a home run away from Marlins pinch-hitter Tyler Moore to end the game. Posting six shutout innings while leading the Nationals to a 2\u22121 victory over Miami on September 5, starter Stephen Strasburg set a new team record for consecutive innings without allowing a run, at 26.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 59], "content_span": [60, 435]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273564-0053-0002", "contents": "2017 Washington Nationals season, Regular season, September\nWashington finished off the series with an 8\u22121 rout of the Marlins, their eighth victory against their second-place division rival in a row, in front of a crowd Reuters estimated at fewer than 800 at first pitch on September 6, with Hurricane Irma bearing down on South Florida and an evacuation order in place. Rookie Dillon Peters, starting on the mound for the Marlins, received his first career decision with the loss. Zimmerman homered off Peters on a count of three balls and no strikes, the first time in his 12-year major league career he had notched a hit in that count.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 59], "content_span": [60, 639]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273564-0054-0000", "contents": "2017 Washington Nationals season, Regular season, September\nOn September 7, the Nationals selected the contract of top overall prospect V\u00edctor Robles. They cleared space for the 20-year-old outfielder on the 40-man roster by moving Fedde to the 60-day disabled list. Outfielders Rafael Bautista and Andrew Stevenson were also recalled. Manager Dusty Baker disclosed that outfielder Brian Goodwin had experienced a setback while rehabbing from a groin injury suffered the previous month, rendering his status doubtful for the rest of the season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 59], "content_span": [60, 544]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273564-0054-0001", "contents": "2017 Washington Nationals season, Regular season, September\nRobles pinch-hit and flied out to deep right field in his major league debut as the Nationals took the first of four from the division rival Philadelphia Phillies, coming back to win 4\u22123. The Nationals made one more call-up on September 8, recalling infielder Adri\u00e1n S\u00e1nchez in what Baker said was the last of the team's scheduled call-ups with expanded September rosters.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 59], "content_span": [60, 432]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273564-0054-0002", "contents": "2017 Washington Nationals season, Regular season, September\nIn that evening's game against the Phillies, the Nationals won behind big offensive games from their shortstop Turner and their center fielder Michael A. Taylor, who respectively were a triple and a double shy of hitting for the cycle. Taylor hit the first major league inside-the-park grand slam in nearly two years, and the first in team history, as the Nationals defeated the Phillies in the dramatic 11\u221210 game.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 59], "content_span": [60, 475]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273564-0054-0003", "contents": "2017 Washington Nationals season, Regular season, September\nThe Nationals took three out of four from the Phillies in the series, with Baker deploying a rookie-heavy team for the series finale on September 10 and Strasburg extending his scoreless inning streak to 34 innings, the longest of any major league pitcher in the season, as he earned the win in the 3\u22122 contest. Robles collected his first major league hit and RBI, driving in S\u00e1nchez with a double but being called out at third after he slid past the bag in an attempt to stretch the hit into a triple. With the Marlins losing to the Atlanta Braves the same day, the Nationals became the first team in the 2017 Major League Baseball season to clinch a spot in the playoffs and a division title, winning the National League East crown for the fourth time since their 2012 season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 59], "content_span": [60, 838]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273564-0055-0000", "contents": "2017 Washington Nationals season, Regular season, September\nThe Nationals were shut out in their first game after clinching the division, blanked 8\u22120 by the Braves behind their ace Julio Teher\u00e1n on September 12 to open a three-game series at Nationals Park. Appearing in his third major league game out of the bullpen, Nationals rookie reliever Adams recorded the first strikeout and first scoreless inning of his career. On September 13, injured closer Koda Glover announced he would not make a return in 2017 after reportedly suffering a setback in his rehabilitation from back and shoulder injuries. The Braves won the September 13 game, 8\u22122.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 59], "content_span": [60, 645]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273564-0055-0001", "contents": "2017 Washington Nationals season, Regular season, September\nThe decisive blow in the game came when Baker kept Nationals ace Max Scherzer in to start the seventh inning, only for Scherzer to walk the bases loaded for just the second time in his career. Scherzer then gave up a two-run single to rookie shortstop Dansby Swanson to give the Braves the lead.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 59], "content_span": [60, 355]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273564-0055-0002", "contents": "2017 Washington Nationals season, Regular season, September\nAfter an intentional walk to first baseman Freddie Freeman, Scherzer exited the game and reliever Brandon Kintzler proceeded to give up a grand slam to left fielder Matt Kemp on his first pitch of the game, saddling Scherzer with seven earned runs in a significant blow to his chances of repeating as the National League Cy Young Award honoree.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 59], "content_span": [60, 404]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273564-0055-0003", "contents": "2017 Washington Nationals season, Regular season, September\nBaker and Scherzer both defended the move after the game, saying the pitcher had asked to go past 110 pitches in the game \u2014 he ended his outing at 116 pitches \u2014 in order to get \"stretched out\" for the postseason run. Baker said he had wanted to remove Scherzer sooner but decided to stick with the predetermined \"game plan\".", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 59], "content_span": [60, 384]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273564-0055-0004", "contents": "2017 Washington Nationals season, Regular season, September\nThe Nationals salvaged the three-game set with a 5\u22122 win on September 14 behind a quality start from Tanner Roark and a 2-for-4 game for the right fielder Robles, who set a new team record in the Statcast era for fastest time to third base on a triple, with 11.12 seconds, while driving home first baseman Adam Lind.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 59], "content_span": [60, 376]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273564-0056-0000", "contents": "2017 Washington Nationals season, Regular season, September\nThe Nationals' next three-game series against the Los Angeles Dodgers followed the same pattern, with the Dodgers shutting out the Nationals 7\u22120 in the September 15 game behind a dominant turn by starting pitcher Alex Wood and then winning the September 16 game before the Nationals captured the last game of the set on September 17.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 59], "content_span": [60, 393]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273564-0056-0001", "contents": "2017 Washington Nationals season, Regular season, September\nIn the latter game, Strasburg's streak of innings without allowing a run ended at 35 as a flyball by Logan Forsythe bounced off the heel of the center fielder Taylor's glove for what was ruled an RBI double in the second inning, but that was the only run the Nationals gave up as Strasburg earned the 7\u22121 win, buoyed by a two-homer performance by Zimmerman to equal the first baseman's career best in a season with 33 home runs.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 59], "content_span": [60, 488]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273564-0056-0002", "contents": "2017 Washington Nationals season, Regular season, September\nEmbarking on their last road trip of the season, the Nationals won back-to-back games for the first time since clinching as they topped the Braves at SunTrust Park 4\u22122 behind a strong seven-inning start from Scherzer, as the Nationals ace became just the fourth pitcher in major league history to post four consecutive seasons with 250 or more strikeouts. In the game, Turner swiped two bases to set a new Nationals record for stolen bases in a season with 42. The Nationals ultimately took two of three from the Braves, dropping the last game of the series on September 21, although the veteran Zimmerman set a new personal best for a single season in home runs as he hit his 34th off Atlanta starter R. A. Dickey.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 59], "content_span": [60, 775]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273564-0057-0000", "contents": "2017 Washington Nationals season, Regular season, September\nWith Zimmerman out for the weekend with what Baker described as \"general soreness\", Lind hit his 199th and 200th career home runs over the first two games of a series visiting the New York Mets at Citi Field, on September 22 and September 23. The latter blast, off Mets pitcher Matt Harvey, set a new season high for the franchise in home runs with 204.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 59], "content_span": [60, 413]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273564-0057-0001", "contents": "2017 Washington Nationals season, Regular season, September\nThe Nationals lost a five-run lead and dropped the September 22 game 7\u22126, with veteran reliever Shawn Kelley leaving the game midway through an at-bat against Mets outfielder Juan Lagares with an apparent arm injury, but came back from a three-run deficit to clip the Mets 4\u22123 in the tenth inning on September 23, with second baseman and former Met Daniel Murphy hitting a leadoff homer against reliever Jacob Rhame to put Washington on top and give reliever Sammy Solis his first decision of the year, a win. Behind a quality start by Scherzer, key hits from their catcher Jos\u00e9 Lobat\u00f3n and shortstop Turner, and spectacular outfield defense from their right fielder Robles, the Nationals captured the rubber game of the series in Queens 3\u22122 to clinch home field advantage in the National League Division Series.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 59], "content_span": [60, 872]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273564-0058-0000", "contents": "2017 Washington Nationals season, Regular season, September\nStarting for the Nationals to begin a three-game series on the road against the Phillies on September 25, Cole notched his first career hit, a single up the middle off Phillies ace Aaron Nola. Cole outdueled Nola to earn the win in the 3\u22121 contest. The next day, the Nationals activated star right fielder Bryce Harper from the disabled list after he missed more than a month with a hyperextended right knee and strained calf.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 59], "content_span": [60, 486]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273564-0058-0001", "contents": "2017 Washington Nationals season, Regular season, September\nThe Nationals lost the September 26 and September 27 games to the Phillies before heading back to Washington, D.C., for a four-game homestand to end the regular season against the Pittsburgh Pirates. Closer Sean Doolittle suffered his first blown save as a National since being acquired in trade from the Oakland Athletics in July, giving up a single to Andrew McCutchen and then a home run to Josh Bell on his first two pitches of the ninth inning on September 28.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 59], "content_span": [60, 525]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273564-0058-0002", "contents": "2017 Washington Nationals season, Regular season, September\nHowever, the Nationals rallied in the bottom of the ninth inning after the Pirates had tied it, with Rendon leading off with a single that was consecutively followed by singles from Murphy and then De Aza, whose sharp line drive down the right field line brought home Rendon to complete a 5\u22124 walk-off victory. Strasburg made his final start of the regular season on September 29, leading the Nationals to a 6\u22121 win with 7+2\u20443 shutout innings of no-hit ball to earn his 15th win of the year, joining Scherzer and Gio Gonz\u00e1lez among Nationals pitchers with that many.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 59], "content_span": [60, 626]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273564-0058-0003", "contents": "2017 Washington Nationals season, Regular season, September\nStrasburg also passed the 200-strikeout mark, making him and Scherzer the only pair of pitchers in team history with at least 200 strikeouts in a season. Zimmerman turned in one of the best offensive performances of his career, notching four extra-base hits for the first time in a game as he doubled twice and homered twice. On September 30, the Nationals announced Kelley had been diagnosed with bone chips in his right elbow and placed him on the 60-day disabled list. Infielder Stephen Drew, out since late July, was activated from the 60-day disabled list.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 59], "content_span": [60, 621]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273564-0058-0004", "contents": "2017 Washington Nationals season, Regular season, September\nIn the last game of the month on September 30, Scherzer had to leave his start after 3+1\u20443 innings with what the team later announced was a hamstring cramp. Cole came on in long relief and fired 3+2\u20443 hitless innings, preserving Scherzer's one-hitter, before Romero came on for the eighth inning and worked around a walk. Kintzler, inserted to vie for his 30th career save, could not hold the 1\u22120 lead in the top of the ninth inning and gave up four runs on four hits to take the loss.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 59], "content_span": [60, 545]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273564-0059-0000", "contents": "2017 Washington Nationals season, Regular season, September\nThe Nationals wrapped up their final full month of the regular season with a 97\u201364 record, 20 games up on the second-place Marlins.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 59], "content_span": [60, 191]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273564-0059-0001", "contents": "2017 Washington Nationals season, Regular season, September\nAfter dropping three in a four-game series against the Brewers that began in August and continued into the first three days of September, they swept the Marlins in three games on the road, took three of four from the Phillies at home, suffered a rare series loss to the Braves at home as the visitors won two of three, dropped two of three to the visiting Dodgers, returned the favor in Atlanta by winning two of three there, again won two of three against the Mets in Queens, lost two of three to the Phillies in their last road series of the season, and finished the month having taken two of three from the Pirates in their last homestand of the season with one game left to play. They went 16\u201313 in September, their second-lowest winning percentage of the season for a full month.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 59], "content_span": [60, 844]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273564-0060-0000", "contents": "2017 Washington Nationals season, Regular season, October\nThe Nationals dropped their last game of the season to earn a series split with the Pittsburgh Pirates on October 1. Starter Gio Gonz\u00e1lez took the loss, with Tanner Roark appearing in relief and allowing more damage before Pittsburgh eventually won the game 11\u22128. While manager Dusty Baker said Gonz\u00e1lez had been dealing with illness before the game, Gonz\u00e1lez told a MASN reporter, \"I didn't want him to say that at all. That's not an excuse.\" Left fielder Jayson Werth, expected to reach free agency after the season, was removed on defense in the ninth inning and received a standing ovation from the fans at Nationals Park. The game lasted 4 hours 22 minutes, the longest nine-inning game in both Nationals and Pirates history.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 57], "content_span": [58, 788]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273564-0061-0000", "contents": "2017 Washington Nationals season, Regular season, October\nThe Nationals finished the regular season 20 games ahead of the second-place Miami Marlins with a record of 97\u201365. It was both the second-best record in Nationals history and the second-best in Montreal-Washington franchise history, exceeded in both cases only by the 98\u201364 record of the 2012 Nationals.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 57], "content_span": [58, 361]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273564-0062-0000", "contents": "2017 Washington Nationals season, Regular season, October\nOn October 6, shortly before the start of the National League Division Series, the Nationals announced assistant hitting coach Jacque Jones had been suspended without pay amid an internal investigation.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 57], "content_span": [58, 260]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273564-0063-0000", "contents": "2017 Washington Nationals season, Regular season, Culture and entertainment, Mascots\nDuring the 2016-2017 offseason, the Nationals announced that Racing Presidents Calvin Coolidge (\"Cal\"), Herbert Hoover (\"Herbie\"), and William Howard Taft (\"Bill\") had retired permanently to Florida, where they would compete against one another in races held during the fourth inning of Nationals spring training games at The Ballpark of the Palm Beaches in West Palm Beach.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 84], "content_span": [85, 459]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273564-0063-0001", "contents": "2017 Washington Nationals season, Regular season, Culture and entertainment, Mascots\nTaft had raced at Nationals Park from 2013 through 2016, while the other two retired presidents had raced there for one season each \u2013 Coolidge in 2015 and Hoover in 2016 \u2013 as part of a multiyear marketing partnership between the Nationals and the White House Historical Association.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 84], "content_span": [85, 367]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273564-0063-0002", "contents": "2017 Washington Nationals season, Regular season, Culture and entertainment, Mascots\nAs a result of Taft's retirement and the Nationals\u2032 decision not to add Franklin Delano Roosevelt as a Racing President in 2017, the Presidents Race at Nationals Park reverted in 2017 to its original format of 2006 through 2012, with competition between only four presidents: George Washington (\"George\"), Thomas Jefferson (\"Tom\"), Abraham Lincoln (\"Abe\"), and Theodore Roosevelt (\"Teddy\").", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 84], "content_span": [85, 475]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273564-0064-0000", "contents": "2017 Washington Nationals season, Regular season, Culture and entertainment, New organ\nLate in the regular season, while the Nationals were on their final road trip of the year between September 19 and 27, a new organ was installed at Nationals Park, fulfilling the Nationals organization's long-held goal of upgrading the stadium's organ. The Viscount Sonus 60, priced at $20,000 on European Web sites, was manufactured in Mondaino, Italy, and tuned in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania. It was installed in a former radio booth on the second floor of the stadium's press box, replacing a less-capable portable Hammond organ that had been located in a corner of the stadium's sound effects control room. The new location gave the organist a private room for the first time, as well as a better view of the field and crowd.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 86], "content_span": [87, 814]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273564-0065-0000", "contents": "2017 Washington Nationals season, Regular season, Attendance\nThe Nationals drew 2,524,980 fans at Nationals Park during 2017, their fourth-highest attendance since arriving in Washington in 2005. It placed them seventh in attendance for the season among the 15 National League teams for the second consecutive year. Their highest attendance at a home game occurred on April 3, when they drew an Opening Day crowd of 42,744 for a game against the Miami Marlins, while the low mark was 18,881 for a game against the Seattle Mariners on May 25. Their average home attendance was 31,172 per game, fifth-highest since their arrival in Washington.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 60], "content_span": [61, 641]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273564-0066-0000", "contents": "2017 Washington Nationals season, Postseason, Division Series\nWith the National League's second seed in the 2017 postseason, the Nationals faced the third seed, the National League Central-champion Chicago Cubs, who, as the winners of the 2016 World Series, were mounting their first defense of a World Series title since 1908. On October 4, 2017, the Cubs announced that Kyle Hendricks would start Game 1 of the Division Series while Jon Lester would start Game 2, Jos\u00e9 Quintana Game 3, and Jake Arrieta Game 4.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 61], "content_span": [62, 512]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273564-0066-0001", "contents": "2017 Washington Nationals season, Postseason, Division Series\nOn October 5, Dusty Baker announced that Stephen Strasburg would start Game 1 for the Nationals, but did not specify starters for any other NLDS games. The Nationals later announced that Gio Gonz\u00e1lez would start Game 2 and Max Scherzer would start Game 3, giving Scherzer additional time to recover from a hamstring tweak he had suffered in his last start of the regular season on September 30. On October 8, Dusty Baker announced that Tanner Roark would start Game 4.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 61], "content_span": [62, 531]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273564-0067-0000", "contents": "2017 Washington Nationals season, Postseason, Division Series\nOn October 6, Mayor of the District of Columbia Muriel Bowser and Mayor of Chicago Rahm Emanuel announced a friendly wager on the outcome of the series, with Bowser staking half-smokes from Ben's Chili Bowl and D.C. Brau beer against Emanuel's bet of sausage from Publican Quality Meats, prime bone-in ribeye steaks from Harry Caray's Italian Steakhouse, and two growlers of Vice District Brewing Company's Habitual beer. They also agreed that the losing mayor would make a monetary contribution to relief efforts in Puerto Rico in the aftermath of Hurricane Maria.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 61], "content_span": [62, 627]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273564-0068-0000", "contents": "2017 Washington Nationals season, Postseason, Division Series\nJust before Game 1 of the NLDS began on October 6, the Nationals announced the indefinite suspension with pay of assistant hitting coach Jacque Jones pending a team investigation of an unspecified legal matter, the first off-field problem Washington had faced all season. Minor-league hitting coordinator Troy Gingrich assumed assistant hitting coach duties in Jones's absence.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 61], "content_span": [62, 439]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273564-0069-0000", "contents": "2017 Washington Nationals season, Postseason, Division Series, Game 1, October 6\nIn pregame ceremonies at Nationals Park, U.S. Congressman Steve Scalise (R-La. ), representing Louisiana\u2032s 1st Congressional District, threw out the ceremonial first pitch on his 52nd birthday, with United States Capitol Police special agent Kevin Bailey catching. Both men had been shot on June 14, 2017, when a gunman opened fire on Republican U.S. senators and congressmen practicing at Eugene Simpson Stadium Park in Alexandria, Virginia, for the annual Congressional Baseball Game for Charity.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 80], "content_span": [81, 579]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273564-0070-0000", "contents": "2017 Washington Nationals season, Postseason, Division Series, Game 1, October 6\nGame 1 was a pitcher's duel between the Nationals\u2032 hard-throwing Stephen Strasburg, whose fastball reached 98 miles per hour (158\u00a0km/hr), and Chicago's soft-tossing Kyle Hendricks, known for a fastball that topped out at 88 miles per hour (142\u00a0km/hr) at best. Strasburg had a very strong outing, pitching a no-hitter through the first five innings, allowing only a single Cub to reach base when shortstop Addison Russell walked in the top of the second.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 80], "content_span": [81, 534]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273564-0070-0001", "contents": "2017 Washington Nationals season, Postseason, Division Series, Game 1, October 6\nIn the top of the sixth inning, however, Nationals third baseman Anthony Rendon dropped Chicago second baseman Javier B\u00e1ez\u2032s routine chopper up the third-base line, Rendon's first error since July 22, allowing B\u00e1ez to lead off the inning by reaching first base. Hendricks then advanced B\u00e1ez to second on a sacrifice bunt, B\u00e1ez becoming the first Cub to reach second base during the game.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 80], "content_span": [81, 468]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273564-0070-0002", "contents": "2017 Washington Nationals season, Postseason, Division Series, Game 1, October 6\nRight fielder Ben Zobrist followed by flying out to center field, pushing Strasburg's no-hitter to 5+2\u20443 innings, but in the next at-bat, third baseman Kris Bryant finally broke up the no-hit bid, singling to right, scoring B\u00e1ez and advancing to second when right fielder Bryce Harper overthrew the cut-off man. First baseman Anthony Rizzo followed immediately with a single that scored Bryant.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 80], "content_span": [81, 475]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273564-0070-0003", "contents": "2017 Washington Nationals season, Postseason, Division Series, Game 1, October 6\nCatcher Willson Contreras grounded out to end the sixth inning, and Strasburg returned to pitch a perfect seventh inning, leaving the game after giving up only two hits, no earned runs, and one walk while striking out 10 Cubs, but with the Nationals behind 2\u20130. Strasburg's 10 strikeouts were a postseason single-game record for the Montreal-Washington franchise.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 80], "content_span": [81, 444]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273564-0071-0000", "contents": "2017 Washington Nationals season, Postseason, Division Series, Game 1, October 6\nMeanwhile, Kendricks dominated the Nationals, taking advantage of a particularly effective changeup, and Washington hitters proved unable to adjust to his mid-80s fastball. He gave up a single to Harper in the first and a single to center fielder Michael A. Taylor in the second and, like Strasburg, left the game after the seventh inning, having shut out Washington on two hits (only one of which left the infield), three walks, a hit batsman, and six strikeouts. Other than Harper's single, he silenced the heart of the Nationals\u2032 lineup; Anthony Rendon, first baseman Ryan Zimmerman, second baseman Daniel Murphy, shortstop Trea Turner, and left fielder Jayson Werth went a combined 0-for-17 against him.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 80], "content_span": [81, 788]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273564-0072-0000", "contents": "2017 Washington Nationals season, Postseason, Division Series, Game 1, October 6\nIn the eighth inning, the bullpens took over. In the top of the eighth. Nationals reliever Ryan Madson gave up doubles to pinch-hitter Jon Jay and Anthony Rizzo, allowing the Cubs to push their lead to 3\u20130. No one else reached base for either team, Carl Edwards Jr. pitching a perfect eighth for the Cubs, Brandon Kintzler a perfect ninth for the Nationals, and Wade Davis closing with a perfect ninth for the Cubs. With Washington managing only two hits \u2013 and none after the second inning \u2013 Chicago took a 1\u20130 lead in the series.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 80], "content_span": [81, 611]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273564-0073-0000", "contents": "2017 Washington Nationals season, Postseason, Division Series, Game 2, October 7\nWith Max Scherzer still completing his recovery from a hamstring tweak, Gio Gonz\u00e1lez started Game 2 for Washington, facing Chicago ace Jon Lester. Despite the impotence of the Nationals\u2032 lineup against Cubs pitching the previous evening, Dusty Baker opted to put the same lineup up against Lester in the belief that it was capable of an offensive explosion at any time.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 80], "content_span": [81, 450]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273564-0074-0000", "contents": "2017 Washington Nationals season, Postseason, Division Series, Game 2, October 7\nGonz\u00e1lez got off to strong start, quickly retiring the Cubs in order in the top of the first with two strikeouts. With two outs in the bottom of the first, third baseman Anthony Rendon hit a solo home run into the Nationals\u2032 bullpen in right field to give the Nats their first run and first lead of the series, but Cubs catcher Willson Contreras responded with a towering leadoff homer to left in the top of the second to tie the game at 1\u20131.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 80], "content_span": [81, 523]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273564-0074-0001", "contents": "2017 Washington Nationals season, Postseason, Division Series, Game 2, October 7\nGonz\u00e1lez then kept the Cubs off the bases until the top of the fourth inning, when third baseman Kris Bryant led off with a double and first baseman Anthony Rizzo followed immediately with a two-run homer to right to give Chicago a 3\u20131 lead, becoming the Cubs' career leader in postseason homers (with six) and in postseason RBIs (with 16). Gonz\u00e1lez left the game after five innings, having given up three earned runs on three hits and two walks while striking out six Cubs.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 80], "content_span": [81, 555]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273564-0075-0000", "contents": "2017 Washington Nationals season, Postseason, Division Series, Game 2, October 7\nAfter Rendon's first-inning homer, Lester retired the next ten Nationals batters. By the end of the fourth inning, the Nationals' No. 2 through No. 5 hitters \u2014 right fielder Bryce Harper, Rendon, second baseman Daniel Murphy, and first baseman Ryan Zimmerman \u2014 had combined for a 2-for-21 (.095) hitting performance in the series and Washington as a team had gone only 3- for-42 (.071).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 80], "content_span": [81, 467]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273564-0075-0001", "contents": "2017 Washington Nationals season, Postseason, Division Series, Game 2, October 7\nThe Nats did not show another spark of offensive life until the bottom of the fifth inning, when Zimmerman led off with a single \u2013 only the second Washington hit of the game \u2013 stole second, and advanced to third on a wild pitch. Lester issued back-to-back walks to center fielder Michael A. Taylor and pinch hitter Howie Kendrick, batting for Gonz\u00e1lez, to load the bases with two outs, but the scoring threat evaporated when slumping shortstop Trea Turner, hitless in the series, struck out to end the inning.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 80], "content_span": [81, 590]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273564-0076-0000", "contents": "2017 Washington Nationals season, Postseason, Division Series, Game 2, October 7\nIn relief of Gonz\u00e1lez, Matt Albers, Sammy Solis, and Ryan Madson kept the Cubs from adding to their lead in the sixth, seventh, and eighth innings, giving up only a single and a walk and striking out a Cub, but against Lester, who pitched through the sixth inning and whose two-hit performance was the best postseason outing of his career, and Pedro Strop, who pitched the seventh for Chicago, the Nats managed only one base runner, when Strop hit catcher Matt Wieters with a pitch, the second time Wieters had been hit by a pitch in the series.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 80], "content_span": [81, 626]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273564-0076-0001", "contents": "2017 Washington Nationals season, Postseason, Division Series, Game 2, October 7\nWieters did not advance beyond first. By the time the Nationals came to bat in the bottom of the eighth inning, they had accumulated only one run and four hits in the first 16 innings of the series, hitting 4-for-52 (.077). Losing 3\u20131 and with opportunities running out, they faced the prospect of traveling to Chicago for Game 3 down 2\u20130 in the best-of-five series with a badly slumping offense and needing to win three straight games, two of them on the road, to avoid elimination in the first round of the postseason for the fourth time in six years. After the game, Baker told the press that as the bottom of the eighth began, he was \"kind of bewildered\" by his team's offensive silence, adding \"I just knew in the bottom of my heart that we were going to explode for some numbers, which we've done all year.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 80], "content_span": [81, 894]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273564-0077-0000", "contents": "2017 Washington Nationals season, Postseason, Division Series, Game 2, October 7\nCarl Edwards Jr. came in to pitch for the Cubs in the bottom of the eighth, which began with pinch-hitter Adam Lind, a veteran who had played 1,344 regular-season games over 12 seasons, singling in the first postseason appearance of his career. Twenty-year-old V\u00edctor Robles, who had just reached the major leagues for the first time on September 7, made his own career postseason debut when he came in to pinch-run for Lind.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 80], "content_span": [81, 506]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273564-0077-0001", "contents": "2017 Washington Nationals season, Postseason, Division Series, Game 2, October 7\nAfter Trea Turner struck out, Bryce Harper, 0-for-3 in the game with two groundouts and a strikeout and seemingly overmatched by Cubs pitching, came to the plate; he had just returned in late September from 42 days on the disabled list and since then had gone 4-for-25 (.160) in the regular season and postseason combined with no extra-base hits, but on a 3\u20131 pitch from Edwards he homered to right \u2013 the fifth home run of his 16-game postseason career \u2013 to tie the game at 3\u20133. Edwards then walked Rendon.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 80], "content_span": [81, 587]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273564-0077-0002", "contents": "2017 Washington Nationals season, Postseason, Division Series, Game 2, October 7\nMike Montgomery relieved Edwards, but surrendered a single to Daniel Murphy which advanced Rendon to second. Zimmerman then came up to bat; he had hit only .167 against the Cubs during the regular season and his 1-for-6 performance in the division series had dropped his average against the Cubs in 2017 as a whole to .144, but he hit a three-run homer to left, giving the Nationals a 6\u20133 lead. After Montgomery retired the side, Nationals closer Sean Doolittle made his first appearance of the series, and gave up only a single in the top of the ninth on his way to earning the first postseason save of his career. The Nationals evened the series at 1\u20131.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 80], "content_span": [81, 736]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273564-0078-0000", "contents": "2017 Washington Nationals season, Postseason, Division Series, Game 3, October 9\nOn Columbus Day, in the first postseason game at Wrigley Field since the 2016 World Series, Max Scherzer \u2013 returning from nursing a hamstring tweak he suffered in his final regular-season appearance \u2013 started for Washington, while Jos\u00e9 Quintana took the ball for Chicago in the first postseason start of his career. Both starters pitched masterful games.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 80], "content_span": [81, 435]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273564-0078-0001", "contents": "2017 Washington Nationals season, Postseason, Division Series, Game 3, October 9\nQuintana shut out the Nats through 5+2\u20443 innings, allowing only two hits, singles to left fielder Jayson Werth in the second inning and to center fielder Michael A. Taylor in the third, an inning in which Taylor reached third on throwing errors by Quintana and third baseman Ben Zobrist but did not score. Quintana benefited from better Cubs defense in the top of the fourth inning, when Werth walked and Nationals catcher Matt Wieters followed with a deep fly ball that center fielder Jon Jay grabbed with a spectacular running catch that probably saved a run.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 80], "content_span": [81, 642]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273564-0078-0002", "contents": "2017 Washington Nationals season, Postseason, Division Series, Game 3, October 9\nWith two outs in the sixth, however, second basemen Daniel Murphy hit a fly ball into the left field corner that Cubs left fielder Kyle Schwarber mishandled, committing two errors that allowed Murphy to reach third base. Cubs manager Joe Maddon brought in Pedro Strop to relieve Quintana \u2013 who left having struck out seven Nats and walked only one \u2013 but Strop promptly surrendered a double to first baseman Ryan Zimmerman that brought Murphy home and gave the Nationals a 1\u20130 lead.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 80], "content_span": [81, 562]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273564-0079-0000", "contents": "2017 Washington Nationals season, Postseason, Division Series, Game 3, October 9\nScherzer did not allow a baserunner until the fourth inning, when he hit John Jay with a pitch, and threw a no-hitter for 6+1\u20443 innings \u2013 the deepest no-hit bid by an opponent in Cubs postseason history \u2013 and struck out seven Cubs before finally giving up a double to Zobrist with one out in the bottom of the seventh inning. With Scherzer having thrown 98 pitches, Dusty Baker came out to relieve him, choosing lefty Sammy Solis to face the left-handed Schwarber. Maddon countered by pinch-hitting for Schwarber, bringing right-hander Albert Almora Jr. to the plate.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 80], "content_span": [81, 648]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273564-0079-0001", "contents": "2017 Washington Nationals season, Postseason, Division Series, Game 3, October 9\nSolis, although he had posted a 5.88 ERA during the season, actually had fared better against right-handed batters than left-handers, but on Solis's seventh pitch, Almora singled \u2013 his first career postseason hit in 15 at-bats \u2013 to score Zobrist and tie the game at 1\u20131. Solis then gave up a single to right fielder Jason Heyward that advanced Almora to second before Brandon Kintzler relieved Solis and got shortstop Addison Russell to line out to Taylor in center field. Heyward made a rare baserunning mistake by attempting to advance to second on Russell's liner, allowing Taylor to double him off at first base to end the inning.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 80], "content_span": [81, 715]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273564-0080-0000", "contents": "2017 Washington Nationals season, Postseason, Division Series, Game 3, October 9\nThe decisive moment in the game came in the bottom of the eighth inning. Kintzler gave up a lead-off walk to Chicago pinch-hitter Tommy La Stella. Leonys Martin then came in to pinch run for La Stella and advanced to second on Jon Jay's sacrifice bunt. Kintzler then struck out third baseman Kris Bryant, and Baker brought in \u00d3liver P\u00e9rez to pitch to first baseman Anthony Rizzo rather than walk Rizzo and face catcher Willson Contreras, who was waiting in the on-deck circle.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 80], "content_span": [81, 557]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273564-0080-0001", "contents": "2017 Washington Nationals season, Postseason, Division Series, Game 3, October 9\nRizzo hit Perez's first pitch weakly into left field for a bloop single that fell between Taylor, Werth, and shortstop Trea Turner. The hit scored Martin to give the Cubs a 2\u20131 lead before Rizzo was thrown out to end the inning when he tried to advance to second. Chicago closer Wade Davis then retired the Nationals in order in the top of the ninth and Chicago secured a 2\u20131 victory despite committing four errors in the field. The Cubs took a 2\u20131 lead in the series even though they had hit only .179 as a team in the three games.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 80], "content_span": [81, 613]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273564-0081-0000", "contents": "2017 Washington Nationals season, Postseason, Division Series, Game 3, October 9\nOutstanding starts by Stephen Strasburg in Game 1 and Scherzer in Game 3 both had resulted in losses thanks to Washington's slumping offense. Although they had scored five runs in the bottom of the eighth inning in Game 2, the Nationals ended Game 3 with a total of only seven hits and two runs in the other 26 innings of the series combined, hitting only .083 as team in those innings.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 80], "content_span": [81, 467]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273564-0081-0001", "contents": "2017 Washington Nationals season, Postseason, Division Series, Game 3, October 9\nLeadoff hitter Trea Turner finished Game 3 having gone 0-for-12 in the series with five strikeouts and had not reached base, while Anthony Rendon was 1-for-10 and Daniel Murphy, batting cleanup, was 1-for-11. While Nats pitchers had posted a combined 1.96 ERA in the 2017 NLDS, the team's overall .121 batting average in the series was the lowest of any 2017 playoff team.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 80], "content_span": [81, 453]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273564-0082-0000", "contents": "2017 Washington Nationals season, Postseason, Division Series, Game 4, October 11\nOriginally scheduled to begin at 5:38\u00a0p.m. EDT on October 10, Game 4 was postponed due to rain and rescheduled for 4:08\u00a0p.m. EDT on October 11. The Nationals had planned for Tanner Roark to start Game 4 on October 10, but Roark had struggled in his last two outings of the regular season and Washington, with a must-win situation in Game 4, considered taking advantage of the rainout to have the dominating Stephen Strasburg, who had posted an ERA of 0.76 in his last nine appearances, start instead on normal rest.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 81], "content_span": [82, 597]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273564-0082-0001", "contents": "2017 Washington Nationals season, Postseason, Division Series, Game 4, October 11\nHowever, the Nationals announced on the evening of October 10 after Game 4 had been postponed that Strasburg had come down with influenza-like symptoms after his October 6 appearance in Game 1 and was too ill to pitch Game 4, and that Roark would get the call on October 11, leading to much criticism by outside observers that Strasburg was perhaps too \"soft\" and too prone to health problems to pitch in the postseason. Plans changed again during the day on October 11 however, when Strasburg, after undergoing a regimen of antibiotics and intravenous fluids, told Nationals pitching coach Mike Maddux that he felt well enough to pitch. Ultimately, Strasburg started Game 4.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 81], "content_span": [82, 758]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273564-0083-0000", "contents": "2017 Washington Nationals season, Postseason, Division Series, Game 4, October 11\nAs they had in the NLDS in 2012 and 2014, the Nationals faced elimination in Game 4, which took place on a damp and chilly afternoon and evening with a strong breeze from Lake Michigan blowing in from the outfield, knocking down long fly balls for both teams that might have been home runs. Once, again, both teams enjoyed excellent outings by their starting pitchers.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 81], "content_span": [82, 450]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273564-0083-0001", "contents": "2017 Washington Nationals season, Postseason, Division Series, Game 4, October 11\nAlthough still recovering from his illness, Strasburg pitched an impressive seven shutout innings in which he threw 106 pitches, 72 of them for strikes, gave up only three hits and two walks, and struck out 12 Cubs, a new Montreal-Washington franchise postseason single-game strikeout record that broke the record Strasburg had set himself in Game 1 on October 6, when he had fanned 10 Cubs.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 81], "content_span": [82, 473]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273564-0083-0002", "contents": "2017 Washington Nationals season, Postseason, Division Series, Game 4, October 11\nThe biggest Cubs scoring threat of his outing came in the bottom of the second inning, when Chicago third baseman Ben Zobrist doubled with one out, then tagged and advanced to third on shortstop Addison Russell's fly out. Strasburg then walked center fielder Jason Heyward, but got second baseman Javier B\u00e1ez to ground out to end the inning without the Cubs scoring.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 81], "content_span": [82, 449]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273564-0083-0003", "contents": "2017 Washington Nationals season, Postseason, Division Series, Game 4, October 11\nHe allowed only one more Cub to reach second base, when catcher Willson Contreras singled and advanced to second on a Strasburg throwing error in the bottom of the fourth inning, but he struck out the side to extinguish that threat as well.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 81], "content_span": [82, 322]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273564-0083-0004", "contents": "2017 Washington Nationals season, Postseason, Division Series, Game 4, October 11\nStrasburg left the game having struck out 22 Cubs in his two 2017 NLDS appearances, becoming only the third MLB pitcher in history to strike out ten or more batters twice in the same division series and the first National League pitcher to do it in any postseason series since Bob Gibson for the St. Louis Cardinals in the 1968 World Series. In his three career postseason playoff appearances combined - one in 2014 and two in 2017 - Strasburg had posted a 0.49 ERA over 19 innings, striking out 24 and issuing only four walks. In his last ten appearances of 2017 combined, including the two NLDS games, he had pitched to an ERA of 0.69.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 81], "content_span": [82, 719]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273564-0084-0000", "contents": "2017 Washington Nationals season, Postseason, Division Series, Game 4, October 11\nFor Chicago, starter Jake Arrieta, returning to action after suffering a hamstring injury, walked five Nats in four innings of work but allowed only two hits. He gave up only one run \u2013 unearned \u2013 when, in the top of the third inning, Washington shortstop Trea Turner, batting leadoff but 0-for-13 in the series, doubled with one out, reaching base for the first time in the NLDS, then advanced to third base on a wild pitch. Arrieta struck out left fielder Jayson Werth, then walked right fielder Bryce Harper, who stole second.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 81], "content_span": [82, 611]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273564-0084-0001", "contents": "2017 Washington Nationals season, Postseason, Division Series, Game 4, October 11\nAfter that, Cubs shortstop Addison Russell committed an error on Nationals first baseman Ryan Zimmerman\u2032s slow roller, allowing Turner to score and giving Washington a 1\u20130 lead before Arrieta struck out second basemen Daniel Murphy to end the inning.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 81], "content_span": [82, 332]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273564-0084-0002", "contents": "2017 Washington Nationals season, Postseason, Division Series, Game 4, October 11\nHe faced another major scoring threat in the top of the fourth, when Washington third baseman Anthony Rendon led off with a double, center fielder Michael A. Taylor walked, Strasburg executed a textbook sacrifice bunt to advance both runners, and Trea Turner walked to load the bases with two outs, but he struck out Werth again to end both the inning and his playoff outing, having struck out four Nats and allowed no earned runs.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 81], "content_span": [82, 516]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273564-0084-0003", "contents": "2017 Washington Nationals season, Postseason, Division Series, Game 4, October 11\nJon Lester relieved Arrieta in the fifth and retired the first ten Nationals batters he faced, the last of them Bryce Harper, who led off the eighth inning and struck out. Ryan Zimmerman walked and attempted to rattle Lester \u2013 known for disliking throwing the ball to the bases \u2013 by taking long leads, but Lester uncharacteristically managed to pick him off first for the second out.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 81], "content_span": [82, 465]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273564-0085-0000", "contents": "2017 Washington Nationals season, Postseason, Division Series, Game 4, October 11\nHowever, the eighth inning proved to be the decisive one for the third time in the four games of the series. After Lester gave up a single to Daniel Murphy \u2013 only Murphy's second hit of the series \u2013 Cubs manager Joe Maddon brought in Carl Edwards Jr. to relieve him. Edwards promptly walked Anthony Rendon and catcher Matt Wieters to load the bases and threw ball one to Michael A. Taylor.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 81], "content_span": [82, 471]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273564-0085-0001", "contents": "2017 Washington Nationals season, Postseason, Division Series, Game 4, October 11\nIn an attempt to shut down the scoring threat, Maddon then opted to bring in closer Wade Davis early, but Taylor overcame the evening's strong winds to hit Davis's second pitch into the \"basket\" fencing along the railing in right-center field for a grand-slam home run \u2013 the first postseason grand slam in the history of the Montreal-Washington franchise \u2013 and give Washington a 5\u20130 lead. Davis then gave up a single to pinch-hitter Adam Lind and walked Trea Turner. Finally, Cubs reliever Brian Duensing came in to induce a groundout by pinch-hitter Howie Kendrick and end the Nationals' two-out rally.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 81], "content_span": [82, 685]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273564-0086-0000", "contents": "2017 Washington Nationals season, Postseason, Division Series, Game 4, October 11\nRyan Madson pitched the bottom of the eighth for Washington, giving up a walk and hitting a batter but allowing no hits or runs, and Nationals closer Sean Doolittle pitched a perfect ninth inning to preserve Washington's 5\u20130 victory, the first postseason win of Strasburg's career. The Nationals evened the series at 2\u20132 and forced a decisive Game 5 at Nationals Park the following evening.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 81], "content_span": [82, 472]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273564-0087-0000", "contents": "2017 Washington Nationals season, Postseason, Division Series, Game 4, October 11\nDuring the game, Chicago had gone 0-for-6 with runners in scoring position, Cubs left fielder Kris Bryant had struck out four times, and Chicago first baseman Anthony Rizzo had fanned twice. The Cubs finished Game 4 hitting only .159 as a team in the 2017 NLDS. Although the Nationals emerged from the game hitting only .130 as a team through the first four games of the series, Michael A. Taylor had gone 3-for-11 with two walks in the 2017 NLDS, and his 2017 postseason average stood at a team-best .273.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 81], "content_span": [82, 588]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273564-0088-0000", "contents": "2017 Washington Nationals season, Postseason, Division Series, Game 5, October 12\nFor the third time in their four playoff appearances, the Nationals hosted Game 5 of the NLDS at Nationals Park. It was the fifth anniversary of their collapse there in Game 5 of the 2012 National League Division Series. Former Nationals outfielder Michael Morse threw the ceremonial first pitch. He later led the crowd in singing his walk-up song during his time with the Nationals, A-ha\u2032s \"Take On Me\", during the seventh-inning stretch.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 81], "content_span": [82, 521]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273564-0089-0000", "contents": "2017 Washington Nationals season, Postseason, Division Series, Game 5, October 12\nGio Gonz\u00e1lez started his second game of the series and had a rocky outing. Chicago's leadoff hitter, left fielder Jon Jay, doubled on his second pitch. He lost his grip on his third pitch, and Jay advanced to third base when it sailed to the backstop. With one out, Jay scored on a ground-out by first baseman Anthony Rizzo to give the Cubs a 1\u20130 lead. Gonz\u00e1lez walked two more Cubs before getting out of the inning without further damage.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 81], "content_span": [82, 521]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273564-0089-0001", "contents": "2017 Washington Nationals season, Postseason, Division Series, Game 5, October 12\nIn the bottom of the inning, with Chicago pitcher Kyle Hendricks making his second start of the series, Nationals shortstop Trea Turner led off with a double and advanced to third on a line out by left fielder Jayson Werth, but was thrown out at home while trying to score on a ground-out by right fielder Bryce Harper, and the Cubs preserved their early lead.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 81], "content_span": [82, 442]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273564-0090-0000", "contents": "2017 Washington Nationals season, Postseason, Division Series, Game 5, October 12\nGonz\u00e1lez pitched a perfect second inning. In the bottom of the second, Washington second baseman Daniel Murphy homered to right on Cubs starter Kyle Hendricks\u2032s first pitch to tie the game at 1\u20131. Third baseman Anthony Rendon followed with a single, then advanced to second when catcher Matt Wieters executed a perfect bunt single. Center fielder Michael A. Taylor then hit a three-run homer \u2013 his second consecutive home run in the series \u2013 to give Washington a 4\u20131 lead. After Hendricks got the first two outs of the inning, he gave up a double to Werth and the Cubs intentionally walked Harper, but Hendricks finally stopped the Nationals\u2032 rally by striking out first baseman Ryan Zimmerman.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 81], "content_span": [82, 776]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273564-0091-0000", "contents": "2017 Washington Nationals season, Postseason, Division Series, Game 5, October 12\nGonz\u00e1lez had more trouble in the top of the third inning, giving up a leadoff double to Cubs third baseman Kris Bryant. He struck out Anthony Rizzo, but then loaded the bases by issuing consecutive walks to catcher Willson Contreras and center fielder Albert Almora Jr. Bryant scored and the other runners advanced when shortstop Addison Russell grounded into the second out, and Gonz\u00e1lez followed that with a wild pitch to right fielder Jason Heyward that allowed Russell to take third base and Contreras to score, reducing the Nationals\u2032 lead to 4\u20133.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 81], "content_span": [82, 634]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273564-0091-0001", "contents": "2017 Washington Nationals season, Postseason, Division Series, Game 5, October 12\nGonz\u00e1lez finally ended the inning \u2013 and his season \u2013 by striking Heyward out. Hendricks gave up a single to Wieters in the third inning but otherwise retired the Nationals, and Matt Albers came in to pitch a perfect top of the fourth inning for Washington. The Nats mounted a two-out scoring threat in the bottom of the fourth when Werth and Harper singled back-to-back, but Hendricks got first baseman Ryan Zimmerman to pop out to end the inning.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 81], "content_span": [82, 529]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273564-0092-0000", "contents": "2017 Washington Nationals season, Postseason, Division Series, Game 5, October 12\nWith Washington clinging to a 4\u20133 lead, Max Scherzer came in on short rest to pitch the top of the fifth inning for the Nationals \u2013 his first relief appearance since the 2013 American League Division Series, when he was with the Detroit Tigers \u2013 and quickly got two outs; Cubs officials in the stands later told the press that they were preparing for Scherzer to pitch three or four lockdown innings and preserve Washington's lead late into the game. Then the inning took a bizarre turn and descended into disaster for Washington.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 81], "content_span": [82, 612]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273564-0092-0001", "contents": "2017 Washington Nationals season, Postseason, Division Series, Game 5, October 12\nScherzer gave up consecutive singles to Willson Contreras and pinch-hitter Ben Zobrist and a bases-clearing double to Addison Russell that gave the Cubs a 5\u20134 lead. The Nationals intentionally walked Jason Heyward, and then Scherzer struck out second baseman Javier B\u00e1ez for what should have been the third out. However, the third strike got past Wieters, and B\u00e1ez ran to first on the passed ball.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 81], "content_span": [82, 479]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273564-0092-0002", "contents": "2017 Washington Nationals season, Postseason, Division Series, Game 5, October 12\nRather than hold the ball at home to prevent the Cubs from scoring, Wieters tried to throw out B\u00e1ez at first, and his throw went into right field, allowing Russell to score, Heyward to advance to third, and B\u00e1ez to reach second, and giving Chicago a 6\u20134 lead.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 81], "content_span": [82, 341]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273564-0092-0003", "contents": "2017 Washington Nationals season, Postseason, Division Series, Game 5, October 12\nWieters asked the umpires to declare the ball dead and the play a strikeout on the grounds of offensive interference, claiming B\u00e1ez's bat had hit him in the back of the head on the backswing \u2013 a contention confirmed by video evidence \u2013 but the umpires made a controversial ruling that even if the bat had struck Wieters, it did not interfere with the play and did not merit a ruling that the ball was dead, and they let the play stand.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 81], "content_span": [82, 517]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273564-0092-0004", "contents": "2017 Washington Nationals season, Postseason, Division Series, Game 5, October 12\nNext, Cubs pinch-hitter Tommy La Stella reached first base on a catcher's interference call against Wieters, loading the bases, and Scherzer followed that by hitting Jon Jay in the foot with a pitch, sending him to first and forcing in Heyward from third to increase Chicago's lead to 7\u20134. Kris Bryant returned to the plate as the tenth Cubs batter of the inning, and popped out on Scherzer's 28th pitch to bring the shocking inning to a close.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 81], "content_span": [82, 526]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273564-0092-0005", "contents": "2017 Washington Nationals season, Postseason, Division Series, Game 5, October 12\nAfter the game, Cubs manager Joe Maddon described the inning as \"bizarro world,\" and Scherzer said, \"I\u2032m sure I\u2032ve been in some crazy stuff before, but nothing like that.\" It was the first time in recorded MLB history, a total of some 2.73 million half-innings, that an intentional walk, a passed-ball strikeout, catcher's interference, and a hit batsman had ever occurred in a single half-inning.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 81], "content_span": [82, 479]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273564-0093-0000", "contents": "2017 Washington Nationals season, Postseason, Division Series, Game 5, October 12\nIn the top of the sixth inning, the Cubs extended their lead to 8\u20134 when Zobrist, now playing left field, walked and Russell doubled \u2013 the ball rolling to the left-field wall right past a sliding Jayson Werth, who lost it in the stadium's lights \u2013 to drive Zobrist in. In the bottom of the sixth, the Nationals began to battle back. After getting the first two outs, Chicago reliever Pedro Strop walked Jayson Werth. Mike Montgomery relieved Strop and promptly gave up a double to Bryce Harper that advanced Werth to third.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 81], "content_span": [82, 605]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273564-0093-0001", "contents": "2017 Washington Nationals season, Postseason, Division Series, Game 5, October 12\nNext, he walked Ryan Zimmerman on a wild pitch that allowed Werth to score \u2013 cutting Chicago's lead to 8\u20135 \u2013 and advanced Harper to third. Daniel Murphy followed with a double that scored Harper and advanced Zimmerman to third. After the Cubs intentionally walked third baseman Anthony Rendon, Montgomery finally got Wieters to end the inning by flying out with the Cubs leading 8\u20136.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 81], "content_span": [82, 465]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273564-0094-0000", "contents": "2017 Washington Nationals season, Postseason, Division Series, Game 5, October 12\nThe Cubs came back to extend their lead in the top of the seventh when, with Sammy Solis pitching and one out, pinch-hitter Kyle Schwarber singled, Jon Jay singled and advanced Schwarber to third and, after Ryan Madson relieved Solis, Schwarber scored on a Kris Bryant groundout to give Chicago a 9\u20136 advantage. In the bottom of the seventh, the Nats scored again. Cubs reliever Carl Edwards Jr. walked leadoff hitter Michael A. Taylor and, after Jos\u00e9 Quintana relieved Edwards and got the first out, Trea Turner singled, Werth walked to load the bases, and Harper scored Taylor from third with a sacrifice fly to cut the Cubs lead again, to 9\u20137.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 81], "content_span": [82, 728]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273564-0095-0000", "contents": "2017 Washington Nationals season, Postseason, Division Series, Game 5, October 12\nAfter Madson retired all three Cubs he faced in the top of the eighth, the Nationals staged their final rally in the bottom of the inning. Joe Maddon had called in Cubs closer Wade Davis to get the last out of the seventh inning and kept him in to pitch the eighth and ninth in the hope that he would get a seven-out save, an unusually long outing for him. Davis started the eighth by walking Daniel Murphy and Anthony Rendon, but then got pinch-hitter Adam Lind to ground into a double play that advanced Murphy to third.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 81], "content_span": [82, 604]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273564-0095-0001", "contents": "2017 Washington Nationals season, Postseason, Division Series, Game 5, October 12\nMichael A. Taylor then singled to drive in Murphy and cut Chicago's lead to 9\u20138, and light-hitting catcher Jos\u00e9 Lobat\u00f3n who had replaced Wieters in the game, singled, advancing Taylor to second. With Davis clearly tiring and the top of the Nationals\u2032 order coming to bat, Washington's hopes rose that they could at least tie the game. Trea Turner came to the plate and had worked his at-bat to a 2\u20131 count when catcher Willson Contreras threw to first to pick off Lobat\u00f3n. Lobat\u00f3n was called safe, but the Cubs challenged the call and the video replay revealed that Lobat\u00f3n's foot had lost contact with the bag for less than a second while Anthony Rizzo was applying the tag. Lobat\u00f3n was ruled out, and the inning ended.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 81], "content_span": [82, 802]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273564-0096-0000", "contents": "2017 Washington Nationals season, Postseason, Division Series, Game 5, October 12\nNationals closer Sean Doolittle set the Cubs down in order in the top of the ninth, and Davis \u2013 completing his longest outing since 2012 \u2013 returned to retire Turner, Werth, and Harper in the bottom of the ninth, throwing 44 pitches in his outing, 10 more than he had thrown in any single appearance during the regular season. The season ended on a Harper strikeout on a full count. Despite going 1-for-11 with runners in scoring position and walking nine Nationals hitters, the Cubs won the 4-hour 37-minute game 9\u20138 and the series 3\u20132 and advanced to face the Los Angeles Dodgers in the 2017 National League Championship Series.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 81], "content_span": [82, 711]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273564-0097-0000", "contents": "2017 Washington Nationals season, Postseason, Division Series, Game 5, October 12\nAlthough they had 23 baserunners in the game, 13 of whom they left on base, the Nationals' season ended with elimination in the NLDS, as in their previous three postseason appearances, and it was the third time that they had played Game 5 of an NLDS at home and lost, the only MLB team other than the Oakland Athletics to lose more than one NLDS Game 5 at home over the previous decade.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 81], "content_span": [82, 468]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273564-0097-0001", "contents": "2017 Washington Nationals season, Postseason, Division Series, Game 5, October 12\nThe Nationals became only the second team in MLB history to draw at least nine walks and score at least eight runs in a postseason game and still lose, the only previous team to do it having been the 1997 Cleveland Indians in the 1997 World Series. It was the eighth time the Nationals had played a one-run game in their postseason history, and they had lost all eight.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 81], "content_span": [82, 451]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273564-0097-0002", "contents": "2017 Washington Nationals season, Postseason, Division Series, Game 5, October 12\nIt was the tenth time in a row that a team managed by Dusty Baker had lost a postseason game in which it had a chance to advance to the next round of the playoffs. Summing up the Nationals\u2032 evening in a postgame interview, Jayson Werth said, \"It feels like everything that could go wrong, did...I can't believe we lost that game.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 81], "content_span": [82, 412]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273564-0098-0000", "contents": "2017 Washington Nationals season, Postseason, Division Series, Game 5, October 12\nGame 5 of the NLDS was Baker's last as manager of the Nationals. On October 20, the Nationals announced that Baker, who was in the final year of his two-year contract in 2017, would not return in 2018.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 81], "content_span": [82, 283]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273564-0099-0000", "contents": "2017 Washington Nationals season, Postseason, Division Series, Game 5, October 12\nDuring an interview with Chris Russo on SiriusXM\u2032s Mad Dog Sports Radio on October 26, MLB Chief Baseball Officer Joe Torre, whose portfolio includes oversight of MLB umpiring, said that the umpires had made an incorrect call on Matt Wieters's passed ball during Baez's fifth-inning at-bat.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 81], "content_span": [82, 373]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273564-0099-0001", "contents": "2017 Washington Nationals season, Postseason, Division Series, Game 5, October 12\nTorre said that under Rule 6.03, Javier B\u00e1ez should have been called for offensive interference and that calling the ball dead should have taken precedence, which would have ended the inning on a strikeout instead of allowing two Cubs runners to score on the passed ball and Wieters's subsequent throwing error in a game that Chicago won by one run. He added that Dusty Baker could have requested a rules review on the play, but did not, and therefore the umpires\u2032 ruling stood.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 81], "content_span": [82, 560]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273564-0100-0000", "contents": "2017 Washington Nationals season, Postseason, Division Series, Television\nBroadcast on TBS, Game 5 of the 2017 NLDS earned a television rating of 14.0 in the Washington, D.C., market, making it the second-most-watched game in Montreal-Washington franchise history, exceeded only by the viewership five years earlier to the day for Game 5 of the 2012 National League Division Series between the Nationals and the St. Louis Cardinals. The telecast earned a 22.9 rating in the Chicago market.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 73], "content_span": [74, 489]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273564-0101-0000", "contents": "2017 Washington Nationals season, Statistics, Regular season, Batting\nNote: G = Games played; AB = At bats; R = Runs; H = Hits; 2B = Doubles; 3B = Triples; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in; BB = Walks; SO = Strikeouts; Avg. = Batting average; OBP = On Base Percentage; SLG = Slugging Percentage; SB = Stolen bases", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 69], "content_span": [70, 317]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273564-0102-0000", "contents": "2017 Washington Nationals season, Statistics, Regular season, Pitching\nNote: W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; G = Games pitched; GS = Games started; SV = Saves; IP = Innings pitched; R = Runs allowed; ER = Earned runs allowed; HR = Home runs allowed; BB = Walks allowed; K = Strikeouts", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 70], "content_span": [71, 300]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273564-0103-0000", "contents": "2017 Washington Nationals season, Statistics, Postseason, Batting\nNote: G = Games played; AB = At bats; R = Runs; H = Hits; 2B = Doubles; 3B = Triples; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in; BB = Walks; SO = Strikeouts; Avg. = Batting average; OBP = On Base Percentage; SLG = Slugging Percentage; SB = Stolen bases", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 65], "content_span": [66, 313]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273564-0104-0000", "contents": "2017 Washington Nationals season, Statistics, Postseason, Pitching\nNote: W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; G = Games pitched; GS = Games started; SV = Saves; IP = Innings pitched; R = Runs allowed; ER = Earned runs allowed; HR = Home runs allowed; BB = Walks allowed; K = Strikeouts", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 66], "content_span": [67, 296]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273564-0105-0000", "contents": "2017 Washington Nationals season, Awards and honors, All-Stars\nFirst baseman Ryan Zimmerman, second baseman Daniel Murphy, and right fielder Bryce Harper were voted onto the National League All-Star roster as starting position players, while starting pitchers Max Scherzer and Stephen Strasburg were also selected to the team. For Zimmerman and Murphy, it was their first time being voted in as starters, while it was Harper's fourth start and fifth overall selection. Murphy was also an All-Star in 2016, although he was not a starter, and Zimmerman was an All-Star in 2009. Scherzer was named an All-Star for the fifth consecutive year. Strasburg was named to the All-Star team for the third overall time. Harper was the top overall vote-getter from the National League. Future National Brandon Kintzler, closer for the Minnesota Twins before being traded to Washington at the end of July, was also selected to the American League All-Star team.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 62], "content_span": [63, 947]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273564-0106-0000", "contents": "2017 Washington Nationals season, Awards and honors, All-Stars\nScherzer started the All-Star Game at Marlins Park for the National League on July 11, allowing a single and striking out two, including Home Run Derby champion Aaron Judge, in one inning of work. Harper started in right field and went 1-for-1 with a walk, while making a diving catch on defense to rob American League catcher Salvador P\u00e9rez in the second inning. Murphy, the starting second baseman, went 1-for-2, grounding out in his second at-bat with the bases loaded to waste the National League's best chance of the evening to take the lead. Zimmerman went 0-for-2 while hitting into two double plays, one on a groundball and one on a flyout to center field. Kintzler pitched a perfect fifth inning for the American League. Strasburg did not appear in the game, an eventual 2\u20131 victory for the American League in 10 innings.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 62], "content_span": [63, 893]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273564-0107-0000", "contents": "2017 Washington Nationals season, Awards and honors, Annual awards, Players Choice Awards\nOn November 8, two Nationals received Players Choice Awards. Max Scherzer received the award for National League Outstanding Pitcher; he led the National League in strikeouts with 268 in 2017 and posted a 16\u20136 record, a 2.09 FIP, and a 2.51 ERA.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 89], "content_span": [90, 335]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273564-0107-0001", "contents": "2017 Washington Nationals season, Awards and honors, Annual awards, Players Choice Awards\nThe 33-year-old Ryan Zimmerman received the National League Comeback Player Award for overcoming shoulder, wrist, thumb, foot, hamstring, and oblique injuries that had plagued him for several seasons to hit .303, with a .358 on-base percentage, a .573 slugging percentage, 36 home runs, and 108 RBIs; he also was selected as the starting first baseman for the National League team in the 2017 Major League Baseball All-Star Game, his first All-Star Game selection since 2009.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 89], "content_span": [90, 565]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273564-0108-0000", "contents": "2017 Washington Nationals season, Awards and honors, Annual awards, Silver Slugger\nOn November 9, Daniel Murphy was named the winner of the 2017 Silver Slugger Award as the best offensive second baseman in the National League. It was his second consecutive Silver Slugger Award and the 13th earned by a Nationals player since the team's arrival in Washington for the 2005 season. Despite battling a knee injury for at least part of the 2017 season, Murphy led National League second basemen in FanGraphs Wins Above Replacement with 4.3, the fourth-best in Major League Baseball in 2017.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 82], "content_span": [83, 586]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273564-0108-0001", "contents": "2017 Washington Nationals season, Awards and honors, Annual awards, Silver Slugger\nHe posted a .928 on-base-plus-slugging (OPS) percentage, which was the best by a National League second basemen and more than 130 points higher than the next-best OPS among them. His .322 batting average also was the best among National League second basemen, and was second among all National League players, exceeded only by the .331 average posted by Colorado Rockies outfielder Charlie Blackmon. It was the sixth season in a row, and the eighth time in nine seasons, that at least one National won a Silver Slugger", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 82], "content_span": [83, 601]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273564-0109-0000", "contents": "2017 Washington Nationals season, Awards and honors, Annual awards, Cy Young Award\nOn November 15, Max Scherzer was named the winner of the 2017 National League Cy Young Award, receiving 27 out of 30 first-place votes. It was his second consecutive Cy Young Award, his second as a National, and the third of his career. Already the sixth pitcher to win the award in both leagues, having won the American League Cy Young in 2013 with the Detroit Tigers, he became the tenth pitcher to win at least three Cy Youngs.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 82], "content_span": [83, 513]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273564-0109-0001", "contents": "2017 Washington Nationals season, Awards and honors, Annual awards, Cy Young Award\nPitching at least 200 innings for the fifth straight season despite battling more injuries than he had experienced during his first two years as a National in 2015 and 2016 \u2013 between 2010 and 2017, only seven Major League Baseball pitchers compiled more 200-or-more-inning seasons \u2013 Scherzer led the National League with 268 strikeouts and posted a National League second-best 2.51 ERA and 12.02 strikeouts per nine innings. He led Major League Baseball with a .178 batting average against.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 82], "content_span": [83, 573]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273564-0110-0000", "contents": "2017 Washington Nationals season, Awards and honors, Annual awards, Cy Young Award\nClayton Kershaw of the Los Angeles Dodgers came in second in the Cy Young Award voting and received the remaining three first-place votes, but Stephen Strasburg came in third. Strasburg put up a 2.52 ERA, third-best in the National League, and also was third-best in the league in batting average against. He led the National League in fielding independent pitching (FIP), and over a five-game stretch in August and September he set a Nationals record by pitching 35 consecutive scoreless innings.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 82], "content_span": [83, 580]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273564-0111-0000", "contents": "2017 Washington Nationals season, Farm system, New York Mets purchase of the Syracuse Chiefs\nWhile the Nationals were playing in the 2017 National League Division Series, the chief operating officer of the New York Mets, Jeff Wilpon, joined Governor of New York Andrew Cuomo and the County Executive of Onondaga County, New York, Joanie Mahoney, at NBT Bank Stadium in Syracuse, New York, on October 11 to announce that the Mets would purchase the Syracuse Chiefs from the Community Baseball Club of Central New York.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 92], "content_span": [93, 517]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273564-0111-0001", "contents": "2017 Washington Nationals season, Farm system, New York Mets purchase of the Syracuse Chiefs\nUnder the deal, the Community Baseball Club of Central New York's ownership of the Chiefs and the Chiefs\u2032 affiliation with the Washington Nationals \u2013 which had begun in 2009 \u2013 continued through the end of the 2018 season, after which the Mets would take ownership of and operate the Chiefs, with Syracuse \u2013 renamed the Syracuse Mets in October 2018 \u2013 becoming the Mets\u2032 Class AAA affiliate beginning with the 2019 season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 92], "content_span": [93, 514]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273565-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 Washington Redskins season\nThe 2017 Washington Redskins season was the franchise's 86th season in the National Football League and the fourth under head coach Jay Gruden. The Redskins ended the season losing seven of the final 11 games after a 3-2 start, failing to improve on their 8\u20137\u20131 record from the previous season, and were mathematically eliminated from playoff contention with a loss to the Chargers. This was likely due to the abundance of injuries at key positions and one of the league's toughest schedules.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [31, 31], "content_span": [32, 524]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273565-0001-0000", "contents": "2017 Washington Redskins season\nIn Week 2, the Redskins played the Rams in Los Angeles for the first time in 23 years. It was also their first game in the L.A. Coliseum in 28 years. Washington got their first win in the Coliseum in 43 years.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [31, 31], "content_span": [32, 241]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273565-0002-0000", "contents": "2017 Washington Redskins season\nIn addition, this was the last of six seasons that quarterback Kirk Cousins was on the roster, as he would join the Minnesota Vikings in the following offseason.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [31, 31], "content_span": [32, 193]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273565-0003-0000", "contents": "2017 Washington Redskins season, Offseason, Organizational changes\nOn January 6, the Redskins fired defensive coordinator Joe Barry, secondary coach Perry Fewell, defensive line coach Robb Akey, and strength and conditioning coach Mike Clark. General manager Scot McCloughan was fired on March 9.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 66], "content_span": [67, 296]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273565-0004-0000", "contents": "2017 Washington Redskins season, Offseason, Departures, Acquisitions\nThe first transactions of the year occurred shortly after the conclusion of the 2016 regular season on January 2, 2017, when the Redskins signed defensive lineman A. J. Francis and Joey Mbu, wide receiver Matt Hazel and Kendal Thompson, linebacker Rufus Johnson, offensive lineman Ronald Patrick, defensive back Shak Randolph, tight end Wes Saxton, and offensive tackle Isaiah Williams.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 68], "content_span": [69, 455]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273565-0005-0000", "contents": "2017 Washington Redskins season, Offseason, Departures, Acquisitions\nOn January 5, the Redskins signed safety Earl Wolff to a reserve/future contract. On January 6, they signed nose tackle Phil Taylor, and linebackers Khairi Fortt and Pete Robertson to reserve/future contracts.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 68], "content_span": [69, 278]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273565-0006-0000", "contents": "2017 Washington Redskins season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 1: vs. Philadelphia Eagles\nWith the loss, the Redskins began the season 0-1, losing their fifth consecutive season opener. They also had their 5-game winning streak against the Eagles snapped.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 96], "content_span": [97, 262]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273565-0007-0000", "contents": "2017 Washington Redskins season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 2: at Los Angeles Rams\nThanks to a 220-yard day from the running game, Cousins's late touchdown pass to Ryan Grant and a late interception by Mason Foster, the Redskins started the season 1-1 for the first time since 2015.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 92], "content_span": [93, 292]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273565-0008-0000", "contents": "2017 Washington Redskins season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 7: at Philadelphia Eagles\nWith the loss, the Redskins fell 3-3 and were swept by the Philadelphia Eagles for the first time since 2013.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 95], "content_span": [96, 205]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273565-0009-0000", "contents": "2017 Washington Redskins season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 11: at New Orleans Saints\nThe Redskins suffered a loss to the Saints after going up 31\u201316 with 5:58 remaining in the fourth quarter. In under three minutes Drew Brees and the Saints offense rallied back to tie the game 31\u201331 with 1:05 left in the fourth. In overtime, Saint's kicker Wil Lutz kicked the game-winning field goal from 28 yards away, handing the Redskins their most devastating loss of the season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 95], "content_span": [96, 480]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273565-0010-0000", "contents": "2017 Washington Redskins season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 12: vs. New York Giants\nThe Redskins won on Thanksgiving Day for the first time since 2012 and their third time ever. Kirk Cousins threw a pick six to Janoris Jenkins, who suffered a season-ending injury on the play, to tie the game at 10. The Giants defense hung tough until Cousins and Josh Doctson broke through in the final minutes of the game.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 93], "content_span": [94, 418]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273565-0011-0000", "contents": "2017 Washington Redskins season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 12: vs. New York Giants\nThis was Eli Manning's 210th consecutive and final start before infamously being benched for Geno Smith for one game. He was the second quarterback to ever start 210 consecutive games and has since been passed by Philip Rivers.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 93], "content_span": [94, 321]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273565-0012-0000", "contents": "2017 Washington Redskins season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 14: at Los Angeles Chargers\nWith the loss, the Redskins were eliminated from playoff contention for the second consecutive season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 97], "content_span": [98, 200]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273566-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 Washington Spirit season\nThe 2017 season is Washington Spirit's fifth season, competing in the National Women's Soccer League, the top division of women's soccer in the United States.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [29, 29], "content_span": [30, 188]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273566-0001-0000", "contents": "2017 Washington Spirit season, Review\nIn the aftermath of finishing 2016 runners-up, the Spirit saw a series of key departures including captain Ali Krieger (traded to Orlando Pride), Christine Nairn and Diana Matheson (both traded to Seattle Reign), and Crystal Dunn leaving for Chelsea, while retaining her contracting rights. In addition to the departures, key injuries to Joanna Lohman, Francisca Ordega, and goalkeeper Kelsey Wys limited the Spirit's playing options.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 37], "content_span": [38, 472]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273566-0002-0000", "contents": "2017 Washington Spirit season, Review\nUnable to adequately replace these players, the Spirit struggled to compete throughout the 2017 season ultimately finishing last (10th) for the first time since the inaugural season. However, building for the future, Gabarra was able to recruit U.S. national team prospect, Mallory Pugh midseason. Pugh would go on to lead the team in scoring, registering 6 goals in 16 games.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 37], "content_span": [38, 414]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273566-0003-0000", "contents": "2017 Washington Spirit season, Club, Roster\nNote: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 43], "content_span": [44, 172]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273566-0004-0000", "contents": "2017 Washington Spirit season, Competitions, Preseason\nOn February 2, the Washington Spirit announced its preseason schedule.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 54], "content_span": [55, 125]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273566-0005-0000", "contents": "2017 Washington Spirit season, Results by round, Postseason playoff\nThe Spirit struggled to gain any momentum during the 2017 season and were the first team to be eliminated from playoff contention after a home loss to the Chicago Red Stars on August 26 (Week 19).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 67], "content_span": [68, 264]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273567-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 Washington State Cougars football team\nThe 2017 Washington State Cougars football team represented Washington State University during the 2017 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The team was coached by sixth-year head coach Mike Leach and played their home games at Martin Stadium in Pullman, Washington. They competed as members of the North Division of the Pac-12 Conference. They finished the season 9\u20134, 6\u20133 in Pac-12 play to finish in third place in the North Division. They were invited to the Holiday Bowl where they lost to Michigan State.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [43, 43], "content_span": [44, 554]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273567-0001-0000", "contents": "2017 Washington State Cougars football team, Previous season\nIn 2016, the Cougars went 8\u20135, 7\u20132 in Pac-12 play to finish in second place in the North Division. They were invited to the Holiday Bowl, where they were defeated by Minnesota.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [45, 60], "content_span": [61, 237]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273567-0002-0000", "contents": "2017 Washington State Cougars football team, Schedule\nWashington State announced their 2017 football schedule on January 18, 2017. The Cougars started the season with five straight home games. In Pac-12 conference play, they did not play cross-divisional foes Arizona State and UCLA.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [45, 53], "content_span": [54, 283]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273568-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 Washington Valor season\nThe 2017 Washington Valor season was the franchise's inaugural season and the city of Washington's first Arena Football League season since the Washington Commandos left in 1990. The Valor played their home games at the Verizon Center.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [28, 28], "content_span": [29, 264]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273568-0001-0000", "contents": "2017 Washington Valor season\nThe Valor won their first-ever season game against the Baltimore Brigade 51\u201338 on April 7, 2017. Head coach Dean Cokinos, who previously coached the New Orleans VooDoo, led the Valor.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [28, 28], "content_span": [29, 212]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273568-0002-0000", "contents": "2017 Washington Valor season, Final roster\nRookies in italics updated August 3, 201724 Active, 21 Inactive", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 42], "content_span": [43, 106]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273568-0003-0000", "contents": "2017 Washington Valor season, Schedule, Regular season\nThe 2017 regular season schedule was released on January 5, 2017.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 54], "content_span": [55, 120]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273569-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 Washington train derailment\nOn December 18, 2017, Amtrak Cascades passenger train 501 derailed near DuPont, Washington, United States. The National Transportation Safety Board's (NTSB) final report said regional transit authority Sound Transit failed to take steps to mitigate a curve at the accident location, and inadequately trained the train's engineer. The train was making the inaugural run of the Point Defiance Bypass, a new passenger rail route south of Tacoma, Washington operated by Amtrak in partnership with state and local authorities in Oregon and Washington, on right-of-way owned and operated by Sound Transit. The bypass was intended to reduce congestion and separate passenger and freight traffic, and was designed for faster speeds and shorter travel times (saving ten minutes from Seattle to Portland) than the previous route used by Cascades.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [32, 32], "content_span": [33, 869]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273569-0001-0000", "contents": "2017 Washington train derailment\nThe lead locomotive and all twelve cars derailed at 07:33 local time while approaching a bridge over Interstate 5 (I-5). The trailing locomotive remained on the rails. A number of automobiles on southbound I-5 were crushed and three people on board the train died. The train derailed a short distance from where the new route merges with the previous route.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [32, 32], "content_span": [33, 390]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273569-0002-0000", "contents": "2017 Washington train derailment\nPreliminary data from the data recorder showed that the train was traveling at 78 miles per hour (126\u00a0km/h), nearly 50 miles per hour (80\u00a0km/h) over the speed limit, when the incident happened.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [32, 32], "content_span": [33, 226]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273569-0003-0000", "contents": "2017 Washington train derailment, Background\nThe Point Defiance Bypass was built from 2010 to 2017 as a replacement for the BNSF mainline that runs along the Puget Sound coast between the Nisqually River and Tacoma. The $181\u00a0million bypass, using an inland route that follows I-5, was built by the Washington State Department of Transportation (WSDOT) on right of way owned by Sound Transit, the regional transit authority. The Amtrak Cascades service is a joint effort of WSDOT and Oregon Department of Transportation, with Amtrak as a contracting operator.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 44], "content_span": [45, 558]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273569-0003-0001", "contents": "2017 Washington train derailment, Background\nIn the wake of the December 18 derailment, the safety of the bypass was questioned by elected officials. The 2006 Cascades corridor plan recommended that the curve and overpass where the derailment occurred be replaced with a straighter alignment, costing $412\u00a0million. The final plans omitted the overpass replacement, with a smaller budget of $180\u00a0million granted for the entire project.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 44], "content_span": [45, 434]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273569-0004-0000", "contents": "2017 Washington train derailment, Derailment\nAt 07:33 local time (15:33 UTC), the leading locomotive and twelve cars of the southbound Amtrak Cascades number 501 passenger train derailed southwest of DuPont. DuPont is about 40\u00a0mi (64\u00a0km) south of Seattle and about 5\u00a0mi (8.0\u00a0km) south of the Joint Base Lewis\u2013McChord (JBLM) main gate. The train derailed while approaching the railroad bridge across southbound I-5 near Mounts Road, which contains a left-hand bend.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 44], "content_span": [45, 464]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273569-0005-0000", "contents": "2017 Washington train derailment, Derailment\nThe lead locomotive, then brand new Siemens Charger No. 1402, and six rail cars went down the embankment to the west of the bridge (to the train's right, in the original direction of travel); the locomotive ended up on I-5 and spilled about 350\u00a0US\u00a0gal (1,300\u00a0L) of fuel. Two further cars ended up on the bridge span, and three cars went off the railroad bridge abutment on the opposite side, some onto I-5. Only the trailing General Electric Genesis P42DC locomotive, No. 181, remained on the tracks. Seven vehicles, including two trucks, were damaged by the derailed cars of the train.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 44], "content_span": [45, 631]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273569-0006-0000", "contents": "2017 Washington train derailment, Derailment\nThe southbound train was operating from Seattle, Washington to Portland, Oregon, on the first revenue service run of the Cascades on the new, faster Point Defiance Bypass route between Lacey and Tacoma. The train was running about 30 minutes behind schedule. Amtrak CEO Richard Anderson said that positive train control was not active on the track, a factor cited in two accidents in Spuyten Duyvil and in Port Richmond, Philadelphia.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 44], "content_span": [45, 479]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273569-0007-0000", "contents": "2017 Washington train derailment, Casualties\nThere were five Amtrak employees, a technician from train manufacturer Talgo, and 77 passengers on board the train at the time of the derailment. Three passengers were killed while 57 more passengers and crew members were injured. Eight road vehicles were damaged in the accident. Of the ten people in them, eight were injured. All three deceased were in the seventh coach of the train. Ten of the injured were in serious condition, and thirteen had moderate or minor injuries. In total, more than 80 people were injured.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 44], "content_span": [45, 567]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273569-0007-0001", "contents": "2017 Washington train derailment, Casualties\nTreatment was provided at hospitals including Madigan Army Medical Center at JBLM, Providence St. Peter Hospital in Olympia, St. Anthony Hospital in Gig Harbor, Tacoma General Hospital, Good Samaritan Hospital in Puyallup, and St. Clare Hospital in Lakewood. Three soldiers from JBLM, including a Madigan Army Medical Center nurse, left their vehicles to give medical assistance to people trapped inside the train cars, and help them escape.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 44], "content_span": [45, 486]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273569-0008-0000", "contents": "2017 Washington train derailment, Casualties\nThe three passengers killed in the derailment were train enthusiasts, including two members of rail advocacy group All Aboard Washington.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 44], "content_span": [45, 182]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273569-0009-0000", "contents": "2017 Washington train derailment, Aftermath\nAmtrak temporarily suspended service for south of Seattle for several hours because of the accident, resuming on the former coast route and the old Tacoma station. Southbound automobile traffic was rerouted away from I-5 by WSDOT until the site was cleared of debris and inspected. On December 18, JBLM allowed southbound traffic through from DuPont to State Route 510 near Lacey.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 43], "content_span": [44, 424]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273569-0010-0000", "contents": "2017 Washington train derailment, Aftermath\nWSDOT announced on December 21 that it would not resume Amtrak service on the Point Defiance Bypass until positive train control was implemented in 2018. The accident caused at least $40\u00a0million in damage, including the cost of the trainset, damage to vehicles, and damage to the overpass.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 43], "content_span": [44, 333]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273569-0011-0000", "contents": "2017 Washington train derailment, Aftermath, Cleanup and freeway reopening\nSome of the wrecked train cars were removed by trucks on December 19. Two southbound lanes of I-5 were reopened on December 20, with a reduced speed limit, as the cleanup and investigation continued. By the morning of December 21, all lanes of the freeway had been reopened.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 74], "content_span": [75, 349]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273569-0012-0000", "contents": "2017 Washington train derailment, Aftermath, Fate of rolling stock\nLocomotive WDTX 1402 was damaged beyond repair and scrapped, while Locomotive AMTK 181 was undamaged and returned to service. Mt. Adams, the WSDOT-owned Talgo Series VI passenger trainset, was also damaged beyond repair. The NTSB later said that the use of these trainsets should be discontinued \"as soon as possible\". This led WSDOT and Amtrak to retire the remaining Talgo VI trainsets.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 66], "content_span": [67, 455]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273569-0013-0000", "contents": "2017 Washington train derailment, Response\nWithin hours of the derailment, Governor Jay Inslee declared a state of emergency and activated the Washington Military Department's emergency operations center at Camp Murray, adjacent to JBLM, to coordinate the multi-agency response to the incident.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 42], "content_span": [43, 294]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273569-0014-0000", "contents": "2017 Washington train derailment, Response\nA civilian support and reunification center was set up at DuPont City Hall. The Bloodworks Northwest blood bank called for donors after the crash.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 42], "content_span": [43, 189]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273569-0015-0000", "contents": "2017 Washington train derailment, Response\nPresident Donald Trump said on Twitter a few hours after the accident that the derailment shows that his \"soon to be submitted infrastructure plan must be passed quickly.\" He said \"several trillion dollars\" were spent in the Middle East while the transport infrastructure \"crumble[s]\". A second tweet said his \"thoughts and prayers are with everyone\", and he thanked first responders. The Associated Press and The New York Times reports of Trump's tweets said the accident had occurred on newly constructed track that was part of a recently upgraded line. The New York Times added that this project was part of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009, an act signed by President Barack Obama that aimed to address infrastructure shortfalls.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 42], "content_span": [43, 794]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273569-0016-0000", "contents": "2017 Washington train derailment, Response\nThe New York Times editorial board said that the derailment is symptomatic of the Federal Government's failure to invest in infrastructure. It said that despite Trump seemingly acknowledging the problem, his administration's $630\u00a0million budget cuts to Amtrak, and a proposed plan to shift infrastructure costs down to state and local governments, would only serve to aggravate the problem.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 42], "content_span": [43, 433]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273569-0017-0000", "contents": "2017 Washington train derailment, Investigation\nThe National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) opened an investigation into the accident and dispatched a 20-member Go Team to the crash site. The NTSB said its investigators would be on-site for seven to ten days. One aspect of the investigation is whether the engineer lost situational awareness.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 47], "content_span": [48, 347]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273569-0018-0000", "contents": "2017 Washington train derailment, Investigation\nThe NTSB said the train was traveling at 80\u00a0mph (130\u00a0km/h) at a point soon before it derailed. The speed limit on the curved track segment where the derailment occurred is 30\u00a0mph (48\u00a0km/h), but the preceding track segment north of Mounts Road has a limit of 79\u00a0mph (127\u00a0km/h). An initial review by the NTSB said that the train data recorders had been recovered from both locomotives. The recorder showed that the engineer had commented on the train's excessive speed six seconds before the derailment, and applied the brakes. The lead locomotive was traveling at 78\u00a0mph (126\u00a0km/h) when recording stopped. The NTSB said their investigation would take 12 to 24 months. A preliminary report into the accident was published on January 4, 2018.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 47], "content_span": [48, 787]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273569-0019-0000", "contents": "2017 Washington train derailment, Investigation\nThe NTSB interviewed the train's engineer, Steven J. Brown, who suffered serious injuries, in January. He told investigators that he did not see the advance speed sign or milepost 18, mistakenly thinking he was at milepost 17. The engineer applied the train's brakes after seeing the final speed signpost, immediately north of the curve.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 47], "content_span": [48, 385]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273569-0020-0000", "contents": "2017 Washington train derailment, Investigation\nIn its final hearing on May 21, 2019, the NTSB blamed the crash on Sound Transit's failure to mitigate the curve, and for Sound Transit failing to adequately train the engineer to handle the situation on the new line and equipment. The NTSB stated that the crew was attentive and not distracted by conversation or cellular telephones. Although the engineer knew about the 30 mile-per-hour curve ahead, he had missed the single sign telling him to slow down; he also missed the milepost markers.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 47], "content_span": [48, 542]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273569-0020-0001", "contents": "2017 Washington train derailment, Investigation\nAs the train approached the curve, the train signaled a warning, but the engineer, being new to the Charger locomotive, had to study the console to decipher the warning. It was an overspeed warning: the train was moving faster than 80 miles per hour (130\u00a0km/h), the maximum speed on the line. (It was not warning the engineer about approaching the 30-mile-per-hour (48\u00a0km/h) section; the system did not have that capability.) During the 20 seconds that the engineer was deciphering the warning, he was not looking outside and therefore could not see the approaching danger. When he did look up, it was too late.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 47], "content_span": [48, 659]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273569-0021-0000", "contents": "2017 Washington train derailment, Litigation\nIn January 2020, the train's engineer filed a personal injury lawsuit against Amtrak, claiming that the company failed to properly train him to operate the train and to operate over the route, and that they failed to complete installation of Positive Train Control over the route. On Mar 24, 2021, a judge in Tacoma ruled that Amtrak is strictly liable for the claim of its engineer.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 44], "content_span": [45, 428]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273570-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 Washington wildfires\nThe 2017 Washington wildfires were a series of wildfires that burned over the course of 2017, a year that set weather records for heat and aridity in both Western Washington and Eastern Washington.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [25, 25], "content_span": [26, 223]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273570-0001-0000", "contents": "2017 Washington wildfires, Timeline of events\nFire season officially began on April 15. Training of state fire crews was conducted in May, as well as training of Washington National Guard in helitack insertion for fire crews.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 45], "content_span": [46, 225]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273570-0002-0000", "contents": "2017 Washington wildfires, Timeline of events\nOn the morning of August 1, smoke from BC fires pushed into the Seattle area, rapidly making Mount Rainier invisible on a cloudless day. In early August, heavy smoke from British Columbia over Seattle earned the social media title \"Smokezilla\". Mid -month, several large fires in the state's Cascades Range were ignited by lightning.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 45], "content_span": [46, 379]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273570-0003-0000", "contents": "2017 Washington wildfires, Timeline of events\nOn August 8, the city of Seattle recorded 52 straight days without rain, a new record. The first measurable rainfall at Seattle-Tacoma International Airport (Sea-Tac) was 0.02 inches in mid-August, setting a record 55 day dry streak.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 45], "content_span": [46, 279]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273570-0004-0000", "contents": "2017 Washington wildfires, Timeline of events\nOn September 2, the Governor of Washington, Jay Inslee, declared a state of emergency across all Washington counties due to wildfires.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 45], "content_span": [46, 180]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273570-0005-0000", "contents": "2017 Washington wildfires, Timeline of events\nOn September 5, ash from the Central Washington fires fell \"like snow\" on Seattle and as far west as Grays Harbor County which borders the Pacific Ocean. University of Washington meteorology professor Cliff Mass said the situation in Seattle with \"a smoke cloud so dense one would think it is low stratus deck\" was unprecedented in his 30 years of experience. The Air Quality Index reached \"hazardous\" in Spokane, the worst of six levels; it had reached hazardous the day before in Newport, Washington, the worst in the country.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 45], "content_span": [46, 574]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273570-0006-0000", "contents": "2017 Washington wildfires, Timeline of events\nOn September 5, Cle Elum-Roslyn School District announced the start of the school year would be postponed, and on the 6th, all classes and events in Ellensburg School District were canceled until September 11, due to unhealthy indoor air quality.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 45], "content_span": [46, 292]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273570-0007-0000", "contents": "2017 Washington wildfires, Timeline of events\nThe first significant rain wasn't until after mid September. By the end of the summer, the official weather station at Sea-Tac, representing Western Washington's conditions, had recorded the hottest, driest summer since recordkeeping began with just over 0.5 inches (13\u00a0mm) of rain. Eastern Washington also had a very dry year with Spokane setting a new record of 80 days without measurable rain. A climate scientist at University of Idaho said that the extremes caused greater fire activity and were due to climate change, but not necessarily linked to human causes.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 45], "content_span": [46, 613]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273570-0008-0000", "contents": "2017 Washington wildfires, Resources\nAn infrared thermography-capable RC-26 surveillance aircraft and support crew from Washington Air National Guard were deployed to Fairchild Air Force Base in Spokane on August 12 in support of firefighting.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 36], "content_span": [37, 243]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273570-0009-0000", "contents": "2017 Washington wildfires, Resources\nOn August 29, the Washington Military Department's Emergency Operation Center at Camp Murray was activated in response to the Jolly Mountain Fire.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 36], "content_span": [37, 183]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273570-0010-0000", "contents": "2017 Washington wildfires, Resources\nOn September 5, the U.S. Army said 200 Washington-based soldiers were to be trained and sent to the Umpqua North Complex fires in Oregon's Umpqua National Forest.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 36], "content_span": [37, 199]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273571-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 Washington's 45th state senate district special election\nA special election was held on November 7, 2017, to fill the vacant seat in the Washington State Senate representing the 45th district. The seat was left vacant after the death of incumbent Andy Hill in October 2016. Dino Rossi, a former candidate for U.S. Senate in 2010 and for governor in 2004 and 2008, was appointed to fill the seat until the election. He announced that he would not run for the seat.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 61], "section_span": [61, 61], "content_span": [62, 468]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273571-0000-0001", "contents": "2017 Washington's 45th state senate district special election\nThe election was then contested between Manka Dhingra of the Democratic Party and Jinyoung Lee Englund of the Republican Party, who advanced as the top two finishers in the August primary. Dhingra won the election by more than ten percent, giving the Democratic caucus a 25\u201324 majority for the 2018 session.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 61], "section_span": [61, 61], "content_span": [62, 369]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273571-0001-0000", "contents": "2017 Washington's 45th state senate district special election\nHill, a Republican, held the district from 2011 to 2016, helping give the Republican Party a one-seat majority coalition in the state senate with a Democrat. The election attracted interest from national Democratic and Republican donors, contributing more than $9 million in the state's costliest ever state legislative race.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 61], "section_span": [61, 61], "content_span": [62, 387]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273571-0002-0000", "contents": "2017 Washington's 45th state senate district special election, Background\nThe 45th legislative district represents the northeastern suburbs of Seattle in King County. It including the cities of Duvall and Woodinville and parts of Kirkland, Redmond, and Sammamish. The district's residents have a median household income of $110,881, double the state median, and are more likely to hold bachelor's degrees; the region includes employees of the area's high tech industry, as well as traditional industries like horse farms and wineries. The 45th district's population is 74 percent white, followed by 15 percent Asian, and 6 percent Hispanic. In the 2016 presidential election, Hillary Clinton carried the district with 64.8 percent of votes.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 61], "section_span": [63, 73], "content_span": [74, 740]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273571-0003-0000", "contents": "2017 Washington's 45th state senate district special election, Background\nThe Eastside region was historically a Republican stronghold, but Democratic candidates began winning seats in the early 2000s. The 45th district elected former Microsoft executive Eric Oemig to the state senate in 2006, during a close election with the district's Republican representative Toby Nixon. Oemig lost re-election in 2010 to Republican Andy Hill, also a former Microsoft executive, during a campaign partially funded by the Koch-directed national Americans for Prosperity organization.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 61], "section_span": [63, 73], "content_span": [74, 571]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273571-0003-0001", "contents": "2017 Washington's 45th state senate district special election, Background\nHill was re-elected in 2014 during a high-profile contest against Amazon.com product manager Matt Isenhower that attracted funding from out of state because of its potential to flip the state senate. Hill remained popular among constituents of the district and was the chief budget writer for the Republican Party during his second term; the Republican Party had also considered him as a potential gubernatorial candidate. He died of lung cancer on October 31, 2016. Two-time losing gubernatorial and also losing U.S. Senate candidate Dino Rossi was appointed by the Republican Party and Metropolitan King County Council to fill the vacant seat. Rossi declined to run for election to the seat, leaving the 2017 special election open for candidates of both major parties.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 61], "section_span": [63, 73], "content_span": [74, 844]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273571-0004-0000", "contents": "2017 Washington's 45th state senate district special election, Background\nPrior to the election, majority control of the 49-member state senate rested with the 25 members of the Majority Coalition Caucus, composed of 24 Republicans and one self-identified Democrat. The Governor's office and a narrow majority in the state House of Representatives were both held by the Democrats. The change of party for the 45th district, the most competitive of several special elections for the state senate in 2017, would complete a Democrat trifecta for the 2018 legislative session. The Democrats last held a trifecta in the Washington state government from 2005 to 2012.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 61], "section_span": [63, 73], "content_span": [74, 661]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273571-0005-0000", "contents": "2017 Washington's 45th state senate district special election, Candidates\nThe district's Democratic representatives, Larry Springer and Roger Goodman, both declined to run for the seat. Deputy King County prosecutor Manka Dhingra emerged as an early Democratic front-runner, announcing her candidacy in February and earning the 45th District Democrats's endorsement in April. Dhingra, a Sikh, immigrated to the United States from India with her family at the age of 13 and was raised in California. She has been part of the King County Prosecutor's Office since 2000, supervising the regional mental health and veteran court systems. Dhingra was involved in various non-profit organizations centered around advocacy for mental health and domestic violence survivors; she described herself as non-partisan until the 2016 presidential election. Ian Stratton, a Democratic activist from Sammamish, initially filed to run but dropped out before the primary election.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 61], "section_span": [63, 73], "content_span": [74, 962]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273571-0006-0000", "contents": "2017 Washington's 45th state senate district special election, Candidates\nJinyoung Lee Englund announced her campaign for the Republican nominating in April, after being recruited by Dino Rossi. Englund was born in South Korea and raised in University Place, attending the University of Washington. She worked for Christian missionary organization Iris Global in Mozambique before returning to Washington as an aide to Republican congresswoman Cathy McMorris Rodgers. Englund also worked for Dino Rossi's unsuccessful Senate campaign in 2010, for Elaine Chao at the Heritage Foundation, and as an advocate for Bitcoin. A second Republican candidate, Ken Smith, filed to run but withdrew in May.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 61], "section_span": [63, 73], "content_span": [74, 694]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273571-0007-0000", "contents": "2017 Washington's 45th state senate district special election, Candidates\nParker Harris, a teacher and engineer from Woodinville, filed to run as an independent candidate in May.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 61], "section_span": [63, 73], "content_span": [74, 178]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273571-0008-0000", "contents": "2017 Washington's 45th state senate district special election, Campaign, Endorsements\nDhingra attracted endorsements from local and prominent national Democrats, including former Vice President Joe Biden, U.S. Senators Patty Murray and Maria Cantwell, Governor Jay Inslee, and King County Executive Dow Constantine.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 61], "section_span": [63, 85], "content_span": [86, 315]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273571-0009-0000", "contents": "2017 Washington's 45th state senate district special election, Campaign, Fundraising\nThe election generated national interest due to its potential to determine control of the state government. During the primary campaign, a total $3 million in campaign contributions were reported for the Democratic and Republican candidates. By the end of the general campaign in November, a total of $9 million had been spent in the race, making it the costliest ever for a Washington state legislative election. A total of $4.2 million was raised by Democrats for Dhingra, and $4.8 million by Republicans for Englund. Negative campaign ads cost $1.8 million for Democratic supporters and $2.5 million for Republican supporters.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 61], "section_span": [63, 84], "content_span": [85, 714]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273571-0010-0000", "contents": "2017 Washington's 45th state senate district special election, Campaign, Advertising\nThe national prominence and fundraising for the election brought an unusually large number of attack ads and amount of advertising to the Eastside. Several ads from both campaigns were criticized for misleading the public on the candidate's past histories and political positions. The Republican campaign, without authorization from Englund, produced a series of spoof advertisements that painted Dhingra supporters as stereotypical \"Seattle liberals\".", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 61], "section_span": [63, 84], "content_span": [85, 537]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273571-0011-0000", "contents": "2017 Washington's 45th state senate district special election, Campaign, Primary election results\nThe primary election garnered $3 million in total fundraising. Dhingra won the primary election, with 51 percent of the vote, followed by Englund with 41 percent and Harris with 7 percent. Dhingra and Englund advanced to the general election.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 61], "section_span": [63, 97], "content_span": [98, 340]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273571-0012-0000", "contents": "2017 Washington's 45th state senate district special election, Campaign, General election results\nIn the second round, with over $9 million spent on the election through campaign contributions and political action committee expenditures, with a small number of votes yet to be counted, Manka Dhingra led Republican Jinyoung Englund by over a 10% margin. Anticipating the Dhingra victory, Democrat Senate Democratic Minority Leader Sharon Nelson had described a comprehensive agenda for the 60-day legislative session beginning in January that included proposed voting rights reform and campaign-finance disclosure revision, as well as women's reproductive health, clean energy and firearms safety measures.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 61], "section_span": [63, 97], "content_span": [98, 706]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273571-0013-0000", "contents": "2017 Washington's 45th state senate district special election, Aftermath\nDhingra's election gave the Democratic Party a one-seat majority in the state senate, completing one-party rule of the state legislative and executive branches. Washington joined the states of California and Oregon to complete a \"blue wall\" along the West Coast, all sharing a Democrat government trifecta. Dhingra was named as the deputy majority leader in the Senate and assigned as the chair of the Behavioral Health Subcommittee. She retained the 45th district seat by being re-elected in 2018.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 61], "section_span": [63, 72], "content_span": [73, 571]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273572-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 Waterford Senior Football Championship\nThe 2017 Waterford Senior Football Championship was the 130th edition of the Waterford GAA's premier club Gaelic football tournament for senior graded clubs in County Waterford, Ireland.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [43, 43], "content_span": [44, 230]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273572-0001-0000", "contents": "2017 Waterford Senior Football Championship\nThe tournament consists of 12 teams, with the winners representing Waterford in the Munster Senior Club Football Championship. The championship starts with a seeded group stage and then progresses to a knock out stage.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [43, 43], "content_span": [44, 262]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273572-0002-0000", "contents": "2017 Waterford Senior Football Championship\nThe Nire/Fourmilewater were the defending champions after they defeated Abbeyside/Ballinacourty in the 2016 final.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [43, 43], "content_span": [44, 158]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273572-0003-0000", "contents": "2017 Waterford Senior Football Championship\nBallinameela were relegated to the 2018 I.F.C. after just two seasons as a senior club.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [43, 43], "content_span": [44, 131]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273572-0004-0000", "contents": "2017 Waterford Senior Football Championship, Team changes\nThe following teams have changed division since the 2016 championship season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [45, 57], "content_span": [58, 135]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273572-0005-0000", "contents": "2017 Waterford Senior Football Championship, Rounds 1 to 4, Round 1\nAll 12 teams enter the championship at this stage. The 6 winners enter the draw for Round 2A while the 6 losers enter Round 2B.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [45, 67], "content_span": [68, 195]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273573-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 Waterford Senior Hurling Championship\nThe 2017 Waterford Senior Hurling Championship is the 117th staging of the Waterford Senior Hurling Championship since its establishment by the Waterford County Board in 1887.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [42, 42], "content_span": [43, 218]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273574-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 Web.com Tour\nThe 2017 Web.com Tour was the 28th season of the top developmental tour for the PGA Tour in men's golf, and the sixth under the current sponsored name of Web.com Tour. It ran from January 8 to October 2. The season consisted of 26 official money tournaments, six of them played outside of the United States.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 17], "section_span": [17, 17], "content_span": [18, 325]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273574-0001-0000", "contents": "2017 Web.com Tour, Schedule\nThe table below shows the Web.com Tour's 2017 schedule, which includes three new tournaments. The numbers in parentheses after winners' names show the player's total number of wins on the Web.com Tour including that event. No one accumulates many wins on the Web.com Tour because success at this level soon leads to promotion to the PGA Tour. Any player who wins three Web.com Tour events in a season automatically earns their PGA Tour card immediately.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 17], "section_span": [19, 27], "content_span": [28, 481]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273574-0002-0000", "contents": "2017 Web.com Tour, Money leaders\nThe table shows the final top 10 money winners for the 2017 Web.com Tour season. For the list of the 50 golfers given PGA Tour memberships for the 2017\u201318 season, see 2017 Web.com Tour Finals graduates.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 17], "section_span": [19, 32], "content_span": [33, 235]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273575-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 Web.com Tour Finals graduates\nThis is a list of golfers who graduated from the Web.com Tour and Web.com Tour Finals in 2017. The top 25 players on the Web.com Tour's regular season money list in 2017 earned PGA Tour cards for 2018. The Finals determined the other 25 players to earn their PGA Tour cards and the priority order of all 50.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [34, 34], "content_span": [35, 342]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273575-0001-0000", "contents": "2017 Web.com Tour Finals graduates\nAs in previous seasons, the Finals featured the top 75 players on the Web.com Tour regular season money list, players ranked 126\u2013200 on the PGA Tour's regular-season FedEx Cup points list (except players exempt through other means), non-members of the PGA Tour with enough regular-season FedExCup points to place 126\u2013200, and special medical exemptions.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [34, 34], "content_span": [35, 388]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273575-0002-0000", "contents": "2017 Web.com Tour Finals graduates\nTo determine the initial 2018 PGA Tour priority rank, the top 25 Web.com Tour regular season players were alternated with the top 25 Web.com Tour Finals players. This priority order will then be reshuffled several times during the 2018 season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [34, 34], "content_span": [35, 278]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273575-0003-0000", "contents": "2017 Web.com Tour Finals graduates\nChesson Hadley was fully exempt for the 2017\u201318 PGA Tour season after leading both the full-season money list and the Finals money list.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [34, 34], "content_span": [35, 171]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273575-0004-0000", "contents": "2017 Web.com Tour Finals graduates, 2017 Web.com Tour Finals\n*PGA Tour rookie in 2018\u2020First-time PGA Tour member in 2018, but ineligible for rookie status due to having played eight or more PGA Tour events in a previous season", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 60], "content_span": [61, 226]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273575-0005-0000", "contents": "2017 Web.com Tour Finals graduates, Results on 2017\u201318 PGA Tour\nRoberto D\u00edaz, Stephan J\u00e4ger, Matt Jones, Nicholas Lindheim, Denny McCarthy, Adam Schenk, Ben Silverman, Shawn Stefani, and Cameron Tringale regained their cards through the 2018 Web.com Tour Finals.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 63], "content_span": [64, 262]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273576-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 Webby Awards\nThe 21st annual Webby Awards were held at Cipriani Wall Street in New York City on May 15, 2017, which was hosted by comedian and actor Joel McHale. The Webby Awards have been dubbed the \"internet's highest honor\" and, in 2017, received nearly 13,000 entries from 70 countries.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 17], "section_span": [17, 17], "content_span": [18, 295]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273577-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 Weber State Wildcats football team\nThe 2017 Weber State Wildcats football team represented Weber State University in the 2017 NCAA Division I FCS football season. The Wildcats were led by fourth-year head coach Jay Hill and played their games at Stewart Stadium as members of the Big Sky Conference. They finished the season 11\u20133, 7\u20131 in Big Sky play to finish in a tie for the Big Sky championship with Southern Utah.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [39, 39], "content_span": [40, 423]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273577-0000-0001", "contents": "2017 Weber State Wildcats football team\nDue to their head-to-head loss to Southern Utah in the regular season, they did not receive the Big Sky's automatic bid to the FCS Playoffs, but did receive an at-large bid to the FCS Playoffs, their second straight trip to the playoffs. In the first round, they defeated Western Illinois. In the second round, they avenged their regular season loss to Southern Utah. In the quarterfinals, they lost to eventual national runner-up, James Madison.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [39, 39], "content_span": [40, 486]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273577-0001-0000", "contents": "2017 Weber State Wildcats football team, Previous season\nThe Wildcats finished the 2016 season 7\u20135, 6\u20132 in Big Sky play to finish in third place. They received an at-large bid to the FCS Playoffs, their first trip to the playoffs since 2009, where they lost to Chattanooga in the first round.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 56], "content_span": [57, 292]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273577-0002-0000", "contents": "2017 Weber State Wildcats football team, Schedule\nDespite also being a member of the Big Sky Conference, the game with Sacramento State on September 16 was considered a non-conference game.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 49], "content_span": [50, 189]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273578-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 Weber State Wildcats volleyball team\nThe 2017 Weber State Wildcats volleyball team will represent Weber State University in the 2017 NCAA Division I women's volleyball season. The Wildcats are led by third year head coach Jeremiah Larsen and play their home games at Swenson Gym. The Wildcats are members of the Big Sky.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [41, 41], "content_span": [42, 326]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273578-0001-0000", "contents": "2017 Weber State Wildcats volleyball team\nWeber State comes off a season where they finished 5\u201311 in conference, 14\u201313 overall, good for fifth place in the South Division and ninth overall in the conference. Coming into 2017 the Wildcats were picked to finish fifth in the South, eighth overall, in the pre-season Big Sky poll.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [41, 41], "content_span": [42, 327]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273578-0002-0000", "contents": "2017 Weber State Wildcats volleyball team, Season highlights\nSeason highlights will be filled in as the season progresses.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [43, 60], "content_span": [61, 122]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273578-0003-0000", "contents": "2017 Weber State Wildcats volleyball team, Announcers for televised games\nAll home games will be on the Pluto TV Ch. 235. Select road games will also be televised or streamed.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [43, 73], "content_span": [74, 175]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273579-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 Wellington Sevens\nThe 2017 Wellington Sevens was the eighteenth edition of the Wellington Sevens tournament, and the third tournament of the 2016\u201317 World Rugby Sevens Series. The tournament was played on 28\u201329 January 2017 at Westpac Stadium in Wellington, New Zealand.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [22, 22], "content_span": [23, 275]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273579-0001-0000", "contents": "2017 Wellington Sevens, Format\nSixteen teams are drawn into four pools of four teams each. Each team plays everyone in their pool once. The top two teams from each pool advance to the Cup quarterfinals. The bottom two teams from each group go to the Challenge Trophy quarterfinals.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 30], "content_span": [31, 281]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273579-0002-0000", "contents": "2017 Wellington Sevens, Teams\nThe fifteen core teams were joined by Papua New Guinea, who qualified via the 2016 Oceania Sevens, for this tournament.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 29], "content_span": [30, 149]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273580-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 Welsh Liberal Democrats leadership election\nThe Welsh Liberal Democrats leadership election took place during the autumn of 2017 and was won by Jane Dodds, who defeated Ceredigion Councillor Elizabeth Evans in a closely fought contest.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 48], "section_span": [48, 48], "content_span": [49, 240]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273580-0001-0000", "contents": "2017 Welsh Liberal Democrats leadership election\nFollowing the 2017 general election the party's leader, and only MP, Mark Williams lost his Ceredigion seat by 104 votes. Because of this he stood down as leader later that day.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 48], "section_span": [48, 48], "content_span": [49, 226]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273580-0002-0000", "contents": "2017 Welsh Liberal Democrats leadership election\nHis predecessor as leader, Kirsty Williams, took over as interim leader, but announced she wouldn't be a candidate in the forthcoming leadership election.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 48], "section_span": [48, 48], "content_span": [49, 203]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273580-0003-0000", "contents": "2017 Welsh Liberal Democrats leadership election\nJane Dodds was declared the winner with 56.5% of the vote on 3 November 2017.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 48], "section_span": [48, 48], "content_span": [49, 126]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273580-0004-0000", "contents": "2017 Welsh Liberal Democrats leadership election, Candidates\nRichmond upon Thames Councillor for North Richmond 2006 to 2010.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 48], "section_span": [50, 60], "content_span": [61, 125]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273581-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 Welsh Open (snooker)\nThe 2017 Coral Welsh Open was a professional snooker tournament that took place from 13 to 19 February 2017 at the Motorpoint Arena in Cardiff. It was the fourteenth ranking event of the 2016/2017 season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [25, 25], "content_span": [26, 230]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273581-0001-0000", "contents": "2017 Welsh Open (snooker)\nThe 2017 Welsh Open was being held as part of a new Home Nations Series, introduced in the 2016/2017 season with the new English Open, Northern Ireland Open and Scottish Open tournaments. The tournament's trophy was renamed to the Ray Reardon Trophy in honour of six-time world champion Ray Reardon.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [25, 25], "content_span": [26, 325]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273581-0002-0000", "contents": "2017 Welsh Open (snooker)\nThe defending champion Ronnie O'Sullivan lost 3\u20134 against Mark Davis in the last 64.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [25, 25], "content_span": [26, 110]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273581-0003-0000", "contents": "2017 Welsh Open (snooker)\nStuart Bingham won his first Welsh Open title and fourth ranking title overall, beating Judd Trump 9\u20138 in the final.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [25, 25], "content_span": [26, 142]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273581-0004-0000", "contents": "2017 Welsh Open (snooker), Prize fund\nThe \"rolling 147 prize\" for a maximum break stood at \u00a310,000.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 37], "content_span": [38, 99]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273582-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 Welsh local elections\nThe 2017 Welsh local elections were held on 4 May 2017 to elect members of all 22 local authorities in Wales. This included the Isle of Anglesey, which was previously up for election in 2013 due to having its elections delayed for a year. Community council elections also took place on the same day. These local elections were held as part of the 2017 local elections in the United Kingdom. Apart from Anglesey, the last elections were held in 2012. Normally these elections take place every four years, but the 2017 elections were postponed for a year in order to avoid clashing with the 2016 Welsh Assembly election, which itself had been postponed by a year to avoid clashing with the 2015 general election.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [26, 26], "content_span": [27, 737]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273582-0001-0000", "contents": "2017 Welsh local elections\nThe Labour Party incurred a net loss of 112 council seats, losing control control of the Blaenau Gwent, Merthyr Tydfil and Bridgend councils. Labour did, however, retain control of Cardiff, Swansea, Newport, and five other councils. The Welsh nationalist party Plaid Cymru saw a net gain of 38 seats and retained control of Gwynedd Council, while also falling just short of controlling Carmarthenshire County Council. The Conservatives saw a net gain of 79 seats, and gained control of one council, Monmouthshire. The Conservatives also became the largest party in Vale of Glamorgan and Denbighshire. In ten of the 22 councils, no party had overall control of the council.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [26, 26], "content_span": [27, 699]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273582-0002-0000", "contents": "2017 Welsh local elections, Background\nIn the last local elections in Wales in 2012 (including a delayed election for the Isle of Anglesey County Council in 2013), 1,265 councillors were elected across Wales. The Labour Party won 580, independents won 307, Plaid Cymru won 170, the Conservatives won 105 and the Liberal Democrats won 73. Other parties, including the UK Independence Party, won 30 seats. Ahead of the 2017 elections, Labour were defending 536 seats and control of ten of the twenty-two Welsh local authorities. Plaid Cymru was defending 177 seats, and the Conservatives was defending 103 seats. The Liberal Democrats were defending 75 seats, having \"made a net gain of three council seats as a result of by-elections and defections\" since 2012. The Wales Green Party was defending a single seat.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 38], "content_span": [39, 811]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273582-0003-0000", "contents": "2017 Welsh local elections, Background\nLabour had suffered defections among its Welsh councilors prior to the 2017 elections. In September 2014, ten Labour councillors on the Wrexham County Borough Council left the Labour Party and quit the Labour council group. In August 2016, the councilor for Splott, Cardiff left Labour. In November 2016, Labour lost two of its Cardiff councillors in two days, with the Llandaff North councillor resigning from the council because of a \"culture of bullying\" and the Adamsdown councillor leaving the Labour group to sit as an independent after he was not re-selected to run in 2017. In 2015, control of Carmarthenshire Council was lost to a Plaid Cymru led coalition, whilst in 2016 the party also lost control of Maesteg Town Council for the first time since it was created in 1974 after the de-selection of several Bridgend Labour county councillors.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 38], "content_span": [39, 890]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273582-0004-0000", "contents": "2017 Welsh local elections, Background\nA total of 1,159 seats were up for election in the 2017 Welsh local elections. Labour fielded 910 candidates, the Conservatives 621 candidates, Plaid Cymru 549 candidates, the Liberal Democrats 280 candidates, UKIP 80 candidates, and the Greens 78 candidates. Additionally, more than 870 people ran as independent or candidates for other parties. 10.4% of wards were uncontested with almost a hundred candidates running unopposed. In one ward, Yscir in Powys, no candidate filed to run. The election for that ward was deferred until the 21 June 2017, when it was won by the Conservative Party. Elections in the wards in Cyfarthfa, Merthyr Tydfil and Llandyfriog, Ceredigion were postponed following the deaths of local candidates.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 38], "content_span": [39, 769]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273582-0005-0000", "contents": "2017 Welsh local elections, Eligibility to vote\nAll registered electors (British, Irish, Commonwealth and European Union citizens) who are aged 18 or over on polling day are entitled to vote in the local elections. A person who has two homes (such as a university student who has a term-time address and lives at home during holidays) can register to vote at both addresses as long as they are not in the same electoral area, and can vote in the local elections for the two different local councils.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 47], "content_span": [48, 499]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273582-0006-0000", "contents": "2017 Welsh local elections, Eligibility to vote\nIndividuals must be registered to vote by midnight twelve working days before polling day (13 April 2017). Anyone who qualifies as an anonymous elector has until midnight on 25 April 2017 to register.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 47], "content_span": [48, 248]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273582-0007-0000", "contents": "2017 Welsh local elections, Eligibility to vote\nThe 2017 Welsh local elections are likely to be the last local elections to be held before widespread changes by the Welsh Government under the Local Government & Elections (Wales) Bill. The Bill extends voting rights to 16 & 17 year olds and foreign citizens living in Wales, and makes it easier to register voters for future local elections. Around 1,900 prisoners would also be eligible to vote for the first time.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 47], "content_span": [48, 465]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273582-0008-0000", "contents": "2017 Welsh local elections, Wales-wide results\nFor comparative purposes, the table above shows changes since 2012 including Anglesey's council, which was last elected in 2013.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 46], "content_span": [47, 175]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273582-0009-0000", "contents": "2017 Welsh local elections, Wales-wide results\nThe Labour Party had a net loss of 112 council seats, and also lost control of the Blaenau Gwent and Bridgend councils. Labour did, however, retain control of Cardiff, Swansea, Newport, and five other councils. The Welsh nationalist Plaid Cymru had a net gain of 38 seats and won control of the Gwynedd Council (the council had shifted to Plaid control in June 2012, and is counted in the table above as a 'gain'); it also fell just short of controlling the Carmarthenshire County Council.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 46], "content_span": [47, 536]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273582-0009-0001", "contents": "2017 Welsh local elections, Wales-wide results\nThe Conservatives had a net gain of 79 seats, and won control of one council, Monmouthshire; the Conservatives also became the largest party in Vale of Glamorgan and Denbighshire. The Wales Green Party won their first county council seat in Powys. In ten of the 22 councils, no party had overall control of the council.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 46], "content_span": [47, 366]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273582-0010-0000", "contents": "2017 Welsh local elections, Principal councils\n\u2020 In 2014, the only Welsh Liberal Democrat cabinet member defected to Welsh Labour, therefore the Liberal Democrats are no longer part of the coalition. In 2015, several Independent councillors created their own group within the council called Conwy First. This group later on went to support the council instead of the remaining five independent councillors, meaning the current coalition is made up of Plaid Cymru, Welsh Labour and Conwy First.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 46], "content_span": [47, 493]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273582-0011-0000", "contents": "2017 Welsh local elections, Principal councils\n\u2021 The Welsh Liberal Democrats have since lost its only seat on the Council, therefore leaving the coalition.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 46], "content_span": [47, 155]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273582-0012-0000", "contents": "2017 Welsh local elections, Principal councils\n\u2020\u2020 Plaid Cymru at the original election won exactly half the seats available, they took control of the council by winning the final seat in a delayed election in June 2012.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 46], "content_span": [47, 219]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273582-0013-0000", "contents": "2017 Welsh local elections, Community & town councils\nElections were held for around 8,000 seats on over 730 community and town councils across Wales.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 53], "content_span": [54, 150]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273582-0014-0000", "contents": "2017 Welsh local elections, Community & town councils\nThe 2017 Local Government Elections data revealed that over 64% of community council seats in Wales were elected uncontested. Only two Principal Council areas had over 50% contested seats. Bridgend had the lowest amount of uncontested seats, with 28%. In comparison, Cardiff had the highest amount of uncontested seats with 74%.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 53], "content_span": [54, 382]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273582-0015-0000", "contents": "2017 Welsh local elections, Community & town councils\nOver half (55 per cent) of community councillors were aged 60 or above. 1.2 per cent of community councillors were non-white and around 65 per cent of candidates were male. 15 per cent considered themselves to have a disability. Ahead of the 2022 elections, the Welsh Government established an 'Independent Review Panel on Community and Town Councils' which in October 2018 made a series of recommendations to improve future candidate diversity and address the large number of uncontested seats.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 53], "content_span": [54, 549]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273583-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 Wesson\n2017 Wesson, provisional designation A903 SC, is a stony asteroid from the inner regions of the asteroid belt, approximately 7 kilometers in diameter. It was discovered on 20 September 1903, by German astronomer Max Wolf at Heidelberg Observatory in southern Germany. It was later named after Mary Joan Wesson Bardwell, wife of Conrad Bardwell, an associate director of the Minor Planet Center.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 11], "section_span": [11, 11], "content_span": [12, 406]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273583-0001-0000", "contents": "2017 Wesson, Orbit and classification\nWesson orbits the Sun in the inner main belt at a distance of 1.8\u20132.7\u00a0AU, orbiting once every 3 years and 5 months (1,235 days). Its orbit has an eccentricity of 0.19 and an inclination of 5\u00b0 with respect to the ecliptic.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 11], "section_span": [13, 37], "content_span": [38, 259]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273583-0002-0000", "contents": "2017 Wesson, Physical characteristics\nWesson has been characterized as a stony S-type asteroid. It has a rotation period of 3.418 hours. The numerous lightcurves have a brightness variation of 0.30 to 0.60 magnitude (U=2/3-). According to the survey carried out by NASA's Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer (WISE) with its subsequent NEOWISE mission, the asteroid measures 7.2 kilometers in diameter and its surface has an albedo of 0.200. The Collaborative Asteroid Lightcurve Link agrees with the results obtained by WISE.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 11], "section_span": [13, 37], "content_span": [38, 525]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273583-0003-0000", "contents": "2017 Wesson, Naming\nThe asteroid was named after Mary Joan Wesson Bardwell, wife of Conrad M. Bardwell (1926\u20132010), after whom the minor planet 1615\u00a0Bardwell is named. He also established the identifications for this minor planet. The official naming citation was published by the Minor Planet Center on 1 April 1978 (M.P.C. 4358).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 11], "section_span": [13, 19], "content_span": [20, 331]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273584-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 West Alabama Tigers football team\nThe 2017 West Alabama Tigers football team represented the University of West Alabama in the 2017 NCAA Division II football season. They were led by fourth-year head coach Brett Gilliland. The Tigers played their home games at Tiger Stadium and were members of the Gulf South Conference.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [38, 38], "content_span": [39, 326]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273584-0001-0000", "contents": "2017 West Alabama Tigers football team, Schedule\nWest Alabama announced its 2017 football schedule on January 13, 2017. The schedule consists of both five home and six away games in the regular season. The Tigers hosted GSC foes Mississippi College, Shorter, West Florida, and West Georgia and traveled to Delta State, Florida Tech, North Alabama, and Valdosta State", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 48], "content_span": [49, 366]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273584-0002-0000", "contents": "2017 West Alabama Tigers football team, Schedule\nThe Tigers only hosted one of the three non-conference games against North Greenville which is independent from a conference and traveled to two games against Lenoir-Rhyne from the South Atlantic Conference and Samford from the Southern Conference.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 48], "content_span": [49, 297]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273585-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 West Asian Women's Handball Championship\n\u200cThe 2017 West Asian Women's Handball Championship was the second edition of the championship held under the aegis of the Asian Handball Federation. The championship was hosted by the Jordan Handball Federation at Princess Sumaya Hall, Amman (Jordan) from 15 to 21 February 2018.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [45, 45], "content_span": [46, 325]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273585-0001-0000", "contents": "2017 West Asian Women's Handball Championship\nThe championship was previously awarded to Bahrain and scheduled to take place in December 2017 but due to unavoidable circumstances the championship was postponed and then awarded to the Jordan.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [45, 45], "content_span": [46, 241]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273585-0002-0000", "contents": "2017 West Asian Women's Handball Championship, Referees\nThe following four referee pairs were selected for the championship.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [47, 55], "content_span": [56, 124]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273586-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 West Bengal floods\nFollowing heavy rain in July and August 2017, the Indian state of West Bengal was affected by severe flooding. The floods were reported to have caused 50 deaths since 1 August and 8 deaths in the neighbouring state of Jharkhand.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [23, 23], "content_span": [24, 252]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273586-0001-0000", "contents": "2017 West Bengal floods\nSoon after these floods, North Bengal also witnessed floods that wreaked havoc over the seven districts and killed 3 people.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [23, 23], "content_span": [24, 148]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273586-0002-0000", "contents": "2017 West Bengal floods, Cause and extent of the disaster, Gangetic West Bengal\nHeavy rain in last week of July & August resulted in flood in the state. The Land Depression 01 in its precursor low & poor maintenance of dams caused dangerous floods in West Bengal.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 79], "content_span": [80, 263]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273586-0003-0000", "contents": "2017 West Bengal floods, Cause and extent of the disaster, Gangetic West Bengal\nState irrigation minister said that in some districts of south Bengal, there had been around 400\u00a0mm rainfall during the last three days. The rivers Silabati in West Midnapore, Dwarkeswar in Bankura, Dwaraka and Kuye in Birbhum were flowing above the danger level. Some villages at Suri block II got flooded due to incessant rain. Some parts of the Hooghly and West Midnapore, including Ghatal, Khirpai, Chandrakona went under water since Saturday night.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 79], "content_span": [80, 533]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273586-0003-0001", "contents": "2017 West Bengal floods, Cause and extent of the disaster, Gangetic West Bengal\nBankura recorded the state's highest rainfall at 274\u00a0mm during the same period, while Digha recorded 104\u00a0mm, Halisahar recorded 189\u00a0mm and Burdwan received 72.6\u00a0mm of rains. The water discharge from DVC dams was in excess of that in 1978 which saw an unprecedented flood in the state. So far 2.78 lakh (278\u00a0thousand) cusecs of water had been discharged by DVC as of 1 August. The situation in Bengal got worse on Thursday after Damodar Valley Corporation (DVC) released more water from its dams and sounded a red alert in the lower catchment areas of the Damodar river.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 79], "content_span": [80, 649]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273586-0004-0000", "contents": "2017 West Bengal floods, Cause and extent of the disaster, Gangetic West Bengal\nAn additional 249,450 cusecs of water was released from Durgapur barrage on Thursday morning. As a result, more areas in east Burdwan, Hooghly and Howrah were hit by flood. The flood affected districts had received record rainfall from 20 to 25 July. Compared to the normal rainfall received in July, Bankura received 754 per cent, Burdwan 334 per cent, Birbhum 313 per cent, East Midnapore 500 per cent, West Midnapore 424 per cent, Howrah 427 per cent, Hooghly 359 per cent, Kolkata 367 per cent, Murshidabad 174 per cent, and Purulia 721 per cent more rainfall. The cumulative rainfall received in Birbhum from 20 to 26 July was over 600\u00a0mm.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 79], "content_span": [80, 724]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273586-0005-0000", "contents": "2017 West Bengal floods, Cause and extent of the disaster, Gangetic West Bengal\nFrom the weather system, the capital city of Kolkata received 142\u00a0mm of rain in 48 hours. July 2017 was the second wettest in Kolkata since 2008 with rain count 72% above the normal mark \u2013 the city received 621.5\u00a0mm rain. Only once \u2013 in 2015 \u2013 in the last decade has Kolkata received more rain in July from Cyclone Komen.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 79], "content_span": [80, 401]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273586-0006-0000", "contents": "2017 West Bengal floods, Cause and extent of the disaster, North Bengal\nThese floods in Gangetic West Bengal were soon followed by floods in North Bengal that affected 7 districts. These floods were caused by the shifting of the monsoon trough in the sub-Himalayan region.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 71], "content_span": [72, 272]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273586-0007-0000", "contents": "2017 West Bengal floods, Effects of flood, Gangetic West Bengal\nDhaniakhali of Hooghly district and Ghatal in West Midnapore district were the two worst affected areas. 1,79,321 hectares out of 10,82,285 hectares of paddy seedbeds were damaged. At least 50 people died while nearly 20 lakh (2\u00a0million) were affected in over 160 villages, which were inundated due to heavy rains. 2,301 people were evacuated from their houses and 2,02,957 hectare of agricultural land was submerged. Around 7,868 houses were entirely destroyed while 44,361 were partially damaged in West Bengal. The state lost around Rs.553 crores(US$86.6 million) due to the storm. An additional eleven people were reported to be killed in Jharkhand due to heavy rains.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 63], "content_span": [64, 736]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273586-0008-0000", "contents": "2017 West Bengal floods, Effects of flood, Gangetic West Bengal\nAround 50 people have so far lost their lives, and according to government figures, about 11,974 hectares of land under paddy cultivation, and 23,096 hectare under vegetable cultivation, has been inundated. State government officials said the Subarnarekha river burst its banks after water was released from the Galudi dam in Jharkhand. Water was also released from Tilpara barrage in Birbhum. As a result, the Mayurakshi river inundated hundreds of acres of farmland. Water was reported to be rising fast in Chandrabhaga, Kopai and Bakreswar rivers in Birbhum district.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 63], "content_span": [64, 634]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273586-0008-0001", "contents": "2017 West Bengal floods, Effects of flood, Gangetic West Bengal\nIn Hooghly district, embankments along the Darakeswar river were washed away and flood water gushed towards Arambagh town. In the 14 flood-hit districts in West Bengal, 27 lakh (2.7\u00a0million) people had been affected by flood. The government had set up 311 relief camps where over 47,000 people have taken shelter, adding it has also set up 131 medical camps. Over 16,000 animals were sheltered in relief camps for animals and veterinary doctors were looking after them. The government had also sent medicines, water pouches and other items to all the districts.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 63], "content_span": [64, 625]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273586-0009-0000", "contents": "2017 West Bengal floods, Effects of flood, North Bengal\nThe floods claimed seven lives so far in the region, while about one lakh (100\u00a0thousand) people were affected in the five districts\u201460,000 of them in Alipurduar and Jalpaiguri alone \u2014and many of them had taken shelter in the relief camps. Communication between Falakata and Madarihat in Jalpaiguri district remained cut off due to large-scale inundation and a majority of the residents of the two areas had taken shelter in the relief camps. Malda District has been flooded by overflow of river Fulhaar, Behula, Ganga and Mahananda. More than 2 lakhs (200\u00a0thousand) people have been affected by the flood conditions. 4 blocks of Malda district is under water including the English bazaar.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 55], "content_span": [56, 744]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273586-0010-0000", "contents": "2017 West Bengal floods, Relief and rescue\nMore than 27,00,000 people in 106 blocks of 14 districts of West Bengal were affected by the flood. Around 311 relief camps were opened for them by the state government. Chief minister Mamata Banerjee visited flood-hit areas in Amta and Udaynarayanpur in Howrah. She accused the DVC of releasing water indiscriminately. The Mamata Banerjee government sought help from the armed forces for the first time when eight districts in south Bengal were hit by flood. The air force pressed into service a helicopter to rescue 39 people who were trapped inside a two-storey house at Pratappur village in the Ghatal sub-division of West Midnapore district.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 42], "content_span": [43, 689]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273586-0011-0000", "contents": "2017 West Bengal floods, Relief and rescue\nNDRF on 6 August 2017 team conducted rescue and relief operation at Ghatal, West Medenipur, WB and evacuated 03 persons and distributed relief material water pouches- 2200Nos, Dry Ration- 16 bags, Milk powder 6\u00a0kg, and Gur60\u00a0kg. So far teams have rescued 253 persons, evacuated 1029 persons and retrieved 05 dead bodies and distributed food 1500 Pkts, Water pouches/ bottles- 25564 Nos, Dry Ration ( Rice, Dal, Suger, Churaetc \u2013 236 Bags, Baby food - 244 Ctns, Milk- 1056 Pkts, Gur -2205\u00a0kg, Tarpoline- 58 Nos, Vegetable- 540\u00a0kg and Medicines.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 42], "content_span": [43, 586]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273587-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 West Chester Golden Rams football team\nThe 2017 West Chester Golden Rams football team represented West Chester University in Division II football as a member of the PSAC East division.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [43, 43], "content_span": [44, 190]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273587-0001-0000", "contents": "2017 West Chester Golden Rams football team, Background, Previous season\nIn 2016 the Golden Rams finished with an 8\u20133 including an impressive 6\u20131 conference record, including a 6-game end of the year winning streak while averaging 33 points per games and holding opponents to under 14 point in each of their last six games.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [45, 72], "content_span": [73, 323]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273588-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 West Coast Conference Baseball Tournament\nThe 2017 West Coast Conference Baseball Tournament was held from May 25 through May 27, 2017 at Banner Island Ballpark in Stockton, California. BYU won the four team, double-elimination tournament and earned the league's automatic bid to the 2017 NCAA Division I Baseball Tournament.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [46, 46], "content_span": [47, 330]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273588-0001-0000", "contents": "2017 West Coast Conference Baseball Tournament, Seeding\nThe top four finishers from the regular season were seeded one through four based on conference winning percentage. The teams then played a double elimination tournament.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [48, 55], "content_span": [56, 226]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273588-0002-0000", "contents": "2017 West Coast Conference Baseball Tournament, All-Tournament Team, Most Outstanding Player\nBronson Larsen, a senior catcher at BYU, was named Tournament Most Outstanding Player.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [48, 92], "content_span": [93, 179]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273589-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 West Coast Conference Men's Basketball Tournament\nThe 2017 West Coast Conference Men's Basketball Tournament was a postseason men's basketball tournament for the West Coast Conference held March 3\u20137, 2017 at the Orleans Arena in Paradise, Nevada. Regular-season champion Gonzaga also won the WCC tournament, and with it the conference's automatic bid into the 2017 NCAA Tournament with a 74-56 win over Saint Mary's in the finals.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 54], "section_span": [54, 54], "content_span": [55, 435]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273589-0001-0000", "contents": "2017 West Coast Conference Men's Basketball Tournament\nThe WCC's eight-year tournament contract with Orleans Arena expired after the 2016 WCC Tournament, with the WCC looking to potentially moving the tournament to a different Las Vegas-area venue (the MGM Grand Garden Arena or the T-Mobile Arena), keep it at the Orleans Arena, or move it elsewhere. In May 2016, the WCC announced that it reached an agreement on a new three-year contract with the Orleans Arena, which will run through the 2019 WCC year-end tournament.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 54], "section_span": [54, 54], "content_span": [55, 521]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273589-0002-0000", "contents": "2017 West Coast Conference Men's Basketball Tournament, Seeds\nAll 10 WCC teams were eligible for the tournament. The top six teams received a first round bye. Teams were seeded by record within the conference, with a tiebreaker system to seed teams with identical conference records.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 54], "section_span": [56, 61], "content_span": [62, 283]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273589-0003-0000", "contents": "2017 West Coast Conference Men's Basketball Tournament, Game summaries, First round, No. 7 San Diego vs. No. 10 Portland\nBroadcasters: Dave McCann, Blaine Fowler Series History: San Diego leads 52\u201329", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 54], "section_span": [56, 120], "content_span": [121, 199]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273589-0004-0000", "contents": "2017 West Coast Conference Men's Basketball Tournament, Game summaries, Quarterfinals, No. 3 BYU vs. No. 6 Loyola Marymount\nBroadcasters: Dave McCann, Blaine Fowler Series History: BYU leads 13\u20133", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 54], "section_span": [56, 123], "content_span": [124, 195]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273589-0005-0000", "contents": "2017 West Coast Conference Men's Basketball Tournament, Game summaries, Quarterfinals, No. 4 Santa Clara vs. No. 5 San Francisco\nBroadcasters: Dave McCann, Blaine Fowler Series History: Santa Clara leads 79\u201376", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 54], "section_span": [56, 128], "content_span": [129, 209]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273589-0006-0000", "contents": "2017 West Coast Conference Men's Basketball Tournament, Game summaries, Quarterfinals, No. 2 Saint Mary's vs. No. 10 Portland\nBroadcasters: Roxy Bernstein, Jon Barry Series History: Saint Mary's leads 65\u201329", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 54], "section_span": [56, 125], "content_span": [126, 206]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273589-0007-0000", "contents": "2017 West Coast Conference Men's Basketball Tournament, Game summaries, Semifinals, No. 1 Gonzaga vs. No. 4 Santa Clara\nBroadcasters: Dave O'Brien, Dick Vitale, Jeff GoodmanSeries History: Gonzaga leads 59\u201330", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 54], "section_span": [56, 119], "content_span": [120, 208]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273589-0008-0000", "contents": "2017 West Coast Conference Men's Basketball Tournament, Game summaries, Semifinals, No. 2 Saint Mary's vs. No. 3 BYU\nBroadcasters: Dave O'Brien, Jon Barry, Jeff GoodmanSeries History: BYU leads 12\u201311", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 54], "section_span": [56, 116], "content_span": [117, 199]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273589-0009-0000", "contents": "2017 West Coast Conference Men's Basketball Tournament, Game summaries, Championship, No. 1 Gonzaga vs. No. 2 Saint Mary's\nBroadcasters: Dave O'Brien, Dick Vitale, Jeff GoodmanSeries History: Gonzaga leads 67\u201329", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 54], "section_span": [56, 122], "content_span": [123, 211]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273590-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 West Coast Conference Women's Basketball Tournament\nThe 2017 West Coast Conference Women's Basketball Tournament was held from March 2\u20137, 2017 at Orleans Arena in the Las Vegas Valley community of Paradise, Nevada. Seeds were determined solely on conference record. Regular-season champion Gonzaga added the tournament crown to its r\u00e9sum\u00e9, earning the conference's automatic bid to the 2017 NCAA Division I Women's Basketball Tournament.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 56], "section_span": [56, 56], "content_span": [57, 442]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273590-0001-0000", "contents": "2017 West Coast Conference Women's Basketball Tournament, Game Summaries, First round, #8 Pacific vs. #9 Pepperdine\nBroadcasters: Spencer Linton & Kristen Kozlowski Series History: Pacific leads series 7\u20133", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 56], "section_span": [58, 115], "content_span": [116, 205]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273590-0002-0000", "contents": "2017 West Coast Conference Women's Basketball Tournament, Game Summaries, First round, #7 San Diego vs. #10 Portland\nBroadcasters: Spencer Linton & Kristen Kozlowski Series History: Series \u2013", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 56], "section_span": [58, 116], "content_span": [117, 190]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273590-0003-0000", "contents": "2017 West Coast Conference Women's Basketball Tournament, Game Summaries, Quarterfinals, #3 St. Mary's vs. #6 Santa Clara\nBroadcasters: Dave McCann & Blaine Fowler Series History: Series \u2013", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 56], "section_span": [58, 121], "content_span": [122, 188]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273590-0004-0000", "contents": "2017 West Coast Conference Women's Basketball Tournament, Game Summaries, Quarterfinals, #2 BYU vs. #7 San Diego\nBroadcasters: Spencer Linton & Kristen Kozlowski Series History: Series \u2013", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 56], "section_span": [58, 112], "content_span": [113, 186]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273590-0005-0000", "contents": "2017 West Coast Conference Women's Basketball Tournament, Game Summaries, Semifinals, #1 Gonzaga vs. #4 San Francisco\nBroadcasters: Spencer Linton & Kristen Kozlowski Series History: Series \u2013", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 56], "section_span": [58, 117], "content_span": [118, 191]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273591-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 West Dunbartonshire Council election\nThe 2017 West Dunbartonshire Council election was held on Thursday 4 May 2017, on the same day as the 31 other local authorities in Scotland. The election used the six wards created under the Local Governance (Scotland) Act 2004, with 22 Councillors being elected. Each ward will elect either 3 or 4 members, using the STV electoral system.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [41, 41], "content_span": [42, 382]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273591-0001-0000", "contents": "2017 West Dunbartonshire Council election\nFollowing the 2012 election a Labour majority administration was formed. After this election, the SNP group and Councillor Denis Agnew formed a minority coalition administration, led by the SNP leader, Jonathan McColl. As part of the deal, the title of bailie was revived, and Councillor Agnew was appointed as West Dunbartonshire's first. The 2017 election marked the first time that Conservatives were elected to the Council in its history.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [41, 41], "content_span": [42, 484]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273591-0002-0000", "contents": "2017 West Dunbartonshire Council election, 2017 Results\nNote: \"Votes\" are the first preference votes. The net gain/loss and percentage changes relate to the result of the previous Scottish local elections on 3 May 2012. This may differ from other published sources showing gain/loss relative to seats held at dissolution of Scotland's councils.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [43, 55], "content_span": [56, 344]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273592-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 West Florida Argonauts football team\nThe 2017 West Florida Argonauts football team represented the University of West Florida in the 2017 NCAA Division II football season. They were led by second-year head coach Pete Shinnick. The Argonauts played their home games at Blue Wahoos Stadium and were members of the Gulf South Conference.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [41, 41], "content_span": [42, 339]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273592-0001-0000", "contents": "2017 West Florida Argonauts football team, Schedule\nWest Florida announced its 2017 football schedule on February 1, 2017. The schedule consists of 6 home and 5 away games in the regular season. The Argonauts will host GSC foes Delta State, Mississippi College, North Alabama, and Valdosta State, and will travel to Shorter, West Alabama, West Florida, and West Georgia.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [43, 51], "content_span": [52, 370]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273592-0002-0000", "contents": "2017 West Florida Argonauts football team, Schedule\nThe Argonauts will host two of the three non-conference game against Chowan of the Central Intercollegiate Athletic Association and Midwestern State of the Lone Star Conference and will travel to Missouri S&T of the Great Lakes Valley Conference.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [43, 51], "content_span": [52, 298]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273593-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 West Georgia Wolves football team\nThe 2017 West Georgia Wolves football team represented the University of West Georgia in the 2017 NCAA Division II football season. They were led by first-year head coach David Dean. The Wolves played their home games at University Stadium and were members of the Gulf South Conference.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [38, 38], "content_span": [39, 325]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273593-0001-0000", "contents": "2017 West Georgia Wolves football team, Schedule\nWest Georgia announced its 2017 football schedule on February 14, 2017. The schedule consists of 7 home and 4 away games in the regular season. The Wolves will host GSC foes North Alabama, Shorter, Valdosta State, and West Florida, and will travel to Delta State, Florida Tech, Mississippi College, and West Alabama.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 48], "content_span": [49, 365]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273593-0002-0000", "contents": "2017 West Georgia Wolves football team, Schedule\nThe Wolves will host all three non-conference game against Fort Valley State, Albany State and Miles, which all three are from the Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Conference.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 48], "content_span": [49, 225]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273594-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 West Iraq campaign\nThe 2017 Western Iraq campaign was the final major military operation of the War in Iraq, in the western province of Anbar, and on the border with Syria, with the goal of completely expelling ISIL forces from their last strongholds in Iraq.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [23, 23], "content_span": [24, 264]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273594-0001-0000", "contents": "2017 West Iraq campaign\nThe offensive followed the Hawija offensive by the Iraqi Government, and was also concurrent with several major offensives in Syria: the Syrian Democratic Forces' Deir ez-Zor offensive, and the Syrian Government's Battle of Deir ez-Zor and Eastern Syria campaign on the opposite side of the Al-Qa'im border crossing.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [23, 23], "content_span": [24, 340]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273594-0002-0000", "contents": "2017 West Iraq campaign, Background\nAl-Qa'im was known as a hotbed of jihadist insurgency, after the 2003 invasion of Iraq, with coalition forces carrying out repeated operations against Al-Qaeda jihadists. The strategic and porous border started becoming a route for foreign fighters entering Iraq from Syria, who was accused by Iraqi Government of ignoring it.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 35], "content_span": [36, 362]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273594-0003-0000", "contents": "2017 West Iraq campaign, Background\nThe towns of western Anbar were captured by the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant in 2014. Before the 2017 offensive, Iraqi forces had dislodged the group from key cities of Anbar including Ramadi and Fallujah but the areas near border with Syria including Anah, Rawa, Al-Qaim left and the vast rural areas across the province remained under militant control. An Iraqi operation was launched towards west Anbar in January 2017, but was suspended after recapture of towns of Sagra and Zawiya because of preparations for retaking the western bank of Mosul.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 35], "content_span": [36, 593]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273594-0004-0000", "contents": "2017 West Iraq campaign, Background\nIn September 2017, the Iraqi Army launched an offensive in the western Anbar Province, recapturing the towns of Akashat on 16\u00a0September and Anah on 21\u00a0September. After recapturing Hawija on 5\u00a0October Iraqi Army was expected to fight ISIL in Anbar. Instead, it paused its military actions and later started advancing on Kirkuk.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 35], "content_span": [36, 362]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273594-0005-0000", "contents": "2017 West Iraq campaign, The campaign, Al-Qaim\nPrime Minister Haider al-Abadi announced an offensive to recapture the western border region of al-Qaim and Rawa on 26\u00a0October. He stated, \"The heroic legions are advancing into the last den of terrorism in Iraq to liberate al-Qaim, Rawa and the surrounding villages and hamlets.\" Iraqi forces including the troops, police, Sunni tribesmen and mostly Shia militias, participated in the assault. Later, Lieutenant-General Abdul Amir Yarallah announced that they had cleared Umm al-Waz village, 55 kilometres (34\u00a0mi) south-east of al-Qa'im, and the H-2 Air Base, along with the nearby Husseiniyat area, 120 kilometres (75\u00a0mi) south of al-Qaim. According to the United Nations, around 50,000 people were still in al-Qaim and Rawa. Meanwhile, Walid al-Dulaimi, an Iraqi army colonel, told Anadolu Agency that they had captured Rawa intersection and the Jabbab district, which is about 2 kilometres (1.2\u00a0mi) west of Rawa.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 46], "content_span": [47, 963]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273594-0006-0000", "contents": "2017 West Iraq campaign, The campaign, Al-Qaim\nIraqi Army's War Media Cell announced on 27\u00a0October that the Popular Mobilisation Units (PMU) had secured 43 kilometres (27\u00a0mi) of the Akashat-al-Qaim road and an area of 301\u00a0km2 (116.2 sq\u00a0mi) (south of al-Qa'im. It also added that PMU captured al-Qakm cement plant, al-Qaom Quarries, al-Qaim station and the water station. Iraqi Army meanwhile captured villages of Awani, northern Jabab and al-Zalla on southern bank of Euphrates.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 46], "content_span": [47, 478]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273594-0006-0001", "contents": "2017 West Iraq campaign, The campaign, Al-Qaim\nArmy Major-General Qasim al-Muhammadi told Anadolu Agency on the same day that 25 militants were killed in a clash between Iraqi Army and ISIL near T1 area, 40 kilometres (25\u00a0mi) of al-Qa'im. He added that a large number of militants also retreated to center of al-Qaim district. Ahmed al-Dulaimi, an Anbar police captain, stated that five militants and two tribal fighters were killed in the same area a day earlier.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 46], "content_span": [47, 464]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273594-0007-0000", "contents": "2017 West Iraq campaign, The campaign, Al-Qaim\nThe Joint Operations Command (JOC) stated on 28\u00a0October that pro-Iraqi forces had taken control of large areas to east of al-Qaim, after routing the militants from their hideouts. It also stated that the Iraqi troops had also captured many villages, a bridge on the Euphrates, the al-Qaim railway station, a military airbase, and the Akkas gas field. The JOC added that so far, 75 militants had been killed, while nine SVBIEDs, 10 militant vehicles, and four bomb-making sites had been destroyed, while 378 roadside bombs were defused or detonated.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 46], "content_span": [47, 595]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273594-0007-0001", "contents": "2017 West Iraq campaign, The campaign, Al-Qaim\nThe JOC also reported that 33 villages had been recaptured from ISIL, within 2 days of the offensive. The Defence Ministry stated on 29\u00a0October that Iraqi aeroplanes had dropped thousands of leaflets in ISIL-held areas of Anbar, urging militants to surrender. An Iraqi security source stated on the same day that ISIL fighters had fled towards Al-Bukamal in Syria, after many leaders fled and were killed in airstrikes. Meanwhile, Qatari al-Samarmad, a PMU commander, stated that Ra'ed al-Atouri, the ISIL military official of al-Qa'im, and six of his companions had been killed by Iraqi warplanes.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 46], "content_span": [47, 645]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273594-0008-0000", "contents": "2017 West Iraq campaign, The campaign, Al-Qaim\nBy 31\u00a0October, Iraqi forces had reached the edge of al-Qaim. The JOC announced that Iraqi forces, backed by United States' aerial strikes and Sunni tribal fighters, had captured the village of al-Obeidi, adding that even though ISIL resisted the advance of the troops, the majority retreated to centre of al-Qaim. Yarallah stated that they had also captured a cement plant and a phosphate processing facility. He added that they also took control of a nearby residential complex, nine villages around Obeidi as well as large areas of Akkas gas field.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 46], "content_span": [47, 597]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273594-0008-0001", "contents": "2017 West Iraq campaign, The campaign, Al-Qaim\nArmy Brigadier-General Numaan Abdul-Zobai said that they also captured villages of Rafedah and Al-Kasim to west of al-Qaim. Minister of Oil Jabar al-Luaibi stated on 2 November that Iraq forces had captured the Akkas gas field. Major-General Numaan Abd al-Zawbaei, commander of the army's 7th Division, said on the same day that regular troops backed by the PMU had captured Al-Saada area, and the nearby villages of Jereejib and Qunaitera, west of Al-Qaim, killing several militants and destroying a number of booby-trapped vehicles.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 46], "content_span": [47, 581]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273594-0009-0000", "contents": "2017 West Iraq campaign, The campaign, Al-Qaim\nOn 3\u00a0November, the Iraqi Army captured the Abu Kamal-Al-Qa'im border crossing. The JOC announced they had entered al-Qa'im as well. The PMU captured the town's train station, as well as the al-Karabilah neighbourhood during the day, while also entering the Gaza neighbourhood. Later on the same day, Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi announced that Iraqi Government forces had captured al-Qa'im. Iraqi Government forces also recaptured the rest of the Al-Qa'im District. This stripped ISIL of all its border crossings along the Iraqi\u2013Syrian border, and left only Rawa under ISIL rule.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 46], "content_span": [47, 628]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273594-0010-0000", "contents": "2017 West Iraq campaign, The campaign, Interlude\nFollowing the loss of the border city of Al-Qa'im and Deir ez-Zor, Al-Bukamal in Syria was the last town of note under their full control, where they were expected to make their final stand. ISIL forces also began massing at Al-Bukamal, boosted by the retreating ISIL fighters from Iraq. On 5\u00a0November, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights (SOHR) claimed that ISIL had driven out PMU out of Al-Bukamal's countryside. However Kata'ib Hezbollah spokesman Jaafar al-Husseini stated that they clashed with ISIL just metres from border with Syria and fired rockets into Syria, adding that their forces did not cross into Syria.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 48], "content_span": [49, 674]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273594-0011-0000", "contents": "2017 West Iraq campaign, The campaign, Rawa\nPrime Minister Haider al-Abadi stated on 11\u00a0November that the Iraqi forces were launching an operation to push militants out of an area in western Iraq. The offensive to recapture Rawa was launched during the day. Two Iraqi divisions and Sunni tribal fighters carried out the operation. Yarallah said that the troops had captured Rumana and its bridge, along with 10 other villages. Iraqi Army Col. Waleed al-Dulaimi told Anadolu Agency that Iraqi forces captured six villages on 13\u00a0November. He added that militants had fled from the villages towards the desert north-west of the city of Rawa. Lieutenant-General Abdul Amir Yarallah stated on 15 November that they had killed 48 militants during the past three days while capturing 13 villages.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 43], "content_span": [44, 789]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273594-0012-0000", "contents": "2017 West Iraq campaign, The campaign, Rawa\nIraqi military stated on 17\u00a0November that security forces had penetrated into Rawa. Yarallah of the JOC stated that Iraqi troops and paramilitary forces had started the push at dawn and had captured four neighbourhoods after some hours. Iraqi forces captured Rawa later in the day. Yarallah stated that the government troops and paramilitary units \"liberated the whole of Rawa and raised the Iraqi flag on all of its official buildings.\" Prime Minister al-Abadi congratulated Iraqi armed forces and people, saying Rawa was retaken in record time.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 43], "content_span": [44, 590]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273594-0012-0001", "contents": "2017 West Iraq campaign, The campaign, Rawa\nHe stated: \"Liberation of Rawa district in mere hours reflects the great strength and power of our heroic armed forces and the successful planning for battles.\" A military spokesman stated, \"With the liberation of Rawa we can say all the areas in which Daesh is present have been liberated.\" He added that Iraqi forces will pursue the militants who fled into the desert and exert control over Iraq's borders.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 43], "content_span": [44, 452]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273594-0013-0000", "contents": "2017 West Iraq campaign, The campaign, Al-Jazirah Desert\nPrime Minister al-Abadi stated on 21\u00a0November that while ISIL was already defeated from a military perspective, he would declare the final victory only after it were defeated in the desert areas. On 23\u00a0November, Iraqi forces announced the launch of an offensive to clear the desert bordering Syria. Army, police and paramilitary units advanced into areas of Saladin, Nineveh and Anbar Governorates forming part of the region called al-Jazira.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 56], "content_span": [57, 499]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273594-0014-0000", "contents": "2017 West Iraq campaign, The campaign, Al-Jazirah Desert\nIraqi forces stated on 24\u00a0November that ISIL was withdrawing deep into the desert to escape the offensive. The PMF stated its forces had taken control of 77 villages since the launch of the offensive. It added that five militants were killed south of Hatra, but otherwise the militants put up little resistance. It also stated that it had taken control of an airfield in the same area, where they discovered underground warehouses used by the militants. The Iraqi military later stated that the forces had captured 45 villages, clearing some 2,400\u00a0km2 (926.6\u00a0sq mi) on 24 November.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 56], "content_span": [57, 638]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273594-0015-0000", "contents": "2017 West Iraq campaign, The campaign, Al-Jazirah Desert\nThe Iraqi military stated on 27\u00a0November that it was facing a tough battle against the militants, in deep gorges and other natural hideouts in the western desert. Gen. Yahya Rasoul, JOC spokesman, declared that the first phase was over and they had retaken half of the around 29,000\u00a0km2 (11,197\u00a0sq mi). desert area. Iraqi forces announced a new phase on 8 December against the remaining militant holdouts in the western desert.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 56], "content_span": [57, 484]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273594-0016-0000", "contents": "2017 West Iraq campaign, The campaign, Al-Jazirah Desert\nPrime Minister al-Abadi declared final victory over ISIL on 9\u00a0December after Iraqi forces drove away the last remnants. Iraqi military stated that the forces had recaptured the last areas still under the group's control. Yarallah stated that the troops had taken control of over 90 villages and cleared 19,600\u00a0km2 of land during the last operation over the past day.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 56], "content_span": [57, 423]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273594-0017-0000", "contents": "2017 West Iraq campaign, Aftermath\nOn 10 December, Iraqi forces held a military parade in Baghdad's Green Zone to celebrate their victory over ISIL. Prime Minister al-Abadi declared that 10 December would become a new annual holiday for Iraq. Following their victory, Iraqi forces expected a new phase of insurgency from the remaining ISIL elements.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 34], "content_span": [35, 349]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273595-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 West Lothian Council election\nThe 2017 West Lothian Council election took place on 4 May 2017 to elect members of West Lothian Council. The election used the 9 wards created as a result of the Local Governance (Scotland) Act 2004, with each ward electing three or four Councillors using the single transferable vote system form of proportional representation, with 33 Councillors being elected. The election resulted in no overall party majority, leading to the Labour Party and the Conservative Party forming a coalition administration.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [34, 34], "content_span": [35, 542]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273596-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 West Midlands mayoral election\nThe inaugural West Midlands mayoral election was held on 4 May 2017 to elect the Mayor of the West Midlands, with subsequent elections to be held every four years from May 2020. The election took place alongside five elections for English metro mayors and other local elections, and ahead of the general election on 8 June 2017.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [35, 35], "content_span": [36, 364]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273596-0001-0000", "contents": "2017 West Midlands mayoral election\nThe contest was the first election for a governing body covering the entire West Midlands since the 1981 West Midlands County Council election, the former West Midlands County Council having been dissolved in 1986. Police and crime commissioner elections had taken in 2012, 2014 and 2016 with Labour winning those contests decisively.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [35, 35], "content_span": [36, 370]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273596-0002-0000", "contents": "2017 West Midlands mayoral election\nThe election was won by Conservative Andy Street, beating Labour's Si\u00f4n Simon in the final round by 50.4% to 49.6% with a turnout of 26.7%. The result was seen as a shock in what has been considered a Labour heartland.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [35, 35], "content_span": [36, 254]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273596-0003-0000", "contents": "2017 West Midlands mayoral election, Background\nIn 2012, a referendum on a proposal to have an elected mayor for the city of Birmingham resulted in a 57.8% vote against.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 47], "content_span": [48, 169]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273596-0004-0000", "contents": "2017 West Midlands mayoral election, Background\nFollowing a devolution deal between the UK government and the West Midlands Combined Authority (WMCA), it was agreed to introduce a directly-elected mayor for the combined authority, with an initial election to be held in May 2017. The Cities and Local Government Devolution Act 2016 required a directly-elected metro mayor for combined authorities to receive additional powers from central government.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 47], "content_span": [48, 450]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273596-0005-0000", "contents": "2017 West Midlands mayoral election, Background\nThe mayor would be elected by voters in the metropolitan boroughs of Birmingham, Coventry, Dudley, Sandwell, Solihull, Walsall, and Wolverhampton, and act as chair of the combined authority as well exercise additional powers and functions devolved from central government relating to transport and housing and planning. The WMCA would also as a result receive further powers over economic growth, adult skills funding, employment, and business support.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 47], "content_span": [48, 500]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273596-0006-0000", "contents": "2017 West Midlands mayoral election, Electoral system\nThe supplementary vote system was used for the mayoral election. Voters were able to express a first and second preference on their ballots. If no candidate receives 50% of valid votes cast in the first round, the two candidates with the most votes proceed to the second round while all other candidates are eliminated. Any valid second preferences of eliminated candidates are redistributed to the remaining candidates, and the candidate with the most combined votes in the second round is declared the winner.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 53], "content_span": [54, 565]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273596-0007-0000", "contents": "2017 West Midlands mayoral election, Electoral system\nEligible electors are registered to vote by 13 April 2017; British, Commonwealth or European Union citizens; aged 18 or over by 4 May 2017; and resident in the seven boroughs that make up the West Midlands Combined Authority (Birmingham, Coventry Dudley, Sandwell, Solihull, Walsall, and Wolverhampton).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 53], "content_span": [54, 357]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273596-0008-0000", "contents": "2017 West Midlands mayoral election, Electoral system\nOn 27 April it was confirmed 1,961,153 people were eligible to vote in the mayoral election.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 53], "content_span": [54, 146]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273596-0009-0000", "contents": "2017 West Midlands mayoral election, Candidates\nCandidates are required to be aged 18 or over and be a British, Commonwealth or European Union citizen. In addition they should fulfill one of the following: be registered to vote in the WMCA area; own or occupy land in the area for 12 months before their nomination; work in the WMCA for 12 months before their nomination; or have lived in the WMCA during the 12 months before their nomination.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 47], "content_span": [48, 443]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273596-0010-0000", "contents": "2017 West Midlands mayoral election, Candidates\nCandidates are also required to present 100 signatures of people on the electoral register, with 10 from each constituent authority, and provide a \u00a35,000 deposit to be returned if the candidate receives more than 5% in the first round.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 47], "content_span": [48, 283]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273596-0011-0000", "contents": "2017 West Midlands mayoral election, Candidates\nSix candidates were successfully nominated by the deadline on 4 April 2017. They were James Burn of the Green Party; Pete Durnell of UKIP; Beverley Nielson of the Liberal Democrats; Si\u00f4n Simon, who received the nominations of the Labour Party and the Co-operative Party; Graham Stevenson of the Communist Party of Britain; and Andy Street of the Conservative Party.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 47], "content_span": [48, 413]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273596-0012-0000", "contents": "2017 West Midlands mayoral election, Candidates\nThe first mayoral debate took place at the Black Country Living Museum on 7 March 2017 with five of the candidates represented.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 47], "content_span": [48, 176]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273596-0013-0000", "contents": "2017 West Midlands mayoral election, Candidates, Candidate selections, Communist Party of Britain\nGraham Stevenson was announced as the Communist Party of Britain's candidate on 8 March 2017. Stevenson is a former official for the T&G trade union (now Unite the Union) and sits on his party's national executive committee.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 97], "content_span": [98, 322]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273596-0014-0000", "contents": "2017 West Midlands mayoral election, Candidates, Candidate selections, Conservative Party\nOn 7 July 2016 it was confirmed Andy Street, the former managing director of John Lewis and former chair of the Greater Birmingham and Solihull Local Enterprise Partnership, would seek the Conservative Party's nomination for West Midlands Mayor. After no others came forward and a meeting of local members on 29 September, Street was announced as the party's candidate. Street's endorsements include that of former CBI director Lord Digby Jones.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 89], "content_span": [90, 535]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273596-0015-0000", "contents": "2017 West Midlands mayoral election, Candidates, Candidate selections, Conservative Party\nStreet defended spending up to \u00a31 million before the regulated campaign period where spending was restricted to \u00a3130,000 in the final five weeks.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 89], "content_span": [90, 235]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273596-0016-0000", "contents": "2017 West Midlands mayoral election, Candidates, Candidate selections, Co-operative Party\nThe Co-operative Party nominated Si\u00f4n Simon, MEP for the West Midlands and former MP for Birmingham Erdington, as its candidate in April 2017. The party has stood joint candidates with Labour since 1927.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 89], "content_span": [90, 293]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273596-0017-0000", "contents": "2017 West Midlands mayoral election, Candidates, Candidate selections, Green Party of England and Wales\nOn 18 October 2016, James Burn was announced as the Green Party's candidate. Burn is a Green Party councillor for Chelmsley Wood and leader of the opposition on Solihull Council.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 103], "content_span": [104, 282]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273596-0018-0000", "contents": "2017 West Midlands mayoral election, Candidates, Candidate selections, Labour Party\nIn January 2016, Labour's national executive committee agreed to select the party's candidate in July through a one-member-one-vote ballot. It was suggested candidates for the post could include West Midlands MEP Si\u00f4n Simon, Hodge Hill MP Liam Byrne, Dudley North MP Ian Austin and Sandwell council leader Darren Cooper. Edgbaston MP Gisela Stuart declined to enter.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 83], "content_span": [84, 450]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273596-0019-0000", "contents": "2017 West Midlands mayoral election, Candidates, Candidate selections, Labour Party\nFive candidates came forward by the 10 June deadline. They were Steve Bedser, a former cabinet member for Health and Wellbeing on Birmingham City Council; Najma Hafeez, a former Birmingham city councillor and chair of City Hospital; Milkinder Jaspal, a cabinet member on Wolverhampton City Council; Si\u00f4n Simon, an MEP for the West Midlands, former MP for Birmingham Erdington and former government minister for creative industries and further education; and Mary Simons-Jones, a freelance bookseller.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 83], "content_span": [84, 584]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273596-0020-0000", "contents": "2017 West Midlands mayoral election, Candidates, Candidate selections, Labour Party\nBedser and Simon were shortlisted and went to a ballot among party members in Birmingham, Coventry, Dudley, Sandwell, Solihull, Walsall, and Wolverhampton.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 83], "content_span": [84, 239]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273596-0021-0000", "contents": "2017 West Midlands mayoral election, Candidates, Candidate selections, Labour Party\nOn 9 August 2016 it was announced Simon had won the ballot with 2,718 votes to 1,099 for Bedser.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 83], "content_span": [84, 180]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273596-0022-0000", "contents": "2017 West Midlands mayoral election, Candidates, Candidate selections, Liberal Democrats\nThe Liberal Democrats announced Beverley Nielsen, a businesswoman and director of Birmingham City University, as their candidate on 7 September 2016.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 88], "content_span": [89, 238]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273596-0023-0000", "contents": "2017 West Midlands mayoral election, Candidates, Candidate selections, UK Independence Party (UKIP)\nOn 6 January 2017 UKIP confirmed Pete Durnell as their candidate. Durnell stood for the party in the West Midlands police and crime commissioner election in 2016.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 99], "content_span": [100, 262]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273597-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 West Sussex County Council election\nThe 2017 West Sussex County Council election took place as part of the 2017 local elections in the UK. All councillors were elected for single-member electoral divisions for a four-year term. The voting system used was first-past-the-post.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [40, 40], "content_span": [41, 280]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273597-0001-0000", "contents": "2017 West Sussex County Council election\nBoundary changes to the electoral divisions took effect following a review by the Local Government Boundary Commission for England.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [40, 40], "content_span": [41, 172]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273597-0002-0000", "contents": "2017 West Sussex County Council election\nThe result was Conservative councillors formed an increased, 20-seat, majority on the council at the loss of the ten UKIP seats. The second-largest party grouping of councillors remained Liberal Democrats, gaining one seat to have nine seats and the balance of the council was formed by five Labour Party councillors, having lost one seat, net.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [40, 40], "content_span": [41, 385]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273597-0003-0000", "contents": "2017 West Sussex County Council election, Results by electoral division\nWest Sussex is composed of 7 districts: Adur District, Arun District, Chichester District, Crawley Borough, Horsham District, Mid Sussex District and Worthing Borough. The following results are grouped by district.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 71], "content_span": [72, 286]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273598-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 West Texas A&M Buffaloes football team\nThe 2017 West Texas A&M Buffaloes football team representedWest Texas A&M University in the 2017 NCAA Division II football season. They were led by first-year head coach Hunter Hughes. The Buffaloes played their home games at Kimbrough Memorial Stadium and were members of the Lone Star Conference.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [43, 43], "content_span": [44, 342]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273598-0001-0000", "contents": "2017 West Texas A&M Buffaloes football team, Schedule\nWest Texas A&M announced its 2017 football schedule on January 5, 2017. The schedule consists of seven home and four away games in the regular season. The Buffaloes will host LSC foes Eastern New Mexico, Texas-Permian Basin, Texas A&M-Commerce, and Western New Mexico and will travel to Angelo State, Midwestern State, Tarleton State, Texas A&M-Kingsville.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [45, 53], "content_span": [54, 410]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273598-0002-0000", "contents": "2017 West Texas A&M Buffaloes football team, Schedule\nThe Buffaloes will host all three non-conference games against Adams State from the Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference (RMAC), Azusa Pacific from the Pacific West Conference and Colorado State-Pueblo also from the RMAC.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [45, 53], "content_span": [54, 273]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273599-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 West Virginia Mountaineers baseball team\nThe 2017 West Virginia Mountaineers baseball team represents West Virginia University during the 2017 NCAA Division I baseball season. The Mountaineers play their home games at Monongalia County Ballpark as a member of the Big 12 Conference. They are led by head coach Randy Mazey, in his 5th season at West Virginia.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [45, 45], "content_span": [46, 363]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273600-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 West Virginia Mountaineers football team\nThe 2017 West Virginia Mountaineers football team represented West Virginia University in the 2017 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The Mountaineers played their home games at the Mountaineer Field at Milan Puskar Stadium, in Morgantown, West Virginia, and competed in the Big 12 Conference. They were led by seventh-year head coach Dana Holgorsen. They finished the season 7\u20136, 5\u20134 in Big 12 play to finish in a four-way tie for fourth place. They were invited to the Heart of Dallas Bowl where they lost to Utah.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [45, 45], "content_span": [46, 564]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273600-0001-0000", "contents": "2017 West Virginia Mountaineers football team, Previous season\nThe Mountaineers finished the 2016 season 10\u20133, 7\u20132 in Big 12 play to finished in a tie for second place. They received an invitation to the Russell Athletic Bowl where they lost Miami.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [47, 62], "content_span": [63, 248]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273600-0002-0000", "contents": "2017 West Virginia Mountaineers football team, Preseason, Big 12 Media poll\nThe 2017 Big 12 media days were held July 17\u201318, 2017 in Frisco, Texas. In the Big 12 preseason media poll, West Virginia was predicted to finish sixth in the standings.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [47, 75], "content_span": [76, 245]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273600-0003-0000", "contents": "2017 West Virginia Mountaineers football team, Schedule\nWest Virginia announced its 2017 football schedule on December 13, 2016. The 2017 schedule consists of six home, five away, and one neutral site game in the regular season. The Mountaineers will host Big 12 foes Iowa State, Oklahoma State, Texas, and Texas Tech, and will travel to Baylor, Kansas, Kansas State, Oklahoma, and TCU.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [47, 55], "content_span": [56, 386]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273600-0004-0000", "contents": "2017 West Virginia Mountaineers football team, Schedule\nThe Mountaineers will host two of the three non-conference opponents, Delaware State from the Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference and East Carolina from the American Athletic Conference and travel to Landover, Maryland to face Virginia Tech.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [47, 55], "content_span": [56, 293]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273601-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 West Virginia State Yellow Jackets football team\nThe 2017 West Virginia State Yellow Jackets football team is an American football team that represents West Virginia State University during the 2017 NCAA Division II football season. The Yellow Jackets play in the Mountain East Conference and play their home games at Lakin Field at Dickerson Stadium in Institute, West Virginia. West Virginia State is coached by John Pennington, who will be in his first season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 53], "section_span": [53, 53], "content_span": [54, 468]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273602-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 West of England mayoral election\nThe inaugural West of England mayoral election was held on 4 May 2017 to elect the Mayor of the West of England metropolitan area. The area is made up of Bath and North East Somerset, Bristol and South Gloucestershire. Subsequent elections will be held every four years. The election was won by Conservative Tim Bowles. The overall turnout for the election was low, with only 29.7% of the electorate voting.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [37, 37], "content_span": [38, 445]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273602-0001-0000", "contents": "2017 West of England mayoral election, Background\nThe election coincided with the creation of the West of England Combined Authority, made up of the Bath and North East Somerset, Bristol and South Gloucestershire council areas. North Somerset was not part of the Combined Authority, as its council voted against the devolution deal in June 2016.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 49], "content_span": [50, 345]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273602-0002-0000", "contents": "2017 West of England mayoral election, Procedure\nBristol City Council acted as the Combined Authority Returning Officer. Formal nominations to stand could be made from 28 March 2017 to 4 April 2017.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 48], "content_span": [49, 198]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273602-0003-0000", "contents": "2017 West of England mayoral election, Procedure\nThis election used the supplementary voting system, with electors having two votes. One vote for the first choice candidate, with an optional vote for a second choice candidate used if no candidate has more than 50% of the first choice votes.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 48], "content_span": [49, 291]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273602-0004-0000", "contents": "2017 West of England mayoral election, Campaign\nIndependent John Savage proposed the development of a \"super tram network\" for the Combined Authority if elected, as part of a larger public transport policy. He also pledged to write to Channel 4 to ask the channel to consider moving to the West of England. Labour candidate Lesley Mansell promised greater protection for private tenants against \"unscrupulous\" landlords and 4,000 new homes a year. Conservative Tim Bowles pledged to build more affordable homes and protect the green belt.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 47], "content_span": [48, 538]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273602-0004-0001", "contents": "2017 West of England mayoral election, Campaign\nLiberal Democrat candidate Stephen Williams launched a range of policies with Vince Cable, including rolling out broadband to the region's villages and getting rid of the Severn Bridge toll. Bowles, Mansell and Williams all advocated making the region attractive for business. UKIP's Aaron Foot promised to build an online direct democracy platform and to \"end the war on motorists\".", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 47], "content_span": [48, 431]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273602-0005-0000", "contents": "2017 West of England mayoral election, Candidates, Green Party\nDarren Hall, former RAF engineering officer, project manager, former Parliamentary candidate in Bristol West.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 62], "content_span": [63, 172]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273602-0006-0000", "contents": "2017 West of England mayoral election, Candidates, Labour Party\nLesley Mansell, NHS manager, Westfield parish councillor and former Peasedown St John parish councillor.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 63], "content_span": [64, 168]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273602-0007-0000", "contents": "2017 West of England mayoral election, Candidates, Liberal Democrats\nStephen Williams, chartered tax consultant, former MP for Bristol West and Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 68], "content_span": [69, 220]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273602-0008-0000", "contents": "2017 West of England mayoral election, Candidates, UK Independence Party\nAaron Foot, farmer, Coleford parish councillor, 2016 candidate for Avon & Somerset Police and Crime Commissioner.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 72], "content_span": [73, 186]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273602-0009-0000", "contents": "2017 West of England mayoral election, Candidates, Independent\nJohn Savage, businessman, chair of University Hospitals Bristol NHS Foundation Trust and Bristol Chamber of Commerce and Initiative, treasurer of Bristol Cathedral, 2012 Labour candidate for Avon & Somerset Police and Crime Commissioner.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 62], "content_span": [63, 300]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273603-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 Westchester County Executive election\nThe 2017 Westchester County Executive election was held on 7 November 2017. After a primary in September, State Senator George Latimer was chosen as the Democratic Party to candidate challenge incumbent Executive Rob Astorino. The election had a record 36.7% turnout in the usually very low turnout election. The elections were held on the same day as elections for county legislature.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [42, 42], "content_span": [43, 428]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273604-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 Western & Southern Open\nThe 2017 Western & Southern Open was a men's and women's tennis tournament played on outdoor hard courts from August 14\u201320, 2017. It was a Masters 1000 tournament on the 2017 ATP World Tour and a WTA Premier 5 tournament on the 2017 WTA Tour. The tournament was one of two headline events in the 2017 US Open Series. The 2017 tournament was the 116th men's edition and the 89th women's edition of the Cincinnati Masters. The tournament was held annually at the Lindner Family Tennis Center in Mason, a northern suburb of Cincinnati, in the United States.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [28, 28], "content_span": [29, 584]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273604-0001-0000", "contents": "2017 Western & Southern Open\nMarin \u010cili\u0107 and Karol\u00edna Pl\u00ed\u0161kov\u00e1 were the defending champions in men's and women's singles titles. \u010cili\u0107 withdrew due to an adductor injury before the tournament began, while Pl\u00ed\u0161kov\u00e1 lost in the semifinals to Garbi\u00f1e Muguruza.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [28, 28], "content_span": [29, 257]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273604-0002-0000", "contents": "2017 Western & Southern Open, ATP singles main draw entrants, Seeds\nThe following are the seeded players. Seedings are based on ATP rankings as of August 7, 2017. Rankings and points before are as of August 14, 2017.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 67], "content_span": [68, 216]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273604-0003-0000", "contents": "2017 Western & Southern Open, ATP singles main draw entrants, Other entrants\nThe following players received wild cards into the main singles draw:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 76], "content_span": [77, 146]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273604-0004-0000", "contents": "2017 Western & Southern Open, ATP singles main draw entrants, Other entrants\nThe following players received entry from the singles qualifying draw:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 76], "content_span": [77, 147]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273604-0005-0000", "contents": "2017 Western & Southern Open, ATP doubles main draw entrants, Other entrants\nThe following pairs received wildcards into the doubles main draw:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 76], "content_span": [77, 143]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273604-0006-0000", "contents": "2017 Western & Southern Open, WTA singles main draw entrants, Other entrants\nThe following players received wild cards into the main singles draw:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 76], "content_span": [77, 146]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273604-0007-0000", "contents": "2017 Western & Southern Open, WTA singles main draw entrants, Other entrants\nThe following players received entry from the singles qualifying draw:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 76], "content_span": [77, 147]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273604-0008-0000", "contents": "2017 Western & Southern Open, WTA doubles main draw entrants, Other entrants\nThe following pair received a wildcard into the doubles main draw:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 76], "content_span": [77, 143]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273605-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 Western & Southern Open \u2013 Men's Doubles\nIvan Dodig and Marcelo Melo were the defending champions, but chose not to participate together. Dodig teamed up with Rohan Bopanna, but lost in the quarterfinals to Melo who partnered \u0141ukasz Kubot. Kubot and Melo lost in the semifinals to Jamie Murray and Bruno Soares.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [44, 44], "content_span": [45, 315]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273605-0001-0000", "contents": "2017 Western & Southern Open \u2013 Men's Doubles\nPierre-Hugues Herbert and Nicolas Mahut won the title, defeating Murray and Soares in the final, 7\u20136(8\u20136), 6\u20134.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [44, 44], "content_span": [45, 156]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273605-0002-0000", "contents": "2017 Western & Southern Open \u2013 Men's Doubles\nBy reaching the quarterfinals with John Peers, Henri Kontinen regained the ATP no. 1 doubles ranking from Melo at the end of the tournament.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [44, 44], "content_span": [45, 185]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273606-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 Western & Southern Open \u2013 Men's Singles\nGrigor Dimitrov defeated Nick Kyrgios in the final, 6\u20133, 7\u20135, to win the 2017 Cincinnati Masters. It was his first ATP World Tour Masters 1000 title, and he did not lose a set throughout the tournament.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [44, 44], "content_span": [45, 247]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273606-0001-0000", "contents": "2017 Western & Southern Open \u2013 Men's Singles\nMarin \u010cili\u0107 was the defending champion, but withdrew before the tournament began.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [44, 44], "content_span": [45, 126]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273606-0002-0000", "contents": "2017 Western & Southern Open \u2013 Men's Singles\nRafael Nadal was the only member of the Big Four to play. His loss in the quarterfinals to Kyrgios ended a streak of 42 consecutive Masters 1000 events where at least one of the four reached the final (also winning a combined 37 titles). Novak Djokovic failed to recover from an injury sustained at Wimbledon, which ended his season early. With the withdrawals of both Andy Murray and Roger Federer also due to injury, Nadal regained the ATP no. 1 singles ranking for the first time since July 2014. Nadal became ATP No. 1 with only 7,645 ranking points, the fewest points of an ATP No. 1 since the establishment of a new ranking points distribution in 2009.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [44, 44], "content_span": [45, 703]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273606-0003-0000", "contents": "2017 Western & Southern Open \u2013 Men's Singles, Seeds\nThe top eight seeds receive a bye into the second round.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [46, 51], "content_span": [52, 108]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273606-0004-0000", "contents": "2017 Western & Southern Open \u2013 Men's Singles, Seeds\nClick on the seed number of a player to go to their draw section.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [46, 51], "content_span": [52, 117]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273607-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 Western & Southern Open \u2013 Women's Doubles\nSania Mirza and Barbora Str\u00fdcov\u00e1 were the defending champions, but chose not to participate together. Mirza played alongside Peng Shuai, but lost in the semifinals to Hsieh Su-wei and Monica Niculescu. Str\u00fdcov\u00e1 teamed up with Lucie \u0160af\u00e1\u0159ov\u00e1, but lost in the semifinals to Chan Yung-jan and Martina Hingis.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [46, 46], "content_span": [47, 352]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273607-0001-0000", "contents": "2017 Western & Southern Open \u2013 Women's Doubles\nChan and Hingis went on to win the title, defeating Hsieh and Niculescu in the final, 4\u20136, 6\u20134, [10\u20137].", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [46, 46], "content_span": [47, 150]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273607-0002-0000", "contents": "2017 Western & Southern Open \u2013 Women's Doubles\nAs a result of Bethanie Mattek-Sands' absence due to injury, \u0160af\u00e1\u0159ov\u00e1 attained the WTA no. 1 doubles ranking at the end of the tournament after reaching the semifinals with Str\u00fdcov\u00e1.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [46, 46], "content_span": [47, 229]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273608-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 Western & Southern Open \u2013 Women's Singles\nKarol\u00edna Pl\u00ed\u0161kov\u00e1 was the defending champion, but lost in the semifinals to Garbi\u00f1e Muguruza.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [46, 46], "content_span": [47, 140]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273608-0001-0000", "contents": "2017 Western & Southern Open \u2013 Women's Singles\nMuguruza went on to win the title, defeating Simona Halep in the final, 6\u20131, 6\u20130. By losing the final, Halep failed to take advantage of her third opportunity in 2017 to take over the WTA No. 1 singles ranking when the top ranking was only one more match win away.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [46, 46], "content_span": [47, 311]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273608-0002-0000", "contents": "2017 Western & Southern Open \u2013 Women's Singles, Seeds\nThe top eight seeds received a bye into the second round.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [48, 53], "content_span": [54, 111]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273608-0003-0000", "contents": "2017 Western & Southern Open \u2013 Women's Singles, Seeds\nClick on the seed number of a player to go to their draw section.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [48, 53], "content_span": [54, 119]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273609-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 Western Athletic Conference Baseball Tournament\nThe 2017 Western Athletic Conference Baseball Tournament was a postseason baseball tournament for the Western Athletic Conference for the 2017\u201318 season. It began on May 24 and ended on May 27. The top six regular season finishers of the league's ten teams met in the double-elimination tournament held at Hohokam Stadium, spring training home of the Oakland Athletics in Mesa, Arizona. The winner earned the Western Athletic Conference's automatic bid to the 2017 NCAA Division I Baseball Tournament.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 52], "section_span": [52, 52], "content_span": [53, 554]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273609-0001-0000", "contents": "2017 Western Athletic Conference Baseball Tournament, Seeding and format\nThe top six finishers from the regular season will be seeded based on conference winning percentage. Grand Canyon is ineligible for the tournament due to their transition from Division II.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 52], "section_span": [54, 72], "content_span": [73, 261]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273610-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 Western Australian machinery of government changes\nThe 2017 Western Australian machinery of government changes, also known as the public sector renewal, is a restructuring of various departments of the Government of Western Australia.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 55], "section_span": [55, 55], "content_span": [56, 239]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273610-0001-0000", "contents": "2017 Western Australian machinery of government changes\nThe changes were advertised in April 2017, and began in July 2017.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 55], "section_span": [55, 55], "content_span": [56, 122]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273610-0002-0000", "contents": "2017 Western Australian machinery of government changes\nThe specific changes to each department and authority have been documented on the Public Sector Commission website.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 55], "section_span": [55, 55], "content_span": [56, 171]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273611-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 Western Australian state election\nThe 2017 Western Australian state election was held on Saturday 11 March 2017 to elect members to the Parliament of Western Australia, including all 59 seats in the Legislative Assembly and all 36 seats in the Legislative Council. The eight-and-a-half-year two-term incumbent Liberal\u2013WA National government, led by Premier Colin Barnett, was defeated in a landslide by the Labor opposition, led by Opposition Leader Mark McGowan.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [38, 38], "content_span": [39, 468]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273611-0001-0000", "contents": "2017 Western Australian state election\nLabor won 41 of the 59 seats in the Legislative Assembly\u2014a 12-seat majority. This was WA Labor's strongest performance in a state election at the time, and formed the largest majority government and seat tally in Western Australian parliamentary history until that point. Additionally, Labor exceeded all published opinion polling, winning 55.5 percent of the two-party-preferred vote from a state record landslide 12.8-point two-party swing. It was the worst defeat of a sitting government in Western Australia, as well as one of the worst defeats of a sitting state or territory government since Federation.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [38, 38], "content_span": [39, 648]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273611-0002-0000", "contents": "2017 Western Australian state election\nLabor also became the largest party in the Legislative Council with 14 of the 36 seats. The Labor government thus required at least five additional votes from non-government members to pass legislation.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [38, 38], "content_span": [39, 241]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273611-0003-0000", "contents": "2017 Western Australian state election, Results, Legislative Assembly\nWestern Australian state election, 11 March 2017Legislative Assembly << 2013\u20132021 >>", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 69], "content_span": [70, 154]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273611-0004-0000", "contents": "2017 Western Australian state election, Results, Legislative Assembly\nThe four main media networks covering the election, the ABC, Sky News, Seven News and Nine News, all called the election for Labor within two hours after polls closed. McGowan succeeded Barnett to become the 30th Premier of Western Australia.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 69], "content_span": [70, 312]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273611-0005-0000", "contents": "2017 Western Australian state election, Results, Legislative Assembly\nBy the morning of 12 March, two thirds of votes had been counted and seven lower house seats were still in doubt, showing that Labor had won at least 36 seats, well above the 30 required for a majority, which the ABC predicted would increase to 41. Meanwhile, the Liberals and WA Nationals had won only 10 and five seats respectively, with a further three expected to be retained by the Liberals.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 69], "content_span": [70, 466]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273611-0006-0000", "contents": "2017 Western Australian state election, Results, Legislative Assembly\nThe swing against the government affected traditionally safe seats. Consequently, six government ministers lost their seats in the Legislative Assembly while one lost his seat in the Legislative Council.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 69], "content_span": [70, 273]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273611-0007-0000", "contents": "2017 Western Australian state election, Results, Legislative Assembly\nThe Labor landslide was built primarily on a near-sweep of Perth. Labor took 34 of the capital's 43 seats on a swing of 13.6 points, accounting for nearly all of its majority. By comparison, it had gone into the election holding 17 seats in Perth. According to the ABC's Antony Green, the 10 percent swing Labor needed to make McGowan premier was not nearly as daunting as it seemed on paper. Green noted that several Liberals in outer suburban seats sat on inflated margins.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 69], "content_span": [70, 545]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273611-0007-0001", "contents": "2017 Western Australian state election, Results, Legislative Assembly\nAdditionally, Green argued that the one vote one value reforms of 2008, which allowed Perth to elect over 70 percent of the legislature, proved to be a boost for Labor in 2017. Green noted that when Labor last governed from 2001 to 2008, it did so in a legislature where voters in country seats had twice the voting power of voters in a Perth-based seat.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 69], "content_span": [70, 424]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273611-0008-0000", "contents": "2017 Western Australian state election, Results, Legislative Council\nWestern Australian state election, 11 March 2017Legislative Council << 2013\u20132021 >>", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 68], "content_span": [69, 152]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273611-0009-0000", "contents": "2017 Western Australian state election, Results, Legislative Council\nLabor became the largest party in the Legislative Council with 14 of the 36 seats. The Labor government will require at least five additional votes from non-government members to pass legislation.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 68], "content_span": [69, 265]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273611-0010-0000", "contents": "2017 Western Australian state election, Results, Legislative Council\nOn 4 April, the Western Australian Electoral Commission conducted a recount of 2013 election results to fill two casual vacancies for the remainder of the 2013\u201317 term caused by the resignation and subsequent election to the Legislative Assembly of Amber-Jade Sanderson (Labor) in East Metropolitan and Peter Katsambanis (Liberal) in North Metropolitan. The vacancies were filled by Bill Leadbetter (Labor) and Elise Irwin (Liberal), who will first sit in the Legislative Council on 11 May 2017.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 68], "content_span": [69, 564]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273611-0011-0000", "contents": "2017 Western Australian state election, Date of election\nOn 3 November 2011, the Government of Western Australia introduced fixed four-year terms for the Legislative Assembly, with the elections to be held on the second Saturday in March. The first election under the new law was the 2013 election. Previously, under electoral reforms of the Burke Government in 1987, four-year maximum terms were adopted for the Legislative Assembly, and fixed four-year terms for the Legislative Council.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 56], "content_span": [57, 489]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273611-0012-0000", "contents": "2017 Western Australian state election, Seats held, Lower house\nAt the 2013 election, Labor won 21 seats, the Liberals won 31 seats and the Nationals won 7 seats. No seats were won by independents.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 63], "content_span": [64, 197]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273611-0013-0000", "contents": "2017 Western Australian state election, Seats held, Lower house\nOn 15 April 2016, the Liberal member for Hillarys, Rob Johnson, resigned from the Liberals to sit as an independent, leaving the government with 30 seats in the lower house.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 63], "content_span": [64, 237]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273611-0014-0000", "contents": "2017 Western Australian state election, Seats held, Upper house\nAt the 2013 election, the Liberals won 17 seats, Labor won 11 seats, the Nationals won five seats, the Greens won two seats and the Shooters and Fishers won one seat.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 63], "content_span": [64, 230]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273611-0015-0000", "contents": "2017 Western Australian state election, Seats held, Upper house\nWestern Australia's Legislative Council is divided into six regions. Three are based in Perth, while three are rural. Each region elects six members to the Legislative Council. These areas are not of similar population sizes, with rural areas receiving from one and a half to about six times the effective membership of the metropolitan regions.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 63], "content_span": [64, 409]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273611-0016-0000", "contents": "2017 Western Australian state election, Seats held, Upper house\nThe Western Australian rural population dropped from about 12.1% to 10.7% of the state's enrolled electors after the 2008 election. Election analyst Antony Green predicted this would make it more difficult for the Liberals or Labor (who typically perform better in Perth than rural areas) to increase their presence within the Legislative Council.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 63], "content_span": [64, 411]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273611-0017-0000", "contents": "2017 Western Australian state election, Redistribution\nA redistribution of electoral boundaries for the lower house was completed on 27 November 2015. This resulted in a net gain of one seat for the Liberals from Labor. The Liberal seats of Alfred Cove, Eyre and Ocean Reef, the Labor seat of Gosnells and the National seat of Wagin were abolished.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 54], "content_span": [55, 348]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273611-0017-0001", "contents": "2017 Western Australian state election, Redistribution\nFive new seats were created (or re-created): the notionally Liberal seats of Bicton (mostly replacing Alfred Cove) and Burns Beach (mostly replacing Ocean Reef), the notionally Labor seats of Baldivis (created from parts of Kwinana and Warnbro) and Thornlie (replacing Gosnells), and the notionally National seat of Roe (merging Wagin and Eyre). The Labor seats of Collie-Preston and West Swan became notionally Liberal.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 54], "content_span": [55, 475]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273611-0018-0000", "contents": "2017 Western Australian state election, Pre-election pendulum\nThe following Mackerras Pendulums work by lining up all of the seats according to the percentage point margin post-election on a two-candidate-preferred basis, grouped as marginal, safe etc. as defined by the Australian Electoral Commission.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 61], "content_span": [62, 303]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273611-0019-0000", "contents": "2017 Western Australian state election, Pre-election pendulum\nThis pendulum takes the redistribution into account. One sitting member, retiring Wagin Nationals MP Terry Waldron, does not appear in this pendulum: his seat was combined with Eyre to form Roe, a seat with a National margin that will also be contested by Eyre Liberal MP Graham Jacobs, who is listed as the defending member below. Two Liberal members, Dean Nalder (Alfred Cove, now renamed Bicton) and Matt Taylor (Bateman), were contesting each other's seats; this is reflected below. Retiring members are listed in italics.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 61], "content_span": [62, 588]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273612-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 Western Balkans Summit, Trieste\nThe 2017 Western Balkans Summit in Trieste, Italy was the fourth annual summit within the Berlin Process initiative for European integration of Western Balkans states. Previous summits took place in Berlin in 2014, Vienna in 2015 and in Paris in 2016. Heads of government, foreign ministers and the ministers of economy of Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Kosovo, Republic of Macedonia, Montenegro, Serbia, as well as EU member states from the region Croatia, Slovenia and EU member states Austria, France, Germany, Italy as well as representatives of the European Union and the International Financial Institutions attended. Participants once again committed the Western Balkan's eventual path into the EU and agreed the next Berlin Process Summit would take place in London.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [36, 36], "content_span": [37, 814]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273612-0001-0000", "contents": "2017 Western Balkans Summit, Trieste, Agenda\nIssues discussed during the summit included laying the foundations for a common Balkan market, increasing regional cooperation, improving and expanding infrastructure and energy services, curbing migration, and fighting corruption, terrorism, and radicalism. Plans drawn up during the summit included a Connectivity Agenda, a regional economic integration plan, private sector development, and expanding people-to-people contacts. Investments totaling greater than 500 million euros from the European Investment Bank and the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development were agreed upon by the participants. The talks of Germany and the EU funding infrastructure and rebuilding less-developed areas in the region has been compared to The Marshall Plan, being dubbed The Balkan Marshall Plan.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 44], "content_span": [45, 840]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273612-0002-0000", "contents": "2017 Western Balkans Summit, Trieste, Agenda, Connectivity\nInfrastructure is slated to be harmonized and built with EU regulations within the region, alongside repairs and updates to existing infrastructure.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 58], "content_span": [59, 207]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273612-0003-0000", "contents": "2017 Western Balkans Summit, Trieste, Agenda, Regional Economic Integration\nThe foundations for a common Balkan market were agreed upon. The summit leaders decided to focus on mostly investing in start-ups and scale-ups. The region also started on the path to integration within the pan-European digital market. To help facilitate this process, the Chamber Investment Forum of the Western Balkans was created. Johannes Hahn stated the economic integration and lowering of tariffs could produce up to 80,000 jobs.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 75], "content_span": [76, 512]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273612-0004-0000", "contents": "2017 Western Balkans Summit, Trieste, Agenda, People-to-People Contacts\nBalkan and EU leaders agreed to extend the Erasmus Exchange Programme to the Balkans as well as organising an EU-Western Balkans Youth Forum.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 71], "content_span": [72, 213]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273613-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 Western Canada Cup\nThe 2017 Western Canada Cup was the Western Canadian Junior A ice hockey championship played at the South Okanagan Events Centre in Penticton, British Columbia from April 29 to May 7, 2017. It determined the two Western seeds for the 2017 Royal Bank Cup. Hockey Canada confirmed after the tournament's conclusion that the all-Western format was being scrapped and that the four participating leagues would resume their Doyle and Anavet Cup rivalries, making this the final Western Canada Cup.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [23, 23], "content_span": [24, 516]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273614-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 Western Carolina Catamounts football team\nThe 2017 Western Carolina Catamounts football team represented Western Carolina University in the 2017 NCAA Division I FCS football season as a member of the Southern Conference. They were led by sixth-year head coach Mark Speir and played their home games at Bob Waters Field at E. J. Whitmire Stadium. They finished the season 7\u20135, 5\u20133 in SoCon play to finish in fourth place.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [46, 46], "content_span": [47, 425]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273615-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 Western Illinois Leathernecks football team\nThe 2017 Western Illinois Leathernecks football team represented Western Illinois University in the 2017 NCAA Division I FCS football season. They were led by second-year head coach Charlie Fisher and played their home games at Hanson Field. They were a member of the Missouri Valley Football Conference (MVFC). They finished the season 8\u20134, 5\u20133 in MVFC play to finish in fourth place. They received an at-large bid to the FCS Playoffs where they lost to Weber State in the first round.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 48], "section_span": [48, 48], "content_span": [49, 535]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273615-0001-0000", "contents": "2017 Western Illinois Leathernecks football team\nOn December 22, Fisher resigned to become the wide receivers coach at Arizona State. He finished at Western Illinois with a two-year record of 14\u20139.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 48], "section_span": [48, 48], "content_span": [49, 197]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273616-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 Western Kentucky Hilltoppers football team\nThe 2017 Western Kentucky Hilltoppers football team (WKU) represented Western Kentucky University in the 2017 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The Hilltoppers played their home games at the Houchens Industries\u2013L. T. Smith Stadium in Bowling Green, Kentucky as members of the East Division of Conference USA (C\u2013USA). They were led by first-year head coach Mike Sanford Jr. The Hilltoppers finished the season 6\u20137, 4\u20134 in C-USA play to finish in a tie for third place in the East Division. They received an invite to the Cure Bowl where they lost to Georgia State.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 47], "section_span": [47, 47], "content_span": [48, 614]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273616-0001-0000", "contents": "2017 Western Kentucky Hilltoppers football team, Previous season\nThe Hilltoppers finished the 2016 season 11\u20133, 7\u20131 in C-USA play to win a share of the East Division title with Old Dominion. Due to their head-to-head victory over Old Dominion, WKU represented the East Division in the Conference USA Championship Game where they defeated Louisiana Tech to be crowned C-USA champions. They were invited to the Boca Raton Bowl where they defeated Memphis.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 47], "section_span": [49, 64], "content_span": [65, 453]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273616-0002-0000", "contents": "2017 Western Kentucky Hilltoppers football team, Previous season\nOn December 5, head coach Jeff Brohm resigned to become the head coach at Purdue. He finished at WKU with a record of 30\u201310, two bowl wins, and two C-USA titles. Defensive coordinator Nick Holt led WKU in the Boca Raton Bowl. On December 14, the school hired Mike Sanford Jr. as head coach.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 47], "section_span": [49, 64], "content_span": [65, 355]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273616-0003-0000", "contents": "2017 Western Kentucky Hilltoppers football team, Preseason\nIn a preseason media vote, the Hilltoppers were picked to win the East Division again, receiving 20 of 28 first place votes.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 47], "section_span": [49, 58], "content_span": [59, 183]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273616-0004-0000", "contents": "2017 Western Kentucky Hilltoppers football team, Schedule and results\nWestern Kentucky announced its 2017 football schedule on January 26, 2017. The 2017 schedule consists of 6 home and away games in the regular season. The Hilltoppers will host CUSA foes Charlotte, Florida Atlantic, Louisiana Tech, and Middle Tennessee, and will travel to FIU, Marshall, Old Dominion, and UTEP.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 47], "section_span": [49, 69], "content_span": [70, 380]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273616-0005-0000", "contents": "2017 Western Kentucky Hilltoppers football team, Schedule and results\nThe Hilltoppers will host two of the four non-conference opponents, Ball State from the Mid-American Conference and Eastern Kentucky from the Ohio Valley Conference and travel to Illinois of the Big Ten Conference and Vanderbilt from the Southeastern Conference.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 47], "section_span": [49, 69], "content_span": [70, 332]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273617-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 Western Michigan Broncos football team\nThe 2017 Western Michigan Broncos football team represented Western Michigan University (WMU) in the 2017 NCAA Division I FBS football season. They were led by first-year head coach Tim Lester and played their home games at Waldo Stadium as a member of the West Division of the Mid-American Conference. The Broncos finished the season 6\u20136, 4\u20134 to finish in fourth place in the West Division. Despite being bowl eligible, the Broncos did not receive an invite to a bowl game.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [43, 43], "content_span": [44, 518]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273617-0001-0000", "contents": "2017 Western Michigan Broncos football team\nThe team set the FBS record for most combined points scored in a game (139) and tied the record for most overtime periods (seven) in their 71\u201368 victory over Buffalo.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [43, 43], "content_span": [44, 210]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273617-0002-0000", "contents": "2017 Western Michigan Broncos football team, Previous season\nThe Broncos finished the 2016 season 13\u20131, 8\u20130 in MAC play to win the MAC West Division. They defeated Ohio 29\u201323 in the MAC Championship Game, winning the school's first MAC title since 1988. WMU received an invitation to the 2017 Cotton Bowl as the highest rated Group of Five team in the College Football Playoff (CFP) where they lost to No. 8-ranked Wisconsin.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [45, 60], "content_span": [61, 425]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273617-0003-0000", "contents": "2017 Western Michigan Broncos football team, Previous season\nFollowing the season, head coach P. J. Fleck left the school to take the head coaching position at Minnesota. On January 13, 2017, the school hired Tim Lester as head coach.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [45, 60], "content_span": [61, 234]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273617-0004-0000", "contents": "2017 Western Michigan Broncos football team, Preseason\nWestern Michigan was picked to finish second in the MAC West Division by members of the league's media. They received one vote to win the 2017 MAC Championship Game.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [45, 54], "content_span": [55, 220]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273617-0005-0000", "contents": "2017 Western Michigan Broncos football team, Season, Summary, USC\nWMU opened the season with a 49\u201331 loss to No. 4 USC. Despite losing by 18 points, USC struggled to stop WMU's running game as the Broncos led the Trojans in team rushing yards 263\u2013232 and led time of possession 34:40\u201325:20. WMU also led the game 21\u201314 with 9:11 left in the third quarter and the game was tied at 28 with 7:54 left. Redshirt freshman Jon Wassink started the game at quarterback for WMU and caught a touchdown pass and also rushed for a touchdown. Senior cornerback and kick returner Darius Phillips intercepted a pass and returned a kickoff 100 yards for a touchdown.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [45, 65], "content_span": [66, 650]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273617-0006-0000", "contents": "2017 Western Michigan Broncos football team, Season, Summary, Michigan State\nThe Broncos traveled to face Michigan State in East Lansing on September 9. The WMU offense struggled throughout as the MSU defense held the Broncos to 195 yard on offense. The only bright spot for the Broncos was Phillips who forced a fumble and returned it 67 yards for a touchdown early in the third quarter to cut the Spartans lead to 14\u20137. After the Spartans moved the lead to 28\u20137 on an LJ Scott two-yard touchdown run, Phillips answered again, returning the ensuing kickoff 100 yards for the Broncos second touchdown of the game. MSU's defense took over from there, halting the last WMU drive on fourth down at the Spartan 15 yard line.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [45, 76], "content_span": [77, 720]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273617-0007-0000", "contents": "2017 Western Michigan Broncos football team, Season, Summary, Idaho\nThe Broncos welcomed the Vandals to Waldo Stadium on September 16 for the team's first home game. The Broncos trailed 14\u20136 at the half and 28\u201319 as the third quarter ended as they looked like they were headed for their third consecutive defeat to open the season. However, John Wassink ran for two scores in the fourth quarter and the Broncos added a field goal to pull out the win 37\u201328.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [45, 67], "content_span": [68, 456]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273617-0008-0000", "contents": "2017 Western Michigan Broncos football team, Season, Summary, Wagner\nWMU finished the non-conference portion of their schedule against Wagner at Waldo Stadium. Quarterback Jon Wassink threw a career-high three touchdown passes as the Broncos blew out the Eagles 49\u201314. WMU racked up 527 total yards while limiting Wagner to 113 yards. The win moved WMU to 2\u20132 on the season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [45, 68], "content_span": [69, 374]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273617-0009-0000", "contents": "2017 Western Michigan Broncos football team, Season, Summary, Ball State\nThe Broncos began the MAC season with a bang, blowing out Ball State 55\u20133. Wassink again threw three touchdown passes as the Broncos Obbie Jackson recovered a fumble on the opening kickoff and returned it 21 yards for a touchdown to get the Broncos started. The Broncos out-gained the Cardinals 414\u2013238 as they forced two Ball State turnovers. The win moved the Broncos to 3\u20132 on the season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [45, 72], "content_span": [73, 464]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273617-0010-0000", "contents": "2017 Western Michigan Broncos football team, Season, Summary, Buffalo\nThe Broncos defeated Buffalo 71\u201368 in seven overtimes in a game that broke the record for most points in an NCAA Division I Football Bowl Subdivision (FBS) game and tied the record for most overtime (OT) periods in a single game. The 139 points beat the previous record of 137 points scored by Pittsburgh and Syracuse in 2016.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [45, 69], "content_span": [70, 396]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273617-0011-0000", "contents": "2017 Western Michigan Broncos football team, Season, Summary, Buffalo\nWMU had a 10 point lead early in the fourth quarter before Buffalo scored touchdowns on consecutive drives to take a 4 point lead. WMU regained the lead with 4:45 to go in regulation with a touchdown to tight end Donnie Ernsberger. Buffalo tied the game with a 34 yard field goal with 34 seconds left. WMU had a chance to win the game with a 52 yard field goal, but it was blocked and the game entered OT 31\u201331.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [45, 69], "content_span": [70, 481]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273617-0012-0000", "contents": "2017 Western Michigan Broncos football team, Season, Summary, Buffalo\nIn OT, each team had opportunities to win the game. In the third OT, Buffalo turned the ball over with a fumble, but WMU missed a 29 yard field goal that would have won the game. In the fifth OT, WMU scored a touchdown but failed on the two-point conversion. Buffalo also scored a touchdown and failed on the two-point conversion that would have won the game. In the seventh and final OT, Buffalo had to settled for a field goal and WMU won the game with a Jarvion Franklin 12 yard touchdown run.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [45, 69], "content_span": [70, 566]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273617-0013-0000", "contents": "2017 Western Michigan Broncos football team, Season, Summary, Akron\nIn a game that was postponed a day due to heavy flooding in Waldo Stadium, WMU lost to Akron 14\u201313. The Broncos trailed 14\u20133 at halftime and could only score 10 points in the 4th quarter. WMU had the ball with 45 seconds left in the game and drove to the Akron 39 yard line, but could not attempt a 56-yard field goal before time expired. Franklin led the Broncos with 130 yards rushing on 31 carries. WMU outgained Akron 426 total yards to 215.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [45, 67], "content_span": [68, 513]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273617-0014-0000", "contents": "2017 Western Michigan Broncos football team, Season, Summary, Akron\nAfter the game was postponed, 1 to 1.4 million gallons of water were removed from the field overnight. The game was originally scheduled to be broadcast on the CBS Sports Network (CBSSN), but due to the postponement, was not televised. This was the first MAC game to be played on a Sunday since 2006.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [45, 67], "content_span": [68, 368]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273617-0015-0000", "contents": "2017 Western Michigan Broncos football team, Season, Summary, Eastern Michigan\nThe following week, the Broncos traveled to face rival Eastern Michigan. After taking a 10\u20137 lead at halftime, Jarvion Franklin's seven-yard rush gave the Broncos a 17\u201310 lead heading into the fourth quarter. However, the Eagles tied it up early in the fourth quarter and moved in to field goal range as the clock was running out. A 37-yard field goal attempt was no good as time expired to send the game in to overtime. In overtime, WMU was forced to settle for a field goal and the Bronco defense prevented the Eagles from scoring a touchdown. The Eagles missed another field goal, this one from 24 yards out, to give the Broncos the 20\u201317 win. Franklin rushed for 104 yards and a touchdown in the game as the Broncos moved to 5\u20133 on the season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [45, 78], "content_span": [79, 826]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273617-0016-0000", "contents": "2017 Western Michigan Broncos football team, Season, Summary, Central Michigan\nThe Broncos jumped out early to a 14\u20130 lead against rival Central Michigan. They took a 21\u20137 lead at the half on the strength of three rushing touchdowns. Jarvion Franklin's second touchdown of the game gave the WMU a 28\u201314 lead with just over eight minutes remaining in the third quarter. However, the Chippewas roared back, scoring touchdowns on three of their next four possessions to pull out the 35\u201328 win and earn the Cannon Trophy. The loss dropped WMU to 5\u20134 on the season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [45, 78], "content_span": [79, 560]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273617-0017-0000", "contents": "2017 Western Michigan Broncos football team, Season, Summary, Kent State\nAs Western Michigan returned home to take on Kent State, the Bronco defense took control of the game. Scoring three touchdowns on two interception returns and one fumble return, the Bronco defense helped give WMU the easy 48\u201320 win. Jarvion Franklin rushed for 191 yards including a 72-yard touchdown run to give the Broncos the lead for good as the first quarter ended. In addition to scoring three touchdowns, the Bronco defense limited the Golden Flashes to 281 yards in the game. The win moved the Broncos to 6\u20134 on the season and made them bowl eligible.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [45, 72], "content_span": [73, 632]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273617-0018-0000", "contents": "2017 Western Michigan Broncos football team, Season, Summary, Northern Illinois\nOn a windy Wednesday night game, the Broncos traveled to DeKalb, Illinois to face Northern Illinois. Jarvion Franklin rushed for 115 yards and a touchdown in the game, but the Broncos still trailed 21\u201314 at the half. WMU took the lead in the third on a Reece Goddard touchdown run and pass to give the Broncos a 28\u201321 lead going into the fourth quarter. However, NIU scored twice in the fourth quarter and the Broncos could only manage a field goal as WMU fell 35\u201331. The loss dropped the Broncos to 6\u20135 on the season and ended any chance to win the MAC East Division.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [45, 79], "content_span": [80, 648]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273617-0019-0000", "contents": "2017 Western Michigan Broncos football team, Season, Summary, Toledo\nIn the final regular season game, the Broncos traveled to Toledo as the Rockets looked to clinch a trip to the MAC Championship. The Rockets manhandled the Broncos, taking a 24\u20133 lead early in the third quarter. A Tyron Arnett 26-yard touchdown pass from Reece Goddard narrowed the lead to 24\u201310 with four minutes left in the third, but the Broncos could not score again as Toledo clinched the MAC West division with a 37\u201310 win. The loss dropped the Broncos to 6\u20136 on the season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [45, 68], "content_span": [69, 549]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273617-0020-0000", "contents": "2017 Western Michigan Broncos football team, Season, Conference Players of the Week, Jarvion Franklin\nFranklin, a senior running back, was named MAC West Offensive Player of the Week for Week 6. Franklin had 37 carries for 176 yards and four touchdowns (three rushing, one receiving) in WMU's 71\u201368, seven overtime victory over Buffalo. Franklin had just 4 yards rushing in the first half, 70 yards in the second half, and 102 yards in the overtime periods. He scored three touchdowns in the overtimes. He also had one reception for 20 yards and a touchdown in the game.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [45, 101], "content_span": [102, 570]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273617-0021-0000", "contents": "2017 Western Michigan Broncos football team, Season, Conference Players of the Week, Darius Phillips\nPhillips was named the MAC Special Teams Player of the Week for the first two weeks of the season. In Week 1, he returned a kickoff 100 yards for a touchdown in a 49\u201331 loss to No. 4 USC. He had four total kickoff returns for 168 yards and the touchdown. Phillips also had an interception that he returned for 20 yards in the game.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [45, 100], "content_span": [101, 432]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273617-0022-0000", "contents": "2017 Western Michigan Broncos football team, Season, Conference Players of the Week, Darius Phillips\nIn the Week 2 loss against Michigan State, Phillips returned another kickoff 100 yards for a touchdown. He had four kickoff returns for 181 total yards. In the game, he also forced a fumbled and returned the ball 67 yards for a touchdown. Phillips accounted for the only two touchdowns WMU scored in the game.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [45, 100], "content_span": [101, 410]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273617-0023-0000", "contents": "2017 Western Michigan Broncos football team, Season, Conference Players of the Week, Darius Phillips\nPhillips has three touchdowns on the season (two kickoff returns and one interception return).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [45, 100], "content_span": [101, 195]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273618-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 Western Michigan Broncos men's soccer team\nThe 2017 Western Michigan Broncos men's soccer team represented Western Michigan University during the 2017 NCAA Division I men's soccer season. It was the 47th season of the university fielding a program. It was the program's fifth season with Chad Wiseman as head coach. The Broncos played their home matches at WMU Soccer Complex.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 47], "section_span": [47, 47], "content_span": [48, 381]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273618-0001-0000", "contents": "2017 Western Michigan Broncos men's soccer team\nThe 2017 season has been, by far, the most successful season in program history. The program won their first conference regular season title in their 47-year history, and posted the most victories in program history. The Broncos achieved their first ever United Soccer Coaches national ranking since 2003 and climbed into the Top 10 for the first time in their program's history. The team beat three ranked opponents during the season: Butler, Michigan and Akron.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 47], "section_span": [47, 47], "content_span": [48, 511]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273618-0002-0000", "contents": "2017 Western Michigan Broncos men's soccer team, Rankings\nThe following table lists WMU's movement in the 2017 United Soccer Coaches poll, the TopDrawerSoccer.com poll, the Unites Soccer Coaches Great Lake regional poll and the Ratings Percentage Index (RPI) computer ranking.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 47], "section_span": [49, 57], "content_span": [58, 276]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273618-0003-0000", "contents": "2017 Western Michigan Broncos men's soccer team, Rankings\nThe TopDrawerSoccer.com poll releases rankings during the NCAA Tournament. WMU was ranked as high as No. 4 following their Second Round victory over Albany.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 47], "section_span": [49, 57], "content_span": [58, 214]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273618-0004-0000", "contents": "2017 Western Michigan Broncos men's soccer team, MLS Draft\nThe following members of 2017 Western Michigan Broncos men's soccer team were selected in the 2018 MLS SuperDraft.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 47], "section_span": [49, 58], "content_span": [59, 173]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273619-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 Western New Mexico Mustangs football team\nThe 2017 Western New Mexico Mustangs football team represented Western New Mexico University in the 2017 NCAA Division II football season. They were led by eighth-year head coach Adam Clark. The Mustangs played their home games at Altamirano Stadium and were members of the Lone Star Conference.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [46, 46], "content_span": [47, 342]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273619-0001-0000", "contents": "2017 Western New Mexico Mustangs football team, Schedule\nWestern New Mexico announced its 2017 football schedule on January 23, 2017. The schedule consists of six home and five away games in the regular season. The Mustangs will host LSC foes Eastern New Mexico, Tarleton State, Texas A&M-Kingsville, and Texas-Permian Basin and will travel to Angelo State, Midwestern State, Texas A&M-Commerce, and West Texas A&M.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [48, 56], "content_span": [57, 415]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273619-0002-0000", "contents": "2017 Western New Mexico Mustangs football team, Schedule\nThe Mustangs will host two of its three non-conference games against Fort Lewis from the Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference and Western Oregon and travel to San Diego from the Pioneer Football League.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [48, 56], "content_span": [57, 257]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273620-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 Western New York Flash season\nThe 2017 season is Western New York Flash's tenth season, and the first in which they competed in the United Women's Soccer league in the second division of women's soccer in the United States. It is an almost entirely different team from the prior season's, which competed in the top-division National Women's Soccer League before being sold and moved to North Carolina.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [34, 34], "content_span": [35, 406]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273620-0001-0000", "contents": "2017 Western New York Flash season, First-team squad\nFlorida State University forward Maddie Pezzino was the newly reformed club's first signing.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 52], "content_span": [53, 145]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273620-0002-0000", "contents": "2017 Western New York Flash season, First-team squad\nNote: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 52], "content_span": [53, 181]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273621-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 Western Storm season\nThe 2017 season was Western Storm's second season, in which they competed in the Women's Cricket Super League, a Twenty20 competition. The side finished third in the initial group stage, therefore progressing to the semi-final, where they beat Surrey Stars by three wickets. In the final, they faced Southern Vipers in a repeat of the previous season's final. This time, however, Western Storm were victorious by seven wickets to claim their first title.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [25, 25], "content_span": [26, 480]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273621-0001-0000", "contents": "2017 Western Storm season\nThe side was captained by Heather Knight and coached by the newly appointed Trevor Griffin. They played one of their home matches at the County Ground, Taunton and their other home match at the County Ground, Bristol.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [25, 25], "content_span": [26, 243]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273621-0002-0000", "contents": "2017 Western Storm season, Squad\nWestern Storm's 15-player squad for the season is listed below. Age given is at the start of Western Storm's first match of the season (10 August 2017).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 32], "content_span": [33, 185]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273622-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 Westmeath Senior Football Championship\nThe 2017 Westmeath Senior Football Championship is the 113th edition of the Westmeath GAA's premier club Gaelic football tournament for senior graded teams in County Westmeath, Ireland. The tournament consists of 12 teams, with the winner going on to represent Westmeath in the Leinster Senior Club Football Championship. The championship starts with a group stage and then progresses to a knock out stage.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [43, 43], "content_span": [44, 450]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273622-0001-0000", "contents": "2017 Westmeath Senior Football Championship\nSt. Loman's Mullingar were the defending champions after they defeated Tyrrellspass in the previous years final to complete a \"2-in-a-row\" of titles.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [43, 43], "content_span": [44, 193]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273622-0002-0000", "contents": "2017 Westmeath Senior Football Championship\nThis was Rosemount's return to the senior grade after a 17-year exodus when claiming the 2016 Westmeath Intermediate Football Championship title.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [43, 43], "content_span": [44, 189]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273622-0003-0000", "contents": "2017 Westmeath Senior Football Championship, Team Changes\nThe following teams have changed division since the 2016 championship season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [45, 57], "content_span": [58, 135]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273622-0004-0000", "contents": "2017 Westmeath Senior Football Championship, Group stage\nThe competition split into two groups, based on their performance in the 2016 Group stages. Group 1 consists of teams who reached the Quarter-Finals last year or better. Group 2 consists of two bottom placed finishers in Group 1 last year as well as 3rd and 4th placed in Group 2 last year, the 2016 Relegation Playoff winners and the 2016 Intermediate champions.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [45, 56], "content_span": [57, 420]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273622-0005-0000", "contents": "2017 Westmeath Senior Football Championship, Group stage\nThe top 2 teams in Group 1 go into the Semi-Finals, where they await the winners of the Quarter-Finals, which are composed of the 3rd and 4th placed teams in Group 1 along with the top 2 finishers in Group 2. The bottom 2 teams in Group 2 will enter a Relegation Playoff.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [45, 56], "content_span": [57, 328]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273622-0006-0000", "contents": "2017 Westmeath Senior Football Championship, Group stage\nCaulry were defeated in the Relegation Play-off, and hence were relegated to the 2018 I.F.C. after three seasons in the top flight.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [45, 56], "content_span": [57, 188]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273622-0007-0000", "contents": "2017 Westmeath Senior Football Championship, Knock-out stages, Relegation final\nThe bottom finisher from both groups qualify for the Relegation final. The loser will be relegated to the 2017 Intermediate Championship.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [45, 79], "content_span": [80, 217]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273622-0008-0000", "contents": "2017 Westmeath Senior Football Championship, Knock-out stages, Finals\nThere are 2 groups called Group A and B. The top finisher in each group qualify for the Semi Finals directly. The second and the third-placed finishers in both groups will qualify for the Quarter Finals.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [45, 69], "content_span": [70, 273]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273623-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 Westminster attack\nOn 22 March 2017, a terrorist attack took place outside the Palace of Westminster in London, seat of the British Parliament. The attacker, 52-year-old Briton Khalid Masood, drove a car into pedestrians on the pavement along the south side of Westminster Bridge and Bridge Street, injuring more than 50 people, four of them fatally. He then crashed the car into the perimeter fence of the palace grounds and ran into New Palace Yard, where he fatally stabbed an unarmed police officer. He was then shot by an armed police officer, and died at the scene.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [23, 23], "content_span": [24, 576]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273623-0001-0000", "contents": "2017 Westminster attack\nPolice treated the attack as \"Islamist-related terrorism\". Masood said in a final text message that he was waging jihad in revenge for Western military action in Muslim countries in the Middle East. Amaq News Agency, which is linked to Islamic State, said the attacker answered the group's calls to target citizens of states that were fighting against it, though the claim was questioned by the UK police and government. Police have found no link with a terrorist organisation and believe Masood acted alone.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [23, 23], "content_span": [24, 532]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273623-0002-0000", "contents": "2017 Westminster attack, Background\nPrior to the attack, the UK Threat Level for terrorism in the country was listed at \"severe\", meaning an attack was \"highly likely\".", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 35], "content_span": [36, 168]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273623-0003-0000", "contents": "2017 Westminster attack, Background\nThere had not been a killing at the Palace of Westminster since the assassination of Airey Neave by the Irish National Liberation Army in 1979, which took place close to New Palace Yard, during the Northern Ireland conflict. The previous terrorist attack to have caused multiple casualties on the British mainland had been the 7 July 2005 London bombings. Shortly before the attack, a division (vote) had been called in the House of Commons.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 35], "content_span": [36, 477]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273623-0004-0000", "contents": "2017 Westminster attack, Attack\nAt 14:40\u00a0local time on 22 March 2017, a grey Hyundai Tucson, hired in Birmingham, was driven at up to 76 miles per hour (122\u00a0km/h) into pedestrians along the pavement on the south side of Westminster Bridge and Bridge Street, causing multiple casualties.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 31], "content_span": [32, 286]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273623-0005-0000", "contents": "2017 Westminster attack, Attack\nOne of the victims, a Romanian tourist, was thrown by the car's impact over the parapet of the bridge into the River Thames below. Having been knocked unconscious and sustained severe injuries from the fall, she was later rescued by the crew of a river cruise and brought aboard a London Fire Brigade boat. She later died in hospital from her injuries. The car continued, and crashed into railings on Bridge Street at the north perimeter of the Palace of Westminster.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 31], "content_span": [32, 499]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273623-0006-0000", "contents": "2017 Westminster attack, Attack\nMasood, wearing black clothes, got out of the car and ran around the corner into Parliament Square and through the open Carriage Gates where he fatally stabbed an unarmed police officer, PC Keith Palmer. An armed police officer (believed to have been the Metropolitan Police close protection officer for the then Secretary of State for Defence Michael Fallon) witnessed the stabbing, ran towards the scene and shot Masood dead. The entire attack, from start to finish, lasted 82 seconds.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 31], "content_span": [32, 519]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273623-0007-0000", "contents": "2017 Westminster attack, Attack\nDespite attempts to resuscitate him, Masood died at the scene having been hit by all three shots fired by police. The first bullet, which struck his upper torso, was believed to be the cause of death; he was pronounced dead at 15:35 at hospital. Passers-by, including MP Tobias Ellwood (the Foreign Minister for the Middle East and Africa) and paramedics, attempted to revive PC Palmer, also without success. Police later confirmed that PC Palmer had been wearing a protective vest, which did not appear to have been punctured in the attack.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 31], "content_span": [32, 573]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273623-0008-0000", "contents": "2017 Westminster attack, Attack, Aftermath\nTheresa May, the Prime Minister, who was in the Commons for a vote, was evacuated by her security team in the Prime Ministerial car, and taken to 10 Downing Street.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 42], "content_span": [43, 207]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273623-0009-0000", "contents": "2017 Westminster attack, Attack, Aftermath\nAdditional armed police officers arrived, including Counter Terrorist Specialist Firearms Officers who were on scene within 6 minutes. An air ambulance from London HEMS attended the scene, landing in Parliament Square. Parliament was suspended and MPs remained in the Commons debating chamber as a precaution. Parliamentary staff were confined to their offices; journalists and visitors to Parliament were not permitted to leave the building. Some were later evacuated to Westminster Abbey.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 42], "content_span": [43, 533]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273623-0010-0000", "contents": "2017 Westminster attack, Attack, Aftermath\nThe Scottish Parliament and the National Assembly for Wales also suspended their proceedings that afternoon. The UK government's emergency Cabinet Office Briefing Room (COBRA) committee, chaired by the Prime Minister, met in response to the attack. It was decided there was no need for the threat level to be raised as a result of the attack.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 42], "content_span": [43, 385]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273623-0011-0000", "contents": "2017 Westminster attack, Casualties, Fatalities\nSix people, including the attacker, died as a result of the incident, and around 50 others were injured, some of them severely. Of the five people killed by the attacker, three were British nationals. One of the dead was a female teacher who was believed to have been walking along the bridge to pick up her children from school. A tourist from the United States also died; he was visiting London from Utah to celebrate his 25th anniversary with his wife, who was among the injured. The police officer killed was PC Keith Palmer, 48, an unarmed police officer who was on duty with the Parliamentary and Diplomatic Protection command. Palmer had 15 years of experience in the Metropolitan Police Service.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 47], "content_span": [48, 751]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273623-0012-0000", "contents": "2017 Westminster attack, Casualties, Fatalities\nThe fourth victim was a 75-year-old man from Clapham in south-west London, who was hit by the car and later died in hospital after his life support was switched off. A fifth victim, a 31-year-old female tourist from Romania, fell into the Thames during the attack; she died in hospital as a result of her injuries on 6 April after her life support was withdrawn. Her Romanian boyfriend, who had planned to propose marriage during their trip to London, was also injured during the attack.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 47], "content_span": [48, 535]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273623-0013-0000", "contents": "2017 Westminster attack, Casualties, Injuries\nA dozen people received serious injuries, some described as \"catastrophic\", and eight others were treated for less serious injuries at the scene. Injured members of the public were taken to St Thomas' Hospital, which is located immediately across Westminster Bridge in Lambeth, and to King's College Hospital (which declared a 'major incident' in its designated trauma centre), St Mary's Hospital, the Royal London Hospital and the Chelsea and Westminster Hospital. Three French students, from Concarneau in Brittany, were among those injured; others included three police officers who were returning from a commendation ceremony, four students from Edge Hill University in Lancashire, and the wife of the American who was killed.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 45], "content_span": [46, 776]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273623-0014-0000", "contents": "2017 Westminster attack, Perpetrator\nThe attacker was identified by the Metropolitan Police as 52-year-old Briton Khalid Masood. He was born Adrian Russell Elms to a single mother but used his stepfather's surname, Ajao, interchangeably with Elms from the age of two. He changed his name to Khalid Masood after converting to Islam. Police said he also used several other aliases, including Khalid Choudry.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 36], "content_span": [37, 405]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273623-0015-0000", "contents": "2017 Westminster attack, Perpetrator\nMasood was born in Kent and brought up in Rye, East Sussex, and later attended secondary school in Tunbridge Wells in Kent. Latterly he lived in the West Midlands.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 36], "content_span": [37, 201]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273623-0016-0000", "contents": "2017 Westminster attack, Perpetrator\nHe dropped out of school at 16 and by 18 was described as a heavy cocaine user. He was sentenced to two years in prison in 2000 for grievous bodily harm during a knife attack in a public house in Northiam in Sussex. In 2003, he was sentenced to six months in prison for possession of an offensive weapon following another knife attack in Eastbourne in Sussex. Masood also had convictions for public order offences going back to 1983.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 36], "content_span": [37, 470]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273623-0017-0000", "contents": "2017 Westminster attack, Perpetrator\nHe converted to Islam while in prison although police found no evidence to suggest he became radicalised there. He changed his name to Khalid Masood in 2005.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 36], "content_span": [37, 194]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273623-0018-0000", "contents": "2017 Westminster attack, Perpetrator\nA CV of Masood's described himself as having taught English in Saudi Arabia from November 2005 to November 2006, and again from April 2008 to April 2009, after which he worked at a TEFL college in Luton, England. In early March 2015, he made a brief trip to Saudi Arabia on an Umrah visa, normally issued to those making a pilgrimage to Mecca.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 36], "content_span": [37, 380]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273623-0019-0000", "contents": "2017 Westminster attack, Perpetrator\nIn 2010, Masood was described as a \"peripheral figure\" in an MI5 investigation of a group of Islamists later convicted of plotting to bomb a Territorial Army base in Luton. Following a risk assessment, MI5 decided he did not pose a threat. The Metropolitan Police said he was not the subject of any current investigations and there was no prior intelligence about his intent to mount a terrorist attack. He had not been convicted of any terrorism offences.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 36], "content_span": [37, 493]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273623-0020-0000", "contents": "2017 Westminster attack, Perpetrator\nFarasat Latif, director of the language school in Luton where Masood taught between 2010 and 2012, told The Guardian that when Masood lived in Luton he was apolitical and not aligned with the younger and predominantly Asian local radical Islamist group Al-Muhajiroun. Although aware of violence in Masood's past, Latif had only seen him become angry once, when Masood learnt of plans for a march by the English Defence League through Luton. Between 2012 and 2016, Masood appeared in MI5 investigations as a contact of individuals linked to Al-Muhajiroun.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 36], "content_span": [37, 591]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273623-0021-0000", "contents": "2017 Westminster attack, Perpetrator\nMasood carried out reconnaissance of Westminster Bridge in person and online three days before the attack, He spent the night before the attack at the Preston Park Hotel in Brighton, Sussex and was described as \"laughing and joking\" by the manager there. He had taken anabolic steroids in the days and hours before the attack.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 36], "content_span": [37, 363]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273623-0022-0000", "contents": "2017 Westminster attack, Perpetrator\nMasood, at 52, was atypical in that most jihadi terrorists are under 30.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 36], "content_span": [37, 109]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273623-0023-0000", "contents": "2017 Westminster attack, Perpetrator, Motive\nOn 22 March, the day of the attack, the Metropolitan Police said it believed the attack was inspired by \"international terrorism\" and that they were working under the assumption that it was \"Islamist-related terrorism\". On 23 March, the Islamic State-associated Amaq News Agency announced that the attacker was \"a soldier of the Islamic State, executing the operation in response to calls to target citizens of coalition nations\". The Home Secretary, Amber Rudd, cast doubts on this claim. Analysts monitoring Islamic State online said the claim appeared to be an effort to mask its losses in Iraq and Syria, adding that the lack of biographical information on the attacker and lack of specifics about the attack suggested it was not directly involved.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 44], "content_span": [45, 797]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273623-0024-0000", "contents": "2017 Westminster attack, Perpetrator, Motive\nDescribing Masood as a \"terrorist\", the Metropolitan Police said it was investigating whether he was a lone actor inspired by terrorist propaganda or was being directed by others. On 25 March Neil Basu, Deputy Assistant Commissioner of the Metropolitan Police and Senior National Coordinator for UK Counter-Terrorism Policing, announced that investigators believed Masood acted alone. On 27 March, Basu announced that Masood clearly had an interest in jihad, that his methods echoed the rhetoric of Islamic State leaders and that investigators have found no evidence he was linked with it or al-Qaeda.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 44], "content_span": [45, 646]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273623-0025-0000", "contents": "2017 Westminster attack, Perpetrator, Motive\nThe security services later recovered the last WhatsApp message sent by Masood shortly before his attack. In it, Masood reportedly said he was waging jihad in revenge for Western military action in Muslim countries of the Middle East. He had written a document named \"Jihad in the Quran and Sunnah\", with his photograph on the front page and multiple extracts from the Quran that could be seen as supportive of jihad and martyrdom. He sent this document to numerous contacts a few minutes before the attack.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 44], "content_span": [45, 552]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273623-0026-0000", "contents": "2017 Westminster attack, Perpetrator, Initial reports\nSome early reports gave descriptions of two supposed attackers, one described as a \"bald white man\" and another as a \"black man with goatee beard\". On the morning after the attack, Mark Rowley, the Metropolitan Police's Assistant Commissioner for Specialist Operations, stated that the police believed the attacker acted alone. Abu Izzadeen was also erroneously identified as the attacker on social media, Channel 4 News and The Independent shortly after the attack, although Izzadeen was actually in prison at the time. In April 2017, OFCOM announced an investigation into the Channel 4 News naming of Izzadeen.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 53], "content_span": [54, 666]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273623-0027-0000", "contents": "2017 Westminster attack, Investigation\nAt 23:00 on 22 March, West Midlands Police raided a flat in Hagley Road, Birmingham. By the morning of 23 March, six locations in East London and Birmingham had been raided resulting in the arrests of eight people on suspicion of preparing terrorist acts. Officials also carried out searches in London, Brighton and Carmarthenshire. The investigation was named Operation Classific. By 24 March, three further arrests had taken place, two men overnight in the West Midlands and North West England and a woman during the day in Manchester. A woman, arrested earlier in East London, was released on bail. Later on 24 March, seven of those initially arrested were released without further action and the woman arrested in Manchester was released on bail.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 38], "content_span": [39, 789]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273623-0028-0000", "contents": "2017 Westminster attack, Investigation\nBy 25 March, only one man from Birmingham remained in custody and the woman on bail from East London had been removed from police enquiries. Up to that point in the investigation, 2,700 items had been seized and 3,500 witnesses had been contacted. A further arrest was made in Birmingham on 26 March. By 1 April, all twelve suspects arrested after the attack had been released without charge.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 38], "content_span": [39, 431]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273623-0029-0000", "contents": "2017 Westminster attack, Investigation, Inquests\nInquests for the dead victims were opened and adjourned on 29 March 2017, and into Masood's death the following day, both under the Senior Coroner for Westminster, Fiona Wilcox.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 48], "content_span": [49, 226]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273623-0030-0000", "contents": "2017 Westminster attack, Investigation, Inquests\nOn 12 October 2018, the jury at the inquest into Masood's death, held under the direction of the Chief Coroner of England and Wales, Mark Lucraft, found that Masood had been lawfully killed by a minister's close protection officer identified only as SA74. Two plain-clothed armed officers from the Royalty and Specialist Protection branch of the Metropolitan Police became aware of the ongoing attack, SA74 recounted to the court how Masood had ignored shouted warnings and how he had opened fire in response to Masood running towards him brandishing a knife.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 48], "content_span": [49, 608]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273623-0031-0000", "contents": "2017 Westminster attack, Reactions\nReactions to the attack expressed shock and outrage, and characterised it as an attack against liberty, freedom of speech, and democracy.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 34], "content_span": [35, 172]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273623-0032-0000", "contents": "2017 Westminster attack, Reactions, Domestic\nBoth the House of Commons and the House of Lords resumed their normal functions on 23 March, the day after the attack. A one-minute silence in honour of the dead was observed in Parliament, and by London's emergency services, at 09:33. The time was selected to coincide with the start of the day's official parliamentary business.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 44], "content_span": [45, 375]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273623-0032-0001", "contents": "2017 Westminster attack, Reactions, Domestic\nIn the morning session of parliament, Prime Minister Theresa May said that, \"Yesterday an act of terrorism tried to silence our democracy, but today we meet as normal\u00a0... to deliver a simple message: We are not afraid and our resolve will never waver in the face of terrorism.\" In a later statement following the 2017 London Bridge attack, May stated that all three recent attacks were \"bound together by the single evil ideology of Islamic extremism\". The Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn, the Leader of the Opposition, described the attack as \"an appalling atrocity\".", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 44], "content_span": [45, 609]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273623-0032-0002", "contents": "2017 Westminster attack, Reactions, Domestic\nThe speakers of both Houses of Parliament jointly offered sympathy to those affected, and thanked the emergency services. The Scottish Parliament suspended the day's proceedings, including a debate on a second independence referendum. Some MSPs who opposed the decision to suspend parliament said that doing so was \"giving in to terrorism\".", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 44], "content_span": [45, 385]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273623-0033-0000", "contents": "2017 Westminster attack, Reactions, Domestic\nOn 23 March, Christian, Hindu, Jewish, Muslim and Sikh faith leaders met officers at Scotland Yard to discuss responses to the attack. Muslim groups, including the Muslim Council of Britain, Ahmadi Muslims UK, and individual mosques across the country condemned the attack. That evening, there was a public candlelit vigil in Trafalgar Square to honour victims of the attack. It was led by the Mayor of London Sadiq Khan, the Home Secretary Amber Rudd and the Acting Metropolitan Commissioner Craig Mackey and attended by leaders of different faiths.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 44], "content_span": [45, 595]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273623-0034-0000", "contents": "2017 Westminster attack, Reactions, Domestic\nThe Metropolitan Police honoured PC Palmer by retiring his shoulder number 4157U; Charlton Athletic F.C. announced that his season ticket seat at the Valley would not be occupied at the club's next home game, but would instead have a club scarf placed over it as a mark of respect. A JustGiving fund was set up, with the target of raising \u00a3100,000 for his family, a goal attained in less than 24 hours.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 44], "content_span": [45, 447]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273623-0034-0001", "contents": "2017 Westminster attack, Reactions, Domestic\nA group called \"Muslims United for London\" also raised over \u00a329,000 to support victims and victims' families, releasing a statement saying, \"The British Muslim community stands with the community during these difficult times\". Home Secretary Amber Rudd announced that PC Palmer would be remembered at the National Memorial Arboretum's UK Police Memorial in Staffordshire.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 44], "content_span": [45, 416]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273623-0035-0000", "contents": "2017 Westminster attack, Reactions, Domestic\nOn 24 March, Prince Charles visited victims of the attack at King's College Hospital; Tobias Ellwood was appointed to the Privy Council for his role in rendering aid to PC Palmer, as was security minister Ben Wallace MP, who helped co-ordinate the government response.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 44], "content_span": [45, 313]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273623-0036-0000", "contents": "2017 Westminster attack, Reactions, Domestic\nOn 26 March, in an event organised by Women's March on London, roughly 100 women, including many Muslims, joined hands to form a chain along Westminster Bridge and stood in silence for five minutes to pay tribute to the victims of the attack. Amber Rudd appeared on BBC's The Andrew Marr Show to call for government backdoor access to encrypted messaging services like WhatsApp, which Masood used to send a message shortly before the attack. She announced a meeting with similar technology industry leaders for 30 March, where she would persuade them to voluntarily co-operate with the government. She refused to rule out passing new legislation to this end if the companies do not comply.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 44], "content_span": [45, 734]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273623-0037-0000", "contents": "2017 Westminster attack, Reactions, Domestic\nPrince William laid a wreath at the Arboretum in honour of PC Palmer on 29 March. In the 2017 Queen's Birthday Honours, Palmer was posthumously awarded the George Medal.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 44], "content_span": [45, 214]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273623-0038-0000", "contents": "2017 Westminster attack, Reactions, Domestic\nAs part of the 2019 New Year Honours, six other constables, Andy Dunmore, John Kenealy, Stephen Marsh, Mary Mayes, Richard Moore, and Jerry Pearce, received the British Empire Medal following the attack, and PC Nick Carlisle was awarded the Queen's Police Medal for Distinguished Service. Acting Detective Sergeant Zac Idun, nurse Joy Ongcachuy, Peter Boorman of NHS England, and Claire Summers were all made OBEs for services in investigating the attacks and assisting the victims and their families.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 44], "content_span": [45, 546]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273623-0039-0000", "contents": "2017 Westminster attack, Reactions, International\nIn addition to the expressions of shock, support, solidarity and sympathy offered by many national governments and heads of state, the United Nations Security Council observed a minute of silence at its morning meeting on 23 March. The attack was denounced by the European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker and the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 49], "content_span": [50, 408]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273623-0040-0000", "contents": "2017 Westminster attack, Reactions, International\nOn the evening of the attack, the Brandenburg Gate in Germany and Tel Aviv City Hall in Israel were illuminated with the Union Jack. At midnight that evening, the Eiffel Tower's lights were switched off to honour those killed in the London attack. On 23 March, Jean-Marc Ayrault, France's Minister of Foreign Affairs, came to London, where he first visited the hospital where three French high school students injured in the attack were being treated and later attended the morning session in the House of Commons.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 49], "content_span": [50, 564]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273623-0041-0000", "contents": "2017 Westminster attack, Documentary\nThe BBC TV documentary series Hospital was filming a routine meeting at St Mary's when the attack occurred; within minutes St Mary's declared a \"major incident\", one of several central London hospitals to do so. The cameras recorded the involvement of the emergency room and intensive care staff over the next few hours, and then followed the cases of three patients until their discharge, this episode was broadcast in June 2017.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 36], "content_span": [37, 467]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273624-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 Westminster cyberattack\nThe 2017 Westminster cyberattack occurred on 23 June 2017, when an unauthorised attempt was made to gain access to email accounts belonging to a number of politicians at the United Kingdom's Houses of Parliament. Whitehall officials have claimed that Iran was behind the attack.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [28, 28], "content_span": [29, 307]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273624-0001-0000", "contents": "2017 Westminster cyberattack\nThe incident was followed by an attempt to hack accounts belonging to politicians at the Scottish Parliament in August 2017.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [28, 28], "content_span": [29, 153]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273624-0002-0000", "contents": "2017 Westminster cyberattack, Events\nParliamentarians were told about the cyberattack on the evening of 23 June, and it was made public knowledge the following day by Chris Rennard, a Liberal Democrat member of the House of Lords who posted a request on social media asking people needing to contact him urgently to do so via text message. Remote access to politicians email accounts was disabled.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 36], "content_span": [37, 397]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273624-0003-0000", "contents": "2017 Westminster cyberattack, Events\nHowever, a spokesperson for the House of Commons said that this was a precautionary measure to protect security rather than a consequence of the cyberattack itself. The matter is being investigated by the National Cyber Security Centre with assistance from the National Crime Agency.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 36], "content_span": [37, 320]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273624-0004-0000", "contents": "2017 Westminster cyberattack, Events\nWestminster authorities described the attack as \"sustained and determined\", and follows media reports that the email passwords of government ministers had been obtained by hackers and were being sold online.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 36], "content_span": [37, 244]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273624-0005-0000", "contents": "2017 Westminster cyberattack, Events\nOn 25 June, a Westminster spokesperson confirmed the cyberattack had been an attempt to hack email accounts with weak passwords, but that an investigation had found less than 1% of the 9,000 email addresses associated with parliament had been compromised\u2014a figure representing around 90 email accounts. However, it was still being treated as a serious security breach: \"The figure is less than many feared, but is still a breach.\" MPs subsequently said that agencies with links to either Russia or North Korea were suspected of being behind the attack.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 36], "content_span": [37, 589]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273624-0006-0000", "contents": "2017 Westminster cyberattack, Holyrood cyberattack\nOn 15 August, officials at Holyrood, home of the Scottish Parliament warned that accounts belonging to Members of the Scottish Parliament (MSPs) were currently the subject of a Brute-force attack which was attempting to crack weak passwords, but that no accounts had been compromised. However, MSPs were warned they may find themselves temporarily locked out of their accounts for security reasons. News outlets, such as The Guardian reported the attack was similar in nature to the one that had occurred at Westminster. The following day officials said that Holyrood was working with the UK's National Cyber Security Centre to increase security measures.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 50], "content_span": [51, 706]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273625-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 Westminster sexual misconduct allegations\nA series of allegations concerning the involvement of British politicians in cases of sexual harassment and assault arose in October and November 2017. Allegations were prompted by discussions among junior staff employed in the UK Parliament at Westminster following the Harvey Weinstein sexual abuse allegations in Hollywood earlier in October, and the subsequent rise of the #MeToo movement, but spread further to cover all the major political parties, including political figures beyond Westminster.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [46, 46], "content_span": [47, 549]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273625-0001-0000", "contents": "2017 Westminster sexual misconduct allegations\nPrime Minister Theresa May wrote to the Speaker of the House of Commons, John Bercow, asking for his assistance in establishing a \"house-wide mediation service\" supported by a \"contractually binding grievance procedure\" that would be available for all MPs. May also stated that current House of Commons disciplinary procedures required urgent reform, for they lacked \"teeth\".", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [46, 46], "content_span": [47, 422]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273625-0002-0000", "contents": "2017 Westminster sexual misconduct allegations\nA spreadsheet that alleged various sexual improprieties by Conservative MPs \u2013 listed alongside consensual acts \u2013 was published in a redacted form by Guido Fawkes on 30 October 2017. It detailed complaints against 36 individual MPs; the complaints were said to have been compiled by aides working for the parliamentarians concerned. The BBC's political editor Laura Kuenssberg described the list as containing \"both a mixture of unsavoury allegations, reports of well-known relationships, and some claims that are furiously denied. There is just no way of knowing frankly, how much of it is true\".", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [46, 46], "content_span": [47, 644]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273625-0003-0000", "contents": "2017 Westminster sexual misconduct allegations\nIn February 2020, historical allegations were examined in a report by the Independent Inquiry into Child Sexual Abuse, which claimed that both MPs and the police had turned a blind eye for years.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [46, 46], "content_span": [47, 242]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273625-0004-0000", "contents": "2017 Westminster sexual misconduct allegations, Resulting actions\nOn 6 November 2017, a meeting took place between leaders of the political parties at Westminster. Theresa May proposed that a new system be set up for Westminster employees, with a hotline for abuse to be reported, and an independent grievance process. Liberal Democrat leader Vince Cable described the proposals as \"the right first cross-party steps\", and Green Party co-leader Caroline Lucas said that the meeting had been \"broadly constructive and helpful\" but that \"we did not get into much of the detail\".", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [48, 65], "content_span": [66, 576]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273626-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 Westmount municipal election\nMunicipal elections were held in the city of Westmount, Quebec, Canada on 4 November 2017 as part of the 2017 Quebec municipal elections. Voters elected 8 positions on the Westmount City Council, as well as one mayor. On October 5, returning City Councillor Philip A. Cutler and newcomer Jeff Shamie were acclaimed.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [33, 33], "content_span": [34, 349]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273626-0001-0000", "contents": "2017 Westmount municipal election, Election Notes\nCynthia Lulham was elected for a 7th term, extending her record as the longest serving council member. 6 of the 8 councillors were newcomers, with only Cutler and Lulham (along with Mayor Smith) returning.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 49], "content_span": [50, 255]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273627-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 Wexford Senior Football Championship\nThe 2017 Wexford Senior Football Championship is the 119th edition of the Wexford GAA's premier club Gaelic football tournament for senior graded teams in County Wexford, Ireland. The tournament consists of 12 teams, with the winner going on to represent Wexford in the Leinster Senior Club Football Championship. The championship starts with a group stage and then progresses to a knock out stage.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [41, 41], "content_span": [42, 440]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273627-0001-0000", "contents": "2017 Wexford Senior Football Championship\nGusserane O'Rahillys were the defending champions after they defeated Glynn-Barntown in the previous years final.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [41, 41], "content_span": [42, 155]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273627-0002-0000", "contents": "2017 Wexford Senior Football Championship\nThis was Taghmon-Camross' return to the senior grade after claiming the 2016 Wexford Intermediate Football Championship title.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [41, 41], "content_span": [42, 168]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273627-0003-0000", "contents": "2017 Wexford Senior Football Championship\nHoreswood were relegated to the 2018 I.F.C. after 19 years as a senior club when losing the Relegation final to Sarsfields.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [41, 41], "content_span": [42, 165]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273627-0004-0000", "contents": "2017 Wexford Senior Football Championship, Team changes\nThe following teams have changed division since the 2016 championship season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [43, 55], "content_span": [56, 133]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273627-0005-0000", "contents": "2017 Wexford Senior Football Championship, Group stage\nThere are 2 groups called Group A and B. The top 4 in each group qualify for the Quarter Finals. The bottom finisher in each group will qualify for the Relegation Final.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [43, 54], "content_span": [55, 224]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273627-0006-0000", "contents": "2017 Wexford Senior Football Championship, Knock-out Stages, Relegation Final\nThe bottom finisher from both groups qualify for the Relegation final. The loser will be relegated to the 2018 Intermediate Championship.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [43, 77], "content_span": [78, 215]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273627-0007-0000", "contents": "2017 Wexford Senior Football Championship, Knock-out Stages, Finals Bracket\nThe top 4 teams from each group qualify for the Quarter-Finals with 1st -vs- 4th and 2nd -vs- 3rd in each case.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [43, 75], "content_span": [76, 187]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273628-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 Wheelchair Doubles Masters\nThe 2017 Wheelchair Doubles Masters (also known as the 2017 Uniqlo Wheelchair Doubles Masters for sponsorship reasons) is a wheelchair tennis tournament played at the Sportcentrum de Schaapskooi in Bemmel, Netherlands, from 22 to 26 November 2017. It is the season-ending event for the highest-ranked wheelchair tennis doubles players on the 2017 ITF Wheelchair Tennis Tour.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [31, 31], "content_span": [32, 406]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273628-0001-0000", "contents": "2017 Wheelchair Doubles Masters, Tournament\nThe 2017 Uniqlo Wheelchair Doubles Masters took place from 22 to 26 November at the Sportcentrum de Schaapskooi in Bemmel, Netherlands. It was the 18th edition of the tournament (15th for quad players). The tournament is run by the International Tennis Federation (ITF) and is part of the 2017 ITF Wheelchair Tennis Tour. The event takes place on indoor hard courts. It serves as the season-ending championships for doubles players on the ITF Wheelchair Tennis Tour.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 43], "content_span": [44, 510]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273628-0001-0001", "contents": "2017 Wheelchair Doubles Masters, Tournament\nThe eight pairs who qualify for the men's event and six pairs who qualify for women's event are split into two groups of three or four. The four pairs who qualify for the quad event compete in one group. During this stage, pairs compete in a round-robin format (meaning pairs play against all the other players in their group). In the men's and women's events the two pairs with the best results in each group progress to the semifinals, where the winners of a group face the runners-up of the other group. In the quad event, the top two pairs progress to the final. This stage, however, is a knock-out stage.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 43], "content_span": [44, 653]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273628-0002-0000", "contents": "2017 Wheelchair Doubles Masters, Tournament, Format\nThe Wheelchair Doubles Masters has a round-robin format, with eight men's pairs, six women's pairs and four quad pairs competing. The seeds are determined by the UNIQLO Wheelchair Tennis Rankings as they stood on 9 October 2017. All matches are the best of three tie-break sets, including the final.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 51], "content_span": [52, 351]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273628-0003-0000", "contents": "2017 Wheelchair Doubles Masters, Qualified pairs\nThe following pairs qualified for the 2017 Wheelchair Doubles Masters, based upon rankings as at 9 October 2017. Players whose names are struck out qualified but did not participate and were replaced by the next highest ranking player.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 48], "content_span": [49, 284]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273628-0004-0000", "contents": "2017 Wheelchair Doubles Masters, Champions, Men's Doubles\nAlfie Hewett / Gordon Reid def. St\u00e9phane Houdet / Nicolas Peifer, 1\u20136, 6\u20134, 7\u20135", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 57], "content_span": [58, 139]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273628-0005-0000", "contents": "2017 Wheelchair Doubles Masters, Champions, Women's Doubles\nMarjolein Buis / Diede de Groot def. Sabine Ellerbrock / Aniek van Koot, 6\u20132, 6\u20134", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 59], "content_span": [60, 143]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273628-0006-0000", "contents": "2017 Wheelchair Doubles Masters, Champions, Quad Doubles\nNick Taylor / David Wagner def. Antony Cotterill / Andrew Lapthorne, 6\u20134, 6\u20133", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 56], "content_span": [57, 136]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273629-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 Wheelchair Doubles Masters \u2013 Men's Doubles\nAlfie Hewett and Gordon Reid defeated the defending champions St\u00e9phane Houdet and Nicolas Peifer in the final, 1\u20136, 6\u20134, 7\u20135 to win the title.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 47], "section_span": [47, 47], "content_span": [48, 190]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273630-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 Wheelchair Doubles Masters \u2013 Quad Doubles\nNick Taylor and David Wagner defeated the defending champions Antony Cotterill and Andrew Lapthorne in the final, 6\u20134, 6\u20133 to win the title.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [46, 46], "content_span": [47, 187]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273631-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 Wheelchair Doubles Masters \u2013 Women's Doubles\nDiede de Groot and Lucy Shuker were the defending champion but did not compete together this year. Shuker partnered with Dana Mathewson but lost in the semifinals to Sabine Ellerbrock and Aniek van Koot.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 49], "section_span": [49, 49], "content_span": [50, 253]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273631-0001-0000", "contents": "2017 Wheelchair Doubles Masters \u2013 Women's Doubles\nDe Groot and Marjolein Buis defeated Ellerbrock and Van Koot in the final, 6\u20132, 6\u20134 to win the title.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 49], "section_span": [49, 49], "content_span": [50, 151]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273632-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 Wheelchair Tennis Masters\nThe 2017 Wheelchair Tennis Masters (also known as the 2017 NEC Wheelchair Tennis Masters for sponsorship reasons) is a wheelchair tennis tournament played at the Loughborough University Tennis Centre in Loughborough, United Kingdom, from 29 November to 3 December 2017. It is the season-ending event for the highest-ranked wheelchair tennis singles players on the 2017 ITF Wheelchair Tennis Tour.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [30, 30], "content_span": [31, 427]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273632-0001-0000", "contents": "2017 Wheelchair Tennis Masters, Tournament\nThe 2017 NEC Wheelchair Tennis Masters took place from 29 November to 3 December at the Loughborough University Tennis Centre in Loughborough, United Kingdom. It was the 24th edition of the tournament (14th for quad players). The tournament is run by the International Tennis Federation (ITF) and is part of the 2017 ITF Wheelchair Tennis Tour. The event takes place on indoor hard courts. It serves as the season-ending championships for singles players on the ITF Wheelchair Tennis Tour.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 42], "content_span": [43, 532]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273632-0001-0001", "contents": "2017 Wheelchair Tennis Masters, Tournament\nThe eight players who qualify for the men's and women's events, and six players who qualify for the quad event, are split into two groups of three or four. During this stage, players compete in a round-robin format (meaning players play against all the other players in their group). The two players with the best results in each group progress to the semifinals, where the winners of a group face the runners-up of the other group. This stage, however, is a knock-out stage.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 42], "content_span": [43, 518]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273632-0002-0000", "contents": "2017 Wheelchair Tennis Masters, Tournament, Format\nThe Wheelchair Tennis Masters has a round-robin format, with six/eight players divided into two groups of three/four. The six/eight seeds are determined by the UNIQLO Wheelchair Tennis Rankings as they stood on 16 October 2017. All matches are the best of three tie-break sets, including the final.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 50], "content_span": [51, 349]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273632-0003-0000", "contents": "2017 Wheelchair Tennis Masters, Qualified players\nThe following players qualified for the 2017 Wheelchair Tennis Masters, based upon rankings as at 16 October 2017. Players whose names are struck out qualified but did not participate and were replaced by the next highest ranking player.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 49], "content_span": [50, 287]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273633-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 Wheelchair Tennis Masters \u2013 Men's Singles\nJoachim G\u00e9rard was the two-time defending champion but lost to Alfie Hewett in the semifinals.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [46, 46], "content_span": [47, 141]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273633-0001-0000", "contents": "2017 Wheelchair Tennis Masters \u2013 Men's Singles\nHewett defeated Gordon Reid in the final, 1\u20136, 6\u20134, 7\u20135 to win the title.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [46, 46], "content_span": [47, 120]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273634-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 Wheelchair Tennis Masters \u2013 Quad Singles\nDavid Wagner successfully defended his title for the sixth consecutive year, defeating Andrew Lapthorne in the final, 6\u20131, 6\u20132, his tenth title overall.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [45, 45], "content_span": [46, 198]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273635-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 Wheelchair Tennis Masters \u2013 Women's Singles\nJiske Griffioen was the two-time defending champion but had retired from competitive competition in October 2017.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 48], "section_span": [48, 48], "content_span": [49, 162]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273635-0001-0000", "contents": "2017 Wheelchair Tennis Masters \u2013 Women's Singles\nDiede de Groot defeated Yui Kamiji in the final, 7\u20135, 6\u20134 to win the title.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 48], "section_span": [48, 48], "content_span": [49, 124]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273636-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 Wichita Falls Nighthawks season\nThe 2017 Wichita Falls Nighthawks season was the third and final season for the professional indoor football franchise and second in the Indoor Football League (IFL). One of ten teams that compete in the IFL for the 2017 season, the Nighthawks were members of the United Conference.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [36, 36], "content_span": [37, 319]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273636-0001-0000", "contents": "2017 Wichita Falls Nighthawks season\nLed by head coach Billy Back, the Nighthawks played their home games at the Kay Yeager Coliseum in Wichita Falls, Texas.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [36, 36], "content_span": [37, 157]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273636-0002-0000", "contents": "2017 Wichita Falls Nighthawks season, Roster\nRookies in italics updated June 6, 201727 Active, 7 Inactive", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 44], "content_span": [45, 105]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273637-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 Wichita swatting\nThe 2017 Wichita swatting occurred on December 28, 2017, in Wichita, Kansas, United States. The incident began as an online dispute between Casey Viner and Shane Gaskill, regarding the video game Call of Duty: WWII. During the dispute, Viner threatened to have Gaskill swatted, and Gaskill responded by giving him a false address for his residence, one that was occupied by an uninvolved person, Andrew Finch. Viner then asked Tyler Barriss to make the required fraudulent call to initiate the swatting. Wichita Police responded to the address, and as Finch was exiting the house, police officer Justin Rapp fatally shot him.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [21, 21], "content_span": [22, 647]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273637-0001-0000", "contents": "2017 Wichita swatting\nBarriss pled guilty to involuntary manslaughter and many other charges from unrelated incidents he was wanted for. In March 2019, he was sentenced to 20 years in federal prison. Viner was sentenced to 2 years' community service and 15 months' imprisonment for his involvement, while Gaskill was sentenced to 2 years' probation. Officer Rapp was not charged for Finch's death.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [21, 21], "content_span": [22, 397]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273637-0002-0000", "contents": "2017 Wichita swatting, Background, Tyler Barriss\nAt the time of the incident, Tyler Raj Barriss was a 25-year-old homeless man living in Los Angeles, California. Known online as \"SWAuTistic\", he had a criminal record including domestic violence, and had served 16 months in Los Angeles County Jail for making false bomb threats against KABC-TV, an elementary school in Los Angeles, and a middle school in Granada Hills. He was wanted by police in Panama City, Florida, for calling approximately 30 other bomb threats, including one to a high school, and on fraud and mischief charges in Canada for harassing a woman in Calgary.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 48], "content_span": [49, 627]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273637-0003-0000", "contents": "2017 Wichita swatting, Background, Events of December 28\nReports surfaced that the deadly series of events reportedly began with an online argument over a $1.50 wager in an online match of Call of Duty: WWII on UMG Gaming, which operates online tournaments, including one involving said game. Two men, Casey Viner (known by pseudonym Baperizer) and Shane Gaskill (known by pseudonym Miruhcle), fought over friendly fire in the Call of Duty: WWII match, causing them to lose both the match and $1.50 in wagers. The two gamers took to Twitter in an argument about the loss.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 56], "content_span": [57, 571]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273637-0004-0000", "contents": "2017 Wichita swatting, Background, Events of December 28\nViner threatened to swat Gaskill over the loss. Gaskill intentionally gave Viner the wrong address: a place in Wichita where he previously resided with his family, and where he said he would \"be waiting\". Gaskill's family had been evicted in 2016. Viner then contacted Barriss and provided him with the address given to swat Gaskill. Finch was not a known gamer and had nothing to do with the Call of Duty match.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 56], "content_span": [57, 469]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273637-0005-0000", "contents": "2017 Wichita swatting, Background, Events of December 28\nUsing voice over IP through the free Wi-Fi provided by a South Los Angeles library, Barriss called the Wichita police department. Because the call was transferred from Wichita City Hall to 911, the dispatcher believed the call was coming from the Wichita area. Barriss, identifying himself as \"Brian\", claimed that he was at the residence at 1033 West McCormick Street, had fatally shot his father, and was holding family members at gunpoint. He asked if police were coming to the house, saying he had already poured gasoline all over the house and was threatening to set it on fire.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 56], "content_span": [57, 640]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273637-0006-0000", "contents": "2017 Wichita swatting, Shooting\nWichita Police Department officers, who were not SWAT team members, untrained for tactical situations or hostage rescues, responded to Barriss' call and surrounded Finch's residence. Andrew Finch is reported by his mother Lisa Finch, who was at the scene, to have seen the police lights outside and opened the front door to see what was happening. Mrs. Finch reports that her 28-year-old son \"screamed and then they shot him.\" Moments after Finch stepped onto his front porch, police ordered him to put his hands up. According to officer testimony, he began to do so and then stopped. A Wichita police officer standing on the other side of the street fired a single round striking Finch and piercing his heart and right lung. Finch was transported to St. Francis Hospital, where he was pronounced dead 17 minutes after he was shot.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 31], "content_span": [32, 863]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273637-0007-0000", "contents": "2017 Wichita swatting, Shooting\nFinch's mother reports the police then ordered her and other family members to exit the residence. The family was handcuffed and taken to the police station for questioning. Initial reports from Deputy Wichita Police Chief Troy Livingston stated that \"A male came to the front door. As he came to the front door, one of our officers discharged his weapon.\" Livingston did not initially state if Finch was armed, or what caused the officer to fire his weapon. In a later statement on December 30, the Wichita Police Department stated the shooting was caused by Finch \"reaching into his waistband.\" The officer involved was eventually identified as Justin Rapp, a seven-year veteran of the force.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 31], "content_span": [32, 726]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273637-0008-0000", "contents": "2017 Wichita swatting, Shooting\nIn court, Rapp testified in May 2018 that he was given no information when he arrived at the scene, including when Finch was given his first verbal command, when the 911 call ended, or whether officers at the scene were aware the caller was still on the phone with 911. Sedgwick County Department of Emergency Communications has also denied an open-records request pertaining to the 911 call, stating the police department had asked that no more records be released.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 31], "content_span": [32, 498]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273637-0009-0000", "contents": "2017 Wichita swatting, Aftermath\nMany Wichita residents and other U.S.-based commentators have expressed concern over the death of Finch. Wichita residents used the opportunity of a city council meeting on January 9 to voice concerns on the subject, including questioning the release of only seven seconds of the police body cam footage, and arguing the city should assume full responsibility to avoid a lengthy struggle by the Finch family for justice. The council did not comment directly, but indicated a willingness to consider training procedures at a later time.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 32], "content_span": [33, 568]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273637-0010-0000", "contents": "2017 Wichita swatting, Aftermath\nNearly a week after the shooting, Andrew Finch's mother Lisa Finch wrote to the Wichita mayor and police chief stating that she did not know where her son's body was being kept and that she wanted to give him a \"proper funeral service and burial.\" \"Please let me see my son's lifeless body,\" she wrote in a letter dated January 3.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 32], "content_span": [33, 363]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273637-0010-0001", "contents": "2017 Wichita swatting, Aftermath\nIn the same letter, Mrs. Finch asked why the police officer who killed her son had not, at that time, been identified, why the family was handcuffed, and when police will return their belongings, including two cell phones and a computer, seized from the house. The family attorney, Andrew M. Stroth, has also called for the city, police department, and officer involved in the shooting to be held liable \"for the unjustified shooting of Andrew Finch.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 32], "content_span": [33, 484]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273637-0011-0000", "contents": "2017 Wichita swatting, Aftermath\nFinch's 18-year-old niece Adelina died by suicide on 11 January 2019. Adelina was raised by Lisa and Andrew Finch after her own mother had died; she was 17 at the time of the shooting and witnessed her uncle's death. Lisa Finch blames Adelina's death on the events of December 28.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 32], "content_span": [33, 313]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273637-0012-0000", "contents": "2017 Wichita swatting, Legal proceedings\nBarriss was arrested on December 29, 2017, in Los Angeles on a fugitive warrant stemming from a 2015 charge of making false bomb threats to KABC-TV, and was charged with false alarm, a felony. On January 12, 2018, Barriss was extradited to Kansas, where he was charged with involuntary manslaughter and held in Sedgwick County Jail.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 40], "content_span": [41, 373]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273637-0013-0000", "contents": "2017 Wichita swatting, Legal proceedings\nBarriss, Viner and Gaskill were indicted in the United States District Court for the District of Kansas on May 23 on charges related to the swatting. Barriss was charged with false information and hoaxes, cyberstalking resulting in death, making threats of death or damage to property by fire, interstate threats, conspiracy to make false reports, and wire fraud. Viner was charged with wire fraud, conspiracy to make false/hoax reports, obstruction of justice and conspiracy to obstruct justice. Gaskill was charged with obstruction of justice, wire fraud and conspiracy to obstruct justice. Gaskill was re-indicted in July on additional charges after it was discovered that he goaded Barriss to \"try again\" after the fatal shooting.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 40], "content_span": [41, 775]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273637-0014-0000", "contents": "2017 Wichita swatting, Legal proceedings\nOn October 26, 2018, forty-six additional charges against Barriss were added, which included financial fraud, and fake threats of bombs and shootings made to police and schools; some of these charges involved unindicted co-conspirators residing in Des Plaines, Illinois; Gulf Breeze, Florida; Grand Rapids, Michigan; and Greenwood, Missouri. On November 13 he pleaded guilty to 51 federal charges, for which U.S. Attorney Stephen McAllister recommended a sentence of 20 years' incarceration. Under the terms of the plea agreement, Barriss has also been required to formally apologize to Finch's family and pay $10,100 in fines and restitution, and has agreed to five years of supervised release.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 40], "content_span": [41, 736]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273637-0015-0000", "contents": "2017 Wichita swatting, Legal proceedings\nBarriss' sentencing was held March 29, 2019; he received 90 months' imprisonment for the California charges, and 150 months for the Kansas charges, to be served consecutively. Barriss also paid a $5,000 fine, the full amount of which was awarded by the Kansas Crime Victims Compensation Board to Finch's family as restitution. He is scheduled to be released from FCI Phoenix on January 14, 2035.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 40], "content_span": [41, 436]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273637-0016-0000", "contents": "2017 Wichita swatting, Legal proceedings\nIn April 2019, Viner pleaded guilty to conspiracy and obstruction of justice, and was sentenced in September to a 15-month prison sentence in addition to two years' probation, during which time he would be banned from playing video games. Viner was released from custody at USP Big Sandy on November 14, 2020.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 40], "content_span": [41, 350]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273637-0017-0000", "contents": "2017 Wichita swatting, Legal proceedings\nIn September 2019, it was reported that Gaskill struck a deal for deferred prosecution that could allow the charges against him to be dropped. Under terms of Gaskill's pretrial diversion agreement, the government agreed not to pursue prosecution for at least 18 months. Gaskill agreed to waive any speedy trial defenses and pay $1,000 in restitution, costs and penalties.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 40], "content_span": [41, 412]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273637-0018-0000", "contents": "2017 Wichita swatting, Legal proceedings, Legislative response\nIn response to Finch's slaying, the Kansas state legislature approved a bill in March 2018 to establish creating a false alarm resulting in injury or death as a class-one felony, carrying a prison sentence between 10 and 41 years. The bill was signed into law by Governor Jeff Colyer on April 12.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 62], "content_span": [63, 359]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273637-0019-0000", "contents": "2017 Wichita swatting, Legal proceedings, Legislative response\nThe Andrew T. Finch Memorial Act of 2018 was introduced in the U.S. House of Representatives by Rep. Ron Estes in March 2018. The bill, also known as the Preventing Swatting and Protecting Our Communities Act of 2018, would make providing false information with the intent to cause an emergency response punishable by up to five years' imprisonment, up to 20 years' imprisonment if serious injury results, and up to life imprisonment if the act results in death. The bill was referred to the House Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, and Investigations, but was never taken up for a vote and died in committee.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 62], "content_span": [63, 690]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273637-0020-0000", "contents": "2017 Wichita swatting, Legal proceedings, Legislative response\nRep. Eliot Engel introduced a bill in January 2019 to amend the Communications Act of 1934 to provide for enhanced penalties for the transmission of misleading or inaccurate caller identification information with the intent to trigger an emergency response. As of March 2019, it has been referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 62], "content_span": [63, 423]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273638-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 Wicklow Senior Football Championship\nThe 2017 Wicklow Senior Football Championship is the 117th edition of the Wicklow GAA's premier club Gaelic football tournament for senior graded teams in County Wicklow, Ireland. The tournament consists of 13 teams with the winner going on to represent Wicklow in the Leinster Senior Club Football Championship. The championship consists of a back door system.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [41, 41], "content_span": [42, 403]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273638-0001-0000", "contents": "2017 Wicklow Senior Football Championship\nBaltinglass were the defending champions after they defeated St. Patrick's in the previous years final.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [41, 41], "content_span": [42, 145]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273638-0002-0000", "contents": "2017 Wicklow Senior Football Championship\nThis was Arklow Geraldines-Ballymoney's return to the top flight after claiming last season's I.F.C. title.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [41, 41], "content_span": [42, 149]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273638-0003-0000", "contents": "2017 Wicklow Senior Football Championship, Team changes\nThe following teams have changed division since the 2016 championship season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [43, 55], "content_span": [56, 133]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273638-0004-0000", "contents": "2017 Wicklow Senior Football Championship, Group Stage\nThere are three groups of six teams called Group A, B and C. The 3 top finishers in Group A and 2 finishers in Groups B and C qualify for the Quarter-Finals. The third placed team in Group B and C will play off for a place in the Quarter-Finals. The bottom finishers of each group will qualify for the Relegation Play Off.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [43, 54], "content_span": [55, 377]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273638-0005-0000", "contents": "2017 Wicklow Senior Football Championship, Keating Trophy/Relegation Play-Off\nThe five teams who failed to reach the Quarter-Finals enter the Keating Trophy. These teams play each other in a round robin basis. The top two finishers proceed to the Keating Trophy final while the two bottom finishers will be relegated to the 2018 I.F.C.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [43, 77], "content_span": [78, 335]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273639-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 Wigan Warriors season\nThe Wigan Warriors play Rugby League in Wigan, England. Their 2017 season results in the Super League XXII, 2017 Challenge Cup, and 2017 World Club Series are shown below.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [26, 26], "content_span": [27, 198]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273639-0001-0000", "contents": "2017 Wigan Warriors season, World Club Series\nAs winners of the 2016 Super League Grand Final, Wigan Warriors qualified for the 2017 World Club Series. The game saw them play Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks whom they beat providing the Super League's first ever win in the World Club Series era of the tournament.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 45], "content_span": [46, 308]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273639-0002-0000", "contents": "2017 Wigan Warriors season, Super League\nWigan's Super League form was relatively poor durind the 2017 season. The years was the first time they had lost ten more games since 2009, and the first time they had failed to qualify for the play-offs since 2006.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 40], "content_span": [41, 256]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273639-0003-0000", "contents": "2017 Wigan Warriors season, Challenge Cup\nAs a \"Super 8s\" team of the 2016 Super League, Wigan Warriors entered the 2017 Challenge Cup in the sixth round where they beat Championship's Swinton Lions. The quarter finals saw them beat local rivals Warrington Wolves by a single point. In the semi-finals Warriors beat Salford Red Devils, before finishing runners-up at Wembley to Hull F.C.. The final was their first final since 2013.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 41], "content_span": [42, 432]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273640-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 Wildwater Canoeing World Championships\nThe 2017 Wildwater Canoeing World Championships was the 34th edition of the global wildwater canoeing competition, Wildwater Canoeing World Championships, organised by the International Canoe Federation.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [43, 43], "content_span": [44, 247]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273641-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 William & Mary Tribe football team\nThe 2017 William & Mary Tribe football team represented the College of William & Mary as a member of the Colonial Athletic Association (CAA) in the 2017 NCAA Division I FCS football season. The Tribe were led by 38th-year head coach Jimmye Laycock played their home games at Zable Stadium. They finished the season 2\u20139 overall and 0\u20138 in CAA play to place last of out of 12 teams. It was the first time since the 1956 season in which William & Mary failed to win a single conference game.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [39, 39], "content_span": [40, 528]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273642-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 William Jones Cup\nThe 2017 William Jones Cup was the 39th staging of William Jones Cup, an international basketball tournament held in Taipei, Taiwan.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [22, 22], "content_span": [23, 155]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273643-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 Wilson Security Sandown 500\nThe 2017 Wilson Security Sandown 500 was a motor racing event for Supercars, held from 15 to 17 September 2017 at Sandown Raceway in Melbourne, Victoria. It consisted of one race, scheduled for 499.744 kilometres in length (161 laps), it was shortened to 388 kilometres in length because of a time limit (4:48\u00a0p.m. local time) imposed by Supercars. It was the tenth event of fourteen in the 2017 Supercars Championship and hosted Race 19 of the season. It was also the first event of the 2017 Enduro Cup.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [32, 32], "content_span": [33, 537]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273643-0001-0000", "contents": "2017 Wilson Security Sandown 500, Background\nThe event was the 47th running of the Sandown 500, which was first held in 1964 as a six-hour race for series production touring cars. It was the thirteenth time the race had been held as part of the Supercars Championship and the fifth time it formed part of the Enduro Cup. The defending winners of the race were Garth Tander and Warren Luff.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 44], "content_span": [45, 389]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273643-0002-0000", "contents": "2017 Wilson Security Sandown 500, Background\nThe event was promoted as a \"retro round\", with teams encouraged to use adaptations of Australian touring car liveries from the 1960s, 1970s and 1980s, although some teams extended beyond these parameters when devising a livery.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 44], "content_span": [45, 273]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273643-0003-0000", "contents": "2017 Wilson Security Sandown 500, Background\nThe following cars carried a retro livery during the event:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 44], "content_span": [45, 104]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273644-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 Wiltshire Council election\nThe 2017 Wiltshire Council election took place on 4 May 2017 as part of the 2017 local elections in the United Kingdom. All 98 councillors were elected from electoral divisions which returned one councillor each by first-past-the-post voting for a four-year term of office.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [31, 31], "content_span": [32, 305]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273644-0001-0000", "contents": "2017 Wiltshire Council election, Uncontested election\nAt the close of nominations on 4 April 2017, there was one electoral division in which only one candidate had come forward: John Smale (Conservative), in Bulford, Allington and Figheldean. He was thus elected unopposed.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 53], "content_span": [54, 273]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273644-0002-0000", "contents": "2017 Wiltshire Council election, Electoral division results\nThe electoral division results listed below are based on the changes from the 2013 elections, not taking into account any party defections or by-elections.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 59], "content_span": [60, 215]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273644-0003-0000", "contents": "2017 Wiltshire Council election, Electoral division results, Amesbury East\nNote: Jamie Paul Capp had previously gained the seat for the Liberal Democrats in a 2016 by-election.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 74], "content_span": [75, 176]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273644-0004-0000", "contents": "2017 Wiltshire Council election, Electoral division results, Bromham, Rowde and Potterne\nNote: Anna Louise Cuthbert had previously held the seat for the Conservative Party in a 2015 by-election.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 88], "content_span": [89, 194]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273644-0005-0000", "contents": "2017 Wiltshire Council election, Electoral division results, Chippenham Hardenhuish\nNote: Melody Rhonda Thompson had previously gained the seat for the Conservative Party in a 2015 by-election.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 83], "content_span": [84, 193]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273644-0006-0000", "contents": "2017 Wiltshire Council election, Electoral division results, Durrington and Larkhill\nNote: Graham Wright had previously been elected in 2013 for the Liberal Democrats. The change in his voteshare shown is the change from the voteshare he won as a Liberal Democrat in 2013.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 84], "content_span": [85, 272]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273644-0007-0000", "contents": "2017 Wiltshire Council election, Electoral division results, Ethandune\nNote: Jerry Wickham had previously held the seat for the Conservatives in a 2014 by-election.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 70], "content_span": [71, 164]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273644-0008-0000", "contents": "2017 Wiltshire Council election, Electoral division results, Salisbury St Edmund and Milford\nNote: Atiqul Hoque had previously gained the seat for the Conservative Party in a 2015 by-election.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 92], "content_span": [93, 192]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273644-0009-0000", "contents": "2017 Wiltshire Council election, Electoral division results, Trowbridge Grove\nNote: Chris Auckland had previously gained the seat for the Liberal Democrats in a 2016 by-election.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 77], "content_span": [78, 178]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273644-0010-0000", "contents": "2017 Wiltshire Council election, Electoral division results, Winterslow\nNote: In 2013, Christopher Devine had won the seat unopposed as a Conservative candidate.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 71], "content_span": [72, 161]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273644-0011-0000", "contents": "2017 Wiltshire Council election, By-election not held\nJane Scott retired as councillor for By Brook in February 2020, following her appointment to a government role in the House of Lords. The seat remained vacant until the full local elections in May 2021, since the COVID-19 lockdown restrictions prevented the holding of by-elections.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 53], "content_span": [54, 336]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273645-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 Wimbledon Championships\nThe 2017 Wimbledon Championships was a Grand Slam tennis tournament that took place at the All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club in Wimbledon, London, United Kingdom. The main draw matches commenced on 3 July 2017 and concluded on 16 July 2017. Roger Federer won the Gentlemen's Singles title for a record eighth time, surpassing Pete Sampras and William Renshaw, who both won the Gentlemen's Singles title seven times. Garbi\u00f1e Muguruza won the Ladies' Singles title.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [28, 28], "content_span": [29, 499]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273645-0001-0000", "contents": "2017 Wimbledon Championships\nThe 2017 tournament was the 131st edition of the championships, the 50th in the Open Era and the third Grand Slam tournament of the year. It is played on grass courts, organised by the All England Lawn Tennis Club and the International Tennis Federation and is part of the ATP World Tour, the WTA Tour, the ITF Junior tour and the NEC Tour.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [28, 28], "content_span": [29, 369]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273645-0002-0000", "contents": "2017 Wimbledon Championships\nAndy Murray was the defending champion in the Gentlemen's singles but lost to Sam Querrey in the quarterfinals. Two-time defending Ladies' singles champion Serena Williams did not defend her title, as she ended her season in April due to pregnancy.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [28, 28], "content_span": [29, 277]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273645-0003-0000", "contents": "2017 Wimbledon Championships, Tournament\nThe 2017 Wimbledon Championships was the 131st edition of the tournament and was held at the All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club in London.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 40], "content_span": [41, 185]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273645-0004-0000", "contents": "2017 Wimbledon Championships, Tournament\nThe tournament was run by the International Tennis Federation (ITF) and was included in the 2017 ATP World Tour and the 2017 WTA Tour calendars under the Grand Slam category. The tournament consisted of men's (singles and doubles), women's (singles and doubles), mixed doubles, boys (under 18 \u2013 singles and doubles) and girls (under 18 \u2013 singles and doubles), which is also a part of the Grade A category of tournaments for under 18, and singles and doubles events for men's and women's wheelchair tennis players as part of the UNIQLO Tour under the Grand Slam category. The tournament was played only on grass courts; main draw matches were played at the All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club, Wimbledon; qualifying matches were played at the Bank of England Sports Ground, in Roehampton.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 40], "content_span": [41, 833]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273645-0005-0000", "contents": "2017 Wimbledon Championships, Point and prize money distribution, Point distribution\nBelow are the tables with the point distribution for each discipline of the tournament.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 84], "content_span": [85, 172]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273645-0006-0000", "contents": "2017 Wimbledon Championships, Point and prize money distribution, Prize money\nThe Wimbledon total prize money for 2017 has been increased to \u00a331.6m. The winners of the men's and women's singles titles will earn \u00a32.2m. Prize money for the men's and women's doubles and wheelchair players were also increased for the 2017 competition.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 77], "content_span": [78, 332]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273645-0007-0000", "contents": "2017 Wimbledon Championships, Singles seeds, Gentlemen's Singles\nSeeds are adjusted on a surface-based system to reflect more accurately the individual player's grass court achievement as per the following formula, which applies to the top 32 players according to the ATP Rankings on 26 June 2017:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 64], "content_span": [65, 297]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273645-0008-0000", "contents": "2017 Wimbledon Championships, Singles seeds, Gentlemen's Singles\nRank and points before are as of 3 July 2017. Because the 2017 tournament took place one week later than in 2016, points defending includes results from both the 2016 Wimbledon Championships and the tournaments from the week of 11 July 2016 (Hamburg, Newport and B\u00e5stad).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 64], "content_span": [65, 336]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273645-0009-0000", "contents": "2017 Wimbledon Championships, Singles seeds, Ladies' Singles\nSeeds are based on the WTA rankings as of 26 June 2017.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 60], "content_span": [61, 116]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273645-0010-0000", "contents": "2017 Wimbledon Championships, Singles seeds, Ladies' Singles\nRank and points before are as of 3 July 2017. Because the tournament takes place one week later than in 2016, points defending includes results from both the 2016 Wimbledon Championships and the tournaments from the week of 11 July 2016 (Bucharest and Gstaad).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 60], "content_span": [61, 321]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273645-0011-0000", "contents": "2017 Wimbledon Championships, Main draw wild card entries\nThe following players received wild cards into the main draw senior events.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 57], "content_span": [58, 133]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273645-0012-0000", "contents": "2017 Wimbledon Championships, Main draw qualifier entries\nThe qualifying competitions take place in Bank of England Sports Centre, Roehampton started from 26 June 2017 and to be scheduled to end on 29 June 2017. However, due to heavy rain on the second day, it has now extended to 30 June 2017.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 57], "content_span": [58, 294]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273645-0013-0000", "contents": "2017 Wimbledon Championships, Protected ranking\nThe following players were accepted directly into the main draw using a protected ranking:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 47], "content_span": [48, 138]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273645-0014-0000", "contents": "2017 Wimbledon Championships, Withdrawals\nThe following players were accepted directly into the main tournament, but withdrew with injuries, suspensions or personal reasons.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 41], "content_span": [42, 173]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273646-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 Wimbledon Championships \u2013 Boys' Doubles\nKenneth Raisma and Stefanos Tsitsipas were the defending champions but both players were no longer eligible to participate in junior events.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [44, 44], "content_span": [45, 185]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273646-0001-0000", "contents": "2017 Wimbledon Championships \u2013 Boys' Doubles\nAxel Geller and Hsu Yu-hsiou won the title, defeating Jurij Rodionov and Michael Vrbensk\u00fd in the final, 6\u20134, 6\u20134.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [44, 44], "content_span": [45, 158]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273647-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 Wimbledon Championships \u2013 Boys' Singles\nDenis Shapovalov was the defending champion but chose to compete in the gentlemen's singles instead. He lost to Jerzy Janowicz in the first round.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [44, 44], "content_span": [45, 191]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273647-0001-0000", "contents": "2017 Wimbledon Championships \u2013 Boys' Singles\nAlejandro Davidovich Fokina won the title, defeating Axel Geller in the final, 7\u20136(7\u20132), 6\u20133.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [44, 44], "content_span": [45, 138]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273648-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 Wimbledon Championships \u2013 Day-by-day summaries\nThe 2017 Wimbledon Championships are described below in detail, in the form of day-by-day summaries.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 51], "section_span": [51, 51], "content_span": [52, 152]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273648-0001-0000", "contents": "2017 Wimbledon Championships \u2013 Day-by-day summaries, Middle Sunday (9 July)\nFollowing tradition, Middle Sunday is a day of rest and no matches are played.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 51], "section_span": [53, 75], "content_span": [76, 154]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273649-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 Wimbledon Championships \u2013 Gentlemen's Invitation Doubles\nGreg Rusedski and Fabrice Santoro were the defending champions, but were eliminated in the round robin.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 61], "section_span": [61, 61], "content_span": [62, 165]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273649-0001-0000", "contents": "2017 Wimbledon Championships \u2013 Gentlemen's Invitation Doubles\nLleyton Hewitt and Mark Philippoussis defeated Justin Gimelstob and Ross Hutchins in the final, 6\u20133, 6\u20133 to win the Gentlemen's Invitation Doubles tennis title at the 2017 Wimbledon Championships.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 61], "section_span": [61, 61], "content_span": [62, 258]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273649-0002-0000", "contents": "2017 Wimbledon Championships \u2013 Gentlemen's Invitation Doubles, Draw, Group A\nStandings 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.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 61], "section_span": [63, 76], "content_span": [77, 291]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273649-0003-0000", "contents": "2017 Wimbledon Championships \u2013 Gentlemen's Invitation Doubles, Draw, Group B\nStandings 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.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 61], "section_span": [63, 76], "content_span": [77, 291]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273650-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 Wimbledon Championships \u2013 Girls' Doubles\nUsue Maitane Arconada and Claire Liu were the defending champions, however Arconada was no longer eligible to participate in junior events. Liu partnered Taylor Johnson, but lost in the quarterfinals to Mar\u00eda Jos\u00e9 Portillo Ram\u00edrez and Sofia Sewing.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [45, 45], "content_span": [46, 294]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273650-0001-0000", "contents": "2017 Wimbledon Championships \u2013 Girls' Doubles\nOlga Danilovi\u0107 and Kaja Juvan won the title, defeating Caty McNally and Whitney Osuigwe in the final, 6\u20134, 6\u20133.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [45, 45], "content_span": [46, 157]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273651-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 Wimbledon Championships \u2013 Girls' Singles\nAnastasia Potapova was the defending champion, but chose to compete in the Ladies' Singles main draw as a qualifier, where she retired in the first round against Tatjana Maria.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [45, 45], "content_span": [46, 222]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273651-0001-0000", "contents": "2017 Wimbledon Championships \u2013 Girls' Singles\nClaire Liu won the title, defeating Ann Li in the final, 6\u20132, 5\u20137, 6\u20132.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [45, 45], "content_span": [46, 117]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273652-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 Wimbledon Championships \u2013 Ladies' Invitation Doubles\nMartina Navratilova and Selima Sfar were the defending champions but they chose not to compete together.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 57], "section_span": [57, 57], "content_span": [58, 162]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273652-0001-0000", "contents": "2017 Wimbledon Championships \u2013 Ladies' Invitation Doubles\nNavratilova partnered with Cara Black and defeated Sfar and her partner Arantxa S\u00e1nchez Vicario in the final, 6\u20132, 4\u20136, [10\u20134] to win the Ladies' Invitation Doubles tennis title at the 2017 Wimbledon Championships.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 57], "section_span": [57, 57], "content_span": [58, 272]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273652-0002-0000", "contents": "2017 Wimbledon Championships \u2013 Ladies' Invitation Doubles, Draw, Group A\nStandings 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.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 57], "section_span": [59, 72], "content_span": [73, 287]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273652-0003-0000", "contents": "2017 Wimbledon Championships \u2013 Ladies' Invitation Doubles, Draw, Group B\nStandings 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.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 57], "section_span": [59, 72], "content_span": [73, 287]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273653-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 Wimbledon Championships \u2013 Men's Doubles\nPierre-Hugues Herbert and Nicolas Mahut were the defending champions, but lost in the second round to Jay Clarke and Marcus Willis.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [44, 44], "content_span": [45, 176]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273653-0001-0000", "contents": "2017 Wimbledon Championships \u2013 Men's Doubles\n\u0141ukasz Kubot and Marcelo Melo won the title, defeating Oliver Marach and Mate Pavi\u0107 in the final, 5\u20137, 7\u20135, 7\u20136(7\u20132), 3\u20136, 13\u201311. Melo also regained the ATP no. 1 doubles ranking after he and Kubot defeated Henri Kontinen (the incumbent no. 1 player) and John Peers in the semifinals.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [44, 44], "content_span": [45, 329]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273653-0002-0000", "contents": "2017 Wimbledon Championships \u2013 Men's Doubles, Seeds\nClick on the seed number of a player to go to their draw section.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [46, 51], "content_span": [52, 117]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273654-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 Wimbledon Championships \u2013 Men's Doubles Qualifying\nPlayers and pairs who neither have high enough rankings nor receive wild cards may participate in a qualifying tournament held one week before the annual Wimbledon Tennis Championships.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 55], "section_span": [55, 55], "content_span": [56, 241]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273655-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 Wimbledon Championships \u2013 Men's Singles\nRoger Federer defeated Marin \u010cili\u0107 in the final, 6\u20133, 6\u20131, 6\u20134 to win the Gentlemen's Singles title at the 2017 Wimbledon Championships. It was his record eighth Wimbledon men's singles title (surpassing Pete Sampras and William Renshaw) and 19th major title overall. Federer also became the second man in the Open Era, after Bj\u00f6rn Borg in 1976, to win Wimbledon without losing a set. This was Federer's 70th appearance at a major, tying the record for male players, and a record-breaking 11th men's singles final at the same major tournament.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [44, 44], "content_span": [45, 588]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273655-0000-0001", "contents": "2017 Wimbledon Championships \u2013 Men's Singles\nIn addition, with his third-round win over Mischa Zverev, Federer won his 317th Grand Slam singles match, surpassing Serena Williams' record. With his first-round win, Federer surpassed Jimmy Connors' record for most match wins at Wimbledon. In the same match, he hit his 10000th ace, becoming only the third man to do so. The tournament marked the fifth time that Rafael Nadal and Federer won the French Open and Wimbledon, respectively, in the same year.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [44, 44], "content_span": [45, 501]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273655-0001-0000", "contents": "2017 Wimbledon Championships \u2013 Men's Singles\nAndy Murray was the defending champion and top seed but was defeated by Sam Querrey in the quarterfinals. Murray nonetheless retained the ATP No. 1 singles ranking, as Rafael Nadal, Stan Wawrinka, and Novak Djokovic failed to gain enough ranking points to surpass him.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [44, 44], "content_span": [45, 313]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273655-0002-0000", "contents": "2017 Wimbledon Championships \u2013 Men's Singles\nThis was also the first major since the 2009 French Open in which Murray, Nadal and Djokovic all failed to reach the semifinals, and the first time since 2004 that no player reached all four quarterfinals in a year. With his win over Murray, Querrey became the first American man to reach a Grand Slam semifinal since Andy Roddick at the 2009 Wimbledon Championships; it was also his second win over a world No. 1 player, the first being against Djokovic at the 2016 Wimbledon Championships. For the first time since the 2005 Australian Open, David Ferrer was not seeded at a Grand Slam, and it was the first time since the 2004 US Open that Guillermo Garc\u00eda L\u00f3pez did not play at a Grand Slam, ending his streak of 50 consecutive Grand Slam appearances.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [44, 44], "content_span": [45, 799]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273655-0003-0000", "contents": "2017 Wimbledon Championships \u2013 Men's Singles\nWawrinka was attempting to complete the career Grand Slam but lost to Daniil Medvedev in the first round.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [44, 44], "content_span": [45, 150]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273655-0004-0000", "contents": "2017 Wimbledon Championships \u2013 Men's Singles\nThis was also the last Grand Slam tournament for former world No. 2 Tommy Haas.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [44, 44], "content_span": [45, 124]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273655-0005-0000", "contents": "2017 Wimbledon Championships \u2013 Men's Singles, Seeds\nClick on the seed number of a player to go to their draw section.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [46, 51], "content_span": [52, 117]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273656-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 Wimbledon Championships \u2013 Men's Singles Qualifying\nPlayers and pairs who neither have high enough rankings nor receive wild cards may participate in a qualifying tournament held one week before the annual Wimbledon Tennis Championships.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 55], "section_span": [55, 55], "content_span": [56, 241]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273657-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 Wimbledon Championships \u2013 Mixed Doubles\nHenri Kontinen and Heather Watson were the defending champions, but lost in the final to Jamie Murray and Martina Hingis, 4\u20136, 4\u20136. This was the second Wimbledon mixed doubles title for both Murray and Hingis. This was the first time since 1934 that both teams in the final featured a British player.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [44, 44], "content_span": [45, 345]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273657-0001-0000", "contents": "2017 Wimbledon Championships \u2013 Mixed Doubles, Seeds\nClick on the seed number of a player to go to their draw section.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [46, 51], "content_span": [52, 117]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273658-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 Wimbledon Championships \u2013 Senior Gentlemen's Invitation Doubles\nTodd Woodbridge and Mark Woodforde were the defending champions but were eliminated in the round robin.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 68], "section_span": [68, 68], "content_span": [69, 172]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273658-0001-0000", "contents": "2017 Wimbledon Championships \u2013 Senior Gentlemen's Invitation Doubles\nJacco Eltingh and Paul Haarhuis defeated Richard Krajicek and Mark Petchey in the final, 4\u22126, 6\u22123, [10\u22126] to win the Senior Gentlemen's Invitation Doubles tennis title at the 2017 Wimbledon Championships.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 68], "section_span": [68, 68], "content_span": [69, 273]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273658-0002-0000", "contents": "2017 Wimbledon Championships \u2013 Senior Gentlemen's Invitation Doubles, Draw, Group A\nStandings 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.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 68], "section_span": [70, 83], "content_span": [84, 298]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273658-0003-0000", "contents": "2017 Wimbledon Championships \u2013 Senior Gentlemen's Invitation Doubles, Draw, Group B\nStandings 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.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 68], "section_span": [70, 83], "content_span": [84, 298]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273659-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 Wimbledon Championships \u2013 Wheelchair Men's Doubles\nAlfie Hewett and Gordon Reid successfully defended their title, defeating St\u00e9phane Houdet and Nicolas Peifer in the final, 6\u20137(5\u20137), 7\u20135, 7\u20136(7\u20133) to win the Wheelchair Men's Doubles tennis title at the 2017 Wimbledon Championships.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 55], "section_span": [55, 55], "content_span": [56, 288]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273660-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 Wimbledon Championships \u2013 Wheelchair Men's Singles\nGordon Reid was the defending champion but lost in the quarterfinals to Stefan Olsson.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 55], "section_span": [55, 55], "content_span": [56, 142]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273660-0001-0000", "contents": "2017 Wimbledon Championships \u2013 Wheelchair Men's Singles\nOlsson defeated Gustavo Fern\u00e1ndez in the final, 7\u22125, 3\u22126, 7\u22125 to win the Wheelchair Men's Singles tennis title at the 2017 Wimbledon Championships.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 55], "section_span": [55, 55], "content_span": [56, 203]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273661-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 Wimbledon Championships \u2013 Wheelchair Women's Doubles\nYui Kamiji and Jordanne Whiley were the three-time defending champions and successfully defended their title, defeating Marjolein Buis and Diede de Groot in the final, 2\u20136, 6\u20133, 6\u20130 to win the Wheelchair Women's Doubles tennis title at the 2017 Wimbledon Championships.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 57], "section_span": [57, 57], "content_span": [58, 327]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273662-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 Wimbledon Championships \u2013 Wheelchair Women's Singles\nJiske Griffioen was the defending champion but lost in the quarterfinals to Aniek van Koot.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 57], "section_span": [57, 57], "content_span": [58, 149]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273662-0001-0000", "contents": "2017 Wimbledon Championships \u2013 Wheelchair Women's Singles\nDiede de Groot defeated Sabine Ellerbrock in the final, 6\u20130, 6\u20134 to win the Wheelchair Women's Singles tennis title at the 2017 Wimbledon Championships.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 57], "section_span": [57, 57], "content_span": [58, 210]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273663-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 Wimbledon Championships \u2013 Women's Doubles\nSerena and Venus Williams were the defending champions, but did not participate this year due to Serena's pregnancy.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [46, 46], "content_span": [47, 163]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273663-0001-0000", "contents": "2017 Wimbledon Championships \u2013 Women's Doubles\nEkaterina Makarova and Elena Vesnina won the title, defeating Chan Hao-ching and Monica Niculescu in the final, 6\u20130, 6\u20130. This is the first time since 1953 that a women's doubles final at Wimbledon ended with either of the teams failing to win a single game. Makarova and Vesnina became the first post-Soviet Russians to win the Wimbledon women's doubles title.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [46, 46], "content_span": [47, 408]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273663-0002-0000", "contents": "2017 Wimbledon Championships \u2013 Women's Doubles\nBethanie Mattek-Sands and Lucie \u0160af\u00e1\u0159ov\u00e1 were attempting to hold all four Grand Slam double titles at the same time, after having won the 2016 US Open, and the 2017 Australian and French Open titles. The pair withdrew from their scheduled second round match on 7 July following an acute knee injury suffered by Mattek-Sands in the second round of the Ladies' Singles competition the previous day.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [46, 46], "content_span": [47, 443]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273663-0003-0000", "contents": "2017 Wimbledon Championships \u2013 Women's Doubles, Seeds\nClick on the seed number of a player to go to their draw section.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [48, 53], "content_span": [54, 119]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273664-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 Wimbledon Championships \u2013 Women's Doubles Qualifying\nPlayers and pairs who neither have high enough rankings nor receive wild cards may participate in a qualifying tournament held one week before the annual Wimbledon Tennis Championships.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 57], "section_span": [57, 57], "content_span": [58, 243]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273665-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 Wimbledon Championships \u2013 Women's Singles\nGarbi\u00f1e Muguruza won her second Grand Slam singles title, defeating Venus Williams in the final, 7\u20135, 6\u20130 to win the Ladies' Singles tennis title at the 2017 Wimbledon Championships. Muguruza became the second Spanish woman to win Wimbledon after Conchita Mart\u00ednez in 1994. Muguruza also became the first and only player to defeat both Williams sisters in Grand Slam singles finals. Muguruza dropped just one set the entire tournament, to Angelique Kerber in the fourth round. Serena Williams was the two-time defending champion, but did not participate this year due to pregnancy.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [46, 46], "content_span": [47, 628]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273665-0001-0000", "contents": "2017 Wimbledon Championships \u2013 Women's Singles\nVenus Williams was the oldest player to reach the final since Martina Navratilova, also in 1994, and played her 100th singles match at Wimbledon when she defeated reigning French Open champion Je\u013cena Ostapenko in the quarterfinals; it was Williams\u2019 first Grand Slam final at Wimbledon since 2009, her first Grand Slam singles final against a player other than her sister since defeating Marion Bartoli in the 2007 Wimbledon final, and (by virtue of her run to the Australian Open final in January) marked the first time Venus reached multiple Grand Slam finals in a calendar year since 2003. Johanna Konta became the first British woman to reach the semifinals since Virginia Wade in 1978, and Magdal\u00e9na Ryb\u00e1rikov\u00e1 became the first Slovak woman to reach the semifinals at Wimbledon.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [46, 46], "content_span": [47, 829]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273665-0002-0000", "contents": "2017 Wimbledon Championships \u2013 Women's Singles\nThe tournament was the 17th consecutive women's singles Grand Slam event to feature a first-time semifinalist (Ryb\u00e1rikov\u00e1). The streak of first-time semifinalists began at 2013 Wimbledon, and it would end at the 2017 US Open.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [46, 46], "content_span": [47, 272]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273665-0003-0000", "contents": "2017 Wimbledon Championships \u2013 Women's Singles\nDespite losing in the second round, Karol\u00edna Pl\u00ed\u0161kov\u00e1 attained the WTA No. 1 singles ranking at the end of the tournament, after Angelique Kerber and Simona Halep, the other contenders for the top ranking, lost in the fourth round and quarterfinals, respectively.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [46, 46], "content_span": [47, 310]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273665-0004-0000", "contents": "2017 Wimbledon Championships \u2013 Women's Singles\nThis was former world No. 1 and two-time Australian Open champion Victoria Azarenka's first appearance in a Grand Slam event since the 2016 French Open after giving birth to her first child in December 2016. She reached the fourth round before losing to Halep.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [46, 46], "content_span": [47, 307]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273665-0005-0000", "contents": "2017 Wimbledon Championships \u2013 Women's Singles\nThis was also the Grand Slam main draw debut of future US Open champion Bianca Andreescu. She lost in the first round to Krist\u00edna Ku\u010dov\u00e1.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [46, 46], "content_span": [47, 184]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273665-0006-0000", "contents": "2017 Wimbledon Championships \u2013 Women's Singles, Seeds\nClick on the seed number of a player to go to their draw section.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [48, 53], "content_span": [54, 119]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273666-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 Wimbledon Championships \u2013 Women's Singles Qualifying\nPlayers and pairs who neither have high enough rankings nor receive wild cards may participate in a qualifying tournament held one week before the annual Wimbledon Tennis Championships.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 57], "section_span": [57, 57], "content_span": [58, 243]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273667-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 Windward Islands Tournament\nThis is the current revision of this page, as edited by Fenix down (talk | contribs) at 12:12, 23 December 2019 (Removing link(s) to \"2019 Windward Islands Tournament\": Deleted Page. (TW)). The present address (URL) is a permanent link to this version.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [32, 32], "content_span": [33, 285]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273667-0001-0000", "contents": "2017 Windward Islands Tournament\nThe 2017 Windward Islands Tournament (2017 WIFA Men's Tournament) is an association football tournament scheduled to take place in Grenada. It is organised by the Windward Islands Football Association (WIFA).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [32, 32], "content_span": [33, 241]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273667-0002-0000", "contents": "2017 Windward Islands Tournament\nBarbados were invited to take part in the tournament. It was the first time in four decades the national team had participated.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [32, 32], "content_span": [33, 160]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273667-0003-0000", "contents": "2017 Windward Islands Tournament, Goal scorers\nThere were 31 goals scored in 10 matches, for an average of 3.1 goals per match.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 46], "content_span": [47, 127]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273668-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 Winnipeg Blue Bombers season\nThe 2017 Winnipeg Blue Bombers season was the 60th season for the team in the Canadian Football League (CFL) and their 85th season overall. This was the fourth season under head coach Mike O'Shea and the fourth full season under general manager Kyle Walters.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [33, 33], "content_span": [34, 292]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273668-0001-0000", "contents": "2017 Winnipeg Blue Bombers season\nThe Blue Bombers clinched a playoff berth for the second consecutive season with a win over the BC Lions on October 14, 2017. The team hosted a CFL playoff game for the first time since 2011 (and a West Division playoff game for the first time since 2003) after finishing in second place with a 12\u20136 record. However, they lost that West Semi-Final game to the Edmonton Eskimos.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [33, 33], "content_span": [34, 411]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273668-0002-0000", "contents": "2017 Winnipeg Blue Bombers season, Offseason, CFL Draft\nThe 2017 CFL Draft took place on May 7, 2017. The Blue Bombers had eight selections in the eight-round draft after trading former starting quarterback Drew Willy for the first overall pick. They lost fourth and fifth round picks in trades for quarterbacks Kevin Glenn and Matt Nichols, respectively. The Bombers obtained another fourth round pick after trading down in the draft with the Stampeders.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 55], "content_span": [56, 455]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273669-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 Winnipeg National Bank Challenger\nThe 2017 Winnipeg National Bank Challenger was a professional tennis tournament played on outdoor hard courts. It was the 2nd edition, for men, and 5th edition, for women, of the tournament and part of the 2017 ATP Challenger Tour and the 2017 ITF Women's Circuit, offering totals of $75,000, for men, and $25,000, for women, in prize money. It took place in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada between July 11 and July 16, 2017.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [38, 38], "content_span": [39, 459]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273669-0001-0000", "contents": "2017 Winnipeg National Bank Challenger, Men's singles main draw entrants, Other entrants\nThe following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 88], "content_span": [89, 157]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273669-0002-0000", "contents": "2017 Winnipeg National Bank Challenger, Women's singles main draw entrants, Other entrants\nThe following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 90], "content_span": [91, 159]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273669-0003-0000", "contents": "2017 Winnipeg National Bank Challenger, Women's singles main draw entrants, Other entrants\nThe following player entered the singles main draw with a protected ranking:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 90], "content_span": [91, 167]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273670-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 Winnipeg National Bank Challenger \u2013 Men's Doubles\nMitchell Krueger and Daniel Nguyen were the defending champions but chose not to defend their title.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 54], "section_span": [54, 54], "content_span": [55, 155]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273670-0001-0000", "contents": "2017 Winnipeg National Bank Challenger \u2013 Men's Doubles\nLuke Bambridge and David O'Hare won the title after defeating Yusuke Takahashi and Renta Tokuda 6\u20132, 6\u20132 in the final.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 54], "section_span": [54, 54], "content_span": [55, 173]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273671-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 Winnipeg National Bank Challenger \u2013 Men's Singles\nGo Soeda was the defending champion but chose not to defend his title.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 54], "section_span": [54, 54], "content_span": [55, 125]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273671-0001-0000", "contents": "2017 Winnipeg National Bank Challenger \u2013 Men's Singles\nBla\u017e Kav\u010di\u010d won the title after defeating Peter Polansky 7\u20135, 3\u20136, 7\u20135 in the final.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 54], "section_span": [54, 54], "content_span": [55, 139]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273672-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 Winnipeg National Bank Challenger \u2013 Women's Doubles\nFrancesca Di Lorenzo and Ronit Yurovsky were the defending champions, but decided not to compete together. Di Lorenzo partnered with Ingrid Neel, but lost in the semifinals to Kimberly Birrell and Caroline Dolehide. Yurovsky partnered with Alexa Guarachi, but lost in the first round to Di Lorenzo and Neel.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 56], "section_span": [56, 56], "content_span": [57, 364]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273672-0001-0000", "contents": "2017 Winnipeg National Bank Challenger \u2013 Women's Doubles\nHiroko Kuwata and Valeria Savinykh won the title, defeating Birrell and Dolehide 6\u20134, 7\u20136(7\u20134) in the final.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 56], "section_span": [56, 56], "content_span": [57, 165]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273673-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 Winnipeg National Bank Challenger \u2013 Women's Singles\nFrancesca Di Lorenzo was the defending champion, but lost in the second round to Jessika Ponchet.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 56], "section_span": [56, 56], "content_span": [57, 154]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273673-0001-0000", "contents": "2017 Winnipeg National Bank Challenger \u2013 Women's Singles\nCaroline Dolehide won the title, defeating Mayo Hibi 6\u20133, 6\u20134 in the final.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 56], "section_span": [56, 56], "content_span": [57, 132]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273674-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 Winston-Salem Open\nThe 2017 Winston\u2013Salem Open was a men's tennis tournament played on outdoor hard courts. It was the 49th edition of the Winston-Salem Open (as successor to previous tournaments in New Haven and Long Island), and part of the ATP World Tour 250 Series of the 2017 ATP World Tour. It took place at Wake Forest University in Winston-Salem, North Carolina, United States, from August 20 through August 26, 2017. It was the last event on the 2017 US Open Series before the 2017 US Open.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [23, 23], "content_span": [24, 504]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273674-0001-0000", "contents": "2017 Winston-Salem Open, Singles main draw entrants, Other entrants\nThe following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 67], "content_span": [68, 136]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273674-0002-0000", "contents": "2017 Winston-Salem Open, Doubles main draw entrants, Other entrants\nThe following pairs received wildcards into the doubles main draw:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 67], "content_span": [68, 134]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273675-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 Winston-Salem Open \u2013 Doubles\nGuillermo Garc\u00eda L\u00f3pez and Henri Kontinen were the defending champions, but chose not to participate this year.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [33, 33], "content_span": [34, 145]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273675-0001-0000", "contents": "2017 Winston-Salem Open \u2013 Doubles\nJean-Julien Rojer and Horia Tec\u0103u won the title, defeating Julio Peralta and Horacio Zeballos in the final, 6\u20133, 6\u20134.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [33, 33], "content_span": [34, 151]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273676-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 Winston-Salem Open \u2013 Singles\nPablo Carre\u00f1o Busta was the defending champion, but lost in the second round to Julien Benneteau.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [33, 33], "content_span": [34, 131]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273676-0001-0000", "contents": "2017 Winston-Salem Open \u2013 Singles\nRoberto Bautista Agut won the title, defeating Damir D\u017eumhur in the final, 6\u20134, 6\u20134.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [33, 33], "content_span": [34, 118]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273676-0002-0000", "contents": "2017 Winston-Salem Open \u2013 Singles, Seeds\nClick on the seed number of a player to go to their draw section.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 40], "content_span": [41, 106]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273677-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 Winter Cup\nThe 2017 Winter Cup was an artistic gymnastics competition held at the Westgate Las Vegas in Las Vegas from February 16 to February 18, 2017.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [15, 15], "content_span": [16, 157]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273677-0001-0000", "contents": "2017 Winter Cup, Competition\nThe competition had junior and senior gymnasts competing in the same field. The finals session featured the top 42 gymnasts according to their all-around ranking and the top three gymnasts on each apparatus. The all-around and individual event champions were determined via a combined two-day score. Performances at the Winter Cup helped determine the 15 men who comprised the United States men's national gymnastics team at the 2017 U.S. National Gymnastics Championships.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [17, 28], "content_span": [29, 502]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273678-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 Winter Military World Games\nThe 3rd Winter Military World Games (Russian: \u0417\u0438\u043c\u043d\u0438\u0435 \u0412\u0441\u0435\u043c\u0438\u0440\u043d\u044b\u0435 \u0432\u043e\u0435\u043d\u043d\u044b\u0435 \u0438\u0433\u0440\u044b 2017) were held in Sochi, Russia from 23 to 27 February 2017.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [32, 32], "content_span": [33, 170]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273678-0001-0000", "contents": "2017 Winter Military World Games, Host selection and venues\nSochi was chosen as the host city for the 3rd Winter Military Games at the 70th general assembly of the International Military Sports Council in Kuwait City, Kuwait in 2015. The Games were held in sports venues built for the 2014 Winter Olympic Games.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 59], "content_span": [60, 311]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273678-0002-0000", "contents": "2017 Winter Military World Games, Host selection and venues\nThe sports complex is composed of two clusters: the Coastal Cluster, i.e. the Olympic Park, and the Mountain Cluster, i.e. the Krasnaya Polyana.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 59], "content_span": [60, 204]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273678-0003-0000", "contents": "2017 Winter Military World Games, Host selection and venues\nThe following venues built for the Olympic Games were used for the Military Games:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 59], "content_span": [60, 142]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273678-0004-0000", "contents": "2017 Winter Military World Games, Mascots and brand style\nThe official mascot for the 3rd Winter Games was the Leopard. According to the official website of the Games, it was chosen \"due to the fact that the endurance of this animal and his fighting spirit characterize the spirit of war games. The leopard symbolizes the swiftness of the attack and the speed of decision-making, as well as power and strength [...] In the heraldic traditions, a leopard is a symbol of bravery and courage \u2013 the qualities traditionally characterizing soldiers.\" Other mascots include the Hare and the Little Fox.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 57], "content_span": [58, 595]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273678-0005-0000", "contents": "2017 Winter Military World Games, Mascots and brand style\nThe brand style for the Games is a blue-red star with a head of a leopard on it. The colour red symbolizes \"sport passion and will to win\" and blue \"infinite opportunities and devotion to reach the goal\". The colours of the star and the leopard forms the Russian flag. Also, ice patterns and mountains occur on the brand.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 57], "content_span": [58, 379]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273678-0006-0000", "contents": "2017 Winter Military World Games, Medal winners, Short track, Mixed\nThe teams in the mixed event were made up of sportsmen representing different countries, in accordance to the International Skating Union rules.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 67], "content_span": [68, 212]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273679-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 Winter Universiade\nWinter Universiade 2017, the XXVIII Winter Universiade, was a multi-sport winter event which took place in Almaty, Kazakhstan from 29 January to 8 February 2017. On 29 November 2011, FISU announced that Winter Universiade 2017 would be hosted in Almaty.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [23, 23], "content_span": [24, 277]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273679-0001-0000", "contents": "2017 Winter Universiade\nStudent-athletes from all over the world between the ages of 17 and 28 arrived in Almaty to take part in Winter Universiade organized by FISU.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [23, 23], "content_span": [24, 166]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273679-0002-0000", "contents": "2017 Winter Universiade, Host selection\n\u00abGiven the difficult economic situation in Italy and the high financial obligations to the International Federation for the moment, the Council of the Autonomous Province of Trento sees no possibility to raise funds for the Universiade in 2017 and therefore removes the candidature of the city.\u00bb", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 39], "content_span": [40, 335]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273679-0003-0000", "contents": "2017 Winter Universiade, Host selection\nLater Trentino was invited to host the 2013 Winter Universiade, after Maribor withdrew to host the event.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 39], "content_span": [40, 145]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273679-0004-0000", "contents": "2017 Winter Universiade, Host selection\nFormal decision on the Universiade in Almaty was taken on a vote of the International University Sports Federation (FISU) on November 29, 2011, which was held in Brussels (Belgium).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 39], "content_span": [40, 221]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273679-0005-0000", "contents": "2017 Winter Universiade, Host selection\nThus, due to the lack of competitors, Almaty was declared the host city of the 28th Winter Universiade in 2017.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 39], "content_span": [40, 151]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273679-0006-0000", "contents": "2017 Winter Universiade, Venues, Almaty\nEarlier it was reported that Kazakhstan would spend $950 million on Winter Universiade 2017. An Ice Palace, two ice rinks, an Athletic Village and international airport terminal and many more other sport and non-sport venues were to be built in Almaty for the event. The cost is considered small, and it is because some of the objects had already been built for the 7th Asian Winter Games, part of the competition which also took place in Almaty, and certain existing and remodeled venues. Kazakhstan chose bandy, ski jumping, Nordic combined, freestyle skiing and speed skating as optional sports, with bandy being in the form of demonstration. However, after tightening the budget, bandy was removed.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 39], "content_span": [40, 742]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273679-0007-0000", "contents": "2017 Winter Universiade, Schedule\nThe competition schedule for the 2017 Winter Universiade is shown as follows: The opening ceremony of the 28th Winter Universiade was held on 29 January 2017. A total of 1,604 athletes from 56 countries arrived in Almaty to compete in 85 events and 12 types of sports.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 33], "content_span": [34, 302]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273679-0008-0000", "contents": "2017 Winter Universiade, Schedule, Withdrawn events\nBandy was supposed to debut as a demonstration sport. However, after tightening of the budget, Bandy was no longer part of the programme.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 51], "content_span": [52, 189]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273679-0009-0000", "contents": "2017 Winter Universiade, Schedule, Withdrawn events\nOn January 17, it was announced the cancellation of pairs competition in the figure skating due to the low number of entrants. Only two pairs from Russia were registered in the event, which forced the cancellation of the same, according to the rules of FISU.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 51], "content_span": [52, 310]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273679-0010-0000", "contents": "2017 Winter Universiade, Participating nations\n56 national university sports federations sent a total of 1,604 athletes. The International University Sports Federation (FISU) declared there were no positive doping cases at the 28th Winter Universiade.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 46], "content_span": [47, 251]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273679-0011-0000", "contents": "2017 Winter Universiade, Logo of the Winter Universiade 2017\nThe logo of the Winter Universiade 2017 was created considering the following images:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 60], "content_span": [61, 146]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273679-0012-0000", "contents": "2017 Winter Universiade, Logo of the Winter Universiade 2017\nThe logo was created in bright and soft colors that emphasize the modernity and the eco-friendly approach, which is one of the most important elements of the general concept of the Games.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 60], "content_span": [61, 248]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273680-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 Winton SuperSprint\nThe 2017 Winton SuperSprint was a motor racing event for the Supercars Championship, held on the weekend of 19 to 21 May 2017. The event was held at the Winton Motor Raceway near Benalla, Victoria and consisted of two races, 120 and 200 kilometres in length. It is the fifth event of fourteen in the 2017 Supercars Championship and hosted Races 9 and 10 of the season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [23, 23], "content_span": [24, 392]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273680-0001-0000", "contents": "2017 Winton SuperSprint, Background, Driver changes\nTaz Douglas returned to Lucas Dumbrell Motorsport having been replaced for the previous round by Matthew Brabham.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 51], "content_span": [52, 165]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273680-0002-0000", "contents": "2017 Winton SuperSprint, Background, Driver changes\nThis was the second round in which Super2 Series wildcards were allowed to compete in the main class. Shae Davies, James Golding and Macauley Jones were the three drivers to step up for this round.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 51], "content_span": [52, 249]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273681-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 Wisconsin Badgers football team\nThe 2017 Wisconsin Badgers football team represented the University of Wisconsin\u2013Madison in the 2017 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The Badgers, led by third-year head coach Paul Chryst, were members of the West Division of the Big Ten Conference and played their home games at Camp Randall Stadium in Madison, Wisconsin.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [36, 36], "content_span": [37, 364]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273681-0001-0000", "contents": "2017 Wisconsin Badgers football team\nComing off a Cotton Bowl-winning season in 2016, the 2017 team began the year ranked ninth in the preseason AP Poll and were the favorites to repeat as West Division champions and return to the Big Ten Championship Game. The Badgers fulfilled that expectation by winning all 12 of their regular season games, including wins over ranked opponents Iowa and Michigan. They entered the 2017 Big Ten Championship Game ranked third in the AP Poll, with a potential spot in the College Football Playoff on the line, but fell to No. 8 Ohio State, 21\u201327. Wisconsin was invited to the Orange Bowl, where they defeated Miami (FL). Their 13 wins were the most in school history.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [36, 36], "content_span": [37, 703]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273681-0002-0000", "contents": "2017 Wisconsin Badgers football team\nThe Badgers were led on offense by freshman running back Jonathan Taylor, who led the Big Ten and was third in FBS in rushing yards with 1,977 yards. He was named Big Ten Freshman of the Year and first-team All-Big Ten. Quarterback Alex Hornibrook finished with 2,644 passing yards and 25 touchdowns. On defense, linebacker T. J. Edwards was named a first-team All-American by the Associated Press and ESPN.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [36, 36], "content_span": [37, 444]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273681-0003-0000", "contents": "2017 Wisconsin Badgers football team, Schedule\nWisconsin's 2017 schedule consists of 7 home, and 5 away games in the regular season. The Badgers will host Big Ten foes Northwestern, Purdue, Maryland, Iowa, and Michigan and will travel to Nebraska, Illinois, Indiana, and Minnesota.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 46], "content_span": [47, 281]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273681-0004-0000", "contents": "2017 Wisconsin Badgers football team, Schedule\nThe team's three non\u2013conference games are against the Utah State Aggies from the Mountain West Conference (MWC), Florida Atlantic Owls from Conference USA, and the BYU Cougars who compete independently in football.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 46], "content_span": [47, 261]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273681-0005-0000", "contents": "2017 Wisconsin Badgers football team, Game summaries, vs. Ohio State\nThe No. 3 Wisconsin Badgers (12-1, 9-0) were defeated by the No. 8 Ohio State Buckeyes (11-2, 8-1) 27-21 at Lucas Oil Stadium in the Big Ten Championship. Paul Chryst is now 0-2 versus the Buckeyes, and Urban Meyer is now 5-0 versus the Badgers, though two of the victories came in overtime. This was Wisconsin's fifth appearance in the Championship game, and their second straight and Ohio State's third.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 68], "content_span": [69, 474]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273681-0006-0000", "contents": "2017 Wisconsin Badgers football team, Roster, Injuries\nAt the start of the season four players were announced as out for the season due to injury; Senior ILB Jack Cichy (right knee), Freshman ILB Mason Stokke (right leg), Sophomore OLB Zack Baun (left foot), Freshman RB Sam Brodner (right knee).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 54], "content_span": [55, 296]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273682-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 Wisconsin elections\nThe 2017 Wisconsin Spring Election was held in the U.S. state of Wisconsin on April 4, 2017. The top of the ballot was the election for state Superintendent of Public Instruction. There was also an uncontested election for Wisconsin Supreme Court, three uncontested elections for Wisconsin Court of Appeals, and several other nonpartisan local and judicial elections. There were also a number of local referendums for school funding. The 2017 Wisconsin Spring Primary was held February 21, 2017.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [24, 24], "content_span": [25, 520]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273682-0001-0000", "contents": "2017 Wisconsin elections\nIn the election for Superintendent of Public Instruction, incumbent Tony Evers won a third term. He would not complete the term, however, as he was elected Governor of Wisconsin the following year.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [24, 24], "content_span": [25, 222]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273682-0002-0000", "contents": "2017 Wisconsin elections, State elections, Public Instruction\nIncumbent Superintendent of Public Instruction Tony Evers easily defeated challenger Lowell E. Holtz, taking nearly 70% of the vote. Evers' performance in this statewide election was later useful as he made his case in a crowded Democratic Primary field for Governor of Wisconsin in 2018.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 61], "content_span": [62, 350]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273682-0003-0000", "contents": "2017 Wisconsin elections, State elections, Judicial, State Supreme Court\nA regularly-scheduled Wisconsin Supreme Court election was held this year. Incumbent Annette Ziegler was unopposed seeking her second ten-year term.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 72], "content_span": [73, 221]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273682-0004-0000", "contents": "2017 Wisconsin elections, State elections, Judicial, State Court of Appeals\nThree seats on the Wisconsin Court of Appeals were up for election in 2017. All three were uncontested.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 75], "content_span": [76, 179]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273682-0005-0000", "contents": "2017 Wisconsin elections, State elections, Judicial, State Circuit Courts\nForty eight of the state's 249 circuit court seats were up for election in 2017. Eleven of those seats were contested. No incumbent judge was defeated in the general election, but Trempealeau County judge Charles V. Feltes was defeated in the February primary. Feltes had been appointed by Governor Scott Walker the previous July.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 73], "content_span": [74, 404]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273682-0006-0000", "contents": "2017 Wisconsin elections, Local elections, Racine\nIn Racine's special mayoral election, held in October, State Assemblymember Cory Mason was elected to fill the remainder of Mayor John Dickert's unexpired term. Mason topped a six-person primary and went on to defeat Alderman Sandy Weidner in the special election.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 49], "content_span": [50, 314]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273682-0007-0000", "contents": "2017 Wisconsin elections, Local elections, School referendums\nThere were 65 local education-funding referendums on the ballot in the 2017 election. 40 of those referendums passed, awarding the school districts approximately $700 million in additional funding.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 61], "content_span": [62, 259]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273683-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 Wofford Terriers football team\nThe 2017 Wofford Terriers football team represented Wofford College in the 2017 NCAA Division I FCS football season. They were led by 30th-year head coach Mike Ayers and played their home games at Gibbs Stadium. They were a member of the Southern Conference. They finished the season 10\u20133, 7\u20131 in SoCon play to win the SoCon championship. They received the SoCon's automatic bid to the FCS Playoffs where they defeated Furman in the second round before losing in the quarterfinals to North Dakota State.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [35, 35], "content_span": [36, 539]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273683-0001-0000", "contents": "2017 Wofford Terriers football team\nOn December 13, head coach Mike Ayers announced his retirement. He finished at Wofford with a 30-year record of 207\u2013139\u20131.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [35, 35], "content_span": [36, 158]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273684-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 Wolffkran Open\nThe 2017 Wolffkran Open was a professional tennis tournament played on carpet courts. It was the first edition of the tournament which was part of the 2017 ATP Challenger Tour. It took place in Ismaning, Germany between 16 and 22 October 2017.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [19, 19], "content_span": [20, 263]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273684-0001-0000", "contents": "2017 Wolffkran Open, Singles main draw entrants, Other Entrants\nThe following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 63], "content_span": [64, 132]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273684-0002-0000", "contents": "2017 Wolffkran Open, Singles main draw entrants, Other Entrants\nThe following players received entry into the singles main draw as special exempts:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 63], "content_span": [64, 147]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273684-0003-0000", "contents": "2017 Wolffkran Open, Singles main draw entrants, Other Entrants\nThe following player received entry into the singles main draw using a protected ranking:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 63], "content_span": [64, 153]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273685-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 Wolffkran Open \u2013 Doubles\nMarin and Tomislav Draganja won the title after defeating Dustin Brown and Tim P\u00fctz 6\u20137(1\u20137), 6\u20132, [10\u20138] in the final.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [29, 29], "content_span": [30, 149]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273686-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 Wolffkran Open \u2013 Singles\nYannick Hanfmann won the title after defeating Lorenzo Sonego 6\u20134, 3\u20136, 7\u20135 in the final.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [29, 29], "content_span": [30, 119]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273687-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 Women's Africa Cup Sevens\nThe 2017 Women's Africa Cup Sevens was a women's rugby sevens tournament held in Monastir, Tunisia on 16\u201317 September 2017. This tournament serves as a qualifier for two tournaments:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [30, 30], "content_span": [31, 213]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273688-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 Women's African Volleyball Championship\nThe 2017 Women's African Nations Championship was the 18th edition of the Women's African Volleyball Championship organised by Africa's governing volleyball body, the Conf\u00e9d\u00e9ration Africaine de Volleyball. Held in Yaound\u00e9, Cameroon, the tournament took place from 7 to 14 October 2017. The top two teams, who had registered with FIVB for the 2018 World Championship, qualify to represent Africa in the 2018 FIVB Volleyball Women's World Championship.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [44, 44], "content_span": [45, 495]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273688-0001-0000", "contents": "2017 Women's African Volleyball Championship\nCameroon won the championship defeating Kenya and Egypt won the bronze medal over Senegal.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [44, 44], "content_span": [45, 135]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273688-0002-0000", "contents": "2017 Women's African Volleyball Championship, Qualification\n13 teams registered to participate in the 2017 Women's African Nations Championship, of which 4 later withdrew.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [46, 59], "content_span": [60, 171]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273688-0003-0000", "contents": "2017 Women's African Volleyball Championship, Format\nThe tournament is played in two stages. In the first stage, the participants are divided in two groups. A single round-robin format is played within each group to determine the teams' group position (as per procedure below).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [46, 52], "content_span": [53, 277]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273688-0004-0000", "contents": "2017 Women's African Volleyball Championship, Format\nThe two best teams of each group progress to the second stage, the second stage of the tournament consists of a single-elimination, with winners advancing to the next round until the final round.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [46, 52], "content_span": [53, 248]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273688-0005-0000", "contents": "2017 Women's African Volleyball Championship, Format, Pool standing procedure\nMatch won 3\u20130 or 3\u20131: 3 match points for the winner, 0 match points for the loserMatch won 3\u20132: 2 match points for the winner, 1 match point for the loser", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [46, 77], "content_span": [78, 232]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273688-0006-0000", "contents": "2017 Women's African Volleyball Championship, Pools composition\nThe drawing of lots was held in Yaound\u00e9, Cameroon, on 6 October 2017.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [46, 63], "content_span": [64, 133]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273689-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 Women's Afrobasket\nThe 2017 FIBA Women's AfroBasket was the 23rd AfroBasket Women, played under the rules of FIBA, the world governing body for basketball, and FIBA Africa. The tournament was hosted by Mali from 18 to 27 August, with games played at Bamako. The winners and runners-up qualified for the 2018 FIBA Women's Basketball World Cup.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [23, 23], "content_span": [24, 347]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273689-0001-0000", "contents": "2017 Women's Afrobasket\nNigeria won their third title after defeating Senegal 65\u201348 in the final.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [23, 23], "content_span": [24, 97]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273689-0002-0000", "contents": "2017 Women's Afrobasket, Preliminary round\nThe draw of the FIBA Women's AfroBasket 2017 took place on 27 May in Bamako, Mali.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 42], "content_span": [43, 125]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273690-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 Women's Asian Individual Squash Championships\nThe 2017 Women's Asian Individual Squash Championships is the women's edition of the 2017 Asian Individual Squash Championships, which serves as the individual Asian championship for squash players. The event took place at Express Avenue Mall in Chennai from 26 to 30 April 2017. Defending champion Nicol David decided to skip the event. Joshana Chinappa defeated her compatriot Dipika Pallikal to win her first Asian Individual Squash Championship title.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 50], "section_span": [50, 50], "content_span": [51, 506]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273691-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 Women's Australian Hockey League\nThe 2017 Women's Australian Hockey League was the 25th edition of women's field hockey tournament. The tournament was held in Perth, Western Australia between 28 September \u2013 8 October.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [37, 37], "content_span": [38, 222]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273691-0001-0000", "contents": "2017 Women's Australian Hockey League\nIn the 2017 edition, invitational teams from New Zealand and India competed in the tournament alongside the Australian states and territories.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [37, 37], "content_span": [38, 180]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273691-0002-0000", "contents": "2017 Women's Australian Hockey League\nVIC Vipers won the tournament for the third time, by defeating defending champions QLD Scorchers 2\u20131 in a penalty shoot-out, after the final finished a 2\u20132 draw. NSW Arrows won the bronze medal after defeating the NZL Development team 3\u20131 in the third and fourth playoff.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [37, 37], "content_span": [38, 309]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273691-0003-0000", "contents": "2017 Women's Australian Hockey League, Competition Format\nTeams are split evenly into pools A and B where they compete in a single round-robin format.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 57], "content_span": [58, 150]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273691-0004-0000", "contents": "2017 Women's Australian Hockey League, Competition Format\nAt the conclusion of the initial pool stage, the top two teams in each pool progress to the medal playoffs in Pool C, while the remaining six teams progress to the classification matches in Pool D.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 57], "content_span": [58, 255]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273691-0005-0000", "contents": "2017 Women's Australian Hockey League, Competition Format\nIn Pool D, teams carry over points earned in previous matches and contest the teams they are yet to play. Final ranking in Pool D determines the final tournament standing from fifth to tenth place.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 57], "content_span": [58, 255]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273691-0006-0000", "contents": "2017 Women's Australian Hockey League, Competition Format\nIn Pool C, teams carry over points earned in previous matches and contest the teams they are yet to play. The top two teams then progress to the final, while the bottom two teams contest the third and fourth place playoff.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 57], "content_span": [58, 280]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273692-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 Women's Baseball Asian Cup\nThe 2017 Women's Baseball Asian Cup is the inaugural competition of the Women's Baseball Asian Cup. It was held at the Sai Tso Wan Baseball Field in Hong Kong from 2 to 7 September 2017. The tournament followed a single round robin format. The top four teams qualifies for the 2018 Women's Baseball World Cup in the United States.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [31, 31], "content_span": [32, 362]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273692-0001-0000", "contents": "2017 Women's Baseball Asian Cup\nJapan despite fielding only players under-18 years old, clinched the inaugural title.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [31, 31], "content_span": [32, 117]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273693-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 Women's Basketball Invitational\nThe 2017 Women's Basketball Invitational (WBI) is a single-elimination tournament of 16 National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) Division I teams that did not participate in the 2017 NCAA Division I Women's Basketball Tournament or 2017 Women's National Invitation Tournament. The 2017 field was announced on March 13. First round WBI games took place on March 15 and 16; second-round games were played March 18 and March 19. The tournament semifinals were held March 23 with the 2017 WBI Championship game played the final weekend of March. Rice won the WBI for the first time ever, beating UNC Greensboro 74-62.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [36, 36], "content_span": [37, 657]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273694-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 Women's British Open\nThe 2017 Ricoh Women's British Open was played 3\u20136 August in Scotland at Kingsbarns Golf Links in Fife. It was the 41st Women's British Open, the 17th as a major championship on the LPGA Tour, and the first at Kingsbarns, southeast of nearby St Andrews.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [25, 25], "content_span": [26, 279]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273694-0001-0000", "contents": "2017 Women's British Open\nThis was the first WBO organised by The R&A, which merged with the Ladies' Golf Union in late 2016.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [25, 25], "content_span": [26, 125]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273694-0002-0000", "contents": "2017 Women's British Open\nThe event was televised by Golf Channel and NBC Sports in the United States and Sky Sports in the United Kingdom.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [25, 25], "content_span": [26, 139]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273694-0003-0000", "contents": "2017 Women's British Open, Field\nThe field was 144 players, and most earned exemptions based on past performance on the Ladies European Tour, the LPGA Tour, previous major championships, or with a high ranking in the Women's World Golf Rankings. The rest of the field earned entry by successfully competing in qualifying tournaments open to any female golfer, professional or amateur, with a low handicap.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 32], "content_span": [33, 405]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273694-0004-0000", "contents": "2017 Women's British Open, Field\nThere are 19 exemption categories for the 2017 Women's British Open.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 32], "content_span": [33, 101]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273694-0005-0000", "contents": "2017 Women's British Open, Field\n1. The top 15 finishers (and ties) from the 2016 Women's British Open.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 32], "content_span": [33, 103]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273694-0006-0000", "contents": "2017 Women's British Open, Field\nBeth Allen (9-LET), Bae Hee-kyung, Chun In-gee (13), Jang Ha-na (8), Ariya Jutanugarn (8,9-LPGA,11), Megan Khang, Lee Mi-hyang (8), Mirim Lee (8), Stacy Lewis (11), Mo Martin (11), Catriona Matthew (11), Ryu So-yeon (8,13), Lexi Thompson (8,13), Karrie Webb", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 32], "content_span": [33, 290]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273694-0007-0000", "contents": "2017 Women's British Open, Field\n2. The top 10 Ladies European Tour members in the Women's World Golf Rankings not exempt under (1).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 32], "content_span": [33, 132]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273694-0008-0000", "contents": "2017 Women's British Open, Field\nCarlota Ciganda (3,5), Jodi Ewart Shadoff (3), Shanshan Feng (3,5,8), Charley Hull (3), Karine Icher (3,5), In-Kyung Kim (3,5,8), Caroline Masson (5), Anna Nordqvist (3,5,8), Su-Hyun Oh (5), Suzann Pettersen (3,5,13)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 32], "content_span": [33, 249]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273694-0009-0000", "contents": "2017 Women's British Open, Field\n3. The top 30 LPGA Tour members in the Women's World Golf Rankings not exempt under (1) as of 4 July.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 32], "content_span": [33, 134]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273694-0010-0000", "contents": "2017 Women's British Open, Field\nChella Choi, Austin Ernst, Brooke Henderson (8,13), M. J. Hur, Moriya Jutanugarn, Danielle Kang (8,13), Cristie Kerr (8), Kim Hyo-joo (13), Kim Sei-young (8), Lydia Ko (13), Jessica Korda, Brittany Lang (13), Minjee Lee, Brittany Lincicome (8,13), Haru Nomura, Inbee Park (8,11,12,13), Park Sung-hyun (9-KLPGA, 13), Gerina Piller, Lizette Salas, Jenny Shin, Michelle Wie (13), Amy Yang (8)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 32], "content_span": [33, 422]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273694-0011-0000", "contents": "2017 Women's British Open, Field\n4. The top 25 on the current LET money list not exempt under (1) or (2) as of 4 July.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 32], "content_span": [33, 118]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273694-0012-0000", "contents": "2017 Women's British Open, Field\nCarly Booth, Hannah Burke, Holly Clyburn, Olivia Cowan, Tonje Daffinrud, Annabel Dimmock, Sandra Gal (5), Jenny Haglund, Georgia Hall, Kylie Henry, Whitney Hillier, Nuria Iturrioz, Felicity Johnson, Karolin Lampert, Camilla Lennarth, Florentyna Parker (8), Emily Kristine Pedersen (5), Pamela Pretswell, Leticia Ras-Anderica, Melissa Reid (8), Marianne Skarpnord, Kl\u00e1ra Spilkov\u00e1 (8), Noora Tamminen, Anne van Dam, Angel Yin (5)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 32], "content_span": [33, 460]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273694-0013-0000", "contents": "2017 Women's British Open, Field\n5. The top 40 on the current LPGA Tour money list not exempt under (1) or (3) as of 4 July.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 32], "content_span": [33, 124]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273694-0014-0000", "contents": "2017 Women's British Open, Field\nMarina Alex, Brittany Altomare, Cydney Clanton, Jacqui Concolino, Lindy Duncan, Laura Gonzalez Escallon, Wei-Ling Hsu, Ji Eun-hee, Kim Kaufman, Katherine Kirk (8), Nelly Korda, Candie Kung, Alison Lee, Lee Jeong-eun, Pernilla Lindberg, Gaby L\u00f3pez, Azahara Mu\u00f1oz (5), Ryann O'Toole, Lee-Anne Pace, Jane Park, Pornanong Phatlum, Madelene Sagstr\u00f6m (5), Alena Sharp, Kelly Shon, Sarah Jane Smith, Jennifer Song, Angela Stanford, Yoo Sun-young", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 32], "content_span": [33, 471]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273694-0015-0000", "contents": "2017 Women's British Open, Field\n6. The top five on the current LPGA of Japan Tour (JLPGA) money list not exempt under (1), (2), (3), or (14) as of 4 July.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 32], "content_span": [33, 155]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273694-0016-0000", "contents": "2017 Women's British Open, Field\nKotone Hori, Fumika Kawagishi, Lee Min-young, Yukari Nishiyama, Ai Suzuki", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 32], "content_span": [33, 106]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273694-0017-0000", "contents": "2017 Women's British Open, Field\n7. The top two on the current LPGA of Korea Tour (KLPGA) money list not exempt under (1), (2), (3), or (6) as of 4 July.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 32], "content_span": [33, 153]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273694-0018-0000", "contents": "2017 Women's British Open, Field\n8. Winners of any recognised LET or LPGA Tour events in the calendar year 2017.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 32], "content_span": [33, 112]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273694-0019-0000", "contents": "2017 Women's British Open, Field\n9. Winners of the 2016 LET, LPGA, JLPGA and KLPGA money lists.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 32], "content_span": [33, 95]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273694-0020-0000", "contents": "2017 Women's British Open, Field\n10. The top 30 in the Women's World Golf Rankings, not exempt above as of 4 July.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 32], "content_span": [33, 114]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273694-0021-0000", "contents": "2017 Women's British Open, Field\n11. Winners of the last 10 editions of the Women's British Open.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 32], "content_span": [33, 97]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273694-0022-0000", "contents": "2017 Women's British Open, Field\n12. Winner of the Gold Medal in the 2016 Rio Olympics.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 32], "content_span": [33, 87]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273694-0023-0000", "contents": "2017 Women's British Open, Field\n13. Winners of the last five editions of the U.S. Women's Open, ANA Inspiration, and Women's PGA Championship, and the Evian Championship winners from 2013 to 2016.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 32], "content_span": [33, 197]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273694-0024-0000", "contents": "2017 Women's British Open, Field\n14. Winner of the 2016 Japan LPGA Tour Championship Ricoh Cup.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 32], "content_span": [33, 95]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273694-0025-0000", "contents": "2017 Women's British Open, Field\n15. The leading five LPGA Tour members in the 2017 Marathon Classic who have entered the Championship and who are not otherwise exempt.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 32], "content_span": [33, 168]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273694-0026-0000", "contents": "2017 Women's British Open, Field\nAditi Ashok, Pei-Yun Chien, Laura Diaz, Thidapa Suwannapura, Prima Thammaraks", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 32], "content_span": [33, 110]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273694-0027-0000", "contents": "2017 Women's British Open, Field\n16. The leading three LET members in the 2017 Aberdeen Asset Management Ladies Scottish Open, who have entered the Championship and who are not otherwise exempt.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 32], "content_span": [33, 194]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273694-0028-0000", "contents": "2017 Women's British Open, Field\n17. The 2017 British Ladies Amateur champion, 2016 U.S. Women's Amateur champion, 2016 European Ladies Amateur Championship champion, winner or next available player in the 2016 LGU Order of Merit, and the Mark H. McCormack Medal holder provided they are still amateurs at the time of the Championship and a maximum of two other leading amateurs at the discretion of the Ladies' Golf Union.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 32], "content_span": [33, 423]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273694-0029-0000", "contents": "2017 Women's British Open, Field\nBronte Law forfeited her exemption for winning the European Ladies Amateur by turning professional.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 32], "content_span": [33, 132]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273694-0030-0000", "contents": "2017 Women's British Open, Field\n18. Any players granted special exemptions from qualifying by the Championship Committee.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 32], "content_span": [33, 122]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273694-0031-0000", "contents": "2017 Women's British Open, Round summaries, First round\nOne of the early starters, Michelle Wie led by a stroke after a course-record round of 64 which included 9 birdies. Play was twice suspended during the afternoon because of lightning in the area.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 55], "content_span": [56, 251]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273695-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 Women's British Open Squash Championship\nThe Women's Allam British Open 2017 is the women's edition of the 2017 British Open Squash Championships, which is a PSA World Series event (Prize money\u00a0: 150,000 $). The event took place at the Airco Arena in Hull in England from 19 to 26 March. Laura Massaro won her second British Open trophy, beating Sarah-Jane Perry in the final.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [45, 45], "content_span": [46, 381]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273696-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 Women's Cape Town Summer Series\nThe 2017 Cape Town Summer Series was the second edition of the women's field hockey friendly series, comprising a number of test matches between the national teams of Belgium, Chile, China, England and the hosts, South Africa. The series was held at Hartleyvale Stadium in Cape Town, from 20 January to 26 February.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [36, 36], "content_span": [37, 352]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273696-0001-0000", "contents": "2017 Women's Cape Town Summer Series\nEngland finished in first place, topping the pool at the conclusion of the matches.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [36, 36], "content_span": [37, 120]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273696-0002-0000", "contents": "2017 Women's Cape Town Summer Series, Goalscorers\nThere were 53 goals scored in 14 matches, for an average of 3.79 goals per match.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 49], "content_span": [50, 131]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273697-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 Women's Centrobasket Championship\nThe 2017 Women's Centrobasket Championship is held in the city of Saint Thomas, U.S. Virgin Islands from July 12 to July 16, 2017.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [38, 38], "content_span": [39, 170]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273698-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 Women's County Championship\nThe 2017 Women's County One-Day Championship was the 21st cricket Women's County Championship season. It ran from April to August and saw 33 county teams and teams representing Scotland, Wales and the Netherlands compete in a series of divisions. Lancashire Women won the County Championship as winners of the top division with Yorkshire finishing runners-up. This was Lancashire's first Championship, and their victory saw them complete the double, after winning the Twenty20 Cup earlier in the season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [32, 32], "content_span": [33, 536]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273698-0001-0000", "contents": "2017 Women's County Championship\nThe tournament ran alongside the 2017 Women's Twenty20 Cup, and followed by the 2017 Women's Cricket Super League, a professional tournament competed for by franchise teams.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [32, 32], "content_span": [33, 206]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273698-0002-0000", "contents": "2017 Women's County Championship, Competition format\nThe championship works on a points system, the winner being the team with most average points of completed games in the first division. The points are currently awarded as follows:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 52], "content_span": [53, 233]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273698-0003-0000", "contents": "2017 Women's County Championship, Competition format\nWin: 10 points + bonus points. Tie: 5 points + bonus points. Loss : Bonus points. Abandoned or cancelled: Match not counted to average.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 52], "content_span": [53, 188]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273698-0004-0000", "contents": "2017 Women's County Championship, Competition format\nBonus points are collected for batting and bowling. The bonus points for each match are retained if the match is completed.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 52], "content_span": [53, 176]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273698-0005-0000", "contents": "2017 Women's County Championship, Teams\nThe 2017 Championship was divided into three divisions: Division One and Division Two with eight teams each, and Division Three with 20 teams divided into 4 groups.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 39], "content_span": [40, 204]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273698-0006-0000", "contents": "2017 Women's County Championship, Teams\nTeams in each group played each other once, except Division 3 Group A teams which played each other twice.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 39], "content_span": [40, 146]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273699-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 Women's Cricket Super League\nThe 2017 Women's Cricket Super League, or 2017 Kia Super League for sponsorship reasons, was the second season of the Women's Cricket Super League (WCSL), a semi-professional women's cricket competition in England and Wales. The competition, run by the England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB), consisted of six franchise teams playing in a Twenty20 format. The Southern Vipers were the defending champions, but lost in the final to Western Storm.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [33, 33], "content_span": [34, 478]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273699-0001-0000", "contents": "2017 Women's Cricket Super League, Competition format\nSix teams competed for the T20 title which took place between 10 August and 1 September 2017. The six teams played each other once in a round robin format; followed by a finals day at the County Cricket Ground, Hove.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 53], "content_span": [54, 270]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273700-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 Women's Cricket World Cup\nThe 2017 Women's Cricket World Cup was an international women's cricket tournament that took place in England from 24 June to 23 July 2017. It was the eleventh edition of the Women's Cricket World Cup, and the third to be held in England (after the 1973 and 1993 tournaments). The 2017 World Cup was the first in which all participating players were fully professional. Eight teams qualified to participate in the tournament. England won the final against India at Lord's on 23 July by 9 runs.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [30, 30], "content_span": [31, 524]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273700-0001-0000", "contents": "2017 Women's Cricket World Cup, Qualification\nThe 2014\u201316 ICC Women's Championship, featuring the top eight ranked teams in women's cricket, was the first phase of qualifying for the World Cup, with the top four teams qualifying automatically. The remaining four places were decided at the 2017 World Cup Qualifier, a ten-team event that was held in Sri Lanka in February 2017. This featured the bottom four teams from the ICC Women's Championship and six other teams.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 45], "content_span": [46, 468]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273700-0002-0000", "contents": "2017 Women's Cricket World Cup, Venues\nOn 8 February 2016, the International Cricket Council (ICC) announced the five venues for the 2017 Women's World Cup. Lord's hosted the final, and other matches were played at the home grounds of Derbyshire, Leicestershire, Somerset and Gloucestershire.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 38], "content_span": [39, 292]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273700-0003-0000", "contents": "2017 Women's Cricket World Cup, Squads\nThe captains of each team were announced on 21 April 2017, with the full squads named shortly after.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 38], "content_span": [39, 139]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273700-0004-0000", "contents": "2017 Women's Cricket World Cup, Match officials\nThe ICC announced a panel of thirteen umpires and three match referees to officiate the tournament, including four female umpires, the highest number yet for an ICC global event. The four female umpires were drawn from the ICC's International Umpires Development Panel and their male colleagues from the International Umpires Panel. Richie Richardson is a member of the Elite Match Referees Panel while Steve Bernard and David Jukes are on the Regional Match Referees Panel. Sue Redfern became the first woman to have played in a Women's Cricket World Cup and then stand in a tournament as an umpire.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 47], "content_span": [48, 648]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273700-0005-0000", "contents": "2017 Women's Cricket World Cup, Prize money\nThe International Cricket Council declared a total prize money pool of US$2 million for the tournament, a ten fold increase from the 2013 World Cup. The prize money was allocated according to the performance of the team as follows:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 43], "content_span": [44, 275]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273700-0006-0000", "contents": "2017 Women's Cricket World Cup, Group stage\nOn 8 February 2016, it was announced that in the Group Stage, eight sides will participate in a single-league format with each side playing the other once. This format was last used in the 2005 tournament. The top four sides following the conclusion of the league matches progressed to the semi-finals with the winners meeting at Lord's on 23 July. Therefore, a total of 31 matches were played during the 28-day tournament. The full fixtures for the tournament were announced by the ICC on 8 March 2017, to coincide with International Women's Day. Ahead of the group stage fixtures there were eight practice matches, played between 19 and 22 June 2017.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 43], "content_span": [44, 696]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273700-0007-0000", "contents": "2017 Women's Cricket World Cup, Group stage\nTeams tied on equal points in the group stage of the tournament were decided by number of wins, followed by net run rate. If both of those were still the same, then the head-to-head match between the two sides was used to determine who progresses to the semi-finals.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 43], "content_span": [44, 310]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273700-0008-0000", "contents": "2017 Women's Cricket World Cup, Knockout stage, Final\nIt was announced on 8 February 2016 that Lord's would host the Final on 23 July 2017.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 53], "content_span": [54, 139]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273700-0009-0000", "contents": "2017 Women's Cricket World Cup, Broadcast\nIn May 2017, the ICC announced that 10 games would be shown live on television, while the remaining 21 matches would be streamed live via the ICC website. The 10 televised matches featured DRS for the first time in women's cricket.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 41], "content_span": [42, 273]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273701-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 Women's Cricket World Cup Final\nThe 2017 ICC Women's World Cup Final was a women's One Day International cricket match played between England and India to decide the winner of the 2017 Women's World Cup. England won the game by nine runs to secure their fourth World Cup title, with Anya Shrubsole named player of the match. It was one of the closest finals in tournament history, with only the 2000 final being decided by a narrower margin.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [36, 36], "content_span": [37, 446]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273701-0001-0000", "contents": "2017 Women's Cricket World Cup Final\nThe final was played at Lord's, London, on 23 July 2017. Lord's had been announced as the host on 8 February 2016. The game was sold out, with a near-capacity crowd of around 24,000 in attendance. The bell to signal the start of play was rung by Eileen Ash, who at 105 years old is the oldest surviving international cricketer. International Cricket Council, 22 July 2017.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [36, 36], "content_span": [37, 409]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273701-0002-0000", "contents": "2017 Women's Cricket World Cup Final, Background, Significance\nEngland were playing in the Women's World Cup Final for the fifth time, a mark surpassed only by Australia. However, in the preceding five tournaments (1997\u20132013), England had made the final just once, defeating New Zealand in the 2009 final to claim their third World Cup title. India on the other hand was playing in the World Cup Final, only for the second time in their history. The first had been a loss to Australia in 2005.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 62], "content_span": [63, 493]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273701-0003-0000", "contents": "2017 Women's Cricket World Cup Final, Background, Route to the final\nThe group stage of the 2017 World Cup consisted of a simple round-robin, with each of the eight teams playing each other once and the top four teams progressing to the semi-finals. In the opening match of the tournament, India unexpectedly defeated England by 35 runs. However, England went on to win all six of their remaining group-stage games, finishing top of the table \u2013 with the same number of points as Australia but a superior net run rate. India finished third in the group stage, after losses to South Africa (by 115 runs) and Australia (by eight wickets).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 68], "content_span": [69, 635]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273701-0004-0000", "contents": "2017 Women's Cricket World Cup Final, Background, Route to the final\nIn the first semi-final, played on 18 July at Bristol County Ground, England defeated South Africa by two wickets. South Africa batted first, posting a score of 218/6 from their 50 overs. Towards the end of their innings, England required three runs from the final over to win, with Anya Shrubsole hitting the winning runs off Shabnim Ismail with just two balls to spare.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 68], "content_span": [69, 440]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273701-0005-0000", "contents": "2017 Women's Cricket World Cup Final, Background, Route to the final\nThe second semi-final, played at The County Ground, Derby, was reduced to 42 overs per side due to rain. India posted a score of 281/4, with Harmanpreet Kaur scoring 171 (not out) from 115 balls, including seven sixes. This was the highest individual score in the knockout stages of a World Cup, and was widely heralded as one of the greatest ever World Cup innings. In response, Australia was bowled out for 245, leaving India the victors by 36 runs.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 68], "content_span": [69, 520]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273701-0006-0000", "contents": "2017 Women's Cricket World Cup Final, Teams\nEach team had 15 players in its tournament squad, 11 of whom played in the final. Both teams selected the same line-up for the final as they used in their semi-finals. Only five selected players had previously played in a World Cup final \u2013 Mithali Raj and Jhulan Goswami for India, and Katherine Brunt, Laura Marsh, and Sarah Taylor for England.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 43], "content_span": [44, 389]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273701-0007-0000", "contents": "2017 Women's Cricket World Cup Final, Match, England innings\nEngland's captain Heather Knight won the toss and elected to bat. Their openers, Lauren Winfield (24 runs) and Tammy Beaumont (23), made steady progress, putting on 47 runs before Winfield was bowled by Rajeshwari Gayakwad. Beaumont was out three overs later, caught in the deep off the bowling of Poonam Yadav. This brought Heather Knight (1) to the crease, but she lasted just seven balls before also being dismissed by Yadav, leg before wicket (lbw; via DRS). Sarah Taylor (45) and Natalie Sciver (51) steadied the ship somewhat, putting on 83 runs for the fourth wicket whilst light rain fell.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 60], "content_span": [61, 658]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273701-0007-0001", "contents": "2017 Women's Cricket World Cup Final, Match, England innings\nWith the score at 146, Taylor was caught behind from the bowling of Jhulan Goswami. Goswami then had Fran Wilson out next ball, for a golden duck. Sciver also fell to Goswami a few overs later, unsuccessfully challenging an lbw decision. Katherine Brunt (34) and Jenny Gunn (25 not out) put on 32 runs for the seventh wicket before Brunt was run out by Goswami with a direct hit. Gunn continued on with Laura Marsh (14 not out) for the last four overs, with England finishing on 228/7 from their 50 overs. Jhulan Goswami was the pick of the Indian bowlers, finished with 3/23.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 60], "content_span": [61, 637]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273701-0008-0000", "contents": "2017 Women's Cricket World Cup Final, Match, India innings\nIndia lost a wicket in their second over, with Smriti Mandhana bowled by Anya Shrubsole for a duck. Punam Raut (86 runs) and Mithali Raj (17) then put on 38 runs before Raj was run out by Natalie Sciver. Raut and Harmanpreet Kaur (51) compiled a 95-run fourth-wicket partnership, lasting just over 20 overs, before Kaur was caught in the deep off the bowling of Alex Hartley. Raut then combined with Veda Krishnamurthy (35) for an additional 53 runs.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 58], "content_span": [59, 509]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273701-0008-0001", "contents": "2017 Women's Cricket World Cup Final, Match, India innings\nShrubsole then dismissed Raut lbw with India at 191 and led a batting collapse, with India losing their final seven wickets for just 28 runs. Hartley bowled Sushma Verma for a duck and Shrubsole claimed the wickets of Krishnamurthy and Jhulan Goswami before Shikha Pandey was run out. As the match reached its climax, India required 11 runs from the last two overs, but they could only add one more run before Shrubsole finished the job by dismissing both Deepti Sharma and Rajeshwari Gayakwad in four balls. Shrubsole \u2013 the player of the match \u2013 finished with 6/46 from 9.4 overs, the best bowling figures in any World Cup final.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 58], "content_span": [59, 689]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273702-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 Women's Cricket World Cup Qualifier\nThe 2017 ICC Women's Cricket World Cup Qualifier was an international women's cricket tournament that was held in Colombo, Sri Lanka, from 7 to 21 February 2017. It was the final stage of the qualification process for the 2017 World Cup in England. The tournament was the fourth edition of the World Cup Qualifier, and the first to be held in Sri Lanka.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [40, 40], "content_span": [41, 394]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273702-0001-0000", "contents": "2017 Women's Cricket World Cup Qualifier\nThe final was contested between India and South Africa, with India winning by 1 wicket. Along with the two finalists, both Sri Lanka and Pakistan have qualified for the 2017 Women's Cricket World Cup. As well as the four qualifiers for the Cricket World Cup, Bangladesh and Ireland kept their ODI status until 2021 by virtue of them reaching the Super Six stage of the tournament.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [40, 40], "content_span": [41, 421]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273702-0002-0000", "contents": "2017 Women's Cricket World Cup Qualifier, Participating teams\nTen teams participated \u2013 Bangladesh and Ireland qualified automatically by virtue of having One Day International (ODI) status, while the other eight teams included the bottom four teams of the 2014\u201316 ICC Women's Championship and the four winners of the regional qualifiers. The top four teams at the World Cup Qualifier qualified for the World Cup.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 61], "content_span": [62, 412]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273702-0003-0000", "contents": "2017 Women's Cricket World Cup Qualifier, Squads\nThe International Cricket Council (ICC) confirmed all the squads for the tournament on 24 January 2017.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 48], "content_span": [49, 152]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273702-0004-0000", "contents": "2017 Women's Cricket World Cup Qualifier, Squads\nMona Meshram replaced Smriti Mandhana in India's squad after Mandhana was injured during a match in the 2016\u201317 Women's Big Bash League. Later, both Jhulan Goswami and Sukanya Parida were also ruled out of India's squad due to injury. They were replaced by Soni Yadav and Mansi Joshi respectively. Ahead of the tournament, Sidra Nawaz was ruled out of Pakistan's squad due to injury and was replaced by Rabiya Shah. Anam Amin and Sidra Ameen were also withdrawn from Pakistan's squad, being replaced by Sadia Yousuf and Muneeba Ali respectively. Bangladesh replaced Fahima Khatun and Lata Mondol with Shaila Sharmin and Murshida Khatun.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 48], "content_span": [49, 685]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273702-0005-0000", "contents": "2017 Women's Cricket World Cup Qualifier, Format\nThe ten teams at the tournament were initially divided into two groups of five. The top three teams from each group progressed to the Super Six stage, and also earned ODI status until the next World Cup. The top four teams from the Super Six stage qualified for the World Cup, although there was still be a final to determine the overall winner of the World Cup Qualifier. In December 2016 the International Cricket Council (ICC) announced the fixtures and format for the tournament.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 48], "content_span": [49, 532]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273702-0006-0000", "contents": "2017 Women's Cricket World Cup Qualifier, Super Six stage\nQualified to 2017 Women's Cricket World Cup\u00a0 Retained ODI status until 2021.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 57], "content_span": [58, 134]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273703-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 Women's Cricket World Cup qualification\nThe 2017 Women's Cricket World Cup in England was contested by eight teams. The top four teams in the 2014\u201316 ICC Women's Championship qualified automatically, while the other four places in the tournament were filled by the top four teams in the 2017 Women's World Cup Qualifier, a ten-team tournament.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [44, 44], "content_span": [45, 348]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273703-0001-0000", "contents": "2017 Women's Cricket World Cup qualification, Automatic qualification\nThe top four teams in the eight-team 2014\u201316 ICC Women's Championship \u2013 Australia, England, New Zealand, and the West Indies \u2013 qualified automatically for the 2017 World Cup. The bottom four teams \u2013 India, South Africa, Pakistan, and Sri Lanka \u2013 qualified for the 2017 World Cup Qualifier.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [46, 69], "content_span": [70, 359]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273703-0002-0000", "contents": "2017 Women's Cricket World Cup qualification, Regional qualification, Africa\nThe Africa regional qualifier was held in Harare, Zimbabwe, from 23\u201326 April 2016, and featured four teams. Twelve matches were played, all of 20-over duration (rather than the 50 overs used at the World Cup). Zimbabwe was the winner, finishing undefeated in its six matches.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [46, 76], "content_span": [77, 352]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273703-0003-0000", "contents": "2017 Women's Cricket World Cup qualification, Regional qualification, Americas\nIn 2013, the ICC announced that no Americas regional qualifier would be held for the 2017 World Cup, citing the poor quality of women's cricket in the region both in terms of play and administration. Consequently, the West Indies (by virtue of their participation in the ICC Women's Championship) will be the only team from the ICC Americas development region to participate in the qualifying process for the World Cup.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [46, 78], "content_span": [79, 498]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273703-0004-0000", "contents": "2017 Women's Cricket World Cup qualification, Regional qualification, Asia\nThe Asia regional qualifier was held in Hong Kong from 9\u201315 October 2016, with matches played at the Mission Road Ground, the Kowloon Cricket Club, and the Hong Kong Cricket Club. Four teams took part, and matches were of 20-over duration.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [46, 74], "content_span": [75, 314]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273703-0005-0000", "contents": "2017 Women's Cricket World Cup qualification, Regional qualification, East Asia-Pacific\nThe East Asia-Pacific regional qualifier was held in Apia, Samoa, from 15\u201322 July 2016, and featured three teams. Papua New Guinea was the winner, finishing undefeated in its four matches.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [46, 87], "content_span": [88, 276]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273703-0006-0000", "contents": "2017 Women's Cricket World Cup qualification, Regional qualification, Europe\nThe Europe regional qualifier was held in Southend-on-Sea, Essex, England, from 12\u201315 July 2016. Only two teams participated, the Netherlands and Scotland, with Scotland winning all three matches.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [46, 76], "content_span": [77, 273]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273703-0007-0000", "contents": "2017 Women's Cricket World Cup qualification, World Cup Qualifier\nThe 2017 World Cup Qualifier was played in Colombo, Sri Lanka, in February 2017.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [46, 65], "content_span": [66, 146]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273704-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 Women's Cricket World Cup squads\nThese are the squads for the 2017 Women's Cricket World Cup. The captains of each team were announced on 21 April 2017.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [37, 37], "content_span": [38, 157]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273704-0001-0000", "contents": "2017 Women's Cricket World Cup squads, Pakistan\nBismah Maroof injured her hand during Pakistan's match against England and was ruled out of the rest of the tournament. She was replaced by Iram Javed.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 47], "content_span": [48, 199]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273704-0002-0000", "contents": "2017 Women's Cricket World Cup squads, South Africa\nAndrie Steyn was injured in a training session and was replaced by Odine Kirsten.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 51], "content_span": [52, 133]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273704-0003-0000", "contents": "2017 Women's Cricket World Cup squads, West Indies\nBoth Shakera Selman and Shamilia Connell suffered injuries and were replaced by Subrina Munroe and Kycia Knight.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 50], "content_span": [51, 163]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273705-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 Women's Euro Beach Soccer Cup\nThe 2017 Women\u2019s Euro Beach Soccer Cup was the second edition of the Women's Euro Beach Soccer Cup, an international, European beach soccer championship for women's national teams, organised annually by Beach Soccer Worldwide (BSWW). The event was revealed on April 21, 2017.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [34, 34], "content_span": [35, 310]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273705-0001-0000", "contents": "2017 Women's Euro Beach Soccer Cup\nSix nations took part in a three day competition hosted in Nazar\u00e9, Portugal, between 7 and 9 July, alongside stage 2 of the men's 2017 Euro Beach Soccer League. Originally scheduled to take place in Sanxenxo, Spain, BSWW announced on June 1 the competition would be moved to Nazar\u00e9 due to administrative issues.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [34, 34], "content_span": [35, 346]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273705-0002-0000", "contents": "2017 Women's Euro Beach Soccer Cup\nSpain were the defending champions but failed to progress pass the group stage, ultimately finishing in fifth. The tournament was won by England, who claimed their maiden European crown. This was the first time an English side won a major beach soccer trophy in either a women's or a men's championship.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [34, 34], "content_span": [35, 338]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273705-0003-0000", "contents": "2017 Women's Euro Beach Soccer Cup, Teams\nAll six teams from the inaugural edition returned, except for hosts Portugal, who were replaced by the Czech Republic.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 41], "content_span": [42, 160]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273705-0004-0000", "contents": "2017 Women's Euro Beach Soccer Cup, Draw\nThe draw took place on June 20, 2017 at BSWW's headquarters in Barcelona. The six teams were split into two groups of three. Spain, as champions of the previous edition in 2016, were allocated to position A1 and Switzerland, as runners up in 2016, were allocated to B1. The other nations were then drawn to accompany them in the two groups.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 40], "content_span": [41, 381]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273705-0005-0000", "contents": "2017 Women's Euro Beach Soccer Cup, Group Stage\nAll matches took place at the Est\u00e1dio do Viveiro at the Praia de Nazar\u00e9 with a capacity of 1,600, other than the Switzerland v Czech Republic match which took place on an external pitch.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 47], "content_span": [48, 234]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273705-0006-0000", "contents": "2017 Women's Euro Beach Soccer Cup, Group Stage\nThe teams competed in a round robin format. The winners of the groups proceeded to contest the final. The respective group runners-up and third placed nations played in consolation matches to decide third through sixth place in the final standings.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 47], "content_span": [48, 296]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273705-0007-0000", "contents": "2017 Women's Euro Beach Soccer Cup, Group Stage\nMatches are listed as local time in Nazar\u00e9, WEST (UTC+1)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 47], "content_span": [48, 104]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273706-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 Women's Euro Winners Cup\nThe 2017 Women's Euro Winners Cup was the second edition of Women's Euro Winners Cup, an annual continental beach soccer tournament for top European women's clubs. Organised by Beach Soccer Worldwide (BSWW), the championship is the sport's version of the UEFA Women's Champions League in association football.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [29, 29], "content_span": [30, 339]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273706-0001-0000", "contents": "2017 Women's Euro Winners Cup\nHeld in Nazar\u00e9, Portugal, from 30 May to 4 June 2017 in tandem with the men's edition, the event started with a round robin group stage. At its conclusion, the best teams progressed to the knockout stage, a series of single elimination games to determine the winners. Consolation matches were also played to determine other final rankings.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [29, 29], "content_span": [30, 369]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273706-0002-0000", "contents": "2017 Women's Euro Winners Cup\nSwiss club Grasshoppers were the defending champions, but failed to qualify. The tournament was won by Swiss team Havana Shots Aargau who beat England's Portsmouth in the final to win their first European title.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [29, 29], "content_span": [30, 241]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273706-0003-0000", "contents": "2017 Women's Euro Winners Cup\nRussians WFC Zvezda were the only team to finish in the top four again having done so in last year's first edition.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [29, 29], "content_span": [30, 145]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273706-0004-0000", "contents": "2017 Women's Euro Winners Cup, Participating teams\n20 teams entered the tournament (an increase from 12 in the inaugural edition) \u2013 the top-level domestic beach soccer league/championship champions plus, for some countries, other top non-champions clubs from the nation indicated.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 50], "content_span": [51, 280]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273706-0005-0000", "contents": "2017 Women's Euro Winners Cup, Draw\nThe draw to split the 20 teams into five groups of four took place on 4 April in the host city of Nazar\u00e9, Portugal alongside the men's competition draw.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 35], "content_span": [36, 188]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273706-0006-0000", "contents": "2017 Women's Euro Winners Cup, Draw\nAs the club representing the host association of Portugal, AF Leiria were assigned to Group A. Four other teams were seeded (Beachkick Ladies Berlin, Havana Shots Aargau, WFC Neva, Terracina Ladies) and each assigned to one the remaining groups. The teams were seeded because their national association's club finished in the top four in the previous edition in 2016.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 35], "content_span": [36, 403]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273706-0007-0000", "contents": "2017 Women's Euro Winners Cup, Draw\nClubs from the same country could not be drawn into the same group.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 35], "content_span": [36, 103]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273706-0008-0000", "contents": "2017 Women's Euro Winners Cup, Group stage\nMatches took place at the Est\u00e1dio do Viveiro, on one of three pitches as stated.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 42], "content_span": [43, 123]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273706-0009-0000", "contents": "2017 Women's Euro Winners Cup, Group stage, Ranking of second placed teams\nThe three best runners-up advanced to knockout stage. The ranking of the five runners-up was determined on goal average. Since Group E consisted of three teams, for the runners-up from the other groups (A, B, C, D), their results against the teams finishing in fourth place in their group were discounted for this ranking.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 74], "content_span": [75, 397]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273706-0010-0000", "contents": "2017 Women's Euro Winners Cup, 9th\u201316th place play-offs\nFrom the group stage, the five teams finishing in third place, plus the two-worst runners-up and the best fourth placed team were knocked out of title-winning contention, receding to play in consolation matches to determine 9th through 16th place in the final standings.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 55], "content_span": [56, 326]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273706-0011-0000", "contents": "2017 Women's Euro Winners Cup, Knockout stage\nThe five group winners and best three runners-up progressed to the knockout stage to continue to compete for the title.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 45], "content_span": [46, 165]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273706-0012-0000", "contents": "2017 Women's Euro Winners Cup, Knockout stage, Quarter-finals\nThe losers receded to play in consolation matches to determine 5th through 8th place in the final standings.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 61], "content_span": [62, 170]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273706-0013-0000", "contents": "2017 Women's Euro Winners Cup, Knockout stage, Quarter-finals\nThe winners proceeded to continue to compete for the title.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 61], "content_span": [62, 121]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273707-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 Women's EuroHockey Championship II\nThe 2017 Women's EuroHockey Championship II was the 7th edition of the Women's EuroHockey Championship II. It was held from the 6th until the 12th of August 2017 in Cardiff, Wales. The tournament will also serve as a direct qualifier for the 2019 EuroHockey Championship, with the winner Belarus and runner-up Russia qualifying.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [39, 39], "content_span": [40, 368]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273707-0001-0000", "contents": "2017 Women's EuroHockey Championship II, Format\nThe eight teams will be split into two groups of four teams. The top two teams from each pool advance to the semifinals to determine the winner in a knockout system. The bottom two teams from each pool play in a new group with the teams they did not play against in the group stage. The last team will be relegated to the EuroHockey Championship III.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 47], "content_span": [48, 398]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273707-0002-0000", "contents": "2017 Women's EuroHockey Championship II, Results, Fifth to eighth place classification, Pool C\nThe points obtained in the preliminary round against the other team are taken over.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 94], "content_span": [95, 178]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273708-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 Women's EuroHockey Championship III\nThis is the current revision of this page, as edited by Justwagen (talk | contribs) at 12:26, 28 March 2020 (\u2192\u200ePool A). The present address (URL) is a permanent link to this version.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [40, 40], "content_span": [41, 223]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273708-0001-0000", "contents": "2017 Women's EuroHockey Championship III\nThe 2017 Women's EuroHockey Championship III was the 7th edition of the Women's EuroHockey Championship III. It was held in Sveti Ivan Zelina, Croatia from 30 July until 5 August 2017. The tournament also served as a qualifier for the 2019 Women's EuroHockey Championship II, with the winner qualifying.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [40, 40], "content_span": [41, 344]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273708-0002-0000", "contents": "2017 Women's EuroHockey Championship III, Format\nThe five teams were placed in a single pool. Each team played the other four teams once. The final results from those games are also the final standings with the first ranked team qualifying for the 2019 Women's EuroHockey Championship II.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 48], "content_span": [49, 288]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273709-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 Women's EuroHockey Club Trophy\nThe 2017 Women's EuroHockey Club Trophy was the 41st edition of the women's Women's EuroHockey Club Trophy, Europe's secondary club field hockey tournament organized by the EHF. It was held from 2 to 5 June 2017 in Munich, Germany.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [35, 35], "content_span": [36, 267]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273709-0001-0000", "contents": "2017 Women's EuroHockey Club Trophy\nM\u00fcnchner won the tournament after defeating Club de Campo 1\u20130 in the final. Minsk finished third, after defeating Grodno 5\u20134 in the third place playoff.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [35, 35], "content_span": [36, 188]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273710-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 Women's EuroHockey Junior Championship\nThe 2017 Women's EuroHockey Junior Championships was the 18th edition of the Women's EuroHockey Junior Championship, an under 21 women's field hockey tournament. It was held in Valencia, Spain between 28 August and 3 September 2017.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [43, 43], "content_span": [44, 276]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273710-0001-0000", "contents": "2017 Women's EuroHockey Junior Championship\nNetherlands won the tournament by defeating Belgium 6\u20130 in the final. England won the bronze medal by defeating Germany 3\u20132 in the third-place playoff.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [43, 43], "content_span": [44, 195]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273710-0002-0000", "contents": "2017 Women's EuroHockey Junior Championship, Statistics, Final Standings\nAs per statistical convention in field hockey, matches decided in extra time are counted as wins and losses, while matches decided by penalty shoot-outs are counted as draws.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [45, 72], "content_span": [73, 247]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273710-0003-0000", "contents": "2017 Women's EuroHockey Junior Championship, Statistics, Goalscorers\nThere were 50 goals scored in 14 matches, for an average of 3.57 goals per match.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [45, 68], "content_span": [69, 150]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273711-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 Women's EuroHockey Nations Championship\nThe 2017 Women's EuroHockey Nations Championship was the 13th edition of the women's field hockey championship organised by the European Hockey Federation. It was held from 18\u201326 August 2017 in the Wagener Stadium, Amstelveen, Netherlands. The tournament also served as a qualifier for the 2018 Women's Hockey World Cup, with the winner qualifying.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [44, 44], "content_span": [45, 393]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273711-0001-0000", "contents": "2017 Women's EuroHockey Nations Championship\nThe Netherlands won their ninth overall title by defeating Belgium 3\u20130 in the final, while England capture the third place by beating Germany 2\u20130.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [44, 44], "content_span": [45, 191]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273711-0002-0000", "contents": "2017 Women's EuroHockey Nations Championship, Format\nThe eight teams are split into two groups of four teams. The top two teams advance to the semifinals to determine the winner in a knockout system. The bottom two teams play in a new group with the teams they did not play against in the group stage. The last two teams will be relegated to the EuroHockey Nations Challenge.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [46, 52], "content_span": [53, 375]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273711-0003-0000", "contents": "2017 Women's EuroHockey Nations Championship, Results, Fifth to eighth place classification, Pool C\nThe points obtained in the preliminary round against the other team are taken over.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [46, 99], "content_span": [100, 183]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273712-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 Women's EuroHockey Nations Championship squads\nThis article displays the rosters for the teams competing at the 2017 Women's EuroHockey Nations Championship. Each team had to submit 18 players.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 51], "section_span": [51, 51], "content_span": [52, 198]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273712-0001-0000", "contents": "2017 Women's EuroHockey Nations Championship squads, Pool A, Belgium\nThe following 18 players were selected in the Belgium squad.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 51], "section_span": [53, 68], "content_span": [69, 129]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273712-0002-0000", "contents": "2017 Women's EuroHockey Nations Championship squads, Pool A, Czech Republic\nThe following 18 players were selected in the Czech Republic squad.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 51], "section_span": [53, 75], "content_span": [76, 143]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273712-0003-0000", "contents": "2017 Women's EuroHockey Nations Championship squads, Pool A, Netherlands\nThe following 18 players were selected in the Netherlands squad.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 51], "section_span": [53, 72], "content_span": [73, 137]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273712-0004-0000", "contents": "2017 Women's EuroHockey Nations Championship squads, Pool A, Spain\nThe following 18 players were selected in the Spain squad.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 51], "section_span": [53, 66], "content_span": [67, 125]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273712-0005-0000", "contents": "2017 Women's EuroHockey Nations Championship squads, Pool B, England\nThe following 18 players were selected in the England squad.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 51], "section_span": [53, 68], "content_span": [69, 129]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273712-0006-0000", "contents": "2017 Women's EuroHockey Nations Championship squads, Pool B, Germany\nThe following 18 players were selected in the Germany squad.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 51], "section_span": [53, 68], "content_span": [69, 129]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273712-0007-0000", "contents": "2017 Women's EuroHockey Nations Championship squads, Pool B, Ireland\nThe following 18 players were selected in the Ireland squad.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 51], "section_span": [53, 68], "content_span": [69, 129]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273712-0008-0000", "contents": "2017 Women's EuroHockey Nations Championship squads, Pool B, Scotland\nThe following 18 players were selected in the Scotland squad.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 51], "section_span": [53, 69], "content_span": [70, 131]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273713-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 Women's European Union Amateur Boxing Championships\nThe 2017 Women's European Union Amateur Boxing Championships were held in Cascia, Italy from 4 to 12 August 2017. This was the 8th edition of this competition organised by the European governing body for amateur boxing, the European Boxing Confederation (EUBC).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 56], "section_span": [56, 56], "content_span": [57, 318]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273714-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 Women's European Volleyball Championship\nThe 2017 Women's European Volleyball Championship was the 30th edition of the European Volleyball Championship, organised by Europe's governing volleyball body, the Conf\u00e9d\u00e9ration Europ\u00e9enne de Volleyball. The tournament was co-hosted by Azerbaijan and Georgia, and was held between 22 September and 1 October 2017.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [45, 45], "content_span": [46, 360]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273714-0001-0000", "contents": "2017 Women's European Volleyball Championship\nSerbia defeated Netherlands in the final to capture their second european title. Turkey defeated Azerbaijan for the bronze medal. Tijana Bo\u0161kovi\u0107 from Serbia was elected the MVP.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [45, 45], "content_span": [46, 224]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273714-0002-0000", "contents": "2017 Women's European Volleyball Championship, Format\nThe tournament is played in two different stages. In the first stage, the sixteen participants are divided in four groups of four teams each. A single round-robin format is played within each group to determine the teams' group position (as per criteria below). The three best teams of each group (total of 12 teams) progress to the second stage, with group winners advancing to the quarterfinals while second and third placed teams advancing to the playoffs.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [47, 53], "content_span": [54, 513]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273714-0003-0000", "contents": "2017 Women's European Volleyball Championship, Format, Pool standing criteria\nMatch won 3\u20130 or 3\u20131: 3 match points for the winner, 0 match points for the loserMatch won 3\u20132: 2 match points for the winner, 1 match point for the loser", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [47, 77], "content_span": [78, 232]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273714-0004-0000", "contents": "2017 Women's European Volleyball Championship, Format, Pool standing criteria\nThe second stage of the tournament consists of a single-elimination, with winners advancing to the next round. First, the playoff is played (involving groups second and third places) to determine which teams will join the group winners in the quarterfinals, followed by semifinals, 3rd place match and final.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [47, 77], "content_span": [78, 386]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273714-0005-0000", "contents": "2017 Women's European Volleyball Championship, Venues\nThree venues (each in a different city) were selected to be used in the tournament. Two located in Azerbaijan (at Baku and Ganja) and one in Georgia (at Tbilisi).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [47, 53], "content_span": [54, 216]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273714-0006-0000", "contents": "2017 Women's European Volleyball Championship, Preliminary round\nAll times are Azerbaijan Time (AZT) / Georgia Time (GET) (UTC+04:00).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [47, 64], "content_span": [65, 134]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273715-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 Women's European Volleyball Championship qualification\nThis is an article about qualification for the 2017 Women's European Volleyball Championship.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 59], "section_span": [59, 59], "content_span": [60, 153]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273715-0001-0000", "contents": "2017 Women's European Volleyball Championship qualification, Pool standing procedure\nMatch won 3\u20130 or 3\u20131: 3 match points for the winner, 0 match points for the loserMatch won 3\u20132: 2 match points for the winner, 1 match point for the loser", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 59], "section_span": [61, 84], "content_span": [85, 239]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273715-0002-0000", "contents": "2017 Women's European Volleyball Championship qualification, Direct qualification\nThe host country team(s) and the best ranked teams in 2015 European Championship, total 7 teams, directly qualified for 2017 European Championship.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 59], "section_span": [61, 81], "content_span": [82, 229]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273715-0003-0000", "contents": "2017 Women's European Volleyball Championship qualification, First round\nFirst round was held 20\u201322 May 2016. 8 teams competed in two first round tournaments consisting of 4 teams. The top ranked teams of each pools and the best 2nd placed teams with the best score qualified for the second round.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 59], "section_span": [61, 72], "content_span": [73, 297]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273715-0004-0000", "contents": "2017 Women's European Volleyball Championship qualification, Second round\n24 teams competed in the second round, where each pool of 4 teams played in 2 tournaments in 15\u201325 September 2016. The 1st placed teams of each pool qualified directly for the 2017 Championship. The 2nd placed teams of each pool qualified for the third round.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 59], "section_span": [61, 73], "content_span": [74, 333]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273715-0005-0000", "contents": "2017 Women's European Volleyball Championship qualification, Third round\nThe 2nd placed teams of the second round will play one home and one away match to determine the 3 winners who will then subsequently be qualified through to the 2017 Championship. The third round matches will be held on 1\u20139 October 2016.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 59], "section_span": [61, 72], "content_span": [73, 310]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273716-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 Women's European Volleyball Championship squads\nThis article shows the rosters of all participating teams at the Women's European Championship 2017 in Baku and Ganja, Azerbaijan and Tbilisi, Georgia.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 52], "section_span": [52, 52], "content_span": [53, 204]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273716-0001-0000", "contents": "2017 Women's European Volleyball Championship squads, Overview\nEach of the 16 teams submitted a preliminary 'long list' with a maximum of 22 players, for the final tournament a maximum of 14 players from the 'long list' were eligible to compete.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 52], "section_span": [54, 62], "content_span": [63, 245]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273716-0002-0000", "contents": "2017 Women's European Volleyball Championship squads, Pool A, Azerbaijan\nThe following is the Azerbaijan roster in the 2017 Women's European Volleyball Championship. Only the players in bold took part in the final tournament (see 'Overview' section).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 52], "section_span": [54, 72], "content_span": [73, 250]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273716-0003-0000", "contents": "2017 Women's European Volleyball Championship squads, Pool A, Germany\nThe following is the German roster in the 2017 Women's European Volleyball Championship. Only the players in bold took part in the final tournament (see 'Overview' section).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 52], "section_span": [54, 69], "content_span": [70, 243]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273716-0004-0000", "contents": "2017 Women's European Volleyball Championship squads, Pool A, Hungary\nThe following is the Hungarian roster in the 2017 Women's European Volleyball Championship. Only the players in bold took part in the final tournament (see 'Overview' section).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 52], "section_span": [54, 69], "content_span": [70, 246]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273716-0005-0000", "contents": "2017 Women's European Volleyball Championship squads, Pool A, Poland\nThe following is the Polish roster in the 2017 Women's European Volleyball Championship. Only the players in bold took part in the final tournament (see 'Overview' section).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 52], "section_span": [54, 68], "content_span": [69, 242]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273716-0006-0000", "contents": "2017 Women's European Volleyball Championship squads, Pool B, Belarus\nThe following is the Belarusian roster in the 2017 Women's European Volleyball Championship. Only the players in bold took part in the final tournament (see 'Overview' section).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 52], "section_span": [54, 69], "content_span": [70, 247]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273716-0007-0000", "contents": "2017 Women's European Volleyball Championship squads, Pool B, Croatia\nThe following is the Croatian roster in the 2017 Women's European Volleyball Championship. Only the players in bold took part in the final tournament (see 'Overview' section).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 52], "section_span": [54, 69], "content_span": [70, 245]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273716-0008-0000", "contents": "2017 Women's European Volleyball Championship squads, Pool B, Georgia\nThe following is the Georgian roster in the 2017 Women's European Volleyball Championship. Only the players in bold took part in the final tournament (see 'Overview' section).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 52], "section_span": [54, 69], "content_span": [70, 245]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273716-0009-0000", "contents": "2017 Women's European Volleyball Championship squads, Pool B, Italy\nThe following is the Italian roster in the 2017 Women's European Volleyball Championship. Only the players in bold took part in the final tournament (see 'Overview' section).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 52], "section_span": [54, 67], "content_span": [68, 242]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273716-0010-0000", "contents": "2017 Women's European Volleyball Championship squads, Pool C, Bulgaria\nThe following is the Bulgarian roster in the 2017 Women's European Volleyball Championship. Only the players in bold took part in the final tournament (see 'Overview' section).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 52], "section_span": [54, 70], "content_span": [71, 247]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273716-0011-0000", "contents": "2017 Women's European Volleyball Championship squads, Pool C, Russia\nThe following is the Russian roster in the 2017 Women's European Volleyball Championship. Only the players in bold took part in the final tournament (see 'Overview' section).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 52], "section_span": [54, 68], "content_span": [69, 243]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273716-0012-0000", "contents": "2017 Women's European Volleyball Championship squads, Pool C, Turkey\nThe following is the Turkish roster in the 2017 Women's European Volleyball Championship. Only the players in bold took part in the final tournament (see 'Overview' section).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 52], "section_span": [54, 68], "content_span": [69, 243]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273716-0013-0000", "contents": "2017 Women's European Volleyball Championship squads, Pool C, Ukraine\nThe following is the Ukrainian roster in the 2017 Women's European Volleyball Championship. Only the players in bold took part in the final tournament (see 'Overview' section).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 52], "section_span": [54, 69], "content_span": [70, 246]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273716-0014-0000", "contents": "2017 Women's European Volleyball Championship squads, Pool D, Belgium\nThe following is the Belgian roster in the 2017 Women's European Volleyball Championship. Only the players in bold took part in the final tournament (see 'Overview' section).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 52], "section_span": [54, 69], "content_span": [70, 244]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273716-0015-0000", "contents": "2017 Women's European Volleyball Championship squads, Pool D, Czech Republic\nThe following is the Czech roster in the 2017 Women's European Volleyball Championship. Only the players in bold took part in the final tournament (see 'Overview' section).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 52], "section_span": [54, 76], "content_span": [77, 249]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273716-0016-0000", "contents": "2017 Women's European Volleyball Championship squads, Pool D, Netherlands\nThe following is the Dutch roster in the 2017 Women's European Volleyball Championship. Only the players in bold took part in the final tournament (see 'Overview' section).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 52], "section_span": [54, 73], "content_span": [74, 246]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273716-0017-0000", "contents": "2017 Women's European Volleyball Championship squads, Pool D, Serbia\nThe following is the Serbian roster in the 2017 Women's European Volleyball Championship. Only the players in bold took part in the final tournament (see 'Overview' section).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 52], "section_span": [54, 68], "content_span": [69, 243]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273717-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 Women's European Volleyball League\nThe 2017 Women's European Volleyball League was the ninth edition of the annual Women's European Volleyball League, which features women's national volleyball teams from twelve European countries.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [39, 39], "content_span": [40, 236]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273717-0001-0000", "contents": "2017 Women's European Volleyball League\nIn their first appearance in the competition, Ukraine won the title after defeating Finland in the final.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [39, 39], "content_span": [40, 145]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273717-0002-0000", "contents": "2017 Women's European Volleyball League, Final four\nThe top placed team from each group and the best second-placed team will qualify for the final four.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 51], "content_span": [52, 152]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273718-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 Women's Ford National Hockey League\nThe 2017 Women's Ford National Hockey League was the 19th edition of the women's field hockey tournament. The competition was held in Wellington, New Zealand from 16\u201324 September.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [40, 40], "content_span": [41, 220]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273718-0001-0000", "contents": "2017 Women's Ford National Hockey League\nThe tournament saw an increase to eight teams from the seven that contested the 2016 edition.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [40, 40], "content_span": [41, 134]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273718-0002-0000", "contents": "2017 Women's Ford National Hockey League\nMidlands won the title for the second time, defeating Northland 4\u20132 in the final. Auckland finished third after defeating North Harbour 3\u20130 in a penalty shoot-out after the third place match finished 1\u20131.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [40, 40], "content_span": [41, 245]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273718-0003-0000", "contents": "2017 Women's Ford National Hockey League, Statistics, Goalscorers\nThere were 89 goals scored in 24 matches, for an average of 3.71 goals per match.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 65], "content_span": [66, 147]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273719-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 Women's Four Nations Cup\nThe 2018 Women's Four Nations Cup was the seventh Hockey Four Nations Cup, an international women's field hockey tournament, consisting of a series of test matches. It was held in Germany, from June 15 to 18, 2017, and featured four of the top nations in women's field hockey.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [29, 29], "content_span": [30, 306]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273719-0001-0000", "contents": "2017 Women's Four Nations Cup, Competition format\nThe tournament featured the national teams of China, Ireland, South Korea, and the hosts, Germany, competing in a round-robin format, with each team playing each other once. Three points were be awarded for a win, one for a draw, and none for a loss.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 49], "content_span": [50, 300]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273720-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 Women's Four Nations Tournament\nThe 2017 Women's Four Nations Tournament (Torneio Quatro Na\u00e7\u00f5es) in Portuguese, was the 2nd edition of the Women's Four Nations Tournament held in S\u00e3o Bernardo do Campo, Brazil between 9\u201311 June as a Women's friendly handball tournament organised by the Brazilian Handball Confederation.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [36, 36], "content_span": [37, 324]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273721-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 Women's Hockey Africa Cup of Nations\nThe 2017 Women's Hockey Africa Cup of Nations was the seventh edition of the Women's Hockey Africa Cup of Nations, the quadrennial international women's field hockey championship of Africa organised by the African Hockey Federation. It was held in Ismailia, Egypt from 22 to 29 October 2017.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [41, 41], "content_span": [42, 333]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273721-0001-0000", "contents": "2017 Women's Hockey Africa Cup of Nations\nZambia withdrew before the tournament. The winner qualified for the 2018 Women's Hockey World Cup.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [41, 41], "content_span": [42, 140]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273721-0002-0000", "contents": "2017 Women's Hockey Africa Cup of Nations\nThe five-time defending champions South Africa won their sixth title.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [41, 41], "content_span": [42, 111]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273722-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 Women's Hockey Asia Cup\nThe 2017 Women's Hockey Asia Cup was the ninth edition of the Women's Hockey Asia Cup. It was held from 28 October to 5 November 2017 in Kakamigahara, Gifu, Japan. The winner of this tournament qualified for the 2018 World Cup in England.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [28, 28], "content_span": [29, 267]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273722-0001-0000", "contents": "2017 Women's Hockey Asia Cup\nIndia won their second title, after beating China in the final.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [28, 28], "content_span": [29, 92]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273722-0002-0000", "contents": "2017 Women's Hockey Asia Cup, Results, First round, Pool A\nBoth matches were scheduled for 29 October, but were moved due to heavy rain.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 58], "content_span": [59, 136]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273723-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 Women's Ice Hockey World Championships\nThe 2017 IIHF Ice Hockey Women's World Championship was the 19th such event hosted by the International Ice Hockey Federation. Teams participated at several levels of competition. The competition also served as qualifications for the 2018 competition. At the 2017 annual congress it was decided that the top level would expand from eight to ten teams. As a result all relegation from the 2017 tournaments were cancelled, and there would also be no relegation in all 2018 tournaments.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [43, 43], "content_span": [44, 527]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273723-0001-0000", "contents": "2017 Women's Ice Hockey World Championships, Championship (Top Division)\nThe tournament was held in Plymouth Township, Michigan, United States from 31 March to 7 April 2017.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [45, 72], "content_span": [73, 173]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273723-0002-0000", "contents": "2017 Women's Ice Hockey World Championships, Division I, Group A\nThe tournament was held in Graz, Austria from 15 to 21 April 2017.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [45, 64], "content_span": [65, 131]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273723-0003-0000", "contents": "2017 Women's Ice Hockey World Championships, Division I, Group B\nThe tournament was held in Katowice, Poland from 8 to 14 April 2017.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [45, 64], "content_span": [65, 133]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273723-0004-0000", "contents": "2017 Women's Ice Hockey World Championships, Division II, Group A\nThe tournament was held in Gangneung, South Korea from 2 to 8 April 2017.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [45, 65], "content_span": [66, 139]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273723-0005-0000", "contents": "2017 Women's Ice Hockey World Championships, Division II, Group B\nThe tournament was held in Reykjav\u00edk, Iceland from 27 February to 5 March 2017.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [45, 65], "content_span": [66, 145]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273723-0006-0000", "contents": "2017 Women's Ice Hockey World Championships, Division II, Division B Qualification\nThe tournament was held in Taipei, Chinese Taipei from 12 to 17 December 2016.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [45, 82], "content_span": [83, 161]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273724-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 Women's Indoor Hockey Asia Cup\nThe 2017 Women's Indoor Asia Cup was the sixth edition of the Women's Indoor Hockey Asia Cup. It was held in Doha, Qatar from 24\u201328 April 2017.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [35, 35], "content_span": [36, 179]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273724-0001-0000", "contents": "2017 Women's Indoor Hockey Asia Cup\nThe number of teams for this year\u2019s cup wasincreased by one compared to the previous tournament where five teams competed. Cambodia and Hong Kong, who competed previously, not joined this year\u2019s edition and be replaced by Malaysia, North Korea, and China.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [35, 35], "content_span": [36, 291]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273724-0002-0000", "contents": "2017 Women's Indoor Hockey Asia Cup\nKazakhstan defeated Malaysia in the final to win the cup and secured a place in 2018 Women's Indoor Hockey World Cup.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [35, 35], "content_span": [36, 153]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273725-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 Women's Indoor Pan American Cup\nThe 2014 Women's Indoor Pan American Cup was the 7th edition of the Indoor Pan American Cup, an indoor hockey competition. The tournament was held in Georgetown, Guyana, from 16\u201321 October.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [36, 36], "content_span": [37, 226]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273725-0001-0000", "contents": "2017 Women's Indoor Pan American Cup\nThe United States won the tournament for the first time, defeating Argentina 2\u20131 in the final. Uruguay won the bronze medal after defeating Canada 3\u20132 in the third place match.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [36, 36], "content_span": [37, 213]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273725-0002-0000", "contents": "2017 Women's Indoor Pan American Cup, Statistics, Goalscorers\nThere were 156 goals scored in 25 matches, for an average of 6.24 goals per match.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 61], "content_span": [62, 144]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273726-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 Women's International Festival of Hockey\nThe 2017 Women's International Festival of Hockey is the second edition of the annual International Festival of Hockey. The tournament will be held in Victoria, Australia. The tournament will take place between 5\u201312 November in the Victorian cities, Melbourne and Bendigo. Four teams will compete in the tournament, an increase from two at the previous edition.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [45, 45], "content_span": [46, 407]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273726-0001-0000", "contents": "2017 Women's International Festival of Hockey, Results, Bendigo\nThe first stage of the tournament was a test match in Bendigo at the Bendigo Hockey Complex.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [47, 63], "content_span": [64, 156]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273726-0002-0000", "contents": "2017 Women's International Festival of Hockey, Results, Melbourne\nThe second stage of the tournament is a 4 team competition at the State Netball and Hockey Centre in Melbourne.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [47, 65], "content_span": [66, 177]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273727-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 Women's International Match Racing Series\nThe 2017 Women's International Match Racing Series was a series of match racing sailing regattas staged during 2017 season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [46, 46], "content_span": [47, 170]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273728-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 Women's International Tournament of Spain\nThe 2017 Women's International Tournament of Spain was the 21st edition of the Women's International Tournament Of Spain, held in Melilla, Spain between 24\u201326 November as a friendly handball tournament organised by the Royal Spanish Handball Federation as a preparation of the host nation to the 2017 World Women's Handball Championship.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [46, 46], "content_span": [47, 384]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273729-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 Women's Junior Pan-American Volleyball Cup\nThe 2017 Women's Junior Pan-American Volleyball Cup was the fourth edition of the bi-annual women's volleyball tournament. Nine teams participated in this edition held in San Jos\u00e9, Costa Rica.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 47], "section_span": [47, 47], "content_span": [48, 240]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273730-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 Women's Knockout Cup\nThe 2017 Women's Knockout Cup is New Zealand's women's 24th knockout football competition.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [25, 25], "content_span": [26, 116]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273730-0001-0000", "contents": "2017 Women's Knockout Cup\nThe 2017 competition had three rounds before quarter-finals, semi-finals, and a final. Competition was run in three regions (northern, central, southern) until the quarter-finals, from which stage the draw was open. In all, 38 teams entered the competition.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [25, 25], "content_span": [26, 283]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273730-0002-0000", "contents": "2017 Women's Knockout Cup, The 2017 final\nThe 2017 final was played between two Auckland teams Glenfield Rovers and Eastern Suburbs at QBE Stadium before the men's Chatham Cup final. This was Glenfield Rovers seventh final appearance, having won three and lost three previously including the 2016 final, while Eastern Suburbs have only been in the final once before in 2005 where they lost to Lynn-Avon United. Glenfield went on to win the game 5\u20134 which was slightly generous to Suburbs in a game where Glenfield created more chances. Kate Loye from Rovers was the winner of the Maia Jackman trophy for the most valuable player.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 41], "content_span": [42, 629]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273731-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 Women's LEN Super Cup\nThe 2017 Women's LEN Super Cup was the 12th edition of the annual trophy organised by LEN and contested by the reigning champions of the two European competitions for women's water polo clubs. The contending teams were Russia's Kinef Kirishi (2016\u201317 Euro League champions) and Hungary's UVSE (winners of the 2016\u201317 LEN Trophy). The match was played just before the Men's Super Cup at the Cs\u00e1sz\u00e1r-Komj\u00e1di B\u00e9la Uszoda, in Budapest, on 4 November 2017.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [26, 26], "content_span": [27, 478]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273731-0001-0000", "contents": "2017 Women's LEN Super Cup\nThis was the first appearance in the Super Cup final for both teams, which won their first continental cup in the 2016\u201317 season. The European champions of Kinef Kirishi defeated 10\u20136 the home team of UVSE and won the Trophy.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [26, 26], "content_span": [27, 252]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273732-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 Women's Lacrosse World Cup\nThe 2017 FIL Women's Lacrosse World Cup, the tenth World Cup, is the preeminent international women's lacrosse tournament. The tournament is being held at the Surrey Sports Park in Guildford, Surrey, in the South East of England, with 25 nations competing. Rathbones Investment Management plc committed as the title sponsor for the event in 2014.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [31, 31], "content_span": [32, 378]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273732-0001-0000", "contents": "2017 Women's Lacrosse World Cup, Introduction\nThe 2017 Rathbones Women's Lacrosse World Cup is an official Federation of International Lacrosse (FIL) event and will be organised and managed by the English Lacrosse Association. This tournament was first held in 1982 and is held every four years. This will be the third time that England has hosted the World Cup having previously hosted the tournament in 1982 and 2001.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 45], "content_span": [46, 419]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273732-0002-0000", "contents": "2017 Women's Lacrosse World Cup, Format\nThe seeding structure for the FIL Rathbones Women\u2019s Lacrosse World Cup has been calculated through use of placing positions from the 2013 World Cup in Canada. Nations who are playing in the World Cup for the first time were placed based on previous results, geographic diversity and their 2016 European Championship placing position.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 39], "content_span": [40, 373]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273732-0003-0000", "contents": "2017 Women's Lacrosse World Cup, Format\nThe pools played a round robin between 12 and 18 July. The top placing teams from Pools B, C, D and E will play off to decide which 2 nations qualify to play in the Championship Division. Pool A members all advance to the Championship Division because it is composed of the top teams, according to World Lacrosse.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 39], "content_span": [40, 353]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273732-0004-0000", "contents": "2017 Women's Lacrosse World Cup, Format\nThe nations were split up to play in the Championship Division (Teams 1-8), Platinum Division (Teams 9-16) and Diamond Division (Teams 17-25).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 39], "content_span": [40, 182]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273733-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 Women's League1 Ontario season\nThe 2017 Women's League1 Ontario season is the third season of play for League1 Ontario, a Division 3 semi-professional soccer league in the Canadian soccer pyramid and the highest level of soccer based in the Canadian province of Ontario.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [35, 35], "content_span": [36, 275]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273733-0001-0000", "contents": "2017 Women's League1 Ontario season\nFor the first time, the league expanded to include teams in the nation's capital, Ottawa, allowing it to span from the western to eastern borders of southern Ontario.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [35, 35], "content_span": [36, 202]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273733-0002-0000", "contents": "2017 Women's League1 Ontario season, Changes from 2016\nThe women's division grew from nine to eleven teams, with the addition of Toronto Azzurri Blizzard, Unionville Milliken SC, and West Ottawa SC, while the Kingston Clippers women's side did not return for play.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 54], "content_span": [55, 264]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273733-0003-0000", "contents": "2017 Women's League1 Ontario season, Standings\nEach team plays 20 matches as part of the season; two games split home and away against every other team in the division. There are no playoffs; the first-place team is crowned as league champion at the end of the season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 46], "content_span": [47, 268]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273733-0004-0000", "contents": "2017 Women's League1 Ontario season, Cup\nThe cup tournament is a separate contest from the rest of the season, in which all eleven teams from the women's division take part. It is not a form of playoffs at the end of the season (as is typically seen in North American sports), but is more like the Canadian Championship or the FA Cup, albeit only for League1 Ontario teams. All matches are separate from the regular season and are not reflected in the season standings.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 40], "content_span": [41, 469]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273733-0005-0000", "contents": "2017 Women's League1 Ontario season, Cup\nThe cup tournament for the women's division is a single-match knockout tournament with four total rounds culminating in a final match in the start of August, with initial matchups determined by random draw. Each match in the tournament must return a result; any match drawn after 90 minutes will advance directly to kicks from the penalty mark instead of extra time.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 40], "content_span": [41, 407]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273733-0006-0000", "contents": "2017 Women's League1 Ontario season, Statistics, Top Goalkeepers\nUpdated to matches played on October 8, 2017. Minimum 540 minutes played. Source:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 64], "content_span": [65, 146]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273733-0007-0000", "contents": "2017 Women's League1 Ontario season, All-Star Game\nOn June 28, the league announced that this year's all-star game would take place against the Ontario team competing in the 2017 Canada Summer Games. The rosters for this game will be selected by team & league officials, and was announced on July 25th.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 50], "content_span": [51, 302]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273734-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 Women's March\nThe Women's March was a worldwide protest on January 21, 2017, the day after the inauguration of President Donald Trump. It was prompted by the fact that several of Trump's statements were considered by many as anti-women or otherwise offensive to women. It was the largest single-day protest in U.S. history. The goal of the annual marches is to advocate legislation and policies regarding human rights and other issues, including women's rights, immigration reform, healthcare reform, disability justice, reproductive rights, the environment, LGBTQ rights, racial equality, freedom of religion, workers' rights and tolerance. According to organizers, the goal was to \"send a bold message to our new administration on their first day in office, and to the world that women's rights are human rights\".", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [18, 18], "content_span": [19, 820]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273734-0001-0000", "contents": "2017 Women's March\nThe main protest was in Washington, D.C., and is known as the Women's March on Washington with many other marches taking place worldwide. The Washington March was streamed live on YouTube, Facebook, and Twitter. The Washington March drew over 470,000 people. Between 3,267,134 and 5,246,670 people participated in the marches in the U.S., approximately 1.0 to 1.6 percent of the U.S. population. Worldwide participation has been estimated at over seven million. At least 408 marches were reported to have been planned in the U.S. and 168 in 81 other countries.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [18, 18], "content_span": [19, 579]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273734-0001-0001", "contents": "2017 Women's March\nAfter the marches, organizers reported that around 673 marches took place worldwide, on all seven continents, 29 in Canada, 20 in Mexico, and 1 in Antarctica. The crowds were peaceful: no arrests were made in D.C., Chicago, Los Angeles, New York City, or Seattle, where a combined total of about two million people marched. The organization's website states that they wanted to adhere to \"the nonviolent ideology of the Civil Rights movement\". Following the march, the organizers of the Women's March on Washington posted the \"10 Actions for the first 100 Days\" campaign for joint activism to keep up momentum from the march.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [18, 18], "content_span": [19, 644]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273734-0002-0000", "contents": "2017 Women's March, Background, Organizers\nOn November 9, 2016, the first day after Donald Trump was elected President of the United States, in reaction to Trump's election campaign and political views, and to his defeat of presidential nominee Hillary Clinton, Teresa Shook of Hawaii created a Facebook event and invited friends to march on Washington in protest. Similar Facebook pages created by Evvie Harmon, Fontaine Pearson, Bob Bland (a New York fashion designer), Breanne Butler, and others quickly led to thousands of women signing up to march.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [20, 42], "content_span": [43, 553]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273734-0002-0001", "contents": "2017 Women's March, Background, Organizers\nHarmon, Pearson, and Butler decided to unite their efforts and consolidate their pages, beginning the official Women's March on Washington. To ensure that the march was led by women of differing races and backgrounds, Vanessa Wruble, co-founder, and co-president of Okayafrica, served as Head of Campaign Operations and brought on Tamika D. Mallory, Carmen Perez and Linda Sarsour to serve as National Co-Chairs alongside Bland. Former Miss New Jersey USA Janaye Ingram served as Head of Logistics. Filmmaker Paola Mendoza served as Artistic Director and a National Organizer.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [20, 42], "content_span": [43, 619]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273734-0003-0000", "contents": "2017 Women's March, Background, Organizers\nDuring \"the first hours of the first meeting for what would become the Women's March,\" Mallory and Perez allegedly put forward a debunked antisemitic conspiracy theory regarding Jews and the slave trade. No one who was in the room spoke about it for almost two years. Mallory and Bland deny that the offensive content in the conversation took place, but, according to Tablet Magazine, \"multiple sources with knowledge of what happened confirmed the story.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [20, 42], "content_span": [43, 499]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273734-0003-0001", "contents": "2017 Women's March, Background, Organizers\nSeveral journalists who shared the story were emailed by a PR agency which claimed to be able to disprove the article, but would only share their information on condition of journalists keeping it off the record. Andrea Gonz\u00e1lez-Ram\u00edrez, a journalist from Refinery29, claimed to have agreed to the PR firm's request, but the PR firm's fact checking failed to disprove Tablet Magazines claims.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [20, 42], "content_span": [43, 435]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273734-0004-0000", "contents": "2017 Women's March, Background, Organizers\nAccording to The New York Times, opposition to and defiance of Trump infused the protests, which were sometimes directly called anti-Trump protests. Organizers stated that they were \"not targeting Trump specifically\" and that the event was \"more about being proactive about women's rights\". Sarsour called it \"a stand on social justice and human rights issues ranging from race, ethnicity, gender, religion, immigration and healthcare\". Wruble stated that \"it's about feminism [\u2026 ] But it's about more than that: It's about basic equality for all people.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [20, 42], "content_span": [43, 598]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273734-0005-0000", "contents": "2017 Women's March, Background, Organizers\nPlanned Parenthood partnered with the march by providing staff and offering knowledge related to planning a large-scale event. Planned Parenthood president Cecile Richards said that the march would \"send a strong message to the incoming administration that millions of people across this country are prepared to fight attacks on reproductive healthcare, abortion services and access to Planned Parenthood, [which] hopes that [in the future] many of the protesters will mobilize in its defense when Trump and congressional Republicans make their attempt to strip the organization of millions in federal funding\". The national organizing director stressed the importance of continuing action at a local level and remaining active after the event.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [20, 42], "content_span": [43, 787]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273734-0006-0000", "contents": "2017 Women's March, Background, National co-chairs\nVanessa Wruble, co-founder, brought on Tamika D. Mallory, Carmen Perez and Linda Sarsour to serve as National Co-Chairs alongside Bob Bland. The four co-chairs were Linda Sarsour, the executive director of the Arab American Association of New York; Tamika Mallory, a political organizer and former executive director of the National Action Network; Carmen Perez, an executive director of the political action group The Gathering for Justice; and Bob Bland, a fashion designer who focuses on ethical manufacturing. Gloria Steinem, Harry Belafonte, LaDonna Harris, Angela Davis and Dolores Huerta served as honorary co-chairs.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [20, 50], "content_span": [51, 675]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273734-0007-0000", "contents": "2017 Women's March, Background, International\nSeven women coordinated marches outside the U.S. The women were: Brit-Agnes Svaeri, Oslo, Norway; Marissa McTasney, Toronto, Canada; Karen Olson, Geneva, Switzerland; Kerry Haggerty, London, United Kingdom; Rebecca Turnbow, Sydney, Australia; and Breanne Butler and Evvie Harmon in the United States. The women organized the international marches through social media and had weekly Skype meetings to plot strategy.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [20, 45], "content_span": [46, 461]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273734-0008-0000", "contents": "2017 Women's March, Background, Policy platform\nOn January 12, the march organizers released a policy platform addressing reproductive rights, immigration reform, healthcare reform, religious discrimination (primarily that against Muslim Americans), LGBTQ rights, gender and racial inequities (primarily those that favor men and Non-Hispanic whites, respectively), workers' rights, and other issues. \"Build bridges, not walls\" (a reference to Trump's proposals for a border wall) became popular worldwide after the Trump's inaugural address, and was a common refrain throughout the march.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [20, 47], "content_span": [48, 588]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273734-0009-0000", "contents": "2017 Women's March, Background, Policy platform\nThe organizers also addressed environmental issues: \"We believe that every person and every community in our nation has the right to clean water, clean air, and access to and enjoyment of public lands. We believe that our environment and our climate must be protected and that our land and natural resources cannot be exploited for corporate gain or greed\u2014especially at the risk of public safety and health.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [20, 47], "content_span": [48, 456]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273734-0010-0000", "contents": "2017 Women's March, Preparation and planning, Name origin\nOriginally billed as the \"Million Women March,\" Wruble renamed the event to mirror the March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom, the historic civil rights rally on the Mall where Martin Luther King Jr. delivered his \"I Have a Dream\" speech. The rally also paid tribute to the 1997 Million Woman March in Philadelphia, in which hundreds of thousands of African American women are said to have participated.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [20, 57], "content_span": [58, 463]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273734-0011-0000", "contents": "2017 Women's March, Preparation and planning, Logistics planning\nBecause of scheduling conflicts at the Lincoln Memorial, a permit was secured on December 9 to start the march on Independence Avenue at the southwest corner of the Capitol building and continue along the National Mall.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [20, 64], "content_span": [65, 284]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273734-0012-0000", "contents": "2017 Women's March, Preparation and planning, Logistics planning\nBy January 20, 2017, 222,000 people had RSVP'd as going to the Washington, D.C., march and 251,000 had indicated interest. On January 16, 2017, Fox News reported that authorities were expecting \"a crowd of almost 500,000 people\", and the permit for the march issued by the National Park Service was revised by the head of D.C.'s Homeland Security department to half a million people\u2014significantly more than the estimated attendance at President Donald Trump's inauguration ceremony the previous day.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [20, 64], "content_span": [65, 564]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273734-0013-0000", "contents": "2017 Women's March, Preparation and planning, Partnerships\nIn late December, organizers announced that over 100 organizations would provide assistance during the march and support the event across their social media platforms. By January 18, more than 400 organizations were listed as \"partners\" on the March's official website.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [20, 58], "content_span": [59, 328]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273734-0014-0000", "contents": "2017 Women's March, Preparation and planning, Partnerships\nPlanned Parenthood (which has received federal funding since 1970, when President Richard Nixon signed into law the Family Planning Services and Population Research Act) and the Natural Resources Defense Council were listed as the two \"premier partners\". Other organizations listed as partners included the AFL\u2013CIO, Amnesty International USA, the Mothers of the Movement, the National Center for Lesbian Rights, the National Organization for Women, MoveOn.org, Human Rights Watch, Code Pink, Black Girls Rock!, the NAACP, the American Indian Movement, Emily's List, Oxfam, Greenpeace USA, and the League of Women Voters.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [20, 58], "content_span": [59, 679]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273734-0015-0000", "contents": "2017 Women's March, Preparation and planning, Partnerships\nOn January 13, event organizers granted the anti-abortion feminist group New Wave Feminists partnership status. But after the organization's involvement was publicized in The Atlantic, it was removed from the partners page on the march's website. Other anti-abortion groups that had been granted partnership status, including Abby Johnson's And Then There Were None (ATTWN) and Stanton Healthcare, were subsequently unlisted as partners as well. New Wave Feminists and Johnson still participated in the official march, alongside other anti-abortion groups such as ATTWN, Students for Life of America, and Life Matters Journal.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [20, 58], "content_span": [59, 685]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273734-0016-0000", "contents": "2017 Women's March, Participation\nWhile organizers had originally expected over 200,000 people, the march ended up drawing between 440,000 to 500,000 in Washington D.C. The Washington Metro system had its second-busiest day ever with over a million trips taken, considerably larger than the inauguration day's ridership and second only to the first inauguration of Barack Obama. The New York Times reported that crowd-scientists estimate that the Women's March was three times the size of the Trump inauguration, which they estimate at 160,000 attendees. However, The Washington Post and The New York Times have stated that it is difficult to accurately calculate crowd size and other estimates of the Trump inauguration range from 250,000 to 600,000 people.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [20, 33], "content_span": [34, 758]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273734-0017-0000", "contents": "2017 Women's March, Participation\nAn estimated 3,300,000 \u2013 4,600,000 people participated in the United States and up to 5 million did worldwide.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [20, 33], "content_span": [34, 144]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273734-0018-0000", "contents": "2017 Women's March, Participation\nPacked cars, buses, airplanes, and trains commuted protesters to the march. The large crowds enabled Washington's Subway to break 1,000,000 passengers for only the second time in its history. The 1,001,613 trips are the second busiest day, the highest counted total (as the highest, from Obama's First Inauguration is only an estimate) and the highest single-day ridership for a weekend day breaking the previous record of 825,437 trips set during the Rally to Restore Sanity and/or Fear. It was also reported that over 45,000 disabled people in attendance, led by the organizing efforts of disability justice activist Mia Ives-Rublee.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [20, 33], "content_span": [34, 669]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273734-0019-0000", "contents": "2017 Women's March, Participation, Washington, D.C., Speakers\nThe official list of speakers included America Ferrera, Scarlett Johansson, and Gloria Steinem. Other speakers were Sophie Cruz, Angela Davis, and Michael Moore, as well as Cecile Richards, Ilyasah Shabazz, Janet Mock, LaDonna Harris, Janelle Mon\u00e1e, Maryum Ali, Rabbi Sharon Brous, Sister Simone Campbell, Ashley Judd, Melissa Harris-Perry, Randi Weingarten, Van Jones, Kristin Rowe-Finkbeiner, Roslyn Brock, Mayor Muriel Bowser, Senators Tammy Duckworth (D-IL) and Kamala Harris (D-CA), Donna Hylton, Ai-jen Poo, and Raquel Willis.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [20, 61], "content_span": [62, 594]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273734-0020-0000", "contents": "2017 Women's March, Participation, Washington, D.C., Speakers\nSteinem commented \"Our constitution does not begin with 'I, the President.' It begins with, 'We, the People.' I am proud to be one of thousands who have come to Washington to make clear that we will keep working for a democracy in which we are linked as human beings, not ranked by race or gender or class or any other label.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [20, 61], "content_span": [62, 388]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273734-0021-0000", "contents": "2017 Women's March, Participation, Washington, D.C., Speakers\nFerrera stated, \"If we \u2013 the millions of Americans who believe in common decency, in the greater good, in justice for all \u2013 if we fall into the trap by separating ourselves by our causes and our labels, then we will weaken our fight and we will lose. But if we commit to what aligns us, if we stand together steadfast and determined, then we stand a chance of saving the soul of our country.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [20, 61], "content_span": [62, 454]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273734-0022-0000", "contents": "2017 Women's March, Participation, Washington, D.C., Speakers\nJohansson called for long-term change: \"Once the heaviness [of the election] began to subside, an opportunity has presented itself to make real long-term change, not just for future Americans, but in the way we view our responsibility to get involved with and stay active in our communities. Let this weight not drag you down, but help to get your heels stuck in.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [20, 61], "content_span": [62, 426]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273734-0023-0000", "contents": "2017 Women's March, Participation, Washington, D.C., Speakers\nThe youngest presenter at the Washington D.C. march, 6-year-old Sophie Cruz, said, \"Let us fight with love, faith, and courage so that our families will not be destroyed,\" and ended her speech saying, \"I also want to tell the children not to be afraid, because we are not alone. There are still many people that have their hearts filled with love. Let's keep together and fight for the rights. God is with us.\" Cruz repeated her speech in Spanish.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [20, 61], "content_span": [62, 509]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273734-0024-0000", "contents": "2017 Women's March, Participation, Washington, D.C., Speakers\nAlicia Keys performed at the rally saying, \"We are mothers. We are caregivers. We are artists. We are activists. We are entrepreneurs, doctors, leaders of industry and technology. Our potential is unlimited. We rise.\" Angela Davis said, \"We recognize that we are collective agents of history and that history cannot be deleted like web pages.\" Maryum Ali also spoke, saying, \"Don't get frustrated, get involved. Don't complain, organize.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [20, 61], "content_span": [62, 500]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273734-0025-0000", "contents": "2017 Women's March, Participation, Other U.S. locations\nAcross the United States, there were a total of 408 planned marches.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [20, 55], "content_span": [56, 124]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273734-0026-0000", "contents": "2017 Women's March, Participation, International\nMarches occurred worldwide, with 198 in 84 other countries. Organisers of the event reported 673 marches worldwide, including 20 in Mexico and 29 in Canada. Women in India also organized a nationwide march on January 21, 2017, called I Will Go Out to demand access to safe public spaces. It was held in small countries such as Belgium, Costa Rica, Latvia. The movement also took place in countries in Africa, including Kenya, Nigeria, and Tanzania all held marches calling for women to have equal rights, and specifically demanding an end to violence against women.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [20, 48], "content_span": [49, 614]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273734-0027-0000", "contents": "2017 Women's March, Participation, Participation by well-known people, Political figures\nU.S. Senator Cory Booker, former U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry, and civil rights activist Jesse Jackson attended the Washington march. Anne-Marie Slaughter, president of New America and former Director of Policy Planning at the U.S. State Department, attended the New York City march. John Lewis attended the Atlanta rally, which saw more than 60,000 march to the Georgia State Capitol.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [20, 88], "content_span": [89, 480]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273734-0028-0000", "contents": "2017 Women's March, Participation, Participation by well-known people, Political figures\nSenator Bernie Sanders of Vermont delivered a speech at the march in Montpelier in front of the Vermont State House, as did other Vermont political figures, such as former Governor Madeleine Kunin and current Lieutenant Governor David Zuckerman. Both Massachusetts Senators Elizabeth Warren and Ed Markey participated in the Boston Women's March, along with Mayor Marty Walsh.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [20, 88], "content_span": [89, 465]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273734-0029-0000", "contents": "2017 Women's March, Participation, Participation by well-known people, Political figures\nJacinda Ardern, Prime Minister of New Zealand since October 2017, gave a speech after marching in Auckland; New Zealand was chronologically the first country in the world to participate in the march.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [20, 88], "content_span": [89, 288]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273734-0030-0000", "contents": "2017 Women's March, Participation, Participation by well-known people, Additional celebrity participation\nIn San Francisco, performer and activist Joan Baez serenaded the crowd with \"We Shall Overcome\" in Spanish. Comedian Colin Mochrie and Actress Eliza Dushku attended Boston's march. Singer Carole King was among 30 residents rallying in Stanley, Idaho. Author Stephen King participated in a march in Sarasota, Florida. Singer Kacey Musgraves and comedian Chris Rock were both present in Nashville, Tennessee. Seth Rogen tweeted video from New Orleans. Actor Rami Malek was present in Paris, France.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [20, 105], "content_span": [106, 602]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273734-0031-0000", "contents": "2017 Women's March, Messaging and visual imagery, Pussyhat Project\nThe Pussyhat Project was a nationwide effort initiated by Krista Suh and Jayna Zweiman, a screenwriter and architect located in Los Angeles, to create pussyhats, pink hats to be worn at the march for visual impact. In response to this call, crafters all over the United States began making these hats using patterns provided on the project website for use with either a knitting method, crocheting and even sewing with fabrics. The project's goal was to have one million hats handed out at the Washington March.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [20, 66], "content_span": [67, 578]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273734-0031-0001", "contents": "2017 Women's March, Messaging and visual imagery, Pussyhat Project\nThe hats are made using pink yarns or fabrics and were originally designed to be a positive form of protest for Trump's inauguration by Krista Suh. Suh, from Los Angeles, wanted a hat for the cooler climate in Washington, D. C. and made herself a hat for the protest, realizing the potential: \"we could all wear them, make a unified statement\". One of the project founders, Jayna Zweiman, stated \"I think it's resonating a lot because we're really saying that no matter who you are or where you are, you can be politically active.\" Suh and Zwieman worked with Kat Coyle, the owner of a local knitting supply shop called The Little Knittery, to come up with the original design. The project launched in November 2016 and quickly became popular on social media with over 100,000 downloads of the pattern to make the hat.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [20, 66], "content_span": [67, 885]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273734-0032-0000", "contents": "2017 Women's March, Messaging and visual imagery, Pussyhat Project\nThe name refers to the resemblance of the top corners of the hats to cat ears and attempts to reclaim the derogatory term \"pussy\", a play on Trump's widely reported 2005 remarks that women would let him \"grab them by the pussy\". Many of the hats worn by marchers in Washington, D.C., were created by crafters who were unable to attend and wished them to be worn by those who could, to represent their presence. Those hats optionally contained notes from the crafters to the wearers, expressing support.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [20, 66], "content_span": [67, 569]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273734-0032-0001", "contents": "2017 Women's March, Messaging and visual imagery, Pussyhat Project\nThey were distributed by the crafters themselves, by yarn stores at the points of origin, carried to the event by marchers, and also distributed at the destination. The production of the hats caused reported shortages of pink knitting yarn across the United States. On the day of the march, NPR compared the hats to the \"Make America Great Again\" hats worn by Trump supporters, in that both represented groups that had at one point been politically marginalized; both sent \"simultaneously unifying and antagonistic\" messages; and both were simple in their messages. Pussyhats were featured later on the fashion runway, and on the covers of Time and The New Yorker.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [20, 66], "content_span": [67, 731]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273734-0033-0000", "contents": "2017 Women's March, Messaging and visual imagery, Signage\nIn Richmond, Virginia, attendees of the March on Washington participated in an \"Art of Activism\" series of workshops at Studio Two Three, a printmaking studio for artists in Scott's Addition.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [20, 57], "content_span": [58, 249]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273734-0034-0000", "contents": "2017 Women's March, Messaging and visual imagery, Signage\nIn Los Angeles, actor Amir Talai was carrying the sign \"I'll see you nice white ladies at the next #blacklivesmatter march right?\" to express frustration at the lack of participation by white Americans in the Black Lives Matter movement, and simultaneously hopeful of encouraging them to do so. The photo of Talai with the sign went viral over the internet.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [20, 57], "content_span": [58, 415]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273734-0035-0000", "contents": "2017 Women's March, Messaging and visual imagery, Signage\nIn January 2020, the National Archives acknowledged that it altered photographs of the Women's March on Washington, blurring the word Trump in a sign that reads, \"God Hates Trump\" and another that reads, \"Trump & GOP \u2014 Hands Off Women\" as well as other placards that referenced parts of a woman's anatomy. A spokesperson for the National Archives explained that the censorship was designed to avoid politicizing the event and to protect children and young people who might see the signs.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [20, 57], "content_span": [58, 545]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273734-0036-0000", "contents": "2017 Women's March, Response, Academics\nWhile the march aims to create a social movement, Marcia Chatelain of Georgetown University's Center for Social Justice commented that its success will depend on the marchers' ability to maintain momentum in the following weeks. \"One of the goals of any type of march or any type of visible sign of solidarity is to get inspired, to inspire people to do more. And the question is, at the march, what kind of organizational structures or movements will also be present to help people know how to channel their energy for the next day and for the long haul?\" Historian Michael Kazin also commented on the importance of a long-term strategy: \"All successful movements in American history have both inside and outside strategy. If you're just protesting, and it just stops there, you're not going to get anything done.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [20, 39], "content_span": [40, 855]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273734-0037-0000", "contents": "2017 Women's March, Response, Academics\nIn the aftermath of the protest, museum curators around the world sought to gather signs and other cultural artifacts of the marches.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [20, 39], "content_span": [40, 173]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273734-0038-0000", "contents": "2017 Women's March, Response, Politicians\nMany members of the U.S. House of Representatives announced that they would not attend Trump's inauguration ceremony, with the numbers growing after he made disparaging remarks about veteran House member and civil rights leader John Lewis. Some of them said they would attend the Women's March.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [20, 41], "content_span": [42, 336]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273734-0039-0000", "contents": "2017 Women's March, Response, Politicians\nMaine Representative Chellie Pingree said she would instead visit a Planned Parenthood center and a business owned by immigrants on Inauguration Day before going to Washington to appear on stage with other politicians who refused to attend. \"We need to do everything we can to let the incoming administration know we are not happy about their agenda. I've had unprecedented numbers of my constituents calling me worried about healthcare, the environment, public education, and they feel disrespected,\" she said.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [20, 41], "content_span": [42, 553]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273734-0040-0000", "contents": "2017 Women's March, Response, Politicians\nOn January 22, 2017, Trump wrote on his personal Twitter account: \"Watched protests yesterday but was under the impression that we just had an election! Why didn't these people vote? Celebs hurt cause badly.\" Two hours later, he sent a more placatory tweet: \"Peaceful protests are a hallmark of our democracy. Even if I don't always agree, I recognize the rights of people to express their views.\" A White House official criticized the March for not welcoming abortion rights opponents, and then criticized Madonna's comment that she \"thought an awful lot about blowing up the White House\".", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [20, 41], "content_span": [42, 632]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273734-0041-0000", "contents": "2017 Women's March, Response, Politicians\nSenator Bernie Sanders, who attended the March in Montpelier, Vermont, said Trump should listen to the protesters: \"Listen to the needs of women. Listen to the needs of the immigrant community. Listen to the needs of workers. Listen to what's going on with regards to climate change\u00a0... Modify your positions. Let's work together to try to save this planet and protect the middle class.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [20, 41], "content_span": [42, 429]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273734-0042-0000", "contents": "2017 Women's March, Response, Politicians\nHillary Clinton, the 2016 Democratic presidential candidate, offered her support on Twitter, calling the march \"awe-inspiring\" and stated \"[I] hope it brought joy to others as it did to me\".", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [20, 41], "content_span": [42, 232]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273734-0043-0000", "contents": "2017 Women's March, Response, Politicians\nFollowing a tweet that offended other lawmakers and the public, Bill Kintner resigned from his position as Nebraska State Senator.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [20, 41], "content_span": [42, 172]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273734-0044-0000", "contents": "2017 Women's March, Response, Politicians\nJohn Carman, a Republican official in South Jersey mocked the Women's March, asking if the protest\u00a0would \"be over in time for them to cook dinner\". He lost the next election on November 7, 2017, against a political newcomer, Ashley Bennett.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [20, 41], "content_span": [42, 282]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273734-0045-0000", "contents": "2017 Women's March, Response, Politicians\nThe Friedrich Ebert Foundation, which is associated with the Social Democratic Party of Germany, had planned to give their human rights award to the 2017 Women's March. After a German Jewish organization, however, protested in an open letter, accusing the organizers of antisemitic statements and ties to antisemites, the foundation put the award on ice.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [20, 41], "content_span": [42, 396]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273734-0046-0000", "contents": "2017 Women's March, Response, Celebrities\nApart from the celebrities present at the march, others such as Beyonc\u00e9 and Bruce Springsteen made statements of support for it. The latter, who endorsed Hillary Clinton and is a friend to Barack Obama, gave a speech during a concert in Australia, saying, \"The E Street Band is glad to be here in Western Australia.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [20, 41], "content_span": [42, 357]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273734-0046-0001", "contents": "2017 Women's March, Response, Celebrities\nBut we're a long way from home, and our hearts and spirits are with the hundreds of thousands of women and men that marched yesterday in every city in America and in Melbourne who rallied against hate and division and in support of tolerance, inclusion, reproductive rights, civil rights, racial justice, LGBTQ rights, the environment, wage equality, gender equality, healthcare, and immigrant rights. We stand with you. We are the new American resistance.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [20, 41], "content_span": [42, 499]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273734-0047-0000", "contents": "2017 Women's March, Response, Celebrities\nCyndi Lauper commented on Madonna's controversial speech at the Washington march, saying, \"Anger is not better than clarity and humanity. That is what opens people's minds. When you want to change people's mind, you have to share your real story.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [20, 41], "content_span": [42, 289]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273734-0048-0000", "contents": "2017 Women's March, Response, Celebrities\nJon Voight called the march \"destructive\" and said it was \"against the president and against the government\". He was particularly critical of Shia LaBeouf and march participant Miley Cyrus, saying \"they have a lot of followers\" and felt their stances were \"teaching treason\".", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [20, 41], "content_span": [42, 317]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273734-0049-0000", "contents": "2017 Women's March, Response, Celebrities\nPiers Morgan, a friend of Trump's, stated the march was a reaction by women that \"a man won\" and that \"At its core, it was about Trump-hating and resentment that he won and Hillary lost\". He also felt that it was democratic to protest, but not due to the result of a democratic election. In response to Morgan's comments about the march, Ewan McGregor canceled his appearance on Good Morning Britain, which Morgan was hosting.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [20, 41], "content_span": [42, 468]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273734-0050-0000", "contents": "2017 Women's March, Follow-up\nFollowing the march, the organizers of the Women's March on Washington posted the \"10 Actions for the first 100 Days\" campaign to keep up the momentum from the march. The first action included contacting senators about concerns, with an option of using \"Hear Our Voice\" postcards. A new action was provided every 10 days.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [20, 29], "content_span": [30, 351]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273734-0051-0000", "contents": "2017 Women's March, Follow-up\nFilmmaker Michael Moore called for 100 days of resistance, for Trump's first 100 days of his presidency.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [20, 29], "content_span": [30, 134]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273734-0052-0000", "contents": "2017 Women's March, Follow-up\nIn July 2017, the Women's March official Twitter feed celebrated the birthday of Assata Shakur, an African-American on the FBI most wanted terrorists list who was convicted of murder, leading to criticism from conservative media outlets. In an August 1, 2017, editorial, Bari Weiss criticized three co-chairs for their association with Louis Farrakhan, and for failing to reject anti-Semitism. In a reply letter, co-Chair Bob Bland dismissed critics as \"apologists for the status quo, racist ideology and the white nationalist patriarchy\".", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [20, 29], "content_span": [30, 569]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273734-0053-0000", "contents": "2017 Women's March, Follow-up\nIn October 2017, leaders of the decentralized Women's Marches across the country formed a new organization, March On, and launched a Super PAC called March On's Fight Back PAC. Led by Vanessa Wruble, one of the co-founders and chief architects of the Women's March on Washington, March On announced the goal of creating political change through their \"March on the Polls\" campaign, including marching people to voting booths for the November 2018 midterms for a \"March on the Midterms\". \"March on aims to coordinate actions at the federal, state, and local level.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [20, 29], "content_span": [30, 593]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273734-0054-0000", "contents": "2017 Women's March, Follow-up\nOn January 21, 2018, a second Women's March was held, taking place in cities around the world. Demonstrations were also held in 2019 and 2020.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [20, 29], "content_span": [30, 172]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273734-0055-0000", "contents": "2017 Women's March, Locations\nThe 2017 Women's Marches took place in many cities around the world since January 21, 2017.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [20, 29], "content_span": [30, 121]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273735-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 Women's Masters Basel\nThe 2017 Women's Masters Basel was a curling tournament held from October 5 to 9 the Curlingzentrum Region Basel in Basel, Switzerland as part of the 2017\u201318 World Curling Tour. The event was held in a triple-knockout format.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [26, 26], "content_span": [27, 252]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273736-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 Women's NORCECA Volleyball Championship\nThe 2017 Women's NORCECA Volleyball Championship was the 25th edition of the tournament, and played from 26 September to 16 October 2017 in Canada, Dominican Republic, and Trinidad and Tobago. The top two teams of each pools qualified for 2018 FIVB Volleyball Women's World Championship", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [44, 44], "content_span": [45, 331]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273736-0001-0000", "contents": "2017 Women's NORCECA Volleyball Championship, Qualification\nThe top six teams from NORCECA ranking qualified directly, except United States, the reigning World champion. Other six teams will qualify though the zonal qualification.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [46, 59], "content_span": [60, 230]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273737-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 Women's National Invitation Tournament\nThe 2017 Women's National Invitation Tournament was an annual single-elimination tournament of 64 NCAA Division I teams that were not selected to participate in the 2017 Women's NCAA Tournament. The tournament committee announced the 64-team field on March 13, following the selection of the NCAA Tournament field. The tournament began on March 15 and ended on April 1, with the championship game televised on the CBS Sports Network. In the championship game, the Michigan Wolverines defeated the Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets, 89\u201379, in triple overtime.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [43, 43], "content_span": [44, 596]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273737-0001-0000", "contents": "2017 Women's National Invitation Tournament, Participants\nThe 2017 Postseason WNIT field consists of 32 automatic invitations \u2013 one from each conference \u2013 and 32 (or more) at-large teams. The intention of the WNIT Selection Committee was to select the best available at-large teams in the nation. A team offered an automatic berth by the WNIT will be the team that is the highest-finishing team in its conference's regular-season standings, and not selected for the NCAA Tournament. A team that fulfills these qualities, and accepts, earned the WNIT automatic berth for its conference, regardless of overall record. The remaining berths in the WNIT were filled by the best teams available. Any team considered for an at-large berth has an overall record of .500 or better.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [45, 57], "content_span": [58, 772]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273737-0002-0000", "contents": "2017 Women's National Invitation Tournament, Bracket\nAll times are listed as Eastern Daylight Time (UTC\u22124)* \u2013 Denotes overtime period", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [45, 52], "content_span": [53, 133]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273738-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 Women's National League (Ireland)\nThe 2017 Women's National League, known for sponsorship reasons as the Continental Tyres Women's National League, was the seventh season of the Women's National League, the highest women's association football league in the Republic of Ireland. It was the second league season to run over an entire calendar year.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [38, 38], "content_span": [39, 352]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273738-0001-0000", "contents": "2017 Women's National League (Ireland)\nWexford Youths won the season and their third National League title. Amber Barrett from Peamount United won her second top scorer award with 16 goals.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [38, 38], "content_span": [39, 189]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273738-0002-0000", "contents": "2017 Women's National League (Ireland), Format\nTeams play each other three times, either twice at home and once away, or once at home and twice away. Each team plays 18 games, 9 home and 9 away.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 46], "content_span": [47, 194]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273739-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 Women's Oceania Cup\nThe 2017 Women's Oceania Cup was the tenth edition of the women's field hockey tournament. It was held from 11 to 15 October in Stratford.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [24, 24], "content_span": [25, 163]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273739-0001-0000", "contents": "2017 Women's Oceania Cup\nThe tournament served as a qualifier for the 2018 FIH World Cup.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [24, 24], "content_span": [25, 89]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273739-0002-0000", "contents": "2017 Women's Oceania Cup\nAustralia won the tournament for the seventh time, defeating New Zealand 2\u20130 in the final.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [24, 24], "content_span": [25, 115]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273739-0003-0000", "contents": "2017 Women's Oceania Cup, Statistics, Final standings\nAs per statistical convention in field hockey, matches decided in extra time are counted as wins and losses, while matches decided by penalty shoot-outs are counted as draws.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 53], "content_span": [54, 228]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273739-0004-0000", "contents": "2017 Women's Oceania Cup, Statistics, Goalscorers\nThere were 61 goals scored in 4 matches, for an average of 15.2 goals per match.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 49], "content_span": [50, 130]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273740-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 Women's PGA Championship\nThe 2017 KPMG Women's PGA Championship was the 63rd Women's PGA Championship, played June 29 \u2013 July 2 at Olympia Fields Country Club in Olympia Fields, Illinois, a suburb south of Chicago. Known as the LPGA Championship through 2014, it was the second of five major championships on the LPGA Tour during the 2017 season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [29, 29], "content_span": [30, 350]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273740-0001-0000", "contents": "2017 Women's PGA Championship\nDanielle Kang won the championship for her first professional win, one stroke ahead of defending champion Brooke Henderson.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [29, 29], "content_span": [30, 153]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273740-0002-0000", "contents": "2017 Women's PGA Championship\nOlympia Fields hosted the PGA Championship in 1925 and 1961, and the U.S. Open in 1928 and 2003. It has also been the site of the U.S. Senior Open (1997) and the U.S. Amateur (2015).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [29, 29], "content_span": [30, 212]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273740-0003-0000", "contents": "2017 Women's PGA Championship\nGolf Channel and NBC Sports televised the Women's PGA for the third consecutive year.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [29, 29], "content_span": [30, 115]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273740-0004-0000", "contents": "2017 Women's PGA Championship, Field\nThe field included 156 players who meet one or more of the selection criteria and commit to participate by a designated deadline.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 36], "content_span": [37, 166]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273740-0005-0000", "contents": "2017 Women's PGA Championship, Field, Qualified players\nPlayers who qualified for the Championship are listed below. Players are listed under the first category in which they qualified; additional qualifying categories are shown in parentheses. Players were eligible based on the following criteria:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 55], "content_span": [56, 299]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273740-0006-0000", "contents": "2017 Women's PGA Championship, Field, Qualified players\nLaura Davies, Shanshan Feng (4,6,12), Brooke Henderson (4,5,6,12), Cristie Kerr (4,6,10,12), Anna Nordqvist (4,5,6,10,12), Inbee Park (3,4,6,7,12), Suzann Pettersen (3,4,6,10,12), Yani Tseng", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 55], "content_span": [56, 246]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273740-0007-0000", "contents": "2017 Women's PGA Championship, Field, Qualified players\n3. Professionals who have won an LPGA major championship in the previous five years and during the current year", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 55], "content_span": [56, 167]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273740-0008-0000", "contents": "2017 Women's PGA Championship, Field, Qualified players\nChoi Na-yeon (4,12), Chun In-gee (4,6,12), Ariya Jutanugarn (4,5,6,12), Kim Hyo-joo (4,12), Lydia Ko (4,5,6,12), Brittany Lang (4,6,10,12), Stacy Lewis (6,10,12), Brittany Lincicome (4,10,12), Mo Martin (12), Ryu So-yeon (4,5,6,12), Jiyai Shin (6), Lexi Thompson (4,6,10,12), Michelle Wie (10,12), Yoo Sun-young (12)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 55], "content_span": [56, 372]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273740-0009-0000", "contents": "2017 Women's PGA Championship, Field, Qualified players\n4. Professionals who have won an official LPGA tournament in the previous two calendar years and during the current year", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 55], "content_span": [56, 176]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273740-0010-0000", "contents": "2017 Women's PGA Championship, Field, Qualified players\nChella Choi (5,12), Carlota Ciganda (6,10,12), Charley Hull (6,10,12), In-Kyung Kim (6,12), Kim Sei-young (6,12), Jessica Korda (6,12), Minjee Lee (6,12), Mirim Lee (5,6,12), Caroline Masson (10,12), Haru Nomura (6,12), Jenny Shin (12), Kris Tamulis (12), Amy Yang (5,6,12)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 55], "content_span": [56, 329]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273740-0011-0000", "contents": "2017 Women's PGA Championship, Field, Qualified players\n5. Professionals who finished top-10 and ties at the previous year's Women's PGA Championship", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 55], "content_span": [56, 149]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273740-0012-0000", "contents": "2017 Women's PGA Championship, Field, Qualified players\n6. Professionals ranked No. 1-30 on the Women's World Golf Rankings as of June 5, 2017", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 55], "content_span": [56, 142]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273740-0013-0000", "contents": "2017 Women's PGA Championship, Field, Qualified players\nM. J. Hur (12), Park Sung-hyun (12), Gerina Piller (10,12)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 55], "content_span": [56, 114]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273740-0014-0000", "contents": "2017 Women's PGA Championship, Field, Qualified players\n8. The top eight finishers at the 2016 LPGA T&CP National Championship", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 55], "content_span": [56, 126]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273740-0015-0000", "contents": "2017 Women's PGA Championship, Field, Qualified players\nJean Bartholomew, Jessica Carafiello, Wendy Doolan, Lisa Grimes, Amanda McCurdy, Karen Paolozzi, Hillery Sence, Kristin Walla", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 55], "content_span": [56, 181]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273740-0016-0000", "contents": "2017 Women's PGA Championship, Field, Qualified players\n9. The top finisher (not otherwise qualified via the 2016 LPGA T&CP National Championship) at the 2017 PGA Women's Stroke Play Championship", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 55], "content_span": [56, 195]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273740-0017-0000", "contents": "2017 Women's PGA Championship, Field, Qualified players\n10. Members of the European and United States Solheim Cup teams in 2015", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 55], "content_span": [56, 127]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273740-0018-0000", "contents": "2017 Women's PGA Championship, Field, Qualified players\nPaula Creamer (12), Sandra Gal (12), Caroline Hedwall (12), Karine Icher (12), Alison Lee (12), Catriona Matthew (12), Azahara Mu\u00f1oz (12), Gwladys Nocera, Morgan Pressel (12), Melissa Reid (12), Lizette Salas (12), Angela Stanford (12)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 55], "content_span": [56, 291]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273740-0019-0000", "contents": "2017 Women's PGA Championship, Field, Qualified players\n12. LPGA members who have committed to the event, ranked in the order of their position on the 2017 official money list through the conclusion of the Walmart NW Arkansas Championship", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 55], "content_span": [56, 238]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273740-0020-0000", "contents": "2017 Women's PGA Championship, Field, Qualified players\nMarina Alex, Beth Allen, Brittany Altomare, Aditi Ashok, Laetitia Beck, Nicole Broch Larsen, Ashleigh Buhai, Katie Burnett, Dori Carter, Sandra Changkija, Pei-Yun Chien, Karen Chung, Cydney Clanton, Holly Clyburn, Jacqui Concolino, Perrine Delacour, Lindy Duncan, Austin Ernst, Jodi Ewart Shadoff, Simin Feng, Laura Gonzalez Escallon, Jaye Marie Green, Mina Harigae, Nasa Hataoka, C\u00e9line Herbin, Dani Holmqvist, Wei-Ling Hsu, Vicky Hurst, Eun-Hee Ji, Tiffany Joh, Moriya Jutanugarn, Danielle Kang, Haeji Kang, Kim Kaufman, Megan Khang, Christina Kim, Katherine Kirk, Joanna Klatten, Nelly Korda, Olafia Kristinsdottir, Candie Kung, Min Seo Kwak, Bronte Law, Ilhee Lee, Lee Jeong-eun, Lee Mi-hyang, Min Lee, Amelia Lewis, Lin Xiyu, Pernilla Lindberg, Gaby L\u00f3pez, Lee Lopez, Ally McDonald, Stephanie Meadow, Wichanee Meechai, Ai Miyazato, Giulia Molinaro, Becky Morgan, Belen Mozo, Therese O'Hara, Amy Olson, Ryann O'Toole, Lee-Anne Pace, Brooke Pancake, Annie Park, Jane Park, Sadena Parks, Emily Kristine Pedersen, Katherine Perry, Pornanong Phatlum, Beatriz Recari, Paula Reto, Demi Runas, Madelene Sagstr\u00f6m, Sherman Santiwiwatthanaphong, Alena Sharp, Kelly Shon, Sarah Jane Smith, Jennifer Song, Nontaya Srisawang, Marissa Steen, Jackie Stoelting, Thidapa Suwannapura, Kelly Tan, Pannarat Thanapolboonyaras, Ayako Uehara, Mariajo Uribe, Cheyenne Woods, Jing Yan, Angel Yin, Sakura Yokomine, Pavarisa Yoktuan", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 55], "content_span": [56, 1465]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273740-0021-0000", "contents": "2017 Women's PGA Championship, Field, Qualified players\n13. The remainder of the field will be filled by members who have committed to the event, ranked in the order of their position on the 2017 LPGA Priority List as of the commitment deadline", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 55], "content_span": [56, 244]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273741-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 Women's PSA World Series Finals\nThe 2017 Women's PSA World Series Finals is the women's edition of the 2017 PSA World Series Finals (Prize money\u00a0: $160 000). The top 8 players in the 2016\u201317 PSA World Series are qualified for the event. The event took place in Dubai in the United Arab Emirates from 6 to 10 June 2017.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [36, 36], "content_span": [37, 323]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273742-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 Women's Pan American Cup\nThe 2017 Women's Pan American Cup was the fifth edition of the Women's Pan American Cup, the quadrennial international women's field hockey championship of the Americas organised by the Pan American Hockey Federation. It was held between 5 and 13 August 2017 in Lancaster, Pennsylvania, United States, simultaneously with the men's tournament.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [29, 29], "content_span": [30, 373]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273742-0001-0000", "contents": "2017 Women's Pan American Cup\nThe tournament doubled as the qualifier for two major international tournaments: the winner qualified directly to the 2018 World Cup, and the two teams not qualifying through the 2018 South American Games or the 2018 Central American and Caribbean Games qualified for the 2019 Pan American Games to be held in Lima, Peru. Also, the top 6 teams qualified for the next Pan American Cup, while the bottom two need to compete in the Pan American Challenge.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [29, 29], "content_span": [30, 482]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273742-0002-0000", "contents": "2017 Women's Pan American Cup\nArgentina won the tournament for the fifth consecutive time after defeating Chile 4\u20131 in the final. As they had already secured an automatic berth at the 2018 Hockey World Cup thanks to a fourth-place finish at the World League Semifinal in Johannesburg, South Africa, their quota was immediately awarded to first reserve team, Italy.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [29, 29], "content_span": [30, 364]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273742-0003-0000", "contents": "2017 Women's Pan American Cup, Qualification\nThe top six nations at the 2013 Pan American Cup qualified directly with the remaining two spots were assigned to the first and second-placed team at the 2015 Pan American Challenge, which was held in Chiclayo, Peru.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 44], "content_span": [45, 261]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273743-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 Women's Pan-American Volleyball Cup\nThe 2017 Women's Pan-American Volleyball Cup was the 16th edition of the annual women's volleyball tournament. It was held in two cities, Lima and Ca\u00f1ete, in Peru from 17 June to 25 June. Twelve teams competed in the tournament.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [40, 40], "content_span": [41, 269]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273743-0001-0000", "contents": "2017 Women's Pan-American Volleyball Cup\nThe United States won the title when they defeated the Dominican Republic 3\u20131 in the final. American Micha Hancock was awarded the Most Valuable Player.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [40, 40], "content_span": [41, 193]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273743-0002-0000", "contents": "2017 Women's Pan-American Volleyball Cup, Pool standing procedure\nMatch won 3\u20130: 5 match points for the winner, 0 match points for the loserMatch won 3\u20131: 4 match points for the winner, 1 match point for the loserMatch won 3\u20132: 3 match points for the winner, 2 match points for the loser", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 65], "content_span": [66, 287]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273744-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 Women's Roller Hockey World Cup\nThe 2017 FIRS Women's Roller Hockey World Cup was the 14th edition of the Women's Roller Hockey World Cup, organised by the F\u00e9d\u00e9ration Internationale de Roller Sports (FIRS). The tournament was held for the first time in China, in the city of Nanjing, from 27 August to 2 September 2017, as part of the 2017 World Roller Games.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [36, 36], "content_span": [37, 364]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273744-0001-0000", "contents": "2017 Women's Roller Hockey World Cup\nSpain won its sixth title, retaining the title they conquered one year before.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [36, 36], "content_span": [37, 115]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273744-0002-0000", "contents": "2017 Women's Roller Hockey World Cup, Competition format\nDuring the previous edition of the World Cup, the FIRS determined to end with the celebration of two different tournaments for divisions A and B, and merged all competitions in a whole event integrated in the World Roller Games. Despite this merge, teams were divided into two different competitions.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 56], "content_span": [57, 357]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273744-0003-0000", "contents": "2017 Women's Roller Hockey World Cup, Competition format\nFor this tournament there would not be golden goals during the overtimes.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 56], "content_span": [57, 130]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273744-0004-0000", "contents": "2017 Women's Roller Hockey World Cup, Competition format, World Championship\nThe eight first ranked teams were divided into two groups. All teams would qualify for the quarterfinals.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 76], "content_span": [77, 182]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273744-0005-0000", "contents": "2017 Women's Roller Hockey World Cup, Competition format, FIRS Cup\nThe three remaining teams would a double round-robin tournament for determining the final positions.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 66], "content_span": [67, 167]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273744-0006-0000", "contents": "2017 Women's Roller Hockey World Cup, Teams\nThe 12 participating teams were divided into three competitions according to their positions in the 2016 FIRS Women's Roller Hockey World Cup. The Division B was renamed as FIRS Cup.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 43], "content_span": [44, 226]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273744-0007-0000", "contents": "2017 Women's Roller Hockey World Cup, Teams\nThe two top seeded teams were drawn in different groups. The draw was held in Barcelona on 5 July 2017.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 43], "content_span": [44, 147]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273744-0008-0000", "contents": "2017 Women's Roller Hockey World Cup, FIRS Cup\nAfter the withdrawal of Egypt, the competition system changed for playing each team three teams against each other.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 46], "content_span": [47, 162]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273745-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 Women's Rugby League World Cup\nThe 2017 Women's Rugby League World Cup was the fifth staging of the Women's Rugby League World Cup and was held in Australia between 16 November and 2 December 2017. Pool and semi-final matches was held at Southern Cross Group Stadium in Sydney, with the final held at Brisbane Stadium. The final was played as a double-header with the men's final.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [35, 35], "content_span": [36, 385]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273745-0001-0000", "contents": "2017 Women's Rugby League World Cup, Pre-tournament matches\nBefore the World Cup it was announced that France would host England in two tests in Perpignan, and Papua New Guinea would host Australia in Port Moresby.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 59], "content_span": [60, 214]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273745-0002-0000", "contents": "2017 Women's Rugby League World Cup, Venues\nAll the matches were played at Endeavour Field (Southern Cross Group Stadium) in Sydney, with the exception of the final which was played in the larger Brisbane Stadium in Brisbane.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 43], "content_span": [44, 225]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273745-0003-0000", "contents": "2017 Women's Rugby League World Cup, Pool stage\nThe two pools feature three teams each. The top two teams in each pool will qualify for the semi-finals. Pool play will involve a round robin with an additional inter-pool game for each team so all teams will play three pool games.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 47], "content_span": [48, 279]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273746-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 Women's Rugby League World Cup Final\nThe 2017 Women's Rugby League World Cup Final was a rugby league match which determined the winner of the 2017 Women's Rugby League World Cup. It was played between reigning champions Australia and their rivals New Zealand on 2 December 2017 at Brisbane Stadium in Brisbane, immediately before the final of the concurrent men's competition. It was the third consecutive time that the two sides played in the World Cup final.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [41, 41], "content_span": [42, 466]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273746-0001-0000", "contents": "2017 Women's Rugby League World Cup Final\nAustralia emerged victorious, winning the match 23\u201316 and earning their second World Cup win.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [41, 41], "content_span": [42, 135]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273746-0002-0000", "contents": "2017 Women's Rugby League World Cup Final, Route to the final\nBoth teams had little difficulty reaching the final, each winning their group matches and semi-final by large margins.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [43, 61], "content_span": [62, 180]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273747-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 Women's Rugby League World Cup squads\nThis article lists the official squads for the 2017 Women's Rugby League World Cup.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [42, 42], "content_span": [43, 126]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273748-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 Women's Rugby World Cup\nThe 2017 Women's Rugby World Cup was the eighth edition of the Women's Rugby World Cup and was held in Ireland in August 2017. New Zealand became the 2017 champions by beating England 41\u201332 in the final on 26 August. Matches were held in Dublin and Belfast. The pool stages were held at University College Dublin with the semi finals and finals held at Queen's University and Kingspan Stadium in Belfast.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [28, 28], "content_span": [29, 433]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273748-0001-0000", "contents": "2017 Women's Rugby World Cup\nThe tournament took place three rather than four years after the previous Women's Rugby World Cup because World Rugby wanted to move away from clashing with other events. The event will return to a four-year cycle after 2017.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [28, 28], "content_span": [29, 254]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273748-0002-0000", "contents": "2017 Women's Rugby World Cup\nThe 2017 tournament set attendance records for a Women's World Cup. The tournament drew 45,412 fans over 30 matches. The final was played in front of a crowd of 17,115, and the pool matches sold out.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [28, 28], "content_span": [29, 228]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273748-0003-0000", "contents": "2017 Women's Rugby World Cup\nThis was the last edition of the tournament under the \"Women's Rugby World Cup\" name. On 21 August 2019, World Rugby announced that all future World Cups, whether for men or women, would be officially titled as the \"Rugby World Cup\", distinguished only by year and not by gender. As such, the 2021 edition in New Zealand will bear the title of \"Rugby World Cup 2021\".", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [28, 28], "content_span": [29, 396]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273748-0004-0000", "contents": "2017 Women's Rugby World Cup, Bidding process\nOn 2 March 2015, it was announced that the Irish Rugby Football Union had submitted a bid to host to Women's Rugby World Cup in August 2017. The Irish bid was the only one made to host the event. On 13 May 2015 it was announced that Ireland would host the event in Dublin and Belfast.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 45], "content_span": [46, 330]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273748-0005-0000", "contents": "2017 Women's Rugby World Cup, Bidding process\nOn 4 June 2015 it was announced that Garrett Tubridy had been appointed tournament director for the event.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 45], "content_span": [46, 152]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273748-0006-0000", "contents": "2017 Women's Rugby World Cup, Qualifying\nIreland, the host nation, had already qualified automatically by finishing in the top seven teams at the 2014 tournament before being announced as hosts. A further six teams (England, Canada, France, New Zealand, USA and Australia) qualified automatically as top seven finishers at the 2014 tournament. Italy and Wales qualified as the top two teams across the 2015 and 2016 Women's Six Nations excluding England, France, and Ireland. The remaining three qualifiers (Hong Kong, Spain and Japan) were determined by the end of 2016.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 40], "content_span": [41, 571]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273748-0007-0000", "contents": "2017 Women's Rugby World Cup, Match officials\nAt the end of March 2017, World Rugby announced fourteen match officials: nine referees and five assistants.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 45], "content_span": [46, 154]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273748-0008-0000", "contents": "2017 Women's Rugby World Cup, Pool stage\nThe pool draw took place on 9 November 2016 at Belfast.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 40], "content_span": [41, 96]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273748-0009-0000", "contents": "2017 Women's Rugby World Cup, Pool stage\nEach pool was a single round-robin of six games, in which each team played one match against each of the other teams in the same pool. Teams were awarded four points for a win, two points for a draw, one point for a loss by one to seven points, and none for a defeat by more than seven points. A team scoring four or more tries in one match scored a bonus point.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 40], "content_span": [41, 403]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273748-0010-0000", "contents": "2017 Women's Rugby World Cup, Pool stage\nThe tournament comprised 12 teams in three pools of four with the pool winners plus the best runner-up progressing to the semi-finals.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 40], "content_span": [41, 175]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273748-0011-0000", "contents": "2017 Women's Rugby World Cup, Finals, Knockout Rankings\nAt the completion of the pool stage, teams were ranked first according to their position within their pool (positions 1 to 3 were the pool winners, positions 4 to 6 were the pool runners up, etc.) and then by competition points. The top four teams progressed to the tournament semi-finals, teams ranked 5\u20138 progressed to the 5th to 8th play-offs, and the teams ranked 9\u201312 progressed to the 9th to 12th play-offs.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 55], "content_span": [56, 469]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273748-0012-0000", "contents": "2017 Women's Rugby World Cup, Finals, Tie breakers\nIf teams were tied on pool points they were ranked by rules applied in the following order \u20131. The team that won the match between the two teams was ranked first (does not apply to teams in different pools) 2. If the teams were still level, the difference between points scored and points conceded was used to rank the teams3. Difference between tries scored and tries conceded was used to rank the teams4. Most points scored 5. Most tries scored 6. Coin toss", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 50], "content_span": [51, 510]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273748-0013-0000", "contents": "2017 Women's Rugby World Cup, Finals, Finals\nThe team ranked first after the pool stages played the team ranked fourth and the team ranked second played the team ranked third.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 44], "content_span": [45, 175]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273749-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 Women's Rugby World Cup Final\nThe 2017 Women's Rugby World Cup Final was a rugby union match to determine the winner of the 2017 Women's Rugby World Cup, played between reigning champions England and New Zealand on 26 August 2017 at Kingspan Stadium in Belfast. New Zealand won the Rugby World Cup for a record fifth time, beating England 41\u201332.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [34, 34], "content_span": [35, 350]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273749-0001-0000", "contents": "2017 Women's Rugby World Cup Final, Route to the final\nEngland was the only team in the competition to be made up of professional rugby players, whereas New Zealand had just six players contracted.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 54], "content_span": [55, 197]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273749-0002-0000", "contents": "2017 Women's Rugby World Cup Final, Route to the final\nNew Zealand was placed in Pool A with Canada, Hong Kong and Wales. England was in Pool B alongside USA, Spain and Italy. On 10 August England played their first game of the tournament against Spain and ran in ten tries, including a hat-trick to Kay Wilson, to record a 56\u20135 victory. New Zealand played Wales the same day and led 20\u20130 at half time before extending the final margin to 44\u201312, with Selica Winiata scoring a hat-trick of her own. New Zealand continued their dominance with a 121\u20130 thrashing of Hong Kong in their next game.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 54], "content_span": [55, 592]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273749-0002-0001", "contents": "2017 Women's Rugby World Cup Final, Route to the final\nThey scored 19 tries in total, with eight of them coming from winger Portia Woodman. England's second match saw them score the same number of tries and points as their first one as they downed Italy 56\u201313. Despite the two victories, concerns were raised over their kicking as in both matches they only converted three of the ten tries. England's final pool game was against the USA and they played a dominant first half to lead 33\u20137, before the Americans fought back to a close the final score to 47\u201336. The result meant that both teams would advance to the Semi-Finals. New Zealand played Canada in their last pool game and with another hat-trick, this time from front rower Aldora Itunu, New Zealand came away 48\u20135 victors.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 54], "content_span": [55, 781]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273749-0003-0000", "contents": "2017 Women's Rugby World Cup Final, Route to the final\nIn the Semi-Finals New Zealand took on USA and England played Pool C winner France. The USA team put in a good first half effort to only trail by eight points going into the break. They visibly fatigued in the second half though and New Zealand pulled away to claim a 45\u201312 victory. New Zealand scored seven tries in total, with Woodman again starring with four of them. Kelly Brazier was named Player of the Match for her playmaking and ball handling skills. England overcame France 20\u20133 n their Semi-Final.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 54], "content_span": [55, 563]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273749-0003-0001", "contents": "2017 Women's Rugby World Cup Final, Route to the final\nAt half time nothing separated the two teams as they each scored a solitary penalty in wet Belfast conditions. In the second half, two 20 year-olds (Sarah Bern and Megan Jones) scored the games only tries and put the game out of France's reach. It was a much closer match than the final score indicated, with Jones try coming in the final minutes and not long after the French had narrowly missed scoring one themselves.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 54], "content_span": [55, 475]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273749-0004-0000", "contents": "2017 Women's Rugby World Cup Final, Match, Summary\nEngland won the battle up front in the first half, holding onto possession and keeping New Zealand inside their 22 for most of it. However, New Zealand were the first to score when a cross-field kick from Victoria Subritzky-Nafatali was claimed by Selica Winiata setting up her first try. Emily Scarratt, who was playing at fullback instead of in her regular center spot, responded by making a break into New Zealand's 22 and then scored a penalty from a resulting dangerous tackle.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 50], "content_span": [51, 533]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273749-0004-0001", "contents": "2017 Women's Rugby World Cup Final, Match, Summary\nIn the 20th minute New Zealand's Sarah Goss was sin-binned for a tip tackle on Katy McLean and England nearly scored only for Alex Matthews to be held up over the tryline. They were eventually rewarded for their dominance, earning a penalty try from the resulting scrum. Lydia Thompson scored England's second try seven minutes later following a break from Rachael Burford. Just before half time New Zealand finally secured enough possession to string together some attacking phases, allowing prop Toka Natua to score. Despite the early momentum being with England, New Zealand trailed by just seven points at half time.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 50], "content_span": [51, 671]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273749-0005-0000", "contents": "2017 Women's Rugby World Cup Final, Match, Summary\nNew Zealand played a much better second half. After being awarded a penalty early, they chose to kick to the corner and from the resulting lineout, Subritzky-Nafatali helped set up Natua's second try of the evening. With a successful conversion the scores were now level. England worked their way back into New Zealands half and were awarded a penalty that Scarratt managed to convert to edge them ahead. Lock Charmaine Smith pulled New Zealand ahead with a try in the 53rd minute, before England struck back through another Thompson score. England held a narrow one point lead.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 50], "content_span": [51, 629]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273749-0005-0001", "contents": "2017 Women's Rugby World Cup Final, Match, Summary\nThree minutes later Natua scored her hat-trick try, then Kendra\u00a0Cocksedge and Winiata crossed in quick succession to give New Zealand a 16-point lead with 11 minutes to play. With four minutes remaining Lesley Ketu was sin binned helping Izzy Noel-Smith score a consolation try for England near the end. The final score was 41\u201332 and New Zealand had won their fifth title to go with 1998, 2002, 2006 and\u00a02010 victories.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 50], "content_span": [51, 470]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273749-0006-0000", "contents": "2017 Women's Rugby World Cup Final, Match, Summary\nNatua was named player of the match for her three tries. New Zealand's captain Fiao'o Fa'amausili was proud of how her team got themselves back into the game, while England's captain Sarah Hunter complimented New Zealand on their second half performance.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 50], "content_span": [51, 305]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273750-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 Women's Rugby World Cup qualifying\nThe qualification process for the 2017 Women's Rugby World Cup began on 14 February 2015. Twelve teams qualified for the tournament, which was held in Ireland in 2017.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [39, 39], "content_span": [40, 207]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273750-0001-0000", "contents": "2017 Women's Rugby World Cup qualifying, Qualification process\nFollowing the 2014 Women's Rugby World Cup, seven teams received an automatic qualification berth - these berths being given to the top seven teams (England, Canada, France, Ireland, New Zealand, the United States and Australia). The remaining five berths for the 2017 finals were awarded through regional tournaments.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 62], "content_span": [63, 381]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273750-0002-0000", "contents": "2017 Women's Rugby World Cup qualifying, Regional qualification\nThere are 12 nations participating in the 2017 Women's Rugby World Cup. Seven teams have automatically qualified by virtue of their performance at the prior Rugby World Cup, leaving five teams to qualify through regional matches. Regional Qualification began on 14 February 2015, during the second round of the 2015 Women's Six Nations Championship.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 63], "content_span": [64, 413]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273750-0003-0000", "contents": "2017 Women's Rugby World Cup qualifying, Regional qualification, Europe, European Qualification\nEngland, France, and Ireland automatically qualified by virtue of their finishes in the 2014 tournament. In addition, there were three other places available for European countries.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 95], "content_span": [96, 277]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273750-0004-0000", "contents": "2017 Women's Rugby World Cup qualifying, Regional qualification, Europe, Round One\nThe top two teams from the combined 2015 and 2016 Women's Six Nations Championship, Italy and Wales, qualified directly. The remaining team, Scotland, proceeded to Round Three.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 82], "content_span": [83, 259]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273750-0005-0000", "contents": "2017 Women's Rugby World Cup qualifying, Regional qualification, Europe, Round Two\nThe top team from the 2016 Women's European Championship proceeded to Round Three. The tournament took place in Spain in October, 2016, with Spain being declared champions.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 82], "content_span": [83, 255]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273750-0006-0000", "contents": "2017 Women's Rugby World Cup qualifying, Regional qualification, Europe, Round Three\nScotland and the winner of Round Two, Spain, played a home-and-away series to determine the final European qualifier. Spain won both games.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 84], "content_span": [85, 224]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273750-0007-0000", "contents": "2017 Women's Rugby World Cup qualifying, Regional qualification, Asia and Oceania, Asian Qualification\nThe top two teams of the 2016 Asia Rugby Women's Championship qualified to the Repechage. The ARWC was contested between Japan, Hong Kong, and Fiji (the winner of the Oceanic qualification competition).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 102], "content_span": [103, 305]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273750-0008-0000", "contents": "2017 Women's Rugby World Cup qualifying, Regional qualification, Asia and Oceania, Oceania Qualification\nNew Zealand and Australia automatically qualified due to their finishes in the 2014 tournament. A third team, Fiji, defeated Papua New Guinea 37\u201310 in the Oceania qualifier to move on to the repechage.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 104], "content_span": [105, 306]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273750-0009-0000", "contents": "2017 Women's Rugby World Cup qualifying, Regional qualification, Repechage\nThe two best-ranked teams from a final qualifying tournament featuring one team from Oceania and two teams from Asia.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 74], "content_span": [75, 192]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273751-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 Women's Rugby World Cup squads\nThis article lists the official squads for the 2017 Women's Rugby World Cup in Ireland.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [35, 35], "content_span": [36, 123]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273751-0001-0000", "contents": "2017 Women's Rugby World Cup squads, Pool A, Canada\nNote: Flags indicate national union for the club/province as defined by World Rugby.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 51], "content_span": [52, 136]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273751-0002-0000", "contents": "2017 Women's Rugby World Cup squads, Pool A, Hong Kong\nNote: Flags indicate national union for the club/province as defined by World Rugby.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 54], "content_span": [55, 139]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273751-0003-0000", "contents": "2017 Women's Rugby World Cup squads, Pool A, New Zealand\nNote: Flags indicate national union for the club/province as defined by World Rugby.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 56], "content_span": [57, 141]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273751-0004-0000", "contents": "2017 Women's Rugby World Cup squads, Pool A, Wales\nNote: Flags indicate national union for the club/province as defined by World Rugby.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 50], "content_span": [51, 135]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273751-0005-0000", "contents": "2017 Women's Rugby World Cup squads, Pool B, England\nNote: Flags indicate national union for the club/province as defined by World Rugby.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 52], "content_span": [53, 137]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273751-0006-0000", "contents": "2017 Women's Rugby World Cup squads, Pool B, Italy\nNote: Flags indicate national union for the club/province as defined by World Rugby.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 50], "content_span": [51, 135]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273751-0007-0000", "contents": "2017 Women's Rugby World Cup squads, Pool B, Spain\nNote: Flags indicate national union for the club/province as defined by World Rugby.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 50], "content_span": [51, 135]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273751-0008-0000", "contents": "2017 Women's Rugby World Cup squads, Pool B, United States\nNote: Flags indicate national union for the club/province as defined by World Rugby.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 58], "content_span": [59, 143]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273751-0009-0000", "contents": "2017 Women's Rugby World Cup squads, Pool C, Australia\nNote: Flags indicate national union for the club/province as defined by World Rugby.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 54], "content_span": [55, 139]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273751-0010-0000", "contents": "2017 Women's Rugby World Cup squads, Pool C, France\nNote: Flags indicate national union for the club/province as defined by World Rugby.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 51], "content_span": [52, 136]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273751-0011-0000", "contents": "2017 Women's Rugby World Cup squads, Pool C, Ireland\nNote: Flags indicate national union for the club/province as defined by World Rugby.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 52], "content_span": [53, 137]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273751-0012-0000", "contents": "2017 Women's Rugby World Cup squads, Pool C, Japan\nNote: Flags indicate national union for the club/province as defined by World Rugby.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 50], "content_span": [51, 135]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273752-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 Women's Six Nations Championship\nThe 2017 Women's Six Nations Championship, also known as the 2017 RBS Women's Six Nations due to the tournament's sponsorship by the Royal Bank of Scotland, was the 16th series of the Women's Six Nations Championship, an annual women's rugby union competition between six European rugby union national teams. Matches were held in February and March 2017, on the same weekends as the men's tournament, if not always the same day.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [37, 37], "content_span": [38, 466]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273752-0001-0000", "contents": "2017 Women's Six Nations Championship\nFor the first time, the 2017 tournament used the rugby union bonus points system common to most other professional rugby union tournaments. As well as the standard four points for a win or two for a draw, a team scoring four or more tries during a match received an additional league table point, as did a team losing by 7 or fewer points. Additionally, to ensure that a team winning all of its five matches (a Grand Slam) would also win the Championship, three bonus points were awarded for this achievement.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [37, 37], "content_span": [38, 547]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273752-0002-0000", "contents": "2017 Women's Six Nations Championship, Table\n* England were awarded an extra 3 table points for achieving the Grand Slam.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 44], "content_span": [45, 121]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273753-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 Women's South American Volleyball Championship\nThe 2017 Women's South American Volleyball Championship was the 32nd edition of the Women's South American Volleyball Championship held in Cali, Colombia and organised by South America's governing volleyball body, the Confederaci\u00f3n Sudamericana de Voleibol (CSV). The champions will qualify for 2018 FIVB Volleyball Women's World Championship.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 51], "section_span": [51, 51], "content_span": [52, 395]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273754-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 Women's South American Volleyball Club Championship\nThe 2017 Women's South American Volleyball Club Championship was the ninth official edition of the women's volleyball tournament, played by six teams from 14\u201318 February 2017 in Uberaba and Uberl\u00e2ndia, Brazil. Rio de Janeiro won its third consecutive title, the fourth overall, and qualified for the 2017 FIVB Volleyball Women's Club World Championship in Kobe, Japan. Gabriela Guimar\u00e3es was elected the Most Valuable Player.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 56], "section_span": [56, 56], "content_span": [57, 482]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273754-0001-0000", "contents": "2017 Women's South American Volleyball Club Championship, Competing clubs\nTeams were seeded in two pools of three according to how the representatives of their countries finished in the 2016 edition.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 56], "section_span": [58, 73], "content_span": [74, 199]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273755-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 Women's Super 3s\nThe 2017 Women's Super 3s, known for sponsorship reasons as the 2017 Toyota Super 3s, was the third Women's Super 3s competition that took place in Ireland. It ran from June to August, with 3 teams taking part made up of the best players in Ireland. The teams played 10 matches each, four 50 over matches and six Twenty20s. Scorchers won the competition, winning their second title.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [21, 21], "content_span": [22, 404]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273755-0001-0000", "contents": "2017 Women's Super 3s, Competition format\nThe three teams played ten matches each in a league system. Each team played the other two sides twice in a 50 over match and three times in a Twenty20 match, with all matches contributing to a unified table.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 41], "content_span": [42, 250]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273755-0002-0000", "contents": "2017 Women's Super 3s, Competition format\nThe league worked on a points system with positions being based on the total points. Points were awarded as follows:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 41], "content_span": [42, 158]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273755-0003-0000", "contents": "2017 Women's Super 3s, Competition format\nWin: 2 points. Tie: 1 point. Loss: 0 points. Abandoned/No Result: 1 point.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 41], "content_span": [42, 116]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273756-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 Women's Tour de Yorkshire\nThe 2017 Women's Tour de Yorkshire was a cycling one-day race that took place in Yorkshire in April 2017. It was the second edition of the Women's Tour de Yorkshire and was organised by Welcome to Yorkshire and the Amaury Sport Organisation. The race started in Tadcaster, ended in Harrogate and covered a distance of 122.5 kilometres (76.1\u00a0mi).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [30, 30], "content_span": [31, 376]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273756-0001-0000", "contents": "2017 Women's Tour de Yorkshire, Route\nThe women's stage started at Tadcaster and followed the same route as the men's race; leaving Tadcaster over the newly re-opened Tadcaster Bridge, the route took the riders through Knaresborough, through Lofthouse, Ripon, skirting Fountains Abbey and then into Harrogate where the race culminated on Parliament Street. The race started at 9:20\u00a0am and finished around 12:30\u00a0pm.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 37], "content_span": [38, 414]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273756-0002-0000", "contents": "2017 Women's Tour de Yorkshire, Teams\nEighteen teams were entered in the race. Listed alphabetically, these were;", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 37], "content_span": [38, 113]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273757-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 Women's Twenty20 Cup\nThe 2017 Women's Twenty20 Cup, known for sponsorship reasons as the 2017 NatWest Women's Twenty20 Cup was the 9th cricket Women's Twenty20 Cup tournament. It took place in June and July, with 36 teams taking part: 34 county teams plus Scotland and Wales. Lancashire Women won the Twenty20 Cup, as winners of Division 1, the first of two trophies they won in 2017, along with the County Championship.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [25, 25], "content_span": [26, 425]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273757-0001-0000", "contents": "2017 Women's Twenty20 Cup\nThe tournament ran alongside the 50-over 2017 Women's County Championship, and was followed by the Twenty20 2017 Women's Cricket Super League, competed for by regional teams.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [25, 25], "content_span": [26, 200]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273757-0002-0000", "contents": "2017 Women's Twenty20 Cup, Competition Format\nTeams played matches within a series of divisions with the winners of the top division being crowned the Champions. Matches were played using a Twenty20 format.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 45], "content_span": [46, 206]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273757-0003-0000", "contents": "2017 Women's Twenty20 Cup, Competition Format\nThe championship works on a points system with positions within the divisions being based on the total points. Points were awarded as follows:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 45], "content_span": [46, 188]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273757-0004-0000", "contents": "2017 Women's Twenty20 Cup, Competition Format\nWin: 4 points. Tie: 1 point. Loss: 0 points. Abandoned/Cancelled: 1 point.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 45], "content_span": [46, 120]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273757-0005-0000", "contents": "2017 Women's Twenty20 Cup, Teams\nThe 2017 Women's Twenty20 Cup was divided into three divisions: Division One and Division Two with nine teams each, and Division Three with 18 teams, divided into regional groups of 6 teams apiece; teams in all divisions played eight games.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 32], "content_span": [33, 273]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273758-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 Women's Twenty20 East Asia Cup\nThe 2017 Women's East Asia Cup was a Twenty20 (T20) cricket tournament, which was held in Hong Kong in September 2017. The venues for the round-robin stage matches were the Hong Kong Cricket Club in Wong Nai, and the Mission Road Ground in Mong Kok. The tournament was completed with the final and third-place play-off, which were played at the Kowloon Cricket Club.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [35, 35], "content_span": [36, 402]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273758-0001-0000", "contents": "2017 Women's Twenty20 East Asia Cup\nThe Twenty20 East Asia Cup is an annual competition featuring China, Hong Kong, Japan and South Korea that was first played in 2015 and alternates annually between a men's and women's event. China were the defending women's champions, having won the inaugural edition in 2015 at the Yeonhui Cricket Ground in Incheon, South Korea. South Korea had won the inaugural men's edition in 2016. Matches did not have Twenty20 International status.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [35, 35], "content_span": [36, 475]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273758-0002-0000", "contents": "2017 Women's Twenty20 East Asia Cup\nHong Kong defeated Japan in the final on 24 September 2017 to win the Women's East Asia Cup for the first time.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [35, 35], "content_span": [36, 147]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273759-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 Women's U-19 European Handball Championship\nThe 2019 Women's U-19 European Handball Championship was the eleventh edition of the European Women's U-19 Handball Championship, held in Celje, Slovenia from 27 July to 7 August 2017.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 48], "section_span": [48, 48], "content_span": [49, 233]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273759-0001-0000", "contents": "2017 Women's U-19 European Handball Championship, Draw\nThe draw was held on 20 April 2017 in Paris.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 48], "section_span": [50, 54], "content_span": [55, 99]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273759-0002-0000", "contents": "2017 Women's U-19 European Handball Championship, Tournament awards\nThe all-star team and awards were announced on 6 August 2017.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 48], "section_span": [50, 67], "content_span": [68, 129]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273760-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 Women's Volleyball Thai-Denmark Super League\n2017 Women's Volleyball Thai\u2013Denmark Super League (Thai: \u0e27\u0e2d\u0e25\u0e40\u0e25\u0e22\u0e4c\u0e1a\u0e2d\u0e25\u0e2b\u0e0d\u0e34\u0e07\u0e44\u0e17\u0e22\u0e40\u0e14\u0e19\u0e21\u0e32\u0e23\u0e4c\u0e04\u0e0b\u0e39\u0e40\u0e1b\u0e2d\u0e23\u0e4c\u0e25\u0e35\u0e01 2017) was the 5th edition of the tournament. It was held at the MCC Hall of The Mall Bangkapi in Bangkok, Thailand from 22 \u2013 26 March 2017.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 49], "section_span": [49, 49], "content_span": [50, 282]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273761-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 Women's World Draughts Championship\nThe 2017 Women's World Draughts Championship at the international draughts held in Tallinn, Estonia International Draughts Federation FMJD. Sixteen female players in total was competing in the tournament. The tournament started on October 1, 2017, and lasted on October 15, 2017. Three round played in hotel Europe, other \u2013 at Paul Keres Chess House. It played as a round-robin, with 15 rounds in total. The winning prize for the tournament is 20,000 euros. At the same time the 2017 World Draughts Championship was held.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [40, 40], "content_span": [41, 562]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273761-0001-0000", "contents": "2017 Women's World Draughts Championship\nWomen's World Draughts Champion Natalia Sadowska (Poland) and former champion Zoja Golubeva (Latvia) participated in competition. New world champion became Zoja Golubeva.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [40, 40], "content_span": [41, 211]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273761-0002-0000", "contents": "2017 Women's World Draughts Championship, Rules and regulations\nThe games will be played in the official FMJD time rate of the Fischer system with 1 hour and 20 minutes for the game plus 1 minute per move. Conforming to the FMJD regulations players are not allowed to agree on a draw before they both made 40 moves. If they do so nevertheless, the referee is obliged to decide on a 0-point each players.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 63], "content_span": [64, 403]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273761-0003-0000", "contents": "2017 Women's World Draughts Championship, Rules and regulations\nThe final classification will be based on the total points obtained. If two or more players will have same total points to define the places:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 63], "content_span": [64, 205]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273762-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 Women's World Floorball Championships\nThe 2017 Women's World Floorball Championships was the 11th World Championships in women's floorball. The tournament took place in Bratislava in Slovakia between 1\u20139 December 2017. Sixteen teams participated and the competition was won by Sweden.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [42, 42], "content_span": [43, 289]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273762-0001-0000", "contents": "2017 Women's World Floorball Championships, Qualification\nAll teams, apart from the host country (Slovakia), will have to qualify for the Final Round via the qualifications, and there will be a total of 6 qualification groups - one in the Americas, one in Asia-Oceania and four in Europe. China and Thailand will be participating in the women's event for the first-ever time, while Malaysia, Slovenia, Austria and Korea are making a return.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [44, 57], "content_span": [58, 440]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273762-0002-0000", "contents": "2017 Women's World Floorball Championships, Venues\nThe games of the 2017 Floorball World Championship will take place in Bratislava in the Ondrej Nepela Arena and in HANT Arena.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [44, 50], "content_span": [51, 177]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273762-0003-0000", "contents": "2017 Women's World Floorball Championships, Statistics, Scoring leaders\nGP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; PIM = Penalties In MinutesSource:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [44, 71], "content_span": [72, 162]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273763-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 Women's World Junior Squash Championships\nThe 2017 Women's World Junior Squash Championships is the women's edition of the 2017 World Junior Squash Championships, which serves as the individual world Junior championship for squash players. The event took place in Tauranga in New Zealand from 19 to 24 July 2017.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [46, 46], "content_span": [47, 318]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273764-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 Women's World Junior Team Squash Championships\nThe 2017 Women's World Junior Team Squash Championships was held in Tauranga, New Zealand. The event took place from 25 to 29 July 2017.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 51], "section_span": [51, 51], "content_span": [52, 188]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273765-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 Women's World Nine-ball Championship\nThe 2017 Women's World Nine-ball Championship was a professional nine-ball pool tournament which was held in Hainan Chengmai (China) from 8 to 11 November 2017. The event was organized by the Guoao Group, which has hosted this event from 2013.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [41, 41], "content_span": [42, 285]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273765-0001-0000", "contents": "2017 Women's World Nine-ball Championship\nOverall 64 players from all arount the world was divided into 8 groups of 8 players, where double elimination format was applied. In the group stage all matches were race to 7 with alternate break format. Overall 32 players proceeded to the main tournament - knouckout stage. In the Knouckout stage all matches were played race to 9.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [41, 41], "content_span": [42, 375]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273765-0002-0000", "contents": "2017 Women's World Nine-ball Championship\nSiming Chen won the title with the 9\u20137 victory over Pan Xiaoting in the final. It was Chen's first Women's World Nine-ball title.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [41, 41], "content_span": [42, 171]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273765-0003-0000", "contents": "2017 Women's World Nine-ball Championship, Main tournament - Last 32\nKnockout stage consisted of last 32 players. Defending champion - Han Yu was defeated by Pan Xiaoting in semi-finals 5\u20139.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [43, 68], "content_span": [69, 190]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273765-0004-0000", "contents": "2017 Women's World Nine-ball Championship, Main tournament - Last 32, Final\nThe final was played between two Chinese players - Chen Siming and Xiaoting Pan. Alternate break format was played. Chen Siming had three break-and-run in racks: 8, 10 and 12. Xiaoting Pan had two break-and-run in racks 1 and 3.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [43, 75], "content_span": [76, 304]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273766-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 Women's World Squash Championship\nThe 2017 Women's World Open Squash Championship is the 2017 women's edition of the World Championships, which serves as the individual world championship for squash players.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [38, 38], "content_span": [39, 212]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273766-0001-0000", "contents": "2017 Women's World Squash Championship\nThe event was held alongside the Men's World Squash Championship between 9 and 17 December 2017 inclusive. Raneem El Weleily defeated fellow Egyptian and the defending champion Nour El Sherbini in the final.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [38, 38], "content_span": [39, 246]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273767-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 Worcestershire County Council election\nThe 2017 Worcestershire County Council election took place on 4 May 2017 as part of the 2017 local elections in the United Kingdom. All 57 councillors were elected from 53 electoral divisions which returned either one or two county councillors each by first-past-the-post voting for a four-year term of office. The Conservatives extended their majority in the council, gaining ten seats, largely at the expense of Labour and UKIP, who lost six seats between them; the Conservative majority increased from one seat to eleven.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [43, 43], "content_span": [44, 568]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273767-0000-0001", "contents": "2017 Worcestershire County Council election\nThe number of seats for the Liberal Democrats and Green remained the same, with the Conservatives gaining the remaining five seats from independent politicians and candidates from smaller parties. The Conservatives lost one seat, Alvechurch, to an independent. The Liberals lost their only seat, St Chads in the Wyre Forest district, after they decided not to field any candidates; the Liberal Democrats held the seat, however. UKIP lost all their seats in this election to the Conservatives.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [43, 43], "content_span": [44, 536]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273768-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 World Aesthetic Group Gymnastics Championships\nThe 2017 World Aesthetic Gymnastics Championships, the 18th edition of the Aesthetic group gymnastics competition, was held in Helsinki, Finland from May 26 to 28, at the Helsinki Ice Hall.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 51], "section_span": [51, 51], "content_span": [52, 241]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273768-0001-0000", "contents": "2017 World Aesthetic Group Gymnastics Championships, Medal winners\nCamilla Berg, Ronja Hakala, Emmi Nikkil\u00e4, Venla Niemenmaa, Siiri Puuska, Ella Ratilainen, Adeliina Sulkanen, Milja Vuorenmaa, Venla Lampo, Viivi-sofia Minkkinen, Jasmine Niemel\u00e4", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 51], "section_span": [53, 66], "content_span": [67, 244]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273768-0002-0000", "contents": "2017 World Aesthetic Group Gymnastics Championships, Medal winners\nAnastasiya Chernyaeva, Anastasia Kozhemyakina, Elena Romanchenko, Olga Romanchenko, Daria Rudnichenko, Yana Sochugova, Arina Ten, Anastasia Yarkova, Arina Nikishova", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 51], "section_span": [53, 66], "content_span": [67, 231]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273768-0003-0000", "contents": "2017 World Aesthetic Group Gymnastics Championships, Medal winners\nJenna Alavahtola, Laura Hirvonen, Irina Khanoukaeva, Janina Klang, Sanni Lehto, Iida Pasanen, Jasmin Rasinkangas, Mira Syrj\u00e4l\u00e4, Anniina Taulos, Sanna V\u00e4kiparta", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 51], "section_span": [53, 66], "content_span": [67, 226]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273768-0004-0000", "contents": "2017 World Aesthetic Group Gymnastics Championships, Medal winners\nIda J\u00e4rvinen, Tuuli Kankaanp\u00e4\u00e4, Janina Kaukomaa, Roosa Koski, Alina Panula, Riina Ruism\u00e4ki, Viivi Saarenrinne, Enni S\u00f6derling", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 51], "section_span": [53, 66], "content_span": [67, 192]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273768-0005-0000", "contents": "2017 World Aesthetic Group Gymnastics Championships, Medal winners\nAino Handelberg, Tytti Ilvessalo, Angelica Kangas, Aurora Kapanen, Emma Koivunen, Iiris Koski, Alli Laaksonen, Tua-sofia Pihlajaniemi, Olivia Soini, Matilda Uosukainen", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 51], "section_span": [53, 66], "content_span": [67, 234]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273768-0006-0000", "contents": "2017 World Aesthetic Group Gymnastics Championships, Medal winners\nAnastasiia Antoshina, Polina Furtseva, Anastasia Khakhulina, Zhanna Kurta, Arina Shishenina, Anastasia Skuzovatkina, Polina Salnikova, Iuliia Smagina", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 51], "section_span": [53, 66], "content_span": [67, 216]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273768-0007-0000", "contents": "2017 World Aesthetic Group Gymnastics Championships, Results, Senior\nThe top 12 teams (2 per country) and the host country in Preliminaries qualify to the Finals.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 51], "section_span": [53, 68], "content_span": [69, 162]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273769-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 World Allround Speed Skating Championships\nThe 2017 World Allround Speed Skating Championships were held at the Vikingskipet in Hamar, Norway, from 4 to 5 March 2017.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 47], "section_span": [47, 47], "content_span": [48, 171]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273770-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 World Allround Speed Skating Championships \u2013 Men\nThe Men competition at the 2017 World Championships was held on 4 and 5 March 2017.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 53], "section_span": [53, 53], "content_span": [54, 137]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273770-0001-0000", "contents": "2017 World Allround Speed Skating Championships \u2013 Men, Results, 500 m\nThe race was started on 4 March 2017 at 13:42.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 53], "section_span": [55, 69], "content_span": [70, 116]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273770-0002-0000", "contents": "2017 World Allround Speed Skating Championships \u2013 Men, Results, 5000 m\nThe race was started on 4 March 2017 at 15:55.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 53], "section_span": [55, 70], "content_span": [71, 117]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273770-0003-0000", "contents": "2017 World Allround Speed Skating Championships \u2013 Men, Results, 1500 m\nThe race was started on 5 March 2017 at 14:28.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 53], "section_span": [55, 70], "content_span": [71, 117]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273770-0004-0000", "contents": "2017 World Allround Speed Skating Championships \u2013 Men, Results, 10,000 m\nThe race was started on 5 March 2017 at 16:22.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 53], "section_span": [55, 72], "content_span": [73, 119]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273771-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 World Allround Speed Skating Championships \u2013 Women\nThe Women competition at the 2017 World Championships was held on 4 and 5 March 2017.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 55], "section_span": [55, 55], "content_span": [56, 141]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273771-0001-0000", "contents": "2017 World Allround Speed Skating Championships \u2013 Women, Results, 500 m\nThe race was started on 4 March 2017 at 13:15.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 55], "section_span": [57, 71], "content_span": [72, 118]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273771-0002-0000", "contents": "2017 World Allround Speed Skating Championships \u2013 Women, Results, 3000 m\nThe race was started on 4 March 2017 at 14:29.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 55], "section_span": [57, 72], "content_span": [73, 119]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273771-0003-0000", "contents": "2017 World Allround Speed Skating Championships \u2013 Women, Results, 1500 m\nThe race was started on 5 March 2017 at 13:30.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 55], "section_span": [57, 72], "content_span": [73, 119]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273771-0004-0000", "contents": "2017 World Allround Speed Skating Championships \u2013 Women, Results, 5000 m\nThe race was started on 5 March 2017 at 15:28.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 55], "section_span": [57, 72], "content_span": [73, 119]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273772-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 World Aquatics Championships\nThe 17th FINA World Championships (Hungarian: 2017-es \u00fasz\u00f3-vil\u00e1gbajnoks\u00e1g) were held in Budapest, Hungary from 14 to 30 July 2017.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [33, 33], "content_span": [34, 164]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273772-0001-0000", "contents": "2017 World Aquatics Championships, Host selection\nOn 15 July 2011, at the biennial General Congress of FINA in Shanghai, the host-city of the 2017 World Aquatics Championships, Guadalajara, Mexico was announced as the winning bid. Kazan, Russia was awarded the 2015 Championships in the same vote, whereas the rival bid from Hong Kong, China was left unrewarded. Guangzhou (China) and Montreal (Canada) withdrew their bids shortly before the vote.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 49], "content_span": [50, 447]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273772-0002-0000", "contents": "2017 World Aquatics Championships, Host selection\nIn February 2015, Mexico withdrew from hosting the world championships with organizers saying they could not afford the $100 million price tag that goes with hosting the multi-sport aquatic event. On 11 March 2015, it was announced that Budapest would host the 2017 Championships. The city was originally slated to host the 2021 edition.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 49], "content_span": [50, 387]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273772-0003-0000", "contents": "2017 World Aquatics Championships, Symbols\nThe logo of 2017 World Aquatics Championships was inspired by water and Hungarian folk art. The White water roses Lali (male) and Lili (female) in swimming costumes were selected as mascots of championships. Slogan of the championships is Water, Wonder, Welcome.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 42], "content_span": [43, 305]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273772-0004-0000", "contents": "2017 World Aquatics Championships, Symbols\nThe Hungarian National Bank issued a commemorative version of the 50 Ft circulation coin on the occasion of the 17th FINA World Championships to be held in Hungary. and Hungarian Post produced 200,000 stamps and the commemorative booklet with envelope and stamp of first day mail cancellation.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 42], "content_span": [43, 336]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273772-0005-0000", "contents": "2017 World Aquatics Championships, Venues\nThe two main competition venues are located in Budapest: Danube Arena, a brand-new indoor swimming pool complex for swimming and diving on the eastern bank of the Danube just north of Margaret Island, and the existing Alfr\u00e9d Haj\u00f3s National Swimming Stadium, on Margaret Island itself, for water polo. Open water swimming events are held at Lake Balaton. High diving and synchronised swimming are held at temporary venues in Budapest.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 41], "content_span": [42, 475]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273772-0006-0000", "contents": "2017 World Aquatics Championships, Schedule\nA total of 75 Medal events are held across six disciplines.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 43], "content_span": [44, 103]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273772-0007-0000", "contents": "2017 World Aquatics Championships, Media coverage\nIn the United States, NBCUniversal holds rights to the event. Events shall be televised on NBC, NBCSN, and the Olympic Channel. In the UK, the championships have been shown on the BBC Red Button and BBC Two.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 49], "content_span": [50, 257]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273773-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 World Archery Championships\nThe 2017 World Archery Championships was the 49th edition of the World Archery Championships. The event was held in Mexico City, the capital city of Mexico from 15 October to 22 October 2017 and was organised by World Archery (formerly known as FITA). Qualification and elimination rounds took place at the Campo Marte. The competition was preceded by the World Archery Congress on 13\u201314 October.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [32, 32], "content_span": [33, 429]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273773-0001-0000", "contents": "2017 World Archery Championships\nThe programme featured was the same as previous World Archery Championships, with individual, team and mixed team events in the compound and recurve disciplines.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [32, 32], "content_span": [33, 194]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273773-0002-0000", "contents": "2017 World Archery Championships, Participating nations\nAt the close of registrations, a 58 nations had registered 373 athletes. Nations in bold sent the maximum number of participants, with a full team in each event.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 55], "content_span": [56, 217]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273774-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 World Archery Youth Championships\nThe 2017 World Archery Youth Championships was the 15th edition of World Youth Archery Championships. The event was held in Rosario, Argentina 2-8 October 2017, and was organised by World Archery. Junior events were held for those under 20, and Cadet for those under 17.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [38, 38], "content_span": [39, 309]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273775-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships\nThe 2017 Artistic Gymnastics World Championships was the forty-seventh edition of the Artistic Gymnastics World Championships. The competition was held from October 2\u20138, 2017, at the Olympic Stadium in Montreal, Quebec, Canada.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [44, 44], "content_span": [45, 272]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273775-0001-0000", "contents": "2017 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships\nThe event marked the first time since 2003 that the Championships had been held in North America. Montreal was also the host of the 1985 World Championships and the 1976 Summer Olympics. The event was part of Montreal's 375th anniversary and Canada's 150th anniversary celebrations, both of which were in fall of 2017.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [44, 44], "content_span": [45, 363]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273775-0002-0000", "contents": "2017 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships, Men's results, Floor\nDue to a dead spot on the floor in the last subdivision of qualifications that allowed a rotation of gymnasts to redo their floor routines, Bram Verhofstad of the Netherlands bumped out the original eighth-place qualifier Tom\u00e1s Gonz\u00e1lez of Chile. After an appeal by the Chilean Gymnastics Federation, Gonz\u00e1lez was reinstated. As a result, there were nine gymnasts in the final.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [46, 66], "content_span": [67, 444]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273775-0003-0000", "contents": "2017 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships, Men's results, Vault\nTop qualifier Yang Hak-seon of South Korea withdrew with a hamstring injury and was replaced by first reserve Artur Dalaloyan of Russia in the final.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [46, 66], "content_span": [67, 216]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273775-0004-0000", "contents": "2017 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships, Men's results, Horizontal bar\nWith the successful completion of the double-twisting straight Kovac (aka double-twisting Cassina or Bretschneider straight) in competition by Hidetaka Miyachi of Japan (despite a fall on a different element in his routine) during the horizontal bar individual event final, the skill\u2014now officially called the Miyachi on the horizontal bar\u2014has been automatically named after him, the only element currently in men's artistic gymnastics to be assigned the new and highest difficulty score of \"I\" or 0.9.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [46, 75], "content_span": [76, 578]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273775-0005-0000", "contents": "2017 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships, Women's results, Individual all-around\nGreat Britain's Alice Kinsella withdrew before the final due to an ankle injury sustained in qualifications and was replaced by first reserve Lee Eun-ju of South Korea. Second-place qualifier Ragan Smith of the United States injured her ankle during warm-ups moments before the first event and withdrew. Second reserve Ioana Cri\u0219an of Romania replaced Smith in the top group, as there was no time to re-seed due to Smith's late withdrawal.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [46, 84], "content_span": [85, 524]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273775-0006-0000", "contents": "2017 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships, Women's results, Uneven bars\nNina Derwael of Belgium is the first gymnast from her country to make an event final and her bronze was the first-ever medal for Belgium.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [46, 74], "content_span": [75, 212]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273775-0007-0000", "contents": "2017 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships, Women's results, Balance beam\nPauline Sch\u00e4fer won the first-ever World Championships balance beam gold medal for Germany.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [46, 75], "content_span": [76, 167]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273775-0008-0000", "contents": "2017 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships, Women's results, Floor\nTop qualifier Ragan Smith of the United States withdrew after sustaining an ankle injury in warm-ups for the all-around final earlier in the week; she was replaced by first reserve Ellie Black of Canada in the floor final. Mai Murakami won Japan's first-ever gold for women on the event.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [46, 68], "content_span": [69, 356]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273776-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 World Baseball Classic\nThe 2017 World Baseball Classic (WBC) was an international professional baseball competition, composed of 16 competing nations, held from March 6 to March 22, 2017. It was the fourth iteration of the World Baseball Classic. The first-round hosts were Seoul, Tokyo, Miami and Zapopan. The second-round hosts were Tokyo and San Diego, and the championship round was played in Los Angeles.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [27, 27], "content_span": [28, 414]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273776-0001-0000", "contents": "2017 World Baseball Classic\nTwelve of the sixteen competing nations qualified based on their performance during the first round of the 2013 tournament; the remaining four nations are the winners of four qualification tournaments that took place in February, March and September 2016. Two of the four qualifiers, Colombia and Israel, each made their first appearance in the WBC, and both have secured their positions for the 2021 World Baseball Classic.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [27, 27], "content_span": [28, 452]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273776-0002-0000", "contents": "2017 World Baseball Classic\nThe Netherlands, Japan, Puerto Rico, and the United States advanced to the championship round. Defending champion Dominican Republic was eliminated in the second round. The United States defeated Puerto Rico to win the championship game, 8\u20130. Marcus Stroman was named tournament MVP. He made three starts for the U.S. and posted a 2.35 ERA in 151\u20443 total innings, including six shutout innings in the championship game.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [27, 27], "content_span": [28, 448]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273776-0003-0000", "contents": "2017 World Baseball Classic, Qualification\nThe top three teams from each pool of the first round of the 2013 World Baseball Classic automatically qualified.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 42], "content_span": [43, 156]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273776-0004-0000", "contents": "2017 World Baseball Classic, Format\nThe first and second rounds of the tournament were played in round-robin format, with each team playing each other team in their pool once, as was the case in 2006. However, in an effort to reduce the likelihood that a team would be eliminated on statistical tiebreakers, the tournament schedule allowed for a seventh game at each pool-play site.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 35], "content_span": [36, 382]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273776-0005-0000", "contents": "2017 World Baseball Classic, Format\nIn either of the latter cases, the statistics used to rank the tied teams were:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 35], "content_span": [36, 115]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273776-0006-0000", "contents": "2017 World Baseball Classic, Pools composition\nNote: Numbers in parentheses indicate positions in the WBSC World Rankings at the time of the tournament.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 46], "content_span": [47, 152]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273776-0007-0000", "contents": "2017 World Baseball Classic, First round, Pool A\nNOTE: Tiebreaker notes: HTH \u2212 Head-to-head. RA \u2212 Runs against. IPD \u2212 Innings the team pitched. RA/IPD \u2212 The index of RA/IPD. TG \u2212 Tiebreaker game.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 48], "content_span": [49, 195]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273776-0008-0000", "contents": "2017 World Baseball Classic, First round, Pool A\nPool A of the First Round of the 2017 World Baseball Classic was held at Gocheok Sky Dome, Seoul, South Korea from March 6 to 10, 2017, between Team Israel, the Netherlands, South Korea, and Taiwan. Pool A was a round-robin tournament. Prior to the start of the tournament, ESPN considered Team Israel, ranked 41st in the world, to be the biggest underdog in the tournament, referring to them as the \"Jamaican bobsled team of the WBC\".", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 48], "content_span": [49, 484]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273776-0009-0000", "contents": "2017 World Baseball Classic, First round, Pool A\nTeam Israel (3\u20130) and Team Netherlands (2\u20131) qualified for the second round, in Japan. Israel became the first baseball team to go undefeated in the first round of the WBC's main draw after entering the main draw by winning in a qualifying round. In what NBC reported was thought to be the tallest batter-pitcher matchup in baseball history, the Dutch team's 7-foot-1-inch (2.16\u00a0m) Loek van Mil walked Israel's 6-foot-8-inch (2.03\u00a0m) Nate Freiman. Israel's catcher, Ryan Lavarnway, was named Pool A MVP, after going 5-for-9 (.556/.692/.889), with four walks, a home run, and three RBIs.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 48], "content_span": [49, 635]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273776-0010-0000", "contents": "2017 World Baseball Classic, First round, Pool B\nNOTE: Tiebreaker notes: HTH \u2212 Head-to-head. RA \u2212 Runs against. IPD \u2212 Innings the team pitched. RA/IPD \u2212 The index of RA/IPD. TG \u2212 Tiebreaker game.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 48], "content_span": [49, 195]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273776-0011-0000", "contents": "2017 World Baseball Classic, First round, Pool B\nTwo-time champion Japan concluded Pool B with a 3\u20130 record. Cuba defeated Australia to advance to the second round. In the first round, after batting .364, Japanese outfielder Yoshitomo Tsutsugoh was named the Pool B MVP.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 48], "content_span": [49, 270]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273776-0012-0000", "contents": "2017 World Baseball Classic, First round, Pool C\nNOTE: Tiebreaker notes: HTH \u2212 Head-to-head. RA \u2212 Runs against. IPD \u2212 Innings the team pitched. RA/IPD \u2212 The index of RA/IPD. TG \u2212 Tiebreaker game.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 48], "content_span": [49, 195]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273776-0013-0000", "contents": "2017 World Baseball Classic, First round, Pool C\nAfter falling behind 5\u20130 in the sixth inning, Dominican Republic rallied to defeat the U.S. 7\u20135 in their second game. On the last day of the pool, Colombia tied their game against Dominican Republic 3\u20133 in the eighth on a Jorge Alfaro home run, and had a chance to win in the ninth inning, but Oscar Mercado was called out at home trying to score on a sacrifice fly. The game continued into extra innings, where Dominican Republic scored 7 runs in the 11th to win and finish the pool undefeated. The U.S. then took an early lead on Canada, winning 8\u20130 to claim the second berth in San Diego. Manny Machado of the Dominican Republic was named MVP for the first-round Pool C bracket of the WBC, after batting .357.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 48], "content_span": [49, 761]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273776-0014-0000", "contents": "2017 World Baseball Classic, First round, Pool D\nNOTE: Tiebreaker notes: HTH \u2212 Head-to-head. RA \u2212 Runs against. IPD \u2212 Innings the team pitched. RA/IPD \u2212 The index of RA/IPD. TG \u2212 Tiebreaker game.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 48], "content_span": [49, 195]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273776-0015-0000", "contents": "2017 World Baseball Classic, First round, Pool D\nWhile Puerto Rico cruised in all three of its games, the fight for the other three places was extremely tight. Italy scored 5 runs in the bottom of the 9th inning to shock Mexico in the first game, then lost an extra-inning slugfest against Venezuela. In the final game, Mexico defeated Venezuela in another slugfest and thought they had scored enough runs to advance on tiebreakers, though this turned out not to be the case.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 48], "content_span": [49, 475]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273776-0016-0000", "contents": "2017 World Baseball Classic, First round, Pool D\nThe first tiebreaker criterion is fewest runs allowed per defensive inning played (RA/IPD) in the games among the tied teams. Although Mexico allowed the fewest runs in those games (19, to Italy's 20, and Venezuela's 21), Mexico played fewer defensive innings (17, while the other two teams had 19) and thus had the highest average RA/IPD (1.117, to Italy's 1.053 and Venezuela's 1.105). This occurred for two reasons: the Italy-Venezuela game went 10 innings, and Mexico was the road team while losing to Italy.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 48], "content_span": [49, 561]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273776-0016-0001", "contents": "2017 World Baseball Classic, First round, Pool D\nIn fact, the Mexico-Italy game did go into the bottom of the 9th, in which Italy scored runs that were charged against Mexico but Mexico failed to record an out. There was confusion during and after the Mexico-Venezuela game, with an initial calculation showing that Mexico had advanced. Mexico filed a formal protest of its elimination, but the protest was denied.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 48], "content_span": [49, 414]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273776-0017-0000", "contents": "2017 World Baseball Classic, First round, Pool D\nAs specified in the rules, Mexico was eliminated by the tiebreaker calculation and a tiebreaker game was played between Italy and Venezuela, which Venezuela won with a 9th-inning rally.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 48], "content_span": [49, 234]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273776-0018-0000", "contents": "2017 World Baseball Classic, First round, Pool D\nAccording to the rules as announced at the time, Mexico's last-place finish would have required it to participate in a qualifying tournament in order to re-qualify for the 2021 World Baseball Classic. However, MLB announced in 2020 that the field of teams for the 2021 WBC would be expanded, with all 2017 WBC participants qualifying automatically and four new teams coming from qualifying tournaments.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 48], "content_span": [49, 451]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273776-0019-0000", "contents": "2017 World Baseball Classic, Second round, Pool E\nNOTE: Tiebreaker notes: HTH \u2212 Head-to-head. RA \u2212 Runs against. IPD \u2212 Innings the team pitched. RA/IPD \u2212 The index of RA/IPD. TG \u2212 Tiebreaker game.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 49], "content_span": [50, 196]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273776-0020-0000", "contents": "2017 World Baseball Classic, Second round, Pool E\nUndefeated Japan (3\u20130) and the Netherlands (2\u20131) advanced to the semi-final round, as Israel (1\u20132) came in third, and Cuba (0\u20133) fourth.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 49], "content_span": [50, 186]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273776-0021-0000", "contents": "2017 World Baseball Classic, Second round, Pool F\nNOTE: Tiebreaker notes: HTH \u2212 Head-to-head. RA \u2212 Runs against. IPD \u2212 Innings the team pitched. RA/IPD \u2212 The index of RA/IPD. TG \u2212 Tiebreaker game.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 49], "content_span": [50, 196]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273776-0022-0000", "contents": "2017 World Baseball Classic, Second round, Pool F\nPool F started with Puerto Rico handing the Dominican Republic its first loss since the 2009 World Baseball Classic. Puerto Rico ended Pool F still undefeated and Venezuela was eliminated, going 0\u20133. The final game of the pool was a rematch between the United States and Dominican Republic to advance to the championship round. The DR took an early 2\u20130 lead in the first inning, but the United States came back to win 6\u20133 to eliminate the defending champions.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 49], "content_span": [50, 509]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273776-0023-0000", "contents": "2017 World Baseball Classic, Final standings\nThe final standings were calculated by the WBSC for inclusion in the WBSC Men's Baseball World Rankings system.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 44], "content_span": [45, 156]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273776-0024-0000", "contents": "2017 World Baseball Classic, Final standings\nIn the final standings, ties were to be broken in the following order of priority:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 44], "content_span": [45, 127]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273776-0025-0000", "contents": "2017 World Baseball Classic, Final standings\nWhen the 2017 WBC was played, it was assumed that the field for the following 2021 WBC would remain 16 teams. Under the qualification format in use at the time, the bottom four finishers from 2017 (Canada, China, Mexico, and Chinese Taipei) would've been forced to re-qualify for 2021. However, in January 2020, MLB announced it was expanding the field for the 2021 WBC from 16 teams to 20 and that all 16 participants from 2017 would receive automatic bids for 2021, thus sparing the bottom four nations from relegation to the qualifiers.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 44], "content_span": [45, 584]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273776-0026-0000", "contents": "2017 World Baseball Classic, Statistics leaders, Pitching\n* Minimum 0.8 innings pitched per game** Zeid is tied with 12 others with a 0.00 ERA but he has pitched the most innings (10.0)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 57], "content_span": [58, 185]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273777-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 World Baseball Classic Pool A\nPool A of the first round of the 2017 World Baseball Classic was held at Gocheok Sky Dome, Seoul, South Korea from March 6 to 9, 2017, between Israel and the Netherlands (the top two teams in the pool, who advanced to the next round in Japan) and South Korea and Taiwan. Pool A was a round-robin tournament. Each team played the other three teams once, with the top two teams advancing to Pool E.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [34, 34], "content_span": [35, 431]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273777-0001-0000", "contents": "2017 World Baseball Classic Pool A\nPrior to the start of the tournament, ESPN considered Team Israel, ranked 41st in the world, to be the biggest underdog in the tournament, referring to them as the \"Jamaican bobsled team of the WBC\".", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [34, 34], "content_span": [35, 234]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273777-0002-0000", "contents": "2017 World Baseball Classic Pool A\nTeam Israel (3\u22120) and Team Netherlands (2\u22121) qualified for the next round, in Japan. Israel became the first baseball team to go undefeated in the first round of the WBC\u2019s main draw after entering the main draw by winning in a qualifying round. Israel's catcher, Ryan Lavarnway, was named Pool A MVP, after going 5-for-9 (.556/.692/.889), with four walks, a home run, and three RBIs.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [34, 34], "content_span": [35, 418]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273777-0003-0000", "contents": "2017 World Baseball Classic Pool A, Standings\nNOTE: Tiebreaker notes: HTH \u2212 Head-to-head. RA \u2212 Runs against. IPD \u2212 Innings the team pitched. RA/IPD \u2212 The index of RA/IPD. TG \u2212 Tiebreaker game.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 45], "content_span": [46, 192]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273777-0004-0000", "contents": "2017 World Baseball Classic Pool A, Results, Israel 2, South Korea 1\nIn their first game Israel defeated the Pool A favorite South Korea, ranked # 3 in the world, in 10 innings by a score of 2\u22121. Israel's winning pitcher Josh Zeid said the win was the pinnacle of his career: \"This has to be it. This has to be the top, top win as a team, I think in my career. I\u2019ve been lucky enough to be part of a couple of championships in the lower levels in the minor leagues and in high school, but nothing compares to this stage.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 68], "content_span": [69, 520]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273777-0004-0001", "contents": "2017 World Baseball Classic Pool A, Results, Israel 2, South Korea 1\nIsrael's third baseman Ty Kelly tweeted: \"Definitely the most stressful game I\u2019ve ever been a part of. But it was worth it.\" Israel's catcher Ryan Lavarnway noted after the win: \"two generations ago, the way that this team was put together, would have meant that we were being killed... It means a lot more than that we're here.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 68], "content_span": [69, 398]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273777-0005-0000", "contents": "2017 World Baseball Classic Pool A, Results, Israel 15, Chinese Taipei 7\nAgainst Chinese Taipei, ranked # 4 in the world, Israel won again, this time by the score of 15\u22127. Israel's 15 runs were the most Taiwan had ever given up in a game in World Baseball Classic play. Taiwan manager Kuo Tai-yuan said of Israel: \"That's a very scary team.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 72], "content_span": [73, 341]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273777-0006-0000", "contents": "2017 World Baseball Classic Pool A, Results, Netherlands 5, South Korea 0\nThe Netherlands shut out South Korea, 5\u22120, handing the host team its second loss and raising the prospect of South Korea's second early exit since 2013 World Baseball Classic.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 73], "content_span": [74, 249]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273777-0007-0000", "contents": "2017 World Baseball Classic Pool A, Results, Netherlands 6, Chinese Taipei 5\nThe Netherlands defeated Chinese Taipei in the ninth inning with a walk-off walk, keeping Taipei from advancing to the next round since the 2013 World Baseball Classic.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 76], "content_span": [77, 245]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273777-0008-0000", "contents": "2017 World Baseball Classic Pool A, Results, Israel 4, Netherlands 2\nIsrael beat the Netherlands, ranked # 9 in the world and including a number of prominent Major Leaguers, 4\u22122 as Israeli relief pitcher Josh Zeid got the save. In what NBC reported was thought to be the tallest batter-pitcher matchup in baseball history, the Dutch team\u2019s 7-foot-1-inch (2.16\u00a0m) pitcher Loek van Mil walked Israel's 6-foot-8-inch (2.03\u00a0m) first baseman Nate Freiman.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 68], "content_span": [69, 450]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273777-0009-0000", "contents": "2017 World Baseball Classic Pool A, Results, South Korea 11, Chinese Taipei 8\nSouth Korea took third place in the pool, as it beat Taiwan in 10 innings, 11\u22128. Taiwan, which came in last in the pool, will now need to play qualification games in order to qualify for the next WBC tournament.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 77], "content_span": [78, 289]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273778-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 World Baseball Classic Pool B\nPool B of the First Round of the 2017 World Baseball Classic was held at Tokyo Dome, Tokyo, Japan from March 7 to 10, 2017, between Australia, China, Cuba and Japan. Pool B was a round-robin tournament. Each team played the other three teams once, with the top two teams advancing to Pool E.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [34, 34], "content_span": [35, 326]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273778-0001-0000", "contents": "2017 World Baseball Classic Pool B\nTwo-time champions Japan concluded Pool B with a 3\u20130 record, whereas China lost all three games after their poor performances and must now qualify for the 2021 World Baseball Classic. Cuba defeated Australia to advance to the second round.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [34, 34], "content_span": [35, 274]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273778-0002-0000", "contents": "2017 World Baseball Classic Pool B, Standings\nNOTE: Tiebreaker notes: HTH \u2212 Head-to-head. RA \u2212 Runs against. IPD \u2212 Innings the team pitched. RA/IPD \u2212 The index of RA/IPD. TG \u2212 Tiebreaker game.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 45], "content_span": [46, 192]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273779-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 World Baseball Classic Pool C\nPool C of the First Round of the 2017 World Baseball Classic was held at Marlins Park, Miami, Florida, United States, from March 9 to 12, 2017, between Canada, Colombia, the Dominican Republic, and the United States. Pool C was a round-robin tournament. Each team played the other three teams once, with the top two teams \u2013 the Dominican Republic and the United States \u2013 advancing to Pool F, one of two second-round pools. Manny Machado of the Dominican Republic was named MVP for the first-round Pool C bracket of the WBC, after batting .357.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [34, 34], "content_span": [35, 578]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273779-0001-0000", "contents": "2017 World Baseball Classic Pool C, Standings\nNOTE: Tiebreaker notes: HTH \u2212 Head-to-head. RA \u2212 Runs against. IPD \u2212 Innings the team pitched. RA/IPD \u2212 The index of RA/IPD. TG \u2212 Tiebreaker game.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 45], "content_span": [46, 192]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273779-0002-0000", "contents": "2017 World Baseball Classic Pool C, Results, Dominican Republic 7, United States 5\nThe crowd of 37,446 set a baseball attendance record for Marlins Park, surpassing Opening Day of the 2014 Major League Baseball season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 82], "content_span": [83, 218]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273780-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 World Baseball Classic Pool D\nPool D of the First Round of the 2017 World Baseball Classic was held at Estadio Charros de Jalisco, Zapopan, Mexico, from March 9 to 13, 2017, between Italy, Mexico, Puerto Rico, and Venezuela. Pool D was a round-robin tournament. Each team played the other three teams once, with the top two teams advancing to Pool F.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [34, 34], "content_span": [35, 355]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273780-0001-0000", "contents": "2017 World Baseball Classic Pool D\nPuerto Rico advanced to the second round after winning all three of its matches. There was a three-way tie for second place, however, because Italy defeated Mexico, Venezuela defeated Italy, and Mexico defeated Venezuela. Per tournament rules, the best two teams would play a tiebreaker game to determine the pool runner-up. Venezuela defeated Italy, to advance to Pool F.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [34, 34], "content_span": [35, 407]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273780-0002-0000", "contents": "2017 World Baseball Classic Pool D\nThe first tiebreaker criteria is fewest runs allowed per defensive inning played in the games between the tied teams. Mexico allowed 19 runs, Italy allowed 20 runs, and Venezuela allowed 21 runs. Italy and Venezuela played 19 innings each in the two matches, therefore their RA/IPD were 1.053 and 1.105. Mexico played 18 innings, but they recorded no outs in the ninth inning of their game versus Italy, therefore the inning did not count towards their RA/IPD of 1.117.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [34, 34], "content_span": [35, 504]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273780-0003-0000", "contents": "2017 World Baseball Classic Pool D, Standings\nNOTE: Tiebreaker notes: HTH \u2212 Head-to-head. RA \u2212 Runs against. IPD \u2212 Innings the team pitched. RA/IPD \u2212 The index of RA/IPD. TG \u2212 Tiebreaker game.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 45], "content_span": [46, 192]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273781-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 World Baseball Classic Pool E\nPool E of the Second Round of the 2017 World Baseball Classic, a quarter-final round in the tournament, was held at Tokyo Dome, Tokyo, Japan, from March 12 to 15, 2017.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [34, 34], "content_span": [35, 203]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273781-0001-0000", "contents": "2017 World Baseball Classic Pool E\nThe round was between Team Israel (won Pool A; ranked 41st in the world), Team Japan (won Pool B; ranked 1st in the world), Team Cuba (second in Pool B; ranked 5th in the world), and the Netherlands (second in Pool A; ranked 9th in the world). Pool E was a round-robin tournament. Each team played the other three teams once, with the top two teams advancing to the semifinals.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [34, 34], "content_span": [35, 412]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273781-0002-0000", "contents": "2017 World Baseball Classic Pool E\nUndefeated Japan (3\u22120) and the Netherlands (2\u22121) advanced to the semi-final round, as Israel (1\u22122) came in third in the pool, and Cuba (0\u22123) came in fourth.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [34, 34], "content_span": [35, 191]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273781-0003-0000", "contents": "2017 World Baseball Classic Pool E, Standings\nNOTE: Tiebreaker notes: HTH \u2212 Head-to-head. RA \u2212 Runs against. IPD \u2212 Innings the team pitched. RA/IPD \u2212 The index of RA/IPD. TG \u2212 Tiebreaker game.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 45], "content_span": [46, 192]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273781-0004-0000", "contents": "2017 World Baseball Classic Pool E, Results, Israel 4, Cuba 1\nIn the first game of the second round, Team Israel, undefeated in the first round, beat Team Cuba (5th-ranked in the world) by a score of 4\u22121. Former Major Leaguer Jason Marquis (in 5.2 innings on three days' rest) and three Team Israel relief pitchers (including Brad Goldberg and Josh Zeid, who both threw 96 mph fastballs) kept Team Cuba to five hits and one run, a homer by Cuban star Alfredo Despaigne who became the all-time World Baseball Classic home run leader. Pool A MVP catcher Ryan Lavarnway had two hits for Israel.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 61], "content_span": [62, 591]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273781-0005-0000", "contents": "2017 World Baseball Classic Pool E, Results, Japan 8, Netherlands 6\nJapan, undefeated in the first round, beat the Netherlands 8\u22126 in 11 innings. The game lasted nearly five hours, and ended at 11:56 p.m. in Japan. The stadium scoreboard reminded fans younger than 18 to leave the stadium before midnight to comply with a juvenile safety law, and many fans left.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 67], "content_span": [68, 362]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273781-0006-0000", "contents": "2017 World Baseball Classic Pool E, Results, Netherlands 12, Israel 2\nIn a rematch of the Pool A game in which Israel prevailed, the Netherlands defeated Israel 12\u20132 on March 13, giving Israel their first loss of the tournament. The game ended after eight innings with the application of the 10-run mercy rule.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 69], "content_span": [70, 310]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273781-0007-0000", "contents": "2017 World Baseball Classic Pool E, Results, Japan 8, Cuba 5\nJapan beat Cuba 8\u22125, backed by two home runs from designated hitter Tetsuto Yamada.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 60], "content_span": [61, 144]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273781-0008-0000", "contents": "2017 World Baseball Classic Pool E, Results, Netherlands 14, Cuba 1\nThe Netherlands defeated Cuba 14\u22121, eliminating Cuba from contention to advance to the semi-final round, in a game ended after seven innings under the World Baseball Classic's mercy rule.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 67], "content_span": [68, 255]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273781-0009-0000", "contents": "2017 World Baseball Classic Pool E, Results, Japan 8, Israel 3\nUndefeated two-time WBC champion Team Japan beat Team Israel, 8\u22123.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 62], "content_span": [63, 129]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273782-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 World Baseball Classic championship\nThe championship round of the 2017 World Baseball Classic took place at Dodger Stadium in Los Angeles, California, from March 20 to 22, 2017. The championship round was a single-elimination tournament. Japan and the Netherlands advanced to the championship round from Pool E. Puerto Rico and the United States advanced from Pool F. Defending champions Dominican Republic were eliminated in the second round.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [40, 40], "content_span": [41, 448]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273782-0001-0000", "contents": "2017 World Baseball Classic championship\nPuerto Rico and the Netherlands played a semifinal game on March 20, while the United States and Japan played on March 21. Puerto Rico and the United States advanced to the championship game. The United States defeated Puerto Rico to win the championship. Marcus Stroman was named the tournament's Most Valuable Player.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [40, 40], "content_span": [41, 360]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273782-0002-0000", "contents": "2017 World Baseball Classic championship, Results, Semifinal 1 \u2212 Puerto Rico 4, Netherlands 3\nPrior to the game, Didi Gregorius was removed from the Netherlands roster due to a shoulder injury. The Netherlands gained Kenley Jansen, who did not pitch in the previous rounds. Rick van den Hurk started for the Netherlands and Jorge L\u00f3pez started for Puerto Rico.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 93], "content_span": [94, 360]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273782-0003-0000", "contents": "2017 World Baseball Classic championship, Results, Semifinal 1 \u2212 Puerto Rico 4, Netherlands 3\nWladimir Balentien and Carlos Correa both hit two-run home runs in the first inning. T. J. Rivera hit a home run for Puerto Rico in the second inning. The Netherlands tied the score on a run batted in (RBI) double by Shawn Zarraga in the fifth inning. From there, the game remained tied through the 10th inning.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 93], "content_span": [94, 405]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273782-0004-0000", "contents": "2017 World Baseball Classic championship, Results, Semifinal 1 \u2212 Puerto Rico 4, Netherlands 3\nStarting in the 11th inning, teams start each inning with runners on first and second base as a means of sudden death. The Netherlands failed to score in the top of the 11th inning, but Puerto Rico scored the game-winning run in the bottom of the inning.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 93], "content_span": [94, 348]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273782-0005-0000", "contents": "2017 World Baseball Classic championship, Results, Semifinal 2 \u2212 United States 2, Japan 1\nJapan reached the semifinals with wins in all six games played in the previous rounds. Tanner Roark started for the United States in the semifinal game, while Tomoyuki Sugano started for Japan. Roark pitched four scoreless innings, while Sugano allowed one run in six innings. The United States scored a run on an RBI single by Andrew McCutchen in the fourth inning, and Ryosuke Kikuchi hit a home run for Japan in the sixth inning to tie the game. The United States scored another run in the eighth inning to take the lead, and Luke Gregerson earned the save. Though the Japanese team was considered the strongest defensive team in the WBC, misplays by Kikuchi at second base and Nobuhiro Matsuda at third base led to each of the United States's runs.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 89], "content_span": [90, 842]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273782-0006-0000", "contents": "2017 World Baseball Classic championship, Results, Final \u2212 United States 8, Puerto Rico 0\nPuerto Rico reached the championship undefeated in the tournament, winning all seven games played. Puerto Rico defeated the United States when they faced each other in Pool F. In the championship game, Seth Lugo started for Puerto Rico, and Marcus Stroman started for the United States. Ian Kinsler hit a two-run home run for the United States in the third inning, as Puerto Rico's performance faltered without earning a single run throughout the innings. Kinsler scored again in the fifth inning on a single by Christian Yelich, and Yelich scored on an infield single by McCutchen.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 89], "content_span": [90, 672]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273782-0006-0001", "contents": "2017 World Baseball Classic championship, Results, Final \u2212 United States 8, Puerto Rico 0\nTwo more runs scored on a bases loaded single by Brandon Crawford in the seventh inning, and Giancarlo Stanton scored the inning's third run with an RBI single. Meanwhile, Stroman did not allow a hit for the first six innings of play. The United States added another run in the eighth inning with an RBI single by McCutchen. The United States completed the shutout to win the championship. Stroman was named the tournament's Most Valuable Player.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 89], "content_span": [90, 536]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273783-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 World Baseball Classic qualification\nThe Qualifying Round of the 2017 World Baseball Classic was held from February 11 to September 25, 2016. Teams which participated at the 2013 World Baseball Classic were automatically qualified for the 2017 tournament except the four nations which ended up last in their respective groups: Australia, Brazil, Mexico, and Spain had to play in the qualifiers along with 12 other national teams. 16 teams participated, divided into four groups of four teams each. The winners of each of the four groups qualified for the 2017 World Baseball Classic.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [41, 41], "content_span": [42, 588]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273783-0001-0000", "contents": "2017 World Baseball Classic qualification\nThe qualifiers were organized as four independent modified double-elimination tournaments featuring four teams each. The final game was winner-take-all, even if won by the team emerging from the loser's bracket. That is, the team emerging from the winner's bracket might be eliminated despite losing only one game.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [41, 41], "content_span": [42, 356]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273783-0002-0000", "contents": "2017 World Baseball Classic qualification\nAustralia, Mexico, Colombia, and Israel won their qualifiers and participated in the 2017 tournament. In their respective brackets, both Australia and Mexico were top seed (signified by home-field advantage) as well as the team that had competed in the 2013 tournament. However, Colombia defeated top seed Panama as well as 2013 participant Spain to advance, while top seed Israel defeated 2013 participant Brazil.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [41, 41], "content_span": [42, 456]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273783-0003-0000", "contents": "2017 World Baseball Classic qualification, Players, Minor league players\nQualifier 1 featured 16 players who were affiliated with Major League clubs. Nine MLB-affiliated players were on the Australia roster, three on the South Africa roster, two on the New Zealand roster, and two on the Philippines roster.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [43, 72], "content_span": [73, 307]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273783-0004-0000", "contents": "2017 World Baseball Classic qualification, Players, Minor league players\nQualifier 2 featured 34 players who were affiliated with Major League clubs. Sixteen MLB-affiliated players were on the Mexico roster (representing 57% of the Mexico roster), eleven on the Nicaragua roster, six on the Germany roster, and one on the Czech Republic roster.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [43, 72], "content_span": [73, 344]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273783-0005-0000", "contents": "2017 World Baseball Classic qualification, Players, Minor league players\nQualifier 3 featured 31 players who were affiliated with Major League clubs. Sixteen MLB-affiliated players were on the Colombia roster (representing 57% of the Colombia roster), ten on the Panama roster, four on the Spain roster, and one on the France roster.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [43, 72], "content_span": [73, 333]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273783-0006-0000", "contents": "2017 World Baseball Classic qualification, Players, Minor league players\nQualifier 4 featured 41 players who were affiliated with Major League clubs. Twenty MLB-affiliated players were on the Israel roster and four more Israel players were recent Major Leaguers (together representing 86% of the Israel roster), twelve MLB-affiliated players were on the Great Britain roster, nine on the Brazil roster, and none on the Pakistan roster.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [43, 72], "content_span": [73, 435]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273783-0007-0000", "contents": "2017 World Baseball Classic qualification, Players, Experienced Major League players\nOnly a few experienced Major Leaguers participated in the spring qualifiers. These included relief pitcher Peter Moylan of Australia, first baseman Adri\u00e1n Gonz\u00e1lez and pitcher \u00d3liver P\u00e9rez, both of Mexico, and catcher Carlos Ruiz of Panama.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [43, 84], "content_span": [85, 325]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273783-0008-0000", "contents": "2017 World Baseball Classic qualification, Players, Experienced Major League players\nQualifier 4 took place in September, after the end of the minor league season but during the Major League season, and thus no active Major League players participated. Although Brazil had a few young Major League players, Israel was the team most likely to be adversely affected by this circumstance. In 2013, Israel also was placed in a qualifier that took place during the Major League season and thus was unable to include a number of Major League players of Jewish descent who had expressed interest in playing for Israel. Without these players, Israel narrowly lost its 2013 qualifier to Spain.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [43, 84], "content_span": [85, 684]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273783-0009-0000", "contents": "2017 World Baseball Classic qualification, Players, Experienced Major League players\nIsrael's roster included eight former Major Leaguers: catcher Ryan Lavarnway, infielders Ike Davis, Cody Decker, Nate Freiman and Josh Satin, and pitchers Josh Zeid, Jason Marquis and Craig Breslow. On the other hand, infielder Ty Kelly, one of Israel's twenty minor leaguers, had to withdraw from the qualifier after he was called up to the New York Mets.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [43, 84], "content_span": [85, 441]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273783-0010-0000", "contents": "2017 World Baseball Classic qualification, Pools composition\nNote: Numbers in parentheses indicate positions in the WBSC World Rankings at the time of the tournament.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [43, 60], "content_span": [61, 166]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273783-0011-0000", "contents": "2017 World Baseball Classic qualification, Pools composition\nPakistan was the only team in the 2017 qualifiers participating in the World Baseball Classic for the first time. It replaced Thailand, which participated in the 2013 qualifiers.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [43, 60], "content_span": [61, 239]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273783-0012-0000", "contents": "2017 World Baseball Classic qualification, Qualifying round, Qualifier 1\nAustralia won all three of its games to advance. South Africa defeated New Zealand in the opening round and again in the losers' bracket to reach the final game, but lost to Australia 12\u20135.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [43, 72], "content_span": [73, 262]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273783-0013-0000", "contents": "2017 World Baseball Classic qualification, Qualifying round, Qualifier 2\nMexico won all three of its games to advance. Nicaragua defeated both of the other two teams but lost by wide margins in both of its games against Mexico. The Czech Republic performed surprisingly well, giving close games to both Mexico and Nicaragua and defeating Germany by a wide margin.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [43, 72], "content_span": [73, 363]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273783-0014-0000", "contents": "2017 World Baseball Classic qualification, Qualifying round, Qualifier 3\nIn the opening round, hosts Panama defeated France while 2013 participant Spain fell to Colombia. France then eliminated Spain while Colombia defeated Panama. Panama eliminated France to gain a rematch against Colombia, which won the final game 2\u20131.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [43, 72], "content_span": [73, 322]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273783-0015-0000", "contents": "2017 World Baseball Classic qualification, Qualifying round, Qualifier 4\nIn the opening round, Israel defeated Great Britain while 2013 participant Brazil defeated Pakistan. Great Britain then eliminated Pakistan while Israel defeated Brazil. Great Britain eliminated Brazil to gain a rematch against Israel, which won the final game 9\u20131.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [43, 72], "content_span": [73, 338]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273783-0016-0000", "contents": "2017 World Baseball Classic qualification, Statistics leaders, Pitching\n* Minimum 0.8 innings pitched per game** Baker is tied with others with a 0.00 ERA but he pitched the most innings with 5.0", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [43, 71], "content_span": [72, 195]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273783-0017-0000", "contents": "2017 World Baseball Classic qualification, Additional rules\nA pitcher threw no more than 85 pitches per game in the Qualifying Round unless the pitcher needed more to complete a batter's plate appearance.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [43, 59], "content_span": [60, 204]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273783-0018-0000", "contents": "2017 World Baseball Classic qualification, Additional rules\nA mercy rule came into effect when one team led by either fifteen runs after five innings, or ten runs after seven innings.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [43, 59], "content_span": [60, 183]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273783-0019-0000", "contents": "2017 World Baseball Classic qualification, Additional rules\nAn alternative version of the IBAF's extra inning rule was also used. If after 10 innings the score is still tied, each half inning thereafter starts with runners on second and first base. The runners are the eighth and ninth hitters due in that inning respectively. For example, if the number five hitter is due to lead off the inning, the number three hitter is on second base, and the number four hitter on first base.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [43, 59], "content_span": [60, 481]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273783-0019-0001", "contents": "2017 World Baseball Classic qualification, Additional rules\nFor the first time in the World Baseball Classic, this rule was actually employed in this year's qualifiers, as the Qualifier 2 game between Nicaragua and the Czech Republic went into the 11th inning. Nicaragua scored three runs in the top of the inning, the Czech Republic only two in the bottom, so Nicaragua went on to the final game of the bracket.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [43, 59], "content_span": [60, 412]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273784-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 World Baseball Classic qualification rosters\nSixteen nations competed at the 2017 World Baseball Classic qualification.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 49], "section_span": [49, 49], "content_span": [50, 124]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273785-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 World Baseball Classic rosters\nSixteen nations competed at the 2017 World Baseball Classic (WBC).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [35, 35], "content_span": [36, 102]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273785-0001-0000", "contents": "2017 World Baseball Classic rosters, Pool C, United States\n(61) Tom Brookens, (38) Jeff Jones, (53) Marcel Lachemann, (9) Tino Martinez, (42) Willie Randolph, (1) Alan Trammell", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 58], "content_span": [59, 176]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273785-0002-0000", "contents": "2017 World Baseball Classic rosters, Pool C, Canada\nRyan Kellogg replaced Adam Loewen, (who was originally named to the team), on 1 March 2017.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 51], "content_span": [52, 143]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273786-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 World Baseball Classic \u2013 Pool F\nPool\u00a0F of the Second Round of the 2017 World Baseball Classic was held at Petco Park, San Diego, California, from March 14 to 18, between the top two teams in Pools C and D. Pool\u00a0F was a round-robin tournament. Each team played the other three teams once, with the top two teams advancing to semifinals. The Dominican Republic, Puerto Rico, Venezuela, and United States advanced to Pool\u00a0F.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [36, 36], "content_span": [37, 426]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273786-0001-0000", "contents": "2017 World Baseball Classic \u2013 Pool F\nPuerto Rico and the United States advanced to the championship round. The defending champions, the Dominican Republic, were eliminated.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [36, 36], "content_span": [37, 172]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273786-0002-0000", "contents": "2017 World Baseball Classic \u2013 Pool F, Standings\nNOTE: Tiebreaker notes: HTH \u2212 Head-to-head. RA \u2212 Runs against. IPD \u2212 Innings the team pitched. RA/IPD \u2212 The index of RA/IPD. TG \u2212 Tiebreaker game.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 47], "content_span": [48, 194]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273786-0003-0000", "contents": "2017 World Baseball Classic \u2013 Pool F, Results, Puerto Rico 3, Dominican Republic 1\nPuerto Rico made its comeback from its three-loss streak from 2013 World Baseball Classic by giving the reigning champions Dominican Republic its first loss since the 2009 World Baseball Classic.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 82], "content_span": [83, 278]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273786-0004-0000", "contents": "2017 World Baseball Classic \u2013 Pool F, Results, United States 4, Venezuela 2\nDrew Smyly struck out eight Venezuelan batters, while F\u00e9lix Hern\u00e1ndez did not allow a run to the United States for five innings. Adam Jones and Eric Hosmer hit home runs in the eighth inning to give the United States the lead.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 75], "content_span": [76, 302]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273786-0005-0000", "contents": "2017 World Baseball Classic \u2013 Pool F, Results, Puerto Rico 6, United States 5\nWith their win against the United States, Venezuela was eliminated from the WBC for the second time since missing out from the first round in the 2013 World Baseball Classic.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 77], "content_span": [78, 252]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273786-0006-0000", "contents": "2017 World Baseball Classic \u2013 Pool F, Results, United States 6, Dominican Republic 3\nTitle holders Dominican Republic suffered a shocking elimination to the United States for their final position.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 84], "content_span": [85, 196]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273787-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 World Baseball Classic \u2013 Qualifier 1\nQualifier 1 of the Qualifying Round of the 2017 World Baseball Classic was held at Blacktown Baseball Stadium, Sydney, Australia from February 11 to 14, 2016.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [41, 41], "content_span": [42, 200]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273787-0001-0000", "contents": "2017 World Baseball Classic \u2013 Qualifier 1\nQualifier 1 was a modified double-elimination tournament. The winners of Games 1 and 2 matched up in Game 4, while the losers faced each other in Game 3, an elimination game. The winner of the elimination game (Game 3) then played the loser of the non-elimination game (Game 4), in Game 5, another elimination game. The remaining two teams then played each other in Game 6, to determine the winners of the Qualifier 1.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [41, 41], "content_span": [42, 460]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273788-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 World Baseball Classic \u2013 Qualifier 2\nQualifier 2 of the Qualifying Round of the 2017 World Baseball Classic was held at Estadio B'Air, Mexicali, Mexico from March 17 to 20, 2016.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [41, 41], "content_span": [42, 183]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273788-0001-0000", "contents": "2017 World Baseball Classic \u2013 Qualifier 2\nQualifier 2 was a modified double-elimination tournament. The winners for the first games matched up in the second game, while the losers faced each other in an elimination game. The winners of the elimination game then played the losers of the non-elimination game in another elimination game. The remaining two teams then played each other to determine the winners of the Qualifier 2.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [41, 41], "content_span": [42, 428]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273789-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 World Baseball Classic \u2013 Qualifier 3\nQualifier 3 of the Qualifying Round of the 2017 World Baseball Classic was held at Rod Carew Stadium, Panama City, Panama from March 17 to 20, 2016.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [41, 41], "content_span": [42, 190]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273789-0001-0000", "contents": "2017 World Baseball Classic \u2013 Qualifier 3\nQualifier 3 was a modified double-elimination tournament. The winners for the first games matched up in the second game, while the losers faced each other in an elimination game. The winners of the elimination game then played the losers of the non-elimination game in another elimination game. The remaining two teams then played each other to determine the winners of the Qualifier 3.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [41, 41], "content_span": [42, 428]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273790-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 World Baseball Classic \u2013 Qualifier 4\nQualifier 4 of the Qualifying Round of the 2017 World Baseball Classic was held at MCU Park, Brooklyn, New York, United States from September 22 to 25, 2016. It was won by Team Israel, which will next play in the World Baseball Classic in March 2017.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [41, 41], "content_span": [42, 292]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273790-0001-0000", "contents": "2017 World Baseball Classic \u2013 Qualifier 4\nQualifier 4 was a modified double-elimination tournament. The winners of the first games, Israel and Brazil, matched up in the second game, which Israel won. Meanwhile, the losers, Great Britain and Pakistan, faced each other in an elimination game, which Great Britain won.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [41, 41], "content_span": [42, 316]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273790-0002-0000", "contents": "2017 World Baseball Classic \u2013 Qualifier 4\nThe winners of the elimination game, Great Britain, then played and defeated the losers of the non-elimination game, Brazil, in another elimination game.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [41, 41], "content_span": [42, 195]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273790-0003-0000", "contents": "2017 World Baseball Classic \u2013 Qualifier 4\nIsrael then defeated Great Britain 9\u20131 in the final on September 25, 2016, to determine the winners of the Qualifier 4. Team Israel next played in South Korea in March 2017, as the 16th and final team in the WBC. They swept Pool B, beating South Korea, Taiwan, and the Netherlands, to qualify for the second round.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [41, 41], "content_span": [42, 356]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273791-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 World Championships in Athletics\nThe 2017 IAAF World Championships, the sixteenth edition of the IAAF World Championships, were held from 4 to 13 August at London Stadium in London, UK. London was officially awarded the championships on 11 November 2011.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [37, 37], "content_span": [38, 259]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273791-0001-0000", "contents": "2017 World Championships in Athletics, Bidding process\nWhen the seeking deadline passed on 1 September 2011, two candidate cities (London and Doha) had confirmed their candidatures. Barcelona, which investigated a bid, withdrew citing a lack of support from the local population and financial difficulties.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 54], "content_span": [55, 306]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273791-0002-0000", "contents": "2017 World Championships in Athletics, Bidding process\nOn 5 September 2011, Doha launched its marketing bid for the 2017 World Championships. The slogan of the bid was \"The RIGHT PARTNER for a stronger World Championships.\" The bid was led by Abdullah Al Zaini and Aphrodite Moschoudi. Moschoudi successfully led Qatar's bid for the 2015 Handball World Championships. Doha also brought in Brian Roe, a member of the IAAF Technical Committee. The bid was for the championships to be held in the renovated, climate-controlled Khalifa Stadium. The Corniche promenade was to hold the road races, with the committee proposing to hold the marathon at night after the opening ceremony.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 54], "content_span": [55, 678]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273791-0003-0000", "contents": "2017 World Championships in Athletics, Bidding process\nOn 6 September 2011, London unveiled its bid for the 2017 championships with the slogan \"Ready to break records.\" This was London's fourth bid in less than 15\u00a0years to host the event. The London bid team said that if their bid was successful they would introduce the \"Women in World Athletics\" programme.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 54], "content_span": [55, 359]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273791-0004-0000", "contents": "2017 World Championships in Athletics, Bidding process\nThe IAAF Evaluation Commission visited London on 2\u20134 October and Doha on 4\u20136 October. On 11 November 2011, the winner was officially announced as London.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 54], "content_span": [55, 208]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273791-0005-0000", "contents": "2017 World Championships in Athletics, Venue\nThe championships were held in the London Stadium in Stratford, London, which hosted the athletics events and the opening and closing ceremonies of the 2012 Summer Olympics, and has a capacity of 60,000.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 44], "content_span": [45, 248]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273791-0006-0000", "contents": "2017 World Championships in Athletics, Venue\nSix days before the events were due to begin, it was reported that more than 660,000 tickets had been sold, which was a record for the World Championships, surpassing the previous record of 417,156 tickets sold for Berlin 2009.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 44], "content_span": [45, 272]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273791-0007-0000", "contents": "2017 World Championships in Athletics, Media coverage\nRights to televise the championships in the United Kingdom were held by the BBC. NBCUniversal was the rights holder in the United States. In Canada, rights to televise the championships belonged to the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 53], "content_span": [54, 290]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273791-0008-0000", "contents": "2017 World Championships in Athletics, Mascot\nThe mascots for the IAAF Championships and World ParaAthletics Championships were unveiled in April 2017, and chosen through a children's design contest organised by the BBC programme Blue Peter. The mascots represent \"everyday\" endangered species of the UK; the IAAF Championships mascot is an anthropomorphic hedgehog named Hero the Hedgehog, and for the ParaAthletics, Whizbee the Bee.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 45], "content_span": [46, 434]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273791-0009-0000", "contents": "2017 World Championships in Athletics, Entry standards\nThe qualification period for the 10,000\u00a0metres, marathon, race walks, relays, and combined events runs from 1 January 2016 to 23 July 2017. For all other events, the qualification period runs from 1 October 2016 to 23 July 2017.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 54], "content_span": [55, 283]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273791-0010-0000", "contents": "2017 World Championships in Athletics, Event schedule\nThe Women's 50 kilometres walk was held for the first time.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 53], "content_span": [54, 113]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273791-0011-0000", "contents": "2017 World Championships in Athletics, Event summary, Men, Track\n* Indicates the athlete only competed in the preliminary heats and received medals.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 64], "content_span": [65, 148]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273791-0012-0000", "contents": "2017 World Championships in Athletics, Event summary, Women, Track\n* Indicates the athlete only competed in the preliminary heats and received medals.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 66], "content_span": [67, 150]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273791-0013-0000", "contents": "2017 World Championships in Athletics, Medal table\nIAAF does not include the six medals (1 gold and 5 silver) won by athletes competing as Authorised Neutral Athletes in their official medal table.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 50], "content_span": [51, 197]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273791-0014-0000", "contents": "2017 World Championships in Athletics, Placing table\nIn the IAAF placing table the total score is obtained from assigning eight points to the first place and so on to one point for the eight placed finalists. Points are shared in situations where a tie occurs. 65 IAAF members received points. *\u00a0\u00a0 Host nation", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 52], "content_span": [53, 309]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273791-0015-0000", "contents": "2017 World Championships in Athletics, Participants\nBelow is the list of countries and other neutral groupings who participated in the championships and the requested number of athlete places for each.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 51], "content_span": [52, 201]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273791-0016-0000", "contents": "2017 World Championships in Athletics, Participants, Russian suspension\nRussia is currently indefinitely suspended from international competition due to a doping scandal, and will therefore not be present at the Championships. Nevertheless, 19 Russian athletes have been allowed to participate in international competition included as \"authorised neutral athletes\" at London 2017 following a long process to show that they were not directly implicated in Russia's state doping program. These athletes include Mariya Lasitskene (high jump), Sergey Shubenkov (110\u00a0metres hurdles), Ilya Shkurenev (decathlon), Aleksandr Menkov (long jump) and Anzhelika Sidorova (pole vault) plus names from 2016 such as Darya Klishina (long jump)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 71], "content_span": [72, 727]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273791-0017-0000", "contents": "2017 World Championships in Athletics, Participants, Refugees\nFor the first time, an Athlete Refugee Team delegation was present at the competition, mirroring the efforts to include refugee athletes that had occurred at the athletics at the 2016 Summer Olympics. A total of five athletes \u2013 all of them Kenya-based refugees \u2013 were entered as part of the Athlete Refugee Team, including Somalian Ahmed Bashir Farah, Ethiopian Kadar Omar Abdullahi, and South Sudanese middle-distance runners Dominic Lokinyomo Lobalu, Rose Lokonyen and Anjelina Lohalith.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 61], "content_span": [62, 551]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273791-0018-0000", "contents": "2017 World Championships in Athletics, Participants, Quarantine\nAn outbreak of norovirus occurred at a local hotel affecting 30 athletes and officials.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 63], "content_span": [64, 151]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273791-0019-0000", "contents": "2017 World Championships in Athletics, Participants, Doping\nAn anti-doping programme was overseen at the championships for the first time by the Athletics Integrity Unit (AIU) \u2013 an independent anti-doping board within the IAAF. A total of 1513 samples were collected at the competition and were sent to Ghent for analysis by a World Anti- Doping Agency-accredited laboratory . The samples comprised 596 urine sample (212 of which were tested for erythropoietin) and 917 blood samples.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 59], "content_span": [60, 484]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273791-0019-0001", "contents": "2017 World Championships in Athletics, Participants, Doping\nThe blood samples were divided into two forms \u2013 725 were taken to feed into the long-term athlete biological passport initiative and 192 were taken specifically to identify use of human growth hormone and erythropoiesis stimulating agents. The in-competition anti-doping scheme was complemented by a more extensive out-of-competition testing programme, which was intelligence and performance-led and amounted to over 2000 blood tests and over 3000 urine samples. An anti-doping education initiative also took place, led by the AIU and the IAAF Athletes' Commission, including an Athletes' Integrity Pledge which was taken by around 2500 athletes.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 59], "content_span": [60, 707]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273791-0020-0000", "contents": "2017 World Championships in Athletics, Participants, Doping\nTwo of Ukraine's foremost athletes, Olesya Povkh and Olha Zemlyak, were suspended for failed doping tests immediately before the championships in London.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 59], "content_span": [60, 213]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273791-0021-0000", "contents": "2017 World Championships in Athletics, Participants, Doping\nThe initial findings of the in-competition tests were that three athletes tested positive for doping, none of whom were medalists. The names of the athletes were not announced, allowing the athletes to contest the result and request a b-sample test.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 59], "content_span": [60, 309]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273792-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 World Championships in Athletics qualification standards\nThe following marks are the qualification standards for the 2017 World Championships in Athletics. The standards have been changed again from the 2015 standards. Each country may send a maximum of four athletes who have attained the A qualification mark in each specific event. A maximum of three athletes can compete in that event, with the sole exception of the relays, in which four of a possible six athletes may compete.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 61], "section_span": [61, 61], "content_span": [62, 487]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273792-0001-0000", "contents": "2017 World Championships in Athletics qualification standards\nThe qualification period ends on July 23, 2017, the date final entries are due. The start date for the qualification period was October 1, 2016 for all events except for 10,000 metres, Marathon, Race Walks, Relays and Combined Events which began on January 1, 2016.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 61], "section_span": [61, 61], "content_span": [62, 327]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273792-0002-0000", "contents": "2017 World Championships in Athletics qualification standards, Wild Card\nArea Champions (i.e. athletes who have won an event at their continental level championships) are granted automatic entrance, irrespective of whether they have achieved the qualification marks. The reigning World Champion in each event is also granted a bye into the competition, and does not count as part of their country's quota of athletes in that event. Furthermore, host countries may enter one unqualified athlete if no one of the respective nationality has achieved the required mark.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 61], "section_span": [63, 72], "content_span": [73, 565]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273792-0003-0000", "contents": "2017 World Championships in Athletics qualification standards, Target\nThe IAAF has a target for the number of athletes participating in each event. If there are not sufficient qualified entries in each event, the IAAF will invite the next highest ranked athletes to fill out the field, except in races 5,000 metres and longer. If a country does not have a qualified athlete in any events, one representative will be allowed to compete in a preliminary round of the 100 metres. The 100 metres targeted field size is not including the preliminary round.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 61], "section_span": [63, 69], "content_span": [70, 551]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273793-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 World Championships in Athletics \u2013 Men's 10,000 metres\nThe men's 10,000 metres at the 2017 World Championships in Athletics was held at the London Olympic Stadium on 4\u00a0August. This was billed to be the final 10,000\u00a0metres race of two-time champion Mo Farah. Farah won the race, ahead of Joshua Cheptegei from Uganda with Paul Tanui of Kenya finishing third. The win was Farah's third consecutive World 10,000\u00a0metres title, and his fifth consecutive major (Olympic or world) 10,000\u00a0metres title.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 59], "section_span": [59, 59], "content_span": [60, 499]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273793-0001-0000", "contents": "2017 World Championships in Athletics \u2013 Men's 10,000 metres, Summary\nJoshua Cheptegei, Geoffrey Kipsang Kamworor and Moses Kurong formed an early breakaway, Kurong taking the lead for a few laps before Cheptegei went back to the front, and nine laps into the race, Kamworor, and then Paul Tanui, took the lead. By 6,000\u00a0metres, there was a lead group of 14 runners at the front, but this group gradually got smaller. Farah hit the front just before four laps to go. He let Abadi Hadis resume the lead, and at one point Kamworor had his heels caught by Farah as he cut across in front. Just before two laps to go, Farah went back into the lead.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 59], "section_span": [61, 68], "content_span": [69, 643]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273793-0002-0000", "contents": "2017 World Championships in Athletics \u2013 Men's 10,000 metres, Summary\nDuring the penultimate turn, Tanui clipped the back of Farah's heels causing him to briefly lose his stride. Tanui sprinted through the final turn trying to get even with Farah at the head of the final straight. Farah turned to look at him, then accelerated away, already celebrating his win with ten metres remaining. Cheptegei sprinted around Tanui, but could not catch Farah and took second.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 59], "section_span": [61, 68], "content_span": [69, 463]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273793-0003-0000", "contents": "2017 World Championships in Athletics \u2013 Men's 10,000 metres, Results\nThe final took place on 4\u00a0August at 21:20. The results were as follows ():", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 59], "section_span": [61, 68], "content_span": [69, 143]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273794-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 World Championships in Athletics \u2013 Men's 100 metres\nThe men's 100 metres at the 2017 World Championships in Athletics was held at the London Olympic Stadium on 4\u22125 August. This meet was announced as the last competition for Usain Bolt. The race was won by Justin Gatlin of the United States, ahead of Gatlin's team-mate Christian Coleman, with Usain Bolt finishing third.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 56], "section_span": [56, 56], "content_span": [57, 376]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273794-0001-0000", "contents": "2017 World Championships in Athletics \u2013 Men's 100 metres, Background\nBilled as his last individual race, world record holder and reigning world and Olympic champion Usain Bolt hoped to bow out of individual competition with one last gold medal. He originally planned to retire after the Summer Olympics in Rio De Janeiro the previous year, but decided to return due to his love for the London crowds. However, his season was hampered by his reoccurring hamstring injuries, as well as the death of his friend Germaine Mason. Coming into the championships, Bolt was only ranked 7th with 9.95 seconds.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 56], "section_span": [58, 68], "content_span": [69, 598]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273794-0001-0001", "contents": "2017 World Championships in Athletics \u2013 Men's 100 metres, Background\nMeanwhile, young American Christian Coleman burst onto the athletics scene as the new favorite to dethrone Bolt, clocking a world-leading 9.82 seconds at the NCAA Championships and going on to win the 100-200 double. His only defeat came at the US Championships, where fellow Tennessee Vol and 2004 Olympic champion Justin Gatlin overtook the inexperienced Coleman, who overstrided towards the finish. The win came as a surprise for many, as the 35-year old veteran and 2005 world champion had an unusually rocky season despite being Bolt's biggest rival for the previous 4 years.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 56], "section_span": [58, 68], "content_span": [69, 649]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273794-0001-0002", "contents": "2017 World Championships in Athletics \u2013 Men's 100 metres, Background\nAndre De Grasse of Canada also announced his intentions to defeat Bolt before his retirement; the triple medallist at the Rio Olympics proved he had the talent and confidence to stay calm against Bolt, especially when he rushed to the Jamaican's shoulder during the 200m semifinals. Despite not having gone under 10 seconds before the championships, many knew that De Grasse was a championship performer and would clock much faster times in London.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 56], "section_span": [58, 68], "content_span": [69, 517]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273794-0002-0000", "contents": "2017 World Championships in Athletics \u2013 Men's 100 metres, Background\nMeanwhile, Bolt's training partner and 2011 World Champion Yohan Blake, continued his injury comeback by winning the Jamaican 100m title in 9.90, the second fastest time of the year. Julian Forte and Senoj-Jay Givans, two sub-10 runners, filled out the Jamaican squad. Akani Simbine of South Africa was ranked 3rd in the year with 9.92, and won at the Doha Diamond League in May, though many believed he peaked too early as South African runners began their seasons in February.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 56], "section_span": [58, 68], "content_span": [69, 548]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273794-0002-0001", "contents": "2017 World Championships in Athletics \u2013 Men's 100 metres, Background\nChristopher Belcher, the NCAA bronze medallist behind Coleman and ranked 4th in the year with 9.93, joined Coleman and Gatlin on the US squad. CJ Ujah of Great Britain appeared to be in top form, winning 3 Diamond League races in Rome, London, and Rabat, the latter in 9.98 seconds. In his absence, the incredibly fast-finishing Reece Prescod beat out former European Champion James Dasaolu at the British Championships. Other key players included co-European record holder and 3-time global finalist Jimmy Vicaut of France, 7th-ranked Thando Roto of South Africa, and Rio finalist Ben Youssef Meite of the Ivory Coast", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 56], "section_span": [58, 68], "content_span": [69, 687]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273794-0003-0000", "contents": "2017 World Championships in Athletics \u2013 Men's 100 metres, Background\nJust days before the championships, De Grasse pulled out with a hamstring injury and was forced to miss his final chance to defeat Bolt.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 56], "section_span": [58, 68], "content_span": [69, 205]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273794-0004-0000", "contents": "2017 World Championships in Athletics \u2013 Men's 100 metres, Summary\nColeman won his heat with ease in 10.01. Japanese runner Abdul Hakim Sani Brown placed himself as a favorite and surprised many by beating Blake in the second heat. Julian Forte of Jamaica was the fastest in the round, clocking 9.99 seconds in the third heat; Simbine finished 4th and qualified for the semis as a fastest loser, almost confirming claims he had already peaked earlier in the season. In the final heat, Bolt won with his slowest time of the season; his terrible start showed signs that he was, indeed, retiring at the right time.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 56], "section_span": [58, 65], "content_span": [66, 610]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273794-0005-0000", "contents": "2017 World Championships in Athletics \u2013 Men's 100 metres, Summary\nIn the first semi-final, Justin Gatlin qualified but seemed to struggle, losing to Akani Simbine of South Africa. Both were favorites to dethrone Bolt. In the second semi-final, Yohan Blake barely held off the hometown favorite Reece Prescod, who had a sudden surge of speed in the last ten metres to take the automatic qualifying spot from Su Bingtian of China. Run into slight headwinds, the first two semis were unimpressive, slower than ten seconds.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 56], "section_span": [58, 65], "content_span": [66, 519]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273794-0005-0001", "contents": "2017 World Championships in Athletics \u2013 Men's 100 metres, Summary\nIn the third semi-final, Christian Coleman surprised the world by beating Bolt with 9.97 to his 9.98, despite it being a semi-final; in doing so, he became the first man in four years to beat Bolt, the last being Gatlin by the same margin (0.01) in an IAAF Diamond League event in Rome. Coleman rocketed out of the start, while Bolt lumbered. Bolt tried to make up the gap, but sensing he couldn't catch him, eased up at the finish. Bolt's time was still the second fastest in the semis.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 56], "section_span": [58, 65], "content_span": [66, 553]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273794-0006-0000", "contents": "2017 World Championships in Athletics \u2013 Men's 100 metres, Summary\nIn the final, Bolt was lined up in lane four, right next to his young rival Coleman. Gatlin lined up in lane eight, with Blake right next to him. At the gun, Coleman got the quickest reaction time, of 0.123, and Bolt with the second slowest in 0.183. Coleman continued with his usual fast start, with Bolt next to him lumbering behind by a metre in fourth expecting to make up ground on Jimmy Vicaut of France and Su Bingtian inside him.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 56], "section_span": [58, 65], "content_span": [66, 503]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273794-0006-0001", "contents": "2017 World Championships in Athletics \u2013 Men's 100 metres, Summary\nMeanwhile, the other half of the field seemed to struggle in the first 40 metres, but began to catch up with the pack afterwards. At that mark, Bolt began making up ground, first on Su, then on Vicaut. With every step, Bolt gained on his young rival, but as he got closer he began to tense up. Suddenly, with 15 metres to go, Gatlin in lane eight came out of nowhere and surged ahead of the two, securing his first world title since 2005 by 0.02 seconds.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 56], "section_span": [58, 65], "content_span": [66, 521]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273794-0006-0002", "contents": "2017 World Championships in Athletics \u2013 Men's 100 metres, Summary\nGatlin's winning time of 9.92 seconds was the slowest World Championship winning time in the 100 metres since 2003, but was a new Masters world record, beating Kim Collins' 9.93 that he set the previous year. Coleman finished second in 9.94 seconds, while Bolt was third in 9.95 seconds, equaling his seasonal best that he set in Monaco.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 56], "section_span": [58, 65], "content_span": [66, 404]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273794-0007-0000", "contents": "2017 World Championships in Athletics \u2013 Men's 100 metres, Schedule\nThe event schedule, in local time (UTC+1), was as follows:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 56], "section_span": [58, 66], "content_span": [67, 125]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273794-0008-0000", "contents": "2017 World Championships in Athletics \u2013 Men's 100 metres, Results, Preliminary round\nThe preliminary round took place on 4\u00a0August in four heats as follows:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 56], "section_span": [58, 84], "content_span": [85, 155]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273794-0009-0000", "contents": "2017 World Championships in Athletics \u2013 Men's 100 metres, Results, Preliminary round\nThe first three in each heat (\u00a0Q\u00a0) and the next two fastest (\u00a0q\u00a0) qualified for the first round proper. The overall results were as follows:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 56], "section_span": [58, 84], "content_span": [85, 225]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273794-0010-0000", "contents": "2017 World Championships in Athletics \u2013 Men's 100 metres, Results, Heats\nThe first round proper took place on 4\u00a0August in six heats as follows:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 56], "section_span": [58, 72], "content_span": [73, 143]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273794-0011-0000", "contents": "2017 World Championships in Athletics \u2013 Men's 100 metres, Results, Heats\nThe first three in each heat (\u00a0Q\u00a0) and the next six fastest (\u00a0q\u00a0) qualified for the semi-finals. The overall results were as follows:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 56], "section_span": [58, 72], "content_span": [73, 206]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273794-0012-0000", "contents": "2017 World Championships in Athletics \u2013 Men's 100 metres, Results, Semi-finals\nThe semi-finals took place on 5\u00a0August in three heats as follows:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 56], "section_span": [58, 78], "content_span": [79, 144]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273794-0013-0000", "contents": "2017 World Championships in Athletics \u2013 Men's 100 metres, Results, Semi-finals\nThe first two in each heat (\u00a0Q\u00a0) and the next two fastest (\u00a0q\u00a0) qualified for the final. The overall results were as follows:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 56], "section_span": [58, 78], "content_span": [79, 204]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273794-0014-0000", "contents": "2017 World Championships in Athletics \u2013 Men's 100 metres, Results, Final\nThe final took place on 5\u00a0August at 21:46. The wind was \u22120.8\u00a0metres per second and the results were as follows ():", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 56], "section_span": [58, 72], "content_span": [73, 187]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273795-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 World Championships in Athletics \u2013 Men's 110 metres hurdles\nThe men's 110 metres hurdles at the 2017 World Championships in Athletics was held at the London Olympic Stadium on 6\u22127 August.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 64], "section_span": [64, 64], "content_span": [65, 192]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273795-0001-0000", "contents": "2017 World Championships in Athletics \u2013 Men's 110 metres hurdles, Summary\nRussian defending champion Sergey Shubenkov, having missed the Olympics due to the drugs scandal, was competing as an Authorised Neutral Athlete. Since the last World Championships, Omar McLeod (Jamaica) had won the Indoor World title and the Olympics and had the year's fastest time. The returning silver medallist was his countryman Hansle Parchment, while the returning bronze medalist was world record holder Aries Merritt (United States), who underwent a kidney transplant four days after the previous championships.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 64], "section_span": [66, 73], "content_span": [74, 595]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273795-0002-0000", "contents": "2017 World Championships in Athletics \u2013 Men's 110 metres hurdles, Summary\nIn the final, from the gun, McLeod had a slight lead over the first hurdle and retained the lead throughout. Shubenkov looked to be the only athlete gaining on him from behind. Bal\u00e1zs Baji (Hungary) was close over the first hurdle, but after hitting the second hurdle fell back to sixth before recovering to take the bronze.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 64], "section_span": [66, 73], "content_span": [74, 398]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273795-0003-0000", "contents": "2017 World Championships in Athletics \u2013 Men's 110 metres hurdles, Schedule\nThe event schedule, in local time (UTC+1), was as follows:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 64], "section_span": [66, 74], "content_span": [75, 133]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273795-0004-0000", "contents": "2017 World Championships in Athletics \u2013 Men's 110 metres hurdles, Results, Heats\nThe first round took place on 6\u00a0August in five heats as follows:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 64], "section_span": [66, 80], "content_span": [81, 145]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273795-0005-0000", "contents": "2017 World Championships in Athletics \u2013 Men's 110 metres hurdles, Results, Heats\nThe first four in each heat (\u00a0Q\u00a0) and the next four fastest (\u00a0q\u00a0) qualified for the semifinals. The overall results were as follows:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 64], "section_span": [66, 80], "content_span": [81, 213]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273795-0006-0000", "contents": "2017 World Championships in Athletics \u2013 Men's 110 metres hurdles, Results, Semifinals\nThe semifinals took place on 6\u00a0August in three heats as follows:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 64], "section_span": [66, 85], "content_span": [86, 150]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273795-0007-0000", "contents": "2017 World Championships in Athletics \u2013 Men's 110 metres hurdles, Results, Semifinals\nThe first two in each heat (\u00a0Q\u00a0) and the next two fastest (\u00a0q\u00a0) qualified for the final. The overall results were as follows:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 64], "section_span": [66, 85], "content_span": [86, 211]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273795-0008-0000", "contents": "2017 World Championships in Athletics \u2013 Men's 110 metres hurdles, Results, Final\nThe final took place on 7\u00a0August at 21:31. The wind was 0.0 metres per second and the results were as follows ():", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 64], "section_span": [66, 80], "content_span": [81, 194]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273796-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 World Championships in Athletics \u2013 Men's 1500 metres\nThe men's 1500 metres at the 2017 World Championships in Athletics was held at the London Olympic Stadium on 10, 11, and 13\u00a0August.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 57], "section_span": [57, 57], "content_span": [58, 189]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273796-0001-0000", "contents": "2017 World Championships in Athletics \u2013 Men's 1500 metres, Summary\nFrom the gun in the final, the Kenyan team took charge as Elijah Manangoi from the inside and Timothy Cheruiyot from the outside squeezed the pack behind their wall. The third Kenyan, Asbel Kiprop went to his typical position marking the back of the pack. After a moderate lap, controlling the pace, Kiprop moved forward and the two leaders accelerated to a quick five metre breakaway. In the next half lap, that break expanded to 10\u00a0metres with only Kiprop able to bridge the gap.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 57], "section_span": [59, 66], "content_span": [67, 548]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273796-0001-0001", "contents": "2017 World Championships in Athletics \u2013 Men's 1500 metres, Summary\nThrough the next half lap, three men, led by Filip Ingebrigtsen (NOR), followed by Adel Mechaal (ESP) and Sadik Mikhou (BHR) were able to bridge the gap, with Ingebrigtsen able to reach the trailing Kiprop on the inside at the bell. Ingebrigtsen was able to hold the inside, making Kiprop run to the outside through the penultimate turn. Down the backstretch Mechaal was also able to pass Kiprop, who was struggling. The sweep was broken but Cheruiyot and Manangoi were still in front, Cheruiyot holding the leading inside position.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 57], "section_span": [59, 66], "content_span": [67, 599]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273796-0001-0002", "contents": "2017 World Championships in Athletics \u2013 Men's 1500 metres, Summary\nComing off the turn, Manangoi displayed some of his reputed 46 second (400) speed, running past his teammate and on to a 2 metre victory. Three metres behind, Mechaal made a serious move to try to get ahead of Ingebrigtsen, trying to pass in the narrow space on the inside. He got his shoulders as far as Ingebrigtsen's 10 metres prior to the finish but couldn't get by, both men struggling and falling toward the finish line. Ingebrigtsen leaned for the bronze medal position while Mechaal put his hand out onto Ingebrigtsen's back. Ingebrigtsen fell into a sideways somersault after the finish, both finishing just ahead of a fast closing Jakub Holu\u0161a (CZE).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 57], "section_span": [59, 66], "content_span": [67, 727]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273796-0002-0000", "contents": "2017 World Championships in Athletics \u2013 Men's 1500 metres, Schedule\nThe event schedule, in local time (UTC+1), is as follows:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 57], "section_span": [59, 67], "content_span": [68, 125]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273796-0003-0000", "contents": "2017 World Championships in Athletics \u2013 Men's 1500 metres, Results, Heats\nThe first round took place on 10\u00a0August in three heats as follows:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 57], "section_span": [59, 73], "content_span": [74, 140]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273796-0004-0000", "contents": "2017 World Championships in Athletics \u2013 Men's 1500 metres, Results, Heats\nThe first six in each heat (\u00a0Q\u00a0) and the next six fastest (\u00a0q\u00a0) qualified for the semifinals. The overall results were as follows:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 57], "section_span": [59, 73], "content_span": [74, 204]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273796-0005-0000", "contents": "2017 World Championships in Athletics \u2013 Men's 1500 metres, Results, Semifinals\nThe semifinals took place on 11\u00a0August in two heats as follows:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 57], "section_span": [59, 78], "content_span": [79, 142]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273796-0006-0000", "contents": "2017 World Championships in Athletics \u2013 Men's 1500 metres, Results, Semifinals\nThe first five in each heat (\u00a0Q\u00a0) and the next two fastest (\u00a0q\u00a0) qualified for the final. The overall results were as follows:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 57], "section_span": [59, 78], "content_span": [79, 205]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273796-0007-0000", "contents": "2017 World Championships in Athletics \u2013 Men's 1500 metres, Results, Final\nThe final took place on 13\u00a0August at 20:30. The results were as follows ():", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 57], "section_span": [59, 73], "content_span": [74, 149]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273797-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 World Championships in Athletics \u2013 Men's 20 kilometres walk\nThe men's 20 kilometres walk at the 2017 World Championships in Athletics was held on a two kilometre course comprising lengths of The Mall between Buckingham Palace and Admiralty Arch on 13\u00a0August.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 64], "section_span": [64, 64], "content_span": [65, 263]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273797-0001-0000", "contents": "2017 World Championships in Athletics \u2013 Men's 20 kilometres walk, Summary\nAs is typical, this race started off as a pack. By 5K, the pack still numbered 32, exactly half the starters, walking a leisurely (for them) 19:54. The second 5K was exactly the same, passed in 39:48 but the pack had worn down to 17. British champion, walking before the home crowd, accelerated the pace, dropping many off the pack. But out in front, Bosworth was given more scrutiny and earned the deadly red card disqualifying him from the race.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 64], "section_span": [66, 73], "content_span": [74, 521]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273797-0001-0001", "contents": "2017 World Championships in Athletics \u2013 Men's 20 kilometres walk, Summary\nBy 15K in 59:33 (19:45), the pack was down to eight and defending champion Miguel \u00c1ngel L\u00f3pez (Spain) was no longer one of them. Rallying from a 23 second deficit at 10K, South African Lebogang Shange came back to the group as others dropped off. By the last 2K loop, the leaders \u00c9ider Ar\u00e9valo (Colombia) and Sergey Shirobokov, an Authorised Neutral Athlete were in racewalking's version of a sprint finish, dropping Shange, Christopher Linke (Germany), Dane Bird-Smith (Australia), Wang Kaihua (China) and Caio Bonfim (Brazil) to fight for bronze.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 64], "section_span": [66, 73], "content_span": [74, 623]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273797-0001-0002", "contents": "2017 World Championships in Athletics \u2013 Men's 20 kilometres walk, Summary\nAr\u00e9valo broke the race open enough to get a Colombian flag from the audience, holding it around his neck as he made sure he had enough of a gap on Shirobokov, then crossing the finish line with the flag held high two seconds ahead. 9 second behind them, Bonfim had broken away from Shange to secure bronze. Ar\u00e9valo, Bonfim and Shange all set national records.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 64], "section_span": [66, 73], "content_span": [74, 433]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273797-0002-0000", "contents": "2017 World Championships in Athletics \u2013 Men's 20 kilometres walk, Results\nThe final took place on 13\u00a0August at 14:19. The results were as follows:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 64], "section_span": [66, 73], "content_span": [74, 146]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273798-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 World Championships in Athletics \u2013 Men's 200 metres\nThe men's 200 metres at the 2017 World Championships in Athletics was held at the London Olympic Stadium on 7, 9, and 10\u00a0August.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 56], "section_span": [56, 56], "content_span": [57, 185]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273798-0001-0000", "contents": "2017 World Championships in Athletics \u2013 Men's 200 metres, Summary\nComing out of the blocks in the final, Wayde van Niekerk and Isaac Makwala were the first to make up ground on the stagger, coming off the turn with Ramil Guliyev about even. Makwala started to lose ground, passed by Jereem Richards to his outside. van Niekerk seemed to have the edge until the last 30 metres when Guliyev pulled ahead. As Richards closed, all the athletes leaned for a photo finish. Guliyev had a clear win, but van Niekerk's edge for silver on Richards was the narrowest possible, .001 of a second 20.106 to 20.107.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 56], "section_span": [58, 65], "content_span": [66, 600]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273798-0002-0000", "contents": "2017 World Championships in Athletics \u2013 Men's 200 metres, Schedule\nThe event schedule, in local time (UTC+1), is as follows:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 56], "section_span": [58, 66], "content_span": [67, 124]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273798-0003-0000", "contents": "2017 World Championships in Athletics \u2013 Men's 200 metres, Results, Heats\nThe first round took place on 7\u00a0August in seven heats. However, Isaac Makwala, who was prevented from competing due to being quarantined for norovirus, was allowed to run in an additional heat on the 9\u00a0August following an appeal by the Botswana delegation. The 8 heats were as follows:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 56], "section_span": [58, 72], "content_span": [73, 358]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273798-0004-0000", "contents": "2017 World Championships in Athletics \u2013 Men's 200 metres, Results, Heats\nThe first three in each heat (\u00a0Q\u00a0) and the next four fastest (\u00a0q\u00a0) qualified for the semifinals. The overall results were as follows:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 56], "section_span": [58, 72], "content_span": [73, 206]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273798-0005-0000", "contents": "2017 World Championships in Athletics \u2013 Men's 200 metres, Results, Semifinals\nThe semifinals took place on 9\u00a0August in three heats as follows:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 56], "section_span": [58, 77], "content_span": [78, 142]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273798-0006-0000", "contents": "2017 World Championships in Athletics \u2013 Men's 200 metres, Results, Semifinals\nThe first two in each heat (\u00a0Q\u00a0) and the next two fastest (\u00a0q\u00a0) qualified for the final. The overall results were as follows:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 56], "section_span": [58, 77], "content_span": [78, 203]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273798-0007-0000", "contents": "2017 World Championships in Athletics \u2013 Men's 200 metres, Results, Final\nThe final took place on 10\u00a0August at 21:52. The wind was \u22120.1 metres per second and the results were as follows ():", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 56], "section_span": [58, 72], "content_span": [73, 188]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273799-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 World Championships in Athletics \u2013 Men's 3000 metres steeplechase\nThe men's 3000 metres steeplechase at the 2017 World Championships in Athletics was held at the London Olympic Stadium on 6 and 8\u00a0August.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 70], "section_span": [70, 70], "content_span": [71, 208]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273799-0001-0000", "contents": "2017 World Championships in Athletics \u2013 Men's 3000 metres steeplechase\nAfter a temporary retirement announced immediately after the Olympic race, 4-time champion, seven time medalist Ezekiel Kemboi (Kenya), once known for his flamboyant frohawk hairstyles was back, now as a 35-year-old without a hair on his head. His historic record was well known, but his semi-final was his fastest race of the year making him an unknown quantity. In fact, the entire 2015 podium and the 2016 Olympic podium were in this event, though 2008 Olympic champion and 2015 bronze medalist Brimin Kipruto (Kenya) at age 33 didn't make the final.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 70], "section_span": [70, 70], "content_span": [71, 624]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273799-0002-0000", "contents": "2017 World Championships in Athletics \u2013 Men's 3000 metres steeplechase, Summary\nIn the final Conseslus Kipruto (Kenya) went to the front, but he didn't set a blistering pace to burn off the competition, instead he kept control of the race. Jairus Birech (Kenya) and Evan Jager (USA) stayed close behind. After a leisurely 2:51.81 first kilometre, after which entire Ethiopian team of Tesfaye Deriba, Tafese Seboka and Getnet Wale moved ahead to push the pace. Kemboi was biding his time along the rail. Jacob Araptany (Uganda) lost his shoe and stopped in the middle of the track to fix it, taking him completely out of contention.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 70], "section_span": [72, 79], "content_span": [80, 631]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273799-0003-0000", "contents": "2017 World Championships in Athletics \u2013 Men's 3000 metres steeplechase, Summary\nAfter four laps, Jager moved to the front and increased the pace, with only Kipruto, Birech, Ezekiel Kemboi and Soufiane El Bakkali (Morocco) staying in the front group with him. Birech, and later Kemboi, dropped away, and Jager led the remaining trio until they reached the beginning of the final backstretch, where Kipruto accelerated past Jager, followed by El Bakkali. By the water jump, El Bakkali had pulled even, but Kipruto had more speed down the final straightaway. Jager held third place despite a late run from Mahiedine Mekhissi.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 70], "section_span": [72, 79], "content_span": [80, 622]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273799-0004-0000", "contents": "2017 World Championships in Athletics \u2013 Men's 3000 metres steeplechase, Schedule\nThe event schedule, in local time (UTC+1), was as follows:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 70], "section_span": [72, 80], "content_span": [81, 139]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273799-0005-0000", "contents": "2017 World Championships in Athletics \u2013 Men's 3000 metres steeplechase, Results, Heats\nThe first round took place on 6\u00a0August in three heats as follows:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 70], "section_span": [72, 86], "content_span": [87, 152]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273799-0006-0000", "contents": "2017 World Championships in Athletics \u2013 Men's 3000 metres steeplechase, Results, Heats\nThe first three in each heat (\u00a0Q\u00a0) and the next six fastest (\u00a0q\u00a0) qualified for the final. The overall results were as follows:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 70], "section_span": [72, 86], "content_span": [87, 214]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273799-0007-0000", "contents": "2017 World Championships in Athletics \u2013 Men's 3000 metres steeplechase, Results, Final\nThe final took place on 8\u00a0August at 21:11. The results were as follows ():", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 70], "section_span": [72, 86], "content_span": [87, 161]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273800-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 World Championships in Athletics \u2013 Men's 4 \u00d7 100 metres relay\nThe men's 4 x 100 metres relay at the 2017 World Championships in Athletics was held at the United kingdom,London Olympic Stadium on 12\u00a0August.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 66], "section_span": [66, 66], "content_span": [67, 210]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273800-0001-0000", "contents": "2017 World Championships in Athletics \u2013 Men's 4 \u00d7 100 metres relay, Summary\nAs the final was billed as Usain Bolt's final race, many eyes were on the Jamaican team, which put their hurdle gold medalist Omar McLeod on leadoff. Their main challenger was expected to be USA which put their 2015 anchor, Mike Rodgers on leadoff, and scheduled the fastest starter in the championships, Christian Coleman to run against Bolt on anchor. Earlier in the day, Bolt did anchor the team to qualify, minus McLeod.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 66], "section_span": [68, 75], "content_span": [76, 500]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273800-0002-0000", "contents": "2017 World Championships in Athletics \u2013 Men's 4 \u00d7 100 metres relay, Summary\nOut of the blocks, USA and Jamaica were out about even, making up the stagger on Stuart Dutamby for France to their outside. Great Britain with Chijindu Ujah and on the far outside, Shuhei Tada for Japan were also out with them. A good British handoff to Adam Gemili had them passing China on their outside, while USA's 100 metre champion Justin Gatlin gained a step on Julian Forte for Jamaica. Into the third leg around the turn, USA's Jaylen Bacon maintained the lead against Jamaica's Yohan Blake, with Britain's Danny Talbot also ahead of Jamaica.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 66], "section_span": [68, 75], "content_span": [76, 630]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273800-0002-0001", "contents": "2017 World Championships in Athletics \u2013 Men's 4 \u00d7 100 metres relay, Summary\nBritain made a smooth blind handoff to Nethaneel Mitchell-Blake while Coleman took the baton off Bacon, Britain leaving the zone with a slight advantage, while Bolt had two metres to make up for Jamaica. Such a gain was expected to be within Bolt's ability but four steps into the straightaway, Bolt flinched in pain, hopping then somersaulting to the track. Mitchell-Blake and Coleman raced almost even until the last 20 metres when Mitchell-Blake pulled ahead and dipped at the finish line for an unexpected British win on home soil. 8 metres back, Japan came home with bronze, backing up their Olympic silver.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 66], "section_span": [68, 75], "content_span": [76, 688]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273800-0003-0000", "contents": "2017 World Championships in Athletics \u2013 Men's 4 \u00d7 100 metres relay, Summary\nMedical aid with a wheelchair and his Jamaican teammates surrounded Bolt on the ground. While the British men's and women's relay teams celebrated together, Bolt lay on the ground in pain for a couple of minutes then refused the wheelchair and was helped to his feet by his teammates. With them by his side he limped across the finish line for the final time then went back to the ground wincing in pain. 100 Metre Champion Justin Gatlin blamed Bolt's injury on the poor planning and the teams being sent out forty-five minutes late.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 66], "section_span": [68, 75], "content_span": [76, 609]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273800-0004-0000", "contents": "2017 World Championships in Athletics \u2013 Men's 4 \u00d7 100 metres relay, Summary\nDuring the final, the Chinese third leg runner Su Bingtian was accidentally hit on the head by Britain's second leg runner Adam Gemili as the former started his run. The Chinese side later decided not to make a post-race appeal and thus no further action was taken.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 66], "section_span": [68, 75], "content_span": [76, 341]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273800-0005-0000", "contents": "2017 World Championships in Athletics \u2013 Men's 4 \u00d7 100 metres relay, Qualification criteria\nThe first eight placed teams at the 2017 IAAF World Relays and the host country qualify automatically for entry with remaining places being filled by teams with the fastest performances during the qualification period.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 66], "section_span": [68, 90], "content_span": [91, 309]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273800-0006-0000", "contents": "2017 World Championships in Athletics \u2013 Men's 4 \u00d7 100 metres relay, Schedule\nThe event schedule, in local time (UTC+1), is as follows:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 66], "section_span": [68, 76], "content_span": [77, 134]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273800-0007-0000", "contents": "2017 World Championships in Athletics \u2013 Men's 4 \u00d7 100 metres relay, Results, Heats\nThe first round took place on 12\u00a0August in two heats as follows:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 66], "section_span": [68, 82], "content_span": [83, 147]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273800-0008-0000", "contents": "2017 World Championships in Athletics \u2013 Men's 4 \u00d7 100 metres relay, Results, Heats\nThe first three in each heat (\u00a0Q\u00a0) and the next two fastest (\u00a0q\u00a0) qualified for the final. The overall results were as follows:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 66], "section_span": [68, 82], "content_span": [83, 210]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273800-0009-0000", "contents": "2017 World Championships in Athletics \u2013 Men's 4 \u00d7 100 metres relay, Results, Final\nThe final took place on 12\u00a0August at 22:01. The results were as follows ():", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 66], "section_span": [68, 82], "content_span": [83, 158]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273801-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 World Championships in Athletics \u2013 Men's 4 \u00d7 400 metres relay\nThe men's 4 \u00d7 400 metres relay at the 2017 World Championships in Athletics was held at the London Olympic Stadium on 12\u00a0August.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 66], "section_span": [66, 66], "content_span": [67, 195]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273801-0001-0000", "contents": "2017 World Championships in Athletics \u2013 Men's 4 \u00d7 400 metres relay, Summary\nThe final race of the World Championships started fairly even, with USA's Wilbert London III and Britain's Matthew Hudson-Smith gaining slightly on the stagger on the inside, while Spain's \u00d3scar Husillos was gaining on Trinidad and Tobago's Jarrin Solomon further toward the outside. Belgium's Robin Vanderbemden also looked to be having a strong leg all alone in lane 9. Coming down the homestretch, London sped up to have the USA the handoff first to Gil Roberts.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 66], "section_span": [68, 75], "content_span": [76, 541]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273801-0001-0001", "contents": "2017 World Championships in Athletics \u2013 Men's 4 \u00d7 400 metres relay, Summary\nRoberts came around the turn to take a 3-metre lead at the break, followed by GBR's Rabah Yousif and Spain's Lucas B\u00faa, TTO's Jereem Richards was on the outside passing people. Into the far turn, he had beaten Yousif and kept going making up the gap on Roberts getting to within a metre. Down the homestretch, Roberts again opened up the gap, handing off to Michael Cherry three metres ahead of Trinidad and Tobago's handoff to Machel Cedenio.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 66], "section_span": [68, 75], "content_span": [76, 519]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273801-0001-0002", "contents": "2017 World Championships in Athletics \u2013 Men's 4 \u00d7 400 metres relay, Summary\nGreat Britain's handoff to Dwayne Cowan was just a metre back as the top three teams had separated from the rest of the contenders. Through most of the lap, Cherry held a five-metre lead while Cowan was challenging Cedenio. Cedenio held off Cowan then on the homestretch he separated, making a run at Cherry. USA passed to Fred Kerley barely a metre ahead of TTO's pass to Lalonde Gordon.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 66], "section_span": [68, 75], "content_span": [76, 464]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273801-0001-0003", "contents": "2017 World Championships in Athletics \u2013 Men's 4 \u00d7 400 metres relay, Summary\nKerley was the anchor runner of the fastest 4x400 relay of the year prior to the championships, running for Texas A&M at the end of the college season more than two months earlier. Kerley held that one-metre lead down the backstretch, then widened it slightly through the final turn. Behind Gordon, GBR's Martyn Rooney was closing down the gap to bring his team to within a metre coming off the turn. Kerley straightened up and ran tight for the finish while Gordon went to the outside for running room and ran past him, pulling away to a decisive 3-metre victory. Kerley maintained his distance from Rooney to get silver for USA. GBR's Rooney finished 8 metres ahead of the Belgian team, which included three Borl\u00e9e brothers.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 66], "section_span": [68, 75], "content_span": [76, 802]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273801-0002-0000", "contents": "2017 World Championships in Athletics \u2013 Men's 4 \u00d7 400 metres relay, Qualification criteria\nThe first eight placed teams at the 2017 IAAF World Relays and the host country qualify automatically for entry with remaining places being filled by teams with the fastest performances during the qualification period.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 66], "section_span": [68, 90], "content_span": [91, 309]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273801-0003-0000", "contents": "2017 World Championships in Athletics \u2013 Men's 4 \u00d7 400 metres relay, Schedule\nThe event schedule, in local time (UTC+1), is as follows:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 66], "section_span": [68, 76], "content_span": [77, 134]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273801-0004-0000", "contents": "2017 World Championships in Athletics \u2013 Men's 4 \u00d7 400 metres relay, Results, Heats\nThe first round took place on 12\u00a0August in two heats as follows:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 66], "section_span": [68, 82], "content_span": [83, 147]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273801-0005-0000", "contents": "2017 World Championships in Athletics \u2013 Men's 4 \u00d7 400 metres relay, Results, Heats\nThe first three in each heat (\u00a0Q\u00a0) and the next two fastest (\u00a0q\u00a0) qualified for the final. The overall results were as follows:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 66], "section_span": [68, 82], "content_span": [83, 210]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273801-0006-0000", "contents": "2017 World Championships in Athletics \u2013 Men's 4 \u00d7 400 metres relay, Results, Final\nThe final took place on 13\u00a0August at 22:20. The results were as follows ():", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 66], "section_span": [68, 82], "content_span": [83, 158]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273802-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 World Championships in Athletics \u2013 Men's 400 metres\nThe men's 400 metres at the 2017 World Championships in Athletics was held at the London Olympic Stadium on 5, 6, and 8\u00a0August.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 56], "section_span": [56, 56], "content_span": [57, 184]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273802-0001-0000", "contents": "2017 World Championships in Athletics \u2013 Men's 400 metres, Summary\nIsaac Makwala (Botswana) had qualified for the final, but was barred from competing as he was under quarantine due to the norovirus outbreak in one of the athletes' hotels. Steven Gardiner (Bahamas) started fastest, with Wayde van Niekerk (South Africa) equal to him by about 200 metres, and going on to build a lead through the final turn. Van Niekerk had time to slow down, winning comfortably ahead of Gardiner, with Abdalelah Haroun (Qatar) finishing quickly from dead last off the turn to claim bronze.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 56], "section_span": [58, 65], "content_span": [66, 573]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273802-0002-0000", "contents": "2017 World Championships in Athletics \u2013 Men's 400 metres, Schedule\nThe event schedule, in local time (UTC+1), was as follows:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 56], "section_span": [58, 66], "content_span": [67, 125]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273802-0003-0000", "contents": "2017 World Championships in Athletics \u2013 Men's 400 metres, Results, Heats\nThe first round took place on 5\u00a0August in six heats as follows:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 56], "section_span": [58, 72], "content_span": [73, 136]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273802-0004-0000", "contents": "2017 World Championships in Athletics \u2013 Men's 400 metres, Results, Heats\nThe first three in each heat (\u00a0Q\u00a0) and the next six fastest (\u00a0q\u00a0) qualified for the semifinals. The overall results were as follows:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 56], "section_span": [58, 72], "content_span": [73, 205]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273802-0005-0000", "contents": "2017 World Championships in Athletics \u2013 Men's 400 metres, Results, Semifinals\nThe semifinals took place on 6\u00a0August in three heats as follows:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 56], "section_span": [58, 77], "content_span": [78, 142]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273802-0006-0000", "contents": "2017 World Championships in Athletics \u2013 Men's 400 metres, Results, Semifinals\nThe first two in each heat (\u00a0Q\u00a0) and the next two fastest (\u00a0q\u00a0) qualified for the final. The overall results were as follows:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 56], "section_span": [58, 77], "content_span": [78, 203]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273802-0007-0000", "contents": "2017 World Championships in Athletics \u2013 Men's 400 metres, Results, Final\nThe final took place on 8\u00a0August at 21:54. The results were as follows ():", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 56], "section_span": [58, 72], "content_span": [73, 147]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273803-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 World Championships in Athletics \u2013 Men's 400 metres hurdles\nThe men's 400 metres hurdles at the 2017 World Championships in Athletics was held at the London Olympic Stadium on 6\u20139 August.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 64], "section_span": [64, 64], "content_span": [65, 192]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273803-0001-0000", "contents": "2017 World Championships in Athletics \u2013 Men's 400 metres hurdles, Summary\nKarsten Warholm led the final from start to finish. At the final hurdle, Abderrahman Samba, in second place and seemingly gaining on Warholm, stumbled and struggled to maintain his balance, dropping to seventh. From the last hurdle to the finish line Warholm increased his speed again, winning by a comfortable margin, while Yasmani Copello overtook Kerron Clement on the final run in to gain silver.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 64], "section_span": [66, 73], "content_span": [74, 474]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273803-0002-0000", "contents": "2017 World Championships in Athletics \u2013 Men's 400 metres hurdles, Schedule\nThe event schedule, in local time (UTC+1), is as follows:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 64], "section_span": [66, 74], "content_span": [75, 132]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273803-0003-0000", "contents": "2017 World Championships in Athletics \u2013 Men's 400 metres hurdles, Results, Heats\nThe first round took place on 6\u00a0August in five heats as follows:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 64], "section_span": [66, 80], "content_span": [81, 145]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273803-0004-0000", "contents": "2017 World Championships in Athletics \u2013 Men's 400 metres hurdles, Results, Heats\nThe first four in each heat (\u00a0Q\u00a0) and the next four fastest (\u00a0q\u00a0) qualified for the semifinals. The overall results were as follows:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 64], "section_span": [66, 80], "content_span": [81, 213]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273803-0005-0000", "contents": "2017 World Championships in Athletics \u2013 Men's 400 metres hurdles, Results, Semifinals\nThe semifinals took place on 7\u00a0August in three heats as follows:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 64], "section_span": [66, 85], "content_span": [86, 150]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273803-0006-0000", "contents": "2017 World Championships in Athletics \u2013 Men's 400 metres hurdles, Results, Semifinals\nThe first two in each heat (\u00a0Q\u00a0) and the next two fastest (\u00a0q\u00a0) qualified for the final. The overall results were as follows:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 64], "section_span": [66, 85], "content_span": [86, 211]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273803-0007-0000", "contents": "2017 World Championships in Athletics \u2013 Men's 400 metres hurdles, Results, Final\nThe final took place on 9\u00a0August at 20:34. The results were as follows ():", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 64], "section_span": [66, 80], "content_span": [81, 155]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273804-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 World Championships in Athletics \u2013 Men's 50 kilometres walk\nThe men's 50 kilometres walk at the 2017 World Championships in Athletics was held on a two kilometre course comprising lengths of The Mall between Buckingham Palace and Admiralty Arch on 13\u00a0August.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 64], "section_span": [64, 64], "content_span": [65, 263]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273804-0001-0000", "contents": "2017 World Championships in Athletics \u2013 Men's 50 kilometres walk, Summary\nFour days before the event, three time World Championship medallist, Australia's Jared Tallent was forced to withdraw from the event due to a hamstring injury.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 64], "section_span": [66, 73], "content_span": [74, 233]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273804-0002-0000", "contents": "2017 World Championships in Athletics \u2013 Men's 50 kilometres walk, Summary\nFrom the start, world record holder, 39\u00a0year old Yohann Diniz (FRA) walked with a sense of purpose. Save a silver medal in 2007, the World Championships had resulted in disqualifications and failure for him as had the Olympics. On this course in 2012, Diniz became disoriented and was left by the lead pack lying on the ground after he tripped over a barricade.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 64], "section_span": [66, 73], "content_span": [74, 435]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273804-0003-0000", "contents": "2017 World Championships in Athletics \u2013 Men's 50 kilometres walk, Summary\nFrom the gun, Diniz walked at his own pace at the front of the pack. He had to make a quick, unplanned pit stop before the 5k mark which brought him back to the pack of some 20\u00a0competitors, but really only Horacio Nava (MEX) was able to stay with him for a short while. Again Diniz set sail solo and continued building his lead. 41\u00a0seconds at 10k, 1:32 at 15k, 2:10 at 20k, 2:59 by halfway. Reminiscent of last year's Olympics, would his huge lead evaporate into another catastrophe?", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 64], "section_span": [66, 73], "content_span": [74, 557]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273804-0004-0000", "contents": "2017 World Championships in Athletics \u2013 Men's 50 kilometres walk, Summary\nChasing Diniz was a pack of podium suitors that stayed together with individuals falling off the back. By half way it was down to seven, with two Ecudorians; Claudio Villanueva and Andr\u00e9s Chocho; two Japanese Hirooki Arai and Kai Kobayashi; Aleksi Ojala (FIN); Evan Dunfee (CAN); and Yu Wei (CHN). That group stayed together past 35k, where Diniz had a 4:21 lead. At 36k, the two Japanese teammates took off on their own. In the next 4k, they put 27\u00a0seconds on the next challenger Dunfee, while Chocho was disqualified for form violation and asked off the course.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 64], "section_span": [66, 73], "content_span": [74, 637]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273804-0005-0000", "contents": "2017 World Championships in Athletics \u2013 Men's 50 kilometres walk, Summary\nDiniz did not suffer a catastrophe. By the last 2k loop, he had lapped everybody except four walkers. Like his world record three years earlier, Diniz spent the last lap celebrating; tying a French flag around his neck like a bandana, slapping hands with the spectators in the front row. He held the French flag above his head as he crossed the finish line. The two Japanese worked together to keep up the pace, the more experienced Arai finally taking a slight lead for silver, 8:05 behind Diniz. It was the second fastest 50k racewalk of all time, only behind Diniz' world record and the largest margin of victory in World Championship history.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 64], "section_span": [66, 73], "content_span": [74, 720]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273804-0006-0000", "contents": "2017 World Championships in Athletics \u2013 Men's 50 kilometres walk, Results\nThe final took place on 13\u00a0August at 07:46. The results were as follows:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 64], "section_span": [66, 73], "content_span": [74, 146]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273805-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 World Championships in Athletics \u2013 Men's 5000 metres\nThe men's 5000 metres at the 2017 World Championships in Athletics was held at the London Olympic Stadium on 9\u221212 August. This race was announced as the last track race of Mo Farah's career as he intends to focus on marathon running and road racing. Farah had been in every final since 2007, winning three straight since 2011.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 57], "section_span": [57, 57], "content_span": [58, 384]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273805-0001-0000", "contents": "2017 World Championships in Athletics \u2013 Men's 5000 metres, Summary\nIn the final, Farah (GBR) started faster than normal, after the pack congealed landing in second place behind Paul Chelimo (USA) who ran around the crowd to get to the front. Chelimo took the field through an aggressive 62\u00a0second lap. The second lap was a decidedly more relaxed 71\u00a0seconds, bringing Andrew Butchart (GBR) to the front, to look at Chelimo then take the point with his teammate Farah in tow. But Butchart didn't increase the pace, instead it slowed slightly to 72\u00a0seconds. Muktar Edris (ETH) came forward.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 57], "section_span": [59, 66], "content_span": [67, 587]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273805-0001-0001", "contents": "2017 World Championships in Athletics \u2013 Men's 5000 metres, Summary\nAfter running shoulder to shoulder with Farah for 200\u00a0metres, Edris went out into the lead, but the pace didn't quicken. After another slow lap, he slowed and left Farah exposed on the front. 17\u00a0year old 2016 World Junior Champion Selemon Barega came from the back of the pack to take the lead. Barega increased the pace opening up several metres on Farah at the head of the pack with a 65\u00a0second lap, then he slowed again an Ethiopian leaving Farah exposed on the front of the pack. Another 66\u00a0second lap as Chelimo came back to take a turn at the front.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 57], "section_span": [59, 66], "content_span": [67, 622]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273805-0002-0000", "contents": "2017 World Championships in Athletics \u2013 Men's 5000 metres, Summary\nWith five laps to go Patrick Tiernan ran around the field to take the lead. Tiernan moved the pace up to 64 seconds but the rest of the field didn't chase, letting him break away to a 10\u00a0metre lead. The next lap was under 63\u00a0seconds, with Yomif Kejelcha (ETH) coming to the front of the pack but leaving Farah to lead the group. Into the last two laps, a time when Farah does not like to get passed, he stayed ahead of Kejelcha, the overall quicken pace overtaking Tiernan with 600\u00a0metres to go.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 57], "section_span": [59, 66], "content_span": [67, 562]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273805-0002-0001", "contents": "2017 World Championships in Athletics \u2013 Men's 5000 metres, Summary\nShortly after passing Tiernan, Butchart rushed forward to get on Farah's shoulder to form a British wall similar to the ending stages of the Olympics. Through the turn, Kejelcha fought his way around the outside of the wall and onto the homestretch to take the lead going into the bell with the rest of the Ethiopian team, Edris and Barega lining up on the outside, next to Farah, Mohammed Ahmed (CAN), and Chelimo on the inside. At the bell, Edris was shoulder to shoulder with Farah.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 57], "section_span": [59, 66], "content_span": [67, 552]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273805-0003-0000", "contents": "2017 World Championships in Athletics \u2013 Men's 5000 metres, Summary\nThrough the penultimate turn, Edris got ahead of Farah and onto the back of Kejelcha. The two Ethiopians opened up a 2\u00a0metre lead on Farah on the backstretch, leaving Farah in the unfamiliar position of having to sprint to catch up. But Chelimo had more speed, catching Farah from behind and moving to his outside shoulder as they gained on the Ethiopian duo, effectively leaving Farah boxed in on the curb. Coming off the final turn, Farah was looking for running room, which suddenly materialized in front of him as Kejelcha drifted out.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 57], "section_span": [59, 66], "content_span": [67, 606]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273805-0003-0001", "contents": "2017 World Championships in Athletics \u2013 Men's 5000 metres, Summary\nEdris sprinted away from his teammate while Farah was still weaving his way past Kejelcha, with Chelimo going the outside route, both two metres behind Edris. Farah's race was for second place, with Edris expanding his lead to the finish. Farah was able to barely hold off Chelimo for silver. Unlike the spring in his step following his previous string of victories, it was Farah lying exhausted on the track.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 57], "section_span": [59, 66], "content_span": [67, 476]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273805-0004-0000", "contents": "2017 World Championships in Athletics \u2013 Men's 5000 metres, Schedule\nThe event schedule, in local time (UTC+1), is as follows:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 57], "section_span": [59, 67], "content_span": [68, 125]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273805-0005-0000", "contents": "2017 World Championships in Athletics \u2013 Men's 5000 metres, Results, Heats\nThe first round took place on 9\u00a0August in two heats as follows:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 57], "section_span": [59, 73], "content_span": [74, 137]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273805-0006-0000", "contents": "2017 World Championships in Athletics \u2013 Men's 5000 metres, Results, Heats\nThe first five in each heat (\u00a0Q\u00a0) and the next five fastest (\u00a0q\u00a0) qualified for the final. The overall results were as follows:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 57], "section_span": [59, 73], "content_span": [74, 201]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273805-0007-0000", "contents": "2017 World Championships in Athletics \u2013 Men's 5000 metres, Results, Final\nThe final took place on 12\u00a0August at 20:21. The results were as follows ():", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 57], "section_span": [59, 73], "content_span": [74, 149]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273806-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 World Championships in Athletics \u2013 Men's 800 metres\nThe men's 800 metres at the 2017 World Championships in Athletics was held at the London Olympic Stadium on 5, 6, and 8\u00a0August.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 56], "section_span": [56, 56], "content_span": [57, 184]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273806-0001-0000", "contents": "2017 World Championships in Athletics \u2013 Men's 800 metres, Summary\nDefending champion David Rudisha (Kenya) couldn't recover from an early season injury in time to return. There were no Olympic podium athletes in this field. The returning silver medalist Adam Kszczot (Poland) made an impressive move in his semi-final to get into the final. The returning bronze medalist, 2015 phenom Amel Tuka (Bosnia and Herzegovina) didn't make it out of the heats. The fastest athlete of the year Emmanuel Kipkurui Korir didn't qualify from his semi.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 56], "section_span": [58, 65], "content_span": [66, 537]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273806-0002-0000", "contents": "2017 World Championships in Athletics \u2013 Men's 800 metres, Summary\nAs the final began, the runner with the fastest personal best, =#3 all time Nigel Amos (Botswana) ran a fast turn and was attempting to take the tangent from the break line in his lane 5, but Brandon McBride (Canada), ran a faster turn and cut more sharply from lane 7, effectively interrupting Amos from taking control of the early pace. Looking for running room Amos also cut in, tangling elbows with Kipyegon Bett (Kenya), then bouncing to the side, getting caught also behind Thiago Andr\u00e9 (Brazil). McBride held the lead with Andr\u00e9 in his shadow.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 56], "section_span": [58, 65], "content_span": [66, 616]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273806-0002-0001", "contents": "2017 World Championships in Athletics \u2013 Men's 800 metres, Summary\nThe first time down the home stretch, Amos moved outside to get around Andr\u00e9 into second place. McBride led through a moderate 50.76 first lap. Through the next turn, Bett was looking to get past Amos, finally also running wide on the backstretch, getting past McBride. From the back of the pack, Pierre-Ambroise Bosse (France) had avoided the battle so far. He went wider on the backstretch, running in lane 3 past the field, including the battling leaders, taking the lead unencumbered as they entered the final turn.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 56], "section_span": [58, 65], "content_span": [66, 585]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273806-0002-0002", "contents": "2017 World Championships in Athletics \u2013 Men's 800 metres, Summary\nThrough the final turn, the battle continued behind him, Amos and Bett exchanging elbows again. From near the back of the back Adam Kszczot (Poland) began his kick, with Kyle Langford (GBR) in his wake, passing people. By the time he reached the final straightaway, Bosse had a 3 metre lead on Bett, with Amos another metre back. Bett and Amos were unable to gain on Bosse, but in lane 2, Kszczot and Langford were, passing people including Mohammed Aman (Ethiopia), Amos and 10 metres before the finish, Kszczot passed Bett to capture silver. Bett barely held off a fast closing Langford for bronze.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 56], "section_span": [58, 65], "content_span": [66, 666]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273806-0003-0000", "contents": "2017 World Championships in Athletics \u2013 Men's 800 metres, Summary\nAfter the race, Bosse looked at the video scoreboard, pointing at himself in surprise at his win.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 56], "section_span": [58, 65], "content_span": [66, 163]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273806-0004-0000", "contents": "2017 World Championships in Athletics \u2013 Men's 800 metres, Schedule\nThe event schedule, in local time (UTC+1), was as follows:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 56], "section_span": [58, 66], "content_span": [67, 125]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273806-0005-0000", "contents": "2017 World Championships in Athletics \u2013 Men's 800 metres, Results, Heats\nThe first round took place on 5\u00a0August in six heats as follows:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 56], "section_span": [58, 72], "content_span": [73, 136]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273806-0006-0000", "contents": "2017 World Championships in Athletics \u2013 Men's 800 metres, Results, Heats\nThe first three in each heat (\u00a0Q\u00a0) and the next six fastest (\u00a0q\u00a0) qualified for the semifinals. The overall results were as follows:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 56], "section_span": [58, 72], "content_span": [73, 205]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273806-0007-0000", "contents": "2017 World Championships in Athletics \u2013 Men's 800 metres, Results, Semifinals\nThe semifinals took place on 6\u00a0August in three heats as follows:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 56], "section_span": [58, 77], "content_span": [78, 142]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273806-0008-0000", "contents": "2017 World Championships in Athletics \u2013 Men's 800 metres, Results, Semifinals\nThe first two in each heat (\u00a0Q\u00a0) and the next two fastest (\u00a0q\u00a0) qualified for the final. The overall results were as follows:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 56], "section_span": [58, 77], "content_span": [78, 203]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273806-0009-0000", "contents": "2017 World Championships in Athletics \u2013 Men's 800 metres, Results, Final\nThe final took place on 8\u00a0August at 21:36. The results were as follows ():", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 56], "section_span": [58, 72], "content_span": [73, 147]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273807-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 World Championships in Athletics \u2013 Men's decathlon\nThe men's decathlon at the 2017 World Championships in Athletics was held at the Olympic Stadium on 11\u201312 August.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 55], "section_span": [55, 55], "content_span": [56, 169]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273807-0001-0000", "contents": "2017 World Championships in Athletics \u2013 Men's decathlon, Summary\nBefore the competition started, there were a lot of athletes considered to be possible medal contenders. World leader Rico Freimuth (GER), G\u00f6tzis winner Damian Warner (CAN) had shown solid performances throughout the season. Olympic silver medallist Kevin Mayer(FRA) had the best PB of the athletes, but had not done a decathlon in 2017. Ilya Shkurenev (ANA) had scored more than 8600 points, but hadn't been competing with the rest of the decathletes for nearly two years because of the ban of the Russian team. Another question mark was behind Trey Hardee (USA), the champion of 2009 and 2011. If he was able to reproduce his form of earlier years, he could be a contender as well.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 55], "section_span": [57, 64], "content_span": [65, 748]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273807-0002-0000", "contents": "2017 World Championships in Athletics \u2013 Men's decathlon, Summary\nThe first four times in the 100 metres were Warner, Freimuth, Karl Robert Saluri (EST) and Mayer. Warner's 10.50 was the best of the day but not as exceptional as his PB of 10.15. Sutthisak Singkhon (THA) had the best long jump, though still over 20cm short of his best from July, his 7.65\u00a0m (25\u00a0ft 1\u00a0in) jump was a centimeter longer than Kai Kazmirek (GER), who moved into contention behind his teammate Freimuth and the other top 100 runners.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 55], "section_span": [57, 64], "content_span": [65, 509]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273807-0002-0001", "contents": "2017 World Championships in Athletics \u2013 Men's decathlon, Summary\nIn the shot put, Meyer assumed the lead with the second best throw 15.72\u00a0m (51\u00a0ft 6+3\u20444\u00a0in) behind Lindon Victor (GRN) 15.86. Hardee moved into third. Kazmirek moved into second place with the best high jump of the day 2.11\u00a0m (6\u00a0ft 11\u00a0in), but Mayer maintained the lead as one of several to clear 2.08 m. And Kazmirek ended the first day still in second with the best 400 of 47.17 as Mayer's 48.26 kept him close enough to maintain the lead.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 55], "section_span": [57, 64], "content_span": [65, 507]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273807-0003-0000", "contents": "2017 World Championships in Athletics \u2013 Men's decathlon, Summary\nStarting the second day, Warner's 13.63 hurdles put him back in third, with Freimuth and Mayer close behind to take the top two positions. Both Hardee and Shkurenev disappeared from the leader board after crashing over the fourth hurdle. With a 51.17\u00a0m (167\u00a0ft 10+1\u20442\u00a0in) discus throw, Freimuth gained over 4 metres on Mayer and pulled to within 24 points. A 48.79 m put Oleksiy Kasyanov (UKR) into third. Pau Tonnesen (ESP) have the best pole vault at 5.40 m but he was out of contention.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 55], "section_span": [57, 64], "content_span": [65, 554]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273807-0003-0001", "contents": "2017 World Championships in Athletics \u2013 Men's decathlon, Summary\nKazmirek and Mayer tied at the next best height 5.10\u00a0m (16\u00a0ft 8+3\u20444\u00a0in) to allow Mayer to separate in the lead and Kazmirek to move back to third. Janek \u00d5iglane (EST) threw the javelin a PB 71.73 m in the javelin to move into fourth place, Mayer's 66.10\u00a0m (216\u00a0ft 10+1\u20444\u00a0in) was more than 3 and a half metres longer than the German teammates, giving him a solid lead going in to the final event. Mayer's 4:36.73 1500 beat both Germans to win going away. Kazmirek beat Freimuth by three and a half seconds in the race, but still finished 76 points behind him in the final tally.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 55], "section_span": [57, 64], "content_span": [65, 642]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273807-0004-0000", "contents": "2017 World Championships in Athletics \u2013 Men's decathlon, Summary\nThe competition is notable for being the second decathlon in the World Championships history with the highest fraction of athletes (over 41%) not finishing the competition. The decathlon during the 1997 World Championships in Athletics similarly featured 34 athletes, of whom 14 were non-finishers.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 55], "section_span": [57, 64], "content_span": [65, 363]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273807-0005-0000", "contents": "2017 World Championships in Athletics \u2013 Men's decathlon, Qualification standards\nThe standard to qualify automatically for entry was 8100 points.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 55], "section_span": [57, 80], "content_span": [81, 145]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273807-0006-0000", "contents": "2017 World Championships in Athletics \u2013 Men's decathlon, Schedule\nThe event schedule, in local time (UTC+1), was as follows:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 55], "section_span": [57, 65], "content_span": [66, 124]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273807-0007-0000", "contents": "2017 World Championships in Athletics \u2013 Men's decathlon, Results, 100 metres\nThe 100 metres took place on 11\u00a0August in four heats as follows:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 55], "section_span": [57, 76], "content_span": [77, 141]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273807-0008-0000", "contents": "2017 World Championships in Athletics \u2013 Men's decathlon, Results, Long jump\nThe long jump took place on 11\u00a0August in two groups both starting at 11:11. The results were as follows:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 55], "section_span": [57, 75], "content_span": [76, 180]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273807-0009-0000", "contents": "2017 World Championships in Athletics \u2013 Men's decathlon, Results, Shot Put\nThe shot put took place on 11\u00a0August in two groups both starting at 12:55. The results were as follows:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 55], "section_span": [57, 74], "content_span": [75, 178]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273807-0010-0000", "contents": "2017 World Championships in Athletics \u2013 Men's decathlon, Results, High jump\nThe high jump took place on 11\u00a0August in two groups, Group\u00a0A started at 17:00 and Group\u00a0B at 17:01. The results were as follows:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 55], "section_span": [57, 75], "content_span": [76, 204]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273807-0011-0000", "contents": "2017 World Championships in Athletics \u2013 Men's decathlon, Results, 400 metres\nThe 400 metres took place on 11\u00a0August in four heats as follows:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 55], "section_span": [57, 76], "content_span": [77, 141]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273807-0012-0000", "contents": "2017 World Championships in Athletics \u2013 Men's decathlon, Results, 110 metres hurdles\nThe 110 metres hurdles took place on 12\u00a0August in four heats as follows:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 55], "section_span": [57, 84], "content_span": [85, 157]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273807-0013-0000", "contents": "2017 World Championships in Athletics \u2013 Men's decathlon, Results, Discus throw\nThe discus throw took place on 12\u00a0August in two groups, Group\u00a0A started at 11:00 and Group\u00a0B at 12:10. The results were as follows:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 55], "section_span": [57, 78], "content_span": [79, 210]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273807-0014-0000", "contents": "2017 World Championships in Athletics \u2013 Men's decathlon, Results, Pole vault\nThe pole vault took place on 12\u00a0August in two groups, Group\u00a0A started at 12:58 and Group\u00a0B at 14:08. The results were as follows:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 55], "section_span": [57, 76], "content_span": [77, 206]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273807-0015-0000", "contents": "2017 World Championships in Athletics \u2013 Men's decathlon, Results, Javelin throw\nThe javelin throw took place on 12\u00a0August in two groups, Group\u00a0A started at 17:30 and Group\u00a0B at 18:55. The results were as follows:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 55], "section_span": [57, 79], "content_span": [80, 212]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273807-0016-0000", "contents": "2017 World Championships in Athletics \u2013 Men's decathlon, Results, 1500 metres\nThe 1500 metres took place on 12\u00a0August at 20:55. The results were as follows ():", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 55], "section_span": [57, 77], "content_span": [78, 159]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273808-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 World Championships in Athletics \u2013 Men's discus throw\nThe men's discus throw at the 2017 World Championships in Athletics will be held at the Olympic Stadium on 4\u20135 August.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 58], "section_span": [58, 58], "content_span": [59, 177]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273808-0001-0000", "contents": "2017 World Championships in Athletics \u2013 Men's discus throw, Summary\nThe first throw of the final was a personal best by American Mason Finley, 67.07\u00a0metres. It only held the lead for two throwers until Andrius Gud\u017eius threw 67.52\u00a0metres. Those held up through the round. At the start of the second round, Finley added almost another metre to his personal best, throwing 68.03\u00a0metres. The next thrower, world leader Daniel St\u00e5hl went better throwing 69.19\u00a0metres. The next thrower was Gud\u017eius, who edged two centimetres further with a 69.21\u00a0metres. Those three throws at the start of the second round were the medals. No other athlete came within two metres of Finley for bronze.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 58], "section_span": [60, 67], "content_span": [68, 678]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273808-0002-0000", "contents": "2017 World Championships in Athletics \u2013 Men's discus throw, Qualification standard\nThe standard to qualify automatically for entry was 65.00\u00a0metres.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 58], "section_span": [60, 82], "content_span": [83, 148]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273808-0003-0000", "contents": "2017 World Championships in Athletics \u2013 Men's discus throw, Schedule\nThe event schedule, in local time (UTC+1), was as follows:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 58], "section_span": [60, 68], "content_span": [69, 127]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273808-0004-0000", "contents": "2017 World Championships in Athletics \u2013 Men's discus throw, Results, Qualification\nThe qualification round took place on 4\u00a0August, in 2 groups, with Group\u00a0A starting at 19:20 and Group\u00a0B starting at 20:49. attaining a mark of at least 64.50\u00a0metres (\u00a0Q\u00a0) or at least the 12 best performers (\u00a0q\u00a0) qualified for the final. The overall results were as follows:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 58], "section_span": [60, 82], "content_span": [83, 358]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273808-0005-0000", "contents": "2017 World Championships in Athletics \u2013 Men's discus throw, Results, Final\nThe final took place on 5\u00a0August at 19:27. The results were as follows:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 58], "section_span": [60, 74], "content_span": [75, 146]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273809-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 World Championships in Athletics \u2013 Men's hammer throw\nThe men's hammer throw at the 2017 World Championships in Athletics is being held at the Olympic Stadium on 9 and 11\u00a0August.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 58], "section_span": [58, 58], "content_span": [59, 183]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273809-0001-0000", "contents": "2017 World Championships in Athletics \u2013 Men's hammer throw, Summary\nThe final started with Aleksei Sokirskiy (ANA)'s 76.22 m early leader. Wojciech Nowicki (POL) slightly improved upon that to 77.36 m but the next thrower Quentin Bigot (FRA) hit the first round leader 77.05 m on the next throw.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 58], "section_span": [60, 67], "content_span": [68, 295]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273809-0001-0001", "contents": "2017 World Championships in Athletics \u2013 Men's hammer throw, Summary\nNear the end of the round, Valeriy Pronkin (ANA) moved into second place with his 77.00 m. In the second round, Sokirskiy improved to 77.50 m, while Olympic champion Dilshod Nazarov (TJK) moved into second with his best of the day 77.22m. In the third round, Nick Miller (GBR) put himself into bronze medal position with his 77.31 m best, but two throws later Nowicki threw his best of 78.03 m to take the lead followed by Bigot improving to 77.46 m. Near the end of the round, 2017 #1 Pawe\u0142 Fajdek (POL) took a big lead with a 79.73 m. In the fourth round, Bigot again improved, 77.67 m enough to move into bronze position.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 58], "section_span": [60, 67], "content_span": [68, 695]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273809-0001-0002", "contents": "2017 World Championships in Athletics \u2013 Men's hammer throw, Summary\nAt the end of the round, Fajdek threw his best of the day 79.81\u00a0m\u00a0(261\u00a0ft\u00a010\u00a0in). Two throws later, in the fifth round, Pronkin's 77.98 m leapfrogged him from seventh place to silver. He then improved upon that with a 78.16 m in the final round. It was the third silver medal for Authorised Neutral Athletes.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 58], "section_span": [60, 67], "content_span": [68, 376]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273809-0002-0000", "contents": "2017 World Championships in Athletics \u2013 Men's hammer throw, Qualification standard\nThe standard to qualify automatically for entry was 76.00\u00a0metres.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 58], "section_span": [60, 82], "content_span": [83, 148]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273809-0003-0000", "contents": "2017 World Championships in Athletics \u2013 Men's hammer throw, Schedule\nThe event schedule, in local time (UTC+1), is as follows:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 58], "section_span": [60, 68], "content_span": [69, 126]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273809-0004-0000", "contents": "2017 World Championships in Athletics \u2013 Men's hammer throw, Results, Qualification\nThe qualification round took place on 9\u00a0August, in two groups, with Group\u00a0A starting at 19:22 and Group\u00a0B starting at 20:50. Athletes attaining a mark of at least 75.50\u00a0metres (\u00a0Q\u00a0) or at least the 12 best performers (\u00a0q\u00a0) qualified for the final. The overall results were as follows:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 58], "section_span": [60, 82], "content_span": [83, 367]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273809-0005-0000", "contents": "2017 World Championships in Athletics \u2013 Men's hammer throw, Results, Final\nThe final took place on 11\u00a0August at 20:30. The results were as follows:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 58], "section_span": [60, 74], "content_span": [75, 147]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273810-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 World Championships in Athletics \u2013 Men's high jump\nThe men's high jump at the 2017 World Championships in Athletics was held at the Olympic Stadium on 11 and 13\u00a0August.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 55], "section_span": [55, 55], "content_span": [56, 173]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273810-0001-0000", "contents": "2017 World Championships in Athletics \u2013 Men's high jump, Summary\nAfter winning Olympic gold, then setting the world decathlon best in the high jump, defending champion Derek Drouin (CAN) could not return due to a nagging injury. Olympic silver medalist Mutaz Essa Barshim (BHR) was perfect through the automatic qualifier in the preliminaries and up to 2.29 m in the final. Danil Lysenko, competing as an Authorised Neutral Athlete and Majd Eddin Ghazal (SYR), who trains in war ravaged Damascus both cleared with one miss. Both Edgar Rivera (MEX)\tand Mateusz Przybylko (GER) cleared on their final attempt to stay alive, while returning silver medalist and Olympic bronze medalist Bohdan Bondarenko (UKR) passed the height.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 55], "section_span": [57, 64], "content_span": [65, 724]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273810-0002-0000", "contents": "2017 World Championships in Athletics \u2013 Men's high jump, Summary\nAt 2.32 m Barshim remained perfect, while Lysenko also cleared on his first attempt. Nobody else was able to clear, leaving Ghazal with the bronze. At 2.35\u00a0m (7\u00a0ft 8+1\u20442\u00a0in) Barshim again remained perfect, while Lysenko couldn't get over a new personal best, leaving him with silver, Barshim a perfectly clean competition to the gold medal. Barshim moved the bar up to 2.40 m when he finally missed three times.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 55], "section_span": [57, 64], "content_span": [65, 476]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273810-0003-0000", "contents": "2017 World Championships in Athletics \u2013 Men's high jump, Qualification standard\nThe standard to qualify automatically for entry was 2.30\u00a0metres.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 55], "section_span": [57, 79], "content_span": [80, 144]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273810-0004-0000", "contents": "2017 World Championships in Athletics \u2013 Men's high jump, Schedule\nThe event schedule, in local time (UTC+1), is as follows:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 55], "section_span": [57, 65], "content_span": [66, 123]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273810-0005-0000", "contents": "2017 World Championships in Athletics \u2013 Men's high jump, Results, Qualification\nThe qualification round took place on 11\u00a0August, in two groups, both starting at 11:15. Athletes attaining a mark of at least 2.31\u00a0metres (\u00a0Q\u00a0) or at least the 12 best performers (\u00a0q\u00a0) qualified for the final. The overall results were as follows:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 55], "section_span": [57, 79], "content_span": [80, 326]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273810-0006-0000", "contents": "2017 World Championships in Athletics \u2013 Men's high jump, Results, Final\nThe final took place on 13\u00a0August at 19:00. The results were as follows:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 55], "section_span": [57, 71], "content_span": [72, 144]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273811-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 World Championships in Athletics \u2013 Men's javelin throw\nThe men's javelin throw at the 2017 World Championships in Athletics is being held at the Olympic Stadium on 10 and 12\u00a0August.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 59], "section_span": [59, 59], "content_span": [60, 186]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273811-0001-0000", "contents": "2017 World Championships in Athletics \u2013 Men's javelin throw, Summary\nThirteen athletes made the automatic qualifying mark to get into the final. Five throws into the first round, Johannes Vetter (GER) threw the winner, 89.89\u00a0m\u00a0(294\u00a0ft\u00a010\u00a0in). At the end of the round, his teammate Thomas R\u00f6hler threw 87.08 m to move into second place.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 59], "section_span": [61, 68], "content_span": [69, 335]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273811-0001-0001", "contents": "2017 World Championships in Athletics \u2013 Men's javelin throw, Summary\nOn the second throw of the second round, Jakub Vadlejch (CZE) threw tantalizingly close to Vetter with an 89.73 m. Three throws later, Vetter's second throw even bettered that, 89.78 m. At the end of round, R\u00f6hler improved to 88.26 m Through the next three rounds, nobody could surpass that third best throw, not even the leaders, though Petr Frydrych (CZE) threw 87.93 m twice. On his final throw, Frydrych threw 88.32m to take the bronze medal. Both Czech athletes are coached by world record holder Jan \u017delezn\u00fd. Both threw personal bests.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 59], "section_span": [61, 68], "content_span": [69, 613]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273811-0002-0000", "contents": "2017 World Championships in Athletics \u2013 Men's javelin throw, Qualification standard\nThe standard to qualify automatically for entry was 83.00\u00a0metres.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 59], "section_span": [61, 83], "content_span": [84, 149]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273811-0003-0000", "contents": "2017 World Championships in Athletics \u2013 Men's javelin throw, Schedule\nThe event schedule, in local time (UTC+1), is as follows:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 59], "section_span": [61, 69], "content_span": [70, 127]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273811-0004-0000", "contents": "2017 World Championships in Athletics \u2013 Men's javelin throw, Results, Qualification\nThe qualification took place on 10\u00a0August, in two groups, with Group\u00a0A starting at 19:03 and Group\u00a0B at 20:34. Athletes attaining a mark of at least 83.00\u00a0metres (\u00a0Q\u00a0) or at least the 12 best performers (\u00a0q\u00a0) qualified for the final. The overall results were as follows:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 59], "section_span": [61, 83], "content_span": [84, 354]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273811-0005-0000", "contents": "2017 World Championships in Athletics \u2013 Men's javelin throw, Results, Final\nThe final took place on 12\u00a0August at 20:15. The results were as follows:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 59], "section_span": [61, 75], "content_span": [76, 148]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273812-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 World Championships in Athletics \u2013 Men's long jump\nThe men's long jump at the 2017 World Championships in Athletics was held at the Olympic Stadium on 4\u20135 August.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 55], "section_span": [55, 55], "content_span": [56, 167]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273812-0001-0000", "contents": "2017 World Championships in Athletics \u2013 Men's long jump, Summary\nIn the final Jarrion Lawson took the lead with 8.37\u00a0metres on the fourth jump of the competition. Rushwahl Samaai jumped 8.25\u00a0metres on the next jump and the closest to Lawson was 2013 champion Aleksandr Menkov with 8.27\u00a0metres. But Menkov would not get in another legal jump. On the second jump of the second round Luvo Manyonga jumped 8.48\u00a0metres. Lawson jumped 8.43\u00a0metres two jumps later, 8.40\u00a0metres in the third round and 8.44\u00a0metres in the final round but couldn't reach Manyonga. Samaai jumped 8.27\u00a0metres in the fifth round to get the tiebreak edge on the bronze and solidified it with an 8.32\u00a0metres in the final round.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 55], "section_span": [57, 64], "content_span": [65, 694]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273812-0002-0000", "contents": "2017 World Championships in Athletics \u2013 Men's long jump, Qualification standard\nThe standard to qualify automatically for entry was 8.15\u00a0metres.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 55], "section_span": [57, 79], "content_span": [80, 144]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273812-0003-0000", "contents": "2017 World Championships in Athletics \u2013 Men's long jump, Schedule\nThe event schedule, in local time (UTC+1), was as follows:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 55], "section_span": [57, 65], "content_span": [66, 124]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273812-0004-0000", "contents": "2017 World Championships in Athletics \u2013 Men's long jump, Results, Qualification\nThe qualification round took place on 4\u00a0August, in two groups, both starting at 19:30. Athletes attaining a mark of at least 8.05\u00a0metres (\u00a0Q\u00a0) or at least the 12 best performers (\u00a0q\u00a0) qualified for the final. The overall results were as follows:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 55], "section_span": [57, 79], "content_span": [80, 325]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273812-0005-0000", "contents": "2017 World Championships in Athletics \u2013 Men's long jump, Results, Final\nThe final took place on 5\u00a0August at 20:05. The results were as follows:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 55], "section_span": [57, 71], "content_span": [72, 143]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273813-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 World Championships in Athletics \u2013 Men's marathon\nThe men's marathon at the 2017 World Championships in Athletics was held on 6\u00a0August, starting and finishing on Tower Bridge.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 54], "section_span": [54, 54], "content_span": [55, 180]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273813-0001-0000", "contents": "2017 World Championships in Athletics \u2013 Men's marathon, Summary\nThe race started off with a tight pack running at a leisurely pace. 10\u00a0kilometres into the race, the British crowds were pleased to see Callum Hawkins in the lead, but there were 59 others in the lead pack. By 15\u00a0kilometres there were still 31 and by half way only another three had started to fall off the back. Then the racing began as a small group went off the front including the entire Kenyan team, a Kenyan Turkish transplant, two Ethiopians, two Eritreans, Alphonce Simbu from Tanzania and Hawkins.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 54], "section_span": [56, 63], "content_span": [64, 570]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273813-0001-0001", "contents": "2017 World Championships in Athletics \u2013 Men's marathon, Summary\nOf that group, Geoffrey Kirui, Tamirat Tola and Gideon Kipketer were pushing the pace as a three man pack. Kipketer faltered and it was a two man race with Simbu breaking off the front of the second pack. About 10\u00a0kilometres from the finish, Tola tried to break away. But the one breaking was Tola as Kirui came back and then set off on his own. Over the last seven kilometres, Kirui opened up almost a minute and half of daylight, comfortably crossing the line for the gold. Tola struggled to successfully hold off Simbu to keep silver while an inspired Hawkins picked up the pieces and finished a strong fourth just 26\u00a0seconds back.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 54], "section_span": [56, 63], "content_span": [64, 698]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273813-0002-0000", "contents": "2017 World Championships in Athletics \u2013 Men's marathon, Results\nThe final took place on 6\u00a0August at 10:54. The results were as follows:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 54], "section_span": [56, 63], "content_span": [64, 135]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273814-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 World Championships in Athletics \u2013 Men's pole vault\nThe men's pole vault at the 2017 World Championships in Athletics was held at the Olympic Stadium on 6 and 8\u00a0August.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 56], "section_span": [56, 56], "content_span": [57, 173]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273814-0001-0000", "contents": "2017 World Championships in Athletics \u2013 Men's pole vault, Summary\nOf the twelve finalists, only three reached 5.75\u00a0metres without any fails: Olympic bronze medalist Sam Kendricks (USA), world record holder Renaud Lavillenie and Xue Changrui (China). Two Polish vaulters, Piotr Lisek and Pawe\u0142 Wojciechowski, also cleared that height but with previous misses. Kendricks and Xue succeeded first time at 5.82\u00a0metres, while all the others passed after one failure to the next height, 5.89\u00a0metres. Kendricks and Lisek cleared that height on their first attempts, and Lavillenie on his last attempt, with Xue and Wojciechowski failing to clear that height and leaving the three medallists confirmed. All three were unsuccessful in their first two tries at 5.95\u00a0metres, and on the third try Kendrick succeeded, Lisek failed, and Lavillenie passed. Both Kendricks and Lavillenie failed at 6.01\u00a0metres, leaving Lavillenie with bronze and Kendricks with gold.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 56], "section_span": [58, 65], "content_span": [66, 949]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273814-0002-0000", "contents": "2017 World Championships in Athletics \u2013 Men's pole vault, Qualification standard\nThe standard to qualify automatically for entry was 5.70\u00a0metres.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 56], "section_span": [58, 80], "content_span": [81, 145]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273814-0003-0000", "contents": "2017 World Championships in Athletics \u2013 Men's pole vault, Schedule\nThe event schedule, in local time (UTC+1), was as follows:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 56], "section_span": [58, 66], "content_span": [67, 125]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273814-0004-0000", "contents": "2017 World Championships in Athletics \u2013 Men's pole vault, Results, Qualification\nThe qualification round took place on 6\u00a0August, in two groups, both starting at 10:40. Athletes attaining a mark of 5.75\u00a0metres (\u00a0Q\u00a0) or at least the 12 best performers (\u00a0q\u00a0) qualified for the final. The overall results were as follows:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 56], "section_span": [58, 80], "content_span": [81, 317]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273814-0005-0000", "contents": "2017 World Championships in Athletics \u2013 Men's pole vault, Results, Final\nThe final took place on 8\u00a0August at 19:42. The results were as follows:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 56], "section_span": [58, 72], "content_span": [73, 144]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273815-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 World Championships in Athletics \u2013 Men's shot put\nThe men's shot put at the 2017 World Championships in Athletics was held at the Olympic Stadium on 5\u20136 August.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 54], "section_span": [54, 54], "content_span": [55, 165]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273815-0001-0000", "contents": "2017 World Championships in Athletics \u2013 Men's shot put, Summary\n2016 Olympic champion, #7 all-time and the 2017 season leader Ryan Crouser was the favourite, having won every single meet of the season leading up to the Championships. Nine athletes reached the automatic qualification mark of 20.75m in the qualification round. The defending world champion Joe Kovacs and the European U23 champion Konrad Bukowiecki qualified for the final as non-automatic qualifiers.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 54], "section_span": [56, 63], "content_span": [64, 467]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273815-0002-0000", "contents": "2017 World Championships in Athletics \u2013 Men's shot put, Summary\nIn the final Joe Kovacs led after the first round with a put of 21.48\u00a0metres, and in the second round he was overtaken by Tomas Walsh with 21.64\u00a0metres while Stipe \u017duni\u0107 moved into third with 21.46\u00a0metres. The order of the top three never subsequently changed, although Walsh and Kovacs both improved their distances in the third round. In the final round Kovacs put beyond the 22\u00a0metre line, but this was a foul throw. Already the winner, Walsh finished with his best put of 22.03\u00a0metres.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 54], "section_span": [56, 63], "content_span": [64, 553]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273815-0003-0000", "contents": "2017 World Championships in Athletics \u2013 Men's shot put, Qualification standard\nThe standard to qualify automatically for entry was 20.50\u00a0metres.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 54], "section_span": [56, 78], "content_span": [79, 144]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273815-0004-0000", "contents": "2017 World Championships in Athletics \u2013 Men's shot put, Schedule\nThe event schedule, in local time (UTC+1), was as follows:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 54], "section_span": [56, 64], "content_span": [65, 123]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273815-0005-0000", "contents": "2017 World Championships in Athletics \u2013 Men's shot put, Results, Qualification\nThe qualification round took on 5\u00a0August, in two groups, with Group\u00a0A starting at 10:00 and Group\u00a0B starting at 10:01. Athletes attaining a mark of at least 20.75\u00a0metres (\u00a0Q\u00a0) or at least the 12 best performers (\u00a0q\u00a0) qualified for the final. The overall results were as follows:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 54], "section_span": [56, 78], "content_span": [79, 357]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273815-0006-0000", "contents": "2017 World Championships in Athletics \u2013 Men's shot put, Results, Final\nThe final took place on 6\u00a0August at 20:35. The results were as follows:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 54], "section_span": [56, 70], "content_span": [71, 142]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273816-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 World Championships in Athletics \u2013 Men's triple jump\nThe men's triple jump at the 2017 World Championships in Athletics was held at the Olympic Stadium on 7 and 10\u00a0August.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 57], "section_span": [57, 57], "content_span": [58, 176]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273816-0001-0000", "contents": "2017 World Championships in Athletics \u2013 Men's triple jump, Summary\nIn the first round of the final, Alexis Copello (Azerjaijan) was the first over 17\u00a0metres with a jump of 17.16\u00a0metres, and Will Claye (USA) took the lead with a 17.54\u00a0metre jump. In the second round, Nelson \u00c9vora (Portugal) moved into silver medal position, until Christian Taylor (USA) took the lead with a 17.57\u00a0metre jump. That lasted until Claye's next jump, 17.63\u00a0metres, which Taylor answered with a 17.68\u00a0m (58\u00a0ft 0\u00a0in) effort. None of the leaders were able to improve in the last three rounds. By the end of the competition, three jumpers had jumped 17.16\u00a0metres, their places settled by their second best jump, which in the case of Cristian N\u00e1poles (CUB) was another 17.16\u00a0metres.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 57], "section_span": [59, 66], "content_span": [67, 756]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273816-0002-0000", "contents": "2017 World Championships in Athletics \u2013 Men's triple jump, Qualification standard\nThe standard to qualify automatically for entry was 16.80\u00a0metres.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 57], "section_span": [59, 81], "content_span": [82, 147]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273816-0003-0000", "contents": "2017 World Championships in Athletics \u2013 Men's triple jump, Schedule\nThe event schedule, in local time (UTC+1), is as follows:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 57], "section_span": [59, 67], "content_span": [68, 125]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273816-0004-0000", "contents": "2017 World Championships in Athletics \u2013 Men's triple jump, Results, Qualification\nThe qualification round took place on 7\u00a0August, in two groups, both starting at 18:35. Athletes attaining a mark of at least 17.00\u00a0metres (\u00a0Q\u00a0) or at least the 12 best performers (\u00a0q\u00a0) qualified for the final. The overall results were as follows:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 57], "section_span": [59, 81], "content_span": [82, 328]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273816-0005-0000", "contents": "2017 World Championships in Athletics \u2013 Men's triple jump, Results, Final\nThe final took place on 10\u00a0August at 20:20. The results were as follows:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 57], "section_span": [59, 73], "content_span": [74, 146]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273817-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 World Championships in Athletics \u2013 Women's 10,000 metres\nThe women's 10,000 metres at the 2017 World Championships in Athletics was held at the London Stadium on 5 August.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 61], "section_span": [61, 61], "content_span": [62, 176]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273817-0001-0000", "contents": "2017 World Championships in Athletics \u2013 Women's 10,000 metres, Summary\n2015 champion Vivian Cheruiyot from Kenya was absent, having retired from track races. Three-time world champion Tirunesh Dibaba from Ethiopia ran, although she had planned initially to run the marathon instead. Almaz Ayana, also from Ethiopia and the world record holder from the 2016 Summer Olympics, ran her first race of the year.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 61], "section_span": [63, 70], "content_span": [71, 405]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273817-0002-0000", "contents": "2017 World Championships in Athletics \u2013 Women's 10,000 metres, Summary\nThe race began at a leisurely pace, with Ayana hovering near the front, just behind a succession of leaders. After 4000 metres in just over 13 minutes, Ayana led by 0.24 seconds. She then broke open the race with a 2:49.18 1000 metres, which was her quickest of the race, and extended her lead to 5.96 seconds at the halfway mark, with Yasemin Can from Turkey in second place. Her lead at 6000 metres grew to 16.84 seconds. Her 46:37 second margin of victory was the largest ever in a women's 10,000 metres at the World Championships. Her final 5000 meters was run in 14:24.94, which only seven women had bettered in a 5000 metres race.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 61], "section_span": [63, 70], "content_span": [71, 707]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273817-0003-0000", "contents": "2017 World Championships in Athletics \u2013 Women's 10,000 metres, Summary\nThe race for the silver medal was competitive among Dibaba, Alice Aprot Nawowuna, and Agnes Jebet Tirop. Dibaba, however, ran a fast 2:49.98 last 1000 metres, averaging 68 seconds per 400 metres, to clinch the silver.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 61], "section_span": [63, 70], "content_span": [71, 288]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273817-0004-0000", "contents": "2017 World Championships in Athletics \u2013 Women's 10,000 metres, Results\nThe final took place on 5 August. The results were as follows():", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 61], "section_span": [63, 70], "content_span": [71, 135]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273817-0005-0000", "contents": "2017 World Championships in Athletics \u2013 Women's 10,000 metres, Results, Split times\nThe split times of the top four finishers were as follows:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 61], "section_span": [63, 83], "content_span": [84, 142]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273818-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 World Championships in Athletics \u2013 Women's 100 metres\nThe women's 100 metres at the 2017 World Championships in Athletics was held at the London Olympic Stadium on 5\u22126 August.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 58], "section_span": [58, 58], "content_span": [59, 180]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273818-0001-0000", "contents": "2017 World Championships in Athletics \u2013 Women's 100 metres, Summary\nGoing into the competition, Elaine Thompson could be nothing but the hot favourite to win the title. She was the Olympic Champion from Rio and the world leader by a huge margin. Defending champion Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce did not compete as she expected her first child. Returning silver medallist Dafne Schippers did not seem to be in her best shape, while the bronze medallist from 2015, Tori Bowie was expected to be among the medal contenders.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 58], "section_span": [60, 67], "content_span": [68, 514]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273818-0002-0000", "contents": "2017 World Championships in Athletics \u2013 Women's 100 metres, Summary\nIn the first semi-final, Marie-Jos\u00e9e Ta Lou won by 0.11\u00a0seconds over Dafne Schippers. Elaine Thompson proved why she was the favourite, winning her semi-final in 10.84\u00a0seconds, the fastest time of the day, ahead of Ros\u00e2ngela Santos who broke the South American continental record, while Bowie ran 10.91\u00a0seconds to win the third semi-final.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 58], "section_span": [60, 67], "content_span": [68, 408]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273818-0003-0000", "contents": "2017 World Championships in Athletics \u2013 Women's 100 metres, Summary\nIn the final, Ta Lou established an early lead. Thompson had the slowest reaction to the gun and failed to get into contention. Bowie, who had been closing on the leader, leaned early for her dip at the line, winning and then stumbling to the track. Returning silver medallist Dafne Schippers took bronze.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 58], "section_span": [60, 67], "content_span": [68, 373]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273818-0004-0000", "contents": "2017 World Championships in Athletics \u2013 Women's 100 metres, Summary\nBowie's injury following the race caused her to drop out of the 200\u00a0metres.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 58], "section_span": [60, 67], "content_span": [68, 143]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273818-0005-0000", "contents": "2017 World Championships in Athletics \u2013 Women's 100 metres, Schedule\nThe event schedule, in local time (UTC+1), was as follows:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 58], "section_span": [60, 68], "content_span": [69, 127]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273818-0006-0000", "contents": "2017 World Championships in Athletics \u2013 Women's 100 metres, Results, Heats\nThe first round took place on 5\u00a0August in six heats as follows:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 58], "section_span": [60, 74], "content_span": [75, 138]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273818-0007-0000", "contents": "2017 World Championships in Athletics \u2013 Women's 100 metres, Results, Heats\nThe first three in each heat (\u00a0Q\u00a0) and the next six fastest (\u00a0q\u00a0) qualified for the semifinals. The overall results were as follows:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 58], "section_span": [60, 74], "content_span": [75, 207]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273818-0008-0000", "contents": "2017 World Championships in Athletics \u2013 Women's 100 metres, Results, Semifinals\nThe semifinals took place on 6\u00a0August in three heats as follows:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 58], "section_span": [60, 79], "content_span": [80, 144]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273818-0009-0000", "contents": "2017 World Championships in Athletics \u2013 Women's 100 metres, Results, Semifinals\nThe first two in each heat (\u00a0Q\u00a0) and the next two fastest (\u00a0q\u00a0) qualified for the final. The overall results were as follows:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 58], "section_span": [60, 79], "content_span": [80, 205]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273818-0010-0000", "contents": "2017 World Championships in Athletics \u2013 Women's 100 metres, Results, Final\nThe final took place on 6\u00a0August at 21:51. The wind was +0.1 metres per second and the results were as follows ():", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 58], "section_span": [60, 74], "content_span": [75, 189]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273819-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 World Championships in Athletics \u2013 Women's 100 metres hurdles\nThe women's 100 metres hurdles at the 2017 World Championships in Athletics was held at the London Olympic Stadium on 11\u221212 August.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 66], "section_span": [66, 66], "content_span": [67, 198]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273819-0001-0000", "contents": "2017 World Championships in Athletics \u2013 Women's 100 metres hurdles, Summary\nWorld record holder Kendra Harrison (USA) was the slowest time qualifier to the final, while 2011 champion Sally Pearson (AUS), Dawn Harper-Nelson (USA) and Pamela Dutkiewicz (GER) were the top three fastest. It was Harper-Nelson's fifth straight championship and fourth final.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 66], "section_span": [68, 75], "content_span": [76, 353]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273819-0002-0000", "contents": "2017 World Championships in Athletics \u2013 Women's 100 metres hurdles, Summary\nIn the final, Harrison was out slightly faster than Pearson, Christina Manning (USA) and heptathlete Nadine Visser over the first hurdle. Harrison held the lead until she rattled the third hurdle, where Pearson and Manning advanced, about even over the fourth hurdle, with a wall of Harrison, Dutkiewicz, Visser, Harper-Nelson and Alina Talay (BLR) mere inches behind. But Pearson was gaining a little ground at every hurdle as Harper-Nelson edged forward ahead of Manning. By the tenth barrier, Pearson had almost a metre lead, Harper Nelson another half metre on Manning, with Dutkiewicz and Harrison still just inches behind. On the run in to the finish, Harper-Nelson gained on Pearson, but not enough to grab gold, while Dutkiewicz got past Harrison and Manning, all leaning for a photo finish.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 66], "section_span": [68, 75], "content_span": [76, 875]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273819-0003-0000", "contents": "2017 World Championships in Athletics \u2013 Women's 100 metres hurdles, Schedule\nThe event schedule, in local time (UTC+1), was as follows:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 66], "section_span": [68, 76], "content_span": [77, 135]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273819-0004-0000", "contents": "2017 World Championships in Athletics \u2013 Women's 100 metres hurdles, Results, Heats\nThe first round took place on 11\u00a0August in five heats as follows:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 66], "section_span": [68, 82], "content_span": [83, 148]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273819-0005-0000", "contents": "2017 World Championships in Athletics \u2013 Women's 100 metres hurdles, Results, Heats\nThe first four in each heat (\u00a0Q\u00a0) and the next four fastest (\u00a0q\u00a0) qualified for the semifinals. The overall results were as follows:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 66], "section_span": [68, 82], "content_span": [83, 215]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273819-0006-0000", "contents": "2017 World Championships in Athletics \u2013 Women's 100 metres hurdles, Results, Semifinals\nThe semifinals took place on 11\u00a0August in three heats as follows:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 66], "section_span": [68, 87], "content_span": [88, 153]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273819-0007-0000", "contents": "2017 World Championships in Athletics \u2013 Women's 100 metres hurdles, Results, Semifinals\nThe first two in each heat (\u00a0Q\u00a0) and the next two fastest (\u00a0q\u00a0) qualified for the final. The overall results were as follows:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 66], "section_span": [68, 87], "content_span": [88, 213]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273819-0008-0000", "contents": "2017 World Championships in Athletics \u2013 Women's 100 metres hurdles, Results, Final\nThe final took place on 12\u00a0August at 20:05. The wind was +0.1 metres per second and the results were as follows ():", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 66], "section_span": [68, 82], "content_span": [83, 198]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273820-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 World Championships in Athletics \u2013 Women's 1500 metres\nThe women's 1500 metres at the 2017 World Championships in Athletics was held at the London Olympic Stadium on 4\u22125 and 7\u00a0August.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 59], "section_span": [59, 59], "content_span": [60, 188]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273820-0001-0000", "contents": "2017 World Championships in Athletics \u2013 Women's 1500 metres, Summary\nIn the final Laura Muir (Great Britain) made her way to the front to set the early pace, marked closely by the Olympic champion Faith Kipyegon (Kenya). After a 2:17 first 800 metres, Kipyegon took the lead. After running at the back of the pack, marking world record holder Genzebe Dibaba (Ethiopia), Sifan Hassan (Netherlands) ran around the field into the lead. who lead until the final straight, when Kipyegon regained the lead. Hassan held the lead into the final lap, with Kipyegon on her shoulder. Hassan would not let Kipyegon by, keeping her on the outside.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 59], "section_span": [61, 68], "content_span": [69, 634]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273820-0001-0001", "contents": "2017 World Championships in Athletics \u2013 Women's 1500 metres, Summary\nMuir tried to stay on the back of the leaders, with Dibaba temporarily joining. Jennifer Simpson and 800 metre star Caster Semenya rushed to keep up, while Dibaba disappeared from contention. Sprinting the entire last lap, Hassan held the lead until the final straightaway when Kipyegon was able to edge ahead. Hassan began to struggle as Muir tried to chase Kipyegon on the outside. Simpson was sprinting down the inside rail while Semenya was behind her but free from traffic on the far outside.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 59], "section_span": [61, 68], "content_span": [69, 566]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273820-0001-0002", "contents": "2017 World Championships in Athletics \u2013 Women's 1500 metres, Summary\nSimpson had nowhere to go until Hassan drifted to the outside of the first lane, opening a small gap which Simpson squeezed through. Now with clear running room, Simpson ran past Muir just a few meters before the line to get silver, just behind Kipyegon. On the outside, a step behind Simpson's rush, Semenya dived at the line to nip Muir for the bronze.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 59], "section_span": [61, 68], "content_span": [69, 423]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273820-0002-0000", "contents": "2017 World Championships in Athletics \u2013 Women's 1500 metres, Schedule\nThe event schedule, in local time (UTC+1), was as follows:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 59], "section_span": [61, 69], "content_span": [70, 128]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273820-0003-0000", "contents": "2017 World Championships in Athletics \u2013 Women's 1500 metres, Results, Heats\nThe first round took place on 4\u00a0August in three heats as follows:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 59], "section_span": [61, 75], "content_span": [76, 141]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273820-0004-0000", "contents": "2017 World Championships in Athletics \u2013 Women's 1500 metres, Results, Heats\nThe first six in each heat (\u00a0Q\u00a0) and the next six fastest (\u00a0q\u00a0) qualified for the semifinals. The overall results were as follows:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 59], "section_span": [61, 75], "content_span": [76, 206]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273820-0005-0000", "contents": "2017 World Championships in Athletics \u2013 Women's 1500 metres, Results, Semifinals\nThe semifinals took place on 5\u00a0August in two heats as follows:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 59], "section_span": [61, 80], "content_span": [81, 143]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273820-0006-0000", "contents": "2017 World Championships in Athletics \u2013 Women's 1500 metres, Results, Semifinals\nThe first five in each heat (\u00a0Q\u00a0) and the next two fastest (\u00a0q\u00a0) qualified for the final. The overall results were as follows:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 59], "section_span": [61, 80], "content_span": [81, 207]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273820-0007-0000", "contents": "2017 World Championships in Athletics \u2013 Women's 1500 metres, Results, Final\nThe final took place on 7\u00a0August at 21:53. The results were as follows ():", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 59], "section_span": [61, 75], "content_span": [76, 150]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273821-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 World Championships in Athletics \u2013 Women's 20 kilometres walk\nThe women's 20 kilometres walk was held on a 2\u00a0kilometre course comprising lengths of The Mall between Buckingham Palace and Admiralty Arch on 13\u00a0August.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 66], "section_span": [66, 66], "content_span": [67, 220]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273821-0001-0000", "contents": "2017 World Championships in Athletics \u2013 Women's 20 kilometres walk, Summary\nDefending champion, Olympic champion and defending champion Liu Hong was absent. Still the race started faster than the Olympics. A pack of 20 formed on the front. That pack was whittled down to 10 by the halfway point. After Kimberly Garc\u00eda (Peru) fell off the pace, the group was reduced to just five by the 12-kilometre mark: two Chinese, Yang Jiayu and L\u00fc Xiuzhi; Mar\u00eda Guadalupe Gonz\u00e1lez (Mexico); Antonella Palmisano (Italy); and Erica de Sena (Brazil).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 66], "section_span": [68, 75], "content_span": [76, 535]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273821-0001-0001", "contents": "2017 World Championships in Athletics \u2013 Women's 20 kilometres walk, Summary\nde Sena fell off the pace when the other four accelerated the pace at 16K. Another lap later, Palmisano couldn't handle the pace which looked like the break for the three medalists. Yang didn't have the same awards, but she was leading the group with the Olympic silver and bronze medalists.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 66], "section_span": [68, 75], "content_span": [76, 367]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273821-0002-0000", "contents": "2017 World Championships in Athletics \u2013 Women's 20 kilometres walk, Summary\nThe three were racing to the finish. Less than 100 metres before the finish, the chief judge stepped out to show L\u00fc the red card signifying she had accumulated three red cards from judges around the course and was disqualified. L\u00fc didn't believe the message and tried to finish, but it was true. Yang raced Gonz\u00e1lez to the line, winning by barely a second. Palmisano came in 17 seconds later to get an unexpected bronze. The top five did negative splits (walking the end of the race faster than the beginning). de Sena improved her own South American continental record. Four others set national records.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 66], "section_span": [68, 75], "content_span": [76, 680]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273821-0003-0000", "contents": "2017 World Championships in Athletics \u2013 Women's 20 kilometres walk, Results\nThe final took place on 13\u00a0August at 12:21. The results were as follows:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 66], "section_span": [68, 75], "content_span": [76, 148]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273822-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 World Championships in Athletics \u2013 Women's 200 metres\nThe women's 200 metres at the 2017 World Championships in Athletics was held at the London Olympic Stadium on 8 and 10\u221211 August.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 58], "section_span": [58, 58], "content_span": [59, 188]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273822-0001-0000", "contents": "2017 World Championships in Athletics \u2013 Women's 200 metres, Summary\nDefending champion Dafne Schippers from the Netherlands competed while some of her main competitors did not. Elaine Thompson, this event's silver medallist at the 2015 World Championships and gold medallist at the 2016 Olympics, did not compete. Also missing was Tori Bowie, the world leader and 100 metres gold medallist at these World Championships.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 58], "section_span": [60, 67], "content_span": [68, 419]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273822-0001-0001", "contents": "2017 World Championships in Athletics \u2013 Women's 200 metres, Summary\nSchippers' strongest challengers of the remaining athletes were considered to be Marie-Jos\u00e9e Ta Lou from the Ivory Coast, who won the silver medal in the 100 metres at these championships; Shaunae Miller-Uibo from the Bahamas, who won the gold medal in the 400 metres at the 2016 Olympic Games; and the U.S. athletes.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 58], "section_span": [60, 67], "content_span": [68, 385]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273822-0002-0000", "contents": "2017 World Championships in Athletics \u2013 Women's 200 metres, Summary\nIn the final, shorter sprinters like Ta Lou and Dina Asher-Smith from Great Britain were out of the blocks faster. By her fourth stride, Schippers was into her running motion and gaining with fewer strides than her shorter competitors. By the end of the turn, Schippers had a metre lead on Ta Lou and more than a two-metre lead on Asher-Smith. Down the stretch, Ta Lou gained ground on the lead, while behind them the tall Miller-Uibo was moving past Asher-Smith. Still, Schippers' lead held up for the win in 22.05 seconds. Ta Lou took the silver medal in a 22.08 second national record, and Miller-Uibo closed even faster for the bronze medal.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 58], "section_span": [60, 67], "content_span": [68, 713]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273822-0003-0000", "contents": "2017 World Championships in Athletics \u2013 Women's 200 metres, Schedule\nThe event schedule, in local time (UTC+1), was as follows:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 58], "section_span": [60, 68], "content_span": [69, 127]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273822-0004-0000", "contents": "2017 World Championships in Athletics \u2013 Women's 200 metres, Results, Heats\nThe first round took place on 8\u00a0August in seven heats as follows:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 58], "section_span": [60, 74], "content_span": [75, 140]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273822-0005-0000", "contents": "2017 World Championships in Athletics \u2013 Women's 200 metres, Results, Heats\nThe first three in each heat (\u00a0Q\u00a0) and the next three fastest (\u00a0q\u00a0) qualified for the semifinals. The overall results were as follows:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 58], "section_span": [60, 74], "content_span": [75, 209]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273822-0006-0000", "contents": "2017 World Championships in Athletics \u2013 Women's 200 metres, Results, Semifinals\nThe semifinals took place on 10\u00a0August in three heats as follows:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 58], "section_span": [60, 79], "content_span": [80, 145]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273822-0007-0000", "contents": "2017 World Championships in Athletics \u2013 Women's 200 metres, Results, Semifinals\nThe first two in each heat (\u00a0Q\u00a0) and the next two fastest (\u00a0q\u00a0) qualified for the final. The overall results were as follows:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 58], "section_span": [60, 79], "content_span": [80, 205]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273822-0008-0000", "contents": "2017 World Championships in Athletics \u2013 Women's 200 metres, Results, Final\nThe final took place on 11\u00a0August at 21:50. The wind was +0.8 metres per second and the results were as follows ():", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 58], "section_span": [60, 74], "content_span": [75, 190]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273823-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 World Championships in Athletics \u2013 Women's 3000 metres steeplechase\nThe women's 3000 metres steeplechase at the 2017 World Championships in Athletics was held at the London Olympic Stadium on 9 and 11\u00a0August.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 72], "section_span": [72, 72], "content_span": [73, 213]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273823-0001-0000", "contents": "2017 World Championships in Athletics \u2013 Women's 3000 metres steeplechase, Summary\nKenya had six entrants in the race, the three normally allowed including the number one runner in 2017 Celliphine Chepteek Chespol, plus defending champion Hyvin Jepkemoi and two expatriates; Winfred Mutile Yavi and world record holder / Olympic champion Ruth Jebet who were running for Bahrain. From the gun in the final Beatrice Chepkoech went to the front.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 72], "section_span": [74, 81], "content_span": [82, 441]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273823-0002-0000", "contents": "2017 World Championships in Athletics \u2013 Women's 3000 metres steeplechase, Summary\nThere is a partial lap at the beginning of all steeplechase events, that distance is variable depending on the construction of the steeplechase facilities at that track. The runners begin going over the barriers including the water jump when there are seven laps to go.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 72], "section_span": [74, 81], "content_span": [82, 351]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273823-0003-0000", "contents": "2017 World Championships in Athletics \u2013 Women's 3000 metres steeplechase, Summary\nAfter going over the first two barriers, Chepkoech continued to run the track instead of cutting off to the water with the leaders, mostly Kenyans and the two Bahraini runners starting to follow her. The others realized the mistake and ran through the water, Chepkoech ran past the water on the track then had to circle back to go over the water, dropping her well behind the field. Out of the chaos, Yavi took the lead with Chepkoech rushing to catch up.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 72], "section_span": [74, 81], "content_span": [82, 537]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273823-0003-0001", "contents": "2017 World Championships in Athletics \u2013 Women's 3000 metres steeplechase, Summary\nLater in the second lap, Purity Cherotich Kirui stumbled after a barrier with two other athletes falling over her body on the track, suddenly this caused a six-woman breakaway. Jebet took over the lead and pushed the pace but hard running by Chepkoech managed to bridge the gap, while Yavi fell off the group shortly afterward. Jebet led Chespol, Jepkemoi, Chepkoech, plus Americans Emma Coburn and Courtney Frerichs tagging on the back through two more laps.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 72], "section_span": [74, 81], "content_span": [82, 541]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273823-0004-0000", "contents": "2017 World Championships in Athletics \u2013 Women's 3000 metres steeplechase, Summary\nOn the backstretch with less than two laps to go, Coburn moved forward to challenge the Kenyans and Chespol dropped off the pace. At the bell, being challenged by Coburn and Chepkoech, Jebet began to drop back. Down the final backstretch it was four athletes shoulder to shoulder across the track, the Kenyans on the inside and the Americans on the outside. Out of that, Jepkemoi emerged in the lead with Frerichs on her outer shoulder and Coburn a step behind. After the hard comeback, Chepkoech faded.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 72], "section_span": [74, 81], "content_span": [82, 585]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273823-0004-0001", "contents": "2017 World Championships in Athletics \u2013 Women's 3000 metres steeplechase, Summary\nEntering the final water jump, Jepkemoi took the turn wide and smoothly with Frerichs following, but Coburn cut sharply and took the inside line through the water jump, emerging with a two-metre lead over Frerichs who had a step on Jepkemoi. With free running room down the home stretch, Coburn opened up another seven metres on Frerichs who opened up another metre on Jepkemoi.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 72], "section_span": [74, 81], "content_span": [82, 460]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273823-0005-0000", "contents": "2017 World Championships in Athletics \u2013 Women's 3000 metres steeplechase, Summary\nCoburn's 9:02.58 was a Continental record, the Championship record and improved her position to number six on the all-time list, one ahead of Frerichs. Four of the five athletes ahead of them on that list finished behind them in this race.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 72], "section_span": [74, 81], "content_span": [82, 321]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273823-0006-0000", "contents": "2017 World Championships in Athletics \u2013 Women's 3000 metres steeplechase, Schedule\nThe event schedule, in local time (UTC+1), is as follows:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 72], "section_span": [74, 82], "content_span": [83, 140]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273823-0007-0000", "contents": "2017 World Championships in Athletics \u2013 Women's 3000 metres steeplechase, Results, Heats\nThe first round took place on 9\u00a0August in three heats as follows:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 72], "section_span": [74, 88], "content_span": [89, 154]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273823-0008-0000", "contents": "2017 World Championships in Athletics \u2013 Women's 3000 metres steeplechase, Results, Heats\nThe first three in each heat (\u00a0Q\u00a0) and the next six fastest (\u00a0q\u00a0) qualified for the final. The overall results were as follows:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 72], "section_span": [74, 88], "content_span": [89, 216]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273823-0009-0000", "contents": "2017 World Championships in Athletics \u2013 Women's 3000 metres steeplechase, Results, Final\nThe final took place on 11\u00a0August at 21:25. The results were as follows: ()", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 72], "section_span": [74, 88], "content_span": [89, 164]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273824-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 World Championships in Athletics \u2013 Women's 4 \u00d7 100 metres relay\nThe women's 4 x 100 metres relay at the 2017 World Championships in Athletics was held at the London Olympic Stadium on 12\u00a0August.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 68], "section_span": [68, 68], "content_span": [69, 199]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273824-0001-0000", "contents": "2017 World Championships in Athletics \u2013 Women's 4 \u00d7 100 metres relay, Summary\nUSA with Aaliyah Brown and the home British team with Asha Philip were out fast, gaining slightly on Tatjana Pinto for Germany to their outside, while outside of Germany, Jura Levy had Jamaica pulling away. USA and Jamaica had smooth handoffs to Allyson Felix and Natasha Morrison respectively, but the British team had a hesitation on the handoff to Desir\u00e8e Henry, losing a slight amount of time. On the backstretch, Henry passed Germany's Lisa Mayer.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 68], "section_span": [70, 77], "content_span": [78, 530]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273824-0001-0001", "contents": "2017 World Championships in Athletics \u2013 Women's 4 \u00d7 100 metres relay, Summary\nFelix made a comfortable hand off to Morolake Akinosun slightly ahead of Jamaica's handoff to Simone Facey, GBR handing off to Dina Asher-Smith two steps later. Through the final turn, Germany's Gina L\u00fcckenkemper made up a lot of ground as the field tightened. At the final handoff Jamaica's Sashalee Forbes took a quick glance back, USA's Tori Bowie took a more serious look to make sure she got the baton, effectively in 4 \u00d7 400 metres handoff style, while Germany to Rebekka Haase and the British to Daryll Neita used the more conventional blind handoffs to pull closer.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 68], "section_span": [70, 77], "content_span": [78, 651]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273824-0001-0002", "contents": "2017 World Championships in Athletics \u2013 Women's 4 \u00d7 100 metres relay, Summary\nOnto the straightaway, Bowie had a half metre lead over Forbes and Neita, who were virtually even. Neita looked to stay with Bowie for the first half of the straightaway, separating from Jamaica before Bowie put in some clear separation for the USA win. As Neita tightened, Forbes started to close but not enough for Jamaica to take the silver away from the British.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 68], "section_span": [70, 77], "content_span": [78, 444]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273824-0002-0000", "contents": "2017 World Championships in Athletics \u2013 Women's 4 \u00d7 100 metres relay, Qualification criteria\nThe first eight placed teams at the 2017 IAAF World Relays and the host country qualify automatically for entry with remaining places being filled by teams with the fastest performances during the qualification period.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 68], "section_span": [70, 92], "content_span": [93, 311]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273824-0003-0000", "contents": "2017 World Championships in Athletics \u2013 Women's 4 \u00d7 100 metres relay, Schedule\nThe event schedule, in local time (UTC+1), is as follows:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 68], "section_span": [70, 78], "content_span": [79, 136]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273824-0004-0000", "contents": "2017 World Championships in Athletics \u2013 Women's 4 \u00d7 100 metres relay, Results, Heats\nThe first round took place on 12\u00a0August in two heats as follows:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 68], "section_span": [70, 84], "content_span": [85, 149]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273824-0005-0000", "contents": "2017 World Championships in Athletics \u2013 Women's 4 \u00d7 100 metres relay, Results, Heats\nThe first three in each heat (\u00a0Q\u00a0) and the next two fastest (\u00a0q\u00a0) qualified for the final. The overall results were as follows:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 68], "section_span": [70, 84], "content_span": [85, 212]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273824-0006-0000", "contents": "2017 World Championships in Athletics \u2013 Women's 4 \u00d7 100 metres relay, Results, Final\nThe final took place on 12\u00a0August at 20:05. The results were as follows ():", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 68], "section_span": [70, 84], "content_span": [85, 160]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273825-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 World Championships in Athletics \u2013 Women's 4 \u00d7 400 metres relay\nThe women's 4 x 400 metres relay at the 2017 World Championships in Athletics was held at the London Olympic Stadium on 12\u201313 August.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 68], "section_span": [68, 68], "content_span": [69, 202]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273825-0001-0000", "contents": "2017 World Championships in Athletics \u2013 Women's 4 \u00d7 400 metres relay, Summary\nIn the final, the early leader was Nigeria as Patience Okon George made up the stagger on Botswana to her outside as they entered the far turn. Chrisann Gordon pulled Jamaica close to Nigeria on the inside but lost some ground coming off the turn. Down the home stretch, George faded while Quanera Hayes brought USA into the lead at the handoff to Allyson Felix. Felix ran a fast turn to put some separation on the field by the break.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 68], "section_span": [70, 77], "content_span": [78, 512]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273825-0001-0001", "contents": "2017 World Championships in Athletics \u2013 Women's 4 \u00d7 400 metres relay, Summary\nFurther outside, Jamaica's Anneisha McLaughlin-Whilby was the next in contention until about 50\u00a0metres into her leg she McLaughlin-Whilby began to hop and lean back in pain. The entire field passed her as she tried to continue to the break line before collapsing to the track. Felix and USA had a 20-metre lead over the next best, Nigeria, a metre ahead of Great Britain.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 68], "section_span": [70, 77], "content_span": [78, 449]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273825-0002-0000", "contents": "2017 World Championships in Athletics \u2013 Women's 4 \u00d7 400 metres relay, Summary\nFelix continued to expand the lead. Down the homestretch, Laviai Nielsen ran GBR past Nigeria's Abike Funmilola Egbeniyi, but USA had already passed to Shakima Wimbley almost four seconds before the other teams arrived. Iga Baumgart ran around the outside and after the handoff Aleksandra Gaworska, Poland was behind GBR's Eilidh Doyle breaking away from the other teams. 25\u00a0metres behind USA, Doyle opened up almost five metres on Gaworska but on the home stretch Doyle began to fade, Gaworska came back while Wimbley was speeding away. USA passed to world champion Phyllis Francis for their anchor.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 68], "section_span": [70, 77], "content_span": [78, 678]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273825-0002-0001", "contents": "2017 World Championships in Athletics \u2013 Women's 4 \u00d7 400 metres relay, Summary\nOver five seconds later, GBR passed to Emily Diamond slightly ahead of Poland's pass to Justyna \u015awi\u0119ty. Francis continued to expand the lead. Behind her Diamond opened up as much as a 10-metre gap on \u015awi\u0119ty while Nigeria's Yinka Ajayi and France's Elea-Mariama Diarra almost catching her from behind by the half way mark. Francis finished six seconds ahead of Diamond, a virtual walkover gold for USA, with \u015awi\u0119ty closing rapidly on the homestretch to get Poland close to GBR by the finish.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 68], "section_span": [70, 77], "content_span": [78, 568]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273825-0003-0000", "contents": "2017 World Championships in Athletics \u2013 Women's 4 \u00d7 400 metres relay, Summary\nThe 5.98\u00a0second margin of victory was the largest in World Championship 4 \u00d7 400 metres history.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 68], "section_span": [70, 77], "content_span": [78, 173]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273825-0004-0000", "contents": "2017 World Championships in Athletics \u2013 Women's 4 \u00d7 400 metres relay, Qualification criteria\nThe first eight placed teams at the 2017 IAAF World Relays and the host country qualify automatically for entry with remaining places being filled by teams with the fastest performances during the qualification period.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 68], "section_span": [70, 92], "content_span": [93, 311]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273825-0005-0000", "contents": "2017 World Championships in Athletics \u2013 Women's 4 \u00d7 400 metres relay, Schedule\nThe event schedule, in local time (UTC+1), is as follows:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 68], "section_span": [70, 78], "content_span": [79, 136]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273825-0006-0000", "contents": "2017 World Championships in Athletics \u2013 Women's 4 \u00d7 400 metres relay, Results, Heats\nThe first round took place on 12\u00a0August in two heats as follows:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 68], "section_span": [70, 84], "content_span": [85, 149]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273825-0007-0000", "contents": "2017 World Championships in Athletics \u2013 Women's 4 \u00d7 400 metres relay, Results, Heats\nThe first three in each heat (\u00a0Q\u00a0) and the next two fastest (\u00a0q\u00a0) qualified for the final. The overall results were as follows:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 68], "section_span": [70, 84], "content_span": [85, 212]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273825-0008-0000", "contents": "2017 World Championships in Athletics \u2013 Women's 4 \u00d7 400 metres relay, Results, Final\nThe final took place on 13\u00a0August at 20:55. The results were as follows ():", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 68], "section_span": [70, 84], "content_span": [85, 160]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273826-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 World Championships in Athletics \u2013 Women's 400 metres\nThe women's 400 metres at the 2017 World Championships in Athletics was held at the London Olympic Stadium on 6\u22127 and 9\u00a0August.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 58], "section_span": [58, 58], "content_span": [59, 186]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273826-0001-0000", "contents": "2017 World Championships in Athletics \u2013 Women's 400 metres, Summary\nIn wet conditions, Shaunae Miller-Uibo took an early lead, which she maintained coming onto the home stretch, with Allyson Felix in second and Phyllis Francis and Salwa Eid Naser gaining on both of them. Miller-Uibo stumbled and slowed to a jog, being passed by Francis, Felix, and Nasser. Francis continued on to win while Nasser, breaking her own national record, dipped past Felix on the line.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 58], "section_span": [60, 67], "content_span": [68, 464]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273826-0002-0000", "contents": "2017 World Championships in Athletics \u2013 Women's 400 metres, Schedule\nThe event schedule, in local time (UTC+1), is as follows:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 58], "section_span": [60, 68], "content_span": [69, 126]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273826-0003-0000", "contents": "2017 World Championships in Athletics \u2013 Women's 400 metres, Results, Heats\nThe first round took place on 6\u00a0August in six heats as follows:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 58], "section_span": [60, 74], "content_span": [75, 138]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273826-0004-0000", "contents": "2017 World Championships in Athletics \u2013 Women's 400 metres, Results, Heats\nThe first three in each heat (\u00a0Q\u00a0) and the next six fastest (\u00a0q\u00a0) qualified for the semifinals. The overall results were as follows:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 58], "section_span": [60, 74], "content_span": [75, 207]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273826-0005-0000", "contents": "2017 World Championships in Athletics \u2013 Women's 400 metres, Results, Semifinals\nThe semifinals took place on 7\u00a0August in three heats as follows:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 58], "section_span": [60, 79], "content_span": [80, 144]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273826-0006-0000", "contents": "2017 World Championships in Athletics \u2013 Women's 400 metres, Results, Semifinals\nThe first two in each heat (\u00a0Q\u00a0) and the next two fastest (\u00a0q\u00a0) qualified for the final. The overall results were as follows:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 58], "section_span": [60, 79], "content_span": [80, 205]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273826-0007-0000", "contents": "2017 World Championships in Athletics \u2013 Women's 400 metres, Results, Final\nThe final took place on 9\u00a0August at 21:50. The results were as follows: ()", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 58], "section_span": [60, 74], "content_span": [75, 149]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273827-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 World Championships in Athletics \u2013 Women's 400 metres hurdles\nThe women's 400 metres hurdles at the 2017 World Championships in Athletics was held at the London Olympic Stadium on 7\u22128 and 10\u00a0August.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 66], "section_span": [66, 66], "content_span": [67, 203]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273827-0001-0000", "contents": "2017 World Championships in Athletics \u2013 Women's 400 metres hurdles, Summary\nOlympic champion Dalilah Muhammad (USA) duplicated her strategy by running aggressively from the start of the final, making up the stagger on L\u00e9a Sprunger (SUI) to her outside during the first turn and passing two-time defending champion Zuzana Hejnov\u00e1 (CZE) another lane over by the third hurdle. The closest to keep pace with Muhammad was Kori Carter (USA) almost unnoticed out in lane 9. By the time they arrived on the home stretch, Muhammad had a step on Carter, with Hejnov\u00e1 another two steps back. But Carter closed quickly, passing Muhammad before the final hurdle and running powerfully to the finish for the win. Also closing fast from two steps behind, Ristananna Tracey (JAM) caught Hejnov\u00e1 over the tenth hurdle and widened the gap for a clear bronze.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 66], "section_span": [68, 75], "content_span": [76, 840]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273827-0002-0000", "contents": "2017 World Championships in Athletics \u2013 Women's 400 metres hurdles, Schedule\nThe event schedule, in local time (UTC+1), is as follows:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 66], "section_span": [68, 76], "content_span": [77, 134]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273827-0003-0000", "contents": "2017 World Championships in Athletics \u2013 Women's 400 metres hurdles, Results, Heats\nThe first round took place on 7\u00a0August in five heats as follows:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 66], "section_span": [68, 82], "content_span": [83, 147]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273827-0004-0000", "contents": "2017 World Championships in Athletics \u2013 Women's 400 metres hurdles, Results, Heats\nThe first four in each heat (\u00a0Q\u00a0) and the next four fastest (\u00a0q\u00a0) qualified for the semifinals. The overall results were as follows:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 66], "section_span": [68, 82], "content_span": [83, 215]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273827-0005-0000", "contents": "2017 World Championships in Athletics \u2013 Women's 400 metres hurdles, Results, Semifinals\nThe semifinals took place on 8\u00a0August in three heats as follows:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 66], "section_span": [68, 87], "content_span": [88, 152]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273827-0006-0000", "contents": "2017 World Championships in Athletics \u2013 Women's 400 metres hurdles, Results, Semifinals\nThe first two in each heat (\u00a0Q\u00a0) and the next two fastest (\u00a0q\u00a0) qualified for the final. The overall results were as follows:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 66], "section_span": [68, 87], "content_span": [88, 213]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273827-0007-0000", "contents": "2017 World Championships in Athletics \u2013 Women's 400 metres hurdles, Results, Final\nThe final took place on 10\u00a0August at 21:38. The results were as follows ():", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 66], "section_span": [68, 82], "content_span": [83, 158]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273828-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 World Championships in Athletics \u2013 Women's 50 kilometres walk\nThe women's 50 kilometres walk at the 2017 World Championships in Athletics was held on a 2\u00a0kilometre course comprising lengths of The Mall between Buckingham Palace and Admiralty Arch on 13\u00a0August.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 66], "section_span": [66, 66], "content_span": [67, 265]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273828-0001-0000", "contents": "2017 World Championships in Athletics \u2013 Women's 50 kilometres walk, Summary\nThis was the first time women were offered this event in the world championships, finally equalizing all events for both genders. Only seven women toed the start line. With the event in its infancy, In\u00eas Henriques (POR) had set the world record in January.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 66], "section_span": [68, 75], "content_span": [76, 332]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273828-0002-0000", "contents": "2017 World Championships in Athletics \u2013 Women's 50 kilometres walk, Summary\nFrom the start, Henriques was dominating the race though Yin Hang (CHN) was with her virtually stride for stride through the halfway point. Two years prior to this becoming an IAAF ratified event, Erin Taylor-Talcott held the world record. Here she was disqualified early on, after the 5k mark. Behind the lead pack, a chase pack formed by Yang Shuqing (CHN), Katie Burnett (USA) and Nair da Rosa (BRA) walking closely together past 15k before da Rosa fell off the pace. Shortly after the half way mark, Burnett fell off Yang's pace, but she didn't go away. By 35k, Burnett was 50\u00a0seconds behind Yang, but she pulled it back, getting within breathing room of Yang as the race was closing in the last 5k.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 66], "section_span": [68, 75], "content_span": [76, 779]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273828-0003-0000", "contents": "2017 World Championships in Athletics \u2013 Women's 50 kilometres walk, Summary\nHenriques continued to widen her lead to over three minutes on Yin. Yin managed to pull back a few seconds over the final 5k, finishing less than a minute short of Henriques' previous world record, but Henriques took two and a half minutes off of that record with this win in 4:05:56. After a scare, Yang opened up a minute over the last 5k on Burnett for bronze. Both silver medalist Yin and fourth place Burnett set their respective continental records.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 66], "section_span": [68, 75], "content_span": [76, 531]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273828-0004-0000", "contents": "2017 World Championships in Athletics \u2013 Women's 50 kilometres walk, Results\nThe final took place on 13\u00a0August at 07:46. The results were as follows:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 66], "section_span": [68, 75], "content_span": [76, 148]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273829-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 World Championships in Athletics \u2013 Women's 5000 metres\nThe women's 5000 metres at the 2017 World Championships in Athletics was held at the London Olympic Stadium on 10 and 13\u00a0August.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 59], "section_span": [59, 59], "content_span": [60, 188]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273829-0001-0000", "contents": "2017 World Championships in Athletics \u2013 Women's 5000 metres, Summary\nIn the first turn of the final, Kalkidan Gezahegne (BHR) started quickly to take a two-metre lead, covered quickly by 10,000 metre champ Almaz Ayana, revealing her intent to cover moves. Hellen Obiri (KEN) moved to Ayana's shoulder. Then Sifan Hassan ran around the crowd to take the lead. In control of the front, Hassan didn't speed up, she slowed the pace to a virtual walk. Everyone obliged until the last few metres when Ayana broke free off the front. They passed the first lap in 1:21.77.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 59], "section_span": [61, 68], "content_span": [69, 564]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273829-0001-0001", "contents": "2017 World Championships in Athletics \u2013 Women's 5000 metres, Summary\nAyana's second lap of 1:18.98 didn't improve the pace much, but it separated all three Ethiopians and all three Kenyans to the front. Gezahegne rushed forward to take another temporary lead before fading back through the pack for good. From there it was Ayana setting the pace, but a pack of others, led by Hellen Obiri (KEN) were determined not to let her get away. Ayana accelerated but Obiri stuck to her, creating a ten-second breakaway on the pack led by Hassan.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 59], "section_span": [61, 68], "content_span": [69, 536]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273829-0001-0002", "contents": "2017 World Championships in Athletics \u2013 Women's 5000 metres, Summary\nWith 300\u00a0metres to go, Obiri took off at a pace Ayana could not match, taking the pace from 68\u00a0second laps to the last 200\u00a0metres in under 30\u00a0seconds. Running even faster, Hasan separated from the pack and set off in chase of catching Ayana for silver but arriving two seconds too late.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 59], "section_span": [61, 68], "content_span": [69, 355]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273829-0002-0000", "contents": "2017 World Championships in Athletics \u2013 Women's 5000 metres, Schedule\nThe event schedule, in local time (UTC+1), is as follows:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 59], "section_span": [61, 69], "content_span": [70, 127]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273829-0003-0000", "contents": "2017 World Championships in Athletics \u2013 Women's 5000 metres, Results, Heats\nThe first round took place on 10\u00a0August in two heats as follows:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 59], "section_span": [61, 75], "content_span": [76, 140]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273829-0004-0000", "contents": "2017 World Championships in Athletics \u2013 Women's 5000 metres, Results, Heats\nThe first five in each heat ( Q ) and the next five fastest ( q ) qualified for the final. The overall results were as follows:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 59], "section_span": [61, 75], "content_span": [76, 203]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273829-0005-0000", "contents": "2017 World Championships in Athletics \u2013 Women's 5000 metres, Results, Final\nThe final took place on 13\u00a0August at 19:35. The results were as follows: ()", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 59], "section_span": [61, 75], "content_span": [76, 151]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273830-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 World Championships in Athletics \u2013 Women's 800 metres\nThe women's 800 metres at the 2017 World Championships in Athletics was held at the London Olympic Stadium on 10\u221211 and 13\u00a0August.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 58], "section_span": [58, 58], "content_span": [59, 189]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273830-0001-0000", "contents": "2017 World Championships in Athletics \u2013 Women's 800 metres, Schedule\nThe event schedule, in local time (UTC+1), is as follows:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 58], "section_span": [60, 68], "content_span": [69, 126]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273830-0002-0000", "contents": "2017 World Championships in Athletics \u2013 Women's 800 metres, Results, Heats\nThe first round took place on 10\u00a0August in six heats as follows:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 58], "section_span": [60, 74], "content_span": [75, 139]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273830-0003-0000", "contents": "2017 World Championships in Athletics \u2013 Women's 800 metres, Results, Heats\nThe first three in each heat (\u00a0Q\u00a0) and the next six fastest (\u00a0q\u00a0) qualified for the semifinals. The overall results were as follows:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 58], "section_span": [60, 74], "content_span": [75, 207]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273830-0004-0000", "contents": "2017 World Championships in Athletics \u2013 Women's 800 metres, Results, Semifinals\nThe semifinals took place on 11\u00a0August in three heats as follows:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 58], "section_span": [60, 79], "content_span": [80, 145]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273830-0005-0000", "contents": "2017 World Championships in Athletics \u2013 Women's 800 metres, Results, Semifinals\nThe first two in each heat (\u00a0Q\u00a0) and the next two fastest (\u00a0q\u00a0) qualified for the final. The overall results were as follows:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 58], "section_span": [60, 79], "content_span": [80, 205]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273830-0006-0000", "contents": "2017 World Championships in Athletics \u2013 Women's 800 metres, Results, Final\nThe final took place on 13\u00a0August at 20:10. The results were as follows: ()", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 58], "section_span": [60, 74], "content_span": [75, 150]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273831-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 World Championships in Athletics \u2013 Women's discus throw\nThe women's discus throw at the 2017 World Championships in Athletics was held at the Olympic Stadium on 11 and 13\u00a0August.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 60], "section_span": [60, 60], "content_span": [61, 183]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273831-0001-0000", "contents": "2017 World Championships in Athletics \u2013 Women's discus throw, Qualification standard\nThe standard to qualify automatically for entry was 61.20\u00a0metres.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 60], "section_span": [62, 84], "content_span": [85, 150]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273831-0002-0000", "contents": "2017 World Championships in Athletics \u2013 Women's discus throw, Schedule\nThe event schedule, in local time (UTC+1), is as follows:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 60], "section_span": [62, 70], "content_span": [71, 128]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273831-0003-0000", "contents": "2017 World Championships in Athletics \u2013 Women's discus throw, Results, Qualification\nThe qualification round took place on 11\u00a0August, in two groups, with Group\u00a0A starting at 10:11 and Group\u00a0B at 11:36. Athletes attaining a mark of at least 62.50\u00a0metres (\u00a0Q\u00a0) or at least the 12 best performers (\u00a0q\u00a0) qualified for the final. The overall results were as follows:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 60], "section_span": [62, 84], "content_span": [85, 361]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273831-0004-0000", "contents": "2017 World Championships in Athletics \u2013 Women's discus throw, Results, Final\nThe final took place on 13\u00a0August at 20:25. The overall results were as follows:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 60], "section_span": [62, 76], "content_span": [77, 157]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273832-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 World Championships in Athletics \u2013 Women's hammer throw\nThe women's hammer throw at the 2017 World Championships in Athletics was held at the Olympic Stadium on 5 and 7\u00a0August.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 60], "section_span": [60, 60], "content_span": [61, 181]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273832-0001-0000", "contents": "2017 World Championships in Athletics \u2013 Women's hammer throw, Summary\nAs the only woman to have thrown over 80\u00a0metres, world record holder Anita W\u0142odarczyk was the clear favourite. While she was the first to throw over 70\u00a0metres in this competition, the next thrower, the home team's Sophie Hitchon threw better. By the end of the round, four more women threw better, the early leader was W\u0142odarczyk's Polish teammate Malwina Kopron with a throw of 74.46\u00a0metres. In the second round, Wang Zheng jumped from second to first with a throw of 75.94\u00a0metres.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 60], "section_span": [62, 69], "content_span": [70, 552]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273832-0001-0001", "contents": "2017 World Championships in Athletics \u2013 Women's hammer throw, Summary\nThe third Pole in the competition Joanna Fiodorow moved into third place with a throw of 73.02\u00a0metres. In the third round, Fiodorow was displaced by Zhang Wenxiu, then three throwers later by Hanna Skydan with a throw of 73.38\u00a0metres. During that round, W\u0142odarczyk had improved to 71.94\u00a0metres, but was in sixth place only 60\u00a0centimetres ahead of the last qualifying spot for the final three attempts. In the fourth round, W\u0142odarczyk finally broke through getting off a throw of 77.39\u00a0metres to take the lead. Nobody would be able to improve upon that, but W\u0142odarczyk wasn't done, throwing 77.90\u00a0metres in the fifth round. Wang threw her best of 75.98\u00a0metres on her final attempt but it couldn't catch W\u0142odarczyk. Nobody else could beat Kopron's first round throw to get a medal.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 60], "section_span": [62, 69], "content_span": [70, 849]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273832-0002-0000", "contents": "2017 World Championships in Athletics \u2013 Women's hammer throw, Qualification standard\nThe standard to qualify automatically for entry was 71.00\u00a0metres.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 60], "section_span": [62, 84], "content_span": [85, 150]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273832-0003-0000", "contents": "2017 World Championships in Athletics \u2013 Women's hammer throw, Schedule\nThe event schedule, in local time (UTC+1), was as follows:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 60], "section_span": [62, 70], "content_span": [71, 129]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273832-0004-0000", "contents": "2017 World Championships in Athletics \u2013 Women's hammer throw, Results, Qualification\nThe qualification round took place on 5\u00a0August, in two groups, with Group\u00a0A starting at 10:34 and Group\u00a0B starting at 12:06. Athletes attaining a mark of at least 71.50\u00a0metres (\u00a0Q\u00a0) or at least the 12 best performers (\u00a0q\u00a0) qualified for the final. The overall results were as follows:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 60], "section_span": [62, 84], "content_span": [85, 369]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273832-0005-0000", "contents": "2017 World Championships in Athletics \u2013 Women's hammer throw, Results, Final\nThe final took place on 7\u00a0August at 18:59. The results were as follows:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 60], "section_span": [62, 76], "content_span": [77, 148]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273833-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 World Championships in Athletics \u2013 Women's heptathlon\nThe women's heptathlon at the 2017 World Championships in Athletics was held at the Olympic Stadium on 5\u20136 August.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 58], "section_span": [58, 58], "content_span": [59, 173]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273833-0001-0000", "contents": "2017 World Championships in Athletics \u2013 Women's heptathlon, Summary\nWith the retirements of Jessica Ennis-Hill and Brianne Theisen-Eaton, Laura Ikauniece-Admidi\u0146a was the only returning medalist from 2015. Since both retirees were also on the Olympic podium, that left Olympic champion Nafissatou Thiam as the clear favorite. She had scored the third best ever heptathlon score in G\u00f6tzis at the end of May, her 7013 points getting close to the European Record. Ikauniece-Admidina and Carolin Sch\u00e4fer had also both scored more than 6800 points with 6815 points and 6836 points respectably. Therefore three athletes had surpassed Thiam's winning score from Rio.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 58], "section_span": [60, 67], "content_span": [68, 659]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273833-0001-0001", "contents": "2017 World Championships in Athletics \u2013 Women's heptathlon, Summary\nNevertheless, Thiam's position was emphasized when Ikauniece-Admidi\u0146a was injured in the first event and could not continue. Yorgelis Rodr\u00edguez provided surprise competition when she made three personal bests in the high jump to stay only 8\u00a0points behind Thiam. Both Rodr\u00edguez and Thiam tied at 1.95\u00a0metres which equaled the World Championship Heptathlon Best. Home favorite Katarina Johnson-Thompson was expected to be competitive, particularly in the high jump since she holds the British record, but she only made one clearance in the competition, at 1.80\u00a0metres, significantly below her personal best of 1.98\u00a0metres.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 58], "section_span": [60, 67], "content_span": [68, 688]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273833-0001-0002", "contents": "2017 World Championships in Athletics \u2013 Women's heptathlon, Summary\nThiam separated from Rodr\u00edguez with a shot put 1.72\u00a0metres better. Carolin Sch\u00e4fer was the next closest challenger after her personal best in the shot. Thiam's normally weak 200\u00a0metres was consistent, 24.57 is only 0.17 seconds off her personal best but it opened the door for Sch\u00e4fer to be the overall leader after day one. Johnson-Thompson's 22.78 roared her back into contention in fourth place.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 58], "section_span": [60, 67], "content_span": [68, 466]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273833-0002-0000", "contents": "2017 World Championships in Athletics \u2013 Women's heptathlon, Summary\nAt the beginning of the second day, Johnson-Thompson produced a 6.56\u00a0metre long jump to move up in the rankings. Rodr\u00edguez and Sch\u00e4fer lost some ground with 6.23\u00a0metre and 6.20\u00a0metre jumps. On her final attempt, Thiam gained ground on all of them with her 6.57\u00a0metre best jump of the day. In the javelin throw, Thiam and Sch\u00e4fer were about even through the first two throws, with Rodr\u00edguez losing about two metres to both of them and Johnson-Thompson falling well behind.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 58], "section_span": [60, 67], "content_span": [68, 539]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273833-0002-0001", "contents": "2017 World Championships in Athletics \u2013 Women's heptathlon, Summary\nOn the final throw, Sch\u00e4fer edged a few centimetres past Thiam's earlier throw, but Thiam unleashed a 53.93\u00a0metre throw to pad her lead by another 76\u00a0points. But the best javelin throw of the day was a World Championship Heptathlon Best 58.41\u00a0metres by Anouk Vetter, which brought her into the medal chase, displacing Rodr\u00edguez. Going into the final event, Vetter and Sch\u00e4fer were virtually tied with only 3\u00a0points separation. They knew their performance in the 800\u00a0metres would determine which medal they got.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 58], "section_span": [60, 67], "content_span": [68, 578]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273833-0002-0002", "contents": "2017 World Championships in Athletics \u2013 Women's heptathlon, Summary\nWith 170\u00a0points to spare, it would take a weak 800\u00a0metres by Thiam to allow either a shot at gold. Sch\u00e4fer's 800\u00a0metres record was about 3\u00a0seconds faster than Vetter coming in, and needing her best Sch\u00e4fer managed at 2:15.34 while Vetter visibly struggled to a 2:19.43. While Thiam's 800\u00a0metres was the third from the bottom, it was still adequate for an easy overall win.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 58], "section_span": [60, 67], "content_span": [68, 440]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273833-0003-0000", "contents": "2017 World Championships in Athletics \u2013 Women's heptathlon, Qualification standard\nThe standard to qualify automatically for entry was 6200\u00a0points.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 58], "section_span": [60, 82], "content_span": [83, 147]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273833-0004-0000", "contents": "2017 World Championships in Athletics \u2013 Women's heptathlon, Schedule\nThe event schedule, in local time (UTC+1), was as follows:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 58], "section_span": [60, 68], "content_span": [69, 127]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273833-0005-0000", "contents": "2017 World Championships in Athletics \u2013 Women's heptathlon, Results, 100 metres hurdles\nThe 100 metres hurdles took place on 5\u00a0August in four heats as follows:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 58], "section_span": [60, 87], "content_span": [88, 159]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273833-0006-0000", "contents": "2017 World Championships in Athletics \u2013 Women's heptathlon, Results, High jump\nThe high jump took place on 5\u00a0August in two groups with Group\u00a0A starting at 11:29 and Group\u00a0B starting at 11:30. The results were as follows:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 58], "section_span": [60, 78], "content_span": [79, 220]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273833-0007-0000", "contents": "2017 World Championships in Athletics \u2013 Women's heptathlon, Results, Shot put\nThe shot put took place on 5\u00a0August in two groups with Group\u00a0A starting at 18:59 and Group\u00a0B starting at 19:00. The results were as follows:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 58], "section_span": [60, 77], "content_span": [78, 218]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273833-0008-0000", "contents": "2017 World Championships in Athletics \u2013 Women's heptathlon, Results, 200 metres\nThe 200 metres took place on 5\u00a0August in four heats as follows:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 58], "section_span": [60, 79], "content_span": [80, 143]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273833-0009-0000", "contents": "2017 World Championships in Athletics \u2013 Women's heptathlon, Results, Long jump\nThe long jump took place on 6\u00a0August in two groups with Group\u00a0A starting at 09:59 and Group\u00a0B starting at 10:00. The results were as follows:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 58], "section_span": [60, 78], "content_span": [79, 220]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273833-0010-0000", "contents": "2017 World Championships in Athletics \u2013 Women's heptathlon, Results, Javelin throw\nThe javelin throw took place on 6\u00a0August in two groups with Group\u00a0A starting at 11:54 and Group\u00a0B starting at 13:07. The results were as follows:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 58], "section_span": [60, 82], "content_span": [83, 228]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273833-0011-0000", "contents": "2017 World Championships in Athletics \u2013 Women's heptathlon, Results, 800 metres\nThe 800 metres took place on 6\u00a0August in three heats as follows:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 58], "section_span": [60, 79], "content_span": [80, 144]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273834-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 World Championships in Athletics \u2013 Women's high jump\nThe women's high jump competition at the 2017 World Championships in Athletics was held at the London Olympic Stadium on 10\u201312 August.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 57], "section_span": [57, 57], "content_span": [58, 192]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273834-0001-0000", "contents": "2017 World Championships in Athletics \u2013 Women's high jump, Summary\nIn the final, three were perfect to 1.95\u00a0metres, 2017 number one Mariya Lasitskene, competing as an Authorised Neutral Athlete, Yuliya Levchenko (UKR) and Marie-Laurence Jungfleisch (GER). Three others made it over 1.95\u00a0metres to stay in the competition. At 1.97\u00a0metres, both Lasitskene and Levchenko remained perfect. On her final attempt Kamila Li\u0107winko (POL) made it to define the medalists. Li\u0107winko mixed up the order by jumping 1.99\u00a0metres on her first attempt. Levchenko remained perfect to hold the lead, but when Lasitskene missed her first attempt, she dropped to third.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 57], "section_span": [59, 66], "content_span": [67, 647]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273834-0001-0001", "contents": "2017 World Championships in Athletics \u2013 Women's high jump, Summary\nStrategically passing to 2.01\u00a0metres, Lasitskene cleared it on her first attempt after Li\u0107winko had missed, to move into silver medal position. That turned into gold after Levchenko missed her first attempt. Li\u0107winko missed her second attempt and dropped to bronze when Levchenko made hers. Li\u0107winko passed for one heroic jump at 2.03\u00a0metres for the win. She missed, Lasitskene made it, then Levchenko missed three in a row to end the competition. Lasitskene took three shots at 2.08\u00a0metres.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 57], "section_span": [59, 66], "content_span": [67, 558]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273834-0002-0000", "contents": "2017 World Championships in Athletics \u2013 Women's high jump, Summary\nLasitskene was the first Authorised Neutral Athlete to win a gold medal. For the medal ceremony, the IAAF anthem was played as a substitute.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 57], "section_span": [59, 66], "content_span": [67, 207]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273834-0003-0000", "contents": "2017 World Championships in Athletics \u2013 Women's high jump, Qualification standard\nThe standard to qualify automatically for entry was 1.94\u00a0metres.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 57], "section_span": [59, 81], "content_span": [82, 146]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273834-0004-0000", "contents": "2017 World Championships in Athletics \u2013 Women's high jump, Schedule\nThe event schedule, in local time (UTC+1), is as follows:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 57], "section_span": [59, 67], "content_span": [68, 125]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273834-0005-0000", "contents": "2017 World Championships in Athletics \u2013 Women's high jump, Results, Qualification\nThe qualification round took place on 10\u00a0August, in two groups, both starting at 19:10. Athletes attaining a mark of 1.94\u00a0metres (\u00a0Q\u00a0) or at least the 12 best performers (\u00a0q\u00a0) qualified for the final. The overall results were as follows:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 57], "section_span": [59, 81], "content_span": [82, 319]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273834-0006-0000", "contents": "2017 World Championships in Athletics \u2013 Women's high jump, Results, Final\nThe final took place on 12\u00a0August at 19:05. The results were as follows:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 57], "section_span": [59, 73], "content_span": [74, 146]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273835-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 World Championships in Athletics \u2013 Women's javelin throw\nThe women's javelin throw at the 2017 World Championships in Athletics was held at the Olympic Stadium on 6 and 8\u00a0August.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 61], "section_span": [61, 61], "content_span": [62, 183]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273835-0001-0000", "contents": "2017 World Championships in Athletics \u2013 Women's javelin throw, Summary\nOlympic gold medalist Sara Kolak's second throw took the lead at 64.95\u00a0metres. Her lead lasted only two throws before world record holder, at age 36, Barbora \u0160pot\u00e1kov\u00e1 threw 66.76\u00a0m\u00a0(219\u00a0ft\u00a00\u00a0in), which turned out to be the winner. These were two of six throwers who achieved their best distance in the second round. Li Lingwei's personal best 66.25\u00a0metres near the end of the third round put her in second place.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 61], "section_span": [63, 70], "content_span": [71, 484]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273835-0001-0001", "contents": "2017 World Championships in Athletics \u2013 Women's javelin throw, Summary\nAfter improving her own Asian record by almost a metre and a half to 67.59\u00a0m\u00a0(221\u00a0ft\u00a09\u00a0in), to move to #11 of all time, in her only throw of the qualifying round, L\u00fc Huihui barely qualified into the final round in seventh place. With the benefit of those three extra throws, L\u00fc threw a 65.26m in the fifth round to take the bronze medal from Kolak. She was the only competitor to improve her position in the final three throws.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 61], "section_span": [63, 70], "content_span": [71, 498]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273835-0002-0000", "contents": "2017 World Championships in Athletics \u2013 Women's javelin throw, Qualification standard\nThe standard to qualify automatically for entry was 61.40\u00a0metres.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 61], "section_span": [63, 85], "content_span": [86, 151]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273835-0003-0000", "contents": "2017 World Championships in Athletics \u2013 Women's javelin throw, Schedule\nThe event schedule, in local time (UTC+1), was as follows:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 61], "section_span": [63, 71], "content_span": [72, 130]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273835-0004-0000", "contents": "2017 World Championships in Athletics \u2013 Women's javelin throw, Results, Qualification\nThe qualification round took place on 6\u00a0August, in two groups, with Group\u00a0A starting at 19:05 and Group\u00a0B starting at 20:29. Athletes attaining a mark of at least 63.50\u00a0metres( Q ) or at least the 12 best performers ( q ) qualified for the final. The overall results were as follows:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 61], "section_span": [63, 85], "content_span": [86, 369]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273835-0005-0000", "contents": "2017 World Championships in Athletics \u2013 Women's javelin throw, Results, Final\nThe final took place on 8\u00a0August at 19:20. The results were as follows:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 61], "section_span": [63, 77], "content_span": [78, 149]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273836-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 World Championships in Athletics \u2013 Women's long jump\nThe women's long jump at the 2017 World Championships in Athletics was held at the Olympic Stadium on 9 and 11\u00a0August.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 57], "section_span": [57, 57], "content_span": [58, 176]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273836-0001-0000", "contents": "2017 World Championships in Athletics \u2013 Women's long jump, Summary\nIn 2016, Darya Klishina was notable as the only Russian athlete allowed to participate in the Olympic track and field schedule, finishing 9th. Here as an Authorised Neutral Athlete, she made her mark on the athletic field taking the early lead with a 6.78\u00a0metre jump in the first round. Later in the round Brittney Reese pulled close with her 6.75\u00a0metres. With her 6.96\u00a0metres, Ivana \u0160panovi\u0107 jumped into the lead near the beginning of the second round. Klishina followed with an improvement to 6.88\u00a0metres.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 57], "section_span": [59, 66], "content_span": [67, 574]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273836-0001-0001", "contents": "2017 World Championships in Athletics \u2013 Women's long jump, Summary\nNear the end of the third round, Reese hit her 7.02\u00a0metres which turned out to be the winner. Reese didn't hit another fair jump, but didn't need to. Klishina improved in the fourth round but didn't change her place until her 7.00\u00a0metres in the fifth round put her into silver. On her final attempt, defending champion and Olympic champion Tianna Bartoletta moved from fifth to third with a 6.97\u00a0metre jump. Klishina joined Sergey Shubenkov as the second medalist of the Authorised Neutral Athletes, both silver.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 57], "section_span": [59, 66], "content_span": [67, 579]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273836-0002-0000", "contents": "2017 World Championships in Athletics \u2013 Women's long jump, Summary\nReese became the second athlete after Valerie Adams to win a World Championship in the same event four times.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 57], "section_span": [59, 66], "content_span": [67, 176]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273836-0003-0000", "contents": "2017 World Championships in Athletics \u2013 Women's long jump, Qualification standard\nThe standard to qualify automatically for entry was 6.75\u00a0metres.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 57], "section_span": [59, 81], "content_span": [82, 146]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273836-0004-0000", "contents": "2017 World Championships in Athletics \u2013 Women's long jump, Schedule\nThe event schedule, in local time (UTC+1), is as follows:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 57], "section_span": [59, 67], "content_span": [68, 125]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273836-0005-0000", "contents": "2017 World Championships in Athletics \u2013 Women's long jump, Results, Qualification\nThe qualification round took place on 9\u00a0August, in two groups, both starting at 19:10. Athletes attaining a mark of at least 6.70\u00a0metres (\u00a0Q\u00a0) or at least the 12 best performers (\u00a0q\u00a0) qualified for the final. The overall results were as follows: In rainy conditions, no athlete was able to make the automatic qualifying mark.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 57], "section_span": [59, 81], "content_span": [82, 407]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273836-0006-0000", "contents": "2017 World Championships in Athletics \u2013 Women's long jump, Results, Final\nThe final took place on 11\u00a0August at 19:10. The start list was as follows:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 57], "section_span": [59, 73], "content_span": [74, 148]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273837-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 World Championships in Athletics \u2013 Women's marathon\nThe women's marathon was one of the road events at the 2017 World Championships in Athletics in London. It took place on 6 August 2017 on the streets of London, and consisted of four laps of a roughly 10-kilometre (6.2\u00a0mi) course which passed several of London's landmarks. For the first time in World Championships history, the men's and women's marathons took place on the same day. The race was won by Rose Chelimo of Bahrain in 2:27:11, seven seconds ahead of Kenya's Edna Kiplagat in second. Amy Cragg of the United States finished in third, separated from Kiplagat by less than a second.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 56], "section_span": [56, 56], "content_span": [57, 650]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273837-0001-0000", "contents": "2017 World Championships in Athletics \u2013 Women's marathon\nCatarina Ribeiro of Portugal led for the first 10 kilometres (6.2\u00a0mi) before relinquishing the lead to Great Britain's Alyson Dixon, who opened up a 30-second lead halfway through the race. She was gradually caught over the next 8 kilometres (5.0\u00a0mi), and a pack of fourteen runners vied for the lead until the 35-kilometre (22\u00a0mi) point, when Chelimo increased the pace and four runners broke away at the front. Chelimo and Kiplagat battled for the lead of the race, while Cragg and Kenya's Flomena Cheyech Daniel fought for third place. Ultimately, sprint finishes from Chelimo and Cragg secured them first and third respectively.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 56], "section_span": [56, 56], "content_span": [57, 689]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273837-0002-0000", "contents": "2017 World Championships in Athletics \u2013 Women's marathon, Qualification\nThe International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF, now known as World Athletics) announced the qualifying criteria for the 2017 World Championships in Athletics in March 2016. For the women's marathon, the entry standard was 2:45:00, one minute slower than for the 2015 World Championships, and the same as for the 2016 Olympics. Entry criteria had to be met during the qualification period: 1 October 2016, and 23 July 2017, inclusive.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 56], "section_span": [58, 71], "content_span": [72, 519]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273837-0003-0000", "contents": "2017 World Championships in Athletics \u2013 Women's marathon, Preview\nIn November 2016, the marathon route was announced; the course consisted of four laps of a roughly 10-kilometre (6.2\u00a0mi) route passing by some of London's historic landmarks. The course started and finished on Tower Bridge, travelled along Victoria Embankment along the River Thames until it reached the Houses of Parliament, looped away from the river past St Paul's Cathedral, before heading back to the Tower of London. Niels de Vos, the tournament director, said that the route was designed to be as flat as possible to allow for the possibility of fast times, while also aiming to use well-known landmarks to provide \"a stunning backdrop to a huge global TV audience\".", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 56], "section_span": [58, 65], "content_span": [66, 739]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273837-0004-0000", "contents": "2017 World Championships in Athletics \u2013 Women's marathon, Preview\nFor the first time in the World Championships, the men's and women's marathons were scheduled to take place on the same day; the men's race at 10:55 and the women's at 14:00. The weather was forecast to be between 14 and 21\u00a0\u00b0C (57 and 70\u00a0\u00b0F), with a 18-kilometre-per-hour (11\u00a0mph) southwesterly wind which LetsRun.com suggested could be particularly significant on the exposed parts of the route along the river.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 56], "section_span": [58, 65], "content_span": [66, 478]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273837-0005-0000", "contents": "2017 World Championships in Athletics \u2013 Women's marathon, Preview\nThe race featured ten women who had previously completed sub-2:22 marathons, leading LetsRun.com to speculate that \"You won\u2019t find a deeper marathon on planet Earth this year than the women's race at the 2017 World Championships.\" They suggested that Edna Kiplagat of Kenya, Ethiopia's Mare Dibaba and Eunice Kirwa of Bahrain were the favourites for the race. Kiplagat had won the marathon twice before at the World Championships, in 2011 and 2013, and had won the Boston Marathon earlier in the year.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 56], "section_span": [58, 65], "content_span": [66, 567]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273837-0005-0001", "contents": "2017 World Championships in Athletics \u2013 Women's marathon, Preview\nDibaba had raced at the 2017 London Marathon, where she did not finish, but was the reigning World Champion, having won in 2015. Kirwa had finished second to Dibaba in 2015, and had also been runner-up at the 2016 Olympics. Athletics Weekly also predicted that Kiplagat and Mare Dibaba would finish in the top-three, but included another Ethiopian, Berhane Dibaba, alongside them. Mary Keitany, who had broken the women-only marathon world record earlier in the year, did not take part in the World Championships, opting instead to prepare for the 2017 New York City Marathon.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 56], "section_span": [58, 65], "content_span": [66, 642]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273837-0006-0000", "contents": "2017 World Championships in Athletics \u2013 Women's marathon, Summary\nThe race started at 14:00 on 6 August 2017, in temperatures of 19\u00a0\u00b0C (66\u00a0\u00b0F) and a humidity level of 56%. In the opening stages of the race, Portugal's Catarina Ribeiro broke away and led the first ten kilometres (6.2\u00a0mi) of the race, before she was caught by Alyson Dixon of Great Britain. Ribeiro ultimately dropped out of the race, and did not finish. Dixon ran alone at the head of the field, and by the halfway stage she had established a 30-second gap to the pack behind.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 56], "section_span": [58, 65], "content_span": [66, 543]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273837-0006-0001", "contents": "2017 World Championships in Athletics \u2013 Women's marathon, Summary\nDuring the second half of the race, the main group closed the gap on Dixon, narrowing it to 14 seconds by the 25-kilometre (16\u00a0mi) point, and catching her just before the 30-kilometre (19\u00a0mi) point. Dixon, who stayed with the leading pack for another 5 kilometres (3.1\u00a0mi) before falling back to finish 18th, said after \"I never in my wildest dreams expected to be leading. If you can't enjoy running a World Championship in London with that support, what are you in the sport for?\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 56], "section_span": [58, 65], "content_span": [66, 548]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273837-0007-0000", "contents": "2017 World Championships in Athletics \u2013 Women's marathon, Summary\nAfter the pack caught Dixon, Kiplagat initially took on the lead, before Australia's Jessica Trengove took over around the 35-kilometre (22\u00a0mi) mark. By this stage, the leading group contained fourteen runners, but Chelimo soon increased the pace and split the pack up. A group of four runners broke away at the front: Chelimo; Kiplagat; Amy Cragg of the United States; and Kenya's Flomena Cheyech Daniel.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 56], "section_span": [58, 65], "content_span": [66, 471]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273837-0007-0001", "contents": "2017 World Championships in Athletics \u2013 Women's marathon, Summary\nKiplagat made the next push, and led with just over 2 kilometres (1.2\u00a0mi) to go; Canadian Running's Sinead Mulhern compared the finish to that of the Boston Marathon earlier in the year, when Kiplagat had beaten Chelimo in a sprint finish. On this occasion, Chelimo counter-attacked and moved back ahead of Kiplagat, who could not respond; and Chelimo held on to claim the gold medal by seven seconds, in 2:27:11. Behind the pair, Cragg managed a sprint finish to beat Daniel to third place, and almost caught Kiplagat; both runners were credited with a finish time of 2:27.18. Dagmara Handzlik of Cyprus, who finished 35th in a time of 2:38:52, established a new national record.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 56], "section_span": [58, 65], "content_span": [66, 746]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273838-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 World Championships in Athletics \u2013 Women's pole vault\nThe women's pole vault at the 2017 World Championships in Athletics was held at the Olympic Stadium on 4 and 6\u00a0August.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 58], "section_span": [58, 58], "content_span": [59, 177]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273838-0001-0000", "contents": "2017 World Championships in Athletics \u2013 Women's pole vault, Summary\nIt essentially took a clearance at 4.50\u00a0metres to make it into the final. The one clearance (with earlier misses) brought 13 still in at 4.55\u00a0metres each thinking there was more work to do. Lisa Ryzih, Sandi Morris and Robeilys Peinado remained perfect at 4.55\u00a0metres, with Olympic Champion Katerina Stefanidi passing all the way until the automatic qualifier height of 4.60\u00a0metres.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 58], "section_span": [60, 67], "content_span": [68, 450]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273838-0002-0000", "contents": "2017 World Championships in Athletics \u2013 Women's pole vault, Summary\nIn the final, four women were perfect to 4.55\u00a0metres including home team favourite, Holly Bradshaw, Yarisley Silva, Peinado and Morris with Stefanidi again still passing. At Stefanidi's starting height 4.65\u00a0meters, she cleared on her first attempt and was only matched with a perfect round by Morris. Ryzih, Peinado and Silva all missed once before clearing. Ryzih's earlier miss at 4.45\u00a0metres dropping out of the tie that defined the tied bronze medalists as none of them could go any higher. So it was a repeat battle from the Olympics. Morris and Stefanidi still perfect over 4.75\u00a0metres.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 58], "section_span": [60, 67], "content_span": [68, 660]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273838-0002-0001", "contents": "2017 World Championships in Athletics \u2013 Women's pole vault, Summary\nAt 4.82\u00a0metres, Morris missed but Stefanidi made it. Morris passed to try 4.89\u00a0metres for the win, but she couldn't make it. Neither did Stefanidi, but she really didn't need to. After Morris missed her last attempt, Stefanidi passed to 4.91\u00a0metres, which she made on her first attempt for a national record, stamping an exclamation point on her win. Stefanidi then moved the bar up to 5.02\u00a0metres try to join Morris and become the fourth woman over 5\u00a0metres and set a new championship record, but she missed all three attempts.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 58], "section_span": [60, 67], "content_span": [68, 596]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273838-0003-0000", "contents": "2017 World Championships in Athletics \u2013 Women's pole vault, Qualification standard\nThe standard to qualify automatically for entry was 4.55\u00a0metres.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 58], "section_span": [60, 82], "content_span": [83, 147]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273838-0004-0000", "contents": "2017 World Championships in Athletics \u2013 Women's pole vault, Schedule\nThe event schedule, in local time (UTC+1), was as follows:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 58], "section_span": [60, 68], "content_span": [69, 127]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273838-0005-0000", "contents": "2017 World Championships in Athletics \u2013 Women's pole vault, Results, Qualification\nThe qualification round took place on 4\u00a0August, in two groups, with Group\u00a0A starting at 19:50 and Group\u00a0B starting at 19:49. Athletes attaining a mark of 4.60\u00a0metres (\u00a0Q\u00a0) or at least the 12 best performers (\u00a0q\u00a0) qualified for the final. The overall results were as follows:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 58], "section_span": [60, 82], "content_span": [83, 357]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273838-0006-0000", "contents": "2017 World Championships in Athletics \u2013 Women's pole vault, Results, Final\nThe final took place on 6\u00a0August at 19:01. The results were as follows:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 58], "section_span": [60, 74], "content_span": [75, 146]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273839-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 World Championships in Athletics \u2013 Women's shot put\nThe women's shot put at the 2017 World Championships in Athletics was held at the Olympic Stadium on 8\u20139 August.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 56], "section_span": [56, 56], "content_span": [57, 169]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273839-0001-0000", "contents": "2017 World Championships in Athletics \u2013 Women's shot put, Summary\nThe entire final was conducted in rainy conditions. Five throws in, Gong Lijiao took the early lead with a throw of 19.16\u00a0metres. Michelle Carter moved into second with 18.82\u00a0metres. Near the beginning of the second round, Anita M\u00e1rton edged ahead with 18.89\u00a0metres, Gong improved to 19.35\u00a0metres, then Carter improved to 18.86\u00a0metres. In the third round, Carter improved to 19.14\u00a0metres to go back to second position. The leader board stayed that way until the fifth round when Gong improved to a winning 19.94\u00a0metres. In the final round, M\u00e1rton threw 19.49\u00a0metres to take silver.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 56], "section_span": [58, 65], "content_span": [66, 647]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273839-0002-0000", "contents": "2017 World Championships in Athletics \u2013 Women's shot put, Qualification standard\nThe standard to qualify automatically for entry was 17.75\u00a0metres.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 56], "section_span": [58, 80], "content_span": [81, 146]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273839-0003-0000", "contents": "2017 World Championships in Athletics \u2013 Women's shot put, Schedule\nThe event schedule, in local time (UTC+1), is as follows:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 56], "section_span": [58, 66], "content_span": [67, 124]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273839-0004-0000", "contents": "2017 World Championships in Athletics \u2013 Women's shot put, Results, Qualification\nThe qualification round took place on 8\u00a0August, in two groups, both starting at 20:39. Athletes attaining a mark of at least 18.30\u00a0metres (\u00a0Q\u00a0) or at least the 12 best performers (\u00a0q\u00a0) qualified for the final. The overall results were as follows:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 56], "section_span": [58, 80], "content_span": [81, 327]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273839-0005-0000", "contents": "2017 World Championships in Athletics \u2013 Women's shot put, Results, Final\nThe final took place on 9\u00a0August at 20:25. The overall results were as follows:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 56], "section_span": [58, 72], "content_span": [73, 152]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273840-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 World Championships in Athletics \u2013 Women's triple jump\nThe women's triple jump at the 2017 World Championships in Athletics was held at the Olympic Stadium on 5 and 7\u00a0August.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 59], "section_span": [59, 59], "content_span": [60, 179]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273840-0001-0000", "contents": "2017 World Championships in Athletics \u2013 Women's triple jump, Summary\nThe final started off with Shanieka Ricketts jumping 14.13\u00a0metres, which turned out to be her best. The second jumper Kristin Gierisch improved 3\u00a0centimeters to 14.16\u00a0metres then the fifth jumper, Olympic bronze medalist Olga Rypakova took the lead out to 14.45\u00a0metres. That lasted four more jumps until the young Venezuelan Olympic silver medalist Yulimar Rojas added 10 more centimeters to 14.55\u00a0metres which only lasted until the next athlete down the runway, gold medalist Colombian veteran Caterine Ibarg\u00fcen added another dozen to 14.67\u00a0metres.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 59], "section_span": [61, 68], "content_span": [69, 618]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273840-0001-0001", "contents": "2017 World Championships in Athletics \u2013 Women's triple jump, Summary\nThe second round saw Rojas improve up to 14.82\u00a0metres, while Ibarg\u00fcen only improved to 10.69\u00a0metres. The third round saw Rypakova jump past Ibarg\u00fcen to 14.77\u00a0metres. Rojas improved a centimetre, then Ibarg\u00fcen leaped past both of them back into the lead with a 14.89\u00a0metres. In the fifth round, Rojas edged ahead again with a 14.91\u00a0metres, but Ibarg\u00fcen had two more attempts left. Her 14.88\u00a0metres final attempt didn't quite get there.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 59], "section_span": [61, 68], "content_span": [69, 503]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273840-0002-0000", "contents": "2017 World Championships in Athletics \u2013 Women's triple jump, Summary\nIt was the same medalists as the Olympics, but a South American changing of the guard at the top. Rojas' was the first gold medal in the World Championships for Venezuela, only a day after Robeilys Peinado got their first medal ever.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 59], "section_span": [61, 68], "content_span": [69, 302]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273840-0003-0000", "contents": "2017 World Championships in Athletics \u2013 Women's triple jump, Qualification standard\nThe standard to qualify automatically for entry was 14.10\u00a0metres.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 59], "section_span": [61, 83], "content_span": [84, 149]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273840-0004-0000", "contents": "2017 World Championships in Athletics \u2013 Women's triple jump, Schedule\nThe event schedule, in local time (UTC+1), was as follows:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 59], "section_span": [61, 69], "content_span": [70, 128]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273840-0005-0000", "contents": "2017 World Championships in Athletics \u2013 Women's triple jump, Results, Qualification\nThe qualification round took place on 5\u00a0August, in two groups, with Group\u00a0A starting at 11:01 and Group\u00a0B starting at 11:00. Athletes attaining a mark of at least 14.20\u00a0metres (\u00a0Q\u00a0) or at least the 12 best performers (\u00a0q\u00a0) qualified for the final. The overall results were as follows:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 59], "section_span": [61, 83], "content_span": [84, 368]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273840-0006-0000", "contents": "2017 World Championships in Athletics \u2013 Women's triple jump, Results, Final\nThe final took place on 7\u00a0August at 20:25. The results were as follows:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 59], "section_span": [61, 75], "content_span": [76, 147]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273841-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 World Club Series\nThe 2017 World Club Series (also known as the 2017 Dacia World Club Series) was the third staging of the World Club Series and featured two Super League teams and two National Rugby League (NRL) teams. The series included the World Club Challenge, a one-off match between the champions of the Super League and NRL.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [22, 22], "content_span": [23, 337]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273841-0001-0000", "contents": "2017 World Club Series, Background\nIn 2016 it was suggested that the 2017 Series could be expanded to 8 teams. Two games would be played in Australia and two would be played in the UK with the World Club Challenge alternating each year.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 34], "content_span": [35, 236]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273841-0002-0000", "contents": "2017 World Club Series, Background\nPlans to expand the series were quashed when the NRL Grand Final runners up Melbourne Storm announced they would not be participating due to it interfering with their pre-season. The Brisbane Broncos were the only side that finished in the top 8 from that season that accepted an invitation to play meaning the series would be reduced to only two teams. Challenge Cup winners Hull F.C. would consequently not be able to participate as no game could be arranged.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 34], "content_span": [35, 496]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273841-0003-0000", "contents": "2017 World Club Series, Series details, Game 1: Warrington Vs Brisbane\nWarrington are the first Super League team to beat a NRL team in 5 years, and 8 games.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 70], "content_span": [71, 157]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273841-0004-0000", "contents": "2017 World Club Series, Series details, World Club Challenge\nThis series was the first victory for Super League since the conception of the World Club Series, after the NRL won the last two series.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 60], "content_span": [61, 197]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273842-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 World Cup (snooker)\nThe 2017 Little Swan World Cup was a professional non-ranking team snooker tournament that took place from 3 to 9 July 2017 at the Wuxi City Sports Park Stadium in Wuxi, China. It was the 15th edition of the event, and was televised live by Eurosport Player and repeated on Eurosport 1.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [24, 24], "content_span": [25, 311]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273842-0001-0000", "contents": "2017 World Cup (snooker)\nThe China A pair of Ding Junhui and Liang Wenbo won the event, beating the English pair of Judd Trump and Barry Hawkins 4\u20133 in the final, winning the last three frames. Ding Junhui made a break of 59 in the deciding frame against Judd Trump.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [24, 24], "content_span": [25, 266]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273842-0002-0000", "contents": "2017 World Cup (snooker), Format\nThe 2017 World Cup used the same format as that used in 2015. There were 24 national teams, with two players competing for each side, and the initial round divided the entrants into four groups of six. During the Group Stage, every national team played a best-of-five frame match against each of the other sides in their pool. All matches consisted of five frames, two singles, a doubles frame, and two reverse singles. The top two teams from each group advanced to the Knockout Stages, the order being determined by total frames won.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 32], "content_span": [33, 567]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273842-0002-0001", "contents": "2017 World Cup (snooker), Format\nIf there is a tie in either of the first two places the following rules determine the positions. If two teams are equal, the winner of the match between the two teams will be ranked higher. If three or more teams are tied, a sudden-death blue ball shoot-out will be played. Teams tied for positions 3 to 6 would remain tied and share the prize money for those positions.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 32], "content_span": [33, 403]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273842-0003-0000", "contents": "2017 World Cup (snooker), Format\nDuring the Quarter-Finals, Semi-Finals, and Championship Final, the eight qualifying team were paired off in a head-to-head knockout. The format for these matches was a best-of-seven frame competition with the contest coming to an end as soon as one team had won four frames. These encounters were scheduled as two singles, a doubles frame, two reverse singles, another doubles frame, and a winner-take-all singles if necessary.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 32], "content_span": [33, 461]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273842-0004-0000", "contents": "2017 World Cup (snooker), Group stage, Group A\nChina B finished above Brazil because they won the match between the two teams.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 46], "content_span": [47, 126]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273842-0005-0000", "contents": "2017 World Cup (snooker), Group stage, Group B\nBelgium finished above China A because they won the match between the two teams.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 46], "content_span": [47, 127]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273843-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 World Cup Taekwondo Team Championships\nThe 2017 World Cup Taekwondo Team Championships was the 9th edition of the World Cup Taekwondo Team Championships, and was held in Abidjan, Ivory Coast from December 5 to December 6, 2017.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [43, 43], "content_span": [44, 232]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273843-0001-0000", "contents": "2017 World Cup Taekwondo Team Championships\nTeams were allowed to augment their squads with maximum two athletes from other countries.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [43, 43], "content_span": [44, 134]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273844-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 World Cup of Pool\nThe 2017 World Cup of Pool was the eleventh edition of the tournament. The event was held in York Hall, London, England, from 13 to 18 June. A total of 32 two-player teams participated in the tournament.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [22, 22], "content_span": [23, 226]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273844-0001-0000", "contents": "2017 World Cup of Pool, Final\nThe final was played between the United States and Austria. Austria were crowned World Cup of Pool champions after victory over USA, with a final score of 10\u20136.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 29], "content_span": [30, 190]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273845-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 World Cup of Softball\nThe twelfth World Cup of Softball was held between July 5-9, 2017, in Oklahoma City. Japan defended their championship by defeating the United States in the title game.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [26, 26], "content_span": [27, 195]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273845-0001-0000", "contents": "2017 World Cup of Softball, Participating teams\nSeven countries participated in the tournament with the United States both sending their senior and junior team. The rankings of the national teams except the United States juniors team are included.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 47], "content_span": [48, 247]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273846-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 World Draughts Championship\nThe 2017 World Draughts Championship at the international draughts held in Tallinn, Estonia. 79 players, who qualified through the championships of Europe, Asia, Africa, North and South America competed in the tournament, which ran from October 1, 2017, to October 16, 2017. Among them was women's grandmaster Matrena Nogovitsyna from Russia. Three round played in hotel Europe, other in Paul Keres Chess House. The winning prize for the tournament is 30,000 euros. The tournament will be supervised by main referee Andriy Shcherbatyuk (Ukraine). At the same time the 2017 Women's World Draughts Championship was held.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [32, 32], "content_span": [33, 651]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273846-0001-0000", "contents": "2017 World Draughts Championship, Rules and regulations\nIn the first stage 79 participants played in three groups Swiss-system tournament with 9 rounds. To define the places with equal points used of Solkoff truncated coefficient. The first four from each group participated in the final, total twelve players.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 55], "content_span": [56, 310]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273846-0002-0000", "contents": "2017 World Draughts Championship, Rules and regulations\nThe final is in the form of a round-robin tournament, with 11 rounds in total. The games played in the official FMJD time rate with 1 hour and 20 minutes for the game plus 1 minute per move.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 55], "content_span": [56, 246]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273846-0003-0000", "contents": "2017 World Draughts Championship, Rules and regulations\nThe final classification is based on the total points obtained. If two or more players will have same total points to define the places:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 55], "content_span": [56, 192]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273846-0004-0000", "contents": "2017 World Draughts Championship, Rules and regulations\n3. the best results obtained in order of the classification.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 55], "content_span": [56, 116]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273847-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 World Draughts Championship blitz\nThe 2017 World Draughts Championship (in rapid and blitz) at the international draughts was held between 6\u201310 May 2017, in Izmir, Turkey, by International Draughts Federation (FMJD).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [38, 38], "content_span": [39, 221]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273847-0001-0000", "contents": "2017 World Draughts Championship blitz, 2017 Rapid World Draughts Championship\nThe rapid games were played on 7 May 2017 in swiss system, 9 rounds in total with a time control of 15 minutes plus 5 seconds per move, 19 players.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 78], "content_span": [79, 226]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273847-0002-0000", "contents": "2017 World Draughts Championship blitz, 2017 Blitz World Draughts Championship\nThe blitz games were played between 8\u20139 May 2017 in round-robin system, 21 round in total with a time control of 5 minutes plus 3 seconds per move. 21 players were competing in the tournament, and Jean Marc Ndjofang of Cameroon became World Draughts Champion in blitz.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 78], "content_span": [79, 347]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273848-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 World Fencing Championships\nThe 2017 World Fencing Championships was held at the Arena Leipzig in Leipzig, Germany from 19 to 26 July 2017.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [32, 32], "content_span": [33, 144]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273848-0001-0000", "contents": "2017 World Fencing Championships\nDuring the championships there was a demonstration of wheelchair fencing. Russian Ksenia Ovsyannikova was Head of the Promotion Commission of IWAS and Pal Szekeres IWAS Wheelchair Fencing Chairman and Udo Ziegler IWAS Secretary General was also present at the Arena Leipzig Stadium.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [32, 32], "content_span": [33, 315]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273849-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 World Figure Skating Championships\nThe 2017 World Figure Skating Championships were held 29 March \u2013 2 April 2017 in Helsinki, Finland. The host was named in June 2014. Medals were awarded in the disciplines of men's singles, ladies' singles, pairs, and ice dancing. The event also determined the number of entries for each country at the 2018 World Championships and the 2018 Winter Olympics.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [39, 39], "content_span": [40, 397]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273849-0001-0000", "contents": "2017 World Figure Skating Championships, Venues\nHartwall Arena's main arena, with an ice surface measuring 60 m x 30 m, was used for all competitions and several practice sessions. The rest of the practice sessions took place at Hartwall Arena's practice rink (58 m x 28 m) and Pirkkola ice rink (for pairs, 60 m x 30 m). Hartwall Arena's main rink and practice rink facilities are in the same venue. Pirkkola practice rink is about four kilometres from Hartwall Arena.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 47], "content_span": [48, 469]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273849-0002-0000", "contents": "2017 World Figure Skating Championships, Records\nThe following new ISU best scores were set during this competition:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 48], "content_span": [49, 116]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273849-0003-0000", "contents": "2017 World Figure Skating Championships, Qualification, Minimum TES\nParticipants were required to have attained minimum technical element scores at an earlier senior international competition. The scores had to be obtained at least 21 days before the first official practice day of the championships.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 67], "content_span": [68, 300]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273849-0004-0000", "contents": "2017 World Figure Skating Championships, Qualification, Number of entries per discipline\nBased on the results of the 2016 World Championships, each ISU member nation was allowed to field one to three entries per discipline.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 88], "content_span": [89, 223]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273849-0005-0000", "contents": "2017 World Figure Skating Championships, Entries\nCountries began publishing their selections as early as December 2016. The International Skating Union published a complete list on 9 March 2017.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 48], "content_span": [49, 194]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273849-0006-0000", "contents": "2017 World Figure Skating Championships, Results, Men\nYuzuru Hanyu set a new world record for the free skating (223.20 points).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 53], "content_span": [54, 127]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273849-0007-0000", "contents": "2017 World Figure Skating Championships, Results, Ladies\nEvgenia Medvedeva set a new world record for the free skating (154.40 points) and for the combined total (233.41 points).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 56], "content_span": [57, 178]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273849-0008-0000", "contents": "2017 World Figure Skating Championships, Results, Ice dancing\nTessa Virtue and Scott Moir set a new world record for the short dance (82.43 points) and for the combined total (198.62 points). Gabriella Papadakis and Guillaume Cizeron set a new world record for the free dance (119.15 points).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 61], "content_span": [62, 292]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273849-0009-0000", "contents": "2017 World Figure Skating Championships, Medals summary, By country\nTable of small medals for placement in the short segment:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 67], "content_span": [68, 125]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273849-0010-0000", "contents": "2017 World Figure Skating Championships, Medals summary, By country\nTable of small medals for placement in the free segment:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 67], "content_span": [68, 124]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273850-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 World Games\nThe 2017 World Games (Polish: Igrzyska \u015awiatowe 2017), commonly known as Wroc\u0142aw 2017, was the tenth World Games, a major international multi-sport event, meant for sports, or disciplines or events within a sport, that were not contested in the Olympic Games, held from 20 to 30 July 2017 in Wroc\u0142aw, Poland. The World Games were organized by the Wroc\u0142aw Organizing Committee. Wroc\u0142aw was selected as the host city in January 2012 in Lausanne, over Budapest, Hungary. It was the first time The World Games was organised in Poland.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [16, 16], "content_span": [17, 547]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273850-0001-0000", "contents": "2017 World Games\nWroc\u0142aw was the sixth city in Europe after London (1985), Karlsruhe (1989), The Hague (1993), Lahti (1997) and Duisburg (2005) to host The World Games.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [16, 16], "content_span": [17, 168]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273850-0002-0000", "contents": "2017 World Games\nA total of 201 events in 27 official sport disciplines were held during the Games. This is the first time that floorball, women's lacrosse, and Muay Thai have been included in The World Games as official sports. Also, a total of 21 events in 4 invitational sports, American football, indoor rowing, kickboxing, and motorcycle speedway were held during the Games.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [16, 16], "content_span": [17, 379]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273850-0003-0000", "contents": "2017 World Games, Host selection\nFour cities expressed interest in hosting the 2017 Games. After examination of the files, the application of Genoa, Italy was not brought to the next step. The candidate cities were announced by the IWGA in August 2011:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [18, 32], "content_span": [33, 252]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273850-0004-0000", "contents": "2017 World Games, Host selection\nJust a few days before the awarding ceremony, Cape Town withdrew its bid for financial reasons. The final decision was announced by Ron Froehlich, President of the International World Games Association, on 12 January 2012 in Lausanne. The 10th edition of The World Games was awarded to Wroc\u0142aw.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [18, 32], "content_span": [33, 327]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273850-0005-0000", "contents": "2017 World Games, Venues, West Cluster\nThe West Cluster was the main clusters of the games, include the opening ceremony venue, Stadion Miejski, the venue of the 2012 UEFA European Football Championship in Poland and Ukraine.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [18, 38], "content_span": [39, 225]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273850-0006-0000", "contents": "2017 World Games, The events, Opening ceremony\nThe opening ceremony took place in the Stadion Miejski on 20 July 2017. Artistic conception of the opening Ceremony was implemented by Polish director and TV producer, Krzysztof Materna, who was responsible for the direction of the show, scenario details, artistry, choreography, composition, sound system specialties and all special effects of the ceremony.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [18, 46], "content_span": [47, 405]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273850-0007-0000", "contents": "2017 World Games, The events, Opening ceremony\nThe ceremony highlighted aspects of Polish culture and featured the popular singer, Dawid Kwiatkowski, and Radzimir D\u0119bski, Kamil Bednarek, and Steve Nash alongside the Turntable Orchestra. The Games were officially opened by President of International Olympic Committee, Thomas Bach.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [18, 46], "content_span": [47, 331]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273850-0008-0000", "contents": "2017 World Games, The events, Sports\nThe 2017 World Games programme featured 27 official sports, and 4 invitational sports encompassing 219 events. This was the first time that floorball, women's lacrosse, and Muay Thai were included in the World Games as official sports, and the first time indoor rowing, kickboxing and motorcycle speedway were included as invitational sports. The numbers in parentheses indicate the number of medal events contested in each sports discipline.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [18, 36], "content_span": [37, 479]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273850-0009-0000", "contents": "2017 World Games, The events, Closing ceremony\nThe closing ceremony was held on 30 July 2017 at Wolno\u015bci Square near the National Forum of Music in Wroc\u0142aw.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [18, 46], "content_span": [47, 156]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273850-0010-0000", "contents": "2017 World Games, Medal table, Medal design\nWroc\u0142aw's medal design was unveiled in July 2017. The official sports medals were a diameter of eight centimetres, larger than the invitation sports medals which were a diameter of six centimetres. The face of the medals features The World Games logo, while the reverse displays original work by Professor Mateusz Dworski. In the centre of the medal is a globe containing the image of the Wroc\u0142aw City Hall building. The medals were designed by Dworski, a lecturer at the Academy of Fine Arts in Wroc\u0142aw, and were produced by the Polish National Mint.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [18, 43], "content_span": [44, 595]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273850-0011-0000", "contents": "2017 World Games, Medal table, Medal design\nThis is the table of the medal count of the 2017 World Games, based on the medal count of the International World Games Committee (IWGA). These rankings sort by the number of gold medals, earned by a National Olympic Committee (NOC). The number of silver medals is taken into consideration next and then the number of bronze medals. If, after the above, countries are still tied, equal ranking is given and they are listed alphabetically by IWGA Country Code. Although this information is provided by the IWGA, the IWGA itself does not recognize or endorse any ranking system.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [18, 43], "content_span": [44, 620]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273850-0012-0000", "contents": "2017 World Games, Marketing, Mascots\nThe official mascots of the 2017 World Games are a boy and a girl named 'Hansel and Gretel', named after the popular fairy tale and townhouses in Wroclaw. The duo were selected from a nationwide voting in February 2015, and were chosen in November 2015. They symbolise Wroclaw as a place of positive meetings.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [18, 36], "content_span": [37, 346]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273851-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 World Grand Prix\nThe 2017 Ladbrokes World Grand Prix was a professional ranking snooker tournament that took place between 6 and 12 February 2017 at the Guild Hall in Preston, England. It was the third staging of the tournament and the thirteenth ranking event of the 2016/2017 season. The tournament was broadcast in the UK on ITV4.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [21, 21], "content_span": [22, 338]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273851-0001-0000", "contents": "2017 World Grand Prix\nShaun Murphy was the defending champion, but lost 2\u20134 in the quarter-finals to Ryan Day, who went on to reach the final. Barry Hawkins beat Day 10\u20137 to win his third ranking title.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [21, 21], "content_span": [22, 202]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273851-0002-0000", "contents": "2017 World Grand Prix, Prize fund\nThe breakdown of prize money for this year is shown below:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 33], "content_span": [34, 92]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273851-0003-0000", "contents": "2017 World Grand Prix, Prize fund\nThe \"rolling 147 prize\" for a maximum break stood at \u00a35,000.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 33], "content_span": [34, 94]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273851-0004-0000", "contents": "2017 World Grand Prix, Seeding list\nThe top 32 players on a one-year ranking list running from the 2016 Riga Masters until the 2017 German Masters qualified for the tournament.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 35], "content_span": [36, 176]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273852-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 World Grand Prix (darts)\nThe 2017 Unibet World Grand Prix was the 20th staging of the World Grand Prix. It was held from 1\u20137 October 2017 at the Citywest Hotel in Dublin, Ireland.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [29, 29], "content_span": [30, 184]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273852-0001-0000", "contents": "2017 World Grand Prix (darts)\nMichael van Gerwen was the defending champion after defeating Gary Anderson 5\u20132 in the 2016 final, but lost to John Henderson 2\u20131 in the first round. This was the first time since December 2011 that van Gerwen lost in the first round of a major ranking tournament.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [29, 29], "content_span": [30, 294]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273852-0002-0000", "contents": "2017 World Grand Prix (darts)\nDaryl Gurney won his first major televised title after beating Simon Whitlock 5\u20134 in the final.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [29, 29], "content_span": [30, 125]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273852-0003-0000", "contents": "2017 World Grand Prix (darts)\nFor the first time in PDC history, no English player made the quarter-final stages of a televised tournament. Gurney's success also marked the first time that a televised darts tournament was won by a Northern Irish player.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [29, 29], "content_span": [30, 253]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273852-0004-0000", "contents": "2017 World Grand Prix (darts), Prize money\nThe total prize money remained at \u00a3400,000. The following is the breakdown of the fund:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 42], "content_span": [43, 130]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273852-0005-0000", "contents": "2017 World Grand Prix (darts), Qualification\nThe field of 32 players was made up from the top 16 on the PDC Order of Merit on September 11 and the top 16 non-qualified players from the ProTour Order of Merit. In a change to qualification from recent years, the top two non-qualified residents of the Republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland now no longer get an automatic qualification spot. The top eight players were seeded in the tournament.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 44], "content_span": [45, 444]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273852-0006-0000", "contents": "2017 World Grand Prix (darts), Qualification\nPhil Taylor (who would have been the #4 seed) opted not to enter the tournament, moving the rest of the top 16 up a place, thus meaning 17th placed Robert Thornton (the 2015 champion who would not have qualified otherwise) took his place. Number two seed Gary Anderson withdrew shortly before the tournament began due to the impending birth of his child, with Mark Webster, the highest-ranked player from the PDC Order of Merit not to have qualified, replacing him in the draw, with the seedings not being adjusted. Four players, Rob Cross, Ronny Huybrechts, Christian Kist and Richard North made their World Grand Prix debuts.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 44], "content_span": [45, 672]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273853-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 World Indoor Bowls Championship\nThe 2017 Just World Indoor Bowls Championship was held at Potters Leisure Resort, Hopton on Sea, Great Yarmouth, England, on 13\u201329 January 2017.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [36, 36], "content_span": [37, 181]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273853-0001-0000", "contents": "2017 World Indoor Bowls Championship\nPaul Foster of Scotland won the open singles to claim his fifth world singles title and Katherine Rednall won her second women's singles crown.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [36, 36], "content_span": [37, 180]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273853-0002-0000", "contents": "2017 World Indoor Bowls Championship\nJason Greenslade of Wales and Les Gillett of England won the Open Pairs whilst Nick Brett and Claire Johnston won the mixed pairs.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [36, 36], "content_span": [37, 167]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273854-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 World Judo Championships\nThe 2017 World Judo Championships was held in Budapest, Hungary, between 28 August and 3 September 2017 at L\u00e1szl\u00f3 Papp Budapest Sports Arena in Budapest, Hungary. The announcement of the host city took place on 23 March 2015.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [29, 29], "content_span": [30, 255]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273854-0001-0000", "contents": "2017 World Judo Championships, Notable attendees\nBesides Prime Minister of Hungary Viktor Orb\u00e1n, the tournament was visited by President of Russia Vladimir Putin, holder of the eight dan (black belt), and President of Mongolia Khaltmaagiin Battulga, World Sambo champion and President of the Mongolian Judo Association.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 48], "content_span": [49, 319]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273855-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 World Judo Championships \u2013 Men's +100 kg\nThe Men's +100 kg competition at the 2017 World Judo Championships was held on 2 September 2017.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [45, 45], "content_span": [46, 142]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273856-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 World Judo Championships \u2013 Men's 100 kg\nThe Men's 100 kg competition at the 2017 World Judo Championships was held on 2 September 2017.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [44, 44], "content_span": [45, 140]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273857-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 World Judo Championships \u2013 Men's 60 kg\nThe Men's 60 kg competition at the 2017 World Judo Championships was held on 28 August 2017.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [43, 43], "content_span": [44, 136]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273858-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 World Judo Championships \u2013 Men's 66 kg\nThe Men's 66 kg competition at the 2017 World Judo Championships was held on 29 August 2017.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [43, 43], "content_span": [44, 136]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273859-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 World Judo Championships \u2013 Men's 73 kg\nThe Men's 73 kg competition at the 2017 World Judo Championships was held on 30 August 2017.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [43, 43], "content_span": [44, 136]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273860-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 World Judo Championships \u2013 Men's 81 kg\nThe Men's 81 kg competition at the 2017 World Judo Championships was held on 31 August 2017.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [43, 43], "content_span": [44, 136]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273861-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 World Judo Championships \u2013 Men's 90 kg\nThe Men's 90 kg competition at the 2017 World Judo Championships was held on 1 September 2017.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [43, 43], "content_span": [44, 138]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273862-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 World Judo Championships \u2013 Mixed team\nThe Mixed team competition at the 2017 World Judo Championships was held on 3 September 2017.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [42, 42], "content_span": [43, 136]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273863-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 World Judo Championships \u2013 Women's +78 kg\nThe Women's +78 kg competition at the 2017 World Judo Championships was held on 2 September 2017.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [46, 46], "content_span": [47, 144]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273864-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 World Judo Championships \u2013 Women's 48 kg\nThe Women's 48 kg competition at the 2017 World Judo Championships was held on 28 August 2017.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [45, 45], "content_span": [46, 140]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273865-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 World Judo Championships \u2013 Women's 52 kg\nThe Women's 52 kg competition at the 2017 World Judo Championships was held on 29 August 2017.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [45, 45], "content_span": [46, 140]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273866-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 World Judo Championships \u2013 Women's 57 kg\nThe Women's 57 kg competition at the 2017 World Judo Championships was held on 30 August 2017.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [45, 45], "content_span": [46, 140]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273867-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 World Judo Championships \u2013 Women's 63 kg\nThe Women's 63 kg competition at the 2017 World Judo Championships was held on 31 August 2017.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [45, 45], "content_span": [46, 140]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273868-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 World Judo Championships \u2013 Women's 70 kg\nThe Women's 70 kg competition at the 2017 World Judo Championships was held on 1 September 2017.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [45, 45], "content_span": [46, 142]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273869-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 World Judo Championships \u2013 Women's 78 kg\nThe Women's 78 kg competition at the 2017 World Judo Championships was held on 1 September 2017.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [45, 45], "content_span": [46, 142]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273870-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 World Judo Open Championships\nThe 2017 World Judo Open Championships were held in Marrakech, Morocco, 11-12 November, 2017.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [34, 34], "content_span": [35, 128]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273871-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 World Junior B Curling Championships\nThe 2017 World Junior B Curling Championships was held from January 3 to 10 at the \u00d6stersund Arena in \u00d6stersund, Sweden. The top three men\u2019s and women\u2019s teams at the World Junior B Curling Championships would qualify for the 2017 World Junior Curling Championships.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [41, 41], "content_span": [42, 307]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273872-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 World Junior Curling Championships\nThe 2017 World Junior Curling Championships (branded as the 2017 VoIP Defender World Junior Curling Championships for sponsorship reasons) was held from February 16 to 26 at the Gangneung Curling Centre in Gangneung, South Korea.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [39, 39], "content_span": [40, 269]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273872-0001-0000", "contents": "2017 World Junior Curling Championships\nThe tournament has been designated as a test event for curling at the 2018 Winter Olympics.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [39, 39], "content_span": [40, 131]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273873-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 World Junior Figure Skating Championships\nThe 2017 World Junior Figure Skating Championships were held March 15\u201319, 2017 in Taipei City, Taiwan (Chinese Taipei). Commonly called \"World Juniors\" and \"Junior Worlds\", the event determined the World Junior champions in the disciplines of men's singles, ladies' singles, pair skating, and ice dancing.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [46, 46], "content_span": [47, 352]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273873-0001-0000", "contents": "2017 World Junior Figure Skating Championships\nPair champions Ekaterina Alexandrovskaya / Harley Windsor became the first skaters representing Australia to win gold at an ISU Figure Skating Championships. The United States received gold in two disciplines, with Vincent Zhou winning the men's singles title and Rachel Parsons / Michael Parsons taking the ice dancing title. Russia's Alina Zagitova won the ladies' title in her first appearance at the event.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [46, 46], "content_span": [47, 457]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273873-0002-0000", "contents": "2017 World Junior Figure Skating Championships, Records\nThe following new junior records were set during this competition:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [48, 55], "content_span": [56, 122]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273873-0003-0000", "contents": "2017 World Junior Figure Skating Championships, Qualification\nSkaters from all ISU member nations were eligible for the competition if they were at least 13 years old but not 19\u2014or 21 for male pair skaters and ice dancers\u2014before 1 July 2016 in their place of birth. National associations select their entries according to their own criteria but the ISU mandates that their selections achieve a minimum technical elements score (TES) at an international event prior to the World Junior Championships.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [48, 61], "content_span": [62, 499]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273873-0004-0000", "contents": "2017 World Junior Figure Skating Championships, Qualification\nThe term \"Junior\" in ISU competition refers to age, not skill level. Skaters may remain age-eligible for Junior Worlds even after competing nationally and internationally at the senior level. At junior events, the ISU requires that all programs conform to junior-specific rules regarding program length, jumping passes, types of elements, etc.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [48, 61], "content_span": [62, 405]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273873-0005-0000", "contents": "2017 World Junior Figure Skating Championships, Qualification, Number of entries per discipline\nBased on the results of the 2016 World Junior Championships, the ISU allowed each country one to three entries per discipline.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [48, 95], "content_span": [96, 222]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273873-0006-0000", "contents": "2017 World Junior Figure Skating Championships, Entries\nSome member nations announced their selections in January or early February 2017. The International Skating Union published the full list of entries on 24 February 2017.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [48, 55], "content_span": [56, 225]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273873-0007-0000", "contents": "2017 World Junior Figure Skating Championships, Results, Men\nVincent Zhou set a new junior world record for the free skating (179.24 points) and for the combined total (258.11 points). Daniel Samohin set a new junior world record for the free skating (165.63 points) but the record was later broken by Zhou.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [48, 60], "content_span": [61, 307]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273873-0008-0000", "contents": "2017 World Junior Figure Skating Championships, Results, Ladies\nAlina Zagitova set a new junior world record for the free skating (138.02 points) and for the combined total (208.60 points).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [48, 63], "content_span": [64, 189]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273873-0009-0000", "contents": "2017 World Junior Figure Skating Championships, Results, Pairs\nAlexandrovskaya/Windsor won Australia's first Junior Worlds medal in 41 years \u2014 since 1976, when Elizabeth Cain / Peter Cain took the pairs' bronze medal. They also became the first skaters representing Australia to receive gold at an ISU Figure Skating Championships.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [48, 62], "content_span": [63, 331]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273873-0010-0000", "contents": "2017 World Junior Figure Skating Championships, Results, Ice dancing\nRachel and Michael Parsons set a new junior world record for the free dance (97.54 points) and for the combined total (164.83 points). Alla Loboda and Pavel Drozd set a new junior world record for the combined total (164.37 points) but the record was later broken by Parsons/Parsons.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [48, 68], "content_span": [69, 352]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273873-0011-0000", "contents": "2017 World Junior Figure Skating Championships, Medals summary, By country\nTable of small medals for placement in the short segment:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [48, 74], "content_span": [75, 132]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273873-0012-0000", "contents": "2017 World Junior Figure Skating Championships, Medals summary, By country\nTable of small medals for placement in the free segment:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [48, 74], "content_span": [75, 131]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273874-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships\nThe 2017 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships was the 41st edition of the Ice Hockey World Junior Championship (WJC or WM20). The main tournament was co-hosted by the Bell Centre in Montreal, Quebec and the Air Canada Centre in Toronto, Ontario. This was the twelfth championship that Canada had hosted. Montreal and Toronto also jointly hosted the 2015 edition. The tournament consisted of 30 games between 10 nations.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [42, 42], "content_span": [43, 463]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273874-0001-0000", "contents": "2017 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships\nGroup A preliminary games, as well as the medal rounds, were hosted by the Bell Centre in Montreal. The Air Canada Centre in Toronto hosted preliminaries in Group B, including the host country of Canada. The tournament also initiated several year-long celebrations, the 375th anniversary of Montreal's founding; the 100th anniversary of the National Hockey League's founding in Montreal; the 100th anniversary of Hockey Canada's origins; the 50th anniversary of Montreal's Expo 67; the 150th anniversary of Canadian confederation; and the 100th anniversary of the Toronto Maple Leafs. The Maple Leafs had planned to make the WJHC the centrepiece of their 100th-anniversary celebrations.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [42, 42], "content_span": [43, 729]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273874-0002-0000", "contents": "2017 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships\nThe event was organized by Hockey Canada, Hockey Qu\u00e9bec, Ontario Hockey Federation, Montreal Canadiens, Maple Leaf Sports & Entertainment and Evenko. Montreal and Quebec provided C$1 million and C$2 million in funding, respectively, for both the 2015 and 2017 editions.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [42, 42], "content_span": [43, 312]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273874-0003-0000", "contents": "2017 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships\nFor the first time in the history of the event, the defending champion (Finland) had to compete in the relegation round. Latvia was relegated to Division I-A for 2018 by merit of their tenth-place finish.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [42, 42], "content_span": [43, 247]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273874-0004-0000", "contents": "2017 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships, Player eligibility\nA player was eligible to play in the 2017 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships if:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [44, 62], "content_span": [63, 146]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273874-0005-0000", "contents": "2017 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships, Player eligibility\nIf a player who has never played in IIHF-organized competition wishes to switch national eligibility, he must have played in competitions for two consecutive years in the new country without playing in another country, as well as show his move to the new country's national association with an international transfer card.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [44, 62], "content_span": [63, 385]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273874-0005-0001", "contents": "2017 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships, Player eligibility\nIn case the player has previously played in IIHF-organized competition but wishes to switch national eligibility, he must have played in competitions for four consecutive years in the new country without playing in another country, he must show his move to the new country's national association with an international transfer card, as well as be a citizen of the new country. A player may only switch national eligibility once.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [44, 62], "content_span": [63, 491]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273874-0006-0000", "contents": "2017 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships, Top Division, Officials\nThe International Ice Hockey Federation selected 12 referees and 10 linesmen to officiate during the tournament:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [44, 67], "content_span": [68, 180]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273874-0007-0000", "contents": "2017 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships, Top Division, Format\nThe four best ranked teams from each group of the preliminary round advanced to the quarterfinals, while the last-placed team from both groups played a relegation round in a best-of-three format to determine the relegated team.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [44, 64], "content_span": [65, 292]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273874-0008-0000", "contents": "2017 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships, Top Division, Relegation\nNote: \u00a0Latvia was relegated for the 2018 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [44, 68], "content_span": [69, 147]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273874-0009-0000", "contents": "2017 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships, Top Division, Statistics, Scoring leaders\nGP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; +/\u2212 = Plus\u2013minus; PIM = Penalties In MinutesSource: IIHF", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [44, 85], "content_span": [86, 199]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273874-0010-0000", "contents": "2017 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships, Top Division, Statistics, Goaltending leaders\nTOI = Time On Ice (minutes:seconds); GA = Goals Against; GAA = Goals Against Average; Sv% = Save Percentage; SO = ShutoutsSource: IIHF", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [44, 89], "content_span": [90, 224]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273874-0011-0000", "contents": "2017 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships, Division I, Group A\nThe tournament was held in Bremerhaven, Germany from 11\u201317 December 2016.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [44, 63], "content_span": [64, 137]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273874-0012-0000", "contents": "2017 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships, Division I, Group B\nThe tournament was held in Budapest, Hungary from 11\u201317 December 2016. The hosts, entering as the bottom seed, won promotion for the second year in a row.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [44, 63], "content_span": [64, 218]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273874-0013-0000", "contents": "2017 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships, Division II, Group A\nThe tournament was held in Tallinn, Estonia from 11\u201317 December 2016.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [44, 64], "content_span": [65, 134]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273874-0014-0000", "contents": "2017 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships, Division II, Group B\nThe tournament was held in Logro\u00f1o, Spain from 7\u201313 January 2017.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [44, 64], "content_span": [65, 130]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273874-0015-0000", "contents": "2017 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships, Division III\nThe tournament was held in Dunedin, New Zealand from 16\u201322 January 2017. Turkey defeated China in the Gold medal game to achieve promotion to Division II. Chinese Taipei returned to play for the first time since 2011, losing all but their final game.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [44, 56], "content_span": [57, 307]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273875-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships rosters\nBelow are the rosters for teams competing in the 2017 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 50], "section_span": [50, 50], "content_span": [51, 143]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273876-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships \u2013 Division I\nThe 2017 World Junior Ice Hockey Championship Division I was played in two groups of six teams each. In each group the first-placed team is promoted to a higher level, while the last-placed team is relegated to a lower level. Divisions I A and I B represent the second and the third tier of the IIHF World U20 Championship. To be eligible as a \"junior\" a player cannot be born earlier than 1997.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 55], "section_span": [55, 55], "content_span": [56, 451]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273876-0001-0000", "contents": "2017 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships \u2013 Division I, Division I A\nThe Division I A tournament was played in Bremerhaven, Germany, from 11 to 17 December 2016.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 55], "section_span": [57, 69], "content_span": [70, 162]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273876-0002-0000", "contents": "2017 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships \u2013 Division I, Division I B\nThe Division I B tournament was played in Budapest, Hungary, from 11 to 17 December 2016.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 55], "section_span": [57, 69], "content_span": [70, 159]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273876-0003-0000", "contents": "2017 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships \u2013 Division I, Division I B, Statistics, Top 10 scorers\nGP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; +/\u2212 = Plus-minus; PIM = Penalties In MinutesSource:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 55], "section_span": [57, 97], "content_span": [98, 206]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273877-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships \u2013 Division II\nThe 2017 IIHF Ice Hockey U20 World Championship Division II were the two international ice hockey tournaments organized by the International Ice Hockey Federation. Division II A was contested in Tallinn, Estonia and Division II B in Logro\u00f1o, Spain. These tournaments represent the fourth and fifth tiers of the World Junior Ice Hockey Championships.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 56], "section_span": [56, 56], "content_span": [57, 406]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273877-0001-0000", "contents": "2017 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships \u2013 Division II, Division II A\nThe Division II A tournament was played in Tallinn, Estonia, from 11 to 17 December 2016.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 56], "section_span": [58, 71], "content_span": [72, 161]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273877-0002-0000", "contents": "2017 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships \u2013 Division II, Division II B\nThe Division II B tournament was played in Logro\u00f1o, Spain, from 7 to 13 January 2017.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 56], "section_span": [58, 71], "content_span": [72, 157]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273878-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships \u2013 Division III\nThe 2017 World Junior Ice Hockey Championship Division III tournament was played in Dunedin, New Zealand, from 16 to 22 January 2017. Division III represents the sixth tier of the World Junior Ice Hockey Championships. The winners \u2013 Turkey \u2013 were promoted to Division II B for the 2018 tournament. Chinese Taipei returned after a five-year absence. With an increase of teams for 2018, the two bottom-place teams, South Africa and Chinese Taipei, were afterwards moved to a Division III Qualification tournament.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 57], "section_span": [57, 57], "content_span": [58, 569]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273878-0001-0000", "contents": "2017 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships \u2013 Division III, Results, Preliminary round, Format\nThe two best ranked teams from each group of the preliminary round advance to the semi-finals, while two last placed teams from both groups play for final placement.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 57], "section_span": [59, 93], "content_span": [94, 259]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273878-0002-0000", "contents": "2017 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships \u2013 Division III, Results, Preliminary round, Format\nAll times are local. (New Zealand Daylight Time \u2013 UTC+13)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 57], "section_span": [59, 93], "content_span": [94, 151]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273879-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 World Junior Short Track Speed Skating Championships\nThe 2017 World Junior Short Track Speed Skating Championships took place from 27 to 29 January 2017 in Innsbruck, Austria.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 57], "section_span": [57, 57], "content_span": [58, 180]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273880-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 World Junior Speed Skating Championships\nThe 2017 World Junior Speed Skating Championships took place from 17 to 19 February 2017 in Helsinki, Finland. They were the 44th World Junior Speed Skating Championships.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [45, 45], "content_span": [46, 217]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273881-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 World Junior Table Tennis Championships\nThe 2017 ITTF World Junior Table Tennis Championships were held in Riva del Garda, Italy, from 26 November to 3 December 2017. It is organised by the Italian Table Tennis Association (FITET) under the auspices and authority of the International Table Tennis Federation (ITTF).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [44, 44], "content_span": [45, 321]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273882-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 World Junior Wrestling Championships\nThe 2017 World Junior Wrestling Championships were the 41st edition of the World Junior Wrestling Championships and were held in Tampere, Finland between 1 and 6 August 2017.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [41, 41], "content_span": [42, 216]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273883-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 World Junior and U23 Canoe Slalom Championships\nThe 2017 ICF World Junior and U23 Canoe Slalom Championships took place in Bratislava, Slovakia from 18 to 23 July 2017 under the auspices of the International Canoe Federation (ICF) at the \u010cunovo Water Sports Centre. It was the 19th edition of the competition for Juniors (U18) and the 6th edition for the Under 23 category. The C2 mixed event was held for the first time at these championships. It was only contested at the Under 23 level and there was no C2 mixed team event. No medals were awarded for the junior C2 event and the U23 C2 team event due to low number of participating nations. The junior C2 team event did not take place.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 52], "section_span": [52, 52], "content_span": [53, 693]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273883-0001-0000", "contents": "2017 World Junior and U23 Canoe Slalom Championships\nA total of 400 athletes from 47 countries participated at the championships.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 52], "section_span": [52, 52], "content_span": [53, 129]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273884-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 World Long Distance Mountain Running Championships\nThe 2017 World Long Distance Mountain Running Championships (or 2017 World Long Distance MR Championships), was the 14th edition of the global Mountain running competition, World Long Distance Mountain Running Championships, organised by the World Mountain Running Association and was held in Premana, Italy on 6 August 2017.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 55], "section_span": [55, 55], "content_span": [56, 381]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273884-0001-0000", "contents": "2017 World Long Distance Mountain Running Championships, Results, Men individual (32 km/+ 2900 m)\nPuppi was elected world champion after the doping disqualification imposed on Eritrean Petro Mamu.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 55], "section_span": [57, 97], "content_span": [98, 196]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273885-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 World Masters (darts)\nThe 2017 Winmau World Masters was a major tournament on the BDO/WDF calendar for 2017. It took place from 25\u201327 September at the Bridlington Spa Hall, which hosted the stage element of the event for the first time since 2009.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [26, 26], "content_span": [27, 252]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273885-0001-0000", "contents": "2017 World Masters (darts)\nGlen Durrant was the defending men\u2019s champion after defeating Mark McGeeney in last year\u2019s final by 6 sets to 3 but he failed to defend his title after losing to eventual champion Krzysztof Ratajski in the quarter-finals. Trina Gulliver was the defending women\u2019s champion after defeating Deta Hedman in the final last year by 5 legs to 2 but she failed to defend her title after losing to Tricia Wright in the quarter-finals.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [26, 26], "content_span": [27, 452]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273885-0002-0000", "contents": "2017 World Masters (darts)\nIn the men\u2019s, Ratajski won his first ever major as a player and that the first time a Polish player won a televised major.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [26, 26], "content_span": [27, 149]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273885-0002-0001", "contents": "2017 World Masters (darts)\nIt was even more remarkable that he had to play through all of the qualifying rounds before meeting and defeating the number 7 seed Richard Veenstra in the last 32 by 3 sets to 1, Alan Soutar in the last 16 by 3 sets to nil, defending champion and number 2 seed Glen Durrant in the quarter-finals by 4 sets to 2, number 6 seed Cameron Menzies in the semi-finals by 5 sets to 1, and defeating number 1 seed Mark McGeeney in the final by 6 sets to 1.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [26, 26], "content_span": [27, 475]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273885-0003-0000", "contents": "2017 World Masters (darts)\nThe tournament was the last BDO tournament entered by Ratajski as a month after winning the event he accepted an offer to play in the 2018 PDC World Darts Championship and made the full switch to the PDC in January.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [26, 26], "content_span": [27, 242]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273885-0004-0000", "contents": "2017 World Masters (darts)\nDuring an emergency EGM called due to the issues surrounding how the BDO was currently being run, it was announced that the tournament had recorded losses to the BDO of \u00a380,000 and with that the future of the tournament is in doubt.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [26, 26], "content_span": [27, 259]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273885-0005-0000", "contents": "2017 World Masters (darts), Men's seeds\nThe seedings were finalised on 31 August. For the second consecutive year, there are 16 seeds (an decrease from 32 between 2012\u20132015) with all seeds exempt until the Last 32 stage and cannot play each other until the Last 16 stage.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 39], "content_span": [40, 271]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273886-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 World Masters Athletics Indoor Championships\nThe seventh World Masters Athletics Indoor Championships were held in Daegu, South Korea, from March 19-25, 2017. The World Masters Athletics Championships serve the division of the sport of athletics for people over 35 years of age, referred to as masters athletics.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 49], "section_span": [49, 49], "content_span": [50, 317]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273886-0001-0000", "contents": "2017 World Masters Athletics Indoor Championships\nA record total of 4,325 athletes from 73 countries competed. China boycotted the championships due to political tension with South Korea.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 49], "section_span": [49, 49], "content_span": [50, 187]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273886-0002-0000", "contents": "2017 World Masters Athletics Indoor Championships\nA full range of indoor track and field events were held.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 49], "section_span": [49, 49], "content_span": [50, 106]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273887-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 World Match Racing Tour\nThe 2017 World Match Racing Tour was a series of match racing sailing regattas staged during 2017 season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [28, 28], "content_span": [29, 134]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273887-0001-0000", "contents": "2017 World Match Racing Tour\nTorvar Mirsky won the finals and became 2017 World Champions.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [28, 28], "content_span": [29, 90]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273888-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 World Matchplay\nThe 2017 BetVictor World Matchplay was the 24th annual staging of the World Matchplay, organised by the Professional Darts Corporation. The tournament took place at the Winter Gardens, Blackpool, from 22 to 30 July 2017.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [20, 20], "content_span": [21, 241]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273888-0001-0000", "contents": "2017 World Matchplay\nMichael van Gerwen was the two-times defending champion but lost to Phil Taylor 16\u20136 in the quarter-finals, with Taylor then going on to beat Peter Wright 18\u20138 in the final to claim his 16th World Matchplay Championship. It was Taylor's final appearance in this tournament and his last major tournament win.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [20, 20], "content_span": [21, 328]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273888-0002-0000", "contents": "2017 World Matchplay, Prize money\nThe prize fund increased from \u00a3450,000 to \u00a3500,000, with the winner's earnings increasing from \u00a3100,000 to \u00a3115,000.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 33], "content_span": [34, 150]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273888-0003-0000", "contents": "2017 World Matchplay, Format\nIn previous stagings of the event all games had to be won by two clear legs with no sudden-death legs. However, in 2013 after consulting the host broadcaster Sky Sports, the PDC decided that games will now only proceed for a maximum of six extra legs before a tie-break leg is required. For example, in a best of 19 legs first round match, if the score reaches 12\u201312 then the 25th leg will be the decider.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 28], "content_span": [29, 434]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273888-0004-0000", "contents": "2017 World Matchplay, Qualification\nThe top 16 players on the PDC Order of Merit as of July 10, 2017 were seeded for the tournament. The top 16 players on the ProTour Order of Merit not to have already qualified will be unseeded.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 35], "content_span": [36, 229]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273889-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 World Men's Curling Championship\nThe 2017 World Men's Curling Championship (branded as Ford World Men's Curling Championship 2017 for sponsorship reasons) was a curling event that was held from April 1 to 9 at Northlands Coliseum in Edmonton, Alberta.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [37, 37], "content_span": [38, 256]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273889-0001-0000", "contents": "2017 World Men's Curling Championship\nCanada won the title for the 36th time overall and the second consecutive year. Like Rachel Homan's team at the women's tournament, Brad Gushue and his teammates finished with a perfect 13\u20130 record, which included defeating eventual runner-up Niklas Edin of Sweden three times. Switzerland won the bronze medal.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [37, 37], "content_span": [38, 349]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273889-0002-0000", "contents": "2017 World Men's Curling Championship\nWith the win, Gushue became the first skip in the history of the sport to win the world junior title, the Olympic gold medal, and the world men's title, and Canada became the first country ever to be in simultaneous possession of Olympic and World championships in both men's and women's curling.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [37, 37], "content_span": [38, 334]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273889-0003-0000", "contents": "2017 World Men's Curling Championship, Qualification\nThe following nations qualified to participate in the 2017 World Men's Curling Championship:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 52], "content_span": [53, 145]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273889-0004-0000", "contents": "2017 World Men's Curling Championship, Teams\nSkip : Brad GushueThird: Mark NicholsSecond: Brett GallantLead: Geoff WalkerAlternate: Thomas Sallows", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 44], "content_span": [45, 146]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273889-0005-0000", "contents": "2017 World Men's Curling Championship, Teams\nSkip : Liu RuiThird: Xu XiaomingSecond: Ba DexinLead: Zang JialiangAlternate: Zou Qiang", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 44], "content_span": [45, 132]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273889-0006-0000", "contents": "2017 World Men's Curling Championship, Teams\nSkip : Alexander BaumannThird: Manuel WalterSecond: Daniel HerbergLead: Ryan SherrardAlternate: Sebastian Schweizer", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 44], "content_span": [45, 160]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273889-0007-0000", "contents": "2017 World Men's Curling Championship, Teams\nFourth: Amos MosanerSkip: Jo\u00ebl RetornazSecond: Andrea PilzerLead: Daniele FerrazzaAlternate: Simone Gonin", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 44], "content_span": [45, 150]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273889-0008-0000", "contents": "2017 World Men's Curling Championship, Teams\nSkip : Yusuke MorozumiThird: Tetsuro ShimizuSecond: Tsuyoshi YamaguchiLead: Kosuke MorozumiAlternate: Kosuke Hirata", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 44], "content_span": [45, 160]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273889-0009-0000", "contents": "2017 World Men's Curling Championship, Teams\nSkip : Jaap van DorpThird: Wouter G\u00f6sgensSecond: Laurens HoekmanLead: Carlo GlasbergenAlternate: Alexander Magan", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 44], "content_span": [45, 157]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273889-0010-0000", "contents": "2017 World Men's Curling Championship, Teams\nSkip : Steffen WalstadThird: Markus H\u00f8ibergSecond: Magnus NedregottenLead: Alexander Lindstr\u00f6mAlternate: Sander R\u00f8lv\u00e5g", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 44], "content_span": [45, 163]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273889-0011-0000", "contents": "2017 World Men's Curling Championship, Teams\nSkip : Alexey TimofeevThird: Alexey StukalskiySecond: Timur GadzhikanovLead: Artur RazhabovAlternate: Evgeny Klimov", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 44], "content_span": [45, 160]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273889-0012-0000", "contents": "2017 World Men's Curling Championship, Teams\nSkip : David MurdochThird: Greg DrummondSecond: Scott AndrewsLead: Michael GoodfellowAlternate: Ross Paterson", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 44], "content_span": [45, 154]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273889-0013-0000", "contents": "2017 World Men's Curling Championship, Teams\nSkip : Niklas EdinThird: Oskar ErikssonSecond: Rasmus Wran\u00e5Lead: Christoffer SundgrenAlternate: Henrik Leek", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 44], "content_span": [45, 152]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273889-0014-0000", "contents": "2017 World Men's Curling Championship, Teams\nFourth: Beno\u00eet Schwarz Third: Claudio P\u00e4tzSkip: Peter de CruzLead: Valentin TannerAlternate: Romano Meier", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 44], "content_span": [45, 150]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273889-0015-0000", "contents": "2017 World Men's Curling Championship, Teams\nSkip : John ShusterThird: Tyler GeorgeSecond: Matt HamiltonLead: John LandsteinerAlternate: Joe Polo", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 44], "content_span": [45, 145]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273889-0016-0000", "contents": "2017 World Men's Curling Championship, Teams, WCT ranking\nYear to date World Curling Tour order of merit ranking for each team prior to the event.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 57], "content_span": [58, 146]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273890-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 World Men's Handball Championship\nThe 2017 IHF World Men's Handball Championship was the 25th event hosted by the International Handball Federation. The event was held in France from 11 to 29 January 2017.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [38, 38], "content_span": [39, 210]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273890-0001-0000", "contents": "2017 World Men's Handball Championship\nFrance, in a clean sweep, defended their title by defeating Norway 33\u201326 in the final, which secured France their sixth title. Slovenia defeated Croatia 31\u201330 to capture the bronze medal. Norway (from a wildcard) and Slovenia earned their first World Championship medals ever.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [38, 38], "content_span": [39, 315]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273890-0002-0000", "contents": "2017 World Men's Handball Championship\nThe championship set a record of attendance in total of 540,000 spectators with 23 matches being sold out and with a venue record of 28,010 at both of France's knock-out matches in Lille.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [38, 38], "content_span": [39, 226]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273890-0003-0000", "contents": "2017 World Men's Handball Championship, Venues\nThe championship was played at eight venues in Paris-Bercy, Rouen, Nantes, Metz, Albertville, Montpellier, Lille, and Brest. All the venue capacities are the capacity for handball events.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 46], "content_span": [47, 234]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273890-0004-0000", "contents": "2017 World Men's Handball Championship, Bidding process\nDenmark and France were bidding to host the 2017 Men's World Championships. The IHF Council awarded the Men\u2019s and Women\u2019s World Championships 2017 at their meeting on the fringes of the Women\u2019s World Championships in S\u00e3o Paulo, Brazil on Thursday 15 December 2011.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 55], "content_span": [56, 320]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273890-0005-0000", "contents": "2017 World Men's Handball Championship, Bidding process\nDenmark was the co-host of the 1999 Women\u2019s World Championship and host of the 1978 Men's World Championship. Denmark has also hosted the Women's EHF EURO twice and was awarded with the Men's EHF EURO 2014.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 55], "content_span": [56, 262]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273890-0006-0000", "contents": "2017 World Men's Handball Championship, Bidding process\nFrance hosted the Men's World Championships in 1970 and 2001 and was host of the 2007 Women's World Championship.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 55], "content_span": [56, 169]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273890-0007-0000", "contents": "2017 World Men's Handball Championship, Qualification\nTwenty-four teams participated in the final tournament. France were automatically qualified as hosts. An additional automatic qualification spot was given to the defending champions, but because this was also France, the berth was given to the next best placed team from the last World Championship, losing finalists Qatar. The remaining 22 available places were for the best teams of each continental qualification tournament, the winners of an additional European qualification competition and an additional intercontinental qualification tournament.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 53], "content_span": [54, 606]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273890-0008-0000", "contents": "2017 World Men's Handball Championship, Draw\nThe draw was held on 23 June 2016 at 14:00 in Paris, France.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 44], "content_span": [45, 105]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273890-0009-0000", "contents": "2017 World Men's Handball Championship, Final ranking\nFor places 5\u201316 the criteria was the number of points gained against the teams ranked first to fourth in the preliminary round in their group.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 53], "content_span": [54, 196]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273891-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 World Men's Handball Championship squads\nThis article displays the squads for the 2017 World Men's Handball Championship. Each team consisted of 16 players.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [45, 45], "content_span": [46, 161]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273891-0001-0000", "contents": "2017 World Men's Handball Championship squads\nAge, caps and goals correct as of 11 January 2017.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [45, 45], "content_span": [46, 96]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273891-0002-0000", "contents": "2017 World Men's Handball Championship squads, Group A, France\nA 21-player squad was announced on 9 December 2016. The final squad was revealed on 10 January 2017.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [47, 62], "content_span": [63, 163]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273891-0003-0000", "contents": "2017 World Men's Handball Championship squads, Group A, Norway\nA 17-player squad was announced on 12 December 2016. Harald Reinkind was replaced by Magnus Abelvik R\u00f8d because of an injury on 4 January 2017. On 19 January 2017, Ole Erevik was replaced by Petter \u00d8verby.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [47, 62], "content_span": [63, 268]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273891-0004-0000", "contents": "2017 World Men's Handball Championship squads, Group A, Poland\nA 21-player squad was announced on 8 December 2016. It was reduced to 19 on 26 December 2016. Piotr Wyszomirski cancelled his participation due to an injury on 29 December 2016. On 2 January 2017, an 18-player squad was revealed after Kamil Syprzak and Micha\u0142 Szyba were ruled out because of an injury. On 8 January 2017, Mariusz Jurkiewicz was ruled out because of an injury.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [47, 62], "content_span": [63, 439]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273891-0005-0000", "contents": "2017 World Men's Handball Championship squads, Group A, Russia\nA 21-player squad was announced on 19 December 2016. It was reduced to 17 on 27 December 2016. More players were called up to a 21-player roster on 2 January 2017.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [47, 62], "content_span": [63, 226]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273891-0006-0000", "contents": "2017 World Men's Handball Championship squads, Group B, Iceland\nA 23-player squad was announced on 28 December 2016. It was reduced to 19 on 3 January 2017. The final squad was revealed on 9 January 2017.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [47, 63], "content_span": [64, 204]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273891-0007-0000", "contents": "2017 World Men's Handball Championship squads, Group B, Macedonia\nA 24-player squad was announced on 16 December 2016. It was reduced to 21 on 30 December 2016, and to 19 players on 9 January 2017.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [47, 65], "content_span": [66, 197]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273891-0008-0000", "contents": "2017 World Men's Handball Championship squads, Group B, Slovenia\nA 21-player squad was announced on 22 December 2016. It was reduced to 17 on 4 January 2017.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [47, 64], "content_span": [65, 157]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273891-0009-0000", "contents": "2017 World Men's Handball Championship squads, Group B, Spain\nA 17-player squad was announced on 20 December 2016. It was renewed on 2 January 2017.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [47, 61], "content_span": [62, 148]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273891-0010-0000", "contents": "2017 World Men's Handball Championship squads, Group C, Belarus\nA 19-player squad was announced on 19 December 2016. It was reduced to 18 on 27 December 2016.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [47, 63], "content_span": [64, 158]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273891-0011-0000", "contents": "2017 World Men's Handball Championship squads, Group C, Croatia\nA 16-player squad was announced on 27 December 2016, while players from the German League joined in January 2017. On 29 December 2016, Marino Mari\u0107 was replaced by Kre\u0161imir Kozina due to an injury. On 10 January 2017, a 17-player squad announced.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [47, 63], "content_span": [64, 310]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273891-0012-0000", "contents": "2017 World Men's Handball Championship squads, Group C, Germany\nAn 18-player squad was announced on 22 December 2016. The final squad was revealed on 9 January 2017.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [47, 63], "content_span": [64, 165]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273891-0013-0000", "contents": "2017 World Men's Handball Championship squads, Group C, Hungary\nA 28-player squad was announced on 16 December 2016. It was reduced to 18 on 31 December 2016.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [47, 63], "content_span": [64, 158]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273891-0014-0000", "contents": "2017 World Men's Handball Championship squads, Group D, Bahrain\nA 20-player squad was announced on 20 December 2016. It was reduced to 19 on 2 January 2017.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [47, 63], "content_span": [64, 156]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273891-0015-0000", "contents": "2017 World Men's Handball Championship squads, Group D, Denmark\nA 19-player squad was announced on 16 December 2016. It was reduced to 17 on 9 January 2017.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [47, 63], "content_span": [64, 156]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273891-0016-0000", "contents": "2017 World Men's Handball Championship squads, Group D, Egypt\nA 20-player squad was announced on 25 December 2016. The final squad was revealed on 3 January 2017.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [47, 61], "content_span": [62, 162]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273891-0017-0000", "contents": "2017 World Men's Handball Championship squads, Group D, Sweden\nAn 18-player squad was announced on 8 December 2016. Viktor \u00d6stlund was replaced by Philip Stenmalm on 28 December 2016 because of an injury.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [47, 62], "content_span": [63, 204]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273891-0018-0000", "contents": "2017 World Men's Handball Championship squads, Statistics, Player representation by league system\nLeague systems with 10 or more players represented are listed. In all, World Cup squad members play for clubs in 31 different countries.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [47, 97], "content_span": [98, 234]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273892-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 World Men's Handball Championship \u2013 European qualification\nThe European qualification for the 2017 World Men's Handball Championship in France was disputed in two rounds among the teams that did not qualify for the 2016 European Men's Handball Championship and the 12 worst-ranked teams from the European Championship (excluding France). The qualification matches took place between November 2015 and June 2016.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 63], "section_span": [63, 63], "content_span": [64, 416]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273892-0001-0000", "contents": "2017 World Men's Handball Championship \u2013 European qualification\nIn the first round of qualification, 22 teams not participating at the European Championship were split into six groups. The group winners advanced to the second round, joining the 12 European Championship finalists. The 18 teams were then paired into two-legged play-off ties to determine the nine remaining World Championship qualifiers from Europe.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 63], "section_span": [63, 63], "content_span": [64, 415]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273892-0002-0000", "contents": "2017 World Men's Handball Championship \u2013 European qualification, First round, Group 4\nThe teams agreed to play this group in a mini-tournament format at one venue. The draw decided that Israel earned the right to host that tournament.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 63], "section_span": [65, 85], "content_span": [86, 234]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273892-0003-0000", "contents": "2017 World Men's Handball Championship \u2013 European qualification, Play-off round\nThe six teams advancing from the first round and the twelve teams ranked outside the top three at the 2016 European Championship (not including France) competed in the play-off round. The eighteen teams were paired in a total of nine two-legged ties, with the winners qualifying for the World Championship final tournament.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 63], "section_span": [65, 79], "content_span": [80, 403]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273892-0004-0000", "contents": "2017 World Men's Handball Championship \u2013 European qualification, Play-off round, Draw\nThe play-off round draw was held on 31 January 2016 at 13:30, in Krak\u00f3w, Poland. The teams were seeded into two pots, with teams from Pot 1 (seeded) being drawn against teams from Pot 2 (unseeded).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 63], "section_span": [65, 85], "content_span": [86, 283]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273892-0005-0000", "contents": "2017 World Men's Handball Championship \u2013 European qualification, Play-off round, Overview\nThe first leg were played on 10\u201312 June 2016 and the second legs on 15\u201316 June 2016.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 63], "section_span": [65, 89], "content_span": [90, 174]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273893-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 World Mixed Curling Championship\nThe 2017 World Mixed Curling Championship was held from October 6 to 14 at the Palladium de Champ\u00e9ry in Champ\u00e9ry, Switzerland.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [37, 37], "content_span": [38, 164]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273893-0001-0000", "contents": "2017 World Mixed Curling Championship, Teams, Group A\nFourth: Ayato SasakiThird: Mika OkuyamaSecond: Nobuaki Yamaguchi (Skip)Lead: Chiharu Meguro", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 53], "content_span": [54, 145]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273893-0002-0000", "contents": "2017 World Mixed Curling Championship, Teams, Group A\nFourth: Jure CulicThird: Ajda Zavrtanik DrglinSecond: Gregor VerbincLead: Lea Tehovnik", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 53], "content_span": [54, 140]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273893-0003-0000", "contents": "2017 World Mixed Curling Championship, Teams, Group B\nFourth: Marcello Cabral de MelloThird: Aline GoncalvesSecond: Sergio Mitsuo VilelaLead: Luciana Barrella", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 53], "content_span": [54, 158]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273893-0004-0000", "contents": "2017 World Mixed Curling Championship, Teams, Group B\nFourth: Patric MabergsThird: Isabella Wran\u00e5 (Skip)Second: Johannes PatzLead: Sofia Mabergs", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 53], "content_span": [54, 144]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273893-0005-0000", "contents": "2017 World Mixed Curling Championship, Teams, Group C\nFourth: Thivya JeyaranjanThird: Anton Hood Second: Brittany TaylorLead: Dean Fotti", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 53], "content_span": [54, 136]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273893-0006-0000", "contents": "2017 World Mixed Curling Championship, Teams, Group C\nFourth: Grant Hardie Third: Rhiann MacleodSecond: Billy MortonLead: Barbara McFarlane", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 53], "content_span": [54, 139]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273893-0007-0000", "contents": "2017 World Mixed Curling Championship, Teams, Group D\nFourth: Wilhelm Naess (Vice)Third: Ingvild Skaga (Skip)Second: Martin SesakerLead: Eirin Mesloe", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 53], "content_span": [54, 149]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273893-0008-0000", "contents": "2017 World Mixed Curling Championship, Teams, Group D\nFourth: Patrik KapralikThird: Daniela Matulova (Vice)Second: Juraj Gallo (Skip)Lead: Slavka Zubercova", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 53], "content_span": [54, 155]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273893-0009-0000", "contents": "2017 World Mixed Curling Championship, Teams, Group E\nFourth: Andrea SchoeppThird: Rainer Sch\u00f6pp (Skip)Second: Lisa RuchLead: Michael Wiest", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 53], "content_span": [54, 139]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273893-0010-0000", "contents": "2017 World Mixed Curling Championship, Teams, Group E\nFourth: Danny Van Den BergThird: Bonnie NilhamnSecond: Willem Van Der SteegLead: Jiska Kortekaas-Bun", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 53], "content_span": [54, 154]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273893-0011-0000", "contents": "2017 World Mixed Curling Championship, Teams, Group E\nFourth: Dilsat Yildiz (Vice)Third: Alican Karatas (Skip)Second: Semiha KonukseverLead: Orhun Yuce", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 53], "content_span": [54, 151]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273894-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 World Mixed Doubles Curling Championship\nThe 2017 World Mixed Doubles Curling Championship was held from April 22 to 29 at the Lethbridge Curling Club in Lethbridge, Canada. The event was held in conjunction with the 2017 World Senior Curling Championships.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [45, 45], "content_span": [46, 262]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273895-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 World Modern Pentathlon Championships\nThe 2017 World Modern Pentathlon Championships were held in Cairo, Egypt from 21 to 29 August 2017. The events include pistol shooting, fencing, 200m swimming, show jumping and a 3\u00a0km run.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [42, 42], "content_span": [43, 231]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273896-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 World Mountain Running Championships\nThe 2017 World Mountain Running Championships was the 33rd edition of the global Mountain running competition, World Mountain Running Championships, organised by the World Mountain Running Association and was held in Premana, Italy on 30 June 2017.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [41, 41], "content_span": [42, 291]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273897-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 World Open (snooker)\nThe 2017 Yushan World Open was a professional ranking snooker tournament that took place between 18 and 24 September 2017 in Yushan, China. It was the fifth ranking event of the 2017/2018 season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [25, 25], "content_span": [26, 221]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273897-0001-0000", "contents": "2017 World Open (snooker)\nAli Carter was the defending champion but he chose not to participate.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [25, 25], "content_span": [26, 96]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273897-0002-0000", "contents": "2017 World Open (snooker)\nDing Junhui won his 13th ranking title, defeating Kyren Wilson 10\u20133 in the final. It was Ding's first ranking event win since the 2016 Shanghai Masters, a year earlier.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [25, 25], "content_span": [26, 194]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273897-0003-0000", "contents": "2017 World Open (snooker), Prize fund\nThe breakdown of prize money for this year is shown below:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 37], "content_span": [38, 96]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273897-0004-0000", "contents": "2017 World Open (snooker), Prize fund\nThe \"rolling 147 prize\" for a maximum break stood at \u00a330,000.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 37], "content_span": [38, 99]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273897-0005-0000", "contents": "2017 World Open (snooker), Qualifying\nThese matches were held between 6 and 9 August 2017 at the Preston Guild Hall in Preston, England. All matches were best of 9 frames.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 37], "content_span": [38, 171]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273898-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 World Orienteering Championships\nThe 34th World Orienteering Championships were held in Tartu, Estonia in June/July 2017. The official name of the event is Nokian Tyres World Orienteering Championships 2017 after the title sponsor Nokian Tyres.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [37, 37], "content_span": [38, 249]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273899-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 World Para Alpine Skiing Championships\nThe 2017 World Para Alpine Skiing Championships was an international disability sport alpine skiing event held in Tarvisio, Italy from 22 to 31 January 2017. The Championship is held biannually by the International Paralympic Committee (IPC). This was the first time the championship was held under the name World Para Alpine Skiing Championships.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [43, 43], "content_span": [44, 391]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273899-0001-0000", "contents": "2017 World Para Alpine Skiing Championships, Medal table\nGermany topped the medal tally with 14 medals. Hosts Italy finished 10th with 3 medals.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [45, 56], "content_span": [57, 144]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273900-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 World Para Athletics Championships\nThe 2017 World Para Athletics Championships were a Paralympic track and field meet organized by the World Para Athletics subcommittee of the International Paralympic Committee, held at London Stadium in London from 14 to 23 July 2017. It was the 8th edition of the event, the first to be held after being renamed from IPC Athletics World Championship, and featured 213 medal events.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [39, 39], "content_span": [40, 422]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273900-0001-0000", "contents": "2017 World Para Athletics Championships\nThey preceded the 2017 IAAF World Championships also being held in London, marking the first time that a single city has hosted both the IAAF and IPC athletics championships in the same year; London previously hosted the 2012 Summer Olympics and Paralympics.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [39, 39], "content_span": [40, 298]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273900-0002-0000", "contents": "2017 World Para Athletics Championships, Events, Classification\nAll athletes are classified according to their impairment and compete against athletes with similar impairments. Each classification consists of a three character code, starting with a letter and followed by a two-digit number. The letter specifies the event type: T for track and jumping events, and F for throwing events. The first digit of the number specifies the type of impairment and the second digit the severity of the impairment; the lower the second number, the more impaired.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 63], "content_span": [64, 551]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273900-0003-0000", "contents": "2017 World Para Athletics Championships, Events, Classification\nSeveral events are open to athletes with lower classifications, for example T47 events are open to athletes classified T45, T46 and T47. However, as with the 2015 championships and 2016 Summer Paralympics, no weighting will be given to a lower classified athletes in these events.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 63], "content_span": [64, 344]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273900-0004-0000", "contents": "2017 World Para Athletics Championships, Participating nations\nBelow is the list of 1,074 athletes 92 countries who have agreed to participate in the Championships and the requested number of athlete places for each. Russia was found guilty of state-sponsored doping by the IPC in August 2016 and has been suspended from participating.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 62], "content_span": [63, 335]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273900-0005-0000", "contents": "2017 World Para Athletics Championships, Schedule\nThe results of the men's 800\u00a0m T54 race on Monday 17 July were nullified and the race rescheduled to Friday 21 July after three competitors crashed at the 600-metre mark.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 49], "content_span": [50, 220]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273900-0006-0000", "contents": "2017 World Para Athletics Championships, Marketing, Mascot\nThe mascots for the IAAF and IPC Championships were unveiled in April 2017, and chosen through a children's design contest organized by the BBC programme Blue Peter. The mascots represent \"everyday\" endangered species of the UK; the World Para Athletics Championships Championships mascot is an anthropomorphic bee named Whizbee.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 58], "content_span": [59, 388]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273900-0007-0000", "contents": "2017 World Para Athletics Championships, Broadcasting\nChannel 4 served as domestic rightsholder. Sunset + Vine, who has previously produced Channel 4's Paralympics coverage, was named host broadcaster for the championships.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 53], "content_span": [54, 223]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273900-0008-0000", "contents": "2017 World Para Athletics Championships, Individual medallists\nThe following athletes won three or more medals, with at least two being gold:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 62], "content_span": [63, 141]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273900-0009-0000", "contents": "2017 World Para Athletics Championships, World Records\nBelow is a list of all world records broken during the championships.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 54], "content_span": [55, 124]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273900-0010-0000", "contents": "2017 World Para Athletics Championships, World Records\nNaas set a world record competing in the F41 men's javelin, though his throw left him in fifth place overall.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 54], "content_span": [55, 164]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273901-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 World Para Athletics Championships \u2013 Men's 100 metres\nThe men's 100 metres at the 2017 World Para Athletics Championships was held at the Olympic Stadium in London from 14 to 23 July.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 58], "section_span": [58, 58], "content_span": [59, 188]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273901-0001-0000", "contents": "2017 World Para Athletics Championships \u2013 Men's 100 metres, Medalists\nEvents listed in pink were contested but no medals were awarded.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 58], "section_span": [60, 69], "content_span": [70, 134]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273902-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 World Para Athletics Championships \u2013 Men's 1500 metres\nThe men's 1500 metres at the 2017 World Para Athletics Championships was held at the Olympic Stadium in London from 14\u201323 July.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 59], "section_span": [59, 59], "content_span": [60, 187]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273902-0001-0000", "contents": "2017 World Para Athletics Championships \u2013 Men's 1500 metres, Medalists\nEvents listed in pink were contested but no medals were awarded.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 59], "section_span": [61, 70], "content_span": [71, 135]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273903-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 World Para Athletics Championships \u2013 Men's 200 metres\nThe men's 200 metres at the 2017 World Para Athletics Championships was held at the Olympic Stadium in London from 14\u201323 July.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 58], "section_span": [58, 58], "content_span": [59, 185]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273903-0001-0000", "contents": "2017 World Para Athletics Championships \u2013 Men's 200 metres, Medalists\nEvents listed in pink were contested but no medals were awarded.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 58], "section_span": [60, 69], "content_span": [70, 134]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273904-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 World Para Athletics Championships \u2013 Men's 4 \u00d7 100 metres relay\nThe men's 4 x 100 metres relay at the 2017 World Para Athletics Championships was held at the Olympic Stadium in London from 14\u201323 July.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 68], "section_span": [68, 68], "content_span": [69, 205]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273904-0001-0000", "contents": "2017 World Para Athletics Championships \u2013 Men's 4 \u00d7 100 metres relay, Medalists\nEvents listed in pink were contested but no medals were awarded.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 68], "section_span": [70, 79], "content_span": [80, 144]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273905-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 World Para Athletics Championships \u2013 Men's 4 \u00d7 400 metres relay\nThe men's 4 x 400 metres relay at the 2017 World Para Athletics Championships was held at the Olympic Stadium in London from 14\u201323 July.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 68], "section_span": [68, 68], "content_span": [69, 205]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273905-0001-0000", "contents": "2017 World Para Athletics Championships \u2013 Men's 4 \u00d7 400 metres relay, Medalists\nEvents listed in pink were contested but no medals were awarded.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 68], "section_span": [70, 79], "content_span": [80, 144]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273906-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 World Para Athletics Championships \u2013 Men's 400 metres\nThe men's 400 metres at the 2017 World Para Athletics Championships was held at the Olympic Stadium in London from 14\u201323 July.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 58], "section_span": [58, 58], "content_span": [59, 185]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273906-0001-0000", "contents": "2017 World Para Athletics Championships \u2013 Men's 400 metres, Medalists\nEvents listed in pink were contested but no medals were awarded.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 58], "section_span": [60, 69], "content_span": [70, 134]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273907-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 World Para Athletics Championships \u2013 Men's 5000 metres\nThe men's 5000 metres at the 2017 World Para Athletics Championships was held at the Olympic Stadium in London from 14\u201323 July.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 59], "section_span": [59, 59], "content_span": [60, 187]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273907-0001-0000", "contents": "2017 World Para Athletics Championships \u2013 Men's 5000 metres, Medalists\nEvents listed in pink were contested but no medals were awarded.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 59], "section_span": [61, 70], "content_span": [71, 135]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273908-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 World Para Athletics Championships \u2013 Men's 800 metres\nThe men's 800 metres at the 2017 World Para Athletics Championships was held at the Olympic Stadium in London from 14 to 23 July. The results of the men's 800\u00a0m T54 race on Monday 17 July were nullified and the race rescheduled to Friday 21 July after three competitors crashed at the 600-metre mark. Marcel Hug won the original race. The race took place on Friday evening without Richard Chiassaro who had been disqualified.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 58], "section_span": [58, 58], "content_span": [59, 484]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273908-0001-0000", "contents": "2017 World Para Athletics Championships \u2013 Men's 800 metres, Medalists\nEvents listed in pink were contested but no medals were awarded.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 58], "section_span": [60, 69], "content_span": [70, 134]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273909-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 World Para Athletics Championships \u2013 Men's club throw\nThe men's club throw at the 2017 World ParaAthletics Championships was held at the Olympic Stadium in London from 14\u201323 July.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 58], "section_span": [58, 58], "content_span": [59, 184]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273910-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 World Para Athletics Championships \u2013 Men's discus throw\nThe men's discus throw at the 2017 World Para Athletics Championships was held at the Olympic Stadium in London from 14\u201323 July.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 60], "section_span": [60, 60], "content_span": [61, 189]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273910-0001-0000", "contents": "2017 World Para Athletics Championships \u2013 Men's discus throw, Medalists\nEvents listed in pink were contested but no medals were awarded.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 60], "section_span": [62, 71], "content_span": [72, 136]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273911-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 World Para Athletics Championships \u2013 Men's high jump\nThe men's high jump at the 2017 World Para Athletics Championships was held at the Olympic Stadium in London from 14\u201323 July.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 57], "section_span": [57, 57], "content_span": [58, 183]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273911-0001-0000", "contents": "2017 World Para Athletics Championships \u2013 Men's high jump, Medalists\nEvents listed in pink were contested but no medals were awarded.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 57], "section_span": [59, 68], "content_span": [69, 133]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273912-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 World Para Athletics Championships \u2013 Men's javelin throw\nThe men's javelin throw at the 2017 World Para Athletics Championships was held at the Olympic Stadium in London from 14\u201323 July.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 61], "section_span": [61, 61], "content_span": [62, 191]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273912-0001-0000", "contents": "2017 World Para Athletics Championships \u2013 Men's javelin throw, Medalists\nEvents listed in pink were contested but no medals were awarded.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 61], "section_span": [63, 72], "content_span": [73, 137]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273913-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 World Para Athletics Championships \u2013 Men's long jump\nThe men's long jump at the 2017 World Para Athletics Championships was held at the Olympic Stadium in London from 14\u201323 July.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 57], "section_span": [57, 57], "content_span": [58, 183]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273913-0001-0000", "contents": "2017 World Para Athletics Championships \u2013 Men's long jump, Medalists\nEvents listed in pink were contested but no medals were awarded.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 57], "section_span": [59, 68], "content_span": [69, 133]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273914-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 World Para Athletics Championships \u2013 Men's shot put\nThe men's shot put at the 2017 World Para Athletics Championships was held at the Olympic Stadium in London from 14\u201323 July.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 56], "section_span": [56, 56], "content_span": [57, 181]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273914-0001-0000", "contents": "2017 World Para Athletics Championships \u2013 Men's shot put, Medalists\nEvents listed in pink were contested but no medals were awarded.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 56], "section_span": [58, 67], "content_span": [68, 132]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273915-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 World Para Athletics Championships \u2013 Men's triple jump\nThe men's triple jump at the 2017 World Para Athletics Championships was held at the Olympic Stadium in London from 14\u201323 July.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 59], "section_span": [59, 59], "content_span": [60, 187]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273915-0001-0000", "contents": "2017 World Para Athletics Championships \u2013 Men's triple jump, Medalists\nEvents listed in pink were contested but no medals were awarded.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 59], "section_span": [61, 70], "content_span": [71, 135]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273916-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 World Para Athletics Championships \u2013 Women's 100 metres\nThe women's 100 metres at the 2017 World Para Athletics Championships was held at the Olympic Stadium in London from 14\u201323 July.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 60], "section_span": [60, 60], "content_span": [61, 189]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273916-0001-0000", "contents": "2017 World Para Athletics Championships \u2013 Women's 100 metres, Medalists\nEvents listed in pink were contested but no medals were awarded.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 60], "section_span": [62, 71], "content_span": [72, 136]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273917-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 World Para Athletics Championships \u2013 Women's 1500 metres\nThe women's 1500 metres at the 2017 World Para Athletics Championships was held at the Olympic Stadium in London from 14\u201323 July.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 61], "section_span": [61, 61], "content_span": [62, 191]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273917-0001-0000", "contents": "2017 World Para Athletics Championships \u2013 Women's 1500 metres, Medalists\nEvents listed in pink were contested but no medals were awarded.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 61], "section_span": [63, 72], "content_span": [73, 137]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273918-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 World Para Athletics Championships \u2013 Women's 200 metres\nThe women's 200 metres at the 2017 World Para Athletics Championships was held at the Olympic Stadium in London from 14\u201323 July.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 60], "section_span": [60, 60], "content_span": [61, 189]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273918-0001-0000", "contents": "2017 World Para Athletics Championships \u2013 Women's 200 metres, Medalists\nEvents listed in pink were contested but no medals were awarded.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 60], "section_span": [62, 71], "content_span": [72, 136]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273919-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 World Para Athletics Championships \u2013 Women's 4 \u00d7 400 metres relay\nThe women's 4 x 400 metres relay at the 2017 World Para Athletics Championships was held at the Olympic Stadium in London from 14\u201323 July.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 70], "section_span": [70, 70], "content_span": [71, 209]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273919-0001-0000", "contents": "2017 World Para Athletics Championships \u2013 Women's 4 \u00d7 400 metres relay, Medalists\nEvents listed in pink were contested but no medals were awarded.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 70], "section_span": [72, 81], "content_span": [82, 146]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273920-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 World Para Athletics Championships \u2013 Women's 400 metres\nThe women's 400 metres at the 2017 World Para Athletics Championships was held at the Olympic Stadium in London from 14\u201323 July.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 60], "section_span": [60, 60], "content_span": [61, 189]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273920-0001-0000", "contents": "2017 World Para Athletics Championships \u2013 Women's 400 metres, Medalists\nEvents listed in pink were contested but no medals were awarded.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 60], "section_span": [62, 71], "content_span": [72, 136]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273921-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 World Para Athletics Championships \u2013 Women's 5000 metres\nThe women's 5000 metres at the 2017 World Para Athletics Championships was held at the Olympic Stadium in London from 14\u201323 July.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 61], "section_span": [61, 61], "content_span": [62, 191]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273921-0001-0000", "contents": "2017 World Para Athletics Championships \u2013 Women's 5000 metres, Medalists\nEvents listed in pink were contested but no medals were awarded.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 61], "section_span": [63, 72], "content_span": [73, 137]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273922-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 World Para Athletics Championships \u2013 Women's 800 metres\nThe women's 800 metres at the 2017 World Para Athletics Championships was held at the Olympic Stadium in London from 14\u201323 July.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 60], "section_span": [60, 60], "content_span": [61, 189]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273922-0001-0000", "contents": "2017 World Para Athletics Championships \u2013 Women's 800 metres, Medalists\nEvents listed in pink were contested but no medals were awarded.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 60], "section_span": [62, 71], "content_span": [72, 136]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273923-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 World Para Athletics Championships \u2013 Women's club throw\nThe women's club throw at the 2017 World Para Athletics Championships was held at the Olympic Stadium in London from 14\u201323 July.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 60], "section_span": [60, 60], "content_span": [61, 189]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273924-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 World Para Athletics Championships \u2013 Women's discus throw\nThe women's discus throw at the 2017 World Para Athletics Championships was held at the Olympic Stadium in London from 14\u201323 July.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 62], "section_span": [62, 62], "content_span": [63, 193]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273924-0001-0000", "contents": "2017 World Para Athletics Championships \u2013 Women's discus throw, Medalists\nEvents listed in pink were contested but no medals were awarded.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 62], "section_span": [64, 73], "content_span": [74, 138]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273925-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 World Para Athletics Championships \u2013 Women's javelin throw\nThe women's javelin throw at the 2017 World Para Athletics Championships was held at the Olympic Stadium in London from 14\u201323 July.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 63], "section_span": [63, 63], "content_span": [64, 195]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273925-0001-0000", "contents": "2017 World Para Athletics Championships \u2013 Women's javelin throw, Medalists\nEvents listed in pink were contested but no medals were awarded.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 63], "section_span": [65, 74], "content_span": [75, 139]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273926-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 World Para Athletics Championships \u2013 Women's long jump\nThe women's long jump at the 2017 World Para Athletics Championships was held at the Olympic Stadium in London from 14\u201323 July.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 59], "section_span": [59, 59], "content_span": [60, 187]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273926-0001-0000", "contents": "2017 World Para Athletics Championships \u2013 Women's long jump, Medalists\nEvents listed in pink were contested but no medals were awarded.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 59], "section_span": [61, 70], "content_span": [71, 135]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273927-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 World Para Athletics Championships \u2013 Women's shot put\nThe women's shot put at the 2017 World Para Athletics Championships was held at the Olympic Stadium in London from 14\u201323 July.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 58], "section_span": [58, 58], "content_span": [59, 185]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273927-0001-0000", "contents": "2017 World Para Athletics Championships \u2013 Women's shot put, Medalists\nEvents listed in pink were contested but no medals were awarded.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 58], "section_span": [60, 69], "content_span": [70, 134]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273928-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 World Para Ice Hockey Championships\nThe 2017 World Para Ice Hockey Championships for A-Pool teams (Canada, Germany, Italy, Norway, South Korea, Sweden, United States) was held in Gangneung, South Korea, from 11 April through 20 April 2017. The opening ceremony was held on 11 April and games were played from 12 April through 20 April, followed by the closing ceremony.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [40, 40], "content_span": [41, 374]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273928-0001-0000", "contents": "2017 World Para Ice Hockey Championships\nThis event was previously known as the IPC Ice Sledge Hockey World Championships. On 30 November 2016, the International Paralympic Committee adopted the \"World Para\" brand across the ten sports it governs, the official name of the sport changed from \"sledge hockey\" to \"Para ice hockey\", and the event became the \"World Para Ice Hockey Championships\".", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [40, 40], "content_span": [41, 393]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273928-0002-0000", "contents": "2017 World Para Ice Hockey Championships\nThe World Championships for B-Pool teams (Czech Republic, Great Britain, Japan, Slovakia) was held at Hakucho Arena in Tomakomai, Japan, from 28 November to 3 December 2016.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [40, 40], "content_span": [41, 214]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273929-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 World Para Powerlifting Championships\nThe 2017 World Para Powerlifting Championships was a competition for male and female athletes with a disability. It was held in Mexico City, Mexico and ran from 2 to 8 December 2017.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [42, 42], "content_span": [43, 225]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273929-0001-0000", "contents": "2017 World Para Powerlifting Championships\nThe tournament was one of the compulsory tournaments to qualify for the 2020 Summer Paralympics held in Tokyo, Japan.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [42, 42], "content_span": [43, 160]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273930-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 World Para Swimming Championships\nThe 2017 World Para Swimming Championships was an international swimming competition for athletes with a disability. It was held in Mexico City, Mexico and took place from 2 to 7 December. Around 304 athletes from around 70 different countries competed at the games, with China topping the tables with most gold medals and medals won. The event was held at the Alberca Ol\u00edmpica Francisco M\u00e1rquez located in Mexico City. However, due to safety concerns, both Great Britain and Russia withdrew from the rearranged championships.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [38, 38], "content_span": [39, 565]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273930-0001-0000", "contents": "2017 World Para Swimming Championships, Venue\nThe Championship was staged at the Alberca Ol\u00edmpica Francisco M\u00e1rquez located at Mexico City, Mexico.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 45], "content_span": [46, 147]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273930-0002-0000", "contents": "2017 World Para Swimming Championships, Events, Classification\nAthletes are allocated a classification for each event based upon their disability to allow fairer competition between athletes of similar ability. The classifications for swimming are:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 62], "content_span": [63, 248]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273930-0003-0000", "contents": "2017 World Para Swimming Championships, Events, Classification\nClassifications run from S1 (severely disabled) to S10 (minimally disabled) for athletes with physical disabilities, and S11 (totally blind) to S13 (legally blind) for visually impaired athletes. Blind athletes must use blackened goggles.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 62], "content_span": [63, 301]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273930-0004-0000", "contents": "2017 World Para Swimming Championships, Medal table\nThe medal table at the end of the championship. Host nation (Mexico)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 51], "content_span": [52, 120]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273930-0005-0000", "contents": "2017 World Para Swimming Championships, Medal table, Multiple medallists\nMany competitors won multiple medals at the 2017 Championships. The following athletes won five gold medals or more.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 72], "content_span": [73, 189]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273930-0006-0000", "contents": "2017 World Para Swimming Championships, Medal table, Multiple medallists\n100m Backstroke S8100m Breaststroke SB7 100m Butterfly S8100m Freestyle S8200m Individual Medley SM8400m Freestyle S84 \u00d7 100 m Freestyle Relay 34pts4 \u00d7 100 m Medley Relay 34pts", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 72], "content_span": [73, 249]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273930-0007-0000", "contents": "2017 World Para Swimming Championships, Medal table, Multiple medallists\n100m Backstroke S10100m Butterfly S10100m Freestyle S10200m Individual Medley SM10400m Freestyle S104 \u00d7 100 m Freestyle Relay 34pts4 \u00d7 100 m Medley Relay 34pts50m Freestyle S10", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 72], "content_span": [73, 249]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273930-0008-0000", "contents": "2017 World Para Swimming Championships, Medal table, Multiple medallists\n100m Backstroke S13 100m Breaststroke SB13100m Butterfly S13100m Freestyle S13200m Indiv. Medley SM13400m Freestyle S1350m Freestyle S13", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 72], "content_span": [73, 209]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273930-0009-0000", "contents": "2017 World Para Swimming Championships, Medal table, Multiple medallists\n100m Butterfly S8 100m Freestyle S8200m Individual Medley SM8400m Freestyle S850m Freestyle S84x50m Freestyle Relay 20pts100m Breaststroke SB8", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 72], "content_span": [73, 215]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273930-0010-0000", "contents": "2017 World Para Swimming Championships, Medal table, Multiple medallists\n100m Freestyle S1-5 200m Freestyle S54 \u00d7 100 m Freestyle Relay 34pts4 \u00d7 100 m Medley Relay 34pts50m Backstroke S550m Freestyle S5", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 72], "content_span": [73, 202]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273930-0011-0000", "contents": "2017 World Para Swimming Championships, Medal table, Multiple medallists\n100m Backstroke S13 100m Butterfly S12-13100m Freestyle S13200m Indiv. Medley SM1350m Freestyle S13400m Freestyle S13", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 72], "content_span": [73, 190]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273930-0012-0000", "contents": "2017 World Para Swimming Championships, Medal table, Multiple medallists\n150m Individual Medley SM3 150m Individual Medley SM350m Breaststroke SB250m Freestyle S34x50m Freestyle Relay 20pts50m Backstroke S3", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 72], "content_span": [73, 206]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273930-0013-0000", "contents": "2017 World Para Swimming Championships, Medal table, Multiple medallists\n100m Breaststroke SB7 100m Freestyle S7200m Individual Medley SM750m Butterfly S750m Freestyle S7400m Freestyle S7", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 72], "content_span": [73, 187]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273930-0014-0000", "contents": "2017 World Para Swimming Championships, Medal table, Multiple medallists\n4x50m Freestyle Relay 20pts 100m Backstroke S6100m Breaststroke SB5200m Individual Medley SM6400m Freestyle S6", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 72], "content_span": [73, 183]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273930-0015-0000", "contents": "2017 World Para Swimming Championships, Records\nMultiple world and continental records were broken during the competition. The below table lists the number of records broken by country.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 47], "content_span": [48, 185]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273931-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 World Para Swimming Championships \u2013 Men's 100 metre backstroke\nThe men's 100m backstroke events at the 2017 World Para Swimming Championships were held in Mexico City between 2\u20137 December.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 67], "section_span": [67, 67], "content_span": [68, 193]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273932-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 World Para Swimming Championships \u2013 Men's 100 metre breaststroke\nThe men's 100m breaststroke events at the 2017 World Para Swimming Championships were held in Mexico City between 2\u20137 December.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 69], "section_span": [69, 69], "content_span": [70, 197]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273933-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 World Para Swimming Championships \u2013 Men's 100 metre freestyle\nThe men's 100m freestyle events at the 2017 World Para Swimming Championships were held in Mexico City between 2\u20137 December.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 66], "section_span": [66, 66], "content_span": [67, 191]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273934-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 World Para Swimming Championships \u2013 Men's 200 metre freestyle\nThe men's 200m freestyle events at the 2017 World Para Swimming Championships were held in Mexico City between 2\u20137 December.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 66], "section_span": [66, 66], "content_span": [67, 191]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273935-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 World Para Swimming Championships \u2013 Men's 400 metre freestyle\nThe men's 400m freestyle events at the 2017 World Para Swimming Championships were held in Mexico City between 2\u20137 December.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 66], "section_span": [66, 66], "content_span": [67, 191]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273936-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 World Para Swimming Championships \u2013 Men's 50 metre backstroke\nThe men's 50m backstroke events at the 2017 World Para Swimming Championships were held in Mexico City between 2\u20137 December.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 66], "section_span": [66, 66], "content_span": [67, 191]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273937-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 World Para Swimming Championships \u2013 Men's 50 metre breaststroke\nThe men's 50m breaststroke events at the 2017 World Para Swimming Championships were held in Mexico City between 2\u20137 December.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 68], "section_span": [68, 68], "content_span": [69, 195]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273938-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 World Para Swimming Championships \u2013 Men's 50 metre freestyle\nThe men's 50m freestyle events at the 2017 World Para Swimming Championships were held in Mexico City between 2\u20137 December.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 65], "section_span": [65, 65], "content_span": [66, 189]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273939-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 World Para Swimming Championships \u2013 Women's 100 metre backstroke\nThe women's 100m backstroke events at the 2017 World Para Swimming Championships were held in Mexico City between 2\u20137 December.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 69], "section_span": [69, 69], "content_span": [70, 197]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273940-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 World Para Swimming Championships \u2013 Women's 100 metre breaststroke\nThe women's 100m breaststroke events at the 2017 World Para Swimming Championships were held in Mexico City between 2\u20137 December.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 71], "section_span": [71, 71], "content_span": [72, 201]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273941-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 World Para Swimming Championships \u2013 Women's 100 metre freestyle\nThe women's 100m freestyle events at the 2017 World Para Swimming Championships were held in Mexico City between 2\u20137 December.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 68], "section_span": [68, 68], "content_span": [69, 195]}} {"id": 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[68, 68], "content_span": [69, 195]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273945-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 World Para Swimming Championships \u2013 Women's 50 metre breaststroke\nThe women's 50m breaststroke events at the 2017 World Para Swimming Championships were held in Mexico City between 2\u20137 December.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 70], "section_span": [70, 70], "content_span": [71, 199]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273946-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 World Para Swimming Championships \u2013 Women's 50 metre freestyle\nThe women's 50m freestyle events at the 2017 World Para Swimming Championships were held in Mexico City between 2\u20137 December.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 67], "section_span": [67, 67], "content_span": [68, 193]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273947-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 World Polo Championship\nThe 2017 World Polo Championship was held at the Sydney Polo Club. The Championship rights were awarded to the club itself. This is unusual as the normal process is to award it to a country. The Sydney Polo Club was offered the opportunity to bid because of their unparalleled fields and grounds. The Australian Polo Federation is in support of the Sydney Polo Club.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [28, 28], "content_span": [29, 395]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273947-0001-0000", "contents": "2017 World Polo Championship\nDestination NSW is the strategic Sponsor of the 2017 World Polo Championship hosted by the Sydney Polo Club. The event took place in October 2017. The tournament saw the world's eight best nations compete for the world title in Sydney's Hawkesbury region.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [28, 28], "content_span": [29, 284]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273948-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 World Pool Masters\nThe 2017 World Pool Masters, also known as World Pool Masters XXIV, was a nine-ball pool tournament that took place in Gibraltar between 17\u201319 February 2017. It was the 24th edition of the invitational tournament organised by Matchroom Sport.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [23, 23], "content_span": [24, 266]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273948-0001-0000", "contents": "2017 World Pool Masters\nThe defending champion Shane Van Boening reached the second round, but was defeated by David Alcaide. Alcaide won the event, defeating Scotland's Jayson Shaw 8\u20137 in the final.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [23, 23], "content_span": [24, 199]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273949-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 World RX of Barcelona\nThe 2017 World RX of Barcelona was the first round of the fourth season of the FIA World Rallycross Championship. The event was held at the Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya in Montmel\u00f3, Catalonia.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [26, 26], "content_span": [27, 221]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273950-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 World RX of Belgium\nThe 2017 World RX of Belgium was the fourth round of the fourth season of the FIA World Rallycross Championship. The event was held at the Circuit Jules Tacheny Mettet in Mettet, Wallonia and also played host to the third round of the 2017 FIA European Rallycross Championship. It also hosted the first round of the 2017 RX2 International Series, the support category of the World Rallycross Championship.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [24, 24], "content_span": [25, 430]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273951-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 World RX of Canada\nThe 2017 World RX of Canada was the eighth round of the fourth season of the FIA World Rallycross Championship. The event was held at the Circuit Trois-Rivi\u00e8res in Trois-Rivi\u00e8res, Quebec.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [23, 23], "content_span": [24, 211]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273952-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 World RX of France\nThe 2017 World RX of France was the ninth round of the fourth season of the FIA World Rallycross Championship. The event was held at the Circuit de Loh\u00e9ac in the Loh\u00e9ac commune of Bretagne.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [23, 23], "content_span": [24, 213]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273953-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 World RX of Germany\nThe 2017 World RX of Germany was the eleventh round of the fourth season of the FIA World Rallycross Championship. The event was held at the Estering in Buxtehude, Lower Saxony.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [24, 24], "content_span": [25, 202]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273954-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 World RX of Great Britain\nThe 2017 World RX of Great Britain was the fifth round of the fourth season of the FIA World Rallycross Championship. The event was held at Lydden Hill Race Circuit in Wootton, Kent and also played host to the fourth round of the 2017 FIA European Rallycross Championship. It also hosted the second round of the 2017 RX2 International Series, the support category of the World Rallycross Championship.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [30, 30], "content_span": [31, 432]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273954-0001-0000", "contents": "2017 World RX of Great Britain\nTimo Scheider was absent due to racing for BMW Motorsport in the 24 Hours N\u00fcrburgring. British touring car champion Andrew Jordan replaced Scheider at MJP Racing Team Austria. This was Jordan's third appearance at the World RX of Great Britain, having previously finished third in 2014 and seventh in 2015.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [30, 30], "content_span": [31, 337]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273955-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 World RX of Hockenheim\nThe 2017 World RX of Hockenheim was the third round of the fourth season of the FIA World Rallycross Championship. The event was held at the Hockenheimring in Hockenheim, Baden-W\u00fcrttemberg, alongside the Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [27, 27], "content_span": [28, 261]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273956-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 World RX of Latvia\nThe 2017 World RX of Latvia was the tenth round of the fourth season of the FIA World Rallycross Championship. The event was held at Bi\u0137ernieku Kompleks\u0101 Sporta B\u0101ze, in the Latvian capital of Riga. Johan Kristoffersson secured the drivers' title, after winning the event. Kristoffersson's closest rival for the title, teammate Petter Solberg, was involved in a first lap crash with J\u0101nis Baumanis in Semi-Final 2. The Semi-Final was red-flagged as Solberg was taken to a hospital in Riga. At the hospital it was determined that he had broken two ribs and his left collarbone.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [23, 23], "content_span": [24, 600]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273957-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 World RX of Norway\nThe 2017 World RX of Norway was the sixth round of the fourth season of the FIA World Rallycross Championship. The event was held at the L\u00e5nkebanen near Hell, Nord-Tr\u00f8ndelag.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [23, 23], "content_span": [24, 198]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273958-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 World RX of Portugal\nThe 2017 World RX of Portugal was the second round of the fourth season of the FIA World Rallycross Championship. The event was held at the Pista Autom\u00f3vel de Montalegre in Montalegre, Vila Real.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [25, 25], "content_span": [26, 221]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273959-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 World RX of South Africa\nThe 2017 World RX of South Africa was the twelfth and final round of the fourth season of the FIA World Rallycross Championship. The event was held at the Killarney Motor Racing Complex in Cape Town, Western Cape.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [29, 29], "content_span": [30, 243]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273960-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 World RX of Sweden\nThe 2017 World RX of Sweden, formally known as the 2017 Swecon World RX of Sweden, for sponsorship reasons, was the seventh round of the fourth season of the FIA World Rallycross Championship. The event was held at the H\u00f6ljesbanan in the village of H\u00f6ljes, V\u00e4rmland and also hosted round six of the European Rallycross Championship and round four of the RX2 International Series, the main support category for the World Rallycross Championship.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [23, 23], "content_span": [24, 468]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273960-0001-0000", "contents": "2017 World RX of Sweden, Background\nReigning world champion and second in the 2017 standings, Mattias Ekstr\u00f6m, was absent from the event due to his commitment in the DTM at the Norisring, held on the same weekend. Swedish rally driver Per-Gunnar Andersson was selected by EKS RX as Ekstr\u00f6m's replacement, while Reinis Niti\u0161s was nominated as the point scorer for EKS RX in the Teams' Championship, alongside Toomas Heikkinen.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 35], "content_span": [36, 425]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273960-0002-0000", "contents": "2017 World RX of Sweden, Background\nOlsbergs MSE, who left the Championship in 2016, entered two Ford Fiesta ST's for Sebastian Eriksson and Oliver Eriksson, but were ineligible to score points in the Teams' Championship.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 35], "content_span": [36, 222]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273960-0003-0000", "contents": "2017 World RX of Sweden, Background\nThe attendance record was broken for the fourth year in a row, with 45,100 spectators, up from 44,400 in 2016.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 35], "content_span": [36, 146]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273961-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 World Rally Championship\nThe 2017 FIA World Rally Championship was the 45th season of the World Rally Championship, an auto racing championship recognised by the F\u00e9d\u00e9ration Internationale de l'Automobile (FIA) as the highest class of international rallying. Teams and crews contested in thirteen events\u2014starting in Monte Carlo on 19 January and ending in Australia on 19 November\u2014for the World Rally Championships for Drivers, Co-drivers and Manufacturers. Drivers were free to compete in cars complying with World Rally Car and Group R regulations; however, only Manufacturers competing with 2017-specification World Rally Cars were eligible to score points in the Manufacturers' championship. The series were supported by the WRC-2 and WRC-3 championships and the newly created WRC Trophy at every round, and by the Junior World Rally Championship at selected rounds.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [29, 29], "content_span": [30, 874]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273961-0001-0000", "contents": "2017 World Rally Championship\nThe 2017 season saw substantial revisions to the technical regulations aimed at improving the performance of the cars and offering teams a greater degree of technical and design freedom. Toyota returned to the sport as a full manufacturer team, entering the Toyota Yaris WRC, as did Citro\u00ebn, who returned to full-time competition after contesting a partial campaign in 2016. Conversely, Volkswagen formally withdrew from the sport at the end of the 2016 championship.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [29, 29], "content_span": [30, 497]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273961-0002-0000", "contents": "2017 World Rally Championship\nS\u00e9bastien Ogier and Julien Ingrassia started the season as the defending World Drivers' and Co-drivers' Champions after securing their fourth World Championship titles at the 2016 Rally Catalunya. Volkswagen Motorsport, the team Ogier and Ingrassia won their 2016 titles with, were the reigning World Manufacturers' Champions, having secured their fourth title at the 2016 Wales Rally GB. However, the team did not return to defend their title after parent company Volkswagen's withdrawal from the sport.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [29, 29], "content_span": [30, 534]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273961-0003-0000", "contents": "2017 World Rally Championship\nAt the conclusion of the championship, Ogier and Ingrassia successfully defended their championship titles, becoming the second most-successful crew in the sport's history behind S\u00e9bastien Loeb and Daniel Elena and only the third crew to win multiple titles with more than one manufacturer. Thierry Neuville and Nicolas Gilsoul finished second, thirty-two points behind Ogier and Ingrassia, while Ott T\u00e4nak and Martin J\u00e4rveoja placed third. In the World Championship for Manufacturers, M-Sport World Rally Team won their first World Championship title since 2007. Hyundai Motorsport finished second overall ninety-three points behind M-Sport, with Toyota Gazoo Racing WRT in third.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [29, 29], "content_span": [30, 711]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273961-0004-0000", "contents": "2017 World Rally Championship, Calendar\nThe season was contested over thirteen rounds in Europe, North America, South America and Oceania.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 39], "content_span": [40, 138]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273961-0005-0000", "contents": "2017 World Rally Championship, Calendar, Calendar changes\nThe FIA re-organised the calendar for the 2017 season to include a greater variation in surfaces between events, bringing the Tour de Corse forward from October to April. The decision was made after concerns were expressed about the 2016 calendar, which originally contained six consecutive gravel events followed by four tarmac rallies.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 57], "content_span": [58, 395]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273961-0006-0000", "contents": "2017 World Rally Championship, Calendar, Calendar changes\nThe Rally of China was removed from the calendar. The event had been included on the 2016 calendar before storm damage to the proposed route forced its cancellation. The round was removed from the 2017 calendar to give event organisers more time to prepare for a future bid to rejoin the calendar.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 57], "content_span": [58, 355]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273961-0006-0001", "contents": "2017 World Rally Championship, Calendar, Calendar changes\nSimilarly, the FIA put the Rallies of Argentina and Poland on notice regarding safety concerns, threatening to rescind their World Championship status for the 2017 season unless safety standards were improved in 2016, with drivers citing a lack of safety marshalls and expressing concerns over spectators getting too close to the cars as the main areas to be addressed. Both events were subsequently included on the calendar.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 57], "content_span": [58, 483]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273961-0007-0000", "contents": "2017 World Rally Championship, Calendar, Calendar changes\nThe Rallies of Sweden and Germany changed their headquarters. The Rally of Sweden stayed within V\u00e4rmland County, but relocated from Karlstad to Torsby. The Rally of Germany moved from Trier in Rhineland-Palatine to Saarbr\u00fccken in the neighbouring state of Saarland.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 57], "content_span": [58, 323]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273961-0008-0000", "contents": "2017 World Rally Championship, Calendar, Route changes\nThe Rallye Monte-Carlo introduced a heavily revised itinerary, with eighty-five percent of the route used in 2016 being revised for the 2017 event, which saw the competitive distance increase from 337.59\u00a0km to 382.65\u00a0km and included the Col de Turini as part of the Power Stage. Rally Sweden adjusted its route to remove the emphasis on purpose-built stages that had filled out the event itinerary in previous years. The new route raised the average speed of the rally and introduced more competitive mileage in Hedmark County in neighbouring Norway.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 54], "content_span": [55, 605]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273961-0009-0000", "contents": "2017 World Rally Championship, Calendar, Route changes\nRally Mexico also featured route revisions, with the eighty-kilometre Guanajuato stage\u2014the longest in the championship in 2016\u2014removed from the schedule; however, the addition of new stages and further changes to existing ones meant that the overall competitive distance of the 2017 rally was only six kilometres shorter than the route used in the 2016 event. The rally started in Mexico City with a spectator-friendly stage before moving to its traditional headquarters in Le\u00f3n.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 54], "content_span": [55, 534]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273961-0009-0001", "contents": "2017 World Rally Championship, Calendar, Route changes\nThe Tour de Corse shortened its route by seventy-four kilometres, from 390.92\u00a0km in 2016 down to 316.76\u00a0km in 2017, with most of the changes coming from shortening each of the individual stages used in 2016. Rally Portugal shortened its route by twenty kilometres, reintroducing stages that had not been used for several years and reconfiguring stages from the 2016 event. Rally Poland also revised its route, introducing a series of brand-new stages close to the Russian border. The changes saw the crews compete on a wider ranges of surfaces\u2014including tarmac and cobblestones\u2014within individual stages, although the rally was still officially classified as a gravel surface event.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 54], "content_span": [55, 736]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273961-0010-0000", "contents": "2017 World Rally Championship, Calendar, Route changes\nFollowing the cancellation of stages in Rally Sweden when the front-running cars exceeded the maximum average speed mandated by the FIA, Rally Finland was forced to revise its route to find ways of keeping the average stage speed down\u2014with some estimates predicting that the 2017 generation of cars could exceed 140\u00a0km/h (87.0\u00a0mph)\u2014to avoid stage cancellations.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 54], "content_span": [55, 416]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273961-0010-0001", "contents": "2017 World Rally Championship, Calendar, Route changes\nThis was achieved by installing artificial chicanes into all but two of the stages, which proved to be controversial as drivers complained that they were too narrow and thus had the potential to damage cars, and were poorly-positioned with little regulatory oversight from rally organisers. With Rallye Deutschland moving to a new headquarters, the rally routed was revised. The vineyard and military proving ground stages in the Baumholder region were retained, but the final leg of the route was changed to introduce high-speed stages based on country lanes.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 54], "content_span": [55, 615]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273961-0011-0000", "contents": "2017 World Rally Championship, Calendar, Route changes\nRally Catalunya introduced several new and returning stages to its route, focusing on the tarmac legs of the event. Organisers of the Wales Rally GB retained the event route used in 2016, but revised the itinerary to increase its difficulty, with the route featuring earlier start times, later finishes and the reintroduction of night stages. Rally Australia underwent route revisions, introducing a new loop of stages north of the rally headquarters in Coffs Harbour. The new stages were designed to be faster and more technical than in previous events.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 54], "content_span": [55, 609]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273961-0012-0000", "contents": "2017 World Rally Championship, Entries\nThe following teams and drivers were entered for the rallies in the 2017 World Rally Championship:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 38], "content_span": [39, 137]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273961-0013-0000", "contents": "2017 World Rally Championship, Entries, Team and crew changes\nM-Sport entered the Ford Fiesta WRC, based on the Fiesta RS WRC and updated to fit the 2017 regulation. The team secured S\u00e9bastien Ogier and Julien Ingrassia to drive one car, and re-hired Ott T\u00e4nak, who returned to the team after contesting the 2016 season with DMACK World Rally Team. T\u00e4nak changed co-drivers, with Martin J\u00e4rveoja replacing Raigo M\u00f5lder. Elfyn Evans and Daniel Barritt returned to the premier class after contesting the 2016 season in the WRC-2 category, swapping places Eric Camilli and Benjamin Veillas, who stayed with M-Sport and were entered in the WRC-2.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 61], "content_span": [62, 642]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273961-0014-0000", "contents": "2017 World Rally Championship, Entries, Team and crew changes\nM-Sport resumed their practice of promoting their junior drivers for guest appearances, starting with Teemu Suninen at the Rally of Poland. Suninen will be partnered by his regular World Rally Championship-2 co-driver, Mikko Markkula. The team also continued to operate their customer programme, with Adapta World Rally Team returning to the sport and merging with Jipocar Czech National Team to form the OneBet Jipocar World Rally Team, starting the season from the 65th Rally Sweden.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 61], "content_span": [62, 547]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273961-0014-0001", "contents": "2017 World Rally Championship, Entries, Team and crew changes\nMads \u00d8stberg and Ola Fl\u00f8ene competed in a Fiesta WRC, with the team expanding to two cars later in the season; the second, an older-model Fiesta RS WRC, will be driven by Martin Prokop and Jan Tom\u00e1nek, who return to the World Rally Championship after missing the second half of the 2016 season. Lorenzo Bertelli, Simone Scattolin and their FWRT team acquired a Fiesta for the Rally Mexico, which like the OneBet Jipocar entry, was run by M-Sport. DMACK World Rally Team will no longer operate as a customer team, instead becoming a partner and supplier of M-Sport, providing tyres and sponsorship for Elfyn Evans' entry.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 61], "content_span": [62, 682]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273961-0015-0000", "contents": "2017 World Rally Championship, Entries, Team and crew changes\nHyundai entered a three-door variant of the i20 WRC, known as the i20 Coupe WRC, having used the five-door model in competition throughout the 2016 season. The team had previously used a three-door model in 2014 and 2015 before being forced to adopt the five-door model in 2016 for logistical reasons. However, the team considered the three-door model to be better-suited to competition, and developed the i20 Coupe WRC around it.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 61], "content_span": [62, 492]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273961-0015-0001", "contents": "2017 World Rally Championship, Entries, Team and crew changes\nHyundai elected to retain the three crews\u2014Thierry Neuville and Nicolas Gilsoul, Hayden Paddon and John Kennard, and Dani Sordo and Marc Mart\u00ed\u2014who drove for the team in 2016 to contest their 2017 campaign. Following the Rally of Mexico, Hyundai announced that Paddon and Kennard would part ways after a twelve-year partnership, with Sebastian Marshall becoming Paddon's new co-driver.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 61], "content_span": [62, 445]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273961-0016-0000", "contents": "2017 World Rally Championship, Entries, Team and crew changes\nCitro\u00ebn returned to the sport with a fully factory-supported team after competing part-time in 2016 to focus on the development of their 2017-generation car. The DS3 WRC was succeeded by the C3 WRC, a brand-new car based on the Citro\u00ebn C3. The decision to re-enter the World Rally Championship coincided with Citro\u00ebn withdrawing its factory support for the Citro\u00ebn C-Elys\u00e9e WTCC and its World Touring Car Championship programme.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 61], "content_span": [62, 490]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273961-0016-0001", "contents": "2017 World Rally Championship, Entries, Team and crew changes\nThe team signed Kris Meeke and co-driver Paul Nagle to contest the full season, while Craig Breen and Scott Martin shared a car with St\u00e9phane Lefebvre between events\u2014as they did in 2016\u2014until the Tour de Corse, when a third C3 WRC became available; Citro\u00ebn also entered a DS3 WRC for Breen and Lefebvre in the opening rounds. Gabin Moreau returned as Lefebvre's co-driver following an injury at the 34. Rallye Deutschland that saw him sit out the final events of the 2016 season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 61], "content_span": [62, 541]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273961-0016-0002", "contents": "2017 World Rally Championship, Entries, Team and crew changes\nLefebvre and Moreau were later replaced for the Rally Sardinia by Andreas Mikkelsen and Anders J\u00e6ger, who had started the season contesting the World Rally Championship-2 in a \u0160koda Fabia R5. Mikkelsen and J\u00e6ger went on to rotate between Citro\u00ebn's entries before switching to Hyundai for the final rounds of the championship. Khalid Al Qassimi contested selected events in a fourth C3 WRC.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 61], "content_span": [62, 451]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273961-0017-0000", "contents": "2017 World Rally Championship, Entries, Team and crew changes\nToyota returned to the sport after eighteen years, entering the brand-new Toyota Yaris WRC under the banner of Toyota Gazoo Racing WRT. The development and operation of the cars is overseen by four-time World Drivers' Champion Tommi M\u00e4kinen. Jari-Matti Latvala and co-driver Miikka Anttila left Volkswagen Motorsport following the team's withdrawal from the sport to join Toyota, where they are partnered with Juho H\u00e4nninen\u2014who returned to the championship for the first time since 2014\u2014and Kaj Lindstr\u00f6m.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 61], "content_span": [62, 567]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273961-0017-0001", "contents": "2017 World Rally Championship, Entries, Team and crew changes\nReigning WRC-2 champions Esapekka Lappi and Janne Ferm made their d\u00e9but in a WRC specification car, contesting a partial campaign from the Rally of Portugal. Toyota last competed in the sport as a factory-supported team between 1997 and 1999 with the Corolla WRC before withdrawing ahead of the 2000 season to focus on its Formula One project.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 61], "content_span": [62, 406]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273961-0018-0000", "contents": "2017 World Rally Championship, Entries, Team and crew changes\nVolkswagen scaled back their involvement in the sport, withdrawing their entry as a manufacturer at the end of the 2016 season and cancelling the Polo R WRC programme in light of the emissions scandal that broke in 2015. Volkswagen instead switched focus from a factory-supported team to a customer programme with a Polo rally car built to R5 regulations and scheduled for introduction in 2018. The 2016 specification of the Polo R WRC was made available to privateer entries and the 2017 model, known as the Polo WRC, was abandoned after the FIA denied an exemption to homologation regulations that would have allowed the Polo WRC to compete in 2017.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 61], "content_span": [62, 713]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273961-0019-0000", "contents": "2017 World Rally Championship, Regulation changes, Technical regulations\nThe sport underwent a revision of the technical regulations for 2017, introducing a variety of changes aimed at improving aerodynamic and mechanical grip, with modelling suggesting that average stage speeds are expected to increase to the point where stage records could be broken by up to thirty seconds and drawing comparisons to the defunct Group B regulations. These changes include:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 72], "content_span": [73, 460]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273961-0020-0000", "contents": "2017 World Rally Championship, Regulation changes, Technical regulations\nIn order to promote further manufacturer participation, homologation requirements were relaxed to allow any production car that is at least 3.9\u00a0m (12.8\u00a0ft) long to be eligible for recognition as a World Rally Car. The designs of the cars were to be finalised by September 2016 and submitted for homologation by 1 November 2016.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 72], "content_span": [73, 400]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273961-0021-0000", "contents": "2017 World Rally Championship, Regulation changes, Sporting regulations\nThe points-scoring system for the World Championship for Manufacturers was changed, with manufacturers permitted to enter at least two and as many as three crews in each round, with the best two results being awarded points. Changes were also made to the points awarded for the Power Stage, with points awarded to the top five drivers.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 71], "content_span": [72, 407]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273961-0022-0000", "contents": "2017 World Rally Championship, Regulation changes, Sporting regulations\nThe FIA exercised stricter controls over which drivers are eligible to compete in 2017-specification cars by only permitting registered manufacturers to enter 2017-specification cars. The rule was introduced as a response to concerns over inexperienced drivers and drivers paying for the opportunity to race being able to compete in the more powerful 2017 cars without oversight. The controls stop short of a licensing system similar to the one used in Formula One to allow experienced guest drivers to compete part-time.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 71], "content_span": [72, 593]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273961-0022-0001", "contents": "2017 World Rally Championship, Regulation changes, Sporting regulations\nTo complement this, a new privateers' championship known as the WRC Trophy was added for crews entering World Rally Cars used between 2011 and 2016. Crews competing in the WRC Trophy had to nominate seven rounds at which they were eligible to score points, with their six best results counting towards their final points tally.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 71], "content_span": [72, 399]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273961-0023-0000", "contents": "2017 World Rally Championship, Regulation changes, Sporting regulations\nFurther changes were made to the sporting regulations, with the rules governing the running order\u2014the order in which crews enter a stage\u2014reverting to the system used in 2014 to address concerns over road sweeping, whereby championship leaders were forced to clear the roads of loose gravel, costing them time and exposing the harder-packed and faster road base for following drivers to take advantage of. Under the reintroduced rules, the crews will enter a stage in championship order for the first day of competition, and then in reverse championship order for the remaining legs of the event.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 71], "content_span": [72, 667]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273961-0024-0000", "contents": "2017 World Rally Championship, Season report, Monte Carlo Rally\nRallye Monte Carlo saw S\u00e9bastien Ogier and Julien Ingrassia start their title defence with a win, recording their fourth victory in the event and M-Sport's first win since the 68th Wales Rally GB in 2012. Jari-Matti Latvala and Miikka Anttila finished second on Toyota's return to the sport, with Ott T\u00e4nak and Martin J\u00e4rveoja completing the podium.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 63], "content_span": [64, 413]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273961-0024-0001", "contents": "2017 World Rally Championship, Season report, Monte Carlo Rally\nThierry Neuville established an early lead as the opening stages were marked by attrition; Ogier lost forty seconds when he slid into a ditch, Kris Meeke and Juho H\u00e4nninen crashed out and restarted the next day with a penalty, St\u00e9phane Lefebvre suffered a gearbox failure, and Elfyn Evans struggled for grip on the icy surface. Neuville carried the overnight lead from Ogier, who had recovered from ninth after his off, and T\u00e4nak. Neuville extended his lead to over a minute on the second leg of the rally as Ogier took a conservative approach to the icy roads.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 63], "content_span": [64, 625]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273961-0024-0002", "contents": "2017 World Rally Championship, Season report, Monte Carlo Rally\nHe gradually started to recover during the second pass over the day's stages, and inherited the lead when Neuville crashed on the final stage of the day, breaking his suspension and losing half an hour. Neuville's accident also handed Jari-Matti Latvala a provisional podium position. Dani Sordo encountered problems in the sister Hyundai, struggling with a loss of power steering, while Meeke was forced to retire after a collision on the road section between stages.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 63], "content_span": [64, 532]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273961-0024-0003", "contents": "2017 World Rally Championship, Season report, Monte Carlo Rally\nMeanwhile, Evans regained his confidence on the dry tarmac and won three of the day's five stages to secure sixth place going into the final day of competition. The final leg of the rally saw T\u00e4nak develop a misfire that allowed Latvala to pass him for second and left him vulnerable to Sordo. A late change in the weather on the final stage left the field contending with difficult conditions; while Ogier and Latvala drove conservatively to secure first and second, T\u00e4nak withstood pressure from Sordo to finish third.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 63], "content_span": [64, 584]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273961-0024-0004", "contents": "2017 World Rally Championship, Season report, Monte Carlo Rally\nSordo and co-driver Marc Mart\u00ed finished the event fourth ahead of Craig Breen and Scott Martin who were the leading Citro\u00ebn crew despite driving a year-old DS3 WRC. Elfyn Evans and Daniel Barritt finished sixth, while seventh and eighth place went to World Rally Championship-2 entries; driving a \u0160koda Fabia R5 in a guest appearance, Andreas Mikkelsen and Anders J\u00e6ger finished ahead of \u0160koda Motorsport teammates Jan Kopeck\u00fd and Pavel Dresler. St\u00e9phane Lefebvre and Gabin Moreau overcame their penalty for restarting under Rally-2 regulations to finish ninth, while WRC-2 entrants Bryan Bouffier and Denis Giraudet completed the top ten in a Ford Fiesta R5. Thierry Neuville and Nicolas Gilsoul scored an additional five points for winning the Power Stage.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 63], "content_span": [64, 822]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273961-0025-0000", "contents": "2017 World Rally Championship, Season report, Monte Carlo Rally\nThe rally was overshadowed by a fatal accident involving a spectator on the opening stage when Hayden Paddon lost control on a patch of black ice and hit the spectator as he rolled into an embankment, blocking the roadway. The stage was stopped\u2014and ultimately cancelled\u2014as medical attention was sought and the car cleared away, but the spectator later died of his injuries. Although eligible to restart under Rally-2 regulations, Paddon withdrew from the event.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 63], "content_span": [64, 525]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273961-0026-0000", "contents": "2017 World Rally Championship, Season report, Rally Sweden\nJari-Matti Latvala and Miikka Anttila won the Rally of Sweden, and combined with five bonus points for winning the Power Stage, took the lead of the drivers' and co-drivers' championships. The result marked Toyota's first World Rally Championship victory since Didier Auriol and Denis Giraudet won the 3rd China Rally in 1999. Ott T\u00e4nak and Martin J\u00e4rveoja finished second, while S\u00e9bastien Ogier and Julien Ingrassia completed the podium and allowed M-Sport to retain the manufacturers' championship lead.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 58], "content_span": [59, 564]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273961-0026-0001", "contents": "2017 World Rally Championship, Season report, Rally Sweden\nThe first day of competition saw Thierry Neuville and Latvala emerged as the early contenders for the rally lead as drivers reported that the rough surface and frequent jumps interrupted the airflow over the cars and making the level of aerodynamic grip available inconsistent.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 58], "content_span": [59, 336]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273961-0026-0002", "contents": "2017 World Rally Championship, Season report, Rally Sweden\nAs the crews began their second pass over the day's stages, the icy road surface began to break up enabling Neuville\u2014whose road position meant that he had experience with the degrading road surface during the first pass\u2014to break free, building up a twenty-second lead over Latvala at the end of the day, with Ott T\u00e4nak a further thirty seconds behind.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 58], "content_span": [59, 410]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273961-0026-0003", "contents": "2017 World Rally Championship, Season report, Rally Sweden\nFurther down the order, Craig Breen struggled with snow drifts on his d\u00e9but in the C3 WRC; Juho H\u00e4nninen retired after damaging his radiator when he hit a tree; and Mads \u00d8stberg was forced out when the rear wing of his Fiesta WRC fell off. The second leg of the rally saw Neuville build his overnight lead to forty-three seconds, only crash out for the second event in a row.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 58], "content_span": [59, 434]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273961-0026-0004", "contents": "2017 World Rally Championship, Season report, Rally Sweden\nT\u00e4nak won every stage of the morning loop to put pressure on Latvala in second, closing to within five seconds when Latvala was forced to slow to avoid Kris Meeke as Meeke attempted to return to the stage after an off. S\u00e9bastien Ogier, running ahead of Meeke and therefore unimpeded, started to catch T\u00e4nak and was thirteen seconds behind the Estonian as the crews started the final stage of the day, a short super-special stage.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 58], "content_span": [59, 488]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273961-0026-0005", "contents": "2017 World Rally Championship, Season report, Rally Sweden\nNeuville hit a tire stack and broke his steering, forcing him out of the event and handing the provisional podium positions to Latvala, T\u00e4nak and Ogier; Neuville ultimately salvaged three points on the Power Stage. The third day started with Ogier spinning on the opening stage and losing ground to the leaders; meanwhile, Latvala won the opening stages to consolidate his lead over T\u00e4nak. T\u00e4nak was unable to respond on the Power Stage, handing Latvala his fourth victory in Sweden. Dani Sordo and Marc Mart\u00ed finished fourth ahead of Breen and Scott Martin.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 58], "content_span": [59, 617]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273961-0026-0006", "contents": "2017 World Rally Championship, Season report, Rally Sweden\nElfyn Evans and Daniel Barritt survived a late push from Hayden Paddon and John Kennard to secure sixth. St\u00e9phane Lefebvre and Gabin Moreau finished eighth, having reverted to a year-old DS3 for the event. WRC-2 entrants Pontus Tidemand and Jonas Andersson finished ninth in a \u0160koda Fabia R5, while Teemu Suninen and Mikko Markkula completed the points-scoring positions in a Ford Fiesta R5.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 58], "content_span": [59, 450]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273961-0027-0000", "contents": "2017 World Rally Championship, Season report, Rally Mexico\nKris Meeke and Paul Nagle won the Rally of Mexico, marking the pair's first victory of the season, and the first for the Citro\u00ebn C3 WRC. S\u00e9bastien Ogier led into Friday after two runs of the new Mexico City street stage, but an accident involving civilian vehicles lead to heavy traffic on the road to Le\u00f3n and subsequently caused the first two special stages of Friday to be cancelled as the cars arrived late. Meeke won the first gravel stage as Hyundai, M-Sport and Toyota all suffered issues blamed on the heat and altitude of the Mexican stages.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 58], "content_span": [59, 609]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273961-0027-0001", "contents": "2017 World Rally Championship, Season report, Rally Mexico\nDespite a threat from Ogier and Neuville in third, Meeke maintained his lead through Saturday. A spin on a hairpin for Ogier stretched Meeke's lead to over thirty seconds by the end of the day. St\u00e9phane Lefebvre and Lorenzo Bertelli crashed on Saturday, but both resumed on Sunday with only cosmetic damage. By Sunday morning, Ott T\u00e4nak was fourth, followed by Hayden Paddon, who reported technical issues. They would hold their positions until the end of the rally.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 58], "content_span": [59, 525]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273961-0027-0002", "contents": "2017 World Rally Championship, Season report, Rally Mexico\nJari-Matti Latvala, plagued by engine issues and a poor road position on Friday, won a battle for sixth with his teammate Juho H\u00e4nninen who was suffering from illness. Further back, Elfyn Evans won three stages but had been issued a five-minute time penalty following an engine change before the first stage. Similarly, Dani Sordo had been given a ten-minute penalty for an incomplete performance at Saturday evening's super-special stage, but this was successfully appealed by his team, meaning he finished eighth. The power stage was won by Neuville, with Ogier, T\u00e4nak, Latvala and Sordo also scoring.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 58], "content_span": [59, 662]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273961-0027-0003", "contents": "2017 World Rally Championship, Season report, Rally Mexico\nIn the final few corners of the power stage, Meeke lost control over a bump in a fast right turn, left the road and hit a spectator's parked car. After spending twenty seconds in a field doubling as a car park, he returned to the road, to win the rally with a margin of fourteen seconds. He moved to sixth in the championship standings, while Ogier took the lead from Latvala. Ogier's podium finish and championship lead were briefly threatened after his car failed scrutineering due to a technical infringement with his gearbox, but were subsequently upheld after closer examination of the car.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 58], "content_span": [59, 654]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273961-0028-0000", "contents": "2017 World Rally Championship, Season report, Tour de Corse\nThierry Neuville and Nicolas Gilsoul won the Tour de Corse, making Hyundai the fourth different manufacturer to win in as many rallies. Kris Meeke and Paul Nagle established themselves as the early leaders, with S\u00e9bastien Ogier and Julien Ingrassia emerged as their closest challengers as Ott T\u00e4nak and Martin J\u00e4rveoja had an early off that they could not recover from.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 59], "content_span": [60, 429]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273961-0028-0001", "contents": "2017 World Rally Championship, Season report, Tour de Corse\nNeuville and Gilsoul made a slow start, but recovered well to take advantage of setup and hydraulics problems that stymied Ogier's progress, and by the end of the first day were in a position to challenge the reigning World Champions for second place. Meeke and Nagle continued to build their lead until their engine let go, forcing them to retire on the spot and handing the lead of the rally to Neuville and Gilsoul.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 59], "content_span": [60, 478]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273961-0028-0002", "contents": "2017 World Rally Championship, Season report, Tour de Corse\nWith Ogier and Ingrassia struggling with an engine misfire, the Hyundai crew were able to establish a lead of over thirty seconds, and they remained unchallenged for the rest of the event. Dani Sordo and Marc Mart\u00ed briefly held second place\u2014despite struggling with setup problems and being unable to find a rhythm\u2014before Ogier and Ingrassia reclaimed the position in the final stage. Jari-Matti Latvala and Miikka Anttila finished fourth, edging out Craig Breen and Scott Martin by a tenth of a second, while Hayden Paddon and John Kennard finished sixth.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 59], "content_span": [60, 615]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273961-0028-0003", "contents": "2017 World Rally Championship, Season report, Tour de Corse\nSeventh place was taken by WRC-2 entrants Andreas Mikkelsen and Anders J\u00e6ger, with the fellow WRC-2 crew of Teemu Suninen and Mikko Markkula eighth. St\u00e9phane Sarrazin and Jacques-Julien Renucci finished ninth in an independent entry, with former French junior champions Yohan Rossel and Beno\u00eet Fulcrand completing the top ten. The result saw Ogier and Ingrassia extend their championship lead by five points, while Neuville and Gilsoul took third place in the drivers' and co-drivers' championships from T\u00e4nak and J\u00e4rveoja. Neuville's win and Sordo's podium saw Hyundai pass Toyota for second place in the manufacturers' standings.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 59], "content_span": [60, 691]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273961-0029-0000", "contents": "2017 World Rally Championship, Season report, Rally Argentina\nThierry Neuville and Nicolas Gilsoul took their second consecutive victory in Rally Argentina to close within two points of Jari-Matti Latvala and Miikka Anttila in the drivers' and co-drivers' championships. The rough roads of Argentina quickly proved to be difficult for the crews.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 61], "content_span": [62, 345]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273961-0029-0001", "contents": "2017 World Rally Championship, Season report, Rally Argentina\nS\u00e9bastien Ogier and Julien Ingrassia slid wide into a ditch; Latvala and Miikka Anttila struggled with an overheating engine; Dani Sordo and Marc Mart\u00ed broke a steering arm and lost eleven minutes repairing it after striking a rock; Hayden Paddon and John Kennard, and Kris Meeke and Paul Nagle both rolled; while Craig Breen and Scott Martin damaged their gearbox after hitting the same rock as Meeke.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 61], "content_span": [62, 464]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273961-0029-0002", "contents": "2017 World Rally Championship, Season report, Rally Argentina\nWith the high rate of attrition, Elfyn Evans and Daniel Barritt emerged as the early leaders, attributing their success to the durability of the soft compound DMACK tyres compared to the soft compound Michelins used by the other crews. However, two punctures, a spin and the loss of the rear diffuser on the second day saw Neuville and Gilsoul cut Evans' and Barritt's lead from one minute to eleven seconds. Neuville continued to apply pressure during the final day, cutting the deficit to less than a second going into the final stage.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 61], "content_span": [62, 599]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273961-0029-0003", "contents": "2017 World Rally Championship, Season report, Rally Argentina\nNeuville forced an error from Evans who struck a bridge and lost a second and a half. Ott T\u00e4nak and Martin J\u00e4rveoja finished third after a strategic drive to avoid damage, with Ogier and Ingrassia beating Latvala and Anttila to fourth. Paddon and Kennard recovered from their roll to finish sixth, while Juho H\u00e4nninen and Kaj Lindstr\u00f6m finished seventh. Dani Sordo and Marc Mart\u00ed successfully defended eighth from Mads \u00d8stberg and Ola Fl\u00f8ene, who had run as high as second before damaging their suspension. World Rally Championship-2 points leaders Pontus Tidemand and Jonas Andersson completed the points-scoring positions in tenth.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 61], "content_span": [62, 695]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273961-0030-0000", "contents": "2017 World Rally Championship, Season report, Rally de Portugal\nS\u00e9bastien Ogier and Julien Ingrassia took their second victory of the season at the Rally of Portugal, matching Markku Al\u00e9n and Ilkka Kivim\u00e4ki's record of five wins in Portugal. Thierry Neuville and Nicolas Gilsoul finished second, scoring enough points to take second place from Jari-Matti Latvala and Miikka Anttila in the championship. The opening leg of the rally saw the lead change five times in seven stages, with Ott T\u00e4nak and Martin J\u00e4rveoja emerging at the eventual leaders.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 63], "content_span": [64, 548]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273961-0030-0001", "contents": "2017 World Rally Championship, Season report, Rally de Portugal\nBoth Latvala and Anttila and Kris Meeke and Paul Nagle briefly held the lead before crashing out of contention; Latvala, battling a fever and back injury suffered a low-speed roll-over and was able to continue, while Meeke broke his suspension after sliding off the road and he retired from the leg. The second day saw the lead between T\u00e4nak and second-placed Ogier fluctuate until T\u00e4nak ran wide and damaged his car. Ogier inherited a twenty-second lead over Neuville and started pulling away until the Hyundai driver made set-up changes for the afternoon stages and started closing the deficit.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 63], "content_span": [64, 660]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273961-0030-0002", "contents": "2017 World Rally Championship, Season report, Rally de Portugal\nHowever, Ogier was able to maintain his pace and went on to win by fifteen seconds. Dani Sordo and Marc Mart\u00ed completed the podium in third, while T\u00e4nak and J\u00e4rveoja recovered to fourth, picking up an extra five points for winning the Power Stage. Craig Breen and Scott Martin were the leading Citro\u00ebn in fifth, having won a rally-long fight with Elfyn Evans and Daniel Barritt. Juho H\u00e4nninen and Kaj Lindstrom matched their best result of the season with seventh, having driven conservatively to account for their inexperience in Portugal. Mads \u00d8stberg and Ola Fl\u0153ne finished eighth in a privateer Fiesta WRC, beating Latvala and Anttila, while in the third Toyota, Esapekka Lappi and Janne Ferm scored points on their d\u00e9but.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 63], "content_span": [64, 790]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273961-0031-0000", "contents": "2017 World Rally Championship, Season report, Rally Italia Sardegna\nOtt T\u00e4nak and Martin J\u00e4rveoja claimed their maiden World Rally Championship victory in Sardegna, finishing ahead of Jari-Matti Latvala and Miikka Anttila, with Thierry Neuville and Nicolas Gilsoul in third. The rally was run in difficult conditions, with high temperatures across the weekend while a lack of wind caused further problems as dust from the surface lingered in the forest stages, reducing visibility. Kris Meeke and Paul Nagle took the lead on the first day before suffering a roll-over\u2014their fourth in three rallies\u2014that damaged their rollcage and forced them into retirement.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 67], "content_span": [68, 658]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273961-0031-0001", "contents": "2017 World Rally Championship, Season report, Rally Italia Sardegna\nHayden Paddon and Sebastian Marshall inherited the lead while further down the order Craig Breen and Scott Martin cracked their gearbox casing after landing heavily on a rock, Elfyn Evans and Daniel Barritt slid into a tree, and Dani Sordo and Marc Mart\u00ed struggled with an intermittent turbo failure. Neuville and Gilsoul challenged for the lead until their brakes failed and they lost a minute to Paddon and Marshall. The lead changed again when Paddon and Marshall clipped and embankment and tore a suspension upright out of the car.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 67], "content_span": [68, 603]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273961-0031-0002", "contents": "2017 World Rally Championship, Season report, Rally Italia Sardegna\nT\u00e4nak and J\u00e4rveoja inherited the lead themselves while Latvala and Anttila recovered from a slow start to be second at the end of the day. Both crews made errors throughout the final day, but T\u00e4nak and J\u00e4rveoja held a twenty-eight second lead ahead of the power stage and held on to secure first place overall. Esapekka Lappi and Janne Ferm finished fourth and scored an extra five points for winning the power stage, while S\u00e9bastien Ogier and Julien Ingrassia were fifth.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 67], "content_span": [68, 540]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273961-0031-0003", "contents": "2017 World Rally Championship, Season report, Rally Italia Sardegna\nJuho H\u00e4nninen and Kaj Lindstr\u00f6m matched their career-best result with sixth ahead of Mads \u00d8stberg and \u00d8la Fl\u0153ne, who damaged their suspension on the final stage. Andreas Mikkelsen and Anders J\u00e6ger scored points on d\u00e9but for Citro\u00ebn. The points-scoring positions were completed by Eric Camilli and Benjamin Veillas in a Ford Fiesta R5 in ninth, and World Rally Championship-2 class winners Jan Kopeck\u00fd and Pavel Dressler.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 67], "content_span": [68, 488]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273961-0032-0000", "contents": "2017 World Rally Championship, Season report, Rally Poland\nThierry Neuville and Nicolas Gilsoul took their third win of the season in Poland to further close in on the championship lead. Hayden Paddon and Sebastian Marshall finished second in their best result of the season, with S\u00e9bastien Ogier and Julien Ingrassia completing the podium in third. Heavy rains in the region the week before the rally meant that the normally loose, sandy surface became very slippery, with deep ruts being carved into the surface for the second pass over the stages.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 58], "content_span": [59, 550]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273961-0032-0001", "contents": "2017 World Rally Championship, Season report, Rally Poland\nThe four crews leading the championship\u2014Ogier and Ingrassia, Neuville and Gilsoul, Ott T\u00e4nak and Martin J\u00e4rveoja, and Jari-Matti Latvala and Miika Anttila\u2014set the early pace, with the lead changing hands several times on the first morning of competition. Ogier and Ingrassia struggled to stay with the leaders during the afternoon's running as their road position meant that they were the first to encounter the ruts, while Latvala and Anttila later retired with a terminal engine fault. Neuville and Gilsoul lead the rally at the end of the first day.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 58], "content_span": [59, 611]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273961-0032-0002", "contents": "2017 World Rally Championship, Season report, Rally Poland\nT\u00e4nak and J\u00e4rveoja reclaimed the lead on the second day, only to lose their rear wing late in the afternoon; however, Neuville and Gilsoul were unable to build on their newfound lead as they suffered a puncture shortly thereafter. T\u00e4nak and J\u00e4rveoja pushed early on the final day and briefly took the lead again, but clipped a tree stump on the next stage that spun them into an embankment, crushing their intercooler and radiator. Their retirement handed the lead to Neuville and Gilsoul, who won the rally by over a minute.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 58], "content_span": [59, 584]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273961-0032-0003", "contents": "2017 World Rally Championship, Season report, Rally Poland\nDani Sordo and Marc Mart\u00ed were fourth, putting all three Hyundais in the top four, while St\u00e9phane Lefebvre and Gabin Moreau were fifth after missing the Rally of Italy. Partnered with Mikko Markkula, Teemu Suninen scored points on his World Rally Championship d\u00e9but in sixth. Mads \u00d8stberg and Ola Fl\u0153ne were seventh ahead of Elfyn Evans and Daniel Barritt. Andreas Mikkelsen and Anders J\u00e6ger\u2014substituting for Kris Meeke and Paul Nagle\u2014were ninth in an upgraded C3 WRC, with Juho H\u00e4nninen and Kaj Lindstr\u00f6m completing the points in tenth. Re -entering the event under Rally-2 regulations, Latvala and Anttila won the Power Stage to take third position in the drivers' and co-drivers' championships from T\u00e4nak and J\u00e4rveoja.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 58], "content_span": [59, 780]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273961-0033-0000", "contents": "2017 World Rally Championship, Season report, Rally Finland\nEsapekka Lappi and Janne Ferm won Rally Finland in their fourth start in the sport's premier class. Elfyn Evans and Daniel Barritt finished second, claiming the position from Juho H\u00e4nninen and Kaj Lindstr\u00f6m on the final stage. The rally saw a change in the championship lead as Thierry Neuville and Nicolas Gilsoul secured enough points to match S\u00e9bastien Ogier and Julien Ingrassia; having won three rallies compared to Ogier's two, Neuville was considered the championship leader. Ogier's rally came to an early end when he damaged his suspension after landing heavily off a jump.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 59], "content_span": [60, 642]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273961-0033-0001", "contents": "2017 World Rally Championship, Season report, Rally Finland\nDistracted by the change in his car's handling, Ogier misheard a pace note and slid into a tree. Although M-Sport were able to repair the car to re-enter the rally, Ingrassia was diagnosed with a concussion and the team elected against continuing on medical advice. The battle for the rally lead was waged between the three Toyotas\u2014the Yaris WRC having been extensively tested on the roads around Jyv\u00e4skyl\u00e4 during its initial development phase\u2014and the privately entered Fiesta of Teemu Suninen and Mikko Markkula.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 59], "content_span": [60, 573]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273961-0033-0002", "contents": "2017 World Rally Championship, Season report, Rally Finland\nFinnish crews occupied the top four positions until an electrical fault paralysed Jari-Matti Latvala and Miikka Anttila's Toyota, forcing them to retire and handing a fifty-second lead to Lappi and Ferm. Suninen crashed on the final day and fell from second to fourth, while Craig Breen secured another fifth-place finish for Citro\u00ebn. Neuville and Gilsoul were sixth after struggling with the undulating roads on the opening day. Ott T\u00e4nak and Martin J\u00e4rveoja recovered to seventh after suffering a puncture on the opening day, finishing ahead of Kris Meeke and Paul Nagle, who finished eighth on their return to the sport. Dani Sordo and Marc Mart\u00ed finished ninth, with Mads \u00d8stberg completing the points in tenth with new co-driver Torstein Eriksen.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 59], "content_span": [60, 811]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273961-0034-0000", "contents": "2017 World Rally Championship, Season report, Rallye Deutschland\nOtt T\u00e4nak and Martin J\u00e4rveoja took their second win of the season in Germany ahead of Andreas Mikkelsen and Anders J\u00e6ger. S\u00e9bastien Ogier and Julien Ingrassia reclaimed the championship lead in third as Thierry Neuville and Nicolas Gilsoul failed to score points when they retired with broken suspension. T\u00e4nak and J\u00e4rveoja controlled the rally for most of the event by managing their tyres across the variety of surfaces that made up the route, benefiting from errors made by other drivers.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 64], "content_span": [65, 556]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273961-0034-0001", "contents": "2017 World Rally Championship, Season report, Rallye Deutschland\nIn taking victory T\u00e4nak and J\u00e4rveoja secured M-Sport's first win in Germany, which prior to the rally had been the only calendar event that M-Sport had not won. Juho H\u00e4nninen and Kaj Lindstr\u00f6m were the highest-placed Toyota crew in fourth as Jari-Matti Latvala and Miikka Anttila struggled with mechanical issues and Esapekka Lappi and Janne Ferm retired after hitting a wall. Craig Breen and Scott Martin finished fifth, taking the place from Elfyn Evans and Daniel Barritt on the final stage.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 64], "content_span": [65, 559]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273961-0034-0002", "contents": "2017 World Rally Championship, Season report, Rallye Deutschland\nLatvala and Anttila recovered from their engine problems to finish seventh, while Hayden Paddon and Sebastian Marshall experienced several punctures on their way to eighth. Local privateers Armin Kremer and Pirmin Winklhofer finished ninth in a 2017-specification Fiesta WRC, and WRC-2 entrants Eric Camilli and Benjamin Veillas completed the points in tenth. Pre -event favourites Dani Sordo and Marc Mart\u00ed crashed out on the opening day, but re-entered under Rally-2 regulations and went on to score five points for winning the Power Stage. Kris Meeke and Paul Nagle retired on the first stage after Meeke misjudged a corner and hit a barricade the broke his steering arm.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 64], "content_span": [65, 739]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273961-0035-0000", "contents": "2017 World Rally Championship, Season report, Rally Catalunya\nKris Meeke and Paul Nagle took the first tarmac win of their career in Catalunya, while S\u00e9bastien Ogier and Julien Ingrassia extended their championship lead. Ott T\u00e4nak and Martin J\u00e4rveoja finished third, passing Thierry Neuville and Nicolas Gilsoul in the championship standings after Neuville and Gilsoul retired with damaged suspension.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 61], "content_span": [62, 401]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273961-0036-0000", "contents": "2017 World Rally Championship, Season report, Rally Catalunya\nAndreas Mikkelsen and Anders J\u00e6ger took an early lead on d\u00e9but for Hyundai, but fell behind during the tarmac stages. Mikkelsen acknowledged that his lack of experience with the i20 Coupe WRC on tarmac limited his ability to get the most out of it. They retired and re-entered under Rally 2 regulations when they struck a culvert and damages their suspension, as did Dani Sordo and Marc Mart\u00ed in the sister Hyundai.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 61], "content_span": [62, 477]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273961-0036-0001", "contents": "2017 World Rally Championship, Season report, Rally Catalunya\nMeeke and Nagle assumed the lead as Ogier and Ingrassia became embroiled in a fight with T\u00e4nak and J\u00e4rveoja, who were forced to use a gravel-specification gearbox on tarmac when their tarmac gearbox failed. Juho H\u00e4nninen and Kaj Lindstr\u00f6m finished fourth, the only Toyota to complete the event after Esapekka Lappi and Janne Ferm crashed out, and Jari-Matti Latvala and Mikka Anttila retired with an electrical fault. Mads \u00d8stberg and Torstein Eriksen finished fifth, with \u00d8stberg attributing the result to the 2017 generation of cars, which he found easier to drive on tarmac.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 61], "content_span": [62, 639]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273961-0036-0002", "contents": "2017 World Rally Championship, Season report, Rally Catalunya\nSt\u00e9phane Lefebvre and Gabin Moreau finished sixth on their return to competition, ahead of Elfyn Evans and Daniel Barritt, who struggled with a lack of grip on tarmac. World Rally Championship entrants Teemu Suninen and Mikko Markkula finished eighth, with Jan Kopeck\u00fd and Pavel Dressler in ninth and Ole Christian Veiby and Stig Rune Skj\u00e6rmoen completing the points in tenth.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 61], "content_span": [62, 438]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273961-0037-0000", "contents": "2017 World Rally Championship, Season report, Wales Rally GB\nElfyn Evans and Daniel Barritt became the seventh different crew to win a rally in 2017 when they won the Wales Rally GB. The event saw Ogier and Ingrassia secure their fifth consecutive World Championship titles, becoming the first Ford crew to win the World Championship since Ari Vatanen and David Richards in 1981.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 60], "content_span": [61, 379]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273961-0038-0000", "contents": "2017 World Rally Championship, Season report, Wales Rally GB\nThierry Neuville and Nicolas Gilsoul finished the rally second overall despite incurring an early penalty and sliding into a ditch on the opening day. Ogier and Ingrassia finished third after nursing a puncture and broken brake disc during the foggy night stages, while a late push from Andreas Mikkelsen and Anders J\u00e6ger was enough to secure fourth position. Jari-Matti Latvala and Miikka Anttila were fifth, having struggled to match the leaders' pace early in the rally until the night stages where successive stage wins saw them climb several places in the overall standings.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 60], "content_span": [61, 640]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273961-0038-0001", "contents": "2017 World Rally Championship, Season report, Wales Rally GB\nConversely, Ott T\u00e4nak and Martin J\u00e4rveoja ran as high as second through the opening legs, but struggled with low visibility in the fog and slipped to sixth. Kris Meeke and Paul Nagle struggled with a lack of pace after making several unforced errors to finish seventh ahead of Hayden Paddon and Sebastian Marshall. Esapekka Lappi and Janne Ferm finished ninth while Dani Sordo and Marc Mart\u00ed completed the points in tenth position.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 60], "content_span": [61, 492]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273961-0039-0000", "contents": "2017 World Rally Championship, Season report, Rally Australia\nThierry Neuville and Nicolas Gilsoul claimed their fourth win of the year in Australia, with the result securing second place in the championship. Ott T\u00e4nak and Martin J\u00e4rveoja were second, while Hayden Paddon and Sebastian Marshall finished in third\u2014their first podium finish of the season\u2014when Jari-Matti Latvala and Miikka Anttilla crashed out on the final stage.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 61], "content_span": [62, 428]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273961-0040-0000", "contents": "2017 World Rally Championship, Season report, Rally Australia\nThe rally saw variable conditions across the three days of competition, ranging from dry heat to humidity and heavy rain. Andreas Mikkelsen and Anders J\u00e6ger established an early lead as the front-runners were forced to sweep the loose, heavy gravel from the road surface. They maintained their pace into the second day until they struck an embankment and punctured two tyres, but with only one spare they were not permitted to start the next stage.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 61], "content_span": [62, 510]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273961-0040-0001", "contents": "2017 World Rally Championship, Season report, Rally Australia\nNeuville and Gilsoul climbed from fourth place to the lead as others suffered their own misfortunes; Craig Breen and Scott Martin damaged a wheel, while Kris Meeke and Paul Nagle damaged their rear suspension on a bridge. Citro\u00ebn elected to retire the car, concerned that the suspension would fail completely on an upcoming stage, only for the stage to be cancelled. Sitting in second, Latvala and Anttilla began catching Neuville and Gilsoul in the dry, but fell back in the wet before crashing out.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 61], "content_span": [62, 562]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273961-0040-0002", "contents": "2017 World Rally Championship, Season report, Rally Australia\nS\u00e9bastien Ogier and Julien Ingrassia finished fourth and won the Power Stage for an additional five championship points. Elfyn Evans and Daniel Barritt were fifth ahead of Esapekka Lappi and Janne Ferm, who lost time on the first day with a power steering failure. Having re-entered under Rally-2 regulations, Meeke and Nagle took advantage of attrition on the final day\u2014that saw the sister Citro\u00ebns of Breen and Martin and St\u00e9phane Lefebvre and Gabin Moreau retire\u2014to finish seventh ahead of local privateers Nathan Quinn and John Allen. Jourdan Serderidis and Fr\u00e9d\u00e9ric Miclotte finished eleventh overall, but were classified ninth in the points standings as the crew the finished ninth were ineligible to score points. Similarly, Kalle Rovanper\u00e4 and Jonne Halttunen finished in twelfth but were classified in tenth.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 61], "content_span": [62, 879]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273961-0041-0000", "contents": "2017 World Rally Championship, Results and standings, Scoring system\nPoints are awarded to the top ten classified finishers. In the manufacturers' championship, points are only awarded to the top two classified finishers representing a manufacturer and driving a 2017-specification World Rally Car. There are also five bonus points awarded to the winners of the Power Stage, four points for second place, three for third, two for fourth and one for fifth. Power Stage points are only awarded in the drivers' and co-drivers' championships.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 68], "content_span": [69, 538]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273962-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 World Rally Championship-2\nThe 2017 FIA World Rally Championship-2 is the fifth season of the World Rally Championship-2, an auto racing championship recognised by the F\u00e9d\u00e9ration Internationale de l'Automobile, running in support of the World Rally Championship. It was created when the Group R class of rally car was introduced in 2013. The Championship is open to cars complying with R4, R5, and Super 2000 regulations. Esapekka Lappi did not return to defend his 2016 title as left \u0160koda Motorsport for the top WRC category to become third driver of Toyota GAZOO Racing. However \u0160koda Motorsport retained the title thanks to Pontus Tidemand who won the championship after Rallye Deutschland.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [31, 31], "content_span": [32, 699]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273962-0001-0000", "contents": "2017 World Rally Championship-2, Calendar\nThe season was contested over thirteen rounds in Europe, North America, South America and Oceania.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 41], "content_span": [42, 140]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273962-0002-0000", "contents": "2017 World Rally Championship-2, Calendar, Calendar changes\nThe FIA re-organised the calendar for the 2017 season to include a greater variation in surfaces between events, bringing the Tour de Corse forward from October to April. The decision was made after concerns were expressed about the 2016 calendar, which originally contained six consecutive gravel events followed by four tarmac rallies.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 59], "content_span": [60, 397]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273962-0003-0000", "contents": "2017 World Rally Championship-2, Calendar, Calendar changes\nThe Rally of China was removed from the calendar. The event had been included on the 2016 calendar before storm damage to the proposed route forced its cancellation. The round was removed from the 2017 calendar to give event organisers more time to prepare for a future bid to rejoin the calendar.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 59], "content_span": [60, 357]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273962-0003-0001", "contents": "2017 World Rally Championship-2, Calendar, Calendar changes\nSimilarly, the FIA put the Rallies of Argentina and Poland on notice regarding safety concerns, threatening to rescind their World Championship status for the 2017 season unless safety standards were improved in 2016, with drivers citing a lack of safety marshalls and expressing concerns over spectators getting too close to the cars as the main areas to be addressed. Both events were subsequently included on the calendar.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 59], "content_span": [60, 485]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273962-0004-0000", "contents": "2017 World Rally Championship-2, Calendar, Calendar changes\nThe Rallies of Sweden and Germany changed their headquarters. The Rally of Sweden stayed within V\u00e4rmland County, but relocated from Karlstad to Torsby. The Rally of Germany moved from Trier in Rhineland-Palatine to Saarbr\u00fccken in the neighbouring state of Saarland.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 59], "content_span": [60, 325]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273962-0005-0000", "contents": "2017 World Rally Championship-2, Calendar, Route changes\nThe Rallye Monte-Carlo introduced a heavily revised itinerary, with eighty-five percent of the route used in 2016 being revised for the 2017 event, which saw the competitive distance increase from 337.59\u00a0km to 382.65\u00a0km and included the Col de Turini as part of the Power Stage. Rally Sweden adjusted its route to remove the emphasis on purpose-built stages that had filled out the event itinerary in previous years. The new route raised the average speed of the rally and introduced more competitive mileage in Hedmark County in neighbouring Norway.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 56], "content_span": [57, 607]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273962-0006-0000", "contents": "2017 World Rally Championship-2, Calendar, Route changes\nRally Mexico also featured route revisions, with the eighty-kilometre Guanajuato stage\u2014the longest in the championship in 2016\u2014removed from the schedule; however, the addition of new stages and further changes to existing ones meant that the overall competitive distance of the 2017 rally was only six kilometres shorter than the route used in the 2016 event. The rally started in Mexico City with a spectator-friendly stage before moving to its traditional headquarters in Le\u00f3n.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 56], "content_span": [57, 536]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273962-0006-0001", "contents": "2017 World Rally Championship-2, Calendar, Route changes\nThe Tour de Corse shortened its route by seventy-four kilometres, from 390.92\u00a0km in 2016 down to 316.76\u00a0km in 2017, with most of the changes coming from shortening each of the individual stages used in 2016. Rally Portugal shortened its route by twenty kilometres, reintroducing stages that had not been used for several years and reconfiguring stages from the 2016 event. Rally Poland also revised its route, introducing a series of brand-new stages close to the Russian border. The changes saw the crews compete on a wider ranges of surfaces\u2014including tarmac and cobblestones\u2014within individual stages, although the rally was still officially classified as a gravel surface event.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 56], "content_span": [57, 738]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273962-0007-0000", "contents": "2017 World Rally Championship-2, Calendar, Route changes\nFollowing the cancellation of stages in Rally Sweden when the front-running cars exceeded the maximum average speed mandated by the FIA, Rally Finland was forced to revise its route to find ways of keeping the average stage speed down\u2014with some estimates predicting that the 2017 generation of cars could exceed 140\u00a0km/h (87.0\u00a0mph)\u2014to avoid stage cancellations.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 56], "content_span": [57, 418]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273962-0007-0001", "contents": "2017 World Rally Championship-2, Calendar, Route changes\nThis was achieved by installing artificial chicanes into all but two of the stages, which proved to be controversial as drivers complained that they were too narrow and thus had the potential to damage cars, and were poorly-positioned with little regulatory oversight from rally organisers. With Rallye Deutschland moving to a new headquarters, the rally routed was revised. The vineyard and military proving ground stages in the Baumholder region were retained, but the final leg of the route was changed to introduce high-speed stages based on country lanes.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 56], "content_span": [57, 617]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273962-0008-0000", "contents": "2017 World Rally Championship-2, Calendar, Route changes\nRally Catalunya introduced several new and returning stages to its route, focusing on the tarmac legs of the event. Organisers of the Wales Rally GB retained the event route used in 2016, but revised the itinerary to increase its difficulty, with the route featuring earlier start times, later finishes and the reintroduction of night stages. Rally Australia underwent route revisions, introducing a new loop of stages north of the rally headquarters in Coffs Harbour. The new stages were designed to be faster and more technical than in previous events.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 56], "content_span": [57, 611]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273962-0009-0000", "contents": "2017 World Rally Championship-2, Season report\nThe championship started with Andreas Mikkelsen, in a one-off outing with \u0160koda Motorsport after losing his WRC drive because of the Volkswagen Motorsport withdrawal from the sport, winning the Rallye Automobile Monte-Carlo by more than 3 minutes from teammate Jan Kopeck\u00fd. Mikkelsen won 10 out of 15 stages, and led from start to end. The podium was completed by Monte veteran and previous winner Bryan Bouffier. Eric Camilli finished fourth in his first outing with the M-Sport World Rally Team after being demoted from the team's WRC drivers line up.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 46], "content_span": [47, 600]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273962-0010-0000", "contents": "2017 World Rally Championship-2, Season report\nOle Christian Veiby was the early leader of the Rally Sweden, winning the first two stages of the rally, but a push by Pontus Tidemand in which he won five of the remaining six stages of the leg 1, made him the Leader of the rally, a position he would maintain for the rest of the legs. Tidemand's victory give \u0160koda Motorsport the second victory of the season in a row. The Podium was completed by M-Sport World Rally Team's Teemu Suninen and Veiby.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 46], "content_span": [47, 497]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273962-0011-0000", "contents": "2017 World Rally Championship-2, Season report\nRally Mexico was a two-way fight between Camilli and Tidemand. By the end of Leg 2, Tidemand was on top by just 2 seconds. Nevertheless, Camilli choose wet tires for the last leg, and could not match the times of Tidemand, thus the Sweden won his second rally in a row, and give \u0160koda Motorsport the third out of three win in the season. The podium was completed by local and former Production World Rally Champion Benito Guerra.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 46], "content_span": [47, 476]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273962-0012-0000", "contents": "2017 World Rally Championship-2, Season report\nAndreas Mikkelsen returned to the \u0160koda Motorsport's team for the Tour de Corse, and dominated the event, leading from start to finish. Teemu Suninen finished second, taking the position after his teammate Eric Camilli hit trouble in the first leg. The podium was completed by local Yohan Rossel. Mikkelsen's win was his second in as many outings.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 46], "content_span": [47, 394]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273962-0013-0000", "contents": "2017 World Rally Championship-2, Season report\nPontus Tidemand won the Rally Argentina by more than 10 minutes from local Juan Carlos Alonso to continue \u0160koda Motorsport's winning streak. Tidemand found a trouble-free weekend in one of the roughest events of the year were only five WRC-2 Crews finished the event. Benito Guerra completed the podium.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 46], "content_span": [47, 351]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273962-0014-0000", "contents": "2017 World Rally Championship-2, Season report\nMikkelsen returned for the Rally de Portugal and looked set to take another dominant win, only to roll his car on the very last stage of the rally whilst holding a 3 minute lead. This subsequently handed Tidemand his fourth win from six rallies, with the podium being completed by Teemu Suninen and reigning Junior WRC champion Simone Tempestini.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 46], "content_span": [47, 393]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273963-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 World Rally Championship-3\nThe 2017 FIA World Rally Championship-3 was the fifth season of the World Rally Championship-3, an auto racing championship recognised by the F\u00e9d\u00e9ration Internationale de l'Automobile, running in support of the World Rally Championship. It was created when the Group R class of rally car was introduced in 2013.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [31, 31], "content_span": [32, 343]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273963-0001-0000", "contents": "2017 World Rally Championship-3\nDrivers and teams had to nominate a maximum of seven events, the best six results counted towards the championship.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [31, 31], "content_span": [32, 147]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273963-0002-0000", "contents": "2017 World Rally Championship-3\nSimone Tempestini did not return to defend the 2016 title as he competed in the 2017 World Rally Championship-2. Nil Solans won the title with a Ford Fiesta R2T.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [31, 31], "content_span": [32, 193]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273963-0003-0000", "contents": "2017 World Rally Championship-3, Calendar\nThe season was contested over thirteen rounds in Europe, North America, South America and Oceania.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 41], "content_span": [42, 140]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273963-0004-0000", "contents": "2017 World Rally Championship-3, Calendar, Calendar changes\nThe FIA re-organised the calendar for the 2017 season to include a greater variation in surfaces between events, bringing the Tour de Corse forward from October to April. The decision was made after concerns were expressed about the 2016 calendar, which originally contained six consecutive gravel events followed by four tarmac rallies.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 59], "content_span": [60, 397]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273963-0005-0000", "contents": "2017 World Rally Championship-3, Calendar, Calendar changes\nThe Rally of China was removed from the calendar. The event had been included on the 2016 calendar before storm damage to the proposed route forced its cancellation. The round was removed from the 2017 calendar to give event organisers more time to prepare for a future bid to rejoin the calendar.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 59], "content_span": [60, 357]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273963-0005-0001", "contents": "2017 World Rally Championship-3, Calendar, Calendar changes\nSimilarly, the FIA put the Rallies of Argentina and Poland on notice regarding safety concerns, threatening to rescind their World Championship status for the 2017 season unless safety standards were improved in 2016, with drivers citing a lack of safety marshalls and expressing concerns over spectators getting too close to the cars as the main areas to be addressed. Both events were subsequently included on the calendar.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 59], "content_span": [60, 485]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273963-0006-0000", "contents": "2017 World Rally Championship-3, Calendar, Calendar changes\nThe Rallies of Sweden and Germany changed their headquarters. The Rally of Sweden stayed within V\u00e4rmland County, but relocated from Karlstad to Torsby. The Rally of Germany moved from Trier in Rhineland-Palatine to Saarbr\u00fccken in the neighbouring state of Saarland.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 59], "content_span": [60, 325]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273963-0007-0000", "contents": "2017 World Rally Championship-3, Calendar, Route changes\nThe Rallye Monte-Carlo introduced a heavily revised itinerary, with eighty-five percent of the route used in 2016 being revised for the 2017 event, which saw the competitive distance increase from 337.59\u00a0km to 382.65\u00a0km and included the Col de Turini as part of the Power Stage. Rally Sweden adjusted its route to remove the emphasis on purpose-built stages that had filled out the event itinerary in previous years. The new route raised the average speed of the rally and introduced more competitive mileage in Hedmark County in neighbouring Norway.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 56], "content_span": [57, 607]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273963-0008-0000", "contents": "2017 World Rally Championship-3, Calendar, Route changes\nRally Mexico also featured route revisions, with the eighty-kilometre Guanajuato stage\u2014the longest in the championship in 2016\u2014removed from the schedule; however, the addition of new stages and further changes to existing ones meant that the overall competitive distance of the 2017 rally was only six kilometres shorter than the route used in the 2016 event. The rally started in Mexico City with a spectator-friendly stage before moving to its traditional headquarters in Le\u00f3n.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 56], "content_span": [57, 536]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273963-0008-0001", "contents": "2017 World Rally Championship-3, Calendar, Route changes\nThe Tour de Corse shortened its route by seventy-four kilometres, from 390.92\u00a0km in 2016 down to 316.76\u00a0km in 2017, with most of the changes coming from shortening each of the individual stages used in 2016. Rally Portugal shortened its route by twenty kilometres, reintroducing stages that had not been used for several years and reconfiguring stages from the 2016 event. Rally Poland also revised its route, introducing a series of brand-new stages close to the Russian border. The changes saw the crews compete on a wider ranges of surfaces\u2014including tarmac and cobblestones\u2014within individual stages, although the rally was still officially classified as a gravel surface event.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 56], "content_span": [57, 738]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273963-0009-0000", "contents": "2017 World Rally Championship-3, Calendar, Route changes\nFollowing the cancellation of stages in Rally Sweden when the front-running cars exceeded the maximum average speed mandated by the FIA, Rally Finland was forced to revise its route to find ways of keeping the average stage speed down\u2014with some estimates predicting that the 2017 generation of cars could exceed 140\u00a0km/h (87.0\u00a0mph)\u2014to avoid stage cancellations.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 56], "content_span": [57, 418]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273963-0009-0001", "contents": "2017 World Rally Championship-3, Calendar, Route changes\nThis was achieved by installing artificial chicanes into all but two of the stages, which proved to be controversial as drivers complained that they were too narrow and thus had the potential to damage cars, and were poorly-positioned with little regulatory oversight from rally organisers. With Rallye Deutschland moving to a new headquarters, the rally routed was revised. The vineyard and military proving ground stages in the Baumholder region were retained, but the final leg of the route was changed to introduce high-speed stages based on country lanes.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 56], "content_span": [57, 617]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273963-0010-0000", "contents": "2017 World Rally Championship-3, Calendar, Route changes\nRally Catalunya introduced several new and returning stages to its route, focusing on the tarmac legs of the event. Organisers of the Wales Rally GB retained the event route used in 2016, but revised the itinerary to increase its difficulty, with the route featuring earlier start times, later finishes and the reintroduction of night stages. Rally Australia underwent route revisions, introducing a new loop of stages north of the rally headquarters in Coffs Harbour. The new stages were designed to be faster and more technical than in previous events.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 56], "content_span": [57, 611]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273963-0011-0000", "contents": "2017 World Rally Championship-3, Season report\nThe season started with the Rallye Monte Carlo. In the category, there were six entries, including four by Renault Sport. The rally was won from start to end by Rapha\u00ebl Astier, winning by more than nine minutes over the rest of the crews. The podium was completed by Renault's Luca Panzani and Charles Martin.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 46], "content_span": [47, 356]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273963-0012-0000", "contents": "2017 World Rally Championship-3, Season report\nLouise Cook was the sole entrant for Rally Sweden in the category. She had to retire after losing the bumper of her car before the Colin's Crest jump during the second pass over the Varg\u00e5sen stage. She was able to re-assemble the car, but an homologation problem in the spare seat brackets, made her unable to start the final leg of the rally, leaving the category with no winner.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 46], "content_span": [47, 427]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273963-0013-0000", "contents": "2017 World Rally Championship-3, Season report\nAfter there were no entries in Rally Mexico, the action continued Tour de Corse, which also featured the first round of the Junior championship. Rapha\u00ebl Astier lead the event from start to finish, winning the event by almost a minute and a half from Junior entrant Nil Solans. The podium was completed by local Nicolas Ciamin, who claimed to that position after a driveshaft problem prevented fellow Frenchman Terry Folb the means to finish in the podium.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 46], "content_span": [47, 502]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273964-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 World Rowing Championships\nThe 2017 World Rowing Championships were the 47th edition of the World Rowing Championships that were held from 24 September to 1 October 2017 in Sarasota, Florida.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [31, 31], "content_span": [32, 196]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273964-0001-0000", "contents": "2017 World Rowing Championships, Host selection\nDuring 2013, Plovdiv and Sarasota, Florida both applied to host the 2017 World Rowing Championships. In April 2013, a committee of International Rowing Federation (FISA) officials visited Sarasota and then Plovdiv the following month. It was then noted that Plovdiv had hosted the 2012 World Rowing Championships and bid documentation for 2017 had not been finalized. Before the next FISA congress, the bid from Plovdiv was changed to apply for the 2018 hosting rights. At the FISA Congress held on 2 September 2013, hosting rights were assigned by unanimous decision for World Rowing Championships to Sarasota for 2017, Plovdiv for 2018, and Plovdiv for the 2015 World Rowing U23 Championships.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 47], "content_span": [48, 743]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273965-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 World Rowing Championships \u2013 Men's coxed pair\nThe men's coxed pair competition at the 2017 World Rowing Championships in Sarasota took place in Nathan Benderson Park.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 50], "section_span": [50, 50], "content_span": [51, 171]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273965-0001-0000", "contents": "2017 World Rowing Championships \u2013 Men's coxed pair, Results, Heats\nHeat winners advanced directly to the final. The remaining boats were sent to the repechage.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 50], "section_span": [52, 66], "content_span": [67, 159]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273965-0002-0000", "contents": "2017 World Rowing Championships \u2013 Men's coxed pair, Results, Repechage\nThe four fastest boats advanced to the final. The remaining boat took no further part in the competition.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 50], "section_span": [52, 70], "content_span": [71, 176]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273966-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 World Rowing Championships \u2013 Men's coxless four\nThe men's coxless four competition at the 2017 World Rowing Championships in Sarasota took place in Nathan Benderson Park.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 52], "section_span": [52, 52], "content_span": [53, 175]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273966-0001-0000", "contents": "2017 World Rowing Championships \u2013 Men's coxless four, Results, Heats\nThe three fastest boats in each heat advanced directly to the A/B semifinals. The remaining boats were sent to the repechage.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 52], "section_span": [54, 68], "content_span": [69, 194]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273966-0002-0000", "contents": "2017 World Rowing Championships \u2013 Men's coxless four, Results, Repechage\nThe three fastest boats advanced to the A/B semifinals. The remaining boats were sent to the C final.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 52], "section_span": [54, 72], "content_span": [73, 174]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273966-0003-0000", "contents": "2017 World Rowing Championships \u2013 Men's coxless four, Results, Semifinals\nThe three fastest boats in each semi advanced to the A final. The remaining boats were sent to the B final.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 52], "section_span": [54, 73], "content_span": [74, 181]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273966-0004-0000", "contents": "2017 World Rowing Championships \u2013 Men's coxless four, Results, Finals\nThe A final determined the rankings for places 1 to 6. Additional rankings were determined in the other finals.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 52], "section_span": [54, 69], "content_span": [70, 181]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273967-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 World Rowing Championships \u2013 Men's coxless pair\nThe men's coxless pair competition at the 2017 World Rowing Championships in Sarasota took place in Nathan Benderson Park.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 52], "section_span": [52, 52], "content_span": [53, 175]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273967-0001-0000", "contents": "2017 World Rowing Championships \u2013 Men's coxless pair, Results, Heats\nThe two fastest boats in each heat advanced directly to the A/B semifinals. The remaining boats were sent to the repechages.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 52], "section_span": [54, 68], "content_span": [69, 193]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273967-0002-0000", "contents": "2017 World Rowing Championships \u2013 Men's coxless pair, Results, Repechages\nThe three fastest boats in each repechage advanced to the A/B semifinals. The remaining boats were sent to the C final.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 52], "section_span": [54, 73], "content_span": [74, 193]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273967-0003-0000", "contents": "2017 World Rowing Championships \u2013 Men's coxless pair, Results, Semifinals\nThe three fastest boats in each semi advanced to the A final. The remaining boats were sent to the B final.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 52], "section_span": [54, 73], "content_span": [74, 181]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273967-0004-0000", "contents": "2017 World Rowing Championships \u2013 Men's coxless pair, Results, Finals\nThe A final determined the rankings for places 1 to 6. Additional rankings were determined in the other finals.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 52], "section_span": [54, 69], "content_span": [70, 181]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273968-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 World Rowing Championships \u2013 Men's double sculls\nThe men's double sculls competition at the 2017 World Rowing Championships in Sarasota took place in Nathan Benderson Park.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 53], "section_span": [53, 53], "content_span": [54, 177]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273968-0001-0000", "contents": "2017 World Rowing Championships \u2013 Men's double sculls, Results, Heats\nThe two fastest boats in each heat advanced directly to the A/B semifinals. The remaining boats were sent to the repechages.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 53], "section_span": [55, 69], "content_span": [70, 194]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273968-0002-0000", "contents": "2017 World Rowing Championships \u2013 Men's double sculls, Results, Repechages\nThe two fastest boats in each repechage advanced to the A/B semifinals. The remaining boats were sent to the C/D semifinals.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 53], "section_span": [55, 74], "content_span": [75, 199]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273968-0003-0000", "contents": "2017 World Rowing Championships \u2013 Men's double sculls, Results, Semifinals C/D\nThe three fastest boats in each semi were sent to the C final. The remaining boats were sent to the D final.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 53], "section_span": [55, 78], "content_span": [79, 187]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273968-0004-0000", "contents": "2017 World Rowing Championships \u2013 Men's double sculls, Results, Semifinals A/B\nThe three fastest boats in each semi advanced to the A final. The remaining boats were sent to the B final.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 53], "section_span": [55, 78], "content_span": [79, 186]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273968-0005-0000", "contents": "2017 World Rowing Championships \u2013 Men's double sculls, Results, Finals\nThe A final determined the rankings for places 1 to 6. Additional rankings were determined in the other finals.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 53], "section_span": [55, 70], "content_span": [71, 182]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273969-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 World Rowing Championships \u2013 Men's eight\nThe men's eight competition at the 2017 World Rowing Championships in Sarasota took place in Nathan Benderson Park.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [45, 45], "content_span": [46, 161]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273969-0001-0000", "contents": "2017 World Rowing Championships \u2013 Men's eight, Results, Heats\nHeat winners advanced directly to the A final. The remaining boats were sent to the repechages.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [47, 61], "content_span": [62, 157]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273969-0002-0000", "contents": "2017 World Rowing Championships \u2013 Men's eight, Results, Repechages\nThe two fastest boats in each repechage advanced to the A final. The remaining boats were sent to the B final.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [47, 66], "content_span": [67, 177]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273969-0003-0000", "contents": "2017 World Rowing Championships \u2013 Men's eight, Results, Finals\nThe A final determined the rankings for places 1 to 6. Additional rankings were determined in the B final.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [47, 62], "content_span": [63, 169]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273970-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 World Rowing Championships \u2013 Men's lightweight coxless four\nThe men's lightweight coxless four competition at the 2017 World Rowing Championships in Sarasota took place in Nathan Benderson Park.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 64], "section_span": [64, 64], "content_span": [65, 199]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273970-0001-0000", "contents": "2017 World Rowing Championships \u2013 Men's lightweight coxless four, Results, Exhibition race\nWith fewer than seven entries in this event, boats contested a race for lanes before the final.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 64], "section_span": [66, 90], "content_span": [91, 186]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273971-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 World Rowing Championships \u2013 Men's lightweight coxless pair\nThe men's lightweight coxless pair competition at the 2017 World Rowing Championships in Sarasota took place in Nathan Benderson Park.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 64], "section_span": [64, 64], "content_span": [65, 199]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273971-0001-0000", "contents": "2017 World Rowing Championships \u2013 Men's lightweight coxless pair, Results, Heats\nHeat winners advanced directly to the A final. The remaining boats were sent to the repechage.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 64], "section_span": [66, 80], "content_span": [81, 175]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273971-0002-0000", "contents": "2017 World Rowing Championships \u2013 Men's lightweight coxless pair, Results, Repechage\nThe four fastest boats advanced to the A final. The remaining boats were sent to the B final.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 64], "section_span": [66, 84], "content_span": [85, 178]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273971-0003-0000", "contents": "2017 World Rowing Championships \u2013 Men's lightweight coxless pair, Results, Finals\nThe A final determined the rankings for places 1 to 6. Additional rankings were determined in the B final.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 64], "section_span": [66, 81], "content_span": [82, 188]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273972-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 World Rowing Championships \u2013 Men's lightweight double sculls\nThe men's lightweight double sculls competition at the 2017 World Rowing Championships in Sarasota took place in Nathan Benderson Park.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 65], "section_span": [65, 65], "content_span": [66, 201]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273972-0001-0000", "contents": "2017 World Rowing Championships \u2013 Men's lightweight double sculls, Results, Heats\nHeat winners advanced directly to the A/B semifinals. The remaining boats were sent to the repechages.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 65], "section_span": [67, 81], "content_span": [82, 184]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273972-0002-0000", "contents": "2017 World Rowing Championships \u2013 Men's lightweight double sculls, Results, Repechages\nThe two fastest boats in each repechage advanced to the A/B semifinals. The remaining boats were sent to the C/D semifinals.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 65], "section_span": [67, 86], "content_span": [87, 211]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273972-0003-0000", "contents": "2017 World Rowing Championships \u2013 Men's lightweight double sculls, Results, Semifinals C/D\nThe three fastest boats in each semi were sent to the C final. The remaining boats were sent to the D final.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 65], "section_span": [67, 90], "content_span": [91, 199]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273972-0004-0000", "contents": "2017 World Rowing Championships \u2013 Men's lightweight double sculls, Results, Semifinals A/B\nThe three fastest boats in each semi advanced to the A final. The remaining boats were sent to the B final.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 65], "section_span": [67, 90], "content_span": [91, 198]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273972-0005-0000", "contents": "2017 World Rowing Championships \u2013 Men's lightweight double sculls, Results, Finals\nThe A final determined the rankings for places 1 to 6. Additional rankings were determined in the other finals.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 65], "section_span": [67, 82], "content_span": [83, 194]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273973-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 World Rowing Championships \u2013 Men's lightweight quadruple sculls\nThe men's lightweight quadruple sculls competition at the 2017 World Rowing Championships in Sarasota took place in Nathan Benderson Park.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 68], "section_span": [68, 68], "content_span": [69, 207]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273973-0001-0000", "contents": "2017 World Rowing Championships \u2013 Men's lightweight quadruple sculls, Results, Heats\nThe two fastest boats in each heat advanced directly to the A/B semifinals. The remaining boats were sent to the repechages.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 68], "section_span": [70, 84], "content_span": [85, 209]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273973-0002-0000", "contents": "2017 World Rowing Championships \u2013 Men's lightweight quadruple sculls, Results, Repechages\nThe three fastest boats in each repechage advanced to the A/B semifinals. The remaining boats were sent to the C final.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 68], "section_span": [70, 89], "content_span": [90, 209]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273973-0003-0000", "contents": "2017 World Rowing Championships \u2013 Men's lightweight quadruple sculls, Results, Semifinals\nThe three fastest boats in each semi advanced to the A final. The remaining boats were sent to the B final.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 68], "section_span": [70, 89], "content_span": [90, 197]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273973-0004-0000", "contents": "2017 World Rowing Championships \u2013 Men's lightweight quadruple sculls, Results, Finals\nThe A final determined the rankings for places 1 to 6. Additional rankings were determined in the other finals.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 68], "section_span": [70, 85], "content_span": [86, 197]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273974-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 World Rowing Championships \u2013 Men's lightweight single sculls\nThe men's lightweight single sculls competition at the 2017 World Rowing Championships in Sarasota took place in Nathan Benderson Park.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 65], "section_span": [65, 65], "content_span": [66, 201]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273974-0001-0000", "contents": "2017 World Rowing Championships \u2013 Men's lightweight single sculls, Results, Heats\nThe four fastest boats in each heat advanced directly to the quarterfinals. The remaining boats were sent to the repechage.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 65], "section_span": [67, 81], "content_span": [82, 205]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273974-0002-0000", "contents": "2017 World Rowing Championships \u2013 Men's lightweight single sculls, Results, Repechage\nThe four fastest boats advanced to the quarterfinals. The remaining boats were sent to the E final.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 65], "section_span": [67, 85], "content_span": [86, 185]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273974-0003-0000", "contents": "2017 World Rowing Championships \u2013 Men's lightweight single sculls, Results, Quarterfinals\nThe three fastest boats in each quarter advanced to the A/B semifinals. The remaining boats were sent to the C/D semifinals.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 65], "section_span": [67, 89], "content_span": [90, 214]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273974-0004-0000", "contents": "2017 World Rowing Championships \u2013 Men's lightweight single sculls, Results, Semifinals C/D\nThe three fastest boats in each semi were sent to the C final. The remaining boats were sent to the D final.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 65], "section_span": [67, 90], "content_span": [91, 199]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273974-0005-0000", "contents": "2017 World Rowing Championships \u2013 Men's lightweight single sculls, Results, Semifinals A/B\nThe three fastest boats in each semi advanced to the A final. The remaining boats were sent to the B final.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 65], "section_span": [67, 90], "content_span": [91, 198]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273974-0006-0000", "contents": "2017 World Rowing Championships \u2013 Men's lightweight single sculls, Results, Finals\nThe A final determined the rankings for places 1 to 6. Additional rankings were determined in the other finals.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 65], "section_span": [67, 82], "content_span": [83, 194]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273975-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 World Rowing Championships \u2013 Men's quadruple sculls\nThe men's quadruple sculls competition at the 2017 World Rowing Championships in Sarasota took place in Nathan Benderson Park.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 56], "section_span": [56, 56], "content_span": [57, 183]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273975-0001-0000", "contents": "2017 World Rowing Championships \u2013 Men's quadruple sculls, Results, Heats\nThe three fastest boats in each heat advanced directly to the A/B semifinals. The remaining boats were sent to the repechage.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 56], "section_span": [58, 72], "content_span": [73, 198]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273975-0002-0000", "contents": "2017 World Rowing Championships \u2013 Men's quadruple sculls, Results, Repechage\nThe three fastest boats advanced to the A/B semifinals. The remaining boats were sent to the C final.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 56], "section_span": [58, 76], "content_span": [77, 178]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273975-0003-0000", "contents": "2017 World Rowing Championships \u2013 Men's quadruple sculls, Results, Semifinals\nThe three fastest boats in each semi advanced to the A final. The remaining boats were sent to the B final.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 56], "section_span": [58, 77], "content_span": [78, 185]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273975-0004-0000", "contents": "2017 World Rowing Championships \u2013 Men's quadruple sculls, Results, Finals\nThe A final determined the rankings for places 1 to 6. Additional rankings were determined in the other finals.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 56], "section_span": [58, 73], "content_span": [74, 185]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273976-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 World Rowing Championships \u2013 Men's single sculls\nThe men's single sculls competition at the 2017 World Rowing Championships in Sarasota took place in Nathan Benderson Park.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 53], "section_span": [53, 53], "content_span": [54, 177]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273976-0001-0000", "contents": "2017 World Rowing Championships \u2013 Men's single sculls, Results, Heats\nThe two fastest boats in each heat advanced directly to the quarterfinals. The remaining boats were sent to the repechages.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 53], "section_span": [55, 69], "content_span": [70, 193]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273976-0002-0000", "contents": "2017 World Rowing Championships \u2013 Men's single sculls, Results, Repechages\nThe two fastest boats in each repechage advanced to the quarterfinals. The remaining boats were sent to the E/F/G semifinals.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 53], "section_span": [55, 74], "content_span": [75, 200]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273976-0003-0000", "contents": "2017 World Rowing Championships \u2013 Men's single sculls, Results, Quarterfinals\nThe three fastest boats in each quarter advanced to the A/B semifinals. The remaining boats were sent to the C/D semifinals.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 53], "section_span": [55, 77], "content_span": [78, 202]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273976-0004-0000", "contents": "2017 World Rowing Championships \u2013 Men's single sculls, Results, Semifinals E/F/G\nThe two fastest were sent to the E final. The next two fastest were sent to the F final. Any remaining boats were sent to the G final.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 53], "section_span": [55, 80], "content_span": [81, 215]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273976-0005-0000", "contents": "2017 World Rowing Championships \u2013 Men's single sculls, Results, Semifinals C/D\nThe three fastest boats in each semi were sent to the C final. The remaining boats were sent to the D final.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 53], "section_span": [55, 78], "content_span": [79, 187]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273976-0006-0000", "contents": "2017 World Rowing Championships \u2013 Men's single sculls, Results, Semifinals A/B\nThe three fastest boats in each semi advanced to the A final. The remaining boats were sent to the B final.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 53], "section_span": [55, 78], "content_span": [79, 186]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273976-0007-0000", "contents": "2017 World Rowing Championships \u2013 Men's single sculls, Results, Finals\nThe A final determined the rankings for places 1 to 6. Additional rankings were determined in the other finals.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 53], "section_span": [55, 70], "content_span": [71, 182]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273977-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 World Rowing Championships \u2013 PR1 Men's single sculls\nThe PR1 men's single sculls competition at the 2017 World Rowing Championships in Sarasota took place in Nathan Benderson Park.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 57], "section_span": [57, 57], "content_span": [58, 185]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273977-0001-0000", "contents": "2017 World Rowing Championships \u2013 PR1 Men's single sculls, Results, Heats\nThe two fastest boats in each heat advanced directly to the A/B semifinals. The remaining boats were sent to the repechages.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 57], "section_span": [59, 73], "content_span": [74, 198]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273977-0002-0000", "contents": "2017 World Rowing Championships \u2013 PR1 Men's single sculls, Results, Repechages\nThe three fastest boats in each repechage advanced to the A/B semifinals. The remaining boats were sent to the C final.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 57], "section_span": [59, 78], "content_span": [79, 198]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273977-0003-0000", "contents": "2017 World Rowing Championships \u2013 PR1 Men's single sculls, Results, Semifinals\nThe three fastest boats in each semi advanced to the A final. The remaining boats were sent to the B final.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 57], "section_span": [59, 78], "content_span": [79, 186]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273977-0004-0000", "contents": "2017 World Rowing Championships \u2013 PR1 Men's single sculls, Results, Finals\nThe A final determined the rankings for places 1 to 6. Additional rankings were determined in the other finals.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 57], "section_span": [59, 74], "content_span": [75, 186]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273978-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 World Rowing Championships \u2013 PR1 Women's single sculls\nThe PR1 women's single sculls competition at the 2017 World Rowing Championships in Sarasota took place in Nathan Benderson Park.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 59], "section_span": [59, 59], "content_span": [60, 189]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273978-0001-0000", "contents": "2017 World Rowing Championships \u2013 PR1 Women's single sculls, Results, Heats\nThe two fastest boats in each heat advanced directly to the A final. The remaining boats were sent to the repechage.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 59], "section_span": [61, 75], "content_span": [76, 192]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273978-0002-0000", "contents": "2017 World Rowing Championships \u2013 PR1 Women's single sculls, Results, Repechage\nThe two fastest boats advanced to the A final. The remaining boats were sent to the B final.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 59], "section_span": [61, 79], "content_span": [80, 172]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273978-0003-0000", "contents": "2017 World Rowing Championships \u2013 PR1 Women's single sculls, Results, Finals\nThe A final determined the rankings for places 1 to 6. Additional rankings were determined in the B final.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 59], "section_span": [61, 76], "content_span": [77, 183]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273979-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 World Rowing Championships \u2013 PR2 Mixed double sculls\nThe PR2 mixed double sculls competition at the 2017 World Rowing Championships in Sarasota took place in Nathan Benderson Park.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 57], "section_span": [57, 57], "content_span": [58, 185]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273979-0001-0000", "contents": "2017 World Rowing Championships \u2013 PR2 Mixed double sculls, Results, Exhibition race\nWith fewer than seven entries in this event, boats contested a race for lanes before the final.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 57], "section_span": [59, 83], "content_span": [84, 179]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273980-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 World Rowing Championships \u2013 PR3 Mixed coxed four\nThe PR3 mixed coxed four competition at the 2017 World Rowing Championships in Sarasota took place in Nathan Benderson Park.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 54], "section_span": [54, 54], "content_span": [55, 179]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273980-0001-0000", "contents": "2017 World Rowing Championships \u2013 PR3 Mixed coxed four, Results, Exhibition race\nWith fewer than seven entries in this event, boats contested a race for lanes before the final.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 54], "section_span": [56, 80], "content_span": [81, 176]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273981-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 World Rowing Championships \u2013 PR3 Mixed double sculls\nThe PR3 mixed double sculls competition at the 2017 World Rowing Championships in Sarasota took place in Nathan Benderson Park.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 57], "section_span": [57, 57], "content_span": [58, 185]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273981-0001-0000", "contents": "2017 World Rowing Championships \u2013 PR3 Mixed double sculls, Results, Exhibition race\nWith fewer than seven entries in this event, boats contested a race for lanes before the final.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 57], "section_span": [59, 83], "content_span": [84, 179]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273982-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 World Rowing Championships \u2013 Women's coxless four\nThe women's coxless four competition at the 2017 World Rowing Championships in Sarasota took place in Nathan Benderson Park.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 54], "section_span": [54, 54], "content_span": [55, 179]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273982-0001-0000", "contents": "2017 World Rowing Championships \u2013 Women's coxless four, Results, Heats\nHeat winners advanced directly to the A final. The remaining boats were sent to the repechages.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 54], "section_span": [56, 70], "content_span": [71, 166]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273982-0002-0000", "contents": "2017 World Rowing Championships \u2013 Women's coxless four, Results, Repechages\nThe two fastest boats in each repechage advanced to the A final. The remaining boats were sent to the B final.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 54], "section_span": [56, 75], "content_span": [76, 186]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273982-0003-0000", "contents": "2017 World Rowing Championships \u2013 Women's coxless four, Results, Finals\nThe A final determined the rankings for places 1 to 6. Additional rankings were determined in the B final.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 54], "section_span": [56, 71], "content_span": [72, 178]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273983-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 World Rowing Championships \u2013 Women's coxless pair\nThe women's coxless pair competition at the 2017 World Rowing Championships in Sarasota took place in Nathan Benderson Park.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 54], "section_span": [54, 54], "content_span": [55, 179]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273983-0001-0000", "contents": "2017 World Rowing Championships \u2013 Women's coxless pair, Results, Heats\nHeat winners advanced directly to the A final. The remaining boats were sent to the repechages.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 54], "section_span": [56, 70], "content_span": [71, 166]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273983-0002-0000", "contents": "2017 World Rowing Championships \u2013 Women's coxless pair, Results, Repechages\nThe two fastest boats in each repechage advanced to the A final. The remaining boats were sent to the B final.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 54], "section_span": [56, 75], "content_span": [76, 186]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273983-0003-0000", "contents": "2017 World Rowing Championships \u2013 Women's coxless pair, Results, Finals\nThe A final determined the rankings for places 1 to 6. Additional rankings were determined in the B final.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 54], "section_span": [56, 71], "content_span": [72, 178]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273984-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 World Rowing Championships \u2013 Women's double sculls\nThe women's double sculls competition at the 2017 World Rowing Championships in Sarasota took place in Nathan Benderson Park.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 55], "section_span": [55, 55], "content_span": [56, 181]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273984-0001-0000", "contents": "2017 World Rowing Championships \u2013 Women's double sculls, Results, Heats\nThe three fastest boats in each heat advanced directly to the A/B semifinals. The remaining boats were sent to the repechage.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 55], "section_span": [57, 71], "content_span": [72, 197]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273984-0002-0000", "contents": "2017 World Rowing Championships \u2013 Women's double sculls, Results, Repechage\nThe three fastest boats advanced to the A/B semifinals. The remaining boats were sent to the C final.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 55], "section_span": [57, 75], "content_span": [76, 177]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273984-0003-0000", "contents": "2017 World Rowing Championships \u2013 Women's double sculls, Results, Semifinals\nThe three fastest boats in each semi advanced to the A final. The remaining boats were sent to the B final.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 55], "section_span": [57, 76], "content_span": [77, 184]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273984-0004-0000", "contents": "2017 World Rowing Championships \u2013 Women's double sculls, Results, Finals\nThe A final determined the rankings for places 1 to 6. Additional rankings were determined in the other finals.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 55], "section_span": [57, 72], "content_span": [73, 184]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273985-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 World Rowing Championships \u2013 Women's eight\nThe women's eight competition at the 2017 World Rowing Championships in Sarasota took place in Nathan Benderson Park.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 47], "section_span": [47, 47], "content_span": [48, 165]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273985-0001-0000", "contents": "2017 World Rowing Championships \u2013 Women's eight, Results, Heats\nHeat winners advanced directly to the A final. The remaining boats were sent to the repechage.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 47], "section_span": [49, 63], "content_span": [64, 158]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273985-0002-0000", "contents": "2017 World Rowing Championships \u2013 Women's eight, Results, Repechage\nThe four fastest boats advanced to the A final. The remaining boats were sent to the B final.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 47], "section_span": [49, 67], "content_span": [68, 161]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273985-0003-0000", "contents": "2017 World Rowing Championships \u2013 Women's eight, Results, Finals\nThe A final determined the rankings for places 1 to 6. Additional rankings were determined in the B final.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 47], "section_span": [49, 64], "content_span": [65, 171]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273986-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 World Rowing Championships \u2013 Women's lightweight double sculls\nThe women's lightweight double sculls competition at the 2017 World Rowing Championships in Sarasota took place in Nathan Benderson Park.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 67], "section_span": [67, 67], "content_span": [68, 205]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273986-0001-0000", "contents": "2017 World Rowing Championships \u2013 Women's lightweight double sculls, Results, Heats\nThe two fastest boats in each heat advanced directly to the A/B semifinals. The remaining boats were sent to the repechages.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 67], "section_span": [69, 83], "content_span": [84, 208]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273986-0002-0000", "contents": "2017 World Rowing Championships \u2013 Women's lightweight double sculls, Results, Repechages\nThe three fastest boats in each repechage advanced to the A/B semifinals. The remaining boats were sent to the C final.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 67], "section_span": [69, 88], "content_span": [89, 208]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273986-0003-0000", "contents": "2017 World Rowing Championships \u2013 Women's lightweight double sculls, Results, Semifinals\nThe three fastest boats in each semi advanced to the A final. The remaining boats were sent to the B final.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 67], "section_span": [69, 88], "content_span": [89, 196]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273986-0004-0000", "contents": "2017 World Rowing Championships \u2013 Women's lightweight double sculls, Results, Finals\nThe A final determined the rankings for places 1 to 6. Additional rankings were determined in the other finals.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 67], "section_span": [69, 84], "content_span": [85, 196]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273987-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 World Rowing Championships \u2013 Women's lightweight quadruple sculls\nThe women's lightweight quadruple sculls competition at the 2017 World Rowing Championships in Sarasota took place in Nathan Benderson Park.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 70], "section_span": [70, 70], "content_span": [71, 211]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273987-0001-0000", "contents": "2017 World Rowing Championships \u2013 Women's lightweight quadruple sculls, Results, Heats\nThe two fastest boats in each heat advanced directly to the A final. The remaining boats were sent to the repechage.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 70], "section_span": [72, 86], "content_span": [87, 203]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273987-0002-0000", "contents": "2017 World Rowing Championships \u2013 Women's lightweight quadruple sculls, Results, Repechage\nThe two fastest boats advanced to the A final. The remaining boats were sent to the B final.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 70], "section_span": [72, 90], "content_span": [91, 183]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273987-0003-0000", "contents": "2017 World Rowing Championships \u2013 Women's lightweight quadruple sculls, Results, Finals\nThe A final determined the rankings for places 1 to 6. Additional rankings were determined in the B final.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 70], "section_span": [72, 87], "content_span": [88, 194]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273988-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 World Rowing Championships \u2013 Women's lightweight single sculls\nThe women's lightweight single sculls competition at the 2017 World Rowing Championships in Sarasota took place in Nathan Benderson Park.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 67], "section_span": [67, 67], "content_span": [68, 205]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273988-0001-0000", "contents": "2017 World Rowing Championships \u2013 Women's lightweight single sculls, Results, Heats\nThe three fastest boats in each heat advanced directly to the A/B semifinals. The remaining boats were sent to the repechage.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 67], "section_span": [69, 83], "content_span": [84, 209]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273988-0002-0000", "contents": "2017 World Rowing Championships \u2013 Women's lightweight single sculls, Results, Repechage\nThe three fastest boats advanced to the A/B semifinals. The remaining boats were sent to the C final.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 67], "section_span": [69, 87], "content_span": [88, 189]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273988-0003-0000", "contents": "2017 World Rowing Championships \u2013 Women's lightweight single sculls, Results, Semifinals\nThe three fastest boats in each semi advanced to the A final. The remaining boats were sent to the B final.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 67], "section_span": [69, 88], "content_span": [89, 196]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273988-0004-0000", "contents": "2017 World Rowing Championships \u2013 Women's lightweight single sculls, Results, Finals\nThe A final determined the rankings for places 1 to 6. Additional rankings were determined in the other finals.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 67], "section_span": [69, 84], "content_span": [85, 196]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273989-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 World Rowing Championships \u2013 Women's quadruple sculls\nThe women's quadruple sculls competition at the 2017 World Rowing Championships in Sarasota took place in Nathan Benderson Park.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 58], "section_span": [58, 58], "content_span": [59, 187]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273989-0001-0000", "contents": "2017 World Rowing Championships \u2013 Women's quadruple sculls, Results, Heats\nThe two fastest boats in each heat advanced directly to the A final. The remaining boats were sent to the repechage.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 58], "section_span": [60, 74], "content_span": [75, 191]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273989-0002-0000", "contents": "2017 World Rowing Championships \u2013 Women's quadruple sculls, Results, Repechage\nThe two fastest boats advanced to the A final. The remaining boats were sent to the B final.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 58], "section_span": [60, 78], "content_span": [79, 171]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273989-0003-0000", "contents": "2017 World Rowing Championships \u2013 Women's quadruple sculls, Results, Finals\nThe A final determined the rankings for places 1 to 6. Additional rankings were determined in the B final.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 58], "section_span": [60, 75], "content_span": [76, 182]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273990-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 World Rowing Championships \u2013 Women's single sculls\nThe women's single sculls competition at the 2017 World Rowing Championships in Sarasota took place in Nathan Benderson Park.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 55], "section_span": [55, 55], "content_span": [56, 181]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273990-0001-0000", "contents": "2017 World Rowing Championships \u2013 Women's single sculls, Results, Heats\nHeat winners advanced directly to the A/B semifinals. The remaining boats were sent to the repechages.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 55], "section_span": [57, 71], "content_span": [72, 174]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273990-0002-0000", "contents": "2017 World Rowing Championships \u2013 Women's single sculls, Results, Repechages\nThe two fastest boats in each repechage advanced to the A/B semifinals. The remaining boats were sent to the C/D semifinals.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 55], "section_span": [57, 76], "content_span": [77, 201]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273990-0003-0000", "contents": "2017 World Rowing Championships \u2013 Women's single sculls, Results, Semifinals C/D\nThe three fastest boats in each semi were sent to the C final. The remaining boats were sent to the D final.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 55], "section_span": [57, 80], "content_span": [81, 189]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273990-0004-0000", "contents": "2017 World Rowing Championships \u2013 Women's single sculls, Results, Semifinals A/B\nThe three fastest boats in each semi advanced to the A final. The remaining boats were sent to the B final.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 55], "section_span": [57, 80], "content_span": [81, 188]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273990-0005-0000", "contents": "2017 World Rowing Championships \u2013 Women's single sculls, Results, Finals\nThe A final determined the rankings for places 1 to 6. Additional rankings were determined in the other finals.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 55], "section_span": [57, 72], "content_span": [73, 184]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273991-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 World Rowing Junior Championships\nThe 51st World Rowing Junior Championships were held from 2 to 6 August 2017 at the Trakai Rowing Centre in Trakai, Lithuania.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [38, 38], "content_span": [39, 165]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273992-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 World Rowing U23 Championships\nThe 13th World Rowing U23 Championships was the 13th edition of the World Rowing U23 Championships and was held from 19 to 23 July 2017 at the Complex Greben Kanal in Plovdiv, Bulgaria.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [35, 35], "content_span": [36, 221]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273993-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 World Rugby Americas Pacific Challenge\nThe 2017 World Rugby Americas Pacific Challenge was the second tournament of the Americas Pacific Challenge, which is a development competition for the Americas and Pacific island nations. The competition was hosted by Uruguay with all games played at the 14,000 capacity stadium Estadio Charr\u00faa in Montevideo.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [43, 43], "content_span": [44, 354]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273993-0001-0000", "contents": "2017 World Rugby Americas Pacific Challenge, Format\nWith six teams in the tournament and a limitation of three matches per team, a \"split pool\" format was used. The field was split into two pools, with teams in one pool only playing the teams in the other. The competing teams were:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [45, 51], "content_span": [52, 282]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273994-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 World Rugby Nations Cup\nThe 2017 World Rugby Nations Cup was the twelfth edition of the World Rugby Nations Cup rugby union tournament, created by World Rugby. It was the first ever tournament to be played outside of Romania and without their national team, with Uruguay hosting the competition.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [28, 28], "content_span": [29, 300]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273994-0001-0000", "contents": "2017 World Rugby Nations Cup\nLike in 2016, the tournament featured six teams split in two pools of three, where the three European teams; Emerging Italy, Russia and Spain played the other three teams; Argentina XV, Namibia and Uruguay.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [28, 28], "content_span": [29, 235]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273994-0002-0000", "contents": "2017 World Rugby Nations Cup\nHosts Uruguay won the tournament, the first time they had done so in five previous attempts. It is the third year in a row where the hosts capitalized on the home advantage to claim the title, with previous hosts Romania winning in 2015 and 2016.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [28, 28], "content_span": [29, 275]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273994-0003-0000", "contents": "2017 World Rugby Nations Cup, Teams\nBelow are the competing teams with their World Rugby Rankings as of the first tournament date (10 June 2017):", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 35], "content_span": [36, 145]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273995-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 World Rugby Pacific Challenge\nThe 2017 Pacific Challenge was the twelfth World Rugby Pacific Challenge. Four teams featured in the tournament which was hosted in Fiji. The format was a round-robin competition without additional finals play-off matches. The hosts Fiji Warriors finished the tournament undefeated to claim the title, with Junior Japan as runner-up.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [34, 34], "content_span": [35, 368]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273995-0001-0000", "contents": "2017 World Rugby Pacific Challenge, Closed law trials\nIn accordance with World Rugby's global law trials, which began on 1 January 2017 in the southern hemisphere, several variations to the laws of the game focused around the scrum and ruck areas were adopted for the tournament.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 53], "content_span": [54, 279]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273996-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 World Rugby Pacific Nations Cup\nThe 2017 World Rugby Pacific Nations Cup was the twelfth edition of the Pacific Nations Cup annual international rugby union tournament. The 2017 title was contested solely by the Pacific nations of Fiji, Samoa and Tonga.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [36, 36], "content_span": [37, 258]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273996-0001-0000", "contents": "2017 World Rugby Pacific Nations Cup\nTeams competing in previous years, Canada, Japan and the United States were not scheduled to participate in the tournament for 2017 or 2016 due to the 2019 Rugby World Cup qualifying format. The top two teams on aggregate across the 2016 and 2017 Pacific Nations Cups for Japan 2019, with the team finishing third scheduled to enter the repechage for qualification.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [36, 36], "content_span": [37, 402]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273996-0002-0000", "contents": "2017 World Rugby Pacific Nations Cup\nHaving not hosted a test match since playing Fiji in June 2009, Tonga was given the go-ahead to host a test match with World Rugby's approval of the revamped Teufaiva Sport Stadium.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [36, 36], "content_span": [37, 218]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273996-0003-0000", "contents": "2017 World Rugby Pacific Nations Cup\nFiji retained their title to win for the third consecutive year.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [36, 36], "content_span": [37, 101]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273996-0004-0000", "contents": "2017 World Rugby Pacific Nations Cup, Fixtures\nThe full match schedule was announced on 23 March 2017.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 46], "content_span": [47, 102]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273996-0005-0000", "contents": "2017 World Rugby Pacific Nations Cup, Squads\nNote: Number of caps and players' ages are indicated as of 1 July 2017 \u2013 the tournament's opening day, pre first tournament match.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 44], "content_span": [45, 175]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273996-0006-0000", "contents": "2017 World Rugby Pacific Nations Cup, Squads, Fiji\nOn 9 May, John McKee named an extended squad ahead of Fiji's 2017 June tests against Australia, Italy and Scotland and their Rugby Pacific Nations Cup / 2019 RWC Oceania qualification campaign in July.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 50], "content_span": [51, 252]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273996-0007-0000", "contents": "2017 World Rugby Pacific Nations Cup, Squads, Samoa\nOn 29 May, Alama Ieremia named a 35-man squad ahead of Samoa's 2017 June tests against New Zealand and Wales and their Pacific Nations Cup / 2019 RWC Oceania qualification campaign in July.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 51], "content_span": [52, 241]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273996-0008-0000", "contents": "2017 World Rugby Pacific Nations Cup, Squads, Tonga\nOn 9 June, Tonga named a 35-man extended squad for their 2017 June test against Wales and their Pacific Nations Cup / 2019 RWC Oceania qualification campaign in July.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 51], "content_span": [52, 218]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273997-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 World Rugby Under 20 Championship\nThe 2017 World Rugby Under 20 Championship was the tenth annual international rugby union competition for Under 20 national teams. The event was organised in Georgia by rugby's governing body, World Rugby. Twelve nations played in the tournament, which was held in Tbilisi and Kutaisi from 31 May to 18 June.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [38, 38], "content_span": [39, 347]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273997-0001-0000", "contents": "2017 World Rugby Under 20 Championship, Teams\nThe following teams participated in the 2017 World Rugby U20 Championship:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 45], "content_span": [46, 120]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273997-0002-0000", "contents": "2017 World Rugby Under 20 Championship, Pool stage\nPoints were awarded in the Pool Stage via the standard points system:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 50], "content_span": [51, 120]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273997-0003-0000", "contents": "2017 World Rugby Under 20 Championship, Pool stage\nIf at completion of the Pool Stage two or more teams were level on points, the following tiebreakers were applied:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 50], "content_span": [51, 165]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273998-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 World Rugby Under 20 Trophy\nThe 2017 World Rugby Under 20 Trophy was the tenth annual international rugby union competition for Under 20 national teams, second-tier world championship.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [32, 32], "content_span": [33, 189]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273998-0001-0000", "contents": "2017 World Rugby Under 20 Trophy\nThe event was held at the Estadio Charr\u00faa and Estadio Domingo Burgue\u00f1o in Montevideo, Uruguay from 29 August until 10 September and was organized by rugby's governing body, World Rugby.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [32, 32], "content_span": [33, 218]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273998-0002-0000", "contents": "2017 World Rugby Under 20 Trophy, Qualified teams\nA total of 8 teams played in the tournament. The host (Uruguay) and the Junior World Cup relegation country (Japan) qualified automatically. The remaining six countries competed through a qualification process in regional competitions (North America, South America, Europe, Africa, Asia, Oceania).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 49], "content_span": [50, 347]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273999-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 World Russian Draughts Championship\nThe 2017 World Draughts-64 Championship held in Saint Peterburg, Russia. 64 players from Europe, Asia, Africa, North and South America competed in the tournament, which started on October 20, 2017, and will end on October 28, 2017. Tournament played in hotel \u00abMoscow\u00bb. The winning prize for the tournament was about 52,000 $ (three million rubles). At the same time the Women's World Draughts Championship was held. Championship played in classic (at the Russian draughts), rapid (at the Brazilian draughts) and blitz (at the Russian draughts) formats.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [40, 40], "content_span": [41, 593]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273999-0001-0000", "contents": "2017 World Russian Draughts Championship, Classic program, Rules and regulations\nIn the first stage participants played Swiss-system tournament with 8 rounds. To define the places with equal points used of Buchholz system. The first 16 participated in the final. The final was in the play-off form. For the victory was given - 2 points for a draw \u2013 one point, for loss \u2013 0 points. Players from 17 to 64 played additionally Swiss-system tournament with 2 rounds.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 80], "content_span": [81, 461]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273999-0002-0000", "contents": "2017 World Russian Draughts Championship, Classic program, Rules and regulations\nThe final classification is based on the total points obtained. If two or more players will have same total points to define the places:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 80], "content_span": [81, 217]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273999-0003-0000", "contents": "2017 World Russian Draughts Championship, Classic program, Rules and regulations\n1. Number of points scored by all competitors (Buchholz coefficient)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 80], "content_span": [81, 149]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273999-0004-0000", "contents": "2017 World Russian Draughts Championship, Classic program, Rules and regulations\n2. Number of points scored by opponents, excluding the lowest result (reduced Solkof coefficient)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 80], "content_span": [81, 179]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273999-0005-0000", "contents": "2017 World Russian Draughts Championship, Classic program, Rules and regulations\n3. Match up to the first victory with a shorter time controls: a classic game \u2014 5\u2019+3\u201d till the end of the game for each participant.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 80], "content_span": [81, 213]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273999-0006-0000", "contents": "2017 World Russian Draughts Championship, Rapid program\nIn the first stage participants played Swiss-system tournament with 9 rounds at Brazilian version draughts. The first 4 participated in the semifinal and final.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 55], "content_span": [56, 216]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273999-0007-0000", "contents": "2017 World Russian Draughts Championship, Rapid program\nThe classification is based on the total points obtained. If two or more players will have same total points to define the places:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 55], "content_span": [56, 186]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273999-0008-0000", "contents": "2017 World Russian Draughts Championship, Rapid program\n1. Number of points scored by opponents, excluding the lowest result (reduced Solkof coefficient)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 55], "content_span": [56, 154]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273999-0009-0000", "contents": "2017 World Russian Draughts Championship, Rapid program\n2. Number of points scored by all competitors (Buchholz coefficient)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 55], "content_span": [56, 124]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273999-0010-0000", "contents": "2017 World Russian Draughts Championship, Rapid program\nTime control: 7\u2019+5\u201d till the end of the game for each participant.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 55], "content_span": [56, 123]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273999-0011-0000", "contents": "2017 World Russian Draughts Championship, Blitz program\nIn the first stage participants played Swiss-system tournament with 9 rounds at Russian version draughts. The first 4 participated in the semifinal and final.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 55], "content_span": [56, 214]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273999-0012-0000", "contents": "2017 World Russian Draughts Championship, Blitz program\nThe classification is based on the total points obtained. If two or more players will have same total points to define the places:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 55], "content_span": [56, 186]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273999-0013-0000", "contents": "2017 World Russian Draughts Championship, Blitz program\n1. Number of points scored by all competitors (Buchholz coefficient)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 55], "content_span": [56, 124]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273999-0014-0000", "contents": "2017 World Russian Draughts Championship, Blitz program\n2. Number of points scored by opponents, excluding the lowest result (reduced Solkof coefficient)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 55], "content_span": [56, 154]}} {"id": "enwiki-00273999-0015-0000", "contents": "2017 World Russian Draughts Championship, Blitz program\nTime control: 3\u2019+2\u201d till the end of the game for each participant.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 55], "content_span": [56, 123]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274001-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 World Senior Curling Championships\nThe 2017 World Senior Curling Championships was held from April 22 to 29 at the Lethbridge Curling Club in Lethbridge, Alberta. The event was held in conjunction with the 2017 World Mixed Doubles Curling Championship.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [39, 39], "content_span": [40, 257]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274002-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 World Seniors Championship\nThe 2017 World Seniors Championship was an invitational senior snooker tournament, that took place at the Baths Hall in Scunthorpe, England, from 22 to 24 March 2017. Qualifying for the tournament was open to non-tour players, who were aged 40 and over on 1 January 2017.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [31, 31], "content_span": [32, 303]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274002-0001-0000", "contents": "2017 World Seniors Championship\nIn addition to the winner's cheque the champion received a place in the qualifying tournament for the 2017 World Professional Snooker Championship in Sheffield.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [31, 31], "content_span": [32, 192]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274002-0002-0000", "contents": "2017 World Seniors Championship\nMark Davis was the prior champion. However he was not eligible for this year's edition, as it was exclusively for non-tour players.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [31, 31], "content_span": [32, 163]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274002-0003-0000", "contents": "2017 World Seniors Championship\nSnooker Legends organised the event for the first time having replaced the WPBSA who previously sanctioned the event.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [31, 31], "content_span": [32, 149]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274002-0004-0000", "contents": "2017 World Seniors Championship\nPeter Lines won the tournament without losing a single frame. He beat John Parrott 4\u20130 in the final.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [31, 31], "content_span": [32, 132]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274002-0005-0000", "contents": "2017 World Seniors Championship, Field, Seeded players\nPlayers were seeded based on the titles won during their professional careers:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 54], "content_span": [55, 133]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274002-0006-0000", "contents": "2017 World Seniors Championship, Field, Seeded players\nSteve Davis, Ray Reardon, Terry Griffiths, Tony Meo and Doug Mountjoy were invited to take part, but declined.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 54], "content_span": [55, 165]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274002-0007-0000", "contents": "2017 World Seniors Championship, Field, Qualifying\nFour qualifying events took place during February and March 2017:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 50], "content_span": [51, 116]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274002-0008-0000", "contents": "2017 World Seniors Championship, Field, Qualifying\nEach qualifier took their place alongside the eight invited players in the main draw of the championship.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 50], "content_span": [51, 156]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274003-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 World Series\nThe 2017 World Series was the championship series of Major League Baseball's (MLB) 2017 season. The 113th edition of the World Series, it was a best-of-seven playoff played between the National League (NL) champion Los Angeles Dodgers and the American League (AL) champion Houston Astros. The series was played between October 24 and November 1.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 17], "section_span": [17, 17], "content_span": [18, 363]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274003-0001-0000", "contents": "2017 World Series\nThe Astros defeated the Dodgers, four games to three, to win their first World Series in franchise history, also becoming the first team from Texas to do so. It was the first time since 2001\u20132002 when two consecutive World Series went to seven games. Both teams set a World Series record with a combined total of 25 home runs throughout the entire series, including a team record 15 home runs by the Astros, and hit a combined total of eight home runs in Game 2 to set the single game World Series mark. Houston outfielder George Springer was named the World Series Most Valuable Player (MVP) after hitting five home runs in the series to tie a World Series record with Reggie Jackson in 1977 and Chase Utley in 2009.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 17], "section_span": [17, 17], "content_span": [18, 735]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274003-0002-0000", "contents": "2017 World Series\nThis was the first World Series in which home-field advantage was decided by the regular season record of the two pennant winners. From 1903 to 2002, home-field advantage had been determined by coin flips and by alternating between the AL and NL. From 2003 to 2016, it was determined by results from that season's All-Star Game, when it was awarded to the team from the winning league. The Dodgers earned home-field advantage over the Astros. The series was played in a 2\u20133\u20132 format, with the Dodgers hosting Games 1, 2, 6, and 7; and the Astros hosting Games 3, 4, and 5.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 17], "section_span": [17, 17], "content_span": [18, 590]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274003-0003-0000", "contents": "2017 World Series\nThe Astros' victory became controversial when MLB determined in 2019 that they had been illegally using technology to steal signs from opposing teams during their championship season, in addition to during the following season. As a result, the Astros were fined $5 million and docked several top draft picks, while Astros manager A. J. Hinch and general manager Jeff Luhnow were suspended for one year; both were subsequently fired. However, Commissioner of Baseball Rob Manfred opted against punishing any of the players involved or revoking the Astros' World Series title. ESPN writer Sam Miller opined that although hard-fought and memorable, the 2017 World Series \"produced a champion we all regret having felt happy for\".", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 17], "section_span": [17, 17], "content_span": [18, 745]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274003-0004-0000", "contents": "2017 World Series, Background\nThis was the first World Series matchup, and second postseason meeting overall, between the Astros and Dodgers. Los Angeles defeated Houston in five games in the 1981 National League Division Series, en route to first their World Series championship since 1965. The teams also met in the 1980 National League West tie-breaker game, won by the Astros at Dodger Stadium. This was the first Fall Classic since 1970, and the eighth overall, in which both participants had 100 or more wins during the regular season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 17], "section_span": [19, 29], "content_span": [30, 541]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274003-0005-0000", "contents": "2017 World Series, Background\nThe two teams did not meet in interleague play during the regular season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 17], "section_span": [19, 29], "content_span": [30, 103]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274003-0006-0000", "contents": "2017 World Series, Background, Los Angeles Dodgers\nThe Dodgers held a 91\u201336 record through August 25 and ended the season with a 104\u201358 record. They won their fifth consecutive National League West title and home field advantage throughout the playoffs as the overall #1 seed. In the postseason, the Dodgers swept the 4th-seeded Arizona Diamondbacks in the National League Division Series and then defeated the number 3 seed and defending World Series champion Chicago Cubs in the previous year's rematch of the National League Championship Series in five games, leading to the fourth time since 2000 that two teams played each other in consecutive League Championship Series. This was the first appearance in the Fall Classic for the Dodgers since 1988, the tenth since the franchise moved from Brooklyn to Los Angeles in 1958, and the 19th overall.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 17], "section_span": [19, 50], "content_span": [51, 850]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274003-0007-0000", "contents": "2017 World Series, Background, Los Angeles Dodgers\nEntering the 2017 World Series, the Dodgers bullpen had thrown 23 consecutive scoreless innings, a postseason record for a bullpen. Additionally, by outscoring the Arizona Diamondbacks and Chicago Cubs by a combined 48\u201319 margin, the Dodgers entered the World Series with the third-best run differential of any pennant winner since the playoff structure was expanded in 1995.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 17], "section_span": [19, 50], "content_span": [51, 426]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274003-0008-0000", "contents": "2017 World Series, Background, Los Angeles Dodgers\nAll-Star shortstop Corey Seager, who was out for the entire National League Championship Series with a back injury, was included on the Dodgers' World Series roster. Manager Dave Roberts became first manager of Asian heritage ever in the World Series, as well as the fourth African-American manager. The Dodgers had their second consecutive Rookie of the Year, Cody Bellinger, who hit 39 home runs in 2017. Clayton Kershaw finished second in Cy Young award voting, and closer Kenley Jansen finished fifth. The Dodgers had six NL All-Stars in Bellinger, Seager, Justin Turner, Kershaw, Alex Wood, and Jansen.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 17], "section_span": [19, 50], "content_span": [51, 658]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274003-0009-0000", "contents": "2017 World Series, Background, Houston Astros\nWith a 101\u201361 regular season record, the team won its first American League West title, their first division title since 2001, and the #2 seed in the AL. In the American League Division Series, they defeated the 3rd-seeded Boston Red Sox in four games and then defeated the 4th-seeded New York Yankees in the American League Championship Series (ALCS) in seven games.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 17], "section_span": [19, 45], "content_span": [46, 413]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274003-0009-0001", "contents": "2017 World Series, Background, Houston Astros\nThis was their second World Series appearance, first since 2005, when they were swept in four games by the Chicago White Sox and first appearance as a member of the American League (which the team joined in 2013), as they became the first team in history to make it to the World Series as members of both National and American Leagues.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 17], "section_span": [19, 45], "content_span": [46, 381]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274003-0010-0000", "contents": "2017 World Series, Background, Houston Astros\nThe city of Houston in August 2017 suffered record flooding from Hurricane Harvey. The team began to wear patches which had the logo of the team with the word \"Strong\" on the bottom of the patch, as well as promoting the hashtag Houston Strong. Manager A. J. Hinch has stated in an interview that the team wasn't just playing for a title, but to help boost moral support for the city.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 17], "section_span": [19, 45], "content_span": [46, 430]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274003-0011-0000", "contents": "2017 World Series, Background, Houston Astros\nOn August 31, just seconds before the midnight deadline, the Astros traded for Detroit Tigers pitcher Justin Verlander. Following the trade, including the regular season and postseason to this point, Verlander had posted a 9\u20130 win\u2013loss record with a 1.23 earned run average. He was named the ALCS MVP.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 17], "section_span": [19, 45], "content_span": [46, 347]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274003-0012-0000", "contents": "2017 World Series, Game summaries, Game 1\nThe temperature at the start of the game was 103\u00a0\u00b0F (39\u00a0\u00b0C), which made this the hottest World Series game ever recorded. Clayton Kershaw started Game 1 for the Dodgers, while Dallas Keuchel started for the Astros.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 17], "section_span": [19, 41], "content_span": [42, 256]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274003-0013-0000", "contents": "2017 World Series, Game summaries, Game 1\nChris Taylor hit a home run for the Dodgers on Keuchel's first pitch of the game. It was the third home run to leadoff a game in Dodgers postseason history (following Davey Lopes in 1978 World Series and Carl Crawford in 2013 NLDS). Alex Bregman hit a tying home run for the Astros in the fourth inning. In the sixth inning, Justin Turner hit a go-ahead two-run home run for the Dodgers. Turner tied Duke Snider for most career runs batted in (RBIs) in Dodgers postseason history with 26.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 17], "section_span": [19, 41], "content_span": [42, 530]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274003-0013-0001", "contents": "2017 World Series, Game summaries, Game 1\nKershaw struck out 11 in seven innings pitched with no walks and only three hits allowed while Keuchel allowed three runs on six hits in 6+2\u20443 innings. Brandon Morrow pitched a scoreless eighth and Kenley Jansen earned the save. The two-hour, 28-minute game was the shortest World Series contest since Game 4 in 1992.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 17], "section_span": [19, 41], "content_span": [42, 359]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274003-0014-0000", "contents": "2017 World Series, Game summaries, Game 2\nThe starting pitchers for Game 2 were Rich Hill for the Dodgers and Justin Verlander for the Astros. The Astros scored first when Bregman drove in Josh Reddick with a hit in the third inning. Hill struck out seven in four innings but was replaced by Kenta Maeda in the fifth. Joc Pederson tied the game with a home run in the bottom of the fifth inning, and the Dodgers took the lead when Corey Seager hit a two-run home run after Taylor walked in the bottom of the sixth inning.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 17], "section_span": [19, 41], "content_span": [42, 521]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274003-0014-0001", "contents": "2017 World Series, Game summaries, Game 2\nVerlander allowed two hits, both home runs, in his six innings pitched. Carlos Correa drove in the Astros' second run of the game on a single in the eighth, ending the Dodgers bullpen's streak of 28 consecutive scoreless innings in the postseason. Marwin Gonz\u00e1lez hit a home run off Jansen in the ninth to tie the game. This was only Jansen's second blown save all season and snapped his streak of converting his first 12 postseason save opportunities, a major league record.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 17], "section_span": [19, 41], "content_span": [42, 517]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274003-0015-0000", "contents": "2017 World Series, Game summaries, Game 2\nThe game went into extra innings. Jos\u00e9 Altuve and Correa hit back-to-back home runs off Josh Fields in the tenth inning to put the Astros in the lead. Yuli Gurriel doubled after the home run, but Fields was replaced by Tony Cingrani and Gurriel was stranded. In the bottom of the inning, Yasiel Puig hit a solo home run off of Ken Giles and Enrique Hern\u00e1ndez drove in Logan Forsythe, who had walked and advanced on a wild pitch, to tie the game, with the latter being the Dodgers' first run that was not driven in by a home run.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 17], "section_span": [19, 41], "content_span": [42, 570]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274003-0015-0001", "contents": "2017 World Series, Game summaries, Game 2\nIn the next inning, pinch-hitter Cameron Maybin singled and stole second. George Springer hit a two-run home run for the Astros off of Brandon McCarthy to retake the lead. In the bottom of the 11th inning, Charlie Culberson homered off of Chris Devenski, who later struck out Puig to end the game. This was the first ever World Series game in which a team hit home runs in the ninth, tenth and eleventh inning.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 17], "section_span": [19, 41], "content_span": [42, 452]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274003-0015-0002", "contents": "2017 World Series, Game summaries, Game 2\nThe teams set a new record for combined home runs in a single World Series game with eight and this was the first time in MLB history, regular season or postseason, that five home runs were hit in extra innings. The Astros won their first World Series game in franchise history as they had been swept in their previous appearance in 2005.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 17], "section_span": [19, 41], "content_span": [42, 380]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274003-0016-0000", "contents": "2017 World Series, Game summaries, Game 3\nThe starting pitchers for Game 3 were Yu Darvish for the Dodgers and Lance McCullers Jr. for the Astros. The Astros scored four runs in the bottom of the second inning on a home run by Yuli Gurriel and RBIs by Gonz\u00e1lez, Brian McCann, and Bregman. Darvish left the game after 1+2\u20443 innings, which was the shortest outing of his career. The Dodgers scored one run in the top of the third inning as Seager grounded into a double play after McCullers loaded the bases with three consecutive walks.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 17], "section_span": [19, 41], "content_span": [42, 535]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274003-0016-0001", "contents": "2017 World Series, Game summaries, Game 3\nThe Astros added another run in the fifth on an RBI single by Evan Gattis and the Dodgers added two in the sixth on an RBI groundout by Puig and a wild pitch. McCullers wound up pitching 51\u20443 innings and allowed three runs on four hits. Brad Peacock replaced McCullers, completing the final 3+2\u20443 innings with no hits allowed and four strikeouts to earn his first major league save. It was the longest hitless World Series relief outing since Ron Taylor's four innings in Game 4 of the 1964 Series, and tied Ken Clay for the longest hitless postseason save, first accomplished in the 1978 ALCS.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 17], "section_span": [19, 41], "content_span": [42, 636]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274003-0017-0000", "contents": "2017 World Series, Game summaries, Game 3\nGurriel made a racially insensitive gesture in the dugout after his home run. He stretched the sides of his eyes and mouthing the Spanish word chinito, which translates to \"little Chinese Boy\"; Darvish is from Japan. Gurriel apologized, and said that anyone from Asia is called a chino in Cuba, although he acknowledged knowing that the term was offensive in Japan from having played there. As a result, Rob Manfred, the Commissioner of Baseball, suspended Gurriel for the first five games of the 2018 MLB season without pay, but allowed him to continue playing in the World Series.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 17], "section_span": [19, 41], "content_span": [42, 624]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274003-0018-0000", "contents": "2017 World Series, Game summaries, Game 4\nThe starting pitchers for Game 4 were Alex Wood for the Dodgers and Charlie Morton for the Astros. Springer homered off Wood in the bottom of the sixth for the first run of the ballgame. It was the only hit Wood allowed in 5+2\u20443 innings pitched in the game. Forsythe drove in Cody Bellinger to tie the game in the top of the seventh. Morton struck out seven and only allowed three hits and one run in 61\u20443 innings.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 17], "section_span": [19, 41], "content_span": [42, 456]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274003-0018-0001", "contents": "2017 World Series, Game summaries, Game 4\nBellinger then drove in the go-ahead run with a double in the top of the ninth off of Giles and the Dodgers added four more runs on a sacrifice fly by Austin Barnes and a three-run homer by Pederson. Bregman hit a home run off of Jansen in the bottom of the ninth inning, but the Dodgers won the game to even up the series. The Astros had two hits in the game; both were home runs. This was the first game in World Series history where both starting pitchers allowed four or fewer baserunners.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 17], "section_span": [19, 41], "content_span": [42, 535]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274003-0019-0000", "contents": "2017 World Series, Game summaries, Game 4\nAfter Game 4, both teams' pitching coaches, Rick Honeycutt for the Dodgers and Brent Strom for the Astros, commented on how the baseball being used for the World Series is slicker than the baseball used during the regular season. Pitchers on both teams noted that this difference has made it more difficult for them to throw their sliders.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 17], "section_span": [19, 41], "content_span": [42, 381]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274003-0020-0000", "contents": "2017 World Series, Game summaries, Game 4\nTwo years after this game, when MLB sanctioned the Astros for sign stealing during the 2017 season, Alex Wood said he and Austin Barnes changed signs every ten pitches because the Dodgers had suspected the Astros of sign stealing. Wood later said that the team tried to get Clayton Kershaw, Game 5 starter, to follow the same method, but he did not think it was necessary and did not want to disrupt his routine.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 17], "section_span": [19, 41], "content_span": [42, 454]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274003-0021-0000", "contents": "2017 World Series, Game summaries, Game 5\nKershaw and Keuchel started Game 5, in a rematch of the opening game of the series. Forsythe singled in two runs off of Keuchel in the first inning to put the Dodgers up early. A third run scored on a throwing error by Gurriel. Barnes singled in the fourth to score Forsythe. Keuchel pitched 3+2\u20443 innings for the Astros, allowing five hits and four runs (three earned). The Astros scored their first run with an RBI double by Correa in the bottom of the fourth inning, followed by a three-run home run by Gurriel to tie the game.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 17], "section_span": [19, 41], "content_span": [42, 572]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274003-0021-0001", "contents": "2017 World Series, Game summaries, Game 5\nBellinger hit a three-run home run off of Collin McHugh in the top of the fifth to put the Dodgers back on top only for Altuve to hit his own three-run home run in the bottom of the inning off Maeda to tie it back up. Kershaw pitched 4+2\u20443 innings and allowed six runs on four hits and three walks.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 17], "section_span": [19, 41], "content_span": [42, 340]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274003-0022-0000", "contents": "2017 World Series, Game summaries, Game 5\nA triple by Bellinger on a line drive that Springer missed on a dive in the seventh inning off of Peacock scored Hern\u00e1ndez from first base. In the bottom of the seventh inning, Springer hit a home run off the first pitch he saw off of Morrow, who was pitching for the third consecutive day, to tie the game. Bregman scored on a double by Altuve to put the Astros ahead for the first time in the game, and then Correa hit a two-run home run to extend the lead.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 17], "section_span": [19, 41], "content_span": [42, 501]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274003-0022-0001", "contents": "2017 World Series, Game summaries, Game 5\nSeager doubled in a run in the top of the eighth inning, but McCann hit a home run in the bottom of the inning. That was the 21st home run of the series, tying the record set in the 2002 World Series. Puig broke the record with a two-run home run in the top of the ninth inning. Down to their last strike, Chris Taylor drove in Barnes to tie the game with a single.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 17], "section_span": [19, 41], "content_span": [42, 407]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274003-0023-0000", "contents": "2017 World Series, Game summaries, Game 5\nIn the tenth inning, McCann was hit by a pitch to put him on base with two outs. Subsequently, Springer walked on five pitches to move McCann to second base. McCann was then replaced by pinch runner Derek Fisher. On the next pitch, Bregman hit a walk-off single, scoring Fisher with the winning run. The Astros became only the second team to come back twice from three runs down in a World Series game, the other was the Toronto Blue Jays in the 15\u201314 win during Game 4 of the 1993 World Series.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 17], "section_span": [19, 41], "content_span": [42, 537]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274003-0023-0001", "contents": "2017 World Series, Game summaries, Game 5\nThe six game-tying home runs in the series to this point is the most for any World Series on record. This World Series set a new record for most players to hit a home run (14 to date in the World Series). With the teams combining to score 25 runs throughout the game, this was the highest scoring World Series game since the Florida Marlins defeated the Cleveland Indians 14\u201311 in Game 3 of the 1997 World Series. Game 5 lasted five hours and seventeen minutes, making it the second-longest World Series game in history by time.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 17], "section_span": [19, 41], "content_span": [42, 570]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274003-0024-0000", "contents": "2017 World Series, Game summaries, Game 6\nGame 6 featured the same starting pitchers as the second game: Verlander and Hill. Springer hit a home run off of Hill in the top of the third for the first run of the night. It was Springer's fourth homer of the series, tied for third all-time in a single series and joining Gene Tenace, in 1972, as the only players with four game-tying or go-ahead home runs in a World Series. Springer also joined Hank Bauer in the 1958 World Series and Barry Bonds in the 2002 World Series with four home runs in a series. The Astros loaded the bases in the fifth inning, but did not score. Hill pitched 4+2\u20443 innings, struck out five and allowed four hits and one run.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 17], "section_span": [19, 41], "content_span": [42, 699]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274003-0025-0000", "contents": "2017 World Series, Game summaries, Game 6\nIn the sixth inning, Taylor tied the game with an RBI double and Seager hit a sacrifice fly to give the Dodgers the lead. Verlander pitched six innings with nine strikeouts and only three hits allowed. Pederson hit a home run in the bottom of the seventh inning and Jansen pitched two scoreless innings for the save, forcing a winner-take-all game seven. Pederson tied a World Series record with his fifth consecutive game with an extra base hit. Andre Ethier, who appeared in the game as a pinch hitter, set a new Dodgers franchise record with his 50th career postseason game.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 17], "section_span": [19, 41], "content_span": [42, 619]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274003-0026-0000", "contents": "2017 World Series, Game summaries, Game 7\nThis was the first World Series Game 7 to be played at Dodger Stadium (and the first postseason Game 7 of any postseason series at the stadium since the 1988 NLCS, and the Dodgers' first World Series Game 7 since 1965 against the Minnesota Twins). It was also the first time since the 1931 World Series that a Game 7 occurred in a Series with both teams having won at least 100 games during the season. Besides, this was the first time since the 2001 World Series and 2002 World Series that back-to-back Fall Classics had a Game 7.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 17], "section_span": [19, 41], "content_span": [42, 573]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274003-0027-0000", "contents": "2017 World Series, Game summaries, Game 7\nThe starting pitchers for this game were the same as in the third game: McCullers and Darvish. Springer doubled to open the game and scored the first run on an error by Bellinger, which allowed Bregman to reach second base. Bregman stole third base and scored on an Altuve groundout. McCann scored the next inning on a groundout hit by the pitcher McCullers.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 17], "section_span": [19, 41], "content_span": [42, 400]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274003-0027-0001", "contents": "2017 World Series, Game summaries, Game 7\nSpringer hit a two-run home run, his fifth of the series, tying Reggie Jackson and Chase Utley for most home runs in a single World Series and setting a new record with 29 total bases in any postseason series. As in Game 3, Darvish lasted only 1+2\u20443 innings (tying the shortest outing of his career) and became the third pitcher with two starts of less than two innings in a World Series, and the first since Art Ditmar in the 1960 World Series.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 17], "section_span": [19, 41], "content_span": [42, 487]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274003-0027-0002", "contents": "2017 World Series, Game summaries, Game 7\nMorrow relieved Darvish and in the process became only the second pitcher to pitch in all seven games of a single World Series, joining Darold Knowles in the 1973 World Series. McCullers lasted only 21\u20443 innings himself; he allowed three hits and hit a World Series record four batters. This was the first Game 7 in World Series history where neither starting pitcher got past the third inning.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 17], "section_span": [19, 41], "content_span": [42, 436]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274003-0028-0000", "contents": "2017 World Series, Game summaries, Game 7\nThe Dodgers failed to score a run and left eight men on base through five innings. Andre Ethier hit a pinch-hit RBI single that scored Pederson in the sixth inning for the Dodgers' only run. They only had one hit in 13 chances with runners in scoring position in the game. Kershaw pitched four scoreless innings of relief in the game, and in the process, he broke Orel Hershiser's Dodgers postseason record with his 33rd strikeout.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 17], "section_span": [19, 41], "content_span": [42, 473]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274003-0028-0001", "contents": "2017 World Series, Game summaries, Game 7\nMorton pitched four innings of relief to earn the win, as Corey Seager grounded out to Jos\u00e9 Altuve, who threw to Yuli Gurriel to end the game, with the Astros winning their first championship in franchise history, and ending their 56-year drought. Springer won the World Series MVP Award. With the Astros' win, for the first time since 2002, when the Angels beat the Giants in seven games, a franchise won its first World Series title. It was also the first time since 1972 that an American League team won a World Series Game 7 on the road.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 17], "section_span": [19, 41], "content_span": [42, 583]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274003-0029-0000", "contents": "2017 World Series, Game summaries, Game 7\nAfter Game 7, the trophy presentation, usually taking place in the locker room whenever the visiting team clinches the series, took place on the losing team's field for the first time ever before a small crowd of mostly Astros fans that remained as most Dodgers fans left the stadium. Correa proposed to his girlfriend, 2016 Miss Texas USA winner Daniella Rodr\u00edguez, on live television during a postgame interview conducted by Rosenthal. She accepted.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 17], "section_span": [19, 41], "content_span": [42, 493]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274003-0030-0000", "contents": "2017 World Series, Game summaries, Game 7\nMore than a month later, a Sports Illustrated article revealed that the Astros had figured out how Darvish was tipping his pitches: \"Darvish holds the ball at his side when he gets the sign from the catcher. Whether he re-grips or not as he brings the ball into his glove was the tip-off whether he was going to throw a slider/cutter or a fastball.\" This unnamed Astros player said the Astros had known about this going into Game 3 which they also won, but that they had an even better game plan for Game 7. After this revelation, 14-year veteran Chase Utley watched the film and later reported to Dodgers president of baseball operations Andrew Friedman that Darvish was not giving off any pitch-tipping cues.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 17], "section_span": [19, 41], "content_span": [42, 752]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274003-0031-0000", "contents": "2017 World Series, Game summaries, Composite line score\n2017 World Series (4\u20133): Houston Astros (AL) beat Los Angeles Dodgers (NL).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 17], "section_span": [19, 55], "content_span": [56, 131]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274003-0032-0000", "contents": "2017 World Series, Game summaries, Composite line score\nThis was the second straight World Series to end with the same number of runs scored by each team.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 17], "section_span": [19, 55], "content_span": [56, 154]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274003-0033-0000", "contents": "2017 World Series, Broadcasting, Television\nFox broadcast the series in the United States, with Joe Buck serving as the play-by-play announcer, along with John Smoltz as color commentator and Ken Rosenthal and Tom Verducci as field reporters. For Fox Deportes, Rolando Nichols provided play-by-play while Carlos \u00c1lvarez and Edgar Gonzalez provided color commentary.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 17], "section_span": [19, 43], "content_span": [44, 365]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274003-0034-0000", "contents": "2017 World Series, Broadcasting, Television\nKevin Burkhardt hosted the pregame shows, joined by analysts Keith Hernandez, David Ortiz, Alex Rodriguez, and Frank Thomas. Outside the United States, MLB International televised the series, with Matt Vasgersian on play-by-play and Buck Martinez doing color commentary.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 17], "section_span": [19, 43], "content_span": [44, 314]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274003-0035-0000", "contents": "2017 World Series, Broadcasting, Television\nIn September 2017, American Spirit Media removed the signals of their Fox affiliates from DirecTV and U-verse systems. As a result, some DirecTV subscribers in portions of the Southeastern United States (as well as those in the Toledo market) were unable to watch the World Series. This dispute would eventually be resolved in January 2018.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 17], "section_span": [19, 43], "content_span": [44, 384]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274003-0036-0000", "contents": "2017 World Series, Broadcasting, Television, Ratings\nAccording to Nielsen ratings, this series was the third highest rated since 2005, trailing only the 2009 World Series and the 2016 World Series. For the second straight year, a World Series game, Game 5, beat out NBC Sunday Night Football in ratings.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 17], "section_span": [19, 52], "content_span": [53, 303]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274003-0037-0000", "contents": "2017 World Series, Broadcasting, Radio\nESPN Radio broadcast the series nationally in English, with Dan Shulman providing the play-by-play and Aaron Boone serving as color analyst. Tim Kurkjian and Buster Olney served as reporters for the network, while Marc Kestecher hosted the pre-game and post-game coverage along with analyst Chris Singleton. The ESPN Radio coverage was carried on affiliated stations throughout the United States and Canada, as well as online at ESPN.com and via the ESPN mobile app. Spanish-language coverage was provided by ESPN Deportes Radio, with Eduardo Ortega, Renato Berm\u00fadez, Jos\u00e9 Francisco Rivera, and Orlando Hern\u00e1ndez announcing.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 17], "section_span": [19, 38], "content_span": [39, 663]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274003-0038-0000", "contents": "2017 World Series, Broadcasting, Radio\nLocally, both teams' flagship radio stations broadcast the series with their regular announcers. Sportstalk 790 aired the English-language broadcast for the Houston area, with Robert Ford and Steve Sparks calling the games. In Los Angeles, AM 570 LA Sports aired the English-language broadcast, with Charley Steiner and Rick Monday announcing. In Spanish, Univision America 1020 carried the broadcast, with Jaime Jarr\u00edn and Jorge Jarr\u00edn on the call. In Korean, Radio Korea 1540 aired the series, with Richard Choi and Chong Ho Yim in the booth.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 17], "section_span": [19, 38], "content_span": [39, 583]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274003-0039-0000", "contents": "2017 World Series, Sponsorship\nFor the first time, MLB sold presenting sponsorships to all of its postseason series; the internet television service YouTube TV is the first-ever presenting sponsor of the World Series. The series is officially known as the 2017 World Series Presented by YouTube TV. This sponsorship includes logo branding in-stadium and on official digital properties, as well as commercial inventory during Fox's telecasts of the games.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 17], "section_span": [19, 30], "content_span": [31, 454]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274003-0040-0000", "contents": "2017 World Series, Impact and aftermath\nThis was Houston's first professional sports championship since the Houston Dynamo won the MLS Cup in 2007, and the first in one of the traditional \"Big Four\" American sports leagues since the Houston Rockets won back-to-back NBA championships in 1994 and 1995.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 17], "section_span": [19, 39], "content_span": [40, 301]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274003-0041-0000", "contents": "2017 World Series, Impact and aftermath\nThe Astros earned $30,420,155.57 from postseason pool money to split among team personnel; each share was worth $438,901.57. The Dodgers received $20,280,103.72, with shares of $259,722.14 The sportsbooks in Nevada lost $11.4\u00a0million in November 2017, a record for baseball-related betting.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 17], "section_span": [19, 39], "content_span": [40, 330]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274003-0042-0000", "contents": "2017 World Series, Impact and aftermath\nThe city of Houston held a parade for the Astros on November 3, 2017, which Mayor Sylvester Turner proclaimed was \"Houston Astros' Day\". Schools in Houston were closed for the day. An estimated 750,000 to one million attended the parade. Springer and Altuve appeared on the cover of Sports Illustrated's November 13, 2017, issue, with Altuve holding the Commissioner's Trophy and Springer holding a copy of a Sports Illustrated from 2014 that predicted the Astros would win the 2017 World Series. The Astros' win has been seen as a morale boost for the city of Houston, which 9 weeks earlier had suffered tremendous damage due to Hurricane Harvey. According to Manny Fernandez and Paul Debenedetto of the New York Times, \"Every city wants a World Series victory. Houston, post-Harvey, needed one.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 17], "section_span": [19, 39], "content_span": [40, 837]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274003-0043-0000", "contents": "2017 World Series, Impact and aftermath\nAfter the season, Yu Darvish became a free agent for the first time in his career, and he chose not to re-sign with the Dodgers as there was much fan ire against him for his disappointing World Series outings that many felt had cost the Dodgers the title. Darvish signed with the Cubs and continued to struggle with performance and injury in 2018 and early in the season in 2019, before returning to his pre-2017 World Series form for the second half of 2019.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 17], "section_span": [19, 39], "content_span": [40, 499]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274003-0044-0000", "contents": "2017 World Series, Impact and aftermath\nThe Dodgers would make another World Series appearance the following year in 2018, but lost to the Boston Red Sox in five games, marking the first time the Dodgers lost back-to-back World Series since 1977 and 1978, where they lost both World Series to the New York Yankees. The Astros appeared in the World Series again in 2019, where they lost to the Washington Nationals in seven games. Before the 2019 World Series, several Dodgers reached out to Washington Nationals second baseman Brian Dozier and relief pitcher Daniel Hudson, who had been with Los Angeles the previous year, to warn them that Houston was elaborately stealing signs.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 17], "section_span": [19, 39], "content_span": [40, 680]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274003-0045-0000", "contents": "2017 World Series, Impact and aftermath\nAfter the 2019 season, former Houston pitcher Mike Fiers alleged that the 2017 Astros used technology to illicitly steal their opponents' signs and relay it to their hitters. This was later confirmed through numerous citizen sleuths, and it showed the Astros used this method throughout the 2017 season, and part of the 2018 season. MLB and the Astros opened an investigation into this sign stealing allegation. MLB found the Astros used technology to cheat during their 2017 season and suspended Hinch and Astros' general manager Jeff Luhnow for one season; the Astros fired Luhnow and Hinch the same day.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 17], "section_span": [19, 39], "content_span": [40, 646]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274003-0045-0001", "contents": "2017 World Series, Impact and aftermath\nAlex Cora, who was the Astros bench coach in 2017 and the Red Sox manager from 2018 to 2019, parted ways with the Red Sox after the scandal broke. Carlos Beltran who was hired by the New York Mets who was also part of the 2017 Astros was also fired for his involvement in the cheating scandal before getting the chance to manage the team. Cora would eventually be re-hired back for the 2021 season in Boston, while Hinch was named the Tigers manager a few days after the conclusion of their season long suspensions.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 17], "section_span": [19, 39], "content_span": [40, 555]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274003-0045-0002", "contents": "2017 World Series, Impact and aftermath\nBesides Beltran, no other Astros players were punished. On November 8, 2020, ex-Astros general manager Jeff Luhnow, sued the Astros, alleging that Astros owner Jim Crane and Major League Baseball Commissioner Rob Manfred negotiated penalties for the sign-stealing scandal that enabled the team to paint Luhnow as \u201cthe scapegoat for the organization and fire its general manager in order to save more than $22 million in guaranteed salary.\u201d", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 17], "section_span": [19, 39], "content_span": [40, 479]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274003-0046-0000", "contents": "2017 World Series, Impact and aftermath\nLong time baseball writer Buster Olney said \"front-office staffers around baseball cannot remember a circumstance of such widespread and loud player-to-player condemnation.\" Angry comments from players increased when spring training began in February. Many players criticized the Astros, especially after their press conference at the beginning of camp. Many of the condemnations came from members of the Dodgers, who the Astros defeated in the 2017 World Series, and the Yankees, who the Astros defeated in the ALCS in both 2017 and 2019. The Dodgers were the only team to release a statement the week the report was released, only to say that they had been ordered by MLB not to comment on the punishments or \"any wrongdoing during the 2017 World Series.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 17], "section_span": [19, 39], "content_span": [40, 797]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274003-0047-0000", "contents": "2017 World Series, Impact and aftermath\nOn July 29, 2020, Joe Kelly was issued an eight-game suspension after throwing at Alex Bregman and Carlos Correa of the Houston Astros and inciting the benches to clear after a strikeout of Correa. This was the first meeting between the Astros and Dodgers since MLB handed down penalties to the Astros for sign-stealing. Kelly's pouty face mocking of Correa complaining about the near hit by pitch became an internet meme.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 17], "section_span": [19, 39], "content_span": [40, 462]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274003-0048-0000", "contents": "2017 World Series, Impact and aftermath\nDue to the COVID-19 pandemic, the Astros played all of their 2020 American League Division Series games at Dodger Stadium against the Athletics, a series they won in four games. There was nearly a World Series re-match between the two clubs in 2020, but Houston would lose to Tampa Bay in a winner-take-all game seven in the 2020 American League Championship Series. Los Angeles won the World Series in 2020, their first since 1988.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 17], "section_span": [19, 39], "content_span": [40, 472]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274003-0049-0000", "contents": "2017 World Series, Impact and aftermath\nEvery World Series from 2017 through 2020 either featured the Astros or the Dodgers. Since 2015, the Dodgers and Astros are also first and second in overall record.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 17], "section_span": [19, 39], "content_span": [40, 204]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274004-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 World Series Formula V8 3.5\nThe 2017 World Series Formula V8 3.5 was a multi-event motor racing championship for open wheel, formula racing cars held across Europe. The championship features drivers competing in World Series Formula 3.5 V8 formula race cars that conform to the technical regulations for the championship. The 2017 became the first season as feeder series to FIA World Endurance Championship. The season also marked the return of the name \"World Series\" after one season, as the FIA accepted the request from promoter RPM Racing. The name \"World Series\" was retrieved from the championship after Renault Sport withdraw its support and the Formula Renault 3.5 became Formula V8 3.5 for the 2016 season. It was the last season of the series which was promoted by RPM-MKTG since 1998.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [32, 32], "content_span": [33, 802]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274004-0001-0000", "contents": "2017 World Series Formula V8 3.5, Race calendar\nThe provisional calendar for the 2017 season was announced on 7 November 2016, at the final round of the 2016 season. The N\u00fcrburgring round will return to the World Series' schedule, while the Hungaroring, Le Castellet, Spielberg and Barcelona will be removed from the calendar. The championship will have rounds outside Europe for the first time since 2002, visiting Aut\u00f3dromo Hermanos Rodr\u00edguez, Circuit of the Americas and Bahrain International Circuit.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 47], "content_span": [48, 505]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274004-0002-0000", "contents": "2017 World Series Formula V8 3.5, Championship standings, Drivers' Championship\nBold\u00a0\u2013 PoleItalics\u00a0\u2013 Fastest Lap\u2020\u00a0\u2013 Retired, but classified", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 79], "content_span": [80, 139]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274004-0003-0000", "contents": "2017 World Series Formula V8 3.5, Championship standings, Teams' Championship\nOnly two best-finishing cars are allowed to score points in the championship.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 77], "content_span": [78, 155]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274005-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 World Series of Boxing\nThe 2017 World Series of Boxing was the 7th edition of the World Series of Boxing since its establishment in 2010. It was held from February 3 to May 15 of 2017. The event was organised by the International Boxing Association (AIBA). The sixteen teams, divided into four groups of four, contain a majority of boxers from the country in which they are based along with a smaller number of overseas boxers.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [27, 27], "content_span": [28, 432]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274006-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 World Series of Darts\nThe 2017 World Series of Darts is a series of televised darts tournaments organised by the Professional Darts Corporation. In 2017, there are 7 World Series events and one finals event.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [26, 26], "content_span": [27, 212]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274007-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 World Series of Darts Finals\nThe 2017 Ladbrokes World Series of Darts Finals was the third staging of the tournament, organised by the Professional Darts Corporation. The tournament took place in the Braehead Arena, Glasgow, Scotland, between 3\u20135 November 2017. It featured a field of 24 players.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [33, 33], "content_span": [34, 301]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274007-0001-0000", "contents": "2017 World Series of Darts Finals\nMichael van Gerwen was the defending champion after beating Peter Wright 11\u20139 in the last year's final, and he retained his title for a third consecutive year, by defeating Gary Anderson 11\u20136 in the final.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [33, 33], "content_span": [34, 239]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274007-0002-0000", "contents": "2017 World Series of Darts Finals, Prize money\nThe total prize money increased from \u00a3155,000 to \u00a3250,000, with the winner's prize being upped from \u00a330,000 to \u00a350,000.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 46], "content_span": [47, 166]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274007-0003-0000", "contents": "2017 World Series of Darts Finals, Qualification and format\nThe top eight players from the seven World Series events of 2017 are seeded for this tournament (with the exception of Phil Taylor, who declined his invite for the tournament). They are:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 59], "content_span": [60, 246]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274007-0004-0000", "contents": "2017 World Series of Darts Finals, Qualification and format\nIn addition, four players were invited as international invitations, as were the next four highest ranked players from the PDC Order of Merit following the 2017 World Grand Prix on 9 October 2017. Another eight places were awarded in a qualifying event that took place in Barnsley on 9 October 2017.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 59], "content_span": [60, 359]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274008-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 World Series of Poker\nThe 2017 World Series of Poker was the 48th annual World Series of Poker (WSOP). It took place from May 30-July 17 at the Rio All-Suite Hotel & Casino in Las Vegas, Nevada. There was a record 74 bracelet events including the third edition of the $565 Colossus tournament and the $10,000 No Limit Hold'em Main Event, which began on July 8.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [26, 26], "content_span": [27, 365]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274008-0001-0000", "contents": "2017 World Series of Poker\nThe Main Event was streamed live on ESPN2 and Poker Central beginning on July 8 and ran throughout the tournament. For the first time since 2007, the Main Event concluded in July; for the previous nine years, once the final table was set the Main Event was stopped with the nine remaining players returning to the Rio in November to battle it out for the bracelet.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [26, 26], "content_span": [27, 391]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274008-0002-0000", "contents": "2017 World Series of Poker, Main Event\nThe $10,000 No Limit Hold'em Main Event began on July 8 with the first of three starting flights. The final table was reached on July 17. In a change from the November Nine, the finalists returned on July 20 with the winner being determined on July 22.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 38], "content_span": [39, 291]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274008-0003-0000", "contents": "2017 World Series of Poker, Main Event\nThe Main Event drew 7,221 players, the largest field since 2010. The top 1,084 players finished in the money. Each player at the final table earned $1,000,000, with the winner earning $8,150,000.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 38], "content_span": [39, 234]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274008-0004-0000", "contents": "2017 World Series of Poker, Main Event, Performance of past champions\n* Indicates the place of a player who finished in the money", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 69], "content_span": [70, 129]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274008-0005-0000", "contents": "2017 World Series of Poker, Main Event, Other notable high finishes\nNB: This list is restricted to top 30 finishers with an existing Wikipedia entry.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 67], "content_span": [68, 149]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274008-0006-0000", "contents": "2017 World Series of Poker, Main Event, Final Table\nAntoine Saout and Ben Lamb both made the Main Event final table for the second time, having finished 3rd in 2009 and 2011, respectively. Michael Ruane, 4th-place finisher in 2016, was knocked out on the final table bubble in 10th place to just miss making it for the second straight year. Damian Salas would go on to win the Main Event in 2020.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 51], "content_span": [52, 396]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274008-0007-0000", "contents": "2017 World Series of Poker, Main Event, Final Table\n*Career statistics prior to the beginning of the 2017 Main Event.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 51], "content_span": [52, 117]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274009-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 World Series of Poker Europe\nThe 2017 World Series of Poker Europe (WSOPE) took place from October 19 to November 10 at King's Casino in Rozvadov, Czech Republic. It featured 11 bracelet events with buy-ins ranging from \u20ac550 to \u20ac111,111, culminating in the \u20ac10,350 No Limit Hold'em Main Event. The series was the first WSOP Europe since 2015, and the first to take place in the Czech Republic.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [33, 33], "content_span": [34, 398]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274009-0001-0000", "contents": "2017 World Series of Poker Europe, Main Event\nThe 2017 World Series of Poker Europe Main Event began on November 4 and finished November 10. The event drew 529 entrants, generating a prize pool of \u20ac5,025,500. The top 80 players made the money, with the winner earning \u20ac1,115,207.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 45], "content_span": [46, 279]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274009-0002-0000", "contents": "2017 World Series of Poker Europe, Main Event, Final Table\n*-Career statistics prior to beginning of 2017 WSOPE Main Event", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 58], "content_span": [59, 122]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274010-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 World Series of Poker Europe results\nBelow are the results for the 2017 World Series of Poker Europe, held from October 19-November 10 at King's Casino in Rozvadov, Czech Republic.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [41, 41], "content_span": [42, 185]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274011-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 World Series of Poker results\nBelow are the results of the 2017 World Series of Poker, held from May 31-July 22 at the Rio All Suite Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas, Nevada.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [34, 34], "content_span": [35, 176]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274012-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 World Short Track Speed Skating Championships\nThe 2017 World Short Track Speed Skating Championships took place from 10 to 12 March 2017 in Rotterdam, Netherlands and were the 42nd World Short Track Speed Skating Championships.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 50], "section_span": [50, 50], "content_span": [51, 232]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274013-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 World Shotgun Championships\nThe 2017 World Shotgun Championships were held from August 30 to September 11, 2017 in Moscow, Russia. As in all odd-numbered years, separate ISSF World Shooting Championships is carried out in the Trap, Double Trap and Skeet events.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [32, 32], "content_span": [33, 266]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274013-0001-0000", "contents": "2017 World Shotgun Championships, Women\nHeld as a Grand Prix event and does not count towards medal standings.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 39], "content_span": [40, 110]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274014-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 World Single Distances Speed Skating Championships\nThe 2017 World Single Distances Speed Skating Championships was held between 9 and 12 February 2017 at the Gangneung Oval in Gangneung, South Korea.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 55], "section_span": [55, 55], "content_span": [56, 204]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274015-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 World Single Distances Speed Skating Championships \u2013 Men's 10,000 metres\nThe Men's 10,000 metres competition at the 2017 World Single Distances Speed Skating Championships was held on 11 February 2017.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 77], "section_span": [77, 77], "content_span": [78, 206]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274016-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 World Single Distances Speed Skating Championships \u2013 Men's 1000 metres\nThe Men's 1000 metres competition at the 2017 World Single Distances Speed Skating Championships was held on 11 February 2017.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 75], "section_span": [75, 75], "content_span": [76, 202]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274017-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 World Single Distances Speed Skating Championships \u2013 Men's 1500 metres\nThe Men's 1500 metres competition at the 2017 World Single Distances Speed Skating Championships was held on 12 February 2017.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 75], "section_span": [75, 75], "content_span": [76, 202]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274018-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 World Single Distances Speed Skating Championships \u2013 Men's 500 metres\nThe Men's 500 metres competition at the 2017 World Single Distances Speed Skating Championships was held on 10 February 2017.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 74], "section_span": [74, 74], "content_span": [75, 200]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274019-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 World Single Distances Speed Skating Championships \u2013 Men's 5000 metres\nThe Men's 5000 metres competition at the 2017 World Single Distances Speed Skating Championships was held on 9 February 2017.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 75], "section_span": [75, 75], "content_span": [76, 201]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274020-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 World Single Distances Speed Skating Championships \u2013 Men's mass start\nThe men's mass start competition at the 2017 World Single Distances Speed Skating Championships was held on 12 February 2017.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 74], "section_span": [74, 74], "content_span": [75, 200]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274021-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 World Single Distances Speed Skating Championships \u2013 Men's team pursuit\nThe Men's team pursuit competition at the 2017 World Single Distances Speed Skating Championships was held on 10 February 2017.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 76], "section_span": [76, 76], "content_span": [77, 204]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274022-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 World Single Distances Speed Skating Championships \u2013 Women's 1000 metres\nThe Women's 1000 metres competition at the 2017 World Single Distances Speed Skating Championships was held on 11 February 2017.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 77], "section_span": [77, 77], "content_span": [78, 206]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274023-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 World Single Distances Speed Skating Championships \u2013 Women's 1500 metres\nThe Women's 1500 metres competition at the 2017 World Single Distances Speed Skating Championships was held on 12 February 2017.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 77], "section_span": [77, 77], "content_span": [78, 206]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274024-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 World Single Distances Speed Skating Championships \u2013 Women's 3000 metres\nThe Women's 3000 metres competition at the 2017 World Single Distances Speed Skating Championships was held on 9 February 2017.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 77], "section_span": [77, 77], "content_span": [78, 205]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274025-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 World Single Distances Speed Skating Championships \u2013 Women's 500 metres\nThe Women's 500 metres competition at the 2017 World Single Distances Speed Skating Championships was held on 10 February 2017.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 76], "section_span": [76, 76], "content_span": [77, 204]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274026-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 World Single Distances Speed Skating Championships \u2013 Women's 5000 metres\nThe Women's 5000 metres competition at the 2017 World Single Distances Speed Skating Championships was held on 11 February 2017.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 77], "section_span": [77, 77], "content_span": [78, 206]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274027-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 World Single Distances Speed Skating Championships \u2013 Women's mass start\nThe Women's mass start competition at the 2017 World Single Distances Speed Skating Championships was held on 12 February 2017.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 76], "section_span": [76, 76], "content_span": [77, 204]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274028-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 World Single Distances Speed Skating Championships \u2013 Women's team pursuit\nThe Women's team pursuit competition at the 2017 World Single Distances Speed Skating Championships was held on 10 February 2017.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 78], "section_span": [78, 78], "content_span": [79, 208]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274029-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 World Snooker Championship\nThe 2017 World Snooker Championship (officially the 2017 Betfred World Snooker Championship due to sponsorship) was a professional snooker tournament that took place from 15\u00a0April to 1\u00a0May 2017 at the Crucible Theatre in Sheffield, England. It was the 19th and final ranking event of the 2016\u201317 season which followed the China Open. It was the 41st consecutive year that the World Snooker Championship had been held at the Crucible.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [31, 31], "content_span": [32, 465]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274029-0001-0000", "contents": "2017 World Snooker Championship\nThe winner of the event was the defending champion and world number one Mark Selby, who defeated John Higgins 18\u201315 in the final. Selby won despite having fallen 4\u201310 behind in the second session of the match. Selby defeated Ding Junhui 17\u201315 in the semi-finals whilst Higgins defeated Barry Hawkins 17\u20138 to reach the final. This was Selby's third World Championship win; he had also won the tournament in the 2014 and 2016 tournaments.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [31, 31], "content_span": [32, 468]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274029-0002-0000", "contents": "2017 World Snooker Championship\nThe total prize fund for the championship was \u00a31,750,000, the winner receiving the top prize of \u00a3375,000. There were 74 century breaks in the main stage of the championship, and a further 84 in qualifying. Englishman Ronnie O'Sullivan compiled a break of 146 in the quarter-finals, the highest of the tournament. Gary Wilson scored a maximum break of 147 in qualifying during his first round win over Josh Boileau. The tournament was broadcast in Europe by the BBC and Eurosport, and internationally by World Snooker on Facebook.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [31, 31], "content_span": [32, 561]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274029-0003-0000", "contents": "2017 World Snooker Championship, Overview\nThe World Snooker Championship is an annual cue sport tournament and the official world championship of the game of snooker. Founded in the late 19th century by British Army soldiers stationed in India, the sport was popular in Great Britain. In modern times it has been played worldwide, especially in East and Southeast Asian nations such as China, Hong Kong and Thailand.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 41], "content_span": [42, 416]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274029-0004-0000", "contents": "2017 World Snooker Championship, Overview\nThe 2017 tournament featured 32 professional players competing in one-on-one snooker matches played over several frames, using a single elimination format. The 32 players were selected for the event through a mix of the snooker world rankings, and a pre-tournament qualification competition. The first world championship in 1927 was won by Joe Davis, the final being held in Camkin's Hall, Birmingham, England. Since 1977, the event has been held at the Crucible Theatre in Sheffield, England. As of 2020, Stephen Hendry is the most successful player in the modern era, having won the championship seven times.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 41], "content_span": [42, 652]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274029-0004-0001", "contents": "2017 World Snooker Championship, Overview\nMark Selby won the previous year's championship by defeating China's Ding Junhui in the final 18\u201314. This was Selby's second world title, having also won the championship in 2014. The event was organised by World Snooker, a subsidiary of the World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association, and sponsored by sports betting company Betfred.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 41], "content_span": [42, 386]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274029-0005-0000", "contents": "2017 World Snooker Championship, Overview, Format\nThe 2017 World Snooker Championship took place between 15\u00a0April and 1\u00a0May 2017 in Sheffield, England. The tournament was the last of 19\u00a0ranking events in the 2016\u201317 snooker season on the World Snooker Tour. It featured a 32-player main draw that was held at the Crucible Theatre, as well as a 128-player qualifying draw that was played at the English Institute of Sport, Sheffield, from 5\u00a0to 12\u00a0April, concluding three days before the start of the main draw. This was the 41st consecutive year that the tournament had been staged at the Crucible, and it was the 49th successive world championship to be contested using the modern knockout format.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 49], "content_span": [50, 697]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274029-0006-0000", "contents": "2017 World Snooker Championship, Overview, Format\nThe top 16 players in the latest world rankings automatically qualified for the main draw as seeded players. Mark Selby was seeded first overall as the defending champion, and the remaining 15\u00a0seeds were allocated based on the world rankings released after the China Open. The number of frames required to win a match increased with each proceeding round of the main draw, the first round consisting of best-of-19 frames matches, the final match being played over a maximum of 35\u00a0frames.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 49], "content_span": [50, 537]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274029-0007-0000", "contents": "2017 World Snooker Championship, Overview, Format\nAll 16 non-seeded spots in the main draw were filled with players from the qualifying rounds. The draw for the qualifying competition consisted of 128\u00a0players, including 110\u00a0of the remaining 112\u00a0players on the World Snooker Tour, as well as 18\u00a0wildcard places assigned to non-tour players. These invited players included the women's world champion, the European junior champion, and all four semi-finalists at the WSF world amateur championship.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 49], "content_span": [50, 495]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274029-0007-0001", "contents": "2017 World Snooker Championship, Overview, Format\nHalf of the participants in the qualifying draw were seeded players: those ranked from 17th to 80th were allocated one of 64\u00a0seeds in world ranking order; the other participants were placed randomly into the draw. To reach the main draw at the Crucible, players were required to win three best-of-19 frames qualifying matches.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 49], "content_span": [50, 376]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274029-0008-0000", "contents": "2017 World Snooker Championship, Overview, Prize fund\nThe total prize money for the event was raised to \u00a31,750,000 from the previous year's prize fund of \u00a31,500,100. The winner of the event won \u00a3375,000. A breakdown of prize money for the 2017 World Snooker Championship is shown below.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 53], "content_span": [54, 286]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274029-0009-0000", "contents": "2017 World Snooker Championship, Overview, Prize fund\nThe \"rolling 147 prize\" awarded for a maximum break was \u00a35,000, which was won by Gary Wilson in qualifying.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 53], "content_span": [54, 161]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274029-0010-0000", "contents": "2017 World Snooker Championship, Overview, Coverage\nThe 2017 World Snooker Championship was broadcast throughout Europe by both BBC TV and Eurosport. The tournament was streamed internationally on Facebook for the first time, specifically for portions of South America and Asia. The event was also broadcast in North America on Facebook, and the final was aired on the Eleven Sports Network.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 51], "content_span": [52, 391]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274029-0011-0000", "contents": "2017 World Snooker Championship, Tournament summary, Seeding and qualifying rounds\nThe top 16 ranked players in the world automatically qualified as seeds for the first round of the main stage at the Crucible. Defending champion Mark Selby was seeded first and the other 15\u00a0seeding allocations were based on the latest world rankings from after the China Open. The players ranked from 17th position entered the competition in the first round of qualifying and were required to win three best-of-19 frames matches to qualify for the main tournament. The three qualifying rounds were held at the Ponds Forge International Sports Centre in Sheffield from 5\u00a0to 12\u00a0April 2017.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 82], "content_span": [83, 671]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274029-0012-0000", "contents": "2017 World Snooker Championship, Tournament summary, Seeding and qualifying rounds\nTwo-time world champion Mark Williams took part in qualifying, having failed to regain his place in the top\u00a016. He lost 7\u201310 to Stuart Carrington in his third qualifying match and missed the knockout stage for only the second time since 1996. Williams qualified at the following year's event, where he defeated John Higgins 18\u201316 in the final to win his third world title.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 82], "content_span": [83, 455]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274029-0013-0000", "contents": "2017 World Snooker Championship, Tournament summary, Seeding and qualifying rounds\nThe deciding frame of the third-round qualifying match between Fergal O'Brien and David Gilbert on 12\u00a0April was the longest frame on record in the modern era of the game; lasting for 123\u00a0minutes and 41\u00a0seconds, it broke the previous record of 100\u00a0minutes and 24\u00a0seconds set by Alan McManus and Barry Pinches in 2015. Gary Wilson made the 131st officially recognised maximum break, the second of his career, in the fourth frame of his first-round qualifying match against Josh Boileau on 6\u00a0April.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 82], "content_span": [83, 578]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274029-0013-0001", "contents": "2017 World Snooker Championship, Tournament summary, Seeding and qualifying rounds\nWilson was one of five players to qualify for the main stage of the championship at the Crucible for the first time, the other four debutants being David Grace, Noppon Saengkham, Yan Bingtao, and Zhou Yuelong. The draw for the first round of the main competition took place at 10:00\u00a0a.m. BST on 13\u00a0April 2017.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 82], "content_span": [83, 392]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274029-0014-0000", "contents": "2017 World Snooker Championship, Tournament summary, First round\nThe first round of the championship took place between 15 and 20\u00a0April 2017. All matches were played as best-of-19 frames held over two sessions. Having been eliminated in the first round at the Crucible in the four years since his 2012 semi-final appearance, Stephen Maguire defeated fellow Scot Anthony McGill 10\u20132 to progress to the second round for the first time in five years. In his 25th consecutive appearance at the World Championship, Ronnie O'Sullivan withstood a fightback from qualifier Gary Wilson\u2014who had recovered from 5\u20139 down to 7\u20139 down\u2014to win their first round match 10\u20137. In doing so, O'Sullivan secured a place in the last 16 for the 14th year in a row, equalling the record set by Terry Griffiths in 1996.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 64], "content_span": [65, 793]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274029-0015-0000", "contents": "2017 World Snooker Championship, Tournament summary, First round\nElsewhere, Marco Fu trailed Luca Brecel 0\u20135, 1\u20137 and 4\u20138 before winning 10\u20139 in the first round. Third seed Stuart Bingham played 2002 world champion Peter Ebdon, who was appearing at the Crucible for the 24th time since first qualifying in 1992. Ebdon won the final frame of the first session despite needing 15 points from foul shots with just the colours remaining; he achieved the three snookers needed, and potted the respotted black to bring the score to 4\u20135. He won just one more frame before losing 5\u201310 to Bingham.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 64], "content_span": [65, 588]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274029-0016-0000", "contents": "2017 World Snooker Championship, Tournament summary, First round\nQualifier Rory McLeod defeated second seed Judd Trump 10\u20138 after trailing 0\u20134. Before the tournament Trump had declared that he \"honestly believe [he] can play to a standard which is very rare nowadays,\" and that he was \"the best\" in the world. His poor performance in the match, which ran into a third session, was exacerbated by a shoulder injury that was causing him visible pain when down on shots. This resulted in 46-year-old McLeod becoming the oldest player to reach the last 16 since Steve Davis' quarter-final run in 2010 aged 52. McLeod commented that his victory was \"the best win of [his] career, to beat Judd Trump on centre stage is brilliant.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 64], "content_span": [65, 724]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274029-0017-0000", "contents": "2017 World Snooker Championship, Tournament summary, First round\nIn an all-Chinese match, fourth seed Ding Junhui defeated debutant Zhou Yuelong 10\u20135 to reach the last 16. Ali Carter lost 7\u201310 in a tense encounter with 2006 world champion Graeme Dott, which Carter blamed on his poor start to the match. The 2010 world champion Neil Robertson made his 500th career century during his 10\u20134 first round win over Noppon Saengkham.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 64], "content_span": [65, 427]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274029-0017-0001", "contents": "2017 World Snooker Championship, Tournament summary, First round\nIn his first-round loss to Liang Wenbo, Stuart Carrington became only the fifth player, after John Higgins, Ronnie O'Sullivan, Mark Selby, and Neil Robertson, to make century breaks in three consecutive frames in a World Championship match; Liang won the match 10\u20137. Xiao Guodong defeated Wales' sole representative Ryan Day 10\u20134, which Day referred to as \"embarrassing\". This was the first event since 1969 where the second round contained no Welsh players.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 64], "content_span": [65, 523]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274029-0018-0000", "contents": "2017 World Snooker Championship, Tournament summary, First round\nSeven former world champions progressed to the second round: Selby, Bingham, O'Sullivan, Higgins, Robertson, Dott and Shaun Murphy. Ebdon was the only former champion in the main draw not to reach the last 16. None of the five debutants made it to the second round.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 64], "content_span": [65, 330]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274029-0019-0000", "contents": "2017 World Snooker Championship, Tournament summary, Second round\nThe second round of the championship took place from 20 to 24 April 2017, matches being played as best-of-25 frames over three sessions. At this stage, 12 of the 16 seeded players remained in the competition. Kyren Wilson advanced to his second consecutive World Championship quarter-final by defeating third seed Stuart Bingham 13\u201310. Five-time world champion Ronnie O'Sullivan beat Shaun Murphy 13\u20137, to set up his 18th quarter-final appearance at the Crucible. Having dispatched Zhou Yuelong in the first round, Ding Junhui played in a second consecutive all-Chinese match, defeating fellow countryman Liang Wenbo 13\u201312.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 65], "content_span": [66, 689]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274029-0020-0000", "contents": "2017 World Snooker Championship, Tournament summary, Second round\nFour-time world champion John Higgins defeated Mark Allen 13\u20139, having trailed 3\u20135 after the first session. Stephen Maguire defeated Rory McLeod 13\u20133 with a session to spare to reach his first World Championship quarter-final since 2012. Maguire was the only unseeded player to progress to the quarter-finals. Defending champion Mark Selby defeated Xiao Guodong 13\u20136, commenting afterwards, \"I don't feel as though I have peaked\". Marco Fu won 13\u201311, after his opponent Neil Robertson missed the final black in the 24th frame which would have sent their match into a deciding frame.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 65], "content_span": [66, 648]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274029-0021-0000", "contents": "2017 World Snooker Championship, Tournament summary, Quarter-finals\nThe quarter-finals were played on 25 and 26 April 2017, as best-of-25 frames matches divided over three sessions. John Higgins won all three sessions of his match against Kyren Wilson and triumphed 13\u20136, to advance to his first semi-final since winning the event in 2011. With the score tied at 3\u20133 in the first session, Wilson miscued and split his cue tip, requiring a 15-minute break to carry out the repair. The two players would meet in the semi-finals of the following year's tournament, which Higgins won 17\u201313.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 67], "content_span": [68, 586]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274029-0022-0000", "contents": "2017 World Snooker Championship, Tournament summary, Quarter-finals\nDefending champion Mark Selby defeated Marco Fu 13\u20133 with a session to spare. Selby's victory included a break of 143 in frame 15, which BBC commentator Stephen Hendry described as \"one of the best [breaks] I've ever seen.\" After the match, Fu commented that Selby was \"unplayable at times\" and predicted that he would win the championship.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 67], "content_span": [68, 408]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274029-0023-0000", "contents": "2017 World Snooker Championship, Tournament summary, Quarter-finals\nDing Junhui defeated Ronnie O'Sullivan 13\u201310 in their quarter-final encounter. Ding developed an early 3\u20130 lead, but O'Sullivan fought back to level the first session at 4\u20134. Ding dominated the second session and opened up a 10\u20136 overnight lead. O'Sullivan took the first two frames of the final session to reduce his deficit to 8\u201310; the next four frames were shared equally, before Ding concluded the match in frame 23. O'Sullivan attempted a 147 maximum break in frame 20, but he ran out of position after potting the 13th red and was forced to take the pink instead of the black; his consequent clearance of 146 was the highest break of the championship.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 67], "content_span": [68, 726]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274029-0024-0000", "contents": "2017 World Snooker Championship, Tournament summary, Quarter-finals\nStephen Maguire was defeated 9\u201313 by Barry Hawkins, who reached his fourth Crucible semi-final in five years. Hawkins led 9\u20137 after the first two sessions, but Maguire took the next two frames\u2014including a 135 clearance in frame 17\u2014to tie the match at 9\u20139. Hawkins then won the next four frames straight to round out the match.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 67], "content_span": [68, 394]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274029-0025-0000", "contents": "2017 World Snooker Championship, Tournament summary, Semi-finals\nThe semi-finals, which took place from 27 to 29 April 2017, were played as best-of-33 frames matches divided over four sessions. A single table was used for both matches, successive sessions of play alternating between the two semi-finals. Defending champion Mark Selby played fourth seed Ding Junhui in the first semi-final, which was a rematch of the previous year's final. Selby held the lead for most of the match, before Ding drew level at 12\u201312 after three sessions. Selby then won four of the next five frames, to lead 16\u201313, requiring just one more frame to win the match. Ding persevered to win two further frames, before Selby scored a break of 72 to triumph 17\u201315.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 64], "content_span": [65, 740]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274029-0026-0000", "contents": "2017 World Snooker Championship, Tournament summary, Semi-finals\nSixth seed John Higgins played seventh seed Barry Hawkins in the other semi-final. Higgins held the lead after each of the first three sessions, at 5\u20133, 10\u20136, and 16\u20138, before winning the match 17\u20138 in the first frame of the final session. World Snooker described his semi-final win as a \"demolition\". With the victory, Higgins qualified for his first World Championship final in six years and his sixth overall, the first being 19\u00a0years previously when he won his first world title in 1998.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 64], "content_span": [65, 556]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274029-0027-0000", "contents": "2017 World Snooker Championship, Tournament summary, Final\nThe final was played on 30 April and 1 May 2017 between first seed Mark Selby and sixth seed John Higgins. It was a best-of-35 frames match, spread over four sessions. This final was a rematch of the 2007 World Championship final, where Higgins had defeated Selby 18\u201313. In reaching the 2017 final, Higgins became the second-oldest Crucible world finalist at 41 years and 11 months, behind Ray Reardon who had played in the 1982 final aged 49. The other quadragenarians to have played in a world final at the Crucible were John Spencer and Terry Griffiths.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 58], "content_span": [59, 615]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274029-0028-0000", "contents": "2017 World Snooker Championship, Tournament summary, Final\nHiggins led 6\u20132 after the first session and 10\u20134 during the second, before finishing the first day 10\u20137 ahead. Selby fought back on the second day to win six of the first seven frames, and he was leading 13\u201311 by the end of the third session. The next six frames were shared equally and Selby maintained his two-frame lead at 16\u201314.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 58], "content_span": [59, 391]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274029-0028-0001", "contents": "2017 World Snooker Championship, Tournament summary, Final\nIn frame 31, he played a shot to roll up to the black ball; despite his conviction that he had made contact, Selby was told by referee Jan Verhaas that he had missed the ball, for which he received a seven-point penalty. Higgins then won the frame to take the score to 16\u201315. After compiling a 131 break in frame 32, Selby won the championship with a break of 75 in frame 33, bringing the final match score to 18\u201315.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 58], "content_span": [59, 475]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274029-0029-0000", "contents": "2017 World Snooker Championship, Tournament summary, Final\nSelby had achieved his victory after falling behind by six frames at the end of the first day's play. He became the fourth player (after Steve Davis, Stephen Hendry, and Ronnie O'Sullivan) to defend the world title in the Crucible era. He also became the third player (after Hendry and Ding Junhui) to win five full ranking titles in a single season, the first player to win the China Open and the world title back-to-back, and the first player to win over \u00a31,000,000 across the two-year rolling prize money list. In reaching the final, Higgins moved to second in the world rankings, behind Selby.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 58], "content_span": [59, 656]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274029-0030-0000", "contents": "2017 World Snooker Championship, Main draw\nThe numbers in parentheses beside some of the players are their seeding ranks. Match winners are shown in bold.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 42], "content_span": [43, 154]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274029-0031-0000", "contents": "2017 World Snooker Championship, Qualifying\nQualifying for the 2017 World Snooker Championship took place from 5 to 12 April 2017, at the Ponds Forge International Sports Centre in Sheffield. There were 128 competitors who took part in the three qualifying rounds; the 16 winners of the third round matches progressed to the main stage of the tournament at the Crucible Theatre, also in Sheffield. All qualifying matches were played as best-of-19 frames. The 128 players that entered the qualifying competition included tour players ranked outside the top 16, and 16 amateur players, all of whom achieved success through the WPBSA qualifying criteria. The following amateur players were invited to compete:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 43], "content_span": [44, 706]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274029-0032-0000", "contents": "2017 World Snooker Championship, Qualifying\nThe winner of the 2016 IBSF World Snooker Championship, Soheil Vahedi of Iran, was also invited but could not obtain a visa in time to compete. Two amateur players, England's Andy Hicks and Poland's Adam Stefan\u00f3w, were invited to replace the absent professional players Jamie Burnett and Rouzi Maimaiti. Hicks and Stefan\u00f3w were selected from the 2016 Q School Order of Merit, as the top-ranked players that had not already qualified for the tournament.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 43], "content_span": [44, 496]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274029-0033-0000", "contents": "2017 World Snooker Championship, Qualifying, Round 1\nThe results of the first round of qualifying are given below; of the 128 players that entered, 64 progressed to the second round.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 52], "content_span": [53, 182]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274029-0034-0000", "contents": "2017 World Snooker Championship, Qualifying, Round 2\nThe results of the second round of qualifying are given below; 32 players progressed to the third and final qualifying round.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 52], "content_span": [53, 178]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274029-0035-0000", "contents": "2017 World Snooker Championship, Qualifying, Round 3\nThe results of the third round of qualifying are given below. The 16 winners advanced to the main stages of the competition, where they met the 16 seeded players in the first round.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 52], "content_span": [53, 234]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274029-0036-0000", "contents": "2017 World Snooker Championship, Century breaks, Main stage centuries\nThere were 74 century breaks made by 23 players in the main stage of the event. Ronnie O'Sullivan compiled the highest break of the tournament, a 146, in his quarter-final loss to Ding Junhui.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 69], "content_span": [70, 262]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274029-0037-0000", "contents": "2017 World Snooker Championship, Century breaks, Qualifying stage centuries\nThere were 84 century breaks made by 51 players in the qualifying stages of the championship. The highest was a maximum break compiled by Gary Wilson in frame four of his first qualifying round win over Josh Boileau.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 75], "content_span": [76, 292]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274030-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 World Snowshoe Championships\nThe 2017 World Snowshoe Championships was the 10th edition of the global snowshoe running competition, World Snowshoe Championships, organised by the World Snowshoe Federation and took place in Saranac Lake, New York from 24 to 25 February 2017.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [33, 33], "content_span": [34, 279]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274030-0001-0000", "contents": "2017 World Snowshoe Championships, Results\nThe race, held on the distance of 8 kilometers, has compiled 16 different rankings, in addition to the two (male and female) overall, another 14 for the various categories masters.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 42], "content_span": [43, 223]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274031-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 World Sprint Speed Skating Championships\nThe 2017 World Sprint Speed Skating Championships were held at the Olympic Oval in Calgary, Alberta, Canada, from 25 to 26 February 2017.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [45, 45], "content_span": [46, 183]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274032-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 World Sprint Speed Skating Championships \u2013 Men\nThe Men competition at the 2017 World Championships was held on 25 and 26 February 2017.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 51], "section_span": [51, 51], "content_span": [52, 140]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274032-0001-0000", "contents": "2017 World Sprint Speed Skating Championships \u2013 Men, Results, 500 m\nThe race was started on 25 February 2017 at 13:18.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 51], "section_span": [53, 67], "content_span": [68, 118]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274032-0002-0000", "contents": "2017 World Sprint Speed Skating Championships \u2013 Men, Results, 1000 m\nThe race was started on 25 February 2017 at 15:07.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 51], "section_span": [53, 68], "content_span": [69, 119]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274032-0003-0000", "contents": "2017 World Sprint Speed Skating Championships \u2013 Men, Results, 500 m\nThe race was started on 26 February 2017 at 13:22.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 51], "section_span": [53, 67], "content_span": [68, 118]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274032-0004-0000", "contents": "2017 World Sprint Speed Skating Championships \u2013 Men, Results, 1000 m\nThe race was started on 26 February 2017 at 15:07.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 51], "section_span": [53, 68], "content_span": [69, 119]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274033-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 World Sprint Speed Skating Championships \u2013 Women\nThe Women competition at the 2017 World Championships was held on 25 and 26 February 2017.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 53], "section_span": [53, 53], "content_span": [54, 144]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274033-0001-0000", "contents": "2017 World Sprint Speed Skating Championships \u2013 Women, Results, 500 m\nThe race was started on 25 February 2017 at 12:30.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 53], "section_span": [55, 69], "content_span": [70, 120]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274033-0002-0000", "contents": "2017 World Sprint Speed Skating Championships \u2013 Women, Results, 1000 m\nThe race was started on 25 February 2017 at 14:11.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 53], "section_span": [55, 70], "content_span": [71, 121]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274033-0003-0000", "contents": "2017 World Sprint Speed Skating Championships \u2013 Women, Results, 500 m\nThe race was started on 26 February 2017 at 12:30.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 53], "section_span": [55, 69], "content_span": [70, 120]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274033-0004-0000", "contents": "2017 World Sprint Speed Skating Championships \u2013 Women, Results, 1000 m\nThe race was started on 26 February 2017 at 14:14.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 53], "section_span": [55, 70], "content_span": [71, 121]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274034-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 World Surf League\nThe 2017 World Surf League Championship Tour (CT) is a professional competitive surfing league run by the World Surf League. Men and women compete in separate tours with events taking place from late February to mid-December, at various surfing locations around the world.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [22, 22], "content_span": [23, 295]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274034-0001-0000", "contents": "2017 World Surf League\nSurfers receive points for their best events. The surfer with the most points at the end of the tour (after discarding their two worst results) is announced the 2017 World Surf League Champion.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [22, 22], "content_span": [23, 216]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274035-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 World Table Tennis Championships\nThe 2017 World Table Tennis Championships were held in D\u00fcsseldorf, Germany, from 29 May to 5 June 2017. The decision to host the event in D\u00fcsseldorf was announced by the ITTF in April 2015. They were the 54th edition of the competition, and the seventh time that it has been staged in Germany.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [37, 37], "content_span": [38, 331]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274035-0001-0000", "contents": "2017 World Table Tennis Championships, Schedule\nFive events were contested, with qualification rounds taking place from 29 to 30 May.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 47], "content_span": [48, 133]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274036-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 World Table Tennis Championships \u2013 Men's Doubles\nThe 2017 World Table Tennis Championships \u2013 Men's Doubles was the 54th edition of the men's doubles championship.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 53], "section_span": [53, 53], "content_span": [54, 167]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274036-0001-0000", "contents": "2017 World Table Tennis Championships \u2013 Men's Doubles\nXu Xin and Zhang Jike were the defending champions but Zhang did not compete this year.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 53], "section_span": [53, 53], "content_span": [54, 141]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274036-0002-0000", "contents": "2017 World Table Tennis Championships \u2013 Men's Doubles\nFan Zhendong and Xu Xin defeated Masataka Morizono and Yuya Oshima 11\u20139, 16\u201314, 11\u20139, 6\u201311, 13\u201311 in the final to win the title.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 53], "section_span": [53, 53], "content_span": [54, 182]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274036-0003-0000", "contents": "2017 World Table Tennis Championships \u2013 Men's Doubles, Seeds\nMatches were best of 5 games in qualification and best of 7 games in the 64-player sized main draw.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 53], "section_span": [55, 60], "content_span": [61, 160]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274037-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 World Table Tennis Championships \u2013 Men's Singles\nMa Long successfully defended his title by defeating Fan Zhendong 7\u201311, 11\u20136, 11\u20133, 11\u20138, 5\u201311, 7\u201311, 12\u201310 in the final.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 53], "section_span": [53, 53], "content_span": [54, 175]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274037-0001-0000", "contents": "2017 World Table Tennis Championships \u2013 Men's Singles, Seeds\nMatches were best of 7 games in qualification and in the 128-player sized main draw.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 53], "section_span": [55, 60], "content_span": [61, 145]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274038-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 World Table Tennis Championships \u2013 Mixed Doubles\nThe 2017 World Table Tennis Championships \u2013 Mixed Doubles was the 54th edition of the mixed doubles championship.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 53], "section_span": [53, 53], "content_span": [54, 167]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274038-0001-0000", "contents": "2017 World Table Tennis Championships \u2013 Mixed Doubles\nXu Xin and Yang Ha-eun were the defending champions but Xu did not compete this year.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 53], "section_span": [53, 53], "content_span": [54, 139]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274038-0002-0000", "contents": "2017 World Table Tennis Championships \u2013 Mixed Doubles\nMaharu Yoshimura and Kasumi Ishikawa won the title after defeating Chen Chien-an and Cheng I-ching 8\u201311, 8\u201311, 11\u20138, 10\u201312, 11\u20134, 11\u20139, 11\u20135.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 53], "section_span": [53, 53], "content_span": [54, 195]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274038-0003-0000", "contents": "2017 World Table Tennis Championships \u2013 Mixed Doubles, Seeds\nMatches were best of 5 games in qualification and best of 7 games in the 64-player sized main draw.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 53], "section_span": [55, 60], "content_span": [61, 160]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274039-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 World Table Tennis Championships \u2013 Women's Doubles\nThe 2017 World Table Tennis Championships \u2013 Women's Doubles was the 53rd edition of the women's doubles championship. Liu Shiwen and Zhu Yuling were the defending champions but decided not to play together this year.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 55], "section_span": [55, 55], "content_span": [56, 272]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274039-0001-0000", "contents": "2017 World Table Tennis Championships \u2013 Women's Doubles\nDing Ning and Liu defeated Chen Meng and Zhu 9\u201311, 11\u20138, 11\u201313, 11\u20138, 11\u20136, 6\u201311, 11\u20139 in the final.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 55], "section_span": [55, 55], "content_span": [56, 156]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274039-0002-0000", "contents": "2017 World Table Tennis Championships \u2013 Women's Doubles, Seeds\nMatches were best of 5 games in qualification and best of 7 games in the 64-player sized main draw.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 55], "section_span": [57, 62], "content_span": [63, 162]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274040-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 World Table Tennis Championships \u2013 Women's Singles\nDing Ning successfully defended their title by defeating Zhu Yuling 11\u20134, 9\u201311, 4\u201311, 12\u201310, 11\u20136, 11\u20137 in the final.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 55], "section_span": [55, 55], "content_span": [56, 173]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274040-0001-0000", "contents": "2017 World Table Tennis Championships \u2013 Women's Singles, Seeds\nMatches were best of 7 games in qualification and in the 128-player sized main draw.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 55], "section_span": [57, 62], "content_span": [63, 147]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274041-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 World Taekwondo Championships\nThe 2017 World Taekwondo Championships was the 23rd edition of the World Taekwondo Championships, and was held in Muju, South Korea from June 24 to June 30, 2017.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [34, 34], "content_span": [35, 197]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274042-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 World Taekwondo Championships \u2013 Men's bantamweight\nThe men's bantamweight is a competition featured at the 2017 World Taekwondo Championships, and was held at the Taekwondowon in Muju County, South Korea on June 29 and June 30. Bantamweights were limited to a maximum of 63 kilograms in body mass.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 55], "section_span": [55, 55], "content_span": [56, 302]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274043-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 World Taekwondo Championships \u2013 Men's featherweight\nThe men's featherweight is a competition featured at the 2017 World Taekwondo Championships, and was held at the Taekwondowon in Muju County, South Korea on June 26 and June 27. Featherweights were limited to a maximum of 68 kilograms in body mass.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 56], "section_span": [56, 56], "content_span": [57, 305]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274044-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 World Taekwondo Championships \u2013 Men's finweight\nThe men's finweight is a competition featured at the 2017 World Taekwondo Championships, and was held at the Taekwondowon in Muju County, South Korea on June 24 and 25. Finweights were limited to a maximum of 54 kilograms in body mass.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 52], "section_span": [52, 52], "content_span": [53, 288]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274045-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 World Taekwondo Championships \u2013 Men's flyweight\nThe men's flyweight is a competition featured at the 2017 World Taekwondo Championships, and was held at the Taekwondowon in Muju County, South Korea on June 27 and June 28. Flyweights were limited to a maximum of 58 kilograms in body mass.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 52], "section_span": [52, 52], "content_span": [53, 293]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274046-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 World Taekwondo Championships \u2013 Men's heavyweight\nThe men's heavyweight is a competition featured at the 2017 World Taekwondo Championships, and was held at the Taekwondowon in Muju County, South Korea on June 28 and June 29. Heavyweights were limited to a minimum of 87 kilograms in body mass.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 54], "section_span": [54, 54], "content_span": [55, 299]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274047-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 World Taekwondo Championships \u2013 Men's lightweight\nThe men's lightweight is a competition featured at the 2017 World Taekwondo Championships, and was held at the Taekwondowon in Muju County, South Korea on June 25 and June 26. Lightweights were limited to a maximum of 74 kilograms in body mass.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 54], "section_span": [54, 54], "content_span": [55, 299]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274048-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 World Taekwondo Championships \u2013 Men's middleweight\nThe men's middleweight is a competition featured at the 2017 World Taekwondo Championships, and was held at the Taekwondowon in Muju County, South Korea on June 28 and June 29. Middleweights were limited to a maximum of 87 kilograms in body mass.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 55], "section_span": [55, 55], "content_span": [56, 302]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274049-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 World Taekwondo Championships \u2013 Men's welterweight\nThe men's welterweight is a competition featured at the 2017 World Taekwondo Championships, and was held at the Taekwondowon in Muju County, South Korea on June 30. Welterweights were limited to a maximum of 80 kilograms in body mass.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 55], "section_span": [55, 55], "content_span": [56, 290]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274050-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 World Taekwondo Championships \u2013 Women's bantamweight\nThe women's bantamweight is a competition featured at the 2017 World Taekwondo Championships, and was held at the Taekwondowon in Muju County, South Korea on June 27 and June 28. Bantamweights were limited to a maximum of 53 kilograms in body mass.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 57], "section_span": [57, 57], "content_span": [58, 306]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274051-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 World Taekwondo Championships \u2013 Women's featherweight\nThe women's featherweight is a competition featured at the 2017 World Taekwondo Championships, and was held at the Taekwondowon in Muju County, South Korea on June 29 and 30. Featherweights were limited to a maximum of 57 kilograms in body mass.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 58], "section_span": [58, 58], "content_span": [59, 304]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274052-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 World Taekwondo Championships \u2013 Women's finweight\nThe women's finweight is a competition featured at the 2017 World Taekwondo Championships, and was held at the Taekwondowon in Muju County, South Korea on June 24 and June 25. Finweights were limited to a maximum of 46 kilograms in body mass.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 54], "section_span": [54, 54], "content_span": [55, 297]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274053-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 World Taekwondo Championships \u2013 Women's flyweight\nThe women's flyweight is a competition featured at the 2017 World Taekwondo Championships, and was held at the Taekwondowon in Muju County, South Korea on June 25 and June 26. Flyweight were limited to a maximum of 49 kilograms in body mass.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 54], "section_span": [54, 54], "content_span": [55, 296]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274054-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 World Taekwondo Championships \u2013 Women's heavyweight\nThe women's heavyweight is a competition featured at the 2017 World Taekwondo Championships, and was held at the Taekwondowon in Muju County, South Korea on June 27 and June 28. Heavyweights were limited to a minimum of 73 kilograms in body mass.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 56], "section_span": [56, 56], "content_span": [57, 303]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274055-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 World Taekwondo Championships \u2013 Women's lightweight\nThe women's lightweight is a competition featured at the 2017 World Taekwondo Championships, and was held at the Taekwondowon in Muju County, South Korea on June 30. Lightweights were limited to a maximum of 62 kilograms in body mass.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 56], "section_span": [56, 56], "content_span": [57, 291]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274056-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 World Taekwondo Championships \u2013 Women's middleweight\nThe women's middleweight is a competition featured at the 2017 World Taekwondo Championships, and was held at the Taekwondowon in Muju County, South Korea on June 28 and June 29. Middleweights were limited to a maximum of 73 kilograms in body mass.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 57], "section_span": [57, 57], "content_span": [58, 306]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274057-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 World Taekwondo Championships \u2013 Women's welterweight\nThe women's welterweight is a competition featured at the 2017 World Taekwondo Championships, and was held at the Taekwondowon in Muju County, South Korea on June 26 and June 27. Welterweight were limited to a maximum of 67 kilograms in body mass.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 57], "section_span": [57, 57], "content_span": [58, 305]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274058-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 World Taekwondo Grand Prix\nThe 2017 World Taekwondo Grand Prix was the 5th edition of the World Taekwondo Grand Prix series.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [31, 31], "content_span": [32, 129]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274059-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 World Taekwondo Grand Slam\nThe 2017 World Taekwondo Grand Slam is the 1st edition of the World Taekwondo Grand Slam series.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [31, 31], "content_span": [32, 128]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274059-0001-0000", "contents": "2017 World Taekwondo Grand Slam, Events schedule\nThe competition was held every saturday since 30 December 2017 to 20 January 2018.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 48], "content_span": [49, 131]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274059-0002-0000", "contents": "2017 World Taekwondo Grand Slam, Medal summary\nThe team championships were also held in the same arena but for a different competition, called the World Cup Team Championships.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 46], "content_span": [47, 176]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274060-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 World Taekwondo Grand Slam - Open Qualification Tournament\n2017 World Taekwondo Grand Slam - Open Qualification Tournament is an international G-1 taekwondo tournament which allows the first three athletes to compete on the 2017 World Taekwondo Grand Slam as 9th, 10th and 11th seeds on their respective weight category brackets. The tournament was held from 23-24 November in Wuxi, China.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 63], "section_span": [63, 63], "content_span": [64, 394]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274061-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 World TeamTennis season\nThe 2017 World TeamTennis season was the 42nd season of the top professional team tennis league in the United States. Pursuant to a sponsorship agreement with Mylan N.V., the official name of the league was Mylan World TeamTennis in 2017.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [28, 28], "content_span": [29, 267]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274061-0001-0000", "contents": "2017 World TeamTennis season\nThe Orange County Breakers defeated the San Diego Aviators in the WTT Finals to win the King Trophy as WTT champions.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [28, 28], "content_span": [29, 146]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274061-0002-0000", "contents": "2017 World TeamTennis season, Competition format\nThe 2017 World TeamTennis season included six teams. Each team played a 14-match regular-season schedule with seven home and seven away matches. The top two teams in the regular season qualified for the World TeamTennis Final at the Omni La Costa Resort and Spa in Carlsbad, California, the home court of the San Diego Aviators. The higher seed was treated as the \"home\" team in the WTT Final and had the right to determine the order of play. The winner of the WTT Final was awarded the King Trophy.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 48], "content_span": [49, 548]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274061-0003-0000", "contents": "2017 World TeamTennis season, League business\nOn March 13, 2017, WTT announced that Billie Jean King had sold most of her majority ownership interest in the league to Mark Ein, founder and owner of the Washington Kastles, Fred Luddy, owner of the San Diego Aviators, and LionTree Partners, a merchant banking firm. Ein was named Chairman of WTT, and Ilana Kloss was to remain CEO and Commissioner of the league through the 2017 season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 45], "content_span": [46, 435]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274061-0003-0001", "contents": "2017 World TeamTennis season, League business\n\"After 42 seasons of World TeamTennis, Ilana and I feel this is the time to pass the baton to Mark Ein and Fred Luddy and entrust the legacy of WTT as an innovative force in tennis to them and their team,\" said King. \"I will continue to be part of the league as a minority owner and as the owner of the Philadelphia Freedoms, and I am confident the league will continue to grow and prosper under Mark and Fred\u2019s leadership.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 45], "content_span": [46, 470]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274061-0004-0000", "contents": "2017 World TeamTennis season, Drafts\nThe order in which franchises selected was based on the results the teams achieved in 2016, with weaker teams selecting earlier and stronger teams selecting later. The four nonplayoff teams selected first followed by the WTT Final loser and then the WTT champion.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 36], "content_span": [37, 300]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274061-0004-0001", "contents": "2017 World TeamTennis season, Drafts\nBecause the 2016 WTT season schedule conflicted with the 2016 Olympics, teams were permitted to protect players who were eligible for protection in the 2016 draft based on playing for the team in 2015 (or 2014 and missing the 2015 season due to injury), went undrafted in the 2016 draft and did not participate in the league in 2016.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 36], "content_span": [37, 370]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274061-0005-0000", "contents": "2017 World TeamTennis season, Drafts, Marquee Draft\nWTT conducted its 2017 Marquee Draft on February 16, in New York City. Each team could protect up to three marquee players or doubles teams, if they appeared in a match for the team in 2016, or qualified for protection under the special 2017 rule based on eligibility for protection in 2016. The selections made are shown in the tables below.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 51], "content_span": [52, 394]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274061-0006-0000", "contents": "2017 World TeamTennis season, Drafts, Roster Draft\nWTT conducted its 2017 Roster Draft on March 14, in Indian Wells, California. Exempt, roster and substitute players who appeared in at least three matches for the team in 2016, could be protected. Teams could also protect players who qualified for protection based on match appearances in 2015, but were unable to play in 2016, due to injury.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 50], "content_span": [51, 393]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274061-0006-0001", "contents": "2017 World TeamTennis season, Drafts, Roster Draft\nIf a team selects a player who is part of an established doubles team (at least four tournaments played together in the 12 months prior to the draft), that team can protect the drafted player's doubles partner in the next round of the draft. Finally, teams could protect players who qualified for protection under the special 2017 rule based on eligibility for protection in 2016. Teams holding the right to protect players could trade those rights before or during the draft.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 50], "content_span": [51, 527]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274061-0006-0002", "contents": "2017 World TeamTennis season, Drafts, Roster Draft\nIf a team chooses a roster-exempt player, one who is not required to be a full-time member of the team, it is possible for a team to make four selections in the roster draft and not have two male and two female full-time players. In such cases, these teams are permitted to make selections in additional rounds of the roster draft until they have a complete roster. Teams that have two male and two female full-time players may select roster-exempt players in rounds past the fourth round. The selections made are shown in the tables below.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 50], "content_span": [51, 591]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274061-0007-0000", "contents": "2017 World TeamTennis season, Mylan WTT Finals\nWomen's Singles - Yanina Wickmayer (Breakers) def. Naomi Broady (Aviators) 5-2", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 46], "content_span": [47, 125]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274061-0008-0000", "contents": "2017 World TeamTennis season, Mylan WTT Finals\nWomen's Doubles - Naomi Broady\\Darija Jurak (Aviators) def. Andreja Klepac\\Yanina Wickmayer (Breakers) 5-3", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 46], "content_span": [47, 153]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274061-0009-0000", "contents": "2017 World TeamTennis season, Mylan WTT Finals\nMen's Doubles - Teymuraz Gabashvili\\Ken Skupski (Breakers) def. Raven Klaasen\\Rajeev Ram (Aviators) 5-2", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 46], "content_span": [47, 150]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274061-0010-0000", "contents": "2017 World TeamTennis season, Mylan WTT Finals\nMixed Doubles - Raven Klaasen\\Darija Jurak (Aviators) def. Ken Skupski\\Andreja Klepac (Breakers) 5-4", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 46], "content_span": [47, 147]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274061-0011-0000", "contents": "2017 World TeamTennis season, Mylan WTT Finals\nMen's Singles - Teymuraz Gabashvili (Breakers) def. Rajeev Ram (Aviators) 5-4", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 46], "content_span": [47, 124]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274061-0012-0000", "contents": "2017 World TeamTennis season, Television\nThe 2017 season was the final year of a four-year television rights contract between WTT and ESPN, Inc. The WTT Final was streamed live on ESPN3. ESPN2's live telecast of the WTT Final began at 9:00 pm PDT, one hour after the match's start time. ESPN3 streamed 11 regular-season matches live. Five of those matches were also televised live by the Tennis Channel and Comcast SportsNet affiliates. Matches carried live on the Tennis Channel were available on Mediacom's MC22 (Mediacom Connections) channel, which also provided live coverage of some matches involving the Springfield Lasers that were not aired nationally. Select matches streamed live by ESPN3 were rebroadcast by regional sports networks Altitude Sports and Entertainment, Comcast SportsNet affiliates, MC22 and MSG.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 40], "content_span": [41, 822]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274061-0013-0000", "contents": "2017 World TeamTennis season, Sponsorship\nOn December 8, 2014, WTT announced that its title-sponsorship agreement with Mylan N.V. was extended for two more years through the 2017 season. As part of its partnership with WTT, Mylan continued to sponsor events at which children met with WTT players and were introduced to tennis, charitable events and the Mylan Aces program which allows each team to select a local charity for which it can earn money donated by Mylan by recording the most aces in the league on a given day during the regular season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 41], "content_span": [42, 549]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274062-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 World Touring Car Championship\nThe 2017 World Touring Car Championship was the fourteenth and last season of the FIA World Touring Car Championship, and the thirteenth since the series was revived in 2005. For this season, there were a few rules changes.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [35, 35], "content_span": [36, 259]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274062-0001-0000", "contents": "2017 World Touring Car Championship, Rule changes\nMore points will be awarded for the winners of the Manufacturers Against the Clock (MAC3) team time trials (12 rather than 10), optional rallycross-style \"joker laps\" will be introduced in street-circuits, the second or \"main race\" on a race weekend will be increased in length to two laps longer than the opening races (with the exception of the Race of Germany at N\u00fcrburgring Nordschleife), the points scoring structure will be revised with more points awarded in the main race, and the length of race meetings will be reduced to two days, with testing on Fridays to be abolished and the Free Practice 1 and 2 sessions being increased from 30 to 45 minutes to compensate.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 49], "content_span": [50, 723]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274062-0002-0000", "contents": "2017 World Touring Car Championship, Calendar\nThe Monza and Macau circuits return to the WTCC, whereas France, Russia and Slovakia are dropped.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 45], "content_span": [46, 143]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274062-0003-0000", "contents": "2017 World Touring Car Championship, Results and standings, Championship standings, Drivers' championship\n\u2020\u00a0\u2013 Drivers did not finish the race, but were classified as they completed over 75% of the race distance. \u2021\u00a0\u2013 Honda Racing Team JAS was disqualified from the Race of China because of non-compliant fuel injectors.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 105], "content_span": [106, 318]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274062-0004-0000", "contents": "2017 World Touring Car Championship, Results and standings, Championship standings, Drivers' championship\nChampionship points were awarded on the results of each race at each event as follows:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 105], "content_span": [106, 192]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274062-0005-0000", "contents": "2017 World Touring Car Championship, Results and standings, Championship standings, Manufacturers' Championship\nOnly the two best placed cars of each manufacturer earned points.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 111], "content_span": [112, 177]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274062-0006-0000", "contents": "2017 World Touring Car Championship, Results and standings, Championship standings, Manufacturers' Championship\nIn MAC3 points are awarded if 3 cars of the same manufacturer within a 15 seconds gap. MAC3 points were awarded as follows:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 111], "content_span": [112, 235]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274062-0007-0000", "contents": "2017 World Touring Car Championship, Results and standings, Championship standings, WTCC Trophy\nWTCC Trophy points are awarded to the first eight drivers classified in each race on the following scale: 10-8-6-5-4-3-2-1. One point is awarded to the highest-placed WTCC Trophy competitor in qualifying and another for the fastest lap in each race.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 95], "content_span": [96, 345]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274062-0008-0000", "contents": "2017 World Touring Car Championship, Results and standings, Championship standings, WTCC Trophy\n\u2020\u00a0\u2013 Drivers did not finish the race, but were classified as they completed over 75% of the race distance.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 95], "content_span": [96, 201]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274062-0009-0000", "contents": "2017 World Touring Car Championship, Results and standings, Championship standings, WTCC Teams' Trophy\nAll the teams taking part in the championship were eligible to score points towards the Teams' Trophy, with the exception of manufacturer teams, with the first car from each team scoring points in each race on the following scale: 10-8-6-5-4-3-2-1.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 102], "content_span": [103, 351]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274063-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 World Trail Orienteering Championships\nThe 14th World Orienteering Championships were held in Bir\u0161tonas, Lithuania in July 2017.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [43, 43], "content_span": [44, 133]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274064-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 World U-17 Hockey Challenge\nThis is the current revision of this page, as edited by 142.40.150.2 (talk) at 17:57, 4 January 2020 (\u2192\u200eGroup B). The present address (URL) is a permanent link to this version.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [32, 32], "content_span": [33, 209]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274064-0001-0000", "contents": "2017 World U-17 Hockey Challenge\nThe 2017 World Under-17 Hockey Challenge was an ice hockey tournament held in Dawson Creek and Fort St. John, British Columbia, Canada between November 5 and 11. The World Under-17 Hockey Challenge is held by Hockey Canada annually to showcase young hockey talent from across Canada and other strong hockey countries.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [32, 32], "content_span": [33, 350]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274065-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 World Weightlifting Championships\nThe 2017 World Weightlifting Championships were held in Anaheim, United States from 28 November to 5 December 2017.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [38, 38], "content_span": [39, 154]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274065-0001-0000", "contents": "2017 World Weightlifting Championships, Doping bans\nNine countries were banned from competing at the World Championships due to their history of doping at previous Olympic Games, under International Weightlifting Federation rules stating that any country that had three positive tests uncovered by the International Olympic Committee during re-testing of stored urine samples for banned substances from the 2008 and 2012 Olympics would be banned.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 51], "content_span": [52, 446]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274065-0002-0000", "contents": "2017 World Weightlifting Championships, Doping bans\nThe banned countries were: Russia, China, Kazakhstan, Armenia, Turkey, Moldova, Ukraine, Belarus and Azerbaijan.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 51], "content_span": [52, 164]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274065-0003-0000", "contents": "2017 World Weightlifting Championships, Boycott\nNorth Korea and Venezuela boycotted the World Championships due to the crises in relations between the United States and these countries. The World Championships organizing committee had said it did not foresee any visa problems for the North Korean team.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 47], "content_span": [48, 303]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274065-0004-0000", "contents": "2017 World Weightlifting Championships, Medal table\nRanking by all medals: Big (Total result) and Small (Snatch and Clean & Jerk)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 51], "content_span": [52, 129]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274066-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 World Weightlifting Championships \u2013 Men's +105 kg\nThe Men's +105 kg competition at the 2017 World Weightlifting Championships was held on 5 December 2017.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 54], "section_span": [54, 54], "content_span": [55, 159]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274066-0001-0000", "contents": "2017 World Weightlifting Championships \u2013 Men's +105 kg, Records\nPrior to this competition, the existing world records were as follows.", "metadata": 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"enwiki-00274068-0001-0000", "contents": "2017 World Weightlifting Championships \u2013 Men's 56 kg, Records\nPrior to this competition, the existing world records were as follows.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 52], "section_span": [54, 61], "content_span": [62, 132]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274069-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 World Weightlifting Championships \u2013 Men's 62 kg\nThe Men's 62 kg competition at the 2017 World Weightlifting Championships was held on 29 November 2017.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 52], "section_span": [52, 52], "content_span": [53, 156]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274069-0001-0000", "contents": "2017 World Weightlifting Championships \u2013 Men's 62 kg, Records\nPrior to this competition, the existing world records were as follows.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 52], "section_span": [54, 61], "content_span": [62, 132]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274070-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 World Weightlifting Championships \u2013 Men's 69 kg\nThe Men's 69 kg competition at the 2017 World Weightlifting Championships was held on 1 December 2017.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 52], "section_span": [52, 52], "content_span": [53, 155]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274070-0001-0000", "contents": "2017 World Weightlifting Championships \u2013 Men's 69 kg, Records\nPrior to this competition, the existing world records were as follows.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 52], "section_span": [54, 61], "content_span": [62, 132]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274071-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 World Weightlifting Championships \u2013 Men's 77 kg\nThe Men's 77 kg competition at the 2017 World Weightlifting Championships was held on 2 December 2017.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 52], "section_span": [52, 52], "content_span": [53, 155]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274071-0001-0000", "contents": "2017 World Weightlifting Championships \u2013 Men's 77 kg, Records\nPrior to this competition, the existing world records were as follows.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 52], "section_span": [54, 61], 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Championships \u2013 Men's 94 kg, Records\nPrior to this competition, the existing world records were as follows.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 52], "section_span": [54, 61], "content_span": [62, 132]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274074-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 World Weightlifting Championships \u2013 Women's +90 kg\nThe Women's +90 kg competition at the 2017 World Weightlifting Championships was held on 5 December 2017.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 55], "section_span": [55, 55], "content_span": [56, 161]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274074-0001-0000", "contents": "2017 World Weightlifting Championships \u2013 Women's +90 kg, Records\nPrior to this competition, the existing world records were as follows.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 55], "section_span": [57, 64], "content_span": [65, 135]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274075-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 World Weightlifting Championships \u2013 Women's 48 kg\nThe Women's 48 kg competition at the 2017 World Weightlifting Championships was held on 29 November 2017.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 54], "section_span": [54, 54], "content_span": [55, 160]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274075-0001-0000", "contents": "2017 World Weightlifting Championships \u2013 Women's 48 kg, Records\nPrior to this competition, the existing world records were as follows.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 54], "section_span": [56, 63], "content_span": [64, 134]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274076-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 World Weightlifting Championships \u2013 Women's 53 kg\nThe Women's 53 kilograms competition at the 2017 World Weightlifting Championships was held on 30 November 2017.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 54], "section_span": [54, 54], "content_span": [55, 167]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274076-0001-0000", "contents": "2017 World Weightlifting Championships \u2013 Women's 53 kg, Records\nPrior to this competition, the existing world records were as follows.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 54], "section_span": [56, 63], "content_span": [64, 134]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274077-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 World Weightlifting Championships \u2013 Women's 58 kg\nThe Women's 58 kg competition at the 2017 World Weightlifting Championships was held on 30 November 2017.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 54], "section_span": [54, 54], "content_span": [55, 160]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274077-0001-0000", "contents": "2017 World Weightlifting Championships \u2013 Women's 58 kg, Records\nPrior to this competition, the existing world records were as follows.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 54], "section_span": [56, 63], "content_span": [64, 134]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274078-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 World Weightlifting Championships \u2013 Women's 63 kg\nThe Women's 63\u00a0kg competition at the 2017 World Weightlifting Championships was held on 1 December 2017.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 54], "section_span": [54, 54], "content_span": [55, 159]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274078-0001-0000", "contents": "2017 World Weightlifting Championships \u2013 Women's 63 kg, Records\nPrior to this competition, the existing world records were as follows.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 54], "section_span": [56, 63], "content_span": [64, 134]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274079-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 World Weightlifting Championships \u2013 Women's 69 kg\nThe Women's 69 kg competition at the 2017 World Weightlifting Championships was held on 2 December 2017.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 54], "section_span": [54, 54], "content_span": [55, 159]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274079-0001-0000", "contents": "2017 World Weightlifting Championships \u2013 Women's 69 kg, Records\nPrior to this competition, the existing world records were as follows.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 54], "section_span": [56, 63], "content_span": [64, 134]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274080-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 World Weightlifting Championships \u2013 Women's 75 kg\nThe Women's 75 kg competition at the 2017 World Weightlifting Championships was held on 3 December 2017.", "metadata": 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"2017 World Wheelchair Curling Championship\nThe 2017 World Wheelchair Curling Championship was held from March 4 to 11 at the Gangneung Curling Centre in Gangneung, South Korea. Norway won a third title after winning over Russia, who defeated Norway during the 2016 championship final.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [42, 42], "content_span": [43, 284]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274082-0001-0000", "contents": "2017 World Wheelchair Curling Championship, Qualification, Qualification event\nFinland and Scotland qualified for the World Championship from the qualifying event held during November 2016 in Lohja, Finland.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [44, 78], "content_span": [79, 207]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274082-0002-0000", "contents": "2017 World Wheelchair Curling Championship, Teams\nSkip : Jim ArmstrongThird: Ina ForrestSecond: Marie WrightLead: Mark IdesonAlternate: Ellis TullCoach: Wayne Kiel", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [44, 49], "content_span": [50, 163]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274082-0003-0000", "contents": "2017 World Wheelchair Curling Championship, Teams\nSkip : Wang HaitaoThird: Liu WeiSecond: Chen JianxinLead: Xu GuangqinAlternate: Zhang MingliangCoach: Li Jianrui", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [44, 49], "content_span": [50, 162]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274082-0004-0000", "contents": "2017 World Wheelchair Curling Championship, Teams\nSkip : Markku KarjalainenThird: Yrjo JaaskelainenSecond: Sari KarjalainenLead: Vesa LeppanenAlternate: Riitta SarosaloCoach: Vesa Kokko", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [44, 49], "content_span": [50, 185]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274082-0005-0000", "contents": "2017 World Wheelchair Curling Championship, Teams\nSkip : Christiane PutzichThird: Harry PavelSecond: Martin SchlittLead: Heike MelchiorAlternate: Christoph GemmerCoach: Bernd Weisser", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [44, 49], "content_span": [50, 182]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274082-0006-0000", "contents": "2017 World Wheelchair Curling Championship, Teams\nSkip : Rune LorentsenThird: Jostein StordahlSecond: Ole Fredrik SyversenLead: Sissel L\u00f8chenAlternate: Rikke IversenCoach: Peter Dahlman", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [44, 49], "content_span": [50, 185]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274082-0007-0000", "contents": "2017 World Wheelchair Curling Championship, Teams\nSkip : Andrey SmirnovThird: Konstantin KurokhtinSecond: Alexander ShevchenkoLead: Daria ShchukinaAlternate: Marat RomanovCoach: Anton Batugin", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [44, 49], "content_span": [50, 191]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274082-0008-0000", "contents": "2017 World Wheelchair Curling Championship, Teams\nSkip : Aileen NeilsonThird: Gregor EwanSecond: Hugh NibloeLead: Robert McPhersonAlternate: Angie MaloneCoach: Sheila Swan", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [44, 49], "content_span": [50, 171]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274082-0009-0000", "contents": "2017 World Wheelchair Curling Championship, Teams\nSkip : Kim Jong-panThird: Seo Soon-seokSecond: Cha Jae-goanLead: Cho Min-kyongAlternate: Lee Dong-haCoach: Beak Jong-chul", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [44, 49], "content_span": [50, 171]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274082-0010-0000", "contents": "2017 World Wheelchair Curling Championship, Teams\nSkip : Felix WagnerThird: Marcel BodenmannSecond: Claudia H\u00fcttenmoserLead: Beatrix Bla\u00fclAlternate: Hans BurgenerCoach: Stephan Pfister", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [44, 49], "content_span": [50, 184]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274082-0011-0000", "contents": "2017 World Wheelchair Curling Championship, Teams\nSkip : Stephen EmtThird: Kirk BlackSecond: Jimmy JosephLead: Penny GreelyAlternate: Justin MarshallCoach: Steve Brown", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [44, 49], "content_span": [50, 167]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274082-0012-0000", "contents": "2017 World Wheelchair Curling Championship, Round robin results\nAll draw times are listed in Korean Standard Time (UTC+09).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [44, 63], "content_span": [64, 123]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274082-0013-0000", "contents": "2017 World Wheelchair Curling Championship, Round robin results, Relegation Game\nGermany is relegated to the 2017 World Wheelchair Curling B-Championship", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [44, 80], "content_span": [81, 153]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274083-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 World Women's Curling Championship\nThe 2017 World Women's Curling Championship (branded as CPT World Women's Curling Championship 2017 for sponsorship reasons) was a curling event held between March 18\u201326 at the Capital Indoor Stadium in Beijing, China. The winning Rachel Homan rink from Canada was the first team to go through a women's world championship undefeated since the event began in 1979, winning 13 games through the round robin, playoffs and final. Runners-up Russia took their first silver medal on this event.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [39, 39], "content_span": [40, 529]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274083-0001-0000", "contents": "2017 World Women's Curling Championship, Qualification\nThe following nations are qualified to participate in the 2017 World Women's Curling Championship:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 54], "content_span": [55, 153]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274083-0002-0000", "contents": "2017 World Women's Curling Championship, Teams\nSkip : Rachel HomanThird: Emma MiskewSecond: Joanne CourtneyLead: Lisa WeagleAlternate: Cheryl Kreviazuk", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 46], "content_span": [47, 151]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274083-0003-0000", "contents": "2017 World Women's Curling Championship, Teams\nSkip : Wang BingyuThird: Wang RuiSecond: Liu JinliLead: Zhou YanAlternate: Yang Ying", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 46], "content_span": [47, 131]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274083-0004-0000", "contents": "2017 World Women's Curling Championship, Teams\nSkip : Anna Kube\u0161kov\u00e1Third: Al\u017eb\u011bta Baudy\u0161ov\u00e1Second: Tereza Pl\u00ed\u0161kov\u00e1Lead: Kl\u00e1ra Svato\u0148ov\u00e1Alternate: Ezhen Kolchevskaia", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 46], "content_span": [47, 165]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274083-0005-0000", "contents": "2017 World Women's Curling Championship, Teams\nSkip : Lene NielsenThird: Madeleine DupontSecond: Stephanie RisdalLead: Charlotte ClemmensenAlternate: Denise Dupont", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 46], "content_span": [47, 163]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274083-0006-0000", "contents": "2017 World Women's Curling Championship, Teams\nSkip : Daniela JentschThird: Josephine Obermann Second: Analena JentschLead: Pia-Lisa Sch\u00f6llAlternate: Emira Abbes", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 46], "content_span": [47, 161]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274083-0007-0000", "contents": "2017 World Women's Curling Championship, Teams\nSkip : Diana GaspariThird: Veronica ZapponeSecond: Chiara OlivieriLead: Arianna LosanoAlternate: Denise Pimpini", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 46], "content_span": [47, 158]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274083-0008-0000", "contents": "2017 World Women's Curling Championship, Teams\nSkip : Anna SidorovaThird: Margarita FominaSecond: Alina KovalevaLead: Nkeirouka EzekhAlternate: Alexandra Raeva", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 46], "content_span": [47, 159]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274083-0009-0000", "contents": "2017 World Women's Curling Championship, Teams\nSkip : Eve MuirheadThird: Anna SloanSecond: Vicki AdamsLead: Lauren GrayAlternate: Kelly Schafer", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 46], "content_span": [47, 143]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274083-0010-0000", "contents": "2017 World Women's Curling Championship, Teams\nSkip : Kim Eun-jungThird: Kim Kyeong-aeSecond: Kim Seon-yeongLead: Kim Yeong-miAlternate: Kim Cho-hi", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 46], "content_span": [47, 147]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274083-0011-0000", "contents": "2017 World Women's Curling Championship, Teams\nSkip : Anna HasselborgThird: Sara McManusSecond: Agnes KnochenhauerLead: Sofia MabergsAlternate: Jennie W\u00e5hlin", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 46], "content_span": [47, 157]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274083-0012-0000", "contents": "2017 World Women's Curling Championship, Teams\nSkip : Alina P\u00e4tzThird: Nadine LehmannSecond: Marisa WinkelhausenLead: Nicole Schw\u00e4gliAlternate: Briar H\u00fcrlimann", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 46], "content_span": [47, 159]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274083-0013-0000", "contents": "2017 World Women's Curling Championship, Teams\nSkip : Nina RothThird: Tabitha PetersonSecond: Aileen GevingLead: Becca HamiltonAlternate: Cory Christensen", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 46], "content_span": [47, 154]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274083-0014-0000", "contents": "2017 World Women's Curling Championship, Teams, WCT ranking\nYear to date World Curling Tour order of merit ranking for each team prior to the event.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 59], "content_span": [60, 148]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274083-0015-0000", "contents": "2017 World Women's Curling Championship, Round robin results\nAll draw times are listed in China Standard Time (UTC+8).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 60], "content_span": [61, 118]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274084-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 World Women's Handball Championship\nThe 2017 IHF World Women's Handball Championship, the 23rd event hosted by the International Handball Federation, was held in Germany from 1 to 17 December 2017. Germany was the only applicant for this championship. Germany was host of the World Championships in 1965 and 1997.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [40, 40], "content_span": [41, 318]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274084-0001-0000", "contents": "2017 World Women's Handball Championship\nFrance won their second title after 2003, by defeating reigning champions Norway 23\u201321 in the final.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [40, 40], "content_span": [41, 141]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274084-0002-0000", "contents": "2017 World Women's Handball Championship, Venues\nThe tournament is being played in the following venues: Bietigheim-Bissingen, Magdeburg, Oldenburg, Leipzig, Trier and Hamburg as the final four venue.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 48], "content_span": [49, 200]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274084-0003-0000", "contents": "2017 World Women's Handball Championship, Draw\nThe draw was held on 27 June 2017 at Hamburg, Germany.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 46], "content_span": [47, 101]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274084-0004-0000", "contents": "2017 World Women's Handball Championship, Preliminary round\nThe schedule was announced on 30 June 2017 with the exact throw-off times confirmed on 10 July 2017.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 59], "content_span": [60, 160]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274084-0005-0000", "contents": "2017 World Women's Handball Championship, Final ranking and statistics, Final ranking\nTeam roster: Blandine Dancette, Camille Ayglon, Allison Pineau, Laurisa Landre, Astride N'Gouan, Gr\u00e2ce Zaadi, Amandine Leynaud, Manon Houette, Kalidiatou Niakat\u00e9, Cl\u00e9op\u00e2tre Darleux, Siraba Demb\u00e9l\u00e9, Laura Flippes, Orlane Kanor, B\u00e9atrice Edwige, Estelle Nze Minko, Gnonsiane Niombla, Alexandra Lacrab\u00e8re. Head Coach: Olivier Krumbholz.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 85], "content_span": [86, 419]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274084-0006-0000", "contents": "2017 World Women's Handball Championship, Final ranking and statistics, All Star Team\nThe All Star Team and MVP was announced on 17 December 2017.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 85], "content_span": [86, 146]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274085-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 World Women's Handball Championship squads\nThis article displays the squads for the 2017 World Women's Handball Championship. Each team consists of up to 28 players, of whom 16 may be fielded for each match.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 47], "section_span": [47, 47], "content_span": [48, 212]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274085-0001-0000", "contents": "2017 World Women's Handball Championship squads\nAge, club, caps and goals as of 1 December 2017.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 47], "section_span": [47, 47], "content_span": [48, 96]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274085-0002-0000", "contents": "2017 World Women's Handball Championship squads, Group A, France\nA 21-player squad was announced on 20 November 2017. The final squad was revealed on 1 December 2017. On 9 December 2017, Astride N'Gouan replaced Orlane Kanor. The change was reversed six days later.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 47], "section_span": [49, 64], "content_span": [65, 265]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274085-0003-0000", "contents": "2017 World Women's Handball Championship squads, Group A, Romania\nA 20-player squad was announced on 10 November 2017. The final squad was revealed on 26 November 2017. Gabriella Sz\u0171cs replaced M\u0103d\u0103lina Zamfirescu on 8 December 2017.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 47], "section_span": [49, 65], "content_span": [66, 233]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274085-0004-0000", "contents": "2017 World Women's Handball Championship squads, Group A, Slovenia\nA 19-player squad was announced on 20 November 2017. The final roster was revealed on 30 November 2017.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 47], "section_span": [49, 66], "content_span": [67, 170]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274085-0005-0000", "contents": "2017 World Women's Handball Championship squads, Group A, Spain\nThe squad was announced on 3 November 2017, before Seynabou Mbengue was added on 27 November 2017. The final squad was revealed on 1 December 2017.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 47], "section_span": [49, 63], "content_span": [64, 211]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274085-0006-0000", "contents": "2017 World Women's Handball Championship squads, Group B, Czech Republic\nAn 18-player squad was announced on 25 November 2017. The final squad was revealed on 29 November 2017.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 47], "section_span": [49, 72], "content_span": [73, 176]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274085-0007-0000", "contents": "2017 World Women's Handball Championship squads, Group B, Hungary\nA 19-player squad was announced on 10 November 2017. The final squad was revealed on 29 November 2017. Zita Szucs\u00e1nszki was called up on 6 December 2017.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 47], "section_span": [49, 65], "content_span": [66, 219]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274085-0008-0000", "contents": "2017 World Women's Handball Championship squads, Group B, Norway\nThe squad was announced on 7 November 2017. On 17 December 2017, Silje Solberg replaced Helene Gigstad Fauske in the squad.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 47], "section_span": [49, 64], "content_span": [65, 188]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274085-0009-0000", "contents": "2017 World Women's Handball Championship squads, Group B, Poland\nAn 18-player squad was announced on 21 November 2017. The final squad was revealed on 1 December 2017. On 7 December 2017, Monika Micha\u0142\u00f3w was called up. Hanna Rycharska replaced Joanna Drabik on 10 December 2017.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 47], "section_span": [49, 64], "content_span": [65, 278]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274085-0010-0000", "contents": "2017 World Women's Handball Championship squads, Group B, Sweden\nThe squad was announced on 2 November 2017. On 2 December 2017, Louise Sand was taken out of the squad due to an injury, but was added back a day later.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 47], "section_span": [49, 64], "content_span": [65, 217]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274085-0011-0000", "contents": "2017 World Women's Handball Championship squads, Group C, Brazil\nA 17-player squad was announced on 9 November 2017. The final squad was revealed on 1 December 2017. On 5 December 2017, Deonise Fachinello was added to squad, replacing Gabriela Moreschi.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 47], "section_span": [49, 64], "content_span": [65, 253]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274085-0012-0000", "contents": "2017 World Women's Handball Championship squads, Group C, Denmark\nA 28-player squad was announced on 31 October 2017. The final squad was revealed on 8 November 2017. On 15 November 2017, Rikke Iversen replaced Stine Bodholt Nielsen who had to withdraw from the squad due to an injury. On 30 November 2017, Simone B\u00f6hme was added to the squad as Trine \u00d8stergaard still hasn't recovered from an injury, leaving Rikke Iversen out of the squad. On 6 December 2017, Trine \u00d8stergaard was added back in the squad. On 9 December 2017, Stine Bodholt Nielsen replaced Kristina Kristiansen.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 47], "section_span": [49, 65], "content_span": [66, 580]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274085-0013-0000", "contents": "2017 World Women's Handball Championship squads, Group C, Russia\nA 22-player squad was announced on 17 November 2017. On 20 November 2017, Elizaveta Malashenko replaced Victoria Zhilinskayte in the squad due to a pregnancy. On 27 November 2017, the squad was reduced to 18 players. The final squad was published on 2 December 2017. Ekaterina Matlashova replaced Yekaterina Ilyina on 11 December 2017. On 13 December 2017, Yekaterina Ilyina replaced Anastasiia Makina.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 47], "section_span": [49, 64], "content_span": [65, 467]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274085-0014-0000", "contents": "2017 World Women's Handball Championship squads, Group D, Germany\nA 28-player squad was announced on 1 November 2017. The final squad was revealed on 1 December 2017. On 3 December 2017, Alicia Stolle replaced due to an injury. Emily B\u00f6lk was added on 5 December 2017. Dinah Eckerle replaced Antje Lauenroth on 8 December 2017.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 47], "section_span": [49, 65], "content_span": [66, 327]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274085-0015-0000", "contents": "2017 World Women's Handball Championship squads, Group D, Netherlands\nThe first 14 players were announced on 13 November 2017. The final squad was revealed on 28 November 2017. Pearl van der Wissel replaced Angela Steenbakkers on 9 December 2017.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 47], "section_span": [49, 69], "content_span": [70, 246]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274085-0016-0000", "contents": "2017 World Women's Handball Championship squads, Group D, Serbia\nAn 18-player squad was announced on 29 November 2017. The final squad was revealed on 2 December 2017.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 47], "section_span": [49, 64], "content_span": [65, 167]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274085-0017-0000", "contents": "2017 World Women's Handball Championship squads, Group D, South Korea\nAn 18-player squad was used under a tournament in Norway in late November. The final squad was revealed on 2 December 2017. On 3 December 2017, Jung Ji-in replaced Gwon Han-na in the squad due to an injury. On 5 December 2017, Jeong Jin-hui replaced Gim Bo-eun in the squad due to an injury.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 47], "section_span": [49, 69], "content_span": [70, 361]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274086-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 World Women's Handball Championship \u2013 European qualification\nThe European qualification for the 2017 World Women's Handball Championship in Germany was played over two rounds. The 2017 hosts Germany and the 2015 Champion Norway qualified automatically for the World Championship.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 65], "section_span": [65, 65], "content_span": [66, 284]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274086-0001-0000", "contents": "2017 World Women's Handball Championship \u2013 European qualification\nIn the first round of qualification, the 15 teams who did not participate in the 2016 European Championship were split into four groups. The first and second placed teams from Groups 1\u20133 and the first placed team from Group 4 joined the eleven teams from the European Championship that did not qualify directly in a playoff to determine the nine teams that qualified for the 2017 World Championship.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 65], "section_span": [65, 65], "content_span": [66, 465]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274086-0002-0000", "contents": "2017 World Women's Handball Championship \u2013 European qualification, Qualification phase 1, Seeding\nThe draw was held on 24 June 2016. The first and second placed teams from Group 1\u20133 and the group winner of Group 4 advanced to the playoff round.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 65], "section_span": [67, 97], "content_span": [98, 244]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274086-0003-0000", "contents": "2017 World Women's Handball Championship \u2013 European qualification, Qualification phase 2\nThe draw was held on 17 December 2016 at Gothenburg. The teams played a home-and away series to determine the final tournament participants.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 65], "section_span": [67, 88], "content_span": [89, 229]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274087-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 World Women's Snooker Championship\nThe 2017 World Women's Snooker Championship was a women's snooker tournament that took place at the Lagoon Billiard Room in Toa Payoh, Singapore, from 13 to 19 March 2017. The event was the 2017 edition of the World Women's Snooker Championship first held in 1976. The event was won by Hong Kong's Ng On-yee, who defeated Vidya Pillai in the final 6\u20135. The final was played over nine hours, becoming the longest recorded best-of-11-frames match, over an hour longer than the previous record set at the 1992 UK Championship.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [39, 39], "content_span": [40, 563]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274087-0001-0000", "contents": "2017 World Women's Snooker Championship\nThe event featured a total prize fund of \u00a315,000, with the winner receiving \u00a35,000. On-yee scored the highest break of the tournament, a 76. The competition was sponsored by Eden Resources.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [39, 39], "content_span": [40, 229]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274087-0002-0000", "contents": "2017 World Women's Snooker Championship, Background\nThe tournament was held at the Lagoon Billiard Room in Toa Payoh, Singapore, the first time in more than 20 years that the women's championship had been held outside the United Kingdom. Entry was on an invitational basis, with 32 players, from ten different countries competing. The competition was sponsored by Eden Resources.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 51], "content_span": [52, 379]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274087-0003-0000", "contents": "2017 World Women's Snooker Championship, Background\nThe event featured eight groups of four players, with the top two players from each group progressing. The event was split after the group stage, with players not reaching the main knockout tournament competing in a parallel tournament named the \"Challenge Cup\". Matches were played as best-of-five frames in the group stage, increasing in each round up to the final which was played as a best-of-11-frames match.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 51], "content_span": [52, 465]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274087-0004-0000", "contents": "2017 World Women's Snooker Championship, Background, Seeding\nThere were eight seeded players for the tournament, determined by rankings following the 2017 Connie Gough Tournament held in February 2017, who were drawn into separate groups. The seeded players were:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 60], "content_span": [61, 263]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274087-0005-0000", "contents": "2017 World Women's Snooker Championship, Tournament summary, Early stages\nThe event began on 13 March with the group stages, featuring eight groups of four players, the top two players progressing from each group. Group stage matches were all played as best-of-five-frames matches, with dead frames being played. Reanne Evans won all 15 frames across her three matches, whilst both Katrina Wan and Rebecca Kenna won 14 frames each, losing just one.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 73], "content_span": [74, 448]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274087-0006-0000", "contents": "2017 World Women's Snooker Championship, Tournament summary, Early stages\nIn the semi-finals, Ng On-yee came back from 60 points down in the deciding frame to beat defending champion Reanne Evans 5\u20134. Vidya Pillai defeated Rebecca Kenna 5\u20131 to become the first championship finalist ever from India.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 73], "content_span": [74, 299]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274087-0007-0000", "contents": "2017 World Women's Snooker Championship, Tournament summary, Early stages\nOn her way to the final, Pillai defeated four of the eight seeded players \u2013 Maria Catalano in the group stage, then Tatjana Vasiljeva, Katrina Wan, and Kenna in the knockouts. On-yee against Pillai was the first all-Asian final in the history of the championship.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 73], "content_span": [74, 337]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274087-0008-0000", "contents": "2017 World Women's Snooker Championship, Tournament summary, Early stages\nThe semi-finals started at 10:00\u00a0am local time on Sunday, 19 March, with the final scheduled for the afternoon. On-yee had a break of only 30 minutes after her semi-final win before starting what turned out to be a lengthy final commencing at 16:00\u00a0pm.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 73], "content_span": [74, 326]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274087-0009-0000", "contents": "2017 World Women's Snooker Championship, Tournament summary, Final\nThe final was played on 19 March 2019, as a best-of-11-frames match. On-yee won the first two frames before losing the next four. She then won the next three to lead 5\u20134, before Pillai won the tenth to take the match to the deciding frame.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 66], "content_span": [67, 306]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274087-0010-0000", "contents": "2017 World Women's Snooker Championship, Tournament summary, Final\nThe deciding frame lasted over an hour. With just pink and black balls left, and the pink lying close to the black, which was itself very close to one of the corner pockets, On-yee fouled and left a free ball. Pillai, four points behind, nominated the black but miscued and hit the pink instead, also potting the black. On-yee then potted the pink ball to take the frame 66\u201350 and gain her second world title, having also won in 2015.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 66], "content_span": [67, 501]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274087-0011-0000", "contents": "2017 World Women's Snooker Championship, Tournament summary, Final\nThe playing time in the final was 8 hours and 4 minutes; it was the longest 11-frame competitive match in snooker, significantly exceeding the previous record of 7 hours and 14 minutes taken by Paul Tanner to defeat Robby Foldvari 6\u20135 at the 1992 UK Championship. It was the first final to go to the deciding frame in the tournament since 1989, finishing at 1:30\u00a0am local time.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 66], "content_span": [67, 444]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274087-0012-0000", "contents": "2017 World Women's Snooker Championship, Tournament summary, Final\nAcross the semi-final and final, On-yee played for more than 12 hours on the Sunday (and the early part of Monday morning). She received \u00a35,000 for her win. The winner's prize money the previous year, when Reanne Evans won, had been less than a quarter of this.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 66], "content_span": [67, 328]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274087-0013-0000", "contents": "2017 World Women's Snooker Championship, Tournament summary, Breaks\nThe highest break of the tournament was 76 by On-yee. The second-highest break was scored by On-yee and Evans, who both had a 69. In all, there were only eleven breaks of 50 or over during the groups and knockout stage.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 67], "content_span": [68, 287]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274087-0014-0000", "contents": "2017 World Women's Snooker Championship, Tournament results, Group stage\nThe top two players from each of the groups progressed into the knockout draw, where they were seeded based on group stage results. Progression from the group stages was determined, in order, by: Matches won; Head to head results; Frames won; Highest break; and Ranking position.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 72], "content_span": [73, 352]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274087-0015-0000", "contents": "2017 World Women's Snooker Championship, Knockout\nSource: WPBSA Tournament Manager. 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Players listed in bold indicate match winner.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 54], "content_span": [55, 304]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274088-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 World Wrestling Championships\nThe 2017 World Wrestling Championships were the 14th edition of World Wrestling Championships of combined events and was held from August 21 to 27 in Paris, France.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [34, 34], "content_span": [35, 200]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274089-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 World Wrestling Championships \u2013 Men's Greco-Roman 130 kg\nThe men's Greco-Roman 130 kilograms is a competition featured at the 2017 World Wrestling Championships, and was held in Paris, France on August 22.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 61], "section_span": [61, 61], "content_span": [62, 210]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274090-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 World Wrestling Championships \u2013 Men's Greco-Roman 59 kg\nThe men's Greco-Roman 59 kilograms is a 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France on August 26.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 58], "section_span": [58, 58], "content_span": [59, 204]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274102-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 World Wrestling Championships \u2013 Men's freestyle 74 kg\nThe men's freestyle 74 kilograms is a competition featured at the 2017 World Wrestling Championships, and was held in Paris, France on August 26.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 58], "section_span": [58, 58], "content_span": [59, 204]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274103-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 World Wrestling Championships \u2013 Men's freestyle 86 kg\nThe men's freestyle 86 kilograms is a competition featured at the 2017 World Wrestling Championships, and was held in Paris, France on August 25.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 58], "section_span": [58, 58], "content_span": [59, 204]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274104-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 World Wrestling Championships \u2013 Men's freestyle 97 kg\nThe men's freestyle 97 kilograms is a competition featured at the 2017 World Wrestling Championships, and was held in Paris, France on August 26.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 58], "section_span": [58, 58], "content_span": [59, 204]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274105-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 World Wrestling Championships \u2013 Women's freestyle 48 kg\nThe women's freestyle 48 kilograms is a competition featured at the 2017 World Wrestling Championships, and was held in Paris, France on August 24.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 60], "section_span": [60, 60], "content_span": [61, 208]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274106-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 World Wrestling Championships \u2013 Women's freestyle 53 kg\nThe women's freestyle 53 kilograms is a competition featured at the 2017 World Wrestling Championships, and was held in Paris, France on August 24.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 60], "section_span": [60, 60], "content_span": [61, 208]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274107-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 World Wrestling Championships \u2013 Women's freestyle 55 kg\nThe women's freestyle 55 kilograms is a competition featured at the 2017 World Wrestling Championships, and was held in Paris, France on August 23.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 60], "section_span": [60, 60], "content_span": [61, 208]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274108-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 World Wrestling Championships \u2013 Women's freestyle 58 kg\nThe women's freestyle 58 kilograms is a competition featured at the 2017 World Wrestling Championships, and was held in Paris, France on August 23.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 60], "section_span": [60, 60], "content_span": [61, 208]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274109-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 World Wrestling Championships \u2013 Women's freestyle 60 kg\nThe women's freestyle 60 kilograms is a competition featured at the 2017 World Wrestling Championships, and was held in Paris, France on August 24.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 60], "section_span": [60, 60], "content_span": [61, 208]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274110-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 World Wrestling Championships \u2013 Women's freestyle 63 kg\nThe women's freestyle 63 kilograms is a competition featured at the 2017 World Wrestling Championships, and was held in Paris, France on August 23.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 60], "section_span": [60, 60], "content_span": [61, 208]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274111-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 World Wrestling Championships \u2013 Women's freestyle 69 kg\nThe women's freestyle 69 kilograms is a competition featured at the 2017 World Wrestling Championships, and was held in Paris, France on August 24.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 60], "section_span": [60, 60], "content_span": [61, 208]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274112-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 World Wrestling Championships \u2013 Women's freestyle 75 kg\nThe women's freestyle 75 kilograms is a competition featured at the 2017 World Wrestling Championships, and was held in Paris, France on August 23.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 60], "section_span": [60, 60], "content_span": [61, 208]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274113-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 World Wrestling Clubs Cup \u2013 Men's Greco-Roman\nThe 2017 World Wrestling Clubs Cup - Men's Greco-Roman was the last of a set of two World Wrestling Clubs Cups in 2017 which were held in Isfahan, Iran on 14\u201315 December 2017.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 50], "section_span": [50, 50], "content_span": [51, 226]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274114-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 World Wushu Championships\nThe 2017 World Wushu Championships was the 14th edition of the World Wushu Championships. It was held at the Kazan Gymnastics Center in Kazan, Russia from September 19 to October 3, 2017. For the countries in Asia, this was also the qualification for the 2018 Asian Games.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [30, 30], "content_span": [31, 303]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274115-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 World Youth Championships in Athletics \u2013 Boys' 1500 metres\nThe Boys' 1500 metres at the 2017 World Youth Championships in Athletics was held on 12 and 14 July.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 63], "section_span": [63, 63], "content_span": [64, 164]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274115-0001-0000", "contents": "2017 World Youth Championships in Athletics \u2013 Boys' 1500 metres, Records\nPrior to the competition, the following records were as follows.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 63], "section_span": [65, 72], "content_span": [73, 137]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274115-0002-0000", "contents": "2017 World Youth Championships in Athletics \u2013 Boys' 1500 metres, Heats\nQualification rule: first 4 of each heat (Q) and the next 4 fastest qualified.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 63], "section_span": [65, 70], "content_span": [71, 149]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274116-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 World Youth Championships in Athletics \u2013 Boys' 400 metres\nThe Boys' 400 metres at the 2017 World Youth Championships in Athletics was held on 12-14 July.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 62], "section_span": [62, 62], "content_span": [63, 158]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274116-0001-0000", "contents": "2017 World Youth Championships in Athletics \u2013 Boys' 400 metres, Records\nPrior to the competition, the following records were as follows.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 62], "section_span": [64, 71], "content_span": [72, 136]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274116-0002-0000", "contents": "2017 World Youth Championships in Athletics \u2013 Boys' 400 metres, Heats\nQualification rule: first 4 of each heat (Q) and the next 4 fastest qualified.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 62], "section_span": [64, 69], "content_span": [70, 148]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274117-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 World Youth Championships in Athletics \u2013 Boys' 800 metres\nThe Boys' 800 metres at the 2017 World Youth Championships in Athletics was held on 12\u201315 July.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 62], "section_span": [62, 62], "content_span": [63, 158]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274117-0001-0000", "contents": "2017 World Youth Championships in Athletics \u2013 Boys' 800 metres, Records\nPrior to the competition, the following records were as follows.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 62], "section_span": [64, 71], "content_span": [72, 136]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274117-0002-0000", "contents": "2017 World Youth Championships in Athletics \u2013 Boys' 800 metres, Heats\nQualification rule: first 3 of each heat (Q) and the next 4 fastest qualified.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 62], "section_span": [64, 69], "content_span": [70, 148]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274118-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 World Youth Championships in Athletics \u2013 Boys' decathlon\nThe Boys' decathlon at the 2017 World Youth Championships in Athletics was held on 12\u201313 July.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 61], "section_span": [61, 61], "content_span": [62, 156]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274118-0001-0000", "contents": "2017 World Youth Championships in Athletics \u2013 Boys' decathlon, Records\nPrior to the competition, the following records were as follows.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 61], "section_span": [63, 70], "content_span": [71, 135]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274119-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 World Youth Championships in Athletics \u2013 Boys' hammer throw\nThe Boys' hammer throw at the 2017 World Youth Championships in Athletics was held on 12 and 14 July.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 64], "section_span": [64, 64], "content_span": [65, 166]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274119-0001-0000", "contents": "2017 World Youth Championships in Athletics \u2013 Boys' hammer throw, Records\nPrior to the competition, the following records were as follows.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 64], "section_span": [66, 73], "content_span": [74, 138]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274119-0002-0000", "contents": "2017 World Youth Championships in Athletics \u2013 Boys' hammer throw, Qualification\nQualification rule: 72.00 m (Q) or at least 12 best (q) performers.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 64], "section_span": [66, 79], "content_span": [80, 147]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274120-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 World Youth Championships in Athletics \u2013 Boys' pole vault\nThe Boys' pole vault at the 2017 World Youth Championships in Athletics was held on 16 July at the Moi International Sports Centre, Nairobi, Kenya.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 62], "section_span": [62, 62], "content_span": [63, 210]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274121-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 World Youth Championships in Athletics \u2013 Boys' triple jump\nThe Boys' triple jump at the 2017 World Youth Championships in Athletics was held on 12 and 14 July.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 63], "section_span": [63, 63], "content_span": [64, 164]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274121-0001-0000", "contents": "2017 World Youth Championships in Athletics \u2013 Boys' triple jump, Records\nPrior to the competition, the following records were as follows.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 63], "section_span": [65, 72], "content_span": [73, 137]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274121-0002-0000", "contents": "2017 World Youth Championships in Athletics \u2013 Boys' triple jump, Qualification\nQualification rule: 15.30 m (Q) or at least 12 best (q) performers.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 63], "section_span": [65, 78], "content_span": [79, 146]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274122-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 World Youth Championships in Athletics \u2013 Girls' 100 metres\nThe Girls' 100 metres at the 2017 World Youth Championships in Athletics was held on 12-13 July.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 63], "section_span": [63, 63], "content_span": [64, 160]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274122-0001-0000", "contents": "2017 World Youth Championships in Athletics \u2013 Girls' 100 metres, Records\nPrior to the competition, the following records were as follows.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 63], "section_span": [65, 72], "content_span": [73, 137]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274122-0002-0000", "contents": "2017 World Youth Championships in Athletics \u2013 Girls' 100 metres, Heats\nQualification rule: first 3 of each heat (Q) and the next 4 fastest qualified.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 63], "section_span": [65, 70], "content_span": [71, 149]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274123-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 World Youth Championships in Athletics \u2013 Girls' 3000 metres\nThe Girls' 3000 metres at the 2017 World Youth Championships in Athletics was held on 12 July.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 64], "section_span": [64, 64], "content_span": [65, 159]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274123-0001-0000", "contents": "2017 World Youth Championships in Athletics \u2013 Girls' 3000 metres, Records\nPrior to the competition, the following records were as follows.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 64], "section_span": [66, 73], "content_span": [74, 138]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274124-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 World Youth Championships in Athletics \u2013 Girls' 400 metres\nThe Girls' 400 metres at the 2017 World Youth Championships in Athletics was held on 12-14 July.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 63], "section_span": [63, 63], "content_span": [64, 160]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274124-0001-0000", "contents": "2017 World Youth Championships in Athletics \u2013 Girls' 400 metres, Records\nPrior to the competition, the following records were as follows.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 63], "section_span": [65, 72], "content_span": [73, 137]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274124-0002-0000", "contents": "2017 World Youth Championships in Athletics \u2013 Girls' 400 metres, Heats\nQualification rule: first 3 of each heat (Q) and the next 4 fastest qualified.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 63], "section_span": [65, 70], "content_span": [71, 149]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274125-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 World Youth Championships in Athletics \u2013 Girls' discus throw\nThe Girls' discus throw at the 2017 World Youth Championships in Athletics was held on 12 and 14July.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 65], "section_span": [65, 65], "content_span": [66, 167]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274125-0001-0000", "contents": "2017 World Youth Championships in Athletics \u2013 Girls' discus throw, Records\nPrior to the competition, the following records were as follows.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 65], "section_span": [67, 74], "content_span": [75, 139]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274125-0002-0000", "contents": "2017 World Youth Championships in Athletics \u2013 Girls' discus throw, Qualification\nQualification rule: 48.00 m (Q) or at least 12 best (q) performers.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 65], "section_span": [67, 80], "content_span": [81, 148]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274126-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 World Youth Championships in Athletics \u2013 Girls' shot put\nThe Girls' shot put at the 2017 World Youth Championships in Athletics was held on 12 July.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 61], "section_span": [61, 61], "content_span": [62, 153]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274126-0001-0000", "contents": "2017 World Youth Championships in Athletics \u2013 Girls' shot put, Records\nPrior to the competition, the following records were as follows.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 61], "section_span": [63, 70], "content_span": [71, 135]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274127-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 World of Outlaws Craftsman Sprint Car Series\nThe 2017 World of Outlaws Craftsman Sprint Car Series season is the 39th season of the winged sprint car series in North America. The season began with the DIRTcar Nationals at Volusia Speedway Park on February 17, and will end with the World of Outlaws World Finals at The Dirt Track at Charlotte Motor Speedway on November 4. Donny Schatz entered the 2017 season as the defending series champion. Schatz won the series championship for the 9th time in 2017.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 49], "section_span": [49, 49], "content_span": [50, 509]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274127-0001-0000", "contents": "2017 World of Outlaws Craftsman Sprint Car Series, Results and Standings, Driver Points\nBelow shows the top 100 in final points standings for 2017. 356 drivers in total attempted a World of Outlaws Craftsman Sprint Cars Series race in 2017.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 49], "section_span": [51, 87], "content_span": [88, 240]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274128-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 World's Best Racehorse Rankings\nThe 2017 World's Best Racehorse Rankings, sponsored by Longines was the 2017 edition of the World's Best Racehorse Rankings. It was an assessment of Thoroughbred racehorses issued by the International Federation of Horseracing Authorities (IFHA) on 23 January 2017. It included horses aged three or older which competed in flat races during 2017. It was open to all horses irrespective of where they raced or were trained.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [36, 36], "content_span": [37, 459]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274129-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 World's Strongest Man\nThe 2017 World's Strongest Man was the 40th edition of the World's Strongest Man competition. It was held in Gaborone, Botswana from May 20 to 28. The tournament was won by Eddie Hall of the United Kingdom, with Haf\u00fe\u00f3r J\u00fal\u00edus Bj\u00f6rnsson of Iceland second and defending champion Brian Shaw of the United States third. Hall announced after the competition that he would not defend his title. Four-time champion Zydrunas Savickas of Lithuania finished in ninth place; this marked the first time in his career that he failed to finish in the top three after qualifying for the final.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [26, 26], "content_span": [27, 605]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274129-0001-0000", "contents": "2017 World's Strongest Man, Heat Results\nA change was made to the qualifying rounds for 2017. Each group participated in five normal events, with the highest scoring competitor at the end of those events being declared the group winner and automatically qualifying for the final. The lowest scoring competitor was eliminated from further competition.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 40], "content_span": [41, 350]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274129-0002-0000", "contents": "2017 World's Strongest Man, Heat Results\nIn a throwback to early competitions, where a head to head competition determined the overall champion, the four remaining competitors faced off in an event called Last Man Standing. The event consisted of a hurdle placed in the middle of an octagon with a white square in the middle, in which was placed an Atlas Stone.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 40], "content_span": [41, 361]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274129-0003-0000", "contents": "2017 World's Strongest Man, Heat Results\nThe event was conducted in a stepladder format, with the fifth place and fourth place competitors beginning the event. Each competitor took turns lifting the stone from their side of the square and dropping it over the hurdle. The lift had to be started from within the square and each competitor was given ten seconds to lift and drop the stone. Once one of them could not complete the task, he was eliminated from the event and the third place competitor stepped in. The survivor of that matchup took on the second place competitor, with the winner of the event joining the overall group winner in the final.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 40], "content_span": [41, 651]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274130-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 Wrestling World Cup - Men's Greco-Roman\nThe 2017 Wrestling World Cup - Men's Greco-Roman was held in Abadan, Iran at the Kowsar Sport Complex On March 16 to March 17, 2017.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [44, 44], "content_span": [45, 177]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274130-0001-0000", "contents": "2017 Wrestling World Cup - Men's Greco-Roman\nRussia won the tournament after a three years absence of titles on the World Cups.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [44, 44], "content_span": [45, 127]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274131-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 Wrestling World Cup \u2013 Men's freestyle\nThe 2017 Wrestling World Cup - Men's freestyle was the last of a set of three Wrestling World Cups in 2017 which were held in Kermanshah, Iran on 16\u201317 February 2017.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [42, 42], "content_span": [43, 209]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274131-0001-0000", "contents": "2017 Wrestling World Cup \u2013 Men's freestyle\nInitially the United States' team was having trouble entering the country to participate in the tournament due to visa issues. The root of the problem was Iran's counter measures to U.S Muslim Ban blocking the entry of residents from predominantly Muslim countries into United States. However after the requests from both Iranian and American wrestling federations the visa issues got resolved on 6 February 2017, and U.S team was eligible to join the tournament.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [42, 42], "content_span": [43, 506]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274132-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 Wrexham County Borough Council election\nThe 2017 Wrexham County Borough Council election took place on 4 May 2017 to elect members of Wrexham County Borough Council in Wales. This was on the same day as other 2017 United Kingdom local elections. The previous all-council election took place in May 2012.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [44, 44], "content_span": [45, 308]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274132-0001-0000", "contents": "2017 Wrexham County Borough Council election, Background\nThe Labour Party held power on the council after the 2012 election, but lost it after splitting because of an internal row. Several Labour councillors became independent, allowing the Independent group to take control in alliance with the Conservatives.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [46, 56], "content_span": [57, 310]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274132-0002-0000", "contents": "2017 Wrexham County Borough Council election, Background\nIn 2017, contests took place in 44 of the 47 wards.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [46, 56], "content_span": [57, 108]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274132-0003-0000", "contents": "2017 Wrexham County Borough Council election, Results\nThe Independents lost three seats in comparison with their position immediately prior to the election, but remained the largest group. The Conservative group gained four seats.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [46, 53], "content_span": [54, 230]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274132-0004-0000", "contents": "2017 Wrexham County Borough Council election, Ward results\n* = denotes councillor elected to this ward at the 2012 elections", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [46, 58], "content_span": [59, 124]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274132-0005-0000", "contents": "2017 Wrexham County Borough Council election, Ward results, Acton (one seat)\nCouncillor Lowe was elected for the Labour Party in May 2012.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [46, 76], "content_span": [77, 138]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274132-0006-0000", "contents": "2017 Wrexham County Borough Council election, Ward results, Bryn Cefn (one seat)\nBarbara Roxburgh was elected for the Labour Party in May 2012.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [46, 80], "content_span": [81, 143]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274132-0007-0000", "contents": "2017 Wrexham County Borough Council election, Ward results, Garden Village (one seat)\nCouncillor Williams was elected for the Labour Party in May 2012.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [46, 85], "content_span": [86, 151]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274132-0008-0000", "contents": "2017 Wrexham County Borough Council election, Ward results, Grosvenor (one seat)\nWilson was elected for the Labour Party at the previous election in 2012.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [46, 80], "content_span": [81, 154]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274132-0009-0000", "contents": "2017 Wrexham County Borough Council election, Ward results, Gwersyllt East and South (two seats)\nGriffiths and McCann was elected for the Labour Party at the previous election, in 2012.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [46, 96], "content_span": [97, 185]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274132-0010-0000", "contents": "2017 Wrexham County Borough Council election, Ward results, Llay (two seats)\nTerry Boland was elected for the Labour Party at the previous ward election, in May 2012.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [46, 76], "content_span": [77, 166]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274133-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 Wroc\u0142aw Open\nThe 2017 Wroc\u0142aw Open was a professional tennis tournament played on indoor hard courts. It was the third edition of the tournament which was part of the 2017 ATP Challenger Tour. It took place in Wroclaw, Poland between 27 February and 5 March 2017.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 17], "section_span": [17, 17], "content_span": [18, 268]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274133-0001-0000", "contents": "2017 Wroc\u0142aw Open, Singles main draw entrants, Other entrants\nThe following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 17], "section_span": [19, 61], "content_span": [62, 130]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274133-0002-0000", "contents": "2017 Wroc\u0142aw Open, Singles main draw entrants, Other entrants\nThe following player received entry into the singles main draw as an alternate:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 17], "section_span": [19, 61], "content_span": [62, 141]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274133-0003-0000", "contents": "2017 Wroc\u0142aw Open, Singles main draw entrants, Other entrants\nThe following player received entry into the singles main draw using a protected ranking:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 17], "section_span": [19, 61], "content_span": [62, 151]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274133-0004-0000", "contents": "2017 Wroc\u0142aw Open, Singles main draw entrants, Other entrants\nThe following player received entry into the singles main draw using a special exemption:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 17], "section_span": [19, 61], "content_span": [62, 151]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274134-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 Wroc\u0142aw Open \u2013 Doubles\nPierre-Hugues Herbert and Albano Olivetti were the defending champions but only Olivetti chose to defend his title, partnering Kevin Krawietz. Olivetti lost in the first round to Roman Jebav\u00fd and Igor Zelenay.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [27, 27], "content_span": [28, 237]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274134-0001-0000", "contents": "2017 Wroc\u0142aw Open \u2013 Doubles\nAdil Shamasdin and Andrei Vasilevski won the title after defeating Mikhail Elgin and Denys Molchanov 6\u20133, 3\u20136, [21\u201319] in the final.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [27, 27], "content_span": [28, 160]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274135-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 Wroc\u0142aw Open \u2013 Singles\nMarco Chiudinelli was the defending champion but chose not to defend his title.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [27, 27], "content_span": [28, 107]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274135-0001-0000", "contents": "2017 Wroc\u0142aw Open \u2013 Singles\nJ\u00fcrgen Melzer won the title after defeating Micha\u0142 Przysi\u0119\u017cny 6\u20134, 6\u20133 in the final.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [27, 27], "content_span": [28, 112]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274136-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 Wuhan Open\nThe 2017 Wuhan Open (also known as the 2017 Dongfeng Motor Wuhan Open for sponsorship reasons) was a women's tennis tournament played on outdoor hard courts between September 24\u201330, 2017. It was the 4th edition of the Wuhan Open, and part of the WTA Premier 5 tournaments of the 2017 WTA Tour. The tournament was held at the Optics Valley International Tennis Center in Wuhan, China.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [15, 15], "content_span": [16, 399]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274136-0001-0000", "contents": "2017 Wuhan Open, Singles main draw entrants, Other entrants\nThe following players received wild cards into the singles main draw:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [17, 59], "content_span": [60, 129]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274136-0002-0000", "contents": "2017 Wuhan Open, Singles main draw entrants, Other entrants\nThe following players received entry using a protected ranking into the singles main draw:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [17, 59], "content_span": [60, 150]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274136-0003-0000", "contents": "2017 Wuhan Open, Singles main draw entrants, Other entrants\nThe following players received entry from the singles qualifying draw:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [17, 59], "content_span": [60, 130]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274136-0004-0000", "contents": "2017 Wuhan Open, Doubles main draw entrants, Other entrants\nThe following pairs received wildcards into the doubles main draw:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [17, 59], "content_span": [60, 126]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274137-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 Wuhan Open \u2013 Doubles\nBethanie Mattek-Sands and Lucie \u0160af\u00e1\u0159ov\u00e1 were the defending champions, but neither player could participate this year due to injury.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [25, 25], "content_span": [26, 158]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274137-0001-0000", "contents": "2017 Wuhan Open \u2013 Doubles\nChan Yung-jan and Martina Hingis won the title, defeating Shuko Aoyama and Yang Zhaoxuan in the final, 7\u20136(7\u20135), 3\u20136, [10\u20134].", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [25, 25], "content_span": [26, 151]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274137-0002-0000", "contents": "2017 Wuhan Open \u2013 Doubles\nAs a result of \u0160af\u00e1\u0159ov\u00e1's withdrawal, Hingis regained the WTA no. 1 doubles ranking at the conclusion of the tournament.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [25, 25], "content_span": [26, 146]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274137-0003-0000", "contents": "2017 Wuhan Open \u2013 Doubles, Seeds\nThe top four seeds received a bye into the second round.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 32], "content_span": [33, 89]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274138-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 Wuhan Open \u2013 Singles\nPetra Kvitov\u00e1 was the defending champion, but lost in the first round to Peng Shuai.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [25, 25], "content_span": [26, 110]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274138-0001-0000", "contents": "2017 Wuhan Open \u2013 Singles\nCaroline Garcia won the title, defeating Ashleigh Barty in the final, 6\u20137(3\u20137), 7\u20136(7\u20134), 6\u20132.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [25, 25], "content_span": [26, 120]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274138-0002-0000", "contents": "2017 Wuhan Open \u2013 Singles\nGarbi\u00f1e Muguruza retained the WTA no. 1 singles ranking after Simona Halep and Karol\u00edna Pl\u00ed\u0161kov\u00e1 lost in the second round and quarterfinals, respectively.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [25, 25], "content_span": [26, 180]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274138-0003-0000", "contents": "2017 Wuhan Open \u2013 Singles, Seeds\nThe top eight seeds received a bye into the second round.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 32], "content_span": [33, 90]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274138-0004-0000", "contents": "2017 Wuhan Open \u2013 Singles, Seeds\nClick on the seed number of a player to go to their draw section.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 32], "content_span": [33, 98]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274139-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 Wyoming Cowboys football team\nThe 2017 Wyoming Cowboys football team represented the University of Wyoming during the 2017 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The Cowboys were coached by fourth-year head coach Craig Bohl and played their home games at War Memorial Stadium. They participated in the Mountain Division of the Mountain West Conference. This was their first year with new defensive coordinator Scottie Hazelton, who was previously an NFL linebackers coach with Jacksonville Jaguars for three seasons and was also Bohl's defensive coordinator for two seasons at North Dakota State. They finished the season 8\u20135, 5\u20133 in Mountain West play to finish in a tie for second place in the Mountain Division. They were invited to the Famous Idaho Potato Bowl where they defeated Central Michigan.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [34, 34], "content_span": [35, 805]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274139-0001-0000", "contents": "2017 Wyoming Cowboys football team, Previous season\nThe Cowboys finished the season 8\u20136 overall (6\u20132 in Mountain West play). They finished in a three-way tie for the Mountain Division title. After tiebreakers, they represented the Mountain Division in, and hosted, the Mountain West Championship Game where they lost to San Diego State. They were invited to the Poinsettia Bowl where they lost to BYU.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 51], "content_span": [52, 401]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274139-0002-0000", "contents": "2017 Wyoming Cowboys football team, Statistics, Defense\nKey: SOLO: Solo Tackles, AST: Assisted Tackles, TOT: Total Tackles, TFL: Tackles-for-loss, SACK: Quarterback Sacks, INT: Interceptions, BU: Passes Broken Up, QBH: Quarterback Hits, FF: Forced Fumbles, FR: Fumbles Recovered, BLK: Kicks or Punts Blocked, SAF: Safeties", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 55], "content_span": [56, 322]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274140-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 XIXO Ladies Open H\u00f3dmez\u0151v\u00e1s\u00e1rhely\nThe 2017 XIXO Ladies Open H\u00f3dmez\u0151v\u00e1s\u00e1rhely was a professional tennis tournament played on outdoor clay courts. It was the second edition of the tournament and part of the 2017 ITF Women's Circuit, offering a total of $60,000 in prize money. It took place in H\u00f3dmez\u0151v\u00e1s\u00e1rhely, Hungary, from 12\u201318 June 2017.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [38, 38], "content_span": [39, 345]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274140-0001-0000", "contents": "2017 XIXO Ladies Open H\u00f3dmez\u0151v\u00e1s\u00e1rhely, Singles main draw entrants, Other entrants\nThe following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 82], "content_span": [83, 151]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274140-0002-0000", "contents": "2017 XIXO Ladies Open H\u00f3dmez\u0151v\u00e1s\u00e1rhely, Singles main draw entrants, Other entrants\nThe following player received entry into the singles main draw by a protected ranking:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 82], "content_span": [83, 169]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274141-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 XIXO Ladies Open H\u00f3dmez\u0151v\u00e1s\u00e1rhely \u2013 Doubles\nLaura Pigossi and Nadia Podoroska were the defending champions, but both players chose not to participate.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 48], "section_span": [48, 48], "content_span": [49, 155]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274141-0001-0000", "contents": "2017 XIXO Ladies Open H\u00f3dmez\u0151v\u00e1s\u00e1rhely \u2013 Doubles\nKotomi Takahata and Prarthana Thombare won the title after Ulrikke Eikeri and Tereza Mrde\u017ea retired in the final at 1\u20130.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 48], "section_span": [48, 48], "content_span": [49, 169]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274142-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 XIXO Ladies Open H\u00f3dmez\u0151v\u00e1s\u00e1rhely \u2013 Singles\nTamara Zidan\u0161ek was the defending champion, but lost in the second round to Alexandra Panova.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 48], "section_span": [48, 48], "content_span": [49, 142]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274142-0001-0000", "contents": "2017 XIXO Ladies Open H\u00f3dmez\u0151v\u00e1s\u00e1rhely \u2013 Singles\nMihaela Buz\u0103rnescu won the title, defeating Danka Kovini\u0107 in the final, 6\u20132, 6\u20131.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 48], "section_span": [48, 48], "content_span": [49, 130]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274143-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 XO2\n2017 XO2, also written 2017 XO2, is a sub-kilometer asteroid and near-Earth object of the Apollo group approximately 110 meters (360 feet) in diameter. The asteroid was discovered by Pan-STARRS in December 2017, after it already had approached Earth at 0.051\u00a0AU (7,600,000\u00a0km) or 20 lunar distances (LD) on 6 November 2017. On 26 April 2057, it will pass Earth at a similar distance of 21\u00a0LD again.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 8], "section_span": [8, 8], "content_span": [9, 407]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274143-0001-0000", "contents": "2017 XO2, Discovery and observations\n2017 XO2 was discovered by Pan-STARRS at Haleakala Observatory, Hawaii, on 10 December 2017, when the asteroid was about 0.3\u00a0AU (45,000,000\u00a0km; 28,000,000\u00a0mi) from Earth and had a solar elongation of 125\u00b0.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 8], "section_span": [10, 36], "content_span": [37, 242]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274143-0002-0000", "contents": "2017 XO2, Discovery and observations\nOn 20 January 2018 with a 40-day observation arc, it reached Torino scale 1 with an estimated 1 in 3000 chance of impacting Earth on 28 April 2057. The nominal JPL Horizons 28 April 2057 Earth distance was estimated at 0.001\u00a0AU (100,000\u00a0km; 90,000\u00a0mi) with a 3-sigma uncertainty of \u00b152 million km. NEODyS listed the nominal 28 April 2057 Earth distance at 0.03\u00a0AU (4,500,000\u00a0km; 2,800,000\u00a0mi). A Monte Carlo simulation using Solex 12 with 1000 clones of the asteroid generated one impactor.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 8], "section_span": [10, 36], "content_span": [37, 527]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274143-0003-0000", "contents": "2017 XO2, Discovery and observations\nOn 27 January 2018 Pan-STARRS precovery images from November and December 2011 were announced, and 2017 XO2 was removed from the Sentry Risk Table. These precovery images extended the observation arc from 40 days to 6.21 years. It is now known that on 26 April 2057 the asteroid will be just past closest approach roughly 0.056\u00a0AU (8,400,000\u00a0km; 5,200,000\u00a0mi) from Earth with a 3-sigma uncertainty of \u00b13000 km.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 8], "section_span": [10, 36], "content_span": [37, 447]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274143-0004-0000", "contents": "2017 XO2, Discovery and observations\nThe asteroid was last observed on 20 January 2018 at apparent magnitude 24 by T14 Mauna Kea. As the asteroid is becoming very faint, further observations during this approach are difficult. The next good chance to recover the asteroid will be between March and late April 2022 when the asteroid will pass about 0.0544\u00a0AU (8,140,000\u00a0km; 5,060,000\u00a0mi) from Earth.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 8], "section_span": [10, 36], "content_span": [37, 398]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274143-0005-0000", "contents": "2017 XO2, Orbit and classification\n2017 XO2 is an Apollo asteroid, the largest group of near-Earth objects and Earth-crossing asteroids with approximately 10 thousand known members. It orbits the Sun at a distance of 0.72\u20131.55\u00a0AU once every 15 months (440 days; semi-major axis of 1.13\u00a0AU). Its orbit has an eccentricity of 0.36 and an inclination of 15\u00b0 with respect to the ecliptic. The asteroid has a notably low minimum orbital intersection distance with Earth of 40,400\u00a0km (0.00027\u00a0AU), or 0.11\u00a0LD.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 8], "section_span": [10, 34], "content_span": [35, 503]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274143-0006-0000", "contents": "2017 XO2, Physical characteristics\nOn the Sentry Risk Table, the object had an estimated mean-diameter of 110 meters (360 feet). Based on a generic magnitude-to-diameter conversion, 2017 XO2 measures between 100 and 200 meters in diameter, for an absolute magnitude of 22.4, and an assumed albedo between 0.05 and 0.20, which represent typical values for carbonaceous and stony asteroids, respectively. As of 2018, no rotational lightcurve of this object has been obtained from photometric observations. The body's rotation period, pole and shape remain unknown.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 8], "section_span": [10, 34], "content_span": [35, 562]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274144-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 XX61\n2017 XX61 is a small near-Earth object, approximately 17 meters (56 feet) in diameter, that transited Earth at 8 lunar distances on 18 December 2017 at 14:54 UTC. The Apollo asteroid on an eccentric orbit was first observed by the Mount Lemmon Survey and was lost on the following night. As of 2020, it has not been recovered.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 9], "section_span": [9, 9], "content_span": [10, 336]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274144-0001-0000", "contents": "2017 XX61, Description\n2017 XX61 was first observed on 15 December 2017, by astronomers of the Mount Lemmon Survey at Mount Lemmon Observatory near Tucson, Arizona.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 9], "section_span": [11, 22], "content_span": [23, 164]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274144-0002-0000", "contents": "2017 XX61, Description\nIt orbits the Sun at a distance of 0.8\u20133.3\u00a0AU once every 2 years and 11 months (1,062 days; semi-major axis of 2.04\u00a0AU). Its orbit has an eccentricity of 0.61 and an inclination of 8\u00b0 with respect to the ecliptic.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 9], "section_span": [11, 22], "content_span": [23, 236]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274144-0003-0000", "contents": "2017 XX61, Description\n2017 XX61 has an Earth minimum orbital intersection distance of 0.0162\u00a0AU (2,420,000\u00a0km), which translates into 6.3 lunar distances. The asteroid also approached Mars on 11 May 2018.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 9], "section_span": [11, 22], "content_span": [23, 205]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274144-0004-0000", "contents": "2017 XX61, Description\nA generic magnitude-to-diameter conversion gives a mean-diameter of 13\u201327 meters, for an absolute magnitude of 26.6, and an assumed albedo between 0.25 and 0.057, which typically correspond to the composition of a stony and carbonaceous body, respectively.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 9], "section_span": [11, 22], "content_span": [23, 279]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274145-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 Xuzhou kindergarten bombing\nOn 15 June 2017, a bombing at a kindergarten in Feng County, Xuzhou, Jiangsu province, east China, killed at least eight people and injured 65 others. The perpetrator, 22-year-old Xu Taoran, died in the blast. Subsequent investigation revealed that Xu was mentally ill and obsessed with death and destruction. The blast occurred at the entrance of the kindergarten, while children were leaving school. Two people died on the spot, and five succumbed to injuries at the hospital. Nine remained in critical condition in the aftermath. Due to the shattering bomb parts, over 60 people were injured and needed medical attention.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [32, 32], "content_span": [33, 657]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274145-0001-0000", "contents": "2017 Xuzhou kindergarten bombing\nThe Fengxian county government stated that the casualties did not include any of the kindergarten's children or teachers, as class had not yet been dismissed.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [32, 32], "content_span": [33, 191]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274145-0002-0000", "contents": "2017 Xuzhou kindergarten bombing, Motives\nThe suicide bomber responsible was identified as 22-year-old Xu Taoran, who suffered from \u201cvegetative nervous function disturbances,\u201d a disorder that can cause heart and breathing problems. Prior to the attack, he dropped out of school and went to work and lived near the kindergarten. After the attack, investigators found material to make a homemade explosive device and, written on a wall near the school, a \"manifesto-style rant.\" It has been suggested that the attack may have been targeted at mothers. Sociologists say \u201cthe attacks on schools and young children are a result of the strains of society undergoing rapid change.\u201d", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 41], "content_span": [42, 674]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274145-0003-0000", "contents": "2017 Xuzhou kindergarten bombing, Victims\nAfter the explosion, about fifty-nine adults and children survived with injuries. However, eight victims, including the bomber, died in the explosion. Authorities did not specify if there were any children included in the fatalities.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 41], "content_span": [42, 275]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274145-0004-0000", "contents": "2017 Xuzhou kindergarten bombing, Investigation\nChinese investigators used physical evidence and DNA found at the scene to determine the identity of the suspect, which pointed to Xu Taoran, 22, a university dropout who had written violent screeds against parents and children. Taoran had antisocial tendencies and had a debilitating autonomous nervous system disorder that forced him to take a leave of absence from his school, authorities said. Due to China\u2019s gutted mental health care program, those who are poor and can\u2019t afford any care, such as Xu, are left to grapple with frustration. The police discovered the materials used to make the explosives in his apartment, along with words such as \"'die,' 'death' and 'destroy'\" written on the walls, assumingly pointed towards children and families.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 47], "content_span": [48, 801]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274145-0005-0000", "contents": "2017 Xuzhou kindergarten bombing, Related events\nFrom 2010 to 2012, China saw at least nine attacks on elementary students, which together killed at least 25 people and wounded more than 100. Many of these attacks seem related to each other regarding how the schools security system were lacking and thorough background checks were not completed on the school personnel. Some of these attacks include:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 48], "content_span": [49, 401]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274145-0006-0000", "contents": "2017 Xuzhou kindergarten bombing, Related events\nThe events allowed school boards to make new decisions and new policies to keep children safe in schools to avoid such tragedies.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 48], "content_span": [49, 178]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274146-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 YE5\n2017 YE5 is the provisional designation of a binary pair of asteroids of approximately equal size and mass, each about 0.9\u00a0km (0.56\u00a0mi) in diameter. Classified as a near-Earth asteroid and potentially hazardous object of the Apollo group, 2017 YE5 was discovered by amateur astronomer Claudine Rinner at the Ouka\u00efmeden Observatory on 21 December 2017. On 21 June 2018, the pair of asteroids passed within 15.5 lunar distances or approximately 6\u00a0million\u00a0km (3.7\u00a0million\u00a0mi) from Earth. During the close encounter, 2017 YE5 was resolved in high detail by concurrent radar observations by the Arecibo and Green Bank observatories, along with individual observations by the Goldstone Solar System Radar. The discovery of 2017 YE5's binary nature was announced in a NASA press release in July 2018.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 8], "section_span": [8, 8], "content_span": [9, 802]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274146-0001-0000", "contents": "2017 YE5, Discovery\n2017 YE5 was discovered on 21 December 2017, by French amateur astronomer Claudine Rinner at the Ouka\u00efmeden Observatory in Marrakesh, Morocco. The discovery formed part of the Morocco Ouka\u00efmeden Sky Survey (MOSS) directed by Zouhair Benkhaldoun at the Cadi Ayyad University. The MOSS survey was designed for searching and characterizing the orbits of small Solar System bodies such as near-Earth asteroids and comets. As the sixth near-Earth asteroid discovered by the MOSS survey, 2017 YE5 was found in images taken by the Ouka\u00efmeden Observatory's 0.5-meter reflecting telescope, which was remotely operated by Rinner. At the time of discovery, 2017 YE5 was about 1.1\u00a0AU (160\u00a0million\u00a0km; 100\u00a0million\u00a0mi) away from Earth, located in the constellation of Gemini at an apparent magnitude of 19.8.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 8], "section_span": [10, 19], "content_span": [20, 814]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274146-0002-0000", "contents": "2017 YE5, Discovery\nThe discovery of 2017 YE5 was subsequently reported to the Minor Planet Center's near-Earth object confirmation page (NEOCP), where a preliminary orbit was calculated from additional observations conducted at multiple observatories. Follow-up observations of 2017 YE5 spanned six days starting from its discovery, and the object was formally announced in a Minor Planet Electronic Circular issued by the Minor Planet Center on 27 December 2017.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 8], "section_span": [10, 19], "content_span": [20, 464]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274146-0003-0000", "contents": "2017 YE5, Discovery\nPrecovery observations of 2017 YE5 were first identified and reported to the Minor Planet Center in February 2018. These observations were from the Mount Lemmon Survey, which had observed 2017 YE5 on 14 December 2017, seven days prior to its discovery by the Ouka\u00efmeden Observatory. Earlier precovery observations by the Pan-STARRS1 survey on 12 December 2017 were later identified in May 2018, and are now known to be the earliest reported observations of 2017 YE5.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 8], "section_span": [10, 19], "content_span": [20, 486]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274146-0004-0000", "contents": "2017 YE5, Nomenclature\nUpon discovery, the asteroid was given the temporary internal designation tltv005. After follow up observations confirming the object, it was then given the provisional designation 2017 YE5 by the Minor Planet Center on 27 December 2017. The provisional designation signifies the object's discovery date and year, with the second letter and numbers indicating that it is the 130th object discovered during the second half of December 2017.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 8], "section_span": [10, 22], "content_span": [23, 462]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274146-0004-0001", "contents": "2017 YE5, Nomenclature\n2017 YE5 has not yet been issued a permanent minor planet number by the Minor Planet Center due to its short observation arc of 270 days, which is insufficient for an orbit to be accurately determined. 2017 YE5 is expected to receive a minor planet number once it has been observed for over at least four oppositions, which would take several years. Once it receives a minor planet number, it will be eligible for naming.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 8], "section_span": [10, 22], "content_span": [23, 444]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274146-0005-0000", "contents": "2017 YE5, Orbit and classification\n2017 YE5 orbits the Sun at an average distance of approximately 2.82 astronomical units (0.422\u00d710^9\u00a0km; 0.262\u00d710^9\u00a0mi), taking 4.73 years to complete one orbit. The orbit of 2017 YE5 is slightly inclined to the ecliptic plane by 6.2 degrees, with its farthest apsis oriented below the ecliptic. 2017 YE5 has a highly elongated orbit with an orbital eccentricity of 0.71. Over the course of its orbit, 2017 YE5 approaches 0.82\u00a0AU from the Sun at perihelion and recedes 4.82\u00a0AU from the Sun at aphelion, beyond the outer extent of the asteroid belt.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 8], "section_span": [10, 34], "content_span": [35, 582]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274146-0006-0000", "contents": "2017 YE5, Orbit and classification\nAt aphelion, 2017 YE5 approaches close to Jupiter's orbit, with a minimum orbital intersection distance (MOID) of 0.42\u00a0AU. At such close proximity to Jupiter's orbit, 2017 YE5 has likely been gravitationally perturbed by Jupiter, indicated by its Tisserand parameter of 2.877, which is considered to be characteristic of comets. Because of its comet-like Tisserand parameter and relatively large orbit for a near-Earth object, 2017 YE5 has been suspected to be an extinct Jupiter-family comet.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 8], "section_span": [10, 34], "content_span": [35, 528]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274146-0007-0000", "contents": "2017 YE5, Orbit and classification\nAs a near-Earth object, the orbit of 2017 YE5 crosses that of Earth's, which leads to occasional close approaches to the planet. It has a semi-major axis (orbital distance) greater than 1\u00a0AU and a perihelion distance within that of Earth's, therefore it is formally classified under the Apollo group of near-Earth asteroids. 2017 YE5's Earth MOID is approximately 0.021\u00a0AU (3.1\u00a0million\u00a0km; 2.0\u00a0million\u00a0mi), or about 8 lunar distances. Given a small Earth MOID, 2017 YE5 is considered a potentially hazardous asteroid (PHA) by the Minor Planet Center, under the definition that PHAs have Earth MOIDs less than 0.05\u00a0AU and absolute magnitudes brighter than 22.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 8], "section_span": [10, 34], "content_span": [35, 693]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274146-0008-0000", "contents": "2017 YE5, Orbit and classification\nDespite being considered potentially hazardous, there is no risk of impact by 2017 YE5, as it will not make any close Earth encounters within 12 lunar distances or 0.03\u00a0AU (4.5\u00a0million\u00a0km; 2.8\u00a0million\u00a0mi) over the next 200 years. 2017 YE5 was removed from the JPL Sentry Risk Table on 6 January 2018, after extensive observations and refinements of its orbit ruled out future possibilities of Earth impacts.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 8], "section_span": [10, 34], "content_span": [35, 442]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274146-0009-0000", "contents": "2017 YE5, Orbit and classification, 2018 Earth approach\nOn 21 June 2018 at 20:53\u00a0UTC, 2017 YE5 made its closest approach to Earth from a distance of 0.03986\u00a0AU (5.96\u00a0million\u00a0km; 3.71\u00a0million\u00a0mi), or 15.52 lunar distances. During the encounter, 2017 YE5 approached Earth at a rate of 15.5\u00a0km/s (35,000\u00a0mph) and its apparent visual brightness peaked around magnitude 15, too faint to be seen with the naked eye.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 8], "section_span": [10, 55], "content_span": [56, 409]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274146-0009-0001", "contents": "2017 YE5, Orbit and classification, 2018 Earth approach\nAt closest approach, 2017 YE5's apparent motion in the sky was 0.51 degrees per hour and was in the constellation of Andromeda, with an apparent magnitude of 16.6 and an angular separation of 66 degrees from the Sun. After the close encounter with Earth, 2017 YE5 continued its approach to aphelion, passing by Mars from a nominal distance of 0.0441\u00a0AU (6.6\u00a0million\u00a0km; 4.1\u00a0million\u00a0mi) on 30 June 2018.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 8], "section_span": [10, 55], "content_span": [56, 458]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274146-0010-0000", "contents": "2017 YE5, Orbit and classification, 2018 Earth approach, Observations\nThe June 2018 encounter with 2017 YE5 provided an opportunity for radar observatories to study the asteroid's characteristics in detail. On 17 June 2018, the first radar observations of 2017 YE5 were attempted by the monostatic Goldstone Solar System Radar (GSSR) in California, but failed to detect the asteroid due to uncertainties in the radar pointing position. 2017 YE5 was later successfully imaged and observed with the GSSR on 21 June 2018, revealing the asteroid's binary nature. Led by radar astronomer Marina Brozovi\u0107, GSSR observations of 2017 YE5 spanned four days, lasting until 24 June 2018. During these observations, the GSSR's preliminary findings were alerted to astronomers at the Arecibo Observatory in Puerto Rico for further study.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 8], "section_span": [10, 69], "content_span": [70, 824]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274146-0011-0000", "contents": "2017 YE5, Orbit and classification, 2018 Earth approach, Observations\nArecibo radar observations of 2017 YE5 began on 23 June 2018. The 2017 YE5 binary system was observed using a bistatic radar system where the Arecibo Observatory transmitted a radar signal to the pair of asteroids while the Green Bank Observatory in West Virginia received the signal reflected from the asteroids. Led by Arecibo radar astronomers Anne Virkki, Flaviane Venditti, Sean Marshal, along with Patrick Taylor at the Green Bank Observatory, bistatic radar observations resolved 2017 YE5 at a resolution of 7.5\u00a0meters\u00a0per\u00a0pixel.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 8], "section_span": [10, 69], "content_span": [70, 606]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274146-0011-0001", "contents": "2017 YE5, Orbit and classification, 2018 Earth approach, Observations\nRadar observations of 2017 YE5 ended on 26 June 2018 after it had moved out of Arecibo's view. Concurrently, optical observations were also carried out by various observatories in order to compile a light curve of the binary system. Optical observations of 2017 YE5 continued after the June 2018 encounter and detected possible mutual events or eclipses occurring between the components of the binary system.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 8], "section_span": [10, 69], "content_span": [70, 478]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274146-0012-0000", "contents": "2017 YE5, Orbit and classification, Future approaches\nOver the course of its orbit in the next 200 years, 2017 YE5 will continue to pass by Earth, though it will not make any approaches as close as the June 2018 encounter. The next Earth encounter by 2017 YE5 will be on 15 April 2037, when it will pass by Earth from a nominal distance of approximately 0.238\u00a0AU (35.6\u00a0million\u00a0km; 22.1\u00a0million\u00a0mi). In the next 100 years, 2017 YE5 will make three Earth encounters within 0.2\u00a0AU (approximately 80 lunar distances), which will occur in February 2051, July 2088, and May 2107. The expected nominal approach distances for these dates are 0.123\u00a0AU, 0.179\u00a0AU, and 0.145\u00a0AU, respectively.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 8], "section_span": [10, 53], "content_span": [54, 681]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274146-0013-0000", "contents": "2017 YE5, Binary system\nThe secondary component of 2017 YE5 was discovered in Goldstone radar observations conducted by Marina Brozovi\u0107 on 21 June 2018. From the first Goldstone radar images, the two components appeared to be contact binary lobes as the components were viewed in front of each other. Additional radar observations by the Arecibo and Green Bank observatories resolved the 2017 YE5 system in high resolution, confirming that the two components were indeed separate objects. Under satellite naming conventions by the International Astronomical Union, the satellite would be provisionally designated S/2018 (2017 YE5) 1.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 8], "section_span": [10, 23], "content_span": [24, 633]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274146-0014-0000", "contents": "2017 YE5, Binary system, Physical characteristics\n2017 YE5 is an equal-mass binary asteroid consisting of two components approximately 0.9\u00a0km (0.56\u00a0mi) in diameter. Equal-mass binary systems are relatively rare among the population of binary near-Earth asteroids as they constitute less than 1% of radar-observed near-Earth asteroids larger than 200\u00a0m (660\u00a0ft) in diameter. 2017 YE5 is one of only four systems of that kind known; the other three are 1994 CJ1, 69230 Hermes, and (190166) 2005 UP156.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 8], "section_span": [10, 49], "content_span": [50, 499]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274146-0015-0000", "contents": "2017 YE5, Binary system, Physical characteristics\nFrom their mutual orbit and measured diameters, both components are calculated to have low bulk densities less than 1\u00a0g/cm3, indicating a significant macroporosity of their internal structures. Given their measured diameters and absolute magnitudes, the optical albedos of their surfaces are calculated to be as dark as charcoal, reflecting less than 3% of incident light. Unlike other binary asteroid systems observed by radar, the components of 2017 YE5 appear to display a distinct difference in their shape, surface brightness and radar reflectivity. These differences imply that the two components may also have different densities, compositions, and surface roughnesses.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 8], "section_span": [10, 49], "content_span": [50, 726]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274146-0016-0000", "contents": "2017 YE5, Binary system, Orbit and rotation\nThe pair of asteroids orbit each other around a common center of mass (barycenter) between them. Their mutual orbital period is 22 hours (0.92 days), with an orbital separation of 1.8\u00a0km (1.1\u00a0mi) or 4 times the component radii. It is uncertain whether both components rotate synchronously with their mutual orbital period, as there is evidence of non-principal-axis rotation (or rotational precession) and axial misalignment of both components. Light curve measurements of 2017 YE5 taken between June and August 2018 suggest an additional period due to non-principal-axis rotation or precession, while radar images suggest that the obliquities of the components are misaligned by a few degrees.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 8], "section_span": [10, 43], "content_span": [44, 738]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274147-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 Yadanarbon FC season, 2017 Players squad\nNote: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 45], "content_span": [46, 174]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274148-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 Yale Bulldogs football team\nThe 2017 Yale Bulldogs football team represented Yale University in the 2017 NCAA Division I FCS football season, winning the Ivy League title. The season marked the Bulldogs' 145th overall season. The team played its home games at Yale Bowl in New Haven, Connecticut and were led by sixth-year head coach Tony Reno. They finished the season 9\u20131 overall and 6\u20131 in Ivy League play to become Ivy League champions for the first time since 2006 (when they shared the title) and to earn their first sole league title since 1980.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [32, 32], "content_span": [33, 557]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274148-0001-0000", "contents": "2017 Yale Bulldogs football team, Schedule\nThe 2017 season consisted of five home games and five away games. The Bulldogs hosted Ivy League foes Cornell, Columbia, Brown, and Harvard for the 134th edition of The Game, and traveled to Dartmouth, Penn, and Princeton.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 42], "content_span": [43, 265]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274148-0002-0000", "contents": "2017 Yale Bulldogs football team, Schedule\nYale's non-conference opponents were Lehigh, Fordham, and Holy Cross, all of the Patriot League.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 42], "content_span": [43, 139]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274149-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 Yamagata gubernatorial election\nA gubernatorial election was called in Yamagata Prefecture for 22 January 2017. Mieko Yoshimura, governor since 2009, ran for a third term. Her Prefectural Citizen's Party alliance was supported by the Democratic Party, the Social Democratic Party, and the Communist Party. Because no other candidates entered the race, Yoshimura was declared the winner without a vote. Having similarly been declared winner by acclamation in 2013, this became only the third time in Japanese history that a governor was elected twice without holding a vote.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [36, 36], "content_span": [37, 578]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274150-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 Yangon United F.C. season\nIn the 2017 season, the Burmese football club Yangon United F.C. finished in second position in the Myanmar National League.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [30, 30], "content_span": [31, 155]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274150-0001-0000", "contents": "2017 Yangon United F.C. season, 2017 squad\nNote: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 42], "content_span": [43, 171]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274151-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 Yaroslavl Oblast gubernatorial election\nThe 2017 Gubernatorial Election in Yaroslavl Oblast was held on 10 September 2017.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [44, 44], "content_span": [45, 127]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274151-0001-0000", "contents": "2017 Yaroslavl Oblast gubernatorial election, Background\n28 July 2016, the Governor Sergey Yastrebov, went into early retirement. The acting Governor was appointed Dmitry Mironov.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [46, 56], "content_span": [57, 179]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274152-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 Yas Island Formula 2 round\nThe 2017 Yas Marina FIA Formula 2 round was a pair of motor races held on 25 and 26 November 2017 at the Yas Marina Circuit in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates as part of the FIA Formula 2 Championship. It was the eleventh and final round of the 2017 FIA Formula 2 Championship and was run in support of the 2017 Abu Dhabi Grand Prix.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [31, 31], "content_span": [32, 365]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274152-0001-0000", "contents": "2017 Yas Island Formula 2 round\nThis was the final race for the Dallara GP2/11 chassis that was introduced at the 2011 Yas Marina Circuit GP2 Asia Series round and also the final race for the Mecachrome V8 engine package that had been part of the GP2 Series and FIA Formula 2 since its formation in 2005. The Dallara F2 2018 chassis with a Mecachrome V6 turbocharged engine was introduced for the 2018 FIA Formula 2 Championship onwards.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [31, 31], "content_span": [32, 437]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274153-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 Yasar Dogu Tournament\nThe 45th Yasar Dogu Tournament 2017, was a wrestling event held in Istanbul, Turkey between 10 and 12 July 2017.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [26, 26], "content_span": [27, 139]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274153-0001-0000", "contents": "2017 Yasar Dogu Tournament\nThis international tournament includes competition in both men's and women's freestyle wrestling. This ranking tourment was held in honor of the two time Olympic Champion, Ya\u015far Do\u011fu.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [26, 26], "content_span": [27, 210]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274154-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 Yavne attack\nOn 2 August 2017, a 19-year old Palestinian teen critically injured an Israeli civilian with a knife at a local supermarket in the city of Yavne, located in the Central District of Israel. The attacker was subsequently arrested after being captured by civilians who were at the spot. Police confirmed the attack was an act of terrorism.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 17], "section_span": [17, 17], "content_span": [18, 354]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274154-0001-0000", "contents": "2017 Yavne attack\nThe perpetrator was later identified as Ismail Abu Aram, resident of Yatta, Hebron, located in the West Bank.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 17], "section_span": [17, 17], "content_span": [18, 127]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274154-0002-0000", "contents": "2017 Yavne attack, Attack\nShortly before noon, a knife-wielding man entered a Shufersal supermarket in Yavneh, Israel. Then, he approached an employee at the market, Niv Nehemiah, waiting for him to turn around, and then stabbed him fifteen times in his head and the neck as Nehemiah fought off the attacker; the incident was captured on the store's security cameras. Despite being gravely injured, Nehemiah fought off the assailant, tried to run away, and then blocked the assailant with a shopping cart, events shown on security camera footage released by authorities later.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 17], "section_span": [19, 25], "content_span": [26, 576]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274154-0002-0001", "contents": "2017 Yavne attack, Attack\nThe assailant then fled the supermarket and was captured outside by civilians who held hum subdued to the ground, one of the civilians pulled out a gun however he was told by other civilians \"Don't go overboard\". The capture of the assailant outside of the supermarket was also captured on cellphone video.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 17], "section_span": [19, 25], "content_span": [26, 332]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274154-0003-0000", "contents": "2017 Yavne attack, Attack\nPrior to attacking the employee, the assailant reportedly asked a shopper if he worked at the supermarket; however he didn't attack. Some 15 minutes before the attack, the assailant asked the victim on the whereabouts of the bathroom in the compound. The original target was the attacker's former employer, using a knife he would steal and a can of pepper spray he brought with him, however due to availability he decided to kill a different Israeli.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 17], "section_span": [19, 25], "content_span": [26, 476]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274154-0004-0000", "contents": "2017 Yavne attack, Victim\nNehemiah (42), the deputy manager at the supermarket, where the attack occurred, was severely wounded and taken to Kaplan Medical Center in Rehovot. He was unconscious and in critical condition for 4 days, and underwent a series of surgical operations, In addition he was hooked up to a respirator while being held in the intensive care unit. On 12 August, Nehemiah was visited by Benjamin Netanyahu On 21 August Nehemiah, unable to speak due to damage to his vocal cords, gave a written statement to the media stating that he remembers the entire attack. On 27 August he was released from the hospital.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 17], "section_span": [19, 25], "content_span": [26, 629]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274154-0005-0000", "contents": "2017 Yavne attack, Victim\nPresident Reuven Rivlin phoned the victim's wife, hailing the victim as a hero and assuring her that the entire country is praying for her husband. Prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu praised the victim for fighting valiantly against the assailant, and subsequently visited the stabbing victim, who was critically injured from stabs to the neck and torso and was unconsciousness for a few days, on 8 August 2017, six days after the attack.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 17], "section_span": [19, 25], "content_span": [26, 463]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274154-0006-0000", "contents": "2017 Yavne attack, Perpetrator\nThe assailant, Ismail Abu Aram, 19-years old Palestinian teen from Yatta, Hebron, without a prior security offence background. According to the Shin Bet, Aby Aram did not have a permit to enter Israel, and Netanyahu later visited the spot where he crossed the Green Line. Following the attack Abu Aram attempted to flee the scene, but ultimately was detained by Israeli authorities.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 17], "section_span": [19, 30], "content_span": [31, 413]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274154-0006-0001", "contents": "2017 Yavne attack, Perpetrator\nHe was indicted on 28 August 2017, the indictment stated that the assailant traveled to Saudi Arabia in order perform an Umrah, as part of a strengthening of his Islamic belief, and that he set out to attack a Jew in order to fulfill the Islamic commandment of Jihad. During his 12-day visit for Ramadan to Mecca he decided to \"fulfill his duty to jihad\", to \"kill a Jew\" and to carry out \"the commandment of jihad against the Jewish Israeli occupation.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 17], "section_span": [19, 30], "content_span": [31, 485]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274154-0007-0000", "contents": "2017 Yavne attack, Perpetrator\nUnder Israeli criminal law, attempted murder can be charged as murder, which the victims family has requested.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 17], "section_span": [19, 30], "content_span": [31, 141]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274154-0008-0000", "contents": "2017 Yavne attack, Aftermath\nIsrael Defense Forces (IDF) forces raided the home of the assailant in the city of Yatta, and arrested his father. Clashes developed between IDF forces and the residents of the city during the raid. Yatta is known as the hometown of many assailants, including the perpetrators of the June 2016 Tel Aviv shooting. The city of Yatta was then cordoned off by the IDF, blocking all entrances and exits to the city.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 17], "section_span": [19, 28], "content_span": [29, 439]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274155-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 Yellow Cup\nThe 2017 Yellow Cup was the 45th edition of the Yellow Cup, held in Winterthur, Switzerland between 06\u20138 January at the Eulachhalle as a friendly handball tournament organised by the Yellow Winterthur handball club.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [15, 15], "content_span": [16, 231]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274156-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 Yeovil Town L.F.C. season\nThe 2017 season was Yeovil Town Ladies Football Club's 27th season of competitive football and its first season in the FA WSL 1, at the top level of English women's football, after promotion from the FA WSL 2.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [30, 30], "content_span": [31, 240]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274156-0001-0000", "contents": "2017 Yeovil Town L.F.C. season\nFollowing a reorganisation of top-level women's football in England, the 2017 season covered only half of a traditional season's length, while the FA WSL shifted its calendar to match the traditional autumn-to-spring axis of football in Europe. For the same reason, there was no Champions League qualification nor relegation to be competed for.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [30, 30], "content_span": [31, 375]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274156-0002-0000", "contents": "2017 Yeovil Town L.F.C. season\nYeovil struggled in their first season in the top flight of English football losing seven of their eight league matches, only avoiding defeat in their final match of the season as the club finished bottom of the FA WSL 1 table. The club were knocked out in the fifth round of the FA Women's Cup by Notts County. Forward Lucy Quinn finished as the club's top goalscorer with three goals in all competitions, while Quinn and returning striker Sarah Wiltshire were joint top goalscorers in the league with two goals each.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [30, 30], "content_span": [31, 549]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274156-0003-0000", "contents": "2017 Yeovil Town L.F.C. season, Background\nThe 2016 season saw Yeovil compete in the second tier of English football. It was manager Jamie Sherwood's second full season in charge of the Glovers as the club won promotion from the FA WSL 2 as champions.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 42], "content_span": [43, 251]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274156-0004-0000", "contents": "2017 Yeovil Town L.F.C. season, Background\nAhead of their first season in the top flight of English women's football, the club released a number of players including Samantha Quayle who joined Portsmouth, young players Emily Donovan and Ellis Hillman, while Welsh international Kayleigh Green moved to Italy to join Serie A club Chieti Calcio Femminile. Finally, in February the club announced that defender Lauren Townsend and midfielder Danielle Carlton would both not be returning for the Spring Series. The club also announced that due to pitch renovation works at Huish Park, Yeovil would only play the first of their Spring Series matches at Huish Park, with the rest of their matches taking place at the home grounds of Taunton Town and Bridgwater Town.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 42], "content_span": [43, 760]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274156-0005-0000", "contents": "2017 Yeovil Town L.F.C. season, Review, Pre-season\nOn 8 February, Yeovil announced their first signing of the season with Welsh international record goalscorer Helen Ward joining from Reading, the club also announced the return of former captain Natalie Haigh for the Spring Series, after a year out of football due work and studying commitments. At the start of March, Yeovil Ladies announced a series of new contracts including club captain Ellie Curson, Welsh internationals Nicola Cousins, and midfielder Helen Bleazard, as well as experienced striker Ann-Marie Heatherson had all signed new deals for the Spring Series.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 50], "content_span": [51, 624]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274156-0005-0001", "contents": "2017 Yeovil Town L.F.C. season, Review, Pre-season\nOn 16 March, the club also confirmed that a further five players had signed new contracts for the Spring Series, including Welsh international forward Nadia Lawrence, England under-19 goalkeeper Charlotte Haynes, as well as young trio Jessie Jones, Kelly Snook and Leah Burridge. On 17 March, Yeovil announced a further three contract renewals with midfielder Stephanie Williams, forward Lucy Quinn and defender Hannah Short for the upcoming season. The club also confirmed that former Reading player and Welsh dual-sport international Nia Jones had signed for the Spring Series.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 50], "content_span": [51, 630]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274156-0006-0000", "contents": "2017 Yeovil Town L.F.C. season, Review, Pre-season\nOn 19 March, Yeovil traveled to Notts County in the fifth round of the FA Women's Cup but were knocked out 3\u20132 despite goals from Lucy Quinn and Kelly Snook. After losing in the FA Cup, goalkeeper Charlotte Johnson left the club ahead of moving to study at the University of North Alabama. On 24 March, Helen Ward announced that she was pregnant and expecting her second child and therefore would have to withdraw from her Yeovil contract. The end of March, saw the club announce their fourth signing ahead of the Spring Series with England Beach Soccer player Molly Clark signing from Chichester City.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 50], "content_span": [51, 653]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274156-0007-0000", "contents": "2017 Yeovil Town L.F.C. season, Review, April\nAhead of the start of the Spring Series, Yeovil confirmed the return of striker Sarah Wiltshire having giving birth to her first child in February, after a loan spell proving her fitness scoring six times in seven appearances for Cambridge United. Yeovil's first match of the season saw them host Liverpool at Huish Park, in front of a record crowd of 1,897 the Glovers lost 4\u20131 with Wiltshire grabbing a consolation goal from the penalty spot. On 30 April, Yeovil traveled to Chelsea for their second WSL 1 fixture, despite holding on for 45 minutes without conceding the Glovers conceded twice in first half injury time and eventually fell to a 6\u20130 defeat.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 45], "content_span": [46, 704]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274156-0008-0000", "contents": "2017 Yeovil Town L.F.C. season, Review, May\nDuring the Chelsea defeat, Yeovil goalkeeper Charlotte Haynes suffered a broken hand which ruled her out for up to eight weeks. Following the confirmation of Haynes' injury, Yeovil moved quickly to sign former Notts County goalkeeper Megan Walsh for the remainder of the Spring Series. On 3 May, Yeovil faced Bristol City at the home of Taunton Town but fell to a third successive WSL defeat after a late Nicola Cousins own goal, despite goals from Ann-Marie Heatherson and Sarah Wiltshire.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 43], "content_span": [44, 534]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274156-0008-0001", "contents": "2017 Yeovil Town L.F.C. season, Review, May\nYeovil then hosted Arsenal at Taunton Town, on 7 May, and conceded four goals in just over half an hour despite the Glovers replying with a consolation goal from Lucy Quinn, Yeovil lost their fourth match of the Spring Series 5\u20131. On 16 May, Yeovil completed the signing of Welsh international former Notts County midfielder Angharad James for the remainder of the Spring Series. James made her debut for Yeovil the following day against Reading as the Glovers suffered a narrow 1\u20130 defeat.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 43], "content_span": [44, 534]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274156-0008-0002", "contents": "2017 Yeovil Town L.F.C. season, Review, May\nYeovil then traveled to defending WSL 1 champions Manchester City, and suffered another heavy defeat losing 5\u20131 with Quinn scoring her third goal of the season. Before Yeovil's penultimate game of the Spring Series, the club confirmed that goalkeeper Bethany-May Howard had returned to the club after graduating from Rider University in the United States. On 28 May, Yeovil's final home game of the Spring Series saw them fall to a narrow 2\u20131 defeat against Sunderland with Angharad James scoring the Glovers goal. Yeovil's final Spring Series match saw them travel to Birmingham City as the Glovers ended the season with a goalless draw to gain the club's first FA WSL 1 point.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 43], "content_span": [44, 722]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274157-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 Yerevan City Council election\nYerevan City Council elections were held on 14 May 2017. The Republican Party of Armenia won 71.25% of the total vote, the Way Out Alliance won 21%, while Yerkir Tsirani won 7.75%. Following the elections, Yerevan City Council elected Taron Margaryan as Mayor of Yerevan.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [34, 34], "content_span": [35, 306]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274157-0001-0000", "contents": "2017 Yerevan City Council election, Parties\nThree parties were registered to participate, each with its candidate for Mayor:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 43], "content_span": [44, 124]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274158-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 Ykk\u00f6nen\nThe 2017 Ykk\u00f6nen was the 46th season of Ykk\u00f6nen, the second highest football league in Finland. The season started on 29 April 2016 and ended on 21 October 2016. The winning team qualified directly for promotion to the 2018 Veikkausliiga, while the second had to play a play-off against the eleventh-placed team from Veikkausliiga to decide who would play in that division. The bottom two teams were relegated to Kakkonen.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 12], "section_span": [12, 12], "content_span": [13, 435]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274158-0001-0000", "contents": "2017 Ykk\u00f6nen, Overview\nA total of ten teams contested in the league, including seven sides from the 2016 season, and FC Honka and Gnistan who were promoted from Kakkonen after winning the promotion play-offs.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 12], "section_span": [14, 22], "content_span": [23, 208]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274158-0002-0000", "contents": "2017 Ykk\u00f6nen, Overview\nPK-35 Vantaa, who were relegated from Veikkausliiga, declared bankruptcy and withdrew their spot from the league. OPS took their spot in the league.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 12], "section_span": [14, 22], "content_span": [23, 171]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274158-0003-0000", "contents": "2017 Ykk\u00f6nen, Overview\nJJK, the champion of 2016 Ykk\u00f6nen, was promoted to the 2017 Veikkausliiga.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 12], "section_span": [14, 22], "content_span": [23, 97]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274159-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 Yokohama FC season, Squad\nNote: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 30], "content_span": [31, 159]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274160-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 Yongchuan International Tournament\nThe Marvel Track Cup 2017 Yongchuan International Tournament (Chinese: 2017\u5e74\u5143\u81fb\u676f\u6c38\u5ddd\u56fd\u9645\u5973\u5b50\u8db3\u7403\u9080\u8bf7\u8d5b) was the third edition of the Yongchuan International Tournament, an invitational women's football tournament held in Yongchuan District, Chongqing, China.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [39, 39], "content_span": [40, 286]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274161-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 York Region Shooters season\nThe\u00a02017\u00a0York Region Shooters\u00a0season\u00a0was the twentieth season in the club's participation in the\u00a0Canadian Soccer League. Their season commenced on May 27, 2017 in an away match against Scarborough SC. The season concluded with York Region winning their third CSL Championship, after defeating Scarborough in a penalty shootout.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [32, 32], "content_span": [33, 360]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274161-0001-0000", "contents": "2017 York Region Shooters season, Summary\nYork Region entered the 2017 season as the defending regular season champions with Tony De Thomasis continuing his role as head coach. Though their reserve team were the 2016 Second Division champions it was disbanded for the 2017 season. Their season started brightly with the Shooters achieving points in their first four matches, until conceiving their first defeat in the fifth week. The remainder of the season saw York Region clinch a postseason berth by finishing third in the standings with the best defensive record in the division. Their playoff journey began with a victory after Milton SC forfeited their match. In the second round of the postseason they defeated the Serbian White Eagles FC, and ultimately claimed their third CSL Championship by defeating Scarborough SC in the finals.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 41], "content_span": [42, 842]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274162-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 Yorkshire Diamonds season\nThe 2017 season was Yorkshire Diamonds' second season, in which they competed in the Women's Cricket Super League, a Twenty20 competition. The side finished fifth in the group stage, winning two of their five matches.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [30, 30], "content_span": [31, 248]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274162-0001-0000", "contents": "2017 Yorkshire Diamonds season\nThe side was captained by Lauren Winfield and coached by the newly appointed Paul Grayson. They played one home match at Headingley Cricket Ground, and one at Clifton Park, York.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [30, 30], "content_span": [31, 209]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274162-0002-0000", "contents": "2017 Yorkshire Diamonds season, Squad\nYorkshire Diamonds announced their 15-player squad on 26 July 2017. Age given is at the start of Yorkshire Diamonds' first match of the season (11 August 2017).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 37], "content_span": [38, 198]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274163-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 Youngstown State Penguins football team\nThe 2017 Youngstown State Penguins football team represented Youngstown State University in the 2017 NCAA Division I FCS football season. They were led by third-year head coach Bo Pelini and played their home games at Stambaugh Stadium. They were a member of the Missouri Valley Football Conference. They finished the season 6\u20135, 4\u20134 in MVFC play to finish in a three-way tie for fifth place.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [44, 44], "content_span": [45, 437]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274164-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 Youth Beach Handball World Championship\nThe 2017 Youth Beach Handball World Championship was the first edition of IHF Youth Beach Handball World Championship organised by the Mauritius Handball Association under the auspices of the International Handball Federation. The event was held in Flic-en-Flac, Mauritius from 11 to 16 July 2017. It was played in under-17 years category. It also acted as a qualification tournament for the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics which was held in Buenos Aires (Argentina).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [44, 44], "content_span": [45, 507]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274164-0001-0000", "contents": "2017 Youth Beach Handball World Championship, Bidding process\nThe International Handball Federation received three bids from Croatia, Hong Kong China and Mauritius for the hosting of 1st IHF Youth (U-17) Beach Handball World Championship. The bids were analyzed by the IHF Beach Handball Working Group. According to the recommendations of the IHF Beach Handball Working Group, the U17 Beach Handball World Championships 2017 should be organized in a country outside Europe to widen the geographical borders of handball. Mauritius offers natural beaches and good climate conditions as well as hotels in walking distance to the venue. The IHF Beach Handball Working Group graded the bidders according to their bidding concept and participation fee per person/per day follows: Croatia 90%, Hong Kong 90% and Mauritius 95%.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [46, 61], "content_span": [62, 819]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274164-0002-0000", "contents": "2017 Youth Beach Handball World Championship, Bidding process\nThe IHF Council unanimously awarded the 1st IHF Youth (U-17) Beach Handball World Championships to the Mauritius on 23 July 2016 in a meeting held in Bratislava (Slovakia) on the recommendation of the IHF Beach Handball Working Group.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [46, 61], "content_span": [62, 296]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274164-0003-0000", "contents": "2017 Youth Beach Handball World Championship, Format\nThe sixteen teams were split into four groups of four teams. After playing a round-robin, the three top ranked team advanced to the main round. Every team kept the points from preliminary round matches against teams who also advance. In the main round every team had three games against the opponents they did not face in the preliminary round. The top four teams of main round will advanced to the quarterfinals.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [46, 52], "content_span": [53, 466]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274164-0004-0000", "contents": "2017 Youth Beach Handball World Championship, Format\nAll matches shall be played in 2 X 10 minutes with a half \u2013 time of 5 minutes. The team that wins two sets is the winner of a match, according to the official IHF Rules for Beach Handball. Points are awarded as follows:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [46, 52], "content_span": [53, 272]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274164-0005-0000", "contents": "2017 Youth Beach Handball World Championship, Format, Tie-breaking criterion\nIf two or more teams have gained the same number of points, after the group matches have been completed, classification is decided as follows:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [46, 76], "content_span": [77, 219]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274164-0006-0000", "contents": "2017 Youth Beach Handball World Championship, Format, Tie-breaking criterion\n(ii) Periods difference in the matches between the teams concerned", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [46, 76], "content_span": [77, 143]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274164-0007-0000", "contents": "2017 Youth Beach Handball World Championship, Format, Tie-breaking criterion\n(iii) Goal points difference in the matches between the teams concerned", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [46, 76], "content_span": [77, 148]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274164-0008-0000", "contents": "2017 Youth Beach Handball World Championship, Format, Tie-breaking criterion\n(iv) Greater number of plus goal points in the matches between the teams concerned", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [46, 76], "content_span": [77, 159]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274164-0009-0000", "contents": "2017 Youth Beach Handball World Championship, Format, Tie-breaking criterion\n(v) If the teams are still equal, a decision is made between those teams with equal number of points, as long as the contested place is not the last place within the group, as follows", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [46, 76], "content_span": [77, 260]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274164-0010-0000", "contents": "2017 Youth Beach Handball World Championship, Format, Tie-breaking criterion\n(ix) Greater number of plus goal points in all matches", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [46, 76], "content_span": [77, 131]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274164-0011-0000", "contents": "2017 Youth Beach Handball World Championship, Format, Tie-breaking criterion\n(x) If classification still is not possible, a draw shall decide. The IHF representative on site shall execute the draw, if possible in the presence of the \u201cresponsible team official\u201d. If the \u201cresponsible team official\u201d cannot be present, other co-workers selected by IHF shall take part in draw.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [46, 76], "content_span": [77, 373]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274164-0012-0000", "contents": "2017 Youth Beach Handball World Championship, Format, Qualification criterion for the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics\nTo be eligible to participate in the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics, athletes must have been born between 1 January 2000 and 31 December 2002. Nine (9) quota places will be allocated at the 2017 Youth Beach Handball World Championship to the top ranked teams of the respective continents according to the distribution below:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [46, 112], "content_span": [113, 433]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274164-0013-0000", "contents": "2017 Youth Beach Handball World Championship, Format, Qualification criterion for the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics\nThe host country of the YOG 2018, Argentina should decide which gender they are going to participate in YOG 2018. For any unused host country places reallocation of unused quota places is valid. According to the Buenos Aires 2018 Qualification Systems Principles, participation in team sports shall be limited to one women\u2019s and one men\u2019s team per NOC across team sports (Football, Handball, Hockey, and Rugby) with the exception of the Host Country who can enter one team per sport.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [46, 112], "content_span": [113, 596]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274164-0014-0000", "contents": "2017 Youth Beach Handball World Championship, Format, Qualification criterion for the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics\nIf a quota place allocated is not confirmed by the NOC by the confirmation of quota place deadline or is declined by the NOC, the quota place will be reallocated to the next best-ranked NOC from the respective continent not yet qualified from the Youth Beach Handball World Championship. If the quota place is still available, it will be reallocated to the best-ranked NOC from the respective continent not yet qualified in the IHF Beach Handball Senior Ranking, of 20 July 2017. If the quota place is still available, it will be reallocated to the best-ranked NOC not yet qualified in the IHF Beach Handball Senior Ranking, of 20 July 2017.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [46, 112], "content_span": [113, 754]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274164-0015-0000", "contents": "2017 Youth Beach Handball World Championship, Format, Qualification criterion for the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics\nAny unused host country place (returned or achieved through the 2017 Youth Beach Handball World Championship) will be reallocated to the next best-ranked NOC not yet qualified from the Pan-American continent at the 2017 Youth Beach Handball World Championship. If the quota place is still available, it will be reallocated to the best-ranked NOC from Pan-America not yet qualified in the IHF Beach Handball Senior Ranking, of 20 July 2017. If the quota place is still available, it will be reallocated to the best-ranked NOC not yet qualified in the IHF Beach Handball Senior Ranking, of 20 July 2017.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [46, 112], "content_span": [113, 714]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274164-0016-0000", "contents": "2017 Youth Beach Handball World Championship, Draw\nThe draw was held on 17 May 2017. Draw was conducted by Mr. Giampiero Masi (Italy), Chairman of the IHF Beach Handball Working Group.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [46, 50], "content_span": [51, 184]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274164-0017-0000", "contents": "2017 Youth Beach Handball World Championship, Controversies\nTwo days before the departure of the IHF nominees to Mauritius, the International Handball Federation received a letter from the President of Mauritius Handball Federation (MHF) asking for a support of CHF 300,000, in addition to the participation fees, to meet the expenses of the organisation of the Championship. The request was declined by the IHF, asking the President of Mauritius Handball Federation to fulfil the provisions of the signed championship contract.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [46, 59], "content_span": [60, 528]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274164-0017-0001", "contents": "2017 Youth Beach Handball World Championship, Controversies\nAccommodation for both the teams and IHF nominees was below IHF standards, and that the MHF failed to pay off the company that provided services of accommodation, catering and flight booking. Eventually, the IHF paid for the entire accommodation of the teams as well as the nominees after price negotiations made by the Managing Director.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [46, 59], "content_span": [60, 398]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274164-0018-0000", "contents": "2017 Youth Beach Handball World Championship, Controversies\nIn the terms of transportation, the organiser did not fulfil the agreed concept of transportation for the teams, but following an intervention of the Minister of Sports Mr. Stephan Toussaint more vehicles were made available. In addition, the three venues were not constructed while the main venue was not completely done. The Chairman of the IHF Beach Handball Working Group was authorised by President Moustafa to negotiate the price of the venue construction; and eventually four venues were reduced to three and the IHF nominees were cleaning and setting up the two venues to reduce the cost. Due to the absence of the Local Organising Committee, including the President and remaining representatives of Mauritius Handball Federation, at the event, the full organisation was taken over by the IHF.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [46, 59], "content_span": [60, 861]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274164-0019-0000", "contents": "2017 Youth Beach Handball World Championship, Controversies\nAs for the competition, both Brazilian teams and the Togolese women\u2019s team withdrew their participation shortly before the event.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [46, 59], "content_span": [60, 189]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274164-0020-0000", "contents": "2017 Youth Beach Handball World Championship, Controversies\nDue to the payments made by the IHF an amount of CHF 173,619.27 needs to be reimbursed to the IHF by Mauritius Handball Federation. The IHF Executive Committee proposed in its meeting in Tbilisi on 17 August 2017 to wait for an official communication from Mauritius Handball Federation to explain the situation occurred before submitting the issue to the IHF legal bodies for further decisions.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [46, 59], "content_span": [60, 454]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274165-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 Youth Parapan American Games\nThe 2017 Youth Parapan American Games were a multi-sport event held from March 20 March 25, 2017 in S\u00e3o Paulo, Brazil. They were the fourth edition of the Youth Parapan American Games and they were organized by the Brazilian Paralympic Committee (CPB) and the International Paralympic Committee (IPC).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [33, 33], "content_span": [34, 335]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274165-0001-0000", "contents": "2017 Youth Parapan American Games, Organization, Venues\nAll competitive events were held at the Paralympic Training Centre. The opening and closing ceremonies took place in the Exhibition Pavilion of the Anhembi Convention Center.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 55], "content_span": [56, 230]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274165-0002-0000", "contents": "2017 Youth Parapan American Games, Organization, Mascot\nThe mascot of the S\u00e3o Paulo 2017 Youth Parapan American Games was a Mona (\"monkey\" in Spanish), a female howler monkey, a species native to the S\u00e3o Paulo Atlantic Forest. The name chosen by popular vote, held on the Brazilian Paralympic Committee's Facebook page.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 55], "content_span": [56, 319]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274166-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 Youth World Weightlifting Championships\nThe 2017 Youth World Weightlifting Championships was held in Bangkok, Thailand from 1 April to 11 April, 2017.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [44, 44], "content_span": [45, 155]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274166-0001-0000", "contents": "2017 Youth World Weightlifting Championships, Medal table\nRanking by all medals: Big (Total result) and Small (Snatch and Clean & Jerk)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [46, 57], "content_span": [58, 135]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274167-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 Yukon Men's Curling Championship\nThe 2017 Yukon Men's Curling Championship was held January 12 to 15 at the Whitehorse Curling Club in Whitehorse, Yukon. The winning Jon Solberg team represented the Yukon at the 2017 Tim Hortons Brier, Canada's national men's curling championship.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [37, 37], "content_span": [38, 286]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274167-0001-0000", "contents": "2017 Yukon Men's Curling Championship, Draw\nFollowing new rules set out by the Yukon Curling Association, championships with 6-7 teams are to have a modified triple knock out format.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 43], "content_span": [44, 182]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274168-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 ZS-Sports China International Challenger\nThe 2017 ZS-Sports China International Challenger was a professional tennis tournament played on clay courts. It was the 2nd edition of the tournament which was part of the 2017 ATP Challenger Tour. It took place in Qingdao, China between 17 and 23 April 2017.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [45, 45], "content_span": [46, 306]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274168-0001-0000", "contents": "2017 ZS-Sports China International Challenger, Singles main draw entrants, Other entrants\nThe following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [47, 89], "content_span": [90, 158]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274168-0002-0000", "contents": "2017 ZS-Sports China International Challenger, Singles main draw entrants, Other entrants\nThe following player received entry into the singles main draw using a protected ranking:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [47, 89], "content_span": [90, 179]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274169-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 ZS-Sports China International Challenger \u2013 Doubles\nDanilo Petrovi\u0107 and Tak Khunn Wang were the defending champions but chose not to defend their title.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 55], "section_span": [55, 55], "content_span": [56, 156]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274169-0001-0000", "contents": "2017 ZS-Sports China International Challenger \u2013 Doubles\nGero Kretschmer and Alexander Satschko won the title after defeating Andreas Mies and Oscar Otte 2\u20136, 7\u20136(8\u20136), [10\u20133] in the final.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 55], "section_span": [55, 55], "content_span": [56, 188]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274170-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 ZS-Sports China International Challenger \u2013 Singles\nJanko Tipsarevi\u0107 was the defending champion and successfully defended his title, defeating Oscar Otte 6\u20133, 7\u20136(11\u20139) in the final.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 55], "section_span": [55, 55], "content_span": [56, 186]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274171-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 Zagreb local elections\nThe 2017 Zagreb local elections were held on 21 May and 4 June 2017 for the Mayor of Zagreb and members of the Zagreb Assembly. Milan Bandi\u0107, the 52nd and incumbent mayor since 2005 (previously also the 50th mayor from 2000 to 2002), ran for a sixth 4-year term.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [27, 27], "content_span": [28, 290]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274171-0000-0001", "contents": "2017 Zagreb local elections\nAs no candidate won an absolute majority of the vote in the first round, a second round of elections took place on 4 June 2017 between the two highest-placed candidates in terms of popular vote: incumbent mayor Milan Bandi\u0107 of the Bandi\u0107 Milan 365 - Labour and Solidarity Party and former Minister of Construction Anka Mrak Tarita\u0161 of the Croatian People's Party - Liberal Democrats. In the run-off Bandi\u0107 won re-election as mayor, taking 51.8% of the votes against 46% for Mrak Tarita\u0161 (with 2.1% of the votes being blank or invalid). Turnout for the election was 47.7% in the first round and 41.2% in the second round.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [27, 27], "content_span": [28, 648]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274171-0001-0000", "contents": "2017 Zagreb local elections\nAs Zagreb, being the national capital, is the only Croatian city to enjoy a special status within Croatia's regional administrative framework (being both a city and a county), the mayor of Zagreb likewise also enjoys a status equal to that of a county prefect (Croatian: \u017eupan) of one of Croatia's other 20 counties (Croatian: \u017eupanija).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [27, 27], "content_span": [28, 365]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274171-0002-0000", "contents": "2017 Zagreb local elections\nThis was the third direct election for the mayor of Zagreb (simultaneously held with elections for all other county prefects and mayors in Croatia) since the popular vote method was introduced in 2009, as previously those officials had been elected by their county or city assemblies and councils.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [27, 27], "content_span": [28, 325]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274171-0003-0000", "contents": "2017 Zagreb local elections, Results, Assembly election\nThe percentages of votes from each list are calculated from number of valid votersThe percentages of valid and invalid votes are calculated from the turnout numberThe turnout percentage is calculated from the number of expected voters", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 55], "content_span": [56, 290]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274171-0004-0000", "contents": "2017 Zagreb local elections, Opinion polls\nPoll results are listed in the tables below in reverse chronological order, showing the most recent first, and using the date the survey's fieldwork was done, as opposed to the date of publication. If such date is unknown, the date of publication is given instead. The highest percentage figure in each polling survey is displayed in bold, and the background shaded in the leading party's color. In the instance that there is a tie, then no figure is shaded. The lead column on the right shows the percentage-point difference between the two parties with the highest figures. When a specific poll does not show a data figure for a party, the party's cell corresponding to that poll is shown as not announced (N/A).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 42], "content_span": [43, 757]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274172-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 Zambian Super League\nThe 2017 Zambia Super League was the 56th season of the Zambian top-tier football league. The season began on 8 April 2017.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [25, 25], "content_span": [26, 149]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274173-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 Zhengzhou Women's Tennis Open\nThe 2017 Zhengzhou Women's Tennis Open was a professional tennis tournament played on indoor hard courts. It was the fourth edition of the tournament and part of the 2017 WTA 125K series, offering a total of $125,000 in prize money. It took place in Zhengzhou, China, on 17\u201323 April 2017.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [34, 34], "content_span": [35, 323]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274173-0001-0000", "contents": "2017 Zhengzhou Women's Tennis Open, Singles main draw entrants, Other entrants\nThe following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 78], "content_span": [79, 147]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274174-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 Zhengzhou Women's Tennis Open \u2013 Doubles\nXun Fangying and You Xiaodi were the defending champions, but both players chose not to participate.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [44, 44], "content_span": [45, 145]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274174-0001-0000", "contents": "2017 Zhengzhou Women's Tennis Open \u2013 Doubles\nHan Xinyun and Zhu Lin won the title after defeating Jacqueline Cako and Julia Glushko 7\u20135, 6\u20131 in the final.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [44, 44], "content_span": [45, 154]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274175-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 Zhengzhou Women's Tennis Open \u2013 Singles\nAnastasia Pivovarova was the defending champion, but chose not to participate.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [44, 44], "content_span": [45, 123]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274175-0001-0000", "contents": "2017 Zhengzhou Women's Tennis Open \u2013 Singles\nWang Qiang won the title after her opponent Peng Shuai retired in the final, with the score at 3\u20136, 7\u20136(7\u20133), 1\u20131.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [44, 44], "content_span": [45, 159]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274176-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 Zhuhai Open\nThe 2017 Zhuhai Open was a professional tennis tournament played on outdoor hard courts. It was the second (ATP) and third (ITF) editions of the tournament and was part of the 2017 ATP Challenger Tour and the 2017 ITF Women's Circuit, offering $50,000+H (ATP) and $60,000 (ITF) in prize money. It took place at the Hengqin International Tennis Center in Zhuhai, China, from 6\u201312 March 2017.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [16, 16], "content_span": [17, 407]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274176-0001-0000", "contents": "2017 Zhuhai Open, Men's singles main draw entrants, Other entrants\nThe following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [18, 66], "content_span": [67, 135]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274176-0002-0000", "contents": "2017 Zhuhai Open, Men's singles main draw entrants, Other entrants\nThe following player received entry into the singles main draw with a protected ranking:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [18, 66], "content_span": [67, 155]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274176-0003-0000", "contents": "2017 Zhuhai Open, Men's singles main draw entrants, Other entrants\nThe following player received entry into the singles main draw with a special exempt:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [18, 66], "content_span": [67, 152]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274176-0004-0000", "contents": "2017 Zhuhai Open, Women's singles main draw entrants, Other entrants\nThe following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [18, 68], "content_span": [69, 137]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274177-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 Zhuhai Open \u2013 Men's Doubles\nGong Maoxin and Yi Chu-huan were the defending champions but chose to participate with different partners. Gong partnered Zhang Ze and successfully defended his title. Yi partnered Ruan Roelofse but lost in the final to Gong and Zhang.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [32, 32], "content_span": [33, 268]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274177-0001-0000", "contents": "2017 Zhuhai Open \u2013 Men's Doubles\nGong and Zhang won the title after defeating Roelofse and Yi 6\u20133, 7\u20136(7\u20134) in the final.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [32, 32], "content_span": [33, 121]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274178-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 Zhuhai Open \u2013 Men's Singles\nThomas Fabbiano was the defending champion but lost to Evgeny Donskoy 6\u20133, 6\u20134 in the final.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [32, 32], "content_span": [33, 125]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274179-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 Zhuhai Open \u2013 Women's Doubles\nAnkita Raina and Emily Webley-Smith were the defending champions, but both players chose not to participate.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [34, 34], "content_span": [35, 143]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274179-0001-0000", "contents": "2017 Zhuhai Open \u2013 Women's Doubles\nLesley Kerkhove and Lidziya Marozava won the title, defeating Lyudmyla and Nadiia Kichenok 6\u20134, 6\u20132 in the final.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [34, 34], "content_span": [35, 148]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274180-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 Zhuhai Open \u2013 Women's Singles\nOlga Govortsova was the defending champion, but chose not to participate.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [34, 34], "content_span": [35, 108]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274180-0001-0000", "contents": "2017 Zhuhai Open \u2013 Women's Singles\nDenisa Allertov\u00e1 won the title, defeating Zheng Saisai 6\u20133, 2\u20136, 6\u20134 in the final.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [34, 34], "content_span": [35, 117]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274181-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 Zimbabwe Premier Soccer League\nThe 2017 Zimbabwe Premier Soccer League is the 38th season of top-tier football in Zimbabwe. The season begins on 1 April 2017. CAPS United are the defending champions, coming off their fifth league title (including one in the Rhodesia National Football League).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [35, 35], "content_span": [36, 298]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274181-0001-0000", "contents": "2017 Zimbabwe Premier Soccer League, Teams\nThe league expanded to 18 for the 2017 season, with 14 sides returning from the 2016 season and four promoted from the 2016 Zimbabwe Division 1, Bantu Rovers, Black Rhinos, Shabanie Mine and Yadah. On the other hand, Mutare City and Border Strikers finished as the bottom two teams of the 2016 season and will play in the Zimbabwe Division 1 for the 2017 season. CAPS United are the defending champions from the 2016 season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 42], "content_span": [43, 467]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274181-0002-0000", "contents": "2017 Zimbabwe Premier Soccer League, Results, Result table\nAll teams play in a double round robin system (home and away).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 58], "content_span": [59, 121]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274182-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 Zimbabwean coup d'\u00e9tat\nIn November 2017, Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe was removed as president and party leader of ZANU-PF, and replaced by Emmerson Mnangagwa.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [27, 27], "content_span": [28, 170]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274182-0001-0000", "contents": "2017 Zimbabwean coup d'\u00e9tat\nOn the evening of 14 November 2017, elements of the Zimbabwe Defence Forces (ZDF) gathered around Harare, the capital of Zimbabwe, and seized control of the Zimbabwe Broadcasting Corporation and key areas of the city. The next day, the ZDF issued a statement saying that it was not a coup d'\u00e9tat and that President Mugabe was safe, although the situation would return to normal only after the ZDF had dealt with the \"criminals\" around Mugabe responsible for the socio-economic problems of Zimbabwe. Jacob Zuma, then-President of South Africa, phoned Mugabe and was told that Mugabe was under house arrest but otherwise \"fine\".", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [27, 27], "content_span": [28, 654]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274182-0002-0000", "contents": "2017 Zimbabwean coup d'\u00e9tat\nThe uprising took place amid tensions in the ruling ZANU\u2013PF party between former First Vice-President Emmerson Mnangagwa (who was backed by the ZDF) and First Lady Grace Mugabe (who was backed by the younger G40 faction) over who would succeed the 93-year-old President Mugabe. A week after Mnangagwa was fired and forced to flee the country, and a day before troops moved into Harare, Zimbabwe Defence Forces chief Constantino Chiwenga issued a statement that purges of senior ZANU\u2013PF officials like Mnangagwa had to stop.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [27, 27], "content_span": [28, 551]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274182-0003-0000", "contents": "2017 Zimbabwean coup d'\u00e9tat\nOn 19 November, ZANU-PF removed Mugabe as party leader, replacing him with Mnangagwa, and issued a deadline of 20 November for Mugabe to resign the presidency or face impeachment. Mugabe did not resign, so on 21 November a joint session of Parliament met for his impeachment. After the session convened, Mugabe sent a letter to Zimbabwe's Parliament resigning the presidency. Second Vice-President Phelekezela Mphoko became the Acting President. Mnangagwa was sworn in as president on 24 November 2017.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [27, 27], "content_span": [28, 530]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274182-0004-0000", "contents": "2017 Zimbabwean coup d'\u00e9tat, Background, Early October\nIn the first week of October 2017, tensions between Vice-President Emmerson Mnangagwa and Grace Mugabe, two leading figures to replace the 93-year-old Robert Mugabe as President of Zimbabwe, were prominently displayed in the public sphere. Mnangagwa, a protege of Mugabe's who had been his ally since the Zimbabwe War of Independence in the 1960s, said that doctors had confirmed that he had been poisoned during an August 2017 political rally led by the president and had to be airlifted to a hospital in South Africa for treatment. He also pledged his loyalty to the ZANU\u2013PF party and President Mugabe and said that the story spread by his supporters that Grace Mugabe had ordered the poisoning via a dairy farm she controlled was untrue.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 54], "content_span": [55, 795]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274182-0005-0000", "contents": "2017 Zimbabwean coup d'\u00e9tat, Background, Early October\nGrace Mugabe denied the poisoning claims as ridiculous and rhetorically asked: \"Who is Mnangagwa, who is he?\" Phelekezela Mphoko, Zimbabwe's other Vice-President, publicly criticised Mnangagwa, saying that his comments about the August incident were part of an attempt to destabilise the country and undermine the authority of the president, since doctors had actually concluded that stale food was to blame.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 54], "content_span": [55, 463]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274182-0006-0000", "contents": "2017 Zimbabwean coup d'\u00e9tat, Background, 4 October\nDuring a planned speech in Harare, Grace Mugabe went off-script to attack Mnangagwa, saying that her supporters were constantly receiving threats that if Mnangagwa did not succeed Mugabe, they would be killed and that the faction backing Mnangagwa was plotting a coup d'\u00e9tat.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 50], "content_span": [51, 326]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274182-0007-0000", "contents": "2017 Zimbabwean coup d'\u00e9tat, Background, 4 October\nAt a rally, President Mugabe publicly rebuked Mnangagwa for the first time. At the same rally, Grace Mugabe called him a \"coup plotter\" and a \"coward\". The president fired Mnangagwa on 6 November. A statement from Information Minister Simon Khaya-Moyo said that Mnangagwa had \"consistently and persistently exhibited traits of disloyalty, disrespect, deceitfulness and unreliability\".", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 50], "content_span": [51, 435]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274182-0008-0000", "contents": "2017 Zimbabwean coup d'\u00e9tat, Background, 4 October\nMnangagwa's dismissal essentially left Grace Mugabe, supported by her Generation 40 (G40) faction of younger ZANU\u2013PF officials, as the only major contender to succeed Robert Mugabe. Mnangagwa, one of Mugabe's last political allies who had stayed with him since independence in 1980, had the support of several generals in the Zimbabwean army, who had publicly stated that only a veteran of the war for independence \u2013 which would rule out Grace Mugabe \u2013 should rule the country.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 50], "content_span": [51, 528]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274182-0008-0001", "contents": "2017 Zimbabwean coup d'\u00e9tat, Background, 4 October\nAlthough Mugabe had depended on support from the military to maintain his rule, in the last few years he had undertaken a systematic replacement of old veterans from the war of independence in important ZANU\u2013PF party positions with younger officials who did not fight in the war. This move was seen as risky because Grace Mugabe was a divisive figure in Zimbabwe and did not have much support from important ZANU\u2013PF officials from the liberation war era or in the South African region.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 50], "content_span": [51, 536]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274182-0009-0000", "contents": "2017 Zimbabwean coup d'\u00e9tat, Background, 8\u201312 November\nOn 8 November 2017, Mnangagwa fled to Mozambique and then South Africa to escape \"incessant threats\" against his family. Mnangagwa issued a statement saying that he did not plan to harm Mugabe. He told Mugabe, \"You and your cohorts will instead leave ZANU\u2013PF by the will of the people and this we will do in the coming few weeks.\" Mnangagwa vowed to return and called for members of ZANU\u2013PF to abandon the president. After his exile, more than a hundred of Mnangagwa's alleged senior supporters were targeted for disciplinary sanctions by backers of Grace Mugabe.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 54], "content_span": [55, 618]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274182-0010-0000", "contents": "2017 Zimbabwean coup d'\u00e9tat, Background, 8\u201312 November\nThat same day, Christopher Mutsvangwa also left for South Africa, where he warned South African intelligence that a military intervention was about to take place in Zimbabwe. Meanwhile, Zimbabwean army chief General Constantino Chiwenga was on an official visit to China, where he met generals Chang Wanquan and Li Zuocheng. While in China, General Chiwenga was advised by the military intelligence wing that Mugabe had ordered his arrest upon his return to Zimbabwe on 12 November 2017. Plans had already been put in place through the ZRP Support Unit (A paramilitary wing of the police). Soldiers loyal to Chiwenga, disguised as baggage handlers, overpowered the police at the airport and cleared the way for his arrival.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 54], "content_span": [55, 778]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274182-0011-0000", "contents": "2017 Zimbabwean coup d'\u00e9tat, Background, 13 November\nChiwenga called a press conference at the military headquarters where he read a statement saying that the military would intervene if their historical political allies continued to be targeted. He called recent events \"treacherous shenanigans\" and said that the military \"will not hesitate to step in\" if that was necessary to protect the Zimbabwean revolution. Chiwenga urged people to attend the December 2017 ZANU\u2013PF party congress to exercise their democratic rights and that the party had been infiltrated by counter-revolutionaries.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 52], "content_span": [53, 591]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274182-0011-0001", "contents": "2017 Zimbabwean coup d'\u00e9tat, Background, 13 November\nHe also said that the infighting and purges in ZANU\u2013PF had led to chaos and \"no meaningful development in the country for the past five years\". The statement was made with ninety high-ranking officers from important units of the Zimbabwe National Army present to create an image of army unity. The statement was originally broadcast on Zimbabwe Broadcasting Corporation, the state broadcaster, but pulled off the air, though there was no initial official government response.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 52], "content_span": [53, 528]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274182-0012-0000", "contents": "2017 Zimbabwean coup d'\u00e9tat, Timeline of events, Tuesday, 14 November\nMilitary armoured vehicles were spotted on roadways around Harare, the capital of Zimbabwe, and drove in convoys through the city. The same day, Kudzanayi Chipanga, the leader of the ruling ZANU\u2013PF party's youth league, which is aligned with Grace Mugabe, said that the Youth League was \"ready to die\" to try and prevent the army from deposing Mugabe and choosing a new leader, and that the generals should retire if they were unsatisfied with Mugabe's rule and wanted to become politicians. Mugabe attended a weekly meeting of the Zimbabwe cabinet on Tuesday afternoon. In the early evening after the cabinet meeting, Khaya-Moyo spoke for ZANU\u2013PF and accused Chiwenga of treason and inciting insurrection.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 69], "content_span": [70, 776]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274182-0013-0000", "contents": "2017 Zimbabwean coup d'\u00e9tat, Timeline of events, Tuesday, 14 November\nThat evening, soldiers took over the Harare offices of the state broadcaster, the Zimbabwe Broadcasting Corporation (ZBC), manhandling some of its employees. Workers at the ZBC were later told that they did not have to worry and that the troops were protecting the station. According to the military, the reason for its actions was because the ZBC had been ordered not to broadcast the military's statement on Monday.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 69], "content_span": [70, 487]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274182-0014-0000", "contents": "2017 Zimbabwean coup d'\u00e9tat, Timeline of events, Tuesday, 14 November\nAround 10:30pm, Albert Ngulube, director of security of the Zimbabwean Central Intelligence Organisation was arrested by soldiers after leaving Mugabe's home. He was beaten up at the Presidential Guard headquarters and was released on Friday, 17 November for medical treatment at a private hospital in the capital.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 69], "content_span": [70, 384]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274182-0015-0000", "contents": "2017 Zimbabwean coup d'\u00e9tat, Timeline of events, Wednesday, 15 November\nThe army then proceeded to raid the homes of twenty other people. Minister of Higher Education Jonathan Moyo was tipped off by a member of the army on early Wednesday morning and fled to the house of Saviour Kasukuwere, Minister of Local Government, and his family. That home was then attacked by the army around 2.30am with gunfire before a ceasefire allowed the two families to escape to Mugabe's home. The army also raided the home of Finance Minister Ignatius Chombo, but they came under fire from his private Israeli security guards. One member of the guard was killed. Chombo was detained and assaulted by the troops; US$10 million in cash was found in the house. Police duties had been restricted and Police Commissioner Augustine Chihuri was missing, presumed arrested.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 71], "content_span": [72, 849]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274182-0016-0000", "contents": "2017 Zimbabwean coup d'\u00e9tat, Timeline of events, Wednesday, 15 November\nAt 5\u00a0am Major General Sibusiso Moyo, the army chief of staff and an ally of Chiwenga's, spoke on behalf of the Zimbabwe Defence Forces in a broadcast on ZBC. Moyo asserted that it was not a military takeover and that President Mugabe was safe. However, the statement also said that the military was \"targeting criminals\" around Mugabe responsible for the country's socio-economic problems, and that after they achieved their aims, the situation would \"return to normalcy\".", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 71], "content_span": [72, 544]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274182-0016-0001", "contents": "2017 Zimbabwean coup d'\u00e9tat, Timeline of events, Wednesday, 15 November\nMoyo announced that all military leave was cancelled, soldiers should return to their barracks, security forces should \"cooperate for the good of our country\", and that \"any provocation will be met with an appropriate response\". Moyo also said that the independence of the judiciary of Zimbabwe was guaranteed and that citizens should remain calm and avoid unnecessary movement.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 71], "content_span": [72, 450]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274182-0017-0000", "contents": "2017 Zimbabwean coup d'\u00e9tat, Timeline of events, Wednesday, 15 November\nAfter the speech, the military apprehended Ignatius Chombo, the Zimbabwean finance minister and a leader of G40, the pro-Grace Mugabe faction of ZANU\u2013PF. According to South Africa's The Times, other cabinet ministers seized who were leaders in G40 included Jonathan Moyo and Saviour Kasukuwere.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 71], "content_span": [72, 366]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274182-0018-0000", "contents": "2017 Zimbabwean coup d'\u00e9tat, Timeline of events, Wednesday, 15 November\nAlso early that morning, gunfire and artillery were heard in the northern suburbs of Harare, where many government officials, including the president, had their residences. According to Agence France-Presse, a witness heard sustained gunfire near Mugabe's private home in the suburb of Borrowdale. Reuters reported an explosion close to the main campus of the University of Zimbabwe. Soldiers also blocked access to the Parliament of Zimbabwe, government buildings, courthouses, and the president's official residence in Harare. It was reported that two journalists were assaulted by the military and hospitalised.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 71], "content_span": [72, 686]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274182-0019-0000", "contents": "2017 Zimbabwean coup d'\u00e9tat, Timeline of events, Wednesday, 15 November\nThe military announced a press conference for Wednesday morning, where it was expected that the responsible officers would present a deal with President Mugabe that settled his fate and that of his allies. However, the conference was delayed and then cancelled outright, possibly because of a breakdown in negotiations between Mugabe and the military.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 71], "content_span": [72, 423]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274182-0020-0000", "contents": "2017 Zimbabwean coup d'\u00e9tat, Timeline of events, Wednesday, 15 November\nFor most of Wednesday morning, state-controlled television and radio stations simply rebroadcast Moyo's statement without further news updates, and played patriotic songs from the 1980s about independence alongside normal programming. State-owned newspaper The Herald ran headlines downplaying the military's actions and its website ran a live blog under the headline \"Live and developing: No Military Takeover in Zim\".", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 71], "content_span": [72, 491]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274182-0021-0000", "contents": "2017 Zimbabwean coup d'\u00e9tat, Timeline of events, Wednesday, 15 November\nBy Wednesday afternoon, the roadblocks around key government buildings in Harare had been removed, armoured vehicles were off the streets, and there was no longer extra security in the Borrowdale suburb, where most senior officials had their private homes. Although there was less overall traffic in the city, ordinary activities like school, administrative offices, and businesses returned to normal. Outside Harare, including Bulawayo, the country's second-largest city, Zimbabweans experienced little to no added military presence.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 71], "content_span": [72, 606]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274182-0022-0000", "contents": "2017 Zimbabwean coup d'\u00e9tat, Timeline of events, Wednesday, 15 November\nThe same day, ZBC broadcast an apology from ZANU\u2013PF youth wing leader Kudzai Chipanga to General Chiwenga, whom he had criticised the day before. Chipanga said that he made his statement voluntarily and that he and other members of the youth league \"are still young and make mistakes\".", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 71], "content_span": [72, 357]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274182-0023-0000", "contents": "2017 Zimbabwean coup d'\u00e9tat, Timeline of events, Wednesday, 15 November\nMorgan Tsvangirai, the former Prime Minister and leader of the main opposition party Movement for Democratic Change \u2013 Tsvangirai, who had won 42% of the popular vote against Mugabe's 56.2% in the 2002 presidential election, returned from receiving cancer treatments abroad. Soon after his return to the country, Tsvangirai called for Mugabe to step down.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 71], "content_span": [72, 426]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274182-0024-0000", "contents": "2017 Zimbabwean coup d'\u00e9tat, Timeline of events, Thursday, 16 November\nZANU\u2013PF MP and government minister Paul Chimedza was arrested at an army roadblock in Bubi while attempting to flee to South Africa. In Harare, armoured vehicles remained at key locations.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 70], "content_span": [71, 259]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274182-0025-0000", "contents": "2017 Zimbabwean coup d'\u00e9tat, Timeline of events, Friday, 17 November\nMugabe presided at a graduation ceremony at Zimbabwe Open University.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 68], "content_span": [69, 138]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274182-0026-0000", "contents": "2017 Zimbabwean coup d'\u00e9tat, Timeline of events, Saturday, 18 November\nThere were well-attended and exuberant but peaceful public demonstrations in Harare and in all major towns in the country, supporting the actions of the army and celebrating the apparent end of Mugabe's presidency. Demonstrators also massed outside his office calling on him to quit. Protesters booed and jeered a motorcade that left Mugabe's residence, although a security source stated that Mugabe was not travelling.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 70], "content_span": [71, 490]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274182-0027-0000", "contents": "2017 Zimbabwean coup d'\u00e9tat, Timeline of events, Sunday, 19 November\nMugabe was sacked by his party, and his wife and 20 of her associates were expelled as party members. However, in a speech delivered in Harare and broadcast on state television around the country, Mugabe ignored the party's actions and the political pressure around him, declining to resign and saying he would preside over the upcoming party conference. ZANU-PF issued Mugabe a deadline of noon on 20 November to resign or face impeachment. ZANU\u2013PF announced that if Mugabe had not resigned by noon the following day, then impeachment would follow.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 68], "content_span": [69, 618]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274182-0028-0000", "contents": "2017 Zimbabwean coup d'\u00e9tat, Timeline of events, Monday, 20 November\nMugabe ignored the noon deadline for his resignation. Paul Mangwana, ZANU\u2013PF's deputy secretary for legal affairs, said that impeachment could be set in motion as early as the next day. Mugabe would be impeached on the basis that he \"allowed his wife to usurp constitutional power\".", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 68], "content_span": [69, 351]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274182-0029-0000", "contents": "2017 Zimbabwean coup d'\u00e9tat, Timeline of events, Monday, 20 November\nMangwana announced that party members had \"unanimously\" agreed to remove Mugabe from office and would work with the opposition MDC party to remove Mugabe in a two-day period. Mangwana also stated that a committee would be set up on 21 November and that the vote for impeachment would occur on 22 November.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 68], "content_span": [69, 374]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274182-0030-0000", "contents": "2017 Zimbabwean coup d'\u00e9tat, Timeline of events, Monday, 20 November\nChiwenga announced in a televised address that Mnangagwa would soon return to Zimbabwe and hold talks with Mugabe, with whom he had now been in contact, and that the military coup, dubbed \"Operation Restore Legacy\", was progressing well.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 68], "content_span": [69, 306]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274182-0031-0000", "contents": "2017 Zimbabwean coup d'\u00e9tat, Timeline of events, Monday, 20 November\nBritish news agency Reuters reported that impeachment proceedings would proceed after the ruling ZANU\u2013PF party completed the draft for a motion of impeachment. A copy of the draft, which also included a motion for a no-confidence vote, was obtained by British newspaper The Daily Telegraph. Of ZANU\u2013PF's 250 lawmakers, all but 20 at a caucus meeting endorsed the impeachment motion, according to party Chairman Simon Khaya-Moyo.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 68], "content_span": [69, 497]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274182-0032-0000", "contents": "2017 Zimbabwean coup d'\u00e9tat, Timeline of events, Monday, 20 November\nTsvangirai called for an all-stakeholders meeting to chart the country's future and an internationally supervised process for the forthcoming elections. He said an all-inclusive process to take the country to legitimacy was the only way forward.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 68], "content_span": [69, 314]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274182-0033-0000", "contents": "2017 Zimbabwean coup d'\u00e9tat, Timeline of events, Tuesday, 21 November\nIn a sitting of the House of Assembly, Sen. Monica Mutsvangwa of the ZANU\u2013PF caucus made the motion to convene a joint session of Parliament with the full Senate for the impeachment of Mugabe, and MP James Maridadi of the MDC-T seconded the motion. The MPs then adjourned to the Harare International Conference Centre for the joint session because the Parliament building could not accommodate a joint sitting. The joint session was tasked with deciding on impeachment by a majority vote and selecting a nine-member committee to investigate the allegations against Mugabe:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 69], "content_span": [70, 642]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274182-0034-0000", "contents": "2017 Zimbabwean coup d'\u00e9tat, Timeline of events, Tuesday, 21 November\nIf this committee recommended impeachment, the joint sitting had to approve the recommendation by a two-thirds majority (233 seats of the 347-seat total). However, both major parties supported the motion and controlled all but four seats in the House of Assembly and all but two seats in the Senate between them. Mugabe's impeachment and removal thus appeared all but certain.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 69], "content_span": [70, 446]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274182-0035-0000", "contents": "2017 Zimbabwean coup d'\u00e9tat, Timeline of events, Tuesday, 21 November\nPrior to the session, a cabinet meeting called by Mugabe was snubbed by 17 out of 22 members, with the absentees opting to attend a mandatory meeting of the ZANU\u2013PF parliamentary caucus. Mnangagwa wrote a letter saying that he could not meet personally with Mugabe while his safety could not be guaranteed. The letter also urged Mugabe to resign.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 69], "content_span": [70, 416]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274182-0036-0000", "contents": "2017 Zimbabwean coup d'\u00e9tat, Timeline of events, Tuesday, 21 November\nThe crisis harmed Zimbabwe's economy, with investors dumping Zimbabwean stocks, sending them falling 10% on Monday to an eight-week low of 387.38.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 69], "content_span": [70, 216]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274182-0037-0000", "contents": "2017 Zimbabwean coup d'\u00e9tat, Timeline of events, Tuesday, 21 November\nAt 18:00 local time Mugabe resigned. His resignation, in the form of an official statement, was announced by Speaker of Parliament Jacob Mudenda to the joint session. Many of the legislators in every party cheered happily right after Mudenda read Mugabe's resignation letter. In accordance with the Zimbabwean constitution, the Vice President, Phelekezela Mphoko, became acting president, pending nomination of a new candidate by the ruling party. However, as he was out of the country at the time it is disputed whether or not he served in that acting position. The ZANU\u2013PF chief whip duly nominated Mnangagwa, telling news organisations that he would take over as president within 48 hours.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 69], "content_span": [70, 762]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274182-0038-0000", "contents": "2017 Zimbabwean coup d'\u00e9tat, Post-resignation events, Wednesday, 22 November\nMnangagwa arrived in Zimbabwe in the afternoon and gave a speech to the public outside of ZANU-PF headquarters, pledging \"the beginning of a new unfolding democracy\". The Zimbabwe Broadcasting Corporation posted a report that Mnangagwa would be sworn on 24 November as interim president to serve out the remainder of Mugabe's term in office.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 76], "content_span": [77, 418]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274182-0039-0000", "contents": "2017 Zimbabwean coup d'\u00e9tat, Mugabe's house arrest, negotiations, and resignation\nMajor General Moyo's initial statement said that \"Mugabe and his family are safe and sound, and their security is guaranteed\", indicating that President Mugabe and Grace Mugabe were likely both under military custody, though no clarifications were initially issued. South African President Jacob Zuma said that Robert Mugabe had been placed under house arrest by the Zimbabwe military. Mugabe told Zuma in a phone call that he was fine but was unable to leave his home.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 81], "content_span": [82, 551]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274182-0040-0000", "contents": "2017 Zimbabwean coup d'\u00e9tat, Mugabe's house arrest, negotiations, and resignation\nSky News reported that there were unconfirmed reports that Grace Mugabe had fled to Namibia. The Guardian also initially cited unconfirmed reports that she was in Namibia for a business trip, but later reported that she was apparently in detention with the rest of the family. On 15 November, Namibia neither confirmed nor denied the reports that Grace Mugabe was in the country. However, on 16 November, state-owned newspaper New Era quoted Namibian deputy prime minister Netumbo Nandi-Ndaitwah denying that Grace Mugabe was in the country.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 81], "content_span": [82, 623]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274182-0041-0000", "contents": "2017 Zimbabwean coup d'\u00e9tat, Mugabe's house arrest, negotiations, and resignation\nOn Wednesday, 15 November, South African Defence Minister Nosiviwe Mapisa-Nqakula and State Security Minister Bongani Bongo arrived at the Harare airport but were not allowed to leave the airport until the evening, when they were allowed to move to a hotel. On Thursday, 16 November, Mugabe was at Harare's State House to participate in talks with General Chiwenga and the two envoys from the Southern African Development Community over a transition of power. His friend and Catholic priest Fidelis Mukonori acted as a mediator. Others present were Zimbabwe's Defence Minister and State Security Minister, Sydney Sekeramayi and Kembo Mohadi respectively. One of the leading figures in the alleged coup attempt of 2007, Air Vice Marshal Elson Moyo, was also present.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 81], "content_span": [82, 847]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274182-0042-0000", "contents": "2017 Zimbabwean coup d'\u00e9tat, Mugabe's house arrest, negotiations, and resignation\nAccording to sources referred to by The Daily Telegraph and BBC News, Mugabe and his allies did not support his voluntary resignation before the end of his presidential term, which would coincide with the planned general election in 2018. That same day, The Independent reported that ZANU\u2013PF leaders planned to meet the next day to draft a resolution dismissing Mugabe as president on 19 November and impeaching him on 21 November if he refused to step down.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 81], "content_span": [82, 540]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274182-0043-0000", "contents": "2017 Zimbabwean coup d'\u00e9tat, Mugabe's house arrest, negotiations, and resignation\nOn Friday, 17 November, Mugabe appeared to have been temporarily released from his house arrest to attend a graduation ceremony at Zimbabwe Open University in Harare.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 81], "content_span": [82, 248]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274182-0044-0000", "contents": "2017 Zimbabwean coup d'\u00e9tat, Mugabe's house arrest, negotiations, and resignation\nOn Sunday, 19 November, Mugabe was sacked as the leader of ZANU\u2013PF, and Emmerson Mnangagwa, the former Zimbabwean Vice President, appointed in his place. Reports emerged that Mugabe was on hunger strike, refusing to voluntarily step down as President of Zimbabwe. The same day, Grace Mugabe and 20 of her associates were expelled from ZANU\u2013PF. Reports later that day suggested that Mugabe would resign during a television address that evening. However, during that address he said that he would remain as president.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 81], "content_span": [82, 597]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274182-0045-0000", "contents": "2017 Zimbabwean coup d'\u00e9tat, Mugabe's house arrest, negotiations, and resignation\nOn 20 November, the country's military commander General Constantino Chiwenga announced in a televised address to the nation that former Vice President Emmerson Mnangagwa would soon return to Zimbabwe to resume talks with Mugabe and that he was encouraged by the contact between Mnangagwa, whom the army wanted to succeed Mugabe, and the President. On the same day, a motion to impeach and hold a no confidence vote against Mugabe was drafted by Lovemore Matuke, the ZANU\u2013PF chief whip in parliament, before Mugabe finally resigned at 18:00 local time by sending a letter to the Speaker of Parliament. Vice-President Phelekezela Mphoko became the Acting President.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 81], "content_span": [82, 746]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274182-0046-0000", "contents": "2017 Zimbabwean coup d'\u00e9tat, Mugabe's house arrest, negotiations, and resignation\nThere was little interest among the political elite in prosecuting Mugabe, with those who had sought his impeachment in the past arguing he should be \"allowed to rest\". On 23 November, military authorities agreed to grant Mugabe and his wife immunity from prosecution. The couple was also to receive no less than $10 million, according to an official.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 81], "content_span": [82, 433]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274182-0047-0000", "contents": "2017 Zimbabwean coup d'\u00e9tat, Reactions, Domestic\nNelson Chamisa, the deputy leader of the Movement for Democratic Change \u2013 Tsvangirai, the main opposition party in Zimbabwe, called for \"peace, constitutionalism, democratization, the rule of law and the sanctity of human life\". Tendai Biti, the leader of another opposition party, called for a \"roadmap back to legitimacy\" through a transitional government and dialogue with regional organisations. Evan Mawarire, a pastor and civic activist who had been arrested during the 2016\u201317 protests, asked citizens to \"remain calm and hopeful, alert but prayerful\" and that the crisis was \"the culmination\" of citizen activist work.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 48], "content_span": [49, 675]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274182-0047-0001", "contents": "2017 Zimbabwean coup d'\u00e9tat, Reactions, Domestic\nChristopher Mutsvangwa, leader of the Zimbabwe National Liberation War Veterans Association and an ally of Mnangagwa, praised Army General Constantino Chiwenga for \"a bloodless correction of gross abuse of power\" and hoped that the army would restore a \"genuine democracy\" to Zimbabwe. Former Vice-President Joice Mujuru called for a transitional government focusing on economic recovery and electoral reform.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 48], "content_span": [49, 458]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274182-0048-0000", "contents": "2017 Zimbabwean coup d'\u00e9tat, Reactions, International, Africa\nJacob Zuma, the President of South Africa, phoned Mugabe and confirmed his house arrest. Zuma also asked for calm and a transition that was in accordance with the Constitution of Zimbabwe. He also sent a ministerial-level envoy to talk with the leaders of the Zimbabwe military. Julius Malema, the leader of the Economic Freedom Fighters party and previously a Mugabe supporter, voiced support for the army's initiative. He tweeted: \"Someone had to do something, the army should make sure that there is no loss of life however anyone seeking to undermine this transition should be dealt with decisively.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 61], "content_span": [62, 665]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274182-0048-0001", "contents": "2017 Zimbabwean coup d'\u00e9tat, Reactions, International, Africa\nFinally free and stable Zimbabwe is coming in our life time.\" Mmusi Maimane, the leader of the Democratic Alliance party simply stated that Mugabe must step down and called him a dictator. He also called for the democratic process to be upheld. Nedbank, a major South African bank, sent home several of its South African employees working for its Zimbabwean subsidiary, MBCA Bank.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 61], "content_span": [62, 442]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274182-0049-0000", "contents": "2017 Zimbabwean coup d'\u00e9tat, Reactions, International, Africa\nNetumbo Nandi-Ndaitwah, the Foreign Minister of Namibia, said that the incident \"creates uncertainty that is not conducive to peace, stability, and consolidation of democracy in Zimbabwe and the region as a whole\" and said that Namibia expected that democratic institutions in Zimbabwe would continue to function under its constitution. Nandi-Ndaitwah also said that the Namibian government expected Zimbabwe to abide by the Southern African Development Community's Treaty on Governance and the African Union Constitutive Act. On 16 November, Namibia denied reports that Grace Mugabe was in the country.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 61], "content_span": [62, 665]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274182-0050-0000", "contents": "2017 Zimbabwean coup d'\u00e9tat, Reactions, International, Africa\nAlpha Cond\u00e9, the President of Guinea and the leader of the African Union, rebuked the actions of the military and demanded the immediate restoration of the rule of law under the Zimbabwean Constitution. Edgar Lungu, the President of Zambia, condemned the events, saying that they were \"not in tune with modern politics\". While Abdelaziz Benali Cherif, the Foreign Minister of Algeria, called for respect for Zimbabwe's constitutional order. Fatoumata Tambajang, Vice-President of the Gambia, called for dialogue between the military and political leadership to solve the crisis.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 61], "content_span": [62, 640]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274182-0051-0000", "contents": "2017 Zimbabwean coup d'\u00e9tat, Reactions, International, Africa\nThe Southern African Development Community (SADC) held an urgent meeting at the SADC headquarters in Gaborone on 16 November. The meeting was called by Zuma and was expected to be attended by the leaders of Angola, Tanzania, and Zambia.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 61], "content_span": [62, 298]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274182-0052-0000", "contents": "2017 Zimbabwean coup d'\u00e9tat, Reactions, International, Africa\nOn 22 November, Kenya's former Prime Minister Raila Odinga, a key mediator of the 2008\u201309 Zimbabwean political negotiations, hailed Zimbabwe for \"peacefully overthrowing tyranny and dictatorship\". The African Union issued a statement in which it refrained from describing the military intervention as a 'coup', but instead said Mugabe's ouster was a legitimate expression of the will of the Zimbabwean people.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 61], "content_span": [62, 471]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274182-0053-0000", "contents": "2017 Zimbabwean coup d'\u00e9tat, Reactions, International, Beyond Africa\nForeign embassies, including the American, Canadian, British, and Dutch embassies in Harare, issued warnings to citizens of their countries to stay indoors because of the military activity in the city. A German spokesperson for the Federal Foreign Office told a press conference in Berlin that \"We see developments there with concern ... The situation there is confusing and unclear.\" British Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson called \"for everybody to refrain from violence\" and stated that \"everybody wants to see a stable and successful Zimbabwe\".", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 68], "content_span": [69, 616]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274182-0054-0000", "contents": "2017 Zimbabwean coup d'\u00e9tat, Reactions, International, Beyond Africa\nWhile Australian Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull characterised the Mugabe regime as a dictatorship, the Australian Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade upgraded its travel advice, warning Australians to reconsider travelling to the country. The Chinese Foreign Ministry claimed that a meeting which occurred on 10 November between General Chiwenga and Chinese defence minister Chang Wanquan was innocuous and that China hoped that \"the relevant parties in Zimbabwe [would] appropriately handle their internal matters\".", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 68], "content_span": [69, 590]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274182-0055-0000", "contents": "2017 Zimbabwean coup d'\u00e9tat, Reactions, International, Beyond Africa\nVenezuelan Foreign Minister Jorge Arreaza called for the \"immediate restoration of the democratic institution and the respect for the Constitution\".", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 68], "content_span": [69, 217]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274182-0056-0000", "contents": "2017 Zimbabwean coup d'\u00e9tat, Reactions, International, Beyond Africa\nAnt\u00f3nio Guterres, the Secretary-General of the United Nations, through his deputy spokesperson, Farhan Haq, encouraged peace and resolution through negotiation within the workings of Zimbabwean Constitution. The UN also acknowledged the efforts of the SADC in resolving the crisis. European Commission spokesperson Catherine Ray stated that the situation \"is a matter of concern for the EU\" and called for \"peaceful resolution\".", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 68], "content_span": [69, 497]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274182-0057-0000", "contents": "2017 Zimbabwean coup d'\u00e9tat, Reactions, International, Beyond Africa\nDeputy Russian Prime Minister Yury Trutnev, on a visit to Southern Africa, directly blamed President Robert Mugabe for getting himself into trouble by failing to address the socioeconomic issues of the country which had left Zimbabweans impoverished and angry.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 68], "content_span": [69, 329]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274182-0058-0000", "contents": "2017 Zimbabwean coup d'\u00e9tat, Reactions, International, Beyond Africa\nUnited States Secretary of State Rex Tillerson called Mugabe's resignation a \"historic moment\" for the country. He further congratulated Zimbabweans for peacefully bringing about a change which \"was overdue\" and emphasized that the United States would support Zimbabwe in transitioning to a stable, democratic government and economy.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 68], "content_span": [69, 402]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274182-0059-0000", "contents": "2017 Zimbabwean coup d'\u00e9tat, Reactions, International, Beyond Africa\nBritish Prime Minister Theresa May welcomed Mugabe's resignation stating that it \"provides Zimbabwe with an opportunity to forge a new path free of the oppression that characterised his rule\".", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 68], "content_span": [69, 261]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274182-0060-0000", "contents": "2017 Zimbabwean coup d'\u00e9tat, Analysis\nDerek Matyszak, an analyst from the Institute for Security Studies, said that it was rare to see tanks on Zimbabwe's roads, and that their mere presence meant that the country was \"entering new territory\". According to Nii Akuetteh, an African policy analyst, the army's decision to present its actions as not being a coup was to avoid garnering opposition to their actions.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 37], "content_span": [38, 412]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274182-0061-0000", "contents": "2017 Zimbabwean coup d'\u00e9tat, Analysis\nBrian Latham, a journalist with Bloomberg, judged that the future succession to Mugabe would be determined by four power brokers in the Zimbabwe elite. In addition to Emmerson Mnangagwa and Constantine Chiwenga, Latham also deemed that the influence of Lieutenant-General Philip Valerio Sibanda and Air Marshal Perrance Shiri would be decisive.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 37], "content_span": [38, 382]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274182-0062-0000", "contents": "2017 Zimbabwean coup d'\u00e9tat, Analysis\nA 2019 study argued that the coup occurred \"because soldiers from Zimbabwe\u2019s 1970s independence war subscribed to the coup\u2019s stated ideal to restore liberation struggle principles in the ruling Zimbabwe African National Union Patriotic Front party as well as party members who had been sidelined. Liberation war veterans held decisive army and air force command posts when the coup occurred... the coup\u2019s catalyst was Mugabe\u2019s refusal to meet his generals on 13 November 2017, for vital talks on widening differences between both parties. Sealing off dialogue catalyzed the coup.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 37], "content_span": [38, 618]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274182-0063-0000", "contents": "2017 Zimbabwean coup d'\u00e9tat, Analysis, Alleged Chinese involvement\nDays before the coup, General Constantino Chiwenga visited China to meet senior Chinese military leaders, including Generals Chang Wanquan and Li Zuocheng. Chiwenga's visit to China has come under scrutiny, with speculation that he had sought Beijing's tacit approval for a possible move against Mugabe. However, the Chinese Foreign Ministry said that his visit was a \"normal military exchange.\" The Chinese embassy in South Africa called the reports of Chinese involvement \"contradictory, full of logical inconsistencies, and motivated by evil intentions.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 66], "content_span": [67, 624]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274183-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 al-Jinah airstrike\nOn 16 March 2017, an airstrike by the United States Armed Forces killed up to 49 people in the rebel-held village of al-Jinah near Aleppo, Syria. The US military claimed the people targeted in the strike were militants belonging to the terrorist group al-Qaeda. However, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights (SOHR), local residents and local officials have claimed that the building struck was a mosque filled with worshipers. At the time, US military claimed that the structure bombed was not a mosque itself but was next to a mosque, which was undamaged.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [23, 23], "content_span": [24, 583]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274183-0000-0001", "contents": "2017 al-Jinah airstrike\nHowever, on May 5, 2017, a US Central Command investigation determined that the building was indeed part of a mosque-complex. Rami Abdel Rahman, head of SOHR, claimed the structure was a mosque which held over 300 people at the time of the strike. In September 2017, the United Nations Commission of Inquiry on Syria concluded that \"United States forces failed to take all feasible precautions to avoid or minimize incidental loss of civilian life, injury to civilians and damage to civilian objects, in violation of international humanitarian law.\" The UN commission's findings did not support the U.S. claim that an al-Qaeda meeting was taking place.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [23, 23], "content_span": [24, 676]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274183-0001-0000", "contents": "2017 al-Jinah airstrike, Casualties\nForty-two people were initially reported by the SOHR to have been killed, though the group said that by March 17 the death toll had increased to 49, while The Guardian reported that 46 people had died. The SOHR said that most of the casualties were civilians, and more than 100 people were injured. The Syrian Civil Defence said that \"dozens\" of people had been buried in rubble following the strike. According to a September 2017 report from the UN Commission of Inquiry on Syria, 38 people were killed, including one woman and five children, and 26 people were wounded.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 35], "content_span": [36, 607]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274183-0002-0000", "contents": "2017 al-Jinah airstrike, Casualties\nAccording to a spokesman for the Pentagon, \"dozens\" of al-Qaeda fighters, including \"senior al Qaeda terrorists, some of these were likely high value individuals\", were among those killed. Another spokesman stated that initial assessments indicated no civilian casualties.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 35], "content_span": [36, 308]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274183-0003-0000", "contents": "2017 al-Jinah airstrike, U.S. involvement\nA missile fragment was reportedly found at the attack scene which had Latin alphabet letters corresponding with script found on missiles used by US forces, according to British investigative group Bellingcat. The Syrian Institute for Justice released photographs showing fragments of American weapons at the site of the bombing, which British newspaper The Telegraph cited as evidence that the US was responsible for civilian casualties.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 41], "content_span": [42, 479]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274183-0004-0000", "contents": "2017 al-Jinah airstrike, U.S. involvement\nA United States Central Command spokesman, Josh Jacques, confirmed that the United States had carried out an airstrike, but said that the area was \"assessed to be a meeting place for al-Qaeda, and we took the strike,\" and denied both that the mosque had been the target and that it had been the building that was destroyed. \"We did not target a mosque, but the building that we did target \u2013 which was where the meeting [of militants] took place \u2013 is about 50 feet [15\u00a0m] from a mosque that is still standing,\" spokesperson Colonel John Thomas said. Pentagon spokesman Jeff Davis later clarified that the target had been identified as a \"partially constructed community center.\" The photo released by the Pentagon showed the mosque was \"relatively unscathed,\" Davis added.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 41], "content_span": [42, 813]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274183-0005-0000", "contents": "2017 al-Jinah airstrike, U.S. involvement\nThe Washington Post reported that two Reaper drones fired at least four Hellfire missiles and dropped a 500-pound (230\u00a0kg) bomb in the attack. Within a week of the attack, US Central Command began two internal investigations, one into whether civilians had been killed and another to find additional information about the type of building hit and its occupants. On May 5, 2017, the investigation determined that the building was indeed part of a mosque-complex.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 41], "content_span": [42, 503]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274183-0006-0000", "contents": "2017 al-Jinah airstrike, U.S. involvement\nAccording to Forensic Architecture, witness testimonies and photographs of the building taken before the strike suggested few of the rooms had doors separating them from one another. A large number of local residents visited regularly and the building was open to the public. Forensic Architecture concluded that \"[a]ll of this makes it unlikely that a meeting of senior al-Qaeda operatives would have been taking place at the time of the strike.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 41], "content_span": [42, 489]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274183-0007-0000", "contents": "2017 al-Jinah airstrike, U.S. involvement\nIn a report released 18 April 2017, Human Right Watch stated that they had \"not found evidence to support the allegation that members of al-Qaeda or any other armed group were meeting in the mosque.\" Local residents in the area reported that there were no members of armed groups at the mosque or in the area at the time of the attack and that the victims were all civilians and local residents. First responders to the initial strike said the dead and injured wore civilian clothes and that they saw no weapons at the site. Human Rights Watch also noted that \"U.S. authorities have so far released no information to support their claims.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 41], "content_span": [42, 681]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274183-0008-0000", "contents": "2017 al-Jinah airstrike, U.S. involvement\nIn June 2017, a United States military investigation found the airstrike was legal and caused one civilian casualty. U.S. Army Brig. Gen. Paul Bontrager said the investigation into the attack did not involve any interviews with people on the ground and no U.S. personnel visited the site.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 41], "content_span": [42, 330]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274183-0009-0000", "contents": "2017 al-Jinah airstrike, U.S. involvement\nIn September 2017, a report from the UN Commission of Inquiry on Syria said that three days before striking the mosque compound, the U.S. team knew about the target but did not do enough to verify it. The Commission therefore concluded that \"United States forces failed to take all feasible precautions to avoid or minimize incidental loss of civilian life, injury to civilians and damage to civilian objects, in violation of international humanitarian law.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 41], "content_span": [42, 500]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274183-0009-0001", "contents": "2017 al-Jinah airstrike, U.S. involvement\nThe UN commission said its findings did not support the U.S. claim that an al-Qaeda meeting was taking place there and the U.S. had not released evidence that such a meeting took place. The report noted that the United States Central Command investigation included interviews with dozens of people, none of whom were in al-Jinah at the time of the attack. The investigators said the U.S. had sought to limit collateral damage using ten bombs that produced minimal blast and fragmentation to hit the building, before following up with two missiles fired by a drone at people fleeing.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 41], "content_span": [42, 624]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274184-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 aluminium alloy\n2017 Aluminium alloy has copper, iron, magnesium, manganese and silicon as main alloying elements.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [20, 20], "content_span": [21, 119]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274185-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 belairdirect BC Men's Curling Championship\nThe 2017 belairdirect BC Men's Curling Championship was held from February 8 to 12 at the Abbotsford Curling Club in Abbotsford, British Columbia.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 47], "section_span": [47, 47], "content_span": [48, 194]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274185-0001-0000", "contents": "2017 belairdirect BC Men's Curling Championship, Qualification process\nSixteen teams qualified for the provincial tournament through several methods. The qualification process is as follows:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 47], "section_span": [49, 70], "content_span": [71, 190]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274186-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 cyberattacks on Ukraine\nA series of powerful cyberattacks using the Petya malware began on 27 June 2017 that swamped websites of Ukrainian organizations, including banks, ministries, newspapers and electricity firms. Similar infections were reported in France, Germany, Italy, Poland, Russia, United Kingdom, the United States and Australia. ESET estimated on 28 June 2017 that 80% of all infections were in Ukraine, with Germany second hardest hit with about 9%. On 28 June 2017, the Ukrainian government stated that the attack was halted. On 30 June 2017, the Associated Press reported experts agreed that Petya was masquerading as ransomware, while it was actually designed to cause maximum damage, with Ukraine being the main target.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [28, 28], "content_span": [29, 742]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274186-0001-0000", "contents": "2017 cyberattacks on Ukraine, Approach\nSecurity experts believe the attack originated from an update of a Ukrainian tax accounting package called MeDoc (M.E.Doc), developed by Intellect Service. MeDoc is widely used among tax accountants in Ukraine, and the software was the main option for accounting for other Ukrainian businesses, according to Mikko Hypp\u00f6nen, a security expert at F-Secure. MeDoc had about 400,000 customers across Ukraine, representing about 90% of the country's domestic firms and prior to the attack was installed on an estimated 1 million computers in Ukraine.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 38], "content_span": [39, 584]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274186-0002-0000", "contents": "2017 cyberattacks on Ukraine, Approach\nMeDoc provides periodic updates to its program through an update server. On the day of the attack, 27 June 2017, an update for MeDoc was pushed out by the update server, following which the ransomware attack began to appear. British malware expert Marcus Hutchins claimed \"It looks like the software's automatic update system was compromised and used to download and run malware rather than updates for the software.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 38], "content_span": [39, 456]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274186-0002-0001", "contents": "2017 cyberattacks on Ukraine, Approach\nThe company that produces MeDoc claimed they had no intentional involvement in the ransomware attack, as their computer offices were also affected, and they are cooperating with law enforcement to track down the origin. Similar attack via MeDoc software was carried out on 18 May 2017 with a ransomware XData. Hundreds of accounting departments were affected in Ukraine.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 38], "content_span": [39, 409]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274186-0003-0000", "contents": "2017 cyberattacks on Ukraine, Approach\nThe cyberattack was based on a modified version of the Petya ransomware. Like the WannaCry ransomware attack in May 2017, Petya uses the EternalBlue exploit previously discovered in older versions of the Microsoft Windows operating system. When Petya is executed, it encrypts the Master File Table of the hard drive and forces the computer to restart. It then displays a message to the user, telling them their files are now encrypted and to send US$300 in bitcoin to one of three wallets to receive instructions to decrypt their computer.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 38], "content_span": [39, 578]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274186-0003-0001", "contents": "2017 cyberattacks on Ukraine, Approach\nAt the same time, the software exploits the Server Message Block protocol in Windows to infect local computers on the same network, and any remote computers it can find. Additionally, the NotPetya software was found to use a variant of Mimikatz, a proof-of-concept exploit found in 2011 that demonstrated that user passwords had been retained in computer memory within Windows, exploiting these passwords to help spread across networks.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 38], "content_span": [39, 475]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274186-0004-0000", "contents": "2017 cyberattacks on Ukraine, Approach\nThe EternalBlue exploit had been previously identified, and Microsoft issued patches in March 2017 to shut down the exploit for Windows Vista, Windows 7, Windows 8.1, Windows 10, Windows Server 2008, Windows Server 2012, and Windows Server 2016. However, the WannaCry attack progressed through many computer systems that still used older Windows operating systems or older versions of the newer ones, which still had the exploit, or that users had not taken the steps to download the patches. Microsoft issued new patches for Windows XP, Windows Server 2003 and Windows 8 the day after the WannaCry attack. Security expert Lesley Carhart stated that \"Every method of exploitation that the attack used to spread was preventable by well-documented means\".", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 38], "content_span": [39, 792]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274186-0005-0000", "contents": "2017 cyberattacks on Ukraine, Approach\nSecurity experts found that the version of Petya used in the Ukraine cyberattacks had been modified, and subsequently has been named NotPetya or Nyetna to distinguish it from the original malware. NotPetya encrypted all of the files on the infected computers, not just the Master File Table, and in some cases the computer's files were completely wiped or rewritten in a manner that could not be undone through decryption. Some security experts saw that the software could intercept passwords and perform administrator-level actions that could further ruin computer files.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 38], "content_span": [39, 611]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274186-0005-0001", "contents": "2017 cyberattacks on Ukraine, Approach\nThey also noted that the software could identify specific computer systems and bypass infection of those systems, suggesting the attack was more surgical in its goal. There also has yet to be discovery of a \"kill switch\" as there was with the WannaCry software, which would immediately stop its spread. According to Nicholas Weaver of the University of California the hackers had previously compromised MeDoc \"made it into a remote-control Trojan, and then they were willing to burn this asset to launch this attack.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 38], "content_span": [39, 555]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274186-0006-0000", "contents": "2017 cyberattacks on Ukraine, Attack\nDuring the attack the radiation monitoring system at Ukraine's Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant went offline. Several Ukrainian ministries, banks, metro systems and state-owned enterprises (Boryspil International Airport, Ukrtelecom, Ukrposhta, State Savings Bank of Ukraine, Ukrainian Railways) were affected. In the infected computers, important computer files were overwritten and thus permanently damaged, despite the malware's displayed message to the user indicating that all files could be recovered \"safely and easily\" by meeting the attackers' demands and making the requested payment in Bitcoin currency.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 36], "content_span": [37, 648]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274186-0007-0000", "contents": "2017 cyberattacks on Ukraine, Attack\nThe attack has been seen to be more likely aimed at crippling the Ukrainian state rather than for monetary reasons. The attack came on the eve of the Ukrainian public holiday, Constitution Day (celebrating the anniversary of the approval by the Verkhovna Rada (Ukraine's parliament) of the Constitution of Ukraine on 28 June 1996). Most government offices would be empty, allowing the cyberattack to spread without interference. In addition, some security experts saw the ransomware engage in wiping the affected hard drives rather than encrypting them, which would be a further disaster for companies affected by this.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 36], "content_span": [37, 656]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274186-0008-0000", "contents": "2017 cyberattacks on Ukraine, Attack\nA short time before the cyberattack began, it was reported that a senior intelligence officer and head of a special forces detachment unit of the Ukrainian Chief Directorate of Intelligence, Col. Maksym Shapoval, was assassinated in Kyiv by a car bomb. Former government adviser in Georgia and Moldova Molly K. McKew believed this assassination was related to the cyberattack.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 36], "content_span": [37, 413]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274186-0009-0000", "contents": "2017 cyberattacks on Ukraine, Attack\nOn 28 June 2017 the Ukrainian government stated that the attack was halted, \"The situation is under complete control of the cyber security specialists, they are now working to restore the lost data.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 36], "content_span": [37, 236]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274186-0010-0000", "contents": "2017 cyberattacks on Ukraine, Attack\nFollowing the initial 27 June attack, security experts found that the code that had infected the M.E.Doc update had a backdoor that could potentially be used to launch another cyberattack. On seeing signs of another cyberattack, the Ukrainian police raided the offices of MeDoc on 4 July 2017 and seized their servers. MeDoc's CEO stated that they were now aware there had been a backdoor installed on their servers, again refuted their involvement in the attack, and were working to help authorities identify the source.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 36], "content_span": [37, 558]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274186-0010-0001", "contents": "2017 cyberattacks on Ukraine, Attack\nSecurity company ESET found that the backdoor had been installed on MeDoc's updater service as early as 15 May 2017, while experts from Cisco Systems' Talos group found evidence of the backdoor as early as April 2017; either situation points to the cyberattack as a \"thoroughly well-planned and well-executed operation\". Ukrainian officials have stated that Intellect Service will \"face criminal responsibility\", as they were previously warned about lax security on their servers by anti-virus firms prior to these events but did not take steps to prevent it. Talos warned that due to the large size of the MeDoc update that contained the NotPetya malware (1.5 gigabytes), there may be other backdoors that they have yet to find, and another attack could be possible.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 36], "content_span": [37, 804]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274186-0011-0000", "contents": "2017 cyberattacks on Ukraine, Attribution\nOn 30 June, the Security Service of Ukraine (SBU) reported it had seized the equipment that had been used to launch the cyberattack, claiming it to have belonged to Russian agents responsible for launching the attack. On 1 July 2017 the SBU claimed that available data showed that the same perpetrators who in Ukraine in December 2016 attacked the financial system, transport and energy facilities of Ukraine (using TeleBots and BlackEnergy) were the same hacking groups who attacked Ukraine on 27 June 2017. \"This testifies to the involvement of the special services of Russian Federation in this attack,\" it concluded.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 41], "content_span": [42, 662]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274186-0011-0001", "contents": "2017 cyberattacks on Ukraine, Attribution\n(A December 2016 cyber attack on a Ukrainian state energy computer caused a power cut in the northern part of the capital, Kyiv). Russia\u2013Ukraine relations are at a frozen state since Russia's 2014 annexation of Crimea followed by a Russian government-backed separatist insurgency in eastern Ukraine in which more than 10,000 people had died by late June 2017. (Russia has repeatedly denied sending troops or military equipment to eastern Ukraine). Ukraine claims that hacking Ukrainian state institutions is part of what they describe as a \"hybrid war\" by Russia on Ukraine.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 41], "content_span": [42, 616]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274186-0012-0000", "contents": "2017 cyberattacks on Ukraine, Attribution\nOn 30 June 2017, cyber security firm ESET claimed that the Telebots group (which they claimed had links to BlackEnergy) was behind the attack: \"Prior to the outbreak, the Telebots group targeted mainly the financial sector. The latest outbreak was directed against businesses in Ukraine, but they apparently underestimated the malware's spreading capabilities. That's why the malware went out of control.\" ESET had earlier reported that BlackEnergy had been targeting Ukrainian cyber infrastructure since 2014. In December 2016, ESET had concluded that TeleBots had evolved from the BlackEnergy hackers and that TeleBots had been using cyberattacks to sabotage the Ukrainian financial sector during the second half of 2016.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 41], "content_span": [42, 765]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274186-0013-0000", "contents": "2017 cyberattacks on Ukraine, Attribution\nAround the time of 4 July raid on MeDoc, the $10,000 in bitcoin already collected in the listed wallets for NotPetya had been collected, and experts believed it was used to buy space on the anonymous Tor network. One message posted there purportedly from the NotPetya authors demanded 100,000 bitcoin (about $2.6 million) to halt the attack and decrypt all affected files. On 5 July 2017, a second message purportedly from the NotPetya authors was posted in a Tor website, demanding those that wish to decrypt their files send 100 bitcoin (approximately $250,000). The message was signed with the same private key used by the original Petya ransomware, suggesting the same group was responsible for both.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 41], "content_span": [42, 746]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274186-0014-0000", "contents": "2017 cyberattacks on Ukraine, Attribution\nAccording to reports cited in January 2018 the United States Central Intelligence Agency claimed Russia was behind the cyberattack, with Russia's Main Intelligence Directorate (GRU) having designed NotPetya. Similarly, the United Kingdom Ministry of Defence accused Russia in February 2018 of launching the cyberattack, that by attacking systems in the Ukraine, the cyberattack would spread and affect major systems in the United Kingdom and elsewhere. Russia had denied its involvement, pointing out that Russian systems were also impacted by the attack.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 41], "content_span": [42, 598]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274186-0015-0000", "contents": "2017 cyberattacks on Ukraine, Attribution\nWired technology writer Andy Greenberg, in reviewing the history of the cyberattacks, said that the attacks came from a Russian military hackers called \"Sandworm\". Greenberg asserted that Sandworm was behind the 2016 blackouts in Kyiv, among other events. The group had been focusing on hacking into Ukraine's financial sector, and sometime in early 2017, had been able to gain access to M.E. Doc's update servers, so that it could be used maliciously to send out the cyberattack in June 2017.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 41], "content_span": [42, 535]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274186-0016-0000", "contents": "2017 cyberattacks on Ukraine, Affected companies\nCompanies affected include Antonov, Kyivstar, Vodafone Ukraine, lifecell, TV channels STB, ICTV and ATR, Kyiv Metro, UkrGasVydobuvannya (UGV), gas stations WOG, DTEK, EpiCentre K, Kyiv International Airport (Zhuliany), Prominvestbank, Ukrsotsbank, KredoBank, Oshchadbank and others, with over 1,500 legal entities and individuals having contacted the National Police of Ukraine to indicate that they had been victimized by 27 June 2017 cyberattack. Oshchadbank was again fully functional on 3 July 2017. Ukraine's electricity company's computers also went offline due to the attack; but the company continued to fully operate without using computers.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 48], "content_span": [49, 699]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274186-0017-0000", "contents": "2017 cyberattacks on Ukraine, Affected companies\nWhile more than 80% of affected companies were from Ukraine, the ransomware also spread to several companies in other geolocations, due to those businesses having offices in Ukraine and networking around the globe. Non", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 48], "content_span": [49, 267]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274186-0017-0001", "contents": "2017 cyberattacks on Ukraine, Affected companies\n-Ukrainian companies reporting incidents related to the attack include food processor Mondelez International, the APM Terminals subsidiary of international shipping company A.P. Moller-Maersk, the FedEx shipping subsidiary TNT Express (in August 2017 its deliveries were still disrupted due to the attack), Chinese shipping company COFCO Group, French construction materials company Saint Gobain, advertising agency WPP plc, Heritage Valley Health System of Pittsburgh, law firm DLA Piper, pharmaceutical company Merck & Co., consumer goods maker Reckitt Benckiser, and software provider Nuance Communications. A Ukrainian police officer believes that the ransomware attack was designed to go global so as to distract from the directed cyberattack on Ukraine.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 48], "content_span": [49, 808]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274186-0018-0000", "contents": "2017 cyberattacks on Ukraine, Affected companies\nThe cost of the cyberattack had yet to be determined, as, after a week of its initial attack, companies were still working to mitigate the damage. Reckitt Benckiser lowered its sales estimates by 2% (about $130 million) for the second quarter primarily due to the attack that affected its global supply chain. Tom Bossert, the Homeland Security adviser to the President of the United States, stated that the total damage was over US$10 billion. Among estimated damages to specific companies included over US$870 million to Merck, US$400 million to FedEx, US$384 million to Saint-Gobain, and US$300 million to Maersk.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 48], "content_span": [49, 665]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274186-0019-0000", "contents": "2017 cyberattacks on Ukraine, Reaction\nSecretary of the National Security and Defence Council of Ukraine Oleksandr Turchynov claimed there were signs of Russian involvement in the 27 June cyberattack, although he did not give any direct evidence. Russian officials have denied any involvement, calling Ukraine's claims \"unfounded blanket accusations\".", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 38], "content_span": [39, 351]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274186-0020-0000", "contents": "2017 cyberattacks on Ukraine, Reaction\nNATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg vowed on 28 June 2017 that NATO would continue its support for Ukraine to strengthen its cyber defence.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 38], "content_span": [39, 182]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274186-0021-0000", "contents": "2017 cyberattacks on Ukraine, Reaction\nThe White House Press Secretary released a statement on 15 February 2018 attributing the attack to the Russian military, calling it \"the most destructive and costly cyberattack in history.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 38], "content_span": [39, 228]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274187-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 deaths in American television\nThe following deaths of notable individuals related to American television occurred in 2017.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [34, 34], "content_span": [35, 127]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274188-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 demonstration against Catalan independence\nThe 2017 demonstration against Catalan independence was a large demonstration in Barcelona, Spain, organized by Societat Civil Catalana on 8 October 2017, usually named after its slogan 'Stop! let's come to our senses' (in Catalan 'Prou! Recuperem el Seny'). It took place around midday starting in Pla\u00e7a Urquinaona and ending in Fran\u00e7a railway station. The objective of the rally was to voice protests and growing concerns about the accelerating Catalan independence movement and the recent referendum on self-determination as well as to call for the preserved unity of Spain. The number of demonstrators was estimated at 950,000 by the organizers and 350.000 by the local police.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 47], "section_span": [47, 47], "content_span": [48, 729]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274188-0001-0000", "contents": "2017 demonstration against Catalan independence, Demonstration\nThe initial announcement was made by the entity Societat Civil Catalana, asking the 'silenced' Catalonia to demonstrate and say 'enough' to the Catalan independence movement. The aim of the organizers was to assemble the largest pro-unity rally in the history of Barcelona with the aim of making clear that a large part of society was feeling abused by the nationalist movement.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 47], "section_span": [49, 62], "content_span": [63, 441]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274188-0002-0000", "contents": "2017 demonstration against Catalan independence, Demonstration\nLater, political parties decided to participate asking their supporters to join. This included the People's Party, Citizens, and the Socialists' Party of Catalonia, as well as then minority parties UPyD and Vox.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 47], "section_span": [49, 62], "content_span": [63, 274]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274188-0003-0000", "contents": "2017 demonstration against Catalan independence, Demonstration\nIt was explicitely asked of demonstrators to join in a civic and peaceful way with a constructive attitude, and it was encouraged to bring Catalan, Spanish and European flags to show the plurality of the pro-union supporters. No unconstitutional symbols were tolerated.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 47], "section_span": [49, 62], "content_span": [63, 332]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274188-0004-0000", "contents": "2017 demonstration against Catalan independence, Demonstration\nThe march was led by the Minister of Health Dolors Montserrat, the Delegate of the Government in Catalonia Enric Millo, Nobel laureate in literature Mario Vargas Llosa, the former president of the European Parliament Josep Borrell and anti-corruption public prosecutor Carlos Jim\u00e9nez Villarejo.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 47], "section_span": [49, 62], "content_span": [63, 357]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274188-0005-0000", "contents": "2017 demonstration against Catalan independence, Aftermath\nThe success of the demonstration surpassed the expectations of the organizers, as until that point the pro-independence movement had had a monopoly in organizing massive public demonstrations. This is reflected in the slogan the streets will always be ours (els carrers seran sempre nostres), commonly used in pro-independence rallies. As a result, the rally is considered a turning point in the public perception of the political conflict, being extensively featured in the international press.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 47], "section_span": [49, 58], "content_span": [59, 554]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274189-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 dengue outbreak in Peshawar\nIn the 2017 dengue outbreak in Peshawar, Pakistan, hundreds of incidents of dengue fever were reported in Peshawar in mid-2017. Initially, according to the health department of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, 4,320 suspected cases were received by Khyber Teaching Hospital Peshawar and 831 were positive. About a dozen people died of dengue, starting in July. Punjab healthcare experts and Peshawar experts worked together to control the dengue epidemic, using health workers going door-to-door to educate residents, as well as fumigation of the city to suppress mosquito populations.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [32, 32], "content_span": [33, 605]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274189-0001-0000", "contents": "2017 dengue outbreak in Peshawar\nIn November 2017, the World Health Organization reported a total of 24,807 laboratory confirmed cases with 69 deaths.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [32, 32], "content_span": [33, 150]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274190-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 dengue outbreak in Sri Lanka\nIn the 2017 dengue outbreak in Sri Lanka, a rise in the number of dengue fever cases was reported on the island country of Sri Lanka. The outbreak began in the mid-year monsoon rain season, when there was record of up to 40,000 cases in July. This figure was far beyond the historical highest number of cases per month in Sri Lanka. Year end total dengue cases rose to 186,101. This number being higher than the previous year. Most cases were recorded in Western Province urban areas. There were 215 deaths reported in end of June.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [33, 33], "content_span": [34, 565]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274190-0000-0001", "contents": "2017 dengue outbreak in Sri Lanka\nApproximately 43% cases report from Western Province. Highest cases reported in Colombo district Year end Sri Lanka total dengue related deaths beyond the 440. Most dengue infected by young and school children. Government of Sri Lanka spend more than US$12 million for control outbreak. Red Cross would provide help to most dengue cases reported Colombo areas in fighting the outbreak.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [33, 33], "content_span": [34, 419]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274191-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 dismissal of U.S. attorneys\nOn March 10, 2017, Jeff Sessions, who was appointed United States Attorney General by President Donald Trump, requested the resignations of 46 United States Attorneys. Some resignations were declined by Sessions or Trump. Media outlets described Sessions' move as abrupt and unexpected but not unprecedented. It is typical that when a new president enters office, many sitting U.S. Attorneys depart on their own initiative before their term in office has concluded, or they are asked to resign. The other 47 U.S. Attorney posts were either already vacant by the end of Barack Obama's administration or the incumbent U.S. Attorney had resigned at the beginning of Trump's administration.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [32, 32], "content_span": [33, 719]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274191-0001-0000", "contents": "2017 dismissal of U.S. attorneys, Resignations and dismissals, Declined resignations\nTrump declined to accept the resignations of Boente (Eastern District of Virginia), who was serving as Acting Deputy Attorney General, and Rosenstein (District of Maryland), whom Trump had selected to become Deputy Attorney General. Trump also allowed Daly (District of Connecticut) and Hartunian (Northern District of New York) to remain in office for a period of several months until they completed 20 years of service at the Justice Department.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 84], "content_span": [85, 532]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274191-0002-0000", "contents": "2017 dismissal of U.S. attorneys, Reactions, Media\nInitial media reports described Sessions' move as abrupt and unexpected, but not unprecedented. Slate's Leon Neyfakh accused media outlets of sensationalizing Sessions' actions, which he said were \"nothing particularly unusual or surprising\", and noted the mass firings of U.S. attorneys accompanying each presidential transition. National Review pointed out that Janet Reno began her tenure as President Bill Clinton's attorney general in March 1993 by firing U.S. attorneys for 93 of the 94 federal districts, this being more than twice as many as Trump attorney general Sessions fired on Friday. The Washington Post contrasted the Trump administration's decision with those of George W. Bush and Barack Obama, who replaced U.S. attorneys gradually.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 50], "content_span": [51, 803]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274191-0003-0000", "contents": "2017 dismissal of U.S. attorneys, Reactions, Media\nSessions' move came less than 24 hours after Sean Hannity, the Fox News commentator and host of The Sean Hannity Show, called for the \"immediate expulsion\", or a \"purge\", of Obama appointees at the United States Justice Department in his show's opening monologue.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 50], "content_span": [51, 314]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274191-0004-0000", "contents": "2017 dismissal of U.S. attorneys, Reactions, Politicians\nSenator Dianne Feinstein (D-CA), the ranking member of the Judiciary Committee, criticized the \"abrupt firing. \" She said, \"Under previous administrations, orderly transitions allowed U.S. attorneys to leave gradually as their replacements were chosen. This was done to protect the independence of our prosecutors and avoid disrupting ongoing federal cases. At a time when Attorney General Sessions has recused himself from major investigations into the Trump campaign, the independence of federal prosecutors could not be more important.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 56], "content_span": [57, 596]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274191-0005-0000", "contents": "2017 dismissal of U.S. attorneys, Reactions, Politicians\nTim Purdon, who served as U.S. attorney for the District of North Dakota from 2010 to 2015, said: \"The way the Obama administration handled it was appropriate and respectful and classy. This saddens me because many of these people are great public servants and now they are being asked to leave.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 56], "content_span": [57, 353]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274191-0006-0000", "contents": "2017 dismissal of U.S. attorneys, Reactions, Politicians\nSenator Chuck Schumer (D-NY) said he was \"troubled to learn of reports of requests for resignations from the remaining U.S. Attorneys, particularly that of Preet Bharara.\" Other politicians expressed dismay, such as former Vermont Governor Howard Dean, Massachusetts U.S. Senator Elizabeth Warren, New York State Republican Assemblyman Steve McLaughlin, and Brian Kolb, the Assembly Leader, over Bharara's firing.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 56], "content_span": [57, 470]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274191-0007-0000", "contents": "2017 dismissal of U.S. attorneys, Reactions, Resignees\nBharara said he was fired and did not resign. He had been asked to maintain his position in November 2016 by then President-elect Trump. Trump's Secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services, Tom Price, traded stocks of health-related corporations during the time period when Price was working on crafting the legislation that would affect those firms. Bharara was said to have been supervising an investigation about the propriety of those trades. The administration did not respond to questions regarding the relationship.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 54], "content_span": [55, 590]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274191-0007-0001", "contents": "2017 dismissal of U.S. attorneys, Reactions, Resignees\nBharara was also reported to have been investigating the reports via CNN, The New York Times, The Washington Times, New York Magazine, among other sources, that Fox News had covered up dozens of reports of sexual assault and harassment by its dismissed former Chairman and CEO Roger Ailes, generating potential tort liabilities that should have been disclosed to its shareholders. Fox attorney and potential Bharara replacement Marc Mukasey declined to comment on these reports as well.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 54], "content_span": [55, 541]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274191-0008-0000", "contents": "2017 dismissal of U.S. attorneys, Reactions, Resignees\nIn his resignation statement, Capers wrote, \"This afternoon, I was instructed to resign my position as United States Attorney for the Eastern District of New York, effective March 10, 2017. It has been my greatest honor to serve my country, New York City and the people of this district for almost 14 years, with the last 17 months serving as United States Attorney.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 54], "content_span": [55, 422]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274191-0009-0000", "contents": "2017 dismissal of U.S. attorneys, Reactions, Resignees\nCapp said in a written statement, \"After 31 years at the United States Attorney\u2019s office I have submitted my resignation as United States Attorney. I had advised my office last summer that it was my plan to retire in 2017. I had been looking toward a June retirement, so this is just a few months earlier. It has been my greatest honor and privilege to serve all these years. The work we do in the United States Attorney\u2019s Office has such an important positive impact on the citizens of northern Indiana. I want to thank the men and women of the USAO for their dedication and professionalism, day-in and day-out.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 54], "content_span": [55, 668]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274191-0010-0000", "contents": "2017 dismissal of U.S. attorneys, Reactions, Resignees\nCotter said, \"I think it's very unprofessional and I'm very disappointed. What happened today on Friday, March 10, that was so important that all Obama appointees who are US attorneys need to be gone? I gotta write that (resignation) letter. It's going to be a one-liner.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 54], "content_span": [55, 327]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274191-0011-0000", "contents": "2017 dismissal of U.S. attorneys, Reactions, Resignees\nDaly's office released a statement which said, \"It has been a great honor and privilege to serve as Connecticut's United States Attorney. In fact, it has been a gift of a lifetime. I am extremely proud of the tremendous accomplishments of the men and women of this office during my tenure.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 54], "content_span": [55, 345]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274191-0012-0000", "contents": "2017 dismissal of U.S. attorneys, Reactions, Resignees\nDelahanty said, \"I didn\u2019t really get a chance to wrap up any loose ends. By Monday morning, my email and iPhone had been shut off.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 54], "content_span": [55, 186]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274191-0013-0000", "contents": "2017 dismissal of U.S. attorneys, Reactions, Resignees\nFishman said in his statement, \"It has been the greatest professional experience that I can possibly imagine to have served in this office for the past seven-and-a-half years. Having spent so much of my career working to protect the interests of the people of New Jersey, I can think of no greater form of public service. I am enormously grateful for the opportunity I was given to lead the men and women who work in this office. They are the most extraordinary group of public servants I have ever known, and I am more than honored to have been their colleague.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 54], "content_span": [55, 618]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274191-0014-0000", "contents": "2017 dismissal of U.S. attorneys, Reactions, Resignees\nMagidson's release said, \"It has been privilege and an honor to serve as the United States Attorney for the Southern District of Texas. It has been a hallmark of my administration to ensure that our office lived up to the ideals of justice. The ability to everyday protect the interests of the United States has truly been a great blessing and a hallmark of my career. I am confident that our office will continue to live up to these ideals.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 54], "content_span": [55, 497]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274191-0015-0000", "contents": "2017 dismissal of U.S. attorneys, Reactions, Resignees\nMcQuade said, \"I have loved serving in this job as much as anyone has ever loved any job. It has been an incredible privilege to work alongside public servants who devote their tremendous talents to improving the quality of life in our community. I am proud to have served as U.S. Attorney in the Obama Administration.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 54], "content_span": [55, 374]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274192-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 draft Libyan constitution\nThe 2017 draft Libyan constitution is a draft of a constitution for Libya prepared by the Constitution Drafting Assembly of 60 people elected from around Libya in the 2014 Libyan Constitutional Assembly election.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [30, 30], "content_span": [31, 243]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274192-0001-0000", "contents": "2017 draft Libyan constitution, Background\nFollowing the overthrow of the Gaddafi government in the Libyan Civil War, the Libyan interim Constitutional Declaration was published by the Libyan National Transitional Council in August 2011, intended as a temporary constitution until a permanent one could be agreed upon.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 42], "content_span": [43, 318]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274192-0002-0000", "contents": "2017 draft Libyan constitution, Constitution Drafting Assembly\nThe High National Election Commission (HNEC) organised the 2014 Libyan Constitutional Assembly election of 60 representatives in February 2014, 20 from each of the Tripolitania, Cyrenaica and Fezzan regions of Libya. The group of 60 people became known as the Constituent Assembly of Libya or Constitution Drafting Assembly.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 62], "content_span": [63, 387]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274192-0003-0000", "contents": "2017 draft Libyan constitution, Draft Constitution\nIn July 2017, the Constitution Drafting Assembly voted by a two-thirds majority in favour of a final draft constitution. The draft constitution defines a presidential system of government, with strong powers given to the president.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 50], "content_span": [51, 282]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274192-0004-0000", "contents": "2017 draft Libyan constitution, Draft Constitution, Presidential dominance\nArticle 100 provides for direct popular election of the president. Article 104(1) gives the president full power to choose a government. Article 113 gives the president to choose the prime minister arbitrarily without being constrained to members of parliament or to the political party with a parliamentary majority. Under Article 115, parliament requires a two-thirds majority to withdraw confidence from the government. Under Article 104(2), government policy is decided by the president, and implemented by the government. Zaid al-Ali interpreted Articles 67 and 109 to together \"assume that it is parliament's responsibility to fall into line with the president\".", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 74], "content_span": [75, 743]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274192-0005-0000", "contents": "2017 draft Libyan constitution, Draft Constitution, Wealth redistribution\nZaid al-Ali interpreted Chapters 8 and 9 of the draft constitution to lead to concentration of wealth in the hands of the president, including the control of natural resources.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 73], "content_span": [74, 250]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274192-0006-0000", "contents": "2017 draft Libyan constitution, Draft Constitution, Security services\nZaid al-Ali judged the lack of definition of intelligence services or constraints on their activities in the draft constitution risked the creation of multiple intelligence agencies with no civilian oversight. He judged the definitions of military and police hierarchies to have \"serious problems with the chain of command\".", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 69], "content_span": [70, 394]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274192-0007-0000", "contents": "2017 draft Libyan constitution, Draft Constitution, States of emergency\nAl-Ali viewed the 120-day limit on a state of emergency defined in the draft constitution as positive, \"in keeping with [the] trend\" of other post-2011 Arab constitutions. He expressed concern that parliament's approval is not required before a presidential declaration of a state of emergency comes into effect (as in the Iraqi constitution, as of 2017).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 71], "content_span": [72, 427]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274192-0008-0000", "contents": "2017 draft Libyan constitution, Draft Constitution, Judiciary\nAl-Ali judged the judiciary (in Articles including 118, 120, 125, 135 and 136) to be defined with a fair degree of independence from the president, but with a flaw in ambiguity regarding the membership and decision-making methods of the high judicial council.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 61], "content_span": [62, 321]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274192-0009-0000", "contents": "2017 draft Libyan constitution, Draft Constitution, Human rights\nAl-Ali viewed the human rights elements of the draft constitution to lack details of how they would be enforced in courts in practice. He commended the \"limitations clause\" in Article 65, which limits state authorities from restricting any of the human rights declared in the constitution unless the restriction is \"necessary, clear, limited, and proportional with the restrictions' objectives\". According to al-Ali, only two other Arab countries at the time had this limitation (Tunisia, Article 49, and Yemen's draft constitution).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 64], "content_span": [65, 598]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274192-0010-0000", "contents": "2017 draft Libyan constitution, Draft Constitution, Elections\nArticle 157 of the draft constitution states that the HNEC is responsible for organising elections.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 61], "content_span": [62, 161]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274192-0011-0000", "contents": "2017 draft Libyan constitution, Support and opposition\nThe Constitution Drafting Assembly (CDA) presented the draft to the House of Representatives (HoR) for endorsement. In February 2018, the HoR rejected the CDA's draft constitution and called instead to develop an amendment of the 1951 Constitution of the Kingdom of Libya. Earlier in February 2018, a legal case against the validity of the draft constitution proceeded to a hearing by the Supreme Court, which dismissed lower courts' decisions against the draft.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 54], "content_span": [55, 517]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274193-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 elections in India\nThe elections in India in 2017 include the seven state legislative assembly elections.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [23, 23], "content_span": [24, 110]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274193-0001-0000", "contents": "2017 elections in India, Presidential election\nA presidential election was held in India on 17 July 2017 before the term of the President Pranab Mukherjee ended. Ram Nath Kovind was declared the winner after the counting of votes which was held on 20 July 2017.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 46], "content_span": [47, 261]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274193-0002-0000", "contents": "2017 elections in India, Vice Presidential election\nA Vice Presidential election were held in India on 5 August 2017 before the term of Vice President Mohammad Hamid Ansari ends. Venkaiah Naidu was elected as the Vice President of India. Mr Naidu received 516 votes defeating the opposition's candidate, Gopal Krishna Gandhi, who got 244 votes. A total of 771 out of 785 parliamentarians voted in the election. M Venkaiah Naidu's victory margin of 272 votes is the highest in a vice presidential election in the last three decades.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 51], "content_span": [52, 532]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274193-0003-0000", "contents": "2017 elections in India, Legislative assembly elections, Punjab\nElections for the State assembly were held on 4 February 2017 with 75 per cent voter turnout. In Punjab all the 117 assembly constituencies have triangular contests between major parties makes the results uncertain.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 63], "content_span": [64, 279]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274193-0004-0000", "contents": "2017 elections in India, Legislative assembly elections, Goa\nElections for the State assembly were held on 4 February 2017 with 83 per cent turnout. The BJP, MGP, GFP and two independents formed an alliance to win the election.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 60], "content_span": [61, 227]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274193-0005-0000", "contents": "2017 elections in India, Legislative assembly elections, Uttar Pradesh\nAssembly elections in Uttar Pradesh were held between 11 February and 9 March 2017 in seven phases. Result was declared on 11 March 2017.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 70], "content_span": [71, 208]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274193-0006-0000", "contents": "2017 elections in India, Legislative assembly elections, Uttarakhand\nElections for the State assembly were held on 15 February 2017 with a 65.64 per cent turnout. Result was declared on 11 March 2017.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 68], "content_span": [69, 200]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274193-0007-0000", "contents": "2017 elections in India, Legislative assembly elections, Manipur\nAssembly elections in Manipur were held on 4 March and 8 March 2017 in two phases. The result was declared on 11 March 2017.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 64], "content_span": [65, 189]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274193-0008-0000", "contents": "2017 elections in India, Legislative assembly elections, Himachal Pradesh\nElections for the State assembly was held on 9 November 2017. Voting turnout recorded 74%, which is highest ever in the state. The results were declared on 18 December 2017. Over 0.9% of all voters in the election specified the 'None of the Above' option, which amounted to than 33,000 votes.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 73], "content_span": [74, 366]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274193-0009-0000", "contents": "2017 elections in India, Legislative assembly elections, Gujarat\nElections for the State Assembly were held on 9 and 14 December 2017. The result was declared on 18 December 2017.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 64], "content_span": [65, 179]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274194-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 electronics ban\nThe 2017 electronics ban was an order issued by the United States government in March 2017 banning electronics beyond the size of a mobile phone on carry-on luggage for direct flights departing from 10 major airports in the Middle East and traveling to the United States, and requiring airlines to enforce this ban. The order was issued based on intelligence that the Al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula was planning on using batteries and compartments of large electronic equipment to conceal explosives that are not detectable by current aviation security scanners.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [20, 20], "content_span": [21, 586]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274194-0000-0001", "contents": "2017 electronics ban\nThe US government has been accused by the International Air Transport Association of implementing the ban more of as a protectionist measure to shield major US airlines from increasing competition of major airlines from the Middle East than for security reasons. The United Kingdom has issued a similar ban but covers a different range of airports and airlines, including low-cost airlines. US officials lifted the ban in July 2017, citing improved airport security.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [20, 20], "content_span": [21, 487]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274194-0001-0000", "contents": "2017 electronics ban, Background\nAccording to an anonymous official quoted by The New York Times, Israeli hackers gathered intelligence from bombmakers in Syria. From this intelligence, the United States government believed that terrorists were trying to make explosives which resembled laptop batteries.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 32], "content_span": [33, 304]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274194-0002-0000", "contents": "2017 electronics ban, Background\nOn 20 March 2017, Royal Jordanian tweeted that it was banning all electronics from being brought into the cabin. This tweet was later deleted. The next day, news surfaced that this action was part of a wider order by US officials implementing an electronics ban on airports and airlines flying out of Middle Eastern airports. Passengers were required to check in all electronic equipment bigger than a mobile phone. Flights that do not fly directly to the United States were not affected by the ban. US intelligence officials justified the order in reference to the risk that the Al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula was developing explosives that would bypass scanners and metal detectors. Airlines were given until 24 March to implement the ban.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 32], "content_span": [33, 777]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274194-0003-0000", "contents": "2017 electronics ban, Controversy\nThe ban has been controversial for two reasons. Firstly, the selective nature of the electronics ban has led to accusations by the International Air Transport Association and media commentators from the Sydney Morning Herald, Vanity Fair, Bloomberg and Straits Times that this was more of a veiled attempt to protectionist measure to shield major US airlines from increasing competition of major airlines from the Middle East than for security reasons.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 33], "content_span": [34, 486]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274194-0003-0001", "contents": "2017 electronics ban, Controversy\nThe ban especially affected business travelers, who are unable to work during the flight and may be required by their companies to hold onto their equipment which otherwise may be at risk of getting stolen, damage, or hacked if they were to be checked in. Many of these travelers would rather travel through an airline not affected by the ban.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 33], "content_span": [34, 377]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274194-0004-0000", "contents": "2017 electronics ban, Controversy\nSecondly, there was a risk that putting electronics containing lithium batteries together in the cargo hold significantly increases the risk of fire, posing a safety risk to its passengers. Earlier, some airlines have banned batteries from being checked into the cargo hold after UPS Airlines Flight 6 crashed due to an uncontained fire caused by lithium batteries.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 33], "content_span": [34, 399]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274194-0005-0000", "contents": "2017 electronics ban, Controversy\nScreening security at American airports has also been questioned, with suggestions that some American airports should also force passengers to put laptops and other electronics in the airplane hold until security at these airports improves.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 33], "content_span": [34, 274]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274194-0006-0000", "contents": "2017 electronics ban, Airports subject to the US electronics ban\nThe electronics ban originally applied to ten airports served by eight Middle Eastern airlines and one Turkish airline. On 2 July 2017, the ban was lifted from Etihad Airways flights from Abu Dhabi International Airport to the US. Turkish Airlines, Qatar Airways, Emirates, Royal Jordanian, Egyptair, Kuwait Airways, Royal Air Maroc, and Saudia soon followed suit and the bans were lifted on them. No airports are currently subject to the US electronics ban.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 64], "content_span": [65, 523]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274194-0007-0000", "contents": "2017 electronics ban, Gradual lifting of the ban\nBeginning July 2017, the United States introduced new security guidelines that was extended to all 105 countries. In addition, the United States also began to lift the existing ban on Middle Eastern airlines which it found was compliant with the new security guidelines.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 48], "content_span": [49, 319]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274195-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 end-of-year rugby union internationals\nThe 2017 end-of-year rugby union internationals, also known as the November internationals, or autumn internationals in the Northern Hemisphere, were international rugby union matches in 2017.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [43, 43], "content_span": [44, 236]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274195-0001-0000", "contents": "2017 end-of-year rugby union internationals\nRugby Championship winners New Zealand travelled to France for two matches (one an uncapped XV match), Scotland and Wales. Argentina faced England, Ireland and Italy - with the latter two countries also hosting South Africa. The Springboks also faced their June test series opposition, France, whom they had beaten 3\u20130, before ending their tour in Wales, after the international window. Having beaten New Zealand in the third Bledisloe Cup Test match in October, Australia travelled to play Wales, England and Scotland, the latter of whom had beaten the Wallabies in Sydney during the June internationals.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [43, 43], "content_span": [44, 649]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274195-0002-0000", "contents": "2017 end-of-year rugby union internationals\nFour Tier 2 nations faced Tier 1 opposition during the international window. Ireland and Italy hosted Fiji, the first time since 2009 for Ireland. England and Scotland played host to Samoa. France and Wales hosted historic matches against Tier 2 opposition, with Wales playing Georgia for the first time and France hosting Japan for the first time in the professional era; Japan's previous visit to France came in 1973. For Japan this was the third time in five years that they had played two Tier 1 opponents during the November tests, having already hosted Australia prior to their away match against France.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [43, 43], "content_span": [44, 654]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274195-0003-0000", "contents": "2017 end-of-year rugby union internationals, Tier 2 and Tier 3\nAfter defeating Canada and the United States away earlier in the year, Georgia played host to the same opposition at home. Romania took on Pacific opposition, hosting Samoa, and playing Samoa, for the first time since 1989, before playing host to Tonga after losing for the first time against them in 2015. For the second year in a row, Spain faced Tier 2 opposition from outside of Europe, facing Canada in what was the first meeting since they first played in 2010. As in previous November internationals, travelling Tier 2 nations faced each other at neutral venues in Europe.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [45, 62], "content_span": [63, 642]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274195-0003-0001", "contents": "2017 end-of-year rugby union internationals, Tier 2 and Tier 3\nThis year saw Japan face Tonga in Toulouse, while Fiji faced Canada in Narbonne. With Uruguay's 2019 Rugby World Cup qualifier play-offs taking place in February 2018, they embarked on a two-test series against Namibia as preparation. This was the first time since 2000 that the two nations has met, and the first time Namibia hosted the Los Teros.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [45, 62], "content_span": [63, 411]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274195-0004-0000", "contents": "2017 end-of-year rugby union internationals, Tier 2 and Tier 3\nHaving won their two-test series against Brazil in November 2015 and November 2016, Germany faced Brazil for the third year in a row, this time in a one-off test match. Germany later went on to face Chile and the United States, in what were historic first ever matches between the respective nations. Brazil also faced historic opposition, playing Belgium and Spain for the first time.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [45, 62], "content_span": [63, 448]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274195-0005-0000", "contents": "2017 end-of-year rugby union internationals, Fixtures\nTouch judges:Mike Fraser (New Zealand)Tim Baker (Hong Kong)Television match official:Ben Skeen (New Zealand)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [45, 53], "content_span": [54, 162]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274195-0006-0000", "contents": "2017 end-of-year rugby union internationals, Fixtures\nTouch judges:Alexandre Ruiz (France)Craig Evans (Wales)Television match official:Neil Hennessy (Wales)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [45, 53], "content_span": [54, 156]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274195-0007-0000", "contents": "2017 end-of-year rugby union internationals, Fixtures\nTouch judges:Brendon Pickerill (New Zealand)Pierre Brousset (France)Television match official:Neil Paterson (Scotland)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [45, 53], "content_span": [54, 172]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274195-0008-0000", "contents": "2017 end-of-year rugby union internationals, Fixtures\nTouch judges:Paul Williams (New Zealand)George Clancy (Ireland)Television match official:Simon McDowell (Ireland)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [45, 53], "content_span": [54, 167]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274195-0009-0000", "contents": "2017 end-of-year rugby union internationals, Fixtures\nTouch judges:Nigel Owens (Wales)Dan Jones (Wales)Television match official:Olly Hodges (Ireland)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [45, 53], "content_span": [54, 150]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274195-0010-0000", "contents": "2017 end-of-year rugby union internationals, Fixtures\nTouch judges:Jaco Peyper (South Africa)Ian Tempest (England)Television match official:Graham Hughes (England)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [45, 53], "content_span": [54, 163]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274195-0011-0000", "contents": "2017 end-of-year rugby union internationals, Fixtures\nTouch judges:Wayne Barnes (England)Ian Davies (Wales)Television match official:Rowan Kitt (England)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [45, 53], "content_span": [54, 153]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274195-0012-0000", "contents": "2017 end-of-year rugby union internationals, Fixtures\nTouch judges:Matthew Carley (England)Tom Foley (England)Television match official:David Grashoff (England)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [45, 53], "content_span": [54, 160]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274195-0013-0000", "contents": "2017 end-of-year rugby union internationals, Fixtures\nTouch judges:Glen Jackson (New Zealand)Pierre Brousset (France)Television match official:Brian MacNeice (Ireland)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [45, 53], "content_span": [54, 167]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274195-0014-0000", "contents": "2017 end-of-year rugby union internationals, Fixtures\nTouch judges:Shuhei Kubo (Japan)Sean Gallagher (Ireland)Television match official:Leo Colgan (Ireland)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [45, 53], "content_span": [54, 156]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274195-0015-0000", "contents": "2017 end-of-year rugby union internationals, Fixtures\nTouch judges:Marius van der Westhuizen (South Africa)George Clancy (Ireland)Television match official:Simon McDowell (Ireland)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [45, 53], "content_span": [54, 180]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274195-0016-0000", "contents": "2017 end-of-year rugby union internationals, Fixtures\nTouch judges:Dan Jones (Wales)Shota Tevzadze (Georgia)Television match official:Neil Paterson (Scotland)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [45, 53], "content_span": [54, 158]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274195-0017-0000", "contents": "2017 end-of-year rugby union internationals, Fixtures\nTouch judges:Pascal Ga\u00fcz\u00e8re (France)Craig Evans (Wales)Television match official:Jon Mason (Wales)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [45, 53], "content_span": [54, 152]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274195-0018-0000", "contents": "2017 end-of-year rugby union internationals, Fixtures\nTouch judges:Romain Poite (France)Ian Davies (Wales)Television match official:Graham Hughes (England)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [45, 53], "content_span": [54, 155]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274195-0019-0000", "contents": "2017 end-of-year rugby union internationals, Fixtures\nTouch judges:Angus Gardner (Australia)Alexandre Ruiz (France)Television match official:David Grashoff (England)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [45, 53], "content_span": [54, 165]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274195-0020-0000", "contents": "2017 end-of-year rugby union internationals, Fixtures\nTouch judges:Wayne Barnes (England)Tom Foley (England)Television match official:Rowan Kitt (England)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [45, 53], "content_span": [54, 154]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274195-0021-0000", "contents": "2017 end-of-year rugby union internationals, Fixtures\nTouch judges:Adam Leal (England)Jonathan Healy (England)Television match official:Kevin Beggs (Ireland)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [45, 53], "content_span": [54, 157]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274195-0022-0000", "contents": "2017 end-of-year rugby union internationals, Fixtures\nTouch judges:John Lacey (Ireland)Ben Whitehouse (Wales)Television match official:Eric Gauzins (France)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [45, 53], "content_span": [54, 156]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274195-0023-0000", "contents": "2017 end-of-year rugby union internationals, Fixtures\nTouch judges:JP Doyle (England)David Wilkinson (Ireland)Television match official:Graham Hughes (England)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [45, 53], "content_span": [54, 159]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274195-0024-0000", "contents": "2017 end-of-year rugby union internationals, Fixtures\nTouch judges:Nigel Owens (Wales)Wayne Davies (Wales)Television match official:Simon McDowell (Ireland)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [45, 53], "content_span": [54, 156]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274195-0025-0000", "contents": "2017 end-of-year rugby union internationals, Fixtures\nTouch judges:Rhys Thomas (Wales)Shota Tevzadze (Georgia)Television match official:Stefano Penne (Italy)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [45, 53], "content_span": [54, 157]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274195-0026-0000", "contents": "2017 end-of-year rugby union internationals, Fixtures\nTouch judges:Shuhei Kubo (Japan)Vlad Iord\u0103chescu (Romania)Television match official:Brian MacNeice (Ireland)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [45, 53], "content_span": [54, 162]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274195-0027-0000", "contents": "2017 end-of-year rugby union internationals, Fixtures\nTouch judges:J\u00e9r\u00f4me Garc\u00e8s (France)Frank Murphy (Ireland)Television match official:Rowan Kitt (England)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [45, 53], "content_span": [54, 157]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274195-0028-0000", "contents": "2017 end-of-year rugby union internationals, Fixtures\nTouch judges:Marius Mitrea (Italy)Mike Adamson (Scotland)Television match official:David Grashoff (England)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [45, 53], "content_span": [54, 161]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274195-0029-0000", "contents": "2017 end-of-year rugby union internationals, Fixtures\nTouch judges:George Clancy (Ireland)Joy Neville (Ireland)Television match official:Sean Davey (England)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [45, 53], "content_span": [54, 157]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274195-0030-0000", "contents": "2017 end-of-year rugby union internationals, Fixtures\nTouch judges:Wayne Barnes (England)Frank Murphy (Ireland)Television match official:Rowan Kitt (England)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [45, 53], "content_span": [54, 157]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274196-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 iHeartRadio Much Music Video Awards\nThe 2017 iHeartRadio Much Music Video Awards (or simply the iHeartRadio MMVAs) were held on June 18, 2017 outside 299 Queen Street West in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. It was hosted by Joe Jonas and Alessia Cara. Initial announcements were made on April 26, 2017.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [40, 40], "content_span": [41, 301]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274196-0001-0000", "contents": "2017 iHeartRadio Much Music Video Awards\nHighlights of the broadcast included a red carpet ceremony where Marianas Trench marked their 10th year at the MMVAs by arriving covered in dozens of colourful balloons. Lead singer Josh Ramsay emerged from a cardboard cake dressed in a faux whip cream bikini.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [40, 40], "content_span": [41, 301]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274196-0002-0000", "contents": "2017 iHeartRadio Much Music Video Awards\nDuring the opening monologue Joe Jonas, who hosted the show eight years earlier with the Jonas Brothers, referenced the pending legalization of marijuana in Canada saying, \"This time next year it will be completely legal for Canadians to be blem for real,'' referring to the Drake song \"Blem\" which uses slang for getting high.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [40, 40], "content_span": [41, 368]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274196-0003-0000", "contents": "2017 iHeartRadio Much Music Video Awards\nThe broadcast also had recurring themes of diversity and acceptance brought up by numerous presenters and winners. When indigenous group A Tribe Called Red won video of the year for \"R.E.D.'' guest rapper Narcy spoke out about representation. He told the crowd,", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [40, 40], "content_span": [41, 302]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274196-0004-0000", "contents": "2017 iHeartRadio Much Music Video Awards\nTo all the black, brown, indigenous, immigrant, international kids out there: believe in your dreams, make it happen.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [40, 40], "content_span": [41, 158]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274196-0005-0000", "contents": "2017 iHeartRadio Much Music Video Awards, Winners & Nominees\nWildcard nominees were announced on May 3, 2017. The full list of nominees was published on May 18, 2017.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 60], "content_span": [61, 166]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274196-0006-0000", "contents": "2017 iHeartRadio Much Music Video Awards, Winners & Nominees, Video of the Year\nA Tribe Called Red (featuring Yasiin Bey, Narcy & Black Bear) \u2014 \"R.E.D.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 79], "content_span": [80, 152]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274196-0007-0000", "contents": "2017 iHeartRadio Much Music Video Awards, Winners & Nominees, Best Post-Production\nSleepy Tom (featuring Tonye) \u2014 \"Seeing Double\" (Post-production: Matt Bilewicz, Zhargal Sambuev, Farah Yusuf, Sean Evans, Ryan Ruskay & Fezz Stenton)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 82], "content_span": [83, 232]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274196-0008-0000", "contents": "2017 iHeartRadio Much Music Video Awards, Winners & Nominees, Best Director\nA Tribe Called Red (featuring Black Bear) \u2014 \"Stadium Pow Wow\" (Director: Kevan Funk)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 75], "content_span": [76, 160]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274196-0009-0000", "contents": "2017 iHeartRadio Much Music Video Awards, Winners & Nominees, Best Rock/Alternative Video\nThe Tragically Hip \u2014 \"In A World Possessed By the Human Mind\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 89], "content_span": [90, 151]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274197-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 iHeartRadio Music Awards\nThe 2017 iHeartRadio Music Awards were held on March 5, 2017 at The Forum in Inglewood, California, and hosted by Ryan Seacrest. The list of nominations was announced on January 3, 2017. Drake received the most nominations with fifteen categories, followed by The Chainsmokers with twelve.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [29, 29], "content_span": [30, 319]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274197-0001-0000", "contents": "2017 iHeartRadio Music Awards, Winners & nominees\nThe nominees were announced on January 3, 2017. Winners are highlighted in boldface.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 49], "content_span": [50, 134]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274197-0002-0000", "contents": "2017 iHeartRadio Music Awards, Category mistake\nThe day of the ceremony, Zayn was incorrectly announced as the winner for the Best Music Video category, and he accepted the award. The error was not caught until the next day, when the actual winner, Fifth Harmony, was announced on the iHeartRadio's official Twitter account. Zayn was then announced as the winner of the category \"Best Solo Breakout\".", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 47], "content_span": [48, 400]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274198-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 imprisonment of Hong Kong democracy activists\nOn 17 August 2017, three Hong Kong pro-democracy activists, Alex Chow, Nathan Law and Joshua Wong, were given prison sentences by the Court of Appeal for their roles in a protest at the Civic Square in front of the Central Government Complex in Tamar, Admiralty, on 26 and 27 September 2014. The events at the Civic Square helped set off massive pro-democracy protests, sometimes referred to as the Umbrella Movement, which lasted until police cleared the last of the protest sites in December 2014.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 50], "section_span": [50, 50], "content_span": [51, 550]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274198-0001-0000", "contents": "2017 imprisonment of Hong Kong democracy activists\nThe three had originally been convicted and ordered to perform community service or, in the case of Chow, given a suspended sentence. The government appealed their sentences and successfully pursued harsher punishments on the grounds that their crime involved a large-scale unlawful assembly with a high risk of violence. The trio's imprisonment was applauded by the pro-Beijing camp but decried by pro-democracy figures in Hong Kong as well as international politicians and human rights advocates, who have called the activists Hong Kong's first prisoners of conscience, and alleged that the sentence is intended to intimidate other would-be activists.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 50], "section_span": [50, 50], "content_span": [51, 704]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274198-0002-0000", "contents": "2017 imprisonment of Hong Kong democracy activists\nThe sentence also disqualifies the three from running for office for five years, quashing their political aspirations in the near future. Wong had previously sought election but was barred due to his age, while Law, democratically elected to the Legislative Council in September 2016, was removed from office in July 2017 following a government challenge.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 50], "section_span": [50, 50], "content_span": [51, 406]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274198-0003-0000", "contents": "2017 imprisonment of Hong Kong democracy activists\nThe three activists were released on 6 February 2018 after a successful appeal against their custodial sentences at the Court of Final Appeal.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 50], "section_span": [50, 50], "content_span": [51, 193]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274198-0004-0000", "contents": "2017 imprisonment of Hong Kong democracy activists, Background, Activists\nWong, Law, and Chow have been prominent democracy activists for several years. Joshua Wong, now a student at the Open University of Hong Kong, co-founded Scholarism in 2011. Scholarism gained prominence as one of several civil society organisations that protested against the \"Moral and National Education\" curriculum, proposed by the Education Bureau. He subsequently participated in the Umbrella Movement and then co-founded a political party, Demosist\u014d, in 2016.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 50], "section_span": [52, 73], "content_span": [74, 539]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274198-0005-0000", "contents": "2017 imprisonment of Hong Kong democracy activists, Background, Activists\nNathan Law is an undergraduate student at Lingnan University as well as the incumbent chairman of Demosist\u014d. He previously occupied various leadership positions in the Lingnan University Students' Union and served as Secretary General of the Hong Kong Federation of Students. During the 2016 Legislative Council election Law ran under the Demosist\u014d banner in the Hong Kong Island geographical constituency and was elected, becoming the youngest-ever elected legislator in Hong Kong. On 14 July 2017, Law became one of six pro-democracy legislators removed from office due to legal action by the Hong Kong Government regarding their manners during the oath-taking ceremony.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 50], "section_span": [52, 73], "content_span": [74, 746]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274198-0006-0000", "contents": "2017 imprisonment of Hong Kong democracy activists, Background, Activists\nAlex Chow is a University of Hong Kong student, a former vice-president of the Hong Kong University Students' Union, and a former secretary-general of the Hong Kong Federation of Students. He was one of the early organisers of the Umbrella Movement.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 50], "section_span": [52, 73], "content_span": [74, 323]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274198-0007-0000", "contents": "2017 imprisonment of Hong Kong democracy activists, Background, Political context\nThe Chief Executive is the head of the Government of Hong Kong. Article 45 of Hong Kong's constitution, the Basic Law, stipulates that the \"ultimate aim is the selection of the Chief Executive by universal suffrage upon nomination by a broadly representative nominating committee in accordance with democratic procedures\". Following the transfer of Hong Kong to China in 1997, the pro-democratic camp pushed for the election of the chief executive in 2007 through universal suffrage.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 50], "section_span": [52, 81], "content_span": [82, 565]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274198-0007-0001", "contents": "2017 imprisonment of Hong Kong democracy activists, Background, Political context\nOn 26 April 2004, the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress (NPCSC), a mainland Chinese legislative body, ruled out the possibility that universal suffrage would be allowed in 2007. In 2007, the NPCSC ruled out the 2012 election of the legislature and chief executive through universal suffrage, but stated that the Legislative Council and the chief executive could be elected through universal suffrage in 2016 and 2017, respectively.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 50], "section_span": [52, 81], "content_span": [82, 532]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274198-0008-0000", "contents": "2017 imprisonment of Hong Kong democracy activists, Background, Political context\nHowever, democratic aspirations stalled on 31 August 2014, when the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress in Beijing made a decision that chief executive candidates in 2017 would be required to \"love the country and love Hong Kong\"; that all candidates would be screened by a nominating committee of a composition paralleling the existing Election Committee, which is dominated by pro-Beijing interests; and that any chief executive elected through these means would then have to be appointed by the Chinese government. The decision was intensely decried by the pan-democratic camp, who said the arrangement would not amount to genuine democracy.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 50], "section_span": [52, 81], "content_span": [82, 743]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274198-0009-0000", "contents": "2017 imprisonment of Hong Kong democracy activists, Background, 2014 Civic Square protests\nThe incident which led to the sentencing took place in the forecourt of the East Wing of the Central Government Complex, known more commonly as the Civic Square. The new government headquarters was opened in 2011, and was designed under the concept of \"Door Always Open\" by architect Rocco Yim to symbolise the pride that Hong Kongers take in \"openness and transparency of governance\". In keeping with this design concept, the Civic Square was originally open to the public when the new government headquarters was inaugurated in 2011.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 50], "section_span": [52, 90], "content_span": [91, 626]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274198-0010-0000", "contents": "2017 imprisonment of Hong Kong democracy activists, Background, 2014 Civic Square protests\nThe square became a popular site for political demonstrations. In mid-2014, several protests were held there against plans for the development of new towns in the northeastern New Territories. In response, around 16 July 2014 work began on a permanent three-metre high metal fence, closing off the Civic Square from Tim Mei Avenue. The Hong Kong government stated that the barrier was a necessary security measure while others stated that the move ran contrary to Hong Kong people's right to freedom of assembly, which is codified in the Basic Law. The government responded that protests would be allowed in the square on public holidays if the director of the Administration Wing consented in advance. Other areas of the complex were fortified at the same time as the Civic Square.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 50], "section_span": [52, 90], "content_span": [91, 873]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274198-0011-0000", "contents": "2017 imprisonment of Hong Kong democracy activists, Background, 2014 Civic Square protests\nConcurrently with the fortification of the square, the government's controversial democratic reform proposals, coupled with the 831 decision, were triggering discontent and protests. On 22 September 2014, students launched a week-long class boycott campaign, coupled with demonstrations at the government complex. At around 22:30 on 26 September 2014, protesting students scaled the fence that had been erected in July in an attempt to \"retake\" the Civic Square. Police managed to regain control of the square, and kettled dozens of protesters on the circular base of the flagpoles, where they were denied access to water and the toilet.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 50], "section_span": [52, 90], "content_span": [91, 728]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274198-0011-0001", "contents": "2017 imprisonment of Hong Kong democracy activists, Background, 2014 Civic Square protests\nAt the same time, a large number of protesters amassed outside the Civic Square. The square was cleared by police by the end of the following day, with more than 60 people arrested. Wong, Chow, and Law were among those arrested. Four police officers were injured, one of them suffered a deep wound by an umbrella, and eleven security staff at the government complex were also injured.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 50], "section_span": [52, 90], "content_span": [91, 475]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274198-0012-0000", "contents": "2017 imprisonment of Hong Kong democracy activists, Background, 2014 Civic Square protests\nThe incident immediately helped kick off the 2014 Hong Kong protests, also known as the Umbrella Movement, which saw the motorway in front of the government complex, Harcourt Road, occupied by protesters until 11 December 2016.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 50], "section_span": [52, 90], "content_span": [91, 318]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274198-0013-0000", "contents": "2017 imprisonment of Hong Kong democracy activists, Legal action, Initial sentencing\nOn 21 July 2016, the Eastern Magistrates' Court found Wong and Chow guilty of taking part in an unlawful assembly, while Law was found guilty of inciting others to take part in an unlawful assembly. These were the first criminal convictions for all three. Wong was cleared of a charge of inciting others to take part in an unlawful assembly.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 50], "section_span": [52, 84], "content_span": [85, 426]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274198-0014-0000", "contents": "2017 imprisonment of Hong Kong democracy activists, Legal action, Initial sentencing\nOn 15 August 2016, the three were sentenced. Wong was ordered to perform 80 hours of community service, while Law was sentenced to 120 hours. Chow was sentenced to three weeks in prison with a one-year suspension to allow him to continue his education at the London School of Economics as planned.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 50], "section_span": [52, 84], "content_span": [85, 382]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274198-0015-0000", "contents": "2017 imprisonment of Hong Kong democracy activists, Legal action, Initial sentencing\nImmediately following the sentencing, Law said that they respected the decision of the court, and alleged that the Public Order Ordinance was \"suppressing [their] freedoms to assemble and protest\".", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 50], "section_span": [52, 84], "content_span": [85, 282]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274198-0016-0000", "contents": "2017 imprisonment of Hong Kong democracy activists, Legal action, Appeal and additional sentence\nThe Department of Justice disagreed with the sentencing. In September 2016 it requested a review of the sentences, arguing that the community service sentence was \"clearly not enough\" as the three \"[did] not feel true remorse\".", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 50], "section_span": [52, 96], "content_span": [97, 324]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274198-0017-0000", "contents": "2017 imprisonment of Hong Kong democracy activists, Legal action, Appeal and additional sentence\nA review hearing was held on 21 September 2016, where the magistrate stated that the original sentencing and reasoning was sufficient, and that the department had \"failed to provide sufficient evidence for the necessity of a tougher sentence\". The department had compared the activists to gangsters, which the presiding magistrate, June Cheung, said was unfair as they were expressing their political beliefs. She stated that there were precedents for non-custodial sentences in similar cases, and dismissed the bid to impose harsher sentences on the three.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 50], "section_span": [52, 96], "content_span": [97, 654]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274198-0018-0000", "contents": "2017 imprisonment of Hong Kong democracy activists, Legal action, Appeal and additional sentence\nIn October 2016, the Court of Appeal agreed to hear a government appeal against the original sentence.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 50], "section_span": [52, 96], "content_span": [97, 199]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274198-0019-0000", "contents": "2017 imprisonment of Hong Kong democracy activists, Legal action, Appeal and additional sentence\nOn 17 August 2017, the Court of Appeal upheld the convictions of all three and enhanced their sentences by imposing six and seven-month prison terms on Wong and Chow, respectively, and sentencing Law to eight months in jail, removing the suspension. The judges found that the case involved a large-scale unlawful assembly with a high risk of violence, and the crimes were serious, calling for deterrent custodial sentences.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 50], "section_span": [52, 96], "content_span": [97, 520]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274198-0020-0000", "contents": "2017 imprisonment of Hong Kong democracy activists, Legal action, Appeal and additional sentence\nThe sentencing prevented the activists from running for public office in the next five years. Law was previously an elected legislator, while Wong had expressed a desire to seek election in the future, having been unable to run in the 2016 LegCo election for not meeting the minimum age qualification.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 50], "section_span": [52, 96], "content_span": [97, 398]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274198-0021-0000", "contents": "2017 imprisonment of Hong Kong democracy activists, Imprisonment\nWong was sent to Pik Uk Correctional Institution, a maximum security facility for male prisoners below the age of 21.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 50], "section_span": [52, 64], "content_span": [65, 182]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274198-0022-0000", "contents": "2017 imprisonment of Hong Kong democracy activists, Imprisonment\nLaw and Chow were being held at Lai Chi Kok Reception Centre pending their transfer to prison. On 22 August 2017, Law was moved to the medium-security Tong Fuk Correctional Institution on Ma Po Ping Road on Lantau Island, while Chow was moved to the low-security Pik Uk Prison on Clear Water Bay Road, near Sai Kung, to serve their sentences.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 50], "section_span": [52, 64], "content_span": [65, 407]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274198-0023-0000", "contents": "2017 imprisonment of Hong Kong democracy activists, Reactions, Domestic\nThe sentence received mixed reactions in Hong Kong. Political figures from the pro-democratic camp and civil rights activists criticised the sentence for being disproportionately long, the Secretary for Justice for appealing the sentence, and the sitting judges for not considering the act committed by Wong, Law and Chow as civil disobedience that would result in a mitigated sentence. On the contrary, pro-establishment politicians welcomed the sentence. The legal profession has also responded to allegations by the media that the Hong Kong judiciary had been influenced or controlled by the Communist Party of China through the Hong Kong Bar Association and the Law Society of Hong Kong, stating that there is no indication of such influence.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 50], "section_span": [52, 71], "content_span": [72, 818]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274198-0024-0000", "contents": "2017 imprisonment of Hong Kong democracy activists, Reactions, Domestic\nUpon the sentencing, Joshua Wong wrote in a series of tweets that the sentence will not halt the activism for universal suffrage and democracy, or \"win the hearts and minds of Hong Kongers\". Other pro-democracy figures in Hong Kong also criticised the court decision. Academic Benny Tai at The University of Hong Kong, who also faces prosecution for his role in the 2014 protests, stated that civil disobedience to \"challenge the law or acts of injustice by the government\" is a necessary part of a civilised society.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 50], "section_span": [52, 71], "content_span": [72, 589]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274198-0025-0000", "contents": "2017 imprisonment of Hong Kong democracy activists, Reactions, Domestic\nThere was also criticism against sentence appeal made by the Secretary of Justice. Lawyer Wilson Leung expressed on behalf of the Progressive Lawyers Group that \"we strongly disagree with the government treating political problems as \u2018law and order\u2019 problems and focusing on the prosecution of protestors.\" Former chairman of the Hong Kong Bar Association and Civic Party politician Alan Leong commented that the appeal was \"certainly politically motivated\". Another former Bar Association chairman Paul Shieh noted however that there is insufficient evidence suggesting that political considerations were involved. Shieh also called on the Secretary for Justice Rimsky Yuen to explain the reasons behind the appeal so as to increase the transparency of the decision to appeal.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 50], "section_span": [52, 71], "content_span": [72, 849]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274198-0026-0000", "contents": "2017 imprisonment of Hong Kong democracy activists, Reactions, Domestic\nThe League of Social Democrats held a rally against the decision outside the Lai Chi Kok Reception Centre on the evening of 18 August 2017. Several different organisations held a public protest march on 20 August 2017, which started at the Southorn Playground and ended with a rally at the Court of Final Appeal Building. Protesters focused their criticism on Secretary for Justice Rimsky Yuen, following reports that he ignored the advice of top prosecutors in pursuing the appeal.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 50], "section_span": [52, 71], "content_span": [72, 554]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274198-0027-0000", "contents": "2017 imprisonment of Hong Kong democracy activists, Reactions, Domestic\nOn the other hand, members of the pro-Beijing camp applauded the prison sentences. Starry Lee, chairwoman of Hong Kong's largest pro-Beijing political party, the Democratic Alliance for the Betterment and Progress of Hong Kong (DAB), said that the three \"paid the price\" for disobeying the law. DAB vice-chairman Holden Chow called unlawful assembly a \"serious crime\" and said that a heavy punishment was necessary to deter others. Pro -Beijing activist Robert Chow asked rhetorically: \"who worked behind the scenes to poison and brainwash Wong, Law, and Chow, along with thousands of young people, to make them delight in seeing the country and Hong Kong as enemies, in having made Hongkongers suffer for the last three years?\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 50], "section_span": [52, 71], "content_span": [72, 800]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274198-0028-0000", "contents": "2017 imprisonment of Hong Kong democracy activists, Reactions, Mainland China\nAn editorial in the Chinese state newspaper Global Times stated, \"This sentence will be a milestone in Hong Kong's governance. From now on people who protest violently can be given a guilty sentence following this precedent, and they will need to go to jail\".", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 50], "section_span": [52, 77], "content_span": [78, 337]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274198-0029-0000", "contents": "2017 imprisonment of Hong Kong democracy activists, Reactions, Mainland China\nHua Chunying, spokeswoman for China's Ministry of Foreign Affairs, stated:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 50], "section_span": [52, 77], "content_span": [78, 152]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274198-0030-0000", "contents": "2017 imprisonment of Hong Kong democracy activists, Reactions, Mainland China\nNo one shall engage in illegal and violent activities under the pretext of \"democracy\" or \"freedom\". The court of the Hong Kong Special Administration Region made the judgment of the relevant case on the basis of facts and in accordance with Hong Kong's law. I would like to reaffirm that Hong Kong is a Special Administration Region of China and Hong Kong's affairs belong to China's internal affairs. The Chinese side firmly opposes any external forces' interference in the affairs and judicial independence of the Hong Kong Special Administration Region.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 50], "section_span": [52, 77], "content_span": [78, 635]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274198-0031-0000", "contents": "2017 imprisonment of Hong Kong democracy activists, Reactions, International\nThe Taiwanese government expressed its \"deep regret\" over the jail sentences, and reiterated Taiwan's \"long-standing stance to support Hong Kong people to pursue democracy, freedom, the rule of law and human rights\". The Democratic Progressive Party stated that \"graver suppression will only spark more resistance\", while a government spokesman stated that \"Hong Kong authorities should take seriously the fact that Hong Kong people want to be able to choose their own way of life and political regime.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 50], "section_span": [52, 76], "content_span": [77, 580]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274198-0032-0000", "contents": "2017 imprisonment of Hong Kong democracy activists, Reactions, International\nNancy Pelosi, leader of the United States Democratic Party in the U.S. House of Representatives, called the ruling an injustice that should \"shock the conscience of the world\". She described the prison sentence as an \"egregious decision\", and that the resulting disqualification of Wong, Law and Chow to run for public office was unjust. She also regarded the sentence to be against \"the basic notions of freedom and democracy\".", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 50], "section_span": [52, 76], "content_span": [77, 505]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274198-0033-0000", "contents": "2017 imprisonment of Hong Kong democracy activists, Reactions, International\nA group of 25 international figures released a joint statement describing the imprisonment as \"outrageously unjust\". The signatories called the Umbrella Movement \"one of the most peaceful and restrained movements of public protest the world has ever seen\" and wrote that the sentencing amounted to \"an outrageous miscarriage of justice, a death knell for Hong Kong\u2019s rule of law and basic human rights, and a severe blow to the principles of 'One Country, Two Systems'\".", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 50], "section_span": [52, 76], "content_span": [77, 547]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274198-0033-0001", "contents": "2017 imprisonment of Hong Kong democracy activists, Reactions, International\nThe statement was signed by eminent politicians, human rights activists, and ex-political prisoners including David Alton, Paddy Ashdown, Sonja Biserko, Charles Maung Bo, Fiona Bruce, John Dayal, Andrew Khoo, David Kilgour, John McCarthy, Mohamed Nasheed, Geoffrey Nice, Consiglio Di Nino, Grover Rees III, Malcolm Rifkind, Janelle Saffin, Charles Santiago, Chris Smith, Charles Tannock, Alissa Wahid, and Zarganar. The group also questioned whether punishing the activists twice (as Wong, Law, and Chow had already served their initial community service orders) contraveneds provisions against double jeopardy in the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 50], "section_span": [52, 76], "content_span": [77, 748]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274198-0034-0000", "contents": "2017 imprisonment of Hong Kong democracy activists, Reactions, International\nIn September 2017, Hong Kong slipped five places in the judicial independence category of the latest global competitiveness ranking compiled by the Geneva-based non-profit organisation World Economic Forum.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 50], "section_span": [52, 76], "content_span": [77, 283]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274198-0035-0000", "contents": "2017 imprisonment of Hong Kong democracy activists, Reactions, Academics\nEric Cheung, a faculty member at the University of Hong Kong Faculty of Law, questioned why the Court of Appeal decision described the defendants' actions as \"seriously violent\" while earlier the Eastern Magistracy had cleared the trio of committing any acts of violence. He stated that there did not seem to be any evidence presented that the three committed violence, and questioned whether the Court of Appeal had effected a \"substantial and grave injustice\". He said there were grounds for the three to appeal the ruling to the Court of Final Appeal, Hong Kong's court of last resort.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 50], "section_span": [52, 72], "content_span": [73, 661]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274198-0036-0000", "contents": "2017 imprisonment of Hong Kong democracy activists, Reactions, Human rights organisations\nVarious human rights organisations also spoke against the sentencing. A spokesperson for Human Rights Watch stated that the effort to put the trio in jail was \"not about public order, but is instead a craven political move to keep the trio out of the Legislative Council, as well as deter future protests.\" Similarly, Mabel Au, a spokeswoman for Amnesty International Hong Kong, commented, \"the relentless and vindictive pursuit of student leaders using vague charges smacks of political payback by the authorities.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 50], "section_span": [52, 89], "content_span": [90, 606]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274198-0037-0000", "contents": "2017 imprisonment of Hong Kong democracy activists, Reactions, Human rights organisations\nMaya Wang, a researcher with Human Rights Watch, stated: \"This is a watershed moment for Hong Kong. It now has political prisoners ... For anyone thinking of protesting, the prospect of a harsh jail sentence will now loom over them.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 50], "section_span": [52, 89], "content_span": [90, 323]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274198-0038-0000", "contents": "2017 imprisonment of Hong Kong democracy activists, Other jailings\nThis article focuses on the three most well-known activists to be jailed in 2017. The high-profile imprisonment of Wong, Law, and Chow spurred some Hong Kong media outlets to compile lists of all individuals who have been imprisoned for allegedly political reasons. On 15 August 2017, 13 protesters who stormed the Legislative Council building in June 2014 (during a protest against the planned North East New Territories new towns) were handed prison sentences of eight to 13 months after a similar push by the Department of Justice for more severe sentences than the community service orders originally imposed.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 50], "section_span": [52, 66], "content_span": [67, 680]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274199-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 in AFC\nThe year 2017 is the 8th year in the history of Australian Fighting Championship (AFC), a mixed martial arts promotion based in Australia. In 2017 AFC held 4 events.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 11], "section_span": [11, 11], "content_span": [12, 177]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274199-0001-0000", "contents": "2017 in AFC, AFC 21\nAFC 21 was an event meant to be held on 28 October 2017, at AFC Arena in Xi'an, Shaanxi, China. The event was cancelled and instead was held on 28 October 2017, at Melbourne Pavilion, Melbourne, Australia.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 11], "section_span": [13, 19], "content_span": [20, 225]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274199-0002-0000", "contents": "2017 in AFC, AFC 20\nAFC 20 was an event held on 28 July 2017, at Melbourne Pavilion, Melbourne, Australia.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 11], "section_span": [13, 19], "content_span": [20, 106]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274199-0003-0000", "contents": "2017 in AFC, AFC 19\nAFC 19 was an event held on 15 April 2017, at AFC Arena in Xi'an, Shaanxi, China.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 11], "section_span": [13, 19], "content_span": [20, 101]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274199-0004-0000", "contents": "2017 in AFC, AFC 18\nAFC 18 was an event held on 14 April 2017, at AFC Arena in Xi'an, Shaanxi, China.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 11], "section_span": [13, 19], "content_span": [20, 101]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274200-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 in Absolute Championship Berkut\nThe year 2017 is the 5th year in the history of the Absolute Championship Berkut, a mixed martial arts and kickboxing promotion based in Russia.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [36, 36], "content_span": [37, 181]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274200-0001-0000", "contents": "2017 in Absolute Championship Berkut, ACB 51: Silva vs. Torgeson\nAbsolute Championship Berkut 51: Silva vs. Torgeson was a mixed martial arts event held by Absolute Championship Berkut on January 13, 2017 at the Bren Events Center in Irvine, California United States.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 64], "content_span": [65, 267]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274200-0002-0000", "contents": "2017 in Absolute Championship Berkut, ACB 51: Silva vs. Torgeson, Background\nThis event featured a world title fight for the vacant ACB Light Heavyweight Championship between Thiago Silva and Jared Ferguson as headliner.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 76], "content_span": [77, 220]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274200-0003-0000", "contents": "2017 in Absolute Championship Berkut, ACB 51: Silva vs. Torgeson, Background\nA Heavyweight bout between Michal Andryszak and Mike Kyle was scheduled for this card. However, the fight was cancelled due to visa problem sustained by Andryszak.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 76], "content_span": [77, 240]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274200-0004-0000", "contents": "2017 in Absolute Championship Berkut, ACB 52: Another Level of MMA Fighting\nAbsolute Championship Berkut 52: Another Level of MMA Fighting was a mixed martial arts event held by Absolute Championship Berkut on January 21, 2017 at the Hallmann dome in Vienna, Austria.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 75], "content_span": [76, 267]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274200-0005-0000", "contents": "2017 in Absolute Championship Berkut, ACB 52: Another Level of MMA Fighting, Background\n6 fighters from Russia, who were to perform at the ACB 52 tournament in Vienna, have not been able to participate due to visa problems.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 87], "content_span": [88, 223]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274200-0006-0000", "contents": "2017 in Absolute Championship Berkut, ACB 52: Another Level of MMA Fighting, Background\nThe fight between Patrik Kincl and Arbi Agujev was originally a 2nd-round TKO win by Kincl. The fight was overturned in a No Contest by the ACB official, because the referee stopped the fight too soon.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 87], "content_span": [88, 289]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274200-0007-0000", "contents": "2017 in Absolute Championship Berkut, ACB 52: Another Level of MMA Fighting, Background\nThe fight between Jo\u00e3o Luis Nogueira and Shamil Nikaev was originally a unanimous decision win by Nogueira. The judges decision was Overturned in a No Contest by the ACB official.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 87], "content_span": [88, 267]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274200-0008-0000", "contents": "2017 in Absolute Championship Berkut, ACB 53: Young Eagles 15\nAbsolute Championship Berkut 53: Young Eagles 15 was a mixed martial arts event held by Absolute Championship Berkut on February 18, 2017 at the Hala Urania in Olsztyn, Poland.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 61], "content_span": [62, 238]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274200-0009-0000", "contents": "2017 in Absolute Championship Berkut, ACB 54: Supersonic\nAbsolute Championship Berkut 54: Supersonic was a mixed martial arts event held by Absolute Championship Berkut on March 11, 2017 at the Manchester Arena in Manchester, England.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 56], "content_span": [57, 234]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274200-0010-0000", "contents": "2017 in Absolute Championship Berkut, ACB 54: Supersonic, Background\nThis event featured a Champion vs. Champion fight between The KSW Middleweight Champion Mamed Khalidov and the Venator FC Middleweight Champion Luke Barnatt as headliner, Also the event was originally scheduled to be co-headlined by a welterweight title fight between Brett Cooper and Aslambek Saidov. However, on February 14, it was announced that Cooper had to withdraw from his first title defense due to serious health issues. Saidov has faced ACB newcomer Ion Pascu. Lightweight Pat Healy and light heavyweight Vinny Magalhaes both suffered injuries in the lead up to the event, and they will no longer participate in the event.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 68], "content_span": [69, 703]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274200-0011-0000", "contents": "2017 in Absolute Championship Berkut, ACB 55: Dushanbe\nAbsolute Championship Berkut 55: Dushanbe was a mixed martial arts event held by Absolute Championship Berkut on March 24, 2017 at the Tax Committee Sports Center in Dushanbe, Tajikistan.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 54], "content_span": [55, 242]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274200-0012-0000", "contents": "2017 in Absolute Championship Berkut, ACB 55: Dushanbe, Background\nGamzat Khiramagomedov was injured during the preparation for his fight and was forced to withdraw from his match against Will Noland.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 66], "content_span": [67, 200]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274200-0013-0000", "contents": "2017 in Absolute Championship Berkut, ACB 55: Dushanbe, Background\nEvgeniy Lazukov was injured and couldn't participate in his Fight against Muin Gafurov, and was subsequently replaced by Georgian fighter Beno Adamia.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 66], "content_span": [67, 217]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274200-0014-0000", "contents": "2017 in Absolute Championship Berkut, ACB 55: Dushanbe, Background\nDonald Sanchez and Abdul-Rahman Temirov has to withdraw due to injury, Yusuf Raisov and valdines Silva will now face each other in the co-main event of the evening.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 66], "content_span": [67, 231]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274200-0015-0000", "contents": "2017 in Absolute Championship Berkut, ACB KB 9: Showdown in Paris\nAbsolute Championship Berkut Kickboxing 9: Showdown in Paris was a kickboxing event held by Absolute Championship Berkut on March 25, 2017 at the Palais des Sports Marcel-Cerdan in Paris, France.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 65], "content_span": [66, 262]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274200-0016-0000", "contents": "2017 in Absolute Championship Berkut, ACB 56: Young Eagles 16\nAbsolute Championship Berkut 56: Young Eagles 16 was a mixed martial arts event held by Absolute Championship Berkut on April 1, 2017 in Minsk, Belarus.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 61], "content_span": [62, 215]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274200-0017-0000", "contents": "2017 in Absolute Championship Berkut, ACB 57: Payback\nAbsolute Championship Berkut 57: Payback was a mixed martial arts event held by Absolute Championship Berkut on April 15, 2017 at the Luzhniki Palace of Sports in Moscow, Russia.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 53], "content_span": [54, 232]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274200-0018-0000", "contents": "2017 in Absolute Championship Berkut, ACB 57: Payback, Background\nThis event featured the highly anticipated rematch for the ACB Bantamweight Championship between Magomed Magomedov and Petr Yan as headliner.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 65], "content_span": [66, 207]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274200-0019-0000", "contents": "2017 in Absolute Championship Berkut, ACB 57: Payback, Background\nThe title fight between Abdul-Aziz Abdulvakhabov and. Andrey Koshkin is off. The Bout will be Rescheduled to ACB 61 due to Abdulvakhabov knee injury.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 65], "content_span": [66, 215]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274200-0020-0000", "contents": "2017 in Absolute Championship Berkut, ACB 57: Payback, Background\nMatheus Mattos will replace Tural Ragimov in fight against Magomed Ginazov.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 65], "content_span": [66, 141]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274200-0021-0000", "contents": "2017 in Absolute Championship Berkut, ACB 57: Payback, Background\nAlbert Duraev is out due to Illness, Ibragim Chuzhigaev will step in as a short notice replacement against Vyacheslav Vasilevsky.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 65], "content_span": [66, 195]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274200-0022-0000", "contents": "2017 in Absolute Championship Berkut, ACB 57: Payback, Background\nKonstantin Erokhin is out due to injury, Georgy Sakaev will step in as a short notice replacement against Azamat Murzakanov.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 65], "content_span": [66, 190]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274200-0023-0000", "contents": "2017 in Absolute Championship Berkut, ACB 58: Young Eagles 17\nAbsolute Championship Berkut 58: Young Eagles 17 was a mixed martial arts event held by Absolute Championship Berkut on April 22, 2017 at the Gamid Gamidov Palace of Sports in Khasavyurt, Russia.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 61], "content_span": [62, 257]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274200-0024-0000", "contents": "2017 in Absolute Championship Berkut, ACB 59: Young Eagles 18\nAbsolute Championship Berkut 59: Young Eagles 18 was a mixed martial arts event held by Absolute Championship Berkut on April 29, 2017 at the Palace of sports \"Manege\" in Vladikavkaz, Russia.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 61], "content_span": [62, 253]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274200-0025-0000", "contents": "2017 in Absolute Championship Berkut, ACB 59: Young Eagles 18\nMairbek Khasiev canceled this event. The reason was racist problems between Chechens and Ossetians. Greater likelihood of conflict.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 61], "content_span": [62, 193]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274200-0026-0000", "contents": "2017 in Absolute Championship Berkut, ACB 60: Aguev vs. Devent\nAbsolute Championship Berkut 60: Aguev vs. Devent was a mixed martial arts event held by Absolute Championship Berkut on May 13, 2017 in Vienna, Austria.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 62], "content_span": [63, 216]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274200-0027-0000", "contents": "2017 in Absolute Championship Berkut, ACB 61: Balaev vs. Bataev\nAbsolute Championship Berkut 61: Balaev vs. Bataev was a mixed martial arts event held by Absolute Championship Berkut on May 20, 2017 in Saint Petersburg, Russia.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 63], "content_span": [64, 228]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274200-0028-0000", "contents": "2017 in Absolute Championship Berkut, ACB 61: Balaev vs. Bataev, Background\nThe bout between Ilya Shcheglov (5-1) and Wallyson Carvalho (8-2) is canceled due to Shcheglov's injury.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 75], "content_span": [76, 180]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274200-0029-0000", "contents": "2017 in Absolute Championship Berkut, ACB 61: Balaev vs. Bataev, Background\nThe fight between Andrei Koshkin and Eduard Vartanyan was canceled due to Vartanyan's injury.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 75], "content_span": [76, 169]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274200-0030-0000", "contents": "2017 in Absolute Championship Berkut, ACB 59: Young Eagles 18\nAbsolute Championship Berkut 59: Young Eagles 18 was a mixed martial arts event held by Absolute Championship Berkut on May 25, 2017 in Grozny, Russia.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 61], "content_span": [62, 215]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274200-0031-0000", "contents": "2017 in Absolute Championship Berkut, ACB 62: Stepanyan vs. Cruz\nAbsolute Championship Berkut 62: Stepanyan vs. Cruz was a mixed martial arts event held by Absolute Championship Berkut on June 17, 2017 in Rostov-on-Don, Russia.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 64], "content_span": [65, 228]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274200-0032-0000", "contents": "2017 in Absolute Championship Berkut, ACB 62: Stepanyan vs. Cruz, Background\nThe fight between Igor Fernandes and Michail Tsarev was canceled due to Tsarev's injury.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 76], "content_span": [77, 165]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274200-0033-0000", "contents": "2017 in Absolute Championship Berkut, ACB 62: Stepanyan vs. Cruz, Background\nAdam Townsend was slated to make his ACB debut in this event against Alexandr Shabily. Unfortunately, Townsend came in on the scales at 162 lbs. The bout against Shabily was canceled.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 76], "content_span": [77, 260]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274200-0034-0000", "contents": "2017 in Absolute Championship Berkut, ACB 63: Celi\u0144ski vs. Magalhaes\nAbsolute Championship Berkut 63: Celi\u0144ski vs. Magalhaes was a mixed martial arts event held by Absolute Championship Berkut on July 1, 2017 in Gda\u0144sk, Poland.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 68], "content_span": [69, 228]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274200-0035-0000", "contents": "2017 in Absolute Championship Berkut, ACB KB 10: Russia vs. China\nAbsolute Championship Berkut Kickboxing 10: Russia vs. China was a kickboxing event held by Absolute Championship Berkut on July 15, 2017 at Izmailovo Sports Palace in Moscow, Russia.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 65], "content_span": [66, 250]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274200-0036-0000", "contents": "2017 in Absolute Championship Berkut, ACB 64: Young Eagles 19\nAbsolute Championship Berkut 64: Young Eagles 19 was a mixed martial arts event held by Absolute Championship Berkut on July 19, 2017 at the Antalya Arena Spor Salonu in Antalya, Turkey.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 61], "content_span": [62, 249]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274200-0037-0000", "contents": "2017 in Absolute Championship Berkut, ACB 65: Silva vs. Agnaev\nAbsolute Championship Berkut 65: Silva vs. Agnaev was a mixed martial arts event held by Absolute Championship Berkut on July 22, 2017 at the Sheffield Arena in Sheffield, England.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 62], "content_span": [63, 244]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274200-0038-0000", "contents": "2017 in Absolute Championship Berkut, ACB 65: Silva vs. Agnaev, Background\nThe event will be the second that the promotion have host in California, U.S. and first since ACB 51: Silva vs. Torgeson in January 2017.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 74], "content_span": [75, 212]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274200-0039-0000", "contents": "2017 in Absolute Championship Berkut, ACB 66: Young Eagles 20\nAbsolute Championship Berkut 66: Young Eagles 20 was a mixed martial arts event held by Absolute Championship Berkut on August 5, 2017 at the Sports Hall Coliseum in Grozny, Russia.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 61], "content_span": [62, 243]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274200-0040-0000", "contents": "2017 in Absolute Championship Berkut, ACB 67: Cooper vs. Berkhamov\nAbsolute Championship Berkut 67: Cooper vs. Berkhamov will be a mixed martial arts event held by Absolute Championship Berkut on August 19, 2017 in Grozny, Russia.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 66], "content_span": [67, 231]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274200-0041-0000", "contents": "2017 in Absolute Championship Berkut, ACB 68: Young Eagles 21\nAbsolute Championship Berkut 68: Young Eagles 21 will be a mixed martial arts event held by Absolute Championship Berkut on August 26, 2017 at the Tax Committee Sports Center in Dushanbe, Tajikistan.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 61], "content_span": [62, 261]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274200-0042-0000", "contents": "2017 in Absolute Championship Berkut, ACB 69: Young Eagles 22\nAbsolute Championship Berkut 69: Young Eagles 22 will be a mixed martial arts event held by Absolute Championship Berkut on September 9, 2017 at the Almaty Arena in Almaty, Kazakhstan.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 61], "content_span": [62, 246]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274200-0043-0000", "contents": "2017 in Absolute Championship Berkut, ACB 70: The Battle of Britain\nAbsolute Championship Berkut 70: The Battle of Britain will be a mixed martial arts event held by Absolute Championship Berkut on September 23, 2017vat the Sheffield Arena in Sheffield, England.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 67], "content_span": [68, 262]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274200-0044-0000", "contents": "2017 in Absolute Championship Berkut, ACB 70: The Battle of Britain, Background\nRegis Sugden is forced out through injury, Richard Herbert steps in to face Jordan Barton.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 79], "content_span": [80, 170]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274200-0045-0000", "contents": "2017 in Absolute Championship Berkut, ACB 71: Yan vs. Mattos\nAbsolute Championship Berkut 71: Yan vs. Mattos will be a mixed martial arts event held by Absolute Championship Berkut on September 30, 2017 at the Dynamo Sports Palace in Moscow, Russia.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 60], "content_span": [61, 249]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274200-0046-0000", "contents": "2017 in Absolute Championship Berkut, ACB 71: Yan vs. Mattos, Background\nMukhamed Kokov and Said-Khamzat Avkhadov didn't make weight. Alexnder Peduson and Akop Stepanyan refused to accept bouts, both fight were canceled.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 72], "content_span": [73, 220]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274200-0047-0000", "contents": "2017 in Absolute Championship Berkut, ACB KB 11 / Wu Lin Feng\nAbsolute Championship Berkut KB 11 / Wu Lin Feng was a kickboxing event held by Absolute Championship Berkut on October 7, 2017 at the Henan TV Studio 8 in Zhengzhou, China.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 61], "content_span": [62, 235]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274200-0048-0000", "contents": "2017 in Absolute Championship Berkut, ACB 72: Makovsky vs. Sherbatov\nAbsolute Championship Berkut 72: Makovsky vs. Sherbatov will be a mixed martial arts event held by Absolute Championship Berkut on October 14, 2017 at the Tohu in Montreal, Quebec, Canada.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 68], "content_span": [69, 257]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274200-0049-0000", "contents": "2017 in Absolute Championship Berkut, ACB 73: Silva vs. Makoev\nAbsolute Championship Berkut 73: Silva vs. Makoev will be a mixed martial arts event held by Absolute Championship Berkut on October 21, 2017 at the Mi\u00e9cimo da Silva Sports Complex in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 62], "content_span": [63, 270]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274200-0050-0000", "contents": "2017 in Absolute Championship Berkut, ACB KB 12: Warriors Of Light\nAbsolute Championship Berkut KB 12: Warriors Of Light will be a kickboxing event held by Absolute Championship Berkut on November 10, 2017 at the Marriott Congress Center in Los Angeles, California, United States.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 66], "content_span": [67, 280]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274200-0051-0000", "contents": "2017 in Absolute Championship Berkut, ACB 74: Aguev vs. Townsend\nAbsolute Championship Berkut 74: Aguev vs. Townsend will be a mixed martial arts event held by Absolute Championship Berkut at the Wiener Stadthalle on November 18, 2017 in Vienna, Austria.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 64], "content_span": [65, 254]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274200-0052-0000", "contents": "2017 in Absolute Championship Berkut, ACB 74: Aguev vs. Townsend, Background\nACB 74 was supposed to hold event in Dubau, United Arab Emirates but for unknown reasons was moved to Vienna, Austria.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 76], "content_span": [77, 195]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274200-0053-0000", "contents": "2017 in Absolute Championship Berkut, ACB 75: Gadzhidaudov vs. Zieli\u0144ski\nAbsolute Championship Berkut 75: Gadzhidaudov vs. Zieli\u0144ski was a mixed martial arts event held by Absolute Championship Berkut on November 25, 2017 at the Carl Benz Arena in Stuttgart, Germany.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 72], "content_span": [73, 267]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274200-0054-0000", "contents": "2017 in Absolute Championship Berkut, ACB 75: Gadzhidaudov vs. Zieli\u0144ski, Background\nDennis Siver was set to make his ACB debut, but withdrew due to a shoulder injury. Beslan Isaev, Rasul Shovkhalov, and Shamil Shakbulatov were denied entry to Germany. So they were also removed from the card.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 84], "content_span": [85, 293]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274200-0055-0000", "contents": "2017 in Absolute Championship Berkut, ACB 76: Young Eagles 23\nAbsolute Championship Berkut 76: Young Eagles 23 will be a mixed martial arts event held by Absolute Championship Berkut on December 9, 2017 at the Gold Coast Convention and Exhibition Centre in Gold Coast, Australia.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 61], "content_span": [62, 279]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274200-0056-0000", "contents": "2017 in Absolute Championship Berkut, ACB 77: Abdulvakhabov vs. Vartanyan 2\nAbsolute Championship Berkut 77: Abdulvakhabov vs. Vartanyan 2 will be a mixed martial arts event held by Absolute Championship Berkut on December 23, 2017 at the Luzhniki Palace of Sports in Moscow, Russia.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 75], "content_span": [76, 283]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274202-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 in Albania\nThe following lists events in the year 2017 in Albania.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [15, 15], "content_span": [16, 71]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274205-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 in American music\nThe following is a list of events and releases that happened in 2017 in music in the United States.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [22, 22], "content_span": [23, 122]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274206-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 in American soccer\nThe 2017 season was the 105th season of competitive soccer in the United States.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [23, 23], "content_span": [24, 104]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274206-0001-0000", "contents": "2017 in American soccer, National teams, Men's, Senior\nGoals are current as of November 14, 2017, after match against \u00a0Portugal.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 54], "content_span": [55, 128]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274206-0002-0000", "contents": "2017 in American soccer, National teams, Women's, Senior\nGoals are current as of November 12, 2017 after match against \u00a0Canada.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 56], "content_span": [57, 127]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274206-0003-0000", "contents": "2017 in American soccer, Club competitions, Men's, League Competitions\nNote: the table below has no impact on playoff qualification and is used solely for determining host of the MLS Cup, certain CCL spots, the Supporters' Shield trophy, seeding in the 2018 Canadian Championship, and 2018 MLS draft. The conference tables are the sole determinant for teams qualifying for the playoffs.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 70], "content_span": [71, 386]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274206-0004-0000", "contents": "2017 in American soccer, Club competitions, Men's, League Competitions\nAs Toronto FC won MLS Cup 2017, one of the U.S. berths for the 2019 CONCACAF Champions League had to be reallocated, to the U.S. non-champions with the best aggregate record over the 2017 and 2018 MLS regular seasons. As the top ranked team in the table, Atlanta United FC, also qualified for the Champions League by winning MLS Cup 2018, the Champions League spot via the aggregate table was instead awarded to the second-placed team, the New York Red Bulls.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 70], "content_span": [71, 530]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274207-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 in American television\nThe following is a list of events affecting American television in 2017. Events listed include television show debuts, finales, and cancellations; channel launches, closures, and re-brandings; stations changing or adding their network affiliations; and information about controversies and carriage disputes.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [27, 27], "content_span": [28, 335]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274207-0001-0000", "contents": "2017 in American television, Television programs, Programs returning in 2017\nThe following shows returned with new episodes or reruns after being canceled or having ended their run previously:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 76], "content_span": [77, 192]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274207-0002-0000", "contents": "2017 in American television, Television programs, Entering syndication this year\nA list of programs (current or canceled) that have accumulated enough episodes (between 65 and 100) or seasons (three or more) to be eligible for off-network syndication and/or basic cable runs.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 80], "content_span": [81, 275]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274208-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 in Angola\nThis article lists events from the year 2017 in Angola.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 14], "section_span": [14, 14], "content_span": [15, 70]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274210-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 in Argentina\nThe following lists events that happened in Argentina in 2017.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 17], "section_span": [17, 17], "content_span": [18, 80]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274211-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 in Argentine television\nThe following is a list of events affecting Argentine television in 2017.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [28, 28], "content_span": [29, 102]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274212-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 in Armenia\nThe following lists events in the year 2017 in Armenia.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [15, 15], "content_span": [16, 71]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274213-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 in Australia\nThe following lists events that happened during 2017 in Australia.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 17], "section_span": [17, 17], "content_span": [18, 84]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274214-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 in Australian literature\nThis article presents a list of the historical events and publications of Australian literature during 2017.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [29, 29], "content_span": [30, 138]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274214-0001-0000", "contents": "2017 in Australian literature, Awards and honours\nNote: these awards were presented in the year in question.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 49], "content_span": [50, 108]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274215-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 in Australian music\nThe following is a list of notable events and releases that happened in 2017 in music in Australia.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [24, 24], "content_span": [25, 124]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274216-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 in Australian television\nThis is a list of Australian television-related events, debuts, finales, and cancellations that are scheduled to occur in 2017, the 62nd year of continuous operation of television in Australia.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [29, 29], "content_span": [30, 223]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274216-0001-0000", "contents": "2017 in Australian television, Programming changes, Changes to network affiliation\nCriteria for inclusion in the following list is that Australian premiere episodes will air in Australia for the first time on a new channel. This includes when a program is moved from a free-to-air network's primary channel to a digital multi-channel, as well as when a program moves between subscription television channels \u2013 provided the preceding criteria is met. Ended television series which change networks for repeat broadcasts are not included in the list.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 82], "content_span": [83, 547]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274216-0002-0000", "contents": "2017 in Australian television, Programming changes, Free-to-air premieres\nThis is a list of programs which made their premiere on Australian free-to-air television that had previously premiered on Australian subscription television. Programs may still air on the original subscription television network.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 73], "content_span": [74, 304]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274216-0003-0000", "contents": "2017 in Australian television, Programming changes, Subscription premieres\nThis is a list of programs which made their debut on Australian subscription television, having previously premiered on Australian free-to-air television. Programs may still air (first or repeat) on the original free-to-air television network.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 74], "content_span": [75, 318]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274216-0004-0000", "contents": "2017 in Australian television, Programming changes, Returning programs\nAustralian produced programs which are returning with a new season after being absent from television from the previous calendar year.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 70], "content_span": [71, 205]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274219-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 in BRACE\nThe year 2017 was the ninth year in the history of BRACE, a mixed martial arts promotion based in Australia.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 13], "section_span": [13, 13], "content_span": [14, 122]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274219-0001-0000", "contents": "2017 in BRACE, Brace 52\nBrace 52 was an event held on November 11, 2017, at AIS Arena in Canberra, Australia.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 13], "section_span": [15, 23], "content_span": [24, 109]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274219-0002-0000", "contents": "2017 in BRACE, Brace 51\nBrace 51 was an event held on October 28, 2017, at Big Top Luna Park in Sydney, Australia.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 13], "section_span": [15, 23], "content_span": [24, 114]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274219-0003-0000", "contents": "2017 in BRACE, Brace 50\nBrace 50 was an event held on May 13, 2017, at Township Auditorium in Townsville, Australia.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 13], "section_span": [15, 23], "content_span": [24, 116]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274219-0004-0000", "contents": "2017 in BRACE, Brace 49\nBrace 49 was an event held on April 8, 2017, at AIS Arena in Canberra, Australia.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 13], "section_span": [15, 23], "content_span": [24, 105]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274219-0005-0000", "contents": "2017 in BRACE, Brace 47\nBrace 47 was an event held on March 18, 2017, at Big Top Luna Park in Sydney, Australia.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 13], "section_span": [15, 23], "content_span": [24, 112]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274219-0006-0000", "contents": "2017 in BRACE, Brace 46\nBrace 46 was expected to be held on March 4, 2017, at RSL Southport in Gold Coast, Australia, and it was cancelled.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 13], "section_span": [15, 23], "content_span": [24, 140]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274220-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 in Bangladesh\n2017 (MMXVII) was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar, the 2017th year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 17th year of the 3rd\u00a0millennium, the 17th year of the 21st\u00a0century, and the 8th year of the 2010s decade.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [18, 18], "content_span": [19, 285]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274220-0001-0000", "contents": "2017 in Bangladesh\nThe year 2017 was the 46th year after the independence of Bangladesh. It was also the fourth year of the third term of the Government of Sheikh Hasina.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [18, 18], "content_span": [19, 170]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274220-0002-0000", "contents": "2017 in Bangladesh, Economy\nNote: For the year 2017 average official exchange rate for BDT was 78.47 per US$.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [20, 27], "content_span": [28, 109]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274220-0003-0000", "contents": "2017 in Bangladesh, Events, Awards and Recognitions, Independence Day Award\nThe award was given to fifteen people and an organization.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [20, 75], "content_span": [76, 134]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274221-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 in Barbados\nThis article lists events from the year 2017 in Barbados.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [16, 16], "content_span": [17, 74]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274222-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 in Belarus\nThe following lists events in the year 2017 in Belarus.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [15, 15], "content_span": [16, 71]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274225-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 in Bellator MMA\n2017 in Bellator MMA was the tenth year in the history of Bellator MMA, a mixed martial arts promotion based in the United States. Bellator held 26 events in 2017.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [20, 20], "content_span": [21, 184]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274225-0001-0000", "contents": "2017 in Bellator MMA, Background\nThis year, Bellator announced their first MMA event to be held in New York: Bellator NYC. The event would also mark the Bellator debuts of former UFC commentator Mike Goldberg, calling his first card on Spike TV since 2011 (which was the televised portion of Bellator NYC, referred to as Bellator 180), and former Strikeforce commentator Mauro Ranallo.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 32], "content_span": [33, 385]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274225-0002-0000", "contents": "2017 in Bellator MMA, Bellator 170\nBellator 170: Ortiz vs. Sonnen took place on January 21, 2017 at The Forum in Inglewood, California. The event aired live in prime time on Spike TV, drawing 1.4\u00a0million viewers.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 34], "content_span": [35, 213]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274225-0003-0000", "contents": "2017 in Bellator MMA, Bellator 170\nOn October 18, 2016, it was announced that former UFC Light Heavyweight Champion Tito Ortiz and UFC veteran Chael Sonnen would headline this event. Sonnen owns career wins over the likes of Yushin Okami, Nate Marquardt, Brian Stann, former UFC Light Heavyweight Champion Maur\u00edcio Rua and former UFC Middleweight Champion Michael Bisping. Ortiz is a UFC Hall of Famer and one of the most decorated champions in UFC history. \"The Huntington Beach Bad Boy\" signed with Bellator in 2013 and has gone 2\u20131 with the promotion. He has wins over the likes of Alexander Shlemenko, Stephan Bonnar, Wanderlei Silva, Ken Shamrock and Forrest Griffin.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 34], "content_span": [35, 672]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274225-0004-0000", "contents": "2017 in Bellator MMA, Bellator 170\nA women's bout between Rebecca Ruth and Colleen Schneider was initially announced for this card. However, the bout never came to fruition for undisclosed reasons and Ruth was replaced by Chrissie Daniels", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 34], "content_span": [35, 238]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274225-0005-0000", "contents": "2017 in Bellator MMA, Bellator 171\nBellator 171: Guillard vs. Njokuani was held on January 27, 2017 at the Kansas Star Casino in Mulvane, Kansas. The event aired live in prime time on Spike TV.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 34], "content_span": [35, 193]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274225-0006-0000", "contents": "2017 in Bellator MMA, Bellator 171\nThe event was headlined by catchweight at 179 pounds bout between UFC veteran Melvin Guillard and Chidi Njokuani.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 34], "content_span": [35, 148]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274225-0007-0000", "contents": "2017 in Bellator MMA, Bellator 171\nThe co-main event featured a lightweight bout between local favorite David Rickels and Aaron Derrow.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 34], "content_span": [35, 135]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274225-0008-0000", "contents": "2017 in Bellator MMA, Bellator 171\nAdditionally, prospects and former collegiate heavyweight wrestling stars Jarod Trice and Tyrell Fortune were featured on the undercard. Trice, a three-time All-American wrestler at Central Michigan University, faced Kevin Woltkamp. Fortune, a former NCAA Division 2 champion, faced Will Johnson.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 34], "content_span": [35, 331]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274225-0009-0000", "contents": "2017 in Bellator MMA, Bellator 172\nBellator 172: Thomson vs. Pitbull aired on Saturday, February 18, 2017 at the SAP Center in San Jose, California. The event aired live in prime time on Spike TV.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 34], "content_span": [35, 196]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274225-0010-0000", "contents": "2017 in Bellator MMA, Bellator 172\nThe event was scheduled to be headlined by heavyweight legend Fedor Emelianenko against former UFC veteran Matt Mitrione. Emelianenko retired in 2012, but ultimately returned to the sport in 2015. This will be Emelianenko's first fight in the U.S. since 2011. Mitrione, a 38-year-old former NFL player has scored back-to-back knockout victories since joining Bellator over Carl Seumanutafa and Oli Thompson. Hours before the event, the fight was cancelled due to Mitrione becoming ill. As a result, Josh Thomson vs. Patricky Freire was moved up to the main event.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 34], "content_span": [35, 598]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274225-0011-0000", "contents": "2017 in Bellator MMA, Bellator 173\nBellator 173: McGeary vs. McDermott was held on February 24, 2017 at the SSE Arena in Belfast, Northern Ireland. The event aired live in prime time on Spike TV.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 34], "content_span": [35, 195]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274225-0012-0000", "contents": "2017 in Bellator MMA, Bellator 173\nThe event was originally scheduled to be headlined by a bout between Liam McGeary and Chris Fields. However, on February 20, it was announced that Fields had to withdraw from the match due to injury. The initial replacement for Fields was announced as Bellator newcomer Vladimir Filipovic. However, Filipovic also was pulled from the bout due to visa issues. McGeary eventually faced Bellator newcomer Brett McDermott.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 34], "content_span": [35, 453]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274225-0013-0000", "contents": "2017 in Bellator MMA, Bellator 173\nThe event was a dual promotion event as Bellator's card was co-promoted with BAMMA 28.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 34], "content_span": [35, 121]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274225-0014-0000", "contents": "2017 in Bellator MMA, Bellator 174\nBellator 174: Coenen vs. Budd was held on March 3, 2017 at the WinStar World Casino in Thackerville, Oklahoma. The event aired live in prime time on Spike TV.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 34], "content_span": [35, 193]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274225-0015-0000", "contents": "2017 in Bellator MMA, Bellator 174\nThe main event featured Marloes Coenen versus Julia Budd for the inaugural Bellator women's featherweight title. This was the first time a woman's bout has headlined a Bellator card.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 34], "content_span": [35, 217]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274225-0016-0000", "contents": "2017 in Bellator MMA, Bellator 174\nKendall Grove was originally scheduled to face Chris Honeycutt at this event. However, Honeycutt was removed from the bout on February 28 and replaced by three-time UFC veteran and Bellator newcomer Mike Rhodes. Rhodes then failed to make weight and the fight was cancelled.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 34], "content_span": [35, 309]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274225-0017-0000", "contents": "2017 in Bellator MMA, Bellator 174\nJoe Taimanglo was scheduled to face Steve Garcia on this card. However, the fight was removed from the card after Taimanglo missed weight.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 34], "content_span": [35, 173]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274225-0018-0000", "contents": "2017 in Bellator MMA, Bellator 175\nBellator 175: Rampage vs. King Mo 2 was held on March 31, 2017 at the Allstate Arena in Rosemont, Illinois. The event aired live in prime time on Spike TV.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 34], "content_span": [35, 190]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274225-0019-0000", "contents": "2017 in Bellator MMA, Bellator 175\nThe event was headlined by Heavyweight bout between former UFC Light Heavyweight Champion Quinton Jackson against former Strikeforce Light Heavyweight Champion Muhammed Lawal.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 34], "content_span": [35, 210]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274225-0020-0000", "contents": "2017 in Bellator MMA, Bellator 175\nAt the weigh ins, Emmanuel Sanchez missed the 146-pound featherweight limit, coming in at 149.5 pounds. The fight was changed to a catchweight.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 34], "content_span": [35, 178]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274225-0021-0000", "contents": "2017 in Bellator MMA, Bellator 176\nBellator 176: Carvalho vs. Manhoef 2 took place on April 8, 2017 at the Pala Alpitour in Torino, Italy. The event aired on Spike TV.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 34], "content_span": [35, 167]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274225-0022-0000", "contents": "2017 in Bellator MMA, Bellator 176\nA Middleweight world title fight rematch pitting Rafael Carvalho against Melvin Manhoef served as the main event of Bellator 176.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 34], "content_span": [35, 164]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274225-0023-0000", "contents": "2017 in Bellator MMA, Bellator 176\nThe event was announced by the company in February 2017. It was the second time Bellator MMA held an event at the Pala Alpitour in Torino, Italy. Like the previous card, this event featured both MMA and kickboxing bouts.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 34], "content_span": [35, 255]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274225-0024-0000", "contents": "2017 in Bellator MMA, Bellator 177\nBellator 177: Dantas vs. Higo took place on April 14, 2017 at Budapest Sports Arena in Budapest, Hungary . The event aired on Spike TV.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 34], "content_span": [35, 170]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274225-0025-0000", "contents": "2017 in Bellator MMA, Bellator 177\nThis event marked Bellator's second event in Hungary. The event featured both MMA and kickboxing bouts.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 34], "content_span": [35, 138]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274225-0026-0000", "contents": "2017 in Bellator MMA, Bellator 177\nThe main event was originally scheduled to feature Eduardo Dantas against Darrion Caldwell, but Caldwell withdrew due to injury. Leandro Higo stepped in as a replacement. Due to the short notice, the fight was changed from a Bantamweight title bout to a non-title contest at a catchweight of 139 pounds.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 34], "content_span": [35, 338]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274225-0027-0000", "contents": "2017 in Bellator MMA, Bellator 177\nBellator Kickboxing 6 was headlined by a Welterweight world title rematch featuring Zolt\u00e1n Lasz\u00e1k against Karim Ghajji. Additionally, two-time Glory Featherweight Champion Gabriel Varga made his Bellator Kickboxing debut.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 34], "content_span": [35, 256]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274225-0028-0000", "contents": "2017 in Bellator MMA, Bellator 178\nBellator 178: Straus vs. Pitbull 4 took place on April 21, 2017 at Mohegan Sun Arena in Uncasville, Connecticut . The event aired live on Spike TV.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 34], "content_span": [35, 182]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274225-0029-0000", "contents": "2017 in Bellator MMA, Bellator 178\nBellator returned to Mohegan Sun with a Featherweight world title fight pitting Daniel Straus against Patricio \"Pitbull\" Freire as the main event of Bellator 178. Straus and Freire have fought three times before; Freire won one by submission and once by decision, while Straus most recently won by decision.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 34], "content_span": [35, 342]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274225-0030-0000", "contents": "2017 in Bellator MMA, Bellator 178\nA middleweight bout between Ed Ruth and Aaron Goodwine was originally scheduled for this card, but failed to materialize. Ruth instead faced David Mundell.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 34], "content_span": [35, 190]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274225-0031-0000", "contents": "2017 in Bellator MMA, Bellator 179\nBellator 179: MacDonald vs. Daley took place on May 19, 2017 at the SSE Arena in London, England. The event aired on Spike TV.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 34], "content_span": [35, 161]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274225-0032-0000", "contents": "2017 in Bellator MMA, Bellator 179\nBellator returned to London with a welterweight fight pitting Paul Daley against Rory MacDonald serving as the main event of Bellator 179.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 34], "content_span": [35, 173]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274225-0033-0000", "contents": "2017 in Bellator MMA, Bellator 179\nStav Economou was originally scheduled to face Karl Etherington in heavyweight bout. However, the bout was cancelled and Economous faced Dan Konecke.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 34], "content_span": [35, 184]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274225-0034-0000", "contents": "2017 in Bellator MMA, Bellator 179\nNeil Grove and \u0141ukasz Parobiec were expected to fight in a Heavyweight bout. However, the fight was cancelled for undisclosed reasons.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 34], "content_span": [35, 169]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274225-0035-0000", "contents": "2017 in Bellator MMA, Bellator 179\nMichael Page was scheduled to face Derek Anderson as the co-main event. However, the fight was removed from the card after Page suffered a knee injury and neck injury.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 34], "content_span": [35, 202]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274225-0036-0000", "contents": "2017 in Bellator MMA, Bellator Monster Energy Fight Series: Charlotte\nBellator Monster Energy Fight Series: Charlotte took place on May 20, 2017 at the Charlotte Motor Speedway in Concord, North Carolina", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 69], "content_span": [70, 203]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274225-0037-0000", "contents": "2017 in Bellator MMA, Bellator Monster Energy Fight Series: Charlotte\nOn May 1, 2017, Bellator announced a special four-fight card that took place at the Monster Energy NASCAR All-Star Race XXXIII. The goal of the event was to scout new talent for a prospective contract. Unlike all previous Bellator events, this event was not televised, as this event took place at a NASCAR race, where Fox Sports, which holds rights to a rival MMA promotion, holds video rights for events at the Charlotte Motor Speedway during the event.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 69], "content_span": [70, 524]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274225-0038-0000", "contents": "2017 in Bellator MMA, Bellator NYC/Bellator 180\nBellator NYC: Sonnen vs. Silva and Bellator 180 took place on June 24, 2017 at Madison Square Garden in New York City. The event aired both Spike TV and on PPV.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 47], "content_span": [48, 208]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274225-0039-0000", "contents": "2017 in Bellator MMA, Bellator NYC/Bellator 180\nA grudge match between rivals Chael Sonnen and Wanderlei Silva served as the main event.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 47], "content_span": [48, 136]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274225-0040-0000", "contents": "2017 in Bellator MMA, Bellator NYC/Bellator 180\nThe co-main event was a heavyweight bout between Fedor Emelianenko vs. Matt Mitrione. The pairing were supposed to meet at Bellator 172 but Mitrione had to be hospitalized due to kidney stones.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 47], "content_span": [48, 241]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274225-0041-0000", "contents": "2017 in Bellator MMA, Bellator NYC/Bellator 180\nDebuting former UFC fighter Ryan Bader was initially scheduled to face Muhammed Lawal on this card. However, Lawal pulled out of the fight due to an injury and Bader instead faced Light Heavyweight champion Phil Davis in a rematch. Bader and Davis first met at UFC on Fox: Gustafsson vs. Johnson on January 24, 2015 with Bader winning by split decision.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 47], "content_span": [48, 401]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274225-0042-0000", "contents": "2017 in Bellator MMA, Bellator NYC/Bellator 180\nA fight between Keri Anne Melendez and Sadee Monseratte Williams was scheduled but cancelled after Melendez pulled out due to injury.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 47], "content_span": [48, 181]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274225-0043-0000", "contents": "2017 in Bellator MMA, Bellator NYC/Bellator 180\nThe PPV portion of the MSG card was referred to as Bellator NYC. The undercard, airing on Spike, was Bellator 180.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 47], "content_span": [48, 162]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274225-0044-0000", "contents": "2017 in Bellator MMA, Bellator 181\nBellator 181: Girtz vs. Campos 3 took place on July 14, 2017 at the WinStar World Casino in Thackerville, Oklahoma. The event aired live in prime time on Spike TV.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 34], "content_span": [35, 198]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274225-0045-0000", "contents": "2017 in Bellator MMA, Bellator 181\nThe main event featured Brandon Girtz against Derek Campos in a rubber match. Campos won the pair's initial meeting in June 2013 at Bellator 96 by unanimous decision. Girtz avenged the loss in November 2015 at Bellator 146, where he won by knockout in the first round.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 34], "content_span": [35, 303]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274225-0046-0000", "contents": "2017 in Bellator MMA, Bellator 181\nFormer UFC fighter Val\u00e9rie L\u00e9tourneau was expected to make her Bellator debut on this card against Emily Ducote. However, on July 10, L\u00e9tourneau withdrew from the bout due to injury and was replaced by Jessica Middleton.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 34], "content_span": [35, 255]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274225-0047-0000", "contents": "2017 in Bellator MMA, Bellator Monster Energy Fight Series: Bristol\nBellator Monster Energy Fight Series: Bristol was the second installment of the series and took place on August 19, 2017 at the Bristol Motor Speedway, in Bristol, Tennessee. Again, the fights were not televised because of television conflicts with NASCAR's rights holder (NBC, which airs the Professional Fighters League, aired a PFL contest June 30).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 67], "content_span": [68, 420]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274225-0048-0000", "contents": "2017 in Bellator MMA, Bellator 182\nBellator 182: Koreshkov vs. Njokuani took place on August 25, 2017 at the Turning Stone Resort & Casino in Verona, New York. The event aired live in prime time on Spike TV.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 34], "content_span": [35, 207]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274225-0049-0000", "contents": "2017 in Bellator MMA, Bellator 182\nThe main event featured former Bellator Welterweight Champion Andrey Koreshkov versus Chidi Njokuani. It was originally scheduled as a welterweight bout, but Njokuani missed weight so the bout was contested at a catchweight of 175 pounds.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 34], "content_span": [35, 273]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274225-0050-0000", "contents": "2017 in Bellator MMA, Bellator 182\nThe co-main event of Brennan Ward against Fernando Gonzalez was set to be a catchweight bout of 178 pounds. However, Gonzalez weighed in at 180 pounds.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 34], "content_span": [35, 186]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274225-0051-0000", "contents": "2017 in Bellator MMA, Bellator 182\nGabby Holloway was originally scheduled to face Talita Nogueira on this card. However, on August 1, Holloway withdrew from the bout and was replaced by Amanda Bell.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 34], "content_span": [35, 199]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274225-0052-0000", "contents": "2017 in Bellator MMA, Bellator 183\nBellator 183: Henderson vs. Pitbull took place on September 23, 2017 at the SAP Center in San Jose, California. The event aired live in prime time on Spike TV.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 34], "content_span": [35, 194]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274225-0053-0000", "contents": "2017 in Bellator MMA, Bellator 183\nThe main event featured a Lightweight bout between Benson Henderson and Patricky Freire.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 34], "content_span": [35, 123]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274225-0054-0000", "contents": "2017 in Bellator MMA, Bellator 183\nAlso occurring on the show was Bellator Kickboxing 7 headlined by featherweight title bout between Kevin Ross and Domenico Lomurno.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 34], "content_span": [35, 166]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274225-0055-0000", "contents": "2017 in Bellator MMA, Bellator 184\nBellator 184: Dantas vs. Caldwell took place on October 6, 2017 at the WinStar World Casino in Thackerville, Oklahoma. The event aired live in prime time on Spike TV.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 34], "content_span": [35, 201]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274225-0056-0000", "contents": "2017 in Bellator MMA, Bellator Monster Energy Fight Series: Talladega\nBellator Monster Energy Fight Series: Talladega was the third installment of the series held on October 13, 2017 at the Talladega Superspeedway, in Lincoln, Alabama. Again, the fights were not televised because of television conflicts with NASCAR's rights holder (NBC, which airs the Professional Fighters League, aired a PFL contest June 30 during the Coca-Cola Firecracker 250 at Daytona).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 69], "content_span": [70, 461]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274225-0057-0000", "contents": "2017 in Bellator MMA, Bellator 185\nBellator 185: Mousasi vs. Shlemenko took place on October 20, 2017 at Mohegan Sun Arena in Uncasville, Connecticut. The event aired live on Spike TV.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 34], "content_span": [35, 184]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274225-0058-0000", "contents": "2017 in Bellator MMA, Bellator 185\nBellator 185 marked the debut of heralded middleweight fighter Gegard Mousasi. Having competed for the UFC for the last four years, Mousasi opted to sign with Bellator MMA when his contract came up.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 34], "content_span": [35, 233]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274225-0059-0000", "contents": "2017 in Bellator MMA, Bellator 185\nMuhammed Lawal was scheduled to face Liam McGeary in a Light Heavyweight bout in the co-main event. However, on October 2, he pulled out of the fight due to an undisclosed injury. He was replaced by Bubba McDaniel. The following week, McGeary pulled out of the fight due to a thumb injury.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 34], "content_span": [35, 324]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274225-0060-0000", "contents": "2017 in Bellator MMA, Bellator 185\nBrennan Ward was scheduled to face David Rickels in a welterweight bout on the main card. However, on October 16, Ward was removed from the card due to injury and Rickels was pulled from the card as a result.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 34], "content_span": [35, 243]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274225-0061-0000", "contents": "2017 in Bellator MMA, Bellator 185\nJavier Torres was scheduled to face Neiman Gracie on this card, but pulled out due to injury. He was replaced with welterweight Zak Bucia.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 34], "content_span": [35, 173]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274225-0062-0000", "contents": "2017 in Bellator MMA, Bellator 186\nBellator 186: Bader vs. Vassell took place on November 3, 2017 at the Bryce Jordan Center in University Park, Pennsylvania. The event aired live in prime time on Spike TV.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 34], "content_span": [35, 207]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274225-0063-0000", "contents": "2017 in Bellator MMA, Bellator 186\nIn the Bellator 186 main event Ryan Bader made the first defense of his Light Heavyweight title against Linton Vassell .", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 34], "content_span": [35, 155]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274225-0064-0000", "contents": "2017 in Bellator MMA, Bellator 186\nThe co-main event featured Ilima-Lei Macfarlane against Emily Ducote for the inaugural Bellator Women's Flyweight title.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 34], "content_span": [35, 155]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274225-0065-0000", "contents": "2017 in Bellator MMA, Bellator 187\nBellator 187: McKee vs. Moore took place on November 10, 2017 at the 3Arena in Dublin, Ireland. The event aired live in prime time on Spike TV.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 34], "content_span": [35, 179]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274225-0066-0000", "contents": "2017 in Bellator MMA, Bellator 187\nJames Gallagher was expected to main event Bellator 187 against Jeremiah Labiano; however, on October 11, Gallagher withdrew from the bout due to injury. Labiano was moved to face Noad Lahat at Bellator 188 on November 16.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 34], "content_span": [35, 257]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274225-0067-0000", "contents": "2017 in Bellator MMA, Bellator 187\nA featherweight match-up between A.J. McKee and Brian Moore served as the new main event.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 34], "content_span": [35, 124]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274225-0068-0000", "contents": "2017 in Bellator MMA, Bellator 187\nThe event was a co-promotion between Bellator MMA and BAMMA with BAMMA 32 taking place the same night.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 34], "content_span": [35, 137]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274225-0069-0000", "contents": "2017 in Bellator MMA, Bellator 188\nBellator 188: Lahat vs. Labiano took place on November 16, 2017 at the Menora Mivtachim Arena in Tel Aviv, Israel. The event aired on Spike TV.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 34], "content_span": [35, 178]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274225-0070-0000", "contents": "2017 in Bellator MMA, Bellator 188\nThe card was originally headlined by a rematch between champion Patr\u00edcio Freire and Daniel Weichel for the Bellator Featherweight Championship. The pair previously met in June 2015 at Bellator 138 with Freire winning by knockout. On November 12, it was announced Freire had to withdraw due to a knee injury.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 34], "content_span": [35, 342]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274225-0071-0000", "contents": "2017 in Bellator MMA, Bellator 188\nThe main event instead featured a match between Noad Lahat and Jeremiah Labiano.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 34], "content_span": [35, 115]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274225-0072-0000", "contents": "2017 in Bellator MMA, Bellator 188\nThe card also featured Dutch kickboxing standout Denise Kielholtz's second MMA fight.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 34], "content_span": [35, 120]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274225-0073-0000", "contents": "2017 in Bellator MMA, Bellator: Monster Energy Fight Series: Homestead\nBellator: Monster Energy Fight Series: Homestead was the fourth installment of the series held on November 19, 2017 at the Homestead-Miami Speedway, in Homestead, Florida. Again, the fights were not televised because of television conflicts with NASCAR's rights holder (NBC, which airs the Professional Fighters League, aired a PFL contest June 30 during the Coca-Cola Firecracker 250 at Daytona).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 70], "content_span": [71, 468]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274225-0074-0000", "contents": "2017 in Bellator MMA, Bellator 189\nBellator 189: Budd vs. Blencowe 2 took place December 1, 2017 at the WinStar World Casino in Thackerville, Oklahoma. The event aired live in prime time on Spike TV.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 34], "content_span": [35, 200]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274225-0075-0000", "contents": "2017 in Bellator MMA, Bellator 189\nIn the Bellator 189 main event, women's featherweight champion Julia Budd faced Arlene Blencowe in a rematch. The pair originally fought at Bellator 162 with Budd winning via majority decision.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 34], "content_span": [35, 228]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274225-0076-0000", "contents": "2017 in Bellator MMA, Bellator 189\nThe co-main event was a middleweight bout between Rafael Lovato Jr. and Chris Honeycutt.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 34], "content_span": [35, 123]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274225-0077-0000", "contents": "2017 in Bellator MMA, Bellator 190\nBellator 190: Carvalho vs. Sakara took place on December 9, 2017 at the Nelson Mandela Forum in Florence, Italy. The event aired on Spike TV.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 34], "content_span": [35, 176]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274225-0078-0000", "contents": "2017 in Bellator MMA, Bellator 190\nA Middleweight world title fight match pitting Rafael Carvalho against Alessio Sakara will served as the main event of Bellator 190.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 34], "content_span": [35, 167]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274225-0079-0000", "contents": "2017 in Bellator MMA, Bellator 190\nOccurring also on this card is Bellator Kickboxing 8 headlined by Lightweight title bout pitting Giorgio Petrosyan against Youdwicha.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 34], "content_span": [35, 168]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274225-0080-0000", "contents": "2017 in Bellator MMA, Bellator 191\nBellator 191: McDonald vs. Ligier took place on December 15, 2017 at the Metro Radio Arena in Newcastle, England. The event aired on tape delay in prime time on Spike TV.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 34], "content_span": [35, 206]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274225-0081-0000", "contents": "2017 in Bellator MMA, Bellator 191\nThe main event featured the Bellator debut of former World Extreme Cagefighting and Ultimate Fighting Championship bantamweight contender Michael McDonald.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 34], "content_span": [35, 190]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274225-0082-0000", "contents": "2017 in Bellator MMA, Bellator 191\nThe event was a co-promotion between Bellator MMA and BAMMA 33.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 34], "content_span": [35, 98]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274226-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 in Benin\nThis articles lists events from the year 2017 in Benin.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 13], "section_span": [13, 13], "content_span": [14, 69]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274226-0001-0000", "contents": "2017 in Benin, Events, Economic conditions\nBenin's overall macroeconomic conditions were positive in 2017, with a growth rate of around 5.6 percent. Economic growth was largely driven by Benin's cotton industry and other cash crops, the Port of Cotonou, and telecommunications. Cashew and pineapple production and processing have substantial commercial potential. The country's primary source of revenue is the Port of Cotonou, although the government is seeking to expand its revenue base. In 2017, Benin imported about $2.8 billion in goods such as rice, meat and poultry, alcoholic beverages, fuel plastic materials, specialized mining and excavating machinery, telecommunications equipment, passenger vehicles, and toiletries and cosmetics. Principal exports are ginned cotton, cotton cake and cotton seeds, cashew, shea butter, cooking oil, and lumber.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 13], "section_span": [15, 42], "content_span": [43, 857]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274226-0002-0000", "contents": "2017 in Benin, Links\nThis Benin-related article is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by .", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 13], "section_span": [15, 20], "content_span": [21, 86]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274231-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 in Botswana, Events\nA similar case, where a transgender woman sought to change her gender marker to female, was heard in December 2017. The High Court ruled that the Government must recognise her gender identity. She dedicated her victory to \"every single trans diverse person in Botswana\".", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [18, 24], "content_span": [25, 295]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274233-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 in Brazilian football\nThe following article presents a summary of the 2017 football (soccer) season in Brazil, which was the 116th season of competitive football in the country.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [26, 26], "content_span": [27, 182]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274233-0001-0000", "contents": "2017 in Brazilian football, Campeonato Brasileiro S\u00e9rie A\nThe 2017 Campeonato Brasileiro S\u00e9rie A started on May 13, 2017, and concluded on December 3, 2017.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 57], "content_span": [58, 156]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274233-0002-0000", "contents": "2017 in Brazilian football, Campeonato Brasileiro S\u00e9rie A, Relegation\nThe four worst placed teams, which are Coritiba, Ava\u00ed, Ponte Preta and Atl\u00e9tico Goianiense, were relegated to the following year's second level.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 69], "content_span": [70, 214]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274233-0003-0000", "contents": "2017 in Brazilian football, Campeonato Brasileiro S\u00e9rie B\nThe 2017 Campeonato Brasileiro S\u00e9rie B started on May 12, 2017, and concluded on November 25, 2017.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 57], "content_span": [58, 157]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274233-0004-0000", "contents": "2017 in Brazilian football, Campeonato Brasileiro S\u00e9rie B, Promotion\nThe four best placed teams, which are Am\u00e9rica Mineiro, Internacional, Cear\u00e1 and Paran\u00e1, were promoted to the following year's first level.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 68], "content_span": [69, 207]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274233-0005-0000", "contents": "2017 in Brazilian football, Campeonato Brasileiro S\u00e9rie B, Relegation\nThe four worst placed teams, which are Luverdense, Santa Cruz, ABC and N\u00e1utico, were relegated to the following year's third level.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 69], "content_span": [70, 201]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274233-0006-0000", "contents": "2017 in Brazilian football, Campeonato Brasileiro S\u00e9rie C\nThe 2017 Campeonato Brasileiro S\u00e9rie C started on May 14, 2017, and concluded on October 21, 2017.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 57], "content_span": [58, 156]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274233-0007-0000", "contents": "2017 in Brazilian football, Campeonato Brasileiro S\u00e9rie C\nThe Campeonato Brasileiro S\u00e9rie C final was played between CSA and Fortaleza.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 57], "content_span": [58, 135]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274233-0008-0000", "contents": "2017 in Brazilian football, Campeonato Brasileiro S\u00e9rie C, Promotion\nThe four best placed teams, CSA, Fortaleza, S\u00e3o Bento and Sampaio Corr\u00eaa, were promoted to the following year's second level.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 68], "content_span": [69, 194]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274233-0009-0000", "contents": "2017 in Brazilian football, Campeonato Brasileiro S\u00e9rie C, Relegation\nThe four worst placed teams, Moto Club, Maca\u00e9, Mogi Mirim and ASA, were relegated to the following year's fourth level.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 69], "content_span": [70, 189]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274233-0010-0000", "contents": "2017 in Brazilian football, Campeonato Brasileiro S\u00e9rie D\nThe 2017 Campeonato Brasileiro S\u00e9rie D started on May 21, 2017, and concluded on September 10, 2017.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 57], "content_span": [58, 158]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274233-0011-0000", "contents": "2017 in Brazilian football, Campeonato Brasileiro S\u00e9rie D\nThe Campeonato Brasileiro S\u00e9rie D final was played between Oper\u00e1rio Ferrovi\u00e1rio and Globo.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 57], "content_span": [58, 148]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274233-0012-0000", "contents": "2017 in Brazilian football, Campeonato Brasileiro S\u00e9rie D, Promotion\nThe four best placed teams, Oper\u00e1rio Ferrovi\u00e1rio, Globo, Atl\u00e9tico Acreano and Juazeirense, were promoted to the following year's third level.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 68], "content_span": [69, 210]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274233-0013-0000", "contents": "2017 in Brazilian football, Domestic cups, Copa do Brasil\nThe 2017 Copa do Brasil started on February 8, 2017, and concluded on September 27, 2017. The Copa do Brasil final was played between Flamengo and Cruzeiro.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 57], "content_span": [58, 214]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274233-0014-0000", "contents": "2017 in Brazilian football, Domestic cups, Copa do Nordeste\nThe competition featured 20 clubs from the Northeastern region. It started on January 24, 2017 and concluded on May 24, 2017. The Copa do Nordeste final was played between Bahia and Sport.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 59], "content_span": [60, 248]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274233-0015-0000", "contents": "2017 in Brazilian football, Domestic cups, Copa Verde\nThe competition featured 18 clubs from the North and Central-West regions, including the Esp\u00edrito Santo champions. It started on January 29, 2017 and concluded on May 16, 2017. The Copa Verde final was played between Luverdense and Paysandu.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 53], "content_span": [54, 295]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274233-0016-0000", "contents": "2017 in Brazilian football, Domestic cups, Primeira Liga\nThe competition features 12 clubs from the South and Southeastern regions, including Minas Gerais and Rio de Janeiro State teams. It started on January 24, 2017 and concluded on October 8, 2017. The Primeira Liga final was played between Londrina and Atl\u00e9tico Mineiro.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 56], "content_span": [57, 325]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274233-0017-0000", "contents": "2017 in Brazilian football, Youth competition champions\n(1) The Copa Nacional do Esp\u00edrito Santo Sub-17, between 2008 and 2012, was named Copa Brasil Sub-17. The similar named Copa do Brasil Sub-17 is organized by the Brazilian Football Confederation and it was first played in 2013.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 55], "content_span": [56, 282]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274233-0018-0000", "contents": "2017 in Brazilian football, Brazil national team\nThe following table lists all the games played by the Brazilian national team in official competitions and friendly matches during 2017.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 48], "content_span": [49, 185]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274233-0019-0000", "contents": "2017 in Brazilian football, Women's football, National team\nThe following table lists all the games played by the Brazil women's national football team in official competitions and friendly matches during 2017.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 59], "content_span": [60, 210]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274233-0020-0000", "contents": "2017 in Brazilian football, Women's football, National team, Yongchuan International Tournament\nThe Brazil women's national football team competed in the following competitions in 2017:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 95], "content_span": [96, 185]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274233-0021-0000", "contents": "2017 in Brazilian football, Campeonato Brasileiro de Futebol Feminino S\u00e9rie A1\nThe 2017 Campeonato Brasileiro de Futebol Feminino S\u00e9rie A1 started on March 12, 2017, and concluded on July 20, 2017.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 78], "content_span": [79, 197]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274233-0022-0000", "contents": "2017 in Brazilian football, Campeonato Brasileiro de Futebol Feminino S\u00e9rie A1\nThe Campeonato Brasileiro de Futebol Feminino S\u00e9rie A1 final was played between Santos and Corinthians.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 78], "content_span": [79, 182]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274233-0023-0000", "contents": "2017 in Brazilian football, Campeonato Brasileiro de Futebol Feminino S\u00e9rie A1, Relegation\nThe two worst placed teams, Gr\u00eamio and Vit\u00f3ria, were relegated to the following year's second level.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 90], "content_span": [91, 191]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274233-0024-0000", "contents": "2017 in Brazilian football, Campeonato Brasileiro de Futebol Feminino S\u00e9rie A2\nThe 2017 Campeonato Brasileiro de Futebol Feminino S\u00e9rie A2 started on May 10, 2017, and concluded on July 26, 2017.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 78], "content_span": [79, 195]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274233-0025-0000", "contents": "2017 in Brazilian football, Campeonato Brasileiro de Futebol Feminino S\u00e9rie A2\nThe Campeonato Brasileiro de Futebol Feminino S\u00e9rie A2 final was played between Pinheirense and Portuguesa.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 78], "content_span": [79, 186]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274233-0026-0000", "contents": "2017 in Brazilian football, Campeonato Brasileiro de Futebol Feminino S\u00e9rie A2, Promotion\nThe two best placed teams, which are Pinheirense and Portuguesa (SP), were promoted to the following year's first level.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 89], "content_span": [90, 210]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274234-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 in British music\nThis is a summary of the year 2017 in British music.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [21, 21], "content_span": [22, 74]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274234-0001-0000", "contents": "2017 in British music, Charts, Top singles of the year\nThis chart was published by the Official Charts Company in January 2018", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 54], "content_span": [55, 126]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274235-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 in British radio\nThis is a list of events in British radio during 2017.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [21, 21], "content_span": [22, 76]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274236-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 in British television\nThis is a list of events that took place in 2017 relating to Television in the United Kingdom.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [26, 26], "content_span": [27, 121]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274238-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 in Burkina Faso\nThis article is a list of events in the year 2017 in Burkina Faso.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [20, 20], "content_span": [21, 87]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274239-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 in Burundi\nThis article lists events from the year 2017 in Burundi.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [15, 15], "content_span": [16, 72]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274241-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 in Cameroon\nThis article lists events from the year 2017 in Cameroon.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [16, 16], "content_span": [17, 74]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274243-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 in Canadian music\nThe following is a list of notable events and releases that are expected to happen in 2017 in music in Canada.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [22, 22], "content_span": [23, 133]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274244-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 in Canadian soccer\nThe 2017 season is the 141st season of competitive soccer in Canada.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [23, 23], "content_span": [24, 92]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274244-0001-0000", "contents": "2017 in Canadian soccer\nOn April 10, 2017, the Canadian Soccer Association announced a joint bid for the 2026 FIFA World Cup along with the United States Soccer Federation and the Mexican Football Federation. The announced proposal would see Canada host ten matches of the eighty expected to take place during the tournament.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [23, 23], "content_span": [24, 325]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274244-0002-0000", "contents": "2017 in Canadian soccer, National teams\nWhen available, the home team or the team that is designated as the home team is listed in the left column; the away team is in the right column.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 39], "content_span": [40, 185]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274244-0003-0000", "contents": "2017 in Canadian soccer, Domestic leagues, Men, Major League Soccer\nThree Canadian teams (Montreal Impact, Toronto FC, and Vancouver Whitecaps FC) play in this league, which also contains 19 teams from the United States. It is considered a Division 1 league in the United States soccer league system.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 67], "content_span": [68, 300]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274244-0004-0000", "contents": "2017 in Canadian soccer, Domestic leagues, Men, North American Soccer League\nOne Canadian team (FC Edmonton) plays in this league, which also contains seven teams from the United States. It is considered a Division 2 league in the United States soccer league system.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 76], "content_span": [77, 266]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274244-0005-0000", "contents": "2017 in Canadian soccer, Domestic leagues, Men, United Soccer League\nThree Canadian teams (Ottawa Fury FC, Toronto FC II, and Whitecaps FC 2) play in this league, which also contains 27 teams from the United States. It is considered a Division 2 league in the United States soccer league system.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 68], "content_span": [69, 295]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274244-0006-0000", "contents": "2017 in Canadian soccer, Domestic leagues, Men, League1 Ontario\n16 teams play in this league, all of which are based in Canada. It is considered a Division 3 league in the Canadian soccer league system.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 63], "content_span": [64, 202]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274244-0007-0000", "contents": "2017 in Canadian soccer, Domestic leagues, Men, League1 Ontario\nThe league champion is determined by a single-match series between the top-ranked teams from the western and eastern conferences. The winner qualifies for the 2018 Canadian Championship.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 63], "content_span": [64, 250]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274244-0008-0000", "contents": "2017 in Canadian soccer, Domestic leagues, Men, Premi\u00e8re Ligue de soccer du Qu\u00e9bec\nSeven teams play in this league, all of which are based in Canada. It is considered a Division 3 league in the Canadian soccer league system.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 82], "content_span": [83, 224]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274244-0009-0000", "contents": "2017 in Canadian soccer, Domestic leagues, Men, Premier Development League\nSix Canadian teams play in this league, which also contains 66 teams from the United States. It is considered a Division 4 league in the United States soccer league system.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 74], "content_span": [75, 247]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274244-0010-0000", "contents": "2017 in Canadian soccer, Domestic leagues, Men, Premier Development League\nNorthwest Division \u2013 Calgary Foothills FC, TSS FC Rovers, Victoria Highlanders", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 74], "content_span": [75, 154]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274244-0011-0000", "contents": "2017 in Canadian soccer, Domestic leagues, Men, Canadian Soccer League\nSixteen teams play in this league, all of which are based in Canada. It is a Non-FIFA league previously sanctioned by the Canadian Soccer Association and is now a member of the Soccer Federation of Canada (SFC).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 70], "content_span": [71, 282]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274244-0012-0000", "contents": "2017 in Canadian soccer, Domestic leagues, Women, National Women's Soccer League\nNo Canadian teams play in this league, though ten players from the Canada women's national soccer team are allocated to its teams by the Canadian Soccer Association. It is considered a Division 1 league in the Canadian soccer league system.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 80], "content_span": [81, 321]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274244-0013-0000", "contents": "2017 in Canadian soccer, Domestic leagues, Women, United Women's Soccer\nOne Canadian team (Calgary Foothills WFC) plays in this league, which also contains 19 teams from the United States. It is considered a Division 2 league in the Canadian soccer league system.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 71], "content_span": [72, 263]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274244-0014-0000", "contents": "2017 in Canadian soccer, Domestic leagues, Women, Women's Premier Soccer League\nOne Canadian team (NSGSC) plays in this league, which also contains 103 teams from the United States. It is considered a Division 2 league in the Canadian soccer league system.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 79], "content_span": [80, 256]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274244-0015-0000", "contents": "2017 in Canadian soccer, Domestic leagues, Women, League1 Ontario\n11 teams play in this league, all of which are based in Canada. It is considered a Division 3 league in the Canadian soccer league system.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 65], "content_span": [66, 204]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274244-0016-0000", "contents": "2017 in Canadian soccer, Domestic cups, Men, Canadian Championship\nThe Canadian Championship is contested by professional men's teams at the division 1 & 2 level.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 66], "content_span": [67, 162]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274244-0017-0000", "contents": "2017 in Canadian soccer, Domestic cups, Men, Challenge Trophy\nThe Challenge Trophy is a national cup contested by men's teams at the division 4 level and below.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 61], "content_span": [62, 160]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274244-0018-0000", "contents": "2017 in Canadian soccer, Domestic cups, Women, Jubilee Trophy\nThe Jubilee Trophy is a national cup contested by women's teams at the division 4 level and below.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 61], "content_span": [62, 160]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274245-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 in Canadian television\nThe following is a list of events affecting Canadian television in 2017. Events listed include television show debuts, finales, cancellations, and channel launches, closures and rebrandings.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [27, 27], "content_span": [28, 218]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274245-0001-0000", "contents": "2017 in Canadian television, Television programs, Programs debuting in 2017\nSeries currently listed here have been announced by their respective networks as scheduled to premiere in 2017. Note that shows may be delayed or cancelled by the network between now and their scheduled air dates.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 75], "content_span": [76, 289]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274246-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 in Cape Verde\nThe following lists events that happened during 2017 in Cape Verde.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [18, 18], "content_span": [19, 86]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274249-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 in Chinese football\nThe 2017 season was the 67th season of competitive association football in China.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [24, 24], "content_span": [25, 106]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274250-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 in Chinese music\nThe following is an overview of 2017 in Chinese music.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [21, 21], "content_span": [22, 76]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274252-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 in Costa Rica\nThis is the current revision of this page, as edited by Monkbot (talk | contribs) at 17:55, 7 January 2020 (\u2192\u200eDeaths: Task 15: language icon template(s) replaced (1\u00d7);). The present address (URL) is a permanent link to this version.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [18, 18], "content_span": [19, 252]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274256-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 in Danish music\nThe following is a list of notable events and releases of the year 2017 in Danish music.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [20, 20], "content_span": [21, 109]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274257-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 in Danish television\nThis is a list of Danish television related events from 2017.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [25, 25], "content_span": [26, 87]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274263-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 in Equatorial Guinea\nThis is a list of events in the year 2017 in Equatorial Guinea.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [25, 25], "content_span": [26, 89]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274266-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 in Estonian football, National teams\nThe home team or the team that is designated as the home team is listed in the left column; the away team is in the right column.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 41], "content_span": [42, 171]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274266-0001-0000", "contents": "2017 in Estonian football, Men's football, Promotion and relegation play-offs\nIn 2017, no promotion play-offs were played in the top three leagues (Meistriliiga, Esiliiga and Esiliiga B), because of the merging of Tallinna FC Levadia and FCI Tallinn and the relegation of JK Sillam\u00e4e Kalev", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 77], "content_span": [78, 289]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274266-0002-0000", "contents": "2017 in Estonian football, Cup competitions, Estonian Cup\nHome teams listed on top of bracket. (AET): At Extra Time", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 57], "content_span": [58, 115]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274267-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 in Estonian television\nThis is a list of Estonian television related events from 2016.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [27, 27], "content_span": [28, 91]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274269-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 in Ethiopia\nThe following lists events in the year 2017 in Ethiopia.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [16, 16], "content_span": [17, 73]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274270-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 in Europe\nThis is a list of events that took place in Europe in 2017.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 14], "section_span": [14, 14], "content_span": [15, 74]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274272-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 in Fight Nights Global\nThe year 2017 is the 7th year in the history of the Fight Nights Global, a mixed martial arts promotion based in Russia. It started broadcasting through a television agreement with Match TV.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [27, 27], "content_span": [28, 219]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274272-0001-0000", "contents": "2017 in Fight Nights Global, Fight Nights Global 58: Brand\u00e3o vs. Machaev\nFight Nights Global 58: Brand\u00e3o vs. Machaev was a mixed martial arts event held by Fight Nights Global on January 28, 2017 at the Ali Aliyev Sports Palace in Kaspiysk, Russia.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 72], "content_span": [73, 248]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274272-0002-0000", "contents": "2017 in Fight Nights Global, Fight Nights Global 58: Brand\u00e3o vs. Machaev, Background\nThis event featured a lightweight superfight between one of the most dominant lightweight in Europe, former Bellator heavyweight champion Murad Machaev and UFC veteran the Brazilian Diego Brand\u00e3o as headliner.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 84], "content_span": [85, 294]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274272-0003-0000", "contents": "2017 in Fight Nights Global, Fight Nights Global 58: Brand\u00e3o vs. Machaev, Background\nFor undisclosed reason Stanislav Molodtsov was forced to withdraw from his Grand-Prix match against Abusupyan Alikhanov, he was subsequently replaced by Pavel Doroftei.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 84], "content_span": [85, 253]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274272-0004-0000", "contents": "2017 in Fight Nights Global, Fight Nights Global 59: Minakov vs. Linderman\nFight Nights Global 59: Minakov vs. Linderman was a mixed martial arts event held by Fight Nights Global on February 23, 2017 at the Ali Aliyev Sports Palace in Kaspiysk, Russia.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 74], "content_span": [75, 253]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274272-0005-0000", "contents": "2017 in Fight Nights Global, Fight Nights Global 59: Minakov vs. Linderman, Background\nThis event featured a heavyweight superfight between one of the most dominant heavyweights in the game, unbeaten former Bellator heavyweight champion Vitaly Minakov and the American DJ Linderman as headliner.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 86], "content_span": [87, 295]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274272-0006-0000", "contents": "2017 in Fight Nights Global, Fight Nights Global 59: Minakov vs. Linderman, Background\nAlso featured on the card, was a number one contender fight for the Fight Nights Lightweight Championship between Akhmet Aliev and Efrain Escudero.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 86], "content_span": [87, 234]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274272-0007-0000", "contents": "2017 in Fight Nights Global, Fight Nights Global 60: Aryshev vs. Khasanov\nFight Nights Global 60: Aryshev vs. Khasanov was a mixed martial arts event held by Fight Nights Global on March 4, 2017 at the Tax Committee Sports Center in Dushanbe, Tajikistan.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 73], "content_span": [74, 254]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274272-0008-0000", "contents": "2017 in Fight Nights Global, Fight Nights Global 61: Aleksakhin vs. Enomoto\nFight Nights Global 61: Aleksakhin vs. Enomoto was a mixed martial arts event held by Fight Nights Global on March 11, 2017 at the Bryansk Ice Palace in Bryansk, Russia.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 75], "content_span": [76, 246]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274272-0009-0000", "contents": "2017 in Fight Nights Global, Fight Nights Global 61: Aleksakhin vs. Enomoto, Background\nThis event featured a middleweight superfight between Nikolay Aleksakhin and Yasubey Enomoto as headliner.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 87], "content_span": [88, 194]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274272-0010-0000", "contents": "2017 in Fight Nights Global, Fight Nights Global 61: Aleksakhin vs. Enomoto, Background\nAyub Gimbatov was injured during the preparation for his fight and was forced to withdraw from his match against Giorgi Lobzhanidze. Instead Lobzhanidze has fight with the double world champion and European MMA champion Gadzhimurad Khiramagomedov.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 87], "content_span": [88, 337]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274272-0011-0000", "contents": "2017 in Fight Nights Global, Fight Nights Global 62: Matmuratov vs. Kurzanov\nFight Nights Global 62: Matmuratov vs. Kurzanov was a mixed martial arts event held by Fight Nights Global on March 31, 2017 at the Krylatskoye Sports Palace in Moscow, Russia.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 76], "content_span": [77, 253]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274272-0012-0000", "contents": "2017 in Fight Nights Global, Fight Nights Global 62: Matmuratov vs. Kurzanov, Background\nThis event will feature two Grand-Prix final, first for the inaugural Fight Nights Global Heavyweight Championship between Sergey Pavlovich and Mikhail Mokhnatkin as headliner, second For the inaugural Fight Nights Global Featherweight Championship between Ilya Kurzanov and Movlid Khaibulaev as co-headliner.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 88], "content_span": [89, 398]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274272-0013-0000", "contents": "2017 in Fight Nights Global, Fight Nights Global 62: Matmuratov vs. Kurzanov, Background\nKirill Sidelnikov was injured and couldn't participate in the Final of the Grand Prix, and was subsequently replaced by Mikhail Mokhnatkin.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 88], "content_span": [89, 228]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274272-0014-0000", "contents": "2017 in Fight Nights Global, Fight Nights Global 62: Matmuratov vs. Kurzanov, Fight Nights Global Featherweight Grand-Prix bracket\n1Roman Silagadze was injured and couldn't participate in the Semi-Finals of the Grand Prix, and was subsequently replaced by Paata Robakidze.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 130], "content_span": [131, 272]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274272-0015-0000", "contents": "2017 in Fight Nights Global, Fight Nights Global 63: Alibekov vs. Khamitov\nFight Nights Global 63: Alibekov vs. Khamitov was a mixed martial arts event held by Fight Nights Global on April 21, 2017 at the Fetisov Arena in Vladivostok, Russia.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 74], "content_span": [75, 242]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274272-0016-0000", "contents": "2017 in Fight Nights Global, Fight Nights Global 64: Nam vs. Bagautinov\nFight Nights Global 64: Nam vs. Bagautinov was a mixed martial arts event held by Fight Nights Global on April 27, 2017 at the VTB Arena in Moscow, Russia.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 71], "content_span": [72, 227]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274272-0017-0000", "contents": "2017 in Fight Nights Global, Fight Nights Global 65: Asatryan vs. Zhumagulov\nFight Nights Global 65: Asatryan vs. Zhumagulov was a mixed martial arts event held by Fight Nights Global on May 19, 2017 at the Barys Arena in Astana, Kazakhstan.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 76], "content_span": [77, 241]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274272-0018-0000", "contents": "2017 in Fight Nights Global, Fight Nights Global 66: Alikhanov vs. Murtazaliev\nFight Nights Global 66: Alikhanov vs. Murtazaliev was a mixed martial arts event held by Fight Nights Global on May 21, 2017 at the Ali Aliyev Sports Palace in Kaspiysk, Russia.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 78], "content_span": [79, 256]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274272-0019-0000", "contents": "2017 in Fight Nights Global, Fight Nights Global 67: Brand\u00e3o vs. Galiev\nFight Nights Global 67: Brand\u00e3o vs. Galiev was a mixed martial arts event held by Fight Nights Global on May 25, 2017 at the DIVS Arena in Ekaterinburg, Russia.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 71], "content_span": [72, 232]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274272-0020-0000", "contents": "2017 in Fight Nights Global, Fight Nights Global 68: Pavlovich vs. Mokhnatkin\nFight Nights Global 68: Pavlovich vs. Mokhnatkin was a mixed martial arts event held by Fight Nights Global on June 2, 2017 at the Yubileyny Sports Palace in Saint Petersburg, Russia.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 77], "content_span": [78, 261]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274272-0021-0000", "contents": "2017 in Fight Nights Global, Fight Nights Global 68: Pavlovich vs. Mokhnatkin, Fight Nights Global Heavyweight Grand-Prix bracket\n1Kirill Sidelnikov was injured and couldn't participate in the Final of the Grand Prix, and was subsequently replaced by Mikhail Mokhnatkin.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 129], "content_span": [130, 270]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274272-0022-0000", "contents": "2017 in Fight Nights Global, Fight Nights Global 69: Bagautinov vs. Nobre\nFight Nights Global 69: Bagautinov vs. Nobre was a mixed martial arts event held by Fight Nights Global on June 30, 2017 at the Ice Sports Palace Sibir, in Novosibirsk, Russia.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 73], "content_span": [74, 250]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274272-0023-0000", "contents": "2017 in Fight Nights Global, Fight Nights Global 70: Palhares vs. Ivanov\nFight Nights Global 70: Palhares vs. Ivanov was a mixed martial arts event held by Fight Nights Global on July 7, 2017 at the FSK Sports Complex in Ulan-Ude, Russia.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 72], "content_span": [73, 238]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274272-0024-0000", "contents": "2017 in Fight Nights Global, Fight Nights Global 71: Mineev vs. Michailidis\nFight Nights Global 71: Mineev vs. Michailidis was a mixed martial arts event held by Fight Nights Global on July 29, 2017 at the Luzhniki Palace of Sports in Moscow, Russia.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 75], "content_span": [76, 250]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274272-0025-0000", "contents": "2017 in Fight Nights Global, Fight Nights Global 72: Hill vs. Engibaryan\nFight Nights Global 72: Hill vs. Engibaryan was a mixed martial arts event held by Fight Nights Global on August 24, 2017 at the Ice Cube in Sochi, Russia.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 72], "content_span": [73, 228]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274272-0026-0000", "contents": "2017 in Fight Nights Global, Fight Nights Global 73: Aliev vs. Brand\u00e3o\nFight Nights Global 73: Aliev vs. Brand\u00e3o was a mixed martial arts event held by Fight Nights Global on September 4, 2017 at the Ali Aliev Sports Palace in Kaspiysk, Russia.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 70], "content_span": [71, 244]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274272-0027-0000", "contents": "2017 in Fight Nights Global, Fight Nights Global 74: Aleksakhin vs. Graves\nFight Nights Global 74: Aleksakhin vs. Graves was a mixed martial arts event held by Fight Nights Global on September 29, 2017 at the Luzhniki Palace of Sports in Moscow, Russia.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 74], "content_span": [75, 253]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274272-0028-0000", "contents": "2017 in Fight Nights Global, Fight Nights Global 75: De\u00e1k vs. Chistyakov\nFight Nights Global 75: De\u00e1k vs. Chistyakov was a mixed martial arts event held by Fight Nights Global on October 6, 2017 at the Yubileyny Sports Palace in Saint Petersburg, Russia.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 72], "content_span": [73, 254]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274272-0029-0000", "contents": "2017 in Fight Nights Global, Fight Nights Global 76: Bagautinov vs. Martinez\nFight Nights Global 76: Bagautinov vs. Martinez was a mixed martial arts event held by Fight Nights Global on October 8, 2017 at the Olympus Arena in Krasnodar, Russia.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 76], "content_span": [77, 245]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274272-0030-0000", "contents": "2017 in Fight Nights Global, Fight Nights Global 77: Krylov vs. Newton\nFight Nights Global 77: Krylov vs. Newton was a mixed martial arts event held by Fight Nights Global on October 13, 2017 at the SOK Energetik in Surgut, Russia.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 70], "content_span": [71, 231]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274272-0031-0000", "contents": "2017 in Fight Nights Global, Fight Nights Global 78: Tsarev vs. Guseinov\nFight Nights Global 78: Tsarev vs. Guseinov was a mixed martial arts event held by Fight Nights Global on November 4, 2017 at the Lada Arena in Tolyatti, Russia.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 72], "content_span": [73, 234]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274272-0032-0000", "contents": "2017 in Fight Nights Global, Fight Nights Global 79: Pavlovich vs. Sidelnikov\nFight Nights Global 79: Pavlovich vs. Sidelnikov was a mixed martial arts event held by Fight Nights Global on November 19, 2017 at the Diesel Arena in Penza, Russia.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 77], "content_span": [78, 244]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274272-0033-0000", "contents": "2017 in Fight Nights Global, Fight Nights Global 80: Khamitov vs. Queally\nFight Nights Global 80: Khamitov vs. Queally was a mixed martial arts event held by Fight Nights Global on November 26, 2017 at the Almaty Arena in Almaty, Kazakhstan.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 73], "content_span": [74, 241]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274272-0034-0000", "contents": "2017 in Fight Nights Global, Fight Nights Global 81: Matmuratov vs. Ignatiev\nFight Nights Global 81: Matmuratov vs. Ignatiev was a mixed martial arts event held by Fight Nights Global on December 15, 2017 at the Arena Omsk in Omsk, Russia.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 76], "content_span": [77, 239]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274272-0035-0000", "contents": "2017 in Fight Nights Global, Fight Nights Global 82: Minakov vs. Johnson\nFight Nights Global 82: Minakov vs. Johnson will be a mixed martial arts event held by Fight Nights Global on December 16, 2017 at the Luzhniki Palace of Sports in Moscow, Russia.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 72], "content_span": [73, 252]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274273-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 in Finland\nThe year 2017 is the centenary of the independence of Finland.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [15, 15], "content_span": [16, 78]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274274-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 in Finnish music\nThe following is a list of notable events and releases of the year 2017 in Finnish music.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [21, 21], "content_span": [22, 111]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274278-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 in German television\nThis is a list of German television related events from 2017.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [25, 25], "content_span": [26, 87]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274279-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 in Germany\nThis list details notable events occurring in 2017 in Germany. Major events included the death of Helmut Kohl and the legalization of same-sex marriage.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [15, 15], "content_span": [16, 168]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274281-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 in Glory\nThe year 2017 was the sixth year in the history of the Glory, an international kickboxing event. The year started with Glory 37: Los Angeles. The events are broadcasts through television agreements with ESPN and other regional channels around the world.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 13], "section_span": [13, 13], "content_span": [14, 267]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274281-0001-0000", "contents": "2017 in Glory, Glory 2017 Awards\nThe following fighters won the GLORY Kickboxing year-end awards for 2017:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 13], "section_span": [15, 32], "content_span": [33, 106]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274281-0002-0000", "contents": "2017 in Glory, Glory 37: Los Angeles\nGlory 37: Los Angeles was a kickboxing event held on January 20, 2017 at The Novo by Microsoft in Los Angeles, California, US.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 13], "section_span": [15, 36], "content_span": [37, 163]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274281-0003-0000", "contents": "2017 in Glory, Glory 37: Los Angeles, Background\nThis event featured two world title fight for the Middleweight Championship between Jason Wilnis and Israel Adesanya as headliner, also the show featured 4-Man Welterweight Contender Tournament.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 13], "section_span": [15, 48], "content_span": [49, 243]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274281-0004-0000", "contents": "2017 in Glory, Glory 37: Los Angeles, Background\nRobin van Roosmalen missed weight and was stripped of the Featherweight Championship. Only Embree has fought for the vacant Featherweight Championship.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 13], "section_span": [15, 48], "content_span": [49, 200]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274281-0005-0000", "contents": "2017 in Glory, Glory 38: Chicago\nGlory 38: Chicago was a kickboxing event held on February 24, 2017 at the Sears Centre in Hoffman Estates, Illinois, US.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 13], "section_span": [15, 32], "content_span": [33, 153]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274281-0006-0000", "contents": "2017 in Glory, Glory 38: Chicago, Background\nThis event featured a world title fight for the Glory Light Heavyweight Championship between Artem Vakhitov and Saulo Cavalari as headliner, and 4-Man Light Heavyweight Contender Tournament to earn a title shot for the Glory Light Heavyweight Championship.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 13], "section_span": [15, 44], "content_span": [45, 301]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274281-0007-0000", "contents": "2017 in Glory, Glory 38: Chicago, Background\nThe Superfight Series was originally expected to be co-headlined by C\u0103t\u0103lin Moro\u0219anu and Chi Lewis-Parry. However, Lewis-Parry pulled out of the Fight, so Moro\u0219anu faced Maurice Greene.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 13], "section_span": [15, 44], "content_span": [45, 230]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274281-0008-0000", "contents": "2017 in Glory, Glory 38: Chicago, Background\nZack Mwekassa was pulled from the tournament by the Illinois State Athletic Commission early on Friday morning for undisclosed medical issues and Zinedine Hameur-Lain faced Brian Collette.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 13], "section_span": [15, 44], "content_span": [45, 233]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274281-0009-0000", "contents": "2017 in Glory, Road to Glory UK 65 kg Tournament\nRoad to Glory UK 65\u00a0kg Tournament was a kickboxing event held on March 11, 2017 at the Grantham Meres Leisure Centre in Grantham, England.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 13], "section_span": [15, 48], "content_span": [49, 187]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274281-0010-0000", "contents": "2017 in Glory, Glory 39: Brussels\nGlory 39: Brussels was a kickboxing event held on March 25, 2017 at the Vorst National in Brussels, Belgium.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 13], "section_span": [15, 33], "content_span": [34, 142]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274281-0011-0000", "contents": "2017 in Glory, Glory 39: Brussels, Background\nThis event featured two world title fight for the Glory Welterweight Championship between Cedric Doumbe and Yoann Kongolo as Glory 39 headliner, for the Glory Lightweight Championship between Sitthichai Sitsongpeenong and Dylan Salvadoras Superfight Series headliner Also this event featured 4-Man Featherweight Contender Tournament.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 13], "section_span": [15, 45], "content_span": [46, 379]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274281-0012-0000", "contents": "2017 in Glory, Glory 39: Brussels, Background\nHysni Beqiri had to withdraw from Glory 39, because of an injury in a car accident. Anton Petrov filled in for Beqiri against Marat Grigorian.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 13], "section_span": [15, 45], "content_span": [46, 188]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274281-0013-0000", "contents": "2017 in Glory, Glory 39: Brussels, Background\nFrench veteran Karim Benmansour no longer competed at Glory 39 as he required additional time off to recover from surgery. Therefore, Harut Grigorian faced a new opponent, Pavol Garaj.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 13], "section_span": [15, 45], "content_span": [46, 230]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274281-0014-0000", "contents": "2017 in Glory, Glory 39: Brussels, Background\nDue to visa issue, Anvar Boynazarov no longer competed in the Glory 39 featherweight contender tournament. His slot was filled by Nafi Bilalovski.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 13], "section_span": [15, 45], "content_span": [46, 192]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274281-0015-0000", "contents": "2017 in Glory, Glory 39: Brussels, Background\nChi Lewis-Parry had to withdraw due to illness, the fight with Hesdy Gerges was off.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 13], "section_span": [15, 45], "content_span": [46, 130]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274281-0016-0000", "contents": "2017 in Glory, Glory 40: Copenhagen\nGlory 40: Copenhagen was a kickboxing event held on April 29, 2017 at the Forum Copenhagen in Copenhagen, Denmark.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 13], "section_span": [15, 35], "content_span": [36, 150]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274281-0017-0000", "contents": "2017 in Glory, Glory 40: Copenhagen, Background\nThis event featured a world title fight for the Glory Middleweight Championship between Jason Wilnis and Simon Marcus as headliner, and 4-Man Middleweight Contender Tournament to earn a title shot for the Glory Middleweight Championship.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 13], "section_span": [15, 47], "content_span": [48, 285]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274281-0018-0000", "contents": "2017 in Glory, Glory 41: Holland\nGlory 41: Holland was a kickboxing event held on May 20, 2017 at the Brabanthallen in Den Bosch, Netherlands.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 13], "section_span": [15, 32], "content_span": [33, 142]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274281-0019-0000", "contents": "2017 in Glory, Glory 42: Paris\nGlory 42: Paris was a kickboxing event held on June 10, 2017 at the AccorHotels Arena in Paris, France.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 13], "section_span": [15, 30], "content_span": [31, 134]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274281-0020-0000", "contents": "2017 in Glory, Glory 43: New York\nGlory 43: New York was a kickboxing event held on July 14, 2017 at The Theater at Madison Square Garden in New York City, New York, US.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 13], "section_span": [15, 33], "content_span": [34, 169]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274281-0021-0000", "contents": "2017 in Glory, Glory 43: New York, Background\nThis event featured a fight between No. 1 heavyweight contender Benjamin Adegbuyi and Guto Inocente as headliner, and a light heavyweight pairing between Pavel Zhuravlev and Saulo Cavalari For the Interim Glory Light Heavyweight Championship as Superfight Series headliner.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 13], "section_span": [15, 45], "content_span": [46, 319]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274281-0022-0000", "contents": "2017 in Glory, Glory 43: New York, Background\nThis event also featured a 4-Man Featherweight Contender Tournament to earn a shot at the Glory Featherweight Championship.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 13], "section_span": [15, 45], "content_span": [46, 169]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274281-0023-0000", "contents": "2017 in Glory, Glory 44: Chicago\nGlory 44: Chicago was a kickboxing event held on August 25, 2017 at the Sears Centre in Hoffman Estates, Illinois, US.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 13], "section_span": [15, 32], "content_span": [33, 151]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274281-0024-0000", "contents": "2017 in Glory, Glory 44: Chicago, Background\nThis event features the rematch between Cedric Doumbe and Murthel Groenhart for the Glory Welterweight Championship as Glory 44: Chicago headliner, and a Women's Super Bantamweight pairing between Tiffany van Soest and Funda Alkayis for the Glory Women's Super Bantamweight Championship as Superfight Series headliner as well as C\u0103t\u0103lin Moro\u0219anu looking to have yet another crazy brawl. Also on the fight card is Chicago-native Richard Abraham against Daniel Morales.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 13], "section_span": [15, 44], "content_span": [45, 512]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274281-0025-0000", "contents": "2017 in Glory, Glory 44: Chicago, Background\nThis event also features a 4-Man Welterweight Contender Tournament to earn a shot at the Glory Welterweight Championship.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 13], "section_span": [15, 44], "content_span": [45, 166]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274281-0026-0000", "contents": "2017 in Glory, Glory 45: Amsterdam\nGlory 45: Amsterdam was a kickboxing event held on September 30, 2017 at the Sporthallen Zuid in Amsterdam, Netherlands.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 13], "section_span": [15, 34], "content_span": [35, 155]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274281-0027-0000", "contents": "2017 in Glory, Glory 45: Amsterdam, Background\nThis event features a fight between Robin van Roosmalen and Serhiy Adamchuk for the Glory Featherweight Championship as Glory 45: Amsterdam headliner, and a Welterweight pairing between Nieky Holzken and Yoann Kongolo as co-headliner. Heavyweights Hesdy Gerges and Mladen Brestovac headline the SuperFight Series.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 13], "section_span": [15, 46], "content_span": [47, 360]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274281-0028-0000", "contents": "2017 in Glory, Glory 45: Amsterdam, Background\nThis event also features a 4-Man Light Heavyweight Contender Tournament to earn a shot at the Glory Light Heavyweight Championship.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 13], "section_span": [15, 46], "content_span": [47, 178]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274281-0029-0000", "contents": "2017 in Glory, Glory 45: Amsterdam, Background\nAn injury suffered during training has forced former welterweight champion Nieky Holzken out of the bout against Alim Nabiev.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 13], "section_span": [15, 46], "content_span": [47, 172]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274281-0030-0000", "contents": "2017 in Glory, Road to Glory UK 70 kg Tournament\nRoad to Glory UK 70\u00a0kg Tournament was a kickboxing event held on October 7, 2017 at the Grantham Meres Leisure Centre in Grantham, England.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 13], "section_span": [15, 48], "content_span": [49, 188]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274281-0031-0000", "contents": "2017 in Glory, Glory 46: China\nGlory 46: China was a kickboxing event held on October 14, 2017 at the Guangzhou Gymnasium in Guangzhou, China.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 13], "section_span": [15, 30], "content_span": [31, 142]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274281-0032-0000", "contents": "2017 in Glory, Glory 47: Lyon\nGlory 47: Lyon was a kickboxing event held on October 28, 2017 at the Palais des Sports de Gerland in Lyon, France.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 13], "section_span": [15, 29], "content_span": [30, 145]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274281-0033-0000", "contents": "2017 in Glory, Glory 48: New York\nGlory 48: New York was a kickboxing event held on December 1, 2017 at The Theater at Madison Square Garden in New York City, New York, US.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 13], "section_span": [15, 33], "content_span": [34, 172]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274281-0034-0000", "contents": "2017 in Glory, Glory 49: Rotterdam\nGlory 49: Rotterdam was a kickboxing event held on December 9, 2017 at Rotterdam Ahoy in Rotterdam, Netherlands.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 13], "section_span": [15, 34], "content_span": [35, 147]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274282-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 in Glory of Heroes\nGlory of Heroes by Wanmingyang Media is a kickboxing promotion, The first event in 2017 was on January 14, 2017 at the Jiyuan Basketball Stadium in Jiyuan, Henan, China. January 13, 2017 22:00 Shenzhen TV broadcast Worldwide.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [23, 23], "content_span": [24, 249]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274282-0001-0000", "contents": "2017 in Glory of Heroes, Glory of Heroes: Jinan\nGlory of Heroes: Jinan was a kickboxing and MMA event held on December 23, 2017 at the Jinan Olympic Sports Center in Jinan, China.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 47], "content_span": [48, 179]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274282-0002-0000", "contents": "2017 in Glory of Heroes, Glory of Heroes: China VS Switzerland\nGlory of Heroes: China VS Switzerland and Strikers League: Martigny was a kickboxing and MMA event held on November 18, 2017 at the Salle Du Midi in Martigny, Switzerland.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 62], "content_span": [63, 235]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274282-0003-0000", "contents": "2017 in Glory of Heroes, Glory of Heroes: China VS Spain\nGlory of Heroes: China VS Spain and Strikers League: Madrid was a kickboxing and MMA event held on November 11, 2017 at the Pabellon Fernando Martin Fuenlabrada in Madrid, Spain.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 56], "content_span": [57, 235]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274282-0004-0000", "contents": "2017 in Glory of Heroes, Glory of Heroes: Luoyang\nGlory of Heroes: Luoyang was a kickboxing and MMA event held on September 23, 2017 at the Wan Ming Tang Sports Center in Luoyang, Henan, China.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 49], "content_span": [50, 193]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274282-0005-0000", "contents": "2017 in Glory of Heroes, Glory of Heroes: Japan & Krush.77\nGlory of Heroes: Japan & Krush.77 was a kickboxing event held on July 16, 2017 at the Korakuen Hall in Tokyo, Japan.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 58], "content_span": [59, 175]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274282-0006-0000", "contents": "2017 in Glory of Heroes, Glory of Heroes: Shangyu\nGlory of Heroes: Shangyu was a kickboxing and MMA event held on June 16, 2017 at the Shangyu Huatong Gymnasium in Shangyu, Shaoxing, Zhejiang, China.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 49], "content_span": [50, 199]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274282-0007-0000", "contents": "2017 in Glory of Heroes, Glory of Heroes: Portugal & Strikers League\nGlory of Heroes: Portugal & Strikers League was a kickboxing and MMA event held on May 27, 2017 at the Pavilhao Quinta dos Lombos in Carcavelos, Portugal.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 68], "content_span": [69, 223]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274282-0008-0000", "contents": "2017 in Glory of Heroes, Glory of Heroes: Spain & Strikers League\nGlory of Heroes: Spain & Strikers League was a kickboxing and MMA event held on May 20, 2017 at the Santa Cruz de Tenerife in Tenerife, Spain.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 65], "content_span": [66, 208]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274282-0009-0000", "contents": "2017 in Glory of Heroes, Rise of Heroes / Conquest of Heroes: Chengde\nRise of Heroes / Conquest of Heroes: Chengde was a kickboxing and MMA event held on April 28, 2017 at the Olympic Sports Center Gymnasium in Chengde, Hebei, China.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 69], "content_span": [70, 233]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274282-0010-0000", "contents": "2017 in Glory of Heroes, Rise of Heroes: Hengyang\nRise of Heroes: Hengyang was a kickboxing event held on March 25, 2017 at the Hengyang Sports Center in Hengyang, Hunan, China.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 49], "content_span": [50, 177]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274282-0011-0000", "contents": "2017 in Glory of Heroes, Glory of Heroes 7\nGlory of Heroes 7 was a kickboxing and MMA event held on March 4, 2017 at the Ginasio do Ibirapuera in Sao Paulo, Brazil.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 42], "content_span": [43, 164]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274282-0012-0000", "contents": "2017 in Glory of Heroes, Rise of Heroes 7: China vs New Zealand\nRise of Heroes 7 / Conquest of Heroes: China vs New Zealand was a kickboxing and MMA event held on February 18, 2017 at the ASB Stadium in Auckland, New Zealand.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 63], "content_span": [64, 225]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274282-0013-0000", "contents": "2017 in Glory of Heroes, Glory of Heroes 6\nGlory of Heroes 6: Genesis was a kickboxing event held on January 14, 2017 at the Jiyuan Basketball Stadium in Jiyuan, Henan, China. January 13, 2017 22:00 Shenzhen TV broadcast Worldwide.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 42], "content_span": [43, 231]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274282-0014-0000", "contents": "2017 in Glory of Heroes, Glory of Heroes 6, 2017 Glory of Heroes 4Men Tournament -57.5kg bracket\n1 Hamech Hakim can not play because of a visa issue, 4Men Tournament canceled.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 96], "content_span": [97, 175]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274282-0015-0000", "contents": "2017 in Glory of Heroes, Rise of Heroes 6\nRise of Heroes 6 was a kickboxing event held on January 1, 2017 at the Ming Hua Gymnasium in Puning, Guangdong, China.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 41], "content_span": [42, 160]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274284-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 in Guatemala\nThe following lists events that will happen or have happened during 2017 in Guatemala", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 17], "section_span": [17, 17], "content_span": [18, 103]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274289-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 in Hungary\nThe following lists events that happened during 2017 in Hungary.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [15, 15], "content_span": [16, 80]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274290-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 in ILFJ\nThe year 2017 was the second year in the history of the ILFJ, a Japanese Lethwei promotion and the year started with Lethwei in Japan 2: Legacy. The events are streamed online by FITE TV, Abema TV in Japan and through television agreements with MNTV in Myanmar.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 12], "section_span": [12, 12], "content_span": [13, 274]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274290-0001-0000", "contents": "2017 in ILFJ, Lethwei in Japan 2: Legacy\nLethwei in Japan 2: Legacy was a Lethwei event held on February 16, 2017 at the Korakuen Hall in Tokyo, Japan.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 12], "section_span": [14, 40], "content_span": [41, 151]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274290-0002-0000", "contents": "2017 in ILFJ, Lethwei in Japan 2: Legacy, Background\nThis event featured recently crowned openweight Lethwei World Champion Dave Leduc defending his title for the first time against Lethwei veteran Phoe Kay. For his Lethwei debut, Japanese WPMF kickboxing champion Kouma faced young Myanmar fighter Yar Zar, while Thar Thae Ta Pwint was against Japanese Karate Champion Yuki Yamamoto.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 12], "section_span": [14, 52], "content_span": [53, 384]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274290-0003-0000", "contents": "2017 in ILFJ, Lethwei in Japan 3: Grit\nLethwei in Japan 3: Grit was a Lethwei event held on April 18, 2017 at the Korakuen Hall in Tokyo, Japan.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 12], "section_span": [14, 38], "content_span": [39, 144]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274290-0004-0000", "contents": "2017 in ILFJ, Lethwei in Japan 3: Grit, Background\nFor his second title defence, openweight Lethwei World Champion Dave Leduc faced Turkish Australian Adem Yilmaz in traditional Lethwei rules. This match was the first Lethwei world title fight headlining two non-Burmese in the sport's history. For the occasion, the Ambassador of Myanmar to Japan was present at the event held in the Korakuen Hall. This event also marked the return to action of former Openweight World Champion Saw Nga Man against Japanese fighter Teruhiko Kubo.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 12], "section_span": [14, 50], "content_span": [51, 531]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274290-0005-0000", "contents": "2017 in ILFJ, Lethwei in Japan 4: Frontier\nLethwei in Japan 4: Frontier was a Lethwei event held on June 16, 2017 at the Tokyo Dome City Hall in Tokyo, Japan.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 12], "section_span": [14, 42], "content_span": [43, 158]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274290-0006-0000", "contents": "2017 in ILFJ, Lethwei in Japan 4: Frontier, Background\nThis event featured the rematch of Thar Thae Ta Pwint vs Hikaru Hasumi. Thara The Ta Pwint ultimately won the first and second exchanged grabbing the ILFJ World Title. Also Openweight Champion Dave Leduc was supposed to face American champion Cyrus Washington, but Washington eventually pulled out of the fight citing a hand injury he sustained in training. Leduc eventually defended his title for the third time against Muaythai world champion Nilmungkorn Sudsakorngym, winning the ILFJ Openweight world title.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 12], "section_span": [14, 54], "content_span": [55, 566]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274290-0007-0000", "contents": "2017 in ILFJ, Lethwei in Japan 5: Nexurise\nLethwei in Japan 5: Nexurise was a Lethwei event held on September 28, 2017 at the Korakuen Hall in Tokyo, Japan.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 12], "section_span": [14, 42], "content_span": [43, 156]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274290-0008-0000", "contents": "2017 in ILFJ, Lethwei in Japan 5: Nexurise, Background\nFor unknown reasons, Hanthar Waddy replaced Tun Lwin Moe. Muaythai Champion and Lethwei veteran Pravit Sakmuangtalang, also known by his last name Aor Piriyapinyo faced Thar Thae Ta Pwint. Former Golden Belt Champion, Win Tun came out of retirement for this fight and this event marked the implementation of weight classes like in traditional tournaments.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 12], "section_span": [14, 54], "content_span": [55, 410]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274290-0009-0000", "contents": "2017 in ILFJ, Lethwei Grand Prix Japan 2017\nLethwei Grand Prix Japan 2017 was a Lethwei event held on November 15, 2017 at the Korakuen Hall in Tokyo, Japan.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 12], "section_span": [14, 43], "content_span": [44, 157]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274290-0010-0000", "contents": "2017 in ILFJ, Lethwei Grand Prix Japan 2017, Background\nOpenweight champion Dave Leduc was scheduled to be on this card but due to his opponent backing out, the fight was canceled. MMA veteran Daryl Lokuku made his successful Lethwei debut. Yan Naing Aung and Tokeshi Kohei rematched after facing each other at the September event. Julija Stoliarenko faced top Lethwei fighter in Veronika and ultimately won the Japan Lethwei World Title.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 12], "section_span": [14, 55], "content_span": [56, 438]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274292-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 in Icelandic music\nThe following is a list of notable events and releases of the year 2017 in Icelandic music.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [23, 23], "content_span": [24, 115]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274293-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 in India\n2017 in India highlights the national/Daily level events during the year.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 13], "section_span": [13, 13], "content_span": [14, 87]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274293-0001-0000", "contents": "2017 in India, Elections, Rajya Sabha Elections\nRajya Sabha elections were held in India on 21 July and 8 August 2017 to elect ten members of the Rajya Sabha, replacing those who retired in July and August 2017. In addition to scheduled elections, unforeseen vacancies, caused by members' retirement or death, may also be filled via By-elections.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 13], "section_span": [15, 47], "content_span": [48, 346]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274294-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 in Indian sports\nThe 2017 in Indian sports was held across the Indian cities all through the season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [21, 21], "content_span": [22, 105]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274295-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 in Indian television\nThe following is a list of events affecting 2017 in Indian television.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [25, 25], "content_span": [26, 96]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274296-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 in Indonesia\n2017 (MMXVII) was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar, the 2017th year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 17th year of the 3rd\u00a0millennium, the 17th year of the 21st\u00a0century, and the 8th year of the 2010s decade.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 17], "section_span": [17, 17], "content_span": [18, 284]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274296-0001-0000", "contents": "2017 in Indonesia\nYear 2017 was a major political year for Jakarta as the province held the 2017 gubernatorial election. Indonesia also held local elections across Indonesia simultaneously, the second time since 2015. The gubernatorial election was marred with controversies, particularly when the incumbent Governor of Jakarta Basuki Tjahaja Purnama was caught on tape quoting a certain verse of the Qur'an. This caused anger among residents which ultimately led to his defeat and subsequent mass protests and arrest. The blasphemy case supposedly revealed 'deep intolerance' in Indonesia.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 17], "section_span": [17, 17], "content_span": [18, 590]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274296-0002-0000", "contents": "2017 in Indonesia, Events, November\n\"Bhinneka Tunggal Ika, Indonesia\u2019s national motto that means 'Unity in Diversity'. Indonesia is one of the few countries that has such a diversity of cultures, languages and beliefs. That is why I am a big believer in unity in diversity. This world is a beautiful place because of its wide variety, not similarities, and if I become Miss International I will spread these positive values and spread the culture of accepting and respecting differences, because I know that every country has their own cultures, character and identities. Therefore, let\u2019s create a perfect solution by learning, understand and appreciating each other.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 17], "section_span": [19, 35], "content_span": [36, 668]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274297-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 in Indonesian football, Promotion and relegation, Pre-season\nNo teams are promoted or relegated as of all of 2015 football competitions in Indonesia abandoned due to a ban by Imam Nahrawi, Minister of Youth and Sports Affairs, against PSSI to run any football competition and in 2016 no official competition was held because FIFA froze the membership of the PSSI, resulting in the suspension of the Indonesian Football Association.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 65], "content_span": [66, 436]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274298-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 in Iran\nEvents in the year 2017 in the Islamic Republic of Iran.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 12], "section_span": [12, 12], "content_span": [13, 69]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274299-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 in Ireland, Sports, Association football, Group D\nDenmark won 5\u20131 on aggregate and qualified for the 2018 FIFA World Cup.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [17, 54], "content_span": [55, 126]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274299-0001-0000", "contents": "2017 in Ireland, Sports, Rugby Union\nIreland finished second to England in the 2017 Six Nations Championship.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [17, 36], "content_span": [37, 109]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274300-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 in Irish television\nThe following is a list of events relating to television in Ireland from 2017. The Late Late Toy Show was the most-watched programme on Irish television in 2017, with an average audience of 1.3 million viewers.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [24, 24], "content_span": [25, 235]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274301-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 in Italian television\nThis is a list of Italian television related events from 2017.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [26, 26], "content_span": [27, 89]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274303-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 in Ivory Coast\nThis article lists events from the year 2017 in the Ivory Coast.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [19, 19], "content_span": [20, 84]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274303-0001-0000", "contents": "2017 in Ivory Coast, Links\nMedia related to 2017 in Ivory Coast at Wikimedia Commons", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 26], "content_span": [27, 84]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274305-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 in Japan\nThe following is an overview of the year 2017 in Japan.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 13], "section_span": [13, 13], "content_span": [14, 69]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274305-0001-0000", "contents": "2017 in Japan, Elections, Major municipal\nElections in the 20 designated major cities and the 23 special wards/\"cities\":", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 13], "section_span": [15, 41], "content_span": [42, 120]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274306-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 in Japanese football, J1 League\nThe 2017 J1 League (known as the 2017 Meiji Yasuda J1 League (2017 \u660e\u6cbb\u5b89\u7530\u751f\u547dJ1\u30ea\u30fc\u30b0) for sponsorship reasons) was the 25th season of the J1 League, the top Japanese professional league for association football clubs, since its establishment in 1993. The season began on 25 February 2017 and ended on 2 December. Fixtures for the 2017 season were announced on 26 January 2017.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 36], "content_span": [37, 407]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274306-0001-0000", "contents": "2017 in Japanese football, J1 League\nKashima Antlers were the defending champions. Consadole Sapporo, Shimizu S-Pulse and Cerezo Osaka entered as the three promoted teams from the 2016 J2 League.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 36], "content_span": [37, 195]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274306-0002-0000", "contents": "2017 in Japanese football, J1 League\nThe league was won by Kawasaki Frontale, winning their first major title while in J1, and 40 years after their first season in the Japanese top division.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 36], "content_span": [37, 190]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274306-0003-0000", "contents": "2017 in Japanese football, Clubs\nA total of 18 clubs will contest the league, including 15 sides from the 2016 season and three promoted from the 2016 J2 League. This will include the two top teams; Consadole Sapporo and Shimizu S-Pulse from the J2 League, and the winners of the play-offs; Cerezo Osaka.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 32], "content_span": [33, 304]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274306-0004-0000", "contents": "2017 in Japanese football, Clubs\nThe three promoted clubs replace Nagoya Grampus, Shonan Bellmare and Avispa Fukuoka. Former J1 League champion Nagoya Grampus were relegated to the J2 League for the first time in their history.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 32], "content_span": [33, 227]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274306-0005-0000", "contents": "2017 in Japanese football, Foreign players\nThe total number of foreign players is restricted to five per club. For matchday squad registration, a club can register up to four foreign players, but a maximum of three can be from outside the AFC. Players from J.League partner nations (Thailand, Vietnam, Myanmar, Cambodia, Singapore, Indonesia, Iran, Malaysia, and Qatar) are exempt from these club registration and matchday squad registration restrictions.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 42], "content_span": [43, 455]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274306-0006-0000", "contents": "2017 in Japanese football, Foreign players\nPlayers name in bold indicates the player is registered during the summer transfer window.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 42], "content_span": [43, 133]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274306-0007-0000", "contents": "2017 in Japanese football, Attendances\nUpdated to games played on 2017\u5e7412\u67082\u65e5Source: Notes:\u2020 Promoted from J2.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 38], "content_span": [39, 109]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274307-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 in Japanese television\nEvents in 2017 in Japanese television. At the time to the commemoration of the 100th anniversary of anime, it was known as the Year of the Anime Centennial Anniversary.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [27, 27], "content_span": [28, 196]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274309-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 in K-1\nThe year 2017 is the 24th year in the history of the K-1. 2016 starts with K-1 World GP 2017 -62.5kg Japan Tournament.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 11], "section_span": [11, 11], "content_span": [12, 130]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274312-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 in Kenyan football\nThe following article is a summary of the 2017 football season in Kenya, which is the 53rd competitive season in its history.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [23, 23], "content_span": [24, 149]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274312-0001-0000", "contents": "2017 in Kenyan football, Domestic leagues, Premier League\nThe 2017 Kenyan Premier League season began on 11 March and is scheduled to end on 18 November.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 57], "content_span": [58, 153]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274312-0002-0000", "contents": "2017 in Kenyan football, International club competitions, Champions League\nThe 2017 CAF Champions League began on 10 February and is scheduled to end on 5 November. Tusker represented Kenya in the competition, having won the 2016 Kenyan Premier League.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 74], "content_span": [75, 252]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274312-0003-0000", "contents": "2017 in Kenyan football, International club competitions, Champions League, Preliminary round\nIn the preliminary round, Tusker faced 2015\u201316 Mauritian League winners AS Port-Louis 2000 over two legs, played on 11 and 19 February. They were eliminated after losing 3\u20132 on aggregate.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 93], "content_span": [94, 281]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274312-0004-0000", "contents": "2017 in Kenyan football, International club competitions, Confederation Cup\nThe 2017 CAF Confederation Cup began on 10 February and is scheduled to end on 26 November. Ulinzi Stars represented Kenya in the competition, having lost the 2016 FKF President's Cup final to league champions Tusker.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 75], "content_span": [76, 293]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274312-0005-0000", "contents": "2017 in Kenyan football, International club competitions, Confederation Cup, Preliminary round\nIn the preliminary round, Ulinzi Stars faced 2016 Libyan Cup runners-up Al-Hilal Benghazi over two legs, played on 10 and 18 February. They advanced to the first round after winning 5\u20134 on penalties, having drawn 1\u20131 on aggregate.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 94], "content_span": [95, 325]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274312-0006-0000", "contents": "2017 in Kenyan football, International club competitions, Confederation Cup, First round\nIn the first round, Ulinzi Stars faced 2015\u201316 Egyptian Premier League second runners-up Smouha over two legs, played on 10 and 18 March. They were eliminated after losing 4\u20133 on aggregate.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 88], "content_span": [89, 278]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274312-0007-0000", "contents": "2017 in Kenyan football, National teams, Men's senior, Africa Cup of Nations qualification\nThe men's senior national team is participating in qualification for the 2019 Africa Cup of Nations. They were drawn in Group F alongside Ghana, Ethiopia and Sierra Leone.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 90], "content_span": [91, 262]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274312-0008-0000", "contents": "2017 in Kenyan football, National teams, Men's senior, Other matches\nThe following is a list of all other matches (to be) played by the men's senior national team in 2017.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 68], "content_span": [69, 171]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274312-0009-0000", "contents": "2017 in Kenyan football, National teams, Women's senior, COSAFA Women's Championship\nThe women's senior national team was invited to participate in the 2017 COSAFA Women's Championship, which took place in Zimbabwe from 13 to 24 September 2017.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 84], "content_span": [85, 244]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274312-0010-0000", "contents": "2017 in Kenyan football, National teams, Women's senior, COSAFA Women's Championship\nKenya was drawn in Group B alongside Mauritius, Mozambique and Swaziland. They advanced to the knockout stage after finishing top of the group with 9 points from 3 games.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 84], "content_span": [85, 255]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274312-0011-0000", "contents": "2017 in Kenyan football, National teams, Women's senior, Knockout stage\nKenya finished the knockout stage in fourth place after losing their semi-final to Zimbabwe and the bronze medal match to Zambia on penalties.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 71], "content_span": [72, 214]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274313-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 in Konfrontacja Sztuk Walki\nThe year 2017 is the 14th year in the history of the Konfrontacja Sztuk Walki, a mixed martial arts promotion based in Poland. 2017 began with KSW 38.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [32, 32], "content_span": [33, 183]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274313-0001-0000", "contents": "2017 in Konfrontacja Sztuk Walki, KSW 38: Live in Studio\nKSW 38: Live in Studio was a mixed martial arts event held by Konfrontacja Sztuk Walki on April 7, 2017 at the Studio Apricor in Warsaw, Poland.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 56], "content_span": [57, 201]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274313-0002-0000", "contents": "2017 in Konfrontacja Sztuk Walki, KSW 39: Colosseum\nKSW 39: Colosseum was a mixed martial arts event held by Konfrontacja Sztuk Walki on May 27, 2017 at the PGE Narodowy in Warsaw, Poland.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 51], "content_span": [52, 188]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274313-0003-0000", "contents": "2017 in Konfrontacja Sztuk Walki, KSW 39: Colosseum, Background\nFormer KSW Heavyweight Champion, Karol Bedorf, tore his Achilles' tendon and was unable to fight Michal Kita. He was replaced by Michal Andryszak.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 63], "content_span": [64, 210]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274313-0004-0000", "contents": "2017 in Konfrontacja Sztuk Walki, KSW 39: Colosseum, Background\nKSW 39 became the 2nd highest MMA attendance record with 57,776, behind only the Pride FC: Shockwave event from 2002. It also beat UFC 193 attendance.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 63], "content_span": [64, 214]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274313-0005-0000", "contents": "2017 in Konfrontacja Sztuk Walki, KSW 40: Dublin\nKSW 40: Dublin was a mixed martial arts event held by Konfrontacja Sztuk Walki on October 22, 2017 at the 3Arena in Dublin, Ireland.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 48], "content_span": [49, 181]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274313-0006-0000", "contents": "2017 in Konfrontacja Sztuk Walki, KSW 40: Dublin, Background\nAnzor Azhiev was not able to fight due to food poisoning. Debutant Pawe\u0142 Polity\u0142o faced Antun Ra\u010di\u0107.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 60], "content_span": [61, 161]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274313-0007-0000", "contents": "2017 in Konfrontacja Sztuk Walki, KSW 40: Dublin, Background\nNorman Parke missed his weight, at 70.8\u00a0kg. The fight between Parke and Gamrot was therefore a non-title fight. Parke was fined 30% of his purse for missing weight.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 60], "content_span": [61, 225]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274313-0008-0000", "contents": "2017 in Konfrontacja Sztuk Walki, KSW 40: Dublin, Background\nJames McSweeney was not permitted to fight after he was not cleared by Safe MMA Ireland. Jay Silva stepped in as a replacement against Mariusz Pudzianowski in the main event.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 60], "content_span": [61, 235]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274313-0009-0000", "contents": "2017 in Konfrontacja Sztuk Walki, KSW 41: Mankowski vs. Soldic\nKSW 41: Mankowski vs. Soldic was a mixed martial arts event held by Konfrontacja Sztuk Walki on December 23, 2017 at the Spodek in Katowice, Poland.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 62], "content_span": [63, 212]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274313-0010-0000", "contents": "2017 in Konfrontacja Sztuk Walki, KSW 41: Mankowski vs. Soldic, Background\nDricus du Plessis is out of the KSW 41 main event due to a hand injury and Borys Mankowski will defend his welterweight title against Roberto Soldic.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 74], "content_span": [75, 224]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274313-0011-0000", "contents": "2017 in Konfrontacja Sztuk Walki, KSW 41: Mankowski vs. Soldic, Background\nKleber Koike Erbst didn't make weight, the KSW featherweight belt is vacated. Artur Sowinski fights for the vacant featherweight title.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 74], "content_span": [75, 210]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274315-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 in Kunlun Fight\nThe year 2017 was the 4th year in the history of the Kunlun Fight, a kickboxing promotion based in China. 2017 started with Kunlun Fight 56.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [20, 20], "content_span": [21, 161]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274315-0001-0000", "contents": "2017 in Kunlun Fight\nThe events were broadcasts through television agreements in mainland China with Jiangsu TV and around the world with various other channels. The events were also streamed live on the Kunlun Fight app and multiple other services. Traditionally, most Kunlun Fight events have both tournament fights and superfights (single fights).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [20, 20], "content_span": [21, 350]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274315-0002-0000", "contents": "2017 in Kunlun Fight, Kunlun Fight 56\nKunlun Fight 56 was a kickboxing event held by Kunlun Fight on January 1, 2017 at the Mangrove Tree International Conference Center in Sanya, Hainan, China.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 37], "content_span": [38, 194]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274315-0003-0000", "contents": "2017 in Kunlun Fight, Kunlun Fight MMA 8\nKunlun Fight MMA 8 was a mixed martial arts event held by Kunlun Fight on January 2, 2017 at the Mangrove Tree International Conference Center in Sanya, Hainan, China.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 40], "content_span": [41, 208]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274315-0004-0000", "contents": "2017 in Kunlun Fight, Kunlun Fight MMA 9\nKunlun Fight MMA 9 will be a mixed martial arts event held by Kunlun Fight on February 25, 2017 at the Mangrove Tree International Conference Center in Sanya, Hainan, China.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 40], "content_span": [41, 214]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274315-0005-0000", "contents": "2017 in Kunlun Fight, Kunlun Fight 57\nKunlun Fight 57 was a kickboxing event held by Kunlun Fight on February 26, 2017 at the Mangrove Tree International Conference Center in Sanya, Hainan, China.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 37], "content_span": [38, 196]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274315-0006-0000", "contents": "2017 in Kunlun Fight, Kunlun Fight 57, Background\nThis event featured two 4-Man 70-kilogram qualifying Tournaments to earn a spot in 2017 KLF 70 kg World Championship Tournament.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 49], "content_span": [50, 178]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274315-0007-0000", "contents": "2017 in Kunlun Fight, Kunlun Fight 58 / Magnum FC 1\nKunlun Fight 58 / Magnum FC 1 was a kickboxing event held by Kunlun Fight and Magnum Fighting Championship on March 11, 2017 at the Atlantico Live in Rome, Italy.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 51], "content_span": [52, 214]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274315-0008-0000", "contents": "2017 in Kunlun Fight, Kunlun Fight 58 / Magnum FC 1, Background\nThis event featured two 4-Man qualifying Tournaments to earn a spot in 2017 KLF World Championship Tournament.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 63], "content_span": [64, 174]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274315-0009-0000", "contents": "2017 in Kunlun Fight, Kunlun Fight 59\nKunlun Fight 59 was a kickboxing event held by Kunlun Fight on March 25, 2017 at the Mangrove Tree International Conference Center in Sanya, Hainan, China.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 37], "content_span": [38, 193]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274315-0010-0000", "contents": "2017 in Kunlun Fight, Kunlun Fight MMA 10\nKunlun Fight MMA 10 was a mixed martial arts event held by Kunlun Fight on April 10, 2017 at the Kunlun Fight World Combat Sports Center in Beijing, China.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 41], "content_span": [42, 197]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274315-0011-0000", "contents": "2017 in Kunlun Fight, Kunlun Fight 60\nKunlun Fight 60 was a kickboxing event held by Kunlun Fight on April 23, 2017 at the Honghuagang Sports Center in Guizhou, China.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 37], "content_span": [38, 167]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274315-0012-0000", "contents": "2017 in Kunlun Fight, Kunlun Fight MMA 11\nKunlun Fight MMA 11 was a mixed martial arts event held by Kunlun Fight on May 4, 2017 at the Jining High-Tech Zone Stadium in Shandong, China.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 41], "content_span": [42, 185]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274315-0013-0000", "contents": "2017 in Kunlun Fight, Kunlun Fight 61\nKunlun Fight 61 was a kickboxing event held by Kunlun Fight on May 14, 2017 at the Mangrove Tree International Conference Center in Sanya, Hainan, China.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 37], "content_span": [38, 191]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274315-0014-0000", "contents": "2017 in Kunlun Fight, Kunlun Fight MMA 12\nKunlun Fight MMA 12 was a mixed martial arts event held by Kunlun Fight on June 1, 2017 at Lake Park in Dolon Nor, China.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 41], "content_span": [42, 163]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274315-0015-0000", "contents": "2017 in Kunlun Fight, Kunlun Fight 62\nKunlun Fight 62 was a kickboxing event held by Kunlun Fight on June 10, 2017 at the Workpoint Studios in Bangkok, Thailand.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 37], "content_span": [38, 161]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274315-0016-0000", "contents": "2017 in Kunlun Fight, Kunlun Fight 63\nKunlun Fight 63 was a kickboxing event held by Kunlun Fight on June 24, 2017 at the Mangrove Tree International Conference Center in Sanya, Hainan, China.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 37], "content_span": [38, 192]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274315-0017-0000", "contents": "2017 in Kunlun Fight, Kunlun Fight MMA 13\nKunlun Fight MMA 13 was a mixed martial arts event held by Kunlun Fight on July 6, 2017 at the Mangrove Tree Resort in Qingdao, China.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 41], "content_span": [42, 176]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274315-0018-0000", "contents": "2017 in Kunlun Fight, Kunlun Fight 64\nKunlun Fight 64 was a kickboxing event held by Kunlun Fight on July 15, 2017 at the Jiangnan Stadium in Chongqing, China.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 37], "content_span": [38, 159]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274315-0019-0000", "contents": "2017 in Kunlun Fight, Kunlun Fight 65\nKunlun Fight 65 was a kickboxing event held by Kunlun Fight on August 27, 2017 at the Mangrove Resort German Village Square in Qingdao, China.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 37], "content_span": [38, 180]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274315-0020-0000", "contents": "2017 in Kunlun Fight, Kunlun Fight MMA 14\nKunlun Fight MMA 14 was a mixed martial arts event held by Kunlun Fight on August 28, 2017 at the Mangrove Resort German Village Square in Qingdao, China.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 41], "content_span": [42, 196]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274315-0021-0000", "contents": "2017 in Kunlun Fight, Kunlun Fight MMA 15\nKunlun Fight MMA 15 was a mixed martial arts event held by Kunlun Fight on October 3, 2017 at the Alxa Dream Park in Alxa, China.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 41], "content_span": [42, 171]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274315-0022-0000", "contents": "2017 in Kunlun Fight, Kunlun Fight MMA 16\nKunlun Fight MMA 16 was a mixed martial arts event held by Kunlun Fight on October 28, 2017 at the Melbourne Pavilion in Melbourne, Australia.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 41], "content_span": [42, 184]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274315-0023-0000", "contents": "2017 in Kunlun Fight, Kunlun Fight 66\nKunlun Fight 66 was a kickboxing event held by Kunlun Fight on November 5, 2017 at the Optics Valley International Tennis Center in Wuhan, China.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 37], "content_span": [38, 183]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274315-0024-0000", "contents": "2017 in Kunlun Fight, Kunlun Fight 67\nKunlun Fight 67 was a kickboxing event held by Kunlun Fight on November 12, 2017 at the Mangrove Resort German Village Square in Sanya, Hainan, China.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 37], "content_span": [38, 188]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274315-0025-0000", "contents": "2017 in Kunlun Fight, Kunlun Fight 68\nKunlun Fight 68 was a kickboxing event held by Kunlun Fight on December 17, 2017 at the Honghuagang Sport Center in Zunyi, China.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 37], "content_span": [38, 167]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274318-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 in LGBT rights\nThis is a list of notable events in the history of LGBT rights that took place in the year 2017.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [19, 19], "content_span": [20, 116]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274319-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 in Laos\nThe following lists events that happened during 2017 in Laos.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 12], "section_span": [12, 12], "content_span": [13, 74]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274320-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 in Latin music\nThis is a list of notable events in Latin music (music from Spanish- and Portuguese-speaking regions of Latin America, Latin Europe, and the United States) that took place in 2017.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [19, 19], "content_span": [20, 200]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274320-0001-0000", "contents": "2017 in Latin music, Best-selling records, Best-selling albums\nThe following is a list of the top 10 best-selling Latin albums in the United States in 2017, according to Billboard.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 62], "content_span": [63, 180]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274320-0002-0000", "contents": "2017 in Latin music, Best-selling records, Best-performing songs\nThe following is a list of the top 10 best-performing Latin songs in the United States in 2017, according to Billboard.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 64], "content_span": [65, 184]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274322-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 in Lebanon\nThe following lists events in the year 2017 in Lebanon.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [15, 15], "content_span": [16, 71]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274324-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 in Libya\nThe following lists events that happened during 2017 in Libya.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 13], "section_span": [13, 13], "content_span": [14, 76]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274328-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 in M-1 Global\nThe year 2017 is the 20th year in the history of the M-1 Global, a mixed martial arts promotion based in Russia.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [18, 18], "content_span": [19, 131]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274328-0001-0000", "contents": "2017 in M-1 Global, M-1 Challenge 74 - Yusupov vs. Puetz\nM-1 Challenge 74 - Yusupov vs. Puetz was a mixed martial arts event held by M-1 Global on February 18, 2017 at the Ice Palace in Saint Petersburg, Russia.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [20, 56], "content_span": [57, 212]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274328-0002-0000", "contents": "2017 in M-1 Global, M-1 Challenge 74 - Yusupov vs. Puetz, Background\nThis event featured two world title fight, first for the M-1 Light Heavyweight Championship Rashid Yusupov and Stephan Puetz as M-1 Challenge 74 headliner, and a Lightweight pairing between Abukar Yandiev and Alexander Butenko for the M-1 Lightweight Championship as co-headliner.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [20, 68], "content_span": [69, 349]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274328-0003-0000", "contents": "2017 in M-1 Global, M-1 Challenge 75 - Shlemenko vs. Bradley\nM-1 Challenge 75 - Shlemenko vs. Bradley was a mixed martial arts event held by M-1 Global on March 3, 2017 at the Olimpiyskiy in Moscow, Russia.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [20, 60], "content_span": [61, 207]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274328-0004-0000", "contents": "2017 in M-1 Global, M-1 Challenge 75 - Shlemenko vs. Bradley, Background\nThis event featured a superfight between the former Bellator Middleweight Champion Alexander Shlemenko and Paul Bradley as M-1 Challenge 75 headliner, and a Welterweight pairing between Alexey Kunchenko and Maksim Grabovich for the M-1 Welterweight Championship as co-headliner.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [20, 72], "content_span": [73, 351]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274328-0005-0000", "contents": "2017 in M-1 Global, M-1 Challenge 76 - Nevzorov vs. Evloev\nM-1 Challenge 76 - Nevzorov vs. Evloev was a mixed martial arts event held by M-1 Global on April 22, 2017 at the Sports Palace \"Magas\" in Nazran, Russia.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [20, 58], "content_span": [59, 214]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274328-0006-0000", "contents": "2017 in M-1 Global, M-1 Challenge 77 - Nemkov vs. Markes\nM-1 Challenge 77 - Nemkov vs. Markes was a mixed martial arts event held by M-1 Global on May 19, 2017 at the Sochi sport palace in Sochi, Russia.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [20, 56], "content_span": [57, 204]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274328-0007-0000", "contents": "2017 in M-1 Global, M-1 Challenge 78 - Divnich vs. Ismagulov\nM-1 Challenge 78 - Divnich vs. Ismagulov was a mixed martial arts event held by M-1 Global on May 26, 2017 at the Orenburzhye Sport Arena in Orenburg, Russia.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [20, 60], "content_span": [61, 220]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274328-0008-0000", "contents": "2017 in M-1 Global, M-1 Challenge 79 - Shlemenko vs. Halsey 2\nM-1 Challenge 79 - Shlemenko vs. Halsey 2 was a mixed martial arts event held by M-1 Global on June 1, 2017 at the Yubileyny Sports Palace in Saint Petersburg, Russia.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [20, 61], "content_span": [62, 230]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274328-0009-0000", "contents": "2017 in M-1 Global, M-1 Challenge 80 - Kharitonov vs. Sokoudjou\nM-1 Challenge 80 - Kharitonov vs. Sokoudjou was a mixed martial arts event held by M-1 Global on June 15, 2017 at the Harbin International Convention Exhibition and Sports Center in Harbin, China.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [20, 63], "content_span": [64, 263]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274328-0010-0000", "contents": "2017 in M-1 Global, M-1 Challenge 81 - Battle in the Mountains 6\nM-1 Challenge 81 - Battle in the Mountains 6 was a mixed martial arts event held by M-1 Global on July 22, 2017 at The Mountain in Nazran, Russia.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [20, 64], "content_span": [65, 212]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274328-0011-0000", "contents": "2017 in M-1 Global, M-1 Challenge 82 - Vanttinen vs. Zayats\nM-1 Challenge 82 - Vanttinen vs. Zayats was a mixed martial arts event held by M-1 Global on August 5, 2017 at The Hartwall Arena in Helsinki, Finland.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [20, 59], "content_span": [60, 212]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274328-0012-0000", "contents": "2017 in M-1 Global, M-1 Challenge 83 - Ragozin vs. Halsey\nM-1 Challenge 83 - Ragozin vs. Halsey will be a mixed martial arts event held by M-1 Global on September 23, 2017 at The Basket-Hall Kazan in Kazan, Russia.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [20, 57], "content_span": [58, 215]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274328-0013-0000", "contents": "2017 in M-1 Global, M-1 Challenge 84 - Kunchenko vs. Romanov\nM-1 Challenge 84 - Kunchenko vs. Romanov will be a mixed martial arts event held by M-1 Global on October 27, 2017 at The Ice Palace in Saint Petersburg, Russia.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [20, 60], "content_span": [61, 223]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274328-0014-0000", "contents": "2017 in M-1 Global, M-1 Challenge 85: Ismagulov vs. Matias\nM-1 Challenge 85: Ismagulov vs. Matias will be a mixed martial arts event held by M-1 Global on November 10, 2017 at The Olimpiyskiy in Moscow, Russia.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [20, 58], "content_span": [59, 211]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274328-0015-0000", "contents": "2017 in M-1 Global, M-1 Challenge 85: Ismagulov vs. Matias, Background\nOriginally Damir Ismagulov was going to defend his title against the number one contender Raul Tutarauli, but unfortunately Tutarauli got injured. So Ismagulov fight was a non-title bout against Rog\u00e9rio Matias from Brazil.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [20, 70], "content_span": [71, 293]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274328-0016-0000", "contents": "2017 in M-1 Global, M-1 Challenge 85: Ismagulov vs. Matias, Background\nStephan Puetz unfortunately got injured just a few days before the event, so another fighter from Germany has taken his place, Sebastian Heil steep in on a short notice to face Giga Kukhalashvili.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [20, 70], "content_span": [71, 267]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274328-0017-0000", "contents": "2017 in M-1 Global, M-1 Challenge 86 - Buchinger vs. Dalgiev\nM-1 Challenge 86 - Buchinger vs. Dalgiev will be a mixed martial arts event held by M-1 Global on November 24, 2017 at The Sports Palace \"Magas\" in Nazran, Russia.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [20, 60], "content_span": [61, 225]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274331-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 in Malaysia\n2017 in Malaysia is Malaysia's 60th anniversary of its independence and 54th anniversary of its formation of Malaysia.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [16, 16], "content_span": [17, 135]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274331-0001-0000", "contents": "2017 in Malaysia, National Day and Malaysia Day, National Day theme\nNegaraku, Sehati Sejiwa (My Country, United by Heart and Soul)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [18, 67], "content_span": [68, 130]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274333-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 in Maldivian football\nOverview of the 2017 season of association football in the Maldives.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [26, 26], "content_span": [27, 95]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274333-0001-0000", "contents": "2017 in Maldivian football, National teams, Maldives women's national football team, 2016 SAFF Women's Championship\nGroup stage was played in 2016. Maldives advanced to the tournament semi-finals as Group A runners-up.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 115], "content_span": [116, 218]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274334-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 in Mali\nThis article lists events from the year 2017 in Mali", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 12], "section_span": [12, 12], "content_span": [13, 65]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274336-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 in Mauritania\nThe following lists events in the year 2017 in Mauritania.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [18, 18], "content_span": [19, 77]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274337-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 in Mexican television\nThe following is a list of events affecting Mexican television in 2017. Events listed include television show debuts, finales, and cancellations; channel launches, closures, and re-brandings; stations changing or adding their network affiliations; and information about controversies and carriage disputes.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [26, 26], "content_span": [27, 333]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274338-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 in Mexico\nThis is a list of events that happened in 2017 in Mexico. The article also lists the most important political leaders during the year at both federal and state levels.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 14], "section_span": [14, 14], "content_span": [15, 182]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274339-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 in Michigan\nThe state's top news stories of 2017 included continuing political fallout and criminal charges in connection with the Flint water crisis; Larry Nassar and the USA Gymnastics sex abuse scandal; the December 5 retirement of John Conyers amid claims of sexual harassment; the re-election of Mike Duggan to a second term as Mayor of Detroit with 72% of the vote; and the revitalization of Downtown and Midtown Detroit.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [16, 16], "content_span": [17, 432]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274339-0001-0000", "contents": "2017 in Michigan\nIn sports, the state's top stories included the return of the Detroit Pistons to Detroit; the opening of Little Caesars Arena as the home of the Pistons and Detroit Red Wings; the election of three former Detroit Tigers (Iv\u00e1n Rodr\u00edguez, Alan Trammell, and Jack Morris) to the Baseball Hall of Fame; the firing of Jim Caldwell as head coach of the Detroit Lions and Brad Ausmus as head coach of the Tigers; and Claressa Shields of Flint winning female middleweight and super middleweight boxing titles.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [16, 16], "content_span": [17, 518]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274339-0002-0000", "contents": "2017 in Michigan, Population\nIn the 2010 United States Census, Michigan was recorded as having a population of 9,883,640 persons, ranking as the eighth most populous state in the country. By 2017, the state's population was estimated at 9,962,311, and the state had become the 10th most populous state.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [18, 28], "content_span": [29, 302]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274339-0003-0000", "contents": "2017 in Michigan, Population\nThe state's largest cities, having populations of at least 75,000 based on 2016 estimates, were as follows:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [18, 28], "content_span": [29, 136]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274344-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 in Mozambique\nThis article lists events from the year 2017 in Mozambique.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [18, 18], "content_span": [19, 78]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274345-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 in Myanmar\nThe following lists events in the year 2017 in Myanmar.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [15, 15], "content_span": [16, 71]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274346-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 in NASCAR\nIn 2017, NASCAR sanctioned three national series and six touring series.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 14], "section_span": [14, 14], "content_span": [15, 87]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274349-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 in New Zealand\nThe following lists events that happened during 2017 in New Zealand.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [19, 19], "content_span": [20, 88]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274349-0001-0000", "contents": "2017 in New Zealand, Incumbents, Government\n2017 is the third and final full year of the 51st Parliament, which first sat on 21 October 2014 and was dissolved on 17 August 2017. A general election was held on 23 September to elect the 52nd Parliament.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 43], "content_span": [44, 251]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274349-0002-0000", "contents": "2017 in New Zealand, Incumbents, Government\nThe Fifth National Government, first elected in 2008, ends. The Sixth Labour Government begins.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 43], "content_span": [44, 139]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274350-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 in Nicaragua\nThe following lists events in the year 2017 in Nicaragua.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 17], "section_span": [17, 17], "content_span": [18, 75]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274352-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 in North Korea\nIn the year 2017, North Korea was involved in the 2017 North Korea crisis, along with other events. The country conducted a nuclear test in September, and several missile tests throughout the year. One of these was the country's first successful test of an intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM), Hwasong-14. Two missiles were launched over Hokkaido in the Japanese archipelago, in August and in September 2017.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [19, 19], "content_span": [20, 434]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274352-0001-0000", "contents": "2017 in North Korea, Events\nNote that the dates mostly reflect the publication of the news. News that span more than one day are usually listed according to the earliest day the event begun or was reported, or, they are listed by month but not by day.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 27], "content_span": [28, 251]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274352-0002-0000", "contents": "2017 in North Korea, Events, July\na destroyer sailing near disputed territory claimed by China in the South China Sea.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 33], "content_span": [34, 118]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274356-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 in Norwegian football\nThe 2017 season was the 112th season of competitive football in Norway.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [26, 26], "content_span": [27, 98]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274356-0001-0000", "contents": "2017 in Norwegian football\nThe season began in March, and ended in December with the 2017 Norwegian Football Cup Final.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [26, 26], "content_span": [27, 119]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274357-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 in Norwegian music\nThe following is a list of notable events and releases of the year 2017 in Norwegian music.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [23, 23], "content_span": [24, 115]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274358-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 in ONE Championship\nThe year 2017 is the 7th year in the history of the ONE Championship, a mixed martial arts promotion based in Singapore.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [24, 24], "content_span": [25, 145]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274358-0001-0000", "contents": "2017 in ONE Championship, ONE Championship: Quest for Power\nONE Championship: Quest for Power (also known as ONE Championship 50) was a mixed martial arts event held by ONE Championship on January 14, 2017 at the Jakarta Convention Center in Jakarta, Indonesia.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 59], "content_span": [60, 262]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274358-0002-0000", "contents": "2017 in ONE Championship, ONE Championship: Quest for Power, Background\nThis event featured a world title fight for the ONE Middleweight Championship Vitaly Bigdash of Russia makes the first defense of his title against top contender Aung La Nsang of Myanmar as ONE Championship: Quest for Power headliner.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 71], "content_span": [72, 306]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274358-0003-0000", "contents": "2017 in ONE Championship, ONE Championship: Quest for Power, Background\nThe co-main event featured a lightweight bout between top contender Martin Nguyen and Kazunori Yokota.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 71], "content_span": [72, 174]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274358-0004-0000", "contents": "2017 in ONE Championship, ONE Championship: Quest for Power, Background\nThe card was originally headlined by a middleweight title fight between champion Vitaly Bigdash and Marcin Prachnio. However, it was announced Prachnio had to withdraw due to an injury he sustained during his training camp and Bigdash instead faced Aung La Nsang.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 71], "content_span": [72, 336]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274358-0005-0000", "contents": "2017 in ONE Championship, ONE Championship: Throne of Tigers\nONE Championship: Throne of Tigers (also known as ONE Championship 51) was a mixed martial arts event held by ONE Championship on February 14, 2017 at the Stadium Negara in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 60], "content_span": [61, 258]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274358-0006-0000", "contents": "2017 in ONE Championship, ONE Championship: Warrior Kingdom\nONE Championship: Warrior Kingdom (also known as ONE Championship 52) was a mixed martial arts event held by ONE Championship on March 11, 2017 at the IMPACT Arena in Bangkok, Thailand.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 59], "content_span": [60, 246]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274358-0007-0000", "contents": "2017 in ONE Championship, ONE Championship: Warrior Kingdom, Background\nThis event featured a world title fight for the ONE Women's Atomweight Championship Angela Lee of Singapore makes the first defense of her title against top contender Jenny Huang of Taiwan as ONE Championship: Warrior Kingdom headliner. The co-main event featured a lightweight bout between Shannon Wiratchai of Bankok and Richard Corminal.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 71], "content_span": [72, 413]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274358-0008-0000", "contents": "2017 in ONE Championship, ONE Championship: Warrior Kingdom, Background\nIn addition MMA action, two of the country's most popular musical acts, Thaitanium and Slot Machine, had performing live at the event.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 71], "content_span": [72, 206]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274358-0009-0000", "contents": "2017 in ONE Championship, ONE Championship: Kings of Destiny\nONE Championship: Kings of Destiny (also known as ONE Championship 53) was a mixed martial arts event held by ONE Championship on April 21, 2017 at the Mall of Asia Arena in Manila, Philippines.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 60], "content_span": [61, 256]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274358-0010-0000", "contents": "2017 in ONE Championship, ONE Championship: Kings of Destiny, Background\nThis event featured a world title fight for the ONE Women's Atomweight Championship. Eduard Folayang of the Philippines made the first defense of his title against top contender Ev Ting of Malaysia as ONE Championship: Kings of Destiny headliner.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 72], "content_span": [73, 319]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274358-0011-0000", "contents": "2017 in ONE Championship, ONE Championship: Kings of Destiny, Background\nRob Lisita has pulled out of the bout against Honorio Banario due to personal reasons and was replaced by Jaroslav Jartim of Czech Republic. A featherweight bout between top featherweight prospect Christian Lee of Singapore and Keanu Subba was originally scheduled for this card, but Keanu Subba suffered an injury during training camp. Lee instead faced Jian Ping Wan.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 72], "content_span": [73, 442]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274358-0012-0000", "contents": "2017 in ONE Championship, ONE Championship: Dynasty of Heroes\nONE Championship: Dynasty of Heroes (also known as ONE Championship 54) was a mixed martial arts event held by ONE Championship on May 26, 2017 at the Singapore Indoor Stadium in Kallang, Singapore.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 61], "content_span": [62, 260]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274358-0013-0000", "contents": "2017 in ONE Championship, ONE Championship: Dynasty of Heroes, Background\nThis event featured two world title fight for the ONE Women's Atomweight Championship Angela Lee of Singapore makes the second defense of her title against top contender Istela Nunes of Brazil as ONE Championship: Dynasty of Heroes headliner, for the ONE Welterweight Championship ONE Welterweight World Champion Ben Askren defends his title against rising young Malaysian star Agilan Thani as co-main event.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 73], "content_span": [74, 482]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274358-0014-0000", "contents": "2017 in ONE Championship, ONE Championship: Dynasty of Heroes, Background\nAlso features former ONE strawweight champion Dejdamrong Sor Amnuaysirichoke against indonesian prospect Adrian Matheis.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 73], "content_span": [74, 194]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274358-0015-0000", "contents": "2017 in ONE Championship, ONE Championship: Dynasty of Heroes, Background\nThe event has also featured a 15 minutes submission-only grappling super-match between former ONE Championship lightweight champion Shinya Aoki and multiple time BJJ champion Garry Tonon. If no submissions within the allotted time, match is declared a draw.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 73], "content_span": [74, 331]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274358-0016-0000", "contents": "2017 in ONE Championship, ONE Championship: Light of a Nation\nONE Championship: Light of a Nation (also known as ONE Championship 55) was a mixed martial arts event held by ONE Championship on June 30, 2017 at the Thuwunna National Indoor Stadium in Yangon, Myanmar.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 61], "content_span": [62, 267]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274358-0017-0000", "contents": "2017 in ONE Championship, ONE Championship: Kings and Conquerors\nONE Championship: Kings and Conquerors (also known as ONE Championship 56) was a mixed martial arts event held by ONE Championship on August 5, 2017 at the Cotai Arena in Macau, China.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 64], "content_span": [65, 249]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274358-0018-0000", "contents": "2017 in ONE Championship, ONE Championship: Quest for Greatness\nONE Championship: Quest for Greatness (also known as ONE Championship 57) was a mixed martial arts event held by ONE Championship on August 18, 2017 at the Stadium Negara in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 63], "content_span": [64, 261]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274358-0019-0000", "contents": "2017 in ONE Championship, ONE Championship: Shanghai\nONE Championship: Shanghai (also known as ONE Championship 58) was a mixed martial arts event held by ONE Championship on September 2, 2017 at the Shanghai Oriental Sports Center in Shanghai, China.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 52], "content_span": [53, 251]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274358-0020-0000", "contents": "2017 in ONE Championship, ONE Championship: Total Victory\nONE Championship: Total Victory (also known as ONE Championship 59) was a mixed martial arts event held by ONE Championship on September 16, 2017 at the Jakarta Convention Center in Jakarta, Indonesia.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 57], "content_span": [58, 259]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274358-0021-0000", "contents": "2017 in ONE Championship, ONE Championship: Hero's Dream\nONE Championship: Hero's Dream (also known as ONE Championship 60) was a mixed martial arts event held by ONE Championship on November 3, 2017 at the Thuwunna Stadium in Yangon, Myanmar.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 56], "content_span": [57, 243]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274358-0022-0000", "contents": "2017 in ONE Championship, ONE Championship: Legends of the World\nONE Championship: Legends of the World (also known as ONE Championship 61) was a mixed martial arts event held by ONE Championship on November 10, 2017 at the Mall of Asia Arena in Manila, Philippines.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 64], "content_span": [65, 266]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274358-0023-0000", "contents": "2017 in ONE Championship, ONE Championship: Immortal Pursuit\nONE Championship: Immortal Pursuit (also known as ONE Championship 62) was a mixed martial arts event held by ONE Championship on November 24, 2017 at the Singapore Indoor Stadium in Kallang, Singapore.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 60], "content_span": [61, 263]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274358-0024-0000", "contents": "2017 in ONE Championship, ONE Championship: Warriors of the World\nONE Championship: Warriors of the World (also known as ONE Championship 63) was a mixed martial arts event held by ONE Championship on December 9, 2017 at the Impact Arena, in Bangkok, Thailand.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 65], "content_span": [66, 260]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274359-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 in Oman\nThis article lists events from the year 2017 in Oman.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 12], "section_span": [12, 12], "content_span": [13, 66]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274360-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 in Pakistan\nThe following lists notable events that happened during 2017 in Pakistan.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [16, 16], "content_span": [17, 90]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274361-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 in Pakistani television\nThe following is a list of events affecting Pakistani television in 2017. Events listed include television show debuts, and finales; channel launches, and closures; stations changing or adding their network affiliations; and information about changes of ownership of channels or stations.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [28, 28], "content_span": [29, 317]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274365-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 in Paraguayan football\nThe 2017 season is the 107th season of competitive football in Paraguay.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [27, 27], "content_span": [28, 100]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274366-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 in Philippine law and politics\nThe following are the events in related to Philippine law in 2017. This includes developments in criminal investigations of national notability.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [35, 35], "content_span": [36, 180]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274366-0001-0000", "contents": "2017 in Philippine law and politics, Events, Kidnapping and killing of Jee Ick-Joo, Calls for resignation of Gen. dela Rosa\n, 22 \u2013 President Duterte keeps Gen. dela Rosa in his post still saying he has complete trust.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 123], "content_span": [124, 219]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274367-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 in Philippine music\nThe following is a list of notable events that are related to Philippine music in 2017.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [24, 24], "content_span": [25, 112]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274367-0001-0000", "contents": "2017 in Philippine music, Albums released\nThe following albums are released in 2017 locally. Note: All soundtracks are not included in this list.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 41], "content_span": [42, 145]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274368-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 in Philippine sports\nThe following is a list of notable events and developments that are related to Philippine sports in 2017.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [25, 25], "content_span": [26, 131]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274369-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 in Philippine television\nThe following is a list of events affecting Philippine television in 2017. Events listed include television show debuts, finales, cancellations, and channel launches, closures and rebrandings, as well as information about controversies and carriage disputes.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [29, 29], "content_span": [30, 288]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274369-0001-0000", "contents": "2017 in Philippine television, Debuts, PTV\nThe following are programs that debuted on People's Television Network:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 42], "content_span": [43, 114]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274369-0002-0000", "contents": "2017 in Philippine television, Debuts, Other channels\nThe following are programs that debuted on other minor channels and video streaming services:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 53], "content_span": [54, 147]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274369-0003-0000", "contents": "2017 in Philippine television, Finales, PTV\nThe following are programs that ended on People's Television Network:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 43], "content_span": [44, 113]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274369-0004-0000", "contents": "2017 in Philippine television, Networks\nThe following are a list of free-to-air and cable channels or networks launches and closures in 2017.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 39], "content_span": [40, 141]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274369-0005-0000", "contents": "2017 in Philippine television, Networks, Rebranded\nThe following is a list of television stations or cable channels that have made or will make noteworthy network rebrands in 2017.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 50], "content_span": [51, 180]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274372-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 in Portuguese television\nThis is a list of Portuguese television related events from 2017.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [29, 29], "content_span": [30, 95]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274374-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 in Qatar\nThis is a list of notable events that occurred in 2017 in Qatar.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 13], "section_span": [13, 13], "content_span": [14, 78]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274375-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 in Queensland soccer\nThe 2017 Football Queensland season was the fifth season since NPL Queensland commenced as the top tier of Queensland men\u2019s football. Below NPL Queensland was a regional structure of ten zones with their own leagues. The strongest of the zones was Football Brisbane with its senior men\u2019s competition consisting of five divisions.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [25, 25], "content_span": [26, 355]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274375-0001-0000", "contents": "2017 in Queensland soccer\nThe NPL Queensland premiers qualified for the National Premier Leagues finals series, competing with the other state federation champions in a final knockout tournament to decide the National Premier Leagues Champion for 2017.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [25, 25], "content_span": [26, 252]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274375-0002-0000", "contents": "2017 in Queensland soccer\nOn 8 December 2016 Football Queensland announced the commencement in 2018 of a 14 team second competition beneath a 14 team NPL Queensland, with promotion and relegation between the two tiers. The 28 clubs selected to participate in NPL Queensland and the FQPL were initially announced on 29 May 2017. The final list of clubs offered licences was made of 3 August 2017, with 12 clubs from Football Brisbane competitions (10 BPL and 2 CL1) to join the Football Queensland leagues in 2018. As a result, on 4 August 2017 Football Brisbane announced the restructure of its men's league for the 2018 season, with most clubs effectively moving up one division.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [25, 25], "content_span": [26, 680]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274375-0003-0000", "contents": "2017 in Queensland soccer, Men's League Tables, 2017 National Premier League Queensland\nThe National Premier League Queensland 2017 season was played over 22 matches, followed by a finals series.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 87], "content_span": [88, 195]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274375-0004-0000", "contents": "2017 in Queensland soccer, Men's League Tables, 2017 Brisbane Premier League\nThe 2017 Brisbane Premier League was the 35th edition of the Brisbane Premier League which has been a second level domestic association football competition in Queensland since the Queensland State League was formed in 2008.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 76], "content_span": [77, 301]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274375-0005-0000", "contents": "2017 in Queensland soccer, Men's League Tables, 2017 Capital League 1\nThe 2017 Capital League 1 season was the fifth edition of the Capital League 1 as the third level domestic football competition in Queensland. 12 teams competed, all playing each other twice for a total of 22 matches. Relegated teams will be part of the 2018 Capital League 1 season, which will be the fourth level domestic competition in Queensland.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 69], "content_span": [70, 420]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274375-0006-0000", "contents": "2017 in Queensland soccer, Men's League Tables, 2017 Capital League 2\nThe 2017 Capital League 2 season was the fifth edition of the Capital League 2 as the fourth level domestic football competition in Queensland. 12 teams competed, all playing each other twice for a total of 22 matches. Relegated teams will be part of the 2018 Capital League 2 season, which will be the fifth level domestic competition in Queensland.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 69], "content_span": [70, 420]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274375-0007-0000", "contents": "2017 in Queensland soccer, Men's League Tables, 2017 Capital League 3\nThe 2017 Capital League 3 season was the fifth edition of the Capital League 3 as the fifth level domestic football competition in Queensland. 12 teams competed, all playing each other twice for a total of 22 matches. Relegated teams will be part of the 2018 Capital League 3 season, which will be the sixth level domestic competition in Queensland.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 69], "content_span": [70, 419]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274375-0008-0000", "contents": "2017 in Queensland soccer, Men's League Tables, 2017 Capital League 4\nThe 2017 Capital League 4 season was the fifth edition of the Capital League 4 as the sixth level domestic football competition in Queensland. Nine teams competed, all playing each other twice for a total of 16 matches.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 69], "content_span": [70, 289]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274375-0009-0000", "contents": "2017 in Queensland soccer, Women's League Tables, 2017 Women's NPL Queensland\nThe 2017 Women's NPL Queensland season was the third edition of the Women's NPL Queensland as the top level domestic football of women's competition in Queensland. 10 teams competed, all playing each other twice for a total of 18 matches.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 77], "content_span": [78, 316]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274375-0010-0000", "contents": "2017 in Queensland soccer, Cup Competitions, 2017 Canale Cup\nBrisbane-based soccer clubs competed in 2017 for the Canale Cup, known for sponsorship reasons as the 2017 Pig 'N' Whistle Canale Cup. Clubs entered from the Brisbane Premier League, the Capital League 1, Capital League 2 and Capital League 3. The early rounds of the competition were linked to the qualifying competition for the 2017 FFA Cup, where losing teams from successive rounds of the FFA Cup Preliminary Rounds entered in following rounds of the Canale Cup.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 60], "content_span": [61, 527]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274375-0011-0000", "contents": "2017 in Queensland soccer, Cup Competitions, FFA Cup Qualifiers\nQueensland-based soccer clubs competed in 2017 in the Preliminary Rounds for the 2017 FFA Cup. The four winners of Seventh Round qualified for the final rounds of the FFA Cup; Far North Queensland FC (representing North Queensland), Gold Coast City (representing South Queensland), with Moreton Bay United and Peninsula Power representing Brisbane. In addition, A-League club Brisbane Roar qualified for the final rounds, entering at the Round of 32.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 63], "content_span": [64, 514]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274376-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 in RXF\n2017 was the 6th year in the history of RXF, the largest mixed martial arts promotion based in Romania.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 11], "section_span": [11, 11], "content_span": [12, 115]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274376-0001-0000", "contents": "2017 in RXF, RXF 26\nRXF 26: Bra\u0219ov was a mixed martial arts event that took place on April 25, 2017 at the Dumitru Popescu Arena in Bra\u0219ov, Romania.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 11], "section_span": [13, 19], "content_span": [20, 148]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274376-0002-0000", "contents": "2017 in RXF, RXF 27\nRXF 27: Next Fighter was a mixed martial arts event that took place on July 29, 2017 at the Sala Polivalent\u0103 in Piatra Neam\u021b, Romania.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 11], "section_span": [13, 19], "content_span": [20, 154]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274376-0003-0000", "contents": "2017 in RXF, RXF 28\nRXF 28: VIP Special Edition was a mixed martial arts event that took place on October 30, 2017 at the Lux Divina in Bra\u0219ov, Romania.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 11], "section_span": [13, 19], "content_span": [20, 152]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274376-0004-0000", "contents": "2017 in RXF, RXF 29\nRXF 29: All Stars (also known as RXF vs. Magnum FC) was a mixed martial arts event that took place on December 18, 2017 at the Lux Divina in Bra\u0219ov, Romania.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 11], "section_span": [13, 19], "content_span": [20, 177]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274377-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 in Rizin Fighting Federation\nThe year 2017 was the 3rd year in the history of the Rizin Fighting Federation, a mixed martial arts promotion based in Japan. 2017 started with Rizin Fighting Federation 5 in Yokohama. It started broadcasting through a television agreement with Fuji Television. In North America and Europe Rizin FF 5 was available on FITE TV.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [33, 33], "content_span": [34, 362]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274377-0001-0000", "contents": "2017 in Rizin Fighting Federation, Background\nNobuyuki Sakakibara announced that Rizin will do 5 events in 2017: April, July, October, and the usual December 29 and 31 show.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 45], "content_span": [46, 173]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274377-0002-0000", "contents": "2017 in Rizin Fighting Federation, Background\nHe also announced that they will do 2 Grand Prix this year. One is men, other is women. He stated the women grand prix will be at Atomweight due to the fact Rena Kubota will be in the grand prix. Kyoji Horiguchi will compete in the men tournament which take place at Bantamweight 61\u00a0kg.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 45], "content_span": [46, 332]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274377-0003-0000", "contents": "2017 in Rizin Fighting Federation, Background\nRizin's Bantamweight grand prix will begin on July 30 at the Saitama Super Arena, with the first four opening rounds bouts of the tournament bracket. The remaining four opening bouts will take place in the autumn. Similar to the last year GP, the quarterfinals are scheduled for Dec. 29. The semifinals and finals will be held on the same night, Dec. 31, at Saitama Super Arena.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 45], "content_span": [46, 424]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274377-0004-0000", "contents": "2017 in Rizin Fighting Federation, Rizin 2017 in Yokohama: Sakura\nRizin 2017 in Yokohama: Sakura was a mixed martial arts event held by the Rizin Fighting Federation on April 16, 2017 at the Yokohama Arena in Yokohama, Japan.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 65], "content_span": [66, 226]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274377-0005-0000", "contents": "2017 in Rizin Fighting Federation, Rizin World Grand Prix 2017: Opening Round - Part 1\nRizin World Grand Prix 2017 Opening Round Part 1 was a mixed martial arts event held by the Rizin Fighting Federation on July 30, 2017 at the Saitama Super Arena in Saitama, Japan.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 86], "content_span": [87, 267]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274377-0006-0000", "contents": "2017 in Rizin Fighting Federation, Rizin World Grand Prix 2017: Opening Round - Part 2\nRizin World Grand Prix 2017: Opening Round - Part 2 was a mixed martial arts event held by the Rizin Fighting Federation on October 15, 2017 at the Marine Messe Fukuoka in Fukuoka, Japan.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 86], "content_span": [87, 274]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274377-0007-0000", "contents": "2017 in Rizin Fighting Federation, Rizin World Grand Prix 2017: Opening Round - Part 2, Background\nDan Henderson supposed to face fellow MMA legend Kazushi Sakuraba in a grappling match however, Henderson suffered a neck injury and Frank Shamrock step in as a replacement.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 98], "content_span": [99, 272]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274377-0008-0000", "contents": "2017 in Rizin Fighting Federation, Rizin World Grand Prix 2017: Opening Round - Part 2, Background\nKanna Asakura fought Saori Ishioka at DEEP JEWELS 17 in a Super Atomweight Grand Prix Qualification bout. Asakura won by Unanimous Decision.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 98], "content_span": [99, 239]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274377-0009-0000", "contents": "2017 in Rizin Fighting Federation, Rizin World Grand Prix 2017: 2nd Round\nRizin World Grand Prix 2017: 2nd Round was a mixed martial arts event held by the Rizin Fighting Federation on December 29, 2017 at the Saitama Super Arena in Saitama, Japan.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 73], "content_span": [74, 248]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274377-0010-0000", "contents": "2017 in Rizin Fighting Federation, Rizin World Grand Prix 2017: 2nd Round, Background\nSeiichiro Ito was to face Kai Asakura at this event but had to withdraw due to a nasal fractures. He was replaced by Kizaemon Saiga.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 85], "content_span": [86, 218]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274377-0011-0000", "contents": "2017 in Rizin Fighting Federation, Rizin World Grand Prix 2017: 2nd Round, Background\nGabrielle Garcia was scheduled to face Shinobu Kandori at this event. However, Garcia missed weight by over 26 pounds and the bout was canceled.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 85], "content_span": [86, 230]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274377-0012-0000", "contents": "2017 in Rizin Fighting Federation, Rizin Fan Expo 2017\nRizin Fan Expo 2017 was an Expo event held by the Rizin Fighting Federation on December 29-30-31,2017 at the Saitama Super Arena in Saitama, Japan.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 54], "content_span": [55, 202]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274377-0013-0000", "contents": "2017 in Rizin Fighting Federation, Rizin Fan Expo 2017, Background\nThis expo featured the Rizin 2017 jiu-jitsu tournament, a Grappling tournament, a high school Sambo tournament, an amateur Kickboxing tournament and an amateur Mixed martial arts tournament.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 66], "content_span": [67, 257]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274377-0014-0000", "contents": "2017 in Rizin Fighting Federation, Rizin World Grand Prix 2017: Final Round\nRizin World Grand Prix 2017: Final Round was a mixed martial arts event held by the Rizin Fighting Federation on December 31, 2017 at the Saitama Super Arena in Saitama, Japan.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 75], "content_span": [76, 252]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274377-0015-0000", "contents": "2017 in Rizin Fighting Federation, Rizin World Grand Prix 2017: Final Round, Background\nThis event will hold the semi-finals and final of the Rizin Bantamweight Grand-Prix. The quarter-finals were held two days previous at Rizin World Grand Prix 2017: 2nd Round. Also on the card are the semi-finals and final of the Women's Super Atomweight Grand-Prix.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 87], "content_span": [88, 353]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274378-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 in Road FC\nThe year 2017 was the 8th year in the history of the Road Fighting Championship, a mma promotion based in South Korea. 2017 started with Road FC 036 and ended with Road FC 045 XX.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [15, 15], "content_span": [16, 195]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274378-0001-0000", "contents": "2017 in Road FC, Road FC 045 XX\nXiaomi Road FC 045 XX was an MMA event held by Road FC on December 23, 2017 at the Convention Centre, Grand Hilton Seoul in Seoul, South Korea. The 2nd event 'Road FC 045 XX' of the all-female MMA league Road FC XX was held on the main card.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [17, 31], "content_span": [32, 273]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274378-0002-0000", "contents": "2017 in Road FC, Road FC 044\nXiaomi Road FC 044 was an MMA event held by Road FC on November 11, 2017 at the Hebei Gymnasium in Shijiazhuang, Hebei, China.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [17, 28], "content_span": [29, 155]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274378-0003-0000", "contents": "2017 in Road FC, Road FC 043\nXiaomi Road FC 043 was an MMA event held by Road FC on October 28, 2017 at the Jangchung Gymnasium in Seoul, South Korea.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [17, 28], "content_span": [29, 150]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274378-0004-0000", "contents": "2017 in Road FC, Road FC 042 x Chungju World Martial Arts Festival\nXiaomi Road FC 042 x Chungju World Martial Arts Festival was an MMA event held by Road FC on September 23, 2017 at the Chungju World Martial Arts Festival Stadium in Chungju, Chungcheongbuk-do, South Korea.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [17, 66], "content_span": [67, 273]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274378-0005-0000", "contents": "2017 in Road FC, Road FC 041\nXiaomi Road FC 041 was an MMA event held by Road FC on August 12, 2017 at the Wonju Gymnasium in Wonju, Gangwon-do, South Korea.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [17, 28], "content_span": [29, 158]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274378-0006-0000", "contents": "2017 in Road FC, Road FC 040\nXiaomi Road FC 040 was an MMA event held by Road FC on July 15, 2017 at the Jangchung Gymnasium in Seoul, South Korea.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [17, 28], "content_span": [29, 148]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274378-0007-0000", "contents": "2017 in Road FC, Road FC 039\nXiaomi Road FC 039 was an MMA event held by Road FC on June 10, 2017 at the Jangchung Gymnasium in Seoul, South Korea.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [17, 28], "content_span": [29, 148]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274378-0008-0000", "contents": "2017 in Road FC, Road FC 038\nXiaomi Road FC 038 was an MMA event held by Road FC on April 15, 2017 at the Jangchung Gymnasium in Seoul, South Korea.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [17, 28], "content_span": [29, 148]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274378-0009-0000", "contents": "2017 in Road FC, Road FC 037 XX\nXiaomi Road FC 037 XX was an MMA event held by Road FC on March 11, 2017 at the Convention Centre, Grand Hilton Seoul in Seoul, South Korea. The 1st event 'Road FC 037 XX' of the all-female MMA league Road FC XX was held on the main card. Road FC XX(pronounced \u201cdouble x\u201d, as in female chromosomes) is the official name for the league that showcased all-female fight cards on Road FC events. Road FC XX celebrates the rise in popularity in women's MMA, as well as the increasing number of talented female fighters in South Korea and abroad.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [17, 31], "content_span": [32, 573]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274378-0010-0000", "contents": "2017 in Road FC, Road FC 036\nXiaomi Road FC 036 was an MMA event held by Road FC on February 11, 2017 at the Jangchung Gymnasium in Seoul, South Korea.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [17, 28], "content_span": [29, 151]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274379-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 in Romania\nThe following lists events in the year 2017 in Romania.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [15, 15], "content_span": [16, 71]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274380-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 in Romanian kickboxing\nThe 2017 season was the 15th season of competitive kickboxing in Romania.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [27, 27], "content_span": [28, 101]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274380-0001-0000", "contents": "2017 in Romanian kickboxing, SUPERKOMBAT New Heroes 10\nSUPERKOMBAT New Heroes 10 was a kickboxing event produced by the Superkombat Fighting Championship that took place on March 12, 2017, at the Ber\u0103ria H in Bucharest, Romania.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 54], "content_span": [55, 228]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274380-0002-0000", "contents": "2017 in Romanian kickboxing, SUPERKOMBAT World Grand Prix I 2017\nSUPERKOMBAT World Grand Prix I 2017 was a kickboxing event produced by the Superkombat Fighting Championship that took place on April 7, 2017, at the Romexpo Dome in Bucharest, Romania.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 64], "content_span": [65, 250]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274380-0003-0000", "contents": "2017 in Romanian kickboxing, SUPERKOMBAT World Grand Prix II 2017\nSUPERKOMBAT World Grand Prix II 2017 was a kickboxing event produced by the Superkombat Fighting Championship that took place on May 6, 2017, at the Palacio Vistalegre in Madrid, Spain.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 65], "content_span": [66, 251]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274380-0004-0000", "contents": "2017 in Romanian kickboxing, Colosseum Tournament 2\nColosseum Tournament 2 was a kickboxing event produced by the Colosseum Tournament that took place on June 17, 2017 at the Stadionul Ilie Oan\u0103 in Ploie\u015fti, Romania.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 51], "content_span": [52, 216]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274380-0005-0000", "contents": "2017 in Romanian kickboxing, Colosseum Tournament 3\nColosseum Tournament 3 (also known as Romania vs. Germany) was a kickboxing event produced by the Colosseum Tournament that took place on July 14, 2017 at the Arena IDU in Mamaia, Romania.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 51], "content_span": [52, 241]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274380-0006-0000", "contents": "2017 in Romanian kickboxing, SUPERKOMBAT World Grand Prix III 2017\nSUPERKOMBAT World Grand Prix III 2017 was a kickboxing event produced by the Superkombat Fighting Championship that took place on August 26, 2017, at the Shenzhen Arena in Shenzhen, China.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 66], "content_span": [67, 255]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274380-0007-0000", "contents": "2017 in Romanian kickboxing, SUPERKOMBAT Expo\nSUPERKOMBAT Expo was a kickboxing event produced by the Superkombat Fighting Championship that took place on September 17, 2017, at the Romexpo in Bucharest, Romania.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 45], "content_span": [46, 212]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274380-0008-0000", "contents": "2017 in Romanian kickboxing, Colosseum Tournament 4\nColosseum Tournament 4 was a kickboxing event produced by the Colosseum Tournament that took place on October 16, 2017 at the Sala Polivalent\u0103 in Bucharest, Romania.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 51], "content_span": [52, 217]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274381-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 in Russia\nThe following lists some of the events from the year 2017 in Russia.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 14], "section_span": [14, 14], "content_span": [15, 83]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274382-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 in Rwanda\nThe following lists events that happened during 2017 in Rwanda.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 14], "section_span": [14, 14], "content_span": [15, 78]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274383-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 in Saint Kitts and Nevis\nEvents from the year 2017 in Saint Kitts and Nevis", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [29, 29], "content_span": [30, 80]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274385-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 in Saudi Arabia\nThe following lists events in the year 2017 in Saudi Arabia.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [20, 20], "content_span": [21, 81]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274386-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 in Scandinavian music\nThe following is a list of notable events and releases that happened in Scandinavian music in 2017. (Go to last year in Scandinavian music or next year in Scandinavian music.)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [26, 26], "content_span": [27, 202]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274388-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 in Scottish television\nThis is a list of events in Scottish television from 2017.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [27, 27], "content_span": [28, 86]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274389-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 in Senegal\nThis article is a list of events in the year 2017 in Senegal.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [15, 15], "content_span": [16, 77]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274392-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 in Sierra Leone\nThis is a list of events in the year 2017 in Sierra Leone.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [20, 20], "content_span": [21, 79]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274393-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 in Singapore\nThe following lists events that happened during 2017 in the Republic of Singapore.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 17], "section_span": [17, 17], "content_span": [18, 100]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274397-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 in South Africa\nThe following lists events that happened during 2017 in South Africa.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [20, 20], "content_span": [21, 90]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274397-0001-0000", "contents": "2017 in South Africa, Incumbents, National Government, Cabinet\nThe Cabinet, together with the President and the Deputy President, forms part of the Executive.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 62], "content_span": [63, 158]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274397-0002-0000", "contents": "2017 in South Africa, Events\nEvents that have occurred or will occur in 2017 in South Africa.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 28], "content_span": [29, 93]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274398-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 in South African television\nThis is a list of South African television-related events in 2017.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [32, 32], "content_span": [33, 99]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274400-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 in South Korean football\nThis article shows the 2017 season of South Korean football.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [29, 29], "content_span": [30, 90]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274400-0001-0000", "contents": "2017 in South Korean football, K League, Promotion-relegation playoffs\nThe promotion-relegation playoffs were held between the winners of the 2017 K League Challenge playoffs and the 11th-placed club of the 2017 K League Classic. The winner on aggregate score after both matches earned entry into the 2018 K League 1.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 70], "content_span": [71, 317]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274400-0002-0000", "contents": "2017 in South Korean football, K League, Promotion-relegation playoffs\n1\u20131 on aggregate. Sangju Sangmu won 5\u20134 on penalties and therefore both clubs remain in their respective leagues.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 70], "content_span": [71, 184]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274401-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 in South Korean music\nThe following is a list of notable events and releases that happened in 2017 in music in South Korea.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [26, 26], "content_span": [27, 128]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274403-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 in South Sudan\nThe following lists events in the year 2017 in South Sudan.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [19, 19], "content_span": [20, 79]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274404-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 in Spain\nThe following lists events in the year 2017 in Spain.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 13], "section_span": [13, 13], "content_span": [14, 67]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274405-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 in Sri Lanka\nThe following lists notable events that occurred and which took place during 2017 in Sri Lanka.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 17], "section_span": [17, 17], "content_span": [18, 113]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274405-0001-0000", "contents": "2017 in Sri Lanka, Holidays\nIn Sri Lanka Bank Holidays, Public Holidays & Full Moon Poya Days for Year \u2013 2017", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 17], "section_span": [19, 27], "content_span": [28, 109]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274409-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 in Swedish football\nThe 2017 season was the 120th season of competitive football in Sweden. Sweden will participate in qualifying for the 2018 FIFA World Cup.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [24, 24], "content_span": [25, 163]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274409-0001-0000", "contents": "2017 in Swedish football, National teams, Sweden men's national football team, 2018 FIFA World Cup play-off\nSweden won 1\u20130 on aggregate and qualified for the 2018 FIFA World Cup.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 107], "content_span": [108, 178]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274410-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 in Swedish music\nThe following is a list of notable events and releases of the year 2017 in Swedish music.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [21, 21], "content_span": [22, 111]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274412-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 in Syria, Events\nFor events related to the Civil War, see Timeline of the Syrian Civil War (January\u2013April 2017), Timeline of the Syrian Civil War (May\u2013August 2017) and Timeline of the Syrian Civil War (September\u2013December 2017)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 13], "section_span": [15, 21], "content_span": [22, 231]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274413-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 in Taiwan\nEvents from the year 2017 in Taiwan, Republic of China. This year is numbered Minguo 106 according to the official Republic of China calendar.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 14], "section_span": [14, 14], "content_span": [15, 157]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274416-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 in Thailand\nThe year 2017 is the 236th year of the Rattanakosin Kingdom of Thailand. It is the 2nd year in the reign of King Vajiralongkorn (Rama X), and is reckoned as year 2560 in the Buddhist Era.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [16, 16], "content_span": [17, 204]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274420-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 in Turkey\nThe following lists events that happened during 2017 in Turkey.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 14], "section_span": [14, 14], "content_span": [15, 78]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274422-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 in UFC\nThe year 2017 was the 25th year in the history of the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC), a mixed martial arts promotion based in the United States.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 11], "section_span": [11, 11], "content_span": [12, 162]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274422-0001-0000", "contents": "2017 in UFC, The Ultimate Fighter\nThe following The Ultimate Fighter seasons are scheduled for broadcast in 2017:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 11], "section_span": [13, 33], "content_span": [34, 113]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274422-0002-0000", "contents": "2017 in UFC, Dana White's Tuesday Night Contender Series\nIn May 2017, the UFC announced White would hold Dana White's Tuesday Night Contender Series weekly on UFC Fight Pass. As with the earlier web series Looking for a Fight, the goal of the series is for White to scout talent for the UFC. Similar to The Ultimate Fighter none of the fighters involved will have existing UFC contracts.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 11], "section_span": [13, 56], "content_span": [57, 387]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274422-0002-0001", "contents": "2017 in UFC, Dana White's Tuesday Night Contender Series\nLicensed separately from the UFC with Dana White applying for a promoter's licence, it was stated ahead of the license being approved that \u201cthis is not the UFC, this is not the UFC brand, but instead a promotion that will allow up and coming fighters the chance to showcase their talents in hopes that one day they may compete in the UFC.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 11], "section_span": [13, 56], "content_span": [57, 396]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274422-0003-0000", "contents": "2017 in UFC, Dana White's Tuesday Night Contender Series\nThe inaugural event took take place on July 11, 2017 at the UFC's home base of Las Vegas.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 11], "section_span": [13, 56], "content_span": [57, 146]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274422-0004-0000", "contents": "2017 in UFC, Debuting UFC fighters\nThe following fighters fought their first UFC fight in 2017:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 11], "section_span": [13, 34], "content_span": [35, 95]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274423-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 in Uganda\nThis article lists events from the year 2017 in Uganda.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 14], "section_span": [14, 14], "content_span": [15, 70]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274426-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 in Uzbekistan\nThis article lists events from the year 2017 in Uzbekistan", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [18, 18], "content_span": [19, 77]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274427-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 in Venezuela\nThe following lists events in the year 2017 in Venezuela.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 17], "section_span": [17, 17], "content_span": [18, 75]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274429-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 in Wales\nThis article is about the particular significance of the year 2017 to Wales and its people.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 13], "section_span": [13, 13], "content_span": [14, 105]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274430-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 in World Lethwei Championship\nThe year 2017 is the 1st year in the history of the World Lethwei Championship, a Lethwei promotion based in Myanmar.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [34, 34], "content_span": [35, 152]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274430-0001-0000", "contents": "2017 in World Lethwei Championship, WLC 1: The Great Beginning\nWLC 1: The Great Beginning was the inaugural Lethwei event organized by World Lethwei Championship and took place on March 3, 2017 at the Mingalardon Event Zone in Yangon, Myanmar.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 62], "content_span": [63, 243]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274430-0002-0000", "contents": "2017 in World Lethwei Championship, WLC 1: The Great Beginning, Background\nThe first WLC event was highly anticipated by the Lethwei fans around the world and took place on re-purposed driving range of the Mingalardon Country Club which was specially built for the event. The weigh-ins for the event were held in Kandawgyi Park in Yangon.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 74], "content_span": [75, 338]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274430-0003-0000", "contents": "2017 in World Lethwei Championship, WLC 1: The Great Beginning, Background\nAfter losing his title to Dave Leduc in December 2016, Lethwei superstar Tun Tun Min returned to face British kickboxer Nicholas Carter in the main event. Tun Tun Min won the fight via brutal knockout in the first round. The co-main event featured Lethwei champion Too Too against Australian Muaythai fighter Eddie Farrell. Too Too won his fight by unanimous decision after he lacerated Farrel's face with punches and opened up a huge gash on the his orbital bone.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 74], "content_span": [75, 540]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274430-0004-0000", "contents": "2017 in World Lethwei Championship, WLC 2: Ancient Warriors\nWLC 2: Ancient Warriors was a Lethwei event held on June 10, 2017 in Thuwunna Stadium in Yangon, Myanmar.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 59], "content_span": [60, 165]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274430-0005-0000", "contents": "2017 in World Lethwei Championship, WLC 2: Ancient Warriors, Background\nThe main event featured a bout between top lethwei fighter Soe Lin Oo and Polish kickboxing champion Artur Saladiak. The co-main event featured Lethwei star Too Too against French Muaythai champion James Benal, France's top welterweight. Brent Bolsta was originally scheduled to compete at the event, but was involved in a motorcycle accident five days before the event. After 5 rounds, Too Too defeated Benal by decision and it was announced that he will be facing multiple-times Australian Muay Thai champion Michael Badato for the Middleweight World Lethwei Championship. Artur Saladiak outpointed Soe Lin Oo in the main event to earn a decision win, becoming the first foreign fighter to defeat Soe Lin Oo.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 71], "content_span": [72, 782]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274430-0006-0000", "contents": "2017 in World Lethwei Championship, WLC 3: Legendary Champions\nWLC 3: Legendary Champions was Lethwei event held on November 4, 2017 in Thuwunna Stadium in Yangon, Myanmar.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 62], "content_span": [63, 172]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274430-0007-0000", "contents": "2017 in World Lethwei Championship, WLC 3: Legendary Champions, Background\nThe main event featured Lethwei champion Too Too against Australian kickboxing champion Michael Badato. In the co-main event, Saw Nga Man defeated Eddie Farrell by unanimous decision. After a hard-fought five round battle, Too Too emerged victorious to claim the Middleweight World Lethwei Championship title. Umar Semata made his debut against veteran Soe Lin Oo and lost by knockout in the second round. ONE Championship Middleweight World Champion Aung La Nsang also made a special appearance at the event.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 74], "content_span": [75, 584]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274431-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 in Wu Lin Feng\nThe year 2017 is the 14th year in the history of the Wu Lin Feng, a Chinese kickboxing promotion. Events are broadcast on Henan Television every Saturday 21:15.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [19, 19], "content_span": [20, 180]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274431-0001-0000", "contents": "2017 in Wu Lin Feng, Wu Lin Feng 2017: China VS Spain\nWu Lin Feng 2017: China VS Spain was a kickboxing event held on December 03, 2017 in China.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 53], "content_span": [54, 145]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274431-0002-0000", "contents": "2017 in Wu Lin Feng, Wu Lin Feng 2017: China VS Canada\nWu Lin Feng 2017: China VS Canada was a kickboxing event held on December 02, 2017 in Zhengzhou, China.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 54], "content_span": [55, 158]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274431-0003-0000", "contents": "2017 in Wu Lin Feng, Wu Lin Feng 2017: WCK Muaythai vs Wu Lin Feng\nWu Lin Feng 2017: WCK Muaythai vs Wu Lin Feng was a kickboxing event held on November 18, 2017 at The Orleans in Las Vegas.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 66], "content_span": [67, 190]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274431-0004-0000", "contents": "2017 in Wu Lin Feng, Wu Lin Feng 2017: Yi Long VS Sitthichai\nWu Lin Feng 2017: Yi Long VS Sitthichai was a kickboxing event held on November 4, 2017 at the Kunming Sports Center Gymnasium in Kunming, China.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 60], "content_span": [61, 206]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274431-0005-0000", "contents": "2017 in Wu Lin Feng, Wu Lin Feng 2017: World Championship Hong Kong\nWu Lin Feng 2017: World Championship Hong Kong was a kickboxing event held on October 14, 2017 at the Wanchai Southorn Stadium in Hong Kong.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 67], "content_span": [68, 208]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274431-0006-0000", "contents": "2017 in Wu Lin Feng, Wu Lin Feng 2017: WLF VS ACB & ACB KB 11\nWu Lin Feng 2017: WLF VS ACB & ACB KB 11 was a kickboxing event held on October 7, 2017 at the Henan TV Studio 8 in Zhengzhou, China.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 61], "content_span": [62, 195]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274431-0007-0000", "contents": "2017 in Wu Lin Feng, Wu Lin Feng 2017: World Championship Xi'an\nWu Lin Feng 2017: World Championship Xi'an was a kickboxing event held on September 2, 2017 at the Xi'an City Sports Park Gymnasium in Xi'an, China.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 63], "content_span": [64, 212]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274431-0008-0000", "contents": "2017 in Wu Lin Feng, Wu Lin Feng 2017: New Zealand VS China\nWu Lin Feng 2017: New Zealand VS China was a kickboxing event held on August 19, 2017 at the ASB Stadium in Auckland, New Zealand.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 59], "content_span": [60, 190]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274431-0009-0000", "contents": "2017 in Wu Lin Feng, Wu Lin Feng 2017: China VS Thailand\nWu Lin Feng 2017: China VS Thailand was a kickboxing event held on August 5, 2017 at the Henan TV Studio 8 in Zhengzhou, China.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 56], "content_span": [57, 184]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274431-0010-0000", "contents": "2017 in Wu Lin Feng, Wu Lin Feng 2017: Russia VS China & ACB KB 10\nWu Lin Feng 2017: Russia VS China & ACB KB 10 was a kickboxing event held on July 15, 2017 at the Izmailovo Sports Palace in Moscow, Russia.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 66], "content_span": [67, 207]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274431-0011-0000", "contents": "2017 in Wu Lin Feng, Wu Lin Feng 2017: China VS Spain\nWu Lin Feng 2017: China VS Spain was a kickboxing event held on July 1, 2017 at the Henan TV Studio 8 in Zhengzhou, Henan, China.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 53], "content_span": [54, 183]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274431-0012-0000", "contents": "2017 in Wu Lin Feng, Wu Lin Feng 2017: Australia VS China\nWu Lin Feng 2017: Australia VS China was a kickboxing event held on June 24, 2017 at the Luna Park Sydney in Sydney, Australia.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 57], "content_span": [58, 185]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274431-0013-0000", "contents": "2017 in Wu Lin Feng, Wu Lin Feng 2017: Romania VS China\nWu Lin Feng 2017: Romania VS China or GFC 2: Romania VS China was a kickboxing event promoted by the Wu Lin Feng in association with Golden Fighter Championship on June 16, 2017 at the Sala Constantin Jude in Timi\u0219oara, Romania.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 55], "content_span": [56, 284]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274431-0014-0000", "contents": "2017 in Wu Lin Feng, Wu Lin Feng 2017: Romania VS China\nThe event aired live on Digi Sport. It will also be covered by Henan TV.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 55], "content_span": [56, 128]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274431-0015-0000", "contents": "2017 in Wu Lin Feng, Wu Lin Feng 2017: Romania VS China, Background\nThis event featured a fight between Wu Lin Feng intercontinental champion Hao Guanghua and Bogdan Stoica as headliner.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 67], "content_span": [68, 186]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274431-0016-0000", "contents": "2017 in Wu Lin Feng, Wu Lin Feng 2017: China VS Japan\nWu Lin Feng 2017: China VS Japan was a kickboxing event held on June 3, 2017 at the Helong Gymnasium in Changsha, China.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 53], "content_span": [54, 174]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274431-0017-0000", "contents": "2017 in Wu Lin Feng, Wu Lin Feng 2017: East VS West\nWu Lin Feng 2017: East VS West was a kickboxing event held on May 16, 2017 at the Hershey Centre in Mississauga, Ontario, Canada.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 51], "content_span": [52, 181]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274431-0018-0000", "contents": "2017 in Wu Lin Feng, Wu Lin Feng 2017: -63kg World Tournament\nWu Lin Feng 2017: -63kg World Tournament was a kickboxing event held on May 6, 2017 at the Henan TV Studio 8 in Zhengzhou, Henan, China.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 61], "content_span": [62, 198]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274431-0019-0000", "contents": "2017 in Wu Lin Feng, Wu Lin Feng 2017: Thailand VS China\nWu Lin Feng 2017: Thailand VS China was a kickboxing event, The result of \" S1 World Championship \" Thai New Year 2017 , April 15, 2017 At Central Park Rama 2 in Bangkok, Thailand.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 56], "content_span": [57, 237]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274431-0020-0000", "contents": "2017 in Wu Lin Feng, Wu Lin Feng 2017: China VS Europe\nWu Lin Feng 2017: China VS Europe was a kickboxing event held on April 1, 2017 at the Henan TV Studio 8 in Zhengzhou, Henan, China.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 54], "content_span": [55, 186]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274431-0021-0000", "contents": "2017 in Wu Lin Feng, Wu Lin Feng 2017: Kung Fu VS Muay Thai\nWu Lin Feng 2017: Kung Fu VS Muay Thai was a kickboxing event held on March 4, 2017 at the Henan TV Studio 8 in Zhengzhou, Henan, China.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 59], "content_span": [60, 196]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274431-0022-0000", "contents": "2017 in Wu Lin Feng, Wu Lin Feng 2017: Battle of the Golden Triangle\nWu Lin Feng 2017: Battle of the Golden Triangle was a kickboxing event held on February 10, 2017 at the Golden Triangle Special Economic Zone, Bokeo Province, Laos.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 68], "content_span": [69, 233]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274431-0023-0000", "contents": "2017 in Wu Lin Feng, Wu Lin Feng World Championship 2017\nWu Lin Feng World Championship 2017 was a kickboxing event held on January 14, 2017 at the Henan TV Studio 8 in Zhengzhou, Henan, China.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 56], "content_span": [57, 193]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274433-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 in Zimbabwe\nThe following lists events from the year 2017 in Zimbabwe.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [16, 16], "content_span": [17, 75]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274434-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 in amusement parks\nThis is a list of events and openings related to amusement parks that occurred in 2017. These various lists are not exhaustive.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [23, 23], "content_span": [24, 151]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274435-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 in animation\nThis is a list of events in animation in 2017.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 17], "section_span": [17, 17], "content_span": [18, 64]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274436-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 in anime\nEvents in 2017 in anime. This year is known as the Anime Centennial Year, and was celebrated as its 100th anniversary to commemorate the ending of the Heisei era.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 13], "section_span": [13, 13], "content_span": [14, 176]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274436-0001-0000", "contents": "2017 in anime, Releases, Films\nA list of anime that debuted in theaters between 1 January and 31 December 2017.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 13], "section_span": [15, 30], "content_span": [31, 111]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274436-0002-0000", "contents": "2017 in anime, Releases, Television series\nA list of anime television series that debuted between 1 January and 31 December 2017.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 13], "section_span": [15, 42], "content_span": [43, 129]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274436-0003-0000", "contents": "2017 in anime, Highest-grossing films\nThe following are the 10 highest-grossing anime films of 2017.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 13], "section_span": [15, 37], "content_span": [38, 100]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274437-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 in aquatic sports\nThis article lists the in the water and on the water forms of aquatic sports for 2017.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [22, 22], "content_span": [23, 110]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274437-0001-0000", "contents": "2017 in aquatic sports, Sailing, 2017 America's Cup\nSee also: 2015\u201316 America's Cup World Series, to determine the starting points score of the teams taking part in the 2017 Louis Vuitton Cup.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 51], "content_span": [52, 192]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274439-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 in architecture\nThe year 2017 in architecture involved some significant architectural events and new buildings.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [20, 20], "content_span": [21, 116]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274440-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 in archosaur paleontology\nThe year 2017 in archosaur paleontology was eventful. Archosaurs include the only living dinosaur group \u2014 birds \u2014 and the reptile crocodilians, plus all extinct dinosaurs, extinct crocodilian relatives, and pterosaurs. Archosaur palaeontology is the scientific study of those animals, especially as they existed before the Holocene Epoch began about 11,700 years ago. The year 2017 in paleontology included various significant developments regarding archosaurs.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [30, 30], "content_span": [31, 493]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274440-0001-0000", "contents": "2017 in archosaur paleontology\nThis article records new taxa of fossil archosaurs of every kind that have been described during the year 2017, as well as other significant discoveries and events related to paleontology of archosaurs that occurred in the year 2017.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [30, 30], "content_span": [31, 264]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274440-0002-0000", "contents": "2017 in archosaur paleontology, Pseudosuchians, New taxa\nA member of the family Gobiosuchidae. The type species is C. sanziuami.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 56], "content_span": [57, 128]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274440-0003-0000", "contents": "2017 in archosaur paleontology, Pseudosuchians, New taxa\nA neosuchian crocodylomorph related to Paluxysuchus newmani. The type species is D. motherali.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 56], "content_span": [57, 151]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274440-0004-0000", "contents": "2017 in archosaur paleontology, Pseudosuchians, New taxa\nA member of the family Metriorhynchidae. Genus includes new species I. melkshamensis.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 56], "content_span": [57, 142]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274440-0005-0000", "contents": "2017 in archosaur paleontology, Pseudosuchians, New taxa\nA member of Atoposauridae. The type species is K. langenbergensis; genus also includes \"Theriosuchus\" guimarotae Schwarz & Salisbury (2005).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 56], "content_span": [57, 197]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274440-0006-0000", "contents": "2017 in archosaur paleontology, Pseudosuchians, New taxa\nA member of the family Teleosauridae; a new genus for \"Steneosaurus\" obtusidens Andrews (1909).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 56], "content_span": [57, 152]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274440-0007-0000", "contents": "2017 in archosaur paleontology, Pseudosuchians, New taxa\nA member of Crocodyliformes belonging to the family Hylaeochampsidae. The type species is T. okani.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 56], "content_span": [57, 156]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274440-0008-0000", "contents": "2017 in archosaur paleontology, Non-avian dinosaurs, New taxa\nA theropod dinosaur of uncertain phylogenetic placement. Originally classified as an ornithomimosaur, but subsequently argued to be an abelisauroid closely related to Masiakasaurus. The type species is A. tenerensis.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 61], "content_span": [62, 278]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274440-0009-0000", "contents": "2017 in archosaur paleontology, Non-avian dinosaurs, New taxa\nA troodontid paravian theropod. The type species is A. curriei.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 61], "content_span": [62, 125]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274440-0010-0000", "contents": "2017 in archosaur paleontology, Non-avian dinosaurs, New taxa\nA caenagnathid oviraptorosaur theropod. The type species is B. sinensis.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 61], "content_span": [62, 134]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274440-0011-0000", "contents": "2017 in archosaur paleontology, Non-avian dinosaurs, New taxa\nA titanosaur sauropod. The type species is C. baileywillisi. Announced in 2017; the final version of the article naming it was published in 2018.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 61], "content_span": [62, 207]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274440-0012-0000", "contents": "2017 in archosaur paleontology, Non-avian dinosaurs, New taxa\nA sauropod belonging to the group Somphospondyli. The type species is E. eastwoodi.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 61], "content_span": [62, 145]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274440-0013-0000", "contents": "2017 in archosaur paleontology, Non-avian dinosaurs, New taxa\nAn early ornithischian of uncertain phylogenetic placement. The type species is I. mollensis.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 61], "content_span": [62, 155]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274440-0014-0000", "contents": "2017 in archosaur paleontology, Non-avian dinosaurs, New taxa\nA hadrosaurid ornithopod belonging to the subfamily Saurolophinae and the tribe Edmontosaurini. The type species is L. youngi. Announced in 2017; the final version of the article naming it was published in 2019.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 61], "content_span": [62, 273]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274440-0015-0000", "contents": "2017 in archosaur paleontology, Non-avian dinosaurs, New taxa\nA sauropod dinosaur of uncertain phylogenetic placement, possibly a macronarian or a turiasaur. The type species is M. utahensis.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 61], "content_span": [62, 191]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274440-0016-0000", "contents": "2017 in archosaur paleontology, Non-avian dinosaurs, New taxa\nA paravian theropod, possibly a relative of Anchiornis. The type species is \"Pterodactylus\" crassipes von Meyer (1857).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 61], "content_span": [62, 181]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274440-0017-0000", "contents": "2017 in archosaur paleontology, Non-avian dinosaurs, New taxa\nA basal tetanuran theropod of uncertain phylogenetic placement. The type species is P. fernandezorum.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 61], "content_span": [62, 163]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274440-0018-0000", "contents": "2017 in archosaur paleontology, Non-avian dinosaurs, New taxa\nA titanosaur sauropod belonging to the group Lognkosauria. The type species is P. mayorum.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 61], "content_span": [62, 152]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274440-0019-0000", "contents": "2017 in archosaur paleontology, Non-avian dinosaurs, New taxa\nA tyrannosauroid theropod; a new genus for \"Laelaps\" macropus Cope (1868). Considered to be a nomen dubium by Brownstein (2017), who interpreted the fossil material of this taxon as a mixture of ornithomimosaur and tyrannosauroid hindlimb elements.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 61], "content_span": [62, 310]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274440-0020-0000", "contents": "2017 in archosaur paleontology, Non-avian dinosaurs, New taxa\nA lithostrotian titanosaur sauropod. The type species is T. starkovi.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 61], "content_span": [62, 131]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274440-0021-0000", "contents": "2017 in archosaur paleontology, Non-avian dinosaurs, New taxa\nA sauropod dinosaur. Originally interpreted as a basal titanosaur, subsequently considered to be a member of Somphospondyli of uncertain phylogenetic placement by Poropat et al. (2017). The type species is T. leonardii.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 61], "content_span": [62, 281]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274440-0022-0000", "contents": "2017 in archosaur paleontology, Non-avian dinosaurs, New taxa\nA basal member of Sauropodiformes. The type species is X. chengi.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 61], "content_span": [62, 127]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274440-0023-0000", "contents": "2017 in archosaur paleontology, Non-avian dinosaurs, New taxa\nA basal member of Hadrosauroidea. The type species is Z. huangi.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 61], "content_span": [62, 126]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274440-0024-0000", "contents": "2017 in archosaur paleontology, Non-avian dinosaurs, New taxa\nA member of Ankylosauridae belonging to the subfamily Ankylosaurinae. The type species is Z. crurivastator.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 61], "content_span": [62, 169]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274440-0025-0000", "contents": "2017 in archosaur paleontology, Birds, New taxa\nA member of the family Anatidae. The type species is A. magnanatis.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 47], "content_span": [48, 115]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274440-0026-0000", "contents": "2017 in archosaur paleontology, Birds, New taxa\nA member of Hesperornithiformes. The type species is C. keraorum.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 47], "content_span": [48, 113]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274440-0027-0000", "contents": "2017 in archosaur paleontology, Birds, New taxa\nA member of Enantiornithes. The type species is C. multidonta.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 47], "content_span": [48, 110]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274440-0028-0000", "contents": "2017 in archosaur paleontology, Birds, New taxa\nA member of the family Columbidae, likely related to the Nicobar pigeon, the tooth-billed pigeon, the western crowned pigeon, the dodo and the Rodrigues solitaire. The type species is D. zealandiensis.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 47], "content_span": [48, 249]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274440-0029-0000", "contents": "2017 in archosaur paleontology, Birds, New taxa\nA member of Charadriiformes of uncertain phylogenetic placement, related to buttonquails. The type species is E. primaeva.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 47], "content_span": [48, 170]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274440-0030-0000", "contents": "2017 in archosaur paleontology, Birds, New taxa\nA member of Enantiornithes. The type species is J. houi.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 47], "content_span": [48, 104]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274440-0031-0000", "contents": "2017 in archosaur paleontology, Birds, New taxa\nA megapode. The type species is \"Progura\" naracoortensis van Tets (1974); genus also includes new species L. olsoni.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 47], "content_span": [48, 164]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274440-0032-0000", "contents": "2017 in archosaur paleontology, Birds, New taxa\nProbably a member of Vegaviidae. The type species is M. cascadensis.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 47], "content_span": [48, 116]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274440-0033-0000", "contents": "2017 in archosaur paleontology, Birds, New taxa\nA member of Enantiornithes. The type species is M. vulgaris.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 47], "content_span": [48, 108]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274440-0034-0000", "contents": "2017 in archosaur paleontology, Birds, New taxa\nA New World vulture. The type species is P. imperator.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 47], "content_span": [48, 102]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274440-0035-0000", "contents": "2017 in archosaur paleontology, Birds, New taxa\nA member of Enantiornithes. The type species is P. inusitatus.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 47], "content_span": [48, 110]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274440-0036-0000", "contents": "2017 in archosaur paleontology, Birds, New taxa\nType species is \"Certhia\" janossyi Kessler et H\u00edr, 2012 and it is placed in the superfamily Sylvioidea.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 47], "content_span": [48, 151]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274440-0037-0000", "contents": "2017 in archosaur paleontology, Birds, New taxa\nA stem-mousebird belonging to the family Sandcoleidae. The type species is T. abini.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 47], "content_span": [48, 132]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274440-0038-0000", "contents": "2017 in archosaur paleontology, Birds, New taxa\nA bird of uncertain phylogenetic placement with a shorebird-like beak. The type species is V. longihallucis.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 47], "content_span": [48, 156]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274440-0039-0000", "contents": "2017 in archosaur paleontology, Pterosaurs, New taxa\nA pterodactyloid pterosaur; a new genus for \"Germanodactylus\" rhamphastinus (Wagner, 1851).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 52], "content_span": [53, 144]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274440-0040-0000", "contents": "2017 in archosaur paleontology, Pterosaurs, New taxa\nA member of Azhdarchoidea, possibly an azhdarchid. The type species is A. barrealensis.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 52], "content_span": [53, 140]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274440-0041-0000", "contents": "2017 in archosaur paleontology, Pterosaurs, New taxa\nA member of Ctenochasmatidae. The type species is L. primus.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 52], "content_span": [53, 113]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274440-0042-0000", "contents": "2017 in archosaur paleontology, Pterosaurs, New taxa\nA pterodactyloid pterosaur; a new genus for \"Pterodactylus\" sagittirostris Owen (1874). Announced in 2017; the final version of the article naming it was published in 2018.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 52], "content_span": [53, 225]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274440-0043-0000", "contents": "2017 in archosaur paleontology, Pterosaurs, New taxa\nA member of the family Anurognathidae. Genus includes new species V. lamadongensis. Announced in 2017; the final version of the article naming it was published in 2018.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 52], "content_span": [53, 221]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274440-0044-0000", "contents": "2017 in archosaur paleontology, Pterosaurs, New taxa\nA member of Azhdarchoidea. The type species is X. curvirostris. Announced in 2017; the final version of the article naming it was published in 2018.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 52], "content_span": [53, 201]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274440-0045-0000", "contents": "2017 in archosaur paleontology, Other archosaurs, New taxa\nAn early member of Avemetatarsalia belonging to the newly named group Aphanosauria. The type species is T. rhadinus.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 58], "content_span": [59, 175]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274442-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 in arthropod paleontology\nThis list of fossil arthropods described in 2017 is a list of new taxa of trilobites, fossil insects, crustaceans, arachnids and other fossil arthropods of every kind that are scheduled to be described during the year 2017, as well as other significant discoveries and events related to arthropod paleontology that are scheduled to occur in the year 2017.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [30, 30], "content_span": [31, 386]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274442-0001-0000", "contents": "2017 in arthropod paleontology, Arachnids, New taxa\nA member of the family Psilodercidae. The type species is A. pyritmutatio.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 51], "content_span": [52, 126]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274442-0002-0000", "contents": "2017 in arthropod paleontology, Arachnids, New taxa\nA spider belonging to the family Lagonomegopidae. The type species is A. annulipes.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 51], "content_span": [52, 135]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274442-0003-0000", "contents": "2017 in arthropod paleontology, Arachnids, New taxa\nA member of the family Hexathelidae. The type species is A. incertus.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 51], "content_span": [52, 121]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274442-0004-0000", "contents": "2017 in arthropod paleontology, Arachnids, New taxa\nA scorpion belonging to the superfamily Buthoidea and the family Palaeoburmesebuthidae.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 51], "content_span": [52, 139]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274442-0005-0000", "contents": "2017 in arthropod paleontology, Arachnids, New taxa\nA member of the family Tetrablemmidae. Genus includes new species B. bizarre, B. nala and B. paranala. Wunderlich & M\u00fcller (2020) considered the genus Brignoliblemma to be a junior synonym of the genus Electroblemma, though the authors maintained the three named species as distinct species within the latter genus.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 51], "content_span": [52, 367]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274442-0006-0000", "contents": "2017 in arthropod paleontology, Arachnids, New taxa\nA member of Mesothelae belonging to the family Burmathelidae. The type species is B. biseriata.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 51], "content_span": [52, 147]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274442-0007-0000", "contents": "2017 in arthropod paleontology, Arachnids, New taxa\nA scorpion belonging to the family Buthidae, a species of Centruroides.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 51], "content_span": [52, 123]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274442-0008-0000", "contents": "2017 in arthropod paleontology, Arachnids, New taxa\nA member of the family Dipluridae. The type species is C. patricki.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 51], "content_span": [52, 119]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274442-0009-0000", "contents": "2017 in arthropod paleontology, Arachnids, New taxa\nA member of the family Tetrablemmidae. The type species is C. corniger.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 51], "content_span": [52, 123]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274442-0010-0000", "contents": "2017 in arthropod paleontology, Arachnids, New taxa\nA member of the family Zoropsidae. The type species is C. palpussutura.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 51], "content_span": [52, 123]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274442-0011-0000", "contents": "2017 in arthropod paleontology, Arachnids, New taxa\nPe\u00f1alver, Arillo, Anderson & P\u00e9rez-de la Fuente in Pe\u00f1alver et al.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 51], "content_span": [52, 118]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274442-0012-0000", "contents": "2017 in arthropod paleontology, Arachnids, New taxa\nA spider. Originally assigned to the family Deinopidae, but subsequently transferred to the deinopoid family Eodeinopidae. Genus includes new species D. tranquillus.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 51], "content_span": [52, 217]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274442-0013-0000", "contents": "2017 in arthropod paleontology, Arachnids, New taxa\nA deinopoid spider. Originally assigned to the family Burmadictynidae, but subsequently transferred to the family Eodeinopidae. The type species is E. longipes.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 51], "content_span": [52, 212]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274442-0014-0000", "contents": "2017 in arthropod paleontology, Arachnids, New taxa\nA scorpion, possibly a member of the family Euscorpiidae. Genus includes new species E. ceratoi.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 51], "content_span": [52, 148]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274442-0015-0000", "contents": "2017 in arthropod paleontology, Arachnids, New taxa\nA member of the family Tetrablemmidae. Originally described as a possible species of Eogamasomorpha; Wunderlich & M\u00fcller (2020) transferred it to the genus Unicornutiblemma.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 51], "content_span": [52, 225]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274442-0016-0000", "contents": "2017 in arthropod paleontology, Arachnids, New taxa\nA member of the family Uloboridae. The type species is F. patellaris. Wunderlich & M\u00fcller (2021) subsequently considered Furculoborus to be a junior synonym of the genus Paramiagrammopes, and transferred F. patellaris to the latter genus.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 51], "content_span": [52, 290]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274442-0017-0000", "contents": "2017 in arthropod paleontology, Arachnids, New taxa\nA Ricinulei in the family Hirsutisomidae. Genus includes new species H. acutiformis, H. bruckschi and H. dentata.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 51], "content_span": [52, 165]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274442-0018-0000", "contents": "2017 in arthropod paleontology, Arachnids, New taxa\nA member of the family Uloboridae. Genus includes new species K. fruticosus and K. fruticosoides.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 51], "content_span": [52, 149]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274442-0019-0000", "contents": "2017 in arthropod paleontology, Arachnids, New taxa\nA member of the family Tetrablemmidae. The type species is L. myanmarensis.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 51], "content_span": [52, 127]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274442-0020-0000", "contents": "2017 in arthropod paleontology, Arachnids, New taxa\nA member of the family Tetrablemmidae. The type species is L. furca.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 51], "content_span": [52, 120]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274442-0021-0000", "contents": "2017 in arthropod paleontology, Arachnids, New taxa\nOriginally described as a spider belonging to the family Eopsilodercidae. Genus includes new species L. curvatus, L. longicymbium and L. rectus. Wunderlich & M\u00fcller (2020) considered the genus Loxoderces to be a junior synonym of the genus Burmorsolus, though the authors maintained the three named species as distinct species within the latter genus.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 51], "content_span": [52, 403]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274442-0022-0000", "contents": "2017 in arthropod paleontology, Arachnids, New taxa\nA jumping spider. Originally described as a species of Maevia, but subsequently transferred to the genus Paramaevia.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 51], "content_span": [52, 168]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274442-0023-0000", "contents": "2017 in arthropod paleontology, Arachnids, New taxa\nA mite belonging to the group Oribatida and the family Megeremaeidae.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 51], "content_span": [52, 121]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274442-0024-0000", "contents": "2017 in arthropod paleontology, Arachnids, New taxa\nA whip scorpion belonging to the family Thelyphonidae and the subfamily Thelyphoninae. The type species is M. parvus.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 51], "content_span": [52, 169]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274442-0025-0000", "contents": "2017 in arthropod paleontology, Arachnids, New taxa\nA member of Ricinulei or Opiliones. Genus includes new species M. incisus and M. semiglobosus.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 51], "content_span": [52, 146]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274442-0026-0000", "contents": "2017 in arthropod paleontology, Arachnids, New taxa\nA scorpion belonging to the superfamily Buthoidea and the family Palaeoburmesebuthidae.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 51], "content_span": [52, 139]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274442-0027-0000", "contents": "2017 in arthropod paleontology, Arachnids, New taxa\nA member of the family Tetrablemmidae. The type species is P. pulcher.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 51], "content_span": [52, 122]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274442-0028-0000", "contents": "2017 in arthropod paleontology, Arachnids, New taxa\nA member of Mesothelae belonging to the family Parvithelidae. Genus includes new species P. muelleri and P. spinipes.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 51], "content_span": [52, 169]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274442-0029-0000", "contents": "2017 in arthropod paleontology, Arachnids, New taxa\nA spider belonging to the group Araneomorphae and the family Vetiatoridae. The type species is P. vesica.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 51], "content_span": [52, 157]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274442-0030-0000", "contents": "2017 in arthropod paleontology, Arachnids, New taxa\nA planarchaeid palpimanoid spider. Originally described as a species of Planarchaea, but subsequently transferred to the genus Eomysmauchenius.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 51], "content_span": [52, 195]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274442-0031-0000", "contents": "2017 in arthropod paleontology, Arachnids, New taxa\nA spider belonging to the family Lagonomegopidae. The type species is P. parvus.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 51], "content_span": [52, 132]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274442-0032-0000", "contents": "2017 in arthropod paleontology, Arachnids, New taxa\nA spider belonging to the family Praearaneidae. The type species is P. bruckschi.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 51], "content_span": [52, 133]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274442-0033-0000", "contents": "2017 in arthropod paleontology, Arachnids, New taxa\nA spider belonging to the family Eopsilodercidae. The type species is P. huberi.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 51], "content_span": [52, 132]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274442-0034-0000", "contents": "2017 in arthropod paleontology, Arachnids, New taxa\nA member of the family Psilodercidae. Genus includes \"Leclercera\" longissipes Wunderlich (2012), \"Leclercera\" spicula Wunderlich (2012), \"Leclercera\" ellenbergeri Wunderlich (2015) and \"Leclercera\" sexaculeata Wunderlich (2015), as well as new species P. brevispinae and P. paucispinae.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 51], "content_span": [52, 338]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274442-0035-0000", "contents": "2017 in arthropod paleontology, Arachnids, New taxa\nA member of the family Uloboridae. The type species is P. magnoculus.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 51], "content_span": [52, 121]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274442-0036-0000", "contents": "2017 in arthropod paleontology, Arachnids, New taxa\nA member of the family Zoropsidae. The type species is P. triplex.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 51], "content_span": [52, 118]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274442-0037-0000", "contents": "2017 in arthropod paleontology, Arachnids, New taxa\nA member of Dysderoidea belonging to the family Plumorsolidae; a new genus for \"Burmorsolus\" crassus Wunderlich (2015). Wunderlich & M\u00fcller (2020) considered the genus Pseudorsolus to be a junior synonym of the genus Burmorsolus, and transferred its sole species back to the genus Burmorsolus.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 51], "content_span": [52, 345]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274442-0038-0000", "contents": "2017 in arthropod paleontology, Arachnids, New taxa\nA member of Mesothelae belonging to the family Parvithelidae. The type species is P. haupti.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 51], "content_span": [52, 144]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274442-0039-0000", "contents": "2017 in arthropod paleontology, Arachnids, New taxa\nA scorpion belonging to the superfamily Buthoidea and the family Palaeoburmesebuthidae. Genus includes new species S. pohli.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 51], "content_span": [52, 176]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274442-0040-0000", "contents": "2017 in arthropod paleontology, Crustaceans, New taxa, Malacostracans\nA crab belonging to the family Raninidae and the subfamily Ranininae. The type species is A. ovadaensis; genus also includes \"Ranina\" berglundi Squires & Demetrion (1992).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 69], "content_span": [70, 241]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274442-0041-0000", "contents": "2017 in arthropod paleontology, Crustaceans, New taxa, Malacostracans\nA woodlouse. Genus includes new species A. chiapasensis and A. maternus.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 69], "content_span": [70, 142]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274442-0042-0000", "contents": "2017 in arthropod paleontology, Crustaceans, New taxa, Malacostracans\nA crab belonging to the superfamily Carpilioidea. The type species is A. arumensis.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 69], "content_span": [70, 153]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274442-0043-0000", "contents": "2017 in arthropod paleontology, Crustaceans, New taxa, Malacostracans\nA member of the family Glyphocrangonidae. Genus includes new species A. edwardsi.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 69], "content_span": [70, 151]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274442-0044-0000", "contents": "2017 in arthropod paleontology, Crustaceans, New taxa, Malacostracans\nA member of the family Mysidae. The type species is A. pinetellensis.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 69], "content_span": [70, 139]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274442-0045-0000", "contents": "2017 in arthropod paleontology, Crustaceans, New taxa, Malacostracans\nA raninoid crab, probably a member of the family Raninidae and the subfamily Symethinae. Genus includes new species C. galebishopi.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 69], "content_span": [70, 201]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274442-0046-0000", "contents": "2017 in arthropod paleontology, Crustaceans, New taxa, Malacostracans\nA member of Leptostraca. The type species is C. ravitis.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 69], "content_span": [70, 126]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274442-0047-0000", "contents": "2017 in arthropod paleontology, Crustaceans, New taxa, Malacostracans\nA member of Homolidae. The type species is C. boweni.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 69], "content_span": [70, 123]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274442-0048-0000", "contents": "2017 in arthropod paleontology, Crustaceans, New taxa, Malacostracans\nA member of the family Axiidae. Genus includes new species C. libanotica.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 69], "content_span": [70, 143]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274442-0049-0000", "contents": "2017 in arthropod paleontology, Crustaceans, New taxa, Malacostracans\nA member of Tanaidacea belonging to the family Alavatanaidae. The type species is D. maieuticus.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 69], "content_span": [70, 166]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274442-0050-0000", "contents": "2017 in arthropod paleontology, Crustaceans, New taxa, Malacostracans\nA crab belonging to the family Lyreididae. Genus includes new species D. carthagensis.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 69], "content_span": [70, 156]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274442-0051-0000", "contents": "2017 in arthropod paleontology, Crustaceans, New taxa, Malacostracans\nA crab belonging to the family Panopeidae. Genus includes new species E. oscensis. Oss\u00f3 et al. (2020) subsequently transferred E. oscensis to the genus Sculptoplax.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 69], "content_span": [70, 234]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274442-0052-0000", "contents": "2017 in arthropod paleontology, Crustaceans, New taxa, Malacostracans\nA crab belonging to the family Aethridae. The type species is E. plana.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 69], "content_span": [70, 141]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274442-0053-0000", "contents": "2017 in arthropod paleontology, Crustaceans, New taxa, Malacostracans\nA crab belonging to the family Cymonomidae. Genus includes new species E. californianus.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 69], "content_span": [70, 158]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274442-0054-0000", "contents": "2017 in arthropod paleontology, Crustaceans, New taxa, Malacostracans\nA member of the family Carpopenaeidae. Genus includes new species E. abisaadorum.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 69], "content_span": [70, 151]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274442-0055-0000", "contents": "2017 in arthropod paleontology, Crustaceans, New taxa, Malacostracans\nA member of the family Glyphocrangonidae. Genus includes new species G. coriacea.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 69], "content_span": [70, 151]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274442-0056-0000", "contents": "2017 in arthropod paleontology, Crustaceans, New taxa, Malacostracans\nA slipper lobster belonging to the subfamily Ibacinae, possibly a species of Ibacus.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 69], "content_span": [70, 154]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274442-0057-0000", "contents": "2017 in arthropod paleontology, Crustaceans, New taxa, Malacostracans\nA member of the family Penaeidae. Genus includes new species J. longirostris.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 69], "content_span": [70, 147]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274442-0058-0000", "contents": "2017 in arthropod paleontology, Crustaceans, New taxa, Malacostracans\nA crab belonging to the group Raninoida and the superfamily Palaeocorystoidea. The type species is J. tumulus.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 69], "content_span": [70, 180]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274442-0059-0000", "contents": "2017 in arthropod paleontology, Crustaceans, New taxa, Malacostracans\nA crab belonging to the family Leucosiidae. Genus includes new species L. manta.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 69], "content_span": [70, 150]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274442-0060-0000", "contents": "2017 in arthropod paleontology, Crustaceans, New taxa, Malacostracans\nA member of the family Axiidae. Genus includes new species L. beatae.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 69], "content_span": [70, 139]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274442-0061-0000", "contents": "2017 in arthropod paleontology, Crustaceans, New taxa, Malacostracans\nA slipper lobster; a new genus for \"Parribacus\" caesius Squires (2001).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 69], "content_span": [70, 141]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274442-0062-0000", "contents": "2017 in arthropod paleontology, Crustaceans, New taxa, Malacostracans\nA hermit crab belonging to the family Diogenidae. The type species is L. manuelae; genus also includes \"Paguristes\" extentus Beschin et al. (2007).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 69], "content_span": [70, 217]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274442-0063-0000", "contents": "2017 in arthropod paleontology, Crustaceans, New taxa, Malacostracans\nCharbonnier et al. (2021) transferred this species to the genus Meyeria.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 69], "content_span": [70, 142]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274442-0064-0000", "contents": "2017 in arthropod paleontology, Crustaceans, New taxa, Malacostracans\nA member of Galatheoidea belonging to the family Munidopsidae. The type species is M. makiguchimai.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 69], "content_span": [70, 169]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274442-0065-0000", "contents": "2017 in arthropod paleontology, Crustaceans, New taxa, Malacostracans\nA hermit crab belonging to the family Xylopaguridae. The type species is O. tessellatus.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 69], "content_span": [70, 158]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274442-0066-0000", "contents": "2017 in arthropod paleontology, Crustaceans, New taxa, Malacostracans\nA member of the family Benthesicymidae. Genus includes \"Penaeus\" arambourgi Roger (1946).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 69], "content_span": [70, 159]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274442-0067-0000", "contents": "2017 in arthropod paleontology, Crustaceans, New taxa, Malacostracans\nA member of the family Pandalidae. Genus includes new species P. komaii.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 69], "content_span": [70, 142]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274442-0068-0000", "contents": "2017 in arthropod paleontology, Crustaceans, New taxa, Malacostracans\nA hermit crab belonging to the family Diogenidae, a species of Paguristes.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 69], "content_span": [70, 144]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274442-0069-0000", "contents": "2017 in arthropod paleontology, Crustaceans, New taxa, Malacostracans\nA hermit crab belonging to the family Diogenidae, a species of Paguristes.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 69], "content_span": [70, 144]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274442-0070-0000", "contents": "2017 in arthropod paleontology, Crustaceans, New taxa, Malacostracans\nA hermit crab belonging to the family Paguridae, a species of Pagurus.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 69], "content_span": [70, 140]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274442-0071-0000", "contents": "2017 in arthropod paleontology, Crustaceans, New taxa, Malacostracans\nA member of the family Gnathophausiidae. Genus includes new species P. libanotica.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 69], "content_span": [70, 152]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274442-0072-0000", "contents": "2017 in arthropod paleontology, Crustaceans, New taxa, Malacostracans\nA member of the family Chirostylidae. Genus includes new species P. antoinei and P. rogeri.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 69], "content_span": [70, 161]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274442-0073-0000", "contents": "2017 in arthropod paleontology, Crustaceans, New taxa, Malacostracans\nA crab belonging to the family Domeciidae; a replacement name for Tropicalia Beschin et al. (2016).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 69], "content_span": [70, 169]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274442-0074-0000", "contents": "2017 in arthropod paleontology, Crustaceans, New taxa, Malacostracans\nA crab belonging to the family Raninidae and the subfamily Notopodinae. The type species is P. albertii.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 69], "content_span": [70, 174]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274442-0075-0000", "contents": "2017 in arthropod paleontology, Crustaceans, New taxa, Malacostracans\nA member of the family Callianassidae. Genus includes new species P. paromola.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 69], "content_span": [70, 148]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274442-0076-0000", "contents": "2017 in arthropod paleontology, Crustaceans, New taxa, Malacostracans\nA member of Penaeidae. The type species is P. kenngotti.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 69], "content_span": [70, 126]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274442-0077-0000", "contents": "2017 in arthropod paleontology, Crustaceans, New taxa, Malacostracans\nA crab, possibly a member of the family Raninidae. Genus includes new species P. guinotae.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 69], "content_span": [70, 160]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274442-0078-0000", "contents": "2017 in arthropod paleontology, Crustaceans, New taxa, Malacostracans\nA crab belonging to the family Cancridae; a replacement name for Rama Beschin et al. (2016).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 69], "content_span": [70, 162]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274442-0079-0000", "contents": "2017 in arthropod paleontology, Crustaceans, New taxa, Malacostracans\nA member of Eryonoidea of uncertain phylogenetic placement; a new genus for \"Eryon\" oppeli Woodward (1866).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 69], "content_span": [70, 177]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274442-0080-0000", "contents": "2017 in arthropod paleontology, Crustaceans, New taxa, Malacostracans\nA member of the family Polychelidae; a new genus for \"Palaeopolycheles\" crymensis Levitski (1974).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 69], "content_span": [70, 168]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274442-0081-0000", "contents": "2017 in arthropod paleontology, Crustaceans, New taxa, Malacostracans\nA crab belonging to the group Calappoidea. Genus includes \"Stenodromia\" calasanctii Via (1959)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 69], "content_span": [70, 164]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274442-0082-0000", "contents": "2017 in arthropod paleontology, Crustaceans, New taxa, Malacostracans\nA member of the family Munididae or Munidopsidae. The type species is T. corallina; genus might also include \"Faxegalathea\" valeccensis Beschin et al. (2016).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 69], "content_span": [70, 228]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274442-0083-0000", "contents": "2017 in arthropod paleontology, Crustaceans, New taxa, Malacostracans\nA member of the family Polychelidae; a new genus for \"Eryon\" neocomiensis Woodward (1881).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 69], "content_span": [70, 160]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274442-0084-0000", "contents": "2017 in arthropod paleontology, Crustaceans, New taxa, Malacostracans\nA member of Lophogastrida. Genus includes new species Y. grandis and Y. longicauda.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 69], "content_span": [70, 153]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274442-0085-0000", "contents": "2017 in arthropod paleontology, Crustaceans, New taxa, Ostracods\nA member of Podocopida belonging to the superfamily Bairdioidea and the family Beecherellidae.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 64], "content_span": [65, 159]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274442-0086-0000", "contents": "2017 in arthropod paleontology, Crustaceans, New taxa, Ostracods\nA member of Podocopida belonging to the superfamily Bairdioidea and the family Acratiidae.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 64], "content_span": [65, 155]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274442-0087-0000", "contents": "2017 in arthropod paleontology, Crustaceans, New taxa, Ostracods\nA member of Podocopida belonging to the superfamily Bairdioidea and the family Bairdiidae.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 64], "content_span": [65, 155]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274442-0088-0000", "contents": "2017 in arthropod paleontology, Crustaceans, New taxa, Ostracods\nA member of Podocopida belonging to the superfamily Cytheroidea and the family Cytheruridae.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 64], "content_span": [65, 157]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274442-0089-0000", "contents": "2017 in arthropod paleontology, Crustaceans, New taxa, Ostracods\nA member of Podocopida belonging to the family Bythocytheridae. Genus includes new species C. cumina.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 64], "content_span": [65, 166]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274442-0090-0000", "contents": "2017 in arthropod paleontology, Crustaceans, New taxa, Ostracods\nA member of Podocopida belonging to the superfamily Cytheroidea and the family Cytheruridae.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 64], "content_span": [65, 157]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274442-0091-0000", "contents": "2017 in arthropod paleontology, Crustaceans, New taxa, Ostracods\nA member of Podocopida belonging to the superfamily Cytheroidea and the family Cytheruridae.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 64], "content_span": [65, 157]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274442-0092-0000", "contents": "2017 in arthropod paleontology, Crustaceans, New taxa, Ostracods\nA member of Podocopida belonging to the superfamily Bairdioidea and the family Bairdiidae. The type species is E. polyacantha (Kristan-Tollmann, 1978).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 64], "content_span": [65, 216]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274442-0093-0000", "contents": "2017 in arthropod paleontology, Crustaceans, New taxa, Ostracods\nA member of Podocopida belonging to the superfamily Cytheroidea and the family Cytheruridae.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 64], "content_span": [65, 157]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274442-0094-0000", "contents": "2017 in arthropod paleontology, Crustaceans, New taxa, Ostracods\nA member of Podocopida belonging to the superfamily Bairdioidea and the family Beecherellidae. The type species is G. taurensis.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 64], "content_span": [65, 193]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274442-0095-0000", "contents": "2017 in arthropod paleontology, Crustaceans, New taxa, Ostracods\nA member of Podocopida belonging to the superfamily Cytheroidea and the family Cytheruridae.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 64], "content_span": [65, 157]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274442-0096-0000", "contents": "2017 in arthropod paleontology, Crustaceans, New taxa, Ostracods\nA member of Podocopida belonging to the superfamily Cytheroidea and the family Cytheruridae.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 64], "content_span": [65, 157]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274442-0097-0000", "contents": "2017 in arthropod paleontology, Crustaceans, New taxa, Ostracods\nA member of Podocopida belonging to the superfamily Cytheroidea and the family Trachyleberididae.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 64], "content_span": [65, 162]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274442-0098-0000", "contents": "2017 in arthropod paleontology, Crustaceans, New taxa, Ostracods\nA member of Podocopida belonging to the superfamily Cytheroidea and the family Bythocytheridae.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 64], "content_span": [65, 160]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274442-0099-0000", "contents": "2017 in arthropod paleontology, Crustaceans, New taxa, Ostracods\nA member of Podocopida belonging to the superfamily Cytheroidea and the family Bythocytheridae.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 64], "content_span": [65, 160]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274442-0100-0000", "contents": "2017 in arthropod paleontology, Crustaceans, New taxa, Ostracods\nA member of Candonidae. The type species is P. valentis; genus also includes P. cassicula, P. macraina, P. sagena and P. striola.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 64], "content_span": [65, 194]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274442-0101-0000", "contents": "2017 in arthropod paleontology, Crustaceans, New taxa, Ostracods\nA member of Podocopida belonging to the superfamily Cytheroidea and the family Thaerocytheridae.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 64], "content_span": [65, 161]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274442-0102-0000", "contents": "2017 in arthropod paleontology, Crustaceans, New taxa, Ostracods\nA member of Podocopida belonging to the superfamily Bairdioidea and the family Bairdiidae.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 64], "content_span": [65, 155]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274442-0103-0000", "contents": "2017 in arthropod paleontology, Crustaceans, New taxa, Ostracods\nA member of Podocopida belonging to the family Hemicytheridae; a replacement name for Cuvillierina Rossi de Garc\u00eda (1972).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 64], "content_span": [65, 187]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274442-0104-0000", "contents": "2017 in arthropod paleontology, Crustaceans, New taxa, Ostracods\nA member of Podocopida belonging to the superfamily Cytheroidea and the family Limnocytheridae.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 64], "content_span": [65, 160]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274442-0105-0000", "contents": "2017 in arthropod paleontology, Crustaceans, New taxa, Ostracods\nA member of Podocopida belonging to the superfamily Sigillioidea and the family Microcheilinellidae.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 64], "content_span": [65, 165]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274442-0106-0000", "contents": "2017 in arthropod paleontology, Crustaceans, New taxa, Ostracods\nA member of Podocopida belonging to the superfamily Cytheroidea and the family Bythocytheridae.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 64], "content_span": [65, 160]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274442-0107-0000", "contents": "2017 in arthropod paleontology, Crustaceans, New taxa, Other crustaceans\nA goose barnacle belonging to the family Eolepadidae. Genus includes new species L. klausreschi.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 72], "content_span": [73, 169]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274442-0108-0000", "contents": "2017 in arthropod paleontology, Crustaceans, New taxa, Other crustaceans\nA clam shrimp. The type species is P. lianmuqinensis; genus also includes new species P. karamayensis, as well as \"Euestheria\" trotternishensis Chen & Hudson (1991).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 72], "content_span": [73, 238]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274442-0109-0000", "contents": "2017 in arthropod paleontology, Crustaceans, New taxa, Other crustaceans\nA clam shrimp belonging to the family Afrograptidae. The type species is S. ockleyensis.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 72], "content_span": [73, 161]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274442-0110-0000", "contents": "2017 in arthropod paleontology, Crustaceans, New taxa, Other crustaceans\nA member of Cyclida. Genus includes new species Y. nodosus.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 72], "content_span": [73, 132]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274442-0111-0000", "contents": "2017 in arthropod paleontology, Trilobites, New taxa\nA member of Phacopidae. The type species is A. weugi; genus also includes \"Phacops\" boudjemaai Khaldi et al. (2016) and \"Geesops\" fabrei Khaldi et al. (2016).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 52], "content_span": [53, 211]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274442-0112-0000", "contents": "2017 in arthropod paleontology, Trilobites, New taxa\nThe specific name is preoccupied by Elrathia? groenlandica Poulsen (1927). Geyer & Peel (2020) coined a replacement name Elrathia hensonensis.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 52], "content_span": [53, 195]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274442-0113-0000", "contents": "2017 in arthropod paleontology, Trilobites, New taxa\nA member of Phacopida. Genus includes new species H. daumeriesi.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 52], "content_span": [53, 117]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274442-0114-0000", "contents": "2017 in arthropod paleontology, Trilobites, New taxa\nA subgenus of Illaenus. The type species is Illaenus laticlavius Eichwald (1860); the subgenus also includes I. plautini Holm (1886), I. glabrisculus Jaanusson (1957) and I. incisus Jaanusson (1957).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 52], "content_span": [53, 252]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274442-0115-0000", "contents": "2017 in arthropod paleontology, Trilobites, New taxa\nA subgenus of Illaenus. The type species is \"Entomostracites\" tauricornis Kutorga (1848); the subgenus also includes I. wahlenbergi (Eichwald, 1825), I. schuberti Nielsen (1995), I. dalmani Volborth (1863) and I. sarsi Jaanusson (1954).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 52], "content_span": [53, 289]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274442-0116-0000", "contents": "2017 in arthropod paleontology, Trilobites, New taxa\nA subgenus of Illaenus. The type species is Illaenus jevensis Holm (1886); the subgenus also includes I. sphaericus Holm (1882) and I. sulcifrons Holm (1886), as well as new species I. dubari.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 52], "content_span": [53, 245]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274442-0117-0000", "contents": "2017 in arthropod paleontology, Trilobites, New taxa\nA subgenus of Illaenus. The type species is \"Wossekia\" brevispina Krylov (2010); the subgenus also includes Illaenus schmidti Nieszkowski (1857), I. sinuatus Holm (1886) and I. slancyensis Krylov (2016), as well as new species I. kotlukovae and I. volkhovensis.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 52], "content_span": [53, 314]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274442-0118-0000", "contents": "2017 in arthropod paleontology, Trilobites, New taxa\nA member of Phacopida. Genus includes new species L. suffeleersi, as well as \"Pedinopariops\" simulator Basse (1998) and \"Pedinopariops\" hoelleri van Viersen, Prescher & Savelsbergh (2009).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 52], "content_span": [53, 241]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274442-0119-0000", "contents": "2017 in arthropod paleontology, Other arthropods, New taxa\nA member of Bradoriida. Genus includes new species A. sinuosus.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 58], "content_span": [59, 122]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274442-0120-0000", "contents": "2017 in arthropod paleontology, Other arthropods, New taxa\nA member of Thylacocephala (a group of arthropods of uncertain phylogenetic placement, possibly crustaceans).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 58], "content_span": [59, 168]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274442-0121-0000", "contents": "2017 in arthropod paleontology, Other arthropods, New taxa\nA member of Euthycarcinoidea. Genus includes new species A. pagoda.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 58], "content_span": [59, 126]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274442-0122-0000", "contents": "2017 in arthropod paleontology, Other arthropods, New taxa\nA member of Euarthropoda of uncertain phylogenetic placement, might be related to aglaspidids or Emeraldella. The type species is Eozetetes gemmelli.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 58], "content_span": [59, 208]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274442-0123-0000", "contents": "2017 in arthropod paleontology, Other arthropods, New taxa\nA member of Bradoriida. Genus includes new species E. adnyamathanha.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 58], "content_span": [59, 127]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274442-0124-0000", "contents": "2017 in arthropod paleontology, Other arthropods, New taxa\nA member of Thylacocephala belonging to the group Concavicarida and the family Protozoeidae. The type species is G. garassinoi.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 58], "content_span": [59, 186]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274442-0125-0000", "contents": "2017 in arthropod paleontology, Other arthropods, New taxa\nA member of Thylacocephala belonging to the group Concavicarida and the family Protozoeidae. The type species is \u2009\"Protozoea\" damesi Roger (1946).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 58], "content_span": [59, 205]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274442-0126-0000", "contents": "2017 in arthropod paleontology, Other arthropods, New taxa\nA member of Agnostida (a group of arthropods of uncertain phylogenetic placement, possibly trilobites).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 58], "content_span": [59, 162]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274442-0127-0000", "contents": "2017 in arthropod paleontology, Other arthropods, New taxa\nA member of Thylacocephala belonging to the group Concavicarida and the family Microcarididae. The type species is \u2009K. deborae.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 58], "content_span": [59, 186]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274442-0128-0000", "contents": "2017 in arthropod paleontology, Other arthropods, New taxa\nA member of Agnostida (a group of arthropods of uncertain phylogenetic placement, possibly trilobites)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 58], "content_span": [59, 161]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274442-0129-0000", "contents": "2017 in arthropod paleontology, Other arthropods, New taxa\nA member of Agnostida (a group of arthropods of uncertain phylogenetic placement, possibly trilobites)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 58], "content_span": [59, 161]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274442-0130-0000", "contents": "2017 in arthropod paleontology, Other arthropods, New taxa\nA member of Bradoriida. Genus includes new species M. jonesi.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 58], "content_span": [59, 120]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274442-0131-0000", "contents": "2017 in arthropod paleontology, Other arthropods, New taxa\nA bivalved arthropod of uncertain phylogenetic placement. Genus includes new species M. elliptica.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 58], "content_span": [59, 157]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274442-0132-0000", "contents": "2017 in arthropod paleontology, Other arthropods, New taxa\nA member of Bradoriida; a new genus for \"Hipponicharion\" pearylandica Peel et al. (2016).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 58], "content_span": [59, 148]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274442-0133-0000", "contents": "2017 in arthropod paleontology, Other arthropods, New taxa\nA member of Thylacocephala belonging to the group Conchyliocarida and the family Dollocarididae. The type species is \u2009P. vannieri.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 58], "content_span": [59, 189]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274442-0134-0000", "contents": "2017 in arthropod paleontology, Other arthropods, New taxa\nA member of Thylacocephala belonging to the group Conchyliocarida and the family Dollocarididae. The type species is \u2009T. schrami.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 58], "content_span": [59, 188]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274442-0135-0000", "contents": "2017 in arthropod paleontology, Other arthropods, New taxa\nA large bivalved arthropod belonging to the order Hymenocarina and the family Protocarididae. Genus includes new species T. katalepsis.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 58], "content_span": [59, 194]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274442-0136-0000", "contents": "2017 in arthropod paleontology, Other arthropods, New taxa\nA xiphosuran belonging to the family Austrolimulidae. Genus includes new species V. tricki.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 58], "content_span": [59, 150]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274443-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 in artistic gymnastics\nBelow is a list of notable women's artistic gymnastics events scheduled to be held in 2017, as well as the medalists.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [27, 27], "content_span": [28, 145]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274443-0001-0000", "contents": "2017 in artistic gymnastics, Season's best scores, Seniors\nNote: Only the scores of senior gymnasts from international events have been included below. Finalists at the 2017 World Championships are highlighted in green.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 58], "content_span": [59, 219]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274444-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 in association football\nThe following were the scheduled events of association football for the year 2017 throughout the world.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [28, 28], "content_span": [29, 132]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274444-0001-0000", "contents": "2017 in association football, Fixed dates for national team matches\nScheduled international matches per their International Match Calendar. Also known as FIFA International Day/Date(s).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 67], "content_span": [68, 185]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274444-0002-0000", "contents": "2017 in association football, Domestic cups\nIn all tables below, the \"title\" and \"last honor\" refer to each cup winner's record in that specific cup competition.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 43], "content_span": [44, 161]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274445-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 in aviation, Civil Aviation\nIn 2017, airlines launched more than 3,500 routes led by Ryanair with 278 followed by Eurowings with 125 and Wizz Air with 104, mostly in US with 971, 464 in Germany and 425 in Spain, the airports with most new routes were Munich with 55, Frankfurt with 51, Birmingham and London Stansted with 47.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [18, 32], "content_span": [33, 330]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274446-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 in baseball\nThe following are the baseball events of the year 2017 throughout the world.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [16, 16], "content_span": [17, 94]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274447-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 in basketball\nThe following are the basketball events of the year 2017 throughout the world.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [18, 18], "content_span": [19, 98]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274447-0001-0000", "contents": "2017 in basketball\nThe following are the basketball events that took place in 2017 throughout the world. Tournaments include international (FIBA), professional (club) and amateur and collegiate levels.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [18, 18], "content_span": [19, 201]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274447-0002-0000", "contents": "2017 in basketball, National team tournaments, Other national team championships\nIn SABA and SEABA Championships, only the champion team will be able qualify to FIBA Asia Cup. Those teams winning the tournament are shown in bold text. Men:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [20, 80], "content_span": [81, 239]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274447-0003-0000", "contents": "2017 in basketball, National team tournaments, Other FIBA-sanctioned youth tournaments\nTeam in bold wins the championship while in italic is the team who qualify for the continental Championship they belong to.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [20, 86], "content_span": [87, 210]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274448-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 in birding and ornithology, Worldwide, Taxonomic developments\nThe British Ornithologists' Union announced that it would adopt the IOC World Bird List from 1 January 2018.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 66], "content_span": [67, 175]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274449-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 in chess\nThis article details the year of 2017 with respect to the game of chess. Major chess-related events that took place in 2017 include the Women's World Chess Championship 2017 knockout tournament, the Chess World Cup, the FIDE Grand Prix Series, and the abolishing of the consecutiveness requirement within the fivefold repetition rule.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 13], "section_span": [13, 13], "content_span": [14, 348]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274450-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 in classical music\nThis article lists major events and other topics related to the year 2017 in classical music.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [23, 23], "content_span": [24, 117]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274451-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 in comics\nNotable events of 2017 in comics. See also List of years in comics. This is a list of comics-related events in 2017. It includes any relevant comics-related events, deaths of notable comics-related people, conventions and first issues by title.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 14], "section_span": [14, 14], "content_span": [15, 259]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274452-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 in country music\nThis is a list of notable events in country music that took place in 2017.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [21, 21], "content_span": [22, 96]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274452-0001-0000", "contents": "2017 in country music, Top hits of the year\nThe following songs placed within the Top 20 on the Hot Country Songs, Country Airplay, and/or Canada Country charts in 2017:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 43], "content_span": [44, 169]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274452-0002-0000", "contents": "2017 in country music, Top new album releases\nThe following albums placed on the Top Country Albums charts in 2017:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 45], "content_span": [46, 115]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274452-0003-0000", "contents": "2017 in country music, Major awards, CMT Music Awards\nCMT Artists of the Year (presented on October 18, 2019, in Nashville)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 53], "content_span": [54, 123]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274454-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 in downloadable songs for the Rock Band series\nThe Rock Band series of music video games supports downloadable songs for the Xbox One and PlayStation 4 versions through the consoles' respective online services. Users can download songs on a track-by-track basis, with many of the tracks also offered as part of a \"song pack\" or complete album at a discounted rate. All songs that are available to Rock Band 3 are playable in Rock Band Blitz.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 51], "section_span": [51, 51], "content_span": [52, 446]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274454-0001-0000", "contents": "2017 in downloadable songs for the Rock Band series\nRock Band 4 was unveiled in March 2015, and released on October 6, 2015.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 51], "section_span": [51, 51], "content_span": [52, 124]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274454-0002-0000", "contents": "2017 in downloadable songs for the Rock Band series, List of songs released in 2017\nThe following table lists the available songs for the Rock Band series released in 2017. All songs available in packs are also available as individual song downloads on the same date, unless otherwise noted. Dates listed are the initial release of songs on PlayStation Network and Xbox Live.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 51], "section_span": [53, 83], "content_span": [84, 375]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274454-0003-0000", "contents": "2017 in downloadable songs for the Rock Band series, List of songs released in 2017\nStarting from October 6, 2015, all music added to the downloadable content catalog is exclusive to Rock Band 4. In addition, due to changes in the charting format and gameplay of Rock Band 4, the released songs no longer support keyboard or Pro guitar and bass (future downloadable content will continue to support vocal harmonies and Pro drum charts), and most songs no longer display \"family friendly\" or \"supervision recommended\" ratings. Downloadable content from previous Rock Band titles (excepting The Beatles: Rock Band) is forward-compatible in Rock Band 4 within the same system family (Xbox 360 downloads are usable in the Xbox One version and PlayStation 3 downloads are usable in the PlayStation 4 version) at no additional cost.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 51], "section_span": [53, 83], "content_span": [84, 826]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274455-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 in esports\nList of events in 2017 in eSports (also known as professional gaming).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [15, 15], "content_span": [16, 86]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274456-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 in film\n2017 in film is an overview of events, including the highest-grossing films, award ceremonies, festivals, a list of films released, and notable deaths in 2017.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 12], "section_span": [12, 12], "content_span": [13, 172]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274456-0001-0000", "contents": "2017 in film, Evaluation of the year\nRichard Brody of The New Yorker observed that for 2017, \"the most important event in the world of movies was the revelation, in The New York Times and The New Yorker, of sexual abuse by Harvey Weinstein, and the resulting liberation of the long-stifled voices of the people who had been abused by him or other powerful figures in the movie business, and, for that matter, in other arts and industries, too.\" He emphasizes that in effect, \"[w]hat's missing from the year-end list, and from the era in movies, isn't only the unmade work by these filmmakers but the artistry and the careers of cast and crew members who would have been in their unrealized films.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 12], "section_span": [14, 36], "content_span": [37, 697]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274456-0002-0000", "contents": "2017 in film, Highest-grossing films\nThe top films released in 2017 by worldwide gross are as follows:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 12], "section_span": [14, 36], "content_span": [37, 102]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274456-0003-0000", "contents": "2017 in film, Highest-grossing films\nStar Wars: The Last Jedi, Beauty and the Beast, The Fate of the Furious, and Despicable Me 3 have each grossed over $1 billion, making them among the highest-grossing films of all time, with the latter being the fourth-highest-grossing animated film.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 12], "section_span": [14, 36], "content_span": [37, 287]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274456-0004-0000", "contents": "2017 in film, Highest-grossing films\nWolf Warrior 2, a Chinese film, became the first non-Hollywood film to be listed on the all-time worldwide top 100 box office.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 12], "section_span": [14, 36], "content_span": [37, 163]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274456-0005-0000", "contents": "2017 in film, Highest-grossing films\nSplit, by M. Night Shyamalan, was the year's most profitable film in terms of return on investment (ROI), having generated over 2,000% ROI. It is the 11th film to cross 2,000% ROI, and the first film to do so since 2015.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 12], "section_span": [14, 36], "content_span": [37, 257]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274456-0006-0000", "contents": "2017 in film, Awards, Festivals\nList of some of the film festivals for 2017 that have been accredited by the International Federation of Film Producers Associations (FIAPF).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 12], "section_span": [14, 31], "content_span": [32, 173]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274456-0007-0000", "contents": "2017 in film, 2017 films\nThe list of films released in 2017, arranged by country, are as follows:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 12], "section_span": [14, 24], "content_span": [25, 97]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274457-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 in games\nThis page lists board and card games, wargames, miniatures games, and tabletop role-playing games published in 2017. For video games, see 2017 in video gaming.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 13], "section_span": [13, 13], "content_span": [14, 173]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274458-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 in golf\nThis article summarizes the highlights of professional and amateur golf in the year 2017.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 12], "section_span": [12, 12], "content_span": [13, 102]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274458-0001-0000", "contents": "2017 in golf, Men's professional golf, Other leading PGA Tour events\nFor a complete list of PGA Tour results see 2017 PGA Tour.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 12], "section_span": [14, 68], "content_span": [69, 127]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274458-0002-0000", "contents": "2017 in golf, Men's professional golf, Leading European Tour events\nFor a complete list of European Tour results see 2017 European Tour.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 12], "section_span": [14, 67], "content_span": [68, 136]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274458-0003-0000", "contents": "2017 in golf, Women's professional golf, LPGA majors\nFor a complete list of LPGA Tour results, see 2017 LPGA Tour.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 12], "section_span": [14, 52], "content_span": [53, 114]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274458-0004-0000", "contents": "2017 in golf, Women's professional golf, Ladies European Tour event\nFor a complete list of Ladies European Tour results see 2017 Ladies European Tour.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 12], "section_span": [14, 67], "content_span": [68, 150]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274458-0005-0000", "contents": "2017 in golf, Table of results\nThis table summarizes all the results referred to above in date order.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 12], "section_span": [14, 30], "content_span": [31, 101]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274459-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 in gymnastics\nThe following were the events of gymnastics for the year 2017 throughout the world.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [18, 18], "content_span": [19, 102]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274460-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 in heavy metal music\nThis is a timeline documenting the events of heavy metal in the year 2017.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [25, 25], "content_span": [26, 100]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274461-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 in hip hop music\nThis article lists the events, album releases, and album release dates in hip hop music for the year 2017.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [21, 21], "content_span": [22, 128]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274462-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 in home video\nThe following films, television shows and miniseries were released on Blu-ray Disc and/or DVD on the following dates in 2017 in the United States and Canada. Specific details are subject to change.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [18, 18], "content_span": [19, 216]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274463-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 in home video television\nThe following television shows and miniseries were released on Blu-ray Disc and/or DVD on the following dates in 2017 in the United States and Canada.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [29, 29], "content_span": [30, 180]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274464-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 in jazz\nThis is a timeline documenting events of Jazz in the year 2017.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 12], "section_span": [12, 12], "content_span": [13, 76]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274465-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 in literature\nThis article contains information about the literary events and publications of 2017.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [18, 18], "content_span": [19, 104]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274465-0001-0000", "contents": "2017 in literature, New books\nDates after each title indicate U.S. publication, unless otherwise indicated.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [20, 29], "content_span": [30, 107]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274465-0002-0000", "contents": "2017 in literature, Deaths\nBirth years link to the corresponding \"[year] in literature\" article:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [20, 26], "content_span": [27, 96]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274466-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 in mammal paleontology\nThis article records new taxa of fossil mammals of every kind that have been described during the year 2017, as well as other significant discoveries and events related to paleontology of mammals that occurred in the year 2017.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [27, 27], "content_span": [28, 255]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274466-0001-0000", "contents": "2017 in mammal paleontology, Metatherians, New taxa\nA probable non-marsupial member of Marsupialiformes. The type species is A. maasae.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 51], "content_span": [52, 135]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274466-0002-0000", "contents": "2017 in mammal paleontology, Metatherians, New taxa\nA bandicoot. The type species is \"Peroryctes\" tedfordi Turnbull, Ludelius & Archer (2003); genus also includes new species S. karae and S. hamiltonensis.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 51], "content_span": [52, 205]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274466-0003-0000", "contents": "2017 in mammal paleontology, Eutherians, New taxa, Xenarthrans\nA ground sloth belonging to the family Megalonychidae. The type species is N. xibalbahkah.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 62], "content_span": [63, 153]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274466-0004-0000", "contents": "2017 in mammal paleontology, Eutherians, New taxa, Xenarthrans\nA member of Cingulata. Genus includes new species P. carlinii.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 62], "content_span": [63, 125]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274466-0005-0000", "contents": "2017 in mammal paleontology, Eutherians, New taxa, Xenarthrans\nA member of Cingulata belonging to the family Peltephilidae. Genus includes new species R. pacifica.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 62], "content_span": [63, 163]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274466-0006-0000", "contents": "2017 in mammal paleontology, Eutherians, New taxa, Xenarthrans\nA ground sloth belonging to the family Megalonychidae. The type species is X. oviceps.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 62], "content_span": [63, 149]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274466-0007-0000", "contents": "2017 in mammal paleontology, Eutherians, New taxa, Xenarthrans\nA ground sloth belonging to the family Megalonychidae. The type species is Z. tecolotlanensis.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 62], "content_span": [63, 157]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274466-0008-0000", "contents": "2017 in mammal paleontology, Eutherians, New taxa, Afrotherians\nA member of Dugongidae; a new genus for \"Halitherium\" bellunense De Zigno (1875).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 63], "content_span": [64, 145]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274466-0009-0000", "contents": "2017 in mammal paleontology, Eutherians, New taxa, Afrotherians\nA member of Dugongidae. The type species is K. gruelli; genus also includes \"Halitherium\" bronni Krauss (1858).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 63], "content_span": [64, 175]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274466-0010-0000", "contents": "2017 in mammal paleontology, Eutherians, New taxa, Afrotherians\nA member of Protosirenidae. Genus includes new species L. sickenbergi.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 63], "content_span": [64, 134]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274466-0011-0000", "contents": "2017 in mammal paleontology, Eutherians, New taxa, Bats\nA member of the family Thyropteridae. The type species is A. divisus.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 55], "content_span": [56, 125]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274466-0012-0000", "contents": "2017 in mammal paleontology, Eutherians, New taxa, Bats\nA member of the family Archaeonycteridae. The type species is X. stenodon.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 55], "content_span": [56, 130]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274466-0013-0000", "contents": "2017 in mammal paleontology, Eutherians, New taxa, Odd-toed ungulates\nCanada(\u00a0Yukon\u00a0Alberta?) United States(\u00a0Nevada\u00a0New Mexico\u00a0Texas\u00a0Wyoming\u00a0Alaska?) Mexico?", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 69], "content_span": [70, 157]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274466-0014-0000", "contents": "2017 in mammal paleontology, Eutherians, New taxa, Odd-toed ungulates\nA member of the family Equidae belonging to the subfamily Equinae and the tribe Equini; a new genus for \"Equus\" francisci Hay (1915).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 69], "content_span": [70, 203]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274466-0015-0000", "contents": "2017 in mammal paleontology, Eutherians, New taxa, Odd-toed ungulates\nA member of the family Palaeotheriidae belonging to the subfamily Pachynolophinae; a new genus for \"Lophialetes\" yunnanensis Huang & Qi (1982).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 69], "content_span": [70, 213]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274466-0016-0000", "contents": "2017 in mammal paleontology, Eutherians, New taxa, Odd-toed ungulates\nA palaeotheriid; a new genus for \"Pachynolophus\" maldani Lemoine (1878).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 69], "content_span": [70, 142]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274466-0017-0000", "contents": "2017 in mammal paleontology, Eutherians, New taxa, Odd-toed ungulates\nA rhinoceros belonging to the tribe Elasmotheriini. Genus includes new species S. ishidai.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 69], "content_span": [70, 160]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274466-0018-0000", "contents": "2017 in mammal paleontology, Eutherians, New taxa, Even-toed ungulates\nA member of the family Bovidae; a new genus for \"Aepyceros\" premelampus Harris (2003).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 70], "content_span": [71, 157]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274466-0019-0000", "contents": "2017 in mammal paleontology, Eutherians, New taxa, Even-toed ungulates\nA member of the family Hippopotamidae. Genus includes new species C. roobii.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 70], "content_span": [71, 147]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274466-0020-0000", "contents": "2017 in mammal paleontology, Eutherians, New taxa, Even-toed ungulates\nA member of the family Bovidae belonging to the tribe Bovini. Genus includes new species G. antiquus.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 70], "content_span": [71, 172]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274466-0021-0000", "contents": "2017 in mammal paleontology, Eutherians, New taxa, Even-toed ungulates\nA member of the family Moschidae, possibly a species of Micromeryx.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 70], "content_span": [71, 138]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274466-0022-0000", "contents": "2017 in mammal paleontology, Eutherians, New taxa, Even-toed ungulates\nA peccary. The type species is M. minima. Schubert et al. (2020) considered this species to be synonymous with the collared peccary (Pecari tajacu).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 70], "content_span": [71, 219]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274466-0023-0000", "contents": "2017 in mammal paleontology, Eutherians, New taxa, Even-toed ungulates\nA member of the family Bovidae belonging to the tribe Boselaphini.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 70], "content_span": [71, 137]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274466-0024-0000", "contents": "2017 in mammal paleontology, Eutherians, New taxa, Even-toed ungulates\nA peccary; a new genus for \"Desmathyus\" brachydontus Dalquest & Mooser (1980).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 70], "content_span": [71, 149]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274466-0025-0000", "contents": "2017 in mammal paleontology, Eutherians, New taxa, Even-toed ungulates\nA member of Suoidea belonging to the family Siderochoeridae. Genus includes new species S. minimus.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 70], "content_span": [71, 170]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274466-0026-0000", "contents": "2017 in mammal paleontology, Eutherians, New taxa, Even-toed ungulates\nA member of the family Bovidae. The type species is T. marymuunguae.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 70], "content_span": [71, 139]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274466-0027-0000", "contents": "2017 in mammal paleontology, Eutherians, New taxa, Cetaceans\nA member of Inioidea. The type species is B. ankylorostris.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 60], "content_span": [61, 120]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274466-0028-0000", "contents": "2017 in mammal paleontology, Eutherians, New taxa, Cetaceans\nA basal member of Mysticeti. The type species is C. havensteini.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 60], "content_span": [61, 125]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274466-0029-0000", "contents": "2017 in mammal paleontology, Eutherians, New taxa, Cetaceans\nA relative of the South Asian river dolphin. The type species is D. fordycei.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 60], "content_span": [61, 138]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274466-0030-0000", "contents": "2017 in mammal paleontology, Eutherians, New taxa, Cetaceans\nA member of the family Xenorophidae. The type species is I. xenops.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 60], "content_span": [61, 128]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274466-0031-0000", "contents": "2017 in mammal paleontology, Eutherians, New taxa, Cetaceans\nA dolphin of uncertain phylogenetic placement, assigned to the new family Inticetidae. The type species is I. vertizi.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 60], "content_span": [61, 179]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274466-0032-0000", "contents": "2017 in mammal paleontology, Eutherians, New taxa, Cetaceans\nA member of the family Kogiidae. The type species is K. pescei.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 60], "content_span": [61, 124]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274466-0033-0000", "contents": "2017 in mammal paleontology, Eutherians, New taxa, Cetaceans\nA basal member of Mysticeti. The type species is M. selenensis.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 60], "content_span": [61, 124]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274466-0034-0000", "contents": "2017 in mammal paleontology, Eutherians, New taxa, Cetaceans\nA relative of the La Plata dolphin. The type species is S. vandokkumi.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 60], "content_span": [61, 131]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274466-0035-0000", "contents": "2017 in mammal paleontology, Eutherians, New taxa, Cetaceans\nA member of the family Cetotheriidae. The type species is T. rosae.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 60], "content_span": [61, 128]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274466-0036-0000", "contents": "2017 in mammal paleontology, Eutherians, New taxa, Cetaceans\nA member of Platanistoidea. The type species is U. chawpipacha.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 60], "content_span": [61, 124]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274466-0037-0000", "contents": "2017 in mammal paleontology, Eutherians, New taxa, Carnivorans\nA member of the family Mustelidae belonging to the subfamily Oligobuninae. Genus includes new species F. kerneri.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 62], "content_span": [63, 176]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274466-0038-0000", "contents": "2017 in mammal paleontology, Eutherians, New taxa, Carnivorans\nA member of the family Felidae belonging to the subfamily Felinae; a new genus for \"Styriofelis\" vallesiensis Salesa et al. (2012). Announced in 2017; the final version of the article naming it was published in 2019.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 62], "content_span": [63, 279]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274466-0039-0000", "contents": "2017 in mammal paleontology, Eutherians, New taxa, Carnivorans\nA relative of the giant panda. The type species is M. panonnicum.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 62], "content_span": [63, 128]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274466-0040-0000", "contents": "2017 in mammal paleontology, Eutherians, New taxa, Carnivorans\nAn earless seal; a new genus for \"Phoca\" vitulinoides Van Beneden (1871).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 62], "content_span": [63, 136]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274466-0041-0000", "contents": "2017 in mammal paleontology, Eutherians, New taxa, Carnivorans\nA member of the family Mustelidae belonging to the subfamily Oligobuninae. Genus includes new species P. janisae.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 62], "content_span": [63, 177]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274466-0042-0000", "contents": "2017 in mammal paleontology, Eutherians, New taxa, Carnivorans\nAn earless seal belonging to the subfamily Monachinae. The type species is T. magnus; genus also includes T. parvus.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 62], "content_span": [63, 179]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274466-0043-0000", "contents": "2017 in mammal paleontology, Eutherians, New taxa, Rodents\nA member of the family Aplodontidae belonging to the subfamily Prosciurinae. The type species is \"Paramys\" relictus Cope (1873); genus also includes A. albiclivus (Korth, 1994) and A. clausulus (Korth, 2009).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 58], "content_span": [59, 267]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274466-0044-0000", "contents": "2017 in mammal paleontology, Eutherians, New taxa, Rodents\nA stem-abrocomid; a new genus for \"Acarechimys\" constans (Ameghino, 1887).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 58], "content_span": [59, 133]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274466-0045-0000", "contents": "2017 in mammal paleontology, Eutherians, New taxa, Rodents\nA species of Cavia (a relative of the guinea pig).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 58], "content_span": [59, 109]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274466-0046-0000", "contents": "2017 in mammal paleontology, Eutherians, New taxa, Rodents\nA member of the family Muridae. The type species is E. orhuni.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 58], "content_span": [59, 121]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274466-0047-0000", "contents": "2017 in mammal paleontology, Eutherians, New taxa, Rodents\nA member of Dinomyidae. Genus includes new species F. pacarana.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 58], "content_span": [59, 122]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274466-0048-0000", "contents": "2017 in mammal paleontology, Eutherians, New taxa, Rodents\nA member of the family Diatomyidae. The type species is I. balkanica.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 58], "content_span": [59, 128]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274466-0049-0000", "contents": "2017 in mammal paleontology, Eutherians, New taxa, Rodents\nA member of the family Cylindrodontidae. The type species is L. expiratus.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 58], "content_span": [59, 133]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274466-0050-0000", "contents": "2017 in mammal paleontology, Eutherians, New taxa, Rodents\nA member of the family Muridae belonging to the subfamily Murinae and the tribe Rattini. The type species is M. juliae.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 58], "content_span": [59, 178]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274466-0051-0000", "contents": "2017 in mammal paleontology, Eutherians, New taxa, Rodents\nA member of the family Castoridae. The type species is M. simplicidens.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 58], "content_span": [59, 130]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274466-0052-0000", "contents": "2017 in mammal paleontology, Eutherians, New taxa, Rodents\nA member of the family Phiomyidae. The type species is P. occidentalis.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 58], "content_span": [59, 130]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274466-0053-0000", "contents": "2017 in mammal paleontology, Eutherians, New taxa, Rodents\nA member of Caviomorpha of uncertain phylogenetic placement. The type species is P. ucayaliensis.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 58], "content_span": [59, 156]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274466-0054-0000", "contents": "2017 in mammal paleontology, Eutherians, New taxa, Rodents\nA member of the family Ischyromyidae. The type species is P. perditus.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 58], "content_span": [59, 129]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274466-0055-0000", "contents": "2017 in mammal paleontology, Eutherians, New taxa, Rodents\nA member of the family Muridae belonging to the subfamily Murinae and the tribe Rattini. The type species is R. tikusbesar.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 58], "content_span": [59, 182]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274466-0056-0000", "contents": "2017 in mammal paleontology, Eutherians, New taxa, Rodents\nA member of Murinae. The type species is T. jinensis.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 58], "content_span": [59, 112]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274466-0057-0000", "contents": "2017 in mammal paleontology, Eutherians, New taxa, Rodents\nA member of the family Cricetidae belonging to the subfamily Eumyinae.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 58], "content_span": [59, 129]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274466-0058-0000", "contents": "2017 in mammal paleontology, Eutherians, New taxa, Rodents\nA member of the family Eomyidae; a new genus for \"Leptodontomys\" pusillus Qiu (2006).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 58], "content_span": [59, 144]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274466-0059-0000", "contents": "2017 in mammal paleontology, Eutherians, New taxa, Primates\nA member of Adapiformes belonging to the subfamily Caenopithecinae. The type species is M. tahai.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 59], "content_span": [60, 157]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274466-0060-0000", "contents": "2017 in mammal paleontology, Eutherians, New taxa, Primates\nA member of Sivaladapidae. The type species is R. sahnii.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 59], "content_span": [60, 117]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274466-0061-0000", "contents": "2017 in mammal paleontology, Eutherians, New taxa, Other eutherians\nA member of the family Adapisoriculidae. Genus includes new species B. kalamensis.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 67], "content_span": [68, 150]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274466-0062-0000", "contents": "2017 in mammal paleontology, Eutherians, New taxa, Other eutherians\nProbably a member of Pantodonta. The type species is C. fontanus.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 67], "content_span": [68, 133]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274466-0063-0000", "contents": "2017 in mammal paleontology, Eutherians, New taxa, Other eutherians\nAn early eutherian of uncertain phylogenetic placement. The type species is D. ensomi.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 67], "content_span": [68, 154]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274466-0064-0000", "contents": "2017 in mammal paleontology, Eutherians, New taxa, Other eutherians\nAn early eutherian of uncertain phylogenetic placement. The type species is D. newmani.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 67], "content_span": [68, 155]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274466-0065-0000", "contents": "2017 in mammal paleontology, Eutherians, New taxa, Other eutherians\nA member of Hyaenodonta belonging to the group Hyainailourinae. The type species is \"Hyaenodon\" pilgrimi Savage (1965).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 67], "content_span": [68, 187]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274466-0066-0000", "contents": "2017 in mammal paleontology, Eutherians, New taxa, Other eutherians\nA member of Hyaenodonta belonging to the group Hyainailourinae. The type species is \"Metapterodon\" schlosseri Holroyd (1999).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 67], "content_span": [68, 193]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274466-0067-0000", "contents": "2017 in mammal paleontology, Eutherians, New taxa, Other eutherians\nA member of Hyaenodonta belonging to the group Hyainailouroidea and the subfamily Teratodontinae.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 67], "content_span": [68, 165]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274466-0068-0000", "contents": "2017 in mammal paleontology, Eutherians, New taxa, Other eutherians\nA member of Hyaenodonta belonging to the group Hyainailouroidea. The type species is P. rukwaensis.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 67], "content_span": [68, 167]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274466-0069-0000", "contents": "2017 in mammal paleontology, Eutherians, New taxa, Other eutherians\nA member of Talpidae belonging to the tribe Urotrichini. The type species is \"Myxomygale\" minor Ziegler (1990); genus also includes \"Myxomygale\" vauclusensis Crochet (1995).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 67], "content_span": [68, 241]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274466-0070-0000", "contents": "2017 in mammal paleontology, Eutherians, New taxa, Other eutherians\nA member of Hyaenodonta belonging to the group Hyainailourinae. The type species is S. occultus; genus also includes \"Metapterodon\" markgrafi Holroyd (1999).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 67], "content_span": [68, 225]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274466-0071-0000", "contents": "2017 in mammal paleontology, Eutherians, New taxa, Other eutherians\nA stem-rodent belonging to the family Eurymylidae. The type species is T. tongi.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 67], "content_span": [68, 148]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274466-0072-0000", "contents": "2017 in mammal paleontology, Eutherians, New taxa, Other eutherians\nA member of Talpidae; a new genus for \"Geotrypus\" minor Ziegler (2012).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 67], "content_span": [68, 139]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274466-0073-0000", "contents": "2017 in mammal paleontology, Other mammals, New taxa\nA multituberculate of uncertain phylogenetic placement. The type species is B. clivosus.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 52], "content_span": [53, 141]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274466-0074-0000", "contents": "2017 in mammal paleontology, Other mammals, New taxa\nA member of Kuehneotheriidae. The type species is F. necmergor.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 52], "content_span": [53, 116]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274466-0075-0000", "contents": "2017 in mammal paleontology, Other mammals, New taxa\nA member of Haramiyida belonging to the group Eleutherodontida. The type species is M. furculiferum.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 52], "content_span": [53, 153]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274466-0076-0000", "contents": "2017 in mammal paleontology, Other mammals, New taxa\nA member of Haramiyida belonging to the family Eleutherodontidae. The type species is V. diplomylos.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 52], "content_span": [53, 153]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274467-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 in men's road cycling\n2017 in men's road cycling is about the 2017 men's bicycle races governed by the UCI.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [26, 26], "content_span": [27, 112]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274467-0001-0000", "contents": "2017 in men's road cycling, UCI World Ranking\nIn 2016, the UCI launched a new ranking system for men's road racing. This ranking will continue in 2017.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 45], "content_span": [46, 151]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274467-0002-0000", "contents": "2017 in men's road cycling, World Championships\nThe World Road Championships is set to be held in Bergen, Norway, from 17 to 24 September 2017.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 47], "content_span": [48, 143]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274467-0003-0000", "contents": "2017 in men's road cycling, UCI World Tour\nFor the 2017 season, the UCI added ten new events to the World Tour calendar.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 42], "content_span": [43, 120]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274467-0004-0000", "contents": "2017 in men's road cycling, UCI Teams, UCI WorldTeams\nThe UCI has granted a UCI WorldTour licence to the following eighteen teams:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 53], "content_span": [54, 130]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274468-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 in modern pentathlon\nThis article lists the main modern pentathlon events and their results for 2017.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [25, 25], "content_span": [26, 106]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274469-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 in motorsport\nThe following is an overview of the events of 2017 in motorsport, including the major racing events, motorsport venues that were opened and closed during a year, championships and non-championship events that were established and disestablished in a year, and births and deaths of racing drivers and other motorsport people.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [18, 18], "content_span": [19, 343]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274469-0001-0000", "contents": "2017 in motorsport, Annual events\nThe calendar includes only annual major non-championship events or annual events that had significance separate from the championship. For the dates of the championship events see related season articles.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [20, 33], "content_span": [34, 238]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274470-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 in music\nThis topic covers notable events and articles related to 2017 in music.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 13], "section_span": [13, 13], "content_span": [14, 85]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274471-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 in paleobotany\nThis article records new taxa of plants that are scheduled to be described during the year 2017, as well as other significant discoveries and events related to paleobotany that are scheduled to occur in the year 2017.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [19, 19], "content_span": [20, 237]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274471-0001-0000", "contents": "2017 in paleobotany, Flowering plants\nA member of the subfamily Hippocastanoideae within the family Sapindaceae described on the basis of fossil wood.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 37], "content_span": [38, 150]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274471-0002-0000", "contents": "2017 in paleobotany, Flowering plants\nA member of the subfamily Hippocastanoideae within the family Sapindaceae described on the basis of fossil wood.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 37], "content_span": [38, 150]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274471-0003-0000", "contents": "2017 in paleobotany, Flowering plants\nA member of Akaniaceae. Genus includes new species A. santacrucensis.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 37], "content_span": [38, 107]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274471-0004-0000", "contents": "2017 in paleobotany, Flowering plants\nA member of Araliales; a replacement name for Araliophyllum MacGinitie (1969).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 37], "content_span": [38, 116]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274471-0005-0000", "contents": "2017 in paleobotany, Flowering plants\nA species of Aralia; a replacement name for Aralia rugosa Dorofeev.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 37], "content_span": [38, 105]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274471-0006-0000", "contents": "2017 in paleobotany, Flowering plants\nA species of Aralia; a replacement name for Aralia tertiaria Dorofeev.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 37], "content_span": [38, 108]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274471-0007-0000", "contents": "2017 in paleobotany, Flowering plants\nA species of Aralia; a replacement name for Aralia dubia (Ettingshausen, 1868).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 37], "content_span": [38, 117]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274471-0008-0000", "contents": "2017 in paleobotany, Flowering plants\nA species of Aralia; a replacement name for Aralia dubia Nikitin (1976).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 37], "content_span": [38, 110]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274471-0009-0000", "contents": "2017 in paleobotany, Flowering plants\nA species of Aralia; a replacement name for Aralia lucida Dorofeev (1963).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 37], "content_span": [38, 112]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274471-0010-0000", "contents": "2017 in paleobotany, Flowering plants\nPossibly a relative of Trochodendraceae. Genus includes new species A. verticillata.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 37], "content_span": [38, 122]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274471-0011-0000", "contents": "2017 in paleobotany, Flowering plants\nA member of Araliales; a new genus for \"Araliaecarpum\" kolymense Samylina (1960).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 37], "content_span": [38, 119]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274471-0012-0000", "contents": "2017 in paleobotany, Flowering plants\nA member of Anacardiaceae described on the basis of fossil wood. Genus includes new species B. chiapiasense.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 37], "content_span": [38, 146]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274471-0013-0000", "contents": "2017 in paleobotany, Flowering plants\nA species of Brassaiopsis; a replacement name for Aralia angustiloba Kolakovsky.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 37], "content_span": [38, 118]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274471-0014-0000", "contents": "2017 in paleobotany, Flowering plants\nA member of Lauraceae. Genus includes new species C. burmitis.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 37], "content_span": [38, 100]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274471-0015-0000", "contents": "2017 in paleobotany, Flowering plants\nA species of Cinnamomum; a replacement name for Cinnamomum gracile (Geyler, 1877).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 37], "content_span": [38, 120]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274471-0016-0000", "contents": "2017 in paleobotany, Flowering plants\nA species of Cinnamomum described on the basis of fossil fruits; a replacement name for Cinnamomum apiculatum Saporta (1889).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 37], "content_span": [38, 163]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274471-0017-0000", "contents": "2017 in paleobotany, Flowering plants\nA species of Cinnamomum; a replacement name for Cinnamomum africanum Engelhardt (1907).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 37], "content_span": [38, 125]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274471-0018-0000", "contents": "2017 in paleobotany, Flowering plants\nA probable member of Connaraceae described on the basis of fossil wood. Genus includes new species C. dimorphum.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 37], "content_span": [38, 150]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274471-0019-0000", "contents": "2017 in paleobotany, Flowering plants\nA flowering plant of uncertain phylogenetic placement described on the basis of leaf impressions.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 37], "content_span": [38, 135]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274471-0020-0000", "contents": "2017 in paleobotany, Flowering plants\nA species of Diospyros; a replacement name for Diospyros dubia G\u00f6ppert (1854).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 37], "content_span": [38, 116]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274471-0021-0000", "contents": "2017 in paleobotany, Flowering plants\nA member of Apocynaceae belonging to the subfamily Asclepiadoideae. Genus includes new species D. neotropicus.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 37], "content_span": [38, 148]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274471-0022-0000", "contents": "2017 in paleobotany, Flowering plants\nA member of the family Annonaceae described on the basis of fossil wood. Genus includes new species D. amazonicum.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 37], "content_span": [38, 152]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274471-0023-0000", "contents": "2017 in paleobotany, Flowering plants\nA species of Fallopia; a replacement name for Polygonum convolvuloides Conwentz.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 37], "content_span": [38, 118]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274471-0024-0000", "contents": "2017 in paleobotany, Flowering plants\nA flowering plant described on the basis of fossil pollen.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 37], "content_span": [38, 96]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274471-0025-0000", "contents": "2017 in paleobotany, Flowering plants\nA member of Detarioideae described on the basis of fossil wood. Genus includes new species G. palmariensis.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 37], "content_span": [38, 145]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274471-0026-0000", "contents": "2017 in paleobotany, Flowering plants\nDel Rio & De Franceschi in Del Rio, Haevermans & De Franceschi", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 37], "content_span": [38, 100]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274471-0027-0000", "contents": "2017 in paleobotany, Flowering plants\nA member of the family Icacinaceae. Genus includes new species I. tainiaphorum.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 37], "content_span": [38, 117]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274471-0028-0000", "contents": "2017 in paleobotany, Flowering plants\nA member of Cercidiphyllaceae described on the basis of fossil infructescences.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 37], "content_span": [38, 117]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274471-0029-0000", "contents": "2017 in paleobotany, Flowering plants\nA member of Cercidiphyllaceae described on the basis of fossil infructescences.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 37], "content_span": [38, 117]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274471-0030-0000", "contents": "2017 in paleobotany, Flowering plants\nA member of Cercidiphyllaceae described on the basis of fossil infructescences.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 37], "content_span": [38, 117]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274471-0031-0000", "contents": "2017 in paleobotany, Flowering plants\nA member of Cercidiphyllaceae described on the basis of fossil infructescences.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 37], "content_span": [38, 117]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274471-0032-0000", "contents": "2017 in paleobotany, Flowering plants\nA member of Cercidiphyllaceae described on the basis of fossil infructescences.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 37], "content_span": [38, 117]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274471-0033-0000", "contents": "2017 in paleobotany, Flowering plants\nA flowering plant belonging to an early-diverging eudicot lineage. The type species is Kenilanthus marylandensis.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 37], "content_span": [38, 151]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274471-0034-0000", "contents": "2017 in paleobotany, Flowering plants\nA member of Ericaceae. Genus includes new species K. dorofeevi.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 37], "content_span": [38, 101]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274471-0035-0000", "contents": "2017 in paleobotany, Flowering plants\nA member of Cyperaceae. Genus includes new species K. lubstovensis.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 37], "content_span": [38, 105]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274471-0036-0000", "contents": "2017 in paleobotany, Flowering plants\nA member of the family Platanaceae; a new genus for \"Celastrinites\" kundurensis Golovneva, Sun & Bugdaeva (2008).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 37], "content_span": [38, 151]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274471-0037-0000", "contents": "2017 in paleobotany, Flowering plants\nA member of the family Lythraceae described on the basis of fossil wood.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 37], "content_span": [38, 110]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274471-0038-0000", "contents": "2017 in paleobotany, Flowering plants\nA member of the family Lecythidaceae described on the basis of fossil wood.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 37], "content_span": [38, 113]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274471-0039-0000", "contents": "2017 in paleobotany, Flowering plants\nA member of Ericaceae. Genus includes new species L. europea.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 37], "content_span": [38, 99]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274471-0040-0000", "contents": "2017 in paleobotany, Flowering plants\nA member of the family Ericaceae belonging to the tribe Ericeae. Genus includes new species M. miocaenica.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 37], "content_span": [38, 144]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274471-0041-0000", "contents": "2017 in paleobotany, Flowering plants\nA member of Fabaceae described on the basis of fossil wood.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 37], "content_span": [38, 97]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274471-0042-0000", "contents": "2017 in paleobotany, Flowering plants\nOriginally described as a member of Orchidaceae, but this interpretation was challenged by Selosse et al. (2017). Genus includes new species M. elongatus.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 37], "content_span": [38, 192]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274471-0043-0000", "contents": "2017 in paleobotany, Flowering plants\nA member of the family Rhamnaceae. Genus includes new species N. grandensis.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 37], "content_span": [38, 114]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274471-0044-0000", "contents": "2017 in paleobotany, Flowering plants\nAn early flowering plant. Genus includes new species N. lingyuanensis.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 37], "content_span": [38, 108]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274471-0045-0000", "contents": "2017 in paleobotany, Flowering plants\nA member of Malpighiales of uncertain phylogenetic placement, described on the basis of fossil wood. Genus includes new species P. crystallosa.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 37], "content_span": [38, 181]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274471-0046-0000", "contents": "2017 in paleobotany, Flowering plants\nA member of Myricaceae; a new genus for \"Dryandra\" cretacea Velenovsk\u00fd (1883). Genus also includes \"Dryandra\" yakovlevii Palibin (1930) and \"Aspleniopteris\" schrankii Sternberg (1825).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 37], "content_span": [38, 222]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274471-0047-0000", "contents": "2017 in paleobotany, Flowering plants\nA member of Detarioideae described on the basis of fossil wood. Genus includes new species P. concordiensis.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 37], "content_span": [38, 146]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274471-0048-0000", "contents": "2017 in paleobotany, Flowering plants\nA member of the family Phyllanthaceae described on the basis of fossil wood.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 37], "content_span": [38, 114]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274471-0049-0000", "contents": "2017 in paleobotany, Flowering plants\nAn angiosperm tree described on the basis of fossil wood.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 37], "content_span": [38, 95]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274471-0050-0000", "contents": "2017 in paleobotany, Flowering plants\nA member of the family Passifloraceae. Genus includes new species P. sogamosense.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 37], "content_span": [38, 119]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274471-0051-0000", "contents": "2017 in paleobotany, Flowering plants\nA member of Caesalpinioideae described on the basis of fossil wood.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 37], "content_span": [38, 105]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274471-0052-0000", "contents": "2017 in paleobotany, Flowering plants\nA member of the family Proteaceae belonging to the subfamily Persoonioideae.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 37], "content_span": [38, 114]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274471-0053-0000", "contents": "2017 in paleobotany, Flowering plants\nMistri, Kapgate & Sheikh ex Kapgate & Manchester in Kapgate, Manchester & Stuppy", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 37], "content_span": [38, 118]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274471-0054-0000", "contents": "2017 in paleobotany, Flowering plants\nA member of Phyllanthaceae described on the basis of fossil fruit. Genus includes new species P. singpurensis.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 37], "content_span": [38, 148]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274471-0055-0000", "contents": "2017 in paleobotany, Flowering plants\nA member of the family Picrodendraceae described on the basis of fossil wood.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 37], "content_span": [38, 115]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274471-0056-0000", "contents": "2017 in paleobotany, Flowering plants\nA species of Platanus; a replacement name for Aralia serrata Knowlton (1917).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 37], "content_span": [38, 115]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274471-0057-0000", "contents": "2017 in paleobotany, Flowering plants\nA species of Polygonum; a replacement name for Polygonum reticulatum Dorofeev.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 37], "content_span": [38, 116]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274471-0058-0000", "contents": "2017 in paleobotany, Flowering plants\nA member of Winteraceae described on the basis of fossil pollen.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 37], "content_span": [38, 102]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274471-0059-0000", "contents": "2017 in paleobotany, Flowering plants\nA rose; a replacement name for Rosa styriaca Kovar-Eder & Krainer (1988).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 37], "content_span": [38, 111]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274471-0060-0000", "contents": "2017 in paleobotany, Flowering plants\nA species of Rubus; a replacement name for Rubus acutiformis Chandler (1925).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 37], "content_span": [38, 115]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274471-0061-0000", "contents": "2017 in paleobotany, Flowering plants\nA species of Rubus; a replacement name for Rubus alnifolius Fotjanova (1988).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 37], "content_span": [38, 115]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274471-0062-0000", "contents": "2017 in paleobotany, Flowering plants\nA species of Rubus; a replacement name for Rubus brevis Nikitin (2007).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 37], "content_span": [38, 109]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274471-0063-0000", "contents": "2017 in paleobotany, Flowering plants\nA species of Rubus; a replacement name for Rubus decipiens Nikitin (1976).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 37], "content_span": [38, 112]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274471-0064-0000", "contents": "2017 in paleobotany, Flowering plants\nA species of Rubus; a replacement name for Rubus pygmaeus Nikitin (2007).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 37], "content_span": [38, 111]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274471-0065-0000", "contents": "2017 in paleobotany, Flowering plants\nA species of Rubus; a replacement name for Rubus aralioides Negru (1986).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 37], "content_span": [38, 111]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274471-0066-0000", "contents": "2017 in paleobotany, Flowering plants\nA species of Rubus; a replacement name for Rubus minor Nikitin (2007).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 37], "content_span": [38, 108]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274471-0067-0000", "contents": "2017 in paleobotany, Flowering plants\nA member of Laurales of uncertain phylogenetic placement. Genus includes new species S. dolichostemon, S. brachystemon and S. parvus.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 37], "content_span": [38, 171]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274471-0068-0000", "contents": "2017 in paleobotany, Flowering plants\nA member of Cornales of uncertain phylogenetic placement. Genus includes new species S. vancouverensis.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 37], "content_span": [38, 141]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274471-0069-0000", "contents": "2017 in paleobotany, Flowering plants\nA member of Orchidaceae. Genus includes new species S. baltica.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 37], "content_span": [38, 101]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274471-0070-0000", "contents": "2017 in paleobotany, Flowering plants\nA member of the family Rhamnaceae. Genus includes new species S. grandensis.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 37], "content_span": [38, 114]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274471-0071-0000", "contents": "2017 in paleobotany, Flowering plants\nA member of Cercidiphyllaceae described on the basis of fossil leaves.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 37], "content_span": [38, 108]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274471-0072-0000", "contents": "2017 in paleobotany, Flowering plants\nA member of Cercidiphyllaceae described on the basis of fossil leaves.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 37], "content_span": [38, 108]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274471-0073-0000", "contents": "2017 in paleobotany, Flowering plants\nA member of Cercidiphyllaceae described on the basis of fossil leaves.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 37], "content_span": [38, 108]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274471-0074-0000", "contents": "2017 in paleobotany, Flowering plants\nA species of Typha described on the basis of fossil seeds; a replacement name for Typha elongata Dorofeev (1982).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 37], "content_span": [38, 151]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274471-0075-0000", "contents": "2017 in paleobotany, Flowering plants\nA species of Typha described on the basis of fossil seeds previously attributed to the species Typha latissima.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 37], "content_span": [38, 149]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274471-0076-0000", "contents": "2017 in paleobotany, Flowering plants\nA species of Typha described on the basis of fossil seeds; a replacement name for Typha elliptica Negru (1972).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 37], "content_span": [38, 149]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274471-0077-0000", "contents": "2017 in paleobotany, Flowering plants\nA member of the Normapolles complex described on the basis of fossil flowers and fruits. Genus includes new species Z. vachae and Z. sklenarii.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 37], "content_span": [38, 181]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274471-0078-0000", "contents": "2017 in paleobotany, Ginkgoales\nA member of Ginkgoales, described on the basis of leaves.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 31], "content_span": [32, 89]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274471-0079-0000", "contents": "2017 in paleobotany, Ginkgoales\nA member of Ginkgoales, described on the basis of leaves.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 31], "content_span": [32, 89]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274471-0080-0000", "contents": "2017 in paleobotany, Pinales\nA member of Cupressaceae described on the basis of fossil wood.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 28], "content_span": [29, 92]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274471-0081-0000", "contents": "2017 in paleobotany, Pinales\nA member of Sequoioideae. Genus includes new species K. fecundum.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 28], "content_span": [29, 94]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274471-0082-0000", "contents": "2017 in paleobotany, Pinales\nA conifer described on the basis of fossil wood, possibly an ancestral form of the Sequoioideae. Genus includes new species M. triassicum.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 28], "content_span": [29, 167]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274471-0083-0000", "contents": "2017 in paleobotany, Pinales\nA member of Cupressaceae. Genus includes new species P. diminutus.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 28], "content_span": [29, 95]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274471-0084-0000", "contents": "2017 in paleobotany, Pinales\nA pine. The name P. arunachalensis turned out to be preoccupied by Pinus arunachalensis Srivastava (2017); Khan & Bera (2018) coined a replacement name Pinus daflaensis.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 28], "content_span": [29, 198]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274471-0085-0000", "contents": "2017 in paleobotany, Pinales\nA member of the family Podocarpaceae described on the basis of fossil wood.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 28], "content_span": [29, 104]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274471-0086-0000", "contents": "2017 in paleobotany, Pinales\nA member of the family Podocarpaceae described on the basis of fossil wood.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 28], "content_span": [29, 104]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274471-0087-0000", "contents": "2017 in paleobotany, Pinales\nA member of Cupressaceae. Genus includes new species S. foliatus, as well as \"Cyparissidium\" bohemicum Bayer (1914).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 28], "content_span": [29, 145]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274471-0088-0000", "contents": "2017 in paleobotany, Other seed plants\nA seed fern. Originally described as a species of Dicroidium, but subsequently transferred to the genus Jordaniopteris.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 38], "content_span": [39, 158]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274471-0089-0000", "contents": "2017 in paleobotany, Other seed plants\nA conifer described on the basis of fossilized wood. Genus includes new species D. jimsarensis.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 38], "content_span": [39, 134]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274471-0090-0000", "contents": "2017 in paleobotany, Other seed plants\nA cycad belonging to the family Zamiaceae and the subfamily Bowenioideae; a new genus for \"Almargemia\" incrassata Archangelsky (1966).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 38], "content_span": [39, 173]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274471-0091-0000", "contents": "2017 in paleobotany, Other seed plants\nA seed fern belonging to the family Callistophytaceae. Genus includes new species K. flexuosa .", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 38], "content_span": [39, 134]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274471-0092-0000", "contents": "2017 in paleobotany, Other seed plants\nA member of Gnetophyta showing intermediate morphology between the Ephedraceae, Gnetaceae and Welwitschiaceae. Genus includes new species L. decussata.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 38], "content_span": [39, 190]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274471-0093-0000", "contents": "2017 in paleobotany, Other seed plants\nA possible relative of the flowering plants. Genus includes new species N. triassica.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 38], "content_span": [39, 124]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274471-0094-0000", "contents": "2017 in paleobotany, Other seed plants\nA member of Voltziales belonging to the new family Patokaeaceae. Genus includes new species P. silesiaca.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 38], "content_span": [39, 144]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274471-0095-0000", "contents": "2017 in paleobotany, Other seed plants\nA conifer belonging to the family Podozamitaceae, described on the basis of leaves.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 38], "content_span": [39, 122]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274471-0096-0000", "contents": "2017 in paleobotany, Other seed plants\nA conifer belonging to the family Podozamitaceae, described on the basis of leaves.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 38], "content_span": [39, 122]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274471-0097-0000", "contents": "2017 in paleobotany, Other seed plants\nA member of Gnetales. Genus includes new species P. jurassicum.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 38], "content_span": [39, 102]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274471-0098-0000", "contents": "2017 in paleobotany, Other seed plants\nA member of Coniferophyta of uncertain phylogenetic placement. Genus includes new species T. taoshuyuanense.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 38], "content_span": [39, 147]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274471-0099-0000", "contents": "2017 in paleobotany, Other seed plants\nA member of Vladimariales (a group of seed plants of uncertain phylogenetic placement).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 38], "content_span": [39, 126]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274471-0100-0000", "contents": "2017 in paleobotany, Other seed plants\nA gymnosperm described on the basis of fossil wood. Genus includes new species Y. miscellum.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 38], "content_span": [39, 131]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274471-0101-0000", "contents": "2017 in paleobotany, Other seed plants\nA cycad belonging to the family Zamiaceae. Genus includes new species Z. amyla.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 38], "content_span": [39, 118]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274471-0102-0000", "contents": "2017 in paleobotany, Other plants\nCanada(\u00a0New Brunswick\u00a0Nova Scotia)\u00a0Spain\u00a0United States(\u00a0Michigan\u00a0West Virginia)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 33], "content_span": [34, 113]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274471-0103-0000", "contents": "2017 in paleobotany, Other plants\nA green alga, probably a primitive member of the family Dasycladaceae; a new genus for \"Cylindroporella\" lusitanica Ramalho (1970).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 33], "content_span": [34, 165]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274471-0104-0000", "contents": "2017 in paleobotany, Other plants\nA member of the family Osmundaceae; a replacement name for Ashicaulis claytoniites Cheng (2011).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 33], "content_span": [34, 130]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274471-0105-0000", "contents": "2017 in paleobotany, Other plants\nA member of Osmundaceae. Originally described as a species of Osmunda; transferred to the genus Osmundastrum.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 33], "content_span": [34, 143]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274471-0106-0000", "contents": "2017 in paleobotany, Other plants\nA liverwort belonging to the family Conocephalaceae. Genus includes new species C. hexagonites.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 33], "content_span": [34, 129]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274471-0107-0000", "contents": "2017 in paleobotany, Other plants\nA member of Anemiaceae described on the basis of spores.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 33], "content_span": [34, 90]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274471-0108-0000", "contents": "2017 in paleobotany, Other plants\nA member of Lycopsida belonging to the group Isoetales. Genus includes new species C. irvingii.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 33], "content_span": [34, 129]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274471-0109-0000", "contents": "2017 in paleobotany, Other plants\nA member of Noeggerathiales. Genus includes new species D. quadrisegmentorum", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 33], "content_span": [34, 110]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274471-0110-0000", "contents": "2017 in paleobotany, Other plants\nA green alga belonging to the group Dasycladales and the family Triploporellaceae.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 33], "content_span": [34, 116]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274471-0111-0000", "contents": "2017 in paleobotany, Other plants\nA plant of uncertain phylogenetic placement, described on the basis of rounded or slightly elongated discs bearing a system of dark strokes. Genus includes new species E. multistriatus.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 33], "content_span": [34, 219]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274471-0112-0000", "contents": "2017 in paleobotany, Other plants\nA liverwort, a species of Frullania. Li et al. (2021) considered it to be conspecific with Frullania baerlocheri.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 33], "content_span": [34, 147]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274471-0113-0000", "contents": "2017 in paleobotany, Other plants\nA green alga belonging to the group Charophyta. Genus includes new species G. orthogonalis.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 33], "content_span": [34, 125]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274471-0114-0000", "contents": "2017 in paleobotany, Other plants\nA plant of uncertain phylogenetic placement, probably a bryophyte, described on the basis of oval or egg-shaped sheets formed by two systems of cells. Genus includes new species H. dvinensis.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 33], "content_span": [34, 225]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274471-0115-0000", "contents": "2017 in paleobotany, Other plants\nA plant of uncertain phylogenetic placement; may be affiliated with ferns or pteridosperms.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 33], "content_span": [34, 125]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274471-0116-0000", "contents": "2017 in paleobotany, Other plants\nA leptosporangiate fern belonging to the group Filicales; a new genus for \"Boweria\" minor Kidston (1923).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 33], "content_span": [34, 139]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274471-0117-0000", "contents": "2017 in paleobotany, Other plants\nA moss belonging to the family Polytrichaceae. Genus includes new species M. alophosioides.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 33], "content_span": [34, 125]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274471-0118-0000", "contents": "2017 in paleobotany, Other plants\nA plant of uncertain phylogenetic placement; may be affiliated with ferns or pteridosperms. A new genus for \"Ilfeldia\" robusta Obrhel (1957) and \"Ilfeldia\" lobecensis Obrhel (1965).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 33], "content_span": [34, 215]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274471-0119-0000", "contents": "2017 in paleobotany, Other plants\nA liverwort belonging to the family Pelliaceae. Genus includes new species P. latithallus.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 33], "content_span": [34, 124]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274471-0120-0000", "contents": "2017 in paleobotany, Other plants\nA liverwort belonging to the family Frullaniaceae. Genus includes new species P. cornigera.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 33], "content_span": [34, 125]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274471-0121-0000", "contents": "2017 in paleobotany, Other plants\nA lycopod belonging to the group Lepidodendrales and the family Flemingitaceae.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 33], "content_span": [34, 113]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274471-0122-0000", "contents": "2017 in paleobotany, Other plants\nA lycopod belonging to the group Lepidodendrales and the family Flemingitaceae.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 33], "content_span": [34, 113]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274471-0123-0000", "contents": "2017 in paleobotany, Other plants\nA lycopod belonging to the group Isoetales described on the basis of megaspores.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 33], "content_span": [34, 114]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274471-0124-0000", "contents": "2017 in paleobotany, Other plants\nA lycopod belonging to the group Lepidodendrales and the family Flemingitaceae.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 33], "content_span": [34, 113]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274471-0125-0000", "contents": "2017 in paleobotany, Other plants\nA putative land plant, possibly a member of Rhyniales. Genus includes new species V. primitiva.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 33], "content_span": [34, 129]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274471-0126-0000", "contents": "2017 in paleobotany, Other plants\nAn alga belonging to the group Dasycladales. Genus includes new species W. nodifera.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 33], "content_span": [34, 118]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274471-0127-0000", "contents": "2017 in paleobotany, Other plants\nA member of Cladoxylopsida. Genus includes new species X. lignescens.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 33], "content_span": [34, 103]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274471-0128-0000", "contents": "2017 in paleobotany, Other plants\nOriginally described as an early angiosperm; Herendeen et al. (2017) considered the holotype specimen to be inadequately preserved for critical assessment of the relationships of the taxon. Genus includes new species Y. daohugouensis.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 33], "content_span": [34, 268]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274472-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 in paleoentomology\n2017 in paleoentomology is a list of new fossil insect taxa that were described during the year 2017, as well as other significant discoveries and events related to paleoentomology that were scheduled to occur during the year.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [23, 23], "content_span": [24, 250]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274472-0001-0000", "contents": "2017 in paleoentomology, New taxa, Coleopterans\nA rove beetle. Brunke et al. (2019) made it the type species of a separate genus Eolophorus.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 47], "content_span": [48, 140]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274472-0002-0000", "contents": "2017 in paleoentomology, New taxa, Coleopterans\nA weevil belonging to the family Nemonychidae. The type species is A. hyperochus.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 47], "content_span": [48, 129]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274472-0003-0000", "contents": "2017 in paleoentomology, New taxa, Coleopterans\nA member of the family Scarabaeidae belonging to the subfamily Aphodiinae and the tribe Eupariini.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 47], "content_span": [48, 146]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274472-0004-0000", "contents": "2017 in paleoentomology, New taxa, Coleopterans\nA silken fungus beetle. The type species is A. cantabricus.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 47], "content_span": [48, 107]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274472-0005-0000", "contents": "2017 in paleoentomology, New taxa, Coleopterans\nA dor beetle belonging to the tribe Athyreini. The type species is A. beuteli.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 47], "content_span": [48, 126]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274472-0006-0000", "contents": "2017 in paleoentomology, New taxa, Coleopterans\nA weevil belonging to the family Curculionidae, subfamily Entiminae and possibly the tribe Polydrosini; a species of Apodrosus.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 47], "content_span": [48, 175]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274472-0007-0000", "contents": "2017 in paleoentomology, New taxa, Coleopterans\nA weevil belonging to the family Curculionidae, subfamily Entiminae and possibly the tribe Polydrosini; a species of Apodrosus.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 47], "content_span": [48, 175]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274472-0008-0000", "contents": "2017 in paleoentomology, New taxa, Coleopterans\nA longhorn beetle belonging to the subfamily Parandrinae. Genus includes new species A. ammytae.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 47], "content_span": [48, 144]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274472-0009-0000", "contents": "2017 in paleoentomology, New taxa, Coleopterans\nA member of the family Hydraenidae. The type species is A. cretacea.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 47], "content_span": [48, 116]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274472-0010-0000", "contents": "2017 in paleoentomology, New taxa, Coleopterans\nA soldier beetle belonging to the subfamily Malthininae. The type species is A. rosetta.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 47], "content_span": [48, 136]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274472-0011-0000", "contents": "2017 in paleoentomology, New taxa, Coleopterans\nA member of Ripiphoridae. The type species is A. nuwa.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 47], "content_span": [48, 102]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274472-0012-0000", "contents": "2017 in paleoentomology, New taxa, Coleopterans\nA member of the family Thanerocleridae. The type species is A. bellus.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 47], "content_span": [48, 118]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274472-0013-0000", "contents": "2017 in paleoentomology, New taxa, Coleopterans\nA member of the family Cupedidae. The type species is B. combertiae.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 47], "content_span": [48, 116]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274472-0014-0000", "contents": "2017 in paleoentomology, New taxa, Coleopterans\nA species of Bembidion; the type species of the new subgenus Eodontium.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 47], "content_span": [48, 119]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274472-0015-0000", "contents": "2017 in paleoentomology, New taxa, Coleopterans\nA member of the family Ommatidae. Originally described as a species of Brochocoleus; Kirejtshuk (2020) transferred it to the genus Burmocoleus.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 47], "content_span": [48, 191]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274472-0016-0000", "contents": "2017 in paleoentomology, New taxa, Coleopterans\nA rove beetle belonging to the subfamily Scydmaeninae and the tribe Mastigini. The type species is C. monstrabilis. Ja\u0142oszy\u0144ski et al. (2018) considered the genus Cascomastigus to be a junior synonym of the genus Clidicostigus.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 47], "content_span": [48, 275]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274472-0017-0000", "contents": "2017 in paleoentomology, New taxa, Coleopterans\nAn ant-like stone beetle belonging to the tribe Glandulariini. Genus includes new species C. carinata and C. macrophthalma.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 47], "content_span": [48, 171]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274472-0018-0000", "contents": "2017 in paleoentomology, New taxa, Coleopterans\nA member of the family Passalidae belonging to the subfamily Aulacocyclinae. The type species is C. lotus Boucher, Bai & Montreuil; genus also includes C. jirouxi Boucher, Bai & Montreuil.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 47], "content_span": [48, 236]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274472-0019-0000", "contents": "2017 in paleoentomology, New taxa, Coleopterans\nA member of the family Lycidae belonging to the tribe Leptolycini.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 47], "content_span": [48, 114]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274472-0020-0000", "contents": "2017 in paleoentomology, New taxa, Coleopterans\nA member of Ommatinae. Genus includes new species C. palmeri.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 47], "content_span": [48, 109]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274472-0021-0000", "contents": "2017 in paleoentomology, New taxa, Coleopterans\nAn ant-like stone beetle belonging to the tribe Mastigini. The type species is C. arachnipes.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 47], "content_span": [48, 141]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274472-0022-0000", "contents": "2017 in paleoentomology, New taxa, Coleopterans\nA member of the family Leiodidae belonging to the subfamily Camiarinae and the tribe Agyrtodini. The type species is C. glabratus.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 47], "content_span": [48, 178]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274472-0023-0000", "contents": "2017 in paleoentomology, New taxa, Coleopterans\nA stem-bythinine pselaphine rove beetle. The type species is C. excavatus.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 47], "content_span": [48, 122]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274472-0024-0000", "contents": "2017 in paleoentomology, New taxa, Coleopterans\nA member of the family Hydrophilidae. The type species is C. burmanicus.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 47], "content_span": [48, 120]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274472-0025-0000", "contents": "2017 in paleoentomology, New taxa, Coleopterans\nA member of the family Dermestidae belonging to the subfamily Attageninae. The type species is C. palpalis.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 47], "content_span": [48, 155]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274472-0026-0000", "contents": "2017 in paleoentomology, New taxa, Coleopterans\nA member of the family Zopheridae. The type species is C. burmanica.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 47], "content_span": [48, 116]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274472-0027-0000", "contents": "2017 in paleoentomology, New taxa, Coleopterans\nA rove beetle belonging to the subfamily Aleocharinae and the tribe Trichopseniini. The type species is C. burmiticus.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 47], "content_span": [48, 166]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274472-0028-0000", "contents": "2017 in paleoentomology, New taxa, Coleopterans\nA member of Oedemeridae. The type species is D. marcosi.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 47], "content_span": [48, 104]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274472-0029-0000", "contents": "2017 in paleoentomology, New taxa, Coleopterans\nA click beetle; a replacement name for Idiomorphus Dolin (1980).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 47], "content_span": [48, 112]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274472-0030-0000", "contents": "2017 in paleoentomology, New taxa, Coleopterans\nA member of the family Cryptophagidae. The type species is E. mnemosynon.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 47], "content_span": [48, 121]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274472-0031-0000", "contents": "2017 in paleoentomology, New taxa, Coleopterans\nA curculionid weevil belonging to the subfamily Platypodinae and the tribe Tesserocerini. The type species is E. jordali.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 47], "content_span": [48, 169]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274472-0032-0000", "contents": "2017 in paleoentomology, New taxa, Coleopterans\nA rove beetle belonging to the subfamily Steninae. The type species is F. robustus; genus also includes F. gracilis.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 47], "content_span": [48, 164]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274472-0033-0000", "contents": "2017 in paleoentomology, New taxa, Coleopterans\nA member of Polyphaga belonging to the family Peltosynidae. The type species is G. dixis.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 47], "content_span": [48, 137]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274472-0034-0000", "contents": "2017 in paleoentomology, New taxa, Coleopterans\nAn ant-like stone beetle. The type species is H. vendeanus.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 47], "content_span": [48, 107]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274472-0035-0000", "contents": "2017 in paleoentomology, New taxa, Coleopterans\nA soldier beetle belonging to the subfamily Malthininae. The type species is K. macroptera.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 47], "content_span": [48, 139]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274472-0036-0000", "contents": "2017 in paleoentomology, New taxa, Coleopterans\nA weevil belonging to the family Curculionidae, subfamily Entiminae and the tribe Eustylini; a species of Lachnopus.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 47], "content_span": [48, 164]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274472-0037-0000", "contents": "2017 in paleoentomology, New taxa, Coleopterans\nA member of Anthicidae belonging to the subfamily Lemodinae. Genus includes new species L. olmedoae.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 47], "content_span": [48, 148]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274472-0038-0000", "contents": "2017 in paleoentomology, New taxa, Coleopterans\nA member of Lepiceridae; a replacement name for Lepiceroides Kirejtshuk & Poinar (2013).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 47], "content_span": [48, 136]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274472-0039-0000", "contents": "2017 in paleoentomology, New taxa, Coleopterans\nA member of Cupedidae. The type species is M. qingqingae; genus also includes M. cleevelyi.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 47], "content_span": [48, 139]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274472-0040-0000", "contents": "2017 in paleoentomology, New taxa, Coleopterans\nA soldier beetle belonging to the subfamily Malthininae. The type species is M. balticus.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 47], "content_span": [48, 137]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274472-0041-0000", "contents": "2017 in paleoentomology, New taxa, Coleopterans\nA weevil; a new genus for \"Balaninus\" elegans Piton (1940).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 47], "content_span": [48, 107]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274472-0042-0000", "contents": "2017 in paleoentomology, New taxa, Coleopterans\nA member of Smicripidae; a new genus for \"Smicrips\" cretacea Cai & Huang (2016).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 47], "content_span": [48, 128]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274472-0043-0000", "contents": "2017 in paleoentomology, New taxa, Coleopterans\nA member of the subfamily Ernobiinae. Genus includes new species M. fuentesi.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 47], "content_span": [48, 125]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274472-0044-0000", "contents": "2017 in paleoentomology, New taxa, Coleopterans\nA member of Polyphaga belonging to the family Peltosynidae. The type species is O. synkritos.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 47], "content_span": [48, 141]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274472-0045-0000", "contents": "2017 in paleoentomology, New taxa, Coleopterans\nA member of Ripiphoridae belonging to the subfamily Ripidiinae; a replacement name for Olemehlia Batelka (2012).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 47], "content_span": [48, 160]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274472-0046-0000", "contents": "2017 in paleoentomology, New taxa, Coleopterans\nA weevil belonging to the family Nemonychidae. The type species is O. marinae.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 47], "content_span": [48, 126]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274472-0047-0000", "contents": "2017 in paleoentomology, New taxa, Coleopterans\nA member of the family Boganiidae. Genus includes new species P. jurassicum.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 47], "content_span": [48, 124]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274472-0048-0000", "contents": "2017 in paleoentomology, New taxa, Coleopterans\nA rove beetle belonging to the subfamily Aleocharinae. The type species is Palaeomesoporus electiricus.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 47], "content_span": [48, 151]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274472-0049-0000", "contents": "2017 in paleoentomology, New taxa, Coleopterans\nA member of the family Zopheridae belonging to the subfamily Colydiinae and the tribe Synchitini. The type species is P. antennata; genus also includes P. minuta.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 47], "content_span": [48, 210]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274472-0050-0000", "contents": "2017 in paleoentomology, New taxa, Coleopterans\nA member of the family Dermestidae. The type species is P. jurassicus.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 47], "content_span": [48, 118]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274472-0051-0000", "contents": "2017 in paleoentomology, New taxa, Coleopterans\nA member of the family Ommatidae belonging to the tribe Brochocoleini. The type species is P. burmitica.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 47], "content_span": [48, 152]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274472-0052-0000", "contents": "2017 in paleoentomology, New taxa, Coleopterans\nA relative of the New York weevil. Genus includes new species P. rostrata.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 47], "content_span": [48, 122]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274472-0053-0000", "contents": "2017 in paleoentomology, New taxa, Coleopterans\nA beetle of uncertain phylogenetic placement, assigned to the new family Ponomarenkiidae. The type species is P. belmonthensis. The generic name turned out to be preoccupied by Ponomarenkia Perkovsky (2001); Yan et al. (2018) coined a replacement name Ponomarenkium.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 47], "content_span": [48, 314]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274472-0054-0000", "contents": "2017 in paleoentomology, New taxa, Coleopterans\nA ground beetle belonging to the tribe Platynini. The type species is P. punctaticeps.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 47], "content_span": [48, 134]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274472-0055-0000", "contents": "2017 in paleoentomology, New taxa, Coleopterans\nA rove beetle belonging to the subfamily Oxytelinae and the tribe Thinobiini. The type species is P. tianmiaoae.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 47], "content_span": [48, 160]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274472-0056-0000", "contents": "2017 in paleoentomology, New taxa, Coleopterans\nA weevil belonging to the family Curculionidae, subfamily Entiminae and the tribe Eudiagogini; a species of Promecops.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 47], "content_span": [48, 166]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274472-0057-0000", "contents": "2017 in paleoentomology, New taxa, Coleopterans\nA stag beetle belonging to the subfamily Aesalinae and the tribe Nicagini. The type species is P. tani.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 47], "content_span": [48, 151]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274472-0058-0000", "contents": "2017 in paleoentomology, New taxa, Coleopterans\nA member of Erotylidae belonging to the subfamily Languriinae and the tribe Thallisellini. The type species is S. rasnitsyni.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 47], "content_span": [48, 173]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274472-0059-0000", "contents": "2017 in paleoentomology, New taxa, Coleopterans\nOriginally described as a species of Tetraphalerus; Kirejtshuk (2020) transferred this species to the ommatine genus Bukhkalius.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 47], "content_span": [48, 176]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274472-0060-0000", "contents": "2017 in paleoentomology, New taxa, Coleopterans\nA rove beetle belonging to the subfamily Staphylininae, the tribe Staphylinini and the subtribe Anisolinina.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 47], "content_span": [48, 156]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274472-0061-0000", "contents": "2017 in paleoentomology, New taxa, Coleopterans\nA member of Cucujoidea belonging to the new family Wabbelidae. The type species is W. cerebricavus.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 47], "content_span": [48, 147]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274472-0062-0000", "contents": "2017 in paleoentomology, New taxa, Coleopterans\nA pleasing fungus beetle belonging to the subfamily Xenoscelinae. The type species is X. popovi.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 47], "content_span": [48, 144]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274472-0063-0000", "contents": "2017 in paleoentomology, New taxa, Dermapterans\nAn earwig belonging to the family Pygidicranidae and the subfamily Pyragrinae. The type species is G. canaliculata.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 47], "content_span": [48, 163]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274472-0064-0000", "contents": "2017 in paleoentomology, New taxa, Dermapterans\nAn earwig belonging to the family Pygidicranidae. The type species is S. leptocerca.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 47], "content_span": [48, 132]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274472-0065-0000", "contents": "2017 in paleoentomology, New taxa, Dictyopterans\nA cockroach. Originally described as a member of Blattidae; Qiu et al. (2020) considered it to be a cockroach of uncertain phylogenetic placement. The type species is B. cretacea \u0160m\u00eddov\u00e1 & Lei (2017); genus also includes B. libanensis Sendi & Azar (2017).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 48], "content_span": [49, 304]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274472-0066-0000", "contents": "2017 in paleoentomology, New taxa, Dictyopterans\nA cockroach belonging to the new family Olidae. Genus includes new species O. xiai.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 48], "content_span": [49, 132]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274472-0067-0000", "contents": "2017 in paleoentomology, New taxa, Dipterans\nA member of Acroceridae belonging to the subfamily Acrocerinae. Genus includes new species C. flavinigra.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 44], "content_span": [45, 150]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274472-0068-0000", "contents": "2017 in paleoentomology, New taxa, Dipterans\nA member of the family Tanyderidae. Genus includes new species E. barbarae.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 44], "content_span": [45, 120]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274472-0069-0000", "contents": "2017 in paleoentomology, New taxa, Dipterans\nA member of Chironomidae belonging to the subfamily Buchonomyiinae. Genus includes new species F. saetheri Baranov, G\u00f3ral & Ross (2017) and F. pankowskii Gi\u0142ka & Zakrzewska (2017).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 44], "content_span": [45, 225]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274472-0070-0000", "contents": "2017 in paleoentomology, New taxa, Dipterans\nA member of Cecidomyiidae belonging to the subfamily Porricondylinae and the tribe Diallactiini. The type species is G. pankowskiorum.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 44], "content_span": [45, 179]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274472-0071-0000", "contents": "2017 in paleoentomology, New taxa, Dipterans\nA member of the family Limoniidae belonging to the subfamily Architipulinae.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 44], "content_span": [45, 121]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274472-0072-0000", "contents": "2017 in paleoentomology, New taxa, Dipterans\nA drain fly belonging to the subfamily Bruchomyiinae. Genus includes new species H. obtusa, H. bifida, H. cubicula, H. longicauda and H. reducta, as well as H. hoffeinsi (Wagner, 2006).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 44], "content_span": [45, 230]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274472-0073-0000", "contents": "2017 in paleoentomology, New taxa, Dipterans\nA member of Acroceridae belonging to the subfamily Philopotinae. Genus includes new species H. leptogaster.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 44], "content_span": [45, 152]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274472-0074-0000", "contents": "2017 in paleoentomology, New taxa, Dipterans\nA member of Sciaroidea belonging to the family Lygistorrhinidae. The type species is I. sahnii.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 44], "content_span": [45, 140]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274472-0075-0000", "contents": "2017 in paleoentomology, New taxa, Dipterans\nA member of Nemestrinidae belonging to the subfamily Archinemestriinae. The type species is M. caii.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 44], "content_span": [45, 145]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274472-0076-0000", "contents": "2017 in paleoentomology, New taxa, Dipterans\nA drain fly belonging to the subfamily Bruchomyiinae. Genus includes \"Nemopalpus\" quadrispiculatus Stebner et al. (2015) and \"Nemopalpus\" velteni Wagner (2012), as well as new species P. muelleri, P. bisulcum and P. notandum.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 44], "content_span": [45, 270]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274472-0077-0000", "contents": "2017 in paleoentomology, New taxa, Dipterans\nA member of Bibionidae, a species of Plecia; a replacement name for Bibio nigripennis Th\u00e9obald (1937).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 44], "content_span": [45, 147]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274472-0078-0000", "contents": "2017 in paleoentomology, New taxa, Dipterans\nA member of Cecidomyiidae belonging to the subfamily Porricondylinae and the tribe Holoneurini. The type species is R. davidi; genus also includes new species R. miyae, as well as \"Bryocrypta\" laqueata Fedotova in Fedotova & Perkovsky (2005).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 44], "content_span": [45, 287]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274472-0079-0000", "contents": "2017 in paleoentomology, New taxa, Hemipterans\nA planthopper belonging to the family Mimarachnidae. The type species is B. raunoi.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 46], "content_span": [47, 130]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274472-0080-0000", "contents": "2017 in paleoentomology, New taxa, Hemipterans\nA member of the family Hydrometridae. The type species is C. paradoxa.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 46], "content_span": [47, 117]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274472-0081-0000", "contents": "2017 in paleoentomology, New taxa, Hemipterans\nAn aphid belonging to the family Szelegiewicziidae. Genus includes new species F. burmensis.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 46], "content_span": [47, 139]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274472-0082-0000", "contents": "2017 in paleoentomology, New taxa, Hemipterans\nA planthopper belonging to the family Tropiduchidae and the subfamily Elicinae. The type species is G. sontagae.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 46], "content_span": [47, 159]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274472-0083-0000", "contents": "2017 in paleoentomology, New taxa, Hemipterans\nA member of Palaeontinidae. The type species is H. amisanus.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 46], "content_span": [47, 107]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274472-0084-0000", "contents": "2017 in paleoentomology, New taxa, Hemipterans\nA member of Gerromorpha belonging to the family Mesoveliidae. The type species is G. pulcherrima.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 46], "content_span": [47, 144]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274472-0085-0000", "contents": "2017 in paleoentomology, New taxa, Hemipterans\nA member of Gerromorpha belonging to the family Mesoveliidae. The type species is I. quisquilia.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 46], "content_span": [47, 143]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274472-0086-0000", "contents": "2017 in paleoentomology, New taxa, Hemipterans\nAn aphid belonging to the new family Isolitaphidae or to the family Juraphididae. Genus includes new species I. prolatantennus.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 46], "content_span": [47, 174]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274472-0087-0000", "contents": "2017 in paleoentomology, New taxa, Hemipterans\nA froghopper belonging to the family Sinoalidae. The type species is S. hani.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 46], "content_span": [47, 124]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274472-0088-0000", "contents": "2017 in paleoentomology, New taxa, Hemipterans\nA member of the family Belostomatidae. The type species is T. solensis.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 46], "content_span": [47, 118]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274472-0089-0000", "contents": "2017 in paleoentomology, New taxa, Hemipterans\nA member of Sternorrhyncha, possibly belonging to the group Pincombeomorpha. The type species is X. karetsa.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 46], "content_span": [47, 155]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274472-0090-0000", "contents": "2017 in paleoentomology, New taxa, Hymenopterans\nA member of Ceraphronoidea. The type species is A. burmanicus.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 48], "content_span": [49, 111]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274472-0091-0000", "contents": "2017 in paleoentomology, New taxa, Hymenopterans\nA member of Aulacidae belonging to the subfamily Hyptiogastritinae. The type species is A. tartaricus.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 48], "content_span": [49, 151]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274472-0092-0000", "contents": "2017 in paleoentomology, New taxa, Hymenopterans\nA member of Proctotrupoidea belonging to the family Heloridae. Genus includes new species B. fortis.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 48], "content_span": [49, 149]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274472-0093-0000", "contents": "2017 in paleoentomology, New taxa, Hymenopterans\nAn ant, a relative of Zigrasimecia. The type species is \"Sphecomyrma\" canadensis Wilson (1985).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 48], "content_span": [49, 144]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274472-0094-0000", "contents": "2017 in paleoentomology, New taxa, Hymenopterans\nA member of Ichneumonidae. The type species is C. perrarus.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 48], "content_span": [49, 108]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274472-0095-0000", "contents": "2017 in paleoentomology, New taxa, Hymenopterans\nA spider wasp. The type species is \"Hemipogonius\" scudderi Cockerell (1906).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 48], "content_span": [49, 125]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274472-0096-0000", "contents": "2017 in paleoentomology, New taxa, Hymenopterans\nA member of Aulacidae related to Electrofoenus. The type species is E. diminuta.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 48], "content_span": [49, 129]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274472-0097-0000", "contents": "2017 in paleoentomology, New taxa, Hymenopterans\nA member of the family Crabronidae belonging to the subfamily Pemphredoninae. The type species is F. impressa.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 48], "content_span": [49, 159]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274472-0098-0000", "contents": "2017 in paleoentomology, New taxa, Hymenopterans\nA member of Scelionidae. The type species is G. mckellari.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 48], "content_span": [49, 107]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274472-0099-0000", "contents": "2017 in paleoentomology, New taxa, Hymenopterans\nA member of Stephanidae. The type species is L. lii.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 48], "content_span": [49, 101]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274472-0100-0000", "contents": "2017 in paleoentomology, New taxa, Hymenopterans\nAn ant belonging to the tribe Haidomyrmecini. The type species is L. vladi.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 48], "content_span": [49, 124]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274472-0101-0000", "contents": "2017 in paleoentomology, New taxa, Hymenopterans\nA member of Pamphilioidea belonging to the new family Mirolydidae. The type species is M. hirta.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 48], "content_span": [49, 145]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274472-0102-0000", "contents": "2017 in paleoentomology, New taxa, Hymenopterans\nA member of Proctotrupoidea belonging to the family Heloridae. Genus includes new species N. macilentus, as well as \"Spherogaster\" saltatrix Shi et al. (2013).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 48], "content_span": [49, 208]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274472-0103-0000", "contents": "2017 in paleoentomology, New taxa, Hymenopterans\nA member of Ichneumonidae. The type species is N. longus.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 48], "content_span": [49, 106]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274472-0104-0000", "contents": "2017 in paleoentomology, New taxa, Hymenopterans\nA bee belonging to the family Apidae, subfamily Nomadinae and the tribe Epeolini. The type species is P. micheneri.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 48], "content_span": [49, 164]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274472-0105-0000", "contents": "2017 in paleoentomology, New taxa, Hymenopterans\nA collective-group name for all fossil members of Pepsinae for which the generic position is unclear because of lack of diagnostic characters in preserved specimens. Includes \"Pompilus\" scelerosus Meunier (1917), \"Pepsis\" avitula Cockerell (1941), \"Hemipogonius\" florissantensis Cockerell (1906), \"Salius\" laminarum Rohwer (1909), \"Criptochilus\" contentus Theobald (1937) and \"Agenia\" cockerellae Rohwer (1909).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 48], "content_span": [49, 460]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274472-0106-0000", "contents": "2017 in paleoentomology, New taxa, Hymenopterans\nOriginally described as a member of Stephanidae; Rasnitsyn & \u00d6hm-K\u00fchnle (2021) reinterpreted it as a member of Roproniidae. The type species is P. exilis.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 48], "content_span": [49, 203]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274472-0107-0000", "contents": "2017 in paleoentomology, New taxa, Hymenopterans\nA collective-group name for all fossil members of Pompilinae for which the generic position is unclear because of lack of diagnostic characters in preserved specimens. Includes \"Pompilus\" coquandi Theobald (1937) and \"Psammochares\" depressa Statz (1936).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 48], "content_span": [49, 303]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274472-0108-0000", "contents": "2017 in paleoentomology, New taxa, Hymenopterans\nA collective-group name for all fossil species of spider wasps for which the subfamilial and generic position is unclear because of lack of diagnostic characters in preserved specimens. Includes \"Pompilus\" induratus Heer (1849), \"Pompilus\" fasciatus Theobald (1937), \"Pompilus\" incertus Theobald (1937) and \"Salius\" senex Rohwer (1909).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 48], "content_span": [49, 385]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274472-0109-0000", "contents": "2017 in paleoentomology, New taxa, Hymenopterans\nA member of the family Encyrtidae. Genus includes new species P. kononovae.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 48], "content_span": [49, 124]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274472-0110-0000", "contents": "2017 in paleoentomology, New taxa, Hymenopterans\nA member of the family Vespidae. Genus includes new species P. haxairei.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 48], "content_span": [49, 121]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274472-0111-0000", "contents": "2017 in paleoentomology, New taxa, Hymenopterans\nA member of Braconidae belonging to the subfamily Protorhyssalinae. The type species is R. emersoni.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 48], "content_span": [49, 149]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274472-0112-0000", "contents": "2017 in paleoentomology, New taxa, Hymenopterans\nA member of Evanioidea belonging to the family Othniodellithidae. The type species is X. preta.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 48], "content_span": [49, 144]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274472-0113-0000", "contents": "2017 in paleoentomology, New taxa, Mecopterans\nA member of the family Holcorpidae. The type species is C. stigmosa.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 46], "content_span": [47, 115]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274472-0114-0000", "contents": "2017 in paleoentomology, New taxa, Neuropterans\nA member of the family Osmylidae belonging to the subfamily Kempyninae.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 47], "content_span": [48, 119]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274472-0115-0000", "contents": "2017 in paleoentomology, New taxa, Neuropterans\nA member of the family Ithonidae. Genus includes new species B. pennyi.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 47], "content_span": [48, 119]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274472-0116-0000", "contents": "2017 in paleoentomology, New taxa, Neuropterans\nA member of Myrmeleontoidea belonging to the family Babinskaiidae. The type species is B. tenuis.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 47], "content_span": [48, 145]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274472-0117-0000", "contents": "2017 in paleoentomology, New taxa, Neuropterans\nA member of Dipteromantispidae. The type species is B. jiaxiaoae.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 47], "content_span": [48, 113]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274472-0118-0000", "contents": "2017 in paleoentomology, New taxa, Neuropterans\nA neuropteran of uncertain phylogenetic placement. Originally classified as member of the family Dilaridae and assigned to the genus Burmopsychops; subsequently transferred to the family Kalligrammatidae and to the genus Oligopsychopsis by Liu et al. (2018).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 47], "content_span": [48, 306]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274472-0119-0000", "contents": "2017 in paleoentomology, New taxa, Neuropterans\nA member of the family Coniopterygidae. The type species is C. grandis.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 47], "content_span": [48, 119]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274472-0120-0000", "contents": "2017 in paleoentomology, New taxa, Neuropterans\nA member of Dilaridae. The type species is C. olei.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 47], "content_span": [48, 99]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274472-0121-0000", "contents": "2017 in paleoentomology, New taxa, Neuropterans\nA member of the family Nevrorthidae. The type species is C. patrickmuelleri.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 47], "content_span": [48, 124]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274472-0122-0000", "contents": "2017 in paleoentomology, New taxa, Neuropterans\nA member of Myrmeleontoidea belonging to the family Babinskaiidae. The type species is E. burmana.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 47], "content_span": [48, 146]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274472-0123-0000", "contents": "2017 in paleoentomology, New taxa, Neuropterans\nA member of the family Psychopsidae. Genus includes new species E. handlirschi.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 47], "content_span": [48, 127]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274472-0124-0000", "contents": "2017 in paleoentomology, New taxa, Neuropterans\nA member of Dipteromantispidae; a new genus for \"Mantispidiptera\" henryi Grimaldi (2000).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 47], "content_span": [48, 137]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274472-0125-0000", "contents": "2017 in paleoentomology, New taxa, Neuropterans\nA member of Osmylidae. Genus includes new species K. multiramosus.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 47], "content_span": [48, 114]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274472-0126-0000", "contents": "2017 in paleoentomology, New taxa, Neuropterans\nA member of the family Chrysopidae belonging to the subfamily Nothochrysinae.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 47], "content_span": [48, 125]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274472-0127-0000", "contents": "2017 in paleoentomology, New taxa, Neuropterans\nA member of Dipteromantispidae. The type species is M. longissima.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 47], "content_span": [48, 114]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274472-0128-0000", "contents": "2017 in paleoentomology, New taxa, Neuropterans\nA member of Myrmeleontoidea belonging to the family Babinskaiidae. Genus includes new species P. elegans.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 47], "content_span": [48, 153]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274472-0129-0000", "contents": "2017 in paleoentomology, New taxa, Neuropterans\nA member of the family Osmylidae belonging to the subfamily Kempyninae. Genus includes new species P. excellens.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 47], "content_span": [48, 160]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274472-0130-0000", "contents": "2017 in paleoentomology, New taxa, Neuropterans\nA member of Myrmeleontoidea belonging to the family Babinskaiidae. The type species is \"Babinskaia\" martinsnetoi Lu, Zhang & Liu (2017).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 47], "content_span": [48, 184]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274472-0131-0000", "contents": "2017 in paleoentomology, New taxa, Neuropterans\nA member of Osmylidae. The type species is P. relicta.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 47], "content_span": [48, 102]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274472-0132-0000", "contents": "2017 in paleoentomology, New taxa, Neuropterans\nA member of the family Berothidae. The type species is X. angustialata.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 47], "content_span": [48, 119]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274472-0133-0000", "contents": "2017 in paleoentomology, New taxa, Odonatans\nA dragonfly belonging to the superfamily Aeshnoidea and the family Burmaeshnidae. The type species is A. magnifica.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 44], "content_span": [45, 160]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274472-0134-0000", "contents": "2017 in paleoentomology, New taxa, Odonatans\nA damselfly belonging to the family Hemiphlebiidae. The type species is Burmahemiphlebia zhangi.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 44], "content_span": [45, 141]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274472-0135-0000", "contents": "2017 in paleoentomology, New taxa, Odonatans\nA dragonfly belonging to the superfamily Aeshnoidea. Originally assigned to the family Telephlebiidae, but subsequently transferred to the family Burmaeshnidae. The type species is C. lini.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 44], "content_span": [45, 234]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274472-0136-0000", "contents": "2017 in paleoentomology, New taxa, Odonatans\nA coenagrionoid damselfly. Genus includes new species E. elongatum and E. forficatum.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 44], "content_span": [45, 130]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274472-0137-0000", "contents": "2017 in paleoentomology, New taxa, Odonatans\nA damselfly belonging to the family Dysagrionidae. Genus includes new species E. lini.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 44], "content_span": [45, 131]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274472-0138-0000", "contents": "2017 in paleoentomology, New taxa, Odonatans\nA dragonfly belonging to the family Gomphaeschnidae. Genus includes new species E. peterthieli and E. annekeae.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 44], "content_span": [45, 156]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274472-0139-0000", "contents": "2017 in paleoentomology, New taxa, Odonatans\nA member of the family Campterophlebiidae. The type species is G. kronzi.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 44], "content_span": [45, 118]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274472-0140-0000", "contents": "2017 in paleoentomology, New taxa, Odonatans\nA damsel-dragonfly belonging to the group Isophlebioidea and the family Campterophlebiidae. Genus includes new species J. yulinensis.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 44], "content_span": [45, 178]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274472-0141-0000", "contents": "2017 in paleoentomology, New taxa, Odonatans\nA damsel-dragonfly belonging to the group Stenophlebioptera and the family Juraheterophlebiidae.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 44], "content_span": [45, 141]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274472-0142-0000", "contents": "2017 in paleoentomology, New taxa, Odonatans\nA dragonfly belonging to the family Paracymatophlebiidae. Genus includes new species L. panae.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 44], "content_span": [45, 139]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274472-0143-0000", "contents": "2017 in paleoentomology, New taxa, Odonatans\nA damselfly belonging to the family Dysagrionidae. The type species is Palaeodysagrion cretacicus; genus also includes Palaeodysagrion youlini Zheng, Chang & Chang (2017).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 44], "content_span": [45, 216]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274472-0144-0000", "contents": "2017 in paleoentomology, New taxa, Odonatans\nA dragonfly belonging to the family Burmagomphidae. The type species is S. soberana.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 44], "content_span": [45, 129]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274472-0145-0000", "contents": "2017 in paleoentomology, New taxa, Odonatans\nA member of the family Frenguelliidae. The type species is T. vuelvenlucha.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 44], "content_span": [45, 120]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274472-0146-0000", "contents": "2017 in paleoentomology, New taxa, Odonatans\nA damselfly belonging to the family Platycnemididae and the subfamily Palaeodisparoneurinae. The type species is Y. huangi.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 44], "content_span": [45, 168]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274472-0147-0000", "contents": "2017 in paleoentomology, New taxa, Trichopterans\nA caddisfly belonging to the family Necrotauliidae; a species of Acisarcuatus.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 48], "content_span": [49, 127]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274472-0148-0000", "contents": "2017 in paleoentomology, New taxa, Trichopterans\nA caddisfly belonging to the family Hydrobiosidae. Genus includes new species K. taymyrensis.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 48], "content_span": [49, 142]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274472-0149-0000", "contents": "2017 in paleoentomology, New taxa, Trichopterans\nPossibly a member of the family Philopotamidae; a species of Liadotaulius.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 48], "content_span": [49, 123]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274472-0150-0000", "contents": "2017 in paleoentomology, New taxa, Trichopterans\nA caddisfly belonging to the family Odontoceridae. The type species is P. xiai.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 48], "content_span": [49, 128]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274472-0151-0000", "contents": "2017 in paleoentomology, New taxa, Trichopterans\nA caddisfly belonging to the family Limnephilidae. Genus includes new species P. rasnitsyni.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 48], "content_span": [49, 141]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274472-0152-0000", "contents": "2017 in paleoentomology, New taxa, Trichopterans\nA caddisfly belonging to the family Leptoceridae. Genus includes new species S. parapolaria.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 48], "content_span": [49, 141]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274472-0153-0000", "contents": "2017 in paleoentomology, New taxa, Trichopterans\nA caddisfly belonging to the family Dipseudopsidae. Genus includes new species T. protopegasus.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 48], "content_span": [49, 144]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274472-0154-0000", "contents": "2017 in paleoentomology, New taxa, Other insects\nAn insect of uncertain phylogenetic placement. Originally interpreted as a wingless insect belonging to the new order Aethiocarenodea; Vr\u0161ansk\u00fd et al. (2018) considered it to be an alienopterid nymph. The type species is A. burmanicus.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 48], "content_span": [49, 284]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274472-0155-0000", "contents": "2017 in paleoentomology, New taxa, Other insects\nA member of Orthoptera resembling modern crickets. The type species is A. nicolaswachtleri.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 48], "content_span": [49, 140]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274472-0156-0000", "contents": "2017 in paleoentomology, New taxa, Other insects\nA member of the family Protohymenidae. The type species is A. splendens.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 48], "content_span": [49, 121]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274472-0157-0000", "contents": "2017 in paleoentomology, New taxa, Other insects\nA member of Orthoptera belonging to the family Prophalangopsidae and the subfamily Chifengiinae.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 48], "content_span": [49, 145]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274472-0158-0000", "contents": "2017 in paleoentomology, New taxa, Other insects\nA mayfly belonging to the family Hexagenitidae. Genus includes new species B. firmus.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 48], "content_span": [49, 134]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274472-0159-0000", "contents": "2017 in paleoentomology, New taxa, Other insects\nA member of Odonatoptera belonging to the group Protanisoptera. The type species is B. gonfaronensis.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 48], "content_span": [49, 150]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274472-0160-0000", "contents": "2017 in paleoentomology, New taxa, Other insects\nA member of Miomoptera belonging to the family Palaeomanteidae. The type species is B. azari.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 48], "content_span": [49, 142]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274472-0161-0000", "contents": "2017 in paleoentomology, New taxa, Other insects\nA member of the family Diaphanopteridae. The type species is C. permiana.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 48], "content_span": [49, 122]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274472-0162-0000", "contents": "2017 in paleoentomology, New taxa, Other insects\nA member of the family Syntonopteridae. The type species is C. carpenteri.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 48], "content_span": [49, 123]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274472-0163-0000", "contents": "2017 in paleoentomology, New taxa, Other insects\nA member of Chresmodidae (a family of insects of uncertain phylogenetic placement).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 48], "content_span": [49, 132]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274472-0164-0000", "contents": "2017 in paleoentomology, New taxa, Other insects\nA member of Archaeognatha belonging to the family Meinertellidae. The type species is C. hookensis; genus also includes C. thornis.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 48], "content_span": [49, 180]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274472-0165-0000", "contents": "2017 in paleoentomology, New taxa, Other insects\nA member of Miomoptera belonging to the family Palaeomanteidae. The type species is E. engeli.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 48], "content_span": [49, 143]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274472-0166-0000", "contents": "2017 in paleoentomology, New taxa, Other insects\nA member of Orthoptera belonging to the family Eumastacidae. The type species is E. erteboellei.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 48], "content_span": [49, 145]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274472-0167-0000", "contents": "2017 in paleoentomology, New taxa, Other insects\nA member of Orthoptera belonging to the family Tetrigidae. The type species is E. wittecki; genus also includes E. furi.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 48], "content_span": [49, 169]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274472-0168-0000", "contents": "2017 in paleoentomology, New taxa, Other insects\nA member of Panorthoptera belonging to the group Caloneurodea. The type species is G. galadrieli.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 48], "content_span": [49, 146]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274472-0169-0000", "contents": "2017 in paleoentomology, New taxa, Other insects\nA member of Archaeognatha belonging to the family Machilidae. The type species is G. triassicus.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 48], "content_span": [49, 145]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274472-0170-0000", "contents": "2017 in paleoentomology, New taxa, Other insects\nAn amphiesmenopteran in the new order Tarachoptera. The type species is K. hennigi; genus also includes K. divisonotata and K. brevicostata.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 48], "content_span": [49, 189]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274472-0171-0000", "contents": "2017 in paleoentomology, New taxa, Other insects\nA member of Eoblattida belonging to the family Mesorthopteridae. The type species is L. marginata; genus also includes L. segmentata.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 48], "content_span": [49, 182]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274472-0172-0000", "contents": "2017 in paleoentomology, New taxa, Other insects\nA member of Miomoptera belonging to the family Palaeomanteidae. The type species is M. testai.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 48], "content_span": [49, 143]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274472-0173-0000", "contents": "2017 in paleoentomology, New taxa, Other insects\nA snakefly belonging to the family Baissopteridae. Genus includes new species M. monosticha, as well as \"Baissoptera\" minima Ponomarenko (1993).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 48], "content_span": [49, 193]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274472-0174-0000", "contents": "2017 in paleoentomology, New taxa, Other insects\nA member of Troctomorpha belonging to the group Amphientometae and the family Manicapsocidae. Genus includes new species P. margoae and P. fouadi.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 48], "content_span": [49, 195]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274472-0175-0000", "contents": "2017 in paleoentomology, New taxa, Other insects\nA member of Psocodea belonging to the family Prionoglarididae. Genus includes new species P. leinhardi, P. burmica and P. inexpectata.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 48], "content_span": [49, 183]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274472-0176-0000", "contents": "2017 in paleoentomology, New taxa, Other insects\nA thrips belonging to the family Melanthripidae. The type species is P. mammuthoides.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 48], "content_span": [49, 134]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274472-0177-0000", "contents": "2017 in paleoentomology, New taxa, Other insects\nA moth belonging to the family Micropterigidae, a species of Sabatinca.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 48], "content_span": [49, 120]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274472-0178-0000", "contents": "2017 in paleoentomology, New taxa, Other insects\nA moth belonging to the family Micropterigidae, a species of Sabatinca.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 48], "content_span": [49, 120]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274472-0179-0000", "contents": "2017 in paleoentomology, New taxa, Other insects\nA member of Panorthoptera (the clade containing orthopterans and their closest fossil relatives). The type species is S. pectinatus.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 48], "content_span": [49, 181]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274472-0180-0000", "contents": "2017 in paleoentomology, New taxa, Other insects\nA member of Odonatoptera belonging to the group Triadophlebiomorpha. The type species is S. lini.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 48], "content_span": [49, 146]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274472-0181-0000", "contents": "2017 in paleoentomology, New taxa, Other insects\nA moth belonging to the family Douglasiidae. Genus includes new species T. orectometopus.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 48], "content_span": [49, 138]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274472-0182-0000", "contents": "2017 in paleoentomology, New taxa, Other insects\nAn amphiesmenopteran in the new order Tarachoptera. The type species is T. microlepidopterella.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 48], "content_span": [49, 144]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274472-0183-0000", "contents": "2017 in paleoentomology, New taxa, Other insects\nAn ensiferan belonging to the family Haglidae and the subfamily Cyrtophyllitinae.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 48], "content_span": [49, 130]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274472-0184-0000", "contents": "2017 in paleoentomology, New taxa, Other insects\nA member of Odonatoptera belonging to the group Triadophlebioptera and the family Zygophlebiidae.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 48], "content_span": [49, 146]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274473-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 in paleoichthyology\nThis list of fossil fishes described in 2017 is a list of new taxa of jawless vertebrates, placoderms, acanthodians, fossil cartilaginous fishes, bony fishes and other fishes of every kind that are scheduled to be described during the year 2017, as well as other significant discoveries and events related to paleontology of fishes that are scheduled to occur in the year 2017. The list only includes taxa at the level of genus or species.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [24, 24], "content_span": [25, 464]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274473-0001-0000", "contents": "2017 in paleoichthyology, New taxa, Placoderms\nPossibly a relative of Bothriolepis. The type species is H. zhangi.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 46], "content_span": [47, 114]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274473-0002-0000", "contents": "2017 in paleoichthyology, New taxa, Placoderms\nA member of Acanthothoraci belonging to the family Palaeacanthaspidae. The type species is S. chlupaci.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 46], "content_span": [47, 150]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274473-0003-0000", "contents": "2017 in paleoichthyology, New taxa, Placoderms\nA member of Acanthothoraci belonging to the family Palaeacanthaspidae. The type species is T. inopinatus.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 46], "content_span": [47, 152]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274473-0004-0000", "contents": "2017 in paleoichthyology, New taxa, Cartilaginous fishes\nA member of Euselachii of uncertain phylogenetic placement. The type species is A. prominens.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 56], "content_span": [57, 150]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274473-0005-0000", "contents": "2017 in paleoichthyology, New taxa, Cartilaginous fishes\nA member of the family Dalatiidae. Genus includes new species E. austrinalis.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 56], "content_span": [57, 134]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274473-0006-0000", "contents": "2017 in paleoichthyology, New taxa, Cartilaginous fishes\nA member of Symmoriiformes of uncertain phylogenetic placement; a new genus for \"Cobelodus\" obliquus Ivanov (2005).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 56], "content_span": [57, 172]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274473-0007-0000", "contents": "2017 in paleoichthyology, New taxa, Cartilaginous fishes\nA chimaera belonging to the group Myriacanthoidei and the family Myriacanthidae. The type species is O. bornholmensis.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 56], "content_span": [57, 175]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274473-0008-0000", "contents": "2017 in paleoichthyology, New taxa, Cartilaginous fishes\nA member of Euselachii, possibly a member of the family Sphenacanthidae. Genus includes new species R. diplotuberculatus.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 56], "content_span": [57, 178]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274473-0009-0000", "contents": "2017 in paleoichthyology, New taxa, Cartilaginous fishes\nA member of Myliobatiformes of uncertain phylogenetic placement; a new genus for \"Myliobatis\" sulcidens Darteville & Casier (1943).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 56], "content_span": [57, 188]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274473-0010-0000", "contents": "2017 in paleoichthyology, New taxa, Bony fishes\nA relative of the extant viviparous brotula genus Dinematichthys. The type species is A. vestalis.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 47], "content_span": [48, 146]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274473-0011-0000", "contents": "2017 in paleoichthyology, New taxa, Bony fishes\nA member of Tetraodontiformes of uncertain phylogenetic placement. Genus includes new species A. molaris.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 47], "content_span": [48, 153]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274473-0012-0000", "contents": "2017 in paleoichthyology, New taxa, Bony fishes\nA ray-finned fish belonging to the group Redfieldiiformes. The type species is C. tehul.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 47], "content_span": [48, 136]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274473-0013-0000", "contents": "2017 in paleoichthyology, New taxa, Bony fishes\nA relative of Dercetis. Genus includes new species C. padillai.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 47], "content_span": [48, 111]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274473-0014-0000", "contents": "2017 in paleoichthyology, New taxa, Bony fishes\nA member of Soleidae. The type species is C. fudoujii.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 47], "content_span": [48, 102]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274473-0015-0000", "contents": "2017 in paleoichthyology, New taxa, Bony fishes\nA member of Clupeiformes related to wolf herrings and anchovies. Genus includes new species C. nelsoni.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 47], "content_span": [48, 151]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274473-0016-0000", "contents": "2017 in paleoichthyology, New taxa, Bony fishes\nA member of Pycnodontiformes related to Polygyrodus. The type species is D. lamberti.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 47], "content_span": [48, 133]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274473-0017-0000", "contents": "2017 in paleoichthyology, New taxa, Bony fishes\nA member of Pycnodontiformes related to Polygyrodus. The type species is E. cattoi.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 47], "content_span": [48, 131]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274473-0018-0000", "contents": "2017 in paleoichthyology, New taxa, Bony fishes\nA coelacanth belonging to the family Latimeriidae. The type species is F. maxkuhni.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 47], "content_span": [48, 131]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274473-0019-0000", "contents": "2017 in paleoichthyology, New taxa, Bony fishes\nA member of Pycnodontiformes. The type species is G. aureum.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 47], "content_span": [48, 108]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274473-0020-0000", "contents": "2017 in paleoichthyology, New taxa, Bony fishes\nA goby. The type species is H. reductus; genus also includes \"Hyrcanogobius\" hesperis Schwarzhans, Bradi\u0107 & Rundi\u0107 (2015).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 47], "content_span": [48, 170]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274473-0021-0000", "contents": "2017 in paleoichthyology, New taxa, Bony fishes\nA member of the family Syngnathidae related to Haliichthys taeniophorus. The type species is H. edis.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 47], "content_span": [48, 149]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274473-0022-0000", "contents": "2017 in paleoichthyology, New taxa, Bony fishes\nA member of Amiiformes. Genus includes new species H. newbreyi.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 47], "content_span": [48, 111]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274473-0023-0000", "contents": "2017 in paleoichthyology, New taxa, Bony fishes\nA member of Tetrapodomorpha of uncertain phylogenetic placement. The type species is H. chowi.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 47], "content_span": [48, 142]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274473-0024-0000", "contents": "2017 in paleoichthyology, New taxa, Bony fishes\nA ray-finned fish belonging to the group Eurynotoidiformes and the family Eurynotoidiidae.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 47], "content_span": [48, 138]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274473-0025-0000", "contents": "2017 in paleoichthyology, New taxa, Bony fishes\nA member of Halecomorphi belonging to the group Ionoscopiformes. The type species is I. derasmoi.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 47], "content_span": [48, 145]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274473-0026-0000", "contents": "2017 in paleoichthyology, New taxa, Bony fishes\nA member of Clupeidae. The type species is \"Sardinella\" perrata Daniltshenko (1970); genus also includes Karaganops komochtitziensis (Strashimirov, 1985).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 47], "content_span": [48, 202]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274473-0027-0000", "contents": "2017 in paleoichthyology, New taxa, Bony fishes\nA member of Percomorpha of uncertain phylogenetic placement. Genus includes new species K. castroi.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 47], "content_span": [48, 147]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274473-0028-0000", "contents": "2017 in paleoichthyology, New taxa, Bony fishes\nAn early member of Actinopterygii. The type species is L. pectinatus.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 47], "content_span": [48, 117]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274473-0029-0000", "contents": "2017 in paleoichthyology, New taxa, Bony fishes\nA member of the family Batrachoididae. The type species is L. novosadi.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 47], "content_span": [48, 119]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274473-0030-0000", "contents": "2017 in paleoichthyology, New taxa, Bony fishes\nA member of Alosinae. Genus includes new species M. switshenskae and possibly also \"Clupea\" gomotartziensis Strashimirov (1985).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 47], "content_span": [48, 176]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274473-0031-0000", "contents": "2017 in paleoichthyology, New taxa, Bony fishes\nA member of the family Polymixiidae. The type species is N. pulvinata.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 47], "content_span": [48, 118]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274473-0032-0000", "contents": "2017 in paleoichthyology, New taxa, Bony fishes\nA member of Cyprinidae. The type species is N. wui.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 47], "content_span": [48, 99]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274473-0033-0000", "contents": "2017 in paleoichthyology, New taxa, Bony fishes\nA member of Berycidae. The type species is N. nishimotoi.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 47], "content_span": [48, 105]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274473-0034-0000", "contents": "2017 in paleoichthyology, New taxa, Bony fishes\nA member of Gobioidei, possibly a goby. The type species is O. cascus.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 47], "content_span": [48, 118]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274473-0035-0000", "contents": "2017 in paleoichthyology, New taxa, Bony fishes\nA member of Clupeomorpha belonging to the group Ellimmichthyiformes and the family Paraclupeidae.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 47], "content_span": [48, 145]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274473-0036-0000", "contents": "2017 in paleoichthyology, New taxa, Bony fishes\nA member of the family Soleidae; a new genus for \"Rhombus\" serbicus An\u0111elkovi\u0107 (1966).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 47], "content_span": [48, 134]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274473-0037-0000", "contents": "2017 in paleoichthyology, New taxa, Bony fishes\nA goby; a new genus for \"Gobius\" pullus Kramberger (1882).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 47], "content_span": [48, 106]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274473-0038-0000", "contents": "2017 in paleoichthyology, New taxa, Bony fishes\nA goby. The type species is P. squamatus; genus also includes P. strashimirovi.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 47], "content_span": [48, 127]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274473-0039-0000", "contents": "2017 in paleoichthyology, New taxa, Bony fishes\nA member of the family Syngnathidae. The type species is P. polypterus.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 47], "content_span": [48, 119]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274473-0040-0000", "contents": "2017 in paleoichthyology, New taxa, Bony fishes\nA member of Ariidae. The type species is Q. hitanensis.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 47], "content_span": [48, 103]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274473-0041-0000", "contents": "2017 in paleoichthyology, New taxa, Bony fishes\nA member of Anablepidae. Genus includes new species S. pacha.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 47], "content_span": [48, 109]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274473-0042-0000", "contents": "2017 in paleoichthyology, New taxa, Bony fishes\nA member of Beryciformes belonging to the suborder Berycoidei. The type species is S. kishimaensis.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 47], "content_span": [48, 147]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274473-0043-0000", "contents": "2017 in paleoichthyology, New taxa, Bony fishes\nA member of Pycnodontidae. The type species is S. naishi.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 47], "content_span": [48, 105]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274473-0044-0000", "contents": "2017 in paleoichthyology, New taxa, Bony fishes\nA member of Pycnodontiformes related to Polygyrodus. The type species is S. secans.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 47], "content_span": [48, 131]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274473-0045-0000", "contents": "2017 in paleoichthyology, New taxa, Bony fishes\nAn early bony fish, probably a stem-sarcopterygian. The type species is S. tingi.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 47], "content_span": [48, 129]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274473-0046-0000", "contents": "2017 in paleoichthyology, New taxa, Bony fishes\nA member of Halecomorphi belonging to the group Ionoscopiformes. The type species is S. triassicus.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 47], "content_span": [48, 147]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274473-0047-0000", "contents": "2017 in paleoichthyology, New taxa, Bony fishes\nA non-perleidiform member of Actinopterygii. A new genus for \"Perleidus\" madagascariensis Piveteau (1934); genus also includes \"Perleidus\" woodwardi, \"Perleidus\" stoschiensis, \"Perleidus\" lutoensis and \"Perleidus\" lehmani.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 47], "content_span": [48, 270]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274473-0048-0000", "contents": "2017 in paleoichthyology, New taxa, Bony fishes\nA member of the family Congridae. The type species is \"Scalanago\" fastigatus Schwarzhans (1980); genus also includes \"Mystriophis\" obliquum Stinton (1957), Tonganago sagittisulcatus (Schwarzhans, 1980) and a new species T. coplandi.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 47], "content_span": [48, 280]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274473-0049-0000", "contents": "2017 in paleoichthyology, New taxa, Bony fishes\nA member of Anablepidae. Genus includes new species T. cionei.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 47], "content_span": [48, 110]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274473-0050-0000", "contents": "2017 in paleoichthyology, New taxa, Bony fishes\nA cichlid belonging to the subfamily Pseudocrenilabrinae. Genus includes new species T. pickfordi.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 47], "content_span": [48, 146]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274473-0051-0000", "contents": "2017 in paleoichthyology, New taxa, Bony fishes\nA member of Palaeonisciformes of uncertain phylogenetic placement. The type species is Z. macilentus.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 47], "content_span": [48, 149]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274474-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 in paleomalacology\nThis list, 2017 in paleomalacology, is a list of new taxa of ammonites and other fossil cephalopods, as well as fossil gastropods, bivalves and other molluscs that are scheduled to be described during the year 2017, as well as other significant discoveries and events related to molluscan paleontology that are scheduled to occur in the year 2017.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [23, 23], "content_span": [24, 371]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274474-0001-0000", "contents": "2017 in paleomalacology, Ammonites, New taxa\nA member of the family Acrioceratidae. The type species is B. marcoulinense.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 44], "content_span": [45, 121]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274474-0002-0000", "contents": "2017 in paleomalacology, Ammonites, New taxa\nA member of the family Ancyloceratidae. The type species is C. esteronensis; genus also includes new species C. vermeuleni and C. morenobedmari, possibly also \"Epancyloceras\" fractum Casey (1960) and \"Pseudocrioceras\" orbignyanum Ropolo et al. (1998), non Matheron (1842).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 44], "content_span": [45, 317]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274474-0003-0000", "contents": "2017 in paleomalacology, Ammonites, New taxa\nA member of Ataxioceratidae. The type species is D. exornatum (Catullo, 1853); genus also includes D. negrii (Del Campana, 1905), D. bassanii (Del Campana 1905) and D. selectus (Neumayr, 1873).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 44], "content_span": [45, 238]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274474-0004-0000", "contents": "2017 in paleomalacology, Ammonites, New taxa\nGenus includes new species E. tiskatinensis. The generic name is preoccupied by Elsaella Alichova (1960).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 44], "content_span": [45, 150]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274474-0005-0000", "contents": "2017 in paleomalacology, Ammonites, New taxa\nA member of the family Stephanoceratidae belonging to the subfamily Garantianinae. The type species is K. rostovtsevi; genus also includes K. graebensteini.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 44], "content_span": [45, 201]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274474-0006-0000", "contents": "2017 in paleomalacology, Ammonites, New taxa\nA member of the family Crioceratitidae. The type species is L. coluccii; genus also includes L. krenkeli (Sarkar, 1955), L. shankariae (Sarkar, 1955), and L. crimensis (Wiedmann, 1962).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 44], "content_span": [45, 230]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274474-0007-0000", "contents": "2017 in paleomalacology, Ammonites, New taxa\nA member of the family Xenoceltitidae; a new genus for \"Xenodiscus (Xenaspis)\" nevadanus Smith (1932).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 44], "content_span": [45, 147]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274474-0008-0000", "contents": "2017 in paleomalacology, Ammonites, New taxa\nA member of the family Arietitidae belonging to the subfamily Asteroceratinae.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 44], "content_span": [45, 123]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274474-0009-0000", "contents": "2017 in paleomalacology, Ammonites, New taxa\nA member of Ceratitida belonging to the group Meekocerataceae and the family Flemingitidae.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 44], "content_span": [45, 136]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274474-0010-0000", "contents": "2017 in paleomalacology, Ammonites, New taxa\nThe type species of the subgenus is Pseudolioceras (Paratugurites) ochoticum.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 44], "content_span": [45, 122]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274474-0011-0000", "contents": "2017 in paleomalacology, Ammonites, New taxa\nThe type species of the subgenus is Pseudolioceras (Pontolioceras) pontoneicum.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 44], "content_span": [45, 124]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274474-0012-0000", "contents": "2017 in paleomalacology, Ammonites, New taxa\nA member of Ataxioceratidae. The type species is \"Subplanitoides\" mediterraneus Cecca (1990); genus also includes P. toucasi (Cecca & Enay, 1991) and possibly P? pouzinensis (Toucas, 1890).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 44], "content_span": [45, 234]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274474-0013-0000", "contents": "2017 in paleomalacology, Ammonites, New taxa\nA member of Ataxioceratidae. The type species is \"Usseliceras (Subplanitoides)\" apenninicum Cecca (1990); genus also includes P. pseudocontiguus (Donze & Enay, 1961 in Cecca, 1990), P. schwertschlageri (Zeiss, 1968), P. oppeli (Zeiss, 1968) and P. spindelense (Zeiss, 1968).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 44], "content_span": [45, 319]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274474-0014-0000", "contents": "2017 in paleomalacology, Ammonites, New taxa\nA member of Ceratitida belonging to the group Meekocerataceae and the family Gyronitidae.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 44], "content_span": [45, 134]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274474-0015-0000", "contents": "2017 in paleomalacology, Ammonites, New taxa\nA member of Ataxioceratidae. The type species is V. pseudorothpletzi.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 44], "content_span": [45, 114]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274474-0016-0000", "contents": "2017 in paleomalacology, Ammonites, New taxa\nA member of the family Ataxioceratidae. The type species is X. berkai.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 44], "content_span": [45, 115]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274474-0017-0000", "contents": "2017 in paleomalacology, Other cephalopods, New taxa\nA straight-shelled cephalopod of uncertain phylogenetic placement. Doguzhaeva et al. (2017) assigned it to the new subclass Paracoleoidea and the new order Antarcticerida; Fuchs, Keupp & Klug (2018) considered it to be a member of the subclass Coleoidea and a possible squid. The type species is A. nordenskjoeldi.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 52], "content_span": [53, 367]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274474-0018-0000", "contents": "2017 in paleomalacology, Other cephalopods, New taxa\nA nautiloid cephalopod belonging to the new order Mixosiphonata. Genus includes new species B. centrale.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 52], "content_span": [53, 157]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274474-0019-0000", "contents": "2017 in paleomalacology, Other cephalopods, New taxa\nA belemnite belonging to the family Megateuthididae. The type species is C. aenigmatica.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 52], "content_span": [53, 141]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274474-0020-0000", "contents": "2017 in paleomalacology, Other cephalopods, New taxa\nA belemnite. Genus includes new species E. robustus, as well as \"Belemnopsis\" mackayi Stevens (1965).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 52], "content_span": [53, 154]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274474-0021-0000", "contents": "2017 in paleomalacology, Gastropods\nA species of Alvania; a replacement name for Alvania belli Glibert (1962).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 35], "content_span": [36, 110]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274474-0022-0000", "contents": "2017 in paleomalacology, Gastropods\nA member of the family Nododelphinulidae; a replacement name for \"Trochus\" binodosus M\u00fcnster in Goldfuss (1844).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 35], "content_span": [36, 148]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274474-0023-0000", "contents": "2017 in paleomalacology, Gastropods\nA member of Angariidae; a new genus for \"Angarina\" spinosa Briart & Cornet (1887).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 35], "content_span": [36, 118]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274474-0024-0000", "contents": "2017 in paleomalacology, Gastropods\nA member of Punctidae. The type species is A. miocenica.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 35], "content_span": [36, 92]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274474-0025-0000", "contents": "2017 in paleomalacology, Gastropods\nA member of the family Rissoidae. The type species is \"Rissoina\" exigua Gerasimov (1992), including new subspecies B. exigua arenosa; genus also includes B. caleptra (Gr\u00fcndel, 1975), B. undulata (Tullberg, 1881), B. recta (Destombes, 1983) and possibly \"Hudlestoniella\" pura Gr\u00fcndel (1975).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 35], "content_span": [36, 327]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274474-0026-0000", "contents": "2017 in paleomalacology, Gastropods\nA species of Calliostoma; a replacement name for Trochus heliciformis Millet (1865).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 35], "content_span": [36, 120]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274474-0027-0000", "contents": "2017 in paleomalacology, Gastropods\nA species of Calliostoma; a replacement name for Trochus millegranus Millet (1864).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 35], "content_span": [36, 119]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274474-0028-0000", "contents": "2017 in paleomalacology, Gastropods\nA species of Calliostoma; a replacement name for Trochus torulosus Millet (1865).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 35], "content_span": [36, 117]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274474-0029-0000", "contents": "2017 in paleomalacology, Gastropods\nA species of Calliostoma; a replacement name for Trochus tumidus Millet (1865).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 35], "content_span": [36, 115]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274474-0030-0000", "contents": "2017 in paleomalacology, Gastropods\nA member of Vetigastropoda belonging to the family Metriomphalidae. The type species is \"Delphinula\" funata-plicosa Quenstedt (1858); genus also includes new species C. concavus.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 35], "content_span": [36, 214]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274474-0031-0000", "contents": "2017 in paleomalacology, Gastropods\nA species of Coahuilix. Originally described as a sub-fossil species, but subsequently extant specimens were tentatively assigned to this species as well.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 35], "content_span": [36, 190]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274474-0032-0000", "contents": "2017 in paleomalacology, Gastropods\nOriginally described as a species of Coluzea; subsequently transferred to the genus Denticulofusus in the family Columbariidae.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 35], "content_span": [36, 163]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274474-0033-0000", "contents": "2017 in paleomalacology, Gastropods\nOriginally described as a species of Coluzea; subsequently transferred to the genus Denticulofusus in the family Columbariidae.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 35], "content_span": [36, 163]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274474-0034-0000", "contents": "2017 in paleomalacology, Gastropods\nA member of the family Symmetrocapulidae. The type species is F. semisculptus.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 35], "content_span": [36, 114]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274474-0035-0000", "contents": "2017 in paleomalacology, Gastropods\nA member of the family Trochidae. The type species is F. parvus.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 35], "content_span": [36, 100]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274474-0036-0000", "contents": "2017 in paleomalacology, Gastropods\nA member of the family Trochidae. Originally described as a species of Gibbula, but subsequently transferred to the genus Gibbuliculus.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 35], "content_span": [36, 171]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274474-0037-0000", "contents": "2017 in paleomalacology, Gastropods\nA member of the family Trochidae. Originally described as a species of Gibbula, but subsequently transferred to the genus Gibbuliculus.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 35], "content_span": [36, 171]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274474-0038-0000", "contents": "2017 in paleomalacology, Gastropods\nA subgenus of Gibbula. The type species is \"Trochus\" blainvillei Orbigny (1844); the subgenus also includes \"Trochus\" subblainvillei Sinzow (1897), \"Trochus\" papilla Eichwald (1850), \"Trochus\" urupensis Uspenskaya (1927), \"Trochus\" anceps Eichwald (1850), \"Trochus\" adelae Orbigny (1844) and \"Trochus\" pageanus Orbigny (1844).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 35], "content_span": [36, 362]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274474-0039-0000", "contents": "2017 in paleomalacology, Gastropods\nA subgenus of Gibbula. The type species is \"Trochus\" podolicus Dubois de Montpereux (1831); the subgenus also includes \"Trochus\" hommairei Orbigny (1844), \"Trochus\" philippisinzovi Kolesnikov (1930) and \"Trochus\" woronzowii Orbigny (1844).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 35], "content_span": [36, 275]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274474-0040-0000", "contents": "2017 in paleomalacology, Gastropods\nPossibly a member of the family Pleurotomariidae. The type species is G. mandli.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 35], "content_span": [36, 116]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274474-0041-0000", "contents": "2017 in paleomalacology, Gastropods\nA species of Guildfordia; a replacement name for Delphinula spinosa Zekeli (1852).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 35], "content_span": [36, 118]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274474-0042-0000", "contents": "2017 in paleomalacology, Gastropods\nA species of Jujubinus; a replacement name for Trochus sulcatus Lamarck (1804).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 35], "content_span": [36, 115]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274474-0043-0000", "contents": "2017 in paleomalacology, Gastropods\nA possible member of Strophocheilidae. The type species is \"Clavator (Leucotaenius)\" soltanensis Jodot (1938); genus also includes new species M. meridjensis.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 35], "content_span": [36, 194]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274474-0044-0000", "contents": "2017 in paleomalacology, Gastropods\nA member of the family Pleurotomariidae. The type species is N. obertraunensis; genus also includes N. subgradata.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 35], "content_span": [36, 150]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274474-0045-0000", "contents": "2017 in paleomalacology, Gastropods\nA species of Nerita; a replacement name for Nerita maculata Doncieux (1908).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 35], "content_span": [36, 112]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274474-0046-0000", "contents": "2017 in paleomalacology, Gastropods\nA member of the family Conidae. The type species is P. papillatus; genus also includes P. radulfivillensis.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 35], "content_span": [36, 143]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274474-0047-0000", "contents": "2017 in paleomalacology, Gastropods\nA member of Helicoidea. The type species is \"Helix\" robusta Reuss (1849); genus also includes \"Helix\" richarzi Schlosser (1907) and \"Tropidomphalus\" rotundus Binder (2004).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 35], "content_span": [36, 208]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274474-0048-0000", "contents": "2017 in paleomalacology, Gastropods\nA member of the family Paludomidae, a species of Potadomoides.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 35], "content_span": [36, 98]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274474-0049-0000", "contents": "2017 in paleomalacology, Gastropods\nA member of the family Paludomidae, a species of Potadomoides.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 35], "content_span": [36, 98]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274474-0050-0000", "contents": "2017 in paleomalacology, Gastropods\nA member of the family Raphitomidae. Genus includes \"Lusitanops\" bulbiformis Lozouet (1999)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 35], "content_span": [36, 127]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274474-0051-0000", "contents": "2017 in paleomalacology, Gastropods\nA species of Rissoina; a replacement name for Rissoina cancellata Morris & Lycett (1850).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 35], "content_span": [36, 125]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274474-0052-0000", "contents": "2017 in paleomalacology, Gastropods\nPossibly a member of Naticoidea. Genus includes new species S. sassenfjordensis.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 35], "content_span": [36, 116]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274474-0053-0000", "contents": "2017 in paleomalacology, Gastropods\nA member of Vetigastropoda belonging to the family Sclarotrardidae. The type species is \"Liotia\" coronilla Br\u00f6samlen (1909).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 35], "content_span": [36, 160]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274474-0054-0000", "contents": "2017 in paleomalacology, Gastropods\nA member of the family Phymatopleuridae. The type species is S. sokensis.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 35], "content_span": [36, 109]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274474-0055-0000", "contents": "2017 in paleomalacology, Gastropods\nA member of Ampullariidae. The type species is \"Pseudoceratodes\" rex Cox (1933); genus also includes \"Ceratodes\" jolyi Jodot (1913), \"Ceratodes\" niameyensis Dollfus & Dautzenberg (1925) and \"Pseudoceratodes\" clariondi Jodot (1953).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 35], "content_span": [36, 267]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274474-0056-0000", "contents": "2017 in paleomalacology, Gastropods\nA member of the family Pleurotomariidae. The type species is S. ziqquratiformis; genus also includes \"Pleurotomaria\" subdecorata M\u00fcnster in Goldfuss (1844), \"Pleurotomaria\" subornata M\u00fcnster in Goldfuss (1844), \"Pleurotomaria\" subtilis M\u00fcnster in Goldfuss (1844), \"Pleurotomaria\" depereti Riche (1904), \"Pleurotomaria\" araris Riche (1904) and \"Pleurotomaria\" vaffieri Riche (1904).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 35], "content_span": [36, 417]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274474-0057-0000", "contents": "2017 in paleomalacology, Gastropods\nA member of the family Angariidae. The type species is \"Turbo\" tegulatus M\u00fcnster in Goldfuss (1844).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 35], "content_span": [36, 136]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274474-0058-0000", "contents": "2017 in paleomalacology, Gastropods\nA member of the family Ataphridae. The type species is \"Natica\" inornata Quenstedt (1858).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 35], "content_span": [36, 126]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274474-0059-0000", "contents": "2017 in paleomalacology, Gastropods\nA member of the family Columbellidae; a new genus for \"Purpura\" ringens Deshayes (1865).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 35], "content_span": [36, 124]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274474-0060-0000", "contents": "2017 in paleomalacology, Gastropods\nA member of Vetigastropoda belonging to the family Epulotrochidae. The type species is U. glaber.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 35], "content_span": [36, 133]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274474-0061-0000", "contents": "2017 in paleomalacology, Gastropods\nA member of Vetigastropoda, possibly belonging to the family Epulotrochidae. The type species is \"Trochus\" angulatoplicatus M\u00fcnster in Goldfuss (1844).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 35], "content_span": [36, 187]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274474-0062-0000", "contents": "2017 in paleomalacology, Gastropods\nA gastropod of uncertain phylogenetic placement; a replacement name for Opisthonema Yu (1974).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 35], "content_span": [36, 130]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274474-0063-0000", "contents": "2017 in paleomalacology, Other molluscs, New taxa\nA tusk shell belonging to the family Pulsellidae. The subgenus includes A. alternoides, A. calloviense, A. hirtistriatum and A. medium.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 49], "content_span": [50, 185]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274474-0064-0000", "contents": "2017 in paleomalacology, Other molluscs, New taxa\nA rostroconch belonging to the group Ribeirioida and the family Ischyriniidae. The type species is B. plicata.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 49], "content_span": [50, 160]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274474-0065-0000", "contents": "2017 in paleomalacology, Other molluscs, New taxa\nA bivalve belonging to the family Unionidae, a species of Coelatura.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 49], "content_span": [50, 118]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274474-0066-0000", "contents": "2017 in paleomalacology, Other molluscs, New taxa\nA bivalve belonging to the family Nuculanidae. Genus includes new species C. magharensis.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 49], "content_span": [50, 139]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274474-0067-0000", "contents": "2017 in paleomalacology, Other molluscs, New taxa\nA bivalve belonging to the family Carditidae. Originally described as a species of Cyclocardia; P\u00e9rez & Giachetti (2020) transferred it to the genus Oesterheldia.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 49], "content_span": [50, 212]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274474-0068-0000", "contents": "2017 in paleomalacology, Other molluscs, New taxa\nA bivalve belonging to the family Carditidae. A new genus for \"Cardita\" patagonica Sowerby (1846); genus also includes \"Venericardia\" angusticostata Deshayes (1825).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 49], "content_span": [50, 215]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274474-0069-0000", "contents": "2017 in paleomalacology, Other molluscs, New taxa\nA replacement name for Mackinnonia Runnegar in Bengtson et al. (1990).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 49], "content_span": [50, 120]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274474-0070-0000", "contents": "2017 in paleomalacology, Other molluscs, New taxa\nA bivalve belonging to the group Myophorelloidea and the family Steinmanellidae. A new genus for \"Trigonia\" quintucoensis Weaver (1931); genus also includes \"Trigonia\" neuquensis Burckhardt (1903), Garatella raimondii (Lisson, 1930) and \"Steinmanella\" subquadrata Luci & Lazo (2012).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 49], "content_span": [50, 333]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274474-0071-0000", "contents": "2017 in paleomalacology, Other molluscs, New taxa\nA tusk shell belonging to the family Pulsellidae. Genus includes new species G. primitivum and G. reticulatum.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 49], "content_span": [50, 160]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274474-0072-0000", "contents": "2017 in paleomalacology, Other molluscs, New taxa\nA tusk shell belonging to the family Pulsellidae. Genus includes new species G. iodaense.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 49], "content_span": [50, 139]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274474-0073-0000", "contents": "2017 in paleomalacology, Other molluscs, New taxa\nA bivalve belonging to the family Naiaditidae. The type species is H. russkiensis.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 49], "content_span": [50, 132]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274474-0074-0000", "contents": "2017 in paleomalacology, Other molluscs, New taxa\nA rostroconch belonging to the group Ribeirioida and the family Ischyriniidae.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 49], "content_span": [50, 128]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274474-0075-0000", "contents": "2017 in paleomalacology, Other molluscs, New taxa\nA bivalve belonging to the family Carditidae. Genus includes K. burmeisteri (B\u00f6hm, 1903), K. multicostata (Lamarck, 1806) and K. pectuncularis (Lamarck, 1806).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 49], "content_span": [50, 209]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274474-0076-0000", "contents": "2017 in paleomalacology, Other molluscs, New taxa\nA bivalve belonging to the family Carditidae. A new genus for \"Venericardia\" tehuelchana Ihering (1907); genus also includes fossil species \"Pleuromeris\" murdochi Powell (1938), as well as extant species Pleuromeris marshalli and Pleuromeris paucicostata.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 49], "content_span": [50, 305]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274474-0077-0000", "contents": "2017 in paleomalacology, Other molluscs, New taxa\nA bivalve belonging to the group Myophorelloidea and the family Steinmanellidae. The type species is \"Trigonia\" fitchi Packard (1921); genus might also include L? jimboi Kobayashi & Amano (1955).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 49], "content_span": [50, 245]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274474-0078-0000", "contents": "2017 in paleomalacology, Other molluscs, New taxa\nAustria\u00a0Bosnia and Herzegovina\u00a0Croatia\u00a0Czech Republic\u00a0Hungary\u00a0Romania\u00a0Slovakia", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 49], "content_span": [50, 128]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274474-0079-0000", "contents": "2017 in paleomalacology, Other molluscs, New taxa\nA bivalve belonging to the family Carditidae and the subfamily Venericardiinae.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 49], "content_span": [50, 129]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274474-0080-0000", "contents": "2017 in paleomalacology, Other molluscs, New taxa\nA bivalve belonging to the family Carditidae and the subfamily Venericardiinae; a replacement name for Cardita striatissima var. abbreviata Dollfus & Cotter (1909) (raised to the rank of a separate species, a junior homonym of Cardita abbreviata Conrad, 1841).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 49], "content_span": [50, 310]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274474-0081-0000", "contents": "2017 in paleomalacology, Other molluscs, New taxa\nA bivalve belonging to the family Nuculanidae. The type species is N. alleni.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 49], "content_span": [50, 127]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274474-0082-0000", "contents": "2017 in paleomalacology, Other molluscs, New taxa\nA tusk shell belonging to the family Gadilidae. Genus includes new species M. clava, M. expolitum and M. volgense.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 49], "content_span": [50, 164]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274474-0083-0000", "contents": "2017 in paleomalacology, Other molluscs, New taxa\nA tusk shell belonging to the family Pulsellidae. Genus includes new species M. fabulosa.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 49], "content_span": [50, 139]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274474-0084-0000", "contents": "2017 in paleomalacology, Other molluscs, New taxa\nA bivalve belonging to the family Limidae. The type species is M. primus.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 49], "content_span": [50, 123]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274474-0085-0000", "contents": "2017 in paleomalacology, Other molluscs, New taxa\nA bivalve belonging to the group Myophorelloidea and the family Steinmanellidae. The type species is \"Steinmanella (Macrotrigonia)\" pehuenmapuensis Leanza (1998); genus also includes \"Steinmanella\" kensleyi Cooper (1979)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 49], "content_span": [50, 270]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274474-0086-0000", "contents": "2017 in paleomalacology, Other molluscs, New taxa\nA bivalve belonging to the group Myophorelloidea and the family Steinmanellidae. The type species is \"Trigonia\" erycina Philippi (1899); genus also includes \"Trigonia\" haupti Lambert (1944). The generic name is preoccupied by Philippiella Pfeffer (1886), Philippiella Waagen (1907), and Philippiella Poulsen (1965).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 49], "content_span": [50, 366]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274474-0087-0000", "contents": "2017 in paleomalacology, Other molluscs, New taxa\nA rostroconch belonging to the group Conocardiida and the family Bransoniidae.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 49], "content_span": [50, 128]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274474-0088-0000", "contents": "2017 in paleomalacology, Other molluscs, New taxa\nA bivalve belonging to the group Myophorelloidea and the family Steinmanellidae. The type species is \"Trigonia\" hemphilli Anderson (1958); genus also includes P. branti (Saul, 1978), P. californiana (Packard, 1921), P. pinea (Saul, 1978), P. robusta (Saul, 1978) and P. tryoniana (Gabb, 1864).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 49], "content_span": [50, 343]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274474-0089-0000", "contents": "2017 in paleomalacology, Other molluscs, New taxa\nA bivalve belonging to the group Myophorelloidea and the family Steinmanellidae. The type species is \"Trigonia\" hennigi Lange (1914).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 49], "content_span": [50, 183]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274474-0090-0000", "contents": "2017 in paleomalacology, Other molluscs, New taxa\nA bivalve belonging to the family Mytilidae. Genus includes new species S. iohannesbaptistae.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 49], "content_span": [50, 143]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274474-0091-0000", "contents": "2017 in paleomalacology, Other molluscs, New taxa\nA bivalve belonging to the family Limidae. Genus includes new species S. alat\u0430 and S. oblong\u0430.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 49], "content_span": [50, 144]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274474-0092-0000", "contents": "2017 in paleomalacology, Other molluscs, New taxa\nA bivalve belonging to the group Myophorelloidea and the family Steinmanellidae. A new genus for \"Trigonia\" vyschetzkii Cragin (1893); genus also includes \"Trigonia\" maloneana Stoyanow (1949).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 49], "content_span": [50, 242]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274474-0093-0000", "contents": "2017 in paleomalacology, Other molluscs, New taxa\nA bivalve belonging to the group Myophorelloidea and the family Steinmanellidae. The type species is \"Yaadia\" tanii Tashiro & Morozumi (1982); genus also includes T. koshikiana (Tashiro & Kano, 1989).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 49], "content_span": [50, 250]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274474-0094-0000", "contents": "2017 in paleomalacology, Other molluscs, New taxa\nA rostroconch belonging to the group Ribeirioida and the family Ischyriniidae.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 49], "content_span": [50, 128]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274474-0095-0000", "contents": "2017 in paleomalacology, Other molluscs, New taxa\nA bivalve belonging to the group Myophorelloidea and the family Steinmanellidae. The type species is \"Trigonia\" transitoria var. curacoensis Weaver (1931), raised to the rank of a separate species W. curacoensis; genus also includes W. lepida (Philippi, 1899) and W. steinmanni (Philippi, 1899).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 49], "content_span": [50, 345]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274475-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 in paleontology\nPaleontology or palaeontology is the study of prehistoric life forms on Earth through the examination of plant and animal fossils. This includes the study of body fossils, tracks (ichnites), burrows, cast-off parts, fossilised feces (coprolites), palynomorphs and chemical residues. Because humans have encountered fossils for millennia, paleontology has a long history both before and after becoming formalized as a science. This article records significant discoveries and events related to paleontology that occurred or were published in the year 2017.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [20, 20], "content_span": [21, 576]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274475-0001-0000", "contents": "2017 in paleontology, Cnidarians, New taxa\nA stony coral belonging to the family Latomeandridae. The type species is Fungiaphyllia communis.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 42], "content_span": [43, 140]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274475-0002-0000", "contents": "2017 in paleontology, Cnidarians, New taxa\nA stony coral belonging to the family Tropiastraeidae, a species of Guembelastraea.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 42], "content_span": [43, 126]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274475-0003-0000", "contents": "2017 in paleontology, Cnidarians, New taxa\nA rugose coral belonging to the family Bothrophyllidae. The type species is N. donetsiana; genus also includes new species N. dibimitaria and N. magna, as well as \"Bothrophyllum\" berestovensis Vassilyuk (1960). The generic name is preoccupied by Nina Horsfield (1829).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 42], "content_span": [43, 311]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274475-0004-0000", "contents": "2017 in paleontology, Cnidarians, New taxa\nA stony coral belonging to the family Oppelismiliidae, a species of Oppelismilia.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 42], "content_span": [43, 124]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274475-0005-0000", "contents": "2017 in paleontology, Cnidarians, New taxa\nA stony coral belonging to the family Parepismiliidae, a species of Parepismilia.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 42], "content_span": [43, 124]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274475-0006-0000", "contents": "2017 in paleontology, Cnidarians, New taxa\nA stony coral belonging to the family Parepismiliidae, a species of Parepismilia.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 42], "content_span": [43, 124]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274475-0007-0000", "contents": "2017 in paleontology, Cnidarians, New taxa\nA flabellid coral. Genus includes P. deltoideus (Duncan, 1864), P. corniculatus (Dennant, 1899), P. elongatus (Duncan, 1864), P. pueblensis (Dennant, 1903), P. inflectus (Dennant, 1903) and P. magnus (Dennant, 1904), as well as new species P. cudmorei.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 42], "content_span": [43, 295]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274475-0008-0000", "contents": "2017 in paleontology, Cnidarians, New taxa\nA tabulate coral belonging to the order Favositida and the family Micheliniidae.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 42], "content_span": [43, 123]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274475-0009-0000", "contents": "2017 in paleontology, Cnidarians, New taxa\nA probable crown jellyfish belonging to the family Olivooidae. The type species is Q. necopinus.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 42], "content_span": [43, 139]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274475-0010-0000", "contents": "2017 in paleontology, Cnidarians, New taxa\nA tabulate coral belonging to the order Favositida and the family Alveolitidae.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 42], "content_span": [43, 122]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274475-0011-0000", "contents": "2017 in paleontology, Cnidarians, New taxa\nA member of Medusozoa belonging to the family Olivooidae. The type species is S. petalon.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 42], "content_span": [43, 132]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274475-0012-0000", "contents": "2017 in paleontology, Cnidarians, New taxa\nA black coral related to Sinopathes reptans. The type species is S. radicatus.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 42], "content_span": [43, 121]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274475-0013-0000", "contents": "2017 in paleontology, Cnidarians, New taxa\nA rugose coral belonging to the family Aulophyllidae. The type species is V. cavum.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 42], "content_span": [43, 126]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274475-0014-0000", "contents": "2017 in paleontology, Bryozoans, New taxa\nA member of Ctenostomatida belonging to the superfamily Vesicularioidea and the family Buskiidae.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 41], "content_span": [42, 139]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274475-0015-0000", "contents": "2017 in paleontology, Bryozoans, New taxa\nA bryozoan belonging to the class Stenolaemata and the order Tubuliporida.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 41], "content_span": [42, 116]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274475-0016-0000", "contents": "2017 in paleontology, Bryozoans, New taxa\nA cheilostome bryozoan genus belonging to the family Calloporidae. Type species H. pavonina; genus also includes Membranipora procurrens Brydone, 1929.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 41], "content_span": [42, 193]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274475-0017-0000", "contents": "2017 in paleontology, Bryozoans, New taxa\nA bryozoan belonging to the suborder Tubuliporina and the family Oncousoeciidae.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 41], "content_span": [42, 122]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274475-0018-0000", "contents": "2017 in paleontology, Bryozoans, New taxa\nA cheilostome bryozoan. Taylor, Martha & Gordon (2018) transferred this species to the genus Kamilocella.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 41], "content_span": [42, 147]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274475-0019-0000", "contents": "2017 in paleontology, Bryozoans, New taxa\nA member of Cryptostomata belonging to the family Rhabdomesidae. The type species is P. regularis.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 41], "content_span": [42, 140]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274475-0020-0000", "contents": "2017 in paleontology, Bryozoans, New taxa\nA Schizoporella-like cheilostome bryozoan of uncertain phylogenetic placement. The type species is S. nancyae.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 41], "content_span": [42, 152]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274475-0021-0000", "contents": "2017 in paleontology, Brachiopods, New taxa\nA member of Strophomenata belonging to the order Billingsellida and the family Clitambonitidae.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 43], "content_span": [44, 139]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274475-0022-0000", "contents": "2017 in paleontology, Brachiopods, New taxa\nA member of Rhynchonellida belonging to the family Norellidae. The type species is A. falsiorigo.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 43], "content_span": [44, 141]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274475-0023-0000", "contents": "2017 in paleontology, Brachiopods, New taxa\nA brachiopod belonging to the family Discinidae, a species of Discinisca.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 43], "content_span": [44, 117]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274475-0024-0000", "contents": "2017 in paleontology, Brachiopods, New taxa\nA member of Productida belonging to the family Rugosochonetidae. The type species is \"Hemichonetes\" hemipleura Li & Su in Li et al. (1980); genus also includes \"Hemichonetes guangxingensis Li & Su in Li et al. (1980), \"Hemichonetes subquadrata Li & Su in Li et al. (1980) and \"Hemichonetes yanjiensis Li & Su in Li et al. (1980).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 43], "content_span": [44, 373]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274475-0025-0000", "contents": "2017 in paleontology, Brachiopods, New taxa\nA member of Pentamerida belonging to the family Porambonitidae. The type species is \"Atrypa\" filosa M\u2019Coy (1846); genus might also include \"Porambonites\" dubius Williams & Curry (1985).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 43], "content_span": [44, 229]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274475-0026-0000", "contents": "2017 in paleontology, Brachiopods, New taxa\nA member of Spiriferida belonging to the family Skelidorygmidae; a replacement name for Litothyris Chang (1987). The type species is \"Litothyris\" anhuiensis Chang (1987).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 43], "content_span": [44, 214]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274475-0027-0000", "contents": "2017 in paleontology, Brachiopods, New taxa\nA member of Productida belonging to the family Productellidae. A replacement name for Tarimella Chen (2004). The type species is \"Tarimella\" tarimensis Chen (2004).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 43], "content_span": [44, 208]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274475-0028-0000", "contents": "2017 in paleontology, Brachiopods, New taxa\nA brachiopod belonging to the subphylum Rhynchonelliformea, order Kutorginida and the family Nisusiidae.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 43], "content_span": [44, 148]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274475-0029-0000", "contents": "2017 in paleontology, Brachiopods, New taxa\nA member of Athyridida belonging to the family Nucleospiridae; a replacement name for Athyris globulina de Koninck (1887).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 43], "content_span": [44, 166]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274475-0030-0000", "contents": "2017 in paleontology, Brachiopods, New taxa\nA member of Athyridida belonging to the family Athyrididae. The type species is \"Cryptospirifer\" omeishanensis Huang (1933); genus also includes \"Cryptospirifer\" minor Yang (1984) and \"Cryptospirifer\" shawanensis Jin et al. (1974).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 43], "content_span": [44, 275]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274475-0031-0000", "contents": "2017 in paleontology, Brachiopods, New taxa\nA member of Linguloidea belonging to the family Eoobolidae. The type species is P. triangulus.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 43], "content_span": [44, 138]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274475-0032-0000", "contents": "2017 in paleontology, Brachiopods, New taxa\nA member of Terebratulida. The type species is Q. tani.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 43], "content_span": [44, 99]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274475-0033-0000", "contents": "2017 in paleontology, Brachiopods, New taxa\nA brachiopod belonging to the group Orthida and the family Rhipidomellidae.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 43], "content_span": [44, 119]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274475-0034-0000", "contents": "2017 in paleontology, Brachiopods, New taxa\nA member of Orthida belonging to the family Hesperorthidae. Genus includes new species S. fascicostellata.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 43], "content_span": [44, 150]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274475-0035-0000", "contents": "2017 in paleontology, Brachiopods, New taxa\nA member of Rhynchonellida belonging to the superfamily Ancistrorhynchoidea and the family Iberirhynchiidae.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 43], "content_span": [44, 152]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274475-0036-0000", "contents": "2017 in paleontology, Brachiopods, New taxa\nA member of Spiriferida. The type species is X. liaoi. The generic name is preoccupied by Xiangia Peng (1987).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 43], "content_span": [44, 154]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274475-0037-0000", "contents": "2017 in paleontology, Brachiopods, New taxa\nA member of Spiriferida belonging to the family Choristitidae; a replacement name for Quizhouspirifer Xian (1982). The type species is \"Quizhouspirifer\" ziyunensis Xian (1982).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 43], "content_span": [44, 220]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274475-0038-0000", "contents": "2017 in paleontology, Echinoderms, New taxa\nA diplobathrid camerate crinoid. Genus includes new species A. decorus.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 43], "content_span": [44, 115]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274475-0039-0000", "contents": "2017 in paleontology, Echinoderms, New taxa\nA starfish belonging to the family Urasterellidae. Genus includes new species A. mikrotero.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 43], "content_span": [44, 135]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274475-0040-0000", "contents": "2017 in paleontology, Echinoderms, New taxa\nA mitrate belonging to the family Anomalocystitidae, possibly a species of Ateleocystites.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 43], "content_span": [44, 134]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274475-0041-0000", "contents": "2017 in paleontology, Echinoderms, New taxa\nA brittle star belonging to the group Oegophiurida and the family Encrinasteridae.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 43], "content_span": [44, 126]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274475-0042-0000", "contents": "2017 in paleontology, Echinoderms, New taxa\nA diplobathrid camerate crinoid. Genus includes new species D. hammanni.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 43], "content_span": [44, 116]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274475-0043-0000", "contents": "2017 in paleontology, Echinoderms, New taxa\nA sea urchin. The name first appeared in the publication of Thompson et al. (2015); however, it was published in an online only journal Scientific Reports and it was not registered with ZooBank, making it invalid until it was validated by Thompson, Petsios & Bottjer (2017).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 43], "content_span": [44, 318]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274475-0044-0000", "contents": "2017 in paleontology, Echinoderms, New taxa\nA transitional form between calyx-bearing and theca-bearing blastozoans. Genus includes new species F. luckae.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 43], "content_span": [44, 154]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274475-0045-0000", "contents": "2017 in paleontology, Echinoderms, New taxa\nA diplobathrid camerate crinoid. Genus includes new species F. nodulus.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 43], "content_span": [44, 115]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274475-0046-0000", "contents": "2017 in paleontology, Echinoderms, New taxa\nA sea urchin related to members of the genus Conulus.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 43], "content_span": [44, 97]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274475-0047-0000", "contents": "2017 in paleontology, Echinoderms, New taxa\nA sea urchin belonging to the group Arbacioida and the family Acropeltidae.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 43], "content_span": [44, 119]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274475-0048-0000", "contents": "2017 in paleontology, Echinoderms, New taxa\nA member of Edrioasteroidea belonging to the family Agelacrinitidae; a new genus for \"Agelacrinites\" curvatus Grigo (1995).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 43], "content_span": [44, 167]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274475-0049-0000", "contents": "2017 in paleontology, Echinoderms, New taxa\nA diplobathrid camerate crinoid. Genus includes new species G. gutierrezi.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 43], "content_span": [44, 118]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274475-0050-0000", "contents": "2017 in paleontology, Echinoderms, New taxa\nA member of Diploporita belonging to the group Sphaeronitida and the family Holocystitidae.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 43], "content_span": [44, 135]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274475-0051-0000", "contents": "2017 in paleontology, Echinoderms, New taxa\nA crinoid belonging to the group Monobathrida and the family Hexacrinitidae.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 43], "content_span": [44, 120]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274475-0052-0000", "contents": "2017 in paleontology, Echinoderms, New taxa\nA member of Cornuta. Genus includes new species P. jefferiesi.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 43], "content_span": [44, 106]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274475-0053-0000", "contents": "2017 in paleontology, Echinoderms, New taxa\nA sea urchin belonging to the group Cassiduloida and the family Faujasidae.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 43], "content_span": [44, 119]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274475-0054-0000", "contents": "2017 in paleontology, Echinoderms, New taxa\nA camerate crinoid belonging to the family Melocrinitidae. Genus includes new species R. rabia.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 43], "content_span": [44, 139]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274475-0055-0000", "contents": "2017 in paleontology, Echinoderms, New taxa\nA starfish belonging to the family Urasterellidae. Genus includes new species S. elegans.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 43], "content_span": [44, 133]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274475-0056-0000", "contents": "2017 in paleontology, Echinoderms, New taxa\nA member of Edrioasteroidea. Genus includes new species S. rseiberti.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 43], "content_span": [44, 113]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274475-0057-0000", "contents": "2017 in paleontology, Echinoderms, New taxa\nA sea urchin belonging to the family Archiaciidae. Genus includes new species U. sarthacensis.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 43], "content_span": [44, 138]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274475-0058-0000", "contents": "2017 in paleontology, Conodonts, New taxa\nA member of Balognathidae. Genus includes new species A. manniki.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 41], "content_span": [42, 107]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274475-0059-0000", "contents": "2017 in paleontology, Conodonts, New taxa\nA member of the family Gondolellidae. The type species is \"Neospathodus\" shagami Benjamini & Chepstow-Lusty (1986); genus also includes \"Pseudofurnishius\" siyalaensis Sadeddin & Kozur (1992).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 41], "content_span": [42, 233]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274475-0060-0000", "contents": "2017 in paleontology, Conodonts, New taxa\nAustria\u00a0Canada\u00a0China\u00a0Egypt\u00a0Hungary\u00a0Israel\u00a0Italy\u00a0Japan\u00a0Jordan\u00a0Russia\u00a0Spain\u00a0United States", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 41], "content_span": [42, 129]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274475-0061-0000", "contents": "2017 in paleontology, Conodonts, New taxa\nA member of the family Gondolellidae. The type species is \"Polygnathus\" mungoensis Diebel (1956); genus also includes \"Tardogondolella\" diebeli Kozur & Mostler (1971), \"Epigondolella\" mostleri Kozur in Kozur & Mock (1972) and \"Metapolygnathus\" longobardicus Kov\u00e1cs (1983).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 41], "content_span": [42, 314]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274475-0062-0000", "contents": "2017 in paleontology, Conodonts, New taxa\nA member of Paraconodontida. Genus includes new species L. hunanensis.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 41], "content_span": [42, 112]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274475-0063-0000", "contents": "2017 in paleontology, Conodonts, New taxa\nAustria\u00a0Bulgaria\u00a0China\u00a0France\u00a0Greece\u00a0Hungary\u00a0India\u00a0Italy\u00a0Japan\u00a0Russia\u00a0Slovakia\u00a0Slovenia\u00a0Spain", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 41], "content_span": [42, 135]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274475-0064-0000", "contents": "2017 in paleontology, Conodonts, New taxa\nA member of the family Gondolellidae. The type species is \"Gladigondolella\" truempyi Hirsch (1971); genus also includes \"Polygnathus\" japonicus Hayashi (1968).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 41], "content_span": [42, 201]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274475-0065-0000", "contents": "2017 in paleontology, Conodonts, New taxa\nA conodont of uncertain phylogenetic placement. The type species is M. melchini.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 41], "content_span": [42, 122]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274475-0066-0000", "contents": "2017 in paleontology, Conodonts, New taxa\nA member of Paraconodontida. Genus includes new species M. multicostatus.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 41], "content_span": [42, 115]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274475-0067-0000", "contents": "2017 in paleontology, Conodonts, New taxa\nA member of Balognathidae. Genus includes new species O. daiqaensis.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 41], "content_span": [42, 110]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274475-0068-0000", "contents": "2017 in paleontology, Conodonts, New taxa\nA replacement name for Palmatolepis nodosa Klapper et al. (2004).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 41], "content_span": [42, 107]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274475-0069-0000", "contents": "2017 in paleontology, Conodonts, New taxa\nOvnatanova et al. (2019) coined a replacement name Polygnathus sharyuensis.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 41], "content_span": [42, 117]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274475-0070-0000", "contents": "2017 in paleontology, Conodonts, New taxa\nA member of Paraconodontida. Genus includes new species W. elegans.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 41], "content_span": [42, 109]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274475-0071-0000", "contents": "2017 in paleontology, Conodonts, New taxa\nA new genus for \"Trapezognathus\" primitivus Voldman, Albanesi & Zeballo in Voldman et al. (2013); genus also includes \"Trapezognathus\" argentinensis Rao et al. (1994)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 41], "content_span": [42, 208]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274475-0072-0000", "contents": "2017 in paleontology, Amphibians, New taxa, Temnospondyls\nA member of Stereospondyli, possibly a stem-caecilian. The type species is C. jenkinsi.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 57], "content_span": [58, 145]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274475-0073-0000", "contents": "2017 in paleontology, Amphibians, New taxa, Lissamphibians\nA member of Odontophrynidae. The type species is C. lynchi.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 58], "content_span": [59, 118]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274475-0074-0000", "contents": "2017 in paleontology, Amphibians, New taxa, Lissamphibians\nA pelobatoid frog of uncertain phylogenetic placement. Genus includes new species S. sinensis.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 58], "content_span": [59, 153]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274475-0075-0000", "contents": "2017 in paleontology, Synapsids, Non-mammalian synapsids, New taxa\nA cynodont belonging to the group Prozostrodontia. The type species is A. huebneri.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 66], "content_span": [67, 150]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274475-0076-0000", "contents": "2017 in paleontology, Synapsids, Non-mammalian synapsids, New taxa\nA dicynodont belonging to the family Geikiidae. The type species is B. phylloxyron.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 66], "content_span": [67, 150]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274475-0077-0000", "contents": "2017 in paleontology, Synapsids, Non-mammalian synapsids, New taxa\nA whaitsioid therocephalian of uncertain phylogenetic placement. The type species is O. tatarinovi.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 66], "content_span": [67, 166]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274475-0078-0000", "contents": "2017 in paleontology, Synapsids, Non-mammalian synapsids, New taxa\nAn anomodont related to Suminia. Genus includes new species P. ivakhnenkoi.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 66], "content_span": [67, 142]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274475-0079-0000", "contents": "2017 in paleontology, Other animals, New taxa\nA calcareous sponge belonging to the order Inozoa and the family Acoeliidae.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 45], "content_span": [46, 122]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274475-0080-0000", "contents": "2017 in paleontology, Other animals, New taxa\nA member of Hyolitha; a replacement name for Oxyprymna Kiderlen (1933). Genus includes A. schloppensis (Wurm, 1925) and a new species A. ougnatensis.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 45], "content_span": [46, 195]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274475-0081-0000", "contents": "2017 in paleontology, Other animals, New taxa\nA polychaete described on the basis of scolecodonts. Genus includes new species A. paxtonae.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 45], "content_span": [46, 138]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274475-0082-0000", "contents": "2017 in paleontology, Other animals, New taxa\nA sponge belonging to the order Verongida and the family Vauxiidae. Genus includes new species A. sinensis.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 45], "content_span": [46, 153]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274475-0083-0000", "contents": "2017 in paleontology, Other animals, New taxa\nAn animal of uncertain phylogenetic placement. Originally interpreted as a barnacle belonging to the group Balanomorpha and the superfamily Chionelasmatoidea; Gale & Skelton (2018) considered it to be a rudist bivalve instead. Genus includes new species A. nekvasilovae.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 45], "content_span": [46, 316]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274475-0084-0000", "contents": "2017 in paleontology, Other animals, New taxa\nA member of Hyolitha. Genus includes new species B. iactans.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 45], "content_span": [46, 106]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274475-0085-0000", "contents": "2017 in paleontology, Other animals, New taxa\nA stem-demosponge of uncertain phylogenetic placement. The type species is C. anjiensis.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 45], "content_span": [46, 134]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274475-0086-0000", "contents": "2017 in paleontology, Other animals, New taxa\nA member of the total group of Loricifera. The type species is E. deadwoodensis.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 45], "content_span": [46, 126]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274475-0087-0000", "contents": "2017 in paleontology, Other animals, New taxa\nA Cloudina-like tubular microfossil. The type species is F. manica.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 45], "content_span": [46, 113]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274475-0088-0000", "contents": "2017 in paleontology, Other animals, New taxa\nA polychaete belonging to the family Sabellidae, a species of Glomerula.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 45], "content_span": [46, 118]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274475-0089-0000", "contents": "2017 in paleontology, Other animals, New taxa\nA tiny worm infecting members of the genera Cricocosmia and Mafangscolex. Genus includes new species I. fellatus.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 45], "content_span": [46, 159]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274475-0090-0000", "contents": "2017 in paleontology, Other animals, New taxa\nAn early eumetazoan, showing similarities to the arthropod species Naraoia longicaudata. The type species is K. brutoni.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 45], "content_span": [46, 166]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274475-0091-0000", "contents": "2017 in paleontology, Other animals, New taxa\nA lobopodian belonging to the family Luolishaniidae. The type species is O. cribratus.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 45], "content_span": [46, 132]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274475-0092-0000", "contents": "2017 in paleontology, Other animals, New taxa\nA graptolite belonging to the group Dichograptina and the family Phyllograptidae.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 45], "content_span": [46, 127]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274475-0093-0000", "contents": "2017 in paleontology, Other animals, New taxa\nA graptolite belonging to the group Dichograptina and the family Phyllograptidae.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 45], "content_span": [46, 127]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274475-0094-0000", "contents": "2017 in paleontology, Other animals, New taxa\nA graptolite belonging to the group Dichograptina and the family Phyllograptidae.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 45], "content_span": [46, 127]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274475-0095-0000", "contents": "2017 in paleontology, Other animals, New taxa\nA polychaete belonging to the family Serpulidae, a species of Propomatoceros.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 45], "content_span": [46, 123]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274475-0096-0000", "contents": "2017 in paleontology, Other animals, New taxa\nA polychaete belonging to the family Serpulidae, a species of Pyrgopolon.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 45], "content_span": [46, 119]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274475-0097-0000", "contents": "2017 in paleontology, Other animals, New taxa\nAn early deuterostome related to vetulicolians and vetulocystids. The type species is S. coronarius.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 45], "content_span": [46, 146]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274475-0098-0000", "contents": "2017 in paleontology, Other animals, New taxa\nA member of Priapulida. Genus includes new species S. simoni.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 45], "content_span": [46, 107]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274475-0099-0000", "contents": "2017 in paleontology, Other animals, New taxa\nA member of Radiodonta, possibly a member of Hurdiidae. Genus includes new species T. latizonae and T. oxygonae.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 45], "content_span": [46, 158]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274475-0100-0000", "contents": "2017 in paleontology, Other animals, New taxa\nA member of Tianzhushanellidae (a group of animals of uncertain phylogenetic placement, possibly stem-brachiopods).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 45], "content_span": [46, 161]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274475-0101-0000", "contents": "2017 in paleontology, Other animals, New taxa\nA graptolite belonging to the group Dichograptina and the family Phyllograptidae. The type species is \"Graptolithus\" fruticosus Hall (1858); genus also includes new species T. tridens, T. cymulus and T. furcillatus.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 45], "content_span": [46, 261]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274475-0102-0000", "contents": "2017 in paleontology, Other animals, New taxa\nA worm-like organism, possibly a member of Bilateria of uncertain phylogenetic placement. The type species is V. annularius.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 45], "content_span": [46, 170]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274475-0103-0000", "contents": "2017 in paleontology, Other animals, New taxa\nA eunicidan polychaete of uncertain phylogenetic placement. The type species is W. armstrongi.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 45], "content_span": [46, 140]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274475-0104-0000", "contents": "2017 in paleontology, Other organisms, New taxa\nBulgariaOffshore eastern Newfoundland, CanadaOffshore in the eastern Gulf of MexicoOffshore of the northeast coast of the United States", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 47], "content_span": [48, 183]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274475-0105-0000", "contents": "2017 in paleontology, Other organisms, New taxa\nA nannofossil. Genus includes new species A. dennei and A. valentinei.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 47], "content_span": [48, 118]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274475-0106-0000", "contents": "2017 in paleontology, Other organisms, New taxa\nA fungus, probably a member of Chaetomiaceae. Genus includes new species A. miocenica.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 47], "content_span": [48, 134]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274475-0107-0000", "contents": "2017 in paleontology, Other organisms, New taxa\nA possible eukaryotic microorganism of uncertain phylogenetic placement. The type species is B. kokkoda.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 47], "content_span": [48, 152]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274475-0108-0000", "contents": "2017 in paleontology, Other organisms, New taxa\nA fungus, probably a member of Cephalothecaceae. Genus includes new species C. neogenicus.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 47], "content_span": [48, 138]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274475-0109-0000", "contents": "2017 in paleontology, Other organisms, New taxa\nA benthic modular organism consisting of serially arranged and crescent-shaped chambers. Genus includes new species C. ediacaranus.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 47], "content_span": [48, 179]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274475-0110-0000", "contents": "2017 in paleontology, Other organisms, New taxa\nA vase-shaped microfossil. Originally described as a species of Cycliocyrillium, but subsequently transferred to the genus Obelix. Morais et al. (2019) corrected the suffix for the specific epithet to rootsii.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 47], "content_span": [48, 257]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274475-0111-0000", "contents": "2017 in paleontology, Other organisms, New taxa\nA radiolarian belonging to the group Spumellaria and the family Spongotortilispinidae. The type species is D. bipolaris; genus also includes \"Pseudospongoprunum\" fontainei Sashida in Sashida et al. (2000).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 47], "content_span": [48, 253]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274475-0112-0000", "contents": "2017 in paleontology, Other organisms, New taxa\nAn organism of uncertain phylogenetic placement, might be an alga or prokaryote. Genus includes new species D. mendax.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 47], "content_span": [48, 166]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274475-0113-0000", "contents": "2017 in paleontology, Other organisms, New taxa\nA macroalga of uncertain phylogenetic placement. Genus includes new species D. whenghuiensis.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 47], "content_span": [48, 141]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274475-0114-0000", "contents": "2017 in paleontology, Other organisms, New taxa\nA foraminifer belonging to the group Loftusiida, possibly a member of the family Biokovinidae. Genus includes new species F. tarburensis.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 47], "content_span": [48, 185]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274475-0115-0000", "contents": "2017 in paleontology, Other organisms, New taxa\nAn acritarch. The type species is \"Veryhachium\" martinum Pittau (1985); genus also includes new species G. vidalii.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 47], "content_span": [48, 163]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274475-0116-0000", "contents": "2017 in paleontology, Other organisms, New taxa\nA microorganism of uncertain phylogenetic placement, most likely an alga with affinities to the Chlorophyta or Streptophyta. Genus includes new species H. aggregatus.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 47], "content_span": [48, 214]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274475-0117-0000", "contents": "2017 in paleontology, Other organisms, New taxa\nA member of Apicomplexa belonging to the group Piroplasmida. Genus includes new species P. calabresi.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 47], "content_span": [48, 149]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274475-0118-0000", "contents": "2017 in paleontology, Other organisms, New taxa\nA dinoflagellate belonging to the group Gonyaulacales and the family Gonyaulacaceae.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 47], "content_span": [48, 132]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274475-0119-0000", "contents": "2017 in paleontology, Other organisms, New taxa\nA foraminifer belonging to the group Loftusiida, possibly a member of the family Spirocyclinidae. Genus includes new species P. pseudolituus.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 47], "content_span": [48, 189]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274475-0120-0000", "contents": "2017 in paleontology, Other organisms, New taxa\nAn alga of uncertain phylogenetic placement. Genus includes new species R. chitrakootensis.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 47], "content_span": [48, 139]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274475-0121-0000", "contents": "2017 in paleontology, Other organisms, New taxa\nA possible stem-florideophycean red algae. Genus includes new species R. lobatus.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 47], "content_span": [48, 129]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274475-0122-0000", "contents": "2017 in paleontology, Other organisms, New taxa\nA haptophyte belonging to the order Stephanolithiales and the family Stephanolithiaceae.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 47], "content_span": [48, 136]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274475-0123-0000", "contents": "2017 in paleontology, Other organisms, New taxa\nA haptophyte belonging to the order Stephanolithiales and the family Stephanolithiaceae.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 47], "content_span": [48, 136]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274475-0124-0000", "contents": "2017 in paleontology, Other organisms, New taxa\nA foraminifer belonging to the family Dicyclinidae. Genus includes new species S. brasieri.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 47], "content_span": [48, 139]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274475-0125-0000", "contents": "2017 in paleontology, Other organisms, New taxa\nOriginally described as a fungus belonging to the group Basidiomycota, but this interpretation was challenged by Selosse et al. (2017). Genus includes new species S. orchiphilus.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 47], "content_span": [48, 226]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274475-0126-0000", "contents": "2017 in paleontology, Other organisms, New taxa\nA haptophyte belonging to the order Syracosphaerales and the family Syracosphaeraceae.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 47], "content_span": [48, 134]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274475-0127-0000", "contents": "2017 in paleontology, Other organisms, New taxa\nA haptophyte belonging to the order Syracosphaerales and the family Syracosphaeraceae.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 47], "content_span": [48, 134]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274475-0128-0000", "contents": "2017 in paleontology, Other organisms, New taxa\nA fungus described on the basis of a reproductive unit. Genus includes new species W. spinifera.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 47], "content_span": [48, 144]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274475-0129-0000", "contents": "2017 in paleontology, Other organisms, New taxa\nA probable eukaryotic microfossil. Genus includes new species X. sinica.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 47], "content_span": [48, 120]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274475-0130-0000", "contents": "2017 in paleontology, General paleontology\nResearch related to paleontology that either does not concern any of the groups of the organisms listed above, or concerns multiple groups.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 42], "content_span": [43, 182]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274476-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 in philosophy, Deaths\nBirth years link to the corresponding \"[year] in philosophy\" article:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [20, 26], "content_span": [27, 96]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274477-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 in poetry\nNationality words link to articles with information on the nation's poetry or literature (for instance, Irish or France).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 14], "section_span": [14, 14], "content_span": [15, 136]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274477-0001-0000", "contents": "2017 in poetry, Selection of works published in English, New Zealand, Poets in Best New Zealand Poems\nThese poets wrote the 25 poems selected for Best New Zealand Poems 2016 (guest editor was Jenny Bornholdt), published this year:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 14], "section_span": [16, 101], "content_span": [102, 230]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274477-0002-0000", "contents": "2017 in poetry, Deaths, January \u2013 June\nBirth years link to the corresponding \"[year] in poetry\" article:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 14], "section_span": [16, 38], "content_span": [39, 104]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274478-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 in politics\nThese are some of the notable events relating to politics in 2017.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [16, 16], "content_span": [17, 83]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274479-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 in professional wrestling\n2017 in professional wrestling describes the year's events in the world of professional wrestling.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [30, 30], "content_span": [31, 129]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274479-0001-0000", "contents": "2017 in professional wrestling, Title changes, WWE, Raw and SmackDown\nRaw and SmackDown each had a world championship, a secondary championship, a women's championship, and a male tag team championship. Raw also had a championship for their cruiserweight wrestlers.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 69], "content_span": [70, 265]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274479-0002-0000", "contents": "2017 in professional wrestling, Awards and honors, WWE, NXT Year-End Awards\nThe award winners were announced on NXT TakeOver: Philadelphia on January 27, 2018.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 75], "content_span": [76, 159]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274480-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 in public domain\nWhen a work's copyright expires, it enters the public domain. The following is a list of works that enter the public domain in 2017. Since laws vary globally, the copyright status of some works are not uniform.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [21, 21], "content_span": [22, 232]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274480-0001-0000", "contents": "2017 in public domain, Entering the public domain in countries with life + 70 years\nWith the exception of Belarus, a work enters the public domain in Europe 70 years after the creator's death, if it was published during the creator's lifetime. The list is sorted alphabetically and includes a notable work of the creator that entered the public domain on January 1, 2017. This term also applies to unpublished works in the United States (otherwise see below).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 83], "content_span": [84, 459]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274480-0002-0000", "contents": "2017 in public domain, Entering the public domain in countries with life + 50 years\nIn most countries of Africa and Asia, as well as Canada, Belarus, Bolivia, New Zealand, Egypt and Uruguay, a work enters the public domain 50 years after the creator's death.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 83], "content_span": [84, 258]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274480-0003-0000", "contents": "2017 in public domain, Entering the public domain in Australia\nIn 2004 copyright in Australia changed from a \"plus 50\" law to a \"plus 70\" law, in line with America and the European Union. But the change was not made retroactive (unlike the 1995 change in the European Union which brought some e.g. British authors back into copyright).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 62], "content_span": [63, 335]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274480-0003-0001", "contents": "2017 in public domain, Entering the public domain in Australia\nHence the work of an author who died before 1955 is normally in the public domain in Australia; but the copyright of authors was extended to 70 years after death for those who died in 1955 or later, and no more Australian authors will come out of copyright until 1 January 2026 (those who died in 1955).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 62], "content_span": [63, 366]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274480-0004-0000", "contents": "2017 in public domain, Entering the public domain in the United States\nThe Copyright Term Extension Act means no published works will enter the public domain in this jurisdiction until 2019. The exception are unpublished works, which are subject to 70 years after the death of the creator, as above.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 70], "content_span": [71, 299]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274481-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 in racquetball, 2016\u201317 Ladies professional racquetball tour\nAugust 12 \u2013 June 4: 2016\u201317 Ladies Professional Racquetball Tour", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 65], "content_span": [66, 130]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274482-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 in radio\nThe following is a list of events affecting radio broadcasting in 2017. Events listed include radio program debuts, finales, cancellations, and station launches, closures and format changes, as well as information about controversies.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 13], "section_span": [13, 13], "content_span": [14, 248]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274483-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 in rail transport\nThis article lists events related to rail transport that occurred in 2017.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [22, 22], "content_span": [23, 97]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274484-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 in reptile paleontology\nPaleontology or palaeontology is the study of prehistoric life forms on Earth through the examination of plant and animal fossils. This includes the study of body fossils, tracks (ichnites), burrows, cast-off parts, fossilised feces (coprolites), palynomorphs and chemical residues. Because humans have encountered fossils for millennia, paleontology has a long history both before and after becoming formalized as a science. This article records significant discoveries and events related to paleontology that occurred or were published in the year 2017.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [28, 28], "content_span": [29, 584]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274484-0001-0000", "contents": "2017 in reptile paleontology, Lepidosaurs, Rhynchocephalians, New taxa\nA basal member of Rhynchocephalia. The type species is D. elvetica.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 70], "content_span": [71, 138]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274484-0002-0000", "contents": "2017 in reptile paleontology, Lepidosaurs, Rhynchocephalians, New taxa\nA member of the family Gephyrosauridae. The type species is P. curtiscoppi.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 70], "content_span": [71, 146]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274484-0003-0000", "contents": "2017 in reptile paleontology, Lepidosaurs, Rhynchocephalians, New taxa\nA relative of pleurosaurids. The type species is V. herzogi.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 70], "content_span": [71, 131]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274484-0004-0000", "contents": "2017 in reptile paleontology, Lepidosaurs, Lizards and snakes, New taxa\nA member of Iguanomorpha (the group containing crown and stem-iguanians) related to Saichangurvel davidsoni and Temujinia ellisoni. The type species is M. ovimonsensis.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 71], "content_span": [72, 240]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274484-0005-0000", "contents": "2017 in reptile paleontology, Lepidosaurs, Lizards and snakes, New taxa\nA member of Teiioidea, possibly a relative of Barbatteius vremiri. Genus includes new species O. glyphis.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 71], "content_span": [72, 177]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274484-0006-0000", "contents": "2017 in reptile paleontology, Lepidosaurs, Lizards and snakes, New taxa\nA relative of Ardeosaurus found in the abdominal cavity of the holotype specimen of Compsognathus longipes. The type species is S. dyspepsia.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 71], "content_span": [72, 213]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274484-0007-0000", "contents": "2017 in reptile paleontology, Lepidosaurs, Lizards and snakes, New taxa\nA lizard related to Eolacerta and the wall lizards. The type species is S. siderea.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 71], "content_span": [72, 155]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274484-0008-0000", "contents": "2017 in reptile paleontology, Ichthyosauromorphs, New taxa\nA member of Ophthalmosauridae. The type species is G. nicosiai.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 58], "content_span": [59, 122]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274484-0009-0000", "contents": "2017 in reptile paleontology, Ichthyosauromorphs, New taxa\nA member of Ophthalmosauridae. The type species is K. nui. Zverkov & Prilepskaya (2019) considered Keilhauia to be a junior synonym of the genus Arthropterygius, and considered K. nui to be nomen dubium; Delsett et al. (2019) rejected this synonymy.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 58], "content_span": [59, 308]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274484-0010-0000", "contents": "2017 in reptile paleontology, Sauropterygians, New taxa\nA member of the family Pliosauridae. Genus includes new species A. pavachoquensis.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 55], "content_span": [56, 138]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274484-0011-0000", "contents": "2017 in reptile paleontology, Sauropterygians, New taxa\nA marine reptile with nothosauroid affinities. The type species is H. cranioelongatus.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 55], "content_span": [56, 142]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274484-0012-0000", "contents": "2017 in reptile paleontology, Sauropterygians, New taxa\nA member of Elasmosauridae. The type species is L. richterae.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 55], "content_span": [56, 117]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274484-0013-0000", "contents": "2017 in reptile paleontology, Sauropterygians, New taxa\nA member of Pliosauridae. The type species is L. itilensis.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 55], "content_span": [56, 115]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274484-0014-0000", "contents": "2017 in reptile paleontology, Sauropterygians, New taxa\nA member of Polycotylidae. The type species is M. fernandezi.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 55], "content_span": [56, 117]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274484-0015-0000", "contents": "2017 in reptile paleontology, Sauropterygians, New taxa\nA member of Elasmosauridae. The type species is N. bradti.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 55], "content_span": [56, 114]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274484-0016-0000", "contents": "2017 in reptile paleontology, Sauropterygians, New taxa\nAn early plesiosaur, possibly a basal member of Pliosauridae. The type species is R. mertensi.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 55], "content_span": [56, 150]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274484-0017-0000", "contents": "2017 in reptile paleontology, Sauropterygians, New taxa\nA member of the family Rhomaleosauridae. The type species is T. wiedenrothi.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 55], "content_span": [56, 132]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274484-0018-0000", "contents": "2017 in reptile paleontology, Turtles, New taxa\nA member of the family Podocnemididae belonging to the subfamily Erymnochelyinae; a new genus for \"Stereogenys\" libyca Andrews (1903).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 47], "content_span": [48, 182]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274484-0019-0000", "contents": "2017 in reptile paleontology, Turtles, New taxa\nA tortoise, a species of Chelonoidis. Considered to be a nomen dubium by Albury et al. (2018).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 47], "content_span": [48, 142]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274484-0020-0000", "contents": "2017 in reptile paleontology, Turtles, New taxa\nA member of Podocnemididae belonging to the subfamily Erymnochelyinae. The type species is \"Erymnochelys\" eremberti Broin (1977); genus also includes new species E. lacombianus and E. farresi.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 47], "content_span": [48, 240]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274484-0021-0000", "contents": "2017 in reptile paleontology, Turtles, New taxa\nA member of Chelidae. The type species is M. wichmanni.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 47], "content_span": [48, 103]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274484-0022-0000", "contents": "2017 in reptile paleontology, Turtles, New taxa\nA member of Trionychidae; a new genus for \"Trionyx\" kyrgyzensis Nessov (1995).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 47], "content_span": [48, 126]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274484-0023-0000", "contents": "2017 in reptile paleontology, Turtles, New taxa\nDe la Fuente, Maniel & Jannello in De La Fuente et al.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 47], "content_span": [48, 102]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274484-0024-0000", "contents": "2017 in reptile paleontology, Turtles, New taxa\nA relative of members of the family Chelidae. The type species is R. caldieroi.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 47], "content_span": [48, 127]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274484-0025-0000", "contents": "2017 in reptile paleontology, Turtles, New taxa\nA member of Pan-Trionychidae of uncertain phylogenetic placement; a replacement name for Palaeotrionyx riabinini Kuznetsov & Chkhikvadze (1987).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 47], "content_span": [48, 192]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274484-0026-0000", "contents": "2017 in reptile paleontology, Other reptiles, New taxa\nA member of the family Drepanosauridae. The type species is A. renestoi.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 54], "content_span": [55, 127]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274484-0027-0000", "contents": "2017 in reptile paleontology, Other reptiles, New taxa\nA long-necked archosauromorph reptile of uncertain phylogenetic placement, possibly a member of Protorosauria. The type species is P. zhenyuensis.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 54], "content_span": [55, 201]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274484-0028-0000", "contents": "2017 in reptile paleontology, Other reptiles, New taxa\nAn archosauromorph reptile belonging to the group Allokotosauria and the family Azendohsauridae. The type species is S. indicus.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 54], "content_span": [55, 183]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274485-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 in rock music\nThis article summarizes the events related to rock music for the year of 2017.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [18, 18], "content_span": [19, 97]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274486-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 in rugby union\nThis page covers the major events of 2017 in rugby union.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [19, 19], "content_span": [20, 77]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274487-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 in sailing\nThe following were the scheduled events of sailing for the year 2017 throughout the world.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [15, 15], "content_span": [16, 106]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274488-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 in science\nA number of significant scientific events occurred in 2017. The United Nations declared 2017 the International Year of Sustainable Tourism for Development.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [15, 15], "content_span": [16, 171]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274489-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 in science fiction\nThe year 2017 was marked, in science fiction, by the following events.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [23, 23], "content_span": [24, 94]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274489-0001-0000", "contents": "2017 in science fiction, Awards, Locus Award\nBest Science Fiction Novel \u2013 Death's End by Liu Cixin", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 44], "content_span": [45, 98]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274490-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 in spaceflight\nNotable spaceflight activities in 2017 included the maiden flight of India's Geosynchronous Satellite Launch Vehicle Mark III (also called LVM3) on 5 June and the first suborbital test of Rocket Lab's Electron rocket, inaugurating the Mahia spaceport in New Zealand. The rocket is named for its innovative Rutherford engine which feeds propellants via battery-powered electric motors instead of the usual gas generator and turbopumps.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [19, 19], "content_span": [20, 454]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274490-0001-0000", "contents": "2017 in spaceflight, Overview\nChina launched its new missile-derived Kaituozhe-2 variant on 2 March. The Japanese SS-520, a suborbital sounding rocket modified for orbital flight, failed to reach orbit in January. If successful, it would have become the smallest and lightest vehicle to ever put an object in orbit.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 29], "content_span": [30, 315]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274490-0002-0000", "contents": "2017 in spaceflight, Overview\nThe venerable Russian Soyuz-U workhorse was retired after its 786th mission on 22 February. On 30 March, the SES-10 mission was launched with a previously flown Falcon 9 first stage, achieving a key milestone in the SpaceX reusable launch system development program; several other Falcon 9 first-stage boosters were re-used since then.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 29], "content_span": [30, 365]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274490-0003-0000", "contents": "2017 in spaceflight, Overview\nAfter a record-breaking 13-year mission observing Saturn, its rings and moons, the Cassini space probe was deliberately destroyed by plunging into Saturn's atmosphere, on 15 September 2017.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 29], "content_span": [30, 219]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274490-0004-0000", "contents": "2017 in spaceflight, Overview\nA record number of 466 satellites were attempted to be launched thanks to an increase in the number of small satellites. 289 of all satellites weighted less than 10\u00a0kg. The number of small satellites launched exceeded even the most optimistic forecasts.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 29], "content_span": [30, 283]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274490-0005-0000", "contents": "2017 in spaceflight, Orbital launch statistics, By country\nFor the purposes of this section, the yearly tally of orbital launches by country assigns each flight to the country of origin of the rocket, not to the launch services provider or the spaceport. For example, Soyuz launches by Arianespace in Kourou are counted under Russia because Soyuz-2 is a Russian rocket.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 58], "content_span": [59, 369]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274491-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 in sport climbing\nThis article lists the main sport climbing events and their results for 2017.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [22, 22], "content_span": [23, 100]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274492-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 in sports\n2017 in sports describes the year's events in world sport.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 14], "section_span": [14, 14], "content_span": [15, 73]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274493-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 in squash sport\nThis article lists the results for the sport of Squash in 2017.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [20, 20], "content_span": [21, 84]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274494-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 in stand-up comedy\nThis is a timeline documenting events and facts about stand-up comedy in the year 2017.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [23, 23], "content_span": [24, 111]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274495-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 in sumo\nThe following were the events in professional sumo during 2017.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 12], "section_span": [12, 12], "content_span": [13, 76]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274496-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 in table tennis\nThis page lists notable table tennis events taking place in 2017, including the 2017 World Table Tennis Championships and the 2017 ITTF World Tour.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [20, 20], "content_span": [21, 168]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274497-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 in tennis\nThis page covers all the important events in the sport of tennis in 2017. Primarily, it provides the results of notable tournaments throughout the year on both the ATP and WTA Tours, the Davis Cup, and the Fed Cup.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 14], "section_span": [14, 14], "content_span": [15, 229]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274498-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 in the Bahamas\nThis article lists events from the year 2017 in The Bahamas.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [19, 19], "content_span": [20, 80]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274498-0001-0000", "contents": "2017 in the Bahamas, Links\nMedia related to 2017 in the Bahamas at Wikimedia Commons", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 26], "content_span": [27, 84]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274499-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 in the British Virgin Islands\nEvents from the year 2017 in the British Virgin Islands.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [34, 34], "content_span": [35, 91]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274500-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 in the Central African Republic\nEvents in the year 2017 in the Central African Republic.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [36, 36], "content_span": [37, 93]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274502-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 in the Democratic Republic of the Congo\nThe following lists events in the year 2017 in the Democratic Republic of the Congo.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [44, 44], "content_span": [45, 129]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274505-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 in the Gambia\nThe following lists events in the year 2017 in the Gambia.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [18, 18], "content_span": [19, 77]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274507-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 in the Netherlands\nThis article lists major events that happened in 2017 in the Netherlands.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [23, 23], "content_span": [24, 97]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274508-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 in the Philippines\n2017 in the Philippines details events of note that happened in the Philippines in 2017.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [23, 23], "content_span": [24, 112]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274508-0001-0000", "contents": "2017 in the Philippines, Holidays\nOn August 18, 2016, the government announced at least 19 Philippine holidays for 2017 as declared by virtue of Proclamation No. 50, series of 2016. Note that in the list, holidays in italics are \"special non-working holidays,\" those in bold are \"regular holidays,\" and those in non-italics and non-bold are \"special holidays for schools.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 33], "content_span": [34, 372]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274508-0002-0000", "contents": "2017 in the Philippines, Holidays\nIn addition, several other places observe local holidays, such as the foundation of their town. These are also \"special days.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 33], "content_span": [34, 160]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274509-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 in the Republic of Macedonia\nEvents from the year 2017 in the Republic of Macedonia.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [33, 33], "content_span": [34, 89]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274510-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 in the Republic of the Congo\nThis is a list of events in the year 2017 in the Republic of the Congo.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [33, 33], "content_span": [34, 105]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274511-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 in the State of Palestine\nThe following lists events that happened during 2017 in the State of Palestine.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [30, 30], "content_span": [31, 110]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274511-0001-0000", "contents": "2017 in the State of Palestine, Events, November, November 1\nIsraeli forces arrest journalist and prisoners' rights activist Bushra al-Tawil and sentences her to six months in administrative detention.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 60], "content_span": [61, 201]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274512-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 in the United Arab Emirates\nEvents in the year 2017 in the United Arab Emirates.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [32, 32], "content_span": [33, 85]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274515-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 in the sport of athletics\nIn 2017, the foremost athletics event was the World Championships in London. The other major global-level competition in 2017 was the World Cross Country Championships.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [30, 30], "content_span": [31, 199]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274516-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 in triathlon\nThis topic reveals a large number of triathlon events and their results for 2017.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 17], "section_span": [17, 17], "content_span": [18, 99]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274517-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 in video games\n2017 saw the release of numerous video games as well as other developments in the video game industry. The Nintendo Switch console was released in 2017, which sold more than 14 million units by the end of 2017, exceeding the underperforming Wii U lifetime sales, and helped to revitalize Nintendo, alongside the \"retro\" Super NES Classic Edition console, the refreshed New Nintendo 2DS XL handheld, and a strategy for mobile gaming. Microsoft also released the higher-powered Xbox One X targeted for 4K resolutions and virtual reality support.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [19, 19], "content_span": [20, 563]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274517-0001-0000", "contents": "2017 in video games\nTop-rated games in 2017 included The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild, Super Mario Odyssey, Persona 5, Divinity: Original Sin II, and Horizon Zero Dawn. One of the most influential games of 2017 was PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds, which was released in early access for personal computers in March 2017 and by the end of the year had sold 30\u00a0million units, breaking several concurrent player count records and established the battle royale genre. The highest-grossing game of the year was the mobile game Honor of Kings, known as Arena of Valor internationally. Considerable debate was held over the use of loot boxes in video games and whether they constituted gambling, coming to a head with the release of Star Wars Battlefront II.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [19, 19], "content_span": [20, 756]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274517-0002-0000", "contents": "2017 in video games, Top-rated games, Critically acclaimed games\nMetacritic is an aggregator of video game journalism reviews. It generally considers expansions and re-releases as separate entities.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 64], "content_span": [65, 198]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274517-0003-0000", "contents": "2017 in video games, Financial performance\nAccording to analyst firm Newzoo, the video game industry had $116.6 billion in global revenues, a 10% growth from 2016. This growth was primarily driven by mobile gaming, as 43% ($50.4 billion) of those revenues came from this sector, a growth of 23.3% from 2016. Of the remaining, 29% (US$33.3 billion) came from consoles hardware and games, and 28% ($32.3 billion) from personal computer games. SuperData similarly estimated the global video game market in 2017 was around $108.4 billion, driven heavily by free-to-play mobile and computer games. Analyst firm Sensor Tower, which tracks revenue within the mobile industry, reported that of the $58.6 billion in total revenues in 2017, $48.3 billion came from mobile games.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 42], "content_span": [43, 768]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274517-0004-0000", "contents": "2017 in video games, Financial performance\nWithin the United States, the video industry grew from 2016 by 18% to a total revenue of $36 billion, with $6.9 billion from hardware sales (gaining 19% from 2016) and $29.1 billion (18%) from software and microtransactions, according to NPD Group and the Entertainment Software Association. Further, $10.7 billion was spent on mobile gaming in 2017 in the United States, according to Sensor Tower.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 42], "content_span": [43, 441]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274517-0005-0000", "contents": "2017 in video games, Financial performance, Highest-grossing games\nThe following were 2017's top ten highest-grossing video games in terms of worldwide revenue (including physical sales, digital purchases, microtransactions, free-to-play and pay-to-play) across all platforms (including mobile, PC and console platforms). Six of the top ten highest-grossing games are published or owned by Tencent, including the top three titles.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 66], "content_span": [67, 430]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274517-0006-0000", "contents": "2017 in video games, Financial performance, Highest-grossing free-to-play games\nThe following were the top ten highest-grossing free-to-play games in 2017. Six of the top ten titles were published or owned by Tencent, including the top three titles.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 79], "content_span": [80, 249]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274517-0007-0000", "contents": "2017 in video games, Financial performance, Highest-grossing free-to-play games\nSensor Tower reported that the highest-grossing mobile games were the free-to-play titles Monster Strike, Honor of Kings, Fate/Grand Order, Clash Royale, and Candy Crush Saga. The top-grossing mobile games in the United States were Candy Crush Saga, Game of War: Fire Age, Clash of Clans, Mobile Strike, and Clash Royale.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 79], "content_span": [80, 401]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274517-0008-0000", "contents": "2017 in video games, Financial performance, Best-selling premium games\nThe following were the top ten best-selling premium games (including buy-to-play titles) in 2017. Four of the top ten titles were published by Nintendo.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 70], "content_span": [71, 223]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274517-0009-0000", "contents": "2017 in video games, Financial performance, Best-selling games by country\nThe following were 2017's top ten best-selling video games by country, in terms of software units sold (excluding microtransactions and free-to-play titles) on PC and console platforms, for the United States, Japan, and United Kingdom.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 73], "content_span": [74, 309]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274517-0010-0000", "contents": "2017 in video games, Hardware releases\nThe list of game-related hardware released in 2017 in North America.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 38], "content_span": [39, 107]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274517-0011-0000", "contents": "2017 in video games, Game releases, Series with new entries\nSeries with new installments in 2017 include Assassin's Creed, Bomberman, Bubsy, Call of Duty, Crash Bandicoot, Danganronpa, Dawn of War, Destiny, Digimon, Dragon Quest, Doom, Dynasty Warriors, Final Fantasy, Fire Emblem, Forza Motorsport, Gran Turismo, Gravity Rush, Halo Wars, Injustice, Kingdom Hearts, Life Is Strange, Marvel vs. Capcom, Mass Effect, Metroid, Need for Speed, Nier, Persona, Planescape: Torment, Pok\u00e9mon, Prey, Professor Layton, Resident Evil, Sniper Elite, Sniper: Ghost Warrior, Sonic the Hedgehog, Splatoon, Star Wars Battlefront, Super Mario, Tekken, The Evil Within, The Legend of Zelda, Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon, Uncharted, Wipeout, Wolfenstein, WWE 2K, Xenoblade Chronicles, Yakuza and Yoshi.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 59], "content_span": [60, 780]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274517-0012-0000", "contents": "2017 in video games, Game releases, Series with new entries\nIn addition, 2017 saw the introduction of several new properties, including Cuphead, ELEX, Fortnite, Hellblade, Hollow Knight, Horizon, Nioh, and PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 59], "content_span": [60, 236]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274518-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 in volleyball\nThe following were the events of Volleyball for the year 2017 throughout the world.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [18, 18], "content_span": [19, 102]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274520-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 in weightlifting\nThis article lists the main weightlifting events and their results for 2017.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [21, 21], "content_span": [22, 98]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274521-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 in women's road cycling\n2017 in women's road cycling is about the 2017 women's bicycle races ruled by the UCI and the 2017 UCI Women's Teams.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [28, 28], "content_span": [29, 146]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274521-0001-0000", "contents": "2017 in women's road cycling, World Championships\nThe World Road Championships is set to be held in Bergen, Norway.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 49], "content_span": [50, 115]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274521-0002-0000", "contents": "2017 in women's road cycling, Single day races (1.1 and 1.2)\n\u2020 The clock symbol denotes a race which takes the form of a one-day time trial.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 60], "content_span": [61, 140]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274521-0003-0000", "contents": "2017 in women's road cycling, UCI teams\nThe country designation of each team is determined by the country of registration of the largest number of its riders, and is not necessarily the country where the team is registered or based.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 39], "content_span": [40, 232]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274522-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 local electoral calendar\nThis local electoral calendar for 2017 lists the subnational elections held in 2017. Referendums, recall and retention elections, and national by-elections (special elections) are also included.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [29, 29], "content_span": [30, 224]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274523-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 national cyclo-cross championships\nThe 2017 national cyclo-cross championships were held from September through to January and are organised by the UCI member federations. They began in Australia in September 2016.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [39, 39], "content_span": [40, 219]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274523-0001-0000", "contents": "2017 national cyclo-cross championships, National champions\nThe winner of each national championship wears the national jersey in all their races for the next year in the respective discipline, apart from the World Championships and the Olympics, or unless they are wearing a category leader's jersey in a stage race. Most national champion jerseys tend to represent a country's flag or use the colours from it. Jerseys may also feature traditional sporting colours of a country that are not derived from a national flag, such as the green and gold on the jerseys of Australian national champions.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 59], "content_span": [60, 597]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274524-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 national electoral calendar\nThis national electoral calendar for 2017 lists the national/federal direct elections that were held in 2017 in all sovereign states and their dependent territories. By-elections are excluded, though national referendums are included.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [32, 32], "content_span": [33, 267]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274524-0001-0000", "contents": "2017 national electoral calendar, Indirect elections\nThe following indirect elections of heads of state and the upper houses of bicameral legislatures took place through votes in elected lower houses, unicameral legislatures, or electoral colleges:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 52], "content_span": [53, 248]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274525-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 national road cycling championships\nThe 2017 national road cycling championships will be held throughout the year and are organised by the UCI member federations. They began in Australia with the time trial event (both men and women) on 5 January, as is tradition.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [40, 40], "content_span": [41, 269]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274525-0001-0000", "contents": "2017 national road cycling championships, Jerseys\nThe winner of each national championship wears the national jersey in all their races for the next year in the respective discipline, apart from the World Championships and the Olympics, or unless they are wearing a category leader's jersey in a stage race. Most national champion jerseys tend to represent a country's flag or use the colours from it. Jerseys may also feature traditional sporting colours of a country that are not derived from a national flag, such as the green and gold on the jerseys of Australian national champions.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 49], "content_span": [50, 587]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274526-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 nine-pin bowling World Team Championships\nThe 2017 nine-pin bowling World Team Championships were the seventh edition of the team championships and held in Dettenheim, Germany, from 19 May to 27 May 2017.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [46, 46], "content_span": [47, 209]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274526-0001-0000", "contents": "2017 nine-pin bowling World Team Championships\nIn men's tournament Serbia secured gold medal, while in women's tournament world champion title was captured by host Germany.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [46, 46], "content_span": [47, 172]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274527-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 nine-pin bowling World Team Championships \u2013 Men's tournament\nThe men's tournament at the 2017 nine-pin bowling World Team Championships was held in Dettenheim, Germany from 21 to 27 May 2017.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 65], "section_span": [65, 65], "content_span": [66, 196]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274527-0001-0000", "contents": "2017 nine-pin bowling World Team Championships \u2013 Men's tournament\nSerbia captured their fourth title by defeating Hungary 6-2 in the final match. Bronze medals was secured by Slovakia and host Germany.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 65], "section_span": [65, 65], "content_span": [66, 201]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274528-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 nine-pin bowling World Team Championships \u2013 Women's tournament\nThe women's tournament at the 2017 nine-pin bowling World Team Championships was held in Dettenheim, Germany from 20 to 27 May 2017.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 67], "section_span": [67, 67], "content_span": [68, 200]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274528-0001-0000", "contents": "2017 nine-pin bowling World Team Championships \u2013 Women's tournament\nThe host Germany captured their sixth title by defeating Croatia in the final match after the first ever sudden victory (45-39). Bronze medals was secured by Czechia and Slovenia.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 67], "section_span": [67, 67], "content_span": [68, 247]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274530-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 pro-jallikattu protests\nThe 2017 pro-jallikattu protests, also known as the pro-jallikattu movement, were leaderless apolitical youth protests which took place in January 2017 in large groups in several locations across the Indian state of Tamil Nadu. Some sporadic smaller protests also took place across India as well as overseas. The chief motivation of the protest was against the Supreme Court's order to ban jallikattu (occasionally also known as sallikattu, eru taluval and manju virattu), a traditional Tamil bull taming sport, which is held during Pongal, a harvest festival in the state of Tamil Nadu, India.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [28, 28], "content_span": [29, 623]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274530-0000-0001", "contents": "2017 pro-jallikattu protests\nThe sport is conducted annually on the second day of the Tamil month Thai. The sport was banned by the Supreme Court in a decision citing cruelty to animals based on a lawsuit filed by the animal rights group People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA), which asserted that it violates the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals Act (PCA).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [28, 28], "content_span": [29, 369]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274530-0001-0000", "contents": "2017 pro-jallikattu protests\nThe first large protests occurred on 8 January 2017, when several groups, organised largely via social media, conducted a protest at the Marina beach in Chennai to revoke the ban on jallikattu which was imposed in 2014. These groups also demanded that PETA be banned from India. The protests soon gained momentum and spread all over Tamil Nadu. After several days of protests, jallikattu was finally legalised locally on 23 January when the Government of Tamil Nadu passed a bill to amend the PCA Act. As the legalisation is not Indian federal law, but rather state law, there is concern from Indian legal experts that jallikattu could be banned once again by the Supreme Court.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [28, 28], "content_span": [29, 707]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274530-0002-0000", "contents": "2017 pro-jallikattu protests\nThe largely peaceful nature of the protests received praise from all over the country and inspired the legalisation movements of several other Indian states' traditional outlawed celebrations. Despite violence on 23 January, this perception continued after the Tamil Nadu Police reported that the violence was caused by \"anti-social elements\" co-opting the protest, and not the student protesters themselves. The movement has been described as a symbol for Tamil pride and has largely been compared to the anti-Hindi agitations of Tamil Nadu and dubbed by many as 'Thai Puratchi'.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [28, 28], "content_span": [29, 609]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274530-0003-0000", "contents": "2017 pro-jallikattu protests, Timeline\nSporadic demonstrations began on 4 January, but mass protests did not begin until two weeks later.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 38], "content_span": [39, 137]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274530-0004-0000", "contents": "2017 pro-jallikattu protests, Timeline\nOn 16 January 2017, villagers of Alanganallur protested at Alanganallur 'Vaadi vaasal' \u2013 The Arena, the place known for the jallikattu sport \u2013 on that date, the sport was also practiced in defiance of the ban. After a day long protest, police arrested the protesters numbering around 200 in Madurai. On 17 January 2017, In support of the arrested, Students gathered in Marina Beach. This day incidentally coincided with the birth centenary of former Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M.G.Ramachadran.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 38], "content_span": [39, 531]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274530-0004-0001", "contents": "2017 pro-jallikattu protests, Timeline\nThe crowds started swelling for the night and few hundred spent their night in beach and the crowds continued to gather strength throughout the next day. The protest erupted around the state including Salem, Erode, Coimbatore, Nagercoil, Thiruchrapalli, Pudhuchery. On 19 January, many volunteer groups and individuals once again gathered at the Marina beach for overnight protests. deputy Tamil Nadu Chief Minister O.Paneerselvam met Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi and pushed for an ordinance. With no sign of protests relenting the centre suggested ordinance by Tamil Nadu Government. On 20 January, The draft ordinance was approved by Home, Environmental and Cultural Ministry.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 38], "content_span": [39, 724]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274530-0005-0000", "contents": "2017 pro-jallikattu protests, Timeline\nOn 20 January, the chief minister of Tamil Nadu announced that a law has been drafted and sent to the Central Government, stating, \"There are full chances that jallikattu will be organised within 1\u20132 days.\" The Hindustan Times reported that the Centre approved the bill without recommending any changes, and that all that remains now is for it to be signed by the President of India, Pranab Mukherjee. On this day the Marina beach Witnessed around 20 lakh protesters on peaceful Occupy Marina protest alone with lacs thronging various cities of state.. The day witnessed a virtual shutdown in the state as most organization downed their shutters expressing solidarity for the cause. The Opposition party Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK) staged Rail Roko in district headquarters of the state.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 38], "content_span": [39, 830]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274530-0006-0000", "contents": "2017 pro-jallikattu protests, Timeline\nOn 21 January, the protests still continue demanding a permanent solution. Some politicians of the opposition parties started fasting as a sign of protest. The State Government promulgated the ordinance and announced that it would conduct the event the next day. However the protesters refused to budge, as they believe the ordinance has very weak legal grounds and could be overturned in much the same way as the Supreme Court overturned the 2009 ordinance.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 38], "content_span": [39, 497]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274530-0007-0000", "contents": "2017 pro-jallikattu protests, Timeline\nOn 22 January, the government tried to conduct the sport despite the opposition from the local people in Alanganallur and other parts of Tamil Nadu who demanded a permanent resolution which can ensure jallikattu for generations to come. The protesters had successfully blocked the sport from being conducted as Government festival. However a jallikattu event was organised and held at Pudukottai without proper safety measures on a very short notice and was inaugurated by the government minister, which eventually killed two people and many were left injured.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 38], "content_span": [39, 599]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274530-0008-0000", "contents": "2017 pro-jallikattu protests, Timeline\nOn 23 January, with protesters refusing to budge, police began early morning forceful evictions, moving people by hand and also employing batons. Protesters at the marina threatened to venture into the sea, but eventually most protesters were removed and access to the protest site was cut off. The evictions led to further protesters and threaten to boycott the upcoming Republic Day celebrations in Chennai beach. The entire city came to standstill with protesters blocking major roads and incidents of stone pelting torching of vehicles, police stations and petrol bombs were thrown whose identity remain unknown.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 38], "content_span": [39, 655]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274530-0008-0001", "contents": "2017 pro-jallikattu protests, Timeline\nThere have also been reports of police involving in burning of autos and vehicles. The videos of cop setting fire on vehicles and involving in arson have been going viral in social media. The initial organizers of protests called for calm and few including actors condemned the violence and the subsequent crackdown. At the end of day most of protests were either withdrawn evacuated or forcefully at all places including at Marina Beach, Madurai, Salem, Erode and Coimbatore and normalcy started to be restored.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 38], "content_span": [39, 551]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274530-0009-0000", "contents": "2017 pro-jallikattu protests, Timeline\nOn 24 January, according to the Times of India, the majority of student protestors in Chennai decided to call off their protest after a dialogue with police and a district court judge, viewing the Tamil Nadu ordinance and planned law as a victory, but promised to restart it if there was no permanent solution for jallikattu by 1 February.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 38], "content_span": [39, 378]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274530-0010-0000", "contents": "2017 pro-jallikattu protests, Timeline\nThe legal situation surrounding jallikattu is as yet not clearly resolved. While the Tamil Nadu government has claimed that its draft ordinance is a \"permanent solution\", many jallikattu supporters view it as merely being a \"stop gap measure\". As ordinances only last for six months, the Tamil Nadu Assembly plans to make the ordinance into state law \"immediately\".", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 38], "content_span": [39, 404]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274530-0010-0001", "contents": "2017 pro-jallikattu protests, Timeline\nSome, however such as Ministry of External Affairs cabinet minister Salman Khurshid, have stated that the matter will only be truly resolved if the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals Act is amended as local ordinances and state laws cannot trump Indian federal law. According to The Hindu, many other Indian legal experts agreed with Khurshid's view, as federal laws such as the PCA are always more powerful than state laws, and in that respect the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (Tamil Nadu Amendment) Act of 2017 is not much different from the 2009 one.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 38], "content_span": [39, 594]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274530-0010-0002", "contents": "2017 pro-jallikattu protests, Timeline\nOn 24 January, in light of the new Tamil Nadu legislation, the Centre withdrew its notification allowing the sport; this means that any new legal challenges will be directed against the new legislation. For its part, PETA India has said that it will \"study\" the new ordinance, and has not ruled out a challenge to the new law on the same grounds as it challenged the 2009 law. On 25 January, the Animal Welfare Board of India (AWBI) restarted the legal process by formally challenging the new law before the Supreme Court, but it withdrew the petition the next day. According to the AWBI's acting chairperson, AWBI does not plan to re-file the petition, but he claimed no knowledge of what other organizations, such as PETA, may do.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 38], "content_span": [39, 771]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274530-0011-0000", "contents": "2017 pro-jallikattu protests, Timeline\nOn 6 July 2017, PETA India released a YouTube video showing the results of their investigation of five Jallikattu events which took place across Tamil Nadu in February 2017. According to PETA, their investigation showed abuse of the animals during the February events, including the tails of bulls being bitten and twisted, collapsed bulls being pulled by ropes attached to their noses, and bulls having their tailbones purposefully broken. In an interview with The Hindu, organisers of the events denied the claims of PETA. On 7 July 2017, PETA filed a petition with the Supreme Court of India seeking a renewed ban on Jallikattu via the invalidation of the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (Tamil Nadu Amendment) Act of 2017 as unconstitutional.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 38], "content_span": [39, 786]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274530-0012-0000", "contents": "2017 pro-jallikattu protests, Timeline\nOn 2 February 2018, the Supreme Court of India accepted PETA's petition, referring the case to its constitution bench.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 38], "content_span": [39, 157]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274530-0013-0000", "contents": "2017 pro-jallikattu protests, Background\nJallikattu is a traditional bull taming event wherein a berserk bull is released into a crowd, and the participants of the crowd individually attempt to grab and hold on to the bull's hump for a determined distance, a determined time, or with the goal of removing a packet of money tied to the bull's horns. The sport, which is considered to be 2500\u201310,000 years old, is usually held during Thai Pongal across several locations in Tamil Nadu, with the primary event being held in Alanganallur. During the event, injuries or even death often occur to participants.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 40], "content_span": [41, 604]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274530-0013-0001", "contents": "2017 pro-jallikattu protests, Background\nWhile bull breeders contend that the participating bulls are treated well, PETA asserts its investigators found that the bulls suffers cruel treatment, from having their tails twisted, being stabbed, punched and jumped on. India's Prevention of Cruelty to Animals Act (PCAA) outlaws animal cruelty, and sets up the punishment offenders can expect to receive. The Madras High Court was the first to rule that jallikattu was not allowable under the PCAA in 2006. However, traditional sports like jallikattu have since then always been allowed through various legal and extralegal means, the most recent of which is the Tamil Nadu Regulation of Jallikattu Act No 27, passed by the Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly and signed into law in 2009.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 40], "content_span": [41, 779]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274530-0014-0000", "contents": "2017 pro-jallikattu protests, Background\nIn January 2011, Hema Malini appealed to the Ministry of Environment and Forests (MoE) to ban Jallikatu, and it responded by issuing a notification that bulls may no longer be used as performing animals in India, adding it to a list which previously included only bears, monkeys, tigers, panthers and lions. Armed with this, in April 2011, PETA announced that it would challenge the 2009 Tamil Nadu law as unconstitutional, as it now conflicts with the Indian federal law.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 40], "content_span": [41, 513]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274530-0014-0001", "contents": "2017 pro-jallikattu protests, Background\nAfter three years in court, on 7 May 2014, PETA, represented by Raj Panjwani, along with the Animal Welfare Board of India (AWBI), striking down the 2009 Tamil Nadu law. In defiance of the ban, citizens of Tamil Nadu attempted to carry out the tradition on 18 January 2015, but police arrested forty six people and allowed the animals to go free.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 40], "content_span": [41, 387]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274530-0015-0000", "contents": "2017 pro-jallikattu protests, Background\nIn preparation for the 2016 jallikattu season, the Centre reversed its earlier decision and on 7 January 2016 MoE once again removed bulls from the list of banned performing animals. Justices Dipak Misra and Rohinton Fali Nariman were highly critical of this reaction, and were quoted by The Hindu as stating jointly: \"How can you negate our judgment banning jallikattu by coming up with the January 2016 notification allowing bulls to participate in the sport again? [ ...] We cannot import Roman gladiator-type sport here.\" The Supreme Court issued a stay order on 12 January 2016, effectively banning the sport just five days after the Centre unbanned it. With the police on their side this time, however, jallikattu went ahead anyway, and thousands gathered to watch bull races and the main sport.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 40], "content_span": [41, 842]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274530-0016-0000", "contents": "2017 pro-jallikattu protests, Background\nIn preparation for the 2017 season, once again multiple petitions were filed to try to get the Supreme Court to reconsider; and once again they were all denied, including a petition attempting to argue a religious freedom angle. The Supreme Court once again sparred with the Centre, who was trying to get it unbanned as it was a 5,000-year-old cultural tradition of the Tamil people, but the court responded simply \"In 1899, ten thousand girls below 12 years of age were married. Should we allow it today because it was a tradition at that time?\" and rejected the petition.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 40], "content_span": [41, 614]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274530-0016-0001", "contents": "2017 pro-jallikattu protests, Background\nFor the 2017 season, political tension was high, perhaps sparking the massive protest: people blamed the AIADMK and BJP political parties for failing to reverse the ban during the last three years. Once again, citizens flouted the Supreme Court, and jallikattu went ahead despite its legal status. With an uncooperative judiciary, the other branches of government began work on a law which would override the court's decision: on 19 January 2017, prime minister of India Narendra Modi vowed to support Tamil Nadu but declined to give further details, claiming that he could not as the case was currently sub judice. In an interview, former Supreme Court justice Markandey Katju observed that laws can be changed even when the matter is in court as was done for the act that abolished zamindari in the 1950s when the Nehru government removed the right to property as a fundamental right.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 40], "content_span": [41, 927]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274530-0017-0000", "contents": "2017 pro-jallikattu protests, Background, Support\nJallikattu is cited as one of the last available ways to promote and preserve the native livestock because the other uses of native breeds such as ploughing, breeding via mating and milk is on decline due to advancement in mechanization by tractors, improvement in artificial insemination and hybrid Jersey cows respectively. Native breed activists claim that Tamil Nadu had over one million Kangayam bulls in 1990 and that the population has fallen to 15,000 by the 2010s. Minor protests were initiated by cattle rights activists and farmers.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 49], "content_span": [50, 593]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274530-0017-0001", "contents": "2017 pro-jallikattu protests, Background, Support\nMusic videos, such as \"Takkaru Takkaru\" by Hiphop Tamizha, and on Facebook videos to talk about jallikattu and its benefits inspired the protestors. There were also claims that the indigenous cattle bulls are critically endangered in Tamil Nadu and banning jallikattu will have the adverse effect of wiping them out completely. According to pro-jallikattu activists, jallikattu is not just a sport that is deeply entrenched in Tamil culture, but it has also inadvertently served as a scientific method of breeding cattle. This view is held among a majority of jallikattu supporters.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 49], "content_span": [50, 632]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274530-0017-0002", "contents": "2017 pro-jallikattu protests, Background, Support\nThe protest is aimed at revival of the native humped bull, called the zebu. The Tamil Nadu breed of zebu is unique to India and has several advantages compared to European varieties of cattle such as the Holstein cow. The native breeds are rich in the A2 variety of beta casein protein which aides easy digestion whereas milk from European Bos taurus contain the A1 variant of the beta casein protein which is related to allergies and some serious health conditions.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 49], "content_span": [50, 516]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274530-0017-0003", "contents": "2017 pro-jallikattu protests, Background, Support\nThe Holstein breeds found their way into India as a result of Operation Flood of late 1960s through cross breeding to increase the low milk yield of native breeds. As the Jersey cow can yield nine times the quantity of milk as a zebu in the same period, there is concern among protesters that without jallikattu providing an economic incentive for the breeding of zebu, the breed will become endangered and eventually extinct. PETA disputes the allegation that outlawing jallikattu would lead to a loss of the Tamil Nadu zebu, stating that the bulls can still be used as studs regardless of whether jallikattu is legal or not.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 49], "content_span": [50, 676]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274530-0018-0000", "contents": "2017 pro-jallikattu protests, Background, Support\nSupport from various groups, including film actors, politicians, cricketers and other sportsmen, social activists, and authors. Raghava Lawrence, actor Silambarasan, director V. Gowthaman, Seeman, Samuthirakani, Ameer, RJ Balaji, Aari, Mansoor Ali Khan and G. V. Prakash Kumar took part actively during the protests. Spiritual leaders like Sri Sri Ravi Shankar, and Sadhuguru Jaggi Vasudev also spoke in support of the sport. The protestors rejected any attempt for leadership by politicians and celebrities and wished to remain a leaderless mass movement.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 49], "content_span": [50, 606]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274530-0019-0000", "contents": "2017 pro-jallikattu protests, Background, Support\nOn 19 January 2017, film composer A. R. Rahman announced that he will observe a day-long fast in support of the protesters, and for 'Tamil Nadu's spirit'.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 49], "content_span": [50, 204]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274530-0020-0000", "contents": "2017 pro-jallikattu protests, Background, Opposition\nThe main opposition of jallikattu comes from the Indian branch of the international non-governmental organization People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA). PETA's opposition is also shared by the Animal Welfare Board of India (AWBI), Federation of Indian Animal Protection Organisations and Compassion Unlimited Plus Action (CUPA). Judges of the Supreme Court of India have likewise criticized the Indian Central Government's support of jallikattu just because it is a tradition and have voiced their opposition of it.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 52], "content_span": [53, 581]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274530-0020-0001", "contents": "2017 pro-jallikattu protests, Background, Opposition\nThe Supreme has held that the sport is inherently cruel in nature and this deprives the animal of its basic right to live without subject to fear and torture. The judgement also clarifies that the sport is neither religious ritual nor an essential sport for the Tamil community as the sport is played only in few districts of central Tamil Nadu and not in all districts. The sport has claimed multiple lives including those of the tamers, onlookers and the police. The first ban on jallikattu was a result of a case filed by the father of a tamer who lost his life in the event.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 52], "content_span": [53, 631]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274530-0021-0000", "contents": "2017 pro-jallikattu protests, Background, Opposition\nPETA denies that ending the jallikattu event will lead to the loss of the native bull, and has pointed out that bulls can be used as studs regardless of whether or not they are engaged in jallikattu. Furthermore, PETA claims that veterinarians can determine which bulls are healthiest with far more scientific rigor than jallikattu can.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 52], "content_span": [53, 389]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274530-0022-0000", "contents": "2017 pro-jallikattu protests, Nature of protest\nThe protests were spontaneous and had no specific organizers. The protest started as Occupy Marina protest along with sit-ins at large grounds across the state. The protests were initially formed by members of Student community across the state which was further strengthened by people from various sections such as IT professionals who joined later. The lack of leader was seen as stumbling block for the state government because it could not call people for talks. The protest were largely peaceful except few Baton charge by the police.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 47], "content_span": [48, 587]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274530-0023-0000", "contents": "2017 pro-jallikattu protests, Nature of protest\nThe protests are not just confined to Chennai but thousand gathered across the state in prominent places such as MGR Circle in Trichy, Thamukam Grounds in Madurai, VOC Ground in Coimbatore, VOC Ground-Tirunelveli, VOC Ground in Erode, Vellore Fort in Vellore, Salem, Nagercoil, Thanjavur and Puducherry. Tamil youths from other states express solidarity with jallikattu protesters in Tamil Nadu. There was demonstration in Bengaluru, Mumbai, Ahmedabad, and Delhi. Support for the protest also came from Tamils around the world such as in Sri Lanka, the United Kingdom, Germany, Australia, New Zealand, Singapore, Malaysia, Canada, China, Russia, Switzerland, Ireland, Japan, the United Arab Emirates, the United States, France, South Africa, and Finland.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 47], "content_span": [48, 802]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274530-0024-0000", "contents": "2017 pro-jallikattu protests, Nature of protest\nThe protest was primarily coordinated using social media apps. The use of memes has been another feature to spread the message that adds satire and humor to the protests. Various traditional Tamil sports such as Silambattam, stilt performances and street plays are performed to showcase Tamil pride along with speeches to inspire the crowd.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 47], "content_span": [48, 388]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274530-0025-0000", "contents": "2017 pro-jallikattu protests, Nature of protest\nSlogans were shouted against the animal rights organization PETA, alleging an international conspiracy favoring extinction of Tamil Nadu's rare cattle breed, and replacing them with Jersey cows from Denmark and Switzerland.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 47], "content_span": [48, 271]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274530-0026-0000", "contents": "2017 pro-jallikattu protests, Impact\nThe Marina Protest had varied impacts in different walks of life:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 36], "content_span": [37, 102]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274531-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 raid on Barii\nThe raid on Barii was a military operation conducted by SEAL Team Six (DEVGRU) in support of an operation being carried out by the Somali National Army. The raid resulted in the death of DEVGRU Senior Chief Petty Officer Kyle Milliken, marking the first US serviceman combat death in Somalia since the First Battle of Mogadishu in 1993, also known as \"Black Hawk Down\".", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [18, 18], "content_span": [19, 388]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274531-0001-0000", "contents": "2017 raid on Barii, Events\nA firefight erupted shortly after a DEVGRU team and Somali army forces were dropped by helicopter near an al-Shabab compound in an area on the Shebelle River called Barii, about 40 miles (64\u00a0km) west of the capital Mogadishu. The DEVGRU operators were conducting an operation with Somali commandos to target a local leader of al-Shabaab in Darusalam village, where Abdirahman Mohamed Warsame, known as Mahad Karate, was believed to be hiding.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [20, 26], "content_span": [27, 469]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274531-0002-0000", "contents": "2017 raid on Barii, Events\nIn addition to the dead DEVGRU operator, at least two other Americans were wounded, including a Somali-American interpreter. At least three Al-Shabaab militants also died plus another local Al-Shabaab commander. The mission was aborted soon after insurgents opened fire. The American/Somali group quickly returned to the aircraft that had taken it to the area and was evacuated.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [20, 26], "content_span": [27, 405]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274532-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 reasons of the Supreme Court of Canada\nThe table below lists the decisions (known as reasons) delivered from the bench by the Supreme Court of Canada during 2017. The table illustrates what reasons were filed by each justice in each case, and which justices joined each reason.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [43, 43], "content_span": [44, 282]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274532-0001-0000", "contents": "2017 reasons of the Supreme Court of Canada, Reasons\nOn December 15, 2017, Chief Justice Beverley McLachlin retired. Richard Wagner was sworn in as Chief Justice on December 18, 2017.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [45, 52], "content_span": [53, 183]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274533-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 shelling of Alxanl\u0131\nThe shelling of Alxanl\u0131 or the Alxanl\u0131 tragedy (Azerbaijani: Alxanl\u0131 faci\u0259si) was shelling of a house in Alxanl\u0131 village and municipality in Fuzuli District of Azerbaijan by the Armenian Armed Forces with 82\u00a0mm and 120\u00a0mm artilleries on 4 July 2017. As a result of the shelling, 51-year-old Azerbaijani woman Sahiba Guliyeva and her 18-month-old granddaughter Zahra Guliyeva were killed, while 52-year-old Sarvinaz Guliyeva was seriously injured, but survived.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [24, 24], "content_span": [25, 485]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274533-0001-0000", "contents": "2017 shelling of Alxanl\u0131, Reactions\nBoth sides accused each other of violating the ceasefire. Armenian Foreign Minister Shavarsh Kocharyan claimed that Azerbaijan was responsible for all casualties due to \"continuing military provocations against Nagorno-Karabakh\". Local authorities of the self-proclaimed Republic of Artsakh claimed that Azerbaijan fired from positions near the residential buildings of Alxanl\u0131. Azerbaijani Defense Ministry spokesperson Vagif Dargahly denied these claims, stating that there had been no military headquarters or firing positions in Alxanl\u0131 at the time of the shelling.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 35], "content_span": [36, 605]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274533-0001-0001", "contents": "2017 shelling of Alxanl\u0131, Reactions\nOn 6 July 2017, Azerbaijani state and local authorities organized a visit of foreign military attach\u00e9s accredited to Azerbaijan and representatives of foreign media to Alxanl\u0131. Turkish Foreign Ministry, ambassador of Iran to Azerbaijan, senators and parliament members from the United Kingdom, and Russia condemned the Armenian side for launching attacks on civilian population.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 35], "content_span": [36, 414]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274534-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 social unrest in French Guiana\nThe 2017 social unrest in French Guiana was a series of protests and strikes led by the \"Collective of 500 Brothers\" to highlight the issues of insecurity and infrastructure in French Guiana, France. It began on March 20, 2017 in Kourou, and spread all over French Guiana within a few days. Several international rocket and satellite launches were postponed, and March 28 saw the largest demonstration ever held in French Guiana.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [35, 35], "content_span": [36, 465]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274534-0001-0000", "contents": "2017 social unrest in French Guiana\nThe protesters asked for more resources, and demanded an investment in infrastructure from the mainland government of \u20ac1 billion. The mainland government turned down and offered a government pledge of \u20ac1 million in infrastructure. Labor union leaders and three local politicians occupied the Guiana Space Centre on April 4\u20135, 2017. Supermarkets no longer sold fresh products due to road blocks in April 2017. The strikes became an issue in the 2017 French presidential election.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [35, 35], "content_span": [36, 514]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274534-0002-0000", "contents": "2017 social unrest in French Guiana, Context\nFrench Guiana is fraught with tensions between different communities (indigenous peoples, descendants of African slaves, immigrants from Brazil, Suriname and Haiti, and Europeans) as well as an economic crisis and a rise in insecurity.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 44], "content_span": [45, 280]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274534-0002-0001", "contents": "2017 social unrest in French Guiana, Context\nPer capita income at \u20ac15,000 is lower than mainland France; the unemployment rate is 23 percent and more than 40 percent for 18-to-25-year-olds; the cost of living is higher than in mainland France due to the need to import most goods and EU-sanctioned tariffs with neighboring Brazil and Suriname; foreign nationals are 35 percent as opposed to 6.5 percent in mainland France; and the murder rate is the highest anywhere in France with 42 homicides in 2016. Moreover, the consumption of illicit drugs like cannabis, cocaine and crack, is very high. Cayenne is also a hub of drug-trafficking; in 2016, 371 drug-traffickers were arrested on flights to Europe.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 44], "content_span": [45, 703]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274534-0003-0000", "contents": "2017 social unrest in French Guiana, Strikes\nThe strikes are led by the \"Collective of 500 Brothers\", a group of men who wear balaclavas. They are meant to expose the rise in insecurity, the deterioration of access to health care, the rise in illicit gold placer mining, and illegal immigration.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 44], "content_span": [45, 295]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274534-0004-0000", "contents": "2017 social unrest in French Guiana, Strikes\nThe strikes began in Kourou on March 20, 2017, to oppose the privatization of a hospital run by the Red Cross and the rise in insecurity. Within a few days, they spread to Cayenne and Saint-Laurent-du-Maroni, followed by Maripasoula and Papaichton.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 44], "content_span": [45, 293]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274534-0005-0000", "contents": "2017 social unrest in French Guiana, Strikes\nProtesters blocked roads, which led to the cancellation of flights from the Cayenne \u2013 F\u00e9lix Ebou\u00e9 Airport to Paris. It also led to the postponement of the launch of an Ariane 5 rocket with SGDC's Brazilian satellite and the KT Corporation's Koreasat-7 South Korean satellite.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 44], "content_span": [45, 320]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274534-0006-0000", "contents": "2017 social unrest in French Guiana, Strikes\nBy March 23, 2017, the campus of the University of French Guiana as well as schools, administrative buildings and the harbour were closed. Meanwhile, French Guianans bought food in bulk, and muggings were reported.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 44], "content_span": [45, 259]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274534-0007-0000", "contents": "2017 social unrest in French Guiana, Strikes\nMarch 28 was dubbed a \"dead day\" by local media, with everything closed. There were between 8,000 and 10,000 demonstrators in Cayenne and between 3,500 and 4,000 in Saint-Laurent-du-Maroni, leading the prefecture of French Guiana to call it \"the largest demonstration ever held in French Guiana.\" The demonstrators carried the flag of French Guiana and placards reading \"Nou bon k\u00e9 sa\", which means \"enough is enough\" in Guianan Cr\u00e9ole. They were asking the French government for more resources.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 44], "content_span": [45, 540]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274534-0008-0000", "contents": "2017 social unrest in French Guiana, Strikes\nOn April 3, 2017, as rocket launches from the Guiana Space Centre was suspended, \"Europe's first high-power, all-electric satellite\", Eutelsat's Eutelsat-172b, was returned to the Airbus factory near Toulouse until further notice. Additionally, the launch of the $625 million ViaSat-2 internet satellite, scheduled for April 25, was postponed.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 44], "content_span": [45, 388]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274534-0009-0000", "contents": "2017 social unrest in French Guiana, Strikes\nOn April 4, 2017, another demonstration was held in Kourou. In the evening, 30 labour union leaders visited the Guiana Space Centre to meet its director, Didier Faivre, and began to occupy the premises until their demands are met. Alongside the 30 union leaders are three politicians: Gabriel Serville, a member of the National Assembly for the Guianese Socialist Party; Antoine Karam, a member of the French Senate for the Socialist Party; and L\u00e9on Bertrand, the mayor of Saint-Laurent-du-Maroni. As of April 5, 2017, the protesters decided to wait inside until the arrival of the president of the National Centre for Space Studies, Jean-Yves Le Gall, scheduled for April 6, 2017. However, they left the premises on April 5, 2017.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 44], "content_span": [45, 776]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274534-0010-0000", "contents": "2017 social unrest in French Guiana, Strikes\nOn April 7, 2017, protesters were waiting to meet the prefect of French Guiana, Martin Jaeger, but their appointment was cancelled. As a result, a violent protest took place outside the building of the prefecture in Cayenne. Tear gas was used by the police. Meanwhile, one policeman was seriously injured during the protest. The following day, on April 8, 2017, members of the Collective of 500 Brothers visited him in hospital to find common ground. As of April 7, supermarkets had run out of fresh products due to the road blocks. In particular, bottled water, milk, flour and meat were no longer available.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 44], "content_span": [45, 654]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274534-0011-0000", "contents": "2017 social unrest in French Guiana, Strikes\nOn April 21, the French government signed an agreement with protesters authorizing an emergency relief of up to 2.1 billion euros, which includes funds for security, education, healthcare, and business aid. Roadblocks were removed the following day, and operations at the Kourou space center resumed on April 24.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 44], "content_span": [45, 357]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274534-0012-0000", "contents": "2017 social unrest in French Guiana, Reactions\nOn March 24, 2017, the United States Department of State advised their citizens against visiting French Guiana due to the unrest.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 46], "content_span": [47, 176]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274534-0013-0000", "contents": "2017 social unrest in French Guiana, Reactions\nOn March 25, 2017, Prime Minister Bernard Cazeneuve called for a return to peace and dialogue. Three days later, on March 28, 2017, ministers Matthias Fekl and Ericka Bareigts visited French Guiana. They pledged a \u20ac1 billion investment in infrastructure. The offer was turned down by the protesters, who asked for a \"special status\" on April 2, 2017 and a \u20ac2.5 billion \"aid package\" on April 3, 2017.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 46], "content_span": [47, 447]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274534-0014-0000", "contents": "2017 social unrest in French Guiana, Reactions\nOn April 3, 2017, Prime Minister Cazeneuve said that \u20ac2.5 billion was \"unrealistic\". On April 5, 2017, Socialist Senator Georges Patient demanded \u20ac3.2 billion to build schools and hospitals. The same day, the French government agreed to build more schools and a new police station in Cayenne. Meanwhile, the local chapter of the Mouvement des Entreprises de France called for an end to the road blocks.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 46], "content_span": [47, 449]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274534-0015-0000", "contents": "2017 social unrest in French Guiana, Reactions\nAs the strikes were happening in the midst of the campaign for the 2017 French presidential election, several candidates commented on it. For example, Fran\u00e7ois Fillon blamed the situation on President Fran\u00e7ois Hollande's failed policies, while Marine Le Pen blamed it on illegal immigration.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 46], "content_span": [47, 338]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274535-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 storming of Macedonian Parliament\nStorming of the Macedonian Parliament, also known as Bloody Thursday (Macedonian: \u041a\u0440\u0432\u0430\u0432 \u0447\u0435\u0442\u0432\u0440\u0442\u043e\u043a, romanized:\u00a0Krvav \u010detvrtok) occurred on 27 April 2017, when about 200 Macedonian nationalists stormed the Macedonian Parliament in reaction to the election of Talat Xhaferi, an ethnic Albanian, as speaker of the Assembly of the Republic of Macedonia. The violence was condemned by the European Union and NATO, who also greeted the election of Xhaferi as new parliament speaker.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [38, 38], "content_span": [39, 513]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274535-0001-0000", "contents": "2017 storming of Macedonian Parliament, Background\nIn the years prior to the event, the Republic of Macedonia had been involved in political turmoil, culminating in mass anti-government protests in 2015 and 2016. These protests were the result of corruption allegations, which are the main cause of the Republic of Macedonia's political crisis, against VMRO-DPMNE leader Nikola Gruevski and his coalition partners. They were further accused of preventing a new government forming, following the parliamentary election in 2016, in order to prevent losing power and facing prosecution for corruption. There had been daily protests across the country by supporters of the VMRO-DPMNE party.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 50], "content_span": [51, 686]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274535-0002-0000", "contents": "2017 storming of Macedonian Parliament, Background\nThe conflict also had ethnic undertones, as the reason no coalition government had been formed was due to the demand for the Albanian language to be the second official language in Government of the Republic of Macedonia, and due to attempts by opposition leader Zoran Zaev to form a coalition government with Albanian ethnic parties. The Republic of Macedonia had seen mass ethnic violence in the years prior, particularly in 2001 and 2012.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 50], "content_span": [51, 492]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274535-0003-0000", "contents": "2017 storming of Macedonian Parliament, Incident\nAround 200 protestors stormed the parliament building after Xhaferi was elected speaker. Many were masked and they threw chairs and punches at journalists and MPs, injuring SDSM leader Zoran Zaev. Radmila \u0160ekerinska, deputy head of the SDSM, required stitches after being dragged by her hair. Police had to deploy stun grenades to break up the mob.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 48], "content_span": [49, 397]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274537-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 term opinions of the Supreme Court of the United States\nThe 2017 term of the Supreme Court of the United States began October 2, 2017, and concluded September 30, 2018. The table below illustrates which opinion was filed by each justice in each case and which justices joined each opinion.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 60], "section_span": [60, 60], "content_span": [61, 294]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274537-0001-0000", "contents": "2017 term opinions of the Supreme Court of the United States, 2017 term membership and statistics\nThis was the thirteenth term of Chief Justice Roberts's tenure. Justice Kennedy retired on July 31, 2018, making it the second and final (and also the only full) term with the same membership.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 60], "section_span": [62, 97], "content_span": [98, 290]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274538-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 term per curiam opinions of the Supreme Court of the United States\nThe Supreme Court of the United States handed down sixteen per curiam opinions during its 2017 term, which began October 2, 2017, and concluded September 30, 2018.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 71], "section_span": [71, 71], "content_span": [72, 235]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274538-0001-0000", "contents": "2017 term per curiam opinions of the Supreme Court of the United States\nBecause per curiam decisions are issued from the Court as an institution, these opinions all lack the attribution of authorship or joining votes to specific justices. All justices on the Court at the time the decision was handed down are assumed to have participated and concurred unless otherwise noted.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 71], "section_span": [71, 71], "content_span": [72, 376]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274538-0002-0000", "contents": "2017 term per curiam opinions of the Supreme Court of the United States, Court membership\nAssociate Justices: Anthony Kennedy (retired July 31, 2018), Clarence Thomas, Ruth Bader Ginsburg, Stephen Breyer, Samuel Alito, Sonia Sotomayor, Elena Kagan, Neil Gorsuch", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 71], "section_span": [73, 89], "content_span": [90, 261]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274538-0003-0000", "contents": "2017 term per curiam opinions of the Supreme Court of the United States, Kernan v. Cuero\n583 U.S. ___ Decided November 6, 2017. Ninth Circuit reversed and remanded.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 71], "section_span": [73, 88], "content_span": [89, 164]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274538-0004-0000", "contents": "2017 term per curiam opinions of the Supreme Court of the United States, Dunn v. Madison\n583 U.S. ___ Decided November 6, 2017. Eleventh Circuit reversed.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 71], "section_span": [73, 88], "content_span": [89, 154]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274538-0005-0000", "contents": "2017 term per curiam opinions of the Supreme Court of the United States, Dunn v. Madison\nGinsburg filed a concurrence, joined by Breyer and Sotomayor. Breyer filed a concurrence.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 71], "section_span": [73, 88], "content_span": [89, 178]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274538-0006-0000", "contents": "2017 term per curiam opinions of the Supreme Court of the United States, In re United States\n583 U.S. ___ Decided December 20, 2017. Ninth Circuit vacated and remanded.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 71], "section_span": [73, 92], "content_span": [93, 168]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274538-0007-0000", "contents": "2017 term per curiam opinions of the Supreme Court of the United States, Tharpe v. Sellers\n583 U.S. ___ Decided January 8, 2018. Eleventh Circuit vacated and remanded.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 71], "section_span": [73, 90], "content_span": [91, 167]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274538-0008-0000", "contents": "2017 term per curiam opinions of the Supreme Court of the United States, CNH Industrial N. V. v. Reese\n583 U.S. ___ Decided February 20, 2018. Sixth Circuit reversed and remanded.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 71], "section_span": [73, 102], "content_span": [103, 179]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274538-0009-0000", "contents": "2017 term per curiam opinions of the Supreme Court of the United States, Kisela v. Hughes\n584 U.S. ___ Decided April 2, 2018. Ninth Circuit reversed and remanded.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 71], "section_span": [73, 89], "content_span": [90, 162]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274538-0010-0000", "contents": "2017 term per curiam opinions of the Supreme Court of the United States, United States v. Microsoft Corp.\n584 U.S. ___ Decided April 17, 2018. Second Circuit vacated and remanded.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 71], "section_span": [73, 105], "content_span": [106, 179]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274538-0011-0000", "contents": "2017 term per curiam opinions of the Supreme Court of the United States, Azar v. Garza\n584 U.S. ___ Decided June 4, 2018. District of Columbia Circuit vacated and remanded.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 71], "section_span": [73, 86], "content_span": [87, 172]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274538-0012-0000", "contents": "2017 term per curiam opinions of the Supreme Court of the United States, Benisek v. Lamone\n585 U.S. ___ Decided June 18, 2018. District Court for the District of Maryland affirmed.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 71], "section_span": [73, 90], "content_span": [91, 180]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274538-0013-0000", "contents": "2017 term per curiam opinions of the Supreme Court of the United States, Sause v. Bauer\n585 U.S. ___ Decided June 28, 2018. Tenth Circuit reversed and remanded.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 71], "section_span": [73, 87], "content_span": [88, 160]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274538-0014-0000", "contents": "2017 term per curiam opinions of the Supreme Court of the United States, Sexton v. Beaudreaux\n585 U.S. ___ Decided June 28, 2018. Ninth Circuit reversed and remanded.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 71], "section_span": [73, 93], "content_span": [94, 166]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274538-0015-0000", "contents": "2017 term per curiam opinions of the Supreme Court of the United States, North Carolina v. Covington\n585 U.S. ___ Decided June 28, 2018. District Court for the Middle District of North Carolina affirmed in part and reversed in part.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 71], "section_span": [73, 100], "content_span": [101, 232]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274539-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 timeline of the Somali Civil War\nThis is a 2017 timeline of events in the Somali Civil War (2009\u2013present).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [37, 37], "content_span": [38, 111]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274540-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 vote of no confidence in the government of Mariano Rajoy\nA motion of no confidence in the Spanish government of Mariano Rajoy was debated and voted in the Congress of Deputies between 13 and 14 June 2017. It was brought by Unidos Podemos leader Pablo Iglesias as a result of a corruption case involving high-ranking People's Party (PP) officials, amid accusations of maneuvers from the Rajoy government to influence the judicial system in order to cover-up the scandal.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 61], "section_span": [61, 61], "content_span": [62, 474]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274540-0000-0001", "contents": "2017 vote of no confidence in the government of Mariano Rajoy\nThis was the third vote of no confidence held in Spain since the country's transition to democracy\u2014after the unsuccessful 1980 and 1987 ones\u2014as well as the first not to be registered by the main opposition party at the time. The Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE), Citizens (Cs) and the Basque Nationalist Party (PNV) announced their rejection to any candidate proposed by Podemos, meaning that the motion was unlikely to succeed.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 61], "section_span": [61, 61], "content_span": [62, 497]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274540-0001-0000", "contents": "2017 vote of no confidence in the government of Mariano Rajoy\nThe motion was defeated after it gathered the support of Unidos Podemos, Comprom\u00eds, Republican Left of Catalonia (ERC) and EH Bildu\u2014for a total of 82 votes in support\u2014the negative vote of PP, Cs, Navarrese People's Union (UPN), Canarian Coalition (CCa) and Asturias Forum (FAC)\u2014totalling 170 votes against\u2014and the abstentions of PSOE, the Catalan European Democratic Party (PDeCAT), PNV and New Canaries (NCa)\u201497. While the initiative was unsuccessful, it would provide the precedent for a similar motion in May 2018 seeing the downfall of Rajoy's government and the election of Pedro S\u00e1nchez as Prime Minister of Spain.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 61], "section_span": [61, 61], "content_span": [62, 682]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274540-0002-0000", "contents": "2017 vote of no confidence in the government of Mariano Rajoy, Background\nRajoy's second government was sworn into office on 31 October 2016, after a ten-month political deadlock, two general elections and the Spanish Socialist Workers' Party's (PSOE) ultimate decision not to block Mariano Rajoy's investiture bid following an internal crisis that had led to Pedro S\u00e1nchez's resignation as party leader. However, the resulting government was a minority one, and throughout the ensuing months it struggled to get its bills passed into law. Furthermore, the ruling People's Party (PP) came under increasing political pressure after a corruption scandal in Murcia had forced the resignation of regional president Pedro Antonio S\u00e1nchez.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 61], "section_span": [63, 73], "content_span": [74, 733]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274540-0003-0000", "contents": "2017 vote of no confidence in the government of Mariano Rajoy, Background\nIn April 2017, after only five months into its term, the PP was shaken by a succession of events that damaged the party's image. Just as prime minister Rajoy was called to testify as witness at the G\u00fcrtel graft trial, a new case of alleged corruption was unveiled (dubbed as \"Lezo\"), joining the already ongoing investigations into the P\u00fanica and G\u00fcrtel scandals.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 61], "section_span": [63, 73], "content_span": [74, 437]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274540-0003-0001", "contents": "2017 vote of no confidence in the government of Mariano Rajoy, Background\nOperation Lezo resulted in the arrest of former Madrilenian president Ignacio Gonz\u00e1lez, who was accused of diverting millions of euros from the public treasury into tax havens and to pay off the regional party's debts during his tenure as Madrid premier. The scope of the new scandal reached heights never seen in Spanish politics. Several companies\u2014namely OHL, PricewaterhouseCoopers, Indra and Canal de Isabel II, among others\u2014suspect of having illegally financed the PP's Madrilenian branch, had their headquarters in Spain registered by the police in search of incriminating documentation. Party veteran and former Gonz\u00e1lez's boss Esperanza Aguirre resigned from her remaining political offices after seeing many of her former close advisers imprisoned or indicted in a number of judicial procedures.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 61], "section_span": [63, 73], "content_span": [74, 878]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274540-0004-0000", "contents": "2017 vote of no confidence in the government of Mariano Rajoy, Background\nThe leaking of a series of recordings that involved Gonz\u00e1lez and various high-ranking PP and government officials\u2014including former Valencian president Eduardo Zaplana and justice minister Rafael Catal\u00e1\u2014unveiled a plot from the interior and justice ministries to cover-up the scandal, seriously putting judicial independence in Spain into question. In one of the leaked recordings, Gonz\u00e1lez pointed to a tape that would allegedly show Rajoy receiving bribes from a businessman, and that this would have been used by Intereconom\u00eda CEO Julio Ariza in the past to blackmail him.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 61], "section_span": [63, 73], "content_span": [74, 648]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274540-0004-0001", "contents": "2017 vote of no confidence in the government of Mariano Rajoy, Background\nConcurrently, the anti-corruption chief prosecutor, Manuel Moix\u2014revealed by police wiretaps to have been favoured for the job by Ignacio Gonz\u00e1lez himself\u2014was accused of trying to stop investigations into the PP graft accusations. Secretary of State for Security Jos\u00e9 Antonio Nieto\u2014Juan Ignacio Zoido's deputy in the interior ministry\u2014came under pressure after being accused of revealing details of the ongoing investigations to Gonz\u00e1lez's brother in a private meeting held on 8 March 2017.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 61], "section_span": [63, 73], "content_span": [74, 563]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274540-0005-0000", "contents": "2017 vote of no confidence in the government of Mariano Rajoy, Background\nBy mid-May, the string of scandals had splattered Cristina Cifuentes, incumbent president of Madrid, who was accused by the Civil Guard of having been involved in the contract-awarding procedures that led to her party's illegal financing between 2007 and 2012. By this time, it was also concluded that Esperanza Aguirre had won the 2007 and 2011 regional elections unfairly, with her campaign budgets well above those legally declared, through a system that \"hurted political pluralism\". Allegedly, these illegal funds were also used by Mariano Rajoy's campaign in the 2008 general election.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 61], "section_span": [63, 73], "content_span": [74, 665]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274540-0005-0001", "contents": "2017 vote of no confidence in the government of Mariano Rajoy, Background\nSuspicions of embezzlement in the Community of Madrid reached as far back as 2001, during Alberto Ruiz-Gallard\u00f3n's tenure, whose cabinet at the time was put under investigation by the Civil Guard. In the meantime, a separate investigation by the National Police into the ongoing scandals involving the family of former Catalan president Jordi Pujol linked former labour minister Manuel Pimentel and Ignacio L\u00f3pez del Hierro, husband of Mar\u00eda Dolores de Cospedal\u2014incumbent defence minister and PP secretary-general\u2014to another corruption plot in Africa, with connections to the Lezo scandal.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 61], "section_span": [63, 73], "content_span": [74, 663]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274540-0006-0000", "contents": "2017 vote of no confidence in the government of Mariano Rajoy, Background\nAs a result of the scandals and Rajoy's refusal to take any action, Unidos Podemos members\u2014comprising Podemos, United Left, En Com\u00fa Podem and En Marea\u2014announced on 27 April that they would table a motion of no confidence and would request support for it from PSOE and other parties.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 61], "section_span": [63, 73], "content_span": [74, 356]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274540-0006-0001", "contents": "2017 vote of no confidence in the government of Mariano Rajoy, Background\nThe rivalries between the parties in opposition, however, meant that the initiative was unlikely to succeed: PSOE rejected the motion and accused Podemos leader Pablo Iglesias of \"bad faith\" and of interfering within the party's ongoing leadership primary election, whereas Citizens (Cs)\u2014on which the Rajoy government relied for confidence and supply support\u2014labeled the move as \"a circus\". The Basque Nationalist Party (PNV) also voiced its rejection to the maneuver. Nonetheless, the Socialists were put in a difficult situation, as opposing the motion would see them rallying behind Rajoy's government amid the ongoing scandals at a time when they were still without a leader.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 61], "section_span": [63, 73], "content_span": [74, 753]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274540-0007-0000", "contents": "2017 vote of no confidence in the government of Mariano Rajoy, Legal provisions\nThe Spanish Constitution of 1978 required for motions of no confidence to be proposed by at least one-tenth of the Congress of Deputies\u201435 out of 350. Following the German model, votes of no confidence in Spain were constructive, so the motion was required to include an alternative candidate for prime minister. For a motion of no confidence to be successful, it had to be passed by an absolute majority in the Congress of Deputies. A minimum period of five days from the motion's registration (dubbed as \"cooling period\") was required to pass before it could come up for a vote, but no maximum was established. Other parties were entitled to submit alternative motions within the first two days from the registration.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 61], "section_span": [63, 79], "content_span": [80, 799]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274540-0008-0000", "contents": "2017 vote of no confidence in the government of Mariano Rajoy, Legal provisions\n1. The Congress of Deputies may challenge Government policy by passing a motion of censure by an absolute majority of its members.2. The motion of censure must be proposed by at least one tenth of the Deputies, including a candidate for the office of President of the Government.3. The motion of censure may not be voted on until five days after it has been submitted. During the first two days of this period, alternative motions may be submitted.4. If the motion of censure is not passed by the Congress, its signatories may not submit another during the same session.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 61], "section_span": [63, 79], "content_span": [80, 650]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274540-0009-0000", "contents": "2017 vote of no confidence in the government of Mariano Rajoy, Legal provisions\nConcurrently, the Prime Minister was barred from dissolving the Cortes Generales and calling a general election while a motion of no confidence was pending. If the motion was successful, the incumbent prime minister and his/her government were required to submit their resignation to the Monarch, while the candidate proposed in the motion was automatically considered to have the confidence of the Congress of Deputies and immediately appointed as prime minister. If unsuccessful, the signatories of the motion were barred from submitting another during the same session.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 61], "section_span": [63, 79], "content_span": [80, 652]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274540-0010-0000", "contents": "2017 vote of no confidence in the government of Mariano Rajoy, Legal provisions\nThe procedure for motions of no confidence was regulated within Articles 175 to 179 of the Standing Orders of the Congress of Deputies, which provided for the debate on the motion starting with its defence by one of the signatory members without any time limitations, to be followed by an also time-unlimited speech by the nominated candidate to explain his/her political programme. Subsequently, spokespeople from the different parliamentary groups in Congress were allowed to speak for thirty minutes, with an opportunity to reply or rectify themselves for ten minutes. Members of the government were allowed to take the floor and speak at any time of their request during the debate.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 61], "section_span": [63, 79], "content_span": [80, 766]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274540-0011-0000", "contents": "2017 vote of no confidence in the government of Mariano Rajoy, Events, Prelude and debate\nOn 19 May 2017, the motion was formally registered by thirty-seven Unidos Podemos deputies, with Pablo Iglesias as the proposed candidate for prime minister.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 61], "section_span": [63, 89], "content_span": [90, 247]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274540-0011-0001", "contents": "2017 vote of no confidence in the government of Mariano Rajoy, Events, Prelude and debate\nIglesias invited the Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) into an agreement but acknowledged that the initiative was likely to be defeated, claiming to know that he would not \"come out as prime minister from this vote of no confidence, but it is my responsibility\", despite the move entailing \"enormous risks\": while previous motions of no confidence held since the Spanish transition to democracy had also been defeated, the one in 1980 was successful in promoting the figure of Felipe Gonz\u00e1lez\u2014said to be one of many contributing factors to his landslide win in the 1982 election\u2014whereas the one in 1987 signaled the twilight of Antonio Hern\u00e1ndez Mancha's political career. The motion promoters held a demonstration in Puerta del Sol, Madrid, on 20 May, where thousands gathered in support of the initiative.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 61], "section_span": [63, 89], "content_span": [90, 903]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274540-0012-0000", "contents": "2017 vote of no confidence in the government of Mariano Rajoy, Events, Prelude and debate\nComprom\u00eds enthusiastically welcomed the motion and announced their support to Unidos Podemos. Republican Left of Catalonia (ERC) was sympathetic to the initiative, but conditioned it on Podemos supporting an independence referendum to be held in Catalonia. This same condition was demanded by the Catalan European Democratic Party (PDeCAT), which nonetheless remained more skeptical and argued that they would \"evaluate the pros and cons\" of supporting the motion before taking a decision. EH Bildu showed their willingness to support the initiative if Podemos reassured their commitment to the \"right to decide\", which they had already contemplated in their election manifesto. The motion also received the support of trade unions UGT and CCOO, which voiced their \"disappointment and sadness\" with opposition parties not backing it.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 61], "section_span": [63, 89], "content_span": [90, 923]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274540-0013-0000", "contents": "2017 vote of no confidence in the government of Mariano Rajoy, Events, Prelude and debate\nThe PSOE initially announced that they would vote against the motion, arguing that it was an \"intrusion\" within the party's ongoing primaries. All three candidates for the party's leadership\u2014Susana D\u00edaz, Pedro S\u00e1nchez and Patxi L\u00f3pez\u2014rejected Podemos's move, perceiving it as being directed to their party rather than to Rajoy's. Interim PSOE leader Javier Fern\u00e1ndez rejected Iglesias's attempts to discuss the initiative, despite the latter's offerings to back down in favour of a PSOE candidate. Citizens (Cs) ruled out supporting the motion and dubbed it as a \"circus number\", whereas the PP mocked the initiative as an \"absurdity\".", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 61], "section_span": [63, 89], "content_span": [90, 725]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274540-0013-0001", "contents": "2017 vote of no confidence in the government of Mariano Rajoy, Events, Prelude and debate\nPP's electoral partners, Navarrese People's Union (UPN) and Asturias Forum (FAC), were widely expected to oppose the motion, whereas Canarian Coalition (CCa) and New Canaries (NCa) hinted at their rejection as well. Members from the Basque Nationalist Party (PNV) dubbed the initiative as \"an absolute awkwardness\" and criticized Podemos for announcing the motion to the media without discussing it first with the rest of parties, while also stating that they were \"not very convinced\" of having Iglesias as alternative candidate to Rajoy.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 61], "section_span": [63, 89], "content_span": [90, 629]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274540-0014-0000", "contents": "2017 vote of no confidence in the government of Mariano Rajoy, Events, Prelude and debate\nA new political scenario arose after Pedro S\u00e1nchez's sudden re-election as PSOE leader on 21 May, after he had hinted at registering a future motion of no confidence on Rajoy \"if it was to win it\" during his leadership election campaign. However, he made it clear that his party would not support Iglesias's one, both because the PSOE and not Unidos Podemos was the main opposition party to the PP and because the numbers were not there at the time for the motion to succeed.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 61], "section_span": [63, 89], "content_span": [90, 565]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274540-0014-0001", "contents": "2017 vote of no confidence in the government of Mariano Rajoy, Events, Prelude and debate\nOn 22 May, Pablo Iglesias offered S\u00e1nchez to withdraw Podemos's motion if he registered his own instead, but the PSOE rejected it and pointed to an abstention on the grounds that, while the party agreed with the motivations behind the motion, it did not with the way in which it had been brought forward.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 61], "section_span": [63, 89], "content_span": [90, 394]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274540-0014-0002", "contents": "2017 vote of no confidence in the government of Mariano Rajoy, Events, Prelude and debate\nSome commented that, actually, S\u00e1nchez agreed with the motion but was privately upset that the initiative had not been his, while it was said that he had plans to table a motion of no confidence of his own by the end of 2017, awaiting in the meantime to consolidate its hold over the party.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 61], "section_span": [63, 89], "content_span": [90, 380]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274540-0015-0000", "contents": "2017 vote of no confidence in the government of Mariano Rajoy, Events, Prelude and debate\nThe parliamentary debate and the vote on the motion were scheduled for 13 and 14 June. It started with a two-hour-long speech by Unidos Podemos spokesperson, Irene Montero, and was followed by a surprise intervention from Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy, who had been widely expected not to participate in the debate himself. Pablo Iglesias's speech as candidate followed shortly thereafter, with both Rajoy and Iglesias staging a parliamentary duel which lasted for hours.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 61], "section_span": [63, 89], "content_span": [90, 560]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274540-0015-0001", "contents": "2017 vote of no confidence in the government of Mariano Rajoy, Events, Prelude and debate\nRajoy claimed that \"a government of Iglesias would be a punishment for Spain\", whereas Iglesias reminded the PP about their corruption scandals and offered the PSOE an alliance in the future that helped bring the PP government down. The new PSOE spokesperson, Jos\u00e9 Luis \u00c1balos, maintained his party's stance on the motion and remined Iglesias on his own stance during S\u00e1nchez's failed investiture in 2016, but thanked him \"on his tone\" and picked up his \"invitation\" for an understanding, without clarifying whether S\u00e1nchez would table a motion in the foreseeable future.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 61], "section_span": [63, 89], "content_span": [90, 661]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274540-0015-0002", "contents": "2017 vote of no confidence in the government of Mariano Rajoy, Events, Prelude and debate\nERC's spokesperson Joan Tard\u00e0 praised Iglesias for his initiative and announced his party's support to the motion, whereas EH Bildu announced a \"critical yes\" on the grounds that it was \"a priority to oust the most corrupt party in Europe from government\" while demanding Iglesias his full support to the right of self-determination.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 61], "section_span": [63, 89], "content_span": [90, 423]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274540-0016-0000", "contents": "2017 vote of no confidence in the government of Mariano Rajoy, Aftermath\nAs expected, the motion was defeated on 14 June 2017, having gathered the support of Unidos Podemos, Comprom\u00eds, ERC and EH Bildu for a total of 82 support votes, 170 against and 97 abstentions. However, during the debate both Unidos Podemos and PSOE hinted at the possibility of a future understanding that could see them both working in a joint motion.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 61], "section_span": [63, 72], "content_span": [73, 426]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274540-0016-0001", "contents": "2017 vote of no confidence in the government of Mariano Rajoy, Aftermath\nSuch an invitation was offered by Iglesias who, during a reply to PSOE's spokesperson Jos\u00e9 Luis \u00c1balos, stated that Podemos would \"commit [themselves] with the new PSOE in search of an alternative majority\" and urged the Socialists to \"work together on a motion of no confidence\".", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 61], "section_span": [63, 72], "content_span": [73, 353]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274540-0016-0002", "contents": "2017 vote of no confidence in the government of Mariano Rajoy, Aftermath\nEventually, one such motion would be tabled by S\u00e1nchez in May 2018 after the unveiling of a court ruling that found the PP to have profitted from the illegal kickbacks-for-contracts scheme of the G\u00fcrtel case and confirmed the existence of an illegal accounting and financing structure that ran in parallel with the party's official one. The motion would be successful, leading to the downfall of Rajoy's government and the election of Pedro S\u00e1nchez as new prime minister.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 61], "section_span": [63, 72], "content_span": [73, 544]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274541-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 \u00c9toile de Bess\u00e8ges\nThe 2017 \u00c9toile de Bess\u00e8ges (English: Star of Bess\u00e8ges) was a road cycling stage race that took place between 1 and 5 February 2017. The race was rated as a 2.1 event as part of the 2017 UCI Europe Tour, and was the 47th edition of the \u00c9toile de Bess\u00e8ges cycling race. The race included five stages; the first four were road stages while the fifth and final stage was an 11.9-kilometre (7.4\u00a0mi) individual time trial. The champion of the 2016 \u00c9toile de Bess\u00e8ges, J\u00e9r\u00f4me Coppel, did not defend his title as he had retired from professional cycling at the end of the 2016 season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [23, 23], "content_span": [24, 601]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274541-0001-0000", "contents": "2017 \u00c9toile de Bess\u00e8ges\nDirect \u00c9nergie rider Lilian Calmejane took the first professional stage race win of his career, after fending off a late charge from Lotto\u2013Soudal's Tony Gallopin in the final stage time trial. Calmejane \u2013 who won the third stage of the race \u2013 held an 18-second lead over Gallopin going into the time trial, but despite Gallopin's best efforts, setting a time some 13 seconds quicker than anyone else, Calmejane was able to retain the race leader's orange jersey by 5 seconds. The podium was completed by the best young rider of the race, Mads W\u00fcrtz Schmidt from Team Katusha\u2013Alpecin, 24 seconds down on Calmejane. The race's other classifications were won by AG2R La Mondiale rider Nico Denz for the mountains classification, while Team Katusha\u2013Alpecin's Alexander Kristoff won the points classification.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [23, 23], "content_span": [24, 828]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274541-0002-0000", "contents": "2017 \u00c9toile de Bess\u00e8ges, Teams\nNineteen teams were invited to start the race. These included four UCI WorldTeams, nine UCI Professional Continental teams and six UCI Continental teams.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 30], "content_span": [31, 184]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274541-0003-0000", "contents": "2017 \u00c9toile de Bess\u00e8ges, Classification leadership table\nIn the 2017 \u00c9toile de Bess\u00e8ges, four different jerseys were awarded. For the general classification, calculated by adding each cyclist's finishing times on each stage, and allowing time bonuses for the first three finishers at intermediate sprints and at the finish of mass-start stages, the leader received an orange jersey. This classification was considered the most important of the 2017 \u00c9toile de Bess\u00e8ges, and the winner of the classification was considered the winner of the race.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 56], "content_span": [57, 544]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274541-0004-0000", "contents": "2017 \u00c9toile de Bess\u00e8ges, Classification leadership table\nAdditionally, there was a points classification, which awarded a yellow jersey. In the points classification, cyclists received points for finishing in the top 15 in a mass-start stage. For winning a stage, a rider earned 25\u00a0points, with 20 for second, 16 for third, 13 for fourth, 11 for fifth with a point fewer per place down to a single point for 15th place. Points towards the classification could also be accrued at intermediate sprint points during each stage; these intermediate sprints also offered bonus seconds towards the general classification. There was also a mountains classification, the leadership of which was marked by a blue jersey. In the mountains classification, points were won by reaching the top of a climb before other cyclists, with more points available for the higher-categorised climbs.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 56], "content_span": [57, 875]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274541-0005-0000", "contents": "2017 \u00c9toile de Bess\u00e8ges, Classification leadership table\nThe fourth jersey represented the young rider classification, marked by a white jersey. This was decided in the same way as the general classification, but only riders born after 1 January 1994 were eligible to be ranked in the classification.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 56], "content_span": [57, 300]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274542-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 \u00d6stersunds FK season\nThe 2017 \u00d6stersunds FK season was the club's 22nd season of existence, and their second season in the top-tier of Swedish football. \u00d6stersunds FK competed in the Allsvenskan, the Svenska Cupen and the UEFA Europa League.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [25, 25], "content_span": [26, 246]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274542-0001-0000", "contents": "2017 \u00d6stersunds FK season, Competitions, UEFA Europa League (2017\u201318), Round of 32\nThe round of 32 was played during the 2018 \u00d6stersunds FK season", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 82], "content_span": [83, 146]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274543-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 \u00darvalsdeild\nThe 2017 \u00darvalsdeild karla, also known as Pepsi-deild karla for sponsorship reasons, was the 106th season of top-flight Icelandic football. Twelve teams contested the league, including the defending champions FH, who won their eighth league title in 2016.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [16, 16], "content_span": [17, 272]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274543-0001-0000", "contents": "2017 \u00darvalsdeild\nThe season began on 30 April 2017 and concluded on 30 September 2017.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [16, 16], "content_span": [17, 86]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274543-0002-0000", "contents": "2017 \u00darvalsdeild, Teams\nThe 2017 \u00darvalsdeild was contested by twelve teams, ten of which played in the division the previous year and two teams promoted from 1. deild karla. The bottom two teams from the previous season, Fylkir and \u00der\u00f3ttur Reykjav\u00edk, were relegated to the 2017 1. deild karla and were replaced by KA and Grindav\u00edk, champions and runners-up of the 2016 1. deild karla respectively.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [18, 23], "content_span": [24, 397]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274543-0003-0000", "contents": "2017 \u00darvalsdeild, Results\nEach team will play home and away once against every other team for a total of 22 games played each.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [18, 25], "content_span": [26, 126]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274544-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 \u00darvalsdeild kvenna (football)\nThe 2017 \u00darvalsdeild kvenna was the 46th season of the women's football top level league in Iceland. Stjarnan was the defending champion. The season began on 27 April and concluded on 29 September. \u00de\u00f3r/KA were crowned champions.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [34, 34], "content_span": [35, 263]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274544-0001-0000", "contents": "2017 \u00darvalsdeild kvenna (football), Teams\nThe 2017 \u00darvalsdeild kvenna was contested by ten teams, eight of which played in the division the previous year and two teams promoted from 1. deild kvenna. The bottom two teams from the previous season, Selfoss and \u00cdA Akranes, were relegated to the 2017 1. deild kvenna and were replaced by Grindav\u00edk and Haukar, champions and runners-up of the 2016 1. deild kvenna respectively.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 41], "content_span": [42, 422]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274544-0002-0000", "contents": "2017 \u00darvalsdeild kvenna (football), Results\nEach team will play home and away once against every other team for a total of 18 games played each.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 43], "content_span": [44, 144]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274545-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 \u00ddokary Liga\nThe 2017 Turkmenistan Higher League (\u00ddokary Liga) season is the 25th season of Turkmenistan's professional football league. It runs between March and December 2017. Three times winner Altyn Asyr are the defending champions from the 2016 campaign. They are again favorites for this campaign.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [16, 16], "content_span": [17, 307]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274545-0001-0000", "contents": "2017 \u00ddokary Liga, Format changes\nAfter the 2016 season Yedigen were denied an entry for the 2017 season, and no team from the Birinji liga managed to obtain a license for the 2017 season. Meaning that only 9 teams would contest for the title. Exceptionally there will be no relegation at the end of the season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [18, 32], "content_span": [33, 310]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274546-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 \u0130stanbul Cup\nThe 2017 \u0130stanbul Cup (also known as the TEB BNP Paribas \u0130stanbul Cup for sponsorship reasons) was a tennis tournament played on outdoor clay courts. It was the 10th edition of the \u0130stanbul Cup, and part of the WTA International tournaments of the 2017 WTA Tour. It took place in Istanbul, Turkey, from 24 April through 30 April 2017.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 17], "section_span": [17, 17], "content_span": [18, 352]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274546-0001-0000", "contents": "2017 \u0130stanbul Cup, Singles main draw entrants, Other entrants\nThe following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 17], "section_span": [19, 61], "content_span": [62, 130]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274546-0002-0000", "contents": "2017 \u0130stanbul Cup, Doubles main draw entrants, Other entrants\nThe following pairs received wildcards into the doubles main draw:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 17], "section_span": [19, 61], "content_span": [62, 128]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274547-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 \u0130stanbul Cup \u2013 Doubles\nAndreea Mitu and \u0130pek Soylu were the defending champions, but chose not to compete together. Mitu played alongside Mariana Duque Mari\u00f1o, but lost in the quarterfinals to T\u00edmea Babos and \u00c7a\u011fla B\u00fcy\u00fckak\u00e7ay. Soylu teamed up with Hsieh Su-wei, but lost in the first round to Dalila Jakupovi\u0107 and Nadiia Kichenok.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [27, 27], "content_span": [28, 335]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274547-0001-0000", "contents": "2017 \u0130stanbul Cup \u2013 Doubles\nJakupovi\u0107 and Kichenok went on to win the title, defeating Nicole Melichar and Elise Mertens in the final, 7\u20136(8\u20136), 6\u20132.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [27, 27], "content_span": [28, 150]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274548-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 \u0130stanbul Cup \u2013 Singles\n\u00c7a\u011fla B\u00fcy\u00fckak\u00e7ay was the defending champion, but lost in the quarterfinals to Elise Mertens.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [27, 27], "content_span": [28, 120]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274548-0001-0000", "contents": "2017 \u0130stanbul Cup \u2013 Singles\nElina Svitolina won the title, defeating Mertens in the final, 6\u20132, 6\u20134.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [27, 27], "content_span": [28, 100]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274549-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 \u0130yi Party founding convention\nThe founding convention of the Turkish \u0130yi Party was held on 25 October 2017, on the same day as the party's establishment. Meral Ak\u015fener was declared the party's first leader unopposed, having long been established as the de facto leader of the dissident nationalist movement of politicians that had split from the Nationalist Movement Party (MHP) throughout 2016.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [34, 34], "content_span": [35, 400]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274549-0001-0000", "contents": "2017 \u0130yi Party founding convention, Background\nSince the November 2015 general election, several politicians from the MHP openly announced leadership challenges against MHP leader Devlet Bah\u00e7eli for his poor electoral performance, which had resulted in the party losing half of its MPs in the Grand National Assembly. The most prominent leadership candidate, Ak\u015fener, joined forces with other candidates to institute changes to the MHP constitution in order to allow for leadership challenges. This led to a series of attempts to hold extraordinary congresses throughout 2016, with one eventually being held on 19 June 2016 but being later nullified by court. With the MHP executive emerging victorious after the struggle, Ak\u015fener and all the other candidates were later suspended by the party.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 46], "content_span": [47, 794]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274549-0002-0000", "contents": "2017 \u0130yi Party founding convention, Background\nFollowing the 2017 constitutional referendum, where the former-MHP dissidents united to oppose the constitutional changes brought forward by the Justice and Development Party (AKP) and the MHP, the dissidents united under Ak\u015fener to form a new, centrist political party. Following months of preparation, the \u0130yi Party was launched on 25 October 2017.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 46], "content_span": [47, 397]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274549-0003-0000", "contents": "2017 \u0130yi Party founding convention, Leadership election\nAk\u015fener officially handed over the party's foundation documents to the Ministry of the Interior on 25 October. Following the party's 100 founding members agreed upon electing a party leader. As Ak\u015fener was the only candidate and she was elected unopposed.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 55], "content_span": [56, 311]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274550-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 \u0130zmir courthouse attack\nOn 5 January 2017 16:10 local time, two heavily armed terrorists detonated a car bomb outside a courthouse in Bayrakl\u0131, \u0130zmir, Aegean Province of Turkey, and triggered a deadly shootout, killing two people. Two of the terrorists were killed, while a third managed to escape.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [28, 28], "content_span": [29, 303]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274550-0001-0000", "contents": "2017 \u0130zmir courthouse attack, Attack\nTerrorists tried to enter the courthouse auto park with their car full of explosives. Security forces identified the vehicle as a threat as it approached a checkpoint, causing the attackers to leave their car, detonate their explosives and open fire with AK-47 rifles.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 36], "content_span": [37, 305]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274550-0002-0000", "contents": "2017 \u0130zmir courthouse attack, Attack\nGunfire broke out between police and the men suspected to have orchestrated the attack. Two terrorists were shot dead at the scene, while a third terrorist is thought to have escaped.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 36], "content_span": [37, 220]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274550-0003-0000", "contents": "2017 \u0130zmir courthouse attack, Attack\nKurdish police officer Fethi Sekin, who identified the vehicle shouting \"Terrorists!\" and stopped the attack by triggering the gunfight, was killed after shooting at least one of the suspects. Also, an employee of the \u0130zmir courthouse was killed during the gunfire. 7 people were injured, including 4 police officers and 3 civilians.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 36], "content_span": [37, 370]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274550-0004-0000", "contents": "2017 \u0130zmir courthouse attack, Aftermath\nTwo AK-47 rifles, a rocket launcher and eight hand grenades were seized after the incident from the scene.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 39], "content_span": [40, 146]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274550-0005-0000", "contents": "2017 \u0130zmir courthouse attack, Aftermath\n18 suspects linked to attack were arrested according to Turkish Ministry of Justice.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 39], "content_span": [40, 124]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274550-0006-0000", "contents": "2017 \u0130zmir courthouse attack, Aftermath\nErol Ayyildiz, governor of \u0130zmir, said that police officer Fethi Sekin prevented an even bigger attack by noticing the bomb-laden car on time, intervening and stopping the assailants from reaching the courthouse itself.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 39], "content_span": [40, 259]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274550-0007-0000", "contents": "2017 \u0130zmir courthouse attack, Aftermath\nTurkish prime minister Binali Y\u0131ld\u0131r\u0131m stated that \u2018Our heroic police officer martyred in this attack, prevented a much bigger disaster happening, sacrificing his own life without a thought for it.\u2019", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 39], "content_span": [40, 238]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274550-0008-0000", "contents": "2017 \u0130zmir courthouse attack, Aftermath\nHundreds of people gathered for a memorial service in Izmir to hail Sekin as a national hero, with photos of his coffin draped in the Turkish flag flooding social media. People were seen waiting outside in the cold, wet weather, with umbrellas and rain jackets, to pay their respects.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 39], "content_span": [40, 324]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274550-0009-0000", "contents": "2017 \u0130zmir courthouse attack, Aftermath\nISIL claimed responsibility for the attack on the day of the attack.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 39], "content_span": [40, 108]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274550-0010-0000", "contents": "2017 \u0130zmir courthouse attack, Aftermath\nOn January 11, Kurdistan Freedom Hawks claimed responsibility for the attack and identified the attackers.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 39], "content_span": [40, 146]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274550-0011-0000", "contents": "2017 \u0130zmir courthouse attack, Perpetrators\nTwo suspects that were shot dead at the scene, Mustafa \u00c7oban and Enes Y\u0131ld\u0131r\u0131m, were identified as members of the militant organization Kurdistan Freedom Hawks.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 42], "content_span": [43, 203]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274550-0012-0000", "contents": "2017 \u0130zmir courthouse attack, Perpetrators\nImages posted online have also emerged showing the bodies of two suspects lying on the ground after being shot, with their weapons nearby.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 42], "content_span": [43, 181]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274550-0013-0000", "contents": "2017 \u0130zmir courthouse attack, Perpetrators\nThe U.S. government, United Kingdom and the European Union has designated the Kurdistan Freedom Hawks as a terrorist organization, while Turkey regards the group as part of the terrorist organization Kurdistan Workers' Party, therefore doesn't list it separately.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 42], "content_span": [43, 306]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274551-0000-0000", "contents": "2017 \u0141\u00f3d\u017a Sevens\nThe 2017 Lodz Sevens is the second tournament of the 2017 Rugby Europe Grand Prix Series, hosted by Stadion Miejski at \u0141\u00f3d\u017a. It was held over the weekend of 10\u201311 June 2017, and with Russia's finals victory over Spain with Ireland taking bronze, there was a three-way tie for first in the series by the tournament's end.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [16, 16], "content_span": [17, 337]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274552-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 1. FC Heidenheim season\nThe 2017\u201318 1. FC Heidenheim season is the 11th season in the football club's history. The season covers a period from 1 July 2017 to 30 June 2018.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [31, 31], "content_span": [32, 179]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274552-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 1. FC Heidenheim season, Players, Squad information\nNote: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 59], "content_span": [60, 188]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274553-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 1. FC Kaiserslautern season\nThe 2017\u201318 1. FC Kaiserslautern season was the 118th season in the football club's history. The season covered a period from 1 July 2017 to 30 June 2018.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [35, 35], "content_span": [36, 190]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274553-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 1. FC Kaiserslautern season, Players, Squad information\nNote: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 63], "content_span": [64, 192]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274554-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 1. FC K\u00f6ln season\nThe 2017\u201318 1. FC K\u00f6ln season is the 70th season in the football club's history and 4th consecutive and 47th overall season in the top flight of German football, the Bundesliga, having been promoted from the 2. Bundesliga in 2014. In addition to the domestic league, 1. FC K\u00f6ln also are participating in this season's editions of the domestic cup, the DFB-Pokal, and the second-tier continental cup, the UEFA Europa League. This is the 70th season for K\u00f6ln in the RheinEnergieStadion, located in Cologne, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. The season covers a period from 1 July 2017 to 30 June 2018.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [25, 25], "content_span": [26, 624]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274554-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 1. FC K\u00f6ln season, Players, Squad information\nNote: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 53], "content_span": [54, 182]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274555-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 1. FC Magdeburg season\nThe 2017\u201318 1. FC Magdeburg season is the 52nd season in the football club's history. The season covers a period from 1 July 2017 to 30 June 2018.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [30, 30], "content_span": [31, 177]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274555-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 1. FC Magdeburg season, Players, Squad information\nNote: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 58], "content_span": [59, 187]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274556-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 1. FC N\u00fcrnberg season\nThe 2017\u201318 1. FC N\u00fcrnberg season is the 118th season in the club's football history.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [29, 29], "content_span": [30, 115]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274556-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 1. FC N\u00fcrnberg season, Review and events\nThe club also took part in the 2017\u201318 edition of the DFB-Pokal, the German Cup.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 48], "content_span": [49, 129]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274557-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 1. FC Schweinfurt 05 season\nThe 2017\u201318 1. FC Schweinfurt 05 season was the 113th season in the history of the association football club based in Schweinfurt, Germany. In addition to the domestic league, Schweinfurt also participated in the 2017\u201318 DFB-Pokal, and in the season's edition of the Bavarian Cup. This was the 82nd season for Schweinfurt in the Willy-Sachs-Stadion. The season covered a period from 1 July 2017 to 30 June 2018.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [35, 35], "content_span": [36, 447]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274557-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 1. FC Schweinfurt 05 season, Players, Squad\nNote: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 51], "content_span": [52, 180]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274558-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 1. FC Union Berlin season\nThe 2017\u201318 1. FC Union Berlin season is the 52nd season in the football club's history and 8th consecutive season in the second division of German football, the 2. Bundesliga and 12th overall. In addition to the domestic league, 1. FC Union Berlin also are participating in this season's edition of the domestic cup, the DFB-Pokal. This is the 52nd season for 1. FC Union Berlin in the Stadion An der Alten F\u00f6rsterei, located in K\u00f6penick, Berlin, Germany. The season covers a period from 1 July 2017 to 30 June 2018.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [33, 33], "content_span": [34, 551]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274558-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 1. FC Union Berlin season, Players, Squad information\nNote: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 61], "content_span": [62, 190]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274559-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 1. FSV Mainz 05 season\nThe 2017\u201318 1. FSV Mainz 05 season is the 113th season in the football club's history and 9th consecutive and 12th overall season in the top flight of German football, the Bundesliga, having been promoted from the 2. Bundesliga in 2009. In addition to the domestic league, Mainz 05 also are participating in this season's edition of the domestic cup, the DFB-Pokal. This is the 7th season for Mainz in the Opel Arena, located in Mainz, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. The season covers a period from 1 July 2017 to 30 June 2018.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [30, 30], "content_span": [31, 558]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274559-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 1. FSV Mainz 05 season, Players, Squad information\nNote: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 58], "content_span": [59, 187]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274560-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 2. Bundesliga\nThe 2017\u201318 2. Bundesliga was the 44th season of the 2. Bundesliga, the second highest German football league. It began on 28 July 2017 and concluded on 13 May 2018 with the match between VfL Bochum and FC St. Pauli (0:1) and ended with the 34th match day on 13 May 2018. From 19 December 2017 to 23 January 2018, the season was interrupted by a winter break.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [21, 21], "content_span": [22, 381]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274560-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 2. Bundesliga\nFortuna D\u00fcsseldorf secured the direct promotion to the Bundesliga after 32 days of play, the 1. FC N\u00fcrnberg one match day later; 1. FC N\u00fcrnberg set a new record with its eighth Bundesliga promotion. The championship was decided on the last match day in a direct duel between the two upstarts, which Fortuna D\u00fcsseldorf won. Holstein Kiel was able to reach the autumn championship as a starter and placed third one match day before the end, but lost in the relegation games to VfL Wolfsburg.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [21, 21], "content_span": [22, 511]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274560-0001-0001", "contents": "2017\u201318 2. Bundesliga\nIn the relegation battle, after 32 days of play, the first decision was made relatively late with the relegation of 1. FC Kaiserslautern. Until the end, six clubs were at risk of relegation, in the end Eintracht Braunschweig, who was still a participant in the promotion delegation last year, had to be relegated to the 3rd division. The FC Erzgebirge Aue had to go into the relegation against Karlsruher SC and was able to secure the class stay there.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [21, 21], "content_span": [22, 474]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274560-0002-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 2. Bundesliga, Promotion play-offs, Second leg\nVfL Wolfsburg won 4\u20131 on aggregate and therefore both clubs remain in their respective leagues.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 54], "content_span": [55, 150]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274560-0003-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 2. Bundesliga, Relegation play-offs, Second leg\nErzgebirge Aue won 3\u20131 on aggregate and therefore both clubs remain in their respective leagues.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 55], "content_span": [56, 152]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274561-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 2. Frauen-Bundesliga\nThe 2017\u201318 2. Frauen-Bundesliga was the fourteenth season of Germany's second-tier women's football league. This was also the last before the league reform; the next season will be played in one division instead of two.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [28, 28], "content_span": [29, 249]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274561-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 2. Frauen-Bundesliga, Nord\nThe season started on 3 September 2017 and ended on 13 May 2018. Jahn Delmenhorst was promoted from the 2016\u201317 Regionalliga Nord and FF USV Jena II was promoted from the 2016\u201317 Regionalliga Nordost.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 34], "content_span": [35, 235]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274561-0002-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 2. Frauen-Bundesliga, S\u00fcd\nThe season started on 2 September 2017 and ended on 13 May 2018. 1. FC K\u00f6ln II was promoted from the 2016\u201317 Regionalliga West, SG Andernach was promoted from the 2016\u201317 Regionalliga S\u00fcdwest and SC Freiburg II was promoted from the 2016\u201317 Regionalliga S\u00fcd.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 33], "content_span": [34, 292]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274561-0003-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 2. Frauen-Bundesliga, Relegation play-offs\nThe two seventh-placed teams from the two 2. Bundesliga divisions, the five division champions from the 2017\u201318 Regionalliga and one second-placed team from the Regionalliga were divided into two groups of four to compete for two more spots in the 2018\u201319 2. Bundesliga.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 50], "content_span": [51, 321]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274561-0004-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 2. Frauen-Bundesliga, Relegation play-offs\nThe matches were played on 21 May, 27 May and 3 June.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 50], "content_span": [51, 104]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274562-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 2. Liga (Slovakia)\nThe 2017\u201318 2. Liga is the 25th season of the 2. Liga in Slovakia, since its establishment in 1993. It began on 28 July 2017 and concluded on 20 May 2018.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [26, 26], "content_span": [27, 181]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274563-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 3. Liga\nThe 2017\u201318 3. Liga was the tenth season of the 3. Liga. It began on 21 July 2017 and concluded on 12 May 2018.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [15, 15], "content_span": [16, 127]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274564-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 3. Liga (Slovakia)\nThe 2017\u201318 3. Liga was the 25th season of the third-tier football league of Slovakia since its establishment in 1993. The league is composed of 66 teams divided in four groups of 16 teams each; only 3. liga Z\u00e1pad (West) includes 18 teams. Teams are divided into four divisions: 3. liga Bratislava, 3. liga Z\u00e1pad (West), 3. liga Stred (Central), 3. liga V\u00fdchod (Eastern), according to geographical separation.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [26, 26], "content_span": [27, 436]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274565-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 A-1 League\nThe 2017\u201318 HT Premijer liga was the 27th season of the HT Premijer liga, the highest professional basketball league in Croatia. It started on 6 October 2017 and finished on 3 June 2018.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [18, 18], "content_span": [19, 205]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274565-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 A-1 League\nCedevita retained the title and achieved their fifth league overall.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [18, 18], "content_span": [19, 87]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274565-0002-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 A-1 League, Format\nAs in the previous season, all participants in A-1 League including teams that play ABA League joined the regular season. It was played with a double round-robin format where the eight first qualified teams joined the playoffs while the last qualified one was relegated.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [20, 26], "content_span": [27, 297]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274565-0003-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 A-1 League, Current teams\nAfter the resign of Jolly \u0160ibenik to its berth, the league was reduced to 13 teams. Jazine and Ribola Ka\u0161tela were promoted from the previous season. They would replace Gorica and Kvarner 2010.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [20, 33], "content_span": [34, 227]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274565-0004-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 A-1 League, Playoffs\nQuarterfinals and semifinals were played in a best-of-three-games format, while the finals in a best-of-five one (1-3-5).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [20, 28], "content_span": [29, 150]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274566-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 A-League\nThe 2017\u201318 A-League was the 41st season of top-flight soccer in Australia, and the 13th since the establishment of the A-League in 2004. The season began on 6 October 2017 and ended with the Grand Final on 5 May 2018.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [16, 16], "content_span": [17, 235]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274566-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 A-League\nSydney FC won the A-League minor premiership, while Melbourne Victory won the Championship after defeating the Newcastle Jets 1-0 in the Grand Final on 5 May 2018.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [16, 16], "content_span": [17, 180]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274566-0002-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 A-League, Clubs, Foreign players\nThe following do not fill a Visa position:1Those players who were born and started their professional career abroad but have since gained Australian citizenship (and New Zealand citizenship, in the case of Wellington Phoenix);2Australian citizens (and New Zealand citizens, in the case of Wellington Phoenix) who have chosen to represent another national team;3Injury Replacement Players, or National Team Replacement Players;4Guest Players (eligible to play a maximum of fourteen games)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [18, 40], "content_span": [41, 528]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274566-0003-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 A-League, Statistics, Attendances, By club\nThese are the attendance records of each of the teams at the end of the home and away season. The table does not include finals series attendances.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [18, 50], "content_span": [51, 198]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274566-0004-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 A-League, Statistics, Discipline\nDuring the season each club is given fair play points based on the number of cards they received in games. A yellow card is worth 1 point, a second yellow card is worth 2 points, and a red card is worth 3 points. At the annual awards night, the club with the fewest points wins the Fair Play Award.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [18, 40], "content_span": [41, 340]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274566-0005-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 A-League, Awards, Young Footballer of the Year Award\nThe NAB Young Footballer of the Year Award was awarded to the finest performance of an under-23 player from Australia or New Zealand throughout the season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [18, 60], "content_span": [61, 216]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274566-0006-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 A-League, Awards, End-of-season awards\nThe following end of the season awards were announced at the 2017\u201318 Dolan Warren Awards night on 30 April 2018.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [18, 46], "content_span": [47, 159]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274567-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 A.C. ChievoVerona season\nThe 2017\u201318 season was Associazione Calcio ChievoVerona's tenth consecutive season in Serie A. Chievo competed in Serie A, finishing 13th, and the Coppa Italia, where they were eliminated in the fourth round by city rivals Hellas Verona.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [32, 32], "content_span": [33, 270]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274567-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 A.C. ChievoVerona season\nItalian striker Roberto Inglese was the club's top scorer, with 12 goals in Serie A and one in the Coppa Italia.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [32, 32], "content_span": [33, 145]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274567-0002-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 A.C. ChievoVerona season, Players, Squad information\nNote: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 60], "content_span": [61, 189]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274568-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 A.C. Milan season\nThe 2017\u201318 season was the 84th season in Associazione Calcio Milan's history and their 82nd in the top-flight of Italian football. Milan competed in Serie A, UEFA Europa League and in the Coppa Italia. For the first time since the 2013\u201314 season, A.C. Milan competed in European competition, entering in the third qualifying round of the Europa League.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [25, 25], "content_span": [26, 379]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274568-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 A.C. Milan season, Transfers, Summer window\nDeals officialised beforehand will be effective starting from 1 July 2017.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 51], "content_span": [52, 126]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274568-0002-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 A.C. Milan season, Statistics, Disciplinary record\n\u2020 Players with appearances who left for the rest of the season. Last updated: 20 May 2018", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 58], "content_span": [59, 148]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274569-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 A.S. Roma season\nThe 2017\u201318 season was Associazione Sportiva Roma's 90th in existence and 89th season in the top flight of Italian football. The club competed in Serie A, the Coppa Italia, and the UEFA Champions League, qualifying directly to the group stage after finishing runners-up to Juventus.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [24, 24], "content_span": [25, 307]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274569-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 A.S. Roma season\nThe season was the first since 1991\u201392 that Francesco Totti was not a part of the first-team squad, having retired at the end of the 2016\u201317 season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [24, 24], "content_span": [25, 173]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274569-0002-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 A.S. Roma season\nOn 13 June 2017, former Sassuolo coach Eusebio Di Francesco was appointed as Roma manager, replacing Luciano Spalletti, who left for Inter.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [24, 24], "content_span": [25, 164]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274569-0003-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 A.S. Roma season\nOn 5 December 2017, the Stadio della Roma project, after experiencing five years worth of delays due to conflicting interests from various parties in the Roman city government, was given the go-ahead to begin construction. It is slated to open in time for the 2020\u201321 season and will replace the Stadio Olimpico as Roma's ground.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [24, 24], "content_span": [25, 354]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274570-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 ABA League First Division\nThe 2017\u201318 ABA League First Division was the 17th season of the ABA League with 12 teams from Serbia, Croatia, Slovenia, Montenegro, Bosnia and Herzegovina and the Republic of Macedonia participating in it. It was the inaugural season as the first tier as a part of two level competition.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [33, 33], "content_span": [34, 323]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274570-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 ABA League First Division, Format changes\nOn May 23, 2017, ABA League Assembly has decided that there will be 12 clubs competing in the league in the 2017\u201318 season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 49], "content_span": [50, 173]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274570-0001-0001", "contents": "2017\u201318 ABA League First Division, Format changes\nHaving analysed the current situation in European and the regional basketball, as well as the fact that the ABA League is still not officially recognized by the national basketball federations, and with a goal to protect the interests of the ABA League founding clubs, the clubs that have competed in the 2016\u201317 season will have a right to participate in the forthcoming season as well and the priority of participation will be given to the founders of the ABA League (from the 2015\u201316 season). The formula to determine the participants which will be respected is the following:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 49], "content_span": [50, 629]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274570-0002-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 ABA League First Division, Format changes\nTwo additional spots will be allocated to the clubs from countries, whose clubs have achieved the best coefficients in the country rankings during the 2016\u201317 season. Those two countries are Serbia and Montenegro. The places from Serbia will be filled in accordance with the final standings of the Basketball League of Serbia, in accordance with the recognition and cooperation with the ABA League.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 49], "content_span": [50, 448]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274570-0003-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 ABA League First Division, Format changes\nIn accordance with the previously mentioned decisions, the participating clubs of the ABA League for the 2017\u201318 season are: Cedevita, Zadar, Cibona, Union Olimpija, Igokea, Budu\u0107nost VOLI, MZT Skopje Aerodrom and Mornar, while the remaining four places (from Serbia), were determined in accordance with the standings in the Basketball League of Serbia.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 49], "content_span": [50, 403]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274570-0004-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 ABA League First Division, Teams, National standings\nThe numbers of teams by country is determined by a coefficient that is the sum of all victories clubs from a certain country achieve in a regular season divided by the number of clubs from that country. By using this coefficient majority of places for current season are allocated, while the remaining places are given via wild cards from league board.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 60], "content_span": [61, 413]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274570-0005-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 ABA League First Division, Teams, Team allocation\nLeague positions of the previous domestic league season after playoffs shown in parentheses.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 57], "content_span": [58, 150]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274570-0006-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 ABA League First Division, Playoffs\nThe semi-finals was played in a best-of-three format, while the Finals were played in a best-of-five format. Playoffs started on 17 March 2018, while the Finals ended on 14 April 2018.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 43], "content_span": [44, 228]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274571-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 ABA League Second Division\nThe 2017\u201318 ABA League Second Division was the inaugural season of the ABA League Second Division with 12 men's teams from Serbia, Croatia, Slovenia, Montenegro, Bosnia and Herzegovina and Macedonia participating in it.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [34, 34], "content_span": [35, 254]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274571-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 ABA League Second Division, Teams, Team allocation\nOn July 24, 2017, ABA League Assembly has decided to start the ABA League Second Division from the 2017\u201318 season, in which there will be 12 participants. Based on the results in the national championships and by taking into account which clubs have sent applications for participation in the ABA League Second Division, these teams will play in the ABA League Second Division.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 58], "content_span": [59, 436]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274571-0002-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 ABA League Second Division, Teams, Team allocation\nLeague positions of the previous domestic league season after playoffs shown in parentheses.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 58], "content_span": [59, 151]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274572-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 ABL season\nThe 2017\u201318 ABL season is the eighth season of competition of the ASEAN Basketball League. The regular season started on 17 November 2017 and ended on 28 March 2018.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [18, 18], "content_span": [19, 184]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274572-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 ABL season, Teams\nFive teams from the 2016\u20132017 ABL season returned for this season. One team, the Kaohsiung Truth, disbanded prior to the season. One team, Mono Vampire, returned after skipping last season, having played in the 2015\u201316 ABL season. The team plans to concurrently play in the ABL and in the Thailand Basketball League for the upcoming season. Three teams were accepted as new members: Nanhai Long-Lions, Formosa Dreamers and CLS Knights Surabaya. The Long-Lions are the developmental team of the Guangzhou Long-Lions, the Dreamers are an expansion team from Taiwan, and the Knights left the Indonesian Basketball League to play in the ABL.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [20, 25], "content_span": [26, 664]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274572-0002-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 ABL season, Teams\nPrior their first game, the Nanhai Long-Lions renamed themselves as the Nanhai Kung Fu. After partnering with Macau's Grupo Desportivo Chong Son they changed their name once again to Chong Son Kung Fu days before the season started.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [20, 25], "content_span": [26, 258]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274572-0003-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 ABL season, Teams\nAlab Pilipinas renamed their team as the Tanduay Alab Pilipinas after securing a sponsorship deal with Asia Brewery, prior the season started.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [20, 25], "content_span": [26, 168]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274572-0004-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 ABL season, Teams\nCLS Knights Surabaya renamed their team as \"CLS Knights Indonesia\" prior the season started.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [20, 25], "content_span": [26, 118]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274572-0005-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 ABL season, Teams\nTanduay Alab Pilipinas was renamed as \"San Miguel Alab Pilipinas\" by 1 February 2018, when the primary sponsor was changed from Tanduay to San Miguel Beer Pale Pilsen.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [20, 25], "content_span": [26, 193]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274572-0006-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 ABL season, Teams, Imports\nThe following is the list of imports, which had played for their respective teams at least once. In the left are the World Imports, and in the right are the ASEAN/Heritage Imports. Flags indicate the citizenship/s the player holds.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [20, 34], "content_span": [35, 266]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274572-0007-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 ABL season, Teams, Imports\nEach team is allowed to sign two types of imports at most on its roster.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [20, 34], "content_span": [35, 107]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274572-0008-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 ABL season, Regular season\nEach team will play 20 games throughout the season, 10 at home and 10 away. Each team will play 8 other teams twice, home and away, for a total of 16 games, plus 4 more games against two teams, also home and away, taking the total to 20 games. This is how the teams were grouped on which teams will play each other four times:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [20, 34], "content_span": [35, 361]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274572-0009-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 ABL season, Playoffs, Quarter-finals\nThe quarterfinals is a best-of-three series, with the higher seeded team hosting Game 1, and 3, if necessary.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [20, 44], "content_span": [45, 154]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274572-0010-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 ABL season, Playoffs, Semi-finals\nThe semifinals is a best-of-three series, with the higher seeded team hosting Game 1, and 3, if necessary.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [20, 41], "content_span": [42, 148]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274572-0011-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 ABL season, Playoffs, Finals\nThe finals is a best-of-five series, with the higher seeded team hosting Game 1, 2, and 5, if necessary.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [20, 36], "content_span": [37, 141]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274572-0012-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 ABL season, Awards, End-of-season awards\nThe winners were announced before Game 2 of the 2018 ABL Finals at the City of Santa Rosa Multi-Purpose Complex in Santa Rosa, Laguna, Philippines.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [20, 48], "content_span": [49, 196]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274573-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 AC Omonia season\nThe 2017\u201318 season is Omonia's 64th season in the Cypriot First Division and 69th year in existence as a football club.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [24, 24], "content_span": [25, 144]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274573-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 AC Omonia season\nThe season covers the period from 1 July 2017 to 30 June 2018.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [24, 24], "content_span": [25, 87]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274574-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 AC Sparta Prague season\nThe 2017\u201318 AC Sparta Prague season was the club's 123rd season in existence and the 25th consecutive season in the top flight of Czech football. In addition to the domestic league, AC Sparta Prague participated in this season's editions of the Czech Cup and the UEFA Europa League. The season covered the period from 1 July 2017 to 30 June 2018.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [31, 31], "content_span": [32, 378]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274574-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 AC Sparta Prague season, Squad\nNote: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 38], "content_span": [39, 167]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274574-0002-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 AC Sparta Prague season, Squad, Out on loan\nNote: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 51], "content_span": [52, 180]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274575-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 ACB season\nThe 2017\u201318 ACB season, also known as Liga Endesa for sponsorship reasons, was the 35th season of the Spanish basketball league. It started on 29 September 2017 with the first round of the regular season and ended on 19 June 2018 with the finals.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [18, 18], "content_span": [19, 265]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274575-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 ACB season\nValencia Basket was the defending champion, but was defeated in quarterfinals by Herbalife Gran Canaria, who achieved qualification to the EuroLeague for the first time ever, but was defeated in semifinals by Real Madrid who won their 34th title after defeating Kirolbet Baskonia in finals.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [18, 18], "content_span": [19, 309]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274575-0002-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 ACB season, Teams, Promotion and relegation (pre-season)\nA total of 18 teams contested the league, including 16 sides from the 2016\u201317 season and two promoted from the 2016\u201317 LEB Oro. This include the top team from the LEB Oro, and the winners of the LEB Oro playoffs.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [20, 64], "content_span": [65, 277]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274575-0003-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 ACB season, Teams, Promotion and relegation (pre-season)\nAs of 10 July 2017, the ACB, forced by the statement of the National Commission for Markets and Competence (CNMC), agreed with the Spanish Basketball Federation and endorsed by the CSD to reduce the requirements to fulfill by the promoted teams for playing in the league. On August 11, 2017, the ACB proceeded to the precautionary and provisional registration of the Real Betis Energ\u00eda Plus, in application of the precautionary measures issued by the judicial demand of the Andalusian club.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [20, 64], "content_span": [65, 555]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274575-0004-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 ACB season, Regular season, Positions by round\nThe table lists the positions of teams after completion of each round. In order to preserve chronological evolvements, any postponed matches are not included in the round at which they were originally scheduled, but added to the full round they were played immediately afterwards. For example, if a match is scheduled for round 13, but then postponed and played between rounds 16 and 17, it will be added to the standings for round 16.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [20, 54], "content_span": [55, 490]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274576-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 ACF Fiorentina season\nThe 2017\u201318 season was the 91st season in ACF Fiorentina's history and their 80th in the top-flight of Italian football. Fiorentina competed in Serie A and the Coppa Italia, missing out on European football for the first time since the 2012\u201313 season following an eighth-place finish in the 2016\u201317 season. ACF Fiorentina are the first club in the history of football to wear 5 player kits.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [29, 29], "content_span": [30, 420]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274576-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 ACF Fiorentina season\nOn 6 June 2017, coach Paulo Sousa was replaced after two seasons at the helm by former Fiorentina player and Inter coach Stefano Pioli, who signed a contract tying him to the Florence club for two seasons with the option of a third.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [29, 29], "content_span": [30, 262]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274576-0002-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 ACF Fiorentina season\nOn 4 March 2018, club captain Davide Astori died in his sleep while staying in a hotel in Udine prior to Fiorentina's match against Udinese, proven to be caused by cardiac arrest determined from an autopsy conducted two days later.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [29, 29], "content_span": [30, 261]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274576-0003-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 ACF Fiorentina season\nIn the league Fiorentina finished just outside the European spots in 8th, while they were eliminated in the quarter-finals of the Coppa Italia. New signing Giovanni Simeone, son of Atl\u00e9tico Madrid coach Diego Simeone, finished as the club's top scorer with 14 goals in total, all of them coming in Serie A.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [29, 29], "content_span": [30, 336]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274577-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 AD Alcorc\u00f3n season\nThe 2017\u201318 season is the 46th season in AD Alcorc\u00f3n \u2019s history.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [26, 26], "content_span": [27, 91]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274577-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 AD Alcorc\u00f3n season, Squad\nNote: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 33], "content_span": [34, 162]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274578-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 AEK Athens F.C. season\nThe 2017\u201318 season was AEK Athens' 57th competitive season in the top flight of Greek football, 8th season in the Super League Greece, and 94th year in existence as a football club. They also competed in the Greek Cup and in the UEFA Champions League for the first time since the 2007\u201308 season, having earned the 1st position in Play\u2013offs for the first time last season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [30, 30], "content_span": [31, 402]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274578-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 AEK Athens F.C. season, Players, Squad statistics\nNOTE: The players are the ones that have been announced by the AEK Athens' press release. No edits should be made unless a player arrival or exit is announced. Updated 30 June 2018, 23:59 UTC +2.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 57], "content_span": [58, 253]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274579-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 AEK B.C. season\nThe 2017\u201318 AEK B.C. season is AEK's 61st season in the top-tier level Greek Basket League. AEK won the Greek basketball cup and Basketball Champions League on that season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [23, 23], "content_span": [24, 196]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274580-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 AFC Ajax season\nDuring the 2017\u201318 season, Ajax participated in the Eredivisie and the KNVB Cup. They also participated in the UEFA Champions League and the UEFA Europa League but couldn't get past the qualification stage for either competitions. As a result, this season marked the first time that Ajax did not qualify for the group stage of a UEFA club competition since the 1990\u201391 season, when they were excluded from competing in European football for a year due to the staafincident. The squad's first training took place on 29 June 2017.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [23, 23], "content_span": [24, 552]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274580-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 AFC Ajax season, Transfers for 2017\u201318, Summer transfer window\nFor a list of all Dutch football transfers in the summer window (1 July 2017 to 31 August 2017) please see List of Dutch football transfers summer 2017.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 70], "content_span": [71, 223]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274580-0002-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 AFC Ajax season, Transfers for 2017\u201318, Winter transfer window\nFor a list of all Dutch football transfers in the winter window (1 January 2018 to 1 February 2018) please see List of Dutch football transfers winter 2017\u201318.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 70], "content_span": [71, 230]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274581-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 AFC Bournemouth season\nThe 2017\u201318 AFC Bournemouth season was the club's 3rd consecutive season in the top flight of English football and their 128th year in existence. This season Bournemouth participated in the Premier League as well as the FA Cup and EFL Cup.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [30, 30], "content_span": [31, 270]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274581-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 AFC Bournemouth season\nThe season covered the period from 1 July 2017 to 30 June 2018.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [30, 30], "content_span": [31, 94]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274581-0002-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 AFC Bournemouth season, First-team squad\nNote: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 48], "content_span": [49, 177]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274581-0003-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 AFC Bournemouth season, Pre-season\nBournemouth announced six pre-season friendlies, against Queens Park Rangers, Yeovil Town, Portsmouth, Valencia, Estoril and Napoli.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 42], "content_span": [43, 175]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274581-0004-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 AFC Bournemouth season, Competitions, Premier League, Matches\nOn 14 June 2017, AFC Bournemouth's 2017\u201318 Premier League fixtures was announced.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 69], "content_span": [70, 151]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274581-0005-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 AFC Bournemouth season, Competitions, FA Cup\nIn the FA Cup, Bournemouth entered the competition in the third round and were drawn at home to either AFC Fylde or Wigan Athletic. The latter won their replayed match 3\u20132 to set up the third round tie.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 52], "content_span": [53, 255]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274581-0006-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 AFC Bournemouth season, Competitions, EFL Cup\nBournemouth entered the competition in the second round and were drawn against Birmingham City away. A home tie versus Brighton & Hove Albion was confirmed for the third round. The Cherries were drawn at home to Middlesbrough for the fourth round. A quarter-final trip to face Chelsea was drawn out for Bournemouth.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 53], "content_span": [54, 369]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274582-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 AFC Wimbledon season\nThe 2017\u201318 season was AFC Wimbledon's 16th season in their history and their second season in League One.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [28, 28], "content_span": [29, 135]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274582-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 AFC Wimbledon season, Matches, FA Cup\nOn 16 October 2017, the draw for the first round took place with AFC Wimbledon hosting Lincoln City.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 45], "content_span": [46, 146]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274582-0002-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 AFC Wimbledon season, Matches, FA Cup, First round\nAt this stage, there were 80 clubs remaining in the competition (32 non-league teams progressing from the qualifying rounds and the 48 clubs from League One and League Two).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 58], "content_span": [59, 232]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274582-0003-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 AFC Wimbledon season, Matches, FA Cup, Second round\nAt this stage, there were 40 clubs remaining in the competition (10 non-league teams, 14 clubs from League One and 16 clubs League Two).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 59], "content_span": [60, 196]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274582-0004-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 AFC Wimbledon season, Matches, FA Cup, Third round\nA total of 64 clubs will play in the third round (10 League One teams, 9 League Two teams and 44 teams from the Premier League and Football League Championship entering in this round) plus either Gillingham or Carlisle United.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 58], "content_span": [59, 285]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274582-0005-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 AFC Wimbledon season, Matches, EFL Cup\nOn 16 June 2017, the draw for the EFL Cup took place. The draw was seeded based on the league finishing positions for clubs in the previous season and regionalised on a north-south basis. AFC Wimbledon are unseeded, and drawn at home against Brentford. Meaning for the first time in 7 years entering the competition Wimbledon had been drawn at home.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 46], "content_span": [47, 396]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274582-0006-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 AFC Wimbledon season, Matches, EFL Cup, First Round\nThe First Round of the competition included 70 of the 72 Football League clubs: 24 from League Two, 24 from League One, and 22 from the Championship, with Hull City and Middlesbrough receiving a bye into the Second Round.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 59], "content_span": [60, 281]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274582-0007-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 AFC Wimbledon season, Matches, EFL Trophy\nOn 7 July 2017, the Group round draw was made for the League One and League Two teams competing in the EFL Trophy. The first round will consist of 64 clubs (24 from League One, 24 from League Two and 16 Category 1 Academy Teams) split into 16 groups of 4 teams, regionalised on a north/south basis, with each group including one Academy Team. Each club will play each other once, either home or away, with the top 2 teams from each group progressing to the knock-out stages.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 49], "content_span": [50, 524]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274582-0008-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 AFC Wimbledon season, Matches, EFL Trophy, First Round (Southern Group F)\nIf the scores are level at the end of a Group Match then each team is awarded 1 point. In addition, the match will be followed immediately by the taking of penalties and the team that wins the penalty shootout will be awarded 1 additional point. AFC Wimbledon qualified for the following round by finishing as runners-up.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 81], "content_span": [82, 403]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274582-0009-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 AFC Wimbledon season, Matches, EFL Trophy, Second Round (Southern Section)\nThe draw for the Second Round took place on 10 November 2017, with 32 clubs (13 from League One, 11 from League Two and 8 Category 1 Academy sides) progressing from the previous round, continuing to be regionalised on a north/south basis, with each group winner from the previous round being drawn at home to a second placed team from a different qualifying group.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 82], "content_span": [83, 447]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274583-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 AHL season\nThe 2017\u201318 AHL season was the 82nd season of the American Hockey League. The regular season ran from October 6, 2017, to April 15, 2018. The 2018 Calder Cup playoffs followed the conclusion of the regular season. The Toronto Marlies won their first Calder Cup in seven games over the Texas Stars.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [18, 18], "content_span": [19, 316]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274583-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 AHL season, League changes\nThe AHL's only alignment change was moving the Charlotte Checkers from the Central Division of the Western Conference to the Atlantic Division of the Eastern Conference, significantly decreasing their interdivisional travel and balancing the two conferences' members. Similar to the season scheduling in the previous season, the six California and Arizona based teams continued to have a 68-game season while the rest of the AHL teams play a 76-game season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [20, 34], "content_span": [35, 492]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274583-0002-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 AHL season, League changes, Team and NHL affiliation changes\nThe National Hockey League added the Vegas Golden Knights for the 2017\u201318 season. The Las Vegas management confirmed that the organization would also have an AHL affiliate in their first season, although it was not stated whether the AHL team would be an expansion or relocation. The organization looked into adding an affiliate on the West Coast with the leading candidates being Salt Lake City, Reno, or Fresno.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [20, 68], "content_span": [69, 482]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274583-0002-0001", "contents": "2017\u201318 AHL season, League changes, Team and NHL affiliation changes\nHowever, as the season went on, they looked into co-affiliations with a pre-existing AHL team since the new NHL team would likely not have a large amount of drafted talent to fully stock an AHL roster. In February 2017, AHL commissioner David Andrews later stated that there was a \"50-50 chance\" of a 31st team being established for the 2017\u201318 season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [20, 68], "content_span": [69, 421]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274583-0003-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 AHL season, League changes, Team and NHL affiliation changes\nOther than the Golden Knights adding a team, there were also reports in November 2016 of the St. Louis Blues adding an expansion team in Kansas City. This would later be denied by the announced potential owner in Kansas City, Lamar Hunt Jr., in a press release from his ECHL team in the area, the Missouri Mavericks, and further denied by AHL commissioner, David Andrews, after the January 2017 Board of Governors meeting. In May 2017, the 30 team alignment was confirmed and there would be no expansion for 2017\u201318.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [20, 68], "content_span": [69, 585]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274583-0003-0001", "contents": "2017\u201318 AHL season, League changes, Team and NHL affiliation changes\nThe Golden Knights signed a multi-year affiliation with the Chicago Wolves, replacing the Blues as their primary affiliate. The Blues also announced that they would continue to send players to the Wolves for that season, as well as to the San Antonio Rampage, the AHL team that they would affiliate with for 2018\u201319.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [20, 68], "content_span": [69, 385]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274583-0004-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 AHL season, League changes, Team and NHL affiliation changes\nThe league confirmed after the 2017 Board of Governors meeting that it had made a commitment to an expansion applicant for a 31st team for the 2018\u201319 season later revealed to be the Colorado Eagles. The Eagles had been a member of the ECHL prior to the promotion and the affiliate of the Colorado Avalanche. The Eagles join other recent ECHL markets in the AHL such as Bakersfield, Charlotte, Ontario, and Stockton.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [20, 68], "content_span": [69, 485]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274583-0005-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 AHL season, Standings\ny\u2013\u00a0 indicates team has clinched division and a playoff spot\u00a0x\u2013\u00a0 indicates team has clinched a playoff spot\u00a0e\u2013\u00a0 indicates team has been eliminated from playoff contention", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [20, 29], "content_span": [30, 199]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274583-0006-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 AHL season, Statistical leaders, Leading skaters\nThe following players are sorted by points, then goals. Updated as of April 15, 2018.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [20, 56], "content_span": [57, 142]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274583-0007-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 AHL season, Statistical leaders, Leading skaters\nGP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; +/\u2013 = Plus-minus; PIM = Penalty minutes", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [20, 56], "content_span": [57, 153]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274583-0008-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 AHL season, Statistical leaders, Leading goaltenders\nThe following goaltenders with a minimum 1440 minutes played lead the league in goals against average. Updated as of April 15, 2018.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [20, 60], "content_span": [61, 193]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274583-0009-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 AHL season, Statistical leaders, Leading goaltenders\nGP = Games played; TOI = Time on ice (in minutes); SA = Shots against; GA = Goals against; SO = Shutouts; GAA = Goals against average; SV% = Save percentage; W = Wins; L = Losses; OT = Overtime/shootout loss", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [20, 60], "content_span": [61, 268]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274583-0010-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 AHL season, Calder Cup playoffs, Playoff format\nThe 2018 Calder Cup playoffs format was retained from the divisional format of the 2017 Calder Cup playoffs. The playoff format was finalized at the Annual Board of Governors meeting that took place July 2017. During the regular season, teams receive two points for a win and one point for an overtime or shootout loss. The top four teams in each division ranked by points percentage (points earned divided by points available) qualify for the 2017 Calder Cup playoffs.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [20, 55], "content_span": [56, 525]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274583-0011-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 AHL season, Calder Cup playoffs, Playoff format\nThe 2018 Calder Cup playoffs features a divisional playoff format, leading to conference finals and ultimately the Calder Cup finals. The division semifinals are best-of-five series; all subsequent rounds are best-of-seven.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [20, 55], "content_span": [56, 279]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274584-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 AS Monaco FC season\nThe 2017\u201318 season was AS Monaco FC's fifth consecutive season in Ligue 1 since promotion from Ligue 2 in 2013. They were the defending Ligue 1 champions and also took part in the Coupe de France, the Coupe de la Ligue, the Troph\u00e9e des Champions and the UEFA Champions League.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [27, 27], "content_span": [28, 304]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274584-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 AS Monaco FC season, Squad\nNote: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 34], "content_span": [35, 163]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274584-0002-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 AS Monaco FC season, Squad, Out on loan\nNote: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 47], "content_span": [48, 176]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274584-0003-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 AS Monaco FC season, Statistics, Disciplinary record\nSource: Match reports in Competitive matchesOnly competitive matchesOrdered by , and = Number of bookings; = Number of sending offs after a second yellow card; = Number of sending offs by a direct red card.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 60], "content_span": [61, 271]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274585-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 AS Saint-\u00c9tienne season\nThe 2017\u201318 season was AS Saint-\u00c9tienne's fourteenth consecutive season in Ligue 1 since promotion from Ligue 2 in 2004.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [31, 31], "content_span": [32, 152]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274585-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 AS Saint-\u00c9tienne season, Squad\nNote: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 38], "content_span": [39, 167]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274585-0002-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 AS Saint-\u00c9tienne season, Squad, Out on loan\nNote: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 51], "content_span": [52, 180]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274585-0003-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 AS Saint-\u00c9tienne season, Transfers, Summer\nIn:Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 50], "content_span": [51, 182]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274585-0004-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 AS Saint-\u00c9tienne season, Transfers, Summer\nOut:Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 50], "content_span": [51, 183]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274585-0005-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 AS Saint-\u00c9tienne season, Transfers, Winter\nIn:Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 50], "content_span": [51, 182]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274585-0006-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 AS Saint-\u00c9tienne season, Transfers, Winter\nOut:Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 50], "content_span": [51, 183]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274586-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 ASUN Conference men's basketball season\nThe 2017\u201318 ASUN Conference men's basketball season with practices in October 2017, followed by the start of the 2017\u201318 NCAA Division I men's basketball season in November. Conference play began in January 2018 and concluded in February 2018. The season marked the 40th season of ASUN Conference basketball.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 47], "section_span": [47, 47], "content_span": [48, 356]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274586-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 ASUN Conference men's basketball season\nFlorida Gulf Coast won the regular season championship by two games over Lipscomb. The ASUN Tournament was held from February 26 through March 4 at campus sites as top seeds hosted each round. Lipscomb defeated Florida Gulf Coast in the championship game to win the tournament championship. As a result, Lipscomb received the conference's automatic bid to the NCAA Tournament. FCGU earned an invite to the NIT.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 47], "section_span": [47, 47], "content_span": [48, 458]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274586-0002-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 ASUN Conference men's basketball season\nLipscomb received the 15th seed in the West Region of the NCAA Tournament and was defeated by the second-seeded North Carolina Tar Heels in the first round. FGCU received the 7th seed in the USC bracket of the NIT and was defeated by the second-seeded Oklahoma State Cowboys in the first round of the tournament.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 47], "section_span": [47, 47], "content_span": [48, 360]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274587-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 ATK season\nThe 2017 ATK season was the club's fourth season since its establishment in 2014 and their fourth season in the Indian Super League. The club ended a three-season association with the Spanish La Liga club Atl\u00e9tico Madrid and was abbreviated to ATK This season the club is coached by Teddy Sheringham and former Bengaluru FC coach, Ashley Westwood is given role of technical director.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [18, 18], "content_span": [19, 402]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274587-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 ATK season, Transfers, Pre-season\nIn:Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [20, 41], "content_span": [42, 173]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274587-0002-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 ATK season, Transfers, Pre-season\nOut:Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [20, 41], "content_span": [42, 174]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274587-0003-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 ATK season, Transfers, During the season\nIn:Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [20, 48], "content_span": [49, 180]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274587-0004-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 ATK season, Transfers, During the season\nOut:Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [20, 48], "content_span": [49, 181]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274587-0005-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 ATK season, Players, Current squad\nNote: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [20, 42], "content_span": [43, 171]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274587-0006-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 ATK season, Players, U18 Team\nNote: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [20, 37], "content_span": [38, 166]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274587-0007-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 ATK season, Indian Super League, Super Cup, Qualification round\nAs one of the bottom four teams in Indian Super League, ATK entered the Super Cup in the qualifier round where they faced Chennai City for a spot in the Round of 16. The match began with ATK on the front foot as expected. They sealed their berth in the pre-quarter finals by winning the match 4\u20131.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [20, 71], "content_span": [72, 369]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274587-0008-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 ATK season, Super Cup, Qualification Round\nATK drawn with Chennai City in qualification stage. They defeated them by 4-1. And qualified for Round of 16.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [20, 50], "content_span": [51, 160]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274587-0009-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 ATK season, Super Cup, Round of 16\nIn the round of 16, ATK was defeated by fellow Indian Super League side, FC Goa 3-1.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [20, 42], "content_span": [43, 127]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274588-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 AZ Alkmaar season\nDuring the 2017\u201318 season AZ competed in the Eredivisie for the 20th consecutive season and the KNVB Beker.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [25, 25], "content_span": [26, 133]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274588-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 AZ Alkmaar season, Eredivisie, Matches\nThe fixtures for the 2017\u201318 season were announced in June 2017.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 46], "content_span": [47, 111]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274588-0002-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 AZ Alkmaar season, (Pre-season) friendlies\nThe first training session for the new season began on 25 June. Friendlies were arranged with smaller teams in the Netherlands as well as a few additional friendlies against foreign teams touring the Netherlands.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 50], "content_span": [51, 263]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274588-0003-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 AZ Alkmaar season, Transfers\nIn:Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 36], "content_span": [37, 168]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274588-0004-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 AZ Alkmaar season, Transfers\nOut:Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 36], "content_span": [37, 169]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274589-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 AaB Fodbold season\nThe 2017\u201318 season was AaB's 35th consecutive season in the top flight of Danish football, 28th consecutive season in the Danish Superliga, and 132nd year in existence as a football club.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [26, 26], "content_span": [27, 214]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274589-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 AaB Fodbold season, Squad, First team squad\nThis squad list includes any first team squad player who was available for the line-up during the season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 51], "content_span": [52, 157]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274589-0002-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 AaB Fodbold season, Squad, Youth players in use\nThis list includes any youth player from AaB Academy who was used in the season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 55], "content_span": [56, 136]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274589-0003-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 AaB Fodbold season, Statistics, Appearances\nThis includes all competitive matches. The list is sorted by shirt number when appearances are equal.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 51], "content_span": [52, 153]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274589-0004-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 AaB Fodbold season, Statistics, Goalscorers\nThis includes all competitive matches. The list is sorted by shirt number when total goals are equal.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 51], "content_span": [52, 153]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274589-0005-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 AaB Fodbold season, Statistics, Clean sheets\nThis includes all competitive matches. The list is sorted by shirt number when total clean sheets are equal.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 52], "content_span": [53, 161]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274589-0006-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 AaB Fodbold season, Statistics, Disciplinary record\nThis includes all competitive matches. The list is sorted by shirt number when total cards are equal.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 59], "content_span": [60, 161]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274589-0007-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 AaB Fodbold season, Statistics, Suspensions\nThis includes all competitive matches. The list is sorted by shirt number when total matches suspended are equal.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 51], "content_span": [52, 165]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274590-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Aberdeen F.C. season\nThe 2017\u201318 Aberdeen F.C. season was Aberdeen's 104th season in the top flight of Scottish football and the fifth in the Scottish Premiership. Aberdeen also competed in the League Cup and the Scottish Cup.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [28, 28], "content_span": [29, 234]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274590-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Aberdeen F.C. season\nAberdeen also competed in qualifying for the 2017\u201318 UEFA Europa League.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [28, 28], "content_span": [29, 101]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274590-0002-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Aberdeen F.C. season, Summary, June\nIn the pre-season, Aberdeen manager Derek McInnes was the subject of press speculation regarding a potential move to English Premier League team Sunderland. After weeks of speculation, McInnes rejected an eventual approach by Sunderland on 15 June and committed his future to the Dons until 2019. Subsequently, only a few days later, he and assistant Tony Docherty, signed a one-year contract extension, keeping them with the club until the summer of 2020.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 43], "content_span": [44, 500]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274590-0003-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Aberdeen F.C. season, Summary, June\nOn 17 June, Jonny Hayes signed for Celtic for \u00a31.3 million plus a season-long loan for Ryan Christie. Christie had been on loan at the club for the second half of last season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 43], "content_span": [44, 219]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274590-0004-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Aberdeen F.C. season, Summary, June\nOn 26 June, after being linked with Sunderland with manager McInnes, 'keeper Joe Lewis signed a new deal to keep him at the club until 2020.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 43], "content_span": [44, 184]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274590-0005-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Aberdeen F.C. season, Summary, July\nOn 11 July, Shay Logan signed a contract extension until 2020.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 43], "content_span": [44, 106]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274590-0006-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Aberdeen F.C. season, Summary, July\nOn 12 July, Gary Mackay-Steven signed from Celtic for \u00a3150,000 on a two-year deal.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 43], "content_span": [44, 126]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274590-0007-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Aberdeen F.C. season, Summary, July\nOn 14 July, former player and Iceland international K\u00e1ri \u00c1rnason re-signed for the club from Omonia on a free, signing a one-year deal. He had originally played for the club in the 2011\u201312 season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 43], "content_span": [44, 240]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274590-0008-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Aberdeen F.C. season, Summary, July\nOn 19 July, at least 2 supporters were injured after an attack by Bosnians in the city of Mostar, the night before they were due to play Bosnia and Herzegovina side \u0160iroki Brijeg in their Europa League qualifier.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 43], "content_span": [44, 256]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274590-0009-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Aberdeen F.C. season, Summary, August\nOn 3 August, Aberdeen were again knocked out of the Europa League at the third qualifying round stage for the 4th year in a row, this time at the hands of Apollon Limassol. There was yet more trouble for Dons fans, this time during the match and after the final whistle. The club looked into this incident, in which later both clubs were fined by UEFA.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 45], "content_span": [46, 398]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274590-0010-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Aberdeen F.C. season, Summary, August\nOn 10 August, after spending months trying to sign him, Stevie May signed for the Dons for \u00a3400,000. Miles Storey the next day joined Partick Thistle for an undisclosed fee.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 45], "content_span": [46, 219]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274590-0011-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Aberdeen F.C. season, Summary, August\nOn 26 August, Aberdeen beat Partick Thistle 4\u20133 at Firhill, meaning they were the only club in the league to win their first 4 matches of the season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 45], "content_span": [46, 195]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274590-0012-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Aberdeen F.C. season, Summary, September\nOn 5 September, defender Mark Reynolds signed a contract extension until 2019.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 48], "content_span": [49, 127]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274590-0013-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Aberdeen F.C. season, Summary, September\nOn 21 September, Aberdeen were knocked out of the League Cup at the quarter-final stage, being comfortably beaten 3\u20130 by Motherwell.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 48], "content_span": [49, 181]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274590-0014-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Aberdeen F.C. season, Summary, September\nOn 30 September, Adam Rooney scored his eighth hat-trick for the Dons in a 3\u20130 win at home against St Johnstone.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 48], "content_span": [49, 161]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274590-0015-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Aberdeen F.C. season, Summary, October\nOn 16 October, winger Scott Wright signed a contract extension until 2021.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 46], "content_span": [47, 121]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274590-0016-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Aberdeen F.C. season, Summary, October\nOn 19 October, defender Scott McKenna signed a contract extension until 2021.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 46], "content_span": [47, 124]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274590-0017-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Aberdeen F.C. season, Summary, October\nOn 24 October, it was announced that midfielder Kenny McLean would not be renewing his contract at the end of the season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 46], "content_span": [47, 168]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274590-0018-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Aberdeen F.C. season, Summary, October\nSubsequently, on 25 October, the Dons suffered their first defeat of the season, being comfortably beaten 3\u20130 at home to Celtic.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 46], "content_span": [47, 175]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274590-0019-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Aberdeen F.C. season, Summary, October\nOn 30 October, Graeme Shinnie, Kenny McLean and on-loan Celtic player Ryan Christie were called up for Scotland to play the Netherlands for a friendly due to take place on 9 November at Pittodrie.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 46], "content_span": [47, 243]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274590-0020-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Aberdeen F.C. season, Summary, October\nAlso on 30 October, the Dons signed forward and Finland under-18 international Miko Virtanen to the Development squad.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 46], "content_span": [47, 165]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274590-0021-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Aberdeen F.C. season, Summary, November\nBefore, during, and after the early November International break, manager Derek McInnes was continually linked with the vacant Rangers job and he dismissed this in the press to say, \"My job is the Aberdeen manager and I'm here to talk about Aberdeen and our upcoming game against Motherwell, its only speculation.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 47], "content_span": [48, 362]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274590-0022-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Aberdeen F.C. season, Summary, November\nAfter the club put continual plans in building the new stadium at Kingsford on hold Tom Crotty, a US businessman, invested \u00a3775,000 into the project.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 47], "content_span": [48, 197]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274590-0023-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Aberdeen F.C. season, Summary, December\nOn 3 December, speaking after the back-to-back defeats to Rangers, manager Derek McInnes admitted speculation linking him with the vacant Rangers job could be affecting the players after only picking up 7 points from the seven previous matches since Pedro Caixinha was sacked in October.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 47], "content_span": [48, 335]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274590-0024-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Aberdeen F.C. season, Summary, December\nOn 7 December, Derek McInnes rejected an approach from Rangers to stay with the Dons after \"weighing up\" and \"having a lot to consider\", embarrassing them in the process. The next day, in an interview, McInnes said \"he wasn't prepared to walk away\" from the Dons and also saying he was \"really happy and didn't want to tarnish relationships.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 47], "content_span": [48, 390]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274590-0025-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Aberdeen F.C. season, Summary, December\nOn 16 December, Gary Mackay-Steven scored his first senior hat-trick in a 4\u20131 win against Hibernian.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 47], "content_span": [48, 148]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274590-0026-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Aberdeen F.C. season, Summary, December\nOn 28 December, the Dons re-signed Niall McGinn on a three and a half year contract after he terminated his contract with Gwangju. He will officially rejoin the club on 1 January 2018.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 47], "content_span": [48, 232]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274590-0027-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Aberdeen F.C. season, Summary, January\nOn 9 January, Greg Tansey was loaned out to Ross County. This freed a space in the squad to make a signing the following day, Chidi Nwakali, joining on loan from Manchester City.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 46], "content_span": [47, 225]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274590-0028-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Aberdeen F.C. season, Summary, January\nDuring the Scottish Football winter break, and as in the previous year, the Dons headed off to Dubai for a week of winter training and played against Uzbekistan side Lokomotiv Tashkent in a friendly in which they lost 2\u20130.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 46], "content_span": [47, 269]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274590-0029-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Aberdeen F.C. season, Summary, January\nBefore the Scottish Cup match against St Mirren, Craig Storie was released and Frank Ross signed a new deal until 2019 and then immediately loaned to Greenock Morton until the end of the season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 46], "content_span": [47, 241]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274590-0030-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Aberdeen F.C. season, Summary, January\nShortly after the 4\u20131 Scottish Cup win against St Mirren, it was confirmed that Kenny McLean had signed for Norwich City for an undisclosed fee, believed to be in the region of \u00a3200,000, but would stay at the Dons until the end of the season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 46], "content_span": [47, 289]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274590-0031-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Aberdeen F.C. season, Summary, February\nOn 8 February, Gary Mackay-Steven won the Scottish Cup Goal of the fourth round award for his sensational strike in the previous month's 4\u20131 win against St Mirren.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 47], "content_span": [48, 211]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274590-0032-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Aberdeen F.C. season, Summary, February\nOn 11 February, Aberdeen qualified for the Quarter Finals of the Scottish Cup by, in the end, convincingly beating Dundee United 4\u20132.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 47], "content_span": [48, 181]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274590-0033-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Aberdeen F.C. season, Summary, February\nAfter regaining second place in the League, Aberdeen lost 2\u20130 at Hibernian and then lost at home to Celtic by the same scoreline. This was the tenth time in a row that Aberdeen had lost to Celtic under Brendan Rodgers.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 47], "content_span": [48, 266]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274590-0034-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Aberdeen F.C. season, Summary, February\nOn 28 February, after overnight snow and the storm \"Beast from the East\", Aberdeen's match at Motherwell's Fir Park was postponed.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 47], "content_span": [48, 178]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274590-0035-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Aberdeen F.C. season, Summary, March\nAfter signing a new deal in October, on 7 March, defender Scott McKenna signed another contract extension until 2023.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 44], "content_span": [45, 162]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274590-0036-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Aberdeen F.C. season, Summary, March\nOn 12 March, midfielders Kenny McLean and Ryan Christie, and for the first-time defender Scott McKenna, were called up to the Scotland squad for friendlies against Costa Rica and Hungary. McKenna earned his first cap by starting the match against Costa Rica and played the full 90 minutes.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 44], "content_span": [45, 334]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274590-0037-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Aberdeen F.C. season, Summary, March\nOn 13 March, winger Scott Wright was called up for the Scotland under-21s.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 44], "content_span": [45, 119]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274590-0038-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Aberdeen F.C. season, Summary, April\nWithout suspended trio captain Graeme Shinnie, previously ever-present Kenny McLean and right back Shay Logan, Aberdeen lost to Motherwell 3\u20130 in the semi-final of the Scottish Cup at Hampden Park. After the match, manager Derek McInnes criticised his own recruitment this season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 44], "content_span": [45, 325]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274590-0039-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Aberdeen F.C. season, Summary, April\nOn 24 April, after the plans had been put on hold, Aberdeen were granted official planning permission to start on the new stadium at Kingsford.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 44], "content_span": [45, 188]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274590-0040-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Aberdeen F.C. season, Summary, April\nOn 25 April, defender Scott McKenna was nominated for Scottish Young Player of the Year.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 44], "content_span": [45, 133]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274590-0041-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Aberdeen F.C. season, Summary, April\nOn 26 April, Aberdeen youth lost the Scottish Youth Cup final to Hibernian youth 3\u20131 at Hampden Park.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 44], "content_span": [45, 146]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274590-0042-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Aberdeen F.C. season, Summary, May\nOn 5 May, the Dons announced Hamilton Academical youth Lewis Ferguson would be joining the club on 1 July 2018, paying a development fee.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 42], "content_span": [43, 180]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274590-0043-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Aberdeen F.C. season, Summary, May\nOn 6 May, it was announced that former two-time European Cup winning Manager Sir Alex Ferguson underwent an emergency surgery after suffering a brain haemorrhage.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 42], "content_span": [43, 205]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274590-0044-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Aberdeen F.C. season, Summary, May\nAfter drawing at home to Rangers and the following day Hearts beating Hibernian, Aberdeen sealed European qualification for the fifth season in a row.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 42], "content_span": [43, 193]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274590-0045-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Aberdeen F.C. season, Summary, May\nOn 10 May, at the Aberdeen FC awards event, Scott McKenna won the player, young player, and goal of the season awards.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 42], "content_span": [43, 161]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274590-0046-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Aberdeen F.C. season, Summary, May\nOn 13 May, on the final day of the season, the Dons won at Celtic Park for the first time in the league since 2004 and also kept a clean sheet there for the first time since 1994, securing runners-up spot in the process with a 1\u20130 win thanks to a goal from Andrew Considine.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 42], "content_span": [43, 317]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274590-0047-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Aberdeen F.C. season, Summary, May\nOn 14 May, defender Scott McKenna, midfielders Graeme Shinnie, Kenny McLean and Ryan Christie and were called up to the Scotland squad for friendlies against Peru and Mexico.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 42], "content_span": [43, 217]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274590-0048-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Aberdeen F.C. season, Summary, May\nOn the squad for next season, goalie Danny Rogers signed a new 2-year deal, the club announced the loaned players returned to their clubs respectively, and that Nicky Maynard, K\u00e1ri \u00c1rnason, and Daniel Harvie had left the club after their contracts had expired.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 42], "content_span": [43, 303]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274590-0049-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Aberdeen F.C. season, Results and fixtures, UEFA Europa League\nAberdeen qualified for the second preliminary round of the UEFA Europa League by finishing second in the 2016-17 Scottish Premiership.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 70], "content_span": [71, 205]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274591-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Abilene Christian Wildcats men's basketball team\nThe 2017\u201318 Abilene Christian Wildcats men's basketball team represented Abilene Christian University during the 2017\u201318 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Wildcats were led by seventh-year head coach Joe Golding and played their home games at the Moody Coliseum in Abilene, Texas as members of the Southland Conference. They finished the season 16\u201316, 8\u201310 in Southland play to finish in a three-way tie for eighth place. They failed to qualify for the Southland Tournament. They received an invitation to the CollegeInsider.com Tournament where they lost in the first round to Drake.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 56], "section_span": [56, 56], "content_span": [57, 652]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274591-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Abilene Christian Wildcats men's basketball team\nThe season marked the Wildcats' first full season as a Division I school after a four-year transition period from Division II to Division I.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 56], "section_span": [56, 56], "content_span": [57, 197]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274591-0002-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Abilene Christian Wildcats men's basketball team, Previous season\nThe Wildcats finished the 2016\u201317 season 13\u201316, 7\u201311 in Southland play to finish in a five-way tie for eighth place.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 56], "section_span": [58, 73], "content_span": [74, 190]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274591-0003-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Abilene Christian Wildcats men's basketball team, Previous season\nThe Wildcats, in their final year of a four-year transition from Division II to Division I, were not eligible for a postseason tournament including the Southland Tournament, but were considered a Division I team for scheduling purposes and a Division I RPI member.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 56], "section_span": [58, 73], "content_span": [74, 338]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274592-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Abilene Christian Wildcats women's basketball team\nThe 2017\u201318 Abilene Christian Wildcats women's basketball team represented Abilene Christian University during the 2017\u201318 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Wildcats, led by sixth year head coach Julie Goodenough, played their home games at the Moody Coliseum. They finished the season 16\u201314, 9\u20139 in Southland play to finish in seventh place. They advanced to the quarterfinals of the Southland Women's Tournament where they lost to Central Arkansas.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 58], "section_span": [58, 58], "content_span": [59, 522]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274592-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Abilene Christian Wildcats women's basketball team, Previous season\nThe Wildcats finished the 2016\u201317 season 23\u20139 overall and 16\u20132 in conference play. They shared the Southland Conference Regular Season championship with Central Arkansas. The Wildcats, in their fourth and final year of transition from NCAA Division I to NCAA Division II, were ineligible to participate in the Southland Conference Tournament and the NCAA Division I Women's Tournament. They were selected to participate in the WNIT winning against Oklahoma State and losing to SMU.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 58], "section_span": [60, 75], "content_span": [76, 558]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274593-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Accrington Stanley F.C. season\nThe 2017\u201318 season was Accrington Stanley's twelfth consecutive season in League Two and their 49th year in existence. Along with competing in League Two, the club also participated in the FA Cup, EFL Cup and EFL Trophy. The season covers the period from 1 July 2017 to 30 June 2018.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [38, 38], "content_span": [39, 322]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274593-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Accrington Stanley F.C. season, Competitions, Pre-season friendlies\nAs of 8 June 2017, Accrington Stanley have announced five pre-season friendlies against Southport, Preston North End, Oldham Athletic, Huddersfield Town and Everton XI.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 75], "content_span": [76, 244]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274593-0002-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Accrington Stanley F.C. season, Competitions, EFL Cup\nOn 16 June 2017, Accrington Stanley were drawn at home to Preston North End in the first round. Stanley were home again for the second round, facing Premier League side West Bromwich Albion.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 61], "content_span": [62, 252]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274593-0003-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Accrington Stanley F.C. season, Competitions, EFL Trophy\nOn 28 July 2017, Stanley announced their group stage schedule.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 64], "content_span": [65, 127]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274594-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Adelaide Lightning season\nThe 2017\u201318 Adelaide Lightning season is the 26th season of the franchise in the Women's National Basketball League (WNBL).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [33, 33], "content_span": [34, 157]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274595-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Adelaide Strikers WBBL season\nThe 2017\u201318 Adelaide Strikers Women's season was the third in the team's history. Coached by Andrea McCauley and captained by Suzie Bates, the Strikers finished the regular season of WBBL|03 in fourth place. They were subsequently knocked out of the tournament via a 17-run semi-final loss to the Sydney Sixers at Adelaide Oval.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [37, 37], "content_span": [38, 366]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274595-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Adelaide Strikers WBBL season, Squad\nEach WBBL|03 squad featured 15 active players, with an allowance of up to five marquee signings including a maximum of three from overseas. Australian marquees were defined as players who made at least ten limited-overs appearances for the national team in the three years prior to the cut-off date (24 April 2017).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 44], "content_span": [45, 360]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274595-0002-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Adelaide Strikers WBBL season, Squad\nThe table below lists the Strikers players and their key stats (including runs scored, batting strike rate, wickets taken, economy rate, catches and stumpings) for the season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 44], "content_span": [45, 220]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274595-0003-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Adelaide Strikers WBBL season, Fixtures, Regular season\nThe Strikers recorded the first-ever one-wicket victory in WBBL history, defeating the Stars on the last ball of the match. Requiring three runs with one delivery remaining, Tabatha Saville scored a boundary off leg-spinner Kristen Beams to clinch a narrow win for her team.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 63], "content_span": [64, 338]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274596-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Adelaide United FC season\nThe 2017\u201318 Adelaide United FC season was the club's 14th season since its establishment in 2003. The club participated in the A-League for the 13th time and the FFA Cup for the 4th time.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [33, 33], "content_span": [34, 221]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274596-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Adelaide United FC season, Players, Squad information\nNote: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 61], "content_span": [62, 190]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274597-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Adelaide United W-League season\nThe 2017\u201318 Adelaide United W-League was the club's tenth season in the W-League, the premier competition for women's football in Australia. The team played home games at Marden Sports Complex and was managed by Ivan Karlovi\u0107.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [39, 39], "content_span": [40, 266]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274597-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Adelaide United W-League season, Players, Squad information\nNote: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 67], "content_span": [68, 196]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274598-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Ahmad Shah Abdali 4-day Tournament\nThe 2017\u201318 Ahmad Shah Abdali 4-day Tournament was an edition of the Ahmad Shah Abdali 4-day Tournament, a cricket tournament in Afghanistan. It was the first edition of the competition to be played with first-class status. The tournament started on 20 October 2017 and finished on 23 December 2017. Five regional teams competed in a double round-robin tournament with the top two teams in the group progressing to the final.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [42, 42], "content_span": [43, 468]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274598-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Ahmad Shah Abdali 4-day Tournament\nSpeen Ghar Region finished first in the group stage and faced Band-e-Amir Region in the final. Band-e-Amir Region won the tournament, beating Speen Ghar Region by 537 runs in the final.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [42, 42], "content_span": [43, 228]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274599-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Air Force Falcons men's basketball team\nThe 2017\u201318 Air Force Falcons men's basketball team represented the United States Air Force Academy during the 2017\u201318 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Falcons, led by sixth-year head coach Dave Pilipovich, played their home games at the Clune Arena on the Air Force Academy's main campus in Colorado Springs, Colorado as members of the Mountain West Conference. They finished the season 12\u201319, 6\u201312 in Mountain West play to finish in ninth place. They lost in the first round of the Mountain West Tournament to UNLV.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 47], "section_span": [47, 47], "content_span": [48, 577]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274599-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Air Force Falcons men's basketball team, Previous season\nThe Falcons finished the season 12\u201321, 4\u201314 in Mountain West play to finish in a tie for tenth place. They defeated Wyoming in the first round of the Mountain West Tournament to advance to the quarterfinals where they lost to Colorado State.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 47], "section_span": [49, 64], "content_span": [65, 306]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274599-0002-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Air Force Falcons men's basketball team, Preseason\nIn a vote by conference media at the Mountain West media day, the Falcons were picked to finish in last place in the Mountain West.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 47], "section_span": [49, 58], "content_span": [59, 190]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274600-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Air Force Falcons women's basketball team\nThe 2017\u201318 Air Force Falcons women's basketball team represents the United States Air Force Academy during the 2017\u201318 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Falcons, led by third year head coach Chris Gobrecht, play their home games at the Clune Arena on the Air Force Academy's main campus in Colorado Springs, Colorado and are members of the Mountain West Conference. They finished the season 6\u201325, 5\u201313 in Mountain West play to finish in a three way tie for eighth place. They advanced to the quarterfinals of the Mountain West Women's Tournament where they lost to Boise State.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 49], "section_span": [49, 49], "content_span": [50, 641]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274600-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Air Force Falcons women's basketball team, Previous season\nThey finished the season 4\u201325, 2\u201316 in Mountain West play to finish in last place. They lost in the first round of the Mountain West Women's Tournament to Utah.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 49], "section_span": [51, 66], "content_span": [67, 227]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274601-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Aizawl FC season\nAizawl Football Club held its thirty-fourth season from 1 June 2017 to 31 May 2018, entering the 2017\u201318 I-League season as the defending champions finishing fifth. They reached the final of the Mizoram Premier League, losing to Chhinga Veng FC. The club started in the 2018 AFC Champions League but lost to Zob Ahan in the playoff round. This meant that they qualified for the 2018 AFC Cup where they finished bottom of the group. In the Super Cup, they were eliminated in the quarter-finals by East Bengal.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [24, 24], "content_span": [25, 533]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274601-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Aizawl FC season, Season overview, Pre-Season\nAfter winning the previous season, Khalid Jamil joined East Bengal. He was joined by fellow team members Mahmoud Amnah, Lalramchullova and Brandon Vanlalremdika. The loans of Albino Gomes, Ashutosh Mehta and Jayesh Rane ended without extensions, so these players returned to their respective clubs before the start of the 2017\u201318 season. Fellow Mizo outfit Chinnga Veng F.C. signed Aizawl's goal-keeper, Zothanmawia ahead of this season's Mizoram Premier League.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 53], "content_span": [54, 516]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274601-0002-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Aizawl FC season, Season overview, Pre-Season\nIn June 2017, Aizawl signed a former defender and ONGC captain, Lalchhuanawma Varte as their first signing of the season. Later in June, Mohun Bagan announced the signing of Aizawl's defender Kingsley Obumneme; Mohun Bagan announced the signing of Aizawl's defender, Kamo Stephane Bayi.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 53], "content_span": [54, 340]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274601-0003-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Aizawl FC season, Season overview, Pre-Season\nA new coach, Paulo Menezes, was signed on 28 July.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 53], "content_span": [54, 104]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274601-0004-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Aizawl FC season, Season overview, July\nIn July, Aizawl signed former midfielder, David Lalrinmuana, from East Bengal. He had played for Aizawl in the 2012 I-League 2nd Division. Aizawl also signed Nigerian defender Kareem Omolaja from Minerva Punjab, former Indian defender Shylo Malsawmtluanga from Bhawanipore F.C.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 47], "content_span": [48, 325]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274601-0005-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Aizawl FC season, Season overview, July\nEast Bengal signed Aizawl's winger, Laldanmawia Ralte for the 2017\u201318 season on 9 July.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 47], "content_span": [48, 135]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274601-0006-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Aizawl FC season, Season overview, July\nOn 23 July, in the ISL Draft, Kerala Blasters picked Lalthakima and Lalruatthara and Bengaluru picked Zohmingliana Ralte.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 47], "content_span": [48, 169]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274601-0007-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Aizawl FC season, Season overview, August\nAizawl announced the signing of former defender and local native Lalrozama Fanai from Fateh Hyderabad F.C. on 9 August.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 49], "content_span": [50, 169]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274601-0008-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Aizawl FC season, Season overview, August\nOn 18 August, Aizawl signed Japanese forward, Yugo Kobayashi from Songkhla United F.C. and a custodian, Avilash Paul from Pune F.C..", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 49], "content_span": [50, 182]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274601-0009-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Aizawl FC season, Season overview, August\nAizawl also signed Ivorian striker L\u00e9once Dodoz Zikahi on 20 August. He had played for Mohammedan Sporting in I-League 2nd Division in the 2016\u20132017 season. On 24 August, Aizawl signed Afghan defender, Masih Saighani, from the German club T\u00fcrk G\u00fcc\u00fc Friedberg. The team signed Romanian striker Andrei Ionescu from FC Voluntari on 26 August. On 28 August, Aizawl announced their squad for the Mizoram Premier League.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 49], "content_span": [50, 464]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274601-0010-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Aizawl FC season, Season overview, August\nOn 31 August, Aizawl started their 2017\u201318 season with an away match against Ramhlun North in the 2017\u201318 Mizoram Premier League. Aizawl gave away an early lead to the home team, with Lalliansanga scoring for Ramhlun North in the 12th minute. They tied the score in the 35th minute with a strike from Jonathan Lalrawngbawla (Jojo). Neither team scored a goal in the second half resulting in a tie score for the match.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 49], "content_span": [50, 467]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274601-0011-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Aizawl FC season, Season overview, September\nOn 1 September, Aizawl signed Liandala Fanai from Chennai City F.C.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 52], "content_span": [53, 120]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274601-0012-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Aizawl FC season, Season overview, September\nAizawl drew their second match on 8 September against Chanmari with a goal scored by both teams. Lalmuanawma scored for Chanmari in the 26th minute and David Lalrinmuana scored in the injury time of first half.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 52], "content_span": [53, 263]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274601-0013-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Aizawl FC season, Season overview, September\nOn 15 September, Aizawl played their first home match against Chhinga Veng that ended in a draw. Lalthathanga Khawlhring scored for Aizawl in the 19th minute but Malsawmfela scored for Chhinga Veng three minutes later. Khawlhring scored an own-goal in the 36th minute, giving the advantage to Chhinga Veng by half-time. Jojo scored for Aizawl in the 47th minute. Aizawl lost their first match in the tournament to Chanmari West 0\u20131 in an away match on 18 September. Lalremruata scored the only goal of the match for Chanmari West in the 74th minute. This loss placed Aizawl in seventh position with just three points in four matches.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 52], "content_span": [53, 686]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274601-0014-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Aizawl FC season, Season overview, September\nAizawl secured their first win of the tournament by defeating the Mizoram Police FC by 6\u20131 on 21 September. Rochharzela scored the first hat-trick for Aizawl in the tournament with Hmingthanmawia, Alfred Jaryan and Jojo each scoring a goal. Kareem Omolaja scored the lone goal for the Mizoram Police. On 28 September, Aizawl secured their second consecutive win in the tournament defeating Dinthar. Omolaja and Jojo each scored for Aizawl in the first half within two minutes of each other. Lalmuankima scored the third goal for Aizawl. The two wins placed Aizawl in third position at the end of September.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 52], "content_span": [53, 659]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274601-0015-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Aizawl FC season, Season overview, October\nOn 3 October, Aizawl played Bethlehem who scored first with a goal by Dawngzela in the 36th minute, and again just before half-time with a goal by Samson Ramengmawia. They maintained their lead in the second-half winning the match by 2\u20130.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 50], "content_span": [51, 289]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274601-0016-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Aizawl FC season, Season overview, October\nAfter a defeat in their first tournament meeting, Mizoram Police came back strongly on 13 October to tie the match 2\u20132 with Aizawl. With the loss and draw Aizawl dropped to fourth position with six games remaining in this League Stage. Aizawl beat Chanmari by 3\u20131 on 19 October. Malsawmzuala scored the first goal for Chanmari in the 20th minute. Aizawl responded with William Lalnunfela and Ionescu each scoring in the space of four minutes. Lalnunfela scored his second match goal in the second half.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 50], "content_span": [51, 553]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274601-0017-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Aizawl FC season, Season overview, October\nOn 24 October, Aizawl defeated Bethlehem with a 5\u20131 win. Lalmuankima scored first for Aizawl in the 17th minute, but Lalnuntluanga equalized for Bethlehem three minutes later. Lalrinmuana scored a second Aizawl goal in the 25th minute and doubled their lead in the first half with a goal from their international defender, Saighani. In the second half Aizawl scored two goals, one each from Lalrinmuana and Rochharzela. Aizawl defeated the in-form Chhinga Veng with a 2\u20130 win on 26 October. Lalmuankima scored the first goal of the match for Aizawl in the 16th minute. Chhinga Veng was never able to break the Aizawl defense. Aizawl doubled their lead in the final minutes with a goal from Jojo.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 50], "content_span": [51, 746]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274601-0018-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Aizawl FC season, Season overview, November\nOn 1 November, Aizawl completed their first double of the tournament over Dinthar with a 4\u20130 victory. Lalrinmuana scored for Aizawl in the ninth minute. Later, Lalmuankima and Ionescu scored a goal each. Aizawl ended the first half with a three-goal lead. Lalnunfela scored in the second half for Aizawl, securing their place in the semifinals.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 51], "content_span": [52, 396]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274601-0019-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Aizawl FC season, Season overview, November\nOn 6 November, the AFC License was awarded to Aizawl FC, allowing the team to play in AFC Club competitions for the 2017\u201318 season. With the rise in club-rankings as current I-League champions, Aizawl FC became first Indian club to play in AFC Play-off round. Aizawl signed former East Bengal F.C. and NEROCA F.C. custodian Arup Debnath as a backup to their first choice player between the sticks on 7 November.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 51], "content_span": [52, 463]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274601-0020-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Aizawl FC season, Season overview, November\nOn 10 November, Aizawl won 2\u20130 over Chanmari West scoring a goal in both halves. Saighani scored first for Aizawl in the 25th minute. Later, Lalnunfela scored the late goal in the 88th minute, securing the team's position in the top two in League Stage. Aizawl lost their last game in the League Stage of the tournament against Ramhlun North on 17 November. Lalremruata scored for Ramhlun North in the final minutes to keep their hopes of advancing to semifinals alive.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 51], "content_span": [52, 521]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274601-0021-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Aizawl FC season, Season overview, November\nOn 23 November in the MPL Semifinal first leg, Lalrinpuia of the Mizoram Police scored the first goal in the seventh minute. Aizawl responded when Afghan defender Saighani scored for Aizawl in the 22nd minute. Later, Lalhriatrenga put the I-League champion club ahead in the 85th minute. A last-minute goal scored by Police striker Joseph Lalfakzuala tied the score. Aizawl announced the arrival of V Laltanpuia and Lalthathanga Khawlhring on loan from Mizoram Police FC and NorthEast United FC respectively for 2017\u201318 season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 51], "content_span": [52, 579]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274601-0022-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Aizawl FC season, Season overview, November\nAizawl started the I-League with a 2\u20132 draw against East Bengal on 28 November in an away encounter. The Kolkata Giants scored first when Katsumi Yusa's corner was deflected by Brandon and Eduardo Ferreira headed in at the far post. Later, Katsumi doubled East Bengal's lead when Avilash was left wrong-footed from the initial shot taken by Mohammed Rafique which took a deflection off Katsumi and beat the goalkeeper. Aizawl scored within two minutes when David curled a free kick inside the box which was headed in by Lalnunfela. Aizawl tied in the final minutes of the match when William scored his second from a Khawlhring corner.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 51], "content_span": [52, 686]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274601-0023-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Aizawl FC season, Season overview, December\nOn 4 December in the MPL Semifinal second leg, Aizawl took the lead in the 14th minute with a strike from Lalmuankima. Mizoram Police FC tied three minutes later when Lalbiakhlua scored from a Valpuia delivery. In a penalty shootout, Aizawl scored to give the two-time MPL champions a 5\u20133 shootout victory. On 8 December in the MPL Final, Chhinga Veng's Laldampuia scored in the fifth minute. Aizawl skipper Lalrinmuana]] almost struck an equalizer with a free-kick at the other end while Saighani also came close.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 51], "content_span": [52, 566]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274601-0023-0001", "contents": "2017\u201318 Aizawl FC season, Season overview, December\nThe I-League champions did improve in the second half but missed a great chance to equalize late on as Saighani was gifted a great opportunity only for him to drill his effort right in front of Chhinga Veng FC's custodian Zothanmawia. This made Aizawl settle as runners-up. Rochharzela was awarded the Best Young Player and H. Lalmuankima was awarded Best Forward of the Tournament for Mizoram Premier League.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 51], "content_span": [52, 461]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274601-0024-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Aizawl FC season, Season overview, December\nOn 13 December, Aizawl clinched their first victory of the season scoring a late winner against Churchill Brothers at Aizawl. They missed the services of their top-scorer Lalnunfela for the match due to an ankle injury. The hosts were in complete control of the game and enjoyed the lion's share of possession right from the start but lack of finishing haunted them. They also had to replace Lalrinmuana early in the match because of a hamstring niggle. It was only in the 88th minute that Aizawl could finally register a winning goal when Dodoz assisted Kobayashi, whose left-footed shot sailed past Churchill Brothers' custodian.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 51], "content_span": [52, 683]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274601-0025-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Aizawl FC season, Season overview, December\nOn 18 December, Aizawl's 616-day unbeaten run at home in the I-League ended after losing their first home match since April 2016 to Shillong Lajong. After an array of chances, the score stood at 0\u20130 at the end of the first half. But Reds outclassed the home side in the second half. Aiman Al-Hagri's shot inside the box was blocked by the Aizawl's boys, but the ball fell to Lajong's winger Tlang who calmly curled the ball towards the far side of the net and scored the winning goal of the match.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 51], "content_span": [52, 549]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274601-0026-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Aizawl FC season, Season overview, December\nOn 27 December, Aizawl ended Minerva Punjab's unbeaten run with a 2\u20131 crucial victory in Aizawl. The ball from Lalrinmuana's corner was guided to the far post of Minerva's goal by defender Omolaja to leave goalkeeper Rakshit Dagar completely stranded. Dodoz danced past Minerva's defender and slid the ball to Romanian midfielder Ionescu, who made no mistake as he slotted home his first goal of the season. Minerva pulled one back in the added time as Girik Khosla made the best out of the defensive lapses.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 51], "content_span": [52, 560]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274601-0027-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Aizawl FC season, Season overview, December\nOn 31 December, Aizawl beat debutants Gokulam Kerala 0\u20132 in an away encounter. A low cross from left-flank by Hmunmawia took a deflection off Gokulam's Daniel Ashley Addo to Kobayashi, whose shot put the ball into the net in the 45th minute. After the changeover, Aizawl took only seven minutes to double the lead courtesy of Ionescu's efforts.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 51], "content_span": [52, 396]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274601-0028-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Aizawl FC season, Season overview, January\nOn 1 January, Aizawl announced the signing of Mizo forward, Lalkhawpuimawia from Chhinga Veng.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 50], "content_span": [51, 145]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274601-0029-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Aizawl FC season, Season overview, January\nThe Indian Super League side FC Goa signed Lalmuankima in a free transfer on 6 January. On 7 January, Aizawl went down 2\u20130 to Mohun Bagan in an away encounter, the first match in 2018. The first goal came dramatically when Saighani outstretched his leg to deny Aser Pierrick Dipanda a finish on the cross but ended up tapping the ball into his own goal. Dicka doubled the lead for the Mariners, making the best use of a long ball as he dribbled past an advancing Avilash on the left before slotting it home with his left foot.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 50], "content_span": [51, 577]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274601-0030-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Aizawl FC season, Season overview, January\nOn 13 January, Aizawl returned to their winning ways by outclassing Chennai City 2\u20130 in a home encounter. Kobayashi opened the scoring when he converted a penalty after Chennai City's Venyamin Shumeyko handled the ball while trying to stop Lalrinmuana inside the box. In the 33rd minute, Lalrinmuana latched on to a square pass from Ionescu and fired a left-footer which took a slight deflection off Dharmaraj Ravanan before rolling home to double the lead to Aizawl. Aizawl played out a goalless draw against East Bengal in a home encounter on 16 January.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 50], "content_span": [51, 607]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274601-0030-0001", "contents": "2017\u201318 Aizawl FC season, Season overview, January\nAizawl missed chances in the first half as Jaryan's shot flew just wide of the post and Lalnunfela failed to connect Albert Zohmingmawia's pass from six yards. In the second half, Vanlalremdika's curled effort from outside of the box was palmed away by Aizawl's custodian Avilash. Aizawl substitute Lalkhawpuimawia could not get his head to Laldinliana Renthlei's cross in the final ten minutes to seal the match.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 50], "content_span": [51, 464]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274601-0031-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Aizawl FC season, Season overview, January\nOn 20 January, Aizawl lost their way as away side NEROCA came from behind in the second half to win the game 1\u20132. Nigerian defender Omolaja leaped above NEROCA's defenders to score for the home side with a cross from Ionescu after Zohmingmawia's corner was cleared from initial danger by Varney Kallon. Felix Chidi Odili scored the equalizer in the 65th minute after a team game broke the Aizawl defense. Turkovic stunned Aizawl in the dying embers of the game when he perfectly converted Biakzara's cross from the left wing.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 50], "content_span": [51, 576]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274601-0031-0001", "contents": "2017\u201318 Aizawl FC season, Season overview, January\nOn 25 January, Aizawl dropped points to Mohun Bagan in a home tie as the match was drawn at 1\u20131 with Aizawl dominating the match from start to finish. Aizawl's forward Kobayashi was booked for a challenge on Obumneme in the first minute. Jaryan chased down every ball in the middle and Dodoz tormented Bagan's backline. All the significant action on the field took place in the final 20 minutes as Khawlhring had put the home side ahead in the 73rd minute before Bagan's substitute Manandeep Singh restored parity from the penalty spot just five minutes later. In the dying minutes of the match, while Aizawl was searching for a winner, Jaryan was shown a straight red by the referee for a stomp on defender Rana Gharami as the match ended in a stalemate.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 50], "content_span": [51, 806]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274601-0032-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Aizawl FC season, Season overview, January\nOn 30 January, Aizawl failed to qualify for the AFC Champions League after losing 3\u20131 to Iran's Zob Ahan in an away encounter in the play-off round from West Region. Zob Ahan struck in the third minute through a spot-kick by Mehdi Rajabzadeh when Lalrosanga fouled Morteza Tabrizi inside the penalty box. Aizawl gradually started to make inroads when Ionescu connected a cross delivered by Laldinliana from the center of the box to beat Zob Ahan's custodian Mohammad Rashid Mazaheri. In the 83rd minute, Tabrizi's header put Zob Ahan ahead.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 50], "content_span": [51, 591]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274601-0032-0001", "contents": "2017\u201318 Aizawl FC season, Season overview, January\nMeneses' men were put under more misery when Tabrizi scored for the second time heading in from close range to the bottom left corner after latching onto a cross from Mohammad Reza Hosseini. With this loss, Aizawl was knocked out of the AFC Champions League but gained direct entry into Group E of the AFC Cup.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 50], "content_span": [51, 361]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274601-0033-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Aizawl FC season, Season overview, February\nOn 3 February, Aizawl drew with Chennai City 1\u20131 in an away encounter. Ionescu got past his marker on the right before getting into the box and playing a cross to Kobayashi, who tucked a neat finish into the net giving Aizawl the lead in the third minute. They lost many chances to extend their lead as both Ionescu and Lalrinmuana hit the post. However, Chennai City restored parity in the 73rd minute when Beauty curled the ball into the top right corner.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 51], "content_span": [52, 509]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274601-0033-0001", "contents": "2017\u201318 Aizawl FC season, Season overview, February\n10-man Aizawl lost 0\u20131 to Churchill Brothers in an away encounter on 6 February as they scored a single goal through Mechac Koffi in the 22nd minute. Nicholas Fernandes, on receiving a long ball, deceived defender Laldinliana and crossed the ball for Koffi to send into the net. Aizawl came back strongly in the last quarter, but their search for an equalizer ended when they were reduced to 10 men in the last ten minutes as Lalrosanga was shown a red card for a deliberate foul on Dawda Ceesay who was about to score.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 51], "content_span": [52, 571]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274601-0034-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Aizawl FC season, Season overview, February\nAizawl held NEROCA to a goalless draw on 10 February in a closely contested and tactical away match where both sides failed to score even though there were many clear chances. NEROCA had two clear chances, one at the stroke of half time, which Turkovi\u0107 muffed, and another deep into the match that was wasted by Chidi. Aizawl striker Zikahi had a chance to hand his side a full three points in the second minute of the stoppage time, but he shot wide. On 12 February, Aizawl announced that they parted ways with their head coach, Paulo Menezes, after seven consecutive winless streak in their on-going I-League campaign. They announced Santosh Kashyap as their incoming coach. Aizawl welcomed back Lalchhawnkima who joined on loan from Mumbai City FC on 15 February.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 51], "content_span": [52, 818]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274601-0035-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Aizawl FC season, Season overview, February\nOn 16 February, Aizawl drew 2\u20132 against a resilient Indian Arrows in an away match. Ionescu delivered the ball to Saighani who slotted it past a Prabhsukhan Singh Gill in the 40th minute. Indian Arrows was quick to find the equalizer on the 48th minute as Ashish Rai found Edmund Lalrindika with a delivery. He foxed his marker to trigger a shot at the bottom right corner which beat a diving Avilash. Aizawl continued to pile on the pressure and in the 54th minute Dodoz pierced the net after latching on to a pass from inside the box by Zohmingmawia.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 51], "content_span": [52, 604]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274601-0035-0001", "contents": "2017\u201318 Aizawl FC season, Season overview, February\nThe Blue Colts finally equalized the game in the dying minutes when skipper Amarjit Singh Kiyam converted a penalty after Lalrosanga brought down Rahul Praveen inside the box. Ahead of match against Shillong Lajong, on 18 February, Aizawl coach Santosh Kashyap announced their foreign recruits, Kobayashi and Omolaja, had been ruled out for the rest of the season due to injuries.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 51], "content_span": [52, 432]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274601-0036-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Aizawl FC season, Season overview, February\nOn 19 February, Aizawl lost 2\u20131 to Shillong Lajong at Shillong in an away North-East derby. In the 42nd minute, Shillong took the lead when Tlang connected with Novin Gurung's cross from the left. Shillong doubled the lead in the 73rd minute when Saihou Jagne got the better of Jaryan and made his way into the box before poking the ball into the net. In the dying moments of the match, Nidhin Lal failed to collect Ionescu's shot which allowed L\u00e9once Dodoz Zikahi to shoot the ball into the net from the loose clearance.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 51], "content_span": [52, 573]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274601-0037-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Aizawl FC season, Season overview, February\nAizawl finally ended an eight-match winless streak with a 3\u20130 win over Indian Arrows. Aizawl needed only seven minutes to score the first goal of the match when Lalkhawpuimawia skipped past Sanjeev Stalin and shot towards goal. Arrows' custodian Prabhsukhan failed to grab as it found its way to Ionescu who easily found the back of the net three yards out. In the 16th minute, Lalkhawpuimawia slipped from the guard of the Arrows defenders, his first shot hit both the woodwork, but he scored on the rebound to double the lead. To confirm three points for Aizawl, Lalkhawpuimawia scored his second in the 87th minute when he tucked the ball in the back of the net after Dodoz provided him with a pass from the back.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 51], "content_span": [52, 768]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274601-0038-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Aizawl FC season, Season overview, February\nOn 26 February, Aizawl lost 2\u20130 to table-toppers Minerva Punjab in an away game where Minerva enjoyed the lion's share of possession with Aizawl's attack coming from Ionescu. Akash broke the deadlock for Minerva in the 50th minute on the rebound after Chencho Gyeltshen's shot after receiving a pass from William Opoku that was stopped by Avilash. Minerva sealed the game with a strike late into the second half injury time when Opoku's header off a Kamalpreet Singh free-kick landed on Armand's path.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 51], "content_span": [52, 553]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274601-0039-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Aizawl FC season, Season overview, March\nThe month of March saw Aizawl play their final match of the I-League campaign against Gokulam Kerala. After conceding a 25th-minute penalty which was scored by Al-Ajmi in the first half, L\u00e9once Dodoz Zikahi scored the reply on the hour stroke after Bilal Khan dropped the ball which would fall onto Dodoz' foot to level the match. Dodoz scored a second to give Aizawl the lead before Lalkhawpuimawia scored the match winner only four minutes later with the shot being hammered past the defenders.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 48], "content_span": [49, 545]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274601-0040-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Aizawl FC season, Season overview, March\nBy virtue of finishing inside the top six in the I-League, they had a first-round bye in the 2018 Indian Super Cup. After the qualifying round was completed, they were drawn to take on ISL's Chennaiyin away from home. In the match, which was held at the end of the month, Aizawl opened the scoring from Andrei Ionescu as his shot deflected past Karanjit Singh to find the back of the net. An 89th-minute equalizer from Ma\u00edlson Alves saw the game go into extra time.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 48], "content_span": [49, 514]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274601-0040-0001", "contents": "2017\u201318 Aizawl FC season, Season overview, March\nAndrei Ionescu got Aizawl the lead again in the first minute of extra time when he latched onto a low cross and curled his shot past the keeper. In the second half of extra time, the Aizawl defense made a critical mistake which gifted the equalizer when Dhanachandra Singh's low effort from a distance went past the crowded defense to the back of the net. The penalty shoot-out would see Aizawl qualify through to the quarterfinals as a miss from Mohammed Rafi was the difference in the shoot-out.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 48], "content_span": [49, 546]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274601-0041-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Aizawl FC season, Season overview, March\nBetween the I-League and the Indian Super Cup, Aizawl had their first match of the 2018 AFC Cup to play. After announcing their 26-man squad on 11 March, they traveled to meet Maldive champions New Radiant in the opening game. Aizawl drew first blood when Lalram Hmunmawia scored into the top left corner of the net in the 33rd minute. Seven minutes later, Ali Ashfaq slotted in the equalizer from an Ahmed Abdulla cross to level the scores at the half.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 48], "content_span": [49, 502]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274601-0041-0001", "contents": "2017\u201318 Aizawl FC season, Season overview, March\nAshfawq scored two more goals in the second half with one in the 77th and 85th minute to seal the match for the Maldive champions. Aizawl had to play the final sixteen minutes with only ten men when Hmunmawia was sent off for bringing down substitute Guillem Mart\u00ed Misut. He was suspended for the following match against Dhaka Abahani.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 48], "content_span": [49, 384]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274601-0042-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Aizawl FC season, Season overview, April\nThe opening match in April was a continental match against Bengaluru at home. After getting an early breakthrough in the fifth minute through L\u00e9once Dodoz Zikahi, they conceded at the stroke of half-time with Daniel Lucas Segovia slotting home a penalty that was awarded after Dodoz handled the ball in the box. The second half saw Rahul Bheke give Bengaluru the lead in the 63rd minute as he headed it from Alwyn George. Another goal from substitute Lalhlimpuia would seal the 3\u20131 for the away team as he sent a low strike past Avilash.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 48], "content_span": [49, 586]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274601-0043-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Aizawl FC season, Season overview, April\nIn the quarter-final of the Super Cup against East Bengal, Aizawl was forced into a defense play because of constant threats from East Bengal. After a chance from Andrei Ionescu, the first half ended scoreless. The robust defense of East Benegal meant that Aizawl had to settle for shots from a distance. With the match entering injury-time, East Bengal was awarded a penalty when Ansumana Kromah was brought down by Lalawmpuia inside the box. Laldanmawia Ralte's penalty would be the only goal of the game and knocked Aizawl out of the tournament.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 48], "content_span": [49, 597]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274601-0044-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Aizawl FC season, Season overview, April\nThe two matches against Dhaka Abahani saw the team only scoring a point in the two games to be eliminated from contention. In the home match, Dhaka took just two minutes to open the scoring as Rubel Miya's effort deflected off Lalrosanga and looped into the net. Dhaka extended their lead in the 17th minute when Ndukaku Alison converted a scrappy effort from close-range after a corner was not cleared before Seiya Kojima made it 3\u20130 to end the match before half time. The reverse match saw Aizawl nearly get a goal in the 16th minute.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 48], "content_span": [49, 585]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274601-0044-0001", "contents": "2017\u201318 Aizawl FC season, Season overview, April\nDhaka managed to take the lead in the 31st minute with Emeka Onuoha converting from the penalty spot. Aizawl got one back after the break with Andrei Ionescu scoring from a close-range finish in the 65th minute to give Aizawl a draw and their first continental point in the club's history.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 48], "content_span": [49, 338]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274601-0045-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Aizawl FC season, Season overview, May\nOn 2 May, Aizawl lost 0\u20135 to Bengaluru in an away encounter. Bottom-placed Aizawl began the match brightly, but Bengaluru soon wrestled control of the match with two quick-fire goals after the first quarter of an hour. Sunil Chhetri won and converted a penalty in the 16th minute before Segovia finished off Erik Paartalu's pass just moments later to make it 2\u20130. At the half-hour mark, visitors pulled away further with a third goal netted by Udanta Singh. In the 62nd minute, Segovia got his second goal of the evening with an improvised header to meet Subhasish Bose's cross. Substitute Lalhlimpuia completed the rout in the 89th minute, after flicking Chhetri's cut-back past the Aizawl keeper Lalawmpuia.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 46], "content_span": [47, 756]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274601-0046-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Aizawl FC season, Season overview, May\nOn 16 May, Aizawl earned a 2\u20131 win over New Radiant in a home encounter to knock the visitors out of the AFC Cup. This marked their first continental match win in this season. After a goalless first half, the home side had to wait until the 61st minute to break the deadlock when Leonce Dodoz Zikahi fired one home after Ionescu was tripped inside the box.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 46], "content_span": [47, 403]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274601-0046-0001", "contents": "2017\u201318 Aizawl FC season, Season overview, May\nIonescu doubled Aizawl's lead eight minutes from time after he latched onto Laldinliana's long pass and outpaced his marker before beating the goalkeeper on the second attempt for a simple finish into the empty net. Hassan pulled one back for Maldivians, getting on the end of Gotor's nodded pass to finish past Avilash.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 46], "content_span": [47, 367]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274601-0047-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Aizawl FC season, Coaching staff\nAizawl announced on 28 July 2017 that Paulo Menezes would be taking over as head coach. Menezes said:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 40], "content_span": [41, 142]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274601-0048-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Aizawl FC season, Coaching staff\nI had learned about Indian football 4 years ago, and I have spoken to many people about it and how much it has grown over the years. I want to be part of this, and Aizawl FC is right at the heartbeat of this crescendo of development. I will like my players to play the offensive game with a high level of ball possession so that they can create many scoring chances.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 40], "content_span": [41, 407]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274601-0048-0001", "contents": "2017\u201318 Aizawl FC season, Coaching staff\nDepending on the game situation, we will vary the tempo of our attack, but the main focus is on the ball [retention]. I will like to help the players improve their skills \u2013 be it technically or tactically, so they can become more competitive and maintain a strong mentality before and during the game. I believe I can contribute to Indian football by getting as many of the local players into the National Team as possible.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 40], "content_span": [41, 464]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274601-0049-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Aizawl FC season, Coaching staff\nIzan Martin Andres has been hired as assistant coach for this season. On 12 February, Aizawl announced that they parted ways with their head coach, Paulo Menezes after seven consecutive winless streaks in their on-going I-League campaign and announced Santosh Kashyap as their replacement.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 40], "content_span": [41, 330]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274601-0050-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Aizawl FC season, Pre-season friendlies\nAIzawl played a pre-season friendly match against ISL outfit, Chennaiyin FC behind closed doors. Chennaiyin FC defeated Aizawl by 1\u20130 with Mohammed Rafi scoring the lone goal of the match for the Chennai-based ISL team. They did not play any other pre-season friendly as they were playing in this season's Mizoram Premier League.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 47], "content_span": [48, 377]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274601-0051-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Aizawl FC season, Competitions, Mizoram Premier League\nAizawl FC announced their squad for Mizoram Premier League on 28 August. They played their first match on 30 August against Ramhlun North. They finished the league as runners-up.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 62], "content_span": [63, 241]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274601-0052-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Aizawl FC season, Competitions, Mizoram Premier League, Matches\nRochharzela was awarded the Best Young Player of the Tournament while H. Lalmuankima was awarded Best Forward of the Tournament.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 71], "content_span": [72, 200]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274601-0053-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Aizawl FC season, Competitions, I-League\nThe fixtures for the 2017\u201318 season were announced on 13 November 2017. Aizawl FC began their title defence against East Bengal on 28 November at Salt Lake Stadium. They ended the league finishing fifth.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 48], "content_span": [49, 252]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274601-0054-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Aizawl FC season, Competitions, Super Cup\nAs they were one of the top six teams of the previous season, Aizawl FC qualified for the main round in the 2018 Indian Super Cup. They met ISL Champions, Chennaiyin in the Round of 16. After they won their opening match on penalties after going behind by a single goal, they would be knocked out in the quarter final stage by East Bengal.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 49], "content_span": [50, 389]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274601-0055-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Aizawl FC season, Competitions, AFC Champions League\nAs they were champions in the previous season, Aizawl FC competed in the play-off round for a spot in the group stage. On 6 November, they were too drawn to meet Iranian champions Zob Ahan at home. Aizawl FC lost 3\u20131 with Andrei Ionescu being the only goalscorer for Aizawl as they were knocked out of the 2018 AFC Champions League and relegated to the AFC Cup.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 60], "content_span": [61, 422]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274601-0056-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Aizawl FC season, Competitions, AFC Cup\nAizawl FC competed in Group E alongside Maldives champion New Radiant, the Bangladeshi champion in Dhaka Abahani and winner of the South Asia play-off, Bengaluru. They were knocked out of the tournament after finishing last in Group E.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 47], "content_span": [48, 283]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274601-0057-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Aizawl FC season, Statistics, Top scorers\nThe list is sorted by shirt number when total goals are equal.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 49], "content_span": [50, 112]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274601-0058-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Aizawl FC season, Statistics, Clean sheets\nThe list is sorted by shirt number when total clean sheets are equal.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 50], "content_span": [51, 120]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274601-0059-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Aizawl FC season, Statistics, Disciplinary record\nIncludes all competitive matches. Players listed below made at least one appearance for Aizawl FC during the season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 57], "content_span": [58, 174]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274601-0060-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Aizawl FC season, Statistics, Disciplinary record\nLast updated: 16 May 2018Source: Only competitive matches = Number of bookings; = Number of sending offs after a second yellow card; = Number of sending offs by a direct red card.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 57], "content_span": [58, 239]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274602-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Akhisarspor season\nThe 2017\u201318 season was Akhisarspor's 6th consecutive season in the S\u00fcper Lig.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [26, 26], "content_span": [27, 104]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274602-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Akhisarspor season, Squad\nPlayers who made at least one appearance in the league or cup during the season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 33], "content_span": [34, 114]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274602-0002-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Akhisarspor season, Squad\nNote: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 33], "content_span": [34, 162]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274603-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Akron Zips men's basketball team\nThe 2017\u201318 Akron Zips men's basketball team represented the University of Akron during the 2017\u201318 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Zips, led by first-year head coach John Groce, played their home games at the James A. Rhodes Arena as members of the East Division of the Mid-American Conference. They finished the season 14\u201318, 6\u201312 in MAC play to finish in last place in the East Division. In the MAC Tournament, they defeated Western Michigan in the first round before losing to Eastern Michigan in the quarterfinals.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [40, 40], "content_span": [41, 573]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274603-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Akron Zips men's basketball team, Previous season\nThe Zips finished the 2016\u201317 season 27\u20139, 14\u20134 in MAC play to win the MAC East Division and MAC overall regular season championship. They defeated Eastern Michigan and Ball State to advance to the championship game of the MAC Tournament where they lost to Kent State, losing in the championship game for the second consecutive year. As a regular season conference champion who failed to win their conference tournament, they received an automatic bid to the National Invitation Tournament where they defeated Houston in the first round before losing to Texas\u2013Arlington.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 57], "content_span": [58, 628]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274603-0002-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Akron Zips men's basketball team, Previous season\nFollowing the season, head coach Keith Dambrot left the school to accept the head coaching position at Duquesne. On April 5, 2017, the school hired former Ohio and Illinois head coach John Groce to replace Dambrot.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 57], "content_span": [58, 272]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274604-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Akron Zips women's basketball team\nThe 2017\u201318 Akron Zips women's basketball team represents the University of Akron during the 2017\u201318 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Zips, led by twelfth year head coach Jodi Kest, play their home games at the James A. Rhodes Arena as members of the East Division of the Mid-American Conference. They finished the season 9\u201321, 3\u201315 in MAC play to finish in a tie for last place in the East Division. They lost in the first round of the MAC Women's Tournament to Ohio.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [42, 42], "content_span": [43, 525]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274604-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Akron Zips women's basketball team\nOn April 21, Jodi Kest announced her retirement after 12 seasons at Akron and 26 seasons as a head coach. She would finish with a 26 year record of 405\u2013348.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [42, 42], "content_span": [43, 199]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274605-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Al Ahly SC season\nThe 2017\u201318 season is Al Ahly's 59th season in the Egyptian Premier League. The club will participate in the Egyptian Premier League, Egypt Cup, Egyptian Super Cup, finish the 2017 CAF Champions League campaign and start the 2018 campaign.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [25, 25], "content_span": [26, 265]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274605-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Al Ahly SC season, 2018 CAF Champions League, Group A\nNote:Rest of the group stage matches were held in next season", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 61], "content_span": [62, 123]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274606-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Al Sadd SC season\nIn the 2017\u201318 season, Al Sadd SC competed in the Qatar Stars League for the 45th season, as well as the Emir of Qatar Cup the Qatar Crown Prince Cup the Sheikh Jassim Cup and the Champions League.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [25, 25], "content_span": [26, 223]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274606-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Al Sadd SC season, Squad information, Goalscorers\nIncludes all competitive matches. The list is sorted alphabetically by surname when total goals are equal.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 57], "content_span": [58, 164]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274606-0002-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Al Sadd SC season, Players\nNote: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 34], "content_span": [35, 163]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274607-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Al-Ahli Saudi FC season\nThe 2017\u201318 season was Al-Ahli's 42nd consecutive season in the top flight of Saudi football and 80th year in existence as a football club. They entered this season looking to rebound from a disappointing 2016\u201317 campaign, when they finished as runners-up in both the league and King Cup. Al-Ahli also participated in the King Cup, and both the 2017 and 2018 edition of the AFC Champions League. The season covered the period from 1 July 2017 to 30 June 2018.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [31, 31], "content_span": [32, 491]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274607-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Al-Ahli Saudi FC season, Players, Squad information\nNote: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 59], "content_span": [60, 188]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274607-0002-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Al-Ahli Saudi FC season, Players, AFC Champions League squad\nNote: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 68], "content_span": [69, 197]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274607-0003-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Al-Ahli Saudi FC season, Competitions, King Cup\nAl-Ahli entered the 2018 King Cup in the Round of 32 and were drawn away to Al-Shoulla. In the next round, Al-Ahli faced Al-Orobah at home. They progressed to the Quarter-finals after beating them 6\u20130. The Quarter-finals saw Al-Ahli defeat Al-Fayha on penalties away from home. In the Semi-finals, Al-Ahli lost to Al-Faisaly in controversial manner.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 55], "content_span": [56, 405]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274607-0004-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Al-Ahli Saudi FC season, Competitions, Crown Prince Cup\nAl-Ahli will enter the Crown Prince Cup in the Round of 16 alongside the other Pro League teams. On 19 September 2017, it was announced that the tournament was cancelled.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 63], "content_span": [64, 234]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274608-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Al-Batin F.C. season\nThe 2017\u201318 season was Al-Batin's second consecutive season in Pro League and their 39th year in existence. This season Al-Batin participated in the Pro League and King Cup. The season covered the period from 1 July 2017 to 30 June 2018.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [28, 28], "content_span": [29, 266]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274608-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Al-Batin F.C. season, Players, Squad information\nNote: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 56], "content_span": [57, 185]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274608-0002-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Al-Batin F.C. season, Competitions, King Cup\nAl-Batin entered the King Cup in the Round of 32 alongside the other Pro League teams. In the first round, they defeated Al-Mujazzal and progressed to the Round of 16. In the Round of 16, Al-Batin defeated First Division side Damac with goals from new signings Guilherme and Jorge Silva. In the Quarter-finals, Al-Batin beat fellow Pro League side Al-Nassr and reached the Semi-finals for the first time in history. In the Semi-finals, Al-Batin lost to Al-Ittihad.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 52], "content_span": [53, 517]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274609-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Al-Faisaly FC season\nThe 2017\u201318 season was Al-Faisaly's 8th consecutive season in Pro League, the top flight of Saudi Arabian football, and their 64th year in existence. Along with the Pro League, the club also competed in the Crown Prince Cup and the King Cup.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [28, 28], "content_span": [29, 270]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274609-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Al-Faisaly FC season\nThe season covered the period from 1 July 2017 to 30 June 2018.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [28, 28], "content_span": [29, 92]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274609-0002-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Al-Faisaly FC season, Players, Squad information\nNote: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 56], "content_span": [57, 185]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274610-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Al-Fayha FC season\nThe 2017\u201318 season was Al-Fayha's 64th year in existence and first season in the Pro League. This season Al-Fayha participated in the Pro League, King Cup and Crown Prince Cup.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [26, 26], "content_span": [27, 204]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274610-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Al-Fayha FC season\nThe season covered the period from 1 July 2017 to 30 June 2018.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [26, 26], "content_span": [27, 90]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274610-0002-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Al-Fayha FC season, Players, Current squad\nNote: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 50], "content_span": [51, 179]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274610-0003-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Al-Fayha FC season, Players, Out on loan\nNote: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 48], "content_span": [49, 177]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274610-0004-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Al-Fayha FC season, Competitions, King Cup\nAl-Fayha will enter the King Cup in the Round of 32 alongside the other Pro League teams. All times are local, AST (UTC+3).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 50], "content_span": [51, 174]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274610-0005-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Al-Fayha FC season, Competitions, Crown Prince Cup\nOn 19 September 2017, it was announced that the tournament was cancelled. All times are local, AST (UTC+3).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 58], "content_span": [59, 166]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274611-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Al-Hazm F.C. season\nThe 2017\u201318 season was Al-Hazem's 7th consecutive season in the second tier of Saudi football and 61st year in existence. Along with competing in the Prince Mohammad bin Salman League, the club also participated in the King Cup.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [27, 27], "content_span": [28, 256]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274611-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Al-Hazm F.C. season\nThe season covered the period from 1 July 2017 to 30 June 2018.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [27, 27], "content_span": [28, 91]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274611-0002-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Al-Hazm F.C. season, Players, Squad information\nNote: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 55], "content_span": [56, 184]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274612-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Al-Mina'a SC season\nThe 2016\u201317 season will be Al-Minaa's 42nd season in the Iraqi Premier League, having featured in all 44 editions of the competition except two. Al-Minaa are participating in the Iraqi Premier League and the Iraq FA Cup.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [27, 27], "content_span": [28, 248]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274612-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Al-Mina'a SC season\nThey enter this season having finished in a disappointing sixth place in the league in the 2016\u201317 season, and will be looking to wrestle back the title they won in the 1977\u201378 season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [27, 27], "content_span": [28, 212]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274612-0002-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Al-Mina'a SC season, Squad\nNote: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 34], "content_span": [35, 163]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274612-0003-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Al-Mina'a SC season, Stadium\nDuring the previous season, the stadium of Al-Mina'a was demolished. A company will build a new stadium that will be completed in 2019. Since they can't play their games at Al Mina'a Stadium, they will be playing at Basra Sports City during this season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 36], "content_span": [37, 290]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274613-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Al-Shorta SC season\nThe 2017\u201318 season was Al-Shorta's 44th season in the Iraqi Premier League, having featured in all 43 previous editions of the competition. They entered this season having finished a promising third in the league in the 2016\u201317 season, and were looking to wrestle back the title they won in both the 2012\u201313 and 2013\u201314 seasons, but only managed a fourth place finish, ending up five points off of champions Al-Zawraa after conceding last-minute goals in multiple matches.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [27, 27], "content_span": [28, 500]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274613-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Al-Shorta SC season, Squad\nNote: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 34], "content_span": [35, 163]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274613-0002-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Al-Shorta SC season, Squad, Out on loan\nNote: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 47], "content_span": [48, 176]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274613-0003-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Al-Shorta SC season, Squad, Departed during season\nNote: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 58], "content_span": [59, 187]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274614-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Al-Taawoun FC season\nThe 2017\u201318 Al-Taawoun season is the club's 62nd season in existence and its 10th (non-consecutive) season in the top tier of Saudi Arabian football. This season, Al-Taawoun is participating in the Pro League for the eighth consecutive season as well as the King Cup and Crown Prince Cup. The season covers the period from 1 July 2017 to 30 June 2018.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [28, 28], "content_span": [29, 380]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274614-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Al-Taawoun FC season, Competitions, King Cup\nAl-Taawoun will enter the King Cup in the Round of 32 alongside the other Pro League teams.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 52], "content_span": [53, 144]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274615-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Al-Wehda Club season\nThe 2017\u201318 season was Al-Wehda's first season back in Prince Mohammad bin Salman League following their relegation last season and their 73rd year in existence. Along with the Prince Mohammad bin Salman League, the club also competed in the King Cup. The season covered the period from 1 July 2017 to 30 June 2018.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [28, 28], "content_span": [29, 344]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274615-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Al-Wehda Club season, Players, Squad information\nNote: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 56], "content_span": [57, 185]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274615-0002-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Al-Wehda Club season, Competitions, King Cup\nAl-Wehda entered the King Cup in the Round of 32. They were eliminated in the first round after losing to Al-Nojoom. All times are local, AST (UTC+3).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 52], "content_span": [53, 203]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274616-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Alabama A&M Bulldogs basketball team\nThe 2017\u201318 Alabama A&M Bulldogs basketball team represented Alabama A&M University during the 2017\u201318 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Bulldogs, led by first-year head coach Donnie Marsh, played their home games at the Elmore Gymnasium in Normal, Alabama as members of the Southwestern Athletic Conference. The Bulldogs finished the season 3\u201328, 3\u201315 in SWAC play to finish in last place. Alabama A&M was ineligible for postseason play due to APR violations.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [44, 44], "content_span": [45, 516]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274616-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Alabama A&M Bulldogs basketball team\nOn May 11, 2018, Donnie Marsh resigned after just one season as head coach. Six days later, A&M associate head coach Dylan Howard was named interim head coach of the team for the 2018\u201319 season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [44, 44], "content_span": [45, 239]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274616-0002-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Alabama A&M Bulldogs basketball team, Previous season\nThe Bulldogs finished the 2016\u201317 season 2\u201327, 2\u201316 in SWAC play to finish in last place. They did not qualify for the SWAC Tournament.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [46, 61], "content_span": [62, 197]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274616-0003-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Alabama A&M Bulldogs basketball team, Previous season\nOn March 7, head coach Willie Hayes resigned. He finished at Alabama A&M with a six year record of 54\u2013121. On April 12, the school named Texas Southern assistant and former Florida International head coach Donnie Marsh the new head coach.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [46, 61], "content_span": [62, 300]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274617-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Alabama Crimson Tide men's basketball team\nThe 2017\u201318 Alabama Crimson Tide men's basketball team (variously \"Alabama\", \"UA\", \"Bama\" or \"The Tide\") represented the University of Alabama in the 2017\u201318 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The team was led by third-year head coach Avery Johnson and played its home games at Coleman Coliseum in Tuscaloosa, Alabama as a member of the Southeastern Conference. They finished the season 20\u201316, 8\u201310 in SEC play to finish in a tie for ninth place. They defeated Texas A&M and Auburn in the SEC Tournament before losing in the semifinals to Kentucky. They received an at-large bid to the NCAA Tournament where they defeated Virginia Tech in the First Round before losing in the Second Round to Villanova.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 50], "section_span": [50, 50], "content_span": [51, 759]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274617-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Alabama Crimson Tide men's basketball team, Previous season\nThe Crimson Tide finished the 2016\u201317 season 19\u201315 overall and 8\u201310 in SEC play to finish in a tie for fifth place. They defeated Mississippi State and South Carolina to advance to the semifinals of the SEC Tournament where they lost to Kentucky. They received an invitation to the National Invitation Tournament where they lost in the first round to Richmond.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 50], "section_span": [52, 67], "content_span": [68, 428]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274617-0002-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Alabama Crimson Tide men's basketball team, Schedule and results\nOn November 25, 2017, Alabama participated in one of the strangest moments of NCAA basketball history. During their game against #14 ranked Minnesota Golden Gophers, Alabama's bench players left the bench area during a scuffle with Minnesota's players midway through the second half, which resulted in Alabama's entire bench being ejected. Not long after the ejections, Dazon Ingram fouled out with 11:37 left in the game, which resulted in Alabama playing the rest of the game in a 4 vs. 5 manner.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 50], "section_span": [52, 72], "content_span": [73, 571]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274617-0002-0001", "contents": "2017\u201318 Alabama Crimson Tide men's basketball team, Schedule and results\nNot long afterwards, John Petty turned his ankle and could not return for the rest of the game, thus leaving Alabama with only three players with 10:41 left in the contest. From that point on Alabama was forced to play with only senior shooting guard/small forward Riley Norris, freshman power forward Galin Smith, and star freshman point guard Collin Sexton in a 3-on-5 setting throughout the rest of the game.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 50], "section_span": [52, 72], "content_span": [73, 484]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274617-0002-0002", "contents": "2017\u201318 Alabama Crimson Tide men's basketball team, Schedule and results\nWhile Minnesota was up by as many as 15 points during the undermanned portion of the game, Alabama would fight to cut the deficit to as few as 3 points due to Collin Sexton's leadership, which included a 40 point game from him. However, the Golden Gophers would ultimately hold on to win 89\u201384 over the shorthanded Crimson Tide. Despite losing, Alabama would improve their rank to #24 due to their performance while undermanned and nearly upsetting Minnesota that night. The game would be described as one of the strangest in college basketball history.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 50], "section_span": [52, 72], "content_span": [73, 626]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274617-0003-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Alabama Crimson Tide men's basketball team, Rankings\n*AP does not release post-NCAA Tournament rankings^Coaches did not release a Week 2 poll.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 50], "section_span": [52, 60], "content_span": [61, 150]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274618-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Alabama Crimson Tide women's basketball team\nThe 2017\u201318 Alabama Crimson Tide women's basketball team represent the University of Alabama in the 2017\u201318 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Crimson Tide, led by fifth-year head coach Kristy Curry, play their games at Coleman Coliseum and were members of the Southeastern Conference. They finished the season 20\u201314, 7\u20139 in SEC play to finish in eighth place. They lost in the second round of the SEC Women's Tournament to Kentucky. They received an automatic bid to the Women's National Invitation Tournament defeat Southern, UCF and Georgia Tech in the first, second and third rounds before losing to Virginia Tech in the quarterfinals.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 52], "section_span": [52, 52], "content_span": [53, 704]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274619-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Alabama State Hornets basketball team\nThe 2017\u201318 Alabama State Hornets basketball team represented Alabama State University during the 2017\u201318 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Hornets, led by 13th-year head coach Lewis Jackson, played their home games at the Dunn\u2013Oliver Acadome in Montgomery, Alabama as members of the Southwestern Athletic Conference. They finished the season 8\u201323, 8\u201310 in SWAC play to finish in seventh place. Due to Grambling State's ineligibility, they received the No. 6 seed in the SWAC Tournament where they lost to Texas Southern in the quarterfinals.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [45, 45], "content_span": [46, 599]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274619-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Alabama State Hornets basketball team, Previous season\nThe Hornets finished the 2016\u201317 season 8\u201323, 6\u201312 in SWAC play to finish in a tie for eighth place. As the No. 8 seed in the SWAC Tournament, they lost to Texas Southern in the quarterfinals.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [47, 62], "content_span": [63, 255]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274620-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Alabama\u2013Huntsville Chargers men's ice hockey season\nThe 2017\u201318 Alabama\u2013Huntsville Chargers ice hockey team represented the University of Alabama in Huntsville in the 2017\u201318 NCAA Division I men's ice hockey season. The Chargers were coached by Mike Corbett who was in his fifth season as head coach. His assistant coaches were Gavin Morgan and Matty Thomas. The Chargers played their home games in the Propst Arena at the Von Braun Center and competed in the Western Collegiate Hockey Association.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 59], "section_span": [59, 59], "content_span": [60, 506]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274620-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Alabama\u2013Huntsville Chargers men's ice hockey season, Recruiting\nUAH added 8 freshmen for the 2017\u201318 season, including 2 goalies, 5 forwards and 1 defenseman.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 59], "section_span": [61, 71], "content_span": [72, 166]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274621-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Alaska Aces season\nThe 2017\u201318 Alaska Aces season is the 32nd season of the franchise in the Philippine Basketball Association (PBA).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [26, 26], "content_span": [27, 141]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274622-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Alba Feh\u00e9rv\u00e1r season\nThe 2017\u201318 Alba Feh\u00e9rv\u00e1r is the 69th season of Alba Feh\u00e9rv\u00e1r in the highest tier professional basketball league, NB I/A in Hungary.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [28, 28], "content_span": [29, 161]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274622-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Alba Feh\u00e9rv\u00e1r season, Championship\nThe 2017\u201318 Nemzeti Bajnoks\u00e1g I/A is the 87th season of the Nemzeti Bajnoks\u00e1g I/A, the highest tier professional basketball league in Hungary.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 42], "content_span": [43, 185]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274622-0002-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Alba Feh\u00e9rv\u00e1r season, FIBA Champions League\nThe 2017\u201318 Basketball Champions League will be the second season of the Basketball Champions League (BCL), a European professional basketball competition for clubs that was launched by FIBA. The competition will begin on 19 September 2017, with the qualifying rounds, and will conclude on 6 May 2018.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 51], "content_span": [52, 353]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274622-0003-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Alba Feh\u00e9rv\u00e1r season, FIBA Champions League, 2nd qualifying round\nA total of 16 teams are expected to play in the second qualifying round: Eight teams which enter in this round, and the eight winners of the first qualifying round. The first legs will be played on 24 September, and the second legs will be played on 26 September 2017.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 73], "content_span": [74, 342]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274622-0004-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Alba Feh\u00e9rv\u00e1r season, FIBA Champions League, 3rd qualifying round\nA total of 16 teams are expected to play in the third qualifying round: Eight teams which enter in this round, and the eight winners of the second qualifying round. The first legs will be played on 29 September, and the second legs will be played on 2 October 2017.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 73], "content_span": [74, 339]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274623-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Albacete Balompi\u00e9 season\nThe 2017\u201318 season is the 77th season in Albacete Balompi\u00e9 \u2019s history.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [32, 32], "content_span": [33, 103]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274623-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Albacete Balompi\u00e9 season, Squad\nNote: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 39], "content_span": [40, 168]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274624-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Albanian Basketball Superleague\nThe 2017\u201318 Albanian Basketball Superleague, is the 52nd season of the top professional basketball league in Albania.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [39, 39], "content_span": [40, 157]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274624-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Albanian Basketball Superleague\nLeague started on 13 October 2017 and will end on 13 May 2018.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [39, 39], "content_span": [40, 102]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274624-0002-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Albanian Basketball Superleague, Competition format\nThe six clubs played a four-legged round robin tournament where the four first qualified teams would advance to the playoffs.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 59], "content_span": [60, 185]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274624-0003-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Albanian Basketball Superleague, Competition format\nThe fifth qualified team faced the runner-up of the second division in a best-of-three games playoff for avoiding relegation, and the last qualified team was directly relegated.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 59], "content_span": [60, 237]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274624-0004-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Albanian Basketball Superleague, Playoffs\nThe semi-finals were played in a best-of-three playoff format and the finals in a best-of-five playoff format (1-1-1-1-1).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 49], "content_span": [50, 172]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274625-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Albanian Cup\n2017\u201318 Albanian Cup (Albanian: Kupa e Shqip\u00ebris\u00eb) was the sixty-sixth season of Albania's annual cup competition. Tirana are the defending champions. Sk\u00ebnderbeu won the title for the first time in their history.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [20, 20], "content_span": [21, 233]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274625-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Albanian Cup\nTies are played in a two-legged format similar to those of European competitions. If the aggregate score is tied after both games, the team with the higher number of away goals advances. If the number of away goals is equal in both games, the match is decided by extra time and a penalty shoot-out, if necessary.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [20, 20], "content_span": [21, 333]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274625-0002-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Albanian Cup, Preliminary round\nIn order to reduce the number of participating teams for the First Round to 32, a preliminary tournament is played. In contrast to the main tournament, the preliminary tournament is held as a single-leg knock-out competition. Matches were played on 6 September 2017 and involved the four best teams from Albanian Second Division.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 39], "content_span": [40, 369]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274625-0003-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Albanian Cup, First round\nAll 28 teams of the 2017\u201318 Superliga and First Division entered in this round along with the two qualifiers from the Preliminary Round. The first legs were played on 13 September 2017 and the second legs took place on 27 September 2017.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 33], "content_span": [34, 271]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274625-0004-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Albanian Cup, Second round\nAll the 16 qualified teams from the First Round progressed to the Second Round. The first legs were played on 29 November 2017 and the second legs took place on 13 December 2017.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 34], "content_span": [35, 214]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274625-0005-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Albanian Cup, Quarter-finals\nAll eight qualified teams from the second round progressed to the quarter-finals. The first legs were played on 31 January 2018 and the second legs took place on 14 February 2018.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 36], "content_span": [37, 216]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274625-0006-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Albanian Cup, Semi-finals\nThe first legs were played on 4 April and the second legs were played on 18 April 2018.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 33], "content_span": [34, 121]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274626-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Albanian Women's National Championship\nThe 2017\u201318 Albanian Women's National Championship was the 9th season of the Albanian Women's National Championship, the top Albanian women's league for association football clubs, since its establishment in 2009. The season started on 30 September 2017 and finished on 19 May 2018.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [46, 46], "content_span": [47, 329]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274626-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Albanian Women's National Championship\nVllaznia Shkod\u00ebr secured their fifth league title on 28 April 2018 following an 0\u201311 victory over Bilisht Sport.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [46, 46], "content_span": [47, 159]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274627-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Albany Great Danes men's basketball team\nThe 2017\u201318 Albany Great Danes men's basketball team represented the University at Albany, SUNY during the 2017\u201318 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Great Danes, led by 17th-year head coach Will Brown, played their home games at SEFCU Arena as members of the America East Conference. They finished the season 22\u201310, 10\u20136 in America East play to finish in fourth place. They lost to Stony Brook in the quarterfinals of the America East Tournament. Despite having 22 wins, they opted to not play in a postseason tournament.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 48], "section_span": [48, 48], "content_span": [49, 581]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274627-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Albany Great Danes men's basketball team, Previous season\nThe Great Danes finished the 2016\u201317 season 21\u201314, 10\u20136 in America East play to finish in a tie for third place. As the No. 3 seed in the America East Tournament, they defeated Hartford and Stony Brook to advance to the championship game where they lost to Vermont. They were invited to the CollegeInsider.com Postseason Tournament where they lost in the First Round to Saint Peter's.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 48], "section_span": [50, 65], "content_span": [66, 450]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274627-0002-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Albany Great Danes men's basketball team, Preseason\nIn a poll by the conference\u2019s nine head coaches (who were not allowed to pick their own team) at the America East media day, the Great Danes were picked to finish in second place in the America East. Juniors David Nichols and Joe Cremo were named to the preseason All-America East team.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 48], "section_span": [50, 59], "content_span": [60, 346]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274628-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Albany Great Danes women's basketball team\nThe 2017\u201318 Albany Great Danes women's basketball team represents the University at Albany, SUNY during the 2017\u201318 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Great Danes, led by second year head coach Joanna Bernabei-McNamee, play their home games at SEFCU Arena and were members of the America East Conference. They finished the season 24\u20138, 12\u20134 in America East play to finish in second place. They advanced to the semifinals of the America East Women's Tournament where they lost to Hartford. They received an automatic bid to the Women's National Invitation Tournament where they lost to Penn in the first round.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 50], "section_span": [50, 50], "content_span": [51, 672]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274628-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Albany Great Danes women's basketball team\nBernabei-McNamee left Albany on April 10 after two seasons for Boston College. On May 14, former Army assistant head coach Colleen Mullen was named the new head coach for the Great Danes.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 50], "section_span": [50, 50], "content_span": [51, 238]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274628-0002-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Albany Great Danes women's basketball team, Media\nAll home games and conference road games will stream on either ESPN3 on AmericaEast.tv. Most road games will stream on the opponents website. Selected games will be broadcast on the radio on WCDB.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 50], "section_span": [52, 57], "content_span": [58, 254]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274629-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Alcorn State Braves basketball team\nThe 2017\u201318 Alcorn State Braves basketball team represented Alcorn State University during the 2017\u201318 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Braves, led by third-year head coach Montez Robinson, played their home games at the Davey Whitney Complex in Lorman, Mississippi as members of the Southwestern Athletic Conference. They finished the season 11\u201321, 7\u201311 in SWAC play to finish in eighth place. Due to Grambling State's ineligibility, they received the No. 7 seed in the SWAC Tournament where they lost in the quarterfinals to Prairie View A&M.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [43, 43], "content_span": [44, 600]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274629-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Alcorn State Braves basketball team, Previous season\nThe Braves finished the 2016\u201317 season 18\u201314, 13\u20135 in SWAC play to finish in second place.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [45, 60], "content_span": [61, 151]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274629-0002-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Alcorn State Braves basketball team, Previous season\nThe Braves were ineligible for NCAA postseason play due to APR violations for the second straight year. However, they were allowed to participate in the SWAC Tournament where they defeated Mississippi Valley State and Southern to advance to the championship game where they lost to Texas Southern.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [45, 60], "content_span": [61, 358]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274630-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Aldershot Town F.C. season\nDuring the 2017\u201318 season, the English football club Aldershot Town F.C. was placed 5th in the National League. The team reached the 1st round of the FA Cup, the 1st round of the FA Trophy and the 2nd round of the Hampshire Senior Cup. They were knocked out in the Playoff Eliminator by Ebbsfleet United.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [34, 34], "content_span": [35, 339]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274630-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Aldershot Town F.C. season, Squad\nNote: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 41], "content_span": [42, 170]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274631-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Algerian Basketball Championship\nThe 2017\u201318 Nationale 1 (56th edition), Algeria's top tier basketball club competition, ran from October 12, 2017 through May\u00a0?, 2018. for the 2017\u201318 season, which will start one week late due to the difficulties encountered by the clubs, both administratively and financially, we will find the usual leaders of the title race, namely GS P\u00e9troliers, holder (Championship and Cup) and main favorite for his own succession, which will have NA Hussein-Dey (Runner-up), CRB Dar Beida and US Setif as main competitors.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [40, 40], "content_span": [41, 555]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274631-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Algerian Basketball Championship\nConcerning the formula of competition, the leaders of the F\u00e9d\u00e9ration Alg\u00e9rienne de Basket-Ball (FABB) decided to regroup the 16 teams in a single pool in the first phase (against two groups the previous season) and will compete round-trip.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [40, 40], "content_span": [41, 280]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274631-0001-0001", "contents": "2017\u201318 Algerian Basketball Championship\nAt the end of this phase, the eight best teams in the standings will play the play-offs in three tournaments in the top three in the standings, the first two, after the play-offs, will animate the final of the championship which will be played in two games winners on neutral ground, another novelty for this season, the introduction of technical statistics for the National 1.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [40, 40], "content_span": [41, 418]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274632-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Algerian Basketball Cup\nThe 2017\u201318 Algerian Basketball Cup is the 49th edition of the Algerian Basketball Cup. It is managed by the FABB and is held in Algiers, in the Hac\u00e8ne Harcha Arena on July 5, 2018.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [31, 31], "content_span": [32, 213]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274632-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Algerian Basketball Cup, Round of 16\nDraw on Saturday, February 24 at the headquarters of the Algerian Basketball Federation.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 44], "content_span": [45, 133]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274633-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Algerian Cup\nThe 2017\u201318 Algerian Cup (Arabic: \u0643\u0623\u0633 \u0627\u0644\u062c\u0632\u0627\u0626\u0631 18-2017\u200e) was the 54th edition of the Algerian Cup. The winner qualified for the 2018\u201319 CAF Confederation Cup, The final was played in the July 5, 1962 Stadium. USM Bel Abb\u00e8s were the eventual winners.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [20, 20], "content_span": [21, 269]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274633-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Algerian Cup, Regional rounds\nThese are the results of the last regional rounds played on 25 November 2017.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 37], "content_span": [38, 115]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274633-0002-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Algerian Cup, National rounds, Round of 64\nThe Round of 64 draw took place on 5 December and was broadcast live on Alg\u00e9rie 3 at 18:00 local time. All 32 Round of 64 ties are due to be played on the weekend of 29 December. 48 teams from the qualifying competition join the 16 teams from Ligue Professionnelle 1 to compete in this round. The round includes one team from Level 7 still in the competition, US Firme, who are the lowest-ranked team in this round from the city of Chlef and his second participation in this round after the first season 1996\u201397. Twenty-one years later, US Firme will meet against USM Alger one more time, This round will see one match between two teams from Ligue Professionnelle 1, CS Constantine against NA Hussein Dey.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 50], "content_span": [51, 756]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274634-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Algerian Ligue Professionnelle 1\nThe 2017\u201318 Algerian Ligue Professionnelle 1 will be the 54th season of the Algerian Ligue Professionnelle 1 since its establishment in 1962. A total of 16 teams will contest the league.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [40, 40], "content_span": [41, 227]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274634-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Algerian Ligue Professionnelle 1, Teams, Stadiums\nAll Derby matches between CR Belouizdad, MC Alger, NA Hussein Dey, USM Alger, USM El Harrach and Paradou AC will be played on July 5, 1962 Stadium which seats 64,000 spectators.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 57], "content_span": [58, 235]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274634-0002-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Algerian Ligue Professionnelle 1, Personnel and kits, Foreign players\nThis season saw the cancellation of the law on the recruitment of foreign players.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 77], "content_span": [78, 160]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274634-0003-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Algerian Ligue Professionnelle 1, Clubs season-progress, Clean sheets\n* Only goalkeepers who played all 90 minutes of a match are taken into consideration. Updated to games played on 4 February 2017", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 77], "content_span": [78, 206]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274635-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Algerian Ligue Professionnelle 2\nThe 2017\u201318 Algerian Ligue Professionnelle 2 will be the 54th season of the Algerian Ligue Professionnelle 2 since its establishment, and its fourth season under its current title. A total of 16 teams will contest the league.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [40, 40], "content_span": [41, 266]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274635-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Algerian Ligue Professionnelle 2, Team changes\nThe following teams have changed division since the 2016\u201317 season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 54], "content_span": [55, 122]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274636-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Algerian Women's Championship\nThe 2017\u201318 Algerian Women's Championship was the 20th season of the Algerian Women's Championship, the Algerian national women's association football competition. FC Constantine won the competition after a close battle with AS Suret\u00e9 Nationale in both the East Central Group and the Championship Round.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [37, 37], "content_span": [38, 341]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274637-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Algerian Women's League Cup\nThe 2017\u201318 Algerian Women's League Cup is the 2nd season of the Algerian Women's League Cup. The competition is open to all Algerian Women's clubs participating in the Algerian Women's Championship. AS S\u00fbret\u00e9 Nationale wins the cup beating FC Constantine in the final match played in Ahmed Zabana Stadium, Oran.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [35, 35], "content_span": [36, 348]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274637-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Algerian Women's League Cup, Round of 16\nThe first round of the cup was played over 26\u201327 January 2018.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 48], "content_span": [49, 111]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274638-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 All-Ireland Intermediate Club Football Championship\nThe 2017\u20132018 All-Ireland Intermediate Club Football Championship is the 15th annual gaelic football club championship since its establishment in the 2003-04 season. The winners of the intermediate club championship in each county enter the competition.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 59], "section_span": [59, 59], "content_span": [60, 313]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274638-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 All-Ireland Intermediate Club Football Championship\nThe 2016-17 champions were Westport from Mayo who defeated St. Colmcille's of Meath on 19 February 2017 to win their 1st title.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 59], "section_span": [59, 59], "content_span": [60, 187]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274638-0002-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 All-Ireland Intermediate Club Football Championship, Format\nIreland's 32 counties play their county championships between their intermediate gaelic football clubs. Each county decides the format for determining their county champions. The format can be straight knockout, double-elimination, a league or a combination.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 59], "section_span": [61, 67], "content_span": [68, 326]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274638-0003-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 All-Ireland Intermediate Club Football Championship, Format\nConnacht, Leinster, Munster and Ulster each organise a provincial championship for their participating county champions. All matches are knock-out and two ten minute periods of extra time are played if it's a draw at the end of normal time.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 59], "section_span": [61, 67], "content_span": [68, 308]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274638-0004-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 All-Ireland Intermediate Club Football Championship, Format\nTwo semi-finals are usually played on a Saturday in late January. The All-Ireland intermediate final is normally played in Croke Park in early February.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 59], "section_span": [61, 67], "content_span": [68, 220]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274638-0005-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 All-Ireland Intermediate Club Football Championship, County Finals, Leinster\nBallyboughal, Garda, Naomh Fionnbarra and Trinity Gaels first teams all lost out to reserve sides at the Quarter-Final stages. Rules state that no reserve side can participate in a provincial competition so a play-off between these four sides took place. Ballyboughal defeated Naomh Fionnbarra in the final and hence qualified to represent Dublin in the Leinster Intermediate Club Football Championship.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 59], "section_span": [61, 84], "content_span": [85, 488]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274638-0006-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 All-Ireland Intermediate Club Football Championship, County Finals, Leinster\nThe Kilkenny senior champions compete in the All-Ireland intermediate club championship.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 59], "section_span": [61, 84], "content_span": [85, 173]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274638-0007-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 All-Ireland Intermediate Club Football Championship, Provincial Championships, Leinster Intermediate Club Football Championship\nThe Kilkenny senior football champions compete in the All-Ireland Intermediate Club Football Championship.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 59], "section_span": [61, 135], "content_span": [136, 242]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274639-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 All-Ireland Intermediate Club Hurling Championship\nThe 2017\u201318 All-Ireland Intermediate Club Hurling Championship was the 14th staging of the All-Ireland Intermediate Club Hurling Championship, the Gaelic Athletic Association's intermediate inter-county club hurling tournament. The championship began on 1 October 2017 and ended on 4 February 2018.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 58], "section_span": [58, 58], "content_span": [59, 357]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274639-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 All-Ireland Intermediate Club Hurling Championship\nOn 4 February 2018, Kanturk won the championship following a 1\u201318 to 1\u201317 defeat of St. Patrick's Ballyragget in the All-Ireland final. This was their first All-Ireland title in the grade.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 58], "section_span": [58, 58], "content_span": [59, 247]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274640-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 All-Ireland Junior Club Hurling Championship\nThe 2017\u201318 All-Ireland Junior Club Hurling Championship is the 15th staging of the All-Ireland Junior Club Hurling Championship, the Gaelic Athletic Association's junior inter-county club hurling tournament. The championship began on 1 October 2017 and ended on 4 February 2018.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 52], "section_span": [52, 52], "content_span": [53, 332]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274640-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 All-Ireland Junior Club Hurling Championship\nOn 4 February 2018, Ardmore won the championship following a 3\u201311 to 0\u201318 defeat of Fethard St. Mogue's in the All-Ireland final. This was their first All-Ireland title in the grade.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 52], "section_span": [52, 52], "content_span": [53, 235]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274641-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 All-Ireland Senior Club Football Championship\nThe 2017\u201318 All-Ireland Senior Club Football Championship was the 48th annual gaelic football club championship since its establishment in the 1970\u201371 season. The winners receive the Andy Merrigan Cup.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 53], "section_span": [53, 53], "content_span": [54, 255]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274641-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 All-Ireland Senior Club Football Championship\nCorofin (Galway) won their third All-Ireland, beating Nemo Rangers (Cork) by 2\u201319 to 0\u201310 in the final on 17 March 2018.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 53], "section_span": [53, 53], "content_span": [54, 174]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274641-0002-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 All-Ireland Senior Club Football Championship\nThe defending champions were Dr Crokes from Kerry who defeated Slaughtneil of Derry on 17 March 2017 to win their 2nd title.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 53], "section_span": [53, 53], "content_span": [54, 178]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274641-0003-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 All-Ireland Senior Club Football Championship, Format\nIreland's 32 counties play their county championships between their senior gaelic football clubs. Each county decides the format for their county championship. The format can be straight knockout, double-elimination, a league, groups, etc. or a combination.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 53], "section_span": [55, 61], "content_span": [62, 319]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274641-0004-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 All-Ireland Senior Club Football Championship, Format\nOnly single club teams are allowed to enter the All-Ireland Club championship. If a team which is an amalgamation of two or more clubs or a university team wins a county's championship, a single club team will represent that county in the provincial championship as determined by that county's championship rules (normally it is the club team that exited the championship at the highest stage).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 53], "section_span": [55, 61], "content_span": [62, 456]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274641-0005-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 All-Ireland Senior Club Football Championship, Format\nConnacht, Leinster, Munster and Ulster each organise a provincial championship for their participating county champions. All matches are knock-out and two ten minute periods of extra time are played if it's a draw at the end of normal time.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 53], "section_span": [55, 61], "content_span": [62, 302]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274641-0006-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 All-Ireland Senior Club Football Championship, Format\nFulham Irish, the winners of the London club championship, played Corofin, the winners of the Galway provincial championship, in a single match on 21 January 2018. The game was played in London and was referred to as a quarter-final. This was the final year for this arrangement \u2013 from 2018 onwards, the London champions played in the Connacht senior club championship.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 53], "section_span": [55, 61], "content_span": [62, 431]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274641-0007-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 All-Ireland Senior Club Football Championship, Format\nTwo semi-finals were played on two Saturday's in mid-February. The All-Ireland final was played in Croke Park on St. Patrick's Day, the 17th of March.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 53], "section_span": [55, 61], "content_span": [62, 212]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274641-0008-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 All-Ireland Senior Club Football Championship, TV Coverage\nTG4 continue to broadcast live and deferred club championship games each year. Eir Sport also secured rights to broadcast live Gaelic football and hurling club championship games. 2017 was the first time Eir Sport broadcast club championship games and will broadcast up to 30 live games. These games include rounds of county championships as well as county finals and provincial and All-Ireland club championship matches.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 53], "section_span": [55, 66], "content_span": [67, 488]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274641-0009-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 All-Ireland Senior Club Football Championship, County Finals, Leinster County Finals\nThe Kilkenny SFC champions take part in the Leinster Club Intermediate Football Championship.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 53], "section_span": [55, 92], "content_span": [93, 186]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274641-0010-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 All-Ireland Senior Club Football Championship, Provincial Championships, Leinster Senior Club Football Championship\nThe Kilkenny senior football champions compete in the All-Ireland Intermediate Club Football Championship.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 53], "section_span": [55, 123], "content_span": [124, 230]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274641-0011-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 All-Ireland Senior Club Football Championship, Provincial Championships, Munster Senior Club Football Championship, Munster Quarter-Finals\n* Waterford did not complete their club championship in time (due to their county's participation in the All-Ireland hurling final) and therefore were eliminated.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 53], "section_span": [55, 146], "content_span": [147, 309]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274641-0012-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 All-Ireland Senior Club Football Championship, 2017-18 Club All-Stars\n1. Ant\u00f3in McMullan (Slaughtneil)2. Liam Silke (Corofin)3. Kieran Fitzgerald (Corofin)4. Karl McKaigue (Slaughtneil)5. James Murray (Moorefield)6. Chrissy McKaigue (Slaughtneil)7. Dylan Wall (Corofin)8. Alan O'Donovan (Nemo Rangers)9. Michael Farragher (Corofin)10. Eanna O'Connor (Moorefield)11. Christopher Bradley (Slaughtneil)12. Ian Burke (Corofin)13. Patrick McBrearty (Kilcar)14. Luke Connolly (Nemo Rangers)15. Martin Farragher (Corofin)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 53], "section_span": [55, 77], "content_span": [78, 522]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274642-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 All-Ireland Senior Club Hurling Championship\nThe 2017\u201318 All-Ireland Senior Club Hurling Championship was the 48th staging of the All-Ireland Senior Club Hurling Championship, the Gaelic Athletic Association's premier inter-county club hurling tournament. The championship began on 8 October 2017 and ended on 24 March 2018.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 52], "section_span": [52, 52], "content_span": [53, 332]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274642-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 All-Ireland Senior Club Hurling Championship\nCuala of Dublin were the defending champions. Liam Mellows of Galway and Dicksboro of Kilkenny returned to the championship after long absences.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 52], "section_span": [52, 52], "content_span": [53, 197]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274642-0002-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 All-Ireland Senior Club Hurling Championship\nOn 24 March 2018, Cuala won the championship following a 2-17 to 1-17 defeat of Na Piarsaigh in a replay of the All-Ireland final. This was their second successive All-Ireland title.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 52], "section_span": [52, 52], "content_span": [53, 235]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274642-0003-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 All-Ireland Senior Club Hurling Championship\nCuala's David Treacy was the championship's top scorer with 0-44.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 52], "section_span": [52, 52], "content_span": [53, 118]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274642-0004-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 All-Ireland Senior Club Hurling Championship, Format\nIreland's counties play their county championships between their senior hurling clubs. Each county decides the format for determining their county champions. The format can be knockout, double-elimination, league, etc or a combination.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 52], "section_span": [54, 60], "content_span": [61, 296]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274642-0005-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 All-Ireland Senior Club Hurling Championship, Format\nOnly single club teams are allowed to enter the All-Ireland Club championship. If a team which is an amalgamation of two or more clubs or a university team wins a county's championship, a club team will represent that county in the provincial championship as determined by that county's championship rules (normally it is the club team that exited the championship at the highest stage).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 52], "section_span": [54, 60], "content_span": [61, 448]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274642-0006-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 All-Ireland Senior Club Hurling Championship, Format\nLeinster, Munster and Ulster organise a provincial championship for their participating county champions. Connacht discontinued their senior club championship after 2007. They do organise intermediate and junior championships and are represented in the All-Ireland senior club semi-finals by the Galway champions. Some counties enter their senior clubs in the All-Ireland intermediate club championship (tier 2) as it is recognised that club hurling is weak in those counties.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 52], "section_span": [54, 60], "content_span": [61, 537]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274642-0007-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 All-Ireland Senior Club Hurling Championship, Format\nAll matches are knock-out. Two ten minute periods of extra time are played each way if it's a draw at the end of normal time.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 52], "section_span": [54, 60], "content_span": [61, 186]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274642-0008-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 All-Ireland Senior Club Hurling Championship, Format\nThe two semi-finals are usually played on a Saturday in early February. The All-Ireland final is traditionally played in Croke Park on St. Patrick's Day, the 17th of March.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 52], "section_span": [54, 60], "content_span": [61, 233]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274642-0009-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 All-Ireland Senior Club Hurling Championship, Format\nAll matches are knock-out. If it's a draw at the end of normal time in the semi-finals or final, two ten minute periods of extra time are played each way. If the score is still level at the end of extra time the match is replayed.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 52], "section_span": [54, 60], "content_span": [61, 291]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274642-0010-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 All-Ireland Senior Club Hurling Championship, Format\nCounty championships April 2017 to November 2017Provincial championships October 2017 to December 2017All-Ireland semi-finals early February 2018All-Ireland final 17 March 2018", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 52], "section_span": [54, 60], "content_span": [61, 237]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274643-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Alpe Adria Cup\nThe 2017\u201318 Alpe Adria Cup, also known as Helios Alpe Adria Cup by sponsorship reasons, is the third edition of Alpe Adria Cup. It started on 15 September 2017 and ended 3 April 2018.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [22, 22], "content_span": [23, 206]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274643-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Alpe Adria Cup, Format\nSixteen teams from six countries joined the competition and were divided into four groups of four teams, where the top two teams from each group will qualify for the quarterfinals.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 30], "content_span": [31, 211]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274643-0002-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Alpe Adria Cup, Format\nBefore the draw, Croatian club Zabok withdrew from the competition. It was replaced by Czech mmcit\u00e9 Brno.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 30], "content_span": [31, 136]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274644-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 American Athletic Conference men's basketball season\nThe 2017\u201318 American Athletic Conference men's basketball season began with practices in October 2017 followed by the start of the 2017\u201318 NCAA Division I men's basketball season in November. The conference held its media day in October 2017. Conference play begin in December 2017 and concluded on March 3, 2018.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 60], "section_span": [60, 60], "content_span": [61, 374]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274644-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 American Athletic Conference men's basketball season\nCincinnati won the regular season championship by two games over Houston and Wichita State. The American Athletic Tournament was held at the Amway Center in Orlando, Florida from March 8\u201311, 2018. Cincinnati also won the AAC Tournament championship, defeating Houston in the championship game.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 60], "section_span": [60, 60], "content_span": [61, 354]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274644-0002-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 American Athletic Conference men's basketball season\nCincinnati's Gary Clark was named the AAC player of the year while Houston's Kelvin Sampson was named coach of the year.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 60], "section_span": [60, 60], "content_span": [61, 181]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274644-0003-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 American Athletic Conference men's basketball season\nCincinnati, Houston, and Wichita State all received bids to the NCAA Tournament, but none made it past the Second Round as the conference went 2\u20133 in the Tournament.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 60], "section_span": [60, 60], "content_span": [61, 226]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274644-0004-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 American Athletic Conference men's basketball season\nTemple received a bid to the National Invitation Tournament, but lost in the first round.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 60], "section_span": [60, 60], "content_span": [61, 150]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274644-0005-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 American Athletic Conference men's basketball season\nThe season marked the first season with Wichita State as a member of the AAC, having joined on July 1, 2017. As a result, the conference included 12 teams for the first time.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 60], "section_span": [60, 60], "content_span": [61, 235]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274644-0006-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 American Athletic Conference men's basketball season, Head coaches, Coaching changes\nSouth Florida head coach Orlando Antigua was fired after the first 13 games of the 2016\u201317 season amid academic fraud allegations. Interim head coach Murry Bartow coach was not retained by the school following the season. On March 14, 2017, the school hired Brian Gregory as the next head coach.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 60], "section_span": [62, 92], "content_span": [93, 388]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274644-0007-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 American Athletic Conference men's basketball season, Preseason, Preseason Coaches Poll\nAAC Media Day took place October 15, 2017 in Philadelphia, PA. Cincinnati was picked to win the conference's regular season (seven votes) with Wichita State a close second (five votes).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 60], "section_span": [62, 95], "content_span": [96, 281]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274644-0008-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 American Athletic Conference men's basketball season, Regular season, Player of the week\nThroughout the regular season, the American Athletic Conference named a player and rookie of the week.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 60], "section_span": [62, 96], "content_span": [97, 199]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274644-0009-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 American Athletic Conference men's basketball season, Postseason, NCAA Tournament\nThe winner of the AAC Tournament, Cincinnati, received the conference's automatic bid to the NCAA Tournament.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 60], "section_span": [62, 89], "content_span": [90, 199]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274644-0010-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 American Athletic Conference men's basketball season, NBA Draft\nThe following list includes all AAC players who were drafted in the 2018 NBA draft.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 60], "section_span": [62, 71], "content_span": [72, 155]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274645-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 American Eagles men's basketball team\nThe 2017\u201318 American Eagles men's basketball team represented American University during the 2017\u201318 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Eagles, led by fifth-year head coach Mike Brennan, played their home games at Bender Arena in Washington, D.C. as members of the Patriot League. They finished the season 6\u201324, 3\u201315 in Patriot League play to finish in last place. They lost in the first round of the Patriot League Tournament to Lafayette.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [45, 45], "content_span": [46, 496]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274645-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 American Eagles men's basketball team, Previous season\nThe Eagles finished the 2016\u201317 season 8\u201322, 5\u201313 in Patriot League play to finish in a tie for ninth place. As the No. 9 seed in the Patriot League Tournament, they lost in the first round to Army.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [47, 62], "content_span": [63, 261]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274646-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 American Eagles women's basketball team\nThe 2017\u201318 American Eagles women's basketball team represents American University during the 2017\u201318 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Eagles, led by fifth year head coach Megan Gebbia, play their home games at Bender Arena and were members of the Patriot League. They finished the season 26\u20137, 16\u20132 in Patriot League play win the Patriot League regular season. They won the Patriot League Women's Tournament by defeating Navy and earns an automatic trip to the NCAA Women's Tournament where they lost to UCLA in the first round.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 47], "section_span": [47, 47], "content_span": [48, 591]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274646-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 American Eagles women's basketball team, Previous season\nThey finished the season 15\u201316, 11\u20137 in Patriot League play to finish in a tie for fourth place. They advanced to the semifinals of the Patriot League Women's Tournament where they lost to Bucknell.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 47], "section_span": [49, 64], "content_span": [65, 263]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274647-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Anaheim Ducks season\nThe 2017\u201318 Anaheim Ducks season was the 25th season for the National Hockey League franchise that was established on June 15, 1993. For the first time since the 2011\u201312 season, the Ducks failed to win the Pacific Division; snapping a 5-year streak. They later advanced to the playoffs, but were swept by the San Jose Sharks in the First Round.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [28, 28], "content_span": [29, 373]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274647-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Anaheim Ducks season, Schedule and results, Preseason\nNotes: Game was played at Tucson Arena in Tucson, Arizona.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 61], "content_span": [62, 120]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274647-0002-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Anaheim Ducks season, Schedule and results, Regular season\nThe regular season schedule was released on June 22, 2017.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 66], "content_span": [67, 125]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274647-0003-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Anaheim Ducks season, Schedule and results, Regular season\nLegend:\u00a0\u00a0Win (2 points)\u00a0\u00a0Loss (0 points)\u00a0\u00a0Overtime/shootout loss (1 point)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 66], "content_span": [67, 141]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274647-0004-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Anaheim Ducks season, Player statistics\n\u2020Denotes player spent time with another team before joining the Ducks. Stats reflect time with the Ducks only. \u2021Denotes player was traded mid-season. Stats reflect time with the Ducks only.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 47], "content_span": [48, 237]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274647-0005-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Anaheim Ducks season, Transactions\nThe Ducks have been involved in the following transactions during the 2017\u201318 season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 42], "content_span": [43, 128]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274647-0006-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Anaheim Ducks season, Draft picks\nBelow are the Anaheim Ducks' selections at the 2017 NHL Entry Draft, which was held on June 23 and 24, 2017 at the United Center in Chicago.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 41], "content_span": [42, 182]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274648-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Andros Trophy\nThe 2017\u201318 Andros Trophy was the twenty-eighth season of the Andros Trophy, a motor racing championship for automobile ice racing and motorcycle ice racing held in France and Andorra. The season began in Val Thorens on 2 December 2017 and finished on 3 February 2018 at Super Besse. Jean-Baptiste Dubourg was the defending Elite Pro Drivers' champion.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [21, 21], "content_span": [22, 374]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274648-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Andros Trophy, Championship standings, Points systems\nPoints were awarded for both the two Qualifying sessions, Super Pole and the Super Final. Only the best result of both Qualifying sessions counted. The best time of a driver decided the classification in case of a tie break. For example if Driver A became first in Q1 and eighth in Q2 and Driver B became second in Q1 and first in Q2, but Driver A set the best time, then A would receive the most points. The sum of the points received after Qualifying and Super Pole decided the starting grid for the Super Final.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 61], "content_span": [62, 576]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274648-0001-0001", "contents": "2017\u201318 Andros Trophy, Championship standings, Points systems\nThere was no Super Pole in the Elite championship. Points were awarded based on the results as shown in the chart below. At all events the field was split up into two groups. The top eight drivers after Qualifying (and Super Pole) raced in a normal Super Final and the other drivers raced in a Final. Because eight drivers raced in the Super Final, the winner of the Final was classified as ninth.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 61], "content_span": [62, 459]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274648-0002-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Andros Trophy, Championship standings, Points systems\nThe \u00c9lectrique championship had the same scoring system as the Elite Pro and Elite championships, but with different number of points and the Super Final was called a Final. Also in contrast to the Elite Pro championship, there was no Super Pole.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 61], "content_span": [62, 308]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274648-0003-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Andros Trophy, Championship standings, Points systems\nPoints are awarded based on finishing positions of the Final and Super Final as shown in the chart below.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 61], "content_span": [62, 167]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274648-0004-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Andros Trophy, Championship standings, Points systems\nIn the Elite Pro, Elite and \u00c9lectrique championships each driver's two lowest-scoring rounds were dropped from their total.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 61], "content_span": [62, 185]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274648-0005-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Andros Trophy, Championship standings, Drivers' championships, Elite Pro\n(key)\u00a0Bold\u00a0\u2013 Pole position Italics\u00a0\u2013 Fastest lap in (Super) Final (parentheses)\u00a0\u2013 Round dropped from total", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 80], "content_span": [81, 187]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274648-0006-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Andros Trophy, Championship standings, Teams' championships, Elite Pro and Elite\nOnly the best two drivers in Elite Pro and the best two drivers in Elite of one team were eligible to score points.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 88], "content_span": [89, 204]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274649-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Anglo-Welsh Cup\nThe 2017\u201318 Anglo-Welsh Cup was the 46th season of England's national rugby union cup competition, and the 12th and final to follow the Anglo-Welsh Cup format. After this season it was replaced by the Premiership Rugby Cup and will played for by clubs from the English Premiership only.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [23, 23], "content_span": [24, 310]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274649-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Anglo-Welsh Cup\nThe competition consists of the four Welsh Pro14 teams and the twelve Aviva Premiership clubs arranged in pools of three English and one Welsh team. English clubs were allocated to the pools depending on their final positions in the 2016\u201317 Aviva Premiership. Teams will play two home and two away pool matches, with teams in Pools 1 and 4 playing each other and teams in Pools 2 and 3 playing each other. The top team from each pool will qualify for the semi-finals. The competition will take place during the Autumn International window and during the Six Nations.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [23, 23], "content_span": [24, 590]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274649-0002-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Anglo-Welsh Cup\nLeicester Tigers are defending champions after claiming the cup with a 16\u201312 victory over Exeter Chiefs in the 2016\u201317 final at Twickenham Stoop. This was Leicester's eighth title in the competition.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [23, 23], "content_span": [24, 223]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274649-0003-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Anglo-Welsh Cup, Pool stages\nThe points scoring system for the pool stages will be as follows:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 36], "content_span": [37, 102]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274649-0004-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Anglo-Welsh Cup, Season records, Team\n66\u20137 London Irish at home to Wasps on 27 January 2018", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 45], "content_span": [46, 99]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274649-0005-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Anglo-Welsh Cup, Season records, Team\n40-0 Exeter Chiefs away to Scarlets on 12 November 2017", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 45], "content_span": [46, 101]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274649-0006-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Anglo-Welsh Cup, Season records, Team\n66\u20137 London Irish at home to Wasps on 27 January 2018", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 45], "content_span": [46, 99]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274649-0007-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Anglo-Welsh Cup, Season records, Team\nLondon Irish at home to Wasps on 27 January 2018", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 45], "content_span": [46, 94]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274649-0008-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Anglo-Welsh Cup, Season records, Team\nLondon Irish at home to Wasps on 27 January 2018", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 45], "content_span": [46, 94]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274649-0009-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Anglo-Welsh Cup, Season records, Attendances\nLeicester Tigers at home to Gloucester on 4 November 2017", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 52], "content_span": [53, 110]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274649-0010-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Anglo-Welsh Cup, Season records, Attendances\nSale Sharks at home to Northampton Saints on 27 January 2018", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 52], "content_span": [53, 113]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274649-0011-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Anglo-Welsh Cup, Season records, Player\nFreddie Burns for Bath at home to Leicester Tigers on 10 November 2017", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 47], "content_span": [48, 118]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274649-0012-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Anglo-Welsh Cup, Season records, Player\nDean Hammond for Worcester Warriors away to Harlequins on 12 November 2017 Joe Cokanasiga for London Irish at home to Wasps on 27 January 2018", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 47], "content_span": [48, 190]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274649-0013-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Anglo-Welsh Cup, Season records, Player\nJames Marshall for London Irish away to Cardiff Blues on 2 February 2018", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 47], "content_span": [48, 120]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274649-0014-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Anglo-Welsh Cup, Season records, Player\nMax Malins for Saracens away to Sale Sharks on 10 November 2017", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 47], "content_span": [48, 111]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274650-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Angola Basketball Super Cup\nThe 2018 Angola Basketball Super Cup (25th edition) was contested by Benfica do Libolo, as the 2017 league champion and Interclube, the 2017 cup runner-up (Libolo was the cup winner as well). Interclube beat Libolo 82-79 to win its first title ever.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [35, 35], "content_span": [36, 285]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274650-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Angola Basketball Super Cup, 2018 Women's Super Cup\nTeam roster: Alexandre Jungo, Dilson Chissuata, Eg\u00eddio Ventura, Fidel Cabita, Gerson Domingos, Gilson Martins, Henry Uhegwu, Miguel Kiala, Ngombo Rog\u00e9rio, Paulo Barros, Paulo Santana, Jos\u00e9 Salvador Head Coach: Alberto Babo", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 59], "content_span": [60, 282]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274651-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Antigua and Barbuda Premier Division\nThe 2017\u201318 Antigua and Barbuda Premier Division was the 47th season of the Antigua and Barbuda top-flight football league. The season began on 12 November 2017 and ended on 18 March 2018.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [44, 44], "content_span": [45, 233]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274651-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Antigua and Barbuda Premier Division\nHoppers won their second title, and their first since 2016, after defeating Parham, 1\u20130, on the final match day.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [44, 44], "content_span": [45, 157]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274651-0002-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Antigua and Barbuda Premier Division, Relegation playoffs\nThe eighth placed team in the Premier Division (Old Road) played a single round robin with the third and fourth placed teams from the First Division (Fort Road and Willikies, respectively). The winner of the round robin earned the right to play in the following years Premier Division, while the remaining teams would play in the First Division. At the end of playoffs, Old Road retained their spot in the Premier Division, and Fort Road and Willikies returned to the First Division.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [46, 65], "content_span": [66, 549]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274652-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Appalachian State Mountaineers men's basketball team\nThe 2017\u201318 Appalachian State Mountaineers men's basketball team represented Appalachian State University during the 2017\u201318 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Mountaineers, led by fourth-year head coach Jim Fox, played their home games at the George M. Holmes Convocation Center in Boone, North Carolina as members of the Sun Belt Conference. They finished the season 15\u201318, 9\u20139 in Sun Belt play to finish in a three-way tie for fifth place. They defeated Little Rock in the first round of the Sun Belt Tournament before losing in the quarterfinals to Texas\u2013Arlington.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 60], "section_span": [60, 60], "content_span": [61, 640]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274652-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Appalachian State Mountaineers men's basketball team, Previous season\nThe Mountaineers finished the 2016\u201317 season 9\u201321, 4\u201314 in Sun Belt play to finish in 11th place. They lost in the first round of the Sun Belt Tournament to Troy.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 60], "section_span": [62, 77], "content_span": [78, 240]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274653-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Appalachian State Mountaineers women's basketball team\nThe 2017\u201318 Appalachian State Mountaineers women's basketball team represented Appalachian State University in the 2017\u201318 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Eagles, led by fourth year head coach Angel Elderkin, played their home games at George M. Holmes Convocation Center and were members of the Sun Belt Conference. They finished the season 8\u201323, 5\u201313 in Sun Belt play to finish in ninth place. They advanced to the quarterfinals of the Sun Belt Women's Tournament where they lost to Little Rock.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 62], "section_span": [62, 62], "content_span": [63, 575]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274653-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Appalachian State Mountaineers women's basketball team, Previous season\nThey finished the season 13\u201319, 6\u201312 in Sun Belt play to finish in ninth place. They advanced to the quarterfinals of the Sun Belt Women's Tournament where they lost to Little Rock.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 62], "section_span": [64, 79], "content_span": [80, 261]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274654-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Argentine Primera Divisi\u00f3n\nThe 2017\u201318 Argentine Primera Divisi\u00f3n - Superliga Argentina (officially the Superliga Quilmes Cl\u00e1sica for sponsorship reasons) was the 128th season of top-flight professional football in Argentina. The season began on 25 August 2017 and ended on 14 May 2018.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [34, 34], "content_span": [35, 294]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274654-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Argentine Primera Divisi\u00f3n\nFor the first time since 1893, the AFA did not organise the championship, now being administrated by the Superliga Argentina de F\u00fatbol.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [34, 34], "content_span": [35, 170]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274654-0002-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Argentine Primera Divisi\u00f3n\nTwenty-eight teams competed in the league, twenty-six returning from the 2016\u201317 season and two promoted from the 2016\u201317 Primera B Nacional (Argentinos Juniors and Chacarita Juniors). Four teams (Aldosivi, Atl\u00e9tico de Rafaela, Quilmes and Sarmiento) were relegated to the Primera B Nacional Championship in the previous tournament.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [34, 34], "content_span": [35, 367]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274654-0003-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Argentine Primera Divisi\u00f3n\nBoca Juniors, who were the defending champions, won their thirty-third league title with one match to spare after a 2\u20132 draw against Gimnasia y Esgrima (LP) on 9 May 2018. As a result, Boca Juniors qualified for both the 2019 Copa Libertadores and the 2018 Supercopa Argentina.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [34, 34], "content_span": [35, 312]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274654-0004-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Argentine Primera Divisi\u00f3n, Competition format\nThe tournament was contested by 28 teams. Each team played the other 27 teams in a single round-robin tournament. The additional match against the main rival team in the so-called \"Fecha de Cl\u00e1sicos\" was not played in this season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 54], "content_span": [55, 285]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274654-0005-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Argentine Primera Divisi\u00f3n, Results\nTeams played every other team once (either at home or away) completing a total of 27 rounds.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 43], "content_span": [44, 136]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274654-0006-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Argentine Primera Divisi\u00f3n, Relegation\nRelegation at the end of the season is based on coefficients, which take into consideration the points obtained by the clubs during the present season and the three previous seasons (only seasons at the top-flight are counted). The total tally is then divided by the total number of games played in the top flight on those four seasons and an average is calculated. The four teams with the worst average at the end of the season were relegated to the Primera B Nacional.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 46], "content_span": [47, 517]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274654-0007-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Argentine Primera Divisi\u00f3n, Awards\nThe following players were rewarded for their performances during the season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 42], "content_span": [43, 120]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274655-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Argentinos Juniors season\nThe 2017\u201318 season is Argentinos Juniors' 1st season back in the top-flight of Argentine football, following promotion from Primera B Nacional in 2016\u201317. The season covers the period from 1 August 2017 to 30 June 2018.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [33, 33], "content_span": [34, 253]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274655-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Argentinos Juniors season, Current squad\nNote: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 48], "content_span": [49, 177]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274655-0002-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Argentinos Juniors season, Current squad, Out on loan\nNote: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 61], "content_span": [62, 190]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274656-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Aris Thessaloniki B.C. season\nThe 2017\u201318 Aris Thessaloniki B.C. season was the 64th appearance in the top-tier level Greek Basket League for Aris Thessaloniki. The club finished 9th in Regular season. In Greek Basketball Cup Aris Thessaloniki were eliminated by Olympiacos. The team also competed in Basketball Champions League where finished 8th in Group D of Regular season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [37, 37], "content_span": [38, 385]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274656-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Aris Thessaloniki B.C. season\nDuring the season the club changed its manager and hired Vangelis Angelou", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [37, 37], "content_span": [38, 111]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274656-0002-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Aris Thessaloniki B.C. season, Players' Statistics, Total Statistics, Shooting\nLast updated: 13 May 2018Source: Sum of the Below Tables", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 86], "content_span": [87, 143]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274657-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Aris Thessaloniki F.C. season\nThe 2017\u201318 season Aris participated in Football League, finished in the second place and were promoted to Super League. The club also competed in the Greek Cup and were eliminated in Group Stage.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [37, 37], "content_span": [38, 234]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274657-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Aris Thessaloniki F.C. season, Competitions, Greek Cup\nAris Thessaloniki entered the competition in the Group Stage, as a club from Football League.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 62], "content_span": [63, 156]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274658-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Arizona Coyotes season\nThe 2017\u201318 Arizona Coyotes season was the 39th season for the National Hockey League franchise that was established on June 22, 1979, the 22nd season since the franchise relocated from Winnipeg following the 1995\u201396 NHL season, and the 46th overall, including the World Hockey Association years.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [30, 30], "content_span": [31, 327]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274658-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Arizona Coyotes season, Off-season\nOn June 22, 2017, the Coyotes announced they have mutually parted ways with head coach Dave Tippett. He was named the team's 17th head coach on September 24, 2009. During his tenure, the team went 282\u2013257\u201383, and made the postseason three times, but only won two series.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 42], "content_span": [43, 313]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274658-0002-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Arizona Coyotes season, Schedule and results, Preseason\nThe team's preseason schedule was released on June 15, 2017.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 63], "content_span": [64, 124]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274658-0003-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Arizona Coyotes season, Schedule and results, Preseason\nNotes: Game was played at Tucson Arena in Tucson, Arizona.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 63], "content_span": [64, 122]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274658-0004-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Arizona Coyotes season, Schedule and results, Regular season\nThe team's regular season schedule was published on June 22, 2017.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 68], "content_span": [69, 135]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274658-0005-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Arizona Coyotes season, Schedule and results, Regular season\nLegend:\u00a0\u00a0Win (2 points)\u00a0\u00a0Loss (0 points)\u00a0\u00a0Overtime/shootout loss (1 point)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 68], "content_span": [69, 143]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274658-0006-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Arizona Coyotes season, Player statistics\n\u2020Denotes player spent time with another team before joining the Coyotes. Stats reflect time with the Coyotes only. \u2021Traded mid-seasonBold/italics denotes franchise record", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 49], "content_span": [50, 220]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274658-0007-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Arizona Coyotes season, Transactions\nThe Coyotes have been involved in the following transactions during the 2017\u201318 season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 44], "content_span": [45, 132]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274658-0008-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Arizona Coyotes season, Transactions, Player signings\nThe following players were signed by the Coyotes. Two-way contracts are marked with an asterisk (*).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 61], "content_span": [62, 162]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274658-0009-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Arizona Coyotes season, Draft picks\nBelow are the Arizona Coyotes' selections at the 2017 NHL Entry Draft, to be held on June 23 and 24, 2017 at the United Center in Chicago.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 43], "content_span": [44, 182]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274659-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Arizona State Sun Devils men's basketball team\nThe 2017\u201318 Arizona State Sun Devils men's basketball team represented Arizona State University during the 2017\u201318 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Sun Devils were led by third-year head coach Bobby Hurley, and played their home games at Wells Fargo Arena in Tempe, Arizona as members of Pac\u201312 Conference. They finished the season 20\u201312, 8\u201310 in Pac-12 play to finish in a tie for eighth place. They lost in the first round of the Pac-12 Tournament to Colorado. They received an at-large bid to the NCAA Tournament where they lost in the First Four to Syracuse.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 54], "section_span": [54, 54], "content_span": [55, 629]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274659-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Arizona State Sun Devils men's basketball team, Previous season\nThe Sun Devils finished the 2016\u201317 season 15\u201318, 7\u201311 in Pac-12 play to finish in 8th place. They received the #8 seed in the 2017 Pac-12 Tournament. In the tournament, the Sun Devils' defeated #9 Stanford in the first round before losing to #1 seed Oregon in the quarterfinals.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 54], "section_span": [56, 71], "content_span": [72, 351]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274659-0002-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Arizona State Sun Devils men's basketball team, Ranking movement\n^Coaches Poll did not release a Week 2 poll at the same time AP did. *AP does not release post-NCAA tournament rankings. Number in parenthesis indicates number of first place votes.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 54], "section_span": [56, 72], "content_span": [73, 254]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274660-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Arizona State Sun Devils men's ice hockey season\nThe 2017\u201318 Arizona State Sun Devils men's ice hockey season was the 3rd season of play for the program at the Division I level. The Sun Devils represented Arizona State University and were coached by Greg Powers, in his 8th season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 56], "section_span": [56, 56], "content_span": [57, 289]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274660-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Arizona State Sun Devils men's ice hockey season, Season\nArizona State's record declined slightly from the year before, however, the team won its first in-season tournament by claiming the inaugural Ice Vegas Invitational championship.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 56], "section_span": [58, 64], "content_span": [65, 243]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274661-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Arizona State Sun Devils women's basketball team\nThe 2017\u201318 Arizona State Sun Devils women's basketball team represented Arizona State University during the 2017\u201318 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Sun Devils, led by 21st year head coach Charli Turner Thorne, played their games at the Wells Fargo Arena and are members of the Pac-12 Conference. They finished the season 22\u201313, 10\u20138 in Pac-12 play to finish in sixth place. They advanced to the semifinals of the Pac-12 Women's Tournament where they lost to Stanford. They received an at-large bid to the NCAA Women's Tournament where they defeated Nebraska in the first round before losing to Texas in the second round.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 56], "section_span": [56, 56], "content_span": [57, 693]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274661-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Arizona State Sun Devils women's basketball team, Previous season\nThey finished the season 20\u201313, 9\u20139 in Pac-12 play to finish in fifth place. They advanced to the quarterfinals of the Pac-12 Women's Tournament where they lost to UCLA. They received at-large bid of the NCAA Women's Tournament where they defeated Michigan State in the first round before losing to South Carolina in the second round.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 56], "section_span": [58, 73], "content_span": [74, 408]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274662-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Arizona Wildcats men's basketball team\nThe 2017\u201318 Arizona Wildcats men's basketball team represented the University of Arizona during the 2017\u201318 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The team was led by ninth-year head coach Sean Miller, and played their home games at McKale Center in Tucson, Arizona as members in the Pac-12 Conference. They finished the season 27\u20138, 14\u20134 in Pac-12 play to win the regular season championship. They defeated Colorado, UCLA, and USC to win the Pac-12 Tournament. As a result, they received the conference's automatic bid to the NCAA Tournament where, as a No. 4 seed, they were upset in the First Round by No. 13 seed Buffalo.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [46, 46], "content_span": [47, 674]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274662-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Arizona Wildcats men's basketball team, Previous season\nEntering the 2016\u201317 season, Arizona had been ranked in 78 consecutive AP polls and 81-straight Coaches polls. The Wildcats were ranked every week extending their streak to 97 weeks for the AP and 100 weeks for the Coaches poll. The 97 consecutive weeks in the AP poll is currently the second-longest streak in the nation behind Kansas at 161 weeks. Arizona won its first 10 conference games, the best start since the 1997\u201398 season when they started 16\u20130. During the season, Arizona was invited and participated in the Armed Forces Classic in Honolulu. Arizona defeated Michigan State. Arizona also defeated Texas A&M in the Lone Star Shootout in Houston. Arizona also defeated Sacred Heart, Northern Colorado and Santa Clara but lost to Butler in the championship game of the Las Vegas Invitational in Paradise, NV.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [48, 63], "content_span": [64, 881]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274662-0002-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Arizona Wildcats men's basketball team, Previous season\nThey finished the season 32\u20135, 16\u20132 in Pac-12 play to finish in a first place tie with Oregon. The championship marked the school's 15th Pac-12 regular season championship title. As the No. 2 seed in the Pac-12 Tournament, Arizona defeated Colorado, UCLA and Oregon (avenged from 85\u201358 loss on February 4 in Eugene, OR) to win the sixth Pac-12 tournament championship title since 2002. As a result, the Wildcats received the conference's automatic bid to the NCAA Tournament for the fifth consecutive year (32nd NCAA tournament appearances). As a No. 2 seed in the West region, they defeated North Dakota 100\u201382 and Saint Mary's 69\u201360 to advance to the Sweet Sixteen. However, in the Sweet Sixteen, they lost to No. 11 seed Xavier 71\u201373.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [48, 63], "content_span": [64, 801]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274662-0003-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Arizona Wildcats men's basketball team, Offseason, 2017 recruiting class\nTempe, Arizona product Alex Barcello was the first commitment in the Arizona class. He committed to Arizona on August 26 at a press conference at his high school. He chose Arizona over Butler, Indiana, Stanford and Virginia. He was a consensus four star prospect, and was ranked the consensus No. 93 overall player by the four main recruiting services.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [48, 80], "content_span": [81, 433]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274662-0004-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Arizona Wildcats men's basketball team, Offseason, 2017 recruiting class\nDeandre Ayton, a Bahamian attending school in Phoenix, was the second commitment in the Arizona class. He committed to Arizona on September 6 live on ESPN. He chose Arizona for an upset over Kansas and Kentucky. He was a consensus five star prospect, and was ranked the consensus No. 2 overall player by the four main recruiting services.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [48, 80], "content_span": [81, 419]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274662-0005-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Arizona Wildcats men's basketball team, Offseason, 2017 recruiting class\nBrandon Randolph, originally from Yonkers, New York, was the third commitment in the Arizona class. He committed to Arizona on October 12. He chose Arizona over Syracuse, Oregon and Wake Forest. He was a consensus top fifty player, ranked No. 42 by the four main recruiting services.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [48, 80], "content_span": [81, 364]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274662-0006-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Arizona Wildcats men's basketball team, Offseason, 2017 recruiting class\nIra Lee, from Los Angeles, was the fourth commitment in the Arizona class. He committed to Arizona on October 20. He chose Arizona over California and Oregon. He was a consensus top-25 player and ranked as a four-star player by the four main recruiting services Rivals, ESPN, Scout, and 24/7 Sports.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [48, 80], "content_span": [81, 380]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274662-0007-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Arizona Wildcats men's basketball team, Offseason, 2017 recruiting class\nEmmanuel Akot from Winnipeg, CA, was the first commitment in the 2018 Arizona class, but he will reclassified to 2017 class (fifth and final commitment). He committed to Arizona on March 9 at a press conference at his high school. He chose Arizona over Louisville, Oregon and Utah. He was a consensus five star prospect, and was ranked the consensus No. 21 overall player by the four main recruiting services.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [48, 80], "content_span": [81, 490]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274662-0008-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Arizona Wildcats men's basketball team, Offseason, 2017 recruiting class\nArizona also added Preferred Walk-on Matt Weyand from Mater Dei High School in Santa Ana, California.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [48, 80], "content_span": [81, 182]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274662-0009-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Arizona Wildcats men's basketball team, FBI investigation\nOn September 26, federal prosecutors in New York announced charges of fraud and corruption against 10 people involved in college basketball, including Arizona assistant coach Emmanuel \"Book\" Richardson. The charges allege that Richardson and others allegedly received payments from financial advisers and others to influence student-athletes to retain their services and in turn used those payments to secure recruits. Following the news, Richardson was suspended and relieved of all duties. On January 11, 2018, UA fired assistant basketball coach Book Richardson after his appeal failed.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [48, 65], "content_span": [66, 655]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274662-0010-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Arizona Wildcats men's basketball team, FBI investigation\nOn February 23, 2018, according to a published report by ESPN, an FBI wiretap revealed that head coach Sean Miller talked with Christian Dawkins (another key figure in the scandal) to discuss paying their top prospect, Deandre Ayton, $100,000 to commit to Arizona, with the monetary situation being dealt with directly with him. While Miller would not coach their next game that day against Oregon, Arizona allowed Ayton to play.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [48, 65], "content_span": [66, 495]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274662-0010-0001", "contents": "2017\u201318 Arizona Wildcats men's basketball team, FBI investigation\nCoach Sean Miller subsequently denied the allegation and the University of Arizona announced he will remain the coach of Arizona Wildcats men\u2019s basketball team, with Ayton also allowed to continue playing with the team for the rest of the season. However, as a consequence of the report involving Ayton, both of Arizona's remaining committed recruits from the class of 2018, Shareef O'Neal and Brandon Williams, announced they had decommitted.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [48, 65], "content_span": [66, 509]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274662-0011-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Arizona Wildcats men's basketball team, Preseason, Summer Exhibition Tour\nPractices began earlier than otherwise allowed by the NCAA in preparation for a three-game foreign tour to Spain in August. (NCAA rules allow teams to conduct 10 practices in preparation for a foreign tour.) NCAA rules allow for foreign tours once every four years and the Spain tour was Arizona's first since 2012. It was the eighth in program history. The University of Arizona basketball program will travel to Spain in August for a foreign tour, including a trio of exhibition games. The Wildcats will spend time in Barcelona and Valencia Aug. 11 through Aug. 19.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [48, 81], "content_span": [82, 649]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274662-0012-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Arizona Wildcats men's basketball team, Preseason, Summer Exhibition Tour\nUA will take on Combinado Valenciano on Saturday, Aug. 13 at 7 p.m. local at the Pabellon Municipal Fuente de San Luis in Valencia.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [48, 81], "content_span": [82, 213]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274662-0013-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Arizona Wildcats men's basketball team, Preseason, Summer Exhibition Tour\nThe trip's second exhibition features Arizona and the Mataro All-Stars on Wednesday, August 16 at 7:10\u00a0p.m. in Barcelona inside the Pavello Municipal Teresa Maria Roca prior to the final exhibition two days later against Mataro Parc Boet in the same arena.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [48, 81], "content_span": [82, 338]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274662-0014-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Arizona Wildcats men's basketball team, Preseason, Summer Exhibition Tour\nAll three of the exhibitions will be streamed online by FloHoops.com with a subscription required.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [48, 81], "content_span": [82, 180]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274662-0015-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Arizona Wildcats men's basketball team, Preseason, Red and Blue game\nThe annual Red-Blue game will take place at McKale Center on October 20, 2017. After freshman Brandon Randolph won the dunk contest, the Blue team, led by Deandre Ayton, knocked off the Red team, 55-37.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [48, 76], "content_span": [77, 279]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274662-0016-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Arizona Wildcats men's basketball team, Preseason, Preseason rankings\nFor the fifth time in the past six seasons, Arizona Wildcats voted 2017-18 Pac-12 preseason favorite by media poll. On October 19, Arizona was pre-season ranked 5th in USA Today coaches preseason poll. On November 1, Arizona was pre-season ranked No. 3 in AP Top 25 preseason poll.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [48, 77], "content_span": [78, 359]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274662-0017-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Arizona Wildcats men's basketball team, Preseason, Preseason rankings\nIn its preseason college preview, Lindy's Sports ranked the Wildcats No. 2 in the country. The Blue Ribbon Yearbook ranked UA No. 2 in its preseason rankings. Athlon Sports ranked the Wildcats No. 1 in the country. Street & Smith ranked UA No. 1 in the country. KenPom ranked UA No. 3 in the country. NBC Sports ranked the Wildcats No. 3 in the country. CBS Sports ranked No. 2 for the Wildcats. ESPN ranked No. 2 for the Wildcats. Sports Illustrated ranked UA No. 1 in the country.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [48, 77], "content_span": [78, 560]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274662-0018-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Arizona Wildcats men's basketball team, Schedule and results\nOn June 8, Arizona released the non-conference schedule is highlighted by marquee match-ups at McKale Center and across the country. Arizona will also host Alabama, Cal State Bakersfield, UConn, Long Beach State, North Dakota State, Northern Arizona and UMBC in Tucson, AZ.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [48, 68], "content_span": [69, 342]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274662-0018-0001", "contents": "2017\u201318 Arizona Wildcats men's basketball team, Schedule and results\nArizona will travel to Phoenix to play Texas A&M at Talking Stick Resort Arena in the annual Valley of the Sun Shootout, to Nassau, Bahamas to play three of the following teams: (NC State, Northern Iowa, Purdue, SMU, Tennessee, Villanova or Western Kentucky) in the Battle 4 Atlantis at Imperial Arena, to Alburquerque to play against New Mexico, and finally face UNLV in Paradise, NV.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [48, 68], "content_span": [69, 454]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274662-0019-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Arizona Wildcats men's basketball team, Schedule and results\nThe 2018 Pac-12 Tournament will begin March 7 in Las Vegas and conclude on March 10. Selection Sunday occurs the following day.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [48, 68], "content_span": [69, 196]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274662-0020-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Arizona Wildcats men's basketball team, Schedule and results\nIn the unbalanced 18-game Pac-12 schedule, Arizona will not play the Washington teams (Washington/Washington State) at home and Los Angeles teams (UCLA/USC) on the road.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [48, 68], "content_span": [69, 238]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274662-0021-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Arizona Wildcats men's basketball team, Ranking movement\n^Coaches did not release a Week 2 poll. *AP does not release post-NCAA Tournament rankings", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [48, 64], "content_span": [65, 155]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274663-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Arizona Wildcats women's basketball team\nThe 2017\u201318 Arizona Wildcats women's basketball team represented University of Arizona during the 2017\u201318 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Wildcats, led by second-year head coach Adia Barnes, played their games at the McKale Center and were members of the Pac-12 Conference. They finished the season 6\u201324, 2\u201316 in Pac-12 play to finish in eleventh place. They lost in the first round of the Pac-12 Women's Basketball Tournament to Arizona State.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 48], "section_span": [48, 48], "content_span": [49, 508]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274664-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Arkansas Razorbacks men's basketball team\nThe 2017\u201318 Arkansas Razorbacks men's basketball team represented the University of Arkansas in the 2017-18 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The team was led by Mike Anderson, who was in his seventh season. The Razorbacks played their home games at Bud Walton Arena in Fayetteville, Arkansas as a member of the Southeastern Conference. They finished the season 23\u201312, 10\u20138 in SEC play to finish in a three-way tie for fourth place. As the No. 6 seed in the SEC Tournament, they defeated South Carolina and Florida before losing in the semifinals to Tennessee. They received an at-large bid to the NCAA Tournament where they lost in the first round to Butler.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 49], "section_span": [49, 49], "content_span": [50, 716]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274664-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Arkansas Razorbacks men's basketball team\nSenior guard Jaylen Barford was named first-team All-SEC, while senior guard Daryl Macon was a second-team All-SEC selection. Freshman center Daniel Gafford was named to the SEC All-Freshman Team. On March 26, 2018, Gafford announced he would forgo the 2018 NBA draft and would be returning to Arkansas for his sophomore season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 49], "section_span": [49, 49], "content_span": [50, 378]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274664-0002-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Arkansas Razorbacks men's basketball team, Previous season\nThe Razorbacks finished the 2016\u201317 season 26\u201310, 12\u20136 in SEC play to finish in a tie for third. In the SEC Tournament, the defeated Ole Miss and Vanderbilt before losing to Kentucky in the tournament championship. They received an at-large bid to the NCAA Tournament for the second time in three years as a #8 seed in the South region. There, they defeated #9 Seton Hall before falling to top seed and eventual national champion North Carolina in the round of 32.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 49], "section_span": [51, 66], "content_span": [67, 532]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274665-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Arkansas Razorbacks women's basketball team\nThe 2017\u201318 Arkansas Razorbacks women's basketball team represented the University of Arkansas in the 2017-18 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. They were led by new coach and Arkansas native Mike Neighbors, who was hired from Washington after former coach Jimmy Dykes resigned after three seasons. They finished the season 13\u201318, 3\u201313 in SEC play to finish in a 3 way for eleventh place. They advanced to the second round of the SEC Women's Tournament where they lost to Texas A&M.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 51], "section_span": [51, 51], "content_span": [52, 542]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274666-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Arkansas State Red Wolves men's basketball team\nThe 2017\u201318 Arkansas State Red Wolves men's basketball team represented Arkansas State University during the 2017\u201318 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Red Wolves, led by first-year head coach Mike Balado, played their home games at the First National Bank Arena in Jonesboro, Arkansas as members of the Sun Belt Conference. They finished the season 11\u201321, 6\u201312 in Sun Belt play to finish in 11th place. They lost in the first round of the Sun Belt Tournament to Louisiana\u2013Monroe.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 55], "section_span": [55, 55], "content_span": [56, 546]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274666-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Arkansas State Red Wolves men's basketball team, Previous season\nThe Red Wolves finished the 2016\u201317 season 20\u201312, 11\u20137 in Sun Belt play to finish in a three-way tie for third place. As the No. 5 seed in the Sun Belt Tournament, they lost to Louisiana\u2013Monroe in the first round. Despite having 20 wins, they did not participate in a postseason tournament.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 55], "section_span": [57, 72], "content_span": [73, 363]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274666-0002-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Arkansas State Red Wolves men's basketball team, Previous season\nOn March 13, 2017, head coach Grant McCasland left the school to accept the head coaching position at North Texas. On March 20, the school named Louisville assistant Mike Balado as their new head coach.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 55], "section_span": [57, 72], "content_span": [73, 275]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274666-0003-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Arkansas State Red Wolves men's basketball team, Schedule and results\n* Non-conference game. #Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Central Time.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 55], "section_span": [57, 77], "content_span": [78, 195]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274667-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Arkansas State Red Wolves women's basketball team\nThe 2017\u201318 Arkansas State Red Wolves women's basketball team represents Arkansas State University during the 2017\u201318 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Red Wolves, led by eighteenth year head coach Brian Boyer, play their home games at First National Bank Arena in Jonesboro, Arkansas as members of the Sun Belt Conference. They finished the season 15\u201315, 10\u20138 in Sun Belt play to finish in a 3 way tie for sixth place. They lost in the first round of the Sun Belt Women's Tournament to Appalachian State.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 57], "section_span": [57, 57], "content_span": [58, 576]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274667-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Arkansas State Red Wolves women's basketball team, Previous season\nThey finished the season 7\u201325, 4\u201314 in Sun Belt play to finish in eleventh place. They advanced to the quarterfinals of the Sun Belt Women's Tournament where they lost to Troy.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 57], "section_span": [59, 74], "content_span": [75, 251]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274668-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Arkansas\u2013Pine Bluff Golden Lions men's basketball team\nThe 2017\u201318 Arkansas\u2013Pine Bluff Golden Lions men's basketball team represented the University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff during the 2017\u201318 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Golden Lions, led by 10th-year head coach George Ivory, played their home games at the K. L. Johnson Complex as members of the Southwestern Athletic Conference. They finished the season 14\u201321, 12\u20136 in SWAC play to finish in a three-way tie for second place. Due to Grambling State's Academic Progress Rate violations and subsequent postseason ineligibility, the Golden Lions received the No. 1 seed in the SWAC Tournament. They defeated Mississippi Valley State and Southern before losing to Texas Southern in the tournament championship.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 62], "section_span": [62, 62], "content_span": [63, 785]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274668-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Arkansas\u2013Pine Bluff Golden Lions men's basketball team, Previous season\nThe Golden Lions finished the 2016\u201317 season 7\u201325, 6\u201312 in SWAC play to finish in a tie for eighth place. They did not qualify for the SWAC Tournament.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 62], "section_span": [64, 79], "content_span": [80, 231]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274669-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Armenia Basketball League A\nThe 2017\u201318 Armenia Basketball League A season, was the inaugural season of the new official competition of basketball first division in Armenia.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [35, 35], "content_span": [36, 181]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274669-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Armenia Basketball League A\nArtsakh won the title after doing a perfect 6\u20130 in the playoffs.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [35, 35], "content_span": [36, 100]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274669-0002-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Armenia Basketball League A, Competition format\nAfter several negotiations, finally seven teams joined the competition, consisting in a round-robin tournament where the best teams would qualify for the playoffs. The best teams are able for qualifying to the European competitions.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 55], "content_span": [56, 288]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274669-0003-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Armenia Basketball League A, Competition format\nThe regular season consisted in a double-legged round-robin tournament where the first qualified would join directly the semifinals. The other six teams would face in the quarterfinals.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 55], "content_span": [56, 241]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274669-0004-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Armenia Basketball League A, Teams\nSeven teams took part in the inaugural season of the competition.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 42], "content_span": [43, 108]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274669-0005-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Armenia Basketball League A, Regular season\nThe regular season started on 21 October 2017 and ended on 20 February 2018.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 51], "content_span": [52, 128]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274669-0006-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Armenia Basketball League A, Playoffs\nPlayoffs started on 2 March 2018. Urartu, as winner of the regular season, was directly qualified for the semifinals. Teams that placed better at the end of the regular season played games 1 and 3 at home.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 45], "content_span": [46, 251]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274669-0007-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Armenia Basketball League A, Playoffs\nThe final was played in a double-legged format at the Mika Sports Arena, Yerevan. These games were played on 14 and 18 April 2018.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 45], "content_span": [46, 176]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274670-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Armenian Cup\nThe 2017\u201318 Armenian Cup was the 27th season of the football knockout competition in Armenia. The winners of the cup this season earned a place in the 2018\u201319 Europa League and would begin play in the first qualifying round. Shirak won the cup final in the previous season and were the defending champions.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [20, 20], "content_span": [21, 327]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274670-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Armenian Cup\nThe tournament began on 13 September 2017 with the quarter-final round, which was contested by the six Premier League clubs and two clubs from the First League.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [20, 20], "content_span": [21, 181]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274670-0002-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Armenian Cup, Format\nThe Armenian Football Cup this season was contested over three rounds. The quarter-final and semi-final rounds were played over two legs, and the final was a single match to determine the cup winner.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 28], "content_span": [29, 228]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274671-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Armenian First League\nThe 2017\u201318 Armenian First League season was the 26th since its establishment. The season was launched on August 7, 2017, and concluded on May 28, 2018. Banants-2 were the defending champions from the previous season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [29, 29], "content_span": [30, 247]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274671-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Armenian First League, Team changes\n3 newly-founded teams have joined the 2017\u201318 Armenian First League season:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 43], "content_span": [44, 119]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274671-0002-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Armenian First League, Stadiums and locations\n10 teams will take part in this season's competition, of which only 4 teams -Artsakh, Erebuni, Lori, and Ararat-Moskva- are eligible to get the promotion right to the 2018\u201319 Armenian Premier League by the end of the competition. The remaining 6 teams are the reserve teams of the football clubs currently participating in the Armenian Premier League competition.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 53], "content_span": [54, 417]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274672-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Armenian Premier League\nThe 2017\u201318 Armenian Premier League season was the 26th since its establishment. The season began in August 2017 and concluded in May 2018. Alashkert were the defending champions from the previous season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [31, 31], "content_span": [32, 236]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274672-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Armenian Premier League, Teams\nThe same six teams from the previous season will also take part in this season's competition.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 38], "content_span": [39, 132]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274672-0002-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Armenian Premier League, Teams, Season Events\nOn 19 May 2018, the Football Federation of Armenia upheld its decision to deduct 12 points from Shirak, and fine the club Seven Million Drams, after it was alleged that Shirak's sporting director Ararat Harutyunyan had offered Edward Kpodo of FC Banants a bribe to fix their upcoming match.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 53], "content_span": [54, 344]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274672-0003-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Armenian Premier League, Results\nThe six teams will play each other six times, three times at home and three times away, for a total of 30 matches per team played.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 40], "content_span": [41, 171]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274673-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Arminia Bielefeld season\nThe 2017\u201318 Arminia Bielefeld season is the 113th season in the football club's history. The season covers a period from 1 July 2017 to 30 June 2018.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [32, 32], "content_span": [33, 182]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274673-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Arminia Bielefeld season, Players, Squad information\nNote: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 60], "content_span": [61, 189]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274674-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Army Black Knights men's basketball team\nThe 2017\u201318 Army Black Knights men's basketball team represented the United States Military Academy during the 2017\u201318 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Black Knights, led by second-year head coach Jimmy Allen, played their home games at Christl Arena in West Point, New York as members of the Patriot League. They finished the season 13\u201317, 6\u201312 in Patriot League play to finish in a tie for eighth place. They lost in the first round of the Patriot League Tournament to Loyola (MD).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 48], "section_span": [48, 48], "content_span": [49, 544]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274674-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Army Black Knights men's basketball team, Previous season\nThe Black Knights finished the 2016\u201317 season 13\u201319, 6\u201312 in Patriot League play to finish in eighth place. As the No. 8 seed in the Patriot League Tournament, they defeated American in the first round before losing to top-seeded Bucknell in the quarterfinals.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 48], "section_span": [50, 65], "content_span": [66, 326]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274675-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Army Black Knights women's basketball team\nThe 2017\u201318 Army Black Knights men's basketball team represents the United States Military Academy during the 2017\u201318 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Black Knights, led by twelfth year head coach Dave Magarity, play their home games at Christl Arena and are members of the Patriot League. They finished the season 17\u201314, 9\u20139 in Patriot League play to finish in a tie for fourth place. They advanced to the semifinals of the Patriot League Women's Tournament where they lost to American.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 50], "section_span": [50, 50], "content_span": [51, 552]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274675-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Army Black Knights women's basketball team, Previous season\nThey finished the season 22\u20139, 12\u20136 in Patriot League play to finish in third place. They advanced to the semifinals of the Patriot League Women's Tournament where they lost to Navy. Despite having 22 wins, they missed the postseason tournament for the first time since 2014.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 50], "section_span": [52, 67], "content_span": [68, 343]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274676-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Arsenal F.C. season\nThe 2017\u201318 season was Arsenal's 26th in the Premier League and 98th consecutive season in the top flight of English football. The club participated in the Premier League, the FA Cup (as holders), the EFL Cup, the FA Community Shield and the UEFA Europa League.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [27, 27], "content_span": [28, 289]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274676-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Arsenal F.C. season\nThis was the first season that Arsenal did not participate in the UEFA Champions League since 1997\u201398. It was the first time they had played in the UEFA Europa League since its rebranding, having last participated in the 1999\u20132000 UEFA Cup.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [27, 27], "content_span": [28, 268]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274676-0001-0001", "contents": "2017\u201318 Arsenal F.C. season\nA relatively poor season saw Arsenal fail to maintain a consistent challenge for Champions League qualification, with their away form being a major factor, only winning four away games in the league all season with 11 defeats, and they were, until the final game of the season, the only team in England's top 4 divisions to not get a point away from home in the 2018 calendar year. A total of 13 defeats were recorded throughout the league campaign, the highest since the 1994\u201395 season, which resulted in a 6th-place finish. Furthermore, a shock 4\u20132 defeat at Nottingham Forest meant that Arsenal were knocked out of the FA Cup third round for the first time since 1996.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [27, 27], "content_span": [28, 699]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274676-0002-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Arsenal F.C. season\nArsenal were runners-up in the League Cup, being defeated 3\u20130 in the final against Manchester City. Arsenal were close to winning their first European trophy since the Cup Winners' Cup in 1994, but a 2\u20131 defeat on aggregate against Atl\u00e9tico Madrid in the semi-finals resulted in another season in the Europa League.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [27, 27], "content_span": [28, 343]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274676-0003-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Arsenal F.C. season\nThe season was the 21st straight and final season under manager Ars\u00e8ne Wenger, who announced his departure from the club on 20 April 2018. This season covered the period from 1 July 2017 to 30 June 2018.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [27, 27], "content_span": [28, 231]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274676-0004-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Arsenal F.C. season, Review, July\nArsenal took a 25-man squad to play in Australia. The squad included seven under-23s, including Reiss Nelson and Joe Willock, plus both new signings Sead Kola\u0161inac and Alexandre Lacazette. The first match was on 13 July, which was a 2\u20130 win over Sydney FC, where captain Per Mertesacker scored an overhead kick and Lacazette scored a debut goal after coming on as a substitute. Two days later, Arsenal faced a second Sydney side, Western Sydney Wanderers, in front of 83,000 people. Arsenal won 3\u20131 after first-half goals from Olivier Giroud, Aaron Ramsey and Mohamed Elneny.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 41], "content_span": [42, 617]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274676-0004-0001", "contents": "2017\u201318 Arsenal F.C. season, Review, July\nArsenal then travelled to China to face Bayern Munich in Shanghai in the International Champions Cup. Alex Iwobi scored an equalizer in the dying seconds of the match, which Arsenal would win on penalties 3\u20132. The 25-man squad travelled up to Beijing to face Premier League rivals Chelsea. The Blues won rather convincingly, scoring three times. On 29 and 30 July, the Emirates Cup was held. Arsenal, Benfica, RB Leipzig and Sevilla all took part in the tournament, which Arsenal won after a 5\u20132 win over Benfica, but a 2\u20131 loss to Sevilla. Over the tournament, Theo Walcott was the top scorer with two goals, both against Benfica. Giroud and Iwobi also scored one each against Benfica, while Lacazette scored one against Sevilla.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 41], "content_span": [42, 772]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274676-0005-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Arsenal F.C. season, Review, August\nArsenal concluded their pre-season in the Community Shield, the traditional curtain raiser in English football. New signing Alexandre Lacazette hit the post on his competitive debut in a first half that saw Per Mertesacker replaced after a facial injury, with new signing Sead Kola\u0161inac making his competitive debut as Mertesacker's replacement. After an end to the first half that yielded no goals, Chelsea took an early second half lead through Victor Moses, his close-range strike coming from a poorly defended corner.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 43], "content_span": [44, 565]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274676-0005-0001", "contents": "2017\u201318 Arsenal F.C. season, Review, August\nSeveral saved shots made it appear Arsenal were going to suffer defeat, until a rash challenge by Chelsea winger Pedro saw him sent off. The resulting free-kick was headed in by Kola\u0161inac for a debut goal, and forced a penalty shootout. Arsenal were victorious 4\u20131 through goals by Theo Walcott, Nacho Monreal, Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain and Olivier Giroud, with Thibaut Courtois and \u00c1lvaro Morata missing penalties in the shootout that introduced the ABBA format. The result secured Arsenal's third FA Community Shield in four seasons.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 43], "content_span": [44, 577]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274676-0006-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Arsenal F.C. season, Review, August\nArsenal began their Premier League campaign at home to Leicester City, with the Gunners having lost their last two openers, both at home to West Ham and Liverpool. The record looked to be extended when Jamie Vardy and Shinji Okazaki scored for the Foxes after a record equaling 94th-second opener from new signing Lacazette, opening his league debut with his first competitive Arsenal goal with only his second touch of the game.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 43], "content_span": [44, 473]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274676-0006-0001", "contents": "2017\u201318 Arsenal F.C. season, Review, August\nDanny Welbeck drew Arsenal level in the last minute of first-half stoppage time, but Vardy scored a second ten minutes into the second half to put Leicester ahead once more. The Gunners looked set to lose their first match to the Foxes since 1994 when the final ten minutes approached, but a five-minute period of pressure yielded two goals from Aaron Ramsey and Olivier Giroud to make it 4\u20133, which the Gunners held on to for only their second opening day victory since 2012.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 43], "content_span": [44, 520]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274676-0007-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Arsenal F.C. season, Review, August\nHowever, Arsenal's form slipped as August began to end. They suffered a 1\u20130 defeat against Stoke City after a poor defensive performance and a controversially disallowed goal from Alexandre Lacazette. The poor defence form continued as they were crushed 4\u20130 by Liverpool and failed to register a single shot on target, sending them near the relegation zone, despite the returns of suspended defender Laurent Koscielny and injured forward Alexis S\u00e1nchez.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 43], "content_span": [44, 497]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274676-0008-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Arsenal F.C. season, Review, September\nArsenal began September with a 3\u20130 win over Bournemouth at home in the Premier League. Danny Welbeck scored either side of Alexandre Lacazette for an emphatic win. Five days on the Gunners would play in the Europa League having failed to secure a place for the usual Champions League. They played at home to German minnows FC Cologne and horrendously conceded a 40-yard goal as an unfortunate consequence of a mistake by second choice goalkeeper David Ospina thus were booed off the pitch at half time. However, Arsenal responded in the second half.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 46], "content_span": [47, 596]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274676-0008-0001", "contents": "2017\u201318 Arsenal F.C. season, Review, September\nSead Kola\u0161inac volleyed in the equaliser then Alexis S\u00e1nchez scored to give the Gunners the lead and H\u00e9ctor Beller\u00edn added a third as the match ended 3\u20131 in Arsenal's favor. Moreover, the match saw Jack Wilshere return for his first Gunners appearance in over a year. On 17 September Arsenal resumed the Premier League campaign as they played against champions Chelsea at Stamford Bridge. The match ended 0\u20130 despite Aaron Ramsey hitting the post and Chelsea defender David Luiz being sent off on 87 minutes.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 46], "content_span": [47, 555]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274676-0008-0002", "contents": "2017\u201318 Arsenal F.C. season, Review, September\nThree days later Arsenal played in the League Cup third round against League One team Doncaster Rovers at the Emirates. Theo Walcott scored the only goal of the match to send the Gunners into the fourth round but it was an unconvincing performance by Arsenal as they only managed a 1\u20130 win over a third-tier team. On 25 September Arsenal were at home to West Bromwich Albion in the Premier League. The Gunners won 2\u20130 with Lacazette scoring both goals. To end September Arsenal played the second Europa League match of this season. They took the trip to Belarus and won 4\u20132 against BATE Borisov. Walcott scored two before a first Arsenal goal for Rob Holding as well as Olivier Giroud's 100th goal for Arsenal as the Gunners took those three points to England.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 46], "content_span": [47, 807]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274676-0009-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Arsenal F.C. season, Review, October\nOn the 1st of October, the Gunners played the 7th league match of the season against newly promoted Brighton & Hove Albion at the Emirates. Arsenal won the match 2\u20130 thanks to goals by Nacho Monreal and Alex Iwobi. Two weeks on following an international break the Gunners were away to Watford. Captain Per Mertesacker gave the Gunners a first-half lead but Watford went on to win 2\u20131: during the second half Troy Deeney converted a penalty which was controversially given by referee Neil Swarbrick.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 44], "content_span": [45, 544]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274676-0009-0001", "contents": "2017\u201318 Arsenal F.C. season, Review, October\nThen in stoppage time former Manchester United and Everton player Tom Cleverley gave Watford the win. On 19 October Arsenal made the trip to Serbia for the third Europa League match against Red Star Belgrade. The Gunners won 1\u20130 with Olivier Giroud scoring an exceptional overhead kick. Three days sooner Arsenal went to Goodison Park to face struggling Everton. During the first half the out-of-form Toffees took the lead through a shot by Wayne Rooney just outside the 18-yard box but Arsenal equalised with Monreal's rebounded shot five minutes before the break.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 44], "content_span": [45, 610]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274676-0009-0002", "contents": "2017\u201318 Arsenal F.C. season, Review, October\nIn the second half Mesut \u00d6zil got his first goal of the season, heading home Alexis S\u00e1nchez's cross. Then 15 minutes later Everton's Idrissa Gueye was sent off for two yellow cards, which proved to set up the Merseyside team's capitulation as goals by Alexandre Lacazette and Aaron Ramsey put Arsenal 4\u20131 up. In stoppage time Oumar Niasse scored to give Everton hope following a mistake by Petr \u010cech who failed to control a tame back pass by Monreal.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 44], "content_span": [45, 495]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274676-0009-0003", "contents": "2017\u201318 Arsenal F.C. season, Review, October\nBut then S\u00e1nchez scored the fifth goal for Arsenal in the final minute of stoppage time as the match ended 5\u20132 to the Gunners. Only two days later Arsenal played in the League Cup fourth round at home to Championship team Norwich City. During the first half Norwich grabbed a shock 1\u20130 lead as the Gunners were booed off on the half time whistle.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 44], "content_span": [45, 391]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274676-0009-0004", "contents": "2017\u201318 Arsenal F.C. season, Review, October\nHowever, on 85 minutes youngster Eddie Nketiah went off the bench to score an equalizer for Arsenal \u2014 his first goal on his home debut \u2014 as the match went to extra time where Nketiah scored once more for Arsenal, heading in a set piece delivery to put them 2\u20131 up. The match ultimately ended 2\u20131 to take the Gunners into the fifth round. The final match of this October was in the Premier League at home to Swansea City. The Gunners were embarrassed to be 1\u20130 down at half time for a second consecutive home match but they went on to win 2\u20131 with goals by Sead Kola\u0161inac and Ramsey to keep the three points in Arsenal's favor.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 44], "content_span": [45, 673]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274676-0010-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Arsenal F.C. season, Review, November\nThe Gunners played the fourth Europa League match at home to Red Star Belgrade on 2 November but they lacked a cutting edge as they drew 0\u20130. Next they faced league leaders Manchester City at the Etihad in the Premier League. The Gunners were outplayed from the beginning to end: Kevin De Bruyne handed City the lead and a controversial penalty by Sergio Ag\u00fcero put them 2\u20130 up. Sub Alexandre Lacazette gave Arsenal a glimmer of hope but then Gabriel Jesus scored a third Manchester City goal to end the match 3\u20131 to City.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 45], "content_span": [46, 568]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274676-0010-0001", "contents": "2017\u201318 Arsenal F.C. season, Review, November\nOn 18 November following the international break, it was North London derby day in the league as the Gunners played at home to Tottenham. Arsenal won the match 2\u20130 with first half goals by Shkodran Mustafi and Alexis S\u00e1nchez to give the Gunners' first win over Tottenham in the league since 2014. Five days on Arsenal took the trip to Germany as they played the fifth match of the Europa League schedule against Cologne but despite the Gunners' heavy momentum on the back of the North London derby win they suffered a humiliating 1\u20130 defeat by the Bundesliga bottom team.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 45], "content_span": [46, 617]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274676-0010-0002", "contents": "2017\u201318 Arsenal F.C. season, Review, November\nThree days sooner Arsenal were away to Burnley in the league. Only a stoppage time penalty by Alexis S\u00e1nchez would give the Gunners the lead as the match ended 1\u20130 to Arsenal. The final match of November would see them play newly promoted Huddersfield at home in the Premier League. Mesut \u00d6zil produced a dazzling performance as Arsenal won 5\u20130 with Alexandre Lacazette scoring the opener, Olivier Giroud scoring the second and fifth, S\u00e1nchez scoring the third and \u00d6zil himself scoring the fourth. The big win meant that Arsenal would have huge momentum going into the next Premier League match to be played in December \u2014 a big one at home to Manchester United.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 45], "content_span": [46, 707]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274676-0011-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Arsenal F.C. season, Review, December\nUnfortunately, Arsenal ended up losing 3\u20131 to Manchester United. Antonio Valencia gave the visitors an early 4th-minute lead then, only 7 minutes later, Jesse Lingard made it 2\u20130. The Gunners tried to take a goal back before half-time as they dominated much of the first half but United goalkeeper David de Gea produced an outstanding performance to stop them doing this. Alexandre Lacazette hit the bar and just before the break De Gea made a point-blank save to prevent United conceding an own goal.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 45], "content_span": [46, 547]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274676-0011-0001", "contents": "2017\u201318 Arsenal F.C. season, Review, December\nDuring the second half on 49 minutes the Gunners finally got a goal back as Lacazette made it 2\u20131 but then, with 27 minutes remaining, Lingard scored a third for United as the Arsenal defense was exposed during a United counterattack. In the 74th minute, Paul Pogba was sent off for a rash challenge but it never proved to change the match as Manchester United won 3\u20131 and took the three points to Manchester.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 45], "content_span": [46, 456]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274676-0011-0002", "contents": "2017\u201318 Arsenal F.C. season, Review, December\nOn 7 December Arsenal bounced back as they hammered BATE Borisov 6\u20130 in the final Europa League group stage match with goals by Mathieu Debuchy, Theo Walcott, Jack Wilshere, Olivier Giroud and Mohamed Elneny as well as an own goal by one of the BATE Borisov players. The Gunners topped the group and would go on to face Swedish team \u00d6stersund in the round of 32 of the Europa League which would be held in February. On 10 December Arsenal went to the South Coast to face Southampton in the league but could only manage a 1\u20131 draw.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 45], "content_span": [46, 576]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274676-0011-0003", "contents": "2017\u201318 Arsenal F.C. season, Review, December\nThree days later the Gunners faced West Ham United away from home in the Premier League but the match yielded no goals. Three more days later the Gunners played against Newcastle United at the Emirates in a third consecutive Premier League match. The match ended 1\u20130 to Arsenal with Mesut \u00d6zil scoring a stunning volley. On 19 December the Gunners played in the fifth round of the League Cup against West Ham at home. Danny Welbeck scored the only goal of the match to send the Gunners into the semi finals.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 45], "content_span": [46, 553]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274676-0011-0004", "contents": "2017\u201318 Arsenal F.C. season, Review, December\nOn 22 December, three days before Christmas, Arsenal faced Liverpool at the Emirates in the Premier League. Philippe Coutinho gave the visitors a first half lead then, 7 minutes into the second half, Mohamed Salah made it 2\u20130 to Liverpool. However, Arsenal responded in quick fashion as they scored three goals in five minutes. Goals by Alexis S\u00e1nchez, Granit Xhaka and \u00d6zil turned the match round as they led 3\u20132 but then on 71 minutes Roberto Firmino scored a third Liverpool goal to equalise.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 45], "content_span": [46, 541]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274676-0011-0005", "contents": "2017\u201318 Arsenal F.C. season, Review, December\nNo further goals occurred as the match ended 3\u20133 with some describing it as the match of the season. On 28 December the Gunners were away to Crystal Palace in the league and earned a hard-fought 3\u20132 win with Shkodran Mustafi scoring the opener and S\u00e1nchez scoring a brace. Arsenal's final match of 2017 was in the Premier League at West Brom.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 45], "content_span": [46, 388]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274676-0011-0006", "contents": "2017\u201318 Arsenal F.C. season, Review, December\nBaggies midfielder James McClean deflected S\u00e1nchez's free kick into his own net to give the Gunners a 1\u20130 lead on 83 minutes but then Arsenal conceded an 89th-minute penalty which was controversially and wrongly given by referee Mike Dean as the match concluded as a 1\u20131 draw. 2017 ended in disappointment for the Gunners.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 45], "content_span": [46, 368]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274676-0012-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Arsenal F.C. season, Review, January\nThe Gunners' first match of the year saw them play at home to Chelsea in the league. The match yielded no goals during the first half but the deadlock was broken by Arsenal 27 minutes before the end. Jack Wilshere put the Gunners into the lead but it lasted only four minutes and Chelsea turned the game round: Eden Hazard scored a penalty and on 84 minutes Marcos Alonso made it 2\u20131 to Chelsea.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 44], "content_span": [45, 440]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274676-0012-0001", "contents": "2017\u201318 Arsenal F.C. season, Review, January\nIt seemed that it was determined for Chelsea to go on and win the match but then in the second minute of stoppage time Arsenal grabbed a late equalizer through H\u00e9ctor Beller\u00edn. In the dying moments Chelsea nearly bagged a winning goal but Davide Zappacosta hit the woodwork. The match ended 2\u20132. On 7 January the Gunners began the FA Cup campaign and played in the third round against Nottingham Forest who were troubled and had no manager.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 44], "content_span": [45, 485]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274676-0012-0002", "contents": "2017\u201318 Arsenal F.C. season, Review, January\nArsenal who were the defending champions of the competition were expected to win this tie comfortably against a team whom they hammered in the League Cup last season but it turned out that the match was a giant killing: Arsenal were humiliated 4\u20132 by the Championship team and were knocked out of the FA Cup third round for the first time under Ars\u00e8ne Wenger. Three days later the Gunners played in the League Cup semi final first leg against Chelsea at Stamford Bridge. The match was dull and below par and no goals occurred.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 44], "content_span": [45, 571]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274676-0012-0003", "contents": "2017\u201318 Arsenal F.C. season, Review, January\nOn 14 January Arsenal resumed the Premier League campaign at Bournemouth. Beller\u00edn gave the Gunners the lead on 52 minutes but Bournemouth went on to win 2\u20131: a mistake by Petr \u010cech enabled former Liverpool player Jordon Ibe to equalize in the 70th minute and only four minutes later Callum Wilson struck the winner. On 20 January the Gunners played the next Premier League match at home to Crystal Palace and won 4\u20131 with first half goals by Nacho Monreal, Alex Iwobi, Laurent Koscielny and Alexandre Lacazette.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 44], "content_span": [45, 557]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274676-0012-0004", "contents": "2017\u201318 Arsenal F.C. season, Review, January\nFour days on Arsenal faced Chelsea at the Emirates in the second leg of the League Cup semi final. During the first half Eden Hazard gave the visitors the lead but the Gunners equalized with Chelsea defender Antonio R\u00fcdiger diverting Monreal's effort into his own net. Twenty minutes into the second half Granit Xhaka put Arsenal in front and they went on to win 2\u20131 thus sending the Gunners into the final of the League Cup where they would face Manchester City.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 44], "content_span": [45, 508]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274676-0012-0005", "contents": "2017\u201318 Arsenal F.C. season, Review, January\nOn 30 January Arsenal's optimism and enthusiasm were dampened suffering a shock 3\u20131 defeat at Swansea City in the Premier League \u2013 a match which involved a second mistake by Petr \u010cech of the month. The Czech goalkeeper had failed to keep a clean sheet in seven league matches and was aiming to earn his 200th in the Premier League.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 44], "content_span": [45, 376]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274676-0013-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Arsenal F.C. season, Review, February\nOn 3 February the Gunners played in the Premier League at home to Everton \u2014 a match where Arsenal handed home debuts and first starts for January signings Henrikh Mkhitaryan and Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang, both of whom played together previously for Borussia Dortmund. Arsenal won the match 5\u20131 with Mkhitaryan bagging three assists, Aaron Ramsey scoring a hat-trick and Aubameyang scoring one.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 45], "content_span": [46, 439]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274676-0013-0001", "contents": "2017\u201318 Arsenal F.C. season, Review, February\nIt felt like a new beginning for Arsenal with those new signings \u2014 and Mesut \u00d6zil's new contract \u2014 but it never seemed to be different on 9 February: the Gunners faced Tottenham at Wembley in a Premier League North London derby and lost 1\u20130 thanks to a goal by Harry Kane. Five days on Arsenal would play the first leg of the Europa League round of 32 at Swedish team \u00d6stersund where the Gunners prevailed 3\u20130.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 45], "content_span": [46, 456]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274676-0013-0002", "contents": "2017\u201318 Arsenal F.C. season, Review, February\nThe next Arsenal match would be the second leg of the round at the Emirates where \u00d6stersund rallied scoring two goals in the first half. One more goal would even the tie but then in the second half Sead Kola\u0161inac sent the Gunners back into the comfort zone making it 4\u20132 on aggregate. Arsenal progressed into the next round of the Europa League despite the shock 2\u20131 home defeat by the Swedish underdogs. On 25 February Arsenal returned to Wembley where they would face Manchester City in the League Cup final.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 45], "content_span": [46, 556]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274676-0013-0003", "contents": "2017\u201318 Arsenal F.C. season, Review, February\nThe Gunners were horrendously outplayed by the runaway Premier League leaders and lost 3\u20130. Sergio Ag\u00fcero handed Manchester City the lead following a big Arsenal defensive error. On 58 minutes skipper Vincent Kompany made it 2\u20130 to City and David Silva added a third. Following the Arsenal humiliation former Gunner Ian Wright said that it was 'an insipid performance' by Arsenal.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 45], "content_span": [46, 426]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274676-0014-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Arsenal F.C. season, Review, March\nOn 1 March Arsenal resumed the Premier League campaign by playing at home to Manchester City. The Gunners failed to avenge the League Cup final defeat and they were beaten 3\u20130 with first half goals by Bernardo Silva, David Silva and Leroy San\u00e9 while Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang missed a penalty in the second half. This Arsenal defeat would send City nearer to title triumph and would only inflict more misery on the Gunners and Ars\u00e8ne Wenger.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 42], "content_span": [43, 484]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274676-0014-0001", "contents": "2017\u201318 Arsenal F.C. season, Review, March\nIt only got worse for them on 4 March where the Gunners lost 2\u20131 at Brighton in the Premier League further increasing the pressure on Wenger. However, on 8 March the Gunners responded in the Europa League first leg match where they won 2\u20130 against A.C. Milan in Italy and three days on they would win 3\u20130 at home to Watford thanks to goals by Shkodran Mustafi, Aubameyang and Henrikh Mkhitaryan. It was also the match where Petr \u010cech finally kept his 200th Premier League clean sheet and he had to save Troy Deeney's penalty to ensure this.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 42], "content_span": [43, 583]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274676-0014-0002", "contents": "2017\u201318 Arsenal F.C. season, Review, March\nThe Gunners' final match of March was the second leg of the Europa League round at the Emirates. Milan took the lead on 35 minutes but Arsenal went on to win 3\u20131 with goals by Danny Welbeck and Granit Xhaka with the former scoring a brace. The Gunners won the tie 5\u20131 on aggregate thus taking them into the quarter-finals of the Europa League.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 42], "content_span": [43, 386]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274676-0015-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Arsenal F.C. season, Review, April\nArsenal's next league encounter was on 1 April 2018, at home to a struggling Stoke City side seemingly bound for relegation. It took Arsenal 75 minutes to break the deadlock, achieved via Pierre\u2013Emerick Aubameyang's penalty, before his terrific volley made it 2\u20130 in Arsenal's favor with four minutes remaining. Aubameyang then had the chance to complete his hat\u2013trick with another spot\u2013kick awarded at the death, but Aubameyang permitted Alexandre Lacazette to take, and he duly did as Arsenal ultimately won 3\u20130.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 42], "content_span": [43, 557]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274676-0016-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Arsenal F.C. season, Review, April\nIn the next match, Arsenal played host to Russians CSKA Moscow in the first leg of their UEFA Europa League quarter\u2013final. After going ahead via Aaron Ramsey, CSKA levelled via Aleksandr Golovin\u2019s stunning free kick. Lacazette then netted from the spot before one of the goals of the year from Aaron Ramsey, an ingenious back\u2013heeled volley, coupled with Lacazette's second later in the half, sealed a commanding 4\u20131 first leg triumph.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 42], "content_span": [43, 477]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274676-0017-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Arsenal F.C. season, Review, April\nIn their fifth successive home match in all competitions, Arsenal secured a dramatic 3\u20132 home win over Southampton. After Irishman Shane Long put the Saints ahead, goals from Aubameyang and Welbeck made it 2\u20131 to the hosts. However, Charlie Austin's equalizer tier up a grand finale, decided via Welbeck's second of the evening on 81 minutes.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 42], "content_span": [43, 385]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274676-0018-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Arsenal F.C. season, Review, April\nArsenal then progressed to the semi\u2013finals of the Europa League as late goals from Welbeck and Ramsey saw Arsenal overcome a 2\u20130 deficit and earn a 2\u20132 draw in the Russian capital, subsequently winning the tie 6\u20133 on aggregate.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 42], "content_span": [43, 270]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274676-0019-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Arsenal F.C. season, Review, April\nHowever, despite the recent upturn in results, goals from Ayoze Perez and Matt Ritchie saw Lacazette's early goal rendered worthless at St James Park, with Newcastle United recording a 2\u20131 victory.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 42], "content_span": [43, 240]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274676-0020-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Arsenal F.C. season, Review, April\nWith the pressure mounting, Ars\u00e8ne Wenger announced his resignation as Arsenal boss, so ending a 22-year, trophy\u2013laden association with the club. He would take charge for the remainder of the season prior to the announcement of the new boss.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 42], "content_span": [43, 284]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274676-0021-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Arsenal F.C. season, Review, April\nAgainst West Ham next time hour, Nacho Monreal had his 52nd-minute strike cancelled out by Marko Arnautovi\u0107, before Ramsey restores Arsenal's lead late on. A brace later from Lacazette saw Arsenal ultimately secure a 4\u20131 win and duly keep alive their top four hopes.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 42], "content_span": [43, 309]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274676-0022-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Arsenal F.C. season, Review, April\nHowever, a damaging 1\u20131 home draw with Spanish club Atl\u00e9tico Madrid saw Arsenal on the back foot following the first leg of the Europa League semi\u2013final. Despite leading against ten men through Alexandre Lacazette's header, Antoine Griezmann pegged back the Gunners late on.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 42], "content_span": [43, 317]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274676-0023-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Arsenal F.C. season, Review, April\nThings worsened next time out, as, despite Henrikh Mkhitaryan scoring on his return to Old Trafford, goals in either half from Paul Pogba and Marouane Fellaini saw Manchester United earn a 2\u20131 victory over the struggling Gunners.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 42], "content_span": [43, 272]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274676-0024-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Arsenal F.C. season, Review, May\nThings got worse later in the week, as Diego Costa's first\u2013half strike earned Atl\u00e9tico Madrid a 1\u20130 win at the Wanda Metropolitano and eliminate Arsenal from the tournament, leaving Ars\u00e8ne Wenger's chances of one last trophy at Arsenal unquenched.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 40], "content_span": [41, 288]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274676-0025-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Arsenal F.C. season, Review, May\nHowever, his last home match in charge of Arsenal at least ended in a 5\u20130 annihilation of Burnley. Pierre\u2013Emerick Aubameyang opened and closed the scoring, with Lacazette, Sead Kolasinac and Alex Iwobi also scoring.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 40], "content_span": [41, 256]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274676-0026-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Arsenal F.C. season, Review, May\nHis penultimate game at the helm ended in a disappointing 3\u20131 defeat at Leicester City, despite Aubameyang levelling for the ten man Gunners shortly before the break.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 40], "content_span": [41, 207]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274676-0027-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Arsenal F.C. season, Review, May\nArs\u00e8ne Wenger's tenure as Arsenal manager ended as it began all the way back in 1996; with an away clean sheet. Huddersfield Town were the Frenchman's final victims, with Aubameyang grabbing his tenth of the season in the 36th minute to seal a 1\u20130 victory.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 40], "content_span": [41, 297]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274676-0028-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Arsenal F.C. season, Transfers, Transfers in\nArsenal's announced their first summer signing, Sead Kola\u0161inac, on 6 June 2017. The left-back arrived on a free transfer when his contract at Schalke 04 expired. He was joined by Alexandre Lacazette just under a month later, who joined from Lyon for a reported club-record fee of \u00a346.5\u00a0million on 5 July. Arsenal's first January transfer window signing was Greek defender Konstantinos Mavropanos from PAS Giannina, while acquiring Armenian international Henrikh Mkhitaryan in a swap-deal with Alexis S\u00e1nchez on 22 January 2018. The club then reunited Mkhitaryan with former teammate Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang in a club-record deal worth \u00a356.0\u00a0million on 31 January.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 52], "content_span": [53, 718]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274676-0029-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Arsenal F.C. season, Transfers, Transfers out\nArsenal released Yaya Sanogo, Stefan O'Connor, Kostas Pilea and Kristopher Da Graca on 9 June 2017. Sanogo's four-year stay only included 11 league appearances for the club, while O'Connor, Pilea and Da Graca never appeared for the first team. Academy product Chris Willock joined Benfica on June 30 upon the expiry of his contract, signing a five-year deal. Kaylen Hinds, another academy product, departed the club on 8 July, joining Wolfsburg for \u00a32.5\u00a0million on a three-year deal. Additional reserve players Glen Kamara and Daniel Crowley also departed the club, joining Dundee and Willem II respectively.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 53], "content_span": [54, 662]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274676-0029-0001", "contents": "2017\u201318 Arsenal F.C. season, Transfers, Transfers out\nWojciech Szcz\u0119sny, who amassed over 150 appearances for the club during an eight-year stay, joined Italian champions Juventus for \u00a310.0\u00a0million after his two-year loan at Roma expired. Meanwhile, club mainstay Kieran Gibbs departed for West Bromwich Albion for a \u00a37.0\u00a0million fee, leaving after recording 230 appearances over 11 seasons. On deadline day, Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain, who was in the final year of his contract at the club, transferred to Liverpool for a record sale fee of \u00a335.0\u00a0million and Donyell Malen returned to the Netherlands to join PSV Eindhoven.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 53], "content_span": [54, 621]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274676-0029-0002", "contents": "2017\u201318 Arsenal F.C. season, Transfers, Transfers out\nIn the January window, Arsenal allowed the departures of many first-team players, including Theo Walcott and Francis Coquelin, who left for combined fees of \u00a332.0\u00a0million. Moreover, Alexis S\u00e1nchez departed to Manchester United in a swap-deal which saw Henrikh Mkhitaryan arrive at the Emirates, while also sanctioning the departures of French first-team pair Olivier Giroud and Mathieu Debuchy, while academy product Marcus McGuane joined Barcelona. All in all, 22 players departed the club.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 53], "content_span": [54, 545]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274676-0030-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Arsenal F.C. season, Transfers, Transfers out, Loans out\nTakuma Asano had his season-long loan at Stuttgart from the previous season extended for an additional year. Marc Bola later joined Bristol Rovers on a season-long loan. About three weeks later, Emiliano Mart\u00ednez left for Getafe and Stephy Mavididi went to Preston North End. Meanwhile, English full-back pair Carl Jenkinson and Cohen Bramall were loaned to Birmingham City, while reserve player Kelechi Nwakali departed to join Eredivisie outfit VVV-Venlo. On deadline day, fringe players Lucas P\u00e9rez and Joel Campbell, who have compiled 34 domestic appearances collectively, joined Spanish outfits Deportivo La Coru\u00f1a and Real Betis respectively.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 64], "content_span": [65, 713]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274676-0030-0001", "contents": "2017\u201318 Arsenal F.C. season, Transfers, Transfers out, Loans out\nIn January, Stephy Mavididi had his loan cut short from Preston North End and, for the second time, was then loaned out to Charlton Athletic. English duo Tafari Moore and Ben Sheaf were then loaned out to fourth-tier sides Wycombe Wanderers and Stevenage, respectively, while four additional loans were completed on deadline day. Reserve pair Julio Pleguezuelo and Krystian Bielik joined Gimn\u00e0stic Tarragona and Walsall, while fringe first-team players Chuba Akpom and Jeff Reine-Ad\u00e9la\u00efde were also loaned out to conclude Arsenal's transfers for the season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 64], "content_span": [65, 622]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274676-0031-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Arsenal F.C. season, Squad statistics, Appearances and goals\nNumbers in parenthesis denote appearances as substitute. (R) denotes a reserve player.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 68], "content_span": [69, 155]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274676-0032-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Arsenal F.C. season, Pre-season\nOn 9 May 2017, Arsenal announced they would travel to Australia as part of their pre-season schedule and play two matches against Sydney FC and Western Sydney Wanderers. The club also faced Bayern Munich in Shanghai as a part of the International Champions Cup, and Chelsea in Beijing. Arsenal then hosted the 2017 Emirates Cup, and played Benfica and Sevilla as part of the tournament.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 39], "content_span": [40, 426]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274676-0033-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Arsenal F.C. season, Competitions, Premier League, Matches\nOn 14 June 2017, Arsenal's Premier League fixtures were announced, with the first game scheduled at home to Leicester City, and be the sixth season running Arsenal would start their league campaign at home. Also, Arsenal would play in the first Premier League match of the season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 66], "content_span": [67, 347]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274676-0034-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Arsenal F.C. season, Competitions, FA Cup\nIn the FA Cup, Arsenal entered the competition in the third round and were drawn away to Nottingham Forest. Arsenal were knocked out in the third round for the first time under Ars\u00e8ne Wenger.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 49], "content_span": [50, 241]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274676-0035-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Arsenal F.C. season, Competitions, EFL Cup\nArsenal entered the competition in the third round and were drawn at home to Doncaster Rovers. The Gunners were drawn at home for the fourth round with Norwich City the confirmed visitors. Arsenal were drawn against West Ham United at home for the quarter-finals. Arsenal drew Chelsea in the semi-finals, with the first leg taking place at Stamford Bridge.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 50], "content_span": [51, 407]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274676-0036-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Arsenal F.C. season, Competitions, UEFA Europa League\nOn 25 August 2017, the group stages were announced with Arsenal drawn out in Group H alongside BATE Borisov, 1.FC K\u00f6ln and Red Star Belgrade.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 61], "content_span": [62, 203]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274676-0037-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Arsenal F.C. season, Competitions, UEFA Europa League, Knockout phase\nThe draw was held on 11 December 2017, with Arsenal among the seeded teams (as group winners) drawn against one of the unseeded runners-up, \u00d6stersund. The first leg was played away on 15 February 2018, and the second leg was played at home on 22 February 2018.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 77], "content_span": [78, 338]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274676-0038-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Arsenal F.C. season, Awards, Arsenal Player of the Month award\nAwarded monthly to the player that was chosen by fan voting on Arsenal.com", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 70], "content_span": [71, 145]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274676-0039-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Arsenal F.C. season, Awards, Arsenal Player of the Season award\nThe Player of the Season was awarded to Aaron Ramsey.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 71], "content_span": [72, 125]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274676-0040-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Arsenal F.C. season, Awards, Arsenal Goal of the Month award\nAwarded monthly to the goal that was chosen by fan voting on Arsenal.com", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 68], "content_span": [69, 141]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274676-0041-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Arsenal F.C. season, Awards, Arsenal Goal of the Season award\nThe Goal of the Season was awarded to Aaron Ramsey with his lobbed volley against CSKA Moscow in the UEFA Europa League.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 69], "content_span": [70, 190]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274677-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Arsenal W.F.C. season\nThe 2017\u201318 season was Arsenal Women's Football Club's 32nd season of competitive football. They won the WSL Cup for the 5th time and finished Runner-Up to Chelsea for the FA Women's Cup. Arsenal finished 3rd in the Women's Super League, missing out on a spot in UEFA Women's Champions League by 1 point.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [29, 29], "content_span": [30, 334]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274677-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Arsenal W.F.C. season\nJoe Montemurro took over as Manager of Arsenal on 5 December 2017 after Pedro Mart\u00ednez Losa had departed the club, one month into the season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [29, 29], "content_span": [30, 171]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274678-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Arsenal de Sarand\u00ed season\nThe 2017\u201318 season is Arsenal de Sarand\u00ed's 17th consecutive season in the top-flight of Argentine football. The season covers the period from 1 July 2017 to 30 June 2018.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [33, 33], "content_span": [34, 204]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274678-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Arsenal de Sarand\u00ed season, Players, Current squad\nNote: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 57], "content_span": [58, 186]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274679-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Aruban Division di Honor\nThe 2017\u201318 Aruban Division di Honor is the 57th season of the Aruban Division di Honor, the top tier of football in Aruba.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [32, 32], "content_span": [33, 156]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274679-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Aruban Division di Honor\nThe regular season began on 13 October 2017 and concluded on 5 May 2018. The league champions and berths into the Caribbean Club Shield will be determined through a four-team postseason tournament, known as the Calle 4. The Calle 4 began on 18 May 2018 and concluded 3 July 2018.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [32, 32], "content_span": [33, 312]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274680-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Ascenso MX season\nThe 2017\u201318 Ascenso MX season is a two-part competition: Apertura 2017 and Clausura 2018. Ascenso MX is the second-tier football league of Mexico. Apertura began on 21 July 2017, and Clausura began on 5 January 2018.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [25, 25], "content_span": [26, 242]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274680-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Ascenso MX season, Changes from the previous season\nSix teams meet the requirements to be promoted to the Liga MX for the 2018\u20132019 season. Those teams are Atl\u00e9tico San Luis, Atlante, Celaya, Ju\u00e1rez, Sinaloa, and UdeG. The remaining teams were awarded MXN$120 million for winning the promotion playoff, which should be utilized to fulfill necessary requirements for promotion within the next season, and remain in Ascenso MX.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 59], "content_span": [60, 433]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274680-0001-0001", "contents": "2017\u201318 Ascenso MX season, Changes from the previous season\nIf a team wins promotion but does not meet requirements for Liga MX, the relegated Liga MX team of the 2017\u201318 season will be obligated to pay the prize money to that team, and the relegated Liga MX team will remain in first division. If the relegated Liga MX team cannot distribute the prize money to the promoted Ascenso MX team, both teams will lose their right to play in Liga MX and must play in Ascenso MX the following season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 59], "content_span": [60, 493]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274680-0002-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Ascenso MX season, Apertura 2017\nThe regular season began on 21 July 2017 and ended on 11 November 2017. Fixtures for the Apertura 2017 season were announced on 13 June 2017. The ninth round of the season, scheduled for 22 and 23 September 2017, was suspended after the 2017 Central Mexico earthquake on 19 September 2017. However, the ninth round was still the next round played, during the FIFA International break on 6,7, and 8 October 2017. The liguilla was played from 15 November to 2 December 2017. Oaxaca won their first title after defeating Ju\u00e1rez on penalties.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 40], "content_span": [41, 579]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274680-0003-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Ascenso MX season, Apertura 2017, Season statistics, Top goalscorers\nPlayers sorted first by goals scored, then by last name.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 76], "content_span": [77, 133]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274680-0004-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Ascenso MX season, Apertura 2017, Attendance, Per team\nUpdated to games played on 11 November 2017Source: Notes:Only regular season listed1: Team did not play last season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 62], "content_span": [63, 179]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274680-0005-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Ascenso MX season, Apertura 2017, Liguilla (Playoffs)\nThe eight best teams play two games against each other on a home-and-away basis. The higher seeded teams play on their home field during the second leg. The winner of each match up is determined by aggregate score. If the teams are tied, the away goals rule applies. In the quarterfinals and semifinals, if the two teams are tied on aggregate and away goals, the higher seeded team advances. In the final, if the two teams are tied after both legs, the match goes to extra time and, if necessary, a penalty shoot-out.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 61], "content_span": [62, 579]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274680-0006-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Ascenso MX season, Apertura 2017, Liguilla (Playoffs), Quarterfinals\nAll times are UTC\u22126 except for matches in Ciudad Ju\u00e1rez.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 76], "content_span": [77, 133]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274680-0007-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Ascenso MX season, Apertura 2017, Liguilla (Playoffs), Semifinals\nThe first leg of the semifinals was played on 22 November 2017, and the second leg was played on 25 November 2017.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 73], "content_span": [74, 188]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274680-0008-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Ascenso MX season, Clausura 2018\nThe regular season began on 5 January 2018 and ended on 1 April 2018. The liguilla began on 7 April 2018 and ended on 29 April 2018. Alebrijes de Oaxaca are the defending champions, having won their first title. Cafetaleros de Tapachula defeated Leones Negros UdeG 3\u20132 on aggregate to win their first title.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 40], "content_span": [41, 348]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274680-0009-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Ascenso MX season, Clausura 2018, Regular season, Positions by round\nThe table lists the positions of teams after each week of matches. In order to preserve chronological evolvements, any postponed matches are not included in the round at which they were originally scheduled, but added to the full round they were played immediately afterwards. For example, if a match is scheduled for matchday 3, but then postponed and played between days 6 and 7, it will be added to the standings for day 6.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 76], "content_span": [77, 503]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274680-0010-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Ascenso MX season, Clausura 2018, Regular season, Positions by round\nThe eighth round was played on 13 and 14 February 2018. Due to a friendly between Atl\u00e9tico San Luis and New York City FC on 13 February 2018, the match between Zacatepec and Atl\u00e9tico San Luis was postponed until 20 February 2018, after the ninth round.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 76], "content_span": [77, 329]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274680-0011-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Ascenso MX season, Clausura 2018, Season statistics, Top goalscorers\nPlayers sorted first by goals scored, then by last name.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 76], "content_span": [77, 133]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274680-0012-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Ascenso MX season, Clausura 2018, Attendance, Per team\nUpdated to games played on 1 April 2018Source: Notes:Only regular season listed", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 62], "content_span": [63, 142]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274680-0013-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Ascenso MX season, Clausura 2018, Liguilla (Playoffs)\nThe eight best teams play two games against each other on a home-and-away basis. The higher seeded teams play on their home field during the second leg. The winner of each match up is determined by aggregate score. If the teams are tied, the away goals rule applies. In the quarterfinals and semifinals, if the two teams are tied on aggregate and away goals, the higher seeded team advances. In the final, if the two teams are tied after both legs, the match goes to extra time and, if necessary, a penalty shoot-out.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 61], "content_span": [62, 579]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274680-0014-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Ascenso MX season, Clausura 2018, Liguilla (Playoffs), Quarter-finals\nThe first legs were played on 7 and 8 April, and the second legs were played on 14 and 15 April 2018.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 77], "content_span": [78, 179]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274680-0015-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Ascenso MX season, Clausura 2018, Liguilla (Playoffs), Semi-finals\nThe first legs were played on 18 and 19 April, and the second legs were played on 21 and 22 April 2018.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 74], "content_span": [75, 178]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274680-0016-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Ascenso MX season, Clausura 2018, Liguilla (Playoffs), Final\nThe first leg was played on 26 April, and the second leg was played on 29 April 2018.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 68], "content_span": [69, 154]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274680-0017-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Ascenso MX season, Promotion Final\nThe Promotion Final is a two-legged playoff between the winners of the Apertura and Clausura tournaments to determine which team will be promoted to Liga MX. The final would not be played if one team wins both the Apertura and Clausura tournaments, and they would be automatically promoted if they meet Liga MX requirements. The higher ranked team on the aggregate table, for the 2017\u201318 season, will play the second leg at home.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 42], "content_span": [43, 472]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274680-0018-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Ascenso MX season, Promotion Final\nThe Apertura 2017 champion was Oaxaca. The Clausura 2018 champion was Tapachula. Since the change in regulation for the 2017\u201318 season, neither team is certified to be promoted to Liga MX. The winner of the final can receive the prize money of MXN$120 million from the relegated Liga MX team, Lobos BUAP, but would not participate in the following Liga MX season. The 2018\u201319 Liga MX season would then be played with 17 teams. On 1 May 2018, the league announced there would be no changes to the relegation and promotion regulations agreed to before the beginning of the season. The league reiterated, on 4 May 2018, that the final would be played for a monetary prize and must be played by the participating teams who would otherwise risk their disaffiliation.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 42], "content_span": [43, 804]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274680-0019-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Ascenso MX season, Promotion Final, First Leg\nAssistant referees:Cesar Cerritos Garc\u00eda (Guanajuato)Enrique Mart\u00ecnez Sandoval (Mexico City)Fourth official:Alejandro Funk Villafa\u00f1e (Argentina)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 53], "content_span": [54, 198]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274680-0020-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Ascenso MX season, Promotion Final, Second Leg\nAssistant referees:Enr\u00edque Isaac Bustos D\u00edaz (Guerrero)Eduardo Acosta Orea (Morelos)Fourth official:Juan Andr\u00e9s Esquivel Gonz\u00e1lez (Mexico City)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 54], "content_span": [55, 198]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274680-0021-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Ascenso MX season, Aggregate table\nThe Aggregate table is the general ranking for the 2017\u201318 season. This table is a sum of the Apertura and Clausura tournament standings. The aggregate table is used to determine seeding for the \"Promotion\" Final and for Apertura 2018 Copa MX qualification.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 42], "content_span": [43, 300]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274680-0022-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Ascenso MX season, Relegation table\nThe relegated team will be the one with the lowest ratio of points to matches played in the following tournaments: Apertura 2015, Clausura 2016, Apertura 2016, Clausura 2017, Apertura 2017, and Clausura 2018.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 43], "content_span": [44, 252]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274680-0023-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Ascenso MX season, Relegation table\nLast update: 1 April 2018 Rules for relegation: 1) Relegation coefficient; 2) Goal difference; 3) Number of goals scored; 4) Head-to-head results between tied teams; 5) Number of goals scored away; 6) Fair Play points R = RelegatedSource:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 43], "content_span": [44, 282]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274681-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Ashes series\nThe 2017\u201318 Ashes series (named Magellan Ashes Series for sponsorship reasons) was a series of Test cricket matches contested between England and Australia for The Ashes. The series was played at five venues across Australia between 23 November 2017 and 8 January 2018. England were the defending holders of the Ashes going into the series, having won in 2015. Australia won the series 4\u20130, regaining The Ashes after taking an unassailable lead with an innings victory in the third Test.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [20, 20], "content_span": [21, 508]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274681-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Ashes series, Squads\nIn September 2017, Ben Stokes was named in the initial England squad, but was subsequently ruled out of international selection until further notice while a disciplinary process took place. The following month, he was withdrawn from the Ashes squad, pending an investigation, with Steven Finn added to England's squad. However, Finn himself was then ruled out of the tour, injuring his knee prior to the first warm-up game. Tom Curran was called up to replace him. James Anderson was named as England's vice-captain for the Test series in Stokes' absence. George Garton was added to England's squad as cover for Jake Ball during pre-Test tour matches, but returned to the England Lions when Ball recovered in time for the first Test.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 28], "content_span": [29, 762]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274681-0002-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Ashes series, Squads\nAustralia delayed naming its squad for the first two Tests until 17 November 2017, selecting Cameron Bancroft to replace Matthew Renshaw. Tim Paine returned to the team after a seven-year absence, ahead of Matthew Wade and Peter Nevill. Before the first Test, Glenn Maxwell was added to Australia's squad as cover for David Warner, who injured his neck at training. Mitchell Marsh was later added to Australia's squad ahead of the third Test, replacing Chadd Sayers.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 28], "content_span": [29, 495]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274681-0003-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Ashes series, Squads\nAustralia's Mitchell Starc and England's Craig Overton were both ruled out of the fourth Test, with heel and rib injuries respectively. Maxwell was replaced by Ashton Agar for the fifth Test. England's Chris Woakes was ruled out of the fifth Test due to injury.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 28], "content_span": [29, 290]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274681-0004-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Ashes series, Venues\nThe five venues were the Gabba, Adelaide Oval, the WACA Ground, the Melbourne Cricket Ground and the Sydney Cricket Ground.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 28], "content_span": [29, 152]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274681-0005-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Ashes series, Venues\nThe WACA Ground was expected to host its final Test during the series, prior to the opening of the new Optus Stadium. However, it was said in November 2015 that construction of the new stadium was well ahead of schedule and the Perth Test could be hosted at the new venue. A decision on the venue was made in May 2017, with the WACA Ground confirmed as the venue, as the new stadium would not be ready in time.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 28], "content_span": [29, 439]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274681-0006-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Ashes series, Venues\nIn December 2016, Cricket Australia (CA) were looking at hosting the first day/night Ashes match, with Adelaide being the likely venue. On 12 December 2016, it was confirmed that Adelaide Oval would host the first day/night Ashes Test.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 28], "content_span": [29, 264]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274681-0007-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Ashes series, Broadcasting\nThe series was broadcast on television in Australia by the Nine Network. As part of a five-year deal with Cricket Australia that commenced in 2016, BT Sport provided television coverage of the series in the United Kingdom and Ireland.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 34], "content_span": [35, 269]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274682-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Asian Le Mans Series\nThe 2017\u201318 Asian Le Mans Series was the sixth season of the Automobile Club de l'Ouest's Asian Le Mans Series. It is the fourth 24 Hours of Le Mans-based series created by the ACO, following the American Le Mans Series (since merged with the Rolex Sports Car Series to form the United SportsCar Championship), the European Le Mans Series and the FIA World Endurance Championship. The season began at the Zhuhai International Circuit in October 2017 and ended at Sepang International Circuit in Selangor on 4 February 2018.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [28, 28], "content_span": [29, 552]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274682-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Asian Le Mans Series, Calendar\nThe 2017\u20132018 calendar was revealed in February 2017. It was then updated in June, removing the Zhejiang round.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 38], "content_span": [39, 150]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274683-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Asseco Resovia Rzesz\u00f3w season\nAsseco Resovia Rzesz\u00f3w 2017\u20132018 season is the 2017/2018 volleyball season for Polish professional volleyball club Asseco Resovia Rzesz\u00f3w.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [37, 37], "content_span": [38, 176]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274683-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Asseco Resovia Rzesz\u00f3w season\nOn December 3, 2017 Asseco Resovia announced the information about terminating the contract with head coach Roberto Serniotti. The unofficial reason was the low results after 12 rounds of league. His duties were taken over by a former head coach Andrzej Kowal.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [37, 37], "content_span": [38, 298]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274684-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Associa\u00e7\u00e3o Acad\u00e9mica de Coimbra \u2013 O.A.F. season\nThe 2017\u201318 season is Acad\u00e9mica's second season in the LigaPro. This season they will also take part in the Ta\u00e7a de Portugal and Ta\u00e7a da Liga.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 55], "section_span": [55, 55], "content_span": [56, 198]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274685-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Aston Villa F.C. season\nThe 2017\u201318 season was Aston Villa's second consecutive season in the Championship following their relegation from the Premier League during the 2015\u201316 season. It was also their 143rd year in existence.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [31, 31], "content_span": [32, 235]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274685-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Aston Villa F.C. season\nJohn Terry joined the club and was appointed captain. Villa secured a play-off place and defeated Middlesbrough to reach the final, but lost 1\u20130 to Fulham in the final and thus missed out on promotion to the Premier League.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [31, 31], "content_span": [32, 255]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274685-0002-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Aston Villa F.C. season, Competitions, FA Cup\nIn the FA Cup, Aston Villa entered the competition in the third round and were drawn at home against either Woking or Peterborough United. The latter won their replayed tie 5\u20132 to visit Villa Park in the third round.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 53], "content_span": [54, 270]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274685-0003-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Aston Villa F.C. season, Competitions, EFL Cup\nOn 16 June 2017, the draw for the first round took place with a trip to Colchester United confirmed. Villa were drawn at home to Wigan Athletic in the second round. A third round home time against Middlesbrough was made on 24 August 2017.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 54], "content_span": [55, 293]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274686-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Atalanta B.C. season\nThe 2017\u201318 season was Atalanta Bergamasca Calcio's seventh consecutive season in Serie A. The club competed in Serie A and the Coppa Italia, and had qualified for the group stage of the UEFA Europa League following a fourth-place finish the previous season, the club's best league result at the time.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [28, 28], "content_span": [29, 330]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274686-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Atalanta B.C. season\nThe season was coach Gian Piero Gasperini's second at the club. Atalanta ended the season in 7th, qualifying for the second qualifying round of the 2018\u201319 UEFA Europa League. The club was eliminated in the Coppa Italia by eventual winners Juventus, in the semi-finals.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [28, 28], "content_span": [29, 298]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274687-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Athletic Bilbao season\nThe 2017\u201318 season was the 119th in Athletic Club\u2019s history and the 87th in the top tier.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [30, 30], "content_span": [31, 120]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274687-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Athletic Bilbao season, Squad\nAccording to the official website. Unai N\u00fa\u00f1ez wore number 12 in domestic matches from the beginning of 2018.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 37], "content_span": [38, 146]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274687-0002-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Athletic Bilbao season, Squad, Disciplinary record\nI\u00f1igo Mart\u00ednez' and I\u00f1aki Williams' yellow cards against Celta Vigo on matchday 30 were removed in April 2018.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 58], "content_span": [59, 169]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274687-0003-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Athletic Bilbao season, Squad, From the youth system\nNote: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 60], "content_span": [61, 189]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274688-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Atlanta Hawks season\nThe 2017\u201318 Atlanta Hawks season was the team's 68th season of the franchise in the National Basketball Association (NBA) and the 50th in Atlanta. For the first time since 2013, Paul Millsap was not on the roster, as he signed with the Denver Nuggets in free agency. This was the first time the Hawks missed the playoffs since 2007, and made them the second NBA team to go 60 years without winning a title. This season would also be the last with Mike Budenholzer coaching the Hawks, as he would part with them after the season ended on April 25, 2018, later joining the Milwaukee Bucks in May.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [28, 28], "content_span": [29, 623]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274688-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Atlanta Hawks season, Player statistics\nAfter all games. \u2021Waived during the season\u2020Traded during the season\u2260Acquired during the season", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 47], "content_span": [48, 142]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274689-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Atlantic 10 Conference men's basketball season\nThe 2017\u201318 Atlantic 10 Conference men's basketball season was the 42nd season of Atlantic 10 Conference basketball. The season began with practices in October 2017, followed by the start of the 2017\u201318 NCAA Division I men's basketball season in November. League play began in late December and ended on March 3, 2018.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 54], "section_span": [54, 54], "content_span": [55, 373]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274689-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Atlantic 10 Conference men's basketball season\nWith a win over La Salle on February 20, 2018, Rhode Island clinched at least a share of the A-10 regular season championship, their first title since 1981. Three days later, the Rams clinched an outright A-10 title for the first time in school history.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 54], "section_span": [54, 54], "content_span": [55, 308]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274689-0002-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Atlantic 10 Conference men's basketball season\nThe 2018 A-10 Tournament was held at the Capital One Arena in Washington, D.C. from March 7 through 11, 2018. Davidson defeated Rhode Island in the championship game to win the tournament and receive the conference's automatic bid to the NCAA Tournament.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 54], "section_span": [54, 54], "content_span": [55, 309]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274689-0003-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Atlantic 10 Conference men's basketball season\nDavidson, Rhode Island, and St. Bonaventure were invited to the NCAA Tournament. The schools went a combined 2\u20133 in tournament play.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 54], "section_span": [54, 54], "content_span": [55, 187]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274689-0004-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Atlantic 10 Conference men's basketball season, Head coaches, Coaching changes\nGeorge Washington head coach Mike Lonergan was fired on September 17, 2016, after the school concluded a two-month investigation into alleged emotional abuse against his players. Maurice Joseph was named interim head coach on September 27. On March 27, 2017, the school removed the interim tag and named Maurice Joseph full-time head coach.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 54], "section_span": [56, 86], "content_span": [87, 427]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274689-0005-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Atlantic 10 Conference men's basketball season, Head coaches, Coaching changes\nOn March 9, 2017, UMass fired head coach Derek Kellogg after nine years and a 155\u2013137 record. On March 31, the school announced they had hired Chattanooga head coach Matt McCall.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 54], "section_span": [56, 86], "content_span": [87, 265]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274689-0006-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Atlantic 10 Conference men's basketball season, Head coaches, Coaching changes\nWill Wade left VCU to take the head coaching position at LSU following the firing of Johnny Jones. On March 21, 2017 the school hired Rice head coach Mike Rhoades, who had served as associate head coach under Shaka Smart from 2009\u20132014.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 54], "section_span": [56, 86], "content_span": [87, 323]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274689-0007-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Atlantic 10 Conference men's basketball season, Head coaches, Coaching changes\nDuquesne fired head coach Jim Ferry on March 13, 2017 after five seasons. The school then hired Akron head coach Keith Dambrot on March 28. Dambrot had a 305-139 record in his 13 years as the Akron head coach.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 54], "section_span": [56, 86], "content_span": [87, 296]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274689-0008-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Atlantic 10 Conference men's basketball season, Head coaches, Coaching changes\nOn March 25, 2017, Dayton head coach Archie Miller left the school to accept the head coaching position at Indiana. The school hired Dayton alum Anthony Grant as the new head coach on March 30.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 54], "section_span": [56, 86], "content_span": [87, 280]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274689-0009-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Atlantic 10 Conference men's basketball season, Preseason, Preseason poll\nPrior to the season at the conference's annual media day, awards and a poll were chosen by a panel of the league's head coaches and select media members.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 54], "section_span": [56, 81], "content_span": [82, 235]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274689-0010-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Atlantic 10 Conference men's basketball season, Regular season, Conference matrix\nThis table summarizes the head-to-head results between teams in conference play. Each team played 18 conference games: one game vs. eight opponents and two games against five opponents.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 54], "section_span": [56, 89], "content_span": [90, 275]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274689-0011-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Atlantic 10 Conference men's basketball season, Conference Awards\nOn March 6, 2018, the Atlantic 10 announced its conference awards.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 54], "section_span": [56, 73], "content_span": [74, 140]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274689-0012-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Atlantic 10 Conference men's basketball season, Postseason, NCAA Tournament\nThe winner of the Atlantic 10 Tournament, Davidson, received the conference's automatic bid to the 2018 NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Tournament. Two other conference school received at-large bids to the Tournament: Rhode Island and St. Bonaventure.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 54], "section_span": [56, 83], "content_span": [84, 336]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274690-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Atlantic Coast Conference men's basketball season\nThe 2017\u201318 Atlantic Coast Conference men's basketball season began with practices in October 2017, followed by the start of the 2017\u201318 NCAA Division I men's basketball season in November. Conference play started in late December 2017 and concluded in March with the 2018 ACC Men's Basketball Tournament at the Barclays Center in Brooklyn, New York. The Virginia Cavaliers won an outright regular season championship, their third in five years under the guidance of Tony Bennett, who also received his third ACC Coach of the Year Award. He also became the only living three-time winner of the Henry Iba Award for national coach of the year.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 57], "section_span": [57, 57], "content_span": [58, 699]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274690-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Atlantic Coast Conference men's basketball season\nThe Cavaliers finished 17\u20131 in the conference, finishing four games above second-place Duke. Virginia went on to win the tournament by handily defeating Louisville 75\u201358, Clemson 64\u201358, and North Carolina 71\u201363 in the championship game. Sophomore guard Kyle Guy was named Tournament MVP as well as First-Team All-ACC. Both the Virginia\u2013North Carolina title game and Duke\u2013North Carolina semifinal game set the Barclays Center attendance record for college basketball games, and conference leadership vowed to return the ACC Tournament to New York again in the near future.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 57], "section_span": [57, 57], "content_span": [58, 629]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274690-0002-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Atlantic Coast Conference men's basketball season, Head coaches, Coaching changes\nOn February 16, 2017, NC State head coach Mark Gottfried was fired, but the school allowed him to finish out the season. He finished at NC State with a six-year record of 123\u201386. On March 17, the school hired UNC Wilmington head coach Kevin Keatts as head coach.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 57], "section_span": [59, 89], "content_span": [90, 352]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274690-0003-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Atlantic Coast Conference men's basketball season, Head coaches, Coaching changes\nOn September 26, 2017, federal prosecutors in New York announced that Louisville was under investigation for an alleged \"pay for play\" scheme involving recruits. The allegations state that an Adidas executive conspired to pay $100,000 to the family of a top-ranked national recruit to play at Louisville and to represent Adidas when he turned pro. The criminal complaint does not name Louisville specifically but appears to involve the recruitment of Brian Bowen, a late, surprise commit to the school. On September 27, head coach Rick Pitino and athletic director Tom Jurich were placed on administrative leave.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 57], "section_span": [59, 89], "content_span": [90, 702]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274690-0004-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Atlantic Coast Conference men's basketball season, Preseason, ACC Preseason Media Poll\nIn the end of October, 2017 members of the media gathered in Charlotte to vote on the preseason ACC awards. Conference finish, Preseason ACC teams, rookie of the year, and player of the year were all voted on. The results can be seen in the sections below.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 57], "section_span": [59, 94], "content_span": [95, 351]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274690-0005-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Atlantic Coast Conference men's basketball season, Preseason, ACC Preseason Media Poll, Preseason All-ACC Teams\nBonzie Colson, Notre Dame (64) Grayson Allen, Duke (60) Joel Berry II, North Carolina (58) Marvin Bagley III, Duke (26) Ben Lammers, Georgia Tech (25)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 57], "section_span": [59, 119], "content_span": [120, 270]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274690-0006-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Atlantic Coast Conference men's basketball season, Preseason, ACC Preseason Media Poll, Preseason All-ACC Teams\nBruce Brown Jr., Miami (22) Quentin Snider, Louisville (12) Deng Adel, Louisville (12) Josh Okogie, Georgia Tech (11) Jerome Robinson, Boston College (11)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 57], "section_span": [59, 119], "content_span": [120, 274]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274690-0007-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Atlantic Coast Conference men's basketball season, Regular season, Rankings\nNotes: The week 2 Coaches Poll did not release at the same time as the week 2 AP poll. The AP poll does not release a final poll after the NCAA Tournament, where as the Coaches Poll does.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 57], "section_span": [59, 83], "content_span": [84, 271]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274690-0008-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Atlantic Coast Conference men's basketball season, Regular season, Conference matrix\nThis table summarizes the head-to-head results between teams in conference play. Each team will play 18 conference games, and at least 1 against each opponent.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 57], "section_span": [59, 92], "content_span": [93, 252]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274690-0009-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Atlantic Coast Conference men's basketball season, Regular season, Player of the week\nThroughout the conference regular season, the Atlantic Coast Conference offices named one or two Players of the week and one or two Rookies of the week.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 57], "section_span": [59, 93], "content_span": [94, 246]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274690-0010-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Atlantic Coast Conference men's basketball season, Regular season, Records against other conferences\n2017\u201318 records against non-conference foes as of (Feb. 3, 2018). Records shown for regular season only.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 57], "section_span": [59, 108], "content_span": [109, 213]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274690-0011-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Atlantic Coast Conference men's basketball season, Honors and awards, All-Americans\nTo earn \"consensus\" status, a player must win honors based on a point system computed from the four different all-America teams. The point system consists of three points for first team, two points for second team and one point for third team. No honorable mention or fourth team or lower are used in the computation. The top five totals plus ties are first team and the next five plus ties are second team.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 57], "section_span": [59, 91], "content_span": [92, 499]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274690-0012-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Atlantic Coast Conference men's basketball season, 2018 NBA Draft\nThe Atlantic Coast Conference had a total of 10 players selected in the 2018 NBA Draft. Six players were selected in the first round, and 4 players were selected in the second round. The 10 selections was the most selections of any conference in the draft. The ACC is the only conference to have had at least four first round picks in each of the last 10 NBA Drafts, and has had at least one first round pick for 30 consecutive years.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 57], "section_span": [59, 73], "content_span": [74, 508]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274691-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Atlantic Coast Conference women's basketball season\nThe 2017\u201318 Atlantic Coast Conference women's basketball season began with practices in October 2017, followed by the start of the 2017\u201318 NCAA Division I women's basketball season in November. Conference play started in late December 2017 and will conclude in March with the 2018 ACC Women's Basketball Tournament at the Greensboro Coliseum in Greensboro, NC. The regular season and tournament champions were the Louisville Cardinals.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 59], "section_span": [59, 59], "content_span": [60, 495]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274691-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Atlantic Coast Conference women's basketball season, Head coaches, Coaching changes\nThere were no coaching changes prior to the 2017\u201318 season. However, after the season ended, Erik Johnson resigned as the head coach of Boston College. Also after the season concluded it was announced that Audra Smith would not be returning as coach of Clemson.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 59], "section_span": [61, 91], "content_span": [92, 353]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274691-0002-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Atlantic Coast Conference women's basketball season, Preseason, ACC Preseason Media Day\nPrior to the start of the season, the ACC hosted a media day at the Westin Hotel in Charlotte, North Carolina. At the media day, the head coaches voted on the finishing order of the teams, an All-ACC team, a Preseason Player of the Year, and Newcomers to watch. The media day was hosted on October 19, 2017. A selected group of student athletes also took questions from the media on this day.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 59], "section_span": [61, 95], "content_span": [96, 488]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274691-0003-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Atlantic Coast Conference women's basketball season, Preseason, ACC Preseason Media Day, ACC preseason polls\nAt ACC Media Day, the ACC Head Coaches voted on a final finishing order for all ACC teams, as well as a Blue Ribbon Panel. The results are shown below.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 59], "section_span": [61, 116], "content_span": [117, 268]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274691-0004-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Atlantic Coast Conference women's basketball season, Preseason, ACC Preseason Media Day, Preseason All-ACC Teams\nLexie Brown, R-Sr., G, Duke Rebecca Greenwell, R-Sr., G, Duke Shakayla Thomas, Sr., F, Florida State Francesca Pan, So., G, Georgia Tech Asia Durr, Jr., G, Louisville Myisha Hines-Allen, Sr., F, Louisville Paris Kea, R-Jr., G, North Carolina Arike Ogunbowale, Jr., G, Notre Dame Marina Mabrey, Jr., G, Notre Dame Elisa Penna, So., G, Wake Forest", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 59], "section_span": [61, 120], "content_span": [121, 468]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274691-0005-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Atlantic Coast Conference women's basketball season, Preseason, ACC Preseason Media Day, Preseason All-ACC Teams\nLexie Brown, R-Sr., G, Duke Rebecca Greenwell, R-Sr., G, Duke Shakayla Thomas, Sr., F, Florida State Asia Durr, Jr., G, Louisville Myisha Hines-Allen, Sr., F, Louisville Stephanie Watts, Jr., G, North Carolina Paris Kea, R-Jr., G, North Carolina Arike Ogunbowale, Jr., G, Notre Dame Marina Mabrey, Jr., G, Notre Dame Chanette Hicks, Jr., G, Virginia Tech", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 59], "section_span": [61, 120], "content_span": [121, 478]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274691-0006-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Atlantic Coast Conference women's basketball season, Preseason, ACC Preseason Media Day, Newcomer Watchlist\nMikayla Boykin, Fr., G, Duke Lorela Cubaj, Fr., F, Georgia Tech Dana Evans, Fr., G, Louisville Janelle Bailey, Fr., C, North Carolina Lili Thompson, GS, G, Notre Dame", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 59], "section_span": [61, 115], "content_span": [116, 284]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274691-0007-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Atlantic Coast Conference women's basketball season, Preseason, ACC Preseason Media Day, Newcomer Watchlist\nMikayla Boykin, Fr., G, Duke Bego Faz Davalos, R-Sr., C, Duke Dana Evans, Fr., G, Louisville Janelle Bailey, Fr., C, North Carolina Lili Thompson, GS, G, Notre Dame", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 59], "section_span": [61, 115], "content_span": [116, 280]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274691-0008-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Atlantic Coast Conference women's basketball season, Regular season, Rankings\nNote: The Coaches Poll releases a final poll after the NCAA tournament, but the AP Poll does not release a poll at this time.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 59], "section_span": [61, 85], "content_span": [86, 211]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274691-0009-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Atlantic Coast Conference women's basketball season, Regular season, Conference matrix\nThis table summarizes the head-to-head results between teams in conference play. Each team will play 16 conference games, and at least 1 against each opponent.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 59], "section_span": [61, 94], "content_span": [95, 254]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274691-0010-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Atlantic Coast Conference women's basketball season, Regular season, Player of the week\nThroughout the conference regular season, the Atlantic Coast Conference offices named a Player(s) of the week and a Rookie(s) of the week.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 59], "section_span": [61, 95], "content_span": [96, 234]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274691-0011-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Atlantic Coast Conference women's basketball season, Honors and awards, ACC Awards\nLexie Brown, R-Sr., G, Duke Shakayla Thomas, Sr., F, Florida State Imani Wright, R-Sr., G, Florida State Asia Durr, Jr., G, Louisville Myisha Hines-Allen, Sr., F, Louisville Paris Kea, R-Jr., G, North Carolina Chelsea Nelson, Sr., F, NC State Arike Ogunbowale, Jr., G, Notre Dame Jessica Shepard, Jr., F, Notre Dame Tiana Mangakahia, So., G, Syracuse", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 59], "section_span": [61, 90], "content_span": [91, 442]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274691-0012-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Atlantic Coast Conference women's basketball season, Honors and awards, ACC Awards\nRebecca Greenwell, R-Sr., G, Duke Erykah Davenport, Sr., F/C, Miami Marina Mabrey, Jr., G, Notre Dame Taylor Emery, Jr., G, Virginia Tech Elisa Penna, Jr, F, Wake Forest", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 59], "section_span": [61, 90], "content_span": [91, 260]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274691-0013-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Atlantic Coast Conference women's basketball season, Honors and awards, ACC Awards\nMilan Bolden-Morris, Fr., G, Boston College Jade Williams, Fr., F, Duke Kierra Fletcher, Fr., G, Georgia Tech Dana Evans, Fr., G, Louisville Mykea Gray, Fr., G, Miami Kelsey Marshall, Fr., G, Miami Janelle Bailey, Fr., F, North Carolina Digna Strautmane, Fr., F, Syracuse", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 59], "section_span": [61, 90], "content_span": [91, 362]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274691-0014-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Atlantic Coast Conference women's basketball season, WNBA Draft\nThe ACC had 5 players selected in the 2018 WNBA draft.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 59], "section_span": [61, 71], "content_span": [72, 126]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274692-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Atl\u00e9tico Madrid season\nThe 2017\u201318 season was Atl\u00e9tico Madrid's 87th season since foundation in 1903 and the club's 81st season in La Liga, the top league of Spanish football. Atl\u00e9tico competed in La Liga, Copa del Rey, UEFA Champions League and UEFA Europa League. It was also the first season that Atl\u00e9tico played at the Wanda Metropolitano.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [30, 30], "content_span": [31, 351]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274692-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Atl\u00e9tico Madrid season, Transfers, In\n1would be registered and able to play after January 1, 2018.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 45], "content_span": [46, 106]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274692-0002-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Atl\u00e9tico Madrid season, Transfers, Out\n150% of rights sold, player signed contract for 5 years.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 46], "content_span": [47, 103]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274693-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Atl\u00e9tico Tucum\u00e1n season\nThe 2017\u201318 season is Atl\u00e9tico Tucum\u00e1n's 3rd consecutive season in the top-flight of Argentine football. The season covers the period from 1 July 2017 to 30 June 2018.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [31, 31], "content_span": [32, 199]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274693-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Atl\u00e9tico Tucum\u00e1n season, Current squad\nNote: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 46], "content_span": [47, 175]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274693-0002-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Atl\u00e9tico Tucum\u00e1n season, Current squad, Out on loan\nNote: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 59], "content_span": [60, 188]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274694-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Auburn Tigers men's basketball team\nThe 2017\u201318 Auburn Tigers men's basketball team represented Auburn University during the 2017\u201318 NCAA Division I men's basketball season as a member of the Southeastern Conference. The team's head coach was Bruce Pearl in his fourth season at Auburn. The team played their home games at the Auburn Arena in Auburn, Alabama. They finished the season 26\u20138, 13\u20135 in SEC play to win a share of the SEC regular season championship. They lost to Alabama in the quarterfinals of the SEC Tournament. They received an at-large bid to the NCAA Tournament where they defeated College of Charleston to advance to the Second Round where they lost to Clemson.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [43, 43], "content_span": [44, 689]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274694-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Auburn Tigers men's basketball team, Previous season\nThe Tigers finished the 2016\u201317 season 18\u201314, 7\u201311 in SEC play to finish in 11th place. They lost in the first round of the SEC Tournament to Missouri.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [45, 60], "content_span": [61, 212]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274694-0002-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Auburn Tigers men's basketball team, FBI investigation\nOn September 26, 2017, federal prosecutors in New York announced charges of fraud and corruption against 10 people involved in college basketball, including Auburn associate head coach Chuck Person. The charges allege that Person and others allegedly received benefits from financial advisers and others to influence student-athletes to retain their services. Shortly thereafter, the school suspended Person without pay. Person was indicted by a federal grand jury and subsequently fired by Auburn on November 7, 2017.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [45, 62], "content_span": [63, 581]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274694-0003-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Auburn Tigers men's basketball team, FBI investigation\nBefore Auburn's exhibition game on November 2, 2017, the school announced that it would hold players Austin Wiley and Danjel Purifoy out of games indefinitely due to eligibility concerns raised over the FBI investigation. On January 12, 2018, the NCAA ruled that Wiley would regain his eligibility in the 2018\u201319 season, ruling him ineligible for the remainder of the 2017\u201318 season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [45, 62], "content_span": [63, 446]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274695-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Auburn Tigers women's basketball team\nThe 2017\u201318 Auburn Tigers women's basketball team represent Auburn University during the 2017\u201318 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Tigers, led by sixth-year head coach Terri Williams-Flournoy, play their home games at Auburn Arena as members of the Southeastern Conference. They finished the season 14\u201315, 5\u201311 in SEC play to finish in tenth place. They lost in the second round of the SEC Women's Tournament to Tennessee.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [45, 45], "content_span": [46, 481]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274696-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Austin Peay Governors basketball team\nThe 2017\u201318 Austin Peay Governors men's basketball team represented Austin Peay State University during the 2017\u201318 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Governors, led by first-year head coach Matt Figger, played their home games at the Dunn Center in Clarksville, Tennessee as members of the Ohio Valley Conference. They finished the season 19\u201315, 12\u20136 in OVC play to finish in third place. They defeated Eastern Illinois in the quarterfinals of the OVC Tournament before losing in the semifinals to Belmont. They were invited to the CollegeInsider.com Tournament where they defeated Louisiana\u2013Monroe in the First Round, a game referred to as the Coach John McLendon Classic, and received a second round bye before losing in the quarterfinals to UIC.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [45, 45], "content_span": [46, 806]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274696-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Austin Peay Governors basketball team, Previous season\nThe Governors finished the 2016\u201317 season 11\u201319, 7\u20139 in OVC play to finish in fourth place in the West Division. They failed to qualify for the Ohio Valley Conference Tournament.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [47, 62], "content_span": [63, 241]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274696-0002-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Austin Peay Governors basketball team, Previous season\nOn March 2, 2017, head coach Dave Loos announced his retirement. He had been undergoing cancer treatment during the season, and had taken a medical leave in January 2017, missing four games. He finished with a 27 year record of 420\u2013410. On April 3, South Carolina assistant Matt Figger was hired as the new head coach of APSU.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [47, 62], "content_span": [63, 389]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274696-0003-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Austin Peay Governors basketball team, Preseason\nIn a vote of conference coaches and sports information directors, Austin Peay was picked to finish in 11th place in the OVC.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [47, 56], "content_span": [57, 181]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274696-0004-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Austin Peay Governors basketball team, Preseason\nAfter five years of divisional play in the OVC, the conference eliminated divisions for the 2017\u201318 season. Additionally, for the first time, each conference team will play 18 conference games.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [47, 56], "content_span": [57, 250]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274696-0005-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Austin Peay Governors basketball team, Schedule and results\n* Non-conference game. #Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Central Time", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [47, 67], "content_span": [68, 184]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274697-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Australian Athletics Championships\nThe 2017\u201318 Australian Athletics Championships was the 96th edition of the national championship in outdoor track and field for Australia. It was held from 15\u201318 February 2018 at Carrara Stadium in Gold Coast, Queensland. It served as the selection meeting in athletics events for Australia at the 2018 Commonwealth Games. Distance events were held separately, with the 10,000 metres taking place at the Zatopek 10K on 14 December 2017 at Lakeside Stadium in Melbourne and the 10,000 metres race walk was held in Canberra in 14 January 2018.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [42, 42], "content_span": [43, 584]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274698-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Australian Baseball League season\nThe 2017\u201318 Australian Baseball League season was the eighth Australian Baseball League (ABL) season, and was held from 16 November 2017 to 11 February 2018. It was the last season of the ABL that was played with 6 teams, as the league expanded to eight teams for the 2018-19 season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [41, 41], "content_span": [42, 325]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274698-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Australian Baseball League season\nThe league also saw a large spike in offensive production with the single season home-run, run, AVG, SLG & OPS records all broken and home runs doubled, leading to a juiced ball theory.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [41, 41], "content_span": [42, 227]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274699-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Australian bushfire season\nThe bushfire season of the summer of 2017\u201318, was expected to have above normal bushfire risks with an elevated fire risk for the most of eastern and south Australian coastal areas. Australia had experienced its warmest winter on record and the ninth driest winter on record leaving dry fuel loads across much of southern Australia. Expected warmer weather over the summer period would also increase the risk. Bushfires were also expected to occur earlier, before the end of winter, as a result of the warm and dry winter. Both Queensland and north-eastern New South Wales experienced the wettest October since 1975 leading to a downgrade in bushfire risk.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [34, 34], "content_span": [35, 691]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274699-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Australian bushfire season, Fires by state or territory, New South Wales\nTwo homes were lost in Comboyne in a fire that was battled by 100 fire fighters and 30 units. A shed a vehicle were also lost in a fire near Kempsey.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 80], "content_span": [81, 230]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274699-0002-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Australian bushfire season, Fires by state or territory, New South Wales\nSydney had its hottest September day on record with a temperature of 33.8\u00a0\u00b0C (92.8\u00a0\u00b0F) on 12 September and the first total fire ban for the season was issued. Fires broke out in the Hunter Valley quickly engulfing 400 hectares (988 acres), with 75 other fires burning around the state.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 80], "content_span": [81, 366]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274699-0003-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Australian bushfire season, Fires by state or territory, New South Wales\nOn 18 March, a bushfire that began in Reedy Swamp spread east to the town of Tathra, on the NSW South Coast. Around 150 firefighters worked to control the blaze, which destroyed or damaged approximately 70 homes. 300 people spent the night at an evacuation centre at the Bega Showgrounds, and by midday on 19 March, in excess of 1,000 hectares (2,500 acres) of land was burnt. Around midday on 19 March, there was still no public access to Tathra, and four local schools were closed due to the impact on staff and students.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 80], "content_span": [81, 604]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274699-0003-0001", "contents": "2017\u201318 Australian bushfire season, Fires by state or territory, New South Wales\nBy the afternoon of the same day, the RFS confirmed that 69 homes and buildings, and an additional 30 caravans and cabins were destroyed, 39 buildings were damaged and 398 homes were saved. The RFS estimated the total number of buildings destroyed was 'seventy-plus'. It is understood that the fire was caused by a failure in electrical infrastructure.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 80], "content_span": [81, 433]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274699-0004-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Australian bushfire season, Fires by state or territory, New South Wales\nDue to strong westerly winds and unseasonably warm weather, a bushfire, described as \"ferocious\", began in southwestern Sydney on 15 April, in Glenfield, where it eventually spread to Casula, Moorebank, Holsworthy, New South Wales, Wattle Grove and Menai, and towards the southeast, with Heathcote Road eventually being closed. Over 500 firefighters and 15 aircraft worked to fight the blaze. Inhabitants in Holsworthy, Voyager Point, Pleasure Point and Sandy Point were told to seek shelter from the fire's blistering heat as \"it is too late to leave\", the NSW Rural Fire Service informed. Hundreds of residents were evacuated after the fire moved swiftly to the properties at Holsworthy and Wattle Grove, as well as towards Holsworthy Barracks. Ember attack also affected residents in the Illawong, Bangor, Picnic Point and Como.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 80], "content_span": [81, 912]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274699-0005-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Australian bushfire season, Fires by state or territory, New South Wales\nPrime Minister Malcolm Turnbull visited the Rural Fire Service centre in Sutherland on Sunday afternoon as authorities reported some properties in Menai may have been affected. Turnbull stated, \"Clearly with the wind increasing in strength the situation is worsening but there are outstanding efforts to control this fire being undertaken\". Earlier that day, firefighters stated the wind would hinder their endeavours to put out the large fire, which began in Casula. \"The combination of so much active fire on the ground, coupled with this forecast of very strong winds is the overlying challenge,\" Rural Fire Service Commissioner Shane Fitzsimmons said.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 80], "content_span": [81, 736]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274699-0005-0001", "contents": "2017\u201318 Australian bushfire season, Fires by state or territory, New South Wales\nPolice have set up a crime scene and are finding out if the \"fast-moving\" bushfires burning out-of-control in southern Sydney were deliberately lit. The RFS commissioner, Shane Fitzsimmons, concluded on that even though there had still been no property damage or serious injury from the fiery blaze, the \u201cvolatile, dynamic, and dangerous\u201d fire was posing a stern challenge for the 500 firefighter.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 80], "content_span": [81, 478]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274699-0006-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Australian bushfire season, Fires by state or territory, Victoria\nOn 19 March windy and dry conditions across Victoria led to over 160 grassfires and bushfires. A fire near Terang reached over 6,700 hectares (17,000 acres), one in Gnotuk-Camperdown approximately 200 hectares (490 acres), and in Garvoc approximately 4,000 hectares (9,900 acres). There were at least 18 houses lost in the fires. The Terang fire was declared under control on 20 March.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 73], "content_span": [74, 459]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274699-0007-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Australian bushfire season, Fires by state or territory, Queensland\nThree homes were destroyed by a fire in Noosa North Shore and another two damaged. Another fire in Caloundra burned out 700 hectares (1,730 acres) of bush and farmland and threatened Corbould Racecourse.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 75], "content_span": [76, 279]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274699-0008-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Australian bushfire season, Fires by state or territory, Queensland\nA fire on 6 November in a National Park near Bells Creek burned out 12 hectares (30 acres) of forest before being brought under control. Another fire on the same day near Landsborough needed 30 trucks to control a fire that burned over 180 hectares (445 acres) of forest and threatened Australia Zoo.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 75], "content_span": [76, 376]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274699-0009-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Australian bushfire season, Fires by state or territory, Western Australia\nOn 14 January a large fire south of Sawyers Valley burnt through approximately 1,000 hectares (2,500 acres) jumping the Mundaring Weir. The smoke covered most of the Perth metro region.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 82], "content_span": [83, 268]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274699-0010-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Australian bushfire season, Fires by state or territory, Western Australia\nOn 29 January a fire started just outside of the Augusta townsite in the Shire of Augusta-Margaret River. The fire moved rapidly on both sides of the Bussell Highway. An emergency warning was issued for the area. Multiple sheds and one derelict house were destroyed.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 82], "content_span": [83, 349]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274699-0011-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Australian bushfire season, Fires by state or territory, Western Australia\nAt midnight on 30 January a fire started in the Perth Hills suburb of Gidgegannup. A warning was issued and was upgraded an hour later. A few hours later a fire started in Kings Park at one stage threatening homes in Shenton Park.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 82], "content_span": [83, 313]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274699-0012-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Australian bushfire season, Fires by state or territory, Western Australia\nOn 1 February an emergency warning was issued for Elleker in the City of Albany. The fire was contained a few hours later.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 82], "content_span": [83, 205]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274699-0013-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Australian bushfire season, Fires by state or territory, Western Australia\nAlbany was menaced by 30 active fires late in May. One of the fires burned about 10\u00a0km (6.2\u00a0mi) west of Albany around Redmond and another burned about 20\u00a0km (12\u00a0mi) north west of Albany around Porongurup and Napier. At least one home was lost to fire near Wellstead in a fire that burned out an area of 4,000\u00a0ha (9,900 acres), the Porongurup fire lost an area of 17,000\u00a0ha (42,000 acres).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 82], "content_span": [83, 471]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274700-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Australian parliamentary eligibility crisis\nStarting in July 2017, the eligibility of several members of the Parliament of Australia to be elected was questioned. Referred to by some as a \"constitutional crisis\", fifteen sitting politicians were ruled ineligible by the High Court of Australia (sitting as the Court of Disputed Returns) or resigned pre-emptively. The situation arose from section 44(i) of the Australian Constitution, which prohibits parliamentarians from having allegiance to a foreign power, especially citizenship. On that basis, the High Court had previously held that dual citizens are ineligible for election unless they have taken \"reasonable steps\" to renounce the foreign citizenship before nomination.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 51], "section_span": [51, 51], "content_span": [52, 736]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274700-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Australian parliamentary eligibility crisis\nSix senators and Deputy Prime Minister Barnaby Joyce MP, known as the \"Citizenship Seven\", were referred to the High Court between August and September in 2017. In October 2017, the High Court unanimously determined that five were ineligible to be elected as dual citizens at the time of nomination. In November 2017, three more senators resigned after recognising their dual citizenship, including Senate President Stephen Parry, as did John Alexander MP. His resignation briefly cost the Coalition Government its lower house majority, until Joyce and Alexander regained their seats in by-elections.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 51], "section_span": [51, 51], "content_span": [52, 652]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274700-0002-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Australian parliamentary eligibility crisis\nFollowing publication of a register of parliamentarians' citizenship status in December 2017, Senator Katy Gallagher and David Feeney MP were referred to the High Court. Feeney resigned in February 2018, before his case was heard. In May 2018, the High Court ruled that Gallagher was also ineligible, thereby clarifying the \"reasonable steps\" that must be taken when renouncing citizenship to gain exemption from s 44(i). As a result, four more House of Representative members under similar circumstances resigned their seats to re-contest them at by-elections.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 51], "section_span": [51, 51], "content_span": [52, 613]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274700-0003-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Australian parliamentary eligibility crisis\nThe eight senators were replaced by High Court-ordered countbacks, and were all replaced by candidates from the same tickets at the 2016 election. By-elections were held for the seats of the seven affected House of Representative members; six of the seven re-contested and won their seats, while another was won by a member of the same party.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 51], "section_span": [51, 51], "content_span": [52, 394]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274700-0004-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Australian parliamentary eligibility crisis\nThe crisis prompted calls by some people for constitutional reform to prevent dual citizens from being disqualified, which would require a referendum. An opinion poll taken in late November to early December 2017 found overall opposition to changing s 44(i) of 49% to 47% (within the margin of error), with 5% undecided.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 51], "section_span": [51, 51], "content_span": [52, 372]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274700-0005-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Australian parliamentary eligibility crisis, Background, Legal requirements\nThe Australian Constitution does not require candidates for the Commonwealth Parliament to hold Australian citizenship (which did not come into existence until 1949), but this is now required by the Commonwealth Electoral Act 1918 as amended. Members must not owe allegiance to any other country, including holding a foreign citizenship. Section 44(i) of the Constitution states:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 51], "section_span": [53, 83], "content_span": [84, 463]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274700-0006-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Australian parliamentary eligibility crisis, Background, Legal requirements\nshall be incapable of being chosen or of sitting as a senator or a member of the House of Representatives.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 51], "section_span": [53, 83], "content_span": [84, 190]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274700-0007-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Australian parliamentary eligibility crisis, Background, Earlier challenges and High Court interpretation\nSection 44(i) has generally been interpreted by the High Court of Australia as meaning that persons with dual citizenship are not permitted to stand for election and that a person must take \"reasonable steps\" to renounce their citizenship of the other country. The section has rarely been invoked before.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 51], "section_span": [53, 113], "content_span": [114, 418]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274700-0008-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Australian parliamentary eligibility crisis, Background, Earlier challenges and High Court interpretation\nIn 1990, George Turner, a Sydney-based barrister and independent Senate candidate, threatened High Court action against federal parliamentarians holding dual citizenship. As a result, The Canberra Times reported that at least nine MPs elected at the 1987 federal election had renounced foreign citizenships.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 51], "section_span": [53, 113], "content_span": [114, 421]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274700-0009-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Australian parliamentary eligibility crisis, Background, Earlier challenges and High Court interpretation\nIn Sykes v Cleary (1992), a candidate who had been declared elected in a by-election was found ineligible under Section 44(iv) of the Constitution. The High Court ruled that both of the candidates who were likely to have been elected by a countback were ineligible under s 44(i). When they had become Australian citizens, they had renounced all foreign nationality (as Australian law then required), but they had not attempted to renounce under the law of their home countries and therefore were still subjects of a foreign power.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 51], "section_span": [53, 113], "content_span": [114, 644]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274700-0009-0001", "contents": "2017\u201318 Australian parliamentary eligibility crisis, Background, Earlier challenges and High Court interpretation\nThey should have taken at least \"reasonable steps\" to do that, before nominating. \"Reasonable steps\" for any future candidate would depend on the individual circumstances. In 1999, in Sue v Hill, the High Court found that a British citizen who had been declared elected to the Senate in 1998 was disqualified under s 44(i). Although the UK had not been a \"foreign power\" in 1901, it had been since at least the Australia Act 1986.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 51], "section_span": [53, 113], "content_span": [114, 544]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274700-0010-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Australian parliamentary eligibility crisis, Background, Earlier application of section 44 in the 45th Parliament\nThe prelude to the crisis began when Bob Day of the Family First Party resigned from the Senate on 1 November 2016 following the collapse of his business. Shortly after Day's resignation, the Senate referred to the High Court the validity of Day's election in July 2016 for a possible breach of section 44(v) of the Constitution. It provides that", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 51], "section_span": [53, 121], "content_span": [122, 468]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274700-0011-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Australian parliamentary eligibility crisis, Background, Earlier application of section 44 in the 45th Parliament\na person who \"has any direct or indirect pecuniary interest in any agreement with the Public Service of the Commonwealth ... shall be incapable of being chosen or of sitting\" as a member of Parliament.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 51], "section_span": [53, 121], "content_span": [122, 323]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274700-0012-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Australian parliamentary eligibility crisis, Background, Earlier application of section 44 in the 45th Parliament\nThe basis of the complaint was that Day's Commonwealth-funded electorate office was leasing part of a building in Adelaide which he indirectly owned. The Commonwealth's payments of rent for the office would eventually come into a bank account of his own. In April 2017, the court found that Day was not validly elected at the 2016 election and ordered that a special count of South Australian ballot papers be held to determine his replacement. The court announced that Lucy Gichuhi was elected in his place.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 51], "section_span": [53, 121], "content_span": [122, 630]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274700-0012-0001", "contents": "2017\u201318 Australian parliamentary eligibility crisis, Background, Earlier application of section 44 in the 45th Parliament\nThe Australian Labor Party lodged a challenge, claiming that Gichuhi might still be a citizen of Kenya, hence ineligible under Constitution section 44(i) as a citizen of a \"foreign power\". On 19 April 2017 a full court of the High Court found that the objection had not been proven and declared Gichuhi elected.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 51], "section_span": [53, 121], "content_span": [122, 433]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274700-0013-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Australian parliamentary eligibility crisis, Background, Earlier application of section 44 in the 45th Parliament\nSenator Rodney Culleton, who had left Pauline Hanson's One Nation Party on 19 December 2016 to become an independent, had his eligibility to stand in the 2016 election challenged on two constitutional grounds. Among the grounds of ineligibility provided in Section 44, a person cannot sit in either house of the Parliament if they are bankrupt or have been convicted of a criminal offence carrying a potential prison sentence of one year or more. Culleton was declared bankrupt by the Federal Court on 23 December 2016. On 11 January 2017, after receiving an official copy of the judgment, the President of the Senate declared Culleton's seat vacant. Culleton's appeal against that judgment was dismissed by a full court of the Federal Court on 3 February 2017.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 51], "section_span": [53, 121], "content_span": [122, 883]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274700-0014-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Australian parliamentary eligibility crisis, Background, Earlier application of section 44 in the 45th Parliament\nThis judgment was followed later on the same day by the High Court's decision that Culleton was ineligible owing to conviction for a criminal offence carrying a potential prison sentence of one year or more. This was a decision as the Court of Disputed Returns following a reference by the Senate at the same time as with Day. It was decided that Culleton's possibility of a two-year sentence for larceny that had been in place at the time of the 2016 election rendered him ineligible for election, and that this was not affected by the subsequent annulment of that conviction.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 51], "section_span": [53, 121], "content_span": [122, 699]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274700-0014-0001", "contents": "2017\u201318 Australian parliamentary eligibility crisis, Background, Earlier application of section 44 in the 45th Parliament\nThe court also held that the resulting vacancy should be filled by a countback of the ballots, in a manner to be determined by a single Justice of the Court. Following that count, on 10 March 2017 the High Court named Peter Georgiou as his replacement, returning One Nation to 4 seats.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 51], "section_span": [53, 121], "content_span": [122, 407]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274700-0015-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Australian parliamentary eligibility crisis, Background, Procedure\nThe Commonwealth Constitution provides the High Court with original and appellate jurisdiction, and also empowers the Commonwealth parliament to provide additional original jurisdiction. The parliament is also empowered to provide that questions of members' eligibility, of vacancies in either house and that disputed elections shall be determined other than by the relevant house, the position inherited from the Parliament of the United Kingdom. In exercise of these powers, the Commonwealth Electoral Act 1918, which governs federal elections, provides the High Court with a jurisdiction as the federal Court of Disputed Returns.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 51], "section_span": [53, 74], "content_span": [75, 707]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274700-0016-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Australian parliamentary eligibility crisis, Background, Procedure, Petition by individual or AEC\nAn appropriately interested person, such as a losing candidate or a person entitled to vote in that constituency, may question the result (the \"return of the writ\") in a federal election by a petition to the High Court as Court of Disputed Returns, normally within 40 days of the result, or by the Australian Electoral Commission.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 51], "section_span": [53, 105], "content_span": [106, 436]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274700-0016-0001", "contents": "2017\u201318 Australian parliamentary eligibility crisis, Background, Procedure, Petition by individual or AEC\nThe High Court may hear the whole case itself or may delegate factual questions for determination by the Federal Court; the High Court itself will determine the validity of a candidate's election or of the whole of that particular election, including issues of constitutional interpretation. The admissible grounds for a petition are generally at the Court's discretion but include corruption and do not extend to administrative errors that have not affected the result. The Court can compel production of documents and attendance of witnesses, and can examine witnesses on oath.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 51], "section_span": [53, 105], "content_span": [106, 685]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274700-0016-0002", "contents": "2017\u201318 Australian parliamentary eligibility crisis, Background, Procedure, Petition by individual or AEC\nHowever, the Court \"must make its decision on a petition as quickly as is reasonable in the circumstances\", it is not bound by strict rules of evidence, and all of its decisions \"shall be final and conclusive and without appeal, and shall not be questioned in any way\" (thus there is no recourse to the High Court in its other capacities or to the Parliament).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 51], "section_span": [53, 105], "content_span": [106, 466]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274700-0017-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Australian parliamentary eligibility crisis, Background, Procedure, Petition by individual or AEC\nA decision of the Court of Disputed Returns may be made by a single judge, but an issue of constitutional interpretation is likely to be made by the Full Court. If the complaint is upheld, the decision and its effect will be one of the following:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 51], "section_span": [53, 105], "content_span": [106, 352]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274700-0018-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Australian parliamentary eligibility crisis, Background, Procedure, Petition by individual or AEC\nCosts will be as in ordinary proceedings in the High Court. The Commonwealth or any party to an unsuccessful petition may have to pay any or all of the costs.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 51], "section_span": [53, 105], "content_span": [106, 264]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274700-0019-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Australian parliamentary eligibility crisis, Background, Procedure, Parliamentary reference\nIn addition, there may be a reference by resolution of either house of the parliament on \"[a]ny question respecting the qualifications of a Senator or of a Member of the House of Representatives or respecting a vacancy in either House of the Parliament\". The reference (commonly termed a referral ) is communicated to the Court by, as appropriate, the Speaker of the House of Representatives or the President of the Senate. There is no time limit, but in other respects the procedure is the same as with a petition, although the Court may also allow or request other persons to be heard. The Court is empowered to declare:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 51], "section_span": [53, 99], "content_span": [100, 722]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274700-0020-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Australian parliamentary eligibility crisis, Background, Procedure, Parliamentary reference\nIn practice, the references request the Court to determine how a vacancy so arising should be filled. The full Court may order a countback and appoint one member of the Court to supervise the process and confirm the result.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 51], "section_span": [53, 99], "content_span": [100, 323]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274700-0021-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Australian parliamentary eligibility crisis, Background, Procedure, Common informer action\nSection 46 of the Constitution allows any member of the public to sue a member of the Parliament for a penalty of one hundred pounds (a very large sum in 1901) for every day on which they sit while disqualified, until the Parliament otherwise provides. The Common Informers (Parliamentary Disqualifications) Act 1975 (Cth) has now provided otherwise, fixing the penalty at a total of $200 for any parliamentarian who has sat while ineligible in the past 12 months and $200 per sitting day after the suit is instituted.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 51], "section_span": [53, 98], "content_span": [99, 617]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274700-0021-0001", "contents": "2017\u201318 Australian parliamentary eligibility crisis, Background, Procedure, Common informer action\nIt was uncertain whether the procedure could be used without a prior finding of disqualification by the Court of Disputed Returns or the relevant House. The question was the subject of a referral to the Full Court of the High Court in Alley v Gillespie, heard on 12 December 2017.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 51], "section_span": [53, 98], "content_span": [99, 379]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274700-0021-0002", "contents": "2017\u201318 Australian parliamentary eligibility crisis, Background, Procedure, Common informer action\nThe Full Court determined that the mechanism could only be invoked after a prior finding of ineligibility by the House of Representatives or the Senate (depending on which house the affected person was a member of), or by the High Court sitting as the Court of Disputed Returns under Part XXII of the Commonwealth Electoral Act 1918 (Cth) following a petition or referral. On 11 July 2018, Justice Gordon made orders in the High Court for the first time that judgment be entered for a plaintiff against defendants in a Common Informer action. The orders were by consent of parties: the plaintiff, and former Australian Greens Senators Scott Ludlam (sixth defendant) and Larissa Waters (seventh defendant). Ludlam and Waters were each ordered to pay the plaintiff $200.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 51], "section_span": [53, 98], "content_span": [99, 867]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274700-0022-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Australian parliamentary eligibility crisis, Background, Procedure, Common informer action\nIn September 2017, before the High Court ruling on the eligibility of Malcolm Roberts, blogger Tony Magrathea initiated a High Court action alleging that Roberts had sat in the Senate while disqualified, contrary to the Common Informers Act. On 24 June 2019, the High Court found the allegation proved and ordered Roberts to pay a penalty of $6,000 to Magrathea.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 51], "section_span": [53, 98], "content_span": [99, 461]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274700-0023-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Australian parliamentary eligibility crisis, Citizenship Seven case\nDuring 2017 several cases of possible breach of s 44(i) came to light, and in two cases (Ludlam and Waters) the member had resigned from the Parliament. All cases but one (Joyce) arose in the Senate. The cases involving Ludlam, Waters, Canavan, Roberts and Joyce were referred in August to the High Court as the Court of Disputed Returns, followed the next month by those of Nash and Xenophon; each reference, both those by the Senate and that by the House of Representatives, had all-party support.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 51], "section_span": [53, 75], "content_span": [76, 575]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274700-0024-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Australian parliamentary eligibility crisis, Citizenship Seven case\nAt the hearing, the Attorney-General for Australia had argued that five of the seven parliamentarians should be exempt from disqualification, excluding Ludlam and Roberts, since they were entirely unaware of their dual citizenship. This argument was not accepted by the High Court, meaning the five parliamentarians found to have held a foreign citizenship were ineligible for election. Canavan and Xenophon were the only two of the seven not found to have held a foreign citizenship.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 51], "section_span": [53, 75], "content_span": [76, 560]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274700-0025-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Australian parliamentary eligibility crisis, Citizenship Seven case, Parliamentarians alleged to have dual citizenship, Scott Ludlam\nScott Ludlam had been a Greens senator for Western Australia since 1 July 2008.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 51], "section_span": [53, 140], "content_span": [141, 220]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274700-0026-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Australian parliamentary eligibility crisis, Citizenship Seven case, Parliamentarians alleged to have dual citizenship, Scott Ludlam\nOn 14 July 2017, Ludlam announced that he still retained New Zealand citizenship from his birth in New Zealand, and consequently would be resigning from parliament. Ludlam with his family had settled in Australia aged eight, and had previously assumed he lost his New Zealand citizenship when he naturalised as an Australian citizen in his mid-teens.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 51], "section_span": [53, 140], "content_span": [141, 491]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274700-0026-0001", "contents": "2017\u201318 Australian parliamentary eligibility crisis, Citizenship Seven case, Parliamentarians alleged to have dual citizenship, Scott Ludlam\nSince Ludlam was ultimately found to have been ineligible to be elected, his seat was filled by a countback of the 2016 federal election in Western Australia, resulting in Jordon Steele-John, the next un-elected Greens candidate on the Senate ticket in Western Australia, winning the seat. Steele-John is a 23-year-old disability rights advocate, who is Australia's youngest senator in history.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 51], "section_span": [53, 140], "content_span": [141, 535]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274700-0027-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Australian parliamentary eligibility crisis, Citizenship Seven case, Parliamentarians alleged to have dual citizenship, Scott Ludlam\nAs of 8 October 2017, Ludlam has not renounced his New Zealand citizenship and has no immediate plans to return to politics.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 51], "section_span": [53, 140], "content_span": [141, 265]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274700-0028-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Australian parliamentary eligibility crisis, Citizenship Seven case, Parliamentarians alleged to have dual citizenship, Larissa Waters\nLarissa Waters had been a Greens senator for Queensland since 1 July 2011.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 51], "section_span": [53, 142], "content_span": [143, 217]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274700-0029-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Australian parliamentary eligibility crisis, Citizenship Seven case, Parliamentarians alleged to have dual citizenship, Larissa Waters\nThe revelation of Ludlam's dual citizenship prompted Ludlam's fellow co-deputy leader of the Greens, Senator Larissa Waters, to similarly check whether she also held Canadian citizenship. On discovering that she did, she resigned on 18 July 2017, four days after Ludlam. Waters was born in Canada to Australian parents who briefly lived there. The family returned to Australia while Waters was still a baby. She had previously believed that she was solely an Australian citizen, and that if she had wished to gain Canadian citizenship she would have needed to take active steps before age 21. However, she discovered she had in fact always held Canadian citizenship by birth. Her seat was filled by a countback, returning former Democrats leader Andrew Bartlett, who held the second position after Waters on the Greens' 2016 Senate ticket in Queensland, to the Senate.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 51], "section_span": [53, 142], "content_span": [143, 1011]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274700-0030-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Australian parliamentary eligibility crisis, Citizenship Seven case, Parliamentarians alleged to have dual citizenship, Larissa Waters\nOn 8 August 2017 the Senate resolved, with all-party support, to refer the matters of Ludlam and Waters, as well as that of Matt Canavan, to the High Court as Court of Disputed Returns.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 51], "section_span": [53, 142], "content_span": [143, 328]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274700-0031-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Australian parliamentary eligibility crisis, Citizenship Seven case, Parliamentarians alleged to have dual citizenship, Larissa Waters\nWaters applied for renunciation of her Canadian citizenship on 27 July, which came into effect on 5 August, and she announced she would seek to re-enter the Senate. On 6 September 2018, Waters was appointed to fill the casual vacancy caused by the resignation of her replacement, Andrew Bartlett, to contest the House of Representatives division of Brisbane.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 51], "section_span": [53, 142], "content_span": [143, 501]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274700-0032-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Australian parliamentary eligibility crisis, Citizenship Seven case, Parliamentarians alleged to have dual citizenship, Matt Canavan\nMatt Canavan has been a Liberal National Party senator for Queensland since 1 July 2014, and a Minister since 18 February 2016.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 51], "section_span": [53, 140], "content_span": [141, 268]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274700-0033-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Australian parliamentary eligibility crisis, Citizenship Seven case, Parliamentarians alleged to have dual citizenship, Matt Canavan\nOn 25 July 2017, Canavan resigned from his positions of Minister for Resources and Northern Australia over doubts as to his eligibility to be a member of the parliament, after discovering that he was considered by the Italian authorities to be a citizen of Italy.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 51], "section_span": [53, 140], "content_span": [141, 404]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274700-0034-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Australian parliamentary eligibility crisis, Citizenship Seven case, Parliamentarians alleged to have dual citizenship, Matt Canavan\nCanavan's mother had registered him as an Italian resident abroad with the Italian consulate in Brisbane in 2006. Canavan stated he was unaware of this until his mother was prompted to inform him following news of the resignation of two Greens senators holding dual citizenship. The government took the view that he is not in breach of the Constitution as the registration was not made with Canavan's knowledge or consent.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 51], "section_span": [53, 140], "content_span": [141, 563]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274700-0035-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Australian parliamentary eligibility crisis, Citizenship Seven case, Parliamentarians alleged to have dual citizenship, Matt Canavan\nOn 8 August 2017, with all-party support, the Senate referred the position of Canavan, along with the cases of Ludlam and Waters, to the High Court as Court of Disputed Returns. The Attorney-General indicated that the Commonwealth will argue, in favour of Cavanan, that s 44(i) requires a personal acknowledgement of the connection. Canavan spoke in support and stated that he would not be voting in the Senate until the High Court decision.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 51], "section_span": [53, 140], "content_span": [141, 582]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274700-0036-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Australian parliamentary eligibility crisis, Citizenship Seven case, Parliamentarians alleged to have dual citizenship, Matt Canavan\nCanavan lodged the renunciation of his Italian citizenship on 8 August. As of 24 August, he accepted that, owing to a change in Italian law in 1983, he had been an Italian citizen since he was two years old. However, the Court has been told that Italian experts are uncertain of the effect of that change: one view is that it conferred citizenship automatically, the other that it only conferred eligibility to \"activate\" citizenship; on the latter view, which Canavan's counsel has proposed be preferred, Canavan has never been an Italian citizen.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 51], "section_span": [53, 140], "content_span": [141, 689]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274700-0037-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Australian parliamentary eligibility crisis, Citizenship Seven case, Parliamentarians alleged to have dual citizenship, Matt Canavan\nCanavan expressed uncertainty over whether, if he was disqualified, he would have chosen to remain in politics. If he had been disqualified, it was expected that the seat would go to Joanna Lindgren, who lost her Senate seat when the Queensland LNP's vote share was reduced at the 2016 election.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 51], "section_span": [53, 140], "content_span": [141, 436]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274700-0038-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Australian parliamentary eligibility crisis, Citizenship Seven case, Parliamentarians alleged to have dual citizenship, Matt Canavan\nThe High Court found that Canavan's mother had registered him as an Italian resident abroad, but that this did not amount to a declaration of Italian citizenship, thus Canavan was not disqualified.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 51], "section_span": [53, 140], "content_span": [141, 338]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274700-0039-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Australian parliamentary eligibility crisis, Citizenship Seven case, Parliamentarians alleged to have dual citizenship, Malcolm Roberts\nMalcolm Roberts was born in India of an Australian mother and a British father. Roberts is an Australian citizen, and on 8 August 2017 documents were revealed by BuzzFeed indicating that Roberts was a British citizen at the age of 19. Roberts released a statutory declaration stating that he was only a citizen of Australia. A spokesperson for Roberts stated that Roberts was \"choosing to believe that he was never British\". Doubts persisted about the status of Roberts' Indian citizenship after it was argued in the media that under a precedent set by the Supreme Court of India, he continued to be a 'presumed citizen' of the country.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 51], "section_span": [53, 143], "content_span": [144, 780]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274700-0040-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Australian parliamentary eligibility crisis, Citizenship Seven case, Parliamentarians alleged to have dual citizenship, Malcolm Roberts\nOn 9 August the Senate, with all-party support, referred Roberts' position to the High Court as Court of Disputed Returns. The reference was moved by Roberts's party leader Pauline Hanson, with his support. He did not respond to a question in the Senate whether he would be voting before the Court's decision.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 51], "section_span": [53, 143], "content_span": [144, 453]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274700-0041-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Australian parliamentary eligibility crisis, Citizenship Seven case, Parliamentarians alleged to have dual citizenship, Malcolm Roberts\nJustice Patrick Keane conducted a hearing to determine factual issues on 21 September. Roberts and his sister Barbara were cross examined as well as two expert witnesses on British citizenship. The following day, Keane handed down his findings on that evidence, finding that at the date of his nomination for the Senate (1) Roberts was a British citizen, (2) he knew that there was at least a real and substantial prospect that he was a British citizen and (3) Roberts could have, but did not, take steps to renounce his British citizenship.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 51], "section_span": [53, 143], "content_span": [144, 685]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274700-0042-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Australian parliamentary eligibility crisis, Citizenship Seven case, Parliamentarians alleged to have dual citizenship, Malcolm Roberts\nRoberts's seat was filled by a countback, which led to his replacement by the third candidate on the Queensland One Nation ticket, Fraser Anning. Despite concerns that Anning would also be ineligible due to bankruptcy, in a similar case to One Nation's Rod Culleton, the bankruptcy petition against him had been withdrawn by 3 October. After he was sworn in, Anning resigned or was expelled from One Nation and opted to sit as an independent.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 51], "section_span": [53, 143], "content_span": [144, 586]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274700-0043-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Australian parliamentary eligibility crisis, Citizenship Seven case, Parliamentarians alleged to have dual citizenship, Malcolm Roberts\nAfter learning of his disqualification on 27 October, Roberts announced that he would run for the electoral district of Ipswich in the Queensland state election in November. He was not elected.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 51], "section_span": [53, 143], "content_span": [144, 337]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274700-0044-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Australian parliamentary eligibility crisis, Citizenship Seven case, Parliamentarians alleged to have dual citizenship, Malcolm Roberts\nIn September 2017, before the High Court ruling on Roberts's eligibility, blogger Tony Magrathea initiated a High Court action alleging that Roberts had sat in the Senate while disqualified, contrary to the Common Informers (Parliamentary Disqualifications) Act 1975. On 24 June 2019, the High Court found the allegation proved and ordered Roberts to pay a penalty of $6,000 to Magrathea.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 51], "section_span": [53, 143], "content_span": [144, 532]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274700-0045-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Australian parliamentary eligibility crisis, Citizenship Seven case, Parliamentarians alleged to have dual citizenship, Barnaby Joyce\nBarnaby Joyce had been a National Party member of the House of Representatives seat of New England, New South Wales since 7 September 2013. Previously, he was a senator for Queensland from 1 July 2005. He had been a Minister since 18 September 2013, and Deputy Prime Minister since 18 February 2016.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 51], "section_span": [53, 141], "content_span": [142, 441]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274700-0046-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Australian parliamentary eligibility crisis, Citizenship Seven case, Parliamentarians alleged to have dual citizenship, Barnaby Joyce\nOn 14 August 2017, Joyce announced that the New Zealand government had informed him that he might be a citizen of New Zealand by descent from his father, saying that he was \"shocked to receive this information\". At his request, the government moved in the House of Representatives that Joyce's position be referred to the High Court as the Court of Disputed Returns, which was carried with all-party support. Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull stated that legal advice from the Solicitor-General confirmed Joyce's eligibility, but refused to release that advice or to say how it may have distinguished Joyce's position from that of Canavan.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 51], "section_span": [53, 141], "content_span": [142, 779]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274700-0047-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Australian parliamentary eligibility crisis, Citizenship Seven case, Parliamentarians alleged to have dual citizenship, Barnaby Joyce\nJoyce renounced his New Zealand citizenship effective 15 August and produced documentary evidence of having done so. He did not resign from his ministerial offices and continued to vote in Parliament. It was reported that two leading experts on constitutional law did not share the government's total confidence about Joyce's eligibility.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 51], "section_span": [53, 141], "content_span": [142, 480]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274700-0048-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Australian parliamentary eligibility crisis, Citizenship Seven case, Parliamentarians alleged to have dual citizenship, Barnaby Joyce\nThe High Court permitted Tony Windsor, the independent former MP who was defeated by Joyce for the Division of New England in the 2016 general election, to be joined as a \"contradictor\" in the eligibility case. Windsor's lawyers, including former Solicitor-General Justin Gleeson, argued against the Attorney-General's defence of ignorance of dual citizenship. Windsor expressed interest in running against Joyce in a resultant New England by-election, although the then-Deputy Prime Minister held the seat by a comfortable margin and his re-election was considered likely. After the High Court's decision was handed down on 27 October, Windsor declared that he would not run in the resulting by-election.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 51], "section_span": [53, 141], "content_span": [142, 848]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274700-0049-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Australian parliamentary eligibility crisis, Citizenship Seven case, Parliamentarians alleged to have dual citizenship, Barnaby Joyce\nIn the by-election on 2 December 2017, Joyce was elected with almost two thirds of the vote and an increased majority; he took his seat on 6 December.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 51], "section_span": [53, 141], "content_span": [142, 293]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274700-0050-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Australian parliamentary eligibility crisis, Citizenship Seven case, Parliamentarians alleged to have dual citizenship, Fiona Nash\nFiona Nash had been a National Party senator for New South Wales since 1 July 2005, and a Minister since 21 September 2015.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 51], "section_span": [53, 138], "content_span": [139, 262]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274700-0051-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Australian parliamentary eligibility crisis, Citizenship Seven case, Parliamentarians alleged to have dual citizenship, Fiona Nash\nThree days after the announcement from Nationals leader Joyce, on 17 August 2017, Nationals deputy leader and Senator, Nash revealed that she had British citizenship by descent through her Scottish father. She elected not to step down from leadership or cabinet while she was referred to the High Court. By 27 August, Nash had renounced her British citizenship, but on 4 September the Senate referred her case to the High Court. On 27 October, in the Citizenship Seven Case, the High Court found that, as a foreign citizen, Nash had not been eligible to nominate; the replacements for all members declared to be disqualified would be determined by a countback.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 51], "section_span": [53, 138], "content_span": [139, 799]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274700-0052-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Australian parliamentary eligibility crisis, Citizenship Seven case, Parliamentarians alleged to have dual citizenship, Fiona Nash\nWhen the other replacement senators were appointed on 10 November 2017, the countback indicated that Hollie Hughes\u2014the first unelected candidate on the Coalition New South Wales Senate ticket\u2014should be declared elected, but Hughes' own eligibility was in doubt. After Hughes was ostensibly an unsuccessful candidate at the previous election, she had been appointed to the federal Administrative Appeals Tribunal, an office of profit under the Crown, which would disqualify Hughes under section 44(iv) of the Constitution; Hughes had resigned from this job immediately after the Citizenship Seven decision, hoping that she would then be eligible in the countback.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 51], "section_span": [53, 138], "content_span": [139, 801]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274700-0052-0001", "contents": "2017\u201318 Australian parliamentary eligibility crisis, Citizenship Seven case, Parliamentarians alleged to have dual citizenship, Fiona Nash\nOn 15 November the High Court found Hughes to be ineligible, releasing its reasons on 6 December. The Court unanimously found that the words \"incapable of being chosen\" in section 44 refer to the whole \"process of being chosen\", the \"end-point\" of which is a declaration that a candidate has been elected, and a declaration as to this seat was now pending. A candidate had to be eligible throughout the whole process\u2014Hughes had been ineligible during part of the process, owing to her tribunal appointment, and therefore could not be declared elected.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 51], "section_span": [53, 138], "content_span": [139, 690]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274700-0053-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Australian parliamentary eligibility crisis, Citizenship Seven case, Parliamentarians alleged to have dual citizenship, Fiona Nash\nDue to Hughes also being found ineligible, the High Court ordered another countback to determine who should be declared elected to the seat, this time excluding both Nash and Hughes. This countback resulted in Jim Molan, the next unelected candidate on the Coalition New South Wales Senate ticket, being declared elected. While Nash is a member of the National Party, Molan and Hughes are both members of the Liberal Party, due to the Liberal and National Parties running a joint New South Wales Senate ticket, meaning that Molan's election altered the representation balance of the two parties within the coalition.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 51], "section_span": [53, 138], "content_span": [139, 755]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274700-0054-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Australian parliamentary eligibility crisis, Citizenship Seven case, Parliamentarians alleged to have dual citizenship, Nick Xenophon\nNick Xenophon was the leader of the Nick Xenophon Team and had been a Senator for South Australia since 1 July 2008.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 51], "section_span": [53, 141], "content_span": [142, 258]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274700-0055-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Australian parliamentary eligibility crisis, Citizenship Seven case, Parliamentarians alleged to have dual citizenship, Nick Xenophon\nIn August 2017, he was asked whether he might have acquired Greek citizenship through his mother, born in Greece, and British or Cypriot nationality through his father, an ethnic Greek who was born in Cyprus when it was a British colony and who possessed a British passport.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 51], "section_span": [53, 141], "content_span": [142, 416]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274700-0055-0001", "contents": "2017\u201318 Australian parliamentary eligibility crisis, Citizenship Seven case, Parliamentarians alleged to have dual citizenship, Nick Xenophon\nHe stated: \"I've never had, never sought, never received citizenship of another country but out of an abundance of caution I wrote to the Greek embassy and Cypriot high commission saying essentially, 'I've never been a citizen, I don't want to be, so if there's any question that I could be, I renounce any rights to be'. I don't know what else I can do in the circumstances.\" He added that he had not received replies to these enquiries.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 51], "section_span": [53, 141], "content_span": [142, 580]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274700-0055-0002", "contents": "2017\u201318 Australian parliamentary eligibility crisis, Citizenship Seven case, Parliamentarians alleged to have dual citizenship, Nick Xenophon\nLater he said he had renounced Greek citizenship but, on finding he might be British, he had sought clarification from British authorities. On 19 August, he announced that British authorities had confirmed he is a British Overseas citizen, a lesser form of British nationality. He stated that he would not resign from the Parliament, but would await a High Court decision. Together with that of Nash, Xenophon's case was referred to the Court on 4 September.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 51], "section_span": [53, 141], "content_span": [142, 600]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274700-0056-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Australian parliamentary eligibility crisis, Citizenship Seven case, Parliamentarians alleged to have dual citizenship, Nick Xenophon\nOn 6 October 2017, Xenophon announced he would resign from the Senate to stand for the Parliament of South Australia at the South Australian state election due in March 2018. He did not name a date of resignation, although he did state his intention to remain in federal parliament until the High Court ruled on whether he had been validly elected.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 51], "section_span": [53, 141], "content_span": [142, 490]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274700-0057-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Australian parliamentary eligibility crisis, Citizenship Seven case, Parliamentarians alleged to have dual citizenship, Nick Xenophon\nThe High Court ruled that Xenophon's status as a British Overseas citizen did not fall within s 44(i), so that he had been validly elected. His resignation would create a casual vacancy, which would be filled in the usual way.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 51], "section_span": [53, 141], "content_span": [142, 368]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274700-0058-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Australian parliamentary eligibility crisis, Citizenship Seven case, Judgment\nIn Re Canavan; Re Ludlam; Re Waters; Re Roberts [No 2]; Re Joyce; Re Nash; Re Xenophon (the \"Citizenship Seven Case\"), the High Court sat as the Court of Disputed Returns to determine the eligibility of seven parliamentarians to have been elected and to sit.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 51], "section_span": [53, 85], "content_span": [86, 344]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274700-0059-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Australian parliamentary eligibility crisis, Citizenship Seven case, Judgment\nBecause of the political implications of the outcome of the case, the Court's decision was intensely anticipated. In the preliminary hearing on 12 October 2017, Chief Justice Susan Kiefel observed: \"It is hardly necessary to say that the Court is aware of the need to give its answers to these references with or without reasons as soon as possible. As counsel and instructing solicitors would appreciate, it is not always possible for the Court to do so immediately.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 51], "section_span": [53, 85], "content_span": [86, 554]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274700-0060-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Australian parliamentary eligibility crisis, Citizenship Seven case, Judgment\nOn 27 October 2017 the High Court handed down its single joint judgment. In a unanimous judgment, the Court interpreted s 44(i) according to the \"ordinary and natural meaning\" of its language. On that approach, it firstly affirmed the view taken in Sykes v Cleary that the question of eligibility is to be determined with reference to the point of nomination. The Court then followed the reasoning of the majority in Sykes v Cleary. It decided that the fact of citizenship was disqualifying, regardless of whether the person knew of the citizenship or engaged in any voluntary act of acquisition.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 51], "section_span": [53, 85], "content_span": [86, 682]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274700-0060-0001", "contents": "2017\u201318 Australian parliamentary eligibility crisis, Citizenship Seven case, Judgment\nIt emphasised that to hold otherwise would introduce an element of subjectivity that \"would be inimical to the stability of representative government\". It followed that each of Joyce, Ludlam, Nash, Roberts and Waters had been ineligible to be elected. However, Canavan and Xenophon had been eligible. It was determined that, under the \"reasonable view\" of Italian law that the Court adopted, Canavan was not a citizen of Italy.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 51], "section_span": [53, 85], "content_span": [86, 513]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274700-0060-0002", "contents": "2017\u201318 Australian parliamentary eligibility crisis, Citizenship Seven case, Judgment\nIt was found that Xenophon was a British Overseas citizen, but that this did not give him the right to enter or reside in the United Kingdom; therefore, for the purposes of s 44(i), he was neither a citizen nor entitled to the rights and privileges of a citizen of the United Kingdom.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 51], "section_span": [53, 85], "content_span": [86, 370]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274700-0060-0003", "contents": "2017\u201318 Australian parliamentary eligibility crisis, Citizenship Seven case, Judgment\nThe Court declared the seats of the ineligible members to be vacant; it ordered that the vacancy in the House of Representatives be filled through a by-election and that the vacancies in the Senate be filled by \"special counts\" (recounts or countbacks) of the ballot papers in each State, subject to supervision by a Justice of the Court.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 51], "section_span": [53, 85], "content_span": [86, 424]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274700-0061-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Australian parliamentary eligibility crisis, Citizenship Seven case, Senate replacements\nThe High Court's judgment on 27 October 2017 removed Joyce, Nash and Roberts from the Parliament. Ludlam and Waters had already resigned. Two of the ousted MPs\u2014Joyce and Nash\u2014were members of Cabinet, requiring a rearrangement of the Second Turnbull Ministry, which took place on the same day. Canavan, who had stepped down from Cabinet pending the court's decision, returned to Cabinet upon not being found ineligible, retaking his Resources and Northern Australia portfolio which had been temporarily held by Joyce. Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull took on Joyce's other portfolio of Agriculture and Water Resources. Nash's roles were given to Darren Chester and Mitch Fifield as acting ministers. Nigel Scullion became the parliamentary leader of the National Party, while the position of Deputy Prime Minister remained vacant. Julie Bishop, deputy leader of the Liberal Party, served as acting prime minister when necessary.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 51], "section_span": [53, 96], "content_span": [97, 1023]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274700-0062-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Australian parliamentary eligibility crisis, Citizenship Seven case, Senate replacements\nThe seats of the disqualified Senators were filled by countbacks of the 2016 Senate election results in their states of Western Australia, Queensland and New South Wales. The countback results were announced on 10 November: in Western Australia, the Greens' Scott Ludlam was to be replaced by the Greens' Jordon Steele-John; in Queensland, the Greens' Larissa Waters was to be replaced by former Australian Democrats leader and current Greens member Andrew Bartlett, One Nation's Malcolm Roberts was to be replaced by One Nation's Fraser Anning, and the Nationals' Fiona Nash was to be replaced by Liberal Hollie Hughes.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 51], "section_span": [53, 96], "content_span": [97, 717]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274700-0062-0001", "contents": "2017\u201318 Australian parliamentary eligibility crisis, Citizenship Seven case, Senate replacements\nHowever, the court delayed the appointment of Nationals' Fiona Nash's replacement Liberal Hollie Hughes due to concerns that Hughes may be ineligible under s 44(iv) of the Constitution as a holder of an office of profit under the Crown; Hughes was reappointed to the Administrative Appeals Tribunal \u2013 a role that would ordinarily disqualify her under that section \u2013 in the period following her apparent election defeat but resigned from the position prior to the recount. The question was whether her tenure of that office had overlapped with the process of the election.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 51], "section_span": [53, 96], "content_span": [97, 668]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274700-0063-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Australian parliamentary eligibility crisis, Citizenship Seven case, Senate replacements\nSteele-John, Bartlett, and Anning were sworn in as senators on 13 November 2017; however, Anning immediately resigned from One Nation to sit as an independent. On 15 November, the High Court ruled that Hughes was not eligible to fill Nash's seat. Nash's seat was instead filled by another countback excluding both Nash and Hughes, which elected Liberal Jim Molan.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 51], "section_span": [53, 96], "content_span": [97, 460]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274700-0064-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Australian parliamentary eligibility crisis, Citizenship Seven case, Aftermath\nA writ for a by-election for 2 December in Joyce's former seat of New England was issued on the same day as the High Court's judgment. Losing this seat would cause the Coalition to lose its majority. On the following day, the National Party endorsed Joyce as its candidate. Joyce was now eligible for election, having renounced his New Zealand citizenship in August 2017.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 51], "section_span": [53, 86], "content_span": [87, 458]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274700-0065-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Australian parliamentary eligibility crisis, Citizenship Seven case, Aftermath\nImmediately following the decision, Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull said that the government would consider changes to section 44 through the Joint Standing Committee on Electoral Matters or changes to \"electoral laws and practices to minimise the risk of candidates being in breach\" of the section. On 29 October, however, Attorney-General George Brandis ruled out constitutional change, although considering changes to electoral laws.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 51], "section_span": [53, 86], "content_span": [87, 523]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274700-0065-0001", "contents": "2017\u201318 Australian parliamentary eligibility crisis, Citizenship Seven case, Aftermath\nHe also criticised the decision: \"We were asking the High Court to look at the section in view of its purpose and history, the High Court instead took the view that the section should be read with a very strict, almost brutal literalism.\" However, he added that the law was now clear and that it was a \"good thing\" that the decision had been unanimous. All of section 44 has already been examined extensively, particularly by a Constitutional Commission in 1988 and by a parliamentary committee in 1997, but their proposals have not been pursued.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 51], "section_span": [53, 86], "content_span": [87, 633]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274700-0066-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Australian parliamentary eligibility crisis, Citizenship Seven case, Aftermath\nAccording to some legal opinions, more than 100 Turnbull government decisions are vulnerable to legal challenge as a result of Joyce and Nash's dual citizenship status, with lawyers concluding there is a high likelihood that the work the pair has done over the last year will end up before the courts, because of section 64 of the constitution, which requires ministers to be members of Parliament. The court could decide, however, that the decisions are valid because they were made by a person who was \"clothed with the authority of an office\".", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 51], "section_span": [53, 86], "content_span": [87, 633]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274700-0067-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Australian parliamentary eligibility crisis, Citizenship Seven case, Aftermath\nThe disqualified senators and members had collected over $9\u00a0million in base salary, ministerial bonuses and other allowances over the period that they were ineligible to sit. The government could demand repayment of such amounts or it can waive repayment. In Re Culleton (No 2) (2017), for example, the government demanded repayment from Rod Culleton, after he was found to have been ineligible, as \"a debt to the commonwealth\", and indicated it might also seek repayment of superannuation payments, other entitlements and staff payments.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 51], "section_span": [53, 86], "content_span": [87, 625]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274700-0067-0001", "contents": "2017\u201318 Australian parliamentary eligibility crisis, Citizenship Seven case, Aftermath\nThere is also possibility of an action being brought under s 3 of the Common Informers (Parliamentary Disqualifications) Act 1975, which provides that any person can bring an action for a penalty against a member of parliament for sitting in Parliament while disqualified from doing so. The government had undertaken to pay the legal costs of all parties and of Tony Windsor (intervening in the Joyce case). The final legal bill paid by the government was $11.6 million.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 51], "section_span": [53, 86], "content_span": [87, 557]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274700-0067-0002", "contents": "2017\u201318 Australian parliamentary eligibility crisis, Citizenship Seven case, Aftermath\nIn March 2018, the government waived the debt for salaries and expenses (salaries, superannuation and electorate allowances, as well as non-salary expenses, such as, staff expenses, office expenses and travel expenses) received by the six MPs who lost their jobs as a result of dual citizenship, saying that they acted \"in good faith\".", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 51], "section_span": [53, 86], "content_span": [87, 423]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274700-0068-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Australian parliamentary eligibility crisis, Citizenship Seven case, Aftermath\nAmid continuing allegations that further members of the Parliament possess dual citizenship, there have been increasing calls for a \"citizenship audit\" of the Parliament, as well as speculations on the Prime Minister's own future. The audit proposal comes from minor parties and is opposed by the two major parties, although Labor has come to support some sort of parliamentary review. Both major parties appear to have been conducting their own internal reviews. The Greens plan to propose a select committee of the Senate, to report on the eligibility of all Senate members by 27 November, and hope that a similar committee may be established in the House or, alternatively, there could be a joint committee if not a commission of inquiry.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 51], "section_span": [53, 86], "content_span": [87, 828]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274700-0069-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Australian parliamentary eligibility crisis, Citizenship Seven case, Aftermath\nOn 6 November, Prime Minister Turnbull proposed a set of measures under which all federal politicians would be required to publicly declare their citizenship history. The Labor Opposition had criticisms. On 13 November it was reported that the Government and the Opposition had agreed to propose what media termed a \"quasi-audit\", modelled on the pecuniary interests register.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 51], "section_span": [53, 86], "content_span": [87, 463]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274700-0069-0001", "contents": "2017\u201318 Australian parliamentary eligibility crisis, Citizenship Seven case, Aftermath\nAll members of the federal parliament were required to disclose by 1 December their date and place of birth, citizenship at birth, and details of their parents and grandparents; if they were born overseas, details of their naturalisation as Australian citizens; and an account of how they have satisfied themselves that they are not dual citizens and what they have done to renounce any foreign ties of this kind. Failure to fully comply with the register, including provision of misleading information, may constitute \"serious contempt\" of Parliament (a criminal offence). This scheme was adopted on that day by the Senate and was confirmed by the House of Representatives when it next met.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 51], "section_span": [53, 86], "content_span": [87, 778]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274700-0070-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Australian parliamentary eligibility crisis, Citizenship Seven case, Aftermath\nThe Citizenship Seven referrals to the High Court were all moved by the member's own party, consistently with parliamentary convention. On 9 November 2017, Prime Minister Turnbull threatened to break with convention and use government-party numbers to secure a referral by the House of three Labor MPs: Justine Keay, Susan Lamb and Josh Wilson. The threat was repeated by a senior minister on 12 November, despite the government having lost its majority in the House.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 51], "section_span": [53, 86], "content_span": [87, 554]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274700-0071-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Australian parliamentary eligibility crisis, Citizenship Seven case, Aftermath\nOn 28 November 2017, Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull asked the Commonwealth Parliament's Joint Standing Committee on Electoral Matters (JSCEM) to conduct a new inquiry into the section, including the possibility of amendment. The report was published on 17 May 2018. On 6 December 2017, the Senate asked the JSCEM to inquire into recent referrals to the High Court as Court of Disputed Returns, with a view to establishing a disclosure mechanism for the other parts of s 44, with particular attention to the cases of Culleton and Day. The report was published on 6 February 2018.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 51], "section_span": [53, 86], "content_span": [87, 666]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274700-0072-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Australian parliamentary eligibility crisis, Citizenship Seven case, Aftermath\nIn the lead-up to the 2019 federal election, the AEC's form for nomination has been updated to ask detailed questions on whether candidates are disqualified under section 44. Three Victorian Liberal candidates, and two in New South Wales have had to withdraw based on section 44 issues.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 51], "section_span": [53, 86], "content_span": [87, 373]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274700-0073-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Australian parliamentary eligibility crisis, Other MPs and Senators who have resigned or been judged ineligible, Stephen Parry\nStephen Parry had been a Liberal senator for Tasmania since 1 July 2005, and President of the Senate since 7 July 2014. Following the High Court's judgment in the Citizenship Seven case, Parry announced on 31 October 2017 that he was seeking advice from British authorities on whether he held British citizenship by descent. Parry's father moved to Australia from the United Kingdom in the 1950s. On 1 November, Parry confirmed his dual citizenship, and resigned on 2 November.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 51], "section_span": [53, 134], "content_span": [135, 612]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274700-0074-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Australian parliamentary eligibility crisis, Other MPs and Senators who have resigned or been judged ineligible, Stephen Parry\nIt has been reported that Parry became aware of his possible dual citizenship status following the revelations involving Fiona Nash in August 2017, and had discussed the matter with cabinet member Mitch Fifield months earlier, who advised him not to raise those concerns publicly due to the belief that both Canavan and Joyce would be found to be eligible. Fifield was referred to the privileges committee in relation to this. On 2 November, Prime Minister and Liberal Party leader Malcolm Turnbull said that he was \"disappointed\" that Parry had not made the matter known \"quite some time ago\" to allow his election to be referred to the court simultaneously with the previous seven cases.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 51], "section_span": [53, 134], "content_span": [135, 824]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274700-0075-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Australian parliamentary eligibility crisis, Other MPs and Senators who have resigned or been judged ineligible, Stephen Parry\nThe Senate referred Parry's case to the High Court as the Court of Disputed Returns. A directions hearing on 8 December determined that Parry was disqualified from standing at the 2016 election and that the Senate vacancy should be filled by a special count of the 2016 votes. The countback took place on 12 December 2017. Parry's senate position was filled by Richard Colbeck, who was sworn in on 12 February 2018.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 51], "section_span": [53, 134], "content_span": [135, 550]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274700-0076-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Australian parliamentary eligibility crisis, Other MPs and Senators who have resigned or been judged ineligible, John Alexander\nOn 6 November, Fairfax Media reported that Liberal MP John Alexander might hold British citizenship by descent, through his British-born father who migrated from the United Kingdom to Australia in 1911 at the age of three. Alexander stated that he believed his father's British citizenship had been renounced before he was born, but that he was making enquiries about his citizenship status with British authorities. Meanwhile, the federal Opposition accused the government of a \"protection racket\" and called for Alexander's case to be referred to the High Court.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 51], "section_span": [53, 135], "content_span": [136, 700]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274700-0077-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Australian parliamentary eligibility crisis, Other MPs and Senators who have resigned or been judged ineligible, John Alexander\nOn 11 November, Alexander announced that British authorities could not find any record of renunciation by his father and indicated his intention to resign. On 13 November, Alexander resigned and the by-election was called for 16 December, the earliest date possible. Alexander immediately filed papers with the UK Home Office to renounce British citizenship and on 17 November claimed that the application had been approved, making him eligible to stand in the by-election. John Alexander won the by-election.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 51], "section_span": [53, 135], "content_span": [136, 645]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274700-0078-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Australian parliamentary eligibility crisis, Other MPs and Senators who have resigned or been judged ineligible, Jacqui Lambie\nOn 8 November 2017, it was reported that independent Senator Jacqui Lambie may have British citizenship by descent from her father, who migrated from Scotland to Australia as an infant. Lambie had initially said she had \"no concerns\" about the possibility of her being a dual citizen, with a spokeswoman stating that Lambie would provide any relevant supporting documents when required to by Parliament. However, she sought advice from British authorities.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 51], "section_span": [53, 134], "content_span": [135, 591]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274700-0079-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Australian parliamentary eligibility crisis, Other MPs and Senators who have resigned or been judged ineligible, Jacqui Lambie\nOn 14 November 2017, Lambie announced her resignation from the Senate after confirming she held British citizenship, and the Senate referred her case to the High Court as the Court of Disputed Returns on the same day. A directions hearing on 8 December determined that Lambie was disqualified from standing at the 2016 election and that the Senate vacancy should be filled by a special count of the 2016 votes. The countback took place on 12 December 2017. The Electoral Office indicated that Steven Martin would be elected on a countback, and Martin was sworn in on 12 February 2018.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 51], "section_span": [53, 134], "content_span": [135, 719]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274700-0079-0001", "contents": "2017\u201318 Australian parliamentary eligibility crisis, Other MPs and Senators who have resigned or been judged ineligible, Jacqui Lambie\nHowever, Martin was the Mayor and Councillor of Devonport City Council, and the question of whether this disqualifies him from serving as a senator by reason of s\u00a044(iv) of the Constitution (holding an office of profit under the Crown) was referred to the Full Court on 13 December 2017. On 6 February 2018 the Full Court determined that Martin was not ineligible; it published its reasons on 14 March 2018.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 51], "section_span": [53, 134], "content_span": [135, 542]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274700-0080-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Australian parliamentary eligibility crisis, Other MPs and Senators who have resigned or been judged ineligible, Skye Kakoschke-Moore\nNick Xenophon Team (NXT) Senator Skye Kakoschke-Moore resigned from the Senate on 22 November 2017, after discovering that she was a British citizen by descent from her mother, who was born in Singapore while it was a British colony and had registered for right of abode in the UK. Kakoschke-Moore had been a British citizen since birth in 1985, but stated that when she was 12, the British embassy in Oman had told her father she was not eligible for a British passport. Kakoschke-Moore's renunciation of her British citizenship became effective on 6 December 2017.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 51], "section_span": [53, 141], "content_span": [142, 708]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274700-0081-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Australian parliamentary eligibility crisis, Other MPs and Senators who have resigned or been judged ineligible, Skye Kakoschke-Moore\nThe Senate referred Kakoschke-Moore's case to the High Court as the Court of Disputed Returns on 29 November 2017. Kakoschke-Moore sought to be reinstated in the seat on the basis that she had by then effectively renounced British citizenship, but the Court held that \"the fact that Skye Kakoschke-Moore renounced her British citizenship with effect from 6 December 2017 does not render her capable of now being chosen to fill that vacancy\", and that the vacancy should be filled by a special count of the votes.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 51], "section_span": [53, 141], "content_span": [142, 654]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274700-0081-0001", "contents": "2017\u201318 Australian parliamentary eligibility crisis, Other MPs and Senators who have resigned or been judged ineligible, Skye Kakoschke-Moore\nKakoschke-Moore and Timothy Storer had both been nominated for the 2016 election for the Senate for South Australia as nominees of NXT. However, since the election Storer had ceased to be a member of NXT by 6 November 2017, and the question of whether Storer should be excluded from the special count for that reason was referred to the Full Court, which on 13 February 2018 ruled that Storer was not to be excluded from the countback, and who assumed the seat on 16 February 2018. The Court published its reasons on 21 March 2018.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 51], "section_span": [53, 141], "content_span": [142, 673]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274700-0082-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Australian parliamentary eligibility crisis, Other MPs and Senators who have resigned or been judged ineligible, David Feeney\nLabor MP for Batman David Feeney stated in the citizenship register that his father was born in Northern Ireland, and that he was advised by the party to ensure he renounced British (and potentially Irish) citizenship before nominating. Feeney said he did so in late 2007, but conceded he was unable to produce documentation confirming the renunciation had been registered.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 51], "section_span": [53, 133], "content_span": [134, 507]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274700-0083-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Australian parliamentary eligibility crisis, Other MPs and Senators who have resigned or been judged ineligible, David Feeney\nThe House of Representatives referred Feeney's case to the High Court as the Court of Disputed Returns. During a directions hearing on 19 January 2018, Feeney was unable to submit evidence of his renunciation of citizenship, delaying court proceedings. His legal representative submitted that Feeney's renunciation was lodged, but was not registered by British authorities \"[f]or some reason\". On 1 February 2018, before any further court proceedings, Feeney announced his resignation from the House of Representatives, and confirmed that he had been unable to find documentation proving his renunciation of British citizenship.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 51], "section_span": [53, 133], "content_span": [134, 762]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274700-0084-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Australian parliamentary eligibility crisis, Other MPs and Senators who have resigned or been judged ineligible, David Feeney\nOn 23 February 2018, the Court held that Fenney had been ineligible to be elected by virtue of s.44(i) and that the vacancy is to be filled by a by-election. A by-election had already been called for 17 March 2018. Feeney did not re-contest the seat in the by-election, which was contested by Ged Kearney for the Labor party. Labor only narrowly won the suburban Melbourne electorate of Batman with Feeney in 2016, facing strong competition and losing the first-preference vote to the Greens' Alex Bhathal. The Greens announced on the same day as Feeney's resignation that Bhathal would run again in the Batman by-election. Kearney won the 2018 by-election with a 3.6% swing towards Labor, in the absence of a Liberal candidate.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 51], "section_span": [53, 133], "content_span": [134, 862]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274700-0085-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Australian parliamentary eligibility crisis, Other MPs and Senators who have resigned or been judged ineligible, Katy Gallagher\nLabor Senator Katy Gallagher's mother was a British citizen born in Ecuador to British parents. Gallagher first entered Parliament on 25 March 2015, following a casual Senate vacancy for the Australian Capital Territory. She filed UK citizenship renunciation papers with the UK Home Office on 20 April 2016, in the lead-up to the federal election in 2016, which took place on 2 July.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 51], "section_span": [53, 135], "content_span": [136, 519]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274700-0085-0001", "contents": "2017\u201318 Australian parliamentary eligibility crisis, Other MPs and Senators who have resigned or been judged ineligible, Katy Gallagher\nThe UK Home Office accepted her payment as part of the application on 6 May; however, on 1 July, it requested original copies of her birth certificate and her parents\u2019 marriage certificate as part of her renunciation, which Gallagher provided on 20 July. The renunciation of her British citizenship was effective on 16 August 2016, after the federal election. On 6 December 2017, at Gallagher's request the Senate referred her case to the High Court.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 51], "section_span": [53, 135], "content_span": [136, 586]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274700-0086-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Australian parliamentary eligibility crisis, Other MPs and Senators who have resigned or been judged ineligible, Katy Gallagher\nThe Senate referred Gallagher's case to the High Court as the Court of Disputed Returns. Her case was considered along with Feeney's during a directions hearing on 19 January 2018. The Attorney-General argued that Gallagher had not taken all reasonable steps to renounce her citizenship. On 9 May 2018, the Court unanimously found Gallagher to have been ineligible. Her disqualification triggered resignations of four other MPs in similar situations, who also attempted to renounce their British citizenships before the election, but were still effectively British citizens at the date of nominations. She was replaced by union official David Smith on 23 May 2018.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 51], "section_span": [53, 135], "content_span": [136, 800]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274700-0087-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Australian parliamentary eligibility crisis, Other MPs and Senators who have resigned or been judged ineligible, Katy Gallagher\nGallagher's declaration that she did not hold foreign citizenship when the Australian Capital Territory Legislative Assembly nominated her to a casual vacancy in the Senate in 2015 prompted an Assembly inquiry into its Senate nomination processes, announced on 30 November 2017.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 51], "section_span": [53, 135], "content_span": [136, 414]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274700-0088-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Australian parliamentary eligibility crisis, Other MPs and Senators who have resigned or been judged ineligible, Justine Keay\nLabor MP Justine Keay was born in Australia with British citizenship. She had been preselected by the Labor Party in 2015, but completed the UK Home Office's citizenship renunciation form on 9 May 2016, the day when the Parliament was dissolved for the 2016 federal election. The form was received by the Home Office on 31 May. Nominations for the election closed on 9 June and the election took place on 2 July. She received the British government's declaration of the renunciation on 8 July and the renunciation was registered on 11 July.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 51], "section_span": [53, 133], "content_span": [134, 674]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274700-0089-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Australian parliamentary eligibility crisis, Other MPs and Senators who have resigned or been judged ineligible, Justine Keay\nA legal opinion by David Bennett QC, a former Commonwealth Solicitor-General, commissioned by the Liberal Party, is that Keay, along with Susan Lamb and Rebekha Sharkie, were ineligible under the High Court ruling because they were British citizens at nomination date. Keay claims that she had taken \"all reasonable steps\" for renunciation. After Gallagher was disqualified, Keay announced her resignation, triggering a by-election in Braddon.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 51], "section_span": [53, 133], "content_span": [134, 577]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274700-0090-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Australian parliamentary eligibility crisis, Other MPs and Senators who have resigned or been judged ineligible, Susan Lamb\nLabor MP Susan Lamb, born in Australia, had received advice that she may be a British citizen by descent through her late father. On 23 May 2016, two weeks before close of nominations for the 2016 federal election, she filed a renunciation form with the UK Home Office. However, Lamb's renunciation form was refused by UK authorities as they were not satisfied that she was in fact a British citizen, and instead requested further documents as proof.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 51], "section_span": [53, 131], "content_span": [132, 582]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274700-0090-0001", "contents": "2017\u201318 Australian parliamentary eligibility crisis, Other MPs and Senators who have resigned or been judged ineligible, Susan Lamb\nLamb claimed to have fulfilled all the requirements of section 44(i) as she believed she had taken all reasonable steps to renounce her citizenship \u2013 if it were the case that she was a British citizen \u2013 as she was unable to provide any further documents; she said she was estranged from her mother and that her father had passed away. After Gallagher was disqualified, Lamb announced her resignation, triggering a by-election in Longman.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 51], "section_span": [53, 131], "content_span": [132, 569]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274700-0091-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Australian parliamentary eligibility crisis, Other MPs and Senators who have resigned or been judged ineligible, Rebekha Sharkie\nNXT MP Rebekha Sharkie stated in July 2017 that she had renounced her UK citizenship prior to the election. She began the process to renounce her British citizenship on 19 April 2016, before the close of nominations, but the renunciation had not been registered by UK Home Office until 29 June, 20 days after nominations closed, although prior to the election.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 51], "section_span": [53, 136], "content_span": [137, 497]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274700-0092-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Australian parliamentary eligibility crisis, Other MPs and Senators who have resigned or been judged ineligible, Rebekha Sharkie\nSharkie said that in November 2017 Turnbull had advised her that a reference to the High Court might be required in relation to her possible dual-citizenship status at the close of nominations. She argues that she has taken \"all steps that were required by the UK to renounce any entitlement to UK citizenship, that were within my power to do so\". It has also been suggested that she may be a citizen of the United States. After Gallagher was disqualified, Sharkie announced her resignation, triggering a by-election in Mayo.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 51], "section_span": [53, 136], "content_span": [137, 662]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274700-0093-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Australian parliamentary eligibility crisis, Other MPs and Senators who have resigned or been judged ineligible, Josh Wilson\nLabor MP Josh Wilson applied to renounce his British citizenship on 13 May 2016, the day after his unexpected endorsement as a candidate for the 2016 election, nominations for which closed on 9 June. The renunciation was registered and effective on 24 June. After Gallagher was disqualified, Wilson announced his resignation, triggering a by-election in Fremantle.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 51], "section_span": [53, 132], "content_span": [133, 497]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274700-0094-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Australian parliamentary eligibility crisis, Other MPs and Senators whose status is to be determined\nIn response to the revelations, concerns have been raised regarding the citizenship status of a number of other MPs and Senators.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 51], "section_span": [53, 108], "content_span": [109, 238]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274700-0095-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Australian parliamentary eligibility crisis, Other MPs and Senators whose status is to be determined, Greek citizenship concerns\nIt has been suggested that three Liberal parliamentarians\u2014Julia Banks MP, Alex Hawke MP, and Senator Arthur Sinodinos\u2014could hold Greek citizenship by descent from a Greek parent or parents. Both Greece and Australia permit dual citizenship. However, all three have entered on the Citizenship Register statements from the Greek Embassy that, since their births were not registered in Greece, they are not Greek citizens; they also refer to legal advice that they are not Greek citizens nor entitled to the rights or privileges of Greek citizenship.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 51], "section_span": [53, 136], "content_span": [137, 684]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274700-0096-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Australian parliamentary eligibility crisis, Other MPs and Senators whose status is to be determined, Other foreign allegiance concerns\nKaty Gallagher has also faced suggestions from The Daily Telegraph that she may be an Ecuadorian citizen, due to the 2008 Ecuadorian constitution which established the right of citizenship for anyone born in Ecuador, as well as their descendants even if born abroad. Gallagher has stated that the change in law in 2008 had no effect on her, as the change does not apply retrospectively to the time of her mother's birth. The ALP has said it has obtained advice from an Ecuadorian legal expert and an Australian constitutional lawyer which advised Gallagher is not an Ecuadorian citizen. Because she has been found ineligible on the ground of her British citizenship at the time of nomination, although she has since renounced it, the question of Ecuadorian citizenship remains relevant only if she wishes to re-enter the Commonwealth Parliament.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 51], "section_span": [53, 143], "content_span": [144, 989]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274700-0097-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Australian parliamentary eligibility crisis, Other MPs and Senators whose status is to be determined, Other foreign allegiance concerns\nOn 2 November 2017, questions were raised by The Australian concerning the possibility that Liberal MP and Minister Josh Frydenberg could be a citizen of Hungary under a Hungarian law designed to prevent statelessness caused during World War II. The report claimed that the retrospective law provided that anyone who had been born within Hungary in the period 1941 to 1945 automatically became a Hungarian citizen, and citizenship in Hungary is passed down by birth right. As his mother was born in Hungary in 1943, an argument was raised that this meant Frydenberg held Hungarian citizenship.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 51], "section_span": [53, 143], "content_span": [144, 737]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274700-0097-0001", "contents": "2017\u201318 Australian parliamentary eligibility crisis, Other MPs and Senators whose status is to be determined, Other foreign allegiance concerns\nFrydenberg said that it was absurd to suggest he had involuntarily acquired Hungarian citizenship as, when his mother and other family members entered Australia in 1950, they were stateless survivors of the Holocaust. Prime Minister Turnbull and Attorney-General Brandis condemned the calls as witch hunts. Hungarian citizenship experts have since stated that such citizenship is not automatically conferred and can be restored only if the individual takes action that is \"more than a formality\".", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 51], "section_span": [53, 143], "content_span": [144, 640]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274700-0098-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Australian parliamentary eligibility crisis, Other MPs and Senators whose status is to be determined, Other foreign allegiance concerns\nOn 11 November 2017, it was suggested that Liberal MP Nola Marino, Chief Government Whip in the House of Representatives, may be a citizen of Italy through marriage to an Italian citizen at a time when Italian law automatically conferred citizenship through marriage, unless her husband had renounced his Italian citizenship on becoming a naturalised Australian prior their marriage in Australia in 1972. Her husband was born in Italy in 1950, and came to Australia the next year. She might also be a citizen of the United States through her father, born in New York. She has denied being anything but an Australian, but has not provided details.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 51], "section_span": [53, 143], "content_span": [144, 790]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274700-0099-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Australian parliamentary eligibility crisis, Other MPs and Senators whose status is to be determined, Other foreign allegiance concerns\nIn his Citizenship Register entry, Senator Cory Bernardi states that his father and his father's parents were born in Italy. He adds that, when a child, he had asked an Italian consulate whether he was eligible for Italian citizenship and had been told that he was not, because at the time of his birth his father had been solely Australian; but no documentation of this is provided. Bernardi provides a copy of an application in 2006 to renounce Irish citizenship, which he later says he had acquired through marriage, but he has not provided a copy of a response to the application from Irish authorities.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 51], "section_span": [53, 143], "content_span": [144, 751]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274700-0100-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Australian parliamentary eligibility crisis, Other MPs and Senators whose status is to be determined, Other foreign allegiance concerns\nJason Falinski MP has stated a complex heritage, which he claims does not involve current foreign citizenship. However, his account has been questioned, with The Daily Telegraph reporting that documents from the National Archive of Australia show Falinski's paternal grandparents as being married a year prior to his father's birth \u2013 contradicting his statement in the Citizenship Register that his father was born out of wedlock. In response to these suggestions, Falinski said that his grandparents and father would have nonetheless lost their Polish citizenships per Polish law at the time upon emigrating to Australia even if this were the case.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 51], "section_span": [53, 143], "content_span": [144, 793]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274700-0101-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Australian parliamentary eligibility crisis, Other MPs and Senators whose status is to be determined, Other foreign allegiance concerns\nIt was suggested in May 2018 that Labor MP Anne Aly, born in Egypt, might still have Egyptian citizenship. She then obtained confirmation from the Egyptian embassy in Australia that she had forfeited her Egyptian citizenship upon acquiring Australian citizenship on 6 May 2016, two days before the federal election of 2016 was called.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 51], "section_span": [53, 143], "content_span": [144, 478]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274700-0102-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Australian parliamentary eligibility crisis, Other MPs and Senators whose status is to be determined, Citizenship statements by other MPs and Senators\nPrior to the implementation of the parliamentary Citizenship Register, several other MPs and Senators who were born outside Australia or are known to have at least one foreign-born parent have made statements clarifying that they were not dual citizens at the time of nominating as a candidate.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 51], "section_span": [53, 158], "content_span": [159, 453]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274700-0103-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Australian parliamentary eligibility crisis, Other MPs and Senators whose status is to be determined, Citizenship statements by other MPs and Senators\nAmong the highest-profile former British citizens were former prime minister Tony Abbott and incumbent opposition leader Bill Shorten, who released letters from UK Visas and Immigration and the UK Border Agency respectively to confirm that they renounced their British citizenship before being elected. British-born politicians who stated they had previously renounced their British citizenship included Labor MP Brian Mitchell, Greens Senator Nick McKim, Liberal MP Paul Fletcher, CLP Senator Nigel Scullion, and Greens Senator Jordon Steele-John. One Nation Senator Pauline Hanson and Liberal MP Ann Sudmalis denied claims that they were British citizens by descent.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 51], "section_span": [53, 158], "content_span": [159, 827]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274700-0104-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Australian parliamentary eligibility crisis, Other MPs and Senators whose status is to be determined, Citizenship statements by other MPs and Senators\nParliamentarians who were born overseas or descended from foreign nationals made similar statements, including those who were accused of being citizens of: Italy (Greens Senator Richard Di Natale and Labor MP Tony Zappia); Singapore (Liberal MP Ian Goodenough and Greens Senator Peter Whish-Wilson); Belgium (Liberal frontbencher Mathias Cormann); Greece (Labor MP Maria Vamvakinou); Iran (Labor Senator Sam Dastyari); Malaysia (Labor frontbencher Penny Wong); New Zealand (Senator Rex Patrick); Slovenia (Labor's Deputy Opposition Leader Tanya Plibersek); and the United States (NXT MP Rebekha Sharkie). Senator Derryn Hinch did confirm that he is entitled to a pension through US Social Security, but stated on 2 September 2017 that he would not seek a reference since the Attorney-General had advised him that he was not in breach.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 51], "section_span": [53, 158], "content_span": [159, 993]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274700-0105-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Australian parliamentary eligibility crisis, Other Section 44 concerns, Section 44(iv), Andrew Bartlett\nIn November 2017, Andrew Bartlett replaced Greens Senator Larissa Waters after a recount. At the time of nomination, Bartlett had been an academic employed by the Australian National University. He claimed to have legal advice that this did not disqualify him under s 44(iv) and his eligibility was not challenged at the same time as that of Hughes. Nonetheless, the Commonwealth Solicitor-General suggested that the Senate might need to refer his position to the High Court and the Greens were reported to be seeking further legal advice. However, Bartlett resigned from the Senate in August 2018, to allow Waters to return.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 51], "section_span": [53, 111], "content_span": [112, 737]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274700-0106-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Australian parliamentary eligibility crisis, Other Section 44 concerns, Section 44(v), David Gillespie\nA court challenge against Nationals MP and junior minister David Gillespie, was heard by the Full High Court on 12 December 2017, alleging a breach of the \"pecuniary interest\" requirement in section 44(v) of the Constitution; the Full High Court considered s 44(v) in April 2017 when finding that Senator Bob Day had been ineligible for election. The Opposition Australian Labor Party and some community groups believe that Gillespie has an indirect financial relationship with the federal government, in that he owns a suburban shopping complex in Port Macquarie with an Australia Post licensee.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 51], "section_span": [53, 110], "content_span": [111, 707]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274700-0107-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Australian parliamentary eligibility crisis, Other Section 44 concerns, Section 44(v), David Gillespie\nThe action against Gillespie was brought by former Labor candidate for Lyne, Peter Alley, under s 3 of the Common Informers (Parliamentary Disqualifications) Act 1975. The Act \"otherwise provides\" following section 46 of the Constitution: under the Act (which appears not to have been used before), a member of the federal Parliament who is sitting while disqualified is liable, to anybody who may sue for it in the High Court, for $200 per day of so sitting, following initiation of the action and for up to 12 months previously.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 51], "section_span": [53, 110], "content_span": [111, 642]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274700-0107-0001", "contents": "2017\u201318 Australian parliamentary eligibility crisis, Other Section 44 concerns, Section 44(v), David Gillespie\nDuring pre-trial proceedings, a question arose as to whether a common informer action can be brought against a member of parliament without a prior finding of disqualification by the Court of Disputed Returns or the relevant House of Parliament. This question was referred by Bell J to a Full Court of the High Court, with a hearing to be held on 12 December 2017. Alley was represented by leading barrister Bret Walker SC. On 21 March 2018 the High Court stated that it could not hear the case against Gillespie because it was not a reference from Parliament.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 51], "section_span": [53, 110], "content_span": [111, 671]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274700-0108-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Australian parliamentary eligibility crisis, Other Section 44 concerns, Section 44(v), Barry O'Sullivan\nThe media speculated that Queensland Liberal National Senator Barry O'Sullivan may have had pecuniary interests in breach of s 44(v). In the Senate on 13 November 2017, Queensland ALP Senator Murray Watt accused O'Sullivan of three breaches of s 44(v); O'Sullivan was present but did not respond.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 51], "section_span": [53, 111], "content_span": [112, 408]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274700-0109-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Australian parliamentary eligibility crisis, New Zealand political row\nA row ensued between the Australian Government and the New Zealand Labour Party after it was reported that a staff member for an Australian Labor senator had asked a New Zealand MP, Chris Hipkins, to find out whether or not Barnaby Joyce (then Deputy Prime Minister of Australia) was a citizen of that country. Australian Foreign Minister Julie Bishop accused New Zealand's Labour Party of being \"involved in allegations designed to undermine the government of Australia\" and Australian Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull accused the Australian Labor Party of conspiring \"with a foreign power\".", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 51], "section_span": [53, 78], "content_span": [79, 670]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274700-0109-0001", "contents": "2017\u201318 Australian parliamentary eligibility crisis, New Zealand political row\nBishop added that she would find it \"very hard to build trust\" with the New Zealand Labour Party if it formed government after that country's general election. Bishop's claim of collusion was rejected by the New Zealand Minister of Internal Affairs, Peter Dunne, as well as the New Zealand Labour Leader, Jacinda Ardern, although Ardern had initially criticised Hipkins' involvement.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 51], "section_span": [53, 78], "content_span": [79, 462]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274700-0110-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Australian parliamentary eligibility crisis, New Zealand political row\nFollowing the election of the Sixth Labour Government of New Zealand, Bishop said that she looked forward to working with Prime Minister Ardern.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 51], "section_span": [53, 78], "content_span": [79, 223]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274700-0111-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Australian parliamentary eligibility crisis, Implications for parliamentary majority\nAt the 2016 federal election, the Coalition Government retained power with 76 of 150 seats, a one-seat majority. Before it was clear that the Coalition would win a majority of seats, Katter's Australian Party MP Bob Katter, independent Andrew Wilkie and independent Cathy McGowan guaranteed confidence and supply in the event of a hung parliament.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 51], "section_span": [53, 92], "content_span": [93, 440]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274700-0112-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Australian parliamentary eligibility crisis, Implications for parliamentary majority\nOn 15 August 2017, Bob Katter announced that, in the event that Joyce's seat was declared vacant, he could not assure that he would support the Turnbull Government on confidence and supply; he stated that Turnbull would be \"back to the drawing board\" for his support. Additionally, Rebekha Sharkie, the sole MP in the House of Representatives for the Nick Xenophon Team, announced on 18 August that she would no longer support the Government on matters of confidence and supply, although reversed that decision on 20 August. Cathy McGowan continued to agree to maintain confidence and supply for the Turnbull Government. Andrew Wilkie stated that he \"[would] not vote against budget supply or confidence unless doing so would be clearly warranted.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 51], "section_span": [53, 92], "content_span": [93, 841]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274700-0113-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Australian parliamentary eligibility crisis, Implications for parliamentary majority\nAfter Barnaby Joyce was found ineligible to sit in parliament, the government no longer had a majority of seats, but did have a majority of sitting members. With the resignation of John Alexander on 11 November, the government lost its majority in the lower house, being reduced to 74 out of 148 members. The majority was regained when Joyce won the New England by-election on 2 December.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 51], "section_span": [53, 92], "content_span": [93, 481]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274700-0114-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Australian parliamentary eligibility crisis, Historical eligibility queries\nTwo early twentieth century Australian politicians may not have been Australian citizens or (as then) British subjects:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 51], "section_span": [53, 83], "content_span": [84, 203]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274701-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Australian region cyclone season\nThe 2017\u201318 Australian region cyclone season was an average period of tropical cyclone formation in the Southern Indian Ocean and Pacific Oceans, between 90\u00b0E and 160\u00b0E, with 11 named storms, which 3 intensified into severe tropical cyclones. Another two tropical cyclones, Cempaka (Indonesian region north of 10\u00b0S) and Flamboyan (Indonesian and La R\u00e9union's area of responsibility) occurred outside the Australian region but are included in the descriptions below.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [40, 40], "content_span": [41, 506]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274701-0000-0001", "contents": "2017\u201318 Australian region cyclone season\nThe season officially began 1 November 2017 and ended on 30 April 2018; however, tropical cyclones can form at any time of the year, as demonstrated by the first tropical low of the season in early August. Any tropical system that forms between 1 July 2017 and 30 June 2018 will count towards the season total. During the season, tropical cyclones will be officially monitored by one of the five tropical cyclone warning centres (TCWCs) that operate in this region.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [40, 40], "content_span": [41, 506]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274701-0000-0002", "contents": "2017\u201318 Australian region cyclone season\nThree of the five centres are operated by the Australian Bureau of Meteorology (BOM) in Perth, Darwin and Brisbane, while the other two are operated by the National Weather Service of Papua New Guinea in Port Moresby and the Indonesian Agency for Meteorology, Climatology and Geophysics in Jakarta. The Joint Typhoon Warning Center (JTWC) of the United States and other national meteorological services, including M\u00e9t\u00e9o-France at R\u00e9union, also monitored the basin during the season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [40, 40], "content_span": [41, 523]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274701-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Australian region cyclone season, Seasonal forecasts\nDuring October, ahead of the tropical cyclone season, the Bureau of Meteorology issued a tropical cyclone outlook for the coming 2017\u201318 season, which would officially run from 1 November 2017 to 30 April 2018. Seasonal forecasts were issued for the basin as a whole, as well as the Eastern, Northern and Western regions and the North-Western sub-region. The forecasts took into account various factors, including the latest neutral to weak La Ni\u00f1a conditions that had been observed in the tropical Pacific Ocean.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 60], "content_span": [61, 574]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274701-0001-0001", "contents": "2017\u201318 Australian region cyclone season, Seasonal forecasts\nThe outlooks showed that activity in the basin overall, as well as for each of its individual regions, would be near average. For the Western region between 90\u00b0E and 125\u00b0E, the BOM forecast that the area would also see activity slightly above its average of 7, with a 52% chance of an above average number of tropical cyclones occurring. TCWC Perth also noted that there was a likelihood of two tropical cyclones and a significant likelihood of at least one severe tropical cyclone impacting Western Australia.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 60], "content_span": [61, 571]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274701-0001-0002", "contents": "2017\u201318 Australian region cyclone season, Seasonal forecasts\nFor the North-Western sub-region between 105\u00b0E and 130\u00b0E, it was predicted that activity would be above average, with a 56% chance of above-average tropical cyclone activity. The Northern Territory, which was defined as being between as being 125\u00b0E and 142.5\u00b0E, had a 53% chance of an above-average season. The Eastern region between 142.5\u00b0E and 160\u00b0E was predicted to have a slightly above-normal tropical cyclone season, with a 54% chance of above-average tropical cyclone activity.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 60], "content_span": [61, 545]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274701-0002-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Australian region cyclone season, Systems, Tropical Cyclone Cempaka\nOn 22 November, TCWC Perth and TCWC Jakarta started to monitor a weak tropical low that had developed about 332\u00a0km (206\u00a0mi) south of the city of Surabaya. By 06:00 UTC of 26 November, TCWC Jakarta began issuing advisories and was classified as a tropical depression. The JTWC, however, issued a Tropical Cyclone Formation Alert early on 27 November, stating that satellite imagery depicted flaring convection near its center. Several hours later, TCWC Jakarta upgraded the system to a tropical cyclone, giving the name Cempaka. Winds from the cyclone also blew ash from nearby Mount Agung on Bali westwards to its popular beaches and far eastern Java. On 30 November, Cempaka weakened into a tropical low, while turning to the southwest. TCWC Perth last mentioned Cempaka on 1 December.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 75], "content_span": [76, 862]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274701-0003-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Australian region cyclone season, Systems, Tropical Cyclone Cempaka\nAlthough Cempaka never made landfall, the rainfall from the storm caused severe flooding and landslides across the southern half of Java and Bali, killing at least 41 people and destroying many homes and businesses.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 75], "content_span": [76, 291]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274701-0004-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Australian region cyclone season, Systems, Tropical Cyclone Dahlia\nTropical Low 03U was first noted as a tropical depression by TCWC Jakarta on 24 November, while it was located about 1,500\u00a0km (930\u00a0mi) to the west of Jakarta, Indonesia. By 29 November, TCWC Jakarta upgraded the system to a tropical cyclone, receiving the name Dahlia, making it the first time where at least two cyclones were formed and named by TCWC Jakarta in a single season. The JTWC followed suit the next day, designating the system as 01S.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 74], "content_span": [75, 522]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274701-0004-0001", "contents": "2017\u201318 Australian region cyclone season, Systems, Tropical Cyclone Dahlia\nBy 1 December, Dahlia intensified into a Category 2 tropical cyclone, and reached its peak intensity six hours later with a minimum barometric pressure of 985 hPa. Dahlia maintained its intensity for several hours until the storm moved southeastwards and began to weaken. The BoM later issued its final bulletin on Dahlia early on 4 December. TCWC Perth last monitored on Dahlia on 5 December.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 74], "content_span": [75, 468]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274701-0005-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Australian region cyclone season, Systems, Tropical Cyclone Hilda\nDuring 26 December, the BoM reported that a tropical low had developed just off the Kimberley coast, about 330\u00a0km (205\u00a0mi) to the north of Derby. The system subsequently moved south-southwest parallel to the coast, as it developed further before it moved overland to the southwest of Cape Leveque. The system was subsequently classified as a Category 1 tropical cyclone and named Hilda by the BoM, while it was located inland near Broome based on reports of persistent gale-force winds from Broome Airport.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 73], "content_span": [74, 580]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274701-0005-0001", "contents": "2017\u201318 Australian region cyclone season, Systems, Tropical Cyclone Hilda\nAfter moving back over water, the system was classified as a Category 2 tropical cyclone with 10-minute peak windspeeds of 95\u00a0km/h (60\u00a0mph). Hilda made landfall close to Anna Plains on 28 December, as a Category 2 tropical cyclone. Wind and flooding damage was reported along the coast in Broome.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 73], "content_span": [74, 370]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274701-0006-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Australian region cyclone season, Systems, Tropical Cyclone Irving\nOn 3 January, a tropical low had developed to the southwest of Sumatra. On 06:00 UTC of 5 January, TCWC Perth began issuing advisories on the system, using the identifier 08U. TCWC Perth had recorded winds of 75\u00a0km/h (45\u00a0mph), despite the fact that the system did not have the structure of a tropical cyclone. By the next day, 08U then strengthened into a Category 1 tropical cyclone, with the storm receiving the name Irving, the fourth named storm of the season. Three hours later, the JTWC followed suit and gave the system the designation 04S. TCWC Perth, however, discontinued advisories after Irving exited the basin on 12:00 UTC the same day.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 74], "content_span": [75, 724]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274701-0007-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Australian region cyclone season, Systems, Tropical Cyclone Joyce\nJoyce made landfall in the Pilbara Coast on 12 January. The remnants of Cyclone Joyce bought heavy rain to the Perth Metro Area on 15 January; a total of 96\u00a0mm (3.77\u00a0in) of rain in 24 hours fell in Perth, while Rottnest Island recorded the highest amount of rain in the metro, which was a total of 142mm (5.59\u00a0in).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 73], "content_span": [74, 388]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274701-0008-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Australian region cyclone season, Systems, Tropical Low 11U\nThe slow-moving system brought copious rains to a broad swath of coastal Australia. In Kimberley, Western Australia, near-record rainfall accumulations of 639\u00a0mm (25.2\u00a0in) in four days caused extensive flooding. In a 24-hour span, 439\u00a0mm (17.3\u00a0in) of rain fell across Broome, Western Australia, with flood waters in some areas reaching depths of 1.2 to 1.5\u00a0m (4 to 5\u00a0ft). Portions of the Great Northern Highway and Cape Leveque road were closed. Coastal areas experienced powerful winds reaching 100\u00a0km/h (60\u00a0mph) with gusts to 125\u00a0km/h (78\u00a0mph); these winds downed many trees and power lines. The effects of the low were considered substantially worse than Hilda and Joyce, tropical cyclones that affected the same region earlier in the season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 67], "content_span": [68, 813]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274701-0009-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Australian region cyclone season, Systems, Severe Tropical Cyclone Kelvin\nTropical Cyclone Kelvin formed on 12 February and rapidly intensified into a Category 2 Storm (Australian Scale) and a Category 1 Storm (Saffir\u2013Simpson) Kelvin made landfall, but unusually formed an eye over land. Kelvin sustained cyclone or hurricane intensity until dissipating on 20 February. Tropical Cyclone Kelvin brought widespread heavy rainfall to the Kimberley region which had already been saturated by other tropical cyclone systems. As a result, significant flooding occurred in parts of the Kimberley, including in the towns of Broome and Bidyadanga. Property damage was sustained at Broome and Anna Plains Station, where the cyclone made landfall, as well as infrastructural damage to the Great Northern Highway as a result of the heavy rainfall and flooding.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 81], "content_span": [82, 856]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274701-0010-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Australian region cyclone season, Systems, Tropical Cyclone Linda\nOn 11 March, the Fiji Meteorological Service reported that Tropical Disturbance 10F had developed about 85\u00a0km (55\u00a0mi) to the southwest of Rennell and Bellona Province of the Solomon Islands. The system was poorly organised, with atmospheric convection displaced to the east of the low-level circulation centre. On the morning of 12 March, following some mild strengthening, the JTWC upgraded the disturbance to a tropical depression, and the Bureau of Meteorology assigned the system the tropical low designation 21U.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 73], "content_span": [74, 591]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274701-0010-0001", "contents": "2017\u201318 Australian region cyclone season, Systems, Tropical Cyclone Linda\nLate the same day, the JTWC assessed the system to be producing gale-force winds, and upgraded it to tropical storm status on the Saffir\u2013Simpson scale. The storm moved generally southwards and entered the Australian region at 10:00 AEST on 13 March. Despite being exposed to generally unfavourable atmospheric conditions for tropical cyclone development, the tropical low strengthened into a category 1 tropical cyclone on the Australian scale six hours later. The storm was named 'Linda', and was the first tropical cyclone in the Eastern Region for the 2017\u201318 season. Tropical Cyclone Linda attained its peak intensity at 22:00 AEST 13 March, with 75\u00a0km/h (45\u00a0mph) ten-minute sustained winds, 95\u00a0km/h (60\u00a0mph) one-minute sustained winds, and a minimum atmospheric pressure of 993 hPa (29.32 inHg).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 73], "content_span": [74, 874]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274701-0011-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Australian region cyclone season, Systems, Tropical Cyclone Linda\nA few hours later, the storm assumed a more southwesterly course towards the southern Queensland coast. As a result of the further deteriorating atmospheric conditions and cooling sea surface temperatures due to movement away from warm equatorial waters, Linda weakened to a subtropical low during mid-morning on 14 March, having spent fewer than 24 hours as a cyclone. The JTWC proceeded to downgrade the system below tropical storm intensity at 04:00 AEST on 25 March. The remnant low transitioned to a south-southeasterly track and continued to decay while travelling roughly parallel to the coastline, finally dissipating on 16 March.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 73], "content_span": [74, 712]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274701-0012-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Australian region cyclone season, Systems, Tropical Cyclone Linda\nEx-Tropical Cyclone Linda passed within about 300\u00a0km (185\u00a0mi) of Fraser Island at its closest approach to Australia, and produced large waves and swell which were experienced on exposed southern Queensland beaches. Due to the dangerous surf conditions, many beaches south of Fraser Island were closed on 14 and 15 March for the safety of the public. Areas off parts of the Sunshine Coast experienced waves of up to 8 metres (26 feet), and 1 metre (3 feet) of beach erosion occurred at the Gold Coast. Sustained gale-force winds were recorded on the Australian mainland at Double Island Point on 14\u00a0March, with gusts up to 85\u00a0km/h (55\u00a0mph).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 73], "content_span": [74, 713]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274701-0013-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Australian region cyclone season, Systems, Severe Tropical Cyclone Marcus\nOn 14 March, the Australian Bureau of Meteorology issued cyclone warnings for Darwin, the Tiwi Islands and parts of the northwest Top End.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 81], "content_span": [82, 220]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274701-0014-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Australian region cyclone season, Systems, Severe Tropical Cyclone Marcus\nMarcus formed north of the Tiwi Islands as a Category 1 tropical cyclone on the Australian scale, and was upgraded to Category 2 in the hours before it hit the Northern Territory coastline on 17 March. Major events and flights in and out of Darwin were cancelled. Upon moving away from the coast, Marcus intensified markedly, and on 21 March, Cyclone Marcus reached Category 5 status on both cyclone scales. From then on, Marcus began a weakening phase, brushing by Western Australia and becoming a remnant low on 24 March.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 81], "content_span": [82, 605]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274701-0015-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Australian region cyclone season, Systems, Severe Tropical Cyclone Nora\nOn the afternoon of 19 March, the Bureau of Meteorology reported on the development of a weak tropical low in the Torres Strait, north of Thursday Island. Two days later, on the afternoon of 21 March, tropical cyclone advice bulletins were initiated as the tropical low began to develop, and a cyclone watch was issued for the far northeastern coastal region of the Top End. At this stage, the system was forecast to coalesce into a tropical cyclone by 4:00\u00a0a.m. on 23 March (ACST), and then reach severe tropical cyclone strength by 4:00\u00a0p.m. the next day.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 79], "content_span": [80, 637]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274701-0015-0001", "contents": "2017\u201318 Australian region cyclone season, Systems, Severe Tropical Cyclone Nora\nOn the afternoon of 22 March, the Joint Typhoon Warning Center upgraded the strengthening system to a tropical storm. Later on the same day, the Bureau of Meteorology identified that sustained gale-force winds had developed on the northern semicircle of the system; however, the system was still classified as a tropical low as these winds did not extend more than halfway around the circulation centre. On 23 March, the system organized sufficiently into a tropical cyclone, and was named Nora by the BoM.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 79], "content_span": [80, 586]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274701-0015-0002", "contents": "2017\u201318 Australian region cyclone season, Systems, Severe Tropical Cyclone Nora\nWithin the next couple of days, Nora intensified into a Category 3 Severe Tropical Cyclone, before making landfall on the Top End at that intensity. Afterward, Nora gradually began to weaken, degenerating into a tropical low soon afterward. On 26 March, Nora's remnant low stalled, and began to slowly meander counterclockwise over the Top End. On 27 March, Nora's remnant moved westward across the Gulf of Carpentaria. On the next day, Nora's remnant made landfall on the Australian coast once again and dissipated.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 79], "content_span": [80, 596]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274701-0016-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Australian region cyclone season, Systems, Tropical Cyclone Iris\nDuring 24 March, the BoM reported that Cyclone Iris had moved into the Australian region from the South Pacific as a Category 1 tropical cyclone, while located about 520\u00a0km (325\u00a0mi) to the south of Honiara in the Solomon Islands. According to the BoM, the system quickly weakened into a tropical low during that day as it moved further into the Australian region.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 72], "content_span": [73, 436]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274701-0016-0001", "contents": "2017\u201318 Australian region cyclone season, Systems, Tropical Cyclone Iris\nConversely, the JTWC reported that Iris had developed into a tropical cyclone at around 04:00 AEST on 25 March (18:00 UTC on 24 March), when there were good divergence aloft and a formative poleward outflow channel, although high vertical wind shear kept impacting the system. Tracking generally southwards along the western periphery of a near-equatoral ridge, Iris remained weak with an exposed low-level circulation centre, which resulted in the final warning from the JTWC being issued at 09:00 UTC on 27 March, as colder sea surface temperatures further eroded the fully sheared system.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 72], "content_span": [73, 664]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274701-0016-0002", "contents": "2017\u201318 Australian region cyclone season, Systems, Tropical Cyclone Iris\nOn 28 March, Iris slowed down and started to exhibit subtropical characteristics. The subtropical low began to drift northwestward, parallel to the coast of Queensland on 29 March. The JTWC issued a Tropical Cyclone Formation Alert for Iris again on 1 April, due to the increasing amounts of persistent convection and improving low-level banding. These factors indicated that Iris had transitioned back to a tropical low on the same day, as it turned towards the south-southeast.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 72], "content_span": [73, 552]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274701-0017-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Australian region cyclone season, Systems, Tropical Cyclone Iris\nBoth the BoM and the JTWC reported that Iris had redeveloped into a tropical cyclone at around 10:00 AEST (00:00 UTC) on 2 April, supported by Dvorak technique estimates as well as sustained gales recorded by the automatic weather station at Flinders Reef. A half-day later, the station further recorded maximum sustained winds at 58 knots (107\u00a0km/h; 67\u00a0mph).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 72], "content_span": [73, 432]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274701-0017-0001", "contents": "2017\u201318 Australian region cyclone season, Systems, Tropical Cyclone Iris\nThanks to weak vertical wind shear, warm SSTs at 28 \u00b0C, and excellent poleward outflow, the BoM indicated that Iris had further intensified into a Category 2 tropical cyclone at around 04:00 AEST on 3 April (18:00 UTC on 2 April), with estimated 10-minute maximum sustained winds at 100\u00a0km/h (60\u00a0mph). Iris became almost stationary on the same day, due to the competing steering influences from a near-equatorial ridge located to the northeast and a subtropical ridge anchored over Australia. Early on 3 April, Iris resumed its south-southeastward track and turned eastward; at the same time, the low-level circulation centre became partially exposed, with deep convection only persisting over the southern periphery of the storm, showing that the intensification had stopped.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 72], "content_span": [73, 849]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274701-0018-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Australian region cyclone season, Systems, Tropical Cyclone Iris\nAt 04:07 AEST on 4 April (18:07 UTC on 3 April), microwave imagery revealed that Iris briefly had formed a shallow eyewall, prompting the JTWC to indicate that Iris reached its peak intensity at 10:00 AEST (00:00 UTC), with the same estimate as the BoM's 30 hours earlier. However, the BoM downgraded Iris to a Category 1 tropical cyclone at 16:00 AEST (06:00 UTC), as the unfavourable environment with moderate northwesterly wind shear, weak upper-level outflow, penetrating dry air, and marginal supportive SSTs at about 26\u00a0\u00b0C, had begun to impact the sheared system.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 72], "content_span": [73, 642]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274701-0019-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Australian region cyclone season, Systems, Tropical Cyclone Flamboyan\nFlamboyan formed on 27 April, before moving into the South-West Indian Ocean basin on 28 April. Afterward, the system began intensifying. Flamboyan occurred outside the Australian region, having developed north of 10S in Indonesia's area of responsibility before moving southwest into La R\u00e9union's area of responsibility.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 77], "content_span": [78, 399]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274701-0020-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Australian region cyclone season, Systems, Other systems\nOn 8 August, TCWC Perth started to monitor a tropical low located approximately 850\u00a0km (530\u00a0mi) to the west-northwest of the Cocos Islands, on the 90th meridian east\u2014the western edge of the BOM's area of responsibility. The tropical low moved in a west-southwesterly direction and attained 35\u00a0km/h (20\u00a0mph) sustained winds south of the circulation center, and a minimum barometric pressure of 1005 hPa (29.68 inHg). The storm moved out of the Australian region on the same day. On 24 November, TCWC Darwin started to monitor a weak tropical low that had developed in the Banda Sea.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 64], "content_span": [65, 646]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274701-0020-0001", "contents": "2017\u201318 Australian region cyclone season, Systems, Other systems\nThe system moved in a slow direction, and attained a minimum pressure of 1005 hPa, until it was last mentioned on 29 November. On 1 December, a tropical low formed to the south of Java. The tropical low rapidly moved southwestward, before dissipating the next day. On 1 January, TCWC Perth began to track a small, weak tropical low to the south of Bali. The system was last mentioned the next day.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 64], "content_span": [65, 462]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274701-0021-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Australian region cyclone season, Systems, Other systems\nOn 14 January, a weak tropical low had developed about 750\u00a0km (466\u00a0mi) to the northwest of Exmouth. The tropical low moved in a general westward direction for several days until it was last monitored by TCWC Perth on 19 January. On 27 January, TCWC Brisbane began monitoring on a tropical low-pressure system that was located to the south of the Solomon Islands. The system had a moderate chance of becoming a tropical cyclone although the system had already crossed basins into the South Pacific and became Tropical Depression 06F very early on the next day.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 64], "content_span": [65, 624]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274701-0021-0001", "contents": "2017\u201318 Australian region cyclone season, Systems, Other systems\nThe system subsequently became Tropical Cyclone Fehi by 29 January. On 1 February, a weak tropical low had briefly developed in the Coral Sea. On 9 February, a slow-moving tropical low had developed located about 450\u00a0km (280\u00a0mi) to the northwest of Cooktown, Queensland. The system moved westward and was last noticed three days later. On 4 March, a tropical low persisted to the west of Queensland. In the course of two days, the tropical low emerged towards the waters of the Gulf of Carpentaria. The tropical low rapidly dissipated, however, on 9 March.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 64], "content_span": [65, 621]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274701-0022-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Australian region cyclone season, Systems, Other systems\nA weak tropical low near the Solomon Islands was first identified by the Bureau of Meteorology on 17 March. Over the next couple of days, the tropical low meandered over the Solomon Sea. The system was last noted by the Bureau of Meteorology on the afternoon of 19 March.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 64], "content_span": [65, 336]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274701-0023-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Australian region cyclone season, Storm names, Bureau of Meteorology\nSince the start of the 2008\u201309 season, there has only been one list from which the Bureau of Meteorology has assigned names to tropical cyclones, despite still operating three separate tropical cyclone warning centres (TCWCs) in Perth, Darwin and Brisbane. These warning centres monitor all tropical cyclones that form within the Australian region, including any within the areas of responsibility of TCWC Jakarta or TCWC Port Moresby. A total of seven tropical cyclones were named by the BOM during the season; these are listed below.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 76], "content_span": [77, 612]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274701-0024-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Australian region cyclone season, Storm names, TCWC Jakarta\nThe TCWC in Jakarta, operated by the Indonesian Agency for Meteorology, Climatology and Geophysics, monitors tropical cyclones from the Equator to 11\u00b0S and between the longitudes 90\u00b0E and 145\u00b0E. Tropical depressions which reached tropical cyclone strength within this region were named by TCWC Jakarta. This occurred a record total of three times this season, and the names used are listed below.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 67], "content_span": [68, 464]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274701-0025-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Australian region cyclone season, Storm names, TCWC Port Moresby\nTropical cyclones that develop between the Equator and 11\u00b0S, between 151\u00b0E and 160\u00b0E, are assigned names by the TCWC in Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea. Tropical cyclone formation in this area is rare, with no cyclones being named in it since 2007. A chronological list is not used; rather, names are selected in a random order from a pool of names.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 72], "content_span": [73, 421]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274701-0026-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Australian region cyclone season, Storm names, Name retirement\nDue to both the damage that Cyclone Marcus caused in Darwin, and its subsequent intensification into a powerful Category 5 severe tropical cyclone, the BOM retired the name Marcus from its naming list. It was replaced by Marco.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 70], "content_span": [71, 298]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274702-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Austrian Basketball Bundesliga\nThe 2017\u201318 \u00d6sterreichische Basketball Bundesliga season, for sponsorships reasons named the Admiral Basketball Bundesliga, is the 72nd season of the first tier of basketball in Austria.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [38, 38], "content_span": [39, 225]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274702-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Austrian Basketball Bundesliga, Teams\nRaiffeisen Flyers Wels replaced WBC Wels, from the same city.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 45], "content_span": [46, 107]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274702-0002-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Austrian Basketball Bundesliga, Play-offs\nQuarterfinals were played in a best-of-three games format, semifinals in a 2\u20132\u20131 format and the final in a best-of-seven format 2\u20132\u20131\u20131\u20131.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 49], "content_span": [50, 188]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274702-0003-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Austrian Basketball Bundesliga, Play-offs, Quarterfinals\nThe team with the higher seed played game one and three (if necessary) at home.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 64], "content_span": [65, 144]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274702-0004-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Austrian Basketball Bundesliga, Play-offs, Semifinals\nThe team with the higher seed played game one, two and 5 (if necessary) at home.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 61], "content_span": [62, 142]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274702-0005-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Austrian Basketball Bundesliga, Play-offs, Semifinals\nThe team with the higher seed played game one, two, five and seven (if necessary) at home.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 61], "content_span": [62, 152]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274703-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Austrian Cup\nThe 2017\u201318 Austrian Cup was the 84th edition of the national cup in Austrian football. The champions of the cup, Sturm Graz, earned a place in the 2018\u201319 Europa League and would have begun play in the third qualifying round. Sixty\u2013four clubs participated in this season's cup competition.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [20, 20], "content_span": [21, 311]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274703-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Austrian Cup\nRed Bull Salzburg were the defending champions after winning the competition in the previous season by defeating SK Rapid Wien in the final.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [20, 20], "content_span": [21, 161]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274703-0002-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Austrian Cup, First round\nThirty\u2013two first round matches were played between 14 and 18 July 2017.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 33], "content_span": [34, 105]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274703-0003-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Austrian Cup, Second round\nSecond round matches were played 18\u201326 September 2017. The draw for the second round was held 8 August 2017.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 34], "content_span": [35, 143]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274704-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Austrian Football Bundesliga\nThe 2017\u201318 Austrian Football Bundesliga was the 106th season of top-tier football in Austria. Red Bull Salzburg successfully defended their last years title.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [36, 36], "content_span": [37, 196]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274704-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Austrian Football Bundesliga, Teams\nLASK, the 2016\u201317 First League champion, returned to the top level six years after their relegation.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 43], "content_span": [44, 144]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274704-0002-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Austrian Football Bundesliga, Attendances\nSource: , Notes:1: Team played last season in First League", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 49], "content_span": [50, 108]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274705-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Austrian Football First League\nThe 2017\u201318 Austrian Football First League (German: Erste Liga, also known as Sky Go Erste Liga due to sponsorship) was the 44th season of the Austrian second-level football league and the last one as the First League. It began on 21 July 2017 and ended on 25 May 2018. The fixtures were announced on 21 June 2017.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [38, 38], "content_span": [39, 354]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274705-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Austrian Football First League, Teams\nTen teams participated in the 2017-18 season. TSV Hartberg was promoted after winning the 2016\u201317 Regionalliga Mitte without having to compete in promotion play-offs as no team from the Regionalliga West or Ost applied for promotion. They replaced SV Horn who finished last in the 2016\u201317 First League. SV Ried were relegated from the 2016\u201317 Bundesliga, replacing 2016\u201317 First League champions LASK Linz.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 45], "content_span": [46, 452]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274705-0002-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Austrian Football First League, Results\nTeams played each other four times in the league. In the first half of the season each team played every other team twice (home and away), and then did the same in the second half of the season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 47], "content_span": [48, 242]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274706-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Austrian Hockey League season\nThe 2017\u201318 Austrian Hockey League season began on 8 September 2017 and ended on 20 April 2018. The defending champion were the Vienna Capitals. On 20 April 2018, HC Bolzano won the Austrian Hockey Championship for the 2nd time in their history.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [37, 37], "content_span": [38, 283]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274706-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Austrian Hockey League season\nWith Slovenian club, HDD Olimpija Ljubljana ending their tenure in the EBEL having been dissolved due to financial debt. The EBEL continued with 12 teams, following the return of KHL Medve\u0161\u010dak Zagreb from a five year stint in the Kontinental Hockey League. The Croatian club had previously participated in the EBEL for four seasons from 2009 to 2013.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [37, 37], "content_span": [38, 388]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274707-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Austrian Regionalliga\nThe 2017\u201318 Austrian Regionalliga was the 59th season of the Austrian third-tier football league.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [29, 29], "content_span": [30, 128]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274707-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Austrian Regionalliga\nThe Regionalliga is split into East, West and Middle (German: Ost, West & Mitte) divisions. The Regionalliga Ost is formed by clubs from the Vienna, Lower Austria and Burgenland Football Associations. The Regionalliga Mitte is made up of clubs from the Upper Austria, Carinthia and Styria Football Associations. The Regionalliga West is made up of clubs from the Salzburg, Tirol and Vorarlberg Football Associations.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [29, 29], "content_span": [30, 446]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274707-0002-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Austrian Regionalliga\nDue to the expansion of the Austrian leagues, this season eight clubs were promoted to the 2018\u201319 Second League, i.e. the successful promotion applicants from each division. A ninth team would have played in a promotion/relegation play-off against the bottom placed team in the First League, but the Austrian FA decided against relegation to the Regionalliga, so there was no play-off.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [29, 29], "content_span": [30, 416]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274708-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Ayr United F.C. season\nThe 2017\u201318 season was Ayr United\u2019s 108th season of competitive football and their first season back in League One following their relegation from the Championship in the 2016\u201317 season. Ayr also competed in the League Cup, Scottish Cup and the Challenge Cup.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [30, 30], "content_span": [31, 290]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274708-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Ayr United F.C. season, Summary, Season\nIn their first season back in the third\u2013tier of Scottish football, Ayr United finished in first place and were promoted as Champions back to the Scottish Championship after only one season in League One.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 47], "content_span": [48, 251]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274709-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Azadegan League\nThe 2017\u201318 Azadegan League was the 27th season of the Azadegan League and 17th as the second highest division since its establishment in 1991. The season featured 13 teams from the 2016\u201317 Azadegan League, two new teams relegated from the 2016\u201317 Persian Gulf Pro League: Saba Qom and Machine Sazi and three new teams promoted from the 2016\u201317 League 2: Shahrdari Tabriz and Shahrdari Mahshahr both as champions and Bargh Jadid Shiraz. The league started on 7 August 2017 and ended on 29 April 2018. Naft Masjed Soleyman won the Azadegan League title for the first time in their history. Naft Masjed Soleyman and Nassaji Mazandaran promoted to the Persian Gulf Pro League.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [23, 23], "content_span": [24, 697]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274709-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Azadegan League, Attendances, Average home attendances\nUpdated to games played on 29 April 2018Source: Notes:Matches with spectator bans are not included in average attendances Machine Sazi and Saba Qom played last season in Persian Gulf Pro League Bargh Jadid Shiraz, Shahrdari Mahshahr and Shahrdari Tabriz played last season in League 2", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 62], "content_span": [63, 349]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274709-0002-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Azadegan League, Attendances, Attendances by round\nNotes:Updated to games played on 29 April 2018.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 58], "content_span": [59, 106]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274709-0002-0001", "contents": "2017\u201318 Azadegan League, Attendances, Attendances by round\nSource: Matches with spectator bans are not included in average attendances Baadraan Tehran played their match against Shahrdari Tabriz at Shohada Shahr-e Qods Bargh Jadid Shiraz played their matches against Gol Gohar, Iranjavan, Khooneh be Khooneh, Machine Sazi, Malavan, Mes Kerman, Mes Rafsanjan, Nassaji and Shahrdari Mahshahr at Shahid Dastgheib Fajr Sepasi played their matches against Aluminium Arak, Bargh Jadid Shiraz, Khooneh be Khooneh, Machine Sazi, Mes Kerman, Naft MIS, Nassaji, Oxin Alborz, Shahrdari Mahshahr and Shahrdari Tabriz at Shahid Dastgheib Gol Gohar played their matches against Aluminium Arak, Fajr Sepasi, Khooneh be Khooneh, Malavan, Naft MIS, Saba Qom and Shahrdari Mahshahr at Imam Ali Gol Gohar played their matches against Mes Kerman, Nassaji and Shahrdari Tabriz at Bandar Abbas Machine Sazi played their match against Fajr Sepasi at Sahand Rah Ahan played their match against Khooneh be Khooneh at Kargaran Rah Ahan played their match against Nassaji at Takhti Tehran Saba Qom played their matches against Bargh Jadid Shiraz, Iranjavan, Mes Kerman, Nassaji and Rah Ahan at Shahid Heydariyan Mes Kerman played their match against Rah Ahan at Sirjan Shahrdari Tabriz played their matches against Bargh Jadid Shiraz, Fajr Sepasi, Iranjavan, Malavan, Mes Rafsanjan, Nassaji and Shahrdari Mahshahr at Shahid Tavana sports complex", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 58], "content_span": [59, 1431]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274710-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Azerbaijan Cup\nThe 2017\u201318 Azerbaijan Cup was the 26th season of the annual cup competition in Azerbaijan. The final was played on 28 May 2018.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [22, 22], "content_span": [23, 151]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274710-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Azerbaijan Cup, First round\nThe first round games were drawn on 6 October 2017.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 35], "content_span": [36, 87]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274710-0002-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Azerbaijan Cup, Second round\nThe two winners of the first round progressed to the Second round, which was also drawn on 6 October 2017.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 36], "content_span": [37, 143]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274710-0003-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Azerbaijan Cup, Quarter-finals\nThe eight winners from the second round are drawn into four two-legged ties.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 38], "content_span": [39, 115]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274710-0004-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Azerbaijan Cup, Semi-finals\nThe four winners from the quarter-finals were drawn into two two-legged ties.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 35], "content_span": [36, 113]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274711-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Azerbaijan First Division\nThe 2017\u201318 Azerbaijan First Division is the second-level of football in Azerbaijan.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [33, 33], "content_span": [34, 119]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274711-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Azerbaijan First Division, Teams\nSabail was promoted from the 2016\u201317 season to Azerbaijan Premier League, while Shuvalan relegated to the First Division. On 25 September 2017, it was announced that Bine, Khazar Baku, and Sabah will participate in the First Division.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 40], "content_span": [41, 275]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274711-0002-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Azerbaijan First Division, Teams\nShamkir, Shahdag, Sharurspor, Energetik, Bak\u0131l\u0131, Ravan Baku and G\u00f6yazan didn't participate in this season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 40], "content_span": [41, 147]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274711-0003-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Azerbaijan First Division, Teams, Personnel and kits\nNote: Flags indicate national team as has been defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 60], "content_span": [61, 198]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274712-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Azerbaijan Premier League\nThe 2017\u201318 Azerbaijan Premier League was the 26th season of the Azerbaijan Premier League. The season began on 11 August 2017 and ended on 19 May 2018.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [33, 33], "content_span": [34, 186]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274712-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Azerbaijan Premier League\nAlthough unconfirmed by UEFA, it was expected that the winners of the league this season would earn a spot in the first qualifying round of the 2018\u201319 UEFA Champions League, and the second and third placed clubs would earn a place in the first qualifying round of the 2018\u201319 UEFA Europa League.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [33, 33], "content_span": [34, 330]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274712-0002-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Azerbaijan Premier League, Teams\nShuvalan was relegated at the conclusion of the previous season. Sabail were promoted and will participate in the Premier League this season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 40], "content_span": [41, 182]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274712-0003-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Azerbaijan Premier League, Teams, Personnel and kits\nNote: Flags indicate national team as has been defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 60], "content_span": [61, 198]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274712-0004-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Azerbaijan Premier League, Results\nClubs will play each other four times for a total of 28 matches each.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 42], "content_span": [43, 112]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274713-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 B.League season\nThe 2017\u201318 B.League season was the second season of the Japanese B.League.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [23, 23], "content_span": [24, 99]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274714-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 BBL Cup\nThe 2017\u201318 BBL Cup was the 15th edition of the BBL Cup, the annual cup competition for British basketball teams, organised by the British Basketball League (BBL). The Cheshire Phoenix won its first title. The competition was played from 13 October 2017 until 28 January 2018.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [15, 15], "content_span": [16, 292]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274715-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 BBL Trophy\nThe 2017\u201318 BBL Trophy was the 30th edition of the BBL Trophy, an annual cup competition for British basketball teams, organised by the British Basketball League (BBL). Besides BBL clubs, clubs from the National Basketball League (NBL) participated. The Leicester Riders won their third trophy title. The competition was played from 8 December 2017 until 4 March 2018.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [18, 18], "content_span": [19, 387]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274716-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 BC Prienai season\nThe 2017\u201318 BC Prienai season is the 23rd season in the existence of the club, which was known as Vytautas Prienai\u2013Bir\u0161tonas for sponsorship reasons (which was their last year under that name). The team played in the Lithuanian Basketball League (LKL) but also briefly participated in the Baltic Basketball League (BBL) and in the qualifying round of Basketball Champions League (BCL). The season was highlighted with both on-court and financial struggles, dating as far back as 2016, and several roster changes.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [25, 25], "content_span": [26, 538]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274716-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 BC Prienai season\nThe team, in December 2017, most notably signed American brothers LaMelo and LiAngelo Ball, who had drawn international attention in the years prior. Following the brothers' arrival, Vytautas withdrew from the BBL and announced Big Baller Brand, a sports apparel company owned by LaVar Ball, as its sponsor. After the Ball brothers joined the team in January 2018, Vytautas took part in several exhibition games, including the Big Baller Brand Challenge Games and the Big Baller Brand International Tournament. Upon signing the Ball brothers, the team gained significant popularity, especially in the United States. However, both Ball brothers would not stay with the squad near the end of the season, thus leaving them with the threat of relegation.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [25, 25], "content_span": [26, 776]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274716-0002-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 BC Prienai season, Overview\nVytautas started the 2017\u201318 season badly by failing to qualify for the 2017\u201318 Basketball Champions League season. The team was also performing poorly in the national competition and saw decreasing popularity among fans. Additionally, Vytautas faced major financial struggles, failing to fully pay many former players. Towards the beginning of the season, the team controversially signed businessman Tomas Tumynas, who had no prior professional basketball experience. According to head coach Virginijus \u0160e\u0161kus, Tumynas helped Vytautas financially, despite not playing any games before his release in January 2018. The team lost to Lietuvos rytas Vilnius on 6 January 2018 by a margin of 113\u201356 for its worst defeat of the season. After the game, Vytautas dropped to last place in their league.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 35], "content_span": [36, 830]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274716-0003-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 BC Prienai season, Overview\nOn 11 December 2017, Vytautas signed LiAngelo and LaMelo Ball, the younger brothers of Los Angeles Lakers player Lonzo Ball, both of whom agreed to join the team in the beginning of January 2018. Both brothers, along with Lonzo, had gained fame in the United States after leading Chino Hills High School to an undefeated season and mythical national championship in 2015\u201316.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 35], "content_span": [36, 410]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274716-0003-0001", "contents": "2017\u201318 BC Prienai season, Overview\nLiAngelo drew the international spotlight in November 2017 after being arrested for shoplifting in China, abruptly ending his college basketball career at UCLA and culminating in a Twitter-based feud between his father LaVar Ball and U.S. President Donald Trump. The Lithuanian team, whose managers described the signing as an instant success, subsequently received international attention and being featured in The New York Times. Upon the Ball brothers' arrival, the Lithuanian Basketball League (LKL) rescheduled Vytautas' games against Pieno \u017evaig\u017ed\u0117s Pasvalys and Juventus Utena to better suit their American audience.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 35], "content_span": [36, 659]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274716-0004-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 BC Prienai season, Overview\nIn early January 2018, Vytautas pulled out of the Baltic Basketball League season, instead setting up and hosting the Big Baller Brand Challenge Games, a series of exhibition games mostly against opponents from lower Lithuanian leagues. On 23 January 2018, the team announced that the sports apparel company Big Baller Brand would be an official sponsor until the end of the season. LaVar Ball, owner of the company, was appointed as assistant coach for a match-up with Dz\u016bkija Alytus and then as head coach against Jonava. Ball and his family helped the team pay off the club's debts, contributing \u20ac100,000.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 35], "content_span": [36, 644]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274716-0005-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 BC Prienai season, Overview\nBy the end of February, Vytautas announced that it would play in another exhibition event sponsored by the company, known the Big Baller Brand International Tournament, a round-robin competition featuring three European teams outside of Lithuania. LaVar Ball continued to serve as head coach. In late March and early April, Vytautas participated in two more friendlies, hosting a game against a youth squad of the Chinese team Guangdong Southern Tigers and facing the London Lions of the British Basketball League (BBL) in London.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 35], "content_span": [36, 566]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274716-0005-0001", "contents": "2017\u201318 BC Prienai season, Overview\nHowever, after the end of the team's exhibition games, head coach Virginijus \u0160e\u0161kus would make some drastic changes for the team to avoid the threat of relegation, most notably by sitting LaMelo Ball throughout the rest of the regular season. Since the changes, Vytautas would go on a three-game winning streak, with the threat of being relegated looking dimmer and dimmer in the process. However, after a 73\u201369 loss to Siauliai on April 25, LaVar Ball announced he would pull his sons out of the team after neither Ball player played that night.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 35], "content_span": [36, 582]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274716-0005-0002", "contents": "2017\u201318 BC Prienai season, Overview\nAfter losing that night, Vytautas would lose their last three games of the season, with the team letting go of Kervin Bristol, Rashaun Broadus, and Denys Lukashov before the end of their last game that season. As a result, their season left them with the threat of relegating to the NKL, with Vytis \u0160akiai looking for its promotion this season. Ultimately, while Vytautas finished the season in last place, they would survive the threat of relegation this season due to Vytis not meeting the proper promotion requirements this year.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 35], "content_span": [36, 568]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274716-0006-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 BC Prienai season, Players, Squad information\nNote: Flags indicate national team eligibility at FIBA sanctioned events. Players may hold other non-FIBA nationality not displayed.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 53], "content_span": [54, 186]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274716-0007-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 BC Prienai season, Competitions, Baltic Basketball League\nVytautas forfeited a game on October 31, 2017 against Rapla after head coach Virginijus \u0160e\u0161kus received a second technical foul with three minutes left in regulation and refused to let his team continue playing. The Baltic Basketball League assessed Vytautas with a technical loss of 20\u20130 and fined the team \u20ac3,000. On January 6, 2018, after playing six games in the BBL, Vytautas withdrew from the 2017\u201318 season. In its place, the team set up the Big Baller Brand Challenge Games, a series of five friendly games that were designed to feature LaMelo and LiAngelo Ball in their professional debuts. However, Vytautas were assessed a \u20ac5,000 fine for forfeiting a non-televised game against Tsmoki-Minsk and were disqualified from the BBL, with the results of previous games being nullified, for their second forfeit of the season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 65], "content_span": [66, 896]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274717-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 BCHL season\nThe 2017\u201318 BCHL season was the 56th season of the British Columbia Hockey League (BCHL). The seventeen teams from the Interior, Island and Mainland divisions played 58-game schedules. The 2017 BCHL Showcase, hosted in Chilliwack, shortly after the start of the season from September 20 to 24, 2017.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [19, 19], "content_span": [20, 319]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274717-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 BCHL season\nIn March, the top teams from each division played for the Fred Page Cup, the BCHL Championship, won by the Wenatchee Wild. From there, they represented the league in the Doyle Cup, where they played and won a best-of-seven series against the Alberta Junior Hockey League champion Spruce Grove Saints to determine who represents the Pacific region in the Canadian Junior Hockey League championship, the Royal Bank Cup, held in Chilliwack, British Columbia, by the Chilliwack Chiefs.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [19, 19], "content_span": [20, 501]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274717-0002-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 BCHL season, Standings\nNote: GP = Games Played, W = Wins, L = Losses, T = Ties, OTL = Overtime Losses, Pts = Points", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 30], "content_span": [31, 124]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274717-0003-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 BCHL season, Scoring leaders\nGP = Games Played, G = Goals, A = Assists, P = Points, PIM = Penalties In Minutes", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 36], "content_span": [37, 118]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274717-0004-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 BCHL season, Leading goaltenders\nNote: GP = Games Played, Mins = Minutes Played, W = Wins, L = Losses, T = Ties, OTL = Overtime Losses, GA = Goals Against, SO = Shutouts, Sv% = Save Percentage, GAA = Goals Against Average.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 40], "content_span": [41, 230]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274717-0005-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 BCHL season, Players selected in 2018 NHL Entry Draft\nRd2: 48 Jonathan Tychonick \u2013 Ottawa Senators (Penticton Vees)Rd3: 81 Seth Barton \u2013 Detroit Red Wings (Trail Smoke Eaters)Rd4: 99 Stanislav Devin \u2013 Vegas Golden Knights (Wenatchee Wild)Rd4: 104 Jasper Weatherby \u2013 San Jose Sharks (Wenatchee Wild)Rd5: 126 Dennis Crookshank \u2013 Ottawa Senators (Langley Rivermen)Rd7: 190 Brett Stapley \u2013 Montreal Canadiens (Vernon Vipers)Rd7: 214 Ty Taylor \u2013 Tampa Bay Lightning (Vernon Vipers)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 61], "content_span": [62, 484]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274718-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 BFA Senior League\nThe 2017\u201318 BFA Senior League is the 27th season of the Bahamas top-flight football league. The season began on 29 October 2017 and ended on 22 April 2018.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [25, 25], "content_span": [26, 181]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274719-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 BIBL season\nThe 2017\u201318 BIBL season is the 10th edition of Balkan International Basketball League (BIBL). The competition started on 10 October 2017.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [19, 19], "content_span": [20, 157]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274719-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 BIBL season, Competition format\nEight teams joined the competition and played a round robin tournament where each team faced the others in home and away games. The top two teams qualified directly for the Final Four, whereas the teams finishing on ranks 3-6 played in additional two-legged playoffs to fill the remaining two places. The league winner will be determined on a Final Four tournament, hosted by Rislki Sportist at Arena Samokov.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 39], "content_span": [40, 449]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274720-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 BLNO season\nThe 2017\u201318 BLNO was the 18th season of the Basketball League of Norway since its establishment. It started on 22 September 2017 and ended on 11 April 2018 with the third and last game of the finals.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [19, 19], "content_span": [20, 219]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274720-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 BLNO season\nKongsberg Miners, in their third season in the league, won the title defended by Centrum Tigers, that ended in the last position.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [19, 19], "content_span": [20, 149]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274720-0002-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 BLNO season, Format\nThe ten participating teams first played the regular season, that consisted in a round-robin schedule containing three rounds with every team playing each opponent at least once home and once away for a total of 27 matches.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 27], "content_span": [28, 251]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274720-0003-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 BLNO season, Format\nAt the end of the regular season, the top eight teams qualified for the playoffs. Quarterfinals and semifinals were played with a best-of-three format and the final is played as a single game.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 27], "content_span": [28, 220]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274720-0004-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 BLNO season, Team Changes\nPersbr\u00e5ten were relegated at the end of the last season, replaced by Fyllingen.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 33], "content_span": [34, 113]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274720-0005-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 BLNO season, Awards\nThe individual awards and the All-League team were chosen by the coaches of the League.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 27], "content_span": [28, 115]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274721-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 BYU Cougars men's basketball team\nThe 2017\u201318 BYU Cougars men's basketball team represented Brigham Young University in the 2017\u201318 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. It was head coach Dave Rose's 13th season at BYU and the Cougars seventh season as members of the West Coast Conference. The Cougars played their home games at the Marriott Center in Provo, Utah. They finished the season 24\u201311, 11\u20137 in West Coast Conference play to finish in third place. As the No. 3 seed in the WCC Tournament, they defeated San Diego in the quarterfinals and Saint Mary's in the semifinals before losing to Gonzaga in the championship game. They received an at-large bid to the National Invitation Tournament where they were defeated by Stanford in the first round.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [41, 41], "content_span": [42, 766]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274721-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 BYU Cougars men's basketball team, Previous season\nThe Cougars finished the 2016\u201317 season 22\u201312, 12\u20136 in WCC play to finish in third place. They defeated Loyola Marymount in the quarterfinals of the WCC Tournament to advance to the semifinals where they lost to Saint Mary's. They received an invitation to the National Invitation Tournament where they lost in the first round to Texas\u2013Arlington.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [43, 58], "content_span": [59, 405]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274721-0002-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 BYU Cougars men's basketball team, Recruiting class of 2017, 2017\u201318 return missionaries\nBYU's roster will feature four missionaries for the new season. First up is Zac Seljaas who returns after coming home early for a shoulder injury.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [43, 96], "content_span": [97, 243]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274721-0003-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 BYU Cougars men's basketball team, 2017\u201318 media, Nu Skin BYU Sports Network\nBYU Radio- Flagship Station, Nationwide (Dish Network 980, Sirius XM 143, and byuradio.org)KSL 102.7 FM and 1160 AM- (Salt Lake City/ Provo, UT and ksl.com)KTHK- Blackfoot/ Idaho Falls/ Pocatello/ Rexburg, IDKMGR- Manti, UTKSUB- Cedar City, UTKDXU- St. George, UT", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [43, 84], "content_span": [85, 348]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274721-0004-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 BYU Cougars men's basketball team, Schedule and results\nThe 2017\u201318 non-conferesnce schedule was announced on July 11, 2017. Highlights on the schedule include a trip to defending Ivy League champions Princeton, a rematch with UT Arlington (who ended BYU's season in 2016\u201317), Barclay's Center Classic matches against Alabama and UMass, and four in-state opponents in Utah Valley, Utah State, Weber State (as part of the inaugural Beehive Classic), and Utah.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [43, 63], "content_span": [64, 466]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274721-0005-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 BYU Cougars men's basketball team, Game summaries, Exhibition: New Mexico\nBroadcasters: Jeff Siembieda & Hunter Greene (New Mexico Radio Network exclusive)Starting Lineups:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [43, 81], "content_span": [82, 180]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274721-0006-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 BYU Cougars men's basketball team, Game summaries, Mississippi Valley State\nBroadcasters: Dave McCann, Blaine Fowler, & Spencer LintonSeries History: BYU leads 2\u20130Starting Lineups:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [43, 83], "content_span": [84, 188]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274721-0007-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 BYU Cougars men's basketball team, Game summaries, UT Arlington\nBroadcasters: Dave McCann, Blaine Fowler, & Spencer LintonSeries History: Series even 1\u20131Starting Lineups:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [43, 71], "content_span": [72, 178]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274721-0008-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 BYU Cougars men's basketball team, Game summaries, Niagara\nBroadcasters: Dave McCann, Blaine Fowler, & Spencer LintonSeries History: BYU leads 5\u20132Starting Lineups:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [43, 66], "content_span": [67, 171]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274721-0009-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 BYU Cougars men's basketball team, Game summaries, Alabama\nBroadcasters: , Tim Doyle, & Series History: Alabama leads 1\u20130Starting Lineups:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [43, 66], "content_span": [67, 146]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274721-0010-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 BYU Cougars men's basketball team, Game summaries, UMass\nBroadcasters: Chris Hassel, Tim Doyle, & Kristen BalboniSeries History: BYU leads 5\u20130Starting Lineups:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [43, 64], "content_span": [65, 167]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274722-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 BYU Cougars women's basketball team\nThe 2017\u201318 BYU Cougars women's basketball team will represent Brigham Young University during the 2017\u201318 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. It will be head coach Jeff Judkins's seventeenth season at BYU. The Cougars, members of the West Coast Conference, play their home games at the Marriott Center. They finished the season 16\u201314, 11\u20137 in WCC play to finish in a tie for third place. They lost in the quarterfinals of the WCC Women's Tournament to San Diego. They missed the postseason tournament for the first time since 2009.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [43, 43], "content_span": [44, 583]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274722-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 BYU Cougars women's basketball team, 2017\u201318 media, BYU Radio Sports Network Affiliates\nCougar games that don't conflict with men's basketball or football games will be featured live on BYU Radio, found nationwide on Dish Network 980, on Sirius XM 143, and online at www.byuradio.org. Home games will be a BYUtv simulcast. Select road games will air on TheW.tv powered by Stadium.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [45, 95], "content_span": [96, 388]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274722-0002-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 BYU Cougars women's basketball team, Game Summaries, Southern Utah\nBroadcasters: Robbie Bullough & Series History: BYU leads 18\u20133Starting Lineups:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [45, 74], "content_span": [75, 155]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274722-0003-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 BYU Cougars women's basketball team, Game Summaries, Washington\nBroadcasters: Gary Hill Jr. & Elise Woodward Series History: Washington leads 6\u20135Starting Lineups:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [45, 71], "content_span": [72, 170]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274722-0004-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 BYU Cougars women's basketball team, Game Summaries, Utah Valley\nBroadcasters: Spencer Linton, Kristen Kozlowski, & Jason Shepherd Series History: BYU leads 7\u20130Starting Lineups:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [45, 72], "content_span": [73, 185]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274722-0005-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 BYU Cougars women's basketball team, Game Summaries, Georgia\nBroadcaster: Dave McCann & Kristen Kozlowski Series History: Georgia leads 2\u20130Starting Lineups:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [45, 68], "content_span": [69, 164]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274723-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Bahraini King's Cup\nThe 2017\u201318 Bahraini King's Cup is the 16th season of the national football competition of Bahrain since it was renamed as the King's Cup in 2003 (named Emir Cup or Federation Cup before). The winners of the competition will earn a spot in the 2019 AFC Cup.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [27, 27], "content_span": [28, 285]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274724-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Bahraini Premier League\nThe 2017\u201318 Bahraini Premier League (also known as NBB Bahrain League for sponsorship reasons), was the 61st top-level football season in Bahrain.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [31, 31], "content_span": [32, 178]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274725-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Ball State Cardinals men's basketball team\nThe 2017\u201318 Ball State Cardinals men's basketball team represented Ball State University during the 2017\u201318 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Cardinals, led by fifth-year head coach James Whitford, played their home games at Worthen Arena as members of the West Division of the Mid-American Conference. They finished the season 19\u201313, 10\u20138 to finish in third place in the MAC West division. They lost in the quarterfinals of the MAC Tournament to Kent State.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 50], "section_span": [50, 50], "content_span": [51, 520]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274725-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Ball State Cardinals men's basketball team, Previous season\nThe Cardinals finished the 2016\u201317 season 21\u201313, 11\u20137 in MAC play to finish in a tie for the West Division championship. They lost to Akron in the semifinals of the MAC Tournament. They were invited to the CollegeInsider.com Tournament where they lost to Fort Wayne in the first round.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 50], "section_span": [52, 67], "content_span": [68, 353]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274725-0002-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Ball State Cardinals men's basketball team, Schedule and results\n* Non-conference game. #Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Eastern Time", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 50], "section_span": [52, 72], "content_span": [73, 189]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274726-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Ball State Cardinals women's basketball team\nThe 2017\u201318 Ball State Cardinals women's basketball team will represent Ball State University during the 2017\u201318 NCAA Division I Women's Basketball Championship season. The Cardinals, led by sixth year head coach Brady Sallee, play their home games at Worthen Arena as members of the West Division of the Mid-American Conference. They finished the season 25\u20137, 13\u20135 in MAC play to finish in second place in the West Division. They lost in the quarterfinals of the MAC Women's Tournament to Western Michigan. They received an automatic bid to the Women's National Invitation Tournament where defeated Middle Tennessee in the first round before losing in the second round to Purdue.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 52], "section_span": [52, 52], "content_span": [53, 733]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274727-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Balmaz\u00fajv\u00e1rosi FC season\nThe 2017\u201318 season will be Balmaz\u00fajv\u00e1rosi FC's 1st competitive season, 1st consecutive season in the OTP Bank Liga and 6th year in existence as a football club.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [32, 32], "content_span": [33, 193]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274727-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Balmaz\u00fajv\u00e1rosi FC season, First team squad\nNote: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 50], "content_span": [51, 179]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274727-0002-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Balmaz\u00fajv\u00e1rosi FC season, First team squad, Out to loan\nNote: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 63], "content_span": [64, 192]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274727-0003-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Balmaz\u00fajv\u00e1rosi FC season, Transfers, Summer\nIn:Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 51], "content_span": [52, 183]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274727-0004-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Balmaz\u00fajv\u00e1rosi FC season, Transfers, Summer\nOut:Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 51], "content_span": [52, 184]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274727-0005-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Balmaz\u00fajv\u00e1rosi FC season, Transfers, Winter\nIn:Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 51], "content_span": [52, 183]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274727-0006-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Balmaz\u00fajv\u00e1rosi FC season, Transfers, Winter\nOut:Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 51], "content_span": [52, 184]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274727-0007-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Balmaz\u00fajv\u00e1rosi FC season, Statistics, Top scorers\nIncludes all competitive matches. The list is sorted by shirt number when total goals are equal.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 57], "content_span": [58, 154]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274727-0008-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Balmaz\u00fajv\u00e1rosi FC season, Statistics, Disciplinary record\nIncludes all competitive matches. Players with 1 card or more included only.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 65], "content_span": [66, 142]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274728-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Baltic Basketball League\nThe 2017\u201318 Triobet Baltic Basketball League was the 14th and the last season of the Baltic Basketball League and the third under the title sponsorship of Triobet. The season began on 24 October 2017 and concluded on 5 April 2018. Last year's finalist Pieno \u017evaig\u017ed\u0117s defeated J\u016brmala in the finals to win their first Baltic Basketball League title.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [32, 32], "content_span": [33, 382]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274728-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Baltic Basketball League, Competition format\nIn this edition 14 teams took part. They were divided into two groups of seven teams where, after a double-legged round-robin, the best four of each group will qualify to the quarterfinals. Kazakh team Barsy Atyrau and Belarusian Tsmoki-Minsk II played all their matches abroad.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 52], "content_span": [53, 331]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274728-0002-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Baltic Basketball League, Competition format\nMidway through the season Vytautas withdrew from the league due to them forfeiting two different games in this league for different reasons. As a result, they would participate in a series of friendly matches dubbed the Big Baller Brand Challenge Games; it was created for the purpose of promoting their newest acquisitions at the time in LiAngelo Ball and LaMelo Ball.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 52], "content_span": [53, 422]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274728-0003-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Baltic Basketball League, Playoffs\nIn the knockout phase rounds will be played in a home-and-away format, with the overall cumulative score determining the winner of a round. Thus, the score of one single game can be tied.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 42], "content_span": [43, 230]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274728-0004-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Baltic Basketball League, Player statistics\nPlayers qualify to this category by having at least 50% games played.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 51], "content_span": [52, 121]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274729-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Baltic Men Volleyball League\nThe 2017\u201318 Baltic Men Volleyball League, known as Credit 24 Champions League for sponsorship reasons, was the 13th edition of the highest level of club volleyball in the Baltic states. Saaremaa, a new team formed in 2017, won on their debut as they defeated P\u00e4rnu in the final with the score 3\u20132.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [36, 36], "content_span": [37, 334]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274729-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Baltic Men Volleyball League, Participating teams\nThe following teams took part in the 2017\u201318 edition of Baltic Men Volleyball League.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 57], "content_span": [58, 143]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274729-0002-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Baltic Men Volleyball League, Main Tournament\nAll participating 14 clubs were playing according to the double round robin system.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 53], "content_span": [54, 137]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274729-0003-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Baltic Men Volleyball League, Playoffs\nThe four winners of each series qualified to the Final Four, while the other four teams were eliminated.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 46], "content_span": [47, 151]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274730-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Baltimore Blast season\nThe 2017\u201318 Baltimore Blast season is the twenty-sixth season of the Baltimore Blast professional indoor soccer club. The Blast, an Eastern Division team in the Major Arena Soccer League, play their home games at SECU Arena in Towson, Maryland.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [30, 30], "content_span": [31, 275]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274730-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Baltimore Blast season\nThe team is led by owner Edwin F. Hale, Sr. and head coach Danny Kelly. The Blast entered the season as defending champions as they defeated the Sonora Suns in the Ron Newman Cup finals in April 2017 for the second consecutive season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [30, 30], "content_span": [31, 265]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274730-0002-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Baltimore Blast season\nFollowing a 6-5 victory on February 10 over the Milwaukee Wave, Baltimore clinched a playoff berth in the Eastern Division for the 2018 Ron Newman Cup playoffs. The Blast then clinched the regular-season Eastern Division championship after an 8-7 overtime win over the Florida Tropics on February 24. The Blast finished the regular season 17-5 and defeated Syracuse, Milwaukee and Monterrey in the postseason, successfully defending their title en route to the team's tenth championship (including one won by the original Blast franchise). William Vanzela received the MASL Final MVP.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [30, 30], "content_span": [31, 615]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274730-0003-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Baltimore Blast season, History\nLaunched in July 1992 as the Baltimore Spirit, an expansion team in the second National Professional Soccer League for the 1992\u201393 season, the team replaced the original Baltimore Blast which folded earlier in 1992 when the first Major Indoor Soccer League shut down. Ed Hale, an owner of the original Blast, bought the Spirit in July 1998 and changed the name to Baltimore Blast. In 2001, the team was a founding member of the second MISL. When that league shut down in 2008, they co-founded the National Indoor Soccer League which, one season later, became the third MISL.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 39], "content_span": [40, 614]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274730-0004-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Baltimore Blast season, History\nAfter the 2013-14 season, Baltimore was one of three teams that left the MISL, leading to the league's collapse. Along with five other former MISL teams, the Blast joined the teams of the Professional Arena Soccer League, which was then rebranded as the Major Arena Soccer League. The MASL Eastern Division for the 2017-18 season remains unchanged from the previous season, consisting of the defending MASL Ron Newman Cup Champion Baltimore Blast, former MISL club Syracuse Silver Knights, former PASL club Harrisburg Heat, and the Florida Tropics.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 39], "content_span": [40, 588]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274730-0005-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Baltimore Blast season, Off-field moves\nThe Blast announced in August 2017 that they would move from the Royal Farms Arena to the SECU Arena on the campus of Towson University, beginning in the 2017-2018 MASL season. The move will be the first time the Blast franchise will play home games in an arena other than the Royal Farms Arena.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 47], "content_span": [48, 343]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274730-0006-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Baltimore Blast season, Personnel, 2017\u201318 roster, Active Players\nNote: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 73], "content_span": [74, 202]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274730-0007-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Baltimore Blast season, Personnel, 2017\u201318 roster, Inactive Players\nNote: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 75], "content_span": [76, 204]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274730-0008-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Baltimore Blast season, Personnel, Staff\nThe team's coaching staff includes head coach Danny Kelly, assistant coach David Bascome, athletic trainer Heather Kohlbus, physical therapist Paul Ernst, team doctor Dr. Richard Levine, and equipment manager Mark Meszaros. The Blast front office includes owner Edwin F. Hale, Sr., team president and general manager Kevin Healey, and assistant general manager Mike Conway.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 48], "content_span": [49, 422]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274731-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Bangalore Super Division\nThe 2017\u201318 Bangalore Super Division was the seventh season of the Bangalore Super Division which is the third tier of the Indian association football system and the top tier of the Karnataka football system. The season started on 10 November 2017. Madras Engineering Group (MEG) were the defending champions. Bangalore Independents and Jawahar Union were promoted from 'A' Division, whereas a new team FC Deccan was a direct entry team. AGORC and DYES teams were relegated to 'A' Division. Bengaluru FC fielded their newly launched reserve team, Bengaluru FC 'B'. All games were played at Bangalore Football Stadium.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [32, 32], "content_span": [33, 650]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274731-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Bangalore Super Division\nOzone F.C. won their second title, winning all ten games, whereas RWF and FC Deccan were relegated to 'A' division.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [32, 32], "content_span": [33, 148]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274732-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Bangladesh Cricket League\nThe 2017\u201318 Bangladesh Cricket League was the sixth edition of the Bangladesh Cricket League, a first-class cricket competition. It was held in Bangladesh, starting on 6 January 2018 and concluding on 27 April 2018. North Zone were the defending champions.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [33, 33], "content_span": [34, 290]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274732-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Bangladesh Cricket League\nIn round two of the tournament, Tushar Imran scored his 10,000th run in first-class cricket and Abdur Razzak took his 500th first-class wicket. This was the first time either of these landmarks had been reached in Bangladesh cricket.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [33, 33], "content_span": [34, 267]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274732-0002-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Bangladesh Cricket League\nFollowing the third round of fixtures, the tournament took a break, ahead of the 2017\u201318 Dhaka Premier Division Cricket League. The tournament resumed on 10 April 2018.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [33, 33], "content_span": [34, 202]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274732-0003-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Bangladesh Cricket League\nSouth Zone won the tournament, after beating the defending champions North Zone by an innings and 63 runs in the final round of matches.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [33, 33], "content_span": [34, 170]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274733-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Bangladesh Football Premier League\nThe 2017\u201318 Bangladesh Football Premier League (also known as SAIF Power Battery Bangladesh Premier League for sponsorship reasons) is the tenth season of the Bangladesh Premier League since its establishment in 2007. A total of 12 teams are competing in the league. Saif Global Sports are the right holder of BPL's tenth edition and they accommodate the advertising, branding, TV transmission, radio, marketing rights of the Bangladesh Premier League 2016\u201317. The league started from July 28, 2017. Fakirerpool Young Men's Club was promoted as the champion of 2016 BCL season. They were the 13th team to took part in this season, but they did not, due to fund crisis.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [42, 42], "content_span": [43, 711]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274733-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Bangladesh Football Premier League\nDhaka Abahani are the defending champions, having won their Bangladesh Premier League title the previous season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [42, 42], "content_span": [43, 155]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274734-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Bangladesh Premier League\nThe 2017 BPL season, also known as BPL 5 or AKS BPL 2017 Powered by Shah Cement (for sponsorship reasons), was the fifth season of the Bangladesh Premier League (BPL), the top level professional Twenty20 cricket franchise league in Bangladesh. The competition was organised by the Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) and features seven teams from seven different cities. The season began on 4 November, and ended on 12 December 2017, with the defending champion, Dhaka Dynamites played against newbies Sylhet Sixers in the first game at Sylhet International Cricket Stadium.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [33, 33], "content_span": [34, 604]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274734-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Bangladesh Premier League\nBarisal Bulls were excluded from the tournament, after failing financial terms and conditions. This year, Pakistani players, except retired and non-centrally-contracted were unavailable in the tournament till 17 November due to their domestic cricket league.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [33, 33], "content_span": [34, 292]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274734-0002-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Bangladesh Premier League\nIn the championship match, Rangpur Riders defeated Dhaka Dynamites to win their first title. In the final match Chris Gayle was awarded the man of the match award and also won player of the series award. He was the leading run scorer in the tournament with 485 runs. Shakib Al Hasan was the leading wicket taker with 22 wickets.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [33, 33], "content_span": [34, 362]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274734-0003-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Bangladesh Premier League, Draft\nThe 2017 BPL draft was held on 16 September 2017, where a team could purchase 7 local players and 2 overseas players at least. A new rule has been implemented whereby a team can include up to 5 overseas players in a match instead of up to 4.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 40], "content_span": [41, 282]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274734-0004-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Bangladesh Premier League, Draft\nA total of 66 players were signed in the event including 51 locals and 15 from abroad. Rangpur Riders signed the most players reaching a tally of 16. The first local and overseas player call went to Rajshahi Kings as the picked Mustafizur Rahman and Usama Mir.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 40], "content_span": [41, 301]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274734-0005-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Bangladesh Premier League, Venues\nA total of 46 matches was played in these venues with the playoffs and final held in Dhaka.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 41], "content_span": [42, 134]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274734-0006-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Bangladesh Premier League, Teams and their icons\nMustafizur Rahman was chosen as the icon player for Barisal Bulls until they were excluded.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 56], "content_span": [57, 148]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274734-0007-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Bangladesh Premier League, League stage\nA total of 42 matches was played in the League stage, with the first eight held in Sylhet, next sixteen in Dhaka, next ten in Chittagong and final eight in Dhaka.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 47], "content_span": [48, 210]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274735-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Bangladesh Premier League Final\nThe 2017 Bangladesh Premier League Final was a day/night Twenty20 cricket match played between the Dhaka Dynamites and the Rangpur Riders on 12 December 2017 at the Sher-e-Bangla National Cricket Stadium, Dhaka to determine the winner of the 2017\u201318 Bangladesh Premier League, a professional Twenty20 cricket league in Bangladesh. It ended as Rangpur Riders defeating Dhaka Dynamites by 57 runs.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [39, 39], "content_span": [40, 435]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274735-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Bangladesh Premier League Final, Route to final\nDhaka was placed second on the league table with 15 points, though Rangpur was ranked fourth in the league stage with 12 points, as per NRR. Dhaka won 7 of their league stage matches, lost 4 and 1 resulted in no result due to rain. On the other hand, Rangpur both won and lost 6 matches. Dhaka won the qualifier 1 match and grabbed the final. Barisal won the eliminator and qualifier 2 one after one, booking their place in the final.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 55], "content_span": [56, 490]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274735-0002-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Bangladesh Premier League Final, Final, Background\nThe match is to be played at the home ground of Dhaka, Sher-e-Bangla National Cricket Stadium. Dhaka is appearing in their fourth final and have won the championship in all their previous finals. Rangpur is appearing in their first ever final match. Both teams were on even terms as they have won the matches against each other this season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 58], "content_span": [59, 399]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274735-0003-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Bangladesh Premier League Final, Final, Report\nDhaka won the toss and decided to bowl first. The decision was proving to be successful when they got rid of Johnson Charles early thanks to skipper Shakib Al Hasan. But after the 10th over, the partnership of Brendon McCullum and Chris Gayle proved to be devastating. Their partnership mainly consisted of boundaries and particularly Gayle, who hit a record 18 sixes. His score of 146 off 69 balls is the tournament highest. McCullum gave him a helping hand by scoring a decent 51 off 43. The Rangpur innings thus ended as 206 for 1.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 54], "content_span": [55, 589]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274735-0004-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Bangladesh Premier League Final, Final, Report\nThe second innings started with Dhaka quickly losing wickets. At a time they 87 for 7 due to the excellent bowling by Rangpur bowlers. Jahurul Islam provided some resistance with his 50 off 38 balls. But soon wickets tumbled down and Dhaka innings came to an end with 149/9, handing Rangpur 57 runs victory and also the championship.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 54], "content_span": [55, 388]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274735-0005-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Bangladesh Premier League Final, Final, Summary\nChris Gayle was awarded as the man of the match for his aforementioned innings and also won the man of the series award. The highest run scorer award was also awarded to him and the most wicket taker award was given to Shakib Al Hasan.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 55], "content_span": [56, 291]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274736-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Bangladesh Tri-Nation Series\nThe 2017\u201318 Bangladesh Tri-Nation Series was a cricket tournament that took place in January 2018. It was a tri-nation series between Bangladesh, Sri Lanka and Zimbabwe, with all the matches played as One Day Internationals (ODIs). The Sher-e-Bangla National Cricket Stadium hosted all the matches, with each fixture starting at noon. The second ODI was the 100th to be played at the venue and in the third match, Bangladesh recorded their biggest win in ODIs, beating Sri Lanka by 163 runs.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [36, 36], "content_span": [37, 528]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274736-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Bangladesh Tri-Nation Series\nThe final was played between hosts Bangladesh and Sri Lanka. Sri Lanka won the match by 79 runs, with Sri Lankan bowler Shehan Madushanka taking a hat-trick on debut. Following the tri-series, Sri Lanka played two Test matches and two Twenty20 Internationals (T20Is) against Bangladesh.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [36, 36], "content_span": [37, 323]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274736-0002-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Bangladesh Tri-Nation Series, Squads\nAfter the second ODI, Dinesh Chandimal captained Sri Lanka as Angelo Mathews ruled out of the series due to hamstring injury. Sadeera Samarawickrama was added to Sri Lanka's squad as cover for Mathews. After the third ODI, Imrul Kayes was dropped from Bangladesh's squad. However, before the final match, he was added back to squad. Kusal Perera suffered an injury during the fourth ODI and was ruled out of the rest of the series. Dhananjaya de Silva replaced him in Sri Lanka's squad.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 44], "content_span": [45, 531]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274737-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Barangay Ginebra San Miguel season\nThe 2017\u201318 Barangay Ginebra San Miguel season was the 39th season of the franchise in the Philippine Basketball Association (PBA).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [42, 42], "content_span": [43, 174]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274738-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Barnet F.C. season\nThe 2017\u201318 season is Barnet's 130th year in existence and third consecutive season in League Two. Along with competing in League Two, the club also participate in the FA Cup, EFL Cup and EFL Trophy.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [26, 26], "content_span": [27, 226]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274738-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Barnet F.C. season, Competitions, Friendlies\nAs of 14 July 2017, Barnet have announced six pre-season friendlies against Swansea City, Braintree Town, West Ham United Under-23s, Maidstone United, Millwall and Concord Rangers.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 52], "content_span": [53, 233]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274738-0002-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Barnet F.C. season, Competitions, FA Cup\nOn 16 October 2017, Barnet were drawn away to Blackburn Rovers in the first round.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 48], "content_span": [49, 131]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274738-0003-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Barnet F.C. season, Competitions, EFL Cup\nOn 16 June 2017, Barnet were drawn away to Peterborough United in the first round. Another away tie against Brighton & Hove Albion was confirmed for the second round.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 49], "content_span": [50, 216]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274738-0004-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Barnet F.C. season, Competitions, EFL Trophy\nOn 12 July 2017, the group stage draw was made with Barnet facing AFC Wimbledon, Luton Town and Tottenham Hotspur U23s in Southern Group F.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 52], "content_span": [53, 192]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274739-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Barnsley F.C. season\nThe 2017\u201318 season had Barnsley playing in the Championship The season covered the period from 1 July 2017 to 30 June 2018. Barnsley made an announcement on their official Twitter account on 3 August 2017 that Angus MacDonald is the first-team captain, and Adam Davies is the first team vice-captain.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [28, 28], "content_span": [29, 330]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274739-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Barnsley F.C. season\nOn 31 August 2017, Barnsley released a statement to announce that the club's chairman Maurice Watkins CBE was leaving the role as chairman and the board of Barnsley Football Club.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [28, 28], "content_span": [29, 208]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274739-0002-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Barnsley F.C. season\nOn 19 December 2017, it was announced that Patrick Cyrne and family had agreed of new shareholders and co-owners of Barnsley Football Club to a consortium led by Chien Lee of NewCity Capital and Pacific Media Group, which is led by Paul Conway and Grace Hung. Billy Beane and Neerav Parekh will also be investing in Barnsley Football Club with Chien Lee and Pacific Media Group. Chien Lee has 80% shares and the Cyrne family has 20% shares of ownership of Barnsley Football club.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [28, 28], "content_span": [29, 508]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274739-0003-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Barnsley F.C. season\nOn 6 February 2018, Barnsley F.C made an announcement that Head Coach Paul Heckingbottom, had left the club for new manager role at fellow Championship club Leeds United. Heckingbottom was joined by his first team coach, Jamie Clapham; Head of Sports Science, Nathan Winder; and First Team Performance Analyst Alex Bailey, will also leave Oakwell for Leeds. Barnsley also announced that Paul Harsley took the role as caretaker manager. Jos\u00e9 Morais was appointed as new head coach on 16 February 2018 on an 18-month contract.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [28, 28], "content_span": [29, 553]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274739-0004-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Barnsley F.C. season, Pre-season, Friendlies\nAs of 9 June 2017, Barnsley have announced six pre-season friendlies against Guiseley, Grimsby Town, Coventry City, Rochdale, Rotherham United and Huddersfield Town.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 52], "content_span": [53, 218]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274739-0005-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Barnsley F.C. season, Competitions, EFL Championship, Matches\nOn 21 June 2017, the EFL Championship league fixtures were announced.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 69], "content_span": [70, 139]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274739-0006-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Barnsley F.C. season, Competitions, FA Cup\nIn the FA Cup, Barnsley entered the competition in the third round and were drawn away to Millwall.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 50], "content_span": [51, 150]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274739-0007-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Barnsley F.C. season, Competitions, EFL Cup\nOn 16 June 2017, the draw for the first round took place, with Morecambe being confirmed as the opposition. The second round also saw Barnsley at home to either Grimsby Town or Derby County. Derby County won their first round tie to set up a second round fixture against the Reds.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 51], "content_span": [52, 332]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274740-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Basketball Bundesliga\nThe 2017\u201318 Basketball Bundesliga, known as the easyCredit BBL for sponsorship reasons, was the 52nd season of the Basketball Bundesliga (BBL), the top-tier level of professional club basketball in Germany. The defending champion was Brose Bamberg. The regular season started on 29 September 2017 and ended 1 May 2018.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [29, 29], "content_span": [30, 348]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274740-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Basketball Bundesliga\nBayern Munich won their fourth title and qualified for the 2018\u201319 EuroLeague.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [29, 29], "content_span": [30, 108]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274740-0002-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Basketball Bundesliga, Teams, Promotion and relegation\nRasta Vechta and Phoenix Hagen were relegated from the BBL after the 2016\u201317 season, as they finished in the last two places.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 62], "content_span": [63, 188]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274740-0003-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Basketball Bundesliga, Teams, Promotion and relegation\nMitteldeutscher BC and Rockets got promoted from the 2016\u201317 ProA.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 62], "content_span": [63, 129]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274740-0004-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Basketball Bundesliga, Regular season\nIn the regular season, teams played against each other two times home-and-away in a round-robin format. The first eight teams advanced to the playoffs. The last two placed teams were relegated to the ProA for next season. The regular season started on 29 September 2017 and concluded 1 May 2018.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 45], "content_span": [46, 341]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274740-0005-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Basketball Bundesliga, Playoffs\nAll three rounds of the playoffs are played in a best-of-five format, with the higher seeded team playing the first, third and fifth game at home.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 39], "content_span": [40, 186]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274740-0006-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Basketball Bundesliga, All-Star Game\nThe 2018 BBL All-Star Game was played in the Lokhalle in G\u00f6ttingen on 13 January 2018. Team International won the game 145\u2013132 over Team National. Peyton Siva was named Most Valuable Player of the game.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 44], "content_span": [45, 247]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274741-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Basketball Champions League\nThe 2017\u201318 Basketball Champions League was the second season of the Basketball Champions League (BCL), a European-wide professional basketball competition for clubs, that was launched by FIBA. The competition began on 19 September 2017, with the qualifying rounds, and concluded on 6 May 2018.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [35, 35], "content_span": [36, 330]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274741-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Basketball Champions League\nThe Final Four, which was held 4\u20136 May, was hosted at the Olympic Indoor Hall in Athens, Greece. Hosts AEK Athens won their first Champions League title after defeating Monaco in the final. UCAM Murcia finished in third place while MHP Riesen Ludwigsburg was fourth.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [35, 35], "content_span": [36, 302]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274741-0002-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Basketball Champions League, Format changes\nFor the 2017\u201318 season, the league went back to the initial format of the 2016\u201317 season, which includes a regular season of four groups of eight teams, followed by a knock-out stage. 24 teams will be qualified directly, while eight teams will come from the three qualifying rounds that will be implemented. In the Round of 16 and quarterfinals, two-legged series will be played, and the season will be capped off with the Final Four.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 51], "content_span": [52, 486]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274741-0003-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Basketball Champions League, Format changes, Eligibility of players\nFIBA agreed to adopt eligibility rules, forcing the clubs to have at least 5 home-grown players in rosters of 11 or 12 players, or at least four, if the team has got less players.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 75], "content_span": [76, 255]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274741-0004-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Basketball Champions League, Team allocation\nA total of 56 teams (of which 20 were champions) from 32 countries participated in the 2017\u201318 Basketball Champions League.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 52], "content_span": [53, 176]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274741-0005-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Basketball Champions League, Team allocation, Teams\nThe labels in the parentheses show how each team qualified for the place of its starting round (TH: Basketball Champions League title holders; FEC: FIBA Europe Cup title holders):", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 59], "content_span": [60, 239]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274741-0006-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Basketball Champions League, Round and draw dates\nThe schedule of the competition is as follows (all draws are held at the FIBA headquarters in Mies, Switzerland, unless stated otherwise):", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 57], "content_span": [58, 196]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274741-0007-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Basketball Champions League, Qualifying rounds\nThe draw for the qualifying rounds was held on 11 July 2017, at the FIBA headquarters in Mies, Switzerland.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 54], "content_span": [55, 162]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274741-0008-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Basketball Champions League, Qualifying rounds\nIn the qualifying rounds, teams are divided into seeded and unseeded teams, based on their club coefficients, and then drawn into two-legged home-and-away ties. Teams from the same country cannot be drawn against each other. However, 19 of 24 losing teams enter the 2017\u201318 FIBA Europe Cup regular season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 54], "content_span": [55, 360]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274741-0009-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Basketball Champions League, Qualifying rounds, First qualifying round\nA total of 16 teams played in the first qualifying round. The first legs were played on 19 September, and the second legs were played on 21 September 2017.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 78], "content_span": [79, 234]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274741-0010-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Basketball Champions League, Qualifying rounds, Second qualifying round\nA total of 16 teams played in the second qualifying round: eight teams which enter in this round, and the eight winners of the first qualifying round. The first legs were played on 24 September, and the second legs were played on 26 September 2017.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 79], "content_span": [80, 328]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274741-0011-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Basketball Champions League, Qualifying rounds, Third qualifying round\nA total of 16 teams played in the third qualifying round: Eight teams which enter in this round, and the eight winners of the second qualifying round. The first legs was played on 29 September, and the second legs were played on 2 October 2017.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 78], "content_span": [79, 323]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274741-0012-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Basketball Champions League, Regular season\nThe draw for the regular season was held on 11 July 2017, at the FIBA headquarters in Mies, Switzerland.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 51], "content_span": [52, 156]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274741-0013-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Basketball Champions League, Regular season\nThe 32 teams are drawn into four groups of eight, with the restriction that teams from the same country cannot be drawn against each other. In each group, teams play against each other home-and-away, in a round-robin format. The group winners, runners-up, third-placed teams and fourth-placed teams, advance to the round of 16, while the fifth-placed teams and sixth-placed teams enter the 2017\u201318 FIBA Europe Cup round of 16.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 51], "content_span": [52, 478]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274741-0014-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Basketball Champions League, Regular season\nA total of 32 teams play in the regular season: 24 teams which enter in this stage, and the 8 winners of the third qualifying round. The match-days will be on 10\u201311 October, 17\u201318 October, 24\u201325 October, 31 October\u20131 November, 7\u20138 November, 14\u201315 November, 5\u20136 December, 12\u201313 December, 19\u201320 December 2016, 9\u201310 January, 16\u201317 January, 23\u201324 January, 30\u201331 January and 6\u20137 February 2017.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 51], "content_span": [52, 440]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274741-0015-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Basketball Champions League, Playoffs\nIn the playoffs, teams play against each other over two legs on a home-and-away basis, except for the Final Four. In the playoffs draw, the group winners and the runners-up are seeded, and the third-placed teams and the fourth-placed teams are unseeded. The seeded teams are drawn against the unseeded teams, with the seeded teams hosting the second leg. Teams from the same group cannot be drawn against each other.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 45], "content_span": [46, 462]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274741-0016-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Basketball Champions League, Playoffs, Round of 16\nThe first legs were played on 6\u20137 March, and the second legs on 13\u201314 March 2018.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 58], "content_span": [59, 140]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274741-0017-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Basketball Champions League, Playoffs, Quarterfinals\nThe first legs were played on 27\u201328 March, and the second legs were played on 3\u20134 April 2018.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 60], "content_span": [61, 154]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274741-0018-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Basketball Champions League, Final Four\nThe concluding Final Four tournament will be played on 4\u20136 May 2018. The drawing of the pairings took place on 12 April 2018. On 5 April, the O.A.C.A. Olympic Indoor Hall in Athens, Greece was announced as the venue of the 2018 Final Four.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 47], "content_span": [48, 287]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274741-0019-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Basketball Champions League, Awards, Game Day MVP\nAfter each gameday a selection of five players with the highest efficiency ratings is made by the Basketball Champions League. Afterwards, the official website decides which player is crowned Game Day MVP.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 57], "content_span": [58, 263]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274742-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Basketball Champions League Playoffs\nThe 2017\u201318 Basketball Champions League Playoffs began on 6 March, and ended on 6 May, with the Final, to decide the champions of the 2017\u201318 season of the Basketball Champions League. 16 teams competed in the play-offs.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [44, 44], "content_span": [45, 265]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274742-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Basketball Champions League Playoffs, Format\nThe playoffs involved the sixteen teams which qualified between the four first teams of each of the four groups in the 2017\u201318 Basketball Champions League Regular season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [46, 52], "content_span": [53, 223]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274742-0002-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Basketball Champions League Playoffs, Format\nThe group winners will face the fourth qualified teams and the runners-up will play against the third qualified teams. Winners and runners-up will play the second leg at home. In addition, the winners of the matches involving the group winners will play also the second leg of the quarterfinals at home.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [46, 52], "content_span": [53, 356]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274742-0003-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Basketball Champions League Playoffs, Format\nEach tie in the Playoffs, apart from the Final Four games, was played with two legs, with each team playing one leg at home. The team that scored more points on aggregate, over the two legs, advanced to the next round.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [46, 52], "content_span": [53, 271]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274742-0004-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Basketball Champions League Playoffs, Format\nFor the round of 16, teams from the same group could not be drawn against each other.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [46, 52], "content_span": [53, 138]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274742-0005-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Basketball Champions League Playoffs, Round of 16\nThe first legs will be played on 6\u20137 March, and the second legs will be played on 13\u201314 March 2018.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [46, 57], "content_span": [58, 157]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274742-0006-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Basketball Champions League Playoffs, Quarterfinals\nThe first legs will be played on 27\u201328 March, and the second legs will be played on 3\u20134 April 2018.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [46, 59], "content_span": [60, 159]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274743-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Basketball Championship of Bosnia and Herzegovina\nThe 2017\u201318 Basketball Championship of Bosnia and Herzegovina is the 17th season of this championship, with 12 teams from Bosnia and Herzegovina participating in it. Igokea, the defending champion, will join the tournament directly in the second stage.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 57], "section_span": [57, 57], "content_span": [58, 310]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274743-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Basketball Championship of Bosnia and Herzegovina\nThe competition will start on 14 October 2017 and will end on 12, 16 or 19 May 2018 depending on the number of matches played in the finals.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 57], "section_span": [57, 57], "content_span": [58, 198]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274743-0002-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Basketball Championship of Bosnia and Herzegovina, Competition format\nTwelve teams would join the regular season, where the first five teams qualified for the Liga 6 with Igokea, that plays the season's ABA League First Division.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 57], "section_span": [59, 77], "content_span": [78, 237]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274743-0003-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Basketball Championship of Bosnia and Herzegovina, Competition format\nOn 18 September 2017, the Basketball Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina released the calendar of the regular season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 57], "section_span": [59, 77], "content_span": [78, 196]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274743-0004-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Basketball Championship of Bosnia and Herzegovina, Playoffs\nSeeded teams played games 1, 3 and 5 at home.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 57], "section_span": [59, 67], "content_span": [68, 113]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274744-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Basketball League of Serbia\nThe 2017\u201318 Basketball League of Serbia (Serbian: 2017\u201318 Ko\u0161arka\u0161ka liga Srbije) is the 12th season of the Basketball League of Serbia, the highest professional basketball league in Serbia. It is also 74th national championship played by Serbian clubs inclusive of nation's previous incarnations as Yugoslavia and Serbia & Montenegro.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [35, 35], "content_span": [36, 371]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274744-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Basketball League of Serbia, Teams, Promotion and relegation\nNapredak Rubin who competed in the BLS during the last season changed the tier with KKK Radni\u010dki. By approval from Basketball Federation of Serbia, Napredak moved to the 3rd-tier First Regional League (West).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 68], "content_span": [69, 277]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274745-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Basketball League of Serbia B\nThe 2017\u201318 Basketball League of Serbia B is the 12th season of the Second Basketball League of Serbia, the 2nd-tier men's professional basketball league in Serbia.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [37, 37], "content_span": [38, 202]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274746-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Basketbol S\u00fcper Ligi\nThe 2017\u201318 Basketbol S\u00fcper Ligi (BSL), for sponsorship reasons named Tahincio\u011flu Basketbol S\u00fcper Ligi, was the 52nd season of the top-tier professional basketball league in Turkey. Fenerbah\u00e7e won their 9th Basketbol S\u00fcper Ligi title and their 12th Turkish title overall by defeating Tofa\u015f 4\u20131 in the finals.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [28, 28], "content_span": [29, 337]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274746-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Basketbol S\u00fcper Ligi, Teams, Promotion and relegation\nBest Bal\u0131kesir and TED Ankara Kolejliler were relegated after finishing in the 15th and 16th places last season. Eski\u015fehir Basket was promoted as the runner-up, and Sakarya BB was promoted as the champions of the 2016\u201317 TBL season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 61], "content_span": [62, 294]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274746-0002-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Basketbol S\u00fcper Ligi, Regular season\nIn the regular season, teams play against each other four times home-and-away in a round-robin format. The eight first qualified teams advance to the playoffs. The last two teams in the table are relegated to the second tier TBL. The regular season started on 7 October 2017.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 44], "content_span": [45, 320]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274747-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Basketligaen\nThe 2017\u201318 Basketligaen was the 43rd season of the highest professional basketball tier in Denmark. The season started on 20 September 2017 and ended on 7 May 2018. Bakken Bears was the defending champion, and won the championship again after beating Horsens IC in the play-off finals.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [20, 20], "content_span": [21, 307]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274747-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Basketligaen, Competition format\nIn the regular season, teams played against each other four times home-and-away in double a round-robin format. The eight teams advanced to the playoffs.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 40], "content_span": [41, 194]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274747-0002-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Basketligaen, Teams\nWolfpack returned to the Basketligan after a two-year absence. They replaced SISU, which was the last qualified in the previous season and therefore relegated.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 27], "content_span": [28, 187]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274747-0003-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Basketligaen, Playoffs\nThe playoffs were played between the eight teams of the competition, with a best-of-five series in a 1-1-1-1-1 format. The seeded team played games 1, 3 and 5 at home. The Finals will be played in a best-of-seven series and the bronze medal series as a single game. The playoffs began on 13 March and ended 7 May 2018.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 30], "content_span": [31, 349]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274747-0004-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Basketligaen, Playoffs, Quarterfinals\nThe quarter-finals began on 18 March and ended 29 March 2018.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 45], "content_span": [46, 107]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274748-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Basketligan season\nThe 2017\u201318 Basketligan season was the 25th season of the Basketligan, the top tier basketball league on Sweden. The season started on 6 October 2017 and finished in May 2018. Lule\u00e5 was the defending champion, but failed to repeat as they lost in the last game of the finals to Norrk\u00f6ping Dolphins, that achieved their fifth title ever.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [26, 26], "content_span": [27, 363]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274748-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Basketligan season, Competition format\nThe participating teams first played a conventional round-robin schedule with every team playing each opponent four times for a total of 28 games. The top six teams qualified for the championship playoffs.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 46], "content_span": [47, 252]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274748-0002-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Basketligan season, Teams\nAfter the end of the 2016\u201317 season, Malbas decided to not continue playing at Basketligan.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 33], "content_span": [34, 125]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274748-0003-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Basketligan season, Playoffs, Semifinals\nSeeded teams played legs 1, 3, 5 and 7 at home.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 48], "content_span": [49, 96]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274748-0004-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Basketligan season, Playoffs, Finals\nSeeded team played legs 1, 3, 5 and 7 at home.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 44], "content_span": [45, 91]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274749-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Bayer 04 Leverkusen season\nThe 2017\u201318 Bayer 04 Leverkusen season is the 114th season in the football club's history and 39th consecutive and overall season in the top flight of German football, the Bundesliga, having been promoted from the 2. Bundesliga Nord in 1979. In addition to the domestic league, Bayer Leverkusen also are participating in this season's edition of the domestic cup, the DFB-Pokal. This is the 60th season for Leverkusen in the BayArena, located in Leverkusen, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. The season covers a period from 1 July 2017 to 30 June 2018.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [34, 34], "content_span": [35, 586]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274749-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Bayer 04 Leverkusen season, Players, Squad information\nNote: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 62], "content_span": [63, 191]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274750-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Baylor Bears basketball team\nThe 2017\u201318 Baylor Bears basketball team represented Baylor University in the 2017\u201318 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. This was head coach Scott Drew's 15th season at Baylor. The Bears competed in the Big 12 Conference and played their home games at the Ferrell Center in Waco, TX. They finished the season 19\u201315 overall and 8\u201310 in Big 12 play, finishing in a four-way tie for sixth place. As the No. 6 seed in the Big 12 Tournament, they were defeated by West Virginia in the quarterfinals. They were one of the last four teams not selected for the NCAA Tournament and as a result earned a no. 1 seed in the National Invitation Tournament, where they defeated Wagner in the first round before losing to Mississippi State in the second round.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [36, 36], "content_span": [37, 788]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274750-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Baylor Bears basketball team, Previous season\nThe Bears finished the 2016\u201317 season 27\u20138, 12\u20136 in Big 12 play to finish in a tie for second place. They lost to Kansas State in the quarterfinals of the Big 12 Tournament. They received an at-large bid to the NCAA Tournament as a No. 3 seed. They defeated No. 14 seeded New Mexico State and No. 11 seeded USC in the first and second rounds before losing to No. 7 seeded South Carolina in the sweet sixteen.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 53], "content_span": [54, 462]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274751-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Baylor Lady Bears basketball team\nThe 2017\u201318 Baylor Lady Bears basketball team represented Baylor University in the 2017\u201318 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. Returning as head coach was Hall of Famer Kim Mulkey for her 18th season. The team played its home games at the Ferrell Center in Waco, Texas and were members of the Big 12 Conference. They finished the season 33\u20132, 18\u20130 in Big 12 to win the Big 12 regular season title. They also won the Big 12 Women's Tournament and earned an automatic bid to the NCAA Women's Tournament where they defeated Grambling State and Michigan in the first and second rounds before getting upset by Oregon State in the sweet sixteen.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [41, 41], "content_span": [42, 688]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274751-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Baylor Lady Bears basketball team, Previous season\nFor the 2016\u201317 season, Baylor finished 33\u20134, 17\u20131 in the Big 12 to win the regular season title. They advanced to the championship game of the Big 12 Women's Tournament, where they were upset by West Virginia. They earned an at-large bid to the NCAA Women's Tournament as a No. 1 seed, where they defeated Texas Southern and California in the first and second rounds, Louisville in the Sweet Sixteen before losing to Mississippi State in the Elite Eight.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [43, 58], "content_span": [59, 514]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274752-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Beitar Jerusalem F.C. season\nThe 2017\u201318 season is Beitar Jerusalem 81st season since its establishment in 1936, and 70th since the establishment of the State of Israel. During the 2017\u201318 campaign the club have competed in the Israeli Premier League, State Cup, Toto Cup, UEFA Europa League. In the end of the previous season the association of Israeli football decide that The owner Tabib can't manage the team for 2 years, because his involvement in criminal case. In 28 May the owner Eli Tabib announced the joining of the biggest legend of Beitar Eli Ohana to the chairman. Within the preparations of the season, Beitar signed the players: Georginho, Amir Agayev, Zion Tzemah, Miki Siroshtein, Ga\u00ebtan Varenne, Or Va'aknin, and the one of the successful Israeli players of all times Yossi Benayoun.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [36, 36], "content_span": [37, 811]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274752-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Beitar Jerusalem F.C. season, Current squad\nNote: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 51], "content_span": [52, 180]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274753-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Belarusian Cup\n2017\u201318 Belarusian Cup was the twenty seventh season of the Belarusian annual cup competition. Contrary to the league season, it was conducted in a fall-spring rhythm. It started in May 2017 and concluded with the final match on 19 May 2018. Winners of the Cup qualified for the second qualifying round of the 2018\u201319 UEFA Europa League.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [22, 22], "content_span": [23, 360]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274753-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Belarusian Cup, First round\nIn this round 4 amateur clubs were drawn against 4 Second League clubs. The draw was performed on 6 May 2017. The matches were played on 17 May 2017.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 35], "content_span": [36, 185]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274753-0002-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Belarusian Cup, First round\nAnother 2 amateur clubs and 10 Second League clubs were given a bye to the Second Round.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 35], "content_span": [36, 124]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274753-0003-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Belarusian Cup, Second round\nIn this round 4 winners of the First Round with 12 clubs that received a bye were drawn against 16 First League. The draw was performed on 22 May 2017. The matches were played on 14 June 2017.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 36], "content_span": [37, 229]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274753-0004-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Belarusian Cup, Round of 32\nIn this round 16 winners of the Second Round were drawn against 16 Premier League clubs. The matches were played between 5 and 9 July 2017.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 35], "content_span": [36, 175]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274753-0005-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Belarusian Cup, Round of 16\nMost of the matches were played on 22 and 23 July 2017.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 35], "content_span": [36, 91]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274753-0006-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Belarusian Cup, Quarter-finals\nThe draw was made on 28 July 2017. The matches were played in March 2018.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 38], "content_span": [39, 112]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274753-0007-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Belarusian Cup, Semi-finals\nThe draw was made on 19 March 2018. The matches will be played in April and May 2018.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 35], "content_span": [36, 121]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274753-0008-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Belarusian Cup, Final\nThe final was played on 19 May 2018 at Spartak Stadium in Mogilev.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 29], "content_span": [30, 96]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274754-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Belarusian Extraliga season\nThe 2017\u201318 Belarusian Extraliga season was the 26th season of the Belarusian Extraliga, the top level of ice hockey in Belarus. Twelve teams participated in the league, and Neman Grodno won the championship.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [35, 35], "content_span": [36, 244]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274755-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Belarusian Premier League (basketball)\nThe 2017\u201318 Belarusian Premier League season was the 26th season of the top tier basketball league in Belarus.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [46, 46], "content_span": [47, 157]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274755-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Belarusian Premier League (basketball), Competition format\nTen teams joined the regular season, that consisted in a four-legged round-robin competition. The eight first qualified teams would join the quarterfinals.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [48, 66], "content_span": [67, 222]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274755-0002-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Belarusian Premier League (basketball), Playoffs\nQuarterfinals were played in a best-of-three games format and the rest of series in a 2-2-1 format.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [48, 56], "content_span": [57, 156]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274756-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Belgian Basketball Cup\nThe 2017\u201318 Belgian Basketball Cup (Dutch: 2017\u201318 Beker van Belgi\u00eb) was the 64th edition of the national cup competition for men's basketball in Belgium. The season started on 26 September 2017 and ended on 11 March 2018 with the final. Oostende won its sixth straight cup title.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [30, 30], "content_span": [31, 311]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274756-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Belgian Basketball Cup, Format\nTeams from the Basketball League Belgium Division I, the Top Division 1 and Top Division 2 (the first three divisions in Belgian basketball) compete in the competition. In the first round teams from the Top Division I and 2 play in 12 groups. From the second round, teams from the BLB Division I enter the competition. In the second round, the quarter- and semi-finals a double legged format is used. When a Division I team faces off against a team from a lower league, no second leg is played. The Final is decided by a single game.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 38], "content_span": [39, 573]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274757-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Belgian Cup\nThe 2017\u201318 Belgian Cup was the 63rd season of Belgium's annual football cup competition. The competition began on 28 July 2017 and ended with the final on 17 March 2018. Zulte Waregem were the defending champions, but they were eliminated by Club Brugge in the Seventh Round. Standard Li\u00e8ge won the cup, beating Genk after extra time in the final. As the winner, Standard Li\u00e8ge was normally qualified for the 2018\u201319 UEFA Europa League Group Stage. As they ended 2nd in the Belgian Competition, they will participate in the 3rd qualification round of the Champions League.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [19, 19], "content_span": [20, 593]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274757-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Belgian Cup, Competition format\nThe Belgian Cup consists of ten rounds, with teams entering at different points, depending on their 2017-18 League standings.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 39], "content_span": [40, 165]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274757-0002-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Belgian Cup, Round and draw dates\nThe draw for the first five rounds was made on 19 June 2017.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 41], "content_span": [42, 102]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274757-0003-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Belgian Cup, First round\nThe first round began with the teams from the provincial leagues and the Third Amateur Division (tiers 5 and below).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 32], "content_span": [33, 149]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274757-0004-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Belgian Cup, Second round\nIn the second round the teams that won their ties in round one are joined by the teams from the Second Amateur Division.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 33], "content_span": [34, 154]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274757-0005-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Belgian Cup, Third round\nIn round three, teams from the First Amateur Division join the winners from round two.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 32], "content_span": [33, 119]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274757-0006-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Belgian Cup, Sixth Round\nThe sixth round saw the entry of the Belgian First Division A teams. The matches were played on 19, 20 and 21 September 2017.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 32], "content_span": [33, 158]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274757-0007-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Belgian Cup, Seventh Round\nThe draw for the seventh round was made immediately after the last game of the sixth round, between Charleroi and La Louvi\u00e8re Centre, was finished. As all 16 teams from the Belgian First Division A won their match in the Sixth Round, no teams from a lower division made it into this round.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 34], "content_span": [35, 324]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274757-0008-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Belgian Cup, Seventh Round\nThe matches were played on 28, 29, and 30 November 2017.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 34], "content_span": [35, 91]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274757-0009-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Belgian Cup, Quarter-finals\nThe draw for the quarter-finals was made on 30 November 2017, immediately after completion of the final match of the Seventh Round. The matches will be played on 12 and 13 December 2017.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 35], "content_span": [36, 222]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274757-0010-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Belgian Cup, Semi-finals\nThe draw for the semi-finals was supposed to occur right after conclusion of the quarter-final match between Club Brugge and Charleroi, but was postponed to the next day after the match was cancelled. The semi-final dates were also shifted, as the postponed match will take place on 16 January 2018, shifting the semi-final matches back by two weeks, with the first legs now played on 30, 31 January 2018 or 1 February 2018 and the second legs in the period from 6 to 8 February 2017.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 32], "content_span": [33, 517]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274757-0011-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Belgian Cup, Final\nThe final took place on 17 March 2018 at the King Baudouin Stadium in Brussels and was won by Standard Li\u00e8ge.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 26], "content_span": [27, 136]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274758-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Belgian First Amateur Division\nThe 2017\u201318 Belgian First Amateur Division was the second season of the third-tier football league in Belgium, as it was established in 2016. The fixtures were announced near the end of June 2017.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [38, 38], "content_span": [39, 235]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274758-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Belgian First Amateur Division\nAlthough Knokke won the title after winning the playoffs, it was Lommel who were promoted as Knokke had not applied for a license to play at the professional level. At the bottom side of the table, following the bankruptcy of Lierse (playing in the 2017\u201318 Belgian First Division B), one less team was forced to relegate. As a result, 13th placed Ch\u00e2telet was saved and did not have to play the 2017\u201318 Belgian Second Amateur Division Promotion play-offs Final, which was played instead by Hamme who avoided direct relegation. Hamme in the end could not win the Promotion Final and was relegated after all, together with Berchem Sport and Patro Eisden Maasmechelen who had finished in the bottom two places.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [38, 38], "content_span": [39, 746]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274758-0002-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Belgian First Amateur Division, Promotion play-offs\nThe teams finishing in the top four positions entered the promotion play-offs. The points obtained during the regular season were halved (and rounded up) before the start of the playoff, as a result, Knokke started with 36 points, Lommel with 31 points, Dessel with 30 points and Deinze with 25 points. As Lommel were the only team which obtained a licence and qualified for the promotion play-offs, they were already certain of promotion even before the start of the playoffs.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 59], "content_span": [60, 537]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274759-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Belgian First Division A\nThe 2017\u201318 Belgian First Division A was the 115th season of top-tier football in Belgium. The season began on 28 July 2017 and concluded on 20 May 2018. The fixtures were announced in early June 2017. Anderlecht were the defending champions but had to settle for third place with Club Brugge taking their 15th title.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [32, 32], "content_span": [33, 350]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274759-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Belgian First Division A, Championship play-offs\nThe points obtained during the regular season were halved (and rounded up) before the start of the playoff. As a result, the teams started with the following points before the playoff: Club Brugge 34 points, Anderlecht 28, Charleroi 26, Gent 25, Genk 22 and Standard Li\u00e8ge 22. The points of Club Brugge, Anderlecht and Charleroi were rounded up, therefore in case of any ties on points at the end of the playoffs, the half point will be deducted for these teams.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 56], "content_span": [57, 519]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274759-0002-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Belgian First Division A, Europa League play-offs\nGroup A of the play-offs will consist of the teams finishing in positions 7, 9, 12 and 14 during the regular season and the first and third placed team in the qualifying positions in the 2017\u201318 Belgian First Division B. The teams finishing in positions 8, 10, 11, 13 and 15 will join the second placed qualifier from the 2017\u201318 Belgian First Division B in group B.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 57], "content_span": [58, 424]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274759-0003-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Belgian First Division A, Europa League play-offs, Semi-final\nThe winners of both play-off groups competed in one match to play the fourth-placed or fifth-placed team of the championship play-offs for a spot in the final. Zulte Waregem received home advantage as they finished higher in the regular season. Despite going down twice with 10 men, Zulte Waregem won, which meant they advanced to the final to play for a spot in the second qualifying round of the 2018\u201319 UEFA Europa League.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 69], "content_span": [70, 495]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274759-0004-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Belgian First Division A, Europa League play-offs, Final\nThe winners of the Europa League play-off semi-final and the fifth-placed team of the championship play-offs played one match to determine the Europa League play-off winners. The winners qualified for the second qualifying round of the 2018\u201319 UEFA Europa League.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 64], "content_span": [65, 328]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274760-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Belgian First Division B\nThe 2017\u201318 season of the Belgian First Division B began in August 2017 and ended in April 2018. It was the second season of the First Division B following a change in league format from the old Belgian Second Division. The fixtures were announced near the end of June 2017. Cercle Brugge won the title and promotion on 10 March 2018. Although Tubize lost the relegation play-offs and therefore would have been relegated, they were saved as Lierse went bankrupt.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [32, 32], "content_span": [33, 496]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274760-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Belgian First Division B, League table, Promotion play-offs\nThe winners of the opening tournament and the closing tournament met in a two-legged match to determine the division champion, who promoted to the 2018\u201319 Belgian First Division A. The team finishing highest in the aggregate table was allowed to play the second leg at home. In case one team had won both the opening and the closing tournament, these matches would not have been played and that team would have been promoted automatically.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 67], "content_span": [68, 507]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274760-0002-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Belgian First Division B, League table, Promotion play-offs\nOn 5 November 2017, Beerschot Wilrijk won the opening tournament and was therefore assured of playing at least the promotion play-offs. The closing tournament was won by Cercle Brugge on 17 February 2018, who played Beerschot Wilrijk for the title and promotion.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 67], "content_span": [68, 330]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274760-0003-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Belgian First Division B, League table, Promotion play-offs\nThe first leg was a closed match with few chances, until Cercle Brugge goalkeeper Paul Nardi made an error in controlling the ball, allowing Euloge Placca Fessou one of the easiest goals of his career. Shortly after, Beerschot Wilrijk saw midfielder Alexander Maes sent off following a harsh tackle, resulting them in controlling the game without creating more chances. In the return match, Cercle Brugge scored twice early and looked on its way to promotion, only for Beerschot Wilrijk to come back to 2\u20131 just minutes before the end and gaining the advantage on away goals. In a dramatic finish, Cercle Brugge was awarded a last minute penalty kick, converted by Irvin Cardona to bring them back to the highest division where they last played during the 2014\u201315 season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 67], "content_span": [68, 839]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274760-0004-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Belgian First Division B, League table, Relegation play-offs\nThe four bottom teams in the aggregate table will take part in the relegation play-offs in which they keep half of the points they collected during the overall regular season (rounded up). As a result, the teams started with the following points before the playoff: Roeselare 18 points, Union SG 16, Westerlo 14 and Tubize 12 points. The points of Roeselare, Westerlo and Tubize were rounded up, therefore in case of any ties on points at the end of the playoffs, their half point would be deducted. The team finishing in last position will relegate to the 2018\u201319 Belgian First Amateur Division.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 68], "content_span": [69, 665]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274760-0005-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Belgian First Division B, League table, Relegation play-offs\nFollowing a 0-1 loss at home to Union SG on 14 April 2018, Tubize was mathematically relegated as the deficit to Union SG became six points with only two matches to go, while Union SG would always be ranked above Tubize in case of ties as the points of Tubize were rounded up prior to the relegation play-offs. Tubize was however spared of relegation from the Belgian First Division B as Lierse did not obtain a Belgian professional football license after going bankrupt.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 68], "content_span": [69, 540]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274761-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Belgian Second Amateur Division\nThe 2017\u201318 Belgian Second Amateur Division is the second season of the division in its current format, placed at the fourth-tier of football in Belgium.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [39, 39], "content_span": [40, 193]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274761-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Belgian Second Amateur Division\nThe division consists of three separate leagues, each containing 16 teams. Leagues A and B consist of teams with a license from the Voetbalfederatie Vlaanderen (VFV, the Dutch speaking wing of the Belgian FA), while league C contains teams with a license from the Association des Clubs Francophones de Football (ACFF, the French speaking wing of the RBFA). The champions from each of the three leagues will promote to the 2018\u201319 Belgian First Amateur Division. The fixtures will be announced in July 2017.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [39, 39], "content_span": [40, 546]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274761-0002-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Belgian Second Amateur Division, Promotion play-offs, Promotion play-offs VFV\nThe teams finishing in second place in the Second Amateur Division A and Second Amateur Division B will take part in a promotion playoff first round together with three period winners from both divisions. These 8 teams from the VFV will play the first round of a promotion-playoff, with two teams qualifying for the Promotion play-offs Final. In division A, the first period was won by Petegem, the second by Mandel United and the third by champions Rupel Boom. In division B, champions Tessenderlo won all three periods.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 85], "content_span": [86, 607]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274761-0003-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Belgian Second Amateur Division, Promotion play-offs, Promotion play-offs VFV\nIn division A, only Mandel United and Sint-Eloois-Winkel received a license, meaning there were only two participants from this division instead of four. In division B, only Hasselt applied for a license in spite of finishing just 5 points clear of the relegation zone. The three other spots remained vacant. Overall this meant only three out of eight teams took part, with two teams qualifying for the Promotion play-offs Final. As a result of the draw, Sint-Eloois-Winkel received a bye and directly qualified for the play-offs Final.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 85], "content_span": [86, 622]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274761-0004-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Belgian Second Amateur Division, Promotion play-offs, Promotion play-offs VFV\nThe winner of this match will qualify for the Promotion play-offs Final together with Sint-Eloois-Winkel.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 85], "content_span": [86, 191]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274761-0005-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Belgian Second Amateur Division, Promotion play-offs, Promotion play-offs ACFF\nThe team finishing in second place in the Second Amateur Division C will take part in the promotion playoff first round together with three period winners. These 4 teams will play the first round of a promotion-playoff, with the winner qualifying for the Promotion play-offs Final. While champions RWDM47 won all three periods which would meant the teams in positions 2 through 5 would take part in the playoffs, only three teams effectively received a license with the fourth place remaining vacant.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 86], "content_span": [87, 587]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274761-0006-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Belgian Second Amateur Division, Promotion play-offs, Promotion play-offs ACFF, ACFF Round 1\nAs a result of the draw, La Louvi\u00e8re-Centre received a bye into round 2.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 100], "content_span": [101, 173]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274761-0007-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Belgian Second Amateur Division, Promotion play-offs, Promotion play-offs Final\nThe two winners of the Promotion play-offs on the VFV side (Mandel United and Sint-Eloois-Winkel) and the winning team from the ACFF Promotion play-offs (RFC Li\u00e8ge) will play a final tournament together with the team that finished in 14th place in the 2017\u201318 Belgian First Amateur Division (Hamme). The winner of this play-off promotes to (or remains in) the 2018\u201319 Belgian First Amateur Division.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 87], "content_span": [88, 487]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274761-0008-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Belgian Second Amateur Division, Promotion play-offs, Promotion play-offs Final, Final Round 1\nRFC Li\u00e8ge and Hamme qualified for the Promotion play-offs Final. Mandel United and Sint-Eloois-Winkel are eliminated and remain in the Belgian Second Amateur Division.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 102], "content_span": [103, 270]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274761-0009-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Belgian Second Amateur Division, Promotion play-offs, Promotion play-offs Final, Final Round 2\nRFC Li\u00e8ge won 6\u20133 on aggregate and as a result was promoted to the 2018\u201319 Belgian First Amateur Division. By losing, Hamme was relegated from the 2017\u201318 Belgian First Amateur Division to the 2018\u201319 Belgian Second Amateur Division.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 102], "content_span": [103, 336]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274761-0010-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Belgian Second Amateur Division, Relegation play-offs\nThe number of teams relegating from the Belgian Amateur Second Division depends on the number of teams of each wing (VFV and ACFF) relegating from the Belgian First Amateur Division.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 61], "content_span": [62, 244]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274761-0011-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Belgian Second Amateur Division, Relegation play-offs\nIn case the three automatic relegation spots in the 2017\u201318 Belgian First Amateur Division are filled by:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 61], "content_span": [62, 167]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274761-0012-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Belgian Second Amateur Division, Relegation play-offs\nAdditionally, in case the team from the 2017\u201318 Belgian First Amateur Division taking part in the Promotion play-offs Final belongs to a different wing than the winner of the Promotion play-offs Final, then an additional team would be relegated of the same wing as the relegating team from the 2017\u201318 Belgian First Amateur Division.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 61], "content_span": [62, 395]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274761-0013-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Belgian Second Amateur Division, Relegation play-offs\nAs of the end of the regular competition, the number of extra relegations for the VFV would be zero, one or two, while for ACFF it would be zero or one.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 61], "content_span": [62, 214]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274761-0014-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Belgian Second Amateur Division, Relegation play-offs, Relegation play-offs VFV\nThe teams finishing 14th in divisions A and B play each other in a single match to avoid relegation.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 87], "content_span": [88, 188]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274761-0015-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Belgian Second Amateur Division, Relegation play-offs, Relegation play-offs VFV\nAt the time of the match, it was yet uncertain how many teams from each wing would be relegated. In the end, with the relegations of Hamme, Berchem Sport and Patro Eisden Maasmechelen from the 2017\u201318 Belgian First Amateur Division and the addition bankruptcy of Lierse (playing in the 2017\u201318 Belgian First Division B), which are all VFV teams, both Zwarte Leeuw and Pepingen-Halle were eventually relegated.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 87], "content_span": [88, 497]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274761-0016-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Belgian Second Amateur Division, Relegation play-offs, Relegation play-offs ACFF\nAs there is only one division no playoff is organised. In case extra relegations were necessary, the teams finishing just above the relegation zone would have been relegated, starting from the bottom. With one possible extra relegation, Ciney needed to await the result of the Promotion play-offs but was eventually spared of relegation.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 88], "content_span": [89, 426]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274762-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Belgian Third Amateur Division\nThe 2017\u201318 Belgian Third Amateur Division is the second season of the division in its current format, replacing the former Belgian Fourth Division.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [38, 38], "content_span": [39, 187]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274762-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Belgian Third Amateur Division, Championship matches\nBoth the two VFV and two ACFF teams winning their leagues will play a title match to determine the overall VFV and ACFF champions of the Belgian Third Division. The overall ACFF champion will be determined over two legs while Menen and Heur-Tongeren will play for the VFV title in a single match at the stadium of Menen (determined by draw). There will be no match between the overall VFV and ACFF champions.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 60], "content_span": [61, 469]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274762-0002-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Belgian Third Amateur Division, Championship matches, Championship match VFV\nThe match was not played as Menen forfeited the game, Heur-Tongeren is the official VFV champion.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 84], "content_span": [85, 182]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274762-0003-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Belgian Third Amateur Division, Championship matches, Championship match ACFF, Second Leg\nWith an aggregate score of 3-3, Tilleur won the encounter on away goals and was crowned overall ACFF champion of the 2017\u201318 Belgian Third Amateur Division.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 97], "content_span": [98, 254]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274762-0004-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Belgian Third Amateur Division, Promotion play-offs, Promotion play-offs VFV\nThe teams finishing in second place in the Third Amateur Division A and Third Amateur Division B will take part in a promotion playoff first round together with three period winners from both divisions. These 8 teams from the VFV will play the first round of a promotion-playoff, with two teams promoting to the 2018\u201319 Belgian Second Amateur Division. Depending on the number of VFV teams relegating from the 2017\u201318 Belgian First Amateur Division and possible mergers and bankruptcies, more teams might get promoted. As a result, the two winning teams in the VFV Round 2 immediately received promotion, while the other teams continued the play-offs to determine the order in which possible further places would be awarded.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 84], "content_span": [85, 809]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274762-0005-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Belgian Third Amateur Division, Promotion play-offs, Promotion play-offs VFV\nIn Division A, champions Menen and second placed Dikkelvenne each won one periods, allowing the next three teams in the league to take part: Wingene, Eppegem and Wetteren. In Division B, the two periods were won by champion Heur-Tongeren while second placed Wellen won the remaining period. Hence the teams in overall positions 3 to 5 took part: Termien, Diegem Sport and Leopoldsburg.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 84], "content_span": [85, 470]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274762-0006-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Belgian Third Amateur Division, Promotion play-offs, Promotion play-offs VFV, VFV Round 1\nThe four winners will continue into the VFV Round 2 where one extra place is available.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 97], "content_span": [98, 185]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274762-0007-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Belgian Third Amateur Division, Promotion play-offs, Promotion play-offs VFV, VFV Round 2\nDiegem and Eppegem were promoted to the 2018\u201319 Belgian Second Amateur Division, while Dikkelvenne and Termien moved to the VFV Round 3 to play for the order on the waiting list in case any remaining places came up.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 97], "content_span": [98, 313]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274762-0008-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Belgian Third Amateur Division, Promotion play-offs, Promotion play-offs VFV, VFV Round 3\nFollowing the bankruptcy of Lierse in the Belgian First Division B, an extra spot became available. As the winner of round 3, Dikkelvenne was promoted to take up this free spot. Termien remains in the Belgian Third Amateur Division.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 97], "content_span": [98, 330]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274762-0009-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Belgian Third Amateur Division, Promotion play-offs, Promotion play-offs ACFF\nThe team finishing in second place in the Third Amateur Division C and Third Amateur Division D will take part in a promotion playoff first round together with three period winners from both divisions. These 8 teams from the ACFF will play the first round of a promotion-playoff, with normally one team promoting to the 2018\u201319 Belgian Second Amateur Division although more places could come up which is why the third round also features a match between the losers of the second round.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 85], "content_span": [86, 571]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274762-0010-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Belgian Third Amateur Division, Promotion play-offs, Promotion play-offs ACFF\nIn Division C, Couvin-Mariembourg and Onhaye managed to each win one period. As the other period was won by champions La Louvi\u00e8re, the remaining spots in the play-offs went to second placed Francs Borains and fourth placed Tournai. In Division D, the champions Tilleur had won two periods, the other went to Vis\u00e9 who were joined in the play-offs by the teams finishing 3rd to 5th, Stockay, Aische and Herstal.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 85], "content_span": [86, 495]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274762-0011-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Belgian Third Amateur Division, Promotion play-offs, Promotion play-offs ACFF, ACFF Round 1\nThe four winners moved on to Round 2 while the losers are eliminated.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 99], "content_span": [100, 169]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274762-0012-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Belgian Third Amateur Division, Promotion play-offs, Promotion play-offs ACFF, ACFF Round 2\nThe winners would normally move on to Round 3 to play for promotion, however this season two teams were promoted directly and therefore the match was not necessary as both Francs Borains and Vis\u00e9 were promoted. The losers play a match to determine third place in case extra promotion places would come up.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 99], "content_span": [100, 405]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274762-0013-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Belgian Third Amateur Division, Promotion play-offs, Promotion play-offs ACFF, Third place match\nAs one extra spot became available, Couvin-Mariembourg was also promoted. Aische remained in the Belgian Third Amateur Division.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 104], "content_span": [105, 233]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274762-0014-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Belgian Third Amateur Division, Relegation play-offs, ACFF\nAs no teams from the ACFF wing relegated from the 2017\u201318 Belgian First Amateur Division, both teams were eventually spared from relegation.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 66], "content_span": [67, 207]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274762-0015-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Belgian Third Amateur Division, Relegation play-offs, VFV\nAt the time of the match, it was yet uncertain how many teams from each wing would be relegated. In the end, with the relegations of Hamme, Berchem Sport and Patro Eisden Maasmechelen from the 2017\u201318 Belgian First Amateur Division and the addition bankruptcy of Lierse (playing in the 2017\u201318 Belgian First Division B), which are all VFV teams, both Diest and Ninove were eventually relegated.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 65], "content_span": [66, 460]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274763-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Belmont Bruins men's basketball team\nThe 2017\u201318 Belmont Bruins men's basketball team represented Belmont University during the 2017\u201318 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Bruins, led by 32nd-year head coach Rick Byrd, played their home games at the Curb Event Center in Nashville, Tennessee as members of the Ohio Valley Conference. They finished the season 24\u20139, 15\u20133 in OVC play to finish in second place. They defeated Austin Peay in the semifinals of the OVC Tournament to advance to the championship game where they lost to Murray State. Despite having 24 wins, they did not participate in a postseason tournament.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [44, 44], "content_span": [45, 637]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274763-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Belmont Bruins men's basketball team, Previous season\nThe Bruins finished the 2016\u201317 season 23\u20137, 15\u20131 in OVC play to win the regular season championship. In the OVC Tournament, they lost in the semifinals to Jacksonville State. As a regular season conference champion who failed to win their conference tournament title, they received an automatic bid to the National Invitation Tournament. There they defeated Georgia in the first round before losing to Georgia Tech.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [46, 61], "content_span": [62, 478]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274763-0002-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Belmont Bruins men's basketball team, Preseason\nIn a vote of Ohio Valley Conference head men's basketball coaches and sports information directors, Belmont was picked to win the OVC for the third consecutive year. Senior forward Amanze Egekeze and senior guard Austin Luke were named to the preseason All-OVC team.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [46, 55], "content_span": [56, 322]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274763-0003-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Belmont Bruins men's basketball team, Preseason\nAfter five years of divisional play in the OVC, the conference eliminated divisions for the 2017\u201318 season. Additionally, for the first time, each conference team will play 18 conference games.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [46, 55], "content_span": [56, 249]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274764-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Belmont Bruins women's basketball team\nThe 2017\u201318 Belmont Bruins women's basketball team represents Belmont University during the 2017\u201318 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Bruins, led by first year head coach Bart Brooks, play their home games at the Curb Event Center as members of the Ohio Valley Conference (OVC). They finished the season 31\u20134, 18\u20130 in OVC play win the OVC regular season. They won the OVC Women's Tournament by defeating UT Martin and earns an automatic trip to the NCAA Women's Tournament where they lost to Duke in the first round. With 31 wins, they finish with most wins in school history.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [46, 46], "content_span": [47, 636]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274765-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Bemidji State Beavers women's ice hockey season\nThe Bemidji State Beavers women's ice hockey program represent the Bemidji State University during the 2017-18 NCAA Division I women's ice hockey season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 55], "section_span": [55, 55], "content_span": [56, 209]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274766-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Bendigo Spirit season\nThe 2017\u201318 Bendigo Spirit season is the 11th season for the franchise in the Women's National Basketball League (WNBL).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [29, 29], "content_span": [30, 150]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274767-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Benevento Calcio season\nThe 2017\u201318 season was Benevento Calcio's first-ever season in Serie A, the top-flight of Italian football. The club competed in both Serie A and the Coppa Italia.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [31, 31], "content_span": [32, 195]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274767-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Benevento Calcio season\nFollowing fourteen consecutive defeats to begin the season (an Italian top-flight record), Benevento remained rooted firmly in 20th place during the entirety of the 2017\u201318 campaign. The club were also eliminated early on in the third round of the Coppa Italia, falling 4\u20130 to Serie B side Perugia, with Juventus loanee and Italian youth player Alberto Cerri scoring a hat-trick.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [31, 31], "content_span": [32, 411]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274767-0002-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Benevento Calcio season\nMalian footballer and former Bordeaux player Cheick Diabat\u00e9, a winter signing, finished as the club's top scorer with eight goals, following an excellent end of season, though this would not be enough to save the club from returning immediately to the second division.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [31, 31], "content_span": [32, 300]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274767-0003-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Benevento Calcio season, Players, Squad information\nNote: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 59], "content_span": [60, 188]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274768-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Bengaluru FC season\nThe 2017\u201318 season was Bengaluru FC's fifth season as club since its establishment in 2013. This was club's first season in Indian Super League.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [27, 27], "content_span": [28, 172]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274768-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Bengaluru FC season, Background\nIn 2016\u201317 season Bengaluru FC got mixed results. Club failed to defend their league title, finished fourth in the I-League. The club did well in the Federation Cup, won their second cup title in four years by defeating Mohun Bagan 2\u20130 in final. Bengaluru FC finished the season well by advancing to AFC cup knock\u2013out stage by beating Maziya S&RC in a must win game and keeping hope alive to better their previous seasons record in AFC Cup where Bengaluru FC finished runners\u2013up.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 39], "content_span": [40, 519]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274768-0002-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Bengaluru FC season, Background\nOn 11 May 2017, it was announced by the Indian Super League organizers, Football Sports Development, that they would be inviting bids for new teams to join the league for the upcoming season. Bengaluru FC had submitted a bid from Bengaluru. On 12 June, it was officially announced that Bengaluru FC (for Bengaluru) and Tata Group (for Jamshedpur) had won the bids for the new teams.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 39], "content_span": [40, 422]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274768-0003-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Bengaluru FC season, Background, Transfers\nDue to the Indian Super League regulation each club is allowed to retain a maximum of two Indian players over the age of twenty-one (21). On 30 June, Bengaluru FC announced they are retaining the captain Sunil Chhetri and Udanta Singh. Bengaluru FC also retained defenders John Johnson and Juanan. Goalkeeper Amrinder Singh parted ways with the club. He was retained by Mumbai City. Bengaluru FC announced signing of Australian midfielder Erik Paartalu on 5 July. Winger C.K. Vineeth switched the side. He joined Kerala Blasters.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 50], "content_span": [51, 580]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274768-0003-0001", "contents": "2017\u201318 Bengaluru FC season, Background, Transfers\nOn 11 July Bengaluru FC announced signing of Spanish midfielder Dimas Delgado who last played for A-League side Western Sydney Wanderers. On 17 July Spanish winger Antonio Dovale was signed for a season. On 21 July, the club announced retention of under-22 players, defender Nishu Kumar, midfielder Malsawmzuala and striker Daniel Lalhlimpuia for a season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 50], "content_span": [51, 407]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274768-0004-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Bengaluru FC season, Background, Transfers\nIn ISL draft held on 23 July 2017, Bengaluru FC retained goalkeepers Lalthuammawia Ralte and Calvin Abhishek, midfielders Lenny Rodrigues, Alwyn George and Harmanjot Khabra. Bengaluru FC added eight new players from draft, goalkeeper Abhra Mondal, defenders Joyner Lourenco, Rahul Bheke, Subhasish Bose, Zohmingliana Ralte and Collin Abranches, midfielder Boithang Haokip and striker Thongkhosiem Haokip.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 50], "content_span": [51, 455]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274768-0005-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Bengaluru FC season, Background, Transfers\nEight players from Bengaluru FC were signed by other clubs in the draft. Goalkeeper Arindam Bhattacharya signed by Mumbai City. Defender Keegan Pereira, midfielders Eugeneson Lyngdoh and Shankar Sampingiraj were signed by Atl\u00e9tico de Kolkata. Defenders Rino Anto and Lalchhuan Mawia were signed by Kerala Blasters and Pune City respectively. Striker Seminlen Doungel and defender Gursimrat Singh were signed by NorthEast United.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 50], "content_span": [51, 479]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274768-0006-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Bengaluru FC season, Background, Transfers\nBengaluru FC announced signing of midfielders Bidyananda Singh and Robinson Singh for two years on 31 July. On 7 August the club announced signing of Spanish forward Braulio N\u00f3brega for a season. Bengaluru fc added their academy graduates defender Prashanth Kalinga and forward Leon Augustine to the squad for 2017 AFC Cup knockout rounds. On 17 August Bengaluru FC announced signing of India national football team goalkeeper Gurpreet Singh Sandhu from Norwegian side Stab\u00e6k FC for an undisclosed transfer amount.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 50], "content_span": [51, 565]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274768-0007-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Bengaluru FC season, Background, Transfers\nOn 29 August Bengaluru FC announced signing of Venezuelan international striker Miku for two years. The club announced signing of Spanish winger Edu Garc\u00eda for one year on 3 September.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 50], "content_span": [51, 235]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274768-0008-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Bengaluru FC season, Background, Transfers\nDuring winter transfer window, Bengaluru FC released injured striker Braulio N\u00f3brega and signed another Spaniard Daniel Segovia on 15 February 2018, in a short term deal till the end of the season. Bengaluru also agreed to the transfer for Edu Garc\u00eda to China League One side Zhejiang Greentown for an estimated transfer fee for $150,000. In the process, Bengaluru FC became the first club receive a transfer fee from a foreign club. Bengaluru signed Spanish midfielder V\u00edctor P\u00e9rez Alonso as a replacement on a short team deal for the rest of the season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 50], "content_span": [51, 606]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274768-0009-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Bengaluru FC season, Pre-season and friendlies\nBengaluru FC, having completed the squad selection at 2017\u201318 ISL Players Draft, arranged a 10-day pre-season training camp in Murcia, Spain before facing North Korean side April 25 Sports Club. During the tour, the blues were scheduled to face Segunda Divisi\u00f3n B side UCAM Murcia CF and UAE Pro League side Baniyas Club in the friendlies. Later, a friendly against FC Cartagena was added as well. Bengaluru FC lost all three friendlies. During the AFC cup campaign, Bengaluru FC played India national under-19 football team and won with a solitary goal from Daniel Lalhlimpuia.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 54], "content_span": [55, 633]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274768-0010-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Bengaluru FC season, Pre-season and friendlies\nAfter the conclusion of 2017 AFC Cup and before 2017\u201318 Indian Super League season, Bengaluru FC played two games against the former I-League rivals East Bengal F.C., behind closed doors. The first game on 25 October 2017 ended in a draw with Surabuddin Mollick and Miku scoring a goal each for their respective teams. Bengaluru FC won the second friendly 3\u20131. Udanta Singh scored a brace, whereas Miku scored the third goal. Bengaluru FC then played two friendlies against I-League debutant, Gokulam FC, winning both games 2\u20130 and 3\u20131, respectively. Before the international break, Bengaluru FC played two more friendlies with Chennai City F.C., drawing the first 2\u20132, and winning the second friendly 6\u20131. In the final friendly before ISL, Bengaluru FC played yet another I-League side Minerva Punjab F.C., and lost the game 2\u20133.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 54], "content_span": [55, 885]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274768-0011-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Bengaluru FC season, Competitions, Indian Super League, Summary\nBengaluru made their ISL debut against Mumbai City on 19 November 2017 at the Sree Kanteerava Stadium in Bengaluru. Roca handed starts to new foreign signings, Edu Garc\u00eda and Miku. Despite wonderful link up play between the forward duo of Chhetri and Miku, the hosts lacked finishing in the final third in the first half. There was hardly any opportunities created by Mumbai themselves as they chose to sit deep and Bengaluru dominated the game.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 71], "content_span": [72, 517]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274768-0011-0001", "contents": "2017\u201318 Bengaluru FC season, Competitions, Indian Super League, Summary\nIn the second half, Bengaluru scored their first goal in ISL, courtesy a short corner routine, when Edu Garcia drilled one past former BFC man Amrinder Singh at the near post at the 67th minute. A defensive mix up in added time meant that Chhetri could get his name on the scoresheet and sealed a 2\u20130 victory for the blues. Bengaluru continued the form against Delhi Dynamos, whom they defeated 4\u20131 with Erik Paartalu scoring a brace and Miku scoring his first goal for the club.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 71], "content_span": [72, 551]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274768-0011-0002", "contents": "2017\u201318 Bengaluru FC season, Competitions, Indian Super League, Summary\nHowever, they conceded a penalty late in the second half when John Johnson was adjudged to have a handball inside the penalty area. Bengaluru played their first away game of the season against FC Goa on 30 November 2017. In the action packed first half, Gurpreet Singh Sandhu was sent off and Bengaluru conceded three goals. With the team down to 10-men, Bengaluru managed to equalize score with Miku's brace at 3\u20133, but once Goa took the lead with Coro's hat-trick in 63rd minute, Bengaluru could not find an equalizer and tasted the first defeat of the season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 71], "content_span": [72, 634]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274768-0012-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Bengaluru FC season, Competitions, Indian Super League, Summary\nBengaluru FC kicked off the month of December with an away game against NorthEast United on 8 December. Bengaluru FC made multiple changes, including bringing in Lalthuammawia Ralte to replace Gurpreet Singh Sandhu, who was suspended for 2 games. Miku scored the only goal of the match to ensure the first away win of the season for Bengaluru FC. Bengaluru played third consecutive away game against FC Pune City on 14 December. Facing the crowded schedule ahead, Bengaluru FC chose to start without John Johnson and Edu Garc\u00eda.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 71], "content_span": [72, 600]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274768-0012-0001", "contents": "2017\u201318 Bengaluru FC season, Competitions, Indian Super League, Summary\nAfter lack of clear chances initially, Pune City took the lead from Adil Khan's header. However, after Pune City's Baljit Sahni was sent-off after second yellow card, Bengaluru FC made the best of the situation and scored 3 goals in the second half with Miku scoring a brace and Sunil Chhetri scoring the final goal of the game in stoppage time. Bengaluru FC returned home against Chennaiyin on 17 December 2017. Chennaiyin's stubborn defence contained Bengaluru FC attack and inflicted 1\u20132 defeat on the home team, with Sunil Chhetri scoring the only goal for Bengaluru.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 71], "content_span": [72, 643]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274768-0012-0002", "contents": "2017\u201318 Bengaluru FC season, Competitions, Indian Super League, Summary\nPlaying against the fellow debutant Jamshedpur FC, Bengaluru conceded the late penalty to lose the game 0\u20131. In a highly anticipated match, Bengaluru FC faced Kerala Blasters on the New Year's Eve. The first half remained goalless in the first half, but Bengaluru FC took the lead with Sunil Chhetri's penalty in the second half. The stoppage time saw a flurry of goals, including a brace from Miku and Bengaluru won the game 1\u20133.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 71], "content_span": [72, 502]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274768-0013-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Bengaluru FC season, Competitions, Indian Super League, Summary\nBengaluru played the first game of 2018 at home against ATK on 7 January 2017 and won it 1\u20130 courtesy a goal from Sunil Chhetri in first half. With upcoming fixtures of 2018 AFC Cup, Bengaluru FC rotated the squad against bottom-placed Delhi Dynamos FC. However, the rotation did not work out as Bengaluru faced 2\u20130 defeat away from home. Still on the road, Bengaluru faced Mumbai City FC on 18 January 2018.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 71], "content_span": [72, 480]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274768-0013-0001", "contents": "2017\u201318 Bengaluru FC season, Competitions, Indian Super League, Summary\nSunil Chhetri scored a brace against his former team and with a goal from Miku, Bengaluru registered a comfortable 3\u20131 win and climbed back to the top of the table. Bengaluru secured another win at home against the highlanders, NorthEast United FC in the final game of January. Juanan and Sunil Chhetri scored a goal in each half to secure 3 points for the home team.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 71], "content_span": [72, 439]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274768-0014-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Bengaluru FC season, Competitions, Indian Super League, Summary\nOnce again Bengaluru FC started month playing ATK, this time an away match. Bengaluru won the match 0\u20132. Jordi Figueras Montel scored an own goal to give Bengaluru lead in 3rd minute. At 69th minute Bengaluru reduced ten men, when Rahul Bheke received second yellow of the match and sent off. Miku scored second goal of the match at 83rd minute to keep Bengaluru FC top of the table. In top of the table clash, Bengaluru FC next played Chennaiyin FC away 6 February.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 71], "content_span": [72, 538]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274768-0014-0001", "contents": "2017\u201318 Bengaluru FC season, Competitions, Indian Super League, Summary\nBoithang Haokip gave the team an early lead, while Miku and Sunil Chhetri scored the goals in the second half to earn a decisive 3\u20131 victory in the South India derby and a lead of 7 points at the top. Bengaluru continued the winning run against FC Goa at home on 9 February 2018. Edu Garc\u00eda secured the lead in the first half while Dimas Delgado scored his first goal for the team and sealed the game 2\u20130 in the second half, extending the team's winning streak to five games.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 71], "content_span": [72, 547]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274768-0014-0002", "contents": "2017\u201318 Bengaluru FC season, Competitions, Indian Super League, Summary\nWith the win, Bengaluru FC also became the first team to confirm their spot in the semi-finals. In another top of the table clash, Bengaluru FC faced FC Pune City at home on 16 February 2018. After conceding a goal in the first half, Bengaluru equalized with Miku's goal in the second half. Bengaluru were denied a clear penalty opportunity in the dying minutes of the game and settled for their first draw of the season in Indian Super League. In the last away game of the season, Bengaluru FC faced Jamshedpur FC on 25 February 2018. Miku and Sunil Chhetri secured lead in the first half with a goal each and Gurpreet Singh Sandhu made crucial saves in the second half to earn a clean sheet and secured 2\u20130 win. With the win, Bengaluru FC also secured the top spot for the league stage.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 71], "content_span": [72, 860]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274768-0015-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Bengaluru FC season, Competitions, Indian Super League, Summary\nIn the final game of the league stage, Bengaluru faced southern rivals Kerala Blasters at the home on 1 March 2018. The game remained deadlocked until Miku and Udanta Singh scored two goals in injury time to finish the league stage with a win.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 71], "content_span": [72, 315]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274768-0016-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Bengaluru FC season, Competitions, Indian Super League, Summary\nBengaluru FC faced 4th placed FC Pune City in the semi-finals. Playing the first leg at away, Bengaluru had to settle for a goal-less draw. In the return leg played at home, Bengaluru FC defeated Pune City 3\u20131 to enter final in their debut ISL season. Captain Sunil Chhetri scored his first hat-trick for Bengaluru FC. Jonatan Lucca scored the lone goal for Pune City.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 71], "content_span": [72, 440]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274768-0017-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Bengaluru FC season, Competitions, Indian Super League, Summary\nBengaluru FC faced Chennaiyin FC in the final, played at Bengaluru FC's home Sree Kanteerava Stadium. Owing to Subhasish Bose's suspension, Bengaluru opted to play three at the back with John Johnson, Erik Paartalu and Juanan playing in the defence and Rahul Bheke and Boithang Haokip playing as wing backs. Bengaluru took an early lead with Sunil Chhetri scoring a header from Udanta Singh's assist in 9th minute. However, Chennaiyin quickly equalized via Ma\u00edlson Alves's header in 17th minute from a corner.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 71], "content_span": [72, 581]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274768-0017-0001", "contents": "2017\u201318 Bengaluru FC season, Competitions, Indian Super League, Summary\nBengaluru FC suffered a double blow as Dimas Delgado had to be substituted just before the half time due to an injury and Ma\u00edlson Alves scored the second goal just before the half time. Chennaiyin strengthened their lead as Raphael Augusto scored the third goal on the counter. Bengaluru FC's relentless attack in the dying minutes earned them a second goal by Miku, but Chennaiyin held on to the lead and emerged winner. The loss also ended Bengaluru FC's 15 match unbeaten streak across all tournaments and their first loss since their loss against Delhi Dynamos FC in January 2018.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 71], "content_span": [72, 656]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274768-0018-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Bengaluru FC season, Competitions, Indian Super League, Summary\nTo concede from set-pieces is always disappointing. I don\u2019t blame the defence for this. It is my responsibility to change the system. But, I accept I made a mistake in the formation. Sometimes in football it is not the players who make the mistakes, but the coaches. And perhaps this time I made a mistake. I don\u2019t think we felt pressure, but Mailson scoring from two corners made a big difference. In a few minutes, the game changed. In football, you need players with his kind of experience to rise to the situation.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 71], "content_span": [72, 590]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274768-0019-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Bengaluru FC season, Competitions, 2017 AFC Cup\nBengaluru FC advanced to the inter-zone play-off semi-finals during 2016\u201317 season. The draw for the Inter-zone play-off semi-finals was held on 6 June 2017. Bengaluru FC was pitted against east Asian zone champions North Korean club April 25. Bengaluru FC kicked off its 2017\u201318 season with the home game. Bengaluru FC took the lead against North Korean champions in 33rd minute with Sunil Chhetri's penalty. Bengaluru scored two more goals in the second half and took 3\u20130 lead in the first leg. In the second leg, Bengaluru FC managed to hold April 25 to a goalless draw. The home team was awarded a penalty in 75th minute, however Gurpreet Singh Sandhu guessed it correctly to keep a clean sheet for Bengaluru FC and the team advanced to Inter-zone play-off finals with 3\u20130 aggregate.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 55], "content_span": [56, 843]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274768-0020-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Bengaluru FC season, Competitions, 2017 AFC Cup\nBengaluru faced Tajik League champions FC Istiklol in the inter-zone play-off finals. In the first leg, Tajik champions got the better of the visitors and secured 1\u20130 lead with a goal from Dmitry Barkov in the first half. Bengaluru FC's vocal appeals for a penalty in the injury time were denied by the referee and Bengaluru had to be content without an away goal. In the home leg, Bengaluru FC gave away an early goal by conceding a penalty and an important away goal to Tajik team. Bengaluru came back twice from behind but could not overcome the deficit and the game ended at 2\u20132, ending their campaign in 2017 AFC Cup.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 55], "content_span": [56, 678]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274768-0021-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Bengaluru FC season, Competitions, 2018 AFC Cup, Qualifying play-offs\nAs the winner of 2016\u201317 Indian Federation Cup, Bengaluru FC qualified for AFC cup for fourth consecutive time. They faced the 2017 Bhutan National League champions Transport United in the preliminary round. Facing crowded schedule in continental games and domestic league, Bengaluru FC fielded an inexperienced squad in the away leg. Bengaluru FC Academy graduate Prashanth Kalinga made his debut for the senior team. Bengaluru could not capitalize on the chances created and had to settle for a 0\u20130 draw. However, Bengaluru scored a convincing victory in the home leg, with Boithang Haokip, Daniel Lalhlimpuia, and Thongkhosiem Haokip scoring a goal each.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 77], "content_span": [78, 735]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274768-0022-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Bengaluru FC season, Competitions, 2018 AFC Cup, Qualifying play-offs\nIn the play-off round, Bengaluru FC faced 2017 Dhivehi Premier League runners-up, T.C. Sports Club. Bengaluru traveled to Mal\u00e9 for the first leg with ongoing political crisis in Maldives. The first half remained goalless, but Bengaluru scored two quick goals in the second half to take 0\u20132 lead with goals from Thongkhosiem Haokip and Erik Paartalu, however defensive lapses allowed TC Sports to score two goals and equalize. However, Thongkhosiem Haokip scored again in 78th minute to snatch 2\u20133 victories for the visitors. In the home leg, Bengaluru FC secured a dominant 5\u20130 victory against the visitors as Toni Dovale scored Bengaluru's first ever hat-trick in an Asian tournament, while Erik Paartalu and Rahul Bheke scored other goals.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 77], "content_span": [78, 819]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274768-0023-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Bengaluru FC season, Competitions, 2018 AFC Cup, Group stage\nBengaluru FC competed in Group E alongside 2016\u201317 I-League champions Aizawl F.C., 2017 Dhivehi Premier League champions New Radiant S.C., and 2017\u201318 Bangladesh Premier League champions Dhaka Abahani.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 68], "content_span": [69, 270]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274768-0024-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Bengaluru FC season, Competitions, 2018 AFC Cup, Group stage\nBengaluru kicked off their campaign against Dhaka Abahani on 14 March 2018. With upcoming Indian Super League final, Roca rested the key players and fielded the reserve side. Daniel Lalhlimpuia's goal in the second half proved sufficient as Bengaluru won the game 1\u20130. Bengaluru's game against Aizawl F.C. was originally scheduled on the first match day, however it was postponed to 5 April due to scheduling conflicts with Indian Super League and I-League games. Aizawl took the early lead when they capitalized on the defensive lapse of Bengaluru.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 68], "content_span": [69, 618]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274768-0024-0001", "contents": "2017\u201318 Bengaluru FC season, Competitions, 2018 AFC Cup, Group stage\nHowever, Bengaluru equalized when they were awarded a penalty just before the half-time. Bengaluru made the most of their possession in the second half and scored two more goals, in spite of missing a penalty, and registered 3\u20131 win. Bengaluru then faced New Radiant S.C. at home on 10 April 2018.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 68], "content_span": [69, 366]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274768-0024-0002", "contents": "2017\u201318 Bengaluru FC season, Competitions, 2018 AFC Cup, Group stage\nHaving rested many key players, Bengaluru failed to find many scoring opportunities and Roca was forced introduce Sunil Chhetri late in the second half and that turned out to be significant as Chhetri managed to shake off his marker in the dying minutes and created an assist to Nishu Kumar and Bengaluru won the close game 1\u20130.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 68], "content_span": [69, 397]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274768-0025-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Bengaluru FC season, Competitions, 2018 AFC Cup, Group stage\nBengaluru's qualification chances were dealt a blow when they lost 2\u20130 to New Radiant in the reverse leg. Both the teams being equal on the points, New Radiant topped the group based on their head-to-head record, leaving Bengaluru's qualification dependent on New Radiant's results. Bengaluru stayed in contention for the knockout stage with a convincing 5\u20130 win against Aizawl F.C. that included a brace from Daniel Segovia.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 68], "content_span": [69, 494]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274768-0025-0001", "contents": "2017\u201318 Bengaluru FC season, Competitions, 2018 AFC Cup, Group stage\nIn the final game of the group stage, Bengaluru FC scored a convincing 4\u20130 victory against Dhaka Abahani, with a brace from the defender Nishu Kumar and goals from Daniel Lucas Segovia and Sunil Chhetri. As New Radiant S.C. failed to overcome Aizawl F.C. on the final match day, Bengaluru advanced to the knock-out stage of the tournament for the fourth consecutive year, played in 2018\u201319 season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 68], "content_span": [69, 466]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274768-0026-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Bengaluru FC season, Competitions, Super Cup\nAs one of the top six teams in Indian Super League, Bengaluru FC qualified for the main round in 2018 Indian Super Cup. Bengaluru FC met the qualifier I-League side, Gokulam Kerala F.C. in Round of 16 match. Determined Gokulam Kerala side took the lead in the first half as Henry Kisekka beat the offside trap to score the goal. Bengaluru's attack in the second half paid off when Miku scored the equalizer from Udanta Singh's assist in the 70th minute.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 52], "content_span": [53, 506]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274768-0026-0001", "contents": "2017\u201318 Bengaluru FC season, Competitions, Super Cup\nWhen the game destined to be heading for the extra time, man of the match Udanta Singh scored the goal in the 5th minute of injury time to secure the spot for Bengaluru in quarter-finals. In quarter-finals game, Bengaluru faced another I-League side, NEROCA F.C.. Sunil Chhetri scored his second hat-trick of the season to manage a convincing 3\u20131 victory and set up the semi-final game against their I-League rival, Mohun Bagan A.C. Bengaluru suffered a setback when Mohun Bagan took the lead just before the half-time and Nishu Kumar was sent-off soon after the restart. However, Bengaluru continued the attack and staged a convincing 4\u20132 comeback that included a hat-trick for Miku.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 52], "content_span": [53, 737]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274768-0027-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Bengaluru FC season, Competitions, Super Cup, Final\nBengaluru FC faced yet another I-League side and rival East Bengal F.C. in the final. East Bengal drew the first blood when Ansumana Kromah scored a goal from the corner kick, but East Bengal were reduced to 10-men before the half time when Samad Ali Mallick was sent-off for the violent conduct. Bengaluru dominated the proceedings in the second half as they scored four goals, a brace from Sunil Chhetri and a goal each from Miku and Rahul Bheke, and won the inaugural Super Cup 4\u20131. Super Cup also marked Bengaluru FC's fifth trophy in as many years.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 59], "content_span": [60, 613]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274768-0028-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Bengaluru FC season, Player information, Management\nMidway through the season, Bengaluru FC parted ways with the assistant coach Carles Cuadrat owing to health concerns. He was replaced by former FC Barcelona youth coach, Marc Huguet.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 59], "content_span": [60, 242]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274768-0029-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Bengaluru FC season, Awards, Player of the Month award\nAwarded monthly to the player that was chosen by fan voting", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 62], "content_span": [63, 122]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274768-0030-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Bengaluru FC season, Awards, Club's Annual Awards\nBengaluru FC\u2019s Annual Awards Night for the 2017\u201318 season, held at the JW Marriott, in Bengaluru, on 17 May 2018.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 57], "content_span": [58, 171]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274768-0031-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Bengaluru FC season, Awards, FPAI Annual Awards\nFootball Players Association of India\u2019s Annual Awards for the 2017\u201318 season, held at the Calkutta Sports Journalist Club, in Kolkata, on 12 June 2018.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 55], "content_span": [56, 207]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274769-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Bergen County eruv controversy\nIn July 2017, the municipalities of Mahwah, Upper Saddle River, and Montvale in Bergen County, New Jersey, in the United States, opposed extension of an eruv within their borders. An eruv is a land area surrounded by a boundary of religious significance, often marked by small plastic pipes (called lechis) attached to utility poles. The demarcation permits Orthodox Jews to push or carry objects (such as prayer books, keys, or baby strollers) within the eruv on the Jewish Sabbath that otherwise is considered forbidden under Orthodox Jewish law.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [38, 38], "content_span": [39, 587]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274769-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Bergen County eruv controversy\nThe three municipalities ordered that the borders of the eruv be dismantled having been erected without the appropriate consents. Many Mahwah residents protested against the prospect of Orthodox Jews from Rockland County, New York using local parks or seeking to buy homes there.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [38, 38], "content_span": [39, 318]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274769-0002-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Bergen County eruv controversy\nAfter no agreement could be reached, the eruv association brought suit against each of the municipalities. Mahwah's actions in passing a township ordinance to bar nonresidents of New Jersey from its parks, and the hostility of some residents and council members towards those who supported the eruv led Democratic candidate for Governor of New Jersey Phil Murphy and others to make accusations of antisemitism. The presiding judge in the lawsuits, John Michael Vazquez, in January 2018 made it clear he felt the municipalities did not have a strong case, and urged them to settle. The three municipalities settled with the eruv association, allowing the eruv borders to remain. Mahwah settled a lawsuit from the New Jersey Attorney General accusing it of discrimination.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [38, 38], "content_span": [39, 809]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274769-0003-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Bergen County eruv controversy, Background\nThe township of Mahwah, and the boroughs of Upper Saddle River and Montvale, are neighboring municipalities in northwestern Bergen County, New Jersey. All three are adjacent to the state line with New York, on the other side of which is Rockland County, where there are large communities of Orthodox Jews.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 50], "content_span": [51, 356]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274769-0004-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Bergen County eruv controversy, Background\nAn eruv (plural \"eruvin\", or sometimes \"eruvim\") is an enclosure defined by string, rope, wires, cables, etc., that allows observant Jews, including the Orthodox, to carry or push objects further than is normally permitted on the Jewish Sabbath (or Shabbat). Normally, on Shabbat, an object may not be taken from a private domain, such as a house, into a public one, such as a street or sidewalk, or moved, in a public area, more than 4 cubits (about 6 feet; 1.7 meters). \"Domain\" is a technical term referring to how enclosed an area is, not property ownership.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 50], "content_span": [51, 613]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274769-0005-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Bergen County eruv controversy, Background\nObjects may be moved freely if they remain within a private domain, and an eruv effectively extends the private domain through the area it encloses, including streets and sidewalks. The boundary of an eruv is often marked by utility poles surrounding a given area, with the space between regarded as doorways, topped by lintels, the telephone or power wires. The poles are regarded as doorposts, and are marked by lechis (singular: lechi), solid objects such as lengths of twine or of plastic pipe, which run from near the ground to just below the wires. In short, the act of stringing such a boundary around a public area by a Jewish community creates the pretense for its members that that public area is enclosed for the limited purpose of allowing the members to do some otherwise forbidden things in that public area on the Sabbath.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 50], "content_span": [51, 888]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274769-0006-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Bergen County eruv controversy, Background\nThere are many requirements for eruvin; the Talmud devotes an entire tractate to the subject. This complexity makes rabbinic supervision and regular inspection mandatory. An operating eruv allows observant Jews to carry prayer books from home to synagogue on Shabbat, or to push strollers or baby carriages.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 50], "content_span": [51, 358]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274769-0007-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Bergen County eruv controversy, Background\nIn Teaneck, in southeastern Bergen County and home to large numbers of Orthodox Jews, an eruv has existed since the 1970s with little controversy, and, as the Jewish population increased, was extended to nearby Bogota and Bergenfield. Other eruvin in Bergen County are in Fair Lawn and in Paramus.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 50], "content_span": [51, 348]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274769-0008-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Bergen County eruv controversy, Background\nA previous instance in which an eruv had been constructed in Bergen County, and had been challenged by local authorities, occurred in Tenafly, in the eastern part of the county. Attempts by municipal authorities to ban eruvin had failed when challenged in the federal courts, and the settlement in 2006 after a six-year battle obliged the borough to pay $325,000 for the eruv association's legal costs. In most cases involving conflict over whether an eruv should be permitted, the municipality has lost and the construction of the eruv allowed to continue.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 50], "content_span": [51, 608]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274769-0009-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Bergen County eruv controversy, Construction and controversy\nOrthodox Jews in Rockland County gained a license from Orange and Rockland Utilities (which serves parts of both Rockland County in New York and Bergen County in New Jersey) to construct an eruv using its utility poles in 2015, and in March 2017 the company granted permission for the South Monsey Eruv Fund to install lechis, made from white PVC pipe, on its utility poles in northwestern Bergen County. This was an extension of an existing eruv in Rockland County, and was intended to run through Mahwah, Upper Saddle River and Montvale.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 68], "content_span": [69, 608]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274769-0009-0001", "contents": "2017\u201318 Bergen County eruv controversy, Construction and controversy\nAccording to Rabbi Chaim Steinmetz, head of the eruv association, the purpose was to accommodate those living in Rockland County close to the border, near New York State Route 59. The boundaries had to be run through New Jersey due to the lack of a road along the state line. Mahwah police noted construction being done on utility poles in May and made inquiries. On learning that Orange and Rockland had authorized the work, they provided police protection, for which the department was paid about $2,000 by the eruv fund. The work in Mahwah was complete by June.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 68], "content_span": [69, 633]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274769-0010-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Bergen County eruv controversy, Construction and controversy\nWhen the matter became generally known in mid-July, there was what local reporter Tom Nobile called a \"firestorm of opposition\" from local residents, with some expressing concerns that the eruv would allow Orthodox communities in Rockland County to expand into New Jersey. Groups formed on social media, including one named Mahwah Strong, in opposition to the eruv. Mahwah Strong claimed 3,000 members within days; a founder, Robert Ferguson, stated that his group would act as a check and balance to ensure the township enforced its laws, and noted, \"I don't view this as a hostile takeover of the town.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 68], "content_span": [69, 674]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274769-0010-0001", "contents": "2017\u201318 Bergen County eruv controversy, Construction and controversy\nTwo hundred people gathered in a Mahwah park on July 22 to support the eruv's removal. An online petition to \"Protect the Quality of Our Community in Mahwah\", initiated by former township council member John Roth, reached 1,200 names before being taken down due to what Roth called inappropriate comments, made by some signers. Similarly, Mahwah Strong lost its Facebook page following an influx of comments deemed \"hateful\".", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 68], "content_span": [69, 494]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274769-0011-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Bergen County eruv controversy, Municipal and public reaction\nIn early July 2017, the eruv was completed in part of Upper Saddle River. Montvale acted first against the eruv, with Mayor Michael Ghassali issuing a stop work order on July 10, after the eruv association had rented equipment and arranged with local police to provide security. Montvale authorities objected on the grounds that the lechis constituted a sign, forbidden by borough ordinance. This was done prior to construction with the result that the eruv did not extend into Montvale.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 69], "content_span": [70, 557]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274769-0011-0001", "contents": "2017\u201318 Bergen County eruv controversy, Municipal and public reaction\nOn July 18, Upper Saddle River's attorney sent a letter demanding the removal of the lechis that had been erected there, with a deadline of July 26, but the borough agreed to let them remain for the time being after two New York State residents filed suit in the United States District Court for the District of New Jersey in Newark, requesting a temporary restraining order against the borough and Mayor Joanne Minichetti. The borough's agreement was in exchange for an undertaking from the eruv association not to expand the eruv, and the motion for a restraining order was withdrawn.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 69], "content_span": [70, 656]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274769-0011-0002", "contents": "2017\u201318 Bergen County eruv controversy, Municipal and public reaction\nThe eruv was vandalized on July 26 and 27, requiring immediate repair work. Mahwah's township engineer, Mike Kelly, sent a letter to the eruv association on July 21, taking a stance similar to Montvale's, and demanding the removal of the eruv by August 4. Mayor Bill Laforet stated, \"This sends a very strong message to those who choose to violate our sign ordinances.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 69], "content_span": [70, 440]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274769-0012-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Bergen County eruv controversy, Municipal and public reaction\nOn June 29, the Mahwah Township Council had passed an ordinance, effective July 27, barring nonresidents of New Jersey from its parks. Residents had complained that out-of-staters were flooding Mahwah's parks, sometimes by the busload. After the ordinance passed, but before it went into effect, Mahwah police chief James Batelli received many phone calls from residents asking that it be enforced against Orthodox Jews. He contacted the Bergen County Prosecutor, Gurbir Grewal, for advice.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 69], "content_span": [70, 560]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274769-0012-0001", "contents": "2017\u201318 Bergen County eruv controversy, Municipal and public reaction\nOn July 27, the date the ordinance was to go into effect, Grewal issued a directive ordering Mahwah police to disregard the ban, stating that the ban could lead to racial profiling, unlawful searches and seizures and the illegal targeting of Orthodox Jews. In response, Rob Hermansen, president of the township council, stated that that body would rework the ordinance to continue putting Mahwah residents first.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 69], "content_span": [70, 482]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274769-0013-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Bergen County eruv controversy, Municipal and public reaction\nWhen the Mahwah Township Council met on the evening of July 27, it did so before an overflow crowd. Despite warnings from the township attorney not to discuss issues of religion, some did. Others complained of nonresidents crowding parks, and that they had been visited by people wanting to buy their homes. The lawyer for Mahwah Strong urged the council to enforce the law by requiring the takedown of the eruv. Ferguson was quoted as saying at the meeting, \"We do not want these people living in our neighborhoods. We want them following the law.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 69], "content_span": [70, 619]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274769-0014-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Bergen County eruv controversy, Municipal and public reaction\nAs the eruv controversy intensified, Mahwah and Montvale, as well as neighboring boroughs, enacted or made stricter ordinances restricting those making unsolicited offers to buy houses from knocking on doors. Municipal officials stated that this was being done because of the concerns of residents, who feared the Orthodox moving in would result in a population explosion, that the schools would suffer, and high-density housing built. Residents cited Lakewood in Ocean County as an example of such problems.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 69], "content_span": [70, 578]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274769-0015-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Bergen County eruv controversy, Municipal and public reaction\nTo a standing ovation from some 200 residents in attendance, the Mahwah council on August 10 unanimously voted to issue summonses because the eruv had not been taken down. Mayor Laforet, though, urged the council not to take this step, pointing to the large expense the unsuccessful eruv litigation had cost Tenafly, and advocated negotiation. In response to the council's action, the Bergen-Rockland Eruv Association (of which the South Monsey group is a part) and several Orthodox Jews resident in Rockland County filed suit in federal court against Mahwah on August 11, and promised to defy any summonses.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 69], "content_span": [70, 678]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274769-0015-0001", "contents": "2017\u201318 Bergen County eruv controversy, Municipal and public reaction\nResidents of Teaneck and Englewood, each in southeastern Bergen County and home to large communities of Orthodox Jews, had gone to Mahwah and Upper Saddle River to make known their views at council meetings. Council members from Teaneck and Englewood had spoken there in support of the eruv's retention, only to meet a hostile reception. Citizens for a Better Upper Saddle River posted a screenshot of the Teaneck council schedule online, urging members to mark their calendars with the dates. Council member Mark Schwartz of Teaneck stated that visitors would be welcome, and could view how a diverse community functioned.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 69], "content_span": [70, 693]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274769-0015-0002", "contents": "2017\u201318 Bergen County eruv controversy, Municipal and public reaction\nMichael Cohen of the Englewood council stated, \"We have repeatedly attempted to communicate to the leadership of Upper Saddle River and Mahwah why it is that the rhetoric and actions being seen and taken by certain members of their governing bodies and by certain members of their communities are being viewed by the outside world as anti-Semitic. However, those attempts have largely continued to fall on deaf ears.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 69], "content_span": [70, 487]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274769-0016-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Bergen County eruv controversy, Litigation\nFollowing failed settlement negotiations and a closed-door council meeting on October 10, the Bergen-Rockland Eruv Association and individual plaintiffs sued Montvale on October 18, alleging that Mayor Ghassali's stop work order inhibited them in practicing their religion. They cited a 2015 statement from then-mayor Roger Fyfe, from when rumors of an eruv had first circulated, that an eruv was a simple accommodation and a matter in which the borough had only a slight part.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 50], "content_span": [51, 528]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274769-0016-0001", "contents": "2017\u201318 Bergen County eruv controversy, Litigation\nThe plaintiffs also alleged that Mahwah and Upper Saddle River were aware of the eruv construction, but had no problem with it until they gave in to a campaign of xenophobia and antisemitism. The next day, the Democratic candidate for governor, Phil Murphy, accused the residents of Mahwah of causing an \"overarching perception of anti-Semitism and discrimination\". According to Murphy, \"When a Holocaust survivor at a public meeting is heckled, and then denounced as a fraud, there is a problem. When well-intentioned residents are disparaged as 'paid actors' for a 'Jewish money conspiracy scheme' there is a problem.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 50], "content_span": [51, 671]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274769-0017-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Bergen County eruv controversy, Litigation\nOn October 24, the Attorney General of New Jersey, Christopher Porrino, sued Mahwah and its council, alleging that by voting for the parks ban and for the summonses, they had violated the constitutional rights of Orthodox Jews. The case, filed in state court in Hackensack, sought nullification of the council's actions, statutory penalties, attorney's fees, and the return of $3.5 million in state-provided Green Acres funds with which Mahwah had purchased and maintained parks. Under the Green Acres program, parks benefitting from the funds may not discriminate, including on the basis of religion or residency.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 50], "content_span": [51, 665]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274769-0017-0001", "contents": "2017\u201318 Bergen County eruv controversy, Litigation\nPorrino stated, \"To think that there are local governments here in New Jersey, in 2017, making laws on the basis of some archaic, fear-driven and discriminatory mindset, is deeply disappointing and shocking to many, but it is exactly what we are alleging in this case. Of course, in this case we allege the target of the small-minded bias is not African-Americans, but Orthodox Jews. Nonetheless, the hateful message is the same.\" Mayor Laforet accused Council President Hermansen of fear-mongering and stoking passions, \"His disgraceful behavior is now worsened by the severe potential financial penalties facing the township's taxpayer.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 50], "content_span": [51, 690]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274769-0017-0002", "contents": "2017\u201318 Bergen County eruv controversy, Litigation\nIn the municipal election on November 7, Mahwah voters easily re-elected two anti-eruv council members, defeating challengers supported by Laforet. The case was removed from state to federal court by Mahwah on November 22 as it raised questions under the federal constitution. On December 1, the council voted unanimously to allocate $175,000 to fight the lawsuits, which supplemented the $90,000 previously appropriated.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 50], "content_span": [51, 472]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274769-0018-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Bergen County eruv controversy, Litigation\nIn the Upper Saddle River case, on October 10, 2017, the eruv association moved for a preliminary injunction allowing the eruv to remain pending the outcome of the litigation. In support, the association provided documentation showing that Mayor Minichetti had told the borough council about the proposed eruv in 2015, and the new sign ordinance had rapidly followed. In response to the motion, filed on November 2, Upper Saddle River stated that the sign law was tightened because of a divisive municipal election in 2014, that had seen many signs.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 50], "content_span": [51, 601]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274769-0018-0001", "contents": "2017\u201318 Bergen County eruv controversy, Litigation\nThe borough argued that the lawsuit was premature, as the eruv association had not sought permission. It argued that it had not violated the constitutional rights of the plaintiffs; its sign ordinance was content-neutral, banning all signs of whatever sort, and thus the plaintiffs had not been discriminated against. It alleged that permission to erect the lechis from Orange and Rockland was insufficient; the eruv association also had to comply with local law, and in any event the communications company Verizon had joint use of the poles and had not been asked for consent.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 50], "content_span": [51, 629]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274769-0018-0002", "contents": "2017\u201318 Bergen County eruv controversy, Litigation\nUpper Saddle River distinguished its situation from that of Tenafly, stating that in Tenafly, exceptions had been made to the sign ordinance, but in Upper Saddle River it had been strictly enforced. Towards the end of December, Montvale Mayor Ghassali indicated that his borough was negotiating with the plaintiffs, seeking to reach an amicable settlement of the federal lawsuit.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 50], "content_span": [51, 430]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274769-0019-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Bergen County eruv controversy, Settlements\nMurphy was elected governor in November and designated Bergen County Prosecutor Grewal as the new Attorney General. Thus, once they took office, opponents of Mahwah's position would hold powerful posts in the state capital of Trenton, and municipal officials began to have second thoughts about whether to fight the eruv. On December 14, 2017, following the advice of legal counsel, the Mahwah council repealed the still-unenforced ban on out-of-state park users, and abandoned an attempt to amend the sign ordinance to bar \"other matter\" (the lechis) from being affixed to utility poles.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 51], "content_span": [52, 640]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274769-0019-0001", "contents": "2017\u201318 Bergen County eruv controversy, Settlements\nThe \"other matter\" language would have imitated the 2015 changes to the Upper Saddle River sign law which had followed Minichetti informing the borough council about the plans for the eruv, and was withdrawn, according to Hermansen, lest Mahwah's motives be misinterpreted. The vote to repeal the park ban was unanimous, with one council member absent. After the vote, Laforet called the ordinances \"ill-advised\" before being silenced by the council. He resumed outside the council chamber and disclosed that the members could have faced prosecution. \"They are hiding from you that if they failed to do so, the Attorney General can come into Mahwah to press civil or criminal bias charges. For people who did a lot of shouting, and shouting down the past several months, they are strangely quiet about that.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 51], "content_span": [52, 860]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274769-0020-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Bergen County eruv controversy, Settlements\nThe Upper Saddle River lawsuit was scheduled for argument before Judge John Michael Vazquez of the federal court for New Jersey. When he convened that hearing on January 9, 2018, rather than hear the lawyers argue the positions set forth in the legal briefs, Judge Vazquez told them his views. He questioned whether the borough had consistently enforced the ordinance, as plaintiffs' lawyers had discovered a number of signs and even mailboxes attached to utility poles, that Upper Saddle River had not taken down.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 51], "content_span": [52, 566]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274769-0020-0001", "contents": "2017\u201318 Bergen County eruv controversy, Settlements\nThe judge voiced his skepticism that the 2015 sign ordinance had been passed because of a contentious municipal election the previous year, as the borough maintained, and indicated that he was inclined to believe it was passed because of the eruv. He urged Upper Saddle River to try to settle the case, and to do so in coordination with the other two municipalities\u2014he was also presiding judge in those cases.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 51], "content_span": [52, 461]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274769-0021-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Bergen County eruv controversy, Settlements\nOn January 30, 2018, the Mahwah council voted 5\u20132 to accept a negotiated settlement of the eruv litigation, despite some residents who urged the council to fight all the way to the Supreme Court. Council President Hermansen supported the deal as the best possible outcome, \"We're trying to do the right thing. This is a good town with good people, and we're making this decision for good people.\" He wrote on Facebook that Mahwah \"should be known more for our open space, parks and our overall community than the negative comments made about our residents from outsiders.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 51], "content_span": [52, 625]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274769-0021-0001", "contents": "2017\u201318 Bergen County eruv controversy, Settlements\nThe terms of the settlement were not announced at that meeting as the deal was still pending agreement by the plaintiffs, but were disclosed the following day. The eruv would remain, but the lechis were to be painted to match the pole, or replaced with ones of that color, The township was to pay the association $10,000 or such other sum as mutually agreed for legal fees. The association was allowed to expand the eruv, but was to consult with the council before doing so. On February 7, a public meeting that was called for that day to discuss the terms of the settlement was postponed to a future date on the advice of the township's attorneys.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 51], "content_span": [52, 700]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274769-0022-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Bergen County eruv controversy, Settlements\nMontvale also undertook negotiations with the eruv association plaintiffs. Some Montvale residents sought to minimize the land covered by the eruv within the borough by having the boundary run through backyards close to the state line, but the consent of all landowners could not be obtained. On February 13, the Montvale council voted to approve a settlement whereby the eruv boundary would be placed on streets in the northern part of the borough, with efforts to be made to reroute it through private land.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 51], "content_span": [52, 561]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274769-0022-0001", "contents": "2017\u201318 Bergen County eruv controversy, Settlements\nMontvale was to pay the eruv association attorneys at Weil, Gotshal & Manges LLP $10,000 towards legal costs and be shielded from further lawsuits from it for two years. Yehudah Buchweitz, an attorney for the eruv association, stated: \"Our lawsuit against Montvale was filed to permit an eruv in a small portion of Montvale, so families could enjoy the same religious freedom as so many others throughout Bergen and Rockland counties and beyond. This settlement preserves and protects the people's right to have an eruv.\" A map showing the eruv boundary's route through Montvale was posted on the borough website on March 1, 2018.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 51], "content_span": [52, 682]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274769-0023-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Bergen County eruv controversy, Settlements\nAfter a closed-door meeting, the Upper Saddle River Borough Council voted on January 15 to attempt to reach a settlement with the plaintiffs. On February 21, the borough announced over its emergency notification system that it had reached a tentative agreement whereby the eruv boundary would be run along the roads until it could be relocated as close to the state line as possible. The borough stated that the agreement was being entered into \"because of a variety of reasons outside of the Borough\u2019s control, including the recent settlements by Mahwah and Montvale\".", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 51], "content_span": [52, 621]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274769-0023-0001", "contents": "2017\u201318 Bergen County eruv controversy, Settlements\nThe borough agreed to pay $75,000 towards the eruv association's legal costs. The agreement went into force on April 5, 2018. Under the agreement, 12 poles are to be erected on the municipal right-of-way to allow the eruv boundary to run on a shortened route through the borough, close to the state line. The lechis were to be made of black plastic, and the eruv association was not allowed to not ask for a change of route for three years.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 51], "content_span": [52, 492]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274769-0024-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Bergen County eruv controversy, Settlements\nOn February 15, 2018, Judge Vazquez accepted the Mahwah and Montvale settlements, and on April 19, that of Upper Saddle River. He retained continuing jurisdiction over the matters, and granted permission for them to be re-opened if a dispute was to arise. A temporary eruv boundary was run across the original Upper Saddle River route, pending a final routing. On July 17, 2018, Upper Saddle River posted maps and stated that work on implementing the settlement would occur over the following several weeks.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 51], "content_span": [52, 559]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274769-0025-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Bergen County eruv controversy, Settlements\nIn September 2018, a settlement between the Attorney General and Mahwah was announced. The township was to repeal the two controversial ordinances and agreed not to enact the new sign ordinance and to notify the Attorney General of any proposed legislation on these subjects for the following four years. The mayor and council were to issue a joint statement affirming that the existing sign ordinance, and those dealing with parks and recreation, would be enforced in a nondiscriminatory manner. A breach by Mahwah within the four-year period risked penalties of up to $100,000; a proposed $350,000 fine was suspended.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 51], "content_span": [52, 671]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274769-0026-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Bergen County eruv controversy, Settlements\nOn November 6, 2018, Mahwah voters recalled Laforet from office, electing John Roth in his place. Hermansen was defeated for re-election, with Robert Ferguson among those elected to the new council.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 51], "content_span": [52, 250]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274770-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Bermudian Premier Division\nThe 2017\u201318 season of the Bermudian Premier Division (also known as the Digicel Premier Division for sponsorship reasons) is the 55th season of top-tier football in Bermuda. It started on September 23, 2017 and ended on April 5, 2018 with PHC Zebras being crowned champions.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [34, 34], "content_span": [35, 309]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274771-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Bethune\u2013Cookman Wildcats men's basketball team\nThe 2017\u201318 Bethune\u2013Cookman Wildcats men's basketball team represented Bethune-Cookman University during the 2017\u201318 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Wildcats, led by first-year head coach Ryan Ridder, played their home games at the Moore Gymnasium in Daytona Beach, Florida as members of the Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference. With a win over Florida A&M on March 1, 2018, the Wildcats earned a share of the MEAC regular season championship. They finished the season 18\u201314, 2\u20134 in MEAC play, finishing in a three-way tie for first. Due to tie-breaking procedures, they received the No. 2 seed in the MEAC Tournament, where they lost to Morgan State in the quarterfinals.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 54], "section_span": [54, 54], "content_span": [55, 736]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274771-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Bethune\u2013Cookman Wildcats men's basketball team, Previous season\nThe Wildcats finished the 2016\u201317 season 10\u201322, 6\u201310 in MEAC play to finish in tenth place. They defeated Delaware State before losing in the quarterfinals of the MEAC Tournament to North Carolina Central.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 54], "section_span": [56, 71], "content_span": [72, 277]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274771-0002-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Bethune\u2013Cookman Wildcats men's basketball team, Previous season\nOn March 20, 2017, it was announced that head coach Gravelle Craig's contract would not be renewed. He finished at Bethune\u2013Cookman with a six-year record of 74\u2013123. The Wildcats hired Ryan Ridder from Daytona State of the NJCAA as the new head coach on March 31.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 54], "section_span": [56, 71], "content_span": [72, 334]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274772-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Be\u015fikta\u015f J.K. season\nThe 2017\u201318 Be\u015fikta\u015f J.K. season was the club's 114th year since its foundation, 96th season of competitive football and the club's 59th season contesting the S\u00fcper Lig, the top division of Turkish football. Be\u015fikta\u015f were the defending champions of the S\u00fcper Lig, having finished first in 2016\u201317. The 2017\u201318 season lasted from 1 August 2017 to 30 June 2018;", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [28, 28], "content_span": [29, 388]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274772-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Be\u015fikta\u015f J.K. season, Squad, Out on loan\nNote: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 48], "content_span": [49, 177]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274773-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Biathlon IBU Cup\nThe 2017\u201318 Biathlon IBU Cup was a multi-race tournament over a season of biathlon, organised by the International Biathlon Union. IBU Cup is the second-rank competition in biathlon after the Biathlon World Cup. The season started on 22 November 2017 in Sjusj\u00f8en, Norway and ended on 17 March 2018 in Khanty-Mansiysk, Russia. The defending overall champions from the 2016\u201317 Biathlon IBU Cup were Alexey Volkov of Russia and Daria Virolaynen of Russia.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [24, 24], "content_span": [25, 477]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274773-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Biathlon IBU Cup, Calendar\nBelow is the IBU Cup calendar for the 2017\u201318 season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 34], "content_span": [35, 88]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274774-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Biathlon World Cup\nThe 2017\u201318 Biathlon World Cup (BWC) was a multi-race series over a season of biathlon, organised by the International Biathlon Union. The season started on 24 November 2017 in \u00d6stersund, Sweden and ended on 25 March 2018 in Tyumen, Russia. The defending overall champions from the 2016\u201317 Biathlon World Cup were Martin Fourcade of France and Laura Dahlmeier of Germany.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [26, 26], "content_span": [27, 398]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274774-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Biathlon World Cup, Calendar\nBelow is the IBU World Cup calendar for the 2017\u201318 season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 36], "content_span": [37, 96]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274774-0002-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Biathlon World Cup, Retirements\nThe following notable biathletes retired during or after the 2017\u201318 season:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 39], "content_span": [40, 116]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274775-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Biathlon World Cup \u2013 Individual Men\nThe 2017\u201318 Biathlon World Cup \u2013 Individual Men started on Thursday 30 November, 2017 in \u00d6stersund and finished on Wednesday 10 January, 2018 in Ruhpolding. The defending titlist was Martin Fourcade of France.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [43, 43], "content_span": [44, 253]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274775-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Biathlon World Cup \u2013 Individual Men\nThe small crystal globe winner for the category was tied between Johannes Thingnes B\u00f8 of Norway and Martin Fourcade of France.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [43, 43], "content_span": [44, 170]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274775-0002-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Biathlon World Cup \u2013 Individual Men, Competition format\nThe 20 kilometres (12\u00a0mi) individual race is the oldest biathlon event; the distance is skied over five laps. The biathlete shoots four times at any shooting lane, in the order of prone, standing, prone, standing, totalling 20 targets. For each missed target a fixed penalty time, usually one minute, is added to the skiing time of the biathlete. Competitors' starts are staggered, normally by 30 seconds.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [45, 63], "content_span": [64, 469]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274776-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Biathlon World Cup \u2013 Individual Women\nThe 2017\u201318 Biathlon World Cup \u2013 Individual Women started on Wednesday 29 November, 2017 in \u00d6stersund and finished on Thursday 11 January, 2018 in Ruhpolding. The defending titlist was Laura Dahlmeier of Germany.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [45, 45], "content_span": [46, 258]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274776-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Biathlon World Cup \u2013 Individual Women\nThe small crystal globe winner for the category was Nadezhda Skardino of Belarus.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [45, 45], "content_span": [46, 127]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274776-0002-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Biathlon World Cup \u2013 Individual Women, Competition format\nThe 15 kilometres (9.3\u00a0mi) individual race is the oldest biathlon event; the distance is skied over five laps. The biathlete shoots four times at any shooting lane, in the order of prone, standing, prone, standing, totalling 20 targets. For each missed target a fixed penalty time, usually one minute, is added to the skiing time of the biathlete. Competitors' starts are staggered, normally by 30 seconds.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [47, 65], "content_span": [66, 472]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274777-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Biathlon World Cup \u2013 Mass start Men\nThe 2017\u201318 Biathlon World Cup \u2013 Mass start Men started on Sunday 17 December, 2017 in Annecy and will finish on Sunday 25 March, 2018 in Tyumen. The defending titlist is Martin Fourcade of France.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [43, 43], "content_span": [44, 241]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274777-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Biathlon World Cup \u2013 Mass start Men, Competition format\nIn the mass start, all biathletes start at the same time and the first across the finish line wins.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [45, 63], "content_span": [64, 163]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274777-0001-0001", "contents": "2017\u201318 Biathlon World Cup \u2013 Mass start Men, Competition format\nIn this 15 kilometres (9.3\u00a0mi) competition, the distance is skied over five laps; there are four bouts of shooting (two prone and two standing, in that order) with the first shooting bout being at the lane corresponding to the competitor's bib number (bib #10 shoots at lane #10 regardless of position in race), with the rest of the shooting bouts being on a first-come, first-served basis (if a competitor arrives at the lane in fifth place, they shoot at lane 5).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [45, 63], "content_span": [64, 529]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274777-0001-0002", "contents": "2017\u201318 Biathlon World Cup \u2013 Mass start Men, Competition format\nAs in the sprint and pursuit, competitors must ski one 150 metres (490\u00a0ft) penalty loop for each miss. Here again, to avoid unwanted congestion, World Cup Mass starts are held with only the 30 top ranking athletes on the start line (half that of the pursuit) as here all contestants start simultaneously.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [45, 63], "content_span": [64, 368]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274778-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Biathlon World Cup \u2013 Mass start Women\nThe 2017\u201318 Biathlon World Cup \u2013 Mass start Women started on Sunday 17 December, 2017 in Annecy and will finish on Sunday 25 March, 2018 in Tyumen. The defending titlist is Gabriela Koukalov\u00e1 of the Czech Republic.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [45, 45], "content_span": [46, 260]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274778-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Biathlon World Cup \u2013 Mass start Women, Competition format\nIn the mass start, all biathletes start at the same time and the first across the finish line wins.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [47, 65], "content_span": [66, 165]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274778-0001-0001", "contents": "2017\u201318 Biathlon World Cup \u2013 Mass start Women, Competition format\nIn this 12.5 kilometres (7.8\u00a0mi) competition, the distance is skied over five laps; there are four bouts of shooting (two prone and two standing, in that order) with the first shooting bout being at the lane corresponding to the competitor's bib number (bib #10 shoots at lane #10 regardless of position in race), with the rest of the shooting bouts being on a first-come, first-served basis (if a competitor arrives at the lane in fifth place, they shoot at lane 5).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [47, 65], "content_span": [66, 533]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274778-0001-0002", "contents": "2017\u201318 Biathlon World Cup \u2013 Mass start Women, Competition format\nAs in the sprint and pursuit, competitors must ski one 150 metres (490\u00a0ft) penalty loop for each miss. Here again, to avoid unwanted congestion, World Cup Mass starts are held with only the 30 top ranking athletes on the start line (half that of the pursuit) as here all contestants start simultaneously.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [47, 65], "content_span": [66, 370]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274779-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Biathlon World Cup \u2013 Mixed Relay\nThe 2017\u201318 Biathlon World Cup \u2013 Mixed Relay started on Sunday 26 November, 2017 in \u00d6stersund and finished on Saturday 10 March, 2018 in Kontiolahti. The defending team was Germany.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [40, 40], "content_span": [41, 222]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274779-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Biathlon World Cup \u2013 Mixed Relay, Competition format\nThe relay teams consist of four biathletes. Legs 1 and 2 are skied by the women, and legs 3 and 4 by the men. The women's legs are 6 kilometres (3.7\u00a0mi) and men's legs are 7.5 kilometres (4.7\u00a0mi). Every athlete's leg is skied over three laps, with two shooting rounds: one prone and one standing. For every round of five targets there are eight bullets available, though the last three can only be single-loaded manually from the spare round holders or from bullets deposited by the athlete into trays or onto the mat at the firing line.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 60], "content_span": [61, 598]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274779-0001-0001", "contents": "2017\u201318 Biathlon World Cup \u2013 Mixed Relay, Competition format\nIf after eight bullets there are still standing targets, one 150 metres (490\u00a0ft) penalty loop must be taken for each remaining target. The first-leg participants all start at the same time, and as in cross-country skiing relays, every athlete of a team must touch the team's next-leg participant to perform a valid changeover.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 60], "content_span": [61, 387]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274779-0001-0002", "contents": "2017\u201318 Biathlon World Cup \u2013 Mixed Relay, Competition format\nOn the first shooting stage of the first leg, the participant must shoot in the lane corresponding to their bib number (bib #10 shoots at lane #10 regardless of their position in the race), then for the remainder of the relay, the athletes shoot at the lane corresponding to the position they arrived (arrive at the range in 5th place, shoot at lane five).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 60], "content_span": [61, 417]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274779-0002-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Biathlon World Cup \u2013 Mixed Relay, Competition format\nThe single mixed relay involves one male and one female biathlete each completing two legs consisting of one prone and one standing shoot. The female biathletes all start the race at the same time and complete one 6 kilometres (3.7\u00a0mi) leg before exchanging with their male counterparts who complete one 7.5 kilometres (4.7\u00a0mi) leg before exchanging again with the female skier who after completing another leg switches again with the male biathlete who completes the race. The rules regarding shooting are the same as in the regular mixed relay.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 60], "content_span": [61, 607]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274780-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Biathlon World Cup \u2013 Overall Men, Standings\nIn each event places 1 to 40 (1 to 30 in a Mass start) are awarded points, a victory being worth 60 points. The full point system is shown in the table on the right. In a Mass start event only 30 athletes are allowed to participate and the points awarded for ranks 22 to 30 differ from the system used in other events. Equal placings (ties) give an equal number of points.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 51], "content_span": [52, 424]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274780-0000-0001", "contents": "2017\u201318 Biathlon World Cup \u2013 Overall Men, Standings\nAn athlete's total World Cup Score is the sum of all World Cup points earned in the season, minus the points from 2 events in which the athlete got their worst scores. Ties in this score are broken by comparing the tied athletes' number of victories. If this number is the same for the athletes in question, the number of second places is compared, and so on. If a tie cannot be broken by this procedure, it remains a tie.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 51], "content_span": [52, 474]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274781-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Biathlon World Cup \u2013 Overall Women\nIn the women's 2017\u201318 Biathlon World Cup total score, for each participating athlete the points earned in all Individual, Sprint, Pursuit and Mass start competitions held during the season are added up with the two lowest scores subtracted at the end of the season to give that athlete's final score. No points are awarded for the competitions at the 2018 Winter Olympics (held between the World Cup stages in Antholz and Kontiolahti).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [42, 42], "content_span": [43, 479]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274781-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Biathlon World Cup \u2013 Overall Women, Standings\nIn each event places 1 to 40 (1 to 30 in a Mass start) are awarded points, a victory being worth 60 points. The full point system is shown in the table on the right. In a Mass start event only 30 athletes are allowed to participate and the points awarded for ranks 22 to 30 differ from the system used in other events. Equal placings (ties) give an equal number of points.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [44, 53], "content_span": [54, 426]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274781-0001-0001", "contents": "2017\u201318 Biathlon World Cup \u2013 Overall Women, Standings\nAn athlete's total World Cup Score is the sum of all World Cup points earned in the season, minus the points from 2 events in which the athlete got their worst scores. Ties in this score are broken by comparing the tied athletes' number of victories. If this number is the same for the athletes in question, the number of second places is compared, and so on. If a tie cannot be broken by this procedure, it remains a tie.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [44, 53], "content_span": [54, 476]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274782-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Biathlon World Cup \u2013 Pursuit Men\nThe 2017\u201318 Biathlon World Cup \u2013 Pursuit Men started on Sunday 3 December, 2017 in \u00d6stersund and will finish on Saturday 24 March, 2018 in Tyumen. The defending titlist is Martin Fourcade of France.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [40, 40], "content_span": [41, 239]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274782-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Biathlon World Cup \u2013 Pursuit Men, Competition format\nThe 12.5 kilometres (7.8\u00a0mi) pursuit race is skied over five laps. The biathlete shoots four times at any shooting lane, in the order of prone, prone, standing, standing, totalling 20 targets. For each missed target a biathlete has to run a 150 metres (490\u00a0ft) penalty loop. Competitors' starts are staggered, according to the result of the previous sprint race.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 60], "content_span": [61, 423]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274783-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Biathlon World Cup \u2013 Pursuit Women\nThe 2017\u201318 Biathlon World Cup \u2013 Pursuit Women started on Sunday 3 December, 2017 in \u00d6stersund and will finish on Saturday 24 March, 2018 in Tyumen. The defending titlist is Laura Dahlmeier of Germany.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [42, 42], "content_span": [43, 244]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274783-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Biathlon World Cup \u2013 Pursuit Women, Competition format\nThe 10 kilometres (6.2\u00a0mi) pursuit race is skied over five laps. The biathlete shoots four times at any shooting lane, in the order of prone, prone, standing, standing, totalling 20 targets. For each missed target a biathlete has to run a 150 metres (490\u00a0ft) penalty loop. Competitors' starts are staggered, according to the result of the previous sprint race.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [44, 62], "content_span": [63, 423]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274784-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Biathlon World Cup \u2013 Relay Men\nThe 2017\u201318 Biathlon World Cup \u2013 Relay Men started on Sunday 10 December, 2017 in Hochfilzen and will finish on Sunday 18 March, 2018 in Oslo Holmenkollen. The defending team is Russia.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [38, 38], "content_span": [39, 224]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274784-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Biathlon World Cup \u2013 Relay Men, Competition format\nThe relay teams consist of four biathletes. Every athlete's leg is skied over three 2.5 kilometres (1.6\u00a0mi) laps for a total of 7.5 kilometres (4.7\u00a0mi), with two shooting rounds: one prone and one standing. For every round of five targets there are eight bullets available, though the last three can only be single-loaded manually from the spare round holders or from bullets deposited by the athlete into trays or onto the mat at the firing line.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 58], "content_span": [59, 506]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274784-0001-0001", "contents": "2017\u201318 Biathlon World Cup \u2013 Relay Men, Competition format\nIf after eight bullets there are still standing targets, one 150 metres (490\u00a0ft) penalty loop must be taken for each remaining target. The first-leg participants start all at the same time, and as in cross-country skiing relays, every athlete of a team must touch the team's next-leg participant to perform a valid changeover.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 58], "content_span": [59, 385]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274784-0001-0002", "contents": "2017\u201318 Biathlon World Cup \u2013 Relay Men, Competition format\nOn the first shooting stage of the first leg, the participant must shoot in the lane corresponding to their bib number (bib #10 shoots at lane #10 regardless of their position in the race), then for the remainder of the relay, the athletes shoot at the lane corresponding to the position they arrived (arrive at the range in 5th place, shoot at lane five).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 58], "content_span": [59, 415]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274785-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Biathlon World Cup \u2013 Relay Women\nThe 2017\u201318 Biathlon World Cup \u2013 Relay Women started on Sunday 10 December, 2017 in Hochfilzen and will finish on Saturday 17 March, 2018 in Oslo Holmenkollen. The defending team is Germany.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [40, 40], "content_span": [41, 231]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274785-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Biathlon World Cup \u2013 Relay Women, Competition format\nThe relay teams consist of four biathletes. Every athlete's leg is skied over three 2 kilometres (1.2\u00a0mi) laps for a total of 6 kilometres (3.7\u00a0mi), with two shooting rounds: one prone and one standing. For every round of five targets there are eight bullets available, though the last three can only be single-loaded manually from the spare round holders or from bullets deposited by the athlete into trays or onto the mat at the firing line.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 60], "content_span": [61, 504]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274785-0001-0001", "contents": "2017\u201318 Biathlon World Cup \u2013 Relay Women, Competition format\nIf after eight bullets there are still standing targets, one 150 metres (490\u00a0ft) penalty loop must be taken for each remaining target. The first-leg participants start all at the same time, and as in cross-country skiing relays, every athlete of a team must touch the team's next-leg participant to perform a valid changeover.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 60], "content_span": [61, 387]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274785-0001-0002", "contents": "2017\u201318 Biathlon World Cup \u2013 Relay Women, Competition format\nOn the first shooting stage of the first leg, the participant must shoot in the lane corresponding to their bib number (bib #10 shoots at lane #10 regardless of their position in the race), then for the remainder of the relay, the athletes shoot at the lane corresponding to the position they arrived (arrive at the range in 5th place, shoot at lane five).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 60], "content_span": [61, 417]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274786-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Biathlon World Cup \u2013 Sprint Men\nThe 2017\u201318 Biathlon World Cup \u2013 Sprint Men started on Saturday 2 December, 2017 in \u00d6stersund and will finish on Thursday 22 March, 2018 in Tyumen. The defending titlist is Martin Fourcade of France.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [39, 39], "content_span": [40, 239]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274786-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Biathlon World Cup \u2013 Sprint Men, Competition format\nThe 10 kilometres (6.2\u00a0mi) sprint race is the third oldest biathlon event; the distance is skied over three laps. The biathlete shoots two times at any shooting lane, first prone, then standing, totalling 10 targets. For each missed target the biathlete has to complete a penalty lap of around 150 metres (490\u00a0ft). Competitors' starts are staggered, normally by 30 seconds.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 59], "content_span": [60, 433]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274787-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Biathlon World Cup \u2013 Sprint Women\nThe 2017\u201318 Biathlon World Cup \u2013 Sprint Women started on Friday 1 December, 2017 in \u00d6stersund and will finish on Friday 23 March, 2018 in Tyumen. The defending titlist is Gabriela Koukalov\u00e1 of the Czech Republic.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [41, 41], "content_span": [42, 254]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274787-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Biathlon World Cup \u2013 Sprint Women, Competition format\nThe 7.5 kilometres (4.7\u00a0mi) sprint race is the third oldest biathlon event; the distance is skied over three laps. The biathlete shoots two times at any shooting lane, first prone, then standing, totalling 10 targets. For each missed target the biathlete has to complete a penalty lap of around 150 metres (490\u00a0ft). Competitors' starts are staggered, normally by 30 seconds.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [43, 61], "content_span": [62, 436]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274788-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Biathlon World Cup \u2013 Stage 1\nThe 2017\u201318 Biathlon World Cup \u2013 Stage 1 was the opening event of the season and was held in \u00d6stersund, Sweden, from 26 November until 3 December 2017.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [36, 36], "content_span": [37, 188]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274789-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Biathlon World Cup \u2013 Stage 2\nThe 2017\u201318 Biathlon World Cup \u2013 Stage 2 was the 2nd event of the season and was held in Hochfilzen, Austria, from 8 December until 10 December 2017.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [36, 36], "content_span": [37, 186]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274790-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Biathlon World Cup \u2013 Stage 3\nThe 2017\u201318 Biathlon World Cup \u2013 Stage 3 was the 3rd event of the season and was held in Annecy, France, from 15 December until 17 December 2017.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [36, 36], "content_span": [37, 182]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274791-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Biathlon World Cup \u2013 Stage 4\nThe 2017\u201318 Biathlon World Cup \u2013 Stage 4 was the 4th event of the season and was held in Oberhof, Germany, from 4 January until 7 January 2018.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [36, 36], "content_span": [37, 180]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274792-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Biathlon World Cup \u2013 Stage 5\nThe 2017\u201318 Biathlon World Cup \u2013 Stage 5 was the 5th event of the season and was held in Ruhpolding, Germany, from 10 January until 14 January 2018.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [36, 36], "content_span": [37, 185]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274793-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Biathlon World Cup \u2013 Stage 6\nThe 2017\u201318 Biathlon World Cup \u2013 Stage 6 was the 6th event of the season and was held in Antholz, Italy, from 18 January until 21 January 2018.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [36, 36], "content_span": [37, 180]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274794-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Biathlon World Cup \u2013 Stage 7\nThe 2017\u201318 Biathlon World Cup \u2013 Stage 7 was the 7th event of the season and was held in Kontiolahti, Finland, from 8 March until 11 March 2018.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [36, 36], "content_span": [37, 181]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274795-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Biathlon World Cup \u2013 Stage 8\nThe 2017\u201318 Biathlon World Cup \u2013 Stage 8 was the 8th event of the season and was held in Oslo, Holmenkollen, Norway, from 15 March until 18 March 2018.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [36, 36], "content_span": [37, 188]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274796-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Biathlon World Cup \u2013 Stage 9\nThe 2017\u201318 Biathlon World Cup \u2013 Stage 9 is the 9th and final event of the season and will be held in Tyumen, Russia, from 22 March until 25 March 2018.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [36, 36], "content_span": [37, 189]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274796-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Biathlon World Cup \u2013 Stage 9, Boycott of the event\nThe Canadian team announced on December 15 that they will boycott the event after the IBU decided to keep the event in Tyumen. This was followed up by the delegations from the United States and Czech Republic as well as individual boycotts from Sebastian Samuelsson from Sweden and Klemen Bauer from Slovenia. Due to the ongoing crisis in Donbass Ukraine also boycotted the event.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 58], "content_span": [59, 439]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274797-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Big 12 Conference men's basketball season\nThe 2017\u201318 Big 12 men's basketball season began with practices in October 2017, followed by the start of the 2017\u201318 NCAA Division I men's basketball season in November. Regular season conference play started on December 29, 2017 and concluded on March 3, 2018. The Big 12 Tournament began on March 7, with the championship game on March 10, played at the Sprint Center in Kansas City, Missouri. Kansas won the regular season conference title, their NCAA record 14th consecutive year winning the regular season title.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 49], "section_span": [49, 49], "content_span": [50, 568]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274797-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Big 12 Conference men's basketball season, Coaches, Coaching changes\nOn March 18, 2017, head coach Brad Underwood left Oklahoma State to accept the head coaching position at Illinois after one year at OSU. The school promoted assistant coach Mike Boynton Jr. to head coach on March 24.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 49], "section_span": [51, 76], "content_span": [77, 293]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274797-0002-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Big 12 Conference men's basketball season, Coaches, Head coaches\nNote: Stats are through the end of the season. All stats and records are from time at current school only.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 49], "section_span": [51, 72], "content_span": [73, 179]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274797-0003-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Big 12 Conference men's basketball season, Regular season, Big 12 vs Power 5 matchups\nThis is a list of the power conference teams (ACC, Big 10, Pac-12 and SEC) the Big 12 plays in the non-conference (Rankings from the AP Poll):", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 49], "section_span": [51, 93], "content_span": [94, 236]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274797-0004-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Big 12 Conference men's basketball season, Honors and awards, All-Americans\nTo earn \"consensus\" status, a player must win honors from a majority of the following teams: the Associated Press, the USBWA, Sporting News, and the National Association of Basketball Coaches.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 49], "section_span": [51, 83], "content_span": [84, 276]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274798-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Big Bash League season\nThe 2017\u201318 Big Bash League season or BBL|07 was the seventh season of the KFC Big Bash League, the professional men's Twenty20 domestic cricket competition in Australia. The tournament started on 19 December 2017 and finished on 4 February 2018. Perth Scorchers were the defending champions. The competition was extended to a total of 40 group games for the first time, each team playing ten matches in the group.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [30, 30], "content_span": [31, 445]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274798-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Big Bash League season\nThe title was won by Adelaide Strikers (their first ever and sole BBL title till now), who defeated Hobart Hurricanes at the Adelaide Oval.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [30, 30], "content_span": [31, 170]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274798-0002-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Big Bash League season, Venues\nThirteen venues were selected to host the matches with Traeger Park, GMHBA Stadium and University of Tasmania Stadium all holding their first BBL match. The newly completed Optus Stadium was also added to the list of host grounds after the Perth Scorchers finished top of the table at the end of the main season, earning the right to host the first semi-final at the new stadium.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 38], "content_span": [39, 418]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274798-0003-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Big Bash League season, TV audience\nThis was the last season BBL games in Australia were broadcast by the free-to-air channel Network Ten.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 43], "content_span": [44, 146]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274798-0004-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Big Bash League season, TV audience\nFollowing are the television ratings for 2017\u201318 BBL season in Australia.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 43], "content_span": [44, 117]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274799-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Big Bash League season squads\nThe 2017-18 Big Bash League season is the seventh season of the Big Bash League, the premier Twenty20 cricket competition in Australia. Each team can sign a minimum of 18 players, including two rookies and two visa contracted players.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [37, 37], "content_span": [38, 272]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274800-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Big East Conference men's basketball season\nThe 2017\u201318 Big East Conference men's basketball season began with practices in October 2017, followed by the start of the 2017\u201318 NCAA Division I men's basketball season in November. This season marked the 39th year in the conference's history, but the fifth as a non-football conference, which officially formed on July 1, 2013. Conference play began in December 2017. For the first time since the reconfigured Big East formed, Villanova failed to win the regular-season title, with Xavier claiming the crown.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 51], "section_span": [51, 51], "content_span": [52, 563]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274800-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Big East Conference men's basketball season\nThe 2018 Big East Men's Basketball Tournament was held at Madison Square Garden in New York from March 7 through March 10, 2018. Villanova defeated Providence to win the tournament championship and receive the conference's automatic bid to the NCAA Tournament.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 51], "section_span": [51, 51], "content_span": [52, 312]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274800-0002-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Big East Conference men's basketball season\nSix Big East schools received bids to the NCAA Tournament (Butler, Creighton, Providence, Seton Hall, Villanova, and Xavier). Only Villanova won more than one game in the Tournament, but the Wildcats defeated Michigan to win the NCAA Championship for the second time in three years.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 51], "section_span": [51, 51], "content_span": [52, 334]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274800-0003-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Big East Conference men's basketball season\nMarquette received a bid to the National Invitation Tournament, where they advanced to the quarterfinals before losing to eventual NIT champions Penn State.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 51], "section_span": [51, 51], "content_span": [52, 208]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274800-0004-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Big East Conference men's basketball season\nVillanova guard Jalen Brunson was named the Big East Player of the Year and was consensus National Player of the Year. Villanova freshman forward Omari Spellman was named Big East Freshman of the Year. Xavier head coach Chris Mack was named Big East coach of the year.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 51], "section_span": [51, 51], "content_span": [52, 320]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274800-0005-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Big East Conference men's basketball season, Head coaches, Coaching changes\nOn March 23, 2017, Georgetown officials announced that John Thompson III had been fired. On April 2, it was reported that Patrick Ewing would replace Thompson as head coach.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 51], "section_span": [53, 83], "content_span": [84, 257]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274800-0006-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Big East Conference men's basketball season, Head coaches, Coaching changes\nOn June 9, 2017, Butler head coach Chris Holtmann left to become the head coach at Ohio State. On June 12, the school hired Milwaukee head coach and Bulter alum LaVall Jordan as head coach.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 51], "section_span": [53, 83], "content_span": [84, 273]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274800-0007-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Big East Conference men's basketball season, Preseason, Preseason poll\nPrior to the season, the Big East conducted a poll of Big East coaches, coaches do not place their own team on their ballots.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 51], "section_span": [53, 78], "content_span": [79, 204]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274800-0008-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Big East Conference men's basketball season, Regular season, Conference matrix\nThis table summarizes the head-to-head results between teams in conference play.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 51], "section_span": [53, 86], "content_span": [87, 167]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274800-0009-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Big East Conference men's basketball season, Regular season, Player of the week\nThroughout the season, the Big East Conference named a player of the week and a freshman of the week each Monday.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 51], "section_span": [53, 87], "content_span": [88, 201]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274800-0010-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Big East Conference men's basketball season, Postseason, NCAA Tournament\nThe winner of the Big East Tournament, Villanova, received the conference's automatic bid to the 2018 NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Tournament.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 51], "section_span": [53, 80], "content_span": [81, 227]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274801-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Big Ten Conference men's basketball season\nThe 2017\u201318 Big Ten men's basketball season began with practices in October 2017, followed by the start of the 2017\u201318 NCAA Division I men's basketball season in November. The 2018 Big Ten Tournament was held at Madison Square Garden in New York. Due to the Big East's use of that venue for the 2018 Big East Tournament, the Big Ten Tournament took place one week earlier than usual, ending the week before Selection Sunday. As a result, the conference season began on December 1, 2017 and concluded on February 25, 2018. Each team played one road game and one home conference game in the first week of December. With a win over Wisconsin on February 25, 2018, Michigan State clinched the outright Big Ten championship, their eighth under Tom Izzo.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 50], "section_span": [50, 50], "content_span": [51, 799]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274801-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Big Ten Conference men's basketball season\nThe Big Ten Tournament was held from February 28 through March 4, 2018 at Madison Square Garden. Michigan defeated Purdue to win its second consecutive tournament. As a result, the Wolverines received the conference's automatic bid to the NCAA Tournament. Four Big Ten schools (Michigan, Michigan State, Ohio State, and Purdue) were invited to the NCAA Tournament, the fewest Big Ten teams selected for the Tournament since 2008. Michigan was the National Runner-up, losing to Villanova in the NCAA championship game. Nebraska and Penn State received invitations to the National Invitation Tournament. Penn State won the NIT championship.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 50], "section_span": [50, 50], "content_span": [51, 689]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274801-0002-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Big Ten Conference men's basketball season\nOhio State forward Keita Bates-Diop was named Big Ten Player of the Year. Ohio State head coach Chris Holtmann was named Big Ten Coach of the Year. Bates-Diop and Michigan State forward Miles Bridges were consensus All-Americans, while Purdue guard Carsen Edwards earned second and third team All-American recognition. Edwards won the Jerry West Award.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 50], "section_span": [50, 50], "content_span": [51, 403]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274801-0003-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Big Ten Conference men's basketball season\nThe season also marked the last time the conference played an 18-game conference schedule. The 2018\u201319 season marked the first time in Big Ten history that the teams will play a 20-game conference schedule.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 50], "section_span": [50, 50], "content_span": [51, 257]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274801-0004-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Big Ten Conference men's basketball season, Head coaches, Coaching changes\nOn March 11, 2017, Illinois fired head coach John Groce. On March 18, the school hired Brad Underwood as the new head coach.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 50], "section_span": [52, 82], "content_span": [83, 207]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274801-0005-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Big Ten Conference men's basketball season, Head coaches, Coaching changes\nOn March 16, 2017, Indiana fired Tom Crean after nine years as head coach. On March 25, 2017, the school hired Archie Miller as head coach.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 50], "section_span": [52, 82], "content_span": [83, 222]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274801-0006-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Big Ten Conference men's basketball season, Head coaches, Coaching changes\nOn June 5, 2017, Ohio State announced that head coach Thad Matta would not return as head coach after 13 years in Columbus. On June 9, the school hired Chris Holtmann as head coach.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 50], "section_span": [52, 82], "content_span": [83, 264]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274801-0007-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Big Ten Conference men's basketball season, Preseason, Preseason All-Big Ten\nPrior to the conference's annual media day, unofficial awards and a poll were chosen by a panel of 28 writers, two for each team in the conference. Michigan State was a unanimous selection to win the conference, receiving all 28 votes. The Spartans' Miles Bridges was also a unanimous selection for Preseason Player of the Year.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 50], "section_span": [52, 84], "content_span": [85, 413]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274801-0008-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Big Ten Conference men's basketball season, Preseason, Preseason All-Big Ten, Preseason All-Big Ten\nOn October 19, 2017, a panel of conference media selected a 10-member preseason All-Big Ten Team and Player of the Year.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 50], "section_span": [52, 107], "content_span": [108, 228]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274801-0009-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Big Ten Conference men's basketball season, Regular season, Player of the week\nThroughout the conference regular season, the Big Ten offices named one or two players of the week and one or two freshmen of the week each Monday.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 50], "section_span": [52, 86], "content_span": [87, 234]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274801-0010-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Big Ten Conference men's basketball season, Regular season, Early season tournaments\nEleven of the 14 Big Ten teams participated in early season tournaments. Each team's finish is noted below. Illinois, Indiana, and Rutgers did not participate in a tournament. Eight Big Ten teams participated in the Gavitt Tip-Off Games against Big East Conference teams for the third consecutive year. All Big Ten teams participated in the ACC\u2013Big Ten Challenge against Atlantic Coast Conference teams, the 19th year for the event.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 50], "section_span": [52, 92], "content_span": [93, 525]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274801-0011-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Big Ten Conference men's basketball season, Regular season, Conference matrix\nThis table summarizes the head-to-head results between teams in conference play. Each team played 18 conference games, and at least one game against each opponent.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 50], "section_span": [52, 85], "content_span": [86, 249]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274801-0012-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Big Ten Conference men's basketball season, Honors and awards\nOn January 9, 2018, Keita Bates-Diop was recognized as the Oscar Robertson National Player of the Week by the United States Basketball Writers Association. On January 15, Purdue was named NCAA.com team of the Week. On February 26, Carsen Edwards was named NCAA.com National Player of the Week.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 50], "section_span": [52, 69], "content_span": [70, 363]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274801-0013-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Big Ten Conference men's basketball season, Honors and awards, All-Big Ten awards and teams\nOn February 26, 2018, the Big Ten announced most of its conference awards.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 50], "section_span": [52, 99], "content_span": [100, 174]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274801-0014-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Big Ten Conference men's basketball season, Honors and awards, USBWA\nOn March 6, the U.S. Basketball Writers Association released its 2017\u201318 Men's All-District Teams, based upon voting from its national membership. There were nine regions from coast to coast, and a player and coach of the year were selected in each. The following lists all the Big Ten representatives selected within their respective regions.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 50], "section_span": [52, 76], "content_span": [77, 420]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274801-0015-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Big Ten Conference men's basketball season, Honors and awards, NABC\nThe National Association of Basketball Coaches announced their Division\u00a0I All-District teams on March 13, recognizing the nation's best men's collegiate basketball student-athletes. Selected and voted on by member coaches of the NABC, the selections on this list were then eligible for NABC Coaches' All-America Honors. The following list represented the District 7 players chosen to the list.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 50], "section_span": [52, 75], "content_span": [76, 469]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274801-0016-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Big Ten Conference men's basketball season, Honors and awards, Other awards\nKeita Bates-Diop (1st team), Miles Bridges (2nd team) were selected as consensus 2018 All-American and Carsen Edwards earned several All- American recognitions. Edwards won the Jerry West Award.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 50], "section_span": [52, 83], "content_span": [84, 279]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274801-0017-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Big Ten Conference men's basketball season, Postseason, NCAA Tournament\nThe winner of the Big Ten Tournament, Michigan, received the conference's automatic bid to the 2018 NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Tournament.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 50], "section_span": [52, 79], "content_span": [80, 224]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274801-0018-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Big Ten Conference men's basketball season, Postseason, National Invitation Tournament\nTwo Big Ten teams received invitations to the National Invitation Tournament: Nebraska and Penn State. Penn State won the championship.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 50], "section_span": [52, 94], "content_span": [95, 230]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274801-0019-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Big Ten Conference men's basketball season, 2018 NBA draft\nThe following All-Big Ten selections were listed as seniors: Ohio State's Jae'Sean Tate, Purdue's Vincent Edwards and Isaac Haas. Additionally, Michigan State's Miles Bridges and Jaren Jackson Jr. announced that they would enter the draft and sign with an agent. Penn State's Tony Carr also announced he would enter the draft and sign with and agent. Moritz Wagner hired an agent. Several other players announced that they would test the draft process, but did not hire an agent, including Wisconsin's Ethan Happ, Purdue's Carsen Edwards, Nebraska's James Palmer Jr., Michigan State's Nick Ward, Michigan's Charles Matthews, and Indiana's Juwan Morgan. These players all withdrew from the draft and returned to school.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 50], "section_span": [52, 66], "content_span": [67, 785]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274801-0020-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Big Ten Conference men's basketball season, 2018 NBA draft\nFour 2017\u201318 Big Ten Conference men's basketball season players were drafted in the first round of the 2018 draft (Jaren Jackson Jr. \u2014 4th, Bridges \u2014 12th, Kevin Huerter \u2014 19th, Wagner \u2014 25th) and eight were drafted overall in the draft (Justin Jackson \u2014 43rd, Bates-Diop \u2014 48th, Carr \u2014 51st, Edwards \u2014 52nd).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 50], "section_span": [52, 66], "content_span": [67, 376]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274802-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Binghamton Bearcats men's basketball team\nThe 2017\u201318 Binghamton Bearcats men's basketball team represented Binghamton University during the 2017\u201318 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Bearcats, led by sixth-year head coach Tommy Dempsey, played their home games at the Binghamton University Events Center as members of the America East Conference. They finished the season 11\u201320, 2\u201314 in America East play to finish in last place. They failed to qualify for the America East Tournament.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 49], "section_span": [49, 49], "content_span": [50, 504]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274802-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Binghamton Bearcats men's basketball team, Previous season\nThe Bearcats finished the 2016\u201317 season 12\u201320, 3\u201313 in America East play to finish in a tie for eighth place. They lost in the quarterfinals of the America East Tournament to Stony Brook.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 49], "section_span": [51, 66], "content_span": [67, 255]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274802-0002-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Binghamton Bearcats men's basketball team, Offseason, 2017 incoming recruits\nBinghamton did not have any incoming players in the 2017 recruiting class.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 49], "section_span": [51, 84], "content_span": [85, 159]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274802-0003-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Binghamton Bearcats men's basketball team, Preseason\nIn a poll by the conference\u2019s nine head coaches (who were not allowed to pick their own team) at the America East media day, the Bearcats were picked to finish in a tie for sixth place in the America East.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 49], "section_span": [51, 60], "content_span": [61, 266]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274803-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Binghamton Bearcats women's basketball team\nThe 2017\u201318 Binghamton Bearcats women's basketball team represented Binghamton University during the 2017\u201318 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Bearcats, led by fourth year head coach Linda Cimino, played their home games at Binghamton University Events Center as members of the America East Conference. They finished the season 20\u201312, 10\u20136 in the America East. They earned a bye through the quarterfinals in the conference tournament, where they lost to Hartford in overtime. They received an invitation to play in the 2018 WBI, beating Youngstown State before losing to Yale in the quarterfinals.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 51], "section_span": [51, 51], "content_span": [52, 662]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274803-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Binghamton Bearcats women's basketball team\nOn May 18, Cimino resigns to become a new head coach at St. Francis Brooklyn. She finished at Binghamton with a four year record of 51\u201372.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 51], "section_span": [51, 51], "content_span": [52, 190]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274803-0002-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Binghamton Bearcats women's basketball team, Media\nAll home games and conference road games will stream on either ESPN3 or AmericaEast.tv. Most road games will stream on the opponents website. All games will be broadcast on the radio on WNBF and .", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 51], "section_span": [53, 58], "content_span": [59, 255]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274804-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Birmingham City F.C. season\nThe 2017\u201318 season is Birmingham City Football Club's 115th season in the English football league system and seventh consecutive season in the second-tier Championship. For the second season running, they finished in 19th place after going into the final day still in danger of relegation. As with all English Football League clubs, the first team also competed in the FA Cup, in which they lost in a fourth-round replay to Huddersfield Town, and in the EFL Cup, from which they were eliminated by AFC Bournemouth in the second round.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [35, 35], "content_span": [36, 570]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274804-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Birmingham City F.C. season\nAfter a poor start to the season, with only one win from the first eight matches, and only two weeks after the close of the transfer window, during which he was allowed to bring in 13 new players, Harry Redknapp was sacked as manager. He was succeeded by Steve Cotterill, who was dismissed after five months, having failed to take the team clear of potential relegation. Garry Monk was appointed on 4 March to become Birmingham's fifth permanent manager in 15 months.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [35, 35], "content_span": [36, 503]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274804-0002-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Birmingham City F.C. season\nThirty-five players made at least one appearance in first-team competition, of whom five were loan signings; there were thirteen different goalscorers. Winger Jacques Maghoma appeared in 44 of the club's 51 fixtures over the season Che Adams was top scorer overall, with 9 goals in all competitions, and in league matches, Sam Gallagher top scored with just 6. The average league attendance, of 21,041, was some 12%\u00a0up on 2016\u201317.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [35, 35], "content_span": [36, 466]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274804-0003-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Birmingham City F.C. season\nThe season covers the period from 1 July 2017 to 30 June 2018.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [35, 35], "content_span": [36, 98]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274804-0004-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Birmingham City F.C. season, Background and pre-season\nHaving led the team to tenth-place finishes in the previous two seasons, with the team lying just outside the play-off positions, and two days after three new directors had joined the board, manager Gary Rowett and his backroom staff were sacked on 14 December 2016. Later that day, former West Ham United and Watford manager Gianfranco Zola was announced as Rowett's successor.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 62], "content_span": [63, 441]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274804-0004-0001", "contents": "2017\u201318 Birmingham City F.C. season, Background and pre-season\nAfter four months, during which the team won just twice and dropped to 20th place, three points outside the relegation zone with three matches remaining, Zola resigned, to be replaced by Harry Redknapp, initially to the end of the season. Needing to win their final match if Blackburn Rovers and Nottingham Forest both won their final fixture\u00a0\u2013 which they did\u00a0\u2013 Birmingham won 1\u20130 away to Bristol City to avoid relegation and finish in 19th place.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 62], "content_span": [63, 510]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274804-0005-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Birmingham City F.C. season, Background and pre-season\nThe club appointed Jeff Vetere as director of football, and Redknapp agreed to stay on as manager for another year. His backroom staff included Kevin Bond as assistant manager, Paul Groves as first-team coach, Kevin Hitchcock as goalkeeping coach, and former Birmingham player Lee Carsley as head professional development coach.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 62], "content_span": [63, 391]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274804-0005-0001", "contents": "2017\u201318 Birmingham City F.C. season, Background and pre-season\nSummer signings for 2017\u201318 included goalkeeper David Stockdale, whose part in Brighton & Hove Albion's promotion to the Premier League earned him selection for the PFA Championship Team of the Year, Barnsley's captain and centre back Marc Roberts, and midfielder Craig Gardner, whose loan from West Bromwich Albion was made permanent. Five attacking midfielders left: Kerim Frei returned to Turkey with S\u00fcper Lig runners-up \u0130stanbul Ba\u015fak\u015fehir, Greg Stewart, Andrew Shinnie and Diego Fabbrini left on season-long loans, and Viv Solomon-Otabor left on loan until January.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 62], "content_span": [63, 634]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274804-0006-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Birmingham City F.C. season, Background and pre-season\nThe home kit consists of a blue shirt with white trim at the neck and white stripes down the side seams, white shorts with blue trim and blue stripes down the side seams, and blue socks with white trim at the turnover. The away kit reverses the colours of the home kit. The kits are supplied by Adidas and bear the logo of the club's principal sponsor, online bookmaker 888sport.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 62], "content_span": [63, 442]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274804-0007-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Birmingham City F.C. season, Background and pre-season\nAfter a training camp in Stegersbach, Austria, during which they played friendly matches against German second-tier club 1. FC Union Berlin and Hapoel Ironi Kiryat Shmona of the Israeli Premier League, Birmingham City's first-team pre-season programme continued with visits to Oxford United and Kidderminster Harriers and a home fixture against Swansea City.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 62], "content_span": [63, 421]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274804-0008-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Birmingham City F.C. season, Month-by-month season review, August\nBirmingham City opened their 2017\u201318 EFL Championship season away to Ipswich Town, without injured striker Lukas Jutkiewicz, unsettled centre-back Ryan Shotton, and club captain Paul Robinson, who was serving the final instalment of a three-match ban. The team lined up in a 4\u20134\u20132 formation with David Stockdale in goal, Emilio Nsue and Jonathan Grounds at full back, Michael Morrison (captain) and Marc Roberts at centre back, Cheikh Ndoye alongside Craig Gardner in central midfield, David Davis and Jacques Maghoma as wide midfielders, and Che Adams and Clayton Donaldson in the forward line.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 73], "content_span": [74, 669]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274804-0008-0001", "contents": "2017\u201318 Birmingham City F.C. season, Month-by-month season review, August\nBirmingham had the better of the first half, but early in the second, Ipswich were \"perhaps fortunate\" that Jordan Spence was not sent off for a professional foul on Donaldson and promptly broke forward for Joe Garner to score the only goal of the match. Without centre-back Aden Flint, a transfer target for Birmingham, Bristol City took the lead in the second minute of their visit to St Andrew's; Gardner equalised after half an hour.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 73], "content_span": [74, 511]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274804-0008-0002", "contents": "2017\u201318 Birmingham City F.C. season, Month-by-month season review, August\nDavis, who was suffering from a virus, and the injured Grounds were replaced at half-time by Maikel Kieftenbeld and Robinson; 15 minutes later, Adams' hamstring injury gave winger David Cotterill a first league appearance for Birmingham since January. Maghoma \"displayed a brilliant piece of individual finishing\", and despite Kieftenbeld's sending off for a mistimed tackle\u00a0\u2013 which was rescinded on appeal\u00a0\u2013 the ten men held on for the win.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 73], "content_span": [74, 515]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274804-0009-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Birmingham City F.C. season, Month-by-month season review, August\nA goalless draw with Bolton Wanderers at St Andrew's was marked by the inclusion of Ryan Shotton, despite a reportedly imminent transfer to Middlesbrough, first in the matchday squad and then on the field after Morrison suffered a facial injury, and a \"quiet\" debut for former Luton Town striker Isaac Vassell. Redknapp said afterwards that he couldn't claim to have enjoyed the match, that \"it was almost the same team which struggled to stay up last season and that is a big worry\", and if the club failed to sign some quality players it would be \"another tough season\".", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 73], "content_span": [74, 646]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274804-0009-0001", "contents": "2017\u201318 Birmingham City F.C. season, Month-by-month season review, August\nWearing a mask to protect his broken nose and damaged cheekbone, Morrison started the televised visit to Burton Albion and Shotton, whose wife had recently given birth, was left out entirely. Donaldson's cross was knocked down by Jutkiewicz for Maghoma to tap in against his former club, but after the break, Birmingham conceded two well-worked goals to lose to Burton for the third time in three attempts.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 73], "content_span": [74, 480]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274804-0009-0002", "contents": "2017\u201318 Birmingham City F.C. season, Month-by-month season review, August\nRedknapp was vitriolic afterwards, accusing the players of having \"ruined Zola last year\", of failing to \"win any battles\", criticising \"four or five of them\" for disappearing, and stating that what he needs \"is to change a lot of them because that's not good enough.\" Before the next fixture, three loanees arrived from Premier League clubs: inexperienced full-back Cohen Bramall and England international defender Carl Jenkinson, both from Arsenal, and Southampton striker Sam Gallagher. All three started at home to Reading. Jenkinson dislocated his shoulder after half an hour, and a 2\u20130 defeat left Birmingham 20th in the table going into the international break.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 73], "content_span": [74, 742]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274804-0010-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Birmingham City F.C. season, Month-by-month season review, August\nSix more players joined before the transfer window closed: centre-back Harlee Dean, full-back Maxime Colin and\u00a0\u2013 for a club record fee\u00a0\u2013 Spanish winger Jota, all from Brentford, free-agent midfielder Jason Lowe, late of Blackburn Rovers, and two young loanee midfielders, Everton's Liam Walsh and J\u00e9r\u00e9mie Boga, who made his Premier League debut for Chelsea early in the season. An attempt to sign former Arsenal midfielder Alex Song from Rubin Kazan fell through. Robert Tesche and Cheick Keita left the club on season-long loans.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 73], "content_span": [74, 604]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274804-0010-0001", "contents": "2017\u201318 Birmingham City F.C. season, Month-by-month season review, August\nIn permanent departures, Shotton completed his move to Middlesbrough, Donaldson joined Sheffield United, and, after bids for midfield partner Davis were rejected, Kieftenbeld was reported to have signed for Derby County. However, the league refused to ratify the transfer because of problems with the documentation. After the window closed, the club issued a statement talking up the financial contribution made by the owners to support the manager: \"Blues have undergone a major transformation, with the owners showing the ambition and providing resources to help create an exciting, new-look side under Redknapp\".", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 73], "content_span": [74, 689]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274804-0011-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Birmingham City F.C. season, Month-by-month season review, September\nSeptember began with three more hamstring injuries, to Adams, Jota and Lowe, and three successive defeats\u00a0\u2013 away to Norwich City with six debutants in the starting eleven, away to Leeds United, a result that took the hosts top of the table, and at home to Preston North End, which left Birmingham 23rd in the table. Just hours after the match, the board issued a statement:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 76], "content_span": [77, 450]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274804-0012-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Birmingham City F.C. season, Month-by-month season review, September\nRedknapp said that, despite the frustrations of the amount of injuries and by the failure to sign some of his primary transfer targets, he was enjoying his work, believed he would have brought success to the club, and was disappointed that he was given no more than a week with the new players to prove it.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 76], "content_span": [77, 383]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274804-0013-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Birmingham City F.C. season, Month-by-month season review, September\nUnder the caretaker management of development coach and former Birmingham midfielder Lee Carsley, and despite a wrist injury to Stockdale that was expected to keep him out for some weeks, the losing streak ended after a 1\u20131 draw with Gary Rowett's Derby County; they took a second-half lead via Jutkiewicz's first touch, but could not hold on to the lead. At home to Sheffield Wednesday, Vassell's first goal for Birmingham gave them their second win of the season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 76], "content_span": [77, 542]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274804-0013-0001", "contents": "2017\u201318 Birmingham City F.C. season, Month-by-month season review, September\nOn 29 September, Steve Cotterill, who worked with Redknapp in the final three games of the 2016\u201317 season, signed a two-and-a-half-year contract as Birmingham's fourth permanent manager in ten months. He watched Carsley oversee Hull City end a five-match winless run by beating Birmingham 6\u20131\u00a0\u2013 Gallagher's stoppage-time goal was his first for the club\u00a0\u2013 before formally taking charge on 2 October.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 76], "content_span": [77, 475]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274804-0014-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Birmingham City F.C. season, Month-by-month season review, October\nCotterill began his tenure with a home fixture against top-of-the-table Cardiff City. Ahead of the match, he commented that the large size of the squad made it \"awkward\" to omit players whose training performances would normally justify their inclusion on matchday. He made several changes to the team, recalling Kieftenbeld\u00a0\u2013 for the first time since his transfer to Derby fell through\u00a0\u2013 Grounds, Roberts and Adams, and naming Vassell as a lone striker in a 4\u20132\u20133\u20131 formation with Ndoye in the middle of the three.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 74], "content_span": [75, 590]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274804-0014-0001", "contents": "2017\u201318 Birmingham City F.C. season, Month-by-month season review, October\nAfter Adams gave the team a 19th-minute lead \"with a low, right-foot shot after a superb mazy run\", they had chances to extend their advantage against a Cardiff team that had no shots on target. In contrast, what Cotterill described as a tentative start to the televised visit to Millwall allowed the hosts to gain and keep the advantage in a 2\u20130 win. The final October fixture was the Second City derby at home to Aston Villa.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 74], "content_span": [75, 502]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274804-0014-0002", "contents": "2017\u201318 Birmingham City F.C. season, Month-by-month season review, October\nIn a misguided attempt to boost the atmosphere inside the stadium, the club distributed cardboard \"clappers\" in the home fans' areas; unsurprisingly, they were thrown onto the pitch during the match. The resulting controversy, which included Daily Mail columnist Martin Samuel advocating closure of the ground, overshadowed an entertaining but goalless draw in which both teams had chances\u00a0\u2013 Jota shot over the bar when clean through with only the goalkeeper to beat\u00a0\u2013 and both sets of fans united in applause in support of the victims of the 1974 Birmingham pub bombings. The month ended with confirmation that Isaac Vassell had ruptured a cruciate ligament during the Villa match and was unlikely to be back before the end of the season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 74], "content_span": [75, 814]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274804-0015-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Birmingham City F.C. season, Month-by-month season review, November\nFour points from a possible fifteen during November established Birmingham in and around 21st place in the table. They scored only twice. Adams' early goal and \"a succession of fine saves\" by Kuszczak gave Birmingham a home win against Nottingham Forest, and away to Sheffield United, a corner was cleared to Boga who took a couple of steps forward before \"thumping a curling effort\" past the goalkeeper from outside the penalty area; the hosts equalised in the second half to restrict Birmingham to just their second away point of the season. Three 2\u20130 defeats completed the league return: at home to Brentford and away to Barnsley and Middlesbrough.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 75], "content_span": [76, 727]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274804-0016-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Birmingham City F.C. season, Month-by-month season review, December\nThree defeats by the odd goal, in the second of which, in front of more than 4000 travelling supporters at Fulham, Boga hit a 75th-minute penalty well over the bar, left Birmingham bottom of the table. Cotterill received a vote of confidence from the directors before the visit to Sunderland, in which Gallagher opened the scoring and was then sent off for two yellow cards, and Birmingham's determined defending with ten men earned them a draw.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 75], "content_span": [76, 521]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274804-0016-0001", "contents": "2017\u201318 Birmingham City F.C. season, Month-by-month season review, December\nThe point left them still bottom, three points adrift of safety; as the Birmingham Mail pointed out, for the past eight seasons, the team bottom of the Championship at Christmas had been relegated. With only Jutkiewicz of the senior strikers available for the visit of Norwich City, Birmingham conceded in each half and failed to score. In the final fixture of 2017, at home to fifth-placed Leeds United, Maghoma's late goal gave Birmingham their first win in eight matches. With relegation rivals Bolton and Sunderland both winning and Burton Albion drawing, Birmingham remained at the foot of the table going into the transfer window.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 75], "content_span": [76, 712]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274804-0017-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Birmingham City F.C. season, Month-by-month season review, January\nThe new year began with another win, away to Reading. Maghoma opened the scoring, continuing a run of form that the local paper was to describe as \"the best football of his Blues career\", and Gallagher's fourth goal for the club gave Birmingham a 2\u20130 win. Cotterill thought his team were improving: \"We are learning, we are fitter, we are more organised and we are settled now.\" Two opponents were booked for bad fouls on Maghoma and Grounds hit the post twice at home to Derby County, but the visitors won 3\u20130.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 74], "content_span": [75, 586]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274804-0017-0001", "contents": "2017\u201318 Birmingham City F.C. season, Month-by-month season review, January\nMaghoma's assist for Gallagher allowed Birmingham to earn a draw at Preston North End, and another assist, this time for Boga's header, contributed to a 3\u20131 victory at home to relegation rivals Sunderland before an injury forced his substitution; the third goal was Gallagher's fifth in seven league matches. January's results earned Cotterill a nomination for the EFL Championship Manager of the Month award: according to the rationale, \"never has his ebullience and self-confidence been more fiercely tested. Seven points from four games to move out of the bottom three say that he is winning the battle.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 74], "content_span": [75, 682]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274804-0018-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Birmingham City F.C. season, Month-by-month season review, January\nCotterill said that Birmingham's approach to the January transfer window would be \"strategic\": they would not be paying over the odds, and would be interested in loans. He went into the transfer window \"close to landing two new additions\", but three weeks later, after releasing David Cotterill and selling Nsue to APOEL FC, he was discussing more outgoings and the implications of Financial Fair Play. By the time the window closed, Stephen Gleeson had left for Ipswich, Che Adams had not left, Kieftenbeld and Grounds had signed contract extensions\u00a0\u2013 Maghoma would do the same a few days later\u00a0\u2013 but there were no additions.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 74], "content_span": [75, 701]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274804-0019-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Birmingham City F.C. season, Month-by-month season review, February\u2013March\nDespite Maghoma's absence, the winning run continued at Sheffield Wednesday\u00a0\u2013 who had two men sent off\u00a0\u2013 via Davis's second goal in consecutive matches and Jota's first goals for the club. Jonathan Grounds, the team's only senior left back, suffered a badly torn medial knee ligament during the match and was expected to be out for the rest of the season. Going into the visit to Aston Villa, the mood was positive, but the hosts extended their winning streak to seven league matches with a 2\u20130 result. Cotterill's \"hope that this was a one-off\" proved unfounded.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 81], "content_span": [82, 645]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274804-0019-0001", "contents": "2017\u201318 Birmingham City F.C. season, Month-by-month season review, February\u2013March\nWith a midfield weakened by the absence of Kieftenbeld, serving a two-match ban for accumulated yellow cards, and Davis injured, Birmingham lost the next three matches, conceding eight goals and scoring none. The results included a 5\u20130 defeat at Brentford, and a 2\u20130 loss at home to Barnsley, during which Cotterill was given a police escort off the field and objects including a plastic bottle were thrown at him. He spoke of the players \"look[ing] frightened to play at home\".", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 81], "content_span": [82, 560]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274804-0020-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Birmingham City F.C. season, Month-by-month season review, February\u2013March\nDuring the following week, the parent company released their accounts for the six months ending December 2017: they showed a loss of \u00a317.8\u00a0million loss\u00a0\u2013 more than in the previous twelve months. Holding company chairman Zhao Wenqing flew to England for talks. Cotterill outlined the past two months from his viewpoint, and described Zhao as \"incredibly supportive\".", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 81], "content_span": [82, 447]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274804-0020-0001", "contents": "2017\u201318 Birmingham City F.C. season, Month-by-month season review, February\u2013March\nA fifth successive defeat, by 2\u20131 at Nottingham Forest on 3 March, preceded the dismissal that same day of not only Cotterill, but also the coaching staff and senior sports science staff inherited from previous incumbents, as well as director of football Jeff Vetere. The board's statement expressed \"great regret and sadness\" at the decision, and commended Cotterill's professionalism, work ethic and honesty.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 81], "content_span": [82, 492]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274804-0021-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Birmingham City F.C. season, Month-by-month season review, February\u2013March\nThe Daily Telegraph reported that \"Birmingham's transfer activity was allegedly disrupted by an ongoing row between two key figures in the boardroom, leaving Cotterill unable to make any additions\", that chief executive Xuandong Ren's position was in doubt, and that agent Darren Dein, who held a consultancy role with the owners, had been \"marginalised\". Channel 5's Football on 5 pundit Chris Iwelumo commented on the adverse effects of lack of communication between the club's ownership and its other stakeholders, and felt that a new manager might face the same problems as his predecessors if the infrastructure remained unchanged.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 81], "content_span": [82, 718]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274804-0021-0001", "contents": "2017\u201318 Birmingham City F.C. season, Month-by-month season review, February\u2013March\nThe Birmingham Mail's Brian Dick recognised that \"Cotterill had a little more than half a season to effect the positive change Blues are so desperate to see but unfortunately for him it proved too difficult\", but noted that \"many of the problems and strategic issues that have blighted three previous managers remain. One can only wonder if Harry Houdini could succeed where Harry Redknapp\u00a0\u2013 and now Steve Cotterill have come up short.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 81], "content_span": [82, 518]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274804-0022-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Birmingham City F.C. season, Month-by-month season review, February\u2013March\nThe next evening, Birmingham appointed former Swansea City, Leeds United and Middlesbrough manager Garry Monk on a three-and-a-half-year contract as their fifth permanent manager in fifteen months. He was accompanied by members of the backroom staff that had worked with him at some or all of his previous clubs: Pep Clotet as assistant manager, James Beattie (first-team coach), Darryl Flahavan (goalkeeping coach), Sean Rush (head of performance) and Ryan Needs (head of analysis).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 81], "content_span": [82, 565]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274804-0023-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Birmingham City F.C. season, Month-by-month season review, March\u2013May\nMonk's first fixture was at home to Middlesbrough, the club from which he was sacked in December. He made two team changes, restoring Jota to the starting eleven after a month out of it and giving Jutkiewicz a first league start of 2018. Although they lost 1\u20130, the victory putting Middlesbrough back in the playoff positions, Monk's post-match interview highlighted the positives: \"I thought we limited their threats very well, so from a defensive point of [view] we were very, very good.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 76], "content_span": [77, 566]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274804-0023-0001", "contents": "2017\u201318 Birmingham City F.C. season, Month-by-month season review, March\u2013May\nWhen the goal went in I was very pleased with the commitment, the attitude and the passion the players showed today along with a passionate crowd.\" Away to Cardiff City, Birmingham were 3\u20130 down by half-time. Monk brought Roberts on for Jenkinson, and the team brought the score back to 3\u20132, but still finished with their eighth consecutive defeat. In the last match before the international break, played in a snowstorm, Birmingham finally broke the losing streak by beating Hull City 3\u20130. Monk gave academy product Wes Harding a league debut at right back, chosen ahead of more experienced players because his pace and tenacity would better counteract the threat from Hull's wingers.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 76], "content_span": [77, 762]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274804-0024-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Birmingham City F.C. season, Month-by-month season review, March\u2013May\nBirmingham beat Ipswich Town 1\u20130 courtesy of Jota's penalty. BBC Sport remarked that \"The most noticeable difference since Monk's appointment has been the greater influence of Spanish forward Jota, who struggled for goals following his club-record move from Brentford in August, but has been pivotal in Blues' successive wins either side of the international break.\" Nearly 5,000 fans travelled to Bolton Wanderers on a Tuesday night to see Jutkiewicz's first league goal in six months give Birmingham another 1\u20130 win.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 76], "content_span": [77, 595]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274804-0024-0001", "contents": "2017\u201318 Birmingham City F.C. season, Month-by-month season review, March\u2013May\nHe also scored in the next two matches but the team gained only one point, through his late equaliser at home to Burton Albion, and a 2\u20130 defeat away to already-promoted Wolverhampton Wanderers in which Dean was sent off, left them two points above the relegation places with three matches remaining.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 76], "content_span": [77, 377]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274804-0025-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Birmingham City F.C. season, Month-by-month season review, March\u2013May\nSheffield United's Mark Duffy approached the visit to his former club with the intention of scoring and proving some of its fans wrong. He duly scored after just seven minutes, but his extravagant celebration antagonised the home supporters and disappointed his manager; Birmingham went on to win 2\u20131. A defeat at Queens Park Rangers, after which Monk said the pressure of avoiding relegation had affected the players so that they showed fear, meant that for the second successive season their fate would be decided on the last day of the season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 76], "content_span": [77, 623]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274804-0025-0001", "contents": "2017\u201318 Birmingham City F.C. season, Month-by-month season review, March\u2013May\nAt home to Fulham, who were on a 23-match unbeaten run and needed to win to have a chance of automatic promotion, Birmingham's performance belied their standing as the division's lowest scorers as they completed a 3\u20131 win. According to Monk, they produced \"what the fans want to see. They want to see commitment and fight and then, on top of that, they want to see some quality, and we had that.\" They finished in 19th place, the same as in 2016\u201317, but with seven points fewer.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 76], "content_span": [77, 555]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274804-0026-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Birmingham City F.C. season, Championship, Match results\nGeneral source: Match content not verifiable from these sources is referenced individually.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 64], "content_span": [65, 156]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274804-0027-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Birmingham City F.C. season, FA Cup\nAs with all clubs in the top two divisions, Birmingham entered the FA Cup in the third round. Drawn at home to fellow Championship club Burton Albion, Birmingham went through 1\u20130 in a \"scrappy\" match after Sam Gallagher ran onto Jacques Maghoma's cross to score his fourth goal in five matches. For the fourth-round tie, both Birmingham and their hosts, Premier League club Huddersfield Town, made seven changes, Cotterill also switching to three at the back with Cohen Bramall and Carl Jenkinson, recently returned to fitness, at wing-back. The match ended 1\u20131 after Lukas Jutkiewicz took advantage of a defensive mistake to equalise. He also had a header disallowed for what was reported as a \"dubious\" offside decision, and Huddersfield's Joe Lolley should have won the match in stoppage time.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 43], "content_span": [44, 840]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274804-0028-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Birmingham City F.C. season, FA Cup\nWith a televised home tie against Manchester United and associated \u00a3247,000 broadcast fee at stake for the winners, Huddersfield fielded a stronger side for the replay, while Birmingham again made seven changes, playing three at the back and omitting David Davis and Maikel Kieftenbeld\u00a0\u2013 both one yellow card short of a suspension\u00a0\u2013 from the midfield ahead of the weekend's Second City derby. Che Adams opened the scoring for Birmingham after 52 minutes, but the visitors equalised after Tom Ince's shot was parried and Marc Roberts put the ball into his own net while trying to clear.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 43], "content_span": [44, 629]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274804-0028-0001", "contents": "2017\u201318 Birmingham City F.C. season, FA Cup\nIn the first few minutes of extra time, Huddersfield took a 3\u20131 lead against tiring opponents, and the match finished as a 4\u20131 defeat. Use of a fourth substitute during extra time of an FA Cup tie, trialled in the later rounds of the 2016\u201317 edition, was permitted from the first round in 2017\u201318. The 18-year-old midfielder Charlie Lakin became the first Birmingham player to be used under that arrangement when he made his senior debut, replacing Jason Lowe with 20 minutes left.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 43], "content_span": [44, 525]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274804-0029-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Birmingham City F.C. season, EFL Cup\nIn the first round of the EFL Cup, Birmingham were drawn at home to Crawley Town of League Two. They had little difficulty beating a Crawley side with nine changes from their preceding league match: Che Adams scored his first senior hat-trick, and goals from David Davis and Robert Tesche gave Birmingham a 5\u20131 win. In the second round, at home to Premier League club AFC Bournemouth, Birmingham lined up in a 3\u20135\u20132 formation and gave a debut to loanee Cohen Bramall at left wing-back and a first start to Isaac Vassell.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 44], "content_span": [45, 565]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274804-0029-0001", "contents": "2017\u201318 Birmingham City F.C. season, EFL Cup\nThey had the better of the first half, and took the lead after 11 minutes when Jonathan Grounds headed a corner down to the unmarked Maikel Kieftenbeld who tapped in. After Vassell beat defenders for pace, turned the goalkeeper and rolled the ball towards goal, Tyrone Mings was able to get back to clear. Vassell was replaced through injury at half-time, Bournemouth equalised a minute later, the momentum switched, and a defensive lapse allowed Mark Pugh to score the winner after 68 minutes.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 44], "content_span": [45, 539]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274805-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Blackburn Rovers F.C. season\nThe 2017\u201318 season was Blackburn Rovers' 130th season as a professional football club and its first playing in the League One following its relegation from the Championship the previous season. Along with competing in the League One, the club also participated in the FA Cup, EFL Cup and EFL Trophy. Thanks to a 0\u20131 win against Doncaster Rovers on 24 April, Blackburn were promoted to the Championship. The season covers the period from 1 July 2017 to 30 June 2018.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [36, 36], "content_span": [37, 502]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274805-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Blackburn Rovers F.C. season, Summer Activity, May\nOn 8 May Rovers announced Paul Senior has resigned from his role as Director of Football & Operations.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 58], "content_span": [59, 161]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274805-0002-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Blackburn Rovers F.C. season, Summer Activity, May\nOn 16 May Rovers owners Venky's have brought in accountancy firms Deloitte and KPMG to carry out an overview of the club.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 58], "content_span": [59, 180]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274805-0003-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Blackburn Rovers F.C. season, Summer Activity, May\nOn 18 May Rovers announced their retained list: Adam Henley, Gordon Greer, Jason Lowe, Hope Akpan, Danny Guthrie, Wes Brown, Ramirez Howarth and Joshua Askew have not been offered further terms. The following academy scholars will not be retained: Ben Ascroft, Alex Curran, Mason Fawns, Callum Hendry, Matthew Makinson, Tre Pemberton, Joel Steer and Ben Williams with non-contracted player Joshua Powell also released.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 58], "content_span": [59, 477]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274805-0004-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Blackburn Rovers F.C. season, Summer Activity, May\nThe club also announced that new contract offers had been made to Connor Mahoney and Lewis Travis. Whilst professional contract offers have been made to youngsters Charley Doyle, Joe Grayson, Tyler Magloire and Stefan Mols.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 58], "content_span": [59, 282]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274805-0005-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Blackburn Rovers F.C. season, Summer Activity, June\nOn 2 June Rovers announced Mark Venus had joined as the club's Assistant Manager.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 59], "content_span": [60, 141]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274805-0006-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Blackburn Rovers F.C. season, Summer Activity, June\nOn 8 June Rovers confirmed Tony Mowbray's backroom staff after the appointment of Mark Venus, David Lowe will take up the role as first team coach, David Dunn will revert to his role as assistant coach of the under 23s & Ben Benson will remain as goalkeeping coach.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 59], "content_span": [60, 325]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274805-0007-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Blackburn Rovers F.C. season, Summer Activity, June\nOn 9 June Rovers announced Tony Mowbray has committed his long-term future to the club signing a new 2-year contract with the option of a further 12 months.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 59], "content_span": [60, 216]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274805-0008-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Blackburn Rovers F.C. season, Summer Activity, June\nOn 13 June Rovers announced the signing of midfielder Peter Whittingham on a free from Cardiff City. The 32-year-old, became manager Tony Mowbray's first signing, putting pen-to-paper on a two-year deal at Ewood Park, which runs through to the summer of 2019.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 59], "content_span": [60, 319]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274805-0009-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Blackburn Rovers F.C. season, Summer Activity, June\nOn 14 June Rovers announced promising young defender Lewis Travis has signed a new 1-year deal.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 59], "content_span": [60, 155]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274805-0010-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Blackburn Rovers F.C. season, Summer Activity, June\nOn 16 June Rovers were drawn against Coventry City at the Ricoh Arena in First Round of the EFL Cup, Tony Mowbray old club.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 59], "content_span": [60, 183]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274805-0011-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Blackburn Rovers F.C. season, Summer Activity, June\nOn 17 June Rovers announced three of Rovers rising stars midfielders Joe Grayson and Stefan Mols and defender Charley Doyle had all signed their first professional contracts, signing two-year deals.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 59], "content_span": [60, 258]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274805-0012-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Blackburn Rovers F.C. season, Summer Activity, June\nOn 20 June Rovers announced the signing of midfielder Richie Smallwood on a free from Rotherham United, putting pen-to-paper on a two-year deal with the option of a further year.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 59], "content_span": [60, 238]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274805-0013-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Blackburn Rovers F.C. season, Summer Activity, June\nOn 26 June Rovers announced that another rising star, defender Tyler Magloire, has signed his first professional contract, signing a two-year deal.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 59], "content_span": [60, 207]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274805-0014-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Blackburn Rovers F.C. season, Summer Activity, June\nOn 26 June Rovers announced that first team coach David Lowe has pledged his commitment to the club by putting pen-to-paper on a new long-term contract.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 59], "content_span": [60, 212]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274805-0015-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Blackburn Rovers F.C. season, Summer Activity, June\nOn 27 June Rovers announced the signing of attacking midfielder Bradley Dack from Gillingham for a reported \u00a3750,000 plus add-ons, on a 3-year deal.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 59], "content_span": [60, 209]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274805-0016-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Blackburn Rovers F.C. season, Summer Activity, June\nOn 28 June Rovers announced the signing of midfielder Ben Gladwin from Queens Park Rangers for an undisclosed fee, on a 2-year deal.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 59], "content_span": [60, 193]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274805-0017-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Blackburn Rovers F.C. season, Summer Activity, July\nOn 4 July Bournemouth announced the signing of midfielder Connor Mahoney on a 4-year deal after rejecting a new contract at Rovers, compensation to be agreed.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 59], "content_span": [60, 218]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274805-0018-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Blackburn Rovers F.C. season, Summer Activity, July\nOn 11 July Rovers announced that Eric Kinder has left his position as the club's Head of Academy.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 59], "content_span": [60, 157]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274805-0019-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Blackburn Rovers F.C. season, Summer Activity, July\nOn 18 July Rovers announced rising stars will continue to compete at the highest level of youth football after the club confirmed it will remain a Category One Academy.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 59], "content_span": [60, 228]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274805-0020-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Blackburn Rovers F.C. season, Summer Activity, July\nOn 18 July Burton Albion announced the signing of midfielder Hope Akpan on a 1-year deal following his release from Rovers.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 59], "content_span": [60, 183]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274805-0021-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Blackburn Rovers F.C. season, Summer Activity, July\nOn 19 July Rovers announced the signing of striker Dominic Samuel from Reading for an undisclosed fee, on a 3-year deal.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 59], "content_span": [60, 181]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274805-0022-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Blackburn Rovers F.C. season, Summer Activity, July\nOn 20 July Rovers announced the signing of defender Paul Caddis following a successful trial at the club on a 2-year deal, he was a free agent following his release from Bury.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 59], "content_span": [60, 235]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274805-0023-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Blackburn Rovers F.C. season, Summer Activity, July\nOn 21 July Rovers announced the departure of striker Anthony Stokes by mutual consent.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 59], "content_span": [60, 146]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274805-0024-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Blackburn Rovers F.C. season, Summer Activity, July\nOn 21 July Rovers announced that defender Ryan Nyambe had signed a new long term contract, signing a 3-year deal, with the option of a further 12 months.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 59], "content_span": [60, 213]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274805-0025-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Blackburn Rovers F.C. season, Summer Activity, July\nOn 22 July Rovers announced the signing of striker Joe Nuttall following a successful trial scoring 5 goals in 2 games for the u23s, on a 12-month deal with option of a further 12 months, he was a free agent following his release from Aberdeen.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 59], "content_span": [60, 304]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274805-0026-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Blackburn Rovers F.C. season, Summer Activity, July\nOn 24 July Rovers announced the appointment of Stuart Jones as Head of Academy, he joined as the Academy as Head of Education in 2011, before moving up to the role of Head of Academy Operations four years later.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 59], "content_span": [60, 271]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274805-0027-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Blackburn Rovers F.C. season, Summer Activity, July\nOn 26 July Rovers announced Jason Steele has joined Sunderland for an undisclosed fee.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 59], "content_span": [60, 146]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274805-0028-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Blackburn Rovers F.C. season, Summer Activity, July\nOn 31 July Kilmarnock announced the signing of defender Gordon Greer following his release from Rovers.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 59], "content_span": [60, 163]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274805-0029-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Blackburn Rovers F.C. season, Summer Activity, July\nOn 31 July Rovers announced Goalkeeping Coach Ben Benson has signed a new long term deal at the club.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 59], "content_span": [60, 161]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274805-0030-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Blackburn Rovers F.C. season, Summer Activity, August\nOn 2 August Rovers announced the signing of Canadian International Goalkeeper Jayson Leutwiler from Shrewsbury Town on a 2-year deal for an undisclosed fee.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 61], "content_span": [62, 218]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274805-0031-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Blackburn Rovers F.C. season, Summer Activity, August\nOn 2 August Hibernian announced the signing of striker Anthony Stokes on a 2-year deal following his release from Rovers.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 61], "content_span": [62, 183]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274805-0032-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Blackburn Rovers F.C. season, Summer Activity, August\nOn 4 August Rovers announced the signing of midfielder Harry Chapman on loan for the season from Middlesbrough.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 61], "content_span": [62, 173]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274805-0033-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Blackburn Rovers F.C. season, Summer Activity, August\nOn 11 August Rovers announced the signing of forward Marcus Antonsson on loan for the season from Leeds United.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 61], "content_span": [62, 173]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274805-0034-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Blackburn Rovers F.C. season, Summer Activity, August\nOn 14 August Rovers announced the appointment of Tony Carss as the academy's Head of Coaching.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 61], "content_span": [62, 156]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274805-0035-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Blackburn Rovers F.C. season, Summer Activity, August\nOn 15 August Kerala Blasters announced the signing of Wes Brown for the upcoming Indian Super League season, following his release from Rovers.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 61], "content_span": [62, 205]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274805-0036-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Blackburn Rovers F.C. season, Summer Activity, August\nOn 31 August Birmingham City announced the signing of Jason Lowe on a 12-month contract following his release from Rovers.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 61], "content_span": [62, 184]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274805-0037-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Blackburn Rovers F.C. season, Summer Activity, August\nOn 31 August Rovers announced the signings of midfielder Rekeem Harper on loan for the season from West Brom, defender Sam Hart from Liverpool on a 2-year deal for an Undisclosed fee and defender Paul Downing on loan for a season from Milton Keynes Dons. It was also announced that midfielder Liam Feeney has gone out on loan to Cardiff City until 1 January 2018.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 61], "content_span": [62, 426]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274805-0038-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Blackburn Rovers F.C. season, Summer Activity, September\nOn 11 September Rovers announced that defender Scott Wharton had signed a new 3-year contract.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 64], "content_span": [65, 159]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274805-0039-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Blackburn Rovers F.C. season, Summer Activity, October\nOn 5 October Rovers announced that striker Daniel Butterworth had signed his 1st professional contract, a 2-year deal.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 62], "content_span": [63, 181]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274805-0040-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Blackburn Rovers F.C. season, Summer Activity, October\nOn 5 October Rovers announced that midfielder Elliott Bennett had signed a new 2-year contract.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 62], "content_span": [63, 158]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274805-0041-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Blackburn Rovers F.C. season, Summer Activity, November\nOn 3 November Rovers announced that midfielder Willem Tomlinson had signed a new & extended contract until 2019.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 63], "content_span": [64, 176]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274805-0042-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Blackburn Rovers F.C. season, Summer Activity, November\nOn 13 November Rovers announced that goalkeeper Andy Fisher had signed a new & extended contract until 2019.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 63], "content_span": [64, 172]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274805-0043-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Blackburn Rovers F.C. season, Summer Activity, November\nOn 28 November Rovers announced that midfielder Lewis Hardcastle had signed a new & extended 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United.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 62], "content_span": [63, 194]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274805-0050-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Blackburn Rovers F.C. season, Winter Activity, January\nOn 16 January Rovers announced that attacking midfielder Jack Payne has joined on loan for the remainder of the season from Huddersfield Town.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 62], "content_span": [63, 205]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274805-0051-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Blackburn Rovers F.C. season, Winter Activity, January\nOn 17 January Rovers announced that defender Sam Hart has joined Rochdale on loan for the remainder of the season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 62], "content_span": [63, 177]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274805-0052-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Blackburn Rovers F.C. season, Winter Activity, January\nOn 18 January Rovers announced that striker Joe Nuttall has signed a new 3 a half year deal, until 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remainder of the season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 62], "content_span": [63, 191]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274805-0056-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Blackburn Rovers F.C. season, Winter Activity, January\nOn 31 January Rovers announced that the club has agreed to terminate the contract of young midfielder Connor Thomson by mutual consent, young center-back Scott Wharton has joined Lincoln City on loan until the end of the season, academy midfielder Callum Wright has joined Leicester City for an undisclosed fee.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 62], "content_span": [63, 374]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274805-0057-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Blackburn Rovers F.C. season, Winter Activity, February\nOn 1 February Rovers announced that goalkeeper David Raya has signed a new 3 a half year deal, until 2021.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 63], "content_span": [64, 170]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274805-0058-0000", 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233]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274805-0061-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Blackburn Rovers F.C. season, Winter Activity, February\nOn 16 February Rovers announced that defender Hayden Carter had signed his 1st professional contract, until 2020.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 63], "content_span": [64, 177]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274805-0062-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Blackburn Rovers F.C. season, Winter Activity, February\nOn 14 February Rovers announced the signing of goalkeeper Oliver Byrne who was recently with Cardiff City on a 1 and half year contract & will link up with the u23s squad.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 63], "content_span": [64, 235]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274805-0063-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Blackburn Rovers F.C. season, Winter Activity, February\nOn 22 February Rovers announced that defender Jack Doyle has joined Derry City on loan for the remainder of the season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], 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"section_span": [38, 60], "content_span": [61, 178]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274805-0067-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Blackburn Rovers F.C. season, Winter Activity, April\nOn 3 April Rovers trio David Raya, Charlie Mulgrew & Bradley Dack have all been included in the EFL League One Team of the Year.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 60], "content_span": [61, 189]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274805-0068-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Blackburn Rovers F.C. season, Winter Activity, April\nOn 15 April Rovers star Bradley Dack has been named as the League One Player of the Year.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 60], "content_span": [61, 150]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274805-0069-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Blackburn Rovers F.C. season, Winter Activity, April\nOn 18 April Rovers players Bradley Dack, Charlie Mulgrew, Danny Graham & Amari'i Bell were announced in the PFA League One Team of the Year.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 60], "content_span": [61, 201]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274805-0070-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Blackburn Rovers F.C. season, Winter Activity, April\nOn 20 April Rovers U23 were crowned champions of the Premier League 2 Division 2.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 60], "content_span": [61, 142]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274805-0071-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Blackburn Rovers F.C. season, Winter Activity, April\nOn 24 April Rovers won promotion back to the Championship, following a 1\u20130 at Doncaster Rovers.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 60], "content_span": [61, 156]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274805-0072-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Blackburn Rovers F.C. season, Winter Activity, May\nOn 5 May Rovers announced Bradley Dack as the Player of the Season, he also won Goal of the Season with his goal against Peterborough.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 58], "content_span": [59, 193]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274805-0073-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Blackburn Rovers F.C. season, Winter Activity, May\nOn 7 May Rovers held their end of season awards the winners follow:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 58], "content_span": [59, 126]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274805-0074-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Blackburn Rovers F.C. season, Winter Activity, May\nYoung Player \u2013 David Raya,Players\u2019 Player \u2013 Charlie Mulgrew,Best Newcomer \u2013 Richie Smallwood,Unsung Hero \u2013 Elliott Bennett,Man of the Match (Seasonal) \u2013 Bradley Dack,Goal of the Season \u2013 Bradley Dack,Player of the Year \u2013 Bradley Dack,Special Achievement \u2013 Tony Mowbray.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 58], "content_span": [59, 328]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274805-0075-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Blackburn Rovers F.C. season, Pre-Season Friendlies\nAs of 17 June 2017, Blackburn Rovers have announced six pre-season friendlies against Barrow, Morecambe, Grimsby Town, York City, Carlisle United and Sparta Prague.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 59], "content_span": [60, 224]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274805-0076-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Blackburn Rovers F.C. season, EFL Cup\nThe first round draw of the EFL Cup took place on 16 June 2017 and Blackburn Rovers were drawn away to Coventry City. A home tie against Burnley was confirmed for the second round.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 45], "content_span": [46, 226]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274805-0077-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Blackburn Rovers F.C. season, FA Cup\nIn the FA Cup, Blackburn Rovers would face Barnet at home in the first round and Crewe Alexandra at home in the second round.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 44], "content_span": [45, 170]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274805-0078-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Blackburn Rovers F.C. season, EFL Trophy\nThe first round fixtures of the EFL Trophy (named Checkatrade Trophy for sponsorship reasons) are scheduled for week commencing Monday 28 August.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 48], "content_span": [49, 194]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274805-0079-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Blackburn Rovers F.C. season, EFL Trophy\nBlackburn entered the competition at the first round group stage and were drawn against Bury, Rochdale and Stoke City u23s in Northern Group C.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 48], "content_span": [49, 192]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274805-0080-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Blackburn Rovers F.C. season, Transfers, Summer, Transfers out\nTotal incoming: +/- ~\u00a3 \u00a3425,000 + further Undisclosed fee's ( * Connor Mahoney transfer fee \u00a3425,000 as determined by tribunal including additional add on fee's \u2013 ** Jason Steele transfer Undisclosed, however estimated to be around \u00a3560,000 with add ons.)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 70], "content_span": [71, 326]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274806-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Blackpool F.C. season\nThe 2017\u201318 season was Blackpool F.C. 's 109th season in the Football League, and their first season back in League One following promotion from the 2016\u201317 Football League Two Play-Offs, against Exeter. Along with competing in League One, the club also participated in the FA Cup, League Cup and Football League Trophy.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [29, 29], "content_span": [30, 350]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274806-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Blackpool F.C. season\nThe season covers the period from 1 July 2017 to 30 June 2018.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [29, 29], "content_span": [30, 92]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274806-0002-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Blackpool F.C. season, Competitions, Friendlies\nAs of 1 June 2017, Blackpool have announced five pre-season friendlies against Southport, Macclesfield Town, Salford City, Radcliffe Borough and Chorley.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 55], "content_span": [56, 209]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274806-0003-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Blackpool F.C. season, Competitions, FA Cup\nOn 16 October 2017, Blackpool were drawn at away to Boreham Wood for the first round.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 51], "content_span": [52, 137]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274806-0004-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Blackpool F.C. season, Competitions, EFL Cup\nOn 16 June 2017, Blackpool were drawn away to Wigan Athletic in the first round.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 52], "content_span": [53, 133]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274806-0005-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Blackpool F.C. season, Competitions, EFL Trophy\nOn 12 July 2017, the group stage draw was completed with Blackpool facing Wigan Athletic, Accrington Stanley and Middlesbrough U23s in Northern Group B. After winning their group, Blackpool were drawn at home to Mansfield Town in the second round. A third round away trip against Shrewsbury Town was next on the cards for the Seasiders.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 55], "content_span": [56, 392]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274807-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Blackwater Elite season\nThe 2017\u201318 Blackwater Elite season was the 4th season of the franchise in the Philippine Basketball Association (PBA).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [31, 31], "content_span": [32, 151]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274808-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Bobsleigh World Cup\nThe 2017\u201318 Bobsleigh World Cup was a multi-race series over a season for bobsleigh. The season started on 9 November 2017 in Lake Placid, USA and ended on 21 January 2018 in K\u00f6nigssee, Germany. The World Cup is organised by the IBSF (formerly the FIBT) who also run World Cups and Championships in skeleton. The season was sponsored by BMW.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [27, 27], "content_span": [28, 369]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274809-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Boise State Broncos men's basketball team\nThe 2017\u201318 Boise State Broncos men's basketball team represented Boise State University during the 2017\u201318 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Broncos, led by eighth-year head coach Leon Rice, played their home games at Taco Bell Arena as a member of the Mountain West Conference. They finished the season 23\u20139, 13\u20135 in Mountain West play to finish in second place. They lost in the quarterfinals of the Mountain West Tournament to Utah State. They received an invitation to the National Invitation Tournament where they lost in the First Round to Washington.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 49], "section_span": [49, 49], "content_span": [50, 619]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274809-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Boise State Broncos men's basketball team, Previous season\nThe Broncos finished the season 20\u201312, 12\u20136 in Mountain West play to finish in third place. They lost in the quarterfinals of the Mountain West Tournament to San Diego State. They received an invitation to the National Invitation Tournament where they defeated Utah in the First Round before losing in the Second Round to Illinois.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 49], "section_span": [51, 66], "content_span": [67, 398]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274809-0002-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Boise State Broncos men's basketball team, Preseason\nIn a vote by conference media at the Mountain West media day, the Broncos were picked to finish in third place in the Mountain West. Senior guard Chandler Hutchison was named the preseason All-Mountain West Player of the Year.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 49], "section_span": [51, 60], "content_span": [61, 287]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274809-0003-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Boise State Broncos men's basketball team, Schedule and results\n* Non-conference game. #Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Mountain Time", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 49], "section_span": [51, 71], "content_span": [72, 189]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274810-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Boise State Broncos women's basketball team\nThe 2017\u201318 Boise State Broncos women's basketball team represents Boise State University during the 2017\u201318 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Broncos, led by 13th-year head coach Gordy Presnell, play their home games at Taco Bell Arena as a member of the Mountain West Conference. They finished the season 23\u201310, 14\u20134 in Mountain West play to win the Mountain West regular season title with UNLV. They were also champions of the Mountain West Women's Tournament and earn an automatic trip to the NCAA Women's Tournament where they lost in the first round to Louisville.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 51], "section_span": [51, 51], "content_span": [52, 635]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274811-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Bologna F.C. 1909 season\nThe 2017\u201318 season was Bologna Football Club 1909's third season back in Serie A, after the club's relegation at the end of the 2013\u201314 season. The club competed in Serie A, finishing 15th, and in the Coppa Italia, where they were eliminated in the third round by Serie B side Cittadella.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [32, 32], "content_span": [33, 321]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274811-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Bologna F.C. 1909 season, Players, Squad information\nNote: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 60], "content_span": [61, 189]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274812-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Bolton Wanderers F.C. season\nThe 2017\u201318 season is Bolton Wanderers's first season back in the second tier of English football following their immediate return from EFL League One. The season covered the period from 1 July 2017 to 30 June 2018.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [36, 36], "content_span": [37, 252]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274812-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Bolton Wanderers F.C. season, Pre-season\nOn 9 May 2017 the club announced that they would host Stoke City on 29 July, a week before their league campaign commences. Two days later, Reece Wabara, Liam Trotter, Lewis Buxton, Tom Walker and Will J\u00e4\u00e4skel\u00e4inen were all confirmed to be leaving the club at the end of their contracts on 30 June, with Conor Wilkinson being allowed to speak to other clubs. The next week five of the club's young players, including Alex Samizadeh and Jack Earing who had previously played for the first team, were offered third year scholarships.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 48], "content_span": [49, 580]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274812-0001-0001", "contents": "2017\u201318 Bolton Wanderers F.C. season, Pre-season\nOn 19 May, a second pre season friendly was announced against National League North side Stockport County on 25 July. Later the same day they confirmed that Lawrie Wilson, Dean Moxey and Mark Davies would also be leaving the club at the end of their contracts. On 24 May, the club confirmed that Jem Karacan had signed a one-year deal, with an option for a further year, keeping him at the club until at least June 2018. A day later Andrew Taylor, who had spent the previous season on loan at the club, joined on a permanent basis on a free transfer from Wigan Athletic on a two-year deal.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 48], "content_span": [49, 638]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274812-0002-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Bolton Wanderers F.C. season, Pre-season\n26 May saw the club announce more pre-season fixtures. They would travel to Chorley on 8 July and then Fleetwood Town on 22 July. Meanwhile, a Bolton XI would play West Didsbury & Chorlton, Atherton Collieries, F.C. United of Manchester and Marine. The game against West Didsbury & Chorlton was later postponed to a later date. Four days later a fifth match, this one at AFC Fylde, was added to the pre-season diary. Early the next morning the club confirmed that Gary Madine had signed a new two-year contract, keeping him at the club until 2019.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 48], "content_span": [49, 596]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274812-0003-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Bolton Wanderers F.C. season, Pre-season\nOn the first day of June the club announced that David Wheater had signed a new one-year contract with the option of an extension. Five days later, Adam Le Fondre was also signed up, this time on a two-year contract with the option of an extension. Dorian Dervite was the next to sign a new contract, agreeing a new one-year deal, with the option of an extension, on 9 June. A two-year shirt sponsorship deal with the bookmaker Betfred was announced on 12 June.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 48], "content_span": [49, 510]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274812-0003-0001", "contents": "2017\u201318 Bolton Wanderers F.C. season, Pre-season\nThe EFL retained and released list from 13 June confirmed that further players, including George Newell, had been released. Mark Little became the first new player to join the club when it was announced that he was joining from Bristol City on 16 June. On 20 June, Filipe Morais signed a one-year extension to his contract, keeping him at the club until June 2018. A further friendly, this time at Scottish League One side Arbroath on 11 July, was confirmed on 21 June.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 48], "content_span": [49, 518]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274812-0003-0002", "contents": "2017\u201318 Bolton Wanderers F.C. season, Pre-season\nMax Clayton became the first player to join a new club when it was confirmed on 22 June that he would be joining Blackpool at the expiration of his current contract. On 27 June, the same day that the squad returned to training, a second friendly in Scotland was announced, this time at Dundee on 14 July. 29 June saw forward Conor Wilkinson join Gillingham on a free transfer.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 48], "content_span": [49, 425]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274812-0004-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Bolton Wanderers F.C. season, Pre-season\nOn 3 July, the same day that the club confirmed that Jake Turner, Conor Hall and Jeff King had signed new contracts, Jamie Proctor left the club for Rotherham United for an undisclosed fee. Former Bradford City player Stephen Darby joined his former manager on 7 July on a free transfer. A day later the club confirmed that former captain Jay Spearing had left the club after failing to agree a new contract.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 48], "content_span": [49, 457]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274812-0005-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Bolton Wanderers F.C. season, Pre-season\nPre -season kicked off on 8 July with Bolton meeting Chorley for the Howard Taylor Memorial Trophy. With two separate teams starting both halves, the first half team fell behind to two quick goals but the second half team rallied, with two goals from Harry Brockbank and a Ryan White effort sealing the win. Three days later the club commenced their two-game Scottish tour with a 2\u20131 win at Arbroath, Adam Le Fondre and Connor Hall scoring either side of an Arbroath penalty.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 48], "content_span": [49, 524]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274812-0005-0001", "contents": "2017\u201318 Bolton Wanderers F.C. season, Pre-season\nThey followed this with the same result at Dundee, Gary Madine and Josh Vela giving them a two-goal cushion in the first half. This was on the same day that Sammy Ameobi signed for the club on a permanent basis following his loan the previous season after his release by Newcastle United and Alex Samizadeh leaving to join Kilmarnock. Bolton secured their first loan signing of the season on 17 July when Adam Armstrong joined from Newcastle United until January.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 48], "content_span": [49, 512]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274812-0006-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Bolton Wanderers F.C. season, Competitions, EFL Championship, Matches\nOn 21 June 2017 the fixtures for the forthcoming season were announced. Bolton started the season at home to Leeds United on 6 August and will finish at home to Nottingham Forest on 6 May 2018.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 77], "content_span": [78, 271]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274812-0007-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Bolton Wanderers F.C. season, Competitions, FA Cup\nBolton will enter the competition at the third round stage alongside all other EFL Championship and Premier League sides. They were drawn at home to Premier League side Huddersfield Town in the third round.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 58], "content_span": [59, 265]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274812-0008-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Bolton Wanderers F.C. season, Competitions, EFL Cup\nBolton entered the competition at the first round stage and were drawn to play away at Crewe Alexandra in the first round. Falling behind in the first half, both Adam Armstrong and Derik scored their first goals for the club in the second half to send Bolton through to the second round where they were drawn at home against Sheffield Wednesday. Bolton raced to a 3\u20130 lead over their visitors with goals from Jem Karacan, Dorian Dervite and an Adam Armstrong penalty. Despite Jordan Rhodes scoring late twice for the visitors, and both managers being sent to the stands late in the game, Bolton progressed to the third round for the first time in three years, where they were drawn away at Premier League West Ham United.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 59], "content_span": [60, 781]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274813-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Bonaire League\nThe 2017\u201318 Bonaire League or known locally as the 2017\u201318 Kampionato is the 48th season of the Bonaire League, the top-tier football league in Bonaire. The regular season began on 19 November 2017, and the final was played on 26 August 2018.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [22, 22], "content_span": [23, 265]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274814-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Borussia Dortmund season\nThe 2017\u201318 Borussia Dortmund season was the 109th season in the football club's history and 42nd consecutive and 51st overall season in the top flight of German football, the Bundesliga, having been promoted from the 2. Bundesliga Nord in 1976.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [32, 32], "content_span": [33, 278]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274814-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Borussia Dortmund season\nIn addition to the domestic league, Borussia Dortmund also participated in this season's editions of the domestic cup, the DFB-Pokal, and the first-tier continental cup, the UEFA Champions League. Dortmund were the reigning DFB-Pokal champions, and therefore also participated in the German super cup, the DFL-Supercup. This was the 44th season for Dortmund in the Signal Iduna Park, located in Dortmund, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. The season covered a period from 1 July 2017 to 30 June 2018.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [32, 32], "content_span": [33, 532]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274814-0002-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Borussia Dortmund season, Players, Squad information\nNote: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 60], "content_span": [61, 189]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274815-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Borussia M\u00f6nchengladbach season\nThe 2017\u201318 Borussia M\u00f6nchengladbach season was the 118th season in the football club's history and 10th consecutive and 50th overall season in the top flight of German football, the Bundesliga, having been promoted from the 2. Bundesliga in 2008. In addition to the domestic league, Borussia M\u00f6nchengladbach also participated in this season's edition of the domestic cup, the DFB-Pokal. This was the 14th season for M\u00f6nchengladbach in the Borussia-Park, located in M\u00f6nchengladbach, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. The season covered a period from 1 July 2017 to 30 June 2018.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [39, 39], "content_span": [40, 617]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274815-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Borussia M\u00f6nchengladbach season, Players, Squad information\nNote: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 67], "content_span": [68, 196]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274816-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Bosnia and Herzegovina Football Cup\nThe 2017\u201318 Bosnia and Herzegovina Football Cup was the 22nd edition of Bosnia and Herzegovina's annual football cup, and the eighteenth season of the unified competition. The winner will qualify to the 2018\u201319 UEFA Europa League.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [43, 43], "content_span": [44, 274]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274816-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Bosnia and Herzegovina Football Cup, Format changes\nFrom this season on, Second round will be played over one leg instead of two. Also, if teams from different levels are paired in First round, team from lower league will host the match.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [45, 59], "content_span": [60, 245]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274816-0002-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Bosnia and Herzegovina Football Cup, Participating teams\nFollowing teams will take part in 2017\u201318 Bosnia and Herzegovina Football Cup.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [45, 64], "content_span": [65, 143]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274816-0003-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Bosnia and Herzegovina Football Cup, Participating teams\nRoman number in brackets denote the level of respective league in Bosnian football league system", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [45, 64], "content_span": [65, 161]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274816-0004-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Bosnia and Herzegovina Football Cup, Calendar\n1 Draw is held to determine what team will host leg 1 and what team will host leg 2.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [45, 53], "content_span": [54, 138]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274816-0005-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Bosnia and Herzegovina Football Cup, Quarter final\nFirst legs played on 22 and 30 November, return legs played on 29 November and 7 December", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [45, 58], "content_span": [59, 148]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274816-0006-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Bosnia and Herzegovina Football Cup, Semi final\nFirst legs played on 11 April, return legs played on 18 April", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [45, 55], "content_span": [56, 117]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274816-0007-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Bosnia and Herzegovina Football Cup, Final\nFirst leg played on May 2, return leg played on May 9", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [45, 50], "content_span": [51, 104]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274817-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Boston Bruins season\nThe 2017\u201318 Boston Bruins season was the 94th season for the National Hockey League franchise that was established on November 1, 1924.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [28, 28], "content_span": [29, 164]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274817-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Boston Bruins season, Schedule and results, Preseason\nThe Bruins announced their preseason schedule on June 1, 2017.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 61], "content_span": [62, 124]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274817-0002-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Boston Bruins season, Schedule and results, Preseason\nNotes: Game was played at Videotron Centre in Quebec City, Quebec.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 61], "content_span": [62, 128]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274817-0003-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Boston Bruins season, Schedule and results, Regular season\nThe Bruins' regular season schedule was made public on June 22, 2017.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 66], "content_span": [67, 136]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274817-0004-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Boston Bruins season, Schedule and results, Regular season\nLegend:\u00a0\u00a0Win (2 points)\u00a0\u00a0Loss (0 points)\u00a0\u00a0Overtime/shootout loss (1 point)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 66], "content_span": [67, 141]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274817-0005-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Boston Bruins season, Player statistics, Goaltenders\n\u2020Denotes player spent time with another team before joining the Bruins. Statistics reflect time with the Bruins only. \u2021Denotes player was traded mid-season. Statistics reflect time with the Bruins only. Bold/italics denotes franchise record.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 60], "content_span": [61, 302]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274817-0006-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Boston Bruins season, Transactions\nThe Bruins have been involved in the following transactions during the 2017\u201318 season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 42], "content_span": [43, 129]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274817-0007-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Boston Bruins season, Draft picks\nBelow are the Boston Bruins' selections at the 2017 NHL Entry Draft, which was held on June 23 and 24, 2017 at the United Center in Chicago.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 41], "content_span": [42, 182]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274818-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Boston Celtics season\nThe 2017\u201318 Boston Celtics season was the 72nd season of the franchise in the National Basketball Association (NBA). The Celtics originally acquired the number one pick of the NBA draft due to a previous trade involving the Brooklyn Nets, only to then trade it to the Philadelphia 76ers in exchange for two different draft picks. One of the picks would allow Boston to draft forward Jayson Tatum. Later, they acquired Gordon Hayward in free agency on July 7, 2017.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [29, 29], "content_span": [30, 494]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274818-0000-0001", "contents": "2017\u201318 Boston Celtics season\nThey would also acquire Kyrie Irving from the Cleveland Cavaliers via trade on August 22, 2017 in exchange for Ante \u017di\u017ei\u0107, Jae Crowder, All-Star point guard Isaiah Thomas, the Brooklyn Nets' unprotected first round pick in the 2018 NBA draft, and a 2020 second round pick, originally from the Miami Heat. The Celtics played the first game of the regular season on October 17, 2017, against the Cleveland Cavaliers.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [29, 29], "content_span": [30, 444]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274818-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Boston Celtics season\nThe team retired the number 34 in honor of former small forward Paul Pierce on February 11, 2018, following a game against the Cavaliers.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [29, 29], "content_span": [30, 167]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274818-0002-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Boston Celtics season\nIn the playoffs, the Celtics defeated the 7th seeded Milwaukee Bucks in the First Round in seven games, advancing to the Semifinals, where they faced the Philadelphia 76ers, winning in five games, advancing to the Conference Finals, where they faced the Cleveland Cavaliers in a rematch of last season's Eastern Conference Finals, in which the Cavaliers won 4\u20133.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [29, 29], "content_span": [30, 392]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274818-0002-0001", "contents": "2017\u201318 Boston Celtics season\nDespite losing both star acquisitions Gordon Hayward and Kyrie Irving before the playoffs began to season-ending injuries, the Celtics would make this series more hard-fought this time (each game ending with no larger than a deficit of 8 points), but lost in seven games to the Cavaliers, losing 79\u201387 at home in Game 7. It marks the first time since the 1987\u201388 season that the Celtics made two consecutive Conference Finals.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [29, 29], "content_span": [30, 456]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274818-0003-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Boston Celtics season, Draft picks\nDespite having the best record in the Eastern Conference the previous season, the Celtics would originally win the number one pick at the end of the year because they activated the right to swap their own first-round draft pick (which was pick number 27) with the Brooklyn Nets, who held the worst record of the entire NBA that same season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 42], "content_span": [43, 383]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274818-0003-0001", "contents": "2017\u201318 Boston Celtics season, Draft picks\n(The Nets struggled in part because of a previous, infamous trade with the Celtics, that swapped role players Jason Terry and D.J. White and superstars Kevin Garnett and Paul Pierce for other players and draft picks, including the right to swap first round picks in the 2017 NBA draft.)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 42], "content_span": [43, 329]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274818-0003-0002", "contents": "2017\u201318 Boston Celtics season, Draft picks\nHowever, on June 19, four days before the 2017 NBA draft commenced, the Celtics would trade that coveted pick to the Philadelphia 76ers in exchange for the third pick of the draft (which was projected to be a small forward in either Josh Jackson or Jayson Tatum by that point) and either the Sacramento Kings or Philadelphia 76ers' 2019 first round pick, depending on what happens in that year's draft.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 42], "content_span": [43, 445]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274818-0003-0003", "contents": "2017\u201318 Boston Celtics season, Draft picks\nOther than that, the Celtics also hold three second round draft picks, each of which were acquired by trades, while losing their own second round pick as an added piece of help for the Nets later on down the line. Their first second round pick was acquired from the Phoenix Suns back when it was considered a first round pick from the Minnesota Timberwolves in exchange for Brandan Wright.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 42], "content_span": [43, 432]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274818-0003-0004", "contents": "2017\u201318 Boston Celtics season, Draft picks\nThe next second round pick was had from the Cleveland Cavaliers alongside their 2016 second round pick and Keith Bogans in exchange for John Lucas III, Erik Murphy, Dwight Powell, Malcolm Thomas, and the protected rights of the Sacramento Kings' own second round picks from both 2015 and 2017. Finally, their last second round pick was acquired from the Los Angeles Clippers in a three-way trade with the Phoenix Suns, where Boston would acquire Shavlik Randolph again and a trade exception from the Suns, as well as both Chris Douglas-Roberts and a second round pick from the Clippers.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 42], "content_span": [43, 629]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274818-0004-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Boston Celtics season, Draft picks\nWith their top pick (and the one that Danny Ainge claimed would have taken as the number one pick instead of Markelle Fultz), the Boston Celtics selected a 19-year-old freshman, small forward Jayson Tatum, of Duke University. In his only season at Duke, Jayson averaged 16.8 points, 7.3 rebounds, 2.1 assists, 1.3 steals, and 1.1 blocks per game in over 29 games there, while also earning All-ACC Freshman Team and All-ACC Third Team honors throughout last season. Tatum would end the season as a near-unanimous NBA All-Rookie First Team member.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 42], "content_span": [43, 588]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274818-0004-0001", "contents": "2017\u201318 Boston Celtics season, Draft picks\nIn terms of their second round picks, the first one they took would be another small forward, this time being Semi Ojeleye, a transfer junior from Southern Methodist University (previously from Duke University as well). During his only year at Southern Methodist, Ojeleye helped lead the Mustangs to their second ever AAC Tournament victory by recording averages of 18.9 points and 6.8 rebounds per game there.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 42], "content_span": [43, 453]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274818-0004-0002", "contents": "2017\u201318 Boston Celtics season, Draft picks\nAs a result of his efforts, he became the AAC Tournament's MVP that year, as well as be named to the All-AAC First Team, the AAC Player of The Year, and was an honorable mention via the Associated Press for the NCAA All-American Team. For the second of Boston's three second round picks, at number 53, the Celtics selected senior shooting guard Kadeem Allen from University of Arizona.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 42], "content_span": [43, 428]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274818-0004-0003", "contents": "2017\u201318 Boston Celtics season, Draft picks\nIn his senior year at Arizona, he averaged 9.8 points and 4 rebounds per game, which would be enough for him to be named a member of the Pac-12 Second Team and Pac-12 Defensive Team. Finally, with their last second round pick at number 56, Boston chose another senior shooting guard, this time being Jabari Bird from the University of California. During his last season at California, Bird averaged 14.3 points and 4.3 rebounds for the Golden Bears, but he suffered a concussion during one of his last games there.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 42], "content_span": [43, 557]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274818-0004-0004", "contents": "2017\u201318 Boston Celtics season, Draft picks\nBoth Kadeem Allen and Jabari Bird would become the team's first ever players to sign two-way contracts with the team, meaning they get to split their playing time for at least this season between the Celtics and their NBA G League affiliate, the Maine Red Claws, with Maine holding them for the majority of this season as a result of the two-way contract's stipulations.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 42], "content_span": [43, 413]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274819-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Boston College Eagles men's basketball team\nThe 2017\u201318 Boston College Eagles men's basketball team represented Boston College during the 2017\u201318 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Eagles, led by fourth-year head coach Jim Christian, played their home games at the Conte Forum as members of the Atlantic Coast Conference. They finished the season 19\u201316, 7\u201311 in ACC play to finish in 12th place. In the ACC Tournament, they defeated Georgia Tech and NC State before losing in the quarterfinals to Clemson. They received an invitation to the National Invitation Tournament where they lost in the First Round to Western Kentucky.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 51], "section_span": [51, 51], "content_span": [52, 645]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274819-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Boston College Eagles men's basketball team, Previous season\nThe Eagles finished the 2016\u201317 season 9\u201323, 2\u201316 in ACC play to finish in last place. As the No. 15 seed in the ACC Tournament, they lost in the first round to Wake Forest.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 51], "section_span": [53, 68], "content_span": [69, 242]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274820-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Boston College Eagles men's ice hockey season\nThe 2017\u201318 Boston College Eagles men's ice hockey team represented Boston College in the 2017\u201318 NCAA Division I men's ice hockey season. The team was coached by Jerry York, '67, his twenty-fourth season behind the bench at Boston College. The Eagles played their home games at Kelley Rink on the campus of Boston College, competing in Hockey East.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 53], "section_span": [53, 53], "content_span": [54, 403]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274820-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Boston College Eagles men's ice hockey season\nThe Eagles competed in two mid-season tournaments during the 2017\u201318 season, the first of which took place during the holiday break, where the Eagles made the trip to the T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas, Nevada for the inaugural Ice Vegas Invitational on January 5 and 6. The Eagles fell 4\u20133 to the Michigan Tech Huskies in the opening round, and officially tied the Northern Michigan Wildcats in the consolation round by a score of 3\u20133, with the Wildcats winning the unofficial shootout to take third place.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 53], "section_span": [53, 53], "content_span": [54, 558]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274820-0001-0001", "contents": "2017\u201318 Boston College Eagles men's ice hockey season\nFor their second tournament of the season, the Eagles played in the 66th Annual Beanpot Tournament at the TD Garden in Boston, Massachusetts on February 5 and 12. Boston College faced Northeastern in the opening round, losing 3\u20130, and fell 5\u20134 in overtime to Harvard in the consolation game, finishing fourth place for the second consecutive year.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 53], "section_span": [53, 53], "content_span": [54, 401]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274820-0002-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Boston College Eagles men's ice hockey season\nThe Eagles finished the season 20-14-3, and 18-6-0 in conference play, winning the conference regular season title. They advanced to the Semifinals of the Hockey East tournament, where they were beaten by eventual champions Boston University. The Eagles, having failed to secure an auto-bid by virtue of winning the Hockey East tournament, did not attend the NCAA Tournament for the second straight year.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 53], "section_span": [53, 53], "content_span": [54, 458]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274820-0003-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Boston College Eagles men's ice hockey season, Previous season recap\nThe Eagles entered the 2017\u201318 season following a semi-disappointing year. While attaining a share of the Hockey East regular season title with their strong 21\u201315\u20134 record, they missed out on participating in the NCAA Tournament for the first time since 2009 after falling in the Hockey East Tournament championship to UMass Lowell. Additionally, they failed to secure any mid-season tournament title, placing third in the Ice Breaker Tournament and Three Rivers Classic, and placing fourth in the Beanpot tournament.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 53], "section_span": [55, 76], "content_span": [77, 594]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274820-0004-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Boston College Eagles men's ice hockey season, Departures\nOne Underclassmen left the program early to sign with their drafted teams in the NHL:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 53], "section_span": [55, 65], "content_span": [66, 151]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274820-0005-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Boston College Eagles men's ice hockey season, Recruiting\nBoston College adds six freshmen and one graduate transfer for the 2017\u201318 season: five forwards, and two defensemen.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 53], "section_span": [55, 65], "content_span": [66, 183]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274821-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Boston College Eagles women's basketball team\nThe 2017\u201318 Boston College Eagles women's basketball team represents Boston College during the 2017\u201318 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Eagles, were led by sixth year head coach Erik Johnson. They play their home games at the Conte Forum and were members of the Atlantic Coast Conference. They finished the season 7\u201323, 2\u201314 in ACC play in a tie for thirteenth place. They lost in the first round of the ACC Women's Tournament to Pittsburgh.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 53], "section_span": [53, 53], "content_span": [54, 509]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274821-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Boston College Eagles women's basketball team\nOn March 1, head coach Erik Johnson resigns. He finished at Boston College with a six-year record of 68\u2013115. On April 10, Boston College hired former Albany head coach Joanna Bernabei-McNamee to be the next head coach for Boston College.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 53], "section_span": [53, 53], "content_span": [54, 291]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274821-0002-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Boston College Eagles women's basketball team, Previous season\nThey finished the season 9\u201321, 2\u201314 in ACC play to finish in last place. They lost in the first round of the ACC Women's Tournament to Georgia Tech.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 53], "section_span": [55, 70], "content_span": [71, 219]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274821-0003-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Boston College Eagles women's basketball team, 2016\u201317 media, Boston College IMG Sports Network Affiliates\nSelect BC games, mostly home games and conference road games, will be broadcast on . BC Game notes and stories will continue to be posted through their athletic website and on Twitter by following @bc_wbb.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 53], "section_span": [55, 114], "content_span": [115, 320]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274822-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Boston College Eagles women's ice hockey season\nThe Boston College Eagles represent Boston College in Women's Hockey East Association play during the 2017\u201318 NCAA Division I women's ice hockey season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 55], "section_span": [55, 55], "content_span": [56, 208]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274823-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Boston University Terriers men's basketball team\nThe 2017\u201318 Boston University Terriers men's basketball team represented Boston University during the 2017\u201318 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Terriers, led by seventh-year head coach Joe Jones, played their home games at Case Gym as members of the Patriot League. They finished the season 15\u201316, 10\u20138 in Patriot League play to finish in fifth place. In the Patriot League Tournament, they defeated Lehigh in the quarterfinals before losing to Bucknell in the semifinals.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 56], "section_span": [56, 56], "content_span": [57, 540]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274823-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Boston University Terriers men's basketball team, Previous season\nThe Terriers finished the 2016\u201317 season 18\u201314, 12\u20136 in Patriot League play to finish in a tie for second place. As the No. 2 seed in the Patriot League Tournament, they defeated Loyola (MD) in the quarterfinals before losing to Lehigh in double overtime in the semifinals.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 56], "section_span": [58, 73], "content_span": [74, 347]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274824-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Boston University Terriers women's basketball team\nThe 2017\u201318 Boston University Terriers women's basketball team represents Boston University during the 2017\u201318 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Terries, led by fourth year head coach Katy Steding, play their home games at Case Gym and were members of the Patriot League. They finished the season 10\u201319, 5\u201313 in Patriot League play to finish in ninth place. They lost in the first round of the Patriot League Women's Tournament to Lafayette.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 58], "section_span": [58, 58], "content_span": [59, 513]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274824-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Boston University Terriers women's basketball team\nOn March 13, head coach Katy Steding was fired. She finished at Boston University with four year record of 31\u201388.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 58], "section_span": [58, 58], "content_span": [59, 172]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274824-0002-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Boston University Terriers women's basketball team, Previous season\nThey finished the season 13\u201317, 11\u20137 in Patriot League play to finish in a tie for fourth place. They lost in the quarterfinals of the Patriot League Women's Tournament to American.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 58], "section_span": [60, 75], "content_span": [76, 257]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274825-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Boston University Terriers women's ice hockey season\nThe Boston University Terriers represent Boston University in Women's Hockey East Association during the 2017\u201318 NCAA Division I women's ice hockey season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 60], "section_span": [60, 60], "content_span": [61, 216]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274826-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Botola\nThe 2017\u201318 Botola, also known as Botola Maroc Telecom for sponsorship reasons, is the 61st season of the Premier League and the 7th under its new format of Moroccan Pro League, the top Moroccan professional league for association football clubs, since its establishment in 1956. The season started on 8 September 2017 and ended on 21 May 2018.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 14], "section_span": [14, 14], "content_span": [15, 359]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274826-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Botola\nWydad Athletic Club came into the season as defending champions of the 2016\u201317 season. Rapide Oued Zem and Racing de Casablanca entered as the two promoted teams from the 2016\u201317 GNF 2.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 14], "section_span": [14, 14], "content_span": [15, 200]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274826-0002-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Botola\nOn May 12th 2018, Ittihad Tanger won the Botola Pro after a 2-1 victory against Moghreb T\u00e9touan. The IR Tanger club won the championship for the first time after being runner-up to the title in 1989-90 season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 14], "section_span": [14, 14], "content_span": [15, 224]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274826-0003-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Botola, Annual awards\nThe UMFP (Union Marocaine des Footballeurs Professionnels), in partnership with the Royal Moroccan Football Federation, organized the Night of Stars Award, which celebrated the brilliants of the Botola Pro for the 2017/18 season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 14], "section_span": [16, 29], "content_span": [30, 259]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274827-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Botola 2\nThe 2017-2018 GNF2 was the 56th season of Botola 2, the second division of the Moroccan football league.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [16, 16], "content_span": [17, 121]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274828-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Botswana First Division North\nThe 2017-18 Botswana First Division North was the 53rd season of the Botswana First Division North football league since its inception in 1966. It was played from August to May. BR Highlanders were crowned champions.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [37, 37], "content_span": [38, 254]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274829-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Botswana First Division South\nThe 2017-18 Botswana First Division South was the 53rd season of the Botswana First Division South since its inception in 1966. It was played from August to May. Notwane were crowned champions.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [37, 37], "content_span": [38, 231]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274830-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Botswana Premier League\nThe 2017\u201318 Botswana Premier League is the 53rd season of the Botswana Premier League, the top-tier football league in Botswana, since its establishment in 1966. The season started on 23 September 2017 and finished on 23 May 2018.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [31, 31], "content_span": [32, 262]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274830-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Botswana Premier League, Team summaries, Promotion and relegation\nNico United, Green Lovers F.C., and Mahalapye Hotspurs were relegated from the 2016\u201317 Botswana Premier League. They were replaced by three teams promoted from the Botswana First Division, the winners of the Northern group TAFIC F.C., the winners of the Southern group Sharps Shooting Stars, and playoff winners Uniao Flamengo Santos.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 73], "content_span": [74, 408]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274831-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Bowling Green Falcons men's basketball team\nThe 2017\u201318 Bowling Green Falcons men's basketball team represents Bowling Green State University during the 2017\u201318 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Falcons, led by third-year head coach Michael Huger, play their home games at the Stroh Center as members of the East Division of the Mid-American Conference.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 51], "section_span": [51, 51], "content_span": [52, 372]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274831-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Bowling Green Falcons men's basketball team, Previous season\nThe Falcons finished the 2016\u201317 season 13\u201319, 7\u201311 in MAC play to finish in a tie for eighth place. As the No. 10 seed in the MAC Tournament, they lost in the first round to Toledo.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 51], "section_span": [53, 68], "content_span": [69, 251]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274832-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Bowling Green Falcons women's basketball team\nThe 2017\u201318 Bowling Green Falcons women's basketball team represents Bowling Green State University during the 2017\u201318 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Falcons, led by sixth year head coach Jennifer Roos, play their home games at the Stroh Center as members of the East Division of the Mid-American Conference. They finished the season 11\u201319, 3\u201315 in MAC play to finish in a tie for last place in the East Division. They lost in the first round of the MAC Women's Tournament to Western Michigan.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 53], "section_span": [53, 53], "content_span": [54, 563]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274832-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Bowling Green Falcons women's basketball team\nOn March 8, Jennifer Roos was fired. She finished at Bowling Green with a six year record of 92\u201397. On April 3, the school hired Robyn Fralick to be the next head coach at Bowling Green.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 53], "section_span": [53, 53], "content_span": [54, 240]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274833-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Bradford City A.F.C. season\nThe 2017\u201318 season will be Bradford City's 115th season in their history, in the Football League and in the English football league system. Along with League One, the club will also compete in the FA Cup, EFL Cup and EFL Trophy. The season covers the period from 1 July 2017 to 30 June 2018.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [35, 35], "content_span": [36, 327]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274833-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Bradford City A.F.C. season, Pre-season\nAs of 13 July 2017, Bradford City have announced seven pre-season friendlies against Guiseley, Sunderland,Newcastle United, FC Halifax Town, Bradford Park Avenue, TV Echterdingen and Eccleshill United.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 47], "content_span": [48, 250]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274833-0002-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Bradford City A.F.C. season, League One, Matches\nOn 21 June 2017, the fixtures for the forthcoming season were announced.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 56], "content_span": [57, 129]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274833-0003-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Bradford City A.F.C. season, FA Cup\nIn the FA Cup, Bradford City were drawn at home to Chesterfield for the first round, Plymouth Argyle also at home in the second round and either Port Vale or Yeovil Town away in the third round. The latter won their replayed match 3\u20132 (a.e.t.) to host the Bantams.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 43], "content_span": [44, 308]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274833-0004-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Bradford City A.F.C. season, EFL Cup\nOn 16 June 2017, Bradford City were drawn at home to Doncaster Rovers in the first round.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 44], "content_span": [45, 134]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274833-0005-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Bradford City A.F.C. season, EFL Trophy\nOn 12 July 2017 the group stage draw was completed with Bradford City facing Chesterfield, Manchester City U23 and Rotherham United. After winning their group, Bradford City were drawn at home to either Oldham Athletic or Fleetwood Town.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 47], "content_span": [48, 285]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274834-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Bradley Braves men's basketball team\nThe 2017\u201318 Bradley Braves men's basketball team represented Bradley University during the 2017\u201318 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Braves, led by third-year head coach Brian Wardle, played their home games at Carver Arena in Peoria, Illinois as members of the Missouri Valley Conference. They finished the season 20\u201313, 9\u20139 in MVC play to finish in fifth place. They defeated Drake in the first round of the MVC Tournament before losing to Loyola\u2013Chicago in the quarterfinals.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [44, 44], "content_span": [45, 534]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274834-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Bradley Braves men's basketball team, Previous season\nThe Braves finished the 2016\u201317 season 13\u201320, 7\u201311 in MVC play to finish in a tie for sixth place. As the No. 7 seed in the MVC Tournament, they defeated Drake in the first round before losing to Wichita State in the quarterfinals.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [46, 61], "content_span": [62, 293]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274834-0002-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Bradley Braves men's basketball team, Preseason\nIn the conference's preseason poll, the Braves were picked to finish in seventh place in the MVC. Sophomore guard Darrell Brown was named to the preseason All-MVC second team.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [46, 55], "content_span": [56, 231]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274835-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Bradley Braves women's basketball team\nThe 2017\u201318 Bradley Braves women's basketball team represents Bradley University during the 2017\u201318 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Braves are led by second year head coach Andrea Gorski. The Braves are members of the Missouri Valley Conference and play their home games at Renaissance Coliseum. They finished the season 13\u201318, 6\u201312 in MVC play to finish in seventh place. They advanced to the quarterfinals of the Missouri Valley Women's Tournament where they lost to Missouri State.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [46, 46], "content_span": [47, 546]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274836-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Brechin City F.C. season\nThe 2017\u201318 season was Brechin City's first season in the Scottish Championship, having finished 4th in the 2016\u201317 Scottish League One, winning promotion by defeating Raith Rovers and Alloa Athletic in the Championship play-offs. Brechin became the first club in 126 years to fail to win a league match, picking up just four points from 4 draws. Their sole win during the 2017\u201318 season came against Highland League side Buckie Thistle in the third round of the Scottish Cup.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [32, 32], "content_span": [33, 509]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274836-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Brechin City F.C. season\nBrechin City also competed in the Scottish Challenge Cup, Scottish League Cup and Scottish Cup.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [32, 32], "content_span": [33, 128]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274837-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Brentford F.C. season\nThe 2017\u201318 season was Brentford's 128th year in existence and fourth consecutive season in the Championship. Along with competing in the Championship, the club also participated in the FA Cup and League Cup.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [29, 29], "content_span": [30, 238]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274837-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Brentford F.C. season\nThe season covers the period from 1 July 2017 to 30 June 2018.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [29, 29], "content_span": [30, 92]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274837-0002-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Brentford F.C. season, Season Review, July\nOver the summer break, Brentford brought in right back Henrik Dalsgaard from Zulte Waregem for an undisclosed fee and goalkeeper Luke Daniels from Scunthorpe United on a free transfer. Alan McCormack joined Luton Town following his release from the club. Germans Philipp Hofmann and Akaki Gogia both moved to 2. Bundesliga with the former moving to Greuther Furth and the latter initially staying at Dynamo Dresden after his loan move during the previous season but instead moving to Union Berlin shortly after making his move permanent. Youngster James Ferry joined Stevenage for an undisclosed fee.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 50], "content_span": [51, 651]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274837-0002-0001", "contents": "2017\u201318 Brentford F.C. season, Season Review, July\nGoalkeeper Jack Bonham signed a new one-year contract extension and moved to Carlisle United on loan until January. Midfielder Konstantin Kerschbaumer joined Armenia Bielefeld on loan until the end of the season. Also signing new contracts were Florian Jozefzoon, who added 12 months to his initial contract, and Nico Yennaris, who extended his stay until 2021. On 7 July, South African midfielder Kamohelo Mokotjo signed for an undisclosed fee from Dutch side FC Twente. On the same day, Brentford began their pre-season with a 5\u20131 win against Aldershot Town.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 50], "content_span": [51, 611]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274837-0002-0002", "contents": "2017\u201318 Brentford F.C. season, Season Review, July\nReece Cole and Sergi Can\u00f3s both scored braces with Jozefzoon adding to the scoreline late on. The first-team travelled to Divonne-les-Bains on the French/Swiss border for a training camp. During their time there, striker Neal Maupay sealed his transfer to Brentford from Saint-\u00c9tienne. Brentford drew 1\u20131 against Lausanne-Sport with Lasse Vibe scoring the Bees' only goal. Following their return to England, Brentford signed EFL Young Player of the Year Ollie Watkins from Exeter City for a reported \u00a31.8 million fee. On 19 July, Brentford travelled to Oxford United for another pre-season friendly which ended 4\u20133 to the Bees.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 50], "content_span": [51, 678]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274837-0002-0003", "contents": "2017\u201318 Brentford F.C. season, Season Review, July\nJozefzoon, Vibe, Cole and Can\u00f3s were the goalscorers. On 21 July, it was announced that Danish forward Emiliano Marcondes will join Brentford in January on a three-and-a-half year deal after his current deal at FC Nordsj\u00e6lland expires. Brentford's first game at Griffin Park of the season ended 2\u20132 against Premier League side Southampton. Vibe poked the ball home in the first half with Josh Clarke scoring the second after Fraiser Forster spilled his cross. The unbeaten pre-season campaign continued at MK Dons where Maupay, Watkins and Jozefzoon all scored in a 3\u20132 win against the League One side. On 29 July, Brentford played their final game before the start of the season at home against Celta de Vigo. Vibe and Jota scored in the 2\u20131 win against the Europa League semi-finalists.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 50], "content_span": [51, 839]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274837-0003-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Brentford F.C. season, Season Review, August\nBrentford's first Championship game of the season was at newly promoted Sheffield United which ended in a 1\u20130 defeat. Billy Sharp headed in a Leon Clarke cross just before half-time. Despite improving in the second-half, Brentford could not find the equaliser. Brentford now have not won on the opening day for six consecutive seasons. On 7 August, young full-back Tom Field joined Bradford City on loan until January. Watkins and Justin Shaibu scored their first goals for the club in the first round of the League Cup against AFC Wimbledon.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 52], "content_span": [53, 595]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274837-0003-0001", "contents": "2017\u201318 Brentford F.C. season, Season Review, August\nTheir goals came in extra-time after Paul Robinson's first-half lobbed strike and Romaine Sawyers' equaliser in the second-half. The 3\u20131 result after extra-time sealed Brentford's place in the second round. On 10 August, Cole joined Newport County on loan until January. The B-team midfielder was in the matchday squad for the League Cup tie against AFC Wimbledon. Brentford's first league match at home was a 7-goal thriller against Nottingham Forest. After John Egan's header, two stunning strikes from Andreas Bouchalakis and Daryl Murphy's tap in left the Bees trailing 3\u20131 midway through the second-half.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 52], "content_span": [53, 662]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274837-0003-0002", "contents": "2017\u201318 Brentford F.C. season, Season Review, August\nAndreas Bjelland gave some hope for Brentford as his header was adjudged to have crossed the line by goal-line technology, a first for Griffin Park. However, Kieran Dowell scored for Forest four minutes later and Maupay's late goal proved only to be a consolation with the final score finishing 4\u20133 to the visitors.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 52], "content_span": [53, 368]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274837-0004-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Brentford F.C. season, Season Review, August\nOn 15 August, Brentford proposed amendments for the new Brentford Community Stadium which included a decrease in capacity from 20,000 to 17,250 and construction starting in 2018 with completion in late 2019 or early 2020. Midfielder Ryan Woods was given compassionate leave after the tragic loss of his baby. He would not feature for Brentford's next few games. Brentford next faced Bristol City at Griffin Park.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 52], "content_span": [53, 465]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274837-0004-0001", "contents": "2017\u201318 Brentford F.C. season, Season Review, August\nDespite conceding an early Josh Brownhill goal, Brentford rallied in the second half and took the lead through Watkins and Maupay and would have been further in front had it not been for an inspired performance from opposing goalkeeper Frank Fielding. Eight minutes into added time due to an injury to Josh McEachran, Bobby Reid pounced and denied Brentford's first league win of the season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 52], "content_span": [53, 444]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274837-0004-0002", "contents": "2017\u201318 Brentford F.C. season, Season Review, August\nThe Bees' poor run of results continued at Ipswich Town where, despite a dominant first half, Martyn Waghorn and Joe Garner's goals sealed a 2\u20130 win for the home side, leaving Brentford bottom of the league table. In the second round of the League Cup, Brentford beat local rivals Queens Park Rangers 4\u20131 in a West London derby. There were goals from Egan, Maupay and an own goal from Ariel Borysiuk in the first-half, plus one for QPR from Darnell Furlong. Clarke capped off a fine win at Loftus Road with a finish into the bottom corner late in the second-half. Brentford's final game of August ended in a goalless draw against high-spending Wolverhampton Wanderers. Brentford headed into the international break with no wins in their first five league games.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 52], "content_span": [53, 814]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274837-0005-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Brentford F.C. season, Season Review, August\nBrentford had a busy final few days of the transfer window. On 30 August, former captain Harlee Dean joined Birmingham City for an undisclosed fee. The following day, on transfer deadline day, Jota and Maxime Colin joined Dean at Birmingham City for undisclosed fees as well, although Jota's fee was confirmed to be Birmingham's record transfer fee. B-team defenders Jan Holldack and Manny Onariase both left the club for KFC Uerdingen 05 and Rotherham United respectively.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 52], "content_span": [53, 526]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274837-0006-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Brentford F.C. season, Season Review, September\nOn 1 September, B-team captain Zain Westbrooke joined Solihull Moors on loan for a month. Brentford's first match after the transfer window was against Aston Villa. Despite a good performance, they could not find a goal to give them their first league victory as the match ended 0\u20130. On 12 September, Brentford travelled to Hillsborough where they let a lead slip to give Sheffield Wednesday a win. Yennaris scored early with a volley but Gary Hooper netted on the brink of half-time and Ross Wallace completed the comeback from Jordan Rhodes' pull-back.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 55], "content_span": [56, 610]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274837-0006-0001", "contents": "2017\u201318 Brentford F.C. season, Season Review, September\nThere was concern late into stoppage time as defender Dalsgaard was knocked unconscious and given treatment on the pitch for several minutes before being taken off on a stretcher. Brentford continued their win-less streak in the league at home to Reading. Clarke rifled in from a tight angle after good play between himself and Maupay but Liam Kelly equalised with a penalty after Rico Henry fouled Tyler Blackett as the game ended 1\u20131. On 18 September, central defender Chris Mepham signed a five-year contract and was promoted to the first team squad.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 55], "content_span": [56, 609]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274837-0006-0002", "contents": "2017\u201318 Brentford F.C. season, Season Review, September\nThe next day, he made his first competitive start, along with Theo Archibald, in the third round of the League Cup against Norwich City where he gave away the penalty for Norwich's first goal. After Marco Vrancic scored from the spot, Brentford were awarded a penalty themselves, but Yoann Barbet skied it into the stands. Vrancic then curled in a free kick in the second half and Josh Murphy chipped over the oncoming Daniels to give the Canaries a three-goal advantage. Clarke scored a consolation late on as Brentford crashed out of the League Cup, losing 3\u20131.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 55], "content_span": [56, 619]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274837-0006-0003", "contents": "2017\u201318 Brentford F.C. season, Season Review, September\nBrentford finally found their first league win of the season against bottom side Bolton Wanderers. Barbet made amends for his penalty miss in the cup with a superb free-kick in the first half. Yennaris then scored from 30 yards in the second half with Watkins adding a third shortly before full-time. On 26 September, Brentford hosted Derby County at Griffin Park. Despite completely dominating, Brentford could not break down the Derby defence and found themselves behind to Joe Ledley's debut goal for the Rams.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 55], "content_span": [56, 569]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274837-0006-0004", "contents": "2017\u201318 Brentford F.C. season, Season Review, September\nIt took 86 minutes for Watkins to find a deserved equaliser to grab a point for the Bees. Brentford picked up their sixth draw of the season against Middlesbrough. Despite scoring two goals, courtesy of Barbet's header and Watkins' finish, Middlesbrough came back from behind twice through Martin Braithwaite and Fabio to secure a 2\u20132 result. Henry was stretchered off in this game and suffered a serious knee injury which would sideline him for a significant length of time.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 55], "content_span": [56, 531]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274838-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Brico Cross Trophy\nThe Brico Cross Trophy 2017\u201318 is a season long cyclo-cross competition in Belgium.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [26, 26], "content_span": [27, 110]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274839-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Brighton & Hove Albion F.C. season\nThe 2017\u201318 season was Brighton & Hove Albion's 116th year in existence and first season in the Premier League. Along with competing in the Premier League, the club also participated in the FA Cup and EFL Cup.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [42, 42], "content_span": [43, 252]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274839-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Brighton & Hove Albion F.C. season\nThe season covered the period from 1 July 2017 to 30 June 2018.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [42, 42], "content_span": [43, 106]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274839-0002-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Brighton & Hove Albion F.C. season\nBrighton secured their Premier League status for another season on 4 May 2018 by defeating Manchester United 1\u20130 at home.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [42, 42], "content_span": [43, 164]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274839-0003-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Brighton & Hove Albion F.C. season, Players, Current squad\nNote: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [44, 66], "content_span": [67, 195]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274839-0004-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Brighton & Hove Albion F.C. season, Players, Out on loan\nNote: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [44, 64], "content_span": [65, 193]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274839-0005-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Brighton & Hove Albion F.C. season, Pre-season\nBrighton & Hove Albion announced six pre-season friendlies against Crawley Town, Southend United, Norwich City, Atl\u00e9tico Madrid, Girona and Fortuna D\u00fcsseldorf.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [44, 54], "content_span": [55, 214]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274839-0006-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Brighton & Hove Albion F.C. season, Competitions, Premier League, Matches\nOn 14 June 2017, Brighton & Hove Albion's fixtures were announced.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [44, 81], "content_span": [82, 148]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274839-0007-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Brighton & Hove Albion F.C. season, Competitions, FA Cup\nIn the FA Cup, Albion entered the competition in the third round and were drawn at home to Crystal Palace.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [44, 64], "content_span": [65, 171]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274839-0008-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Brighton & Hove Albion F.C. season, Competitions, EFL Cup\nBrighton & Hove Albion entered the competition in the second round and were drawn at home to Barnet. An away trip in round three against AFC Bournemouth was announced.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [44, 65], "content_span": [66, 233]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274839-0009-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Brighton & Hove Albion F.C. season, Squad statistics, Clean sheets\nIncludes all competitive matches. The list is sorted alphabetically by surname when total clean sheets are equal.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [44, 74], "content_span": [75, 188]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274840-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Brisbane Heat WBBL season\nThe 2017\u201318 Brisbane Heat Women's season was the third in the team's history. Coached by Peter McGiffin and captained by Kirby Short, the Heat finished the regular season of WBBL|03 in fifth place and failed to qualify for the finals. For the third year in a row, Beth Mooney won the team's Most Valuable Player award.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [33, 33], "content_span": [34, 352]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274840-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Brisbane Heat WBBL season, Squad\nEach WBBL|03 squad featured 15 active players, with an allowance of up to five marquee signings including a maximum of three from overseas. Australian marquees were defined as players who made at least ten limited-overs appearances for the national team in the three years prior to the cut-off date (24 April 2017).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 40], "content_span": [41, 356]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274840-0002-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Brisbane Heat WBBL season, Squad\nThe table below lists the Heat players and their key stats (including runs scored, batting strike rate, wickets taken, economy rate, catches and stumpings) for the season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 40], "content_span": [41, 212]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274841-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Brisbane Roar FC season\nThe 2017\u201318 Brisbane Roar FC season was the club's thirteenth season participating in the A-League, in the FFA Cup for the fourth time, as well as the AFC Champions League for the fifth time.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [31, 31], "content_span": [32, 223]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274841-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Brisbane Roar FC season, Players, Squad information\nCorrect as of 3 April 2018 \u2013 players' numbers as per the official Brisbane Roar website", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 59], "content_span": [60, 147]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274841-0002-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Brisbane Roar FC season, Players, Squad information\nNote: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 59], "content_span": [60, 188]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274842-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Brisbane Roar W-League season\nThe 2017\u201318 Brisbane Roar W-League season was the club's tenth season in the W-League, the premier competition for women's football in Australia. The team played home games both at A.J. Kelly Park and Suncorp Stadium.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [37, 37], "content_span": [38, 255]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274842-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Brisbane Roar W-League season, Players\nNote: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 46], "content_span": [47, 175]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274843-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Bristol City F.C. season\nThe 2017\u201318 season was Bristol City's 120th season as a professional football club and their third consecutive season back in the Championship. Along with competing in the Championship, the club also participated in the FA Cup and EFL Cup, reaching the semi-finals of the latter competition. The season covered the period from 1 July 2017 to 30 June 2018.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [32, 32], "content_span": [33, 388]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274843-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Bristol City F.C. season, Month by month review, June\nOn 27 June, Bristol City agreed to sign right-back Eros Pisano on a two-year deal, with it being officially confirmed on 1 July when his contract with Hellas Verona expired. On 28 June, City broke their transfer record to sign striker Famara Di\u00e9dhiou from Angers for a \u00a35.3\u00a0million transfer fee.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 61], "content_span": [62, 357]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274843-0002-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Bristol City F.C. season, Month by month review, July\nOn 7 July, Aaron Wilbraham signed a one-year contract with the club. On 13 July, attacking midfielder Lee Tomlin transferred to Cardiff City for an undisclosed fee. On 28 July, defender Nathan Baker, having previously spent the 2015\u201316 season on loan from Aston Villa, signed for City on a four-year deal for an undisclosed fee.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 61], "content_span": [62, 390]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274843-0003-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Bristol City F.C. season, Month by month review, December\nAfter beating three other Premier League sides, Bristol City were drawn against holders Manchester United in the quarter-finals of the EFL Cup. The game was played at Ashton Gate on 20 December and marked the first time City and United had met competitively since 1980, when City were last in the top flight. City took the lead through a thunderous Joe Bryan strike just after the second half began. Zlatan Ibrahimovi\u0107 equalised only seven minutes later. City sealed a dramatic and famous win as Korey Smith beat goalkeeper Sergio Romero with a 93rd-minute strike to make it 2\u20131 to the Robins. At the final whistle, fans invaded the pitch and lifted City players onto their shoulders.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 65], "content_span": [66, 750]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274843-0004-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Bristol City F.C. season, Month by month review, December\nAfter the match, City manager Lee Johnson said the result was \"a historic occasion\" and Smith's winner would \"live in the memory for many generations\". In defeating United, Bristol City became only the second side from a lower division to eliminate four top-flight teams in one League Cup campaign, after Sheffield Wednesday in 1990-91. City were drawn against United's city rivals Manchester City in the semi-finals of the competition, with the first leg at the Etihad Stadium.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 65], "content_span": [66, 544]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274843-0005-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Bristol City F.C. season, Month by month review, December\nOn 26 December, Bristol City finished the day second in the Championship table as they defeated Reading 2\u20130 at home. Jamie Paterson scored the first, before Lloyd Kelly's first goal for City in stoppage time sealed the win. On 28 December, Bristol City lost at home to Wolverhampton Wanderers.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 65], "content_span": [66, 359]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274843-0006-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Bristol City F.C. season, Month by month review, January\nOn 9 January, Bristol City travelled to the Premier League leaders to take on Manchester City in the semi-final first leg of the EFL Cup. The 7,680 Bristol City fans who arrived set a record for the most away fans in the Etihad Stadium's history. Manchester City were overwhelming favourites, unbeaten in the Premier League and having won 20 of their 22 matches so far. Bristol City played well and took a shock lead after Bobby Reid won and scored a penalty just before half-time. Kevin De Bruyne scored ten minutes into the second half and Bristol City looked to have secured a memorable draw before substitute Sergio Ag\u00fcero scored with a 92nd-minute header to seal a 2\u20131 win.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 64], "content_span": [65, 743]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274843-0007-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Bristol City F.C. season, Month by month review, January\nThe return leg was another entertaining affair at a sold out and noisy Ashton Gate, although Manchester City were comfortable for the most part. Leroy San\u00e9 scored just before half-time and Ag\u00fcero scored just after to give Manchester City a 4\u20131 aggregate lead. Marlon Pack reduced the deficit before Aden Flint scored in injury time to give Bristol City hope. De Bruyne scored shortly after to kill the game, make it 3\u20132 on the night and 5\u20133 on aggregate.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 64], "content_span": [65, 519]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274843-0008-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Bristol City F.C. season, Month by month review, January\nAfter the game, Lee Johnson said Bristol City were a \"Premier League club in training.\" Manchester City manager Pep Guardiola praised Bristol City and Lee Johnson after the two-legged affair: \"It was a nice game, beautiful game, and all my credit to Bristol City. Big congratulations. He [Johnson] came here to try to play. They arrived, they created chances\".", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 64], "content_span": [65, 425]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274843-0009-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Bristol City F.C. season, Month by month review, April\nAfter a goalless draw against Nottingham Forest, Bristol City could no longer mathematically reach the playoffs, ending their chances of promotion.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 62], "content_span": [63, 210]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274843-0010-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Bristol City F.C. season, Month by month review, April\nA 3\u20132 home loss to fellow mid-table side Sheffield United on the last day of the season saw City eventually finish 11th. While this was disappointing after being 2nd on Boxing Day, this was the club's highest finish for eight years since 2009-10, when Lee Johnson was playing for the club and his father, Gary Johnson, was manager.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 62], "content_span": [63, 394]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274844-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Bristol Rovers F.C. season\nThe 2017\u201318 season is the 135th season in Bristol Rovers' history and their 90th in the English Football League. Rovers will compete in the third tier of English football, League One as well as three cup competitions, FA Cup, EFL Cup and EFL Trophy.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [34, 34], "content_span": [35, 284]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274844-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Bristol Rovers F.C. season, Competitions, Friendlies\nAs of 2 June 2017, Bristol Rovers have announced thirteen pre-season friendlies against Hull City in Portugal Corinthian Casuals, Yate Town, Melksham Town, Weston-super-Mare, Mangotsfield United, Salisbury, Gloucester City, Taunton Town, Forest Green Rovers, Yeovil Town, Bath City and West Bromwich Albion.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 60], "content_span": [61, 368]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274844-0002-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Bristol Rovers F.C. season, Competitions, FA Cup\nOn 16 October 2017, Bristol Rovers were away to Notts County in the first round.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 56], "content_span": [57, 137]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274844-0003-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Bristol Rovers F.C. season, Competitions, EFL Cup\nOn 16 June 2017, Bristol Rovers were drawn at home to Cambridge United in the first round. Rovers were drawn away in the second round against Fulham. Another away tie against Wolverhampton Wanderers was confirmed for the third round.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 57], "content_span": [58, 291]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274844-0004-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Bristol Rovers F.C. season, Competitions, EFL Trophy\nOn 12 July 2017, the group stage draw was completed with Rovers facing Swindon Town, West Ham United U23s and Wycombe Wanderers in Southern Group C.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 60], "content_span": [61, 209]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274845-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 British Basketball League season\nThe 2017\u201318 British Basketball League season was the 31st campaign of the British Basketball League since the league's establishment in 1987. The season featured 12 teams from across England and Scotland.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [40, 40], "content_span": [41, 245]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274845-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 British Basketball League season\nThe Leicester Riders became regular season champions for the third season in succession, winning 104\u201375 against Plymouth Raiders at the Plymouth Pavilions on 8 April 2018. The Riders then added the playoff title with an 81\u201360 win over the London Lions in the Final. This victory gave Rob Paternostro's team a second consecutive treble, having won the BBL Trophy earlier in the campaign.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [40, 40], "content_span": [41, 427]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274845-0002-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 British Basketball League season, Playoffs, Quarter-finals\nThe quarter-final matchups and tip-off times were confirmed by the league, on 30 April 2018.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 66], "content_span": [67, 159]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274845-0003-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 British Basketball League season, Playoffs, Semi-finals\nThe semi-final matchups and tip-off times were confirmed by the league, on 6 May 2018.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 63], "content_span": [64, 150]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274846-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 British and Irish Cup\nThe 2017\u201318 British and Irish Cup is the ninth and final season of the annual rugby union competition for second tier, semi-professional clubs from Britain and Ireland. Munster A are the defending champions having won the 2016\u201317 final against Jersey Reds 29\u201328 at Irish Independent Park, Cork on 21 April 2017. The format of the competition is similar to last season with Scottish clubs not competing. For the third consecutive season the four Welsh teams are the reserve sides of the teams competing in the Pro14 competition instead of clubs from the Welsh Premier Division.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [29, 29], "content_span": [30, 606]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274846-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 British and Irish Cup, Competition format\nThe competition format is a pool stage followed by a knockout stage. The pool stage consists of five pools of four teams playing home and away matches. The top side in each pool, plus the three best runners-up, progress to the knockout stage. The eight quarter-finalists are ranked, with top four teams having home advantage. The four winning quarter-finalists progress to the semi-final draw. Most of the matches are played on the same weekends as the European Champions Cup and European Challenge Cup. First round matches begin on 13 October 2017 and the final will be held in April 2018.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 49], "content_span": [50, 640]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274846-0002-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 British and Irish Cup, Pool stages\n(Q) denotes the team has qualified for the quarter-finals as the pool winners(q) denotes team has at least qualified for the quarter-finals as one of the three highest-scoring second-place teams", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 42], "content_span": [43, 237]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274846-0003-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 British and Irish Cup, Knock-out stage\nThe eight qualifiers are seeded according to performance in the pool stage. The four top seeds hosted the quarter-finals against the lower seeds, in a 1 v 8, 2 v 7, 3 v 6 and 4 v 5 format. However, if two teams qualify from the same group they can not be drawn together. Therefore Leinster A cannot be drawn against Doncaster Knights. Teams are ranked by:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 46], "content_span": [47, 402]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274847-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Brooklyn Nets season\nThe 2017\u201318 Brooklyn Nets season was the 42nd season of the franchise in the National Basketball Association (NBA), 51st season overall, and its sixth season playing in the New York City borough of Brooklyn.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [28, 28], "content_span": [29, 236]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274847-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Brooklyn Nets season, Draft picks\nThe Nets would enter the draft holding two first round picks and one second round pick. The highest first round pick would be from the Washington Wizards, who acquired the pick alongside Andrew Nicholson and bringing back Marcus Thornton in exchange for Bojan Bogdanovi\u0107 and Chris McCullough. As for both their other first round pick (which was Pick #27) and the sole second round pick they have, those would be had from their most infamous trade with the Boston Celtics for both Kevin Garnett and Paul Pierce, while swapping first round picks this year (which was the #1 pick originally).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 41], "content_span": [42, 631]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274847-0001-0001", "contents": "2017\u201318 Brooklyn Nets season, Draft picks\nWith their original second round pick, they lost that pick to the Atlanta Hawks in order for them to acquire Joe Johnson. On June 20, two days before the 2017 NBA Draft began, Brooklyn would trade their 27th pick from Boston (which became power forward Kyle Kuzma from Utah University) alongside star center Brook Lopez to the Los Angeles Lakers for point guard D'Angelo Russell and champion center Timofey Mozgov. On draft night, the Nets selected freshman center Jarrett Allen from University of Texas with the first round pick they acquired from Washington.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 41], "content_span": [42, 602]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274847-0001-0002", "contents": "2017\u201318 Brooklyn Nets season, Draft picks\nUnder his sole season there, Allen recorded averages of 13.4 points and 8.4 rebounds per game while making it to the All-Big 12 Third Team as a member of the Longhorns. They also selected the Bulgarian/Cypriot/Greek tri-citizen power forward Aleksandar Vezenkov, who previously last played in the FC Barcelona Lassa out in the Liga ACB in Spain. As a player who previously played for both the Barcelona Lassa and Aris Thessaloniki under the Greek Basket League, Vezenkov earned numerous honors out in both Greece and Spain, including being the Greek League's MVP back in 2015 and winning the Spanish Supercup the same year.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 41], "content_span": [42, 665]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274848-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Brose Bamberg season\nThe 2017\u201318 Brose Bamberg season was the 63rd season of the German professional basketball club based in Bamberg. The team will play in the Basketball Bundesliga (BBL). Because of its championship in the previous BBL season, Bamberg would play in its third consecutive EuroLeague season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [28, 28], "content_span": [29, 316]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274848-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Brose Bamberg season\nThis season was the fourth one under head coach Andrea Trinchieri. On 19 February, Trinchieri was released from his head coaching position by the club, after the team lost 12 of their last 15 games.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [28, 28], "content_span": [29, 227]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274849-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Brown Bears men's basketball team\nThe 2017\u201318 Brown Bears men's basketball team represented Brown University during the 2017\u201318 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Bears, led by sixth-year head coach Mike Martin, played their home games at the Pizzitola Sports Center in Providence, Rhode Island as members of the Ivy League. They finished the season 11\u201316, 4\u201310 in Ivy League play to finish in seventh place and fail to qualify for the Ivy League Tournament.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [41, 41], "content_span": [42, 476]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274849-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Brown Bears men's basketball team, Previous season\nThe Bears finished the 2016\u201317 season 13\u201317, 4\u201310 in Ivy League play to finish in a three-way tie for last place. They failed to qualify for the inaugural Ivy League Tournament.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [43, 58], "content_span": [59, 236]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274850-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Brown Bears women's basketball team\nThe 2017\u201318 Brown Bears women's basketball team represents Brown University during the 2017\u201318 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Bears, led by fourth year head coach Sarah Behn, play their home games at the Pizzitola Sports Center and were members of the Ivy League. They finished the season 15\u201312, 3\u201311 in Ivy League play to finish in a tie for sixth place. They failed to qualify for the Ivy Women's Tournament.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [43, 43], "content_span": [44, 470]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274850-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Brown Bears women's basketball team, Previous season\nThey finished the season 17\u201313, 7\u20137 in Ivy League play to finish in a tie for fourth place. They lost in the semifinals of the Ivy Women's Tournament to Penn. They were invited to the Women's Basketball Invitational where defeated UMBC in the first round before losing in the quarterfinals to UNC Greensboro.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [45, 60], "content_span": [61, 369]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274851-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Brown Bears women's ice hockey season\nThe Brown Bears represent Brown University in ECAC women's ice hockey during the 2017\u201318 NCAA Division I women's ice hockey season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [45, 45], "content_span": [46, 177]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274852-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Brunei FA Cup\nThe 2017\u201318 Brunei FA Cup (also known as the DST FA Cup for sponsorship reasons) is the 11th edition of the Brunei FA Cup, the knockout football tournament in Brunei.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [21, 21], "content_span": [22, 188]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274853-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Brunei Super League\nThe 2017\u201318 Brunei Super League (also known as the DST Super League for sponsorship reasons) was the 5th season of the Brunei Super League, the top Bruneian professional league for association football clubs, since its establishment in 2012. The season began on 22 April 2017.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [27, 27], "content_span": [28, 304]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274853-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Brunei Super League\nThe Royal Brunei Armed Forces Sports Council came into the season as defending champions of the 2016 season. Menglait entered as the promoted team from the Premier League. No teams were relegated from last season. The winner received B$14,000 ($10,000 USD).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [27, 27], "content_span": [28, 285]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274853-0002-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Brunei Super League, Teams\nA total of 11 teams participated in the 2017 Super League season, ten from the previous season and one promoted team.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 34], "content_span": [35, 152]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274854-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Bryant Bulldogs men's basketball team\nThe 2017\u20132018 Bryant Bulldogs men's basketball team represented Bryant University during the 2017\u201318 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The team, led by 10th-year head coach Tim O'Shea, played their home games at the Chace Athletic Center in Smithfield, Rhode Island as members of the Northeast Conference. They finished the season 3\u201328, 2\u201316 in NEC play to finish in last place. They failed to qualify for the NEC Tournament.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [45, 45], "content_span": [46, 478]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274854-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Bryant Bulldogs men's basketball team\nOn February 12, 2018, Tim O'Shea announced that he would retire at the end of the season. He finished at Bryant with a ten-year record of 96\u2013210. On April 2, the school hired Iona assistant Jared Grasso as head coach.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [45, 45], "content_span": [46, 263]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274854-0002-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Bryant Bulldogs men's basketball team, Previous season\nThe Bulldogs finished the 2016\u201317 season 12\u201320, 9\u20139 in NEC play to finish tied for fifth place. They participated in the NEC Tournament, losing in the quarterfinals to Saint Francis (PA).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [47, 62], "content_span": [63, 250]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274854-0003-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Bryant Bulldogs men's basketball team, Preseason\nIn a poll of league coaches at the NEC media day, the Bulldogs were picked to finish in eighth place.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [47, 56], "content_span": [57, 158]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274855-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Br\u00f8ndby IF season\nThe 2017\u201418 Br\u00f8ndby IF season was Br\u00f8ndby IF's 37th consecutive season in the top tier of Danish football, 28th consecutive in the Superligaen, and 52nd as a football club. Besides Superligaen, the club participated in DBU Pokalen and UEFA Europa League. It was the second season with manager Alexander Zorniger.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [25, 25], "content_span": [26, 338]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274855-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Br\u00f8ndby IF season, Players, First team\nUpdated until May 2018: Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 46], "content_span": [47, 199]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274856-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Bucknell Bison men's basketball team\nThe 2017\u201318 Bucknell Bison men's basketball team represented Bucknell University during the 2017\u201318 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Bison, led by third-year head coach Nathan Davis, played their home games at Sojka Pavilion in Lewisburg, Pennsylvania as members of the Patriot League. They finished the season 25\u201310, 16\u20132 in Patriot League to win the Patriot League regular season championship. They defeated Loyola (MD), Boston University, and Colgate to win the Patriot League Tournament championship. As a result, they received the Patriot League's automatic bid to the NCAA Tournament where they lost in the First Round to Michigan State.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [44, 44], "content_span": [45, 700]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274856-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Bucknell Bison men's basketball team, Previous season\nThe Bison finished the 2016\u201317 season 23\u20138, 15\u20133 in Patriot League play to win the regular season championship, their third straight title and sixth in seven years. In the Patriot League Tournament, they defeated Army, Navy, and Lehigh to win the tournament championship. As a result, the Bison received the conference's automatic bid to the NCAA Tournament as the No. 13 seed in the West region. There they lost in the First Round to West Virginia.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [46, 61], "content_span": [62, 511]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274856-0002-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Bucknell Bison men's basketball team, Preseason\nIn a preseason poll of league head coaches and sports information directors, Bucknell was picked to win the Patriot League, receiving all 18 first-place votes. Senior center Nana Foulland was named the preseason Patriot League Player of the Year. Senior forward Zach Thomas was also named to the preseason All-Patriot League first team.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [46, 55], "content_span": [56, 392]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274857-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Bucknell Bison women's basketball team\nThe 2017\u201318 Bucknell Bison women's basketball team represents Bucknell University during the 2017\u201318 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Bison, led by seventh year head coach Aaron Roussell, play their home games at Sojka Pavilion and were members of the Patriot League. They finished the season 22\u201310, 15\u20133 in Patriot League play to finish in second place. They advanced to the semifinals of the Patriot League Women's Tournament where they lost to Army. They received an automatic bid to the Women's National Invitation Tournament where they lost to West Virginia in the first round.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [46, 46], "content_span": [47, 643]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274857-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Bucknell Bison women's basketball team, Previous season\nThey finished the season 27\u20136, 16\u20132 in Patriot League play win Patriot League regular season title. They won the Patriot League Women's Tournament to earn an automatic trip to the NCAA Women's Tournament for the first time since 2008, where they lost to Maryland in the first round.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [48, 63], "content_span": [64, 346]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274858-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Budapest Honv\u00e9d FC season\nThe 2017\u201318 season will be Budapest Honv\u00e9d FC's 107th competitive season, 13th consecutive season in the OTP Bank Liga and 108th year in existence as a football club.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [33, 33], "content_span": [34, 200]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274858-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Budapest Honv\u00e9d FC season, First team squad\nNote: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 51], "content_span": [52, 180]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274858-0002-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Budapest Honv\u00e9d FC season, Transfers, Summer\nIn:Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 52], "content_span": [53, 184]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274858-0003-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Budapest Honv\u00e9d FC season, Transfers, Summer\nOut:Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 52], "content_span": [53, 185]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274858-0004-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Budapest Honv\u00e9d FC season, Transfers, Winter\nIn:Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 52], "content_span": [53, 184]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274858-0005-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Budapest Honv\u00e9d FC season, Transfers, Winter\nOut:Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 52], "content_span": [53, 185]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274858-0006-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Budapest Honv\u00e9d FC season, Statistics, Top scorers\nIncludes all competitive matches. The list is sorted by shirt number when total goals are equal.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 58], "content_span": [59, 155]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274858-0007-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Budapest Honv\u00e9d FC season, Statistics, Disciplinary record\nIncludes all competitive matches. Players with 1 card or more included only.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 66], "content_span": [67, 143]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274858-0008-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Budapest Honv\u00e9d FC season, Champions League\nThe First and Second Qualifying Round draws took place at UEFA headquarters in Nyon, Switzerland on 19 June 2017.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 51], "content_span": [52, 165]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274859-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Buffalo Bulls men's basketball team\nThe 2017\u201318 Buffalo Bulls men's basketball team represented the State University of New York at Buffalo during the 2017\u201318 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Bulls, led by third-year head coach Nate Oats, played their home games at Alumni Arena in Amherst, New York as members of the East Division of the Mid-American Conference. They finished the season 27\u20139, 15\u20133 in MAC play to win the MAC East Division and regular season championships. they defeated Central Michigan, Kent State, and Toledo to win the MAC Tournament championship. As a result, they received the conference's automatic bid to the NCAA Tournament. As the No. 13 seed in the South region, they upset Arizona in the First Round before losing to Kentucky in the Second Round.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [43, 43], "content_span": [44, 796]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274859-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Buffalo Bulls men's basketball team, Previous season\nThe Bulls finished the 2016\u201317 season 17\u201314, 11\u20137 in MAC play to finish in a tie for second place in the East Division. As the No. 3 seed in the MAC Tournament, they lost in the quarterfinals to Kent State.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [45, 60], "content_span": [61, 267]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274859-0002-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Buffalo Bulls men's basketball team, Schedule and results\nThe Bulls participated in the Cayman Islands Classic held in the Cayman Islands and faced Cincinnati in their first game. The three-game tournament took place between November 20 and 22.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [45, 65], "content_span": [66, 252]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274860-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Buffalo Bulls women's basketball team\nThe 2017\u201318 Buffalo Bulls women's basketball team represented the University at Buffalo during the 2017\u201318 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Bulls, led by sixth-year head coach Felisha Legette-Jack, played their home games at Alumni Arena as members of the East Division of the Mid-American Conference. They finished the season 29\u20136, 16\u20132 in MAC play to win MAC East Division. They advanced to the championship game of the MAC Women's Tournament where they lost to Central Michigan.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [45, 45], "content_span": [46, 541]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274860-0000-0001", "contents": "2017\u201318 Buffalo Bulls women's basketball team\nThey received an at-large bid to the NCAA Women's Tournament where they upset South Florida in the first round to win their first NCAA tournament game in school history, Florida State in the second round to advanced to the sweet sixteen for the first time in school history. They lost to South Carolina. With 29 wins, they finished with the most wins in school history.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [45, 45], "content_span": [46, 415]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274861-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Buffalo Sabres season\nThe 2017\u201318 Buffalo Sabres season was the 48th season for the National Hockey League franchise that was established on May 22, 1970. The Sabres missed the playoffs again, finishing last in the division for the second straight year and last overall in the league.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [29, 29], "content_span": [30, 292]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274861-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Buffalo Sabres season, Off-season\nGeneral manager Tim Murray and head coach Dan Bylsma were both fired at the end of the previous season. Two former Sabres players were hired in their places: Jason Botterill, at the time a front office executive with the Pittsburgh Penguins, was hired as general manager, while Hockey Hall of Fame defenseman Phil Housley, at the time defensive coordinator for the Nashville Predators, was named head coach.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 41], "content_span": [42, 449]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274861-0002-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Buffalo Sabres season, Off-season\nThe Sabres once again held a summer development camp during the second week of July. In contrast to the previous two seasons, no full Blue/White game was played; the four-team three-on-three tournament was reprised. Team White, led by 2017 first-round draft pick Casey Mittelstadt, won the tournament. The team will host its third annual Prospects Challenge in September; the tournament will expand to four teams, with the Pittsburgh Penguins joining the returning Sabres, New Jersey Devils and Boston Bruins in the tournament.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 41], "content_span": [42, 569]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274861-0003-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Buffalo Sabres season, Schedule and results, Preseason\nThe Sabres released their preseason schedule on June 19, 2017.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 62], "content_span": [63, 125]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274861-0004-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Buffalo Sabres season, Schedule and results, Preseason\nNotes: Game was played at Pegula Ice Arena in University Park, Pennsylvania. Game was played at Ricoh Coliseum in Toronto, Ontario.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 62], "content_span": [63, 194]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274861-0005-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Buffalo Sabres season, Schedule and results, Regular season\nThe team's regular season schedule was published on June 22, 2017.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 67], "content_span": [68, 134]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274861-0006-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Buffalo Sabres season, Schedule and results, Regular season\nLegend:\u00a0\u00a0Win (2 points)\u00a0\u00a0Loss (0 points)\u00a0\u00a0Overtime/shootout loss (1 point)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 67], "content_span": [68, 142]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274861-0007-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Buffalo Sabres season, Player statistics\n\u2020Denotes player spent time with another team before joining the Sabres. Stats reflect time with the Sabres only. \u2021Denotes player was traded mid-season. Stats reflect time with the Sabres only. Bold/italics denotes franchise record.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 48], "content_span": [49, 280]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274861-0008-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Buffalo Sabres season, Transactions\nThe Sabres have been involved in the following transactions during the 2017\u201318 season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 43], "content_span": [44, 130]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274861-0009-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Buffalo Sabres season, Draft picks\nBelow are the Buffalo Sabres' selections at the 2017 NHL Entry Draft, which was held on June 23 and 24, 2017 at the United Center in Chicago.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 42], "content_span": [43, 184]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274862-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Bulgarian Basketball Cup\nThe 2017\u201318 Bulgarian Basketball Cup was the 64th edition of the annual cup tournament in Bulgaria. It is managed by the Bulgarian Basketball Federation. The competition started on November 22, 2017, and ended with the Final on March 3, 2018. Rilski Sportist won their second cup. Yordan Bozov was named Final MVP.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [32, 32], "content_span": [33, 347]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274862-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Bulgarian Basketball Cup, Format\nIn this edition, the Bulgarian Basketball Federation presented new format. In the first round, the six teams who participated in European or Regional competitions from the NBL have an automatic bye to the quarterfinals, while the other three teams and five teams from A Group League (second tier) would play a single-game eliminatory for a place in the quarterfinals. Teams with lower league position will have home advantage. The quarterfinals and semifinals are played in a double-legged format.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 40], "content_span": [41, 538]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274862-0002-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Bulgarian Basketball Cup, First round\nThe game between Vidabasket and BUBA was canceled , because Vidabasket withdrew the tournament (the club was in the initial draw). That gave an automatic bye to the next round to BUBA.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 45], "content_span": [46, 230]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274862-0003-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Bulgarian Basketball Cup, Second round\nTeams in same division will play in a double-legged format.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 46], "content_span": [47, 106]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274863-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Bulgarian Cup\nThe 2017\u221218 Bulgarian Cup was the 36th official edition of the Bulgarian annual football knockout tournament. The competition began on 19 September 2017 with the first round and finished with the final on 9 May 2018. Botev Plovdiv were the defending champions, but lost on away goals in the semi-finals to Slavia Sofia. Slavia later won the final on penalties against Levski Sofia, thus acquiring its eight Bulgarian Cup in its history. The club also qualified for the first qualifying round of the 2018\u201319 UEFA Europa League.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [21, 21], "content_span": [22, 548]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274863-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Bulgarian Cup, Participating clubs\nBeroe Stara ZagoraBotev PlovdivCSKA SofiaCherno More VarnaDunav RuseEtar Veliko TarnovoLevski SofiaLokomotiv PlovdivLudogorets RazgradPirin BlagoevgradSeptemvri SofiaSlavia SofiaVereya Stara ZagoraVitosha Bistritsa", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 42], "content_span": [43, 257]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274863-0002-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Bulgarian Cup, Participating clubs\nBotev GalabovoBotev VratsaChernomorets BalchikLitex LovechLokomotiv Gorna OryahovitsaLokomotiv SofiaMaritsa PlovdivMontanaNeftochimic BurgasNesebarOborishte PanagyurishtePomorieSozopolStrumska Slava RadomirTsarsko Selo Sofia", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 42], "content_span": [43, 267]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274863-0003-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Bulgarian Cup, Matches, Round of 32\nThe draw was conducted on 24 August 2017. The games will be played between 19 and 21 September 2017. On this stage all of the participants started their participation i.e. the 14 teams from First League, the 15 non-reserve teams from Second League and the 3 winners from the regional amateur competitions.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 43], "content_span": [44, 349]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274863-0004-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Bulgarian Cup, Matches, Round of 16\nThe draw was conducted on 26 September 2017. The games will be played between 24 and 26 October 2017. On this stage the participants will be the 16 winners from the first round.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 43], "content_span": [44, 221]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274863-0005-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Bulgarian Cup, Matches, Quarter-finals\nThe draw was conducted on 1 November 2017. The games will be played between 12 and 15 December 2017. In this stage the participants will be the 8 winners from the second round.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 46], "content_span": [47, 223]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274863-0006-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Bulgarian Cup, Matches, Semi-finals\nThe draw was conducted on 19 December 2017. The first legs will be played on 10 and 11 April and the second legs are scheduled for 24 and 25 April 2018.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 43], "content_span": [44, 196]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274863-0007-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Bulgarian Cup, Matches, Final\nThe final took place on 9 May at Vasil Levski National Stadium in Sofia.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 37], "content_span": [38, 110]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274864-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Bundesliga\nThe 2017\u201318 Bundesliga was the 55th season of the Bundesliga, Germany's premier football competition. It began on 18 August 2017 and concluded on 12 May 2018. The fixtures were announced on 29 June 2017.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [18, 18], "content_span": [19, 222]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274864-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Bundesliga\nFollowing an offline test phase in the previous season, the video assistant referee system was used for the first time in the Bundesliga on a trial basis following approval from IFAB.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [18, 18], "content_span": [19, 202]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274864-0002-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Bundesliga\nBayern Munich were the defending champions and won their 27th Bundesliga title on 7 April with five games to spare, winning a sixth consecutive title for the first time in their history. 1. FC K\u00f6ln and Hamburger SV were relegated at the end of the season, with the latter therefore losing their status as the only ever-presents in Bundesliga history.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [18, 18], "content_span": [19, 369]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274864-0003-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Bundesliga, Summary\nOne of the managerial changes before the start of the season was at Borussia Dortmund, who had finished third the previous season. After sacking Thomas Tuchel, they hired the Dutchman Peter Bosz in June 2017, after he had led Ajax to the 2017 UEFA Europa League Final. Dortmund were also the German club involved in the biggest transfer of the summer, selling young French forward Ousmane Demb\u00e9l\u00e9 to Barcelona for an initial \u20ac105 million. Meanwhile, reigning champions Bayern Munich prepared for the season by breaking the league's transfer record in their purchase of French midfielder Corentin Tolisso from Lyon for \u20ac41.5 million.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [20, 27], "content_span": [28, 660]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274864-0004-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Bundesliga, Summary\nOn 28 September 2017, Bayern sacked manager Carlo Ancelotti amidst reports of player unrest, despite the club sitting in third place. He was replaced by Jupp Heynckes in his fourth spell at the club. On 28 October, a 2\u20130 win over RB Leipzig put Bayern on top of the table for the first time in the season. In December, Dortmund sacked Bosz with the team in seventh, and replaced him with the Austrian Peter St\u00f6ger who himself had recently been dismissed by winless bottom team 1. FC K\u00f6ln.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [20, 27], "content_span": [28, 516]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274864-0005-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Bundesliga, Summary\nIn the January 2018 transfer window, Dortmund lost the season's second-top scorer, Gabonese forward Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang, who moved to Arsenal for a \u20ac63 million fee. They replaced him by bringing in Chelsea's Michy Batshuayi on loan. From December to February, Bayern went on a 10-match winning streak that ended with a goalless draw with Hertha BSC at the Allianz Arena, and managed 13 unbeaten until a 1\u20132 loss at Leipzig on 18 March.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [20, 27], "content_span": [28, 469]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274864-0006-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Bundesliga, Summary\nDortmund remained unbeaten for 12 games between December and 31 March, when they lost 0\u20136 away to Bayern. Schalke 04, who finished only 10th the previous season, were in the top 3 for most of the season. They were unbeaten for 11 games between September and January, putting together six consecutive victories in February and March before a 2\u20133 loss at bottom team Hamburg.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [20, 27], "content_span": [28, 401]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274864-0007-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Bundesliga, Summary\nBayern won their 27th Bundesliga and 28th German title (6th consecutive) on 7 April 2018, with five games left to play after defeating fellow Bavarian club FC Augsburg 4\u20131. Three weeks later, K\u00f6ln were the first team relegated after a 2\u20133 loss to SC Freiburg. On 5 May, Schalke secured second place and a return to the Champions League for the first time in four years, with a 2\u20131 win at Augsburg.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [20, 27], "content_span": [28, 425]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274864-0007-0001", "contents": "2017\u201318 Bundesliga, Summary\nOn the last matchday, 1899 Hoffenheim beat Dortmund 3\u20131 to finish ahead of the latter on goal difference at an all-time high third place and securing a spot in the Champions League group stage for the first time in their history. Following VfL Wolfsburg's 4\u20131 win over K\u00f6ln, Hamburg were relegated from the Bundesliga for the first time in their history.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [20, 27], "content_span": [28, 382]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274864-0008-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Bundesliga, Summary\nBayern Munich's Robert Lewandowski was the league's top scorer for the third time, a record for a foreign player. He scored 29 goals, 14 more than second-placed Nils Petersen of Freiburg.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [20, 27], "content_span": [28, 215]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274864-0009-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Bundesliga, Teams\nA total of 18 teams participated in this edition of the Bundesliga.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [20, 25], "content_span": [26, 93]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274864-0010-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Bundesliga, Relegation play-offs, Second leg\nVfL Wolfsburg won 4\u20131 on aggregate and therefore both clubs remain in their respective leagues.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [20, 52], "content_span": [53, 148]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274864-0011-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Bundesliga, Awards, Goal of the year (2017)\nSebastien Haller won that award for his goal for Eintracht Frankfurt.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [20, 51], "content_span": [52, 121]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274865-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Burkinab\u00e9 Premier League\nThe 2017\u201318 Burkinab\u00e9 Premier League is the 56th edition of top flight football in Burkina Faso. It began on 20 October 2017 and ended on 10 June 2018.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [32, 32], "content_span": [33, 184]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274866-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Burnley F.C. season\nThe 2017\u201318 season was Burnley's 136th competitive season, their second consecutive in the Premier League and their 55th in top flight English football. Along with the Premier League, the club also competed in the FA Cup and EFL Cup.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [27, 27], "content_span": [28, 261]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274866-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Burnley F.C. season\nThe season covered the period from 1 July 2017 to 30 June 2018.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [27, 27], "content_span": [28, 91]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274867-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Burton Albion F.C. season\nThe 2017\u201318 season was Burton Albion's 68th season in their history and second consecutive season in the Championship. Along with competing in the Championship, the club will also participate in the FA Cup and League Cup. The season covered the period from 1 July 2017 to 30 June 2018.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [33, 33], "content_span": [34, 319]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274867-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Burton Albion F.C. season, Pre-season, Friendlies\nAs of 7 June 2017, Burton Albion have announced ten pre-season friendlies against Leicester City, West Bromwich Albion, Shrewsbury Town, Matlock Town, Mickleover Sports, AFC Wimbledon, Kidsgrove Athletic, Solihull Moors, Rocester and Arnold Town.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 57], "content_span": [58, 304]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274867-0002-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Burton Albion F.C. season, Competitions, FA Cup\nIn the FA Cup, Burton Albion entered the competition in the third round and were drawn away to Birmingham City.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 55], "content_span": [56, 167]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274867-0003-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Burton Albion F.C. season, Competitions, EFL Cup\nOn 16 June 2017, the first round draw took place with a trip to Oldham Athletic confirmed. Another away trip against Cardiff City for the second round. A third away tie in the third round was confirmed against Manchester United.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 56], "content_span": [57, 285]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274868-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Burundi Premier League\nThe 2017\u201318 Burundi Ligue A season is the 54th edition of the top flight football competition in Burundi. The season started on 16 September 2017 and ended on 27 May 2018.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [30, 30], "content_span": [31, 202]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274869-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Bury F.C. season\nThe 2017\u201318 season covered the period from 1 July 2017 to 30 June 2018. It was Bury's 133rd season since the club was founded in 1885 and their third consecutive season in League One. They finished bottom of League One and were relegated to EFL League Two for the 2018\u201319 season. Besides competing in League Two, the team participated in the FA Cup, the EFL Cup and the EFL Trophy.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [24, 24], "content_span": [25, 406]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274869-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Bury F.C. season, Competitions, Friendlies\nAs of 15 June 2017, Bury have announced seven pre-season friendlies against Salford City, Macclesfield Town, Crewe Alexandra, Sunderland, Huddersfield Town and Radcliffe Borough.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 50], "content_span": [51, 229]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274869-0002-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Bury F.C. season, Competitions, FA Cup\nOn 16 October 2017, Bury were drawn away to either Woking or Concord Rangers in the first round. Woking won the replayed match 2\u20131 to host the first round tie. A draw in the first round meant a replay would need to be played at Gigg Lane.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 46], "content_span": [47, 285]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274869-0003-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Bury F.C. season, Competitions, EFL Cup\nOn 16 June 2017, Bury were drawn at home to Sunderland in the first round.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 47], "content_span": [48, 122]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274869-0004-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Bury F.C. season, Competitions, EFL Trophy\nOn 12 July 2017, the group stage draw was completed with Bury facing Blackburn Rovers, Rochdale and Stoke City U23s in Northern Group C. After finished second in their group and advancing to the next round, Bury were drawn away to Walsall. A home tie in the third round was confirmed next against Fleetwood Town.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 50], "content_span": [51, 363]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274870-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Butler Bulldogs men's basketball team\nThe 2017\u201318 Butler Bulldogs men's basketball team represented Butler University in the 2017\u201318 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. They were coached by LaVall Jordan, in his first year as head coach of his alma mater. The Bulldogs played their home games at Hinkle Fieldhouse in Indianapolis, Indiana as members of the Big East Conference. They finished the season 21\u201314, 9\u20139 in Big East play to finish a tie for sixth place. As the No. 6 seed in the Big East Tournament, they defeated Seton Hall before losing to Villanova in the semifinals. They received an at-large bid to the NCAA Tournament as the No. 10 seed in the Midwest region. There they defeated Arkansas in the First Round before losing to Purdue in the Second Round.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [45, 45], "content_span": [46, 781]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274870-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Butler Bulldogs men's basketball team, Previous season\nThe Bulldogs finished the 2016\u201317 season 25\u20139, 12\u20136 in Big East play to finish in second place. They lost to Xavier in the quarterfinals of the Big East Tournament. The team received an at-large bid to the NCAA Tournament as a No. 4 seed in the South Region. They defeated No. 13 Winthrop and No. 12 Middle Tennessee to advance to the Sweet 16. In the Sweet 16, they lost to eventual National Champion North Carolina.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [47, 62], "content_span": [63, 480]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274870-0002-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Butler Bulldogs men's basketball team, Previous season\nOn June 9, 2017, head coach Chris Holtmann left the school to become the head coach at Ohio State. On June 12, the school hired Milwaukee head coach and Bulter alum LaVall Jordan as head coach.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [47, 62], "content_span": [63, 256]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274870-0003-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Butler Bulldogs men's basketball team, Off season, 2017 recruiting class\nButler originally signed five recruits in its 2017 class which was hailed as the best recruiting class in Butler history. Following Chris Holtmann's departure, however, top-rated recruited Kyle Young was released from his letter of intent and followed Holtmann to Ohio State. On October 8, 2017, Cooper Neese announced he would be transferring to Indiana State before the season began.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [47, 80], "content_span": [81, 466]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274870-0004-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Butler Bulldogs men's basketball team, Preseason\nIn a poll of Big East coaches at the conference's media day, the Bulldogs were picked to finish in eight place in the Big East. Senior forward Kelan Martin was named to the preseason All-Big East First Team.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [47, 56], "content_span": [57, 264]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274871-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Butler Bulldogs women's basketball team\nThe 2017\u201318 Butler Bulldogs women's basketball team represents Butler University in the 2017\u201318 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Bulldogs, led by fourth year head coach Kurt Godlevske, play their home games at Hinkle Fieldhouse and were members of the Big East Conference. They finished the season 15\u201317, 6\u201312 in Big East play to finish in eighth place. They advanced to the quarterfinals of the Big East Women's Tournament where they lost to Marquette.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 47], "section_span": [47, 47], "content_span": [48, 515]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274871-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Butler Bulldogs women's basketball team, Previous season\nThey finished the season 6\u201325, 2\u201316 in Big East play to finish in last place. They advanced to the quarterfinals of the Big East Women's Tournament where they lost to Creighton.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 47], "section_span": [49, 64], "content_span": [65, 242]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274872-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 C.D. Guadalajara (women) season\nThe 2017\u201318 season was Guadalajara's first competitive season and first season in the Liga MX Femenil, the top flight of Mexican women's football.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [39, 39], "content_span": [40, 186]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274872-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 C.D. Guadalajara (women) season\nGuadalajara won the inaugural Liga MX Femenil tournament, defeating Pachuca in the Apertura 2017 final.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [39, 39], "content_span": [40, 143]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274872-0002-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 C.D. Guadalajara (women) season\nFor the Clausura 2018 tournament, the team finished fourth overall, but failed to qualify for the playoffs.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [39, 39], "content_span": [40, 147]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274873-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 C.D. Marath\u00f3n season\nThe 2017\u201318 season was C.D. Marath\u00f3n's 67th season in existence and the club's 52nd consecutive season in the top fight of Honduran football. The club got their 9th league title, ending an 8-year drought without league title. They also competed for the 2017 Honduran Supercup, ending as runner-ups.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [28, 28], "content_span": [29, 327]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274873-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 C.D. Marath\u00f3n season, Overview\nH\u00e9ctor Vargas was hired as new coach, after Manuel Keossei\u00e1n resigned on June 6.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 38], "content_span": [39, 119]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274873-0002-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 C.D. Marath\u00f3n season, Apertura, Squad\nNote: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 45], "content_span": [46, 174]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274873-0003-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 C.D. Marath\u00f3n season, Clausura, Squad\nNote: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 45], "content_span": [46, 174]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274874-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 C.F. Monterrey (women) season\nThe 2017\u201318 season was Monterrey's first competitive season and first season in the Liga MX Femenil, the top flight of Mexican women's football.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [37, 37], "content_span": [38, 182]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274874-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 C.F. Monterrey (women) season\nOn the Apertura 2017 tournament, Monterrey finished fourth and failed to qualified for the playoffs. For the next tournament, the Rayadas finished first during the regular season and managed to get to the championship final, where they lost against rivals UANL in penalties, in the women's version of the Cl\u00e1sico Regiomontano.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [37, 37], "content_span": [38, 364]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274875-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 C.S. Mar\u00edtimo season\nThis article shows C.S. Mar\u00edtimo's player statistics and all matches that the club played during the 2017\u201318 season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [28, 28], "content_span": [29, 145]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274875-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 C.S. Mar\u00edtimo season, Players, Current squad\nNote: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 52], "content_span": [53, 181]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274875-0002-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 C.S. Mar\u00edtimo season, Players, Out on loan\nNote: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 50], "content_span": [51, 179]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274876-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 CA Osasuna season\nDuring the 2017\u201318 season, CA Osasuna competed in the Segunda Divisi\u00f3n and the Copa del Rey.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [25, 25], "content_span": [26, 118]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274876-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 CA Osasuna season, Squad\nNote: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 32], "content_span": [33, 161]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274877-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 CB Miraflores season\nThe 2017\u201318 CB Miraflores season was the third in existence and their debut in the Liga ACB, the top flight of Spanish basketball, of this club, called San Pablo Burgos for sponsorship reasons.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [28, 28], "content_span": [29, 222]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274877-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 CB Miraflores season, Overview\nAfter several disappointments of different teams from the city of Burgos, that could not meet the requirements for promoting, San Pablo Burgos was finally admitted in the Liga ACB on 14 July 2017. As consequence of this and due to the requirement of the league to play in an arena of at least 5,000 seats, the club moved from Polideportivo El Plant\u00edo to the renovated bullring Coliseum Burgos.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 38], "content_span": [39, 432]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274877-0002-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 CB Miraflores season, Overview\nThe club made their debut on 1 October 2017, but they were defeated 65\u201381 at home by Iberostar Tenerife. After a streak of seven consecutive losses, including the matches against four of the five EuroLeague teams, the first win arrived on 11 November 2017 by beating UCAM Murcia at the Coliseum by 89\u201386.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 38], "content_span": [39, 343]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274877-0003-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 CB Miraflores season, Overview\nOn 3 December 2017, San Pablo Burgos won their first match away, against RETAbet Bilbao Basket by 62\u201378. Twenty days later, the team achieved the third win, the second one away, after beating direct rivals Divina Seguros Joventut by 81\u201388, thus allowing the club to remain at a distance of only one win for avoiding the relegation positions.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 38], "content_span": [39, 380]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274877-0004-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 CB Miraflores season, Overview\nOn 14 January 2018, and after earning two consecutive wins at MoraBanc Andorra and against Real Betis Energ\u00eda Plus, after an overtime, San Pablo Burgos left for the first time in the season the relegation positions. Deon Thompson, with a Performance Index Rating of 31 in the second of these matches, was named MVP of the week. The streak would continue with a new win at Pabell\u00f3n Pr\u00edncipe Felipe, by defeating Tecnyconta Zaragoza with a 9/9 of Sebas Saiz.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 38], "content_span": [39, 495]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274877-0005-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 CB Miraflores season, Overview\nSan Pablo Burgos did not came back and ended the season with 13 wins in 34 matches, remaining in the ACB without options to be relegated since the 31st round.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 38], "content_span": [39, 197]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274878-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 CD Legan\u00e9s season\nDuring the 2017\u201318 season, CD Legan\u00e9s participated in La Liga for the second time in their history, and the Copa del Rey.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [25, 25], "content_span": [26, 147]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274878-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 CD Legan\u00e9s season, Squad\nNote: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 32], "content_span": [33, 161]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274879-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 CD Lugo season\nDuring the 2017\u201318 season, CD Lugo are participating in the Spanish LaLiga 1|2|3, and the Copa del Rey.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [22, 22], "content_span": [23, 126]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274879-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 CD Lugo season, Squad\nNote: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 29], "content_span": [30, 158]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274880-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 CD Numancia season\nDuring the 2017\u201318 season, CD Numancia are participating in the Spanish LaLiga 1|2|3, and the Copa del Rey.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [26, 26], "content_span": [27, 134]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274880-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 CD Numancia season, Squad\nNote: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 33], "content_span": [34, 162]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274881-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 CD Tenerife season\nThe 2017\u201318 season was the 106th season in CD Tenerife\u2019s history.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [26, 26], "content_span": [27, 92]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274881-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 CD Tenerife season, Squad\nNote: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 33], "content_span": [34, 162]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274882-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 CERH European League\nThe 2017\u201318 CERH European League was the 53rd season of Europe's premier club roller hockey tournament organised by CERH, and the 21st season since it was renamed from European Champion Clubs' Cup to the CERH Champions League/European League.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [28, 28], "content_span": [29, 271]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274882-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 CERH European League\nReus Deportiu were the defending champions. Barcelona won the trophy for a record 22nd time, winning 4\u20132 over Porto, who lost their 9th consecutive final and 11th overall, 7 of which against Barcelona.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [28, 28], "content_span": [29, 230]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274882-0002-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 CERH European League, Format changes\nThere are not any format changes in the competition system but, as new, the CERH introduced possession clocks as in basketball. Each possession would have a maximum of 45 seconds.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 44], "content_span": [45, 224]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274882-0003-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 CERH European League, Team allocation, Federation ranking\nFor the 2017\u201318 CERH European League, the associations are allocated places according to their Federation points, which takes into account their performance in European competitions from the 2013\u201314 to the 2015\u201316 seasons. Points are calculated by dividing the total of points accumulated by the number of participating teams.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 65], "content_span": [66, 392]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274882-0004-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 CERH European League, Team allocation, Federation ranking\nParticipation in the European League is reserved to that federations that have an effective capacity to organize annually their own national championships. They all will have at least one place. For allocating the other nine places, the D'Hondt method is used with the coefficient of each federation.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 65], "content_span": [66, 366]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274882-0005-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 CERH European League, Team allocation, Federation ranking\nIn case of resigns, priority will be given according to the order established by the D'Hondt method.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 65], "content_span": [66, 166]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274882-0006-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 CERH European League, Team allocation, Teams\nLeague positions of the previous season shown in parentheses (TH: Title holders). As English champions King's Lynn resigned to its place, following the allocation criteria, Italian Follonica occupied its vacant berth.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 52], "content_span": [53, 270]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274882-0007-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 CERH European League, Draw\nThe 16 teams were allocated into four pots, with the title holders, Reus Deportiu, being placed directly as head-team of the Group A. The other three seeded teams will be from the three top ranked federations according to these priorities:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 34], "content_span": [35, 274]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274882-0008-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 CERH European League, Draw\nIn each group, teams played against each other home-and-away in a home-and-away round-robin format.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 34], "content_span": [35, 134]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274882-0009-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 CERH European League, Draw\nThe group stage will be drawn on 23 September 2017 in Lisbon.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 34], "content_span": [35, 96]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274882-0010-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 CERH European League, Draw, Pots\nBelow are the participating teams (with their points at the CERS ranking). Title holders and the champions of the three top leagues in the ranking were assigned to pot 1, while the rest of the pots were established by nationalities.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 40], "content_span": [41, 273]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274882-0011-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 CERH European League, Group stage\nThe 16 teams were allocated into four pots, with the title holders, Reus Deportiu, being placed as seeded team in the Group A automatically. The other 3 seeded teams, Porto, Barcelona and Amatori Lodi, were automatically placed in groups B, C and D, respectively. The rest of the teams were drawn into four groups of four, with the restriction that teams from the same association could not be drawn against each other.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 41], "content_span": [42, 461]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274882-0012-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 CERH European League, Group stage\nIn each group, teams played against each other home-and-away in a home-and-away round-robin format.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 41], "content_span": [42, 141]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274882-0013-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 CERH European League, Group stage\nA total of six national associations were represented in the group stage.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 41], "content_span": [42, 115]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274882-0014-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 CERH European League, Knockout phase\nThe knockout phase comprises a quarter-final round and the final four tournament. In the quarter-finals, group stage winners play against group stage runners-up, the latter hosting the first of two legs. The winners qualify for the final four, which will take place at the ground of one of the four finalists.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 44], "content_span": [45, 354]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274882-0015-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 CERH European League, Knockout phase, Final Four bracket\nThe Final Four will be played on 12 and 13 May in Porto, Portugal.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 64], "content_span": [65, 131]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274883-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 CERH Women's European League\nThe 2017\u201318 CERH Women's European Cup is the 12th season of Europe's premier female club roller hockey competition organized by CERH.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [36, 36], "content_span": [37, 170]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274883-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 CERH Women's European League, Format\nFourteen teams joined the first round while title holders Voltreg\u00e0 got a wildcard for the quarterfinals.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 44], "content_span": [45, 149]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274883-0002-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 CERH Women's European League, Teams\nFifteen teams from six federations joined the competition. The participants were confirmed on 19 September 2017.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 43], "content_span": [44, 156]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274883-0003-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 CERH Women's European League, Results\nThe draw was held at CERH headquarters in Lisbon, Portugal, on 23 September 2017.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 45], "content_span": [46, 127]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274883-0004-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 CERH Women's European League, Results, Preliminary round\nThe first leg was played on 11 November and the second leg on 2 December 2017.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 64], "content_span": [65, 143]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274883-0005-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 CERH Women's European League, Results, Quarterfinals\nThe quarterfinals will be played on 20 January and 17 February 2018.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 60], "content_span": [61, 129]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274884-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 CERS Cup\nThe 2017\u201318 CERS Cup is the 38th season of the CERS Cup, Europe's second club roller hockey competition organized by CERH.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [16, 16], "content_span": [17, 139]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274884-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 CERS Cup, Format\nAll the thirty two teams will play a double-legged knockout tournament with the only rule of avoiding that two teams from the same nation play together in the first round.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [18, 24], "content_span": [25, 196]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274884-0002-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 CERS Cup, Teams\nThirty two teams from eight national associations qualified for the competition and were confirmed on 19 September 2017. League positions of the previous season shown in parentheses.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [18, 23], "content_span": [24, 206]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274884-0003-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 CERS Cup, Bracket\nThe draw was held at CERH headquarters in Lisbon, Portugal, on 23 September 2017.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [18, 25], "content_span": [26, 107]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274884-0004-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 CERS Cup, Round of 32\nThe first leg was played on 4 November and the second leg on 23 November 2017.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [18, 29], "content_span": [30, 108]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274884-0005-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 CERS Cup, Round of 16\nThe first leg was played on 9 December 2017 and the second leg on 13 January 2018.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [18, 29], "content_span": [30, 112]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274884-0006-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 CERS Cup, Quarterfinals\nThe first leg will be played on 17 February 2017 and the second leg on 10 March 2018.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [18, 31], "content_span": [32, 117]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274884-0007-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 CERS Cup, Final Four\nThe Final Four will be played on 28 and 29 April in Lleida, Spain.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [18, 28], "content_span": [29, 95]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274885-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 CEV Challenge Cup\nThe 2017\u201318 CEV Challenge Cup was the 38th edition of the CEV Challenge Cup tournament, the former CEV Cup.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [25, 25], "content_span": [26, 133]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274886-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 CEV Champions League\nThe 2017\u201318 CEV Champions League was the highest level of European club volleyball in the season and the 59th edition.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [28, 28], "content_span": [29, 147]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274886-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 CEV Champions League, Qualification\nThe 12 teams of participants on the basis of ranking list for European Cup Competitions and 8 teams qualify from the qualification rounds.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 43], "content_span": [44, 182]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274887-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 CEV Champions League qualification\nThis article shows the qualification phase for the 2018 CEV Champions League. 20 teams will enter qualification round. 12 teams have directly qualified to the League round based on the 2018 European Cups\u2019 Ranking List.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [42, 42], "content_span": [43, 261]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274888-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 CEV Cup\nThe 2017\u201318 CEV Cup was the 46th edition of the European CEV Cup volleyball club tournament.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [15, 15], "content_span": [16, 108]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274888-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 CEV Cup, Participating teams\nThe number of participants on the basis of ranking list for European Cup Competitions:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [17, 36], "content_span": [37, 123]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274889-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 CEV Women's Challenge Cup\nThe 2017\u201318 CEV Women's Challenge Cup will be the 38th edition of the European Challenge Cup volleyball club tournament, the former \"CEV Cup\".", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [33, 33], "content_span": [34, 176]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274889-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 CEV Women's Challenge Cup, Format\nThe tournament is played on a knockout format, with 37 teams participating. Initially 10 teams play a qualification round with the 5 winners advancing to the main phase. On 14 June 2017, a drawing of lots in Luxembourg City, Luxembourg, determined the team's pairing for each match. Each team plays a home and an away match with result points awarded for each leg (3 points for 3\u20130 or 3\u20131 wins, 2 points for 3\u20132 win, 1 point for 2\u20133 loss). After two legs, the team with the most result points advances to the next round.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 41], "content_span": [42, 562]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274889-0001-0001", "contents": "2017\u201318 CEV Women's Challenge Cup, Format\nIn case the teams are tied after two legs, a Golden Set is played immediately at the completion of the second leg. The Golden Set winner is the team that first obtains 15 points, provided that the points difference between the two teams is at least 2 points (thus, the Golden Set is similar to a tiebreak set in a normal match).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 41], "content_span": [42, 370]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274890-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 CEV Women's Champions League\nThe CEV Champions League was the highest level of European club volleyball in the 2017\u201318 season and the 58th edition. The Turkish club Vak\u0131fBank Istanbul won its fourth overall and second consecutive title. The Romanian club CSM Volei Alba Blaj won the silver medal and Italian Imoco Volley Conegliano claimed the bronze medal. The Turkish G\u00f6zde K\u0131rdar Sons\u0131rma from Vak\u0131fBank Istanbul, who will retire, was awarded Most Valuable Player.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [36, 36], "content_span": [37, 475]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274890-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 CEV Women's Champions League, Qualification\nA total of 16 team participate of the main competition, with 12 teams being allocated direct vacancies on the basis of ranking list for European Cup Competitions and 4 teams qualified from the qualification rounds. Drawing of lots was held in Moscow, Russia on 17 November 2017.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 51], "content_span": [52, 330]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274890-0002-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 CEV Women's Champions League, Format\nA round-robin format (each team plays every other team in its pool twice, once home and once away) where the 16 participating teams are drawn into 4 pools of 4 teams each. The four pool winners and the best two second placed teams among all pools qualify for the Playoffs. The organizer of the Final Four is determined at the conclusion League Round and qualify directly for the Final Four.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 44], "content_span": [45, 435]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274890-0003-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 CEV Women's Champions League, Format\nThe standings is determined by the number of matches won. In case of a tie in the number of matches won by two or more teams, their ranking is based on the following criteria:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 44], "content_span": [45, 220]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274890-0004-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 CEV Women's Champions League, Format\nA knockout format where the 6 qualified teams are each draw into one of the 3 matches with each match consisting of two legs (home and away). Result points are awarded for each leg (3 points for 3\u20130 or 3\u20131 wins, 2 points for 3\u20132 win, 1 point for 2\u20133 loss). After two legs, the team with the most result points advances to the Final Four. In case the teams are tied after two legs, a Golden Set is played immediately at the completion of the second leg. The Golden Set winner is the team that first obtains 15 points, provided that the points difference between the two teams is at least 2 points (thus, the Golden Set is similar to a tiebreak set in a normal match).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 44], "content_span": [45, 711]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274890-0005-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 CEV Women's Champions League, Format\nA single-elimination format where the three winners of the Playoffs are joined by the Final Four hosts and draw to play the semifinals (winners advance to the final and losers to the 3rd place match). In case two teams from the same country qualify for the semifinals, they will play each other.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 44], "content_span": [45, 340]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274890-0006-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 CEV Women's Champions League, Record\nOn 6 May 2018, in the final game of the 2018 Champions League, Vak\u0131fBank Istanbul attained the record of the best score in a volleyball European cup final since the Rally Point System was adopted, with only 45 points lost. Consequently, CSM Volei Alba Blaj holds the record for the worst score.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 44], "content_span": [45, 339]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274891-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 CEV Women's Champions League qualification\nThis article shows the qualification phase for 2017\u201318 CEV Women's Champions League. A total of 14 teams entered this qualification round. During qualification, the winners keep on progressing until the last 4 teams standing join the 12 teams which have directly qualified to the main tournament League round based on the European Cups' Ranking List. All 10 teams which do not progress in qualification are allocated to the 2017\u201318 Women's CEV Cup.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 50], "section_span": [50, 50], "content_span": [51, 499]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274892-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 CEV Women's Champions League squads\nThis article shows the rosters of all participating teams at the 2017\u201318 CEV Women's Champions League in several countries.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [43, 43], "content_span": [44, 167]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274892-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 CEV Women's Champions League squads, Pool A, ASPTT Mulhouse\nThe following is the roster of the France club ASPTT Mulhouse in the 2017\u201318 CEV Women's Champions League.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [45, 67], "content_span": [68, 174]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274892-0002-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 CEV Women's Champions League squads, Pool A, CS Volei Alba-Blaj\nThe following is the roster of the Romania club CS Volei Alba-Blaj in the 2017\u201318 CEV Women's Champions League.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [45, 71], "content_span": [72, 183]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274892-0003-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 CEV Women's Champions League squads, Pool A, Developres SkyRes Rzesz\u00f3w\nThe following is the roster of the Poland club Developres SkyRes Rzesz\u00f3w in the 2017\u201318 CEV Women's Champions League.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [45, 78], "content_span": [79, 196]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274892-0004-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 CEV Women's Champions League squads, Pool A, Vol\u00e9ro Z\u00fcrich\nThe following is the roster of the Switzerland club Vol\u00e9ro Z\u00fcrich in the 2017\u201318 CEV Women's Champions League.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [45, 66], "content_span": [67, 177]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274892-0005-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 CEV Women's Champions League squads, Pool B, Agel Prost\u011bjov\nThe following is the roster of the Czech Republic club Agel Prost\u011bjov in the 2017\u201318 CEV Women's Champions League.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [45, 67], "content_span": [68, 182]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274892-0006-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 CEV Women's Champions League squads, Pool B, Fenerbah\u00e7e SK Istanbul\nThe following is the roster of the Turkey club Fenerbah\u00e7e SK Istanbul in the 2017\u201318 CEV Women's Champions League.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [45, 75], "content_span": [76, 190]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274892-0007-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 CEV Women's Champions League squads, Pool B, Imoco Volley Conegliano\nThe following is the roster of the Italia club Imoco Volley Conegliano in the 2017\u201318 CEV Women's Champions League.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [45, 76], "content_span": [77, 192]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274892-0008-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 CEV Women's Champions League squads, Pool B, Igor Gorgonzola Novara\nThe following is the roster of the Italia club Igor Gorgonzola Novara in the 2017\u201318 CEV Women's Champions League.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [45, 75], "content_span": [76, 190]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274892-0009-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 CEV Women's Champions League squads, Pool C, Chemik Police\nThe following is the roster of the Poland club Chemik Police in the 2017\u201318 CEV Women's Champions League.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [45, 66], "content_span": [67, 172]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274892-0010-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 CEV Women's Champions League squads, Pool C, Dinamo Kazan\nThe following is the roster of the Russia club Dinamo Kazan in the 2017\u201318 CEV Women's Champions League.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [45, 65], "content_span": [66, 170]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274892-0011-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 CEV Women's Champions League squads, Pool C, Maritza Plovdiv\nThe following is the roster of the Bulgaria club Maritza Plovdiv in the 2017\u201318 CEV Women's Champions League.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [45, 68], "content_span": [69, 178]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274892-0012-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 CEV Women's Champions League squads, Pool C, Vizura Ruma\nThe following is the roster of the Serbia club Vizura Ruma in the 2017\u201318 CEV Women's Champions League.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [45, 64], "content_span": [65, 168]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274893-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 CF Reus Deportiu season\nThe 2017\u201318 season is the 109th season in CF Reus Deportiu \u2019s history.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [31, 31], "content_span": [32, 102]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274893-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 CF Reus Deportiu season, Squad\nNote: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 38], "content_span": [39, 167]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274894-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 CR Belouizdad season\nIn the 2017\u201318 season, CR Belouizdad competed in Ligue 1 for the 52nd season, as well as the Algerian Cup.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [28, 28], "content_span": [29, 135]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274894-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 CR Belouizdad season, Algerian Super Cup\nThe 2017 Algerian Super Cup is the 11th edition of the Algerian Super Cup, a competition with only one match, organized by the Professional Football League (LFP) and the Algerian Football Federation (FAF) since 2013. The Algerian Ligue Professionnelle 1 champion competes against the winner of the Algerian Cup.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 48], "content_span": [49, 360]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274894-0002-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 CR Belouizdad season, Algerian Super Cup\nTherefore, ES S\u00e9tif, the 2016-2017 champion of Algeria, played against CR Belouizdad, winner of the 2016\u201317 Algerian Cup. The rules of the game are: the duration of the game is 90 minutes and in case of a tie, a session of penalties is performed to separate the teams. Three substitutions are allowed for each team.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 48], "content_span": [49, 364]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274894-0003-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 CR Belouizdad season, Squad information, Goalscorers\nIncludes all competitive matches. The list is sorted alphabetically by surname when total goals are equal.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 60], "content_span": [61, 167]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274894-0004-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 CR Belouizdad season, Squad list\nAs of August 25, 2017. Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 40], "content_span": [41, 192]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274895-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 CS Constantine season\nIn the 2017\u201318 season, CS Constantine competed in the Ligue 1 for the 20th season, as well as the Algerian Cup.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [29, 29], "content_span": [30, 141]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274895-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 CS Constantine season, Summary season\nIn the new season the CS Constantine laid off ten players, including The goalkeeper in the last four seasons C\u00e9dric Si Mohamed, and defender Arslane Mazari, Midfield former international Mourad Meghni due to repeated injuries, Abdelhak Sameur and attackers Mohamed Amine Aoudia and Ivorian Manucho Which ended his loan period, After that coach Abdelkader Amrani renewed his contract with the CS Constantine for two seasons. after he led the team for six months last season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 45], "content_span": [46, 519]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274895-0001-0001", "contents": "2017\u201318 CS Constantine season, Summary season\nand then put a list of the names of the players who must be brought, the first international goalkeeper Chamseddine Rahmani from MO B\u00e9ja\u00efa then the striker Lamine Abid from NA Hussein Dey for two seasons the first foreign player this season contracted with him is the international Burkinab\u00e9 Ousmane Sylla for three seasons, five days after that the team contracted with three players and they are Said Arroussi, Sid Ali Lamri from ES S\u00e9tif and Sofiane Khadir from MO B\u00e9ja\u00efa. Then the last player to sign with him was Mali international Moctar Ciss\u00e9 from Albanian club KF Tirana.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 45], "content_span": [46, 625]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274895-0002-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 CS Constantine season, Summary season\nLike every season the team prepared for this season in Tunisia and in the city of Hammam Bourguiba during the period from July 20 to 31, a preparation camp ahead of the new season of Ligue 1 which will begin on August 25th, this pre-season internship, the second after the Constantine reunion which ran from July 15 to 19. the first friendly match against US Monastir ended in favor of Les Sanafir with a single goal.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 45], "content_span": [46, 463]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274895-0002-0001", "contents": "2017\u201318 CS Constantine season, Summary season\nthis second cycle of pre-season preparation will be followed by another internship in Gammarth between 6 and 18 August which will be devoted to the physical aspect of the technico-tactical part with friendly matches in the program. After the end of both internships in Tunisia and returning to Algeria in preparation for the first round in Ligue 1, CSC aspires to play the first roles this season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 45], "content_span": [46, 443]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274895-0003-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 CS Constantine season, Summary season\nThe first match was against NA Hussein Dey at home and won 3\u20131 two of them for El Hedi Belameiri after that in the first away game was defeated against the DRB Tadjenanet 2\u20131 starting from the third round the team looked great results and the victory against USM Bel-Abb\u00e8s with a single goal from Moctar Ciss\u00e9 then at the top of the fifth round against MC Alger, they scored a valuable win from the new player Lamine Abid, two weeks after that they managed to achieve the first victory outside the home against US Biskra double Abid to take the lead with 13 points, four days later and in the east Derby against ES S\u00e9tif and after he was late with a goal until the 88 minutes managed to achieve a historic victory after scoring two goals in two minutes.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 45], "content_span": [46, 799]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274895-0003-0001", "contents": "2017\u201318 CS Constantine season, Summary season\nthen CS Constantine followed the positive results and maintain his lead in the 11th round against USM Alger, the CSC achieved surprise by winning two goals after they were late by goal in the first half after the game coach Amrani said that winning the championship is not the goal of the team and that there are still 19 games.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 45], "content_span": [46, 374]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274895-0003-0002", "contents": "2017\u201318 CS Constantine season, Summary season\nbut in round 13 and against JS Kabylie they won a valuable win and it is the second win away from home, two goals from Abid who reached the tenth goal of the season, and then declared Amrani that winning the championship became a goal after it became the elves from the big teams such as ES S\u00e9tif and USM Alger. the start of this season is the best since his ascension in 2011\u201312 season and is looking for his second title after the first season 1996\u201397.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 45], "content_span": [46, 500]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274895-0004-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 CS Constantine season, Squad list\nAs of August 25, 2017. Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 41], "content_span": [42, 193]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274896-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 CS Luceaf\u0103rul Oradea season\nThe 2017\u201318 season was Luceaf\u0103rul Oradea's 12th season in the Romanian football league system, and their 4th season in the Liga II. The club started the season with Ioan Blidaru as owner, Cornel \u021a\u0103lnar as coach and with Liga I promotion ambitions. After a very bad start and some tensions in the squad and leadership of the team Blidaru retired and the club was one step away from the dissolution. Shortly the team was bought by Nicolae Sarcin\u0103 and saved from disappearance, but most of the players left the club and a squad reconstruction in the middle of the season was not easy, so Luceaf\u0103rul has had oscillating evolutions.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [35, 35], "content_span": [36, 663]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274896-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 CS Luceaf\u0103rul Oradea season, Players, First team squad\nNote: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 62], "content_span": [63, 191]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274896-0002-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 CS Luceaf\u0103rul Oradea season, Players, Out on loan\nNote: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 57], "content_span": [58, 186]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274897-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 CS Universitatea Craiova season\nThe 2017\u201318 CS Universitatea Craiova season is the 66th season in the football club's history and 4th consecutive and 51st overall season in the top flight of Romanian football, the Liga I, having been promoted from the Liga II in 2014. Universitatea Craiova also are participating in this season's edition of the domestic cup Cupa Rom\u00e2niei, and the UEFA Europa League. This is the 1st season for Universitatea in the rebuilt Ion Oblemenco stadium, located in Craiova, Romania. The season covers a period from 1 July 2017 to 30 June 2018.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [39, 39], "content_span": [40, 578]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274897-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 CS Universitatea Craiova season, Season overview, Background\nIn the previous season, Universitatea finished in the fifth position and qualified for European football for the first time since the 1992\u201393 UEFA Cup. They were knocked out of the Romanian Cup in the semi-finals by FC Voluntari.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 68], "content_span": [69, 298]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274897-0002-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 CS Universitatea Craiova season, Players, Squad information\nNote: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 67], "content_span": [68, 196]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274898-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 CSA Provincial One-Day Challenge\nThe 2017\u201318 CSA Provincial One-Day Challenge was a List A cricket competition that took place in South Africa from 15 October 2017 to 8 April 2018. The competition was played between the thirteen South African provincial teams and Namibia. The tournament was played in parallel with the 2017\u201318 Sunfoil 3-Day Cup, a first-class competition which featured the same teams. Northerns were the defending champions.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [40, 40], "content_span": [41, 451]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274898-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 CSA Provincial One-Day Challenge\nFollowing Namibia's fixture against Free State in February 2018, Namibia's captain Sarel Burger and vice-captain Craig Williams retired from cricket.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [40, 40], "content_span": [41, 190]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274898-0002-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 CSA Provincial One-Day Challenge\nThe final was played between Gauteng and North West at the Wanderers Stadium in Johannesburg on 8 April 2018. North West won the match to claim their first tile, beating Gauteng by 34 runs. Cricket South Africa's acting Chief Executive, Thabang Moroe, congratulated North West on winning the title.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [40, 40], "content_span": [41, 339]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274899-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 CWHL season\nThe 2017\u201318 CWHL season is the 11th season of the Canadian Women's Hockey League. This is also the first season in which the teams pay their players a salary. It would also prove to be the final full season in which Brenda Andress served as commissioner of the league, tendering her resignation on July 18, 2019.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [19, 19], "content_span": [20, 332]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274899-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 CWHL season, Offseason\nOn June 5, 2017, the league revealed at the Hockey Hall of Fame that it would expand into China with the Kunlun Red Star WIH, a women's team associated with the Kontinental Hockey League's Kunlun Red Star men's team. The recent expansions into China is aimed for developing their ice hockey teams for when Beijing hosts the 2022 Winter Olympics. Prior to the official announcement of the team joining the CWHL, Noora R\u00e4ty and American forward Kelli Stack were at the announcement at the Hockey Hall of Fame wearing Red Star jerseys. The league soon added a second Chinese team in the Vanke Rays.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 30], "content_span": [31, 626]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274899-0002-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 CWHL season, Offseason\nOn July 11, 2017, it was announced that the Brampton Thunder, a founding franchise of the CWHL and the league's first champions, would be moving east to the Markham community of Thornhill, Ontatio. The move was announced with a press conference at their new arena with commissioner Brenda Andress, Mayor Frank Scarpitti, CWHL Director and esteemed Thunder alumni Vicky Sunohara, interim General Manager Chelsea Purcell (later named GM in August), and many Thunder players present.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 30], "content_span": [31, 511]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274899-0003-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 CWHL season, Offseason\nOn September 1, the league announced that it would begin having salaries for their players for the first time. Each player is set to make a minimum of $2,000 per season and a maximum of $10,000 with a team salary cap of $100,000. At the time of the announcement, it made the league the second fully professional women's hockey league in North America after the launch of the rival National Women's Hockey League in the United States in 2015.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 30], "content_span": [31, 472]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274899-0004-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 CWHL season, Offseason, CWHL Draft\nThe 2017 CWHL Draft marked the first time that the Draft involved the Kunlun Red Star WIH and Vanke Rays. Courtney Turner was selected with the first overall pick in the draft, claimed by the Boston Blades, becoming the first American-born player to be selected with the top pick.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 42], "content_span": [43, 323]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274899-0005-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 CWHL season, Clarkson Cup playoffs\nLaura Stacey would score against Noora Raty of the Kunlun Red Star with 2:11 left in the 4-on-4 overtime, as Markham prevailed by a 2\u20131 score for its first Clarkson Cup win.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 42], "content_span": [43, 216]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274900-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Cagliari Calcio season\nThe 2017\u201318 season was Cagliari Calcio's second season back in Serie A after being relegated at the end of the 2014\u201315 season. The club competed in Serie A, finishing 16th, and in the Coppa Italia, where they were eliminated in the fourth round.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [30, 30], "content_span": [31, 276]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274900-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Cagliari Calcio season, Players, Squad information\nNote: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 58], "content_span": [59, 187]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274901-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Cal Poly Mustangs men's basketball team\nThe 2017\u201318 Cal Poly Mustangs men's basketball team represented the California Polytechnic State University in the 2017\u201318 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Mustangs were led by ninth-year head coach Joe Callero and played their home games at Mott Athletic Center as members of the Big West Conference. They finished the season 9\u201322, 4\u201312 in Big West play to finish in seventh place. They lost in the quarterfinals of the Big West Tournament to UC Santa Barbara.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 47], "section_span": [47, 47], "content_span": [48, 521]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274901-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Cal Poly Mustangs men's basketball team, Previous season\nThe Mustangs finished the 2016\u201317 season 11\u201320, 6\u201310 in Big West play to finish in seventh place. They lost to UC Davis in the quarterfinals of the Big West Tournament.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 47], "section_span": [49, 64], "content_span": [65, 233]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274902-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Cal State Bakersfield Roadrunners men's basketball team\nThe 2017\u201318 Cal State Bakersfield Roadrunners men's basketball team represented California State University, Bakersfield during the 2017\u201318 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Roadrunners, led by seventh-year head coach Rod Barnes, played their home games at the Icardo Center as members of the Western Athletic Conference. They finished the season 12\u201318, 5\u20139 in WAC play to finish in a tie for sixth place. They lost in the quarterfinals of the WAC Tournament to Utah Valley.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 63], "section_span": [63, 63], "content_span": [64, 549]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274902-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Cal State Bakersfield Roadrunners men's basketball team, Previous season\nThe Roadrunners finished the 2016\u201317 season 25\u201310, 12\u20132 in WAC play to win the regular season WAC championship. They defeated Utah Valley to advance to the championship game of the WAC Tournament where they lost to New Mexico State. As a regular season conference champion who failed to win their conference tournament, they received an automatic bid to the National Invitation Tournament. As a No. 8 seed, they defeated California, Colorado State, and Texas\u2013Arlington to become the first No. 8 seed to advance to the semifinals since the NIT introduced seeding in 2006. In the semifinals at Madison Square Garden they lost to Georgia Tech.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 63], "section_span": [65, 80], "content_span": [81, 721]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274903-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Cal State Fullerton Titans men's basketball team\nThe 2017\u201318 Cal State Fullerton Titans men's basketball team represented California State University, Fullerton during the 2017\u201318 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Titans, led by fifth-year head coach Dedrique Taylor, played their home games at the Titan Gym, in Fullerton, California, as members of the Big West Conference. They finished the season 20\u201312, 10\u20136 in Big West play to finish in fourth place. They defeated Long Beach State and UC Davis to advance to the championship game of the Big West Tournament. In the championship, they defeated UC Irvine to win the tournament and receive the conference's automatic bid to the NCAA Tournament. As the No. 15 seed in the East region, they lost to Purdue in the first round.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 56], "section_span": [56, 56], "content_span": [57, 795]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274903-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Cal State Fullerton Titans men's basketball team, Previous season\nThe Titans finished the 2016\u201317 season 17\u201315, 10\u20136 in Big West play to finish in third place. In the Big West Tournament, they defeated Cal State Northridge in the quarterfinals, before losing to UC Davis in the semifinals. They were then invited to the CollegeInsider.com Tournament, where they lost to Weber State in the first round.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 56], "section_span": [58, 73], "content_span": [74, 409]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274903-0002-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Cal State Fullerton Titans men's basketball team, Schedule and results\nSource: \u2013 All home or Big West matches are televised on BigWest.TV.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 56], "section_span": [58, 78], "content_span": [79, 146]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274904-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Cal State Northridge Matadors men's basketball team\nThe 2017\u201318 Cal State Northridge Matadors men's basketball team represented California State University, Northridge (also known as CSUN) during the 2017\u201318 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Matadors, led by fifth-year head coach Reggie Theus, played their home games at the Matadome as members of the Big West Conference. They finished the season 6\u201324, 3\u201313 in Big West play to finish in last place. They failed to qualify for the Big West Tournament.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 59], "section_span": [59, 59], "content_span": [60, 522]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274904-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Cal State Northridge Matadors men's basketball team\nOn March 6, 2018, the school fired head coach Reggie Theus, along with Athletic Director Brandon Martin following a heated verbal exchange between the two following the dismissal of Theus. On March 13, the school hired former NC State coach Mark Gottfried as head coach.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 59], "section_span": [59, 59], "content_span": [60, 330]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274904-0002-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Cal State Northridge Matadors men's basketball team, Previous season\nThe Matadors finished the 2016\u201317 season 11\u201319, 7\u20139 in Big West play to finish in sixth place. In the Big West Tournament, they lost to Cal State Fullerton in the quarterfinals.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 59], "section_span": [61, 76], "content_span": [77, 254]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274905-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Cal State Northridge Matadors women's basketball team\nThe 2017\u201318 Cal State Northridge Matadors women's basketball team represents California State University, Northridge during the 2017\u201318 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Matadors, led by eighth year head coach Jason Flowers, play their home games at the Matadome as members of the Big West Conference. They finished the season 19\u201316, 8\u20138 in Big West play to finish in fifth place. They won the Big Women's Tournament to earn an automatic bid to the NCAA Women's Tournament where they lost to Notre Dame in the first round.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 61], "section_span": [61, 61], "content_span": [62, 597]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274906-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Calcutta Premier Division\nThe 2017\u201318 Calcutta Premier Division season was the 119th season of the Calcutta Premier Division, a state league within the Indian state of West Bengal. The league is divided into two groups \u2013 Group A and Group B. The Championship title is awarded only to the Group A winner, while four teams from Group A are relegated to Group B at the end of the season and four teams from Group B are simultaneously promoted to Group A for the next season. The fixtures of Group A kicked off on 12 August 2017, while the fixtures for Group B had kicked off on 7 August 2017.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [33, 33], "content_span": [34, 597]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274906-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Calcutta Premier Division, Group A, Standings\nNote: 1=These teams got walkover against Southern Samity and they got 3 point each.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 53], "content_span": [54, 137]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274906-0002-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Calcutta Premier Division, Group A, Results\nHome team won; \u00a0\u00a0Match drawn; \u00a0\u00a0Away team won;\u00a0\u00a0Match ABD", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 51], "content_span": [52, 109]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274906-0003-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Calcutta Premier Division, Group B, Standings\nNotes: 1. After the results of the 10th round, the teams will be divided into two groups of top 6 and bottom 5. The top 6 teams are to play against each other in a single-leg format, called the championship round, while the bottom 5 teams play against each other in the same single-leg format called the relegation round. Each team carried forward their points and other records from the previous 10 matches into the championship or the relegation round.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 53], "content_span": [54, 508]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274906-0004-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Calcutta Premier Division, Group B, Results\nHome team won; \u00a0\u00a0Match drawn; \u00a0\u00a0Away team won;\u00a0\u00a0Match ABD", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 51], "content_span": [52, 109]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274907-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Calgary Flames season\nThe 2017\u201318 Calgary Flames season was their 38th season in Calgary, and the 46th season for the National Hockey League franchise that was established on June 6, 1972. The Flames missed the playoffs for the seventh time in their last nine seasons.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [29, 29], "content_span": [30, 276]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274907-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Calgary Flames season, Schedule and results, Pre-season\nThe pre-season schedule was released on June 15, 2017. Before the start of pre-season games, the Flames' rookies and prospects participated in the annual Young Stars Classic tournament.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 63], "content_span": [64, 249]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274907-0002-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Calgary Flames season, Schedule and results, Pre-season\nYoung Stars Classic tournament at South Okanagan Events Centre in Penticton, British Columbia", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 63], "content_span": [64, 157]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274907-0003-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Calgary Flames season, Schedule and results, Regular season\nThe regular season schedule was published on June 22, 2017.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 67], "content_span": [68, 127]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274907-0004-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Calgary Flames season, Schedule and results, Regular season\nLegend:\u00a0\u00a0Win (2 points)\u00a0\u00a0Loss (0 points)\u00a0\u00a0Overtime/shootout loss (1 point)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 67], "content_span": [68, 142]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274907-0005-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Calgary Flames season, Player statistics, Goaltenders\n\u2020Denotes player spent time with another team before joining the Flames. Stats reflect time with the Flames only. \u2021Traded mid-seasonBold/italics denotes franchise record", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 61], "content_span": [62, 230]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274907-0006-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Calgary Flames season, Draft picks\nBelow are the Calgary Flames' selections at the 2017 NHL Entry Draft, which was held on June 23 and 24, 2017 at the United Center in Chicago.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 42], "content_span": [43, 184]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274908-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 California Golden Bears men's basketball team\nThe 2017\u201318 California Golden Bears men's basketball team represented the University of California, Berkeley in the 2017\u201318 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. This was Wyking Jones first year as head coach at California. The Golden Bears played their home games at Haas Pavilion as members of the Pac-12 Conference. They finished the season 8\u201324, 2\u201316 in Pac-12 play to finish in last place. They lost in the first round of the Pac-12 Tournament to Stanford.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 53], "section_span": [53, 53], "content_span": [54, 518]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274908-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 California Golden Bears men's basketball team, Previous season\nThe Golden Bears finished the season 21\u201313, 10\u20138 in the conference. During the season, they were invited and participated in the Pearl Harbor Basketball Invitational in Honolulu, Hawaii. California defeated Princeton but lost to Seton Hall to earn 2nd place. In the postseason, the Golden Bears defeated Oregon State and Utah in Pac-12 Tournament in Paradise, Nevada to advance to the semifinals where they lost to Oregon. California was invited and participated in the 2017 National Invitation Tournament where they lost in the first round to Cal State Bakersfield; the Golden Bears hosted the match against the Roadrunners.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 53], "section_span": [55, 70], "content_span": [71, 696]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274909-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 California Golden Bears women's basketball team\nThe 2017\u201318 California Golden Bears women's basketball team represents University of California, Berkeley during the 2017\u201318 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Golden Bears, led by seventh year head coach Lindsay Gottlieb, play their home games at the Haas Pavilion and were members of the Pac-12 Conference. They finished the season 21\u201311, 11\u20137 in Pac-12 play to finish in fifth place. They advanced to the quarterfinals of the Pac-12 Women's Tournament where they lost to UCLA. They received at-large bid to the NCAA Women's Tournament where they got upset by Virginia in the first round.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 55], "section_span": [55, 55], "content_span": [56, 658]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274910-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Cambridge United F.C. season\nThe 2017\u201318 season is Cambridge United's 106th season in their history, their 39th in the Football League, and their fourth consecutive season in League Two. Along with League Two, the club will also participate in the FA Cup, EFL Cup and EFL Trophy.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [36, 36], "content_span": [37, 287]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274910-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Cambridge United F.C. season\nThe season covers the period from 1 July 2017 to 30 June 2018.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [36, 36], "content_span": [37, 99]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274910-0002-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Cambridge United F.C. season, Competitions, Pre-season matches\nAs of 7 June 2017, Cambridge United have announced ten pre-season friendlies against Norwich City (two one hour matches), Southend United, Tottenham Hotspur U23, St Neots Town, St Albans City, Royston Town, Ebbsfleet United, Dartford and Hemel Hempstead Town.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 70], "content_span": [71, 330]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274910-0003-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Cambridge United F.C. season, Competitions, League Two, Matches\nOn 21 June 2017, the fixtures for the forthcoming season were announced.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 71], "content_span": [72, 144]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274910-0004-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Cambridge United F.C. season, Competitions, FA Cup\nOn 16 October 2017, Cambridge United were drawn at home to Sutton United in the first round. An away trip to Newport County was confirmed for the second round.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 58], "content_span": [59, 218]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274910-0005-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Cambridge United F.C. season, Competitions, EFL Cup\nOn 16 June 2017, Cambridge United were drawn away to Bristol Rovers in the first round.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 59], "content_span": [60, 147]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274910-0006-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Cambridge United F.C. season, Competitions, EFL Trophy\nOn 12 July 2017, Cambridge United were drawn in Southern Section Group H along with Northampton Town, Peterborough United and Southampton U23s.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 62], "content_span": [63, 206]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274911-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Campbell Fighting Camels basketball team\nThe 2017\u201318 Campbell Fighting Camels basketball team represented Campbell University during the 2017\u201318 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Fighting Camels were led by fifth-year head coach Kevin McGeehan and played their home games at Gore Arena in Buies Creek, North Carolina as members of the Big South Conference. They finished the season 18\u201316, 10\u20138 in Big South play to finish in fourth place. They lost to Liberty in the quarterfinals of the Big South Tournament. They were invited to the College Basketball Invitational where they defeated Miami (OH) and New Orleans before losing in the semifinals to San Francisco.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 48], "section_span": [48, 48], "content_span": [49, 682]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274911-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Campbell Fighting Camels basketball team, Previous season\nThe Fighting Camels finished the season 19\u201318, 7\u201311 in Big South play to finish in a tie for seventh place. Due to tiebreakers, they received the No. 7 seed in the Big South Tournament where defeated Presbyterian, UNC Asheville, and Radford to advance to the championship game where they lost to Winthrop. They received an invitation to the CollegeInsider.com Tournament where they defeated Houston Baptist and UT Martin before losing in the Quarterfinals to Furman.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 48], "section_span": [50, 65], "content_span": [66, 533]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274911-0002-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Campbell Fighting Camels basketball team, Schedule and results\n* Non-conference game. #Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Eastern Time", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 48], "section_span": [50, 70], "content_span": [71, 187]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274912-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Campeonato Nacional da Guin\u00e9-Bissau\nThe 2017\u201318 Campeonato Nacional da Guin\u00e9-Bissau season is the 41st edition (since independence) of the top level of football competition in Guinea-Bissau. It began on 25 November 2017 and ended on 18 June 2018.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [43, 43], "content_span": [44, 254]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274913-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Campeonato Nacional de Futebol Feminino\nThe 2017\u201318 Campeonato Nacional de Futebol Feminino (also known as Liga de Futebol Feminino Allianz for sponsorship reasons) was the 33rd edition of Campeonato Nacional de Futebol Feminino. Sporting CP successfully defended their title, winning the competition for the 2nd time.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 47], "section_span": [47, 47], "content_span": [48, 326]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274913-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Campeonato Nacional de Futebol Feminino, Teams\nTwelve teams competed in the league \u2013 the top ten teams from the 2016\u201317 Campeonato Nacional, as well as two teams promoted from the Campeonato de Promo\u00e7\u00e3o.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 47], "section_span": [49, 54], "content_span": [55, 211]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274913-0002-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Campeonato Nacional de Futebol Feminino, Teams\nAs the competition was reduced from 14 to 12 teams, only two teams were promoted to replace the four teams relegated:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 47], "section_span": [49, 54], "content_span": [55, 172]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274914-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Campeonato de Portugal\nThe 2017\u201318 Campeonato de Portugal is the fifth season of Portuguese football's renovated third-tier league, since the merging of the Segunda Divis\u00e3o and Terceira Divis\u00e3o in 2013, and the third season under the current Campeonato de Portugal title. A total of 80 teams compete in this division, which began on 20 August 2017 and ended on 10 June 2018.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [30, 30], "content_span": [31, 382]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274914-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Campeonato de Portugal, Format\nThe competition format consists of two stages. In the first stage, the 80 clubs will be divided in five series of 16 teams, according to geographic criteria. In each series, teams play against each other in a home-and-away double round-robin system.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 38], "content_span": [39, 288]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274914-0002-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Campeonato de Portugal, Format\nIn the second stage, the five best-placed teams from each first-stage series and the best three runners-up will dispute a series of playoff matches to promote to the LigaPro. The two finalists will be promoted directly. The six bottom clubs of each series will be relegated.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 38], "content_span": [39, 313]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274914-0003-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Campeonato de Portugal, Knockout stage\nThe 5 winners and the best 3 runners-up were qualified to the knockout stage, where the winning team and the runner-up were promoted to Segunda Liga.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 46], "content_span": [47, 196]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274915-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Campionato Sammarinese di Calcio\nThe 2017\u201318 Campionato Sammarinese di Calcio was the 33rd season since its establishment. It is the highest level in San Marino, in which the country's top 15 amateur football clubs played. The season begin on 8 September 2017 and concluded with the play-off final on 23 May 2018. La Fiorita were the defending champions from the previous season. The fixtures and group compositions were announced on 19 August 2017.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [40, 40], "content_span": [41, 457]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274915-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Campionato Sammarinese di Calcio, Participating teams\nBecause there is no promotion or relegation in the league, the same 15 teams who competed in the league last season competed in the league this season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 61], "content_span": [62, 213]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274915-0002-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Campionato Sammarinese di Calcio, Regular season\nThe 15 clubs were split into two groups; one with eight clubs and another with seven clubs.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 56], "content_span": [57, 148]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274915-0003-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Campionato Sammarinese di Calcio, Results\nAll teams played twice against the teams within their own group and once against the teams from the other group. This means that the clubs in the eight-club group played 21 matches each while the clubs in the seven-club group played 20 matches each during the regular season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 49], "content_span": [50, 325]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274915-0004-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Campionato Sammarinese di Calcio, Play-offs\nThe top three teams from each group advanced to a play-off which determined the season's champion and qualifiers for the Champions League and the Europa League.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 51], "content_span": [52, 212]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274915-0005-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Campionato Sammarinese di Calcio, Play-offs\nThe play-offs were played in a double-elimination format with both regular season group winners earning byes in the first and second round. All matches were decided over one leg with extra time and then penalties used to break ties, when required.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 51], "content_span": [52, 299]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274915-0006-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Campionato Sammarinese di Calcio, Play-offs, Final\nLa Fiorita qualified for 2018\u201319 Champions League preliminary round and Folgore qualified for 2018\u201319 Europa League preliminary round.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 58], "content_span": [59, 194]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274916-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Canadian network television schedule\nThe 2017\u201318 network television schedule for the five major English commercial broadcast networks in Canada covers primetime hours from September 2017 through August 2018. The schedule is followed by a list per network of returning series, new series, and series canceled after the 2016-17 television season, for Canadian, American and other series.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [44, 44], "content_span": [45, 393]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274916-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Canadian network television schedule\nCBC Television was first to announce its fall schedule on May 24, 2017, followed by Global on June 5, 2017, City on June 6, 2017, and CTV and CTV Two on June 7, 2017. As in the past, the commercial networks' announcements come shortly after the networks have had a chance to buy Canadian rights to new American series.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [44, 44], "content_span": [45, 363]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274916-0002-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Canadian network television schedule\nCTV Two and Global are not included on Saturday as they normally only schedule encore programming in primetime on Saturdays.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [44, 44], "content_span": [45, 169]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274916-0003-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Canadian network television schedule, Schedule, Monday\nNote: The Bachelor runs from 7 p.m. to 9 p.m. Eastern when City has The Resident in simulcast.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [46, 62], "content_span": [63, 157]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274916-0004-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Canadian network television schedule, Schedule, Wednesday\nNote: Big Brother Canada airs at 7 p.m. Eastern, outside of Primetime hours.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [46, 65], "content_span": [66, 142]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274917-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Canberra Capitals season\nThe 2017\u201318 Canberra Capitals season was the 34th season for the franchise in the Women's National Basketball League (WNBL).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [32, 32], "content_span": [33, 157]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274918-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Canberra United W-League season\nThe 2017\u201318 Canberra United FC season was the club's tenth season in the W-League, the premier competition for women's football. The team played home games at McKellar Park. The club was managed by Heather Garriock.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [39, 39], "content_span": [40, 255]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274918-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Canberra United W-League season, Players, Squad information\nNote: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 67], "content_span": [68, 196]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274919-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Canisius Golden Griffins men's basketball team\nThe 2017\u201318 Canisius Golden Griffins men's basketball team represented Canisius College during the 2017\u201318 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Golden Griffins, led by second-year head coach Reggie Witherspoon, played their home games at the Koessler Athletic Center in Buffalo, New York as members of the Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference. They finished the season 21\u201311, 15\u20133 in MAAC play to finish in a share for the MAAC regular season title with Rider. It was their first conference regular season title since 1994. As the No. 2 seed at the MAAC Tournament, they were upset by in the quarterfinals by No. 7 seed Quinnipiac. They were invited to the College Basketball Invitational where they lost in the first round to Jacksonville State.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 54], "section_span": [54, 54], "content_span": [55, 807]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274919-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Canisius Golden Griffins men's basketball team, Previous season\nThe Golden Griffins finished the 2016\u201317 season 18\u201316, 10\u201310 in MAAC play to finish in a tie for sixth place. They defeated Marist in the first round of the MAAC Tournament to advance to the quarterfinals where they lost to Saint Peter's. They were invited to the CollegeInsider.com Tournament where they lost in the first round to Samford.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 54], "section_span": [56, 71], "content_span": [72, 412]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274920-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Cardiff City F.C. season\nThe 2017\u201318 season was Cardiff City's 119th season in their existence and the 90th in the Football League. Along with competing in the Championship, the club also participated in the FA Cup and League Cup. The season covers the period from 1 July 2017 to 30 June 2018.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [32, 32], "content_span": [33, 301]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274920-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Cardiff City F.C. season, First-team squad\nAppearances and goals for the club and contracts are up to date as of 6 May 2018.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 50], "content_span": [51, 132]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274920-0002-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Cardiff City F.C. season, Competitions, Friendlies\nAs of 6 June 2017, Cardiff City had announced five pre-season friendlies against Taff's Well, Tavistock,Bodmin Town, Plymouth Argyle and Shrewsbury Town.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 58], "content_span": [59, 212]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274920-0003-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Cardiff City F.C. season, Competitions, Friendlies\nA joint decision was made on 19 June 2017 to cancel the scheduled friendly with Portsmouth as the clubs were drawn together in the EFL Cup first round.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 58], "content_span": [59, 210]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274920-0004-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Cardiff City F.C. season, Competitions, FA Cup\nIn the FA Cup, Cardiff City entered the competition in the third round and were drawn at home versus Mansfield Town. A goalless draw at Cardiff City Stadium resulted in a replay which took place on 16 January 2018, won by Cardiff City. They were drawn at home against Manchester City in the fourth round, losing 0\u20132.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 54], "content_span": [55, 371]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274920-0005-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Cardiff City F.C. season, Competitions, EFL Cup\nOn 16 June 2017, Cardiff City drew Portsmouth at home in the first round. After beating Portsmouth, Cardiff City were drawn against Burton Albion at home, losing 1\u20132.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 55], "content_span": [56, 222]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274921-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Carlisle United F.C. season\nThe 2017\u201318 season was Carlisle United's 113th season in their history and their fourth consecutive season in League Two. Along with League Two, the club participated in the FA Cup, EFL Cup and EFL Trophy.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [35, 35], "content_span": [36, 241]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274921-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Carlisle United F.C. season\nThe season covered the period from 1 July 2017 to 30 June 2018.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [35, 35], "content_span": [36, 99]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274921-0002-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Carlisle United F.C. season, Competitions, Friendlies\nCarlisle United announced six pre-season friendlies against Penrith, Workington, Blyth Spartans, FC Halifax Town, Blackburn Rovers and Carlisle City.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 61], "content_span": [62, 211]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274921-0003-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Carlisle United F.C. season, Competitions, FA Cup\nOn 16 October 2017, Carlisle United were drawn at home against Oldham Athletic in the first round. In the second round Carlisle were given an away trip to Gillingham.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 57], "content_span": [58, 224]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274921-0004-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Carlisle United F.C. season, Competitions, EFL Cup\nOn 16 June 2017, Carlisle United were drawn away to Fleetwood Town in the first round. Championship side Sunderland are the second round visitors.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 58], "content_span": [59, 205]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274922-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Carolina Hurricanes season\nThe 2017\u201318 Carolina Hurricanes season was the 39th season for the National Hockey League (NHL) franchise that was established on June 22, 1979 (following seven seasons of play in the World Hockey Association), and 21st season since the franchise relocated from Hartford to start the 1997\u201398 NHL season. The Canes failed to make the playoffs for the ninth consecutive season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [34, 34], "content_span": [35, 410]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274922-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Carolina Hurricanes season, Schedule and results, Preseason\nNotes: Game was played at SaskTel Centre in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 67], "content_span": [68, 137]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274922-0002-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Carolina Hurricanes season, Schedule and results, Regular season\nThe regular season schedule was announced on June 22, 2017.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 72], "content_span": [73, 132]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274922-0003-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Carolina Hurricanes season, Schedule and results, Regular season\nLegend:\u00a0\u00a0Win (2 points)\u00a0\u00a0Loss (0 points)\u00a0\u00a0Overtime/shootout loss (1 point)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 72], "content_span": [73, 147]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274922-0004-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Carolina Hurricanes season, Transactions\nThe Hurricanes have been involved in the following transactions during the 2017\u201318 season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 48], "content_span": [49, 139]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274922-0005-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Carolina Hurricanes season, Draft picks\nBelow are the Carolina Hurricanes' selections at the 2017 NHL Entry Draft, which was held on June 23 and 24, 2017 at the United Center in Chicago.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 47], "content_span": [48, 194]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274923-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Cayman Islands Premier League\nThe 2017\u201318 Cayman Islands Premier League season is the 39th season of top-tier football in the Cayman Islands. It began on 14 October 2017 and ended on 8 April 2018.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [37, 37], "content_span": [38, 204]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274924-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Celta de Vigo season\nDuring the 2017\u201318 season, Celta de Vigo participated in La Liga and the Copa del Rey.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [28, 28], "content_span": [29, 115]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274924-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Celta de Vigo season, Squad\nNote: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 35], "content_span": [36, 164]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274925-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Celtic F.C. season\nThe 2017\u201318 season was the 129th season of competitive football by Celtic. They competed in the Scottish Premiership, League Cup, Scottish Cup, Champions League and Europa League. Celtic won all three domestic tournaments, completing a double treble.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [26, 26], "content_span": [27, 278]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274925-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Celtic F.C. season, Background\nThe previous season saw Celtic win the domestic treble, remaining undefeated domestically, recording only four draws in the Scottish Premiership. The squad reported back for pre-season training on 19 June, following a short break after the Scottish Cup Final on 27 May. Celtic assistant manager Chris Davies commented:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 38], "content_span": [39, 357]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274925-0002-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Celtic F.C. season, Background\n\"It's a little bit different in England where you can have six or seven, or sometimes even eight weeks away. Some players have had the three weeks' rest after the cup final while others have had 10 days and some possibly even less. So we've managed that in terms of physical conditioning to make sure that they are in the best place possible. But we have noticed straight away that they've come back in really good condition and that is linked to not having such a long break. So we're happy with that, they are nice and fresh and have great enthusiasm and energy for the new season, so that's all good.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 38], "content_span": [39, 643]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274925-0003-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Celtic F.C. season, Background\nOn 2 July 2017, Celtic announced that Scott Brown would receive a testimonial for ten years of service to the club.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 38], "content_span": [39, 154]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274925-0004-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Celtic F.C. season, Pre-season and friendlies\nCeltic preceded the 2017\u201318 campaign with a pre-season tour of Austria, with matches against Blau-Wei\u00df Linz and Rapid Wien. The Hoops then travelled to the Czech Republic to face Slavia Prague, which was followed by a trip to Ireland to play Shamrock Rovers. The pre-season schedule also included games against Lyon and Sunderland. Celtic recorded their first pre-season victory against Blau-Wei\u00df Linz. Brendan Rodgers fielded a different team in each half, with a cameo appearance from his son, Anton, during the second period. The match played out in typical pre-season fashion, until James Forrest scored a late winner.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 53], "content_span": [54, 676]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274925-0004-0001", "contents": "2017\u201318 Celtic F.C. season, Pre-season and friendlies\nCeltic's next opponents \u2013 Rapid Vienna of the Austrian Bundesliga \u2013 marked a step up in quality. Rapid took the lead on the stroke of half time, but this was later cancelled out by a Moussa Demb\u00e9l\u00e9 penalty, which earned Celtic a 1\u20131 draw. Following the match, Brendan Rodgers expressed his dissatisfaction with the first half performance, but praised the second half display and the progress made so far in pre-season. Celtic continued their preparations for the new season with a game against Slavia Prague.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 53], "content_span": [54, 562]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274925-0004-0002", "contents": "2017\u201318 Celtic F.C. season, Pre-season and friendlies\nThe match ended goalless, with Dedryck Boyata forced off through injury at the end of the first half. The Celtic manager was pleased with his team's efforts, commenting that the Czech champions provided an excellent test in the build-up to the UEFA Champions League qualifiers. Shamrock Rovers provided the opposition in Celtic's final match before the competitive action resumed. The Bhoys strolled to a 9\u20130 victory, with seven players on the scoresheet, including a first goal for Jonny Hayes. Brendan Rodgers was again delighted with the level of performance produced by his players.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 53], "content_span": [54, 640]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274925-0004-0003", "contents": "2017\u201318 Celtic F.C. season, Pre-season and friendlies\nThe day after Celtic's first European qualifier, a much-changed side was soundly beaten 4\u20130 by Lyon of Ligue 1. Celtic finished the match with nine academy players on the pitch. The Hoops rounded off pre-season with a game against Sunderland, recently relegated from the Premier League. As both clubs share Dafabet as their main sponsor, a one-off trophy was on offer for the winner. Celtic comfortably defeated the Championship side 5\u20130, with Callum McGregor scoring a hat-trick. Brendan Rodgers praised the large travelling support of 9,000 and commented that the result would boost confidence in the squad ahead of the next European qualifier.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 53], "content_span": [54, 700]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274925-0005-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Celtic F.C. season, Scottish Premiership\nThe Scottish Premiership fixture list was announced on 23 June 2017. Celtic began the defence of their title with a 4\u20131 victory against Heart of Midlothian at Celtic Park. On 4 November, Celtic broke their own British record for the number of games without defeat in all domestic competitions, a record set by Willie Maley's team that stood for 100 years. However, the unbeaten run ended at 69 games, following a 4\u20130 defeat to Heart of Midlothian at Tynecastle Park on 17 December. On 29 April 2018, Celtic won their seventh consecutive title and 49th overall after a 5\u20130 win against Rangers.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 48], "content_span": [49, 641]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274925-0006-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Celtic F.C. season, Scottish League Cup\nOn 30 July, Celtic were drawn to face Kilmarnock at Celtic Park in the second round of the 2017\u201318 Scottish League Cup. Captained by Kieran Tierney for the first time, in the absence of the suspended Scott Brown, Celtic won 5\u20130 to secure a berth in the quarter-finals. On 9 August, Celtic were drawn to face Dundee at Dens Park in the quarter-finals. The Bhoys continued their defence of the trophy, running out 4\u20130 winners with a double from James Forrest and goals from Scott Sinclair and Callum McGregor securing a return to Hampden Park for the semi-finals.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 47], "content_span": [48, 609]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274925-0006-0001", "contents": "2017\u201318 Celtic F.C. season, Scottish League Cup\nOn 21 September, Celtic were drawn to face Hibernian in the semi-finals. A keenly fought contest ended in a 4\u20132 victory for Celtic with Mikael Lustig and Moussa Demb\u00e9l\u00e9 both netting twice to seal Celtic's place in the final. On 26 November, Celtic retained the Scottish League Cup by defeating Motherwell 2\u20130. This was the 17th League Cup triumph in the club's history and the fourth trophy of Brendan Rodgers' reign.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 47], "content_span": [48, 465]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274925-0007-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Celtic F.C. season, Scottish Cup\nOn 20 November, Celtic were drawn to face Brechin City at Celtic Park in the fourth round of the 2017\u201318 Scottish Cup. Goals from James Forrest, Scott Sinclair, Olivier Ntcham, Dedryck Boyata and Odsonne \u00c9douard secured a 5\u20130 victory for the cup holders. On 21 January 2018, Celtic were drawn to face Partick Thistle in the fifth round. A James Forrest hat-trick sealed a 3\u20132 win and Celtic's place in the quarter-finals for the fourth consecutive season. On 11 February, Celtic were drawn to face Greenock Morton in the quarter-finals.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 40], "content_span": [41, 577]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274925-0007-0001", "contents": "2017\u201318 Celtic F.C. season, Scottish Cup\nGoals from Moussa Demb\u00e9l\u00e9 and Odsonne \u00c9douard secured a place in the semi-finals and a return to Hampden. On 4 March, Celtic were drawn to face Rangers in the semi-finals. The Bhoys sealed their place in the final with Tom Rogic, Callum McGregor, Moussa Demb\u00e9l\u00e9 and Olivier Ntcham all on the scoresheet. Celtic beat Motherwell 2\u20130 in the final on 19 May 2018, with goals from Callum McGregor and Olivier Ntcham ensuring Celtic's defence of the trophy.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 40], "content_span": [41, 492]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274925-0008-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Celtic F.C. season, Europe, UEFA Champions League, Second qualifying round\nOn 19 June, Celtic were drawn to face Linfield (Northern Ireland) or La Fiorita (San Marino) in the Second Qualifying Round of the UEFA Champions League. On 4 July, it was determined that Linfield would be Celtic's opponents, having defeated La Fiorita 1\u20130 on aggregate. The first leg took place at Windsor Park on 14 July, two days after The Twelfth. Celtic refused its ticket allocation due to concerns for supporter safety. Linfield later reiterated this, announcing that Celtic supporters would not be allowed to purchase tickets for the match.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 82], "content_span": [83, 631]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274925-0008-0001", "contents": "2017\u201318 Celtic F.C. season, Europe, UEFA Champions League, Second qualifying round\nHowever, on the day of the match, the Northern Irish champions announced that away fans who had purchased tickets for the home end would be given their own section in the stadium. Celtic recorded a 2\u20130 victory in the first leg. The match did not pass without incident, as several objects were thrown towards Celtic players during the second half. Leigh Griffiths was controversially booked for simply drawing this to the referee's attention.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 82], "content_span": [83, 524]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274925-0008-0002", "contents": "2017\u201318 Celtic F.C. season, Europe, UEFA Champions League, Second qualifying round\nGriffiths was later suspended by UEFA for one match, for tying a scarf to the goalpost after the game, which was deemed to have provoked a section of the home crowd. Celtic won 4\u20130 in the second leg, securing a place in the next round and a tie against Rosenborg. The club was again charged by UEFA for several offences, including illicit banners being displayed by the Green Brigade section of the home support. Celtic subsequently condemned the banners and suspended the group for the next two matches at Celtic Park.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 82], "content_span": [83, 602]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274925-0009-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Celtic F.C. season, Europe, UEFA Champions League, Third qualifying round\nOn 19 July, it was determined that Celtic would face Rosenborg (Norway) in the Third Qualifying Round of the UEFA Champions League. The Norwegian champions overcame Dundalk to set up their first meeting with the Scottish champions since the 2001\u201302 UEFA Champions League group stage. In October 2001, an Alan Thompson free-kick secured a 1\u20130 victory for Celtic in Glasgow. Later that month, Martin O'Neill's team succumbed to a 2\u20130 defeat in Trondheim, with former Celtic player Harald Brattbakk scoring both goals. Brendan Rodgers' side were forced to play without a recognised striker in the first leg, which finished goalless.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 81], "content_span": [82, 711]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274925-0009-0001", "contents": "2017\u201318 Celtic F.C. season, Europe, UEFA Champions League, Third qualifying round\nInjuries to Moussa Demb\u00e9l\u00e9 and Leigh Griffiths \u2013 the latter was also suspended \u2013 meant that Tom Rogic was tasked with deputising in a False 9 role. The return leg saw James Forrest start in the same position and score the deciding goal to seal Celtic's place in the next round. The result secured European football for the club until the end of the year.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 81], "content_span": [82, 436]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274925-0010-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Celtic F.C. season, Europe, UEFA Champions League, Play-off round\nOn 4 August, Celtic were drawn to face Astana (Kazakhstan) in the Play-Off Round of the UEFA Champions League. The sides met one round earlier in the previous season's competition, with the Scottish champions recording a 3\u20132 victory on aggregate. Celtic cruised to a 5\u20130 victory in the first leg, with two own goals bookending a double from Scott Sinclair and a goal from James Forrest. Nir Bitton deputised at centre half \u2013 injuries ruled Dedryck Boyata and Erik Sviatchenko out of the tie \u2013 and was singled out for praise by Brendan Rodgers in the aftermath.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 73], "content_span": [74, 634]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274925-0010-0001", "contents": "2017\u201318 Celtic F.C. season, Europe, UEFA Champions League, Play-off round\nThe second leg saw Celtic record their first loss in all competitions since November 2016, when they were defeated by Barcelona at Celtic Park. Although the Hoops lost 4\u20133 on the night, goals from Scott Sinclair, Olivier Ntcham and Leigh Griffiths ensured Celtic's place amongst Europe's elite for the second consecutive season. In addition, Celtic's 8\u20134 aggregate win became the highest-scoring tie in UEFA Champions League play-off history.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 73], "content_span": [74, 516]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274925-0011-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Celtic F.C. season, Europe, UEFA Champions League, Group Stage\nOn 24 August, the draw for the 2017\u201318 UEFA Champions League Group Stage was made. Celtic were drawn in Group B along with Bayern Munich (Pot 1), Paris Saint-Germain (Pot 2) and Anderlecht (Pot 3). Celtic last met the German and Belgian champions in the 2003\u201304 season, and have not faced the Ligue 1 side since 1995. Paris Saint-Germain inflicted Celtic's heaviest ever home defeat in European competition on Matchday 1, with goals from the most expensive forward line in history: Neymar, Kylian Mbapp\u00e9 and Edinson Cavani.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 70], "content_span": [71, 594]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274925-0011-0001", "contents": "2017\u201318 Celtic F.C. season, Europe, UEFA Champions League, Group Stage\nFollowing the match, Brendan Rodgers suggested his team played like under-12s in the early stages of the game. Celtic did however respond on Matchday 2 in Brussels, recording a priceless victory over Anderlecht. Leigh Griffiths, Patrick Roberts and Scott Sinclair were on the scoresheet as the club secured its second away victory in Champions League history, and its first away victory since 2012, when Celtic defeated Spartak Moscow.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 70], "content_span": [71, 506]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274925-0011-0002", "contents": "2017\u201318 Celtic F.C. season, Europe, UEFA Champions League, Group Stage\nDespite a valiant display against Bayern Munich at Celtic Park and scoring the first goal against Paris Saint-Germain in European competition that season, Celtic lost all four remaining games in the group, but did parachute into the 2017\u201318 UEFA Europa League knockout phase after finishing with a better head-to-head record against Anderlecht.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 70], "content_span": [71, 415]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274925-0012-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Celtic F.C. season, Europe, UEFA Europa League\nOn 11 December, Celtic were drawn to face Zenit Saint Petersburg in the Last 32 of the 2017\u201318 UEFA Europa League. Callum McGregor's strike gave Celtic a narrow first-leg advantage, however, a 3\u20130 defeat in Saint Petersburg brought the Bhoys' involvement in European competition to an end for the 2017\u201318 season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 54], "content_span": [55, 367]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274925-0013-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Celtic F.C. season, Statistics, Disciplinary record\nIncludes all competitive matches. Players listed below made at least one appearance for Celtic first squad during the season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 59], "content_span": [60, 185]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274925-0014-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Celtic F.C. season, Statistics, Disciplinary record\nLast updated: 19 May 2018Source: Only competitive matchesOrdered by , and = Number of bookings; = Number of sending offs after a second yellow card; = Number of sending offs by a direct red card.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 59], "content_span": [60, 259]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274925-0015-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Celtic F.C. season, Club, Kit\nSupplier: New Balance / Sponsors: Dafabet (front) and Magners (back)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 37], "content_span": [38, 106]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274925-0016-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Celtic F.C. season, Club, Kit\nThe club was in the third year of a deal with manufacturer New Balance. The kit range for the 2017\u201318 season paid tribute to the Lisbon Lions; the kits had a line on each side to represent the handles of the European Cup. The kits also included a commemorative crest.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 37], "content_span": [38, 305]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274926-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Central Arkansas Bears basketball team\nThe 2017\u201318 Central Arkansas Bears basketball team represented the University of Central Arkansas during the 2017\u201318 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Bears were led by fourth-year head coach Russ Pennell and played their home games at the Farris Center in Conway, Arkansas as members of the Southland Conference. They finished the season 18\u201317, 10\u20138 in Southland play to finish in seventh place. They defeated Lamar in the first round of the Southland Tournament before losing in the quarterfinals to Stephen F. Austin. They were invited to the College Basketball Invitational where they defeated Seattle before losing in the quarterfinals to Jacksonville State.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [46, 46], "content_span": [47, 721]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274926-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Central Arkansas Bears basketball team, Previous season\nThe Bears finished the 2016\u201317 season 8\u201324, 7\u201311 in Southland play to finish in a five-way tie for eighth place. They lost in the first round of the Southland Tournament to Sam Houston State.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [48, 63], "content_span": [64, 255]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274927-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Central Arkansas Sugar Bears basketball team\nThe 2017\u201318 Central Arkansas Sugar Bears basketball team represented the University of Central Arkansas during the 2017\u201318 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Sugar Bears were led by sixth year head coach Sandra Rushing and played their home games at the Farris Center. They were members of the Southland Conference. They finished the season 25\u201310, 14\u20134 in Southland play to finish in third place. They advanced to the semifinals of the Southland Women's Tournament where they lost to Stephen F. Austin. They received an invite to the WBI where they defeated SIU Ewardsville, Weber State and Nevada in the first round, quarterfinals and semifinals to advanced to the championship game where they lost to Yale in the championship game.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 52], "section_span": [52, 52], "content_span": [53, 798]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274927-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Central Arkansas Sugar Bears basketball team, Previous season\nThey finished the season 26\u20135 overall and 16\u20132 in Southland play to finish in first place. They won the Southland Women's Tournament to earn an automatic trip to the NCAA Women's Tournament for the second year in a row. They lost to Texas in the first round.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 52], "section_span": [54, 69], "content_span": [70, 328]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274928-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Central Coast Mariners FC season\nThe 2017\u201318 Central Coast Mariners FC season was the club's 13th season since its establishment in 2004. The club participated in the A-League for the 13th time and the FFA Cup for the 4th time.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [40, 40], "content_span": [41, 235]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274928-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Central Coast Mariners FC season, Review and events, Pre-season\nImmediately after the end of the 2016\u201317 season, it was announced that goalkeepers Paul Izzo and Ivan Necevski; and attacking players Roy O'Donovan and F\u00e1bio Ferreira would be leaving the club.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 71], "content_span": [72, 265]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274928-0002-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Central Coast Mariners FC season, Players, Squad information\nNote: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 68], "content_span": [69, 197]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274929-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Central Connecticut Blue Devils men's basketball team\nThe 2017\u201318 Central Connecticut Blue Devils men's basketball team represented Central Connecticut State University during the 2017\u201318 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Blue Devils, led by second-year head coach Donyell Marshall, played their home games at the William H. Detrick Gymnasium in New Britain, Connecticut as members of the Northeast Conference. They finished the season 14\u201318, 7\u201311 in NEC play to finish in eight place. They lost in the first round of the NEC Tournament to Wagner.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 61], "section_span": [61, 61], "content_span": [62, 566]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274929-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Central Connecticut Blue Devils men's basketball team, Previous season\nThe Blue Devils finished the 2016\u201317 season 6\u201323, 4\u201314 in NEC play to finish in ninth place. They failed to qualify for the NEC Tournament.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 61], "section_span": [63, 78], "content_span": [79, 218]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274929-0002-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Central Connecticut Blue Devils men's basketball team, Preseason\nIn a poll of league coaches at the NEC media day, the Blue Devils were picked to finish in ninth place.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 61], "section_span": [63, 72], "content_span": [73, 176]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274930-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Central Connecticut Blue Devils women's basketball team\nThe 2017\u201318 Central Connecticut Blue Devils women's basketball team represented Central Connecticut State University during the 2017\u201318 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Blue Devils were led by eleventh-year head coach Beryl Piper, and played their home games at the William H. Detrick Gymnasium in New Britain, Connecticut as members of the Northeast Conference. They finished the season 7\u201323 overall, 7\u201311 in NEC play to finish for a tie in seventh place. Central Connecticut secured a seventh seed in the NEC tournament losing to Robert Morris in the first round.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 63], "section_span": [63, 63], "content_span": [64, 643]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274931-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Central Michigan Chippewas men's basketball team\nThe 2017\u201318 Central Michigan Chippewas men's basketball team represented Central Michigan University during the 2017\u201318 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Chippewas, led by sixth-year head coach Keno Davis, played their home games at McGuirk Arena as members of the West Division of the Mid-American Conference. They finished the season 21\u201314, 7\u201311 in MAC play to finish in fifth place in the West Division. They defeated Bowling Green in the first round of the MAC Tournament before losing in the quarterfinals to Buffalo. They were invited to the CollegeInsider.com Tournament where they defeated Fort Wayne and Wofford to advance to the quarterfinals where they lost to Liberty.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 56], "section_span": [56, 56], "content_span": [57, 748]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274931-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Central Michigan Chippewas men's basketball team, Previous season\nThe Chippewas finished the 2016\u201317 season 16\u201316, 6\u201312 in MAC play to finish in last place in the West Division. As the No. 11 seed in the MAC Tournament, they lost in the first round to Kent State.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 56], "section_span": [58, 73], "content_span": [74, 271]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274932-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Central Michigan Chippewas women's basketball team\nThe 2017\u201318 Central Michigan Chippewas women's basketball team represents Central Michigan University during the 2017\u201318 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Chippewas, led by eleventh year head coach Sue Guevara, play their home games at McGuirk Arena as members of the West Division of the Mid-American Conference. They finished the season 30\u20135, 16\u20131 in MAC play to win MAC West Division.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 58], "section_span": [58, 58], "content_span": [59, 459]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274932-0000-0001", "contents": "2017\u201318 Central Michigan Chippewas women's basketball team\nThey won the MAC Women's Tournament and earns an automatic to the NCAA Women's Tournament where they upset LSU in the first round to win their first NCAA tournament win in school history, Ohio State in the second round to advanced to the sweet sixteen for the first time in school history. They lost to Oregon. With 30 wins, they finish with the most wins in school history.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 58], "section_span": [58, 58], "content_span": [59, 433]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274933-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Chacarita Juniors season\nThe 2017\u201318 season is Chacarita Juniors' 1st season back in the top-flight of Argentine football, following promotion from Primera B Nacional in 2016\u201317. The season covers the period from 1 August 2017 to 30 June 2018.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [32, 32], "content_span": [33, 251]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274933-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Chacarita Juniors season, Current squad\nNote: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 47], "content_span": [48, 176]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274933-0002-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Chacarita Juniors season, Current squad, Out on loan\nNote: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 60], "content_span": [61, 189]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274934-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Championnat National\nThe 2017\u201318 Championnat National season is the 20th season since its establishment. The fixtures were announced on 25 July 2017.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [28, 28], "content_span": [29, 157]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274934-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Championnat National, Promotion play-off\nA promotion play-off will be held at the end of the season between the 18th-placed 2017\u201318 Ligue 2 team and the 3rd-placed team of Championnat National. This will be played over two legs on 22 and 27 May 2018.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 48], "content_span": [49, 258]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274935-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Championnat National 2\nThe 2017\u201318 Championnat National 2 was the 20th season of the fourth tier in the French football league system in its current format. The competition was contested by 64 clubs split geographically across 4 groups of 16 teams each. The teams included amateur clubs (although a few were semi-professional) and the reserve teams of professional clubs.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [30, 30], "content_span": [31, 379]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274935-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Championnat National 2, Teams\nOn July 13, the FFF ratified the constitution of the competition, and published the groups as follows:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 37], "content_span": [38, 140]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274935-0002-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Championnat National 2, Season Outcomes, Champions and promotions\nThe champion of Championnat National 2 is decided by measuring performance of each group winner in matches against the top 6 clubs in their group.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 73], "content_span": [74, 220]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274935-0003-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Championnat National 2, Season Outcomes, Champions and promotions\nDrancy are champions of 2017\u201318 Championnat National 2 and are promoted to 2018\u201319 Championnat National.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 73], "content_span": [74, 178]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274935-0004-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Championnat National 2, Season Outcomes, Champions and promotions\nLe Mans, Villefranche and Marignane-Gignac are promoted to 2018\u201319 Championnat National.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 73], "content_span": [74, 162]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274935-0005-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Championnat National 2, Season Outcomes, Relegation\nPaulhan-P\u00e9zenas, Raon-l'\u00c9tape, Beauvais, Fontenay, Rennes (res), Tarbes, Viry-Ch\u00e2tillon, Montceau, St-Louis Neuweg and Amiens AC were relegated to 2018\u201319 Championnat National 3 once the reprieves in the next section were taken into account.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 59], "content_span": [60, 301]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274935-0006-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Championnat National 2, Season Outcomes, Relegation\nAfter being placed in administration in April, Limoges were given an administrative relegation by the FFF, confirmed on 8 May 2018.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 59], "content_span": [60, 191]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274935-0007-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Championnat National 2, Season Outcomes, Relegation\nPaulhan-P\u00e9zenas and Viry-Ch\u00e2tillon were given additional administrative relegations by the FFF, subject to appeal, on 11 June 2018, meaning neither will contest Championnat National 3 next season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 59], "content_span": [60, 256]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274935-0008-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Championnat National 2, Season Outcomes, Reprieves\nAny reprieves required due to administrative relegations, mergers or clubs folding are decided by taking, in order, the 14th placed clubs ranked by order of their record against clubs finishing 9th to 13th position in their group, followed by the 15th placed clubs ranked by order of their record against clubs finishing in 10th to 14th position in their group.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 58], "content_span": [59, 420]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274935-0009-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Championnat National 2, Season Outcomes, Reprieves\nOn 17 October 2017 the FFF announced that due to SC Bastia not participating in the division as planned, the best 14th placed team will automatically be reprieved from relegation. Marseille (res) were reprieved from relegation.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 58], "content_span": [59, 286]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274935-0010-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Championnat National 2, Season Outcomes, Reprieves\nTr\u00e9lissac were reprieved from relegation due to the administrative relegation of Limoges.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 58], "content_span": [59, 148]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274936-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Championnat National 3\nThe 2017\u201318 Championnat National 3 is the first season of the fifth tier in the French football league system in its current format. The competition is contested by 171 clubs split geographically across 12 groups of 14 teams, 1 group of 15 teams and 1 group of 16 teams. The teams include amateur clubs (although a few are semi-professional) and the reserve teams of professional clubs.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [30, 30], "content_span": [31, 417]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274936-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Championnat National 3, Teams\nOn 13 July, the FFF ratified the constitution of the competition, and published the groups as follows:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 37], "content_span": [38, 140]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274936-0002-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Championnat National 3, Teams\nOn 10 August, the FFF announced that SC Bastia would be denied entry to 2017\u201318 Championnat National due to financial issues. The club will therefore take the place of its reserve team in Championnat National 3.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 37], "content_span": [38, 249]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274936-0003-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Championnat National 3, Teams\nOn 16 August, the FFF admitted Cl\u00e9menceau Besan\u00e7on to the competition. The team had previously been excluded due to financial issues, but successfully appealed the ruling.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 37], "content_span": [38, 209]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274936-0004-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Championnat National 3, Teams\nOn 22 September, the FFF admitted CSO Amn\u00e9ville to the competition. Amn\u00e9ville had previously been denied promotion from the Regional Division d'Honneur for financial reasons, and had already started their programme of fixtures in that division.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 37], "content_span": [38, 282]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274936-0005-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Championnat National 3, Promotion and relegation\nIf eligible, the top team in each group will be promoted to Championnat National 2. If a team finishing top of the group is ineligible, the next eligible team in that group will be promoted.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 56], "content_span": [57, 247]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274936-0006-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Championnat National 3, Promotion and relegation\nGenerally, three teams will be relegated from each group to the top league in their region, subject to reprieves. Extra relegation places will be enforced if more than one team is relegated to a specific group from Championnat National 2, and one less may be enforced if no team is relegated to a specific group. Special cases exist for those groups which started the year with more than the standard 14 teams.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 56], "content_span": [57, 467]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274936-0007-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Championnat National 3, Promotion and relegation, Grand Est (Group F) relegation\nAt least four and up to seven teams will be relegated from Group F, depending on the number of teams from this region relegated from Championnat National 2.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 88], "content_span": [89, 245]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274936-0008-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Championnat National 3, Season outcomes\nOutcomes below are provisional and subject to ratification by the FFF.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 47], "content_span": [48, 118]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274936-0009-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Championnat National 3, Season outcomes, Promotion\nBordeaux (res), Nantes (res), Blois, Endoume Marseille, Pontarlier, Haguenau, N\u00eemes (res), Feignies Aulnoye, Oissel, Vannes, Bobigny and Saint-\u00c9tienne (res) were promoted to 2018\u201319 Championnat National 2 as champions of their respective groups.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 58], "content_span": [59, 304]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274936-0010-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Championnat National 3, Season outcomes, Promotion\nAs of 19 June, all promotions had been verified by the FFF and DNCG", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 58], "content_span": [59, 126]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274936-0011-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Championnat National 3, Season outcomes, Champions\nThe title of Champion of Championnat National 3 is awarded to the team with the best record in games against the teams that finished in 2nd to 6th place in their group, with goal difference to separate ties.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 58], "content_span": [59, 266]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274936-0012-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Championnat National 3, Season outcomes, Relegation\nLibourne, Cozes, Feytiat, Chang\u00e9, Poir\u00e9-sur-Vie, Mulsanne-Teloch\u00e9, Dreux, St Cyr-sur-Loire, Bastia-Borgo (res), \u00cele-Rousse, Saint-Apollinaire, Saint-Vit, Quetigny, Cl\u00e9menceau Besan\u00e7on, Metz (res), Prix-l\u00e8s-M\u00e9zi\u00e8res, Lun\u00e9ville, Pagny-sur-Moselle, Erstein, Tr\u00e9mery, Castanet, Luzenac, Narbonne, Roye Noyon, Ailly, Wasquehal, Saint-Amand, USON Mondeville, Dives-Cabourg, Concarneau (res), Guichen, Ergu\u00e9-Gab\u00e9ric, Saint-Ouen-l'Aum\u00f4ne, S\u00e9nart-Moissy, Volvic and Bourg-en-Bresse (res) were relegated to the Division d'Honneur of their respective regional leagues.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 59], "content_span": [60, 617]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274937-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Champions Hockey League\nThe 2017\u201318 Champions Hockey League is the fourth season of the Champions Hockey League, a European ice hockey tournament. The tournament was reduced to 32 teams, and qualification was on sporting merits only. The six founding leagues are represented by between three and five teams (based on a three-year league ranking), while seven \"challenge leagues\" are represented by one team each. One place was reserved for the Continental Cup champion. Unlike in the three previous editions, founding teams did not automatically qualify. The season concluded with the final on 6 February 2018 at Vida Arena where JYP beat V\u00e4xj\u00f6 Lakers 2\u20130, becoming the first non-Swedish team to win the title.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [31, 31], "content_span": [32, 718]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274937-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Champions Hockey League, Team allocation\nA total of 32 teams from different European first-tier leagues participate in the 2017\u201318 Champions Hockey League. Besides the Continental Cup champions, 24 teams from the six founding leagues, as well as the national champions from Slovakia, Norway, Denmark, France, Belarus, Great Britain and Poland qualified.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 48], "content_span": [49, 361]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274937-0002-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Champions Hockey League, Team allocation\nThe qualification for these places was set out in the rules as follows:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 48], "content_span": [49, 120]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274937-0003-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Champions Hockey League, Group stage\nFor the group stage, the teams were drawn into 8 groups of 4 teams. Each team plays home and away against every other team for a total of 6 games. The best 2 teams qualify to the round of 16.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 44], "content_span": [45, 236]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274937-0004-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Champions Hockey League, Group stage\nAs the reigning CHL champions, Fr\u00f6lunda HC was the top seeded team. In the top pot were also the reigning champions of the six founding leagues and the regular season winner of SHL, V\u00e4xj\u00f6 Lakers. The 16 remaining teams from founding leagues were placed to pots 2 and 3. The fourth pot included playoff champions of seven challenge leagues and Nottingham Panthers, the champion of 2016\u201317 IIHF Continental Cup.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 44], "content_span": [45, 454]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274937-0005-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Champions Hockey League, Group stage, Group stage tie-breaking criteria\nIf two teams are tied in points after the group stage is finished, the teams precedence is decided by head-to-head games. If teams are tied after that, then the team which was ranked higher prior to the tournament will take precedence. When comparing head-to-head results, the following criteria will be applied:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 79], "content_span": [80, 392]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274937-0006-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Champions Hockey League, Group stage, Group stage tie-breaking criteria\n1. more points in games against the other tied team2. better goal difference in games against the other tied team3. more goals scored against the other tied team4. more goals scored in a single game against the other tied team", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 79], "content_span": [80, 306]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274937-0007-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Champions Hockey League, Group stage, Group stage tie-breaking criteria\nIf the head-to-head games between teams ended as draws after regulation, this additional criterion will be applied:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 79], "content_span": [80, 195]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274937-0008-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Champions Hockey League, Group stage, Group stage tie-breaking criteria\nIf the head-to-head games between teams ended with game winning shots, this additional criterion will be applied:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 79], "content_span": [80, 193]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274937-0009-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Champions Hockey League, Group stage, Group stage tie-breaking criteria\n6. more goals scored in the two game winning shot competitions", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 79], "content_span": [80, 142]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274937-0010-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Champions Hockey League, Group stage, Group stage tie-breaking criteria\nIf teams are still tied, the higher position in the 2016/17 CHL club ranking will decide about precedence.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 79], "content_span": [80, 186]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274937-0011-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Champions Hockey League, Group stage, Group stage tie-breaking criteria\nFr\u00f6lunda HC HV71 Tappara SC Bern Kometa Brno Red Bull M\u00fcnchen Vienna Capitals V\u00e4xj\u00f6 Lakers", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 79], "content_span": [80, 177]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274937-0012-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Champions Hockey League, Group stage, Group stage tie-breaking criteria\nTPS ZSC Lions B\u00edl\u00ed Tyg\u0159i Liberec Adler Mannheim Red Bull Salzburg Bryn\u00e4s IF KalPa EV Zug", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 79], "content_span": [80, 175]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274937-0013-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Champions Hockey League, Group stage, Group stage tie-breaking criteria\nOcel\u00e1\u0159i T\u0159inec Grizzlys Wolfsburg EC KAC Malm\u00f6 Redhawks JYP HC Davos Mountfield HK HIFK", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 79], "content_span": [80, 174]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274937-0014-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Champions Hockey League, Group stage, Group stage tie-breaking criteria\nHC '05 Bansk\u00e1 Bystrica Stavanger Oilers Neman Grodno Esbjerg Energy Cardiff Devils Rapaces de Gap ComArch Cracovia Nottingham Panthers", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 79], "content_span": [80, 221]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274937-0015-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Champions Hockey League, Playoffs, Format\nIn each round except the final, the teams will play two games and the aggregate score will decide the team which advances. As a rule, the first leg will be hosted by the team who has inferior record in the tournament so far and the second leg will be played on the home ice of the other team. If aggregate score is tied, a sudden death overtime will follow. If the overtime is scoreless, the team who wins the game winning shot competition advances.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 49], "content_span": [50, 499]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274937-0016-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Champions Hockey League, Playoffs, Format\nThe final will be played on the home ice of team who has better record in the tournament on February 6, 2018.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 49], "content_span": [50, 159]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274937-0017-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Champions Hockey League, Playoffs, Bracket\nThe 8 group winners and the 8 second-placed teams advanced to the Round of 16. The teams were divided into two seeding groups and group winners were randomly drawn against runners-up. Teams who had faced each other in the group stage couldn't be drawn against each other in the round of 16. The draw took place in Helsinki, Finland on October 13, 2017.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 50], "content_span": [51, 403]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274937-0018-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Champions Hockey League, Playoffs, Round of 16\nThe draw for the entire playoff was held on 13 October 2017 in Helsinki. The first legs were played on 31 October with return legs played the following week.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 54], "content_span": [55, 212]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274937-0019-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Champions Hockey League, Playoffs, Quarter-finals\nFirst legs were played on 5 December, return legs were played on 12 December.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 57], "content_span": [58, 135]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274937-0020-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Champions Hockey League, Playoffs, Semi-finals\nFirst legs were played on 9 January, return legs were played on 16 January 2018.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 54], "content_span": [55, 135]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274937-0021-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Champions Hockey League, Statistics, Leading goaltenders\nOnly the top five goaltenders, based on save percentage, who have played at least 40% of their team's minutes, are included in this list.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 64], "content_span": [65, 202]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274938-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Charleston Southern Buccaneers men's basketball team\nThe 2017\u201318 Charleston Southern Buccaneers men's basketball team represented Charleston Southern University during the 2017\u201318 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Buccaneers, led by 13th-year head coach Barclay Radebaugh, played their home games at the CSU Field House in North Charleston, South Carolina as members of the Big South Conference. They finished the season 15\u201316, 9\u20139 in Big South play to finish in a four-way tie for fifth place. As the No. 8 seed in the Big South Tournament, they defeated Presbyterian in the first round before losing in the quarterfinals to UNC Asheville.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 60], "section_span": [60, 60], "content_span": [61, 659]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274938-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Charleston Southern Buccaneers men's basketball team, Previous season\nThe Buccaneers They finished the season 12\u201319, 7\u201311 in Big South play to finish in a tie for seventh place. They defeated Presbyterian in the first round of the Big South Tournament before losing to Winthrop in the quarterfinals.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 60], "section_span": [62, 77], "content_span": [78, 307]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274939-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Charlotte 49ers men's basketball team\nThe 2017\u201318 Charlotte 49ers men's basketball team represented the University of North Carolina at Charlotte during the 2017\u201318 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The 49ers, led by interim head coach Houston Fancher, played their home games at the Dale F. Halton Arena as members Conference USA. They finished the season 6\u201323, 2\u201316 in C-USA play to finish in last place. They failed to qualify for the C-USA Tournament.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [45, 45], "content_span": [46, 470]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274939-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Charlotte 49ers men's basketball team\nOn December 14, 2017, head coach Mark Price was fired after a 3\u20136 start to the season and was replaced by Fancher. Houston Fancher was named interim coach for the remainder of the season. On March 6, 2018, new athletic director Mike Hill fired Fancher. On March 19, the school hired Virginia associate head coach Ron Sanchez as their new head coach.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [45, 45], "content_span": [46, 395]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274939-0002-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Charlotte 49ers men's basketball team, Previous season\nThe 49ers finished the 2016\u201317 season 13\u201317, 7\u201311 in C-USA play to finish in 10th place. They lost to UAB in the first round of the C-USA Tournament.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [47, 62], "content_span": [63, 212]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274940-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Charlotte 49ers women's basketball team\nThe 2017\u201318 Charlotte 49ers women's basketball team represents the University of North Carolina at Charlotte during the 2017\u201318 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The 49ers, led by sixth year head coach Cara Consuegra, play their home games at Dale F. Halton Arena and were members of Conference USA. They finished the season 14\u201316, 10\u20136 in C-USA play to finish in a 4 way tie for third place. They lost in the first round of the C-USA Women's Tournament to North Texas.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 47], "section_span": [47, 47], "content_span": [48, 526]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274940-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Charlotte 49ers women's basketball team, Previous season\nThey finished the season 21\u201310, 12\u20136 in C-USA play to finish in a tie for fourth place. They advance to the quarterfinals of the C-USA Women's Tournament where they lost to Louisiana Tech. Despite having 21 wins, they were not invited to a postseason tournament.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 47], "section_span": [49, 64], "content_span": [65, 327]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274941-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Charlotte Hornets season\nThe 2017\u201318 Charlotte Hornets season was the 28th season of the franchise in the National Basketball Association (NBA) and the fifth season under head coach Steve Clifford. It was also the last season where Rich Cho is the general manager for the Hornets and the last where Steve Clifford is the head coach, as well as Mitch Kupchak's first year with Charlotte.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [32, 32], "content_span": [33, 394]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274941-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Charlotte Hornets season\nOn March 28, 2018 against the Cleveland Cavaliers, Kemba Walker surpassed Dell Curry to become the franchise's all-time leader in points. The Hornets equaled their record from last season and went on to miss playoff contention for the second straight season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [32, 32], "content_span": [33, 291]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274941-0002-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Charlotte Hornets season\nOn April 8, 2018, Kupchak was hired as the president of basketball operations and general manager of the Charlotte Hornets.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [32, 32], "content_span": [33, 156]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274941-0003-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Charlotte Hornets season\nOn April 13, 2018, the Hornets' president of basketball operations and general manager Kupchak announced that the team had relieved Steve Clifford of his head coaching duties.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [32, 32], "content_span": [33, 208]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274942-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Charlton Athletic F.C. season\nThe 2017\u201318 season is Charlton Athletic's 96th season in their existence. Along with competing in the League One, the club also participated in the FA Cup, EFL Cup and EFL Trophy. The season covers the period from 1 July 2017 to 30 June 2018.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [37, 37], "content_span": [38, 280]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274942-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Charlton Athletic F.C. season, Competitions, Friendlies\nOn 10 May 2017, Charlton Athletic announced Ipswich Town would visit during pre-season. Opposition number two and three were announced on 15 May 2017, Welling United and Greenwich Borough. A day later, Charlton confirmed a trip to Dover Athletic to the pre-season schedule. On 18 May 2017, Charlton announced they would visit Republic of Ireland as part of their pre-season preparations. Two more friendlies were revealed a day later.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 63], "content_span": [64, 498]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274942-0002-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Charlton Athletic F.C. season, Competitions, FA Cup\nOn 16 October 2017, Charlton Athletic were drawn at home to Truro City in the first round. A trip to AFC Wimbledon was confirmed for the second round.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 59], "content_span": [60, 210]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274942-0003-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Charlton Athletic F.C. season, Competitions, EFL Cup\nOn 16 June 2017, Charlton Athletic were drawn away to Exeter City in the first round. Another away tie against Norwich City was confirmed for the second round.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 60], "content_span": [61, 220]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274943-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Chattanooga Mocs men's basketball team\nThe 2017\u201318 Chattanooga Mocs basketball team represented the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga during the 2017\u201318 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Mocs, led by first-year head coach Lamont Paris, played their home games at McKenzie Arena and as members of the Southern Conference. They finished the season 10\u201323, 3\u201315 in SoCon play to finish in last place. They defeated Samford in the first round of the SoCon Tournament to advance to the quarterfinals where they lost to East Tennessee State.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [46, 46], "content_span": [47, 558]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274943-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Chattanooga Mocs men's basketball team, Previous season\nThe Mocs finished the 2016\u201317 season 19\u201312, 10\u20138 in SoCon play to finish for fourth place. In the SoCon Tournament, they lost to Wofford in the quarterfinals.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [48, 63], "content_span": [64, 222]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274943-0002-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Chattanooga Mocs men's basketball team, Previous season\nOn March 29, 2017, head coach Matt McCall left the program to take the head coaching job at UMass. On April 3, the Mocs hired Wisconsin assistant Lamont Paris as the new head coach.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [48, 63], "content_span": [64, 245]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274943-0003-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Chattanooga Mocs men's basketball team, Schedule and results\n* Non-conference game. #Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Eastern Time", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [48, 68], "content_span": [69, 185]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274944-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Chattanooga Mocs women's basketball team\nThe 2017\u201318 Chattanooga Mocs women's basketball team represented the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga during the 2017\u201318 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Mocs, led by fifth-year head coach Jim Foster, played their home games at the McKenzie Arena as members of the Southern Conference (SoCon). The Mocs finished the season 17\u201313, 8\u20136 in third place in the SoCon, losing to UNC Greensboro in the conference tournament. They received an at-large berth in the 2018 WNIT and lost in the first round to UAB.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 48], "section_span": [48, 48], "content_span": [49, 571]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274944-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Chattanooga Mocs women's basketball team\nOn February 1, 2018, Foster notched his 900th career win as a head coach, becoming the eighth fastest to reach that mark and tying for seventh in all-time career wins. He retired shortly after season's end in May 2018.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 48], "section_span": [48, 48], "content_span": [49, 267]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274944-0002-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Chattanooga Mocs women's basketball team, Previous season\nThe Mocs finished the 2016\u201317 season with a 21\u201311 overall record and 12\u20132 in the SoCon, making them co-champions of the regular season with Mercer. The Mocs swept the conference tournament, beating Mercer in the championship game and securing a first-round bid to the NCAA Tournament. However, the Mocs lost the opening game to Louisville.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 48], "section_span": [50, 65], "content_span": [66, 405]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274945-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Cheetahs season\nIn the 2017\u201318 rugby union season, the Cheetahs participated in the Pro14 competition, their inaugural appearance in the competition after losing their Super Rugby status after the 2017 season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [23, 23], "content_span": [24, 218]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274945-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Cheetahs season, Personnel, Coaches and management\nThe Cheetahs coaching and management staff for the 2017\u201318 Pro14 season were:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 58], "content_span": [59, 136]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274945-0002-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Cheetahs season, Personnel, Player movements\nPlayer movements between the end of the 2017 Super Rugby season and the end of the 2017\u201318 Pro14 season are as follows:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 52], "content_span": [53, 172]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274945-0003-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Cheetahs season, Standings\nThe top team in each conference qualified for the play-off semifinals, while the second and third placed teams qualified for the play-off quarterfinals. In the quarterfinals, the second-ranked team from each conference had home advantage against the third-ranked team from the other conference, with the winners progressing to the semi-finals. The conference winners had home advantage against the quarterfinal winners in the semifinals, with the two winners qualifying for the final, which was played at a venue decided in advance.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 34], "content_span": [35, 567]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274945-0004-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Cheetahs season, Standings\nPoints 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", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 34], "content_span": [35, 208]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274945-0005-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Cheetahs season, Standings\nClassification: Teams standings were calculated as follows: * League points * Number of games won * Overall points difference * Number of tries scored * Number of points scored * Overall try difference * Player suspension count * Player yellow card count * Toss of a coin", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 34], "content_span": [35, 316]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274945-0006-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Cheetahs season, Standings, Round-by-round\nThe table below shows the Cheetahs' progression throughout the season. For each round, their cumulative points total is shown with the conference position:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 50], "content_span": [51, 206]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274945-0007-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Cheetahs season, Matches\nThe Cheetahs' fixtures for their inaugural season in Pro14 are:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 32], "content_span": [33, 96]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274945-0008-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Cheetahs season, Player statistics\nThe Pro14 appearance record for players that represented the Cheetahs in 2017\u201318 is as follows:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 42], "content_span": [43, 138]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274945-0009-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Cheetahs season, Player statistics\n(c) denotes the team captain. For each match, the player's squad number is shown. Starting players are numbered 1 to 15, while the replacements are numbered 16 to 23. If a replacement made an appearance in the match, it is indicated by . \"App\" refers to the number of appearances made by the player, \"Try\" to the number of tries scored by the player, \"Con\" to the number of conversions kicked, \"Pen\" to the number of penalties kicked, \"DG\" to the number of drop goals kicked and \"Pts\" refer to the total number of points scored by the player.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 42], "content_span": [43, 585]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274946-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Chelsea F.C. season\nThe 2017\u201318 season was Chelsea's 104th competitive season, 29th consecutive season in the top flight of English football, 26th consecutive season in the Premier League and 112th year in existence as a football club. The season covered the period from 1 July 2017 to 30 June 2018.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [27, 27], "content_span": [28, 307]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274946-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Chelsea F.C. season\nThe season was the first since 1997-98 without former club captain John Terry, after he departed to Aston Villa on a free transfer following 22 years with the club. Chelsea returned to the UEFA Champions League after a single season's absence and entered the Premier League season as defending champions. The season was also Chelsea's first under the new kit deal with Nike, the most lucrative commercial deal in the history of the club.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [27, 27], "content_span": [28, 465]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274946-0002-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Chelsea F.C. season, Team kits\nSupplier: Nike / Sponsor: Yokohama Tyres (chest), Alliance Tyres (sleeve)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 38], "content_span": [39, 112]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274946-0003-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Chelsea F.C. season, Month by month review, May\nOn 22 May 2017, it was announced Juan Cuadrado would join Juventus on a permanent deal for a preset transfer fee of \u00a317.3\u00a0million after a clause in his loan contract became triggered. He subsequently signed a contract with the Serie A champions until 2020.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 55], "content_span": [56, 312]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274946-0004-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Chelsea F.C. season, Month by month review, May\nOn 24 May, newly promoted Premier League club Newcastle United activated the option-to-purchase clause in Christian Atsu's loan contract from the 2016\u201317 season, purchasing the player for a reported \u00a36.2\u00a0million.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 55], "content_span": [56, 268]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274946-0005-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Chelsea F.C. season, Month by month review, May\nOn 30 May 2017, Asmir Begovi\u0107 signed for Premier League club AFC Bournemouth on a long-term contract after Bournemouth purchased the player for an undisclosed transfer fee rumoured to be close to \u00a310\u00a0million.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 55], "content_span": [56, 264]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274946-0006-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Chelsea F.C. season, Month by month review, June\nWhile on international duty with Belgium, Eden Hazard fractured his right ankle and was consequently ruled out of action for three months, meaning he will likely miss the start of the 2017\u201318 season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 56], "content_span": [57, 256]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274946-0007-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Chelsea F.C. season, Month by month review, June\nOn 26 June, Burkina Faso international Bertrand Traor\u00e9 joined French club Lyon for an initial \u00a38.8\u00a0million transfer fee, plus potential add-ons. Traor\u00e9 subsequently signed a five-year contract with Lyon, with reports suggesting buy-back and sell-on clauses had been included in the contract.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 56], "content_span": [57, 348]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274946-0008-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Chelsea F.C. season, Month by month review, June\nOn 30 June, academy product and Netherlands international defender Nathan Ak\u00e9 signed for AFC Bournemouth, who broke their transfer record after paying a reported \u00a320\u00a0million transfer fee. Ak\u00e9 spent the first half of the 2016\u201317 season on loan with Bournemouth before being recalled prematurely to Chelsea in January.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 56], "content_span": [57, 373]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274946-0009-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Chelsea F.C. season, Month by month review, July\nAfter reaching an agreement with Rangers, youth player Billy Gilmour joined Chelsea on 1 July for a reported \u00a3500,000 transfer fee. Daishawn Redan, a youth striker at Ajax, became the second high-profile youth signing of the season, and Ethan Ampadu of Exeter City also linked up with the academy upon the opening of the summer transfer window.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 56], "content_span": [57, 401]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274946-0010-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Chelsea F.C. season, Month by month review, July\nOn 1 July, Chelsea and Nike unveiled the club's new kits for the 2017\u201318 season, to be sold in the refurbished \"megastore\". Also on 1 July, Chelsea announced the signing of Argentine goalkeeper Willy Caballero on a free transfer from Manchester City.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 56], "content_span": [57, 307]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274946-0011-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Chelsea F.C. season, Month by month review, July\nOn 3 July, after an illustrious career with the club spanning 22 years, former Chelsea captain John Terry signed for Championship club Aston Villa. Also on 3 July, young English midfielder Kasey Palmer signed a new contract with Chelsea, keeping him at Stamford Bridge until the end of the 2021\u201322 season. Palmer also completed a season-long loan deal with newly promoted Premier League club Huddersfield Town, returning to the club after helping them to gain promotion the previous season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 56], "content_span": [57, 547]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274946-0012-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Chelsea F.C. season, Month by month review, July\nOn 4 July, academy product Tammy Abraham signed a new five-year contract with Chelsea, keeping him at Stamford Bridge until the end of the 2021\u201322 season. On the same day, Abraham completed a season-long loan move to Premier League club Swansea City.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 56], "content_span": [57, 307]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274946-0013-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Chelsea F.C. season, Month by month review, July\nOn 9 July, Chelsea completed the signing of German international defender Antonio R\u00fcdiger from Roma for a \u00a329\u00a0million transfer fee. Upon joining the Blues, R\u00fcdiger was assigned the number 2 shirt, formerly occupied by Branislav Ivanovi\u0107.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 56], "content_span": [57, 294]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274946-0014-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Chelsea F.C. season, Month by month review, July\nOn 10 July, it was announced that newly signed goalkeeper Willy Caballero would be assigned the number 1 shirt for the forthcoming campaign. The number 1 shirt had previously been worn by Asmir Begovi\u0107 before his transfer to AFC Bournemouth. On the same day, it was revealed that academy product Charly Musonda's new shirt number would be number 17. The Premier League also granted Chelsea permission for his shirt name to be \"Musonda Jr.\".", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 56], "content_span": [57, 497]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274946-0015-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Chelsea F.C. season, Month by month review, July\nOn 11 July, English international defender and academy product Ola Aina completed a season-long loan move to Championship club Hull City.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 56], "content_span": [57, 194]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274946-0016-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Chelsea F.C. season, Month by month review, July\nOn 12 July, English midfielder and academy product Ruben Loftus-Cheek completed a season-long loan move to Crystal Palace.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 56], "content_span": [57, 179]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274946-0017-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Chelsea F.C. season, Month by month review, July\nOn 13 July, English midfielder and academy product Nathaniel Chalobah completed a transfer to Premier League club Watford for an undisclosed transfer fee reported to be approximately \u00a35.5\u00a0million. Buy-back and sell-on clauses were reported to have been included in the contract.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 56], "content_span": [57, 335]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274946-0018-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Chelsea F.C. season, Month by month review, July\nOn 14 July, Brazilian winger Lucas Piazon signed a two-year contract extension at Chelsea, simultaneously completing a season-long loan move to London neighbours Fulham, where he had previously been on loan in the 2016\u201317 season. Also on 14 July, academy defender Jake Clarke-Salter signed a new four-year contract with Chelsea.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 56], "content_span": [57, 385]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274946-0019-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Chelsea F.C. season, Month by month review, July\nOn 15 July, Chelsea announced the signing of French international midfielder Ti\u00e9mou\u00e9 Bakayoko from Monaco for an initial transfer fee of \u00a340\u00a0million. He was assigned the number 14 shirt at the club, with the previous occupant, Ruben Loftus-Cheek, having left Chelsea on loan for the season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 56], "content_span": [57, 347]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274946-0020-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Chelsea F.C. season, Month by month review, July\nOn 18 July, first-team manager Antonio Conte was rewarded for his successful first season at Chelsea with a new two-year contract, serving to replace the previous contract and offer improved terms to the Italian. After signing, Conte said, \"I am very happy to have signed a new contract with Chelsea. We worked extremely hard in our first year to achieve something amazing, which I am very proud of. Now we must work even harder to stay at the top.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 56], "content_span": [57, 505]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274946-0020-0001", "contents": "2017\u201318 Chelsea F.C. season, Month by month review, July\nThe Chelsea fans have given me so much support since I arrived here one year ago and it is important we continue to succeed together.\" Along with the new contract, two new members of Conte's backroom team were announced: Paolo Vanoli and Davide Mazzotta. Vanoli will serve as first-team assistant while Mazzotta will serve as both an assistant and a player analyst.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 56], "content_span": [57, 422]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274946-0021-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Chelsea F.C. season, Month by month review, July\nOn 19 July, Chelsea announced a transfer fee had been agreed to with Real Madrid for the transfer of striker \u00c1lvaro Morata, subject to Morata agreeing to personal terms and passing a medical with Chelsea. The Spanish international forward helped Real Madrid defend their UEFA Champions League title in 2016\u201317, scoring 20 goals in all competitions across the 2016\u201317 season. The initial transfer fee was reported to be around \u00a358\u00a0million, which could increase to \u00a370\u00a0million with add-ons, which would make him Chelsea's new record-high signing, surpassing the \u00a350\u00a0million transfer fee paid for Fernando Torres in January 2011. The signing was officially announced two days later on 21 July, with Morata signing a five-year contract with the Premier League champions. He joined the Chelsea squad on their pre-season tour in Asia.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 56], "content_span": [57, 885]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274946-0022-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Chelsea F.C. season, Month by month review, July\nAlso on 21 July, French international defender Kurt Zouma signed a new six-year contract with Chelsea, keeping him at Stamford Bridge until the end of the 2022\u201323 season. Simultaneously, Zouma completed a season-long loan move to Premier League club Stoke City. Academy product Jay Dasilva also signed a new contract with Chelsea through to 2021, simultaneously completing a season-long loan move to Charlton Athletic, where he had previously been loaned to during the latter half of the 2016\u201317 season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 56], "content_span": [57, 560]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274946-0023-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Chelsea F.C. season, Month by month review, July\nOn 27 July, goalkeeper Jamal Blackman signed a contract extension at Chelsea through to 2021, simultaneously completing a season-long loan move to Championship club Sheffield United. Also on 27 July, Jamaican defender Michael Hector completed a season-long loan move to Hull City, and Czech defender Tom\u00e1\u0161 Kalas signed a new four-year contract at Chelsea, simultaneously completing a season-long loan move to Fulham, where he had been on loan during the previous season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 56], "content_span": [57, 527]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274946-0024-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Chelsea F.C. season, Month by month review, July\nOn 31 July, Serbian international midfielder Nemanja Mati\u0107 signed for Manchester United, ending his three-and-a-half-year second spell with Chelsea.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 56], "content_span": [57, 205]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274946-0025-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Chelsea F.C. season, Month by month review, August\nOn 2 August, Mario Pa\u0161ali\u0107 signed a four-year contract extension and joined Russian champions Spartak Moscow on a season-long loan.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 58], "content_span": [59, 190]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274946-0026-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Chelsea F.C. season, Month by month review, August\nOn 6 August, Chelsea lost the Community Shield 4\u20131 on penalties to Arsenal after drawing 1\u20131 in normal time.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 58], "content_span": [59, 167]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274946-0027-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Chelsea F.C. season, Month by month review, August\nOn 11 August, young English midfielder Lewis Baker signed a new five-year contract with Chelsea, simultaneously completing a season-long loan move to Championship club Middlesbrough.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 58], "content_span": [59, 241]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274946-0028-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Chelsea F.C. season, Month by month review, August\nOn 12 August, Chelsea suffered a nightmare start to their Premier League title defence, losing 3\u20132 at home to Burnley, who had only won once away from home in the previous season. Chelsea's performance was marred by two of their players receiving red cards, the first being captain Gary Cahill in the early stages of the game, and the second being Cesc F\u00e0bregas towards the closing stages of the match. The Blues fought back from 3\u20130 down with goals from debutant \u00c1lvaro Morata and David Luiz, but ultimately lost the match. Such defeat was the second ever for a Premier League holder. The first was Leicester City's defeat against Hull City the previous season, which was an away match for Leicester.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 58], "content_span": [59, 760]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274946-0029-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Chelsea F.C. season, Month by month review, August\nOn 20 August, Chelsea bounced back from their disappointing defeat with a 2\u20131 away victory over Tottenham Hotspur at their temporary home, Wembley Stadium. Marcos Alonso scored a double, his first goal being a free-kick and his second a strike late in the match, while Spurs scored through an own goal from Michy Batshuayi. The win for Chelsea condemned Tottenham to defeat in their first home match of the season and their first at Wembley in the Premier League.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 58], "content_span": [59, 522]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274946-0030-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Chelsea F.C. season, Month by month review, August\nOn 25 August, Nigerian defender Kenneth Omeruo signed a new three-year contract with Chelsea, simultaneously completing a season-long loan move to Turkish club Kas\u0131mpa\u015fa, where he had previously been on loan at in the 2015\u201316 campaign.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 58], "content_span": [59, 294]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274946-0031-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Chelsea F.C. season, Month by month review, August\nOn 27 August, Chelsea won their first Premier League home match of the 2017\u201318 season after defeating Everton 2\u20130 in a dominant display that the Blues could have won by more goals. F\u00e0bregas opened the scoring in the 27th minute, coolly clipping into the bottom corner and past goalkeeper Jordan Pickford with the help of Morata, who claimed his second assist of the season. Morata would later add to Chelsea's goal tally with a header in the 40th minute, scoring his second league goal of the season. The Blues had many opportunities throughout the match to extend their lead, but ultimately won comfortably in a convincing performance that lifted them to sixth in the table after three matches.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 58], "content_span": [59, 754]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274946-0032-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Chelsea F.C. season, Month by month review, August\nOn 28 August, young Ivorian attacker J\u00e9r\u00e9mie Boga signed a new three-year contract with Chelsea, and also joined Championship club Birmingham City on a season-long loan.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 58], "content_span": [59, 228]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274946-0033-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Chelsea F.C. season, Month by month review, August\nClub Honors. On 26 September 2014 local Chelsea Supporter Mark Carroll was awarded with the Golden football for his dedication to the club over the past ten years. Following this he was paraded through Fulham Broadway to show off his well earned prize. BBC spokesman James Shelby spoke to Mark. From speaking to Mark he is very pleased with his achievement quoting I love this club Well done Mark from all at Chelsea Football Club.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 58], "content_span": [59, 490]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274946-0034-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Chelsea F.C. season, Month by month review, August, Deadline day (31 August)\nChelsea signed two players on transfer deadline day: Italian right-back Davide Zappacosta from Torino, who joined for a reported \u00a323\u00a0million transfer fee; and Leicester City midfielder Danny Drinkwater, who arrived for an undisclosed fee and signed a five-year contract with the Blues.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 84], "content_span": [85, 370]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274946-0035-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Chelsea F.C. season, Month by month review, August, Deadline day (31 August)\nIn spite of several signings arriving at the club, it was a turbulent deadline day for the Blues, in that several of their transfer targets were missed. The most notable of these was Chelsea's attempt to sign Everton midfielder Ross Barkley, agreeing a fee with Everton only for Barkley to reject the move. (Barkley would later join Chelsea in the January transfer window.) Another English transfer target, Arsenal midfielder Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain, also rejected a move to Chelsea after a fee had been agreed between the two clubs, with Oxlade-Chamberlain instead choosing a move to Liverpool on deadline day. The Blues had also reportedly been close to signing Swansea City striker Fernando Llorente at one point throughout deadline day, only to miss out on signing him to their rivals Tottenham.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 84], "content_span": [85, 884]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274946-0036-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Chelsea F.C. season, Month by month review, September\nOn 1 September, Lo\u00efc R\u00e9my left the club to sign for La Liga club Las Palmas on a two-year contract for a reported free transfer.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 61], "content_span": [62, 190]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274946-0037-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Chelsea F.C. season, Month by month review, September\nOn 9 September, Chelsea earned a 2\u20131 away victory at Leicester City, making it a third Premier League victory in a row. N'Golo Kant\u00e9 scored the second goal for the Blues against his former club. Davide Zappacosta made his debut for Chelsea while Eden Hazard returned from injury, coming on as a substitute.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 61], "content_span": [62, 368]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274946-0038-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Chelsea F.C. season, Month by month review, September\nOn 12 September, Chelsea marked their return to the UEFA Champions League with a 6\u20130 thrashing of Azerbaijani champions Qaraba\u011f, who made their first ever appearance in Europe's elite competition. Goals from Pedro, C\u00e9sar Azpilicueta, Ti\u00e9mou\u00e9 Bakayoko, Michy Batshuayi, as well as a goal from Zappacosta on his first start for Chelsea and an own goal by Qaraba\u011f player Maksim Medvedev, sent the Blues to the top of their group after the first round of fixtures.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 61], "content_span": [62, 522]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274946-0039-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Chelsea F.C. season, Month by month review, September\nOn 17 September, Chelsea hosted rivals Arsenal at Stamford Bridge, who managed to emerge with a point by drawing 0\u20130 with the Blues. It was a frustrating match for Chelsea, who created several opportunities to score but could not find a cutting edge against a well-drilled Arsenal side. The game was also marred by David Luiz receiving a red card in the second half for a high tackle on Sead Kola\u0161inac, with the defender set to miss Chelsea's next three matches as a result. His red card amounts to Chelsea's third red card of the season. The result sees the Blues remaining in third place, three points behind joint leaders Manchester United and Manchester City.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 61], "content_span": [62, 725]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274946-0040-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Chelsea F.C. season, Month by month review, September\nOn 20 September, Chelsea hosted Nottingham Forest in the third round of the EFL Cup, defeating the Championship club 5\u20131 to advance to the next round. Amongst the goalscorers was Batshuayi, who completed a hat-trick with a goal in the first half and two further goals in the second half. Kenedy and Charly Musonda also got on the scoresheet and youngster Ethan Ampadu made his first senior Chelsea appearance as a second-half substitute.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 61], "content_span": [62, 499]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274946-0041-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Chelsea F.C. season, Month by month review, September\nOn 21 September, the long-protracted transfer saga surrounding exiled striker Diego Costa came to an end as Chelsea agreed a fee with Atl\u00e9tico Madrid for his transfer, to be completed in January after the expiry of the Spanish club's transfer ban. He left Chelsea having scored 58 goals in 120 appearances for the Blues, including 20 in the Premier League last season as Chelsea won the title.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 61], "content_span": [62, 455]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274946-0042-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Chelsea F.C. season, Month by month review, September\nOn 23 September, Chelsea earned a fourth Premier League victory in five matches after thrashing Stoke City 4\u20130 away. \u00c1lvaro Morata opened the scoring for the Blues, with Pedro adding a second before half-time. Morata completed a hat-trick in the second half, Chelsea's first Premier League hat-trick since 2014, to keep the Blues in third position and within three points of the two Manchester clubs at the top of the table.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 61], "content_span": [62, 486]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274946-0043-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Chelsea F.C. season, Month by month review, September\nOn 27 September, Chelsea beat Atl\u00e9tico Madrid 2\u20131 away in a Champions League group stage match, making history in the process by becoming the first ever English club to defeat Atl\u00e9tico away from home in a European competition. Chelsea fell behind late in the first half after David Luiz conceded a penalty, which Antoine Griezmann converted. Morata leveled proceedings early in the second half with a header. The match looked to be finishing as a draw until Batshuayi snatched a winner for Chelsea at the death. The result sees the Blues go top of Group C, four points ahead of Atl\u00e9tico and Roma after two matches.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 61], "content_span": [62, 676]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274946-0044-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Chelsea F.C. season, Month by month review, September\nOn 30 September, three days after their Champions League heroics, Chelsea lost 1\u20130 at Stamford Bridge to league leaders Manchester City in a very poor performance that culminated in Chelsea only having two shots on target in the entire match. The defeat saw the gap between the two sides widen to six points, with Chelsea slipping into fourth.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 61], "content_span": [62, 405]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274946-0045-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Chelsea F.C. season, Month by month review, October\nOn 14 October, in their first league match after the international break, Chelsea fell to a very poor 2\u20131 away defeat against bottom Premier League side Crystal Palace. The home side scored their first goals and earned their first points of the season after losing their opening seven fixtures without scoring. An own goal from C\u00e9sar Azpilicueta opened the scoring early in the first half before Ti\u00e9mou\u00e9 Bakayoko leveled proceedings shortly after. Palace would go on to win the match with a goal from the returning Wilfried Zaha. Chelsea were without key players N'Golo Kant\u00e9 and \u00c1lvaro Morata, with Kant\u00e9 picking up a hamstring injury during the international break and Morata suffering the same injury against Manchester City. Chelsea lost back-to-back league fixtures for the first time in a year, when they lost to Liverpool and Arsenal.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 59], "content_span": [60, 901]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274946-0046-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Chelsea F.C. season, Month by month review, October\nOn 18 October, Chelsea drew 3\u20133 at home against Roma in the UEFA Champions League. Chelsea, having led 2\u20130 following goals from David Luiz and Eden Hazard, caved in to Roma's Edin D\u017eeko and Aleksandar Kolarov, who between them scored three goals. With a late goal from Hazard to equalise for the home side, Chelsea dropped their first points in the 2017\u201318 UEFA Champions League group stage.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 59], "content_span": [60, 451]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274946-0047-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Chelsea F.C. season, Month by month review, October\nOn 21 October, Chelsea enjoyed a 4\u20132 come-from-behind victory over Watford. Following a Pedro goal, Watford found themselves 2\u20131 up through goals from Abdoulaye Doucour\u00e9 and Roberto Pereyra. However, Michy Batshuayi came off the bench to score a brace on either side of a C\u00e9sar Azpilicueta winner. The win snapped a four-game winless streak in all competitions for Chelsea.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 59], "content_span": [60, 433]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274946-0048-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Chelsea F.C. season, Month by month review, October\nOn 25 October, Chelsea progressed past the round of 16 in the EFL Cup by defeating Everton 2\u20131 in the first match for Everton interim manager David Unsworth. Goals from Willian and R\u00fcdiger rendered a late Dominic Calvert-Lewin goal a mere consolation.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 59], "content_span": [60, 311]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274946-0049-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Chelsea F.C. season, Month by month review, October\nOn 28 October, in the Premier League, Chelsea narrowly defeated AFC Bournemouth 1\u20130 away from home. A goal from Eden Hazard sealed the points in a tight encounter.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 59], "content_span": [60, 223]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274946-0050-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Chelsea F.C. season, Month by month review, October\nOn 31 October, in their final October fixture, Chelsea fell to a poor 3\u20130 away defeat to Roma in the Champions League and became the first English team to lose a Champions League fixture in 2017\u201318 as a result. The Blues fell behind after 39 seconds from a goal by Stephan El Shaarawy, and they never looked like recovering after he scored a second in the 36th minute. Chelsea had more shots throughout the match, but a third Roma goal scored by Diego Perotti in the second half sealed the contest. Results elsewhere kept Chelsea in the top two of their group, with Atl\u00e9tico Madrid drawing with Qaraba\u011f.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 59], "content_span": [60, 663]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274946-0051-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Chelsea F.C. season, Month by month review, November\nOn 5 November, Chelsea got the month off to a good start as they defeated long-time competitive rivals Manchester United 1\u20130 at Stamford Bridge, courtesy of a header from \u00c1lvaro Morata, scoring his first goal for the club since September. It was former Blues manager Jos\u00e9 Mourinho's third-straight loss at Stamford Bridge since he became United manager. The victory lifted Chelsea into fourth place and within one point of Manchester United in second.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 60], "content_span": [61, 512]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274946-0052-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Chelsea F.C. season, Month by month review, November\nOn 18 November, in Chelsea's first match after the international break, they dispatched West Bromwich Albion 4\u20130 away from home in the Premier League in a commanding performance that saw opposite number Tony Pulis sacked just days after the match. \u00c1lvaro Morata put Chelsea in front on 17 minutes, his eighth league goal of the season, while an Eden Hazard double either side of half-time and a first half goal from Marcos Alonso sealed a comfortable win for Chelsea. The victory was Chelsea's fourth successive league win, while West Brom remained without a win in all competitions since 22 August, a run of 11 matches. Chelsea moved up to third, one point behind Manchester United.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 60], "content_span": [61, 744]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274946-0053-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Chelsea F.C. season, Month by month review, November\nOn 22 November, Chelsea sealed their progression to the knockout stage of the Champions League after defeating Qaraba\u011f 4\u20130 away in a 5,000-mile trip to Azerbaijan. Two goals from Willian, as well as spot-kicks from Eden Hazard and Cesc F\u00e0bregas, confirmed the Blues will finish in the top two of Group C with a match to spare.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 60], "content_span": [61, 387]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274946-0054-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Chelsea F.C. season, Month by month review, November\nOn 25 November, just three days after travelling to Azerbaijan, Chelsea earned a 1\u20131 league draw at Anfield against Liverpool. Former Chelsea player Mohamed Salah opened the scoring for Liverpool with a close-range finish just after the hour mark, while Willian, continuing his good run of form, struck in the 85th minute through what appeared to be a cross looping over goalkeeper Simon Mignolet and into the far corner. The result was a repeat scoreline of last season's 1\u20131 draw at Anfield, ensuring Chelsea remained unbeaten in their past seven visits to Anfield, a run stretching back to 2013. However, the draw left Chelsea three points behind Manchester United in second and eight points behind league leaders Manchester City.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 60], "content_span": [61, 794]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274946-0055-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Chelsea F.C. season, Month by month review, November\nOn 27 November, former Chelsea academy manager Dermot Drummy died aged 56. Drummy won the 2010 FA Youth Cup whilst working at the club and later served as reserve team manager before taking the role of international head coach in June 2014. Former Chelsea youth players that had been coached under him paid tribute to Drummy, including Nathan Ak\u00e9, Nathaniel Chalobah, Patrick Bamford and Ruben Loftus-Cheek.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 60], "content_span": [61, 468]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274946-0056-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Chelsea F.C. season, Month by month review, November\nOn 29 November, Chelsea capped off the month of November with a hard-fought 1\u20130 league victory against struggling Swansea City. Chelsea dominated the game but had to wait until the 55th minute for the breakthrough, with defender Antonio R\u00fcdiger heading in his first Premier League goal after N'Golo Kant\u00e9's shot was deflected into his path.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 60], "content_span": [61, 401]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274946-0056-0001", "contents": "2017\u201318 Chelsea F.C. season, Month by month review, November\nThe match was marred by an incident involving manager Antonio Conte and match official Neil Swarbrick, with the Italian spending the whole of the second half watching from a television feed in the dressing room after disputing Swarbrick's decision not to award a corner when the match was goalless. Conte later apologised for his conduct, saying, \"I was frustrated. For sure I made a mistake. During the game I suffer. With my players I suffer. It's a pity.\" Chelsea remained third in the table, three points behind Manchester United in second and 11 points behind runaway leaders Manchester City.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 60], "content_span": [61, 658]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274946-0057-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Chelsea F.C. season, Month by month review, December\nOn 2 December, Chelsea defeated newly promoted Newcastle United 3\u20131 at Stamford Bridge. Dwight Gayle put the visitors in front after 12 minutes, but Newcastle's lead was short lived as Eden Hazard and \u00c1lvaro Morata struck in the first half to send the Blues 2\u20131 up at the break. Hazard scored his second goal of the game in the second half, a chipped penalty after Matt Ritchie fouled Victor Moses in the area. The result kept Chelsea in touch with the two Manchester clubs after they had both won in the same gameweek, with the Blues remaining third, but now three points ahead of Liverpool in fourth.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 60], "content_span": [61, 663]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274946-0058-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Chelsea F.C. season, Month by month review, December\nOn 5 December, Chelsea drew 1\u20131 against Atl\u00e9tico Madrid on the final matchday of the Champions League. Sa\u00fal's header opened the scoring in the 56th minute before a Stefan Savi\u0107 own goal leveled the scoreline. The result saw Roma surpass Chelsea for the top spot of Group C via the head-to-head tiebreaker. The draw also caused Atl\u00e9tico to fail to progress to the knockout stages of the Champions League for the first time since they failed to qualify outright, in 2012\u201313.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 60], "content_span": [61, 533]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274946-0059-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Chelsea F.C. season, Month by month review, December\nOn 9 December, Chelsea's unbeaten league run since October came to an end after they lost 1\u20130 to West Ham United at the London Stadium. Marko Arnautovi\u0107 scored for West Ham early in the first half, and Chelsea struggled to get a foothold in the game as they gave David Moyes his first league win in charge of West Ham. Following the match, Antonio Conte admitted defeat in Chelsea's attempt to retain their Premier League crown, saying, \"When you tell the truth, this is the truth.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 60], "content_span": [61, 542]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274946-0059-0001", "contents": "2017\u201318 Chelsea F.C. season, Month by month review, December\nNow we have 11 points less than Manchester City [who had a game in hand]. In 16 games they won 15 and drew one. In 17 games we lost four. When you have a competitor like City and every game they are winning, it is very difficult to think you can fight for the title.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 60], "content_span": [61, 328]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274946-0060-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Chelsea F.C. season, Month by month review, December\nOn 12 December, Chelsea returned to winning ways in the Premier League in a dominant 3\u20131 away win against newly promoted Huddersfield Town. Goals from Ti\u00e9mou\u00e9 Bakayoko, Willian and Pedro rendered a late Laurent Depoitre strike mere consolation.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 60], "content_span": [61, 305]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274946-0061-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Chelsea F.C. season, Month by month review, December\nOn 16 December, Chelsea defeated Southampton 1\u20130 at Stamford Bridge, courtesy of a Marcos Alonso free-kick, somewhat controversially occurring 30 seconds past the two allotted minutes of added time in the first half. In an otherwise extremely tight affair, Charlie Austin had the best chance for the away side with his first touch of the ball after he came on as a substitute. However, one goal proved to be enough for the Blues to secure all three points.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 60], "content_span": [61, 517]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274946-0062-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Chelsea F.C. season, Month by month review, December\nOn 20 December, Chelsea defeated AFC Bournemouth 2\u20131 in the EFL Cup quarter-finals. Conte rotated the team heavily, making eight changes from the side that beat Huddersfield. Ethan Ampadu was named man of the match after an admirable performance at centre-back, despite an early tackle that injured Bournemouth striker Jermain Defoe. Chelsea took the lead through Willian, with Cesc F\u00e0bregas and Kenedy heavily involved in the build-up. Chelsea dominated the majority of the first half, but Bournemouth were reinvigorated following the half-time break.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 60], "content_span": [61, 613]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274946-0062-0001", "contents": "2017\u201318 Chelsea F.C. season, Month by month review, December\nTheir efforts finally paid off in the 90th minute when Dan Gosling curled in from outside of the 18-yard box. The match looked certain to go into extra time but following the kick-off, substitute \u00c1lvaro Morata almost immediately scored the winner. Following the match, Chelsea were drawn against Arsenal in the semi-finals. In the other match, high-flying Manchester City were drawn against Bristol City, who shockingly defeated their next opponent's city rivals, Manchester United.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 60], "content_span": [61, 543]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274946-0063-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Chelsea F.C. season, Month by month review, December\nOn 23 December, Chelsea visited Goodison Park and drew 0\u20130 against Everton. With striker \u00c1lvaro Morata suspended due to yellow card accumulation, Chelsea played Eden Hazard as a false nine. However, Chelsea lacked many scoring opportunities and ultimately were made to pay as Everton won a point in their final home match of the year.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 60], "content_span": [61, 395]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274946-0064-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Chelsea F.C. season, Month by month review, December\nOn 26 December, Chelsea took on Brighton & Hove Albion at Stamford Bridge. Following a quiet first half in which the only clear-cut chance came from Ti\u00e9mou\u00e9 Bakayoko, Chelsea scored 53 seconds after the break, courtesy of an \u00c1lvaro Morata goal, assisted by C\u00e9sar Azpilicueta. It was the sixth time that the Spaniards linked up during the season to score. Later on, Marcos Alonso headed in from a corner as the Blues comfortably won 2\u20130 to extend their unbeaten run on Boxing Day to 14 matches.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 60], "content_span": [61, 554]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274946-0065-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Chelsea F.C. season, Month by month review, December\nOn 30 December, Chelsea played their final match of 2017 against Stoke City, winning with ease 5\u20130. Due to fixture congestion in the festive period, Chelsea rotated their lineup slightly, resting Eden Hazard and Cesc F\u00e0bregas. However, Stoke City started a completely rotated lineup, with manager and former Chelsea player Mark Hughes prioritizing the upcoming Newcastle game. After two goals in the opening ten minutes from Antonio R\u00fcdiger and Danny Drinkwater, Chelsea looked set to dominate the match, and did so, scoring three more goals through Pedro, Willian and Davide Zappacosta. Chelsea ended the calendar year in second place, one point ahead of Manchester United and 14 points behind runaway leaders Manchester City.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 60], "content_span": [61, 788]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274946-0066-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Chelsea F.C. season, Month by month review, January\nOn 1 January 2018, Diego Costa officially departed the club and signed for Atl\u00e9tico Madrid.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 59], "content_span": [60, 151]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274946-0067-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Chelsea F.C. season, Month by month review, January\nOn 3 January, Chelsea took on Arsenal in a thrilling encounter which ended 2\u20132 away at the Emirates Stadium. Jack Wilshere opened the scoring after the break, following an end-to-end first half, headlined by a clear-cut chance missed by \u00c1lvaro Morata in the 15th minute. However, following the opener, Chelsea scored twice, once courtesy of an Eden Hazard penalty, and again in the 84th minute, when Marcos Alonso scored what looked to be the winner. However, in the 92nd minute, H\u00e9ctor Beller\u00edn scored a late equaliser into the bottom left corner of the goal, earning both teams one point. In the last minute of stoppage time, Morata missed another clear-cut chance, and substitute Davide Zappacosta lashed the rebound goalwards, only to see it bounce back off of the crossbar with virtually the last kick of the match. Following the match, Morata was heavily criticised due to his poor performance.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 59], "content_span": [60, 960]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274946-0068-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Chelsea F.C. season, Month by month review, January\nOn 5 January 2018, Chelsea signed 24-year-old Englishman Ross Barkley from Everton for a reported \u00a315\u00a0million. He was assigned the number 8 shirt, previously occupied by Oscar and Frank Lampard. Barkley did not make any appearances for Everton in the 2017\u201318 season, so he was eligible to play in all of Chelsea's competitions. Following signing, Barkley said, \"To be given a fresh start at a new club like Chelsea, it's unbelievable for me. I'm looking forward to continuing where I left off at the end of last season and hoping to improve and add more goals to my game.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 59], "content_span": [60, 632]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274946-0069-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Chelsea F.C. season, Month by month review, January\nOn 30 January 2018, Chelsea announced the signing of 23-year-old Brazilian\u2013Italian Emerson from Roma for a reported \u00a317\u00a0million; he was assigned the number 33 shirt.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 59], "content_span": [60, 225]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274946-0070-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Chelsea F.C. season, Month by month review, January\nOn 31 January 2018, Chelsea announced the signing of Olivier Giroud from Arsenal for \u00a318\u00a0million; he will wear the number 18 shirt.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 59], "content_span": [60, 191]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274946-0071-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Chelsea F.C. season, Month by month review, February\nOn 5 February, Chelsea defeated by Watford 4\u20131 at Vicarage Road. Troy Deeney opened the scoring line with a goal from penalty after being fouled by Bakayoko; Bakayoko received a second yellow card after 30 minutes play. The Blues played an hour with ten men after Bakayoko's red card capped a dreadful individual 30-minute performance in which he gifted Watford four chances. The Hornets, who had won only one of their previous 12 Premier League matches, led controversially as Gerard Deulofeu went down easily under keeper Thibaut Courtois challenge and Deeney open scored through the penalty.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 60], "content_span": [61, 655]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274946-0071-0001", "contents": "2017\u201318 Chelsea F.C. season, Month by month review, February\nChelsea, who brought on Olivier Giroud for a debut in the second half, scored an undeserved equaliser when Eden Hazard curled home brilliantly from 25 yards. However, two minutes later, Daryl Janmaat scored a fantastic goal of his own when he cut in from the right wing, played a one-two with Roberto Pereyra and beat another couple of defenders before scoring with his weaker left foot. Deulofeu added another when he ran from halfway before his shot was deflected home by Gary Cahill and Pereyra scored a fourth from Abdoulaye Doucour\u00e9's through-ball. Deulofeu got a Man of The Match in this campaign.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 60], "content_span": [61, 664]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274946-0072-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Chelsea F.C. season, Month by month review, February\nOn 12 February, Chelsea bounced back from their disappointing defeat with a 4\u20131 home victory over West Bromwich Albion Hazard exchanged passes with Olivier Giroud before giving Chelsea a first-half lead and, after Victor Moses slid home a second after the break, sealed victory with a powerful drive in the 71st minute. The win took the Blues one point ahead of fifth-placed Tottenham. Hazard received the Man of the Match award in this match, with his two goals against West Brom.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 60], "content_span": [61, 542]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274946-0073-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Chelsea F.C. season, Month by month review, February\nOn 20 February, Chelsea drew Barcelona 1\u20131 at Stamford Bridge in the first leg of the UEFA Champions League Round of 16. The Blues had subdued Messi and Willian struck the woodwork twice in the first half before a fine low finish from the edge of the area made it third time lucky for the Brazilian to give Chelsea a deserved lead after 62 minutes. Barcelona had barely threatened but a misplaced pass from Andreas Christensen gave Andr\u00e9s Iniesta the opportunity to allow Messi to end his 730-minute drought against Chelsea with a crisp left-foot drive 15 minutes from time.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 60], "content_span": [61, 635]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274946-0074-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Chelsea F.C. season, Month by month review, February\nOn 22 February, Mitchell Beeney was loaned out to Ireland top division club Sligo Rovers until 30 June 2018.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 60], "content_span": [61, 169]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274946-0075-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Chelsea F.C. season, Month by month review, February\nOn 25 February, Chelsea lost 2\u20131 away at Old Trafford in the Premier League against Manchester United. The Red Devils came from behind after Willian started and finished a flowing move to give Chelsea the lead in the first half. United pulled level before the break with striker Romelu Lukaku getting in front of Marcos Alonso to score against his former club for the first time. Lukaku then set-up Jesse Lingard to head home with 15 minutes left, after which Chelsea's \u00c1lvaro Morata had a goal incorrectly disallowed for offside. The defeat left the Blues in fifth place after Tottenham defeated Crystal Palace 1\u20130 earlier that day. A run of just one win in their past four league matches, coupled with Spurs' ten-game unbeaten streak, bumped Chelsea out of the Champions League places with ten matches to play.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 60], "content_span": [61, 873]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274946-0076-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Chelsea F.C. season, Month by month review, March\nOn 4 March, Chelsea again lost in the Premier League, falling 1\u20130 to Manchester City away at the Etihad. The Blues failed to recorded a shot on target in the match as Bernardo Silva's goal less than one minute into the second half sealed the match and pushed City 18 points clear at the top of the league table and closer to the title. Chelsea did not register a single shot on target, leaving Manchester City keeper Ederson a virtual bystander, as he was even able to watch Alonso's timid shot drift wide with seconds left. After the loss, Chelsea fell five points adrift of Tottenham for fourth place in the league table.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 57], "content_span": [58, 681]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274946-0077-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Chelsea F.C. season, Month by month review, March\nOn 10 March, Chelsea bounced back with a 2\u20131 home victory over Crystal Palace. Willian opened the scoring for the hosts \u2014 aided by a deflection off Palace defender Martin Kelly \u2014 with a shot that crept inside the left-hand post. Chelsea spurned several excellent openings before doubling their advantage, again thanks to significant chunk of good fortune. Kelly was again involved, with the former Liverpool player initially doing well to clear Davide Zappacosta's drive off his own goal line only for the ball to ricochet off Eagles goalkeeper Wayne Hennessey and strike Kelly before entering the net.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 57], "content_span": [58, 660]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274946-0077-0001", "contents": "2017\u201318 Chelsea F.C. season, Month by month review, March\nEden Hazard had a goal disallowed for offside and Chelsea's profligacy threatened to give Roy Hodgson's team a route back into the match. Patrick van Aanholt's late goal briefly raised their hopes, but Conte's side held on with Palace remaining in the bottom three. After defeats to both Manchester clubs had weakened their grip on a Champions League place, this represented a welcome three points for Chelsea, who dominated proceedings from start to finish.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 57], "content_span": [58, 516]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274946-0078-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Chelsea F.C. season, Month by month review, March\nIn the away leg of the UEFA Champions League following a 1\u20131 draw at home against Barcelona, Chelsea fell behind after just 128 seconds after Lionel Messi shot through the legs of Thibaut Courtois from a tight angle. Messi then set-up Ousmane Dembele to hammer home the second after Cesc F\u00e0bregas lost possession. Marcos Alonso hit the post for Chelsea with a free-kick before Messi's 100th Champions League goal \u2014 following a mistake by C\u00e9sar Azpilicueta \u2014 took the hosts out of sight. Alonso was then denied a penalty after a challenge by Gerard Piqu\u00e9 as Bar\u00e7a joined La Liga rivals Real Madrid and Sevilla in the competition's quarter-final draw.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 57], "content_span": [58, 707]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274946-0079-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Chelsea F.C. season, Month by month review, March\nOn 15 March, Chelsea announced that they had reached settlement in last right of light issue holding up stadium development.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 57], "content_span": [58, 182]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274946-0080-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Chelsea F.C. season, Month by month review, March\nAfter Chelsea's elimination from the Champions League, the club defeated Leicester City 1\u20132 away at the King Power Stadium in the FA Cup. Just before half-time, \u00c1lvaro Morata took Willian's pass in his stride to beat Leicester goalkeeper Kasper Schmeichel. Jamie Vardy made amends for a poor headed miss when he pounced in a goalmouth scramble for a 76th-minute equaliser for the Foxes. The decisive moment came just before the interval in extra time when Chelsea substitute Pedro beat the onrushing Schmeichel to N'Golo Kante's cross and headed in the winner. With the victory, Chelsea qualified for the competition's semi-finals. Chelsea play this match after they're knocked from Champions League against Barcelona 3\u20130 in Round of 16. Barcelona won 4\u20131 on Aggregate.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 57], "content_span": [58, 827]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274946-0081-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Chelsea F.C. season, Month by month review, April\nOn 1 April, Chelsea lost at home against London rivals Tottenham. \u00c1lvaro Morata headed-in a Victor Moses cross to give the hosts the lead. However, Christian Eriksen hit a stunning equaliser on the stroke of half-time, his dipping effort from 25 yards dropping just under the bar and over a stranded Willy Caballero. Dele Alli then took centre stage in the second half, putting Tottenham ahead just after the hour mark when he produced a sublime first touch to bring Eric Dier's ball under control before slotting beyond Caballero. Alli was well-placed four minutes later to stab in following a goalmouth scramble and wrap-up a win that moved fourth-placed Spurs eight points clear of Chelsea, who remained in the fifth position.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 57], "content_span": [58, 787]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274946-0082-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Chelsea F.C. season, Month by month review, April\nOn 8 April, Chelsea faced West Ham at Stamford Bridge. Javier Hern\u00e1ndez's second-half equaliser boosted West Ham's Premier League survival prospects and damaged Chelsea's slim hopes of finishing in the top-four on an emotional day at Stamford Bridge, as the previous Wednesday, former Chelsea midfielder and assistant coach Ray Wilkins passed away at age 61. Prior to kick-off, there was a minute's applause for Wilkins, with the Chelsea players also donning black armbands in his memory. In the match, C\u00e9sar Azpilicueta had prodded the hosts ahead following \u00c1lvaro Morata's knock-down, with Azpilicueta dedicating his goal to Wilkins.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 57], "content_span": [58, 693]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274946-0082-0001", "contents": "2017\u201318 Chelsea F.C. season, Month by month review, April\nHowever, just three minutes after entering the match as a substitute, Hern\u00e1ndez struck his ninth career goal against the Blues to earn a point for the Hammers. The Mexican's effort, driven into the corner after Marko Arnautovi\u0107's fine cut-back, moved David Moyes' club six points clear of the relegation places. It was only West Ham's third touch inside the Chelsea's penalty area.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 57], "content_span": [58, 439]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274946-0082-0002", "contents": "2017\u201318 Chelsea F.C. season, Month by month review, April\nIn contrast, Antonio Conte's men \u2014 who were in fifth position but ten points behind Tottenham and Liverpool \u2014 had 23 shots on goal and were good value for their lead for long periods, including having two would-be goals from \u00c1lvaro Morata called-back for offside and several quality chances turned aside by goalkeeper Joe Hart. The win for Moyes as a manager ended a personal 15-match winless run at Stamford Bridge.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 57], "content_span": [58, 474]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274946-0083-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Chelsea F.C. season, Month by month review, April\nOn 14 April, Chelsea returning to the winning track with a thrilling 3\u20132 late comeback victory against Southampton at St. Mary's Stadium. Du\u0161an Tadi\u0107's opener \u2014 a placed effort following Ryan Bertrand's marauding run \u2014 and Polish defender Jan Bednarek's left-footed shot looked to lift the Saints out of the bottom three with manager Mark Hughes seemingly on course for a first league victory as Southampton manager since arriving on 14 March. However, after coming on a substitute, Olivier Giroud scored his first Premier League goal for Chelsea, a 70th-minute header. Just five minutes later, Eden Hazard scored a left-footed finish, followed by a second goal from Giroud coming in the 78th minute, the eventual match-winner. The victory saw Chelsea move within seven points of fourth-placed Tottenham.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 57], "content_span": [58, 862]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274946-0084-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Chelsea F.C. season, Month by month review, April\nOn 19 April, Chelsea defeated Burnley 2\u20131 away at Turf Moor. Kevin Long's own goal sent Conte's men on their way in the first half. However, Ashley Barnes deflected J\u00f3hann Berg Gu\u00f0mundsson's wayward shot to equalise for Burnley. Victor Moses' right-footed shot into the bottom corner proved decisive and ensured the Blues, who trailed fourth-placed Tottenham by ten points the previous week, narrowed the gap to five points. Sean Dyche's Burnley remain seventh and on course for 2018\u201319 UEFA Europa League qualification with an eight-point advantage over Leicester City, sitting in eighth.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 57], "content_span": [58, 647]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274946-0085-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Chelsea F.C. season, Month by month review, April\nOn 21 April, Chelsea reached the FA Cup Final after defeating Southampton 2\u20130 at Wembley Stadium. Chelsea striker Olivier Giroud received the ball from Eden Hazard and jinked his way past two Southampton players in a crowded area before he stabbed the ball home. With ten minutes to play, Giroud was replaced by \u00c1lvaro Morata, who ensured progression with Chelsea's second goal after he headed-in at the back post from a C\u00e9sar Azpilicueta cross. Southampton went close with Nathan Redmond's low drive from distance, while Charlie Austin hit the post. The victory meant Chelsea manager Antonio Conte would match-up against managerial adversary Jos\u00e9 Mourinho at Wembley on 19 May against Manchester United.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 57], "content_span": [58, 762]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274946-0086-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Chelsea F.C. season, Month by month review, April\nOn 28 April, Chelsea take against Swansea at Liberty Stadium, Chelsea returned to playing in the league after playing in the FA Cup last week. Fabregas' curling finish was a fitting way to bring up his half-century of goals in the Premier League, but it was Hazard's clinical exploitation of a Swansea error that made it, pouncing on Andy King's sloppy loss of possession, weaving his way forward and picking out the right pass.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 57], "content_span": [58, 486]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274946-0086-0001", "contents": "2017\u201318 Chelsea F.C. season, Month by month review, April\nAntonio Rudiger may well have given Hazard his second assist soon after, only for the defender to spurn the chance at the far post following a corner. Hazard was at the heart of Chelsea's best threatening moves and made the most of some naive defending as Swansea afforded him plenty of space for surging runs on the counter. Chelsea - who had skimmed the top of the bar after Alfie Mawson cleared an Olivier Giroud header - did not see goalkeeper Thibaut Courtois really tested until the final 15 minutes, when Andre Ayew fizzed in a shot. Kyle Naughton, Tom Carroll and Wayne Routledge also went close. Swansea claimed for a penalty when Gary Cahill challenged Nathan Dyer, with the Chelsea defender also involved in a clash with Jordan Ayew in injury time after a late barge from the Ghanaian.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 57], "content_span": [58, 854]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274946-0087-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Chelsea F.C. season, Month by month review, May\nOn 6 May on Gameweek 37, Chelsea beat Liverpool at the Bridge 1\u20130 with a header from Giroud in the 32nd minute after receiving an assist from Moses. Giroud expertly headed in Moses' cross in the first half after the visitors had dominated possession and failed to capitalize. Chelsea remain in fifth but move within three points of third-placed Liverpool. With two games remaining to Liverpool's one, Chelsea can move level on points with the Champions League finalists when they face Huddersfield on Wednesday.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 55], "content_span": [56, 567]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274946-0087-0001", "contents": "2017\u201318 Chelsea F.C. season, Month by month review, May\nLiverpool had more than 66% possession in the first half and created plenty of chances - the best falling to Mane, who was denied twice by Thibaut Courtois - but it was Chelsea who came closest. Bakayoko's header bounced inches wide just moments before Giroud leapt high to nod home Moses' cross. And Fabregas' smart run in behind the defence created an opening which he could not convert from a tight angle. Chelsea had the best chances of the second half too. Hazard almost danced his way through before Rudiger's header was ruled out for offside and Alonso's volley flew inches wide.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 55], "content_span": [56, 642]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274946-0088-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Chelsea F.C. season, Month by month review, May\nOn 13 May, at the last Gameweek, Chelsea claimed a 3\u20130 defeat at St James' Park. The Blues had a chance of sneaking into the top four by beating the Magpies, but Liverpool's victory over Brighton means they finish fifth and must settle for a Europa League spot. A barrage at goal from the hosts forced visiting goalkeeper Thibaut Courtois to make sharp saves from the impressive Jonjo Shelvey and Mohamed Diam\u00e9. But Ayoze P\u00e9rez poked home twice in the second period as his side finished the season in 10th position. Chelsea's best chance fell to striker Olivier Giroud, but the Frenchman's acrobatic effort was tipped away by goalkeeper Martin Dubravka. Shelvey gets an MOTM in this match.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 55], "content_span": [56, 745]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274946-0089-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Chelsea F.C. season, Month by month review, May\nOn 19 May, on the FA Cup Final, Chelsea lifted the FA Cup trophy after beat Manchester United 1\u20130 at Wembley with a single-goal by Eden Hazard's from penalty at 22 minutes after Phil Jones fouls. Chelsea have won their 8th of FA Cup Trophy and first since 2012.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 55], "content_span": [56, 317]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274946-0090-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Chelsea F.C. season, Pre-season\nOn 16 March 2017, it was announced that Chelsea would play Arsenal at the Beijing National Stadium in China, prior to the 2017 International Champions Cup. Before heading to China, Chelsea played a behind-closed-doors friendly against local rivals Fulham, which they won by a convincing scoreline of 8\u20132.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 39], "content_span": [40, 344]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274946-0091-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Chelsea F.C. season, Pre-season, International Champions Cup\nOn 16 March 2017, the schedule for the 2017 International Champions Cup was announced. Chelsea played Bayern Munich and Internazionale in the club's first ever trip to Singapore.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 68], "content_span": [69, 247]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274946-0092-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Chelsea F.C. season, Competitions, FA Community Shield\nDetails for the 2017 FA Community Shield were announced on 15 June 2017.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 62], "content_span": [63, 135]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274946-0093-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Chelsea F.C. season, Competitions, Premier League, Matches\nThe fixtures for the 2017\u201318 season were announced on 14 June 2017.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 66], "content_span": [67, 134]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274946-0094-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Chelsea F.C. season, Competitions, FA Cup\nIn the FA Cup, Chelsea entered in the third round and were drawn away to Norwich City.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 49], "content_span": [50, 136]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274946-0095-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Chelsea F.C. season, Competitions, EFL Cup\nChelsea entered the competition in the third round and were drawn at home to Nottingham Forest. Another home tie against Everton was confirmed for the fourth round. A third home tie was drawn for the Blues as they hosted Bournemouth in the quarter-finals.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 50], "content_span": [51, 306]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274946-0096-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Chelsea F.C. season, Competitions, UEFA Champions League\nOn 24 August 2017, the group stages were confirmed with Chelsea facing Atl\u00e9tico Madrid, Roma and Qaraba\u011f in Group C. The club finished as runners-up in the group stages and were drawn against Barcelona in round of 16.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 64], "content_span": [65, 282]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274946-0097-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Chelsea F.C. season, Statistics, Top scorers\nThe list is sorted by shirt number when total goals are equal.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 52], "content_span": [53, 115]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274946-0098-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Chelsea F.C. season, Statistics, Clean sheets\nThe list is sorted by shirt number when total clean sheets are equal.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 53], "content_span": [54, 123]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274947-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Cheltenham Town F.C. season\nThe 2017\u201318 season was Cheltenham Town's 131st season in existence and their second consecutive season in League Two. Along with competing in League Two, the club also participated in the FA Cup, EFL Cup and EFL Trophy.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [35, 35], "content_span": [36, 255]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274947-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Cheltenham Town F.C. season\nThe season covered the period from 1 July 2017 to 30 June 2018.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [35, 35], "content_span": [36, 99]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274948-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Chennaiyin FC season\nThe 2017\u201318 Chennaiyin FC season was the club's fourth season since its establishment in 2014 and their fourth season in the Indian Super League.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [28, 28], "content_span": [29, 174]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274948-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Chennaiyin FC season, Transfers, Pre-season\nIn:Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 51], "content_span": [52, 183]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274948-0002-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Chennaiyin FC season, Transfers, Pre-season\nOut:Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 51], "content_span": [52, 184]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274948-0003-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Chennaiyin FC season, Squad\nNote: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 35], "content_span": [36, 164]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274948-0004-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Chennaiyin FC season, Competitions, Indian Super Cup\nAs one of the top six teams in Indian Super League, Chennaiyin FC qualified for the main round in 2018 Indian Super Cup. Chennaiyin FC will meet the fifth placed I-League side Aizawl F.C. in Round of 16 match.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 60], "content_span": [61, 272]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274949-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Chesterfield F.C. season\nThe 2017\u201318 season was the 151st season in Chesterfield's history and their first season back in League Two for four years, following relegation the previous season. Along with League Two, the club participated in the FA Cup, League Cup and EFL Trophy.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [32, 32], "content_span": [33, 285]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274949-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Chesterfield F.C. season\nThe season covers the period from 1 July 2017 to 30 June 2018.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [32, 32], "content_span": [33, 95]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274949-0002-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Chesterfield F.C. season, Players, Current squad\nNote: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 56], "content_span": [57, 185]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274949-0003-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Chesterfield F.C. season, Players, Out on loan\nNote: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 54], "content_span": [55, 183]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274949-0004-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Chesterfield F.C. season, Competitions, EFL Cup\nOn 16 June 2017, Chesterfield were drawn away to Sheffield Wednesday in the first round.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 55], "content_span": [56, 144]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274949-0005-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Chesterfield F.C. season, Competitions, EFL Trophy\nOn 12 July 2017, Chesterfield were drawn in Northern Group F against Bradford City, Rotherham United and Manchester City U23s.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 58], "content_span": [59, 185]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274950-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Chicago Blackhawks season\nThe 2017\u201318 Chicago Blackhawks season was the 92nd season for the National Hockey League franchise that was established on September 25, 1926. The Blackhawks finished the season with 76 points (19 points out of the final playoff spot) to finish in last place in the Central Division of the Western Conference. The season marked the first time since 2008 where the Blackhawks failed to make the Stanley Cup playoffs and the team's worst regular season performance since 2007.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [33, 33], "content_span": [34, 508]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274950-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Chicago Blackhawks season\nPrior to the season, the Blackhawks made several moves in an attempt to make up for the prior season's playoff disappointment. As a result, the team traded their second-leading goal scorer from the prior season, Artemi Panarin, to the Columbus Blue Jackets for former Blackhawk Brandon Saad. In addition, the team traded arguably their most reliable defenseman, Niklas Hjalmarsson, to the Arizona Coyotes for defenseman Connor Murphy. Numerous other moves were made in an attempt to change the team. Also, forward Marian Hossa announced he would not play for the Blackhawks during the season due to a skin condition that was aggravated by wearing hockey equipment. As a result, Hossa was placed on long-term injured reserve.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [33, 33], "content_span": [34, 758]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274950-0002-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Chicago Blackhawks season\nPatrick Kane led the team in scoring with 76 points while rookie forward Alex DeBrincat led the team in goals with 28. The Blackhawks had five players score 20 or more goals: DeBrincat, Kane (27), Nick Schmaltz (21), Artem Anisimov (20) and Jonathan Toews (20). Goalie Corey Crawford only played 28 games, missing the final 47 games of the season with an undisclosed injury.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [33, 33], "content_span": [34, 408]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274950-0003-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Chicago Blackhawks season\nDespite the disappointing season, team president John McDonough announced that general manager Stan Bowman and coach Joel Quenneville would return for the 2018\u201319 season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [33, 33], "content_span": [34, 204]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274950-0004-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Chicago Blackhawks season, Schedule and results, Pre-season\nThe Blackhawks published their preseason schedule on June 8, 2017.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 67], "content_span": [68, 134]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274950-0005-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Chicago Blackhawks season, Schedule and results, Regular season\nThe Blackhawks released their regular season schedule on June 22, 2017.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 71], "content_span": [72, 143]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274950-0006-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Chicago Blackhawks season, Schedule and results, Regular season\nLegend:\u00a0\u00a0Win (2 points)\u00a0\u00a0Loss (0 points)\u00a0\u00a0Overtime/shootout loss (1 point)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 71], "content_span": [72, 146]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274950-0007-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Chicago Blackhawks season, Player statistics, Goaltenders\n\u2020Denotes player spent time with another team before joining Blackhawks. Stats reflect time with Blackhawks only. \u2021Left team mid-season. Stats reflect time with Blackhawks only.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 65], "content_span": [66, 242]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274950-0008-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Chicago Blackhawks season, Transactions\nThe Blackhawks have been involved in the following transactions during the 2017\u201318 season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 47], "content_span": [48, 138]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274950-0009-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Chicago Blackhawks season, Draft picks\nBelow are the Chicago Blackhawks' selections at the 2017 NHL Entry Draft, which was held on June 23 and 24, 2017 at the United Center in Chicago.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 46], "content_span": [47, 192]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274951-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Chicago Bulls season\nThe 2017\u201318 Chicago Bulls season was the 52nd season of the franchise in the National Basketball Association (NBA). For the first time since 2011, All-Star Jimmy Butler was not on the roster as he was traded to the Minnesota Timberwolves in the off-season. On February 1, 2018, months after his confrontation with teammate Bobby Portis, Nikola Miroti\u0107 agreed to a trade where he'd be sent alongside a future second round pick to the New Orleans Pelicans in exchange for \u00d6mer A\u015f\u0131k, Tony Allen, Jameer Nelson, and a future first round pick. The Bulls had their first losing season since 2008, and their first 50-loss season since 2004.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [28, 28], "content_span": [29, 662]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274951-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Chicago Bulls season\nNewly acquired Zach LaVine played in just 24 games this season due to knee injuries.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [28, 28], "content_span": [29, 113]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274951-0002-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Chicago Bulls season, Draft picks\nEntering draft night, the Bulls possessed picks 16 and 38, with the latter being acquired via a trade with the Cleveland Cavaliers. Exiting draft night, they left with only one draft pick that wasn't even originally theirs to begin with. First, they traded away All-Star shooting guard Jimmy Butler and their #16 pick (which became redshirted freshman center Justin Patton from Creighton University), to the Minnesota Timberwolves for Zach LaVine, Kris Dunn, and the Timberwolves' #7 pick in the draft, which became the star Finnish freshman center/power forward Lauri Markkanen from the University of Arizona. As for their own second-round selection on the day of the draft, one that the Bulls got from Cleveland, they traded away that pick (which was junior power forward Jordan Bell from the University of Oregon) to the defending champion Golden State Warriors in exchange for $3.5 million.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 41], "content_span": [42, 936]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274952-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Chicago State Cougars men's basketball team\nThe 2017\u201318 Chicago State Cougars men's basketball team represented Chicago State University during the 2017\u201318 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Cougars, led by eighth-year head coach Tracy Dildy, played their home games at the Emil and Patricia Jones Convocation Center as members of the Western Athletic Conference. They finished the season 3\u201329, 1\u201313 in WAC play to finish in last place. They lost in the quarterfinals of the WAC Tournament to New Mexico State.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 51], "section_span": [51, 51], "content_span": [52, 528]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274952-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Chicago State Cougars men's basketball team\nThe Cougars had the worst average point margin in Division I at \u201322.7 points, despite winning two games by over 40 points.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 51], "section_span": [51, 51], "content_span": [52, 174]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274952-0002-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Chicago State Cougars men's basketball team\nAfter the season, Chicago State fired Dildy during the week of March 5, 2018, although it was not officially announced until a week later. After a nearly a five-month search, Lance Irvin, a Chicago native and former assistant coach at DePaul and several other schools, was named the new head coach of the Cougars on August 7.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 51], "section_span": [51, 51], "content_span": [52, 377]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274952-0003-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Chicago State Cougars men's basketball team, Previous season\nThe Cougars finished the 2016\u201317 season 6\u201326, 1\u201313 in WAC play to finish in last place. Due to Grand Canyon's ineligibility for postseason play, they received the No. 7 seed in the WAC Tournament where they lost in the quarterfinals to New Mexico State.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 51], "section_span": [53, 68], "content_span": [69, 322]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274952-0004-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Chicago State Cougars men's basketball team, Schedule and results\n* Non-conference game. #Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Central", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 51], "section_span": [53, 73], "content_span": [74, 185]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274953-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Chicago State Cougars women's basketball team\nThe 2017\u201318 Chicago State Cougars women's basketball team represented Chicago State University in the 2017-18 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. They were led by fifteenth-year head coach Angela Jackson. The Cougars played their home games at the Emil and Patricia Jones Convocation Center, located in Chicago. They finished the season 1\u201329, 1\u201313 in WAC play to finish in last place. They lost in the quarterfinals of the WAC Women's Tournament to New Mexico State.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 53], "section_span": [53, 53], "content_span": [54, 527]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274953-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Chicago State Cougars women's basketball team\nFollowing the end of the season, head coach Angela Jackson was fired by the Chicago State Board of Trustees, along with men's head coach Tracy Dildy. A replacement has not yet been named.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 53], "section_span": [53, 53], "content_span": [54, 241]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274954-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Chinese Basketball Association season\nThe 2017\u201318 CBA season was the 23rd season of the Chinese Basketball Association (CBA). The regular season was initially scheduled to begin on Saturday, October 21, 2017, with the Guangdong Southern Tigers hosting the Shenzhen Leopards, but later rescheduled to Saturday, October 28, 2017, with the defending champion Xinjiang Flying Tigers hosting the Jilin Northeast Tigers. The regular season ended on Sunday, February 11, 2018, and the playoffs begin on Saturday, March 3, 2018.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [45, 45], "content_span": [46, 528]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274954-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Chinese Basketball Association season\nIn this season, the playoffs were expanded from eight to ten teams.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [45, 45], "content_span": [46, 113]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274954-0002-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Chinese Basketball Association season, Team changes\nTwo teams relocated and one of those teams was renamed ahead of the season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [47, 59], "content_span": [60, 135]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274954-0003-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Chinese Basketball Association season, Draft\nThe 2017 CBA Draft, the third edition of the CBA draft, took place on 2017 August 2. 11 players were selected in the draft.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [47, 52], "content_span": [53, 176]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274954-0004-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Chinese Basketball Association season, Foreign players policy\nAll teams except the Bayi Rockets can have two foreign players. The bottom 4 teams from the previous season (except Bayi) have the additional right to sign an extra Asian player.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [47, 69], "content_span": [70, 248]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274954-0005-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Chinese Basketball Association season, Foreign players policy, Rules Chart\nThe rules for using foreign players in each game are described in this chart:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [47, 82], "content_span": [83, 160]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274954-0006-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Chinese Basketball Association season, Foreign players policy, Rules Chart\n++ If a team waives its right to sign an extra Asian player, it may use its 2 foreign players for 7 quarters collectively.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [47, 82], "content_span": [83, 205]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274954-0007-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Chinese Basketball Association season, Foreign players policy, Import chart\nThis is the full list of international players who competed in the CBA during the 2017-18 season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [47, 83], "content_span": [84, 181]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274954-0008-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Chinese Basketball Association season, Playoffs\nThe 2018 CBA Playoffs began on 3 March 2018. Teams in bold advanced to the next round. The numbers to the left of each team indicate the team's seeding, and the numbers to the right indicate the number of games the team won in that round. Teams with home court advantage are shown in italics.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [47, 55], "content_span": [56, 348]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274954-0009-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Chinese Basketball Association season, Awards, Players of the Week\nThe following players were named the Players of the Week.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [47, 74], "content_span": [75, 132]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274954-0010-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Chinese Basketball Association season, Awards, Young Player of the Month\nThe following players were named the Young Player of the Month.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [47, 80], "content_span": [81, 144]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274955-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Cincinnati Bearcats men's basketball team\nThe 2017\u201318 Cincinnati Bearcats men's basketball team represented the University of Cincinnati in the 2017\u201318 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The team played its home games at the BB&T Arena on the campus of Northern Kentucky University in Highland Heights, Kentucky due to renovations at their home arena, Fifth Third Arena. The Bearcats were led by 12th-year head coach Mick Cronin and are members of the American Athletic Conference. They finished the season 31\u20135, 16\u20132 in AAC play to win the regular season championship.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 49], "section_span": [49, 49], "content_span": [50, 583]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274955-0000-0001", "contents": "2017\u201318 Cincinnati Bearcats men's basketball team\nThey defeated SMU, Memphis, and Houston to win the AAC Tournament and received the conference's automatic bid to the NCAA Tournament. As the No. 2 seed in the South region, they defeated Georgia State in the First Round before being upset by Nevada in the Second Round. In their loss to Nevada, they were up 22 before losing 75-73 tying the second largest comeback in terms of deficit in NCAA Tournament history. The other being in the 2001 Final Four where 3 seed Maryland was up 22 to eventual champion and former ACC rival Duke before losing 95-84. The largest being in the 2012 first four when 14 seed Iona was up 25 to BYU before losing 78-72. However both these teams had their leads in the first half whereas Cincinnati was up 22 with 11:34 to go.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 49], "section_span": [49, 49], "content_span": [50, 804]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274955-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Cincinnati Bearcats men's basketball team, Previous season\nThe Bearcats finished the 2016\u201317 season 30\u20136, 16\u20132 to finish in second place in AAC play. They beat Tulsa and UConn in the AAC Tournament before losing to SMU in the championship game. The Bearcats received an at-large bid to the NCAA Tournament as the No. 6 seed in the South region. In the NCAA Tournament, they defeated No. 11 Kansas State in the First Round 75\u201361 before losing to No. 3 UCLA 79\u201367 in the Second Round.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 49], "section_span": [51, 66], "content_span": [67, 490]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274955-0002-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Cincinnati Bearcats men's basketball team, Offseason, Recruiting class of 2017\nCincinnati will also add Preferred Walk-on Sam Martin a 5'10\" PG from Summit Country Day School in Cincinnati, Ohio.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 49], "section_span": [51, 86], "content_span": [87, 203]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274955-0003-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Cincinnati Bearcats men's basketball team, Preseason\nAt the conference's annual media day, the Bearcats were narrowly picked to win the AAC receiving seven of the 12 first-place votes. Gary Clark, Jacob Evans, and Kyle Washington were named to the preseason All-AAC second team.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 49], "section_span": [51, 60], "content_span": [61, 286]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274956-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Cincinnati Bearcats women's basketball team\nThe 2017\u201318 Cincinnati Bearcats women's basketball team will represent the University of Cincinnati during the 2017\u201318 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The season marks the fifth for the Bearcats as members of the American Athletic Conference. The Bearcats, led by ninth year head coach Jamelle Elliott, will play their home games at St. Ursula Academy Gymnasium while their normal on-campus home of Fifth Third Arena is closed for renovation. They finished the season 19\u201313, 10\u20136 in AAC play to finish in fourth place. They advanced to the semifinals of the American Athletic Women's Tournament where they lost to Connecticut. They received an at-large bid Women's National Invitation Tournament where they lost in the first round to Michigan State.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 51], "section_span": [51, 51], "content_span": [52, 812]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274956-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Cincinnati Bearcats women's basketball team\nCincinnati announced on March 21 that Elliott would not return after 9 seasons as head coach. She finish at Cincinnati with a 9-year record of 113\u2013162.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 51], "section_span": [51, 51], "content_span": [52, 203]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274956-0002-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Cincinnati Bearcats women's basketball team, Media\nAll games will have a video stream on , ESPN3, or", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 51], "section_span": [53, 58], "content_span": [59, 108]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274957-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Clarkson Golden Knights women's ice hockey season\nThe Clarkson Golden Knights women's ice hockey program represented Clarkson University during the 2017\u201318 NCAA Division I women's ice hockey season. The Golden Knights entered the season as the defending national champions as well as the ECAC regular season and tournament champions. They also entered the season as the top-ranked team in both the USCHO.com and the USA Today/USA Hockey Magazine polls for the first time.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 57], "section_span": [57, 57], "content_span": [58, 479]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274957-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Clarkson Golden Knights women's ice hockey season\nIn their most successful season to date, the Golden Knights successfully defended all three titles. After splitting the ECAC regular season title with Colgate, the Golden Knights won the ECAC title over said Colgate team 3\u20130. They followed up their conference championship by advancing to their third NCAA title game, where they once again beat Colgate 2\u20131 in overtime to win the program's third national title. In addition to the NCAA championship game, the Golden Knights won both of their other NCAA tournament games in overtime, becoming the first team to win all three NCAA tournament games in overtime en route to a title.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 57], "section_span": [57, 57], "content_span": [58, 686]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274958-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Clemson Tigers men's basketball team\nThe 2017\u201318 Clemson Tigers men's basketball team represented Clemson University during the 2017\u201318 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. Led by eighth-year head coach Brad Brownell, the Tigers played their home games at Littlejohn Coliseum in Clemson, South Carolina as members of the Atlantic Coast Conference. They finished the season 25\u201310, 11\u20137 in ACC play to finish in four-way tie for third place. They defeated Boston College in the quarterfinals of the ACC Tournament before losing in the semifinals to Virginia. They received an at-large bid to the NCAA Tournament where they defeated New Mexico State and Auburn to advance to the Sweet Sixteen where they lost to Kansas. The Tigers 25 wins tied the most in program history and their 11 conference wins are the most in program history.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [44, 44], "content_span": [45, 842]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274958-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Clemson Tigers men's basketball team, Previous season\nThe Tigers finished the 2016\u201317 season 17\u201316, 6\u201312 in ACC play to finish in 12th place. They lost in the second round of the ACC Tournament to Duke. They received an invitation to the National Invitation Tournament where they lost in the first round to Oakland.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [46, 61], "content_span": [62, 323]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274958-0002-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Clemson Tigers men's basketball team, Offseason\nOn June 19, 2017, the Tigers announced the signing of Antonio Reynolds-Dean as an assistant coach. Dean replaces longtime assistant Mike Winiecki, who left the program in April.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [46, 55], "content_span": [56, 233]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274959-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Clemson Tigers women's basketball team\nThe 2017\u201318 Clemson Tigers women's basketball team represented Clemson University during the 2017\u201318 college basketball season. The Tigers, were led by fifth year head coach Audra Smith. The Tigers, members of the Atlantic Coast Conference, played their home games at Littlejohn Coliseum. The Tigers finished the season 1\u201315 in ACC play, in last place in the conference regular season. The Tigers were the 15th seed in the ACC Tournament. They lost in the first round to Georgia Tech.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [46, 46], "content_span": [47, 531]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274959-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Clemson Tigers women's basketball team\nDespite receiving a three-year contract extension during the preseason, it was announced on March 27 that head coach Audra Smith would not be returning to the program for the 2018\u201319 season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [46, 46], "content_span": [47, 237]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274960-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Cleveland Cavaliers season\nThe 2017\u201318 Cleveland Cavaliers season was the 48th season of the franchise in the National Basketball Association (NBA). The Cavaliers entered the season as runners-up in the 2017 NBA Finals, where they lost to the Golden State Warriors in five games. This was the Cavaliers' first season without Kyrie Irving since the 2010\u20132011 season, as he was traded to the Boston Celtics during the offseason per his request.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [34, 34], "content_span": [35, 450]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274960-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Cleveland Cavaliers season\nThe Cavaliers clinched their playoff berth for the fourth consecutive season since LeBron James' return to Cleveland for the 2014\u201315 season. In the playoffs, the Cavaliers defeated the Indiana Pacers in seven games in the First Round, then swept the top-seeded Toronto Raptors in four games in the Semi-finals, before finally defeating the Boston Celtics in seven games in the Conference Finals.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [34, 34], "content_span": [35, 430]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274960-0001-0001", "contents": "2017\u201318 Cleveland Cavaliers season\nCleveland reached the NBA Finals for the fourth straight season, despite having an injury filled roster throughout the span of the 2017-2018 season, but were inevitably swept by the defending NBA champions Golden State Warriors in four games, the first Finals sweep that occurred since 2007, which coincidentally, the LeBron-led Cavs were also swept, by the San Antonio Spurs. It was the fourth year in a row the two teams had faced off in the Finals, and the eighth consecutive season in which James had made it to the championship round. It was also James' final season with the Cavaliers, as he opted out of his contract during the subsequent offseason and again left the Cavaliers to sign with the Los Angeles Lakers, his second time leaving his hometown team after doing so in 2010 to join the Miami Heat.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [34, 34], "content_span": [35, 845]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274960-0002-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Cleveland Cavaliers season\nWith the loss in the Finals for the second consecutive year, the Cavaliers had become the first team since the then-New Jersey Nets in 2003, the team led by Hall of Famer Jason Kidd, to lose back-to-back Finals.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [34, 34], "content_span": [35, 246]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274960-0003-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Cleveland Cavaliers season\nAs of 2021, this marked the last season the Cavaliers made the playoffs.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [34, 34], "content_span": [35, 107]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274960-0004-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Cleveland Cavaliers season, Draft\nThe Cavaliers did not have a pick in the 2017 NBA draft.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 41], "content_span": [42, 98]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274960-0005-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Cleveland Cavaliers season, Preseason summary\nThe Cavaliers entered the offseason having lost in five games to the Golden State Warriors in the 2017 NBA Finals. On June 19, 2017 \u2013 a week after the last game of the 2016\u201317 season \u2013 Cavaliers general manager David Griffin agreed to leave the team. During July, Cleveland competed in the MGM Resorts Summer League in Las Vegas.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 53], "content_span": [54, 383]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274960-0006-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Cleveland Cavaliers season, Preseason summary\nDuring the middle of July, star point guard Kyrie Irving \u2013 citing serious concerns about the team's future and strains in his relationship with teammate LeBron James \u2013 informed the team of his desire to be traded out of Cleveland. Around that time, his list of teams he wanted to be traded to included the Miami Heat, Minnesota Timberwolves, New York Knicks, and San Antonio Spurs.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 53], "content_span": [54, 435]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274960-0006-0001", "contents": "2017\u201318 Cleveland Cavaliers season, Preseason summary\nWhile James was against the idea of trading his teammate and asked the team not to trade him, Irving reportedly threatened to have knee surgery and sit out regular season games if he wasn't traded. The Cavaliers hired their new general manager, Koby Altman, on July 24, 2017 amidst the chaos surrounding Irving.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 53], "content_span": [54, 365]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274960-0007-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Cleveland Cavaliers season, Preseason summary\nOn August 22, 2017, the Cavaliers announced they had traded Irving to the Boston Celtics in exchange for point guard Isaiah Thomas, small forward Jae Crowder, center Ante \u017di\u017ei\u0107, and the first round pick from the Brooklyn Nets in the 2018 NBA Draft. However, the deal was not completed until eight days later, when the Celtics added the Miami Heat's 2020 second round pick as compensation after Isaiah Thomas failed his physical.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 53], "content_span": [54, 482]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274960-0007-0001", "contents": "2017\u201318 Cleveland Cavaliers season, Preseason summary\nPrior to Irving's trade to the Celtics, he was almost traded to the Phoenix Suns in a 3-team deal that would send Irving and Channing Frye to Phoenix, Paul George and Eric Bledsoe to Cleveland, while the Indiana Pacers would acquire Jared Dudley, Iman Shumpert, and Josh Jackson, the Suns' top draft pick this season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 53], "content_span": [54, 371]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274960-0008-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Cleveland Cavaliers season, Preseason summary\nAfter considering signing with teams such as the Oklahoma City Thunder, Milwaukee Bucks, San Antonio Spurs, and Houston Rockets, shooting guard Dwyane Wade signed with the Cavaliers on September 27, 2017, thus reuniting with James from their time together on the Big Three-era Miami Heat. Additionally, the Golden State Warriors also pursued Wade prior to his signing with the Cavs. Finally, on October 14, 2017, the Cavaliers traded small forward Richard Jefferson, point guard Kay Felder, two-second-round picks (including the Miami Heat's 2020 second round pick), and cash considerations to the Atlanta Hawks for the draft rights to Dimitrios Agravanis and Sergiy Gladyr.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 53], "content_span": [54, 728]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274960-0009-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Cleveland Cavaliers season, Regular season summary\nThe team played their first regular season game of the year on October 17, 2017 against the Boston Celtics, when Celtics small forward Gordon Hayward gruesomely injured his leg in the first quarter. The Cavaliers would go on to defeat the Celtics, 102\u201399.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 58], "content_span": [59, 314]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274960-0010-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Cleveland Cavaliers season, Regular season summary\nOn January 2, 2018, Thomas made his Cavaliers debut, scoring 17 points in 19 minutes played in a 127\u2013110 win against the Portland Trail Blazers. Despite this auspicious start, Thomas and the team soon began to struggle, leading to locker room unrest, including a number of public criticisms of the team by Thomas. During Thomas' brief time playing for Cleveland, the Cavaliers amassed a record of 7\u20138.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 58], "content_span": [59, 460]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274960-0011-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Cleveland Cavaliers season, Regular season summary\nOn February 8, 2018 \u2013 just before the NBA trade deadline \u2013 the Cavaliers radically changed their roster in a little more than an hour. First, the Cavaliers traded Thomas, power forward Channing Frye, and their own first round pick (which was top-three protected) to the Los Angeles Lakers for power forward Larry Nance Jr. and shooting guard Jordan Clarkson. Next, the Cavaliers engaged in a three-team trade with the Sacramento Kings and the Utah Jazz. The Cavaliers received point guard George Hill and shooting guard Rodney Hood.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 58], "content_span": [59, 591]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274960-0011-0001", "contents": "2017\u201318 Cleveland Cavaliers season, Regular season summary\nThe Kings received Joe Johnson, Iman Shumpert, the Miami Heat's 2020 second-round pick, and $3\u00a0million in cash considerations. The Jazz received Crowder and Derrick Rose. Finally, the Cavaliers traded Wade to the Miami Heat for a heavily protected 2024 second-round pick. Multiple writers argued at the time that the trades made the Cavaliers significantly better.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 58], "content_span": [59, 423]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274960-0012-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Cleveland Cavaliers season, Regular season summary\nOn March 19, 2018, the team announced that head coach Tyronn Lue would be taking a leave of absence from the team due to health issues including \"chest pains and other troubling symptoms, compounded by a loss of sleep.\" It would later be revealed that his situation involved job-related anxiety. In his absence, associate head coach Larry Drew coached the team.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 58], "content_span": [59, 420]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274960-0013-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Cleveland Cavaliers season, Regular season summary\nThe Cavaliers clinched a place in the 2018 NBA playoffs on March 22, 2018 with the Houston Rockets' 100\u201396 victory over the Detroit Pistons. Lue returned to coach the Cavaliers on April 5, 2018, in a 119\u2013115 victory over the Washington Wizards.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 58], "content_span": [59, 303]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274960-0014-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Cleveland Cavaliers season, Regular season summary\nThe Cavaliers finished the regular season with a record of 50\u201332, good for a fourth-place finish in the Eastern Conference.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 58], "content_span": [59, 182]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274960-0015-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Cleveland Cavaliers season, Postseason summary\nIn the first round of the playoffs, the fourth seeded Cavaliers faced the fifth-seeded Indiana Pacers. A year before, the Cavaliers had swept the Pacers in the first round. This time around, the Cavaliers won the series in seven games. In Game 7, James put up 45 points, nine rebounds, and seven assists in a 105\u2013101 win.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 54], "content_span": [55, 376]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274960-0016-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Cleveland Cavaliers season, Postseason summary\nThe Cavaliers advanced to face the top-seeded Toronto Raptors, the same team that they defeated in the 2017 Eastern Conference semi-finals. Cleveland swept Toronto, leading to an Eastern Conference finals matchup against the second-seeded Boston Celtics for the second consecutive year.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 54], "content_span": [55, 341]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274960-0017-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Cleveland Cavaliers season, Postseason summary\nAfter losing in the first two games of the series, the Cavaliers battled back to tie the series at 2\u20132. The Celtics won Game 5 and the Cavaliers won Game 6, setting up a pivotal Game 7 at the TD Garden. Despite playing without Kevin Love \u2013 who suffered a concussion during Game 6 that prevented him from playing in the final game of the series \u2013 the Cavaliers won Game 7, 87\u201379, to win the conference finals and advance to the NBA Finals for the fourth consecutive season. Additionally, James made the NBA Finals for the eighth straight season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 54], "content_span": [55, 599]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274960-0018-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Cleveland Cavaliers season, Postseason summary, 2018 NBA Finals\nFor the fourth straight year, the Cavaliers played the Golden State Warriors in the NBA Finals. The Cavaliers and the Warriors became the first teams to make the finals for the fourth consecutive season since the 1984\u201385 Los Angeles Lakers. The Warriors entered the series as heavy favorites.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 71], "content_span": [72, 364]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274960-0019-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Cleveland Cavaliers season, Postseason summary, 2018 NBA Finals, Game 1\nThe fourth quarter of Game 1 ended in controversial fashion. With the Cavaliers up 104\u2013102 at Oracle Arena, Golden State small forward Kevin Durant was called for a charging foul when driving against LeBron James. When the referees reviewed the play to confirm that James' feet were outside of the restricted area, they opted to invoke a little-known rule and reverse the charge call into a blocking foul. Durant made both free throws to equal the score at 104. After a James layup and an and-one by Warriors point guard Stephen Curry, the Cavaliers had the ball down 107\u2013106 with 23.5 seconds remaining in regulation.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 79], "content_span": [80, 698]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274960-0020-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Cleveland Cavaliers season, Postseason summary, 2018 NBA Finals, Game 1\nDuring the ensuing possession, Golden State shooting guard Klay Thompson fouled George Hill with 4.7 seconds left, sending Hill to the free-throw line. The NBA's \"Last Two Minute Report\" later confirmed that Warriors forward Draymond Green had fouled James with 12.1 seconds to go in the game. If Green's foul had been noticed in real time, James \u2013 who shot 10-for-11 from the line in Game 1 \u2013 would have taken the free throws, rather than Hill. Hill tied the game at 107 by making his first free throw, then missed the second attempt. The L2M Report revealed that Green committed a lane violation on the second free throw. If it had been called in real time, Hill would have been able to retake the free throw.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 79], "content_span": [80, 791]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274960-0021-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Cleveland Cavaliers season, Postseason summary, 2018 NBA Finals, Game 1\nCavaliers shooting guard J. R. Smith recovered the rebound and then dribbled out the clock, appearing to have forgotten the score as well as the fact that Cleveland still had one timeout to call. The Warriors easily won the game in overtime, 124\u2013114, leading numerous commentators \u2013 including current and former players \u2013 to accuse Smith of having cost the Cavaliers the game, as well as having wasted James' performance of 51 points, eight rebounds, and eight assists. Smith later claimed that he knew the game was tied, an assertion belied by the visual evidence as well as the testimony of Tyronn Lue.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 79], "content_span": [80, 684]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274960-0022-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Cleveland Cavaliers season, Postseason summary, 2018 NBA Finals, Game 1\nAfter the game, James punched a blackboard with his right hand in an expression of his frustration with the team's level of play. The impact of the punch broke his hand. James played through the injury for the rest of the series without revealing it to the media or the general public, and news of the event did not emerge until after the series had ended.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 79], "content_span": [80, 436]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274960-0023-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Cleveland Cavaliers season, Postseason summary, 2018 NBA Finals, Game 2\nGolden State beat Cleveland handily in Game 2, 122\u2013103. Playing through an eye injury that he suffered during Game 1, James posted 29 points, nine rebounds, and 13 assists.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 79], "content_span": [80, 252]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274960-0024-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Cleveland Cavaliers season, Postseason summary, 2018 NBA Finals, Game 3\nIn Game 3 at Quicken Loans Arena, the Cavaliers raced out to an early 14\u20134 advantage and led for the entire first half, but the Warriors trimmed the host's lead to six by halftime. Stephen Curry and Klay Thompson struggled for most of the contest: each of the Splash Brothers only scored 11 points, with Curry in particular shooting just 3-of-16 from the field. Nevertheless, the Warriors claimed a 110\u2013102 victory, thanks in large part to Kevin Durant's 43 points and 13 rebounds. Durant sealed the victory with a long three-pointer with 49.8 seconds left to extend the Warriors' lead to six.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 79], "content_span": [80, 673]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274960-0025-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Cleveland Cavaliers season, Postseason summary, 2018 NBA Finals, Game 4\nGolden State held a nine-point lead at halftime, 61\u201352. The Warriors \u2013 as they had throughout the season \u2013 built their lead further in the third quarter and entered the last period of play with an 86\u201365 advantage. LeBron James departed the game with 4:03 left in the fourth quarter, with small forward Cedi Osman replacing him. James received a standing ovation from the crowd. His final stat line included 23 points, seven rebounds, and eight assists. Over the course of the series, James averaged 34 points, 8.5 rebounds, and 10 assists.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 79], "content_span": [80, 619]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274960-0026-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Cleveland Cavaliers season, Postseason summary, 2018 NBA Finals, Game 4\nWith their 108\u201385 victory, the Warriors sealed their sweep of the Cavaliers and their third championship in four seasons. Kevin Durant received the Bill Russell NBA Finals Most Valuable Player Award for the second consecutive year. James' record in NBA Finals series fell to 3\u20136. The Cavaliers became the ninth team to be swept in the NBA Finals. Incidentally, the last team to suffer that fate was also the Cavaliers, when they lost to the San Antonio Spurs in four games in the 2007 NBA Finals.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 79], "content_span": [80, 576]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274961-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Cleveland State Vikings men's basketball team\nThe 2017\u201318 Cleveland State Vikings men's basketball team represented Cleveland State University in the 2017\u201318 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. They were coached by first-year head coach Dennis Felton. The Vikings played their home games at the Wolstein Center as members of the Horizon League. They finished the season 12\u201323, 6\u201312 in Horizon League play to finish in a tie for eighth place. As the No. 8 seed at the Horizon League Tournament, they defeated Youngstown State and upset No. 1 seed Northern Kentucky and No. 4 seed Oakland to advance to the championship game where they lost to Wright State.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 53], "section_span": [53, 53], "content_span": [54, 668]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274961-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Cleveland State Vikings men's basketball team, Previous season\nThe Vikings finished the 2016\u201317 season 9\u201322, 5\u201313 in Horizon League play to finish in ninth place. They lost in the first round of the Horizon League Tournament to Youngstown State.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 53], "section_span": [55, 70], "content_span": [71, 253]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274961-0002-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Cleveland State Vikings men's basketball team, Previous season\nOn March 7, 2017, head coach Gary Waters retired. He finished at Cleveland State with an 11-year record of 194\u2013172. On March 24, the school hired former Georgia and Western Kentucky head coach Dennis Felton.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 53], "section_span": [55, 70], "content_span": [71, 278]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274962-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Club Am\u00e9rica (women) season\nThe 2017\u201318 season was Am\u00e9rica's first competitive season and first season in the Liga MX Femenil, the top flight of Mexican women's football.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [35, 35], "content_span": [36, 178]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274962-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Club Am\u00e9rica (women) season\nAm\u00e9rica managed to qualify to the playoffs on the Apertura 2017 and Clausura 2018 tournaments, but was eliminated in semifinals both times: in the Apertura tournament by rivals Guadalajara and in the Clausura tournament by UANL.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [35, 35], "content_span": [36, 264]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274962-0002-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Club Am\u00e9rica (women) season\nThe team was managed by Leonardo Cu\u00e9llar, who previously coached Mexico women's national football team from 1998 to 2016.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [35, 35], "content_span": [36, 157]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274963-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Club Am\u00e9rica season\nThe 2017\u201318 season is Club Am\u00e9rica's 5th consecutive season in the Liga MX, and 73rd consecutive season in the top-flight of Mexican football. The club will participate in the Liga MX, Copa MX, Supercopa MX, and the CONCACAF Champions League.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [27, 27], "content_span": [28, 270]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274963-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Club Am\u00e9rica season, Squad, 2017 Apertura squad\nNote: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 55], "content_span": [56, 184]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274963-0002-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Club Am\u00e9rica season, Squad, 2018 Clausura squad\nNote: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 55], "content_span": [56, 184]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274964-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Club Atl\u00e9tico Banfield season\nThe 2017\u201318 season is Banfield's 5th consecutive season in the top-flight of Argentine football. The season covers the period from 1 July 2017 to 30 June 2018.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [37, 37], "content_span": [38, 197]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274964-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Club Atl\u00e9tico Banfield season, Current squad\nNote: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 52], "content_span": [53, 181]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274964-0002-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Club Atl\u00e9tico Banfield season, Current squad, Out on loan\nNote: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 65], "content_span": [66, 194]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274965-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Club Atl\u00e9tico Belgrano season\nThe 2017\u201318 season is Club Atl\u00e9tico Belgrano's 8th consecutive season in the top-flight of Argentine football. The season covers the period from 1 July 2017 to 30 June 2018.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [37, 37], "content_span": [38, 211]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274965-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Club Atl\u00e9tico Belgrano season, Current squad\nNote: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 52], "content_span": [53, 181]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274965-0002-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Club Atl\u00e9tico Belgrano season, Current squad, Out on loan\nNote: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 65], "content_span": [66, 194]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274966-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Club Atl\u00e9tico Boca Juniors season\nThe 2017\u201318 Club Atl\u00e9tico Boca Juniors season is the 89th consecutive Primera Divisi\u00f3n season for the senior squad. During the season, Boca Juniors will take part in the Primera Divisi\u00f3n, Copa Argentina, Supercopa Argentina and in the Group Stage of the Copa Libertadores.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [41, 41], "content_span": [42, 314]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274966-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Club Atl\u00e9tico Boca Juniors season, Season overview, July\nFernando Evangelista, Leandro Mar\u00edn, Nicol\u00e1s Colazo, Gonzalo Castellani, Franco Cristaldo, Adri\u00e1n Cubas, Alexis Messidoro, Tom\u00e1s Pochettino, Nicol\u00e1s Benegas, Agust\u00edn Bouzat and Andr\u00e9s Ch\u00e1vez returned from their loans. Axel Werner, Fernando Tobio, Jonathan Silva and Ricardo Centuri\u00f3n returned to their clubs after a loan spell in Boca. In the first days of July Paolo Goltz arrived to the club, Gonzalo Castellani, Adri\u00e1n Cubas,Franco Cristaldo and Tom\u00e1s Pochettino are loaned to Defensa y Justicia and Leandro Mar\u00edn is transferred to FC Lausanne-Sport. Edwin Cardona arrives on a one-year loan from Monterrey and Cristian Espinoza arrives on an 18-month loan from Villarreal. Nicol\u00e1s Colazo is loaned to Gimnasia y Esgrima (LP). The first friendly is a 1\u20131 draw against Nacional, Boca won 3\u20131 in penalties.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [43, 64], "content_span": [65, 872]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274966-0002-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Club Atl\u00e9tico Boca Juniors season, Season overview, August\nThe second friendly is a 1\u20130 victory over Villarreal. In mutual agreement, Boca purchases the rights of Ram\u00f3n \u00c1bila from Cruzeiro and is loaned to Hurac\u00e1n, also, in the operation, Alexis Messidoro is loaned to Cruzeiro. In Salta, Boca won 4\u20132 in penalties after a 1\u20131 draw against Banfield. On August 12, Nicol\u00e1s Benegas is loaned to San Mart\u00edn (T). The first official match of the season is a 5\u20130 win against Gimnasia y Tiro in the Round of 64 of Copa Argentina, with a brace of Benedetto, and a great debut of Cardona. Andr\u00e9s Ch\u00e1vez is transferred to Panathinaikos. On August 24, Boca and Pe\u00f1arol reached an agreement for the transfer of midfielder Nahitan N\u00e1ndez. Marcelo Torres is loaned to Talleres (C). Fernando Zuqui is transferred to Estudiantes (LP). In the first game of the tournament Boca defeated Olimpo 3\u20130.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [43, 66], "content_span": [67, 888]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274966-0003-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Club Atl\u00e9tico Boca Juniors season, Season overview, September\nOn September 2, Boca won 1-0 a friendly Supercl\u00e1sico over River Plate in San Juan. Nazareno Solis is loaned to Hurac\u00e1n. The second game of the tournament was a 1\u20130 victory over Lan\u00fas. Boca advanced in the Copa Argentina after defeating 1-0 Guillermo Brown in the Round of 32. On September 18 Boca won 4\u20131 over Godoy Cruz Antonio Tomba, followed by a 4\u20130 victory over V\u00e9lez Sarsfield. After 12 games without losing, Boca was defeated by Rosario Central and was eliminated of the 2016\u201317 Copa Argentina.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [43, 69], "content_span": [70, 571]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274966-0004-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Club Atl\u00e9tico Boca Juniors season, Season overview, October\nBoca won a tough match against Chacarita Juniors on the first match of October. Boca won the match against Patronato and against Belgrano, and set a team record with seven wins from the first seven matches in the league.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [43, 67], "content_span": [68, 288]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274966-0005-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Club Atl\u00e9tico Boca Juniors season, Season overview, November\nIn the Supercl\u00e1sico, Boca won 2\u20131 over River Plate, winning eight games in a row. Boca finally lost 2\u20131 against Racing Club, Dar\u00edo Benedetto suffered a knee injured and is out for six months. The second defeat came after a 1\u20130 loss against Rosario Central.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [43, 68], "content_span": [69, 325]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274966-0006-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Club Atl\u00e9tico Boca Juniors season, Season overview, December\nBoca returned to the victory after a 2-0 winning over Arsenal. In the last match of the year Boca won 1\u20130 over Estudiantes (LP) staying on the top in the entire 2017. On December 20 Boca were drawn into Group H of the 2018 Copa Libertadores with Brazilian team Palmeiras, Peruvian champions Alianza Lima and a team from the Qualifying Stages. Ram\u00f3n \u00c1bila returned from his loan on Hurac\u00e1n. On December 27, right back Julio Buffarini arrives to the club. Agust\u00edn Bouzat is transferred to V\u00e9lez Sarsfield.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [43, 68], "content_span": [69, 572]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274966-0007-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Club Atl\u00e9tico Boca Juniors season, Season overview, January\nLeft back Emmanuel Mas signed a three-year contract with the club. After a controversial departure and hard talks, Carlos Tevez has returned to Boca. Nahuel Molina Lucero is loaned to Defensa y Justicia. Boca and Fernando Evangelista agreed to mutually terminate the defender's contract, Evangelista subsequently joined Newell's Old Boys. Playmaker Emanuel Reynoso arrived to the club from Talleres (C) for $1.500.000 and the loan of Alexis Messidoro and percentages of other players. On the kickoff return of the Argentine League, Boca won 2\u20130 over Col\u00f3n. Boca and Gonzalo Castellani agreed to mutually terminate the midfielder's contract, Castellani subsequently joined Atl\u00e9tico Nacional. Boca and Juan Manuel Insaurralde agreed to mutually terminate the defender's contract, Insaurralde subsequently joined Colo-Colo.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [43, 67], "content_span": [68, 888]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274966-0008-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Club Atl\u00e9tico Boca Juniors season, Season overview, February\nGino Peruzzi is loaned to Nacional. On February 4, Boca was held by San Lorenzo to a 1\u20131 draw. On February 11, Boca got a hard 1\u20130 win against Temperley, and other 1\u20130 against Banfield to keep leading the tournament. On February 25, Boca won 4\u20132 over San Mart\u00edn (SJ).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [43, 68], "content_span": [69, 336]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274966-0009-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Club Atl\u00e9tico Boca Juniors season, Season overview, March\nBoca drew 0\u20130 against Alianza Lima in the first game of 2018 Copa Libertadores. On March 5, Boca played the worst match of the tournament and lost 2\u20130 against Argentinos Juniors. On March 10, on a very emotional game, Boca won 2\u20131 at home against Tigre. In the 2017 Supercopa Argentina Boca lost the Supercl\u00e1sico 2\u20130 against eternal rival River Plate. Continuing the tournament, Boca drew 1\u20131 against Atl\u00e9tico Tucum\u00e1n.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [43, 65], "content_span": [66, 484]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274966-0010-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Club Atl\u00e9tico Boca Juniors season, Season overview, April\nThe first match of April was an agonic 2\u20131 win against Talleres (C). The second match of the group stage of Copa Libertadores was a 1\u20130 victory over Colombian Junior. On April 8, Boca played awfully against Defensa y Justicia 2\u20131, nevertheless, Boca keeps leading the tournament. On April 11, Boca were held by Palmeiras to a 1\u20131 draw away from home, in the third match of Copa Libertadores group stage. Another bad match took Boca to the second consecutive loss, after the 1\u20130 defeat against Independiente. On April 22, Boca returned to the good game and managed to win 3\u20131 over Newell's Old Boys. On the fourth game of Copa Libertadores group stage, Boca lost 2\u20130 against Palmeiras.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [43, 65], "content_span": [66, 750]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274966-0011-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Club Atl\u00e9tico Boca Juniors season, Season overview, May\nThe first match of May was a 1\u20131 draw against Junior in Colombia. On the last game in La Bombonera, Boca won 2\u20130 over Uni\u00f3n. Boca was crowned League champions after a 2\u20132 draw against Gimnasia y Esgrima (LP), defending their own title achieved last season, claiming their thirty-third domestic title. The last match of the League was a 3\u20133 draw against Hurac\u00e1n. The last match of the season was a 5\u20130 win over Alianza Lima, with this victory, Boca qualified for the Round of 16.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [43, 63], "content_span": [64, 542]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274966-0012-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Club Atl\u00e9tico Boca Juniors season, Competitions, Overall\n1: The final stages are played in the next season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [43, 64], "content_span": [65, 115]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274967-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Club Atl\u00e9tico Col\u00f3n season\nThe 2017\u201318 season is Col\u00f3n's 4th consecutive season in the top-flight of Argentine football. The season covers the period from 1 July 2017 to 30 June 2018.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [34, 34], "content_span": [35, 191]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274967-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Club Atl\u00e9tico Col\u00f3n season, Current squad\nNote: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 49], "content_span": [50, 178]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274967-0002-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Club Atl\u00e9tico Col\u00f3n season, Current squad, Out on loan\nNote: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 62], "content_span": [63, 191]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274968-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Club Atl\u00e9tico Hurac\u00e1n season\nThe 2017\u201318 season is Club Atl\u00e9tico Hurac\u00e1n's 5th consecutive season in the top-flight of Argentine football. The season covers the period from 1 July 2017 to 30 June 2018.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [36, 36], "content_span": [37, 209]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274968-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Club Atl\u00e9tico Hurac\u00e1n season, Current squad\nNote: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 51], "content_span": [52, 180]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274968-0002-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Club Atl\u00e9tico Hurac\u00e1n season, Current squad, Out on loan\nNote: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 64], "content_span": [65, 193]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274969-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Club Atl\u00e9tico Independiente season\nThe 2017\u201318 season is Club Atl\u00e9tico Independiente's 5th consecutive season in the top-flight of Argentine football. The season covers the period from 1 July 2017 to 30 June 2018.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [42, 42], "content_span": [43, 221]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274969-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Club Atl\u00e9tico Independiente season, Current squad\nNote: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [44, 57], "content_span": [58, 186]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274969-0002-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Club Atl\u00e9tico Independiente season, Current squad, Out on loan\nNote: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [44, 70], "content_span": [71, 199]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274970-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Club Atl\u00e9tico Lan\u00fas season\nThe 2017\u201318 season is Club Atl\u00e9tico Lan\u00fas' 27th consecutive season in the top-flight of Argentine football. The season covers the period from 1 July 2017 to 30 June 2018.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [34, 34], "content_span": [35, 205]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274970-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Club Atl\u00e9tico Lan\u00fas season, Current squad\nNote: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 49], "content_span": [50, 178]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274970-0002-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Club Atl\u00e9tico Lan\u00fas season, Current squad, Out on loan\nNote: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 62], "content_span": [63, 191]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274971-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Club Atl\u00e9tico Patronato season\nThe 2017\u201318 season is Club Atl\u00e9tico Patronato's 3rd consecutive season in the top-flight of Argentine football. The season covers the period from 1 July 2017 to 30 June 2018.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [38, 38], "content_span": [39, 213]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274971-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Club Atl\u00e9tico Patronato season, Current squad\nNote: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 53], "content_span": [54, 182]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274971-0002-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Club Atl\u00e9tico Patronato season, Current squad, Out on loan\nNote: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 66], "content_span": [67, 195]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274972-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Club Atl\u00e9tico River Plate season\nThe 2017\u201318 season is Club Atl\u00e9tico River Plate's 7th consecutive season in the top-flight of Argentine football. The season covers the period from 1 July 2017 to 30 June 2018.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [40, 40], "content_span": [41, 217]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274972-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Club Atl\u00e9tico River Plate season, Season events\nOn June 26, Germ\u00e1n Lux signed a 3-year contract after leaving Deportivo La Coru\u00f1a. This was the return of the goalkeeper to the team where he started his career in 2001. He had left in 2007.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 55], "content_span": [56, 246]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274972-0002-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Club Atl\u00e9tico River Plate season, Season events\nOn June 30, the new signed players Germ\u00e1n Lux, Javier Pinola, Enzo Perez and Ignacio Scocco were officially presented in a press conference at the club's stadium.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 55], "content_span": [56, 218]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274972-0003-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Club Atl\u00e9tico River Plate season, Season events\nOn September 28, River Plate presented the new home kit for the 2017\u201318 season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 55], "content_span": [56, 135]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274972-0004-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Club Atl\u00e9tico River Plate season, Season events\nOn October 11, River Plate released the new alternative kit, featuring red as main color.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 55], "content_span": [56, 145]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274972-0005-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Club Atl\u00e9tico River Plate season, Season events\nOn December 10, River won the 2016\u201317 Copa Argentina after defeating Atl\u00e9tico Tucum\u00e1n in the final game played in Mendoza. This was the second title in a row for River Plate at this competition.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 55], "content_span": [56, 250]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274972-0006-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Club Atl\u00e9tico River Plate season, Season events\nOn January 9, Lucas Pratto signed a four and a half year contract with River Plate.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 55], "content_span": [56, 139]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274972-0007-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Club Atl\u00e9tico River Plate season, Season events\nOn January 11, Franco Armani signed a three-year contract with River Plate.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 55], "content_span": [56, 131]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274972-0008-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Club Atl\u00e9tico River Plate season, Season events\nOn January 24, Juan Quintero arrived at River Plate on a one-year loan from FC Porto.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 55], "content_span": [56, 141]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274972-0009-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Club Atl\u00e9tico River Plate season, Season events\nOn January 29, Bruno Zuculini signed a four and a half year contract with River Plate.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 55], "content_span": [56, 142]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274972-0010-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Club Atl\u00e9tico River Plate season, Season events\nOn January 31, Leonardo Ponzio extended his contract with River Plate until June 2019.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 55], "content_span": [56, 142]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274972-0011-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Club Atl\u00e9tico River Plate season, Season events\nOn February 14, River Plate released the new third kit, featuring vertical stripes of red black and white.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 55], "content_span": [56, 162]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274972-0012-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Club Atl\u00e9tico River Plate season, Season events\nOn March 6, the matches of the final stage of 2017\u201318 Copa Argentina were drawn. River Plate was paired with Central Norte from Salta.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 55], "content_span": [56, 190]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274972-0013-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Club Atl\u00e9tico River Plate season, Season events\nOn March 14, River Plate won the 2017 Supercopa Argentina after defeating Boca Juniors in Mendoza.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 55], "content_span": [56, 155]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274972-0014-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Club Atl\u00e9tico River Plate season, Season events\nOn March 16, it was announced a friendly match between River Plate and Universidad de Chile to be played in Santiago, on 24 March.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 55], "content_span": [56, 186]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274972-0015-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Club Atl\u00e9tico River Plate season, Squad Summer\nNote: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 54], "content_span": [55, 183]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274972-0016-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Club Atl\u00e9tico River Plate season, Squad Winter\nNote: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 54], "content_span": [55, 183]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274973-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Club Atl\u00e9tico Temperley season\nThe 2017\u201318 season is Club Atl\u00e9tico Temperley's 4th consecutive season in the top-flight of Argentine football. The season covers the period from 1 July 2017 to 30 June 2018.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [38, 38], "content_span": [39, 213]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274973-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Club Atl\u00e9tico Temperley season, Current squad\nNote: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 53], "content_span": [54, 182]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274973-0002-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Club Atl\u00e9tico Temperley season, Current squad, Out on loan\nNote: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 66], "content_span": [67, 195]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274974-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Club Atl\u00e9tico Tigre season\nThe 2017\u201318 season is Club Atl\u00e9tico Tigre's 12th consecutive season in the top-flight of Argentine football. The season covers the period from 1 July 2017 to 30 June 2018.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [34, 34], "content_span": [35, 206]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274974-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Club Atl\u00e9tico Tigre season, Current squad\nNote: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 49], "content_span": [50, 178]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274974-0002-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Club Atl\u00e9tico Tigre season, Current squad, Out on loan\nNote: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 62], "content_span": [63, 191]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274975-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Club Atl\u00e9tico V\u00e9lez Sarsfield season\nThe 2017\u201318 season is Club Atl\u00e9tico V\u00e9lez Sarsfield's 76th consecutive season in the top-flight of Argentine football. The season covers the period from 1 July 2017 to 30 June 2018.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [44, 44], "content_span": [45, 226]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274975-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Club Atl\u00e9tico V\u00e9lez Sarsfield season, Current squad\nNote: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [46, 59], "content_span": [60, 188]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274975-0002-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Club Atl\u00e9tico V\u00e9lez Sarsfield season, Current squad, Out on loan\nNote: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [46, 72], "content_span": [73, 201]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274976-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Club Brugge KV season\nThe 2017\u201318 season was Club Brugge's 126th season in existence and the club's 58th consecutive season in the top flight of Belgian football. Club Brugge participated in the Belgian First Division A, Belgian Cup and on the European stage in the UEFA Champions League and UEFA Europa League.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [29, 29], "content_span": [30, 319]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274976-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Club Brugge KV season\nThe club would win their 15th league this season, edging out closest competitors Standard Li\u00e8ge by 3 points following the championship round. The result was clinched in the penultimate match of the season, after a 1\u20131 draw away to Standard.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [29, 29], "content_span": [30, 270]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274976-0002-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Club Brugge KV season\nThe season covered the period from 1 July 2017 to 30 June 2018.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [29, 29], "content_span": [30, 93]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274976-0003-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Club Brugge KV season, First-team squad\nNote: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 47], "content_span": [48, 176]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274977-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Club Olimpo season\nThe 2017\u201318 season is Club Olimpo's 6th consecutive season in the top-flight of Argentine football. The season covers the period from 1 July 2017 to 30 June 2018.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [26, 26], "content_span": [27, 189]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274977-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Club Olimpo season, Current squad\nNote: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 41], "content_span": [42, 170]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274977-0002-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Club Olimpo season, Current squad, Out on loan\nNote: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 54], "content_span": [55, 183]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274978-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Club Puebla season\nThe 2017\u201318 Puebla F.C. season was the club's 71st professional season in Mexico's top-flight football league. The season is split into two tournaments\u2014the Torneo Apertura and the Torneo Clausura\u2014each with identical formats and each contested by the same eighteen teams. The club also played Copa MX. Rafael Garc\u00eda Torres was named the club head coach on June 5, 2017, taking over for sacked coach Jos\u00e9 Cardozo.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [26, 26], "content_span": [27, 438]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274978-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Club Puebla season, Players, First-team squad\nNote: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 53], "content_span": [54, 182]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274978-0002-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Club Puebla season, Players, First-team squad\nFor recent transfers, see List of Mexican football transfers summer 2017", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 53], "content_span": [54, 126]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274978-0003-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Club Puebla season, Statistics, Attendance\nPuebla's Home Attendance by round, Estadio Cuahutemoc has a capacity of 51,726.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 50], "content_span": [51, 130]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274979-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Club de Gimnasia y Esgrima La Plata season\nThe 2017\u201318 season is Gimnasia y Esgrima's 6th consecutive season in the top-flight of Argentine football. The season covers the period from 1 July 2017 to 30 June 2018.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 50], "section_span": [50, 50], "content_span": [51, 220]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274979-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Club de Gimnasia y Esgrima La Plata season, Current squad\nNote: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 50], "section_span": [52, 65], "content_span": [66, 194]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274979-0002-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Club de Gimnasia y Esgrima La Plata season, Current squad, Out on loan\nNote: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 50], "section_span": [52, 78], "content_span": [79, 207]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274980-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Coastal Carolina Chanticleers men's basketball team\nThe 2017\u201318 Coastal Carolina Chanticleers men's basketball team represented Coastal Carolina University during the 2017\u201318 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Chanticleers, led by 11th-year head coach Cliff Ellis, played their home games at the HTC Center in Conway, South Carolina as members of the Sun Belt Conference. They finished the season 14\u201318, 8\u201310 in Sun Belt play to finish in eighth place. They lost in the first round of the Sun Belt Tournament to Texas State.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 59], "section_span": [59, 59], "content_span": [60, 542]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274980-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Coastal Carolina Chanticleers men's basketball team, Previous season\nThe Chanticleers finished the 2016\u201317 season 20\u201319, 10\u20138 in Sun Belt play to finish in a three-way tie for sixth place. As the No. 8 seed in the Sun Belt Tournament, they defeated South Alabama before losing to Texas\u2013Arlington in the quarterfinals. They received an invitation to the College Basketball Invitational where they defeated Hampton, Loyola (MD) and UIC to advance to the best-of-three finals series against Wyoming where they lost 2 games to 1.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 59], "section_span": [61, 76], "content_span": [77, 533]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274980-0002-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Coastal Carolina Chanticleers men's basketball team, Schedule and results\n* Non-conference game. #Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Eastern Time", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 59], "section_span": [61, 81], "content_span": [82, 198]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274981-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Coastal Carolina Chanticleers women's basketball team\nThe 2017\u201318 Coastal Carolina Chanticleers women's basketball team represents Coastal Carolina University in the 2017\u201318 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Chanticleers, led by fifth year head coach Jaida Williams, play their home games at HTC Center and were members of the Sun Belt Conference. They finished the season 17\u201314, 10\u20138 in Sun Belt play to finish in a 3 way tie for sixth place. They advanced to the quarterfinals of the Sun Belt Women's Tournament where they lost to Texas State.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 61], "section_span": [61, 61], "content_span": [62, 566]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274981-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Coastal Carolina Chanticleers women's basketball team, Previous season\nThey finished the season 13\u201316, 8\u201310 in Sun Belt play to finish in a tie for seventh place. They lost in the first round of the Sun Belt Women's Tournament to Appalachian State.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 61], "section_span": [63, 78], "content_span": [79, 256]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274982-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Colchester United F.C. season\nThe 2017\u201318 season was Colchester United's 81st season in their history and their second successive season competing in League Two. Along with competing in League Two, the club will also participate in the FA Cup, EFL Cup and EFL Trophy.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [37, 37], "content_span": [38, 275]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274982-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Colchester United F.C. season\nA poor start to the new campaign meant that Colchester were chasing to catch up from the off. An upturn in form came about over the Christmas period, reaching a high of fifth in the table. Again, the U's were made to pay with a drop in late season form, where they eventually in the bottom-half of League Two. Finishing 13th, this was Colchester's worst league performance since the 1993\u201394 season when the U's finished 17th in the Third Division.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [37, 37], "content_span": [38, 485]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274982-0002-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Colchester United F.C. season\nColchester made a first round exit in the EFL Cup for the seventh consecutive season, narrowly losing out to Aston Villa, while in the FA Cup, they were eliminated by non-League outfit Oxford City in the first round. In the EFL Trophy, Colchester were knocked out at the group stage for the second season running.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [37, 37], "content_span": [38, 351]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274982-0003-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Colchester United F.C. season, Season overview, Preseason\nColchester United announced their retain list on 10 May 2017. Left back Matthew Briggs and fellow defender Lloyd Doyley were both released after the club decided against offering them a new contract, while under-23 players Femi Akinwande, Callum Harrison, Brendan Ocran, Dexter Peter, Rhys Williams and Ben Wyatt were also not offered new deals. Meanwhile, goalkeeper Dean Brill, defenders Richard Brindley, Tom Eastman, George Elokobi, Lewis Kinsella and Kane Vincent-Young, midfielder Charley Edge, and forwards Diaz Wright, Drey Wright and Chris Porter were all offered new deals.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 65], "content_span": [66, 649]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274982-0004-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Colchester United F.C. season, Season overview, Preseason\nTwo Academy players signed one year development contracts on 25 May. Central defender Josh Pollard and forward Eoin McKeown signed their first professional deals ahead of stepping up to the under-23 squad.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 65], "content_span": [66, 271]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274982-0005-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Colchester United F.C. season, Season overview, Preseason\nLast season's top goalscorer Chris Porter opted to leave the club on the expiry of his contract, instead signing a two-year deal at League Two rivals Crewe Alexandra on 31 May after turning down a new contract offer.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 65], "content_span": [66, 282]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274982-0006-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Colchester United F.C. season, Season overview, Preseason\nTom Eastman became the first Colchester United out of contract first-team player to sign a new deal on 28 June, agreeing a two-year extension. The following day, Drey Wright, Lewis Kinsella, and Kane Vincent-Young all agreed one-year extensions to their existing contracts.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 65], "content_span": [66, 339]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274982-0007-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Colchester United F.C. season, Season overview, Preseason\nWith Richard Brindley turning down Colchester's contract offer, the U's announced the signing of former Gillingham right-back Ryan Jackson on 30 June, with his contract set to begin on 1 July. George Elokobi also left Colchester after failing to agree on a new contract with the club. Goalkeeper Dean Brill opted not to sign a new contract after failing to break into the first team.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 65], "content_span": [66, 449]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274982-0008-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Colchester United F.C. season, Season overview, Preseason\nOn 3 July, the club announced that Charley Edge, Decarrey Sheriff and Diaz Wright had all agreed new one-year contracts.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 65], "content_span": [66, 186]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274982-0009-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Colchester United F.C. season, Season overview, Preseason\nA restructuring of backroom coaching staff meant Ademola Bankole left after nine years as the club's goalkeeping coach, while former Watford goalkeeper Rene Gilmartin arrived as his replacement and to provide competition to Sam Walker and Dillon Barnes. Paul Smith arrived from Southend United as Head of Academy goalkeeper coaching, while former Wales midfielder Chris Llewellyn joined Colchester as under-18 lead coach.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 65], "content_span": [66, 487]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274982-0010-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Colchester United F.C. season, Season overview, Preseason\nColchester played their first pre-season friendly on 8 July 2017. In their annual friendly match against Maldon & Tiptree, the U's earned a 2\u20130 victory with a goal from Doug Loft in the first half, and Louis Dunne in the second half. On 11 July, Colchester played their second pre-season match against Needham Market. Goals from Denny Johnstone, Tariq Issa and two from Sammie Szmodics sealed a 4\u20130 victory for the visitors.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 65], "content_span": [66, 490]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274982-0011-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Colchester United F.C. season, Season overview, Preseason\nMidfielder Tarryn Allarakhia signed a one-year development contract on 12 July, joining from Maldon & Tiptree.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 65], "content_span": [66, 176]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274982-0012-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Colchester United F.C. season, Season overview, Preseason\nOn 14 July, Academy product Macauley Bonne left the club to join National League side Leyton Orient, signing for an undisclosed fee alongside former U's player George Elokobi. Colchester won their third successive friendly the same day, beating Llandudno 1\u20130 in north Wales courtesy of a Denny Johnstone goal.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 65], "content_span": [66, 375]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274982-0013-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Colchester United F.C. season, Season overview, Preseason\nCole Kpekawa joined Colchester for a second spell on 17 July, signing a one-year deal from Barnsley for an undisclosed fee having featured on loan from Queens Park Rangers during the 2014\u201315 season. Meanwhile, injury-stricken Brennan Dickenson revealed that the serious knee injury he sustained in training in April 2017 would keep him out of first-team action until February 2018.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 65], "content_span": [66, 447]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274982-0014-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Colchester United F.C. season, Season overview, Preseason\nOn 18 July, Colchester recorded their fourth consecutive pre-season victory with a 2\u20130 win against a West Ham United XI at the Colchester Community Stadium. Drey Wright and Denny Johnstone were the goalscorers.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 65], "content_span": [66, 276]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274982-0015-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Colchester United F.C. season, Season overview, Preseason\nColchester signed Wigan Athletic forward Mikael Mandron on 21 July. He signed for an undisclosed fee on a two-year deal. On 22 July, the U's claimed their fifth pre-season win with a 3\u20130 victory against Braintree Town. Sammie Szmodics scored twice and Louis Dunne added a third late on to secure the win.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 65], "content_span": [66, 370]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274982-0016-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Colchester United F.C. season, Season overview, Preseason\nOn 24 July, United were hit by the news that club captain Luke Prosser would be ruled out of action for a further two months after undergoing a further operation on his injured knee.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 65], "content_span": [66, 248]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274982-0017-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Colchester United F.C. season, Season overview, Preseason\nColchester suffered their first pre-season defeat on 25 July when they slipped to a 1\u20130 defeat to Ipswich Town at the Community Stadium. Another defeat followed against Gillingham on 28 July, falling to a 2\u20131 defeat. Colchester's goal was scored by Ryan Jackson against his former club. Colchester also confirmed the signing of defender Dan Jefferies from Swansea City who joined the under-23 side on 28 July, and midfielder Sam Warde joined the under-23s from Huddersfield Town on 31 July.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 65], "content_span": [66, 556]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274982-0018-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Colchester United F.C. season, Season overview, Preseason\nOn 1 August, Colchester made two further under-23 additions, with the signing of Australian goalkeeper Dominic Kurasik from Brentford and former-Crystal Palace left-back Callum Sturgess on one-year contracts.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 65], "content_span": [66, 274]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274982-0019-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Colchester United F.C. season, Season overview, Preseason\nOn the eve of the new league season, Alex Wynter had his contract cancelled by mutual consent and then immediately signed for National League side Maidstone United.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 65], "content_span": [66, 230]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274982-0020-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Colchester United F.C. season, Season overview, August\nColchester's League Two campaign began at Accrington Stanley on 5 August. Ryan Jackson and Mikael Mandron made the starting eleven for their debuts, while Cole Kpekawa made his second debut for the club from the substitutes bench. Accrington took a ninth-minute lead through Kayden Jackson, and went 2\u20130 up through Billy Kee's 32nd-minute strike. The U's found themselves 3\u20130 down after the break when Omar Beckles scored, but pulled a late goal back from half-time substitute Sammie Szmodics.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 62], "content_span": [63, 556]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274982-0021-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Colchester United F.C. season, Season overview, August\nOn 7 August, Colchester signed Coventry City winger Kyel Reid on loan until January. Dillon Barnes joined National League South side Welling United for one month on 8 August.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 62], "content_span": [63, 237]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274982-0022-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Colchester United F.C. season, Season overview, August\nColchester hosted Championship side Aston Villa in the first round of the EFL Cup on 9 August. A mistake from goalkeeper Sam Walker allowed Scott Hogan to slot in an early opening goal for the visitors. Mikael Mandron missed a chance to equalise from the penalty spot when his effort was saved by Jed Steer, before an unfortunate Frankie Kent scored an own goal to double Villa's lead on 19 minutes. Kent redeemed himself six minutes before the interval to reduce Colchester's deficit at 2\u20131. However, the score remained the same through the second half as Colchester exited the competition at the first round stage for the seventh consecutive season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 62], "content_span": [63, 714]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274982-0023-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Colchester United F.C. season, Season overview, August\nThe U's earned their first league point of the season on 12 August when they drew 1\u20131 with Stevenage at the Community Stadium. Stevenage took a second-half lead through Danny Newton, but Mikael Mandron equalised 15-minutes later to score his first competitive goal for the club.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 62], "content_span": [63, 341]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274982-0024-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Colchester United F.C. season, Season overview, August\nOn 15 August, Colchester offered new contracts to Brennan Dickenson, Kurtis Guthrie, Frankie Kent, Tom Lapslie and Drey Wright, while winger Dion Sembie-Ferris was released by mutual consent in search of first-team football. On 18 August, it was announced that goalkeeper Daniel Wilks had joined the under-23 squad on loan from Maldon & Tiptree until January 2018, while centre-back Josh Pollard, right-back George Keys, and left winger Ryan Clampin all joined Maldon & Tiptree on youth and work experience loans. Also joining the club was defender Will Wright who joined on a two-year contract from Hitchin Town.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 62], "content_span": [63, 676]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274982-0025-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Colchester United F.C. season, Season overview, August\nThe U's were defeated 3\u20130 at Luton Town on 19 August. A first-half injury time goal put the hosts ahead and Luton added a further two in the second half to leave Colchester in the relegation zone.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 62], "content_span": [63, 259]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274982-0026-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Colchester United F.C. season, Season overview, August\nDenny Johnstone made a season-long loan move to St Johnstone on 24 August, while Louis Dunne also temporarily left the club on loan, joining National League South side Concord Rangers for one month.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 62], "content_span": [63, 261]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274982-0027-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Colchester United F.C. season, Season overview, August\nColchester earned their first win of the season on 26 August in their first-ever meeting with Forest Green Rovers. Kyel Reid scored his first U's goal after only four minutes of play, before Frankie Kent scored the second goal of the game and his second of the season. Forest Green scored two minutes later to make it 2\u20131. Sammie Szmodics scored 20-minutes into the second half, before Kane Vincent-Young became the second player of the day to score his first Colchester goal. Three minutes into injury time, Courtney Senior, making his first-team debut from the bench, scored to finalise a 5\u20131 win.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 62], "content_span": [63, 662]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274982-0028-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Colchester United F.C. season, Season overview, August\nIn the first group stage match of the EFL Trophy, Colchester hosted Reading U23 at the Community Stadium. Sammie Szmodics continued his goalscoring form inside five minutes, but Reading equalised through Josh Barrett before taking the lead through Ben House prior to half-time. Second-half substitute Eoin McKeown, making his first-team debut, equalised in the 87th minute to take the tie to a penalty shoot-out. The U's won 6\u20135, earning a bonus point for the win on penalties.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 62], "content_span": [63, 540]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274982-0029-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Colchester United F.C. season, Season overview, August\nWith the transfer window closing at 11pm on 31 August, Colchester made numerous deadline day signings, both on loan and permanent. First, Queens Park Rangers midfielder Brandon Comley signed on loan until January 2018. Young Charlton Athletic striker Brandon Hanlan also joined on loan until January, while free agent Sanmi Odelusi signed a permanent six-month contract after the forward had been training with the U's over the summer since his release by Wigan Athletic. Another striker followed suit in signing, with Portsmouth's Nicke Kabamba arriving on loan until January, while Crystal Palace centre-half Ryan Inniss signed on loan until the end of the season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 62], "content_span": [63, 729]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274982-0030-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Colchester United F.C. season, Season overview, September\nColchester started September with defeat at Cambridge United. Naming an unchanged starting eleven from the side that beat Forest Green 5\u20131 the previous weekend, the U's fell to a 1\u20130 defeat on 2 September thanks to a second-half goal from Uche Ikpeazu.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 65], "content_span": [66, 318]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274982-0031-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Colchester United F.C. season, Season overview, September\nEli Phipps joined Dillon Barnes on loan at Welling United on 8 September, while Barnes' loan was extended until 8 November. Also heading out on loan was Charley Edge, who signed on a one-month deal at National League North side Leamington.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 65], "content_span": [66, 305]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274982-0032-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Colchester United F.C. season, Season overview, September\nColchester returned to winning ways with an impressive first-half performance against Crawley Town in a 3\u20131 win. Sammie Szmodics scored his fourth goal of the season before assisting Ryan Jackson's first goal for the club after 14-minutes. Mikael Mandron completed the home sides scoring on 38-minutes. In the second-half, Sam Walker saved a Mark Randall penalty, but Crawley did pull a goal back from Jimmy Smith on 66-minutes. They were then held to a 1\u20131 draw against Chesterfield on 12 September. Louis Reed scored for the visitors shortly before half-time but debutant Brandon Hanlan scored from the substitutes bench after 82-minutes.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 65], "content_span": [66, 706]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274982-0033-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Colchester United F.C. season, Season overview, September\nColchester's terrible away form continued on 16 September with a 3\u20131 defeat at Cheltenham Town. Within 15-minutes, the U's found themselves 2\u20130 down with both goals coming from Cheltenham's Kevin Dawson. Colchester were awarded a penalty in the 26th minute after Taylor Moore handled in the penalty area and Sammie Szmodics converted to score his fifth goal of the campaign. In the second-half, Mikael Mandron was sent off for a hand ball offence in the penalty area, but Brian Graham's penalty was saved by Sam Walker. Shortly afterwards, Jamie Grimes scored to complete the victory for Cheltenham and condemn Colchester to their fourth successive away defeat.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 65], "content_span": [66, 727]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274982-0034-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Colchester United F.C. season, Season overview, September\nOn 16 September, winger George Brown made his debut East Thurrock United in an FA Cup win against Biggleswade Town after joining the club on loan earlier. Meanwhile, young goalkeeper Dominic Kurasik also left the club on loan to join Maldon & Tiptree, signing on 19 September.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 65], "content_span": [66, 342]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274982-0035-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Colchester United F.C. season, Season overview, September\nOn 21 September, Frankie Kent signed a new contract with the club to remain until summer 2020.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 65], "content_span": [66, 160]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274982-0036-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Colchester United F.C. season, Season overview, September\nColchester's next game was against old rivals Wycombe Wanderers at the Community Stadium. Despite having the better of the possession, the U's went down 1\u20130 after 32-minutes from a Nathan Tyson goal, but Brandon Hanlan equalised shortly before half-time to score his second goal in only his third Colchester appearance. Craig Mackail-Smith scored Wycombe's winner in the 67th minute as the visitors held on for a 2\u20131 victory.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 65], "content_span": [66, 491]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274982-0037-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Colchester United F.C. season, Season overview, September\nThe U's travelled to Grimsby Town on 26 September for a midweek league fixture. A frantic start saw Kyel Reid score the opener, before JJ Hooper equalised two minutes later. In the second-half, Reid scored his second of the game, but an 89th-minute penalty from Sam Jones shared the spoils.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 65], "content_span": [66, 356]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274982-0038-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Colchester United F.C. season, Season overview, September\nOn 30 September, Colchester recorded a 1\u20130 away win at Yeovil Town, their first away victory of the season. Sean Murray's first goal for the club proved to be the difference between the sides as the U's moved up to 16th in the League Two table.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 65], "content_span": [66, 310]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274982-0039-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Colchester United F.C. season, Season overview, October\nOctober began with a narrow 1\u20130 defeat in the EFL Trophy at home to Gillingham on 3 October. An injury-time winner from Max Ehmer was enough to separate the two sides.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 63], "content_span": [64, 231]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274982-0040-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Colchester United F.C. season, Season overview, October\nColchester earned their first successive league win of the season on 7 October by beating Mansfield Town 2\u20130 at the Community Stadium. Sean Murray followed up his debut goal for the club with another the following weekend after 29-minutes, before Mikael Mandron doubled the U's lead five minutes later.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 63], "content_span": [64, 366]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274982-0041-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Colchester United F.C. season, Season overview, October\nThe U's hosted Carlisle United on 14 October, losing 1\u20130 in a close affair in which Colchester mostly dominated.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 63], "content_span": [64, 176]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274982-0042-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Colchester United F.C. season, Season overview, October\nOn 16 October, Diaz Wright joined Needham Market on loan until the end of November, while Colchester were drawn at home to Oxford City in the first round of the FA Cup which would be the first-ever meeting between the two clubs.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 63], "content_span": [64, 292]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274982-0043-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Colchester United F.C. season, Season overview, October\nThey returned to winning ways three days later with an away victory at Newport County ending the home sides' ten game unbeaten home record which stretched back to March. Following a goalless first-half, former County defender Ryan Jackson scored his second goal of the season after 72-minutes, before Mikael Mandron added a second five minutes later. Shawn McCoulsky pulled a goal back for Newport on 86-minutes but the U's held on to record a 2\u20131 win. A 0\u20130 draw at Coventry City followed, a match in which Tom Lapslie was sent off following two bookings in less than a minute after a yellow card for a foul and then a red card for a deliberate hand ball.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 63], "content_span": [64, 720]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274982-0044-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Colchester United F.C. season, Season overview, October\nColchester closed out October to come from behind and win at home to Crewe Alexandra on 28 October. Jordan Bowery gave Crewe a 22nd-minute lead, but this was cancelled out by Mikael Mandron's fifth goal of the season six minutes before half-time. The U's took the lead on the hour mark when Tom Eastman headed in his first goal of the campaign, before Mandron scored his second of the game on 71-minutes to round off a 3\u20131 victory.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 63], "content_span": [64, 495]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274982-0045-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Colchester United F.C. season, Season overview, October\nAs a result of collecting ten points in five league games through October, John McGreal was nominated for the October EFL League Two Manager of the Month award. Meanwhile, Mikael Mandron, who scored four goals in five league games during October was nominated for the EFL League Two Player of the Month award.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 63], "content_span": [64, 373]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274982-0046-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Colchester United F.C. season, Season overview, November\nColchester were knocked out of the FA Cup in the first round by Oxford City on 4 November. The U's fell to a 1\u20130 defeat at the Community Stadium. This was followed up by an EFL Trophy Essex derby defeat to Southend United, who won 2\u20130 to knock Colchester out of the competition at the group stage for the second successive season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 64], "content_span": [65, 395]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274982-0047-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Colchester United F.C. season, Season overview, November\nReturning to league competition on 11 November, Sammie Szmodics scored his sixth goal of the season from the bench to earn Colchester a 1\u20130 win at Barnet. They were then held to a 0\u20130 draw at home against Morecambe on 18 November to extend their unbeaten run to five league games. Their good run continued on 21 November when Sammie Szmodics again proved the difference with an early goal in Colchester's 1\u20130 home win against Lincoln City.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 64], "content_span": [65, 504]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274982-0048-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Colchester United F.C. season, Season overview, November\nDuring their away game at Notts County on 25 November, following a goalless first-half, County took the lead when Shola Ameobi scored from the penalty spot after Mikael Mandron fouled Ryan Yates in the area. Mandron later missed a penalty kick of his own after Ryan Jackson was fouled by Jorge Grant. However, Colchester looked to have secured a point when substitute Sanmi Odelusi scored his first goal for the club and levelled the match in the 89th minute. Ryan Yates then scored in the third minute of injury time to hand the home team a 2\u20131 victory.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 64], "content_span": [65, 619]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274982-0049-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Colchester United F.C. season, Season overview, December\nFollowing a two-week break due to their early FA Cup exit, Colchester returned to action in a home match against Exeter City on 9 December. The U's were gifted the lead when Troy Archibald-Henville scored an own goal after 23-minutes. Then, three minutes later, Sammie Szmodics scored from the penalty spot after Kane Vincent-Young was brought down in the box by Jake Taylor. Colchester then scored a third goal in seven minutes as Szmodics netted his ninth of the season. Exeter pulled a goal back in the second half through Jayden Stockley as Colchester held on to a 3\u20131 victory.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 64], "content_span": [65, 646]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274982-0050-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Colchester United F.C. season, Season overview, December\nForward Nicke Kabamba made an early return to parent club Portsmouth on 14 December after failing to score in ten appearances for the U's.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 64], "content_span": [65, 203]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274982-0051-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Colchester United F.C. season, Season overview, December\nOn 15 December, Colchester won a five-goal thriller at Swindon Town to promote themselves into the play-off positions. They fell behind on 36-minutes from a Kaiyne Woolery goal before Frankie Kent scored an equaliser from a corner kick in first half injury time. Mikael Mandron then put the U's ahead on 63-minutes, but then Swindon equalised through Kellan Gordon. Two minutes later, Colchester had the lead again as Sammie Szmodics beat a man to record his tenth goal of the campaign.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 64], "content_span": [65, 551]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274982-0052-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Colchester United F.C. season, Season overview, December\nOn 21 December, forward Sanmi Odelusi was told that his contract would not be renewed when it expired on 31 December.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 64], "content_span": [65, 182]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274982-0053-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Colchester United F.C. season, Season overview, December\nSammie Szmodics scored his tenth league goal of the season in Colchester's 1\u20131 home draw with Port Vale on 23 December. He opened the scoring after 32-minutes, but Vale equalised in the second half through Marcus Harness. They then secured a 2\u20130 win at Crawley Town on Boxing Day. A goal in either half from Mikael Mandron and Sammie Szmodics secured victory which moved the U's up to fifth position in the league table.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 64], "content_span": [65, 485]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274982-0054-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Colchester United F.C. season, Season overview, December\nIn the final game of 2017, Chesterfield held the U's to a 0\u20130 draw at the Proact Stadium.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 64], "content_span": [65, 154]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274982-0055-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Colchester United F.C. season, Season overview, December\nFollowing an unbeaten December including three wins and two draws, Sammie Szmodics was nominated for League Two Player of the Month, becoming the second Colchester player of the season to receive the nomination, while John McGreal was nominated for the League Two Manager of the Month award for a second time this campaign. On 12 January, it was revealed Szmodics was named as Player of the Month for League Two.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 64], "content_span": [65, 477]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274982-0056-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Colchester United F.C. season, Season overview, January\nColchester recorded their second consecutive goalless draw at home to Cambridge United on New Year's Day to remain 8th in League Two.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 63], "content_span": [64, 197]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274982-0057-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Colchester United F.C. season, Season overview, January\nOn 3 January, Craig Slater moved to Scottish Championship side Dundee United on loan until the end of the season. The U's bolstered their forward line with two signings from Maldon & Tiptree. Incoming were Junior Ogedi-Uzokwe, who had scored 34 goals in 34 games this season and was the top scorer in the Isthmian League, and also left-sided player Ryan Gondoh. The following day, Lewis Kinsella and Tommy O'Sullivan both left the club in loan deals. Kinsella joined National League side Aldershot Town initially until early February, while O'Sullivan signed for fellow National League side Torquay United until the end of the campaign.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 63], "content_span": [64, 700]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274982-0058-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Colchester United F.C. season, Season overview, January\nColchester suffered their joint-worst defeat of the season so far on 6 January as they crashed to a 4\u20131 home defeat by Cheltenham Town. Kurtis Guthrie started his first league game of the season and scored on 40 minutes to hand the U's a 1\u20130 advantage going in to the interval. However, Kyel Reid was sent off for violent conduct just a minute before half-time. Cheltenham got back into the game through Sanmi Odelusi registering a debut goal and his first since his switch from Colchester. The floodgates then opened as Nigel Atangana, Jerell Sellars and Mohamed Eisa each scored to give the away side all three points.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 63], "content_span": [64, 684]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274982-0059-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Colchester United F.C. season, Season overview, January\nOn 8 January, young centre forward Eoin McKeown rejoined Maldon & Tiptree on loan until the end of the season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 63], "content_span": [64, 174]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274982-0060-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Colchester United F.C. season, Season overview, January\nThe U's recorded their second successive defeat for the first time since September as they fell to a 3\u20131 defeat at Wycombe on 13 January. Adebayo Akinfenwa scored the host's opener after 14-minutes and then their lead was doubled by Paris Cowan-Hall on 24-minutes. With 15-minutes remaining, Wycombe scored a third through Luke O'Nien, before Sammie Szmodics pulled a goal back for Colchester four minutes later. The game did however see the first appearance of the season for club captain Luke Prosser.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 63], "content_span": [64, 567]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274982-0061-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Colchester United F.C. season, Season overview, January\nOn 17 January, Brandon Comley joined Colchester permanently, signing for an undisclosed fee. He joined on a 2+1\u20442-year contract.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 63], "content_span": [64, 192]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274982-0062-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Colchester United F.C. season, Season overview, January\nColchester were held to a 1\u20131 draw at home against Grimsby on 20 January. The visitors took the lead through Charles Vernam on 38-minutes, but Sean Murray's equaliser shortly after the break earned a point for the U's.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 63], "content_span": [64, 282]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274982-0063-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Colchester United F.C. season, Season overview, January\nThe U's made a defensive signing on 24 January by bringing in Millwall youngster Paul Rooney on a 1+1\u20442-year contract for an undisclosed fee. Leaving the club on loan for a second spell in the National League South was goalkeeper Dillon Barnes, who joined Hemel Hempstead Town for an initial month-long loan on 26 January.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 63], "content_span": [64, 386]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274982-0064-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Colchester United F.C. season, Season overview, January\nOn 27 January, Colchester conceded a late goal to draw at Port Vale. Courtney Senior scored on his first start for the club to give the U's the lead after 12-minutes, only for David Worrall to equalise on 33-minutes. Four minutes in to first-half injury time, Drey Wright scored his first goal of the season to again hand the lead to Colchester. However, Worrall scored again in the 87th minute to rescue a point for the home side and leave the U's without a win in six games.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 63], "content_span": [64, 540]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274982-0065-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Colchester United F.C. season, Season overview, January\nTransfer deadline day fell on 31 January and the club's first business of the day was the signing of Queens Park Rangers winger Olamide Shodipo on loan until the end of the season. They also signed Doncaster Rovers forward Liam Mandeville on loan until the end of the season, while Lewis Kinsella, who was on loan at Aldershot Town, had his contract cancelled by mutual consent. He then signed a permanent deal with Aldershot. Also on the way out was under-23s defender Dan Jefferies who joined Scottish Premiership side Dundee. Aaron Barnes arrived on a permanent basis from Charlton Athletic, while Ben Stevenson signed on loan from Wolverhampton Wanderers after joining the Championship side from Coventry City earlier in the day.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 63], "content_span": [64, 797]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274982-0066-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Colchester United F.C. season, Season overview, February\nAfter signing for Colchester on 31 January, Aaron Barnes rejoined Torquay United on loan until the end of the season on 1 February, having previously been on loan there from Charlton earlier in January. On 2 February, Cameron James headed out on loan for the remainder of the season to National League South side and his hometown club Chelmsford City.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 64], "content_span": [65, 416]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274982-0067-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Colchester United F.C. season, Season overview, February\nOn 3 February, Colchester recorded their first win of 2018. Following a goalless first-half with Newport County, substitute and debutant Ben Stevenson scored ten minutes after arriving on the pitch, before Tom Eastman doubled the U's lead after a goal mouth scramble. The two sides swapped places in the League Two table on the back of the result. They followed this up with a 1\u20131 draw at Carlisle, Courtney Senior scoring the goal for the U's on 10 February. The U's then won 2\u20131 at home against Coventry City.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 64], "content_span": [65, 576]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274982-0067-0001", "contents": "2017\u201318 Colchester United F.C. season, Season overview, February\nJunior Ogedi-Uzokwe scored on his first start for the club from the penalty spot on 27-minutes, but on 56-minutes, Tom Bayliss scored an equaliser for the visitors. Two minutes from time, Mikael Mandron converted an Ogedi-Uzokwe cross to seal the win for the U's. Colchester's patchy form then continued with a 1\u20130 defeat at Crewe on 17 February, and then a further 1\u20130 defeat against Barnet at home on 24 February.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 64], "content_span": [65, 480]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274982-0068-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Colchester United F.C. season, Season overview, March\nDiaz Wright signed for Braintree Town on loan on 9 March.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 61], "content_span": [62, 119]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274982-0069-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Colchester United F.C. season, Season overview, March\nAutomatic promotion hopefuls Mansfield Town hosted the U's on 10 March. They took the lead through Kane Hemmings after 22-minutes, but after the break Colchester levelled through Brandon Comley, his first-ever professional goal. The U's held on to earn a point but slipped into the bottom-half of the table.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 61], "content_span": [62, 369]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274982-0070-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Colchester United F.C. season, Season overview, March\nOn 16 March, Charley Edge joined Needham Market on loan until the end of the season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 61], "content_span": [62, 146]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274982-0071-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Colchester United F.C. season, Season overview, March\nColchester missed an opportunity to take an early lead against Yeovil on 17 March after Sammie Szmodics had an eighth-minute penalty kick saved by Stuart Nelson. The visitors then took the lead in the 21st minute from an Alex Fisher goal. Yeovil held on to record a 1\u20130 victory and leave Colchester nine points adrift of the play-off positions. They were then held to a 0\u20130 draw at Morecambe on 20 March.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 61], "content_span": [62, 466]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274982-0072-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Colchester United F.C. season, Season overview, March\nThe U's earned their first win in five and their first away victory in 2018 on 24 March as they defeated Stevenage 1\u20130 at Broadhall Way. Mikael Mandron's first-half goal proved to be the difference between the sides.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 61], "content_span": [62, 278]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274982-0073-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Colchester United F.C. season, Season overview, March\nOn 29 March, Kurtis Guthrie had his contract with the club cancelled by mutual consent, with his final appearance arriving in the 1\u20130 defeat by Yeovil on 17 March when he had an on-field confrontation with Sammie Szmodics over taking Colchester's penalty kick.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 61], "content_span": [62, 322]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274982-0074-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Colchester United F.C. season, Season overview, March\nColchester earned their first back-to-back victories since December with a 2\u20131 win over promotion-chasing Luton Town at the Community Stadium in their Good Friday fixture. The tie was marred by the serious injury to Hatters' midfielder Luke Berry in only the second minute of the game when his leg was accidentally caught by U's midfielder Tom Lapslie in a challenge. Both sets of players were taken off the pitch while Berry received eleven minutes of treatment on the field before being taken to hospital.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 61], "content_span": [62, 569]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274982-0074-0001", "contents": "2017\u201318 Colchester United F.C. season, Season overview, March\nWhen play resumed, Tom Eastman scored the opening goal after 15-minutes of play, before Luke Prosser doubled the advantage for the home side with his first goal for the club. Late in the second-half, Ryan Jackson fouled Luke Gambin in the penalty area which was converted by Danny Hylton but Colchester held on for victory.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 61], "content_span": [62, 385]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274982-0075-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Colchester United F.C. season, Season overview, April\nFor the first time this season, and the first time since December 2016, Colchester earned a third consecutive league victory in their first-ever visit to The New Lawn stadium when they faced Forest Green Rovers. Drey Wright scored within 19-seconds to give the visitors an early advantage, but the U's were pegged back when Tom Eastman fouled Haydn Hollis in the box and Reuben Reid converted. Early in the second-half, Colchester's lead was restored when Ben Stevenson scored 90-seconds after the interval. Again, Colchester held on to their single goal advantage to take victory. However, Colchester's run was halted by league-leaders Accrington Stanley on 7 April who claimed a 1\u20130 win at the Community Stadium.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 61], "content_span": [62, 776]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274982-0076-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Colchester United F.C. season, Season overview, April\nOn 13 April, after failing to make an appearance since January, Cole Kpekawa left the club by mutual consent.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 61], "content_span": [62, 171]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274982-0077-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Colchester United F.C. season, Season overview, April\nColchester fell to their second successive home defeat on 14 April when Notts County earned a 3\u20131 win at the Community Stadium. Drey Wright had opened the scoring within the first ten minutes of play, but a revival in the second half by County through Jonathan Forte, Shola Ameobi and Richard Duffy saw the away side claim victory.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 61], "content_span": [62, 393]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274982-0078-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Colchester United F.C. season, Season overview, April\nOn 18 April, having broken into the first-team, Courtney Senior signed a new two-year contract with the club. He then stepped off the bench in his next game against Lincoln City to score the equaliser for Colchester after they had fallen behind five minutes earlier to an Elliott Whitehouse penalty.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 61], "content_span": [62, 361]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274982-0078-0001", "contents": "2017\u201318 Colchester United F.C. season, Season overview, April\nIn the 83rd minute of the game, with the scores at 1\u20131, Michael Bostwick was sent off for the home side, but the U's couldn't capitalise on their man advantage, and went on to lose 2\u20131 when substitute Luke Waterfall headed in the winner in the fourth minute of added time. The result ended Colchester's faint play-off hopes as they ended the day ten points behind seventh-placed Coventry with just two games remaining.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 61], "content_span": [62, 480]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274982-0079-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Colchester United F.C. season, Season overview, April\nGoalkeeper Dillon Barnes was handed his first league start for Colchester on 28 April in their final home game of the season against Swindon Town, and he kept a clean sheet as the match finished 0\u20130. Ryan Gondoh was also introduced as a second-half substitute to make his debut for the club.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 61], "content_span": [62, 353]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274982-0080-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Colchester United F.C. season, Season overview, April\nThe U's completed their season with a whimper on 5 May as they were beaten 1\u20130 at Exeter City on 5 May, meaning they finished 13th in the league table, their worst league performance for 24 years.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 61], "content_span": [62, 258]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274982-0081-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Colchester United F.C. season, Match details, Preseason friendlies\nColchester United arranged six pre-season friendlies, against Braintree Town, Ipswich Town, Maldon & Tiptree, West Ham United XI, Welsh Premier League side Llandudno, Needham Market, and Gillingham.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 74], "content_span": [75, 273]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274982-0082-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Colchester United F.C. season, Match details, EFL Cup\nOn 16 June 2017, Colchester were drawn at home to Championship side Aston Villa in the first round of the EFL Cup. The match was chosen to be screened live on Sky Sports and would be played on 9 August.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 61], "content_span": [62, 264]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274982-0083-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Colchester United F.C. season, Match details, EFL Trophy\nOn 7 July 2017, Colchester were drawn against Gillingham and Southend United as their first two opponents in the EFL Trophy group stage. Reading U23s were drawn as Colchester's final group opponents on 12 July.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 64], "content_span": [65, 275]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274982-0084-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Colchester United F.C. season, Match details, FA Cup\nOn 16 October 2017, Colchester were drawn at home to National League South side Oxford City in the first round of the FA Cup in what would be the first-ever meeting between the two sides.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 60], "content_span": [61, 248]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274982-0085-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Colchester United F.C. season, Squad statistics, Player debuts\nPlayers making their first-team Colchester United debut in a fully competitive match.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 70], "content_span": [71, 156]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274983-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Colgate Raiders men's basketball team\nThe 2017\u201318 Colgate Raiders men's basketball team represented Colgate University during the 2017\u201318 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Raiders, led by seventh-year head coach Matt Langel, played their home games at Cotterell Court in Hamilton, New York as members of the Patriot League. They finished the season 19\u201314, 12\u20136 in Patriot League play to finish in second place. They defeated Lafayette and Holy Cross to advance to the championship game of the Patriot League Tournament where they lost to Bucknell. They were invited to the College Basketball Invitational where they lost in the first round to San Francisco.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [45, 45], "content_span": [46, 676]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274983-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Colgate Raiders men's basketball team, Previous season\nThe Raiders finished the 2016\u201317 season 10\u201322, 8\u201310 in Patriot League play to finish in a tie for sixth place. As the No. 6 seed in the Patriot League Tournament, they lost in the quarterfinals to Lehigh.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [47, 62], "content_span": [63, 267]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274983-0002-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Colgate Raiders men's basketball team, Schedule and results\n* Non-conference game. #Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Eastern Time", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [47, 67], "content_span": [68, 184]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274984-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Colgate Raiders women's basketball team\nThe 2017\u201318 Colgate Raiders women's basketball team represents Colgate University during the 2017\u201318 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Raiders, led by second year head coach Bill Cleary, play their home games at Cotterell Court and were members of the Patriot League. They finished the season 7\u201323, 3\u201315 in Patriot League play to finish in last place. They lost in the first round of the Patriot League Women's Tournament to Holy Cross.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 47], "section_span": [47, 47], "content_span": [48, 497]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274984-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Colgate Raiders women's basketball team, Previous season\nThey finished the season 10\u201320, 7\u201311 in Patriot League play to finish in a tie for eighth place. They lost in the quarterfinals of the Patriot League Women's Tournament to Army.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 47], "section_span": [49, 64], "content_span": [65, 242]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274985-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Colgate Raiders women's ice hockey season\nThe Colgate Raiders represented Colgate University in ECAC women's ice hockey during the 2017\u201318 NCAA Division I women's ice hockey season. The season featured Colgate's first ECAC regular season championship, tied with Clarkson, and their first trip to the NCAA Tournament. The Raiders went all the way to the NCAA Championship, losing in overtime to their ECAC rival, Clarkson. In February, the team was ranked first in the nation by both national polls.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 49], "section_span": [49, 49], "content_span": [50, 506]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274986-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 College of Charleston Cougars men's basketball team\nThe 2017\u201318 College of Charleston Cougars men's basketball team represented the College of Charleston during the 2017\u201318 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Cougars, led by fourth-year head coach Earl Grant, played their home games at the TD Arena in Charleston, South Carolina as members of the Colonial Athletic Association. They finished the season 26\u20138, 14\u20134 in CAA play to share the regular season title with Northeastern. At the CAA Tournament they defeated Drexel, William & Mary, and Northeastern to become CAA Tournament champions. They earned the CAA's automatic bid to the NCAA Tournament where they lost in the First Round to Auburn.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 59], "section_span": [59, 59], "content_span": [60, 714]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274986-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 College of Charleston Cougars men's basketball team, Previous season\nThe Cougars finished the 2016\u201317 season 25\u201310, 14\u20134 in CAA play to finish in second place. In the CAA Tournament, they defeated James Madison in the quarterfinals and Towson in the semifinals, before losing to UNC Wilmington in the championship game. They were then invited to participate in the NIT, where they lost to Colorado State in the first round.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 59], "section_span": [61, 76], "content_span": [77, 431]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274986-0002-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 College of Charleston Cougars men's basketball team, Preseason\nIn a poll of league coaches, media relations directors, and media members at the CAA's media day, the Cougars were picked to finish atop the CAA. Junior forward Jarrell Brantley and senior guard Joe Chealey were named to the preseason All-CAA first team, while sophomore guard Grant Riller was named to the preseason All-CAA second team. r", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 59], "section_span": [61, 70], "content_span": [71, 410]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274987-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 College of Charleston Cougars women's basketball team\nThe 2017\u201318 College of Charleston Cougars women's basketball team represents the College of Charleston during the 2017\u201318 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Cougars, led by fourth year head coach Candice M. Jackson, play their home games at the TD Arena and are members of the Colonial Athletic Association. They finished the season 7\u201324, 2\u201316 CAA play to finish in last place. They advanced to the quarterfinals of the CAA Women's Tournament where they lost to James Madison.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 61], "section_span": [61, 61], "content_span": [62, 550]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274987-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 College of Charleston Cougars women's basketball team, Previous season\nThey finished the season 9\u201321, 6\u201312 CAA play to finish in seventh place. They lost in the first round of the CAA Women's Tournament to UNC Wilmington.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 61], "section_span": [63, 78], "content_span": [79, 229]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274988-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Colonial Athletic Association men's basketball season\nThe 2017\u201318 CAA men's basketball season will mark the 33rd season of Colonial Athletic Association basketball, taking place between November 2017 and March 2018. Practices will commence in October 2017, and the season will end with the 2018 CAA Men's Basketball Tournament.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 61], "section_span": [61, 61], "content_span": [62, 335]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274988-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Colonial Athletic Association men's basketball season, Preseason, Preseason All-Conference Teams\nColonial Athletic Association Preseason Player of the Year: Joe Chealey (Charleston)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 61], "section_span": [63, 104], "content_span": [105, 189]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274988-0002-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Colonial Athletic Association men's basketball season, Regular season, Conference matrix\nThis table summarizes the head-to-head results between teams in conference play.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 61], "section_span": [63, 96], "content_span": [97, 177]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274988-0003-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Colonial Athletic Association men's basketball season, Postseason, NCAA tournament\nThe CAA had one bid to the 2018 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament, that being the automatic bid of College of Charleston by winning the conference tournament.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 61], "section_span": [63, 90], "content_span": [91, 259]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274989-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Colorado Avalanche season\nThe 2017\u201318 Colorado Avalanche season was the 23rd operational season and 22nd playing season since the franchise relocated from Quebec prior to the start of the 1995\u201396 NHL season. As well as the franchise's 39th season in the National Hockey League and 46th season overall. The Avalanche clinched the playoffs for the first time since the 2013\u201314 season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [33, 33], "content_span": [34, 390]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274989-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Colorado Avalanche season, Schedule and results, Regular season\nThe regular season schedule was published on June 22, 2017.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 71], "content_span": [72, 131]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274989-0002-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Colorado Avalanche season, Schedule and results, Regular season\nLegend:\u00a0\u00a0Win (2 points)\u00a0\u00a0Loss (0 points)\u00a0\u00a0Overtime/shootout loss (1 point)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 71], "content_span": [72, 146]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274989-0003-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Colorado Avalanche season, Player statistics, Goaltenders\n\u2020Denotes player spent time with another team before joining the Avalanche. Stats reflect time with the Avalanche only. \u2021Traded mid-seasonBold/italics denotes franchise record", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 65], "content_span": [66, 240]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274989-0004-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Colorado Avalanche season, Transactions\nThe Avalanche have been involved in the following transactions during the 2017\u201318 season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 47], "content_span": [48, 137]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274989-0005-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Colorado Avalanche season, Draft picks\nBelow are the Colorado Avalanche's selections at the 2017 NHL Entry Draft, which was held on June 23 and 24, 2017 at the United Center in Chicago.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 46], "content_span": [47, 193]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274990-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Colorado Buffaloes men's basketball team\nThe 2017\u201318 Colorado Buffaloes men's basketball team represented the University of Colorado in the 2017\u201318 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. They were led by head coach Tad Boyle in his eighth season at Colorado. The Buffaloes played their home games at Coors Events Center in Boulder, Colorado as members of the Pac-12 Conference. They finished the season 17\u201315, 8\u201310 in Pac-12 play to finish in a tie for eighth place. They defeated Arizona State in the first round of the Pac-12 Tournament before losing in the quarterfinals to Arizona.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 48], "section_span": [48, 48], "content_span": [49, 595]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274990-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Colorado Buffaloes men's basketball team, Previous season\nThe Buffaloes finished the 2016\u201317 season 19\u201315, 8\u201310 in Pac-12 play to finish in seventh place. They defeated Washington State in the first round of the Pac-12 Tournament to advance to the quarterfinals where they lost to Arizona. They were invited to the National Invitation Tournament where they lost in the first round to UCF.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 48], "section_span": [50, 65], "content_span": [66, 396]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274991-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Colorado Buffaloes women's basketball team\nThe 2017\u201318 Colorado Buffaloes women's basketball team represents the University of Colorado Boulder during the 2017\u201318 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Buffaloes, led by second year head coach JR Payne, play their home games at the Coors Events Center and were a member of the Pac-12 Conference. They finished the season 15\u201316, 5\u201313 in Pac-12 play to finish in ninth place. They defeated Utah in the first round of the Pac-12 Women's Tournament before losing to Oregon in the quarterfinals.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 50], "section_span": [50, 50], "content_span": [51, 556]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274991-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Colorado Buffaloes women's basketball team, Previous season\nThey finished the season 17\u201316, 5\u201313 in Pac-12 play to finish in a 4 way tie for ninth place. They lost in the first round of the Pac-12 Women's Tournament to Washington State. They were invited to the Women's National Invitation Tournament where defeat UNLV and South Dakota State in the first and second rounds before losing to Iowa in the third round.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 50], "section_span": [52, 67], "content_span": [68, 422]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274992-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Colorado State Rams men's basketball team\nThe 2017\u201318 Colorado State Rams men's basketball team represented Colorado State University during the 2017\u201318 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The team was coached by Larry Eustachy in his sixth season. The Rams played their home games at Moby Arena on CSU's main campus in Fort Collins, Colorado as members of the Mountain West Conference.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 49], "section_span": [49, 49], "content_span": [50, 399]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274992-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Colorado State Rams men's basketball team\nOn February 3, 2018, prior to their game against Nevada, Eustachy was placed on administrative leave amid an internal investigation by Colorado State of Eustachy's conduct with players and other staff members. Eustachy had previously been reprimanded by the university in 2017 for the same type of behavior from a 2014 university led investigation. On February 8, players boycotted practice because of the lack of communication from the athletic department as to the situation. On the same day, it was reported that Eustachy would be fired by the school.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 49], "section_span": [49, 49], "content_span": [50, 604]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274992-0002-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Colorado State Rams men's basketball team\nThe Rams were initially led by assistant coach Steve Barnes for the first 2 games of Eustachy's absence. However, prior to the team's home game against San Jose State on February 10, he was also placed on administrative leave. Assistant coach Jase Herl took over as interim head coach for the rest of the season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 49], "section_span": [49, 49], "content_span": [50, 362]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274992-0003-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Colorado State Rams men's basketball team\nThe Rams finished the season 11\u201321, 4\u201314 in Mountain West play to finish in tenth place. They lost in the first round of the Mountain West Tournament to Utah State.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 49], "section_span": [49, 49], "content_span": [50, 214]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274992-0004-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Colorado State Rams men's basketball team\nOn March 22, Drake head coach and former CSU assistant coach Niko Medved was hired as the new head coach of the Rams.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 49], "section_span": [49, 49], "content_span": [50, 167]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274992-0005-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Colorado State Rams men's basketball team, Previous season\nThe Rams finished the 2016\u201317 season 24\u201312, 13\u20135 in Mountain West play to finish in second place. They defeated Air Force and San Diego State to advance to the championship game of the Mountain West Tournament where they lost to Nevada. They were invited to the 2017 National Invitation Tournament where they defeated the College of Charleston in the first round before losing in the second round to Cal State Bakersfield.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 49], "section_span": [51, 66], "content_span": [67, 489]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274992-0006-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Colorado State Rams men's basketball team, Preseason\nIn a vote by conference media at the Mountain West media day, the Rams were picked to finish in fifth place in the Mountain West.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 49], "section_span": [51, 60], "content_span": [61, 190]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274993-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Colorado State Rams women's basketball team\nThe 2017\u201318 Colorado State Rams women's basketball team represents Colorado State University in the 2017\u201318 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Rams, led by sixth year head coach Ryun Williams, play their home games at Moby Arena, and were members of the Mountain West Conference. They finished the season 21\u201312, 11\u20137 in Mountain West play to finish in a tie for fourth place. They advanced to the semifinals of the Mountain West Conference Women's Basketball Tournament where they lost to Boise State. They received an at-large bid to the Women's National Invitation Tournament where they defeated Western Illinois in the first round before losing in to South Dakota in the second round.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 51], "section_span": [51, 51], "content_span": [52, 751]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274994-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Columbia Lions men's basketball team\nThe 2017\u201318 Columbia Lions men's basketball team represented Columbia University during the 2017\u201318 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Lions, led by second-year head coach Jim Engles, played their home games at Levien Gymnasium in New York City as members of the Ivy League. They finished the season 8\u201319, 5\u20139 in Ivy League play to finish in a tie for fifth place and fail to qualify for the Ivy League Tournament.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [44, 44], "content_span": [45, 469]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274994-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Columbia Lions men's basketball team, Previous season\nThe Lions finished the 2016\u201317 season 11\u201316, 5\u20139 in Ivy League play to finish in fifth place. They failed to qualify for the inaugural Ivy League Tournament.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [46, 61], "content_span": [62, 219]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274995-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Columbia Lions women's basketball team\nThe 2017\u201318 Columbia Lions women's basketball team represents Columbia University during the 2017\u201318 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Lions, led by second year head coach Megan Griffith, play their home games at Levien Gymnasium and were members of the Ivy League. They finished the season 8\u201321, 2\u201312 in Ivy League play to finish in last place. They failed to qualify for the Ivy Women's Tournament.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [46, 46], "content_span": [47, 460]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274995-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Columbia Lions women's basketball team, Previous season\nThey finished the season 13\u201314, 3\u201311 in Ivy League play to finish in a tie for seventh place.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [48, 63], "content_span": [64, 157]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274996-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Columbian Dyip season\nThe 2017\u201318 Columbian Dyip season was the 4th season of the franchise in the Philippine Basketball Association (PBA).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [29, 29], "content_span": [30, 147]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274997-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Columbus Blue Jackets season\nThe 2017\u201318 Columbus Blue Jackets season was the 18th season for the National Hockey League franchise that was established on June 25, 1997.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [36, 36], "content_span": [37, 177]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274997-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Columbus Blue Jackets season, Schedule and results, Regular season\nThe regular season schedule was released on June 22, 2017.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 74], "content_span": [75, 133]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274997-0002-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Columbus Blue Jackets season, Schedule and results, Regular season\nLegend:\u00a0\u00a0Win (2 points)\u00a0\u00a0Loss (0 points)\u00a0\u00a0Overtime/shootout loss (1 point)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 74], "content_span": [75, 149]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274997-0003-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Columbus Blue Jackets season, Player statistics\n\u2020Denotes player spent time with another team before joining the Blue Jackets. Statistics reflect time with the Blue Jackets only. \u2021Denotes player was traded mid-season. Statistics reflect time with the Blue Jackets only. Bold/italics denotes franchise record.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 55], "content_span": [56, 315]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274997-0004-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Columbus Blue Jackets season, Transactions\nThe Blue Jackets have been involved in the following transactions during the 2017\u201318 season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 50], "content_span": [51, 143]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274997-0005-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Columbus Blue Jackets season, Draft picks\nBelow are the Columbus Blue Jackets' selections at the 2017 NHL Entry Draft, which was held on June 23 and 24, 2017 at the United Center in Chicago.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 49], "content_span": [50, 198]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274998-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Combined Counties Football League\nThe 2017\u201318 Combined Counties Football League season (known as the 2017\u201318 Cherry Red Records Combined Counties Football League for sponsorship reasons) was the 40th in the history of the Combined Counties Football League, a football competition in England.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [41, 41], "content_span": [42, 299]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274998-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Combined Counties Football League, Premier Division\nThe Premier Division was reduced from 23 to 22 clubs, and featured four new teams after the promotion of Hartley Wintney to the Southern League, the transfer of Windsor to the Hellenic League, and the relegation of Badshot Lea, Bedfont & Feltham and Raynes Park Vale to the First Division:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [43, 59], "content_span": [60, 349]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274998-0002-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Combined Counties Football League, Premier Division\nWith the suspension of ground grading Grade E for this season and the creation of a new league at Steps 3 and 4, the champions of all Step 5 leagues were compulsorily promoted to Step 4. Of the fourteen runners-up, the twelve clubs with the best PPG (points per game ratio) were also to be compulsorily promoted, but with resignations and mergers in leagues above, thirteen runners-up were promoted.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [43, 59], "content_span": [60, 459]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274998-0003-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Combined Counties Football League, Premier Division\nTeams at Step 5 without ground grading Grade F were to be relegated to Step 6, but no club in this division failed the ground grading process. All Step 5 leagues were fixed at 20 clubs for 2018\u201319, but in this case there were no further relegations or reprieves.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [43, 59], "content_span": [60, 322]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274998-0004-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Combined Counties Football League, Division One\nDivision One was increased from 18 to 19 clubs, and featured six new teams after Balham, Banstead Athletic and Redhill were promoted to the Premier Division, and Dorking and Epsom Athletic left the league:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [43, 55], "content_span": [56, 261]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274998-0005-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Combined Counties Football League, Division One\nStep 6 clubs without ground grading Grade G were to be relegated to Step 7, and three clubs in this division failed the ground grading process. All Step 6 leagues were fixed at a maximum of 20 clubs for 2018\u201319, but in this case there were no further relegations or reprieves.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [43, 55], "content_span": [56, 332]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274999-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Conference USA men's basketball season\nThe 2017\u201318 Conference USA men's basketball season began with practices in October 2017, followed by the start of the 2017\u201318 NCAA Division I men's basketball season in November. Conference play began in late December and concluded in early March.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [46, 46], "content_span": [47, 294]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274999-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Conference USA men's basketball season\nMiddle Tennessee claimed the outright regular season championship with a win over Western Kentucky on March 1, 2018. Old Dominion finished in second place in the regular season, one game behind the Blue Raiders.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [46, 46], "content_span": [47, 258]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274999-0002-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Conference USA men's basketball season\nMiddle Tennessee's Nick King was named C-USA Player of the Year and UTSA's Steve Henson was named the Coach of the Year.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [46, 46], "content_span": [47, 167]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274999-0003-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Conference USA men's basketball season\nThe C-USA Tournament was held from March 7 through 10, 2018 at The Ford Center at The Star in Frisco, Texas. Marshall defeated Western Kentucky to win the tournament championship for the first time. As a result, the Thundering Herd received the conference's automatic bid to the NCAA Tournament. No other C-USA school received an NCAA Tournament bid. The Herd went 1\u20131 in the Tournament. Middle Tennessee and Western Kentucky received a bid to the National Invitation Tournament. The teams combined go 4\u20132 in the NIT, with Western Kentucky advancing to the semifinals. North Texas and UTSA received bids to the CBI and CIT respectively.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [46, 46], "content_span": [47, 683]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274999-0004-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Conference USA men's basketball season, Head coaches, Coaching changes\nOn March 5, 2017, North Texas fired head coach Tony Benford after five years without a winning season. On March 13, the school hired Arkansas State head coach Grant McCasland to the same role.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [48, 78], "content_span": [79, 271]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274999-0005-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Conference USA men's basketball season, Head coaches, Coaching changes\nOn March 21, 2017, Rice head coach Mike Rhoades resigned to become the head coach at VCU. He finished at Rice with a three-year record of 47\u201352. On March 23, the school promoted assistant coach Scott Pera to head coach.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [48, 78], "content_span": [79, 298]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274999-0006-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Conference USA men's basketball season, Head coaches, Coaching changes\nOn November 27, 2017 UTEP dropped to 1\u20135 on the season, head coach Tim Floyd announced that he was retiring effective immediately. The school had previously announced a new athletic director, Jim Senter, a week prior, but Floyd said that had nothing to do with his decision. Assistant Phil Johnson was named interim head coach of the Miners the next day.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [48, 78], "content_span": [79, 433]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274999-0007-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Conference USA men's basketball season, Head coaches, Coaching changes\nOn December 14, 2017, Charlotte head coach Mark Price was fired after a 3\u20136 start to the season and was replaced by Houston Fancher. Fancher was named interim coach for the remainder of the season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [48, 78], "content_span": [79, 276]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274999-0008-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Conference USA men's basketball season, Conference schedules, Conference matrix\nThis table summarizes the head-to-head results between teams in conference play.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [48, 87], "content_span": [88, 168]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274999-0009-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Conference USA men's basketball season, Conference schedules, Players of the Week\nThroughout the conference regular season, the C-USA offices named one or two players of the week and one or two freshmen of the week each Monday.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [48, 89], "content_span": [90, 235]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274999-0010-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Conference USA men's basketball season, All-C-USA honors and awards\nFollowing the regular season, the conference selected outstanding performers based on a poll of league coaches.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [48, 75], "content_span": [76, 187]}} {"id": "enwiki-00274999-0011-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Conference USA men's basketball season, Postseason, C-USA Tournament\nOnly the top 12 conference teams were eligible for the tournament.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [48, 76], "content_span": [77, 143]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275000-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Connacht Rugby season\nThe 2017\u201318 season was Irish provincial rugby union side Connacht Rugby's seventeenth season competing in the Pro14, and the team's twenty-second season as a professional side. It was Kieran Keane's first and only season in charge of the side.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [29, 29], "content_span": [30, 273]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275000-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Connacht Rugby season\nConnacht finished sixth in their seven-team Pro14 conference. As well as playing in the Pro14, the team competed in the Challenge Cup in Europe. They finished first in their pool and advanced to the knockout stage as third seed overall, but were defeated at home by Gloucester in the quarter-finals. The second tier side the Connacht Eagles competed in the 2017\u201318 British and Irish Cup, finishing third in their pool.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [29, 29], "content_span": [30, 448]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275000-0002-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Connacht Rugby season, Background, Competition schedule\nOn 30 June 2017, BBC Wales reported that the two South African teams being dropped from the Super Rugby competition, the Cheetahs and Southern Kings, would be immediately added to Pro12. Their involvement was confirmed on 1 August 2017. The 14 teams were split into two conferences of seven, with each conference featuring two teams each from Ireland and Wales and one team each from Italy, Scotland and South Africa. Connacht were named in Conference A. It was announced that each team would play the other teams in their own conference twice and those in the other conference once. In addition, Connacht would have two additional derby games against Leinster and Ulster, the Irish provinces in Conference B.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 63], "content_span": [64, 773]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275000-0003-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Connacht Rugby season, Background, Competition schedule\nConnacht were entered into the Challenge Cup in Europe, following a play-off defeat to Northampton Saints. The team was drawn in Pool 5 of the competition along with Brive, Worcester Warriors and Oyonnax.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 63], "content_span": [64, 268]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275000-0004-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Connacht Rugby season, Background, Personnel changes\nIn February 2017, Connacht announced that New Zealander Kieran Keane, Chiefs attack coach, had signed a three-year contract to become their new head coach, replacing Pat Lam who moved to Bristol. Following Keane's appointment, existing forwards coach Jimmy Duffy signed an extension to his deal and academy manager Nigel Carolan was promoted to backs coach, leaving his post as head coach of the Ireland under-20s to take the role. In May 2017, Peter Wilkins joined from Edinburgh as defence coach.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 60], "content_span": [61, 559]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275000-0005-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Connacht Rugby season, Background, Personnel changes\nAmong the prominent departures from the first team squad were Irish international scrum-half John Cooney, who joined Ulster, long-serving prop Ronan Loughney, who retired, and former Springbok Marnitz Boshoff, who departed a year earlier than initially planned for personal reasons. Incoming players included Australian flanker Jarrad Butler and prop Peter McCabe, who had previously been on loan with the team. The team also agreed a deal to sign Fiji international Eroni Vasiteri, but the move was called off after he received a nine-week ban for gouging. All Blacks Sevens player Pita Ahki was signed as a replacement.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 60], "content_span": [61, 682]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275000-0006-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Connacht Rugby season, Coaching and management team\nNote: Flags indicate national union as has been defined under WR eligibility rules. Individuals may hold more than one non-WR nationality.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 59], "content_span": [60, 198]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275000-0007-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Connacht Rugby season, Players, Senior playing squad\nNote: Flags indicate national union as has been defined under WR eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-WR nationality.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 60], "content_span": [61, 195]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275000-0008-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Connacht Rugby season, Players, Academy squad\nNote: Flags indicate national union as has been defined under WR eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-WR nationality.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 53], "content_span": [54, 188]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275000-0009-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Connacht Rugby season, Playing kit\nThe official Connacht team and support staff kit supplier for the season was Australian manufacturer BLK sport, who had supplied the full range of apparel for all of Connacht Rugby's representative teams and support staff since 2013. Connacht's main shirt sponsors were Irish sporting retailer Intersport Elverys, in the second year of a three-year deal.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 42], "content_span": [43, 397]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275000-0010-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Connacht Rugby season, Playing kit\nConnacht launched their new home kit for the season in July 2017, in the traditional green. The team launched new away and European kits in August 2017 during a pre-season friendly against former head coach Pat Lam's side Bristol, wearing the away kit in the first half and the European kit in the second half. The away kit was primarily cyan and white, with white shorts and socks, while the European kit was primarily blue and lime green, with blue shorts and lime green socks.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 42], "content_span": [43, 522]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275000-0011-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Connacht Rugby season, Results, Pro14\nGreen background indicates teams that competed in the Pro14 play-offs, and also earned a place in the 2018\u201319 European Champions Cup(excluding South African teams who are ineligible)Blue background indicates teams outside the play-off places that earned a place in the 2018\u201319 European Champions Cup, including the winner of the play-off between the two fourth-ranked European teams in each conferenceYellow background indicates the loser of the play-off between the two fourth-ranked European teams in each conference, that earned a place in the 2018\u201319 European Rugby Challenge Cup. Plain background indicates teams that earned a place in the 2018\u201319 European Rugby Challenge Cup. (CH) Champions. (RU) Runners-up. (SF) Losing semi-finalists. (QF) Losing quarter-finalists. (PO) Champions Cup play-off winners.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 45], "content_span": [46, 857]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275001-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Copa Argentina\nThe 2017\u201318 Copa Argentina (officially the Copa Total Argentina 2017\u201318 for sponsorship reasons) was the ninth edition of the Copa Argentina, and the seventh since the relaunch of the tournament in 2011. The competition began on 19 January 2018 and ended on 6 December 2018.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [22, 22], "content_span": [23, 297]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275001-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Copa Argentina\nRosario Central defeated Gimnasia y Esgrima (LP) on penalties in the Final to win their first title. As champions, Rosario Central qualified for 2018 Supercopa Argentina and 2019 Copa Libertadores.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [22, 22], "content_span": [23, 220]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275001-0002-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Copa Argentina\nRiver Plate, the defending champions, were eliminated by Gimnasia y Esgrima (LP) in the Semifinals.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [22, 22], "content_span": [23, 122]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275001-0003-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Copa Argentina, Teams\nOne hundred teams took part in this competition: All teams from the Primera Divisi\u00f3n (28); twelve teams of the Primera B Nacional; five from the Primera B, four from the Primera C; three from the Primera D; thirty-two teams from Federal A and sixteen from Federal B.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 29], "content_span": [30, 296]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275001-0004-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Copa Argentina, Teams, Second Level, Primera B Nacional\nThe best twelve teams at the 13th round of 2017-18 tournament qualified.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 63], "content_span": [64, 136]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275001-0005-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Copa Argentina, Teams, Third Level, Primera B Metropolitana\nThe top-five teams at the 17th round of 2017-18 Primera B tournament qualified.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 67], "content_span": [68, 147]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275001-0006-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Copa Argentina, Teams, Third Level, Torneo Federal A\nThe first eight teams of each zone of the 2017\u201318 tournament qualified.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 60], "content_span": [61, 132]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275001-0007-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Copa Argentina, Teams, Fourth Level, Primera C Metropolitana\nThe top-four teams at the 19th round of 2017-18 Primera C tournament qualified.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 68], "content_span": [69, 148]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275001-0008-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Copa Argentina, Teams, Fourth Level, Torneo Federal B\nThe top-four teams of each zone of the 2017-18 Federal B tournament qualified.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 61], "content_span": [62, 140]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275001-0009-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Copa Argentina, Teams, Fifth Level, Primera D Metropolitana\nThe top-three teams at the 15th round of 2017-18 Primera D tournament qualified.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 67], "content_span": [68, 148]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275001-0010-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Copa Argentina, Regional Round, Group A: Federal A, Round I\nIn the Round I, 32 teams from the Torneo Federal A participated. The round was played between 19 and 24 January, on a home-and-away two-legged tie. The 16 winning teams advanced to the Round II.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 67], "content_span": [68, 262]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275001-0011-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Copa Argentina, Regional Round, Group A: Federal A, Round II\nIn the Round II, 16 qualified teams from the Round I participated. The round was played between 27 January and 21 February, on a home-and-away two-legged tie with best team in the Torneo Federal A hosting the second leg. The 8 winning teams advanced to the Final Round.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 68], "content_span": [69, 338]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275001-0012-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Copa Argentina, Regional Round, Group B: Federal B, Round I\nIn the Round I, 16 teams from the Torneo Federal B participated. The round was played between 26 January and 17 March, on a home-and-away two-legged tie. The 8 winning teams advanced to the Round II.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 67], "content_span": [68, 267]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275001-0013-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Copa Argentina, Regional Round, Group B: Federal B, Round II\nIn the Round II, 8 qualified teams from the Round I participated. The round was played between 10 February and 31 March, on a home-and-away two-legged tie with best team in the Torneo Federal B hosting the second leg. The 4 winning teams advanced to the Final Round.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 68], "content_span": [69, 335]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275001-0014-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Copa Argentina, Final Rounds, Draw\nThe draw for the Final Rounds was held on 6 March 2018, 12:00 at AFA Futsal Stadium in Ezeiza. The 64 qualified teams were divided in four groups with 16 teams each. Teams were seeded by their historical performance and Division. Champions of AFA tournaments were allocated to Group A. The matches were drawn from the respective confronts: A vs. C; B vs. D. Some combinations were avoided for security reasons.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 42], "content_span": [43, 453]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275001-0015-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Copa Argentina, Final Rounds, Round of 64\nThe Round of 64 had 12 qualified teams from the Regional Round (8 teams from Torneo Federal A and 4 teams from Torneo Federal B), 12 qualified teams from the Metropolitan Zone (5 teams from Primera B Metropolitana; 4 teams from Primera C and 3 teams from Primera D), 12 teams from Primera B Nacional and 28 teams from Primera Divisi\u00f3n. The round was played between 9 May and 2 August, in a single knock-out match format. The 32 winning teams advanced to the Round of 32.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 49], "content_span": [50, 520]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275001-0016-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Copa Argentina, Final Rounds, Round of 32\nThis round had 32 qualified teams from the Round of 64. The round was played between 28 July and 10 September, in a single knock-out match format. The 16 winning teams advanced to the Round of 16.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 49], "content_span": [50, 246]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275001-0017-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Copa Argentina, Final Rounds, Round of 16\nThis round had the 16 qualified teams from the Round of 32. The round was played between 8 September and 3 October, in a single knock-out match format. The 8 winning teams advanced to the Quarterfinals.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 49], "content_span": [50, 252]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275001-0018-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Copa Argentina, Final Rounds, Quarterfinals\nThis round had the 8 qualified teams from the Round of 16. The round was played between 7 October and 1 November, in a single knock-out match format. The 4 winning teams advanced to the Semifinals.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 51], "content_span": [52, 249]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275001-0019-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Copa Argentina, Final Rounds, Quarterfinals\nThe Rosario derby (Newell's Old Boys vs. Rosario Central) was played behind closed doors preventing potentially dangerous clashes between rival supporters.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 51], "content_span": [52, 207]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275001-0020-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Copa Argentina, Final Rounds, Semifinals\nThis round had the 4 qualified teams from the Quarterfinals. The round was played on 18 and 28 November, in a single knock-out match format. The 2 winning teams advanced to the Final.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 48], "content_span": [49, 232]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275002-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Copa Catalunya\nThe 2017\u201318 Copa Catalunya is the 29th staging of the Copa Catalunya. The competition will begin on 30 July 2017 and will be played by teams in Segunda Divisi\u00f3n, Segunda Divisi\u00f3n B, Tercera Divisi\u00f3n and the top teams of Primera Catalana.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [22, 22], "content_span": [23, 260]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275002-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Copa Catalunya, Tournament, Second round\nMatches were played on 5, 6, 9 and 10 August 2017.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 48], "content_span": [49, 99]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275003-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Copa Catalunya basketball season\nThe 2017\u201318 Copa Catalunya season, was the 19th season of Copa Catalunya.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [40, 40], "content_span": [41, 114]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275003-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Copa Catalunya basketball season\nThe Final Four was played at the Pavell\u00f3 Municipal in Salou. Tenea-CB Esparreguera won the title.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [40, 40], "content_span": [41, 138]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275003-0002-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Copa Catalunya basketball season\nThe All Star Game was played at Pavell\u00f3 Nord in Sabadell.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [40, 40], "content_span": [41, 98]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275003-0003-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Copa Catalunya basketball season, Format, Regular season\n28 teams are divided in two groups. The draw was July 28, 2017.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 64], "content_span": [65, 128]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275003-0004-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Copa Catalunya basketball season, Format, Final Stage\nThe Final Stage will be played in play-off ties in a two-legged format, with the exception of the final four.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 61], "content_span": [62, 171]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275003-0005-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Copa Catalunya basketball season, Format, Relegation PlayOffs\nIn the relegation playoffs, teams played against each other must win two games to win the series. The winners remain at Copa Catalunya for the next season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 69], "content_span": [70, 225]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275003-0006-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Copa Catalunya basketball season, Teams, Promotion and relegation (pre-season)\nA total of 28 teams contest the league, including 15 sides from the 2016\u201317 season, three relegated from the 2016\u201317 EBA and nine promoted from the 2016\u201317 CC 1\u00aaCategoria. On July 17, 2017, CB Cerdanyola Al Dia achieved a vacant on Liga EBA. On July 17, 2017, CE Sant Nicolau exchanges a place in the Liga EBA with CB Sant Narc\u00eds. On July 18, 2017, CB Cantaires Tortosa achieved a vacant on Liga EBA. Finally Aracena AEC Collblanc-Torrassa B renounces his place in Copa Catalunya.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 86], "content_span": [87, 567]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275003-0007-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Copa Catalunya basketball season, Relegation PlayOffs\nThe first legs were played on 13 May 2018, the second legs on 20 May 2018 and the third legs, if necessary, on 27 May 2018.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 61], "content_span": [62, 185]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275003-0008-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Copa Catalunya basketball season, Final round, Quarter-finals\nThe first legs will be played on 13\u201314 May, and the second legs will be played on 20\u201321 May 2018.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 69], "content_span": [70, 167]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275003-0009-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Copa Catalunya basketball season, All Star Game\nThe 2018 Copa Catalunya All-star event was held on January 27, 2018 at Pavello Nord in Sabadell.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 55], "content_span": [56, 152]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275003-0010-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Copa Catalunya basketball season, All Star Game\nThe White team won the game 92-70. The MVP of the game was Ruben Morales who scored 22 points along with 4 assists and Marquie Smith won the Slam Dunk Contest.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 55], "content_span": [56, 215]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275004-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Copa Federaci\u00f3n de Espa\u00f1a\nThe 2017\u201318 Copa Federaci\u00f3n de Espa\u00f1a was the 25th edition of the Copa Federaci\u00f3n de Espa\u00f1a, also known as Copa RFEF, a knockout competition for Spanish football clubs in Segunda Divisi\u00f3n B and Tercera Divisi\u00f3n. Pontevedra won the tournament after winning 1\u20130 on aggregate score to Ontinyent.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [33, 33], "content_span": [34, 326]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275004-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Copa Federaci\u00f3n de Espa\u00f1a\nThe champion won the trophy, a cash prize of \u20ac90,152 and the qualification for the next year tournament. The runner-up received a cash prize of \u20ac30,051 and every semifinalist \u20ac12,020. Additionally, each winner of autonomous community tournament received \u20ac3,005.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [33, 33], "content_span": [34, 296]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275004-0002-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Copa Federaci\u00f3n de Espa\u00f1a\nThe competition began in late July 2017 with the first games of the Regional stages and finished 11 April 2018 with the national final.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [33, 33], "content_span": [34, 169]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275004-0003-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Copa Federaci\u00f3n de Espa\u00f1a, Regional tournaments, West Andalusia and Ceuta tournament, Final\nMatch was abandoned at halftime after power failure and Algeciras renounced to continue the match.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 99], "content_span": [100, 198]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275004-0004-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Copa Federaci\u00f3n de Espa\u00f1a, Regional tournaments, East Andalusia and Melilla tournament\nHu\u00e9tor T\u00e1jar was the only registered team and qualified directly for national phase.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 94], "content_span": [95, 179]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275004-0005-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Copa Federaci\u00f3n de Espa\u00f1a, Regional tournaments, Aragon tournament\nFor the 2017\u201318 edition, the Aragonese Football Federation agreed to change the competition format to two groups of four teams, where after a single-leg round robin tournament, the two group winners will qualify to the Regional final.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 74], "content_span": [75, 309]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275004-0006-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Copa Federaci\u00f3n de Espa\u00f1a, Regional tournaments, Asturias tournament\nThe twelve qualified teams were divided into four groups of three teams, where the winners will qualify for the semifinals. Teams were be drawn according to their league positions in the previous season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 76], "content_span": [77, 280]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275004-0007-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Copa Federaci\u00f3n de Espa\u00f1a, Regional tournaments, Asturias tournament\nThe final will be played at Estadio El Bayu, Siero, as part of the celebrations of the 100th anniversary of Club Siero.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 76], "content_span": [77, 196]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275004-0008-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Copa Federaci\u00f3n de Espa\u00f1a, Regional tournaments, Basque Country tournament\nFour teams of the Group 4 of Tercera Divisi\u00f3n and two of Segunda Divisi\u00f3n B registered for the tournament (Alav\u00e9s B, Amorebieta, Amurrio, Gernika, Getxo and R. Sociedad C). Tournament will be played in two stages, the first with two groups of three teams and the winner will play the final over two matches. The group stage phase was drawn on 4 September by Basque Football Federation.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 82], "content_span": [83, 468]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275004-0009-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Copa Federaci\u00f3n de Espa\u00f1a, Regional tournaments, Cantabria tournament\nTeams qualified between second and ninth place in 2016\u201317 Tercera Divisi\u00f3n Group 3 registered for playing the competition. The bracket was drawn on 2 August. Quarter-finals and Semi-finals were played in Santa Cruz de Bezana.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 77], "content_span": [78, 303]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275004-0010-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Copa Federaci\u00f3n de Espa\u00f1a, Regional tournaments, Castile-La Mancha tournament\nThe Castile-La Mancha Football Federation announced the Copa Junta de Comunidades de Castilla La Mancha as the regional Copa RFEF qualifying tournament.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 85], "content_span": [86, 238]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275004-0011-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Copa Federaci\u00f3n de Espa\u00f1a, Regional tournaments, Castile and Le\u00f3n tournament\nThe Castile and Le\u00f3n Football Federation made the draw of the tournament on 6 September 2017.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 84], "content_span": [85, 178]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275004-0012-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Copa Federaci\u00f3n de Espa\u00f1a, Regional tournaments, Castile and Le\u00f3n tournament\nThe semifinal between \u00c1vila and Real Burgos was canceled by the regional Football Federation due to not having the seconds enough players for playing this tournament.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 84], "content_span": [85, 251]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275004-0013-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Copa Federaci\u00f3n de Espa\u00f1a, Regional tournaments, Catalonia tournament\nThree teams joined the regional tournament, consisted in a single-game knockout tournament.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 77], "content_span": [78, 169]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275004-0014-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Copa Federaci\u00f3n de Espa\u00f1a, Regional tournaments, Extremadura tournament\nA record of 17 teams played the tournament, consisting in a single-game knockout tournament. The preliminary round and the round of 16 were firstly drawn, and later each round was drawn independently.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 79], "content_span": [80, 280]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275004-0015-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Copa Federaci\u00f3n de Espa\u00f1a, Regional tournaments, Galicia tournament\nEleven teams registered for playing the competition. The bracket was drawn on 13 July.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 75], "content_span": [76, 162]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275004-0016-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Copa Federaci\u00f3n de Espa\u00f1a, Regional tournaments, Galicia tournament\nTeams were divided into two brackets according to geographical criteria and all matches were played at the stadium of the team that plays in a lower division. The federation paid \u20ac3,005 to the winner of the competition.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 75], "content_span": [76, 295]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275004-0017-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Copa Federaci\u00f3n de Espa\u00f1a, Regional tournaments, La Rioja tournament\nSeven teams will play the regional tournament, consisted in a single-game knockout tournament.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 76], "content_span": [77, 171]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275004-0018-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Copa Federaci\u00f3n de Espa\u00f1a, Regional tournaments, Navarre tournament\nThe competition was played in two stages: the first one as a group stage and the final as a single match. The groups were drawn on 5 July 2017.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 75], "content_span": [76, 219]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275004-0019-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Copa Federaci\u00f3n de Espa\u00f1a, Regional tournaments, Valencian Community tournament\nThe competition will be played in three rounds, the first as a single match and semi-finals and final with home and away matches. The draw was on 11 August 2017.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 87], "content_span": [88, 249]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275004-0020-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Copa Federaci\u00f3n de Espa\u00f1a, National tournament, Qualified teams\nArcos (4) Avil\u00e9s (4) Badalona (3) Cacere\u00f1o (4) Gimn\u00e1stica Torrelavega (4) Melilla (3) Ol\u00edmpic (4) Pe\u00f1a Sport (3) Pontevedra (3) Racing Santander (3) R\u00e1pido de Bouzas (3) Rayo Majadahonda (3) Real Uni\u00f3n (3) Tarazona (4) Toledo (3) UCAM Murcia (3) UD San Fernando (4) Villanovense (3)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 71], "content_span": [72, 354]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275004-0021-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Copa Federaci\u00f3n de Espa\u00f1a, National tournament, Qualified teams\nAlav\u00e9s B (4) Ardoi (4) Betis Deportivo (3) Burgos (3) Cartagena B (4) Escobedo (4) Hu\u00e9tor T\u00e1jar (4) Langreo (4) Mallorca B (4) Ontinyent (3) Plasencia (4) San Sebasti\u00e1n de los Reyes (3) SD Logro\u00f1\u00e9s (4) Silva (4) Tenerife B (4) Utebo (4) Vilafranca (4) Villarrobledo (4)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 71], "content_span": [72, 341]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275004-0022-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Copa Federaci\u00f3n de Espa\u00f1a, National tournament, Round of 32\nThe draw for the first round was held on 31 October 2017. The matches were played between 29 November and 13 December 2017.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 67], "content_span": [68, 191]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275004-0023-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Copa Federaci\u00f3n de Espa\u00f1a, National tournament, Round of 16\nThe draw for the round of 16 was held on 15 December 2017. The matches were played between 10 and 24 January 2018.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 67], "content_span": [68, 182]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275004-0024-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Copa Federaci\u00f3n de Espa\u00f1a, National tournament, Quarterfinals\nThe draw for the quarterfinals was held on 26 January 2018. Matches were played between 7 and 21 February 2018.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 69], "content_span": [70, 181]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275004-0025-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Copa Federaci\u00f3n de Espa\u00f1a, National tournament, Semifinals\nThe draw for the semifinals was held on 23 February 2018. Matches were played between 7 and 14 March 2018.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 66], "content_span": [67, 173]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275004-0026-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Copa Federaci\u00f3n de Espa\u00f1a, National tournament, Final\nFinal will be played between 4 and 11 April 2018.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 61], "content_span": [62, 111]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275005-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Copa del Rey\nThe 2017\u201318 Copa del Rey was the 116th staging of the Copa del Rey (including two seasons where two rival editions were played). The winners were assured a place for the 2018\u201319 UEFA Europa League group stage.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [20, 20], "content_span": [21, 230]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275005-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Copa del Rey\nBarcelona were the three-time defending champions, and successfully defended their title following a 5\u20130 win over Sevilla in the final. Times up to 28 October 2017 and from 25 March 2018 are CEST (UTC+2). Times from 29 October 2017 to 24 March 2018 are CET (UTC+1).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [20, 20], "content_span": [21, 286]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275005-0002-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Copa del Rey, Qualified teams\nThe following teams qualified for the competition. Reserve teams were excluded.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 37], "content_span": [38, 117]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275005-0003-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Copa del Rey, First round\nThe draw for the first and the second round was held on 28 July 2017 at 13:00 CEST in La Ciudad del F\u00fatbol, RFEF headquarters, in Las Rozas, Madrid. In this round, 32 teams from the 2016\u201317 Segunda Divisi\u00f3n B and ten from the 2016\u201317 Tercera Divisi\u00f3n teams gained entry. In the draw, firstly six teams from Segunda Divisi\u00f3n B received a bye and then, the remaining teams this league and teams from Tercera Divisi\u00f3n faced according to proximity criteria by next groups:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 33], "content_span": [34, 502]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275005-0004-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Copa del Rey, Third round\nLleida Esportiu received a bye for the round of 32.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 33], "content_span": [34, 85]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275005-0005-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Copa del Rey, Final phase\nThe draw for the Round of 32 was held on 28 September 2017, in La Ciudad del F\u00fatbol, Las Rozas de Madrid. In this round, all La Liga teams entered the competition.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 33], "content_span": [34, 197]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275005-0006-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Copa del Rey, Final phase\nRound of 32 pairings were as follows: the seven remaining teams participating in the 2016\u201317 Segunda Divisi\u00f3n B and Tercera Divisi\u00f3n faced the 2017\u201318 La Liga teams which qualified for European competitions. The five remaining teams participating in Segunda Divisi\u00f3n faced five La Liga teams which did not qualify for European competitions. The remaining eight La Liga teams faced each other. In matches involving teams from different league tiers, the team in the lower tier played the first leg at home. This rule will also be applied in the Round of 16, but not for the Quarter-finals and Semi-finals, in which the order of legs will be based on the luck of the draw.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 33], "content_span": [34, 704]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275006-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Coppa Italia\nThe 2017\u201318 Coppa Italia, also known as TIM Cup for sponsorship reasons, was the 71st edition of the national cup in Italian football. As a minimum, the winners of the Coppa Italia earn a place in the 2018\u201319 Europa League and would begin play in the group stage unless they qualify for a more favourable UEFA placing based on league play. Seventy-eight clubs participated in this season's cup competition.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [20, 20], "content_span": [21, 427]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275006-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Coppa Italia\nJuventus won the championship for the 13th time by defeating Milan 4\u20130, and extended their record consecutive win streak to four. They had previously defeated Lazio (in 2014\u201315 and 2016\u201317) and Milan (in 2015\u201316). They did not concede a goal in any of the five games played in this year's competition, outscoring their opponents 10\u20130 on aggregate.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [20, 20], "content_span": [21, 368]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275006-0002-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Coppa Italia, First stage, First round\nA total of 36 teams from Serie C and Serie D competed in this round, eighteen of which advanced to second round. The first round matches were played between 29 and 30 July 2017.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 46], "content_span": [47, 224]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275006-0003-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Coppa Italia, First stage, Second round\nA total of forty teams from Serie B, Serie C and Serie D competed in the second round, twenty of which advanced to join twelve teams from Serie A in the third round. The second round matches were played on 5 and 6 August 2017.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 47], "content_span": [48, 274]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275006-0004-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Coppa Italia, First stage, Third round\nA total of 32 teams from Serie A, Serie B and Serie C competed in the third round, sixteen of which advanced to the fourth round. The third round matches were played from 11\u201313 August 2017.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 46], "content_span": [47, 236]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275006-0005-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Coppa Italia, First stage, Fourth round\nThe fourth round matches were played between 28\u201330 November 2017. All times were CET (UTC+1).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 47], "content_span": [48, 141]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275006-0006-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Coppa Italia, Final stage, Bracket, Round of 16\nRound of 16 matches were played from 12\u201320 December 2017.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 55], "content_span": [56, 113]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275006-0007-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Coppa Italia, Final stage, Bracket, Quarter-finals\nQuarter-final matches were played from 26 December 2017\u20133 January 2018.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 58], "content_span": [59, 130]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275006-0008-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Coppa Italia, Final stage, Bracket, Semi-finals\nFor the semi-finals, the first legs were played on 30 and 31 January and the second on 28 February 2018.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 55], "content_span": [56, 160]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275007-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Coppa Italia (men's water polo)\nThe 2017\u201318 Coppa Italia is the 27th edition of the tournament.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [39, 39], "content_span": [40, 103]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275007-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Coppa Italia (men's water polo), Schedule\nThe rounds of the 2017\u201318 competition are scheduled as follows:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 49], "content_span": [50, 113]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275007-0002-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Coppa Italia (men's water polo), Round I\nThe first round ties are scheduled from 29 September to 1 October 2017.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 48], "content_span": [49, 120]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275007-0003-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Coppa Italia (men's water polo), Round II\nThe second round ties are scheduled from 6 to 8 October 2017.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 49], "content_span": [50, 111]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275008-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Coppa Titano\nThe 2017\u201318 Coppa Titano was the 60th version of the football competition. This competition began on 26 September 2017. The winners of the Coppa Titano, La Fiorita, earned a place in the 2018\u201319 Europa League and would begin play in the preliminary round.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [20, 20], "content_span": [21, 276]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275008-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Coppa Titano\nS. P. Tre Penne were the defending champions after winning the previous season by defeating S.P. La Fiorita in the final by the score of 2\u20130.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [20, 20], "content_span": [21, 162]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275008-0002-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Coppa Titano, Format\nThe fifteen clubs from San Marino were drawn into four groups on 19 August 2017. The winners and runners-up from each group advanced to the knockout stage.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 28], "content_span": [29, 184]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275008-0003-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Coppa Titano, Group stage\nThe clubs played six matches against the other clubs in their group. In groups A, B, and C the clubs played each other twice. In group D the clubs played each other three times.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 33], "content_span": [34, 211]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275009-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Coppin State Eagles men's basketball team\nThe 2017\u201318 Coppin State Eagles men's basketball team represented Coppin State University during the 2017\u201318 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Eagles, led by first-year head coach Juan Dixon, played their home games at the Physical Education Complex in Baltimore, Maryland as members of the Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference. They finished the season 5\u201327, 5\u201311 in MEAC play to finish in 11th place. They lost in the first round of the MEAC Tournament to North Carolina Central.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 49], "section_span": [49, 49], "content_span": [50, 537]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275009-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Coppin State Eagles men's basketball team, Previous season\nThe Eagles finished the 2016\u201317 season 8\u201324, 7\u20139 in MEAC play to finish in a three-way tie for seventh place. They lost in the first round of the MEAC Tournament to Howard.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 49], "section_span": [51, 66], "content_span": [67, 239]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275009-0002-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Coppin State Eagles men's basketball team, Previous season\nOn March 20, 2017, it was announced that head coach Michael Grant's contract would not be renewed. He finished at Coppin State with a three-year record of 25\u201369. The school hired Baltimore native and former Maryland All-American player Juan Dixon as the new head coach on April 22.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 49], "section_span": [51, 66], "content_span": [67, 348]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275010-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Cornell Big Red men's basketball team\nThe 2017\u201318 Cornell Big Red men's basketball team represented Cornell University during the 2017\u201318 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Big Red, led by second-year head coach Brian Earl, played their home games at Newman Arena in Ithaca, New York as members of the Ivy League. They finished the season 12\u201316, 6\u20138 in Ivy League play to finish in fourth place. They lost in the semifinals of the Ivy League Tournament to Harvard.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [45, 45], "content_span": [46, 482]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275010-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Cornell Big Red men's basketball team, Previous season\nThe Big Red finished the 2016\u201317 season 8\u201321, 4\u201310 in Ivy League play to finish in a three-way tie for last place. They failed to qualify for the inaugural Ivy League Tournament.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [47, 62], "content_span": [63, 241]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275011-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Cornell Big Red women's basketball team\nThe 2017\u201318 Cornell Big Red women's basketball team represents Cornell University during the 2017\u201318 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Big Red, led by sixteenth year head coach Dayna Smith, play their home games at Newman Arena and were members of the Ivy League. They finished the season 7\u201320, 3\u201311 in Ivy League play to finish in a tie for sixth place. They failed to qualify for the Ivy Women's Tournament.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 47], "section_span": [47, 47], "content_span": [48, 470]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275011-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Cornell Big Red women's basketball team, Previous season\nThey finished the season 16\u201311, 7\u20137 in Ivy League play to finish in a tie for fourth place.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 47], "section_span": [49, 64], "content_span": [65, 156]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275012-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Cornell Big Red women's ice hockey season\nThe Cornell Big Red represent Cornell University in ECAC women's ice hockey during the 2017\u201318 NCAA Division I women's ice hockey season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 49], "section_span": [49, 49], "content_span": [50, 187]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275012-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Cornell Big Red women's ice hockey season\nIn the offseason, Cornell hired Dean Jackson as an assistant coach, who had led nearby Elmira College to a Division III National Championship in 2013, and had most recently been interim head coach for Penn State.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 49], "section_span": [49, 49], "content_span": [50, 262]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275012-0002-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Cornell Big Red women's ice hockey season\nCanadian Cornell skaters were well represented in international play over the spring and summer. During the IIHF World Championships in Plymouth, Michigan, four Big Red alumni, Laura Fortino (2013), Lauriane Rougeau (2013), Brianne Jenner (2015) and Rebecca Johnston (2012), skated for the silver-medal Canadians. In May, Team Canada named 28 players to the Centralization Roster, including 5 alumni, Fortino, Rogeau, Jenner, Johnston, and Jillian Saulnier (2015), and one current player, Micah Hart. 23 of the 28 will be named to the roster for the 2018 Olympics.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 49], "section_span": [49, 49], "content_span": [50, 614]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275012-0003-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Cornell Big Red women's ice hockey season\nFollowing a 2017 NCAA Tournament appearance, the Big Red began the season ranked seventh in both national polls.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 49], "section_span": [49, 49], "content_span": [50, 162]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275013-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Coupe de France\nThe 2017\u201318 Coupe de France was the 101st season of the most prestigious football cup competition of France. The competition was organised by the French Football Federation (FFF) and was open to all clubs in French football, as well as clubs from the overseas departments and territories (Guadeloupe, French Guiana, Martinique, Mayotte, New Caledonia (winner of 2017 New Caledonia Cup), Tahiti (winner of 2017 Tahiti Cup), R\u00e9union, and Saint Martin).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [23, 23], "content_span": [24, 474]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275013-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Coupe de France\nParis Saint-Germain were the defending champions, and won their 4th consecutive final and record 12th title overall with a 2\u20130 win over Les Herbiers VF in the final.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [23, 23], "content_span": [24, 189]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275013-0002-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Coupe de France, Teams, Round 1 to 6\nThe first six rounds, and any preliminaries, are organised by the Regional Leagues and the Overseas Territories, who allow teams from within their league structure to enter at any point up to the third round. Teams from Championnat National 3 enter at the third round, those from Championnat National 2 enter at the fourth round and those from Championnat National enter at the fifth round.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 44], "content_span": [45, 435]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275013-0003-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Coupe de France, Teams, Round 7\nThe 145 qualifiers from the 6th Round of the Regional Leagues are joined by the 11 qualifiers from the Overseas Territories and the 20 teams from Ligue 2.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 39], "content_span": [40, 194]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275013-0004-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Coupe de France, Teams, Round 7, Regional Leagues\nFigures in parenthesis indicate the tier of the French football league system the team play at.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 57], "content_span": [58, 153]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275013-0005-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Coupe de France, Seventh round\nThe draw for the seventh round is made in two parts. First the Overseas teams are drawn against opponents from the French League structure who have applied to potentially travel overseas. Those French teams not drawn in this part are re-entered into the main draw.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 38], "content_span": [39, 303]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275013-0006-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Coupe de France, Seventh round\nThe draw for the overseas teams took place on 25 October 2017. The main draw for the seventh round took place on 26 October 2017.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 38], "content_span": [39, 168]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275013-0007-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Coupe de France, Seventh round\nTies took place on 10, 11 and 12 November 2017, with matches postponed from those dates being rescheduled for 18 and 19 November.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 38], "content_span": [39, 168]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275013-0008-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Coupe de France, Seventh round, Main draw\nThe main draw was split into 10 regional groups, with the split primarily ensuring an equal distribution of clubs from the different tiers, and secondarily grouping by geography.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 49], "content_span": [50, 228]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275013-0009-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Coupe de France, Eighth round\nThe draw for the eighth round took place on 14 November 2017. Because AS Excelsior (R1) won their seventh round tie in mainland France, they are guaranteed a home tie in the eighth round, against one of the opponents from the French League structure who applied to potentially travel overseas.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 37], "content_span": [38, 332]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275013-0010-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Coupe de France, Eighth round\nGames were played on 1, 2, 3, 9 and 10 December 2017.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 37], "content_span": [38, 91]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275013-0011-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Coupe de France, Eighth round, Main draw\nThe main draw was split into 6 groups, with the split primarily ensuring an equal distribution of clubs from the different tiers, and secondarily grouping by geography.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 48], "content_span": [49, 217]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275013-0012-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Coupe de France, Round of 64\nThe draw for the ninth round (known as the round of 64) took place on 14 December 2017. The 20 Ligue 1 teams join the draw at this stage. The draw is split into four groups to ensure equal distribution of teams from each tier, with geographical proximity a secondary factor.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 36], "content_span": [37, 311]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275013-0013-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Coupe de France, Round of 64\nThe lowest ranked teams remaining in the competition at this stage were AC Houilles and FC Still 1930, both from tier 8 (Regional 3). FC Still 1930 entered the competition at the first round, and are the longest standing team still in the competition.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 36], "content_span": [37, 288]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275013-0014-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Coupe de France, Round of 64\nGames were played on 6, 7 and 8 January 2018.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 36], "content_span": [37, 82]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275013-0015-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Coupe de France, Round of 32\nThe draw for the tenth round (known as the round of 32) took place on 8 January 2018. This was an open draw.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 36], "content_span": [37, 145]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275013-0016-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Coupe de France, Round of 32\nThe lowest ranked teams remaining in the competition at this stage were Canet Roussillon FC, FC Saint-L\u00f4 Manche and ASC Biesheim, all from tier 5 (Championnat National 3).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 36], "content_span": [37, 208]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275013-0017-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Coupe de France, Round of 32\nGames were played on 23, 24 and 25 January 2018.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 36], "content_span": [37, 85]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275013-0018-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Coupe de France, Round of 16\nThe draw for the eleventh round (known as the round of 16) took place on 25 January 2018. This was an open draw.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 36], "content_span": [37, 149]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275013-0019-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Coupe de France, Round of 16\nThe lowest ranked team remaining in the competition at this stage was US Granville, from tier 4 (Championnat National 2).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 36], "content_span": [37, 158]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275013-0020-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Coupe de France, Round of 16\nGames were played on 6, 7 and 8 February 2018.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 36], "content_span": [37, 83]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275013-0021-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Coupe de France, Quarter-finals\nThe draw for the quarter-finals took place on 8 February 2018. This was an open draw.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 39], "content_span": [40, 125]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275013-0022-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Coupe de France, Quarter-finals\nThe lowest ranked teams remaining in the competition at this stage were FC Chambly and Les Herbiers VF, both from tier 3 (Championnat National).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 39], "content_span": [40, 184]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275013-0023-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Coupe de France, Quarter-finals\nGames were played on 27 and 28 February and 1 March 2018.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 39], "content_span": [40, 97]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275013-0024-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Coupe de France, Semi-finals\nThe draw for the semi-finals took place on 1 March 2018. This was an open draw.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 36], "content_span": [37, 116]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275013-0025-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Coupe de France, Semi-finals\nThe lowest ranked teams remaining in the competition at this stage were still FC Chambly and Les Herbiers VF, both from tier 3 (Championnat National).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 36], "content_span": [37, 187]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275014-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Coupe de France Preliminary Rounds\nThe 2017\u201318 Coupe de France Preliminary Rounds make up the qualifying competition to decide which teams take part in the main competition from Round 7. This is the 101st season of the most major football cup in France. The competition is organised by the French Football Federation (FFF) and is open to all clubs in French football, as well as clubs from the overseas departments and territories (Guadeloupe, French Guiana, Martinique, Mayotte, New Caledonia (qualification via 2017 New Caledonia Cup), Tahiti (qualification via 2017 Tahiti Cup), R\u00e9union, and Saint Martin).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [42, 42], "content_span": [43, 617]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275014-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Coupe de France Preliminary Rounds\nThe preliminary rounds took place between February and October 2017", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [42, 42], "content_span": [43, 110]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275014-0002-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Coupe de France Preliminary Rounds, Sixth round, Overseas departments and territories, Mayotte\nNote: Mayotte League Structure (no promotion to French League Structure):Division d'Honneur (DH)Division d'Honneur Territoriale (DHT)Promotion d'Honneur (PH)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [44, 102], "content_span": [103, 260]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275014-0003-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Coupe de France Preliminary Rounds, Sixth round, Overseas departments and territories, R\u00e9union\nThese matches were played on 21 and 22 October 2017.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [44, 102], "content_span": [103, 155]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275014-0004-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Coupe de France Preliminary Rounds, Sixth round, Overseas departments and territories, R\u00e9union\nNote: Re\u00fanion League Structure (no promotion to French League Structure):R\u00e9gionale 1 (R1)R\u00e9gionale 2 (R2)D2 D\u00e9partemental (D2D)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [44, 102], "content_span": [103, 230]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275014-0005-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Coupe de France Preliminary Rounds, Sixth round, Overseas departments and territories, French Guiana\nThese matches were played on 13 and 14 October 2017.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [44, 108], "content_span": [109, 161]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275014-0006-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Coupe de France Preliminary Rounds, Sixth round, Overseas departments and territories, French Guiana\nNote: French Guiana League Structure (no promotion to French League Structure):Regional 1 (R1)Regional 2 (R2)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [44, 108], "content_span": [109, 218]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275014-0007-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Coupe de France Preliminary Rounds, Sixth round, Overseas departments and territories, Martinique\nThese matches were played on 20 and 21 October 2017.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [44, 105], "content_span": [106, 158]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275014-0008-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Coupe de France Preliminary Rounds, Sixth round, Overseas departments and territories, Martinique\nNote: Martinique League Structure (no promotion to French League Structure):R\u00e9gionale 1 (R1)R\u00e9gionale 2 (R2)R\u00e9gionale 3 (R3)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [44, 105], "content_span": [106, 230]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275014-0009-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Coupe de France Preliminary Rounds, Sixth round, Overseas departments and territories, Guadeloupe\nThese matches were played between 18 and 25 October 2017.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [44, 105], "content_span": [106, 163]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275014-0010-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Coupe de France Preliminary Rounds, Sixth round, Overseas departments and territories, Guadeloupe\nNote: Guadeloupe League Structure (no promotion to French League Structure):Ligue R\u00e9gionale 1 (R1)Ligue R\u00e9gionale 2 (R2)Ligue R\u00e9gionale 3 (R3)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [44, 105], "content_span": [106, 248]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275014-0011-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Coupe de France Preliminary Rounds, Sixth round, Paris-\u00cele-de-France\nThese matches were played on 21 and 22 October 2017.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [44, 76], "content_span": [77, 129]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275014-0012-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Coupe de France Preliminary Rounds, Sixth round, Bourgogne-Franche-Comt\u00e9\nThese matches were played on 21 and 22 October 2017.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [44, 80], "content_span": [81, 133]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275014-0013-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Coupe de France Preliminary Rounds, Sixth round, Centre-Val de Loire\nThese matches were played on 21 and 22 October 2017.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [44, 76], "content_span": [77, 129]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275014-0014-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Coupe de France Preliminary Rounds, Sixth round, Grand Est\nThe three sectors in Grand Est region were combined for the sixth round. These matches were played on 21 and 22 October 2017.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [44, 66], "content_span": [67, 192]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275014-0015-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Coupe de France Preliminary Rounds, Sixth round, Nouvelle-Aquitaine\nThese matches were played on 21 and 22 October 2017.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [44, 75], "content_span": [76, 128]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275014-0016-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Coupe de France Preliminary Rounds, Sixth round, Auvergne-Rh\u00f4ne-Alpes\nThese matches were played on 21 and 22 October 2017.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [44, 77], "content_span": [78, 130]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275014-0017-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Coupe de France Preliminary Rounds, Sixth round, M\u00e9diterran\u00e9e\nThese matches were played on 21 and 22 October 2017.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [44, 69], "content_span": [70, 122]}} {"id": 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"metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [44, 66], "content_span": [67, 119]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275014-0022-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Coupe de France Preliminary Rounds, Sixth round, Hauts-de-France\nThese matches were played on 21 and 22 October and 5 November 2017.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [44, 72], "content_span": [73, 140]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275015-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Coupe de France Preliminary Rounds, Auvergne-Rh\u00f4ne-Alpes\nThe 2017\u201318 Coupe de France Preliminary Rounds, Auvergne-Rh\u00f4ne-Alpes are football competitions.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 64], "section_span": [64, 64], "content_span": [65, 160]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275015-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Coupe de France Preliminary Rounds, Auvergne-Rh\u00f4ne-Alpes, First round\nThe matches in Auvergne-Rh\u00f4ne-Alpes were played on 18, 19 and 20 August 2017.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 64], "section_span": [66, 77], "content_span": [78, 155]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275015-0002-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Coupe de France Preliminary Rounds, Auvergne-Rh\u00f4ne-Alpes, Second round\nThese matches were played between 26 August and 3 September 2017.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 64], "section_span": [66, 78], "content_span": [79, 144]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275015-0003-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Coupe de France Preliminary Rounds, Auvergne-Rh\u00f4ne-Alpes, Third round\nThese matches were played on 7 and 8 October 2017.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 64], "section_span": [66, 77], "content_span": [78, 128]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275015-0004-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Coupe de France Preliminary Rounds, Auvergne-Rh\u00f4ne-Alpes, Fourth round\nThese matches were played on 23 and 24 September 2017.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 64], "section_span": [66, 78], "content_span": [79, 133]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275015-0005-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Coupe de France Preliminary Rounds, Auvergne-Rh\u00f4ne-Alpes, Fifth round\nThese matches were played on 7 and 8 October 2017.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 64], "section_span": [66, 77], "content_span": [78, 128]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275015-0006-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Coupe de France Preliminary Rounds, Auvergne-Rh\u00f4ne-Alpes, Sixth round\nThese matches were played on 21 and 22 October 2017.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 64], "section_span": [66, 77], "content_span": [78, 130]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275016-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Coupe de France Preliminary Rounds, Bourgogne-Franche-Comt\u00e9\nThe 2017\u201318 Coupe de France Preliminary Rounds, Bourgogne-Franche-Comt\u00e9 make up the qualifying competition to decide which teams from the Bourgogne-Franche-Comt\u00e9 region teams take part in the main competition from the seventh round.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 67], "section_span": [67, 67], "content_span": [68, 300]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275016-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Coupe de France Preliminary Rounds, Bourgogne-Franche-Comt\u00e9, First round\nThe matches in Bourgogne-Franche-Comt\u00e9 were played on 19 and 20 August 2017. Some tiers are not yet known because lower level divisions have not been finalised.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 67], "section_span": [69, 80], "content_span": [81, 241]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275016-0002-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Coupe de France Preliminary Rounds, Bourgogne-Franche-Comt\u00e9, Second round\nThese matches were played on 26 and 27 August 2017.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 67], "section_span": [69, 81], "content_span": [82, 133]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275016-0003-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Coupe de France Preliminary Rounds, Bourgogne-Franche-Comt\u00e9, Third round\nThese matches were played on 9 and 10 September 2017.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 67], "section_span": [69, 80], "content_span": [81, 134]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275016-0004-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Coupe de France Preliminary Rounds, Bourgogne-Franche-Comt\u00e9, Fourth round\nThese matches were played on 23 and 24 September 2017.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 67], "section_span": [69, 81], "content_span": [82, 136]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275016-0005-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Coupe de France Preliminary Rounds, Bourgogne-Franche-Comt\u00e9, Fifth round\nThese matches were played on 7 and 8 October 2017.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 67], "section_span": [69, 80], "content_span": [81, 131]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275016-0006-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Coupe de France Preliminary Rounds, Bourgogne-Franche-Comt\u00e9, Sixth round\nThese matches were played on 21 and 22 October 2017.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 67], "section_span": [69, 80], "content_span": [81, 133]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275017-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Coupe de France Preliminary Rounds, Bretagne\nThe 2017\u201318 Coupe de France Preliminary Rounds, Bretagne make up the qualifying football competition to decide which teams from the French Bretagne region take part in the main competition from the seventh round.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 52], "section_span": [52, 52], "content_span": [53, 265]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275017-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Coupe de France Preliminary Rounds, Bretagne, First round\nThe matches in Bretagne were played 18 and 20 August 2017.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 52], "section_span": [54, 65], "content_span": [66, 124]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275017-0002-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Coupe de France Preliminary Rounds, Bretagne, Second round\nThese matches were played on 26 and 27 August 2017.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 52], "section_span": [54, 66], "content_span": [67, 118]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275017-0003-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Coupe de France Preliminary Rounds, Bretagne, Third round\nThese matches were played on 9 and 10 September 2017.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 52], "section_span": [54, 65], "content_span": [66, 119]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275017-0004-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Coupe de France Preliminary Rounds, Bretagne, Fourth round\nThese matches were played on 23 and 24 September 2017.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 52], "section_span": [54, 66], "content_span": [67, 121]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275017-0005-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Coupe de France Preliminary Rounds, Bretagne, Fifth round\nThese matches were played on 7 and 8 October 2017.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 52], "section_span": [54, 65], "content_span": [66, 116]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275017-0006-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Coupe de France Preliminary Rounds, Bretagne, Sixth round\nThese matches were played on 21 and 22 October 2017.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 52], "section_span": [54, 65], "content_span": [66, 118]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275018-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Coupe de France Preliminary Rounds, Centre-Val de Loire\nThe 2017\u201318 Coupe de France Preliminary Rounds, Centre-Val de Loire make up the qualifying competition to decide which teams from the French Centre-Val de Loire region take part in the main competition from the seventh round.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 63], "section_span": [63, 63], "content_span": [64, 289]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275018-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Coupe de France Preliminary Rounds, Centre-Val de Loire, Preliminary round\nThe matches in Centre-Val de Loire were played on 20 August and 3 September 2017.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 63], "section_span": [65, 82], "content_span": [83, 164]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275018-0002-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Coupe de France Preliminary Rounds, Centre-Val de Loire, First round\nThe matches in Centre-Val de Loire were played between 19 August and 10 September 2017.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 63], "section_span": [65, 76], "content_span": [77, 164]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275018-0003-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Coupe de France Preliminary Rounds, Centre-Val de Loire, Second round\nThese matches were played between 30 August and 17 September 2017.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 63], "section_span": [65, 77], "content_span": [78, 144]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275018-0004-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Coupe de France Preliminary Rounds, Centre-Val de Loire, Third round\nThese matches were played between 9 and 24 September 2017.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 63], "section_span": [65, 76], "content_span": [77, 135]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275018-0005-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Coupe de France Preliminary Rounds, Centre-Val de Loire, Fourth round\nThese matches were played between 23 September and 1 October 2017.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 63], "section_span": [65, 77], "content_span": [78, 144]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275018-0006-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Coupe de France Preliminary Rounds, Centre-Val de Loire, Fifth round\nThese matches were played on 7 and 8 October 2017.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 63], "section_span": [65, 76], "content_span": [77, 127]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275018-0007-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Coupe de France Preliminary Rounds, Centre-Val de Loire, Sixth round\nThese matches were played on 21 and 22 October 2017.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 63], "section_span": [65, 76], "content_span": [77, 129]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275019-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Coupe de France Preliminary Rounds, Corsica\nThe 2017\u201318 Coupe de France Preliminary Rounds, Corsica make up the qualifying football competition to decide which teams from the French Corsica region take part in the main competition from the seventh round.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 51], "section_span": [51, 51], "content_span": [52, 262]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275019-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Coupe de France Preliminary Rounds, Corsica, Second round\nThe preliminary rounds in Corsica start with the second round due to the relatively low number of teams competing.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 51], "section_span": [53, 65], "content_span": [66, 180]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275019-0002-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Coupe de France Preliminary Rounds, Corsica, Third round\nThese matches were played on 9 and 10 September 2017.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 51], "section_span": [53, 64], "content_span": [65, 118]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275019-0003-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Coupe de France Preliminary Rounds, Corsica, Fourth round\nThese matches were played on 23 and 24 September 2017.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 51], "section_span": [53, 65], "content_span": [66, 120]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275019-0004-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Coupe de France Preliminary Rounds, Corsica, Fifth round\nThese matches were played on 7 and 8 October 2017.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 51], "section_span": [53, 64], "content_span": [65, 115]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275020-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Coupe de France Preliminary Rounds, Grand Est\nThe 2017\u201318 Coupe de France Preliminary Rounds, Grand-Est make up the qualifying competition to decide which teams from the French Grand-Est region take part in the main competition from the seventh round.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 53], "section_span": [53, 53], "content_span": [54, 259]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275020-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Coupe de France Preliminary Rounds, Grand Est, First round\nThe first round qualifiers for the regional league of Grand Est were organised separately by the three constituent sectors.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 53], "section_span": [55, 66], "content_span": [67, 190]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275020-0002-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Coupe de France Preliminary Rounds, Grand Est, First round, Alsace\nThe matches in Alsace were played between 12 and 17 August 2017.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 53], "section_span": [55, 74], "content_span": [75, 139]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275020-0003-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Coupe de France Preliminary Rounds, Grand Est, First round, Champagne-Ardenne\nThe matches in Champagne-Ardenne were played on 20 August 2017.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 53], "section_span": [55, 85], "content_span": [86, 149]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275020-0004-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Coupe de France Preliminary Rounds, Grand Est, First round, Lorraine\nThe matches in Lorraine were played to be played between 24 May and 13 August 2017. Tiers shown reflect the 2016\u201317 season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 53], "section_span": [55, 76], "content_span": [77, 200]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275020-0005-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Coupe de France Preliminary Rounds, Grand Est, Second round, Alsace\nThese matches were played on 19 and 20 August 2017.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 53], "section_span": [55, 75], "content_span": [76, 127]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275020-0006-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Coupe de France Preliminary Rounds, Grand Est, Second round, Lorraine\nThese matches were played between 19 and 23 August 2017.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 53], "section_span": [55, 77], "content_span": [78, 134]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275020-0007-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Coupe de France Preliminary Rounds, Grand Est, Third round, Alsace\nThese matches were played on 9 and 10 September 2017.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 53], "section_span": [55, 74], "content_span": [75, 128]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275020-0008-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Coupe de France Preliminary Rounds, Grand Est, Third round, Lorraine\nThese matches were played between 9 and 10 September 2017.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 53], "section_span": [55, 76], "content_span": [77, 135]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275020-0009-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Coupe de France Preliminary Rounds, Grand Est, Fourth round, Alsace\nThese matches were played on 23 and 24 September 2017.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 53], "section_span": [55, 75], "content_span": [76, 130]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275020-0010-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Coupe de France Preliminary Rounds, Grand Est, Fourth round, Lorraine\nThese matches were played on 23 and 24 September 2017.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 53], "section_span": [55, 77], "content_span": [78, 132]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275020-0011-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Coupe de France Preliminary Rounds, Grand Est, Fifth round, Alsace\nThese matches were played on 7 and 8 October 2017.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 53], "section_span": [55, 74], "content_span": [75, 125]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275020-0012-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Coupe de France Preliminary Rounds, Grand Est, Fifth round, Lorraine\nThese matches were played on 7 and 8 October 2017.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 53], "section_span": [55, 76], "content_span": [77, 127]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275020-0013-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Coupe de France Preliminary Rounds, Grand Est, Sixth round\nThe three sectors in Grand Est region were combined for the sixth round.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 53], "section_span": [55, 66], "content_span": [67, 139]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275020-0014-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Coupe de France Preliminary Rounds, Grand Est, Sixth round\nThese matches were played on 21 and 22 October 2017.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 53], "section_span": [55, 66], "content_span": [67, 119]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275021-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Coupe de France Preliminary Rounds, Hauts-de-France\nThe 2017\u201318 Coupe de France Preliminary Rounds Hauts-de-France make up the qualifying competition to decide which teams from the French Hauts-de-France region take part in the main competition from the seventh round.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 59], "section_span": [59, 59], "content_span": [60, 276]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275021-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Coupe de France Preliminary Rounds, Hauts-de-France, First round\nThe matches in Hauts-de-France were played on 26 and 27 August 2017.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 59], "section_span": [61, 72], "content_span": [73, 141]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275021-0002-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Coupe de France Preliminary Rounds, Hauts-de-France, Third round\nThese matches were played on 10 and 17 September 2017.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 59], "section_span": [61, 72], "content_span": [73, 127]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275021-0003-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Coupe de France Preliminary Rounds, Hauts-de-France, Fourth round\nThese matches were played on 22, 23 and 24 September 2017.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 59], "section_span": [61, 73], "content_span": [74, 132]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275021-0004-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Coupe de France Preliminary Rounds, Hauts-de-France, Fifth round\nThese matches were played on 7 and 8 October 2017.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 59], "section_span": [61, 72], "content_span": [73, 123]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275021-0005-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Coupe de France Preliminary Rounds, Hauts-de-France, Sixth round\nThese matches were played on 21 and 22 October and 5 November 2017. Sixth Round Results: Hauts-de-France", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 59], "section_span": [61, 72], "content_span": [73, 177]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275022-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Coupe de France Preliminary Rounds, M\u00e9diterran\u00e9e\nThe 2017\u201318 Coupe de France Preliminary Rounds, M\u00e9diterran\u00e9e make up the qualifying competition to decide which teams from the French M\u00e9diterran\u00e9e region take part in the main competition from the seventh round.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 56], "section_span": [56, 56], "content_span": [57, 268]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275022-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Coupe de France Preliminary Rounds, M\u00e9diterran\u00e9e, First round\nThe matches in M\u00e9diterran\u00e9e were played on 26 and 27 August 2017.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 56], "section_span": [58, 69], "content_span": [70, 135]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275022-0002-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Coupe de France Preliminary Rounds, M\u00e9diterran\u00e9e, Third round\nThese matches were played on 9 and 10 September 2017.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 56], "section_span": [58, 69], "content_span": [70, 123]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275022-0003-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Coupe de France Preliminary Rounds, M\u00e9diterran\u00e9e, Fourth round\nThese matches were played on 22, 23 and 24 September 2017.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 56], "section_span": [58, 70], "content_span": [71, 129]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275022-0004-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Coupe de France Preliminary Rounds, M\u00e9diterran\u00e9e, Fifth round\nThese matches were played on 7 and 8 October 2017.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 56], "section_span": [58, 69], "content_span": [70, 120]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275022-0005-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Coupe de France Preliminary Rounds, M\u00e9diterran\u00e9e, Sixth round\nThese matches were played on 21 and 22 October 2017.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 56], "section_span": [58, 69], "content_span": [70, 122]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275023-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Coupe de France Preliminary Rounds, Normandie\nThe 2017\u201318 Coupe de France Preliminary Rounds Normandie make up the qualifying competition to decide which teams from the French Normandie region take part in the main competition from the seventh round", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 53], "section_span": [53, 53], "content_span": [54, 257]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275023-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Coupe de France Preliminary Rounds, Normandie, First round\nThe matches in Normandy were played on 19, 20 and 27 August 2017.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 53], "section_span": [55, 66], "content_span": [67, 132]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275023-0002-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Coupe de France Preliminary Rounds, Normandie, Second round\nThese matches were played on 26, 27 and 31 August 2017.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 53], "section_span": [55, 67], "content_span": [68, 123]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275023-0003-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Coupe de France Preliminary Rounds, Normandie, Third round\nThese matches were played on 9 and 10 September 2017.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 53], "section_span": [55, 66], "content_span": [67, 120]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275023-0004-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Coupe de France Preliminary Rounds, Normandie, Fourth round\nThese matches were played on 23 and 24 September 2017.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 53], "section_span": [55, 67], "content_span": [68, 122]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275023-0005-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Coupe de France Preliminary Rounds, Normandie, Fifth round\nThese matches were played on 7 and 8 October 2017.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 53], "section_span": [55, 66], "content_span": [67, 117]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275023-0006-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Coupe de France Preliminary Rounds, Normandie, Sixth round\nThese matches were played on 21 and 22 October 2017.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 53], "section_span": [55, 66], "content_span": [67, 119]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275024-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Coupe de France Preliminary Rounds, Nouvelle-Aquitaine\nThe 2017\u201318 Coupe de France Preliminary Rounds, Nouvelle-Aquitaine make up the qualifying competition to decide which teams from the French Nouvelle-Aquitaine take part in the main competition from the seventh round.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 62], "section_span": [62, 62], "content_span": [63, 279]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275024-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Coupe de France Preliminary Rounds, Nouvelle-Aquitaine, First round\nThe matches in Auvergne-Rh\u00f4ne-Alpes were played on 18, 19 and 20 August 2017.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 62], "section_span": [64, 75], "content_span": [76, 153]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275024-0002-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Coupe de France Preliminary Rounds, Nouvelle-Aquitaine, Second round\nThese matches were played between 2 and 10 September 2017.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 62], "section_span": [64, 76], "content_span": [77, 135]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275024-0003-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Coupe de France Preliminary Rounds, Nouvelle-Aquitaine, Third round\nThese matches were played between 9 and 16 September 2017.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 62], "section_span": [64, 75], "content_span": [76, 134]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275024-0004-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Coupe de France Preliminary Rounds, Nouvelle-Aquitaine, Fourth round\nThese matches were played on 23 and 24 September 2017.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 62], "section_span": [64, 76], "content_span": [77, 131]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275024-0005-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Coupe de France Preliminary Rounds, Nouvelle-Aquitaine, Fifth round\nThese matches were played on 7 and 8 October 2017.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 62], "section_span": [64, 75], "content_span": [76, 126]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275024-0006-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Coupe de France Preliminary Rounds, Nouvelle-Aquitaine, Sixth round\nThese matches were played on 21 and 22 October 2017.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 62], "section_span": [64, 75], "content_span": [76, 128]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275025-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Coupe de France Preliminary Rounds, Occitanie\nThe 2017\u201318 Coupe de France Preliminary Rounds, Occitanie make up the qualifying competition to decide which teams from the French Occitanie region take part in the main competition from the seventh round.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 53], "section_span": [53, 53], "content_span": [54, 259]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275025-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Coupe de France Preliminary Rounds, Occitanie, First round\nThe first round in the Midi-Pyr\u00e9n\u00e9es sector was organised by individual districts. The matches were played on 18, 19 and 20 August 2017.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 53], "section_span": [55, 66], "content_span": [67, 203]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275025-0002-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Coupe de France Preliminary Rounds, Occitanie, First round, Languedoc-Roussillon\nThe matches in Languedoc-Roussillon were played on 18, 19 and 20 August 2017.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 53], "section_span": [55, 88], "content_span": [89, 166]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275025-0003-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Coupe de France Preliminary Rounds, Occitanie, Second round, Midi-Pyr\u00e9n\u00e9es\nThe second round in the Midi-Pyr\u00e9n\u00e9es sector is organised by individual districts. The matches were played on 25, 26 and 27 August 2017.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 53], "section_span": [55, 82], "content_span": [83, 219]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275025-0004-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Coupe de France Preliminary Rounds, Occitanie, Second round, Languedoc-Roussillon\nThese matches were played on 25, 26 and 27 August 2017.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 53], "section_span": [55, 89], "content_span": [90, 145]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275025-0005-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Coupe de France Preliminary Rounds, Occitanie, Third round, Midi-Pyr\u00e9n\u00e9es\nThese matches were played on 8, 9 and 10 September 2017.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 53], "section_span": [55, 81], "content_span": [82, 138]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275025-0006-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Coupe de France Preliminary Rounds, Occitanie, Third round, Languedoc-Roussillon\nThese matches were played on 9 and 10 September 2017.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 53], "section_span": [55, 88], "content_span": [89, 142]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275025-0007-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Coupe de France Preliminary Rounds, Occitanie, Fourth round, Midi-Pyr\u00e9n\u00e9es\nThese matches were played on 23 and 24 September 2017.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 53], "section_span": [55, 82], "content_span": [83, 137]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275025-0008-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Coupe de France Preliminary Rounds, Occitanie, Fourth round, Languedoc-Roussillon\nThese matches were played on 23 and 24 September 2017.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 53], "section_span": [55, 89], "content_span": [90, 144]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275025-0009-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Coupe de France Preliminary Rounds, Occitanie, Fifth round, Languedoc-Roussillon\nThese matches were played on 7 and 8 October 2017.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 53], "section_span": [55, 88], "content_span": [89, 139]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275025-0010-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Coupe de France Preliminary Rounds, Occitanie, Sixth round, Languedoc-Roussillon\nThese matches were played on 21 and 22 October 2017.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 53], "section_span": [55, 88], "content_span": [89, 141]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275026-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Coupe de France Preliminary Rounds, Overseas departments and territories\nThe 2017\u201318 Coupe de France Preliminary Rounds, Overseas departments and territories make up the qualifying competition to decide which teams from the French Overseas Departments and Territories take part in the main competition from the seventh round.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 80], "section_span": [80, 80], "content_span": [81, 333]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275026-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Coupe de France Preliminary Rounds, Overseas departments and territories, Mayotte, First round\nThe matches in Mayotte were played on 18 February 2017. Tiers shown reflect the 2016\u201317 season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 80], "section_span": [82, 102], "content_span": [103, 198]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275026-0002-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Coupe de France Preliminary Rounds, Overseas departments and territories, Mayotte, First round\nNote: Mayotte League Structure (no promotion to French League Structure):", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 80], "section_span": [82, 102], "content_span": [103, 176]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275026-0003-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Coupe de France Preliminary Rounds, Overseas departments and territories, Mayotte, Second round\nThese matches were played on 1 April 2017. 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"metadata": {"title_span": [0, 80], "section_span": [82, 105], "content_span": [106, 170]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275026-0010-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Coupe de France Preliminary Rounds, Overseas departments and territories, Martinique, First round\nThese matches were played between 26 and 29 August 2017.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 80], "section_span": [82, 105], "content_span": [106, 162]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275026-0011-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Coupe de France Preliminary Rounds, Overseas departments and territories, Martinique, First round\nNote: Martinique League Structure (no promotion to French League Structure):", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 80], "section_span": [82, 105], "content_span": [106, 182]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275026-0012-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Coupe de France Preliminary Rounds, Overseas departments and territories, Martinique, Second round\nThese matches were played on 8, 9 and 10 September 2017.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 80], 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105], "content_span": [106, 182]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275026-0016-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Coupe de France Preliminary Rounds, Overseas departments and territories, Martinique, Fourth round\nThese matches were played on 23 and 24 September 2017.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 80], "section_span": [82, 106], "content_span": [107, 161]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275026-0017-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Coupe de France Preliminary Rounds, Overseas departments and territories, Martinique, Fourth round\nNote: Martinique League Structure (no promotion to French League Structure):", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 80], "section_span": [82, 106], "content_span": [107, 183]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275026-0018-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Coupe de France Preliminary Rounds, Overseas departments and territories, Martinique, Fifth round\nThese matches were played on 10 and 11 October 2017.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 80], "section_span": [82, 105], "content_span": [106, 158]}} {"id": 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"contents": "2017\u201318 Coupe de France Preliminary Rounds, Overseas departments and territories, Guadeloupe, Second round\nThis season, the preliminary rounds start with the second round.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 80], "section_span": [82, 106], "content_span": [107, 171]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275026-0023-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Coupe de France Preliminary Rounds, Overseas departments and territories, Guadeloupe, Second round\nThese matches were played between 25 and 27 August 2017.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 80], "section_span": [82, 106], "content_span": [107, 163]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275026-0024-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Coupe de France Preliminary Rounds, Overseas departments and territories, Guadeloupe, Second round\nNote: Guadeloupe League Structure (no promotion to French League Structure):", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 80], "section_span": [82, 106], "content_span": [107, 183]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275026-0025-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Coupe de France Preliminary Rounds, Overseas departments and territories, Guadeloupe, Third round\nThese matches were played between 12 and 23 September 2017.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 80], "section_span": [82, 105], "content_span": [106, 165]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275026-0026-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Coupe de France Preliminary Rounds, Overseas departments and territories, Guadeloupe, Third round\nNote: Guadeloupe League Structure (no promotion to French League Structure):", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 80], "section_span": [82, 105], "content_span": [106, 182]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275026-0027-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Coupe de France Preliminary Rounds, Overseas departments and territories, Guadeloupe, Fourth round\nThese matches were played between 26 September and 11 October 2017.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 80], "section_span": [82, 106], "content_span": [107, 174]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275026-0028-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Coupe de France Preliminary Rounds, Overseas departments and territories, Guadeloupe, Fourth round\nNote: Guadeloupe League Structure (no promotion to French League Structure):", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 80], "section_span": [82, 106], "content_span": [107, 183]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275026-0029-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Coupe de France Preliminary Rounds, Overseas departments and territories, Guadeloupe, Fifth round\nThese matches were played between 11 and 22 October 2017.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 80], "section_span": [82, 105], "content_span": [106, 163]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275026-0030-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Coupe de France Preliminary Rounds, Overseas departments and territories, Guadeloupe, Fifth round\nNote: Guadeloupe League Structure (no promotion to French League Structure):", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 80], "section_span": [82, 105], "content_span": [106, 182]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275026-0031-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Coupe de France Preliminary Rounds, Overseas departments and territories, Guadeloupe, Sixth round\nThese matches were played between 18 and 25 October 2017.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 80], "section_span": [82, 105], "content_span": [106, 163]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275026-0032-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Coupe de France Preliminary Rounds, Overseas departments and territories, Guadeloupe, Sixth round\nNote: Guadeloupe League Structure (no promotion to French League Structure):", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 80], "section_span": [82, 105], "content_span": [106, 182]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275026-0033-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Coupe de France Preliminary Rounds, Overseas departments and territories, French Guiana, Third round\nThis season, the preliminary rounds start with the third round.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 80], "section_span": [82, 108], "content_span": [109, 172]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275026-0034-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Coupe de France Preliminary Rounds, Overseas departments and territories, French Guiana, Third round\nThese matches were played between 23 August and 2 September 2017.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 80], "section_span": [82, 108], "content_span": [109, 174]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275026-0035-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Coupe de France Preliminary Rounds, Overseas departments and territories, French Guiana, Third round\nNote: French Guiana League Structure (no promotion to French League Structure):", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 80], "section_span": [82, 108], "content_span": [109, 188]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275026-0036-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Coupe de France Preliminary Rounds, Overseas departments and territories, French Guiana, Fourth round\nThese matches were played between 8 and 12 September 2017.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 80], "section_span": [82, 109], "content_span": [110, 168]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275026-0037-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Coupe de France Preliminary Rounds, Overseas departments and territories, French Guiana, Fourth round\nNote: French Guiana League Structure (no promotion to French League Structure):", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 80], "section_span": [82, 109], "content_span": [110, 189]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275026-0038-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Coupe de France Preliminary Rounds, Overseas departments and territories, French Guiana, Fifth round\nThese matches were played between 28 and 30 September 2017.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 80], "section_span": [82, 108], "content_span": [109, 168]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275026-0039-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Coupe de France Preliminary Rounds, Overseas departments and territories, French Guiana, Fifth round\nNote: French Guiana League Structure (no promotion to French League Structure):", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 80], "section_span": [82, 108], "content_span": [109, 188]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275026-0040-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Coupe de France Preliminary Rounds, Overseas departments and territories, French Guiana, Sixth round\nThese matches were played on 13 and 14 October 2017.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 80], "section_span": [82, 108], "content_span": [109, 161]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275026-0041-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Coupe de France Preliminary Rounds, Overseas departments and territories, French Guiana, Sixth round\nNote: French Guiana League Structure (no promotion to French League Structure):", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 80], "section_span": [82, 108], "content_span": [109, 188]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275026-0042-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Coupe de France Preliminary Rounds, Overseas departments and territories, R\u00e9union, Third round\nThis season, the preliminary rounds start with the third round, equivalent to the 1/8th final of the regional competition, which is divided into two sections.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 80], "section_span": [82, 102], "content_span": [103, 261]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275026-0043-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Coupe de France Preliminary Rounds, Overseas departments and territories, R\u00e9union, Third round\nThese matches were played between 7 and 9 July 2017.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 80], "section_span": [82, 102], "content_span": [103, 155]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275026-0044-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Coupe de France Preliminary Rounds, Overseas departments and territories, R\u00e9union, Third round\nNote: Re\u00fanion League Structure (no promotion to French League Structure):", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 80], "section_span": [82, 102], "content_span": [103, 176]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275026-0045-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Coupe de France Preliminary Rounds, Overseas departments and territories, R\u00e9union, Fourth round\nThese matches were played on 16 and 23 August 2017.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 80], "section_span": [82, 103], "content_span": [104, 155]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275026-0046-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Coupe de France Preliminary Rounds, Overseas departments and territories, R\u00e9union, Fourth round\nNote: Re\u00fanion League Structure (no promotion to French League Structure):", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 80], "section_span": [82, 103], "content_span": [104, 177]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275026-0047-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Coupe de France Preliminary Rounds, Overseas departments and territories, R\u00e9union, Fifth round\nNote: Re\u00fanion League Structure (no promotion to French League Structure):", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 80], "section_span": [82, 102], "content_span": [103, 176]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275026-0048-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Coupe de France Preliminary Rounds, Overseas departments and territories, R\u00e9union, Sixth round\nThese matches were played on 21 and 22 October 2017.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 80], "section_span": [82, 102], "content_span": [103, 155]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275026-0049-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Coupe de France Preliminary Rounds, Overseas departments and territories, R\u00e9union, 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Tiers shown reflect the 2016\u201317 season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 63], "section_span": [65, 76], "content_span": [77, 194]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275027-0002-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Coupe de France Preliminary Rounds, Paris-\u00cele-de-France, Second round\nThese matches are scheduled to be played between 4 June and 27 August 2017. Tiers shown reflect the 2016\u201317 season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 63], "section_span": [65, 77], "content_span": [78, 193]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275027-0003-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Coupe de France Preliminary Rounds, Paris-\u00cele-de-France, Fourth round\nThese matches were played on 23 and 24 September 2017.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 63], "section_span": [65, 77], "content_span": [78, 132]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275027-0004-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Coupe de France Preliminary Rounds, Paris-\u00cele-de-France, Fifth round\nThese matches were played on 7, 8 and 15 October 2017.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 63], "section_span": [65, 76], "content_span": [77, 131]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275027-0005-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Coupe de France Preliminary Rounds, Paris-\u00cele-de-France, Sixth round\nThese matches were played on 21 and 22 October 2017.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 63], "section_span": [65, 76], "content_span": [77, 129]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275028-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Coupe de France Preliminary Rounds, Pays de la Loire\nThe 2017\u201318 Coupe de France Preliminary Rounds, Pays de la Loire make up the qualifying football competition to decide which teams from the French Pays de la Loire region take part in the main competition from the seventh round.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 60], "section_span": [60, 60], "content_span": [61, 289]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275028-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Coupe de France Preliminary Rounds, Pays de la Loire, First round\nThe matches in Pays de la Loire were played on 26 and 27 August 2017.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 60], "section_span": [62, 73], "content_span": [74, 143]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275028-0002-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Coupe de France Preliminary Rounds, Pays de la Loire, Second round\nThese matches were played on 2 and 3 September 2017.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 60], "section_span": [62, 74], "content_span": [75, 127]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275028-0003-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Coupe de France Preliminary Rounds, Pays de la Loire, Third round\nThese matches were played on 9 and 10 September 2017.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 60], "section_span": [62, 73], "content_span": [74, 127]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275028-0004-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Coupe de France Preliminary Rounds, Pays de la Loire, Fourth round\nThese matches were played on 23 and 24 September 2017.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 60], "section_span": [62, 74], "content_span": [75, 129]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275028-0005-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Coupe de France Preliminary Rounds, Pays de la Loire, Fifth round\nThese matches were played on 7 and 8 October 2017.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 60], "section_span": [62, 73], "content_span": [74, 124]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275028-0006-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Coupe de France Preliminary Rounds, Pays de la Loire, Sixth round\nThese matches were played on 21 and 22 October 2017.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 60], "section_span": [62, 73], "content_span": [74, 126]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275029-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Coupe de la Ligue\nThe 2017\u201318 Coupe de la Ligue was the 24th edition of the French league cup competition. The winners of the league cup earned a place in the 2018\u201319 Europa League starting in the second qualifying round. Forty-four clubs will participate in the competition.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [25, 25], "content_span": [26, 283]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275029-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Coupe de la Ligue\nParis Saint-Germain were the four-time defending champions after winning the cup in the previous four seasons, and they won a fifth consecutive title and eighth title overall by defeating Monaco 3\u20130 in the final.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [25, 25], "content_span": [26, 238]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275029-0002-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Coupe de la Ligue, First round\nEleven first round matches were played on 8 August 2017. The twelfth scheduled match was awarded to Nancy as a walkover after Bastia had their professional status removed by the FFF, and thereby did not qualify to participate according to the rules of the competition.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 38], "content_span": [39, 307]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275029-0003-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Coupe de la Ligue, Second round\nSix second round matches were played between the first round winners on 22 August 2017.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 39], "content_span": [40, 127]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275029-0004-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Coupe de la Ligue, Third round\nThe draw for the third round matches was held on 20 September 2017. Two matches were played on 24 October 2017 and eight matches were played on 25 October 2017.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 38], "content_span": [39, 199]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275029-0005-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Coupe de la Ligue, Round of 16\nThe draw for the Round of 16 matches was held on 8 November 2017.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 38], "content_span": [39, 104]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275029-0006-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Coupe de la Ligue, Quarter-finals\nThe draw for the quarter-final matches was held on 13 December 2017.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 41], "content_span": [42, 110]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275029-0007-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Coupe de la Ligue, Semi-finals\nThe draw for the semi-final matches was held on 10 January 2018.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 38], "content_span": [39, 103]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275029-0008-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Coupe de la Ligue, Final\nThe final was held on 31 March 2018 at the Nouveau Stade de Bordeaux.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 32], "content_span": [33, 102]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275030-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Coventry City F.C. season\nThe 2017\u201318 season was Coventry City's 134th season in their existence and their first in the English fourth tier for 59 years, League Two, following relegation the previous season. Along with competing in League Two, the club participated in three cup competitions: FA Cup, EFL Cup and EFL Trophy.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [33, 33], "content_span": [34, 332]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275030-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Coventry City F.C. season\nThe season covers the period between 1 July 2017 and 30 June 2018.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [33, 33], "content_span": [34, 100]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275030-0002-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Coventry City F.C. season\nCoventry's 6th place league finish, despite being the lowest in their history, was their highest in any division since the 1969\u201370 season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [33, 33], "content_span": [34, 172]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275030-0003-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Coventry City F.C. season, Review and events, July\nNathan Clarke, Kevin Foley, Andy Rose, R\u00faben Lameiras, Vladimir Gadzhev, Jack Finch, Kyle Spence, Marcus Tudgay and Jacob Whitmore are all released following the end of their contracts.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 58], "content_span": [59, 244]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275030-0004-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Coventry City F.C. season, Competitions, Preseason friendlies\nAs of 27 June 2017, Coventry City have announced seven pre-season friendlies against Liverpool XI, Nuneaton Town, Sutton United, Barnsley, Mickleover Sports, Milton Keynes Dons, Valenciennes and Leamington.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 69], "content_span": [70, 276]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275030-0005-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Coventry City F.C. season, Competitions, FA Cup\nOn 16 October 2017, Coventry City were drawn at home to Maidenhead United in the first round. Another home tie for the second round was confirmed with Boreham Wood the visiting side. A third home tie was drawn for the third round, with Premier League side Stoke City the visitors.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 55], "content_span": [56, 336]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275030-0006-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Coventry City F.C. season, Competitions, FA Cup\nMaxime Biamou scored the only goal of the game as Coventry beat Milton Keynes Dons away in the fourth round. Coventry took 7,833 supporters to the game, outnumbering the home fans.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 55], "content_span": [56, 236]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275030-0007-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Coventry City F.C. season, Competitions, EFL Cup\nOn 16 June 2017, Coventry City were drawn at home to Blackburn Rovers in the first round.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 56], "content_span": [57, 146]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275030-0008-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Coventry City F.C. season, Competitions, EFL Trophy\nOn 12 July 2017, Coventry City were drawn in Northern Group E against Shrewsbury Town, Walsall and West Bromwich Albion Academy.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 59], "content_span": [60, 188]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275030-0009-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Coventry City F.C. season, Squad information, Squad details\n* Player age and appearances/goals for the club as of beginning of 2017\u201318 season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 67], "content_span": [68, 150]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275031-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Crawley Town F.C. season\nThe 2017\u201318 season will be Crawley Town's 122nd season in their history and their third consecutive season in League Two. Along with League Two, the club will also compete in the FA Cup, EFL Cup and EFL Trophy.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [32, 32], "content_span": [33, 243]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275031-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Crawley Town F.C. season\nThe season covers the period from 1 July 2017 to 30 June 2018.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [32, 32], "content_span": [33, 95]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275031-0002-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Crawley Town F.C. season, Pre-season\nAs of 22 June 2017, Crawley Town have announced seven pre-season fixtures against Brighton & Hove Albion, East Grinstead Town, Dulwich Hamlet, Bognor Regis Town, Oakwood, Chelsea XI and Portsmouth.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 44], "content_span": [45, 242]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275031-0003-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Crawley Town F.C. season, Competitions, League Two, Matches\nThe fixtures for the 2017\u201318 season were announced on 21 June 2017 at 9am.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 67], "content_span": [68, 142]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275031-0004-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Crawley Town F.C. season, Competitions, EFL Cup\nOn 16 June 2017, Crawley Town were drawn away to Birmingham City in the first round.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 55], "content_span": [56, 140]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275031-0005-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Crawley Town F.C. season, Competitions, EFL Trophy\nOn 12 July 2017, Crawley Town were drawn in Southern Group A against Charlton Athletic, Fulham U23s and Portsmouth.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 58], "content_span": [59, 174]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275031-0006-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Crawley Town F.C. season, Statistics, Top scorers\nThe list is sorted by shirt number when total goals are equal.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 57], "content_span": [58, 120]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275031-0007-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Crawley Town F.C. season, Statistics, Clean sheets\nThe list is sorted by shirt number when total appearances are equal.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 58], "content_span": [59, 127]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275032-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Creighton Bluejays men's basketball team\nThe 2017\u201318 Creighton Bluejays men's basketball team represented Creighton University in the 2017\u201318 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Bluejays were led by eighth-year head coach Greg McDermott and played their home games at the CenturyLink Center Omaha, as members of the Big East Conference. They finished the season 21\u201312, 10\u20138 in Big East play to finish in a three-way tie for third place. They lost in the quarterfinals of the Big East Tournament to Providence. They received an at-large bid to the NCAA Tournament as the No. 8 seed in the South Region. There the Bluejays lost in the First Round to Kansas State.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 48], "section_span": [48, 48], "content_span": [49, 678]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275032-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Creighton Bluejays men's basketball team, Previous season\nThe Bluejays finished the 2016\u201317 season 25\u201310, 10\u20138 in Big East play to finish in a four-way tie for third place. In the Big East Tournament, they defeated Providence and Xavier before losing to Villanova in the championship game. They received an at-large bid to the NCAA Tournament as a No. 6 seed in the Midwest region. There they lost in the First Round to No. 11-seeded Rhode Island.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 48], "section_span": [50, 65], "content_span": [66, 455]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275032-0002-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Creighton Bluejays men's basketball team, Preseason\nIn a poll of Big East coaches at the conference media day, Creighton was picked to finish in fifth place. Junior guard Khyri Thomas was a preseason All-Big East Honorable Mention.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 48], "section_span": [50, 59], "content_span": [60, 239]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275032-0003-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Creighton Bluejays men's basketball team, Rankings\n^Coaches did not release a Week 2 poll. *AP does not release post-NCAA tournament rankings", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 48], "section_span": [50, 58], "content_span": [59, 149]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275033-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Creighton Bluejays women's basketball team\nThe 2017\u201318 Creighton Bluejays women's basketball team represents Creighton University in the 2017\u201318 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Bluejays, led by fifteenth year head coach Jim Flanery, play their home games at D. J. Sokol Arena and were members of the Big East Conference. They finished the season 19\u201313, 11\u20137 in Big East play to finish in fourth place. They advanced to the semifinals of the Big East Women's Tournament where they lost to Marquette. They received an at-large bid to the NCAA Women's Tournament where they defeated Iowa in the first round before losing to UCLA in the second round.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 50], "section_span": [50, 50], "content_span": [51, 669]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275033-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Creighton Bluejays women's basketball team, Previous season\nThey finished the season 24\u20138, 16\u20132 in Big East play to share the Big East regular season title with DePaul. They advanced to the semifinals of the Big East Women's Tournament where they lost to Marquette. They received an at-large bid to the NCAA Women's Tournament where they defeated Toledo in the first round before losing to Oregon State in the second round.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 50], "section_span": [52, 67], "content_span": [68, 431]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275034-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Crewe Alexandra F.C. season\nThe 2017\u201318 season was Crewe Alexandra's 141st season in their history, their 94th in the English Football League and second consecutive in League Two. Along with competing in League Two, the club participated in the FA Cup, EFL Cup and EFL Trophy.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [35, 35], "content_span": [36, 284]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275034-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Crewe Alexandra F.C. season\nThe season covers the period from 1 July 2017 to 30 June 2038", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [35, 35], "content_span": [36, 97]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275034-0002-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Crewe Alexandra F.C. season, Competitions, Friendlies\nAs of 5 June 2017, Crewe Alexandra have announced seven pre-season friendlies against Stoke City, Macclesfield Town, Buxton, Barrow, Alsager Town, Bury, Kidsgrove Athletic.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 61], "content_span": [62, 234]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275034-0003-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Crewe Alexandra F.C. season, Competitions, FA Cup\nOn 16 October 2017, Crewe Alexandra were drawn at home to Rotherham United in the first round. In the second round Alex were given an away tie against Blackburn Rovers.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 57], "content_span": [58, 226]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275034-0004-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Crewe Alexandra F.C. season, Competitions, EFL Cup\nOn 16 June 2017, Crewe Alexandra were drawn at home to Bolton Wanderers in the first round.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 58], "content_span": [59, 150]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275034-0005-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Crewe Alexandra F.C. season, Competitions, EFL Trophy\nOn 12 July 2017, Crewe Alexandra were drawn against Newcastle United U23s, Oldham Athletic and Port Vale in Northern Group D.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 61], "content_span": [62, 187]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275035-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Croatian First Football League\nThe 2017\u201318 Croatian First Football League (officially Hrvatski Telekom Prva liga for sponsorship reasons) was the 27th season of the Croatian First Football League, the national championship for men's association football teams in Croatia, since its establishment in 1992. The season started on 14 July 2017 and ended on 19 May 2018.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [38, 38], "content_span": [39, 373]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275035-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Croatian First Football League, Teams\nOn 21 April 2017, Croatian Football Federation announced that the first stage of licensing procedure for 2017\u201318 season was complete. For the 2017\u201318 Prva HNL, only seven clubs were issued a top level license: Dinamo Zagreb, Hajduk Split, Inter Zapre\u0161i\u0107, Lokomotiva, Osijek, Rijeka and Slaven Belupo. All of these clubs except Inter Zapre\u0161i\u0107 were also issued a license for participating in UEFA competitions. In the second stage of licensing, clubs that were not licensed in the first stage can appeal on the decision. On 23 May 2017, it was announced that all remaining Prva HNL clubs except RNK Split were granted top level license. Four teams from Druga HNL acquired the top level license: Gorica, Rude\u0161, Solin and NK Zagreb.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 45], "content_span": [46, 774]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275035-0002-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Croatian First Football League, Results\nEach team plays home-and-away against every other team in the league twice, for a total of 36 matches each played.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 47], "content_span": [48, 162]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275035-0003-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Croatian First Football League, Relegation play-offs\nAt the end of the season, ninth placed team Istra 1961 will contest a two-legged relegation play-off tie against Vara\u017edin, runners-up of the 2017\u201318 Croatian Second Football League.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 60], "content_span": [61, 243]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275036-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Croatian Football Cup\nThe 2017\u201318 Croatian Football Cup was the twenty-seventh season of Croatia's football knockout competition. The defending champions were Rijeka, having won their fourth title the previous year by defeating Dinamo Zagreb in the final.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [29, 29], "content_span": [30, 263]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275036-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Croatian Football Cup, Preliminary round\nThe draw for the preliminary single-legged round was held on 20 July 2017 in Zagreb. The matches were played on 23 August 2017.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 48], "content_span": [49, 176]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275036-0002-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Croatian Football Cup, Preliminary round\n* Matches played on 19 August. * * Matches played on 22 August.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 48], "content_span": [49, 112]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275036-0003-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Croatian Football Cup, First round\n* Match played on 19 September. * * Matches played on 4 October. * ** Match played on 18 October.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 42], "content_span": [43, 140]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275036-0004-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Croatian Football Cup, Second round\n* Match played on 24 October. * * Match played on 31 October. * ** Match played on 7 November. * *** Match played on 14 November.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 43], "content_span": [44, 173]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275036-0005-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Croatian Football Cup, Quarter-finals\n* Match played on 30 November. * * Match played on 13 December at Stadion Rujevica in Rijeka due to inadequate pitch condition at \u0160RC Zapre\u0161i\u0107.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 45], "content_span": [46, 189]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275036-0006-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Croatian Football Cup, Semi-finals\nThe semi-final was originally scheduled for 28 February 2018 but was later postponed due to unfavourable weather conditions.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 42], "content_span": [43, 167]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275036-0007-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Croatian Football Cup, Final\nThe final was played on 23 May 2018 at Stadion HNK Cibalia in Vinkovci.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 36], "content_span": [37, 108]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275037-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Croatian Second Football League\nThe 2017\u201318 Croatian Second Football League (also known as Druga HNL and 2. HNL) was the 27th season of the Croatian Second Football League, the second level football competition for men's association football teams in Croatia, since its establishment in 1992. The season started on 18 August 2017 and ended on 23 May 2018.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [39, 39], "content_span": [40, 363]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275037-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Croatian Second Football League\nThe league is contested by twelve teams and played in a triple round robin format, with each team playing every other team three times over 33 rounds.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [39, 39], "content_span": [40, 190]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275037-0002-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Croatian Second Football League, Teams\nOn 21 April 2017, Croatian Football Federation announced that the first stage of licensing procedure for 2016\u201317 season was completed. For the 2017\u201318 Druga HNL, eight clubs outside of top level were issued a second level license: Rude\u0161, Solin, Gorica, Dinamo Zagreb II, Dugopolje. In the second stage of licensing procedure clubs that were not licensed in the first round appealed the decision. On 23 May 2017, all remaining Druga HNL were granted second division license, along with third level clubs Kusto\u0161ija, Hajduk Split II, Vara\u017edin and Trnje.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 46], "content_span": [47, 598]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275037-0003-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Croatian Second Football League, Relegation play-offs\nAt the end of the season, eleventh placed team Hrvatski Dragovoljac was to contest a two-legged relegation play-off tie against RNK Split, runners-up of the 2017\u201318 Croatian Third Football League South Division. The matches, however, were not played because RNK Split did not receive a licence for Druga HNL.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 61], "content_span": [62, 370]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275038-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Croatian Women's First Football League\nThe 2017\u201318 Croatian Women's First Football League (Prva hrvatska nogometna liga za \u017eene) was the twenty seventh season of Croatian Women's First Football League, the national championship for women's association football teams in Croatia, since its establishment in 1992. The season started on 23 September 2017 and ended on 20 May 2018.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [46, 46], "content_span": [47, 385]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275038-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Croatian Women's First Football League\nThe league was contested by ten teams and played in a double round robin format, with each team playing every other team two times over 18 rounds. \u017dNK Osijek were the defending champions, having won their twenty first title in 2016\u201317.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [46, 46], "content_span": [47, 282]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275038-0002-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Croatian Women's First Football League, Teams\nThe following is a complete list of teams who are contesting the 2017\u201318 Croatian Women's First Football League.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [48, 53], "content_span": [54, 166]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275039-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Croatian Women's Football Cup\nThe 2017\u201318 Croatian Women's Football Cup was the twenty seventh season of the annual Croatian football cup competition. Fourteen teams participated in the competition, all ten teams from the 2017\u201318 Croatian Women's First Football League and four teams from second level that applied for competition. The competition began on 21 October 2017 with the first of four rounds and ended on 10 June 2018 with the final at the Gradski stadion in Oto\u010dac, a nominally neutral venue. Osijek were defending champions, having won the cup in the previous eleven editions. They were eliminated by \u017dNK Split in the quarter-finals who went on to win the cup for the first time after beating Agram in the finals.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [37, 37], "content_span": [38, 734]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275040-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Crystal Palace F.C. season\nThe 2017\u201318 season was Crystal Palace's fifth consecutive season in the Premier League (which at that point had become their longest spell in the top division of English football) and the 112th year in their history. That season, Crystal Palace participated in the Premier League, FA Cup and EFL Cup. Frank de Boer was appointed as manager of Palace before the season began, only to be sacked on 11 September 2017 after losing his first four Premier League games without scoring. Former England national team manager Roy Hodgson was confirmed as his replacement the next day. Palace finished in 11th place in the Premier League, and were knocked out of the FA Cup and Carabao Cup in the third and fourth rounds, respectively.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [34, 34], "content_span": [35, 760]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275040-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Crystal Palace F.C. season\nThe season covered the period from 1 July 2017 to 30 June 2018.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [34, 34], "content_span": [35, 98]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275040-0002-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Crystal Palace F.C. season, Review, Pre-season\nCrystal Palace started the season with the newly appointed Frank de Boer as manager, following the close season resignation of Sam Allardyce. A number of players were released at the end of their contracts, including first-team players Fraizer Campbell, Mathieu Flamini and Joe Ledley. Steve Mandanda was sold back to Marseille after a single season with the club. Early July saw the arrival of Ja\u00efro Riedewald on a permanent transfer from Ajax and Ruben Loftus-Cheek on loan from Chelsea.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 54], "content_span": [55, 544]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275040-0002-0001", "contents": "2017\u201318 Crystal Palace F.C. season, Review, Pre-season\nAs a warm-up to the season, the team took part in the Asia Trophy in Hong Kong (where they won one game and lost one), and had friendlies against Metz and Schalke 04, both of which were drawn. A week before the season started, Timothy Fosu-Mensah was loaned in from Manchester United.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 54], "content_span": [55, 339]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275040-0003-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Crystal Palace F.C. season, Review, August\nCrystal Palace opened the Premier League season at home to newly promoted Huddersfield Town, a game they lost 0\u20133. An away defeat to Liverpool and another home defeat, to Swansea City, saw pressure grow on Frank de Boer. The first win of the season came against Ipswich Town in the Carabao Cup. Transfer deadline-day saw the arrival of Mamadou Sakho from Liverpool, following a successful spell on loan at the end of the previous season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 50], "content_span": [51, 488]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275040-0004-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Crystal Palace F.C. season, Review, September\nFollowing a fourth consecutive league defeat to Burnley, and with the team still goalless in the competition, Palace sacked De Boer on 11 September, replacing him the next day with former England manager Roy Hodgson. The poor run of league form continued with another three defeats, to Southampton, Manchester City and Manchester United. The second round of the Carabao Cup saw the team exact revenge for their opening day defeat by beating Huddersfield Town. By the end of the month, Crystal Palace were four points adrift at the bottom of the Premier League table, with seven defeats and no goals scored.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 53], "content_span": [54, 660]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275040-0005-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Crystal Palace F.C. season, Review, October\nAfter an international break at the start of the month, Crystal Palace finally won a game: defeating the reigning Premier League champions, Chelsea, at home by a score of 2\u20131. Palace took an early lead through an own-goal with Chelsea equalising soon after. Wilfried Zaha scored the winning goal on the stroke of half-time. The third round of the Carabao Cup saw Palace travel to play Championship team Bristol City. Despite opening the scoring, they ended up on the wrong end of a 4\u20131 defeat. The month finished with another away defeat, this time to Newcastle, and a 2\u20132 home draw with West Ham, with Zaha scoring an equaliser seven minutes into injury time at the end of the game.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 51], "content_span": [52, 735]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275040-0006-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Crystal Palace F.C. season, Review, November\nAn away defeat to Spurs started the month, but the turnaround in home form continued with a 2\u20132 draw with Everton and a 2\u20131 victory over Stoke. On 28 November, Crystal Palace travelled away to play rivals Brighton & Hove Albion, returning with their first away point of the season after a 0\u20130 draw. The match saw a significant number of Palace fans locked-out following allegations of crowd disturbances. The local police reported a number of weapons were recovered at the match, a claim they later admitted was false.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 52], "content_span": [53, 571]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275040-0007-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Crystal Palace F.C. season, Review, December\nA second successive goalless away draw against West Bromwich Albion saw Crystal Palace move off the foot of the table for the first time in 11 games, though they returned there after another 2\u20132 home draw with AFC Bournemouth. During injury time at the end of this match, Palace were awarded a penalty. Despite Luka Milivojevi\u0107 scoring a penalty earlier in the match, striker Christian Benteke insisted on taking it and his weak effort was saved, leading to criticism from his manager and the press.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 52], "content_span": [53, 552]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275040-0007-0001", "contents": "2017\u201318 Crystal Palace F.C. season, Review, December\nA home match with Watford saw Palace's habit of scoring late goals continue, with Bakary Sako and James McArthur scoring goals in the 89th and 91st minutes respectively to overcome a third-minute goal by their opponents. The next match was far less stressful: Palace were comfortable 3\u20130 winners over Leicester City, the match marking both the first away goals and the first away win of the league campaign, and moved the team up to 14th in the table.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 52], "content_span": [53, 504]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275040-0007-0002", "contents": "2017\u201318 Crystal Palace F.C. season, Review, December\nA further away point was gained with a draw at Swansea, which extended an unbeaten streak to eight matches, Palace's best ever in the Premier League. This run came to an end with a 2\u20133 home defeat to Arsenal before the year finished with a hard-fought scoreless draw with Manchester City. This match marked the end of City's 18-match winning streak in the Premier League, but saw season-ending injuries to both Scott Dann and Jason Puncheon and a late penalty miss by Luka Milivojevi\u0107.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 52], "content_span": [53, 538]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275040-0008-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Crystal Palace F.C. season, Review, January\nThe first game of the New Year saw Crystal Palace chalk-up their second away win of the season, against Southampton, with goals from James McArthur and Luka Milivojevi\u0107 overcoming an early goal from Shane Long for the hosts. In the third round of the FA Cup, Palace lost 2\u20131 to rivals Brighton, with former Eagle Glenn Murray scoring a late winner. Back in the league, the good run continued, with Bakary Sako scoring the only goal in the first half of the home game against Burnley.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 51], "content_span": [52, 535]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275040-0008-0001", "contents": "2017\u201318 Crystal Palace F.C. season, Review, January\nThe next game saw an awful start by Palace, finding themselves four goals down within the first quarter of the away match against Arsenal. They staged a minor recovery, scoring the only goal in the second half to lose 4\u20131. Another local away match, this time against West Ham, ended in a 1\u20131 draw, with Christian Benteke scoring his second goal of the season to open the scoring before a penalty from Mark Noble evened the score just before half-time. During the transfer window, Crystal Palace bolstered their ranks with Polish defender Jaros\u0142aw Jach and Norwegian striker Alexander S\u00f8rloth as permanent transfers and Swedish midfielder Erdal Rakip a loan-signing from Benfica. Squad-members Keshi Anderson and Freddie Ladapo left the club with Andre Coker and Sullay Kaikai loaned out.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 51], "content_span": [52, 839]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275040-0009-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Crystal Palace F.C. season, Competitions, FA Cup\nIn the FA Cup, Crystal Palace entered the competition in the third round and were drawn away to Brighton & Hove Albion.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 56], "content_span": [57, 176]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275040-0010-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Crystal Palace F.C. season, Competitions, EFL Cup\nCrystal Palace entered the competition in the second round where they were drawn against Ipswich Town. Another home tie was confirmed for the third round, against Huddersfield Town, but in the fourth round Palace were drawn away against Bristol City.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 57], "content_span": [58, 308]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275040-0011-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Crystal Palace F.C. season, Competitions, Pre-season\nCrystal Palace had five pre-season friendlies against Maidstone United, Liverpool and West Bromwich Albion (2017 Premier League Asia Trophy), Metz and Schalke 04.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 60], "content_span": [61, 223]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275040-0012-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Crystal Palace F.C. season, Players, First-team squad\nNote: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 61], "content_span": [62, 190]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275041-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Cultural y Deportiva Leonesa season\nDuring the 2017\u201318 season, Cultural y Deportiva Leonesa are participating in the Spanish LaLiga 1|2|3, and the Copa del Rey.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [43, 43], "content_span": [44, 168]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275041-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Cultural y Deportiva Leonesa season, Squad\nNote: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [45, 50], "content_span": [51, 179]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275042-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Cupa Rom\u00e2niei\nThe 2017\u201318 Cupa Rom\u00e2niei was the 80th season of the annual Romanian primary football knockout tournament. The winner, Universitatea Craiova, qualified for the third qualifying round of the 2018\u201319 UEFA Europa League.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [21, 21], "content_span": [22, 239]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275042-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Cupa Rom\u00e2niei, Preliminary Rounds\nThe first rounds, and any preliminaries, are organised by the Regional Leagues.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 41], "content_span": [42, 121]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275042-0002-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Cupa Rom\u00e2niei, Third Round\nAll matches were played on 12 and 13 September 2017.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 34], "content_span": [35, 87]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275042-0003-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Cupa Rom\u00e2niei, Fourth Round\nAll matches were played on 3 and 4 October 2017.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 35], "content_span": [36, 84]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275042-0004-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Cupa Rom\u00e2niei, Round of 32\nThe matches were played on 24, 25 and 26 October 2017.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 34], "content_span": [35, 89]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275042-0005-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Cupa Rom\u00e2niei, Round of 16\nThe matches were played on 28, 29 and 30 November 2017.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 34], "content_span": [35, 90]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275042-0006-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Cupa Rom\u00e2niei, Quarter-finals\nThe matches were played on 27, 1 March, 6 March and 13 March 2018.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 37], "content_span": [38, 104]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275042-0007-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Cupa Rom\u00e2niei, Semi-finals\nThe semi-final matches are played in a round-trip system. The first legs were played on 17 and 19 April 2018 and the second legs were played on 9 May 2018.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 34], "content_span": [35, 190]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275043-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Cura\u00e7ao Prom\u00e9 Divishon\nThe 2017\u201318 Cura\u00e7ao Sekshon Pag\u00e1 is the 92nd season of top-flight association football in Cura\u00e7ao, and the 41st season of the competition being branded as the Sekshon Pag\u00e1. The regular season started on 5 November 2017, and the final was played on 8 July 2018.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [30, 30], "content_span": [31, 291]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275044-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Cyclo-cross Superprestige\nThe Cyclo-cross Superprestige 2017-18 \u2013 also known as the Telenet Superprestige for sponsorship reasons \u2013 is a season long cyclo-cross competition held in Belgium and the Netherlands.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [33, 33], "content_span": [34, 217]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275044-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Cyclo-cross Superprestige, Season standings\nIn each race, the top 15 riders gain points, going from 15 points for the winner decreasing by one point per position to 1 point for the rider finishing in 15th position. In case of ties in the total score of two or more riders, the following tie breakers exist: most races started, most races won, best result in the last race.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 51], "content_span": [52, 380]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275045-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Cymru Alliance\nThe 2017\u201318 Cymru Alliance (known as the Huws Gray Cymru Alliance for sponsorship reasons) is the 28th season of the top football league in North Wales. Mirroring its South Wales counterpart the Welsh Football League Division One, the 16-team division forms half of the second tier of the Welsh football league system and falls one level below the nationwide Welsh Premier League. The season began 12 August 2017 and is scheduled to conclude on 31 March 2018.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [22, 22], "content_span": [23, 482]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275045-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Cymru Alliance, Teams\nPrestatyn Town were champions in the previous season and were promoted to the 2017\u201318 Welsh Premier League; they were replaced by both relegated teams from the 2016\u201317 Welsh Premier League, Airbus UK Broughton and Rhyl.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 29], "content_span": [30, 249]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275045-0002-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Cymru Alliance, Teams\nThe bottom four teams from the previous season, Llanfair United, Mold Alexandra, Conwy Borough and Buckley Town, were all relegated to various third-tier district leagues for 2017\u201318. Three teams were successful in the 2016\u201317 Welsh third-tier leagues and were promoted in their place: Llandudno Junction (Welsh Alliance League runners-up, champions Glantraeth declined promotion), Queens Park (Welsh National League champions) and Rhayader Town (Mid Wales Football League champions).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 29], "content_span": [30, 514]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275045-0003-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Cymru Alliance, Teams\nOn 27 July 2017, Rhayader Town withdrew from the league, citing that their players were unwilling to commit to the extra travelling involved with promotion. There was no replacement team - the league continued with 15 teams for this season only, playing 28 games each.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 29], "content_span": [30, 298]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275046-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Cypriot Cup\nThe 2017\u201318 Cypriot Cup was the 76th edition of the Cypriot Cup. A total of 22 clubs were accepted to enter the competition. It began on 29 November 2019 with the first round and concluded on 16 May 2018 with the final held at GSP Stadium. The winner of the Cup was AEK Larnaca for second time and qualified for the 2018\u201319 Europa League second qualifying round.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [19, 19], "content_span": [20, 382]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275046-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Cypriot Cup, First round\nThe first round draw took place on 6 November 2017 and the matches were played on 29 November and 6,13 December 2017.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 32], "content_span": [33, 150]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275046-0002-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Cypriot Cup, Second round\nThe second round draw took place on 21 December 2017.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 33], "content_span": [34, 87]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275046-0003-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Cypriot Cup, Second round\nThe following ten teams advanced directly to second round and will meet the six winners of the first round ties:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 33], "content_span": [34, 146]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275046-0004-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Cypriot Cup, Quarter-finals\nThe quarter-finals draw took place on 20 February 2018 and the matches were played on 28 February, 7, 14 March and 11 April 2018.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 35], "content_span": [36, 165]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275046-0005-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Cypriot Cup, Semi-finals\nThe semi-finals draw took place on 12 April 2018 and the matches were played on 18 and 25 April 2018.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 32], "content_span": [33, 134]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275047-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Cypriot Cup for lower divisions\nThe 2017\u201318 Cypriot Cup for lower divisions was the 10th edition of the Cypriot Cup for lower divisions. A total of 22 clubs entered the competition. It began on 25 October 2017 with the first round and concluded on 5 May 2018 with the final which was held at AEK Arena. Onisilos Sotira won their 1st cup trophy after beating Akritas Chlorakas 4\u20132 on penalties, in the final.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [39, 39], "content_span": [40, 415]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275047-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Cypriot Cup for lower divisions, Format\nOnly teams from the Cypriot Third Division and STOK Elite Division could participate. Participation was not compulsory. 22 of 30 participated this season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 47], "content_span": [48, 202]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275047-0002-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Cypriot Cup for lower divisions, Format\nThe competition consisted of five rounds. In the first, second and third round each tie was played as a single leg and was held at the home ground of one of the two teams, according to the draw results. Each tie winner was qualifying for the next round. If a match was drawn, extra time was following. If extra time was drawn, there was a replay at the ground of the team who were away for the first game. If the rematch was also drawn, then extra time was following and if the match remained drawn after extra time the winner was decided by penalty shoot-out.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 47], "content_span": [48, 608]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275047-0003-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Cypriot Cup for lower divisions, Format\nThe fourth round was played in a two-legged format, each team playing a home and an away match against their opponent. The team which scored more goals on aggregate was qualifying for the next round. If the two teams scored the same number of goals on aggregate, then the team which scored more goals away from home was advancing to the next round.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 47], "content_span": [48, 396]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275047-0004-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Cypriot Cup for lower divisions, Format\nIf both teams had scored the same number of home and away goals, then extra time was following after the end of the second leg match. If during the extra thirty minutes both teams had managed to score, but they had scored the same number of goals, then the team who scored the away goals was advancing to the next round (i.e. the team which was playing away). If there weren't scored any goals during extra time, the qualifying team was determined by penalty shoot-out.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 47], "content_span": [48, 517]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275047-0005-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Cypriot Cup for lower divisions, First round\nThe first round draw took place on 20 October 2017 and the matches played on 25 October and 1 November 2017.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 52], "content_span": [53, 161]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275047-0006-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Cypriot Cup for lower divisions, Round of 16\nThe round of 16 draw took place on 27 November 2017 and the matches played on 10 January 2018.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 52], "content_span": [53, 147]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275047-0007-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Cypriot Cup for lower divisions, Quarter-finals\nThe quarter-finals draw took place on 26 January 2018 and the matches played on 14 February 2018.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 55], "content_span": [56, 153]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275047-0008-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Cypriot Cup for lower divisions, Semi-finals\nThe semi-finals draw took place on 28 February 2017 and the matches played on 14 and 21 March 2018.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 52], "content_span": [53, 152]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275048-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Cypriot First Division\nThe 2017\u201318 Cypriot First Division was the 79th season of the Cypriot top-level football league. The season began on 19 August 2017 and is ended on 13 May 2018.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [30, 30], "content_span": [31, 191]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275048-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Cypriot First Division, Teams, Promotion and relegation (pre-season)\nAnagennisi Deryneia and AEZ Zakakiou were relegated at the end of the first-phase of the 2016\u201317 season after finishing in the bottom two places of the table. They were joined by Karmiotissa, who finished at the bottom of the second-phase relegation group.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 76], "content_span": [77, 333]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275048-0002-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Cypriot First Division, Teams, Promotion and relegation (pre-season)\nThe relegated teams were replaced by 2016\u201317 Second Division champions Alki Oroklini, runners-up Pafos FC and third-placed team Olympiakos Nicosia.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 76], "content_span": [77, 224]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275048-0003-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Cypriot First Division, Teams, Personnel and kits\nNote: Flags indicate national team as has been defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players and Managers may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 57], "content_span": [58, 208]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275048-0004-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Cypriot First Division, Regular season, Positions by Round\nThe table lists the positions of teams after each week of matches. In order to preserve chronological progress, any postponed matches are not included in the round at which they were originally scheduled, but added to the full round they were played immediately afterwards. For example, if a match is scheduled for matchday 13, but then postponed and played between days 16 and 17, it will be added to the standings for day 16.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 66], "content_span": [67, 494]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275048-0005-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Cypriot First Division, Championship round, Positions by Round\nThe table lists the positions of teams after each week of matches.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 70], "content_span": [71, 137]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275048-0006-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Cypriot First Division, Relegation round, Positions by Round\nThe table lists the positions of teams after each week of matches.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 68], "content_span": [69, 135]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275049-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Cypriot Second Division\nThe 2017\u201318 Cypriot Second Division was the 63rd season of the Cypriot second-level football league. It began on 15 September 2017 and ended on 21 April 2018. Enosis Neon Paralimni won their third title.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [31, 31], "content_span": [32, 235]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275050-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Cypriot Third Division\nThe 2017\u201318 Cypriot Third Division is the 47th season of the Cypriot third-level football league.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [30, 30], "content_span": [31, 128]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275050-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Cypriot Third Division, Format\nSixteen teams participated in the 2017\u201318 Cypriot Third Division. All teams will play against each other twice, once at their home and once away. The team with the most points at the end of the season crowned champions. The first three teams were promoted to the 2017\u201318 Cypriot Second Division and the last three teams were relegated to the 2017\u201318 STOK Elite Division.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 38], "content_span": [39, 409]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275050-0002-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Cypriot Third Division, Format, Point system\nTeams received three points for a win, one point for a draw and zero points for a loss.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 52], "content_span": [53, 140]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275051-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Cyprus Basketball Division A\nThe 2017\u201318 Cyprus Basketball Division A is the 51st season of the Cyprus Basketball Division A, the top-tier level men's professional basketball league on Cyprus.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [36, 36], "content_span": [37, 200]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275051-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Cyprus Basketball Division A, Competition format\nSeven teams joined the regular season, where after a three-legs round-robin tournament, the four first qualified would join the playoffs for the title.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 56], "content_span": [57, 208]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275051-0002-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Cyprus Basketball Division A, Playoffs, Bracket\nSeeded teams played games 1, 2 and (if necessary) 5 at home.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 55], "content_span": [56, 116]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275051-0003-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Cyprus Basketball Division A, Playoffs, Quarterfinals\nIn the quarterfinals, teams playing against each other have to win two games to win the series. Thus, if one team wins two games before all three games have been played, the remaining game is omitted. The team that finished in the higher regular season place, is going to play the first and the third (if necessary) game of the series at home.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 61], "content_span": [62, 405]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275051-0004-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Cyprus Basketball Division A, Playoffs, Semifinals\nIn the semifinals, teams playing against each other have to win three games to win the series. Thus, if one team wins three games before all five games have been played, the remaining games are omitted. The team that finished in the higher regular season place, is going to play the first, the third and the fifth (if necessary) game of the series at home.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 58], "content_span": [59, 415]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275051-0005-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Cyprus Basketball Division A, Playoffs, Finals\nIn the finals, teams playing against each other have to win three games to win the series. Thus, if one team wins three games before all five games have been played, the remaining games are omitted. The team that finished in the higher regular season place, is going to play the first, the third and the fifth (if necessary) game of the series at home.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 54], "content_span": [55, 407]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275052-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Cyprus Basketball Division B\nThe 2017\u201318 Cyprus Basketball Division B is the 30th season of the Cyprus Basketball Division B, the second-tier level men's professional basketball league on Cyprus.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [36, 36], "content_span": [37, 203]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275052-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Cyprus Basketball Division B, Competition format\nEight teams joined the regular season, where the four first qualified would join the playoffs for the promotion.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 56], "content_span": [57, 169]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275052-0002-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Cyprus Basketball Division B, Playoffs, Quarterfinals\nIn the quarterfinals, teams playing against each other have to win two games to win the series. Thus, if one team wins two games before all three games have been played, the remaining game is omitted. The team that finished in the higher regular season place, is going to play the first and the third (if necessary) game of the series at home.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 61], "content_span": [62, 405]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275052-0003-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Cyprus Basketball Division B, Playoffs, Semifinals\nIn the semifinals, teams playing against each other have to win three games to win the series. Thus, if one team wins three games before all five games have been played, the remaining games are omitted. The team that finished in the higher regular season place, is going to play the first and the third (if necessary) game of the series at home.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 58], "content_span": [59, 404]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275052-0004-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Cyprus Basketball Division B, Playoffs, Final\nIn the finals, teams playing against each other have to win three games to win the series. Thus, if one team wins three games before all five games have been played, the remaining games are omitted. The team that finished in the higher regular season place, is going to play the first, the third and the fifth (if necessary) game of the series at home.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 53], "content_span": [54, 406]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275053-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Cyprus Volleyball Division 1\nThe 2017\u201318 Cyprus Volleyball Division 1 is the 40th season of the Cyprus Volleyball Division 1, the highest tier professional volley league in Cyprus. Omonia were the defending champions.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [36, 36], "content_span": [37, 225]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275053-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Cyprus Volleyball Division 1, Regular season\nThe Regular season of the 2017\u201318 Cyprus Volleyball Division 1 is held in a round robin format. At season finish, teams occupying positions 1-6 advance to 2017-18 Volleyleague Play-offs.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 52], "content_span": [53, 239]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275053-0002-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Cyprus Volleyball Division 1, Play-off (1-4)\nThe four teams that finished in the places 1 to 4 in the Regular season, compete in the Play-off (1-4). Omonia started the playoffs with handicap 2\u20130, and Pafiakos and Anorthosis at 1\u20131. At the final, Pafiakos started with handicap 2\u20130. The team with four wins in overall is the winner.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 52], "content_span": [53, 339]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275053-0003-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Cyprus Volleyball Division 1, Play-out (5-8)\nThe four teams that finished in the places 5 to 8 in the Regular season, compete in the Play-out (5-8). APOEL started the playoffs with handicap 2\u20130, and Anagennisi and AEK Karava at 1\u20131. At the final, APOEL started with handicap 2\u20130. The team with four wins in overall is the winner.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 52], "content_span": [53, 337]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275054-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Czech Cup\nThe 2017\u201318 Czech Cup, known as the MOL Cup for sponsorship reasons, is the 25th season of the annual knockout football tournament of the Czech Republic. It began with the preliminary round in July 2017 and is due to end with the final in May 2018. The winner of the cup will gain the right to play in the group stage of the 2018\u201319 UEFA Europa League.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 17], "section_span": [17, 17], "content_span": [18, 370]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275054-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Czech Cup, Preliminary round\nThe preliminary round ties were played from 13 \u2013 16 July 2017. 78 teams competed in this round, all from level 4 or below of the Czech league system, as well as two teams from the third tier of Czech football. All time listed are CEST.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 17], "section_span": [19, 36], "content_span": [37, 272]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275054-0002-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Czech Cup, First round\nThe first round started on 18 July, with matches played between then and 23 July. 86 teams took part in this stage of the competition.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 17], "section_span": [19, 30], "content_span": [31, 165]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275054-0003-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Czech Cup, Second round\n54 teams participated in the second round; 11 First League teams (all other than those playing in European competitions) entered the competition at this stage, joining the 43 winners of the first round matches. The draw was made on 26 July.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 17], "section_span": [19, 31], "content_span": [32, 272]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275054-0004-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Czech Cup, Third round\n32 teams participate in the third round; the final five First League teams entered the competition at this stage (holders FC Fastav Zl\u00edn, Slavia Prague, Viktoria Plze\u0148, Sparta Prague and Mlad\u00e1 Boleslav). They are joined by the 27 winners of the second round matches. The draw was made on 30 August.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 17], "section_span": [19, 30], "content_span": [31, 329]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275055-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Czech Extraliga season\nThe 2017\u201318 Czech Extraliga season was the 25th season of the Czech Extraliga since its creation after the breakup of Czechoslovakia and the Czechoslovak First Ice Hockey League in 1993.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [30, 30], "content_span": [31, 217]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275055-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Czech Extraliga season, Regular season, Scoring leaders\nList shows the ten best skaters based on the number of points during the regular season. If two or more skaters are tied (i.e. same number of points, goals and played games), all of the tied skaters are shown.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 63], "content_span": [64, 273]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275055-0002-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Czech Extraliga season, Regular season, Scoring leaders\nGP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; +/\u2013 = Plus/Minus; PIM = Penalty Minutes", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 63], "content_span": [64, 160]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275055-0003-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Czech Extraliga season, Regular season, Leading goaltenders\nThese are the leaders in GAA among goaltenders who played at least 40% of the team's minutes. The table is sorted by GAA, and the criteria for inclusion are bolded.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 67], "content_span": [68, 232]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275055-0004-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Czech Extraliga season, Regular season, Leading goaltenders\nGP = Games Played; TOI = Time On Ice (minutes); GA = Goals Against; SO = Shutouts; Sv% = Save Percentage; GAA = Goals Against Average", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 67], "content_span": [68, 201]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275055-0005-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Czech Extraliga season, Playoffs\nTen teams qualify for the playoffs. Teams 1\u20136 have a bye to the quarterfinals, while teams 7\u201310 meet each other in a preliminary playoff round.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 40], "content_span": [41, 184]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275055-0006-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Czech Extraliga season, Playoffs, Playoff bracket\nIn the first round the 7th-ranked team will meet the 10th-ranked team and the 8th-ranked team will meet the 9th-ranked team for a place in the second round. In the second round, the top-ranked team will meet the lowest-ranked winner of the first round, the 2nd-ranked team will face the other winner of the first round, the 3rd-ranked team will face the 6th-ranked team, and the 4th-ranked team will face the 5th-ranked team. In the third round, the highest remaining seed is matched against the lowest remaining seed. In each round the higher-seeded team is awarded home advantage.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 57], "content_span": [58, 640]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275055-0006-0001", "contents": "2017\u201318 Czech Extraliga season, Playoffs, Playoff bracket\nIn the first round the meetings are played as best-of-five series and the rest is best-of-seven series that follows an alternating home team format: the higher-seeded team will play at home for games 1 and 2 (plus 5 and 7 if necessary), and the lower-seeded team will be at home for game 3 and 4 (plus 6 if necessary).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 57], "content_span": [58, 376]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275055-0007-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Czech Extraliga season, Playoffs, Playoff bracket\nPlay-off final: HC Ocel\u00e1\u0159i T\u0159inec - HC Kometa Brno 1:4 (5:1, 2:3, 2:3, 2:5, 1:4). HC Kometa Brno has won its second Czech league title (and 13th overall title).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 57], "content_span": [58, 218]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275056-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Czech First League\nThe 2017\u201318 Czech First League, known as the HET liga for sponsorship reasons, was the 25th season of the Czech Republic's top-tier football league. The defending champions were Slavia Prague, who won their fourth Czech title the previous season. The season began on 28 July 2017 and ended on 26 May 2018.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [26, 26], "content_span": [27, 332]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275056-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Czech First League\nViktoria Plze\u0148 made a league record by winning their first 14 league games of the season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [26, 26], "content_span": [27, 116]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275056-0002-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Czech First League, Results\nEach team plays home-and-away against every other team in the league, for a total of 30 matches played each.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 35], "content_span": [36, 144]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275057-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Czech National Football League\nThe 2017\u201318 Czech National Football League was the 25th season of the Czech Republic's second tier football league.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [38, 38], "content_span": [39, 154]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275057-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Czech National Football League, Team changes\nPromoted team Olympia Hradec Kr\u00e1lov\u00e9 moved from Hradec Kr\u00e1lov\u00e9 to Prague and was renamed as Olympia Prague.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 52], "content_span": [53, 160]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275057-0002-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Czech National Football League, Team changes, To FNL\nFr\u00fddek-M\u00edstek (15th place in 2016\u201317 FNL) were spared from relegation after Moravian\u2013Silesian Football League winners SK Uni\u010dov and the next three best-placed teams in that league refused promotion.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 60], "content_span": [61, 259]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275057-0003-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Czech National Football League, Results\nEach team plays home-and-away against every other team in the league, for a total of 30 matches played each.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 47], "content_span": [48, 156]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275058-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Czech Women's First League\nThe 2017\u201318 Czech Women's First League was the 25th season of the Czech Republic's top-tier football league for women. Slavia Praha were the defending champions.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [34, 34], "content_span": [35, 196]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275058-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Czech Women's First League, Format\nThe eight teams will play each other twice for a total of 14 matches per team. After that, the top four teams will play a championship round for another six matches per team. The bottom placed four teams play the relegation round. The champion and runner-up qualify for the 2018\u201319 UEFA Women's Champions League.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 42], "content_span": [43, 355]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275058-0002-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Czech Women's First League, Final stage, Championship group\nPlayed by the teams placed first to fourth of the regular season. Teams play each other twice.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 67], "content_span": [68, 162]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275058-0003-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Czech Women's First League, Final stage, Relegation group\nPlayed by the teams placed fifth to eighth in the regular season. Teams play each other twice.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 65], "content_span": [66, 160]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275058-0004-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Czech Women's First League, Personnel and kits\nNote: Flags indicate national team as has been defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 54], "content_span": [55, 192]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275059-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 C\u00e1diz CF season\nDuring the 2017\u201318 season, C\u00e1diz CF are participating in the Spanish LaLiga 1|2|3, and the Copa del Rey.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [23, 23], "content_span": [24, 128]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275059-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 C\u00e1diz CF season, Squad\nNote: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 30], "content_span": [31, 159]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275060-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 C\u00f3rdoba CF season\nDuring the 2017\u201318 season, C\u00f3rdoba CF are participating in the Spanish LaLiga 1|2|3, and the Copa del Rey.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [25, 25], "content_span": [26, 132]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275060-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 C\u00f3rdoba CF season, Squad\nNote: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 32], "content_span": [33, 161]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275061-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 DEL season\nThe 2017\u201318 Deutsche Eishockey Liga season was the 24th season since the founding of the Deutsche Eishockey Liga.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [18, 18], "content_span": [19, 132]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275061-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 DEL season\nEHC Red Bull M\u00fcnchen defended their title to win the third consecutive title.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [18, 18], "content_span": [19, 96]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275061-0002-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 DEL season, Playoffs, Playoff qualification\nThe playoff qualification were played between 7 and 9 March 2018 in a best-of-three mode.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [20, 51], "content_span": [52, 141]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275061-0003-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 DEL season, Playoffs, Quarterfinals\nThe quarterfinals will be played between 14 and 27 March 2018 in a best-of-seven mode.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [20, 43], "content_span": [44, 130]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275061-0004-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 DEL season, Playoffs, Semifinals\nThe semifinals were played between 29 March 8 11 April 2018 in a best-of-seven mode.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [20, 40], "content_span": [41, 125]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275061-0005-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 DEL season, Playoffs, Final\nThe final was played between 13 and 26 April in a best-of-seven mode.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [20, 35], "content_span": [36, 105]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275062-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 DEL2 season\nThe 2017\u201318 DEL2 season was the fifth season since the founding of the DEL2, the second tier of German ice hockey, set below the Deutsche Eishockey Liga. The season ran from 15 September 2017 till 22 April 2018. SC Riessersee was crowned league premiers by finishing top of the regular season standings. Bietigheim Steelers claimed the championship title by defeating SC Riessersee 4-1 in the final series. Bayreuth Tigers lost the relegation playoffs 4-1 against promoted team T\u00f6lzer L\u00f6wen, however they were saved from relegation from DEL2 to Oberliga due to SC Riessersee not being granted a DEL2 licence in the summer of 2018.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [19, 19], "content_span": [20, 650]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275062-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 DEL2 season, Modus\nFourteen teams competed in the 2017\u201318 DEL2 regular season. T\u00f6lzer L\u00f6wen was promoted from Germany's third division, Oberliga. Each team played each other twice in the regular season, home and away, for a total of 52 matches each. The top six teams directly qualified for the championship playoffs, played in a best of seven format. Teams placed seven to ten advanced to the championship playoff qualifiers, which followed a best of three format. The bottom four teams enter the relegation playoffs. The two losing teams from round 1 face off in the relegation final with the losing team being relegated to Oberliga.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 26], "content_span": [27, 643]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275062-0002-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 DEL2 season, Modus\nThe DEL2 champion does not automatically get promoted to DEL. In September 2015, the DEL and DEL2 agreed to reintroduce promotion and relegation between the two leagues from the 2017\u201318 season onwards. The DEL2 champion would then have the opportunity to be promoted, provided it fulfilled the licensing requirements of the DEL, while the last-placed DEL club would be relegated.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 26], "content_span": [27, 406]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275062-0003-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 DEL2 season, Regular season, Results\nThe cross table represents the results of all matches of the regular season. The home team is listed in the middle column, the visiting team in the top row.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 44], "content_span": [45, 201]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275062-0004-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 DEL2 season, Regular season, Standings\nPoints rules: 3 points for regulation win; 2 points for OT or SO win; 1 point for OT or SO loss; 0 points for regulation loss Tie-break rules: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal difference; 4) head-to-head number of goals scored. (C) Champions; (P) Premiers; (R) Relegated Source:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 46], "content_span": [47, 348]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275062-0005-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 DEL2 season, Regular season, Top goaltenders\nNote: To qualify for this list, goaltenders need to have played a minimum of 20 matches Source:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 52], "content_span": [53, 148]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275062-0006-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 DEL2 season, Playoffs, Championship\nThe qualifiers for the playoffs ran between 6 March 2018 to 9 March 2018. Four teams (7v10 and 8v9) competed in best of three series\u2019. The two winning teams advanced to the championship playoffs. In 2018, the two lower ranked teams in the qualifiers, ETC Crimmitschau and Heilbronner Falken, won their series and advanced to the playoffs. Dresdner Eisl\u00f6wen and Ravensburg Towerstars were knocked out and their season ended.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 43], "content_span": [44, 467]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275062-0007-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 DEL2 season, Playoffs, Championship\nThe championship playoffs ran between 13 March 2018 to 22 April 2018. Eight teams competed in best of seven series'. The series winning teams advanced through from the quarter-finals to the final. In 2018, the top two seeds SC Riessersee and Bietigheim Steelers each won their quarter and semi-finals to reach the final. The Steelers defeated the league premiers 4-1 in the finals series to secure the division 2 championship title, their second DEL2 championship trophy.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 43], "content_span": [44, 515]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275062-0008-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 DEL2 season, Playoffs, Championship\nNote: All numbers represent series results, not a match score", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 43], "content_span": [44, 105]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275062-0009-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 DEL2 season, Playoffs, Relegation\nThe relegation playoffs is contested between the four teams who finish bottom of the regular season standings. Run between 13 March 2018 and 6 April 2018, the four teams play best of seven series\u2019. The teams that lose their first round advance to the second round. The winners secure their DEL2 status and avoid relegation. Whoever loses the second round is relegated to Oberliga. The 2018 edition would have seen Bayreuth Tigers relegated to Oberliga after losing their first round series 3-4 against Lausitzer F\u00fcchse before losing in five matches against T\u00f6lzer L\u00f6wen in the second round. However the Tigers were saved from relegation due to SC Riessersee not being granted a DEL2 licence in the summer of 2018. Instead, Riessersee was subsequently relegated to Oberliga.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 41], "content_span": [42, 815]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275062-0010-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 DEL2 season, Playoffs, Relegation\nNote: All numbers represent series results, not a match score", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 41], "content_span": [42, 103]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275063-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 DFB-Pokal\nThe 2017\u201318 DFB-Pokal was the 75th season of the annual German football cup competition. Sixty-four teams participated in the competition, including all teams from the previous year's Bundesliga and the 2. Bundesliga. The competition began on 11 August 2017 with the first of six rounds and ended on 19 May 2018 with the final at the Olympiastadion in Berlin, a nominally neutral venue, which has hosted the final since 1985. The DFB-Pokal is considered the second-most important club title in German football after the Bundesliga championship. The DFB-Pokal is run by the German Football Association (DFB).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 17], "section_span": [17, 17], "content_span": [18, 625]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275063-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 DFB-Pokal\nThe defending champions were Bundesliga side Borussia Dortmund, after they defeated Eintracht Frankfurt 2\u20131 in the previous final. Dortmund were knocked out of the competition in the round of 16 by record winners Bayern Munich, losing 1\u20132.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 17], "section_span": [17, 17], "content_span": [18, 257]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275063-0002-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 DFB-Pokal\nEintracht Frankfurt defeated Bayern Munich 3\u20131 in the final to claim their fifth title.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 17], "section_span": [17, 17], "content_span": [18, 105]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275063-0003-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 DFB-Pokal\nAs winners, Eintracht Frankfurt automatically qualified for the group stage of the 2018\u201319 edition of the UEFA Europa League. They also hosted the 2018 edition of the DFL-Supercup at the start of the 2018-19 season, when they faced the champion of the 2017\u201318 Bundesliga, Bayern Munich.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 17], "section_span": [17, 17], "content_span": [18, 304]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275063-0004-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 DFB-Pokal, Format, Participation\nThe DFB-Pokal began with a round of 64 teams. The 36 teams of the Bundesliga and 2. Bundesliga, along with the top 4 finishers of the 3. Liga automatically qualified for the tournament. Of the remaining slots, 21 were given to the cup winners of the regional football associations, the Verbandspokal. The 3 remaining slots were given to the three regional associations with the most men's teams, which at the time were Bavaria, Lower Saxony, and Westphalia. The runner-up of the Lower Saxony Cup was given the slot, along with the best-placed amateur team of the Regionalliga Bayern.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 17], "section_span": [19, 40], "content_span": [41, 624]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275063-0004-0001", "contents": "2017\u201318 DFB-Pokal, Format, Participation\nFor Westphalia, the winner of a play-off between the best-placed team of the Regionalliga West and Oberliga Westfalen also qualified. As every team was entitled to participate in local tournaments which qualified for the association cups, every team could in principle compete in the DFB-Pokal. Reserve teams and combined football sections were not permitted to enter, along with no two teams of the same association or corporation.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 17], "section_span": [19, 40], "content_span": [41, 473]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275063-0005-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 DFB-Pokal, Format, Draw\nThe draws for the different rounds were conducted as following:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 17], "section_span": [19, 31], "content_span": [32, 95]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275063-0006-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 DFB-Pokal, Format, Draw\nFor the first round, the participating teams were split into two pots of 32 teams each. The first pot contained all teams which had qualified through their regional cup competitions, the best four teams of the 3. Liga, and the bottom four teams of the 2. Bundesliga. Every team from this pot was drawn to a team from the second pot, which contained all remaining professional teams (all the teams of the Bundesliga and the remaining fourteen 2. Bundesliga teams). The teams from the first pot were set as the home team in the process.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 17], "section_span": [19, 31], "content_span": [32, 566]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275063-0007-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 DFB-Pokal, Format, Draw\nThe two-pot scenario was also applied for the second round, with the remaining 3. Liga and/or amateur team(s) in the first pot and the remaining Bundesliga and 2. Bundesliga teams in the other pot. Once again, the 3. Liga and/or amateur team(s) served as hosts. This time the pots did not have to be of equal size though, depending on the results of the first round. Theoretically, it was even possible that there could be only one pot, if all of the teams from one of the pots from the first round beat all the others in the second pot. Once one pot was empty, the remaining pairings were drawn from the other pot with the first-drawn team for a match serving as hosts.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 17], "section_span": [19, 31], "content_span": [32, 702]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275063-0008-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 DFB-Pokal, Format, Draw\nFor the remaining rounds, the draw was conducted from just one pot. Any remaining 3. Liga and/or amateur team(s) were the home team if drawn against a professional team. In every other case, the first-drawn team served as hosts.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 17], "section_span": [19, 31], "content_span": [32, 260]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275063-0009-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 DFB-Pokal, Format, Match rules\nTeams met in one game per round. Matches took place for 90 minutes, with two halves of 45 minutes. If still tied after regulation, 30 minutes of extra time were played, consisting of two periods of 15 minutes. If the score was still level after this, the match was decided by a penalty shoot-out. A coin toss decided who took the first penalty. A total of seven players were allowed to be listed on the substitute bench, with up to three substitutions being allowed during regulation.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 17], "section_span": [19, 38], "content_span": [39, 523]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275063-0009-0001", "contents": "2017\u201318 DFB-Pokal, Format, Match rules\nAfter approval by the IFAB during the previous season, the use of a fourth substitute was allowed in extra time as part of a pilot project. From the quarter-finals onward, a video assistant referee was appointed for all DFB-Pokal matches. Though technically possible, VAR was not used for home matches of Bundesliga clubs prior to the quarter-finals in order to provide a uniform approach to all matches.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 17], "section_span": [19, 38], "content_span": [39, 443]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275063-0010-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 DFB-Pokal, Format, Suspensions\nIf a player received five yellow cards in the competition, he was then suspended from the next cup match. Similarly, receiving a second yellow card suspended a player from the next cup match. If a player received a direct red card, they were suspended a minimum of one match, but the German Football Association reserved the right to increase the suspension.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 17], "section_span": [19, 38], "content_span": [39, 397]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275063-0011-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 DFB-Pokal, Format, Champion qualification\nThe winner of the DFB-Pokal, Eintracht Frankfurt, earned automatic qualification for the group stage of next year's edition of the UEFA Europa League. As winner, they also hosted the 2018 DFL-Supercup at the start of the next season, and faced the champion of the previous year's Bundesliga, Bayern Munich.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 17], "section_span": [19, 49], "content_span": [50, 356]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275063-0012-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 DFB-Pokal, Schedule\nAll draws were generally held at the German Football Museum in Dortmund, on a Sunday evening at 18:00 after each round. The draws were televised on ARD's Sportschau, broadcast on Das Erste. From the quarter-finals onwards, the draw for the DFB-Pokal der Frauen also took place at the same time.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 17], "section_span": [19, 27], "content_span": [28, 322]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275063-0013-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 DFB-Pokal, Schedule\nThe rounds of the 2017\u201318 competition were scheduled as follows:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 17], "section_span": [19, 27], "content_span": [28, 92]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275063-0014-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 DFB-Pokal, Matches\nA total of sixty-three matches took place, starting with the first round on 11 August 2017 and culminating with the final on 19 May 2018 at the Olympiastadion in Berlin.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 17], "section_span": [19, 26], "content_span": [27, 196]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275063-0015-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 DFB-Pokal, Matches\nTimes up to 28 October 2017 and from 25 March 2018 are CEST (UTC+2). Times from 29 October 2017 to 24 March 2018 are CET (UTC+1).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 17], "section_span": [19, 26], "content_span": [27, 156]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275063-0016-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 DFB-Pokal, Matches, First round\nThe draw for the first round was held on 11 June 2017 at 18:00, with Sebastian Kehl drawing the matches. The thirty-two matches took place from 11 to 14 August 2017.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 17], "section_span": [19, 39], "content_span": [40, 205]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275063-0017-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 DFB-Pokal, Matches, Second round\nThe draw for the second round was held on 20 August 2017 at 18:00, with Carolin Kebekus drawing the matches. The sixteen matches took place from 24 to 25 October 2017.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 17], "section_span": [19, 40], "content_span": [41, 208]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275063-0018-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 DFB-Pokal, Matches, Round of 16\nThe draw for the round of 16 was held on 29 October 2017 at 18:00, with Stefan Effenberg drawing the matches. The eight matches took place from 19 to 20 December 2017.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 17], "section_span": [19, 39], "content_span": [40, 207]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275063-0019-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 DFB-Pokal, Matches, Quarter-finals\nThe draw for the quarter-finals was held on 7 January 2018 at 18:00, with Oliver Roggisch drawing the matches. The four matches took place from 6 to 7 February 2018.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 17], "section_span": [19, 42], "content_span": [43, 208]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275063-0020-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 DFB-Pokal, Matches, Semi-finals\nThe draw for the semi-finals was held on 11 February 2018 at 18:00, with Andreas K\u00f6pke drawing the matches. The two matches took place from 17 to 18 April 2018.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 17], "section_span": [19, 39], "content_span": [40, 200]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275063-0021-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 DFB-Pokal, Matches, Final\nThe final took place on 19 May 2018 at the Olympiastadion in Berlin.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 17], "section_span": [19, 33], "content_span": [34, 102]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275063-0022-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 DFB-Pokal, Bracket\nThe following is the bracket which the DFB-Pokal resembled. Numbers in parentheses next to the match score represent the results of a penalty shoot-out.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 17], "section_span": [19, 26], "content_span": [27, 179]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275063-0023-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 DFB-Pokal, Top goalscorers\nThe following are the top scorers of the DFB-Pokal, sorted first by number of goals, and then alphabetically if necessary. Goals scored in penalty shoot-outs are not included.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 17], "section_span": [19, 34], "content_span": [35, 210]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275064-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 DFB-Pokal Frauen\nThe 2017\u201318 DFB-Pokal was the 38th season of the cup competition, Germany's second-most important title in women's football.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [24, 24], "content_span": [25, 150]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275064-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 DFB-Pokal Frauen\nWolfsburg defeated Bayern Munich after penalties to win their fourth consecutive title.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [24, 24], "content_span": [25, 112]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275064-0002-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 DFB-Pokal Frauen, Results, First round\nThe draw was held on 12 July 2017. Matches were played on 26 and 27 August 2017. The eleven best clubs of 2016\u201317 Bundesliga season received a bye.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 46], "content_span": [47, 194]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275064-0003-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 DFB-Pokal Frauen, Results, Second round\nThe draw was held on 28 August 2017. The matches were played on 7 and 8 October 2017. The eleven best placed Bundesliga teams from last season joined the 21 winners of the previous round.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 47], "content_span": [48, 235]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275064-0004-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 DFB-Pokal Frauen, Results, Round of 16\nThe draw was held on 29 October 2017. Matches were played on 2 and 3 December 2017, while some game were postponed due to bad weather, but only one game was played on 13 December 2017, the other two games were postponed again. Those games were played on 9 and 11 February 2018.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 46], "content_span": [47, 324]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275064-0005-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 DFB-Pokal Frauen, Results, Quarterfinals\nThe draw was held on 7 January 2018. Matches were played on 13 and 14 March 2018.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 48], "content_span": [49, 130]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275064-0006-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 DFB-Pokal Frauen, Results, Semifinals\nThe draw was held on 19 March 2018. Matches were played on 15 April 2018.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 45], "content_span": [46, 119]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275064-0007-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 DFB-Pokal Frauen, Results, Final\nThe final was held on 19 May 2018 at the RheinEnergieStadion in Cologne.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 40], "content_span": [41, 113]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275065-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 DHB-Pokal\nThe 2017\u20138 DHB-Pokal was the 42nd edition of the tournament.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 17], "section_span": [17, 17], "content_span": [18, 78]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275065-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 DHB-Pokal\nThe Rhein-Neckar L\u00f6wen won their first title after a 30\u201326 finals win over TSV Hannover-Burgdorf.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 17], "section_span": [17, 17], "content_span": [18, 115]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275065-0002-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 DHB-Pokal, Format\nThe first round was split in a north and a south part and played in mini tournaments where only the winner advanced to the round of 16. From there on a knockout system was used to determine the winner. The final four was played on one weekend in Hamburg.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 17], "section_span": [19, 25], "content_span": [26, 280]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275065-0003-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 DHB-Pokal, Round 1\nThe draw was held on 20 June 2017. Games were played on 19 and 20 August 2017.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 17], "section_span": [19, 26], "content_span": [27, 105]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275065-0004-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 DHB-Pokal, Round 2\nThe draw was held on 28 August 2017. Games were played on 17 and 18 October 2017.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 17], "section_span": [19, 26], "content_span": [27, 108]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275065-0005-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 DHB-Pokal, Quarterfinals\nThe draw was held on 5 November 2017. Games were played from 4 to 7 March 2018.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 17], "section_span": [19, 32], "content_span": [33, 112]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275066-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 DPR Korea Premier Football League\nThe 2017\u201318 DPR Korea Premier Football League was the first season of the reformed DPR Korea Premier Football League, the top North Korean association football league, to use a home-and-away format. The league started on 1 December 2017 and will continue until 28 October 2018. Matches will be played on Saturdays and Sundays only.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [41, 41], "content_span": [42, 373]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275067-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 DRB Tadjenanet season\nIn the 2017\u201318 season, DRB Tadjenanet is competing in the Ligue 1 for the 3rd season, as well as the Algerian Cup.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [29, 29], "content_span": [30, 144]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275067-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 DRB Tadjenanet season, Squad list\nAs of August 25, 2017. Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 41], "content_span": [42, 193]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275068-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Dallas Mavericks season\nThe 2017\u201318 Dallas Mavericks season was the 38th season of the franchise in the National Basketball Association (NBA). The Mavericks struggled during the season and finished the season with a 24\u201358 record, missing the playoffs for the second consecutive season, and suffered their worst record since the 1997-98 season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [31, 31], "content_span": [32, 351]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275069-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Dallas Stars season\nThe 2017\u201318 Dallas Stars season was the 51st season for the National Hockey League franchise that was established on June 5, 1967, and 25th season since the franchise relocated from Minnesota prior to the start of the 1993\u201394 NHL season. The Stars failed to qualify for the playoffs for the second straight year. It was the tenth time that the Stars missed the playoffs since moving to Dallas in 1993, which was more than the franchise had missed back when the franchise was based in Minnesota, nine (missed playoffs in 1969, 1974, 1975, 1976, 1978, 1979, 1987, 1988, and 1993).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [27, 27], "content_span": [28, 606]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275069-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Dallas Stars season, Schedule and results, Preseason\nThe Stars released their preseason schedule on June 9, 2017.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 60], "content_span": [61, 121]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275069-0002-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Dallas Stars season, Schedule and results, Regular season\nThe Stars' regular season schedule was published on June 22, 2017.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 65], "content_span": [66, 132]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275069-0003-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Dallas Stars season, Schedule and results, Regular season\nLegend:\u00a0\u00a0Win (2 points)\u00a0\u00a0Loss (0 points)\u00a0\u00a0Overtime/shootout loss (1 point)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 65], "content_span": [66, 140]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275069-0004-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Dallas Stars season, Player statistics\n\u2020Denotes player spent time with another team before joining the Stars. Stats reflect time with the Stars only. \u2021Traded mid-seasonBold/italics denotes franchise record", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 46], "content_span": [47, 213]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275069-0005-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Dallas Stars season, Transactions\nThe Stars have been involved in the following transactions during the 2017\u201318 season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 41], "content_span": [42, 127]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275069-0006-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Dallas Stars season, Draft picks\nBelow are the Dallas Stars' selections at the 2017 NHL Entry Draft, which was held on June 23 and 24, 2017 at the United Center in Chicago.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 40], "content_span": [41, 180]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275070-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Dameh\u00e5ndboldligaen\nThe 2017\u201318 Dameh\u00e5ndboldligaen (known as HTH GO Ligaen for sponsorship reasons) is the 82nd season of Dameh\u00e5ndboldligaen, Denmark's premier handball league. Nyk\u00f8bing Falster H\u00e5ndboldklub are the defending champions.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [26, 26], "content_span": [27, 242]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275070-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Dameh\u00e5ndboldligaen, Regular season, Standings\n! In the 2017-18 season, no teams will be directly relegated as the league expands to 14 teams from the 2018-19 season. The last placed team of the regular season will play a best of three relegation playoff against 1. division's third-placed team (as both the winner and the runner-up of 1. division will be automatically promoted to the 2018\u201319 Dameh\u00e5ndboldligaen). Like the men's league, the championship play-offs will include 8 teams.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 53], "content_span": [54, 493]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275070-0002-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Dameh\u00e5ndboldligaen, Regular season, Results\nIn the table below the home teams are listed on the left and the away teams along the top.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 51], "content_span": [52, 142]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275070-0003-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Dameh\u00e5ndboldligaen, Championship, Semi-finals\n! Best of three matches. In the case of a tie after the second match, a third match is played. Highest ranking team in the regular season has the home advantage in the first and possible third match.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 53], "content_span": [54, 253]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275070-0004-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Dameh\u00e5ndboldligaen, Championship, 3rd place\n! Best of three matches. In the case of a tie after the second match, a third match is played. Highest ranking team in the regular season has the home advantage in the first and possible third match.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 51], "content_span": [52, 251]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275070-0005-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Dameh\u00e5ndboldligaen, Championship, Final\n! Best of three matches. In the case of a tie after the second match, a third match is played. Highest ranking team in the regular season has the home advantage in the first and possible third match.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 47], "content_span": [48, 247]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275070-0006-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Dameh\u00e5ndboldligaen, Relegation Playoff\n! Best of three matches. In the case of a tie after the second match, a third match is played. Highest ranking team in the regular season has the home advantage in the first and possible third match.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 46], "content_span": [47, 246]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275071-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Dandenong Rangers season\nThe 2017\u201318 Dandenong Rangers season is the 26th season for the franchise in the Women's National Basketball League (WNBL).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [32, 32], "content_span": [33, 156]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275072-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Danish 1st Division\nThe 2017\u201318 Danish 1st Division season was the 22nd season of the Danish 1st Division league championship, governed by the Danish Football Association.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [27, 27], "content_span": [28, 179]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275072-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Danish 1st Division\nThe division-champion, the runners-up and the third placed team are promoted to the 2018\u201319 Danish Superliga. The teams in 11th and 12th places are relegated to the 2018\u201319 Danish 2nd Divisions.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [27, 27], "content_span": [28, 222]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275072-0002-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Danish 1st Division, Participants\nEsbjerg fB finished last in the 2016\u201317 Danish Superliga relegation play-off and were relegated to the 1st Division for the first time since the 2010-11 season. Viborg FF lost to FC Helsing\u00f8r in the relegation play off and were relegated after two seasons in the first tier as well. Hobro IK and FC Helsing\u00f8r were promoted to the 2017\u201318 Danish Superliga.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 41], "content_span": [42, 397]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275072-0003-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Danish 1st Division, Participants\nAB and N\u00e6stved Boldklub were relegated to the 2017\u201318 Danish 2nd Divisions. AB were relegated immediately after just one season at the second tier while N\u00e6stved Boldklub lasted two seasons in the league. Thisted FC and Brabrand IF won promotion from the 2016\u201317 Danish 2nd Divisions. Thisted and Brabrand will play at the 1st Division for the first time since the 2009-10 season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 41], "content_span": [42, 421]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275072-0004-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Danish 1st Division, Participants, Stadia and locations\n\u2021: Due to the weather conditions (frost), two spring home matches on 4 and 18 March at were moved to Gentofte Sportspark.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 63], "content_span": [64, 185]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275072-0005-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Danish 1st Division, Participants, Personnel and sponsoring\nNote: Flags indicate national team as has been defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players and Managers may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 67], "content_span": [68, 218]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275073-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Danish 1st Division (women)\nThe 2017\u201318 1st Division is the 2017-18 season of the highest division and second-highest handball league in the Danish league system. The winner of 1st division is granted direct promotion to the league. Ajax K\u00f8benhavn were the winners of the 2016-17 season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [35, 35], "content_span": [36, 295]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275074-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Danish 2nd Divisions\nThe 2017\u201318 Danish 2nd Divisions will be divided in three groups of eight teams in the autumn. In spring there will be a promotion play-off and a relegation play-off. The top two teams of the promotion play-off group will be promoted to the 2018\u201319 Danish 1st Division.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [28, 28], "content_span": [29, 298]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275074-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Danish 2nd Divisions, Promotion Group\nThe top 4 teams from each group will compete for 2 spots in the 2018\u201319 Danish 1st Division. The points and goals that the teams won in the autumn group against other participants in the promotion group was transferred to the promotion group.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 45], "content_span": [46, 288]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275074-0002-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Danish 2nd Divisions, Relegation Group\nThe bottom 4 teams from each group will compete to avoid the 4 relegations spots to the Denmark Series. The points and goals that the teams won in the autumn group against other participants in the relegation group was transferred to the relegation group.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 46], "content_span": [47, 302]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275075-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Danish Cup\nThe 2017\u201318 Danish Cup was the 64th season of the Danish Cup competition. Br\u00f8ndby won the tournament, earning qualification into the third qualifying round of the 2018\u201319 UEFA Europa League.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [18, 18], "content_span": [19, 209]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275075-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Danish Cup, Structure\nIn the first round, there will be 87 teams. 55 coming from the qualifiers among series teams in season 2016\u201317 with DBU Bornholm (1 team), DBU Funen (8 teams), DBU Jutland (20 teams) DBU Copenhagen (8 teams), DBU Lolland-Falster (3 teams) and DBU Zealand (15 teams). 22 teams from the 2016\u201317 2nd Divisions and 8 teams from the 2016\u201317 1st Division. The last two teams are the bottom two from the 2016\u201317 Superliga.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [20, 29], "content_span": [30, 445]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275075-0002-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Danish Cup, Structure\nIn the second round, there will be 52 teams. 43 of them are winners from the first round (plus one team who received a first-round bye) with 6 teams from the 2016\u201317 Superliga. The last teams are the top two from the 2016\u201317 1st Division.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [20, 29], "content_span": [30, 268]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275075-0003-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Danish Cup, Structure\nIn the third round, there will be 32 teams. 26 are winners from the second round. The last teams are the top six from the 2016\u201317 Superliga.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [20, 29], "content_span": [30, 170]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275075-0004-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Danish Cup, Structure\nThe remainder of the competition will be in a \"knockout\" format.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [20, 29], "content_span": [30, 94]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275075-0005-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Danish Cup, Participants\n101 teams will compete for the Danish Cup. All teams from the top three divisions in 2016\u201317 are automatically entered while lower division teams play qualifying matches to enter the competition.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [20, 32], "content_span": [33, 228]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275075-0006-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Danish Cup, First Round\nIn the tournament's first round, the teams are divided into a Western and Eastern pool. The Western Pool features 47 participating teams, divided into two pools, Funen/Jutland (22 teams) and Jutland (25 teams). The Eastern Pool consists of 40 teams divided into two pools, Zealand/Lolland/Falster (18 teams) and Copenhagen/Bornholm (22 teams).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [20, 31], "content_span": [32, 375]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275075-0007-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Danish Cup, First Round\nThe draw was held on Monday, June 26, 2017 with matches played between August 8 and August 10, 2017.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [20, 31], "content_span": [32, 132]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275075-0008-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Danish Cup, Second Round\nFor this round, the teams are divided into two equal groups, East and West. There were more West teams than East teams in the draw, so 5 Fynian teams were relocated to the East Pool \u2013 B1913, Dalum IF, OB, N\u00e6sby and Otterup. The draw was held on Friday, August 11, 2017 and was organized so that clubs in the 2017\u201318 Danish Superliga can not play each other.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [20, 32], "content_span": [33, 391]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275075-0009-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Danish Cup, Third Round\nIn the third round, the top six teams from the 2016-17 Danish Superliga will enter the competition, joining the 26 winners from the second round matches. The 32-team draw for the third round will also be organized so that clubs in the 2017\u201318 Danish Superliga can not play each other. Third Round matches will be played between September 19\u201321, 2017.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [20, 31], "content_span": [32, 382]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275075-0010-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Danish Cup, Fourth Round\nThe 16 winners from the third round will compete in matches to be played between October 24\u201326, 2017.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [20, 32], "content_span": [33, 134]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275075-0011-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Danish Cup, Semi-finals\nThe two semifinal matches will be played between 24\u201326 April 2018.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [20, 31], "content_span": [32, 98]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275076-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Danish Superliga\nThe 2017\u201318 Danish Superliga season was the 28th season of the Danish Superliga, which decides the Danish football championship. Copenhagen are the defending champions.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [24, 24], "content_span": [25, 193]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275076-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Danish Superliga, Teams\nEsbjerg fB finished as loser in the relegation play-offs in the 2016\u201317 season and was relegated to the 2017\u201318 1st Division along with Viborg FF who lost their relegation play-off as well.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 31], "content_span": [32, 221]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275076-0002-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Danish Superliga, Teams\nThe relegated teams were replaced by 2016\u201317 1st Division champions Hobro IK (returned after one year of absence) and 3rd-place finisher FC Helsing\u00f8r (returned to the top division for the first time since the 1936\u201337 season), who defeated Viborg FF in the two legged play-off finals.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 31], "content_span": [32, 315]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275076-0003-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Danish Superliga, Teams, Personnel and sponsoring\nNote: Flags indicate national team as has been defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players and Managers may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 57], "content_span": [58, 208]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275076-0004-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Danish Superliga, Championship round\nPoints and goals will carry over in full from the regular season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 44], "content_span": [45, 110]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275076-0005-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Danish Superliga, Championship round, Positions by round\nBelow the positions per round are shown. As teams did not all start with an equal number of points, the initial pre-playoffs positions are also given.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 64], "content_span": [65, 215]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275076-0006-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Danish Superliga, Relegation round\nPoints and goals will carry over in full from the regular season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 42], "content_span": [43, 108]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275076-0007-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Danish Superliga, European play-offs\nThe winning team from the 4-team knock-out tournament advanced to a Europa League play-off match.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 44], "content_span": [45, 142]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275076-0008-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Danish Superliga, Relegation play-offs\nWinners of matches 3, 5, and 6 would play in the 2018\u201319 Danish Superliga.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 46], "content_span": [47, 121]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275076-0009-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Danish Superliga, Relegation play-offs, Second Round\nSilkeborg won 5\u20134 on aggregate. As a result Helsing\u00f8r was relegated, while Silkeborg would face Esbjerg fB in round 3 to avoid relegation.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 60], "content_span": [61, 199]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275076-0010-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Danish Superliga, Relegation play-offs, Third Round\nVendsyssel won 3\u20131 on aggregate. As a result Lyngby was relegated, and Vendsyssel promoted.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 59], "content_span": [60, 151]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275076-0011-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Danish Superliga, Relegation play-offs, Third Round\nEsbjerg won 3\u20131 on aggregate. As a result Silkeborg was relegated, and Esbjerg promoted.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 59], "content_span": [60, 148]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275077-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Dartmouth Big Green men's basketball team\nThe 2017\u201318 Dartmouth Big Green men's basketball team represented Dartmouth College during the 2017\u201318 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Big Green, led by second-year head coach David McLaughlin, played their home games at Leede Arena in Hanover, New Hampshire as members of the Ivy League. They finished the season 7\u201320, 3\u201311 in Ivy League play to finish in last place and fail to qualify for the Ivy League Tournament.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 49], "section_span": [49, 49], "content_span": [50, 481]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275077-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Dartmouth Big Green men's basketball team, Previous season\nThe Big Green finished the 2016\u201317 season 7\u201320, 4\u201310 in Ivy League play to finish in a three-way tie for last place. They failed to qualify for the inaugural Ivy League Tournament.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 49], "section_span": [51, 66], "content_span": [67, 247]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275078-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Dartmouth Big Green women's basketball team\nThe 2017\u201318 Dartmouth Big Green women's basketball team represents Dartmouth College during the 2017\u201318 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Big Green, led by fifth year head coach Belle Koclanes, play their home games at Leede Arena and were members of the Ivy League. They finished the season 15\u201312, 7\u20137 in Ivy League play to finish in fifth place and failed to qualify for the Ivy League Women's Tournament.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 51], "section_span": [51, 51], "content_span": [52, 472]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275079-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Dartmouth Big Green women's ice hockey season\nThe Dartmouth Big Green represent Dartmouth College in ECAC women's ice hockey during the 2017\u201318 NCAA Division I women's ice hockey season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 53], "section_span": [53, 53], "content_span": [54, 194]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275080-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Davidson Wildcats men's basketball team\nThe 2017\u201318 Davidson Wildcats men's basketball team represented Davidson College during the 2017\u201318 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Wildcats were led by 29th-year head coach Bob McKillop and played their home games at the John M. Belk Arena in Davidson, North Carolina as fourth-year members of the Atlantic 10 Conference. They finished the season 21\u201312, 13\u20135 in the A-10 to finish in third place. In the A-10 Tournament they defeated Saint Louis, St. Bonaventure, and Rhode Island to be A-10 Tournament champions. They received the A-10's automatic bid to the NCAA Tournament where they lost in the First Round to Kentucky.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 47], "section_span": [47, 47], "content_span": [48, 685]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275080-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Davidson Wildcats men's basketball team, Previous season\nThe Wildcats finished the 2016\u201317 season 17\u201315, 8\u201310 in A-10 play to finish in ninth place. In the A-10 Tournament, they defeated La Salle and Dayton to advance to the tournament semifinals where they lost to Rhode Island.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 47], "section_span": [49, 64], "content_span": [65, 287]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275080-0002-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Davidson Wildcats men's basketball team, Preseason\nIn a poll of the league's head coaches and select media members at the conference's media day, the Wildcats were picked to finish in sixth place in the A-10. Senior forward Peyton Aldridge was named to the conference's preseason first team.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 47], "section_span": [49, 58], "content_span": [59, 299]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275081-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Davidson Wildcats women's basketball team\nThe 2017\u201318 Davidson Wildcats women's basketball team will represent Davidson College during the 2017\u201318 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Wildcats are led by first year head coach Gayle Coats Fulks. The Wildcats were fourth year members of the Atlantic 10 Conference and play their home games at the John M. Belk Arena. They finished the season 12\u201318, 7\u20139 in A-10 play to finish in ninth place. They lost in the first round of the A-10 Women's Tournament to Richmond.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 49], "section_span": [49, 49], "content_span": [50, 531]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275081-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Davidson Wildcats women's basketball team, Media, Davidson Wildcats Sports Network\nSelect Wildcats games will be broadcast on Teamline with Derek Smith and Leslie Urban providing the call. Most home games will also be featured on the A-10 Digital Network. Select games will be televised.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 49], "section_span": [51, 90], "content_span": [91, 295]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275082-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Dayton Flyers men's basketball team\nThe 2017\u201318 Dayton Flyers men's basketball team represented the University of Dayton during the 2017\u201318 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Flyers were led by first-year head coach Anthony Grant and played their home games at the University of Dayton Arena as members of the Atlantic 10 Conference. They finished the season 14\u201317, 8\u201310 in A-10 play to finish in ninth place. They lost in the second round of the A-10 Tournament to VCU.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [43, 43], "content_span": [44, 488]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275082-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Dayton Flyers men's basketball team, Previous season\nThe Flyers finished the 2016\u201317 season 24\u20138, 15\u20133 in A-10 play to win the regular season A-10 championship. They received the No. 1 seed in the A-10 Tournament where they lost in the quarterfinals to Davidson. They received an at-large bid to the NCAA Tournament as the #7 seed in the South Region, where they lost in the First Round to #10 Wichita State.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [45, 60], "content_span": [61, 416]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275082-0002-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Dayton Flyers men's basketball team, Previous season\nOn March 25, 2017, head coach Archie Miller left the school to accept the head coaching position at Indiana. The school hired Dayton alum Anthony Grant as the new head coach on March 30.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [45, 60], "content_span": [61, 247]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275082-0003-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Dayton Flyers men's basketball team, Preseason\nIn a poll of the league\u2019s head coaches and select media members at the conference's media day, the Flyers were picked to finish in fifth place in the A-10.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [45, 54], "content_span": [55, 210]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275083-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Dayton Flyers women's basketball team\nThe 2017\u201318 Dayton Flyers women's basketball team will represent the University of Dayton during the 2017\u201318 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Flyers, led by second-year head coach Shauna Green, play their home games at UD Arena and are members of the Atlantic 10 Conference. They finished the season 23\u20137, 15\u20131 in A-10 play to win the A-10 regular season title. They advanced to the semifinals of the A-10 Women's Tournament where they lost to George Washington. They received an at-large bid to the NCAA Women's Tournament where they lost to Marquette in the first round.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [45, 45], "content_span": [46, 632]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275083-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Dayton Flyers women's basketball team, Media, Dayton Flyers Sports Network\nThe Dayton Flyers Sports Network will broadcast Flyers games off of their athletic website, DaytonFlyers.com, with Shane White on the call. Most home games will also be featured on the A-10 Digital Network. Select games will be televised.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [47, 82], "content_span": [83, 321]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275084-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 DePaul Blue Demons men's basketball team\nThe 2017\u201318 DePaul Blue Demons men's basketball team represented DePaul University during the 2017\u201318 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. They were led by third-year (sixth overall with DePaul) head coach Dave Leitao and played their home games at the new Wintrust Arena in Chicago, Illinois as members of the Big East Conference. They finished the season 11\u201320, 4\u201314 in Big East play to finish in a tie for ninth place. They lost in the first round of the Big East Tournament to Marquette.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 48], "section_span": [48, 48], "content_span": [49, 544]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275084-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 DePaul Blue Demons men's basketball team, Previous season\nThe Blue Demons finished the 2016\u201317 season 9\u201323, 2\u201316 in Big East play to finish in last place. They lost in the first round of the Big East Tournament to Xavier. That season marked the Blue Demons' final season at Allstate Arena", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 48], "section_span": [50, 65], "content_span": [66, 296]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275084-0002-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 DePaul Blue Demons men's basketball team, Preseason\nThe Blue Demons were picked to finish in last place in the preseason Big East poll.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 48], "section_span": [50, 59], "content_span": [60, 143]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275085-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 DePaul Blue Demons women's basketball team\nThe 2017\u201318 DePaul Blue Demons women's basketball team represents DePaul University during the 2017\u201318 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Blue Demons, led by thirty-second year head coach Doug Bruno, play their home games at the Wintrust Arena. They were members of the Big East Conference. They finished the season 27\u20138, 15\u20133 in Big East play to share the Big East regular season title with Marquette. They won the Big East Women's Tournament by defeating Marquette in the championship game. They received an automatic bid to the NCAA Women's Tournament where they defeated Oklahoma in the first round before losing to Texas A&M in the second round.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 50], "section_span": [50, 50], "content_span": [51, 713]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275085-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 DePaul Blue Demons women's basketball team\nThis was the Blue Demons' first season at the new Wintrust Arena at the McCormick Place convention center. The arena is also the new home to the DePaul men's team.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 50], "section_span": [50, 50], "content_span": [51, 214]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275086-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Debreceni VSC season\nThe 2017\u201318 season will be Debreceni VSC's 40th competitive season, 25th consecutive season in the OTP Bank Liga and 115th year in existence as a football club.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [28, 28], "content_span": [29, 189]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275086-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Debreceni VSC season, First team squad\nNote: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 46], "content_span": [47, 175]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275086-0002-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Debreceni VSC season, Transfers, Summer\nIn:Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 47], "content_span": [48, 179]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275086-0003-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Debreceni VSC season, Transfers, Summer\nOut:Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 47], "content_span": [48, 180]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275086-0004-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Debreceni VSC season, Transfers, Winter\nIn:Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 47], "content_span": [48, 179]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275086-0005-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Debreceni VSC season, Transfers, Winter\nOut:Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 47], "content_span": [48, 180]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275086-0006-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Debreceni VSC season, Statistics, Top scorers\nIncludes all competitive matches. The list is sorted by shirt number when total goals are equal.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 53], "content_span": [54, 150]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275086-0007-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Debreceni VSC season, Statistics, Disciplinary record\nIncludes all competitive matches. Players with 1 card or more included only.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 61], "content_span": [62, 138]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275087-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Defensa y Justicia season\nThe 2017\u201318 season is Defensa y Justicia's 5th consecutive season in the top-flight of Argentine football. The season covers the period from 1 July 2017 to 30 June 2018.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [33, 33], "content_span": [34, 203]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275087-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Defensa y Justicia season, Current squad\nNote: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 48], "content_span": [49, 177]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275087-0002-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Defensa y Justicia season, Current squad, Out on loan\nNote: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 61], "content_span": [62, 190]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275088-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Delaware Fightin' Blue Hens men's basketball team\nThe 2017\u201318 Delaware Fightin' Blue Hens men's basketball team represented the University of Delaware during the 2017\u201318 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Fightin' Blue Hens, led by second-year head coach Martin Ingelsby, played their home games at the Bob Carpenter Center in Newark, Delaware as members of the Colonial Athletic Association. They finished the season 14\u201319, 6\u201312 in CAA play to finish in a four-way tie for seventh place. They defeated Elon in the first round of the CAA Tournament before losing in the quarterfinals to Northeastern.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 57], "section_span": [57, 57], "content_span": [58, 618]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275088-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Delaware Fightin' Blue Hens men's basketball team, Previous season\nThe Fightin' Blue Hens finished the 2016\u201317 season 13\u201320, 5\u201313 in CAA play to finish in ninth place. They defeated Hofstra in the first round of the CAA Tournament to advance to the quarterfinals where they lost to UNC Wilmington.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 57], "section_span": [59, 74], "content_span": [75, 305]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275089-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Delaware Fightin' Blue Hens women's basketball team\nThe 2017\u201318 Delaware Fightin' Blue Hens women's basketball team represents the University of Delaware during the 2017\u201318 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Fightin' Blue Hens, led by first year head coach Natasha Adair, play their home games at the Bob Carpenter Center and were members of the Colonial Athletic Association (CAA). They finished the season 19\u201313, 11\u20137 CAA play to finish in fourth place. They advanced to the semifinals of the CAA Women's Tournament where they lost to Drexel. They received an at-large to the Women's National Invitation Tournament where they lost in the first round to Georgetown.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 59], "section_span": [59, 59], "content_span": [60, 686]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275090-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Delaware State Hornets men's basketball team\nThe 2017\u201318 Delaware State Hornets men's basketball team represented Delaware State University during the 2017\u201318 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Hornets, led by fourth-year head coach Keith Walker, played their home games at Memorial Hall in Dover, Delaware as members of the Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 52], "section_span": [52, 52], "content_span": [53, 375]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275090-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Delaware State Hornets men's basketball team\nThe Hornets finished 4\u201328, 2\u201314 in the MEAC play to finish in last place. They lost in the first round of the MEAC Tournament to North Carolina A&T. They lost every game on the road and on a neutral court, with both of their non-conference victories coming against non-Division I schools. They had the dubious distinction of finishing the season 351st in RPI out of the 351 teams in the NCAA.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 52], "section_span": [52, 52], "content_span": [53, 445]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275090-0002-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Delaware State Hornets men's basketball team\nOn February 22, 2018, head coach Keith Walker was fired and associate head coach Keith Johnson was named interim head coach for the remainder of the season. On July 26, 5 months after Walker was fired, the school hired UMBC assistant Eric Skeeters for the head coaching job.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 52], "section_span": [52, 52], "content_span": [53, 327]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275090-0003-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Delaware State Hornets men's basketball team, Previous season\nThe Hornets finished the 2016\u201317 season 10\u201322, 7\u20139 in MEAC play to finish in a three-way tie for seventh place. They lost in the first round of the MEAC Tournament to Bethune\u2013Cookman.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 52], "section_span": [54, 69], "content_span": [70, 253]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275091-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Delhi Dynamos FC season\nThe 2017\u201318 season was the club's fourth season since its establishment in 2014 and their fourth season in the Indian Super League.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [31, 31], "content_span": [32, 163]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275091-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Delhi Dynamos FC season, Pre Season Friendlies\nThe club headed to Spain and Qatar on a 41 days pre-season tour, starting from 10 September.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 54], "content_span": [55, 147]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275091-0002-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Delhi Dynamos FC season, Transfers\nUnlike other Indian Super League franchises Delhi Dynamos decided not retain any players from their previous season squad before 2017\u201318 players draft which enabled them to enter in the round one of players draft along with new entrant Jamshedpur FC.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 42], "content_span": [43, 293]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275091-0003-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Delhi Dynamos FC season, Transfers\nIn ISL draft held on 23 July 2017, Delhi Dynamos added fifteen new players to their squad. Goalkeeper Albino Gomes, Sukhdev Patil and Arnab Das Sharma, defender Pritam Kotal, Sena Ralte, Pratik Chowdhary, Mohammad Sajid Dhot, Rowilson Rodrigues and Munmun Lugun, midfielder Seityasen Singh, Vinit Rai, Romeo Fernandes, David Ngaihte and Simranjit Singh and Lallianzuala Chhangte.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 42], "content_span": [43, 422]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275091-0004-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Delhi Dynamos FC season, Transfers\nDelhi Dynamos announced signing of Brazilian midfielder Paulinho Dias on 28 July 2017. On 1 August, Delhi Dynamos announced signing of Uruguayan midfielder Mat\u00edas Mirabaje. Signing of Argentinian forward Juan Vogliotti was announced on 4 August. Franchise announced on 10 August, they signed Venezuelan defender Gabriel Cichero. On 29 August, Delhi Dynamos published a statement on their website that signing of Argentinian forward Juan Vogliotti could not be completed due to unavoidable circumstances. Juan Vogliotti said:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 42], "content_span": [43, 567]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275091-0005-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Delhi Dynamos FC season, Transfers\nI want to let you all know that I never had any bad intentions. Things were badly planned from my end and I should have completed all formalities before agreeing with Delhi Dynamos. Please accept my sincere apologies as I will not be able to leave this club and play in front of the amazing crowd in Delhi. Maybe, sometimes things do not go the way you want them too.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 42], "content_span": [43, 410]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275091-0006-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Delhi Dynamos FC season, Transfers\nDelhi Dynamos announced on 7 September, they signed Nigerian forward Kalu Uche. On 12 September, Delhi Dynamos announced signing of Cura\u00e7aoan forward Guyon Fernandez and Spanish defender Edu Moya. On 14 September, Delhi Dynamos announced signing of their seventh foreign player, Dutch forward Jeroen Lumu.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 42], "content_span": [43, 348]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275091-0007-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Delhi Dynamos FC season, Transfers\nOn 19 September, Delhi Dynamos announced they signed Indian U19 international players Kishan Singh Thongam and Jayananda Singh Moirangthem. On the matter managing director Rohan Sharma said:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 42], "content_span": [43, 233]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275091-0008-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Delhi Dynamos FC season, Transfers\nI\u2019d like to extend my warmest greetings to Jayananda and Kishan, these two players have a lot of potential and I\u2019m happy they have chosen Delhi Dynamos to be their new club. We hope we can help Jayananda and Kishan grow and develop into the next Indian superstars.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 42], "content_span": [43, 307]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275091-0009-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Delhi Dynamos FC season, Transfers\nOn 21 September, Delhi Dynamos announced signing of Nanda Kumar on a loan deal from I-League side Chennai City.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 42], "content_span": [43, 154]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275091-0010-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Delhi Dynamos FC season, Squad\nNote: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 38], "content_span": [39, 167]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275091-0011-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Delhi Dynamos FC season, Player statistics\nList of squad players, including number of appearances by competition", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 50], "content_span": [51, 120]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275092-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Denmark Series\nThe 2017\u201318 Denmark Series was the 53rd season of the Denmark Series, the fourth-tier of the Danish football league structure organised by the Danish FA (DBU). The league was divided in four groups of ten teams each, with the group winners reaching promotion to the 2018\u201319 Danish 2nd Divisions, while the last place teams suffered automatic relegation to the lower divisions. The eight and ninth placed teams of each group risked playing relegation-playoffs, depending on Danish 2nd Division results. The season was launched in on 5 August 2017 and the final rounds of regular league fixtures were held on 16 June 2018 with the play-off relegation matches being held on 20 June 2018.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [22, 22], "content_span": [23, 707]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275093-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Denver Nuggets season\nThe 2017\u201318 Denver Nuggets season was the 42nd season of the franchise in the National Basketball Association (NBA). On June 15, 2017, the Nuggets officially promoted both Art\u016bras Karni\u0161ovas and Tim Connelly to become the team's newest general manager and president of basketball operations respectively. On December 2, 2017, the Nuggets would retire Fat Lever's number during their 115\u2013100 win over the Los Angeles Lakers. Despite compiling their first winning season since 2013, they missed the playoffs for the fifth straight season after losing to the Minnesota Timberwolves in a win-or-go-home situation in the regular season finale, also ending the Timberwolves' 14-year playoff drought.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [29, 29], "content_span": [30, 723]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275094-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Denver Pioneers men's basketball team\nThe 2017\u201318 Denver Pioneers men's basketball team represented the University of Denver during the 2017\u201318 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Pioneers, led by second-year head coach Rodney Billups, played their home games at Magness Arena, with one home game at Hamilton Gymnasium, and are members of The Summit League. They finished the season 15\u201315, 8\u20136 in Summit League play to finish in third place. In the Summit League Tournament, they defeated Oral Roberts in the quarterfinals before losing to South Dakota State in the semifinals.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [45, 45], "content_span": [46, 594]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275094-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Denver Pioneers men's basketball team, Previous season\nThe Pioneers finished the season 16\u201314, 8\u20138 in Summit League play to finish in a three-way tie for fourth place. They lost in the quarterfinals of the Summit League Tournament to South Dakota State.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [47, 62], "content_span": [63, 261]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275094-0002-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Denver Pioneers men's basketball team, Preseason\nIn a poll of league coaches, media, and sports information directors, the Pioneers were picked to finish in fifth place. Senior center Daniel Amigo was named to the preseason All-Summit First Team and senior guard Joe Rosga was named to the Second Team.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [47, 56], "content_span": [57, 310]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275095-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Deodhar Trophy\nThe 2017\u201318 Deodhar Trophy was the 45th edition of the Deodhar Trophy, a List A cricket competition in India. It was contested between Karnataka, the winner of the 2017\u201318 Vijay Hazare Trophy and two other teams selected by the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI). It was played from 4 to 8 March 2018. India B defeated Karnataka in the final by 6 wickets to win the trophy.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [22, 22], "content_span": [23, 406]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275095-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Deodhar Trophy, Squads\nRavichandran Ashwin was ruled out ahead of the series due to injury. He was replaced by Shahbaz Nadeem. Ankit Bawne was appointed as captain of the India A squad. Bawne was originally in the India B squad; Akshdeep Nath was moved to the India B squad from the India A squad to facilitate the change.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 30], "content_span": [31, 330]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275096-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Departmental One Day Cup\nThe 2017\u201318 Departmental One Day Cup was a List A cricket tournament in Pakistan. The competition ran from 28 December 2017 to 14 January 2018. Habib Bank Limited were the defending champions. United Bank Limited won the tournament, beating Water and Power Development Authority by 6 wickets in the final.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [32, 32], "content_span": [33, 338]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275097-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Deportivo Alav\u00e9s season\nThe 2017\u201318 Deportivo Alav\u00e9s season sees the club participating in La Liga and the Copa del Rey.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [31, 31], "content_span": [32, 128]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275097-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Deportivo Alav\u00e9s season, Current squad\nNote: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 46], "content_span": [47, 175]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275097-0002-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Deportivo Alav\u00e9s season, Current squad, Out on loan\nNote: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 59], "content_span": [60, 188]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275098-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Deportivo Toluca F.C. (women) season\nThe 2017\u201318 season was Toluca's first competitive season and first season in the Liga MX Femenil, the top flight of Mexican women's football.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [44, 44], "content_span": [45, 186]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275098-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Deportivo Toluca F.C. (women) season\nOn the Apertura 2017 tournament, Toluca failed to qualify for the playoffs, managing to do so for the Clausura 2018, where they lost at the semifinals against Monterrey.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [44, 44], "content_span": [45, 214]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275099-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Deportivo de La Coru\u00f1a season\nDuring the 2017\u201318 Deportivo de La Coru\u00f1a season, the club participated in La Liga and the Copa del Rey. Deportivo was mathematically relegated to the Segunda Divisi\u00f3n following a 2\u20134 home defeat at the Riazor to Barcelona on 29 April 2018. The club ultimately finished in 18th position in La Liga.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [37, 37], "content_span": [38, 336]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275099-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Deportivo de La Coru\u00f1a season, Squad\nNote: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 44], "content_span": [45, 173]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275100-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Derby County F.C. season\nThe 2017\u201318 season was Derby County's tenth consecutive season in the Championship in their 134th year in existence. Along with competing in the Championship, the club also participated in the FA Cup and EFL Cup.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [32, 32], "content_span": [33, 245]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275100-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Derby County F.C. season\nThe season covered the period from 1 July 2017 to 30 June 2018.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [32, 32], "content_span": [33, 96]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275100-0002-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Derby County F.C. season, Players, Current squad\nNote: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 56], "content_span": [57, 185]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275100-0003-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Derby County F.C. season, Players, Out on loan\nNote: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 54], "content_span": [55, 183]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275100-0004-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Derby County F.C. season, Pre-season, Friendlies\nOn 9 May 2017, Derby County announced they will face two German sides as part of their pre-season preparations. Three days later The Rams confirmed their pre-season schedule ahead of the new campaign.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 56], "content_span": [57, 257]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275100-0005-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Derby County F.C. season, Competitions, Championship\nDerby County became the first team to score a goal in the Championship 2017-18 season when Bradley Johnson netted after 11 minutes of their opening match against Sunderland.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 60], "content_span": [61, 234]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275100-0006-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Derby County F.C. season, Competitions, FA Cup\nIn the FA Cup, Derby County entered the competition in the third round and were drawn away to Manchester United.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 54], "content_span": [55, 167]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275100-0007-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Derby County F.C. season, Competitions, EFL Cup\nOn 16 June 2017, the first round draw took place with a trip to Grimsby Town announced. Following the abandonment off the first round tie, the fixture was rescheduled for 22 August 2017. Victory against Grimsby Town in the rescheduled match set up a second round tie against Barnsley.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 55], "content_span": [56, 340]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275101-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Derde Divisie\nThe 2017\u201318 Derde Divisie season is the second edition of the new Dutch fourth tier, formerly called Topklasse, since the restructuring of the league system in the summer of 2016.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [21, 21], "content_span": [22, 201]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275101-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Derde Divisie, Promotion/Relegation Play-offs Tweede and Derde Divisie\nThe numbers 15 and 16 from the 2017\u201318 Tweede Divisie and 3 (substitute) period winners of each of the 2017\u201318 Derde Divisie's, making a total of 8 teams, decide in a 2-round knockout system which 2 teams will play next season in the 2018\u201319 Tweede Divisie. The remaining 6 teams will play next season in the 2018\u201319 Derde Divisie.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 78], "content_span": [79, 410]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275101-0002-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Derde Divisie, Promotion/Relegation Play-offs Tweede and Derde Divisie, Results\nJong Almere City and Scheveningen promoted to the 2018\u201319 Tweede Divisie. Lisse and TEC relegated to the 2018\u201319 Derde Divisie. The other teams remain in the 2018\u201319 Derde Divisie.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 87], "content_span": [88, 268]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275101-0003-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Derde Divisie, Promotion/Relegation Play-offs Derde Divisie and Hoofdklasse\nThe numbers 15 and 16 from the 2017\u201318 Derde Divisie Saturday league and 3 (substitute) period winners of each of the two 2017\u201318 Hoofdklasse Saturday leagues, making a total of 8 teams, decide in a 2-round knockout system which 2 teams play next season in the 2018\u201319 Derde Divisie Saturday league. The remaining 6 teams play next season in the 2018\u201319 Hoofdklasse Saturday leagues.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 83], "content_span": [84, 467]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275101-0004-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Derde Divisie, Promotion/Relegation Play-offs Derde Divisie and Hoofdklasse\nThe same applies for the 2017\u201318 Derde Divisie Sunday league and each of the two 2017\u201318 Hoofdklasse Sunday leagues.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 83], "content_span": [84, 200]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275101-0005-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Derde Divisie, Promotion/Relegation Play-offs Derde Divisie and Hoofdklasse\nSee Promotion/Relegation Play-offs Derde Divisie and Hoofdklasse on the Hoofdklasse page", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 83], "content_span": [84, 172]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275102-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Detroit Pistons season\nThe 2017\u201318 Detroit Pistons season was the 77th season of the franchise, the 70th in the National Basketball Association (NBA), and the first in Midtown Detroit. The Pistons moved from The Palace of Auburn Hills to the new Little Caesars Arena before the start of the season. This was the first season where the Pistons have played in Detroit on a regular basis since 1978. This would also be the last season with Stan Van Gundy being both the team's head coach and President of Basketball Operations.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [30, 30], "content_span": [31, 532]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275102-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Detroit Pistons season, Player statistics, Season\n\u2020Denotes player spent time with another team before joining the Pistons. Stats reflect time with the Pistons only. \u2021Denotes traded mid-season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 57], "content_span": [58, 200]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275103-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Detroit Red Wings season\nThe 2017\u201318 Detroit Red Wings season was the 92nd season for the National Hockey League (NHL) franchise that was established on September 25, 1926. It was also the Red Wings' first season at Little Caesars Arena. The team missed the playoffs for the second year in a row, marking the first time since 1982\u201383 that the Red Wings missed the playoffs in consecutive seasons.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [32, 32], "content_span": [33, 404]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275103-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Detroit Red Wings season, Schedule and results, Regular season\nLegend:\u00a0\u00a0Win (2 points)\u00a0\u00a0Loss (0 points)\u00a0\u00a0Overtime/shootout loss (1 point)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 70], "content_span": [71, 145]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275103-0002-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Detroit Red Wings season, Player statistics, Goaltenders\n\u2020Denotes player spent time with another team before joining the Red Wings. Stats reflect time with the Red Wings only. \u2021Traded mid-seasonBold/italics denotes franchise record", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 64], "content_span": [65, 239]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275103-0003-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Detroit Red Wings season, Draft picks\nBelow are the Detroit Red Wings' selections at the 2017 NHL Entry Draft, which was held on June 23\u201324, 2017 at the United Center in Chicago, Illinois.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 45], "content_span": [46, 196]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275104-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Detroit Titans men's basketball team\nThe 2017\u201318 Detroit Titans men's basketball team, also known as Detroit Mercy, represented the University of Detroit Mercy during the 2017\u201318 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Titans, led by second-year head coach Bacari Alexander, played their home games at Calihan Hall as members of the Horizon League. They finished the season 8\u201324, 4\u201314 in Horizon League play to finish in last place. They lost in the first round of the Horizon League Tournament to Green Bay.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [44, 44], "content_span": [45, 521]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275104-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Detroit Titans men's basketball team\nOn March 26, 2018, the school fired head coach Bacari Alexander after two seasons. On June 5, the school hired Texas Southern head coach Mike Davis as the Titans' new coach.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [44, 44], "content_span": [45, 218]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275104-0002-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Detroit Titans men's basketball team, Previous season\nThe Titans finished the season 8\u201323, 6\u201312 in Horizon League play to finish in seventh place. As the No. 7 seed in the Horizon League Tournament, they lost Milwaukee in the First Round.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [46, 61], "content_span": [62, 246]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275105-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Dhaka Premier Division Cricket League\nThe 2017\u201318 Dhaka Premier Division Cricket League was an edition of the Dhaka Premier Division Cricket League, a List A cricket competition that was held in Bangladesh. It was the fifth edition of the tournament with List A status, although almost 35 seasons had been played before achieving the status. It started on 5 February 2018 and finished on 5 April 2018. Gazi Group Cricketers were the defending champions. Abahani Limited won the tournament, after beating Legends of Rupganj by 94 runs in the final Super League fixture.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [45, 45], "content_span": [46, 576]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275105-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Dhaka Premier Division Cricket League\nThe Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) held a draft system for players on 20 January 2018. Agrani Bank Cricket Club and Shinepukur Cricket Club were promoted from the Dhaka First Division Cricket League, replacing Partex Sporting Club and Victoria Sporting Club who were relegated in the previous tournament. Both newly promoted teams won their opening fixtures.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [45, 45], "content_span": [46, 404]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275105-0002-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Dhaka Premier Division Cricket League\nThe first part of the tournament was played as a round-robin, before progressing to the championship and relegation phase. The Super League started on 24 March 2018 and the Relegation League started on 29 March 2018.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [45, 45], "content_span": [46, 262]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275105-0003-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Dhaka Premier Division Cricket League\nAfter the eleventh round of fixtures, Khelaghar Samaj Kallyan Samity had reached the Super League part of the tournament for the first time in their history. Abahani Limited, Legends of Rupganj, Prime Doleshwar Sporting Club, Gazi Group Cricketers and Sheikh Jamal Dhanmondi Club also joined Khelaghar Samaj Kallyan Samity in the Super League. On 30 March 2018, in the Super League fixture between Abahani Limited and Prime Doleshwar Sporting Club, Abahani Limited set a new record for the highest team total in List A cricket in Bangladesh, with 393/4.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [45, 45], "content_span": [46, 599]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275105-0004-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Dhaka Premier Division Cricket League\nThe bottom three teams, Agrani Bank Cricket Club, Kala Bagan Krira Chakra and Brothers Union, faced each other in the relegation playoffs. In the first match of the Relegation League, Agrani Bank Cricket Club beat Kala Bagan Krira Chakra by six wickets, therefore relegating Kala Bagan Krira Chakra to the Dhaka First Division Cricket League for the next season. In the last match, Brothers Union beat Agrani Bank Cricket Club by 4 wickets, therefore relegating Agrani Bank Cricket Club.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [45, 45], "content_span": [46, 533]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275105-0005-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Dhaka Premier Division Cricket League, Points tables\nTeam qualified for the Super League phase of the tournament", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [47, 60], "content_span": [61, 120]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275106-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Didi 10 season\nThe 2017\u201318 Didi 10 competition is Georgian domestic rugby union competition operated by Georgian Rugby Union. One new team from I league was promoted to Didi 10 (Rustavi Kharebi).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [22, 22], "content_span": [23, 203]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275106-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Didi 10 season, Table\nIf teams are level at any stage, tiebreakers are applied in the following order:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 29], "content_span": [30, 110]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275107-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Dijon FCO season\nThe 2017\u201318 Dijon FCO season was the 19th professional season of the club since its creation in 1998.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [24, 24], "content_span": [25, 126]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275107-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Dijon FCO season, Players\nNote: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 33], "content_span": [34, 162]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275107-0002-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Dijon FCO season, Players, Out on loan\nNote: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 46], "content_span": [47, 175]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275108-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Division 1\nThe 2017\u201318 Maltese Division 1 season, is the premier men's basketball competition in Malta. BUPA Luxol are the defending champions.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [18, 18], "content_span": [19, 151]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275108-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Division 1, Competition format\nFive teams joined the regular season and competed in a double-legged round-robin tournament. The four best qualified teams of the regular season joined the playoffs.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [20, 38], "content_span": [39, 204]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275108-0002-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Division 1, Playoffs\nPlayoffs started on 25 April 2018 and ended on 16 May 2018. The semifinals were played in a best-of-three-games format, while the finals in a best-of-five one.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [20, 28], "content_span": [29, 188]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275109-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Division 1 F\u00e9minine\nThe 2017\u201318 Division 1 F\u00e9minine season was the 44th edition since its establishment. Lyon were the defending champions, having won the title in each of the past eleven seasons. The season began on 3 September 2017 and ended on 27 May 2018. Lyon won their twelfth straight title.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [27, 27], "content_span": [28, 306]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275109-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Division 1 F\u00e9minine, Teams\nFCF Juvisy changed its name to Paris FC. Two teams were promoted from the Division 2 F\u00e9minine, the second level of women's football in France, to replace two teams that were relegated from the Division 1 F\u00e9minine following the 2016\u201317 season. A total of 12 teams currently compete in the league; two clubs will be relegated to the second division at the end of the season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 34], "content_span": [35, 407]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275110-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Divisi\u00f3n de Honor Femenina de Balonmano\nThe Divisi\u00f3n de Honor Femenina 2017\u201318, or Liga Guerreras Iberdrola 2017-18 after sponsorship of Iberdrola, is the 61st season of women's handball top flight in Spain since its establishment. Bera Bera won his fifth title. The season began on 6 September, 2017 and the last matchday was played on 26 May, 2018. A total of 14 teams took part the league, 12 of which had already contested in the 2016\u201317 season, and two of which were promoted from the Divisi\u00f3n de Plata 2016\u201317.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 47], "section_span": [47, 47], "content_span": [48, 524]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275110-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Divisi\u00f3n de Honor Femenina de Balonmano\nAtl\u00e9tico Guard\u00e9s won the championship with the same points as the 2nd team in the standings, Mecalia Atl\u00e9tico Guard\u00e9s. Further, regarding to European competitions for 2018\u201319 season; Bera Bera qualified to EHF Champions League, Atl\u00e9tico Guard\u00e9s qualified to EHF Cup and Rocasa G.C. and Mavi Nuevas Tecnolog\u00edas to EHF Challenge Cup.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 47], "section_span": [47, 47], "content_span": [48, 379]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275111-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Divisi\u00f3n de Honor Juvenil de F\u00fatbol\nThe 2017\u201318 Divisi\u00f3n de Honor Juvenil de F\u00fatbol season is the 32nd since its establishment. The regular season begins on 3 September 2017 and ends on 8 April 2018.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [43, 43], "content_span": [44, 207]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275111-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Divisi\u00f3n de Honor Juvenil de F\u00fatbol, League tables, Ranking of second-placed teams\nThe best runner-up will qualify for the Copa de Campeones.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [45, 90], "content_span": [91, 149]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275111-0002-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Divisi\u00f3n de Honor Juvenil de F\u00fatbol, League tables, Ranking of second-placed teams\nThe seven best runners-up are determined by the following parameters, in this order:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [45, 90], "content_span": [91, 175]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275111-0003-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Divisi\u00f3n de Honor Juvenil de F\u00fatbol, League tables, Ranking of third-placed teams\nThe two best third-placed will qualify for the Copa del Rey.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [45, 89], "content_span": [90, 150]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275111-0004-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Divisi\u00f3n de Honor Juvenil de F\u00fatbol, League tables, Ranking of third-placed teams\nThe seven best third-placed are determined by the following parameters, in this order:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [45, 89], "content_span": [90, 176]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275111-0005-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Divisi\u00f3n de Honor Juvenil de F\u00fatbol, Copa de Campeones\nThe seven group champions and the best runner-up were qualified to this competition whose winner will play the 2018\u201319 UEFA Youth League. The draw was held in Ciudad Real on 10 April 2018.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [45, 62], "content_span": [63, 251]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275111-0006-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Divisi\u00f3n de Honor Juvenil de F\u00fatbol, Copa de Campeones\nThe quarterfinals and semifinals will be played in Ciudad Real and Puertollano, while the final at Estadio Rey Juan Carlos I, in Ciudad Real.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [45, 62], "content_span": [63, 204]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275112-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Divisi\u00f3n de Honor de Hockey Hierba\nThe 2017\u201318 Divisi\u00f3n de Honor de Hockey Hierba was the 52nd season of the Divisi\u00f3n de Honor de Hockey Hierba, the highest field hockey league in Spain. The season began on 23 September 2017 and concluded on 3 June 2018.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [42, 42], "content_span": [43, 262]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275112-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Divisi\u00f3n de Honor de Hockey Hierba\nAtl\u00e8tic Terrassa were the defending champions. Real Club de Polo won the regular season and their fifteenth national title by defeating Junior 3\u20131 after shootouts in the final.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [42, 42], "content_span": [43, 219]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275112-0002-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Divisi\u00f3n de Honor de Hockey Hierba, Play-offs, Relegation play-off, 3rd leg\nJolaseta won the decisive third match so they are promoted and SPV Complutense is relegated to the second division.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [44, 83], "content_span": [84, 199]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275113-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Divisi\u00f3n de Honor de Rugby\nThe 2017\u201318 Divisi\u00f3n de Honor was the 51st season of the top flight of the Spanish domestic rugby union competition since its inception in 1953.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [34, 34], "content_span": [35, 179]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275113-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Divisi\u00f3n de Honor de Rugby\nValladolid won its second consecutive title, its eighth overall after defeating local arch-rivals SilverStorm El Salvador in the Final.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [34, 34], "content_span": [35, 170]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275113-0002-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Divisi\u00f3n de Honor de Rugby, Competition format\nThe Divisi\u00f3n de Honor season takes place between September and March, with every team playing each other home and away for a total of 22 matches. Points are awarded according to the following:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 54], "content_span": [55, 247]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275113-0003-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Divisi\u00f3n de Honor de Rugby, Competition format\nThe six teams with the highest number of points at the end of 22 rounds of matches play the championship playoffs. The top two teams win a semifinal berth automatically, while the next four teams play off to take the remaining two spots.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 54], "content_span": [55, 292]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275113-0004-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Divisi\u00f3n de Honor de Rugby, Competition format\nThe club which finishes bottom is relegated, while the club that finishes 11th goes into a playoff with a team from Divisi\u00f3n de Honor B.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 54], "content_span": [55, 191]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275113-0005-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Divisi\u00f3n de Honor de Rugby, Competition format, Promotion and relegation\nThe bottom team in the standings is relegated to Divisi\u00f3n de Honor B, while the team finishing 11th play the relegation playoff. The top team from Divisi\u00f3n de Honor B is promoted to Divisi\u00f3n de Honor.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 80], "content_span": [81, 281]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275113-0006-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Divisi\u00f3n de Honor de Rugby, Relegation playoff\nThe relegation playoff was played over two legs by Hernani, the team finishing 11th in Divisi\u00f3n de Honor and Ciencias Sevilla, the losing team from Divisi\u00f3n de Honor B promotion playoff final. Hernani won 57-48 on aggregate and remained in the Divisi\u00f3n de Honor A.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 54], "content_span": [55, 319]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275114-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Divizia A (men's handball)\nThe 2017\u201318 Divizia A was the 60th season of the Romanian men's handball second league. A total of 21 teams contested the league, being divided in two series, Seria A (10 teams) and Seria B (11 teams). At the end of the season the first place from both series promoted to Liga Na\u021bional\u0103, the 2nd and 3rd places from both series played a promotion play-off together with 11th and 12th place from Liga Na\u021bional\u0103.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [34, 34], "content_span": [35, 445]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275114-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Divizia A (men's handball), Promotion play-offs\nThe 11th and 12th-placed teams of the Liga Na\u021bional\u0103 faced the 2nd and 3rd-placed teams of the Divizia A, from both Seria A and Seria B. The first place from each play-off group promoted to Liga Na\u021bional\u0103.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 55], "content_span": [56, 261]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275114-0002-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Divizia A (men's handball), Promotion play-offs, Third place\nBecause the winner of Divizia A, Seria B, CSM Oradea declined the participation in the 2018\u201319 Liga Na\u021bional\u0103, another play-off match was organised to establish the third place and implicitly the last team promoted. The match was played between the 2nd places from the two Relegation play-offs series.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 68], "content_span": [69, 370]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275115-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Divizia A (women's handball)\nThe 2017\u201318 Divizia A was the 60th season of the Romanian women's handball second league. A total of 29 teams contested the league, being divided in two series, Seria A (15 teams) and Seria B (14 teams). At the end of the season the first place from both series promoted to Liga Na\u021bional\u0103, the 2nd and 3rd places from both series played a promotion play-off together with 11th and 12th place from Liga Na\u021bional\u0103.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [36, 36], "content_span": [37, 449]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275115-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Divizia A (women's handball), Promotion play-offs\nThe 11th and 12th-placed teams of the Liga Na\u021bional\u0103 faced the 2nd and 3rd-placed teams of the Divizia A, from both Seria A and Seria B. The first place from each play-off group promoted to Liga Na\u021bional\u0103.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 57], "content_span": [58, 263]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275116-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Divizia A1 (men's volleyball)\nThe 2017\u201318 Divizia A1 season was the 69th season of the Divizia A1, the highest professional volleyball league in Romania. VM Zal\u0103u was the defending champion. At the end of the season, Tricolorul LMV Ploie\u0219ti won their first title. UV Timi\u0219oara and CSS 2 Baia Mare were relegated.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [37, 37], "content_span": [38, 320]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275116-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Divizia A1 (men's volleyball), Competition format\nThe competition format will be the same as in the previous season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 57], "content_span": [58, 124]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275117-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Divizia A1 (women's volleyball)\nThe 2017\u201318 Divizia A1 season was the 68th season of the Divizia A1, the highest professional volleyball league in Romania. CSM Volei Alba Blaj was the defending champion. At the end of the season, CSM Bucure\u0219ti won their first title.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [39, 39], "content_span": [40, 274]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275117-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Divizia A1 (women's volleyball), Competition format\nThe competition format will be the same as in the previous season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 59], "content_span": [60, 126]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275117-0002-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Divizia A1 (women's volleyball), Teams\nSCM U Craiova and CSU Gala\u021bi were relegated to Divizia A2. Unic Piatra Neam\u021b and SCM Pte\u0219ti withdrew from Divizia A1.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 46], "content_span": [47, 164]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275117-0003-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Divizia A1 (women's volleyball), Play-out\nIn the meeting of the Board of Directors of the Romanian Volleyball Federation from 26 February 2018 it was decided to cancel the play-out round, places 7\u201310. The final ranking for these places remains the same as that at the end of the regular season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 49], "content_span": [50, 302]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275118-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Di\u00f3sgy\u0151ri VTK season\nThe 2017\u201318 season will be Di\u00f3sgy\u0151ri VTK's 52nd competitive season, 7th consecutive season in the OTP Bank Liga and 107th year in existence as a football club.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [28, 28], "content_span": [29, 188]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275118-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Di\u00f3sgy\u0151ri VTK season, Players, Current squad\nNote: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 52], "content_span": [53, 181]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275118-0002-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Di\u00f3sgy\u0151ri VTK season, Players, Out on loan\nNote: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 50], "content_span": [51, 179]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275118-0003-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Di\u00f3sgy\u0151ri VTK season, Players, Transfers, Summer\nIn:Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 56], "content_span": [57, 188]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275118-0004-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Di\u00f3sgy\u0151ri VTK season, Players, Transfers, Summer\nOut:Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 56], "content_span": [57, 189]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275118-0005-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Di\u00f3sgy\u0151ri VTK season, Players, Transfers, Winter\nIn:Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 56], "content_span": [57, 188]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275118-0006-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Di\u00f3sgy\u0151ri VTK season, Players, Transfers, Winter\nOut:Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 56], "content_span": [57, 189]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275118-0007-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Di\u00f3sgy\u0151ri VTK season, Statistics, Top scorers\nIncludes all competitive matches. The list is sorted by shirt number when total goals are equal.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 53], "content_span": [54, 150]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275118-0008-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Di\u00f3sgy\u0151ri VTK season, Statistics, Disciplinary record\nIncludes all competitive matches. Players with 1 card or more included only.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 61], "content_span": [62, 138]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275119-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Djibouti Premier League\nThe 2017\u201318 Djibouti Premier League is the 30th season of the Djibouti Premier League, the top-tier football league in Djibouti. The season started on 20 October 2017.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [31, 31], "content_span": [32, 199]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275120-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Dominica Premier League\nThe 2017\u201318 Dominica Premier League is the 53rd season of the Dominica Premier League, the top tier of association football in Dominica. The season began on 25 August 2017, but was abandoned due to hurricane damage.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [31, 31], "content_span": [32, 247]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275121-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Doncaster Rovers F.C. season\nThe 2017\u201318 season was Doncaster Rovers's 139th season in their existence, 15th consecutive season in the Football League and first back in League One following promotion last season. Along with League One, the club also participated in the FA Cup, EFL Cup and EFL Trophy.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [36, 36], "content_span": [37, 309]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275121-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Doncaster Rovers F.C. season\nThe season covered the period from 1 July 2017 to 30 June 2018.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [36, 36], "content_span": [37, 100]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275121-0002-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Doncaster Rovers F.C. season, Squad, Statistics\nThis includes any players featured in a match day squad in any competition.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 55], "content_span": [56, 131]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275121-0003-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Doncaster Rovers F.C. season, Competitions, FA Cup\nIn the FA Cup, Doncaster Rovers were drawn away to Ebbsfleet United in the first round, Scunthorpe United at home in the second round and Rochdale at home in the third round.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 58], "content_span": [59, 233]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275121-0004-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Doncaster Rovers F.C. season, Competitions, EFL Cup\nOn 16 June 2017, Doncaster Rovers were drawn away to Bradford City in the first round. A home tie versus Hull City was confirmed for the second round. An away trip to Premier League side Arsenal was drawn for the third round.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 59], "content_span": [60, 285]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275121-0005-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Doncaster Rovers F.C. season, Competitions, EFL Trophy\nOn 12 July 2017, the group stage draw was complete with Doncaster Rovers facing Grimsby Town, Scunthorpe United and Sunderland U23s in Northern Group H. After finishing second in the group stages, Doncaster Rovers were drawn away to Rochdale in the second round.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 62], "content_span": [63, 325]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275122-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Drake Bulldogs men's basketball team\nThe 2017\u201318 Drake Bulldogs men's basketball team represented Drake University during the 2017\u201318 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Bulldogs were led by first-year head coach Niko Medved. They played their home games at Knapp Center in Des Moines, Iowa as members of the Missouri Valley Conference. They finished the season 17\u201317, 10\u20138 in MVC play to finish in to finish in a tie for third place. They lost in the quarterfinals of the MVC Tournament to Bradley. They were invited to the CollegeInsider.com Tournament where they defeated Abilene Christian in the first round in a game referred to as the Lou Henson Classic. In the second round they were defeated by Northern Colorado.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [44, 44], "content_span": [45, 738]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275122-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Drake Bulldogs men's basketball team\nOn March 22, 2018, it was announced that head coach Niko Medved had accepted the head coaching position at Colorado State, where he had previously served as an assistant. A week after Medved's departure, Drake hired Creighton assistant and Iowa native Darian DeVries for the head coaching job.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [44, 44], "content_span": [45, 338]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275122-0002-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Drake Bulldogs men's basketball team, Previous season\nThe Bulldogs finished the 2016\u201317 season They finished the season 7\u201324, 5\u201313 to finish in a tie for ninth place in MVC play. They lost in the first round of the Missouri Valley Conference Tournament to Bradley.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [46, 61], "content_span": [62, 272]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275122-0003-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Drake Bulldogs men's basketball team, Previous season\nFourth-year head coach Ray Giacoletti resigned on December 6, 2016 after the first eight games of the season. Assistant coach Jeff Rutter was named interim head coach. Following the season, the school chose not to keep Jeff Rutter as head coach and hired Niko Medved, former head coach at Furman, as the Bulldogs' new head coach.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [46, 61], "content_span": [62, 391]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275122-0004-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Drake Bulldogs men's basketball team, Preseason\nIn the conference's preseason poll, the Bulldogs were picked to finish in last place in the MVC. Senior guard Reed Timmer was named to the preseason All-MVC first team.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [46, 55], "content_span": [56, 224]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275123-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Drake Bulldogs women's basketball team\nThe 2017\u201318 Drake Bulldogs women's basketball team represents Drake University during the 2017\u201318 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Bulldogs, led by sixth year head coach Jennie Baranczyk, play their home games at Knapp Center and are members of the Missouri Valley Conference. They finished the season 26\u20138, 18\u20130 in MVC play to win the MVC regular season championship. They defeated Valparaiso, Southern Illinois and Northern Iowa to become champions of the Missouri Valley Women's Tournament and earn an automatic trip to the NCAA Women's Tournament where they lost to Texas A&M in the first round.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [46, 46], "content_span": [47, 660]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275124-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Drexel Dragons men's basketball team\nThe 2017\u201318 Drexel Dragons men's basketball team represented Drexel University during the 2017\u201318 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Dragons, led by second-year head coach Zach Spiker, played their home games at the Daskalakis Athletic Center in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania as members of the Colonial Athletic Association. They finished the season 13\u201320, 6\u201312 in CAA play to finish in a four-way tie for seventh place. They defeated James Madison in the first round of the CAA Tournament before losing in the quarterfinals to College of Charleston.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [44, 44], "content_span": [45, 602]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275124-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Drexel Dragons men's basketball team\nOn February 22, 2018, the Dragons set the record for the greatest comeback in Division I basketball history when they overcame a 34-point defect (trailing 53\u201319 at one point) to beat Delaware 85\u201383.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [44, 44], "content_span": [45, 243]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275124-0002-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Drexel Dragons men's basketball team, Previous season\nThe Dragons finished the 2016\u201317 season 9\u201323, 3\u201315 in CAA play to finish in 10th place. They lost to James Madison in the CAA Tournament.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [46, 61], "content_span": [62, 200]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275124-0003-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Drexel Dragons men's basketball team, Preseason\nIn a poll of the league coaches, media relations directors, and media members at the CAA's media day, Drexel was picked to finish in ninth place in the CAA. Sophomore guard Kurk Lee was named to the preseason All-CAA second team.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [46, 55], "content_span": [56, 285]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275124-0004-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Drexel Dragons men's basketball team, Team statistics\nAs of the end of the season. Indicates team leader in each category.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [46, 61], "content_span": [62, 130]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275125-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Drexel Dragons women's basketball team\nThe 2017\u201318 Drexel Dragons women's basketball team represented Drexel University during the 2017\u201318 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Dragons, led by fifteenth year head coach Denise Dillon, played their home games at the Daskalakis Athletic Center and were members of the Colonial Athletic Association (CAA). They finished the season 27\u20138, 16\u20132 in CAA play to share the CAA regular season title with James Madison. They advanced to the championship game of the CAA Women's Tournament where they lost to Elon. They received an automatic trip to the Women's National Invitational Tournament where they defeated Robert Morris in the first round before losing to Fordham in the second round.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [46, 46], "content_span": [47, 748]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275126-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Duke Blue Devils men's basketball team\nThe 2017\u201318 Duke Blue Devils men's basketball team represented Duke University during the 2017\u201318 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. They were coached by 38th-year head coach, Mike Krzyzewski. The Blue Devils played their home games at Cameron Indoor Stadium in Durham, North Carolina as members of the Atlantic Coast Conference. They finished the season 29\u20138, 13\u20135 in ACC play to finish in second place. They defeated Notre Dame in the quarterfinals of the ACC Tournament before losing to North Carolina in the semifinals.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [46, 46], "content_span": [47, 576]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275126-0000-0001", "contents": "2017\u201318 Duke Blue Devils men's basketball team\nThey received an at-large bid to the NCAA Tournament as the No. 2 seed in the Midwest region. There they defeated Iona, Rhode Island, and Syracuse to advance to the Elite Eight. In the Elite Eight, they lost to No. 1 seed Kansas in overtime. 2017-18 Duke University Blue Devils Men's Basketball Team is one of the few teams in NCAA history to send their whole starting five pro in the off-season following their season. Four of them got drafted (two in lottery, one late first round, one second round) and another got signed as undrafted free agent. Throughout the season the whole starting five was in first round NBA draft projections (January 1, 2018 date source).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [46, 46], "content_span": [47, 714]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275126-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Duke Blue Devils men's basketball team, Previous season\nThe Blue Devils finished the 2016\u201317 season 28\u20139, 11\u20137 in ACC play to finish in fifth place. They became the first ACC team to win four games in four days on their way to winning the ACC Tournament. They received the ACC's automatic bid to the NCAA Tournament as the East Region's #2 seed, where they defeated #15 Troy in the First Round before being upset by #7 South Carolina in the Second Round.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [48, 63], "content_span": [64, 462]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275126-0002-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Duke Blue Devils men's basketball team, Ranking movement\n^Coaches did not release a Week 2 poll. *AP does not release post-NCAA Tournament rankings", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [48, 64], "content_span": [65, 155]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275127-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Duke Blue Devils women's basketball team\nThe 2017\u201318 Duke Blue Devils women's basketball team represented Duke University during the 2017\u201318 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. Their head coach was Joanne P. McCallie in her 11th season at Duke. The Blue Devils played theirs home games at Cameron Indoor Stadium in Durham, North Carolina as members of the Atlantic Coast Conference. They finished the season 24\u20139, 11\u20135 in ACC play to finish in a tie for fourth place. They lost in the quarterfinals of the ACC Women's Tournament to NC State. They received at-large bid of the NCAA Women's Tournament where they defeated Belmont and Georgia before losing to Connecticut in the Sweet Sixteen.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 48], "section_span": [48, 48], "content_span": [49, 705]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275128-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Duleep Trophy\nThe 2017\u201318 Duleep Trophy was the 56th season of the Duleep Trophy, a first-class cricket tournament in India. It took place between 7 and 29 September 2017, with all of the matches being played as day/night fixtures. India Blue were the defending champions.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [21, 21], "content_span": [22, 280]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275128-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Duleep Trophy\nInitially, the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) had cancelled the tournament because of fixture congestion in both India's domestic and international calendar, but it was restored shortly after the original announcement. India Red qualified for the final, after winning their first game and drawing the second. The final round-robin match between India Blue and India Green ended in a draw, after three of the four days were washed out with no play possible. India Blue progressed to the final, as a result of their earlier drawn game against India Red. India Red won the tournament by beating India Blue by 163 runs in the final.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [21, 21], "content_span": [22, 664]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275128-0002-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Duleep Trophy, Squads\nAbhinav Mukund was unavailable because of dengue fever. Akhil Herwadkar replaced him on the India Red squad. Ambati Rayudu was unavailable for the tournament because of knee injury. Prithvi Shaw replaced him in India Red's squad. Siddarth Kaul, who was initially named in India Green, was picked by India Red as an injury replacement. Krishnappa Gowtham was left out of the squad. Priyank Panchal, Sudip Chatterjee, Rishabh Pant and Karn Sharma were released from India Red's squad for the India A series. Suryakumar Yadav and Washington Sundar were added to the India Red squad.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 29], "content_span": [30, 609]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275128-0003-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Duleep Trophy, Squads\nVijay Shankar and Jayant Yadav were unavailable due to injuries. Akshay Wakhare and Pankaj Rao were named as replacements. Ankit Rajpoot was released from the India Blue squad for the India A series and Pankaj Singh was added to India Blue's squad. Sagun Kamat was released from the India Blue squad ahead of finals.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 29], "content_span": [30, 346]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275128-0004-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Duleep Trophy, Squads\nShreyas Iyer was unavailable due to injury. Varun Aaron was added to India Green's squad as cover. Kaushik Gandhi who was initially named in India Blue's squad was added to India Green's squad. Karun Nair, Ravikumar Samarth, Ankit Bawne, Shahbaz Nadeem, Navdeep Saini and Mohammed Siraj were released from India Green's squad for the India A series and Manpreet Juneja, Shivam Chaudhary, Amandeep Khare and Anupam Sanklecha were added to India Green's squad. Dhawal Kulkarni who was initially named in India Blue's squad, was added to India Green's squad.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 29], "content_span": [30, 585]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275129-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Dumbarton F.C. season\nSeason 2017\u201318 was Dumbarton's sixth in the second tier of Scottish football, having finished eighth in 2016\u201317. Dumbarton also competed in the Challenge Cup, Scottish League Cup and the Scottish Cup.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [29, 29], "content_span": [30, 230]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275129-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Dumbarton F.C. season, Story of the season, May\nMay started with Stevie Aitken releasing four members of the squad, on top of the two who had already agreed deals elsewhere. Garry Fleming lead the list, departing after 179 appearances for the club, he was joined by Tom Lang, Mark Docherty and Donald McCallum. Also leaving the club were Robert Thomson who joined Greenock Morton and Andy Stirling who joined Queen of the South.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 55], "content_span": [56, 436]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275129-0002-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Dumbarton F.C. season, Story of the season, May\nThe club's Head of Youth, Tony McNally, was next to leave, on 19 May. Meanwhile, Les Hope was announced as the club's new chairman, replacing Alan Jardine.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 55], "content_span": [56, 211]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275129-0003-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Dumbarton F.C. season, Story of the season, May\nManager Stevie Aitken agreed a new two-year contract with the club on 24 May, and he was joined in agreeing terms for the new campaign by assistant Ian Durrant. Seven players also signed contracts for the new season, with Christian Nad\u00e9, Stuart Carswell, Calum Gallagher, Grant Gallagher, Kyle Prior, David Smith and Jamie Ewings all agreeing one year contracts. Defender Gregor Buchanan turned down a new deal however, and joined St Mirren. Player of the year Alan Martin also moved on. Joining Queen of the South.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 55], "content_span": [56, 571]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275129-0004-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Dumbarton F.C. season, Story of the season, May\nThe club's chief scout (and former player) Stuart Millar moved on, on 28 May, joining Stranraer in a similar role.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 55], "content_span": [56, 170]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275129-0005-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Dumbarton F.C. season, Story of the season, May\nMay ended with the club's sponsorship deal with Cheaper Insurance Direct expiring, meaning that the stadium reverted to being called the Dumbarton Football Stadium.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 55], "content_span": [56, 220]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275129-0006-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Dumbarton F.C. season, Story of the season, June\nJune started with a press release stating that the club's owners (Brabco) had formally applied for planning permission for a new stadium.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 56], "content_span": [57, 194]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275129-0007-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Dumbarton F.C. season, Story of the season, June\nDumbarton were then drawn against Kilmarnock, Ayr United, Annan Athletic and Clyde in the group stage of the Scottish League Cup.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 56], "content_span": [57, 186]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275129-0008-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Dumbarton F.C. season, Story of the season, June\nOn 6 June club captain Darren Barr rejected a new deal to join Greenock Morton as the coach of their development squad.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 56], "content_span": [57, 176]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275129-0009-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Dumbarton F.C. season, Story of the season, June\nPre -season friendlies were announced, with a game against Albion Rovers at Cliftonhill, and home matches against Clydebank and Partick Thistle scheduled.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 56], "content_span": [57, 211]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275129-0010-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Dumbarton F.C. season, Story of the season, June\nJamie Ewings was announced as the club's new goalkeeper coach on 9 June, before Andy Dowie became their first signing of the summer \u2013 joining from Queen of the South. Forward Mark Stewart was next to sign, joining the club after three seasons with Raith Rovers. A week later Tom Walsh rejoined the club on a one-year deal from Limerick, having spent time on loan at the club during the 2015\u201316 season. Defender Craig Barr was next to arrive, from Raith Rovers, on a one-year deal, Barr's signing was followed by that of goalkeeper Scott Gallacher from Hibernian.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 56], "content_span": [57, 619]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275129-0011-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Dumbarton F.C. season, Story of the season, June\nOn 26 June there were further boardroom changes, as Ian Wilson (one of the main members of Brabco, and drivers behind the new stadium move) resigned from the board, in order to concentrate on the holding company's other interests. On the same day midfielder David Wilson joined having left Partick Thistle. A day later it became clear that the new stadium development was in difficulty over fears that it could destroy a former home of Robert the Bruce. June ended with the club revealing their new Joma home kit, which was a modern take on their traditional white, black and gold colours.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 56], "content_span": [57, 646]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275129-0012-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Dumbarton F.C. season, Story of the season, July\nJuly 1 saw the team take to the pitch for the first time in a low key 0-0 draw with Stranraer at Lochinch Park. Winger Chris Johnston became the club's third summer arrival from Raith Rovers, after Mark Stewart and Craig Barr, joining on 7 July. That was followed by a 1-1 draw with Albion Rovers at Cliftonhill, where Calum Gallagher scored his first goal for the club. The first home pre-season friendly saw Sons host Scottish Premiership side Partick Thistle. Goals by Christian Nad\u00e9 and trialist Jordan Allan gave Stevie Aitken's men a 2-1 win.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 56], "content_span": [57, 605]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275129-0013-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Dumbarton F.C. season, Story of the season, July\nA day later it was announced that summer signing Andy Dowie would be the club's new captain, taking over the role vacated by Darren Barr. Dumbarton ended their pre-season campaign unbeaten, after goals from Calum Gallagher and Mark Stewart gave them a 2-1 victory over local rivals Clydebank on 15 July. The same day the club announced the double signing of defenders Christopher McLaughlin and Dougie Hill.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 56], "content_span": [57, 464]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275129-0014-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Dumbarton F.C. season, Story of the season, July\nOn 17 July a new 2 year sponsorship deal was agreed with local radio station Your Radio, which saw the Dumbarton Football Stadium become known as The Your Radio 103FM Stadium. Prior to the start of the Betfred Cup campaign, striker Ally Roy joined on loan from Hearts. Following injuries to Grant Gallagher and Stuart Carswell midfielder Kyle Hutton joined the squad from St Mirren on 21 July, having previously worked with Ian Durrant at Rangers. A week later former Hibernian midfielder Danny Handling joined the club, having negotiated his release from the Easter Road club.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 56], "content_span": [57, 634]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275129-0015-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Dumbarton F.C. season, Story of the season, July\nOnce again Dumbarton exited the Betfred Cup at the group stage, following a dismal run which included defeats to Ayr United, Clyde and Kilmarnock as well as a penalty shootout defeat to Annan Athletic.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 56], "content_span": [57, 258]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275129-0016-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Dumbarton F.C. season, Story of the season, August\nAugust began with Stevie Aitken securing the signing of Celtic U20s captain Sam Wardrop on a season long development loan. Dumbarton's league season began with a 0-0 draw at home to Greenock Morton. In the Scottish Challenge Cup Dumbarton tasted victory for first time since 2015 (and for only the sixth time in their history) as they overcame Rangers U20s 2-1. Calum Gallagher and Mark Stewart got the Sons goals \u2013 their first competitive strikes for the club.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 58], "content_span": [59, 520]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275129-0016-0001", "contents": "2017\u201318 Dumbarton F.C. season, Story of the season, August\nAfter scoring just once in four league games (two draws, two defeats) Stevie Aitken dipped into the transfer market again on 30 August to sign Ross County striker Greg Morrison, on loan from the Scottish Premiership side until January. On deadline day he added to the squad again, signing Cypriot attacker Dimitris Froxylias from Ermis Aradippou.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 58], "content_span": [59, 405]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275129-0017-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Dumbarton F.C. season, Story of the season, September\nSeptember began with a 2-1 Scottish Challenge Cup success over Welsh Premier League runners-up Connah's Quay Nomads at the YOUR Radio 103FM Stadium, in what was the first competitive match in history between Sons and a Welsh side. An early Callum Morris penalty gave the visitors the lead, before David Wilson equalised with his first senior goal. That sent the game into extra-time, with debutant Dimitris Froxylias scoring a final minute free-kick to win the tie. Their reward was another home tie, this time against Scottish League One Stranraer managed by Aitken's former assistant at Dumbarton Stevie Farrell.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 61], "content_span": [62, 676]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275129-0018-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Dumbarton F.C. season, Story of the season, September\nIn the league, the Sons finally secured their first league victory of the campaign on 16 September, beating fellow part-timers Brechin City 2-1 at the YOUR Radio 103FM Stadium thanks to late goals from Mark Stewart and Dimitris Froxylias. They followed this up with another 2-1 home victory, this time against Inverness Caledonian Thistle in the first ever league meeting between the sides. Dimitris Froxylias scored again, with Celtic loanee Sam Wardrop scoring the winner with his first goal in senior football. The month ended with a 2-1 defeat against Livingston at Almondvale Stadium, where Tom Walsh scored his first goal of his second spell with the club.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 61], "content_span": [62, 724]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275129-0019-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Dumbarton F.C. season, Story of the season, October\nOctober began with Sons making it into the quarter finals of the Scottish Challenge Cup for the first time in 15 years after a 2-1 success against Stranraer. They were drawn to face Raith Rovers in the next round.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 59], "content_span": [60, 273]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275129-0020-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Dumbarton F.C. season, Story of the season, October\nBack on league duty, the side fell to their second consecutive defeat, against St Mirren at the YOUR Radio 103FM Stadium.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 59], "content_span": [60, 181]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275129-0021-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Dumbarton F.C. season, Story of the season, October\nIn the Scottish Cup meanwhile, Sons were handed a home tie against Elgin City.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 59], "content_span": [60, 138]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275129-0022-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Dumbarton F.C. season, Story of the season, October\nA draw with Morton at Cappielow followed, with Mark Stewart scoring an early opener. The following week attacker Dimitris Froxylias agreed a contract extension until the end of the season, after impressing with 3 goals and 2 assists in his 8 appearances for the club. The month ended winless in the league for Sons, with Dundee United taking all three points thanks to two goals from former Dumbarton loanee Sam Stanton.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 59], "content_span": [60, 480]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275129-0023-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Dumbarton F.C. season, Story of the season, November\nNovember began with Sons securing their first away league win of the season, 1-0 against Brechin City thanks to an injury time Willie Dyer own-goal. The Sons made it two victories in a row, and made it to the semi-finals of the Scottish Challenge Cup for the first time in their history, the following week - with a 2-0 success over Raith Rovers thanks to goals from Christopher McLaughlin and Ally Roy. A further success followed a week later, as Stuart Carswell's first career goal was enough to defeat Elgin City in the Scottish Cup. Sons continued the run, as Dimitris Froxylias returned from injury with a stunning goal in a 2-2 draw with Dunfermline Athletic. They ended the month undefeated, with Greg Morrison scoring his first goal for the club in a 2-2 draw with Queen of the South.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 60], "content_span": [61, 853]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275129-0024-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Dumbarton F.C. season, Story of the season, December\nThe good form continued into December, as Tom Walsh scored the winner against his former club St Mirren, a result that knocked the Paisley club off the top of the table. After going through November unbeaten, Stevie Aitken was named Ladbrokes Championship Manager of the Month. Sons finally fell to their first defeat since October, against Inverness on 16 December. This was followed by a 0-0 draw with Falkirk in which left-back Chris McLaughlin was stretchered off with a serious injury.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 60], "content_span": [61, 551]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275129-0024-0001", "contents": "2017\u201318 Dumbarton F.C. season, Story of the season, December\nThree days later Sons were back in action again, falling to a 4-1 defeat at home to Livingston, with Kyle Hutton being sent-off. Snow forced their final scheduled game of the year, a home tie against Greenock Morton to be called off. The month ended with left-back Liam Dick joining the club from Stranraer.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 60], "content_span": [61, 368]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275129-0025-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Dumbarton F.C. season, Story of the season, January\nDumbarton opened the year with a goal-less draw against Queen of the South at Palmerston Park. Later in the week young midfielder Kyle Prior joined Lowland Football League side BSC Glasgow on loan until the end of the season. An early Joe Cardle goal consigned the club to their first defeat of 2018 against Dunfermline Athletic, a result that also left them without a home league victory since September. Iain Russell became the club's second signing of the January window, as he came out of retirement to re-join the club after leaving in 2006.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 59], "content_span": [60, 606]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275129-0025-0001", "contents": "2017\u201318 Dumbarton F.C. season, Story of the season, January\nA day later Sons tasted defeat again, going down 0-2 against league leaders St Mirren at the YOUR Radio 103FM Stadium, meaning that they still hadn't scored in 2018. Post-match it was confirmed that attacker Ally Roy wouldn't be having his loan spell from Hearts extended. On 22 January striker Kevin Nisbet joined the club on loan from Partick Thistle. A day later Dumbarton extended their run in the Scottish Cup with a 3-2 victory against Peterhead at Balmoor Stadium thanks to a double from Calum Gallagher and Iain Russell's first goal for the club since returning.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 59], "content_span": [60, 630]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275129-0025-0002", "contents": "2017\u201318 Dumbarton F.C. season, Story of the season, January\nThat set up a fifth round tie with Greenock Morton. Despite the cup success however, Dumbarton remained winless (and goal-less) in the league in 2018, as first-half goals from Alan Lithgow and Ryan Hardie consigned them to a 2-0 defeat to Livingston. On the penultimate day of the January transfer window winger Andy Stirling returned to the club on-loan from Queen of the South.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 59], "content_span": [60, 439]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275129-0026-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Dumbarton F.C. season, Story of the season, February\nDumbarton's first scheduled game of February against Brechin City fell victim to the weather. A week later winger Chris Johnston left the club on an emergency loan - joining Peterhead. The same day defender Aidan Wilson joined on an emergency loan from Rangers. After defeat to Greenock Morton in the Scottish Cup Aitken re-entered the emergency loan market, to add midfielder Liam Burt on a 28 day loan from Rangers. There was reason to be cheerful a day later, as Dumbarton made it to their first major national cup final for more than 100 years.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 60], "content_span": [61, 609]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275129-0026-0001", "contents": "2017\u201318 Dumbarton F.C. season, Story of the season, February\nDanny Handling's first goal for the club was followed by a stunning, late, Dimitris Froxylias free-kick, as Sons overcame Welsh Premier League Champions The New Saints to reach the final of the Scottish Challenge Cup. Four days later, and back on league action, Sons suffered defeat at the hands of Greenock Morton - despite a strong first half showing. Next up was a 0-0 draw with eighth placed Falkirk - a result that left the Sons still searching for their first league goal of 2018.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 60], "content_span": [61, 547]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275129-0027-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Dumbarton F.C. season, Story of the season, March\nWith no game scheduled for the first weekend in March due to the Scottish Cup, Dumbarton started the month with defeat against Queen of the South at the Your Radio stadium on 10 March. That was followed by the club's first league win (and goal) of the year, as Dimitris Froxylias scored the only goal in a victory against Brechin City. Four days later Brechin were defeated again, this time at Glebe Park, thanks to first league goals for the club from Calum Gallagher and Danny Handling and a Sean Crighton own-goal.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 57], "content_span": [58, 575]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275129-0027-0001", "contents": "2017\u201318 Dumbarton F.C. season, Story of the season, March\nIt was heartbreak in the 2018 Scottish Challenge Cup Final however, as Carl Tremarco won the game in injury time for Inverness Caledonian Thistle. The month ended with heavy defeats, 5-0 at table-topping St Mirren, and 3-0 against playoff bound Livingston, where Grant Gallagher made his return after 18 months out injured.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 57], "content_span": [58, 381]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275129-0028-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Dumbarton F.C. season, Story of the season, April\nApril opened with a 2-0 midweek defeat against Dundee United. Four days later Sons faced the same opponents, and won 3-2, having gone ahead three times thanks to goals from Calum Gallagher and a brace from Craig Barr. It was then announced that Helensburgh based solicitor John Steele would become the club's new Chairman during the summer, replacing Les Hope who took up the role in May 2017. On the park meanwhile a last minute defeat to Greenock Morton left the Sons eight points adrift of eighth placed Falkirk with just four games remaining.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 57], "content_span": [58, 604]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275129-0028-0001", "contents": "2017\u201318 Dumbarton F.C. season, Story of the season, April\nNinth place was confirmed after two defeats in five days to Inverness Caledonian Thistle, coupled with victory for Falkirk against Champions St Mirren, left the Sons 11 points adrift with just two matches remaining. During the match goalkeeper Jamie Ewings made his first league appearance for the club since May 2016 as a substitute for the injured Scott Gallacher. Ewings' first start followed, in a 5-2 defeat to Falkirk where Liam Burt scored his first goal for the club.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 57], "content_span": [58, 533]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275129-0028-0002", "contents": "2017\u201318 Dumbarton F.C. season, Story of the season, April\nPost-match Andy Dowie was named as the club's Player of the Year, Christopher McLaughlin won Young Player of the Year and Craig Barr won Players' Player of the Year. The league season ended with a 4-0 defeat to Dunfermline Athletic with Barr sent off after just nine minutes, setting up a playoff semi-final tie with Arbroath.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 57], "content_span": [58, 384]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275129-0029-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Dumbarton F.C. season, Story of the season, May\nMay opened with the club's stadium sponsorship deal with Your Radio being terminated due to the station's financial situation. In the first-leg of the playoff final Sons defeated League One Arbroath 2-1 thanks to an injury time Craig Barr goal - with the defender only playing after appealing his red card. The second leg finished 1-1, with Dougie Hill scoring his first goal for the club. The same day the Dumbarton Football Stadium was renamed as the 'C&G Systems Stadium' thanks to a new three year sponsorship deal.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 55], "content_span": [56, 575]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275129-0029-0001", "contents": "2017\u201318 Dumbarton F.C. season, Story of the season, May\nIn the first-leg of the final, a stunning Stuart Carswell goal (just the second of his career) was enough to defeat Alloa Athletic. In the second-leg however the Sons lost by two goals to nil after extra-time, meaning relegation to Scottish League One for the first time since the 2011-12 season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 55], "content_span": [56, 352]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275130-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Dundee F.C. season\nThe 2017\u201318 season was Dundee's fourth consecutive season in the top flight of Scottish football since their promotion at the end of the 2013\u201314 season. Dundee were knocked out of the League Cup in a 4\u20130 defeat by Celtic, and were knocked out of Fifth round of the Scottish Cup by Motherwell.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [26, 26], "content_span": [27, 319]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275131-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Dundee United F.C. season\nThe 2017\u201318 season is Dundee United's 109th season, having been founded as Dundee Hibernian in 1909. It is their second season in the Scottish Championship, having been relegated from the Scottish Premiership at the end of the 2015\u201316 season. United will also compete in the Challenge Cup, League Cup and Scottish Cup.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [33, 33], "content_span": [34, 352]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275131-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Dundee United F.C. season, Summary, Management\nUnited began the season under the management of Ray McKinnon, who has signed a three-year contract the previous season. On 24 October 2017, following two consecutive defeats, McKinnon left his position with immediate effect. Assistant manager Laurie Ellis became caretaker manager. On 8 November, United appointed former Heart of Midlothian manager Csaba L\u00e1szl\u00f3 as manager on an 18 month contract. Ellis continued as assistant manager.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 54], "content_span": [55, 490]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275131-0002-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Dundee United F.C. season, Squad statistics\nDuring the 2017\u201318 season, United used forty players in competitive games. The table below shows the number of appearances and goals scored by each player.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 51], "content_span": [52, 207]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275132-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Dunfermline Athletic F.C. season\nThe 2017\u201318 season was Dunfermline Athletic's second season in the Scottish Championship, having finished 5th in the 2016\u201317 season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [40, 40], "content_span": [41, 173]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275132-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Dunfermline Athletic F.C. season\nHaving finished the season fourth in the league, the club qualified for the quarter-final stage of the quarter-final stage of the Scottish Premiership play-offs. After a 0\u20130 draw with Dundee United at East End Park, the Pars lost the second leg 2\u20131 at Tannadice. Dunfermline also competed in the Scottish Challenge Cup, Scottish League Cup and the Scottish Cup, where they were knocked out by Falkirk, Rangers and Morton, respectively.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [40, 40], "content_span": [41, 476]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275132-0002-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Dunfermline Athletic F.C. season, Squad statistics, Appearances and goals\nDuring the 2017\u201318 season, Dunfermline used twenty-seven different players in competitive matches. The table below shows the number of appearances and goals scored by each player. Right wing-back Ryan Williamson made the most appearances, playing forty-six out of a possible 48 games; Nicky Clark scored the most goal, with twenty-one in all competitions.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 81], "content_span": [82, 437]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275132-0003-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Dunfermline Athletic F.C. season, Squad statistics, Goalscorers\nDuring the 2017\u201318 season, fifteen Dunfermline players scored 84 goals in all competitions, with 1 goal having been an own goal scored by Peterhead defender Scott Ross. Striker Nicky Clark was the club's top scorer, with 21 goals in 48 competitive matches. Clark was the only player to have scored a hat-trick, scoring four in the first competitive fixture of the season against Elgin City and three against Championship opponents Brechin City and Queen of the South.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 71], "content_span": [72, 539]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275133-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Duquesne Dukes men's basketball team\nThe 2017\u201318 Duquesne Dukes men's basketball team represented Duquesne University during the 2017\u201318 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Dukes, led by first-year head coach Keith Dambrot, played their home games at the A. J. Palumbo Center in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania as members of the Atlantic 10 Conference. They finished the season 16\u201316, 7\u201311 in A-10 play to finish in a three-way tie for 10th place. As the No. 10 seed in the A-10 Tournament, they lost Richmond in the second round.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [44, 44], "content_span": [45, 540]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275133-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Duquesne Dukes men's basketball team, Previous season\nThe Dukes finished the 2016\u201317 season 10\u201322, 3\u201315 in A-10 play to finish in last place. In the A-10 Tournament, they lost in the first round to Saint Louis.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [46, 61], "content_span": [62, 218]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275133-0002-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Duquesne Dukes men's basketball team, Previous season\nOn March 13, 2017, Duquesne fired head coach Jim Ferry after five seasons. The school then hired Akron head coach Keith Dambrot on March 28.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [46, 61], "content_span": [62, 202]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275133-0003-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Duquesne Dukes men's basketball team, Preseason\nIn a poll of the league\u2019s head coaches and select media members at the conference's media day, the Dukes were picked to finish in last place in the A-10. Mike Lewis II was named to the conference's preseason third team.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [46, 55], "content_span": [56, 275]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275134-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Duquesne Dukes women's basketball team\nThe 2017\u201318 Duquesne Dukes women's basketball team will represent Duquesne University during the 2017\u201318 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Dukes were led by fifth year head coach Dan Burt. The Dukes were members of the Atlantic 10 Conference and play their home games at the Palumbo Center. They finished the season 25\u20135, 13\u20133 in A-10 play to finish in second place. They lost in the quarterfinals of the A-10 Women's Tournament to Saint Joseph's. They received an automatic trip to the Women's National Invitation Tournament where defeated Miami (OH) and Georgetown in the first and second rounds before losing to St. John's in the third round.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [46, 46], "content_span": [47, 705]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275134-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Duquesne Dukes women's basketball team, 2017\u201318 media, Duquesne Dukes Sports Network\nAlex Panormios and Tad Maurey provide the call for home games on A-10 Digital Network. Select games will be televised.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [48, 92], "content_span": [93, 211]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275135-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Dutch Basketball League\nThe 2017\u201318 Dutch Basketball League (DBL) was the 58th season of the Dutch Basketball League, the highest professional basketball league in the Netherlands. The regular season started on 7 October 2017 and ended 21 April 2018. Donar is the defending champion. The playoffs started on 1 May and ended 29 May 2018. Donar captured its seventh championship, its third in a row and fourth in fifth years, after defeating ZZ Leiden in the finals.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [31, 31], "content_span": [32, 472]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275135-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Dutch Basketball League, Teams\nDen Helder Suns entered the DBL for this season, which meant the return of a teams from Den Helder since the departure of Kings three seasons ago. Starting from the 2017\u201318 season, BSW Weert was dissolved and replaced by BAL.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 38], "content_span": [39, 264]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275135-0002-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Dutch Basketball League, Foreign players\nFor the 2017\u201318 season, league policy was changed and the number of allowed foreign players per team was increased from 4 to 5. Additional was the restriction that a team is not allowed to have five foreign players on the court at the same time.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 48], "content_span": [49, 294]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275135-0003-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Dutch Basketball League, Regular season\nIn the regular season, teams play against each other four times home-and-away in double a round-robin format. The six first qualified teams advance to the playoffs. The regular season started on 7 October 2017 and will end 21 April 2018.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 47], "content_span": [48, 285]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275135-0004-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Dutch Basketball League, Play-offs\nIn the quarterfinals a best-of-three format is used, while in the semifinals and finals are played in a best-of-seven format. The play-offs start on 1 May and ended 29 May 2018.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 42], "content_span": [43, 220]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275135-0005-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Dutch Basketball League, Play-offs, Quarterfinals\nThe legs were played on 1 May, 3 May and (if necessary) on 5 May. The team with the higher seed played game one and three (if necessary) at home.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 57], "content_span": [58, 203]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275135-0006-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Dutch Basketball League, Play-offs, Semifinals\nThe legs were played on 8 May, 10 May, 12 May, 15 May and (if necessary) 17 May, 19 May and 20 May. The team with the higher seed played game one, three, five and seven (if necessary) at home.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 54], "content_span": [55, 247]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275135-0007-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Dutch Basketball League, Play-offs, Finals\nThe legs were played on 22 May, 24 May, 26 May, 29 May and (if necessary) 31 May, 2 June and 3 June. The team with the higher seed played game one, three, five and seven (if necessary) at home.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 50], "content_span": [51, 244]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275135-0008-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Dutch Basketball League, Final standings\nTeams are ranked based on the playoff round in which they were eliminated and their regular season records.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 48], "content_span": [49, 156]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275136-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Dutch Basketball League squads\nThis article displays the squads of the teams that competed in 2017\u201318 Dutch Basketball League (DBL). BAL and Den Helder Suns played their debut seasons in the DBL.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [38, 38], "content_span": [39, 203]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275136-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Dutch Basketball League squads, Rules\nFor the 2017\u201318 season, league policy was changed and the number of allowed foreign players per team was increased from 4 to 5. Additional was the restriction that a team is not allowed to have five foreign players on the court at the same time.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 45], "content_span": [46, 291]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275137-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Dynamo Dresden season\nThe 2017\u201318 Dynamo Dresden season was the 68th season in the football club's history and 2nd consecutive season in the second division of German football, the 2. Bundesliga and 7th overall. In addition to the domestic league, Dynamo Dresden also participated in this season's edition of the domestic cup, the DFB-Pokal. This was the 65th season for Dynamo Dresden in the Rudolf-Harbig-Stadion, located in Dresden, Germany. The season covered a period from 1 July 2017 to 30 June 2018.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [29, 29], "content_span": [30, 514]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275137-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Dynamo Dresden season, Players, Squad information\nNote: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 57], "content_span": [58, 186]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275138-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 EBU Player of the Year Championship\nThe 2017\u201318 EBU Player of the Year Championship was the competition's fourth season. Points were accumulated over the EBU's ten most prestigious events from 1 October 2017 to 30 September 2018. Mike Bell won his first title, becoming the fourth player to win the championship.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [43, 43], "content_span": [44, 320]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275138-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 EBU Player of the Year Championship, Summary of Results\nThis list displays the top ten players (including ties); 130 players received points. Winners of each event are highlighted in bold.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [45, 63], "content_span": [64, 196]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275139-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 ECHL season\nThe 2017\u201318 ECHL season is the 30th season of the ECHL. The regular season ran from October 13, 2017 to April 8, 2018, with the 2018 Kelly Cup playoffs following. Twenty-seven teams in 21 states and one Canadian province each played a 72-game schedule.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [19, 19], "content_span": [20, 272]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275139-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 ECHL season\nThe Kelly Cup was won by the Colorado Eagles, playing in their last season in the ECHL before joining the American Hockey League, in seven games over the regular season champions, the Florida Everblades.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [19, 19], "content_span": [20, 223]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275139-0002-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 ECHL season, League business, Conference realignment\nWith the addition of another ECHL team in the South, the Jacksonville Icemen, the Cincinnati Cyclones returned to the Western Conference and Central Division after one season in the Eastern Conference. The Worcester Railers took the North Division spot vacated by the folded Elmira Jackals. The Western Conference divisions were reshuffled with the Kansas City Mavericks moving to the Central while the Tulsa Oilers and Wichita Thunder joined the Mountain Division.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 60], "content_span": [61, 526]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275139-0003-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 ECHL season, League business, Annual Board of Governors meeting\nThe annual ECHL Board of Governors meeting were held at the New York-New York Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas, Nevada, on June 12 and 13, 2017. The ECHL Board of Governors re-elected Cincinnati Cyclones' president Ray Harris as chairman for a third season. The Board also approved of the transfer of the Alaska Aces franchise to Portland, Maine, for the 2018\u201319 season as well as the 2017\u201318 alignment.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 71], "content_span": [72, 472]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275139-0004-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 ECHL season, League business, All-star game\nThe 2018 CCM/ECHL All-Star Classic was held on January 15, 2018, at the Indiana Farmers Coliseum in Indianapolis. In a change from previous all-star game formats used by the ECHL, the league used the divisional format that has been used in the NHL and AHL since 2016. There were four teams, one for each division, playing a 3-on-3 player tournament with the winners of each conference match facing each other for a final game. Each game consisted of two seven-minute periods and each team was made up from seven players. In the semifinal round, the South Division defeated the North Division 3\u20131 and the Mountain Division defeated the Central Division 5\u20132.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 51], "content_span": [52, 708]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275139-0005-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 ECHL season, League business, All-star game\nThe skills competition took place before the all-star championship game. The Cincinnati Cyclones' Justin Danforth won the fastest skater event, the Wichita Thunder's Shane Starrett won the rapid fire event, and the Orlando Solar Bears' Nolan Valleau won the hardest shot event.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 51], "content_span": [52, 329]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275139-0006-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 ECHL season, League business, All-star game\nThe championship game was then played with the Mountain Division defeating the South Division after going into a shootout by a final score of 6\u20135. The South Carolina Stingrays' Taylor Cammarata of the South Division won the tournament's most valuable player award.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 51], "content_span": [52, 316]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275139-0007-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 ECHL season, Standings\nx\u00a0 - clinched playoff spot, \u00a0y\u00a0 - clinched regular season division title, \u00a0z\u00a0 - Brabham Cup (regular season) champion", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 30], "content_span": [31, 148]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275139-0008-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 ECHL season, Postseason, Playoffs format\nAt the end of the regular season the top four teams in each division qualifies for the 2018 Kelly Cup playoffs and be seeded one through four based on highest point total earned in the season. Then the first two rounds of the playoffs are held within the division with the first seed facing the fourth seed and the second seed facing the third. The division champions then play each other in a conference championship. The Kelly Cup finals pits the Eastern Conference champion against the Western Conference champion. All four rounds are a best-of-seven format.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 48], "content_span": [49, 610]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275140-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 EFL Championship\nThe 2017\u201318 EFL Championship (referred to as the Sky Bet Championship for sponsorship reasons) was the second season of the EFL Championship under its current name, and the twenty-sixth season under its current league structure.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [24, 24], "content_span": [25, 253]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275140-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 EFL Championship, Team changes\nThe following teams had changed division since the 2016\u201317 season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 38], "content_span": [39, 105]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275141-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 EFL Cup\nThe 2017\u201318 EFL Cup was the 58th season of the EFL Cup. The competition was open to all 92 clubs participating in the Premier League and the English Football League. It was known as the Carabao Cup due to the start of a sponsorship deal with Carabao Energy Drinks after the tournament was unsponsored the previous year. The final took place at Wembley Stadium in London.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [15, 15], "content_span": [16, 386]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275141-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 EFL Cup\nManchester City won their fifth title after a 3\u20130 win over Arsenal in the final.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [15, 15], "content_span": [16, 96]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275141-0002-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 EFL Cup\nManchester United were the defending champions, but they were eliminated by Bristol City in the fifth round.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [15, 15], "content_span": [16, 124]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275141-0003-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 EFL Cup, Access\nAll 92 clubs in the top four divisions of English football participate. In the first round, all the clubs in EFL League Two and EFL League One will enter alongside 22 of the 24 EFL Championship teams except for Hull City and Middlesbrough who received byes to the next round as the highest finishing teams relegated from the 2016\u201317 Premier League. In the second round, all Premier League clubs not involved in European competition enter. Arsenal, Chelsea,Everton, Liverpool, Manchester City, Manchester United and Tottenham Hotspur all received byes to the third round owing to their participation in the UEFA Champions League and UEFA Europa League.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [17, 23], "content_span": [24, 675]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275141-0004-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 EFL Cup, Access\nIn June 2017, the English Football League announced that the draw for the first round of the competition would be held in Bangkok, Thailand, as a result of their new sponsorship deal with Thai company Carabao. There were plans for the 2017\u201318 EFL Cup to trial video assistant referees during matches in their first use in England. However the plans were scrapped due to a delay and would instead be trialled in the 2017\u201318 FA Cup from the third round instead.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [17, 23], "content_span": [24, 483]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275141-0005-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 EFL Cup, First round, Entry\nA total of 70 clubs played in the first round: 24 from League Two (tier 4), 24 from League One (tier 3), and 22 from the Championship (tier 2). The draw for this round was split on a geographical basis into 'northern' and 'southern' sections. Teams were drawn against a team from the same section.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [17, 35], "content_span": [36, 333]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275141-0006-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 EFL Cup, First round, Matches\nNote: The numbers in parentheses are the tier for the team during the 2017\u201318 season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [17, 37], "content_span": [38, 123]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275141-0007-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 EFL Cup, Second round, Entry\nA total of 50 clubs played in the second round: 15 that entered in this round and the 35 winners from the first round. The 15 clubs entering this round were the 13 clubs from the 2017\u201318 Premier League not involved in any European competition, plus two clubs from the EFL Championship. The two clubs from the Championship are the two clubs that finished 18th and 19th in the 2016\u201317 Premier League. The draw for the second round was held on 10 August 2017 and was split on a geographical basis into 'northern' and 'southern' sections. Teams were drawn against a team from the same section.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [17, 36], "content_span": [37, 626]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275141-0008-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 EFL Cup, Second round, Matches\nNote: The numbers in parentheses are the tier for the team during the 2017\u201318 season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [17, 38], "content_span": [39, 124]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275141-0009-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 EFL Cup, Third round, Entry\nA total of 32 clubs played in the third round: seven that entered in this round and the 25 winners from the second round. The clubs entering in this round were the seven from the 2017\u201318 Premier League involved in European competition. The draw for the third round was held on 24 August 2017.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [17, 35], "content_span": [36, 328]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275141-0010-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 EFL Cup, Third round, Matches\nNote: The numbers in parentheses are the tier for the team during the 2017\u201318 season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [17, 37], "content_span": [38, 123]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275141-0011-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 EFL Cup, Fourth round, Entry\nA total of 16 clubs played in the fourth round, all winners from the third round. The draw for the fourth round was held on 20 September 2017.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [17, 36], "content_span": [37, 179]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275141-0012-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 EFL Cup, Fifth round, Entry\nA total of eight clubs played in the fifth round, all winners from the fourth round. The fifth round draw was held on 26 October 2017.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [17, 35], "content_span": [36, 170]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275141-0013-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 EFL Cup, Semi-finals, Entry\nA total of four clubs played in the semi-finals, all winners of the fifth round. There was no seeding in this round and the draw was held on 20 December at Ashton Gate immediately after Bristol City knocked out defending champions Manchester United in the 5th round.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [17, 35], "content_span": [36, 302]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275141-0014-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 EFL Cup, Semi-finals, Matches\nThe semi-finals were played over two legs, with each team playing one leg at home. The team that scored the most goals on aggregate over the two legs advanced to the final. If the aggregate score was level after 90 minutes in the second leg of a semi-final two 15-minute periods of extra time were played each way. If the aggregate score in a semi-final was still level at the end of extra time the tie was decided by the away goals rule, i.e. the team that scored most goals away from home over the two legs advanced. If a semi-final tie was still level, the result was determined by a penalty shoot-out.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [17, 37], "content_span": [38, 643]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275141-0015-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 EFL Cup, Semi-finals, Matches\nThe lowest ranked side to reach this stage of the competition was Championship club Bristol City.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [17, 37], "content_span": [38, 135]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275141-0016-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 EFL Cup, Final\nThe final was played on 25 February 2018 at Wembley Stadium.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [17, 22], "content_span": [23, 83]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275141-0017-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 EFL Cup, Controversies regarding draws\nThere were a number of errors in the draw for the first round. Many fans experienced problems with the sound on the live stream from Thailand, and had to rely on the graphics. However, these contained a number of errors: Charlton Athletic were shown to be drawn in two ties, while a number of other teams including AFC Wimbledon, Brentford, Swindon Town, Norwich City, Forest Green Rovers, Wolverhampton Wanderers and Yeovil Town were all shown to have been given wrong draws. The English Football League later issued a statement apologising for the errors that had been made and stating that the draw had not been compromised with all clubs receiving confirmation of their ties.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [17, 46], "content_span": [47, 726]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275141-0018-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 EFL Cup, Controversies regarding draws\nConfusion also arose over the televised portion of the second round draw, in which four second round matches were announced with the incorrect location. The cup attracted even further criticism for its draws when it was announced that the third round draw would take place in Beijing at 11:15 China Standard Time (04:15 British Summer Time).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [17, 46], "content_span": [47, 388]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275141-0019-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 EFL Cup, Controversies regarding draws\nFurther errors continued for the draw of the fifth round. This was due to technical problems at Twitter, which led to the draw being delayed for over an hour. The draw finally appeared in a pre-recorded video almost two hours late.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [17, 46], "content_span": [47, 278]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275142-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 EFL League One\nThe 2017\u201318 EFL League One (referred to as the Sky Bet League One for sponsorship reasons) was the 14th season of the Football League One under its current title, and the 25th season under its current league division format.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [22, 22], "content_span": [23, 247]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275142-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 EFL League One, Team changes\nThe following teams have changed division since the 2016\u201317 season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 36], "content_span": [37, 104]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275143-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 EFL League Two\nThe 2017\u201318 EFL League Two (referred to as the Sky Bet League Two for sponsorship reasons) is the 14th season of the Football League Two under its current title and the 25th season under its current league division format.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [22, 22], "content_span": [23, 245]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275144-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 EFL Trophy\nThe 2017\u201318 EFL Trophy, known as the Checkatrade Trophy for sponsorship reasons, was the 35th season in the history of the competition, a knock-out tournament for English football clubs in League One and League Two of the English football system, and also including 16 Premier League and Championship \"B teams\" with Category One status after the previous season's trial format was extended.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [18, 18], "content_span": [19, 409]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275144-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 EFL Trophy\nFollowing the new format introduced in 2016\u201317, 64 teams entered the competition, including first time entries from the academy teams of Manchester City, Newcastle United and Tottenham Hotspur, who all declined to enter in the previous season. Coventry City were the reigning champions, but were eliminated in the group stage on 7 November.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [18, 18], "content_span": [19, 359]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275144-0002-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 EFL Trophy, Participating clubs\nCategory One teams from Round 2 to the semi-finals keep apart.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [20, 39], "content_span": [40, 102]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275144-0003-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 EFL Trophy, Participating clubs\nCategory One teams Relegated to League One will not have academies participating in the following tournament but clubs promoted to the Championship will.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [20, 39], "content_span": [40, 193]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275144-0004-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 EFL Trophy, Competition format, Knockout Stage\nIf scores are level after 90 minutes in Rounds 2, 3 and 4, the game will be determined by the taking of penalties.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [20, 54], "content_span": [55, 169]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275144-0005-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 EFL Trophy, Competition format, Round 2\nThe Round 2 draw was made on 10 November 2017. The 32 remaining teams were drawn into 16 ties; each group winner will be at home to a runner-up from a different group within their own region.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [20, 47], "content_span": [48, 239]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275144-0006-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 EFL Trophy, Competition format, Round 3\nThe Round 3 draw was made on 8 December 2017.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [20, 47], "content_span": [48, 93]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275144-0007-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 EFL Trophy, Competition format, Round 4\nEight teams participated in this round with ties originally scheduled to take place in the week commencing 22 January 2018.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [20, 47], "content_span": [48, 171]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275144-0008-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 EFL Trophy, Competition format, Semi-finals\nFour teams participated in this round, which consisted of single ties played at the stadium of the club drawn first in each tie.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [20, 51], "content_span": [52, 180]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275145-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 EHF Challenge Cup\nThe 2017\u201318 EHF Challenge Cup was the 21st edition of the European Handball Federation's third-tier competition for men's handball clubs, running from 7 October 2017 to 20 May 2018.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [25, 25], "content_span": [26, 207]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275145-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 EHF Challenge Cup, Overview, Round and draw dates\nAll draws held at the European Handball Federation headquarters in Vienna, Austria.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 57], "content_span": [58, 141]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275145-0002-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 EHF Challenge Cup, Round 2\nTeams listed first played the first leg at home. Some teams agreed to play both matches in the same venue. Bolded teams qualified into Round 3.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 34], "content_span": [35, 178]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275145-0003-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 EHF Challenge Cup, Round 3\nTeams listed first played the first leg at home. Some teams agreed to play both matches in the same venue. Bolded teams qualified into last 16.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 34], "content_span": [35, 178]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275145-0004-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 EHF Challenge Cup, Last 16\nThe draw for the last 16 round was held on Tuesday, 28 November 2017. The draw seeding pots were composed as follows:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 34], "content_span": [35, 152]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275145-0005-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 EHF Challenge Cup, Last 16\nTeams listed first played the first leg at home. Some teams agreed to play both matches in the same venue. Bolded teams qualified into quarterfinals.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 34], "content_span": [35, 184]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275145-0006-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 EHF Challenge Cup, Quarterfinals\nThe draw for the quarter-final and semi-final pairings was held at the EHF Office in Vienna on 20 February at 11:00 hrs. .", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 40], "content_span": [41, 163]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275145-0007-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 EHF Challenge Cup, Quarterfinals\nThe first quarter-final leg was scheduled for 24\u201325 March, while the second leg followed on 31 March\u20131 April 2018.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 40], "content_span": [41, 155]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275145-0008-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 EHF Challenge Cup, Semifinals\nThe first semi-final legs was scheduled for 21\u201322 April 2018, while the second legs followed on 28\u201329 April 2018.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 37], "content_span": [38, 151]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275145-0009-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 EHF Challenge Cup, Final\nThe first leg was played on 14 May and the second was played on 20 May.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 32], "content_span": [33, 104]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275146-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 EHF Champions League\nThe 2017\u201318 EHF Champions League was the 58th edition of Europe's premier club handball tournament and the 25th edition under the current EHF Champions League format.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [28, 28], "content_span": [29, 195]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275146-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 EHF Champions League\nMontpellier defeated HBC Nantes in the final to win their second title.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [28, 28], "content_span": [29, 100]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275146-0002-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 EHF Champions League, Competition format\nTwenty-eight teams participated in the competition, divided in four groups. Groups A and B were played with eight teams each, in a round robin, home and away format. The top team in each group qualified directly for the quarter-finals, the bottom two in each group dropped out of the competition and the remaining 10 teams qualified for the first knock-out phase.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 48], "content_span": [49, 412]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275146-0003-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 EHF Champions League, Competition format\nIn groups C and D, six teams played in each group in a round robin format, playing both home and away. The top two teams in each group then met in a \u2018semi-final\u2019 play-off, with the two winners going through to the first knock-out phase. The remaining teams dropped out of the competition.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 48], "content_span": [49, 337]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275146-0004-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 EHF Champions League, Competition format\n12 teams played home and away in the first knock-out phase, with the 10 teams qualified from groups A and B and the two teams qualified from groups C and D.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 48], "content_span": [49, 205]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275146-0005-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 EHF Champions League, Competition format\nThe six winners of the matches in the first knock-out phase joined the winners of groups A and B to play home and away for the right to play in the VELUX EHF FINAL4.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 48], "content_span": [49, 214]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275146-0006-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 EHF Champions League, Competition format\nThe culmination of the season, the VELUX EHF FINAL4, will continue in its existing format, with the four top teams from the competition competing for the title.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 48], "content_span": [49, 209]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275146-0007-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 EHF Champions League, Round and draw dates\nThe qualification draw was held in Vienna, Austria and the group stage draw in Ljubljana, Slovenia.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 50], "content_span": [51, 150]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275146-0008-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 EHF Champions League, Qualification stage\nThe four teams played a semifinal and final to determine the last participant. Matches were played on 2 and 3 September 2017.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 49], "content_span": [50, 175]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275146-0009-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 EHF Champions League, Group stage\nThe draw for the group stage was held on 30 June 2017 at 21:00 in the Ljubljana castle. The 28 teams were drawn into four groups, two containing eight teams (Groups A and B) and two containing six teams (Groups C and D). The only restriction is that teams from the same national association could not face each other in the same group. Since Germany qualified three teams, the lowest seeded side (Kiel) were drawn with one of the other two.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 41], "content_span": [42, 482]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275146-0010-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 EHF Champions League, Group stage\nIn each group, teams played against each other in a double round-robin format, with home and away matches.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 41], "content_span": [42, 148]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275146-0011-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 EHF Champions League, Group stage\nAfter completion of the group stage matches, the teams advancing to the knockout stage were determined in the following manner:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 41], "content_span": [42, 169]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275146-0012-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 EHF Champions League, Group stage\nIf the ranking of one of these teams is determined, the above criteria are consecutively followed until the ranking of all teams is determined. If no ranking can be determined, a decision shall be obtained by EHF through drawing of lots.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 41], "content_span": [42, 279]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275146-0013-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 EHF Champions League, Group stage\nDuring the group stage, only criteria 4\u20135 apply to determine the provisional ranking of teams.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 41], "content_span": [42, 136]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275146-0014-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 EHF Champions League, Group stage, Playoffs\nThe top two teams from Groups C and D contested a playoff to determine the two sides advancing to the knockout phase. The winners of each group faced the runners-up of the other group in a two-legged tie. The first leg was played on 24 February 2018 and the second leg on 4 March 2018.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 51], "content_span": [52, 337]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275146-0015-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 EHF Champions League, Knockout stage\nThe first-placed team from the preliminary groups A and B advanced to the quarterfinals, while the 2\u20136th placed teams advanced to the round of 16 alongside the playoff winners.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 44], "content_span": [45, 221]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275147-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 EHF Champions League group stage\nThe 2017\u201318 EHF Champions League group stage began on 13 September 2017 and concluded on 4 March 2018. A total of 28 teams competed for 14 places in the knockout stage of the 2017\u201318 EHF Champions League.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [40, 40], "content_span": [41, 245]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275147-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 EHF Champions League group stage, Draw\nThe draw for the group stage was held on 30 June 2017.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 46], "content_span": [47, 101]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275147-0002-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 EHF Champions League group stage, Format\nIn each group, teams played against each other in a double round-robin format, with home and away matches. After completion of the group stage matches, the teams advancing to the knockout stage were determined in the following manner:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 48], "content_span": [49, 283]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275147-0003-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 EHF Champions League group stage, Format, Tiebreakers\nIn the group stage, teams were ranked according to points (2 points for a win, 1 point for a draw, 0 points for a loss). After completion of the group stage, if two or more teams have scored the same number of points, the ranking was determined as follows:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 61], "content_span": [62, 318]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275147-0004-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 EHF Champions League group stage, Format, Tiebreakers\nIf the ranking of one of these teams is determined, the above criteria are consecutively followed until the ranking of all teams is determined. If no ranking can be determined, a decision shall be obtained by EHF through drawing of lots.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 61], "content_span": [62, 299]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275147-0005-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 EHF Champions League group stage, Format, Tiebreakers\nDuring the group stage, only criteria 4\u20135 apply to determine the provisional ranking of teams.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 61], "content_span": [62, 156]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275147-0006-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 EHF Champions League group stage, Groups\nThe matchdays were 13\u201317 September, 20\u201324 September, 27 September\u20131 October, 4\u20138 October, 11\u201315 October, 1\u20135 November, 8\u201312 November, 15\u201319 November, 22\u201326 November, 29 November\u20133 December 2017. For Groups A and B, additional matchdays included, 7\u201311 February, 14\u201318 February, 21\u201325 February and 28 February\u20134 March 2018.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 48], "content_span": [49, 370]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275147-0007-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 EHF Champions League group stage, Playoffs\nThe top two teams from Groups C and D contested a playoff to determine the two sides advancing to the knockout phase. The winners of each group faced the runners-up of the other group in a two-legged tie. The first leg was played on 24 February 2018 and the second leg on 4 March 2018.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 50], "content_span": [51, 336]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275148-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 EHF Champions League knockout stage\nThis article describes the knockout stage of the 2017\u201318 EHF Champions League.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [43, 43], "content_span": [44, 122]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275148-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 EHF Champions League knockout stage, Qualified teams\nThe top six placed teams from each of the two groups advanced to the knockout stage.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [45, 60], "content_span": [61, 145]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275148-0002-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 EHF Champions League knockout stage, Format\n12 teams played home and away in the first knock-out phase, with the 10 teams qualified from groups A and B and the two teams qualified from groups C and D. After that, the six winners of these matches in the first knock-out phase joined the winners of groups A and B to play home and away for the right to play in the final four.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [45, 51], "content_span": [52, 382]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275148-0003-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 EHF Champions League knockout stage, Final four\nThe final four was held at the Lanxess Arena in Cologne, Germany on 26 and 27 May 2018. The draw was held on 2 May 2018.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [45, 55], "content_span": [56, 176]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275149-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 EHF Cup\nThe 2017\u201318 EHF Cup was the 37th edition of the EHF Cup, the second most important European handball club competition organised by the European Handball Federation (EHF), and the sixth edition since the merger with the EHF Cup Winners' Cup.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [15, 15], "content_span": [16, 256]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275149-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 EHF Cup, Team allocation, Teams\nThe labels in the parentheses show how each team qualified for the place of its starting round:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [17, 39], "content_span": [40, 135]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275149-0002-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 EHF Cup, Round and draw dates\nThe schedule of the competition is as follows (all draws are held at the EHF headquarters in Vienna, Austria):", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [17, 37], "content_span": [38, 148]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275149-0003-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 EHF Cup, Qualification stage\nThe qualification stage consists of three rounds, which are played as two-legged ties using a home-and-away system. In the draws for each round, teams were allocated into two pots, with teams from Pot 1 facing teams from Pot 2. The winners of each pairing (highlighted in bold) qualifyed for the following round.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [17, 36], "content_span": [37, 349]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275149-0004-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 EHF Cup, Qualification stage\nFor each round, teams listed first played the first leg at home. In some cases, teams agreed to play both matches at the same venue.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [17, 36], "content_span": [37, 169]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275149-0005-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 EHF Cup, Qualification stage, Round 1\nA total of 30 teams entered the draw for the first qualification round, which was held on Tuesday, 18 July 2017. The draw seeding pots were composed as follows:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [17, 45], "content_span": [46, 206]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275149-0006-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 EHF Cup, Qualification stage, Round 1\nThe first legs were played on 1\u20133 and 8\u20139 September and the second legs were played on 2-3 and 9\u201310 September 2017.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [17, 45], "content_span": [46, 161]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275149-0007-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 EHF Cup, Group stage, Draw and format\nThe draw of the EHF Cup group stage took place on Thursday, 30 November 2017. The 16 teams allocated into four pots were drawn into four groups of four teams.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [17, 45], "content_span": [46, 204]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275149-0008-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 EHF Cup, Group stage, Draw and format\nIn each group, teams play against each other home-and-away in a round-robin format. The matchdays are 10\u201311 February, 17\u201318 February, 24\u201325 February, 3\u20134 March, 24\u201325 March, and 31 March\u20131 April 2018.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [17, 45], "content_span": [46, 246]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275149-0009-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 EHF Cup, Group stage, Draw and format\nIf two or more teams are equal on points on completion of the group matches, the following criteria are applied to determine the rankings (in descending order):", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [17, 45], "content_span": [46, 206]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275149-0010-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 EHF Cup, Group stage, Draw and format\nIf no ranking can be determined, a decision shall be obtained by drawing lots. Lots shall be drawn by the EHF, if possible in the presence of a responsible of each club.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [17, 45], "content_span": [46, 215]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275149-0011-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 EHF Cup, Group stage, Seeding\nOn 27 November 2017, EHF announced the composition of the group stage seeding pots:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [17, 37], "content_span": [38, 121]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275149-0012-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 EHF Cup, Group stage, Ranking of the second-placed teams\nBecause the German side SC Magdeburg, the organizers of the Final 4 tournament, finished on top of their group they qualified directly to the final tournament and only the top three second-placed teams qualified to the quarter-finals. The ranking of the second-placed teams was determined on the basis of the team's results in the group stage.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [17, 64], "content_span": [65, 409]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275149-0013-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 EHF Cup, Knockout stage, Quarter-finals\nThe draw for the quarter-final pairing was held on Tuesday 3 April at 11:00 hrs in the EHF headquarters in Vienna. The first leg was scheduled for 21 and 22 April and the second leg followed one week later.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [17, 47], "content_span": [48, 254]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275149-0014-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 EHF Cup, Knockout stage, Final four\nThe sixth edition of the EHF Cup Finals in 2018 was hosted by SC Magdeburg after the EHF Executive Committee decided to award the hosting rights to the German club at its meeting on 16 December in Hamburg. The tournament took place on 19 and 20 May 2018. The draw was held on 2 May 2018 in Magdeburg, Germany at 11:00.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [17, 43], "content_span": [44, 362]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275150-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 EIHL season\nThe 2017\u201318 EIHL season was the 15th season of the Elite Ice Hockey League. The regular season commenced on 9 September 2017 and ended on 25 March 2018. The reigning league champions were the Cardiff Devils, who won the championship for the first time in 2016\u201317. The Devils retained their regular season title, with a 3\u20132 victory away at the Belfast Giants on 16 March 2018. The Devils also won the playoff title, beating the Sheffield Steelers \u2013 who had defeated the Devils 12 months prior in a 6\u20135 double overtime game \u2013 3\u20131 in the final, winning a first playoff title since 1998\u201399.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [19, 19], "content_span": [20, 606]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275150-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 EIHL season, Teams\nThe league expanded from ten teams to twelve teams for the 2017\u201318 season, with the introduction of two former English Premier Ice Hockey League teams; the Guildford Flames and the Milton Keynes Lightning.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 26], "content_span": [27, 232]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275150-0002-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 EIHL season, Teams\nStarting from the 2017\u201318 season, the league featured three conferences of four teams compared to the previous season's two conferences of five teams. The Gardiner Conference became an all-Scottish division, with the Braehead Clan, the Dundee Stars, the Edinburgh Capitals and the Fife Flyers. The Manchester Storm, who were part of the Gardiner Conference in 2016\u201317, moved to a new Southern conference: the Patton Conference. Also part of the division were the Coventry Blaze (moving from the Erhardt Conference), the Guildford Flames and the Milton Keynes Lightning. The final conference was the Erhardt Conference, consisting of the four \"Arena\" teams: the Belfast Giants, the Cardiff Devils, the Nottingham Panthers and the Sheffield Steelers.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 26], "content_span": [27, 775]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275150-0003-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 EIHL season, Standings, Overall\nAll games counted towards the overall Elite League standings. Each team played 56 matches; 24 matches against their three Conference rivals, and 32 against the eight teams from the other Conferences. The Cardiff Devils became regular season champions for the second successive season, with a 3\u20132 win over the Belfast Giants on 16 March 2018 at SSE Arena Belfast.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 39], "content_span": [40, 402]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275150-0004-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 EIHL season, Standings, Erhardt Conference\nOnly intra-conference games counted towards the Erhardt Conference standings. Each team played the other three teams in the Conference eight times, for a total of 24 matches. The Cardiff Devils won the Conference for the third season in a row, with a 3\u20132 win over the Belfast Giants on 16 March 2018 at SSE Arena Belfast.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 50], "content_span": [51, 372]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275150-0005-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 EIHL season, Standings, Gardiner Conference\nOnly intra-conference games counted towards the Gardiner Conference standings. Each team played the other three teams in the Conference eight times, for a total of 24 matches. The Fife Flyers won the Conference for the first time, with a 7\u20136 overtime win over the Dundee Stars on 18 February 2018 at the Dundee Ice Arena.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 51], "content_span": [52, 373]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275150-0006-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 EIHL season, Standings, Patton Conference\nOnly intra-conference games counted towards the Patton Conference standings. Each team played the other three teams in the Conference eight times, for a total of 24 matches. The Manchester Storm won the inaugural Conference, after the Coventry Blaze defeated the Storm's closest challengers, the Guildford Flames, 3\u20131 on 18 March 2018 at the Guildford Spectrum.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 49], "content_span": [50, 411]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275150-0007-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 EIHL season, Regular season statistics, Scoring leaders\nThe following players led the league in points at the conclusion of the regular season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 63], "content_span": [64, 151]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275150-0008-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 EIHL season, Regular season statistics, Leading goaltenders\nThe following goaltenders led the league in goals against average, while playing at least 1200 minutes, at the conclusion of the regular season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 67], "content_span": [68, 212]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275150-0009-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 EIHL season, Playoff statistics, Scoring leaders\nThe following players led the league in points at the conclusion of the playoffs.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 56], "content_span": [57, 138]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275150-0010-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 EIHL season, Playoff statistics, Leading goaltenders\nThe following goaltenders led the league in goals against average, while playing at least 60 minutes, at the conclusion of the playoffs.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 60], "content_span": [61, 197]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275151-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 EML season\nThe 2017\u201318 EML season (also known as the Nordic Power Hokiliiga for sponsorship reasons) was the 78th season of the Meistriliiga, the top level of ice hockey in Estonia. The season began on 30 September 2017 and concluded on 24 March 2018, with HC Viking winning the Estonian Championship over Tartu Kalev-V\u00e4lk in four games.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [18, 18], "content_span": [19, 345]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275152-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 ES S\u00e9tif season\nIn the 2017\u201318 season, ES S\u00e9tif competed in Ligue 1 for the 48th season, as well as the Algerian Cup.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [23, 23], "content_span": [24, 125]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275152-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 ES S\u00e9tif season, Squad list\nAs of August 25, 2017. Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 35], "content_span": [36, 187]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275153-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 East Bengal FC season\nThe 2017\u201318 season is East Bengal FC's 98th season in existence. The club has won the Calcutta Football League this season for the record consecutive 8th time. The Red and Gold Brigade finished 4th in the much-awaited 2017-18 I League campaign, coming ever so close once again. East Bengal reached the final of the inaugural Indian Super Cup being held at Bhubaneshwar but lost to Bengaluru FC by 4-1.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [29, 29], "content_span": [30, 431]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275153-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 East Bengal FC season, Pre-Season Overview\nThe club roped in I League winning coach Khalid Jamil as their head coach from Aizawl FC and physio Djair Miranda Garcia from arch-rivals Mohun Bagan who was pivotal to Mohun Bagan's success in recent years. East Bengal retained their star striker Willis Deon Plaza and brought in I League winning Midfielder Mahmoud Amnah from Aizawl FC. East Bengal also roped in 3 more players from Aizawl FC, wingers Brandon Vanlalremdika, Laldanmawia Ralte and Left Back Lalramchullova.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 50], "content_span": [51, 525]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275153-0001-0001", "contents": "2017\u201318 East Bengal FC season, Pre-Season Overview\nThe Red and Gold Brigade are hoping to seal the Calcutta Football League championship and set an octa-title record of winning it for the 8th consecutive year. East Bengal also roped in the star midfielder Katsumi Yusa from their arch-rivals Mohun Bagan who would be playing in the I League after 4 seasons playing for the Green and Maroons.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 50], "content_span": [51, 391]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275153-0002-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 East Bengal FC season, Season Overview, August\nThe 7 times defending champions started the Calcutta Football League campaign in style as they defeated the newly promoted side Rainbow FC 4\u20131 with V P Suhair scoring a hat-trick on his debut, thus becoming the 4th East Bengal player after Ashim Moulick (1963), Shyam Thapa (1966) and Bikash Narzinary (2010) to score a hat-trick on debut. Surabuddin Mollick scored the second hat-trick of the season for East Bengal as he came in from the bench to net 3 against Peerless FC in the second half.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 54], "content_span": [55, 550]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275153-0003-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 East Bengal FC season, Season Overview, September\nEast Bengal drew 2\u20132 against Mohammedan Sporting at Kalyani Stadium in the Mini Derby. Willis Plaza scored the third hat-trick for the season for East Bengal when he took on Tollygunge Agragami just before the big Derby. Maintaining their undefeated streak, East Bengal went on to win the league to win the Calcutta Football League for a record consecutive 8 times, bettering their own record of 1970\u201375. Mohun Bagan drew 2\u20132 in the derby which helped East Bengal secure their 8th consecutive league win via Goal Difference as both teams were on 23 points from 9 games. East Bengal was crowned champions for a record 39th time.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 57], "content_span": [58, 685]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275153-0004-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 East Bengal FC season, Season Overview, October\nFollowing the win in the Calcutta Football League, East Bengal decided to play few Pre Season Friendlies against ISL teams. East Bengal would play against Bengaluru FC, FC Pune City, FC Goa and Jamshedpur FC.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 55], "content_span": [56, 264]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275153-0005-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 East Bengal FC season, Season Overview, October\nEast Bengal also roped in defensive midfielder Armand Bazzie from Rainbow FC after impressing coach Khalid Jamil in trails. Carlyle Mitchell had to be released as he sustained an injury which would keep him out of action for the rest of the season. Former Mohun Bagan defender Eduardo Ferreira was brought in as the replacement.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 55], "content_span": [56, 384]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275153-0006-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 East Bengal FC season, Season Overview, November\nEast Bengal drew 1\u20131 against Bengaluru FC in the first preseason game while lost 3\u20131 in the second match against the same opponents. FC Pune City won the 3rd preseason game by a close margin 2\u20131. East Bengal came back in style as they won the next two preseason games, 2\u20131 against FC Goa and 3\u20131 against Jamshedpur FC.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 56], "content_span": [57, 375]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275153-0006-0001", "contents": "2017\u201318 East Bengal FC season, Season Overview, November\nArmand Bazzie gained a lot of praise in the preseason games, while Mahmoud Amnah and Katsumi Yusa formed a formidable pair which is providing hopes for Red and Gold fans for the upcoming I League, which East Bengal has not won since 2004. East Bengal started off the I League campaign with a 2\u20132 draw against the defending champions Aizawl FC. East Bengal squandered a 2-goal lead scored by Eduardo Ferreira and Katsumi Yusa to get equalized in the dying seconds of the match. Next up they face their arch-rivals in the first I League Kolkata Derby of the season, when they face Mohun Bagan on 3 December at the Salt Lake Stadium.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 56], "content_span": [57, 687]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275153-0007-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 East Bengal FC season, Season Overview, December\nEast Bengal lost the first I League Kolkata Derby of the season by a 1\u20130 margin after Mohun Bagan defender Eze Kingsley scored the solitary goal in the 39th minute from a Sony Norde corner. East Bengal fought hard in the second half but could not break the Mohun Bagan defence. This is one of the worst starts to East Bengal's I League campaign in recent years. East Bengal faced Shillong Lajong FC at Barasat Stadium on 9 December next.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 56], "content_span": [57, 494]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275153-0007-0001", "contents": "2017\u201318 East Bengal FC season, Season Overview, December\nEast Bengal thumped Shillong Lajong to a 5\u20131 victory with a brace from ex Aizawl FC man Laldanmawia Ralte and one each Mahmoud Amnah, Eduardo Ferreira and Katsumi Yusa. Lajong captain Samuel Lalmuanpuia scored the consolation goal for them. East Bengal faced Churchill Brothers at Barasat Stadium on 16 December next where in a crunch game East Bengal snatched the 3 points in the dying minute of the game when Willis Plaza scored a header from a Katsumi Yusa corner to make it 3\u20132 for East Bengal.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 56], "content_span": [57, 555]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275153-0007-0002", "contents": "2017\u201318 East Bengal FC season, Season Overview, December\nPlaza netted a brace while assisted one for Laldanmawia Ralte who scored his 3rd goal for the campaign. East Bengal faced Chennai City FC on 22 December away at Coimbatore next where in tough conditions East Bengal managed to win their first away game of the season by a margin of 2\u20131. Katsumi Yusa opened the scoring while Charles put in the second for them. East Bengal now sit at the second spot in the league with 10 points from 5 games.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 56], "content_span": [57, 498]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275153-0007-0003", "contents": "2017\u201318 East Bengal FC season, Season Overview, December\nEast Bengal faced Gokulam Kerala FC at Salt Lake Stadium on 27 December next and in a disarrayed game in a chilly Kolkata winter evening, East Bengal managed a 1\u20130 win courtesy of a Mohammed Rafique screamer from 25 yards out in the 44th minute. East Bengal managed to grab hold of the lead which earned them important 3 points and took them to the top of the table via goal difference to Minerva Punjab FC who lost earlier the same day.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 56], "content_span": [57, 494]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275153-0007-0004", "contents": "2017\u201318 East Bengal FC season, Season Overview, December\nEast Bengal faced NEROCA FC away at Imphal on 30 December next where in tough away conditions East Bengal managed to get a point after conceding a late equalizer in the 89th minute. Katsumi Yusa put East Bengal ahead in the 12rh minute, however Willis Plaza pulled his hamstring in the 40th minute which made East Bengal to play defensive and hence conceded the late equalizer. East Bengal end the calendar year 2017 on Top of the League Table.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 56], "content_span": [57, 501]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275153-0008-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 East Bengal FC season, Season Overview, January\nEast Bengal faced Indian Arrows away at Delhi on 2 January next and fielded a squad without start man Willis Plaza who carried an injury from the last game against NEROCA FC. Young Jobi Justin started in place of Willis Plaza. East Bengal managed to get an early lead when Mahmoud Amnah scored from a free kick in the 13th minute. Katsumi Yusa doubled the lead in the 16th minute after receiving a ball from Amnah from the right. East Bengal managed to hold onto a 2\u20130 lead and came out with important 3 points from a tough away game.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 55], "content_span": [56, 590]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275153-0008-0001", "contents": "2017\u201318 East Bengal FC season, Season Overview, January\nEast Bengal now sit on top of the league table with 17 points from 8 games. East Bengal faced Churchill Brothers away at Tilak Maidan in Goa on 8 January next and dropped 2 valuable points after drawing 1\u20131 against the bottom-placed side in the league table. East Bengal went ahead with a terrific header by young Jobi Justin from a Laldanmawia Ralte cross from the right. East Bengal were leading the proceedings in the match when suddenly from a counter-attack Churchill's new signing Mechac Koffi scored a blinder from outside the box.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 55], "content_span": [56, 594]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275153-0008-0002", "contents": "2017\u201318 East Bengal FC season, Season Overview, January\nEast Bengal now has 18 points from 9 games with 9 more games to go. East Bengal released their foreign import Charles after a series of poor performances by the Brazilian. He was replaced by Dudu Omagbemi who joined for his second stint for the Red and Golds after 2014\u201315 Season where he scored 20 goals for East Bengal in all competitions. East Bengal faced Aizawl FC away at Rajiv Gandhi Stadium in Aizawl on 16 January next wherein tough altitude conditions East Bengal managed a goalless draw against the defending champions.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 55], "content_span": [56, 586]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275153-0008-0003", "contents": "2017\u201318 East Bengal FC season, Season Overview, January\nA lack-luster display from the Red and Golds along with poor attacking cost East Bengal vital 2 points before the return Kolkata Derby of the I League, which also meant East Bengal now trail by 6 points to League leaders Minerva Punjab FC with 8 more matches to go. East Bengal faced Mohun Bagan for the second Kolkata Derby of the I League on 21 January at the Salt Lake Stadium next and lost by a 2\u20130 margin with Dipanda Dicka netting a brace. Dicka scored in the first minute after Akram Moghrabi headed down a cross from the right.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 55], "content_span": [56, 591]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275153-0008-0004", "contents": "2017\u201318 East Bengal FC season, Season Overview, January\nDicka scored the second of the day when he acrobatically volleyed the ball into the net from a corner in the 35th minute. Mohun Bagan could have scored more if not their forwards missed sitters. East Bengal now seems out of the title race and currently sits 3rd in the league table with 19 points from 11 matches. East Bengal released their foreign import Willis Plaza after a series of poor performances and lack of goals from the star forward who was also carrying a thigh injury along.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 55], "content_span": [56, 544]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275153-0008-0005", "contents": "2017\u201318 East Bengal FC season, Season Overview, January\nEast Bengal roped in Liberian Ansumana Kromah who was released by Mohun Bagan earlier in the transfer window. The former Green and Maroon attacking midfielder will boost the Red and Gold attacking set up. East Bengal faced Minerva Punjab F.C. on 30 January at the Barasat Stadium next where in a crunch game East Bengal managed a 2\u20132 draw, coming back from 0\u20132 at HT. Minerva Punjab F.C. went ahead in the 20th minute when Sukhdev Singh scored from a rebound.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 55], "content_span": [56, 515]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275153-0008-0006", "contents": "2017\u201318 East Bengal FC season, Season Overview, January\nMinerva Punjab F.C. extended their lead in the 33rd minute when their star Bhutanese man Chencho Gyeltshen scored dribbling past two defenders. After Half Time, East Bengal came out with renewed vigour and rallied back into the game with goals from Jobi Justin in the 59th minute from a Katsumi Yusa corner and Brandon Vanlalremdika in the 88th minute. East Bengal could have come out with all 3 points if not their star Japanese man Katsumi Yusa missed from the spot early in the second half. East Bengal now sits at 3rd spot in the League Table with 20 points from 12 games with 6 more matches to go.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 55], "content_span": [56, 658]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275153-0009-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 East Bengal FC season, Season Overview, February\nEast Bengal released another of their foreign import Armand Bazie for his poor performances throughout the League campaign. Bazie is the third foreign player after Charles and Willis Plaza that East Bengal has released during the ongoing I League season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 56], "content_span": [57, 311]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275153-0009-0001", "contents": "2017\u201318 East Bengal FC season, Season Overview, February\nEast Bengal faced Indian Arrows on 4 February at the Barasat Stadium next where after a frustrating performance by the Red and Gold front line, East Bengal managed to score in the dying minute of the match, when Dudu Omagbemi found the net from a glancing header in the 93rd minute, taking a 1\u20130 lead, ensuring 3 points for the Red and Golds who now sits 3rd in the table with 23 points from 13 games, with 5 more to go.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 56], "content_span": [57, 477]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275153-0009-0002", "contents": "2017\u201318 East Bengal FC season, Season Overview, February\nEast Bengal faced Minerva Punjab F.C. on 13 February at the Tau Devi Lal Stadium in Panchkula next and in a do-or-die game against the league leaders East Bengal managed a 1\u20130 win with a sublime strike from Cavin Lobo in the 60th minute. East Bengal managed to hold on to the lead and reduced the gap to just 3 points from the league leaders Minerva Punjab F.C.. East Bengal now sits at 26 points from 14 games with just 4 more to go.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 56], "content_span": [57, 491]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275153-0009-0003", "contents": "2017\u201318 East Bengal FC season, Season Overview, February\nEast Bengal roped in Uganda national football team Defensive Midfield player Khalid Aucho as a replacement for 'Armand Bazie'. He played for Serbian giants Red Star Belgrade before getting released in July 2017. East Bengal faced Gokulam Kerala F.C. on 17 February at the EMS Stadium in Kozhikode next and lost 2\u20131 to the home side after leading 1\u20130 at Half-time courtesy of a spot-kick from Katsumi Yusa in the injury time before the break. Gokulam Kerala F.C. came back hard in the second half and rallied to score two goals to snatch back to back wins.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 56], "content_span": [57, 612]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275153-0009-0004", "contents": "2017\u201318 East Bengal FC season, Season Overview, February\nThis loss has hurt the title ambitions for the Red and Golds, with just 3 matches to go. East Bengal faced Chennai City FC on 24 February at the Salt Lake Stadium next and in a do-or-die game, the Red and Gold brigade ran riot against the southerners and clinched an all-important 7\u20131 win. Mahmoud Amnah opened the scoring in the 20th minute and since then the floodgates were opened. Dharmaraj Ravanan placed the ball into his own net for the second goal when he misjudged the cross from Lalramchullova.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 56], "content_span": [57, 561]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275153-0009-0005", "contents": "2017\u201318 East Bengal FC season, Season Overview, February\nDudu Omagbemi finally rose to the occasion and showed his class and scored in the next 4 goals, thus becoming the fourth East Bengal player to score a hat-trick in the season and first in this I League. Gabriel Fernandes came on in the 80th minute for his first appearance in the I League and in no time put his name in the scoresheet with a sublime strike from outside the box to make it 7\u20131 for the hosts. Eduardo Ferreira got his 4th booking and will miss the vital away game against Shillong Lajong on 5 March. East Bengal now sits 2nd in the table with just 2 more matches to go.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 56], "content_span": [57, 641]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275153-0010-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 East Bengal FC season, Season Overview, March\nEast Bengal faced Shillong Lajong on 5 March at the Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium next and in a must-win game the Red and Gold Brigade again drew 2\u20132 to seriously hamper their title aspirations. Dudu Omagbemi opened the scoring but Shillong Lajong rallied from behind to take a 2\u20131 lead. Dudu Omagbemi scored the equalized late to ensure East Bengal have a chance on the last round to get the title if all results go in their favour.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 53], "content_span": [54, 482]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275153-0010-0001", "contents": "2017\u201318 East Bengal FC season, Season Overview, March\nEast Bengal faced NEROCA F.C. on 8 March at the Salt Lake Stadium next in the final game of the 2017-18 I-League and in a 4 way title decider final round, the Red and Golds only managed a 1-1 draw with Dudu Omagbemi scoring the equalizer after Felix Chidi put NEROCA F.C. ahead. Minerva Punjab FC won their match 1-0 which meant the team from Punjab won their maiden I-League title. East Bengal finished the I-League campaign in the 4th Position, dragging their conquest to the long-awaited title for 15 years now.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 53], "content_span": [54, 568]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275153-0010-0002", "contents": "2017\u201318 East Bengal FC season, Season Overview, March\nEast Bengal has qualified for the Pre-Quarter Finals of the 2018 Indian Super Cup that is going to start from 31 March at the Kalinga Stadium, Bhubaneshwar. East Bengal appointed veteran and club legend Subhash Bhowmick as the Technical Director to assist Khalid Jamil. This is the fourth stint for Subhash Bhowmick popularly known as Bhombol Da at East Bengal and this one after 9 long years after he resigned as the Coach of the East Bengal club after the infamous 5-3 Kolkata Derby on 25 October 2009.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 53], "content_span": [54, 558]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275153-0011-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 East Bengal FC season, Season Overview, April\nEast Bengal faced Mumbai City F.C. on 5 April 2018 at the Kalinga Stadium, Bhubaneshwar in the Pre Quarter Finals of the 2018 Indian Super Cup. The ISL side took the lead early in the first half from a sublime free kick from their foreign import Achille Eman\u00e1 in the 22nd minute of the game. The Red and Gold brigade bounced back and equalized within 4 minutes when star man Katsumi Yusa headed in an inch-perfect cross by Laldanmawia Ralte from the right.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 53], "content_span": [54, 510]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275153-0011-0001", "contents": "2017\u201318 East Bengal FC season, Season Overview, April\nEast Bengal rallied back in the second half when Mahmoud Amnah scored the winner in the 73rd minute with a perfect volley to win it 2-1.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 53], "content_span": [54, 190]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275153-0011-0002", "contents": "2017\u201318 East Bengal FC season, Season Overview, April\nEast Bengal faced Aizawl F.C. on 8 April 2018 at the Kalinga Stadium, Bhubaneshwar in the Quarter Finals of the 2018 Indian Super Cup and in adverse hot and humid conditions, the Red and Gold brigade managed to snatch a 1-0 win against the Highlanders with an injury-time spot kick by ex Aizawl F.C. man Laldanmawia Ralte himself in the 95th minute to put East Bengal through to the Semi Finals of the inaugural Indian Super Cup. East Bengal faced FC Goa on 16 April 2018 at the Kalinga Stadium, Bhubaneshwar in the Semi-Final of the 2018 Indian Super Cup.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 53], "content_span": [54, 610]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275153-0011-0003", "contents": "2017\u201318 East Bengal FC season, Season Overview, April\nFC Goa missed the likes of Hugo Boumous and Pronay Halder who are carrying double Yellow Card and also Bruno Pinheiro, Brandon Fernandes and Sergio Juste Marin who were Sent Off in the Quarter Final match against Jamshedpur FC. In the crunch game amidst adverse hot and humid conditions the Red and Gold brigade snatched a hard-fought 1-0 win against the ISL side with the solitary goal coming at the 78th minute of the game when Katsumi Yusa put in a cross from the left which was tapped in by Dudu Omagbemi to break the deadlock.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 53], "content_span": [54, 585]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275153-0011-0004", "contents": "2017\u201318 East Bengal FC season, Season Overview, April\nFC Goa was soon put down to 10 men as their star midfield man Edu Bedia was given marching orders after a double booking in the 82nd minute. East Bengal managed to hold onto the lead and reached the inaugural Indian Super Cup Final. East Bengal faced Bengaluru FC on 20 April 2018 at the Kalinga Stadium, Bhubaneshwar in the Final of the inaugural 2018 Indian Super Cup. Bengaluru FC has defeated Mohun Bagan 4-2 in the other Semi Final and lost by 4-1. Ansumana Kromah took the lead for East Bengal in the 28th minute with an acrobatic attempt.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 53], "content_span": [54, 599]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275153-0011-0005", "contents": "2017\u201318 East Bengal FC season, Season Overview, April\nRahul Bheke equalised for Bengaluru FC in the 39th minute, heading in from a corner. Samad Ali Mallick was given marching orders after he elbowed an opponent which was the turning point of the game. Sunil Chhetri scored a brace while Miku scored another as Bengaluru FC won 4-1 and lifted the inaugural Indian Super Cup.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 53], "content_span": [54, 374]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275153-0012-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 East Bengal FC season, Kit\nSupplier: PERF / Sponsors: Kingfisher Premium / Co-Sponsor: Shyam Steel", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 34], "content_span": [35, 106]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275153-0013-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 East Bengal FC season, Competitions, Calcutta Football League, Standings\nNote: 1=These teams got walkover against Southern Samity and they got 3 point each.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 80], "content_span": [81, 164]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275153-0014-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 East Bengal FC season, Statistics, Appearances\n[ B] Played for Mohun Bagan in the 2017\u201318 CFL and 2017-18 I-League. Made 9 Appearances in 2017\u201318 CFL and 11 appreances in 2017-18 I-League for Mohun Bagan.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 54], "content_span": [55, 212]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275153-0015-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 East Bengal FC season, Honours, Titles Won\n2017-18 Calcutta Premier Division Champions (39th time Champions)*8th consecutive Calcutta League title for East Bengal (2010\u20132017)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 50], "content_span": [51, 182]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275154-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 East Carolina Pirates men's basketball team\nThe 2017\u201318 East Carolina Pirates men's basketball team represented East Carolina University during the 2017\u201318 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Pirates were led by interim head coach Michael Perry and played their home games at Williams Arena at Minges Coliseum as fourth-year members of the American Athletic Conference. They finished the season 10\u201320, 4\u201314 in AAC play to finish in 11th place. They lost in the first round of the AAC Tournament to UCF.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 51], "section_span": [51, 51], "content_span": [52, 519]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275154-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 East Carolina Pirates men's basketball team\nFollowing a 2\u20134 start to the season, eighth-year head coach Jeff Lebo announced his resignation from ECU on November 29, 2017 and Perry was named interim head coach. On April 4, 2018 the school announced that Florida Gulf Coast head coach Joe Dooley, who coached the Pirates from 1995 to 1999, would return as head coach.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 51], "section_span": [51, 51], "content_span": [52, 373]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275154-0002-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 East Carolina Pirates men's basketball team, Previous season\nThe Pirates finished the 2016\u201317 season 15\u201318, 6\u201312 in AAC play to finish in ninth place. They defeated Temple in the first round of the AAC Tournament to advance to the quarterfinals where they lost to SMU.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 51], "section_span": [53, 68], "content_span": [69, 276]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275154-0003-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 East Carolina Pirates men's basketball team, Previous season\nOn January 16, 2017, head coach Jeff Lebo underwent hip surgery and was unable to coach for the rest of the season. Assistant coach Michael Perry took over as acting head coach beginning with the January 22 game.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 51], "section_span": [53, 68], "content_span": [69, 281]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275155-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 East Carolina Pirates women's basketball team\nThe 2017\u201318 East Carolina Pirates women's basketball team will represent East Carolina University during the 2017\u201318 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Pirates, led by eighth year head coach Heather Macy, play their home games at Williams Arena at Minges Coliseum and were fourth year members of the American Athletic Conference. They finished the season 16\u201315, 2\u201314 AAC play to finish in seventh place. They defeated SMU in the first round before losing in the quarterfinals of the American Athletic Women's Tournament to South Florida.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 53], "section_span": [53, 53], "content_span": [54, 603]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275155-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 East Carolina Pirates women's basketball team, Media\nAll Pirates home games will have a video stream on , ESPN3, or . Road games will typically be streamed on the opponents website, though conference road games could also appear on ESPN3 or AAC Digital. Audio broadcasts for most road games can also be found on the opponents website.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 53], "section_span": [55, 60], "content_span": [61, 342]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275156-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 East Midlands Counties Football League\nThe 2017\u201318 East Midlands Counties Football League season was the 10th in the history of East Midlands Counties Football League, a football competition in England at level 10 of the English football league system.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [46, 46], "content_span": [47, 260]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275156-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 East Midlands Counties Football League, League\nThe league featured 19 clubs from the previous season, along with three new clubs:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [48, 54], "content_span": [55, 137]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275157-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 East Superleague\nThe 2017\u201318 East Superleague (known as the McBookie.com East Superleague for sponsorship reasons) was the 16th season of the East Superleague, the top tier of league competition for SJFA East Region member clubs.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [24, 24], "content_span": [25, 237]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275157-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 East Superleague\nThe season began on 5 August 2017 and ended on 2 June 2018. Kelty Hearts were the reigning champions but did not defend their title after joining the East of Scotland Football League.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [24, 24], "content_span": [25, 208]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275157-0002-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 East Superleague\nBonnyrigg Rose Athletic clinched the championship on 26 May 2018, the club's second title in three seasons. As winners they entered the Preliminary Round of the 2018\u201319 Scottish Cup.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [24, 24], "content_span": [25, 207]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275157-0003-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 East Superleague, Teams\nThe following teams changed division prior to the 2017\u201318 season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 31], "content_span": [32, 97]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275157-0004-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 East Superleague, Teams, From East Superleague\nForfar West End were promoted after defeating Newtongrange Star 3\u20132 on aggregate in the East Region Super/Premier League Play Off; however, Newtongrange were reprieved from relegation to balance league numbers following the departure of Kelty.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 54], "content_span": [55, 298]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275157-0005-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 East Superleague, League table\nWith eleven Superleague clubs moving to the East of Scotland Football League for the 2018\u201319 season, relegation was suspended pending league reconstruction.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 38], "content_span": [39, 195]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275158-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 East Tennessee State Buccaneers men's basketball team\nThe 2017\u201318 East Tennessee Buccaneers basketball team represented East Tennessee State University during the 2017\u201318 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Buccaneers, led by third-year head coach Steve Forbes, played their home games at the Freedom Hall Civic Center in Johnson City, Tennessee as of the Southern Conference. They finished the season 25\u20139, 14\u20134 in SoCon play to finish in second place. They defeated Chattanooga and Furman to advance to the championship game of the SoCon Tournament where they lost to UNC Greensboro. Despite having 25 wins, they did not participate in a postseason tournament.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 61], "section_span": [61, 61], "content_span": [62, 679]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275158-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 East Tennessee State Buccaneers men's basketball team, Previous season\nThe Buccaneers finished the 2016\u201317 season 27\u20138, 14\u20134 in SoCon play to finish in a three-way tie for the SoCon regular season championship. They defeated Mercer, Samford and UNC Greensboro to become champions of the SoCon Tournament. They earned the SoCon's automatic bid to the NCAA Tournament where they lost in the First Round to Florida.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 61], "section_span": [63, 78], "content_span": [79, 420]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275159-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 East Tennessee State Buccaneers women's basketball team\nThe 2017\u201318 East Tennessee State Buccaneers women's basketball team represented East Tennessee State University (ETSU) during the 2017\u201318 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The \"Bucs\", led by fifth-year head coach Brittney Ezell, played their home games at the Freedom Hall Civic Center as members of the Southern Conference (SoCon). The Bucs finished the season 20\u201313, 11\u20133 in second place in the SoCon, losing to Mercer in the conference tournament. They received a berth in the 2018 WNIT but lost in the first round to the James Madison Dukes.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 63], "section_span": [63, 63], "content_span": [64, 618]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275159-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 East Tennessee State Buccaneers women's basketball team, Previous season\nThe Bucs ended the 2016\u201317 season at 16\u201314, 8\u20136 in SoCon play to finish in third place. They lost in the quarterfinals of the SoCon Women's Tournament to Samford.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 63], "section_span": [65, 80], "content_span": [81, 243]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275160-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 East of Scotland Football League\nThe 2017\u201318 East of Scotland Football League (known for sponsorship reasons as the Central Taxis East of Scotland League) was the 89th season of the East of Scotland Football League, and the 4th season as the sixth tier of the Scottish football pyramid system. The season began on 12 August 2017 and ended on 12 May 2018. Lothian Thistle Hutchison Vale were the defending champions.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [40, 40], "content_span": [41, 423]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275160-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 East of Scotland Football League\nThe league was increased to a 13-team division as Kelty Hearts applied to switch from the SJFA East Region Super League and Preston Athletic were relegated from the Lowland League.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [40, 40], "content_span": [41, 221]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275160-0002-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 East of Scotland Football League\nKelty Hearts were crowned champions on 28 April 2018, after a 3\u20131 win over Lothian Thistle Hutchison Vale in their final match. They secured promotion to the Lowland League after defeating South of Scotland Football League winners Threave Rovers 10\u20130 on aggregate. This was the first time that the Lowland League play-off had taken place.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [40, 40], "content_span": [41, 379]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275160-0003-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 East of Scotland Football League, Teams\nThe following teams have changed division since the 2016\u201317 season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 47], "content_span": [48, 115]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275160-0004-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 East of Scotland Football League, Teams, To East of Scotland Football League\nClub has an SFA Licence (as of 20 December 2017) and are eligible to participate in the Lowland League promotion play-off should they win the league.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 84], "content_span": [85, 234]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275161-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Eastern Counties Football League\nThe 2017\u201318 Eastern Counties Football League season (known as the 2017\u201318 Thurlow Nunn Eastern Counties Football League for sponsorship reasons) was the 75th in the history of Eastern Counties Football League, a football competition in England. It was also the last season to have a single division at Step 6.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [40, 40], "content_span": [41, 350]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275161-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Eastern Counties Football League\nThe constitution for Step 5 and Step 6 divisions for 2017\u201318 was announced on 26 May 2017, and the Eastern Counties divisions constitutions were ratified at the league's AGM on 17 June 2017.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [40, 40], "content_span": [41, 231]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275161-0002-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Eastern Counties Football League, Premier Division\nThe Premier Division featured 19 clubs which competed in the division last season, along with five new clubs:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 58], "content_span": [59, 168]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275161-0003-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Eastern Counties Football League, Division One\nDivision One featured 17 clubs which competed in the division last season, along with four new clubs:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 54], "content_span": [55, 156]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275162-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Eastern Illinois Panthers men's basketball team\nThe 2017\u201318 Eastern Illinois Panthers men's basketball team represented Eastern Illinois University during the 2017\u201318 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Panthers, led by sixth-year head coach Jay Spoonhour, played their home games at Lantz Arena as members of the Ohio Valley Conference. They finished the season 12\u201319, 7\u201311 in OVC play to finish in eighth place. They defeated Tennessee State in the first round of the OVC Tournament before losing in the quarterfinals to Austin Peay.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 55], "section_span": [55, 55], "content_span": [56, 552]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275162-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Eastern Illinois Panthers men's basketball team, Previous season\nThe Panthers finished the 2016\u201317 season 14\u201315, 6\u201310 in OVC play to finish in fifth place in the West Division. They failed to qualify for the Ohio Valley Conference Tournament.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 55], "section_span": [57, 72], "content_span": [73, 250]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275162-0002-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Eastern Illinois Panthers men's basketball team, Preseason\nAfter five years of divisional play in the OVC, the conference eliminated divisions for the 2017\u201318 season. Additionally, for the first time, each conference team will play 18 conference games.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 55], "section_span": [57, 66], "content_span": [67, 260]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275162-0003-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Eastern Illinois Panthers men's basketball team, Preseason\nIn a vote of Ohio Valley Conference head men\u2019s basketball coaches and sports information directors, Eastern Illinois was picked to finish sixth in the OVC.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 55], "section_span": [57, 66], "content_span": [67, 222]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275163-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Eastern Kentucky Colonels men's basketball team\nThe 2017\u201318 Eastern Kentucky Colonels men's basketball team represented Eastern Kentucky University during the 2017\u201318 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Colonels, led by third-year head coach Dan McHale, played their home games at McBrayer Arena within Alumni Coliseum as members of the Ohio Valley Conference. They finished the season 11\u201320, 5\u201313 in OVC play to finish in a three-way tie for ninth place. They failed to make the OVC Tournament for the third consecutive season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 55], "section_span": [55, 55], "content_span": [56, 545]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275163-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Eastern Kentucky Colonels men's basketball team\nOn February 26, 2018, the school fired Dan McHale as head coach after three seasons. He finished at EKU with a three-year record of 38\u201355. On March 23, NC State assistant A.W. Hamilton was hired as the new head coach of the Colonels.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 55], "section_span": [55, 55], "content_span": [56, 289]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275163-0002-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Eastern Kentucky Colonels men's basketball team, Previous season\nThe Colonels finished the season 12\u201319, 5\u201311 in OVC play to finish in last place in the East Division. They failed to qualify for the Ohio Valley Tournament.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 55], "section_span": [57, 72], "content_span": [73, 230]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275163-0003-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Eastern Kentucky Colonels men's basketball team, Preseason\nIn a vote of Ohio Valley Conference head men\u2019s basketball coaches and sports information directors, Eastern Kentucky was picked to finish fourth. Asante Gist was named to the preseason All-OVC team.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 55], "section_span": [57, 66], "content_span": [67, 265]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275163-0004-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Eastern Kentucky Colonels men's basketball team, Preseason\nAfter five years of divisional play in the OVC, the conference eliminated divisions for the 2017\u201318 season. Additionally, for the first time, each conference team will play 18 conference games.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 55], "section_span": [57, 66], "content_span": [67, 260]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275164-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Eastern Michigan Eagles men's basketball team\nThe 2017\u201318 Eastern Michigan Eagles men's basketball team represented Eastern Michigan University during the 2017\u201318 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Eagles, led by seventh-year head coach Rob Murphy, played their home games at the Convocation Center in Ypsilanti, Michigan as members of the West Division of the Mid-American Conference. They finished the season 22\u201313, 11\u20137 in MAC play to finish in second place in the West Division. They defeated Akron in the quarterfinals of the MAC Tournament before losing in the semifinals to Toledo. They were invited to the CollegeInsider.com Tournament where they defeated Niagara in the first round before losing in the second round to Sam Houston State.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 53], "section_span": [53, 53], "content_span": [54, 764]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275164-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Eastern Michigan Eagles men's basketball team, Previous season\nThey finished the 2016\u201317 regular season 15\u201316, 7\u201311 in MAC play to finish in a tie for eighth place. Due to tiebreaking rules, they received the No. 8 seed in the MAC Tournament. They beat Northern Illinois in the opening round of the MAC Tournament but ultimately lost to the No. 1 seed Akron Zips in the quarterfinals.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 53], "section_span": [55, 70], "content_span": [71, 392]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275164-0002-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Eastern Michigan Eagles men's basketball team, Preseason\nIn the MAC preseason poll, the Eagles were picked to finish in fourth place in the MAC West Division.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 53], "section_span": [55, 64], "content_span": [65, 166]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275164-0003-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Eastern Michigan Eagles men's basketball team, Schedule and results\n* Non-conference game. #Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Eastern Time", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 53], "section_span": [55, 75], "content_span": [76, 192]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275165-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Eastern Michigan Eagles women's basketball team\nThe 2017\u201318 Eastern Michigan Eagles women's basketball team represents Eastern Michigan University during the 2017\u201318 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Eagles, led by second year head coach Fred Castro, play their home games at the Convocation Center, as members of the West Division of the Mid-American Conference. They finished the season 11\u201320, 6\u201312 in MAC play to finish in last place in the West Division. They advance to the quarterfinals of the MAC Women's Tournament where they lost to Central Michigan.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 55], "section_span": [55, 55], "content_span": [56, 580]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275166-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Eastern SC season\nThe 2017\u201318 season is Eastern's 63rd season in the top-tier division in Hong Kong football. Eastern will compete in the Premier League, Senior Challenge Shield, FA Cup and Sapling Cup in this season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [25, 25], "content_span": [26, 225]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275166-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Eastern SC season, Current squad, First team\nNote: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 52], "content_span": [53, 181]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275166-0002-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Eastern SC season, Current squad, Reserves\nNote: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 50], "content_span": [51, 179]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275167-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Eastern Sports Club (basketball) season\nThe 2017\u201318 Eastern Sports Club (basketball) season is the 2nd season of the franchise in the ASEAN Basketball League (ABL).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 47], "section_span": [47, 47], "content_span": [48, 172]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275168-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Eastern Washington Eagles men's basketball team\nThe 2017\u201318 Eastern Washington Eagles men's basketball team represented Eastern Washington University during the 2017\u201318 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Eagles were led by first-year head coach Shantay Legans and played their home games at Reese Court in Cheney, Washington as members of the Big Sky Conference. They finished the season 20\u201315, 13\u20135 in Big Sky play to finish in a tie for third place. At the Big Sky Tournament they defeated Portland State and Southern Utah to advance to the championship game where they lost to Montana. They were invited to the College Basketball Invitational where they lost in the first round to Utah Valley.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 55], "section_span": [55, 55], "content_span": [56, 715]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275168-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Eastern Washington Eagles men's basketball team, Previous season\nThe Eagles finished the 2016\u201317 season 22\u201312, 13\u20135 in Big Sky play to finish in second place. As the No. 2 seed in the Big Sky Tournament, they defeated Sacramento State in the quarterfinals before losing to Weber State in the semifinals. They were invited to the College Basketball Invitational where they lost in the first round to Wyoming.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 55], "section_span": [57, 72], "content_span": [73, 415]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275168-0002-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Eastern Washington Eagles men's basketball team, Previous season\nOn March 29, 2017, head coach Jim Hayford left Eastern Washington to take the head coaching job at in-state rival Seattle and was replaced by top assistant Shantay Legans.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 55], "section_span": [57, 72], "content_span": [73, 244]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275168-0003-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Eastern Washington Eagles men's basketball team, Preseason\nIn separate preseason polls of league coaches and media, the Eagles were picked to finish in seventh place (coaches) and sixth place (media) in the Big Sky. Senior forward Bogdan Bliznyuk was named to the preseason All-Big Sky team.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 55], "section_span": [57, 66], "content_span": [67, 299]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275169-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Eastern Washington Eagles women's basketball team\nThe 2017\u201318 Eastern Washington Eagles Women's basketball team represents Eastern Washington University during the 2017\u201318 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Eagles are led by seventeenth year head coach Wendy Schuller and play their home games at Reese Court. They were members of the Big Sky Conference. They finished the season 17\u201314, 12\u20136 in Big Sky play to finish in a tie for third place. They lost in the quarterfinals of the Big Sky Women's Tournament to Portland State.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 57], "section_span": [57, 57], "content_span": [58, 547]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275170-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Edmonton Oilers season\nThe 2017\u201318 Edmonton Oilers season was the 39th season for the National Hockey League (NHL) franchise that was established on June 22, 1979, and 46th season including their play in the World Hockey Association (WHA). The Oilers missed the playoffs, despite qualifying for the playoffs the previous year and being given the second best preseason Stanley Cup odds.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [30, 30], "content_span": [31, 393]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275170-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Edmonton Oilers season, Schedule and results, Pre-season\nThe Oilers released their pre-season schedule on June 8, 2017. The Oilers' rookies and prospects participated in the annual Young Stars Classic tournament before the start of pre-season games.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 64], "content_span": [65, 257]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275170-0002-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Edmonton Oilers season, Schedule and results, Pre-season\nYoung Stars Classic tournament at South Okanagan Events Centre in Penticton, British Columbia", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 64], "content_span": [65, 158]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275170-0003-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Edmonton Oilers season, Schedule and results, Pre-season\nNotes: Indicates split-squad. Game was played at SaskTel Centre in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 64], "content_span": [65, 157]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275170-0004-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Edmonton Oilers season, Schedule and results, Regular season\nThe regular season schedule was published on June 22, 2017.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 68], "content_span": [69, 128]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275170-0005-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Edmonton Oilers season, Schedule and results, Regular season\nLegend:\u00a0\u00a0Win (2 points)\u00a0\u00a0Loss (0 points)\u00a0\u00a0Overtime/shootout loss (1 point)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 68], "content_span": [69, 143]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275170-0006-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Edmonton Oilers season, Player statistics, Goaltenders\n\u2020Denotes player spent time with another team before joining the Oilers. Statistics reflect time with the Oilers only. \u2021Denotes player was traded mid-season. Statistics reflect time with the Oilers only. Bold/italics denotes franchise record.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 62], "content_span": [63, 304]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275170-0007-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Edmonton Oilers season, Transactions\nThe Oilers have been involved in the following transactions during the 2017\u201318 season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 44], "content_span": [45, 131]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275170-0008-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Edmonton Oilers season, Draft picks\nBelow are the Edmonton Oilers' selections at the 2017 NHL Entry Draft, which was held on June 23 and 24, 2017, at the United Center in Chicago, Illinois.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 43], "content_span": [44, 197]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275171-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Eerste Divisie\nThe 2017\u201318 Eerste Divisie, known as Jupiler League for sponsorship reasons, was the sixty-second season of Eerste Divisie since its establishment in 1955. It began in August 2017 with the first matches of the season and ended in May 2018 with the returns of the finals of the promotion/relegation play-offs, involving also the 16th- and 17th-placed teams from the 2017\u201318 Eredivisie.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [22, 22], "content_span": [23, 407]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275171-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Eerste Divisie, Teams\nA total of 20 teams took part in the league. 2016\u201317 Eerste Divisie champions VVV-Venlo gained promotion to the Eredivisie, and was replaced by Go Ahead Eagles, who finished bottom in the 2016\u201317 Eredivisie. NAC won the post-season playoff, and were replaced by NEC. Also, Achilles '29 were relegated and replaced by Tweede Divisie champions Jong AZ who became the fourth reserve side to make it to the second tier of Dutch football.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 29], "content_span": [30, 463]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275171-0002-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Eerste Divisie, Teams\nAt an extraordinary KNVB federation meeting on 2 October 2017, representatives of amateur and professional football reached an agreement about the route to be taken to renew the football pyramid. Part of the agreement was that no promotion/relegation would take place between the Eerste and Tweede Divisie this season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 29], "content_span": [30, 348]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275171-0003-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Eerste Divisie, Promotion/relegation play-offs\nTen teams, two from the Eredivisie and eight from the Eerste Divisie, played for two spots in the 2018\u201319 Eredivisie, the remaining eight teams playing in the 2018\u201319 Eerste Divisie.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 54], "content_span": [55, 237]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275171-0004-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Eerste Divisie, Promotion/relegation play-offs\nKey: * = Play-off winners, (a) = Wins because of away goals rule, (e) = Wins after extra time in second leg, (p) = Wins after penalty shoot-out.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 54], "content_span": [55, 199]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275172-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Eerste Klasse\n2017\u201318 Eerste Klasse was a season in the Dutch Eerste Klasse league.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [21, 21], "content_span": [22, 91]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275172-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Eerste Klasse, Champions\nBelow section champions promoted to the Hoofdklasse, along with other teams.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 32], "content_span": [33, 109]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275173-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Egypt Cup\nThe 2017\u201318 Egypt Cup was the 86th edition of the oldest recognised football tournament in Africa. It was sponsored by Telecom Egypt, and known as the Telecom Egypt Cup for sponsorship purposes. 286 clubs were accepted into the tournament. It began with the First Qualifying Round on 23 September 2017, and concluded with the final on 15 May 2018. The winner qualifies for the 2018\u201319 CAF Confederation Cup.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 17], "section_span": [17, 17], "content_span": [18, 425]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275173-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Egypt Cup\nEgyptian Premier League side Al Ahly were the defending champions, but they were eliminated by Al Assiouty Sport in the quarter-finals on 30 April 2018.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 17], "section_span": [17, 17], "content_span": [18, 170]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275173-0002-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Egypt Cup\nZamalek won their 26th title after defeating Smouha 5\u20134 on penalties in the final, after the match ended 1\u20131 after extra time, winning their 5th Egypt Cup in 6 seasons.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 17], "section_span": [17, 17], "content_span": [18, 186]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275173-0003-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Egypt Cup, Qualifying rounds\nAll of the competing teams that are not members of the Egyptian Premier League had to compete in the qualifying rounds to secure one of 14 available places in the Round of 32. The qualifying competition began with the First Qualifying Round on 23 September 2017. The final (fifth) qualifying round was played on 27 and 28 October 2017.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 17], "section_span": [19, 36], "content_span": [37, 372]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275173-0004-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Egypt Cup, Round of 32\nA total of 32 clubs played in this round; 14 winners of the Fifth Qualifying Round, and 18 teams from the Premier League entering in this round. The draw was held on 1 November 2017 at the EFA headquarters in Gezira, Cairo. The matches were played from 7 to 11 November 2017. The round included one team from Level 3 still in the competition, Asyut Petroleum, who were the lowest-ranked team in this round.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 17], "section_span": [19, 30], "content_span": [31, 437]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275173-0005-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Egypt Cup, Round of 16\nA total of 16 clubs played in this round; all winners of the previous round. The draw was held on 1 November 2017 at the EFA headquarters in Gezira, Cairo. The matches were played from 7 December 2017 to 13 April 2018. The round included three teams from Level 2 still in the competition, FC Masr, El Gouna and Haras El Hodoud, who were the lowest-ranked team in this round.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 17], "section_span": [19, 30], "content_span": [31, 405]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275173-0006-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Egypt Cup, Quarter-finals\nA total of 8 clubs played in this round; all winners of the previous round. The draw was held on 1 November 2017 at the EFA headquarters in Gezira, Cairo. The matches were played from 14 April 2018 to 2 May 2018.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 17], "section_span": [19, 33], "content_span": [34, 246]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275173-0007-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Egypt Cup, Semi-finals\nA total of 4 clubs played in this round; all winners of the previous round. The draw was held on 1 November 2017 at the EFA headquarters in Gezira, Cairo. The matches were played on 7 and 8 May 2018.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 17], "section_span": [19, 30], "content_span": [31, 230]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275173-0008-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Egypt Cup, Bracket\nThe following is the bracket which the Egypt Cup resembled. Numbers in parentheses next to the match score represent the results of a penalty shoot-out.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 17], "section_span": [19, 26], "content_span": [27, 179]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275174-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Egyptian Premier League\nThe 2017\u201318 Egyptian Premier League (also known as the Telecom Egypt Premier League for sponsorship reasons) was the 59th season of the Egyptian Premier League, the top Egyptian professional league for association football clubs, since its establishment in 1948. The season started on 8 September 2017 and concluded on 20 May 2018. Fixtures for the 2017\u201318 season were announced on 30 August 2017.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [31, 31], "content_span": [32, 429]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275174-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Egyptian Premier League\nAl Ahly won and secured their record-extending fortieth Egyptian Premier League title with six games to spare, following Al Masry's 0\u20130 draw with El Entag El Harby on 12 March 2018. The team broke numerous league records over the course of the season, including: most points (88), most wins (28) and most goals scored (75). Al Ahly were the defending champions and successfully defended it, while Al Assiouty Sport, Al Nasr and El Raja have entered as the promoted teams from the 2016\u201317 Egyptian Second Division.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [31, 31], "content_span": [32, 545]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275174-0002-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Egyptian Premier League, Teams\nA total of eighteen teams will compete in the league - the top fifteen teams from the previous season, and three teams promoted from the Second Division.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 38], "content_span": [39, 192]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275174-0003-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Egyptian Premier League, Results, Positions by round\nThe table lists the positions of teams after each week of matches. In order to preserve chronological evolvements, any postponed matches are not included in the round at which they were originally scheduled, but added to the full round they were played immediately afterwards. For example, if a match is scheduled for matchday 13, but then postponed and played between days 16 and 17, it will be added to the standings for day 16.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 60], "content_span": [61, 491]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275175-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Egyptian Second Division\nThe 2017\u201318 Egyptian Second Division was the 38th edition of the Egyptian Second Division, the top Egyptian semi-professional level for football clubs, since its establishment in 1977. The season began on 14 September 2017 and concluded on 19 April 2018. Fixtures for the 2017\u201318 season were announced on 30 August 2017.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [32, 32], "content_span": [33, 353]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275175-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Egyptian Second Division\nEl Gouna, Nogoom El Mostakbal and Haras El Hodoud won Group A, Group B and Group C respectively and secured the promotion to the 2018\u201319 Egyptian Premier League.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [32, 32], "content_span": [33, 194]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275175-0002-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Egyptian Second Division, Team changes\nThe following teams have changed division since the 2016\u201317 season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 46], "content_span": [47, 114]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275175-0003-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Egyptian Second Division, Teams\nA total of forty-eight teams competed in the league, including thirty-six sides from the 2016\u201317 season, three relegated from the 2016\u201317 Egyptian Premier League and nine promoted from the 2016\u201317 Egyptian Third Division.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 39], "content_span": [40, 261]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275176-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Egyptian Super Cup\nThe 2017\u201318 Egyptian Super Cup (also known as the 2017\u201318 SAIB Egyptian Super Cup for sponsorship reasons) was the 15th edition of the Egyptian Super Cup, an annual football match between the winners of the previous season's Egyptian Premier League and Egypt Cup. The match is usually contested by the winners of the Premier League and the Egypt Cup, but since Al Ahly won the double (2016\u201317 Egyptian Premier League and 2016\u201317 Egypt Cup), Al Masry qualified by default as the runners-up of the cup. The match was played for the third consecutive time in the United Arab Emirates at the Hazza Bin Zayed Stadium in Al Ain, Abu Dhabi. Al Ahly won the match 1\u20130 at extra time, after the match finished 0\u20130 after 90 minutes.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [26, 26], "content_span": [27, 748]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275177-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Eintracht Braunschweig season\nThe 2017\u201318 Eintracht Braunschweig season was the 124th season in the club's football history. In 2017\u201318 the club competed the 2. Bundesliga, the second tier of German football.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [37, 37], "content_span": [38, 216]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275177-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Eintracht Braunschweig season, Review and events\nThe 2017\u201318 season of Eintracht Braunschweig began on 26 June 2017 with their first training session.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 56], "content_span": [57, 158]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275177-0002-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Eintracht Braunschweig season, Review and events\nThe draw for the first round of the 2017\u201318 DFB-Pokal happened on 11 June and paired Braunschweig with fellow 2. Bundesliga team Holstein Kiel.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 56], "content_span": [57, 200]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275177-0003-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Eintracht Braunschweig season, Review and events\nOn 7 July 2017, the team headed for a ten-day-long pre-season training camp in Herxheim bei Landau/Pfalz, Rhineland-Palatinate.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 56], "content_span": [57, 184]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275177-0004-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Eintracht Braunschweig season, Review and events\nOn 25 July 2017, Ken Reichel was named captain of the team.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 56], "content_span": [57, 116]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275177-0005-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Eintracht Braunschweig season, Review and events\nOn 4 August 2017, the club announced that Daniel Ischdonat would temporarily replace the injured Alexander Kunze as goalkeeping coach.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 56], "content_span": [57, 191]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275177-0006-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Eintracht Braunschweig season, Squad, Current squad\nNote: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 59], "content_span": [60, 188]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275177-0007-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Eintracht Braunschweig season, Management and coaching staff\nSince 12 May 2008 Torsten Lieberknecht is the manager of Eintracht Braunschweig.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 68], "content_span": [69, 149]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275178-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Eintracht Frankfurt season\nThe 2017\u201318 Eintracht Frankfurt season was the 119th season in the football club's history and 6th consecutive and 49th overall season in the top flight of German football, the Bundesliga, having been promoted from the 2. Bundesliga in 2012. In addition to the domestic league, Eintracht Frankfurt also were participating in this season's edition of the domestic cup, the DFB-Pokal. This was the 93rd season for Frankfurt in the Commerzbank-Arena, located in Frankfurt, Hesse, Germany. The season covers a period from 1 July 2017 to 30 June 2018.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [34, 34], "content_span": [35, 581]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275178-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Eintracht Frankfurt season\nThe season ended up with Eintracht winning the DFB-Pokal for the fifth time.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [34, 34], "content_span": [35, 111]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275178-0002-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Eintracht Frankfurt season, Players, Squad information\nNote: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 62], "content_span": [63, 191]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275179-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Ekstraklasa\nThe 2017\u201318 Ekstraklasa was the 92nd season of the Polish Football Championship, the 84th season of the highest tier domestic division in the Polish football league system since its establishment in 1927 and the 10th season of the Ekstraklasa under its current title. The league was operated by the Ekstraklasa SA.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [19, 19], "content_span": [20, 334]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275179-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Ekstraklasa\nThe season started on 14 July 2017 and concluded on 20 May 2018. It is the first Ekstraklasa season to use VAR. After the 21st matchday the league went on a winter break between 18 December 2017 and 9 February 2018. The regular season was played as a round-robin tournament. A total of 16 teams participated, 14 of which competed in the league during the 2016\u201317 season, while the remaining two were promoted from the I liga after the 2016\u201317 season. The fixtures were announced on 8 June 2017.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [19, 19], "content_span": [20, 514]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275179-0002-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Ekstraklasa\nEach team played a total of 30 matches, half at home and half away. After the 30th round (in the beginning of April 2018), the league split into two groups: championship round (top eight teams) and relegation round (bottom eight teams). Each team played 7 more games (teams ranked 1-4 and 9-12 played four times at home). So, finally each team played a total of 37 matches. The team at the top of the Championship round wins the league title. The two teams at the bottom of the Relegation round are demoted to I liga for the 2018\u201319 season. This was the fifth season to take place since the new playoff structure has been introduced.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [19, 19], "content_span": [20, 653]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275179-0003-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Ekstraklasa\nThe defending champions were Legia Warsaw, who won their 12th Polish title the previous season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [19, 19], "content_span": [20, 115]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275179-0004-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Ekstraklasa\nLegia successfully defended their title, sealing the league trophy for a 13th time in dramatic circumstances as their deciding game against Lech Poznan was abandoned due to flares and pitch invasions by Lech fans (after Legia went 2-0 ahead). Legia were awarded the tie 3-0 and three points secured 1st place.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [19, 19], "content_span": [20, 329]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275179-0005-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Ekstraklasa, Teams\nSixteen teams will compete in the league \u2013 the top fourteen teams from the previous season, as well as two teams promoted from the I liga. Sandecja Nowy S\u0105cz were promoted to the Ekstraklasa for the first time. G\u00f3rnik Zabrze returned to Ekstraklasa after a one-year absence.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 26], "content_span": [27, 301]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275179-0006-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Ekstraklasa, Attendances\nUpdated to games played on 20 May 2018.Source: (in Polish)Notes:1: Team played last season in I liga", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 32], "content_span": [33, 134]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275180-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Ekstraliga (women's football)\nThe 2017\u201318 Ekstraliga season was the 43rd edition of the competition since its establishment. The Ekstraliga Kobiet is the top level women's football league of Poland.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [37, 37], "content_span": [38, 206]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275180-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Ekstraliga (women's football)\nMedyk Konin were the defending champions, having won their fourth title in the previous season. Sportowa Czw\u00f3rka Radom were promoted from the southern group of the I liga having won the 2016\u201317 campaign. Unifreeze G\u00f3rzno were promoted from the northern group after finishing second behind Medyk II Konin, a reserve team which cannot be promoted to the top tier.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [37, 37], "content_span": [38, 399]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275180-0002-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Ekstraliga (women's football)\nThe campaign began on 5 August 2017. The winter break started after the 14th matchday (18 November). The first match of the spring was held on March 10. The campaign was concluded on 27 May 2018.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [37, 37], "content_span": [38, 233]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275180-0003-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Ekstraliga (women's football)\nDuring the regular season, each team played 22 matches. After the 22nd round, based on their performance in the regular season, the clubs were split into two groups \u2013 the championship group (places 1\u20136) and the relegation group (places 7\u201312). Afterwards, each team played 5 more matches bringing the total to 27. The points scored during both stages were added up. At the end of the season, the bottom two clubs were demoted to the I liga.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [37, 37], "content_span": [38, 477]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275181-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Elitedivisionen\nThe 2017\u201318 Elitedivisionen was the 46th season of the highest women's football league in Denmark and was contested by 8 teams. Br\u00f8ndby IF were the defending champions.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [23, 23], "content_span": [24, 192]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275181-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Elitedivisionen, Main round\nThe teams play each other twice. Top six advance to the championship round.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 35], "content_span": [36, 111]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275181-0002-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Elitedivisionen, Championship round\nTeams play ten more matches. Points are reset, but bonus points are awarded for the placement in the main round. 10 points for first place, 8 points for second place and then 6, 4, 2 and 0.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 43], "content_span": [44, 233]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275181-0003-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Elitedivisionen, Qualification round\nTeams play ten more matches, the first and second place are promoted to the league.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 44], "content_span": [45, 128]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275182-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Eliteserien (women's handball)\nThe 2017\u201318 Eliteserien is the 51st season of the Eliteserien, Norway's premier handball league.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [38, 38], "content_span": [39, 135]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275182-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Eliteserien (women's handball), Teams\nA total of 12 teams will be participating in the 2017/18 edition of Eliteserien. Of these, 10 teams qualified directly from the 2016/17 season and the top two teams from the First Division, Molde HK and Fredrikstad BK.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 45], "content_span": [46, 264]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275182-0002-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Eliteserien (women's handball), Regular season, Results\nIn the table below the home teams are listed on the left and the away teams along the top.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 63], "content_span": [64, 154]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275182-0003-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Eliteserien (women's handball), Championship playoffs, Bracket\nHighest ranked team from the regular season selects the opponent. The remaining two highest ranked teams from the regular season can not meet in the semifinals.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 70], "content_span": [71, 231]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275182-0004-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Eliteserien (women's handball), Relegation playoff\nR\u00e6lingen HK won 47\u201345 on aggregate and were promoted to Eliteserien, Sola HK were relegated to First Division.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 58], "content_span": [59, 169]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275183-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Elitserien (bandy)\nThe 2017\u201318 Elitserien is the eleventh season of the present highest Swedish men's bandy top division, Elitserien. The regular season begins in late-October 2017.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [26, 26], "content_span": [27, 189]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275183-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Elitserien (bandy), Teams\nTeams 1\u201310 from the regular 2016\u201317 Elitserien league were automatically qualified for this season's play in the top-tier divisionen. Three teams from the 2016\u20132017 season which played the qualification games (IK Tellus, Kalix BF och TB V\u00e4ster\u00e5s) managed to stay in the Elitserien, while Gripen Trollh\u00e4ttan BK was relegated to second-tier Allsvenskan and replaced by IFK Motala.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 33], "content_span": [34, 412]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275184-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Elon Phoenix men's basketball team\nThe 2017\u201318 Elon Phoenix men's basketball team represented Elon University during the 2017\u201318 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Phoenix, led by ninth-year head coach Matt Matheny, played as fourth-year members of the Colonial Athletic Association in their final season playing their home games at Alumni Gym. They finished the season 14\u201318, 6\u201312 in CAA play to finish in a four-way tie for seventh place. They lost in the first round of the CAA Tournament to Delaware.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [42, 42], "content_span": [43, 522]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275184-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Elon Phoenix men's basketball team\nThis season marked Elon's final season playing at Alumni Gym, as they will open the new Schar Center for the 2018\u201319 school year.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [42, 42], "content_span": [43, 172]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275184-0002-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Elon Phoenix men's basketball team, Previous season\nThe Phoenix finished the 2016\u201317 season 18\u201314, 10\u20138 in CAA play to finish in a tie for fourth place. As the No. 5 seed in the CAA Tournament, they lost in the quarterfinals to William & Mary.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [44, 59], "content_span": [60, 251]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275185-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Elon Phoenix women's basketball team\nThe 2017\u201318 Elon Phoenix women's basketball team represents Elon University during the 2017\u201318 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Phoenix, led by seventh year head coach Charlotte Smith, play their home games at Alumni Gym and were members of the Colonial Athletic Association (CAA). They finished the season 25\u20138, 14\u20134 in CAA play to finish in third place. They also won the CAA Tournament Championship for the second straight year and earned an automatic bid to the NCAA Women's Basketball Tournament. They lost in the first round to NC State.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [44, 44], "content_span": [45, 602]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275185-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Elon Phoenix women's basketball team\nThis season was the last for the Phoenix at Alumni Gym, with the new Schar Center scheduled to open for the 2018 women's volleyball season (which precedes the basketball season within the school year).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [44, 44], "content_span": [45, 246]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275186-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Emporia State Lady Hornets basketball team\nThe 2017\u201318 Emporia State Lady Hornets basketball team represented Emporia State University in the 2017\u201318 NCAA Division II women's basketball season, which was the 44th Lady Hornets basketball season. The Lady Hornets were led by eighth-year head coach Jory Collins. The team played their home games on Slaymaker Court at William L. White Auditorium in Emporia, Kansas, the home court since 1974. Emporia State was a member of the Mid-America Intercollegiate Athletics Association.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 50], "section_span": [50, 50], "content_span": [51, 533]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275186-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Emporia State Lady Hornets basketball team, Preseason outlook\nThe Lady Hornets enter the 2017\u201318 season after finishing with a 29\u20135 overall, 15\u20134 in conference play last season under Collins. In the previous season, the Lady Hornets finished tied for second in regular conference play, won the MIAA Basketball Tournament for the fifth consecutive year, and advanced to their sixth straight NCAA Sweet 16, which they lost to Harding Bison.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 50], "section_span": [52, 69], "content_span": [70, 446]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275186-0002-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Emporia State Lady Hornets basketball team, Preseason outlook\nThe Lady Hornets were chosen to finish third in the MIAA Preseason Coaches Poll. On October 31, 2017, the Women's Basketball Coaches Association released their preseason poll with Emporia State as the eleventh ranked team.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 50], "section_span": [52, 69], "content_span": [70, 292]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275186-0003-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Emporia State Lady Hornets basketball team, Media\nThe Lady Hornets basketball games are broadcast on KFFX-FM, Mix 104.9.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 50], "section_span": [52, 57], "content_span": [58, 128]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275187-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 England Korfball League\nThe 2017-18 England Korfball League season is played with 10 teams. Trojans KC are the defending korfball champions.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [31, 31], "content_span": [32, 148]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275187-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 England Korfball League, Teams\nThe league will be played with 10 teams. The teams that have finished from 1st to 7th place as of 9 April 2017 in the 2016\u201317 season qualified for the 2017/18 season. The remaining three places were filled by Cambridge Tigers, Birmingham City and Bearsted who finished in the top three of the Promotion play-offs.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 38], "content_span": [39, 352]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275187-0002-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 England Korfball League, Squads\nThe players listed are those who have appeared at least twice for their club in a league game.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 39], "content_span": [40, 134]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275188-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 English Football League\nThe 2017\u201318 English Football League (known as the Sky Bet Football League for sponsorship reasons) was the 119th season of the English Football League and was the second under its current name. It began on 4 August 2017 and concluded on 6 May 2018, with the promotion play-off finals at Wembley Stadium on 26\u201328 May 2018. The EFL is contested through three divisions. The divisions are the Championship, League One and League Two. The winner and the runner up of the Championship will be automatically promoted to the Premier League and they will be joined by the winner of the Championship playoff. The bottom two teams in League Two will be relegated to the National League.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [31, 31], "content_span": [32, 708]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275189-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Eredivisie\nThe 2017\u201318 Eredivisie was the 62nd season of the Eredivisie since its establishment in 1955. The season began on 11 August 2017 and concluded on 6 May 2018; the Europa League and relegation play-offs took place later that month. Feyenoord were the defending champions from the previous season. On 15 April 2018, PSV became champions for the 24th time after defeating their closest rival Ajax 3\u20130 at the Philips Stadion.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [18, 18], "content_span": [19, 439]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275189-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Eredivisie, Teams\nA total of 18 teams took part in the league: The best fifteen teams from the 2016\u201317 season, two promotion/relegation playoff winners (Roda JC and NAC Breda) and the 2016\u201317 Eerste Divisie champions (VVV-Venlo).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [20, 25], "content_span": [26, 237]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275189-0002-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Eredivisie, Teams, Personnel and kits\nNote: Flags indicate national team as has been defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players and Managers may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [20, 45], "content_span": [46, 196]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275189-0003-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Eredivisie, Standings, Positions by round\nThe table lists the positions of teams after completion of each round.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [20, 49], "content_span": [50, 120]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275189-0004-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Eredivisie, Season statistics, Top scorers\nUpdated to match(es) played on 6 May 2018. Source: (reliable) (in Dutch), (unreliable)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [20, 50], "content_span": [51, 139]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275189-0005-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Eredivisie, Season statistics, Assists\nUpdated to match(es) played on 6 May 2018. Source: (reliable) (in Dutch), (unreliable)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [20, 46], "content_span": [47, 135]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275189-0006-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Eredivisie, Play-offs, European competition\nFour teams will play for a spot in the 2018\u201319 UEFA Europa League second qualifying round.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [20, 51], "content_span": [52, 142]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275189-0007-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Eredivisie, Play-offs, European competition\nKey: * = Play-off winners, (a) = Wins because of away goals rule, (e) = Wins after extra time in second leg, (p) = Wins after penalty shoot-out.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [20, 51], "content_span": [52, 196]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275189-0008-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Eredivisie, Play-offs, Promotion/relegation play-offs\nTen teams, two from the Eredivisie and eight from the Eerste Divisie, will play for two spots in the 2018\u201319 Eredivisie, the remaining eight teams will play in the 2018\u201319 Eerste Divisie.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [20, 61], "content_span": [62, 249]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275189-0009-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Eredivisie, Play-offs, Promotion/relegation play-offs\nKey: * = Play-off winners, (a) = Wins because of away goals rule, (e) = Wins after extra time in second leg, (p) = Wins after penalty shoot-out.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [20, 61], "content_span": [62, 206]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275190-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Eredivisie (women)\nThe 2017\u201318 Eredivisie Vrouwen was the eight season of the Netherlands women's professional football league. The season took place from 1 September 2017 to 25 May 2018 with nine teams. Ajax started the season as defending champions.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [26, 26], "content_span": [27, 259]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275190-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Eredivisie (women), Teams\nOn 1 March 2017, Telstar announced it was being replaced by a new club called VV Alkmaar. On 10 April 2017, Excelsior Barendrecht became the ninth team of the league's season. On 21 April 2017, VV Alkmaar was officially formed.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 33], "content_span": [34, 261]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275190-0002-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Eredivisie (women), Format\nAt the regular season, the nine teams played each other twice (once at home and once away), for a total of 16 matches each. After that the top five teams qualified for a championship play-offs and the bottom four teams play a placement play-offs. Teams played each other twice in the championship play-offs group, for a total of 8 matches each while in the placement groups teams played each other three times for a total of 9 matches each. Points accumulated at the regular season were halved and added to the points of the play-off stage rounds. There was no relegation nor promotion in the league and the champion qualified to the 2018\u201319 UEFA Women's Champions League.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 34], "content_span": [35, 707]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275190-0003-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Eredivisie (women), Play-offs, Championship\nThe top five were set after matchday 16. Points of the first stage were halved.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 51], "content_span": [52, 131]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275190-0004-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Eredivisie (women), Play-offs, Placement\nThe bottom four were set after matchday 16. Points of the first stage were halved.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 48], "content_span": [49, 131]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275191-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Ergotelis F.C. season\nThe 2017\u201318 season was Ergotelis' 88th season in existence and eleventh overall in the Football League, the second tier of the Greek football league system. It was the first season of the club in the competition since the club's latest promotion as champions of the 2016\u201317 Gamma Ethniki Group 4, and the first season under the ownership of Egyptian businessman Maged Samy. The content of this article covers club activities from 1 July 2017 until 31 May 2018.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [29, 29], "content_span": [30, 490]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275191-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Ergotelis F.C. season\nAfter hiring controversial Greek manager Takis Gonias in August 2017, the team struggled early on to earn points on the Table and became relegation contenders at an early stage during the tournament. Ergotelis' squad significantly improved and maintained an impressive good form during the Second Round of the competition, winning several key matches, scoring many goals, maintaining ball possession rates close to 60%-70% and eventually battling their way out of the relegation zone, mainly due to the impressive 22-goal season performance of arriving Belgian striker Hugo Cuypers.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [29, 29], "content_span": [30, 612]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275191-0002-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Ergotelis F.C. season\nThe club also participated in the Greek Cup for the first time since its relegation to the Gamma Ethniki, exiting the competition during the Group Stage having suffered three consecutive losses.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [29, 29], "content_span": [30, 224]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275191-0003-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Ergotelis F.C. season, Players, The following players have departed in mid-season\nNote: Flags indicate national team as has been defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players and Managers may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 89], "content_span": [90, 240]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275191-0004-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Ergotelis F.C. season, Statistics, Squad statistics\nAppearances denote players in the starting lineup, with the numbers in parentheses denoting appearances as substitute.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 59], "content_span": [60, 178]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275191-0005-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Ergotelis F.C. season, Statistics, Disciplinary record\nLast updated: 25 May 2018Source: Competitive matchesOrdered by , \u00a0 and = Number of bookings; \u00a0 = Number of sending offs after a second yellow card; = Number of sending offs by a direct red card.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 62], "content_span": [63, 259]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275192-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Esp\u00e9rance Sportive de Tunis season\nIn the 2017\u201318 season, Esp\u00e9rance Sportive de Tunis is competing in the Ligue 1 for the 63rd season, as well as the Tunisian Cup. It is their 65th consecutive season in the top flight of Tunisian football. They will be competing in Ligue 1, the Champions League, the Arab Club Champions Cup and the Tunisian Cup.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [42, 42], "content_span": [43, 354]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275192-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Esp\u00e9rance Sportive de Tunis season, Squad list\nPlayers and squad numbers last updated on 18 November 2017.Note: Flags indicate national team as has been defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [44, 54], "content_span": [55, 251]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275192-0002-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Esp\u00e9rance Sportive de Tunis season, Squad information, Goalscorers\nIncludes all competitive matches. The list is sorted alphabetically by surname when total goals are equal.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [44, 74], "content_span": [75, 181]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275193-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Essex Senior Football League\nThe 2017\u201318 Essex Senior Football League season was the 47th in the history of Essex Senior Football League, a football competition in England.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [36, 36], "content_span": [37, 180]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275193-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Essex Senior Football League\nThe constitution for Step 5 and Step 6 divisions for 2017\u201318 was announced on 26 May 2017. The constitution for the Essex Senior League was ratified at the league's AGM on 22 June, although Ilford were expelled for missing deadlines and fines. The club were readmitted to the league on 17 July following an appeal.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [36, 36], "content_span": [37, 351]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275193-0002-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Essex Senior Football League, Clubs\nThe league featured 20 clubs which competed in the league last season, along with one new club:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 43], "content_span": [44, 139]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275193-0003-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Essex Senior Football League, Clubs\nAlso, London Bari merged with Middlesex County League club Hackney Wick and took their name, while Haringey & Waltham changed name to Woodford Town 2017.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 43], "content_span": [44, 197]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275194-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Esteghlal F.C. season\nThe 2017\u201318 season is Esteghlal Football Club's 72nd season in existence and the club's 17th consecutive season in the top division of Iranian football. It covers a period from 1 July 2017 to 30 June 2018.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [29, 29], "content_span": [30, 235]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275194-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Esteghlal F.C. season, Players, Squad information\nPlayers and squad numbers last updated on 8 July 2017.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 57], "content_span": [58, 112]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275194-0002-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Esteghlal F.C. season, Players, Persian Gulf League Squad\nNote: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 65], "content_span": [66, 194]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275194-0003-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Esteghlal F.C. season, Players, AFC Champions League Squad\nNote: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 66], "content_span": [67, 195]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275194-0004-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Esteghlal F.C. season, Statistics, Disciplinary record\nIncludes all competitive matches. Players with 1 card or more are included only.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 62], "content_span": [63, 143]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275194-0005-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Esteghlal F.C. season, Statistics, Disciplinary record\nLast updated: 7\u00a0August\u00a02017\u00a0(2017-08-07)Source: MatchesOnly competitive matches = Number of bookings; = Number of sending offs after a second yellow card; = Number of sending offs by a direct red card.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 62], "content_span": [63, 266]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275195-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Estonian Cup\nThe 2017\u201318 Estonian Cup was the 28th season of the Estonian main domestic football knockout tournament. FCI Levadia won their ninth title after defeating Flora in the final.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [20, 20], "content_span": [21, 195]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275195-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Estonian Cup\nThe winner of the Cup were to qualify for the first qualifying round of the 2018\u201319 UEFA Europa League, but as FCI Levadia were already qualified the spot passed to Narva Trans.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [20, 20], "content_span": [21, 198]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275195-0002-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Estonian Cup, First Round (1/64)\nThe draw was made by Estonian Football Association on 27 May 2017.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 40], "content_span": [41, 107]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275195-0003-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Estonian Cup, First Round (1/64), Byes\nThese teams were not drawn and secured a place in the second round without playing:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 46], "content_span": [47, 130]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275195-0004-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Estonian Cup, Second round (1/32)\nThe draw for the second round was made on 28 June 2017.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 41], "content_span": [42, 97]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275195-0005-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Estonian Cup, Third round (1/16)\nThe draw for the third round was made on 27 July 2017.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 40], "content_span": [41, 95]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275195-0006-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Estonian Cup, Fourth round (1/8)\nThe draw for the fourth round was made on 17 August 2017.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 41], "content_span": [42, 99]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275195-0007-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Estonian Cup, Quarter-finals\nThe draw was made on 22 February 2018. At the end of the 2017 league season Levadia and FCI Tallinn merged. The second reserve team of FCI Tallinn, playing in the fourth league, inherited the club's name and cup entry.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 36], "content_span": [37, 255]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275195-0008-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Estonian Cup, Final\nFinal was played on 19 May 2018 at A. Le Coq Arena.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 27], "content_span": [28, 79]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275196-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Estudiantes de La Plata season\nThe 2017\u201318 season is Estudiantes de La Plata's 24th consecutive season in the top-flight of Argentine football. The season covers the period from 1 July 2017 to 30 June 2018.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [38, 38], "content_span": [39, 214]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275196-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Estudiantes de La Plata season, Current squad\nNote: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 53], "content_span": [54, 182]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275196-0002-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Estudiantes de La Plata season, Current squad, Out on loan\nNote: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 66], "content_span": [67, 195]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275197-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Ethiopian Higher League\nThe 2017\u201318 Ethiopian Higher League is the second-tier football in Ethiopia. The season began play on 18 November 2017.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [31, 31], "content_span": [32, 151]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275197-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Ethiopian Higher League\nOn September 4, 2018 Debub Police (winner of Group B) beat Bahir Dar Kenema (winner of Group A) 1-0 in the championship match and were crowned champions of the 2017\u201318 Ethiopian Higher League.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [31, 31], "content_span": [32, 224]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275197-0002-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Ethiopian Higher League\nA playoff match was held in Hawassa, Ethiopia between Shire Endaselassie and Jimma Aba Buna to decide the third and final team promoted to the 2018\u201319 Ethiopian Premier League, a match Shire Endaselassie won by a final score of 2-1.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [31, 31], "content_span": [32, 264]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275198-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Ethiopian Premier League\nThe 2017\u201318 Ethiopian Premier League is the 71st season of top-tier football in Ethiopia (20th season as the Premier League). The season began play on 4 November 2017 and ended on 16 July 2018.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [32, 32], "content_span": [33, 226]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275199-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Ettifaq FC season\nThe 2017\u201318 season was Al-Ettifaq's 73rd season in existence and their second consecutive in the Pro League. Along with the Pro League, the club also competed in the King Cup.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [25, 25], "content_span": [26, 201]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275199-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Ettifaq FC season\nThe season covered the period from 1 July 2017 to 30 June 2018.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [25, 25], "content_span": [26, 89]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275199-0002-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Ettifaq FC season, Players, Squad information\nNote: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 53], "content_span": [54, 182]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275199-0003-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Ettifaq FC season, Players, Out on loan\nNote: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 47], "content_span": [48, 176]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275199-0004-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Ettifaq FC season, Competitions, King Cup\nAl-Ettifaq will enter the King Cup in the Round of 32 alongside the other Pro League teams. All times are local, AST (UTC+3).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 49], "content_span": [50, 175]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275199-0005-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Ettifaq FC season, Competitions, Crown Prince Cup\nAl-Ettifaq will enter the Crown Prince Cup in the Round of 16 alongside the other Pro League teams. On 19 September 2017, it was announced that the tournament was cancelled.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 57], "content_span": [58, 231]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275200-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Euro Hockey League\nThe Euro Hockey League 2017\u201318 was the eleventh season of the Euro Hockey League, Europe's premier club field hockey tournament. Round One was held in Barcelona and the round of 16 and quarterfinals in Rotterdam. The semi-finals, third place game and the final were held in Bloemendaal.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [26, 26], "content_span": [27, 313]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275200-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Euro Hockey League, Association team allocation\nA total of 24 teams from 12 of the 45 EHF member associations participate in the 2018\u201319 Euro Hockey League. The association ranking based on the EHL country coefficients is used to determine the number of participating teams for each association:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 55], "content_span": [56, 303]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275200-0002-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Euro Hockey League, Round One\nIf a game is won, the winning team receives 5 points. A draw results in both teams receiving 2 points. A loss gives the losing team 1 point unless the losing team loses with more than 3 goals, then they receive 0 points.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 37], "content_span": [38, 258]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275200-0003-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Euro Hockey League, Round One\nThe Euro Hockey League trialed a new scoring system for the season 2017\u201318:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 37], "content_span": [38, 113]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275200-0004-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Euro Hockey League, Knockout stage\nRound of 16 and the quarter-finals were played in Rotterdam, Netherlands between the 30th of March and the 2nd of April 2018. The semi-finals, third place match and the final will be played in Bloemendaal, Netherlands.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 42], "content_span": [43, 261]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275201-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Euro Hockey Tour\nThe 2017\u201318 Euro Hockey Tour was the 22nd season of Euro Hockey Tour. It started in November 2017 and lasted until April 2018. It consisted of Karjala Tournament, Channel One Cup, Carlson Hockey Games and Sweden Hockey Games.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [24, 24], "content_span": [25, 250]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275201-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Euro Hockey Tour, Karjala Tournament\nThe Karjala Cup was played between 8\u201312 November 2017. Most of the matches were played in Helsinki, Finland, two matches were held in Switzerland and Sweden. The tournament was won by Finland.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 44], "content_span": [45, 238]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275201-0002-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Euro Hockey Tour, Channel One Cup\nThe 2017 Channel One Cup was played between 13 and 17 December 2017. The Czech Republic, Finland, Sweden and Russia with the new teams of Canada and South Korea were involved in the tournament. Eight matches were played in Moscow, Russia, one match was held in Prague, Czech Republic. The tournament was won by Russia.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 41], "content_span": [42, 360]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275201-0003-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Euro Hockey Tour, Carlson Hockey Games\nThe 2018 Carlson Hockey Games were played from April 19th to April 22nd, 2018.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 46], "content_span": [47, 125]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275201-0004-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Euro Hockey Tour, Sweden Hockey Games\nThe 2018 Sweden Hockey Games was played from April 26th to April 29th, 2018.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 45], "content_span": [46, 122]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275202-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 EuroCup Basketball\nThe 2017\u201318 EuroCup Basketball, also known as 7DAYS EuroCup for sponsorship reasons, season was the 16th season of Euroleague Basketball's secondary level professional club basketball tournament. It will be the tenth season since it was renamed from the ULEB Cup to the EuroCup, and the second season under the title sponsorship name of 7DAYS.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [26, 26], "content_span": [27, 370]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275202-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 EuroCup Basketball\nThe 2018 EuroCup Finals were played between Dar\u00fc\u015f\u015fafaka and Lokomotiv Kuban, and won by Dar\u00fc\u015f\u015fafaka, which was their first EuroCup title. As the winners of the 2017\u201318 EuroCup Basketball, Dar\u00fc\u015f\u015fafaka qualified for the European top-tier level 2018\u201319 EuroLeague season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [26, 26], "content_span": [27, 295]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275202-0002-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 EuroCup Basketball, Format changes\nFor the 2017\u201318 season, the EuroCup went back to the initial format for the 2016\u201317 season which includes 24 teams playing in four regular season groups, with 16 teams advancing to the Top 16 phase, featuring four groups of four teams each. Eight teams will qualify for best-of-three quarterfinals, which will be followed by best-of-three semifinals and best-of-three finals.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 42], "content_span": [43, 418]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275202-0003-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 EuroCup Basketball, Team allocation\nA total of 24 teams from 12 countries participated in the 2017\u201318 EuroCup Basketball.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 43], "content_span": [44, 129]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275202-0004-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 EuroCup Basketball, Team allocation, Teams\nThe labels in the parentheses show how each team qualified for the place of its starting round:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 50], "content_span": [51, 146]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275202-0005-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 EuroCup Basketball, Round and draw dates, Draw\nThe draw was held on 6 July 2017, 13:30 CEST, at the Mediapro Auditorium in Barcelona. The 24 teams were drawn into four groups of six, with the restriction that teams from the same country could not be drawn against each other. For this purpose, Adriatic League worked as only one country.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 54], "content_span": [55, 345]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275202-0005-0001", "contents": "2017\u201318 EuroCup Basketball, Round and draw dates, Draw\nFor the draw, the teams were seeded into six pots, in accordance with the Club Ranking, based on their performance in European competitions during a three-year period and the lowest possible position that any club from that league can occupy in the draw is calculated by adding the results of the worst performing team from each league.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 54], "content_span": [55, 391]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275202-0006-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 EuroCup Basketball, Regular season\nIn each group, teams played against each other home-and-away in a round-robin format. The group winners, runners-up, third-placed teams and fourth-placed teams advanced to the Top 16, while the fifth-placed teams and sixth-placed teams were eliminated. The rounds were on 10\u201311 October, 17\u201318 October, 24\u201325 October, 31 October\u20131 November, 7\u20138 November, 14\u201315 November, 5\u20136 December, 12\u201313 December, 19\u201320 December and 26\u201327 December 2017.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 42], "content_span": [43, 482]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275202-0007-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 EuroCup Basketball, Top 16\nIn each group, teams play against each other home-and-away in a round-robin format. The group winners and runners-up advanced to the Playoffs, while the third-placed teams and fourth-placed teams were eliminated. The rounds were on 2\u20133 January, 9\u201310 January, 16\u201317 January, 23\u201324 January, 30\u201331 January and 6\u20137 February 2018.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 34], "content_span": [35, 360]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275202-0008-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 EuroCup Basketball, Playoffs\nIn the playoffs, teams played against each other must win two games to win the series. Thus, if one team wins two games before all three games have been played, the game that remains is omitted. The team that finished in the higher Top 16 place will play the first and the third (if it is necessary) legs of the series at home. The playoffs involves the eight teams which qualified as winners and runners-up of each of the four groups in the Top 16.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 36], "content_span": [37, 486]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275202-0009-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 EuroCup Basketball, Playoffs, Quarterfinals\nThe first legs were played on 6 March, the second legs were played on 9 March and the third legs, if necessary, were played on 14 March 2018.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 51], "content_span": [52, 193]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275202-0010-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 EuroCup Basketball, Playoffs, Semifinals\nThe first legs were played on 20 March, the second legs were played on 23 March, and the third legs were scheduled for 28 March 2018.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 48], "content_span": [49, 182]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275202-0011-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 EuroCup Basketball, Playoffs, Finals\nThe first leg will be played on 10 April, the second leg will be played on 13 April, and the third leg was scheduled to 16 April 2018, if necessary.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 44], "content_span": [45, 193]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275202-0012-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 EuroCup Basketball, Attendances\nUpdated to games played on 10 April 2018Source: Notes:1: 2016\u201317 season average applied to EuroLeague games.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 39], "content_span": [40, 148]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275203-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 EuroCup Basketball Playoffs\nThe 2017\u201318 EuroCup Basketball Playoffs began on 6 March and end on 13 or 16 April 2018 with the second or third leg, if necessary, of the 2018 EuroCup Finals, to decide the champions of the 2017\u201318 EuroCup Basketball. Eight teams compete in the playoffs.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [35, 35], "content_span": [36, 291]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275203-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 EuroCup Basketball Playoffs\nTimes up to 24 March 2018 are CET (UTC+1), thereafter (third leg semifinals and finals) times are CEST (UTC+2).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [35, 35], "content_span": [36, 147]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275203-0002-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 EuroCup Basketball Playoffs, Format\nThe playoffs involves the eight teams which qualified as winners and runners-up of each of the four groups in the 2017\u201318 EuroCup Basketball Top 16.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 43], "content_span": [44, 192]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275203-0003-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 EuroCup Basketball Playoffs, Format\nEach tie in the playoffs, apart from the final, is played with a best-of-three-games format. The team that performed better in the Top 16 will play the games first and third, if necessary, at home.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 43], "content_span": [44, 241]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275203-0004-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 EuroCup Basketball Playoffs, Quarterfinals\nThe first legs were played on 6 March, the second legs were played on 9 March and the third legs, if necessary, were played on 14 March 2018.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 50], "content_span": [51, 192]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275203-0005-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 EuroCup Basketball Playoffs, Semifinals\nThe first legs were played on 20 March, the second legs were played on 23 March, and the third legs were scheduled for 28 March 2018.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 47], "content_span": [48, 181]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275203-0006-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 EuroCup Basketball Playoffs, Finals\nThe first leg will be played on 10 April, the second leg will be played on 13 April, and the third leg was scheduled to 16 April 2018, if necessary.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 43], "content_span": [44, 192]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275204-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 EuroCup Women\nThe 2017\u201318 EuroCup Women is the sixteenth edition of FIBA Europe's second-tier international competition for women's basketball clubs under such name.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [21, 21], "content_span": [22, 173]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275204-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 EuroCup Women, Teams\nTeams were confirmed by FIBA Europe on 27 June 2017.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 28], "content_span": [29, 81]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275204-0002-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 EuroCup Women, Group stage\nDraw for the group stage was made on 4 July 2017 in Munich, Germany.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 34], "content_span": [35, 103]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275205-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 EuroLeague\nThe 2017\u201318 Turkish Airlines EuroLeague was the 18th season of the modern era of Euroleague Basketball and the eighth under the title sponsorship of the Turkish Airlines. Including the competition's previous incarnation as the FIBA Europe Champions Cup, this was the 61st season of the premier competition for European men's professional basketball clubs.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [18, 18], "content_span": [19, 374]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275205-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 EuroLeague\nThe 2018 EuroLeague Final Four was played at the \u0160tark Arena, in Belgrade, Serbia. Real Madrid won its record tenth EuroLeague title, after defeating defending champions Fenerbah\u00e7e Do\u011fu\u015f in the championship game.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [18, 18], "content_span": [19, 231]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275205-0002-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 EuroLeague, Team allocation\nA total of sixteen teams participate. The labels in the parentheses show how each team qualified for the place of its starting round (TH: EuroLeague title holders). Eleven teams were placed as Licensed Clubs, long-term licenses, while five spots were given to Associated Clubs, based on merit.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [20, 35], "content_span": [36, 329]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275205-0003-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 EuroLeague, Teams\nA total of 16 teams from 9 countries took part in the league, including 11 sides with a long-term licence from the 2016\u201317 season, 1 team qualified from the EuroCup and the 4 highest-placed teams from the ABA League, the German Bundesliga, the VTB United League and Spain's ACB.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [20, 25], "content_span": [26, 304]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275205-0004-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 EuroLeague, Teams\nBrose Bamberg and Crvena zvezda qualified, after winning the Bundesliga and ABA League titles respectively. Galatasaray Odeabank and Dar\u00fc\u015f\u015fafaka did not appear this season, as Galatasaray did not have any opportunity in the previous season to qualify and Dar\u00fc\u015f\u015fafaka finished their two-year wild card. UNICS lost its place in the EuroLeague, as Khimki qualified as runner-up of the VTB United League. Unicaja qualified as the EuroCup champions, after beating Valencia Basket in the Finals. However, Valencia also qualified as the Spanish champions.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [20, 25], "content_span": [26, 574]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275205-0005-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 EuroLeague, Regular season\nIn the regular season, teams play against each other home and away in a round-robin format. The top eight teams advance to the playoffs and the bottom eight teams are eliminated. The regular season runs from 12 October 2017 to 6 April 2018.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [20, 34], "content_span": [35, 275]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275205-0006-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 EuroLeague, Playoffs\nPlayoffs series are best-of-five. The first team to win three games wins the series. A 2\u20132\u20131 format is used \u2013 teams with home-court advantage play games 1, 2, and 5 at home, while their opponents host games 3 and 4. Games 4 and 5 are only played if necessary. The four victorious teams advance to the Final Four.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [20, 28], "content_span": [29, 341]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275205-0007-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 EuroLeague, Final Four\nThe Final Four, held over a single weekend, is the last phase of the season. The four remaining teams play a single knockout round on Friday evening, with the two winners advancing to the championship game. Sunday starts with the third-place game, followed by the championship game. The Final Four was played at the \u0160tark Arena in Belgrade, Serbia in May 2018.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [20, 30], "content_span": [31, 391]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275205-0008-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 EuroLeague, Attendances\nSource: Notes:1: 2016\u201317 season average applied to EuroCup games.2: Olympiacos played one match at Heraklion Arena, in Heraklion, instead of their regular arena.3: CSKA Moscow played three matches at Universal Sports Hall CSKA, instead of Megasport Arena. 4 : Brose Bamberg played one match at Arena N\u00fcrnberger Versicherung, instead of Brose Arena.5: AX Armani Exchange Olimpia played one match at PalaBancoDesio, instead of Mediolanum Forum.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [20, 31], "content_span": [32, 474]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275206-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 EuroLeague Regular Season\nThe 2017\u201318 EuroLeague Regular Season are played from 12 October 2017 to 6 April 2018. A total of 16 teams will compete in the regular season to decide the eight places of the playoffs.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [33, 33], "content_span": [34, 219]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275206-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 EuroLeague Regular Season\nTimes since 2 November 2017 up to 23 March 2018 are CET (UTC+1), times up to 27 October 2017 and since 29 March 2018 are CEST (UTC+2).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [33, 33], "content_span": [34, 168]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275206-0002-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 EuroLeague Regular Season, Format\nIn the regular season, teams play against each other home-and-away in a round-robin format. The eight first qualified teams will advance to the Playoffs, while the last eight qualified teams will be eliminated. The matchdays are from 12 October 2017 to 6 April 2017.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 41], "content_span": [42, 308]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275206-0003-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 EuroLeague Regular Season, Format, Tiebreakers\nIf a tiebreaker does not resolve a tie completely, a new tiebreak process is initiated with only those teams that remain tied. All points scored in extra periods will not be counted in the standings, nor for any tie-break situation.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 54], "content_span": [55, 287]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275206-0004-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 EuroLeague Regular Season, League table, Positions by round\nThe table lists the positions of teams after completion of each round. In order to preserve chronological evolvements, any postponed matches are not included in the round at which they were originally scheduled, but added to the full round they were played immediately afterwards. For example, if a match is scheduled for round 13, but then postponed and played between rounds 16 and 17, it will be added to the standings for round 16.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 67], "content_span": [68, 503]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275207-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 EuroLeague Women\nThe 2017\u201318 EuroLeague Women was the 60th edition of the European women's club basketball championship organized by FIBA, and the 22nd edition since being rebranded as the EuroLeague Women.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [24, 24], "content_span": [25, 214]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275207-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 EuroLeague Women, Team allocation\nA total of 18 teams from 10 countries will participate in the 2017\u201318 EuroLeague Women.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 41], "content_span": [42, 129]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275207-0002-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 EuroLeague Women, Team allocation, Teams\nLeague positions of the previous season shown in parentheses (TH: EuroLeague Women title holders; EC: EuroCup Women title holders):", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 48], "content_span": [49, 180]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275207-0003-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 EuroLeague Women, Round and draw dates, Draw\nThe draw was held on 4 July 2017 at the FIBA headquarters in Munich, Germany. The 16 teams were drawn into two groups of eight. For the draw, the teams were seeded into eight seeds, based on their performance in European competitions in the last three seasons.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 52], "content_span": [53, 313]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275207-0004-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 EuroLeague Women, Regular season\nRegular season started on 11 October 2017 and finished on 31 January 2018.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 40], "content_span": [41, 115]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275207-0005-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 EuroLeague Women, Regular season\nThe four top teams of each group will qualify to the quarterfinals.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 40], "content_span": [41, 108]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275207-0006-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 EuroLeague Women, Regular season\nIf teams are level on record at the end of the Regular Season, tiebreakers are applied in the following order:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 40], "content_span": [41, 151]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275208-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Euroleague Basketball Next Generation Tournament\nThe 2017\u201318 Euroleague Basketball Next Generation Tournament, also called Adidas Next Generation Tournament by sponsorship reasons, is the 16th edition of the international junior basketball tournament organized by the Euroleague Basketball Company.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 56], "section_span": [56, 56], "content_span": [57, 306]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275208-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Euroleague Basketball Next Generation Tournament\nAs in past years, 32 teams joined the first stage, which are played in four qualifying tournaments between January and February 2017.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 56], "section_span": [56, 56], "content_span": [57, 190]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275208-0002-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Euroleague Basketball Next Generation Tournament, Qualifying tournaments, Torneig de B\u00e0squet Junior Ciutat de L'Hospitalet\nThe Torneig de B\u00e0squet Junior Ciutat de L'Hospitalet was played between 5 and 7 January 2018.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 56], "section_span": [58, 130], "content_span": [131, 224]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275208-0003-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Euroleague Basketball Next Generation Tournament, Qualifying tournaments, Kaunas Tournament\nThe Kaunas Tournament was played between 19 and 21 January 2018.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 56], "section_span": [58, 99], "content_span": [100, 164]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275208-0004-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Euroleague Basketball Next Generation Tournament, Qualifying tournaments, Munich Tournament\nThe Munich Tournament was played between 9 and 11 February 2018.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 56], "section_span": [58, 99], "content_span": [100, 164]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275208-0005-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Euroleague Basketball Next Generation Tournament, Qualifying tournaments, Belgrade Tournament\nThe Belgrade Tournament was played between 23 and 25 February 2018.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 56], "section_span": [58, 101], "content_span": [102, 169]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275208-0006-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Euroleague Basketball Next Generation Tournament, Final Tournament\nThe Final Tournament was played between 17 and 20 May 2018 in Belgrade, Serbia.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 56], "section_span": [58, 74], "content_span": [75, 154]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275209-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 European Rugby Challenge Cup\nThe 2017\u201318 European Rugby Challenge Cup was the fourth edition of the European Rugby Challenge Cup, an annual second-tier rugby union competition for professional clubs. It was also the 22nd season of the Challenge Cup competition in all forms, following on from the now defunct European Challenge Cup. Clubs from six European nations plus two Russian club will competed for the title.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [36, 36], "content_span": [37, 423]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275209-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 European Rugby Challenge Cup\nThe first round of the group stage began on the weekend of 12/13/14/15 October 2017, and the competition ended with the final on 11 May 2018 in Bilbao, Spain. This was the first time the final has been held outside one of the Six Nations countries.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [36, 36], "content_span": [37, 285]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275209-0002-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 European Rugby Challenge Cup\nFrench side Stade Fran\u00e7ais were the reigning champions but failed to progress past the quarter-finals after losing to Newcastle Falcons. Gloucester returned to the final having lost to Stade Fran\u00e7ais last season, where they faced Cardiff Blues, who made it their first final of any competition since their 2010 European Challenge Cup Final victory. Like then, Cardiff Blues were victorious, defeating Gloucester 31\u201330 with a 78th-minute penalty by Gareth Anscombe to clinch the title.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [36, 36], "content_span": [37, 521]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275209-0003-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 European Rugby Challenge Cup, Teams\n20 teams qualified for the 2017\u201318 European Rugby Challenge Cup; a total of 18 qualified from across the Premiership, Pro14 and Top 14, as a direct result of their domestic league performance, with two coming through a play-off. The expected distribution of teams is:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 43], "content_span": [44, 311]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275209-0004-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 European Rugby Challenge Cup, Teams, 20th team play-off\nFour clubs competed in a play-off to decide the final team in the Champions Cup. The play-off comprised three matches, contested by one team from the Premiership, one from the Top 14, and two from the Pro14.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 63], "content_span": [64, 271]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275209-0005-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 European Rugby Challenge Cup, Teams, 20th team play-off\nThe two Pro12 teams each played one of the Premiership or Top 14 sides in a single-leg semi-final, held at the home ground of the non-Pro12 side. The winners of these matches then contested a play-off final, with the winner of this match competing in the 2017\u201318 European Rugby Champions Cup. The three losing teams were all entered in the Challenge Cup.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 63], "content_span": [64, 418]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275209-0006-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 European Rugby Challenge Cup, Teams, 20th team play-off, Matches\nA draw was held on 15 March 2017 to determine the two semi-final matches, and which semi-final's winner would have home advantage in the final.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 72], "content_span": [73, 216]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275209-0007-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 European Rugby Challenge Cup, Teams, Continental Shield\nEight teams were split into two pools of four to compete in the re-branded European Rugby Continental Shield. Each team played the four teams in the other pool once. The winner of each pool then played a two-legged final against last year's qualifying sides, and the winners, on aggregate, will take the two remaining places in the Challenge Cup.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 63], "content_span": [64, 410]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275209-0008-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 European Rugby Challenge Cup, Teams, Team details\nBelow is the list of coaches, captain and stadiums with their method of qualification for each team.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 57], "content_span": [58, 158]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275209-0009-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 European Rugby Challenge Cup, Teams, Team details\nNote: Placing shown in brackets, denotes standing at the end of the regular season for their respective leagues, with their end of season positioning shown through CH for Champions, RU for Runner-up, SF for losing Semi-finalist and QF for losing Quarter-finalist.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 57], "content_span": [58, 321]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275209-0010-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 European Rugby Challenge Cup, Seeding\nThe 20 competing teams were seeded and split into four tiers; seeding was based on performance in their respective domestic leagues. Where promotion and relegation is in effect in a league, the promoted team was seeded last, or (if multiple teams are promoted) by performance in the lower competition.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 45], "content_span": [46, 347]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275209-0011-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 European Rugby Challenge Cup, Seeding\nTeams will be taken from a league in order of rank and put into a tier. A draw was used to allocate two second seeds to Tier 1; the remaining team went into Tier 2. This allocation indirectly determined which fourth-seeded team entered Tier 2, while the others entered Tier 3.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 45], "content_span": [46, 322]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275209-0012-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 European Rugby Challenge Cup, Seeding\nGiven the nature of the Continental Shield, a competition including developing rugby nations and Italian clubs not competing in the Pro12, qualifying teams are automatically included in Tier 4, and are, in effect, seeded equally despite officially being ranked 1/2 from that competition.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 45], "content_span": [46, 333]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275209-0013-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 European Rugby Challenge Cup, Seeding\nThe brackets show each team's seeding and their league (for example, 1 Top 14 indicates the team was seeded 1st from the Top 14).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 45], "content_span": [46, 175]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275209-0014-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 European Rugby Challenge Cup, Pool stage\nThe draw took place on 8 June 2017, in Neuch\u00e2tel, Switzerland.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 48], "content_span": [49, 111]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275209-0015-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 European Rugby Challenge Cup, Pool stage\nTeams in the same pool play each other twice, both at home and away in the group stage, beginning on the weekend of 12/13/14 October 2017, and continuing through to 19/20 January 2018, before the pool winners and three best runners-up progressed to the quarter finals.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 48], "content_span": [49, 317]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275209-0016-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 European Rugby Challenge Cup, Pool stage\nTeams are awarded competition points, based on match result. Teams receive 4 points for a win, 2 points for a draw, 1 attacking bonus point for scoring four or more tries in a match and 1 defensive bonus point for losing a match by seven points or fewer.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 48], "content_span": [49, 303]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275209-0017-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 European Rugby Challenge Cup, Pool stage\nIn the event of a tie between two or more teams, the following tie-breakers will be used, as directed by EPCR:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 48], "content_span": [49, 159]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275209-0018-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 European Rugby Challenge Cup, Knock-out stage, Format\nThe eight qualifiers are ranked according to their performance in the pool stage and compete in the quarter-finals which will be held on the weekend of 30/31 March 2018. The four top teams will host the quarter-finals against the four lower teams in a 1v8, 2v7, 3v6 and 4v5 format.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 61], "content_span": [62, 343]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275209-0019-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 European Rugby Challenge Cup, Knock-out stage, Format\nThe semi-finals will played on the weekend of 20/21/22 April 2018. In lieu of the draw that used to determine the semi-final pairing, EPCR announced that a fixed semi-final bracket would be set in advance, and that the home team would be designated based on \"performances by clubs during the pool stages as well as the achievement of a winning a quarter-final match away from home\".", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 61], "content_span": [62, 444]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275210-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 European Rugby Challenge Cup pool stage\nThe 2017\u201318 European Rugby Challenge Cup pool stage was the first stage of the competition in the fourth season of the European Rugby Challenge Cup.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 47], "section_span": [47, 47], "content_span": [48, 196]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275210-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 European Rugby Challenge Cup pool stage\nThe competition involves twenty teams competing, across five pools of four teams, for eight quarter-final places \u2013 awarded to the five pool winners and the three top-ranked pool runners-up.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 47], "section_span": [47, 47], "content_span": [48, 237]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275210-0002-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 European Rugby Challenge Cup pool stage\nThe pool stage began on 12 October 2017 and was completed on 20 January 2018.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 47], "section_span": [47, 47], "content_span": [48, 125]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275210-0003-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 European Rugby Challenge Cup pool stage, Seeding\nThe twenty competing teams were seeded and split into four tiers; seeding was based on performance in their respective domestic leagues. Where promotion and relegation is in effect in a league, the promoted team was seeded last, or (if multiple teams are promoted) by performance in the lower competition.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 47], "section_span": [49, 56], "content_span": [57, 362]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275210-0004-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 European Rugby Challenge Cup pool stage, Seeding\nTeams will be taken from a league in order of rank and put into a tier. A draw was used to allocate two second seeds to Tier 1; the remaining team went into Tier 2. This allocation indirectly determined which fourth-seeded team entered Tier 2, while the others entered Tier 3.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 47], "section_span": [49, 56], "content_span": [57, 333]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275210-0005-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 European Rugby Challenge Cup pool stage, Seeding\nGiven the nature of the Continental Shield, a competition including developing rugby nations and Italian clubs not competing in the Pro12, qualifying teams are automatically included in Tier 4, and are, in effect, seeded equally despite officially being ranked 1/2 from that competition.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 47], "section_span": [49, 56], "content_span": [57, 344]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275210-0006-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 European Rugby Challenge Cup pool stage, Seeding\nThe brackets show each team's seeding and their league (for example, 1 Top 14 indicates the team was seeded 1st from the Top 14).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 47], "section_span": [49, 56], "content_span": [57, 186]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275210-0007-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 European Rugby Challenge Cup pool stage, Pool stage\nThe draw took place on 8 June 2017, in Neuch\u00e2tel, Switzerland.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 47], "section_span": [49, 59], "content_span": [60, 122]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275210-0008-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 European Rugby Challenge Cup pool stage, Pool stage\nTeams in the same pool play each other twice, both at home and away in the group stage, beginning on the weekend of 12/13/14 October 2017, and continuing through to 19/20 January 2018, before the pool winners and three best runners-up progressed to the quarter finals.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 47], "section_span": [49, 59], "content_span": [60, 328]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275210-0009-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 European Rugby Challenge Cup pool stage, Pool stage\nTeams are awarded competition points, based on match result. Teams receive 4 points for a win, 2 points for a draw, 1 attacking bonus point for scoring four or more tries in a match and 1 defensive bonus point for losing a match by seven points or fewer.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 47], "section_span": [49, 59], "content_span": [60, 314]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275210-0010-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 European Rugby Challenge Cup pool stage, Pool stage\nIn the event of a tie between two or more teams, the following tie-breakers will be used, as directed by EPCR:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 47], "section_span": [49, 59], "content_span": [60, 170]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275211-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 European Rugby Champions Cup\nThe 2017\u201318 European Rugby Champions Cup was the fourth European Rugby Champions Cup championship (23rd overall), the annual rugby union club competition for teams from the top six nations in European rugby and was the twenty-third season of pan-European professional club rugby competition.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [36, 36], "content_span": [37, 328]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275211-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 European Rugby Champions Cup\nThe format of the competition began with a play-off qualification round at the end of the preceding season featuring teams from England, France, Ireland and Wales. The winner joined 19 teams already qualified by way of their domestic league position in the pool stage of the competition - a home and away round-robin for five groups of four teams. Following the pool stage, five pool winners, and three highest ranked runners-up, qualified for the quarter-finals of the competition, as the Cup thereafter reverted to a single elimination knockout format.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [36, 36], "content_span": [37, 592]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275211-0002-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 European Rugby Champions Cup\nThe tournament began on 13 October 2017. The final was won by Leinster on 12 May 2018 at San Mam\u00e9s Stadium in Bilbao, Spain. This was Leinster's fourth title, tying the record for the most successful team in the competition's history. This was the first time the final was held outside one of the Six Nations countries.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [36, 36], "content_span": [37, 356]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275211-0003-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 European Rugby Champions Cup, Teams\nTwenty clubs from the three major European domestic and regional leagues competed in the Champions Cup. Nineteen of these qualified directly as a result of their league performance.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 43], "content_span": [44, 225]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275211-0004-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 European Rugby Champions Cup, Teams, 20th team play-off\nThe play-off system that had been suspended the season before, due to the 2015 Rugby World Cup, returned to decide the final team competing in the Champions Cup.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 63], "content_span": [64, 225]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275211-0005-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 European Rugby Champions Cup, Teams, 20th team play-off\nFour clubs competed in a play-off to decide the final team in the Champions Cup.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 63], "content_span": [64, 144]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275211-0006-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 European Rugby Champions Cup, Teams, 20th team play-off\nThe play-off comprised 3 matches, contested by one team from the Aviva Premiership, one from the Top 14, and two from the Guinness Pro12.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 63], "content_span": [64, 201]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275211-0007-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 European Rugby Champions Cup, Teams, 20th team play-off\nThe two Pro12 teams played either the Premiership or Top 14 side in a single-leg semi-final, held at the home ground of the non-Pro12 side. The winners of these matches then played in a play-off final, and the winner of this match took the 20th place in the Champions Cup. The three losing teams will all compete in the 2017\u201318 European Rugby Challenge Cup.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 63], "content_span": [64, 421]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275211-0008-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 European Rugby Champions Cup, Teams, 20th team play-off, Matches\nA draw was held on 15 March 2017 to determine the two semi-final matches, and the semi-final winner that would have home advantage in the final.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 72], "content_span": [73, 217]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275211-0009-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 European Rugby Champions Cup, Teams, Team details\nBelow is the list of coaches, captain and stadiums with their method of qualification for each team.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 57], "content_span": [58, 158]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275211-0010-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 European Rugby Champions Cup, Teams, Team details\nNote: Placing shown in brackets, denotes standing at the end of the regular season for their respective leagues, with their end of season positioning shown through CH for Champions, RU for Runner-up, SF for losing Semi-finalist and QF for losing Quarter-finalist.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 57], "content_span": [58, 321]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275211-0011-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 European Rugby Champions Cup, Seeding\nThe twenty competing teams are seeded and split into four tiers, each containing five teams.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 45], "content_span": [46, 138]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275211-0012-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 European Rugby Champions Cup, Seeding\nFor the purpose of creating the tiers, clubs are ranked based on their domestic league performances and on their qualification for the knockout phases of their championships, so a losing quarter-finalist in the Top 14 would be seeded below a losing semi-finalist, even if they finished above them in the regular season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 45], "content_span": [46, 365]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275211-0013-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 European Rugby Champions Cup, Seeding\nBased on these seedings, teams are placed into one of the four tiers, with the top seed clubs being put in Tier 1. The nature of the tier system means that a draw is needed to allocate two of the three second seed clubs to Tier 1 and to allocate one of the three fourth seed clubs to Tier 2. The tiers are shown below. Brackets show each team's seeding and their league (for example, 1 Top 14 indicates the team was seeded 1st from the Top 14).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 45], "content_span": [46, 490]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275211-0014-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 European Rugby Champions Cup, Pool stage\nThe draw took place on 8 June 2017, in Neuch\u00e2tel, Switzerland.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 48], "content_span": [49, 111]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275211-0015-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 European Rugby Champions Cup, Pool stage\nTeams in the same pool play each other twice, at home and away, in the group stage that begins on the weekend of 13/14/15 October 2017, and continues through to 19/20/21 January 2018. The five pool winners and three best runners-up progress to the quarter finals.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 48], "content_span": [49, 312]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275211-0016-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 European Rugby Champions Cup, Pool stage\nTeams are awarded group points based on match performances. Four points are awarded for a win, two points for a draw, one attacking bonus point for scoring four or more tries in a match and one defensive bonus point for losing a match by seven points or fewer.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 48], "content_span": [49, 309]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275211-0017-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 European Rugby Champions Cup, Pool stage\nIn the event of a tie between two or more teams, the following tie-breakers will be used, as directed by EPCR:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 48], "content_span": [49, 159]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275211-0018-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 European Rugby Champions Cup, Knock-out stage, Format\nThe eight qualifiers were ranked according to their performance in the pool stage and competed in the quarter-finals which were held on the weekend of 30/31 March, 1 April 2018. The four top teams were at home in the quarter-finals against the four lower teams in a 1v8, 2v7, 3v6 and 4v5 format.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 61], "content_span": [62, 357]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275211-0019-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 European Rugby Champions Cup, Knock-out stage, Format\nThe semi-finals were played on the weekend of 20/21/22 April 2018. In lieu of the draw that used to determine the semi-final pairing, EPCR announced that a fixed semi-final bracket would be set in advance, and that the home team would be designated based on \"performances by clubs during the pool stages as well as the achievement of a winning a quarter-final match away from home\". Semi-final matches must be played at a neutral ground in the designated home team's country.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 61], "content_span": [62, 537]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275212-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 European Rugby Champions Cup pool stage\nThe 2017\u201318 European Rugby Champions Cup pool stage is the first stage of the 23rd season of European club rugby union, and the fourth under the European Rugby Champions Cup format.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 47], "section_span": [47, 47], "content_span": [48, 229]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275212-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 European Rugby Champions Cup pool stage\nThe competition involves twenty teams, across five pools of four teams, for eight quarter-final places \u2013 awarded to the five pool winners and the three top-ranked pool runners-up.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 47], "section_span": [47, 47], "content_span": [48, 227]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275212-0002-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 European Rugby Champions Cup pool stage\nThe pool stage began on the weekend of 13\u201315 October 2017, and ended following round 6, on the weekend of 19\u201321 January 2018.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 47], "section_span": [47, 47], "content_span": [48, 173]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275212-0003-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 European Rugby Champions Cup pool stage, Seeding\nThe 20 competing teams are seeded and split into four tiers, each containing five teams.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 47], "section_span": [49, 56], "content_span": [57, 145]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275212-0004-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 European Rugby Champions Cup pool stage, Seeding\nFor the purpose of creating the tiers, clubs are ranked based on their domestic league performances and on their qualification for the knockout phases of their championships, so a losing quarter-finalist in the Top 14 would be seeded below a losing semi-finalist, even if they finished above them in the regular season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 47], "section_span": [49, 56], "content_span": [57, 376]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275212-0005-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 European Rugby Champions Cup pool stage, Seeding\nBased on these seedings, teams are placed into one of the four tiers, with the top seed clubs being put in Tier 1. The nature of the tier system means that a draw is needed to allocate two of the three second seed clubs to Tier 1. The tiers are shown below. Brackets show each team's seeding and their league (for example, 1 Top 14 indicates the team was seeded 1st from the Top 14).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 47], "section_span": [49, 56], "content_span": [57, 440]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275212-0006-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 European Rugby Champions Cup pool stage, Pool stage\nThe draw took place on 8 June 2017, in Neuch\u00e2tel, Switzerland.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 47], "section_span": [49, 59], "content_span": [60, 122]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275212-0007-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 European Rugby Champions Cup pool stage, Pool stage\nTeams in the same pool play each other twice, at home and away, in the group stage that begins on the weekend of 13/14/15 October 2017, and continues through to 19/20/21 January 2018. The five pool winners and three best runners-up progress to the quarter-finals.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 47], "section_span": [49, 59], "content_span": [60, 323]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275212-0008-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 European Rugby Champions Cup pool stage, Pool stage\nTeams are awarded group points based on match performances. Four points are awarded for a win, two points for a draw, one attacking bonus point for scoring four or more tries in a match and one defensive bonus point for losing a match by seven points or fewer.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 47], "section_span": [49, 59], "content_span": [60, 320]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275212-0009-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 European Rugby Champions Cup pool stage, Pool stage\nIn the event of a tie between two or more teams, the following tie-breakers will be used, as directed by EPCR:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 47], "section_span": [49, 59], "content_span": [60, 170]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275212-0010-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 European Rugby Champions Cup pool stage, Pool stage\n(Q) denotes the team has qualified for the quarter-finals as the pool winners(q) denotes team has at least qualified for the quarter-finals as one of the three highest-scoring second-place teams", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 47], "section_span": [49, 59], "content_span": [60, 254]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275213-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 European Rugby Champions\u2013Challenge Cup play-offs\nThe 2017\u201318 European Rugby Champions Cup-Challenge Cup play-off was the third play-off for entry into the top level competition of European Club rugby union, the European Rugby Champions Cup.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 56], "section_span": [56, 56], "content_span": [57, 248]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275213-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 European Rugby Champions\u2013Challenge Cup play-offs, Format\nFollowing a break to ease fixture congestion caused by the 2015 Rugby World Cup, the three-team play-off held in 2015\u201316 was expanded, and a four-team format was announced.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 56], "section_span": [58, 64], "content_span": [65, 237]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275213-0002-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 European Rugby Champions\u2013Challenge Cup play-offs, Format\nThe play-off comprised 3 matches, contested by one team from the Premiership, one from the Top 14, and two from the Pro14.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 56], "section_span": [58, 64], "content_span": [65, 187]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275213-0003-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 European Rugby Champions\u2013Challenge Cup play-offs, Format\nThe two Pro12 teams each played one of the Premiership or Top 14 sides in a single-leg semi-final, held at the home ground of the non-Pro12 side. The winners of these matches then contested a play-off final, with the winner of this match competing in the 2017\u201318 European Rugby Champions Cup. The three losing teams all competed in the 2017\u201318 European Rugby Challenge Cup.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 56], "section_span": [58, 64], "content_span": [65, 438]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275213-0004-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 European Rugby Champions\u2013Challenge Cup play-offs, Teams\nFour teams competed in the play-off, having qualified as either the highest team from each league that did not already qualify for the Champions Cup, or as the winner of the 2016\u201317 European Rugby Challenge Cup.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 56], "section_span": [58, 63], "content_span": [64, 275]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275213-0005-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 European Rugby Champions\u2013Challenge Cup play-offs, Matches\nA draw was held on 15 March 2017 to determine the two semi-final matches.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 56], "section_span": [58, 65], "content_span": [66, 139]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275213-0006-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 European Rugby Champions\u2013Challenge Cup play-offs, Matches, Play-off final\nThe draw for the semi-finals was also used to decide that the winner of the second semi-final would have home advantage in the play-off final.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 56], "section_span": [58, 81], "content_span": [82, 224]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275214-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 European Rugby Continental Shield\nThe 2017\u201318 European Rugby Continental Shield is a rugby union competition, organised by European Professional Club Rugby, Rugby Europe and the Federazione Italiana Rugby, for entry into the European Rugby Challenge Cup.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [41, 41], "content_span": [42, 262]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275214-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 European Rugby Continental Shield, Format\nThe format of the Qualifying Competition remains similar to the previous season. As before, two places in the next year's Challenge Cup will be available for teams in the Continental Shield. Clubs from six countries will compete in the 2017/18 Continental Shield.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [43, 49], "content_span": [50, 313]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275214-0002-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 European Rugby Continental Shield, Format\nFour representatives from the Italian Eccellenza \u2013 Pataro Rugby Calvisano, Femi-CZ Rugby Rovigo, Rugby Petrarca and Rugby Viadana \u2013 will be joined by Romania's Timi\u0219oara Saracens, RC Batumi from Georgia, Heidelberger RK of Germany and Portugal's Centro Desportivo Universitario de Lisboa (CDUL Rugby) competing in two pools of four.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [43, 49], "content_span": [50, 382]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275214-0003-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 European Rugby Continental Shield, Format\nFollowing the pool stage matches, the winner of Pool A will play the runner-up in Pool B, and the winner of Pool B will play the runner-up in Pool A on a home and away basis.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [43, 49], "content_span": [50, 224]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275214-0004-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 European Rugby Continental Shield, Format\nThe two clubs which advance will then play each other home and away with the winner securing a place in the Continental Shield final in Bilbao next May and also qualifying for the 2018/19 Challenge Cup.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [43, 49], "content_span": [50, 252]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275214-0005-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 European Rugby Continental Shield, Format\nThe other Continental Shield finalist will be decided by a home and away play-off between Russia's Enisei-STM and Krasny Yar who have both received a bye into the knockout stage of the competition due to their participation in this season's Challenge Cup and to their success in last season's Continental Shield.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [43, 49], "content_span": [50, 362]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275214-0006-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 European Rugby Continental Shield, Format\nThe winner of the Enisei-STM v Krasny Yar play-offs will go through to the Continental Shield final in Bilbao and will also qualify for the 2018/19 Challenge Cup.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [43, 49], "content_span": [50, 212]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275214-0007-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 European Rugby Continental Shield, Format\nThe aim of the Continental Shield is to widen the footprint of club rugby across Europe and to give both emerging and established clubs in different territories the opportunity to qualify for the Challenge Cup.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [43, 49], "content_span": [50, 260]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275215-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 European windstorm season\nThe 2017\u20132018 European windstorm season was the third instance of seasonal European windstorm naming. France, Spain and Portugal took part in winter storm naming for the first time this season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [33, 33], "content_span": [34, 227]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275215-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 European windstorm season\nThe season started on 12 September 2017 with the formation of Storm Aileen. It was subsequently marked by many high-impact storms which caused severe loss of life and widespread damage, including Ophelia, Eleanor, David and Emma. The season concluded on 17 June 2018 with the dissipation of off-season Storm Hector.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [33, 33], "content_span": [34, 349]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275215-0002-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 European windstorm season, Background and naming\nIn 2015, the Met Office and Met \u00c9ireann announced a pilot project to name storm warnings as part of the Name our Storms project for wind storms and asked the public for suggestions. The meteorological offices produced a full list of names for 2015\u201316 and 2016\u201317, common to both the UK and Ireland. A new list of names was released on 6 September 2017 for the 2017\u201318 season. Names in the UK will be based on the National Severe Weather Warning Service, when a storm is assessed to have the potential for an Amber 'be prepared' or Red 'take action (danger to life)' warning.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 56], "content_span": [57, 631]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275215-0003-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 European windstorm season, Background and naming\nA storm will be named when it is deemed able to have a \"substantial\" impact on the UK or Ireland. They will be taken from the list, in alphabetical order, alternating between male and female names \u2013 the same naming convention that is used by the United States for tropical cyclones. In the case of storms resulting from ex-tropical storms and hurricanes, the original name allocated by the US National Hurricane Center will be used, an example of which during this season being Ophelia. Met \u00c9ireann name any storm which triggers a status Orange or Red weather warning for wind.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 56], "content_span": [57, 634]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275215-0003-0001", "contents": "2017\u201318 European windstorm season, Background and naming\nThe basis for such, as outlined on their weather warning service, are mean wind speeds in excess of 80\u00a0km/h (50\u00a0mph; 43\u00a0kn) or gusts over 130\u00a0km/h (81\u00a0mph; 70\u00a0kn). Similarly, the Met Office name storms that have the potential to cause medium (Amber) or high (Red) impacts to the UK. It describes the wind strength relative to observations such as \"falling trees or tiles, other items like garden furniture being blown around and even a number of properties left without electrical power.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 56], "content_span": [57, 545]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275215-0004-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 European windstorm season, Background and naming\nOn 1 December 2017, the national meteorological services of Spain (Aemet), France (M\u00e9t\u00e9o-France) and Portugal (IPMA) announced that they would begin naming storms affecting their nations in co-ordination, under the auspices of EUMETNET.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 56], "content_span": [57, 293]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275215-0005-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 European windstorm season, Background and naming, United Kingdom and Ireland\nThe Met Office's and Met \u00c9ireann's announcement of the season's names also noted that Fionn is to be pronounced Fyunn, Niall is to be pronounced Nye-ul and Tali is to be pronounced Tarly.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 84], "content_span": [85, 272]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275215-0006-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 European windstorm season, Background and naming, Other naming systems\nOne former Atlantic hurricane transitioned into a European windstorm and retained its name as assigned by the National Hurricane Center in Miami, Florida:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 78], "content_span": [79, 233]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275215-0007-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 European windstorm season, Background and naming, Other naming systems\nAnother internationally recognised, but unofficial, naming system for European windstorms is the Adopt a Vortex program of the Free University of Berlin. Participants can ask the FUB to give their names, for example as a birthday present, to high or low pressure systems that affect European weather. The naming service of the FUB is commercial and is the main meteorological naming system in Germany. The names Xavier and Herwart were given by the FUB to major storms this season. Its naming program is recognised in some other European countries, although the British-Irish and the French-Spanish-Portuguese naming co-operations are gaining importance.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 78], "content_span": [79, 733]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275215-0007-0001", "contents": "2017\u201318 European windstorm season, Background and naming, Other naming systems\nFurthermore, besides of the three internationally recognised naming systems (the two European co-operations and the FUB system), many European countries (Norway, Finland, Denmark etc.) give their own names to cyclones. One of the 16 storms of the season was not named by the three main naming systems: instead it was called Cora in Norway and Aku in Finland.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 78], "content_span": [79, 437]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275215-0008-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 European windstorm season, Season summary\nThe 2017\u201318 UK and Ireland windstorm season began on September with storm Aileen, which brought strong winds to Scotland and Northern England on 13 September. Then followed Ophelia which was once a Category 3 major hurricane and the easternmost major hurricane on record; a red (severe) wind warning was issued for many parts in Ireland. Less than a week later, storm Brian rapidly intensified from a trough of low pressure out in the Atlantic.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 49], "content_span": [50, 494]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275215-0008-0001", "contents": "2017\u201318 European windstorm season, Season summary\nAfter a rather quiet November without any named systems (like quiet Septembers and Octobers of the previous two years), Caroline and Dylan formed in December followed by Eleanor early in January 2018. In the middle of January, the extremely deep and large arctic low Fionn affected both the UK and Ireland and steered David, a smaller but more intense storm, on a westerly track over Ireland, the UK and Central Europe. The last storm in January was Georgina, a cyclone that mainly affected Ireland and Scotland.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 49], "content_span": [50, 562]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275215-0009-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 European windstorm season, Season summary\nA total of 10 storms affected both the UK and Ireland in that season. Three of these \u2013 Ophelia, David and Emma \u2013 were named by foreign agencies. Six storms were named by the new co-operation of the meteorological services of France, Spain and Portugal. Two of these \u2013 David and Emma \u2013 also affected Britain and Ireland significantly.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 49], "content_span": [50, 383]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275215-0010-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 European windstorm season, Season summary\nThe impact of the deadly winter storm Emma was intensified by the collision with the Beast from the East cold wave (anticyclone Hartmut). Cora, another significant windstorm, affected Scandinavia, Norway and Sweden in particular. Cora delivered the highest known gust of the European windstorm season. As a European total, 18 windstorms (one \"off-season\") affected the continent .", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 49], "content_span": [50, 430]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275215-0011-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 European windstorm season, Storms, Storm Aileen\nAileen formed on 12 September, with the Met Office issuing an Amber wind warning, becoming the first named storm of the season. Aileen affected Cheshire, Lancashire, Derbyshire, Yorkshire, Nottinghamshire and Lincolnshire during the evening of 12 September and into the morning of 13 September with winds of over 65\u00a0km/h (40\u00a0mph). Gusts up to around 110\u00a0km/h (68\u00a0mph) were also seen in exposed locations such as along coastlines and over high ground in these areas.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 55], "content_span": [56, 522]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275215-0011-0001", "contents": "2017\u201318 European windstorm season, Storms, Storm Aileen\nA Yellow weather warning for rain was also issued for parts of Northern Ireland, northern England and southern Scotland, as Aileen dropped 30\u201340\u00a0mm (1.2\u20131.6\u00a0in) of rain within 6\u20139 hours in these areas, causing some disruption from localised flooding. The heaviest rainfall was recorded at Bainbridge, North Yorkshire, with 35.4\u00a0mm (1.39\u00a0in) falling overnight.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 55], "content_span": [56, 415]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275215-0012-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 European windstorm season, Storms, Storm Aileen\nDuring Aileen, approximately 60,000 homes in Wales and almost 9,000 across England suffered power cuts. The strongest gusts, of 83\u00a0mph (134\u00a0km/h), were recorded at The Needles, Isle of Wight. The strongest gust on mainland Britain, of 74\u00a0mph (119\u00a0km/h), was recorded at Mumbles, Wales.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 55], "content_span": [56, 341]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275215-0013-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 European windstorm season, Storms, Storm Aileen\nAileen later crossed the North Sea and intensified, going on to affect Germany, where it was known as Cyclone Sebastian.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 55], "content_span": [56, 176]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275215-0014-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 European windstorm season, Storms, Ex-Hurricane Ophelia\nOn 12 October, the Met Office issued yellow weather warnings relating to the extra-tropical remnants of the former Hurricane Ophelia, estimated to affect the UK and Ireland on 16 October. Met \u00c9ireann issued an update on 12 October in response to media coverage about possible impacts which might occur in Ireland, highlighting the uncertainties still in the forecast modelling. Met \u00c9ireann asked people to keep up to date with changes in the forecast as the storm evolved and confidence in any likely impacts increased.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 63], "content_span": [64, 583]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275215-0014-0001", "contents": "2017\u201318 European windstorm season, Storms, Ex-Hurricane Ophelia\nOn 14 October Met \u00c9ireann issued a red warning for the counties of Galway, Mayo, Clare, Cork and Kerry for 16\u201317 October, (extended to Limerick, Waterford and Wexford on 15 October) with an orange warning for the rest of the country. Red warnings were extended again on the evening of 15 October to the whole of Ireland. On 15 October the Met Office issued amber warnings for the six counties of Northern Ireland, and updated the yellow warnings in place for England, Wales and Scotland. The Met Office updated its amber warnings to include parts of west Wales, southwest Scotland and the Isle of Man on the morning of 16 October.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 63], "content_span": [64, 694]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275215-0015-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 European windstorm season, Storms, Ex-Hurricane Ophelia\nIn County Waterford, a woman was killed when a tree fell on her car, caused by the winds from Ophelia's remnants. A man died near Dundalk, County Louth, after a tree struck his car. A man was killed in Cahir, County Tipperary, while trying to clear a fallen tree with a chainsaw. Two more people were subsequently killed in Ireland from the combined effects of Ophelia and the subsequent Storm Brian.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 63], "content_span": [64, 464]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275215-0016-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 European windstorm season, Storms, Storm Brian\nOn 13 October, the US National Hurricane Center designated a tropical wave in the Atlantic Ocean to the east of the Lesser Antilles as Invest 92L, giving the system a 40% chance of developing into a tropical cyclone. The NHC continued monitoring the system as it moved slowly north-west, bringing heavy rainfall and flooding to Puerto Rico and the British and US Virgin Islands before turning to the north-east. However, on 16 October, the NHC discontinued monitoring the system as it passed Bermuda without any considerable impact, having failed to transition into a tropical cyclone.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 54], "content_span": [55, 640]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275215-0017-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 European windstorm season, Storms, Storm Brian\nSubsequently, the area of low pressure began to rapidly intensify as it accelerated eastward across the open Atlantic, developing into a powerful extratropical cyclone. On 19 October, Met \u00c9ireann issued an orange wind warning for 21 October in counties Galway and Mayo, thus naming storm Brian. On 20 October Met \u00c9ireann extended orange warnings to the counties of Clare, Kerry, Waterford and Wexford. The UK Environment Agency warned that storm Brian could combine with high tides and lead to a heightened risk of flooding on the south coast of the UK.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 54], "content_span": [55, 608]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275215-0018-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 European windstorm season, Storms, Storm Brian\nBrian moved over Ireland close to Galway around 07:00 local time on 21 October.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 54], "content_span": [55, 134]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275215-0019-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 European windstorm season, Storms, Storm Brian\nA 67-year-old man drowned after being swept from the sea wall at Dawlish during the storm. Two more people were killed in Ireland from the combined effects of Brian and the prior Hurricane Ophelia.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 54], "content_span": [55, 252]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275215-0020-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 European windstorm season, Storms, Storm Caroline\nThe Met Office named storm Caroline on 5 December to affect Scotland on 7 December, with a yellow warning for wind, which was upgraded on 6 December to an amber warning for the Western Isles, Northern Isles and northern Scotland. Met \u00c9ireann issued a yellow warning for wind to the counties of Donegal, Galway, Leitrim, Mayo, Sligo, Clare and Kerry.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 57], "content_span": [58, 407]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275215-0020-0001", "contents": "2017\u201318 European windstorm season, Storms, Storm Caroline\nIn its wake, the storm delivered snowy and icy conditions to parts of England and Wales as the winds turned to the north as the system moved into Scandinavia on 8 December, accumulations of 11\u00a0cm were recorded on lower ground in Northern Ireland, with a few centimetres of snow in Wales and North-western England. Even with Caroline being located around Scandinavia, Caroline was still impacting the UK weather with a continuation of cold, Arctic air.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 57], "content_span": [58, 509]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275215-0021-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 European windstorm season, Storms, Storm Ana\nStorm Ana was the first storm to ever be officially named by M\u00e9t\u00e9o-France, Aemet and IPMA. It formed on 10 December as an area of low pressure that underwent explosive cyclogenesis to the northwest of Iberia passing through the Bay of Biscay into France on the morning of 11 December. It then took a northeasterly direction to affect the Low Countries, Germany, Austria, Scandinavia and eventually Russia.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 52], "content_span": [53, 458]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275215-0022-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 European windstorm season, Storms, Storm Ana\nThe highest gusts from Ana reached 249\u00a0km/h (155\u00a0mph) in the Austrian Alps, and its minimal pressure reached 957\u00a0hPa (28.3\u00a0inHg) on the morning of 11 December. Severe flooding was reported in the Emilia-Romagna region of northern Italy on 12 December, caused by heavy rainfall from a trailing front from Ana and rapid snowmelt due to a large temperature rise caused by Ana's passage. Damage from flooding in Italy reached \u20ac105 million.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 52], "content_span": [53, 488]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275215-0023-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 European windstorm season, Storms, Storm Bruno\nOn 26 December 2017, wind warnings were issued in Spain for an area of low pressure that was expected to undergo explosive cyclogenesis. Ultimately, Storm Bruno brought over 25\u00a0cm (9.8\u00a0in) of snow, wind gusts exceeding 62\u00a0mph (100\u00a0km/h), and waves as high as 8\u00a0m (26\u00a0ft) to Spain. One fatality occurred after a man drowned while windsurfing in rough seas. Another fatality occurred after a man was swept off his balcony by high winds and onto his patio, where he immediately succumbed to his injuries.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 54], "content_span": [55, 556]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275215-0024-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 European windstorm season, Storms, Storm Dylan\nStorm Dylan was named by Met \u00c9ireann on 29 December. It brought strong winds to the Republic of Ireland, Northern Ireland and southern Scotland overnight 30\u201331 December. The north and west coasts of the island of Ireland were expected to be affected by gusts of up to 130\u00a0km/h (81\u00a0mph).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 54], "content_span": [55, 341]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275215-0025-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 European windstorm season, Storms, Storm Carmen\nStorm Carmen began as an area of low pressure in late December 2017. The storm went under some intensification before affecting France and other western European countries with strong winds. A man was killed by Carmen as a tree had fallen on his car during new year celebrations, and a 60-metre-tall (200\u00a0ft) wind turbine was blown over in the western Vend\u00e9e region due to extreme winds.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 55], "content_span": [56, 443]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275215-0026-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 European windstorm season, Storms, Storm Eleanor\nNamed by Met \u00c9ireann on 1 January with Amber Wind Warning in force for 2 January. Forecast to bring gusts of 110\u2013130\u00a0km/h (68\u201381\u00a0mph) into the evening. The Met Office also issued a Yellow Wind Warning for 2\u20133 January, only to upgrade it to an amber warning across Northern England and Southern Scotland 3 hours prior making landfall in the UK.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 56], "content_span": [57, 400]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275215-0027-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 European windstorm season, Storms, Storm Eleanor\nAs Eleanor neared Ireland, it brought heavy rainfall and squally weather followed by very strong gusts of 156\u00a0km/h (97\u00a0mph; 84\u00a0kn) in Knock Airport in Republic of Ireland. As Eleanor tracked further North-east she continued to strengthen as a sting-jet like feature was evident, however, it did not form. Eleanor also produced thunderstorms and intense hail across England and Wales. The worst damage happened in Northern Ireland.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 56], "content_span": [57, 487]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275215-0028-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 European windstorm season, Storms, Storm Eleanor\nAccording to the UK Met Office, gusts reached 90\u00a0mph (140\u00a0km/h) in Orlock Head, while a mountain weather station in Great Dun Fell recorded 100\u00a0mph (160\u00a0km/h) gusts.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 56], "content_span": [57, 222]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275215-0029-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 European windstorm season, Storms, Storm Fionn\nOn 16 January Met \u00c9ireann issued orange marine weather warnings for wind to storm force from Roches Point to Slyne Head to Malin Head, along with orange national weather warnings for Donegal, Galway, Leitrim, Mayo, Sligo, Clare, Cork and Kerry for 16\u201317 January, so naming storm Fionn. This system, also called Evi by the FUB, was meteorologically speaking a very deep and large Icelandic low that bottomed out at a central pressure of 935\u00a0hPa (27.6\u00a0inHg) and dominated the weather in the North Atlantic and Northern Europe for several days in the middle of January 2018.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 54], "content_span": [55, 626]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275215-0029-0001", "contents": "2017\u201318 European windstorm season, Storms, Storm Fionn\nThis low had a large and intense wind field on its southern flank, fuelling a strong jetstream that steered the less deep but much more catastrophic Cyclone David into the UK and Ireland and Central Europe on 18 January. After the arrival of David, Fionn weakened and David became the more dominant low, leading to the decay and dissipation of Fionn.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 54], "content_span": [55, 405]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275215-0030-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 European windstorm season, Storms, Storm Fionn\nAs Fionn neared Ireland, it brought heavy winds to Donegal, Sligo, Mayo, Clare, Leitrim and Cork.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 54], "content_span": [55, 152]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275215-0031-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 European windstorm season, Storms, Storm Fionn\nOn 16 January the Met Office sent out a clarifying tweet that Fionn was only expected to bring strong winds to western Ireland, with impacts to the UK to be expected to be below their warning thresholds. In the tweet they pointed to a separate weather system to affect the UK on 17\u201318 January, later named David by MeteoFrance, this name was reciprocally adopted by the Met Office and Met Eireann. The low David was named Friederike by the Free University of Berlin, with the name Georgina at that time remaining unused.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 54], "content_span": [55, 575]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275215-0032-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 European windstorm season, Storms, Storm Fionn\nMet \u00c9ireann's decision to name Fionn was met with some criticism from some meteorologists, Liam Dutton tweeted that he thought the warning did not strictly accompany a cyclonic area of low pressure, but a \"squeeze of isobars\" circulating a low hundreds of kilometres (miles) distant in the region of the Faroes, stating that it \"needed no more than a standard weather warning\".", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 54], "content_span": [55, 432]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275215-0032-0001", "contents": "2017\u201318 European windstorm season, Storms, Storm Fionn\nHe highlighted the difference in criteria for naming storms employed by the Met Office and Met \u00c9ireann (the UK Met Office uses an impact-based criteria, based on the level of expected impacts the weather will bring, whereas the Irish Met \u00c9ireann uses fixed numerical criteria, meaning a storm will be named when mean wind speeds are likely to occur, between 65 and 80\u00a0km/h\u00a0[40 and 50\u00a0mph] and/or gusts between 110 and 130\u00a0km/h\u00a0[68 and 81\u00a0mph]).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 54], "content_span": [55, 499]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275215-0033-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 European windstorm season, Storms, Storm Fionn\nEvelyn Cusack of Met \u00c9ireann said that she understood Dutton's point, stating that his criticisms were well made. She reiterated that the orange warning issued by Met \u00c9ireann fulfilled their criteria for naming the storm, producing severe winds, coastal flooding and high waves on the Irish coast, even if the centre of circulation was distant.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 54], "content_span": [55, 399]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275215-0034-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 European windstorm season, Storms, Storm David/Friederike\nStorm David (also named Friederike), affected an area of Europe from northern France and England, through the Netherlands, Belgium, Germany and the Alps to Poland and the Czech Republic, starting on the evening of 17 January until 19 January. David brought heavy snowfall on its northern flank and high winds (sustained winds up to Bft. 11, widespread hurricane-force gusts) on its southern flank. In some locations, both the high winds and the snowfall occurred, creating blizzard conditions. Amsterdam Airport Schiphol was closed, as well as some airports in Germany.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 65], "content_span": [66, 635]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275215-0034-0001", "contents": "2017\u201318 European windstorm season, Storms, Storm David/Friederike\nEuropean railroad companies (e.g. the Deutsche Bahn in Germany) could only offer very limited transportation services, if any. Road traffic was similarly disrupted by windthrow, snow, ice, high crosswinds, and by traffic jams that were caused by incidents related to the storm. Widespread damage to manmade structures and to forests occurred. Germany was the worst-hit country as there were 10 known deaths as well as a damage total as high as several hundreds of millions. David/Friederike was the most devastating windstorm in Germany after Cyclone Kyrill in 2007. Coincidentally, Friederike and Kyrill both struck Central Europe on 18 January, albeit 11 years apart.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 65], "content_span": [66, 735]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275215-0035-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 European windstorm season, Storms, Storm David/Friederike\nThis storm, which proved to have catastrophic effects, originated from a low pressure trough in the Western Atlantic that stretched from the Southern Caribbean to Newfoundland on 14 January \u2014 16. After gaining a closed circulation near or over Newfoundland on 16 January, the new cyclone entered the very strong southern wind field of the Icelandic Low Fionn, crossing the Atlantic in less than two days and being steered into Europe. Upon the formation of the precursor trough, the GFS and ECMWF correctly predicted that system to impact Europe as a windstorm. Between 14 and 19 January, the binary storm complex that consisted of Fionn and David brought high winds and snowfall to large portions of Europe. After the storms have passed, they left behind an improved weather situation in Europe that was calmer, drier and warmer.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 65], "content_span": [66, 896]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275215-0036-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 European windstorm season, Storms, Storm David/Friederike\nThe storm also brought some hurricane-force gusts and heavy snowfall to Britain and Ireland and caused 140,000 power cuts there. Nevertheless, the storm impacted the Netherlands and Germany in a much more dramatic way. The UK Met Office did not give David a name from its own storm naming list as it did not expect the storm to have a significant impact on Britain, which proved to be an underestimation.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 65], "content_span": [66, 470]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275215-0037-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 European windstorm season, Storms, Storm Georgina\nStorm Georgina was officially named on 23 January after the low pressure area that was nearing Britain and Ireland suddenly had bombed out at 959\u00a0hPa (28.3\u00a0inHg). The storm affected the northern parts of Britain, causing numerous power outages as well as flooding and widespread structural damage there. There were widespread gusts in the 50\u201385\u00a0mph (80\u2013137\u00a0km/h) range in the affected areas, with an isolated 140\u00a0mph (225\u00a0km/h) gust over a ski area in the Scottish Highlands. Georgina also brought torrential rains to Northern Ireland and Scotland.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 57], "content_span": [58, 606]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275215-0038-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 European windstorm season, Storms, Storm Georgina\nAfter crossing the North Sea, the vigorous low pressure area went on to affect Norway.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 57], "content_span": [58, 144]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275215-0039-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 European windstorm season, Storms, Storm Emma\nStorm Emma (also named Ulrike) was named while it was centred over the Azores and threatened to strike Western Europe as a blizzard. The cyclone affected Iberia,Great Britain and Ireland on its track, causing high winds and snowfall, leading to blizzard conditions.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 53], "content_span": [54, 319]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275215-0040-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 European windstorm season, Storms, Storm Emma\nAs Emma neared southwest England, it brought new cold air to the UK and Ireland, prolonging the cold period. Meteorologists observed the collision of Emma and Anticyclone Hartmut dubbed the Beast from the East by the press, and the interaction of the two highly different air masses worsened the wind and snowfall posed by Emma. Starting on 1 March 2018, the collision of Emma and Hartmut triggered numerous hurricane-force gusts in southern Europe and the United Kingdom. The highest of these gusts occurred in the morning of 1 March on Mount Aigoual in southern France at 228\u00a0km/h (142\u00a0mph).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 53], "content_span": [54, 647]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275215-0041-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 European windstorm season, Storms, Storm Emma\nOn 1 March 2018, UK authorities issued a red warning in Wales and south-west England as citizens in Scotland spent up to 20 hours in their cars stuck in traffic in frigid weather and a 46-year-old Southampton man died in a motor vehicle accident on the A34. Schools across the UK were closed in the face of oncoming blizzards, strong winds, and heavy snowfall. Traffic was significantly hindered by the Beast from the East.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 53], "content_span": [54, 477]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275215-0041-0001", "contents": "2017\u201318 European windstorm season, Storms, Storm Emma\nIn Lincolnshire commuters near Boston were stranded by snow and had to freed by farmers with tractors, a minimum of 20 cars and HGVs were snowed in on the A46 close to Faldingworth. The Royal Air Force deployed 4\u00d74 vehicles to transport health and emergency workers. Trains were cancelled across the UK, with over 20 rail operators running at reduced capacity; London's Paddington Station closed for about three hours and 50 stations in Kent closed because of inclement weather. Air travel has been similarly curtailed, as terminals all over the country cancel flights. At least three people died in the UK as a result of the storm.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 53], "content_span": [54, 686]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275215-0042-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 European windstorm season, Storms, Storm Emma\nIn Ireland snow began to fall in the east of the country on Tuesday 27 February. Snow continued in the east on Wednesday the 28th, with well over 15\u00a0cm (5.9\u00a0in) reported in many areas. Schools closed on Wednesday the 28th in affected areas. Panic buying of food was seen as Storm Emma approached. Emma made landfall on the south coast on Thursday 1 March and swept northward. All schools were closed on Thursday 1 March and Friday the 2nd nationwide with a red weather warning put in place by Met Eireann.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 53], "content_span": [54, 559]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275215-0042-0001", "contents": "2017\u201318 European windstorm season, Storms, Storm Emma\nHigh winds and heavy snowfall on top of the already lying snow led to drifting and severe disruption. Many roads were left impassable, particularly in rural areas and in North Kildare, West Wicklow and Wexford respectively. Power outages and water cuts were reported widely. A Lidl supermarket was torn down and looted in Fortunestown, Tallaght during the chaos caused by the storm. Over 50\u00a0cm (20\u00a0in) of lying snow was reported in some locations, with drifts many feet high on many rural routes. Some rural villages were cut off for many days. A slow thaw ensued. Many schools remained closed in Kildare, Wicklow and Wexford on Monday 5 March as local authorities continued to attempt to clear roads.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 53], "content_span": [54, 755]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275215-0043-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 European windstorm season, Storms, Storm Felix\nStorm Felix formed from the remnants of the nor'easter which affected the eastern United States in early March 2018. After moving out into the Atlantic, the low-pressure system which caused the nor'easter quickly deepened to a minimum pressure of 967\u00a0hPa (28.6\u00a0inHg). Felix was subsequently named by IPMA of Portugal on 9 March, as orange weather warnings were issued for Madeira and surrounding islands. Winds gusting up to 150\u00a0km/h (93\u00a0mph) were recorded in the mountains of Madeira and up to 120\u00a0km/h (75\u00a0mph) at Madeira Airport.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 54], "content_span": [55, 587]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275215-0044-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 European windstorm season, Storms, Storm Felix\nFelix subsequently approached mainland Portugal, where red wind warnings were issued along the central coast and winds reaching 100\u00a0km/h (62\u00a0mph) were observed. Red warnings were also issued ahead of the storm in northern Spain, as Felix veered northwards into the Bay of Biscay. Felix weakened as it moved further east, making landfall in central France as a minimal storm.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 54], "content_span": [55, 429]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275215-0045-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 European windstorm season, Storms, Storm Gisele\nStorm Gisele was named by the Spanish AEMET agency on 14 March, as the system was undergoing rapid intensification in the central Atlantic. Around the same time, IPMA in Portugal issued orange wind warnings for the Azores archipelago as Gisele approached. Across the islands, winds of up to 100\u00a0km/h (62\u00a0mph) were recorded. Gisele subsequently continued northeastwards; orange wind warnings were issued for mainland Portugal and northern Spain, warning of wind impacts and coastal damage. Gisele then made landfall in mainland Portugal, with mesovortices within an unstable cold front bringing isolated gusts of up to 110\u00a0km/h (68\u00a0mph) and at least one confirmed tornado.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 55], "content_span": [56, 727]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275215-0046-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 European windstorm season, Storms, Storm Hugo\nStorm Hugo was named by AEMET on 23 March, as it was undergoing explosive intensification in the mid-Atlantic; as a result, the agency issued a Special Warning regarding the formation of Hugo. Subsequently, AEMET issued red weather warnings for northern Portugal and orange warnings for the remainder of the mainland coast, with yellow warnings of wind and snow being issued further inland. Wind gusts of up to 100\u00a0km/h (62\u00a0mph) were recorded widely, with gusts of up to 120\u00a0km/h (75\u00a0mph) recorded in coastal areas in the north of the country.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 53], "content_span": [54, 597]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275215-0047-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 European windstorm season, Storms, Storm Irene\nStorm Irene was named by the Azores Regional Department of Portugal's IPMA meteorological agency on 16 April. Moving swiftly northwards, Irene intensified into an unusually strong low for the region at this time of year, crossing the Azores archipelago with a minimum pressure of 952\u00a0hPa (28.1\u00a0inHg) and winds of up to 110\u00a0km/h (68\u00a0mph). As a result, orange weather warnings were issued for the islands. After crossing the Azores, Irene moved northwestwards into the open Atlantic and weakened, dissipating over the northern Atlantic without again affecting land.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 54], "content_span": [55, 618]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275215-0048-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 European windstorm season, Storms, Storm Hector\nAn \"off season\" windstorm occurring before the 2018 British Isles heat wave.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 55], "content_span": [56, 132]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275215-0049-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 European windstorm season, Storms, Other systems\nSeveral notable extratropical cyclones affecting Europe went officially unnamed throughout the season as they did not affect any of the countries involved in issuing names; however, many of these did receive unofficial names from the Free University of Berlin. Cyclone Thomas rapidly deepened as it crossed Romania on 17\u201318 September, bringing intense straight-line winds to the country. Eight people were killed, with more than 137 injuries and 7,000 damage claims reported, totalling around US$9.4 million in damage.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 56], "content_span": [57, 575]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275215-0050-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 European windstorm season, Storms, Other systems\nCyclone Xavier crossed northern Europe in early October 2017. Germany was the worst affected country, with high winds between 4 and 6 October causing severe damage, including in and around Berlin. Further damage was reported in the Czech Republic, where the highest winds of up to 201\u00a0km/h (125\u00a0mph) were recorded, and in Poland. In total, Xavier killed nine people \u2013 seven in Germany and two in Poland \u2013 and caused at least \u00a3180 million (\u20ac200 million) in damage.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 56], "content_span": [57, 520]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275215-0051-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 European windstorm season, Storms, Other systems\nCyclone Herwart initially formed as a secondary low to a more northerly centre of low pressure (named Grischa) coming southward from the Svalbard Islands region in late October. Herwart then went through the Fujiwhara effect with this system, rotating counterclockwise around the main low pressure area, passing over Norway, Sweden, Latvia and then losing power while moving over western Russia. In Denmark, which was hit on 28 October, the storm was named Ingolf. In Hungary, the storm was named N\u00e1rcisz (Narcissus), a Hungarian female name whose name day is on 29 October. In total, Herwart killed ten people across central Europe and caused \u00a3800 million (\u20ac950 million) in damage.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 56], "content_span": [57, 739]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275215-0052-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 European windstorm season, Storms, Other systems\nCyclone Reinhard (also known locally as Storm Ylva) made landfall in Norway on 23 November, with high winds and heavy rainfall causing millions of euros worth of damage. There were hundreds of reports of damage across southern Norway, but no reports of injuries or fatalities.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 56], "content_span": [57, 333]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275215-0053-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 European windstorm season, Storms, Other systems\nA low-pressure area known as Storm Cora in Norway and Ex-Blizzard Aku in Finland brought wind gusts of up to 274\u00a0km/h (170\u00a0mph) to these areas in January 2018.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 56], "content_span": [57, 216]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275216-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Evansville Purple Aces men's basketball team\nThe 2017\u201318 Evansville Purple Aces men's basketball team represented the University of Evansville during the 2017\u201318 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Purple Aces, led by 11th-year head coach Marty Simmons, played their home games at the Ford Center as members of the Missouri Valley Conference. They finished the season 17\u201315, 7\u201311 in MVC play to finish in a three-way tie for seventh place. As the No. 8 seed in the MVC Tournament, they lost to Northern Iowa in the first round.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 52], "section_span": [52, 52], "content_span": [53, 544]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275216-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Evansville Purple Aces men's basketball team\nOn March 13, 2018, Evansville fired head coach Marty Simmons. He finished at Evansville with an 11-year record of 184\u2013175. On March 22, the school hired Boston Celtics assistant coach, former Kentucky player and Evansville native Walter McCarty as head coach.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 52], "section_span": [52, 52], "content_span": [53, 312]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275216-0002-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Evansville Purple Aces men's basketball team, Previous season\nThe Purple Aces finished the 2016\u201317 season 16\u201317, 6\u201312 to finish in eighth place in MVC play. They defeated Indiana State in the MVC Tournament before losing to Illinois State in the quarterfinals.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 52], "section_span": [54, 69], "content_span": [70, 268]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275216-0003-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Evansville Purple Aces men's basketball team, Preseason\nIn the conference's preseason poll, the Aces were picked to finish in ninth place in the MVC. Junior guard Ryan Taylor was named to the preseason All-MVC second team.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 52], "section_span": [54, 63], "content_span": [64, 230]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275217-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Evansville Purple Aces women's basketball team\nThe 2017\u201318 Evansville Purple Aces women's basketball team represents the University of Evansville during the 2017\u201318 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Purple Aces, led by second year head coach Matt Ruffing, play their home games at Meeks Family Fieldhouse and were members of the Missouri Valley Conference. They finished the season 3\u201327, 0\u201318 in MVC play to finish in last place. They lost in the first round of the Missouri Valley Women's Tournament to Bradley.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 54], "section_span": [54, 54], "content_span": [55, 533]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275217-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Evansville Purple Aces women's basketball team, Previous season\nThey finished the season 14\u201317, 8\u201310 in MVC play to finish in sixth place. They advanced to the semifinals of the Missouri Valley Women's Tournament where they lost to Northern Iowa.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 54], "section_span": [56, 71], "content_span": [72, 254]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275218-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Everton F.C. season\nThe 2017\u201318 season was Everton's 64th consecutive season in the top flight of English football and their 140th year in existence. They participated in the Premier League, FA Cup, EFL Cup, and UEFA Europa League. Everton had a disappointing start to the campaign, leading to the dismissal of manager Ronald Koeman in October after a 5-2 home loss to Arsenal, Koeman sacked just 2 months into his second campaign in charge after guiding Everton into the UEFA Europa League in an impressive first season at the club.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [27, 27], "content_span": [28, 541]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275218-0000-0001", "contents": "2017\u201318 Everton F.C. season\nIt was over a month after his departure that Sam Allardyce took over from interim manager David Unsworth, as prime target, Watford manager Marco Silva, was unable to be released from a contract with The Hornets to take over at Goodison Park.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [27, 27], "content_span": [28, 269]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275218-0000-0002", "contents": "2017\u201318 Everton F.C. season\nThe fiasco led to a legal suit after Silva was controversially sacked by Watford after a downturn in results following his failure to secure the Everton job, and when Silva took over at Everton 2018-19, Everton were forced to pay \u00a34 million in compensation to Watford for what was described as \"an unwarranted approach\" whilst Silva was still at Watford. Allardyce guided the club to 8th in the league, but could not prevent exits in the Europa League group stage and the FA Cup third round. Allardyce was dismissed at the conclusion of the season, with Everton's fans criticising Allardyce's style of play on a number of occasions; the club stated \"The decision is part of a long-term plan\".", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [27, 27], "content_span": [28, 720]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275218-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Everton F.C. season\nThe season covered the period from 1 July 2017 to 30 June 2018.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [27, 27], "content_span": [28, 91]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275218-0002-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Everton F.C. season, Pre-season, Friendlies\nOn 22 June 2017, Everton announced four pre-season friendlies against Sevilla, Gor Mahia, FC Twente and Genk.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 51], "content_span": [52, 161]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275218-0003-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Everton F.C. season, Competitions, Premier League, Matches\nOn 14 June 2017, Everton's Premier League fixtures were announced.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 66], "content_span": [67, 133]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275218-0004-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Everton F.C. season, Competitions, FA Cup\nIn the FA Cup, Everton entered the competition in the third round and were drawn away to Liverpool.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 49], "content_span": [50, 149]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275218-0005-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Everton F.C. season, Competitions, EFL Cup\nEverton joined the competition in third round and were drawn at home to Sunderland. An away trip to Chelsea was announced for the fourth round.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 50], "content_span": [51, 194]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275218-0006-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Everton F.C. season, Competitions, UEFA Europa League, Qualifying\nEverton entered the competition in the third qualifying round, where they faced Slovakian side Ru\u017eomberok. After winning the tie 2\u20130 on aggregate they were drawn against Croatian team Hajduk Split in the play-off round.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 73], "content_span": [74, 293]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275218-0007-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Everton F.C. season, Competitions, UEFA Europa League, Group stage\nOn 25 August 2017, Everton were drawn into Group E alongside Lyon, Atalanta and Apollon Limassol.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 74], "content_span": [75, 172]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275218-0008-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Everton F.C. season, Players, First team squad\nNote: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 54], "content_span": [55, 183]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275218-0009-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Everton F.C. season, Players, Out on loan\nNote: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 49], "content_span": [50, 178]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275219-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Everton L.F.C. season\nThe 2017-18 season is Everton Ladies Football Club's first season returning to the FA Women's Super League since the 2014 season, having been promoted after winning the WSL2 Spring Series, and being one of the league's foundation clubs.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [29, 29], "content_span": [30, 266]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275219-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Everton L.F.C. season\nFollowing a reorganisation of top-level women's football in England, the 2017 season will only cover half of a traditional season's length, while the FA WSL shifts its calendar to match the traditional autumn-to-spring axis of football in Europe. For the same reason, there is no Champions League qualification nor relegation for which to be competed.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [29, 29], "content_span": [30, 381]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275219-0002-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Everton L.F.C. season, First team\nNote: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 41], "content_span": [42, 170]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275220-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Exeter City F.C. season\nThe 2017\u201318 season was Exeter City's 116th year in existence and their sixth consecutive season in League Two, where they finished in fourth place. The Grecians progressed to and lost their second consecutive promotion play-off final City progressed to the third round of the FA Cup after beating 8th-tier Heybridge Swifts in the first round, and fellow League Two side Forest Green Rovers in a second round replay. Exeter were knocked out in the third round by Premier League side West Bromwich Albion. The Grecians were knocked out of the EFL Cup in the First Round, losing at home to Charlton Athletic, and were also eliminated in the regionalised first round (group stage) of the EFL Trophy, finishing bottom of Southern Group D.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [31, 31], "content_span": [32, 765]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275220-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Exeter City F.C. season\nThe season covers the period from 1 July 2017 to 30 June 2018.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [31, 31], "content_span": [32, 94]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275220-0002-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Exeter City F.C. season, Transfers, Loans out\nNote: this section may be inaccurate, due to incomplete information released by the club about loans out.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 53], "content_span": [54, 159]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275220-0003-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Exeter City F.C. season, Pre-season\nExeter City played five pre-season fixtures in July 2017, all away from home at teams based in Somerset and Dorset. The club's pre-season schedule began with a trip to Twerton Park, where they faced off against Bath City for the Brian Lomax SD Cup \u2013 an annual fixture held between two supporter-owned clubs.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 43], "content_span": [44, 351]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275220-0004-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Exeter City F.C. season, Pre-season\nThere were no pre-season friendlies at St James Park due to redevelopment work taking place over the summer.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 43], "content_span": [44, 152]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275220-0005-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Exeter City F.C. season, Competitions, Matches\nThe fixtures for the 2017\u201318 season were announced on 21 June 2017.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 54], "content_span": [55, 122]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275220-0006-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Exeter City F.C. season, Competitions, FA Cup\nOn 16 October 2017, the Grecians were drawn at home to Heybridge Swifts in the first round of the FA Cup.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 53], "content_span": [54, 159]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275220-0007-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Exeter City F.C. season, Competitions, FA Cup\nCity eventually overcame the Swifts 3\u20131 with all the goals being scored in the final 45 minutes after an uneventful first half. Jayden Stockley scored a quick brace before Heybridges' Sam Bantick scored a consolation. Liam McAlinden then sealed the win for Exeter in the 86th minute. The following day, the Grecians were drawn away to Forest Green Rovers for the Second Round.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 53], "content_span": [54, 430]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275220-0008-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Exeter City F.C. season, Competitions, FA Cup\nProlific goalscorer Christian Doidge netted for Rovers after 26 minutes, the only goal in the first half. Grecians skipper Jordan Moore-Taylor equalised in the 58th minute and Jayden Stockley scored not long after to give City a 2\u20131 lead. However, Forest Green equalised through Scott Laird in the 88th minute and Doidge scored again in the 92nd to turn the game on its head. To make the game's conclusion even more dramatic, Stockley scored his second goal in the 94th minute as the match finished 3\u20133.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 53], "content_span": [54, 557]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275220-0009-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Exeter City F.C. season, Competitions, FA Cup\nThe Grecians achieved an incredible comeback from a goal and a man down to triumph 2\u20131 in the replay to set a Third Round tie against Premier League side West Bromwich Albion. Forest Green had opened the scoring with a 30th-minute penalty scored by Christian Doidge. City were down to ten men after 63 minutes due to Jordan Tillson's second yellow card. However, Rovers conceded a penalty only ten minutes later and Pierce Sweeney converted.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 53], "content_span": [54, 495]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275220-0009-0001", "contents": "2017\u201318 Exeter City F.C. season, Competitions, FA Cup\nThe score was 1\u20131 at the end of 90 minutes, and the next significant event was a second sending off, this time the culprit being Rovers defender Manny Month\u00e9, leaving both teams with ten men. Jayden Stockley scored the winner in the 115th minute, netting his 11th goal of the season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 53], "content_span": [54, 337]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275220-0010-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Exeter City F.C. season, Competitions, FA Cup\nCity's third round tie against West Bromwich Albion started very poorly, conceding after only 75 seconds after Christy Pym failed to keep Salom\u00f3n Rond\u00f3n's long-distance shot out. The Baggies scored again in the 25th minute through Jay Rodriguez. The BBC match report attributed both goals to mistakes by Danny Seaborne.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 53], "content_span": [54, 373]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275220-0011-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Exeter City F.C. season, Competitions, EFL Cup\nOn 16 June 2017, Exeter City were drawn at home to Charlton Athletic in the first round of the EFL Cup. Lee Holmes opened the scoring for the Grecians after 54 minutes by netting a free kick. However, goals by Billy Clarke and Regan Charles-Cook saw the Reds eliminated in the First Round for the first time since 2014.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 54], "content_span": [55, 374]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275220-0012-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Exeter City F.C. season, Competitions, EFL Trophy\nCity were placed in the Southern Group D, alongside the other two southwesternmost EFL League One and Two teams Plymouth Argyle and Yeovil Town. The Chelsea F.C. Academy was announced to be the other side in the group. On 13 July 2017, it was revealed that the Grecians would play Chelsea and Yeovil Town at home and Plymouth Argyle away.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 57], "content_span": [58, 396]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275220-0013-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Exeter City F.C. season, Competitions, EFL Trophy\nCity began with a 3\u20131 loss at home to Yeovil Town, when City failed to repeat the heroics of the previous season against the same opposition by coming back from 3\u20130 down, with just the consolation goal from Jack Sparkes, his first in professional football. The Grecians' second match of the group stage took place at Plymouth's Home Park, where they lost 5\u20133 on penalties to the Pilgrims after a 2\u20132 draw. City's elimination was confirmed after a 3\u20131 loss at home to Chelsea under-21s.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 57], "content_span": [58, 543]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275221-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 F.C. Copenhagen season\nThe 2017\u201318 FC Copenhagen season was F.C. Copenhagen's 26th season of existence, competing each year in the Danish Superliga, the top tier of football in Denmark. Outside of the Superliga, Copenhagen competed in the Danish Cup and the UEFA Champions League qualifying rounds.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [30, 30], "content_span": [31, 306]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275221-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 F.C. Copenhagen season\nF.C. Copenhagen had its worst season since the 1999-2000 campaign, finishing fourth in the 2017-18 Danish Superliga and being eliminated in the fourth round of the 2017-18 Danish Cup.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [30, 30], "content_span": [31, 214]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275221-0002-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 F.C. Copenhagen season\nThe Lions fared better in the 2017-18 UEFA Champions League, advancing to the Playoff Round by defeating M\u0160K \u017dilina in the Second Qualifying Round and FK Vardar in the Third Qualifying Round, before seeing their Champions League season end with a loss to Qaraba\u011f FK.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [30, 30], "content_span": [31, 297]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275221-0003-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 F.C. Copenhagen season\nThe playoff loss qualified the team for the 2017-18 UEFA Europa League Group Stage. Copenhagen finished second in Group F and qualified for the Round of 32, where Atl\u00e9tico Madrid prevailed, 5\u20131.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [30, 30], "content_span": [31, 225]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275221-0004-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 F.C. Copenhagen season, Competitive, Danish Superliga, Championship round\nPoints and goals carried over in full from the regular season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 81], "content_span": [82, 144]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275222-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 F.C. Crotone season\nThe 2017\u201318 season was Football Club Crotone's second season in Serie A after the club's 17th-place finish the previous season, in which the club sat in the relegation zone for most of the campaign. Crotone competed in Serie A and the Coppa Italia. The club finished 18th in the league, being relegated to Serie B after just two seasons in Serie A, and were eliminated in the fourth round of the Coppa Italia.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [27, 27], "content_span": [28, 437]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275222-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 F.C. Crotone season, Players, Squad information\nNote: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 55], "content_span": [56, 184]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275223-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 F.C. Motagua season\nThe 2017\u201318 season was F.C. Motagua's 71st season in existence and the club's 52nd consecutive season in the top fight of Honduran football. As winners of both Apertura and Clausura last season, the club was looking for their 16th and 17th league title. They also competed for the 2017 Honduran Supercup and the 2018 CONCACAF Champions League. No Honduran Cup competition was scheduled from the Federation this season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [27, 27], "content_span": [28, 446]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275223-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 F.C. Motagua season, Overview\nCoach Diego V\u00e1squez lead the team for his 8th consecutive tournament. Due to the incidents occurred on last season's final match where four people lost their lives, the Discipline Commission decided to ban the Estadio Tiburcio Car\u00edas Andino for nine games. This implied the entire home schedule for the Apertura regular season. The penalty was later reduced to five games after an appeal. On 1 June, Brazilian superstar Ronaldinho announced in a video through his social media that he would be visiting Honduras in July to play an exhibition match between the contenders of the Honduran Supercl\u00e1sico.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 37], "content_span": [38, 638]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275223-0001-0001", "contents": "2017\u201318 F.C. Motagua season, Overview\nIt was announced later however, that the match was changed to be played against Real C.D. Espa\u00f1a instead. Decision taken to avoid a conflict between the two Barra bravas which are known for their fierce and often dangerous rivalry. On 30 July, Ronaldinho played in front of thousands at Estadio Tiburcio Car\u00edas Andino wearing both teams' jerseys on each half. He generated the two assists that gave a historic 0\u20132 win to Real Espa\u00f1a. The game served also as a farewell to Amado Guevara, a club's longtime prominent figure.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 37], "content_span": [38, 560]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275223-0001-0002", "contents": "2017\u201318 F.C. Motagua season, Overview\nOn 2 August, Motagua defeated C.D. Marath\u00f3n 2\u20131 at Estadio Francisco Moraz\u00e1n to obtain the 2017 Honduran Supercup. On 31 December, Uruguayan newspaper Ovaci\u00f3n selected the best clubs, the best players and the best coaches in the American leagues for 2017. For Honduras, Motagua, Rom\u00e1n Castillo and Diego V\u00e1squez were all chosen", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 37], "content_span": [38, 365]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275223-0002-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 F.C. Motagua season, Overview\nMotagua started the Apertura tournament playing outside Tegucigalpa due to the suspension of their stadium because of the incidents occurred last season. On 9 September, Estadio Emilio Williams Agasse, a newly opened venue in Choluteca, hosted a league match for the first time in the 1\u20131 against Olimpia, in another edition of the Supercl\u00e1sico. On 23 November, the club finished in second position and advanced directly to the semifinals. Once in the semifinals, the club faced city neighbors Olimpia, being the 11th time in league history that these two meet at this stage. With a 3\u20133 aggregate score, Motagua advanced thanks to their better regular season record over Olimpia. The final series were played against Real Espa\u00f1a and the club failed in obtaining their third straight league title.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 37], "content_span": [38, 834]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275223-0003-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 F.C. Motagua season, Overview\nIn the Clausura tournament, Motagua started with an away victory against Lobos UPNFM at Estadio Emilio Williams Agasse. Just like in the Apertura, Motagua had to play their first couple of games outside their ground; this time because of the events taking place at Estadio Tiburcio Car\u00edas Andino for the new presidential term. On 28 March, the Argentinian midfielder Santiago Vergara died from leukemia at the age of 26. After completing the 18 regular season rounds, the team finished 2nd and qualified directly to the semifinals for their 8th consecutive time and their 26th overall.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 37], "content_span": [38, 623]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275223-0003-0001", "contents": "2017\u201318 F.C. Motagua season, Overview\nIn the semifinals, the team faced city neighbors Olimpia for another Honduran Supercl\u00e1sico meeting. Motagua, once again, managed to eliminate their bitter rivals and advanced to their 4th consecutive final for the first time in their league history. On 19 May, after a 1\u20131 aggregate score against C.D. Marath\u00f3n, the championship had to be decided in penalty shoot-outs. Marcelo Pereira and Reinieri Mayorqu\u00edn missed their chances and the club lost the title. With two finals reached in the 2017\u201318 season, Motagua qualified to the 2018 CONCACAF League.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 37], "content_span": [38, 590]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275223-0004-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 F.C. Motagua season, Kits\nThe 2017\u201318 home, away and third kits were published on 22 July.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 33], "content_span": [34, 98]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275224-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 FA Cup\nThe 2017\u201318 FA Cup (also known as the FA Challenge Cup) was the 137th edition of the oldest recognised football tournament in the world. It was sponsored by Emirates, and known as The Emirates FA Cup for sponsorship purposes. 737 clubs were accepted into the tournament. It began with the Extra Preliminary Round on 5 August 2017, and concluded with the final on 19 May 2018. The winners qualified for the 2018\u201319 UEFA Europa League group stage.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 14], "section_span": [14, 14], "content_span": [15, 460]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275224-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 FA Cup\nThe third round match between Brighton & Hove Albion and Crystal Palace on 8 January 2018 was the first competitive game in England where video assistant referee (VAR) technology was available, although it was not used.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 14], "section_span": [14, 14], "content_span": [15, 234]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275224-0002-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 FA Cup\nKelechi Iheanacho of Leicester City became the first player to score a goal awarded by a video assistant referee (VAR) in competitive English football as Leicester beat Fleetwood Town 2\u20130 in the FA Cup third-round replay on 16 January 2018. Referee Jon Moss initially disallowed the goal for offside but he consulted with video official Mike Jones, who told him Nathan Pond's trailing foot was keeping Iheanacho onside. The goal was awarded 67 seconds after it hit the back of the net.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 14], "section_span": [14, 14], "content_span": [15, 500]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275224-0003-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 FA Cup\nCraig Pawson became the first referee in English football to watch a video recording at the sideline in the fourth round tie between Liverpool and West Bromwich Albion on 27 January 2018. He awarded a penalty to Liverpool.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 14], "section_span": [14, 14], "content_span": [15, 237]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275224-0004-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 FA Cup\nPremier League side Arsenal were the defending champions, but they were eliminated by Nottingham Forest in the third round on 7 January 2018.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 14], "section_span": [14, 14], "content_span": [15, 156]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275224-0005-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 FA Cup, Qualifying rounds\nAll of the competing teams that are not members of either the Premier League or English Football League had to compete in the qualifying rounds to secure one of 32 available places in the First Round Proper. The qualifying competition began with the Extra Preliminary Round on 5 August 2017. The final (fourth) qualifying round was played over the weekend of 14 October 2017.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 14], "section_span": [16, 33], "content_span": [34, 409]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275224-0006-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 FA Cup, First Round Proper\nThe First Round draw took place on 16 October and was broadcast live on BBC Two and BT Sport. All 40 First Round Proper ties were played on the weekend of 4 November. 32 teams from the qualifying competition joined the 48 teams from League One and League Two to compete in this round. The round included two teams from Level 8, Heybridge Swifts and Hyde United, who were the lowest-ranked teams still in the competition.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 14], "section_span": [16, 34], "content_span": [35, 455]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275224-0007-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 FA Cup, Second Round Proper\nThe Second Round draw took place on 6 November and was broadcast live on BBC Two and BT Sport. All 20 Second Round Proper ties were played on the weekend of 2 December. This round included three teams from Level 7 \u2013 Hereford, Slough Town, and Leatherhead \u2013 who were the lowest-ranked teams still in the competition.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 14], "section_span": [16, 35], "content_span": [36, 351]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275224-0008-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 FA Cup, Third Round Proper\nThe Third Round draw took place on 4 December 2017 and was broadcast live on BBC Two and BT Sport before the final second round tie between Slough Town and Rochdale. All 32 Third Round Proper ties took place on the weekend of 5\u20138 January 2018. A total of 64 clubs played in the third round; 20 winners of the second round, and 44 teams from Premier League and EFL Championship entering in this round. For the first time in 67 years no non-league team (i.e. from Level 5 or below) made the Third Round Proper, with all 32 such teams that advanced through qualifying being knocked out in the first two rounds, the last 10 in the Second Round Proper.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 14], "section_span": [16, 34], "content_span": [35, 682]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275224-0009-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 FA Cup, Fourth Round Proper\nThe draw for the Fourth Round Proper took place on 8 January 2018 at 19:10 GMT and was broadcast live on BBC Two and BT Sport. This round included four teams from Level 4 \u2013 Yeovil Town, Notts County, Coventry City, and Newport County \u2013 who were the lowest-ranked teams still in the competition.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 14], "section_span": [16, 35], "content_span": [36, 330]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275224-0010-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 FA Cup, Fifth Round Proper\nThe draw for the Fifth Round Proper took place on 29 January 2018 at 19:20 GMT and was broadcast live on BBC One. This round included one team from Level 4 still in the competition, Coventry City, who were the lowest-ranked team in this round.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 14], "section_span": [16, 34], "content_span": [35, 278]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275224-0011-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 FA Cup, Quarter-finals\nThe draw for the quarter-finals took place on 17 February 2018 at 20:00 GMT and was broadcast live on BT Sport, the BBC Sport website and app, and BBC Radio 5 Live. This round included one team from Level 3 still in the competition, Wigan Athletic, who were the lowest-ranked team in this round.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 14], "section_span": [16, 30], "content_span": [31, 326]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275224-0012-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 FA Cup, Quarter-finals\nThere were no replays in the FA Cup quarter-finals, following a rule change introduced for the previous tournament. If a match was level after 90 minutes, 30 minutes of extra time were played. If the score had still been level, the tie would have been decided by a penalty shoot-out.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 14], "section_span": [16, 30], "content_span": [31, 314]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275224-0013-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 FA Cup, Semi-finals\nThe draw for the semi-finals took place on 18 March 2018, after the conclusion of the quarter-final match between Leicester City and Chelsea. The draw was conducted by Gianfranco Zola and Petr \u010cech. The semi-finals were played on Saturday 21 April and Sunday 22 April 2018 at Wembley Stadium.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 14], "section_span": [16, 27], "content_span": [28, 320]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275224-0014-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 FA Cup, Bracket\nThe following is the bracket which the FA Cup resembled. Numbers in parentheses next to the match score represent the results of a replay, except for the quarter-finals stage onwards. Numbers in parentheses next to the replay score represents the results of a penalty shoot-out except for the quarter-finals stage onwards.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 14], "section_span": [16, 23], "content_span": [24, 346]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275225-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 FA Cup qualifying rounds\nThe 2017\u201318 FA Cup qualifying rounds open the 137th season of competition in England for The Football Association Challenge Cup (FA Cup), the world's oldest association football single knockout competition. A total of 737 teams were accepted for the competition, an increase of 1 from the previous season's 736.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [32, 32], "content_span": [33, 344]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275225-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 FA Cup qualifying rounds\nThe large number (645) of non-League clubs entering the tournament, from (Levels 5 to 10) in the English football pyramid, required the competition to start with six rounds of preliminary (2) and qualifying (4) knockout matches. The 32 winning teams from the Fourth qualifying round progressed to the First Round Proper, where League teams tiered at Levels 3 and 4 entered the competition.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [32, 32], "content_span": [33, 422]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275225-0002-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 FA Cup qualifying rounds, Calendar and prizes\nThe calendar for the 2017\u201318 FA Cup qualifying rounds, as announced by The Football Association.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 53], "content_span": [54, 150]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275225-0003-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 FA Cup qualifying rounds, Extra preliminary round\nThe Extra Preliminary Round draw was held on 7 July 2017. Fixtures were played on Friday 4, Saturday 5 and Sunday 6 August 2017; replays were completed on Wednesday 16 August 2017. 370 teams, from Level 9 and Level 10 of English football, entered at this stage of the competition. The round included 76 teams from Level 10 of English football, the lowest ranked clubs to compete in the tournament.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 57], "content_span": [58, 455]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275225-0004-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 FA Cup qualifying rounds, Preliminary round\nThe Preliminary round draw was also held on 7 July 2017. Fixtures were played on Friday 18, Saturday 19 and Sunday 20 August 2017; replays were concluded Monday 28 August 2017. 320 teams took part in this stage of the competition: 185 winners from the Extra preliminary round and 135 entering at this stage from the six leagues at Level 8 of English football; Guernsey decided not to participate in the FA Cup this season. The round included 28 teams from Level 10, the lowest-ranked teams still in the competition.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 51], "content_span": [52, 567]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275225-0005-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 FA Cup qualifying rounds, First qualifying round\nThe First qualifying round draw was held on 21 August 2017. Fixtures were played on Friday 1, Saturday 2 and Sunday 3 September 2017. All replays were completed by Wednesday 6 September 2017. 232 teams took part in this stage of the competition: 160 winners from the Preliminary round and 72 entering at this stage from the three leagues at Level 7 of English football. The round included nine teams from Level 10, the lowest-ranked teams still in the competition.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 56], "content_span": [57, 521]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275225-0006-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 FA Cup qualifying rounds, Second qualifying round\nThe Second qualifying round draw was held on 4 September 2017. Fixtures were played on Saturday 16 and Sunday 17 September 2017; replays concluded Tuesday 26 September 2017. 160 teams took part in this stage of the competition: 116 winners from the First qualifying round and 44 entering at this stage from the two leagues at Level 6 of English football. The round included Baldock Town, Bodmin Town and Tavistock from Level 10, the lowest-ranked teams still in the competition.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 57], "content_span": [58, 536]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275225-0007-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 FA Cup qualifying rounds, Third qualifying round\nThe Third qualifying round draw took place on 18 September 2017. Fixtures were played on Saturday 30 September 2017; all replays were completed by Tuesday 3 October 2017. 80 winning teams from the Second qualifying round took part in this stage of the competition. No additional teams entered at this stage. The round included seven teams from Level 9 of the football pyramid, which were the lowest-ranked teams still in the competition.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 56], "content_span": [57, 494]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275225-0008-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 FA Cup qualifying rounds, Fourth qualifying round\nThe Fourth qualifying round draw took place on 2 October 2017. Fixtures were played on Saturday 14 October 2017 and Sunday 15 October 2017; all replays were completed by Tuesday 17 October 2017. 64 teams took part in this stage of the competition: 40 winners from the Third qualifying round and the 24 members of the National League who entered at this stage, representing Level 5 of English football. The round included Shildon from Level 9 of the football pyramid, the lowest-ranked team still in the competition.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 57], "content_span": [58, 573]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275225-0009-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 FA Cup qualifying rounds, Competition proper\nWinners from the Fourth qualifying round advanced to the First Round Proper, where teams from League One (Level 3) and League Two (Level 4) of English football, operating in the English Football League, entered the competition.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 52], "content_span": [53, 280]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275225-0010-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 FA Cup qualifying rounds, Broadcasting rights\nThe qualifying rounds aren't covered by the FA Cup's broadcasting contracts held by BBC Sport and BT Sport, although one game per round will be broadcast by the BBC on its media platforms.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 53], "content_span": [54, 242]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275225-0011-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 FA Cup qualifying rounds, Broadcasting rights\nThe following qualifying rounds matches were broadcast live in the UK:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 53], "content_span": [54, 124]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275226-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 FA Trophy\nThe 2017\u201318 FA Trophy is the 49th season of the FA Trophy, an annual football competition for teams at levels 5-8 of the English National League System.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 17], "section_span": [17, 17], "content_span": [18, 170]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275226-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 FA Trophy, Calendar\nThe calendar for the 2017\u201318 FA Trophy, as announced by The Football Association.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 17], "section_span": [19, 27], "content_span": [28, 109]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275226-0002-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 FA Trophy, Semi-Finals\nSemi final fixtures are due to be played on 17 March and 24 March 2018, with the second leg going to extra time and penalties if required.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 17], "section_span": [19, 30], "content_span": [31, 169]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275227-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 FA Vase\nThe 2017\u201318 FA Vase was the 44th season of the FA Vase, an annual football competition for teams playing below Step 4 of the English National League System. The competition was played with two qualifying rounds preceding the six proper rounds, semi-finals (played over two legs) and final played at Wembley Stadium. All first-leg ties until the semi-finals were played with extra time if drawn after regulation \u2013 first-leg ties could also be resolved with penalties if both teams agreed and notified the referee at least 45 minutes before kick-off.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [15, 15], "content_span": [16, 564]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275227-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 FA Vase, Calendar\nThe calendar for the 2017\u201318 FA Vase, as announced by The Football Association.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [17, 25], "content_span": [26, 105]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275227-0002-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 FA Vase, Semi-Finals\nSemi final fixtures are due to be played on 17 March and 24 March 2018, with the second leg going to extra time and penalties if required.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [17, 28], "content_span": [29, 167]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275227-0003-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 FA Vase, Semi-Finals, First leg\nMatch played at Bishopton Road West, Stockton due to Marske United's ground being waterlogged.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [17, 39], "content_span": [40, 134]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275228-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 FA WSL\nThe 2017\u201318 FA WSL was the seventh edition of the FA WSL since it was formed in 2010. It was the first season of WSL which ran as a winter league. It started in September 2017 and ended in May 2018, with ten teams competing in both leagues.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 14], "section_span": [14, 14], "content_span": [15, 255]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275228-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 FA WSL\nThe Football Association removed promotion and relegation between the two tiers for the end of the season. The league was instead restructured, with clubs required to apply for licenses under new criteria for the top tier in the 2018\u201319 season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 14], "section_span": [14, 14], "content_span": [15, 259]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275228-0002-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 FA WSL\nA one-off competition, the FA WSL Spring Series, ran from February to May 2017 to bridge the gap from the 2016 FA WSL season and acted as a warm up tournament.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 14], "section_span": [14, 14], "content_span": [15, 174]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275228-0003-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 FA WSL, Teams\nWith the collapse of Notts County Ladies just prior to the Spring Series, the ten clubs of WSL2 were invited to apply for a place in the 2017\u201318 season. Two sides, champions Everton and runners-up Doncaster Rovers, applied. On 9 June 2017, subject to appeal, Everton were awarded the position.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 14], "section_span": [16, 21], "content_span": [22, 315]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275228-0004-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 FA WSL, WSL 1\nTen teams competed this season. Following the closure of Notts County Ladies in April 2017, the FA announced that one place in the league would be given to a team which competed in the Spring Series, based on an evaluation by the FA of applicant clubs' business plans, budget, youth development, facilities and on-pitch performance. The place was subsequently given to Everton.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 14], "section_span": [16, 21], "content_span": [22, 399]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275228-0005-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 FA WSL, WSL 1\nThere was no relegation based on results at the end of the season due to the league's restructure.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 14], "section_span": [16, 21], "content_span": [22, 120]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275228-0006-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 FA WSL, WSL 2\nThere was no promotion or relegation based on results at the end of the season due to the league's restructure.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 14], "section_span": [16, 21], "content_span": [22, 133]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275229-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 FA WSL Cup\nThe 2017\u201318 FA WSL Cup was the 7th edition of the FA WSL's league cup competition. It was sponsored by Continental AG, who have sponsored the competition since its creation, and is officially known as the FA WSL Continental Tyres Cup. All 20 teams of the two divisions of the WSL contest the competition - the largest field in the history of the cup.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [18, 18], "content_span": [19, 369]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275229-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 FA WSL Cup\nManchester City were the defending champions. Before the competition, only Manchester City and Arsenal had won the cup in the previous six seasons it was contested in.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [18, 18], "content_span": [19, 186]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275229-0002-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 FA WSL Cup, Format changes\nAfter a one-year experiment with a pure knockout formula, the WSL Cup returned to a format featuring a group stage. Four groups of five teams each, with an approximately even split between the two divisions, compete for two qualification spots for the knock-out round per group with each team playing every other team only once. Similarly to previous iterations of the cup, the groups have a geographical split, with two \"Northern\" groups and two \"Southern\". Another new implementation for the season was an automatic penalty shoot-out for all games tied after 90 minutes, with a bonus point awarded for the team who emerged victorious afterwards.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [20, 34], "content_span": [35, 682]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275229-0003-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 FA WSL Cup, Format changes\nAfter the group stage, the remaining eight teams will contest a non-seeded standard knock-out format as in the 2015 season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [20, 34], "content_span": [35, 158]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275230-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 FA Women's Cup\nThe 2017\u201318 Women's FA Cup was the 48th staging of the FA Women's Cup, a knockout cup competition for women's football teams in England. Manchester City were the defending champions, having beaten Birmingham City 4\u20131 in the previous final.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [22, 22], "content_span": [23, 262]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275230-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 FA Women's Cup, Teams\nA total of 276 teams had their entries to the tournament accepted by The Football Association. One hundred and eighty-five teams entered at the first or second round qualifying. Teams that play in the FA Women's Premier League Division One were given exemption to the Third Round Qualifying, while teams in the Northern and Southern Division entered at the Second Round Proper. Teams in the FA WSL were exempted to the Fourth Round Proper.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 29], "content_span": [30, 469]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275230-0002-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 FA Women's Cup, Teams\nThe First Round Qualifying saw five ties cancelled due to the withdrawal of one of the teams, with two additional ties awarded to the losing teams after the winning teams were disqualified. The Second Round Qualifying saw two ties cancelled as a result of withdrawals, while the Third Round Qualifying saw one withdrawal with one additional tie awarded to the losing team after disqualification. The First Round Proper saw one tie cancelled due to the withdrawal of Basingstoke Town after an initial postponement.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 29], "content_span": [30, 543]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275230-0003-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 FA Women's Cup, First round qualifying\nEighty seven matches were scheduled for the first qualifying round. Most matches were played on Sunday 3 September 2017, the only exception being Buckland Athletic v Exeter City, which took place on the following Sunday after the match was initially postponed due to a waterlogged pitch.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 46], "content_span": [47, 334]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275230-0004-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 FA Women's Cup, Second round qualifying\nForty nine matches were scheduled for the second qualifying round. The 98 teams taking part consisted of 11 teams exempted to this stage, plus the 87 match winners from the previous round. Most matches were played on Sunday 17 September 2017, the only exception being Woodley United v Alton, which was delayed for a week due to the late disqualification of Oxford City.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 47], "content_span": [48, 417]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275230-0005-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 FA Women's Cup, Third round qualifying\nForty eight matches were scheduled for the third qualifying round. The 96 teams taking part consisted of 47 teams from the FA Women's Premier League Division One exempted to this stage, plus the 49 match winners from the previous round. Most matches were played on Sunday 8 October 2017, except two which were postponed to the following week.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 46], "content_span": [47, 389]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275230-0006-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 FA Women's Cup, First round proper\nTwenty four matches were scheduled for the first round proper. Twenty three matches were played on Sunday 12 November 2017, with Plymouth Argyle v Basingstoke Town postponed to the following Sunday before being awarded to Plymouth following Basingstoke's withdrawal.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 42], "content_span": [43, 309]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275230-0007-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 FA Women's Cup, Second round proper\nTwenty four matches were scheduled for the second round proper. The 48 teams taking part consisted of 24 match winners from the previous round, plus the 24 teams from the FA Women's Premier League Northern and Southern Division exempted to this stage. Most matches were played on Sunday 3 December 2017, the only exception being Brighouse Town v Wolverhampton Wanderers which were postponed from the original scheduled date due to a waterlogged pitch, and then postponed again the following week due to safety concern following an Amber weather warning from the Met Office.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 43], "content_span": [44, 617]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275230-0008-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 FA Women's Cup, Third round proper\nTwelve matches were scheduled for the third round proper. Eleven matches were played on Sunday 7 January 2018, with Derby County v Brighouse Town postponed to the following week due to an unplayable pitch.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 42], "content_span": [43, 248]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275230-0009-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 FA Women's Cup, Fourth round proper\nSixteen matches were scheduled for the fourth round proper. The 32 teams taking part consists of 12 match winners from the previous round, plus the 20 teams from the FA WSL exempted to this stage. Fifteen matches were played on Sunday 4 February 2018, with Plymouth Argyle v Leicester City Women postponed to the following week due to an unplayable pitch.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 43], "content_span": [44, 399]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275230-0010-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 FA Women's Cup, Fifth round proper\nEight matches were scheduled for the fifth round proper. All eight matches were played on Sunday 18 February 2018.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 42], "content_span": [43, 157]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275230-0011-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 FA Women's Cup, Quarter-finals\nThe four matches of the quarter-finals were scheduled to be played on Sunday 18 March 2018 but only one was completed on this date, with the other three postponed till the following week.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 38], "content_span": [39, 226]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275231-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 FA Women's Premier League\nThe 2017\u201318 season of the FA Women's Premier League is the 26th season of the competition, which began in 1992. It sits at the third and fourth levels of the women's football pyramid, below the two divisions of the FA Women's Super League and above the eight regional football leagues.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [33, 33], "content_span": [34, 319]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275231-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 FA Women's Premier League\nThe league features six regional divisions: the Northern and Southern divisions at level three of the pyramid, and below those Northern Division 1, Midlands Division 1, South East Division 1, and South West Division 1. 71 teams were members of the league before the start of the 2017\u201318 season, divided equally into five divisions of twelve teams, and one division of eleven teams.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [33, 33], "content_span": [34, 415]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275231-0001-0001", "contents": "2017\u201318 FA Women's Premier League\nAt the end of the season Blackburn Rovers and Charlton Athletic, respectively the champions of the Northern and Southern divisions, qualified for a Championship Play Off match against each other which Charlton Athletic won 2-1 thus becoming the overall National League Champion, and winning them promotion to the re-branded FA Women's Championship. As part of the restructuring of the top 4 tiers of women football by The Football Association, West Ham United was awarded promotion to the FA WSL, with Leicester City Womens, Lewes, and Sheffield United awarded promotion to the FA Women's Championship.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [33, 33], "content_span": [34, 636]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275231-0002-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 FA Women's Premier League, Premier Division, Championship play-off\nThe overall FA WPL champion will be decided by a play-off match to be held at the end of the season. The winner will also earn promotion to the FA WSL 2 subject to meeting licensing requirements.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 74], "content_span": [75, 270]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275231-0003-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 FA Women's Premier League, Division One, South West Division One\nBasingstoke withdrew from the league in February 2018. All results involving Basingstoke were expunged.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 72], "content_span": [73, 176]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275232-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 FA Women's Premier League Cup\nThe 2017\u201318 FA Women's Premier League Cup is the 27th running of the competition, which began in 1991. It is the major League Cup competition run by the FA Women's Premier League, and for the fourth season it is being run alongside their secondary League Cup competition, the Premier League Plate.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [37, 37], "content_span": [38, 335]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275232-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 FA Women's Premier League Cup\nAll 71 Premier League clubs entered at the Determining round, with the winners continuing in the competition and the losers going into the Premier League Plate tournament.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [37, 37], "content_span": [38, 209]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275232-0002-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 FA Women's Premier League Cup\nTottenham Hotspur is the reigning champions, having defeated Charlton Athletic 4\u20133 on penalties the previous season, but will not be defending their title after their promotion to the FA WSL 2.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [37, 37], "content_span": [38, 231]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275232-0003-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 FA Women's Premier League Cup, Results\nAll results listed are published by The Football Association. Games are listed by round in chronological order, and then in alphabetical order of the home team where matches were played simultaneously.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 46], "content_span": [47, 248]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275232-0004-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 FA Women's Premier League Cup, Results\nThe division each team play in is indicated in brackets after their name: (S)=Southern Division; (N)=Northern Division; (SW1)=South West Division One; (SE1)=South East Division One; (M1)=Midlands Division One; (N1)=Northern Division One.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 46], "content_span": [47, 284]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275232-0005-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 FA Women's Premier League Cup, Results, Qualifying rounds, Determining round\nThe competition begins with a Determining Round, which consisted of 70 teams in the FA Women's Premier League being drawn in pairs, with Plymouth Argyle being given a bye. The winners of these 35 games and Plymouth Argyle progress to the next stage of the competition, while the losers qualify for the 2017\u201318 FA Women's Premier League Plate.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 84], "content_span": [85, 427]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275232-0006-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 FA Women's Premier League Cup, Results, Qualifying rounds, Preliminary round\nWith 36 teams progressing from the determining round, four needs to be eliminated to allow a single-elimination knockout tournament to take place. Twenty eight of the winners from the determining round were given byes to the first round, with eight teams being drawn against each other in preliminary round ties.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 84], "content_span": [85, 397]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275232-0007-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 FA Women's Premier League Cup, Results, Competition proper, Second round\nThe eight second round matches were originally scheduled to be played on Sunday 10 December 2017 before they were all postponed due to severe weather throughout the country.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 80], "content_span": [81, 254]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275233-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 FA Women's Premier League Plate\nThe 2017\u201318 FA Women's Premier League Plate is the fourth running of the competition, which began in 2014. It is the secondary League Cup competition run by the FA Women's Premier League (FA WPL), and is run in parallel with the league's primary League Cup competition, the Premier League Cup.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [39, 39], "content_span": [40, 333]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275233-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 FA Women's Premier League Plate\nThe teams that take part in the WPL plate are decided after the determining round of the WPL Cup. The winners of determining round matches continue in the WPL Cup, while the losers move into the WPL Plate.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [39, 39], "content_span": [40, 245]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275233-0002-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 FA Women's Premier League Plate\nAll 71 Premier League clubs were included in the determining round draw, with 36 teams progressing in the Cup and 35 continuing in the Plate.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [39, 39], "content_span": [40, 181]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275233-0003-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 FA Women's Premier League Plate\nReigning champions Lewes, who beat Huddersfield Town 4\u20130 in the 2016\u201317 final, won their determining Round match this season, meaning that they did not defend their title.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [39, 39], "content_span": [40, 211]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275233-0004-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 FA Women's Premier League Plate, Results\nAll results listed are published by The Football Association. Games are listed by round in chronological order, and then in alphabetical order of the home team where matches were played simultaneously.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 48], "content_span": [49, 250]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275233-0005-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 FA Women's Premier League Plate, Results\nThe division each team play in is indicated in brackets after their name: (S)=Southern Division; (N)=Northern Division; (SW1)=South West Division One; (SE1)=South East Division One; (M1)=Midlands Division One; (N1)=Northern Division One.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 48], "content_span": [49, 286]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275233-0006-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 FA Women's Premier League Plate, Results, Preliminary round\nDue to there being 35 teams in the competition, three preliminary round matches are played to eliminate three teams allowing a full single-elimination knockout tournament to take place.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 67], "content_span": [68, 253]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275233-0007-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 FA Women's Premier League Plate, Results, Second round\nThe eight second round matches were originally scheduled to be played on Sunday 10 December 2017 before all except one were postponed due to severe weather throughout the country.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 62], "content_span": [63, 242]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275234-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 FA Youth Cup\nThe 2017\u201318 FA Youth Cup was the 66th edition of the FA Youth Cup. The defending champions were Chelsea and they retained the trophy for the fifth year in a row after a 7\u20131 aggregate victory over Arsenal in the final.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [20, 20], "content_span": [21, 238]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275234-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 FA Youth Cup, Qualifying Rounds, Preliminary Round\n272 team took part in the Preliminary Round. The lowest level teams competing were from level 11 of the English football league system. The draws were regionalized on a North/South basis.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 58], "content_span": [59, 246]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275234-0002-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 FA Youth Cup, Qualifying Rounds, First Round Qualifying\n260 teams took part in the First Qualifying Round, with 136 teams having progressed from the previous round. The lowest level teams competing were from level 11 of the English football league system. The draws were regionalized on a North/South basis.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 63], "content_span": [64, 315]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275234-0003-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 FA Youth Cup, Qualifying Rounds, Second Round Qualifying\n152 teams took part in the Second Qualifying Round, with 65 teams having progressed from the previous round.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 64], "content_span": [65, 173]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275234-0004-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 FA Youth Cup, Qualifying Rounds, Third Round Qualifying\n76 teams took part in the Third Qualifying Round, with 38 teams having progressed from the previous round.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 63], "content_span": [64, 170]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275234-0005-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 FA Youth Cup, First Round\n84 teams took part in the First Round, with 19 teams having progressed from the previous round.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 33], "content_span": [34, 129]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275234-0006-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 FA Youth Cup, First Round\n\u2020 Despite winning the match, Shrewsbury Town were subsequently disqualified after it was found that they had fielded an ineligible player. Evesham United were therefore permitted to advance to the next round instead.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 33], "content_span": [34, 250]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275235-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 FAW Women's Cup\nThe 2017\u201318 FAW Women's Cup is the 26th edition of the FAW Women's Cup, the premier knock-out cup competition for women's association football teams in Wales.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [23, 23], "content_span": [24, 182]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275235-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 FAW Women's Cup, Format\nThe tournament is a single-elimination knock-out tournament, with eight teams entering in the qualifying round and the remaining 28 receiving a bye to the first round proper.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 31], "content_span": [32, 206]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275235-0002-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 FAW Women's Cup, Results, Qualifying round\nThe draw for the qualifying round took place at the FAW's headquarters in Cardiff on 12 July. All four matches were originally scheduled to take place on Sunday 17 September 2017.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 50], "content_span": [51, 230]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275235-0003-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 FAW Women's Cup, Results, First round\nThe first round draw was held on 18 September, again at the FAW's headquarters in Cardiff. The ties were all played on Sunday 8 October 2017, except the Caerphilly Castle v Newcastle Emlyn and Abergavenny v Penybont games, which were both cancelled and the wins awarded to the home teams.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 45], "content_span": [46, 334]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275235-0004-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 FAW Women's Cup, Results, Quarter-finals\nThe draw was made on 13 November live on the FAW Facebook page.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 48], "content_span": [49, 112]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275235-0005-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 FAW Women's Cup, Results, Semi-finals\nThe draw was made on 5 February, with matches originally scheduled to be played on 4 March at neutral venues. Cardiff City and Abergavenny both were reinstated into the competition, having originally been eliminated by Cardiff Met in the second round and quarter-final respectively, after it had emerged that The Archers had fielded two under-aged players in the game against Cardiff City. City then beat Abergavenny in a replayed quarter final to take a place in the semi-finals.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 45], "content_span": [46, 526]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275236-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 FC Akhmat Grozny season\nThe 2017\u201318 FC Akhmat Grozny season was the 9th successive season the club played in the Russian Premier League, the highest tier of association football in Russia, and their first as Akhmat Grozny. On 7 June 2017, the club announced the name change from Terek Grozny to Akhmat Grozny, in celebration of Akhmad Kadyrov.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [31, 31], "content_span": [32, 351]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275236-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 FC Akhmat Grozny season\nThat season, Akhmat Grozny also took part in the Russian Cup, losing 3-0 to FC Yenisey Krasnoyarsk in the third round.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [31, 31], "content_span": [32, 150]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275236-0002-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 FC Akhmat Grozny season, Season events\nAt the end of the 2016\u201317 season, Oleg Kononov was appointed the new manager of Akhmat Grozny. On 30 October 2017, Kononov resigned as manager, with Mikhail Galaktionov taking over in a caretaker capacity the same day, before being appointed the club's permanent manager on 14 December 2017. Galaktionov himself resigned as manager on 7 April 2018, with Igor Lediakhov being appointed as the club's caretaker manager.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 46], "content_span": [47, 464]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275236-0003-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 FC Akhmat Grozny season, Squad, Out on loan\nNote: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 51], "content_span": [52, 180]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275236-0004-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 FC Akhmat Grozny season, Squad, Youth squad\nNote: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 51], "content_span": [52, 180]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275237-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 FC Alashkert season\nThe 2017\u201318 season was Alashkert's sixth season in the Armenian Premier League and eleventh overall. Alashkert were defending Premier League champions, having won the title the previous season. Domestically, Alashkert finished the season as Champions for the third season in a row, six-points ahead of second placed Banants, whilst they were beaten in the final of the Armenian Cup by Gandzasar Kapan on penalties. In Europe, Alashkert reached the Second qualifying round of the Champions League for the second season in a row, where they were knocked out by BATE Borisov.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [27, 27], "content_span": [28, 600]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275237-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 FC Alashkert season, Season events\nIn December 2017, Alashkert entered into partnerships with Brazilian clubs Botafogo and Fluminense.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 42], "content_span": [43, 142]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275237-0002-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 FC Alashkert season, Season events\nOn 13 December 2017, Karen Muradyan, Zaven Badoyan, Darko Tofiloski, Norair Aslanyan and Lester Peltier all left the club after their contracts were cancelled by mutual consent.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 42], "content_span": [43, 220]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275237-0003-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 FC Alashkert season, Season events\nOn 8 February 2018, Alashkert announced the signing of Brazilian midfielder Oda\u00edlson to a long-term contract from Ferrovi\u00e1ria. A day later, 9 February, Aleksandr Shcherbakov and Sergey Serchenkov both joined Alashkert on loan from Ural Yekaterinburg for the remainder of the season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 42], "content_span": [43, 325]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275237-0004-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 FC Alashkert season, Season events\nFebruary 14th saw Brazilian Alan Pires, join Alashkert on an 18-month contract with the club after leaving A.F.C. Tubize, with former Montenegro youth team international goalkeeper Andrija Dragojevi\u0107 joining on 20 February from OFK Grbalj.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 42], "content_span": [43, 282]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275237-0005-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 FC Alashkert season, Season events\nAt the start of March 2018, Dragojevi\u0107, Pires and Oda\u00edlson, all joined Ararat Yerevan on loan for the remainder of the season, whilst Miljan Jablan left the club by mutual consent.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 42], "content_span": [43, 223]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275237-0006-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 FC Alashkert season, Season events\nAt the beginning of April 2018, Abraham Khashmanyan resigned as manager with Varuzhan Sukiasyan being appointed as his replacement.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 42], "content_span": [43, 174]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275237-0007-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 FC Alashkert season, Season events\nOn 16 May, Alashkert played against Gandzasar Kapan in their first Armenian Cup final. After the game ended 0-0 in regular time, goals from Mihran Manasyan and Lubambo Musonda saw the game end 1-1 after extra time, going to penalties which Gandzasar Kapan won 4-3.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 42], "content_span": [43, 307]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275237-0008-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 FC Alashkert season, Squad\nNote: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 34], "content_span": [35, 163]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275237-0009-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 FC Alashkert season, Squad, Out on loan\nNote: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 47], "content_span": [48, 176]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275238-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 FC Amkar Perm season\nThe 2017\u201318 Amkar Perm season was their 14th season in the Russian Premier League, the highest tier of association football in Russia, following promotion during the 2003 season. They will participate in the Russian Premier League and Russian Cup.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [28, 28], "content_span": [29, 276]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275238-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 FC Amkar Perm season, Squad\nNote: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 35], "content_span": [36, 164]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275238-0002-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 FC Amkar Perm season, Squad, Youth squad\nNote: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 48], "content_span": [49, 177]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275238-0003-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 FC Amkar Perm season, Squad, Out on loan\nNote: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 48], "content_span": [49, 177]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275238-0004-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 FC Amkar Perm season, Transfers, Summer\nIn:Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 47], "content_span": [48, 179]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275238-0005-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 FC Amkar Perm season, Transfers, Summer\nOut:Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 47], "content_span": [48, 180]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275238-0006-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 FC Amkar Perm season, Transfers, Winter\nIn:Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 47], "content_span": [48, 179]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275238-0007-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 FC Amkar Perm season, Transfers, Winter\nOut:Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 47], "content_span": [48, 180]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275239-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 FC Anzhi Makhachkala season\nThe 2017\u201318 FC Anzhi Makhachkala season is the club's third season back in the Russian Premier League, the highest tier of football in Russia, since their relegation at the end of the 2013\u201314 season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [35, 35], "content_span": [36, 236]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275239-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 FC Anzhi Makhachkala season, Season events\nOn 13 August 2017, Aleksandr Grigoryan resigned from his role as manager, with Vadim Skripchenko being appointed as Anzhi's new manager the following day.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 50], "content_span": [51, 205]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275239-0002-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 FC Anzhi Makhachkala season, Squad\nNote: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 42], "content_span": [43, 171]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275239-0003-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 FC Anzhi Makhachkala season, Squad, Out on loan\nNote: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 55], "content_span": [56, 184]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275239-0004-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 FC Anzhi Makhachkala season, Squad, Anzhi-2 Makhachkala\nNote: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 63], "content_span": [64, 192]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275239-0005-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 FC Anzhi Makhachkala season, Transfers, Summer\nIn:Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 54], "content_span": [55, 186]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275239-0006-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 FC Anzhi Makhachkala season, Transfers, Summer\nOut:Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 54], "content_span": [55, 187]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275239-0007-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 FC Anzhi Makhachkala season, Transfers, Winter\nIn:Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 54], "content_span": [55, 186]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275239-0008-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 FC Anzhi Makhachkala season, Transfers, Winter\nOut:Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 54], "content_span": [55, 187]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275240-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 FC Ararat Moscow season\nThe 2017\u201318 season is FC Ararat Moscow's first season of existing, during which they will play in the Russian Professional Football League and Russian Cup.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [31, 31], "content_span": [32, 187]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275240-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 FC Ararat Moscow season, Season events\nOn 30 July, Sergei Bulatov resigned from his position as manager, with Arkadi Imrekov taking over as caretaker manager. On 16 August 2017, Aleksandr Grigoryan was announced as Ararat's new permanent manager. On 26 October, Grigoryan resigned as the manager with Poghos Galstyan taking over as caretaker manager. On 17 November 2017, Samvel Karapetyan was appointed the president of the club and Igor Zvezdin as the head coach. On 12 April 2018, Zvezdin left the club and was replaced by Maksim Bukatkin.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 46], "content_span": [47, 550]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275240-0002-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 FC Ararat Moscow season, Transfers, Summer\nIn:Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 50], "content_span": [51, 182]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275240-0003-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 FC Ararat Moscow season, Transfers, Summer\nOut:Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 50], "content_span": [51, 183]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275240-0004-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 FC Ararat Moscow season, Transfers, Winter\nIn:Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 50], "content_span": [51, 182]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275240-0005-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 FC Ararat Moscow season, Transfers, Winter\nOut:Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 50], "content_span": [51, 183]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275241-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 FC Ararat Yerevan season\nThe 2017\u201318 season was FC Ararat Yerevan's 27th consecutive season in Armenian Premier League. They finished the season in sixth and last place, in the Armenian Premier League whilst being knocked out of the Armenian Cup by Shirak at the Quarterfinal stage.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [32, 32], "content_span": [33, 290]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275241-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 FC Ararat Yerevan season, Season events\nAt the start of July 2017, Ararat Yerevan took Brazilian defender Lucas Straub on trial. In the middle of July, Ararat announced the signing of Lucas Straub and fellow Brazilian Silas.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 47], "content_span": [48, 232]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275241-0002-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 FC Ararat Yerevan season, Season events\nOn 7 December 2017, Lucas Straub and Silas left Ararat after their contracts where terminated by mutual consent, whilst Erik Nazaryan and Revik Yeghiazaryan also left after their contracts expired.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 47], "content_span": [48, 245]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275241-0003-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 FC Ararat Yerevan season, Season events\nOn 13 February, Goran Obradovi\u0107 returned to Ararat Yerevan, having previously played for the club in 2009.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 47], "content_span": [48, 154]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275241-0004-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 FC Ararat Yerevan season, Season events\nOn 14 February 2018, Ararat signed Australian midfielder Anthony Trajkoski, whilst on 23 February, Armenian Youth International Orbeli Hamvardzumyan joined Ararat from Banants.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 47], "content_span": [48, 224]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275241-0005-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 FC Ararat Yerevan season, Season events\nIn March 2018, Ararat signed Andrija Dragojevi\u0107, Alan Pires and Oda\u00edlson on loan from Alashkert until the end of the season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 47], "content_span": [48, 172]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275241-0006-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 FC Ararat Yerevan season, Season events\nAt the end of the season, Davit Minasyan and Gevorg Ohanyan left Ararat by mutual consent, whilst Goran Obradovi\u0107 left after his contract expired and Andrija Dragojevi\u0107, Alan Pires and Oda\u00edlson returned to Alashkert.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 47], "content_span": [48, 264]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275242-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 FC Ararat-Moskva season\nThe 2017\u201318 season was Ararat-Moskva's 1st season in existence, in which they finished Third in the First League, gaining promotion to the Armenian Premier League, whilst they were knocked out of the Armenian Cup by Gandzasar Kapan in the Quarter-finals.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [31, 31], "content_span": [32, 286]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275242-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 FC Ararat-Moskva season, Season events\nThe club began the season under the name of Avan Academy, and featured predominately players from the Yerevan Football Academy and graduates from Pyunik, and managed by Artak Oseyan. At the beginning of 2018, the club was taken over by the Russian-Armenian businessman Samvel Karapetyan who renamed the football club as Ararat-Moskva. The club was reorganized as soon as FC Ararat Moscow in Russia was denied certificate for the next season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 46], "content_span": [47, 488]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275243-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 FC Arsenal Tula season\nThe 2017\u201318 FC Arsenal Tula season was the club's second season back in the Russian Premier League, the highest tier of association football in Russia, since relegation at the end of the 2014\u201315 season, and their third in total. They finished the season in seventh position and were knocked out of the Russian Cup by FC Tambov at the Round of 32 stage.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [30, 30], "content_span": [31, 383]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275243-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 FC Arsenal Tula season, Squad\nNote: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 37], "content_span": [38, 166]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275243-0002-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 FC Arsenal Tula season, Squad, Out on loan\nNote: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 50], "content_span": [51, 179]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275243-0003-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 FC Arsenal Tula season, Transfers, Summer\nIn:Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 49], "content_span": [50, 181]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275243-0004-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 FC Arsenal Tula season, Transfers, Summer\nOut:Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 49], "content_span": [50, 182]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275243-0005-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 FC Arsenal Tula season, Transfers, Winter\nIn:Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 49], "content_span": [50, 181]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275243-0006-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 FC Arsenal Tula season, Transfers, Winter\nOut:Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 49], "content_span": [50, 182]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275244-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 FC Augsburg season\nThe 2017\u201318 FC Augsburg season was the 111th season in the football club's history and 7th consecutive and overall season in the top flight of German football, the Bundesliga, having been promoted from the 2. Bundesliga in 2011. In addition to the domestic league, FC Augsburg also participated in this season's edition of the domestic cup, the DFB-Pokal. This was the 9th season for Augsburg in the WWK Arena, located in Augsburg, Bavaria, Germany. The season covered a period from 1 July 2017 to 30 June 2018.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [26, 26], "content_span": [27, 538]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275244-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 FC Augsburg season, Players, Squad information\nNote: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 54], "content_span": [55, 183]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275245-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 FC Banants season\nThe 2017\u201318 season is FC Banants's seventeenth consecutive season in the Armenian Premier League. The club finished the previous season in 2nd, qualifying for the 2017\u201318 UEFA Europa League first qualifying round, whilst they will also compete in the Armenian Cup.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [25, 25], "content_span": [26, 290]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275246-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 FC Barcelona B season\nThe 2017\u201318 season was FC Barcelona B's 48th season in existence, the 23rd in Segunda Divisi\u00f3n and first season, since promotion from Segunda Divisi\u00f3n B, in the second flight of Spanish football.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [29, 29], "content_span": [30, 225]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275246-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 FC Barcelona B season, Statistics, Squad statistics\nPlayers Used: Barcelona B has used a total of 20 different players in all competitions.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 59], "content_span": [60, 147]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275246-0002-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 FC Barcelona B season, Statistics, Disciplinary record\nIncludes all competitive matches. Players listed below made at least one appearance for Barcelona B first squad during the season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 62], "content_span": [63, 193]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275246-0003-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 FC Barcelona B season, Statistics, Disciplinary record\nLast updated: 2 October 2017Source: Only competitive matches = Number of bookings; = Number of sending offs after a second yellow card; = Number of sending offs by a direct red card.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 62], "content_span": [63, 247]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275246-0004-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 FC Barcelona B season, Statistics, Injury record\n- Player is injured - Player has recovered from injuryLast updated: 15 August 2017Source:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 56], "content_span": [57, 147]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275247-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 FC Barcelona Femen\u00ed season\nThe 2017\u201318 season is FC Barcelona Femen\u00ed's 17th season as FC Barcelona's official women's football section and its 10th consecutive season in Primera Divisi\u00f3n.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [34, 34], "content_span": [35, 195]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275248-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 FC Barcelona season\nThe 2017\u201318 season was Futbol Club Barcelona's 118th in existence and the club's 87th consecutive season in the top flight of Spanish football. This was also the first year under head coach Ernesto Valverde.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [27, 27], "content_span": [28, 235]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275248-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 FC Barcelona season\nThe season was the first since 2012-13 season without Neymar, who departed to join PSG in the summer of 2017.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [27, 27], "content_span": [28, 137]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275248-0002-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 FC Barcelona season, Season overview, May\nOn 29 May, the club announced Ernesto Valverde would be the new Barcelona coach following the departure of Luis Enrique at the end of the previous season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 49], "content_span": [50, 204]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275248-0003-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 FC Barcelona season, Season overview, May\nOn 29 May, Barcelona and goalkeeper Marc-Andr\u00e9 ter Stegen negotiated a five-year contract extension lasting until 30 June 2022.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 49], "content_span": [50, 177]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275248-0004-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 FC Barcelona season, Season overview, June\nOn 14 June, Fluminense centre-back Marlon Santos signed a three-year contract.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 50], "content_span": [51, 129]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275248-0005-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 FC Barcelona season, Season overview, June\nOn 30 June, goalkeeper Jordi Masip's contract expired; he was not resigned and was therefore released.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 50], "content_span": [51, 153]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275248-0006-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 FC Barcelona season, Season overview, June\nOn 30 June, the club activated a buyback clause for Everton's Gerard Deulofeu.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 50], "content_span": [51, 129]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275248-0007-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 FC Barcelona season, Season overview, June\nOn 30 June, the club announced they have reached an agreement with Real Betis for the transfer of Cristian Tello for \u20ac4\u00a0million.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 50], "content_span": [51, 179]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275248-0008-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 FC Barcelona season, Season overview, July\nOn 7 July, Barcelona and J\u00e9r\u00e9my Mathieu agreed to mutually terminate the defender's contract. Mathieu subsequently joined Portuguese club Sporting CP on a free transfer.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 50], "content_span": [51, 220]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275248-0009-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 FC Barcelona season, Season overview, July\nOn 13 July, Barcelona and Benfica reached an agreement for the transfer of right-back N\u00e9lson Semedo for \u20ac30\u00a0million.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 50], "content_span": [51, 167]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275248-0010-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 FC Barcelona season, Season overview, July\nOn 21 July, Barcelona defeated Juventus 2\u20131 in a pre-season friendly. Neymar notched two impeccable first-half goals as the Catalans rolled past the Italian champions before 82,104 fans at a sold-out MetLife Stadium in the 2017 International Champions Cup. Giorgio Chiellini pulled one back for Juventus in the 63rd minute, not enough to keep the Ernesto Valverde era from beginning with a convincing win.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 50], "content_span": [51, 456]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275248-0011-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 FC Barcelona season, Season overview, July\nOn 26 July, Barcelona won 1\u20130 against Manchester United in a pre-season friendly. Neymar scored in the 31st minute.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 50], "content_span": [51, 166]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275248-0012-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 FC Barcelona season, Season overview, July\nOn 29 July, Barcelona defeated Real Madrid 3\u20132 in their final match of the U.S. tour, winning the United States edition of the 2017 International Champions Cup. Messi, Ivan Rakiti\u0107 and Gerard Piqu\u00e9 each scored one goal.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 50], "content_span": [51, 270]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275248-0013-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 FC Barcelona season, Season overview, August\nOn 3 August, Barcelona confirmed the unilateral termination of Neymar's contract as Neymar's legal representatives paid his \u20ac222\u00a0million buyout clause. In turn, Barcelona announced a turnover of operation details to UEFA so as to allow UEFA to determine any disciplinary responsibilities that may arise. Neymar subsequently joined Paris Saint-Germain on a five-year contract.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 52], "content_span": [53, 428]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275248-0014-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 FC Barcelona season, Season overview, August\nOn 4 August, Barcelona drew 1\u20131 with Gimn\u00e0stic in a pre-season friendly game in Tarragona. Manu Barreiro put the hosts ahead in the 11th minute only for Paco Alc\u00e1cer to score the equalizer for the Blaugrana from a free-kick in the 79th minute.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 52], "content_span": [53, 296]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275248-0015-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 FC Barcelona season, Season overview, August\nOn 7 August, Barcelona defeated Chapecoense 5\u20130 in the 52nd edition of the Joan Gamper Trophy. Gerard Deulofeu, Sergio Busquets, Messi, Luis Su\u00e1rez and Denis Su\u00e1rez were the scorers for Bar\u00e7a; Messi and Deulofeu also assisted two goals each. Busquets was named the Man of the Match.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 52], "content_span": [53, 335]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275248-0016-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 FC Barcelona season, Season overview, August\nOn 13 August, Barcelona lost 1\u20133 to Real Madrid in the first leg of the 2017 Supercopa de Espa\u00f1a. The first half of the match ended goalless. Five minutes into the second half, Marcelo fired a cross that deflected off Piqu\u00e9's foot, resulting in an own goal. In the 77th minute, Luis Su\u00e1rez was brought down in the box by goalkeeper Keylor Navas, resulting in a penalty which was converted by Lionel Messi. Messi's hit marked his 25th goal in the fixture.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 52], "content_span": [53, 507]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275248-0016-0001", "contents": "2017\u201318 FC Barcelona season, Season overview, August\nIn the 80th minute, Real Madrid scored their second through a counterattack when Isco assisted Cristiano Ronaldo, who shot into the top right corner from the edge of the box. Ronaldo was booked for removing his shirt as part of his celebrations. Two minutes later, he was booked again for a dive in the penalty box, which resulted in a red card and a subsequent suspension for the second leg. Real's last goal was scored in the 90th minute in similar fashion to the second, when Marco Asensio shot into the top left corner following an assist from Lucas V\u00e1zquez.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 52], "content_span": [53, 615]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275248-0017-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 FC Barcelona season, Season overview, August\nOn 14 August, Barcelona announced they had reached an agreement with Guangzhou Evergrande Taobao for the transfer of Paulinho for \u20ac40\u00a0million. His release clause was set at \u20ac120\u00a0million.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 52], "content_span": [53, 239]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275248-0018-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 FC Barcelona season, Season overview, August\nOn 16 August, Barcelona lost 2\u20130 (agg. 1\u20135) to Real Madrid in the second leg of the 2017 Supercopa de Espa\u00f1a. The first goal of the match came quite early through a Real throw-in the fourth minute which resulted into getting the ball to Marco Asensio, who scored from long range. Nine minutes after the half-hour mark, Marcelo crossed in for Karim Benzema to control, who finished it with a half-volley into the net which was enough for the win for Real.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 52], "content_span": [53, 507]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275248-0019-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 FC Barcelona season, Season overview, August\nOn 20 August, Barcelona defeated Real Betis 2\u20130 in their first Liga match of the season, following an own goal from Alin To\u0219ca and a second within three minutes by Sergi Roberto.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 52], "content_span": [53, 231]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275248-0020-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 FC Barcelona season, Season overview, August\nOn 24 August, Barcelona confirmed the transfer of Sergi Samper to Las Palmas on a season-long loan.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 52], "content_span": [53, 152]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275248-0021-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 FC Barcelona season, Season overview, August\nOn 25 August, Barcelona announced they had reached an agreement with Borussia Dortmund for the transfer of Ousmane Demb\u00e9l\u00e9 for \u20ac105\u00a0million plus add-ons. The player signed a five-year contract and his buyout clause was set at \u20ac400\u00a0million.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 52], "content_span": [53, 292]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275248-0022-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 FC Barcelona season, Season overview, August\nOn 26 August, Barcelona defeated Alav\u00e9s 0\u20132 at Mendizorrotza. Messi scored both goals, although having a penalty saved by Pacheco. Paulinho made his debut for Barcelona.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 52], "content_span": [53, 222]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275248-0023-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 FC Barcelona season, Season overview, August\nOn 29 August, Nice and Barcelona reached an agreement for the loan of Marlon for two years, with a buy-back option for Barcelona after the first year.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 52], "content_span": [53, 203]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275248-0024-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 FC Barcelona season, Season overview, August\nOn 31 August, Barcelona and Benfica reached an agreement for the loan of Douglas until the end of the 2017\u201318 campaign.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 52], "content_span": [53, 172]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275248-0025-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 FC Barcelona season, Season overview, September\nOn 1 September, Barcelona and Alav\u00e9s reached an agreement for the loan of Munir until the end of the 2017\u201318 campaign.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 55], "content_span": [56, 174]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275248-0026-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 FC Barcelona season, Season overview, September\nOn 5 September, midfielder Carles Ale\u00f1\u00e1 signed a new contract, keeping him at the club for a further three years with an optional extra two years.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 55], "content_span": [56, 202]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275248-0027-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 FC Barcelona season, Season overview, September\nOn 9 September, Barcelona defeated Espanyol 5\u20130 in the Derbi barcelon\u00ed. Messi scored a hat-trick while Piqu\u00e9 and Su\u00e1rez topped off the scoring. Ousmane Demb\u00e9l\u00e9 made his debut, coming on as a substitute for Gerard Deulofeu in the 68th minute; he set Su\u00e1rez up for the final goal.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 55], "content_span": [56, 334]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275248-0028-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 FC Barcelona season, Season overview, September\nOn 12 September, Barcelona beat Juventus 3\u20130 in their first game of the 2017\u201318 UEFA Champions League, following a brace by Messi and another goal by Rakiti\u0107.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 55], "content_span": [56, 214]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275248-0029-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 FC Barcelona season, Season overview, September\nOn 16 September, Barcelona defeated Getafe 1\u20132 in a hard-fought game at the Coliseum Alfonso P\u00e9rez. Shibasaki scored a stunning goal for Getafe in the first half while both of Barcelona's goals came in the second half from substitutes Denis Su\u00e1rez and Paulinho, the latter of whom scored his maiden Barcelona goal.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 55], "content_span": [56, 370]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275248-0030-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 FC Barcelona season, Season overview, September\nOn 19 September, Barcelona defeated Eibar 6\u20131, with Messi scoring four and Paulinho and Denis Su\u00e1rez getting the other goals. Eibar's only goal was scored by Sergi Enrich.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 55], "content_span": [56, 227]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275248-0031-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 FC Barcelona season, Season overview, September\nOn 23 September, Barcelona defeated Girona 0\u20133 in their first ever Catalan derby. Girona captain Aday and goalkeeper Iraizoz inadvertently steered the ball into their own net to give Barcelona a two-goal lead, before Luis Su\u00e1rez topped off the scoring.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 55], "content_span": [56, 308]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275248-0032-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 FC Barcelona season, Season overview, September\nOn 27 September, Barcelona defeated Sporting Lisbon 0\u20131 on the 2nd matchday of the Champions League, at the Est\u00e1dio Jos\u00e9 Alvalade. Bar\u00e7a were dependent on a lone own goal by Sebasti\u00e1n Coates.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 55], "content_span": [56, 247]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275248-0033-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 FC Barcelona season, Season overview, October\nOn 1 October, Barcelona defeated Las Palmas 3\u20130 in a game played behind closed doors at the Camp Nou, due to violence in Catalonia relating to an ongoing independence referendum. Sergio Busquets scored through a header, while Messi topped off the scoring with a brace. Prior to the game, two directors, Jordi Mon\u00e9s and Carles Vilarrub\u00ed, handed in their resignations in protest to the game being played.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 53], "content_span": [54, 456]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275248-0034-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 FC Barcelona season, Season overview, October\nOn 3 October, Barcelona joined the country-wide strike called by \u2018Taula per la Democr\u00e0cia\u2019 (Table for Democracy) and therefore the club offices remained closed. None of the professional teams nor the youth teams at FC Barcelona trained. The Tour Camp Nou Experience and the Museum as well as the OAB were also closed.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 53], "content_span": [54, 371]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275248-0035-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 FC Barcelona season, Season overview, October\nOn 6 October, midfielder Andr\u00e9s Iniesta signed a lifetime contract with Barcelona, keeping him with the club for the remainder of his career.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 53], "content_span": [54, 195]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275248-0036-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 FC Barcelona season, Season overview, October\nOn 14 October, Barcelona were held by Atl\u00e9tico Madrid to a 1\u20131 draw at the Wanda Metropolitano, which effectively ended their winning streak. Sa\u00fal scored early into the game to give Atl\u00e9tico the lead, but Luis Su\u00e1rez saved Bar\u00e7a's day with a last-gasp header.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 53], "content_span": [54, 313]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275248-0037-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 FC Barcelona season, Season overview, October\nOn 18 October, Barcelona won against Olympiacos 3\u20131 at home. The Catalans maintained a perfect start thanks to an early own-goal, Messi's 100th European goal, and one from Digne, although the visitors did pull one back at the last minute. Barcelona had a goal ruled for offside and one deemed to have touched Piqu\u00e9's hand and entered the net, resulting in his second yellow of the night, and his suspension for the return game.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 53], "content_span": [54, 481]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275248-0038-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 FC Barcelona season, Season overview, October\nOn 21 October, table-toppers Barcelona defeated winless M\u00e1laga 2\u20130 at home. Deulofeu controversially grabbed an early goal, while Iniesta added a second later in the final half.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 53], "content_span": [54, 231]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275248-0039-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 FC Barcelona season, Season overview, October\nOn 24 October, Barcelona defeated Real Murcia 3\u20130 in their Copa del Rey opener. Paco Alc\u00e1cer scored a header just before the break, while Deulofeu scored in the second half and Bar\u00e7a B youngster Jos\u00e9 Arnaiz quickly added the third on his debut with the first team.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 53], "content_span": [54, 318]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275248-0040-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 FC Barcelona season, Season overview, October\nOn 28 October, Barcelona won against Athletic Bilbao 0\u20132 away at the Nuevo San Mam\u00e9s. Goals from Messi and Paulinho split the teams in Bilbao to ensure the Catalans stay four points clear at the top of the Liga table.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 53], "content_span": [54, 271]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275248-0041-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 FC Barcelona season, Season overview, October\nOn 31 October, Barcelona were held by Olympiacos to a goal-less draw at the Karaiskakis Stadium in Piraeus.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 53], "content_span": [54, 161]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275248-0042-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 FC Barcelona season, Season overview, November\nOn 4 November, Barcelona defeated Sevilla at a rainy night at the Camp Nou. Paco Alc\u00e1cer opened the scoring with a goal early in the game, while Pizarro headed in the equaliser in the second half, Alc\u00e1cer netted his second and also the match deciding goal few minutes later.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 54], "content_span": [55, 329]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275248-0043-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 FC Barcelona season, Season overview, November\nOn 18 November, Barcelona won against Legan\u00e9s 0\u20133 at the Estadio Municipal de Butarque. Su\u00e1rez ended his 5-game goalless streak with two strikes from rebounds, while Paulinho added the final touch. Piqu\u00e9 received his 5th yellow card of the season, meaning he misses Bar\u00e7a's next match.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 54], "content_span": [55, 340]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275248-0044-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 FC Barcelona season, Season overview, November\nOn 22 November, Barcelona were held to a 0\u20130 draw against Juventus at the Allianz Stadium, thereby qualifying for the Round of 16 of the Champions League.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 54], "content_span": [55, 209]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275248-0045-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 FC Barcelona season, Season overview, November\nOn 25 November, Messi signed a new deal with Barcelona, keeping him with the club till the end of the 2020/21 season. His buyout clause was set at \u20ac700 million.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 54], "content_span": [55, 215]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275248-0046-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 FC Barcelona season, Season overview, November\nOn 26 November, Barcelona tied with Valencia at the Mestalla Stadium. A Messi shot was dropped into the goal by Neto, but was disallowed by the referee. In the second half, Rodrigo put Valencia in the lead, but Jordi Alba scored through a Messi assist in the dying minutes.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 54], "content_span": [55, 328]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275248-0047-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 FC Barcelona season, Season overview, November\nOn 29 November, Barcelona thrashed Real Murcia 5\u20130 (agg. 8\u20130) at the Camp Nou. Paco Alc\u00e1cer, Piqu\u00e9, Aleix Vidal, Denis Su\u00e1rez and Jos\u00e9 Arnaiz, were the scorers.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 54], "content_span": [55, 215]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275248-0048-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 FC Barcelona season, Season overview, December\nOn 2 December, Barcelona were held to a 2\u20132 draw by Celta Vigo at the Camp Nou. Iago Aspas scored at the 20-minute mark, but Messi equalized within a few minutes. Luis Su\u00e1rez put Bar\u00e7a in the lead in the second half, but again, the score was equalized by Maxi G\u00f3mez.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 54], "content_span": [55, 321]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275248-0049-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 FC Barcelona season, Season overview, December\nOn 5 December, Barcelona defeated Sporting Lisbon 2\u20130, with a goal from a Paco Alc\u00e1cer header, and an own goal from ex-Bar\u00e7a player J\u00e9r\u00e9my Mathieu.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 54], "content_span": [55, 202]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275248-0050-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 FC Barcelona season, Season overview, December\nOn 10 December, Barcelona won against Villarreal 0\u20132 at Estadio de la Cer\u00e1mica. Both goals came late into the game, with one each scored by Messi and Su\u00e1rez. Villarreal's Raba got a direct red for a challenge on Sergio. Messi's goal equalled the record in Europe's major leagues of the Bayern Munich striker Gerd M\u00fcller with 525 goals with one club.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 54], "content_span": [55, 404]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275248-0051-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 FC Barcelona season, Season overview, December\nOn 17 December, Barcelona won against La Coru\u00f1a 4-0, Su\u00e1rez and Paulinho scored two goals each on a fabulous night for both.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 54], "content_span": [55, 179]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275248-0052-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 FC Barcelona season, Season overview, December\nOn 23 December, Barcelona defeated Real Madrid 0\u20133 at the Bernab\u00e9u. Su\u00e1rez, Messi and Aleix Vidal each scored a goal that saw the Blaugrana head into the Christmas break 14 points clear of the defending champions.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 54], "content_span": [55, 268]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275248-0053-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 FC Barcelona season, Season overview, January\nOn 4 January, Barcelona were held to a 1\u20131 draw by Celta Vigo. A gripping cup first leg ended at Bala\u00eddos all square on the night that Ousmane Demb\u00e9l\u00e9 made his long-awaited return from injury.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 53], "content_span": [54, 246]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275248-0054-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 FC Barcelona season, Season overview, January\nOn 6 January, Barcelona announced that they had reached an agreement with Liverpool for the transfer of Philippe Coutinho. The player signed a contract for the remainder of the season and five more, and has a buyout clause of \u20ac400 million.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 53], "content_span": [54, 293]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275248-0055-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 FC Barcelona season, Season overview, January\nOn 7 January, Barcelona won against Levante 3\u20130, Ernesto Valverde's men kicked off the New Year in La Liga with an impressive team performance and goals from Messi, Su\u00e1rez and Paulinho.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 53], "content_span": [54, 239]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275248-0056-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 FC Barcelona season, Season overview, January\nOn 11 January, Barcelona and Sociedade Esportiva Palmeiras reached an agreement for the transfer of Yerry Mina for the remainder of the season and five more until June 30, 2023. The cost of the transfer was \u20ac11.8 million and his release clause was set at \u20ac100 million.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 53], "content_span": [54, 322]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275248-0057-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 FC Barcelona season, Season overview, January\nOn 11 January, Barcelona defeated Celta Vigo 5\u20130 (agg. 6\u20131) at the Camp Nou. Four goals in the first 31 minutes (2 from Messi and one each from Jordi Alba and Luis Su\u00e1rez) got the job done early and Rakitic headed in a late fifth as the Catalans cruised into the quarter-finals of the Copa del Rey.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 53], "content_span": [54, 352]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275248-0058-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 FC Barcelona season, Season overview, January\nOn 13 January, Barcelona and \u0130stanbul Ba\u015fak\u015fehir F.K. agreed on a loan deal for Turkish midfielder Arda Turan for the remainder of the season and two more.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 53], "content_span": [54, 209]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275248-0059-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 FC Barcelona season, Season overview, January\nOn 14 January, Barcelona defeated Real Sociedad away at the Anoeta Stadium with a score of 2\u20134. This was the first time Bar\u00e7a beat La Real away since May 2007. Bar\u00e7a were 2\u20130 down at the 35th minute, until Paulinho scored Bar\u00e7a's first in the 39th minute. Su\u00e1rez scored in the 50th and 71st minute, and Messi scored a free kick in the 85th minute to complete the comeback.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 53], "content_span": [54, 426]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275248-0060-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 FC Barcelona season, Season overview, January\nOn 17 January, Barcelona was defeated by Espanyol 1\u20130 away. Bar\u00e7a dominated in Cornell\u00e0 but failed to find the net as the home side snatched a winner three minutes from the end.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 53], "content_span": [54, 231]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275248-0061-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 FC Barcelona season, Season overview, January\nOn 19 January, Barcelona and Sergi Roberto reached an agreement to renew his contract through to 30 June 2022.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 53], "content_span": [54, 164]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275248-0062-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 FC Barcelona season, Season overview, January\nOn 21 January, Barcelona beat Real Betis 0\u20135 away at the Estadio Benito Villamar\u00edn. Valverde's men won in style with five second-half goals within 30 minutes as Rakitic, Messi (2), and Su\u00e1rez (2) all found the net.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 53], "content_span": [54, 268]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275248-0063-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 FC Barcelona season, Season overview, January\nOn 22 January, Barcelona announced that they had reached an agreement with Inter Milan for the loan of Rafinha until 30 June 2018. Inter has an option to purchase the player for \u20ac35M+\u20ac3M euros in variables, which must be confirmed before the end of the current season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 53], "content_span": [54, 322]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275248-0064-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 FC Barcelona season, Season overview, January\nOn 25 January, Barcelona defeated Espanyol 2\u20130 (agg. 2\u20131) at home. Philippe Coutinho's debut, and goals from Lionel Messi and Luis Su\u00e1rez brought the Camp Nou to its feet as Bar\u00e7a reached the semi-finals of the Copa del Rey.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 53], "content_span": [54, 278]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275248-0065-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 FC Barcelona season, Season overview, January\nOn 28 January, Barcelona beat Alav\u00e9s 2\u20131 at home. Bar\u00e7a equaled a club record by going unbeaten in first 21 league games of the season thanks to a second half comeback win with goals from Su\u00e1rez and Messi.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 53], "content_span": [54, 259]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275248-0066-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 FC Barcelona season, Season overview, January\nOn 29 January, Gerard Piqu\u00e9 renewed his contract through to 30 June 2022.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 53], "content_span": [54, 127]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275248-0067-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 FC Barcelona season, Season overview, February\nOn 1 February, Barcelona defeated Valencia 1\u20130 at the Camp Nou. A Luis Su\u00e1rez header broke the deadlock in a frustrating encounter.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 54], "content_span": [55, 186]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275248-0068-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 FC Barcelona season, Season overview, February\nOn 4 February, Barcelona were held by Espanyol to a 1\u20131 draw away at the RCDE Stadium. Gerard Moreno's opener was cancelled out by a towering header from Gerard Piqu\u00e9 in a torrential downpour. This draw marked the 22nd consecutive unbeaten game in the league for Barcelona, which is a new club record, beating the previous record of 21 games under Pep Guardiola in the 2009\u201310 season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 54], "content_span": [55, 439]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275248-0069-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 FC Barcelona season, Season overview, February\nOn 8 February, Barcelona defeated Valencia 0\u20132 (0-3 on aggregate) at the Mestalla. Coutinho claimed first goal in a blaugrana jersey and Rakitic added a second to send the Catalans into the Copa del Rey final against Sevilla on April 21", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 54], "content_span": [55, 291]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275248-0070-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 FC Barcelona season, Season overview, February\nOn 11 February, Barcelona drew with Getafe 0\u20130 at the Camp Nou. The Blaugranas couldn't break down the team from Madrid's resolute defending in a hard-fought game with few clear-cut chances.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 54], "content_span": [55, 245]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275248-0071-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 FC Barcelona season, Season overview, February\nOn 17 February, Barcelona beat Eibar 0\u20132 at Ipurua. Goals from Luis Su\u00e1rez and Jordi Alba secured three hard-earned points in the Basque Country to match the Club record unbeaten run in La Liga.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 54], "content_span": [55, 249]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275248-0072-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 FC Barcelona season, Season overview, February\nOn 20 February, Barcelona drew with Chelsea 1\u20131 at Stamford Bridge. Iniesta-Messi connection canceled out Willian's opener to set up an enticing second leg at Camp Nou in three weeks' time.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 54], "content_span": [55, 244]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275248-0073-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 FC Barcelona season, Season overview, February\nOn 24 February, Barcelona defeated Girona 6\u20131 at the Camp Nou. A hat-trick from Su\u00e1rez, two goals from Messi plus a Coutinho special helped Bar\u00e7a to an exciting win over an opponent who took the lead and were always willing to get forward themselves.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 54], "content_span": [55, 305]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275248-0074-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 FC Barcelona season, Season overview, March\nOn 1 March, Barcelona were held by Las Palmas to a 1\u20131 draw away from home. A wondrous Messi free kick puts the Catalans in command but the Islanders leveled up from the spot.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 51], "content_span": [52, 227]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275248-0075-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 FC Barcelona season, Season overview, March\nOn 4 March, Barcelona won against Atl\u00e9tico Madrid 1-0 at home. Another Lionel Messi special was enough for Bar\u00e7a to see off determined opponents who fought for the win right to the very end.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 51], "content_span": [52, 242]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275248-0076-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 FC Barcelona season, Season overview, March\nOn 7 March, Barcelona defeated Espanyol at the Camp d'Esports in Lleida. The third edition of the Supercopa de Catalunya went down to penalties in Lleida, and the Blaugrana made no mistake and brought the trophy home.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 51], "content_span": [52, 269]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275248-0077-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 FC Barcelona season, Season overview, March\nOn 10 March, Barcelona won against M\u00e1laga 0-2 away. Fabulous first half goals from Su\u00e1rez and Coutinho were enough to secure a comfortable victory in a top-against-bottom clash.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 51], "content_span": [52, 229]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275248-0078-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 FC Barcelona season, Season overview, March\nOn 11 March, FC Barcelona confirmed that an agreement had been reached with Gr\u00eamio for the purchase option of Brazilian midfielder Arthur. If Barcelona exercises the option in July 2018, the transfer will cost \u20ac30m plus \u20ac9m in added variables.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 51], "content_span": [52, 295]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275248-0079-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 FC Barcelona season, Season overview, March\nOn 14 March, Barcelona won against Chelsea 3\u20130 (agg. 4\u20131). Demb\u00e9l\u00e9 notched his debut goal and Messi scored his 99th and 100th career Champions League goals as Bar\u00e7a went through to the last eight for a record-extending 11th straight season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 51], "content_span": [52, 292]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275248-0080-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 FC Barcelona season, Season overview, March\nOn 18 March, Barcelona defeated Athletic Bilbao 2\u20130 at the Camp Nou. A scintillating first-half display from the Blaugranes secured a comfortable 2\u20130 win with goals from Alc\u00e1cer and Messi at the Camp Nou.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 51], "content_span": [52, 256]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275248-0081-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 FC Barcelona season, Season overview, March\nOn 31 March, Barcelona recorded a heart-stopping 2\u20132 draw at the Ram\u00f3n S\u00e1nchez Pizju\u00e1n. Two late goals from Luis Su\u00e1rez and Lionel Messi earned a draw for Bar\u00e7a after Sevilla had opened up a two-goal lead through Franco V\u00e1zquez and Luis Muriel.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 51], "content_span": [52, 296]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275248-0082-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 FC Barcelona season, Season overview, April\nOn 4 April, Bar\u00e7a took a 4\u20131 aggregate lead into the second leg after two own goals by Roma and a third from Gerard Piqu\u00e9; Edin Dzeko answered for Roma before Luis Su\u00e1rez added some late insurance.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 51], "content_span": [52, 249]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275248-0083-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 FC Barcelona season, Season overview, April\nOn 7 April, Barca defeated Leganes 3\u20131 drawing level with the joint-record of 38 unbeaten games set by Real Sociedad, thanks to a Messi hat-trick.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 51], "content_span": [52, 198]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275248-0084-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 FC Barcelona season, Season overview, April\nOn 10 April, Bar\u00e7a lost 3\u20130 to Roma. Goals from D\u017eeko, De Rossi and Manolas allowed the Italians to turn around a three-goal deficit and qualify for the semi-finals on the away goals rule.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 51], "content_span": [52, 240]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275248-0085-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 FC Barcelona season, Season overview, April\nOn 14 April, Barca defeated Val\u00e8ncia 2\u20131 with goals from Luis Su\u00e1rez and Samuel Umtiti that secured the longest unbeaten streak (39) in La Liga history.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 51], "content_span": [52, 204]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275248-0086-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 FC Barcelona season, Season overview, April\nOn 17 April, ten-man Bar\u00e7a held on for a 2\u20132 draw with Celta Vigo at Bala\u00eddos. Ousmane Demb\u00e9l\u00e9 scored his first La Liga goal and Paco Alc\u00e1cer got the other. Sergi Roberto was sent off in the 71st minute but Barca held on to remain unbeaten in the league.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 51], "content_span": [52, 306]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275248-0087-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 FC Barcelona season, Season overview, April\nOn 21 April, Barcelona cruised to their fourth consecutive Copa del Rey title as they beat Sevilla 5\u20130 at the Wanda Metropolitano. The goals were scored by Luis Suarez (2), Messi, Iniesta and Coutinho.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 51], "content_span": [52, 253]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275248-0088-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 FC Barcelona season, Season overview, April\nOn 27 April, Andr\u00e9s Iniesta announced that he would be leaving the club at the end of the season after 22 incredible years. Iniesta, a World Cup winner with Spain, won nine La Liga titles alongside four Champions League wins and six Copa del Rey crowns.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 51], "content_span": [52, 305]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275248-0089-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 FC Barcelona season, Season overview, April\nOn 29 April, Barcelona defeated Deportivo La Coruna 4\u20132 to win their 25th La Liga title. Coutinho scored the opening goal before Messi sealed the title with a hat trick.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 51], "content_span": [52, 221]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275248-0090-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 FC Barcelona season, Season overview, May\nOn 6 May, 10-man Barcelona held on for a dramatic 2\u20132 draw in El Clasico against Real Madrid to extend their unbeaten streak in the league. Luis Suarez and Leo Messi scored the goals for Barca which were cancelled out by goals from Cristiano Ronaldo and Gareth Bale. Sergi Roberto was sent off in first-half injury time following an altercation with Marcelo.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 49], "content_span": [50, 408]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275248-0091-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 FC Barcelona season, Season overview, May\nOn 9 May, a much changed Barcelona side defeated Villareal 5\u20131. Barca's new signings Coutinho, Paulinho and Dembele (2) were all on target with Messi getting the other goal.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 49], "content_span": [50, 223]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275248-0092-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 FC Barcelona season, Season overview, May\nOn 13 May, Barcelona's unbeaten run came to the end when they lost to Levante 4\u20135. Barcelona mounted a spirited comeback after trailing 1\u20135 but fell agonizingly short. The only bright spot in the game was a hat-trick by Philippe Coutinho. The other goal was scored by Luis Suarez from the penalty spot.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 49], "content_span": [50, 352]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275248-0093-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 FC Barcelona season, Season overview, May\nOn 20 May, Barcelona defeated Real Sociedad 1\u20130 in Iniesta's final game as a Barcelona player. The only goal of the game was a breathtaking strike from Iniesta's heir apparent \u2013 Coutinho. Iniesta received a standing ovation from the Camp Nou when he was substituted in the 82nd minute. This game also marked the last appearance for Real Sociedad legend Xabi Prieto.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 49], "content_span": [50, 415]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275248-0094-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 FC Barcelona season, Players, Squad information, From youth squad\nNote: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 73], "content_span": [74, 202]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275248-0095-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 FC Barcelona season, Statistics, Squad statistics\nPlayers Used: Barcelona has used a total of \u2013 different players in all competitions.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 57], "content_span": [58, 142]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275248-0096-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 FC Barcelona season, Statistics, Disciplinary record\nIncludes all competitive matches. Players listed below (excluding goalkeepers) made at least one appearance for Barcelona first squad during the season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 60], "content_span": [61, 213]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275248-0097-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 FC Barcelona season, Statistics, Disciplinary record\nLast updated: 9 May 2018Source: , Ordered by , and = Number of bookings; = Number of sending offs after a second yellow card; = Number of sending offs by a direct red card.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 60], "content_span": [61, 237]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275249-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 FC Basel season\nThe 2017\u201318 FC Basel season was the 125th season in club history and the club's 23rd consecutive season in the top flight of Swiss football. Basel were the reigning Swiss Super League champions. The season started on the weekend of 22\u201323 July 2017 and ended on 19 May 2018. They were also the Swiss Cup holders. The first round of the Swiss Cup was played on 13 August 2017. Basel were also qualified for this season's Champions League in the Group stage. The first round was played on 12 September 2017.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [23, 23], "content_span": [24, 528]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275249-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 FC Basel season, Club, Management\nRapha\u00ebl Wicky was appointed as new first team manager and was given a two-year contract with an option for a third year. His assistant is Massimo Lombardo and further members of the training staff are Werner Leuthard and Marco Walker. Massimo Colomba is the Goalkeeper coach. Massimo Ceccaroni is head of the FCB Youth System.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 41], "content_span": [42, 368]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275249-0002-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 FC Basel season, Club, Further information\nThe FC Basel annual general meeting took place on 9 June 2017. The previous board of directors under president Bernhard Heusler with sportdirector Georg Heitz, vice-president Adrian Knup, financial manager Stephan Werthm\u00fcller and marketing manager Ren\u00e9 Kamm stepped back. Reto Baumgartner, Dominik Donz\u00e9 and Benno Kaiser remained on the board. Bernhard Burgener took over as chairman and Marco Streller as sportdirector. Peter von B\u00fcren was voted as financial manager and Patrick Jost in marketing.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 50], "content_span": [51, 549]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275249-0003-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 FC Basel season, Overview, Offseason and preseason\nAt the end of the 2016\u201317 FC Basel season Marc Janko left the club and joined Czech First League club Sparta Prague. Daniel H\u00f8egh also left the club and joined SC Heerenveen of the Dutch Eredivisie On 23 June 2017 Basel announced that Jean-Paul Bo\u00ebtius had been transferred to Dutch club Feyenoord. Seydou Doumbia's loan came to an end and Basel neither wanted to prolong nor enter the option to buy him. Adama Traor\u00e9 left the club mid-August because he no longer played a part in the teams planning.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 58], "content_span": [59, 559]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275249-0004-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 FC Basel season, Overview, Offseason and preseason\nIn the other direction Basel were not too busy on the transfer market. On 14 June 2017 Basel announced that they had signed Ricky van Wolfswinkel from SBV Vitesse. A few days later, on 20 June, the club announced that they had loaned Dimitri Oberlin from Red Bull Salzburg.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 58], "content_span": [59, 332]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275249-0005-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 FC Basel season, Overview, First half of season\nDuring the season, on 13 September 2017 Basel announced that they had recalled striker Cedric Itten from the loan to Luzern. Then following the injury suffered by Ricky van Wolfswinkel Basel were forced to hire another striker and on 2 October 2017 they announced that Albian Ajeti had been signed a five-year contract.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 55], "content_span": [56, 375]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275249-0006-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 FC Basel season, Overview, Mid-season break\nDuring the winter mid-season break there was also quite some movements on the transfer market. On 23 December 2017 FC Basel announced that Fabian Frei would return to the club, signing a four and a half year contract dated up until June 2022. On 27 December the club announced that Samuele Campo, a former Basel youth player, was also returning, signing a four and a half year contract dated up until June 2022. Furthermore, on 10 January 2018 the club announced that another former Basel player Valentin Stocker was also returning. Stocker signed a three and a half year contract dated up until June 2021.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 51], "content_span": [52, 658]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275249-0007-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 FC Basel season, Overview, Mid-season break\nIn the other direction, also on 10 January, Basel announced that Renato Steffen had left the club. Steffen signed a three and a half year deal with VfL Wolfsburg. The transfer fee was reported as being 1.75 million Euro. Just a few days later Basel announced that Akanji had transferred to Borussia Dortmund. The transfer fee was reported as being 21.5 million Euro. He signed a four and a half year contract dated until June 2022.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 51], "content_span": [52, 483]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275249-0008-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 FC Basel season, The Campaign, Domestic League\nThe season started on the weekend of 22\u201323 July 2017. Basel's priority aim for the new season is to win the league championship for the ninth consecutive time. Their first game was the match against Young Boys in Stade de Suisse which ended in a 0\u20132 defeat. Following three victories Basel played four games without a win (two draws, two defeats) and slipped down to fourth position in the league table. Following this poor start the following game was at home against Z\u00fcrich.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 54], "content_span": [55, 531]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275249-0008-0001", "contents": "2017\u201318 FC Basel season, The Campaign, Domestic League\nThe game was a passionate battle and the home club titled their report: A passionately fighting FCB wins against FCZ 1:0. The game changed the run of the season and afterwards the team won seven and drawing three of the next ten games. The first game of the second half of the season was the last game of the kalender year and is included in these figures. By the mid-season break Basel had narrowed the gap to table leaders Young Boys to just two points, third placed Z\u00fcrich were twelve points adrift.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 54], "content_span": [55, 557]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275249-0009-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 FC Basel season, The Campaign, Domestic League\nAfter the winter break Basel could not find to their good form that they had before the break. They lost three of their first four games, at home against Lugano and St. Gallen and away against Luzern. The gap to leading Young Boys grew and was no longer reversible. The 5\u20131 win against Young Boys was achieved in the third last game of the season, but came after the championship had mathematically already been decided.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 54], "content_span": [55, 475]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275249-0010-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 FC Basel season, The Campaign, Domestic Cup\nBasel are the Swiss Cup holders. Basel's clear aim for the cup is to defend their title. The first round of the Swiss Cup started on 13 August 2017. In the first three rounds Basel were drawn away against lower-tier teams, winning against FC Wettswil-Bonstetten, FC Chiasso and FC Rapperswil-Jona. Basel were then drawn at home against Luzern in the quarter-final. This was won 2\u20131 and Basel advance to the semi-final in the Stade de Suisse against Young Boys on 27 February 2018.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 51], "content_span": [52, 532]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275249-0011-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 FC Basel season, The Campaign, Champions League\nBasel entered into this season's Champions League in the Group stage. They were drawn into Group A along with Manchester United, Benfica and CSKA Moscow. Basels initial aim is to remain in a European competition after the Champions League group stage. The first match was the away game against Manchester United. Basel were previously drawn with both Benfica and United in 2011\u201312 and on this occasion, United finished third in the group and dropped down to the UEFA Europa League.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 55], "content_span": [56, 537]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275249-0012-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 FC Basel season, The Campaign, Champions League\nThe first game was played in Old Trafford, in proper Manchester weather in Manchester. Basel were sitting deep, with their three centre-backs, as United took control of the game from the very start. Marouane Fellaini came off the bench after 19 minutes to replace the injured Paul Pogba and opened the scoring with a powerful header in the 35 minute, which was only part of his Man of the Match performance. Basel played better after the opening goal and even at the beginning of the second half created their chances.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 55], "content_span": [56, 574]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275249-0012-0001", "contents": "2017\u201318 FC Basel season, The Campaign, Champions League\nBut it was also a particularly special night for Romelu Lukaku and Marcus Rashford, both of whom found the net on their Champions League debuts with second-half strikes. United took a corner short, Daley Blind to Juan Mata and when Blind took the return he crossed for Lukaku who outjumped Balanta to power home. in the 85 minute Fellaini crossed, the ball was missed by Mkhitaryan and Such\u00fd before Rashford, opening his body, sidefooted into the ground and high into the net.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 55], "content_span": [56, 532]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275249-0013-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 FC Basel season, The Campaign, Champions League\nBasel ran out 5\u20130 victors at St. Jakob-Park in Basel against Portuguese side Benfica on Wednesday 27 September in an emphatic and much-needed victory for the Swiss club in the Champions League. Basel controlled the game from the start, Michael Lang (2) and Dimitri Oberlin (20) gave Basel a two-goal lead in the first half. Oberlin showed his amazing speed as he scored this goal. He made a clearance from a Benfica corner before covering the length of the pitch in mere seconds.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 55], "content_span": [56, 535]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275249-0013-0001", "contents": "2017\u201318 FC Basel season, The Campaign, Champions League\nImpressively, the 20-year-old composed himself after the run upon receiving the pass from Renato Steffen before sending the ball past the goalkeeper J\u00falio C\u00e9sar. Ricky van Wolfswinkel then added a third in the second half (60) with a penalty, before birthday-boy Oberlin scored his second (69) and Blas Riveros's goal in the 76 minute completed the rout. Benfica were reduced to 10-men when Andr\u00e9 Almeida was sent off for foul play in the 63 minute.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 55], "content_span": [56, 505]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275249-0014-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 FC Basel season, The Campaign, Champions League\nMatch three of the Group Stage took Basel to the away game in the VEB Arena against CSKA Moscow. The game started slowly, the teams getting to know each other, indeed both teams looked very cautious in the beginning. But Basel took control after about ten minutes. Taulant Xhaka missed his first chance, but in the 29 minute he scored his first European goal in his 47th European match. The Albanian international cruised through the CSKA defence and shot the ball into the back of the net, a right footed shot from outside the box to the bottom left corner.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 55], "content_span": [56, 614]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275249-0014-0001", "contents": "2017\u201318 FC Basel season, The Campaign, Champions League\nThere was little reaction from CSKA players after conceding. Quite the contrary \u2013 the visitors grew in confidence and took more control. At the end of an energetic first half, the visitors had the majority of the possession. The hosts matched the energy of the Swiss side, but had not been able to make more than one attempt on goal (off target). It was a deserved lead at half-time and Basel looked the more dangerous in the second half.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 55], "content_span": [56, 494]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275249-0014-0002", "contents": "2017\u201318 FC Basel season, The Campaign, Champions League\nTen minutes into the second half the assistant referee canceled out Basel's second goal for offside, after referee Bj\u00f6rn Kuipers initially pointed to the centre circle. The decision came about 40 seconds after the visitors started their celebrations. Towards the end of the game Basel made themselves good chances. Dimitri Oberlin missed the target on two occasions, until eventually in the 90 minute he didn't miss. The Switzerland U21 international made his run from the halfway line and finished with composure, slotting it calmly in the corner of goal.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 55], "content_span": [56, 612]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275249-0015-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 FC Basel season, Players, First team squad\nThe following is the list of the Basel first team squad. It also includes players that were in the squad the day the season started on 22 July 2017 but subsequently left the club after that date.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 50], "content_span": [51, 246]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275249-0016-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 FC Basel season, Players, First team squad\nNote: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 50], "content_span": [51, 179]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275249-0017-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 FC Basel season, Results and fixtures, Swiss Cup\nThe draw for the first round was held on 28 June 2017. The Super- and Challenge League clubs were seeded and could not be drawn against each other. The lower division teams were granted home advantage and Basel were therefore drawn away. The home advantage was also granted to the team from the lower league in the second and third rounds.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 56], "content_span": [57, 396]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275249-0018-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 FC Basel season, Results and fixtures, UEFA Champions League, Group stage\nBasel were qualified for the 2017\u201318 UEFA Champions League in the Group stage. The draw was held on 24 August 2017, at the Grimaldi Forum in Monaco. Basel were drawn into Group A along with Manchester United, Benfica and CSKA Moscow. The first match was the away game against Manchester United.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 81], "content_span": [82, 376]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275250-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 FC Bayern Munich season\nThe 2017\u201318 season season was the 119th season in the history of FC Bayern Munich, a German football club, and their 53rd consecutive season in the top flight of German football, the Bundesliga, since it was established in 1965. Bayern Munich also participated in the DFB-Pokal and the UEFA Champions League. Bayern were the reigning Bundesliga champions, and therefore also participated in the DFL-Supercup. This is the 13th season for Bayern in the Allianz Arena, located in Munich, Bavaria, Germany.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [31, 31], "content_span": [32, 534]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275250-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 FC Bayern Munich season\nThe season was the first since 2004\u201305 without former captain Philipp Lahm, who retired after the 2016\u201317 season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [31, 31], "content_span": [32, 145]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275250-0002-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 FC Bayern Munich season, Season overview, Background\nIn the previous season, Bayern won a record-setting fifth consecutive and 26th overall Bundesliga title, and 27th German title. They also won the DFL-Supercup, beating Borussia Dortmund. Bayern Munich were knocked out of the DFB-Pokal in the semi-finals by Borussia Dortmund, and were knocked out of the UEFA Champions League in the quarter-finals by Real Madrid.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 60], "content_span": [61, 424]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275250-0003-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 FC Bayern Munich season, Season overview, Background\nOn 15 January 2017, Bayern announced the signing of Niklas S\u00fcle and Sebastian Rudy, both from 1899 Hoffenheim. S\u00fcle was signed for an undisclosed fee, with a five-year contract lasting until 2022. Rudy joined on a free transfer, signing a three-year contract until 2020. On 7 February, Bayern captain Philipp Lahm confirmed his retirement at the end of the 2016\u201317 season. On 9 March, Xabi Alonso announced his retirement at the end of the 2016\u201317 campaign. On 14 March, Bayern announced that youth player Marco Friedl signed his first professional contract, lasting four years until 2021.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 60], "content_span": [61, 650]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275250-0003-0001", "contents": "2017\u201318 FC Bayern Munich season, Season overview, Background\nOn 27 April, Bayern announced the permanent signing of Kingsley Coman in the summer for \u20ac21\u00a0million, previously on loan from Juventus, with a contract running for three years until 2020. On 12 May, Bayern announced that Holger Badstuber, on loan to Schakle 04, would be released on a free transfer in the summer following the end of his contract on 30 June. Also on 12 May, Bayern announced that Juventus permanently signed Medhi Benatia for \u20ac17\u00a0million, on loan from Bayern since the start of the 2016\u201317 season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 60], "content_span": [61, 574]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275250-0003-0002", "contents": "2017\u201318 FC Bayern Munich season, Season overview, Background\nOn 17 May, it was announced that youth goalkeeper Christian Fr\u00fcchtl would be the third-string goalkeeper for the 2017\u201318 season. On 19 May, it was announced that goalkeeper Tom Starke would retire at the end of the 2016\u201317 season. On 24 May, Bayern youth defender Felix G\u00f6tze signed a professional contract with the club, with a two-year contract lasting until 2019. On 11 June, Bayern signed German forward Serge Gnabry from Werder Bremen for an undisclosed fee, with a three-year contract lasting until 2020.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 60], "content_span": [61, 571]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275250-0003-0003", "contents": "2017\u201318 FC Bayern Munich season, Season overview, Background\nOn 14 June, Bayern announced the signing of midfielder Corentin Tolisso from Lyon for \u20ac41.5\u00a0million plus possible add-ons up to an additional \u20ac6\u00a0million, with a five-year contract lasting until 2022. On 30 June, it was announced that Gianluca Gaudino, who was returning to Bayern following his loan spell at FC St. Gallen, would move to Chievo.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 60], "content_span": [61, 405]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275250-0004-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 FC Bayern Munich season, Season overview, Background\nOn 29 April, after winning the Bundesliga, Bayern confirmed a spot in the 2017 DFL-Supercup, taking place on 5 August, and will play away to the winners of the 2016\u201317 DFB-Pokal, Borussia Dortmund.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 60], "content_span": [61, 258]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275250-0005-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 FC Bayern Munich season, Season overview, Background\nOn 14 March, it was announced that Bayern would take part in the 2017 International Champions Cup in July as part of the 2017 Audi Summer Tour. The first two matches will take place in China as part of the 2017 Audi Football Summit. The first match is against Arsenal on 19 July in Shanghai, and the second against Milan on 22 July in Shenzhen. The final two matches will take place in Singapore, with Bayern playing Chelsea on 25 July and Internazionale on 27 July.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 60], "content_span": [61, 527]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275250-0005-0001", "contents": "2017\u201318 FC Bayern Munich season, Season overview, Background\nOn 21 April, it was announced that Bayern would take part in the summer 2017 edition of the Telekom Cup, taking place at the BORUSSIA-PARK in M\u00f6nchengladbach on 15 July. On 12 May, Bayern announced they would host the 2017 Audi Cup, the fifth edition of the pre-season tournament, at the Allianz Arena. Bayern will face Liverpool in the first round, with Atl\u00e9tico Madrid and Napoli contesting the other semi-final.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 60], "content_span": [61, 475]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275250-0006-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 FC Bayern Munich season, Season overview, Background\nOn 9 June, Bayern announced the appointment of former player Willy Sagnol as assistant manager, joining head coach Carlo Ancelotti and assistant coach Davide Ancelotti from 1 July 2017.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 60], "content_span": [61, 246]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275250-0007-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 FC Bayern Munich season, Season overview, Background\nOn 11 June, Bayern were drawn against Chemnitzer FC in the first round of the DFB-Pokal.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 60], "content_span": [61, 149]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275250-0008-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 FC Bayern Munich season, Season overview, Background\nOn 29 June, the Bundesliga schedule for the 2017\u201318 season was released, with Bayern playing Bayer Leverkusen in the opening fixture.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 60], "content_span": [61, 194]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275250-0009-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 FC Bayern Munich season, Season overview, July\nTraining for the new season began on 1 July. Players that returned for training included Juan Bernat, Kingsley Coman, Marco Friedl, Christian Fr\u00fcchtl, Mats Hummels, Javi Mart\u00ednez, Thomas M\u00fcller, and Franck Rib\u00e9ry. Tom Starke, who retired at the end of the previous season, returned as standby professional to help during pre-season training while Bayern's other goalkeepers were still recovering from injury. Manuel Neuer and J\u00e9r\u00f4me Boateng continued their rehabilitation program in the performance center. The rest of the first-team squad were scheduled to return to training on 10 July.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 54], "content_span": [55, 643]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275250-0010-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 FC Bayern Munich season, Season overview, July\nOn 6 July, Bayern faced BCF Wolfratshausen in the first friendly match of the season, which was only 60 minutes long. Bayern won the match 4\u20131, with a goal from Manuel Wintzheimer and Thomas M\u00fcller, and a brace from Franck Evina.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 54], "content_span": [55, 284]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275250-0011-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 FC Bayern Munich season, Season overview, July\nOn 7 July, Bayern announced the squad for the 2017 Audi Summer Tour to China and Singapore. Manuel Neuer and Sven Ulreich will not join the squad, still recovering from injury. Serge Gnabry, Joshua Kimmich, Sebastian Rudy, Niklas S\u00fcle, and Arturo Vidal were also not included in the squad, given an extended summer break after international tournaments.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 54], "content_span": [55, 408]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275250-0012-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 FC Bayern Munich season, Season overview, July\nOn 9 July, Bayern faced FSV Erlangen-Bruck in a charity match. Bayern won the match 9\u20131, with goals from Marco Friedl, Michael Strein, and Raphael Obermair, and braces from Franck Evina, Kingsley Coman, and Marco Hingerl. On 10 July, additional players returned from summer holiday, including David Alaba, Robert Lewandowski, Rafinha, Arjen Robben, Thiago, and Corentin Tolisso.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 54], "content_span": [55, 433]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275250-0013-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 FC Bayern Munich season, Season overview, July\nOn 11 July, Bayern announced the signing of Colombian midfielder James Rodr\u00edguez from Real Madrid on a two-year loan spell, lasting until 2019, with an option to make the move permanent. He will also join the squad for the Audi Summer Tour in Asia.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 54], "content_span": [55, 303]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275250-0014-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 FC Bayern Munich season, Players, Squad information\nNote: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 59], "content_span": [60, 188]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275251-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 FC Carl Zeiss Jena season\nThe 2017\u201318 FC Carl Zeiss Jena season is the 115th season in the football club's history 5th overall season in the 3. Liga, the third tier of German football, having been promoted from the Regionalliga Nordost in 2017. In addition to the domestic league, Carl Zeiss Jena also participated in this season's edition of the Thuringian Cup, the regional cup for teams in Thuringia. Jena play their matches at the Ernst-Abbe-Sportfeld, located in Jena, Thuringia, Germany. The season covers a period from 1 July 2017 to 30 June 2018.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [33, 33], "content_span": [34, 562]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275251-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 FC Carl Zeiss Jena season, Players, Squad information\nNote: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 61], "content_span": [62, 190]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275252-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 FC Chornomorets Odesa season\nThe 2017\u201318 season was Chornomorets Odesa's 23rd season in the top Ukrainian football league. Chornomorets competed in Premier League and Ukrainian Cup. After finishing at 11th place in Premier League, Chornomorets lost to FC Poltava in play-offs and was relegated to First League. However on 21 June 2018 FC Poltava announce the dissolution of the club. On 3 June 2018 Chornomorets was officially approved by FFU as 2018\u201319 Ukrainian Premier League participant.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [36, 36], "content_span": [37, 499]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275253-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 FC Dnipro season\nThe 2017\u201318 season was the 1st season in the history of FC Dnipro in Ukrainian Second League and the last one before Dnipro lost professional status. Dnipro competed in Second League and in the Ukrainian Cup. During the season Dnipro was deducted of 18 points in total, which resulted in team finishing at 8th position despite decent results in the first half of the season. During the midseason Dnipro was relegated to 2018\u201319 Ukrainian Football Amateur League following the FIFA sanctions.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [24, 24], "content_span": [25, 516]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275254-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 FC Dynamo Kyiv season\nThis is the current revision of this page, as edited by Mediocre Legacy (talk | contribs) at 11:36, 5 May 2021. The present address (URL) is a permanent link to this version.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [29, 29], "content_span": [30, 204]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275254-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 FC Dynamo Kyiv season\nThe 2017\u201318 season was the 27th consecutive season in the top Ukrainian football league for Dynamo Kyiv. Dynamo competed in the Premier League, Ukrainian Cup, UEFA Champions League, UEFA Europa League and Ukrainian Super Cup.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [29, 29], "content_span": [30, 255]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275255-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 FC Dynamo Moscow season\nThe 2017\u201318 Dinamo Moscow season was the club's first season back in the Russian Premier League, following their relegation at the end of the 2015\u201316 season. Dynamo finished the season in 8th place, whilst being knocked out of the Russian Cup by Spartak Nalchik.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [31, 31], "content_span": [32, 294]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275255-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 FC Dynamo Moscow season, Season Events\nOn 7 October, manager Yuriy Kalitvintsev left Dynamo Moscow by Mutual consent, with Dmitri Khokhlov being appointed as Kalitvintsev's successor.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 46], "content_span": [47, 191]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275255-0002-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 FC Dynamo Moscow season, Squad\nAs of 22 January 2018, according to the Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 38], "content_span": [39, 207]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275255-0003-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 FC Dynamo Moscow season, Squad, Out on loan\nNote: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 51], "content_span": [52, 180]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275255-0004-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 FC Dynamo Moscow season, Transfers, Summer\nIn:Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 50], "content_span": [51, 182]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275255-0005-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 FC Dynamo Moscow season, Transfers, Summer\nOut:Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 50], "content_span": [51, 183]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275255-0006-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 FC Dynamo Moscow season, Transfers, Winter\nIn:Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 50], "content_span": [51, 182]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275255-0007-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 FC Dynamo Moscow season, Transfers, Winter\nOut:Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 50], "content_span": [51, 183]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275256-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 FC Erzgebirge Aue season\nThe 2017\u201318 FC Erzgebirge Aue season is the 72nd season in the football club's history. The season covers a period from 1 July 2017 to 30 June 2018.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [32, 32], "content_span": [33, 181]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275256-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 FC Erzgebirge Aue season, Players, Squad information\nNote: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 60], "content_span": [61, 189]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275257-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 FC Girondins de Bordeaux season\nThe 2017\u201318 FC Girondins de Bordeaux season was the 137th professional season of the club since its creation in 1881. Bordeaux finished their domestic season in 6th place, qualifying for the UEFA Europa League next season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [39, 39], "content_span": [40, 262]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275257-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 FC Girondins de Bordeaux season, Players\nNote: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 48], "content_span": [49, 177]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275257-0002-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 FC Girondins de Bordeaux season, Players, On loan\nNote: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 57], "content_span": [58, 186]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275258-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 FC Goa season\nThe 2017\u201318 season was the club's fourth season since its establishment in 2014 and their fourth season in the Indian Super League.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [21, 21], "content_span": [22, 153]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275258-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 FC Goa season, Season overview, Pre-season\nFC Goa announced on 24 April signing of nine players for their development squad but only six names were revealed. Aaren D'Silva and Derren Fernandes were signed from Santa Cruz Club of Cavelossim, Princeton Rebello from Vasco. Liston Colaco signed from Salgaocar F.C. for the transfer fee of \u20b91.5 Million. Ivon Costa and Jude Cardozo from local Goan clubs.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 50], "content_span": [51, 408]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275258-0002-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 FC Goa season, Season overview, June\nOn 5 June 2017, FC Goa announced Sergio Lobera as their new manager replacing Zico on a 2-year contract. On 16 June 2017, FC Goa announced the return of Bruno Pinheiro.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 44], "content_span": [45, 213]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275258-0003-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 FC Goa season, Season overview, July\nFC Goa retained goalkeeper Laxmikant Kattimani and midfielder Mandar Rao Desai from their last season's squad before the players draft. Both players signed three-year deal and will stay with the franchise until 2020. On 12 July, Manuel Arana signed for FC Goa on 1-year contract. On 18 July, FC Goa announced signing of Spanish forward Ferran Corominas on 1-year deal who last played for Cypriot side Doxa Katokopias.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 44], "content_span": [45, 462]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275258-0004-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 FC Goa season, Season overview, July\nIn ISL players draft held on 23 July 2017, FC Goa retained midfielder Pratesh Shirodkar. Franchise added ten new players from draft, goalkeeper Bruno Colaco and Naveen Kumar, defender Chinglensana Singh, Amey Ranawade and Mohamed Ali, midfielder Brandon Fernandes, Anthony D'Souza, Seriton Fernandes, Jovel Martins and Mohammed Yasir. Defender Narayan Das and midfielder Pronay Halder made their comebacks. Five players from FC Goa were signed by other clubs in the draft. Defender Keenan Almeida and Fulganco Cardozo were signed by Chennaiyin. Midfielder Sahil Tavora was signed by Mumbai City. Midfielder Romeo Fernandes was signed by Delhi Dynamos and forward Robin Singh was signed by ATK. I-League side Mohun Bagan signed defender Debabrata Roy outside draft.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 44], "content_span": [45, 809]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275258-0005-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 FC Goa season, Season overview, July\nFC Goa announced signing of Indian striker Manvir Singh on 28 July 2017.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 44], "content_span": [45, 117]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275258-0006-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 FC Goa season, Season overview, August\nOn 2 August, Moroccan midfielder Ahmed Jahouh was signed from FUS Rabat on a year long loan deal. On 14 August 2017, former FC Barcelona B player Sergio Juste signed for FC Goa. On 23 August 2017, Manuel Lanzarote signed for FC Goa from Real Zaragoza.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 46], "content_span": [47, 298]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275258-0007-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 FC Goa season, Season overview, September\nOn 1 September 2017, FC Goa completed the signings of two foreign players Edu Bedia and Adrian Colunga. It was announced that Goa would have their pre-season in Murcia, Spain with a 27-man squad and play five friendly matches in Spain.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 49], "content_span": [50, 285]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275258-0008-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 FC Goa season, Season overview, October\nFC Goa had a strong pre-season after they played a total of five friendlies in Spain; winning three and losing two matches. They returned to Goa on 27 October 2017.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 47], "content_span": [48, 212]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275258-0009-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 FC Goa season, Season overview, November\nFC Goa continued their preparations for the new season by playing three friendlies in Goa, they won two and lost one out of three matches. They ended their pre-season with a 4\u20130 victory over Chennai City.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 48], "content_span": [49, 253]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275258-0010-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 FC Goa season, Season overview, November\nFC Goa kicked off their Indian Super League season by beating Chennaiyin away 2\u20133. On 25 November 2017, Goa lost their first match of the season against Mumbai City 1\u20132. On 30 November 2017, Goa won their first home match 4\u20133 against Bengaluru as Ferran Corominas scored the first hat-trick of the 2017\u201318 Indian Super League.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 48], "content_span": [49, 375]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275258-0011-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 FC Goa season, Season overview, December\nFC Goa continued their good form after winning 5\u20132 against Kerala Blasters as Corominas scored his second consecutive hat-trick of the season. On 17 December, Goa beat Delhi Dynamos in a 1\u20135 away victory, sending them at the top of the table. FC Goa lost their first home match of the season against Pune City in a 0\u20132 loss.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 48], "content_span": [49, 373]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275258-0012-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 FC Goa season, Season overview, January\nOn 3 January 2018, FC Goa drew their first game of the calendar year with a 1\u20131 away draw against ATK, the match was delayed by 2 hours and 45 minutes due to unavoidable circumstances at Goa Airport which caused the team travel late. Three days later, Goa lost their third match in the league against NorthEast United in a 2\u20131 away loss, this loss left them winless in three games. On 10 January, Goa announced the signing of winger Lalmuankima from Aiwzal FC, they also signed U-19 goalkeeper Mohammad Nawaz who would join their development team.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 47], "content_span": [48, 595]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275258-0012-0001", "contents": "2017\u201318 FC Goa season, Season overview, January\nOn 11 January, Goa defeated Jamshedpur in a 2\u20131 home victory as Lanzarote scored a brace, this was their first win of the calendar year 2018. On 21 January, Goa beat Kerala Blasters in a 1\u20132 away victory with goals from Ferran Corominas and Edu Bedia. On 24 January, Mohamed Ali and Brandon Fernandes signed new contracts with FC Goa which would keep them at the club until 2020. On 26 January, Goa announced the signing of Mark Sifneos till the end of the season. On 28 February, Goa lost to Mumbai City 3\u20134 at home with Seriton Fernandes receiving two yellow cards and sent off. On 31 January, Goa announced that Manuel Arana would be sent on loan to Delhi Dynamos until the end of the season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 47], "content_span": [48, 743]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275258-0013-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 FC Goa season, Season overview, February\nOn 2 February, Goa announced the signing of Hugo Boumous following the departure Manuel Arana. Two days later, Goa drew 2\u20132 at home against NorthEast United. On 9 February, Goa suffered a 2\u20130 away defeat to Bengaluru. On 15 February, Goa lost 0\u20131 to Chennaiyin at home. On 21 February, Goa drew 1\u20131 with Delhi Dynamos at home which meant they were winless in five games. Goa then bounced back and went on to win 0\u20134 away vs Pune City and 5\u20131 at home vs ATK.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 48], "content_span": [49, 506]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275258-0014-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 FC Goa season, Season overview, March\nOn 4 March, Goa won 0\u20133 away against Jamshedpur. They qualified for the playoffs and finished third in the group. After picking up a 1\u20131 draw in the first leg of the semi-final against Chennaiyin, they lost 0\u20133 in the second leg away from home and got knocked out. They directly qualified for the 2018 Super Cup after finishing in the top six of the Indian Super League table. On 24 March, FC Goa announced on Twitter that assistant coach Derrick Pereira would take charge as head coach for the Super Cup in Sergio Lobera's absence.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 45], "content_span": [46, 578]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275258-0015-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 FC Goa season, Season overview, April\nOn 3 April, Goa beat ATK 3\u20131 in the round of 16 of the Super Cup. On 12 April, Goa beat Jamshedpur 1\u20135 in the quarter-finals of the Super Cup, Goa players; Sergio Juste, Brandon Fernandes and Bruno Pinheiro and Jamshedpur players; Subrata Pal, Anas Edathodika and Kervens Belfort were sent off at the start of the second half. On 16 April, Goa were knocked out after East Bengal beat Goa 1\u20130 in the semi-finals of the Super Cup.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 45], "content_span": [46, 474]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275258-0016-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 FC Goa season, Squad\nNote: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 28], "content_span": [29, 157]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275258-0017-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 FC Goa season, Player statistics\nList of squad players, including number of appearances by competition", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 40], "content_span": [41, 110]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275259-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 FC Ingolstadt 04 season\nThe 2017\u201318 FC Ingolstadt 04 season is the 14th season in the football club's history. The season covers a period from 1 July 2017 to 30 June 2018.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [31, 31], "content_span": [32, 179]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275259-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 FC Ingolstadt 04 season, Players, Squad information\nNote: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 59], "content_span": [60, 188]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275260-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 FC Karpaty Lviv season\nThe 2017\u201318 season was Karpaty Lviv's 25th season in the top Ukrainian football league. Karpaty competed in Premier League and Ukrainian Cup.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [30, 30], "content_span": [31, 172]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275260-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 FC Karpaty Lviv season, Hudyma vs Karpaty\nBack in 2014 a former player of Karpaty Volodymyr Hudyma filed a case against FC Karpaty Lviv to the FFU Chamber of Disputes for failing the club to pay his salary and won it. Since 2017 Karpaty filed three counter cases against Hudyma and FFU (accusing the later of siding with the player) through regular local court. Karpaty continuously ignore the FIFA and the UEFA norms where it is prohibited of handling the cases in sport nature in courts of general jurisdiction.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 49], "content_span": [50, 521]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275260-0001-0001", "contents": "2017\u201318 FC Karpaty Lviv season, Hudyma vs Karpaty\nIn 2017 FFU in ultimatum form forced Karpaty to withdraw one of its cases or the club would have been stripped of professional status. At first Karpaty withdrew its appeal, but later filed it again. On 21 April 2017 the FFU Appeals Committee stated that the club has to pay its player the debt until 15 May 2017. On 24 November 2017 Karpaty lost its case against Hudyma in the Court of Arbitration for Sport. On 21 December 2017 the FFU Control and Disciplinary Committee stripped Karpaty of three tournament points, but the initiative was never implemented by the Ukrainian Premier League.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 49], "content_span": [50, 640]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275260-0002-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 FC Karpaty Lviv season, Hudyma vs Karpaty\nVolodymyr Hudyma is not the only victim whom Karpaty never paid salary in full. Among other players is the Karpaty's caps leader Ihor Khudobyak whom the club did not even allowed to leave.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 49], "content_span": [50, 238]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275260-0003-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 FC Karpaty Lviv season, Hudyma vs Karpaty\nOn 6 March 2018 it was announced that with mediation from the president of FC Rukh Vynnyky Hryhoriy Kozlovskyi, Volodymyr Hudyma withdrew all his grievances against Karpaty Lviv and personally asked the Football Federation of Ukraine not to impose sanctions against the Lviv's club.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 49], "content_span": [50, 332]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275261-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 FC Krasnodar season\nThe 2017\u201318 FC Krasnodar season was the seventh successive season that Krasnodar played in the Russian Premier League, the highest tier of association football in Russia. They finished the season in 4th place, and as a result of FC Tosno failing to obtain a UEFA licence for there 2018\u201319 UEFA Europa League Group Stage spot, qualified directly for the Groups Stage of the UEFA Europa League. Krasnodar were also knocked out of the Russian cup at the Round of 32 stage by FC Tom Tomsk and the knocked out of the 2017\u201318 UEFA Europa League at the Playoff Round stage by Red Star Belgrade.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [27, 27], "content_span": [28, 616]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275261-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 FC Krasnodar season, Season events\nOn 2 April 2018, Igor Shalimov was sacked as the club's manager, with Murad Musayev being appointed as the club's caretaker manager the following day.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 42], "content_span": [43, 193]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275261-0002-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 FC Krasnodar season, Squad\nNote: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 34], "content_span": [35, 163]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275261-0003-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 FC Krasnodar season, Squad, Out on loan\nNote: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 47], "content_span": [48, 176]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275261-0004-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 FC Krasnodar season, Transfers, Summer\nIn:Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 46], "content_span": [47, 178]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275261-0005-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 FC Krasnodar season, Transfers, Summer\nOut:Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 46], "content_span": [47, 179]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275261-0006-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 FC Krasnodar season, Transfers, Winter\nIn:Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 46], "content_span": [47, 178]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275261-0007-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 FC Krasnodar season, Transfers, Winter\nOut:Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 46], "content_span": [47, 179]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275262-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 FC Lokomotiv Moscow season\nThe 2017\u201318 FC Lokomotiv Moscow season was the club's 26th season in the Russian Premier League, the highest tier of the Russian football league system. Lokomotiv Moscow also took part in the Russian Cup and also the Europa League. Lokomotiv also contested the Russian Super Cup. Lokomotiv's farm club was relaunched as Kazanka and participated in the Russian Professional Football League, the third highest division in the Russian football league system.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [34, 34], "content_span": [35, 490]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275262-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 FC Lokomotiv Moscow season, First Team Squad, Information\nPlayers and squad numbers last updated on 5 May 2018.Note: Flags indicate national team as has been defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 65], "content_span": [66, 256]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275262-0002-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 FC Lokomotiv Moscow season, Competitions, Europa League\nLokomotiv have qualified directly for the group stage of the 2017\u201318 UEFA Europa League after winning the 2017 Russian Cup Final.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 63], "content_span": [64, 193]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275263-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 FC Mariupol season\nThe 2017\u201318 season was FC Mariupol's 18th season in the top Ukrainian football league. Mariupol competed in Premier League and Ukrainian Cup.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [26, 26], "content_span": [27, 168]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275264-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 FC Midtjylland season\nThe 2017\u201318 FC Midtjylland season was FC Midtjylland's 19th season of existence, and their 17th consecutive season in the Danish Superliga, the top tier of football in Denmark. Outside of the Superliga, Midtjylland competed in the Danish Cup and the UEFA Europa League qualifying rounds.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [29, 29], "content_span": [30, 317]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275264-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 FC Midtjylland season\nThe 2017\u201318 campaign saw Midtjylland win their second Danish Superliga title, and their first since 2015. The club also reached the semifinals of the 2017\u201318 Danish Cup, and the play-off round of the 2017\u201318 UEFA Europa League.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [29, 29], "content_span": [30, 257]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275265-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 FC Nantes season\nThe 2017\u201318 FC Nantes season was the 74th professional season of the club since its creation in 1943, and the club's 14th consecutive season in the top flight of French football. It covers a period from 1 July 2017 to 30 June 2018. They participated in the Ligue 1, the Coupe de France and Coupe de la Ligue.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [24, 24], "content_span": [25, 333]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275265-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 FC Nantes season, Players\nNote: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 33], "content_span": [34, 162]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275265-0002-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 FC Nantes season, Players, Out on loan\nNote: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 46], "content_span": [47, 175]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275266-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 FC Oleksandriya season\nThe 2017\u201318 season was 6th season in the top Ukrainian football league for FC Oleksandriya. Oleksandriya competed in Premier League, Ukrainian Cup and UEFA Europa League.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [30, 30], "content_span": [31, 201]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275267-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 FC Olimpik Donetsk season\nThe 2017\u201318 season was fourth consecutive season in the top Ukrainian football league for Olimpik Donetsk. Olimpik competed in Premier League, Ukrainian Cup. For the time in history of Olimpik it took part in European club tournament, representing Ukraine in UEFA Europa League during this season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [33, 33], "content_span": [34, 332]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275268-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 FC Petrolul Ploie\u0219ti season\nThe 2017\u201318 season is Petrolul Ploie\u0219ti's 88th season in the Romanian football league system. Petrolul came first in the 2016\u201317 Liga IV. During early 2017, it was reported that the Romanian subsidiary of French company Veolia would take over the club. On 16 June 2017, with financial support from the company, ACS Petrolul 52 Ploie\u0219ti leased FC Petrolul brand from the Municipality of Ploie\u0219ti for \u20ac30,000 and returned to the former name of FC Petrolul Ploie\u0219ti, targeting a return to the first division in the 2019\u201320 season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [35, 35], "content_span": [36, 563]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275268-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 FC Petrolul Ploie\u0219ti season, Players, First team squad\nNote: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 62], "content_span": [63, 191]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275269-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 FC Porto season\nThe 2017\u201318 FC Porto season was the club's 108th competitive season and the 84th consecutive season in the top flight of Portuguese football. The season began on 9 August 2017 and concluded on 12 May 2018.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [23, 23], "content_span": [24, 229]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275269-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 FC Porto season\nPorto won the 2017\u201318 Primeira Liga title in the penultimate matchday following a draw between direct rivals Benfica and Sporting CP. In so doing, they secured their first league title since the 2012\u201313 season and first overall title since the 2013 Superta\u00e7a C\u00e2ndido de Oliveira. Porto also competed in the 2017\u201318 Ta\u00e7a da Liga and the 2017\u201318 Ta\u00e7a de Portugal; in both competitions, they reached the semi-finals but were eliminated by Sporting CP after a penalty shootout.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [23, 23], "content_span": [24, 497]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275269-0002-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 FC Porto season\nIn UEFA competitions, Porto participated for the 7th consecutive and 22nd overall time in the UEFA Champions League group stage, a record shared with Barcelona and Real Madrid. They advanced to the round of 16 as group runners-up, behind Be\u015fikta\u015f, where they were eliminated by Liverpool.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [23, 23], "content_span": [24, 312]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275269-0003-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 FC Porto season, Pre-season and friendlies\nPorto began their pre-season on 3 July 2017. The fixture list was announced on 18 June 2017 and included a participation in a tournament in Mexico. The traditional presentation match was played on 30 July against Spanish La Liga side Deportivo de La Coru\u00f1a.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 50], "content_span": [51, 308]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275270-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 FC Pune City season\nThe 2017\u201318 FC Pune City season will be the club's fourth season since its establishment in 2014 and their fourth season in the Indian Super League. This will be the first season for coach Ranko Popovi\u0107 with the club. He replaced Antonio L\u00f3pez Habas middle of the pre\u2013season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [27, 27], "content_span": [28, 303]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275270-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 FC Pune City season, Background\nPune City finished sixth in 2016 ISL season and failed to qualify for the semifinals.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 39], "content_span": [40, 125]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275270-0002-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 FC Pune City season, Player movement\nDue to the Indian Super League regulation each club was allowed to retain a maximum of two Indian players over the age of twenty-one (21) and 3 under-21 players from previous squad. Pune City retained goalkeeper Vishal Kaith and an under-21 forward Ashique Kuruniyan. On 10 July Pune City announced signing of Uruguayan striker Emiliano Alfaro.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 44], "content_span": [45, 389]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275270-0003-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 FC Pune City season, Player movement\nIn ISL players draft held on 23 July 2017, Pune City picked 14 players to the squad. Pune City picked goalkeeper Kamaljit Singh and added defenders Adil Khan, Lalchhuanmawia, Nim Dorjee Tamang, Harpreet Singh, Wayne Vaz, Gurtej Singh and Pawan Kumar from draft. Pune City added midfielders Kean Lewis, Jewel Raja, Isaac Vanmalsawma and Rohit Kumar to the squad and also picked forwards Baljit Sahni and Ajay Singh from draft.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 44], "content_span": [45, 470]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275270-0004-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 FC Pune City season, Player movement\nOn 4 August Pune City announce signing of Spanish midfielder Marcos T\u00e9bar. The club announced signing of Brazilian forward Marcelinho on 21 August. On 23 August Pune City announced their next signing Spanish defender Rafa Lopez Gomez. On 24 August Pune city announced signing of midfielder Jonatan Lucca. The club then announced signing Croatian defender Damir Grgic on 29 August. Pune City on 8 September announced their seventh foreigner as Brazilian forward Diego Carlos. Pune City signed their last foreigner Argentinian midfielder Robertino Pugliara on 12 August.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 44], "content_span": [45, 613]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275270-0005-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 FC Pune City season, Pre-season and friendlies\nPune City stayed at Pune for pre-season. The club played their first friendly against DSK Shivajians U18 on 30 September and won 3\u20130. Goals scored by Kean Lewis, Adil Khan and Gaurav Bora. Then in next friendly against Chanmari Pune City won 5\u20130 on 16 October. Jonatan Lucca, Emiliano Alfaro, Rohit, Ajay Singh and Isaac scored a goal each for the club. Pune City Played East Bengal on 30 October and won 2\u20131. Lucca and Alfaro scored for Pune City. Mahmoud Amnah scored for East Bengal from penalty.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 54], "content_span": [55, 554]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275270-0005-0001", "contents": "2017\u201318 FC Pune City season, Pre-season and friendlies\nPune City played their next friendly against Mohun Bagan and won it 4\u20131. Alfaro scored brace, while Ajay Singh and Isaac scored a goal each for Pune City. Dipanda pulled one back for Mohun Bagan. Pune City played a 2\u20132 draw against Chennaiyin in their last friendly. Marcelinho and Diego Carlos scored for Pune City. Baoringdao Bodo scored the first goal for Chennaiyin and the second goal was an own goal.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 54], "content_span": [55, 461]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275270-0006-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 FC Pune City season, Indian Super League, November\nPune City started with 2\u20133 loss against Delhi Dynamos in their first match of 2017\u201318 Indian Super League season at home on 22 November. Paulinho Dias opened the scoring for Delhi in the 46th minute, while Lallianzuala Chhangte and Mat\u00edas Mirabaje netted in the 54th and 65th minute, respectively. Emiliano Alfaro scored Pune\u2019s first goal of the match in the 67th minute and Marcos Tebar netted their second in injury\u2013time.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 58], "content_span": [59, 482]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275271-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 FC Pyunik season\nThe 2017\u201318 season is Pyunik's 24th season in the Armenian Premier League.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [24, 24], "content_span": [25, 99]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275271-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 FC Pyunik season, Season events\nPrior to the start of the season, Armen Gyulbudaghyants was appointed as the club's manager on 16 June. Less than two-months later, on 8 August 2017, Aleksei Yeryomenko signed a one-year contract with Pyunik to be their manager, but left the club on 31 October 2017, with Armen Gyulbudaghyants returning to manage the team.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 39], "content_span": [40, 363]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275271-0002-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 FC Pyunik season, Squad\nNote: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 31], "content_span": [32, 160]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275272-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 FC Red Bull Salzburg season\nThe 2017\u201318 FC Red Bull Salzburg season was the 85th season in club history. They were defending League and Cup champions.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [35, 35], "content_span": [36, 158]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275272-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 FC Red Bull Salzburg season, Squad\nNote: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 42], "content_span": [43, 171]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275272-0002-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 FC Red Bull Salzburg season, Squad, Out on loan\nNote: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 55], "content_span": [56, 184]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275273-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 FC Rostov season\nThe 2017\u201318 FC Rostov season was the club's ninth successive season in the Russian Premier League, the highest tier of football in Russia. Rostov finished the season in 11th place, 2 places and 2 points above the Relegation Playoffs, and reached the Round of 16 in the Russian Cup, where they were eliminated by Amkar Perm.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [24, 24], "content_span": [25, 348]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275273-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 FC Rostov season, Season events\nOn 9 June, Rostov announced Leonid Kuchuk as their new manager on a one-year contract with the option of an additional year. On 6 December, Kuchuk resigned as manager, with Dmitri Kirichenko taking in over in a caretaker capacity the same day. Valeri Karpin was announced as the club's new permanent manager, on a two-and-a-half-year contract on 19 December.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 39], "content_span": [40, 398]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275273-0002-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 FC Rostov season, Squad\nNote: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 31], "content_span": [32, 160]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275273-0003-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 FC Rostov season, Squad, Out on loan\nNote: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 44], "content_span": [45, 173]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275273-0004-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 FC Rostov season, Transfers, Summer\nIn:Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 43], "content_span": [44, 175]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275273-0005-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 FC Rostov season, Transfers, Summer\nOut:Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 43], "content_span": [44, 176]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275273-0006-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 FC Rostov season, Transfers, Winter\nIn:Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 43], "content_span": [44, 175]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275273-0007-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 FC Rostov season, Transfers, Winter\nOut:Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 43], "content_span": [44, 176]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275274-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 FC Rubin Kazan season\nThe 2017\u201318 FC Rubin Kazan season was the fifteenth successive season that Rubin Kazan played in the Russian Premier League, the highest tier of association football in Russia. Rubin finished the season in tenth position, and were knocked out of the Russian Cup at the Round of 16 stage by Krylia Sovetov.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [29, 29], "content_span": [30, 336]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275274-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 FC Rubin Kazan season, Squad\nAs of 2 March 2018Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 36], "content_span": [37, 183]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275274-0002-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 FC Rubin Kazan season, Squad, Out on loan\nNote: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 49], "content_span": [50, 178]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275274-0003-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 FC Rubin Kazan season, Squad, Reserves\nNote: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 46], "content_span": [47, 175]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275274-0004-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 FC Rubin Kazan season, Transfers, Summer\nIn:Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 48], "content_span": [49, 180]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275274-0005-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 FC Rubin Kazan season, Transfers, Summer\nOut:Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 48], "content_span": [49, 181]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275274-0006-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 FC Rubin Kazan season, Transfers, Winter\nIn:Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 48], "content_span": [49, 180]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275274-0007-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 FC Rubin Kazan season, Transfers, Winter\nOut:Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 48], "content_span": [49, 181]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275275-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 FC SKA-Khabarovsk season\nThe 2017\u201318 FC SKA-Khabarovsk season is the club's first season in the Russian Premier League, the highest tier of football in Russia. SKA-Khabarovsk will also take part in the Russian Cup, entering at the round of 32 stage.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [32, 32], "content_span": [33, 257]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275275-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 FC SKA-Khabarovsk season, Season Events\nOn 20 December 2017, manager Aleksei Poddubskiy become the club's new Sporting Director, with Rinat Bilyaletdinov being appointed as the club's new manager on 12 January 2018. Bilyaletdinov himself resigned as manager on 31 March after taking just 1 point from 4 games. On 3 April 2018 Sergei Perednya was appointed as the club's new manager.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 47], "content_span": [48, 390]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275275-0002-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 FC SKA-Khabarovsk season, Squad\nNote: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 39], "content_span": [40, 168]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275275-0003-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 FC SKA-Khabarovsk season, Transfers, Summer\nIn:Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 51], "content_span": [52, 183]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275275-0004-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 FC SKA-Khabarovsk season, Transfers, Summer\nOut:Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 51], "content_span": [52, 184]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275275-0005-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 FC SKA-Khabarovsk season, Transfers, Winter\nIn:Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 51], "content_span": [52, 183]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275275-0006-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 FC SKA-Khabarovsk season, Transfers, Winter\nOut:Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 51], "content_span": [52, 184]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275276-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 FC Schalke 04 season\nThe 2017\u201318 FC Schalke 04 season was the 114th season in the football club's history and 27th consecutive and 50th overall season in the top flight of German football, the Bundesliga, having been promoted from the 2. Bundesliga in 1991. In addition to the domestic league, Schalke 04 are also participating in this season's edition of the domestic cup, the DFB-Pokal. This is the 17th season for Schalke in the Veltins-Arena, located in Gelsenkirchen, North Rhine-Westphalia. The season covers a period from 1 July 2017 to 30 June 2018.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [28, 28], "content_span": [29, 565]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275276-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 FC Schalke 04 season, Players, Squad information\nNote: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 56], "content_span": [57, 185]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275277-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 FC Shakhtar Donetsk season\nThe 2017\u201318 Shakhtar Donetsk season is the club's 27th season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [34, 34], "content_span": [35, 97]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275277-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 FC Shakhtar Donetsk season, Squad, Other players under the contract\nNote: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 75], "content_span": [76, 204]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275277-0002-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 FC Shakhtar Donetsk season, Squad, U21 team squad\nNote: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 57], "content_span": [58, 186]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275278-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 FC Shirak season\nThe 2017\u201318 season was Shirak's 27th consecutive season in the Armenian Premier League. Shirak finished the season in 4th place after they were deducted 12 points in May 2018 as it was alleged that Shirak's sporting director Ararat Harutyunyan had offered Edward Kpodo of Banants a bride to fix their upcoming match. Shirak were knocked out of the Armenian Cup by Gandzasar Kapan at the Semifinal stage and the Europa League by Gorica in the First Qualifying Round.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [24, 24], "content_span": [25, 490]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275279-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 FC Spartak Moscow season\nThe 2017\u201318 Spartak Moscow season was the twenty-sixth successive season that the club played in the Russian Premier League, the highest tier of association football in Russia. Domestically Spartak Moscow were defending Premier League Champions, failing to defend their title and eventually finishing third, winning the Russian Super Cup and reached the Semi-final of the Russian Cup where they were defeated by eventual winners FC Tosno. In Europe Spartak Moscow finished third in their UEFA Champions League group behind Liverpool and Sevilla, transferring to the UEFA Europa League where they were knocked out at the Round of 32 stage by Athletic Bilbao.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [32, 32], "content_span": [33, 690]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275279-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 FC Spartak Moscow season, Squad, Out on loan\nNote: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 52], "content_span": [53, 181]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275279-0002-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 FC Spartak Moscow season, Squad, Left club during season\nNote: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 64], "content_span": [65, 193]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275280-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 FC St. Pauli season\nThe 2017\u201318 FC St. Pauli season is the 107th season in the football club's history and 7th consecutive season in the second division of German football, the 2. Bundesliga and 25th overall. In addition to the domestic league, FC St. Pauli also are participating in this season's edition of the domestic cup, the DFB-Pokal. This is the 55th season for FC St. Pauli in the Millerntor-Stadion, located in St. Pauli, Hamburg, Germany. The season covers a period from 1 July 2017 to 30 June 2018.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [27, 27], "content_span": [28, 518]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275280-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 FC St. Pauli season, Players, Squad information\nNote: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 55], "content_span": [56, 184]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275281-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 FC Stal Kamianske season\nThe 2017\u201318 season was 3rd consecutive season in the top Ukrainian football league and the last season for Stal Kamianske. Stal competed in Premier League and Ukrainian Cup. After finishing at 12th position Stal was relegated to First League at the end of the season. The team officially relocated to Bucha, Kyiv Oblast and renamed to Feniks in the 2018\u201319 midseason. However before the start of next season new club withdrew from 2018\u201319 Ukrainian First League due to financial difficulties.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [32, 32], "content_span": [33, 525]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275281-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 FC Stal Kamianske season, Relocation of Stal from Kamianske to Bucha\nFollowing its first game at Obolon Arena in Kyiv, on 29 August 2017 FC Stal Kamianske ended up in the revived conflict which is ongoing since the end of 2015 when the new president of Stal became Vardan Israelian. The club's fan movement issued an ultimatum to the club's administration to relinquish their rights to the club's brand or the fans will have the Football Federation of Ukraine and the UEFA be involved in the issue. It should be reminded that the club's administration promised to have own home stadium Metalurh ready as early as the 2017\u201318 season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 76], "content_span": [77, 640]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275281-0002-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 FC Stal Kamianske season, Relocation of Stal from Kamianske to Bucha\nEarlier on 20 August 2017, the club made an official press release were it stated that experiences financial difficulties and renting Meteor Stadium is more expensive than to play in Kyiv. It also mentioned that considering the fact that its senior team is currently training in Bucha city, it would make more sense to conduct the club's games at the Obolon Arena in Kyiv.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 76], "content_span": [77, 449]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275281-0003-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 FC Stal Kamianske season, Relocation of Stal from Kamianske to Bucha\nOn 15 December 2017, it was published a copy of official letter from Stal administration petitioning to the Bucha's mayor in helping to relocate to his city. The letter is dated on 21 November 2017, and Stal insists on necessity to accomplish it all before the attestation for the next UPL season. The Bucha city authorities confirmed their interest in hosting the Premier League club which they can accommodate with a small stadium \"Yuvileinyi\" that has a capacity of 1,028 spectators.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 76], "content_span": [77, 563]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275281-0004-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 FC Stal Kamianske season, Relocation of Stal from Kamianske to Bucha\nOn 20 February 2018 it was confirmed that Stal has relocated to Pushcha-Vodytsia in Kyiv and since the next season will represent the city of Bucha.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 76], "content_span": [77, 225]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275282-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 FC Tosno season\nThe 2017\u201318 FC Tosno season was the club's first season in the Russian Premier League, the highest tier of association football in Russia. They finished the season in 15th position, being relegated back to the FNL at the first opportunity, whilst also winning the 2017\u201318 Cup. Due to Tosno failing to obtain a UEFA licence, they did not qualify for the 2018\u201319 UEFA Europa League. Krasnodar, the fourth-placed team in the Russian Premier League, entered the group stage instead of the third qualifying round, fifth-placed Zenit St.Petersburg, entered the third qualifying round instead of the second qualifying round, and sixth-placed FC Ufa took the second qualifying round berth.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [23, 23], "content_span": [24, 705]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275282-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 FC Tosno season, Squad\nNote: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 30], "content_span": [31, 159]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275282-0002-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 FC Tosno season, Squad, Out on loan\nNote: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 43], "content_span": [44, 172]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275282-0003-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 FC Tosno season, Transfers, Summer\nIn:Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 42], "content_span": [43, 174]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275282-0004-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 FC Tosno season, Transfers, Summer\nOut:Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 42], "content_span": [43, 175]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275282-0005-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 FC Tosno season, Transfers, Winter\nIn:Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 42], "content_span": [43, 174]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275282-0006-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 FC Tosno season, Transfers, Winter\nOut:Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 42], "content_span": [43, 175]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275283-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 FC Twente season\nDuring the 2017\u201318 FC Twente season, the club will participate in the Eredivisie and the KNVB Cup. It will be 53rd season in the history of the club and the 34th consecutive season in the top flight of the Dutch football.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [24, 24], "content_span": [25, 246]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275283-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 FC Twente season, Season review, June\nOn 1 June, the club confirmed the signing of Alexander Laukart.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 45], "content_span": [46, 109]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275283-0002-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 FC Twente season, Season review, June\nOn 12 June, Twente and Nick Hengelman negotiated a two-year contract extension lasting until 30 June 2019.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 45], "content_span": [46, 152]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275284-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 FC Ufa season\nThe 2017\u201318 FC Ufa season was the fourth successive season in the Russian Premier League, the highest tier of association football in Russia, and fifth in total. Ufa finished the season in sixth place, qualifying for UEFA Europa League for the first time due to Tosno failing to obtain a UEFA licence after their Russian Cup victory.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [21, 21], "content_span": [22, 355]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275284-0000-0001", "contents": "2017\u201318 FC Ufa season\nThis meant that Krasnodar, the fourth-placed team in the Russian Premier League, entered the group stage instead of the third qualifying round, fifth-placed Zenit St.Petersburg, entered the third qualifying round instead of the second qualifying round, and sixth-placed Ufa taking the second qualifying round berth. Ufa were knocked out of the Russian Cup at the Round of 32 by Olimpiyets Nizhny Novgorod.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [21, 21], "content_span": [22, 427]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275284-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 FC Ufa season, Squad\nNote: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 28], "content_span": [29, 157]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275284-0002-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 FC Ufa season, Squad, Out on loan\nNote: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 41], "content_span": [42, 170]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275284-0003-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 FC Ufa season, Transfers, Summer\nIn:Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 40], "content_span": [41, 172]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275284-0004-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 FC Ufa season, Transfers, Summer\nOut:Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 40], "content_span": [41, 173]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275284-0005-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 FC Ufa season, Transfers, Winter\nIn:Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 40], "content_span": [41, 172]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275284-0006-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 FC Ufa season, Transfers, Winter\nOut:Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 40], "content_span": [41, 173]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275285-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 FC Ural Yekaterinburg season\nThe 2017\u201318 Ural season was the club's fifth successive season that the club will play in the Russian Premier League, the highest tier of association football in Russia. Ural finished the season in twelfth place and were knocked out of the Russian Cup at the Round of 32 stage by Shinnik Yaroslavl.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [36, 36], "content_span": [37, 335]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275285-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 FC Ural Yekaterinburg season, Squad\nNote: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 43], "content_span": [44, 172]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275285-0002-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 FC Ural Yekaterinburg season, Squad, Out on loan\nNote: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 56], "content_span": [57, 185]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275285-0003-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 FC Ural Yekaterinburg season, Squad, Youth team\nAs per Russian Football Premier League. Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 55], "content_span": [56, 224]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275285-0004-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 FC Ural Yekaterinburg season, Transfers, Summer\nIn:Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 55], "content_span": [56, 187]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275285-0005-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 FC Ural Yekaterinburg season, Transfers, Summer\nOut:Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 55], "content_span": [56, 188]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275285-0006-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 FC Ural Yekaterinburg season, Transfers, Winter\nIn:Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 55], "content_span": [56, 187]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275285-0007-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 FC Ural Yekaterinburg season, Transfers, Winter\nOut:Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 55], "content_span": [56, 188]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275286-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 FC Viktoria Plze\u0148 season\nThe 2017\u201318 season was FC Viktoria Plze\u0148's 25th season in the Czech First League. The team competed in Czech First League, the Czech Cup, the UEFA Europa League, and the UEFA Champions League.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [32, 32], "content_span": [33, 225]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275286-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 FC Viktoria Plze\u0148 season\nPavel Vrba returned to manage the club in the summer of 2017. He had previously served as manager from 2008 to 2013 before leaving to manage the national team.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [32, 32], "content_span": [33, 192]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275286-0002-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 FC Viktoria Plze\u0148 season, Players\nNote: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 41], "content_span": [42, 170]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275286-0003-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 FC Viktoria Plze\u0148 season, Players, Out on loan\nNote: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 54], "content_span": [55, 183]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275286-0004-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 FC Viktoria Plze\u0148 season, Competitions, UEFA Champions League, Qualifying rounds\nAs a result of losing the third qualifying round, FC Viktoria Plze\u0148 was moved to the play-off round of the Europa League.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 88], "content_span": [89, 210]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275287-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 FC Vitosha Bistritsa season\nThe 2017\u201318 season is Vitosha Bistritsa's first season in the Bulgarian First League after they won 1-0 the play-off promotion/relegation match against Neftochimic Burgas on June 3, 2017, on Trace Arena in Stara Zagora. Paul Otofe scored the most important goal in the club's history.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [35, 35], "content_span": [36, 320]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275288-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 FC Vorskla Poltava season\nThe 2017\u201318 season was 22nd consecutive season in the top Ukrainian football league for Vorskla Poltava. Vorskla competed in Premier League and Ukrainian Cup.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [33, 33], "content_span": [34, 192]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275289-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 FC Zenit Saint Petersburg season\nThe 2017\u201318 Zenit Saint Petersburg season was the 93rd season in the club's history and its 22nd consecutive season in the Russian Premier League.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [40, 40], "content_span": [41, 187]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275289-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 FC Zenit Saint Petersburg season, Season Events\nPrior to the start of the season, 1 June 2017, Roberto Mancini replaced Mircea Lucescu as manager of Zenit.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 55], "content_span": [56, 163]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275289-0002-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 FC Zenit Saint Petersburg season, Squad\nNote: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 47], "content_span": [48, 176]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275289-0003-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 FC Zenit Saint Petersburg season, Squad, Out on loan\nNote: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 60], "content_span": [61, 189]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275289-0004-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 FC Zenit Saint Petersburg season, Transfers, Summer\nIn:Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 59], "content_span": [60, 191]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275289-0005-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 FC Zenit Saint Petersburg season, Transfers, Summer\nOut:Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 59], "content_span": [60, 192]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275289-0006-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 FC Zenit Saint Petersburg season, Transfers, Winter\nIn:Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 59], "content_span": [60, 191]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275289-0007-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 FC Zenit Saint Petersburg season, Transfers, Winter\nOut:Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 59], "content_span": [60, 192]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275290-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 FC Zenit-2 Saint Petersburg season\nFC Zenit-2 Saint Petersburg (Russian: \u0424\u041a \u00ab\u0417\u0435\u043d\u0438\u0442-2\u00bb \u0421\u0430\u043d\u043a\u0442-\u041f\u0435\u0442\u0435\u0440\u0431\u0443\u0440\u0433) is a Russian football team from Saint Petersburg. During the 2017-18 campaign they will be competing in the following competitions: Russian National Football League.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [42, 42], "content_span": [43, 276]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275291-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 FC Zirka Kropyvnytskyi season\nThe 2017\u201318 season was 8th season in the top Ukrainian football league for Zirka Kropyvnytskyi. Zirka competed in Premier League and Ukrainian Cup. After finishing at 10th place in Premier league, Zirka lost to Desna Chernihiv in play-offs and was relegated to First League.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [37, 37], "content_span": [38, 312]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275292-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 FC Zorya Luhansk season\nThe 2017\u201318 season was 17th season in the top Ukrainian football league for Zorya Luhansk. Zorya competed in Premier League, Ukrainian Cup and UEFA Europa League.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [31, 31], "content_span": [32, 194]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275293-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 FCSB season\nThe 2017\u201318 season was FCSB's 70th season since its founding in 1947.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [19, 19], "content_span": [20, 89]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275293-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 FCSB season, Players, First team squad\nNote: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 46], "content_span": [47, 175]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275293-0002-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 FCSB season, Statistics, Clean sheets\n1 Florin Ni\u021b\u0103 was transferred to Sparta Prague during the winter transfer window.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 45], "content_span": [46, 127]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275294-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 FHL season\nThe 2017\u201318 Federal Hockey League season is the eighth season of the Federal Hockey League. The regular season ran from October 20, 2017, to April 7, 2018, originally scheduled for 52 games for each of the six teams. The Watertown Wolves won the playoff championship, their second championship in the league.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [18, 18], "content_span": [19, 327]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275294-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 FHL season, League changes\nThe first expansion team of the 2017\u201318 season was announced in August 2016 as the Carolina Thunderbirds in Winston-Salem, North Carolina.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [20, 34], "content_span": [35, 173]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275294-0002-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 FHL season, League changes\nIn February 2017, the FHL announced it was partnering with a developmental league called the International Developmental Hockey League (IDHL) for the 2017\u201318 season. It was originally intended to be focused on players between the ages of 20 to 23 who had aged out of junior leagues. At one point, the league website listed teams called the Baldwinsville Bandits, Elmira Express, Newark Diamonds, Palmyra Battalion, Syracuse Crush, and Watertown Whalers. The league held a tryout camp on June 15, 2017, for prospective players. However, on June 26, the IDHL then announced it would not play and instead purchased the Watertown Wolves when the team's local ownership group, said to be exhausted from the emotional investment in running a professional sports franchise, backed out.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [20, 34], "content_span": [35, 813]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275294-0003-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 FHL season, League changes\nAfter making it to the championship in the 2016\u201317 season, the Berlin River Drivers ceased operations due to the increased overhead costs of running the team and not selling enough season tickets for the following season. The Danbury Titans would also fold for citing overhead costs and specifically workers' compensation insurance in Connecticut.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [20, 34], "content_span": [35, 382]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275294-0004-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 FHL season, League changes\nWhen the schedule was released for the season, the Fighting Saints were listed with home games in Gravenhurst, Ontario, T\u00e9miscaming, Quebec, South River, Ontario, and Kingsville, Ontario. They were eventually announced to have relocated to Kingsville as the North Shore Knights. The North Shore Knights ended up rescheduling or forfeiting many home games after February 11, 2018.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [20, 34], "content_span": [35, 414]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275294-0005-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 FHL season, League changes\nThe Cornwall Nationals folded during the season due to lack of funds despite sitting in second place at the time. The Nationals had played 34 games with an 18\u201313\u20133 record by their cease of operation on February 20, 2018. The five Nationals' games that were to take place against the Watertown Wolves were replaced by a travel-only team called the Northern Federals, similar to the Delaware Federals of the 2011\u201312 season. The Federals played the Wolves four times, all loses, including one classified as an exhibition game. All other games were immediately considered forfeits and were cancelled.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [20, 34], "content_span": [35, 631]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275295-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 FIBA Europe Cup\nThe 2017\u201318 FIBA Europe Cup was the third season of the FIBA Europe Cup, a European professional basketball competition for clubs that was launched by FIBA. The competition began on 20 September 2017, with the qualifying rounds, and concluded with the second leg of the final on 2 May 2018. Umana Reyer Venezia won its first European competition, after defeating Sidigas Scandone in the all-Italian Finals.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [23, 23], "content_span": [24, 430]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275295-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 FIBA Europe Cup, Format changes\nFor the 2017\u201318 season, the FIBA Europe Cup was reduced to 32 teams in the regular season. This included eight groups of four teams divided into two conferences and the two top teams from each regular season group would advance to the second round of four groups of four teams followed by the two-legged play-offs. 19 out of 22 teams were dropped from Champions League qualifying rounds while 10 teams come (with additional 3 lucky losers team) from the qualifying rounds that were implemented.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 39], "content_span": [40, 534]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275295-0002-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 FIBA Europe Cup, Format changes, Eligibility of players\nFIBA agreed to adopt eligibility rules, forcing the clubs to have at least 5 home-grown players in rosters of 11 or 12 players, or at least four if the team has got less players.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 63], "content_span": [64, 242]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275295-0003-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 FIBA Europe Cup, Team allocation\nA total of 60 teams are expected to participate in the 2017\u201318 FIBA Europe Cup.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 40], "content_span": [41, 120]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275295-0004-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 FIBA Europe Cup, Team allocation, Teams\nThe labels in the parentheses show how each team qualified for the place of its starting round.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 47], "content_span": [48, 143]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275295-0005-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 FIBA Europe Cup, Round and draw dates\nThe schedule of the competition is as follows (all draws are held at the FIBA headquarters in Munich, Germany, unless stated otherwise):", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 45], "content_span": [46, 182]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275295-0006-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 FIBA Europe Cup, Qualifying rounds\nThe draw for the qualifying rounds was held on 3 August 2017 at the FIBA headquarters in Munich, Germany.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 42], "content_span": [43, 148]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275295-0007-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 FIBA Europe Cup, Qualifying rounds\nIn the qualifying rounds, teams are divided into seeded and unseeded teams based on their club coefficients, and then drawn into two-legged home-and-away ties. Teams from the same country cannot be drawn against each other.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 42], "content_span": [43, 266]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275295-0008-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 FIBA Europe Cup, Qualifying rounds, First qualifying round\nA total of 20 teams played in the first qualifying round. The first legs were played on 19\u201321 and 24 September, and the second legs were played on 26\u201328 September 2017.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 66], "content_span": [67, 235]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275295-0009-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 FIBA Europe Cup, Qualifying rounds, Second qualifying round\nA total of 20 teams played in the second qualifying round: 10 teams which enter in this round, and the 10 winners of the first qualifying round. The first legs were played on 3 and 4 October, and the second legs were played on 10 and 11 October 2017.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 67], "content_span": [68, 318]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275295-0010-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 FIBA Europe Cup, Qualifying rounds, Lucky losers table\nThree teams would advance as lucky losers of the qualifying rounds, for replacing teams dropped from the Champions League that refused to join the competition. The three teams with the smallest point difference in the second qualifying round advanced to the regular season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 62], "content_span": [63, 336]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275295-0011-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 FIBA Europe Cup, Regular season\nThe draw for the regular season was held on 3 August 2017 at the FIBA headquarters in Munich, Germany.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 39], "content_span": [40, 142]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275295-0012-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 FIBA Europe Cup, Regular season\nThe 32 teams are drawn into eight groups of four, with the restriction that teams from the same country cannot be drawn against each other. In each group, teams play against each other home-and-away in a round-robin format. The group winners and runners-up advance to the second round, while the third-placed teams and fourth-placed teams are eliminated.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 39], "content_span": [40, 394]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275295-0013-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 FIBA Europe Cup, Regular season\nA total of 32 teams play in the regular season: the ten winners of the play-off round, the 19 of 24 losers of the 2017\u201318 Champions League qualifying rounds and the three lucky losers who replaced the defeated teams that used their opt-out clause.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 39], "content_span": [40, 287]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275295-0014-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 FIBA Europe Cup, Regular season\nFIBA has provided information on the situation of teams who signed a clause that allows them to withdraw from the FIBA Europe Cup if they are eliminated in the 2017\u201318 Basketball Champions League qualifying rounds. In other words, the following nine teams ended their continental adventure when they were eliminated from the main continental competition organized under the aegis of FIBA and therefore refuse to participate in the FIBA Europe Cup:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 39], "content_span": [40, 487]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275295-0015-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 FIBA Europe Cup, Regular season\nDepending on the number of teams mentioned above that were eliminated from the Basketball Champions League qualifying rounds and with the aim to complete the 32 places in the regular season, the number of the defeated teams in the second qualifying round of the FIBA Europe Cup that advanced to the regular season were determined by the point difference recorded at the end of their pairings. In their draw, the first qualifying round was used for tie-breaking. In the draw persists, the next criteria was the performance of clubs in the last three seasons at the European competitions.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 39], "content_span": [40, 626]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275295-0016-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 FIBA Europe Cup, Regular season\nFinally, the best three losing teams have qualified for the group stage:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 39], "content_span": [40, 112]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275295-0017-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 FIBA Europe Cup, Regular season\nThe three lucky losers were be drawn into Groups D, F and G by FIBA Europe on 12 October in the House of Basketball in Mies, Switzerland.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 39], "content_span": [40, 177]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275295-0018-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 FIBA Europe Cup, Regular season\nThe match-days were on 18 October, 25 October, 1 November, 8 November, 15 November and 6 December 2017.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 39], "content_span": [40, 143]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275295-0019-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 FIBA Europe Cup, Second round\nIn each group, teams play against each other home-and-away in a round-robin format. The group winners and runners-up advance to the round of 16, while the third-placed teams and fourth-placed teams are eliminated.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 37], "content_span": [38, 251]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275295-0020-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 FIBA Europe Cup, Second round\nA total of 16 teams play in the second round: the eight group winners and the eight runners-up of the regular season. The match-days will be on 20 December 2017, 10 January, 17 January, 24 January, 31 January and 7 February 2018.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 37], "content_span": [38, 267]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275295-0021-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 FIBA Europe Cup, Play-offs\nIn the play-offs, teams play against each other over two legs on a home-and-away basis. The playoff round starts with 16 teams, where second round group winners and runners-up are joined by eight more teams transferring from the Basketball Champions League. The draw was made without any restriction. Movistar Estudiantes, \u00c9lan Chalon, AEK Athens and SIG Strasbourg, had opt-out clauses from playing in the FIBA Europe Cup and in the event of them claiming fifth or sixth place, their spot would be filled by the best-ranked third-placed teams from the second round.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 34], "content_span": [35, 601]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275295-0022-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 FIBA Europe Cup, Play-offs, Round of 16\nThe first legs were played on 6\u20137 March, and the second legs on 13\u201314 March 2018.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 47], "content_span": [48, 129]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275295-0023-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 FIBA Europe Cup, Play-offs, Quarter-finals\nThe first legs were played on 20\u201321 March, and the second legs on 27\u201328 March 2018.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 50], "content_span": [51, 134]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275295-0024-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 FIBA Europe Cup, Play-offs, Semi-finals\nThe first legs will be played on 11 April, and the second legs will be played on 18 April 2018.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 47], "content_span": [48, 143]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275295-0025-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 FIBA Europe Cup, Play-offs, Finals\nThe first leg will be played on 25 April, and the second leg will be played on 2 May 2018.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 42], "content_span": [43, 133]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275295-0026-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 FIBA Europe Cup, Individual honours, Top Performer\nAfter each gameday a selection of five players with the highest efficiency ratings is made by the FIBA Europe Cup. Afterwards, the official website decides which player is crowned Top Performer of the round.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 58], "content_span": [59, 266]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275296-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 FIBA Europe Cup Play-offs\n2017\u201318 FIBA Europe Cup play-offs will begin on 7 March and conclude on 25 April and 2 May 2018 with the 2018 FIBA Europe Cup Finals, to decide the champions of the 2017\u201318 FIBA Europe Cup. A total of 16 teams will compete in the play-offs.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [33, 33], "content_span": [34, 274]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275296-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 FIBA Europe Cup Play-offs, Format\nThe play-offs involves 16 teams which qualified as winners or second placed of each one of the four groups in the second round.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 41], "content_span": [42, 169]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275296-0002-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 FIBA Europe Cup Play-offs, Format\nEach tie in the knockout phase, is played over two legs, with each team playing one leg at home.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 41], "content_span": [42, 138]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275296-0003-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 FIBA Europe Cup Play-offs, Format\nThe draw will be made without any restriction or seeding, being decided all the bracket by the luck of the draw in the round of 16. If two teams from the same previous round are paired, the team with the best record in the last round would play the second leg at home. If a FIBA Europe Cup team is drawn against a Basketball Champions League team, the FIBA Europe Cup side would have the home-court advantage in the second leg. This rule apply for all the rounds of the play-offs.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 41], "content_span": [42, 522]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275296-0004-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 FIBA Europe Cup Play-offs, Qualified teams, Teams from the second round\nThe four group winners and second-placed teams from the second round advanced to the play-offs. In case of vacants due to opt-out options of teams transferred from the Basketball Champions League, these places would be filled with the best third-qualified teams.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 79], "content_span": [80, 342]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275296-0005-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 FIBA Europe Cup Play-offs, Qualified teams, Transfers from Champions League regular season\nEight teams from the 2017\u201318 Basketball Champions League Regular season transfer to the FIBA Europe Cup. These include the fifth and sixth-placed teams. Movistar Estudiantes, \u00c9lan Chalon, AEK Athens and SIG Strasbourg, had opt-out clauses from playing in the FIBA Europe Cup and in the event of them claiming fifth or sixth place, their spot would be filled by the best-ranked third-placed teams from the second round.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 98], "content_span": [99, 517]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275296-0006-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 FIBA Europe Cup Play-offs, Round of 16\nThe first legs will be played on 6 and 7 March, and the second legs will be played on 13 and 14 March 2017. Team 2 plays the second leg at home.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 46], "content_span": [47, 191]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275296-0007-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 FIBA Europe Cup Play-offs, Quarterfinals\nThe first legs will be played on 20 and 21 March, and the second legs will be played on 27 and 28 March 2018. Team 2 plays the second leg at home.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 48], "content_span": [49, 195]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275296-0008-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 FIBA Europe Cup Play-offs, Semifinals\nThe first legs will be played on 11 April, and the second legs will be played on 18 and 19 April 2018. Team 2 plays the second leg at home.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 45], "content_span": [46, 185]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275296-0009-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 FIBA Europe Cup Play-offs, Finals\nThe first legs will be played on 25 April, and the second legs will be played on 2 May 2018. Team 2 plays the second leg at home.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 41], "content_span": [42, 171]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275297-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 FIS Alpine Ski World Cup\nThe International Ski Federation (FIS) Alpine Ski World Cup was the premier circuit for alpine skiing competition. The inaugural season launched in January 1967, and the 2017\u201318 season marked the 52nd consecutive year for the FIS World Cup.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [32, 32], "content_span": [33, 273]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275297-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 FIS Alpine Ski World Cup\nThis season began in October 2017 in S\u00f6lden, Austria, and concluded in mid-March at the finals in \u00c5re, Sweden. It was interrupted for most of February by the Winter Olympics in Pyeongchang, South Korea; the speed events were held at Jeongseon Alpine Centre with the technical events at Yongpyong Alpine Centre.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [32, 32], "content_span": [33, 343]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275297-0002-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 FIS Alpine Ski World Cup, Men\nWith his seventh consecutive overall title, Marcel Hirscher of Austria broke the all-time record of six overall titles (and five consecutive) set by Annemarie Moser-Pr\u00f6ll during the 1970s.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 37], "content_span": [38, 226]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275298-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 FIS Cross-Country Continental Cup\nThe 2017\u201318 FIS Cross-Country Continental Cup (COC) was a season of the FIS Cross-Country Continental Cup, a series of second-level cross-country skiing competitions arranged by the International Ski Federation (FIS).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [41, 41], "content_span": [42, 259]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275298-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 FIS Cross-Country Continental Cup\nThe 2017\u201318 Continental Cup contained nine different series of geographically restricted competitions; five in Europe, two in North America and one each from Asia and Oceania.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [41, 41], "content_span": [42, 217]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275298-0002-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 FIS Cross-Country Continental Cup, Winners\nThe overall winners from the 2017\u201318 season's Continental Cups were rewarded a right to start in the first period in the following 2018\u201319 World Cup season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [43, 50], "content_span": [51, 207]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275299-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 FIS Cross-Country World Cup\nThe 2017\u201318 FIS Cross-Country World Cup was the 37th official World Cup season in cross-country skiing for men and ladies. The season began on 24 November 2017 in Ruka, Finland and ended on 18 March 2018 in Falun, Sweden.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [35, 35], "content_span": [36, 257]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275299-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 FIS Cross-Country World Cup, Points distribution\nThe table shows the number of points won in the 2017/18 Cross-Country Skiing World Cup for men and ladies.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 56], "content_span": [57, 163]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275299-0002-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 FIS Cross-Country World Cup, Retirements\nFollowing are notable cross-country skiers who announced their retirement during or after this season:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 48], "content_span": [49, 151]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275300-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 FIS Cross-Country World Cup Finals\nThe 2017\u201318 FIS Cross-Country World Cup Finals were the 10th edition of the FIS Cross-Country World Cup Finals, an annual cross-country skiing mini-tour event. The three-day event was held in Falun, Sweden. It began on 16 March 2018 and concluded on 18 March 2018. It was the final competition round of the 2017\u201318 FIS Cross-Country World Cup.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [42, 42], "content_span": [43, 386]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275300-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 FIS Cross-Country World Cup Finals\nJohannes H\u00f8sflot Kl\u00e6bo of Norway and Hanna Falk of Sweden won the first stage of the mini-tour; a sprint freestyle. Alexander Bolshunov of Russia and Marit Bj\u00f8rgen of Norway won the two last stages; a mass start classic and a pursuit freestyle. Bolshunov and Bj\u00f8rgen won the overall standings by defending their leading positions on the third stage.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [42, 42], "content_span": [43, 392]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275300-0002-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 FIS Cross-Country World Cup Finals, Overall leadership\nThe results in the overall standings were calculated by adding each rider's finishing times on each stage. On the sprint stage, the winners were awarded 30 bonus seconds. On the second stage, the three fastest skiers in finish were awarded 15, 10 and 5 bonus seconds, and the ten first skiers to pass the intermediate sprint points were also awarded bonus seconds. No bonus seconds were awarded on the third stage. The skier with the lowest cumulative time was the overall winner of the Cross-Country World Cup Finals.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [44, 62], "content_span": [63, 581]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275300-0003-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 FIS Cross-Country World Cup Finals, World Cup points distribution\nThe overall winners were awarded 200 points. The winners of each of the three stages are awarded 50 points. The maximum number of points an athlete can earn is therefore 350 points.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [44, 73], "content_span": [74, 255]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275301-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 FIS Cup (ski jumping)\nThe 2017/18 FIS Cup (ski jumping) was the 13th FIS Cup season in ski jumping for men and the 6th for ladies.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [29, 29], "content_span": [30, 138]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275301-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 FIS Cup (ski jumping)\nOther competitive circuits this season included the World Cup, Grand Prix, Continental Cup, FIS Race and Alpen Cup.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [29, 29], "content_span": [30, 145]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275302-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 FIS Freestyle Ski World Cup\nThe 2017/18 FIS Freestyle Ski World Cup was the thirty ninth World Cup season in freestyle skiing organised by International Ski Federation. The season started on 27 August 2017 ended on 24 March 2018. This season included six disciplines: moguls, aerials, ski cross, halfpipe, slopestyle and big air.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [35, 35], "content_span": [36, 337]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275303-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 FIS Nordic Combined Continental Cup\nThe 2017/18 FIS Nordic Combined Continental Cup was the Continental Cup season, organized by the International Ski Federation for men and for ladies. It started on 15 December 2017 in Steamboat Springs, United States of America and concluded on 11 March 2018 in Nizhny Tagil, Russia.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [43, 43], "content_span": [44, 327]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275304-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 FIS Nordic Combined World Cup\nThe 2017/18 FIS Nordic Combined World Cup was the 35th World Cup season, organized by the International Ski Federation. It started on 24 November 2017 in Ruka, Finland and concluded on 25 March 2018 in Schonach, Germany.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [37, 37], "content_span": [38, 258]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275304-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 FIS Nordic Combined World Cup, Retirements\nFollowing are notable Nordic combined skiers who announced their retirement:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 50], "content_span": [51, 127]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275305-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 FIS Race (ski jumping)\nThe 2017/18 FIS Race (ski jumping) was the 19th FIS Race regular season as the fourth level of ski jumping competition since 1999/00. Although even before the world cup and in the old days FIS Race events were all top level organized competitions.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [30, 30], "content_span": [31, 278]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275305-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 FIS Race (ski jumping)\nOther competitive circuits this season included the World Cup, Grand Prix, Continental Cup, FIS Cup and Alpen Cup.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [30, 30], "content_span": [31, 145]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275306-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 FIS Ski Flying World Cup\nThe 2017\u201318 FIS Ski Flying World Cup was the 21st official World Cup season in ski flying. The winner was awarded with small crystal globe as the subdiscipline of FIS Ski Jumping World Cup.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [32, 32], "content_span": [33, 222]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275307-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 FIS Ski Jumping Alpen Cup\nThe 2017/18 FIS Ski Jumping Alpen Cup was the 28th Alpen Cup season in ski jumping for men and the 10th for ladies.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [33, 33], "content_span": [34, 149]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275307-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 FIS Ski Jumping Alpen Cup\nOther competitive circuits this season included the World Cup, Grand Prix, Continental Cup, FIS Cup and FIS Race.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [33, 33], "content_span": [34, 147]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275308-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 FIS Ski Jumping Continental Cup\nThe 2017/18 FIS Ski Jumping Continental Cup was the 27th in a row (25th official) Continental Cup winter season in ski jumping for men and the 14th for ladies. This was also the 16th summer continental cup season for men and 10th for ladies.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [39, 39], "content_span": [40, 281]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275308-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 FIS Ski Jumping Continental Cup\nAfter twenty-eight years break, the total 29th edition of the \"Beskidy Tour\" returned to the ski jumping, first time as part of the Continental Cup. Competition was originally held between 1958 and 1989 as FIS Race event. A total of three competitions at three different hills in two countries took place from 18\u201320 August 2017. Competition was held in Szczyrk, Wis\u0142a and Fren\u0161t\u00e1t pod Radho\u0161t\u011bm. Overall winner became Klemens Mura\u0144ka from Poland.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [39, 39], "content_span": [40, 486]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275308-0002-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 FIS Ski Jumping Continental Cup\nOther competitive circuits this season included the World Cup, Grand Prix, FIS Cup, FIS Race and Alpen Cup.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [39, 39], "content_span": [40, 147]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275308-0003-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 FIS Ski Jumping Continental Cup, Map of continental cup hosts\nAll 23 locations hosting continental cup events in summer (8 for men / 2 for ladies) and in winter (14 for men / 3 for ladies) this season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 69], "content_span": [70, 209]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275308-0004-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 FIS Ski Jumping Continental Cup, Participants\nOverall, total of 22 countries for both men and ladies participated in this season:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 53], "content_span": [54, 137]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275308-0005-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 FIS Ski Jumping Continental Cup, Europa Cup vs. Continental Cup\nLast two seasons of Europa Cup in 1991/92 and 1992/93 are recognized as first two Continental Cup seasons by International Ski Federation, although Continental Cup under this name officially started first season in 1993/94 season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 71], "content_span": [72, 302]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275309-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 FIS Ski Jumping World Cup\nThe 2017\u201318 FIS Ski Jumping World Cup was the 39th World Cup season in ski jumping for men, the 21st official World Cup season in ski flying, and the 7th World Cup season for ladies. The season began on 19 November 2017 in Wis\u0142a, Poland, and concluded on 25 March 2018 in Planica, Slovenia.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [33, 33], "content_span": [34, 324]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275309-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 FIS Ski Jumping World Cup\nThe highlight of the ladies' season was the first edition of the \"Lillehammer Triple\", contested between 1\u20133 December 2017 in Lillehammer, with a total of three individual events: two on the normal hill and one on the large hill. The best athletes of these three competitions received an additional prize money of \u20ac10,000 (divided between the Top 3).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [33, 33], "content_span": [34, 384]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275309-0002-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 FIS Ski Jumping World Cup\nOn 16 December 2017, the first ever ladies' World Cup team event was held in Hinterzarten.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [33, 33], "content_span": [34, 124]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275309-0003-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 FIS Ski Jumping World Cup\nThe first edition of a new competition, the \"Willingen Five\", took place from 2\u20134 February 2018 in Willingen. A total of five rounds counted in the final standings: Friday's qualification round, two individual competition rounds from Saturday and two from Sunday. The Willingen Five overall winner was awarded with an extra \u20ac25,000.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [33, 33], "content_span": [34, 366]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275309-0004-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 FIS Ski Jumping World Cup\nThe first edition of a new competition, the \"Planica7\", took place from 22\u201325 March 2018 in Planica. A total of seven rounds counted in the final standings: Thursday's qualification round, two individual competition rounds on Friday, two team competition rounds on Saturday and two individual competition rounds from the season final on Sunday. The Planica 7 overall winner was awarded with an extra 20,000 CHF.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [33, 33], "content_span": [34, 445]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275309-0005-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 FIS Ski Jumping World Cup\nFor the first time since the introduction of qualification sessions in the 1990\u201391 season, the top ten athletes in the World Cup rankings were no longer \"pre-qualified\", and therefore had to achieve a result good enough for them to qualify for the competition.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [33, 33], "content_span": [34, 294]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275309-0006-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 FIS Ski Jumping World Cup, Map of world cup hosts\nAll 24 locations hosting world cup events for men (18) and ladies (9) in this season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 57], "content_span": [58, 143]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275309-0007-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 FIS Ski Jumping World Cup, Map of world cup hosts\nRaw Air Planica 7 Willingen Five Four Hills Tournament Ladies only", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 57], "content_span": [58, 124]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275309-0008-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 FIS Ski Jumping World Cup, Participants\nOverall, a total of 23 countries for both men and ladies participated in this season:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 47], "content_span": [48, 133]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275310-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 FIS Snowboard World Cup\nThe 2017\u201318 FIS Snowboard World Cup was the 24th World Cup season in snowboarding organised by International Ski Federation. The season started on 4 September 2017 in Cardrona, New Zealand and concluded on 24 March 2018 in Quebec City, Canada. Competitions consisted of parallel slalom, parallel giant slalom, snowboard cross, halfpipe, slopestyle and big air.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [31, 31], "content_span": [32, 392]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275311-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 FIU Panthers men's basketball team\nThe 2017\u201318 FIU Panthers men's basketball team represented Florida International University during the 2017\u201318 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Panthers, led by fifth-year head coach Anthony Evans, played their home games at FIU Arena in Miami, Florida as members of Conference USA. They finished the season 14\u201318, 8\u201310 in C-USA play to finish in a tie for seventh place. They lost in the first round of the C-USA Tournament to Southern Miss.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [42, 42], "content_span": [43, 497]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275311-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 FIU Panthers men's basketball team\nOn April 2, 2018, FIU fired head coach Anthony Evans after five seasons. On April 20, the school announced VCU associate head coach Jeremy Ballard was hired as the new head coach.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [42, 42], "content_span": [43, 222]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275311-0002-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 FIU Panthers men's basketball team, Previous season\nThe Panthers finished the 2016\u201317 season 7\u201324, 3\u201315 in C-USA play to finish in 13th place. They failed to qualify for the C-USA Tournament.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [44, 59], "content_span": [60, 199]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275312-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 FIU Panthers women's basketball team\nThe 2017\u201318 FIU Panthers women's basketball team represents Florida International University during the 2017\u201318 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Panthers, led by second year head coach Tiara Malcom, play their home games at FIU Arena, and are members of Conference USA. They finished the season 8\u201321, 5\u201311 in C-USA play to finish in thirteenth place. They failed to qualify for the Conference USA Women's Tournament.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [44, 44], "content_span": [45, 475]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275313-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 FK Austria Wien season\nThe 2017\u201318 FK Austria Wien season was the 106th season in the club's history.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [30, 30], "content_span": [31, 109]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275314-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 FK Dukla Prague season\nThe 2017\u201318 season was Dukla Prague's seventh consecutive season in the Czech First League.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [30, 30], "content_span": [31, 122]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275314-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 FK Dukla Prague season, Players, Squad information\nNote: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 58], "content_span": [59, 187]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275314-0002-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 FK Dukla Prague season, Players, Transfers, In\nOver the summer, forwards Ivan Schranz arrived from Slovak outfit Trnava, and Uro\u0161 \u0110uranovi\u0107 signed from FK De\u010di\u0107.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 54], "content_span": [55, 169]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275314-0003-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 FK Dukla Prague season, Players, Transfers, In\nThe defence was strengthened with Ivan Ostoji\u0107 signing a two-year deal, arriving from Cypriot side Karmiotissa, as well as Martin Jir\u00e1nek arriving from P\u0159\u00edbram.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 54], "content_span": [55, 215]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275314-0004-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 FK Dukla Prague season, Players, Transfers, In\nLadislav Vopat returned to the club after his loan at \u010cesk\u00e9 Bud\u011bjovice. There were further arrivals in September: midfielder Luk\u00e1\u0161 Hol\u00edk joined from Zl\u00edn and former national team defender Mario Holek joined on loan from Sparta Prague.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 54], "content_span": [55, 289]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275314-0005-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 FK Dukla Prague season, Players, Transfers, In\nIn January 2018 Ivorian midfielder Mohamed Doumbia joined the club from Finnish second-tier side Eken\u00e4s IF, signing a contract until the end of the 2018\u201319 season. Former Dukla striker N\u00e9stor Albiach joined the club on a short-term loan from Sparta Prague in February 2018.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 54], "content_span": [55, 328]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275314-0006-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 FK Dukla Prague season, Players, Transfers, Out\nThree defenders left the club over the summer: Luk\u00e1\u0161 \u0160tetina left to join Sparta Prague, Jan \u0160im\u016fnek moved to Vasas SC in Hungary, while Michal Smejkal finished his professional career. Midfielder Jan Juro\u0161ka joined league rivals Slov\u00e1cko. Emmanuel Edmond also left the club. Striker Peter Olayinka returned to Ghent after the end of his year-long loan.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 55], "content_span": [56, 409]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275314-0007-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 FK Dukla Prague season, Players, Transfers, Out\nIn the winter break, midfielder Zinedin Mustedanagi\u0107 returned to Sparta Prague after the expiry of his loan. R\u00f3bert Kova\u013e, also a midfielder, went out on loan to former club Zempl\u00edn Michalovce.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 55], "content_span": [56, 249]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275314-0008-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 FK Dukla Prague season, Statistics, Home attendance\nThe club had the lowest average attendance in the league.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 59], "content_span": [60, 117]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275314-0009-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 FK Dukla Prague season, Cup\nAs a First League team, Dukla entered the Cup at the second round stage. In the second round, Dukla faced Bohemian Football League side P\u0159ev\u00fd\u0161ov, the same opponent at the same stage in the previous season. Dukla won the match 2\u20130 away from home. The third round match was away against Jiskra Doma\u017elice, a team which had beaten Dukla in the second round of the 2014\u201315 competition. Despite taking a 1\u20130 lead into half time, Dukla conceded three goals in the second half and lost 3\u20132, signalling the end of this season's cup run.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 35], "content_span": [36, 563]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275315-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 FK Mladost Lu\u010dani season\nThe 2017\u201318 Mladost Lu\u010dani season is the football club's 4th straight season in Serbian SuperLiga.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [32, 32], "content_span": [33, 131]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275315-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 FK Mladost Lu\u010dani season, Squad\nNote: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 39], "content_span": [40, 168]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275315-0002-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 FK Mladost Lu\u010dani season, Transfers, Summer\nIn:Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 51], "content_span": [52, 183]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275315-0003-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 FK Mladost Lu\u010dani season, Transfers, Summer\nOut:Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 51], "content_span": [52, 184]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275316-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 FK Partizan season\nThe 2017\u201318 season will be Fudbalski klub Partizan's 71st season in existence and the club's 12th competing in the Serbian SuperLiga.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [26, 26], "content_span": [27, 160]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275317-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 FK Partizani Tirana season\nIn the 2017\u201318 season, Partizani Tirana competed in the Kategoria Superiore for the fifth consecutive season. The season was the worst since 2014, because Partizani finished in fifth place, after a disastrous beginning and a bad form during the big part of the season. The club qualified for Europe next season, because of another ban of Sk\u00ebnderbeu from European competitions, this time for 10 years.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [34, 34], "content_span": [35, 435]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275317-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 FK Partizani Tirana season, First-team squad\nNote: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 52], "content_span": [53, 181]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275317-0002-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 FK Partizani Tirana season, First-team squad, Left club during season\nNote: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 77], "content_span": [78, 206]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275318-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 FK Qaraba\u011f season\nThe 2017\u201318 season was Qaraba\u011f's 26th Azerbaijan Premier League season, of which they were defending champions, and was their tenth season under manager Gurban Gurbanov.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [25, 25], "content_span": [26, 195]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275318-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 FK Qaraba\u011f season, Season overview, Transfers\nQaraba\u011f announced their first summer signing on 6 June, Abbas Huseynov from Inter Baku, with Ukrainian goalkeeper Anton Kanibolotskiy signing a two-year contract from Shakhtar Donetsk on 24 June. In July, Qaraba\u011f signed Jakub Rze\u017aniczak from Legia Warsaw and Wilde-Donald Guerrier from Alanyaspor.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 53], "content_span": [54, 352]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275318-0002-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 FK Qaraba\u011f season, Season overview, Transfers\nQaraba\u011f finished off their signings for the summer with loan deals for Ramil Sheydayev, Pedro Henrique and Tarik Elyounoussi, on one-year contract from Trabzonspor, PAOK and Olympiacos respectively.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 53], "content_span": [54, 252]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275318-0003-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 FK Qaraba\u011f season, Squad, Out on loan\nNote: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 45], "content_span": [46, 174]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275319-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 FK Sarajevo season\nThe 2017-2018 season was FK Sarajevo's 18th (24th) in Bosnian Premier League, 58th consecutive season in the top flight and 70th season in existence of the club.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [26, 26], "content_span": [27, 188]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275319-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 FK Sarajevo season, Players, Squad\nNote: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 42], "content_span": [43, 171]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275319-0002-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 FK Sarajevo season, Players, Squad\nNote: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 42], "content_span": [43, 171]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275320-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 FK S\u0259bail season\nThe S\u0259bail FK 2017-18 season was S\u0259bail's first Azerbaijan Premier League season, and their second season in existence.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [24, 24], "content_span": [25, 144]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275320-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 FK S\u0259bail season, Squad\nNote: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 31], "content_span": [32, 160]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275320-0002-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 FK S\u0259bail season, Squad, Out on loan\nNote: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 44], "content_span": [45, 173]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275320-0003-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 FK S\u0259bail season, Transfers, Summer\nIn:Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 43], "content_span": [44, 175]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275320-0004-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 FK S\u0259bail season, Transfers, Summer\nOut:Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 43], "content_span": [44, 176]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275320-0005-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 FK S\u0259bail season, Transfers, Winter\nIn:Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 43], "content_span": [44, 175]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275320-0006-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 FK S\u0259bail season, Transfers, Winter\nOut:Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 43], "content_span": [44, 176]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275321-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 FK Vardar season\nThe 2017\u201318 season was FK Vardar's 26th consecutive season in the First League. This article shows player statistics and all official matches that the club will play during the 2017\u201318 season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [24, 24], "content_span": [25, 217]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275321-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 FK Vardar season, Squad\nNote: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 31], "content_span": [32, 160]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275321-0002-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 FK Vardar season, Squad, Left club during season\nNote: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 56], "content_span": [57, 185]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275322-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 FK Vo\u017edovac season\nThe 2017\u201318 FK Vo\u017edovac season is the club's 5th straight season in Serbian SuperLiga.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [26, 26], "content_span": [27, 113]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275322-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 FK Vo\u017edovac season, Current squad\nNote: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 41], "content_span": [42, 170]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275322-0002-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 FK Vo\u017edovac season, Current squad, Youth & reserves\nNote: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 59], "content_span": [60, 188]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275322-0003-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 FK Vo\u017edovac season, Current squad, Out on loan\nNote: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 54], "content_span": [55, 183]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275322-0004-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 FK Vo\u017edovac season, Current squad, Out on loan\nFor recent transfers, see List of Serbian football transfers winter 2017\u201318. For summer transfers, see List of Serbian football transfers summer 2017.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 54], "content_span": [55, 205]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275323-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 FK \u017deljezni\u010dar season\nThe 2017\u20132018 season will be \u017deljezni\u010dar's 97th in existence and their 18th season in Premijer Liga BiH. The team will be competing in three major tournaments, Premijer Liga BiH, Kup BiH and UEFA Europa League. The youth team will also be competing in UEFA Youth League for the second time in three years.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [29, 29], "content_span": [30, 335]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275323-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 FK \u017deljezni\u010dar season, Season review, May\nOn 29 May, \u017deljezni\u010dar and Danijel Stojanovi\u0107 agreed to terminate contract.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 49], "content_span": [50, 125]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275323-0002-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 FK \u017deljezni\u010dar season, Season review, June\nOn 5 June, the club announced new kits for the upcoming season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 50], "content_span": [51, 114]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275323-0003-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 FK \u017deljezni\u010dar season, Season review, June\nOn 7 June, \u017deljezni\u010dar announced the signing of 22-year-old D\u017eenan Zajmovi\u0107 from Travnik.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 50], "content_span": [51, 140]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275323-0004-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 FK \u017deljezni\u010dar season, Season review, June\nOn 9 June, \u017deljezni\u010dar and Dino Hasanovi\u0107 negotiated a two-year contract extension lasting until May 2019.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 50], "content_span": [51, 157]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275323-0005-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 FK \u017deljezni\u010dar season, Season review, June\nOn 13 June, \u017deljezni\u010dar announced the signing of 23-year-old Asim Zec from Sloboda Tuzla.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 50], "content_span": [51, 140]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275323-0006-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 FK \u017deljezni\u010dar season, Season review, June\nOn 13 June, \u017deljezni\u010dar announced the loan of 23-year-old Daniel Graovac from Belgium club Mouscron.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 50], "content_span": [51, 151]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275323-0007-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 FK \u017deljezni\u010dar season, Season review, June\nOn 14 June, the club announced promotion of nine home grown players to the first team.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 50], "content_span": [51, 137]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275323-0008-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 FK \u017deljezni\u010dar season, Season review, June\nOn 18 June, \u017deljezni\u010dar announced the signing of 24-year-old Sinan Ramovi\u0107 from Mladost Doboj Kakanj.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 50], "content_span": [51, 152]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275323-0009-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 FK \u017deljezni\u010dar season, Season review, July\nOn 8 July, \u017deljezni\u010dar and Lens reached an agreement for the transfer of Ivan Lendri\u0107. On 10 July, the transfer was completed.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 50], "content_span": [51, 177]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275323-0010-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 FK \u017deljezni\u010dar season, Season review, July\nOn 9 July, \u017deljezni\u010dar announced the signing of 29-year-old Josip Proji\u0107 from Serbian club Napredak Kru\u0161evac.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 50], "content_span": [51, 160]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275323-0011-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 FK \u017deljezni\u010dar season, Season review, July\nOn 23 July, the club appointed 44-year-old Admir Ad\u017eem as the new head coach, after releasing Slavko Petrovi\u0107 from his duties.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 50], "content_span": [51, 177]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275323-0012-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 FK \u017deljezni\u010dar season, Season review, July\nOn 24 July, the club appointed 46-year-old Asmir D\u017eafi\u0107 as the new assistant head coach.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 50], "content_span": [51, 139]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275323-0013-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 FK \u017deljezni\u010dar season, Season review, July\nOn 24 July, the club announced that Sanel Jahi\u0107's contract would be rescinded.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 50], "content_span": [51, 129]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275323-0014-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 FK \u017deljezni\u010dar season, Season review, August\nOn 1 August, \u017deljezni\u010dar and Admiral Casino extended sponsorship agreement.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 52], "content_span": [53, 128]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275323-0015-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 FK \u017deljezni\u010dar season, Season review, August\nOn 4 August, \u017deljezni\u010dar and Sophico signed a sponsorship agreement.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 52], "content_span": [53, 121]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275323-0016-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 FK \u017deljezni\u010dar season, Season review, August\nOn 8 August, \u017deljezni\u010dar and Kemal Osmankovi\u0107 negotiated a three-year contract extension lasting until 2020.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 52], "content_span": [53, 161]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275323-0017-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 FK \u017deljezni\u010dar season, Season review, August\nOn 9 August, \u017deljezni\u010dar negotiated a three-year contract extension lasting until 2021 with youth players Denis \u017deri\u0107 and Ajdin Mujagi\u0107.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 52], "content_span": [53, 189]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275323-0018-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 FK \u017deljezni\u010dar season, Season review, August\nOn 9 August, \u017deljezni\u010dar announced the signing of 33-year-old Sa\u0161a Kajkut from Zrinjski.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 52], "content_span": [53, 141]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275323-0019-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 FK \u017deljezni\u010dar season, Season review, August\nOn 14 August, \u017deljezni\u010dar and Vedran Kjosevski negotiated a three-year contract extension lasting until 2020.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 52], "content_span": [53, 162]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275323-0020-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 FK \u017deljezni\u010dar season, Season review, August\nOn 16 August, \u017deljezni\u010dar and Uglje\u0161a Radinovi\u0107 agreed to terminate contract.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 52], "content_span": [53, 130]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275323-0021-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 FK \u017deljezni\u010dar season, Season review, September\nOn 15 September, \u017deljezni\u010dar and Lutrija BiH extended sponsorship agreement.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 55], "content_span": [56, 132]}} {"id": 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"2017\u201318 FK \u017deljezni\u010dar season, Season review, October\nOn 2 October, \u017deljezni\u010dar announced the signing of 29-year-old Vojo Ubiparip.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 53], "content_span": [54, 131]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275323-0026-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 FK \u017deljezni\u010dar season, Season review, October\nOn 5 October, the club announced promotion of youth players Filip Dujmovi\u0107 and Semir Daci\u0107 to the first team.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 53], "content_span": [54, 163]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275323-0027-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 FK \u017deljezni\u010dar season, Season review, October\nOn 24 October, \u017deljezni\u010dar and Haris Hajdarevi\u0107 negotiated a four-year contract extension lasting until 2021.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 53], "content_span": [54, 163]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275323-0028-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 FK \u017deljezni\u010dar season, Season review, October\nOn 27 October, the club announced youth players Kemal Mujari\u0107, Eldar \u0160ehi\u0107 and D\u017eenan Osmanovi\u0107 have signed apprenticeship contracts.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 53], "content_span": [54, 187]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275323-0029-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 FK \u017deljezni\u010dar season, Season review, November\nOn 9 November, \u017deljezni\u010dar and Adnan Bobi\u0107 agreed to terminate contract.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 54], "content_span": [55, 127]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275323-0030-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 FK \u017deljezni\u010dar season, Season review, November\nOn 15 November, the club appointed 37-year-old Sa\u0161a Papac as the new Director of Sports.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 54], "content_span": [55, 143]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275323-0031-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 FK \u017deljezni\u010dar 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extended sponsorship agreement.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 54], "content_span": [55, 130]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275323-0035-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 FK \u017deljezni\u010dar season, Season review, December\nOn 11 December, the club announced changes in management. On 16 December, Senad Misimovi\u0107 was appointed as the new Chairman of the club.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 54], "content_span": [55, 191]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275323-0036-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 FK \u017deljezni\u010dar season, Season review, December\nOn 18 December, \u017deljezni\u010dar and D\u017eenis Beganovi\u0107 agreed to terminate contract.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 54], "content_span": [55, 133]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275323-0037-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 FK \u017deljezni\u010dar season, Season review, December\nOn 19 December, \u017deljezni\u010dar and Centrotrans Eurolines extended sponsorship agreement.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 54], "content_span": [55, 140]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275323-0038-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 FK \u017deljezni\u010dar season, Season review, December\nOn 21 December, \u017deljezni\u010dar and ELPI Comerc extended sponsorship agreement.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 54], "content_span": [55, 130]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275323-0039-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 FK \u017deljezni\u010dar season, Season review, December\nOn 21 December, \u017deljezni\u010dar announced the signing of 25-year-old Adi Mehremi\u0107 from Austrian club St. P\u00f6lten.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 54], "content_span": [55, 163]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275323-0040-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 FK \u017deljezni\u010dar season, Season review, December\nOn 21 December, \u017deljezni\u010dar and Irfan Fejzi\u0107 negotiated a one and a half-year contract extension lasting until 2019.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 54], "content_span": [55, 171]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275323-0041-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 FK \u017deljezni\u010dar season, Season review, December\nOn 25 December, \u017deljezni\u010dar and Darko Markovi\u0107 agreed to terminate contract.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 54], "content_span": [55, 131]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275323-0042-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 FK \u017deljezni\u010dar season, Season review, January\nOn 9 January, the club announced an international public call for the submission of bids for the reconstruction of the main pitch of the Grbavica Stadium.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 53], "content_span": [54, 208]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275323-0043-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 FK \u017deljezni\u010dar season, Season review, January\nOn 10 January, \u017deljezni\u010dar and restaurant Slatko i Slano signed sponsorship agreement.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 53], "content_span": [54, 140]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275323-0044-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 FK \u017deljezni\u010dar season, Season review, January\nOn 11 January, the club announced the signings of Almir \u0106ubara and Meldin Jusufi.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 53], "content_span": [54, 135]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275323-0045-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 FK \u017deljezni\u010dar season, Season review, January\nOn 17 January, \u017deljezni\u010dar and BiH.ba signed a media partnership agreement.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 53], "content_span": [54, 129]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275323-0046-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 FK \u017deljezni\u010dar season, Season review, January\nOn 17 January, \u017deljezni\u010dar and Mann+Hummel signed a sponsorship agreement.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 53], "content_span": [54, 128]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275323-0047-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 FK \u017deljezni\u010dar season, Season review, January\nOn 18 January, \u017deljezni\u010dar and ASA Osiguranje extended sponsorship agreement.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 53], "content_span": [54, 131]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275323-0048-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 FK \u017deljezni\u010dar season, Season review, January\nOn 18 January, \u017deljezni\u010dar and Dino Hasanovi\u0107 agreed to terminate contract.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 53], "content_span": [54, 129]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275323-0049-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 FK \u017deljezni\u010dar season, Season review, January\nOn 18 January, the club announced three players will be leaving on loan to Iskra.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 53], "content_span": [54, 135]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275323-0050-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 FK \u017deljezni\u010dar season, Season review, January\nOn 22 January, \u017deljezni\u010dar announced the signing of 23-year-old Kenan Had\u017ei\u0107 from Croatian club Istra 1961.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 53], "content_span": [54, 161]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275323-0051-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 FK \u017deljezni\u010dar season, Season review, January\nOn 23 January, \u017deljezni\u010dar announced the signing of 31-year-old Stojan Vranje\u0161 from Polish club Piast Gliwice.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 53], "content_span": [54, 164]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275323-0052-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 FK \u017deljezni\u010dar season, Season review, January\nOn 26 January, \u017deljezni\u010dar and Samir Bekri\u0107 agreed to terminate contract.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 53], "content_span": [54, 127]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275323-0053-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 FK \u017deljezni\u010dar season, Season review, January\nOn 26 January, \u017deljezni\u010dar announced the signing of 21-year-old Andrej Modi\u0107 from Italian club Milan.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 53], "content_span": [54, 155]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275323-0054-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 FK \u017deljezni\u010dar season, Season review, February\nOn 2 February, \u017deljezni\u010dar and Mark Medical signed sponsorship agreement.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 54], "content_span": [55, 128]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275323-0055-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 FK \u017deljezni\u010dar season, Season review, February\nOn 21 February, \u017deljezni\u010dar and Hotel Novotel Sarajevo Bristol signed sponsorship agreement.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 54], "content_span": [55, 147]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275323-0056-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 FK \u017deljezni\u010dar season, Season review, February\nOn 22 February, \u017deljezni\u010dar and In Time signed sponsorship agreement.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 54], "content_span": [55, 124]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275323-0057-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 FK \u017deljezni\u010dar season, Season review, February\nOn 27 February, \u017deljezni\u010dar and Dnevni avaz extended media agreement.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 54], "content_span": [55, 124]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275323-0058-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 FK \u017deljezni\u010dar season, Season review, March\nOn 3 March, the club announced Ajdin Mujagi\u0107 will be leaving on loan to Travnik.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 51], "content_span": [52, 132]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275323-0059-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 FK \u017deljezni\u010dar season, Season review, March\nOn 9 March, the club announced Sarajevo osiguranje as the new golden sponsor.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 51], "content_span": [52, 129]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275323-0060-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 FK \u017deljezni\u010dar season, Season review, March\nOn 12 March, \u017deljezni\u010dar and Atos osiguranje signed sponsorship agreement.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 51], "content_span": [52, 126]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275323-0061-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 FK \u017deljezni\u010dar season, Season review, March\nOn 23 March, \u017deljezni\u010dar and Adriatic osiguranje signed sponsorship agreement.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 51], "content_span": [52, 130]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275323-0062-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 FK \u017deljezni\u010dar season, Season review, March\nOn 29 March, \u017deljezni\u010dar and Rail Cargo Logistics \u2013 BH signed sponsorship agreement.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 51], "content_span": [52, 136]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275323-0063-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 FK \u017deljezni\u010dar season, Season review, April\nOn 4 April, the club announced Ziraat Bank as the new general sponsor.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 51], "content_span": [52, 122]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275323-0064-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 FK \u017deljezni\u010dar season, Squad statistics, Disciplinary record\nIncludes all competitive matches. The list is sorted by position, and then shirt number.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 68], "content_span": [69, 157]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275323-0065-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 FK \u017deljezni\u010dar season, Squad statistics, Disciplinary record\nLast updated: 12 May 2018Source: Competitive matches and Ordered by , and = Number of bookings; = Number of sending offs after a second yellow card; = Number of sending offs by a direct red card.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 68], "content_span": [69, 268]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275324-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Fairfield Stags men's basketball team\nThe 2017\u201318 Fairfield Stags men's basketball team represented Fairfield University during the 2017\u201318 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Stags, led by seventh-year head coach Sydney Johnson, played their home games at Webster Bank Arena, with three games at Alumni Hall, as members of the Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference. They finished the season 17\u201316 overall, 9\u20139 in MAAC play to finish in a tie for fifth place. As the No. 6 seed at the MAAC Tournament, they defeated No. 11 seed Marist, upset No. 3 seed Niagara and No. 7 seed Quinnipiac to advance to the championship game where they lost to Iona.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [45, 45], "content_span": [46, 661]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275324-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Fairfield Stags men's basketball team, Previous season\nThe Stags finished the 2016\u201317 season 16\u201315, 11\u20139 in MAAC play to finish in fifth place. They lost in the Quarterfinals of the MAAC Tournament to Siena. They were invited to the CollegeInsider.com Tournament where they lost in the First Round to UMBC.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [47, 62], "content_span": [63, 314]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275325-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Fairleigh Dickinson Knights men's basketball team\nThe 2017\u201318 Fairleigh Dickinson Knights men's basketball team represented Fairleigh Dickinson University during the 2017\u201318 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The team was led by fifth-year head coach Greg Herenda. The Knights played their home games at the Rothman Center in Hackensack, New Jersey as members of the Northeast Conference. They finished the season 13\u201318, 9\u20139 in NEC play to finish in a tie for sixth place. They defeated Saint Francis (PA) in the quarterfinals of the NEC Tournament before losing in the semifinals to LIU Brooklyn.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 57], "section_span": [57, 57], "content_span": [58, 611]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275325-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Fairleigh Dickinson Knights men's basketball team, Previous season\nThe Knights finished the 2016\u201317 season 11\u201319, 9\u20139 in NEC play to finish in a three-way tie for fifth place. They lost to Wagner in the opening round of the NEC Tournament.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 57], "section_span": [59, 74], "content_span": [75, 247]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275325-0002-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Fairleigh Dickinson Knights men's basketball team, Preseason\nIn a poll of league coaches at the NEC media day, the Knights were picked to finish in second place. Senior guard Darian Anderson was named the preseason All-NEC team.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 57], "section_span": [59, 68], "content_span": [69, 236]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275326-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Falkirk F.C. season\nThe 2017\u201318 season was Falkirk\u2019s fifth season in the Scottish Championship and their seventh consecutive season in the second-tier of Scottish football following their relegation from the Scottish Premier League at the end of the 2009\u201310 season. Falkirk also competed in the League Cup, Challenge Cup and the Scottish Cup.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [27, 27], "content_span": [28, 350]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275326-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Falkirk F.C. season, Summary, Management\nFalkirk began the 2017\u201318 season under the management of Peter Houston who had guided the club to a Premiership play-off place in his previous two seasons. On 24 September, Houston left his position as manager following a poor start to the season. Paul Hartley was appointed as his replacement on 4 October and guided the club to safety with an eighth place finish at the end of the season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 48], "content_span": [49, 439]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275327-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina Cup\nThe 2017\u201318 Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina Cup was the qualifying competition for the 2017\u201318 Bosnia and Herzegovina Football Cup.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 48], "section_span": [48, 48], "content_span": [49, 185]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275327-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina Cup, Format\n32 teams took part in two rounds of the competition with 12 Second round winners qualifying for the national competition.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 48], "section_span": [50, 56], "content_span": [57, 178]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275327-0002-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina Cup, Format, Participating teams\n16 First League of the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina teams were joined by 16 lower league teams (third level and lower).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 48], "section_span": [50, 77], "content_span": [78, 205]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275327-0003-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina Cup, Format, Participating teams\nSix cantons with the most teams competing in the cup had two teams each in the competition while remaining the four cantos had one team each. Each canton organized its own cup tournament which acted as the FBiH Cup qualifying stage. If there were not enough teams interested in taking part in canton cup, no cup was organized and the canton FA chose one team to represent them in the FBiH Cup.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 48], "section_span": [50, 77], "content_span": [78, 471]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275327-0004-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina Cup, Format, Participating teams\nRoman number in brackets denote the level of respective league in Bosnian football league system in 2017-18 season", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 48], "section_span": [50, 77], "content_span": [78, 192]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275328-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Feldhockey-Bundesliga\nThe 2017\u201318 Feldhockey-Bundesliga was the 76th season of the top German league for field hockey clubs. The season started in on 9 September 2017 and concluded with the championship final on 10 June 2018. Mannheimer HC were the defending champions, while D\u00fcsseldorfer HC and M\u00fcnchner SC entered as the promoted teams from the 2016\u201317 2. Bundesliga.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [29, 29], "content_span": [30, 377]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275328-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Feldhockey-Bundesliga\nRot-Weiss K\u00f6ln won the regular season with an eight point lead, they qualified together with Mannheimer HC, Uhlenhorst M\u00fclheim and Harvetshude for the Final Four. In the Final Four or championship playoff Uhlenhorst M\u00fclheim and Rot-Weiss K\u00f6ln qualified for the final where Uhlenhorst M\u00fclheim won 3\u20132 and they won their 17th title after a 21 year wait.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [29, 29], "content_span": [30, 381]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275328-0002-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Feldhockey-Bundesliga, Teams\nTwelve teams competed in the league \u2013 the top ten teams from the previous season and the two teams promoted from the 2. Bundesliga. The promoted teams were D\u00fcsseldorfer HC and M\u00fcnchner SC, who replaced Klipper THC and Lichterfelde.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 36], "content_span": [37, 268]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275328-0003-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Feldhockey-Bundesliga, Championship play off\nThe play offs were played on 9 and 10 June 2018 in Krefeld.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 52], "content_span": [53, 112]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275329-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Fencing World Cup\nThe 47th FIE Fencing World Cup began in October 2017 and concluded in July 2018 at the 2018 World Fencing Championships held in Wuxi. Of the 153 national federations in the International Fencing Federation (FIE), 108 were represented in Wuxi with 771 athletes participating.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [25, 25], "content_span": [26, 300]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275330-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Fenerbah\u00e7e Basketball season\nThe 2017\u201318 Fenerbah\u00e7e Basketball season was the 104th season in the existence of the club. The team played in the Basketbol S\u00fcper Ligi (BSL) and in the European first tier EuroLeague. This is the first season the team was known as Fenerbah\u00e7e Do\u011fu\u015f, due to sponsorship reasons.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [36, 36], "content_span": [37, 314]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275330-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Fenerbah\u00e7e Basketball season, Players, Squad information\nNote: Flags indicate national team eligibility at FIBA sanctioned events. Players may hold other non-FIBA nationality not displayed.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 64], "content_span": [65, 197]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275331-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Fenerbah\u00e7e S.K. season\nThe 2017\u201318 season is Fenerbah\u00e7e's 60th consecutive season in the S\u00fcper Lig and their 110th year in existence.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [30, 30], "content_span": [31, 141]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275331-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Fenerbah\u00e7e S.K. season, Competitions, S\u00fcper Lig, Results summary\nPld = Matches played; W = Matches won; D = Matches drawn; L = Matches lost; GF = Goals for; GA = Goals against; GD = Goal difference; Pts = Points", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 72], "content_span": [73, 219]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275332-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Ferencv\u00e1rosi TC season\nThe 2017\u201318 season was Ferencv\u00e1rosi TC's 115th competitive season, 9th consecutive season in the OTP Bank Liga and 118th year in existence as a football club.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [30, 30], "content_span": [31, 189]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275332-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Ferencv\u00e1rosi TC season, Players, First team squad\nNote: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 57], "content_span": [58, 186]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275332-0002-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Ferencv\u00e1rosi TC season, Players, First team squad, Out on loan\nNote: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 70], "content_span": [71, 199]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275332-0003-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Ferencv\u00e1rosi TC season, Transfers, Summer\nIn:Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 49], "content_span": [50, 181]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275332-0004-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Ferencv\u00e1rosi TC season, Transfers, Summer\nOut:Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 49], "content_span": [50, 182]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275332-0005-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Ferencv\u00e1rosi TC season, Transfers, Winter\nIn:Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 49], "content_span": [50, 181]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275332-0006-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Ferencv\u00e1rosi TC season, Transfers, Winter\nOut:Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 49], "content_span": [50, 182]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275332-0007-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Ferencv\u00e1rosi TC season, Statistics, Top scorers\nIncludes all competitive matches. The list is sorted by shirt number when total goals are equal.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 55], "content_span": [56, 152]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275332-0008-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Ferencv\u00e1rosi TC season, Statistics, Disciplinary record\nIncludes all competitive matches. Players with 1 card or more included only.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 63], "content_span": [64, 140]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275332-0009-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Ferencv\u00e1rosi TC season, Europa League\nThe First and Second Qualifying Round draws took place at UEFA headquarters in Nyon, Switzerland on 19 June 2017.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 45], "content_span": [46, 159]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275333-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Feyenoord season\nThe 2017\u201318 season was Feyenoord's 110th season of play, it marked its 62st season in the Eredivisie and its 96th consecutive season in the top flight of Dutch football. It was the third season with manager Giovanni van Bronckhorst, a former player who played seven seasons for Feyenoord and who played 106 times for Dutch national team. Feyenoord entered the KNVB Cup in the first round and the Champions League in the group stage.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [24, 24], "content_span": [25, 457]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275333-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Feyenoord season, Eredivisie, League table, Matches\nThe fixtures for the 2017\u201318 season were announced in June 2017.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 59], "content_span": [60, 124]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275333-0002-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Feyenoord season, Player details\nAppearances (Apps.) numbers are for appearances in competitive games only including sub appearancesRed card numbers denote: Numbers in parentheses represent red cards overturned for wrongful dismissal.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 40], "content_span": [41, 242]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275333-0003-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Feyenoord season, Player details\nSource: (for players and positions) 00(for squad numbers) 00(for actual stats.)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 40], "content_span": [41, 120]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275333-0004-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Feyenoord season, Transfers\nIn:Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 35], "content_span": [36, 167]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275333-0005-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Feyenoord season, Transfers\nOut:Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 35], "content_span": [36, 168]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275334-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Finnish Cup\nThe 2017\u201318 Finnish Cup (Suomen Cup) was the 63rd season of the Finnish Cup. It was the second edition of the tournament to be played on a fall-spring schedule, running from July to September of the following year. The introduction of this new competition format meant that the Liiga Cup was discontinued.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [19, 19], "content_span": [20, 325]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275334-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Finnish Cup\nThe winner of the Men's Finnish Cup was awarded a cash prize of EUR 50,000 with the runners up receiving EUR 10,000. The winner also qualified for the 2019\u201320 UEFA Europa League. Times up to 28 October 2017 and from 25 March 2018 are EEST (UTC+3). Times from 29 October 2017 to 24 March 2018 are EET (UTC+2).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [19, 19], "content_span": [20, 328]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275334-0002-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Finnish Cup, First round\nThe first and second rounds of the Cup will include all registered teams, with the exception of Veikkausliiga and Ykk\u00f6nen teams, who will be included in the 30-team group stage early in 2017. The first rounds will include teams playing in the Kakkonen and below.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 32], "content_span": [33, 295]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275334-0003-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Finnish Cup, Group stage\nThe teams participating in the Group Stage will be the 2017 Veikkausliiga teams (12), 2017 Ykk\u00f6nen teams (10) and eight teams from the early rounds of the competition. The Group Stage will be played between January and March, 2018 with the teams divided into five regional groups, with six teams per group. The top two teams from the group stage will advance directly to the semi-finals, while the remaining winners of each group and each second-place finisher will proceed to the quarterfinals.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 32], "content_span": [33, 528]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275335-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 First League of the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina\nThe 2017\u201318 First League of the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina was the twenty-third season of the First League of the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina, the second tier football league of Bosnia and Herzegovina, since its original establishment and the eighteenth as a unified federation-wide league. It began on 5 August 2017 and ended on 2 June 2018. GO\u0160K Gabela were the last champions, having won their second championship title in the 2016\u201317 season and earning a promotion to Premier League of Bosnia and Herzegovina.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 64], "section_span": [64, 64], "content_span": [65, 597]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275336-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 First League of the Republika Srpska\nThe 2017\u201318 First League of the Republika Srpska was the twenty-third season of the First League of the Republika Srpska, the second tier football league of Bosnia and Herzegovina, since its original establishment and the sixteenth as a second tier league.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [44, 44], "content_span": [45, 301]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275337-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 First Professional Football League (Bulgaria)\nThe 2017\u201318 First Professional Football League was the 94th season of the top division of the Bulgarian football league system, the 69th since a league format was adopted for the national competition of A Group as a top tier of the pyramid and also the 2nd season of the First Professional Football League, which decides the Bulgarian champion. The season is the second with a new league structure and strict financial criteria where 14 clubs play each other home and away, until the league is split up in championship and relegation playoffs. The new league structure, inspired by the ones used by the Belgian First Division A and Danish Superliga, was approved by the Bulgarian Football Union on 6 June 2016. The fixture list was released on 22 June 2017.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 53], "section_span": [53, 53], "content_span": [54, 811]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275337-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 First Professional Football League (Bulgaria)\nOn 29 April 2018, four rounds before the end of the championship, Ludogorets Razgrad managed to secure the title for a seventh consecutive and overall time.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 53], "section_span": [53, 53], "content_span": [54, 210]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275337-0002-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 First Professional Football League (Bulgaria), Teams\nA total of 14 teams would be contesting the league. Etar were promoted as champions of the 2016\u201317 Second League, sealing their title on the final day of the season with a 2\u20132 away draw against Nesebar, coupled with Septemvri Sofia's 0\u20132 away defeat to Oborishte. The promoted club replaced Lokomotiv Gorna Oryahovitsa, who suffered an immediate return to the second tier after elimination in the relegation play-offs by Montana.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 53], "section_span": [55, 60], "content_span": [61, 490]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275337-0003-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 First Professional Football League (Bulgaria), Teams\nSeptemvri Sofia, runners-up of the 2016\u201317 Second League, won the play-off against Montana and return to the top flight after an 18-year absence, for the first time since the 1998\u201399 season. Montana return to the second tier after two seasons in the top flight.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 53], "section_span": [55, 60], "content_span": [61, 322]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275337-0004-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 First Professional Football League (Bulgaria), Teams\nVitosha Bistritsa, who finished 3rd in the 2016\u201317 Second League, defeated Neftochimic in the play-off and won promotion to the top division for the first time in their history. Neftochimic spent only one season in the First League.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 53], "section_span": [55, 60], "content_span": [61, 293]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275337-0005-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 First Professional Football League (Bulgaria), Teams, Stadia and locations\nNote: From the 2016\u201317 season onwards, all participating clubs are required to have electric floodlights and adequate pitch conditions under the BFU and TV broadcaster's new licensing criteria. The following stadiums below have either obtained a license under UEFA's category ranking or fulfill the licensing criteria.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 53], "section_span": [55, 82], "content_span": [83, 401]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275337-0006-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 First Professional Football League (Bulgaria), Teams, Stadia and locations\na. Cherno More played their first home match at Kavarna Stadium in Kavarna due to ongoing renovation works at their Ticha Stadium. b. Etar played their first two home matches at Lovech Stadium in Lovech due to ongoing renovation works at their Ivaylo Stadium. c. Septemvri Sofia will play at the Vasil Levski National Stadium because their Dragalevtsi Stadium is not licensed for First League. d. Slavia Sofia obtained permission from the Bulgarian Football Union to use their own stadium and will play their matches at the Vasil Levski National Stadium only when floodlights are necessary.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 53], "section_span": [55, 82], "content_span": [83, 673]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275337-0007-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 First Professional Football League (Bulgaria), Teams, Personnel and sponsorship\nNote: Flags indicate national team as has been defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players and managers may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 53], "section_span": [55, 87], "content_span": [88, 238]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275337-0008-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 First Professional Football League (Bulgaria), Teams, Personnel and sponsorship\nNote: Individual clubs may wear jerseys with advertising. However, only one sponsorship is permitted per jersey for official tournaments organised by UEFA in addition to that of the kit manufacturer (exceptions are made for non-profit organisations). Clubs in the domestic league can have more than one sponsorship per jersey which can feature on the front of the shirt, incorporated with the main sponsor or in place of it; or on the back, either below the squad number or on the collar area. Shorts also have space available for advertisement.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 53], "section_span": [55, 87], "content_span": [88, 633]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275337-0009-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 First Professional Football League (Bulgaria), Championship round\nPoints and goals will carry over in full from regular season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 53], "section_span": [55, 73], "content_span": [74, 135]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275337-0010-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 First Professional Football League (Bulgaria), Championship round, Positions by round\nBelow the positions per round are shown. As teams did not all start with an equal number of points, the initial pre-playoffs positions are also given.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 53], "section_span": [55, 93], "content_span": [94, 244]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275337-0011-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 First Professional Football League (Bulgaria), Relegation round\nPoints and goals will carry over in full from regular season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 53], "section_span": [55, 71], "content_span": [72, 133]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275337-0012-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 First Professional Football League (Bulgaria), Relegation play-offs, Bracket\nWinners of matches 3, 5 and 6 will play in the top division next season", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 53], "section_span": [55, 84], "content_span": [85, 156]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275338-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 First Women's Basketball League of Serbia\nThe 2017\u201318 First Women's Basketball League of Serbia is the 12th season of the First Women's Basketball League of Serbia, the highest professional basketball league in Serbia. It is also 74th national championship played by Serbian clubs inclusive of nation's previous incarnations as Yugoslavia and Serbia and Montenegro.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 49], "section_span": [49, 49], "content_span": [50, 373]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275338-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 First Women's Basketball League of Serbia\nThe first half of the season consists of 12 teams and 132-game regular season (22 games for each of the 12 teams).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 49], "section_span": [49, 49], "content_span": [50, 164]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275339-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Flamengo Basketball season\nThe 2017\u201318 season of Flamengo Basketball is the 98th season of the club, and the club's 10th in the Novo Basquete Brasil (NBB). They played the season coming from their tied worst result in league history (5th place), after four consecutive titles on the previous years. The club captain Marcelinho Machado retired at the end of the season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [34, 34], "content_span": [35, 376]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275339-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Flamengo Basketball season, Roster\nNote: Flags indicate national team eligibility at FIBA sanctioned events. Players may hold other non-FIBA nationality not displayed.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 42], "content_span": [43, 175]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275339-0002-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Flamengo Basketball season, Player statistics, NBB regular season\nPlayers in italic left the team during the season. Updated: 9 March, 2018", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 73], "content_span": [74, 147]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275340-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Flamurtari FC season\nThis article covers the 2017\u201318 season for Flamurtari Vlor\u00eb. They participate in the Kategoria Superiore and the Albanian Cup.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [28, 28], "content_span": [29, 155]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275340-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Flamurtari FC season, Current squad\nNote: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 43], "content_span": [44, 172]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275341-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Fleetwood Town F.C. season\nThe 2017\u201318 season will be Fleetwood Town's 110th season in their history and fourth consecutive season in League One. Along with League One, the club will also participate in the FA Cup, EFL Cup and EFL Trophy.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [34, 34], "content_span": [35, 246]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275341-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Fleetwood Town F.C. season\nThe season covers the period from 1 July 2017 to 30 June 2018.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [34, 34], "content_span": [35, 97]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275341-0002-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Fleetwood Town F.C. season, Competitions, Friendlies\nAs of 9 June 2017, Fleetwood Town have confirmed five pre-season friendlies against Preston North End, Queen of the South, Bolton Wanderers, Tranmere Rovers, and Karlsruher SC.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 60], "content_span": [61, 237]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275341-0003-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Fleetwood Town F.C. season, Competitions, FA Cup\nOn 16 October 2017, Fleetwood Town were drawn away to Chorley or Boston United in the first round. Chorley went on to win the replayed match to set up the first round tie. A home fixture against Hereford was confirmed for the second round.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 56], "content_span": [57, 296]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275341-0004-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Fleetwood Town F.C. season, Competitions, EFL Cup\nOn 16 June 2017, Fleetwood Town were drawn at home to Carlisle United in the first round.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 57], "content_span": [58, 147]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275341-0005-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Fleetwood Town F.C. season, Competitions, EFL Trophy\nOn 12 July 2017, the group stage draw was completed with Fleetwood facing Carlisle United, Leicester City U23s and Morecambe in Northern Group A. After topping their ground, Fleetwood were handed a home tie against Chesterfield in the second round. An away trip to Bury was announced for the third round.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 60], "content_span": [61, 365]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275342-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Florida A&M Rattlers basketball team\nThe 2017\u201318 Florida A&M Rattlers men's basketball team represented Florida A&M University during the 2017\u201318 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Rattlers, led by first-year head coach Robert McCullum, played their home games at the Teaching Gym in Tallahassee, Florida as members of the Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference. They finished the season 9\u201325, 7\u20139 in MEAC play to finish in a tie three-way tie for seventh place. As the No. 9 seed in the MEAC Tournament, they defeated Howard before losing to Hampton in the quarterfinals,", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [44, 44], "content_span": [45, 583]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275342-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Florida A&M Rattlers basketball team, Previous season\nThe Rattlers finished the 2016\u201317 season 7\u201323, 5\u201311 in MEAC play to finish in a tie for 11th place. They lost in the first round of the MEAC Tournament to South Carolina State.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [46, 61], "content_span": [62, 238]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275342-0002-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Florida A&M Rattlers basketball team, Previous season\nOn March 17, 2017, it was announced that head coach Byron Samuels' contract would not be renewed. He finished at Florida A&M with a three-year record of 17\u201371. On May 16, the school named Oregon assistant Robert McCullum as their new head coach. McCullum had previous head coaching jobs at Western Michigan and South Florida.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [46, 61], "content_span": [62, 387]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275343-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Florida Atlantic Owls men's basketball team\nThe 2017\u201318 Florida Atlantic Owls men's basketball team represented Florida Atlantic University during the 2017\u201318 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Owls, led by fourth-year head coach Michael Curry, played their home games at the FAU Arena in Boca Raton, Florida as members of Conference USA. They finished the season 12\u201319, 6\u201312 in C-USA play to finish in a tie for 11th place. They lost in the first round of the C-USA Tournament to UAB.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 51], "section_span": [51, 51], "content_span": [52, 503]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275343-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Florida Atlantic Owls men's basketball team\nMarch 16, 2018, head coach Michael Curry was fired after four seasons at Florida Atlantic. On March 22, it was announced that the school had hired Florida assistant head coach Dusty May as head coach.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 51], "section_span": [51, 51], "content_span": [52, 252]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275343-0002-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Florida Atlantic Owls men's basketball team, Previous season\nThe Owls finished the 2016\u201317 season 10\u201320, 6\u201312 in C-USA play to finish in a tie for 11th place. They lost in the first round of the C-USA Tournament to Marshall.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 51], "section_span": [53, 68], "content_span": [69, 232]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275344-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Florida Atlantic Owls women's basketball team\nThe 2017\u201318 Florida Atlantic Owls women's basketball team represents Florida Atlantic University during the 2017\u201318 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Owls, led by first year head coach Jim Jabir, play their home games at FAU Arena and were members of Conference USA. They finished the season 13\u201315, 7\u20139 in C-USA play to finish in a 3 way tie for seventh place. They lost in the first round of the C-USA Women's Tournament to UTSA.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 53], "section_span": [53, 53], "content_span": [54, 497]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275345-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Florida Gators men's basketball team\nThe 2017\u201318 Florida Gators men's basketball team represented the University of Florida in the 2017\u201318 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Gators were led by third year head coach Mike White and played their home games in the Exactech Arena at the Stephen C. O'Connell Center on the university's Gainesville, Florida campus as members of the Southeastern Conference. They finished the season 21\u201313, 11\u20137 in SEC play to finish in third place. They lost in the quarterfinals of the SEC Tournament to Arkansas. They received an at-large bid to the NCAA Tournament where they defeated St. Bonaventure in the First Round before losing in the Second Round to Texas Tech.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [44, 44], "content_span": [45, 717]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275345-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Florida Gators men's basketball team, Previous season\nThe Gators finished the 2016\u201317 season 27\u20139, 14\u20134 in SEC play to finish in second place. They lost in the quarterfinals of the SEC Tournament in overtime to 7-seed Vanderbilt. They received an at-large bid to the NCAA Tournament as the East Region's No. 4 seed. They defeated 13-seed East Tennessee State and 5-seed Virginia to advance to the Sweet Sixteen. In the Sweet Sixteen, they defeated 8-seed Wisconsin with a three-pointer at the buzzer in overtime to earn a trip to the Elite Eight. In the Elite Eight, they lost to fellow SEC member 7-seed South Carolina.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [46, 61], "content_span": [62, 628]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275346-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Florida Gators women's basketball team\nThe 2017\u201318 Florida Gators women's basketball team represented the University of Florida in the sport of basketball during the 2017\u201318 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Gators competed in Division I of the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) and the Southeastern Conference (SEC). The Gators, led by first-year head coach Cameron Newbauer, played their home games in the O'Connell Center on the university's Gainesville, Florida campus. They finished the season 11\u201319, 3\u201313 in SEC play to finish in a 3 tie for eleventh place. They lost in the first round of the SEC Women's Tournament to Ole Miss.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [46, 46], "content_span": [47, 670]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275346-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Florida Gators women's basketball team, Previous season\nThe Gators finished the season 15\u201316, 5\u201311 in SEC play to finish in a tie for eleventh place. They advanced to the second round of SEC Women's Tournament where they lost to Texas A&M.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [48, 63], "content_span": [64, 247]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275346-0002-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Florida Gators women's basketball team, Previous season\nOn March 6, the school fired Amanda Butler. She finished at Florida with a 10-year record of 190\u2013136.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [48, 63], "content_span": [64, 165]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275347-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Florida Gulf Coast Eagles men's basketball team\nThe 2017\u201318 Florida Gulf Coast Eagles men's basketball team represented Florida Gulf Coast University in the 2017\u201318 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Eagles were led by fifth-year head coach Joe Dooley and played their home games at Alico Arena in Fort Myers, Florida as members of the Atlantic Sun Conference. They finished the season 23\u201312, 12\u20132 in ASUN play to win the ASUN regular season championship. In the ASUN Tournament, they defeated USC Upstate and North Florida to advance to the championship game where they lost to Lipscomb. As a regular season conference champion who failed to win their conference tournament, they received an automatic bid to the National Invitation Tournament where they lost in the First Round to Oklahoma State.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 55], "section_span": [55, 55], "content_span": [56, 816]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275347-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Florida Gulf Coast Eagles men's basketball team\nOn April 4, 2018, head coach Joe Dooley left the school to become the head coach at East Carolina, where he was previously the head coach from 1995 to 1999. The following day, assistant head coach Michael Fly was promoted to head coach.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 55], "section_span": [55, 55], "content_span": [56, 292]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275347-0002-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Florida Gulf Coast Eagles men's basketball team, Previous season\nThe Eagles finished the 2016\u201317 season 26\u20138, 12\u20132 in ASUN play to win the regular season championship. As the No. 1 seed in the ASUN Tournament, they defeated Stetson, Kennesaw State, and North Florida to win the tournament championship. As a result, they received the conference's automatic bid to the NCAA Tournament. As a No. 14 seed in the West region, they lost in the First Round to No. 3-seeded Florida State.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 55], "section_span": [57, 72], "content_span": [73, 489]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275348-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Florida Gulf Coast Eagles women's basketball team\nThe 2017\u201318 Florida Gulf Coast Eagles women's basketball team represents Florida Gulf Coast University (FGCU) in the 2017\u201318 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Eagles, led by sixteenth year head coach Karl Smesko, play their home games at Alico Arena and were members of the Atlantic Sun Conference. They finish the season 31\u20135, 12\u20131 in A-Sun play to win the Atlantic Sun regular season champions. They also won the ASUN Tournament and received an automatic bid to the NCAA Women's Tournament where they upset Missouri in the first round before losing to Stanford in the second round.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 57], "section_span": [57, 57], "content_span": [58, 654]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275348-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Florida Gulf Coast Eagles women's basketball team, Media\nAll home games and conference road are shown on ESPN3 or A-Sun.TV. Road games are also broadcast on the .", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 57], "section_span": [59, 64], "content_span": [65, 170]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275349-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Florida Panthers season\nThe 2017\u201318 Florida Panthers season was the 25th season for the National Hockey League franchise that was established on June 14, 1993. The Panthers missed the playoffs for the second straight season, despite recording 96 points, tied with the 2014\u201315 Boston Bruins and 2018\u201319 Montreal Canadiens for the most by a team to miss the playoffs.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [31, 31], "content_span": [32, 373]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275349-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Florida Panthers season, Schedule and results, Regular season\nThe regular season schedule was published on June 22, 2017.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 69], "content_span": [70, 129]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275349-0002-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Florida Panthers season, Schedule and results, Regular season\nLegend:\u00a0\u00a0Win (2 points)\u00a0\u00a0Loss (0 points)\u00a0\u00a0Overtime/shootout loss (1 point)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 69], "content_span": [70, 144]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275349-0003-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Florida Panthers season, Player statistics, Goaltenders\n\u2020Denotes player spent time with another team before joining the Panthers. Statistics reflect time with the Panthers only. \u2021Denotes player was traded mid-season. Statistics reflect time with the Panthers only. Bold denotes season record.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 63], "content_span": [64, 300]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275349-0004-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Florida Panthers season, Transactions\nThe Panthers have been involved in the following transactions during the 2017\u201318 season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 45], "content_span": [46, 134]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275349-0005-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Florida Panthers season, Draft picks\nBelow are the Florida Panthers' selections at the 2017 NHL Entry Draft, which was held on June 23 and 24, 2017 at the United Center in Chicago.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 44], "content_span": [45, 188]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275350-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Florida State Seminoles men's basketball team\nThe 2017\u201318 Florida State Seminoles men's basketball team represented Florida State University during the 2017\u201318 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Seminoles were led by head coach Leonard Hamilton, in his 16th year, and played their home games at the Donald L. Tucker Center on the university's Tallahassee, Florida campus as members of the Atlantic Coast Conference.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 53], "section_span": [53, 53], "content_span": [54, 433]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275350-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Florida State Seminoles men's basketball team\nFlorida State finished the season 23\u201312, 9\u20139 in ACC play, to finish in a tie for eighth place. The Seminoles lost in the second round of the ACC Tournament to Louisville. They received an at-large bid to the NCAA Tournament where they defeated Missouri in the first round, upset Xavier and Gonzaga before losing to Michigan.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 53], "section_span": [53, 53], "content_span": [54, 378]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275350-0002-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Florida State Seminoles men's basketball team, Previous season\nThe Seminoles finished the 2016\u201317 season with a record of 26\u20139, 12\u20136 in ACC play, to finish in a three-way tie for second place. They defeated Virginia Tech in the ACC Tournament before losing to Notre Dame in the quarterfinals. They received an at-large bid to the NCAA Tournament as the #3 seed in the West Region. There, they defeated #14 Florida Gulf Coast in the First Round before being upset by #11 Xavier in the Second Round.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 53], "section_span": [55, 70], "content_span": [71, 505]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275350-0003-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Florida State Seminoles men's basketball team, Rankings\n^Coaches did not release a Week 2 poll*AP does not release post-NCAA Tournament rankings", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 53], "section_span": [55, 63], "content_span": [64, 152]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275351-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Florida State Seminoles women's basketball team\nThe 2017\u201318 Florida State Seminoles women's basketball team, variously Florida State or FSU, represents Florida State University during the 2017\u201318 NCAA Division I basketball season. Florida State competes in Division I of the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA). The Seminoles are led by head coach Sue Semrau, in her twenty-first year, and play their home games at the Donald L. Tucker Center on the university's Tallahassee, Florida campus. They were members of the Atlantic Coast Conference.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 55], "section_span": [55, 55], "content_span": [56, 563]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275351-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Florida State Seminoles women's basketball team\nFlorida State finished the season 26\u20137, 12\u20134 in ACC play, to finish in third place. The Seminoles advanced to the semifinals of the ACC Women's Tournament where they lost to Notre Dame. They received an at-large bid to the NCAA Women's Tournament where they defeated Little Rock in the first round before getting upset by Buffalo in the second round. Shakayla Thomas and Imani Wright went on to be selected in the WNBA Draft.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 55], "section_span": [55, 55], "content_span": [56, 481]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275351-0002-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Florida State Seminoles women's basketball team, Previous season\nFor the 2016\u201317 season, the Seminoles achieved their best start in school history, reaching twenty wins faster than any other FSU team. Leticia Romero, Brittany Brown, Ivey Slaughter, and Kai James were among the senior class with the most wins in program history. Romero and James went on to be selected in the 2017 WNBA Draft.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 55], "section_span": [57, 72], "content_span": [73, 401]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275351-0003-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Florida State Seminoles women's basketball team, Previous season\nFlorida State finished second in the ACC but was eliminated in the quarterfinals of the ACC Tournament. The Seminoles received an at-large bid to the NCAA Tournament as a three-seed, their fifth consecutive tournament appearance, reaching the Elite Eight for just the third time in school history.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 55], "section_span": [57, 72], "content_span": [73, 370]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275351-0004-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Florida State Seminoles women's basketball team, Rankings\n^Coaches' Poll did not release a second poll. The pre-season ranking is used for comparison.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 55], "section_span": [57, 65], "content_span": [66, 158]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275351-0005-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Florida State Seminoles women's basketball team, Schedule and results\n* Non-conference game. #Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. A=Albany Region", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 55], "section_span": [57, 77], "content_span": [78, 180]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275352-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Football League (Greece)\nThe 2017\u201318 Football League is the second division of the Greek professional football league system and the seventh season under the name Football League after previously being known as Beta Ethniki. It will start at 28 October,", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [32, 32], "content_span": [33, 261]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275352-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Football League (Greece), Structure\nThere are eighteen clubs that compete in the Football League, playing each other in a home and away series. At the end of the season, the bottom six teams are relegated to Gamma Ethniki. The top two teams gain automatic promotion for Super League. All teams in the Football League take part in the Greek Football Cup.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 43], "content_span": [44, 361]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275353-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Football Superleague of Kosovo\nThe 2017\u201318 Football Superleague of Kosovo season, also known as the Vala Superleague of Kosovo for sponsorship reasons, is the 19th season of top-tier football in Kosovo. The season began on 18 August 2017 and concluded on 20 May 2018. Trep\u00e7a'89 are the defending champions from the previous season. A total of 12 teams are competing in the league: nine teams from the 2016\u201317 season and three promoted from the 2016\u201317 First League.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [38, 38], "content_span": [39, 473]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275353-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Football Superleague of Kosovo, Teams and stadiums\nTrep\u00e7a and Hajvalia were relegated after finishing the previous season in eleventh and twelfth-place respectively. They were replaced by the champions and runners-up of the 2016\u201317 First League, Flamurtari and V\u00ebllaznimi respectively. Vllaznia Pozheran defeated Ferizaj in a play-off to claim their top-flight spot.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 58], "content_span": [59, 374]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275353-0002-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Football Superleague of Kosovo, Results\nEach team plays three times against every opponent (either twice at home and once away or once at home and twice away) for a total of 33 games played each.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 47], "content_span": [48, 203]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275353-0003-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Football Superleague of Kosovo, Relegation play-offs\nThe ninth and tenth-placed teams, V\u00ebllaznimi and Flamurtari respectively, each paired off against the third and fourth-placed teams from the 2017\u201318 First Football League of Kosovo season, Vushtrria and Ferizaj respectively; the two winners will play in the top-flight next season. As with previous seasons, both play-offs will be played on neutral ground.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 60], "content_span": [61, 417]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275353-0004-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Football Superleague of Kosovo, Relegation play-offs\nFlamurtari retained their spot in 2018\u201319 Football Superleague of Kosovo; Vushtrria remained in 2018\u201319 First Football League of Kosovo.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 60], "content_span": [61, 197]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275353-0005-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Football Superleague of Kosovo, Relegation play-offs\nFerizaj were promoted to 2018\u201319 Football Superleague of Kosovo; V\u00ebllaznimi were relegated to 2018\u201319 First Football League of Kosovo.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 60], "content_span": [61, 195]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275354-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Ford Trophy\nThe 2017\u201318 Ford Trophy was the 47th season of the official List A cricket tournament in New Zealand, and the seventh in a sponsorship deal between New Zealand Cricket and Ford Motor Company. The competition ran from 3 December 2017 to 24 February 2018. Canterbury were the defending champions.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [19, 19], "content_span": [20, 314]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275354-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Ford Trophy\nThe final round of fixtures were all abandoned due to rain. As a result, Central Districts topped the table and were joined in the final stage with Auckland, Northern Districts and Canterbury. After the preliminary final matches, Central Districts and Auckland had progressed to the tournament final.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [19, 19], "content_span": [20, 320]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275354-0002-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Ford Trophy\nAuckland won the tournament, beating Central Districts by six wickets in the final.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [19, 19], "content_span": [20, 103]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275355-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Fordham Rams men's basketball team\nThe 2017\u201318 Fordham Rams men's basketball team represented Fordham University during the 2017\u201318 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Rams, led by third-year head coach Jeff Neubauer, played their home games at Rose Hill Gymnasium in The Bronx, New York as a member of the Atlantic 10 Conference. They finished the season 9\u201322, 4\u201314 in A-10 play to finish in last place. They lost in the first round of the A-10 Tournament to George Washington.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [42, 42], "content_span": [43, 495]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275355-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Fordham Rams men's basketball team, Previous season\nThe Rams finished the 2016\u201317 season 13\u201319, 7\u201311 in A-10 play to finish in 10th place. In the A-10 Tournament, they lost in the second round to George Mason.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [44, 59], "content_span": [60, 218]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275355-0002-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Fordham Rams men's basketball team, Preseason\nIn a poll of the league's head coaches and select media members at the conference's media day, the Rams were picked to finish in 13th place in the A-10. Junior guard Joseph Chartouny was named to the conference's preseason third team.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [44, 53], "content_span": [54, 288]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275356-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Fordham Rams women's basketball team\nThe 2017\u201318 Fordham Rams women's basketball team represents Fordham University during the 2017\u201318 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Rams were led by seventh-year head coach Stephanie Gaitley. They were members of the Atlantic 10 Conference and play their home games at the Rose Hill Gymnasium. They finished the season 24\u201310, 12\u20134 in A-10 play to finish in third place. They advanced to the quarterfinals of the A-10 Women's Tournament where they lost to Saint Joseph's. They received an at-large bid to the Women's National Invitation Tournament where they defeated Harvard and Drexel in the first and second rounds before losing to Virginia Tech in the third round.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [44, 44], "content_span": [45, 725]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275356-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Fordham Rams women's basketball team, Media, Forham Rams Sports Network\nForham Rams games will be broadcast on WFUV Sports and streamed online through the . Most home games will also be featured on the A-10 Digital Network. Select games will be televised.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [46, 79], "content_span": [80, 263]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275357-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Forest Green Rovers F.C. season\nThe 2017\u201318 season was Forest Green Rovers's 129th year in existence and their first in League Two following promotion via the play-offs last season. Along with competing in League Two, the club also participated in the FA Cup, EFL Cup and the EFL Trophy.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [39, 39], "content_span": [40, 295]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275357-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Forest Green Rovers F.C. season\nThe season covers the period from 1 July 2017 to 30 June 2018.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [39, 39], "content_span": [40, 102]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275357-0002-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Forest Green Rovers F.C. season, Competitions, Friendlies\nAs of 22 June 2017, Forest Green Rovers have announced nine pre-season friendlies against Bristol Rovers, Kidderminster Harriers, Bishop's Cleeve, Weston-super-Mare, Shortwood United, Brimscombe & Thrupp, Swindon Supermarine, Worthing and Farense during a training camp in Portugal.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 65], "content_span": [66, 348]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275357-0003-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Forest Green Rovers F.C. season, Competitions, FA Cup\nOn 16 October 2017, Forest Green Rovers were drawn at home to Macclesfield Town in the first round. Another home tie was confirmed for the second round, against Exeter City.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 61], "content_span": [62, 235]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275357-0004-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Forest Green Rovers F.C. season, Competitions, EFL Cup\nOn 16 June 2017, Forest Green Rovers were drawn at home to MK Dons in the first round.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 62], "content_span": [63, 149]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275357-0005-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Forest Green Rovers F.C. season, Competitions, EFL Trophy\nOn 12 July 2017, Forest Green Rovers were drawn in Southern Group E against Cheltenham Town, Newport County and Swansea City U23s. After finished as runners-up in the group stages, FGR were drawn away to Swindon Town in the second round. A third round trip to Yeovil Town was next on the cards after seeing off Swindon Town in the previous round.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 65], "content_span": [66, 412]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275358-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Formula 4 South East Asia Championship\nThe 2017\u201318 Formula 4 South East Asia Championship season was the second season of the Formula 4 South East Asia Championship. It began on 30 September 2017 at the Sepang International Circuit and finished on 15 April 2018 at the same venue, after 29 races held across five rounds on three countries.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [46, 46], "content_span": [47, 347]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275358-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Formula 4 South East Asia Championship, Race calendar and results\nThe final calendar was released on 4 July 2017. The first round at Sepang will be held in support the 2017 Malaysian Grand Prix, whereas the two final rounds in Buriram and Sepang will support the 2017\u201318 Asian Le Mans Series.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [48, 73], "content_span": [74, 300]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275358-0002-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Formula 4 South East Asia Championship, Race calendar and results\nDue to an incident involving F1 driver Romain Grosjean, which required track fixing operations, the first race of the opening Sepang round had to be postponed. It was announced later that the round will be shortened to 5 races, with the sixth race being rescheduled at a later date.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [48, 73], "content_span": [74, 356]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275358-0003-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Formula 4 South East Asia Championship, Race calendar and results\nOn November 20, organizers cancelled round 3 at the Sentul International Circuit in Indonesia due lo logistical complications. It was later announced that the round would be rescheduled at Buriram for early December, and finally at Sepang for mid April as the season finale.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [48, 73], "content_span": [74, 348]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275358-0004-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Formula 4 South East Asia Championship, Championship standings\nThe series follows the standard F1 points scoring system with the addition of 1 point for fastest lap and 3 points for pole. The best 24 results out of 30 races counted towards the championship.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [48, 70], "content_span": [71, 265]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275358-0005-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Formula 4 South East Asia Championship, Championship standings\nThe first and second fastest qualifying laps determine grid positions for race 1 and race 4 (In the opening round at Sepang for race 3 instead of race 4 due to cancelling of the race). The fastest laps in race 1 determine the grid positions for race 2, while the grid positions for race 3 are created by the finishing positions of race 2 with top half of the grid reversed. race 4 grid positions based on the drivers\u2019 second fastest qualifying laps, while race 5 start is determined by the fastest laps of race 4 and the grid positions of race 6 are the finishing positions of race 5, with the top half of the grid reversed.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [48, 70], "content_span": [71, 695]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275358-0006-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Formula 4 South East Asia Championship, Championship standings\nDue to miscalculation of the fuel level, no cars were able to finish full race distance of the third race in the opening round of the season at Sepang because of lack of petrol. The classification was declared after five race laps.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [48, 70], "content_span": [71, 302]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275359-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Formula 4 UAE Championship\nThe 2017\u201318 Formula 4 UAE Championship was the second season of the Formula 4 UAE Championship, a motor racing series for the United Arab Emirates regulated according to FIA Formula 4 regulations, and organised and promoted by the Automobile & Touring Club of the UAE (ATCUAE) and AUH Motorsports.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [34, 34], "content_span": [35, 332]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275359-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Formula 4 UAE Championship\nIt began on 14 December 2017 at the Yas Marina Circuit and finished on 3 March 2018 at the Dubai Autodrome, after 24 championship races held across six quadruple-header rounds.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [34, 34], "content_span": [35, 211]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275359-0002-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Formula 4 UAE Championship, Race calendar and results\nThe calendar was announced on 5 September 2017. The season featured six quadruple-header rounds, all of them held at the Yas Marina Circuit in Abu Dhabi and the Dubai Autodrome in the United Arab Emirates. As opposed to the previous season, all rounds awarded points for the championship, the \"Trophy Event\" non-championship round not being held anymore.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 61], "content_span": [62, 416]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275359-0003-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Formula 4 UAE Championship, Championship standings\nPoints were awarded to the top 10 classified finishers in each race.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 58], "content_span": [59, 127]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275360-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Formula E Championship\nThe 2017\u201318 FIA Formula E Championship (known for commercial reasons as the 2017\u201318 ABB FIA Formula E Championship) was the fourth season of the F\u00e9d\u00e9ration Internationale de l'Automobile (FIA) Formula E motor racing. It featured the 2017\u201318 ABB FIA Formula E Championship, a motor racing championship for open-wheel electric racing cars, recognised by FIA, the sport's governing body, as the highest class of competition for electrically powered vehicles. Twenty drivers representing ten teams contested twelve ePrix, which started in Hong Kong on 2 December 2017 and ended on 15 July 2018 in New York City as they competed for the Drivers' and Teams' Championships.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [30, 30], "content_span": [31, 697]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275360-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Formula E Championship\n2017\u201318 was the final season that the Spark-Renault SRT 01E chassis\u2014which debuted in the 2014\u201315 Formula E season\u2014was used in competition; as a brand new chassis package was introduced for the 2018\u201319 season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [30, 30], "content_span": [31, 239]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275360-0002-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Formula E Championship\nLucas di Grassi entered as the defending Drivers' Champion after securing his first title at the 2017 Montreal ePrix. Renault e.Dams began the season as the defending Teams' Champion, having clinched its third consecutive accolade at the same event.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [30, 30], "content_span": [31, 280]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275360-0003-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Formula E Championship\nFrenchman Jean-\u00c9ric Vergne took victory in Drivers' Championship with 198 points, besting Lucas di Grassi and Sam Bird. Audi Sport Abt Schaeffler took victory in the Team's Championship, beating Techeetah by a narrow two point margin.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [30, 30], "content_span": [31, 265]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275360-0004-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Formula E Championship, Teams and drivers, Team changes, Name changes\nThe official entry list for the 2017\u201318 season contained a number of name changes for the teams. These were:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 77], "content_span": [78, 186]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275360-0005-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Formula E Championship, Teams and drivers, Driver changes, Mid-season changes\nAfter just one weekend in Hong Kong, Dragon Racing driver Neel Jani left the team in order to focus on his upcoming World Endurance Championship campaign. He was replaced by former DS Virgin Racing driver Jos\u00e9 Mar\u00eda L\u00f3pez.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 85], "content_span": [86, 308]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275360-0006-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Formula E Championship, Teams and drivers, Driver changes, Mid-season changes\nFor the first weekend in Hong Kong, Kamui Kobayashi was brought by MS&AD Andretti to satisfy sponsors. Tom Blomqvist however, took over that car after and raced it until the Paris round, where he left the team to focus on World Endurance Championship commitments with BMW, he was replaced by St\u00e9phane Sarrazin.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 85], "content_span": [86, 396]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275360-0007-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Formula E Championship, Teams and drivers, Driver changes, Mid-season changes\nEdoardo Mortara missed Berlin and the finale in New York due to DTM commitments with Mercedes. Mortara was replaced by Tom Dillmann on both occasions.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 85], "content_span": [86, 236]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275360-0008-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Formula E Championship, Teams and drivers, Driver changes, Mid-season changes\nMa Qinghua subbed in for Luca Filippi at NIO Formula E Team for the Paris ePrix, to fulfill a contract obligation.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 85], "content_span": [86, 200]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275360-0009-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Formula E Championship, Calendar\nIn May 2017, a provisional calendar for the 2017\u201318 season was circulated. In September, the full calendar was announced. This calendar included new races in Santiago, S\u00e3o Paulo, Rome and Z\u00fcrich, the latter of which will mark the first time since 1955 a motorsports circuit race will be held in Switzerland. The Buenos Aires round was discontinued, whilst the Monaco round will not be held due to the Historic Grand Prix of Monaco taking place in 2018.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 40], "content_span": [41, 493]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275360-0009-0001", "contents": "2017\u201318 Formula E Championship, Calendar\nLater that year, on 30 November, it was announced that the S\u00e3o Paulo race would be postponed until 2019, with a race elsewhere to replace it in the schedule. It was later announced that Punta del Este in Uruguay, which had been on the schedule for seasons 1 and 2, would be returning in place of S\u00e3o Paulo. On 18 December 2017, the Montreal ePrix was cancelled due to the Mayor of Montreal citing rising costs to the taxpayer. On 18 January 2018, it was announced the ePrix would not be replaced, thus decreasing the calendar to twelve rounds.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 40], "content_span": [41, 584]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275360-0010-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Formula E Championship, Results and standings, Drivers' Championship standings\nPoints were awarded to the top ten classified finishers in every race, the pole position starter, and the driver who set the fastest lap, using the following structure:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 86], "content_span": [87, 255]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275360-0011-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Formula E Championship, Results and standings, Drivers' Championship standings\n\u2020 \u2013 Drivers did not finish the race, but were classified as they completed more than 90% of the race distance.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 86], "content_span": [87, 197]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275361-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Fort Wayne Mastodons men's basketball team\nThe 2017\u201318 Fort Wayne Mastodons men's basketball team represented Indiana University \u2013 Purdue University Fort Wayne during the 2017\u201318 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Mastodons were led by fourth-year head coach Jon Coffman and played their home games at the Gates Sports Center and the Allen County War Memorial Coliseum as members of the Summit League. They finished the season 18\u201315, 7\u20137 in Summit League play to finish in fourth place. They lost in the quarterfinals of the Summit League Tournament to North Dakota State. They were invited to the CollegeInsdier.com Tournament where they lost in the first round to Central Michigan.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 50], "section_span": [50, 50], "content_span": [51, 701]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275361-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Fort Wayne Mastodons men's basketball team\nThe season was the last in which the Mastodons represented IPFW. On July 1, 2018, IPFW will split into two separate institutions. The school's academic programs in health sciences will be governed solely by Indiana University under the banner of Indiana University Fort Wayne. All other academic programs will be governed solely by Purdue University as Purdue University Fort Wayne. The athletic program will continue to use its current branding as the Fort Wayne Mastodons, but will exclusively represent Purdue Fort Wayne, with the school colors changing to the old gold and black used by Purdue's main campus.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 50], "section_span": [50, 50], "content_span": [51, 663]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275361-0002-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Fort Wayne Mastodons men's basketball team, Previous season\nThe Mastodons finished the 2016\u201317 season 20\u201313, 8\u20138 in Summit League play to finish in a three-way tie for fourth place. They lost in the quarterfinals of the Summit League Tournament to Omaha. They were invited to the CollegeInsider.com Tournament where they defeated Ball State in the first round and received a second round bye before losing in the quarterfinals to Texas A&M\u2013Corpus Christi.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 50], "section_span": [52, 67], "content_span": [68, 463]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275361-0003-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Fort Wayne Mastodons men's basketball team, Preseason\nIn a poll of league coaches, media, and sports information directors, the Mastodons were picked to finish in fourth place. Junior guard John Konchar was named to the preseason All-Summit First Team and senior guard Bryson Scott was named to the Second Team.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 50], "section_span": [52, 61], "content_span": [62, 319]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275362-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Fortuna D\u00fcsseldorf season\nThe 2017\u201318 Fortuna D\u00fcsseldorf season was the 123rd season in the football club's history. For the 5th consecutive season, D\u00fcsseldorf played in the 2. Bundesliga. They also participated in this season's edition of the domestic cup, the DFB-Pokal. The season covers a period from 1 July 2017 to 30 June 2018.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [33, 33], "content_span": [34, 341]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275362-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Fortuna D\u00fcsseldorf season, Players, Squad information\nNote: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 61], "content_span": [62, 190]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275363-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Four Hills Tournament\nThe 2017\u201318 Four Hills Tournament, part of the 2017\u201318 FIS Ski Jumping World Cup, is currently taking place at the four traditional venues of Oberstdorf, Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Innsbruck and Bischofshofen, located in Germany and Austria, between 30 December 2017 and 6 January 2018.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [29, 29], "content_span": [30, 313]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275363-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Four Hills Tournament\nKamil Stoch successfully defended his title, becoming the first ski jumper since Gregor Schlierenzauer in 2012\u201313 to do so. By winning all four events, Stoch became the second ski jumper in history to achieve this feat, Sven Hannawald being the first in 2001\u201302.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [29, 29], "content_span": [30, 292]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275364-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Frauen-Bundesliga\nThe 2017\u201318 season of the Frauen-Bundesliga was the 28th season of Germany's premier women's football league. It ran from 2 September 2017 to 3 June 2018.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [25, 25], "content_span": [26, 180]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275364-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Frauen-Bundesliga\nVfL Wolfsburg won their second straight and fourth overall title.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [25, 25], "content_span": [26, 91]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275365-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 French Basketball Cup\nThe 2017\u201318 French Basketball Cup season (French: 2017\u201318 Coupe de France de Basket) was the 41st season of the domestic cup competition of French basketball. The competition started on 19 September 2017 and ended 21 April 2018. SIG Strasbourg won its second Cup title.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [29, 29], "content_span": [30, 299]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275366-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 French Guiana R\u00e9gional 1\nThe 2017\u201318 French Guiana R\u00e9gional 1 is the 57th season of the French Guiana R\u00e9gional 1, the top tier of football in French Guiana. The season began on 14 September 2017 and ended on 16 June 2018.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [32, 32], "content_span": [33, 229]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275366-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 French Guiana R\u00e9gional 1, Standings\nNote: 4 points for a win, 2 points for a draw, 1 point for a defeat.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 43], "content_span": [44, 112]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275367-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Fresno State Bulldogs men's basketball team\nThe 2017\u201318 Fresno State Bulldogs men's basketball team represented California State University, Fresno in the 2017\u201318 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Bulldogs were led by seventh-year head coach Rodney Terry and played their home games at the Save Mart Center as members of the Mountain West Conference. They finished the season 21\u201311, 11\u20137 in Mountain West play to finish in a tie for fourth place. They lost in the quarterfinals of the Mountain West Conference Tournament to San Diego State. Despite having 21 wins, they did not participate in a postseason tournament.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 51], "section_span": [51, 51], "content_span": [52, 636]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275367-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Fresno State Bulldogs men's basketball team\nOn March 12, 2018, head coach Rodney Terry left Fresno State to become head coach at UTEP. He finished at Fresno State with a seven-year record of 126\u2013108. On April 5, it was announced that the school had hired San Diego State assistant coach Justin Hutson as head coach.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 51], "section_span": [51, 51], "content_span": [52, 323]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275367-0002-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Fresno State Bulldogs men's basketball team, Previous season\nThe Bulldogs finished the season 20\u201313 overall; and 11\u20137 in the conference. During the season, Fresno State was invited and participated in the Mountain West\u2013Missouri Valley Challenge, where they defeated Drake in Des Moines, Iowa. In the postseason, Fresno State won against New Mexico but lost to Nevada in the semifinals of the 2017 Mountain West Conference Men's Basketball Tournament in Paradise, Nevada. The Bulldogs were invited and participated in the 2017 National Invitation Tournament, where they lost to TCU in the first round in Fort Worth, Texas.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 51], "section_span": [53, 68], "content_span": [69, 629]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275367-0003-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Fresno State Bulldogs men's basketball team, Preseason\nIn a vote by conference media at the Mountain West media day, the Brulldogs were picked to finish in fourth place in the Mountain West.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 51], "section_span": [53, 62], "content_span": [63, 198]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275368-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Fresno State Bulldogs women's basketball team\nThe 2017\u201318 Fresno State Bulldogs women's basketball team represents California State University, Fresno during the 2017\u201318 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Bulldogs, led by fourth year head coach Jaime White, play their home games at the Save Mart Center and were members of the Mountain West Conference. They finished the season 17\u201315, 11\u20137 in Mountain West play to finish in a tie for fourth place. They lost in the quarterfinals of the Mountain West Women's Tournament to Colorado State. They received an invite to the WBI where they defeated UC Irvine in the first round before losing to Mountain West member Nevada in the quarterfinals.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 53], "section_span": [53, 53], "content_span": [54, 710]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275369-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Fulham F.C. season\nThe 2017\u201318 Fulham season was the club's 120th professional season and fourth consecutive in the EFL Championship after their relegation from the Premier League in the 2013\u201314 campaign. Fulham also competed in the FA Cup and the EFL Cup. They were promoted to the Premier League on 26 May 2018, by winning 1\u20130 in the 2018 EFL Championship play-off Final against Aston Villa. The season covers the period from 1 July 2017 to 30 June 2018.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [26, 26], "content_span": [27, 464]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275369-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Fulham F.C. season, Pre-season, Friendlies\nFulham announced five pre-season friendlies against Piast Gliwice, FC Zlin, Wolfsburg, West Ham United and Darmstadt 98.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 50], "content_span": [51, 171]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275369-0002-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Fulham F.C. season, Pre-season, Friendlies\nA further friendly against Queens Park Rangers was played behind closed doors on the 12 July.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 50], "content_span": [51, 144]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275369-0003-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Fulham F.C. season, Competitions, FA Cup\nIn the FA Cup, Fulham entered the competition in the third round and were drawn at home to Southampton.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 48], "content_span": [49, 152]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275369-0004-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Fulham F.C. season, Competitions, EFL Cup\nOn 16 June 2017, Fulham drew Wycombe Wanderers in the first round. The second round confirmed a home tie against Bristol Rovers.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 49], "content_span": [50, 178]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275369-0005-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Fulham F.C. season, Squad statistics, Top scorers\nIncludes all competitive matches. The list is sorted by squad number when total goals are equal.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 57], "content_span": [58, 154]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275369-0006-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Fulham F.C. season, Squad statistics, Disciplinary record\nIncludes all competitive matches. The list is sorted by shirt number.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 65], "content_span": [66, 135]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275369-0007-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Fulham F.C. season, Squad statistics, Disciplinary record\nLast updated: 3 March 2018Source: Ordered by , and = Number of bookings; = Number of sending offs after a second yellow card; = Number of sending offs by a direct red card.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 65], "content_span": [66, 242]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275370-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Furman Paladins men's basketball team\nThe 2017\u201318 Furman Paladins men's basketball team represented Furman University during the 2017\u201318 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Paladins, led by first-year head coach Bob Richey, played their home games at Timmons Arena in Greenville, South Carolina as members of the Southern Conference. They finished the season 23\u201310, 13\u20135 in SoCon play to finish in third place. They defeated Western Carolina in the quarterfinals of the SoCon Tournament before losing in the semifinals to East Tennessee State. Despite having 23 wins, they did not participate in a postseason tournament.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [45, 45], "content_span": [46, 637]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275370-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Furman Paladins men's basketball team, Previous season\nThe Paladins finished the 2016\u201317 season 23\u201312, 14\u20134 in SoCon play to finish in a three-way tie for the SoCon regular season championship. They lost to Samford in the quarterfinals SoCon Tournament. They were invited to the CollegeInsider.com Tournament where they defeated USC Upstate and Campbell before losing in the semifinals to Saint Peter's.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [47, 62], "content_span": [63, 411]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275370-0002-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Furman Paladins men's basketball team, Previous season\nOn March 26, 2017, head coach Niko Medved resigned to become the head coach at Drake. He finished at Furman with a four-year record of 62\u201370. Assistant coach Bob Richey was named the interim head coach for the CIT semifinal, and was named full-time head coach on April 10.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [47, 62], "content_span": [63, 335]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275371-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Furman Paladins women's basketball team\nThe 2017\u201318 Furman Paladins women's basketball team represents Furman University during the 2017\u201318 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Paladins, led by eighth-year head coach Jackie Carson, play their home games at Timmons Arena and were members of the Southern Conference. They finished the season 17\u201313, 7\u20137 in SoCon play to finish in fourth place. They lost in the quarterfinals of the Southern Women's Tournament to Samford. They received an invite to the WBI where they defeated UNC Asheville in the first round before losing to South Alabama in the quarterfinals.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 47], "section_span": [47, 47], "content_span": [48, 629]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275372-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 G.D. Chaves season\nThe 2017\u201318 season is Chaves' fifteenth season in the top flight of Portuguese football.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [26, 26], "content_span": [27, 115]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275372-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 G.D. Chaves season, Squad\nNote: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 33], "content_span": [34, 162]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275373-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 GET-ligaen season\nThe 2017\u201318 GET-ligaen was the 79th season of Norway's premier ice hockey league, GET-ligaen.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [25, 25], "content_span": [26, 119]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275373-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 GET-ligaen season\nThe regular season began in September 2017. There was no team changes from the 2016\u201317 season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [25, 25], "content_span": [26, 120]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275373-0002-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 GET-ligaen season, Arenas\nOn the season opener September 8, V\u00e5lerenga Ishockey played Storhamar Hockey in Gj\u00f8vik Olympic Cavern Hall.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 33], "content_span": [34, 141]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275373-0003-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 GET-ligaen season, Arenas\nSince Nye Jordal Amfi will not be completed until the 2019\u201320 season, V\u00e5lerenga used Furuset Forum as a temporary arena the whole season. Previous to V\u00e5lerengas match against Storhamar November 13, Furuset Forums capacity was 1,450.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 33], "content_span": [34, 266]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275373-0004-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 GET-ligaen season, Arenas\nLillehammer returned to H\u00e5kons Hall on November 18, when they met Storhamar in front of a crowd of 10,031 people, which was new indoor attendance record for a Norwegian league match.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 33], "content_span": [34, 216]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275373-0005-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 GET-ligaen season, Regular season standings\nx \u2013 clinched playoff spot; y \u2013 clinched regular season league title; r \u2013 play in relegation series", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 51], "content_span": [52, 150]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275373-0006-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 GET-ligaen season, Statistics, Scoring leaders\nList shows the ten best skaters based on the number of points during the regular season. If two or more skaters are tied (i.e. same number of points, goals and played games), all of the tied skaters are shown. Updated as of February 27, 2018.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 54], "content_span": [55, 297]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275373-0007-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 GET-ligaen season, Statistics, Scoring leaders\nGP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; +/\u2013 = Plus/Minus; PIM = Penalty Minutes", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 54], "content_span": [55, 151]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275373-0008-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 GET-ligaen season, Statistics, Leading goaltenders\nThe top five goaltenders based on goals against average. Updated as of June 8, 2017.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 58], "content_span": [59, 143]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275373-0009-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 GET-ligaen season, Playoffs\nAfter the regular season, the top eight teams qualified for the playoffs. In the first and second rounds, the highest remaining seed chose which of the two lowest remaining seeds to be matched against. In each round the higher-seeded team was awarded home ice advantage. Each best-of-seven series followed a 1\u20131\u20131\u20131\u20131\u20131\u20131 format: the higher-seeded team played at home for games 1 and 3 (plus 5 and 7 if necessary), and the lower-seeded team at home for games 2, 4 and 6 (if necessary).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 35], "content_span": [36, 521]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275373-0010-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 GET-ligaen season, Qualification\nAfter the regular season had ended, the two lowest ranked teams in the league and the two highest ranked teams in the 1. divisjon competed for the right to play in the 2018\u201319 GET-ligaen. The tournament was organized according to a double round robin format, where each club played the others twice, home and away, for a total of six games. The points system and ranking method used, was the same as in the GET-ligaen.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 40], "content_span": [41, 459]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275373-0011-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 GET-ligaen season, Qualification, Standings\nq \u2013 qualified for next years GET-league; r \u2013 will play in next years 1. division", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 51], "content_span": [52, 132]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275373-0012-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 GET-ligaen season, Awards\nThe following players were selected to the 2017\u201318 GET-ligaen All-Star team:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 33], "content_span": [34, 110]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275374-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 GFA League First Division\nThe 2017\u201318 GFA League First Division is the 49th season of top-tier football in Gambia. The season began on 18 November 2017 and ended on 24 May 2018.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [33, 33], "content_span": [34, 185]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275375-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 GFA Premier Division\nThe 2017\u201318 GFA Premier Division is the 34th season of top-division football in Grenada. The season began on 24 June 2017.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [28, 28], "content_span": [29, 151]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275375-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 GFA Premier Division, Standings\nNote: remaining two matches annulled as teams involved were unwilling to play", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 39], "content_span": [40, 117]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275376-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 GFF Elite League\nThe 2017\u201318 GFF Elite League was the 17th season of the highest competitive football league in Guyana, and the 3rd season of the Elite League. Topp XX and Monedderlust FC who finished the previous season at the bottom of the table, were replaced by Den Amstel FC, Western Tigers FC (Georgetown), Milerock FC (Linden), Ann's Grove United FC, New Amsterdam United FC and Cougars FC (Berbice).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [24, 24], "content_span": [25, 415]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275376-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 GFF Elite League\nThe season began on the 19 November 2017 and ended on the 21 September 2018 with Cougars in last and automatically related and New Amsterdam United finishing in 9th and entering the relegation playoff. New Amsterdam United would go on to play Soesdyke Falcons, who were champions of the East Bank FA, where the game finished 3-3 before Soesdyke Falcons won 5-4 on penalties, relegating New Amsterdam United.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [24, 24], "content_span": [25, 432]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275377-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 GNK Dinamo Zagreb season\nThe 2017\u201318 season is Dinamo Zagreb's 27th season in the Croatian First Division and 105th year in existence as a football club.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [32, 32], "content_span": [33, 161]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275377-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 GNK Dinamo Zagreb season\nThis is the first season since 2006 that Dinamo Zagreb failed to qualify for the group stages of a European competition.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [32, 32], "content_span": [33, 153]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275377-0002-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 GNK Dinamo Zagreb season\nMario Cvitanovi\u0107 was the manager of the club and had moved to club to 1st position, going unbeaten for 21 league games, but after two abysmal performances against rivals HNK Rijeka and feeder-club NK Lokomotiva, both of which were defeats by a score of 4\u20131, he ultimately resigned as manager of the club on 10 March 2018.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [32, 32], "content_span": [33, 354]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275377-0003-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 GNK Dinamo Zagreb season\nNikola Jur\u010devi\u0107 then took over as head coach, returning to Dinamo, having managed them in the 2003\u201304 season. Dinamo confirmed the title following Rijeka and Hajduk's draws with Cibalia and Osijek, respectively. However, on 14 May, another poor form resulted in Nikola Jur\u010devi\u0107's dismissal as manager, being head coach for just 65 days.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [32, 32], "content_span": [33, 369]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275377-0004-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 GNK Dinamo Zagreb season\nAfter much speculation, Nenad Bjelica took over as manager, signing a reported two-year contract. He won the Croatian Football Cup with the club, beating Hajduk Split in the final. This season was a major success for Dinamo, as the club won the domestic double.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [32, 32], "content_span": [33, 294]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275377-0005-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 GNK Dinamo Zagreb season\nOn 6 June 2018, the former executive director and advisor of the club, Zdravko Mami\u0107, was sentenced to a six-and-a-half-year prison sentence for corruption. On the same day, the club released a statement on their official website, in which they claimed that they were \"shocked\" with the verdict, also claiming that they \"firmly believe\" that Zdravko Mami\u0107 and the others who were sentenced are innocent.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [32, 32], "content_span": [33, 436]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275377-0006-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 GNK Dinamo Zagreb season, Season review, Competitions, HT PrvaLiga\n15 July: Dinamo Zagreb won their first game of the season against Istra 1961 by a result of 2\u20130, with goals coming from defensive midfielder Nikola Moro and centre-back Filip Benkovi\u0107.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 74], "content_span": [75, 259]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275377-0007-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 GNK Dinamo Zagreb season, Season review, Competitions, HT PrvaLiga\n21 July: Dinamo Zagreb won against HNK Cibalia by a result 4\u20130, with a brace from centre-forward Armin Hod\u017ei\u0107 and a goal each from winger J\u00fanior Fern\u00e1ndes and Ante \u0106ori\u0107.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 74], "content_span": [75, 245]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275377-0008-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 GNK Dinamo Zagreb season, Season review, Competitions, HT PrvaLiga\n30 July: Dinamo Zagreb were held to a draw by NK Osijek in their first away game of the season, with Nikola Moro clinching a goal in a 1\u20131 draw.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 74], "content_span": [75, 219]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275377-0009-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 GNK Dinamo Zagreb season, Season review, Competitions, HT PrvaLiga\n6 August: Dinamo Zagreb won at home against old rivals Hajduk Split, by a score of 3\u20131. Goals from Ante \u0106ori\u0107, Dani Olmo and El Arabi Hillel Soudani were enough to secure a win in the first of four meetings between the two sides.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 74], "content_span": [75, 304]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275377-0010-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 GNK Dinamo Zagreb season, Season review, Competitions, HT PrvaLiga\n11 August: Dinamo Zagreb beat league champions HNK Rijeka at the Stadion Rujevica by a result of 2\u20130 with a brace from J\u00fanior Fern\u00e1ndes.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 74], "content_span": [75, 211]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275377-0011-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 GNK Dinamo Zagreb season, Season review, Competitions, HT PrvaLiga\n20 August: Dinamo Zagreb secure a 2\u20130 win over Slaven Belupo with goals from attacking midfielder Ivan Fioli\u0107 and centre-back Amir Rrahmani.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 74], "content_span": [75, 215]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275377-0012-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 GNK Dinamo Zagreb season, Season review, Competitions, HT PrvaLiga\n27 August: A hat-trick from El Arabi Hillel Soudani is enough to secure Dinamo Zagreb a comfortable 3\u20130 win over feeder-club NK Lokomotiva.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 74], "content_span": [75, 214]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275377-0013-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 GNK Dinamo Zagreb season, Season review, Competitions, HT PrvaLiga\n9 September: Dinamo Zagreb earn a hard-fought home win over newly-promoted NK Rude\u0161, with goals from \u00c1ngelo Henr\u00edquez, El Arabi Hillel Soudani and Filip Benkovi\u0107 securing a win.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 74], "content_span": [75, 252]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275377-0014-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 GNK Dinamo Zagreb season, Season review, Competitions, HT PrvaLiga\n16 September: Goals from \u00c1ngelo Henr\u00edquez, El Arabi Hillel Soudani and Tongo Doumbia secure a 3\u20131 away win for Dinamo Zagreb against NK Inter Zapre\u0161i\u0107.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 74], "content_span": [75, 226]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275377-0015-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 GNK Dinamo Zagreb season, Season review, Competitions, HT PrvaLiga\n24 September: Dinamo are held to a stalemate (0\u20130 draw) away to Istra 1961.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 74], "content_span": [75, 150]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275377-0016-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 GNK Dinamo Zagreb season, Season review, Competitions, HT PrvaLiga\n30 September: Dinamo secure a 5\u20132 away win against HNK Cibalia, with a brace from Dani Olmo and El Arabi Hillel Soudani and a goal from Armin Hod\u017ei\u0107.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 74], "content_span": [75, 224]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275377-0017-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 GNK Dinamo Zagreb season, Season review, Competitions, HT PrvaLiga\n14 October: A last-minute equalizer from \u00c1ngelo Henr\u00edquez rescued Dinamo from their first defeat of the season against NK Osijek in a 1\u20131 draw.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 74], "content_span": [75, 218]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275377-0018-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 GNK Dinamo Zagreb season, Season review, Competitions, HT PrvaLiga\n21 October: Dinamo drew 2\u20132 with rivals Hajduk Split in an entertaining and dramatic match, as goals from Filip Benkovi\u0107 in the 89th minute and \u00c1ngelo Henr\u00edquez in the 90th minute gave Dinamo a 2\u20131 lead before Ante Erceg struck a late equalizer in the 94th minute.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 74], "content_span": [75, 339]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275377-0019-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 GNK Dinamo Zagreb season, Season review, Competitions, HT PrvaLiga\n28 October: Dinamo moved 9 points clear of league champions HNK Rijeka and 7 points clear of second-placed NK Osijek at the top of the table as a goal from Nikola Moro and a brace from El Arabi Hillel Soudani sealed a 3\u20131 win for Dinamo against HNK Rijeka.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 74], "content_span": [75, 331]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275377-0020-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 GNK Dinamo Zagreb season, Season review, Competitions, HT PrvaLiga\n5 November: Dinamo won 1\u20130 against NK Slaven Belupo with a late goal from Amer Gojak.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 74], "content_span": [75, 160]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275377-0021-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 GNK Dinamo Zagreb season, Season review, Competitions, HT PrvaLiga\n26 November: Dinamo drew 1\u20131 with newly promoted side NK Rude\u0161.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 74], "content_span": [75, 138]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275377-0022-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 GNK Dinamo Zagreb season, Season review, Competitions, HT PrvaLiga\n3 December: Dinamo won 1\u20130 against Inter Zapre\u0161i\u0107 with a goal from Spanish footballer Dani Olmo.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 74], "content_span": [75, 171]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275377-0023-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 GNK Dinamo Zagreb season, Season review, Competitions, HT PrvaLiga\n9 December: Dinamo secured a 5\u20131 home win against NK Istra 1961 with goals from Nikola Moro, El Arabi Hillel Soudani, Ante \u0106ori\u0107 and Armin Hod\u017ei\u0107 (2).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 74], "content_span": [75, 225]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275377-0024-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 GNK Dinamo Zagreb season, Season review, Competitions, HT PrvaLiga\n16 December: Dinamo won 1\u20130 against HNK Cibalia with a goal from \u00c1ngelo Henr\u00edquez.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 74], "content_span": [75, 157]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275377-0025-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 GNK Dinamo Zagreb season, Season review, Competitions, HT PrvaLiga\n10 February: Dinamo won 4\u20132 in entertaining display against NK Osijek, with El Arabi Hillel Soudani, Arijan Ademi (2) and Dani Olmo getting on the scoresheet.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 74], "content_span": [75, 233]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275377-0026-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 GNK Dinamo Zagreb season, Season review, Competitions, HT PrvaLiga\n18 February: Dinamo lost 1\u20130 against Hajduk Split at home.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 74], "content_span": [75, 133]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275377-0027-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 GNK Dinamo Zagreb season, Season review, Competitions, HT PrvaLiga\n4 March: Dinamo beat Slaven Belupo by a score of 1\u20130, with Mario Gavranovi\u0107 scoring the goal.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 74], "content_span": [75, 168]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275377-0028-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 GNK Dinamo Zagreb season, Season review, Competitions, HT PrvaLiga\n7 March: Dinamo suffered a 4\u20131 defeat by HNK Rijeka, with Mario Gavranovi\u0107 scoring the only goal for Dinamo.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 74], "content_span": [75, 183]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275377-0029-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 GNK Dinamo Zagreb season, Season review, Competitions, HT PrvaLiga\n10 March: Dinamo suffered a humiliating defeat by NK Lokomotiva, their very own feeder-club, with Dani Olmo scoring the only goal for the club. Following the defeat, Mario Cvitanovi\u0107 resigned as manager of the club. Nikola Jur\u010devi\u0107 then took over as head coach.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 74], "content_span": [75, 336]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275377-0030-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 GNK Dinamo Zagreb season, Season review, Competitions, HT PrvaLiga\n17 March: Dinamo won 2\u20130 against NK Rude\u0161, with Mario Gavranovi\u0107 and Dani Olmo scoring.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 74], "content_span": [75, 162]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275377-0031-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 GNK Dinamo Zagreb season, Season review, Competitions, HT PrvaLiga\n8 April: Dinamo secured a 4\u20130 win over Istra 1961 with El Arabi Hillel Soudani, Dani Olmo, Ivan Fioli\u0107 and Mario Gavranovi\u0107 scoring one goal each.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 74], "content_span": [75, 221]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275377-0032-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 GNK Dinamo Zagreb season, Season review, Competitions, HT PrvaLiga\n14 April: Dinamo beat HNK Cibalia by a score of 2\u20130, with El Arabi Hillel Soudani scoring a brace.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 74], "content_span": [75, 173]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275377-0033-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 GNK Dinamo Zagreb season, Season review, Competitions, HT PrvaLiga\n18 April: Dinamo suffered a setback in their title chase following a surprise 1\u20130 home loss to NK Osijek.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 74], "content_span": [75, 180]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275377-0034-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 GNK Dinamo Zagreb season, Season review, Competitions, HT PrvaLiga\n22 April: Dinamo secured a 2\u20131 away win over rivals Hajduk Split with Mario Gavranovi\u0107 scoring twice.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 74], "content_span": [75, 176]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275377-0035-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 GNK Dinamo Zagreb season, Season review, Competitions, HT PrvaLiga\n28 April: Dinamo suffered another setback in their title chase after a 1\u20130 loss to HNK Rijeka at home. The Dinamo line-up and bench notably included many reserve and academy players, due to the unavailability of many first-team players because of injuries or suspensions.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 74], "content_span": [75, 346]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275377-0036-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 GNK Dinamo Zagreb season, Season review, Competitions, HT PrvaLiga\n4 May: Dinamo drew 2\u20132 with Slaven Belupo, with Mario Budimir and Filip Benkovi\u0107 scoring a goal each for Dinamo.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 74], "content_span": [75, 187]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275377-0037-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 GNK Dinamo Zagreb season, Season review, Competitions, HT PrvaLiga\n8 May: Dinamo suffered their second successive defeat against feeder-club NK Lokomotiva, losing 3\u20131 at the Stadion Kranj\u010devi\u0107eva, with El Arabi Hillel Soudani scoring the only goal.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 74], "content_span": [75, 256]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275377-0038-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 GNK Dinamo Zagreb season, Season review, Competitions, HT PrvaLiga\n14 May: Dinamo were crowned league champions, despite losing 1\u20130 to NK Rude\u0161, but Rijeka and Hajduk's draws made it mathematically impossible for Dinamo to lose first place at the top of the league table.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 74], "content_span": [75, 279]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275377-0039-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 GNK Dinamo Zagreb season, Season review, Competitions, HT PrvaLiga\n19 May: Dinamo finished the season with a 3\u20131 win over Inter Zapre\u0161i\u0107 with El Arabi Hillel Soudani and Mario Gavranovi\u0107 (2) scoring the goals.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 74], "content_span": [75, 217]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275377-0040-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 GNK Dinamo Zagreb season, Season review, Competitions, Croatian Football Cup\n20 September: Dinamo won 6\u20130 away to NK Borac Imbriovec in the 1st round of the Croatian Football Cup with Ivan Fioli\u0107 and Alen Jurilj scoring a brace and Dani Olmo and Armin Hod\u017ei\u0107 scoring once.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 84], "content_span": [85, 280]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275377-0041-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 GNK Dinamo Zagreb season, Season review, Competitions, Croatian Football Cup\n31 October: Dinamo played second-tier side NK Novigrad in the 2nd round. After the regular game ended 0\u20130, the match was decided on penalties. Dinamo won 3\u20132.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 84], "content_span": [85, 243]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275377-0042-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 GNK Dinamo Zagreb season, Season review, Competitions, Croatian Football Cup\n29 November: Dinamo played NK Istra 1961 and won 4\u20132. \u00c1ngelo Henr\u00edquez marked off a fine performance with a hat-trick.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 84], "content_span": [85, 203]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275377-0043-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 GNK Dinamo Zagreb season, Season review, Competitions, Croatian Football Cup\n4 April\u00a0: Dinamo beat HNK Rijeka in the semi-final by a score of 3\u20130, with Izet Hajrovi\u0107, El Arabi Hillel Soudani and Ante \u0106ori\u0107 scoring the goals. (The match was originally scheduled for 28 February, but due to unfavourable weather conditions, it was moved to 4 April).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 84], "content_span": [85, 355]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275377-0044-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 GNK Dinamo Zagreb season, Season review, Competitions, Croatian Football Cup\n23 May: Dinamo won the 2018 Croatian Football Cup Final after beating bitter rivals Hajduk Split, with Mario Gavranovi\u0107 scoring the only goal, although the game was controversially overshadowed by the allegedly poor refereeing decisions made by referee Mario Zebec.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 84], "content_span": [85, 350]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275377-0045-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 GNK Dinamo Zagreb season, Squad statistics, Appearances\nList contains only players who are currently at the club.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 63], "content_span": [64, 121]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275377-0046-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 GNK Dinamo Zagreb season, Squad statistics, Goalscorers\nThe list is sorted by shirt number when total goals are equal.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 63], "content_span": [64, 126]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275378-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Gabala FC season\nThe 2017\u201318 season was Gabala FK's 13th season, and their 12th in the Azerbaijan Premier League, the top-flight of Azerbaijani football. Gabala finished the season in second place, 16 points behind champions Qaraba\u011f. In the Azerbaijan Cup were runners-up for the second year in a row, losing to Ke\u015fla 1-0 in the final whilst they also reached the Third qualifying round of the Europa League before being knocked out by Panathinaikos.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [24, 24], "content_span": [25, 459]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275378-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Gabala FC season, Squad, Out on loan\nNote: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 44], "content_span": [45, 173]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275379-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Galatasaray S.K. season\nThe 2017\u201318 season was Galatasaray's 114th in existence and 60th consecutive season in the S\u00fcper Lig. The club was aiming for an unprecedented 21st Turkish title after finishing the S\u00fcper Lig in fourth place in the previous season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [31, 31], "content_span": [32, 263]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275379-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Galatasaray S.K. season\nIn Europe, Galatasaray participated in the UEFA Europa League, as well as competing in the Turkish Cup.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [31, 31], "content_span": [32, 135]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275379-0002-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Galatasaray S.K. season\nThis article shows statistics of the club's players in the season, and also lists all matches that the club played in during the season. The season covered a period from 1 July 2017 to 30 June 2018.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [31, 31], "content_span": [32, 230]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275379-0003-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Galatasaray S.K. season, Sponsorship\nCompanies that Galatasaray had sponsorship deals with during the season included the following.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 44], "content_span": [45, 140]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275380-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Gamma Ethniki\nThe 2017\u201318 Gamma Ethniki was the 35th season since the official establishment of the third tier of Greek football in 1983. It started on 1 October 2017. After the finish of the eight groups, the first team of each group will qualify for a playoff round of two groups, to determine which four teams will be promoted to Football League.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [21, 21], "content_span": [22, 357]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275380-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Gamma Ethniki\n97 teams were divided into eight groups according to geographical criteria.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [21, 21], "content_span": [22, 97]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275380-0002-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Gamma Ethniki\nPanelefsiniakos, AO Chania, AEL Kalloni, Panthrakikos, Eordaikos, A.E. Istiaia, Mavroi Aetoi Eleftherochori, Amvrakia Kostakioi, APO Kanaris Nenita, Pyrsos Grevena, AO Syros, Poseidon Neoi Poroi and AO Polykratis Pythagoreio withdrew from the league before the group draw.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [21, 21], "content_span": [22, 294]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275381-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Gardner\u2013Webb Runnin' Bulldogs men's basketball team\nThe 2017\u201318 Gardner\u2013Webb Runnin' Bulldogs men's basketball team represented Gardner\u2013Webb University during the 2017\u201318 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Runnin' Bulldogs, led by fifth-year head coach Tim Craft, played their home games at the Paul Porter Arena in Boiling Springs, North Carolina as members of the Big South Conference. They finished the season 14\u201318, 9\u20139 in Big South play to finish in a four-way tie for fifth place. As the No. 6 seed in the Big South Tournament, they lost to Winthrop in the quarterfinals.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 59], "section_span": [59, 59], "content_span": [60, 595]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275381-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Gardner\u2013Webb Runnin' Bulldogs men's basketball team, Previous season\nThe Runnin' Bulldogs finished the 2016\u201317 season 18\u201313, 11\u20137 in Big South play to finish in fourth place. In the Big South Tournament, they defeated High Point in the quarterfinals before losing in the semifinals to Winthrop.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 59], "section_span": [61, 76], "content_span": [77, 303]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275381-0002-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Gardner\u2013Webb Runnin' Bulldogs men's basketball team, Schedule and results\n* Non-conference game. #Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Eastern Time", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 59], "section_span": [61, 81], "content_span": [82, 198]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275382-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Gaza Strip Premier League\nThe 2017\u201318 Gaza Strip Premier League is the 2017\u201318 season of the top football league in the Gaza Strip of Palestine.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [33, 33], "content_span": [34, 152]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275383-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Genoa C.F.C. season\nThe 2017\u201318 season was Genoa Cricket and Football Club's eleventh consecutive season in Serie A. Having finished 16th the previous season, the club managed to improve on its league position, finishing 12th in Serie A, while they were eliminated in the Coppa Italia by eventual champions Juventus.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [27, 27], "content_span": [28, 324]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275383-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Genoa C.F.C. season, Players, Squad information\nNote: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 55], "content_span": [56, 184]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275384-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 George Mason Patriots men's basketball team\nThis is the current revision of this page, as edited by PrimeBOT (talk | contribs) at 18:27, 21 June 2020 (\u2192\u200eSchedule and results: Task 30 - remove deprecated parameter in Template:CBB schedule entry). The present address (URL) is a permanent link to this version.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 51], "section_span": [51, 51], "content_span": [52, 316]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275384-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 George Mason Patriots men's basketball team\nThe 2017\u201318 George Mason Patriots Men's basketball team represented George Mason University during the 2017\u201318 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The season was the 52nd for the program, the third under head coach Dave Paulsen, and the fifth as members of the Atlantic 10 Conference The Patriots played their home games at EagleBank Arena in Fairfax, Virginia. They finished the season 16\u201317, 9\u20139 in A-10 play to finish in a four-way tie for fifth place. As the No. 5 seed in the A-10 Tournament, they defeated Massachusetts in the second round before losing to Saint Joseph's in the quarterfinals.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 51], "section_span": [51, 51], "content_span": [52, 656]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275384-0002-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 George Mason Patriots men's basketball team, Previous season\nThe Patriots finished the 2016\u201317 season 20\u201314, 9\u20139 in A-10 play to finish in a tie for seventh place. As the No. 7 seed in the A-10 Tournament, they defeated Fordham in the second round before losing in the quarterfinals to VCU. They were invited to the College Basketball Invitational where they lost in the first round to Loyola (MD).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 51], "section_span": [53, 68], "content_span": [69, 406]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275384-0003-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 George Mason Patriots men's basketball team, Preseason\nIn a poll of the league's head coaches and select media members at the conference's media day, the Patriots were picked to finish in 10th place in the A-10. Junior guard Otis Livingston II was named to the conference's preseason third team.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 51], "section_span": [53, 62], "content_span": [63, 303]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275385-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 George Mason Patriots women's basketball team\nThe 2017\u201318 George Mason Patriots women's basketball team represents George Mason University during the 2017\u201318 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Patriots, led by fifth year head coach Nyla Milleson, play their home games at EagleBank Arena and were members of the Atlantic 10 Conference. They finished the season 24\u201310, 11\u20135 in A-10 play to finish in fourth place. They advanced to the quarterfinals of the A-10 Women's Tournament where they lost to George Washington. They received an at-large bid to the Women's National Invitation Tournament where they defeated Stephen F. Austin in the first round before losing to Virginia Tech in the second round.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 53], "section_span": [53, 53], "content_span": [54, 721]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275385-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 George Mason Patriots women's basketball team, Media, George Mason Patriots Sports Network\nPatriots games will be broadcast on WGMU Radio and streamed online through . Most home games will also be featured on the A-10 Digital Network. Select games will be televised.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 53], "section_span": [55, 98], "content_span": [99, 274]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275386-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 George Washington Colonials men's basketball team\nThe 2017\u201318 George Washington Colonials men's basketball team represented George Washington University during the 2017\u201318 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Colonials were led by second-year head coach Maurice Joseph. They played their home games at the Charles E. Smith Center in Washington, D.C. as members of the Atlantic 10 Conference. They finished the season 15\u201318, 7\u201311 in A-10 play to finish in a three-way tie for 10th place. They defeated Fordham in the first round of the A-10 Tournament before losing to Saint Louis in the second round.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 57], "section_span": [57, 57], "content_span": [58, 616]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275386-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 George Washington Colonials men's basketball team, Previous season\nThe Colonials finished the 2016\u201317 season with a record of 20\u201315, 10\u20138 in A-10 play to finish in sixth place. They defeated Saint Louis in the Second Round of the A-10 Tournament before losing in the Quarterfinals to Richmond. They were invited to the College Basketball Invitational where they defeated Toledo in the First Round before losing in the Quarterfinals to UIC.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 57], "section_span": [59, 74], "content_span": [75, 447]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275386-0002-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 George Washington Colonials men's basketball team, Previous season\nHead coach Mike Lonergan was fired on September 17, 2016, after the school concluded a two-month investigation into alleged emotional abuse against his players. Maurice Joseph was named interim head coach on September 27.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 57], "section_span": [59, 74], "content_span": [75, 296]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275386-0003-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 George Washington Colonials men's basketball team, Previous season\nOn March 27, 2017, the school removed the interim tag and named Joseph full-time head coach.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 57], "section_span": [59, 74], "content_span": [75, 167]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275386-0004-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 George Washington Colonials men's basketball team, Preseason\nIn a poll of the league's head coaches and select media members at the conference's media day, the Colonials were picked to finish in 11th place in the A-10. Yuta Watanabe was named to the conference's preseason second team.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 57], "section_span": [59, 68], "content_span": [69, 293]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275387-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 George Washington Colonials women's basketball team\nThe 2017\u201318 George Washington Colonials women's basketball team will represent George Washington University during the 2017\u201318 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Colonials, led by second year head coach Jennifer Rizzotti, play their home games at Charles E. Smith Center and were members of the Atlantic 10 Conference. They finished the season 19\u201314, 10\u20136 in A-10 play to finish in a tie for fifth place. They won the A-10 tournament by defeating Saint Joseph's and received an automatic bid to the NCAA Women's Tournament where they lost to Ohio State in the first round.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 59], "section_span": [59, 59], "content_span": [60, 644]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275387-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 George Washington Colonials women's basketball team, Media\nWRGW will carry the Colonials games and broadcast them online at GWRadio.com. The A-10 Digital Network will carry all non-televised Colonials home games and most conference road games through RaiseHigh Live.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 59], "section_span": [61, 66], "content_span": [67, 274]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275388-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Georgetown Hoyas men's basketball team\nThe 2017\u201318 Georgetown Hoyas men's basketball team represented Georgetown University in the 2017\u201318 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Hoyas, led by first-year head coach Patrick Ewing, played their home games at the Capital One Arena in Washington, D.C. as members of the Big East Conference. They finished the season 15\u201315, 5\u201313 in Big East play to finish in eighth place. They lost in the first round of the Big East Tournament to St. John's.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [46, 46], "content_span": [47, 502]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275388-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Georgetown Hoyas men's basketball team, Previous season\nThe Hoyas finished the 2016\u201317 season at 14\u201318, 5\u201313 in Big East play, to finish in ninth place in the conference. As the No. 9 seed in the Big East Tournament, they lost in the first round to St. John's. Georgetown finished the season with a losing record for the second straight year, the first time that had happened since the 1971\u201372 and 1972\u201373 seasons, and without an invitation to a postseason tournament in consecutive years for the first time since 1973 and 1974.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [48, 63], "content_span": [64, 536]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275388-0002-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Georgetown Hoyas men's basketball team, Previous season\nOn March 23, 2017, Georgetown officials announced that head coach John Thompson III had been fired. On April 2, it was reported that Basketball Hall of Famer and Georgetown alumnus Patrick Ewing would replace Thompson as head coach.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [48, 63], "content_span": [64, 296]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275388-0003-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Georgetown Hoyas men's basketball team, Patrick Ewing arrives\nOn April 3, 2017, Georgetown hired Patrick Ewing to replace the fired John Thompson III as head coach. Generally considered the greatest player in Georgetown men's basketball history, Ewing had led the Georgetown teams of 1981 through 1985, which had reached the NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Tournament\u2032s championship game three times and won one national championship, in 1984.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [48, 69], "content_span": [70, 452]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275388-0003-0001", "contents": "2017\u201318 Georgetown Hoyas men's basketball team, Patrick Ewing arrives\nHe then went on to a Naismith Basketball Hall of Fame 17-season playing career in the National Basketball Association, playing for the New York Knicks from 1985 to 2000, the Seattle SuperSonics from 2000 to 2001, and the Orlando Magic from 2001 to 2002. After that, he spent 15 years as an NBA assistant coach, with the Washington Wizards from 2002 to 2003, the Houston Rockets from 2003 to 2006, the Orlando Magic from 2007 to 2012, and the Charlotte Bobcats/Charlotte Hornets from 2012 to 2017.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [48, 69], "content_span": [70, 566]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275388-0003-0002", "contents": "2017\u201318 Georgetown Hoyas men's basketball team, Patrick Ewing arrives\nAlthough he had made it clear that he desired a head coaching job in the NBA and had interviewed for head coaching positions, he had never been a head coach at any level before taking the job at Georgetown. After taking over at Georgetown, he told the press that he never would have considered taking a college coaching job anywhere except at Georgetown where, he said, \"I was able to...spend four of the best years of my life.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [48, 69], "content_span": [70, 498]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275388-0004-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Georgetown Hoyas men's basketball team, Patrick Ewing arrives\nAfter graduating from Georgetown in 1985, Ewing had left the world of college basketball behind completely during his 32 years of playing and coaching in the NBA. The role of a college coach differed significantly from that of an NBA coach: Player acquisition was very different, requiring compliance with a myriad of National Collegiate Athletic Association recruiting and eligibility rules and a nearly constant recruiting effort.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [48, 69], "content_span": [70, 502]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275388-0004-0001", "contents": "2017\u201318 Georgetown Hoyas men's basketball team, Patrick Ewing arrives\nSince his college days, much had changed in college basketball, including the rise of the influence of the Amateur Athletic Union and the orientation of recruiting and coaching toward developing players for NBA careers, as well as the impatience of many college players, who tended to view their college careers as a necessary step on their way to an NBA career but no longer viewed college as a four-year \u2013 or even any more than a one-year \u2013 commitment.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [48, 69], "content_span": [70, 524]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275388-0004-0002", "contents": "2017\u201318 Georgetown Hoyas men's basketball team, Patrick Ewing arrives\nCollege coaching also required a significant amount of off-court player management, such as ensuring players went to class and met Georgetown's academic eligibility requirements. Critics of Georgetown's decision to hire Ewing argued that his lack of experience in these matters would undermine his ability to lead the Georgetown program.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [48, 69], "content_span": [70, 407]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275388-0004-0003", "contents": "2017\u201318 Georgetown Hoyas men's basketball team, Patrick Ewing arrives\nEwing countered that he had a great deal of experience with young NBA players who had foregone some or all of their college eligibility to play in the NBA and that he had hired a staff including assistant coaches Louis Orr and Robert Kirby \u2013 that could provide him with well-informed advice and guide him through the modern world of college basketball.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [48, 69], "content_span": [70, 422]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275388-0004-0004", "contents": "2017\u201318 Georgetown Hoyas men's basketball team, Patrick Ewing arrives\nHowever, his arrival required the departure of his son, Patrick Ewing Jr., a former Georgetown player who had served under John Thompson III as an assistant coach since August 2015; under Georgetown University's nepotism policies, the younger Ewing was not allowed to serve in a position in which he reported directly to his father.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [48, 69], "content_span": [70, 402]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275388-0004-0005", "contents": "2017\u201318 Georgetown Hoyas men's basketball team, Patrick Ewing arrives\nMany commentators mocked the idea of a nepotism clause at Georgetown given John Thompson III's 13-year tenure as head coach while his father, former Georgetown head coach John Thompson Jr., remained a major figure in the men's basketball program, but the clause did not apply in that case because the younger Thompson was not on his father's staff, reporting to athletic director Lee Reed and not to his father.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [48, 69], "content_span": [70, 481]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275388-0005-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Georgetown Hoyas men's basketball team, Patrick Ewing arrives\nEwing said he would abandon John Thompson III's deliberate \"Princeton offense\" and move Georgetown's game toward an uptempo, NBA-style offense favored by NBA scouts and more suitable to the playing style of contemporary players. He also promised a more physical defense of the type that both Georgetown and the original Big East Conference had been known for in their 1980s heyday. He also told reporters that he thought he could improve Georgetown's recruiting efforts by offering players an easier path to the NBA, which he believed he understood better than most college coaches.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [48, 69], "content_span": [70, 652]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275388-0006-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Georgetown Hoyas men's basketball team, Season recap\nGeorgetown had lost seven players \u2013 including its five top scorers \u2013 since the conclusion of the previous season. Among those departing were the team's two top scorers of 2016\u20132017, senior guard Rodney Pryor and junior forward L. J. Peak; Pryor graduated in 2017 after a single season with the Hoyas, and Peak declared for the 2017 NBA draft, foregoing his senior year of college. Starting center Bradley Hayes and power forward Reggie Cameron II graduated in 2017.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [48, 60], "content_span": [61, 526]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275388-0006-0001", "contents": "2017\u201318 Georgetown Hoyas men's basketball team, Season recap\nJunior forward Isaac Copeland had transferred to Nebraska in mid-season, and redshirt junior forward Akoy Agau, after a single season of action with the Hoyas and with two seasons of college eligibility remaining, transferred to SMU during the offseason. Junior guard Tre Campbell left the team after 2016\u20132017 for personal reasons and, although he remained on scholarship and enrolled at Georgetown for his senior year, he was not on Georgetown's roster and sat out the 2017\u20132018 basketball season. Another loss was Tremont Waters.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [48, 60], "content_span": [61, 593]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275388-0006-0002", "contents": "2017\u201318 Georgetown Hoyas men's basketball team, Season recap\nGeorgetown had lacked a true point guard since the graduation of Markel Starks in 2014, and John Thompson III had attempted to address that by recruiting Waters in the fall of 2016, but Waters had withdrawn his commitment to Georgetown in March 2017 amid the turmoil that surrounded the Georgetown men's basketball program in the aftermath of the 2016\u20132017 team's losing season. Ewing attempted to re-recruit Waters, but ultimately failed when Waters committed to LSU in early June 2017.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [48, 60], "content_span": [61, 548]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275388-0007-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Georgetown Hoyas men's basketball team, Season recap\nSenior Jonathan Mulmore and sophomore Jagan Moseley at guard, junior guard/forward Kaleb Johnson, junior forward Marcus Derrickson, and junior center Jesse Govan all returned for another year. Senior forward Trey Mourning, the son of Georgetown great Alonzo Mourning, rumored to be considering a transfer at the end of the previous season, also decided to return for 2017\u20132018, although he suffered a knee injury that forced him to sit out the entire season. The team's former student manager, senior guard Ra'Mond Hines, made the team as a walk-on for the third straight year, while sophomore forward George Muresan, the son of former NBA player Gheorghe Muresan, made the team as a walk-on for a second straight year.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [48, 60], "content_span": [61, 780]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275388-0008-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Georgetown Hoyas men's basketball team, Season recap\nFour freshmen \u2013 guard Jahvon Blair, forwards Jamorko Pickett and Antwan Walker, and 7-foot-3 (221-cm) center Chris Sodom \u2013 joined the team. Two upperclassmen also arrived: Redshirt senior guard Trey Dickerson came to Georgetown from South Dakota as a graduate transfer, eligible to play immediately, while senior guard Greg Malinowski transferred to Georgetown from William and Mary; Malinowski had to sit out the 2017\u20132018 season in accordance with NCAA rules for transferring players, but planned to play for Georgetown as a redshirt senior in 2018-2019.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [48, 60], "content_span": [61, 617]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275388-0009-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Georgetown Hoyas men's basketball team, Season recap\nThe 2017-2018 squad faced a rebuilding year in which it had arguably the lowest expectations of any Big East Conference team. A preseason poll of Big East coaches picked the Hoyas to finish ninth in the 10-team conference, while pundits raised the prospect of the Hoyas doing little better than winning a game or two against St. John's or DePaul and perhaps going winless in their 18 conference games. The most optimistic projections had Georgetown finishing at 5\u201313 in the Big East.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [48, 60], "content_span": [61, 544]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275388-0010-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Georgetown Hoyas men's basketball team, Season recap, Nonconference schedule\nDuring the head-coaching tenures of John Thompson Jr. and Craig Esherick in the original Big East Conference between 1979 and 2004, Georgetown developed a reputation for scheduling weak non-conference opponents, but during his 13 seasons as head coach at Georgetown between 2004 and 2017, John Thompson III had sought early challenges for his teams during the non-conference portion of the schedule, scheduling ranked opponents, early-season tournaments featuring nationally prominent teams, and distant travel so that his teams could prepare for the Big East Conference season by gaining experience against challenging opponents while facing a demanding travel schedule.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [48, 84], "content_span": [85, 756]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275388-0010-0001", "contents": "2017\u201318 Georgetown Hoyas men's basketball team, Season recap, Nonconference schedule\nEwing scrapped John Thompson III's approach, returning to the earlier philosophy of arranging a weak early-season schedule. On August 2, in accordance with Ewing's wishes, Georgetown withdrew from the PK-80\u2013Phil Knight Invitational, a high-profile, 16-team, two-bracket tournament in Portland, Oregon, scheduled for November 23\u201326, in which the Hoyas would have opened with a game against Michigan State, a preseason Top Five team, then faced either Connecticut or 2017 Final Four participant Oregon in the second round the following day, and finished two days later with a final game against Arkansas, North Carolina, or Portland.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [48, 84], "content_span": [85, 716]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275388-0010-0002", "contents": "2017\u201318 Georgetown Hoyas men's basketball team, Season recap, Nonconference schedule\nBig East rival DePaul replaced Georgetown in the tournament. Georgetown athletic director Lee Reed issued a statement explaining the withdrawal, saying \"The Georgetown's men's basketball program is in the midst of an exciting time of rebuilding. Georgetown has a prominent, seasoned head coach who has begun this process, which will continue to develop in the fall.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [48, 84], "content_span": [85, 451]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275388-0010-0003", "contents": "2017\u201318 Georgetown Hoyas men's basketball team, Season recap, Nonconference schedule\nThe withdrawal reportedly left Georgetown with nine or ten open slots left to fill in its 2017-2018 schedule, which CBS Sports\u2032 Matt Norlander described on August 2 as \"an enormous amount of open dates for a Big East program to fill this deep into the offseason.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [48, 84], "content_span": [85, 348]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275388-0010-0004", "contents": "2017\u201318 Georgetown Hoyas men's basketball team, Season recap, Nonconference schedule\nBut Ewing saw no need to pit his team against some of the toughest teams in the United States during his first season as head coach, explaining his decision to withdraw this way: \"\u201cIt\u2019s my belief that, why go out there and get my ass kicked to show my recruits that we need their help when I can stay home and watch other people get their butts kicked...", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [48, 84], "content_span": [85, 439]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275388-0010-0005", "contents": "2017\u201318 Georgetown Hoyas men's basketball team, Season recap, Nonconference schedule\nDo my recruiting, keep on telling the people we need that we need them, recruit them, and do my job to help my team, build them up and show them what my visions are of them, and win as many games as we can.\u201d Later in August, Ewing also threw cold water on the idea of renewing Georgetown's rivalry with Maryland any time soon.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [48, 84], "content_span": [85, 411]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275388-0010-0006", "contents": "2017\u201318 Georgetown Hoyas men's basketball team, Season recap, Nonconference schedule\nAfter not meeting in a non-tournament game since 1993, the Hoyas and Terrapins had met in a home-and-home series over the past two seasons as part of the annual Gavitt Tipoff Games between the Big East and Big Ten conferences, Maryland winning both games in tight contests, raising hope among fans in the Washington, D.C., area that Georgetown-Maryland meetings would become annual events. On August 24, however, Ewing told the press, \"I\u2019m not thinking about Maryland. I\u2019m not sure if or when we will schedule Maryland. My focus is on getting us back strong.\u201d", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [48, 84], "content_span": [85, 644]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275388-0010-0007", "contents": "2017\u201318 Georgetown Hoyas men's basketball team, Season recap, Nonconference schedule\nThe Hoyas did not participate in the Gavitt Tipoff Games in 2017, and Maryland was not on Georgetown's 2017\u20132018 schedule. Discussing his scheduling philosophy in August with The Washington Post, Ewing said, \u201cThe Big East schedule is going to be tough enough to handle. It\u2019s always been tough. It was tough when I was playing. So, you know, you don\u2019t have to play the toughest nonconference schedule. It\u2019s all about where you end up at the end. . .Do the best job that we can in the Big East and let the chips fall where they may. And hopefully we\u2019ll be able to be in the NCAAs and do our work there.\u201d", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [48, 84], "content_span": [85, 686]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275388-0011-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Georgetown Hoyas men's basketball team, Season recap, Nonconference schedule\nGeorgetown released its 2017\u20132018 schedule on September 12, and it immediately provided one of the main narratives of the season. The non-conference schedule included no tournaments, and the average RPI of non-conference opponents for the season was a lowly 265.1. The opponents for 2017\u20132018 and their 2016\u20132017 RPI rankings among the 351 NCAA Division I teams were Richmond (72), Syracuse (86), Mount St. Mary's (137), Maryland Eastern Shore (279), Jacksonville (305), Maine (323), Coppin State (336), North Texas (338), Howard (339), North Carolina A&T (350), and Alabama A&M (351).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [48, 84], "content_span": [85, 670]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275388-0011-0001", "contents": "2017\u201318 Georgetown Hoyas men's basketball team, Season recap, Nonconference schedule\nMaine was picked to finish last in the America East Conference in a preseason poll of the conference's coaches, had not won more than eight games in any of the previous four seasons, and had not had a winning season since 2009-2010.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [48, 84], "content_span": [85, 317]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275388-0011-0002", "contents": "2017\u201318 Georgetown Hoyas men's basketball team, Season recap, Nonconference schedule\nFour of the teams were from the Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference (MEAC), ranked 31st among the 32 Division I conferences during the 2016\u20132017 college basketball season, and none of those four were among the top five MEAC teams of 2016\u20132017; moreover, MEAC coaches in a preseason poll picked North Carolina A&T \u2013 which had posted a 3\u201329 record the previous season \u2013 to finish last in the conference. Overall, Georgetown's opponents had gone 116\u2013230 (.335) against Division I schools during 2016\u20132017; five of them had failed to win 10 games all season, while one had won 10.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [48, 84], "content_span": [85, 657]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275388-0011-0003", "contents": "2017\u201318 Georgetown Hoyas men's basketball team, Season recap, Nonconference schedule\nThe contractually obligated Syracuse game \u2013 part of a two-season home-and-home series between the former archrivals in the original Big East Conference \u2013 provided Georgetown with its only truly challenging non-conference game, and even then Syracuse was facing a down year in which pundits projected the Orange to finish next-to-last in the Atlantic Coast Conference.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [48, 84], "content_span": [85, 452]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275388-0011-0004", "contents": "2017\u201318 Georgetown Hoyas men's basketball team, Season recap, Nonconference schedule\nNone of the schools had received an at-large bid to the 2017 NCAA Tournament \u2013 Mount St. Mary's, a 16th-seed in the tournament, was the only team among Georgetown's 11 non-conference opponents that made the tournament and did so via an automatic bid by winning the 2017 Northeast Conference Tournament \u2013 and none of them were projected to make the 2018 NCAA Tournament; preseason prognosticators raised the possibility that none of them would make even the 2018 National Invitation Tournament. Other than a visit to Richmond, the entire non-conference schedule was at home.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [48, 84], "content_span": [85, 658]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275388-0012-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Georgetown Hoyas men's basketball team, Season recap, Nonconference schedule\nPundits indulged in a chorus of criticism of Georgetown's nonconference schedule. Kerry Miller of Bleacher Report called the schedule \"terrible,\" observing that \"constructing a strong nonconference schedule for college basketball is an art form, and Georgetown is No. 1 on the list of teams that miserably failed that art class this year\" and that \"this might be the worst nonconference schedule in major-conference history;\" Miller offered the possibility that the Hoyas \"could be headed for an interesting dichotomy: Georgetown going 11-0 in nonconference play before going 0-18 in the Big East.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [48, 84], "content_span": [85, 683]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275388-0012-0001", "contents": "2017\u201318 Georgetown Hoyas men's basketball team, Season recap, Nonconference schedule\nOther basketball media members called the schedule \"embarrassing,\" \"pathetic,\" \"ridiculously weak,\" \"atrocious,\" \"among the worst non-conference schedule I have ever seen,\" \"perhaps the worst non-con[ference] schedule ever,\" and \"the worst non-conference basketball schedule ever.\" Critics also noted that even if the Hoyas had an unexpectedly strong showing in Big East play, the non-conference schedule's weakness would work against Georgetown when the selection committee for the 2018 NCAA Tournament made its picks the following March, virtually precluding Georgetown's consideration for the NCAA Tournament and even for the 2018 National Invitation Tournament.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [48, 84], "content_span": [85, 751]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275388-0012-0002", "contents": "2017\u201318 Georgetown Hoyas men's basketball team, Season recap, Nonconference schedule\nEwing made no apologies for how he scheduled the team, dismissing concerns about the non-conference schedule by saying, \"It's all a work in progress. To me everything is a work in progress to get ready for the Big East. The Big East is where everything starts for me. The Big East is a make or break for us... My guys are coming off two poor years, and it is my job to mend their egos and to get them to believe in themselves again. The Big East is what it's all about. Get our guys believing in themselves and get ready for the Big East competition.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [48, 84], "content_span": [85, 636]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275388-0013-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Georgetown Hoyas men's basketball team, Season recap, Nonconference schedule\nRegardless of the debate over their schedule, the Hoyas began their season two months to the day after it was announced, on November 12, opening a three-game homestand by facing Jacksonville at Capital One Arena, as the Verizon Center had been renamed in August 2017.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [48, 84], "content_span": [85, 352]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275388-0013-0001", "contents": "2017\u201318 Georgetown Hoyas men's basketball team, Season recap, Nonconference schedule\nIt was Ewing's first game as a head coach at any level, and in honor of the occasion Ewing's former college and NBA rival Michael Jordan, former Georgetown and NBA players Alonzo Mourning and Dikembe Mutombo, Washington Wizards and former Georgetown player Otto Porter Jr., Wizards head coach Scott Brooks, and Ewing's former New York Knicks coach and television analyst Jeff Van Gundy all were in the crowd, and Ewing told the press that his high-school coach also was at the game.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [48, 84], "content_span": [85, 567]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275388-0013-0002", "contents": "2017\u201318 Georgetown Hoyas men's basketball team, Season recap, Nonconference schedule\nThe crowd cheered loudly when Ewing first walked onto the court about 10 minutes before the opening tipoff, and gave him an ovation when the spotlight fell on him during pregame introductions. The Hoyas held the Dolphins \u2013 who were coming off their first winning season in six years \u2013 to 23.3 percent shooting from the field in the first half and 32.7 percent for the game as Georgetown cruised to a 73\u201357 victory and Ewing's first head-coaching win. Jesse Govan led the Hoyas with a double-double (20 points and 15 rebounds), and Marcus Derrickson also scored 20.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [48, 84], "content_span": [85, 649]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275388-0014-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Georgetown Hoyas men's basketball team, Season recap, Nonconference schedule\nOver the next six days, the homestand continued with victories over Mount St. Mary's, which had not defeated Georgetown since 1961, and Maryland Eastern Shore, which was missing five players projected preseason as starters because of eligibility problems and other reasons.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [48, 84], "content_span": [85, 358]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275388-0014-0001", "contents": "2017\u201318 Georgetown Hoyas men's basketball team, Season recap, Nonconference schedule\nAgainst Mount St. Mary's, the Hoyas scored 102 points \u2013 their first 100-plus-point game since they scored 105 against South Carolina Upstate in their season opener the previous year \u2013 and Jesse Govan had his second straight double-double with 20 points and 14 rebounds, while Jahvon Blair contributed 19 points and five assists, Jagan Moseley scored 15 points and also recorded five assists, and Kaleb Johnson and Jamorko Pickett each had 14 points and seven rebounds. Three days later against Maryland Eastern Shore, Johnson scored a career-high 24 points, Govan had his third straight double-double (23 points and 14 rebounds), Marcus Derrickson had his third career double-double (14 points and 10 rebounds), Blair scored 12 points, and Jonathan Mulmore posted 10 points and recorded five assists.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [48, 84], "content_span": [85, 885]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275388-0015-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Georgetown Hoyas men's basketball team, Season recap, Nonconference schedule\nBeginning the season with a record of 3\u20130 for the first time since 2014\u20132015, the Hoyas traveled to Richmond, Virginia, to meet Richmond at the Robins Center a week later in Georgetown's only non-conference game of the season away from Capital One Arena; it was part of a home-and-home series in which Richmond would visit Georgetown the following season. Richmond, although only 1\u20133 on the season entering the game, had been a 2017 National Invitation Tournament quarterfinalist and as Georgetown's second-strongest non-conference opponent posed the biggest challenge thus far in Georgetown's young season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [48, 84], "content_span": [85, 692]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275388-0015-0001", "contents": "2017\u201318 Georgetown Hoyas men's basketball team, Season recap, Nonconference schedule\nWith former Georgetown head coach John Thompson Jr. making the trip and looking on from the stands, the Hoyas led by only 40\u201339 at halftime and had to fend off a Richmond surge in which the Spiders took a 59\u201357 lead with 9:26 left to play before pulling back ahead and hanging on for an 82\u201376 win.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [48, 84], "content_span": [85, 382]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275388-0015-0002", "contents": "2017\u201318 Georgetown Hoyas men's basketball team, Season recap, Nonconference schedule\nIn a balanced Georgetown attack, Marcus Derrickson scored 16 points and grabbed nine rebounds, Jonathan Mulmore added 15 points and eight assists, Jessie Govan had 14 points and six rebounds, Jamorko Pickett scored 12 points and pulled down seven rebounds, and Kaleb Johnson added 11 points. The win gave Georgetown its first 4\u20130 start since the 2014\u20132015 season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [48, 84], "content_span": [85, 448]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275388-0016-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Georgetown Hoyas men's basketball team, Season recap, Nonconference schedule\nBy the time the Hoyas returned to Capital One Arena on November 28 to begin an eight-game homestand by meeting Maine, their first five opponents had a combined record of 9\u201325 (.265) on the season, and two of them had won only one game. Georgetown defeated Maine \u2013 a team that was missing three of its starters and had a record of 1\u20136 entering the game \u2013 but the Hoyas\u2032 strength of schedule fell to 348th or 349th, depending on the ranking system, out of 351 Division I teams.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [48, 84], "content_span": [85, 561]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275388-0016-0001", "contents": "2017\u201318 Georgetown Hoyas men's basketball team, Season recap, Nonconference schedule\nGeorgetown followed up over the next 11 days with wins over Coppin State, Howard, and North Carolina A&T. Georgetown cruised to easy wins in all four games, and the resulting 5\u20130, 6\u20130, 7\u20130, and 8\u20130 records for the Hoyas represented their first start with each of those records since the 2010\u20132011 season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [48, 84], "content_span": [85, 389]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275388-0016-0002", "contents": "2017\u201318 Georgetown Hoyas men's basketball team, Season recap, Nonconference schedule\nThe Coppin State game was the Hoyas\u2032 fourth consecutive and fourth overall appearance in the annual BB&T Classic, and they improved their all-time record in the Classic to 4\u20130, but by the time they had beaten Howard, their strength of schedule had fallen to 351st, the weakest among NCAA Division I teams.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [48, 84], "content_span": [85, 390]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275388-0016-0003", "contents": "2017\u201318 Georgetown Hoyas men's basketball team, Season recap, Nonconference schedule\nJessie Govan scored 16 points and grabbed eight rebounds against Maine, then recorded three straight double-doubles \u2013 his fourth, fifth, and sixth of the season \u2013 with a season-high 26 points and a career-high 16 rebounds against Coppin State, 24 points against Howard in a game in which he tied his career best with 16 rebounds and also blocked three shots, and 22 points and 15 rebounds against North Carolina A&T. Kaleb Johnson scored 18 against both Maine and Howard \u2013 in the Howard game on 6-for-6 shooting from the field, including 2-for-2 from three-point range, and a 4-for-4 performance from the free-throw line \u2013 and he finished with 10 points against North Carolina A&T. Marcus Derrickson scored 12 points and went 6\u2013for\u20136 in free throws against Maine and had 13 points against Coppin State, and he contributed 16 points and nine rebounds against Howard. Jamorko Pickett finished with 13 points against Coppin State and 12 against North Carolina A&T. In the Maine game, Jonathan Mulmore scored 10 points and recorded five assists, while Jahvon Blair came off the bench to add 11 points.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [48, 84], "content_span": [85, 1182]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275388-0017-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Georgetown Hoyas men's basketball team, Season recap, Nonconference schedule\nNorth Carolina A&T's loss to Georgetown dropped the Aggies to 5\u20134, but they were the only team with a winning record the Hoyas had faced all season. Defeating North Carolina A&T gave Georgetown an 8\u20130 record and made the Hoyas one of only six NCAA Division I teams without a loss during the season. However, Georgetown also had the weakest strength of schedule \u2013 351st out of 351 \u2013 among Division I schools.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [48, 84], "content_span": [85, 492]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275388-0017-0001", "contents": "2017\u201318 Georgetown Hoyas men's basketball team, Season recap, Nonconference schedule\nBy the time the Hoyas beat North Carolina A&T on December 9, Georgetown's previous seven opponents were a combined 13-54 (.194) on the season, and the Hoyas\u2032 previous three opponents (Maine, Coppin State, and Howard) had a combined record of 2\u201326 (.071). By December 15 \u2013 the eve of the Hoyas\u2032 meeting with Syracuse \u2013 Georgetown's first eight opponents were a combined 24-64 (.273) on the season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [48, 84], "content_span": [85, 481]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275388-0017-0002", "contents": "2017\u201318 Georgetown Hoyas men's basketball team, Season recap, Nonconference schedule\nThe lackluster games resulted in lackluster attendance: The crowd of 9,212 for the season opener against Jacksonville left the 20,356-seat Capital One Arena less than half-full, and since then the Hoyas had averaged 5,247 fans per game and never had reached 6,500 for any game. When reporters again asked Ewing immediately after the North Carolina A&T game about the unambitious schedule he had put together, he dismissed their concerns by saying, \"It's a great schedule, a great schedule. All the people worried about the schedule are all you guys.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [48, 84], "content_span": [85, 635]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275388-0018-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Georgetown Hoyas men's basketball team, Season recap, Nonconference schedule\nThe Hoyas had a week off before facing Syracuse, Georgetown's archrival in the original Big East, and during that week the letter \"S\" was \"prohibited\" on the Georgetown campus, being covered over or X-ed out everywhere it appeared on a sign. The game was Georgetown's only real challenge of the nonconference schedule, and it pitted Patrick Ewing against Jim Boeheim \u2013 Syracuse's head coach back in Ewing's playing days at Georgetown \u2013 as head coaches for the first time, prompting nostalgia about the early 1980s heyday of the original Big East Conference.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [48, 84], "content_span": [85, 642]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275388-0018-0001", "contents": "2017\u201318 Georgetown Hoyas men's basketball team, Season recap, Nonconference schedule\nNeither team led by more than five points during the first half, and the Hoyas held a 28\u201324 lead at halftime. Georgetown pulled out to a 53\u201340 lead in the second half before the Orange, led by freshman small forward Oshae Brissett \u2013 who scored only one point in the first half but 24 after halftime \u2013 began a comeback, going on a 5\u20130 scoring run to close the gap to 53\u201345 with 9:55 remaining in regulation. Georgetown still led 64\u201357 when Marcus Derrickson fouled out with 5:23 left in the second half.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [48, 84], "content_span": [85, 587]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275388-0018-0002", "contents": "2017\u201318 Georgetown Hoyas men's basketball team, Season recap, Nonconference schedule\nWith a minute left in regulation, Syracuse sophomore guard Frank Howard stripped the ball from Jesse Govan and scored on a layup to tie the game 69\u201369, but then Syracuse missed three straight shots and the game remained tied at 69\u201369 at the end of regulation. Syracuse sophomore guard Tyus Battle led the Orange in overtime, scoring eight points after the end of regulation, including a three-pointer that put Syracuse ahead for good at 72\u201369. Syracuse, which had outscored Georgetown 29\u201315 after Derrickson fouled out, won 86\u201379, dealing the Hoyas their first loss of the season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [48, 84], "content_span": [85, 665]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275388-0018-0003", "contents": "2017\u201318 Georgetown Hoyas men's basketball team, Season recap, Nonconference schedule\nThe win snapped a two-game Orange losing streak against the Hoyas and was their first road win against Georgetown since 2011, while the Hoyas missed both their first chance to beat Syracuse three games in a row since a four-win streak between 2000 and 2002 and their only chance to pick up a quality win during their non-conference schedule. Both teams shot 10-for-27 (37 percent) from the field and both had 16 turnovers. Jessie Govan had 21 points and eight rebounds and logged a career-high 42 minutes, Jagan Mosely came off the bench to add 20 points, Marcus Derrickson had 14 points and eight rebounds, and Jamorko Pickett scored 12 points.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [48, 84], "content_span": [85, 730]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275388-0019-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Georgetown Hoyas men's basketball team, Season recap, Nonconference schedule\nOn December 19, Georgetown announced that freshman center Chris Sodom had been dismissed from the team for violating team rules; it later was revealed that his dismissal stemmed from his involvement in an off-campus altercation. Sodom had had little impact on the team, appearing in only six games and playing only 27 minutes as a Hoya, but his departure left Georgetown with a shortage of depth among its \"big men;\" with Sodom off the team, Ewing's only option for the rest of the season as a backup for center Jesse Govan and forward Marcus Derrickson became freshman forward Antwan Walker.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [48, 84], "content_span": [85, 677]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275388-0020-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Georgetown Hoyas men's basketball team, Season recap, Nonconference schedule\nThe Hoyas completed their non-conference schedule with two more home games, beating North Texas in the first meeting between the schools and then defeating winless Alabama A&M. Against North Texas, with Ewing's former New York Knicks teammate John Starks looking on from the stands, Marcus Derrickson led the Hoyas with 17 points and Jessie Govan had his ninth career double-double and seventh double-double of the season with 12 points and 14 rebounds, while Jonathan Mulmore finished with 12 points and six assists.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [48, 84], "content_span": [85, 603]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275388-0020-0001", "contents": "2017\u201318 Georgetown Hoyas men's basketball team, Season recap, Nonconference schedule\nThree days later in the rout of Alabama A&M \u2013 which entered the game with a record of 0\u201312 and ranked 344th in RPI among the 351 Division I schools \u2013 Antwan Walker made his first collegiate start and first appearance in a game since December 9, played a career-high 15 minutes and scored in double figures for the first time with 16 points on 6-of-7 shooting from the field and 4-for-4 from the free-throw line, while Jahvon Blair, making his second collegiate start, scored 13 points. Against Alabama A&M, Jessie Govan had another double-double (11 points and 11 rebounds), his eighth of the season and the tenth of his career, while Jamorko Pickett and Kaleb Johnson added 10 points each.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [48, 84], "content_span": [85, 775]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275388-0021-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Georgetown Hoyas men's basketball team, Season recap, Nonconference schedule\nThe Hoyas completed their non-conference schedule with a 10\u20131 record, their best start to a season since they opened 10\u20131 in 2012\u20132013. However, their strength of schedule was 350th among the 351 teams after they defeated North Texas and fell to 351st and last after they beat Alabama A&M. Sports pundits understood Ewing's desire to pad the team's schedule given its limited prospects for the season and its need to rebuild in terms of both talent and confidence.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [48, 84], "content_span": [85, 549]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275388-0021-0001", "contents": "2017\u201318 Georgetown Hoyas men's basketball team, Season recap, Nonconference schedule\nHowever, sports commentators also viewed the nonconference portion of Georgetown's schedule as harming the team's chances of making the NCAA Tournament even if it won most of its conference games, as well as poorly preparing the Hoyas for the rigors of the upcoming Big East season. They also saw it as a missed opportunity to market Georgetown's otherwise faded national brand by highlighting Ewing's return to the school via nationally noted nonconference games, such as those that might have occurred if Georgetown had not withdrawn from the November PK80-Phil Knight Tournament.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [48, 84], "content_span": [85, 667]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275388-0021-0002", "contents": "2017\u201318 Georgetown Hoyas men's basketball team, Season recap, Nonconference schedule\nOn the eve of the Syracuse game, college basketball analyst Ken Pomeroy opined that the Hoyas would have to go an unexpected 12\u20136 in the upcoming Big East season to ensure an NCAA Tournament bid and that even an equally unexpected record of 11\u20137 might make it difficult for the selection committee to justify a bid. Asked by reporters after the Alabama A&M game whether he felt his team was prepared for Big East play, Ewing was noncommittal, saying, \"That's yet to be determined. We just have to stay focused and continue to work hard.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [48, 84], "content_span": [85, 621]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275388-0021-0003", "contents": "2017\u201318 Georgetown Hoyas men's basketball team, Season recap, Nonconference schedule\nEven though we're, what, 10-1 right now, we can't be happy with that. We have to stay hungry. No one expects us to be successful, and we have to have a chip on our shoulder about that. We have to continue to grind. At the end of the year, we'll see where we lie.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [48, 84], "content_span": [85, 348]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275388-0022-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Georgetown Hoyas men's basketball team, Season recap, Conference schedule\nGeorgetown completed its eight-game homestand and opened its Big East season on December 27 with a 91\u201389 double-overtime loss to Butler, despite pulling out to a 20-point lead in the first half and holding a 42-24 lead over the Bulldogs at halftime; Marcus Derrickson (23 points and 11 rebounds) and Jesse Govan (19 points and 13 rebounds) both had double-doubles, and Jahvon Blair went 11-for-12 from the free-throw line and scored 17 points.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [48, 81], "content_span": [82, 525]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275388-0022-0001", "contents": "2017\u201318 Georgetown Hoyas men's basketball team, Season recap, Conference schedule\nThe Hoyas then embarked on a two-game road trip in which they finished 2017 with a loss at Marquette and began 2018 with their first conference victory of the season in a game at DePaul. Derrickson scored 20 points at Marquette, and 24 at DePaul, while Kaleb Johnson finished with 12 points at Marquette and Jahvon Blair had a 15-point game against DePaul. Govan had double-doubles in both games, with 11 points and 12 rebounds at Marquette and 25 points and 12 boards at DePaul.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [48, 81], "content_span": [82, 561]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275388-0023-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Georgetown Hoyas men's basketball team, Season recap, Conference schedule\nGeorgetown returned to Capital One Arena for a one-sided loss to Creighton in which the Hoyas trailed from the opening basket and the Bluejays led by double figures from halfway through the first half through the end of the game; with 11 points, Jahvon Blair was the only Hoya to score in double figures, while Kaleb Johnson grabbed 10 rebounds. Three days later, Georgetown visited Madison Square Garden and defeated St. John's to improve to 2\u20133 in conference play; Govan had another double-double, scoring 18 points and pulling down 13 rebounds, Derrickson added 17 points, and Jagan Moseley contributed 13.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [48, 81], "content_span": [82, 691]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275388-0023-0001", "contents": "2017\u201318 Georgetown Hoyas men's basketball team, Season recap, Conference schedule\nWith former St. John's head coach Lou Carnesecca in the stands, the two teams played a lackluster game that betrayed how far the two programs had fallen since their mid-1980s heyday in the original Big East Conference when Carnesecca coached the Red Storm, Ewing played for Georgetown, St. John's head coach Chris Mullin played for St. John's, and the two teams were national powers and faced off in nationally prominent games.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [48, 81], "content_span": [82, 509]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275388-0023-0002", "contents": "2017\u201318 Georgetown Hoyas men's basketball team, Season recap, Conference schedule\nHowever, the meeting was the first between Ewing and Mullin as head coaches, and the game also marked the return of Ewing to Madison Square Garden, where he had played with the New York Knicks in the NBA, and it prompted much nostalgia about both the old Big East and Ewing's 15-year Knicks career; the crowd cheered heartily for Ewing from the moment he came out onto the court and chanted \"Patrick! Patrick!\" as he exited after the conclusion of the game.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [48, 81], "content_span": [82, 539]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275388-0024-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Georgetown Hoyas men's basketball team, Season recap, Conference schedule\nIn their next game, the Hoyas faced a ranked opponent for the first time in the season when they traveled to meet No. 13 Seton Hall at the Prudential Center in Newark, New Jersey, on January 13, the first time they had gone without a ranked opponent until mid-January since the 2003-2004 season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [48, 81], "content_span": [82, 377]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275388-0024-0001", "contents": "2017\u201318 Georgetown Hoyas men's basketball team, Season recap, Conference schedule\nUndefeated at home for the season at 10\u20130, the Pirates were celebrating the 25th anniversary of the 1992\u20131993 Pirates team that won both the Big East regular season championship and the 1993 Big East Tournament, and that season's head coach, P. J. Carlesimo, and Art\u016bras Karni\u0161ovas, general manager of the Denver Nuggets and a member of the 1992\u20131993 Seton Hall team, were in the audience.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [48, 81], "content_span": [82, 471]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275388-0024-0002", "contents": "2017\u201318 Georgetown Hoyas men's basketball team, Season recap, Conference schedule\nThe Hoyas staked themselves to a 12\u20133 lead to start the game, but the Pirates took advantage of Georgetown turnovers to come back with a 29\u201310 scoring run in the final 11 minutes of the first half and go into the locker room with a 44\u201331 at halftime. In the second half, the Pirates pulled out to a 16\u2013point advantage before the Hoyas cut Seton Hall's lead to 60\u201352 with eight minutes to play, but Seton Hall extended its lead to 62\u201352 with 6:29 left and to 69-54 with 3:28 remaining on the way to a 74\u201361 win.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [48, 81], "content_span": [82, 592]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275388-0024-0003", "contents": "2017\u201318 Georgetown Hoyas men's basketball team, Season recap, Conference schedule\nIt was Seton Hall's fifth straight victory over Georgetown, and the Pirates improved their all-time record against the Hoyas to 47\u201357 \u2013 dating back to the first meeting between the schools on December 10, 1909 \u2013 and to 21\u201341 since the two teams joined the original Big East Conference as charter members in 1979. Marcus Derrickson led the Hoyas with 18 points, while Kaleb Johnson scored 14 points and Jahvon Blair and Jesse Govan had 11 each.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [48, 81], "content_span": [82, 525]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275388-0025-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Georgetown Hoyas men's basketball team, Season recap, Conference schedule\nFour days later, the Hoyas were at Capital One Arena to open a three-game homestand by playing another ranked opponent, No. 1 Villanova. It was the first time Ewing had faced Villanova in any capacity since the Wildcats upset the Hoyas in his final game as a college player to win the national championship in the 1985 NCAA Tournament. The game quickly became a blowout, as Villanova went on an 18\u20130 scoring run to take a 31\u20138 lead in the first half.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [48, 81], "content_span": [82, 532]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275388-0025-0001", "contents": "2017\u201318 Georgetown Hoyas men's basketball team, Season recap, Conference schedule\nBy halftime, when Villanova led 42\u201320, Georgetown had more turnovers (nine) than baskets (eight), and had shot only 8-for-26 (30.8 percent) from the field, including 0-for-8 in three-pointers. During the second half, Villanova continued to extend its lead, which reached its peak at 88\u201344 with about 3+1\u20442 minutes remaining. With about 2+1\u20442 minutes left, Villanova head coach Jay Wright took his starters out of the game, and with the Wildcats\u2032 bench players on the floor, the Hoyas concluded the game with a 12\u20130 scoring run, closing to 88\u201356 at the final buzzer.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [48, 81], "content_span": [82, 647]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275388-0025-0002", "contents": "2017\u201318 Georgetown Hoyas men's basketball team, Season recap, Conference schedule\nFor the game, the Wildcats shot 17-for-33 (51.5 percent) from three-point range, while the Hoyas shot only 4-for-15 (26.7 percent) from the beyond the arc. Jesse Govan, the only Georgetown player to score in double figures, finished with 12 points, and Trey Dickerson left the game with back spasms during the first half. It was Villanova's seventh straight victory over Georgetown, the Wildcats\u2032 longest winning streak against the Hoyas since the schools first met in 1922.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [48, 81], "content_span": [82, 556]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275388-0025-0003", "contents": "2017\u201318 Georgetown Hoyas men's basketball team, Season recap, Conference schedule\nThe 32-point loss was Georgetown's worst since December 10, 1974, when Maryland beat the Hoyas by 33 points, 104\u201371, and it dropped the Hoyas to 12\u20136 on the season, 2\u20135 in the Big East. Georgetown's easy non-conference schedule had inflated the Hoyas\u2032 overall record and, when the press asked him what the game said about the true contrast between the state of the Georgetown's men's basketball program and that of a national power like Villanova, Ewing replied, \"I'm not even thinking about that. All I'm thinking about is that they're a good team and tonight was their night.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [48, 81], "content_span": [82, 659]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275388-0025-0004", "contents": "2017\u201318 Georgetown Hoyas men's basketball team, Season recap, Conference schedule\nThat's it. . .I've had my butt kicked before \u2013 fortunately it was as a player \u2013 and all I can do is get ready for the next one. You can't dwell on it. Just got to look at the film and make adjustments and get ready for the next game.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [48, 81], "content_span": [82, 316]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275388-0026-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Georgetown Hoyas men's basketball team, Season recap, Conference schedule\nThe homestand continued with two close games in which the Hoyas completed a regular-season sweep of the series with St. John's in a double-overtime win but then lost to DePaul. Marcus Derrickson led the Hoyas against St. John's with 27 points, while Jesse Govan and Jamorko Pickett each scored 16, Jahvon Blair finished with 15 off the bench, Jagan Moseley came off the bench to contribute 12, and Trey Dickerson had a double-double (10 points and 11 rebounds); Dickerson scored all of his points in overtime, while Moseley scored seven of his points in the second overtime.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [48, 81], "content_span": [82, 656]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275388-0026-0001", "contents": "2017\u201318 Georgetown Hoyas men's basketball team, Season recap, Conference schedule\nIn the DePaul game \u2013 which the Blue Demons won on the final possession for the second season in a row \u2013 Derrickson again led the team with 23 points, Jamorko Pickett had 19 points and eight rebounds, and Moseley finished with 10 off the bench. The Hoyas finished a 1\u20132 homestand with an overall record of 13\u20137 and a 3\u20136 Big East record.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [48, 81], "content_span": [82, 418]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275388-0027-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Georgetown Hoyas men's basketball team, Season recap, Conference schedule\nThree road games followed. At Creighton, facing a Bluejays team that was undefeated at home for the season, the Hoyas, one of the ten best free-throwing-shooting teams in the United States, shot 16-for-17 (94.1 percent) from the free-throw line, but nonetheless lost 85\u201377 as Creighton went 9-for-10 in free throws over the final 51 seconds; Jahvon Blair scored 21 points and Marcus Derrickson finished with 17. A week later, Georgetown visited No. 6 Xavier, the Hoyas' third game of the season against a ranked opponent, in a meeting of the Big East's two top rebounding teams.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [48, 81], "content_span": [82, 660]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275388-0027-0001", "contents": "2017\u201318 Georgetown Hoyas men's basketball team, Season recap, Conference schedule\nXavier, the Big East's second-place team, clung to a 46\u201344 lead at halftime, and the game saw 20 ties and 21 lead changes, with neither team ever leading by more than five points. With 24.3 seconds left in regulation and Georgetown leading 86\u201382, Jagan Moseley fouled Xavier senior guard Trevon Bluiett as Bluiett made a three-pointer, and Bluiett sank the resultng free throw to tie the game at 86\u201386.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [48, 81], "content_span": [82, 484]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275388-0027-0002", "contents": "2017\u201318 Georgetown Hoyas men's basketball team, Season recap, Conference schedule\nAs time wound down, Jahvon Blair had an open shot that could have won the game but, thinking that the Hoyas should hold the ball for the last shot, passed it up; when he did shoot, attempting a three-pointer with two seconds left to play, he missed badly, and the score stood at 86\u201386 at the buzzer.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [48, 81], "content_span": [82, 381]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275388-0027-0003", "contents": "2017\u201318 Georgetown Hoyas men's basketball team, Season recap, Conference schedule\nIn overtime, the Musketeers scored no field goals, but they went 10-for-10 from the free-throw line, and Bluiett \u2013 who finished with a season-high 31 points \u2013 hit two free throws with 10 seconds left to clinch a 96\u201391 Xavier victory, the Musketeers\u2032 sixth win in a row. It was Xavier's fourth consecutive defeat of Georgetown and the Musketeers\u2032 seventh win in the past eight meetings between the schools.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [48, 81], "content_span": [82, 487]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275388-0027-0004", "contents": "2017\u201318 Georgetown Hoyas men's basketball team, Season recap, Conference schedule\nJesse Govan, who had posted only 12 points and six rebounds in his last two games combined played a strong inside game in the first half against Xavier, scoring 17 points and grabbing six rebounds before halftime, and he scored 23 points to lead the Hoyas before fouling out early in overtime, while Derrickson had a double-double with 19 points and 15 rebounds; Jamorko Pickett scored 21 points, and Blair came off the bench to add 19.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [48, 81], "content_span": [82, 518]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275388-0027-0005", "contents": "2017\u201318 Georgetown Hoyas men's basketball team, Season recap, Conference schedule\nThree days later, the Hoyas\u2032 losing streak reached four when they lost at Providence in a game in which Georgetown led 69-64 with 1:52 remaining but Providence closed out play with a 9\u20130 scoring run \u2013 during which the Friars sank four free throws in the final 4.2 seconds \u2013 to win 73\u201369. Govan equaled his career high by finishing with 27 points against the Friars and was the only Hoya to score in double figures, although Derrickson narrowly missed a double-double with nine points and nine rebounds. The four consecutive losses dropped Georgetown to 13\u201310 overall and 3\u20139 in the Big East.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [48, 81], "content_span": [82, 673]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275388-0028-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Georgetown Hoyas men's basketball team, Season recap, Conference schedule\nThe Hoyas returned home to meet Seton Hall at Capital One Arena and won their first game in three weeks, despite blowing a 17-point early-second-half lead; the Pirates took their first lead of the game at 69\u201367 with 5:36 left to play after a 10\u20130 scoring run, but Marcus Derrickson scored a game-winning deep three-pointer with 4.2 seconds remaining and the Hoyas hung on to win 83\u201380. Georgetown then traveled to face Butler and won again, snapping a four-game road losing streak.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [48, 81], "content_span": [82, 563]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275388-0028-0001", "contents": "2017\u201318 Georgetown Hoyas men's basketball team, Season recap, Conference schedule\nDerrickson had a double-double against the Pirates with 22 points and a career-high 18 rebounds, and against the Bulldogs he scored a career-high 27 points \u2013 his eighth 20-plus-point game of the season \u2013 on 11-of-13 (84.6 percent) shooting from the field. Jesse Govan scored 11 points against Seton Hall and against Butler had his twelfth double-double of the season with 17 points and 12 rebounds.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [48, 81], "content_span": [82, 480]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275388-0028-0002", "contents": "2017\u201318 Georgetown Hoyas men's basketball team, Season recap, Conference schedule\nJamorko Picket had 18 points against Seton Hall and 10 at Butler, while Trey Dickerson, who was averaging only 3.5 points per game entering the Butler game, came off the bench against the Bulldogs to score a personal-best 12 points in the first half on the way to an 18-point game. It was the first time Georgetown had won consecutive games since the back-to-back victories over North Texas and Alabama A&M in the latter half of December and the Hoyas improved to 15\u201310 on the season and 5\u20139 in the conference, but the 2017\u20132018 Georgetown squad would not win again.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [48, 81], "content_span": [82, 648]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275388-0029-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Georgetown Hoyas men's basketball team, Season recap, Conference schedule\nGeorgetown's season-ending losing streak began when, after an eight-day break in action, they returned to Capital One Area to begin a three-game homestand with their fourth game of the season against a ranked opponent, a rematch with Xavier, which had climbed to No. 4 in the Associated Press Poll. Georgetown led 40\u201338 at halftime and still led 50\u201347 in the second half when Xavier went on a decisive 12\u20130 scoring run to take a 59\u201350 lead with 12 minutes left to play.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [48, 81], "content_span": [82, 551]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275388-0029-0001", "contents": "2017\u201318 Georgetown Hoyas men's basketball team, Season recap, Conference schedule\nJamorko Pickett tied a career high with 21 points to lead the Hoyas, sinking a career-high six three-pointers, while Jesse Govan finished with his 13th double-double of the season (18 points and 11 rebounds), Jahvon Blair scored 12 points, and Kaleb Johnson finished with 11, but Xavier outrebounded Georgetown 38\u201329, including 11\u20136 in offensive rebounds.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [48, 81], "content_span": [82, 437]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275388-0029-0002", "contents": "2017\u201318 Georgetown Hoyas men's basketball team, Season recap, Conference schedule\nAlthough the Musketeers\u2032 leading scorer, senior guard Trevon Bluiett with 19.8 points per game, scored only two points \u2013 giving him a grand total of three points in his last two games at Capital One Arena \u2013 Xavier won 89\u201377, and for the second straight year, the Musketeers swept the season series with the Hoyas. Xavier improved its record to 8\u20132 against Georgetown since the two schools became charter members of the new Big East Conference in the 2013\u20132014 season. Georgetown, meanwhile, lost its seventh straight game against Top 25 teams dating back to the previous season, falling to 0\u20134 against them for the 2017\u20132018 season. The loss also guaranteed the Hoyas their third straight losing season in conference play.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [48, 81], "content_span": [82, 804]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275388-0030-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Georgetown Hoyas men's basketball team, Season recap, Conference schedule\nThe homestand continued with Georgetown losing its eighth straight game to Providence and losing in overtime to Marquette two days later in a game in which the Hoya defense gave up 18 three-pointers to the Golden Eagles. Jesse Govan scored the 1,000th point of his collegiate career and had a double-double (20 points and 11 rebounds) against Providence and finished with 25 points, nine rebounds, and five assists against Marquette. Marcus Derrickson had a double-double (11 points and 15 rebounds) against Providence and finished with 15 points in the Marquette game. Jamorko Pickett scored 12 against Providence, while Jagan Moseley came off the bench to score 12 against the Friars. Against the Golden Eagles, Jonathan Mulmore contributed 15 points and Jahvon Blair added 16 off the bench.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [48, 81], "content_span": [82, 875]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275388-0031-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Georgetown Hoyas men's basketball team, Season recap, Conference schedule\nThe Hoyas rounded out their regular season with a visit to No. 4 Villanova for their fifth and final game of the season against a ranked opponent. Marcus Derrickson, suffering from an injured right ankle, sat out the game. The Hoyas missed all nine of their three-point attempts in the first half and the Wildcats jumped out to a 15-point lead during the half that the Hoyas never really challenged. The teams went into the locker room at halftime with Villanova leading Georgetown 44\u201331, and Villanova cruised through the second half on the way to a 97\u201373 victory.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [48, 81], "content_span": [82, 647]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275388-0031-0001", "contents": "2017\u201318 Georgetown Hoyas men's basketball team, Season recap, Conference schedule\nThe win was Jay Wright\u2032s 413th as head coach of Villanova, tying him with Al Severance for the most wins as head coach in the school's history. Jesse Govan shot 10-for-15 from the field and 10-for-10 from the free-throw line to finish with 30 points, and Jamorko Pickett, the only other Hoya to score in double figures, added 10 points. The Hoyas finished in eighth place in the Big East with a conference record of 5\u201313, the first time they had finished with a losing conference record for three consecutive seasons since 1997\u20131998, 1998\u20131999, and 1999\u20132000. They completed the regular season with an overall record of 15\u201314.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [48, 81], "content_span": [82, 708]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275388-0032-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Georgetown Hoyas men's basketball team, Season recap, Big East Tournament\nWith a No. 8 seed in the 2018 Big East Tournament at Madison Square Garden, Georgetown faced ninth-seeded St. John's in the first round. Both schools were charter members of the original Big East Conference when it was created in 1979, and it was their eighth meeting in the tournament since it began in 1980; it also was the second straight year that the schools had met in the first round of the Big East Tournament.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [48, 81], "content_span": [82, 500]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275388-0032-0001", "contents": "2017\u201318 Georgetown Hoyas men's basketball team, Season recap, Big East Tournament\nThe Hoyas had swept the regular-season series with the Red Storm, but St. John's sophomore point guard Shamorie Ponds, who was the Big East's leading scorer with 26.1 points per game and had averaged 29 points during his last seven games but had missed the Red Storm's final two regular-season games with an abdominal strain, returned to action in time to face the Hoyas.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [48, 81], "content_span": [82, 453]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275388-0032-0002", "contents": "2017\u201318 Georgetown Hoyas men's basketball team, Season recap, Big East Tournament\nNeither team defended well during the first half, and Georgetown led 48\u201342 at halftime, but in the second half the Red Storm's defense clamped down, allowing the Hoyas to shoot only 26 percent from the field after halftime. St. John's took the lead for good with an 8\u20130 scoring run that gave the Red Storm a 67\u201359 lead with 9:11 left to play. With a balanced attack led by Ponds's 26 points, St. John's shot 53 percent from the field for the game and the Hoyas never got closer than five points the rest of the way.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [48, 81], "content_span": [82, 597]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275388-0032-0003", "contents": "2017\u201318 Georgetown Hoyas men's basketball team, Season recap, Big East Tournament\nWinning 88\u201377, St. John's upset the Hoyas, knocked Georgetown out of the Big East Tournament in the first round for the second straight year, and advanced to face Xavier in the quarterfinals.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [48, 81], "content_span": [82, 273]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275388-0032-0004", "contents": "2017\u201318 Georgetown Hoyas men's basketball team, Season recap, Big East Tournament\nJesse Govan had a double-double (28 points and 11 rebounds), but scored only eight points in the second half, while Marcus Derrickson returned to action to score 20 points, but the other three Georgetown starters \u2013 Jamorko Pickett (two points), Jonathan Mulmore (four points) and Kaleb Johnson, who went scoreless \u2013 who were averaging a combined 23.8 points per game for the season entering the Big East Tournament, contributed only a total of six points, shooting 1-for-11 (9.1 percent) from the field.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [48, 81], "content_span": [82, 585]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275388-0033-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Georgetown Hoyas men's basketball team, Season recap, Big East Tournament\nWhen reporters asked Ewing to reflect on the season in the immediate aftermath of the loss, he replied, \"\u201cRight now it\u2019s hard to reflect on it. I just have a bitter taste in my mouth right now. So I\u2019m going to take a couple days and reflect. Depending on what happens, see if we\u2019re going to get a chance to continue to play and then reflect on it and see \u2014 and make that decision. But right now it\u2019s hard to say.\u201d", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [48, 81], "content_span": [82, 495]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275388-0034-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Georgetown Hoyas men's basketball team, Season recap, Wrap-up\nGeorgetown's season ended with a five-game losing streak and an overall record of 15\u201315. For the third straight season, the Hoyas never made the Top 25 in either the Associated Press Poll or the Coaches Poll \u2013 the first time that had happened in three consecutive seasons since 1997-1998, 1998-1999, and 1999-2000. By winning half their games, the Hoyas avoided a third straight losing season, but it nonetheless was the first time Georgetown had three consecutive non-winning seasons since 1971\u20131972, 1972\u20131973, and 1973\u20131974.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [48, 69], "content_span": [70, 597]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275388-0034-0001", "contents": "2017\u201318 Georgetown Hoyas men's basketball team, Season recap, Wrap-up\nHaving lost their last five games, nine of their last 11, and 11 of their last 14, the Hoyas were left to hope for a bid to the 2018 National Invitation Tournament \u2013 which Ewing said Georgetown would accept \u2013 but no invitation came; it was the first time the Hoyas had received an invitation to neither the NCAA Tournament or the NIT in three consecutive seasons since 1972, 1973 and 1974.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [48, 69], "content_span": [70, 459]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275388-0035-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Georgetown Hoyas men's basketball team, Season recap, Wrap-up\nJesse Govan was the team's leading scorer for the year; he started all 30 games, shooting 50.8 percent from the field, averaging 17.9 points and leading the team with 10.0 rebounds per game. Marcus Derrickson started all 29 games he played in, and he averaged 15.9 points and 8.1 rebounds per game, shooting 52.6 percent from the field overall and 46.5 percent from three-point range. Jamorko Pickett played in every game, starting 28 of them, shooting 36.3 percent in field-goal attempts and 35.7 percent from three-point range, and he averaged 9.6 points and 3.8 rebounds per game.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [48, 69], "content_span": [70, 653]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275388-0035-0001", "contents": "2017\u201318 Georgetown Hoyas men's basketball team, Season recap, Wrap-up\nJahvon Blair played in all 30 games and started two of them, averaging 9.0 points per game on 33.2 percent field-goal shooting overall and 32.2 percent from three-point range, and he had 2.2 rebounds per game. Kaleb Johnson started all 30 games; he ended the season with a field-goal percentage of 54.2 \u2013 34.0 from three-point range \u2013 and with per-game averages of 7.9 points and 4.2 rebounds.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [48, 69], "content_span": [70, 463]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275388-0035-0002", "contents": "2017\u201318 Georgetown Hoyas men's basketball team, Season recap, Wrap-up\nJagan Moseley also played in every game and had one start, and he finished with 6.6 points and 2.8 rebounds per game, shooting 48.6 percent from the field and 38.9 percent from beyond the arc. Jonathan Mulmore started 29 of the 30 games he played in, and he averaged 5.6 points per game on 45.9 percent shooting from the field \u2013 46.9 percent in three-point attempts \u2013 and grabbed 2.1 rebounds per game.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [48, 69], "content_span": [70, 472]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275388-0035-0003", "contents": "2017\u201318 Georgetown Hoyas men's basketball team, Season recap, Wrap-up\nPlaying as a reserve in his only season as a Hoya, Trey Dickerson came off the bench in 27 games and averaged 4.4 points and 1.2 rebounds per game, shooting 42.7 percent overall and 27.5 percent in three-pointers. Antwan Walker made one start and came off the bench in 23 other games, averaging 2.7 points and 1.9 rebounds, and shot 49.0 percent from the field overall and 40.0 percent from three-point range. Before his dismissal, Chris Sodom appeared in six games, all as a reserve, and averaged 0.7 point and pulled down an average of 1.3 rebounds per game. Walk-ons Ra'Mond Hines and George Muresan each played in six games.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [48, 69], "content_span": [70, 698]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275388-0036-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Georgetown Hoyas men's basketball team, Season recap, Wrap-up\nJonathan Mulmore, Trey Dickerson, and Ra'Mond Hines all graduated in 2018. In his two seasons at Georgetown, Mulmore appeared in 62 games, starting 41, shooting 41.2 percent overall from the field and 41.0 percent from three-point range and averaging 4.6 points and 1.7 rebounds per game.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [48, 69], "content_span": [70, 358]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275388-0036-0001", "contents": "2017\u201318 Georgetown Hoyas men's basketball team, Season recap, Wrap-up\nIn addition to his only year at Georgetown, Dickerson had played a season at Iowa and a season at South Dakota, and he finished his three-season college career having played in 76 games, starting 34 of them, shooting 40.3 percent from the field and 31.6 percent from three-point range and averaging 6.8 points and 1.5 rebounds per game. Hines, the Hoyas\u2032 one-time student manager, had made the team for two seasons as a walk-on, playing a total of 22 minutes in 11 games, scoring three points and grabbing one rebound.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [48, 69], "content_span": [70, 588]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275388-0036-0002", "contents": "2017\u201318 Georgetown Hoyas men's basketball team, Season recap, Wrap-up\nAlso graduating in 2018 was Tre Campbell, who had played guard as a freshman, sophomore, and junior on the Georgetown teams of 2014\u201315, 2015\u201316, and 2016\u201317, then left the team for \"personal reasons\" in August 2017. He remained enrolled at Georgetown and on scholarship during his senior year, sitting out the 2017-2018 basketball season with a year of college eligibility remaining. He announced on May 8, 2018, that after his graduation from Georgetown he would transfer to South Carolina where, as a graduate transfer, he would be eligible to begin play immediately in the 2018-2019 season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [48, 69], "content_span": [70, 663]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275388-0037-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Georgetown Hoyas men's basketball team, Season recap, Wrap-up\nAnother player who left the team after the season was Marcus Derrickson. Talking to reporters at the end of the season-ending Big East Tournament loss to St. John's, he had said he would return to Georgetown to play during his senior year, but he announced on April 9 that he instead had decided to forego his senior year of college and enter the 2018 NBA draft.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [48, 69], "content_span": [70, 432]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275388-0037-0001", "contents": "2017\u201318 Georgetown Hoyas men's basketball team, Season recap, Wrap-up\nHe completed his three-season career at Georgetown having played in 89 games, starting 73 of them, averaging 10.3 points and 5.6 rebounds per game, and shooting 45.9 percent overall from the field and 39.7 percent in three-pointers. He went undrafted, but the Golden State Warriors signed him to play in the NBA Summer League.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [48, 69], "content_span": [70, 396]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275388-0037-0002", "contents": "2017\u201318 Georgetown Hoyas men's basketball team, Season recap, Wrap-up\nOn April 11, Jesse Govan \u2013 who after the season's final game had, like Derrickson, declared an intention to return for his senior year \u2013 announced that he also would not return and would enter the NBA draft, raising the prospect of Georgetown losing two of its most experienced players and its top two scorers. However Govan did not hire an agent and, with his college eligibility therefore still intact, Georgetown announced on May 24 that he had withdrawn from the draft and would return for his senior year. Chris Sodom, dismissed from the team in December, decided to transfer to George Washington for the following season, a move which George Washington announced on May 30.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [48, 69], "content_span": [70, 750]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275388-0038-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Georgetown Hoyas men's basketball team, Season recap, Wrap-up\nWhen the season ended, Georgetown's RPI stood at 165, below the lowest RPI for a 2018 NCAA Tournament team (16th-seeded Radford\u2032s 128), and well below the second-lowest RPI in the Big East (Marquette's 58). The team had played five games against ranked opponents and lost all five of them, the first time Georgetown had not defeated any of its ranked opponents since the 2003\u20132004 season. During the season, Georgetown's backcourt had struggled, but the Hoya frontcourt had shown great promise, with Marcus Derrickson, Jesse Govan, and Jamorko Pickett all impressing sports media figures and fans with their offensive prowess.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [48, 69], "content_span": [70, 696]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275388-0038-0001", "contents": "2017\u201318 Georgetown Hoyas men's basketball team, Season recap, Wrap-up\nBeginning with the Syracuse game and extending through the Big East season, however, the 2017\u201318 Hoyas showed a tendency to surrender leads during the second halves of games and \"looked nervous and unprepared in late-game situations;\" in six of its 13 Big East losses, as well as in its non-conference loss to Syracuse, Georgetown had blown a second-half lead.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [48, 69], "content_span": [70, 431]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275388-0038-0002", "contents": "2017\u201318 Georgetown Hoyas men's basketball team, Season recap, Wrap-up\nIts five conference wins had not come easily, either; it had won only one game by more than four points, its two regular-season wins over ninth-place St. John's had been very close, and the Hoyas\u2032 wins in conference play seemed \"more about Georgetown surviving self-inflicted errors and hanging on for the victory than producing a good effort with solid play from start to finish.\" At least some observers blamed Georgetown's non-conference schedule for the team's apparent lack of preparedness for tough late-game situations and frequent inability to hold second-half leads.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [48, 69], "content_span": [70, 645]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275388-0038-0003", "contents": "2017\u201318 Georgetown Hoyas men's basketball team, Season recap, Wrap-up\nThey also questioned the optics of Ewing's decision to opt out of the November PK80-Phil Knight Invitational and the lost opportunity to test the team against marquee opponents and signal Ewing's goal of rebuilding the team to national greatness that the withdrawal represented. Thus, the season ended as it began, centering around the narrative of the \"historically weak\" non-conference schedule Ewing had arranged.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [48, 69], "content_span": [70, 486]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275388-0039-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Georgetown Hoyas men's basketball team, Season recap, Wrap-up\nHowever, the season also ended amid reports that Georgetown had noted the deleterious effects of too weak a schedule both on team preparedness for conference play and on NCAA Tournament selection possibilities and would schedule more challenging opponents for the following season, including an early-season tournament.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [48, 69], "content_span": [70, 389]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275388-0039-0001", "contents": "2017\u201318 Georgetown Hoyas men's basketball team, Season recap, Wrap-up\nWith the likelihood of a stronger schedule and of further player development, the return of Jesse Govan, the upcoming eligibility of redshirt senior shooting guard Greg Malinowski, and the anticipated arrival of four highly rated freshman recruits \u2013 guard Mac McClung, point guard James Akinjo, and forwards Josh LeBlanc and Grayson Carter \u2013 sports pundits even saw a possibility of Georgetown returning to the NCAA Tournament in 2019.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [48, 69], "content_span": [70, 505]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275388-0040-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Georgetown Hoyas men's basketball team, Roster\nNote: Chris Sodom was dismissed from the team in December 2017.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [48, 54], "content_span": [55, 118]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275388-0041-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Georgetown Hoyas men's basketball team, Schedule and results\nThe Hoyas were originally announced as a participant in the Phil Knight Invitational, but withdrew from the highly anticipated event in early August.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [48, 68], "content_span": [69, 218]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275389-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Georgetown Hoyas women's basketball team\nThe 2017\u201318 Georgetown Hoyas women's basketball team represents Georgetown University in the 2017\u201318 college basketball season. The Hoyas, led by first year head coach James Howard and are members of the Big East Conference. The Hoyas play their home games at the McDonough Gymnasium. They finished the season 16\u201316, 9\u20139 in Big East play to finish in a tie for fifth place. They advanced to the semifinals of the Big East Women's Tournament where they lost to DePaul. They received an at-large to the WNIT where they defeated Delaware in the first round before losing to Duquense in the second round.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 48], "section_span": [48, 48], "content_span": [49, 649]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275389-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Georgetown Hoyas women's basketball team, Previous season\nThey finished the season 17\u201313, 9\u20139 in Big East play to finish in sixth place. They lost in quarterfinals of the Big East Women's Tournament to Marquette. They were invited to the WNIT where they lost to Fordham in the first round.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 48], "section_span": [50, 65], "content_span": [66, 297]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275390-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Georgia Bulldogs basketball team\nThe 2017\u201318 Georgia bulldogs basketball team represented the University of Georgia during the 2017\u201318 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The team's head coach was Mark Fox in his ninth season at UGA. They played their home games at Stegeman Coliseum as members of the Southeastern Conference. The Bulldogs finished the season 18\u201315, 7\u201311 in SEC play to finish in a tie for 11th place. As the No. 12 seed in the SEC Tournament, they defeated Vanderbilt and Missouri before losing to Kentucky in the quarterfinals.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [40, 40], "content_span": [41, 559]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275390-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Georgia Bulldogs basketball team\nOn March 10, 2018, the school fired head coach Mark Fox after nine seasons at Georgia. On March 13, the school hired former Indiana coach Tom Crean to replace Fox.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [40, 40], "content_span": [41, 204]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275390-0002-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Georgia Bulldogs basketball team, Previous season\nThe Bulldogs finished the 2016\u201317 season 19\u201315, 9\u20139 in SEC play to finish in eighth place. They defeated Tennessee in the second round of the SEC Tournament to advance to the quarterfinals where they lost to Kentucky. They were invited to the National Invitation Tournament where they lost in the First Round to Belmont.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 57], "content_span": [58, 378]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275391-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Georgia Lady Bulldogs basketball team\nThe 2017\u201318 Georgia Lady Bulldogs women's basketball team represented University of Georgia in the 2017\u201318 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Lady Bulldogs, led by third-year head coach Joni Taylor, played their home games at Stegeman Coliseum as members of the Southeastern Conference. They finished the season 26\u20137, 12\u20134 in SEC play to finish in a tie for second place. They advanced to the semifinals of the SEC Women's Tournament where they lost to South Carolina. They received an at-large bid to the NCAA Women's Tournament where they defeated Mercer in the first round before losing to Duke in the second round.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [45, 45], "content_span": [46, 676]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275391-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Georgia Lady Bulldogs basketball team, Rankings\n^Coaches' Poll did not release a second poll at the same time as the AP.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [47, 55], "content_span": [56, 128]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275392-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Georgia Southern Eagles men's basketball team\nThe 2017\u201318 Georgia Southern Eagles men's basketball team represented Georgia Southern University during the 2017\u201318 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Eagles, led by fifth-year head coach Mark Byington, played their home games at Hanner Fieldhouse in Statesboro, Georgia as members of the Sun Belt Conference. They finished the season 21\u201312, 11\u20137 in Sun Belt play to finish in third place. They defeated Louisiana\u2013Monroe in the quarterfinals of the Sun Belt Tournament before losing in the semifinals to Georgia State. Despite having 21 wins, they did not participate in a postseason tournament.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 53], "section_span": [53, 53], "content_span": [54, 660]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275392-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Georgia Southern Eagles men's basketball team, Previous season\nThe Eagles finished the 2016\u201317 season 18\u201318, 11\u20137 in Sun Belt play to finish in a three-way tie for third place. They lost in the quarterfinals of the Sun Belt Tournament to Troy. They were invited to the College Basketball Invitational where they lost in the First Round to Utah Valley.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 53], "section_span": [55, 70], "content_span": [71, 359]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275393-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Georgia Southern Eagles women's basketball team\nThe 2017\u201318 Georgia Southern Eagles women's basketball team represents Georgia Southern University in the 2017\u201318 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Eagles, led by third year head coach Kip Drown, play their home games at Hanner Fieldhouse and were members of the Sun Belt Conference. They finished the season 5\u201325, 2\u201316 in Sun Belt play to finish in eleventh place. They lost in the first round of the Sun Belt Women's Tournament to Louisiana.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 55], "section_span": [55, 55], "content_span": [56, 512]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275393-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Georgia Southern Eagles women's basketball team, Previous season\nThey finished the season 13\u201317, 9\u20139 in Sun Belt play to finish in sixth place. They lost in the first round of the Sun Belt Women's Tournament to Arkansas State.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 55], "section_span": [57, 72], "content_span": [73, 234]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275394-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Georgia State Panthers men's basketball team\nThe 2017\u201318 Georgia State Panthers men's basketball team represented Georgia State University during the 2017\u201318 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The team's head coach was Ron Hunter, who was in his seventh season at Georgia State. The Panthers played their home games at the GSU Sports Arena in Atlanta, Georgia as members of the Sun Belt Conference. They finished the season 24\u201311, 12\u20136 in Sun Belt play to finish the regular season in second place. The Panthers defeated Troy, Georgia Southern, and UT Arlington to become champions of the Sun Belt Tournament. As a result, they received the Sun Belt's automatic bid to the NCAA Tournament. As the No. 15 seed in the West region, they lost to Cincinnati in the First Round.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 52], "section_span": [52, 52], "content_span": [53, 786]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275394-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Georgia State Panthers men's basketball team, Previous season\nThe Panthers finished the 2016\u201317 season 20\u201313, 12\u20136 in Sun Belt play to finish in second place. They lost in the semifinals of the Sun Belt Tournament to Troy before receiving an invitation to the CIT, where they lost to Texas A&M Corpus Christi.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 52], "section_span": [54, 69], "content_span": [70, 317]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275394-0002-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Georgia State Panthers men's basketball team, Post season, Sun Belt Tournament\nAfter locking in the second seed in the Sun Belt Tournament, the Panthers' performance dipped in the last part of their regular season\u2013 dropping four of their final six games. Able to shake free of that trend, Georgia State would beat Troy handily in the second round, 73\u201351, after losing to them twice in the regular season. In their semifinal game, the Panthers were once again pitted against in-state foe, Georgia Southern. The teams split their regular season contests\u2013 each winning at home.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 52], "section_span": [54, 86], "content_span": [87, 582]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275394-0002-0001", "contents": "2017\u201318 Georgia State Panthers men's basketball team, Post season, Sun Belt Tournament\nOn this neutral court, GSU would defeat the Eagles 73\u201367 and eliminate their rival from the SBC Tournament for the second time in four years. This rivalry game wouldn't end without some theatrics\u2013 with less than a minute to play, Georgia Southern cut State's lead to just three points. The Panthers held the ball while the shot clock ran down to two seconds, at which point the Eagles were called for a kicked ball off of an attempted Georgia State pass.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 52], "section_span": [54, 86], "content_span": [87, 541]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275394-0002-0002", "contents": "2017\u201318 Georgia State Panthers men's basketball team, Post season, Sun Belt Tournament\nAs a result, the shot clock would reset to 20 seconds\u2013 with just 23 seconds left on the game clock. The Panthers called a time out, where Coach Hunter said he reminded his team of the new shot clock differential and instructed them to hold the ball until fouled should they successfully inbound the ball.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 52], "section_span": [54, 86], "content_span": [87, 391]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275394-0002-0003", "contents": "2017\u201318 Georgia State Panthers men's basketball team, Post season, Sun Belt Tournament\nOnce play resumed, the inbound pass was received by junior Devin Mitchell, who would later claim he thought Coach Hunter was talking about the game clock, and therefore still thought only two seconds remained on the shot clock, leading him to immediately turn around and shoot the ball from outside of the three-point arc and sink an unnecessary three-pointer. This mishap would ice the game, sending the Panthers to the SBC Tournament finals.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 52], "section_span": [54, 86], "content_span": [87, 530]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275394-0002-0004", "contents": "2017\u201318 Georgia State Panthers men's basketball team, Post season, Sun Belt Tournament\nMeanwhile, top-seeded (and regular season champions) Louisiana dropped their semifinal game to 5th seed UT-Arlington, sending the Mavericks, a team Georgia State lost to just five games earlier, to face the Panthers in the finals. The Panthers would handle UT-Arlington in the finals with relative ease, beating them 74\u201361, with the help of D'Marcus Simonds' game-high 27 points. Their SBC Tournament victory would give the Panthers the Sun Belt Conferences' automatic bid to the NCAA Tournament. Selected as a 15-seed, Georgia State was matched with the 2nd-seeded Cincinnati Bearcats for their opening game in Nashville, TN.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 52], "section_span": [54, 86], "content_span": [87, 713]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275395-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Georgia State Panthers women's basketball team\nThe 2017\u201318 Georgia State Panthers women's basketball team represented Georgia State University in the 2017\u201318 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Panthers, coached by Sharon Baldwin-Tener in her eighth season, were a member of the Sun Belt Conference, and played their home games on campus at the GSU Sports Arena. They finished season 8\u201322, 4\u201314 in Sun Belt play to finish in tenth place. They lost in the first round of the Sun Belt Women's Tournament to Coastal Carolina.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 54], "section_span": [54, 54], "content_span": [55, 541]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275395-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Georgia State Panthers women's basketball team\nOn March 14, head coach Sharon Baldwin's contract was not renewed. She finished an eight-year record at Georgia State of 88\u2013152.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 54], "section_span": [54, 54], "content_span": [55, 183]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275396-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets men's basketball team\nThe 2017\u201318 Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets men's basketball team represented the Georgia Institute of Technology during the 2017\u201318 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. They were led by second-year head coach Josh Pastner and played their home games at Hank McCamish Pavilion as members of the Atlantic Coast Conference. They finished the season 13\u201319, 6\u201312 in ACC play to finish in 13th place. They lost in the first round of the ACC Tournament to Boston College.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 57], "section_span": [57, 57], "content_span": [58, 523]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275396-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets men's basketball team, Previous season\nThe Yellow Jackets finished the 2016\u201317 season 21\u201316, 8\u201310 in ACC play to finish in 11th place. They lost in the first round of the ACC Tournament to Pittsburgh. The Yellow Jackets received an invitation to the National Invitation Tournament where they defeated Indiana, Belmont, and Ole Miss to advance to the semifinals at Madison Square Garden. At MSG, they defeated Cal State Bakersfield before losing in the championship game to TCU.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 57], "section_span": [59, 74], "content_span": [75, 513]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275397-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets women's basketball team\nThe 2017\u201318 Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets women's basketball team represented Georgia Institute of Technology during the 2017-18 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. Returning as head coach was MaChelle Joseph in her 15th season. The team played its home games at Hank McCamish Pavilion in Atlanta, Georgia as members of the Atlantic Coast Conference.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 59], "section_span": [59, 59], "content_span": [60, 415]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275397-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets women's basketball team\nThey finished the season 20\u201314, 6\u201310 in ACC play to finish in ninth place. They advanced to the second round of the ACC Women's Tournament where they lost to Virginia. They were invited to the Women's National Invitation Tournament and advanced to the third round, where they lost to Alabama.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 59], "section_span": [59, 59], "content_span": [60, 352]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275397-0002-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets women's basketball team, Previous season\nThey finished the 2016-17 season 22\u201315, 5\u201311 in ACC play to finish in tenth place. They advanced to the second round of the ACC Women's Tournament where they lost to Miami (FL). They were invited to the Women's National Invitation Tournament where they advanced to the championship game where they lost to Michigan.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 59], "section_span": [61, 76], "content_span": [77, 392]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275397-0003-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets women's basketball team, 2017\u201318 media\nAll Yellow Jackets games will air on the Yellow Jackets IMG Sports Network. WREK once again serves as the home of the Ramblin Wreck women's basketball team.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 59], "section_span": [61, 74], "content_span": [75, 231]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275398-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Georgian Superliga\nThe 2017\u201318 Georgian Superliga is the 18th season of the Georgian Superliga since its establishment.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [26, 26], "content_span": [27, 127]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275398-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Georgian Superliga, Teams\nDelta joined the competition, expanding it to nine teams as no team was relegated from the previous season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 33], "content_span": [34, 141]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275398-0002-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Georgian Superliga, Playoffs\nQuarterfinals were played in a best-of-three games format, while semifinals and final in a best-of-five (2-2-1) format.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 36], "content_span": [37, 156]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275398-0003-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Georgian Superliga, Relegation playoffs\nTitebi played legs 2 and 3 at home and promoted to Superliga.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 47], "content_span": [48, 109]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275399-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Getafe CF season\nDuring the 2017\u201318 season, Getafe CF participated in La Liga and the Copa del Rey.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [24, 24], "content_span": [25, 107]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275399-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Getafe CF season, Squad\nNote: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 31], "content_span": [32, 160]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275399-0002-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Getafe CF season, Squad, Out of the first team\nNote: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 54], "content_span": [55, 183]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275400-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Gibraltar Premier Division\nThe 2017\u201318 Gibraltar Premier Division was the 119th season of the top-tier national football league in Gibraltar, as well as the fifth season since the Gibraltar Football Association joined UEFA in 2013. The league was contested by ten clubs. It began on 26 September 2017 and ended on 3 June 2018.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [34, 34], "content_span": [35, 334]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275400-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Gibraltar Premier Division\nEuropa were the defending champions, having ended a fourteen-year winning streak for Lincoln Red Imps. This season also saw three clubs from Gibraltar competing in European competition for the first time. Lincoln won their 23rd title on 19 May 2018 with two games to spare, after a 7\u20131 victory over Lions Gibraltar.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [34, 34], "content_span": [35, 350]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275400-0002-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Gibraltar Premier Division, Format\nThe ten Premier Division clubs played each other three times for a total of 27 matches each. The tenth-placed team in the league would be relegated and the ninth-placed team in the league would enter a playoff with the second-placed team from the Second Division for a place in the 2018\u201319 Premier Division.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 42], "content_span": [43, 350]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275400-0003-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Gibraltar Premier Division, Format\nThe champions earned a place in the preliminary round of the 2018\u201319 Champions League, and the second\u2013placed club earned a place in the preliminary round of the 2018\u201319 Europa League. This season, the league entered a winter break from December to February while renovations took place on Victoria Stadium.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 42], "content_span": [43, 349]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275400-0004-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Gibraltar Premier Division, Teams\nAt the conclusion of the previous season, Europa Point was relegated. As the champions of the Second Division, Gibraltar Phoenix earned promotion to the league this season. Manchester 62 earned the right to stay in the Premier Division by winning a playoff at the end of the previous season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 41], "content_span": [42, 333]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275400-0005-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Gibraltar Premier Division, Teams, Personnel and kits\nNote: Flags indicate national team as has been defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 61], "content_span": [62, 199]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275400-0006-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Gibraltar Premier Division, Promotion/Relegation play-off\nThe ninth-placed team from the Premier Division played a play-off match with the second-placed Second Division club for a place in the 2018\u201319 Premier Division.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 65], "content_span": [66, 226]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275401-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Gibraltar Second Division\nThe 2017\u201318 Gibraltar Second Division was the fifth season of the second-tier football in Gibraltar since the Gibraltar Football Association joined UEFA. Like the previous season, this year the league was contested by 9 clubs. The season began on 26 September 2017, and is expected to end in May 2018, with a mid-season break anticipated while Victoria Stadium underwent improvements. There will be no Chesterton's Cup this season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [33, 33], "content_span": [34, 465]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275401-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Gibraltar Second Division\nGibraltar Phoenix were the reigning champions, having won the league for the first time the previous season and earning promotion to the Premier Division. Boca Gibraltar won their first title this season, securing the title by a single point after a 1\u20131 draw with arch-rivals Bruno's Magpies on the final day of the season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [33, 33], "content_span": [34, 357]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275401-0002-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Gibraltar Second Division, Format\nClubs play each other twice for a total of 16 matches each. The Second Division winner is promoted while the second-placed team enters a playoff with the ninth-placed team from the Premier Division. This season sees the continuation of the Home Grown Player (HPG) rule, requiring clubs to name 3 home grown players in their matchday squads with at least one of them on the field of play at all times. On 1 October, FC Olympique were awarded a 3\u20130 win over College 1975 after College fielded an ineligible player. The match had originally finished 2\u20131 to Olympique.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 41], "content_span": [42, 606]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275401-0003-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Gibraltar Second Division, Format\nOn 2 February 2018, Angels were expelled from the league due to violations of squad quota and Home Grown Player rules, with their record expunged.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 41], "content_span": [42, 188]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275401-0004-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Gibraltar Second Division, Teams\nGibraltar Phoenix were promoted to the 2017\u201318 Gibraltar Premier Division as champions last season. Bruno's Magpies lost their promotion playoff, so remain in the division. Europa Pegasus had applied to join the division for the coming season after their expulsion at the end of the 2015\u201316 season, but the Gibraltar Football Association turned down their request, citing new rules now forbidding feeder clubs from joining the Gibraltar football pyramid.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 40], "content_span": [41, 495]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275401-0005-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Gibraltar Second Division, Teams, Managerial Changes\n1 Norberto Alonso Sim\u00f3n was re-appointed by Leo in January after initially being dismissed by the new owners.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 60], "content_span": [61, 170]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275402-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Gibraltar Women's Football League\nThe 2017\u201318 Gibraltar Women's Football League is the first season of 11-a-side women's football in Gibraltar since the territory joined UEFA in 2013, and FIFA in 2016. The league had been in operation for a number of years previously, but teams were ineligible for entry to the UEFA Women's Champions League as it was only a 9-a-side tournament. Lincoln Red Imps Women were the reigning champions.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [41, 41], "content_span": [42, 439]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275402-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Gibraltar Women's Football League, Teams\nManchester 62 Women withdrew during the 2016\u201317 season and did not re-enter. As a result, this season saw only three teams participate.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [43, 48], "content_span": [49, 184]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275403-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Gillingham F.C. season\nThe 2017\u201318 season was Gillingham's 125th season in their existence and fifth consecutive season in League One. Along with League One, the club participated in the FA Cup, EFL Cup and EFL Trophy. The season covers the period from 1 July 2017 to 30 June 2018.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [30, 30], "content_span": [31, 289]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275403-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Gillingham F.C. season, Competitions, Friendlies\nAs of 27 June 2017, Gillingham have announced nine pre-season friendlies against Faversham Town, Dartford, Dover Athletic, Chatham Town, Ipswich Town, Patro Eisden, Colchester United and Canvey Island", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 56], "content_span": [57, 257]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275403-0002-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Gillingham F.C. season, Competitions, FA Cup\nOn 16 October 2017, Gillingham were drawn at home against Dagenham & Redbridge or Leyton Orient in the first round. Another home fixture was confirmed for the second round with Carlisle United the visitors.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 52], "content_span": [53, 259]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275403-0003-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Gillingham F.C. season, Competitions, EFL Cup\nOn 16 June 2017, Gillingham were drawn away to Reading in the first round.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 53], "content_span": [54, 128]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275404-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Gimn\u00e0stic de Tarragona season\nThe 2017\u201318 Gimn\u00e0stic de Tarragona's season is the 131st season in the club's existence and the third consecutive in Segunda Divisi\u00f3n.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [37, 37], "content_span": [38, 172]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275405-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Girona FC season\nGirona FC made their debut in La Liga for the first time following their promotion from the Segunda Division. The team also participated in the Copa del Rey.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [24, 24], "content_span": [25, 183]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275405-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Girona FC season, Squad\nNote: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 31], "content_span": [32, 160]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275406-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Glasgow Warriors season\nThe 2017\u201318 season saw Glasgow Warriors compete in the competitions: the Guinness Pro14 and the European Champions Cup.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [31, 31], "content_span": [32, 151]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275406-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Glasgow Warriors season, Season overview, League expansion\nWith the addition of two South African sides, the Pro12 expanded to become the Pro14 for season 2017\u201318.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 66], "content_span": [67, 171]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275406-0002-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Glasgow Warriors season, Season overview, League expansion\nThe format of the league changed to accommodate the extra teams. It was split into two conferences and matches played in a conference system with the addition of 2 derby fixtures. The play-off system also changed with the winners of the conferences hosting a Semi-Final and each conference runners up and 3rd place teams playing off in Quarter-Final fixtures.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 66], "content_span": [67, 426]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275406-0003-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Glasgow Warriors season, Season overview, League expansion\nFor the Pro14's inaugural season, Glasgow Warriors were placed in a conference with the Ospreys, Cardiff Blues, Munster, Connacht, Zebre and Cheetahs.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 66], "content_span": [67, 217]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275406-0004-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Glasgow Warriors season, Season overview, New coach, new captain\nDave Rennie was installed as new Head Coach in August 2017. One of his first decisions was to scrap the co-captaincy enjoyed by Jonny Gray and Henry Pyrgos. Ryan Wilson was picked as Warriors captain for the season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 72], "content_span": [73, 288]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275406-0005-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Glasgow Warriors season, Team, Squad\nAlex Allan Jamie Bhatti Zander Fagerson Ryan Grant Siua Halanukonuka Oli Kebble D'Arcy Rae", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 44], "content_span": [45, 135]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275406-0006-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Glasgow Warriors season, Team, Squad\nBrian Alainu'uese Scott Cummings Jonny Gray Kiran McDonald Greg Peterson Tim Swinson", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 44], "content_span": [45, 130]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275406-0007-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Glasgow Warriors season, Team, Squad\nAdam Ashe Matt Fagerson Chris Fusaro Callum Gibbins Rob Harley Matt Smith Samuela Vunisa Ryan Wilson Lewis Wynne", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 44], "content_span": [45, 157]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275406-0008-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Glasgow Warriors season, Team, Squad\nAlex Dunbar Nick Grigg Peter Horne Huw Jones Patrick Kelly Sam Johnson Richie Vernon", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 44], "content_span": [45, 129]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275406-0009-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Glasgow Warriors season, Team, Squad\nRobert Beattie Stuart Hogg Rory Hughes Lee Jones Lelia Masaga Max McFarland Leonardo Sarto Tommy Seymour Ratu Tagive D. T. H. van der Merwe", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 44], "content_span": [45, 184]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275406-0010-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Glasgow Warriors season, Team, Squad, BT Sport Scottish Rugby Academy Stage 3 players\nScottish Rugby Academy players who have been assigned to a Professional club are Stage 3 players. These players are assigned to Glasgow Warriors for the season 2017\u201318. Dan York was added to the Glasgow Stage 3 academy squad in the Scottish Rugby Academy's second intake in the 2017\u201318 season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 93], "content_span": [94, 387]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275406-0011-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Glasgow Warriors season, Team, Squad, BT Sport Scottish Rugby Academy Stage 3 players\nAcademy players promoted in the course of the season are listed with the main squad.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 93], "content_span": [94, 178]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275406-0012-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Glasgow Warriors season, Team, Squad, Back up players\nOther players used by Glasgow Warriors over the course of the season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 61], "content_span": [62, 131]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275406-0013-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Glasgow Warriors season, Player statistics\nDuring the 2017\u201318 season, Glasgow have used fifty-four different players in competitive games. The table below shows the number of appearances and points scored by each player.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 50], "content_span": [51, 228]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275406-0014-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Glasgow Warriors season, Competitions, Pre-season and friendlies, Match 1\nGlasgow Warriors: 15 Rory Hughes, 14 Leonardo Sarto, 13 Paddy Kelly, 12 Sam Johnson, 11 Robbie Nairn, 10 Adam Hastings, 9 George Horne,1 Jamie Bhatti, 2 James Malcolm, 3 D\u2019arcy Rae, 4 Greg Peterson, 5 Scott Cummings, 6 Matt Fagerson, 7 Matt Smith, 8 Adam Ashe (capt)Replacements: 16 Alex Allan, 17 Grant Stewart, 18 Adam Nicol, 19 Brian Alainu\u2019uese, 20 Kiran McDonald, 21 George Stokes, 22 Hamilton Burr, 23 Chris Fusaro, 24 Lewis Wynne , 25 Charlie Shiel, 26 Stafford McDowell, 27 Lee Jones, 28 Robert Beattie(all used)Northampton", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 81], "content_span": [82, 613]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275406-0014-0001", "contents": "2017\u201318 Glasgow Warriors season, Competitions, Pre-season and friendlies, Match 1\nSaints: Ben Foden (capt), Jamie Elliott, Ahsee Tuala, Luther Burrell, Juan Pablo Estelles, Piers Francis, Nic GroomCampese Ma\u2019afu, Charlie Clare, Jamal Ford-Robinson, David Ribbans, James Craig, Jamie Gibson, Lewis Ludlam, Mitch Eadie.Replacements: Dylan Hartley, Alex Waller, Kieran Brookes, Paul Hill, Michael Paterson, Reece Marshall, Christian Day, Ben Nutley,Teimana Harrison, Alex Mitchell, James Grayson, Rory Hutchinson, Tom Stephenson, Juan Pablo Estelles, George Furbank, Harry Mallinder (all used)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 81], "content_span": [82, 590]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275406-0015-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Glasgow Warriors season, Competitions, Pre-season and friendlies, Match 2\nDragons: Zane Kirchner; Ashton Hewitt, Tyler Morgan, Sam Beard, Hallam Amos; Angus O\u2019Brien, Charlie Davies; Brok Harris, Elliot Dee, Leon Brown, Matthew Screech, Ashley Sweet, James Thomas (c), Ollie Griffiths, James BenjaminReplacements: Rhys Buckley, Thomas Davies, Lloyd Fairbrother, Lennon Greggains, Nic Cudd, Sarel Pretorius,Dorian Jones, Adam Warren, Adam Hughes, Jarred Rosser, Pat Howard, Mike Snook. Glasgow Warriors: 15. Ruaridh Jackson, 14. Lee Jones, 13. Nick Grigg, 12. Sam Johnson, 11. Rory Hughes, 10. Adam Hastings, 9. George Horne1. Jamie Bhatti, 2. James Malcolm, 3. D'arcy Rae, 4. Brian Alainu'uese, 5. Scott Cummings, 6. Lewis Wynne, 7. Chris Fusaro, 8. Adam Ashe (C)Replacements: 16. George Turner, 17. Gary Strain, 18. Adam Nicol, 19. Greg Peterson, 20. Kiran McDonald, 21. Hamilton Burr,22. Matt Smith, 23. Matt Fagerson, 24. Henry Pyrgos, 25. Peter Horne, 26. Patrick Kelly, 27. Lelia Masaga, 28. Stafford McDowell", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 81], "content_span": [82, 1021]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275406-0016-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Glasgow Warriors season, Competitions, Pro14, League table\nGreen background indicates teams that competed in the Pro14 play-offs, and also earned a place in the 2018\u201319 European Champions Cup(excluding South African teams who are ineligible)Blue background indicates teams outside the play-off places that earned a place in the 2018\u201319 European Champions Cup, including the winner of the play-off between the two fourth-ranked European teams in each conferenceYellow background indicates the loser of the play-off between the two fourth-ranked European teams in each conference, that earned a place in the 2018\u201319 European Rugby Challenge Cup. Plain background indicates teams that earned a place in the 2018\u201319 European Rugby Challenge Cup. (CH) Champions. (RU) Runners-up. (SF) Losing semi-finalists. (QF) Losing quarter-finalists. (PO) Champions Cup play-off winners.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 66], "content_span": [67, 878]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275406-0017-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Glasgow Warriors season, Competitions, Pro14, Results\nEdinburgh won the 1872 Cup with a series score of 2 - 1.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 61], "content_span": [62, 118]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275406-0018-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Glasgow Warriors season, Competitions, Europe\nIn the European Rugby Champions Cup pool stage, Glasgow Warriors were placed as Tier 4 seeds and drawn with the English champions Exeter Chiefs, the French side Montpellier coached by former Scotland boss Vern Cotter and Irish side Leinster. The fixtures were announced on 22 August 2017.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 53], "content_span": [54, 342]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275406-0019-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Glasgow Warriors season, Competitive debuts this season\nA player's nationality shown is taken from the nationality at the highest honour for the national side obtained; or if never capped internationally their place of birth. Senior caps take precedence over junior caps or place of birth; junior caps take precedence over place of birth. A player's nationality at debut may be different from the nationality shown. Combination sides like the British and Irish Lions or Pacific Islanders are not national sides, or nationalities.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 63], "content_span": [64, 537]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275406-0020-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Glasgow Warriors season, Competitive debuts this season\nPlayers in BOLD font have been capped by their senior international XV side as nationality shown.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 63], "content_span": [64, 161]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275406-0021-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Glasgow Warriors season, Competitive debuts this season\nPlayers in Italic font have capped either by their international 7s side; or by the international XV 'A' side as nationality shown.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 63], "content_span": [64, 195]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275406-0022-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Glasgow Warriors season, Competitive debuts this season\nPlayers in normal font have not been capped at senior level.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 63], "content_span": [64, 124]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275406-0023-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Glasgow Warriors season, Competitive debuts this season\nA position in parentheses indicates that the player debuted as a substitute. A player may have made a prior debut for Glasgow Warriors in a non-competitive match, 'A' match or 7s match; these matches are not listed.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 63], "content_span": [64, 279]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275407-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Goa Professional League\nThe 2017\u201318 Goa Professional League is the 20th season of the Goa Professional League, the top football league in the Indian state of Goa, since its establishment 1996. The league began on 1 October 2017 and will conclude in March 2018.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [31, 31], "content_span": [32, 268]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275407-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Goa Professional League\nThe first phase of the league matches are being played at the Duler Stadium and second phase of the league matches will be played at the Tilak Maidan.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [31, 31], "content_span": [32, 182]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275408-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Godoy Cruz Antonio Tomba season\nThe 2017\u201318 season is Godoy Cruz Antonio Tomba's 11th consecutive season in the top-flight of Argentine football. The season covers the period from 1 July 2017 to 30 June 2018.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [39, 39], "content_span": [40, 216]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275408-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Godoy Cruz Antonio Tomba season, Current squad\nNote: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 54], "content_span": [55, 183]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275408-0002-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Godoy Cruz Antonio Tomba season, Current squad, Out on loan\nNote: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 67], "content_span": [68, 196]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275409-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Gokulam Kerala FC season\nThe 2017\u201318 season was the first season for Gokulam Kerala. The club competed in I-League and Super Cup.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [32, 32], "content_span": [33, 137]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275409-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Gokulam Kerala FC season, Review and events, Pre-season\nGokulam Kerala played 2016\u201317 Kerala Premier League in pre-season. They started the campaign with a victory over Cochin Port Trust on April 13, 2017. They qualified to knockout Stage as group champions from Group A. But they lost against FC Thrissur in semi-final on penalties.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 63], "content_span": [64, 341]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275409-0002-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Gokulam Kerala FC season, Review and events, I-League\nGokulam Kerala debuted in I-League against Shillong Lajong on November 21, 2017 and they lost the match. Their first win was in their 4th match against Indian Arrows on December 22, 2017. With 21 points including 6 wins, 3 draws and 9 losses Gokulam Kerala finished 7th in the table.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 61], "content_span": [62, 345]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275409-0003-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Gokulam Kerala FC season, Review and events, Indian Super Cup\nBy finishing 7th in the 2017\u201318 I-League point table Gokulam Kerala qualified into Qualification round of 2018 Indian Super Cup. Gokulam Kerala won against NorthEast United in the qualifier match on March 15, 2018. Bengaluru FC eliminated Gokulam Kerala in Pre Quarter on April 1, 2018", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 69], "content_span": [70, 355]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275409-0004-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Gokulam Kerala FC season, Players, First-team squad\nNote: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 59], "content_span": [60, 188]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275409-0005-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Gokulam Kerala FC season, Statistics, Squad statistics\nPlayers Used: Gokulam Kerala has used a total of 40 different players in all competitions.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 62], "content_span": [63, 153]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275410-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Golden State Warriors season\nThe 2017\u201318 Golden State Warriors season was the 72nd season of the franchise in the National Basketball Association (NBA), and its 56th in the San Francisco Bay Area. The Warriors entered the season as the defending NBA champions and repeated, beating the Cleveland Cavaliers 4\u20130 in the Finals. It was the first time in NBA history and in North America's four major professional sports leagues that two teams had met to compete for a Championship for a fourth consecutive year. It was the Warriors' third championship in four years, and sixth overall.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [36, 36], "content_span": [37, 589]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275410-0000-0001", "contents": "2017\u201318 Golden State Warriors season\nGolden State won the Pacific Division title and Western Conference Championship for the fourth consecutive season. In the playoffs, the Warriors defeated the San Antonio Spurs in the First Round 4\u20131 and the New Orleans Pelicans 4\u20131 in the Semifinals. They beat the top-seeded Houston Rockets 4\u20133 in the Western Conference Finals.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [36, 36], "content_span": [37, 366]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275410-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Golden State Warriors season\nThe Warriors finished second in the Western Conference with a record of 58\u201324, their fifth most wins in franchise history. Golden State set the NBA record of 16 consecutive home wins in the playoffs, surpassing the 1990\u201391 Chicago Bulls. Stephen Curry set the NBA record for three-pointers made in an NBA Finals game with nine.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [36, 36], "content_span": [37, 364]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275410-0001-0001", "contents": "2017\u201318 Golden State Warriors season\nStephen Curry, Kevin Durant, Draymond Green, and Klay Thompson were all named to the All-Star Game, the first time in NBA history that a team has had four All-Stars in consecutive seasons, and just the ninth time in NBA history a single team has had four players in the game. Curry was named captain, being the leading vote getter from the Western Conference.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [36, 36], "content_span": [37, 396]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275410-0001-0002", "contents": "2017\u201318 Golden State Warriors season\nThe Warriors ended the regular season with a slew of injuries to all four of their All-Stars, including an MCL sprain for Curry that kept him out for six weeks, and lost ten of their last seventeen games. For the first time since the 2013\u201314 season, they did not clinch first place for home-court advantage for the playoffs and failed to win 60 games for the first time under Steve Kerr. This season marked David West's final season in the NBA. He retired on August 30, 2018, having won two NBA championships with the Warriors.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [36, 36], "content_span": [37, 564]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275410-0002-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Golden State Warriors season, Draft picks\nThe 2017 NBA draft was held on June 22, 2017, at the Barclays Center in Brooklyn. The Warriors didn't have a pick, but acquired the Chicago Bulls 38th pick in the second round for cash. They chose power forward Jordan Bell out of Oregon. After the draft, the team signed Bell's former Oregon teammate, Chris Boucher, to a two-way contract.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 49], "content_span": [50, 389]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275410-0003-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Golden State Warriors season, Preseason\nOn July 1, 2017, Stephen Curry agreed to re-sign with Golden State on a super-max five year/$201m deal. The Warriors also resigned Kevin Durant, and their veteran core of Shaun Livingston, David West, Andre Iguodala, Zaza Pachulia and JaVale McGee. Golden State also added Nick Young and Omri Casspi on one-year deals.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 47], "content_span": [48, 366]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275410-0004-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Golden State Warriors season, Player statistics, Regular season\nAfter all games. \u2021 Waived during the season\u2020 Traded during the season\u2260 Acquired during the season", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 71], "content_span": [72, 169]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275411-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Gonzaga Bulldogs men's basketball team\nThe 2017\u201318 Gonzaga Bulldogs men's basketball team represented Gonzaga University in the 2017\u201318 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The team was led by head coach Mark Few, who was in his 19th season as head coach. The team played its home games at McCarthey Athletic Center in Spokane, Washington. This was the Bulldogs (also informally referred to as the Zags) 38th season as a member of the West Coast Conference. They finished the season 32\u20135, 17\u20131 in WCC play to win the WCC regular season championship. They defeated Loyola Marymount, San Francisco and BYU to become champions of the WCC Tournament. They received the WCC's automatic bid to the NCAA Tournament where they defeated UNC Greensboro and Ohio State to advance to the Sweet Sixteen where they lost to Florida State.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [46, 46], "content_span": [47, 835]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275411-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Gonzaga Bulldogs men's basketball team\nThe last weeks of the season were played against the backdrop of a potential Gonzaga move to the Mountain West Conference (MW), first publicly reported by the San Diego Union-Tribune on February 28, 2018. MW commissioner Craig Thompson told the newspaper that the league had discussed expansion with six schools, with Gonzaga the only school he specifically named. Thompson added that Gonzaga could potentially join as a full but non-football member as early as the 2018\u201319 school year.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [46, 46], "content_span": [47, 533]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275411-0001-0001", "contents": "2017\u201318 Gonzaga Bulldogs men's basketball team\nA later Union-Tribune report indicated that talks were advanced enough that the conference's presidents planned a vote on an invitation to Gonzaga during the MW men's and women's basketball tournaments in Las Vegas, but decided to delay the vote until after the Final Four. However, before the MW's planned vote, Gonzaga athletic director Mike Roth notified both conferences that Gonzaga would remain in the WCC for the immediate future.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [46, 46], "content_span": [47, 484]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275411-0002-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Gonzaga Bulldogs men's basketball team, Previous season\nThe Bulldogs team finished the 2016\u201317 season 37\u20132, 17\u20131 in WCC play. The season was arguably the greatest season in Gonzaga's 109-year basketball history. The Bulldogs finished with a 32\u20131 regular season record and did not lose a game until February. They finished ranked second in the final AP Poll, the highest final national ranking in school history. They won both the WCC regular season and Tournament championships. As a result, they received the conference's automatic bid to the NCAA Tournament and a received a No. 1 seed in the West region.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [48, 63], "content_span": [64, 615]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275411-0002-0001", "contents": "2017\u201318 Gonzaga Bulldogs men's basketball team, Previous season\nThey advanced to the first NCAA National Championship game in the school's history\u2014the deepest run for a WCC team since San Francisco advanced to its third consecutive Final Four in 1957, and also the deepest run by any Division I school without a football team since Seton Hall made the championship game in 1989. With a victory over South Carolina in the national semifinal, the Bulldogs tied the NCAA Division I record for the second-most wins in a season. Their run ended in the NCAA National Championship game, where they lost to North Carolina.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [48, 63], "content_span": [64, 614]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275411-0003-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Gonzaga Bulldogs men's basketball team, Offseason, Player departures\nJohnathan Williams had entered the NBA draft but did not hire an agent, giving him the option to return to Gonzaga. He withdrew from the draft on May 24, the last day he could have done so to retain NCAA eligibility.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [48, 76], "content_span": [77, 293]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275411-0004-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Gonzaga Bulldogs men's basketball team, Offseason, 2017 returning missionaries\nJesse Wade graduated high school in 2015, but before enrolling in college at Gonzaga, he left for a 2-year LDS mission in Lyon, France, and will arrive on campus as a freshman in Fall 2017.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [48, 86], "content_span": [87, 276]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275411-0005-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Gonzaga Bulldogs men's basketball team, Schedule and results\nGonzaga's non-conference schedule includes matchups with Washington and San Diego State on the road. Gonzaga hosted Creighton, Texas Southern, and Incarnate Word at home. Gonzaga battled Villanova on a neutral court at Madison Square Garden in the Jimmy V Classic. The Zags were invited to play in the PK80: Phil Knight Invitational, where they played against Florida, Ohio State, and Texas. The Zags played in the single-elimination WCC Tournament, which took place in March 2018 at the Orleans Arena in Las Vegas.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [48, 68], "content_span": [69, 584]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275411-0006-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Gonzaga Bulldogs men's basketball team, Rankings\n^Coaches did not release a Week 2 poll. *AP does not release post-NCAA tournament rankings", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [48, 56], "content_span": [57, 147]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275412-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Gonzaga Bulldogs women's basketball team\nThe 2017\u201318 Gonzaga Bulldogs women's basketball team represents Gonzaga University in the 2017\u201318 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Bulldogs (also informally referred to as the \"Zags\"), are members of the West Coast Conference. The Bulldogs, led by fourth year head coach Lisa Fortier, play their home games at the McCarthey Athletic Center on the university campus in Spokane, Washington. They finished the season 27\u20136, 17\u20131 in WCC play to win the WCC regular season. They defeat Pepperdine, San Francisco and San Diego to become champions of the WCC Women's Basketball Tournament to earn an automatic trip to the NCAA Women's Tournament where they lost in the first round to Stanford.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 48], "section_span": [48, 48], "content_span": [49, 748]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275412-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Gonzaga Bulldogs women's basketball team, Previous season\nThey finished the season 26\u20137, 14\u20134 in WCC play to win the WCC regular season. They defeat Pacific, San Francisco and Saint Mary's to become champions of the WCC Women's Basketball Tournament to earn an automatic trip to the NCAA Women's Tournament where they were defeated by Oklahoma in the first round.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 48], "section_span": [50, 65], "content_span": [66, 371]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275413-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Gozo First Division\nThe 2017\u201318 Gozo First Division (known as the BOV GFA First Division for sponsorship reasons) was the 71st season of the Gozo Football League First Division, the highest division in Gozitan football. The season began on 15 September 2017.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [27, 27], "content_span": [28, 266]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275413-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Gozo First Division\nFollowing a dominant campaign, Victoria Hotspurs ended the season as champions, winning their twelfth title in their history.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [27, 27], "content_span": [28, 153]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275413-0002-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Gozo First Division, Format\nThe season is composed of a round-robin system where each team plays each other three times, totalling 21 games in total. The seventh-placed team will play a relegation play-off with the second-placed team in the Second Division. Most of the matches are scheduled to be played at the Gozo Stadium, with Sannat Ground and Ker\u010bem Ajax Stadium being used as well.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 35], "content_span": [36, 396]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275413-0003-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Gozo First Division, Teams\nXag\u0127ra United are relegated after they finished last the previous season. They are replaced by G\u0127arb Rangers, who won the 2016\u201317 Second Division title.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 34], "content_span": [35, 187]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275413-0004-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Gozo First Division, Results, Matches 1\u201314\nTeams play each other twice, once assigned as home and once away.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 50], "content_span": [51, 116]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275413-0005-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Gozo First Division, Results, Matches 15\u201322\nTeams play every other team once (either assigned at home or away).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 51], "content_span": [52, 119]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275413-0006-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Gozo First Division, Relegation play-off\nA play-off match took place between the seventh-placed team from the First Division, S.K. Victoria Wanderers, and the second-placed team from the Second Division, Sannat Lions, for a place in the 2018\u201319 GFA First Division.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 48], "content_span": [49, 272]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275414-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Grambling State Tigers men's basketball team\nThe 2017\u201318 Grambling State Tigers men's basketball team represented Grambling State University during the 2017\u201318 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Tigers, led by first-year head coach Donte Jackson, played their home games at the Fredrick C. Hobdy Assembly Center in Grambling, Louisiana as members of the Southwestern Athletic Conference.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 52], "section_span": [52, 52], "content_span": [53, 405]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275414-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Grambling State Tigers men's basketball team\nWith a win over Alabama State on March 3, 2018, Grambling State clinched the outright SWAC regular season championship, the school's first since 1989. They finished the season 17\u201314, 13\u20135 in SWAC play. However, the Tigers were ineligible for postseason play due to APR violations.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 52], "section_span": [52, 52], "content_span": [53, 333]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275414-0002-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Grambling State Tigers men's basketball team, Previous season\nThe Tigers finished the 2016\u201317 season 16\u201317, 10\u20138 in SWAC play to finish in a four-way tie for third place. As the 5-seed in the SWAC Tournament they defeated Prairie View A&M before losing in the semifinals to Texas Southern.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 52], "section_span": [54, 69], "content_span": [70, 297]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275414-0003-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Grambling State Tigers men's basketball team, Previous season\nOn March 22, 2017, it was announced that head coach Shawn Walker's contract would not be renewed. He finished at Grambling State with a three-year record of 25\u201368. On May 12, Grambling State hired Donte Jackson from Stillman of the NAIA as new head coach.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 52], "section_span": [54, 69], "content_span": [70, 325]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275415-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Grambling State Tigers women's basketball team\nThe 2017\u201318 Grambling State Lady Tigers basketball team represents Grambling State University in the 2017-18 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. They are led by new coach Freddie Murray, who was promoted to interim and then hired full-time after former coach Nadine Domond departed to become an assistant coach at Rutgers.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 54], "section_span": [54, 54], "content_span": [55, 384]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275415-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Grambling State Tigers women's basketball team\nOn January 3, 2018, Shakyla Hill became the fourth player in NCAA Division I history (men's and women's) to record a quadruple-double; it had not been done since Lester Hudson did it in 2007. In the Lady Tigers' 93\u201371 win over the Alabama A&M Lady Bulldogs, Hill recorded 15 points, 10 rebounds, 10 assists, and 10 steals.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 54], "section_span": [54, 54], "content_span": [55, 377]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275416-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Granada CF season\nDuring the 2017\u201318 season, Granada CF participated in the Spanish Segunda Divisi\u00f3n, and the Copa del Rey.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [25, 25], "content_span": [26, 131]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275416-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Granada CF season, Squad\nNote: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 32], "content_span": [33, 161]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275417-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Grand Canyon Antelopes men's basketball team\nThe 2017\u201318 Grand Canyon Antelopes men's basketball team represented Grand Canyon University during the 2017\u201318 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. They were led by head coach Dan Majerle in his fifth season at Grand Canyon. The Antelopes played their home games at the GCU Arena in Phoenix, Arizona as members of the Western Athletic Conference. They finished the season 22\u201312, 9\u20135 in WAC play to finish in third place. They defeated UMKC and Utah Valley to advance to the championship game of the WAC Tournament where they lost to New Mexico. They were invited to the College Basketball Invitational where they lost in the first round to Mercer.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 52], "section_span": [52, 52], "content_span": [53, 705]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275417-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Grand Canyon Antelopes men's basketball team\nThe season marked the Antelopes' first full season as a Division I school after a four-year transition period from Division II to Division I. This means the team was officially eligible for the NCAA Tournament if they had qualified, as well as becoming fully eligible for the WAC Tournament.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 52], "section_span": [52, 52], "content_span": [53, 344]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275417-0002-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Grand Canyon Antelopes men's basketball team, Previous season\nThe Antelopes finished the 2016\u201317 season 22\u20139, 11\u20133 in WAC play to finish in a tie for second place. Citing injuries, they decided to not participate in a postseason tournament. They had participated in the CIT the previous three seasons.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 52], "section_span": [54, 69], "content_span": [70, 309]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275418-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Grand Prix of Figure Skating Final\nThe 2017\u201318 Grand Prix of Figure Skating Final and ISU Junior Grand Prix Final took place from 7 to 10 December 2017 at the Nagoya Civic General Gymnasium (Nippon Gaishi Hall) in Nagoya, Japan. Nagoya was announced as the host on 3 November 2016. The combined event was the culmination of two international series \u2014 the Grand Prix of Figure Skating and the Junior Grand Prix. Medals were awarded in the disciplines of men's singles, ladies' singles, pair skating, and ice dance on the senior and junior levels.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [42, 42], "content_span": [43, 553]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275418-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Grand Prix of Figure Skating Final, Records\nThe following new ISU best scores were set during this competition:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [44, 51], "content_span": [52, 119]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275418-0002-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Grand Prix of Figure Skating Final, Junior-level results, Ladies\nAlena Kostornaia broke the junior ladies short program world record, 70.92 held by Alina Zagitova, with a score of 71.65. Alexandra Trusova broke it again 13 minutes later with a score of 73.25. Rika Kihira became the first lady to land triple axel-triple toeloop combination in the free skate.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [44, 72], "content_span": [73, 367]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275419-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Greek A2 Basket League\nThe 2017\u201318 Greek A2 Basket League was the 32nd season of the Greek A2 Basket League, the second-tier level professional club basketball league in Greece. It was the third season with the participation of 16 teams. Playoff and play out games were also held, for a third consecutive season. Peristeri clinched the championship four games before the end of the regular season. Together with the playoffs winners Holargos, they were promoted to the 2018\u201319 Greek Basket League.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [30, 30], "content_span": [31, 505]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275419-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Greek A2 Basket League, Promotion playoffs\nIn the promotion playoffs, best-of-five playoff series were played. The higher-seeded team hosted the Game 1, Game 2 and Game 5 (if necessary) at home.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 50], "content_span": [51, 202]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275420-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Greek Basket League\nThe 2017\u201318 Greek Basket League was the 78th season of the Greek Basket League, the top-tier level professional club basketball league in Greece. The season started on October 7th, 2017, and ended on June 17th, 2018.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [27, 27], "content_span": [28, 244]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275420-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Greek Basket League, Teams, Promotion and relegation\nApollon Patras, and Doxa Lefkadas were relegated after the 2016\u201317 Greek Basket League. Panionios and Gymnastikos Larissas Faros were promoted from the 2016\u201317 Greek A2 Basket League.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 60], "content_span": [61, 244]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275420-0002-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Greek Basket League, Playoffs\nThe eight highest ranked teams in the regular season qualified for the playoffs.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 37], "content_span": [38, 118]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275420-0003-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Greek Basket League, Playoffs\nTeams in bold won the playoff series. Numbers to the left of each team indicate the team's original playoff seeding. Numbers to the right indicate the score of each playoff game.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 37], "content_span": [38, 216]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275420-0004-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Greek Basket League, Playoffs, Quarterfinals\nThe higher-seeded team played the first and third leg (if necessary) at home. The first legs were played on 16 May, while the second legs were played on 19 May 2018.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 52], "content_span": [53, 218]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275420-0005-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Greek Basket League, Playoffs, Semifinals\nThe higher-seeded team played the first, second and fifth leg (if necessary) at home. The first legs were played on 24 May, while the second legs were played on 26 May 2018.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 49], "content_span": [50, 223]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275421-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Greek Basketball Cup\nThe 2017\u201318 Greek Basketball Cup was the 43rd edition of Greece's top-tier level professional national domestic basketball cup competition. The previous winners of the cup were Panathinaikos Superfoods. The cup competition started on 13 September 2017, and ended 17 February 2018. AEK won the competition.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [28, 28], "content_span": [29, 334]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275421-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Greek Basketball Cup, Format\nThe top six placed teams from the top-tier level Greek Basket League 2016\u201317 season, gained an automatic bye to the 2017\u201318 Greek Cup quarterfinals. While the eight lower placed teams from the 2016\u201317 Greek Basket League season; along with all of the teams from the 2nd-tier level Greek A2 Basket League 2017\u201318 season, and the 3rd-tier level Greek B Basket League 2017\u201318 season, play in preliminary rounds, competing for the other two quarterfinals places. The quarterfinals and onward rounds are played under a single elimination format.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 36], "content_span": [37, 577]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275421-0002-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Greek Basketball Cup, Preliminary Rounds, Phase 1, Round 1\nNote: Pierikos Archelaos decided to forfeit their game against Charilaos Trikoupis.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 66], "content_span": [67, 150]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275421-0003-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Greek Basketball Cup, Final Rounds\nFaros Larissas and Kolossos Rodou reached the quarterfinals, after winning the preliminary rounds. The other six sides were qualified based on their Greek Basket League 2016\u201317 season position.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 42], "content_span": [43, 236]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275422-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Greek Football Cup\nThe 2017\u201318 Greek Cup was the 76th edition of the Greek Football Cup. A total of 33 clubs were accepted to enter. The competition commenced on September 2017 with the Preliminary Round and concluded on the 12th of May 2018 with the Final. PAOK won the competition for second consecutive year (thus defending the title) beating AEK Athens 2\u20130 in the final held at Athens Olympic Stadium.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [26, 26], "content_span": [27, 413]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275422-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Greek Football Cup, Preliminary round\nThe draw for this round took place on August 2017.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 45], "content_span": [46, 96]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275422-0002-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Greek Football Cup, Group stage\nThe draw for this round took place on 11 August 2017.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 39], "content_span": [40, 93]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275422-0003-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Greek Football Cup, Round of 16\nThe draw for this round took place on 4 December 2017.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 39], "content_span": [40, 94]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275422-0004-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Greek Football Cup, Quarter-Finals\nThe draw for this round took place on 15 January 2018.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 42], "content_span": [43, 97]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275422-0005-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Greek Football Cup, Semi-Finals\nThe draw for this round took place on 12 February 2018.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 39], "content_span": [40, 95]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275423-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Greek Handball League (women)\nThe 2017\u201318 Greek A1 Ethniki will be the 36th season of the A1 Ethniki, Greece's premier handball women's league.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [37, 37], "content_span": [38, 151]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275423-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Greek Handball League (women), Teams\nA total of 10 teams will participate in this year's edition of the Women's A1 Ethniki. Of these, 8 sides qualified directly from the 2016\u201317 season, while 2 sides qualified from the A2 Ethniki play-offs: GAS Kamatero and Aris Thessaloniki.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 44], "content_span": [45, 284]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275423-0002-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Greek Handball League (women), Finals\nIn the finals, teams playing against each other have to win three games to win the series. Thus, if one team wins three games before all five games have been played, the remaining games are omitted. The team that finished in the higher championship play-off place, is going to play the first, second and fifth (if necessary) game of the series at home.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 45], "content_span": [46, 398]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275424-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Greek Handball Premier\nThe 2017\u201318 Greek Handball Premier is the 39th season of the Greek Handball Premier, Greece's premier handball league. Olympiacos were crowned champions, after beating AEK Athens with 3\u20132 wins in the finals, overturning an initial 0\u20132 win lead by AEK and taking three straight wins to secure the title.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [30, 30], "content_span": [31, 333]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275424-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Greek Handball Premier, Teams\nA total of 12 teams will participate in this year's edition of the Handball Premier. Of these, 10 sides qualified directly from the 2016\u201317 season and the play-off winners from each of the two groups of A2 Ethniki were promoted: GAS Kamatero from Group A (for the first time in their history) and XANTH from Group B.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 37], "content_span": [38, 354]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275424-0002-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Greek Handball Premier, Semi-finals qualifiers\nIn the semi-finals qualifiers, the teams that finished in places 3 to 6 of the regular season play against each other (the 3rd team of the regular season faces the 6th, while the 4th team faces the 5th) and have to win two games to win the series. Thus, if one team wins two games before all three games have been played, the remaining game is omitted. The team that finished in the higher regular season place, plays the first and the third (if necessary) game of the series at home. The two winners proceed to the championship semi-finals.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 54], "content_span": [55, 596]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275424-0003-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Greek Handball Premier, Semi-finals\nIn the championship semi-finals, the top two teams of the regular season plus the two teams that qualified from the semi-final qualifiers play against each other and have to win two games to win the series. Thus, if one team wins two games before all three games have been played, the remaining game is omitted. The teams that directly qualified to the semi-finals from the regular season play the first and the third (if necessary) game of the series at home. The two winners proceed to the championship finals.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 43], "content_span": [44, 556]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275424-0004-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Greek Handball Premier, Finals\nIn the finals, teams playing against each other have to win three games to win the series. Thus, if one team wins three games before all five games have been played, the remaining games are omitted. The team that finished in the higher championship play-off place, is going to play the first, third and fifth (if necessary) game of the series at home.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 38], "content_span": [39, 390]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275425-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Green Bay Phoenix men's basketball team\nThe 2017\u201318 Green Bay Phoenix men's basketball team represented the University of Wisconsin\u2013Green Bay in the 2017\u201318 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Phoenix, led by third-year head coach Linc Darner, played their home games at the Resch Center, with one home game at the Kress Events Center, as members of the Horizon League. They finished the season 13\u201320, 7\u201311 in to finish in seventh place. They defeated Detroit in the first round of the Horizon League Tournament before losing in the quarterfinals to eventual Horizon League Tournament champion Wright State.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 47], "section_span": [47, 47], "content_span": [48, 624]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275425-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Green Bay Phoenix men's basketball team, Previous season\nThe Phoenix finished the 2016\u201317 season 18\u201314, 12\u20136 in Horizon League play to finish in a tie for third place. In the Horizon League Tournament, they lost to UIC in the quarterfinals. They received an invitation to the College Basketball Invitational where they lost in the first round to UMKC.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 47], "section_span": [49, 64], "content_span": [65, 359]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275426-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Green Bay Phoenix women's basketball team\nThe 2017\u201318 Green Bay Phoenix women's basketball team represented the University of Wisconsin-Green Bay in the 2017\u201318 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Phoenix, led by head coach Kevin Borseth, in the sixth year of his current stint and 15th year overall at Green Bay, played their home games at the Kress Events Center and were members of the Horizon League. It was the 39th season of Green Bay women's basketball. They finished the season 29\u20134, 16\u20132 in Horizon play to win the Horizon League regular and tournament titles to earn an automatic to the NCAA Women's Tournament. They lost to Minnesota in the first round.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 49], "section_span": [49, 49], "content_span": [50, 683]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275427-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Greenock Morton F.C. season\nSeason 2017\u201318 saw Greenock Morton compete in the Scottish Championship the second tier of Scottish football, having finished fourth in 2016-17. Morton also competed in the Challenge Cup, Scottish League Cup and the Scottish Cup.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [35, 35], "content_span": [36, 265]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275428-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Grimsby Town F.C. season\nThe 2017\u201318 season is Grimsby Town's 140th season of existence and their second consecutive season in League Two. Along with competing in League Two, the club will also participate in the FA Cup, EFL Cup and EFL Trophy.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [32, 32], "content_span": [33, 252]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275428-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Grimsby Town F.C. season\nThe season covers the period from 1 July 2017 to 30 June 2018.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [32, 32], "content_span": [33, 95]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275428-0002-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Grimsby Town F.C. season, Competitions, Friendlies\nAs of 2 June 2017, Grimsby Town have announced ten pre-season friendlies against Cleethorpes Town, Grimsby Borough, Stamford, Barnsley, Bideford, Tavistock, Boston United, Blackburn Rovers, Wigan Athletic and Winterton Rangers.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 58], "content_span": [59, 286]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275428-0003-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Grimsby Town F.C. season, Competitions, FA Cup\nOn 16 October 2017, Grimsby Town were drawn away to Plymouth Argyle in the first round.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 54], "content_span": [55, 142]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275428-0004-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Grimsby Town F.C. season, Competitions, EFL Cup\nOn 16 June 2017, Grimsby Town were drawn at home to Derby County in the first round. Following the abandonment for the first round tie, the fixture was rescheduled for 22 August 2017.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 55], "content_span": [56, 239]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275428-0005-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Grimsby Town F.C. season, Competitions, EFL Trophy\nOn 12 July 2017, Grimsby Town were drawn against Doncaster Rovers, Scunthorpe United and Sunderland U23s in Northern Group H.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 58], "content_span": [59, 184]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275428-0006-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Grimsby Town F.C. season, Squad overview\nNote: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 48], "content_span": [49, 177]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275429-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Guadeloupe Division of Honor\nThe 2017\u201318 Guadeloupe Division of Honor is the 67th season of the Guadeloupe Division of Honor, the top tier of association football in Guadeloupe. The season began on 2 September 2017 and ended on 30 May 2018.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [36, 36], "content_span": [37, 248]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275429-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Guadeloupe Division of Honor, Standings\nNote: 4 points for a win, 2 points for a draw, 1 point for a defeat.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 47], "content_span": [48, 116]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275430-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Guam Soccer League\nThe 2017\u201318 Guam Soccer League (Budweiser Soccer League for sponsorship reasons) was the 29th season of Guam Soccer League, Guam's First tier professional football league. Rovers are the defending champions. The season started on 15 September 2017.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [26, 26], "content_span": [27, 275]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275430-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Guam Soccer League, Play-off stage\nThe top eight teams of the regular season qualify for the play-off stage.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 42], "content_span": [43, 116]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275431-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Guatemalan Liga Nacional\nThe 2017\u201318 Liga Nacional de F\u00fatbol de Guatemala season is the 20th season in which the Apertura and Clausura season is used. The season began on 28 July 2017 and will end in May 2018.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [32, 32], "content_span": [33, 217]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275431-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Guatemalan Liga Nacional, Format\nThe format for both championships are identical. Each championship will have two stages: a first stage and a playoff stage. The first stage of each championship is a double round-robin format. The teams that finish first and second in the standings will advance to the playoffs semifinals, while the teams that finish 3\u20136 will enter in the quarterfinals. The winner of each quarterfinal will advance to the semifinals. The winners of the semifinals will advance to the finals, which will determine the tournament champion.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 40], "content_span": [41, 563]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275431-0002-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Guatemalan Liga Nacional, Apertura\nThe 2017 Torneo Apertura began on 28 July 2017 and will end in December 2017.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 42], "content_span": [43, 120]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275431-0003-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Guatemalan Liga Nacional, Clausura\nThe 2018 Torneo Clausura is expected to begin in January 2018 and end in May 2018.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 42], "content_span": [43, 125]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275431-0004-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Guatemalan Liga Nacional, List of foreign players in the league\nThis is a list of foreign players in 2017-2018 season. The following players:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 71], "content_span": [72, 149]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275431-0005-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Guatemalan Liga Nacional, List of foreign players in the league\nA new rule was introduced a few season ago, that clubs can only have five foreign players per club and can only add a new player if there is an injury or player/s is released.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 71], "content_span": [72, 247]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275431-0006-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Guatemalan Liga Nacional, List of foreign players in the league\n(player released during the Apertura season) (player released between the Apertura and Clausura seasons) (player released during the Clausura season)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 71], "content_span": [72, 221]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275431-0007-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Guatemalan Liga Nacional, CONCACAF Champions League playoff\nAfter the suspension of the National Football Federation of Guatemala was lifted by FIFA in June 2018, it was decided that the representative of Guatemala in the 2019 CONCACAF Champions League would be decided by a two-legged playoff between the 2017 Apertura champions (Antigua GFC) and the 2018 Clausura champions (Guastatoya). The draw for the order of legs was held on 27 June 2018.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 67], "content_span": [68, 454]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275432-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Guildford Flames season\nDuring the 2017\u201318 season, the Guildford Flames participated in the Elite Ice Hockey League for the first time in their history. It was the 26th year of ice hockey played by the Guildford Flames and the eleventh season under Paul Dixon as head coach.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [31, 31], "content_span": [32, 282]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275433-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Guin\u00e9e Championnat National\nThe 2017\u201318 Guin\u00e9e Championnat National season is the 52nd edition (since independence) of the top level of football competition in Guinea. It began on 3 November 2017 and ended on 7 June 2018.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [35, 35], "content_span": [36, 229]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275434-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 HC Slovan Bratislava season\nThe 2017\u201318 HC Slovan Bratislava season will be the 6th season for Bratislava based club in Kontinental Hockey League.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [35, 35], "content_span": [36, 154]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275434-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 HC Slovan Bratislava season, Schedule and results, Regular season\nWin (3 points)\u00a0\u00a0Overtime/shootout win (2 points)\u00a0\u00a0Overtime/shootout loss (1 point)\u00a0\u00a0Loss (0 points)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 73], "content_span": [74, 173]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275435-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 HNK Hajduk Split season\nThe 2017\u201318 season was the 107th season in Hajduk Split's history and their twenty-seventh in the Prva HNL. Their 3rd-place finish in the 2016\u201317 season means it was their 27th successive season playing in the Prva HNL.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [31, 31], "content_span": [32, 251]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275435-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 HNK Hajduk Split season, First-team squad\nFor details of former players, see List of HNK Hajduk Split players.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 49], "content_span": [50, 118]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275435-0002-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 HNK Hajduk Split season, First-team squad\nNote: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 49], "content_span": [50, 178]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275436-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 HNK Rijeka season\nThe 2017\u201318 season was the 72nd season in HNK Rijeka\u2019s history. It was their 27th successive season in the Croatian First Football League, and 44th successive top tier season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [25, 25], "content_span": [26, 201]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275437-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Hajer Club season\nThe 2017\u201318 season was Hajer's second consecutive season in the Prince Mohammad bin Salman League following their relegation from the Professional League during the 2015\u201316 season. It was also their 67th year in existence.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [25, 25], "content_span": [26, 248]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275437-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Hajer Club season, First-team squad\nNote: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 43], "content_span": [44, 172]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275437-0002-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Hajer Club season, First-team squad, Out on loan\nNote: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 56], "content_span": [57, 185]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275438-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Hallyburton Johnstone Shield\nThe 2017\u201318 Hallyburton Johnstone Shield was a 50-over women's cricket competition that took place in New Zealand. This was the first time a tournament had been named the Hallyburton Johnstone Shield since 1981\u201382, which was previously predominately a first-class competition. It ran from November 2017 to January 2018, with 6 provincial teams taking part. Auckland Hearts topped the group with 8 wins to win the competition.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [36, 36], "content_span": [37, 462]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275438-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Hallyburton Johnstone Shield\nThe tournament ran alongside the 2017\u201318 New Zealand Women's Twenty20 Competition.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [36, 36], "content_span": [37, 119]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275438-0002-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Hallyburton Johnstone Shield, Competition format\nTeams played in a double round-robin in a group of six, therefore playing 10 matches overall. Matches were played using a one day format with 50 overs per side. The team that topped the group were named the Champions.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 56], "content_span": [57, 274]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275438-0003-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Hallyburton Johnstone Shield, Competition format\nThe group worked on a points system with positions being based on the total points. Points were awarded as follows:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 56], "content_span": [57, 172]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275438-0004-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Hallyburton Johnstone Shield, Competition format\nWin: 4 pointsTie: 2 pointsLoss: 0 points. Abandoned/No Result: 2 points. Bonus Point: 1 point awarded for run rate in a match being 1.25x that of opponent.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 56], "content_span": [57, 212]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275439-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Hamburger SV season\nThe 2017\u201318 Hamburger SV season was the 99th season in the football club's history and 55th consecutive and overall season in the top flight of German football, the Bundesliga, having been promoted from the Oberliga Nord in 1963. Finishing 17th, Hamburg was relegated for the first time in the Bundesliga's 55-year history. In addition to the domestic league, Hamburger SV also participated in this season's edition of the domestic cup, the DFB-Pokal. This was the 65th season for Hamburg in the Volksparkstadion, located in Hamburg, Germany. The season covers a period from 1 July 2017 to 30 June 2018.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [27, 27], "content_span": [28, 631]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275439-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Hamburger SV season, Players, Squad information\nNote: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 55], "content_span": [56, 184]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275440-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Hamilton Academical F.C. season\nThe 2017\u201318 season was Hamilton Academical's fourth consecutive season in the top flight of Scottish football since their promotion at the end of the 2013\u201314 season. Hamilton also competed in the League Cup and the Scottish Cup.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [39, 39], "content_span": [40, 268]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275440-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Hamilton Academical F.C. season, Summary, Season\nHamilton finished in tenth place in the Scottish Premiership and only avoided the relegation play-off place on the final day of the season due to goal difference with Partick Thistle's victory over Dundee. Hamilton also reached the second round of the league cup and the fourth round of the Scottish Cup.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 56], "content_span": [57, 361]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275441-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Hampton Pirates men's basketball team\nThis is the current revision of this page, as edited by PrimeBOT (talk | contribs) at 18:29, 21 June 2020 (\u2192\u200eSchedule and results: Task 30 - remove deprecated parameter in Template:CBB schedule entry). The present address (URL) is a permanent link to this version.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [45, 45], "content_span": [46, 310]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275441-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Hampton Pirates men's basketball team\nThe 2017\u201318 Hampton Pirates men's basketball team represented Hampton University during the 2017\u201318 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Pirates, led by ninth-year head coach Edward Joyner, played their home games at the Hampton Convocation Center in Hampton, Virginia as members of the Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference. They finished the season 19\u201316, 12\u20134 in MEAC play to finish in a three-way tie for the MEAC Regular season championship.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [45, 45], "content_span": [46, 494]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275441-0001-0001", "contents": "2017\u201318 Hampton Pirates men's basketball team\nAfter tiebreakers, they received the No. 1 seed in the MEAC Tournament where they Florida A&M and North Carolina A&T to advance to the championship game where they lost to North Carolina Central. As a regular season conference champion, and No. 1 seed in their conference tournament, who failed to win their conference tournament, they received an automatic bid to the National Invitation Tournament where they lost in the First Round to Notre Dame.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [45, 45], "content_span": [46, 495]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275441-0002-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Hampton Pirates men's basketball team\nThis season was the Pirates' final season as members of the MEAC, as the school announced on November 16, 2017 that they will join the Big South Conference for the 2018\u201319 season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [45, 45], "content_span": [46, 225]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275441-0003-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Hampton Pirates men's basketball team, Previous season\nThe Pirates finished the 2016\u201317 season 14\u201317, 11\u20135 in MEAC play to finish in a tie for third place. They lost in the quarterfinals of the MEAC Tournament to Maryland Eastern Shore. They were invited to the College Basketball Invitational where they lost in the first round to Coastal Carolina.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [47, 62], "content_span": [63, 357]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275441-0004-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Hampton Pirates men's basketball team, Preseason\nThe Pirates were picked to finish fourth in the MEAC in a preseason poll of coaches and sports information directors. Sophomore guard Jermaine Morrow was named to the preseason All-MEAC second team.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [47, 56], "content_span": [57, 255]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275442-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Handball-Bundesliga\nThe 2017\u201318 Handball-Bundesliga was the 53rd season of the Handball-Bundesliga, Germany's premier handball league and the 41st season consisting of only one league. It ran from 24 August 2017 to 3 June 2018.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [27, 27], "content_span": [28, 235]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275442-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Handball-Bundesliga, Teams\nA total of 18 teams will be participating in this year's edition of the Bundesliga. Of these, 15 sides qualified directly from the 2016\u201317 season and the top three sides were directly promoted from the 2. Bundesliga: TuS Nettelstedt-L\u00fcbbecke, the champions; TV H\u00fcttenberg, the runners-up; and the third-place finisher, TSG Friesenheim.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 34], "content_span": [35, 370]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275443-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Handbollsligan\nThe 2017\u201318 Handbollsligan was the 84th season of the top division of Swedish handball. 14 teams competed in the league. The eight highest placed teams qualified for the playoffs, whereas teams 11\u201313 had to play relegation playoffs against teams from the second division, and team 14 was relegated automatically. IFK Kristianstad won the regular season and also won the playoffs to claim their eighth Swedish title.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [22, 22], "content_span": [23, 438]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275444-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Hannover 96 season\nThe 2017\u201318 Hannover 96 season was the 122nd season in the football club's history and 29th overall season in the top flight of German football, the Bundesliga, having been promoted from the 2. Bundesliga in 2017. Hannover 96 also participated in this season's edition of the domestic cup, the DFB-Pokal. This was the 59th season for Hannover in the HDI-Arena, located in Hanover, Lower Saxony, Germany. The season covered a period from 1 July 2017 to 30 June 2018.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [26, 26], "content_span": [27, 492]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275444-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Hannover 96 season, Players, Squad information\nNote: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 54], "content_span": [55, 183]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275444-0002-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Hannover 96 season, Players, Out on loan\nNote: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 48], "content_span": [49, 177]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275445-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Hapoel Haifa F.C. season\nHapoel Haifa Football Club is an Israeli football club located in Haifa. During the 2017-18 campaign they will be competing in the following competitions:Israeli Premier League, State Cup, Toto Cup Ligat Al.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [32, 32], "content_span": [33, 240]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275446-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Happy Valley AA season, Players\nNote: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 39], "content_span": [40, 168]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275447-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Hartford Hawks men's basketball team\nThe 2017\u201318 Hartford Hawks men's basketball team represented the University of Hartford during the 2017\u201318 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Hawks, led by eighth-year head coach John Gallagher, played their home games at the Chase Arena at Reich Family Pavilion as members of the America East Conference. They finished the season 19\u201314, 11\u20135 in America East play to finish in third place. They defeated New Hampshire in the quarterfinals of the America East Tournament before losing to UMBC in the semifinals. They received an invitation to the CollegeInsider.com Tournament where they lost in the first round to San Diego.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [44, 44], "content_span": [45, 680]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275447-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Hartford Hawks men's basketball team, Previous season\nThe Hawks finished the season 9\u201322, 4\u201312 in America East play to finish in seventh place. They lost in the quarterfinals of the America East Tournament to Albany.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [46, 61], "content_span": [62, 224]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275447-0002-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Hartford Hawks men's basketball team, Schedule and results\n* Non-conference game. #Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Eastern Time", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [46, 66], "content_span": [67, 183]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275448-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Hartford Hawks women's basketball team\nThe 2017\u201318 Hartford Hawks women's basketball team will represent the University of Hartford during the 2017\u201318 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Hawks, led by second year head coach Kim McNeill and will once again play their home games in the Chase Arena at Reich Family Pavilion and are members of the America East Conference.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [46, 46], "content_span": [47, 388]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275448-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Hartford Hawks women's basketball team, Media\nAll home games and conference road games will stream on either ESPN3 or AmericaEast.tv. Most road games will stream on the opponents website. All games will be broadcast on the radio on WWUH.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [48, 53], "content_span": [54, 245]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275449-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Harvard Crimson men's basketball team\nThe 2017\u201318 Harvard Crimson men's basketball team represented Harvard University during the 2017\u201318 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Crimson, led by 11th-year head coach Tommy Amaker, played their home games at Lavietes Pavilion in Boston, Massachusetts as members of the Ivy League. They finished the season 18\u201314, 12\u20132 in Ivy League play to share the Ivy League regular season championship with Penn. As the No. 1 seed in the Ivy League Tournament, they defeated Cornell in the semifinals before losing to Penn in the championship game. As a regular season league champion, and No. 1 seed in their league tournament, who failed to win their league tournament, they received an automatic bid to the National Invitation Tournament where they lost in the First Round to Marquette.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [45, 45], "content_span": [46, 837]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275449-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Harvard Crimson men's basketball team, Previous season\nThe Crimson finished the 2016\u201317 season 18\u201310, 10\u20134 in Ivy League play to finish in second place. They lost in the semifinals of the inaugural Ivy League Tournament to Yale.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [47, 62], "content_span": [63, 236]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275449-0002-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Harvard Crimson men's basketball team, Schedule and results\nThe team earned a share of the 2017\u201318 Ivy League men's basketball season regular season title.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [47, 67], "content_span": [68, 163]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275450-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Harvard Crimson women's basketball team\nThe 2017\u201318 Harvard Crimson women's basketball team represents Harvard University during the 2017\u201318 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Crimson, led by thirty-sixth year head coach Kathy Delaney-Smith, play their home games at the Lavietes Pavilion and were members of the Ivy League. They finished the season 18\u201311, 10\u20134 in Ivy League play to finish in third place. They lost in the semifinals of the Ivy Women's Tournament to Penn. They received an at-large bid to the WNIT where they lost to Fordham in the first round.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 47], "section_span": [47, 47], "content_span": [48, 582]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275450-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Harvard Crimson women's basketball team, Previous season\nThey finished the season 21\u20136, 8\u20136 in Ivy League play to finish in third place. They lost in the semifinals of the Ivy Women's Tournament to Princeton. They were invited to the WNIT where defeated New Hampshire in the first round before losing to St. John's in the second round.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 47], "section_span": [49, 64], "content_span": [65, 343]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275451-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Hawaii Rainbow Warriors basketball team\nThe 2017\u201318 Hawaii Rainbow Warriors basketball team represented the University of Hawai\u02bbi at M\u0101noa during the 2017\u201318 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Rainbow Warriors, led by third-year head coach Eran Ganot, played their home games at the Stan Sheriff Center in Honolulu, Hawaii, as members of the Big West Conference. They finished the season 17\u201313, 8\u20138 in Big West play to finish in sixth place. They lost in the quarterfinals of the Big West Tournament to UC Irvine. They were invited to play in the CollegeInsider.com Postseason Tournament, but they declined the invitation, citing financial concerns.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 47], "section_span": [47, 47], "content_span": [48, 667]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275451-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Hawaii Rainbow Warriors basketball team, Previous season\nThe Rainbow Warriors finished the 2016\u201317 season 14\u201316, 8\u20138 in Big West play to finish in fifth place. As the No. 5 seed in the Big West Tournament, they were defeated by Long Beach State in the quarterfinals.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 47], "section_span": [49, 64], "content_span": [65, 274]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275452-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Hazfi Cup\nThe 2017\u201318 Hazfi Shield Cup was the 31st season of the Iranian football knockout competition. The competition begin in August 2017 and the final was played on May 3, 2018. Mehdi Sharifi, then center forward for Persian side Tractor SC was the Cup's top scorer with five goals. The Cup was won by Esteghla FC in a 1\u20130 victory over Khooneh Be Khooneh. The Finals only goal was be scored by Mame Thiam, an Esteghlal forward in the 35' minute of the game. This was Esteghlal seventh Hazfi Cup title.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 17], "section_span": [17, 17], "content_span": [18, 514]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275452-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Hazfi Cup, Participating teams\nA total of 62 teams participated in the 2017\u201318 Hazfi Cup. The teams were divided into three main groups.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 17], "section_span": [19, 38], "content_span": [39, 144]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275452-0002-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Hazfi Cup, First stage\nIn the first stage of \"2017\u201318 Hazfi Cup\", 28 teams from Provincial Leagues were presented. Following the competition of the first stage, 14 teams qualified for the second stage.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 17], "section_span": [19, 30], "content_span": [31, 210]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275452-0003-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Hazfi Cup, Second stage\nThe 18 teams from Azadegan League are entered to competition from the second stage. They compete together with 14 winner teams of First stage.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 17], "section_span": [19, 31], "content_span": [32, 174]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275452-0004-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Hazfi Cup, Second stage, Third Round (Round of 32)\nThe 16 teams from Iran Pro League entered the competition from the second stage.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 17], "section_span": [19, 58], "content_span": [59, 139]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275453-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Heart of Midlothian F.C. season\nThe 2017\u201318 season is the 121st season of competitive football by Heart of Midlothian F.C. (Hearts) with the team participating in the Scottish Premiership. Hearts are playing their third consecutive season in the top tier of Scottish football, having been promoted from the Scottish Championship at the end of the 2014\u201315 season. They also competed in the League and Scottish Cup.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [39, 39], "content_span": [40, 421]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275453-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Heart of Midlothian F.C. season, Results and fixtures, Friendlies\nHearts returned for pre-season training mid June, with the first preseason friendly taking place against Livingston at the start of July. They then headed to Ireland for a five-day training camp in Dublin and Belfast.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 73], "content_span": [74, 292]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275453-0002-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Heart of Midlothian F.C. season, Results and fixtures, League Cup\nHeart of Midlothian are part of Group B in the League Cup group stages. On 20 June, of the matches were announced by the Scottish Professional Football League with Hearts drawn in North Group B, alongside Dunfermline Athletic, Peterhead, East Fife and Elgin City.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 73], "content_span": [74, 337]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275453-0003-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Heart of Midlothian F.C. season, First team player statistics, Captains\nReturning defender and former captain Christophe Berra was re-appointed captain for season 2017\u201318. He took over from now former player Perry Kitchen.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 79], "content_span": [80, 230]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275453-0004-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Heart of Midlothian F.C. season, First team player statistics, Captains\nLast updated: 13 May 2018Source: Competitive match reports. Competitive matches onlyMatches started as captain onlyCountry: FIFA nationality; No. : Squad number; P: Position; Name: Player name; No. Games: Number of games started as captain.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 79], "content_span": [80, 320]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275453-0005-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Heart of Midlothian F.C. season, First team player statistics, Squad information\nDuring the 2017\u201318 season, Hearts have used forty-two players in competitive games. The table below shows the number of appearances and goals scored by each player.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 88], "content_span": [89, 253]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275453-0006-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Heart of Midlothian F.C. season, First team player statistics, Squad information\nAppearances (starts and substitute appearances) and goals include those in Scottish Premiership, League Cup and the Scottish Cup.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 88], "content_span": [89, 218]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275453-0007-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Heart of Midlothian F.C. season, First team player statistics, Disciplinary record\nDuring the 2017\u201318 season, Hearts players have been issued with one hundred and one yellow cards and four red. The table below shows the number of cards and type shown to each player. The red card issued to Esma\u00ebl Gon\u00e7alves during the game versus Kilmarnock on 12 August, for an incident with Kirk Broadfoot was rescinded on appeal, with a yellow card issued for simulation to Kyle Lafferty during the game versus Dundee on 1 April 2018, also rescinded.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 90], "content_span": [91, 544]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275453-0008-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Heart of Midlothian F.C. season, First team player statistics, Clean sheets\nLast updated: 13 May 2018Source: Match reports in Competitive matches", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 83], "content_span": [84, 153]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275453-0009-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Heart of Midlothian F.C. season, Club, Management\nHearts began the season under the stewardship of head coach Ian Cathro, having signed a deal on his appointment until the end of the 2020\u201321 season. With Hearts having exited the League Cup at the group stages, and with four days until the league started, Hearts sacked Cathro on 1 August. Cathro had won only seven games out of thirty in all competitions since his appointment the previous season. Hearts under-20 coach Jon Daly was appointed interim manager the following day. He was assisted by assistant head coach Austin MacPhee and first team coach Liam Fox.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 57], "content_span": [58, 622]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275453-0010-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Heart of Midlothian F.C. season, Club, Management\nOn 28 August, director of football Craig Levein was appointed as first team manager, with Jon Daly being promoted to first team coach alongside Liam Fox and Paul Gallacher, with Austin MacPhee remaining as assistant manager. As manager rather than head coach, Levein retained some of his role as director of football and his place on the board. He had previously managed Hearts between 2000 and 2004 and was awarded a three-year contract. Andy Kirk become the club's under 20's coach replacing Daly.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 57], "content_span": [58, 557]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275453-0011-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Heart of Midlothian F.C. season, Club, Stadium\nThe 2017\u201318 season Hearts will play in front of a new main stand. Construction began on the new stand during the 2016\u201317 season, with demolition of the listed 1914 Archibald Leitch main stand beginning on 15 May 2017. The new stand was expected to be partially open by September 2017.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 54], "content_span": [55, 339]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275453-0012-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Heart of Midlothian F.C. season, Club, Stadium\nOn 3 August 2017, it was announced that the stand would be unable to open on schedule and as such a small number of games would need to be played at Murrayfield Stadium. This meant the opening of the stand would now be two months late, although the overall project would be delivered on time. During this time games against Aberdeen, St Johnstone and Rangers are to be played at Murrayfield, with a further fixture against Partick Thistle played away from home. The reasons for the delay included adverse weather and the club not processing the order of seating for the new stand on time.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 54], "content_span": [55, 643]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275453-0013-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Heart of Midlothian F.C. season, Club, Stadium\nUpon completion of the new main stand the ground will revert to its original name of Tynecastle Park. The stadium had been renamed Tynecastle Stadium during the 1990s.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 54], "content_span": [55, 222]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275453-0014-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Heart of Midlothian F.C. season, Club, Playing kit\nHearts kits were manufactured by Umbro for the 2017\u201318 season, ending the club's two-year association with Puma. The club's last association with Umbro ended with Hearts winning the 2012 Scottish Cup Final. The club's new home kit went on sale on 15 June, priced at \u00a348.00 for an adults top with kids priced at \u00a337.50. The kit recorded one of the highest ever sales at launch, with over 1,300 sold in 24 hours. The kit, a modern maroon version of an Umbro designed kit from 1977, was sponsored by charity Save the Children, as part of the three-year deal funded through philanthropy in 2015.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 58], "content_span": [59, 650]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275453-0015-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Heart of Midlothian F.C. season, Club, Playing kit\nThe away kit for the 2017\u201318 season is a two tone light blue top, with maroon shorts and light blue socks and features the cobbles from the Heart of Midlothian mosaic embossed into the fabric. The kit went on sale to the public on 7 July, at the same pricing. A third change kit was released on 10 August and features a dark blue top, shorts and socks, with a pink badge and trim.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 58], "content_span": [59, 439]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275453-0016-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Heart of Midlothian F.C. season, Club, Playing kit\nBoth the home and away kit have \u201cThis is our story, this is our song\u201d embossed into the neck of the shirt. This is a reference to the main stand mosaic and Hearts song.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 58], "content_span": [59, 227]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275453-0017-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Heart of Midlothian F.C. season, Club, International selection\nOver the course of the season a number of the Hearts squad were called up on international duty. Arnaud Djoum was called up to represent Cameroon, Aaron Hughes to represent Northern Ireland, Bjorn Johnsen to represent Norway and Jack Hamilton to represent Scotland and Nikolay Todorov was called up to represent Bulgaria at under-21 level.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 70], "content_span": [71, 410]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275453-0018-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Heart of Midlothian F.C. season, Club, International selection\nIn addition a number of the Hearts squad were called up to represent Scotland at youth level. Chris Hamilton and Marc Leonard were called up to the under-17 squad.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 70], "content_span": [71, 234]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275453-0019-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Heart of Midlothian F.C. season, Club, Deaths\nThe following players and people associated with the club died over the course of the season. Former defender Davie Laing, 1998 Scottish Cup winner Stefano Salvatori and former club physio Andy Stevenson.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 53], "content_span": [54, 258]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275453-0020-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Heart of Midlothian F.C. season, Club, Awards\nThe club's annual award ceremony took place on 9 April 2018, with club captain Christophe Berra winning both fans and players player of the year award. The full list of awards are included below.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 53], "content_span": [54, 249]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275454-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Hellas Verona F.C. season\nThe 2017\u201318 season was Hellas Verona Football Club's first season back in Serie A following the club's relegation to Serie B at the end of the 2015\u201316 season. Verona earned promotion back to the top-flight after finishing second in the 2016\u201317 Serie B. The club finished 19th and made an immediate return to the second division.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [33, 33], "content_span": [34, 362]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275454-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Hellas Verona F.C. season, Players, Squad information\nNote: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 61], "content_span": [62, 190]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275455-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Hellenic Football League\nThe 2017\u201318 Hellenic Football League season was the 65th in the history of the Hellenic Football League, a football competition in England.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [32, 32], "content_span": [33, 172]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275455-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Hellenic Football League\nThe constitution for Step 5 and Step 6 divisions for 2017\u201318 was announced on 26 May 2017. Following some adjustments, the constitution for the Hellenic League was ratified at the league's AGM on 2 July.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [32, 32], "content_span": [33, 236]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275455-0002-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Hellenic Football League, Premier Division\nPremier Division featured 15 clubs which competed in the division last season, along with five new clubs:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 50], "content_span": [51, 156]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275455-0003-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Hellenic Football League, Division One East\nDivision One East featured nine clubs which competed in the division last season, along with five new clubs:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 51], "content_span": [52, 160]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275455-0004-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Hellenic Football League, Division One West\nDivision One West featured eleven clubs which competed in the division last season, along with four new clubs:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 51], "content_span": [52, 162]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275456-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Hertha BSC season\nThe 2017\u201318 Hertha BSC season was the 126th season in the football club's history and 5th consecutive and 35th overall season in the top flight of German football, the Bundesliga, having been promoted from the 2. Bundesliga in 2013. In addition to the domestic league, Hertha BSC also participated in this season's editions of the domestic cup, the DFB-Pokal, and the second-tier continental cup, the UEFA Europa League. This was the 50th season for Hertha in the Olympiastadion Berlin, located in Berlin, Germany. The season covered a period from 1 July 2017 to 30 June 2018.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [25, 25], "content_span": [26, 602]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275456-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Hertha BSC season, Players, Squad information\nNote: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 53], "content_span": [54, 182]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275457-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Hibernian F.C. season\nThe 2017\u201318 season was Hibernian's (Hibs) first season of play back in the top league of Scottish football the Scottish Premiership, having been promoted from the Scottish Championship at the end of the 2016\u201317 season. They last played in the Scottish Premiership during the 2013\u201314 season. Hibs reached the semi-final of the League Cup, where they lost 4\u20132 to holders Celtic. In the Scottish Cup, Hibs lost 1\u20130 to Edinburgh derby rivals Hearts in the fourth round (last 32). Hibs challenged for a second-place finish in the league, but eventually finished in fourth.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [29, 29], "content_span": [30, 597]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275457-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Hibernian F.C. season, Player statistics\nDuring the 2017\u201318 season, Hibs have used twenty-nine different players in competitive games. The table below shows the number of appearances and goals scored by each player. David Gray is club captain for the season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 48], "content_span": [49, 266]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275458-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 High Point Panthers men's basketball team\nThe 2017\u201318 High Point Panthers men's basketball team represented High Point University during the 2017\u201318 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Panthers, led by ninth-year head coach Scott Cherry, played their home games at the Millis Athletic Convocation Center as members of the Big South Conference. They finished the season 14\u201316, 9\u20139 in Big South play to finish in a four-way tie for fifth place. As a 7 seed, they lost to Longwood in the first round of the Big South Tournament.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 49], "section_span": [49, 49], "content_span": [50, 542]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275458-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 High Point Panthers men's basketball team\nOn March 7, 2018, head coach Scott Cherry and the school mutually agreed to part ways. On March 26, it was reported that the school had hired High Point alumnus Tubby Smith as head coach.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 49], "section_span": [49, 49], "content_span": [50, 237]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275458-0002-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 High Point Panthers men's basketball team, Previous season\nThe Panthers finished the season 15\u201316, 9\u20139 in Big South play to finish in fifth place. They lost in the quarterfinals of the Big South Tournament to Gardner\u2013Webb.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 49], "section_span": [51, 66], "content_span": [67, 230]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275458-0003-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 High Point Panthers men's basketball team, Schedule and results\n* Non-conference game. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Eastern Time", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 49], "section_span": [51, 71], "content_span": [72, 164]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275459-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 High Point Panthers women's basketball team\nThe 2017\u201318 High Point Panthers women's basketball team represents High Point University during the 2017\u201318 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Panthers, led by sixth-year head coach DeUnna Hendrix, play their home games at the Millis Athletic Convocation Center as members of the Big South Conference. They finished the season 17\u201314, 10\u20138 in Big South play to finish in fourth place. They advanced to the semifinals of the Big South Women's Tournament where they lost to Liberty.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 51], "section_span": [51, 51], "content_span": [52, 543]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275459-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 High Point Panthers women's basketball team, Previous season\nThe 2016\u201317 team finished the season 15\u201315, 13-5 in Big South play to finish in third place. They lost 55-48 in the quarterfinals of the Big South Tournament to Presbyterian.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 51], "section_span": [53, 68], "content_span": [69, 243]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275459-0002-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 High Point Panthers women's basketball team, Media\nAll Panthers home games and Big South games, excepting the Gardner-Webb road game, will be televised on the Big South Network. In addition, the road games against Ohio, Duke, Stetson, and Virginia Tech will be televised on ESPN3, the Norfolk State game will be televised on Spartan Showcase Video, and the UNC Greensboro game will be televised on SoCon Digital Network.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 51], "section_span": [53, 58], "content_span": [59, 428]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275459-0003-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 High Point Panthers women's basketball team, Schedule and results\n* Non-conference game. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Eastern Time", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 51], "section_span": [53, 73], "content_span": [74, 166]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275460-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Highland Football League\nThe 2017\u201318 Highland Football League (known as the Press & Journal Highland League for sponsorship reasons) was the 115th season of the Highland Football League, and the 4th season as the fifth tier of the Scottish football pyramid system. The season began on 29 July 2017 and ended on 5 May 2018. Buckie Thistle were the defending champions.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [32, 32], "content_span": [33, 375]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275460-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Highland Football League\nThe previous season's runners-up Cove Rangers won their sixth Highland Football League title after beating Clachnacuddin 5\u20130 on 7 April 2018. At the time, they were unbeaten with 26 wins from their 29 matches. They defeated the winners of the 2017\u201318 Lowland Football League (Spartans) in the League Two play-offs semi-finals, but lost to Cowdenbeath 3\u20132 on aggregate in the final.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [32, 32], "content_span": [33, 414]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275460-0002-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Highland Football League, Teams\nAll grounds are equipped with floodlights as required by league regulations.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 39], "content_span": [40, 116]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275460-0003-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Highland Football League, Promotion play-offs\nA number of postponements over the winter period resulted in fixture congestion later in the season. As a champion could not be crowned in time, the dates for the semi-finals were pushed back a week. Cove Rangers played 2017\u201318 Lowland Football League champions Spartans in the League Two play-off, winning 4\u20130 at home in the first leg. Cove went through on with a 5\u20132 aggregate win despite losing the second leg 2\u20131.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 53], "content_span": [54, 471]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275460-0004-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Highland Football League, Promotion play-offs\nThis set up a final against Cowdenbeath. The first leg at Harlaw Park finished 0\u20130 before Cove lost 3\u20132 in the second leg at Central Park, meaning that Cowdenbeath were victorious on aggregate and retained their place in League Two. Cove would remain in the Highland League.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 53], "content_span": [54, 328]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275461-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Hobart Hurricanes WBBL season\nThe 2017\u201318 Hobart Hurricanes WBBL season was the third in the team's history. Coached by Julia Price and captained by Corinne Hall (with Isobel Joyce as her injury stand in), the team competed in the WBBL|03 competition.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [37, 37], "content_span": [38, 259]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275461-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Hobart Hurricanes WBBL season, Squad\nThe following is the Hurricanes women squad for WBBL|03. Players with international caps are listed in bold.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 44], "content_span": [45, 153]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275462-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 HockeyAllsvenskan season\nThe 2017\u201318 HockeyAllsvenskan season is the 13th season that the second tier of Swedish ice hockey has operated under that name. The series consists of 14 teams playing a regular season in which each team plays each other team four times, twice at home and twice away. This is followed by a series of promotion and relegation tournaments, with the teams finishing first through eight participating in promotion playoffs, and the teams finishing 13th and 14th forced to requalify to avoid relegation to the Hockeyettan.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [32, 32], "content_span": [33, 551]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275462-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 HockeyAllsvenskan season, Post-season, Finals\nThe top two teams from the regular season will meet in a best-of-five tournament, with the winner advancing directly to the SHL qualifiers, and the losing team forced to play an additional playoff. The matches began on 9 March and finished on 13 March.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 53], "content_span": [54, 307]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275462-0002-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 HockeyAllsvenskan season, Post-season, HockeyAllsvenskan playoffs\nTeams 3\u20138 from the regular season will play a single round-robin tournament, with teams 3\u20135 getting home-ice advantage. The season is then over for all but the winning team, which advances to the meet the loser of the HockeyAllsvenskan finals in a playoff to the SHL qualifiers. Teams also started with bonus points based on their position in the regular season standings. Team 3 began with three points, team 4 with two points, and team 5 with one point.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 73], "content_span": [74, 529]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275462-0003-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 HockeyAllsvenskan season, Post-season, Playoff to the SHL qualifiers\nIn the playoff to the SHL qualifiers (Swedish: Play Off inf\u00f6r direktkval till SHL), the losing team from the HockeyAllsvenskan finals will meet the winning team from the HockeyAllsvenskan playoffs in a best-of-three series that will be played on 20 March, 22 March and 24 March. The winning team will advance to the SHL qualifiers.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 76], "content_span": [77, 408]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275462-0004-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 HockeyAllsvenskan season, Post-season, SHL qualifiers\nTwo teams from the HockeyAllsvenskan and two teams from the SHL will play a best-of-seven series, with the winner qualifying for play in the 2018\u201319 SHL season. The winner of the HockeyAllsvenskan finals will meet team 14 from the SHL, while the winner of the playoff to the SHL qualifiers will meet team 13 from the SHL. Mora IK was the first team to win their series, 4\u20131, to qualify for continued SHL play. Timr\u00e5 would then win their series, 4\u20133, to qualify for the SHL for the first time since 2012\u201313.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 61], "content_span": [62, 568]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275462-0005-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 HockeyAllsvenskan season, HockeyAllsvenskan qualifiers\nV\u00e4stervik and Troja/Ljungby, teams 13 and 14 from the regular season, were forced to defend their spots in HockeyAllsvenskan in the HockeyAllsvenskan qualifiers (Swedish: Kval till HockeyAllsvenskan). Joining the two HockeyAllsvenskan teams were four challengers from third-tier league Hockeyettan, the winner of the Hockeyettan Finals (Borl\u00e4nge HF) and the three surviving teams from the Hockeyettan playoffs.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 62], "content_span": [63, 473]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275463-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Hockeyettan season\nThe 2017\u201318 Hockeyettan season was the fourth season that the third tier of ice hockey in Sweden has been organized under that name. The regular season began on 17 September 2017 and will end on 25 February 2018, to be followed by promotion and relegation playoffs until 18 April. The league was left with 47 teams after IF Sundsvall Hockey withdrew from the league due to financial reasons.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [26, 26], "content_span": [27, 418]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275464-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Hofstra Pride men's basketball team\nThe 2017\u201318 Hofstra Pride men's basketball team represents Hofstra University during the 2017\u201318 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Pride, led by fifth-year head coach Joe Mihalich, will play their home games at Mack Sports Complex in Hempstead, New York as members of the Colonial Athletic Association. They finished the season 19\u201312, 12\u20136 in CAA play to finish in third place. They lost in the first round of the CAA Tournament to UNC Wilmington.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [43, 43], "content_span": [44, 502]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275464-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Hofstra Pride men's basketball team, Previous season\nThe Pride finished the 2016\u201317 season 15\u201317, 7\u201311 in CAA play to finish in a tie for seventh place. They lost in the first round of the CAA Tournament to Delaware.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [45, 60], "content_span": [61, 224]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275464-0002-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Hofstra Pride men's basketball team, Preseason\nIn a poll of league coaches, media relations directors, and media members at the CAA's media day, the Pride were picked to finish in fourth place in the CAA. Junior guard Justin Wright-Foreman was named to the preseason All-CAA first team while senior forward Rokas Gustys was named to the second team.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [45, 54], "content_span": [55, 357]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275465-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Hofstra Pride women's basketball team\nThe 2017\u201318 Hofstra Pride women's basketball team represents Hofstra University during the 2017\u201318 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Pride, led by twelfth year head coach Krista Kilburn-Steveskey, play their home games at Hofstra Arena and were members of the Colonial Athletic Association (CAA). They finished the season 11\u201319, 5\u201313 in CAA play to finish in seventh place. They lost in the first round of the CAA Women's Tournament to College of Charleston.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [45, 45], "content_span": [46, 517]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275465-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Hofstra Pride women's basketball team, Previous season\nThey finished the season 13\u201318, 5\u201313 in CAA play to finish in a 3-way tie for eighth place. They advance to the quarterfinals of the CAA Women's Tournament where they lost to James Madison.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [47, 62], "content_span": [63, 252]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275466-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Holstein Kiel season\nThe 2017\u201318 Holstein Kiel season is the 118th season in the football club's history. Kiel are playing in the 2. Bundesliga for the first time since 1981, after finishing second in the 2016\u201317 3. Liga. They also are participating in this season's edition of the domestic cup, the DFB-Pokal. The season covers a period from 1 July 2017 to 30 June 2018.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [28, 28], "content_span": [29, 379]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275466-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Holstein Kiel season, Players, Squad information\nNote: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 56], "content_span": [57, 185]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275467-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Holy Cross Crusaders men's basketball team\nThe 2017\u201318 Holy Cross Crusaders men's basketball team represented the College of the Holy Cross during the 2017\u201318 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Crusaders, led by third-year head coach Bill Carmody, played their home games at the Hart Center in Worcester, Massachusetts as members of the Patriot League. They finished the season 12\u201319, 8\u201310 in Patriot League play to finish in sixth place. In the Patriot League Tournament, they defeated Navy in the quarterfinals before losing to Colgate in the semifinals.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 50], "section_span": [50, 50], "content_span": [51, 574]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275467-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Holy Cross Crusaders men's basketball team, Previous season\nThe Crusaders finished the 2016\u201317 season 15\u201317, 9\u20139 in Patriot League play to finish in fifth place. In the Patriot League Tournament, they lost in the quarterfinals to Navy.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 50], "section_span": [52, 67], "content_span": [68, 243]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275468-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Holy Cross Crusaders women's basketball team\nThe 2017\u201318 Holy Cross Crusaders women's basketball team represents the College of the Holy Cross during the 2017\u201318 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Crusaders, led by thirty-third year head coach Bill Gibbons, play their home games at the Hart Center and were members of the Patriot League. They finished the season 12\u201318, 7\u201311 in Patriot League play to finish in a tie for sixth place. They advanced to the quarterfinals of the Patriot League Women's Tournament where they lost to Bucknell.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 52], "section_span": [52, 52], "content_span": [53, 559]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275468-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Holy Cross Crusaders women's basketball team, Previous season\nThey finished the season 8\u201321, 6\u201312 in Patriot League play to finish in a tie for seventh place. They lost in the first round of the Patriot League Women's Tournament to Lafayette.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 52], "section_span": [54, 69], "content_span": [70, 250]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275469-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Honduran Liga Nacional\nThe 2017\u201318 Honduran Liga Nacional season was the 52nd Honduran Liga Nacional edition since its establishment in 1965. For this season, the system format remained the same as the previous season. The tournament started on 28 July 2017 and ended on 19 May 2018. The season was divided into two halves (Apertura and Clausura), each crowning one champion. C.D. Marath\u00f3n, as the team with the best record, qualified to the 2019 CONCACAF Champions League. Real C.D. Espa\u00f1a and F.C. Motagua qualified to the 2018 CONCACAF League.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [30, 30], "content_span": [31, 554]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275469-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Honduran Liga Nacional, 2017\u201318 teams\nA total of 10 teams contested the tournament, including 9 sides from the 2016\u201317 season plus Lobos UPNFM, promoted from the 2016\u201317 Liga de Ascenso.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 45], "content_span": [46, 194]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275469-0002-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Honduran Liga Nacional, Apertura\nThe Apertura tournament was the first half of the 2017\u201318 season which ran from July to December 2017. The first game of the season was played on 29 July between Club Deportivo Olimpia and new newcomers Lobos UPNFM which ended in a 1\u20130 victory for the home club. This game in fact corresponds to week 4, however, Olimpia requested a reschedule as they faced Liga Deportiva Alajuelense on that same week for the 2017 CONCACAF League. On 18 August, la entire week 3 was cancelled due to a referee's strike, who requested for a salary increase which was rejected.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 40], "content_span": [41, 601]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275469-0002-0001", "contents": "2017\u201318 Honduran Liga Nacional, Apertura\nOn 2 September, C.D. Honduras Progreso played against Lobos UPNFM at Estadio Humberto Micheletti, a game which was witnessed only by 56 spectators, one more over the current record implemented by Palestino F.C. v Pumas UNAH (55 in 1998). On 24 September, F.C. Motagua paid a visit to Platense F.C. at Estadio Exc\u00e9lsior; Motagua came with a long 21-game unbeaten run carried since last season; on the other hand, Platense were at the bottom of the league standings.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 40], "content_span": [41, 505]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275469-0002-0002", "contents": "2017\u201318 Honduran Liga Nacional, Apertura\nMotagua scored 3 consecutive goals in the first 60 minutes of play to obtain a comfortable lead; however, in the last 20+ minutes of the match, Platense scored 4 goals to give the Selacios the most unlikely win of the season so far. On 19 November, C.D. Marath\u00f3n defeated Olimpia 0\u20131 and clinched the first position in the regular standings for their fifth time in history. Three of the four playoff matches were rescheduled due to the 2017 Honduran political crisis.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 40], "content_span": [41, 508]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275469-0002-0003", "contents": "2017\u201318 Honduran Liga Nacional, Apertura\nDuring the 1st leg of the semifinal between Real C.D. Espa\u00f1a and C.D. Marath\u00f3n, referee Armando Castro gave Real Espa\u00f1a a non-existing penalty. Furious fans from the opposite side invaded the pitch and started throwing rocks to policemen and referees. Police answered with tear gas bombs and the authorities decided to suspend the match. The other semifinal between Olimpia and Motagua was also suspended due to lack of security guarantees. On 14 December, the League informed that without safety measures, they will not scheduled any other games until further notice. On 18 December, due to the pressing situation, the League decided to play the rest of the tournament in closed doors, except for the final series. Real Espa\u00f1a obtained their 12th national title after beating Motagua in the final with a 3\u20132 global score.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 40], "content_span": [41, 863]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275469-0003-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Honduran Liga Nacional, Clausura\nThe Clausura tournament was the second half of the 2017\u201318 season which ran from January to May 2018. The schedule was released on 9 December 2017. On 15 April, F.C. Motagua's winger Wilmer Crisanto scored the 20,000th goal in the history of the league. C.D. Marath\u00f3n finished first in the regular season standings for their second tournament in a row. Just as the previous tournament; Marath\u00f3n, Motagua, Club Deportivo Olimpia and Real C.D. Espa\u00f1a reached the semifinals round. On 5 May, Marath\u00f3n qualified to their 18th final and their first one since 2014. One day later, Motagua eliminated Olimpia and qualified to their 4th consecutive final. It was the 4th time in league's history the final series were be played between the contenders of the M's Derby. Marath\u00f3n obtained their 9th national title and Motagua lost their second final in a row.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 40], "content_span": [41, 890]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275469-0004-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Honduran Liga Nacional, Top goalscorers\nThe top goalscorer was determined by the addition of goals of both Apertura and Clausura tournaments.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 47], "content_span": [48, 149]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275469-0005-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Honduran Liga Nacional, Aggregate table\nRelegation was determined by the aggregated table of both Apertura and Clausura tournaments. On 15 April 2018, C.D. Real Sociedad and Platense F.C. faced in the last round. Coincidentally, these were the only two clubs at this point involved with relegation risks. Platense won 0\u20131 at Estadio Francisco Mart\u00ednez Dur\u00f3n and thus sending Real Sociedad to Liga de Ascenso.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 47], "content_span": [48, 416]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275469-0006-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Honduran Liga Nacional, Awards\nThe 2017\u201318 season awards were published on 24 September 2018 as follows:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 38], "content_span": [39, 112]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275470-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Honduran Liga Nacional de Ascenso\nThe 2017\u201318 Honduran Liga Nacional de Ascenso was the 51st season of the Second level in Honduran football and the 16th under the name Liga Nacional de Ascenso. The tournament was divided into two halves (Apertura and Clausura), each crowning one champion. As winners of both tournaments, Infop RNP was promoted to 2018\u201319 Honduran Liga Nacional.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [41, 41], "content_span": [42, 388]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275470-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Honduran Liga Nacional de Ascenso, Apertura\nThe Apertura tournament ran from 19 August to 30 December 2017. Infop RNP obtained the title after defeating Villanueva F.C. with a 2\u20131 aggregate score in the final series.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [43, 51], "content_span": [52, 224]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275470-0002-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Honduran Liga Nacional de Ascenso, Clausura\nThe Clausura tournament was played in the first half of 2018.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [43, 51], "content_span": [52, 113]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275470-0003-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Honduran Liga Nacional de Ascenso, Promotion\nAs winners of both Apertura and Clausura, Infop RNP was automatically promoted to 2018\u201319 Honduran Liga Nacional and no promotion play off was required.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [43, 52], "content_span": [53, 205]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275471-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Hong Kong FA Cup\nThe 2017\u201318 Hong Kong FA Cup was the 43rd edition of the Hong Kong FA Cup. 10 teams entered this edition, with two games played in Round 1 before the Quarter Final stage. The competition was only open to club that participated in the 2017\u201318 Hong Kong Premier League, with lower division sides entering a separate competition.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [24, 24], "content_span": [25, 351]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275471-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Hong Kong FA Cup\nThe champion received HK$100,000 in prize money and the runners up received HK$40,000. The MVP of the final will receive a HK$10,000 bonus.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [24, 24], "content_span": [25, 164]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275472-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Hong Kong First Division League\nThe 2017\u201318 Hong Kong First Division League was the 4th season of Hong Kong First Division since it became the second-tier football league in Hong Kong in 2014\u201315. The season began on 9 September 2017 and ended on 20 May 2018.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [39, 39], "content_span": [40, 266]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275473-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Hong Kong Premier League\nThe 2017\u201318 Hong Kong Premier League (also known as BOC Life Hong Kong Premier League for sponsorship reasons) was the fourth season of the Hong Kong Premier League, the top division of Hong Kong football.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [32, 32], "content_span": [33, 238]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275473-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Hong Kong Premier League, Teams\nA total of 10 teams will contest the league, including eight sides from the 2016\u201317 Hong Kong Premier League, one renamed team and one newly formed team.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 39], "content_span": [40, 193]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275473-0002-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Hong Kong Premier League, Teams, Stadia and locations\nRemarks:1The capacity of Aberdeen Sports Ground is artificially reduced from 9,000 to 4,000 as only the main stand is opened for football matches. 2The capacity of Yanzigang Stadium is artificially reduced from 2,000 to 1,000.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 61], "content_span": [62, 288]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275473-0003-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Hong Kong Premier League, Teams, Foreign players\nThe number of foreign players is restricted to six (including one Asian player) per team, with no more than four on pitch during matches. R&F must have at least eight Hong Kong players in the squad and is allowed to register a maximum of 3 foreigners for the season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 56], "content_span": [57, 323]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275473-0004-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Hong Kong Premier League, Positions by round\nTo preserve chronological evolvements, any postponed matches are not included to the round at which they were originally scheduled, but added to the full round they were played immediately afterwards. For example, if a match is scheduled for round 7, but then played between rounds 8 and 9, it will be added to the standings for round 8.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 52], "content_span": [53, 390]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275473-0005-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Hong Kong Premier League, Attendances\nSource: Notes:1: Team did not play in the Premier League last season", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 45], "content_span": [46, 114]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275474-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Hong Kong Second Division League\nThe 2017\u201318 Hong Kong Second Division League was the 4th season of Hong Kong Second Division since it became the third-tier football league in Hong Kong in 2014\u201315. The season began on 3 September 2017 and ended on 13 May 2018.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [40, 40], "content_span": [41, 268]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275475-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Hong Kong Senior Challenge Shield\n2017\u201318 Hong Kong Senior Challenge Shield was the 116th season of the Hong Kong Senior Shield. 10 teams entered this edition, with two games being played in Round 1 before the Quarter Final stage. The competition was only open to teams that play in the 2017\u201318 Hong Kong Premier League.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [41, 41], "content_span": [42, 328]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275475-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Hong Kong Senior Challenge Shield\nThe champions, Yuen Long, received HK$150,000 in prize money while the runners up, Eastern, received HK$50,000. The MVP of the final received a HK$10,000 bonus.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [41, 41], "content_span": [42, 202]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275475-0002-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Hong Kong Senior Challenge Shield, Bracket\nBold = winner* = after extra time, ( ) = penalty shootout score", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [43, 50], "content_span": [51, 114]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275476-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Hong Kong Third Division League\nThe 2017\u201318 Hong Kong Third Division League was the 4th season of Hong Kong Third Division since it became the fourth-tier football league in Hong Kong in 2014\u201315. The season began on 16 September 2017 and ended on 13 May 2018.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [39, 39], "content_span": [40, 267]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275477-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Hoofdklasse\nThe 2017\u201318 season of the Hoofdklasse was played in four leagues, two Saturday leagues and two Sunday leagues. The champions of each group promote directly to the 2018\u201319 Derde Divisie. The 2017\u201318 Hoofdklasse started on Saturday 2 September 2017.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [19, 19], "content_span": [20, 267]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275477-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Hoofdklasse, Play-offs, Promotion\nIn each competition teams play periods of 10 games, three times per season (30 games per season). After each period the best team which has not yet qualified earns a spot in the play-offs for the Derde Divisie as the period champion. 6 teams from the Saturday Hoofdklasse play against 2 teams from the Saturday Derde Divisie for 2 promotion spots. The teams from the Sunday leagues do the same.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 41], "content_span": [42, 436]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275477-0002-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Hoofdklasse, Play-offs, Relegation\nThe teams in place 13 and 14 at the end of the season fight against relegation in the relegation play-offs. They face the period champions of the Eerste Klasse.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 42], "content_span": [43, 203]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275477-0003-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Hoofdklasse, Promotion/Relegation Play-offs Derde Divisie and Hoofdklasse, Saturday\nThe numbers 15 and 16 from the 2017\u201318 Derde Divisie Saturday and 3 (substitute) period winners of each of the 2017\u201318 Hoofdklassen Saturday, making 8 teams, decided in a 2-round knockout system of which 2 teams play next season in the 2018\u201319 Derde Divisie Saturday. The remaining 6 teams play next season in the 2018\u201319 Hoofdklasse Saturday.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 91], "content_span": [92, 435]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275477-0004-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Hoofdklasse, Promotion/Relegation Play-offs Derde Divisie and Hoofdklasse, Saturday, Results\nSteDoCo and Hoek promoted to the 2018-19 Derde Divisie Saturday. VV Spijkenisse relegated to the 2018-19 Hoofdklasse Saturday. Capelle and Ajax (amateurs) played an extra match. The other teams remained in the 2018-19 Hoofdklasse Saturday.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 100], "content_span": [101, 340]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275477-0005-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Hoofdklasse, Promotion/Relegation Play-offs Derde Divisie and Hoofdklasse, Saturday, Extra match\nBecause Jong Twente decided at the end of season to withdraw from the Derde Divisie Saturday and to continue in the league for reserve teams only, an extra spot became available in the Derde Divisie Saturday. Therefore the two teams who lost in the second round of the play-offs were given a second chance. In an extra match, on neutral ground, these teams competed for the spot that became available.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 104], "content_span": [105, 506]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275477-0006-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Hoofdklasse, Promotion/Relegation Play-offs Derde Divisie and Hoofdklasse, Saturday, Extra match\nAjax (amateurs) promoted to the 2018-19 Derde Divisie Saturday. Capelle relegated to the 2018-19 Hoofdklasse Saturday.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 104], "content_span": [105, 223]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275477-0007-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Hoofdklasse, Promotion/Relegation Play-offs Derde Divisie and Hoofdklasse, Sunday\nThe numbers 15 and 16 from the 2017\u201318 Derde Divisie Sunday and 3 (substitute) period winners of each of the 2017\u201318 Hoofdklassen Sunday, making 8 teams, decided in a 2-round knockout system which 2 teams play next season in the 2018\u201319 Derde Divisie Sunday. The remaining 6 teams play next season in the 2018\u201319 Hoofdklasse Sunday.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 89], "content_span": [90, 422]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275477-0008-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Hoofdklasse, Promotion/Relegation Play-offs Derde Divisie and Hoofdklasse, Sunday, Results\nGOES promoted to the 2018-19 Derde Divisie Sunday. Quick '20 maintained in the 2018-19 Derde Divisie Sunday. Be Quick 1887 relegated to the 2018-19 Hoofdklasse Sunday. The other teams remained in the 2018-19 Hoofdklasse Sunday.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 98], "content_span": [99, 326]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275477-0009-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Hoofdklasse, Promotion/Relegation Play-offs Hoofdklasse and Eerste Klasse, Saturday\nThe numbers 13 and 14 from each of the 2017\u201318 Hoofdklasse Saturday leagues (2 times 2 teams) and 3 (substitute) period winners of each of the 2017\u201318 Eerste Klasse Saturday leagues (5 times 3 teams), making 19 teams, decided in a 3-round single match knockout system of which 3 teams play next season in the 2018\u201319 Hoofdklasse Saturday leagues. The remaining 16 teams play next season in the 2018\u201319 Eerste Klasse Saturday leagues.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 91], "content_span": [92, 525]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275477-0010-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Hoofdklasse, Promotion/Relegation Play-offs Hoofdklasse and Eerste Klasse, Saturday\nOut of the 4 Hoofdklasse teams and the 5 highest ranked period winners (9 teams total), 5 teams were excluded by draw from playing the first round.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 91], "content_span": [92, 239]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275477-0011-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Hoofdklasse, Promotion/Relegation Play-offs Hoofdklasse and Eerste Klasse, Saturday, Results\nDETO, WHC and Flevo Boys promoted to the 2018-19 Hoofdklasse Saturday. AFC, Rijsoord, HZVV and Huizen relegated to the 2018-19 Eerste Klasse Saturday. XerxesDZB, Sportlust '46 and Brielle played extra matches. The other teams remained in the 2018-19 Eerste Klasse Saturday.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 100], "content_span": [101, 374]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275477-0012-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Hoofdklasse, Promotion/Relegation Play-offs Hoofdklasse and Eerste Klasse, Saturday, Extra matches\nBecause Jong Twente decided, at the end of season, to withdraw from the Derde Divisie Saturday and to continue in the league for reserve teams only, an extra spot became available in the Derde Divisie Saturday. This caused a repeated pattern of an extra available spot for all lower Saturday tiers of the pyramid. Therefore the three teams who lost in the third round of the play-offs were given a second chance. In extra matches, each team playing one match at home and one match away, these teams competed for the spot that became available in the 2018-19 Hoofdklasse Saturday.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 106], "content_span": [107, 686]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275477-0013-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Hoofdklasse, Promotion/Relegation Play-offs Hoofdklasse and Eerste Klasse, Saturday, Extra matches\nXerxesDZB promoted to the 2018-19 Derde Divisie Saturday. Brielle and Sportslust '46 remained in the 2018-19 Hoofdklasse Saturday.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 106], "content_span": [107, 237]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275477-0014-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Hoofdklasse, Promotion/Relegation Play-offs Hoofdklasse and Eerste Klasse, Sunday\nThe numbers 13 and 14 from each of the 2017\u201318 Hoofdklasse Sunday leagues (2 times 2 teams) and 3 (substitute) period winners of each of the 2017\u201318 Eerste Klasse Sunday leagues (6 times 3 teams), making 22 teams, decided in a 4-round single match knockout system of which 2 teams play next season in the 2018\u201319 Hoofdklasse Sunday leagues. The remaining 20 teams play next season in the 2018\u201319 Eerste Klasse Sunday leagues.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 89], "content_span": [90, 515]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275477-0015-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Hoofdklasse, Promotion/Relegation Play-offs Hoofdklasse and Eerste Klasse, Sunday\nThe 4 Hoofdklasse teams and the 6 highest ranked period winners (10 teams total) were excluded from playing the first round. In the first round the second best and lowest ranked period winners (of each Eerste Klasse separate) meet each other, where the lowest ranked period winner has home advantage.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 89], "content_span": [90, 390]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275477-0016-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Hoofdklasse, Promotion/Relegation Play-offs Hoofdklasse and Eerste Klasse, Sunday\nIn the second round home advantage was decided by draw.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 89], "content_span": [90, 145]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275477-0017-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Hoofdklasse, Promotion/Relegation Play-offs Hoofdklasse and Eerste Klasse, Sunday, Results\nHoogland and Alcides promoted to the 2018-19 Hoofdklasse Sunday. Sneek Wit Zwart, DHC Delft, Juliana '31 and BVC '12 relegated to the 2018-19 Eerste Klasse Sunday. HVCH and DEM played an extra match. The other teams remained in the 2018-19 Eerste Klasse Sunday.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 98], "content_span": [99, 360]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275477-0018-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Hoofdklasse, Promotion/Relegation Play-offs Hoofdklasse and Eerste Klasse, Sunday, Extra match\nBecause Jong De Graafschap, relegated from Derde Divisie, decided at the end of season to withdraw from the Hoofdklasse for next season and to continue in the league for reserve teams only, an extra spot became available in the Hoofdklasse Sunday leagues. Therefore the two teams who lost in the fourth round of the play-offs were given a second chance. In an extra match, on neutral ground, these teams competed for the spot that became available.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 102], "content_span": [103, 551]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275477-0019-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Hoofdklasse, Promotion/Relegation Play-offs Hoofdklasse and Eerste Klasse, Sunday, Extra match\nDEM promoted to the 2018-19 Hoofdklasse Sunday. HVCH remained in the 2018-19 Eerste Klasse Sunday.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 102], "content_span": [103, 201]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275478-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Houston Baptist Huskies men's basketball team\nThe 2017\u201318 Houston Baptist Huskies men's basketball team represented Houston Baptist University in the 2017\u201318 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. They were led by head coach Ron Cottrell in his 27th season at HBU. The Huskies played their home games at Sharp Gymnasium as members of the Southland Conference. They finished the season 6\u201325, 2\u201316 in Southland play to finish in a tie for 11th place. They failed to qualify for the Southland Tournament.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 53], "section_span": [53, 53], "content_span": [54, 511]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275478-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Houston Baptist Huskies men's basketball team, Previous season\nThe Huskies finished the 2016\u201317 season 17\u201314, 12\u20136 in Southland play to finish in a three-way tie for second place. They lost in the quarterfinals of the Southland Tournament to Sam Houston State. The Huskies received an invitation to the CollegeInsider.com Tournament where they lost in the first round to Campbell.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 53], "section_span": [55, 70], "content_span": [71, 388]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275478-0002-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Houston Baptist Huskies men's basketball team, Schedule and results\n* Non-conference game. #Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Central", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 53], "section_span": [55, 75], "content_span": [76, 187]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275479-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Houston Baptist Huskies women's basketball team\nThe 2017\u201318 Houston Baptist Huskies women's basketball team represented Houston Baptist University in the 2017\u201318 college basketball season. The Huskies, led by fifth year head coach Donna Finnie, played their home games at the Sharp Gymnasium and were members of the Southland Conference. They finished with an overall record of 10\u201318 and 6\u201312 in Southland play to finish in tenth place. They failed to qualify for the Southland Women's Tournament.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 55], "section_span": [55, 55], "content_span": [56, 505]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275480-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Houston Cougars men's basketball team\nThe 2017\u201318 Houston Cougars men's basketball team represented the University of Houston during the 2017\u201318 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Cougars were led by fourth-year head coach Kelvin Sampson as members of the American Athletic Conference. Due to renovations to the Cougars home arena, Hofheinz Pavilion, they played their home games at the H&PE Arena on the campus of Texas Southern University.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [45, 45], "content_span": [46, 459]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275480-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Houston Cougars men's basketball team\nThe Cougars ended the season with a record of 27\u20138. They tied for second place in regular-season conference play with a record of 14\u20134. As the No. 3 seed in the AAC tournament, Houston advanced to the final game, losing 56\u201355 to the Cincinnati Bearcats. The Cougars earned a No. 6 seed in the West Regional of the NCAA Tournament, where they advanced to the second round before falling to the Michigan Wolverines by a score of 64\u201363.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [45, 45], "content_span": [46, 479]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275480-0002-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Houston Cougars men's basketball team, Previous season\nThe Cougars finished the 2016\u201317 season 21\u201311, 12\u20136 in AAC play to finish in third place. They lost to UConn in the quarterfinals of the AAC Tournament. They received an at-large bid to the National Invitation Tournament as a No. 2 seed and lost in the first round to Akron.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [47, 62], "content_span": [63, 337]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275480-0003-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Houston Cougars men's basketball team, Rankings\n^Coaches Poll did not release a Week 2 poll at the same time AP did. *AP does not release post-NCAA tournament rankings.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [47, 55], "content_span": [56, 176]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275481-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Houston Cougars women's basketball team\nThe 2017\u201318 Houston Cougars women's basketball team represented the University of Houston during the 2017\u201318 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The season marked the fifth for the Cougars as members of the American Athletic Conference. The Cougars, led by fourth year head coach Ronald Hughey, played their home games at Health and Physical Education Arena due to renovations at Hofheinz Pavilion, which will be renamed Fertitta Center and will reopen during the 2018\u201319 season. They finished the season 20\u201312, 9\u20137 in The American play to finish in a tie for fifth place. They lost to Tulsa in the first round of the American Athletic Conference Women's Tournament. They received an at-large bid to the Women's National Invitation Tournament, where they lost to South Dakota.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 47], "section_span": [47, 47], "content_span": [48, 831]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275481-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Houston Cougars women's basketball team, Media\nAll Cougars games home and away are aired on the Houston Cougars IMG Sports Network, streamed online via the , with Gerald Sanchez and Louis Ray on the call. Before conference season home games streamed on . Conference home games rotated between ESPN3, , and the Houston Portal. Road games typically streamed on the opponents' websites, though some conference road games also appeared on ESPN3 or AAC Digital.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 47], "section_span": [49, 54], "content_span": [55, 464]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275482-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Houston Rockets season\nThe 2017\u201318 Houston Rockets season was the 51st season of the franchise in the National Basketball Association (NBA), and their 47th in the Houston area. The Rockets acquired star point guard Chris Paul from the Los Angeles Clippers due to a multitude of trades after the 2017 NBA draft on June 28, 2017, as well as for being the team's first under current owner Tilman Fertitta. The Rockets also broke their franchise record for most wins in a season with their 59th win against the New Orleans Pelicans, eventually totalling 65 wins on the season. With a loss by the Warriors on March 29, the Rockets clinched the No. 1 seed for the first time in franchise history, which then followed to clinch the best record in this season following a Raptors loss against the Celtics.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [30, 30], "content_span": [31, 805]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275482-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Houston Rockets season\nIn the playoffs, the Rockets defeated the 8th-seeded Minnesota Timberwolves in the First Round in five games, advancing to the Conference Semifinals, where they defeated the Utah Jazz in five games. They lost the Conference Finals to the eventual NBA champion Golden State Warriors in seven games. During game seven of that series, with the chance to go to the NBA Finals for the first time since 1995, the Rockets lost 101\u201392 and set an NBA Playoff record by missing 27 straight 3-point shots.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [30, 30], "content_span": [31, 525]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275483-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Howard Bison men's basketball team\nThe 2017\u201318 Howard Bison men's basketball team represented Howard University during the 2017\u201318 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Bison, led by eighth-year head coach Kevin Nickelberry, played their home games at Burr Gymnasium in Washington, D.C. as members of the Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference. They finished the season 10\u201323, 7\u20139 in MEAC play to finish in a three-way tie for seventh place. As the No. 8 seed in the MEAC Tournament, they lost in the first round to Florida A&M.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [42, 42], "content_span": [43, 536]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275483-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Howard Bison men's basketball team, Previous season\nThe Bison finished the 2016\u201317 season 10\u201324, 5\u201311 in MEAC play to finish in a tie for 11th place. They defeated Coppin State and Morgan State in the MEAC Tournament before losing in the semifinals to Norfolk State.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [44, 59], "content_span": [60, 274]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275483-0002-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Howard Bison men's basketball team, Preseason\nThe Bison were picked to finish in eighth place in a preseason poll of league coaches. Senior G/F Charles Williams was named to the preseason All-MEAC first team.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [44, 53], "content_span": [54, 216]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275484-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Huddersfield Town A.F.C. season\nThe 2017\u201318 season was Huddersfield Town's 109th year in existence and first season in the Premier League following promotion through the 2017 Championship play-off Final. The club also competed in the FA Cup and EFL Cup.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [39, 39], "content_span": [40, 261]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275484-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Huddersfield Town A.F.C. season\nThe season covered the period from 1 July 2017 to 30 June 2018.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [39, 39], "content_span": [40, 103]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275484-0002-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Huddersfield Town A.F.C. season, Awards, Huddersfield Town Blue & White Foundation Player of the Month Award\nAwarded monthly to the player that was chosen by members of the Blue & White Foundation voting on", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 116], "content_span": [117, 214]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275484-0003-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Huddersfield Town A.F.C. season, Pre-season, Friendlies\nAs of 14 July 2017, Huddersfield Town have announced six pre-season friendlies against Bury, Accrington Stanley, Barnsley, VfB Stuttgart, Torino, SV Sandhausen and Udinese.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 63], "content_span": [64, 236]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275484-0004-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Huddersfield Town A.F.C. season, Competitions, Premier League, Matches\nOn 14 June 2017, the Premier League fixtures were announced.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 78], "content_span": [79, 139]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275484-0005-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Huddersfield Town A.F.C. season, Competitions, FA Cup\nIn the FA Cup, Huddersfield Town entered the competition in the third round and were drawn away to Bolton Wanderers.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 61], "content_span": [62, 178]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275484-0006-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Huddersfield Town A.F.C. season, Competitions, EFL Cup\nHuddersfield Town were drawn at home to Rotherham United as they entered into the second round of the competition. The Terriers were drawn away in the third round, against Crystal Palace.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 62], "content_span": [63, 250]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275485-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Hull City A.F.C. season\nThe 2017\u201318 season is Hull City's first season back in the Championship following their relegation the last season in their 114th year in existence. Along with the Championship, the club are competing in the FA Cup and EFL Cup. The season covers the period from 1 July 2017 to 30 June 2018.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [31, 31], "content_span": [32, 322]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275485-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Hull City A.F.C. season, First team squad\nNote: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 49], "content_span": [50, 178]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275485-0002-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Hull City A.F.C. season, Pre-season\nAs of 6 July, Hull City have announced five pre-season friendlies against Oxford United, Bristol Rovers, both in Portugal, Nantes, Benfica and Ajax.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 43], "content_span": [44, 192]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275485-0003-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Hull City A.F.C. season, Pre-season\nThe players returned to pre-season training on 3 July 2017. On 11 July 2017 the team travelled to Portugal for a 12-day training camp.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 43], "content_span": [44, 178]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275485-0004-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Hull City A.F.C. season, Competitions, Championship, Matches\nThe fixtures for the season were announced on 21 June 2017. Hull start the season with a trip to Aston Villa, run by former manager Steve Bruce, on 5 August 2017. The season will close on 6 May 2018 with an away match at Brentford.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 68], "content_span": [69, 300]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275485-0005-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Hull City A.F.C. season, Competitions, EFL Cup\nHull City enter the competition in the second-round. The draw for the second-round took place on 10 August 2017, and Hull were drawn away to Doncaster Rovers. The match was played on 22 August 2017 at the Keepmoat Stadium and Hull fielded a mainly Academy side for the match. The first half produced no goals and it was Alfie May who broke the deadlock just after the restart for Doncaster. Tommy Rowe doubled Doncaster's lead 6-minutes later with Hull failing to make any reply. Hull City were knocked out at the Second round stage losing 2\u20130 on the night.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 54], "content_span": [55, 612]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275485-0006-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Hull City A.F.C. season, Competitions, FA Cup\nHull City entered the competition in the third-round, the draw for which took place on 4 December 2017. Hull were drawn away to either Blackburn Rovers or Crewe Alexandra, who drew their second-round match 3\u20133. The replay was scheduled for 12 December 2017 but was put back 24-hours because of adverse weather conditions. Blackburn Rovers beat Crewe Alexandra by a single goal, by former City player Danny Graham, to progress to play Hull City.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 53], "content_span": [54, 498]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275485-0007-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Hull City A.F.C. season, Competitions, FA Cup\nThe match against Blackburn Rovers, took place on 6 January 2018 at Ewood Park, in what the BBC described as an \"uneventful\" match. The only goal coming in the 58th minute when Ola Aina headed in a Jon Toral corner to take Hull through to the next round.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 53], "content_span": [54, 308]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275485-0008-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Hull City A.F.C. season, Competitions, FA Cup\nThe draw for the fourth-round took place on 8 January 2018, and Hull were drawn at home to fellow Championship side Nottingham Forest,with the match taking place on 27 January 2018. Jarrod Bowen hit the post for Hull after 17-minutes, but was on the scoreboard a minute later when his shot hit the top corner of the goal. Nouha Dicko double the score when he headed in from close range after 40-minutes. With a couple of minutes of normal-time remaining Apostolos Vellios pegged one back for Forest, but they could not find another goal. Hull progressed to the Fifth round with a 2\u20131 victory.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 53], "content_span": [54, 646]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275485-0009-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Hull City A.F.C. season, Competitions, FA Cup\nThe draw for the fifth-round took place on 29 January 2018, and Hull were drawn away to Chelsea. The match was later set for 16 February 2018, and would be using the Video Assistant Referee system. Hull wore shirts sporting a logo remembering the 50th anniversary of the Hull triple trawler tragedy, these were presented to charities involved with creating a memorial to the tragedy before the Millwall match on 6 March 2018. Willian got the game off to a good start for Chelsea by scoring after 2-minutes. Pedro doubled the score after 27-minutes.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 53], "content_span": [54, 602]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275485-0009-0001", "contents": "2017\u201318 Hull City A.F.C. season, Competitions, FA Cup\nWillian was in the action again 5-minutes later with his second goal and Olivier Giroud got Chelsea's fourth just before the break. In the second half Harry Wilson was fouled in the penalty area by Cesc F\u00e0bregas. David Meyler took the spot-kick for Hull, but this was saved by Willy Caballero. Both teams had chances to score in the second-half but the score remained 4\u20130 to Chelsea.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 53], "content_span": [54, 437]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275485-0010-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Hull City A.F.C. season, Statistics, Appearances\nNote: Appearances shown after a \"+\" indicate player came on during course of match.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 56], "content_span": [57, 140]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275485-0011-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Hull City A.F.C. season, Kits\nThe home kit for the 2017\u201318 season was unveiled on 6 July 2017 at the Streetlife Museum of Transport. Manufactured by Umbro, the shirt is a traditional black and amber vertical stripped design, complemented by black shorts and amber socks with a black band. Details of the away kit were announced on 31 July 2017, which is mainly white with an amber stripe down the shirt sleeve and an amber band round the socks. The third kit was revealed on 11 September 2017, which is described as navy peony with amber details. The third kit was used for the first time on 21 October 2017 for the match away to Barnsley.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 37], "content_span": [38, 647]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275485-0012-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Hull City A.F.C. season, Awards\nThe annual awards for the club took place on 8 May 2018 and saw Jarrod Bowen pick-up the Players' Player of the Year and Supporters' Player of the Year awards. Kamil Grosicki was presented with the Goal of the Season award for his goal against Sheffield United on 4 November 2017. Allan McGregor was chosen by Nigel Adkins as Player of the Year and Charlie Andrew took the award for Academy Player of the Year. At a later date Jarrod Bowen also picked up the Hull City Official Supporters Club's Player of the Season award.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 39], "content_span": [40, 563]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275485-0013-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Hull City A.F.C. season, Post-season\nIn April the club announced that the team would be travelling to Kenya to play a match on 13 May 2018 at the Kasarani Stadium. This would be part of a 5-day tour to promote football and Shining Hope for Communities projects in the country. The friendly match against Gor Mahia ended in a 0\u20130 draw, and was decided on penalties with Hull winning 4\u20133.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 44], "content_span": [45, 394]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275486-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Hyderabad C.A. season\nThe 2017\u201318 season is Hyderabad cricket team's 84th competitive season. The Hyderabad cricket team and Hyderabad women's cricket team are senior men's and women's domestic cricket teams based in the city of Hyderabad, India, run by the Hyderabad Cricket Association. They represent the state of Telangana in domestic competitions.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [29, 29], "content_span": [30, 360]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275486-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Hyderabad C.A. season, Senior Men's team, Squads\nAmbati Rayudu moved back from the Vidarbha to lead the Hyderabad while Balchander Anirudh moved from the Hyderabad to the Tamil Nadu and S Badrinath had opted to take a year-off from the first-class cricket ahead of the 2017\u201318 season. The Hyderabad team also got the new coach with J. Arunkumar replacing Bharat Arun.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 56], "content_span": [57, 375]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275486-0002-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Hyderabad C.A. season, Senior Men's team, Squads\nRayudu and Chama Milind got selected for India Red squad while Mohammad Siraj got selected for India Green squad for 2017-18 Duleep Trophy, a first-class cricket tournament in India. Ambati Rayudu missed the tournament because of knee injury while Mohammad Siraj was released from India Green squad as he got selected for India-A series.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 56], "content_span": [57, 394]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275486-0003-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Hyderabad C.A. season, Senior Men's team, Squads\nRohit Rayudu got selected for India A squad for 2017-18 Deodhar Trophy, a List A cricket competition in India.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 56], "content_span": [57, 167]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275486-0004-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Hyderabad C.A. season, Senior Men's team, Squads\nAmong 13 players who got their names for the IPL Auction, Ambati Rayudu got picked by Chennai Super Kings and Mohammed Siraj by Royal Challengers Bangalore while local franchise, SunRisers Hyderabad picked Mehdi Hasan and Tanmay Agarwal for 2018 Indian Premier League season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 56], "content_span": [57, 332]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275486-0005-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Hyderabad C.A. season, Senior Men's team, Buchi Babu Tournament\nHyderabad was invited for 2017\u201318 Kalpathi AGS - Buchi Babu Invitational Tournament, invitational tournament conducted annually by Tamil Nadu Cricket Association in the honour of M. Buchi Babu Naidu and began their campaign against Baroda at Chennai on 5 September 2017. They topped Group C with two wins in as many matches to advance to knockout stage. They won the tournament defeating TNCA Presidents XI by 8 wickets in final. Kolla Sumanth was later named as the player of the tournament.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 71], "content_span": [72, 564]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275486-0006-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Hyderabad C.A. season, Senior Men's team, Ranji Trophy\nHyderabad began their campaign in Ranji Trophy, the premier first-class cricket tournament in India, against Maharashtra at Hyderabad on 6 October 2017. They finished in fourth in Group A with two wins, a draw and a loss while two home matches, one against Maharashtra and the other against Uttar Pradesh, were abandoned due to incessant rains.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 62], "content_span": [63, 407]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275486-0007-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Hyderabad C.A. season, Senior Men's team, Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy\nHyderabad began their campaign in Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy, a Twenty20 tournament in India, against Kerala at Vizianagaram on 8 January 2018. They finished in fourth in South Zone with two wins and three losses.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 73], "content_span": [74, 284]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275486-0008-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Hyderabad C.A. season, Senior Men's team, Vijay Hazare Trophy\nHyderabad began their campaign in Vijay Hazare Trophy, a List A cricket tournament in India, against Services at Hyderabad on 5 February 2018. They topped Group D with five wins and a loss to advance to knockout stage. They were eliminated in Quarter-finals where Karnataka defeated Hyderabad by 103 runs. Mohammed Siraj was the highest wicket-taker of the tournament with the total scalps of 23 in seven matches.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 69], "content_span": [70, 483]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275486-0009-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Hyderabad C.A. season, Senior Women's team, Squads\nHimani Yadav, Ananya Upendran, Vellore Mahesh Kavya, Gouher Sultana and Sravanthi Naidu got selected for South Zone squad for 2017-18 Senior women's cricket inter zonal three day game, a Women's First-class cricket tournament in India.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 58], "content_span": [59, 294]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275486-0010-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Hyderabad C.A. season, Senior Women's team, One-Day League\nHyderabad began their campaign in Senior women's one day league, Women's List A cricket tournament in India, against Andhra at Hyderabad on 6 December 2017. They finished in third in Elite Group A with a win and three losses.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 66], "content_span": [67, 292]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275486-0011-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Hyderabad C.A. season, Senior Women's team, One-Day League, Points Table\nTop two teams advanced to Super League. Bottom team relegated to 2018\u201319 Plate Group.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 80], "content_span": [81, 166]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275486-0012-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Hyderabad C.A. season, Senior Women's team, T20 League\nHyderabad began their campaign in Senior Women's T20 League, a Women's Twenty20 cricket tournament in India, against Railways at Mumbai on 13 January 2018. They finished in last in Elite Group B with no wins and four losses and got relegated to Plate Group for 2018-19 season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 62], "content_span": [63, 339]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275486-0013-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Hyderabad C.A. season, Senior Women's team, T20 League, Points Table\nTop two teams advanced to Super League. Bottom team relegated to 2018\u201319 Plate Group.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 76], "content_span": [77, 162]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275486-0014-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Hyderabad C.A. season, Telangana T20 League\nHyderabad Cricket Association launched the Telangana T20 League with an initiative to provide major boost to rural cricketers who lag behind due to lack of proper infrastructure and coaching facilities. Many Hyderabad players took part in the inaugural season and Adilabad Tigers won the tournament with Danny Dereck Prince scoring most runs of the tournament and Praneeth Raj taking most wickets.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 51], "content_span": [52, 449]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275487-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 H\u00e5ndboldligaen\nThe 2017\u201318 H\u00e5ndboldligaen, known as the 888ligaen for sponsorship reasons, is the 82nd season of the H\u00e5ndboldligaen, Denmark's premier Handball league.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [22, 22], "content_span": [23, 175]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275487-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 H\u00e5ndboldligaen, Team information\nThe following 14 clubs compete in the H\u00e5ndboldligaen during the 2017\u201318 season:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 40], "content_span": [41, 120]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275487-0002-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 H\u00e5ndboldligaen, Team information, Personnel and kits\nFollowing is the list of clubs competing in 2017\u201318 H\u00e5ndboldligaen, with their manager, kit manufacturer and shirt sponsor.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 60], "content_span": [61, 184]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275487-0003-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 H\u00e5ndboldligaen, Regular season, Standings\n! There's a new relegation playoff made in November 2014", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 49], "content_span": [50, 106]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275487-0004-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 H\u00e5ndboldligaen, Regular season, Schedule and results\nNo . 1-8 from the regular season divided into two groups with the top two will advance to the semifinals", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 60], "content_span": [61, 165]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275487-0005-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 H\u00e5ndboldligaen, Playoff, Semifinal\n! Best of three matches. In the case of a tie after the second match, a third match is played. Highest ranking team in the regular season has the home advantage in the first and possible third match.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 42], "content_span": [43, 242]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275487-0006-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 H\u00e5ndboldligaen, Playoff, 3rd place\n! Best of three matches. In the case of a tie after the second match, a third match is played. Highest ranking team in the regular season has the home advantage in the first and possible third match.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 42], "content_span": [43, 242]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275487-0007-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 H\u00e5ndboldligaen, Playoff, Final\n! Best of three matches. In the case of a tie after the second match, a third match is played. Highest ranking team in the regular season has the home advantage in the first and possible third match.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 38], "content_span": [39, 238]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275487-0008-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 H\u00e5ndboldligaen, Relegation Playoff\nNo. 5 from the relegation playoff and winner, of the playoff match between 2nd and 3rd, from the first division is meet each other for the last seat. The winner stays in the league. the loser relegated to Division 1.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 42], "content_span": [43, 259]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275488-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 I liga\nThe 2017\u201318 I liga (currently named Nice I liga due to sponsorship reasons) was the 10th season of the Polish I liga under its current title, and the 70th season of the second highest division in the Polish football league system since its establishment in 1949. The league is operated by the Polish Football Association (PZPN). The league is contested by 18 teams. The regular season will be played in a round-robin tournament.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 14], "section_span": [14, 14], "content_span": [15, 443]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275488-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 I liga, Changes from last season\nThe following teams have changed division since the 2016\u201317 season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 14], "section_span": [16, 40], "content_span": [41, 108]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275488-0002-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 I liga, Results\n1 Match declared forfeited due to Ruch Chorz\u00f3w fielding an ineligible player. The game ended in a 2\u20131 win for Zag\u0142\u0119bie Sosnowiec.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 14], "section_span": [16, 23], "content_span": [24, 153]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275488-0003-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 I liga, I liga play-off\nThe 15th place team from the regular season will compete in a play-off with the 4th place team from II liga. Matches will be played on 9 and 13 June 2018. The winner will compete in the 2018\u201319 I liga season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 14], "section_span": [16, 31], "content_span": [32, 240]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275488-0004-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 I liga, I liga play-off\nGarbarnia won 3\u20132 on aggregate and will play in I liga next season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 14], "section_span": [16, 31], "content_span": [32, 99]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275489-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 I-League\nThe 2017\u201318 I-League was the 11th season of the I-League. Aizawl were the defending champions. NEROCA entered as the promoted team from the 2016\u201317 I-League 2nd Division. The season began on 25 November 2017.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [16, 16], "content_span": [17, 225]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275489-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 I-League, Teams\nAll India Football Federation invited bids for new teams on 21 July 2017 from Bengaluru, Mumbai, New Delhi, Ranchi, Jaipur, Jodhpur, Bhopal, Lucknow, Ahmedabad, Malappuram and Trivandrum, among others. On 20 September, after second round of bidding invitation, the Bid Evaluation Committee decided to award Sree Gokulam Group the right to field their team in the Hero I-League 2017\u201318 season onward from Kozhikode, Kerala. Bengaluru FC successfully bid for a place in 2017\u201318 Indian Super League season and thus was not a part of I-League. NEROCA F.C. were promoted for winning 2016\u201317 I-League 2nd Division. After successful hosting of FIFA U-17 World Cup, AIFF revived Indian Arrows project to field the colts in I-League.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [18, 23], "content_span": [24, 748]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275489-0002-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 I-League, Teams, Foreign players\nOn 2 August 2017, it was announced by the All India Football Federation that the number of foreigners for each I-League club would go up to six, with two of the six having to be born in Asia or registered with the AFC.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [18, 40], "content_span": [41, 259]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275489-0003-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 I-League, Teams, Foreign players\nIndian Arrows cannot sign any foreign players as they are the AIFF developmental team.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [18, 40], "content_span": [41, 127]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275490-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 I-League 2nd Division\nThe 2017\u201318 I-League 2nd Division (known as Hero 2017\u201318 I-League 2nd Division, for sponsorship reasons) was the 11th season of the I-League 2nd Division, the second division Indian football league, since its establishment in 2008. The season started with the preliminary rounds from 14 March to 15 May 2018. The final round of the league took place between 21 May to 30 May 2018 at FSV Arena, Bengaluru.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [29, 29], "content_span": [30, 434]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275490-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 I-League 2nd Division\nThis season featured 18 teams, divided into three groups of six teams each. The season also featured the reserve sides of seven Indian Super League clubs, none of which were eligible to qualify for the final round. Real Kashmir won the title on 30 May 2018 and earned the promotion to 2018\u201319 I-League. They also made history becoming first team from state of Jammu & Kashmir to enter the first division of I-League", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [29, 29], "content_span": [30, 445]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275490-0002-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 I-League 2nd Division, Format\nJust like the previous season, the I-League 2nd Division will feature a preliminary round and a final round. During the preliminary round, the 18 teams will be divided into three groups of six teams each. All the matches during the preliminary round will be played in a double round-robin basis, in which every team plays all others in their group once at home and once away. The winners of the three groups, along with the best second placed team, will qualify for the final round. The seven Indian Super League reserve sides in the league will not be eligible to qualify for the final round.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 37], "content_span": [38, 631]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275490-0003-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 I-League 2nd Division, Format\nDuring the final round, the four teams will face each other in a single-leg league system at a neutral venue, where each team faces each other once. At the end of the round, the team in first will earn promotion to the next division of Indian football.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 37], "content_span": [38, 290]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275490-0004-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 I-League 2nd Division, Teams, Foreign players\nEach club, excluding the Indian Super League reserve sides, can register three foreign players in their squad. One of the foreign players has to be from an AFC Member Nation.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 53], "content_span": [54, 228]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275491-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 IBSF Bobsleigh North American Cup\nThe 2017\u201318 IBSF Bobsleigh North American Cup was a multi-race series over a season for bobsleigh. The season started on 5 November 2017 in Whistler, Canada and ended on 14 January 2018 in Lake Placid, USA. The North American Cup is organised by the IBSF (formerly the FIBT) as a second tier of bobsleigh competitions ranking below the World Cup.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [41, 41], "content_span": [42, 388]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275491-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 IBSF Bobsleigh North American Cup, Calendar\nNote: Double races were held at each round for all disciplines.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [43, 51], "content_span": [52, 115]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275492-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 IIHF Continental Cup\nThe 2017\u201318 Continental Cup was the 21st edition of the IIHF Continental Cup, Europe's second-tier ice hockey club competition organised by International Ice Hockey Federation. The season started on 29 September 2017 and the final tournament was played on 12\u201314 January 2018.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [28, 28], "content_span": [29, 304]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275492-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 IIHF Continental Cup, First round, Group A\nThe Group A tournament was played in Belgrade, Serbia, from 29 September to 1 October 2017 with all games were held at the Pionir Ice Hall.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 50], "content_span": [51, 190]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275492-0002-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 IIHF Continental Cup, Second round, Group B\nThe Group B tournament was played in Riga, Latvia, from 20 to 22 October 2017 with all games were held at the Kurbads Ledus Halle.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 51], "content_span": [52, 182]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275492-0003-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 IIHF Continental Cup, Second round, Group C\nThe Group C tournament was played in Bra\u0219ov, Romania, from 20 to 22 October 2017 with all games were held at the Bra\u0219ov Olympic Ice Rink.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 51], "content_span": [52, 189]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275492-0004-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 IIHF Continental Cup, Third round, Group D\nThe Group D tournament was played in Rungsted, Denmark, from 17 to 19 November 2017 with all games were held at the Saxo Bank Arena.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 50], "content_span": [51, 183]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275492-0005-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 IIHF Continental Cup, Third round, Group E\nThe Group E tournament was played in Ritten, Italy, from 17 to 19 November 2017 with all games were held at the Arena Ritten.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 50], "content_span": [51, 176]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275492-0006-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 IIHF Continental Cup, Final round\nContinental Cup Final tournament was played in Minsk, Belarus, from 12 to 14 January 2018 with all games were held at the \u010cy\u017eo\u016dka-Arena.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 41], "content_span": [42, 178]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275493-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 IR Tanger season\nThe 2017\u201318 season is Ittihad Riadi Tanger's 35th in existence and the club's 19th season in the top flight of Moroccan football, and Third consecutive season in the first division of Moroccan football after the promotion.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [24, 24], "content_span": [25, 247]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275493-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 IR Tanger season\nIttihad Tanger were confirmed to be champions of the 2017\u201318 Botola season on 12 May 2018, finishing atop the first division of Moroccan football for the first time in club history.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [24, 24], "content_span": [25, 206]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275493-0002-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 IR Tanger season, Kit\nSupplier: Bang Sports / Club Sponsor: front: Renault, APM Terminals, Moroccan Airports Authority, Tanger-Med\u00a0; back: Valencia\u00a0; short: RCI Finance Maroc / League Sponsor: front: Maroc Telecom.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 29], "content_span": [30, 222]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275493-0003-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 IR Tanger season, Season review, May\nOn 15 May, the club announced the transfers of 17-year-old left-back Hatim El Ouahabi from Widad Juventud for the next five seasons.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 44], "content_span": [45, 178]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275493-0004-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 IR Tanger season, Season review, May\nOn 20 May, the club announced Ezzaki Badou would be the new IR Tanger coach.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 44], "content_span": [45, 121]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275493-0005-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 IR Tanger season, Season review, June\nOn 2 June, the contracts of players Bakre El Helali, Abdelghani Mouaoui, Mohamed Amsif, Youssef Sekour, Jamal Ait Lamaalem, Zakaria Melhaoui, Soufian El Hassnaoui, Soufiane Gadoum, Isma\u00ebl Daoud, Yahya Boumediene, and Abdoulaye Diarra expired.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 45], "content_span": [46, 288]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275493-0006-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 IR Tanger season, Season review, June\nOn 6 June, Ittihad Tanger and both Ayoub El Khaliqi and Mehdi Baltham negotiated a two-year contract extension lasting until 2019.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 45], "content_span": [46, 177]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275493-0007-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 IR Tanger season, Season review, July\nOn 15 July, Ittihad Tanger won their first pre-season match against Rajae Al Boughaz with a 4\u20130 .", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 45], "content_span": [46, 143]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275493-0008-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 IR Tanger season, Season review, July\nOn 18 July, the club loaned Younes Ed-dyb to US Musulmane d'Oujda.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 45], "content_span": [46, 112]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275493-0009-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 IR Tanger season, Season review, July\nOn 19 July, Ittihad Tanger defeated Chabab Alam Tanger 8\u20130.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 45], "content_span": [46, 105]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275493-0010-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 IR Tanger season, Season review, July\nOn 22 July, Ittihad Tanger were defeated by Moghreb T\u00e9touan 1\u20130 at Stade Municipal d'Asilah.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 45], "content_span": [46, 138]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275493-0011-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 IR Tanger season, Season review, July\nOn 26 July, the club announced Renault signed up as IR Tanger's new main partner; the French company will appear on the front of the team's shirt for the next three seasons, starting the season 2017\u20132018.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 45], "content_span": [46, 250]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275493-0012-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 IR Tanger season, Season review, July\nOn 28 July, Ittihad Tanger won 4\u20130 against KAC K\u00e9nitra in a pre-season friendly.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 45], "content_span": [46, 126]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275493-0013-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 IR Tanger season, Season review, August\nOn 3 August, the club announced they have reached an agreement with Al-Qadisiyah for the transfer of Herv\u00e9 Guy for 300,000 dollars.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 47], "content_span": [48, 180]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275493-0014-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 IR Tanger season, Season review, August\nOn 4 August, Ittihad Tanger were defeated by DR Congo local football team 2\u20130 at Centre National De Foot Maamoura in Rabat.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 47], "content_span": [48, 171]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275493-0015-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 IR Tanger season, Season review, August\nOn 6 August, the club completed the transfer of 28-year-old forward Mehdi Naghmi from AS FAR on a three-year contract,", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 47], "content_span": [48, 166]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275493-0016-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 IR Tanger season, Season review, August\nOn 7 August, Ittihad Tanger defeated Spanish Third Divisi\u00f3n team Algeciras 4\u20132 in Tangier with goals from Ayoub El Khaliqi, Ismail Benlamalem, Yassine Amrioui and Ahmed Chentouf.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 47], "content_span": [48, 226]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275493-0017-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 IR Tanger season, Season review, August\nOn 10 August, Ittihad Tanger defeated KAC Marrakech 1\u20130 in a pre-season friendly.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 47], "content_span": [48, 129]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275493-0018-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 IR Tanger season, Season review, August\nOn 16 August, Ittihad Tanger lost 2\u20131 to Chabab Rif Al Hoceima in the last pre-season friendly match.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 47], "content_span": [48, 149]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275493-0019-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 IR Tanger season, Season review, August\nOn 22 August, Ittihad Tanger drew US Kacemie 1\u20131, gave USK a slight advantage going into the second leg.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 47], "content_span": [48, 152]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275493-0020-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 IR Tanger season, Season review, August\nOn 27 August, Ittihad Tanger won 1\u20130 against Union Sidi Kacem; Naghmi scored the only goal from penalty as IRT cruised into the last 16 of the Coupe du Tr\u00f4ne.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 47], "content_span": [48, 206]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275493-0021-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 IR Tanger season, Season review, September\nOn 4 September, Ittihad Tanger and Abdelhafid Lirki agreed to mutually terminate the defender's contract.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 50], "content_span": [51, 156]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275493-0022-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 IR Tanger season, Season review, September\nOn 7 September, Ittihad Tanger announced they had reached an agreement with AS Athl\u00e9tic d'Adjam\u00e9 for the transfer of Didier Pepe.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 50], "content_span": [51, 180]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275493-0023-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 IR Tanger season, Season review, September\nOn 9 September, Ittihad Tanger defeated RSB Berkane 3\u20130 in their first Botola match of the season, following an own goal from Laarbi Naji, and Mehdi Naghmi scored two goals.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 50], "content_span": [51, 224]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275493-0024-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 IR Tanger season, Season review, September\nOn 13 September, Ittihad Tanger draw 0\u20130 against DH Jadidi.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 50], "content_span": [51, 111]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275493-0025-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 IR Tanger season, Season review, September\nOn 18 September, IR Tanger drew 1\u20131 with Racing AC, with Chentouf scoring the equalizer in the 70th minute.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 50], "content_span": [51, 158]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275493-0026-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 IR Tanger season, Season review, September\nOn 18 September, Ittihad Tanger announced they had reached an agreement with Raja Casablanca for the transfer of Mohamed Bouldini for 60,000 dollars. The player will sign a three-year contract.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 50], "content_span": [51, 244]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275493-0027-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 IR Tanger season, Season review, September\nOn 19 September, the club announced they have reached an agreement with Olympique Khouribga for the transfer of Mame Saher Thioune.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 50], "content_span": [51, 182]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275493-0028-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 IR Tanger season, Season review, September\nOn 21 September, Ittihad Tanger and RSB Berkane reached an agreement for the transfer of Enes \u0160ipovi\u0107. and the club loaned Abdelali Assri and Abdelghafour Jebroun to Widad Tanger, and Yasser Imrani to Fath Wislan.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 50], "content_span": [51, 264]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275493-0029-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 IR Tanger season, Season review, May\nOn 12 May, Ittihad Tanger defeated Moghreb T\u00e9touan 2\u20131 to win their 1st Botola title in club history.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 44], "content_span": [45, 146]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275493-0030-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 IR Tanger season, Players, squad\nNote: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 40], "content_span": [41, 169]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275493-0031-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 IR Tanger season, Players, squad, From youth squad\nNote: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 58], "content_span": [59, 187]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275493-0032-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 IR Tanger season, Players, squad, Out during the season\nNote: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 63], "content_span": [64, 192]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275493-0033-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 IR Tanger season, Players, Transfers, In (summer)\nNote: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 57], "content_span": [58, 186]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275493-0034-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 IR Tanger season, Players, Transfers, Out (summer)\nNote: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 58], "content_span": [59, 187]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275493-0035-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 IR Tanger season, Players, Transfers, In (winter)\nNote: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 57], "content_span": [58, 186]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275493-0036-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 IR Tanger season, Players, Transfers, Out (winter)\nNote: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 58], "content_span": [59, 187]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275493-0037-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 IR Tanger season, Statistics, Disciplinary record\nLast updated: 20 May 2018Source: Only competitive matches = Number of bookings; = Number of sending offs after a second yellow card; = Number of sending offs by a direct red card.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 57], "content_span": [58, 239]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275494-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 ISL Players Draft\nThe 2017\u201318 ISL Players Draft was a players draft conducted by the Indian Super League on 23 July 2017.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [25, 25], "content_span": [26, 129]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275494-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 ISL Players Draft, Format\nRegulations for the 2017\u201318 Indian Super League season allow for each club to have a minimum of 15 Indian players and a maximum of 18, which include two mandatory under-21 players. Prior to the draft, each club was allowed to retain a maximum of two senior players from the previous season (2016\u201317 I-League for Bengaluru FC) as well as retaining up to three under-21 players.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 33], "content_span": [34, 410]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275494-0002-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 ISL Players Draft, Format\nThe draft had a total of 15 rounds. New expansion side, Jamshedpur FC, had the first pick in both the first and second rounds. Them and Delhi Dynamos, who didn't retain a single player from the previous season, were the only sides who participate in the first round of the draft. The order for which each team participated in the draft was determined on Saturday, 22 July 2017. Clubs also had the option to use an \"Instant Trading Card\" during the draft which allowed them to trade a picked player to another club.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 33], "content_span": [34, 548]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275494-0003-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 ISL Players Draft, Players available\nOn 22 July 2017, before the draft commenced, the official list of players available for selection were announced. The players listed were:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 44], "content_span": [45, 183]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275494-0004-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 ISL Players Draft, Player selection, Round 1\nOnly Jamshedpur FC and Delhi Dynamos entered the draft in this round.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 52], "content_span": [53, 122]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275494-0005-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 ISL Players Draft, Player selection, Round 3\nAtl\u00e9tico de Kolkata, Bengaluru FC, Goa, Kerala Blasters, Mumbai City, and NorthEast United all entered in this round.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 52], "content_span": [53, 170]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275495-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 ISU Challenger Series\nThe 2017\u201318 ISU Challenger Series took place from September to December 2017. It was the fourth season of a group of senior-level international figure skating competitions ranked below the Grand Prix series.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [29, 29], "content_span": [30, 237]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275495-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 ISU Challenger Series, Challenger Series rankings\nThe ISU Challenger Series rankings were formed by combining the two highest final scores of each skater or duo.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 57], "content_span": [58, 169]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275496-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 ISU Grand Prix of Figure Skating\nThe 2017\u201318 ISU Grand Prix of Figure Skating was a series of invitational senior internationals which ran from October through December 2017. Medals were awarded in the disciplines of men's singles, ladies' singles, pair skating, and ice dancing. Skaters earned points based on their placement at each event and the top six in each discipline qualified to compete at the Grand Prix Final in Nagoya.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [40, 40], "content_span": [41, 439]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275496-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 ISU Grand Prix of Figure Skating\nOrganized by the International Skating Union, the series set the stage for the 2018 Europeans, the 2018 Four Continents, 2018 Olympic Games, and the 2018 World Championships. The corresponding series for junior-level skaters was the 2017\u201318 ISU Junior Grand Prix.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [40, 40], "content_span": [41, 304]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275496-0002-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 ISU Grand Prix of Figure Skating, Requirements\nSkaters were eligible to compete on the senior Grand Prix circuit if they had reached the age of 15 before July 1, 2017. They were also required to have earned either a minimum total score or minimum technical elements scores (TES) at certain international events:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 54], "content_span": [55, 319]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275496-0003-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 ISU Grand Prix of Figure Skating, Assignments\nThe ISU published the preliminary Grand Prix assignments on May 26, 2017.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 53], "content_span": [54, 127]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275496-0004-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 ISU Grand Prix of Figure Skating, Qualification\nAt each event, skaters earned points toward qualification for the Grand Prix Final. Following the sixth event, the top six highest scoring skaters/teams advanced to the Final. The points earned per placement were as follows:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 55], "content_span": [56, 280]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275496-0005-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 ISU Grand Prix of Figure Skating, Qualification\nThere were originally seven tie-breakers in cases of a tie in overall points:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 55], "content_span": [56, 133]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275496-0006-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 ISU Grand Prix of Figure Skating, Qualification\nIf a tie remained, it was considered unbreakable and the tied skaters all advanced to the Grand Prix Final.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 55], "content_span": [56, 163]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275497-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 ISU Junior Grand Prix\nThe 2017\u201318 ISU Junior Grand Prix is the 21st season of a series of junior international competitions organized by the International Skating Union. It is the junior-level complement to the 2017\u201318 ISU Grand Prix of Figure Skating. Skaters competed for medals in the disciplines of men's singles, ladies' singles, pair skating, and ice dance, as well as for qualifying points. The top six from each discipline met at the 2017\u201318 Junior Grand Prix Final, held together with the senior final.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [29, 29], "content_span": [30, 519]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275497-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 ISU Junior Grand Prix, Competitions\nThe locations of the JGP events change yearly. In the 2017\u201318 season, the series is composed of the following events in autumn 2017:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 43], "content_span": [44, 176]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275497-0002-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 ISU Junior Grand Prix, Entries\nSkaters who reach the age of 13 by July 1, 2017 but have not turned 19 (singles and females of the other two disciplines) or 21 (male pair skaters and ice dancers) are eligible to compete on the junior circuit. Competitors are chosen by their countries according to their federation's selection procedures. The number of entries allotted to each ISU member federation is determined by their skaters' placements at the 2017 World Junior Championships in each discipline.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 38], "content_span": [39, 508]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275497-0003-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 ISU Junior Grand Prix, Overall standings, Standings per nation\nStarting in the 2015\u201316 season, the ISU added standings per nation. Points are calculated for each discipline separately before being combined for a total score per nation. For each discipline, each nation combines the points from up to four JGP events. A country does not have to use the same events for each discipline (e.g. a country can combine points from JGP events in France, Japan, Russia, and Slovenia for pairs while using Czech Republic, Japan, Estonia, and Germany for ice dance). For each discipline at each event, each nation combines the points from up to two skaters/couples.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 70], "content_span": [71, 662]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275497-0003-0001", "contents": "2017\u201318 ISU Junior Grand Prix, Overall standings, Standings per nation\nThe points each skater/couple earns is based on placement. Placement to point conversion is the same as for qualification, with first place earning 15 points, second earning 13 points, etc. In the event ties in the total scores, the country with the fewer skaters/couples (only counting skaters/couples from whom points were combined), wins the tie breaker. If the tie is not broken, the nations will have the same rank.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 70], "content_span": [71, 491]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275497-0004-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 ISU Junior Grand Prix, JGP Final qualification standings, Qualification rules\nAt each event, skaters earn points toward qualification for the Junior Grand Prix Final. Following the 7th event, the top six highest scoring skaters advance to the Final. The points earned per placement are as follows:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 85], "content_span": [86, 305]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275497-0005-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 ISU Junior Grand Prix, JGP Final qualification standings, Qualification rules\nThere are seven tie-breakers in cases of a tie in overall points:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 85], "content_span": [86, 151]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275497-0006-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 ISU Junior Grand Prix, JGP Final qualification standings, Qualification rules\nIf there is still a tie, it is considered unbreakable and the tied skaters all advance to the Junior Grand Prix Final.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 85], "content_span": [86, 204]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275498-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 ISU Season's World Ranking\nThe 2017\u201318 ISU World Standings and Season's World Ranking, are the World Standings and Season's World Ranking published by the International Skating Union (ISU) during the 2017\u201318 season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [34, 34], "content_span": [35, 223]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275498-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 ISU Season's World Ranking\nThe 2017\u201318 ISU Season's World Ranking is based on the results of the 2017\u201318 season only, for single & pair skating and ice dance.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [34, 34], "content_span": [35, 166]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275498-0002-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 ISU Season's World Ranking, Season's World Ranking\nThe remainder of this section is a complete list, by discipline, published by the ISU.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 58], "content_span": [59, 145]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275499-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 ISU Short Track Speed Skating World Cup\nThe 2017\u201318 ISU Short Track Speed Skating World Cup was a multi-race tournament over a season for short track speed skating. The season began on 28 September 2017 in Hungary and ended on 19 November 2017. The World Cup was organised by the ISU who also ran world cups and championships in speed skating and figure skating.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 47], "section_span": [47, 47], "content_span": [48, 370]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275499-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 ISU Short Track Speed Skating World Cup\nThe World Cup consisted of just four competitions this year (rather than six) due to the 2018 Winter Olympics in Pyeongchang.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 47], "section_span": [47, 47], "content_span": [48, 173]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275500-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 ISU Speed Skating World Cup\nThe 2017\u201318 ISU Speed Skating World Cup, officially the ISU World Cup Speed Skating 2017\u20132018, was a series of international speed skating competitions that ran the entire season. Compared to previous seasons, there were fewer competition weekends; the season was restricted due to the 2018 Winter Olympics, which were arranged in Pyeongchang, South Korea, during February 2018.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [35, 35], "content_span": [36, 414]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275500-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 ISU Speed Skating World Cup, Calendar\nIn addition, there were two combination cups, the allround combination and the sprint combination. For the allround combination, the distances were 1500 + 5000 metres for men, and 1500 + 3000 metres for women. For the sprint combination, the distances were 500 + 1000 metres, both for men and women. These cups were contested only in World Cup 5, in Stavanger, Norway.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 45], "content_span": [46, 414]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275501-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 ISU Speed Skating World Cup \u2013 World Cup 1\nThe first competition weekend of the 2017\u201318 ISU Speed Skating World Cup was held at Thialf in Heerenveen, Netherlands, from Friday, 10 November until Sunday, 12 November 2017.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 49], "section_span": [49, 49], "content_span": [50, 226]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275502-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 ISU World Standings\nThe 2017\u201318 ISU World Standings for single & pair skating and ice dance, are taking into account results of the 2015\u201316, 2016\u201317 and 2017\u201318 seasons. The 2017\u201318 ISU World standings for synchronized skating, are based on the results of the 2015\u201316, 2016\u201317 and 2017\u201318 seasons.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [27, 27], "content_span": [28, 305]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275502-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 ISU World Standings, World Standings for single & pair skating and ice dance, Season-end standings\nThe remainder of this section is a complete list, by discipline, published by the ISU.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 106], "content_span": [107, 193]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275502-0002-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 ISU World Standings, World standings for synchronized skating, Season-end standings\nThe remainder of this section is a complete list, by level, published by the ISU.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 91], "content_span": [92, 173]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275503-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 IUPUI Jaguars men's basketball team\nThe 2017\u201318 IUPUI Jaguars men's basketball team represented Indiana University \u2013 Purdue University Indianapolis during the 2017\u201318 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Jaguars, led by fourth-year head coach Jason Gardner, played their home games at Indiana Farmers Coliseum in Indianapolis, Indiana, with one home game at The Jungle, as first-year members of the Horizon League. They finished the season 11\u201319, 8\u201310 in Horizon League play to finish in a tie for fifth place. They lost in the quarterfinals of the Horizon League Tournament to Oakland.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [43, 43], "content_span": [44, 602]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275503-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 IUPUI Jaguars men's basketball team\nThe season marked the first season as members of the Horizon League as IUPUI replaced Valparaiso who left the Horizon League to join the Missouri Valley Conference.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [43, 43], "content_span": [44, 208]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275503-0002-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 IUPUI Jaguars men's basketball team, Previous season\nThe Jaguars finished the season 14\u201318, 7\u20139 in Summit League play to finish in seventh place. They defeated North Dakota State in the quarterfinals of The Summit League Tournament to advance to the semifinals where they lost to Omaha.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [45, 60], "content_span": [61, 294]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275503-0003-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 IUPUI Jaguars men's basketball team, Previous season\nThis was the Jaguars' final season as a member of the Summit League as the school announced on June 28, 2017 that it would be joining the Horizon League effective July 1, 2017.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [45, 60], "content_span": [61, 237]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275503-0004-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 IUPUI Jaguars men's basketball team, Schedule and results\n* Non-conference game. #Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Eastern Time", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [45, 65], "content_span": [66, 182]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275504-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Icelandic Men's Basketball Cup\nThe 2017\u20132018 Bikarkeppni karla was the 52nd edition of the Icelandic Men's Basketball Cup, won by Tindast\u00f3ll against former 2-time reigning cup holders KR. The competition is managed by the Icelandic Basketball Federation and the final four was held in Reykjav\u00edk, in the Laugardalsh\u00f6ll in January 2018. P\u00e9tur R\u00fanar Birgisson was named the Cup Finals MVP after turning in 22 points, 8 assists and 7 rebounds.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [38, 38], "content_span": [39, 447]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275505-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Idaho State Bengals men's basketball team\nThe 2017\u201318 Idaho State Bengals men's basketball team represented Idaho State University during the 2017\u201318 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Bengals, led by sixth-year head coach Bill Evans, played their home games at Holt Arena and Reed Gym in Pocatello, Idaho as members of the Big Sky Conference. They finished the season 14\u201316, 9\u20139 in Big Sky play to finish in a tie for sixth place. They lost in the first round of the Big Sky Tournament to Southern Utah.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 49], "section_span": [49, 49], "content_span": [50, 522]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275505-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Idaho State Bengals men's basketball team, Previous season\nThe Bengals finished the 2016\u201317 season 5\u201326, 3\u201315 in Big Sky play to finish in a tie for 11th place. As the No. 10 seed in the Big Sky Tournament, they lost in the First Round to Sacramento State.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 49], "section_span": [51, 66], "content_span": [67, 264]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275505-0002-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Idaho State Bengals men's basketball team, Offseason, 2017 recruiting class\nIdaho State did not have any incoming players in the 2017 recruiting class.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 49], "section_span": [51, 83], "content_span": [84, 159]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275506-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Idaho State Bengals women's basketball team\nThe 2017\u201318 Idaho State Bengals women's basketball team represents Idaho State University during the 2017\u201318 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Bengals, led by tenth year head coach Seton Sobolewski, play their home games at Reed Gym. They were members of the Big Sky Conference. They finished the season 21\u201311, 11\u20137 in Big Sky play to finish in a tie for fifth place. They advanced to the semifinals of the Big Sky Women's Tournament where they lost to Northern Colorado. Despite having 21 wins and a better record, they were not invited to a postseason tournament for the 2nd year in a row.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 51], "section_span": [51, 51], "content_span": [52, 656]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275507-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Idaho Vandals men's basketball team\nThe 2017\u201318 Idaho Vandals men's basketball team represented the University of Idaho during the 2017\u201318 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Vandals, led by tenth-year head coach Don Verlin, played their home games at the Cowan Spectrum, with a few early season games at Memorial Gym, in Moscow, Idaho as members of the Big Sky Conference. They finished the season 22\u20139, 14\u20134 in Big Sky play to finish in second place. They lost in the quarterfinals of the Big Sky Tournament to Southern Utah.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [43, 43], "content_span": [44, 544]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275507-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Idaho Vandals men's basketball team, Previous season\nThe Vandals finished the 2016\u201317 season 19\u201314, 12\u20136 in Big Sky play to finish in a tie for third place. Big Sky Tournament. They defeated Montana in the quarterfinals of the Big Sky Tournament before losing in the semifinals to North Dakota. They were invited to the CollegeInsider.com Tournament where they defeated Stephen F. Austin before losing in the second round to Texas State.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [45, 60], "content_span": [61, 445]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275507-0002-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Idaho Vandals men's basketball team, Preseason\nIn separate preseason polls of league coaches and media, the Vandals were picked to win the Big Sky championship. Senior guard Victor Sanders was named to the preseason All-Big Sky team.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [45, 54], "content_span": [55, 241]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275508-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Idaho Vandals women's basketball team\nThe 2017\u201318 Idaho Vandals women's basketball team represents the University of Idaho during the 2017\u201318 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Vandals, led by tenth year head coach Jon Newlee, play their home games at the Cowan Spectrum with early season games at Memorial Gym, and are members of the Big Sky Conference. They finished the season 19\u201314, 13\u20135 in Big Sky play to finish in second place. They advanced to the championship game of the Big Sky Women's Tournament where they lost to Northern Colorado. They received an automatic bid to the Women's National Invitation Tournament where they lost to UC Davis in the first round.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [45, 45], "content_span": [46, 690]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275509-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Illinois Fighting Illini men's basketball team\nThe 2017\u201318 Illinois Fighting Illini men's basketball team represented the University of Illinois at Urbana\u2013Champaign in the 2017\u201318 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. Led by first-year head coach Brad Underwood, the Illini played their home games at State Farm Center in Champaign, Illinois as members of the Big Ten Conference. They finished the season 14\u201318, 4\u201314 in Big Ten play to finish in a three-way tie for 11th place. As the No. 13 seed in the Big Ten Tournament, they lost in the first round to Iowa.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 54], "section_span": [54, 54], "content_span": [55, 572]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275509-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Illinois Fighting Illini men's basketball team, Previous season\nThe Illini finished the 2016\u201317 season 20\u201315, 8\u201310 in Big Ten play to finish in ninth place. They lost in the second round of the Big Ten Tournament to Michigan. They received an invitation to the National Invitation Tournament where they defeated Valparaiso and Boise State before losing in the quarterfinals to UCF.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 54], "section_span": [56, 71], "content_span": [72, 389]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275509-0002-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Illinois Fighting Illini men's basketball team, Previous season\nOn March 11, 2017, Illinois fired head coach John Groce. On March 18, the school hired Brad Underwood as the new head coach.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 54], "section_span": [56, 71], "content_span": [72, 196]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275509-0003-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Illinois Fighting Illini men's basketball team, Offseason, Coaching changes\nFollowing Brad Underwood's hiring as head coach, Jamall Walker was retained as an assistant. Underwood hired controversial former South Florida head coach Orlando Antigua who was fired as head coach from South Florida due to an NCAA investigation into academic violations. Underwood also hired Ron Coleman as an assistant and Stephen Gentry as assistant to the head coach.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 54], "section_span": [56, 83], "content_span": [84, 456]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275509-0004-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Illinois Fighting Illini men's basketball team, Offseason, Decommits\nOn January 16, 2016, three-star shooting guard Javon Pickett of Belleville, Illinois verbally committed to attend Illinois in the fall of 2017. After the firing of John Groce, Pickett asked for and received a release of his letter of intent to Illinois. On November 17, 2016, five-star recruit Jeremiah Tilmon announced that he had signed his letter of intent with Illinois the previous day, after a week of press uncertainty. However, after the coaching change at Illinois, Tilmon requested and received a release of his letter of intent with the school.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 54], "section_span": [56, 76], "content_span": [77, 633]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275509-0005-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Illinois Fighting Illini men's basketball team, Offseason, Recruiting class\nDuring Illinois' final home game against Minnesota on February 28, 2016, Da'Monte Williams verbally committed to attend Illinois in the fall of 2017. Williams is the son of former Illinois guard Frank Williams who led the Fighting Illini to three straight NCAA Men's Basketball Tournament appearances, including an Elite Eight appearance in 2001. On November 9, 2016 Trent Frazier signed a national letter of intent after considering Memphis, Georgia, Kansas State and Seton Hall, among others. On April 27, 2017, four-star point guard Mark Smith, Mr. Illinois Basketball for 2017, announced he would attend Illinois. On June 12, Slovenian bigman Matic Vesel committed to Illinois.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 54], "section_span": [56, 83], "content_span": [84, 766]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275509-0006-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Illinois Fighting Illini men's basketball team, Schedule and results\nThe 2018 Big Ten Tournament was held at Madison Square Garden in New York City. Due to the Big East's use of that venue for their conference tournament, the Big Ten Tournament took place one week earlier than usual, ending the week before Selection Sunday. As a result, the Big Ten regular season began in mid-December.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 54], "section_span": [56, 76], "content_span": [77, 396]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275510-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Illinois Fighting Illini women's basketball team\nThe 2017\u201318 Illinois Fighting Illini women's basketball team represented the University of Illinois during the 2017\u201318 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Fighting Illini, led by first-year head coach Nancy Fahey, played their home games at State Farm Center as members of the Big Ten Conference. They finished the season 9\u201321, 0\u201316 in Big Ten play to finish in last place. They lost in the first round of the Big Ten Women's Tournament to Penn State.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 56], "section_span": [56, 56], "content_span": [57, 519]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275510-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Illinois Fighting Illini women's basketball team, Previous season\nThe Illini finished the 2016\u201317 season 9\u201322, 3\u201313 in Big Ten play to finish in a four-way tie for 11th place. They advanced to the second round of the Big Ten Women's Tournament where they lost to Purdue.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 56], "section_span": [58, 73], "content_span": [74, 278]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275510-0002-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Illinois Fighting Illini women's basketball team, Previous season\nOn March 14, 2017, head coach Matt Bollant was fired. He finished at Illinois with a five-year record of 61\u201394. On March 22, the school hired five-time Division III national champion and two-time Division III coach of the year recipient Nancy Fahey as head coach.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 56], "section_span": [58, 73], "content_span": [74, 337]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275511-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Illinois State Redbirds men's basketball team\nThe 2017\u201318 Illinois State Redbirds men's basketball team represented Illinois State University during the 2017\u201318 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Redbirds, led by sixth-year head coach Dan Muller, played their home games at Redbird Arena in Normal, Illinois as a member of the Missouri Valley Conference. They finished the season 18\u201315, 10\u20138 in conference play, to finish in a tie for the third place. As the number three seed in the MVC Tournament, they defeated Missouri State in their quarterfinal game and Southern Illinois in their semifinal game before being beaten by Loyola\u2013Chicago in the final.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 53], "section_span": [53, 53], "content_span": [54, 671]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275511-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Illinois State Redbirds men's basketball team, Previous Season\nThe Redbrids finished the 2016\u201317 NCAA Division I men's basketball season 28\u20137, 17\u20131 in conference play, to finish in a tie for first place. As the number one seed in the MVC Tournament, they defeated Evansville in their quarterfinal game and Southern Illinois in their semifinal game before being beaten by Wichita State in the final.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 53], "section_span": [55, 70], "content_span": [71, 406]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275511-0002-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Illinois State Redbirds men's basketball team, Previous Season\nAlthough not winning the conference tournament, the Redbirds held the tie-breaker for the regular season title and, as a result, received an automatic bid to the National Invitation Tournament. They were awarded a number one seed where they defeated California\u2013Irvine in their first-round game before losing to Central Florida in their second-round game.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 53], "section_span": [55, 70], "content_span": [71, 425]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275511-0003-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Illinois State Redbirds men's basketball team, Preseason\nIn the conference's preseason poll, the Redbirds were picked to finish in fourth place in the MVC.Junior forward Phil Fayne was named to the preseason All-MVC second team.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 53], "section_span": [55, 64], "content_span": [65, 236]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275512-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Illinois State Redbirds women's basketball team\nThe 2017\u201318 Illinois State Redbirds women's basketball team represents Illinois State University during the 2017\u201318 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Redbirds, led by first year head coach Kristen Gillespie, play their home games at Redbird Arena and were members of the Missouri Valley Conference. They finished the season 14\u201316, 8\u201310 in MVC play to finish in sixth place. They lost in the quarterfinals of the Missouri Valley Women's Tournament to Northern Iowa.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 55], "section_span": [55, 55], "content_span": [56, 533]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275512-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Illinois State Redbirds women's basketball team, Previous season\nThey finished the season 8\u201323, 5\u201313 in MVC play to finish in ninth place. They advanced to the quarterfinals of the Missouri Valley Women's Tournament where they lost to Northern Iowa.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 55], "section_span": [57, 72], "content_span": [73, 257]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275513-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Incarnate Word Cardinals men's basketball team\nThe 2017\u201318 Incarnate Word Cardinals men's basketball team represented the University of the Incarnate Word during the 2017\u201318 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Cardinals were led by 12th-year head coach Ken Burmeister and played their home games at McDermott Convocation Center in San Antonio, Texas as members of the Southland Conference. The Cardinals finished the season 7\u201321, 2\u201316 in Southland play to finish in a tie for 11th place. They failed to qualify for the Southland Tournament.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 54], "section_span": [54, 54], "content_span": [55, 557]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275513-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Incarnate Word Cardinals men's basketball team\nThe season marked the Cardinals' first full season as a Division I school after a four-year transition period from Division II to Division I and were thus eligible for postseason play.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 54], "section_span": [54, 54], "content_span": [55, 239]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275513-0002-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Incarnate Word Cardinals men's basketball team\nOn March 6, 2018, the school announced that head coach Ken Burmeister would not return as head coach. The Cardinals hired Carson Cunningham from Carroll College of the NAIA as the new head coach on March 22, 2018.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 54], "section_span": [54, 54], "content_span": [55, 268]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275513-0003-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Incarnate Word Cardinals men's basketball team, Previous season\nThe Cardinals finished the 2016\u201317 season 12\u201317, 7\u201311 in Southland play to finish in a five-way tie for eighth place.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 54], "section_span": [56, 71], "content_span": [72, 189]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275513-0004-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Incarnate Word Cardinals men's basketball team, Previous season\nThe season was the final year of a four-year transitional period for Incarnate Word from Division II to Division I. During year four, the Cardinals played a normal conference schedule. They were Division I for scheduling purposes and were also considered as a Division I RPI member, but were not eligible for postseason play.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 54], "section_span": [56, 71], "content_span": [72, 397]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275514-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Incarnate Word Cardinals women's basketball team\nThe 2017\u201318 Incarnate Word Cardinals women's basketball team represented the University of the Incarnate Word in the 2017-18 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. They were led by coach Christy Smith, in her second season. The Cardinals finished the season 5\u201324, 4\u201314 in Southland play to finish in eleventh place. They failed to qualify for the Southland Women's Tournament.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 56], "section_span": [56, 56], "content_span": [57, 437]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275515-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Independence Cup (Bangladesh)\nThe 2017\u201318 Independence Cup was the 9th edition of the Independence Cup association football tournament in Bangladesh. It was known as the Walton Independence Cup 2017\u201318 for sponsorship reasons.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [37, 37], "content_span": [38, 234]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275515-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Independence Cup (Bangladesh)\nA total of 12 teams competed beginning 16 January 2018. Only local players are eligible to play.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [37, 37], "content_span": [38, 134]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275515-0002-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Independence Cup (Bangladesh), Draw\nThe draw ceremony of the tournament was held the BFF house Motijheel, Dhaka on 11 January 2018. The twelve participants were divided into four groups, and the top two teams from each groups advanced to the quarter-finals.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 43], "content_span": [44, 265]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275515-0003-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Independence Cup (Bangladesh), Goalscorers\nThere were 38 goals scored in 19 matches, for an average of 2 goals per match.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 50], "content_span": [51, 129]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275516-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 India women's Tri-Nation Series\nThe 2017\u201318 India women's Tri-Nation Series was a cricket tournament that took place in India in March 2018. It was a tri-nation series between Australia women, England women and the India women cricket teams. The matches were played as Women's Twenty20 International (WT20I) fixtures, with the top two teams progressing to the final on 31 March 2018. Ahead of the WT20I fixtures, India A played two warm-up fixtures against England.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [39, 39], "content_span": [40, 473]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275516-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 India women's Tri-Nation Series\nIn the third match of the series, England's Jenny Gunn became the first player, male or female, to play in 100 Twenty20 International matches. In the fifth match, Australia's Meg Lanning became the first player for Australia, male or female, to score 2,000 runs in Twenty20 Internationals.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [39, 39], "content_span": [40, 329]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275516-0002-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 India women's Tri-Nation Series\nAustralia Women and England Women qualified for the final, after India Women lost their first three matches of the series. In the final, Australia Women beat England Women by 57 runs to win the series. In the match, Australia Women scored 209 runs, the highest team total in a WT20I fixture. Australia Women also set a new record for the most fours scored in a Twenty20 International by any side, male or female, with 32 boundaries.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [39, 39], "content_span": [40, 472]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275516-0003-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 India women's Tri-Nation Series\nWith nine wickets at an average of 12.33, the series leading wicket taker, Australian Megan Schutt, was named player of the series.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [39, 39], "content_span": [40, 171]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275517-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Indian Arrows season\nThe 2017\u201318 season is Indian Arrows' 4th competitive season in the top-flight of Indian football, I-league. Indian Arrows was formed in 2010 on the behest on then Indian team coach, Bob Houghton, with the main goal of nurturing young talent in India in the hope of qualifying for 2018 FIFA World Cup in Russia. It was disbanded by AIFF in 2013 when their club sponsor, Pailan Group, could not financially support the group.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [28, 28], "content_span": [29, 452]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275517-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Indian Arrows season\nIt was revived again for 2017\u201318 season and fielded the team in 2017-18 I-League after the successful hosting of 2017 FIFA U-17 World Cup to give more game time to U-17 world cup players and best talent from U-19 players who recently played in 2018 AFC U-19 Championship qualification. They will play in Goa and Delhi as their home grounds.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [28, 28], "content_span": [29, 369]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275517-0002-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Indian Arrows season\nIndian Arrows ended their I-League campaign on 27 February 2018 finishing last in the league but will not be relegated since it was formed as development side by AIFF. They got selected for qualifying match of 2018 Indian Super Cup but were eliminated losing to Mumbai City.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [28, 28], "content_span": [29, 303]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275517-0003-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Indian Arrows season, Season overview, November\nOn 14 November, AIFF has named its development side for 2017-18 I-League after disbanding it in 2013. A bit of focus will be on the side that will comprise the best talent from the team that competed in the FIFA U-17 World Cup and the Under-19 team. The idea is to keep the boys together to make the cut for 2019 FIFA U-20 World Cup for which India has submitted a bid application.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 55], "content_span": [56, 437]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275517-0004-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Indian Arrows season, Season overview, November\nOn 28 November, AIFF announced squad for this season, consisting mostly of U-17 World-Cup players and some U-19 national players. There are no foreign players in this squad. It is also announced that first 2 home matches will be played in Goa with rest of the home matches to be played in New Delhi.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 55], "content_span": [56, 355]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275517-0005-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Indian Arrows season, Season overview, November\nOn 29 November, Indian Arrows started off the I-League campaign on a winning note with 3\u20130 win against Chennai City at home. Aniket scored a brace followed by a 90th-minute goal from Boris to ensure three points for youngsters. For the first goal, Boris, from his half, relayed ball to Rahul on the right and latter sent in a cross inside a box for Aniket to unleash a powerful shot that found roof of the net. Arrows came up with a counter-attack for second goal which saw Lalrindika latching on long-ball before squaring it for Aniket who shot home to make scoreline 2\u20130. Boris took advantage of Chennai City's sloppy defence and hammered third goal in 90th minute.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 55], "content_span": [56, 723]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275517-0006-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Indian Arrows season, Season overview, December\nOn 5 December goal in each half from William helped Minerva Punjab beat Indian Arrows by 2\u20130. Khosla laid it for William after a long throw-in by Sukhdev and the powerful long-ranger by the Ghanaian ruptured through the Arrows defence, going past a hapless Dheeraj into the goal in the seventh minute. William brushed aside Jitendra and slotted the ball at the back of the net, this time from Chencho's cross in the 84th minute to seal the win for Minerva Punjab.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 55], "content_span": [56, 519]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275517-0007-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Indian Arrows season, Season overview, December\nOn 18 December, Minerva Punjab completely outplayed Indian Arrows but Arrows somehow managed to keep scoreline 0\u20130 at half-time with brilliant saves from their custodian Dheeraj. The match was headed into certain draw until Chencho scored solitary goal for Minerva and took the match away in 80th minute with a brilliant solo effort.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 55], "content_span": [56, 389]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275517-0008-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Indian Arrows season, Season overview, December\nOn 22 December, a goal at the beginning of the each half by Gokulam Kerala helped them register victory over Indian Arrows who produced a spirited performance but failed to post any goals. Gokulam's Addo headed Mirza's corner into Arrow's net for first goal. In 58th minute, Stalin curled a vicious right-footer off a free-kick which beat Gokulam keeper Bilal but struck upright. Al Saleh curled a looping left-footer off free-kick to beat Dheeraj in goal and double Gokulam's lead in 64th minute.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 55], "content_span": [56, 553]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275517-0009-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Indian Arrows season, Season overview, December\nOn 26 December, Indian Arrows drub Shillong Lajong 3\u20130 in an impressive show of passing football. Arrows's quick free-kick took Lajong by surprise and Jitendra beat the opposition to put the ball at the bottom right corner of the goal making him the youngest goal-scorer in I-League. At the hour mark, Lalrohlua's game ended early after he went hard at Arrows forward Rahim Ali, earning his second yellow card to bring Lajong down to 10 men. In 86th minute, Naorem put the game out of Lajong's reach as he dribbled past six defenders and slotted the ball home. Rahul then struck in the first minute of the injury-stoppage time to make it 3\u20130.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 55], "content_span": [56, 698]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275517-0010-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Indian Arrows season, Season overview, December\nOn 29 December, Indian Arrows despite playing with 10-men managed to hold off Mohun Bagan to 1\u20131 draw at Kolkata. Mohun Bagan took the penalty route to take lead in the 27th minute through Dipanda after Arrows' got penalised for Ashish's contact with Mariners' Nikhil. But Arrows restored parity within 6 minutes when Rahim raced past Kingshuk and Kingsley from the left before Rahul slotting it home. In 65th minute, Amarjit was sent off for the second booking in the match but Arrows put up a solid show with fine saves from Dheeraj to hold on to a draw.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 55], "content_span": [56, 613]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275517-0011-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Indian Arrows season, Season overview, December\nOn 31 December, Indian Arrows' custodian Dheeraj's contract expired as he chose to pursue opportunities in Europe.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 55], "content_span": [56, 170]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275517-0012-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Indian Arrows season, Season overview, January\nOn 2 January, Indian Arrows failed to score points against table leaders, East Bengal as they went down 0\u20132 in a home encounter. The two early goals by Amnah and Yusa for visiting side put pressure on Arrows. Arrows came back strongly in an evenly-contested second half but a goal eluded them as they failed to give finishing touches in crucial moments.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 54], "content_span": [55, 408]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275517-0013-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Indian Arrows season, Season overview, January\nOn 5 January, A first-half brace by Subhash helped NEROCA outplay a young Indian Arrows side for the majority of the game. Israilov released a well-weighted through-ball into the path of Subhash who chipped Prabshukhan with aplomb. In 45th minute, Chidi split the Arrows defence and Subhash slotted the ball into the net to end the half with a two-goal lead for NEROCA. Birthday boy Abhijit scored a late consolation goal for the Arrows tapping in cross from Rahul.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 54], "content_span": [55, 520]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275517-0014-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Indian Arrows season, Season overview, January\nOn 6 January, it has been reported that Arrows players have signed contracts till end of 2019\u201320 season, except for Jeakson Singh, Anwar Ali and Nongdamba Naorem, who are on loan from Minerva Punjab. They also got Princeton Rebello on loan from Goan FC. AIFF also announced its decision to replace their heroic goalie Dheeraj with U-19 goalkeeper, Lara Singh. FC Goa announced signing of Mohammad Nawaz on January 9.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 54], "content_span": [55, 471]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275517-0015-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Indian Arrows season, Season overview, January\nOn 8 January, Indian Arrows lost 0\u20131 in a hard-fought encounter with Shillong Lajong. Arrows started the match on backfoot as Lajong took more aggressive approach. Lajong attacked Arrows' defence but young goalie Prabshukhan made some impressive saves including Lalmuanpuia's spot-kick after Deepak's handball inside the box. Lajong's winning goal finally came in the 80th minute when forward Koffi raced into the box, past the outstretched Jitendra and delivered a wonderful shot into the roof of the net.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 54], "content_span": [55, 561]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275517-0016-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Indian Arrows season, Season overview, January\nOn 12 January, Abhijit was on target as Indian Arrows beat Gokulam Kerala 1\u20130. Arrows' were steaming in their pursuit of some much-needed points as their defenders, especially Boris did a tremendous job to tame Odafa and make a positive impact in the match. At half-time, Rahim came very close to scoring the opening goal but Bilal jumped at the right time to get hold of the cross flown by Rahul. The deadlock was finally broken by the Abhijit in the 77th minute as Rahul from the left flank tried his luck only for Bilal to palm it away to Abhijit who put the Arrows in lead.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 54], "content_span": [55, 632]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275517-0017-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Indian Arrows season, Season overview, January\nOn 16 January, Indian Arrows lost to NEROCA 0\u20132 in a home encounter conceding one goal in each half. NEROCA had scoring chances but couldn't penetrate Arrows' defence until Anwar Ali committed a mistake to score an own goal in the 18th minute. Arrows later attacked from the flanks but found the going tough against the rival defenders. With the Arrows doing most of the attack, NEROCA played it safe before Chidi scored after getting past Arrows' defender and the keeper to slot the ball into the net.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 54], "content_span": [55, 557]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275517-0018-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Indian Arrows season, Season overview, January\nOn 22 January, Indian Arrows lost 0\u20132 to Churchill Brothers. Churchill Brothers dominated the proceedings throughout but were frustrated by Arrows' defenders until 88th minute. Arrows' made some quick counter moves, especially from Rahul but could not get past defender, Monday and custodian Kithan. Desperate attempts by opposition in dying minutes finally managed to score twice in 88th minute and later in injury-time by defender Ceesey after deflection from Anwar Ali and substitute Gurung through free-kick from Koffi.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 54], "content_span": [55, 578]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275517-0019-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Indian Arrows season, Season overview, January\nOn 27 January, Goalkeeper Prabshukhan put up a commendable performance as Indian Arrows held Chennai City to a goalless draw in an away I-League encounter. Chennai City started to make their attacking intentions clear in the first half as they scooped up a number of chances but injuries played the spoilsport as Chennai City's Pradeep and Arrows' forward Rahim Ali have to leave the field. Arrows continued to show composure and maintain their defensive shape until the final whistle which earned them a point.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 54], "content_span": [55, 566]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275517-0020-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Indian Arrows season, Season overview, February\nOn 5 February, Omagbemi's late strike with a looped header helped East Bengal to secure a narrow win over Indian Arrows. It was heartbreak for Indian youngsters as they put up a stellar defence, only to fall short in the dying minutes. Earlier, Arrows forward Abhijit had a golden opportunity when he found himself in a one-on-one position with Ubaid but he hit the ball straight at the East Bengal custodian. Later, Stalin set it up with a brilliant cross but Rahul headed it out with Ubaid coming out of his line.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 55], "content_span": [56, 571]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275517-0021-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Indian Arrows season, Season overview, February\nOn 10 February, Substitute Abhijit scored two injury-time goals in as many minutes as Indian Arrows rallied to pull off a stunning 2\u20131 victory over Churchill Brothers. Arrows started the match positively as Naorem threatened in the 8th minute when he picked up Deepak's pass whose curler forced a very good save from Kithan to keep the ball out. But, it was Churchill who broke the deadlock with Nicholas surging forward with the ball to deliver an accurate cross into the box, which was easily nodded in by an unmarked Ceesay. As the match entered the injury time, Abhijit equalised with a right-footed shot from the centre of the box to the top right corner off a Boris assist. He then scored the all-important goal two minutes later.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 55], "content_span": [56, 792]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275517-0022-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Indian Arrows season, Season overview, February\nOn 16 February, Aizawl FC drew 2\u20132 against a resilient Indian Arrows in an away match. Ionescu produced brilliant delivery for Saighani who slotted it past a helpless Prabhsukhan in 40th minute. Indian Arrows was quick to find the equalizer on the 48th minute as Ashish found Lalrindika with an exquisite delivery, who foxed his marker to trigger a shot at the bottom right corner which beat a diving Avilash. Aizawl continued to pile pressure and in 54th minute, Dodoz pierced the net after latching on to a pass from inside the box by Zohmingmawia. The blue colts finally equalized in the dying minutes when skipper Amarjit converted penalty after Lalrosanga brought down Rahul inside the box.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 55], "content_span": [56, 751]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275517-0023-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Indian Arrows season, Season overview, February\nOn 23 February, Indian Arrows lost 3\u20130 to Aizawl F.C. in an away encounter. In the 7th minute, Lalkhawpuimawia skipped past Stalin and shot towards goal but Arrows' custodian Prabhsukhan failed to grab as it found its way to Ionescu who easily found the back of the net. In the 16th minute, Lalkhawpuimawia slipped from the guard of the Arrows defenders and shot only to hit woodwork but didn't miss on the rebound. Lalkhawpuimawia scored his second in the 87th minute after Dodoz provided him with a perfect pass from the back.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 55], "content_span": [56, 584]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275517-0024-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Indian Arrows season, Season overview, February\nOn 27 February, Indian Arrows completed their I-League campaign on a losing note after losing 0\u20132 to Mohun Bagan and finishing last in the league but not relegated being the development team. Jitendra failed to read Watson's long ball into the box as Dicka find back of the net with a half-volley to give Mohun Bagan the lead. In few minutes before half-time, Moghrabi connected to a cross from the left by Gurjinder to double their lead. Anwar Ali and Rahul got their chances in second-half but failed to connect.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 55], "content_span": [56, 570]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275517-0025-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Indian Arrows season, Season overview, February\nOn the virtue of finishing outside top-6 in I-League, they have to play qualifier for Indian Super Cup against Mumbai City.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 55], "content_span": [56, 179]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275517-0026-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Indian Arrows season, Season overview, March\nOn 16 March, Indian Arrows failed to qualify for 2018 Indian Super Cup after losing 2\u20131 to Mumbai City in qualifiers. It was even in the first half though Arrows upped their game until in 76th minute when Rahul broke the deadlock by scoring a brilliant goal as he latched on to a perfect through-ball by Aniket. Later, Mumbai equalized eventually through Eman\u00e1's penalty kick awarded to them when Ashish brought down Santos inside the box which pulled the game into extra time. Santos scored winner past Prabhsukhan at the flag-end of the first half of the extra time chesting down long ball that knocked Indian Arrows out of the tournament.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 52], "content_span": [53, 694]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275517-0027-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Indian Arrows season, Squad information\nIndian Arrows project was reinstated after 3 years. On 28 November 2017, AIFF announced squad for this season, consisting mostly of U-17 World-Cup players and some U-19 national players. This is considered as development squad for young and upcoming talent in India.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 47], "content_span": [48, 314]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275517-0028-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Indian Arrows season, Competitions, I-League, Matches\nThe fixtures for the 2017\u201318 season were announced on 13 November 2017.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 61], "content_span": [62, 133]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275517-0029-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Indian Arrows season, Competitions, Super Cup\nOn the virtue of finishing outside top-6 in I-League, Indian Arrows have to play qualification match against Mumbai City at Bhubaneshwar. They were eliminated in the qualifiers on losing 2\u20131 to Mumbai City.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 53], "content_span": [54, 260]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275517-0030-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Indian Arrows season, Statistics, Goal scorers\nThe list is sorted by shirt number when total goals are equal.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 54], "content_span": [55, 117]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275517-0031-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Indian Arrows season, Statistics, Clean sheets\nThe list is sorted by shirt number when total clean sheets are equal.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 54], "content_span": [55, 124]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275517-0032-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Indian Arrows season, Statistics, Disciplinary record\nIncludes all competitive matches. Players listed below made at least one appearance for Indian Arrows during the season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 61], "content_span": [62, 182]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275517-0033-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Indian Arrows season, Statistics, Disciplinary record\nLast updated: 16 March 2018Source: Only competitive matches = Number of bookings; = Number of sending offs after a second yellow card; = Number of sending offs by a direct red card.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 61], "content_span": [62, 245]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275517-0034-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Indian Arrows season, Reaction\nAIFF announced on May 9, 2018 that AIFF technical committee has approved for one-year extension to coach, Luis Norton de Matos and the same needs to be ratified by the Executive Committee.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 38], "content_span": [39, 227]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275518-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Indian Super League playoffs\nThe 2017\u201318 Indian Super League playoffs was fourth playoffs series in the Indian Super League, one of the top Indian professional football leagues. The playoffs began on 7 March 2018 and concluded with the final on 17 March 2018 in Bangalore.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [36, 36], "content_span": [37, 280]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275518-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Indian Super League playoffs\nThe top four teams from the 2017\u201318 ISL regular season had qualified for the playoffs. The semi-finals took place over two legs while the final was a one-off match at the Sree Kanteerava Stadium. Chennaiyin won the final after defeating Bengaluru 3\u20132. This would be the second time that Chennaiyin won the title.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [36, 36], "content_span": [37, 349]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275518-0002-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Indian Super League playoffs\nThe defending champions from last season, ATK, failed to qualify for the playoffs this season and thus were not able to defend their title.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [36, 36], "content_span": [37, 176]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275518-0003-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Indian Super League playoffs, Teams\nBengaluru, a new expansion side in the Indian Super League, were the first side to qualify for the playoffs on 9 February 2018. The side managed to qualify after only 15 matches and having gained 33 points. Pune City became the second side to qualify for the playoffs after Jamshedpur, another new expansion side, were defeated by Bengaluru on 26 February. The victory for Bengaluru also ensured that they would finish the season at the top of the table.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 43], "content_span": [44, 498]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275518-0004-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Indian Super League playoffs, Teams\nChennaiyin, the 2015 ISL season champions, were the third side to confirm their qualification for the playoffs on 27 February. This was due to Mumbai City suffering defeat to Delhi Dynamos. The last spot in the playoffs was not decided until the last match day of the regular season when Jamshedpur hosted Goa at the Kalinga Stadium. Both Jamshedpur and Goa were the only two sides eligible for that last spot. Goa would go on to win the match 3\u20130 and thus became the final team to qualify for the playoffs.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 43], "content_span": [44, 551]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275519-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Indian Super League season\nThe 2017\u201318 Indian Super League season was the fourth season of the Indian Super League, one of the top Indian professional football leagues. It was established in 2013. The regular season started on 17 November 2017 and ended on 4 March 2018, The finals began on 7 March 2018, concluding with the final on 17 March 2018. ATK were the defending champions from the 2016 season, however they could not advance to the playoffs. Chennaiyin won their second Indian Super League title by defeating Bengaluru 3\u20132 in the final.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [34, 34], "content_span": [35, 554]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275519-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Indian Super League season\nTwo new sides joined the league as expansion teams: Bengaluru and Jamshedpur. The two new clubs are the ninth and tenth teams in the league. This made it the first edition of the ISL in which there are more than eight teams participating. As well as expanding two teams, the league also expanded two more months, being played in five months instead of three.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [34, 34], "content_span": [35, 393]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275519-0002-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Indian Super League season, Teams, Stadiums and locations, Expansion\nOn 11 May 2017, it was announced by the Indian Super League organizers, Football Sports Development, that they would be inviting bids for new teams to join the league for the upcoming season. The bids would be for ten cities, namely Ahmedabad, Bengaluru, Cuttack, Durgapur, Hyderabad, Jamshedpur, Kolkata, Ranchi, Siliguri and Thiruvananthapuram. It was also clarified that if Kolkata were to win at least one bid for a team, the new \"Kolkata\" side would have to play away from the city for two seasons.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 76], "content_span": [77, 580]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275519-0003-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Indian Super League season, Teams, Stadiums and locations, Expansion\nOn 25 May 2017, it was announced that bidding for new teams had ended and that the league's appointed external validator would look over the bids. It was also announced that Bengaluru, the two-time champion of the I-League, India's top-tier professional football league, had submitted a bid. Two weeks later, on 12 June, it was officially announced that Bengaluru (for Bangalore) and Tata Group (for Jamshedpur) had won the bids for the new teams.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 76], "content_span": [77, 524]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275519-0004-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Indian Super League season, Overseas players\nUnlike during the first three seasons of the Indian Super League, the 2017\u201318 season saw the maximum number of foreign players per team reduced to eight from 11. Also unlike the previous three seasons, the maximum number of foreigners allowed on the pitch at the same time was reduced to five from six.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 52], "content_span": [53, 355]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275520-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Indian Women's League final round\nThe 2017\u201318 Indian Women's League final rounds was played between seven teams to decide the champion of Indian Women's League second season. It was held from 26 March to 14 April at the JLN stadium in Shillong. The league proper followed a round-robin format with the top four teams advancing to the semifinals.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [41, 41], "content_span": [42, 353]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275520-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Indian Women's League final round\nEastern Sporting Union and Rising Student Club entered round by topping their groups in the preliminary round. Due to unavailability of teams from I-League and Indian Super League clubs, four more teams from the preliminary round Sethu FC, Indira Gandhi AS&E, Rush Soccer and KRYPHSA are promoted to final round. Gokulam Kerala FC women's team joined them to make it seven teams in the final round.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [41, 41], "content_span": [42, 440]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275521-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Indian Women's League preliminary round\nThe 2017\u201318 Indian Women's League preliminary rounds is the qualifying round that decided the two teams out of the participating thirteen that to enter the final round of the Indian Women's League. The thirteen teams are split into two groups and the top-ranked team from each group will qualify for the final rounds.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 47], "section_span": [47, 47], "content_span": [48, 365]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275522-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Indian Women's League season\nThe 2017\u201318 Indian Women's League season will be the second season of the Indian Women's League, a women's football league in India. The qualifiers for the league will start from 25 November 2017. Rising Student's Club won the 2017\u201318 Indian Women's League.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [36, 36], "content_span": [37, 294]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275522-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Indian Women's League season, Preliminary round\nThe preliminary round was scheduled to be held from 25 November 2017 to 8 December 2017 at Rajarshi Shahu Stadium in Kolhapur. Thirteen teams entered the preliminary round. Teams were split into two groups and the top-ranked team from each group qualified for the final round.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 55], "content_span": [56, 332]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275522-0002-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Indian Women's League season, Preliminary round, Team locations\nRising Student's Club and Eastern Sporting Union qualified for final round by topping Group A and Group B respectively. Due to unavailability of teams from I-League and Indian Super League, four more teams from qualification round Sethu FC, Indira Gandhi AS&E, India Rush Soccer and KRYPHSA are promoted to final round.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 71], "content_span": [72, 392]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275522-0003-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Indian Women's League season, Final round\nFinal round will be played among seven teams who face each other once with the top four teams advancing to the semifinals. Gokulam Kerala FC women's team will be joined by Six teams from preliminary round.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 49], "content_span": [50, 255]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275522-0004-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Indian Women's League season, Season awards\nHero Indian Women's League 2017\u201318 awards were given on April 14.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 51], "content_span": [52, 117]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275523-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Indian cricket season\nThe 2017\u201318 Indian cricket season was the 125th cricket season since the commencement of first-class cricket in India. The season started early in September 2017 and ended in March 2018. A first-class match between India Red and India Green in Duleep Trophy marked the beginning of the season. The season included tours from Australia, New Zealand A, New Zealand and Sri Lanka.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [29, 29], "content_span": [30, 407]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275523-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Indian cricket season\nRanji Trophy matches, unlike in the previous season, were be played on a home and away basis. The number of matches were reduced from 8 to 6 for each team in league stage, as 28 teams were divided into 4 groups of 7 teams each. Initial plans to scrap the Duleep trophy were reversed by the BCCI and the tournament is now played using pink ball.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [29, 29], "content_span": [30, 375]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275524-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Indiana Hoosiers men's basketball team\nThe 2017\u201318 Indiana Hoosiers men's basketball team represented Indiana University in the 2017\u201318 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. Their head coach was Archie Miller, his first year as Indiana head coach. The team played its home games at Simon Skjodt Assembly Hall in Bloomington, Indiana, as a member of the Big Ten Conference. The season officially kicked off with its annual event, Hoosier Hysteria, on October 21, 2017.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [46, 46], "content_span": [47, 478]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275524-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Indiana Hoosiers men's basketball team\nFor Miller, his first season at IU wouldn't be so much of a rebuilding job, as it would be a major remodeling job; starting with laying the foundation of a pack-line defense and valuing possessions. Early in the season, Miller stated practices were 75% defense, 25% offense. That scheme showed early and often, as the Hoosiers struggled mightily throughout the season to find any flow or rhythm on offense, despite the defense making leaps and bounds in the overall rankings of Division 1 basketball (final ranking of number one in the Big Ten Conference).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [46, 46], "content_span": [47, 603]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275524-0001-0001", "contents": "2017\u201318 Indiana Hoosiers men's basketball team\nAs the season progressed toward its end, the Hoosiers bought into Miller's defense, which led to better offense. With a surprising early second round loss in the 2018 Big Ten Tournament to Rutgers, 67\u201376, and losing enough games to keep them out of the NCAA tournament and NIT, including an early few they should have won against Indiana State and IPFW, IU's first season under their new coach came to a disappointing close. They finished with an overall record of 16\u201315 and 9\u20139 in the Big Ten.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [46, 46], "content_span": [47, 541]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275524-0002-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Indiana Hoosiers men's basketball team, Previous season\nDespite the highs of the previous season and being ranked as high as No. 3 in the nation, the Hoosiers faced a troubling and disappointing year; they finished the 2016\u201317 season 18\u201316, 7\u201311 in Big Ten play to finish in a tie for 10th place. At the Big Ten Tournament they defeated Iowa in the second round to advance to the quarterfinals where they lost to Wisconsin. The Hoosiers missed out on the NCAA Tournament and lost in the first round of the NIT, their first appearance since 2005, to Georgia Tech. The game was played at Georgia Tech's McCamish Pavilion because Indiana Athletic Director Fred Glass declined to host a home game at Simon Skjodt Assembly Hall citing concern it would \"devalue\" the Hoosiers' home court.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [48, 63], "content_span": [64, 790]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275524-0003-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Indiana Hoosiers men's basketball team, Previous season\nOn March 16, 2017, Indiana fired Crean after nine years as head coach. On March 25, 2017, it was announced that Dayton's Archie Miller was hired as Indiana's 29th head basketball coach. Miller played at NC State and had assistant coaching experience at schools like NC State, Ohio State, and Arizona before coaching Dayton for six years.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [48, 63], "content_span": [64, 401]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275524-0004-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Indiana Hoosiers men's basketball team, Preseason, Recruiting class\nWhen IU changed head coaches, each of the three original recruits had to be re-recruited by IU's new head coach, Archie Miller. Eventually, all three recruits who had been brought on board by former head coach, Tom Crean, recommitted. On July 16, 2017, Miller was able to land his first IU recruit in freshman Race Thompson. Announced in interviews, Thompson reclassified from the class of 2018 to 2017 and decided to redshirt his freshman year.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [48, 75], "content_span": [76, 521]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275525-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Indiana Hoosiers women's basketball team\nThe 2017\u201318 Indiana Hoosiers women's basketball team represents Indiana University Bloomington during the 2017\u201318 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Hoosiers are led by fourth year head coach Teri Moren and play their home games at Simon Skjodt Assembly Hall as a member of the Big Ten Conference. They finished the season of 23\u201314, 9\u20137 in Big Ten play to finish in a tie for fourth place. They lost in the quarterfinals of the Big Ten Women's Tournament to Maryland. They were invited to the Women's National Invitation Tournament where they advanced to the finals and defeated Virginia Tech for the championship.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 48], "section_span": [48, 48], "content_span": [49, 675]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275526-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Indiana Pacers season\nThe 2017\u201318 Indiana Pacers season was Indiana's 51st season as a franchise and 42nd season in the NBA. For the first time since 2010, Paul George was not on the team's roster as he was traded to the Oklahoma City Thunder in the previous off-season. Despite that, the Pacers improved on their previous year's record and clinched a playoff berth for the third straight season. Their season featured the emergence of Victor Oladipo, who the Pacers received as part of the trade for George.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [29, 29], "content_span": [30, 516]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275526-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Indiana Pacers season\nThe Pacers finished the regular season with a record of 48\u201334, which clinched the 5th seed in the Eastern Conference. In the playoffs, the Pacers faced the 4th seeded Cleveland Cavaliers, who had previously swept the Pacers in the first round of the 2017 NBA Playoffs. The Pacers were once again defeated in the first round, losing to the Cavaliers in seven games.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [29, 29], "content_span": [30, 394]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275526-0002-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Indiana Pacers season, NBA draft\nT. J. Leaf and Ike Anigbogu were both considered first round picks of the draft that were also teammates in their sole seasons at UCLA. Leaf was their starting power forward and that led the team in scoring with 16.3 points per game, while also averaging 8.2 rebounds 2.4 assists, and 1.1 blocks per game as a starting. Leaf was also named a member of the All-Pac-12 First Team and All-Pac-12 Freshman Team.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 40], "content_span": [41, 448]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275526-0002-0001", "contents": "2017\u201318 Indiana Pacers season, NBA draft\nAnigbogu was a backup center for UCLA and averaged 4.7 points, 4.0 rebounds, and 1.2 blocks in 13 minutes of action per game, he was projected as a potential first round pick for his athleticism and defensive capabilities; He dropped to the later half of the second round possibly due to a knee injury he sustained during a Pacers pre-draft workout. The Pacers selected Edmond Sumner as their final pick of the draft, a point guard who was also rehabilitating himself from a knee injury during the NBA draft process.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 40], "content_span": [41, 557]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275526-0002-0002", "contents": "2017\u201318 Indiana Pacers season, NBA draft\nIn his junior season, Sumner was then the second leading scorer for Xavier but failed to complete the season after suffering a serious knee injury on a January 29, 2017 in a win against St. John's University. He averaged 14.3 points, 4.8 assists, and 4.2 rebounds per game with the Musketeers in his final year. Edmond became the first ever Pacer in franchise history to sign a two-way contract.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 40], "content_span": [41, 436]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275527-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Indiana State Sycamores men's basketball team\nThe 2017\u201318 Indiana State Sycamores basketball team represented Indiana State University during the 2017\u201318 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Sycamores, led by eighth-year head coach Greg Lansing, played their home games at the Hulman Center in Terre Haute, Indiana as members of the Missouri Valley Conference. They finished the season 13\u201318, 8\u201310 in MVC play to finish in sixth place. They lost in the quarterfinals of the MVC Tournament to Illinois State.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 53], "section_span": [53, 53], "content_span": [54, 523]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275527-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Indiana State Sycamores men's basketball team, Previous season\nThe Sycamores finished the 2016\u201317 season 11\u201320, 5\u201313 to finish in a tie for ninth place in MVC play. They lost in the first round of the Missouri Valley Conference Tournament to Evansville.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 53], "section_span": [55, 70], "content_span": [71, 261]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275527-0002-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Indiana State Sycamores men's basketball team, Preseason\nIn the conference's preseason poll, the Sycamores were picked to finish in eighth place in the MVC. Senior guard Brenton Scott was named to the preseason All-MVC first team.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 53], "section_span": [55, 64], "content_span": [65, 238]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275528-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Indiana State Sycamores women's basketball team\nThe 2017\u201318 Indiana State Sycamores women's basketball team represents Indiana State University during the 2017\u201318 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Sycamores, led by interim head coach Josh Keister, play their home games at the Hulman Center and were members of the Missouri Valley Conference. They finished the season 11\u201319, 9\u20139 in MVC play to finish in fifth place. They lost in the quarterfinals of the Missouri Valley Women's Tournament to Southern Illinois.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 55], "section_span": [55, 55], "content_span": [56, 532]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275528-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Indiana State Sycamores women's basketball team, Previous season\nThey finished the season 12\u201318, 6\u201312 in MVC play to finish in eighth place. They lost in the first round of the Missouri Valley Women's Tournament to Illinois State.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 55], "section_span": [57, 72], "content_span": [73, 238]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275529-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Inter Milan season\nThe 2017\u201318 season was Football Club Internazionale Milano's 109th in existence and 102nd consecutive season in the top flight of Italian football. The side competed only in domestic tournaments; Serie A and the Coppa Italia.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [26, 26], "content_span": [27, 252]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275529-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Inter Milan season\nOn 20 May 2018, the final game of the season, Inter beat Lazio 3\u20132 at the Stadio Olimpico to qualify for the UEFA Champions League for the first time in six seasons.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [26, 26], "content_span": [27, 192]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275529-0002-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Inter Milan season, Season overview\nFormer AS Roma coach Luciano Spalletti signed for Inter in early June. During the years he led Roma, the giallorossi won the Coppa Italia twice as well as a Super Cup against the nerazzurri.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 43], "content_span": [44, 234]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275530-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Inverness Caledonian Thistle F.C. season\nThe 2017\u201318 Inverness Caledonian Thistle F.C. season is the club's first season in the Scottish Championship, having been relegated from the Scottish Premiership at the end of the 2016\u201317 season. Thistle will also compete in the Scottish Challenge Cup, Scottish League Cup and the Scottish Cup.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 48], "section_span": [48, 48], "content_span": [49, 343]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275530-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Inverness Caledonian Thistle F.C. season\nThis season has seen the most postponements of any Inverness CT season, with 10 Postponements as of 18 April 2018.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 48], "section_span": [48, 48], "content_span": [49, 163]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275530-0002-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Inverness Caledonian Thistle F.C. season, Summary, Management\nFollowing the club's relegation at the end of the previous season manager Richie Foran was sacked by the club during the close season on 29 May 2017. On 14 June 2017, John Robertson was appointed as manager on a two-year contract, leaving his role of Head of Coach Education at Heart of Midlothian. Brian Rice assistant manager to Foran oversaw team affairs prior to Robertson's appointment.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 48], "section_span": [50, 69], "content_span": [70, 461]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275530-0003-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Inverness Caledonian Thistle F.C. season, Squad statistics\nDuring the 2017\u201318 season, Inverness Caledonian Thistle have used twenty-four different players in competitive games. The table below shows the number of appearances and goals scored by each player.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 48], "section_span": [50, 66], "content_span": [67, 265]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275531-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Investec Women's Hockey Premier Division season\nThe 2017\u201318 Investec Women's Hockey Premier Division season ran from 23 September 2017 until 25 March 2018 with a winter break in December and January for the Indoor season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 55], "section_span": [55, 55], "content_span": [56, 229]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275531-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Investec Women's Hockey Premier Division season, EH Women's Championship Cup, Final\n(Held at Lee Valley Hockey and Tennis Centre on 5 May)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 55], "section_span": [57, 91], "content_span": [92, 146]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275531-0002-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Investec Women's Hockey Premier Division season, EH Women's Championship Cup, Final\nSurbiton Scorers- (Pearne-Webb (2), Middleton (2), Page)Squad - Giselle Ansley, Stephanie Addison, Georgie Twigg, Jo Hunter, Hannah Martin, Emily Atkinson, Olivia Chilton, Beckie Middleton, Sarah Page, Hollie Pearne-Webb, Holly Payne, Alice Sharp, Robyn Collins, Ella Burnley, Anabel Herzsprung, Ellie ShahboClifton Squad - Sarah Ellis, Nicola Moss, Harriet Smith, Isabel Palmer, Zoe Leach, Joanna Leigh, Abigail Porter, Claire Thomas, Kate Holmes, Holly Savage, Hannah Coulson, Victoria McCabe, Elena Emo, Louisa Bell", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 55], "section_span": [57, 91], "content_span": [92, 610]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275532-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Iona Gaels men's basketball team\nThe 2017\u201318 Iona Gaels men's basketball team represented Iona College during the 2017\u201318 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Gaels, led by eighth-year head coach Tim Cluess, played their home games at the Hynes Athletic Center in New Rochelle, New York as members of the Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference. They finished the season 20\u201314, 11\u20137 in MAAC play to finish in fourth place. As the No. 4 seed in the 2018 MAAC Tournament, they defeated Manhattan, Saint Peter's and Fairfield 83\u201371, to become champions of the MAAC Tournament for the third consecutive time. They earned the MAAC's automatic bid to the NCAA Tournament, where they lost in the First Round to Duke, 67\u201389.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [40, 40], "content_span": [41, 727]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275532-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Iona Gaels men's basketball team, Previous season\nThe Gaels finished the 2016\u201317 season 22\u201313, 12\u20138 in MAAC play to finish in a tie for third place. In the 2017 MAAC Tournament, they defeated Rider, Saint Peter's, and Siena win the tournament championship for the second season in a row. As a result, they received the MAAC's automatic bid to the 2017 NCAA Tournament as the No. 14 seed in the Midwest region. There, they lost in the First Round to Oregon, 77\u201393.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 57], "content_span": [58, 471]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275533-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Iowa Hawkeyes men's basketball team\nThe 2017\u201318 Iowa Hawkeyes men's basketball team represented the University of Iowa in the 2017\u201318 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The team was led by eighth-year head coach Fran McCaffery and played their home games at Carver\u2013Hawkeye Arena as members of the Big Ten Conference. They finished the season 14\u201319, 4\u201314 in Big Ten play to finish in a three-way tie for 11th place. As the No. 12 seed in the Big Ten Tournament, they defeated Illinois before losing to Michigan in the second round.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [43, 43], "content_span": [44, 544]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275533-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Iowa Hawkeyes men's basketball team, Previous season\nThe Hawkeyes finished the 2016\u201317 season with a record of 19\u201315, 10\u20138 in Big Ten play to finish in a four-way tie for fifth place. In the Big Ten Tournament, as the 7th seed, Iowa was upset by 10th-seeded Indiana in the second round. Iowa was one of the First Four teams out of the NCAA Tournament, which earned the team a No. 1 seed in the National Invitation Tournament. They defeated South Dakota in the first round before losing to eventual NIT champions TCU in overtime in the second round.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [45, 60], "content_span": [61, 556]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275533-0002-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Iowa Hawkeyes men's basketball team, Schedule and results\nThe 2018 Big Ten Tournament will be held at Madison Square Garden in New York City. Due to the Big East's use of that venue for their conference tournament, the Big Ten Tournament will take place one week earlier than usual, ending the week before Selection Sunday. This could result in teams having nearly two weeks off before the NCAA Tournament. As a result, it is anticipated that the Big Ten regular season will begin in mid-December. Coaches have requested that no Big Ten game be scheduled between Christmas and New Year's Day, accordingly each team will play two conference games in early December before finishing non-conference play.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [45, 65], "content_span": [66, 709]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275534-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Iowa Hawkeyes women's basketball team\nThe 2017\u201318 Iowa Hawkeyes women's basketball team represented the University of Iowa during the 2017\u201318 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Hawkeyes, led by 18th year head coach Lisa Bluder, played their home games at Carver\u2013Hawkeye Arena in Iowa City, IA as members of the Big Ten Conference. They finished the season 24\u20138, 11\u20135 in Big Ten play to finish in a three-way tie for third place. They defeated Northwestern in the second round before losing to Minnesota in the quarterfinals of the Big Ten Women's Tournament. They received an at-large bid to the NCAA Women's Tournament as the No. 6 seed in the Kansas City region. There they lost in the First Round to Creighton.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [45, 45], "content_span": [46, 733]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275534-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Iowa Hawkeyes women's basketball team, Previous season\nThe Hawkeyes finished the 2016\u201317 season 20\u201314, 8\u20138 in Big Ten play to finish in a tie for eighth place. They lost in the second round of the Big Ten Women's Tournament to Northwestern. They received an invitation to the Women's National Invitation Tournament where defeated Missouri State, South Dakota, and Colorado before losing to Washington State in the NIT quarterfinals.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [47, 62], "content_span": [63, 440]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275535-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Iowa State Cyclones men's basketball team\nThe 2017\u201318 Iowa State Cyclones men's basketball team represented Iowa State University during the 2017\u201318 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Cyclones were coached by Steve Prohm, who was in his third season at Iowa State. They played their home games at Hilton Coliseum in Ames, Iowa as members of the Big 12 Conference. They finished the season 13\u201318, 4\u201314 in Big 12 play to finish in last place. They lost in the first round of the Big 12 Tournament to Texas.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 49], "section_span": [49, 49], "content_span": [50, 522]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275535-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Iowa State Cyclones men's basketball team, Previous season\nThe Cyclones finished the 2016\u201317 season 24\u201311, 12\u20136 in Big 12 play to finish in a three-way tie for second place. They defeated Oklahoma State, TCU, and West Virginia to win the Big 12 Conference Tournament. As a result, they earned the conference's automatic bid to the NCAA Tournament as a No. 5 seed. They defeated Nevada in the First Round of the NCAA Tournament before losing in the Second Round to Purdue.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 49], "section_span": [51, 66], "content_span": [67, 480]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275536-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Iowa State Cyclones women's basketball team\nThe 2017\u201318 Iowa State Cyclones women's basketball team represented Iowa State University during the 2017\u201318 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Cyclones were coached by Bill Fennelly, who was in his twenty-third season at Iowa State. They played their home games at Hilton Coliseum in Ames, Iowa as members of the Big 12 Conference. They finished the season 14\u201317, 7\u201311 in Big 12 play to finish in a tie for seventh place. They advanced to the quarterfinals of the Big 12 Women's Tournament where they lost to Texas.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 51], "section_span": [51, 51], "content_span": [52, 580]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275536-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Iowa State Cyclones women's basketball team, Previous season\nThe Cyclones finished the 2016\u201317 season 18-13, 9-9 in Big 12 play to finish in fifth place. They fell to Kansas State in the 2017 Big 12 Conference Women's Basketball Tournament. The team was able to qualify for the NCAA Tournament as a No. 9 seed at-large team. They lost to Syracuse in the First Round of the NCAA Tournament", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 51], "section_span": [53, 68], "content_span": [69, 396]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275537-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Ipswich Town F.C. season\nThe 2017\u201318 season was Ipswich Town's 16th consecutive season in the second tier of English football and 140th year in existence. Along with competing in the Championship, the club also participated in the FA Cup and League Cup.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [32, 32], "content_span": [33, 262]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275537-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Ipswich Town F.C. season\nThe season covers the period from 1 July 2017 to 30 June 2018.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [32, 32], "content_span": [33, 95]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275537-0002-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Ipswich Town F.C. season, Kits\nSupplier: Adidas / Sponsor: Marcus Evans Group (chest), East Anglian Children's Hospices (back)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 38], "content_span": [39, 134]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275537-0003-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Ipswich Town F.C. season, First-team squad\nNote: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 50], "content_span": [51, 179]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275537-0004-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Ipswich Town F.C. season, First-team squad, Left club during season\nNote: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 75], "content_span": [76, 204]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275537-0005-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Ipswich Town F.C. season, Pre-season\nOn 10 May 2017, Ipswich Town announced a pre-season friendly against Charlton Athletic. The club confirmed Peterborough United as a second confirmed pre-season fixture, with the match split into two games of 60 minutes each. Mick McCarthy's men will travel to Republic of Ireland for a week and play Drogheda United whilst on tour. Colchester United were also confirmed for pre-season opposition. Four days later, Gillingham was added to the list of oppositions to face.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 44], "content_span": [45, 515]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275537-0006-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Ipswich Town F.C. season, Competitions, FA Cup\nIn the FA Cup, Ipswich Town entered the competition in the third round and were drawn at home against Sheffield United.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 54], "content_span": [55, 174]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275537-0007-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Ipswich Town F.C. season, Competitions, EFL Cup\nOn 16 June 2017, the first round draw took place with a trip to Luton Town confirmed. Another away tie was announced, when they were drawn away to Crystal Palace in the second round.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 55], "content_span": [56, 238]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275538-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Iran Football's 3rd Division\nThe article contains information about the 2017\u201318 Iran 3rd Division football season. This is the 4th rated football league in Iran after the Persian Gulf Cup, Azadegan League, and 2nd Division. The league started from October 2017.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [36, 36], "content_span": [37, 269]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275538-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Iran Football's 3rd Division\nIn total and in the first round, 61 teams will compete in 5 different groups.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [36, 36], "content_span": [37, 114]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275538-0002-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Iran Football's 3rd Division, First round\nEach team who give up in 2 matches, will be relegated 2 divisions for next season. Therefore, in this stage, the teams which gave up 2 matches, will be eligible to play in the provincial 2nd division for 2018\u201319 season (and not eligible to play in the provincial 1st division)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 49], "content_span": [50, 326]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275538-0003-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Iran Football's 3rd Division, Second round\nSecond Round will be started after first round (December 2017)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 50], "content_span": [51, 113]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275538-0004-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Iran Football's 3rd Division, Second round\nFirst team of each group (total: 3 teams) will promote to second division.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 50], "content_span": [51, 125]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275538-0005-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Iran Football's 3rd Division, Second round\nTeams ranked 2 in each group and the best 3rd place team, will promote to playoff round.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 50], "content_span": [51, 139]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275538-0006-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Iran Football's 3rd Division, Second round\nIn playoff round, two teams of four, will play against each other and winners will play another match. The winner of last match will promote to second division. (Totally 4 teams will promote)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 50], "content_span": [51, 242]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275538-0007-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Iran Football's 3rd Division, Second round\nPlayoff losers (3 teams), other 3rd ranked teams who did not qualify to playoff round (2 teams), and teams ranked 4th and 5th (total: 11 teams) will play in second round of next season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 50], "content_span": [51, 236]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275538-0008-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Iran Football's 3rd Division, Second round\nTeams ranked 7th or below (15 teams) will play in first round of next season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 50], "content_span": [51, 128]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275538-0009-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Iran Football's 3rd Division, Second round\nEach team who give up in 2 matches, will be relegated 2 divisions for next season. Therefore, in this stage, the teams which gave up 2 matches, will be eligible to play in the provincial 1st division for 2018\u201319 season (and not eligible to play in the 1st stage of 3rd division)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 50], "content_span": [51, 329]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275538-0010-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Iran Football's 3rd Division, Play-off, Second Round\nThe winner will be promoted to 2018\u201319 Iran Football's 2nd Division.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 60], "content_span": [61, 129]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275539-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Iran Futsal's 1st Division\nThe 2017\u201318 Iranian Futsal 1st Division will be divided into two phases.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [34, 34], "content_span": [35, 107]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275539-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Iran Futsal's 1st Division\nThe league is composed of 17 teams divided into two divisions of 9 teams and 8 teams, whose teams are divided geographically. Teams will play only other teams in their own division, once at home and once away for a total of 16 matches each.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [34, 34], "content_span": [35, 275]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275539-0002-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Iran Futsal's 1st Division, Teams, Group B\nNote: Tarh va Toseh Sabz Alvand Qazvin and Ferdosi Mashhad Withdrew from the league before the start of competition.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 50], "content_span": [51, 167]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275540-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Irani Cup\nThe 2017\u201318 Irani Cup was the 56th season of Irani Cup, a first-class cricket competition in India. It was played as a one-off match between Vidarbha (the winner of the 2017\u201318 Ranji trophy) and Rest of India cricket team. The match was played from 14 March 2018 to 18 March 2018 at the Vidarbha Cricket Association Stadium, Nagpur.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 17], "section_span": [17, 17], "content_span": [18, 350]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275540-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Irani Cup, Squads\nRavindra Jadeja was ruled out of Rest of India's squad before the start of the tournament. He was replaced by Ravichandran Ashwin", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 17], "section_span": [19, 25], "content_span": [26, 155]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275541-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Iranian Basketball Super League\nThe 2017\u201318 Iran Super League season was the 28th season of the Iranian basketball league.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [39, 39], "content_span": [40, 130]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275541-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Iranian Basketball Super League, Playoffs, Quarterfinals\nThe higher-seeded team played the first, second and fifth leg (if necessary) at home.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 64], "content_span": [65, 150]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275541-0002-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Iranian Basketball Super League, Playoffs, Semifinals\nThe higher-seeded team played the first, second and fifth leg (if necessary) at home.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 61], "content_span": [62, 147]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275541-0003-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Iranian Basketball Super League, Playoffs, Third place\nThe higher-seeded team played the first, second and fifth leg (if necessary) at home.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 62], "content_span": [63, 148]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275541-0004-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Iranian Basketball Super League, Playoffs, Final\nThe higher-seeded team played the first, second and fifth leg (if necessary) at home.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 56], "content_span": [57, 142]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275542-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Iranian Futsal Super League\nThe 2017\u201318 Iranian Futsal Super League are the 19th season of the Iran Pro League and the 14th under the name Futsal Super League. Giti Pasand Isfahan are the defending champions. The season will feature 12 teams from the 2016-17 Super League and two new teams promoted from the 2016-17 1st Division: Atoliyeh Tehran Qom and Moghavemat Qarchak.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [35, 35], "content_span": [36, 381]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275543-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Iranian Volleyball Super League\nThe Iranian Volleyball Super League 2017\u201318 was the 31st season of the Iranian Volleyball Super League, the highest professional volleyball league in Iran.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [39, 39], "content_span": [40, 195]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275544-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Iraq Division One\nThe Iraq Division One of 2017\u201318. Al-Karkh and Erbil secured the two promotion spots for the 2018\u201319 Iraqi Premier League, with Al-Karkh being crowned champions due to having more points than Erbil in the final stage. The final round started on 8 August 2018 and finished on 20 August 2018.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [25, 25], "content_span": [26, 316]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275544-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Iraq Division One, Format\nTeams from all over Iraq participated in preliminary qualifications for the final stage, which consisted of 12 teams split into two groups. The winners of the two groups would be promoted.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 33], "content_span": [34, 222]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275545-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Iraqi Premier League\nThe 2017\u201318 Iraqi Premier League (Arabic: \u0627\u0644\u062f\u0648\u0631\u064a \u0627\u0644\u0639\u0631\u0627\u0642\u064a \u0627\u0644\u0645\u0645\u062a\u0627\u0632 2017\u201318\u200e) was the 44th season of the Iraqi Premier League, the highest division for Iraqi association football clubs, since its establishment in 1974. The season started on 20 November 2017, and ended on 18 July 2018. Al-Zawraa won a record 14th title, finishing four points ahead of both the previous season's champions and runners-up (Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya and Al-Naft respectively) and five points ahead of Al-Shorta. Ayoub Odisho became the joint-most successful manager in the league's history with three titles.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [28, 28], "content_span": [29, 607]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275546-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Irish Cup\nThe 2017\u201318 Irish Cup (known as the Tennent's Irish Cup for sponsorship purposes) was the 138th edition of the premier knock-out cup competition in Northern Irish football since its introduction in 1881. The competition began on 19 August 2017 and concluded with the final at Windsor Park in May 2018.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 17], "section_span": [17, 17], "content_span": [18, 319]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275546-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Irish Cup\nLinfield are the defending champions, having defeated Coleraine 3-0 in the 2017 final.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 17], "section_span": [17, 17], "content_span": [18, 104]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275546-0002-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Irish Cup\nA new system for penalty shoot-outs will be trialled as sanctioned by the International Football Association Board to test a different sequence of taking penalties. Known as \"ABBA\", it mirrors the serving sequence in a tennis tie-break i.e. team A takes the first penalty, team B takes the second penalty, team B takes the third penalty, etc.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 17], "section_span": [17, 17], "content_span": [18, 360]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275546-0003-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Irish Cup, Format and schedule\nAll ties level after 90 minutes used extra time to determine the winner, with a penalty shoot-out to follow if necessary.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 17], "section_span": [19, 38], "content_span": [39, 160]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275546-0004-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Irish Cup, Format and schedule\n130 clubs entered this season's competition, an increase of four clubs compared with the 2016\u201317 total of 126 clubs. 94 regional league clubs from tiers 4\u20137 in the Northern Ireland football league system entered the competition in the first round, 12 of whom received a bye into the Round 2A. (Strabane Athletic were originally excluded, but were reinstated after the first-round draw had been made, necessitating a further draw for 'Round 2A' between Strabane and the eleven clubs that had received a first-round bye, with one tie drawn and ten further byes.).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 17], "section_span": [19, 38], "content_span": [39, 600]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275546-0004-0001", "contents": "2017\u201318 Irish Cup, Format and schedule\nThe 41 first-round winners were joined by winner and the ten byes from Round 2A and the 12 clubs of the NIFL Premier Intermediate League in the second round. After two further rounds, with the eight surviving clubs joining the 24 senior NIFL Premiership and NIFL Championship clubs in the fifth round. All ties level after 90 minutes used extra time to determine the winner, with a penalty shoot-out to follow if necessary.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 17], "section_span": [19, 38], "content_span": [39, 462]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275546-0005-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Irish Cup, Results, Round 2A\nStrabane Athletic were originally excluded from the competition, but were reinstated after the first-round draw had been made, necessitating a 'Round 2A' involving Strabane and the eleven clubs that had received first-round byes. One tie drawn was drawn and the following ten teams received further byes: Albert Foundry, Ballywalter Rec., Brantwood, Cookstown Youth, Desertmartin, Mossley, Newcastle, Strabane Athletic, UUJ and Wellington Rec.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 17], "section_span": [19, 36], "content_span": [37, 480]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275546-0006-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Irish Cup, Results, Second round\nThe twelve members of the NIFL Premier Intermediate League join the competition at this stage as well as the first-round winners, and the winners and byes from Round 2A.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 17], "section_span": [19, 40], "content_span": [41, 210]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275546-0007-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Irish Cup, Results, Quarter Finals\nMatches were due to be played on 3 March 2018 but only the Glenavon/Loughgall fixture was completed on this date. The three remaining fixtures were played on 13 March 2018.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 17], "section_span": [19, 42], "content_span": [43, 215]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275546-0008-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Irish Cup, Results, Semi Finals\nMatches were played on 31 March 2018. Cliftonville played Loughgall at the Oval, and Coleraine played Larne at Ballymena Showgrounds.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 17], "section_span": [19, 39], "content_span": [40, 173]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275546-0009-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Irish Cup, Results, Final\nThe final was played on 5 May 2018 at the National Football Stadium at Windsor Park.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 17], "section_span": [19, 33], "content_span": [34, 118]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275547-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Irish Super League season\nThe 2017\u201318 Irish Super League season was the 45th running of Basketball Ireland's premier men's basketball competition. The season featured 12 teams from across the Republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland, with the regular season beginning on 15 September 2017 and ending on 17 March 2018 with UCD Marian claiming their first title in 40 years. Templeogue were victorious in the National Cup, while Tralee Warriors defended their Champions Trophy title.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [33, 33], "content_span": [34, 489]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275547-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Irish Super League season, Regular season, Regular season play-off final\nA regular season play-off final was scheduled after Killester and UCD Marian finished joint first at the top of the table with 17 wins and five losses.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 80], "content_span": [81, 232]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275548-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Isle of Man Football League\nThe 2017\u201318 Isle of Man League was the 109th season of the Isle of Man Football League on the Isle of Man. St Georges were the defending champion, having won the championship the previous season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [35, 35], "content_span": [36, 231]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275549-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Israel State Cup\nThe 2017\u201318 Israel State Cup (Hebrew: \u05d2\u05d1\u05d9\u05e2 \u05d4\u05de\u05d3\u05d9\u05e0\u05d4\u200e, Gvia HaMedina) was the 79th season of Israel's nationwide Association football cup competition and the 64th after the Israeli Declaration of Independence.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [24, 24], "content_span": [25, 231]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275549-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Israel State Cup, Preliminary Rounds, First to Fourth Rounds\nRounds 1 to 4 double as cup competition for each division in Liga Bet and Liga Gimel. The two third-Round winners from each Liga Bet division and the fourth-Round winner from each Liga Gimel division advance to the sixth Round.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 68], "content_span": [69, 296]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275549-0002-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Israel State Cup, Preliminary Rounds, First to Fourth Rounds, Liga Bet\nHapoel Kaukab won the district cup and qualified along with Bnei HaGolan VeHagalil to the sixth round.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 78], "content_span": [79, 181]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275549-0003-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Israel State Cup, Preliminary Rounds, First to Fourth Rounds, Liga Bet\nF.C. Daburiyya won the district cup and qualified along with Hapoel Daliyat al-Karmel to the sixth round.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 78], "content_span": [79, 184]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275549-0004-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Israel State Cup, Preliminary Rounds, First to Fourth Rounds, Liga Bet\nIroni Or Yehuda won the district cup and qualified along with Shimshon Bnei Tayibe to the sixth round.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 78], "content_span": [79, 181]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275549-0005-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Israel State Cup, Preliminary Rounds, First to Fourth Rounds, Liga Bet\nMaccabi Ashdod won the district cup and qualified along with Maccabi Kiryat Malakhi to the sixth round.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 78], "content_span": [79, 182]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275549-0006-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Israel State Cup, Preliminary Rounds, First to Fourth Rounds, Liga Gimel\nMaccabi Ahva Sha'ab won the district cup and qualified to the sixth round.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 80], "content_span": [81, 155]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275549-0007-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Israel State Cup, Preliminary Rounds, First to Fourth Rounds, Liga Gimel\nMaccabi Ironi Tamra won the district cup and qualified to the sixth round.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 80], "content_span": [81, 155]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275549-0008-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Israel State Cup, Preliminary Rounds, First to Fourth Rounds, Liga Gimel\nHapoel Bnei Musmus won the district cup and qualified to the sixth round.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 80], "content_span": [81, 154]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275549-0009-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Israel State Cup, Preliminary Rounds, First to Fourth Rounds, Liga Gimel\nF.C. Pardes Hanna Karkur won the district cup and qualified to the sixth round.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 80], "content_span": [81, 160]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275549-0010-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Israel State Cup, Preliminary Rounds, First to Fourth Rounds, Liga Gimel\nIroni Ariel won the district cup and qualified to the sixth round.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 80], "content_span": [81, 147]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275549-0011-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Israel State Cup, Preliminary Rounds, First to Fourth Rounds, Liga Gimel\nShikun Vatikim Ramat Gan won the district cup and qualified to the sixth round.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 80], "content_span": [81, 160]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275549-0012-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Israel State Cup, Preliminary Rounds, First to Fourth Rounds, Liga Gimel\nHapoel Bnei Ashdod won the district cup and qualified to the sixth round.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 80], "content_span": [81, 154]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275549-0013-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Israel State Cup, Preliminary Rounds, First to Fourth Rounds, Liga Gimel\nBeitar Kiryat Gat won the district cup and qualified to the sixth round.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 80], "content_span": [81, 153]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275549-0014-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Israel State Cup, Preliminary Rounds, Fifth Round\nThe fifth Round is played within each division of Liga Alef. The winners qualify to the sixth Round", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 57], "content_span": [58, 157]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275549-0015-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Israel State Cup, Seventh Round\nHapoel Kfar Saba, Hapoel Hadera, Hapoel Marmorek and Hapoel Rishon LeZion were pre-qualified for the Next Round.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 39], "content_span": [40, 152]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275549-0016-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Israel State Cup, Quarter-finals, First leg\nThe first legs will take place from 6 to 7 February 2018.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 51], "content_span": [52, 109]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275549-0017-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Israel State Cup, Quarter-finals, Second Leg\nThe second legs took place from 27 February to 1 March 2018.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 52], "content_span": [53, 113]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275549-0018-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Israel State Cup, Quarter-finals, Second Leg\n1\u20131 on aggregate. Hapoel Ra'anana won on Penalty shootout 5\u20133.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 52], "content_span": [53, 115]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275549-0019-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Israel State Cup, Semi-finals\nThe two matches will take place from 30 March to 2 April 2018 at the Sammy Ofer Stadium in Haifa.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 37], "content_span": [38, 135]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275549-0020-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Israel State Cup, Final\nThe final was played on 9 May 2018 at the Teddy Stadium in Jerusalem.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 31], "content_span": [32, 101]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275550-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Israel Youth State Cup\nThe 2017\u201318 Israel Youth State Cup (Hebrew: \u05d2\u05d1\u05d9\u05e2 \u05d4\u05de\u05d3\u05d9\u05e0\u05d4\u200e, Gvia HaMedina LeNoar) was the 63rd season of Israel's nationwide football cup competition.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [30, 30], "content_span": [31, 179]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275550-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Israel Youth State Cup\nThe competition was won by Hapoel Ramat HaSharon, who had beaten Hapoel Kiryat Shmona in the final.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [30, 30], "content_span": [31, 130]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275550-0002-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Israel Youth State Cup, Results, Bracket\nPremier League club joined the competition at the fourth round.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 48], "content_span": [49, 112]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275551-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Israeli Basketball National League\nThe 2017\u201318 Israeli Basketball National League (or the Liga Leumit) is the 18th season of the Israeli Basketball National League. It started on October 15, 2017 with the first round of the regular season and ended on May 22, 2018 with the finals. Hapoel Be'er Sheva have won the championship after defeating Maccabi Kiryat Gat 3\u20130 in a best of five series.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [42, 42], "content_span": [43, 399]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275551-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Israeli Basketball National League, Teams\nThe following teams had changed divisions after the 2016\u201317 season:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [44, 49], "content_span": [50, 117]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275552-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Israeli Basketball Premier League\nThe 2017\u201318 Israeli Basketball Premier League, for sponsorship reasons Ligat Winner, was the 64th season of the Israeli Basketball Premier League. Hapoel Jerusalem is the defending champion.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [41, 41], "content_span": [42, 232]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275552-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Israeli Basketball Premier League, Competition format\nTwelve teams join the regular season, where they play against each other four times home-and-away in double a round-robin format. The eight first qualified teams advance to the playoffs. The last qualified team is relegated to the Liga Leumit. The regular season starts 8 October 2017.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [43, 61], "content_span": [62, 347]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275552-0002-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Israeli Basketball Premier League, Teams\nIroni Nes Ziona has been promoted to the league after winning 2016\u201317 National League, and comes back just one year after their relegation. Maccabi Kiryat Gat, who finished in last place during the 2016-17 season, relegated to the Liga Leumit", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [43, 48], "content_span": [49, 291]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275552-0003-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Israeli Basketball Premier League, Regular season\nIn the regular season, teams play against each other at least three times home-and-away in double a round-robin format. The six first qualified teams advance to the playoffs. The regular season started on 8 October 2017.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [43, 57], "content_span": [58, 278]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275552-0004-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Israeli Basketball Premier League, Players strike\nOn May 22, 2018, the Israeli Basketball Players Association announced a strike after the league introduced a rule, which enforced the teams to have at least two Israeli players on court at the same time. On May 24, the league announced that the season would be ended with one regular season game remaining and that no playoffs would be held due to the ongoing strike.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [43, 57], "content_span": [58, 425]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275552-0005-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Israeli Basketball Premier League, Players strike\nHowever, on May 25, 2018, the Israeli League Management have reached an agreement with the Israeli Basketball Players Association and the strike ended.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [43, 57], "content_span": [58, 209]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275552-0006-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Israeli Basketball Premier League, All-Star Game\nThe 2018 Israeli League All-star event was held on March 2, 2018 at the Menora Mivtachim Arena in Tel Aviv.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [43, 56], "content_span": [57, 164]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275552-0007-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Israeli Basketball Premier League, All-Star Game\nThe International team won the game 137-122. The MVP of the game was Pierre Jackson who scored 18 points along with 6 assists.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [43, 56], "content_span": [57, 183]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275552-0008-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Israeli Basketball Premier League, All-Star Game\nCorey Webster won the Three-Point Shootout and Jaron Johnson won the Slam Dunk Contest.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [43, 56], "content_span": [57, 145]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275553-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Israeli Basketball State Cup\nThe 2017\u201318 Israeli Basketball State Cup was the 58th edition of the Israeli Basketball State Cup, organized by the Israel Basketball Association.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [36, 36], "content_span": [37, 183]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275553-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Israeli Basketball State Cup\nThe Final Four of the tournament was held from February 12\u201315 in the Menora Mivtachim Arena in Tel Aviv.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [36, 36], "content_span": [37, 141]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275553-0002-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Israeli Basketball State Cup\nHapoel Holon won its second State Cup title after an 86\u201384 win over Maccabi Tel Aviv in the Final. Glen Rice Jr. was named Final MVP", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [36, 36], "content_span": [37, 169]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275553-0003-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Israeli Basketball State Cup, First round\nMaccabi Tel Aviv, Hapoel Jerusalem, Hapoel Holon, Maccabi Ashdod, Maccabi Haifa and Hapoel Be'er Sheva B.C. were pre-qualified for the Round of 16 and did not have to play in the first round.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 49], "content_span": [50, 241]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275554-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Israeli Hockey League season\nThe 2017\u201318 Israeli League season will be the 27th season of ice hockey in Israel and 6th season of Top League. Rishon Devils are the current champions, after winning the 2016-17 Israeli Hockey League season. Holon Ninjas were promoted from the second division and are playing in the top division of Israel Hockey for the very first time.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [36, 36], "content_span": [37, 375]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275554-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Israeli Hockey League season, Player statistics, Scoring leaders\nThe following players led the league in regular season and play-offs points at the conclusion of games played on Mai 29, 2018.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 72], "content_span": [73, 199]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275555-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Israeli Noar Premier League\nThe 2017\u201318 Israeli Noar Premier League was the 24th season since its introduction in 1994 as the top-tier football in Israel for teenagers between the ages 18\u201320, and the 7th under the name Noar Premier League.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [35, 35], "content_span": [36, 247]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275555-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Israeli Noar Premier League, Results, Positions by round\nThe table lists the positions of teams after each week of matches. In order to preserve chronological evolvements, any postponed matches are not included to the round at which they were originally scheduled, but added to the full round they were played immediately afterwards. For example, if a match is scheduled for matchday 13, but then postponed and played between days 16 and 17, it will be added to the standings for day 17.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 64], "content_span": [65, 495]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275556-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Israeli Premier League\nThe 2017\u201318 Israeli Premier League, also known as Ligat Winner for sponsorship reasons, was the nineteenth season since its introduction in 1999 and the 76th season of top-tier football in Israel. It begins on 19 August 2017 and ended on 21 May 2018.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [30, 30], "content_span": [31, 281]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275556-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Israeli Premier League, Teams\nA total of fourteen teams are competing in the league, including twelve sides from the 2016\u201317 season and two promoted teams from the 2016\u201317 Liga Leumit.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 37], "content_span": [38, 192]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275556-0002-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Israeli Premier League, Teams\nHapoel Tel Aviv and Hapoel Kfar Saba were relegated to the 2017\u201318 Liga Leumit after finishing the 2016\u201317 Israeli Premier League in the bottom two places.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 37], "content_span": [38, 195]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275556-0003-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Israeli Premier League, Teams\nMaccabi Netanya and Hapoel Acre were promoted after finishing the 2016\u201317 Liga Leumit in the top two places. Both returned to league after one-year absence.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 37], "content_span": [38, 194]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275556-0004-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Israeli Premier League, Teams, Foreign players\nThe number of foreign players is restricted to six per team, while only five can be registered to a game.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 54], "content_span": [55, 160]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275556-0005-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Israeli Premier League, Teams, Foreign players\nIn bold: Players that have been capped for their national team.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 54], "content_span": [55, 118]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275556-0006-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Israeli Premier League, Championship round\nKey numbers for pairing determination (number marks position after 26 games)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 50], "content_span": [51, 127]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275556-0007-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Israeli Premier League, Relegation round\nKey numbers for pairing determination (number marks position after 26 games)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 48], "content_span": [49, 125]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275557-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Israeli Women's Cup\nThe 2017\u201318 Israeli Women's Cup (Hebrew: \u05d2\u05d1\u05d9\u05e2 \u05d4\u05de\u05d3\u05d9\u05e0\u05d4 \u05e0\u05e9\u05d9\u05dd\u200e, Gvia HaMedina Nashim) was the 20th season of Israel's women's nationwide football cup competition. The competition began on 19 December 2017 with 6 first round matches.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [27, 27], "content_span": [28, 256]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275557-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Israeli Women's Cup\nF.C. Ramat HaSharon won the cup, beating F.C. Kiryat Gat 3\u20132 in the final.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [27, 27], "content_span": [28, 102]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275557-0002-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Israeli Women's Cup, Results, Bracket\n1The match was abandoned at the 59th minute with Hapoel Bnei Fureidis leading 20\u20130 as Maccabi Be'er Sheva remained with only six players on the field. 2Maccabi Bnot Emek Hefer failed to appear to the match.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 45], "content_span": [46, 252]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275558-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Isthmian League\nThe 2017\u201318 season was the 103rd season of the Isthmian League, which is an English football competition featuring semi-professional and amateur clubs from London, East and South East England. It was also the twelfth season for the current incarnations of the Premier, North and South Divisions, the last to have two regional divisions, and the first as the Bostik League following a sponsorship deal with Bostik.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [23, 23], "content_span": [24, 437]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275558-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Isthmian League\nIn May 2017, the FA chose the Southern League to create one additional division at Step 3 and the Isthmian League to create one at Step 4 as part of the next change to the structure, and in March 2018, the Northern Premier League voted to reorganise its Step 4 divisions into an east-west alignment, with all Step 3 divisions contracting to 22 clubs and those at Step 4 to 20, taking effect in the 2018\u201319 season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [23, 23], "content_span": [24, 437]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275558-0002-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Isthmian League, Premier Division\nThe Premier Division consisted of 24 clubs: 19 clubs from the previous season, and five new clubs:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 41], "content_span": [42, 140]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275558-0003-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Isthmian League, Premier Division\nBillericay Town won the division and returned to National League South after five seasons in the Isthmian League. Dulwich Hamlet, who competed in the Isthmian League since its establishment in 1907, won the play-offs and followed them. Only one club were to relegate from the Premier Division, Tooting & Mitcham finished bottom of the table and returned straight back to the step 4.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 41], "content_span": [42, 424]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275558-0004-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Isthmian League, Premier Division\nAt the end of the season a new step 3 division was created under the Southern Football League, seven Premier Division clubs were transferred to the Southern League Premier divisions. Number of clubs in the Premier Division were reduced to 22 for the next season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 41], "content_span": [42, 304]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275558-0005-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Isthmian League, North Division\nNorth Division consisted of 24 clubs: 17 clubs from the previous season, and seven new clubs:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 39], "content_span": [40, 133]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275558-0006-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Isthmian League, North Division\nAt the end of the season a new step 3 division were to be created, thus for this season three clubs were to be promoted from each step 4 divisions - champions, runners-up and play-off winners plus one third-placed club with highest points-per-game. Hornchurch won the division and returned to the Premier Division after three seasons in the North Division along with runners-up Potters Bar Town and play-off winners Haringey Borough who never competed at such level. Due to league system restructurisation only one club were to be relegated from step 4 divisions. Norwich United finished bottom of the table and returned to the Eastern Counties League after two seasons in the Isthmian League.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 39], "content_span": [40, 733]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275558-0007-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Isthmian League, North Division\nAt the end of the season seventh step 4 division was created under the Isthmian League, as the South Division clubs were distributed between new South East and South Central divisions. Four North Division clubs were transferred to South Central Division. Number of clubs in the step 4 divisions were reduced to 20 for the next season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 39], "content_span": [40, 374]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275558-0008-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Isthmian League, South Division\nSouth Division consisted of 24 clubs: 17 clubs from the previous season, and seven new clubs:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 39], "content_span": [40, 133]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275558-0009-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Isthmian League, South Division\nAt the end of the season a new step 3 division were to be created, thus for this season three clubs were to be promoted from each step 4 divisions - champions, runners-up and play-off winners plus one third-placed club with highest points-per-game. Carshalton Athletic won the division and returned to the Premier Division after four seasons in the South Division along with runners-up Lewes, who spent in the South Division two seasons after the relegation from Premier Division.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 39], "content_span": [40, 520]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275558-0009-0001", "contents": "2017\u201318 Isthmian League, South Division\nPlay-off winners Walton Casuals were promoted to the Southern League Premier Division South - the highest level they competed in their history. Corinthian-Casuals lost in play-off final but were promoted to the Premier Division as step 4 play-off final loser with highest points-per-game ratio after Thurrock from Premier Division folded. Corinthian-Casuals last competed in top division of the Isthmian League in 1973\u201374 season. Due to league system restructurisation only one club were to be relegated from step 4 divisions. Shoreham finished bottom of the table and returned straight back to the Southern Combination League.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 39], "content_span": [40, 667]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275558-0010-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Isthmian League, South Division\nAt the end of the season seventh step 4 division was created under the Isthmian League, as the South Division clubs were distributed between new South East and South Central divisions. Number of clubs in the step 4 divisions were reduced to 20 for the next season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 39], "content_span": [40, 304]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275558-0011-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Isthmian League, League Cup\nThe 2017\u201318 Alan Turvey Trophy (formerly the Isthmian League Cup) was the 44th season of the Alan Turvey Trophy, the cup competition of the whole Isthmian League.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 35], "content_span": [36, 198]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275558-0012-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Isthmian League, League Cup, Calendar\nThe Isthmian League Cup was voluntary this season, nine clubs decided not to take part in the competition:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 45], "content_span": [46, 152]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275558-0013-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Isthmian League, League Cup, First round\nSixty two clubs participated in the First round, while one club received a bye to the Second round:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 48], "content_span": [49, 148]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275558-0014-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Isthmian League, League Cup, Second round\nThirty clubs to have made it through the First round were entered into the draw with two clubs who get a bye, making thirty-two teams.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 49], "content_span": [50, 184]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275559-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Italian Women's Volleyball League\nThe 2017\u201318 Serie A1 is the 73rd season of the highest professional Italian Women's Volleyball League. The season takes place from October to May and is contested by twelve teams.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [41, 41], "content_span": [42, 221]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275559-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Italian Women's Volleyball League, Format\nThe regular season consists of 22 rounds, where the twelve participating teams play each other twice (once home and once away). At the completion of the regular season, the eight best teams advance to the playoffs and the teams finishing in 11th and 12th are relegated to Serie A2.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [43, 49], "content_span": [50, 331]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275560-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 JLT One-Day Cup\nThe 2017 JLT One-Day Cup was the 48th season of the official List A domestic cricket competition in Australia. It was played over a four-week period at the start of the domestic season to separate its schedule from the Sheffield Shield season. The tournament was held in Sydney, Brisbane, Perth and Hobart, with all 23 matches to be broadcast live on the Cricket Australia website and app. It was the first time in more than a decade that neither the Nine Network nor Fox Sports (Australia) have hosted a television broadcast of the tournament. The tournament was sponsored by Jardine Lloyd Thompson.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [23, 23], "content_span": [24, 624]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275560-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 JLT One-Day Cup\nNew South Wales were the defending champions. They were eliminated from the tournament after losing their final group fixture to Victoria, when the match was abandoned due to an unsafe pitch. The win gave Victoria a bonus-point victory, knocking New South Wales out of the competition. However, Cricket Australia were conducting a \"thorough investigation\" into the outcome of the match.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [23, 23], "content_span": [24, 410]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275560-0002-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 JLT One-Day Cup\nWestern Australia finished top of the group stage, progressing directly to the final. South Australia and Victoria finished second and third respectively, progressing to the elimination final. South Australia won the elimination match by 176 runs. In the final, Western Australia beat South Australia by 6 wickets.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [23, 23], "content_span": [24, 338]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275561-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 JS Kabylie season\nIn the 2017\u201318 season, JS Kabylie competed in the Ligue 1 for the 47th season, as well as the Algerian Cup.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [25, 25], "content_span": [26, 133]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275561-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 JS Kabylie season, Squad information, Goalscorers\nIncludes all competitive matches. The list is sorted alphabetically by surname when total goals are equal.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 57], "content_span": [58, 164]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275561-0002-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 JS Kabylie season, Squad list\nAs of August 25, 2017. Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 37], "content_span": [38, 189]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275562-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 JS Saoura season\nIn the 2017\u201318 season, JS Saoura competed in the Ligue 1 for the 6th season, as well as the Algerian Cup.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [24, 24], "content_span": [25, 130]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275562-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 JS Saoura season, Squad list\nAs of August 25, 2017. Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 36], "content_span": [37, 188]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275563-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Jackson State Tigers basketball team\nThe 2017\u201318 Jackson State Tigers basketball team represented Jackson State University during the 2017\u201318 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Tigers, led by fifth-year head coach Wayne Brent, played their home games at the Williams Assembly Center in Jackson, Mississippi as members of the Southwestern Athletic Conference. They finished the season 12\u201320, 9\u20139 in SWAC play to finish in sixth place. Due to Grambling State's ineligibility, they received the No. 5 seed in the SWAC Tournament where they lost to Southern in the quarterfinals.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [44, 44], "content_span": [45, 593]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275563-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Jackson State Tigers basketball team, Previous season\nThe Tigers finished the 2016\u201317 season 14\u201318, 10\u20138 in SWAC play to finish in a four-way tie for third place. As the No. 6 seed in the SWAC Tournament, they lost to Southern in the quarterfinals.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [46, 61], "content_span": [62, 256]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275564-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Jacksonville Dolphins men's basketball team\nThe 2017\u201318 Jacksonville Dolphins men's basketball team represented Jacksonville University during the 2017\u201318 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Dolphins, led by fourth-year head coach Tony Jasick played their home games at Swisher Gymnasium on the university's Jacksonville, Florida campus as members of the Atlantic Sun Conference. They finished the season 15\u201318, 8\u20136 in ASUN play to finish in third place. They defeated Kennesaw State in the quarterfinals of the ASUN Tournament before losing in the semifinals to Lipscomb.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 51], "section_span": [51, 51], "content_span": [52, 589]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275564-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Jacksonville Dolphins men's basketball team, Previous season\nThe Dolphins finished the 2016\u201317 season 17\u201316, 5\u20139 in ASUN play to finish in sixth place. They lost in the quarterfinals of the ASUN Tournament to North Florida. They were invited to the CollegeInsider.com Tournament where they lost in the first round to Saint Francis (PA).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 51], "section_span": [53, 68], "content_span": [69, 344]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275565-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Jacksonville Dolphins women's basketball team\nThe 2017\u201318 Jacksonville Dolphins women's basketball team represents Jacksonville University in the 2017\u201318 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Dolphins, led by fifth year head coach Yolett McPhee-McCuin, play their home games at Swisher Gymnasium and were members of the Atlantic Sun Conference. They finish the season 24\u20139, 12\u20132 in A-Sun play finish in second place. They advanced to the championship of the 2018 Atlantic Sun Women's Basketball Tournament where they lost to Florida Gulf Coast. They received an automatic bid to the WNIT where they lost to UCF in the first round.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 53], "section_span": [53, 53], "content_span": [54, 647]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275565-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Jacksonville Dolphins women's basketball team\nOn April 5, Yolett McPhee-McCuin left Jacksonville to be a head coach at Ole Miss. She finished at Jacksonville with a 5-year record of 94\u201363.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 53], "section_span": [53, 53], "content_span": [54, 196]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275565-0002-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Jacksonville Dolphins women's basketball team, Media\nAll home games and conference road games are shown on ESPN3 or A-Sun.TV.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 53], "section_span": [55, 60], "content_span": [61, 133]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275566-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Jacksonville State Gamecocks men's basketball team\nThe 2017\u201318 Jacksonville State Gamecocks men's basketball team represented Jacksonville State University during the 2017\u201318 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Gamecocks, led by second-year head coach Ray Harper, played their home games at the Pete Mathews Coliseum in Jacksonville, Alabama as members of the Ohio Valley Conference. They finished the season 23\u201313, 11\u20137 in OVC play to finish in fourth place. They defeated Tennessee Tech in the quarterfinals of the OVC Tournament before losing in the semifinals to Murray State. They were invited to the College Basketball Invitational where they defeated Canisius and Central Arkansas to advance to the semifinals where they lost to North Texas.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 58], "section_span": [58, 58], "content_span": [59, 766]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275566-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Jacksonville State Gamecocks men's basketball team, Previous season\nThe Gamecocks finished the 2016\u201317 season 20\u201315, 9\u20137 in OVC play to finish in third place in the East Division. As the No. 4 seed in the OVC Tournament, they defeated Southeast Missouri State, top-seeded Belmont, and UT Martin to win the tournament title. As a result, they received the conference's automatic bid to the NCAA Tournament, its first ever appearance, where it lost in the First Round to Louisville.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 58], "section_span": [60, 75], "content_span": [76, 488]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275566-0002-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Jacksonville State Gamecocks men's basketball team, Preseason\nIn a vote of conference coaches and sports information directors, Jacksonville State was picked to finish in 2nd place in the OVC. Malcolm Drumwright and Norbertas Giga were named to the 2017\u201318 Preseason All-OVC Men's Basketball Team.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 58], "section_span": [60, 69], "content_span": [70, 305]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275566-0003-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Jacksonville State Gamecocks men's basketball team, Preseason\nAfter five years of divisional play in the OVC, the conference eliminated divisions for the 2017\u201318 season. Additionally, for the first time, each conference team will play 18 conference games.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 58], "section_span": [60, 69], "content_span": [70, 263]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275567-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 James Madison Dukes men's basketball team\nThe 2017\u201318 James Madison Dukes men's basketball team represented James Madison University during the 2017\u201318 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Dukes, led by second-year head coach Louis Rowe, played their home games at the James Madison University Convocation Center in Harrisonburg, Virginia as members of the Colonial Athletic Association. They finished the season 10\u201322, 6\u201312 in CAA play to finish in a four-way tie for seventh place. They lost in the first round of the CAA Tournament to Drexel.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 49], "section_span": [49, 49], "content_span": [50, 561]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275567-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 James Madison Dukes men's basketball team, Previous season\nThe Dukes finished the 2016\u201317 season 10\u201323, 7\u201311 record in CAA play to finish in a tie for third place. The Dukes lost in the quarterfinals of CAA Tournament to College of Charleston. The season was the first for head coach Louis Rowe.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 49], "section_span": [51, 66], "content_span": [67, 303]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275568-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 James Madison Dukes women's basketball team\nThe 2017\u201318 James Madison Dukes women's basketball team represents James Madison University during the 2017\u201318 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Dukes, led by second year head coach Sean O'Regan, play their home games at the James Madison University Convocation Center and were members of the Colonial Athletic Association (CAA). They finished the season 23\u201311, 16\u20132 in CAA play to win the CAA regular season title with Drexel. They advanced to the semifinals of the CAA Women's Tournament where they lost to Elon. They received an at-large bid to the Women's National Invitation Tournament where they defeated East Tennessee State and Radford in the first and second rounds before losing to West Virginia in the third round.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 51], "section_span": [51, 51], "content_span": [52, 790]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275568-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 James Madison Dukes women's basketball team, Previous season\nThey finished the season 26\u20139, 15\u20133 in CAA play to finish in second place. They advanced to the championship game CAA Women's Tournament where they lost to Elon. They received an automatic bid to the Women's National Invitation Tournament where they defeated Radford and Virginia in the first and second rounds before losing to Villanova in the third round.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 51], "section_span": [53, 68], "content_span": [69, 426]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275569-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Jamshedpur FC season\nThe 2017\u201318 season was the first ever season of competitive football played by Jamshedpur. The team, along with Bengaluru, entered the Indian Super League as two new expansion teams. They played their first competitive match on 18 November 2017 while playing their last match of the season on 12 April 2018. The club ended their first Indian Super League campaign in fifth place, thus missing out on the chance to participate in the finals. Jamshedpur also participated in the Super Cup, being eliminated by Goa in the quarter-finals.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [28, 28], "content_span": [29, 563]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275569-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Jamshedpur FC season\nJamshedpur signed former Manchester City manager, Steve Coppell, as their first head coach in July. Coppell was in charge of fellow Super League side Kerala Blasters the previous season, leading the side to the final. India international Anas Edathodika became Jamshedpur's first player when he was drafted by the club during the players draft. Spanish defender Tiri was soon signed as the club's first foreign player. Other players recruited included those with previous ISL experience such as Sameehg Doutie, Memo, Kervens Belfort, Andr\u00e9 Bikey, and Matheus Gon\u00e7alves.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [28, 28], "content_span": [29, 598]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275569-0002-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Jamshedpur FC season\nThe season started for Jamshedpur with three consecutive draws before earning their first victory away at Delhi Dynamos. The first half of the season saw Jamshedpur six points off fourth place. During the second half of the season Jamshedpur managed to gain five victories. However a draw and three defeats, including the loss against Goa during their last league stage match, meant that the club would miss out on qualification for the finals. During the Super Cup, Jamshedpur defeated the I-League champions Minerva Punjab in the first round before being defeated by Goa in the quarter-finals.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [28, 28], "content_span": [29, 624]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275569-0003-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Jamshedpur FC season\nDuring their inaugural season, every player in the squad played at least one match, whether as a starter or substitute, while as a whole, the club scored 16 goals. Jamshedpur also managed to earn eight clean sheets, with seven of them being won by their number one goalkeeper, Subrata Pal. Matheus Gon\u00e7alves ended the campaign as Jamshedpur's top scorer with four goals, all scored in the Indian Super League.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [28, 28], "content_span": [29, 438]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275569-0004-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Jamshedpur FC season, Background\nOn 11 May 2017, it was announced by the Indian Super League organizers, Football Sports Development, that they would be inviting bids for new teams to join the league for the upcoming season. On 12 June, it was officially announced that Bengaluru FC (for Bengaluru) and Tata Group (for Jamshedpur) had won the bids for the new teams.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 40], "content_span": [41, 374]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275569-0005-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Jamshedpur FC season, Background\nAfter winning the expansion bid to enter the Indian Super League, on 14 July 2017, Tata announced that the inaugural head coach for the Jamshedpur franchise would be Steve Coppell. Coppell, the previous ISL season, had led the Kerala Blasters to the league final.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 40], "content_span": [41, 304]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275569-0006-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Jamshedpur FC season, Background\nConstruction on the team for the first season began on 23 July 2017 when Jamshedpur, along with the other nine clubs, took part in the 2017\u201318 ISL Players Draft. Jamshedpur, being a brand new team, were one of two teams who participated in all 15 rounds of the draft. They also had first pick for the first two rounds. India international Anas Edathodika was the first pick to be made by Jamshedpur and thus became the first player in Jamshedpur history. At the end of the draft, Jamshedpur were composed of fifteen players, including Edathodika: Subrata Pal, Mehtab Hossain, Souvik Chakrabarti, Robin Gurung, Bikash Jairu, Jerry Mawihmingthanga, Shouvik Ghosh, Sairuat Kima, Sanjiban Ghosh, Farukh Choudhary, Sumeet Passi, Yumnam Raju, Ashim Biswas, and Siddharth Singh.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 40], "content_span": [41, 812]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275569-0007-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Jamshedpur FC season, Background\nAfter participating in the draft, Jamshedpur made their first foreign player signing on 28 July 2017 when they signed Spanish defender Tiri. Tiri had played two seasons with fellow Indian Super League side ATK. The team proceeded to sign foreign players who had played in the ISL in past seasons such as Andr\u00e9 Bikey, Matheus Goncalves, Memo, Sameehg Doutie, and Kervens Belfort.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 40], "content_span": [41, 419]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275569-0008-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Jamshedpur FC season, Background\nJamshedpur made their first in-season squad change on 7 January 2018 when midfielder Wellington Priori replaced Talla N'Diaye.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 40], "content_span": [41, 167]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275569-0009-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Jamshedpur FC season, Indian Super League\nThe 2017\u201318 season of the Indian Super League sees 10 teams play 18 matches during the regular season; two against each other team, with one match at each club's stadium. Three points are awarded for each win, one point per draw, and none for defeats. At the end of the regular season, the top four teams in the table qualify for the finals. The team in first will take on the team in fourth and the team in second will take on the team in third in two-legged ties. The winners of each tie will face off in the final at the Salt Lake Stadium in Kolkata on 17 March 2018.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 49], "content_span": [50, 620]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275569-0010-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Jamshedpur FC season, Indian Super League\nJamshedpur began their first ever season away from home against NorthEast United on 18 November 2017. Jamshedpur defender Andr\u00e9 Bikey was sent off in the 77th minute \u2013 eight minutes after coming on as a substitute \u2013 after a high-booted challenge on NorthEast United forward Luis Alfonso P\u00e1ez. Despite their man disadvantage, Jamshedpur managed to hold NorthEast United to a 0\u20130 draw. The same result would occur only six days later in Jamshedpur's second match against the Kerala Blasters at the Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 49], "content_span": [50, 571]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275569-0011-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Jamshedpur FC season, Indian Super League\nThe club entered December with their home opener against ATK at the JRD Tata Sports Complex. Despite the home advantage, Steve Coppell's men finished the match with another 0\u20130 draw. After the match, Coppell said that Jamshedpur being held scoreless for three matches wasn't a problem and that he was happy that the team were able to keep three consecutive clean sheets to start the season. In their next match, Jamshedpur returned to the road as they took on the Delhi Dynamos at the Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium. Despite the match being goalless at halftime, Jamshedpur soon scored their first ever goal with Izu Azuka heading the ball past opposing goalkeeper Albino Gomes in the 61st minute. Jamshedpur would go on to win the match 1\u20130, their first three points ever and their fourth consecutive clean sheet.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 49], "content_span": [50, 858]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275569-0012-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Jamshedpur FC season, Indian Super League\nDespite the victory, Jamshedpur would go on to lose for the first time in their next match against Pune City. Adil Khan scored the only goal in the 30th minute at the JRD Tata Sports Complex. It would be eleven days before Jamshedpur's next match against the other new entrants of the Indian Super League, Bengaluru. Despite being out-possessed for the majority of the match, Jamshedpur earned a penalty late in the match through Sameehg Doutie. Matheus Gon\u00e7alves converted the penalty to win the match for Jamshedpur 1\u20130. The club then ended the month of December at home against Chennaiyin. Despite the home advantage, a penalty goal by Jeje Lalpekhlua saw Jamshedpur fall 1\u20130 to end the year.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 49], "content_span": [50, 745]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275569-0013-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Jamshedpur FC season, Indian Super League\nEntering 2018, Steve Coppell stated that he was desperate for Jamshedpur to start scoring goals, having only scored two in their first seven matches. \"That hasn\u2019t happened so far even with the penalty but I\u2019m confident that we will score goals and the sooner the better. It\u2019s a big priority for us,\" he stated. Jamshedpur played their first match of the year on 5 January at home against Mumbai City. Despite going down early through a goal from Thiago Santos, Jamshedpur's Izu Azuka managed to score a brace right before halftime to give Coppell's men the lead. However, Thiago Santos found an equalizer for Mumbai City in the 71st minute as the match ended 2\u20132. The match saw the return of Anas Edathodika, who had been injured since the first match of the season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 49], "content_span": [50, 816]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275569-0014-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Jamshedpur FC season, Indian Super League\nJamshedpur's next match would be away at Goa, who had the league's top scorer in Coro. The match was billed to be one between the league's best attack (Goa) and the league's best defense (Jamshedpur). During the match, despite the defensive work put in by Jamshedpur, it was Goa who managed to take the lead going into halftime. Brandon Fernandes was brought down in the box by Andr\u00e9 Bikey and Manuel Lanzarote converted the penalty a second time after the first one, which he also scored, was disallowed. Jamshedpur soon pulled one back in the 54th minute with Matheus Gon\u00e7alves scoring the equalizer. However, it was Goa who would take the three points as Lanzarote again found the back of the net after a throughball from Brandon Fernandes. Goa would win 2\u20131.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 49], "content_span": [50, 812]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275569-0015-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Jamshedpur FC season, Indian Super League\nJamshedpur then returned home on 17 January 2018 for their match against the Kerala Blasters. Steve Coppell made a few changes going into this match including giving new signing Wellington Priori his debut and giving Yumnam Raju and Ashim Biswas their first starts of the season. The game started in the best way possible for Jamshedpur with Jerry Mawihmingthanga scoring just 22 seconds into the match, the fastest goal scored in Indian Super League history. Afterwards, Ashim Biswas made it 2\u20130 in the 31st minute before Mark Sifneos scored the consolation for the Blasters three minutes into second half stoppage time. Jamshedpur managed to hold on in the end for a 2\u20131 victory.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 49], "content_span": [50, 731]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275569-0016-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Jamshedpur FC season, Indian Super League\nFour days later, Jamshedpur hosted last place Delhi Dynamos. Steve Coppell opted for the same line-up that earned Jamshedpur victory in their last match against the Kerala Blasters. The match started out in the worst way for Jamshedpur as they found themselves down 2\u20130 by the 22nd minute with Kalu Uche securing a brace through two headers. Tiri however was able to get one back for Jamshedpur in the 29th minute and Yumnam Raju scored the equalizer almost ten minutes into the second half. Matheus Gon\u00e7alves then scored the winner in the 86th minute off a pass from Wellington Priori. The 3\u20132 victory moved Jamshedpur to 5th place, only behind fourth placed Goa on goal difference.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 49], "content_span": [50, 733]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275569-0017-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Jamshedpur FC season, Indian Super League\nAfter the match against Delhi Dynamos, Jamshedpur began a run of three straight away games. On 24 January 2018, the club took on Pune City at the Balewadi Stadium. Despite Wellington Priori putting the club up 1\u20130 in the 29th minute, two defensive lapses saw Pune City take the lead 2\u20131 by the 66th minute a take the three points. Jamshedpur's next match away against ATK at the Salt Lake Stadium would be a better result. Matheus Gon\u00e7alves gave Jamshedpur the lead in the 66th minute from the penalty spot as the club won 1\u20130.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 49], "content_span": [50, 577]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275569-0018-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Jamshedpur FC season, Indian Super League\nJamshedpur entered the month of February with a match against Mumbai City at the Mumbai Football Arena. Jamshedpur took the lead in the 37th minute after Farukh Choudhary dribbled into the box and his attempted shot was deflected into the net by Sanju Pradhan. \u00c9verton Santos then equalized for Mumbai City in the 79th minute before substitute Bikash Jairu scored the winner for Jamshedpur five minutes later. Subrata Pal meanwhile earned the Hero of the Match award after making five crucial saves for Jamshedpur. Ten days later, the club returned home where they took on NorthEast United. Wellington Priori won the game for Jamshedpur with an overhead kicked goal in the 51st minute. The match ended 1\u20130 to Jamshedpur, with the club cementing themselves in fourth place.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 49], "content_span": [50, 822]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275569-0019-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Jamshedpur FC season, Indian Super League\nAfter taking an eight-day break in between matches, Jamshedpur played their final away match of the season against Chennaiyin. Despite Coppell's men taking the during the first half through Wellington Priori, Chennaiyin found the equalizer in the 88th minute from Mohammed Rafi. The score would remain 1\u20131 for the rest of the match. The club then returned home but in a different venue as the Kalinga Stadium was used for the final two matches of the season by Jamshedpur. In their first match at the new venue, Jamshedpur took on league leaders Bengaluru. The new home didn't help for Jamshedpur as they fell 2\u20130 to goals from Miku and Sunil Chhetri.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 49], "content_span": [50, 701]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275569-0020-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Jamshedpur FC season, Indian Super League\nThe defeat to Bengaluru meant that Jamshedpur had to win their final match against Goa to stand any chance of qualification for the finals. Unfortunately, the match did not go at all the way Jamshedpur would have wanted. Subrata Pal was sent off after only seven minutes after handling a ball just outside his penalty area. With Jamshedpur down to 10-men and using their backup goalkeeper, Sanjiban Ghosh, who had not made a single appearance till that point, the club fell to Goa. Indian Super League top scorer Coro scored the opening goal of the match in the 29th minute before doubling his tally in the 51st minute. Manuel Lanzarote then scored the third goal for Goa in the 69th minute to confirm their 3\u20130 victory.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 49], "content_span": [50, 770]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275569-0021-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Jamshedpur FC season, Indian Super League\nAfter the defeat and being eliminated from finals contention, Coppell said that the match was lost after Pal's dismissal: \"Losing the goalkeeper early and playing the rest of the match with 10 players, including new goalkeeper Sanjiban Ghosh who made his debut, created a void which was hard to fill.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 49], "content_span": [50, 351]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275569-0022-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Jamshedpur FC season, Super Cup\nThe Super Cup is a knockout football competition in India. The 2018 edition was the first ever tournament. The competition only featured teams from both the Indian Super League and the I-League, India's two top-tier football leagues. As Jamshedpur finished in fifth place during the 2017\u201318 ISL season, the club entered the main competition directly which was be hosted at the Kalinga Stadium in Bhubaneswar.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 39], "content_span": [40, 448]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275569-0023-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Jamshedpur FC season, Super Cup\nJamshedpur were drawn to face Minerva Punjab on 2 April 2018. Minerva Punjab had finished the 2017\u201318 I-League as champions. Prior to the start of the tournament, before any of the teams knew the tournament format, Jamshedpur head coach, Steve Coppell, said negative comments about it: \"I don\u2019t think the Super Cup is anyone\u2019s favourite competition. You know for it to take place. Now we are at the end of the ISL and nobody knows exactly where the tournament is when it begins. From my point of view it\u2019s nonsense. If it\u2019s a strategically important competition then surely by now in March we would know the details.\" Additionally, it was also reported that Jamshedpur's opponents, Minerva Punjab, expressed wanting to pull out of the competition.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 39], "content_span": [40, 787]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275569-0024-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Jamshedpur FC season, Super Cup\nEventually the match did occur, with Coppell deciding to start backup goalkeeper Sanjiban Ghosh while also giving rightback Robin Gurung his first appearance of the season. The match ended goalless after full-time and remained deadlock at 0\u20130 after extra time. In penalties, Ghosh was essential in leading Jamshedpur to victory as he made three saves while Jamshedpur won the penalty shootout 5\u20134. In the quarter-finals, Jamshedpur were drawn to face fellow ISL side Goa. Brandon Fernandes gave Goa the lead during the firsthalf before halftime saw a total of six red cards, three of them to Jamshedpur.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 39], "content_span": [40, 643]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275569-0024-0001", "contents": "2017\u201318 Jamshedpur FC season, Super Cup\nKervens Belfort, Anas Edathodika, and goalkeeper Subrata Pal were the ones sent off for Jamshedpur. The sending off of Pal allowed Rafique Ali Sardar to come on and make his professional debut for the club. During the second half, with both teams playing with eight players each, Jamshedpur gave up four goals while scoring once at the end. Coro, Manvir Singh, and Hugo Boumous scored for Goa while Ashim Biswas found the consolation for Jamshedpur as they lost 5\u20131.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 39], "content_span": [40, 506]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275569-0025-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Jamshedpur FC season, Super Cup\nA few days later it was announced that Belfort, Edathodika, and Pal would be given an additional two match ban to what they were already banned for from their red cards.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 39], "content_span": [40, 209]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275570-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Japan Figure Skating Championships\nThe 2017-18 Japan Figure Skating Championships were held on December 20\u201324, 2017 at the Musashino Forest Sports Plaza in Tokyo. It was the 86th edition of the event. Medals were awarded in the disciplines of men's singles, ladies' singles, pair skating, and ice dance.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [42, 42], "content_span": [43, 311]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275570-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Japan Figure Skating Championships, Results, Men\nHanyu withdrew to continue recovering from an ankle injury he sustained in practice at the 2017 NHK Trophy.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [44, 56], "content_span": [57, 164]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275570-0002-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Japan Figure Skating Championships, Results, Ladies\nMiyahara won the national title for the fourth year in a row.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [44, 59], "content_span": [60, 121]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275570-0003-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Japan Figure Skating Championships, Japan Junior Figure Skating Championships\nThe 2017\u201318 Junior Championships took place on November 24\u201326, 2017 at the Gunma Sports Complex in Maebashi, Gunma.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [44, 85], "content_span": [86, 201]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275570-0004-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Japan Figure Skating Championships, International team selections\nThe Japan Skating Federation selected skaters for international competitions in the second half of the 2017\u201318 season based on the results of the national championships as well as international ISU-sanctioned competitions.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [44, 73], "content_span": [74, 296]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275570-0005-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Japan Figure Skating Championships, International team selections, Winter Olympics\nThe 2018 Winter Olympics will be held on February 9-25, 2018 in Pyeongchang, South Korea. Yuzuru Hanyu was chosen to compete despite missing the national championships, by virtue of his status as reigning World and Olympic champion, and his first place in the ISU World Standings at the time of the championships.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [44, 90], "content_span": [91, 404]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275570-0006-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Japan Figure Skating Championships, International team selections, World Championships\nThe 2018 World Championships will be held on March 19-25, 2018 in Milan, Italy. Japan's entries were announced in late December 2017.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [44, 94], "content_span": [95, 228]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275570-0007-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Japan Figure Skating Championships, International team selections, Four Continents Championships\nThe 2018 Four Continents Championships will be held on January 22-28, 2018 in Taipei City, Chinese Taipei. Japan's entries were announced in late December 2017.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [44, 104], "content_span": [105, 265]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275570-0008-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Japan Figure Skating Championships, International team selections, World Junior Championships\nCommonly referred to as \"Junior Worlds\", the 2018 World Junior Championships will take place on March 5-11, 2018 in Sofia, Bulgaria. Japan's entries were announced in late December 2017.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [44, 101], "content_span": [102, 288]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275571-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Jordan FA Cup\nThe 2017\u201318 Jordan FA Cup was the 38th season of the national football competition of Jordan. The winners of the competition earned a spot in the 2019 AFC Cup.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [21, 21], "content_span": [22, 181]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275572-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Jordan League Division 1\nThe 2017\u201318 Jordan League Division 1 started on 26 February 2018 and is scheduled to conclude on 15 May 2018.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [32, 32], "content_span": [33, 142]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275572-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Jordan League Division 1\nThe league featured 10 teams from the 2016\u201317 campaign, two new teams relegated from the 2016\u201317 Premier League: Al-Sareeh and Sahab, and two new teams promoted from the 2016\u201317 Jordan League Division 2: Dar Al-Dawa and Shabab Al-Hussein.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [32, 32], "content_span": [33, 271]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275572-0002-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Jordan League Division 1\nAl-Salt won the league title and promoted to 2018\u201319 Jordan League along with Al-Sareeh. Al-Asalah and Al-Jalil were relegated to the 2017\u201318 Jordan League Division 2.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [32, 32], "content_span": [33, 200]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275572-0003-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Jordan League Division 1, Teams\nA total of 14 teams are contesting the league, including 10 sides from the 2016\u201317 season, two relegated from the 2016\u201317 Premier League, and two promoted from the 2016\u201317 Jordan League Division 2.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 39], "content_span": [40, 237]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275572-0004-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Jordan League Division 1, Team changes\nThe following teams have changed division since the 2016\u201317 season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 46], "content_span": [47, 114]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275573-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Jordanian Pro League\nThe 2017\u201318 Jordan Jordanian Pro League (known as the Al-Manaseer Jordanian Pro League, named after Ziyad AL-Manaseer Companies Group for sponsorship reasons) is the 66th season of Jordanian Pro League since its inception in 1944.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [28, 28], "content_span": [29, 259]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275573-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Jordanian Pro League\nAl-Faisaly are the defending champions of the 2016\u201317 season. Shabab Al-Aqaba and Al-Yarmouk entered as the two promoted teams.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [28, 28], "content_span": [29, 156]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275573-0002-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Jordanian Pro League\nOn 3 May 2018, Al-Wehdat won their 16th Premier League title, after Mansheyat Bani Hasan beat Al-Faisaly 2\u20131 in round 21 and before the final round of the league.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [28, 28], "content_span": [29, 191]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275573-0003-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Jordanian Pro League\nAl-Faisaly's \u0141ukasz Gikiewicz won the Golden Boot with 14 goals.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [28, 28], "content_span": [29, 93]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275573-0004-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Jordanian Pro League, Teams\nThe league comprises 12 teams, 10 from the 2016\u201317 campaign, as well as two teams promoted from the 2016\u201317 Division 1.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 35], "content_span": [36, 155]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275573-0005-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Jordanian Pro League, Teams, Foreign players\nThe number of foreign players is limited to 3 per team, and should not be a goalkeeper.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 52], "content_span": [53, 140]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275573-0006-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Jordanian Pro League, Results, League table\nNote: Teams tied on points are ranked on head-to-head record.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 51], "content_span": [52, 113]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275574-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Junior ABA League\nThe 2017\u201318 Junior ABA League is the inaugural season of the Junior ABA League with ten men's under-19 teams from Serbia, Croatia, Slovenia, Montenegro, Bosnia and Herzegovina and the Republic of Macedonia participating in it. Teams are the junior selections of the 2017\u201318 ABA League First Division teams.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [25, 25], "content_span": [26, 332]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275574-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Junior ABA League, Competition\nTen under-19 teams are participating at the 2017\u201318 Junior ABA League season \u2013 Budu\u0107nost VOLI, Cedevita, Cibona, Crvena zvezda mts, Igokea, Mega Bemax, Mornar, MZT Skopje Aerodrom, Partizan NIS and Petrol Olimpija - will be divided into two semi-final Groups.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 38], "content_span": [39, 298]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275574-0002-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Junior ABA League, Competition\nIn Group A in Belgrade, Serbia are Crvena zvezda mts, Cibona, Mega Bemax, Mornar and MZT Skopje Aerodrom. In Group B in Zagreb, Croatia are Budu\u0107nost VOLI, Cedevita, Igokea, Partizan NIS and Petrol Olimpija.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 38], "content_span": [39, 246]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275574-0003-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Junior ABA League, Competition\nIn the group stage, all teams will face each other team within a group in a round-robin system. The two best placed teams of each group will advance to the final tournament, which will take place in Lakta\u0161i. At the final tournament, the teams will play two games \u2013 the semifinal and the final or third place game. The winner of the final tournament will become the 2017\u201318 ABA Junior Tournament Champion.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 38], "content_span": [39, 443]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275575-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Juventus F.C. season\nThe 2017\u201318 season was Juventus Football Club's 120th in existence and 11th consecutive season in the top flight of Italian football. Due to sponsorship reasons, from 1 July 2017 until 30 June 2023, the Juventus Stadium was known as the Allianz Stadium of Turin. During the previous season, president Agnelli announced that a new Juventus logo would be introduced, revealing a video showing the introduction of the new logo.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [28, 28], "content_span": [29, 453]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275575-0000-0001", "contents": "2017\u201318 Juventus F.C. season\nThe logo shows the word Juventus on top, with two capital Js shown together in different fonts with a small opening between them to almost make a bigger J. Agnelli said that the logo reflects \"the Juventus way of living\". In this season, Juventus introduced their new logo on the kits.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [28, 28], "content_span": [29, 314]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275575-0000-0002", "contents": "2017\u201318 Juventus F.C. season\nOn 16 February 2018, the first three episodes of a docu-series called First Team: Juventus, which followed the club throughout the season, by spending time with the players behind the scenes both on and off the field, was released on Netflix; the other three episodes were released on 6 July 2018.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [28, 28], "content_span": [29, 326]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275575-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Juventus F.C. season\nOn 9 May 2018, Juventus won their 13th Coppa Italia title, and fourth in a row, in a 4\u20130 win over Milan, extending the all-time record of successive Coppa Italia titles. Four days later on 13 May, following a 0\u20130 draw with Roma, Juventus secured their seventh consecutive Serie A title, extending the all-time record of successive triumphs in the competition. Then on 17 May, iconic Juventus goalkeeper Gianluigi Buffon announced his farewell to Serie A (and the national football team). He left Serie A after 23 career seasons, the last 17 being with Juventus, nine league titles, and 640 caps, the second highest in Serie A. Buffon would return to Juventus in 2019 after a one-year spell with PSG.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [28, 28], "content_span": [29, 728]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275575-0002-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Juventus F.C. season, Players, Squad information\nPlayers and squad numbers last updated on 4 January 2018.Note: Flags indicate national team as has been defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 56], "content_span": [57, 251]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275576-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 KBL season\nThe 2017\u201318 KBL season was the 22nd season of the Korean Basketball League (KBL), the highest level of basketball in South Korea. Seoul SK Knights won its second KBL championship.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [18, 18], "content_span": [19, 198]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275577-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 KF Luft\u00ebtari season\nThis article covers the 2017\u201318 season for Luft\u00ebtari Gjirokast\u00ebr. They participate in the Albanian Superliga and the Albanian Cup.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [27, 27], "content_span": [28, 158]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275577-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 KF Luft\u00ebtari season, Current squad\nNote: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 42], "content_span": [43, 171]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275578-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 KF Sk\u00ebnderbeu Kor\u00e7\u00eb season\nSk\u00ebnderbeu Kor\u00e7\u00eb are an Albanian football team which are based in Kor\u00e7\u00eb. During the 2017/18 campaign they will compete in the following competitions: Kategoria Superiore, Albanian Cup, UEFA Europa League.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [34, 34], "content_span": [35, 239]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275578-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 KF Sk\u00ebnderbeu Kor\u00e7\u00eb season, Players\nNote: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 43], "content_span": [44, 172]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275579-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 KF Tirana season\nThe 2017\u201318 season was Klubi i Futbollit Tirana's 79th competitive season, first ever season in the Kategoria e Par\u00eb and 97th year in existence as a football club.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [24, 24], "content_span": [25, 188]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275579-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 KF Tirana season, Season overview, June\nTirana's relegation for the first time in history created a mass exodus at the club, with Afrim Taku, Gilman Lika, Olsi Teqja leaving the team immediately after they contract run out.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 47], "content_span": [48, 231]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275579-0002-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 KF Tirana season, Season overview, June\nLater on 16 June, Tirana announced the signing of manager Z\u00e9 Maria.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 47], "content_span": [48, 115]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275579-0003-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 KF Tirana season, Season overview, June\nOn 19 June Tirana acquired the services of Ugandan striker Yunus Sentamu after having originally signed an agreement in January 2016. One the same day, Brazilian midfielder Wellyson completed a transfer to Tirana by becoming the second purchase of transfer market.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 47], "content_span": [48, 312]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275579-0004-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 KF Tirana season, Season overview, June\nTwo days later, manager Z\u00e9 Maria published the official list for the 2017\u201318 UEFA Europa League first qualifying round. The youngsters Realf Zhivanaj, Elvi Berisha and Rei Qilimi were promoted for the first time at senior squad.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 47], "content_span": [48, 276]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275579-0005-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 KF Tirana season, Season overview, June\nTirana lost the first leg against Maccabi Tel Aviv 2\u20130 at Netanya Stadium.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 47], "content_span": [48, 122]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275579-0006-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 KF Tirana season, Season overview, July\nIn the returning leg on 6 July, Tirana was defeated 3\u20130 at home and was eliminated from the competition 5\u20130 on aggregate. On 12 July, Moise Nkounkou terminated the contract with Tirana unilaterally which led the club to send the case to UEFA where they emerged victorius; the played was forced to give Tirana \u20ac100,000 compensation.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 47], "content_span": [48, 379]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275579-0007-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 KF Tirana season, Season overview, August\nOn 10 August, Merveille Ndockyt who had a breakthrough season in his first year at Tirana, was sold at La Liga club Getafe for \u20ac400,000. One day after that, second goalkeeper Edvan Bakaj terminated the contract with the club due to lack of playing time.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 49], "content_span": [50, 303]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275579-0008-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 KF Tirana season, Season overview, August\nOn 15 August, Elvi Berisha who debuted with senior team in the qualifying rounds of Europa League, was sold at Legan\u00e9s B for \u20ac90,000.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 49], "content_span": [50, 183]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275579-0009-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 KF Tirana season, Season overview, August\nOn 24 August, defender David Domgjoni was transferred to Kosovan side Liria for an undisclosed fee. A day after, young defender Fjoralb Deliaj left the club as a free agent after being told by manager Z\u00e9 Maria that he was not in his plans. On 28 August, Reuben Acquah was sold at LASK Linz for \u20ac250,000. On the same day, Uganda international player Tony Mawejje completed a transfer to Tirana by penning a contract until June 2019 with an option to renew. On 29 August, Alvaro Bishaj joined the club on a three-year contract at the request of manager Z\u00e9 Maria.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 49], "content_span": [50, 610]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275579-0010-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 KF Tirana season, Season overview, September\nOn 2 September, Tirana signed English striker Michael Ngoo on a one-year contract with the possibility of a renewal for a second year. Two days later, \u00c7elhaka joined the club on a deal running until June 2020. \u00c7elhaka was presented alongside Bedri Greca who signed a two-year contract for an undisclosed fee.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 52], "content_span": [53, 361]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275579-0011-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 KF Tirana season, Season overview, September\nTirana played their first domestic match on 6 September in the 2017 Albanian Supercup. Tirana won 1\u20130 thanks to late winner of Erion Hoxhallari to clinch their 11th title in history. Tirana also set a record by becoming the Kategoria e Par\u00eb side to win the Supercup.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 52], "content_span": [53, 319]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275579-0012-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 KF Tirana season, Season overview, September\nOn 7 September, after three months as free agent, Ifeanyi Edeh rejoined Tirana on a one-year contract. He however departed from the club on 24 September to pursue a career outside the continent.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 52], "content_span": [53, 247]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275579-0013-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 KF Tirana season, Season overview, September\nTirana begun their Albanian Cup campaign on 13 September by winning 2\u20131 away over Besa Kavaj\u00eb in the first leg of first round. Karabeci scored both goals, including one with penalty. Three days later they played their first ever Kategoria e Par\u00eb match on 16 September by defeating Iliria Fush\u00eb-Kruj\u00eb 1\u20130 at home. Tony Mawejje scored the lone goal.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 52], "content_span": [53, 400]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275579-0014-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 KF Tirana season, Season overview, September\nOn 22 September Tirana announced the purchase of midfielder Hardy Binguila on a three-year contract. He was presented at Selman St\u00ebrmasi Stadium and was given squad number 10. In the second matchday against Pogradeci, Tirana easily won 3\u20130 at Gjorgji Ky\u00e7yku Stadium. Sentamu and Ngoo were the authors of goals.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 52], "content_span": [53, 363]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275579-0015-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 KF Tirana season, Season overview, September\nIn the returning leg of Albanian Cup first round, Tirana won 2\u20130 thanks to Ngoo brace to progress to next round 4\u20131 on aggregate. On 29 September, after having initially assigned to reserve squad, goalkeeper Alessio Abibi was given clearance to join the first squad. He signed a three-year contract.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 52], "content_span": [53, 352]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275579-0016-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 KF Tirana season, Season overview, September\nOn 27 September was the draw for the second round of Albanian Cup. The team will play against Vllaznia Shkod\u00ebr.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 52], "content_span": [53, 164]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275579-0017-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 KF Tirana season, Season overview, September\nTirana finished the month by winning another three league points, this time by beating Naft\u00ebtari Ku\u00e7ov\u00eb 3\u20130 at home. Sentamu was on the score sheet twice while Karabeci scored the other goal.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 52], "content_span": [53, 244]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275579-0018-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 KF Tirana season, Season overview, October\nTirana begun October by winning 6\u20130 at Shkumbini Peqin. The goals were scored by six different players. It was also the fourth consecutive clean-sheet for Ilion Lika. The team continued their sublime form in league by winning 2\u20130 over Turbina C\u00ebrrik at home to extend the league gap. Nggo and Greca scored the goals for Tirana. The win was followed by another one in the next week as the team won 2\u20130 versus Tomori Berat with the goals of Karabeci and Sentamu.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 50], "content_span": [51, 511]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275579-0019-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 KF Tirana season, Season overview, November\nIn the first match of November, Tirana suffered a 0\u20131 home loss to Bylis Ballsh. Niko Zisi scored the lone goal of the match. For Tirana it was the first league defeat of the season and the first goal conceded after 540 minutes. Z\u00e9 Maria called the defeat \"a shame\". Tirana bounced back fast, however, winning 2\u20130 versus Apolonia Fier on 18 November. Alked \u00c7elhaka scored his first Tirana goal while Grent Halili for his first league goal for Tirana in his 33rd appearance.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 51], "content_span": [52, 525]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275579-0020-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 KF Tirana season, Season overview, November\nTirana dropped again points on matchday 9 on 25 November against Sh\u00ebnkolli. Karabeci scored for Tirana with penalty as the team finished the match with 10 players following the sent off of \u00c7elhaka. On 29 November, goals from Greca and Wellyson secured a 2\u20130 home win over Vllaznia in the first leg of Albanian Cup second round.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 51], "content_span": [52, 379]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275579-0021-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 KF Tirana season, Season overview, December\nTirana's December began with a visit to the Redi Maloku Stadium to take on Iliria on 9 December. Tirana achieved an easy 3\u20130 win thanks to Daja, Turtulli and Karabeci goals. In the returning leg of Albanian Cup second round at Loro Bori\u00e7i Stadium versus Vllaznia Shkod\u00ebr, Tirana was defeated 0\u20131 but progressed through thanks to the 2\u20130 win in the first leg. The team however played for one hour with one man less due to Erion Hoxhallari's sent-off following an brawl with Ardit Krymi. He was suspended for two matches by AFA. Following the end of the match the police violated the Tirana players which prompted the club to denounce. On the same day was announced that Tirana was going to play Kuk\u00ebsi in the quarter-finals of Albanian Cup.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 51], "content_span": [52, 791]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275579-0022-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 KF Tirana season, Season overview, December\nBack in the league, the team scored 6 times in the match against Pogradeci to equal the best victory achieved in October versus Shkumbini Peqin. Sentamu scored a hat-trick which was followed by Qilimi, Halili and Ngoo goals. In the last match of 2017, Tirana recorded another big victory, winning 0\u20134 at Naft\u00ebtari Ku\u00e7ov\u00eb, finishing Group B at first place. Karabeci, Ngoo, Sentamu and Bardhi scored the goals.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 51], "content_span": [52, 460]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275579-0023-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 KF Tirana season, Season overview, January\nOn 2 January, the club terminated by mutual consent the contract with Brazilian Wellyson who signed a three-year contract with Swedish outfit AFC Eskilstuna. The announcement was made three days later. On 9 January, young defender Marlind Nuriu was sent on loan for remainder of the season at fellow capital club Dinamo Tirana to gain more experience. On 12 January, the club announced their winter training camp schedule; the preparation phase is going to take place in Antalya, Turkey and the team would also play in three friendlies. Priror to that, Tirana released Ditmar Shehri, Mateus Levendi, Alvi Ahmetaj and several other players from the youth ranks. Flamur Bajrami was sent on loan at V\u00ebllaznimi of Football Superleague of Kosovo for the remainder of the season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 50], "content_span": [51, 824]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275579-0024-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 KF Tirana season, Season overview, January\nThe team played their first friendly on 18 January; the draw 1\u20131 against Kazakhstan Premier League outfit Tobol with Greca scoring Tirana's only goal. Tirana played their second friendly two days later; they draw 2\u20132 against SKA-Khabarovsk with Sentamu and Daja scoring for Tirana. Tirana finished their winter training camp by earning another draw, this time against Cherno More.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 50], "content_span": [51, 431]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275579-0025-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 KF Tirana season, Season overview, January\nOn 20 January 2018, the club announced their first two signings of winter transfer window; Kenneth Muguna joined the club on a \u200b4\u00a01\u20442-year contract while Mohammed Musa signed a \u200b2\u00a01\u20442-year contract. Five days later, midfielder Samson Iliasu was signed from Mohammedan Sporting Club and was sent on loan at Kastrioti Kruj\u00eb on deadline day until the end of the season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 50], "content_span": [51, 417]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275579-0026-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 KF Tirana season, Season overview, January\nTirana played their first competitive match of 2018 on 28 January; the team on 3\u20130 versus Shkumbini Peqin with the goals of Ngoo, Qilimi and Vrapi. Back in Albanian Cup three days later, Tirana despite dominating most of the game with one player less, was not able to win at home versus Kuk\u00ebsi as the match ended 1\u20131.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 50], "content_span": [51, 368]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275579-0027-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 KF Tirana season, Season overview, February\nTirana started February by earning a 2\u20131 comeback win at Nexhip Trungu Stadium versus Turbina C\u00ebrrik; Greca and Ngoo goals were enough 5th consecutive league win. In the next league match six days later, Tirana continued their winning run after beating 3\u20131 Tomori Berat at home; Ngoo scored a brace which was followed by Greca's goal.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 51], "content_span": [52, 386]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275579-0028-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 KF Tirana season, Season overview, February\nBack in cup, in the second leg of Albanian Cup quarter-finals, Tirana lost 0\u20131 thanks to an early Kuk\u00ebsi goal scored by Sindrit Guri which sealed Tirana elimination from the competition 1\u20132 on aggregate. In the next league match against promotion contenders Bylis Ballsh, Tirana took the advantage by netting with Yunus Sentamu in the dying seconds of first half injury time. However, the hosts bounced back and scored with a controversial penalty with Maringlen Shoshi.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 51], "content_span": [52, 522]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275579-0029-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 KF Tirana season, Season overview, February\nIn the penultimate match of regular season, Tirana didn't go more than a goalless draw against Apolonia Fier.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 51], "content_span": [52, 161]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275579-0030-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 KF Tirana season, Season overview, March\nOn 3 March, in the final match of regular season, Tirana overwhelmed Sh\u00ebnkolli by winning 4\u20131, ending the regular phase as leaders with 45 points, four more than Bylis Ballsh. Tirana's lead was cut short in half due to new rules applied by Albanian Football Association for the 2017\u201318 season, meaning they were only two points ahead of Bylis.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 48], "content_span": [49, 392]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275579-0031-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 KF Tirana season, Season overview, March\nThe team played their first play-off match on 11 March against Pogradeci, winning 3\u20130 thanks to the strikes of Ngoo, Greca and Halili. This win was followed by the next one six days later against Tomori Berat. The team won 2\u20131 at home thanks to the goals of Sentamu and Ngoo. Goalie Ilion Lika was injured during the match after a collision with an opposition player and was taken off.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 48], "content_span": [49, 434]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275579-0032-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 KF Tirana season, Season overview, March\nOn 26 March, Michael Ngoo, who until now had scored 13 goals and provided 7 assists, suffered a major injury during the training session which ruled him out for the remainder of the season. Tirana played their third promotion play-off match on 28 March against Apolonia Fier; they won 5\u20131 thanks to the braces scored by Greca and Mu\u00e7i and a goal from Karabeci, which helped Tirana to extend the league lead.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 48], "content_span": [49, 456]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275579-0033-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 KF Tirana season, Season overview, April\nTirana begun April by recording a 2\u20130 win against their closest rival Bylis Ballsh. The team scored in the 2nd with in-form Bedri Greca just seconds after Erando Karabeci missed a penalty. Greca scored the second goal in the 27th minute which gave Tirana the win. Tirana officially secured their promotion to top flight next season by winning 3\u20132 at home against Pogradeci. An owngoal from Hysenllari and goals from Grend Halili and Bedri Greca secured the win.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 48], "content_span": [49, 510]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275579-0034-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 KF Tirana season, Season overview, April\nAfter clinching the spot for the next season's Albanian Superliga, Z\u00e9 Maria decided to play in the next game against Tomori Berat with a young and inexperienced team, consisting players from the B squad. The team however managed a 2\u20132 draw. On 27 April, the youngster Ernest Mu\u00e7i signed his first professional contract, a two-year deal until June 2020. In the last match of April, Tirana managed a narrow 1\u20130 win against Apolonia Fier thanks to the winner of Jurgen Vrapi in 31st minute.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 48], "content_span": [49, 536]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275579-0035-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 KF Tirana season, Season overview, May\nOn 8 May, Tirana were deducted three points due to financial obligations to its former player Gjergji Muzaka. In the final match of promotion Group B, Tirana defeated Bylis Ballsh 2\u20131 thanks to the brace of Bedri Greca to claim the trophy of Group B. The goals scored in this match made Greca the joint Tirana topscorer along with Yunus Sentamu.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 46], "content_span": [47, 392]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275579-0036-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 KF Tirana season, Season overview, May\nOn 16 May, in the Kategoria e Par\u00eb final against the Group A winners, Kastrioti Kruj\u00eb, Tirana recorded a 2\u20130 win thanks to another brace for the man of the moment Bedri Greca to win the trophy of Kategoria e Par\u00eb for 2017\u201318 season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 46], "content_span": [47, 279]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275579-0037-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 KF Tirana season, Players, Squad information, From youth squad\nNote: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 70], "content_span": [71, 199]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275579-0038-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 KF Tirana season, Statistics, Clean sheets\nThe list is sorted by shirt number when total appearances are equal.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 50], "content_span": [51, 119]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275580-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 KF Vllaznia Shkod\u00ebr season\nThis article covers the 2017\u201318 season for Vllaznia Shkod\u00ebr. They participate in the Kategoria Superiore.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [34, 34], "content_span": [35, 140]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275580-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 KF Vllaznia Shkod\u00ebr season, Current squad\nNote: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 49], "content_span": [50, 178]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275580-0002-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 KF Vllaznia Shkod\u00ebr season, Current squad, Reserve team\nNote: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 63], "content_span": [64, 192]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275581-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 KHL season\nThe 2017\u201318 KHL season was the tenth season of the Kontinental Hockey League. The season started on 21 August 2017 and ended on 22 April 2018.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [18, 18], "content_span": [19, 161]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275581-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 KHL season\nThe league accommodated a 33 day Olympic break, to allow its players to participate in the 2018 Winter Olympics in February.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [18, 18], "content_span": [19, 144]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275581-0002-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 KHL season, Team changes\nThe Croatian club Medve\u0161\u010dak Zagreb relocated back to the Austrian Hockey League, and Russian club Metallurg Novokuznetsk was relegated to the Supreme Hockey League, to bring the total number of KHL teams to 27.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [20, 32], "content_span": [33, 243]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275581-0003-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 KHL season, Team changes\nMarch 2018 KHL announced that two teams going to drop out after this season and next season have 25 teams. Yugra and Lada Togliatti are the teams that will not continue in KHL.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [20, 32], "content_span": [33, 209]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275581-0004-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 KHL season, Divisions and regular season format\nIn this season, like in the 2016\u201317 season, each team will play every other team once at home and once on the road, giving a total of 52 games (26 at home, 26 on the road), plus 4 additional games (2 at home, 2 on the road) played by each team against rival clubs from its own conference. Thus, each team played a total of 56 games in the regular season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [20, 55], "content_span": [56, 410]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275581-0005-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 KHL season, Divisions and regular season format\nHow the teams are divided into divisions and conferences is shown in the table below.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [20, 55], "content_span": [56, 141]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275581-0006-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 KHL season, Gagarin Cup playoffs\nThe playoffs started on March 3, 2018, with the top eight teams from each of the conferences and ended on April 22, 2018.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [20, 40], "content_span": [41, 162]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275582-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 KK Crvena zvezda season\nThe 2017\u201318 season is the 73rd Crvena zvezda season in the existence of the club. The team has been playing in the Basketball League of Serbia, in the Adriatic League and in the Euroleague.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [31, 31], "content_span": [32, 221]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275582-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 KK Crvena zvezda season, Overview\nDuring the summer of 2017, the head coach Dejan Radonji\u0107 didn't sign new contract, and the club parted ways with no less than eleven players, including key figures in the last couple of years such as Marko Simonovi\u0107, captain Luka Mitrovi\u0107, Charles Jenkins, Stefan Jovi\u0107, Ognjen Kuzmi\u0107 and Marko Guduri\u0107. Young prospect Du\u0161an Alimpijevi\u0107 was named as the head coach. Depleted roster was reinforced by James Feldeine and Taylor Rochestie, veterans Pero Anti\u0107 and Marko Ke\u0161elj and a quartet of young players: Mathias Lessort, Nikola Radi\u010devi\u0107, Stefan Jankovi\u0107 and Nikola Jovanovi\u0107. Zvezda also brought in Dragan Api\u0107, Dejan Davidovac and Stefan Lazarevi\u0107 from its development team FMP. Half of rebuilt team hasn't previously played a single game in EuroLeague.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 41], "content_span": [42, 799]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275582-0002-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 KK Crvena zvezda season, Overview\nDuring October 2017, the Zvezda won six out of ten played games. The Adriatic League season opening started with three wins in a row. In the EuroLeague they won on two home games over FC Barcelona and Maccabi.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 41], "content_span": [42, 251]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275582-0003-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 KK Crvena zvezda season, Overview\nBreaking with defense oriented philosophy of Radonji\u0107 era, the staple of Zvezda's game became 3 point shot. In December 2017. roster was further strengthened with combo guard Dylan Ennis, while Api\u0107 and Lazarevi\u0107 got loaned back to FMP. Last player to arrive was Slovenian national team center Alen Omi\u0107, while underperforming Radi\u010devi\u0107 parted ways with the club. Zvezda finished first in the regular part of ABA league, having 19 wins and 3 losses, and reached finals by defeating Mornar 2\u20131 in series, but lost 3\u20131 in final series to Budu\u0107nost.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 41], "content_span": [42, 588]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275582-0003-0001", "contents": "2017\u201318 KK Crvena zvezda season, Overview\nDefeat meant that club will not participate in Euroleague next year, which triggered downsizing. Management terminated contract with Dylan Ennis and Milko Bjelica, and reinforced squad with Filip \u010covi\u0107 and young prospect Aleksa Radanov from FMP. Poor start in domestic KLS forced coach Alimpijevi\u0107 to resign, and his assistant Milenko Topi\u0107 took over as interim head coach. Modified team managed to win the Superleague title, beating FMP in the finals, but the season was generally deemed to be unsuccessful due to failure to secure a spot in Euroleague.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 41], "content_span": [42, 596]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275582-0004-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 KK Crvena zvezda season, Players, Squad information\nNote: Flags indicate national team eligibility at FIBA sanctioned events. Players may hold other non-FIBA nationality not displayed.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 59], "content_span": [60, 192]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275582-0005-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 KK Crvena zvezda season, Competitions, Adriatic League, Results by round\nLast updated: March 12, 2018.Source: Competitive matchesGround: A = Away; H = Home; R = Rest. Result: L = Loss; W = Win; R = Rest; P = Postponed.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 80], "content_span": [81, 226]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275582-0006-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 KK Crvena zvezda season, Competitions, EuroLeague, Results by round\nLast updated: April 6, 2018.Source: Competitive matchesGround: A = Away; H = Home; R = Rest. Result: L = Loss; W = Win; R = Rest; P = Postponed.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 75], "content_span": [76, 220]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275582-0007-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 KK Crvena zvezda season, Competitions, Serbian Super League, Results by round\nLast updated: May 15, 2018.Source: Competitive matchesGround: A = Away; H = Home; R = Rest. Result: L = Loss; W = Win; R = Rest; P = Postponed.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 85], "content_span": [86, 229]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275582-0008-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 KK Crvena zvezda season, Competitions, Adriatic Supercup\nCrvena zvezda had canceled their participation at the Supercup, due to their previously scheduled Euroleague tournament (Crete Heraklion \u2013 2nd International Basketball Tournament), which was held in the same period.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 64], "content_span": [65, 280]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275583-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 KK Partizan season\nIn the 2017\u201318 season, Partizan NIS Belgrade competed in the Basketball League of Serbia, the Radivoj Kora\u0107 Cup, the Adriatic League and the EuroCup.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [26, 26], "content_span": [27, 176]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275583-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 KK Partizan season, Players, Current roster\nNote: Flags indicate national team eligibility at FIBA sanctioned events. Players may hold other non-FIBA nationality not displayed.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 51], "content_span": [52, 184]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275584-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 KML season\nThe 2017\u201318 Korvpalli Meistriliiga season (also known as the Alexela Korvpalli Meistriliiga for sponsorship reasons) was the 93rd season of top-tier basketball in Estonia.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [18, 18], "content_span": [19, 190]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275584-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 KML season\nThe season began on 5 October 2017 and concluded on 24 May 2017 with Kalev/Cramo defeating University of Tartu 4 games to 0 in the finals to win their 10th Estonian Championship.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [18, 18], "content_span": [19, 197]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275584-0002-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 KML season, Regular season\nDuring the regular season teams will play 4 rounds for 28 games (2 at home and 2 away) with following exception:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [20, 34], "content_span": [35, 147]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275584-0003-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 KML season, Regular season\nDouble points will be awarded to teams winning those games.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [20, 34], "content_span": [35, 94]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275584-0004-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 KML season, Playoffs\nThe playoffs began on 17 April and ended on 24 May 2018. The tournament concluded with Kalev/Cramo defeating University of Tartu 4 games to 0 in the finals.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [20, 28], "content_span": [29, 185]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275584-0005-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 KML season, Individual statistics\nPlayers qualify to this category by having at least 50% games played.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [20, 41], "content_span": [42, 111]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275584-0006-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 KML season, All-Star Game\nThe 2018 All-Star Game was played on 16 February 2018 in Tallinn at the Saku Suurhall. Team Olybet LBL won the game 127\u2013126 in overtime. The MVP of the game was Isaiah Briscoe, who scored 39 points.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [20, 33], "content_span": [34, 232]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275585-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 KNVB Cup\nThe 2017\u201318 KNVB Cup was the 100th season of the annual Dutch national football cup competition. It commenced on 19 September 2017 with the first of six rounds and concluded on 22 April 2018 with the final at De Kuip in Rotterdam.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [16, 16], "content_span": [17, 247]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275585-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 KNVB Cup\nThe defending champions were Vitesse from the Eredivisie, who beat AZ 2\u20130 in the final in the previous season on 30 April 2017.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [16, 16], "content_span": [17, 144]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275585-0002-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 KNVB Cup\nThe winner will automatically qualify for the third preliminary round of the 2018\u201319 edition of the UEFA Europa League. The winner will also participate in the 2018 edition of the Johan Cruyff Shield, the Dutch Supercup match at the start of the following season between the Cup winner and the champions of the 2017\u201318 Eredivisie.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [16, 16], "content_span": [17, 347]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275585-0003-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 KNVB Cup, First round\nThe draw of the first round was done on 26 August 2017. 64 teams participated and played on 19, 20 or 21 September 2017.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [18, 29], "content_span": [30, 150]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275585-0004-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 KNVB Cup, Second round\nThe draw of the second round was done on 21 September 2017. 32 teams participated and played on 24, 25 or 26 October 2017.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [18, 30], "content_span": [31, 153]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275585-0005-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 KNVB Cup, Second round\nThe lowest ranked teams left were Swift and Hoek from the fifth tier of Dutch football.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [18, 30], "content_span": [31, 118]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275585-0006-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 KNVB Cup, Round of 16\nThe draw of the round of 16 was done on 26 October 2017. 16 teams are participating and will play on 19, 20 or 21 December 2017.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [18, 29], "content_span": [30, 158]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275585-0007-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 KNVB Cup, Round of 16\nThe lowest ranked teams left are GVVV and VVSB from the third tier of Dutch football.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [18, 29], "content_span": [30, 115]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275585-0008-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 KNVB Cup, Quarter-finals\nThe quarter-final draw was held on 21 December 2017. 8 teams participated and the matches will be played on 30 and 31 January 2018 and 1 February 2018.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [18, 32], "content_span": [33, 184]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275585-0009-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 KNVB Cup, Quarter-finals\nThe lowest ranked team left is Cambuur from the second tier of Dutch football.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [18, 32], "content_span": [33, 111]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275585-0010-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 KNVB Cup, Semi-finals\nThe matches for the semi-finals took place on 28 February 2018.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [18, 29], "content_span": [30, 93]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275586-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Kansas Jayhawks men's basketball team\nThe 2017\u201318 Kansas Jayhawks men's basketball team represented the University of Kansas in the 2017\u201318 NCAA Division I men's basketball season, which was the Jayhawks' 120th basketball season. The Jayhawks, were members of the Big 12 Conference and played their home games at Allen Fieldhouse in Lawrence, Kansas. They were led by 15th year Hall of Fame head coach Bill Self.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [45, 45], "content_span": [46, 420]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275586-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Kansas Jayhawks men's basketball team\nOn October 22, the Jayhawks renewed their rivalry against Missouri in an exhibition game for charity. The proceeds of the game went to four different charities for Hurricane Harvey and Hurricane Maria relief funds. It was the first time the teams played since Missouri left the Big 12 for the SEC.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [45, 45], "content_span": [46, 343]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275586-0002-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Kansas Jayhawks men's basketball team\nThe Jayhawks entered the season ranked 4th, their 162nd consecutive poll they have been ranked in. During the season, they extended the streak to, as of the poll released on March 12, 2018, 180 consecutive polls. The last game KU played as unranked team was a 66\u201361 win over Colorado on January 31, 2009. With their 74\u201372 win over Texas Tech on February 24, 2018, the Jayhawks clinched their NCAA record 14th consecutive Big 12 regular season championship.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [45, 45], "content_span": [46, 502]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275586-0002-0001", "contents": "2017\u201318 Kansas Jayhawks men's basketball team\nThe season marked the first time the Jayhawks have ever been swept in the regular season by an opponent under Bill Self, ending what was a streak of 103 home and home series without a sweep dating back to 2001. The Jayhawks lost to Self's alma mater Oklahoma State twice. With 3:49 left in the 2nd half of their Big 12 Tournament Quarterfinal game against Oklahoma State, red-shirt sophomore guard Malik Newman made a 3-point shot. That 3 point was the Jayhawks school record 319th made 3 point shot in the season, breaking a record the Jayhawks set the previous season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [45, 45], "content_span": [46, 616]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275586-0003-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Kansas Jayhawks men's basketball team\nThey received an automatic bid to the NCAA Tournament as the No. 1 seed in the Midwest region. There they defeated Penn, Seton Hall, Clemson, and Duke to advance to the Final Four. In the Final Four, they lost to No. 1 seed from the East region and eventual National Champions, Villanova.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [45, 45], "content_span": [46, 334]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275586-0004-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Kansas Jayhawks men's basketball team\nSenior guard Devonte' Graham was named a Consensus First Team All-American. He was the 23rd different player to be named a Consensus First Team All-American and the 30th overall selection in Kansas history. It was also the 2nd consecutive year Kansas had a Consensus First Team All-American.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [45, 45], "content_span": [46, 337]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275586-0005-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Kansas Jayhawks men's basketball team, Roster and coaching staff changes, Coaching staff changes\nThe Jayhawks did not experience any changes to their coaching staff.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [47, 104], "content_span": [105, 173]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275586-0006-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Kansas Jayhawks men's basketball team, Roster and coaching staff changes, Early draft entrants, Did not initially hire agent\nStarting with the 2016 NBA draft, if a player declares for the draft, but does not hire an agent, it allows the player to return to their school even after participating in the NBA Draft Combine, as long as they withdraw from the draft no later than 10 days after the end of the combine. For the 2017 draft, the final withdrawal date to retain NCAA eligibility was May 24.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [47, 132], "content_span": [133, 505]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275586-0007-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Kansas Jayhawks men's basketball team, Roster and coaching staff changes, Transfers, Incoming\n*Sam Cunliffe transferred during the 2016\u201317 season and was eligible to play in December of 2017, one year after he transferred.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [47, 101], "content_span": [102, 230]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275586-0008-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Kansas Jayhawks men's basketball team, Roster and coaching staff changes, Recruiting class\n*Originally was recruited as a part of Kansas' 2018 recruiting class, however, De Sousa reclassified to 2017 and received approval from the NCAA to begin playing on January 13.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [47, 98], "content_span": [99, 275]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275586-0009-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Kansas Jayhawks men's basketball team, Roster and coaching staff changes, Walk-ons\n*Sosinski red-shirted on the Jayhawks football team and was invited to walk on by Bill Self. Following the season, he will have two years of eligibility remaining with the football and basketball team.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [47, 90], "content_span": [91, 292]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275586-0010-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Kansas Jayhawks men's basketball team, NCAA Corruption scandal, FBI Probe\nOn February 23, 2018, Kansas was announced as one of 27 schools that had players being investigated by the FBI's probe into corruption in college basketball which began with an investigation of Louisville and their former head coach Rick Pitino. Kansas' involvement was specifically a former player being named in Christian Dawkins' expense reports for seeking thousands of dollars of reimbursements for expenses incurred from recruits families. Former player Josh Jackson's mother reportedly received a $2,700 payment, which was listed in the report. Also named in the report were fellow Kansas Division I team Wichita State, Big 12 members Iowa State and Texas, as well as perennial power house programs Duke, North Carolina, Kentucky, and Michigan State.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [47, 81], "content_span": [82, 839]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275587-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Kansas Jayhawks women's basketball team\nThe 2017\u201318 Kansas Jayhawks women's basketball team represented the University of Kansas in the 2017\u201318 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Jayhawks were led by third year head coach Brandon Schneider. They played their home games at Allen Fieldhouse in Lawrence, Kansas as members of the Big 12 Conference. They finished the season 12\u201318, 3\u201315 in Big 12 play to finish in ninth place. They lost in the first round of the Big 12 Tournament to Kansas State.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 47], "section_span": [47, 47], "content_span": [48, 515]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275587-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Kansas Jayhawks women's basketball team, Previous season\nThe Jayhawks finished the 2016\u201317 season 8\u201322, 2\u201316 in Big 12 play to finish in last place. They lost in the first round of the Big 12 Tournament to Oklahoma State.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 47], "section_span": [49, 64], "content_span": [65, 229]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275587-0002-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Kansas Jayhawks women's basketball team, Schedule and results\nx- All JTV games will air on Metro Sports, ESPN3 and", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 47], "section_span": [49, 69], "content_span": [70, 122]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275588-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Kansas State Wildcats men's basketball team\nThe 2017\u201318 Kansas State Wildcats men's basketball team represented Kansas State University in the 2017\u201318 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. Their head coach was Bruce Weber in his sixth year at the helm of the Wildcats. The team played its home games in Bramlage Coliseum in Manhattan, Kansas. They were members of the Big 12 Conference. They finished the season 25\u201312, 10\u20138 in Big 12 play to finish in fourth place. They defeated TCU in the quarterfinals of the Big 12 Tournament before losing to Kansas in the semifinals. They received an at-large bid to the NCAA Tournament as the No. 9 seed in the South region. There they defeated Creighton, UMBC, and Kentucky to advance to the Elite Eight. In the Elite Eight, they lost to Loyola\u2013Chicago.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 51], "section_span": [51, 51], "content_span": [52, 805]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275588-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Kansas State Wildcats men's basketball team, Previous season\nThe Wildcats finished the 2016\u201317 season 21\u201314, 8\u201310 in Big 12 play to finish in sixth place. They defeated Baylor in the first round of the Big 12 Tournament to advance to the quarterfinals where they lost to West Virginia. They received an at-large bid to the NCAA Tournament as a No. 11 seed in the South Region. They defeated Wake Forest in the First Four before losing to No. 6-seeded Cincinnati.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 51], "section_span": [53, 68], "content_span": [69, 470]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275589-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Kansas State Wildcats women's basketball team\nThe 2017\u201318 Kansas State Wildcats women's basketball team represented Kansas State University in the 2017\u201318 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Wildcats were led by fourth-year head coach Jeff Mittie, and played their home games at Bramlage Coliseum in Manhattan, Kansas as members of the Big 12 Conference. They finished the season 18\u201316, 7\u201311 in Big 12 play to finish in a tie for seventh place. They advanced to the quarterfinals of the Big 12 Women's Tournament where they lost to Baylor. They received an at-large bid to the Women's National Invitation Tournament where they defeated Saint Louis and Utah in the first and second rounds before losing to UC Davis in the third round.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 53], "section_span": [53, 53], "content_span": [54, 752]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275589-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Kansas State Wildcats women's basketball team, Previous season\nThey finished the season 23\u201311, 11\u20137 in Big 12 play to finish in fourth place. They advanced to the semifinals of the Big 12 Women's Tournament where they lost to Baylor. They received an at-large bid to the NCAA Women's Tournament where they defeated Drake in the first round before losing to Stanford in the second round.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 53], "section_span": [55, 70], "content_span": [71, 394]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275590-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Kapaz PFK season\nThe Kapaz PFK 2017-18 season was Kapaz's sixth Azerbaijan Premier League season, and ninth season since their reformation in 2009.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [24, 24], "content_span": [25, 155]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275590-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Kapaz PFK season, Season events\nOn 18 November, Shahin Diniyev resigned as manager with Yunis H\u00fcseynov being appointed as his replacement on 20 November.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 39], "content_span": [40, 161]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275590-0002-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Kapaz PFK season, Squad\nNote: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 31], "content_span": [32, 160]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275590-0003-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Kapaz PFK season, Transfers, Summer\nIn:Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 43], "content_span": [44, 175]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275590-0004-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Kapaz PFK season, Transfers, Summer\nOut:Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 43], "content_span": [44, 176]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275590-0005-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Kapaz PFK season, Transfers, Winter\nIn:Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 43], "content_span": [44, 175]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275590-0006-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Kapaz PFK season, Transfers, Winter\nOut:Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 43], "content_span": [44, 176]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275590-0007-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Kapaz PFK season, Transfers, Winter\nTrial:Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 43], "content_span": [44, 178]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275591-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Kategoria Superiore\nThe 2017\u201318 Albanian Superliga was the 79th official season, or 82nd season of top-tier football in Albania (including three unofficial championships during World War II) and the 18th season under the name Kategoria Superiore. The season began on 9 September 2017 and ended on 18 May 2018. Title record-holders KF Tirana did not participate in the top flight for the first time since competition's foundation. Kuk\u00ebsi are the defending champions. Sk\u00ebnderbeu, won the league title on 9 May 2018 with 3 matches to spare.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [27, 27], "content_span": [28, 545]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275591-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Kategoria Superiore\nSince Sk\u00ebnderbeu is banned from UEFA competitions, the runners-up of this season's Superliga earned a place in the first qualifying round of the 2018\u221219 Champions League, with the third and fourth placed clubs earning a place in the first qualifying round of the 2018\u221219 Europa League.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [27, 27], "content_span": [28, 313]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275591-0002-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Kategoria Superiore, Teams\nTwo clubs earned promotion from the Kategoria e Par\u00eb, Kamza and Lushnja, and joined the Superliga this season. Korabi Peshkopi and Tirana were relegated at the conclusion of last season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 34], "content_span": [35, 221]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275591-0003-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Kategoria Superiore, Teams, Personnel and kits\nNote: Flags indicate national team as has been defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players and Managers may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 54], "content_span": [55, 205]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275591-0004-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Kategoria Superiore, Results\nClubs will play each other four times for a total of 36 matches each.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 36], "content_span": [37, 106]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275591-0005-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Kategoria Superiore, Season statistics, Scoring, Hat-tricks\n4 Player scored 4 goals; (H) \u2013 Home\u00a0; (A) \u2013 Away", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 67], "content_span": [68, 116]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275592-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Kategoria e Dyt\u00eb\nThe 2017\u201318 Kategoria e Dyt\u00eb was the 47th official season of the Albanian football third division since its establishment. There were 28 teams competing this season, split in 2 groups, each with 14 teams. The winners of the groups played the league's final against each other and also gained promotion to the 2018-19 Albanian First Division. The runners-up qualified to the play-off round which they played against the 9th ranked teams in the 2017-18 Kategoria e Par\u00eb. Elbasani, Oriku, Vele\u00e7iku and Vora were promoted to the 2018-19 Kategoria e Par\u00eb. Domozdova was relegated to the 2019 Kategoria e Tret\u00eb. Vora won their first Kategoria e Dyt\u00eb title after beating Elbasani in the final match.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [24, 24], "content_span": [25, 718]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275593-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Kategoria e Par\u00eb\nThe 2017\u201318 Kategoria e Par\u00eb was the 70th official season of the Albanian football second division since its establishment. The season began on 16 September 2017 and ended on 16 May 2018. There were 20 teams competing this season, split in 2 groups, each with 10 teams. The top 5 teams from each group qualified to the promotion round, while the last teams qualified to the relegation round. The 2 winners of the qualification round gained promotion to the 2018\u201319 Kategoria Superiore, and played the division's final against each other. Kastrioti and Tirana were promoted to the 2018\u201319 Kategoria Superiore. Naft\u00ebtari, Shkumbini, T\u00ebrbuni, Vllaznia B were relegated to the 2018\u221219 Kategoria e Dyt\u00eb. Tirana won their first Kategoria e Par\u00eb title on 16 May 2018 after beating Kastrioti in the final match.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [24, 24], "content_span": [25, 828]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275594-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Kennesaw State Owls men's basketball team\nThe 2017\u201318 Kennesaw State Owls men's basketball team represented Kennesaw State University during the 2017\u201318 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Owls were led by third-year head coach Al Skinner and played their home games at the KSU Convocation Center on the university's campus in Kennesaw, Georgia as members of the Atlantic Sun Conference. They finished the season 10\u201320, 6\u20138 in ASUN play to finish in sixth place. They lost in the quarterfinals of the ASUN Tournament to Jacksonville.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 49], "section_span": [49, 49], "content_span": [50, 550]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275594-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Kennesaw State Owls men's basketball team, Previous season\nThe Owls finished the 2016\u201317 season 14\u201318, 7\u20137 in ASUN play to finish in a tie for fourth place. As the No. 5 seed in the ASUN Tournament, they defeated USC Upstate before losing to Florida Gulf Coast in the semifinals.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 49], "section_span": [51, 66], "content_span": [67, 287]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275595-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Kennesaw State Owls women's basketball team\nThe 2017\u201318 Kennesaw State Owls women's basketball team represents Kennesaw State University during the 2017\u201318 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Owls, led by second year head coach Agnus Berenato, play their home games at the KSU Convocation Center and are members of the Atlantic Sun Conference. They finished the season 7\u201319, 3\u201311 in A-Sun play to finish in seventh place. They lost in the quarterfinals of the A-Sun Tournament to Jacksonville.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 51], "section_span": [51, 51], "content_span": [52, 512]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275596-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Kent State Golden Flashes men's basketball team\nThe 2017\u201318 Kent State Golden Flashes men's basketball team represented Kent State University during the 2017\u201318 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Golden Flashes, led by seventh-year head coach Rob Senderoff, played their home games at the Memorial Athletic and Convocation Center, also known as the MAC Center, as members of the East Division of the Mid-American Conference. They finished the season 17\u201317, 9\u20139 in MAC play to finish in second place in the MAC East division. They defeated Northern Illinois and Ball State in the MAC Tournament before losing to Buffalo in the semifinals.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 55], "section_span": [55, 55], "content_span": [56, 655]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275596-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Kent State Golden Flashes men's basketball team, Previous season\nThe Golden Flashes finished the 2016\u201317 season 22\u201314, 10\u20138 in MAC play to finish fourth in the MAC East division. As the No. 6 seed in the MAC Tournament, the Flashes defeated Central Michigan, Buffalo, Ohio, and Akron to win the tournament for the first time since 2008. As a result, the Flashes received the conference's automatic bid to the NCAA Tournament as the No. 14 seed in the South region. In the First Round, they lost to UCLA.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 55], "section_span": [57, 72], "content_span": [73, 511]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275597-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Kent State Golden Flashes women's basketball team\nThe 2017\u201318 Kent State Golden Flashes women's basketball team represents Kent State University during the 2017\u201318 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Golden Flashes, led by second year head coach Todd Starkey, play their home games at the Memorial Athletic and Convocation Center, also known as the MAC Center, as members of the East Division of the Mid-American Conference. They finished the season 13\u201319, 5\u201313 in MAC play to finish in fourth place in the West Division. They advanced to the quarterfinals of the MAC Women's Tournament where they lost to Buffalo.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 57], "section_span": [57, 57], "content_span": [58, 633]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275597-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Kent State Golden Flashes women's basketball team, Previous season\nThe Flashes finished the 2016\u201317 regular season with a 19\u201311 overall record and 13\u20135 in MAC play. They won their first East division title since 2005, clinching a share on March 1 and winning it outright on March 4.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 57], "section_span": [59, 74], "content_span": [75, 290]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275598-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Kentucky Wildcats men's basketball team\nThe 2017\u201318 Kentucky Wildcats men's basketball team represented the University of Kentucky in the 2017\u201318 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The team played its home games in Lexington, Kentucky for the 42nd consecutive season at Rupp Arena, with a capacity of 23,500. The team, led by John Calipari in his ninth season as head coach, was a member of the Southeastern Conference.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 47], "section_span": [47, 47], "content_span": [48, 433]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275598-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Kentucky Wildcats men's basketball team\nOn January 22, 2018, following losses to South Carolina on the road, and to Florida at home, the Wildcats fell out of the AP rankings for the first time since March 2014.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 47], "section_span": [47, 47], "content_span": [48, 218]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275598-0002-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Kentucky Wildcats men's basketball team\nThey finished the season 26\u201311, 10\u20138 in SEC play to finish in three-way tie for fourth place. They defeated Georgia, Alabama, and Tennessee to become champions of the SEC Tournament. They earned the SEC's automatic bid to the NCAA Tournament where they defeated Davidson and Buffalo to advance to the Sweet Sixteen where they lost to Kansas State.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 47], "section_span": [47, 47], "content_span": [48, 395]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275598-0003-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Kentucky Wildcats men's basketball team, Previous season\nThe Wildcats finished the 2016\u201317 season 32\u20136, 16\u20132 in SEC play to win the regular season SEC championship. In the SEC Tournament the Wildcats beat Georgia, Alabama, and Arkansas to win the tournament championship. As a result, the Wildcats received the conference's automatic bid to the NCAA Tournament. As a #2 seed in the South region, they defeated #15 Northern Kentucky and #10 Wichita State to advance to the Sweet 16. There, they defeated #3 UCLA to advance to the Elite Eight where they lost to eventual National Champion, #1 North Carolina.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 47], "section_span": [49, 64], "content_span": [65, 614]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275598-0004-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Kentucky Wildcats men's basketball team, Offseason, Summary\nOn April 3, 2017, De'Aaron Fox announced that he was leaving the program to enter the 2017 NBA Draft, and would forgo his remaining eligibility. On April 4, 2017, Malik Monk, in a release to the fanbase, stated that he intended to enter the NBA draft and sign with an agent, thus ending his remaining eligibility with the program. On April 6, 2017, Isaiah Briscoe announced that he was leaving Kentucky to enter the 2017 NBA Draft, and would sign with an agent, forgoing his remaining eligibility.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 47], "section_span": [49, 67], "content_span": [68, 565]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275598-0004-0001", "contents": "2017\u201318 Kentucky Wildcats men's basketball team, Offseason, Summary\nOn April 12, 2017, Isaac Humphries announced that he was leaving Kentucky to pursue a professional career in basketball and will sign with an agent, and would forgo remaining eligibility. On April 24, 2017, Bam Adebayo stated that he intended to sign with an agent, thus ending his remaining eligibility with the program. On May 24, 2017, the final day on which players who wished to return to college basketball could withdraw from the NBA draft, Hamidou Diallo, who entered the draft without hiring an agent, announced that he would return to Kentucky to play in 2017\u201318.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 47], "section_span": [49, 67], "content_span": [68, 641]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275598-0005-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Kentucky Wildcats men's basketball team, Offseason, 2017\u201318 newcomers\nNick Richards, a native of Kingston, Jamaica who moved to Queens, New York in 2013, was the first commitment in the Kentucky class. He committed to Kentucky on November 10 at a press conference at his high school. He chose Kentucky over Arizona and Syracuse. He was a consensus five star prospect, and was ranked the consensus No. 14 overall player by the four main recruiting services.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 47], "section_span": [49, 77], "content_span": [78, 464]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275598-0006-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Kentucky Wildcats men's basketball team, Offseason, 2017\u201318 newcomers\nP. J. Washington, a Dallas native attending school in Las Vegas, Nevada, was the second commitment in the Kentucky class. He committed to Kentucky on November 10 live on ESPNU. He chose Kentucky over North Carolina and UNLV. He was a consensus five star prospect, and was ranked the consensus No. 15 overall player by the four main recruiting services.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 47], "section_span": [49, 77], "content_span": [78, 430]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275598-0007-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Kentucky Wildcats men's basketball team, Offseason, 2017\u201318 newcomers\nShai Gilgeous-Alexander, originally from Hamilton, Ontario and attending school in Chattanooga, Tennessee, was the third commitment in the Kentucky class. He committed to Kentucky on November 14 through a message on Twitter. He was a consensus top fifty player, ranked No. 42 by the four main recruiting services Rivals, ESPN, Scout, and 24/7 Sports.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 47], "section_span": [49, 77], "content_span": [78, 428]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275598-0008-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Kentucky Wildcats men's basketball team, Offseason, 2017\u201318 newcomers\nQuade Green, from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, was the fourth commitment in the Kentucky class. He signed his National Letter of Intent on November 16, the last day of the early signing period, but did not reveal his choice between Kentucky and Syracuse until an event at his high school on November 19 - with his mother Tamika Johnson by his side. He was a consensus top-25 player and ranked as a five-star player by the four main recruiting services Rivals, ESPN, Scout, and 24/7 Sports.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 47], "section_span": [49, 77], "content_span": [78, 566]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275598-0009-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Kentucky Wildcats men's basketball team, Offseason, 2017\u201318 newcomers\nHamidou Diallo, a Queens native who graduated from a Connecticut school in spring 2016, announced on January 7, 2017 that he would enroll at UK for the start of the school's spring semester the following week. While he was eligible to play immediately, he redshirted the spring semester and began play as a freshman in 2017\u201318.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 47], "section_span": [49, 77], "content_span": [78, 405]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275598-0010-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Kentucky Wildcats men's basketball team, Offseason, 2017\u201318 newcomers\nJemarl Baker, a native of Eastvale, California, was the seventh commitment in the Kentucky recruiting class. He announced his decision on April 11 via a story posted on Scout.com by Evan Daniels. Baker originally committed to Cuonzo Martin at California, before Martin left the school to coach Missouri. He averaged 17.1 points, 4.1 assists, 3.5 rebounds and 1.8 steals for Roosevelt High School in Corona, Calif., and he quickly emerged as one of the Wildcats' top backcourt targets after their season ended last month. Scout.com ranks Baker as the No. 86 overall prospect in the 2017 class.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 47], "section_span": [49, 77], "content_span": [78, 670]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275598-0011-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Kentucky Wildcats men's basketball team, Offseason, 2017\u201318 newcomers\nUK's final commitment came on May 6, when Tampa product Kevin Knox announced he would come to the school. Kentucky beat out Duke, Florida State, North Carolina, and Missouri for Knox's signature.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 47], "section_span": [49, 77], "content_span": [78, 273]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275598-0012-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Kentucky Wildcats men's basketball team, Offseason, 2018\u201319 newcomers\nImmanuel Quickley, from Havre de Grace, Maryland, was the first commitment in the Kentucky's 2018 class. He committed to Kentucky on September 22, over offers from Kansas and Miami. He was a consensus five-star prospect, and was ranked the consensus No. 12 overall player by the four main recruiting services.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 47], "section_span": [49, 77], "content_span": [78, 387]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275598-0013-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Kentucky Wildcats men's basketball team, Offseason, 2018\u201319 newcomers\nThe Wildcats' second 2018 commitment was Keldon Johnson, a small forward from South Hill, Virginia, who committed on November 11. Kentucky beat out Maryland, NC State, and Texas for Johnson's signature. He was also a consensus five-star prospect, and ranked by ESPN as its #7 overall prospect.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 47], "section_span": [49, 77], "content_span": [78, 371]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275598-0014-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Kentucky Wildcats men's basketball team, Offseason, 2018\u201319 newcomers\nTyler Herro was the third commitment for Kentucky's 2018 class. A former Wisconsin commit, Herro committed to Kentucky the week after his official visit. Herro was a consensus four-star prospect and was ranked the #4 shooting guard in the 2018 class by ESPN.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 47], "section_span": [49, 77], "content_span": [78, 336]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275598-0015-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Kentucky Wildcats men's basketball team, Offseason, 2018\u201319 newcomers\nE.J. Montgomery was the fourth commitment for Kentucky's 2018 class. A former Auburn commit, he re-opened his recruitment after the Auburn staff was implicated in the 2017\u201318 NCAA Division I men's basketball corruption scandal. Montgomery committed to Kentucky on April 9, 2018. Montgomery was a five-star prospect and was ranked #12 in the 2018 class.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 47], "section_span": [49, 77], "content_span": [78, 430]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275598-0016-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Kentucky Wildcats men's basketball team, Schedule and results\nOn June 6, 2017 Kentucky released the non-conference portion of its schedule. The schedule is highlighted by marquee match-ups at Rupp Arena and across the country. Kentucky traveled to Chicago to play Kansas in the annual Champions Classic, to New York to play Monmouth, to New Orleans to play against UCLA in the annual CBS Sports Classic, and finally to face in-state rival Louisville in Lexington. Kentucky also hosted Virginia Tech and traveled to play West Virginia in the Big 12/SEC Challenge.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 47], "section_span": [49, 69], "content_span": [70, 570]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275598-0017-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Kentucky Wildcats men's basketball team, Schedule and results\nBig Blue Madness took place on October 13. The event was the debut of the team for the 2017\u201318 season. The annual Blue-White game took place on October 20, 2017.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 47], "section_span": [49, 69], "content_span": [70, 231]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275599-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Kentucky Wildcats women's basketball team\nThe 2017\u201318 Kentucky Wildcats women's basketball team represents the University of Kentucky in the 2017\u201318 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The team plays its home games in Lexington, Kentucky at Memorial Coliseum with three games at Rupp Arena. The team is led by Matthew Mitchell in his eleventh season as head coach. They are a member of the Southeastern Conference. They finished the season 15\u201317, 6\u201310 in SEC play to finish in ninth place. They advanced to the quarterfinals of the SEC Women's Tournament where they lost to Mississippi State. They missed the postseason for the first time since 2004.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 49], "section_span": [49, 49], "content_span": [50, 665]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275599-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Kentucky Wildcats women's basketball team, Previous season\nThe Wildcats finished the season 22\u201311, 11\u20135 in SEC play to finish in a tie for third place. They advanced to the semifinals of the SEC Women's Tournament where they lost to South Carolina. They received an at-large to the NCAA Women's Tournament where they defeated Belmont in the first round before losing to Ohio State in the second round.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 49], "section_span": [51, 66], "content_span": [67, 409]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275599-0002-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Kentucky Wildcats women's basketball team, Rankings\n^Coaches' Poll did not release a second poll at the same time as the AP.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 49], "section_span": [51, 59], "content_span": [60, 132]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275600-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Kerala Blasters FC season\nThe 2017\u201318 season was the fourth season of Kerala Blasters in Indian Super League, since their establishment in 2014. They played their first competitive match on 17 November 2017 while playing their last match on 6 April 2018. The club ended the Indian Super League campaign in 6th place, thus missing out on a chance to participate in the finals. The Kerala Blasters also participated in the Super Cup, being eliminated in the first round by NEROCA.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [33, 33], "content_span": [34, 486]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275600-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Kerala Blasters FC season\nFollowing the departure of Steve Coppell to the new side Jamshedpur, Kerala Blasters announced the signing of Ren\u00e9 Meulensteen as their new head coach on 14 July 2017. The club also participated in the 2017\u201318 ISL Players Draft, bringing in Rino Anto, Milan Singh, Arata Izumi, Subhasish Roy Chowdhury, and Jackichand Singh. Former Kerala Blasters forward Iain Hume rejoined the side in July while the club also signed former Manchester United players Wes Brown and Dimitar Berbatov in the lead up to the season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [33, 33], "content_span": [34, 546]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275600-0002-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Kerala Blasters FC season\nAfter only winning one match in their first seven games, Meulensteen was relieved of his duties on 3 January 2018. David James, the Kerala Blasters head coach during the 2014 season, was brought in as the new head coach the same day.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [33, 33], "content_span": [34, 267]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275600-0003-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Kerala Blasters FC season, Background\nKerala Blasters began their preparations for the 2017\u201318 season by bringing in former Manchester United assistant coach Ren\u00e9 Meulensteen as the club's new head coach. The signing of Meulensteen came only two days after former head coach Steve Coppell announced that he would be leaving the club. A couple of weeks later, on 23 July 2017, the Kerala Blasters participated in the 2017\u201318 ISL Players Draft. Since the club had already retained the services of Sandesh Jhingan, C.K. Vineeth, and Prasanth Karuthadathkuni, the Blasters would enter the draft in round three.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 45], "content_span": [46, 614]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275600-0003-0001", "contents": "2017\u201318 Kerala Blasters FC season, Background\nFor their first draft pick, the Kerala Blasters selected defender Rino Anto. Anto was already part of the Kerala Blasters the previous season, on loan from Bengaluru. The club also selected India internationals, Milan Singh, Arata Izumi, Subhasish Roy Chowdhury, and Jackichand Singh. The club also selected defenders Lalruatthara and Lalthakima, both of whom won the I-League in 2016\u201317 with Aizawl.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 45], "content_span": [46, 446]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275600-0004-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Kerala Blasters FC season, Background\nThe next day, on 24 July, the Kerala Blasters announced their first foreign signing of the season, Canadian international and former Kerala Blasters player, Iain Hume. Following the signing of Hume, the club made headlines when they signed former Manchester United defender Wes Brown on 15 August 2017, and another former Manchester United player, Dimitar Berbatov, on 24 August. \"In terms of selection of players, we were looking at him for quite sometime,\" said Varun Tripuraneni, the Kerala Blasters CEO, \"After Rene Meulensteen came on board, it became easier to get the deal done. Berbatov has been with Rene in Manchester United, so they share a comfort level and chemistry\".", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 45], "content_span": [46, 727]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275600-0005-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Kerala Blasters FC season, Background\nJust a few days prior to the start of the season, Meulensteen named Jhingan as his club captain for the season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 45], "content_span": [46, 157]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275600-0006-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Kerala Blasters FC season, Indian Super League\nThe 2017\u201318 season of the Indian Super League sees 10 teams play 18 matches during the regular season; two against each other team, with one match at each club's stadium. Three points are awarded for each win, one point per draw, and none for defeats. At the end of the regular season, the top four teams in the table qualify for the finals. The team in first will take on the team in fourth and the team in second will take on the team in third in two-legged ties. The winners of each tie will face off in the final at the Salt Lake Stadium in Kolkata on 17 March 2018.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 54], "content_span": [55, 625]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275600-0007-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Kerala Blasters FC season, Indian Super League\nThe Kerala Blasters hosted ATK at the Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium, in a rematch of last season's final, on the opening day of the season. Despite the match being billed as a \"high-voltage clash amid an electric atmosphere\", the match ended in a 0\u20130 draw. The same result would occur a week later in the Blasters' second match against the new entrants Jamshedpur.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 54], "content_span": [55, 414]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275600-0008-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Kerala Blasters FC season, Indian Super League\nFollowing these two draws, Ren\u00e9 Meulensteen stressed how it important it was for the club to start scoring goals. \"The most important goal to score in a season is the first one, because the moment you score the first one, it will bring confidence.\u201d The first match of December was at home against Mumbai City on 3 December. The Blasters scored their first goal of the season in the 14th minute when Mark Sifneos scored from a cross from the wing.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 54], "content_span": [55, 501]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275600-0008-0001", "contents": "2017\u201318 Kerala Blasters FC season, Indian Super League\nHowever, in the 77th minute, Mumbai City found an equalizer through Balwant Singh and the match ended 1\u20131 - a third draw in a row at home. After playing their first three matches of the season at home, the Kerala Blasters played their first away match of the season against Goa at the Fatorda Stadium on 9 December. A Mark Sifneos goal in the 7th minute saw the Blasters take an early lead before Manuel Lanzarote scored a brace for Goa to give the hosts a 2\u20131 lead.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 54], "content_span": [55, 521]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275600-0008-0002", "contents": "2017\u201318 Kerala Blasters FC season, Indian Super League\nJackichand Singh then scored an equalizer for Kerala to make it 2\u20132 before halftime. The second half would be different for the Kerala Blasters as they found themselves down 5\u20132 by the 54th minute. Coro, who had scored a hattrick the previous match for Goa against Bengaluru, grabbed another hattrick to succumb Kerala Blasters to their first defeat of the season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 54], "content_span": [55, 419]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275600-0009-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Kerala Blasters FC season, Indian Super League\nThe club responded very well from the defeat, earning their first victory of the season in the next match on 15 December against NorthEast United. C.K. Vineeth, who returned from suspension, scored the only goal of the match in the 24th minute from a header which came from a Rino Anto cross. Seven days later, the club returned to the road in the Southern derby against Chennaiyin. Despite Rene Miheli\u010d scoring for the hosts in the 89th minute, C.K. Vineeth managed to equalize for the Kerala Blasters only five minutes later in stoppage time to give the Blasters a point.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 54], "content_span": [55, 628]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275600-0010-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Kerala Blasters FC season, Indian Super League\nThe Kerala Blasters then ended the year with another 'Southern Derby\" match against new expansion side Bengaluru at the Nehru Stadium. Meulensteen made several changes from the previous match against Chennaiyin, including dropping goalkeeper Paul Rachubka to the bench for Indian goalkeeper Subhasish Roy Chowdhury. Samuel Shadap also started at right back as replacement for the injured Rino Anto. C.K. Vineeth, who had been on form in the lead up to this match, was also dropped with no reason given and replaced with Iain Hume. During the match, the Blasters managed to hold Bengaluru at 0\u20130 going into halftime.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 54], "content_span": [55, 670]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275600-0010-0001", "contents": "2017\u201318 Kerala Blasters FC season, Indian Super League\nHowever, in the 60th minute, Blasters captain Sandesh Jhingan handled the ball in the penalty box after a cross from Udanta Singh. Bengaluru's Sunil Chhetri converted the ensuing penalty to give the away side the lead. The Kerala Blasters proceeded to try to find the equalizer but three minutes into stoppage time Miku found the net for Bengaluru to increase their lead and then he did it again only a minute later to make it 3\u20130. Despite the two late goals, Courage Pekuson managed to find time to grab a consolation goal for the Blasters in the 96th minute as they fell to their second defeat of the season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 54], "content_span": [55, 665]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275600-0011-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Kerala Blasters FC season, Indian Super League\nAfter the match, on 3 January 2018, it was announced that Meulensteen had been relieved of his duties as head coach of the club. That same day, the Kerala Blasters announced that David James, the club's head coach during the 2014 season, would return to the club. Also on that day, the club announced the signing of their eighth foreigner, midfielder Kizito Keziron from Leopards in Kenya.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 54], "content_span": [55, 444]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275600-0012-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Kerala Blasters FC season, Indian Super League\nJames' first match in charge of the Kerala Blasters was against second place Pune City on 4 January 2018. His tenure in charge did not start well as the club found themselves 1\u20130 down at halftime through a Marcelinho goal. However, during the second half of the match, the Blasters came alive with James bringing on new signing Kizito Keziron after the halftime interval and the Ugandan contributed to what would be the equalizer for the Kerala Blasters. He sent a through-ball over to Courage Pekuson who then squared the ball into the middle for Mark Sifneos to slot it home in the 73rd minute. The match would go on to end 1\u20131.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 54], "content_span": [55, 685]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275600-0013-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Kerala Blasters FC season, Indian Super League\nAfter the match against Pune City, the Kerala Blasters started a three match run away from home. Their first match occurred on 10 January 2018 against last placed Delhi Dynamos. Iain Hume opened the scoring for the Blasters in the 12th minute when he put in a squared ball from Courage Pekuson. Then, right before halftime, Delhi found an equalizer through fullback Pritam Kotal.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 54], "content_span": [55, 434]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275600-0013-0001", "contents": "2017\u201318 Kerala Blasters FC season, Indian Super League\nHume then scored his second of the night in the 78th minute before completing his hat-trick in the 83rd minute when he outmuscled and outpaced Delhi defender Rowilson Rodrigues and chipped the ball over the onrushing goalkeeper. The match finished 3\u20131 to the Kerala Blasters. The team then extended their winning run to two, after securing a 1\u20130 victory in their match away to Mumbai City on 14 January 2018. Iain Hume was once again the lone scorer for the Blasters as the Canadian found the net in the 23rd minute.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 54], "content_span": [55, 571]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275600-0014-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Kerala Blasters FC season, Indian Super League\nThree days later, the Kerala Blasters played their final of three straight away matches against Jamshedpur. Paul Rachubka returned to the starting line-up while C.K. Vineeth also returned from injury. Despite the changes, the Kerala Blasters fell 2\u20131 to the new expansion side from Jharkhand. Jerry Mawihmingthanga opened the scoring for Jamshedpur in the very first minute when he converted what was a scuffed shot from teammate Ashim Biswas. Biswas then found the net himself 30 minutes later to extend Jamshedpur's lead. Mark Sifneos found a consolation goal for the Blasters three minutes into second half stoppage time but it was too late to save the match.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 54], "content_span": [55, 717]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275600-0015-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Kerala Blasters FC season, Indian Super League\nThe Kerala Blasters returned home with a match against Goa on 21 January. David James decided to go with only four foreigners on the pitch for Kerala and it proved a bad choice only seven minutes into the match as Coro found the net. However, 22 minutes later, C.K. Vineeth managed to find Kerala's equalizer after he exploited the space left by the Goan defenders in the middle. Despite that though, Goa once again took the lead in the 77th minute when Edu Bedia won the game for Goa, 2\u20131.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 54], "content_span": [55, 545]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275600-0016-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Kerala Blasters FC season, Indian Super League\nOn 27 January 2018, the Kerala Blasters took on bottom-placed Delhi Dynamos at the Nehru Stadium in Kochi. Coming into the match, the Blasters had released Dutch striker Mark Sifneos and signed former Iceland international Gu\u00f0j\u00f3n Baldvinsson as a replacement. David James once again sent out a side that played less than the 5 max foreigners allowed in the starting 11, with three taking the field. Kalu Uche gave the Delhi Dynamos the lead from the penalty spot in the 35th minute after Prasanth Karuthadathkuni brought Dynamos' Seityasen Singh down in the box.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 54], "content_span": [55, 617]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275600-0016-0001", "contents": "2017\u201318 Kerala Blasters FC season, Indian Super League\nAt halftime, James took off Karan Sawhney and brought on 19-year old Deependra Negi for his professional debut and three minutes into the second half the former India U17 captain scored the equalizer for the Kerala Blasters from a corner. Negi then contributed to the Blasters' second goal when he drew a penalty while running into the box. Iain Hume scored the ensuing spot kick as the Kerala Blasters went on to win 2\u20131.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 54], "content_span": [55, 477]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275600-0017-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Kerala Blasters FC season, Indian Super League\nOn 2 February 2018, the Kerala Blasters played their first match of the last full month of the season against Pune City at the Balewadi Stadium. Despite having the most chances in the first half, it took until the 58th minute for the Blasters to take the lead through Jackichand Singh. Emiliano Alfaro then equalized for Pune City in the 78th minute before C.K. Vineeth found the winner for the Kerala Blasters three minutes into stoppage time for them to win 2\u20131. Six days later, the club traveled to Kolkata to take on ATK. Despite Gu\u00f0j\u00f3n Baldvinsson and Dimitar Berbatov scoring their first goals for the club, both times giving the team the lead, the Blasters conceded twice to draw the match 2\u20132.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 54], "content_span": [55, 756]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275600-0018-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Kerala Blasters FC season, Indian Super League\nThe Kerala Blasters then ended their three game away run with a victory against NorthEast United on 17 February 2018 at the Indira Gandhi Athletic Stadium. Wes Brown scored the winner for the club in the 28th minute to keep the Blasters hopes of qualification alive. On 23 February, the Blasters played their final home match of the season against Southern rivals Chennaiyin. Neither side could find the net in the 0\u20130 draw as the Blasters' chance of qualification for the finals suffered a massive blow.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 54], "content_span": [55, 559]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275600-0019-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Kerala Blasters FC season, Indian Super League\nThe Blasters then ended their season on 1 March 2018 away from home against Bengaluru. Despite managing to hold on throughout the match, Bengaluru managed to come out as 2\u20130 winners with stoppage time goals coming from Miku and Udanta Singh. This meant that the Blasters had failed to qualify for the finals for the second time in their history.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 54], "content_span": [55, 400]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275600-0020-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Kerala Blasters FC season, Super Cup\nThe Super Cup is a knockout football competition in India. The 2018 edition was be the first ever tournament. The competition only featured teams from both the Indian Super League and the I-League, India's two top-tier football leagues. As the Kerala Blasters finished in sixth place during the 2017\u201318 ISL season, they entered the main competition directly which was hosted at the Kalinga Stadium in Bhubaneswar.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 44], "content_span": [45, 460]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275600-0021-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Kerala Blasters FC season, Super Cup\nThe Kerala Blasters were drawn to face NEROCA on 6 April 2018. NEROCA had finished 2nd in the 2017\u201318 I-League.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 44], "content_span": [45, 156]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275600-0022-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Kerala Blasters FC season, Super Cup\nlosi for ng 3\u20132. Goals for NEROCA were scored by Jean-Michel Joachim, Aryn Williams, and Felix Chidi Odili while Kerala Blasters found the net through Pulga and Prasanth Karuthadathkuni.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 44], "content_span": [45, 231]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275601-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Kerala Premier League\nThe 2017\u201318 Kerala Premier League Season is the fifth season of the Kerala Premier League. The season features 10 teams which will be divided into 2 groups with each having 5 and is played on a home-and-away format. The season kicked off on 7 April 2018.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [29, 29], "content_span": [30, 284]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275601-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Kerala Premier League, Teams\nOn 4 April 2018, it was announced that the then last champion KSEB pulled from the 2017\u201318 season citing financial reason. Another PSU team AG'S Office also pulled out due to internal departmental issues. Kerala Blasters FC Reserves and Quartz SC were added making 2017\u201318 season a 10-team affair.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 36], "content_span": [37, 334]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275601-0002-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Kerala Premier League, Results, Fixtures and results\n1 Later shifted to 13 May 2018 due to bad weather conditions", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 60], "content_span": [61, 121]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275602-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Ke\u015fla FK season\nThe Ke\u015fla 2017-18 season was Inter Baku's seventeenth Azerbaijan Premier League season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [23, 23], "content_span": [24, 111]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275602-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Ke\u015fla FK season, Season events\nOn 28 October 2017, Inter Baku officially changed their name to Ke\u015fla FK. Following a 0-2 against Kapaz on 28 October, Ke\u015fla replaced Zaur Svanadze with Ramiz Mammadov the next day. On 25 December, Ke\u015fla announced that Ramie Mammadov had become the club's Sporting Director, with Yuriy Maksymov coming in as the club's new manager.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 38], "content_span": [39, 370]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275602-0002-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Ke\u015fla FK season, Squad\nNote: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 30], "content_span": [31, 159]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275602-0003-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Ke\u015fla FK season, Squad, On loan\nNote: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 39], "content_span": [40, 168]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275602-0004-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Ke\u015fla FK season, Transfers, Summer\nIn:Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 42], "content_span": [43, 174]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275602-0005-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Ke\u015fla FK season, Transfers, Summer\nOut:Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 42], "content_span": [43, 175]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275602-0006-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Ke\u015fla FK season, Transfers, Winter\nIn:Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 42], "content_span": [43, 174]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275602-0007-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Ke\u015fla FK season, Transfers, Winter\nOut:Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 42], "content_span": [43, 175]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275602-0008-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Ke\u015fla FK season, Transfers, Winter\nTrial:Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 42], "content_span": [43, 177]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275603-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Khuzestan Premier League\nThe 2017\u201318 Khuzestan Premier League season was the 18th season of the Khuzestan Premier League which took place from September 6, 2017 to March 14, 2018 with 16 teams competing from the province of Khuzestan. This was the first year that the league increased its teams from 14 to 16. Teams played home and away with one another each playing 30 matches. Esteghlal Novin Mahshahr finished the season on top of the standings and was promoted to division 3 of the Iranian football system. Meanwhile, finishing in last place, Shahbaz Shadegan will be relegated to the Khuzestan Division 1 league.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [32, 32], "content_span": [33, 625]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275603-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Khuzestan Premier League, League changes\nWith 5 teams being relegated down from Division 3, the Khuzestan Football Association announced that the league will be expanded from 14 to 16 teams in an effort to accommodate the relegated teams. Since only 1 team is promoted every year to Division 3, the 5 relegated teams would have created an unbalanced league under the 14 team system.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 48], "content_span": [49, 390]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275604-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Kilmarnock F.C. season\nThe 2017\u201318 season was Kilmarnock's fifth season in the Premiership, and their 25th consecutive season in the top flight of Scotlish football.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [30, 30], "content_span": [31, 173]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275604-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Kilmarnock F.C. season, Overview\nFollowing a pre-season training camp in La Manga, Spain, Kilmarnock played one friendly before the season began against Livingston.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 40], "content_span": [41, 172]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275604-0002-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Kilmarnock F.C. season, Overview\nKilmarnock were seeded for the group stage draw of the League Cup and were drawn to face rivals Ayr United along with Dumbarton, Clyde and Annan Athletic.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 40], "content_span": [41, 195]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275604-0003-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Kilmarnock F.C. season, Overview\nIn their opening fixture, Kilmarnock lost their first Ayrshire derby for 18 years after Andy Geggan scored the only goal at Somerset Park. After the early setback, Kilmarnock recovered to finish second in Group E and qualified for the second round where they would play defending champions Celtic at Celtic Park. There was a question over whether Celtic should have been awarded a penalty after 13 minutes when Jonny Hayes appeared to dive in the box but it made little difference as they eased to a 5\u20130 win and knocked Kilmarnock out.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 40], "content_span": [41, 576]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275604-0004-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Kilmarnock F.C. season, Overview\nThe Premiership season began on 5 August 2017 and is scheduled to conclude on 13 May 2018. Kilmarnock were originally scheduled to play their first away match on 12 August 2017 against Heart of Midlothian but the fixture was reversed due to the redevelopment of Tynecastle Stadium. Their first away game of the season was instead played on 9 September 2017 against Motherwell, their fifth league fixture. The rearranged Hearts tie, due to be played on 5 November 2017, was subsequently switched to Murrayfield Stadium because the redevelopment works had taken longer than initially scheduled.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 40], "content_span": [41, 633]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275604-0005-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Kilmarnock F.C. season, Overview\nKilmarnock picked up their first point of the season in a 2\u20132 home draw with Hamilton Academical in their fourth game. The away side managed to hold Kilmarnock to a draw by scoring a last-minute penalty to come back from 2\u20130 down. Top scorer Kris Boyd picked up a hamstring injury during the match.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 40], "content_span": [41, 339]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275604-0006-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Kilmarnock F.C. season, Overview\nKilmarnock's match against Hibernian on 21 October 2017 was postponed due to Hibernian's participation in the League Cup semi-finals and was rearranged to be played on 31 October 2017.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 40], "content_span": [41, 225]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275604-0007-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Kilmarnock F.C. season, Overview\nFollowing a 2\u20130 home defeat to Ross County, Kilmarnock parted company with manager Lee McCulloch on 1 October 2017. Kilmarnock had won none of their opening eight league matches scoring only five goals as they sat bottom of the table with just three points. On 14 October 2017 Kilmarnock announced that former West Bromwich Albion and Reading manager Steve Clarke would take over as manager from 16 October 2017. Academy director Paul McDonald took charge of the game against Partick Thistle on 14 October 2017.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 40], "content_span": [41, 552]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275604-0008-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Kilmarnock F.C. season, Overview\nWith new manager Steve Clarke watching from the stand, Kilmarnock claimed their first league win of the season with a 2\u20130 victory at Firhill Stadium against fellow strugglers Partick Thistle. Top scorer Kris Boyd scored his first goal since August as Kilmarnock moved off the bottom of the league.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 40], "content_span": [41, 338]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275604-0009-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Kilmarnock F.C. season, Overview\nClarke had to wait until 25 October for his first game in charge of the team at Ibrox Stadium against Rangers. The home side took the lead shortly before half time when Jason Holt scored. However, as Clark alluded to after the game, his side looked as if they deserved something from the game. In a dramatic final few minutes, Rangers were awarded a penalty before Ryan Jack was sent off for Rangers on 93 minutes. Daniel Candeias stepped up but his effort was saved by Killie keeper Jamie MacDonald and Kilmarnock broke up the other end with former Rangers midfielder Chris Burke netting the equaliser.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 40], "content_span": [41, 644]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275604-0010-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Kilmarnock F.C. season, Overview\nJust three days later, Clarke's side recorded another creditable draw in Glasgow after Jordan Jones scored a 60th-minute equaliser against Celtic at Celtic Park.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 40], "content_span": [41, 202]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275604-0011-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Kilmarnock F.C. season, Overview\nClarke's first home game in charge saw Killie take on Hibernian on Halloween. The scoreline may suggest a Halloween horror show for Clarke's men but the home side were extremely unlucky - creating 16 scoring opportunities in the match - as a clinical Hibs recorded a 3\u20130 win.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 40], "content_span": [41, 316]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275604-0012-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Kilmarnock F.C. season, Overview\nMurrayfield Stadium was the scene for Clarke's first win in charge against Hearts on 5 November 2017. Kris Boyd had given Killie a 1\u20130 half-time lead before Esma\u00ebl Gon\u00e7alves equalised with 14 minutes to go. Adam Frizzell scored his second goal of the season 10 minutes later as Killie earned a 2\u20131 win.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 40], "content_span": [41, 343]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275604-0013-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Kilmarnock F.C. season, Overview\nKilmarnock had to wait until 9 December 2017 for their first home league win of the season against Partick Thistle. Chris Erskine had cancelled out Kris Boyd's opener before Killie ran riot with Eamonn Brophy scoring twice, Boyd getting his second and an unfortunate own goal from Niall Keown earning them a 5\u20131 win as they moved up to eighth in the Premiership. It was the first time Kilmarnock had scored five goals in a league game since a 5\u20131 SPL win against Dunfermline Athletic in December 2006, 11 years ago.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 40], "content_span": [41, 556]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275604-0014-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Kilmarnock F.C. season, Overview\nClarke's Kilmarnock continued to break records as they picked up their 13th point in five games with a first win over Rangers at Rugby Park since 2011 and a third consecutive home win for the first time in three years. Kris Boyd scored his 10th and 11th goals of the season as Killie came from behind to earn a deserved 2\u20131 win against the Glasgow side. The three points saw Kilmarnock spend Christmas in the top six as they moved up two places to sixth in the table.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 40], "content_span": [41, 508]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275604-0015-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Kilmarnock F.C. season, Overview\nKillie's Premiership match with Hamilton Academical on 27 December 2017 was postponed after the pitch at New Douglas Park failed a second inspection. Hamilton claimed that the match was \"swept away by nature\" after snow - which had been left on the pitch overnight - had frozen leaving the artificial surface unplayable.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 40], "content_span": [41, 361]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275604-0016-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Kilmarnock F.C. season, Overview\nHibernian were the opponents for Killie's last match of 2017 and their last match ahead of the three-week winter break. A Kris Boyd goal earned Kilmarnock a 1\u20131 draw at Easter Road as they extended their unbeaten away run to nine matches and ended December unbeaten with four wins and two draws. The point moved Kilmarnock back above St Johnstone as they ended the year in the top six. On Monday 15 January 2018, Clarke was named Premiership manager of the month for December with Kris Boyd named player of the month after scoring six goals in December.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 40], "content_span": [41, 594]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275604-0017-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Kilmarnock F.C. season, Overview\nKilmarnock were due to play St Johnstone on 24 January 2018 at Rugby Park but the match was postponed after the Perth Saints' Scottish Cup match with Albion Rovers was postponed due to a frozen pitch at Cliftonhill and subsequently rearranged to be played on 23 January 2018. The match against Dundee on 31 January 2018 suffered a similar fate after it was postponed due to the clash Dundee's Scottish Cup fourth round replay against Inverness Caledonian Thistle on the same day.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 40], "content_span": [41, 520]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275604-0018-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Kilmarnock F.C. season, Overview\nKilmarnock entered the fourth round of Scottish Cup as one of the Premiership clubs, starting on 20 January 2018. The draw for the fourth round was made on Monday, 20 November 2017 and Kilmarnock were drawn at home to fellow Premiership side Ross County. Lee Erwin scored the only goal of the game from the penalty spot after Tim Chow was sent off late on.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 40], "content_span": [41, 397]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275604-0019-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Kilmarnock F.C. season, Overview\nThe fifth round draw was made on 21 January 2018 and Kilmarnock were drawn at home to Highland League side Brora Rangers. The two teams had never played against each other before and Brora made it tough for Kilmarnock but the Premiership side ran out 4\u20130 winners.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 40], "content_span": [41, 304]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275604-0020-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Kilmarnock F.C. season, Overview\nThe draw for the quarter-finals was made on 11 February 2018 and Kilmarnock were drawn away to fellow Premiership side Aberdeen. After conceding an early goal at Pittodrie Stadium, Killie battled back and earned a replay at Rugby Park thanks to a Kris Boyd penalty.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 40], "content_span": [41, 306]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275604-0021-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Kilmarnock F.C. season, Overview\nKilmarnock's cup run came to an end in the replay at Rugby Park. The 90 minutes ended in a stalemate and, with a place in the semi-finals against Motherwell awaiting the winner, Stephen O'Donnell gave the home side the lead six minutes into extra-time. Aberdeen equalised through a Kenny McLean penalty before Eamonn Brophy had a goal controversially disallowed for offside. In the penalty shoot-out, former Killie keeper Freddie Woodman saved three penalties to see Aberdeen through 3\u20132.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 40], "content_span": [41, 529]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275605-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Kitchee SC season\nThe 2017\u201318 season is Kitchee's 39th season in the top-tier division in Hong Kong football. Kitchee will compete in the Premier League, Senior Challenge Shield, FA Cup, Sapling Cup and AFC Champions League in this season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [25, 25], "content_span": [26, 247]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275605-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Kitchee SC season\nBy joining the AFC Champions League, this has become the first time for Kitchee to appear in the group stage of it. On 14 March 2018, Kitchee managed to achieve a 1\u20130 win over Kashiwa Reysol, becoming the first-ever team from Hong Kong to win a game in the history of the AFC Champions League group stage.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [25, 25], "content_span": [26, 331]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275605-0002-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Kitchee SC season, Players, First Team Current Squad List (As of 20 May 2018)\nRemarks: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 85], "content_span": [86, 217]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275605-0003-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Kitchee SC season, Players, Reserves Team Current Squad List (As of 11 January 2017)\nRemarks:: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 92], "content_span": [93, 225]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275605-0004-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Kitchee SC season, Statistics, Top scorers\nThe list is sorted by shirt number when total goals are equal.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 50], "content_span": [51, 113]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275605-0005-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Kitchee SC season, Statistics, Clean sheets\nThe list is sorted by shirt number when total appearances are equal.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 51], "content_span": [52, 120]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275606-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Korisliiga season\nThe 2017\u201318 Korisliiga season was the 78th season of the top professional basketball league in Finland. The season started on 28 September 2017 and ended on 18 May 2018. Kataja Basket were the defending champions, but Kauhajoki Karhu achieved their first title ever.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [25, 25], "content_span": [26, 292]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275606-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Korisliiga season, Format\nThe eleven teams will play four teams against each one of the other teams for a total of 40 games. The eight best qualified teams will join the playoffs.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 33], "content_span": [34, 187]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275606-0002-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Korisliiga season, Teams\nEspoo United promoted from First Division and no team was relegated.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 32], "content_span": [33, 101]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275606-0003-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Korisliiga season, Playoffs\nThe quarter-finals and semi-finals were played in a best-of-three 1\u20131\u20131\u20131\u20131 format. The finals were played in a best-of-seven playoff format.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 35], "content_span": [36, 177]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275607-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Kosovar Cup\nThe 2017\u201318 Kosovar Cup was the football knockout competition of Kosovo in the 2017\u201318 season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [19, 19], "content_span": [20, 114]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275607-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Kosovar Cup, First round\nThe draw for the first round was held on 16 October 2017.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 32], "content_span": [33, 90]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275607-0002-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Kosovar Cup, Second round\nThe draw for the second round was held on 16 October 2017.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 33], "content_span": [34, 92]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275607-0003-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Kosovar Cup, Third round\nThe draw for the third round was held on 7 November 2017.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 32], "content_span": [33, 90]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275607-0004-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Kosovar Cup, Fourth round\nThe draw for the fourth round was held on 8 December 2017.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 33], "content_span": [34, 92]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275607-0005-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Kosovar Cup, Quarter-finals\nThe draw for the fifth round was held on 16 February 2018. Drenica will qualify direct to Semi-Final.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 35], "content_span": [36, 137]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275607-0006-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Kosovar Cup, Semi-finals\nThese matches will be played on 4 and 18 April 2018.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 32], "content_span": [33, 85]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275607-0007-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Kosovar Cup, Final\nThe final of this year's Kosovo Cup was held on 27 May 2018.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 26], "content_span": [27, 87]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275608-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Kosovo Basketball Superleague\nThe 2017\u201318 IP Superliga e Basketbollit is the 24th season of the Kosovo Basketball Superleague.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [37, 37], "content_span": [38, 134]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275608-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Kosovo Basketball Superleague, Teams\nKB Borea Peja promoted to the league after winning 2016\u201317 Kosovo Basketball First League and replaced V\u00ebllaznimi, that was relegated from the previous season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 44], "content_span": [45, 204]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275608-0002-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Kosovo Basketball Superleague, Playoffs\nPlayoffs were played in a best-of-five playoff format. The higher seeded teams played game 1, 2 and 5 at home in the semifinals and games 1, 3 and 5 in the finals.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 47], "content_span": [48, 211]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275609-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Kuala Lumpur League\nThe 2017\u201318 season is the 89rd season of the Kuala Lumpur League, which is a Malaysian football competition featuring semi-professional and amateur clubs from Kuala Lumpur. JMM FC are the defending champions.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [27, 27], "content_span": [28, 236]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275609-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Kuala Lumpur League, Teams\nFor 2017\u201318 season, there are 62 teams will compete in the league, including 48 sides from the Division 1 and Division 2. Top two team from the Super League will promoted to Malaysia M4 League for 2019 season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 34], "content_span": [35, 244]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275610-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Kuwait Crown Prince Cup\nthis will be the 25th edition of Kuwait Crown Prince Cup where the 15 teams are split into 2 groups where top 2 from each group advance to the final.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [31, 31], "content_span": [32, 181]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275612-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Kuwait Federation Cup\nThe re-in-station of the Kuwait Federation Cup tournament saw all 15 kuwaiti clubs participating in 3 groups.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [29, 29], "content_span": [30, 139]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275612-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Kuwait Federation Cup, Knockout Stage\nAll 3 top teams of each group advances and best 2nd placed team advances, a new draw is held.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 45], "content_span": [46, 139]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275613-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Kuwaiti Division One\n32nd edition of the tournament after 2012-2013 season, after the split of the Kuwaiti Premier League, which Burgan SC debuts in the tournament.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [28, 28], "content_span": [29, 172]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275613-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Kuwaiti Division One, Play-Off\nIn this Seasons Play-Off match to determine who's the 8th team of the 2018\u201319 Kuwaiti Premier League,Is between Al-Jahra SC and Al-Fahaheel FC", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 38], "content_span": [39, 181]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275614-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Kuwaiti Premier League\n56th edition of the tournament. First season to have 8 teams after the return of Kuwaiti Division One.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [30, 30], "content_span": [31, 133]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275614-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Kuwaiti Premier League, Play-Off\nIn this Seasons Play-Off match to determine who's the 8th team of the 2018\u201319 Kuwaiti Premier League,Is between Al-Jahra SC and Al-Fahaheel FC", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 40], "content_span": [41, 183]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275615-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 LBA season\nThe 2017\u201318 Lega Basket Serie A, was the 96th season of the Lega Basket Serie A (LBA), known for sponsorship reasons as the Serie A PosteMobile, which is highest-tier level professional basketball league in Italy. The regular season started on October 1, 2017, and ended on May 9, 2018, with the playoffs started on May 12 (due to some Italian clubs, Reggio Emilia, Avellino and Venezia, are qualifying for the 2018 EuroCup Playoffs and the 2018 Champions League Playoffs) and finished on June 15, 2018.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [18, 18], "content_span": [19, 522]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275615-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 LBA season\nAs in previous years, Molten Corporation provided the official ball for all matches.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [18, 18], "content_span": [19, 103]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275615-0002-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 LBA season\nUmana Reyer Venezia were the defending champions. Venezia finished the regular season as top seeded team for the first time in its history.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [18, 18], "content_span": [19, 158]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275615-0003-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 LBA season\nEA7 Emporio Armani Milano won their 28th title by beating Dolomiti Energia Trento in game 6 of the finals.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [18, 18], "content_span": [19, 125]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275615-0004-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 LBA season, Teams, Promotion and relegation (pre-season)\nA total of 16 teams contested the league, including 15 sides from the 2016\u201317 season and one promoted from the 2016\u201317 Serie A2.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [20, 64], "content_span": [65, 193]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275615-0005-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 LBA season, Teams, Promotion and relegation (pre-season)\nSegafredo Virtus Bologna was the promoted club from the Serie A2 Citro\u00ebn after beating Alma Trieste at game 3 of league's playoffs, and returned in the highest-tier of the Italian basketball league system after just one season of absence.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [20, 64], "content_span": [65, 303]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275615-0006-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 LBA season, Teams, Promotion and relegation (pre-season)\nVirtus Bologna replaced Vanoli Cremona who were relegated during the previous season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [20, 64], "content_span": [65, 150]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275615-0007-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 LBA season, Teams, Promotion and relegation (pre-season)\nIn July 2017, Juvecaserta Basket was excluded by CONI from the 2017\u201318 LBA season, due to financial issues. Vanoli Cremona was reprieved and took the place of Juvecaserta.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [20, 64], "content_span": [65, 236]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275615-0008-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 LBA season, Changes from 2016\u201317\nAs in previous seasons, LBA clubs must play in arenas that seat at least 3,500 people. From 2017\u201318 season, all clubs must host their home playoffs matches in arenas with a seating capacity of at least 5,000 people.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [20, 40], "content_span": [41, 256]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275615-0009-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 LBA season, Changes from 2016\u201317\nIn summer 2016, four Italian teams (Reggio Emilia, Trento, Sassari and Cant\u00f9) were forced to withdraw from EuroCup because of the FIBA and Euroleague Basketball controversy. From this season, Italian Basketball Federation will allow LBA clubs to rejoin EuroCup. There will be at least six teams in Europe. One in EuroLeague (Olimpia Milano directly enter the EuroLeague as licensed club), two in EuroCup (but they are negotiating with ECA for a third spot) and three in Basketball Champions League. Lega Basket decided Italian Clubs will be free to choose in which European Cup they want to play, based on final ranking and sports merit.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [20, 40], "content_span": [41, 678]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275615-0010-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 LBA season, Rules\nEach team is allowed either five or seven foreign players under two formulas:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [20, 25], "content_span": [26, 103]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275615-0011-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 LBA season, Rules\nEach club can choose the 5+5 formula, that consists of five Italian players and five foreign players, and the 3+4+5 formula, with five Italian players, three foreigners from countries outside the EU and four foreigners from EU countries or \"Cotonou Countries\".", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [20, 25], "content_span": [26, 286]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275615-0012-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 LBA season, Rules\nAt the end of the season there will be a prize of \u20ac500.000,00 for the top three ranked teams, that had chosen the 5+5 formula, considering the playing time of Italian players, and \u20ac200.000,00 for those teams that will obtain the best results with their youth sector.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [20, 25], "content_span": [26, 292]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275615-0013-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 LBA season, Regular season\nIn the regular season, teams play against each other home-and-away in a round-robin format. The eight first qualified teams advanced to the Playoffs, the last seven qualified teams were eliminated, while the last one qualified team was relegated and replaced by the winner of the playoffs of the second-level Serie A2 Basket. The matchdays were from October 1, 2017 to May 9, 2018.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [20, 34], "content_span": [35, 416]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275615-0014-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 LBA season, Regular season, Positions by round\nThe table lists the positions of teams after completion of each round.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [20, 54], "content_span": [55, 125]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275615-0015-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 LBA season, Playoffs\nThe LBA playoffs quarterfinals and semifinals were best-of-five, while the finals series were best-of-seven. The playoffs started on May 12, 2018, and finished on June 15, 2018.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [20, 28], "content_span": [29, 206]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275615-0016-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 LBA season, Supercup\nThe 2017 Italian Supercup, also called Prozis Supercoppa 2017 for sponsorship reasons, was the 23rd edition of the super cup tournament of the Italian basketball. The Supercup opened the season on 23 and 24 September 2017, and it was contested in the Unieuro Arena in Forl\u00ec.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [20, 28], "content_span": [29, 303]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275615-0017-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 LBA season, Supercup\nQualified for the tournament were Banco di Sardegna Sassari, EA7 Emporio Armani Milano, Umana Reyer Venezia and Dolomiti Energia Trento.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [20, 28], "content_span": [29, 165]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275615-0018-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 LBA season, Supercup\nEA7 Emporio Armani Milano lifted the Supercup trophy by downing Umana Reyer Venezia 82\u201377. Jordan Theodore led the winners with 29 points on 10-of-17 two-point shots. Andrew Goudelock and Amath M'Baye added 14 while Art\u016bras Gudaitis had 12 and 8 rebounds for Milan. Not enough for Venezia the 14 points each for Michael Jenkins, Dominique Johnson and Michael Bramos and the 13 points of Hrvoje Peri\u0107. Coach Simone Pianigiani's guys controlled the game until the final buzzer and lift its second Supercup trophy. Jordan Theodore was named MVP of the competition.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [20, 28], "content_span": [29, 590]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275615-0019-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 LBA season, Cup\nThe 50th edition of the Italian Cup, knows as the PosteMobile Final Eight for sponsorship reasons, was contested between 16 and 19 February 2017 in the Nelson Mandela Forum, Florence. Eight teams qualified for the Final Eight were Avellino, Brescia, Milano, Venezia, Torino, Cant\u00f9, Bologna and Cremona.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [20, 23], "content_span": [24, 326]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275615-0020-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 LBA season, Cup\nFiat Torino made it to the Italian Cup final after edging Vanoli Cremona in overtime 87\u201392. Cremona's Simone Fontecchio drove for a layup with 16 seconds to go in the regulation to tie the game at 80-80, and Fiat failed to convert the final possession of the fourth quarter to win the game. But Diante Garrett scored a basket and Sasha Vuja\u010di\u0107 hit a triple midway through the extra session to give Fiat 83\u201388, the lead it never relinquished. Garrett finished with 18 points, Vander Blue scored 17, while Vuja\u010di\u0107 netted 15 points with 7 rebounds.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [20, 23], "content_span": [24, 569]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275615-0020-0001", "contents": "2017\u201318 LBA season, Cup\nDeron Washington amassed 13 points plus 13 rebounds in victory, while Fontecchio had 16 points in defeat. The second semifinal also went into overtime in which Germani Basket Brescia ousted Red October Cant\u00f9 82\u201387. Luca Vitali collected 19 points and 9 rebounds, while Marcus Landry had 17 points for the winners. Charles Thomas scored 20 points, and Jeremy Chappell amassed 17 points plus 13 rebounds for Cant\u00f9.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [20, 23], "content_span": [24, 436]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275615-0021-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 LBA season, Cup\nIn the final game Sasha Vuja\u010di\u0107\u2019s layup in the dying seconds lifted Fiat Torino to a 69\u201367 victory over Germani Basket Brescia for the club's first Italian Cup. After a series of threes in the closing seconds left the game tied, Brescia had the ball for what appeared to be the final possession, however Marcus Landry and Luca Vitali each missed from downtown, Deron Washington picked up the loose ball and started a fast break that Vujacic finished with the winning layup. Diante Garrett paced Fiat with 16 points, Nobel Boungou Colo and Vander Blue added 11 points apiece and Washington scored 10 for the winners. Landry paced Brescia with 22 points and 9 rebounds and Michele Vitali added 14 points in defeat.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [20, 23], "content_span": [24, 736]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275615-0022-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 LBA season, Cup\nVander Blue of Torino was named Finals MVP of the competition.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [20, 23], "content_span": [24, 86]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275616-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 LEB Oro season\nThe 2017\u201318 LEB Oro season was the 22nd season of the Spanish basketball second league. It started on 29 September 2017 with the first round of the regular season and ended on 12 June 2018 with the final.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [22, 22], "content_span": [23, 227]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275616-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 LEB Oro season\nCaf\u00e9s Candelas Breog\u00e1n won the league and promoted to Liga ACB twelve years after.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [22, 22], "content_span": [23, 105]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275616-0002-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 LEB Oro season, Teams, Promotion and relegation (pre-season)\nA total of 18 teams contested the league, including 14 sides from the 2016\u201317 season, two relegated from the 2016\u201317 ACB and two promoted from the 2016\u201317 LEB Plata. On July 18, 2017, CB Clavijo achieved the vacant of S\u00e1enz Horeca Araberri. On August 30, 2017, S\u00e1enz Horeca Araberri achieved the vacant generated after the inclusion of Real Betis Energ\u00eda Plus in Liga ACB.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 68], "content_span": [69, 441]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275616-0003-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 LEB Oro season, Regular season, Positions by round\nThe table lists the positions of teams after completion of each round. In order to preserve chronological evolvements, any postponed matches are not included in the round at which they were originally scheduled, but added to the full round they were played immediately afterwards. For example, if a match is scheduled for round 13, but then postponed and played between rounds 16 and 17, it will be added to the standings for round 16.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 58], "content_span": [59, 494]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275616-0004-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 LEB Oro season, Copa Princesa de Asturias\nThe Copa Princesa de Asturias was played on 3 February 2018, by the two first qualified teams after the end of the first half of the season (round 17). The champion of the cup play the playoffs as first qualified if it finishes the league between the second and the fifth qualified.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 49], "content_span": [50, 332]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275617-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 LEB Plata season\nThe 2017\u201318 LEB Plata season was the 18th season of the Spanish basketball third league. It started on 29 September 2017 with the first round of the regular season and ended on 5 June 2018 with the final.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [24, 24], "content_span": [25, 229]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275617-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 LEB Plata season, Teams, Promotion and relegation (pre-season)\nA total of 16 teams contested the league, including 10 sides from the 2016\u201317 season, two relegated from the 2016\u201317 LEB Oro and four promoted from the 2016\u201317 Liga EBA. On July 18, 2017, Torrons Vicens CB L'Hospitalet, Arcos Albacete Basket, CB Extremadura Plasencia and Baskonia B achieved the vacancies of Zornotza ST, CB Clavijo, Mar\u00edn Peixegalego and Seguros Soliss Alc\u00e1zar Basket.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 70], "content_span": [71, 457]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275617-0002-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 LEB Plata season, Regular season, Positions by round\nThe table lists the positions of teams after completion of each round. In order to preserve chronological evolvements, any postponed matches are not included in the round at which they were originally scheduled, but added to the full round they were played immediately afterwards. For example, if a match is scheduled for round 13, but then postponed and played between rounds 16 and 17, it will be added to the standings for round 16.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 60], "content_span": [61, 496]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275617-0003-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 LEB Plata season, Copa LEB Plata\nThe Copa LEB Plata was played on 27 January 2018, by the two first qualified teams after the end of the first half of the season (round 15). The champion of the cup would have played the playoffs as first qualified if it has finished the league between the second and the fifth qualified.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 40], "content_span": [41, 329]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275618-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 LEN Champions League\nThe 2017\u201318 LEN Champions League was the 55th edition of LEN's premier competition for men's water polo clubs.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [28, 28], "content_span": [29, 139]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275618-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 LEN Champions League, Overview, Team allocation\n12 teams are directly qualified for the Preliminary round (TH: Champions League title holders).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 55], "content_span": [56, 151]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275618-0002-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 LEN Champions League, Preliminary round\nThe draw for the group stage was held on 29 August 2017 in Budapest. The 16 teams were drawn into two groups of eight.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 47], "content_span": [48, 166]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275618-0003-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 LEN Champions League, Preliminary round\nIn each group, teams play against each other home-and-away in a round-robin format. The group winners, runners-ups, third and fourth placed teams advance to the Final 8. The matchdays are 25 October, 8 and 29 November, 9 and 20 December 2017, 13 and 24 January, 7 and 28 February, 14 and 31 March, 18 and 28 April, 9 May 2018.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 47], "content_span": [48, 374]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275618-0004-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 LEN Champions League, Preliminary round\nA total of 11 national associations are represented in the group stage.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 47], "content_span": [48, 119]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275619-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 LEN Champions League Final Eight\nThe 2017\u201318 LEN Champions League Final Eight is the concluding LEN Champions League tournament of the 2017\u201318 LEN Champions League season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [40, 40], "content_span": [41, 179]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275620-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 LEN Champions League preliminary round\nThis article describes the group stage of the 2017\u201318 LEN Champions League.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [46, 46], "content_span": [47, 122]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275620-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 LEN Champions League preliminary round, Format\n16 teams were drawn into two groups of eight teams. Teams play against each other home-and-away in a round-robin format.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [48, 54], "content_span": [55, 175]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275621-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 LEN Euro Cup\nThe 2017\u201318 LEN Euro Cup was the second tier of European competition in water polo. It ran from 27 September 2017 to 18 April 2018.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [20, 20], "content_span": [21, 152]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275622-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 LEN Euro League Women\nThe 2017\u201318 LEN Euro League Women was the 31st edition of the top tier European tournament for women's water polo clubs. It ran from 1 December 2017 to 21 April 2018.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [29, 29], "content_span": [30, 196]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275622-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 LEN Euro League Women\nDefending champions Kinef Kirishi hosted the Final 4 on 20 and 21 April 2018 at their home pool. The russian team won the trophy for the second year in a row, defeating in the final game Spain's CN Sabadell.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [29, 29], "content_span": [30, 237]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275622-0002-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 LEN Euro League Women, Overview, Calendar\nThe calendar of the competition was released by LEN on 7 June 2017.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 49], "content_span": [50, 117]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275622-0003-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 LEN Euro League Women, Qualification Round\nThe draw was held by LEN on 19 August 2017.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 50], "content_span": [51, 94]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275622-0004-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 LEN Euro League Women, Preliminary Round\nThe draw of the pools for the Preliminary Round was held on 6 December 2017.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 48], "content_span": [49, 125]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275622-0005-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 LEN Euro League Women, Knockout stage, Quarterfinals\nThe draw of the Quarterfinals matches was held, alongside the draw for the 2019 Women's European U19 Championship, on 27 January 2018.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 60], "content_span": [61, 195]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275622-0006-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 LEN Euro League Women, Knockout stage, Final Four\nLEN announced the choice of the defending champions Kinef Kirishi as host of the Final Four on 20 March 2018. The draw was held in Pontevedra, Spain, during the last day of Europa Cup Super Final.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 57], "content_span": [58, 254]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275623-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 LIU Brooklyn Blackbirds men's basketball team\nThe 2017\u201318 LIU Brooklyn Blackbirds men's basketball team represented The Brooklyn Campus of Long Island University during the 2017\u201318 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Blackbirds, led by first-year head coach Derek Kellogg, played their home games at the Steinberg Wellness Center, with several home games at the Barclays Center, as members of the Northeast Conference. They finished the season 18\u201317, 10\u20138 in NEC play to finish in a tie for fourth place. As the No. 4 seed in the NEC Tournament, they defeated St. Francis Brooklyn, Fairleigh Dickinson, and Wagner to become NEC Tournament champions. They earned the NEC's automatic bid to the NCAA Tournament where they lost in the First Four to Radford.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 53], "section_span": [53, 53], "content_span": [54, 771]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275623-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 LIU Brooklyn Blackbirds men's basketball team, Previous season\nThe Blackbirds finished the 2016\u201317 season at 20\u201312, 13\u20135 in nec play to finish in second place. In the NEC Tournament, they lost to Robert Morris in the quarterfinals.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 53], "section_span": [55, 70], "content_span": [71, 240]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275623-0002-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 LIU Brooklyn Blackbirds men's basketball team, Previous season\nOn March 20, 2017, head coach Jack Perri was fired after five seasons at LIU Brooklyn. Former Massachusetts head coach Derek Kellogg was hired as the new head coach on April 18.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 53], "section_span": [55, 70], "content_span": [71, 248]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275623-0003-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 LIU Brooklyn Blackbirds men's basketball team, Preseason\nIn a poll of league coaches at the NEC media day, the Blackbirds were picked to finish in sixth place.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 53], "section_span": [55, 64], "content_span": [65, 167]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275624-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 LKL season\nThe 2017\u201318 Lietuvos krep\u0161inio lyga, also called Betsafe-LKL for sponsorship reasons, was the 25th season of the top-tier level professional basketball league of Lithuania, the Lietuvos krep\u0161inio lyga (LKL). The season started in September 2017, and the last game of final series was played in 18 June 2018.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [18, 18], "content_span": [19, 326]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275624-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 LKL season, Competition format\nDuring the regular season, all teams will play 36 games. The top eight teams in the regular season standings, after playing their entire 36 game schedule, will each qualify for the playoffs in the quarterfinals, that will be played in a best-of-five games format. The semifinals will also be played in that format.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [20, 38], "content_span": [39, 353]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275624-0002-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 LKL season, Competition format\nThe final round will be played between the two winners of the semifinals. The finals series, for first place, will be played in a best-of-seven format, while the series for third place will be played in a best-of-five format.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [20, 38], "content_span": [39, 264]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275624-0003-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 LKL season, Regular season\nIn the regular season, teams play against each other four times, home-and-away, in double a round-robin format. The eight first qualified teams advance to the play-offs. The regular season started on 19 September 2017.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [20, 34], "content_span": [35, 253]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275624-0004-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 LKL season, Play-offs\nThe quarter-finals are played in a best-of-five format, with the higher seeded team playing the first, third and (if necessary) fifth game at home. The semi-finals are played in a best-of-five format and the finals in a best-of-seven format, with the higher seed team playing games 1, 3, 5 and 7 (if necessary) at home.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [20, 29], "content_span": [30, 349]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275625-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 LNAH season\nThe 2017\u201318 LNAH season was the 22nd season of the Ligue Nord-Am\u00e9ricaine de Hockey (before 2004 the Quebec Semi-Pro Hockey League), a minor professional league in the Canadian province of Quebec. Six teams participated in the regular season, which was won by the Sorel-Tracy Eperviers. Sorel-Tracy Eperviers also won the playoff championship.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [19, 19], "content_span": [20, 362]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275625-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 LNAH season, Coupe Canam-Playoffs\nAll six teams qualify for the playoffs. The two highest seeded quarterfinal losers advances to a repechage (2nd chance round) which is best-of-three. The winner of that series advances to the semifinals. All other rounds are best-of-seven.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 41], "content_span": [42, 281]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275626-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 LNBP season\nThe 2017\u201318 LNBP season season was the 18th season of the Liga Nacional de Baloncesto Profesional (LNBP). The regular season began on 20 October 2017 and ended on 2 March 2018. The playoffs began on 6 March and ended on 10 April 2018.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [19, 19], "content_span": [20, 254]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275626-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 LNBP season, Teams, Changes from last season\nThe league expanded to 11 teams for the 2017\u201318 season with the additions of the Aguacateros de Michoac\u00e1n, Capitanes de Ciudad de M\u00e9xico and Libertadores de Quer\u00e9taro.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 52], "content_span": [53, 220]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275626-0002-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 LNBP season, Teams, Changes from last season\nDuring the offseason, the Barreteros de Zacatecas were renamed the Mineros de Zacatecas. Garzas de Plata UAEH left the league and Indios de Ciudad Ju\u00e1rez announced they were sitting out the current season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 52], "content_span": [53, 259]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275626-0003-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 LNBP season, All-Star Weekend\nThe 2017 LNBP All-Star Game was an exhibition basketball game that was played on December 3, 2017 in Le\u00f3n, Guanajuato at the Domo de la Feria, home of the Abejas de Guanajuato. It was the 20th edition of the event. The Mexicans won the game 163-136. The MVP of the game was Juan Toscano-Anderson, who scored 7 assists, the most ever scored by a player in an All-Star Game.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 37], "content_span": [38, 410]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275626-0004-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 LNBP season, All-Star Weekend, Location\nThere was a lot of speculation over the location of the game. Finally on October 12, Sergio Ganem, the league commissioner announced on a press conference that the chosen location was the Domo de la Feria in Le\u00f3n, stating that the region deserved it because of its loyal fans. The commissioner of the LNBP, Sergio Ganem, considered that the All-Star Game will be a great event in a city like Le\u00f3n, where basketball is important and in previous editions it had pronounced itself for being the venue. \"It is a place that had already demanded in previous years through its president Alejandro Marcocchio the All-Star Game and I think it is a very wise decision to bring to Le\u00f3n and Baj\u00edo the best basketball in Mexico,\" he said.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 47], "content_span": [48, 773]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275626-0005-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 LNBP season, All-Star Weekend, All-Star Game, Coaches\nWith the best record at the time, and also as an assistant coach in the National Team, Spaniard Ram\u00f3n D\u00edaz was selected as the coach for the Mexicans. The coach with the second best record, Iv\u00e1n D\u00e9niz, also Spanish, was selected as a coach for the foreigners.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 61], "content_span": [62, 321]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275626-0006-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 LNBP season, All-Star Weekend, All-Star Game, Roster\nEach roster is selected by a voting process which occurs on social networking sites, such as Twitter, or Facebook, and players selected by the coach of each side, and is composed of 14 players for each team. The Mexicans were led by Lorenzo Mata, Juan Toscano-Anderson, Pedro Meza, Edgar Garibay, and Israel Gutierrez, which were selected to be in the starting lineup. Toscano would end up being the game's MVP for a 2nd consecutive year.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 60], "content_span": [61, 499]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275626-0007-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 LNBP season, All-Star Weekend, All-Star Game, Roster\nMeanwhile, the foreigners were led by their starters who were: Dominicans Juan Coronado, and Emmanuel \u00c1ndujar, Puerto Rican Jonathan Rodr\u00edguez, and Americans Reggie Larry and Eugene Phelps.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 60], "content_span": [61, 250]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275626-0008-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 LNBP season, All-Star Weekend, All-Star Game, Roster\nMexico's reserves included Fernando Ben\u00edtez, Ra\u00fal B\u00f3rquez, Cezar Guerrero, P. J. Reyes, Irwin \u00c1valos, Ray Barreno, Michael Liz\u00e1rraga, Roberto Nelson, Jaron Mart\u00edn.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 60], "content_span": [61, 224]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275626-0009-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 LNBP season, All-Star Weekend, Three Point Contest and Slam Dunk Contest\nThe American Steven Pledger of the Abejas de Le\u00f3n won the contest of Shots of 3, when prevailing to the Puerto Rican Isaac Sosa of the Panteras de Aguascalientes in the final round. While Juan Toscano-Anderson of Fuerza Regia de Monterrey won the contest of Clavadas, defeating in the last round the American Terrance King of the Abejas de Le\u00f3n.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 80], "content_span": [81, 426]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275627-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 LNH Division 1\nThis is the current revision of this page, as edited by Team Norden (talk | contribs) at 17:32, 13 April 2020. The present address (URL) is a permanent link to this version.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [22, 22], "content_span": [23, 196]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275627-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 LNH Division 1\nThe 2017\u201318 LNH Division 1 is the 66th season of the LNH Division 1, French premier handball league and the 41st season consisting of only one league. It runs from 13 September 2017 to 30 May 2018.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [22, 22], "content_span": [23, 220]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275627-0002-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 LNH Division 1, Team information\nThe following 14 clubs compete in the LNH Division 1 during the 2017-18 season:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 40], "content_span": [41, 120]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275627-0003-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 LNH Division 1, League table, Schedule and results\nIn the table below the home teams are listed on the left and the away teams along the top.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 58], "content_span": [59, 149]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275628-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 LPB season\nThe 2017\u201318 LPB season was the 85th season of the premier Portuguese basketball league and the tenth season under the current Liga Portuguesa de Basquetebol (LPB) format. For sponsorship reasons, the league was also known as Liga Placard.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [18, 18], "content_span": [19, 257]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275628-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 LPB season\nBenfica played as defending champions but were eliminated in the semi-finals by Porto, who in turn lost 3\u20130 in the final to Oliveirense, who won their first league title.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [18, 18], "content_span": [19, 189]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275628-0002-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 LPB season, Format\nThe competition format consisted of two stages: a regular season, comprising two phases, and the play-offs. In the first phase of the regular season, the twelve participating teams compete against each other in a double round-robin system, with home and away matches.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [20, 26], "content_span": [27, 294]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275628-0003-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 LPB season, Format\nThe second phase of the regular season comprised two groups; the six best-ranked teams at the end of the first phase competed in Group A, and the remaining six teams competed in Group B. Again, teams in each group competed against each other in a double round-robin system, with home and away matches. The six Group A teams and the two best-ranked Group B teams qualified for the play-offs, while the two worst-ranked teams in Group B were relegated to the second-tier Proliga.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [20, 26], "content_span": [27, 504]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275628-0004-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 LPB season, Format\nThe play-offs were disputed as a single-elimination tournament, with fixtures determined by each team's classification in the previous round, and comprise three knockout rounds (quarter-finals, semi-finals and finals) played in a best-of-five system.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [20, 26], "content_span": [27, 277]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275628-0005-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 LPB season, Playoffs\nSeeded teams played games 1, 2 and 5 at home.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [20, 28], "content_span": [29, 74]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275629-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 LSU Lady Tigers basketball team\nThe 2017\u201318 LSU Lady Tigers basketball team will represent Louisiana State University during the 2017\u201318 NCAA Division I women's basketball season college basketball season. The Lady Tigers, led by seventh-year head coach Nikki Fargas, will play their home games at Pete Maravich Assembly Center and were members of the Southeastern Conference. They finished the season 19\u201310, 11\u20135 in SEC play to finish in a 4 way tie for fourth place. As a 4th seed, they lost in the quarterfinals of the SEC Women's Tournament to Texas A&M. They received an at-large bid to the NCAA Women's Tournament where got upset by Central Michigan in the first round.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [39, 39], "content_span": [40, 683]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275630-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 LSU Tigers basketball team\nThe 2017\u201318 LSU Tigers basketball team represented Louisiana State University during the 2017\u201318 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The team's head coach was Will Wade, in his first season at LSU. They played their home games at the Pete Maravich Assembly Center in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, as a member of the Southeastern Conference. They finished the season 18\u201315, 8\u201310 in SEC play to finish in a tie for ninth place. They lost in the second round of the SEC Tournament to Mississippi State. The Tigers received an invitation to the National Invitation Tournament where they defeated Louisiana before losing to Utah in the second round.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [34, 34], "content_span": [35, 678]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275630-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 LSU Tigers basketball team, Previous season\nThe Tigers finished the 2016\u201317 season 10\u201321, 2\u201316 in SEC play to finish in a tie for 13th place. They lost in the First Round of the SEC Tournament to Mississippi State.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 51], "content_span": [52, 222]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275630-0002-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 LSU Tigers basketball team, Previous season\nOn March 10, head coach Johnny Jones was fired. He finished at LSU with a five-year record of 90\u201372. On March 20, LSU hired VCU head coach Will Wade as their next head coach.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 51], "content_span": [52, 226]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275631-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 La Liga\nThe 2017\u201318 La Liga season, also known as LaLiga Santander for sponsorship reasons, was the 87th since its establishment. The season began on 18 August 2017 and concluded on 20 May 2018. The fixtures were released on 21 July 2017.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [15, 15], "content_span": [16, 246]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275631-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 La Liga\nReal Madrid were the defending champions. Barcelona, under new manager Ernesto Valverde, won the league title on 29 April 2018 with four matches to spare. It was the second part of a double-winning season for Barcelona, who also won the 2018 Copa del Rey Final.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [15, 15], "content_span": [16, 277]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275631-0002-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 La Liga\nLevante, Girona and Getafe were the newly promoted clubs competing in the season, with Girona entering La Liga for the first time in its history. At the end of the season, M\u00e1laga, Las Palmas and Deportivo La Coru\u00f1a were all relegated to the Segunda Divisi\u00f3n.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [15, 15], "content_span": [16, 274]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275631-0003-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 La Liga, Summary\nPrior to the season, several teams hired new managers, among them the previous season's runners-up Barcelona, who enlisted the services of Ernesto Valverde from Athletic Bilbao after the exit of Luis Enrique. Meanwhile, Valencia, who had struggled in the previous campaign hired Marcelino.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [17, 24], "content_span": [25, 314]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275631-0004-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 La Liga, Summary\nIn the transfer window, Barcelona were involved in the new world record transfer, selling Brazilian forward Neymar to French club Paris Saint-Germain for \u20ac222\u00a0million. They replaced him with young Frenchman Ousmane Demb\u00e9l\u00e9, who signed for an initial \u20ac105\u00a0million fee that could rise to \u20ac150\u00a0million. Defending champions Real Madrid sold striker \u00c1lvaro Morata to Chelsea for \u20ac80\u00a0million and lost veteran defender Pepe to Turkey's Be\u015fikta\u015f on a free transfer, while its largest fee paid during the window was \u20ac24\u00a0million for young defender Theo Hernandez from city rivals Atl\u00e9tico Madrid.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [17, 24], "content_span": [25, 611]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275631-0005-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 La Liga, Summary\nBarcelona first topped the table on 16 September after winning 5\u20130 in its third match of the season against neighbours Espanyol, eventually making a run of seven wins from the start of the season that ended with a 1\u20131 draw at Atl\u00e9tico Madrid. Valencia improved on its previous campaign and began its new season well, with Marcelino getting the best out of players such as Italian striker Simone Zaza and on-loan Portuguese winger Gon\u00e7alo Guedes. Real Madrid struggled in the first half of the season, with problems including a smaller squad, injuries and the comparatively poorer goalscoring form of Cristiano Ronaldo relative to recent seasons.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [17, 24], "content_span": [25, 670]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275631-0006-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 La Liga, Summary\nIn January 2018, Barcelona added to its attack by spending \u20ac160\u00a0million on Brazilian Philippe Coutinho from Liverpool, while the end of a transfer ban allowed Atl\u00e9tico to register Diego Costa and Vitolo for action. Real Madrid manager Zinedine Zidane made no signings. M\u00e1laga were the first team to be relegated, ending its ten-season stay in La Liga with its descent confirmed after a 0\u20131 loss against Levante on 19 April. Three days later, Las Palmas' relegation was also confirmed after the Canarian team lost 0\u20134 at home to Alav\u00e9s to end its three-year top flight status.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [17, 24], "content_span": [25, 600]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275631-0007-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 La Liga, Summary\nOn 29 April, Barcelona sealed its 25th league title with a 4\u20132 win at Deportivo de La Coru\u00f1a, with Lionel Messi scoring a hat-trick. Barcelona still had four matches to play, and it was the second part of its double, having earlier won the 2018 Copa del Rey Final. The result also made Deportivo the final of the three relegated teams, sending them back to Segunda Divisi\u00f3n for the first time in four years.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [17, 24], "content_span": [25, 432]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275631-0008-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 La Liga, Summary\nA day later, Real Betis, under new manager Quique Seti\u00e9n, booked its entry to the UEFA Europa League following a 2\u20131 win over M\u00e1laga. Betis had a chance of occupying Spain's fourth UEFA Champions League spot after Barcelona, Atl\u00e9tico Madrid and Real Madrid, but that was soon taken by Valencia, which returned to the competition for the first time in three years. In its second-last match of the season, Sevilla drew 2\u20132 with city rivals Betis to confirm seventh place and qualification for the UEFA Europa League at the expense of Getafe. Barcelona were on track to complete the first unbeaten La Liga season since the Spanish Civil War (and first in a 38-match season), but surprisingly lost its 37th match 4\u20135 at Levante, having only conceded 24 goals all season to that point.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [17, 24], "content_span": [25, 805]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275631-0009-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 La Liga, Teams, Promotion and relegation (pre-season)\nA total of 20 teams competed in the league: the 17 sides from the 2016\u201317 season and the three promoted from the 2016\u201317 Segunda Divisi\u00f3n. This latter three included the two top teams from the Segunda Divisi\u00f3n and the winners of the play-offs.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [17, 61], "content_span": [62, 305]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275631-0010-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 La Liga, Teams, Promotion and relegation (pre-season)\nLevante was the first team from Segunda Divisi\u00f3n to achieve promotion, after a one-year absence from La Liga, on 29 April 2017 after winning 1\u20130 against Oviedo. Girona were promoted as the runners-up after drawing 0\u20130 against Zaragoza on 4 June 2017, this was its first promotion to the top division. It became the 62nd team to participate in the Spanish top level league. Getafe was the last to be promoted after defeating Huesca and Tenerife in the play-offs, one year after its relegation.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [17, 61], "content_span": [62, 554]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275631-0011-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 La Liga, Teams, Promotion and relegation (pre-season)\nThe three promoted clubs replaced Sporting Gij\u00f3n, Osasuna and Granada, which were relegated at the end of the previous season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [17, 61], "content_span": [62, 188]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275631-0012-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 La Liga, Teams, Stadia and locations\nAtl\u00e9tico Madrid played for the first season at their new stadium, Wanda Metropolitano, replacing the Vicente Calder\u00f3n Stadium, where they played since its opening in 1966.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [17, 44], "content_span": [45, 216]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275631-0013-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 La Liga, Teams, Stadia and locations\nDeportivo La Coru\u00f1a signed a sponsorship contract with Abanca for renaming their stadium as Abanca-Riazor.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [17, 44], "content_span": [45, 151]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275631-0014-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 La Liga, Teams, Stadia and locations\nReal Betis completed their stadium renovation and it was grown to 60,720 seats, becoming the fourth biggest stadium in Spain. Meanwhile, after their first promotion ever to La Liga, Girona expanded Estadi Montilivi temporarily for hosting 13,450 spectators.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [17, 44], "content_span": [45, 302]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275631-0015-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 La Liga, League table, Positions by round\nThe table lists the positions of teams after each week of matches. In order to preserve chronological evolvements, any postponed matches are not included in the round at which they were originally scheduled, but added to the full round they were played immediately afterwards. For example, if a match is scheduled for matchday 13, but then postponed and played between days 16 and 17, it will be added to the standings for day 16.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [17, 49], "content_span": [50, 480]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275631-0016-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 La Liga, Season statistics, Zamora Trophy\nThe Zamora Trophy was awarded by newspaper Marca to the goalkeeper with the lowest goals-to-games ratio. A goalkeeper had to have played at least 28 games of 60 or more minutes to be eligible for the trophy.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [17, 49], "content_span": [50, 257]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275631-0017-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 La Liga, Season statistics, Hat-tricks\n4 Player scored 4 goals; (H) \u2013 Home\u00a0; (A) \u2013 Away", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [17, 46], "content_span": [47, 95]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275631-0018-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 La Liga, Average attendances\nSource: Notes:1: Team played last season in Segunda Divisi\u00f3n.2: Atl\u00e9tico Madrid played the previous season at Vicente Calder\u00f3n Stadium.3: Barcelona played its match against Las Palmas behind closed doors.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [17, 36], "content_span": [37, 241]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275632-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 La Salle Explorers men's basketball team\nThe 2017\u201318 La Salle Explorers basketball team represented La Salle University during the 2017\u201318 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Explorers, led by 14th-year head coach John Giannini, played their home games at Tom Gola Arena in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania as members of the Atlantic 10 Conference. They finished the season 13\u201319, 7\u201311 in A-10 play to finish in a three-way tie for 10th place. As the No. 12 seed in the A-10 Tournament, they lost in the first round to Massachusetts.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 48], "section_span": [48, 48], "content_span": [49, 544]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275632-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 La Salle Explorers men's basketball team\nOn March 23, 2018, head coach John Giannini and the school mutually agreed to part ways after 14 seasons. Giannini left with a 212\u2013226 record at La Salle. On April 8, the school hired Villanova assistant Ashley Howard as head coach.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 48], "section_span": [48, 48], "content_span": [49, 281]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275632-0002-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 La Salle Explorers men's basketball team, Previous season\nThe Explorers finished the 2016\u201317 season 15\u201315, 9\u20139 in A-10 play to finish in a tie for seventh place. As the No. 8 seed in the A-10 Tournament, they lost to Davidson in the first round.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 48], "section_span": [50, 65], "content_span": [66, 253]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275632-0003-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 La Salle Explorers men's basketball team, Preseason\nIn a poll of the league\u2019s head coaches and select media members at the conference's media day, the Hawks were picked to finish in ninth place in the A-10. Senior forward B.J. Johnson was named to the conference's preseason second team.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 48], "section_span": [50, 59], "content_span": [60, 295]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275633-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 La Salle Explorers women's basketball team\nThe 2017\u201318 La Salle Explorers women's basketball team will represent La Salle University during the 2017\u201318 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Explorers, led by eighth year head coach Jeff Williams, play their home games at Tom Gola Arena and were members of the Atlantic 10 Conference. They finished the season 8\u201322, 3\u201313 in A-10 play to finish in a tie for eleventh place. They lost in the first round of the A-10 Women's Tournament to George Washington.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 50], "section_span": [50, 50], "content_span": [51, 520]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275633-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 La Salle Explorers women's basketball team\nOn March 2, Jeff Williams's contract was not renewed. He finished at La Salle with an 8-year record of 92\u2013149.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 50], "section_span": [50, 50], "content_span": [51, 161]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275633-0002-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 La Salle Explorers women's basketball team, Media, La Salle Explorers Sports Network\nSelect Explorers games will be broadcast online by the . The A-10 Digital Network will carry all non-televised Explorers home games and most conference road games.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 50], "section_span": [52, 92], "content_span": [93, 256]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275634-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Lafayette Leopards men's basketball team\nThe 2017\u201318 Lafayette Leopards men's basketball team represented Lafayette College during the 2017\u201318 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Leopards, led by 23rd-year head coach Fran O'Hanlon, played their home games at the Kirby Sports Center in Easton, Pennsylvania as members of the Patriot League. They finished the season 10\u201321, 7\u201311 in Patriot League play to finish in seventh place. They defeated American in the first round of the Patriot League Tournament before losing in the quarterfinals to Colgate.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 48], "section_span": [48, 48], "content_span": [49, 567]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275634-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Lafayette Leopards men's basketball team, Previous season\nThe Leopards finished the 2016\u201317 season 9\u201321, 5\u201313 in Patriot League play to finish in a tie for ninth place. As the No. 10 seed in the Patriot League Tournament, they lost in the first round to Loyola (MD).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 48], "section_span": [50, 65], "content_span": [66, 274]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275635-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Lafayette Leopards women's basketball team\nThe 2017\u201318 Lafayette Leopards women's basketball team represents Lafayette College during the 2017\u201318 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Leopards, led by first year head coach Kia Damon, play their home games at Kirby Sports Center and were members of the Patriot League. They finished the season 11\u201319, 6\u201311 in Patriot League play to finish in eighth place. They advanced to the quarterfinals of the Patriot League Women's Tournament where they lost to American.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 50], "section_span": [50, 50], "content_span": [51, 527]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275635-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Lafayette Leopards women's basketball team, Previous season\nThey finished the season 4\u201328, 2\u201316 in Patriot League play to finish in last place. They advanced to the quarterfinals of the Patriot League Women's Tournament where they lost to Navy.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 50], "section_span": [52, 67], "content_span": [68, 252]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275636-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Lamar Cardinals basketball team\nThe 2017\u201318 Lamar Cardinals basketball team represented Lamar University during the 2017\u201318 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Cardinals were led by fourth-year head coach Tic Price and played their home games at the Montagne Center in Beaumont, Texas as members of the Southland Conference. They finished the season 19\u201314, 11\u20137 in Southland play to finish in a tie for fifth place. They lost in the first round of the Southland Tournament to Central Arkansas. They were invited to the CollegeInsider.com Tournament where they lost in the first round to UTSA.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [39, 39], "content_span": [40, 609]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275636-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Lamar Cardinals basketball team, Previous season\nThe Cardinals finished the 2016\u201317 season 19\u201315, 10\u20138 in Southland play to finish in a tie for fifth place. They defeated Southeastern Louisiana in the first round of the Southland Tournament to advance to the quarterfinals where they lost to Stephen F. Austin. They were invited to the CollegeInsider.com Tournament where they lost in the first round to Texas State.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 56], "content_span": [57, 424]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275637-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Lamar Lady Cardinals basketball team\nThe 2017\u201318 Lamar Lady Cardinals basketball team represented Lamar University during the 2017\u201318 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Cardinals, led by fifth year head coach Robin Harmony, played their home games at the Montagne Center and are members of the Southland Conference. The Lady Cardinals finished the season with an overall record of 22-8. They won the Southland Conference regular season championship were 17-1 in Southland play. After losing to Nicholls in a Southland Conference tournament semi-final game 68-74, the Lady Cardinals were an automatic qualifier to the WNIT. Their season ended with a first round 68-80 loss to the TCU Horned Frogs in the first round.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [44, 44], "content_span": [45, 735]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275637-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Lamar Lady Cardinals basketball team, Previous season\nThe Lady Cardinals finished the 2016\u201317 season with a 21\u20136, 15\u20133 Southland play. They lost in the semifinals of the Southland Women's Tournament to Stephen F. Austin. The Lady Cardinals were invited to the WBI where they lost to Rice, the WBI champion, in the first round.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [46, 61], "content_span": [62, 334]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275637-0002-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Lamar Lady Cardinals basketball team, Roster\nRandy Schneider (Florida International) Hana Haden (Harris\u2013Stowe State University) Cameron Miles (San Diego)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [46, 52], "content_span": [53, 161]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275638-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Latvian Basketball League\nThe 2017\u201318 Latvian Basketball League was the 27th and last season of the top basketball league of Latvia. VEF R\u012bga was the defending champions. Eventually, R\u012bga lost the final to Ventspils by 2\u20134.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [33, 33], "content_span": [34, 231]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275638-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Latvian Basketball League, Competition format\nThe same ten teams from the previous season will join the league. The two first qualified teams will join directly the semifinals while teams between third and sixth will qualify to the quarterfinals.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 53], "content_span": [54, 254]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275638-0002-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Latvian Basketball League, Playoffs\nThe playoffs were played with a best-of-five games format, except for the finals, that were played in seven games. Seeded teams played games 1, 3 and 5 at home, except in the finals where the seeded team played at home games 1, 2, 5 and 7.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 43], "content_span": [44, 283]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275639-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Latvian Hockey League season\nThe 2017\u201318 Latvian Hockey League season was the 27th season of the Latvian Hockey League, the top level of ice hockey in Latvia. Six teams participated in the league, and HK Kurbads won the championship.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [36, 36], "content_span": [37, 241]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275640-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 League 2 (Iran)\n2017\u201318 Iran Football's 2nd Division is the 17th under 2nd Division since its establishment (current format) in 2001. The season featured 25 teams from the 2nd Division 2016\u201317, three new teams relegated from the 2016\u201317 Azadegan League: Kheibar Khoramabad, Foolad Yazd, Esteghlal Ahvaz, and five new teams promoted from the 3rd Division 2016\u201317: Shahrdari Bam, Mes Novin Kerman, Perspolis Mashhad, Khoushe Talaye Sana, Shohadaye Babolsar.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [23, 23], "content_span": [24, 464]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275641-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Lebanese FA Cup\nThe 2017\u201318 Lebanese FA Cup was the 46th season of the national football competition of Lebanon. The winners of the competition earned a spot in the 2019 AFC Cup.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [23, 23], "content_span": [24, 186]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275642-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Lebanese Premier League\nThe 2017\u201318 Lebanese Premier League is the 57th season of top-tier football in Lebanon. A total of twelve teams are competing in the league, with Al Ahed the defending champions. After 21 rounds, Al Ahed have won the league for the 6th time in its history.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [31, 31], "content_span": [32, 288]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275642-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Lebanese Premier League, Teams\nShabab Al-Sahel and Al Egtmaaey Tripoli were relegated to the second level of Lebanese football after ending the 2017\u201318 season in the bottom two places. They were replaced by Al Shabab Al Arabi and Al Islah Al Bourj Al Shimaly who won promotion from the second tier.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 38], "content_span": [39, 306]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275643-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Lebanese Second Division\nThe Lebanese Second Division (Arabic: \u0627\u0644\u062f\u0648\u0631\u064a \u0627\u0644\u0644\u0628\u0646\u0627\u0646\u064a - \u0627\u0644\u062f\u0631\u062c\u0629 \u0627\u0644\u062b\u0627\u0646\u064a\u0629\u200e) is the second division of Lebanese football. It is controlled by the Federation Libanaise de Football Association. The top two teams qualify for the Lebanese Premier League and replace the relegated teams.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [32, 32], "content_span": [33, 311]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275643-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Lebanese Second Division, Teams\nBourj and Shabab Majdal Anjar were promoted from the Third Division, while Shabab Sahel and Egtimaey Trablos were relegated from the Lebanese Premier League in 2016-17.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 39], "content_span": [40, 208]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275644-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Lebanese Women's Football League\nThe 2017\u201318 Lebanese Women's Football League was the 11th edition of the Lebanese Women's Football League since its inception in 2008. Zouk Mosbeh won their first title, with defending champions SAS coming second.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [40, 40], "content_span": [41, 254]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275645-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Lech Pozna\u0144 season\nLech Pozna\u0144 is a Polish football club based in Pozna\u0144. This was their 95th season overall. They competed in Ekstraklasa, the highest ranking league in Poland.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [26, 26], "content_span": [27, 185]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275645-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Lech Pozna\u0144 season, Squad\nNote: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 33], "content_span": [34, 162]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275645-0002-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Lech Pozna\u0144 season, Squad, Out on loan\nNote: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 46], "content_span": [47, 175]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275646-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Lechia Gda\u0144sk season\nThe 2017\u201318 Ekstraklasa season was Lechia's 74th since their creation, and was their 10th continuous season in the top league of Polish football.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [28, 28], "content_span": [29, 174]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275646-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Lechia Gda\u0144sk season\nThe season covered the period from 1 July 2017 to 30 June 2018.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [28, 28], "content_span": [29, 92]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275646-0002-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Lechia Gda\u0144sk season, Players, First-team squad\nNote: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 55], "content_span": [56, 184]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275647-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Lee Man FC season\nThe 2017-18 season was the first season in Lee Man Football Club's existence, and their first year in Hong Kong Premier League, top flight football in Hong Kong, and also the FA Cup.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [25, 25], "content_span": [26, 208]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275648-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Leeds United F.C. season\nThe 2017\u201318 season was Leeds United's eighth consecutive season in the Championship. Along with competing in the Championship, the club also participated in the FA Cup and EFL Cup.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [32, 32], "content_span": [33, 213]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275648-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Leeds United F.C. season\nThe season coverd the period from 1 July 2017 to 30 June 2018.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [32, 32], "content_span": [33, 95]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275648-0002-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Leeds United F.C. season, First team squad\nAppearances (starts and substitute appearances) and goals include those in the Championship (and playoffs), League One (and playoffs), FA Cup, League Cup and Football League Trophy.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 50], "content_span": [51, 232]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275648-0003-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Leeds United F.C. season, Friendlies, Pre-season\nAs of 28 June 2017, Leeds United had announced six pre-season friendlies against Harrogate Town, Guiseley, North Ferriby United, Borussia M\u00f6nchengladbach, Oxford United and Eibar.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 56], "content_span": [57, 236]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275648-0004-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Leeds United F.C. season, Friendlies, Pre-season\nAnother friendly was scheduled against Ingolstadt, which was cancelled by local government officials in Kufstein, Austria. Instead, the club arranged a behind-closed-doors friendly in Italy with Bursaspor. The Turkish team divulged details and a video of the match to the public.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 56], "content_span": [57, 336]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275648-0005-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Leeds United F.C. season, Friendlies, Post-season\nOn 24 April, Leeds United announced a post-season tour of Myanmar was to take place in May.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 57], "content_span": [58, 149]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275648-0006-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Leeds United F.C. season, Competitions, FA Cup\nIn the FA Cup, Leeds United entered the competition in the third round and were drawn away to Newport County.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 54], "content_span": [55, 164]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275648-0007-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Leeds United F.C. season, Competitions, EFL Cup\nOn 16 June 2017, Leeds United were drawn at home against Port Vale in the first round. Leeds were drawn away to Newport County for the second round, but the match was held at Elland Road due to Rodney Parade's pitch being resurfaced. The club agreed to share 45% of gate receipts for the match with Newport, despite being entitled to keep the full amount due to the change of venue. An away trip to Burnley was drawn for the third round. Another away tie against Leicester City was announced for the fourth round.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 55], "content_span": [56, 569]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275649-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Legia Warsaw season\nThe 2017\u201318 Legia Warsaw season is the club's 101st season of existence, and their 81st in the top flight of Polish football. Legia entered the 2017\u201318 season as the defending Ekstraklasa champions.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [27, 27], "content_span": [28, 226]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275649-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Legia Warsaw season, Players, Current squad\nNote: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 51], "content_span": [52, 180]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275650-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Lehigh Mountain Hawks men's basketball team\nThe 2017\u201318 Lehigh Mountain Hawks men's basketball team represented Lehigh University during the 2017\u201318 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Mountain Hawks, led by 11th-year head coach Brett Reed, played their home games at Stabler Arena in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania as members of the Patriot League. They finished the season 16\u201314, 11\u20137 in Patriot League play to finish in a tie for third place. They lost in the quarterfinals of the Patriot League Tournament to Boston University.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 51], "section_span": [51, 51], "content_span": [52, 541]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275650-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Lehigh Mountain Hawks men's basketball team, Previous season\nThe Mountain Hawks finished the 2016\u201317 season 20\u201312, 12\u20136 in Patriot League play to finish in a tie for second place. As the No. 3 seed in the Patriot League Tournament, they defeated Colgate and Boston University before losing to Bucknell in the championship game. Despite having 20 wins, they did not participate in a postseason tournament.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 51], "section_span": [53, 68], "content_span": [69, 412]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275651-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Lehigh Mountain Hawks women's basketball team\nThe 2017\u201318 Lehigh Mountain Hawks women's basketball team represents Lehigh University during the 2017\u201318 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Mountain Hawks, led by twenty-third year head coach Sue Troyan, play their home games at Stabler Arena and were members of the Patriot League. They finished the season 15\u201315, 9\u20139 in Patriot League play to finish in a tie for fourth place. They lost in the quarterfinals of the Patriot League Women's Tournament to Navy.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 53], "section_span": [53, 53], "content_span": [54, 526]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275651-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Lehigh Mountain Hawks women's basketball team, Previous season\nThey finished the season 10\u201320, 5\u201313 in Patriot League play to finish in ninth place. They lost in the first round of the Patriot League Women's Tournament where they lost to Loyola (MD).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 53], "section_span": [55, 70], "content_span": [71, 258]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275652-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Leicester City F.C. season\nThe 2017\u201318 Leicester City season was the club's 113th season in the English football league system and its 50th (non-consecutive) season in the top tier of English football. This season saw Leicester City participate in the Premier League for the fourth consecutive season as well as the FA Cup and EFL Cup.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [34, 34], "content_span": [35, 343]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275652-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Leicester City F.C. season\nThe season covered the period from 1 July 2017 to 30 June 2018.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [34, 34], "content_span": [35, 98]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275652-0002-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Leicester City F.C. season, Pre-season, Pre-season friendlies\nLeicester City announced five pre-season friendlies against Burton Albion, Luton Town, Wolverhampton Wanderers, Milton Keynes Dons and Borussia M\u00f6nchengladbach.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 69], "content_span": [70, 230]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275652-0003-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Leicester City F.C. season, Competitions, Premier League, Matches\nOn 14 June 2017, the 2017\u201318 season fixtures were announced. Leicester City played in the first Premier League fixture that opened the season on Friday.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 73], "content_span": [74, 226]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275652-0004-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Leicester City F.C. season, Competitions, FA Cup\nIn the FA Cup, Leicester City entered the competition in the third round and were drawn away to Fleetwood Town.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 56], "content_span": [57, 168]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275652-0005-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Leicester City F.C. season, Competitions, EFL Cup\nLeicester City entered in the second round of the competition with an away trip to Sheffield United. A home tie against Liverpool was confirmed for the third round. Another home tie was drawn for the fourth round with Leeds United the visitors. A third consecutive home tie in the competition was announced for the quarter-finals, against Manchester City.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 57], "content_span": [58, 413]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275652-0006-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Leicester City F.C. season, Awards, Club awards\nLeicester's annual award ceremony, including categories voted for by the players and supporters, was held on 1 May 2018. The following awards were made:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 55], "content_span": [56, 208]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275653-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Leinster Senior Cup\nThe 2018 Leinster Senior Cup was the 117th staging of the Leinster Football Association's primary competition. It included all Leinster based League of Ireland clubs from the First Division and Premier Division, as well as a selection of intermediate level sides. The competition was won by Shelbourne", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [27, 27], "content_span": [28, 329]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275653-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Leinster Senior Cup, Fourth Round\nThe 12 Leinster teams from the League of Ireland join the competition in this round.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 41], "content_span": [42, 126]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275654-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Lesotho Premier League\nThe 2017\u201318 Lesotho Premier League is the 50th season of top-tier football in Lesotho. The season began on 2 September 2017 and ended on 19 May 2018.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [30, 30], "content_span": [31, 180]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275655-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Levante UD Femenino season\nThe 2017\u201318 season of Levante UD Femenino was the 19th season of the women's team of football club Levante UD. The team was 8th in Primera Divisi\u00f3n and a quarterfinalist in the Copa de la Reina.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [34, 34], "content_span": [35, 229]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275655-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Levante UD Femenino season, Season summary\nLevante had ended the previous season's championship in the 4th position, same as in 2015\u201316, ending the league campaign on a positive note by defeating Barcelona, which needed a victory and an Atl\u00e9tico Madrid miss to win the title, after a 4-game away losing streak including a record 6\u20130 defeat against local rival Valencia in Mestalla before an attendance of 17,000. Valencia ended the competition third with an unseen 11 point advantage over Levante.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 50], "content_span": [51, 505]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275655-0002-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Levante UD Femenino season, Season summary\nFew days later it was reported in the media that the squad's captains had expressed a lack of tune with manager Andr\u00e9s Tudela, who had its contract renewed for two more seasons in April, along with objections to the planning of the trainings and an alleged lack of functionality in the section's structure in a meeting with the club's chairman, Quico Catal\u00e1n. After a loss against lower-ranked Granadilla in the Copa de la Reina's quarterfinals against lower-ranked Granadilla put an end to the season, it was reported that this rift would likely result in the departure of over half the squad.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 50], "content_span": [51, 645]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275655-0003-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Levante UD Femenino season, Season summary\nIn the end ten players left the team in the summer transfer market, including internationals Noelia Berm\u00fadez, Raquel Infante, Olivia Oprea, Nagore Calder\u00f3n, Adriana Mart\u00edn and Mar\u00eda Jos\u00e9 P\u00e9rez, with Berm\u00fadez joining Valencia along with Andrea Esteban. Levante signed Noelia Ramos, Patricia Padilla, Natalia Ramos, Alba Aznar, Marta Cardona and 6-times league champion Miriam Di\u00e9guez within Primera Divisi\u00f3n, and Greta Espinoza, 2017 Euro finalist Sofie Junge Pedersen and J\u00e9ssica Silva from abroad. After five seasons working on a \u20ac250,000 budget, the team's was increased to \u20ac300,000, the highest in nearly a decade.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 50], "content_span": [51, 668]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275655-0004-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Levante UD Femenino season, Season summary\nLevante won 7 of the 13 first games of the championship, settling in the 4th position near the halfway point of the league with two victories over direct rivals Athletic Bilbao and Valencia. However, two wide losses against Atl\u00e9tico and Barcelona started a 5-games losing streak and by February the team had plummeted to the 8th position. On February 13, Andr\u00e9s Tudela was sacked following a draw against newly-promoted Madrid. It was the third dismissal of a manager in the campaign, after Real Sociedad's Juanjo Arregi and Madrid's Jes\u00fas N\u00fa\u00f1ez.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 50], "content_span": [51, 597]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275655-0005-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Levante UD Femenino season, Season summary\nTudela was replaced by Kino Garc\u00eda, the coach of the section's B team. After a 0\u20136 debut rout over Espanyol, the team attained an essential three home games winning streak, but lost the remaining seven games in the championship and ended it in the 8th spot, barely qualifying for the Copa de la Reina on the head-to-head over Sporting Huelva thanks to Madrid losing its last game. This was Levante's worst result in the championship since the 2010\u201311 season, after six seasons always ending either 4th or 5th. Charlyn Corral scored 25 goals, more than those scored by the rest of the team combined, and she was the top scorer of the championship with a five goals over Atl\u00e9tico's Sonia Berm\u00fadez. She is to become the second Mexican player awarded the Pichichi Trophy after Hugo S\u00e1nchez.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 50], "content_span": [51, 837]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275655-0006-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Levante UD Femenino season, Season summary\nIn the Copa de la Reina Levante faced defending champion Barcelona in the quarterfinals, and lost both games by single goals scored by former Levante player Alexia Putellas.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 50], "content_span": [51, 224]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275656-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Levante UD season\nDuring the 2017\u201318 season, Levante UD are participating in La Liga and the Copa del Rey. This is the 109th season in Levante UD \u2019s history and the 12th in the Primera Divisi\u00f3n.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [25, 25], "content_span": [26, 202]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275656-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Levante UD season, Squad\nNote: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 32], "content_span": [33, 161]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275657-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Liberty Flames basketball team\nThe 2017\u201318 Liberty Flames men's basketball team represented Liberty University in the 2017\u201318 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The team played its home games in Lynchburg, Virginia for the 28th consecutive season at Vines Center, with a capacity of 8,085. The team was led by Ritchie McKay, who was in his fifth season, but third season since his return to the program. They were members of the Big South Conference. They finished the season 22\u201314, 9\u20139 in Big South play to finish in a four-way tie for fifth place.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [38, 38], "content_span": [39, 563]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275657-0000-0001", "contents": "2017\u201318 Liberty Flames basketball team\nThey defeated Campbell and UNC Asheville to advance to the championship game of the Big South Tournament where they lost to Radford. They were invited to the CollegeInsider.com Tournament where they defeated North Carolina A&T in the first round in a game referred to as the Jim Phelan Classic. They received a second round bye and defeated Central Michigan in the quarterfinals before losing in the semifinals to UIC.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [38, 38], "content_span": [39, 457]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275657-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Liberty Flames basketball team\nThis was Liberty's final season as members of the Big South Conference, as the school announced on May 17, 2018 that they will be moving to the Atlantic Sun Conference for the 2018\u201319 season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [38, 38], "content_span": [39, 230]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275657-0002-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Liberty Flames basketball team, Previous season\nThe Flames finished the 2016\u201317 season 21\u201314, 14\u20134 in Big South play to finish in a third place. They were upset in Quarterfinals of the Big South Tournament by Radford. They were invited to the CollegeInsider.com Tournament where they defeated Norfolk State in the First Round to be champions of the Coach John McLendon Classic. In the Second Round they defeated Samford before losing in the Quarterfinals to UMBC.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 55], "content_span": [56, 471]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275658-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Liberty Lady Flames basketball team\nThe 2017\u201318 Liberty Lady Flames basketball team represents Liberty University during the 2017\u201318 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Eagles, led by nineteenth-year head coach Carey Green, play their home games at the Vines Center and were members of the Big South Conference. They finished the season 24\u201310, 16\u20133 in Big South play win the Big South regular season title. They won the Big South Women's Basketball Tournament and earn an received automatic bid of the NCAA Women's Tournament where lost to Tennessee in the first round.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [43, 43], "content_span": [44, 588]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275658-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Liberty Lady Flames basketball team\nThis was Liberty's final season as members of the Big South Conference, as the school announced on May 17, 2018 that they will be moving to the Atlantic Sun Conference for the 2018\u201319 season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [43, 43], "content_span": [44, 235]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275659-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Libyan Premier League\nThe 2017\u201318 Libyan Premier League was the 45th season of the Libyan Premier League, the top Libyan professional league for association football clubs, since its establishment in 1963. The season started on 15 August 2017 and concluded on 13 June 2018.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [29, 29], "content_span": [30, 281]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275659-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Libyan Premier League\n1 The 2017-18 season was used to determine the teams that will compete in 2018 and 2018-19 CAF competitions.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [29, 29], "content_span": [30, 138]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275659-0002-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Libyan Premier League, Teams\nDue to the continued security situation in Libya in 2017 and the difficulty in air-travel for most teams, the participating teams were grouped by their geographical location into four groups of seven teams. Teams from each group were scheduled to play every team from their group in a home-and-away round robin format with 3 points given for a win and 1 point for a draw.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 36], "content_span": [37, 408]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275659-0003-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Libyan Premier League, Stadiums\nNeutral stadiums were identified within each region to host group games. Matches are to be played without spectators.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 39], "content_span": [40, 157]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275659-0004-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Libyan Premier League, CAF competitions playoff\nThe leader of the four groups after the first round at the end of 2017 compete in the CAF competition playoff (also known as quadruple round), which is used to determine the Libyan teams which qualified for the 2018 CAF Champions League and 2018 CAF Confederation Cup.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 55], "content_span": [56, 324]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275659-0005-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Libyan Premier League, CAF competitions playoff, Final\nWinner qualified for 2018 CAF Champions League. Loser qualified for 2018 CAF Confederation Cup.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 62], "content_span": [63, 158]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275659-0006-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Libyan Premier League, Second round\nThe second round of the Libyan Premier League started on 20 January 2018. Results are combined with first round.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 43], "content_span": [44, 156]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275660-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Liechtenstein Cup\nThe 2017\u201318 Liechtenstein Cup was the 73rd season of Liechtenstein's annual cup competition. Seven clubs competed with a total of 16 teams for one spot in the first qualifying round of the 2018\u201319 UEFA Europa League. FC Vaduz are the defending champions.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [25, 25], "content_span": [26, 280]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275660-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Liechtenstein Cup, First round\nThe first round involved all except the eight highest-placed teams. The top four teams received a bye to the third round, with the teams ranked 5th to 8th receiving a bye to the second round. FC Vaduz II (U23) did not enter the competition.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 38], "content_span": [39, 279]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275660-0002-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Liechtenstein Cup, Second round\nThe second round involved the four winners of the first round and the four teams which received a bye through to the second round (FC Schaan, FC Balzers III, FC Triesen II and USV Eschen/Mauren III).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 39], "content_span": [40, 239]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275660-0003-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Liechtenstein Cup, Quarterfinals\nThe quarterfinals involved the four teams who won in the second round, as well as the top four highest placed teams (FC Vaduz, FC Balzers, USV Eschen/Mauren and FC Ruggell).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 40], "content_span": [41, 215]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275661-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Liga ASOBAL\nThe 2017\u201318 Liga ASOBAL, also named Liga ASOBAL by sponsorship reasons, is the 28th season since its establishment.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [19, 19], "content_span": [20, 135]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275662-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Liga Alef\nThe 2017\u201318 Liga Alef season was the 9th season as third tier since its re-alignment in 2009 and the 76th season of third-tier football in Israel.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 17], "section_span": [17, 17], "content_span": [18, 164]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275662-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Liga Alef, North Division, Positions by round\nThe table lists the positions of teams after each week of matches. In order to preserve chronological evolvements, any postponed matches are not included to the round at which they were originally scheduled, but added to the full round they were played immediately afterwards. For example, if a match is scheduled for matchday 13, but then postponed and played between days 16 and 17, it will be added to the standings for day 17.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 17], "section_span": [19, 53], "content_span": [54, 484]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275662-0002-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Liga Alef, South Division, Positions by round\nThe table lists the positions of teams after each week of matches. In order to preserve chronological evolvements, any postponed matches are not included to the round at which they were originally scheduled, but added to the full round they were played immediately afterwards. For example, if a match is scheduled for matchday 13, but then postponed and played between days 16 and 17, it will be added to the standings for day 17.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 17], "section_span": [19, 53], "content_span": [54, 484]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275662-0003-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Liga Alef, Promotion play-offs, Test matches\nHapoel Kfar Saba won 5\u20133 on aggregate and remained in Liga Leumit. Ironi Tiberias remained in Liga Alef.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 17], "section_span": [19, 52], "content_span": [53, 157]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275663-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Liga Bet\nThe 2017\u201318 Liga Bet season was the 62nd season of fourth tier football in Israel.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [16, 16], "content_span": [17, 99]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275663-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Liga Bet, Promotion Play-offs, Northern Divisions\n1The match was abandoned at the 116th minute with Hapoel Bnei Fureidis leading 3\u20131 as Bnei Kafr Qara staff attacked the fourth official. The match was given as a walkover to Hapoel Bnei Fureidis, while Kafr Qara had two points deducted for the next season campaign.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [18, 57], "content_span": [58, 323]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275663-0002-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Liga Bet, Relegation Play-offs\nSektzia Ma'alot remained in Liga Bet; Maccabi Ironi Yafa remained in Liga Gimel", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [18, 38], "content_span": [39, 118]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275663-0003-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Liga Bet, Relegation Play-offs\nHapoel Kiryat Ono remained in Liga Bet; Bnei Yehud remained in Liga Gimel", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [18, 38], "content_span": [39, 112]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275663-0004-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Liga Bet, Relegation Play-offs\nMaccabi Ein Mahil remained in Liga Bet; Ihud Bnei Baqa remained in Liga Gimel", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [18, 38], "content_span": [39, 116]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275663-0005-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Liga Bet, Relegation Play-offs\nTzeirei Rahat relegated to Liga Gimel; Ironi Kusiefe promoted to Liga Bet", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [18, 38], "content_span": [39, 112]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275664-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Liga Bolasepak Rakyat\nThe 2017\u201318 Liga Bolasepak Rakyat is the third season of the Liga Bolasepak Rakyat since its establishment in 2015. The league is currently the fourth level football league in Malaysia. There are 100 clubs participating in this season. Clubs from Johor did not participated in this season league.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [29, 29], "content_span": [30, 326]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275664-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Liga Bolasepak Rakyat, Clubs\nCurrently there are a total of 100 clubs out of more than 150 possible districts in the country participated in the Liga Bolasepak Rakyat for 2017\u201318 season. For current season, all clubs from Johor has been excluded from the league as the league schedules conflicted with the Johor Darul Ta\u2019zim League. The clubs were divided into 8 zones according to regional location. Clubs listed in Bold are new to the league.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 36], "content_span": [37, 452]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275664-0002-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Liga Bolasepak Rakyat, Clubs, Current clubs, North Zone\nThere are 15 clubs competing in North Zone this season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 63], "content_span": [64, 119]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275664-0003-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Liga Bolasepak Rakyat, Clubs, Current clubs, West Zone\nThere are 12 clubs competing in West Zone this season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 62], "content_span": [63, 117]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275664-0004-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Liga Bolasepak Rakyat, Clubs, Current clubs, Middle Zone 1 & 2\nThere are 30 clubs competing in Middle Zone 1 & 2 this season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 70], "content_span": [71, 133]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275664-0005-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Liga Bolasepak Rakyat, Clubs, Current clubs, South Zone\nThere are nine clubs competing in South Zone this season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 63], "content_span": [64, 121]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275664-0006-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Liga Bolasepak Rakyat, Clubs, Current clubs, East Zone\nThere are 17 clubs competing in East Zone this season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 62], "content_span": [63, 117]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275664-0007-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Liga Bolasepak Rakyat, Clubs, Current clubs, Borneo Zone 1\nThere are 12 clubs competing in Borneo Zone 1 this season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 66], "content_span": [67, 125]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275664-0008-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Liga Bolasepak Rakyat, Clubs, Current clubs, Borneo Zone 2\nThere are 9 clubs competing in Borneo Zone 2 this season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 66], "content_span": [67, 124]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275664-0009-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Liga Bolasepak Rakyat, Clubs, Clubs not participated\nBelow are the list of clubs which participated in last season but did not participated in current season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 60], "content_span": [61, 166]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275664-0010-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Liga Bolasepak Rakyat, Clubs, Club summaries, Stadium\nBelow are the list of stadium for clubs in the league.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 61], "content_span": [62, 116]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275664-0011-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Liga Bolasepak Rakyat, Clubs, Club summaries, Personnel and kits\nNote: Flags indicate national team as has been defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players and Managers may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 72], "content_span": [73, 223]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275664-0012-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Liga Bolasepak Rakyat, League table\nEach zone will provide two groups winners for national round where if the zone have more than two groups, each group winners will compete in play-off round and the top two will qualified for their zone.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 43], "content_span": [44, 246]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275664-0013-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Liga Bolasepak Rakyat, Play-Off Round\nClubs that qualified from each group will compete with other groups within their zone and only two best clubs from each zone will proceed to next national round. Zone with only two group will not compete in play-off and both group winners will automatically qualified to the next round. After the play-off round is over, there will be only 16 clubs left from 8 zones total.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 45], "content_span": [46, 419]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275665-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Liga EBA season\nThe 2017\u201318 Liga EBA season was the 24th season of the Spanish basketball fourth league. The season started in September 2017 and ended in May 2018 with the promotion playoffs to LEB Plata.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [23, 23], "content_span": [24, 213]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275665-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Liga EBA season, Overview before the season\nTeams are divided in five groups attending to geographical criteria. Groups A, C and D are divided in two.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 51], "content_span": [52, 158]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275665-0002-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Liga EBA season, Overview before the season, Promotion playoffs\nThe three best teams of each group and the fourth of Group D (champion of the previous season) will play the promotion playoffs. From these 16 teams, only four will be promoted to LEB Plata. The winner of each group can organize a group stage.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 71], "content_span": [72, 315]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275665-0003-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Liga EBA season, Overview before the season, Promotion playoffs\nThe promotion playoffs will be played round-robin format in groups of four teams where the first qualified of each group will host one of the stages.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 71], "content_span": [72, 221]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275665-0004-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Liga EBA season, Regular season, Group A, Finals\nThe winner of this single-legged series will host one of the four groups of the final stage. The game was played on 5 May at the Pabell\u00f3n de A Ra\u00f1a in Mar\u00edn.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 56], "content_span": [57, 214]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275665-0005-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Liga EBA season, Regular season, Group A, Finals\nThe winner qualified for the final stage. The games were played on 5 and 6 May at the Palacio de Deportes of Gij\u00f3n.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 56], "content_span": [57, 172]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275665-0006-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Liga EBA season, Regular season, Group C, Finals\nThe winner will host one of the four groups of the final stage. Runner-up and third place game winner qualified for the final stage. The games were played on 5 and 6 May at Pavell\u00f3 Municipal d'Esports of Vic.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 56], "content_span": [57, 265]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275665-0007-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Liga EBA season, Regular season, Group C, Finals\nWinners remained at Liga EBA. First leg was played on 5 and 6 May, second leg on 12 and 13.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 56], "content_span": [57, 148]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275665-0008-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Liga EBA season, Promotion playoffs\nThe 16 qualified teams will be divided in four groups of four teams. The first qualified teams will host the groups, played with a round-robin format.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 43], "content_span": [44, 194]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275665-0009-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Liga EBA season, Promotion playoffs\nThe winner of each group will promote to LEB Plata.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 43], "content_span": [44, 95]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275666-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Liga FPD\nThe 2017\u201318 Liga FPD season, also known as Campeonato Banco Popular for sponsorship reasons, is the 97th since its establishment. The tournament is the first since the 2006\u201307 season to use the Apertura and Clausura names to their short tournaments, marking a departure from the Invierno and Verano tournaments.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [16, 16], "content_span": [17, 328]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275666-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Liga FPD\nThe Voit Lummo is the official match ball of the tournament. Herediano entered as the defending champions, but lost the title in the Apertura finals to P\u00e9rez Zeled\u00f3n.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [16, 16], "content_span": [17, 183]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275666-0002-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Liga FPD, Teams\nA total of 12 teams will contest the league, including 10 sides from the 2016\u201317 season, one team promoted from the Liga de Ascenso and a newly formed team.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [18, 23], "content_span": [24, 180]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275666-0003-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Liga FPD, Teams\nGrecia were promoted for the first time to the Liga FPD after defeating Jicaral in the Liga de Ascenso final, thus replacing San Carlos in the Liga FPD.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [18, 23], "content_span": [24, 176]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275666-0004-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Liga FPD, Teams\nGuadalupe is a newly established team that takes over the previous franchise of Bel\u00e9n. UNAFUT authorized the name change just two days before the beginning of the season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [18, 23], "content_span": [24, 194]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275666-0005-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Liga FPD, Teams\nOn 2 June 2017 Henning Jensen, rector of the University of Costa Rica, announced the cease of the agreement between the university and its homonymous club, citing that the transfer of the administrative management of the team to the Colombian company Con Talla Mundial was neither requested nor advised to the university. Jensen also stated that the club did not comply with the correction in the financial part of the club. On 19 June 2017, Con Talla Mundial announced that the club will now be under the name \"Universitarios FC\".", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [18, 23], "content_span": [24, 555]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275666-0005-0001", "contents": "2017\u201318 Liga FPD, Teams\nThe administration of the team had revealed the team badge and their intentions to use the Estadio Nacional as their home stadium. However, the Asociaci\u00f3n Filial Club de F\u00fatbol UCR, which holds the rights of the team within the league, sued the University because of their cease of the agreement. The club then retains its original name and is due to return to the Estadio Ecol\u00f3gico.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [18, 23], "content_span": [24, 407]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275666-0006-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Liga FPD, Torneo Apertura\nThe Apertura tournament will be played on the second half of 2017, starting on 29 July and, given the possibility of a final, ending on 23 December. The tournament is dedicated to former referee Luis Paulino Siles who, in 1982, became the first Costa Rican to officiate a match at a FIFA World Cup.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [18, 33], "content_span": [34, 332]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275666-0007-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Liga FPD, Torneo Apertura\nThe tournament began with two scoreless draws in the UCR vs Cartagin\u00e9s and Herediano vs Guadalupe matches. Saprissa's Luis Stewart P\u00e9rez scored the first goal of the tournament, during his team's match against Carmelita.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [18, 33], "content_span": [34, 254]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275666-0008-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Liga FPD, Torneo Apertura, Regular season\nDefending champions Herediano topped the season undefeated with 54 points. By achieving this, Herediano broke two records in the league. They became the first team with the longest undefeated streak (surpassing the 21-match streak by Saprissa in the 2003\u201304 season, the team being coincidentally managed by Hern\u00e1n Medford). The team also broke the record for more points achieved in a regular season, surpassing Alajuelense in the 2014 Invierno season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [18, 49], "content_span": [50, 502]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275666-0009-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Liga FPD, Torneo Apertura, Regular season\nOn 3 September 2017, the match between Saprissa and Grecia was suspended at the 81st minute due to a false bomb threat. The remaining nine minutes were played the next morning.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [18, 49], "content_span": [50, 226]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275666-0010-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Liga FPD, Torneo Apertura, Apertura finals\nSince regular season leaders Herediano were unable to top the quadrangular stage, a double-legged final will be played against the quadrangular winner P\u00e9rez Zeled\u00f3n in order to determine the champions of the Apertura tournament. By getting more points in the aggregate table, Herediano will host the second leg.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [18, 50], "content_span": [51, 362]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275666-0011-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Liga FPD, Torneo Clausura\nThe Clausura tournament will be played on the first half of 2018, starting on 7 January and, given the possibility of a final, ending on 20 May. The tournament is dedicated to the Costa Rica national football team squad that played in the 1990 FIFA World Cup, represented by their captain R\u00f3ger Flores.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [18, 33], "content_span": [34, 336]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275666-0012-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Liga FPD, Torneo Clausura, Clausura Finals\nSince regular season leaders Herediano were unable to top the quadrangular stage, a double-legged final will be played against the quadrangular winner Saprissa in order to determine the champions of the Clausura tournament.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [18, 50], "content_span": [51, 274]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275667-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Liga FPD \u2013 Apertura season\nThe 2018 Apertura season served as the opening half of the 2017\u201318 Liga FPD season. It began on 29 July 2017 and ended on 23 December 2017.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [34, 34], "content_span": [35, 174]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275667-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Liga FPD \u2013 Apertura season\nHerediano entered as the defending champions, but lost the title in the Apertura finals to P\u00e9rez Zeled\u00f3n.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [34, 34], "content_span": [35, 140]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275667-0002-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Liga FPD \u2013 Apertura season, League table, Regular season\nDefending champions Herediano topped the season undefeated with 54 points. By achieving this, Herediano broke two records in the league. They became the first team with the longest undefeated streak (surpassing the 21-match streak by Saprissa in the 2003\u201304 season, the team being coincidentally managed by Hern\u00e1n Medford). The team also broke the record for more points achieved in a regular season, surpassing Alajuelense in the 2014 Invierno season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 64], "content_span": [65, 517]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275667-0003-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Liga FPD \u2013 Apertura season, League table, Regular season\nOn 3 September 2017, the match between Saprissa and Grecia was suspended at the 81st minute due to a false bomb threat. The remaining nine minutes were played the next morning.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 64], "content_span": [65, 241]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275667-0004-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Liga FPD \u2013 Apertura season, League table, Apertura finals\nSince regular season leaders Herediano were unable to top the quadrangular stage, a double-legged final will be played against the quadrangular winner P\u00e9rez Zeled\u00f3n in order to determine the champions of the Apertura tournament. By getting more points in the aggregate table, Herediano will host the second leg.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 65], "content_span": [66, 377]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275667-0005-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Liga FPD \u2013 Apertura season, Season statistics, Foreign players\nThis is a list of foreign players in the 2017 Apertura season. The following players:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 70], "content_span": [71, 156]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275667-0006-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Liga FPD \u2013 Apertura season, Season statistics, Foreign players\nA new rule was introduced this season, that clubs can have four foreign players per club and can only add a new player if there is an injury or a player(s) is released and it's before the close of the season transfer window.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 70], "content_span": [71, 296]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275668-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Liga FPD \u2013 Clausura season\nThe 2018 Apertura season served as the opening half of the 2017\u201318 Liga FPD season. It began on 6 January 2018 and, given the possibility of a final, will end on 20 May 2018.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [34, 34], "content_span": [35, 209]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275669-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Liga Femenina de Baloncesto\nThe 2017\u201318 Liga Femenina de Baloncesto, also known as Liga Dia for sponsorship reasons, is the 55th season of the Spanish basketball women's league. It started on 30 September 2017 with the first round of the regular season and ended in April 2018 with the final.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [35, 35], "content_span": [36, 300]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275669-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Liga Femenina de Baloncesto, Teams, Promotion and relegation (pre-season)\nA total of 14 teams contest the league, including 12 sides from the 2016\u201317 season and two promoted from the 2016\u201317 Liga Femenina 2.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 81], "content_span": [82, 215]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275669-0002-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Liga Femenina de Baloncesto, Regular season, Positions by round\nThe table lists the positions of teams after completion of each round.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 71], "content_span": [72, 142]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275670-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Liga Gimel\nThe 2017\u201318 Liga Gimel season was the 50th season of fifth tier football in Israel, with 105 clubs competing in 8 regional divisions for promotion to Liga Bet.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [18, 18], "content_span": [19, 178]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275670-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Liga Gimel, Jezreel (North C) Division, Positions by round\n1On 27 December 2017 Maccabi Umm al-Fahm was temporarily expelled from the league after the club had a check bounced and the club failed to rectify the situation within a month. The club was reinstated on 10 January 2018.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [20, 66], "content_span": [67, 288]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275670-0002-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Liga Gimel, Promotion play-offs, North A division\n1The match result was 1\u20130 to Maccabi Ironi Yafa (after extra time). However, as Kafr Manda fielded an ineligible player, the match was given as a walkover to Yafa.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [20, 57], "content_span": [58, 221]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275670-0003-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Liga Gimel, Promotion play-offs, North A division\nMaccabi Ironi Yafa remained in Liga Gimel; Sektzia Ma'alot remained in Liga Bet", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [20, 57], "content_span": [58, 137]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275670-0004-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Liga Gimel, Promotion play-offs, North B division\nIhud Bnei Baqa remained in Liga Gimel; Maccabi Ein Mahil remained in Liga Bet", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [20, 57], "content_span": [58, 135]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275670-0005-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Liga Gimel, Promotion play-offs, South A division\n1The match was abandoned at the 36th minute following a brawl between the teams. The match was annulled and neither team advanced to the next round.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [20, 57], "content_span": [58, 206]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275670-0006-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Liga Gimel, Promotion play-offs, South A division\nBnei Yehud remained in Liga Gimel; Hapoel Kiryat Ono remained in Liga Bet", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [20, 57], "content_span": [58, 131]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275670-0007-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Liga Gimel, Promotion play-offs, South B division\nIroni Kuseife Promoted to Liga Bet; Tzeirei Rahat relegated to Liga Gimel", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [20, 57], "content_span": [58, 131]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275670-0008-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Liga Gimel, Further promotions\nThe following teams are eligible to promotion if a vacancy would be created in 2018\u201319 Liga Bet:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [20, 38], "content_span": [39, 135]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275670-0009-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Liga Gimel, Further promotions\nAs both Bnei Ra'anana and Otzma Holon are equal on points-per-match average, Bnei Ra'anana are ahead on winning percentage (0.71% and 0.70%)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [20, 38], "content_span": [39, 179]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275670-0010-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Liga Gimel, Further promotions\nAs both Hapoel Bnei Ashdod and Beitar Yavne are equal on points-per-match average and winning percentage, Hapoel Bnei Ashdod are ahead on goal difference (+82 and +60).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [20, 38], "content_span": [39, 207]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275671-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Liga I\nThe 2017\u201318 Liga I (also known as Liga 1 Betano for sponsorship reasons) was the 100th season of the Liga I, the top professional league for Romanian association football clubs. The season began on 14 July 2017 and ended on 2 June 2018, being the third to take place since the play-off/play-out format has been introduced.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 14], "section_span": [14, 14], "content_span": [15, 337]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275671-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Liga I\nDefending champions Viitorul Constan\u021ba came fourth. CFR Cluj became the new champions in the last fixture of the play-off, clinching their fourth league title after finishing one point above FCSB. Juventus Bucure\u0219ti and Sepsi OSK entered as the promoted teams from the 2016\u201317 Liga II, but only the latter managed to avoid relegation.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 14], "section_span": [14, 14], "content_span": [15, 349]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275671-0002-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Liga I\nSince Romania dropped from 15th to 17th in the UEFA association coefficient rankings, only the title winner qualified for the UEFA Champions League.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 14], "section_span": [14, 14], "content_span": [15, 163]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275671-0003-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Liga I, Teams\nThe league consists of 14 teams: twelve teams from the 2016\u201317 Liga I and two new teams from the 2016\u201317 Liga II.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 14], "section_span": [16, 21], "content_span": [22, 135]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275671-0004-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Liga I, Teams\nThe first club to be promoted was Juventus Bucure\u0219ti, following their 3\u20131 win against Balote\u0219ti on 30 April 2017. Juventus will play in the Liga I for the first time in their history.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 14], "section_span": [16, 21], "content_span": [22, 205]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275671-0005-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Liga I, Teams\nThe second club to be promoted was Sepsi OSK, following their 1\u20131 draw against Mioveni on 3 June 2017. Sepsi will play in the Liga I for the first time in their history.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 14], "section_span": [16, 21], "content_span": [22, 191]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275671-0006-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Liga I, Teams\nThe first club to be relegated was T\u00e2rgu Mure\u0219, which were relegated on 19 May 2017 following a 0\u20131 defeat against Pandurii T\u00e2rgu Jiu, ending their 3-year stay in the top flight.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 14], "section_span": [16, 21], "content_span": [22, 200]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275671-0007-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Liga I, Teams\nThe second and final club to be relegated was Pandurii T\u00e2rgu Jiu, which were relegated on 4 June 2018 following their 1\u20132 defeat against Boto\u0219ani, ending their 12-year stay in the top flight.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 14], "section_span": [16, 21], "content_span": [22, 213]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275671-0008-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Liga I, Teams, Personnel and kits\nNote: Flags indicate national team as has been defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players and Managers may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 14], "section_span": [16, 41], "content_span": [42, 192]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275671-0009-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Liga I, Regular season\nIn the regular season the 14 teams will meet twice, a total of 26 matches per team, with the top 6 advancing to the Championship round and the bottom 8 qualifying for Relegation round.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 14], "section_span": [16, 30], "content_span": [31, 215]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275671-0010-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Liga I, Championship play-offs\nThe top six teams from Regular season would meet twice (10 matches per team) for places in 2018\u201319 UEFA Champions League and 2018\u201319 UEFA Europa League as well as deciding the league champion. Teams started the Championship round with their points from the Regular season halved, rounded upwards, and no other records carried over from the Regular season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 14], "section_span": [16, 38], "content_span": [39, 394]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275671-0011-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Liga I, Relegation play-outs\nThe bottom eight teams from regular season will meet twice (14 matches per team) to contest against relegation. Teams start the Relegation round with their points from the Regular season halved, rounded upwards, and no other records carried over from the Regular season. The winner of the Relegation round finishes 7th in the overall season standings, the second placed team - 8th, and so on, with the last placed team in the Relegation round being 14th.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 14], "section_span": [16, 36], "content_span": [37, 491]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275671-0012-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Liga I, Promotion/relegation play-offs\nThe 12th-placed team of the Liga I faced the 3rd-placed team of the Liga II.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 14], "section_span": [16, 46], "content_span": [47, 123]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275671-0013-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Liga I, Season statistics, Clean sheets\n1 Florin Ni\u021b\u0103 was transferred to Sparta Prague during the winter transfer window.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 14], "section_span": [16, 47], "content_span": [48, 129]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275671-0014-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Liga I, Attendances\nUpdated to games played on 2 June 2018Source: Notes:1: Played last season in Liga II.2: Universitatea Craiova played 8 matches in Turnu Severin while their new stadium was being built.3: FC Voluntari played 6 matches out of their stadium until it was opened.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 14], "section_span": [16, 27], "content_span": [28, 286]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275671-0015-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Liga I, Champion squad\nGoalkeepers: Giedrius Arlauskis (26 / 0); Cosmin V\u00e2tc\u0103 (10 / 0). Defenders: K\u00e9vin Boli (14 / 0); M\u00e1rio Camora (30 / 1); Srdjan Luchin (3 / 0); Cristian Manea (35 / 0); Andrei Mure\u0219an (27 / 1); Paulo Vin\u00edcius (34 / 5); Andrei Peteleu (7 / 0); Alexandru Vlad (3 / 0).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 14], "section_span": [16, 30], "content_span": [31, 300]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275671-0015-0001", "contents": "2017\u201318 Liga I, Champion squad\nMidfielders: Mihai Bordeianu (6 / 0); Valentin Costache (13 / 0); Emmanuel Culio (33 / 8); Ciprian Deac (34 / 5); Damjan \u0110okovi\u0107 (23 / 3); Ovidiu Hoban (34 / 3); Alexandru Ioni\u021b\u0103 (9 / 1); Sebastian Mailat (13 / 1); Thierry Moutinho (8 / 0); Dan Nistor (17 / 0); Bryan Nouvier (15 / 1); Adrian P\u0103un (19 / 2); Lauren\u021biu Rus (10 / 0). Forwards: Ibrahima Bald\u00e9 (13 / 4); Jeremy Bokila (5 / 0); Marius Coman (4 / 0); Billel Omrani (30 / 8); George \u021aucudean (14 / 4); Urko Vera (15 / 5). (league appearances and goals listed in brackets)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 14], "section_span": [16, 30], "content_span": [31, 570]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275672-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Liga I (women's football)\nThe 2017\u201318 season of Romania's top level women's football league was again called Liga I, after four seasons in which it was named Superliga. It is the 28th season of top level football and will decide the Romanian champions and UEFA Women's Champions League participant.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [33, 33], "content_span": [34, 306]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275673-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Liga II\nThe 2017\u201318 Liga II (also known as 2017\u201318 Liga II Casa Pariurilor) was the 78th season of the Liga II, the second tier of the Romanian football league system. The season began on 5 August 2017 and ended on 2 June 2018.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [15, 15], "content_span": [16, 235]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275673-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Liga II\nA total of 20 teams contested the league. It was the second Liga II season with a single series. The season was played in a round-robin tournament. The first two teams promoted to Liga I at the end of the season and the third-placed team played a play-off match against the 12th-placed team from Liga I. The last five teams relegated to Liga III.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [15, 15], "content_span": [16, 362]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275673-0002-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Liga II, Team changes, Teams spared from relegation\nMetalul Re\u0219i\u021ba was spared from relegation due to withdrawal of Bra\u0219ov.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [17, 59], "content_span": [60, 130]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275673-0003-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Liga II, Team changes, Renamed teams\nSCM Pite\u0219ti bought FC Arge\u0219 brand and was renamed as Arge\u0219 Pite\u0219ti.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [17, 44], "content_span": [45, 112]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275673-0004-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Liga II, Team changes, Renamed teams\nMetalul Re\u0219i\u021ba was renamed as Sportul Snagov at one year after its movement to Snagov.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [17, 44], "content_span": [45, 131]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275673-0005-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Liga II, Personnel and kits\nNote: Flags indicate national team as has been defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players and Managers may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [17, 35], "content_span": [36, 186]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275673-0006-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Liga II, Promotion/relegation play-offs\nThe 12th-placed team of the Liga I faces the 3rd-placed team of the Liga II.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [17, 47], "content_span": [48, 124]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275673-0007-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Liga II, Season statistics, Clean sheets\n*Only goalkeepers who played all 90 minutes of a match are taken into consideration.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [17, 48], "content_span": [49, 133]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275674-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Liga II (women's football)\nThe 2017\u201318 Liga II was the 5th season, since its reintroduction in 2013, of the second level women's football league of the Romanian football league system. Since the previous season, the second tier league was renamed from Liga I to Liga II, since the top tier got renamed again to Liga I. 16 teams divided in 2 series played in the competition that consisted of a double round-robin lasting 14 stages, totaling 112 matches.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [34, 34], "content_span": [35, 461]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275674-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Liga II (women's football), Team changes, Excluded and spared teams\nJuniorul Satu Mare was disbanded in the summer of 2017, so Ladies T\u00e2rgu Mure\u0219 (8th place in 2016\u201317 Liga I, Seria II) was spared from relegation.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 75], "content_span": [76, 221]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275675-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Liga III\nThe 2017\u201318 Liga III is the 62nd season of the Liga III, the third tier of the Romanian football league system. The season began on 25 August 2017 and ended on 27 May 2018.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [16, 16], "content_span": [17, 189]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275675-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Liga III, Team changes, Teams spared from relegation\nMetalul Re\u0219i\u021ba was spared from relegation to Liga III due to withdrawal of Bra\u0219ov from Liga II.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [18, 60], "content_span": [61, 156]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275675-0002-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Liga III, Team changes, Teams spared from relegation\nSportul Chiscani, Urban Titu, CS \u0218irineasa and Nuova Mama Mia Becicherecu Mic were spared from relegation to Liga IV due to lack of teams in Liga III.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [18, 60], "content_span": [61, 211]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275675-0003-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Liga III, Team changes, Excluded teams\nAfter the end of the last season, R\u00e2mnicu V\u00e2lcea, Unirea T\u0103rlungeni, Berceni, \u0218oimii P\u00e2ncota were dissolved.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [18, 46], "content_span": [47, 155]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275675-0004-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Liga III, Team changes, Excluded teams\nDinamo II Bucure\u0219ti, Pandurii II T\u00e2rgu Jiu and Poli II Timi\u0219oara withdrew and then were dissolved.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [18, 46], "content_span": [47, 145]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275675-0005-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Liga III, Team changes, Excluded teams\nFC Milcov, \u0218urianu Sebe\u0219, Viitorul Ulmeni, FC Zal\u0103u, Unirea Jucu and Viitorul II Constan\u021ba withdrew from Liga III.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [18, 46], "content_span": [47, 161]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275675-0006-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Liga III, Team changes, Other teams\nCFR II Cluj, CFR Cluj's second team was also enrolled in Liga III.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [18, 43], "content_span": [44, 110]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275675-0007-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Liga III, Team changes, Other teams\nCNP Timi\u0219oara received the permission to enroll in Liga III, due to the excellent results recorded in the youth championships.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [18, 43], "content_span": [44, 170]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275675-0008-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Liga III, Team changes, Renamed teams\nVoin\u021ba Saelele was moved from Saelele to Turnu M\u0103gurele and renamed as Voin\u021ba Turnu M\u0103gurele.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [18, 45], "content_span": [46, 139]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275675-0009-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Liga III, Possible relegation\nAt the end of the championship a special table will be made between 12th places from the 5 series. The last team in this table will relegate also in Liga IV. In this table 12th place teams are included without the points obtained against teams that relegated in their series.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [18, 37], "content_span": [38, 313]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275676-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Liga IV\nThe 2017\u201318 Liga IV was the 76th season of the Liga IV, the fourth tier of the Romanian football league system. The champions of each county association play against one from a neighboring county in a playoff to gain promotion. From this season the counties were divided into 7 regions, each consisting of 6 counties and the draw was made on 28 February 2018, with 3 months and a half before the first matches.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [15, 15], "content_span": [16, 426]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275676-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Liga IV, 2017\u20132018 Promotion Play-Off\nThe matches are scheduled to be played on 16, 23 and 30 June 2018.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [17, 45], "content_span": [46, 112]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275677-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Liga IV Alba\nThe 2017\u201318 Liga IV Alba was the 50th season of the Liga IV Alba, the fourth tier of the Romanian football league system. The season began on 25 August 2017 and ended on 10 June 2018. Ocna Mure\u0219 win the title and qualify to promotion play-off in Liga III.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [20, 20], "content_span": [21, 276]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275677-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Liga IV Alba, Overview, Competition format\nThe league will be played in a double round-robin format. The team ranked first will crowned county champion and qualify to promotion play-off in Liga III. The last two teams will relegated to Liga V Alba \u2013 County.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 50], "content_span": [51, 265]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275677-0002-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Liga IV Alba, Promotion play-off\nChampions of Liga IV \u2013 Alba County face champions of Liga IV \u2013 Harghita County.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 40], "content_span": [41, 120]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275677-0003-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Liga IV Alba, Promotion play-off\nOcna Mure\u0219 promoted to 2018\u201319 Liga III. Unirea Cristuru Secuiesc does not have C.I.S. (Certificate of Sports Identity) and was excluded from promotion play-off by the Romanian Football Federation.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 40], "content_span": [41, 238]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275678-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Liga IV Arad\nThe 2017\u201318 Liga IV Arad was the 50th season of the Liga IV Arad, the fourth tier of the Romanian football league system. The season began on 19 August 2017 and ended on 2 June 2018.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [20, 20], "content_span": [21, 203]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275679-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Liga IV Arge\u0219\nThe 2017\u201318 Liga IV Arge\u0219 (known as Liga Fortuna Sports for sponsorship reasons) was the 50th season of the Liga IV Arge\u0219, the fourth tier of the Romanian football league system. The season began on 26 August 2017 and ended on 26 June 2018.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [21, 21], "content_span": [22, 262]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275679-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Liga IV Arge\u0219\nUnirea Bascov was crowned as county champion and qualify to the promotion play-off in Liga III.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [21, 21], "content_span": [22, 117]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275679-0002-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Liga IV Arge\u0219, Promotion play-off\nChampions of Liga IV \u2013 Arge\u0219 County face champions of Liga IV \u2013 Olt County.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 41], "content_span": [42, 117]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275680-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Liga IV Bac\u0103u\nThe 2017\u201318 Liga IV Bac\u0103u was the 50th season of Liga IV Bac\u0103u, the fourth tier of the Romanian football league system. The season began on 19 August 2017 and was ended on 10 June 2018. Gauss Bac\u0103u was crowned as county champion qualifying to the promotion play-off to Liga III.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [21, 21], "content_span": [22, 301]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275680-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Liga IV Bac\u0103u, Promotion play-off\nChampions of Liga IV \u2013 Bac\u0103u County face champions of Liga IV \u2013 Boto\u0219ani County.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 41], "content_span": [42, 122]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275681-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Liga IV Bihor\nThe 2017\u201318 Liga IV Bihor was the 50th season of the Liga IV Bihor, the fourth tier of the Romanian football league system. The season began on 26 August 2017 and ended on 10 June 2018.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [21, 21], "content_span": [22, 207]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275681-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Liga IV Bihor\nS\u00e2nmartin was crowned as county champion and qualify to the promotion play-off in Liga III.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [21, 21], "content_span": [22, 113]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275681-0002-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Liga IV Bihor, Promotion play-off\nChampions of Liga IV \u2013 Bihor County face champions of Liga IV \u2013 Maramure\u0219 County.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 41], "content_span": [42, 123]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275682-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Liga IV Bistri\u021ba-N\u0103s\u0103ud\nThe 2017\u201318 Liga IV Bistri\u021ba-N\u0103s\u0103ud was the 50th season of Liga IV Bistri\u021ba-N\u0103s\u0103ud, the fourth tier of the Romanian football league system. The season began on 27 August 2017 and ended on 9 June 2018. Dumitra crowned as county champion and qualify to promotion play-off in Liga III.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [31, 31], "content_span": [32, 314]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275682-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Liga IV Bistri\u021ba-N\u0103s\u0103ud, Teams\nA total of fifteen teams contest the league, including fourteen sides from the previous season and one promoted team.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 38], "content_span": [39, 156]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275682-0002-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Liga IV Bistri\u021ba-N\u0103s\u0103ud, Promotion play-off\nChampions of Liga IV \u2013 Bistri\u021ba-N\u0103s\u0103ud County face champions of Liga IV \u2013 Satu Mare County.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 51], "content_span": [52, 143]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275682-0003-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Liga IV Bistri\u021ba-N\u0103s\u0103ud, Promotion play-off\nACS Dumitra promoted to Liga III. Energia Negre\u0219ti-Oa\u0219 does not have C.I.S. (Certificate of Sports Identity) and was excluded from promotion play-off by the Romanian Football Federation.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 51], "content_span": [52, 239]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275683-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Liga IV Bra\u0219ov\nThe 2017\u201318 Liga IV Bra\u0219ov was the 50th season of the Liga IV Bra\u0219ov, the fourth tier of the Romanian football league system. The season began on 19 August 2017 and ended on 9 June 2018. SR Bra\u0219ov crowned as county champion and qualify to promotion play-off in Liga III.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [22, 22], "content_span": [23, 293]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275683-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Liga IV Bra\u0219ov, Teams\nA total of sixteen teams will participate in the 2017\u201318 edition of the Liga IV Bra\u0219ov County.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 29], "content_span": [30, 124]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275683-0002-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Liga IV Bra\u0219ov, Promotion play-off\nChampions of Liga IV \u2013 Bra\u0219ov County face champions of Liga IV \u2013 Covasna County.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 42], "content_span": [43, 123]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275684-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Liga IV Bucharest\nThe 2017\u201318 Liga IV Bucharest was the 50th season of the Liga IV Bucharest, the fourth tier of the Romanian football league system. The season began on 1 September 2017 and ended on 3 June 2018. Academia Rapid Bucure\u0219ti win the title and qualify to promotion play-off in Liga III.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [25, 25], "content_span": [26, 306]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275684-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Liga IV Bucharest, Competition format\nThe 16 teams will play a regular season, followed by a championship play-off. The regular season is a double round-robin tournament and at the end of the regular season, the top four ranked teams qualify for the championship play-off.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 45], "content_span": [46, 280]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275684-0002-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Liga IV Bucharest, Championship play-off\nThe championship play-off played in a single round-robin tournament between the best four teams of the regular season. The teams started the play-off with the following points: 1st place \u2013 3 points, 2nd place \u2013 2 points, 3rd place \u2013 1 point, 4th place \u2013 0 points.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 48], "content_span": [49, 312]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275684-0003-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Liga IV Bucharest, Promotion play-off\nChampions of Liga IV \u2013 Bucharest face champions of Liga IV \u2013 Giurgiu County.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 45], "content_span": [46, 122]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275685-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Liga IV Cara\u0219-Severin\nThe 2017\u201318 Liga IV Cara\u0219-Severin was the 50th season of Liga IV Cara\u0219-Severin, the fourth tier of the Romanian football league system. The season began on 2 September 2017 and ended on 10 June 2018.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [29, 29], "content_span": [30, 229]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275685-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Liga IV Cara\u0219-Severin\nVoin\u021ba Lupac crowned as county champion and qualified for the promotion play-off in Liga III.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [29, 29], "content_span": [30, 123]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275685-0002-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Liga IV Cara\u0219-Severin, Overview, Teams\nA total of thirteen teams participate in the 2017\u201318 edition of the Liga IV Cara\u0219-Severin County.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 46], "content_span": [47, 144]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275685-0003-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Liga IV Cara\u0219-Severin, Overview, Team changes\nThe following teams have changed division since the previous season:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 53], "content_span": [54, 122]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275685-0004-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Liga IV Cara\u0219-Severin, Overview, Competition format\nThe league will be played in a double round-robin format. The team ranked first will crowned county champion and qualify to promotion play-off in Liga III. The last two teams will relegated to Liga V Cara\u0219-Severin \u2013 County.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 59], "content_span": [60, 283]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275685-0005-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Liga IV Cara\u0219-Severin, Promotion play-off\nChampions of Liga IV \u2013 Cara\u0219-Severin County face champions of Liga IV \u2013 Hunedoara County.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 49], "content_span": [50, 139]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275686-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Liga IV Cluj\nThe 2018\u201319 Liga IV Cluj was the 50th season of the Liga IV Cluj, the fourth tier of the Romanian football league system. The season began on 25 August 2017 and ended on 6 June 2018. Sticla Arie\u0219ul Turda crowned as county champion and qualify to the promotion play-off in Liga III.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [20, 20], "content_span": [21, 302]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275686-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Liga IV Cluj, Overview, Teams\nA total of fifteen teams will participate in the 2017\u201318 edition of the Liga IV Cluj County.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 37], "content_span": [38, 130]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275686-0002-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Liga IV Cluj, Overview, Team changes\nThe following teams have changed division since the previous season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 44], "content_span": [45, 113]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275686-0003-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Liga IV Cluj, Overview, Competition format\nThe league will be played in a double round-robin format. The team ranked first will crowned county champion and qualify to promotion play-off in Liga III. The last two teams will relegated to Liga V Cluj \u2013 County.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 50], "content_span": [51, 265]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275686-0004-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Liga IV Cluj, Promotion play-off\nChampions of Liga IV \u2013 Cluj County face champions of Liga IV \u2013 S\u0103laj County.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 40], "content_span": [41, 117]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275687-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Liga IV Constan\u021ba\nThe 2017\u201318 Liga IV Constan\u021ba was the 50th season of the Liga IV Constan\u021ba, the fourth tier of the Romanian football league system. The season began on 19 August 2018 and ended on 1 June 2019.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [25, 25], "content_span": [26, 218]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275687-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Liga IV Constan\u021ba\nMedgidia crowned as county champion and qualify to promotion play-off in Liga III.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [25, 25], "content_span": [26, 108]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275687-0002-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Liga IV Constan\u021ba, Overview, Teams\nA total of sixteen teams will participate in the 2017\u201318 edition of the Liga IV Constan\u021ba County.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 42], "content_span": [43, 140]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275687-0003-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Liga IV Constan\u021ba, Overview, Competition format\nThe league was played in a double round-robin format. The team ranked first will crowned county champion and qualify to promotion play-off in Liga III. The last two teams will relegated to Liga V Constan\u021ba County.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 55], "content_span": [56, 269]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275687-0004-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Liga IV Constan\u021ba, Promotion play-off\nChampions of Liga IV \u2013 Constan\u021ba County face champions of Liga IV \u2013 Vrancea County.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 45], "content_span": [46, 129]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275688-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Liga IV Dolj\nThe 2017\u201318 Liga IV Dolj was the 50th season of the Liga IV Dolj, the fourth tier of the Romanian football league system. The season began on 12 August 2017 and ended on 10 June 2018. FC U Craiova 1948 was crowned as county champion and qualify to the promotion play-off in Liga III.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [20, 20], "content_span": [21, 305]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275688-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Liga IV Dolj, Overview, Teams\nA total of fourteen team participate in 2017\u201318 edition of Liga IV Dolj.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 37], "content_span": [38, 111]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275688-0002-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Liga IV Dolj, Overview, Competition format\nThe season was divided into two stages \u2014 Regular season played in a double round robin tournament, the last two ranked, 13th and 14th places, will be relegated directly to Liga V. The first four ranked will play in the play-off, where they will enter with the points accumulated between them in the regular season, while the other competitors (places 5-12) will play in the League Cup, for ranking places.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 50], "content_span": [51, 457]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275688-0003-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Liga IV Dolj, Championship play-off\nAt the end of the regular season, the first six teams will play a Championship play-off and the winners crowned as county champions and qualify to the promotion play-off to Liga III. The teams will start the play-off with the number of points gained in the regular season only against the other qualified teams.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 43], "content_span": [44, 355]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275688-0004-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Liga IV Dolj, League Cup\nThe teams which was ranked 5th to 12th places in the regular season played in the League Cup to establish the final standings. In the League Cup, each tie was played on a home-and-away two-legged basis. If tied on aggregate, the away goals rule was used.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 32], "content_span": [33, 287]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275688-0005-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Liga IV Dolj, League Cup, First round\nFirst Leg: 5 and 6 May. Second Leg: 11 and 12 May.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 45], "content_span": [46, 96]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275688-0006-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Liga IV Dolj, League Cup, Third round\nFirst Leg: 2 June. Second Leg: 8 and 10 June.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 45], "content_span": [46, 91]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275688-0007-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Liga IV Dolj, Promotion play-off\nChampions of Liga IV \u2013 Dolj County face champions of Liga IV \u2013 D\u00e2mbovi\u021ba County.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 40], "content_span": [41, 121]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275688-0008-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Liga IV Dolj, Promotion play-off\nFC U Craiova 1948 promoted to 2018\u201319 Liga III. Gloria Corne\u0219ti did not meet the criteria for participation in the play-off, not having the Sports Identity Certificate (C.I.S. ).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 40], "content_span": [41, 219]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275689-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Liga IV D\u00e2mbovi\u021ba\nThe 2017\u201318 Liga IV D\u00e2mbovi\u021ba was the 50th season of the Liga IV D\u00e2mbovi\u021ba, the fourth tier of the Romanian football league system. The season began on 19 August 2017 and ended on 9 June 2018. Gloria Corne\u0219ti was crowned as county champion and qualify to the promotion play-off.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [25, 25], "content_span": [26, 304]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275689-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Liga IV D\u00e2mbovi\u021ba, Promotion play-off\nChampions of Liga IV \u2013 D\u00e2mbovi\u021ba County face champions of Liga IV \u2013 Dolj County.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 45], "content_span": [46, 126]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275689-0002-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Liga IV D\u00e2mbovi\u021ba, Promotion play-off\nFC U Craiova 1948 promoted to 2018\u201319 Liga III. Gloria Corne\u0219ti did not meet the criteria for participation in the play-off, not having the Sports Identity Certificate (C.I.S.)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 45], "content_span": [46, 222]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275690-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Liga IV Gala\u021bi\nThe 2017\u201318 Liga IV Gala\u021bi was the 50th season of the Liga IV Gala\u021bi, the fourth tier of the Romanian football league system. The season began on 2 September 2017 and ended on 3 June 2018. CSU Gala\u021bi win the title and qualify to promotion play-off in Liga III.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [22, 22], "content_span": [23, 283]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275690-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Liga IV Gala\u021bi, Overview, Teams\nA total of thirteen teams was participate in the 2017\u201318 edition of the Liga IV Gala\u021bi County.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 39], "content_span": [40, 134]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275690-0002-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Liga IV Gala\u021bi, Overview, Competition format\nThe league was played in a double round-robin format. The team ranked first was crowned county champion and qualify to promotion play-off in Liga III. The last one in the league table relegated to Liga V \u2013 Gala\u021bi County.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 52], "content_span": [53, 273]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275690-0003-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Liga IV Gala\u021bi, Promotion play-off\nChampions of Liga IV \u2013 Gala\u021bi County face champions of Liga IV \u2013 Br\u0103ila County.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 42], "content_span": [43, 122]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275691-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Liga IV Hunedoara\nThe 2017\u201318 Liga IV Hunedoara was the 50th season of the Liga IV Hunedoara, the fourth tier of the Romanian football league system. The season began on 2 September 2017 and ended on 2 June 2018.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [25, 25], "content_span": [26, 220]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275692-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Liga IV Ialomi\u021ba\nThe 2017\u201318 Liga IV Ialomi\u021ba was the 50th season of the Liga IV Ialomi\u021ba, the fourth tier of the Romanian football league system. The season began on 26 August 2017 and ended on 10 June 2018.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [24, 24], "content_span": [25, 216]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275692-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Liga IV Ialomi\u021ba\nAbatorul Slobozia crowned as county champion and qualify to promotion play-off in Liga III.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [24, 24], "content_span": [25, 116]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275692-0002-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Liga IV Ialomi\u021ba, Overview, Teams\nA total of sixteen teams competed in the league - twelve from the previous season and four newly promoted side.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 41], "content_span": [42, 153]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275692-0003-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Liga IV Ialomi\u021ba, Overview, Competition format\nThe league was played in a double round-robin format. The team ranked first will crowned county champion and qualify to promotion play-off in Liga III. The last two teams will relegated to Liga V Ialomi\u021ba County.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 54], "content_span": [55, 267]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275692-0004-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Liga IV Ialomi\u021ba, Promotion play-off\nChampions of Liga IV \u2013 Ialomi\u021ba County face champions of Liga IV \u2013 Ilfov County.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 44], "content_span": [45, 125]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275693-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Liga IV Ia\u0219i\nThe 2017\u201318 Liga IV Ia\u0219i was the 50th season of the Liga IV Ia\u0219i, the fourth tier of the Romanian football league system. The season began on 20 August 2017 and concluded on 10 June 2018. Victoria Le\u021bcani crowned as county champion and qualify to promotion play-off in Liga III.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [20, 20], "content_span": [21, 299]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275693-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Liga IV Ia\u0219i, Teams\nA total of sixteen teams participate in 2017\u201318 edition of Ia\u0219i \u2014 fourteen teams from previous season season and two newly promoted teams from 2016\u201317 Liga V Ia\u0219i County.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 27], "content_span": [28, 198]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275693-0002-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Liga IV Ia\u0219i, Promotion play-off\nChampions of Liga IV \u2013 Ia\u0219i County face champions of Liga IV \u2013 Neam\u021b County.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 40], "content_span": [41, 117]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275693-0003-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Liga IV Ia\u0219i, Promotion play-off\nCeahl\u0103ul Piatra Neam\u021b promoted to 2018\u201319 Liga III. Victoria Le\u021bcani does not have C.I.S. (Certificate of Sports Identity) and was excluded from promotion play-off by the Romanian Football Federation.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 40], "content_span": [41, 241]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275694-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Liga IV Mure\u0219\nThe 2017\u201318 Liga IV Mure\u0219 was the 50th season of the Liga IV Mure\u0219, the fourth tier of the Romanian football league system. The season began on 2 September 2017 and ended on 9 June 2018.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [21, 21], "content_span": [22, 208]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275695-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Liga IV Olt\nThe 2017\u201318 Liga IV Olt was the 50th season of the Liga IV Olt, the fourth tier of the Romanian football league system. The season began on 26 August 2017 and ended on 3 June 2018. Vedi\u021ba Colone\u0219ti crowned as county champion and qualify to the promotion play-off in Liga III.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [19, 19], "content_span": [20, 295]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275695-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Liga IV Olt, Promotion play-off\nChampions of Liga IV \u2013 Olt County face champions of Liga IV \u2013 Arge\u0219 County.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 39], "content_span": [40, 115]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275696-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Liga IV Prahova\nThe 2017\u201318 Liga IV Prahova, commonly known as Liga A Prahova, was the 50th season of the Liga IV Prahova, the fourth tier of the Romanian football league system. The season began on 18 August 2017 and ended on 10 June 2018. Blejoi win the title and qualify to promotion play-off in Liga III.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [23, 23], "content_span": [24, 316]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275696-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Liga IV Prahova, Promotion play-off\nChampions of Liga IV \u2013 Prahova County face champions of Liga IV \u2013 C\u0103l\u0103ra\u0219i County.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 43], "content_span": [44, 126]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275697-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Liga IV Suceava\nThe 2017\u201318 Liga IV Suceava (known as Liga Inter Conti for sponsorship reasons) was the 50th season of the Liga IV Suceava, the fourth tier of the Romanian football league system. The season began on 27 August 2017 and ended on 10 June 2018. \u0218omuz F\u0103lticeni was crowned as county champion and qualified for the promotion play-off in Liga III.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [23, 23], "content_span": [24, 366]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275697-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Liga IV Suceava, Promotion play-off\nChampions of Liga IV \u2013 Suceava County face champions of Liga IV \u2013 Vaslui County.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 43], "content_span": [44, 124]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275698-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Liga IV Teleorman\nThe 2017\u201318 Liga IV Teleorman was the 50th season of the Liga IV Teleorman, the fourth tier of the Romanian football league system. The season began on 26 August 2017 and ended on 2June 2018. Rapid Buzescu win the title and qualify to promotion play-off in Liga III.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [25, 25], "content_span": [26, 292]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275698-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Liga IV Teleorman, Overview\nA total of sixteen teams participate in the 2017\u201318 edition of the Liga IV Teleorman County.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 35], "content_span": [36, 128]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275698-0002-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Liga IV Teleorman, Overview, Competition format\nThe league was played in a double round-robin format. The team ranked first will crowned county champion and qualify to promotion play-off in Liga III. The last three teams will relegated to Liga V Teleorman County.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 55], "content_span": [56, 271]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275698-0003-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Liga IV Teleorman, Promotion play-off\nChampions of Liga IV \u2013 Teleorman County face champions of Liga IV \u2013 V\u00e2lcea County.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 45], "content_span": [46, 128]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275699-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Liga IV Timi\u0219\nThe 2017\u201318 Liga IV Timi\u0219 was the 50th season of the Liga IV Timi\u0219, the fourth tier of the Romanian football league system. The season began on 11 August 2017 and ended on 9 June 2018.Dumbr\u0103vi\u021ba win the title and qualify to promotion play-off in Liga III.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [21, 21], "content_span": [22, 277]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275699-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Liga IV Timi\u0219, Promotion play-off\nChampions of Liga IV \u2013 Timi\u0219 County face champions of Liga IV \u2013 Mehedin\u021bi County.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 41], "content_span": [42, 123]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275700-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Liga IV Vaslui\nThe 2017\u201318 Liga IV Vaslui was the 50th season of the Liga IV Vaslui, the fourth tier of the Romanian football league system. The season began on 3 September 2017 and ended on 17 June 2018. Flac\u0103ra Muntenii de Sus win the title and qualified for the promotion play-off in Liga III.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [22, 22], "content_span": [23, 304]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275700-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Liga IV Vaslui, Overview, Teams\nA total of twelve teams participate in the 2017\u201318 edition of Liga IV \u2013 Vaslui County.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 39], "content_span": [40, 126]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275700-0002-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Liga IV Vaslui, Overview, Team changes\nThe following teams have changed division since the previous season:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 46], "content_span": [47, 115]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275700-0003-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Liga IV Vaslui, Overview, Competition format\nThe twelve teams will play a regular season, followed by a play-off and play-out. The regular season is a double round-robin tournament. At the end of the regular season the first eight ranked teams will enter in the championship play-off. The occupants of places 9-12 go into relegation play-out.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 52], "content_span": [53, 350]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275700-0004-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Liga IV Vaslui, Relegation play-out\nStar T\u0103t\u0103rani announced that they can't organize the game, lost by forfeit and relegated to Liga V \u2013 Vaslui.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 43], "content_span": [44, 152]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275700-0005-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Liga IV Vaslui, Relegation play-out\nJuventus F\u0103lciu saved from relegation. Multim Perieni qualify for promotion/relegation play-off match with the third placed team from Liga V.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 43], "content_span": [44, 185]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275700-0006-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Liga IV Vaslui, Relegation play-out\nMoara Domneasc\u0103 promoted to 2018\u201319 Liga IV Vaslui. Multim Perieni relegated to Liga V Vaslui.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 43], "content_span": [44, 138]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275700-0007-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Liga IV Vaslui, Championship play-off\nThe championship play-off was played between the first eight ranked teams in the regular season. The quarter-finals, semi-finals and final was played in a single-leg format.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 45], "content_span": [46, 219]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275700-0008-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Liga IV Vaslui, Championship play-off\nFlac\u0103ra Muntenii de Sus won the 2017\u201318 Liga IV Vaslui and qualify for promotion play-off.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 45], "content_span": [46, 136]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275700-0009-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Liga IV Vaslui, Promotion play-off\nChampions of Liga IV \u2013 Vaslui County face champions of Liga IV \u2013 Suceava County.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 42], "content_span": [43, 123]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275701-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Liga Leumit\nThe 2017\u201318 Liga Leumit was the 19th season as second tier since its re-alignment in 1999 and the 76th season of second-tier football in Israel.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [19, 19], "content_span": [20, 164]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275701-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Liga Leumit\nA total of sixteen teams were contesting in the league, including twelve sides from the 2016\u201317 season, the two promoted teams from 2016\u201317 Liga Alef and the two relegated teams from 2016\u201317 Israeli Premier League.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [19, 19], "content_span": [20, 234]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275701-0002-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Liga Leumit, Changes from 2016\u201317 season, Team changes\nMaccabi Netanya and Hapoel Acre, were promoted to the 2017\u201318 Israeli Premier League.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 62], "content_span": [63, 148]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275701-0003-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Liga Leumit, Changes from 2016\u201317 season, Team changes\nHapoel Tel Aviv and Hapoel Kfar Saba were relegated after finishing as the two bottom-placed clubs in the 2016\u201317 Israeli Premier League.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 62], "content_span": [63, 200]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275701-0004-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Liga Leumit, Changes from 2016\u201317 season, Team changes\nMaccabi Sha'arayim, and Hapoel Jerusalem were directly relegated to Liga Alef after finishing in the previous season in last two league places. They were replaced the top placed teams from each division of 2016\u201317 Liga Alef, Hapoel Marmorek (from South Division) and Hapoel Hadera (from North Division).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 62], "content_span": [63, 366]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275701-0005-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Liga Leumit, Overview, Stadia and locations\nThe club is playing their home games at a neutral venue because their own ground does not meet league requirements.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 51], "content_span": [52, 167]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275701-0006-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Liga Leumit, Playoffs, Top Playoff\nKey numbers for pairing determination (number marks position after 30 games)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 42], "content_span": [43, 119]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275701-0007-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Liga Leumit, Playoffs, Bottom Playoff\nKey numbers for pairing determination (number marks position after 30 games)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 45], "content_span": [46, 122]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275701-0008-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Liga Leumit, Positions by round\nThe table lists the positions of teams after each week of matches. In order to preserve chronological evolvements, any postponed matches are not included to the round at which they were originally scheduled, but added to the full round they were played immediately afterwards. For example, if a match is scheduled for matchday 13, but then postponed and played between days 16 and 17, it will be added to the standings for day 17.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 39], "content_span": [40, 470]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275701-0009-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Liga Leumit, Promotion/Relegation playoff\nThe 14th-placed team, Hapoel Kfar Saba, faced 2017\u201318 Liga Alef promotion play-offs winner Ironi Tiberias in a two-legged tie. The matches took place on 25 and 29 May 2018.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 49], "content_span": [50, 222]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275701-0010-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Liga Leumit, Promotion/Relegation playoff\nHapoel Kfar Saba won 5\u20133 on aggregate and remained in Liga Leumit. Ironi Tiberias remained in Liga Alef.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 49], "content_span": [50, 154]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275702-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Liga MX Femenil season\nThe 2017\u201318 Liga MX Femenil season was the inaugural season of the top-flight women's football league in Mexico. The season is contested by sixteen teams, being the counterpart women's teams of the men's league, Liga MX. Of the 18 Liga MX clubs, Puebla and Lobos BUAP were the two teams who do not field a women's team.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [30, 30], "content_span": [31, 350]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275702-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Liga MX Femenil season, Format\nThe Liga MX Femenil season is split into two championships: the Torneo Apertura (or opening tournament) and the Torneo Clausura (or closing tournament). Each in contested in an identical format and includes the same sixteen teams. The Apertura started on July 29, 2017 and ended in November 2017 while the Clausura (or closing tournament) runs from January 5-May 5, 2018.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 38], "content_span": [39, 411]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275702-0002-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Liga MX Femenil season, Teams, stadiums, and personnel\nThe following sixteen teams are competing this season. Of the 18 Liga MX clubs, Puebla and Lobos BUAP are the two teams who do not field a women's team.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 62], "content_span": [63, 215]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275702-0003-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Liga MX Femenil season, Format\nThe teams will be divided into two groups of eight, where the best two of each group will advance to the semifinals of the Liguilla.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 38], "content_span": [39, 171]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275702-0004-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Liga MX Femenil season, Torneo Apertura, Regular season, Positions by round\nThe table lists the positions of teams after each week of matches. In order to preserve chronological evolvements, any postponed matches are not included in the round at which they were originally scheduled, but added to the full round they were played immediately afterwards. For example, if a match is scheduled for matchday 8, but then postponed and played between days 11 and 12, it will be added to the standings for day 12.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 83], "content_span": [84, 513]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275702-0005-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Liga MX Femenil season, Torneo Apertura, Regular season, Top goalscorers\nPlayers sorted first by goals scored, then by last name.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 80], "content_span": [81, 137]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275702-0006-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Liga MX Femenil season, Torneo Clausura\nThe Clausura 2018 is the second championship of the season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 47], "content_span": [48, 107]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275702-0007-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Liga MX Femenil season, Torneo Clausura, Regular season, Positions by round\nThe table lists the positions of teams after each week of matches. In order to preserve chronological evolvements, any postponed matches are not included in the round at which they were originally scheduled, but added to the full round they were played immediately afterwards. For example, if a match is scheduled for matchday 13, but then postponed and played between days 16 and 17, it will be added to the standings for day 16.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 83], "content_span": [84, 514]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275702-0008-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Liga MX Femenil season, Torneo Clausura, Regular season, Top goalscorers\nPlayers sorted first by goals scored, then by last name.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 80], "content_span": [81, 137]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275703-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Liga MX season\nThe 2017\u201318 Liga MX season (known as the Liga BBVA Bancomer MX for sponsorship reasons) was the 71st professional season of the top-flight football league in Mexico. The season is split into two championships\u2014the Torneo Apertura and the Torneo Clausura\u2014each in an identical format and each contested by the same eighteen teams.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [22, 22], "content_span": [23, 351]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275703-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Liga MX season, Teams, stadiums, and personnel\nThese are the eighteen teams that competed in the 2017-18 season. Chiapas was relegated to the Ascenso MX after accumulating the lowest coefficient last season, and were replaced by the Ascenso MX Clausura 2017 champion Lobos BUAP, who won promotion after defeating the Ascenso MX Apertura 2016 champion Dorados de Sinaloa in the 2016\u201317 Ascenso MX Promotion Final.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 54], "content_span": [55, 420]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275703-0002-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Liga MX season, Torneo Apertura\nThe Apertura 2017 is the first championship of the season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 39], "content_span": [40, 98]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275703-0003-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Liga MX season, Torneo Apertura, Regular season\nThe season began on 21 July 2017 and ended on 19 November 2017.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 55], "content_span": [56, 119]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275703-0004-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Liga MX season, Torneo Apertura, Regular season, Positions by round\nThe table lists the positions of teams after each week of matches. In order to preserve chronological evolvements, any postponed matches are not included in the round at which they were originally scheduled, but added to the full round they were played immediately afterwards. For example, if a match is scheduled for matchday 13, but then postponed and played between days 16 and 17, it will be added to the standings for day 16.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 75], "content_span": [76, 506]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275703-0005-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Liga MX season, Torneo Apertura, Regular Season statistics, Top goalscorers\nPlayers sorted first by goals scored, then by last name.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 83], "content_span": [84, 140]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275703-0006-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Liga MX season, Torneo Apertura, Attendance, Per team\nSource: Notes:Only regular season listed1: Team played in Ascenso MX last season.2: UNAM played one home match at Estadio Corregidora", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 61], "content_span": [62, 195]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275703-0007-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Liga MX season, Torneo Clausura\nThe Clausura 2018 is the second championship of the season. The regular phase of the tournament began in January 2018.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 39], "content_span": [40, 158]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275703-0008-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Liga MX season, Torneo Clausura, Regular season, Positions by round\nThe table lists the positions of teams after each week of matches. In order to preserve chronological evolvements, any postponed matches are not included in the round at which they were originally scheduled, but added to the full round they were played immediately afterwards. For example, if a match is scheduled for matchday 13, but then postponed and played between days 16 and 17, it will be added to the standings for day 16.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 75], "content_span": [76, 506]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275703-0009-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Liga MX season, Torneo Clausura, Regular Season statistics, Top goalscorers\nPlayers sorted first by goals scored, then by last name.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 83], "content_span": [84, 140]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275703-0010-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Liga MX season, Relegation table\nRules for relegation: 1) Relegation coefficient; 2) Goal difference; 3) Number of goals scored; 4) Head-to-head results between tied teams; 5) Number of goals scored away; 6) Fair Play points R = Relegated. Source:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 40], "content_span": [41, 255]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275703-0011-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Liga MX season, Aggregate table\nThe aggregate table (the sum of points of both the Apertura and Clausura tournaments) will be used to determine the participants of the Apertura 2018 Copa MX. This table also displays teams that have qualified for the 2019 CONCACAF Champions League.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 39], "content_span": [40, 289]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275704-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Liga Nacional de B\u00e1squet season\nThe 2017\u201318 Liga Nacional de B\u00e1squet season is the 34th season of the top professional basketball league in Argentina. The season started on 20 September 2017 with the Torneo S\u00faper 20, which finished on 18 November 2017. The regular season began on 29 November 2017 and finished on 6 May 2018. Starting this season, the competition format underwent significant changes.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [39, 39], "content_span": [40, 409]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275704-0000-0001", "contents": "2017\u201318 Liga Nacional de B\u00e1squet season\nInstead of two conferences (North and South), all 20 teams are placed in a single group and play a double round-robin, where the best 16 teams at the end of the season qualify for the championship playoffs, while the two teams with the worst record play in a best-of-five relegation series. Before the start of the regular season, the Torneo S\u00faper 20 took place, which awarded two berths to the 2018 Liga Sudamericana de B\u00e1squetbol. Salta Basket was relegated after losing the playoff series against Ferro Carril Oeste. San Lorenzo won their third consecutive title, defeating San Mart\u00edn de Corrientes in the finals.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [39, 39], "content_span": [40, 656]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275704-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Liga Nacional de B\u00e1squet season, Relegation and promotion\nTorneo Nacional de Ascenso Champions Club Comunicaciones covered the berth left by Atl\u00e9tico Echag\u00fce, who lost the relegation playoffs against Boca Juniors. Libertad conceded their spot due to financial difficulties, and traded places with Salta Basket in the Torneo Nacional de Ascenso, thus ending a streak of 19 seasons in the top flight of Argentine basketball.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 65], "content_span": [66, 431]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275704-0002-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Liga Nacional de B\u00e1squet season, Torneo S\u00faper 20\nThe inaugural edition of the pre-season tournament Torneo S\u00faper 20 took place between 20 September and 18 November 2017. Four groups of five teams each were formed, and played a double round-robin. The top three teams from each group advanced to the playoff stage directly, while the fourth and fifth teams of each group were paired in four best-of-three series to grant the four remaining berths for the playoff stage. The playoff stage consisted of best-of-three series up to the semifinals, where a final four, single-elimination match format was used. The two teams that reached the final were granted a berth in the 2018 Liga Sudamericana de B\u00e1squetbol.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 56], "content_span": [57, 715]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275704-0003-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Liga Nacional de B\u00e1squet season, Playoffs\nPlayoffs began on 6 May. The relegation series between Ferro Carril Oeste and Salta Basket is set to begin on 9 May.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 49], "content_span": [50, 166]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275705-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Liga Na\u021bional\u0103 (men's basketball)\nThe 2017\u201318 Liga Na\u021bional\u0103 season was the 68th season of the Liga Na\u021bional\u0103, the highest professional basketball league in Romania. U-BT Cluj-Napoca were the defending champion.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [41, 41], "content_span": [42, 219]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275705-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Liga Na\u021bional\u0103 (men's basketball), Competition format\nThe competition format will be the same as in the previous season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [43, 61], "content_span": [62, 128]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275705-0002-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Liga Na\u021bional\u0103 (men's basketball), Teams\nTimba Timi\u0219oara and Politehnica Ia\u0219i promoted from the last Liga I. There were not any relegations as there were only 11 teams in the previous season and Olimpic Baia Mare withdrew from the competition.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [43, 48], "content_span": [49, 251]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275706-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Liga Na\u021bional\u0103 (men's handball)\nThe 2017\u201318 Liga Na\u021bional\u0103 was the 60th season of Romanian Handball League, the top-level men's professional handball league. The league comprises 14 teams. Dinamo Bucure\u0219ti were the defending champions, for the second season in a row.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [39, 39], "content_span": [40, 275]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275706-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Liga Na\u021bional\u0103 (men's handball), Relegation play-offs\nThe 11th and 12th-placed teams of the Liga Na\u021bional\u0103 faced the 2nd and 3rd-placed teams of the Divizia A, from both Seria A and Seria B. The first place from each play-off group promoted to Liga Na\u021bional\u0103.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 61], "content_span": [62, 267]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275706-0002-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Liga Na\u021bional\u0103 (men's handball), Relegation play-offs, Third place\nBecause the winner of Divizia A, Seria B, CSM Oradea declined the participation in the 2018\u201319 Liga Na\u021bional\u0103, another play-off match was organised to establish the third place and implicitly the last team promoted. The match was played between the 2nd places from the two Relegation play-offs series.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 74], "content_span": [75, 376]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275707-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Liga Na\u021bional\u0103 (women's basketball)\nThe 2017\u201318 Liga Na\u021bional\u0103 season is the 68th season of the Liga Na\u021bional\u0103, the highest professional basketball league in Romania. Sepsi SIC Sf\u00e2ntu Gheorghe is the defending champion.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [43, 43], "content_span": [44, 227]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275707-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Liga Na\u021bional\u0103 (women's basketball), Competition format\nThe Romanian Basketball Federation agreed a change in the competition format for the 2017\u201318 season:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [45, 63], "content_span": [64, 164]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275707-0002-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Liga Na\u021bional\u0103 (women's basketball), Teams\nCSM T\u00e2rgovi\u0219te and Politehnica Ia\u0219i withdrew from the competition and enrolled in the Liga I.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [45, 50], "content_span": [51, 144]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275707-0003-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Liga Na\u021bional\u0103 (women's basketball), Teams\nSCM Timi\u0219oara and CSU Alba Iulia were promoted from the previous season of the Liga I.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [45, 50], "content_span": [51, 137]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275707-0004-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Liga Na\u021bional\u0103 (women's basketball), Play-offs\nThe higher seeded teams played games 1, 2 and 5 at home.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [45, 54], "content_span": [55, 111]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275708-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Liga Na\u021bional\u0103 (women's handball)\nThe 2017\u201318 Liga Na\u021bional\u0103 was the 60th season of Liga Na\u021bional\u0103, the top-level women's professional handball league. The league comprises 14 teams. CSM Bucure\u0219ti were the defending champions, for the third season in a row.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [41, 41], "content_span": [42, 265]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275708-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Liga Na\u021bional\u0103 (women's handball), Liga Na\u021bional\u0103 play-offs\nThe 11th and 12th-placed teams of the Liga Na\u021bional\u0103 faced the 2nd and 3rd-placed teams of the Divizia A, from both Seria A and Seria B. The first place from each play-off group promoted to Liga Na\u021bional\u0103.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [43, 67], "content_span": [68, 273]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275709-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Liga Paname\u00f1a de F\u00fatbol season\nThe 2017\u201318 Liga Paname\u00f1a de F\u00fatbol season (also known as the Liga Cable Onda) was the 28th season of top-flight football in Panama. The season began on 17 July 2017 and was scheduled to end in May 2018. Ten teams competed throughout the entire season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [38, 38], "content_span": [39, 291]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275709-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Liga Paname\u00f1a de F\u00fatbol season, Teams\nAtl\u00e9tico Nacional finished in 10th place in the overall table last season and were relegated to the Liga Nacional de Ascenso. Taking their place for this season are the overall champions of last season's Liga Nacional de Ascenso,Independiente.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 45], "content_span": [46, 289]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275709-0002-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Liga Paname\u00f1a de F\u00fatbol season, List of foreign players in the league\nThis is a list of foreign players for the 2017-2018. The following players:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 77], "content_span": [78, 153]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275710-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Liga Sport Zone\nThe 2017\u201318 season of the Liga Portuguesa de Futsal was the 28th season of top-tier futsal in Portugal. It was named Liga Sport Zone for sponsorship reasons. The regular season started on September 9, 2017, and ended on May 5, 2018. After the end of the regular season, the top eight teams played the championship playoffs.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [23, 23], "content_span": [24, 347]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275710-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Liga Sport Zone\nSporting CP won the competition for the third time in a row, matching the two best runs in the history of the competition.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [23, 23], "content_span": [24, 146]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275711-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 LigaPro\nThe 2017\u201318 LigaPro (also known as Ledman LigaPro for sponsorship reasons) was the 28th season of Portuguese football's second-tier league, and the fourth season under the current LigaPro title. A total of 20 teams competed in this division, including reserve sides from top-flight Primeira Liga teams.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [15, 15], "content_span": [16, 318]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275711-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 LigaPro, Teams\nA total of 20 teams contested the league, including 16 sides from the 2016\u201317 season, two teams relegated from the 2016\u201317 Primeira Liga and two promoted from the 2016\u201317 Campeonato de Portugal.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [17, 22], "content_span": [23, 217]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275711-0002-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 LigaPro, Awards, Annual awards, Liga Portugal\nThe Player of the Season was awarded to Ricardo Gomes (Nacional).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [17, 53], "content_span": [54, 120]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275711-0003-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 LigaPro, Awards, Annual awards, Liga Portugal\nThe Manager of the Season was awarded to Costinha (Nacional).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [17, 53], "content_span": [54, 116]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275711-0004-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 LigaPro, Awards, Annual awards, Liga Portugal\nThe Goalkeeper of the Season was awarded to Ricardo Ribeiro (Acad\u00e9mica).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [17, 53], "content_span": [54, 127]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275711-0005-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 LigaPro, Awards, Annual awards, Liga Portugal\nThe Young Player of the Year was awarded to Artur Abreu (Vit\u00f3ria de Guimar\u00e3es B).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [17, 53], "content_span": [54, 136]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275712-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Ligat Nashim\nThe 2017\u201318 Ligat Nashim was the 20th season of women's league football under the Israeli Football Association. League schedule began on 31 October 2017. The defending champions are F.C. Kiryat Gat, having won the title the previous season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [20, 20], "content_span": [21, 261]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275712-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Ligat Nashim\nIn the premier league, F.C. Kiryat Gat won its first championship while Hapoel Petah Tikva relegated. Hapoel Be'er Sheva won Women's Liga Leumit and was promoted to the top division.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [20, 20], "content_span": [21, 203]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275712-0002-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Ligat Nashim, Premier League, Positions by round\nThe table lists the positions of teams after each week of matches. Note that Championship round teams will play in 28 matchdays, and the Relegation round teams will compete in only 24 matches.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 56], "content_span": [57, 249]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275712-0003-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Ligat Nashim, Leumit League, Positions by round\nThe table lists the positions of teams after each week of matches. Note that Top Playoff teams will play in 20 matchdays, and the Bottom Playoff teams will compete in only 17 matches.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 55], "content_span": [56, 239]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275712-0004-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Ligat Nashim, Test Match\nBnot Netanya remained in the Premier League; Bnot Eilat remained in Leumit League.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 32], "content_span": [33, 115]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275713-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Ligue 1\nThe 2017\u201318 Ligue 1 season, also known as Ligue 1 Conforama for sponsorship reasons, was the 80th season since its establishment. The season started on 4 August 2017 and ended on 19 May 2018. Monaco were the defending champions.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [15, 15], "content_span": [16, 244]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275713-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Ligue 1\nOn 15 April, Paris Saint-Germain won their seventh Ligue 1 title with five games to spare following a 7\u20131 victory over Monaco.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [15, 15], "content_span": [16, 142]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275713-0002-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Ligue 1, Teams\nTwenty teams competed in the league, with three promoted teams from Ligue 2: Strasbourg (Ligue 2 champions, after a nine-year absence), Amiens (Ligue 2 runner-up, their first ever Ligue 1) and Troyes (winner of the relegation play-off against Lorient, with immediate return), replacing the three relegated teams from the 2016\u201317 Ligue 1 season: Bastia (finished 20th, after five years), Nancy (finished 19th, with immediate return) and Lorient (lost the relegation play-off against Troyes, after 11 years).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [17, 22], "content_span": [23, 529]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275713-0003-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Ligue 1, Results, Positions by round\nThe table lists the positions of teams after each week of matches. In order to preserve chronological evolvements, any postponed matches are not included to the round at which they were originally scheduled, but added to the full round they were played immediately afterwards.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [17, 44], "content_span": [45, 321]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275713-0004-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Ligue 1, Relegation play-offs\nThe 2017\u201318 season ended with a relegation play-off between the 18th-placed Ligue 1 team, Toulouse, and the winner of the semifinal of the Ligue 2 play-off, Ajaccio, on a two-legged confrontation.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [17, 37], "content_span": [38, 234]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275713-0005-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Ligue 1, Relegation play-offs\nThe first match, which was supposed to be held in Ajaccio, took place behind closed doors in Montpellier.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [17, 37], "content_span": [38, 143]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275713-0006-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Ligue 1, Relegation play-offs\nToulouse won 4\u20130 on aggregate and therefore both clubs remained in their respective leagues.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [17, 37], "content_span": [38, 130]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275714-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Ligue 1 (Ivory Coast)\nThe 2017\u201318 Ligue 1 is the 59th season of top-tier football in C\u00f4te d'Ivoire. The season began on 14 October 2017 and ended on 3 June 2018.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [29, 29], "content_span": [30, 169]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275715-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Ligue 1 Mauritania\nThe 2017\u201318 Ligue 1 Mauritania season is the 38th season of the premier football league in Mauritania. It began on 30 September 2017 and ended on 10 June 2018.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [26, 26], "content_span": [27, 186]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275716-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Ligue 2\nThe 2017\u201318 Ligue 2 (referred to as the Domino's Ligue 2 for sponsorship reasons) season was the 79th season since its establishment.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [15, 15], "content_span": [16, 149]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275716-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Ligue 2, Teams\nThere are 20 clubs in the league, with three promoted teams from Championnat National replacing the three teams that were relegated from Ligue 2 following the 2016\u201317 season. All clubs that secured Ligue 2 status for the season were subject to approval by the DNCG before becoming eligible to participate.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [17, 22], "content_span": [23, 328]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275716-0002-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Ligue 2, Promotion play-offs\nA promotion play-off competition was held at the end of the season, involving the 3rd, 4th and 5th-placed teams in 2017\u201318 Ligue 2, and the 18th-placed team in 2017\u201318 Ligue 1.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [17, 36], "content_span": [37, 213]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275716-0003-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Ligue 2, Promotion play-offs\nThe quarter-final was played on 15 May, the semi-final on 18 May and the final on 23 and 27 May 2018.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [17, 36], "content_span": [37, 138]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275716-0004-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Ligue 2, Relegation play-offs\nA relegation play-off was held at the end of the season between the 18th-placed Ligue 2 team and the 3rd-placed team of 2017\u201318 Championnat National. This was played over two legs on 22 and 27 May 2018.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [17, 37], "content_span": [38, 240]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275717-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Ligue Nationale du Football Amateur\nThe 2017\u201318 Ligue Nationale du football Amateur is the eighth season of the league under its current title and eighth season under its current league division format. A total of 48 teams will be contesting the league. The league is scheduled to start on September 15, 2017. RC Boumerdes, despite falling last season, but by the Federal Office at its meeting on 23 August 2017 decided to keep them in the Ligue Nationale du Football Amateur.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [43, 43], "content_span": [44, 484]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275718-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Liiga season\nThe 2017\u201318 Liiga season was the 43rd season of the SM-liiga (branded simply as \"Liiga\"), the top level of ice hockey in Finland, since the league's formation in 1975. Tappara was the season as a defending champion. This season included a record number of matches played on Fridays and Saturdays. In autumn, there was a national team break from 5 November until 13 November.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [20, 20], "content_span": [21, 395]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275718-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Liiga season\nThe specialties of the season included, for the first time in Liiga history, double games between KooKoo and Vaasan Sport. Teams met twice in October in consecutive evenings in Kouvola and in February twice in succession in Vaasa. In December, HIFK and K\u00e4rp\u00e4t met in the hockey outdoor show at Kaisaniemi, Helsinki.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [20, 20], "content_span": [21, 336]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275718-0002-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Liiga season\nIn 2018, the Liiga continued on Wednesday, 3 January. Ice hockey at the 2018 Winter Olympics in South Korea's Pyeongchang start with the Finland men's national ice hockey team on February 14, 2018. In Liiga, a full round was played on Saturday 17 February, after which the Olympic Games started. Liiga games resumed on Tuesday, February 27.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [20, 20], "content_span": [21, 361]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275718-0003-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Liiga season\nK\u00e4rp\u00e4t won the championship by winning Tappara in the final series 4-2.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [20, 20], "content_span": [21, 92]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275718-0004-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Liiga season, Regular season\nTop six advance straight to quarter-finals, while teams between 7th and 10th positions play wild card round for the final two spots. The Liiga is a closed series and thus there is no relegation.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 36], "content_span": [37, 231]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275718-0005-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Liiga season, Regular season\nRules for classification: 1) Points; 2) 3-point wins 3) Goal difference; 4) Goals scored; 5) Head-to-head points.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 36], "content_span": [37, 150]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275719-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Lille OSC season\nThe 2017\u201318 season was Lille OSC's 74th season in existence and the club's 18th consecutive season in the top flight of French football.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [24, 24], "content_span": [25, 161]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275719-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Lille OSC season, Players, Squad information\nNote: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 52], "content_span": [53, 181]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275719-0002-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Lille OSC season, Players, Out of squad\nNote: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 47], "content_span": [48, 176]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275719-0003-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Lille OSC season, Players, Out on loan\nNote: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 46], "content_span": [47, 175]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275720-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Linafoot\nThe 2017\u201318 Linafoot season is the 57th since its establishment. Linafoot is the top-flight association football league of DR Congo in Africa. The season started on 11 November 2017 and ended on 14 July 2018.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [16, 16], "content_span": [17, 226]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275720-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Linafoot, First round\nThere are three regional divisions with 8 to 10 teams. Advancing are top 3 from East, top 4 from West, top 4 from Center-South, and the best 5th-placed team from West or Center-South.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [18, 29], "content_span": [30, 213]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275720-0002-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Linafoot, Final round\nA total of 12 teams participate in the final round.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [18, 29], "content_span": [30, 81]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275721-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Lincoln City F.C. season\nThe 2017\u201318 season was Lincoln City's 134th season in their history and their first season back in League Two following promotion from the 2016\u201317 National League. Along with League Two, the club also participated in the FA Cup, EFL Cup and EFL Trophy.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [32, 32], "content_span": [33, 285]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275721-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Lincoln City F.C. season\nThe season covers the period from 1 July 2017 to 30 June 2018.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [32, 32], "content_span": [33, 95]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275721-0002-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Lincoln City F.C. season, Competitions, Friendlies\nAs of 28 June 2017, Lincoln City have announced five pre-season friendlies against Walsall, Oxford United, Gainsborough Trinity. Lincoln United and Peterborough United.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 58], "content_span": [59, 227]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275721-0003-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Lincoln City F.C. season, Competitions, Friendlies\nThe originally planned friendly against Oxford United was later cancelled.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 58], "content_span": [59, 133]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275721-0004-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Lincoln City F.C. season, Competitions, EFL Cup\nOn 16 June 2017, Lincoln City were drawn away to Rotherham United in the first round.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 55], "content_span": [56, 141]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275721-0005-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Lincoln City F.C. season, Competitions, EFL Trophy\nOn 12 July 2017, Lincoln City were drawn in Northern Group G alongside Everton U23s, Mansfield Town and Notts County. As group winners, Lincoln City were handed a home tie against Accrington Stanley in the second round.\u00b7 An away tie against Rochdale was announced for the third round.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 58], "content_span": [59, 343]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275722-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Lindenwood Lady Lions ice hockey season\nThe Lindenwood Lady Lions women represent Lindenwood University in CHA women's ice hockey during the 2017-18 NCAA Division I women's ice hockey season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 47], "section_span": [47, 47], "content_span": [48, 199]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275722-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Lindenwood Lady Lions ice hockey season, Awards and honors\nJolene deBruyn and Tayor Girard were named First Team CHA All-Stars, while Sierra Burt earned honors in the All-Rookie team.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 47], "section_span": [49, 66], "content_span": [67, 191]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275723-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Lipscomb Bisons men's basketball team\nThe 2017\u201318 Lipscomb Bisons men's basketball team represented Lipscomb University during the 2017\u201318 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Bisons, led by fifth-year head coach Casey Alexander, played their home games at Allen Arena in Nashville, Tennessee as members of the Atlantic Sun Conference. They finished the season 23\u201310, 10\u20134 in ASUN play to finish in second place. They defeated Stetson, Jacksonville and Florida Gulf Coast to become champions of the ASUN Tournament. They earned the ASUN's automatic bid to the NCAA Tournament where they lost in the First Round to North Carolina.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [45, 45], "content_span": [46, 645]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275723-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Lipscomb Bisons men's basketball team, Previous season\nThe Bisons finished the 2016\u201317 season 20\u201313, 11\u20133 in ASUN play to finish in second place. As the No. 2 seed in the ASUN Tournament, they defeated NJIT in the quarterfinals to advance to the semifinals where they lost to North Florida. Despite having 20 wins, they did not participate in a postseason tournament.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [47, 62], "content_span": [63, 375]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275724-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Lipscomb Bisons women's basketball team\nThe 2017\u201318 Lipscomb Bisons women's basketball team represents Lipscomb University in the 2017\u201318 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Bisons, led by sixth year head coach Greg Brown, play their home games at Allen Arena and were members of the Atlantic Sun Conference. They finished the season 12\u201319, 7\u20137 in A-Sun play to finish in fourth place. They advanced to the semifinals of A-Sun Tournament where they lost to Florida Gulf Coast.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 47], "section_span": [47, 47], "content_span": [48, 495]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275724-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Lipscomb Bisons women's basketball team, Media\nAll home games and conference road are shown on ESPN3 or A-Sun. TV. Non conference road games are typically available on the opponents website.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 47], "section_span": [49, 54], "content_span": [55, 198]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275725-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Little Rock Trojans men's basketball team\nThe 2017\u201318 Little Rock Trojans men's basketball team represented the University of Arkansas at Little Rock during the 2017\u201318 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Trojans, led by second-year head coach Wes Flanigan, played their home games at the Jack Stephens Center in Little Rock, Arkansas as members of the Sun Belt Conference. They finished the season 7\u201325, 4\u201314 in Sun Belt play to finish in last place. They lost in the first round of the Sun Belt Tournament to Appalachian State.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 49], "section_span": [49, 49], "content_span": [50, 546]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275725-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Little Rock Trojans men's basketball team\nOn March 9, 2018, the school fired head coach Wes Flanigan after just two seasons where he compiled a record of 22\u201342. On March 29, the school hired former NBA player Darrell Walker who had spent the last two seasons as head coach of Division II Clark Atlanta University.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 49], "section_span": [49, 49], "content_span": [50, 321]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275725-0002-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Little Rock Trojans men's basketball team, Previous season\nThe Trojans finished the 2016\u201317 season 15\u201317, 6\u201312 in Sun Belt play to finish in tenth place. They lost in the first round of the Sun Belt Tournament to Louisiana\u2013Lafayette.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 49], "section_span": [51, 66], "content_span": [67, 241]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275726-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Little Rock Trojans women's basketball team\nThe 2017\u201318 Little Rock Trojans women's basketball team represents the University of Arkansas at Little Rock during the 2017\u201318 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Trojans, led by fifteenth year head coach Joe Foley, play their home games at the Jack Stephens Center and were members of the Sun Belt Conference. They finished the season 23\u201310, 17\u20131 in Sun Belt play to win the Sun Belt regular season and tournament titles to earn an automatic trip to the NCAA Women's Tournament where they lost in the first round to Florida State.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 51], "section_span": [51, 51], "content_span": [52, 595]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275726-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Little Rock Trojans women's basketball team, Previous season\nThey finished the season 25\u20139, 17\u20131 in Sun Belt play to win the Sun Belt regular season title. They advanced to the semifinals of the Sun Belt Women's Tournament where they lost to Louisiana\u2013Lafayette. They received an automatic bid to the WNIT where defeated Southern Miss in the first round before losing to Alabama in the second round.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 51], "section_span": [53, 68], "content_span": [69, 407]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275727-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Liverpool F.C. season\nThe 2017\u201318 season was Liverpool's 126th season in existence, and their 56th consecutive season in the top flight of English football. It was also the club's 26th consecutive season in the Premier League. Along with the Premier League, the club also competed in the FA Cup, the EFL Cup and the UEFA Champions League. The season covered the period from 1 July 2017 to 30 June 2018. It began with an away 3\u20133 draw against Watford and ended with a 3\u20131 loss to Real Madrid in the UEFA Champions League Final.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [29, 29], "content_span": [30, 534]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275727-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Liverpool F.C. season, Season review, Pre-season\nLiverpool began their preseason in the same manner as last year, a visit to Tranmere Rovers on 12 July. Liverpool won 0\u20134 with goals from James Milner (from the penalty spot), Marko Gruji\u0107, Pedro Chirivella, and Ben Woodburn (from the penalty spot as well.) The Reds next trip was to Wigan Athletic on 14 July where they drew 1\u20131 going 1\u20130 down early, but the equalizing goal coming in first half stoppage time from new signing Mohamed Salah.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 56], "content_span": [57, 499]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275727-0001-0001", "contents": "2017\u201318 Liverpool F.C. season, Season review, Pre-season\nOn 19 July, Liverpool played their first match of the 2017 Premier League Asia Trophy friendly tournament in Hong Kong against Crystal Palace. The Reds won 2\u20130 thanks to goals from another new signing, Dominic Solanke, and Divock Origi. The Reds advanced to the final, played on 22 July, the day after announcing new signing Andrew Robertson on a deal from Hull City, against Leicester City. Liverpool won the tournament defeating Leicester in the final 2\u20131, despite conceding first, due to goals from Salah and Philippe Coutinho.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 56], "content_span": [57, 587]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275727-0002-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Liverpool F.C. season, Season review, Pre-season\nLiverpool returned to Europe to play their next pre-season match on 29 July against Hertha BSC, a match that celebrated the two clubs respective 125th anniversaries of existence. Liverpool got the better of the German side winning 0\u20133 in Berlin with goals scored by Solanke, Gini Wijnaldum, and Salah.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 56], "content_span": [57, 358]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275727-0002-0001", "contents": "2017\u201318 Liverpool F.C. season, Season review, Pre-season\nLiverpool's next two matches were as a part of another pre-season tournament as the club partook in the 2017 Audi Cup, defeating Bayern Munich at Bayern's home stadium 0\u20133 in their first match of the tournament on 1 August, the goals coming from Sadio Man\u00e9, yet another from Salah, and Daniel Sturridge. In the final on the next day, Liverpool lost to Atl\u00e9tico Madrid, 1\u20131 (4\u20135 in penalties) with a Roberto Firmino spot kick pushing the game to penalties before ultimately losing.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 56], "content_span": [57, 537]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275727-0002-0002", "contents": "2017\u201318 Liverpool F.C. season, Season review, Pre-season\nIn the days before their final pre-season match, Liverpool were dealt a blow as it was revealed that Adam Lallana was injured in the final and, according to manager J\u00fcrgen Klopp, would be out for \"a couple of months.\" In the final friendly on 5 August in Dublin against Athletic Bilbao, Liverpool finished strong winning the match 3\u20131 thanks to Firmino's spot kick, Woodburn's strike in the second half, and Solanke's headed finish.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 56], "content_span": [57, 489]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275727-0003-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Liverpool F.C. season, Season review, August\nLiverpool began their Premier League campaign on 12 August with a trip to Vicarage Road to take on Watford. Watford opened the scoring in the eighth minute with a Stefano Okaka header off a corner kick, however Mane levelled in the 29th minute, only for Abdoulaye Doucour\u00e9 to give Watford a 2\u20131 in the 32nd where it stood at the half. In the second half, Liverpool took the lead after goals from Firmino from the spot and Salah in the 55th and 57th minutes, respectively.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 52], "content_span": [53, 524]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275727-0003-0001", "contents": "2017\u201318 Liverpool F.C. season, Season review, August\nHowever, in the 93rd Miguel Britos once again levelled the game with a controversial equalizer off another corner kick to set the score at 3\u20133 where the game finished. Following the match, manager Klopp expressed disappointment in the equalizer counting making the claim that Britos was offside when scoring. Liverpool had no time to despair over lost points as they set off to Germany to square off with Hoffenheim in the first leg of their Champions League qualifier on 15 August. The match was Liverpool's first Champions League match since December 2014.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 52], "content_span": [53, 611]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275727-0003-0002", "contents": "2017\u201318 Liverpool F.C. season, Season review, August\nIn the tenth minute, Simon Mignolet made a penalty save to keep the game level at 0\u20130 where it stood until Trent Alexander-Arnold's 35th minute free kick goal, the first in a Liverpool shirt for him. A James Milner attempted cross deflected off H\u00e5vard Nordtveit and that went down as an own goal to make it 0\u20132 in the 74th. Hoffenheim responded with a Mark Uth 87th-minute goal but, despite the nervy finish, Liverpool saw off the final minutes of the 1\u20132 victory in the away leg.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 52], "content_span": [53, 533]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275727-0003-0003", "contents": "2017\u201318 Liverpool F.C. season, Season review, August\nLiverpool returned home for the first time in the season where on 19 August they played Crystal Palace. The Reds were victorious defeating Palace 1\u20130 thanks to a Mane goal in the 73rd. This marked the first victory at home against Palace for Liverpool since 2013. On 23 August, Liverpool played the home leg of their Champions League qualifier against Hoffenheim. Liverpool got off to a fantastic early start with a 3\u20130 scoreline after 21 minutes thanks to two goals from Emre Can and one from Salah.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 52], "content_span": [53, 553]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275727-0003-0004", "contents": "2017\u201318 Liverpool F.C. season, Season review, August\nUth pulled one back in the 28th to make it 3\u20131, however, Firmino tacked one more on in the 63rd making it 4\u20131. Sandro Wagner made it 4\u20132 in the 79th, but it was only a consolation goal as Liverpool won 4\u20132 (6\u20133 on aggregate) and advanced on to the Champions League group stage. Liverpool's final game of the month, and before the international break, was at home against Arsenal on 27 August.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 52], "content_span": [53, 445]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275727-0003-0005", "contents": "2017\u201318 Liverpool F.C. season, Season review, August\nIn what was called a \"dazzling attacking display\", Liverpool won 4\u20130 thanks to goals before the half from Firmino and Mane in the 17th and 40th minutes, respectively, and goals after the half from Salah in the 57th minute and Sturridge in the 77th minute. On 29 August Liverpool made a transfer move for the 2018\u201319 season as the club announced Naby Ke\u00efta from RB Leipzig would join the club effective 1 July 2018.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 52], "content_span": [53, 467]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275727-0004-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Liverpool F.C. season, Season review, September\nLiverpool's September began with a visit to the Etihad Stadium to take on Manchester City on 9 September. Manchester City opened the scoring through Sergio Ag\u00fcero in the 25th minute, and a Mane high boot drew a hotly-debated red card putting the Reds down to ten men. From there City scored four more goals, two from Gabriel Jesus and two from Leroy San\u00e9 to mark a 5\u20130 victory. Liverpool manager Klopp felt that the challenge was not a red card worthy incident and noted the event was a \"game-changing incident.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 55], "content_span": [56, 568]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275727-0004-0001", "contents": "2017\u201318 Liverpool F.C. season, Season review, September\nLiverpool next began UEFA Champions League group stage play at home against Sevilla on 13 September. The Reds went down in the 5th minute after a costly Dejan Lovren mistake allowed Wissam Ben Yedder to tap Sevilla ahead. Liverpool roared back in response with a Firmino goal in the 21st and a Salah goal in the 37th to put them back on top before the half. In the 41st minute, however, with the chance to put Liverpool ahead by two goals, Firmino missed a chance from the penalty spot.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 55], "content_span": [56, 542]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275727-0004-0002", "contents": "2017\u201318 Liverpool F.C. season, Season review, September\nJoaqu\u00edn Correa drew Sevilla level in the 72nd and the game finished at 2\u20132. Liverpool faced a Premier League fixture next as they squared off with Burnley on 16 September. The match was notable for being Philippe Coutinho's return to the Liverpool starting eleven following a busy transfer window in which Barcelona had widely reported interest in the player to the point where the club released a statement explicitly stating Coutinho would remain a Liverpool player at the close of the summer window.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 55], "content_span": [56, 558]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275727-0004-0003", "contents": "2017\u201318 Liverpool F.C. season, Season review, September\nScott Arfield put the visitors up 0\u20131 in the 27th, however Salah responded with an equalizer just three minutes later to put the scoreline at 1\u20131 where it stood till the final whistle. The Reds faced another midweek test on 19 September where they faced off with Leicester City at King Power Stadium in the Carabao Cup. Leicester scored twice in the second half through Shinji Okazaki and Islam Slimani in the 65th and 78th minutes to knock the Reds out of the Cup tournament with a 2\u20130 defeat.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 55], "content_span": [56, 550]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275727-0004-0004", "contents": "2017\u201318 Liverpool F.C. season, Season review, September\nThat weekend, on 23 September, Liverpool played a second game at King Power Stadium against Leicester, this time in the league. Salah kicked off scoring in the 15th while Coutinho scored his first goal of the season with a stunning free kick in the 23rd to put Liverpool up 0\u20132. Right before the halftime whistle, Okazaki got Leicester a goal back on a scrambled effort off a corner kick. Captain Jordan Henderson put the Reds up 1\u20133 in the 68th with a counter-attacking goal, however Jamie Vardy got the goal back just a minute later.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 55], "content_span": [56, 591]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275727-0004-0005", "contents": "2017\u201318 Liverpool F.C. season, Season review, September\nIn the 73rd, goalie Simon Mignolet gave up a penalty kick, which, taken by Vardy, was saved by the keeper to keep the scoreline at 2\u20133, the final score. The final game of the month was another Champions League group stage bout, this time in Moscow against Spartak Moscow on 26 September. Spartak opened the scoring off a 23rd minute Fernando free kick, however Liverpool responded in the 31st through a Coutinho goal. The game finished level at one and Liverpool earned another point in group stage play.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 55], "content_span": [56, 560]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275727-0005-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Liverpool F.C. season, Season review, October\nLiverpool opened their October on the first of the month at St James' Park against Newcastle. Coutinho, through an out of the box effort, put Liverpool ahead in the 29th minute, however Newcastle leveled just seven minutes later through a Joselu goal that resulted after an attempted Jo\u00ebl Matip tackle deflected off Joselu and into the net. The scoreline remained at 1\u20131 for the rest of the game resulting in a draw. Following the international break, the Reds returned to action on 14 October at Anfield to square off with Manchester United in a match that ended 0\u20130.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 53], "content_span": [54, 622]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275727-0005-0001", "contents": "2017\u201318 Liverpool F.C. season, Season review, October\nThe Reds then returned to midweek action heading to Slovenia to take on Maribor on 17 October. In a record breaking performance, Liverpool thrashed Maribor 0\u20137 breaking the record for biggest away win not just in Liverpool history but by any English side in the European competition. Goals came from Firmino, Coutinho, Salah, another from Firmino, a second from Salah, the first of Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain's Liverpool career, and a capper from Trent Alexander-Arnold. On 22 October, Liverpool visited Wembley Stadium to take on Tottenham. The Reds fell behind 2\u20130 quickly following defensive mistakes in which Lovren drew heavy criticism for.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 53], "content_span": [54, 696]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275727-0005-0002", "contents": "2017\u201318 Liverpool F.C. season, Season review, October\nLovren was later subbed off for Chamberlain at the 30th minute. Salah drew Liverpool back one in the 24th, but Dele Alli chipped a goal in before the stroke of halftime. Harry Kane put in his second of the game in the 56th and the Reds were given a 4\u20131 defeat. The final fixture of the month took place on 28 October back at Anfield against newly promoted Huddersfield Town, managed by Klopp's longtime friend David Wagner. Following a 0\u20130 first half, including a saved Salah penalty in the 43rd, the Reds put three past Huddersfield in the second half. The first came from Sturridge in the 50th, the second from Firmino just eight minutes later, and the final coming from Wijnaldum in the 75th to cap off a 3\u20130 victory.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 53], "content_span": [54, 774]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275727-0006-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Liverpool F.C. season, Season review, November\nNovember opened up for Liverpool on the first of the month at Anfield in their home fixture against Maribor in the Champions League group stage. Following a goalless first half, the Reds scored three in the second to get a 3\u20130 victory over their Slovenian counterparts. The goals came from Salah in the 49th, Emre Can in the 64th, and Sturridge in the 90th. The Reds were also given a penalty kick in the 54th, but Milner could not take advantage. This victory put the Reds one point clear at the top of their group.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 54], "content_span": [55, 571]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275727-0006-0001", "contents": "2017\u201318 Liverpool F.C. season, Season review, November\nFollowing that mid-week bout, the Reds then traveled to London to take on West Ham on 4 November. Salah and Matip put the Reds ahead 0\u20132 at the half as they scored within three minutes of each other, but West Ham countered in the 55th through Manuel Lanzini. Just a minute later, however, the Reds got their goal back through Oxlade-Chamberlain's first league goal as a Liverpool player. Salah added his second of the game in the 75th and Liverpool went on to a 1\u20134 victory in what was ultimately Slaven Bili\u0107's final match in charge of the Hammers.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 54], "content_span": [55, 604]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275727-0006-0002", "contents": "2017\u201318 Liverpool F.C. season, Season review, November\nFollowing international break, the Reds were back in action on 18 November at home against Southampton, marking Virgil van Dijk's first visit to Anfield following links with Liverpool in which the club had to make a public statement renouncing interest in the Dutchman. The Reds enjoyed two first-half goals in ten minutes from Salah and a third in the 68th minute from Coutinho en route to a 3\u20130 victory. Up next was the second meeting in the group against Sevilla, this time in Spain on 21 November.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 54], "content_span": [55, 556]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275727-0006-0003", "contents": "2017\u201318 Liverpool F.C. season, Season review, November\nThe Reds roared at the start with goals from Firmino in the 2nd, Mane in the 22nd, and Firmino again in the 30th to go up 0\u20133 at the half. Unfortunately, the good times stopped there as Ben Yedder scored first in the 51st off an \u00c9ver Banega free kick, then again in the 60th off a penalty kick, both of which the fouls conceded were given up by Alberto Moreno, who received substantial criticism for these two missteps in spite of his otherwise solid \"reboot\" to his Liverpool career.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 54], "content_span": [55, 539]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275727-0006-0004", "contents": "2017\u201318 Liverpool F.C. season, Season review, November\nLiverpool held on until the 93rd minute in which Guido Pizarro leveled the game at 3\u20133 and completed the Sevilla comeback. The Reds took a point, however, and remained at the top of the group through five games. The Reds then had to look to recover in time for their weekend bout back at Anfield against defending champions Chelsea on 25 November. Salah scored against his former club putting Liverpool up 1\u20130 in the 65th, but off the bench Willian equalized at 1\u20131 in the 85th on a shot that appeared to be an attempt to cross the ball.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 54], "content_span": [55, 592]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275727-0006-0005", "contents": "2017\u201318 Liverpool F.C. season, Season review, November\nThe score stayed this way till the end and twice in a week Liverpool let in a late equalizer. The final fixture of the month occurred at the Bet365 Stadium as Liverpool traveled to take on Stoke City in a mid-week Premier League bout on 29 November. Mane put the Reds out front in the 17th and gave them the halftime lead, then Salah, off the bench, scored two in six minutes to give Liverpool the 0\u20133 victory capping off a month of four games of where the Reds won by three goals.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 54], "content_span": [55, 536]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275727-0007-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Liverpool F.C. season, Season review, December\nLiverpool opened a busy December with a game at the Falmer Stadium against Brighton & Hove Albion on 2 December. Two goals within a minute of each other, first from Can (who was playing at centre back) then Firmino, gave Liverpool a 0\u20132 lead and they finished the game winning 1\u20135 thanks to additional goals from Firmino, Coutinho, and a Dunk own goal. Brighton's only goal came from Glenn Murray who scored from the penalty spot. The next game was the final game of the Champions League group stage, a home bout against Spartak Moscow on 6 December.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 54], "content_span": [55, 605]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275727-0007-0001", "contents": "2017\u201318 Liverpool F.C. season, Season review, December\nLiverpool needed a result to make it to the next round so tensions were running high at Anfield. However, the Reds dispatched Spartak 7\u20130, with goals coming from Firmino, Salah, a double from Mane and a hat trick for Coutinho and finished the group at the top. The next fixture was the first league installment of the season of the Merseyside derby against crosstown rivals Everton on 10 December at Anfield. Liverpool maintained control throughout the first half and Salah's curling effort in the 42nd minute gave Liverpool the lead.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 54], "content_span": [55, 589]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275727-0007-0002", "contents": "2017\u201318 Liverpool F.C. season, Season review, December\nLiverpool continued to dominate but a dubious penalty decision against Lovren saw Wayne Rooney converted a penalty in the 77th to tie the game at 1\u20131 where it finished. Klopp said following the game about the controversial penalty incident, \"In my understanding, it's not a penalty.\" The next game was yet another held at Anfield where Liverpool hosted West Brom on 13 December.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 54], "content_span": [55, 433]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275727-0007-0003", "contents": "2017\u201318 Liverpool F.C. season, Season review, December\nThe game was a 0\u20130 stalemate against West Brom at Anfield, with the most notable event being an 82nd minute Solanke goal was disallowed for a handball drawing conversation on whether or not the correct call was made. On 17 December at the Vitality Stadium, Liverpool took on Bournemouth. The Reds bounced back in the next game winning 0\u20134 with goals from Coutinho, Lovren, and Salah before the half, and Firmino after. The next game was against Arsenal at the Emirates on 22 December.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 54], "content_span": [55, 539]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275727-0007-0004", "contents": "2017\u201318 Liverpool F.C. season, Season review, December\nIn an exciting affair, Liverpool went 0\u20132 up through Coutinho in the 26th and Salah in the 52nd minute, but Arsenal took the lead with three goals in five minutes through goals from Alexis S\u00e1nchez, Granit Xhaka (on a long shot in which goalie Mignolet was heavily criticized for not doing better) and Mesut \u00d6zil. The Reds evened the score at 3\u20133 with a 71st-minute goal from Firmino giving the team their 8th league draw in 19 games, at the time the second most in the league.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 54], "content_span": [55, 531]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275727-0007-0005", "contents": "2017\u201318 Liverpool F.C. season, Season review, December\nLiverpool then returned to Anfield for their Boxing Day fixture against bottom-place Swansea City. Coutinho gave the Liverpool early in the first half and the game stood at 1\u20130 at half, but with a goal from Firmino in the 52nd, one from Alexander-Arnold in the 65th, another from Firmino in the 66th, and a capper from Oxlade-Chamberlain in the 82nd gave the Reds a 5\u20130 victory. On 27 December, ahead of the New Year, Liverpool also welcomed the news of long-term target Virgil van Dijk, signed for a generally reported fee going up to \u00a375 million.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 54], "content_span": [55, 603]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275727-0007-0006", "contents": "2017\u201318 Liverpool F.C. season, Season review, December\nWith their new signing in attendance, Liverpool played their final match of the calendar year on 30 December against Leicester at Anfield. Vardy gave the Foxes a 0\u20131 lead in the 3rd where it stood until the 52nd with a Salah equalizer. Salah scored again in the 76th giving Liverpool a 2\u20131 victory and ensuring the Reds would end 2017 in the top four.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 54], "content_span": [55, 406]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275727-0008-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Liverpool F.C. season, Season review, January\nThe Reds opened their 2018 on the first day of the year by traveling to Turf Moor to take on Burnley. Mane broke the deadlock in the 61st with a goal but J\u00f3hann Berg Gu\u00f0mundsson leveled the score in the 87th minute. The Reds, however, were able to get all three points off a Ragnar Klavan header in the 94th minute with a 1\u20132 final. Following the triumph in the league, the Reds hosted Everton for the second time in under 30 days, this time in the third round of the 2017\u201318 FA Cup on 5 January.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 53], "content_span": [54, 550]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275727-0008-0001", "contents": "2017\u201318 Liverpool F.C. season, Season review, January\nWhile Everton received the hotly contested penalty in the first meeting, Liverpool was the one to benefit from a controversial penalty call as Mason Holgate brought Lallana down inside the box and Milner converted the penalty in the 35th minute. The derby match also featured Holgate and Firmino getting into a verbal altercation shortly before the end of the first half following a push from Holgate to Firmino that sent the latter over the advertising boards. In the 67th minute, Gylfi Sigur\u00f0sson scored on a counterattack to equalize the game at one.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 53], "content_span": [54, 607]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275727-0008-0002", "contents": "2017\u201318 Liverpool F.C. season, Season review, January\nIn the 84th minute, however, van Dijk in his Liverpool debut scored off a corner kick making it 2\u20131 and marking a second game in a row with a late headed goal from a defender to win the game. The day after, on 6 January, the club made the official announcement that (subject to a medical and personal terms) Coutinho would be leaving for Barcelona on a deal that Paul Joyce of The Times reported could reach up to \u00a3142 million. Coutinho was subsequently announced by Barcelona that day.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 53], "content_span": [54, 540]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275727-0008-0003", "contents": "2017\u201318 Liverpool F.C. season, Season review, January\nOn 14 January, Liverpool took on the undefeated Manchester City at Anfield in hopes of deal City their first loss in the league as well as a measure of revenge for the 0\u20135 loss the Reds were dealt in the reverse fixture. Liverpool started off strong with an Oxlade-Chamberlain goal in the ninth minute, but City scored an equalizer through in the 40th through a Leroy Sane effort. From the 59th to the 68th, Liverpool extended the lead to 4\u20131 through goals from Firmino, Mane, and Salah in a thrilling ten minutes of action.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 53], "content_span": [54, 578]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275727-0008-0004", "contents": "2017\u201318 Liverpool F.C. season, Season review, January\nCity got one back in the 84th from Bernardo Silva and another from \u0130lkay G\u00fcndo\u011fan in the 91st put it at 4\u20133, but the Reds held on and doled City their first loss of the league season. The next game for the Reds was a 22 January meeting in South Wales against Swansea and recently placed manager Carlos Carvalhal. Alfie Mawson scored the lone goal of the match in the 40th minute and the bottom place Swans took all three from the Reds with a 1\u20130 defeat given to the visitors.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 53], "content_span": [54, 529]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275727-0008-0005", "contents": "2017\u201318 Liverpool F.C. season, Season review, January\nIn the fourth round proper of the FA Cup, on 27 January, Liverpool took on West Brom. Firmino's chip in the fifth gave the early lead, but a four-minute double to Jay Rodriguez put West Brom up 1\u20132 in the 11th. Video assistant referee replay played a crucial first half role as it denied Craig Dawson a goal to make the game 1\u20133, then awarded a penalty to Liverpool, which was subsequently missed by Firmino. West Brom added a third with an own goal from Matip late in first half added time.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 53], "content_span": [54, 545]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275727-0008-0006", "contents": "2017\u201318 Liverpool F.C. season, Season review, January\nSalah put the Reds within one in the 78th, but the 2\u20133 scoreline stood and the Reds were stunned at home by the second from bottom Baggies in the cup. The final fixture of the month was on 30 January where the Reds visited John Smith's Stadium and Huddersfield Town. Emre Can's long range effort in the 26th put the Reds up 0\u20131 early, and Firmino added a second right before the break. Salah's 78th minute spot kick made it 0\u20133 and Liverpool finished January with a comfortable victory.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 53], "content_span": [54, 540]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275727-0009-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Liverpool F.C. season, Season review, February\nFebruary's first fixture occurred on the 4th when the Reds welcomed Tottenham to Anfield. Liverpool were off to a flying start following Salah's goal in the third minute giving Liverpool an early 1\u20130 lead. The score stayed this way until a screamer from Victor Wanyama in the 80th set off a frenetic close to the game.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 54], "content_span": [55, 373]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275727-0009-0001", "contents": "2017\u201318 Liverpool F.C. season, Season review, February\nThe 85th minute saw goalie Loris Karius come out and attempt to slide tackle the ball away from Harry Kane, however referee Jon Moss awarded a controversial penalty to Spurs for an infraction where some fans and pundits claimed Kane dived in hopes to win a call.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 54], "content_span": [55, 317]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275727-0009-0002", "contents": "2017\u201318 Liverpool F.C. season, Season review, February\nKane took, and subsequently missed, the kick in the 87th and in the 91st minute, Salah gave an outstanding solo effort to find a seeming winner for the Reds, but yet again a controversial penalty was given when van Dijk attempted to clear the ball from the box but missed and hit Erik Lamela. Kane took this penalty as well and converted in the 95th leaving the game level at 2\u20132. A frustrated Klopp stated following the game, \"I don't understand either of the penalty situations.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 54], "content_span": [55, 535]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275727-0009-0003", "contents": "2017\u201318 Liverpool F.C. season, Season review, February\nThe first one was offside and the second, I know already what the ref and his assistant will say. There was a touch, a little touch. But Lamela has jumped into him and wanted the touch and to go down.\" Spurs manager Mauricio Pochettino saw the incidents differently saying, \"Both were a penalty and it is not controversial. Sometimes people complain about the referee, but when they are right it is good to tell everyone.\" The Reds had a week off until their trip to St Mary's Stadium in Southampton on 11 February.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 54], "content_span": [55, 570]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275727-0009-0004", "contents": "2017\u201318 Liverpool F.C. season, Season review, February\nIn winter signing van Dijk's first match back in Southampton, the Reds won the match 0\u20132 with goals from Firmino in the sixth and Salah in the 42nd. Although Van Dijk did receive a hostile reception. The next fixture for Liverpool was on Valentine's Day in Portugal where the Reds played in the round of 16 of the Champions League for the first time since 2009. Against Porto, the Reds opened scoring in the 25th through a Mane goal that was also mishandled by Porto keeper Jos\u00e9 S\u00e1.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 54], "content_span": [55, 537]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275727-0009-0005", "contents": "2017\u201318 Liverpool F.C. season, Season review, February\nSalah added another goal in the 29th to take the lead to 0\u20132, where it stood at the halftime whistle. In the second half, the goals continued as Mane added a second in the 53rd, Firmino scored his first of the game in the 69th, and Mane got his hat-trick goal in the 85th to give the Reds a 0\u20135 first leg victory. Following a four-day mini camp in Marbella the Reds returned home for their final fixture of the month on 24 February against West Ham.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 54], "content_span": [55, 504]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275727-0009-0006", "contents": "2017\u201318 Liverpool F.C. season, Season review, February\nCan opened the scoring with a header off a corner in the 29th, and Salah in the 51st and Firmino in the 57th added on to the lead. Michail Antonio added one for the Hammers in the 59th to put the score at 3\u20131, but a Mane goal in the 77th to make it 4\u20131 put the game away and, for the day, the Reds moved into second place.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 54], "content_span": [55, 377]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275727-0010-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Liverpool F.C. season, Season review, March\nLiverpool's first match of the month was a home bout on 3 March against Newcastle, as the Reds welcomed back manager Rafa Ben\u00edtez, who won the 2005 Champions League with the club. Salah opened the scoring in the 40th minute and Mane put in another in the 55th to give the Reds a comfortable 2\u20130 victory over the Magpies. The Reds then played mid-week at home on 6 March against Porto in the return fixture of the Champions League round of 16.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 51], "content_span": [52, 494]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275727-0010-0001", "contents": "2017\u201318 Liverpool F.C. season, Season review, March\nIt was a quiet affair, Mane had a chance that hit the post and Danny Ings had a strong effort saved, but the game ended 0\u20130 and Liverpool moved on to the quarterfinals. Following these matches, on 10 March Liverpool traveled to Old Trafford in another iteration of the Northwest Derby against Manchester United. Marcus Rashford scored twice in ten minutes to give United a 2\u20130 lead within 25 minutes, were the score stood till the half.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 51], "content_span": [52, 488]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275727-0010-0002", "contents": "2017\u201318 Liverpool F.C. season, Season review, March\nAn Eric Bailly own goal put Liverpool back in business in the 66th, but it was not enough and a 2\u20131 scoreline was final. The loss put the Reds five points back of second place. On 16 March, the Reds learned that their Champions League quarterfinal opponent would be the only other English team remaining, Manchester City. The fixtures were set for 4 April at Anfield and 10 April at the Etihad. The following day, Liverpool returned to Anfield to square off with Watford and, in stylish fashion, dispatched the Hornets 5\u20130.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 51], "content_span": [52, 575]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275727-0010-0003", "contents": "2017\u201318 Liverpool F.C. season, Season review, March\nSalah had his first English hat trick as he scored in the 4th, 43rd, and 77th, and then added one more for good measure in the 85th. Firmino added in one of his own in the 49th. The final fixture of the month occurred on 31 March at Selhurst Park against Crystal Palace. Palace opened the scoring in the 13th with a Luka Milivojevi\u0107 spot kick and the 1\u20130 scoreline held into halftime. Just four minutes into the second half, however, Liverpool struck back with a Mane goal off a Milner cross. The 1\u20131 deadlock was broken as Salah slotted home another in the 84th and the Reds took a 1\u20132 victory out of London.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 51], "content_span": [52, 661]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275727-0011-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Liverpool F.C. season, Season review, April\nLiverpool opened up the month of April of the fourth as they took on Manchester City at Anfield in the first leg of the Champions League quarter-finals. The Reds got off to a flying start with goals from Salah in the 12th, Oxlade-Chamberlain off a brilliant effort from outside the box in the 21st, and finally Mane in the 31st. The Reds finished with a comfortable 3\u20130 victory and for the second time this season defeated City at home.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 51], "content_span": [52, 488]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275727-0011-0001", "contents": "2017\u201318 Liverpool F.C. season, Season review, April\nIn between the first and second legs, Liverpool traveled across the river to take on Merseyside rivals Everton at Goodison Park on 7 April. The affair ended 0\u20130, with the best effort coming from Yannick Bolasie, who tried a curling effort only for it to be saved well by Karius. The Reds could not find a goal, and their opportunity to go second in the table was missed. Up next was the second leg of the quarter-finals at the Etihad against Manchester City on 10 April.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 51], "content_span": [52, 522]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275727-0011-0002", "contents": "2017\u201318 Liverpool F.C. season, Season review, April\nCity needed at least three goals, and they found one almost immediately from Gabriel Jesus in just the second minute. The Reds seemed slightly wobbled, and chances from Bernardo Silva and a goal ruled offside from Leroy Sane highlighted that. Following the half, however, with City manager Pep Guardiola sent to the stands during the break, Liverpool found their away goal in the 56th from Salah, and another in the 77th from Firmino. The Reds would win 1\u20132 and advance 5\u20131 on aggregate to the semi-finals.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 51], "content_span": [52, 558]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275727-0011-0003", "contents": "2017\u201318 Liverpool F.C. season, Season review, April\nLiverpool returned home to Anfield to take on Bournemouth on 14 April, and they celebrated their advancement with a strong 3\u20130 showing. The goals came from Mane in the 7th, Salah in the 69th, and Firmino with a 90th minute addition to the scoreline. Next came a match with bottom-place West Brom on 21 April. The Baggies, coming off a victory at Manchester United to clinch the title in favor of Manchester City, had already forced Liverpool to drop points at Anfield and defeated them in the FA Cup.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 51], "content_span": [52, 552]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275727-0011-0004", "contents": "2017\u201318 Liverpool F.C. season, Season review, April\nLiverpool found another early goal through Danny Ings, his first since the final match of Brendan Rodgers' tenure as Liverpool manager. Salah added another in the 72nd, and the Reds seemed on their way to all three points. However, a 79th-minute goal from Jake Livermore and an 88th-minute leveler from Salom\u00f3n Rond\u00f3n to make it 2\u20132 meant the points would be shared. Liverpool could not dwell on this result as the final European night at Anfield was on deck on 24 April in the Champions League semi-finals against A.S. Roma.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 51], "content_span": [52, 577]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275727-0011-0005", "contents": "2017\u201318 Liverpool F.C. season, Season review, April\nThe first key action of the game was not a goal, but rather an injury as Oxlade-Chamberlain went down with what was eventually ruled as a knee ligament injury. The Reds could not find a breakthrough until a sparkling 36th-minute effort from Salah against his former team put the Reds ahead. Salah added another in the first minute of added time of the first half and the Reds carried a 2\u20130 lead into the second half. The Reds would not stop as Mane added a third in the 56th and Firmino had an eight-minute double to make the lead 5\u20130.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 51], "content_span": [52, 587]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275727-0011-0006", "contents": "2017\u201318 Liverpool F.C. season, Season review, April\nRoma, however, got two key away goals back through Edin D\u017eeko in the 81st and Diego Perotti from the penalty spot after a James Milner handball in the 85th. Regardless, the Reds walked away with a 5\u20132 and the driver's seat of the second leg. The next day, the club would announce that Oxlade-Chamberlain was set to miss the remainder of the season as well as the 2018 World Cup for England. The final fixture of the month was at Anfield against 19th place Stoke City on 28 April.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 51], "content_span": [52, 531]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275727-0011-0007", "contents": "2017\u201318 Liverpool F.C. season, Season review, April\nLiverpool had the best of the chances: a Salah miss on a one-on-one with the keeper in the fifth, an Ings effort ruled out for offside in the 40th, and a controversial potential handball on Erik Pieters in the 87th, but neither team could find the net and the final score was 0\u20130.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 51], "content_span": [52, 332]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275727-0012-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Liverpool F.C. season, Season review, May\nLiverpool's May began with the second leg of the Champions League semi-finals against Roma on 2 May. Liverpool quickly got an away goal from Mane in the ninth minute, striking first in the match. Just six minutes later, however, in the 15th minute, Roma would see one back after an attempted Lovren clearance struck Milner directly in the face and back into the Liverpool net. The Reds then saw a second goal in the 25th minute off a Wijnaldum header on a corner kick, marking his first away goal for Liverpool.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 49], "content_span": [50, 561]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275727-0012-0001", "contents": "2017\u201318 Liverpool F.C. season, Season review, May\nThe match entered the half 1\u20132 and with Liverpool in strong position to advance, however Roma continue to attack. Dzeko scored in the 52nd to level the match score, then Radja Nainggolan hit an exceptional long shot in the 86th. Finally, Klavan was penalized for Liverpool and Nainggolan achieved a brace off a spot kick in the 94th, but with Roma needed one more for extra time it was too little, too late. The final whistle sounded and Liverpool, while losing 4\u20132, advanced on an aggregate score of 6\u20137 and would see Real Madrid in the Champions League Final.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 49], "content_span": [50, 611]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275727-0012-0002", "contents": "2017\u201318 Liverpool F.C. season, Season review, May\nThat weekend, Liverpool would take on Chelsea on 6 May at Stamford Bridge, with a win sealing top four and Champions League for the next season. Alas, in the 32nd minute, it was Chelsea striker Olivier Giroud who found the lone goal of the game and Chelsea won 1\u20130, giving them an opportunity to be level with Liverpool on points on the last match-day.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 49], "content_span": [50, 402]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275727-0012-0003", "contents": "2017\u201318 Liverpool F.C. season, Season review, May\nThis, however, was not the case for Chelsea as they stumbled to Huddersfield 1\u20131 on 9 May, meaning Liverpool would need, barring a massive goal differential swing, just a draw regardless of Chelsea's final day result to clinch fourth place. Liverpool's final Premier League match of the season took place at Anfield against Brighton & Hove Albion on 13 May. The Reds wasted little time in finding the breakthrough as Salah scored in the 26th minute and sealed the record for most goals in a 38-game Premier League season, with 32. Just five minutes before halftime, Lovren doubled the Reds lead with a massive header. Liverpool continued forward as Solanke and Andy Robertson scored their first Liverpool goals in the 53rd and 85th minutes as Liverpool cruised to a 4\u20130 victory and, as a result, fourth place in the Premier League.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 49], "content_span": [50, 881]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275727-0013-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Liverpool F.C. season, Season review, May\nKiev's Olimpiyskiy National Sports Complex hosted the Champions League final on 26 May against the two-time defending champions in Madrid. Liverpool suffered an early blow as Salah sustained what Klopp later specified as a serious injury to \"either the collarbone or the shoulder\" after just 30 minutes of play. Regardless, the score was 0\u20130 at the half but in the 51st minute, Karim Benzema pounced on a Karius roll-out of the ball and ultimately get a foot to direct the ball net-bound and give Madrid the 1\u20130 lead.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 49], "content_span": [50, 567]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275727-0013-0001", "contents": "2017\u201318 Liverpool F.C. season, Season review, May\nLiverpool equalized in the 55th through Mane off a corner kick, but nine minutes after that Gareth Bale came off the bench and deliver a stunning bicycle kick to break the deadlock again. Bale found his second of the game and Madrid's third in the 83rd off a long shot that Karius mishandled into his own net. Madrid went on to win the Champions League 3\u20131 and Karius found harsh criticism for mistakes described as part of a \"horror show\" of a night for the Liverpool keeper.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 49], "content_span": [50, 526]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275727-0013-0002", "contents": "2017\u201318 Liverpool F.C. season, Season review, May\nA few days after the game, Karius was diagnosed with a concussion which likely occurred in a clash between him and Sergio Ramos a few minutes before Madrid's first goal. Despite the season-ending heartbreak, this was Liverpool's best Champions League performance since 2007 and widely considered another step in the right direction for Liverpool as a whole.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 49], "content_span": [50, 407]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275727-0014-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Liverpool F.C. season, Friendlies, Pre-season\nAs of 15 June 2017, Liverpool have announced four pre-season friendlies against Hertha BSC, Athletic Bilbao Tranmere Rovers and Wigan Athletic.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 53], "content_span": [54, 197]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275727-0015-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Liverpool F.C. season, Friendlies, Pre-season, Premier League Asia Trophy\nLiverpool faced Crystal Palace in their opening game at the 2017 Premier League Asia Trophy.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 81], "content_span": [82, 174]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275727-0016-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Liverpool F.C. season, Friendlies, Pre-season, Audi Cup\nDetails for the 2017 Audi Cup were announced on 15 June 2017.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 63], "content_span": [64, 125]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275727-0017-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Liverpool F.C. season, Competitions, Premier League, Matches\nOn 14 June 2017, the fixtures for the forthcoming season were announced.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 68], "content_span": [69, 141]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275727-0018-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Liverpool F.C. season, Competitions, FA Cup\nIn the FA Cup, Liverpool entered in the third round and were drawn at home to Everton.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 51], "content_span": [52, 138]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275727-0019-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Liverpool F.C. season, Competitions, EFL Cup\nLiverpool joined the competition in the third round and were drawn away Leicester City.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 52], "content_span": [53, 140]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275727-0020-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Liverpool F.C. season, Competitions, UEFA Champions League\nOn 4 August 2017, Liverpool were drawn against Bundesliga side 1899 Hoffenheim in a two-legged tie for a place in the main competition.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 66], "content_span": [67, 202]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275727-0021-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Liverpool F.C. season, Competitions, UEFA Champions League, Group stage\nAfter beating 1899 Hoffenheim in the last round, Liverpool qualified for the group stage and were drawn in Group E against Spartak Moscow, Sevilla and Maribor.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 79], "content_span": [80, 239]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275727-0022-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Liverpool F.C. season, Competitions, UEFA Champions League, Knockout phase\nThe draw for the round of 16 was held on 11 December 2017, 12:00 CET, at the UEFA headquarters in Nyon, Switzerland.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 82], "content_span": [83, 199]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275727-0023-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Liverpool F.C. season, Competitions, UEFA Champions League, Knockout phase\nThe draw for the quarter-finals was held on 16 March 2018, 12:00 CET, at the UEFA headquarters in Nyon, Switzerland.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 82], "content_span": [83, 199]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275727-0024-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Liverpool F.C. season, Competitions, UEFA Champions League, Knockout phase\nThe draw for the semi-finals was held on 13 April 2018, 12:00 CET, at the UEFA headquarters in Nyon, Switzerland.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 82], "content_span": [83, 196]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275727-0025-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Liverpool F.C. season, Club awards, End-of-season awards\n2018 Liverpool F.C. Players\u2019 Awards, held at Anfield on 10 May 2018.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 64], "content_span": [65, 133]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275727-0026-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Liverpool F.C. season, Club awards, Liverpool Standard Chartered Player of the Month award\nAwarded monthly to the player that was chosen by fans voting on", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 98], "content_span": [99, 162]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275728-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Liverpool L.F.C. season\nThe 2017\u201318 season is Liverpool Ladies Football Club's 29th season of competitive football and its eighth season in the FA Women's Super League and at the top level of English women's football, being one of the league's foundation clubs.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [31, 31], "content_span": [32, 269]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275728-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Liverpool L.F.C. season\nFollowing a reorganisation of top-level women's football in England, the 2017\u201318 season was the first after the FA WSL shifted its calendar to match the traditional autumn-to-spring axis of football in Europe.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [31, 31], "content_span": [32, 241]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275729-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Livingston F.C. season\nThe 2017\u201318 season was Livingston's first season back in the Scottish Championship after their promotion from League One at the end of the 2016\u201317 season. Livingston also competed in the Challenge Cup, League Cup and the Scottish Cup.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [30, 30], "content_span": [31, 265]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275729-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Livingston F.C. season, Summary, Season\nLivingston finished as runners-up in the Scottish Championship and were promoted to the Scottish Premiership for the first time since 2006 with victory over Partick Thistle in the premiership play-offs. Livingston also reached the quarter-final of the League Cup, the second round of the Challenge Cup and the fourth round of the Scottish Cup.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 47], "content_span": [48, 391]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275730-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Logan Cup\nThe 2017\u201318 Logan Cup was the 24th edition of the Logan Cup, a first-class cricket competition that took place in Zimbabwe. It started on 4 October 2017 and included a new team, the Rising Stars, along with the existing four teams. Mountaineers were the defending champions.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 17], "section_span": [17, 17], "content_span": [18, 292]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275730-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Logan Cup\nIn December 2017, Zimbabwe Cricket postponed all the remaining fixtures scheduled to take place in the tournament. Zimbabwe Cricket were struggling to pay players' salaries for November and December and wanted to upgrade their facilities for the 2018 Cricket World Cup Qualifier, which took place in Zimbabwe in March 2018. Initially, the tournament did not resume after the Cricket World Cup Qualifier, with the final three rounds not being played. However, in April 2018, Zimbabwe Cricket confirmed that the tournament would restart, with the remaining rounds of the competition played during April and May 2018. Mountaineers retained their title, after the final match ended as a draw.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 17], "section_span": [17, 17], "content_span": [18, 706]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275731-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 London & South East Premier\nThe 2017\u201318 London & South East Premier season is the 31st season of level 5 in the London and South East region of English rugby union. It consists of thirteen teams from England and one from the Channel Island of Guernsey. It will be the first season organised under the London & South East Premier title following the rename from \"National League 3 London & SE\" during the off-season. This decision was made by the Rugby Football Union owing to the fact that it was felt that the league title was misleading as it was not a nationwide league but was instead the highest level of rugby in the London and South East region.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [35, 35], "content_span": [36, 660]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275731-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 London & South East Premier\nThe winners are promoted to National League 2 South with the runners-up entering a play-off against the runner-up of South West Premier. The bottom three are relegated to either London 1 North or London 1 South.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [35, 35], "content_span": [36, 247]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275731-0002-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 London & South East Premier, Teams\nFourteen teams will compete in the 2017\u201318 London & South East Premier season. Nine of the teams competing made up the previous year's National League 3 London & SE league. Leaving the league were Tonbridge Juddians who were promoted to National League 2 South as champions of the previous year. Wimbledon were also promoted from the league after winning a play-off against National League 3 South West runners-up, Dings Crusaders. Amersham and Chiltern, Chichester and Colchester were all relegated from the league due to finishing in the relegation places.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 42], "content_span": [43, 601]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275731-0003-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 London & South East Premier, Teams\nPromoted into the league are Tring as champions of London 1 North and Sidcup as winners of London 1 South. The final promoted team is Tunbridge Wells who finished second in London 1 South and defeated Chingford in a promotion play-off to earn back-to-back promotions and play at Level 5 for the first time in their history. Barnes also joined the league after being relegated from 2016\u201317 National League 2 South. Owing to an imbalance in the leagues between the regions, Towcestrians were level transferred into London & South East Premier from Midlands Premier.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 42], "content_span": [43, 606]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275732-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Long Beach State 49ers men's basketball team\nThe 2017\u201318 Long Beach State 49ers men's basketball team represented California State University, Long Beach during the 2017\u201318 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The 49ers were led by 11th-year head coach Dan Monson and played their home games at the Walter Pyramid as members of the Big West Conference. They finished the season 15\u201318, 9\u20137 in Big West play to finish in fifth place. They lost in the quarterfinals of the Big West Tournament to Cal State Fullerton.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 52], "section_span": [52, 52], "content_span": [53, 525]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275732-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Long Beach State 49ers men's basketball team, Previous season\nThe 49ers finished the 2016\u201317 season 15\u201319, 9\u20137 in Big West play to finish in fourth place. They defeated Hawaii in the quarterfinals of the Big West Tournament before losing to UC Irvine in the semifinals.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 52], "section_span": [54, 69], "content_span": [70, 277]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275733-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Longwood Lancers men's basketball team\nThe 2017\u201318 Longwood Lancers men's basketball team represented Longwood University during the 2017\u201318 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. They were led by head coach Jayson Gee, in his fifth season, and played their home games at Willett Hall in Farmville, Virginia as members of the Big South Conference. They finished the season 7\u201326, 3\u201315 in Big South play to finish in last place. They defeated High Point in the first round of the Big South Tournament to advance to the quarterfinals where they lost to Radford.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [46, 46], "content_span": [47, 568]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275733-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Longwood Lancers men's basketball team\nOn March 2, 2018, head coach Jayson Gee was fired. He finished at Longwood with a five-year record of 42\u2013120. On March 22, the school hired UMBC assistant Griff Aldrich as head coach.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [46, 46], "content_span": [47, 230]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275733-0002-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Longwood Lancers men's basketball team, Previous season\nThe 2016\u201317 Lancers finished the season 6\u201324, 3\u201315 in Big South play to finish in ninth place. They lost in the first round of the Big South Tournament to Charleston Southern.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [48, 63], "content_span": [64, 239]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275734-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Lorca FC season\nDuring the 2017\u201318 season, Lorca FC are participating in the Spanish LaLiga 1|2|3, and the Copa del Rey.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [23, 23], "content_span": [24, 128]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275734-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Lorca FC season, Squad\nNote: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 30], "content_span": [31, 159]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275735-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Los Angeles Clippers season\nThe 2017\u201318 Los Angeles Clippers season was the 48th season of the franchise in the National Basketball Association (NBA), their 40th season in Southern California, and their 34th season in Los Angeles. Two-time Executive Of The Year winner Jerry West would join the Clippers as a special consultant.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [35, 35], "content_span": [36, 336]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275735-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Los Angeles Clippers season\nFor the first time since 2011, Chris Paul was not on the roster as he was traded to the Houston Rockets in the off-season in exchange for Patrick Beverley, Lou Williams, Sam Dekker, Montrezl Harrell, Darrun Hilliard, DeAndre Liggins, Kyle Wiltjer, a first round pick next year, and cash. Head coach Doc Rivers would also relinquish his role as a President of Basketball Operations for the team on August 4, with the role being replaced by Lawrence Frank.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [35, 35], "content_span": [36, 490]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275735-0002-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Los Angeles Clippers season\nOn January 28, 2018, the Clippers traded their franchise cornerstone and 2009 1st overall pick Blake Griffin to the Detroit Pistons alongside Brice Johnson and Willie Reed for Tobias Harris, Avery Bradley, Boban Marjanovi\u0107, and two draft picks, effectively ending the Lob City era.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [35, 35], "content_span": [36, 317]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275735-0003-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Los Angeles Clippers season\nOn April 1, 2018, the Clippers streak of 50 or more wins since the 2012-13 season came to an end with a loss to the Indiana Pacers.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [35, 35], "content_span": [36, 167]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275735-0004-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Los Angeles Clippers season\nWith a loss to the Denver Nuggets on April 7, 2018, the Clippers were eliminated from playoff contention for the first time since the 2010\u201311 season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [35, 35], "content_span": [36, 185]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275735-0005-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Los Angeles Clippers season\nFollowing this season, Austin Rivers was traded to the Washington Wizards in exchange for Marcin Gortat.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [35, 35], "content_span": [36, 140]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275735-0006-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Los Angeles Clippers season\nThis was also DeAndre Jordan's last season as a Clipper. After 10 years of being on the team, on July 6, 2018, DeAndre signed a one-year deal with the Dallas Mavericks.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [35, 35], "content_span": [36, 204]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275735-0007-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Los Angeles Clippers season, Draft\nThe Clippers did not have a pick in the 2017 NBA Draft, but acquired both the Philadelphia 76ers' 39th pick, Jawun Evans out of Oklahoma State, and Milwaukee Bucks' 48th pick, Sindarius Thornwell out of South Carolina, for cash considerations.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 42], "content_span": [43, 287]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275735-0008-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Los Angeles Clippers season, Player statistics, Regular season\nBold \u2013 Leaders (Qualified)* \u2013 Recorded statistics when playing for Los Angeles", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 70], "content_span": [71, 149]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275736-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Los Angeles Kings season\nThe 2017\u201318 Los Angeles Kings season was the 51st season (50th season of play) for the National Hockey League franchise that was established on June 5, 1967. The Kings made the playoffs, but were swept by the Vegas Golden Knights in the First Round.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [32, 32], "content_span": [33, 282]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275736-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Los Angeles Kings season, Schedule and results, Preseason\nThe Kings announced their preseason schedule on June 15, 2017.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 65], "content_span": [66, 128]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275736-0002-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Los Angeles Kings season, Schedule and results, Preseason\nNotes: Game was played at Mercedes-Benz Arena in Shanghai, China. Game was played at LeSports Center in Beijing, China.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 65], "content_span": [66, 186]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275736-0003-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Los Angeles Kings season, Schedule and results, Regular season\nThe team's regular season schedule was released on June 22, 2017.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 70], "content_span": [71, 136]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275736-0004-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Los Angeles Kings season, Schedule and results, Regular season\nLegend:\u00a0\u00a0Win (2 points)\u00a0\u00a0Loss (0 points)\u00a0\u00a0Overtime/shootout loss (1 point)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 70], "content_span": [71, 145]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275736-0005-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Los Angeles Kings season, Player statistics, Goaltenders\n\u2020Denotes player spent time with another team before joining the Kings. Stats reflect time with the Kings only. \u2021Traded mid-season. Stats reflect time with the Kings only. Bold/italics denotes franchise record", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 64], "content_span": [65, 273]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275736-0006-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Los Angeles Kings season, Transactions\nThe Kings have been involved in the following transactions during the 2017\u201318 season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 46], "content_span": [47, 132]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275736-0007-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Los Angeles Kings season, Draft picks\nBelow are the Los Angeles Kings' selections at the 2017 NHL Entry Draft, which was held on June 23 and 24, 2017 at the United Center in Chicago.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 45], "content_span": [46, 190]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275737-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Los Angeles Lakers season\nThe 2017\u201318 Los Angeles Lakers season was the franchise's 70th season, its 69th season in the National Basketball Association (NBA), and its 58th in Los Angeles.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [33, 33], "content_span": [34, 195]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275737-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Los Angeles Lakers season\nOn December 18, 2017 against the Golden State Warriors, the Lakers retired the numbers 8 and 24 of former shooting guard Kobe Bryant, making him the first NBA player to have two numbers retired on the same team.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [33, 33], "content_span": [34, 245]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275737-0002-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Los Angeles Lakers season, Draft\nOriginally, the Lakers were at risk of losing their own first round pick this year to the Philadelphia 76ers due to the stipulations of a previous trade involving Steve Nash and the Phoenix Suns and having less than 50% odds of keeping the pick despite having the third-worst record that season. However, they not only kept the pick, but also moved up a spot in the process.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 40], "content_span": [41, 415]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275737-0002-0001", "contents": "2017\u201318 Los Angeles Lakers season, Draft\nThe Lakers will ultimately lose their first round pick for the 2018 NBA draft, regardless of whether it goes to the 76ers or the Boston Celtics later on, but they will at least keep their first round pick for the 2019 NBA draft as opposed to giving it to the Orlando Magic as a result of their Dwight Howard trade around the same period. Their original second first round pick at #28, however, came from the Houston Rockets as an incentive to trade away Lou Williams in exchange for Corey Brewer.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 40], "content_span": [41, 537]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275737-0002-0002", "contents": "2017\u201318 Los Angeles Lakers season, Draft\nOn June 20, two days before the draft began, the Lakers would acquire a new first round pick by getting the worst of the Brooklyn Nets' first round picks at #27 alongside their star center Brook Lopez in a trade in exchange for star combo guard D'Angelo Russell and Russian center Timofey Mozgov. On draft night, though, the Lakers acquired two more picks in the draft by trading their weakest first round pick (which became power forward/center Tony Bradley from the most recent NCAA Champions in North Carolina University) to the Utah Jazz for Picks #30 & 42 in this year's draft.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 40], "content_span": [41, 623]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275737-0003-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Los Angeles Lakers season, Draft\nWith the 2nd pick of the draft, the Lakers selected their hometown star Lonzo Ball, who played point guard during his sole season at UCLA. During that time there, Lonzo averaged a league-leading 7.6 assists to go with 14.6 points, 6.0 rebounds, 1.8 steals, and 0.8 blocks per game in 36 total games there. He also earned the Wayman Tisdale Award, the Pac-12 Freshman of The Year Award, First Team All-Pac-12 Honors, and consensus First-Team All-American Honors in the process.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 40], "content_span": [41, 517]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275737-0003-0001", "contents": "2017\u201318 Los Angeles Lakers season, Draft\nNext up, with the pick they acquired from the Brooklyn Nets, the Lakers took power forward Kyle Kuzma from the University of Utah. In Kuzma's final year at Utah, he joined Ball in being a member of the All-Pac-12 First Team by averaging 16.4 points, 9.3 rebounds, and 2.4 assists as a junior. With their last pick in the first round of the draft, the Lakers selected senior shooting guard Josh Hart from Villanova University.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 40], "content_span": [41, 466]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275737-0003-0002", "contents": "2017\u201318 Los Angeles Lakers season, Draft\nThroughout his time there (which included an NCAA Championship in his junior season), Hart averaged 13.1 points, 5.5 rebounds, and 1.8 assists per game at Villanova while earning plenty of awards in each of his last three seasons there. The Lakers ended their draft night by taking sophomore power forward/center Thomas Bryant from Indiana University. In his time at Indiana, Bryant averaged 12.2 points, 6.2 rebounds, 1.2 blocks, and nearly an assist per game throughout his college career. He made the Big 10 Conference's Freshman Team and the All-Big 10 Third Team Honors in his first season there.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 40], "content_span": [41, 642]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275738-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Louisiana Ragin' Cajuns men's basketball team\nThe 2017\u201318 Louisiana Ragin' Cajuns men's basketball team represented the University of Louisiana at Lafayette during the 2017\u201318 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Ragin' Cajuns were led by eighth-year head coach Bob Marlin and played their home games at the Cajundome as members in the Sun Belt Conference. They finished the season 27\u20137, 16\u20132 in Sun Belt play to win the Sun Belt regular season championship. The conference championship was the school's first since first regular-season title since sharing the 2000 title and its first outright title since joining the conference in 1991.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 53], "section_span": [53, 53], "content_span": [54, 654]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275738-0000-0001", "contents": "2017\u201318 Louisiana Ragin' Cajuns men's basketball team\nThey defeated Texas State in the quarterfinals of the Sun Belt Tournament before losing in the semifinals to Texas\u2013Arlington. As a regular season conference champion who failed to win their conference tournament, they received an automatic bid to the National Invitation Tournament where they lost in the First Round to LSU.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 53], "section_span": [53, 53], "content_span": [54, 378]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275738-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Louisiana Ragin' Cajuns men's basketball team\nHead coach Bob Marlin sparked controversy after it was announced that the Cajuns would play in-state rival LSU in the NIT, believing the Cajuns were the better team and should have been given home-court advantage. He also said of LSU, \"Sometimes, a team that tied for ninth in their league isn\u2019t interested in playing. But they haven\u2019t been very good for a couple of years, so the NIT is a big step for them.\" Late in the game, which LSU won, Marlin and LSU head coach Will Wade had to be restrained while yelling at each other.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 53], "section_span": [53, 53], "content_span": [54, 582]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275738-0002-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Louisiana Ragin' Cajuns men's basketball team, Previous season\nThe Ragin' Cajuns finished the 2016\u201317 season 21\u201312, 10\u20138 in Sun Belt play to finish in a three-way tie for sixth place. They defeated Little Rock in the first round of the Sun Belt Tournament before losing to Georgia State in the quarterfinals. They did not participate in a postseason tournament.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 53], "section_span": [55, 70], "content_span": [71, 369]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275739-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Louisiana Ragin' Cajuns women's basketball team\nThe 2017\u201318 Louisiana Ragin' Cajuns women's basketball team represents the University of Louisiana at Lafayette during the 2017\u201318 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Ragin' Cajuns are led by sixth-year head coach Garry Brodhead and play their double-header home games at the Cajundome with the men and single games at the Earl K. Long Gymnasium, which is located on the University of Louisiana at Lafayette campus. They were members in the Sun Belt Conference. They finished the season 17\u201316, 10\u20138 in Sun Belt play to finish in a 3 way tie for sixth place. They advanced to the semifinals of the Sun Belt Women's Tournament where they lost to Texas State.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 55], "section_span": [55, 55], "content_span": [56, 723]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275739-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Louisiana Ragin' Cajuns women's basketball team, Previous season\nThe Ragin' Cajuns finished the 2016\u201317 season 20-11, 11\u20137 in Sun Belt play to finish fourth in the conference. They made it to the 2016-17 Sun Belt Conference Women's Basketball championship game after defeating Louisiana-Monroe, Texas State, and Little Rock in the First Round, Quarterfinals, and the Semifinals, respectively. They lost in heartbreaking fashion against Troy in the championship by the score of 64-78. The Ragin' Cajuns did not participate in post-season play.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 55], "section_span": [57, 72], "content_span": [73, 550]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275740-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Louisiana Tech Bulldogs basketball team\nThe 2017\u201318 Louisiana Tech Bulldogs basketball team represented Louisiana Tech University during the 2017\u201318 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Bulldogs, led by third-year head coach Eric Konkol, played their home games at the Thomas Assembly Center in Ruston, Louisiana as members of Conference USA. They finished the season 17\u201316, 7\u201311 in C-USA play to finish in a tie for ninth place. As the No. 10 seed in the C-USA Tournament, they defeated North Texas before losing to Old Dominion in the quarterfinals.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 47], "section_span": [47, 47], "content_span": [48, 567]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275740-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Louisiana Tech Bulldogs basketball team, Previous season\nThe Bulldogs finished the 2016\u201317 season 23\u201310, 14\u20134 in C-USA play to finish in second place. They beat UAB in the quarterfinals of the C-USA Tournament before losing to Marshall in the semifinals. Despite finishing with 23 wins, the school declined to participate in a postseason tournament marking the first time since 2013 that they did not participate in a postseason tournament.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 47], "section_span": [49, 64], "content_span": [65, 448]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275741-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Louisiana Tech Lady Techsters basketball team\nThe 2017\u201318 Louisiana Tech Lady Techsters basketball team represented the Louisiana Tech University during the 2017\u201318 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Lady Techsters, led by second year co-head coaches Brooke Stoehr and Scott Stoehr, played their home games at Thomas Assembly Center and were members of Conference USA. They finished the season 19\u201312, 10\u20136 in C-USA play to finish in a 4-way tie for third place. They lost in the quarterfinals of the C-USA Women's Tournament to North Texas. They received an at-large bid to the Women's National Invitation Tournament where they lost to Missouri State in the first round.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 53], "section_span": [53, 53], "content_span": [54, 690]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275742-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Louisiana\u2013Monroe Warhawks men's basketball team\nThe 2017\u201318 Louisiana\u2013Monroe Warhawks men's basketball team represented the University of Louisiana at Monroe in the 2017\u201318 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Warhawks, led by eighth-year head coach Keith Richard, played their home games at Fant\u2013Ewing Coliseum as members of the Sun Belt Conference. They finished the season 16\u201316, 9\u20139 in Sun Belt play to finish in a tie for fifth place. They defeated Arkansas State in the first round of the Sun Belt Tournament before losing in the quarterfinals to Georgia Southern. They received an invitation to the CollegeInsider.com Tournament where they lost in the first round to Austin Peay.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 55], "section_span": [55, 55], "content_span": [56, 702]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275742-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Louisiana\u2013Monroe Warhawks men's basketball team, Previous season\nThe Warhawks finished the 2016\u201317 season 9\u201324, 2\u201316 in Sun Belt play to finish in last place. In the Sun Belt Tournament, they defeated Arkansas State before losing to Texas State in the quarterfinals.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 55], "section_span": [57, 72], "content_span": [73, 274]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275743-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Louisiana\u2013Monroe Warhawks women's basketball team\nThe 2017\u201318 Louisiana\u2013Monroe women's basketball team represents University of Louisiana at Monroe in the 2017\u201318 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Warhawks, led by fourth year head coach Jeff Dow, play their home games at Fant\u2013Ewing Coliseum and were members of the Sun Belt Conference. They finished the season 4\u201326, 1\u201317 in Sun Belt play to finish in last place. They lost in the first round of the Sun Belt Women's Tournament to South Alabama.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 57], "section_span": [57, 57], "content_span": [58, 517]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275743-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Louisiana\u2013Monroe Warhawks women's basketball team, Previous season\nThey finished the season 6\u201324, 3\u201315 in Sun Belt play to finish in last place. They lost in the first round of the Sun Belt Women's Tournament to Louisiana\u2013Lafayette.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 57], "section_span": [59, 74], "content_span": [75, 240]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275744-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Louisville Cardinals men's basketball team\nThe 2017\u201318 Louisville Cardinals men's basketball team represented the University of Louisville during the 2017\u201318 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The team played its home games on Denny Crum Court at the KFC Yum! Center in downtown Louisville, Kentucky as members of the Atlantic Coast Conference. They were led by interim head coach David Padgett after former head coach Rick Pitino was fired due to an FBI investigation into the school.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 50], "section_span": [50, 50], "content_span": [51, 499]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275744-0000-0001", "contents": "2017\u201318 Louisville Cardinals men's basketball team\nThey finished the season 22\u201314 overall, and 9\u20139 in ACC conference play, finishing in a tie for 8th with Florida State, who they defeated in the second round of the ACC Tournament before losing to Virginia in the quarterfinals. They received an invitation to the NIT, where they defeated Northern Kentucky in the first round and Middle Tennessee in the second round before being defeated in the quarterfinals by Mississippi State.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 50], "section_span": [50, 50], "content_span": [51, 480]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275744-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Louisville Cardinals men's basketball team\nFollowing their NIT quarterfinal loss, Louisville announced that Padgett would not be retained as head coach. On March 27, 2018, Xavier head coach Chris Mack was hired by Louisville.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 50], "section_span": [50, 50], "content_span": [51, 233]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275744-0002-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Louisville Cardinals men's basketball team, Previous season\nThe Cardinals finished the 2016\u201317 season with a record of 25\u20139, 12\u20136 in ACC play to finish in a three-way tie for second place. They lost to Duke in the quarterfinals of the ACC Tournament. They received an at-large bid to the NCAA Tournament as a No. 2 seed in the Midwest Region. They defeated #15 Jacksonville State in the First Round before being upset by #7 Michigan in the Second Round.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 50], "section_span": [52, 67], "content_span": [68, 461]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275744-0003-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Louisville Cardinals men's basketball team, FBI investigation\nOn September 26, 2017 federal prosecutors in New York announced that the school was under investigation for an alleged \"pay for play\" scheme involving recruits at Louisville. The allegations state that an Adidas executive conspired to pay $100,000 to the family of a top-ranked national recruit to play at Louisville and to represent Adidas when he turned pro. The criminal complaint does not name Louisville specifically but appears to involve the recruitment of Brian Bowen, a late, surprise commit to the school. On September 27, head coach Rick Pitino and athletic director Tom Jurich were placed on administrative leave.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 50], "section_span": [52, 69], "content_span": [70, 695]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275744-0004-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Louisville Cardinals men's basketball team, FBI investigation\nAssistant coach David Padgett was named interim head coach on September 29. On October 6, the school also placed associate head coach Kenny Johnson and assistant coach Jordan Fair on administrative leave. On October 11, Louisville announced that Trent Johnson, former head coach at LSU and Stanford, was hired as an assistant coach. On the same day, the school announced assistant coach Jordan Fair had been fired. On October 19, Louisville hired former Ohio State assistant Greg Paulus as an assistant.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 50], "section_span": [52, 69], "content_span": [70, 573]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275744-0005-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Louisville Cardinals men's basketball team, FBI investigation\nOn October 16, 2017, the school officially fired Rick Pitino as head coach.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 50], "section_span": [52, 69], "content_span": [70, 145]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275744-0006-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Louisville Cardinals men's basketball team, Roster\nOn September 27, 2017, the school suspended Brian Bowen from the team due to the ongoing FBI investigation. On October 1, it was reported that Bowen had hired an attorney to seek reinstatement to the team.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 50], "section_span": [52, 58], "content_span": [59, 264]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275745-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Louisville Cardinals women's basketball team\nThe 2017\u201318 Louisville Cardinals women's basketball team represented the University of Louisville during the 2017\u201318 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Cardinals, led by 11th-year head coach Jeff Walz, played their home games at the KFC Yum! Center in their fourth year in the Atlantic Coast Conference. They finished the season 36\u20133, 15\u20131 in ACC play to win a share of the regular season title. They defeated Virginia Tech, NC State, and Notre Dame to win the ACC Women's Tournament. As a result, they received the conference's automatic bid to the NCAA Women's Tournament.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 52], "section_span": [52, 52], "content_span": [53, 639]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275745-0000-0001", "contents": "2017\u201318 Louisville Cardinals women's basketball team\nAs the No. 1 seed in the Lexington region, they defeated Boise State and Marquette to advance to the Sweet Sixteen. There they defeated Stanford and Oregon State in the Elite Eight to advance to the school's third Final Four. In the Final Four, they lost to Mississippi State in overtime.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 52], "section_span": [52, 52], "content_span": [53, 341]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275745-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Louisville Cardinals women's basketball team, Previous season\nThe Cardinals finished the 2016\u201317 season at 29\u20138, 12\u20134 in ACC play to finish in a tie for fourth place. They advanced to the semifinals of the ACC Women's Tournament where they lost to Notre Dame. They received an at-large bid for the NCAA Women's Tournament and advanced to the Sweet Sixteen where they lost to Baylor.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 52], "section_span": [54, 69], "content_span": [70, 390]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275746-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Lowland Football League\nThe 2017\u201318 Scottish Lowland Football League (known as the Ferrari Packaging Lowland League for sponsorship reasons) was the fifth season of the Lowland Football League, the fifth tier of the Scottish football pyramid system. The season began on 28 July 2017 and ended on 8 May 2018. East Kilbride were the defending champions.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [31, 31], "content_span": [32, 359]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275746-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Lowland Football League\nEdusport Academy became the first club to gain promotion from the South of Scotland League, replacing Preston Athletic who were relegated to the East of Scotland League.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [31, 31], "content_span": [32, 201]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275746-0002-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Lowland Football League\nSpartans won the league on 14 April 2018, after a goalless draw with East Stirlingshire at Ainslie Park in their final match. They faced the winners of the 2017\u201318 Highland Football League (Cove Rangers) in the semi-finals of the League Two Play-offs, losing 5-2 on aggregate.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [31, 31], "content_span": [32, 308]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275746-0003-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Lowland Football League, Teams\nThe following teams have changed division since the 2016\u201317 season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 38], "content_span": [39, 106]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275746-0004-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Lowland Football League, Lowland League play-off\nA play-off took place between the winners of the 2017\u201318 East of Scotland Football League (Kelty Hearts) and the 2017\u201318 South of Scotland Football League (Threave Rovers) as both clubs met the required criteria for promotion. Kelty Hearts won 10\u20130 on aggregate to secure a place in the 2018\u201319 Lowland Football League.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 56], "content_span": [57, 376]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275747-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Loyola Greyhounds men's basketball team\nThe 2017\u201318 Loyola Greyhounds men's basketball team represented Loyola University Maryland during the 2017\u201318 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Greyhounds, led by fifth-year head coach G. G. Smith, played their home games at Reitz Arena in Baltimore, Maryland as members of the Patriot League. They finished the season 9\u201322, 6\u201312 in Patriot League play to finish in a tie for eighth place. They defeated Army in the first round of the Patriot League Tournament before losing in the quarterfinals to Bucknell.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 47], "section_span": [47, 47], "content_span": [48, 567]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275747-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Loyola Greyhounds men's basketball team\nOn March 8, 2018, the school announced G. G. Smith had resigned as head coach. He finished at Loyola with a five-year record of 56\u201398. On March 28, the Greyhounds hired Georgia Tech assistant coach Tavaras Hardy for the head coaching job.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 47], "section_span": [47, 47], "content_span": [48, 286]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275747-0002-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Loyola Greyhounds men's basketball team, Previous season\nThe Greyhounds finished the 2016\u201317 season 16\u201317, 8\u201310 in Patriot League play to finish in a tie for sixth place with Colgate. As the No. 7 seed in the Patriot League Tournament, they defeated Lafayette in the first round before losing in the quarterfinals to Boston University. They received an invitation to the College Basketball Invitational where they defeated George Mason in the first round before losing in the quarterfinals to Coastal Carolina.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 47], "section_span": [49, 64], "content_span": [65, 520]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275748-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Loyola Greyhounds women's basketball team\nThe 2017\u201318 Loyola Greyhounds women's basketball team represents Loyola University Maryland during the 2017\u201318 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Greyhounds, led by twelfth year head coach Joe Logan, play their home games at Reitz Arena and are members of the Patriot League. They finished the season 9\u201321, 7\u201311 in Patriot League play to finish in a tie for sixth place. They lost in the quarterfinals of the Patriot League Women's Tournament to Navy.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 49], "section_span": [49, 49], "content_span": [50, 513]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275748-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Loyola Greyhounds women's basketball team, Previous season\nThey finished the season 11\u201320, 6\u201312 in Patriot League play to finish in a tie for seventh place. They advanced to the quarterfinals of the Patriot League Women's Tournament where they lost to Bucknell.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 49], "section_span": [51, 66], "content_span": [67, 269]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275749-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Loyola Marymount Lions men's basketball team\nThe 2017\u201318 Loyola Marymount Lions men's basketball team represented Loyola Marymount University during the 2017\u201318 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Lions were led by fourth-year head coach Mike Dunlap. They played their home games at Gersten Pavilion in Los Angeles, California as members of the West Coast Conference. They finished the season 11\u201320, 5\u201313 in WCC play to finish in eighth place. They defeated Portland in the first round of the WCC Tournament before losing in the quarterfinals to Gonzaga.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 52], "section_span": [52, 52], "content_span": [53, 571]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275749-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Loyola Marymount Lions men's basketball team, Previous season\nThe Lions finished the 2016\u201317 season 15\u201315, 8\u201310 in WCC play to finish in sixth place. They lost in the quarterfinals of the WCC Tournament to BYU.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 52], "section_span": [54, 69], "content_span": [70, 218]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275750-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Loyola Marymount Lions women's basketball team\nThe 2017\u201318 Loyola Marymount Lions women's basketball team represented Loyola Marymount University in the 2017\u201318 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Lions, led by sixth year head coach Charity Elliott, played their homes games at the Gersten Pavilion and were members of the West Coast Conference. They finished the season 19\u201311, 11\u20137 in WCC play to finish in a tie for third place. They lost in the quarterfinals of the WCC Women's Tournament to San Francisco. Despite having 19 wins, they were not invited to a postseason tournament.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 54], "section_span": [54, 54], "content_span": [55, 602]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275750-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Loyola Marymount Lions women's basketball team, Previous season\nThey finished the season 14\u201316, 9\u20139 in WCC play to finish in a tie for fifth place. They lost in the quarterfinals of the WCC Women's Tournament to San Francisco.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 54], "section_span": [56, 71], "content_span": [72, 234]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275751-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Loyola Ramblers men's basketball team\nThe 2017\u201318 Loyola Ramblers men's basketball team represented Loyola University Chicago during the 2017\u201318 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Ramblers, led by seventh-year head coach Porter Moser, played their home games at the Joseph J. Gentile Arena in Chicago, Illinois. They were members of the Missouri Valley Conference. With a win against Evansville on February 18, 2018, Loyola clinched at least a share of its first-ever Missouri Valley Conference regular season championship. With a win over Southern Illinois on February 21, the Ramblers clinched the outright MVC championship.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [45, 45], "content_span": [46, 644]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275751-0000-0001", "contents": "2017\u201318 Loyola Ramblers men's basketball team\nThe Ramblers defeated Northern Iowa, Bradley, and Illinois State to win the MVC Tournament. As a result, the Ramblers received the conference's automatic bid to the NCAA Tournament. As the No. 11 seed in the South Region, they upset No. 6-seeded Miami (FL) on a last second three-pointer. In the Second Round, they defeated No. 3-seeded Tennessee to earn the school's first trip to the Sweet Sixteen since 1985. They then defeated Nevada in the Sweet Sixteen and Kansas State in the Elite Eight to advance to the Final Four for the first time since 1963. Their Cinderella run ended with a loss to the eventual runner-up Michigan in the national semifinal.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [45, 45], "content_span": [46, 701]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275751-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Loyola Ramblers men's basketball team, Previous season\nThe Ramblers finished the 2016\u201317 season 18\u201314, 8\u201310 in MVC play to finish in fifth place. They lost to Southern Illinois in the quarterfinals of the MVC Tournament.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [47, 62], "content_span": [63, 228]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275751-0002-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Loyola Ramblers men's basketball team, Preseason\nIn the conference's preseason poll, the Ramblers were picked to finish in third place in the MVC. Senior forward Aundre Jackson was named to the preseason All-MVC first team.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [47, 56], "content_span": [57, 231]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275751-0003-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Loyola Ramblers men's basketball team, Schedule and results\nThe Ramblers won at least eight of their first nine games for the first time since the 1965\u201366 Ramblers. In their tenth game on December 6, they upset No. 5 ranked Florida, for the school's first win against a ranked opponent since a February 15, 2009 win over No. 15 Butler and the first against a top 5 team since a December 22, 1984 victory over No. 4 Illinois.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [47, 67], "content_span": [68, 432]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275752-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Loyola Ramblers women's basketball team\nThe 2017\u201318 Loyola Ramblers women's basketball team represents Loyola University Chicago during the 2017\u201318 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Ramblers, led by second year head coach Kate Achter, play their home games at the Joseph J. Gentile Arena and were members of the Missouri Valley Conference. They finished the season 7\u201323, 5\u201313 in MVC play to finish in a tie for eighth place. They lost in the first round of the Missouri Valley Women's Tournament to Valparaiso.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 47], "section_span": [47, 47], "content_span": [48, 531]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275752-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Loyola Ramblers women's basketball team, Previous season\nThey finished the season 2\u201328, 2\u201316 in MVC play to finish in last place. They lost in the first round of the Missouri Valley Women's Tournament to Bradley.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 47], "section_span": [49, 64], "content_span": [65, 220]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275753-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Luge World Cup\nThe 2017\u201318 Luge World Cup was a multi race tournament over a season for Luge, organised by the FIL. The season started on 18 November 2017 in Innsbruck, Austria, and ended on 27 January 2018 in Sigulda, Latvia.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [22, 22], "content_span": [23, 234]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275754-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Luton Town F.C. season\nThe 2017\u201318 season was the 132nd in the history of Luton Town Football Club, a professional association football club based in Luton, Bedfordshire, England. Their fourth-place finish in 2016\u201317 and defeat to Blackpool in the play-offs meant it was the club's fourth consecutive season in League Two and 92nd season in the English Football League. The season ran from 1 July 2017 to 30 June 2018.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [30, 30], "content_span": [31, 426]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275754-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Luton Town F.C. season, Background and pre-season\nThe 2016\u201317 season was Nathan Jones' first full season as manager of Luton Town, having been appointed in January 2016. Luton finished in fourth-place in the 2016\u201317 League Two table, having spent only one week of the season outside the top seven positions. This meant they reached the play-offs, and were beaten 6\u20135 on aggregate by Blackpool in the play-off semi-final, with the tie decided in the fifth minute of stoppage time by an own goal from goalkeeper Stuart Moore, who was on loan from Reading.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 57], "content_span": [58, 561]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275754-0002-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Luton Town F.C. season, Background and pre-season\nAt the end of the 2016\u201317 season, Luton released Stephen O'Donnell, Danny Green, Zane Banton, Craig Mackail-Smith and Liam Gooch. Jonathan Smith, Josh McQuoid and Jake Gray were placed on the transfer list, with the latter signing for Yeovil Town for an undisclosed fee. Cameron McGeehan and Jack Marriott were sold to Championship and League One clubs Barnsley and Peterborough United respectively for undisclosed fees. Dan Potts was retained with a new one-year contract, while Craig King rejected a new contract in favour of dropping into non-League.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 57], "content_span": [58, 611]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275754-0002-0001", "contents": "2017\u201318 Luton Town F.C. season, Background and pre-season\nJames Justin signed a new three-year contract after Luton rejected a reported seven-figure bid from Championship club Nottingham Forest, while midfielder Pelly Ruddock Mpanzu extended his own contract at the club until 2020. Luton made eight summer signings, including goalkeepers Marek \u0160t\u011bch from Sparta Prague, James Shea from AFC Wimbledon, Harry Isted from Stoke City, defender Jack Stacey from Reading, midfielders Alan McCormack from Brentford, Andrew Shinnie on loan from Birmingham City, and strikers James Collins from Crawley Town, and Elliot Lee from Barnsley.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 57], "content_span": [58, 629]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275754-0003-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Luton Town F.C. season, Background and pre-season\nIn terms of backroom staff, Luton chairman Nick Owen, who had fronted the consortium that took over and stabilised the club in 2008, announced he was to step down from the position on 3 August.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 57], "content_span": [58, 251]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275754-0004-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Luton Town F.C. season, Review, August\nLuton began the season at home to Yeovil Town and won the match 8\u20132, the club's biggest Football League victory since a 6\u20130 win over Crewe Alexandra in December 1996. Otis Khan gave the away team the lead in the seventh minute with a free kick from 22 yards, before Olly Lee equalised five minutes later with a volley from Isaac Vassell's cross.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 46], "content_span": [47, 392]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275754-0004-0001", "contents": "2017\u201318 Luton Town F.C. season, Review, August\nJames Collins put Luton in front on 19 minutes when he chipped the ball over goalkeeper Artur Krysiak and into the net, before Alan McCormack scored with a volley from 25 yards five minutes later to make the score 3\u20131. Vassell then scored twice in two minutes to give Luton a 5\u20131 lead, before Marek \u0160t\u011bch saved a penalty from Khan to ensure the score remained the same going into half-time.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 46], "content_span": [47, 437]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275754-0004-0002", "contents": "2017\u201318 Luton Town F.C. season, Review, August\nCollins scored twice in eight minutes after half-time to complete his hat-trick, before Fran\u00e7ois Zoko scored a consolation goal for Yeovil a minute later with a header from Ryan Dickson's cross, and Elliot Lee scored Luton's eighth goal in the ninth minute of stoppage time. Transfer-listed midfielder Jonathan Smith had his contract with Luton terminated by mutual consent, allowing him to join Stevenage, while forward Harry Cornick was signed from AFC Bournemouth on a two-year contract, with the option of a one-year extension, for an undisclosed fee.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 46], "content_span": [47, 602]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275754-0004-0003", "contents": "2017\u201318 Luton Town F.C. season, Review, August\nLuton were knocked out of the EFL Cup in the first round after being beaten 2\u20130 at home to Championship club Ipswich Town, who scored in each half through David McGoldrick. Frankie Musonda signed a new contract with Luton, which contracted him to the club until the summer of 2019, and Kavan Cotter joined Southern League Premier Division club Hitchin Town on a one-month youth loan. Luton suffered their first league defeat of the season after losing 1\u20130 to Barnet, who scored in second-half stoppage time through Jack Taylor with a 25-yard curling shot. Vassell joined Championship club Birmingham City for an undisclosed fee.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 46], "content_span": [47, 675]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275754-0005-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Luton Town F.C. season, Review, August\nLuton's first match in the EFL Trophy was at home to Tottenham Hotspur U21, and took the lead in the 19th minute through Luke Gambin with a drilled shot into the bottom corner, before the visitors equalised two minutes later when James Shea scored an own goal after Joe Pritchard's shot hit the post and rebounded off him. After going behind two minutes after half-time to Ryan Loft's goal, Josh McQuoid equalised on 51 minutes with a header from Jack James' cross. The match finished 2\u20132 and Luton went on to win the penalty shoot-out 4\u20132.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 46], "content_span": [47, 587]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275754-0005-0001", "contents": "2017\u201318 Luton Town F.C. season, Review, August\nThis was followed by a 3\u20130 win at home to Colchester United, in which Olly Lee gave Luton the lead in first-half stoppage time after Colchester failed to clear a corner. Collins doubled the lead on 52 minutes with a curling shot into the top corner before Dan Potts touched in Alan Sheehan's free kick in the 83rd minute. Midfielder Luke Berry was signed from Cambridge United on a three-year contract, with the option of a one-year extension, for an undisclosed fee.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 46], "content_span": [47, 514]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275754-0005-0002", "contents": "2017\u201318 Luton Town F.C. season, Review, August\nLuton drew 2\u20132 away to Mansfield Town, who took the lead in the 23rd minute through Rhys Bennett after Luton failed to make a clearance, before Lee Angol doubled the lead on 71 minutes. Collins brought Luton back into the match in the 85th minute with a tap-in from close range, before Danny Hylton equalised four minutes later with a header from two yards. \u0160t\u011bch then saved a penalty from Jimmy Spencer in the sixth minute of stoppage time to ensure the score remained 2\u20132. Tyreeq Bakinson joined Championship club Bristol City for an undisclosed fee, while striker Aaron Jarvis was signed from Basingstoke Town on a one-year contract, with the option of a one-year extension, for an undisclosed fee.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 46], "content_span": [47, 748]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275754-0006-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Luton Town F.C. season, Review, September\nLuton recorded their second successive away draw as they drew 0\u20130 with newly promoted Lincoln City. This was followed by a 3\u20130 defeat at home to Swindon Town, in which Scott Cuthbert was sent off in the 32nd minute for shirt pulling in the penalty area, with Luke Norris scoring the resulting penalty to give the visitors the lead. Chris Hussey doubled Swindon's lead six minutes after half-time, and Paul Mullin finished the scoring on 62 minutes with a powerful shot past \u0160t\u011bch. Luton returned to winning ways after a 2\u20130 win at home to Port Vale.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 49], "content_span": [50, 599]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275754-0006-0001", "contents": "2017\u201318 Luton Town F.C. season, Review, September\nBen Whitfield scored an own goal on 38 minutes to put Luton in front before Jack Stacey scored five minutes after half-time with a powerful shot into the roof of the net to make the score 2\u20130, having run 60 yards in the process. Luton went behind away to Wycombe Wanderers when Adebayo Akinfenwa scored a header from Michael Harriman's cross in the 40th minute, before goalkeeper Scott Brown saved a penalty from Hylton on 52 minutes after he was fouled by Joe Jacobson.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 49], "content_span": [50, 520]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275754-0006-0002", "contents": "2017\u201318 Luton Town F.C. season, Review, September\nCuthbert equalised with a volley in the 90th minute, and Collins scored with a close-range header in the eighth minute of stoppage time, meaning the match ended in a 2\u20131 win for Luton. Cotter returned to Hitchin Town on a one-month youth loan, while McQuoid was loaned to National League club Torquay United for three months. Hylton scored the only goal in the 53rd minute as Luton recorded a third successive victory after a 1\u20130 win at home to Chesterfield.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 49], "content_span": [50, 508]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275754-0006-0003", "contents": "2017\u201318 Luton Town F.C. season, Review, September\nLuton's run of wins ended with a 0\u20130 draw away to Morecambe, in which Jarvis made his debut as a substitute in the 87th minute. Sheehan scored a free kick to give Luton a 12th-minute lead at home to Newport County, before Hylton doubled the lead from close range 10 minutes later. Hylton then scored a penalty in the 35th minute to make the score 3\u20130 after Ben Tozer handled the ball in the penalty area, and Joss Labadie scored a consolation goal for Newport 10 minutes into the second half with a volley, the match finishing 3\u20131.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 49], "content_span": [50, 581]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275754-0007-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Luton Town F.C. season, Review, October\nLuton went behind at home to Barnet in the EFL Trophy when Shea fouled Andre Blackman in the penalty area, with Jack Taylor scoring the resulting penalty to give the visitors the lead in the 63rd minute, before Elliot Lee equalised two minutes later with a 20-yard curling shot. The match finished 1\u20131 and Luton won the penalty shoot-out 4\u20133. Luton won 2\u20130 away to Accrington Stanley, a result that saw them move above Accrington into third place in the table.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 47], "content_span": [48, 508]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275754-0007-0001", "contents": "2017\u201318 Luton Town F.C. season, Review, October\nCollins opened the scoring with a tap-in on 22 minutes, and Hylton doubled the lead with a penalty late in the first half after Sheehan was tripped by Janoi Donacien in the penalty area. Berry scored a header to give Luton a third-minute lead at home to Stevenage, and Hylton scored four minutes later when he capitalised on a defensive mistake to make the score 2\u20130. Berry made it 3\u20130 with a shot into the bottom corner on 21 minutes, before Ben Kennedy pulled one back for Stevenage in first-half stoppage time. Hylton scored a penalty early into the second half, before Berry completed his hat-trick 10 minutes later with a 20-yard curling shot, and with further goals from Gambin and James Justin in stoppage time, the match finished 7\u20131.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 47], "content_span": [48, 790]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275754-0008-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Luton Town F.C. season, Review, October\nLuton moved to the top of the table after a 4\u20131 win away to Exeter City. Collins opened the scoring for Luton from close range in the eighth minute, before Exeter equalised when Jake Taylor curled a shot into the top corner on 21 minutes. Potts restored Luton's lead shortly after half-time, before Hylton made it 3\u20131 with a powerful shot past goalkeeper Christy Pym in the 52nd minute, and Cornick finished the scoring three minutes later with a tap-in from close range from Hylton's cross.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 47], "content_span": [48, 539]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275754-0008-0001", "contents": "2017\u201318 Luton Town F.C. season, Review, October\nLuton's run of four successive league wins ended after drawing 0\u20130 away to Crawley Town, who had lost their last four home matches. Cotter's loan at Hitchin was extended for another month. A 3\u20130 defeat at home to Coventry City saw Luton's nine-match unbeaten run in the league come to an end, with the visitors taking the lead in the 17th minute through Marc McNulty with a header.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 47], "content_span": [48, 429]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275754-0008-0002", "contents": "2017\u201318 Luton Town F.C. season, Review, October\nCoventry scored twice in second-half stoppage time, the first coming after Rea was sent off for a foul on McNulty, with Jordan Shipley scoring the resulting free kick, and the second was scored by Duckens Nazon four minutes later to finish the scoring. Luton progressed to the second round of the EFL Trophy as Southern Group F winners after a 2\u20131 win away to AFC Wimbledon, in which they took the lead in the 12th minute when Andrew Shinnie's shot beat goalkeeper Joe McDonnell. Lyle Taylor equalised for AFC Wimbledon two minutes later with a shot into the bottom corner from close range, before Shinnie scored the winner on 72 minutes with a side-footed shot into the bottom corner.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 47], "content_span": [48, 733]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275754-0009-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Luton Town F.C. season, Review, November\nLuton won 1\u20130 in their first round match of the FA Cup at home to Portsmouth, in which Collins scored the only goal in first-half stoppage time with a left-footed shot into the bottom corner. Potts scored a header from Sheehan's corner to give Luton an 11th-minute lead away to Cheltenham Town, before the home team equalised through Jamie Grimes on 37 minutes.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 48], "content_span": [49, 410]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275754-0009-0001", "contents": "2017\u201318 Luton Town F.C. season, Review, November\nElliot Lee put Luton back in front in the 86th minute when Sheehan's free kick hit the wall and fell to him inside the six-yard box before shooting into the bottom corner, and Will Boyle equalised for Cheltenham in the seventh minute of stoppage time from close range following Jerell Sellars' corner, the match finishing a 2\u20132 draw. Jack Senior signed a one-year contract extension with Luton, with the option of a further year.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 48], "content_span": [49, 478]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275754-0009-0002", "contents": "2017\u201318 Luton Town F.C. season, Review, November\nLuton moved back into the automatic promotion places after beating Cambridge United 7\u20130 at home, in which they took the lead after Potts scored from close range in the 24th minute. Olly Lee doubled the lead seven minutes later after chipping goalkeeper David Forde from 65 yards before Hylton scored on 35 minutes with a shot into the bottom corner to make the score 3\u20130. Elliot Lee extended the lead in first-half stoppage time with a volley into the top corner. Hylton scored from Stacey's cross in the 81st minute, before Elliot Lee scored Luton's sixth goal from 20 yards, and Hylton completed his hat-trick in the second minute of stoppage time from Sheehan's free kick. Cotter had his loan at Hitchin extended for another month.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 48], "content_span": [49, 783]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275754-0010-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Luton Town F.C. season, Review, November\nLuton returned to the top of the table after a 3\u20130 win at home to Carlisle United, a result that ended Carlisle's seven-match unbeaten run. Shinnie gave Luton the lead in the 19th minute with a curling shot before Potts made it 2\u20130 with a diving header on 30 minutes. Cornick extended the lead in the 76th minute with a breakaway goal, and Jack Bonham saved a penalty from Hylton two minutes later to ensure the score remained 3\u20130.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 48], "content_span": [49, 480]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275754-0010-0001", "contents": "2017\u201318 Luton Town F.C. season, Review, November\nNovember ended with a third successive league win after Luton won 2\u20131 away to Crewe Alexandra, and took the lead in the 63rd minute with a Hylton shot that went in off the crossbar. Berry doubled the lead with a drilled shot four minutes later, and Crewe recorded a consolation goal after Johnny Mullins scored an own goal on 81 minutes.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 48], "content_span": [49, 386]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275754-0011-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Luton Town F.C. season, Review, December\nLuton progressed to the third round of the FA Cup after beating Gateshead 5\u20130 away in the second round, in which Olly Lee opened the scoring in the 40th minute with a powerful shot from the edge of the penalty area. Potts doubled the lead on 62 minutes with a header from Shinnie's cross before Elliot Lee made it 3\u20130 five minutes later, and Luton finished the scoring in second-half stoppage time through Hylton and Berry.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 48], "content_span": [49, 472]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275754-0011-0001", "contents": "2017\u201318 Luton Town F.C. season, Review, December\nCotter was recalled from his loan at Hitchin, and started in Luton's 4\u20130 home win over West Ham United U21 in the EFL Trophy second round. Lawson D'Ath gave Luton a 28th-minute lead with a header into the top corner from close range from Gambin's cross, and the lead was doubled 11 minutes into the second half through Jarvis with a half-volley from the edge of the penalty area.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 48], "content_span": [49, 428]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275754-0011-0002", "contents": "2017\u201318 Luton Town F.C. season, Review, December\nCotter extended the lead in the 86th minute with a drilled shot from 15 yards, before Jordan Cook finished the scoring in stoppage time when an attempted clearance from goalkeeper Nathan Trott rebounded off him and into the net. Cotter was loaned back to Hitchin on a one-month youth loan.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 48], "content_span": [49, 338]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275754-0011-0003", "contents": "2017\u201318 Luton Town F.C. season, Review, December\nLuton drew their next match 1\u20131 at home to Notts County, having taken the lead through Mullins in the 26th minute with a header from Sheehan's corner before the away team equalised when Shola Ameobi headed the ball over \u0160t\u011bch and into the net from Jorge Grant's free kick in the 61st minute.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 48], "content_span": [49, 340]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275754-0012-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Luton Town F.C. season, Review, December\nLuton extended their unbeaten league run to six matches after a 2\u20130 win away to Forest Green Rovers, in which Sheehan gave Luton the lead in first-half stoppage time with a drilled shot in off the post. Stacey was sent off on 60 minutes after catching Dan Wishart with a high boot, before Hylton extended the lead in the 68th minute with a tap-in after capitalising on a slip from goalkeeper Bradley Collins in the penalty area.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 48], "content_span": [49, 477]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275754-0012-0001", "contents": "2017\u201318 Luton Town F.C. season, Review, December\nJarvis joined National League club Boreham Wood on a one-month youth loan, while striker Michael Shamalo joined Southern League Division One East club Barton Rovers on work experience. Luton won 2\u20130 at home to Grimsby Town, ending Grimsby's four-match unbeaten run and saw them move four points clear at the top of the table. Berry scored from 25 yards to give Luton a 40th-minute lead, before Collins made it 2\u20130 with a header into the bottom corner from Sheehan's free kick in the 61st minute.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 48], "content_span": [49, 544]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275754-0012-0002", "contents": "2017\u201318 Luton Town F.C. season, Review, December\nThis was followed by a 5\u20130 home victory over Swindon Town, in which Luton took the lead three minutes into the second half through Collins with a curling shot into the top-left corner. Hylton doubled the lead seven minutes later with a header, his 15th goal of the season, before Matthew Taylor scored an own goal on 66 minutes from a Collins cross. Cornick made it 4\u20130 with a powerful shot in the 72nd minute, and Elliot Lee finished the scoring six minutes from time from a low curling shot.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 48], "content_span": [49, 542]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275754-0012-0003", "contents": "2017\u201318 Luton Town F.C. season, Review, December\nLuton's 12-match unbeaten run came to an end after a 4\u20130 away defeat to Port Vale in their final match of 2017. An own goal scored by Mullins gave the home team the lead in the 23rd minute, and in the second half Tom Pope scored twice, the first coming in the 60th minute and the second coming in the 82nd minute, either side of Ben Whitfield's 70th-minute goal.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 48], "content_span": [49, 411]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275754-0013-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Luton Town F.C. season, Review, January\nLuton ended Lincoln City's seven-match unbeaten run with a 4\u20132 home victory on New Year's Day. Sheehan was sent off in the fourth minute after an altercation with Matt Rhead, with Michael Bostwick scoring the resulting 25-yard free kick to give Lincoln an early lead. Collins equalised from close range in the 32nd minute, before Matt Green restored Lincoln's lead two minutes later with a volley.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 47], "content_span": [48, 445]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275754-0013-0001", "contents": "2017\u201318 Luton Town F.C. season, Review, January\nHowever, Harry Anderson was sent off on 36 minutes after receiving a second yellow card for a foul on Shinnie, and Justin scored shortly before half-time with a shot from 22 yards into the bottom corner to make the score 2\u20132. Hylton converted Berry's cross in the 72nd minute, before Cornick finished the scoring 10 minutes later after he cut inside and scored with a powerful shot.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 47], "content_span": [48, 430]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275754-0013-0002", "contents": "2017\u201318 Luton Town F.C. season, Review, January\nLuton were beaten 3\u20131 in their third round match of the FA Cup away to Newcastle United of the Premier League, who were three goals up by half-time with two goals from Ayoze P\u00e9rez and one from Jonjo Shelvey. Hylton scored a consolation goal for Luton early in the second half after rounding goalkeeper Freddie Woodman.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 47], "content_span": [48, 366]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275754-0014-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Luton Town F.C. season, Review, January\nLuton were eliminated from the EFL Trophy after a 7\u20136 penalty shoot-out defeat to Peterborough United in the third round, and their best chance of the match came in the 37th minute when Cook's header hit the post from Cornick's cross. Luton lost 2\u20130 away to Chesterfield, who scored twice within a six-minute period, Joe Rowley scoring the opening goal in the 19th minute with a shot from eight yards, and Jak McCourt scored a penalty after Zavon Hines was tripped by Justin.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 47], "content_span": [48, 523]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275754-0014-0001", "contents": "2017\u201318 Luton Town F.C. season, Review, January\nIsted and James joined Chesham United and Hitchin of the Southern League Premier Division on a one-month youth loan and work experience respectively. Mullins scored a 64th-minute header from Olly Lee's free kick as Luton beat Morecambe 1\u20130 at home, moving six points clear at the top of the table. McQuoid's contract with Luton was cancelled by mutual consent. Luton recorded a second successive 1\u20130 victory away to Grimsby Town, with Collins scoring a 49th-minute winner from close range after goalkeeper Ben Killip tipped a Berry free kick onto the crossbar.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 47], "content_span": [48, 608]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275754-0014-0002", "contents": "2017\u201318 Luton Town F.C. season, Review, January\nLuton had fallen two goals behind at home to Wycombe Wanderers by the 39th minute of a 3\u20132 defeat, who scored through Paris Cowan-Hall and Nathan Tyson. Elliot Lee brought Luton back into the match four minutes later with a shot into the bottom corner, before Wycombe restored their two-goal advantage through a second goal from Tyson on 70 minutes, and Lee scored a consolation goal, his second of the match in the 78th minute. Defender Lloyd Jones and forward Jake Jervis were signed from Liverpool and Plymouth Argyle respectively on two-and-a-half-year contracts for undisclosed fees, while midfielder Flynn Downes joined on loan from Ipswich Town until the end of the season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 47], "content_span": [48, 728]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275754-0015-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Luton Town F.C. season, Review, February\nCornick scored in the 38th minute with a deflected 18-yard shot as Luton beat their promotion rivals Exeter City 1\u20130 at home. Musonda went on a one-month youth loan to National League South club Oxford City. Luton saw their lead at the top of the table reduced to six points after a 1\u20131 draw away to Stevenage, in which they took the lead through Collins with a penalty five minutes from time after he was fouled by Ronnie Henry, before Danny Newton equalised for Stevenage three minutes later with a header from a Ben Kennedy corner.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 48], "content_span": [49, 583]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275754-0015-0001", "contents": "2017\u201318 Luton Town F.C. season, Review, February\nCotter rejoined Hitchin on a one-month youth loan. Luton won 4\u20131 at home to Crawley Town, and took the lead in the 29th minute with an Olly Lee shot that went in off the crossbar, before Collins doubled the lead shortly before half-time with a deflected header from Lee's corner. Berry extended the lead with a drilled shot on 55 minutes, and Collins scored a 75th-minute penalty to make the score 4\u20130, before Crawley recorded a consolation goal through Karlan Ahearne-Grant three minutes from time.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 48], "content_span": [49, 548]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275754-0015-0002", "contents": "2017\u201318 Luton Town F.C. season, Review, February\nShea signed a two-year contract extension with Luton, which contracted him to the club until 2020. Luton drew 2\u20132 at home to Cheltenham Town, who took the lead through Joe Morrell with a 30-yard shot in the 41st minute, and after Collins had a penalty saved by Scott Flinders, Mohamed Eisa doubled Cheltenham's lead early in the second half. Berry brought Luton back into the match on 58 minutes from close range before Sheehan headed an equaliser in the second minute of stoppage time from Gambin's corner.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 48], "content_span": [49, 556]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275754-0016-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Luton Town F.C. season, Review, March\nLuton were held by Cambridge United to a 1\u20131 away draw, in which they took the lead in the 33rd minute when Collins rebounded in Hylton's parried shot, before he was sent off after receiving two yellow cards in four second-half minutes, and Jabo Ibehre equalised on 83 minutes with a header from Brad Halliday's cross. James' work experience loan at Hitchin was extended until 25 March. Luton were knocked off the top of the table by Accrington Stanley after a 2\u20131 home defeat, having topped the table since November.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 45], "content_span": [46, 563]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275754-0016-0001", "contents": "2017\u201318 Luton Town F.C. season, Review, March\nSean McConville gave Accrington the lead with a curling shot into the top corner shortly before half-time, before Elliot Lee equalised in the 61st minute from Stacey's 70-yard pass, and Billy Kee scored the winner in the third minute of stoppage time with a drilled shot into the bottom corner from 25 yards. Luton drew 2\u20132 away to Coventry City, who took a two-goal lead in the first half through Peter Vincenti and Marc McNulty.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 45], "content_span": [46, 476]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275754-0016-0002", "contents": "2017\u201318 Luton Town F.C. season, Review, March\nCuthbert pulled one back for Luton in the 55th minute with a header from Sheehan's free kick, before Collins headed an equaliser two minutes from time from Gambin's cross. Cotter joined Oxford City on loan for the rest of the season, while Musonda's loan was extended until the end of the season. Luton were held 1\u20131 away to Newport County, who took the lead in the second minute through Josh Sheehan who followed up for the rebound after Aaron Collins' shot was saved by \u0160t\u011bch, before Potts equalised with a header on 23 minutes.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 45], "content_span": [46, 576]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275754-0016-0003", "contents": "2017\u201318 Luton Town F.C. season, Review, March\nLuton returned to the top of the table after beating Barnet 2\u20130 at home, ending a run of five matches without a win. Hylton headed Luton into the lead on 47 minutes and Collins scored with a volley in the 67th minute. Luton lost 2\u20131 away to Colchester United, who were two goals up at half-time with goals from Tom Eastman and Luke Prosser before Hylton scored a penalty late in the second half after Gambin was fouled by Ryan Jackson in the penalty area.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 45], "content_span": [46, 501]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275754-0017-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Luton Town F.C. season, Review, April and May\nLuton won 2\u20131 at home to Mansfield Town; having gone behind on 34 minutes to Kane Hemmings' goal, Collins equalised in the 61st minute from Mpanzu's cross, before Rea scored the winner with a tap-in 10 minutes later after goalkeeper Conrad Logan parried Sheehan's free kick into his path. Elliot Lee gave Luton a fourth-minute lead away to Yeovil Town from Hylton's flicked header, before the latter scored a penalty in the 20th minute after he was fouled by Ryan Dickson, who was sent off.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 53], "content_span": [54, 544]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275754-0017-0001", "contents": "2017\u201318 Luton Town F.C. season, Review, April and May\nFran\u00e7ois Zoko was then shown a red card on 32 minutes for an off-the-ball incident with McCormack, before Hylton made the score 3\u20130 from the rebound shortly before half-time after his initial shot from Collins' cross had hit the post. Luton then played Crewe Alexandra at home, who took the lead in the 35th minute through Jordan Bowery before Hylton equalised four minutes later with his 22nd goal of the season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 53], "content_span": [54, 467]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275754-0017-0002", "contents": "2017\u201318 Luton Town F.C. season, Review, April and May\nElliot Lee scored with a curling shot in first-half stoppage time, and Mpanzu finished the scoring with a 30-yard shot into the top corner early into the second half, meaning the match ended in a 3\u20131 win for Luton. Luton were promoted to League One after a 10-year absence following a 1\u20131 draw away to Carlisle United.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 53], "content_span": [54, 372]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275754-0017-0003", "contents": "2017\u201318 Luton Town F.C. season, Review, April and May\nCarlisle took the lead in the 13th minute when Danny Grainger scored a penalty after Richie Bennett was tripped by Shea in the penalty area, before Olly Lee equalised for Luton on 62 minutes from close range after a 20-yard shot from Hylton was parried by goalkeeper Jack Bonham. David Wilkinson was appointed as Nick Owen's successor as chairman.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 53], "content_span": [54, 401]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275754-0017-0004", "contents": "2017\u201318 Luton Town F.C. season, Review, April and May\nLuton's final home match of the season ended in a 3\u20131 victory over Forest Green Rovers, in which they took the lead in the 20th minute through Hylton who followed up for the rebound after Collins' shot was saved by goalkeeper Cameron Belford, before Christian Doidge equalised for the away team on 53 minutes. Olly Lee restored Luton's lead in the 86th minute when he converted Cornick's cross, and Mpanzu finished the scoring three minutes later with a deflected 20-yard shot. The result meant Luton secured second place in the table, with Accrington winning the League Two title. Luton's final match of the season was a 0\u20130 away draw with Notts County, in which Hylton was sent off for a second bookable offence.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 53], "content_span": [54, 768]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275755-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Luxembourg Cup\nThe 2017\u201318 Luxembourg Cup is the 93rd version of the football knockout tournament. This competition began on 9 September 2017. The winners of the cup will earn a spot in the 2018\u201319 Europa League and would begin play in the first qualifying round.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [22, 22], "content_span": [23, 271]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275755-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Luxembourg Cup\nF91 Dudelange are the defending champions after winning the previous season's Luxembourg Cup by defeating Fola Esch in the final by a score of 4\u20131.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [22, 22], "content_span": [23, 170]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275755-0002-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Luxembourg Cup, Format\nThis season's Cup will be a single elimination knockout tournament contested between 104 clubs. Matches which are level after regulation will advance to extra time and then to penalties to determine a winner.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 30], "content_span": [31, 239]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275755-0003-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Luxembourg Cup, Second round\nThirty-two second round matches were played 21\u201324 September 2017. The second round draw was held 11 September 2017.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 36], "content_span": [37, 152]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275755-0004-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Luxembourg Cup, Third round\nSixteen third round matches were played 27 and 29 October 2017. The third round draw was held on 2 October 2017.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 35], "content_span": [36, 148]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275755-0005-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Luxembourg Cup, Fourth round\nEight fourth round matches were played on 25 March 2018 and 4 April 2018. The fourth round draw was held on 30 October 2017.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 36], "content_span": [37, 161]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275755-0006-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Luxembourg Cup, Quarter\u2013finals\nFour quarter\u2013final matches were played on 18 April 2018. The quarter\u2013final round draw was held on 5 April 2018.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 38], "content_span": [39, 150]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275755-0007-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Luxembourg Cup, Semi\u2013finals\nThe semi\u2013final matches are scheduled to be played on 9 May 2018. The semi\u2013final round draw was held on 20 April 2018.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 35], "content_span": [36, 153]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275756-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Luxembourg National Division\nThe 2017\u201318 Luxembourg National Division was the 104th season of top-flight football in Luxembourg. The season began on 4 August 2017 and concluded on 19 May 2018. F91 Dudelange were the defending champions from the previous season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [36, 36], "content_span": [37, 269]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275756-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Luxembourg National Division, Teams\nThe bottom two teams from the previous season, Rumelange and UN K\u00e4erj\u00e9ng 97, were relegated to the 2017\u201318 Luxembourg Division of Honour. They were replaced by Esch and Rodange 91, champions and runners-up respectively of the 2016\u201317 Luxembourg Division of Honour.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 43], "content_span": [44, 308]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275756-0002-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Luxembourg National Division, Teams\nIn addition, the third-placed team from the previous season's Division of Honour, Hostert, defeated the third-from-bottom top-flight team, Jeunesse Canach, in a play-off to seal their top-flight spot for 2017\u201318.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 43], "content_span": [44, 256]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275756-0003-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Luxembourg National Division, Results\nEach team played every other team in the league home-and-away for a total of 26 matches played each.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 45], "content_span": [46, 146]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275756-0004-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Luxembourg National Division, Relegation play-offs\nA play-off (on neutral ground) will be played between the twelfth-placed team in the 2017\u201318 Luxembourg National Division and the third-placed team in the 2017\u201318 Luxembourg Division of Honour for one place in the 2018\u201319 Luxembourg National Division.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 58], "content_span": [59, 310]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275757-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Luxembourg Women's Cup\nThe 2017\u201318 Luxembourg Women's Cup was the seventeenth Luxembourg Women's Cup in football. The competition began on 13 September 2017 and the final was held on 9 June 2018. Jeunesse Junglinster won their sixth Luxembourg Women's Cup after defeating Ell 7\u20136 on penalties.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [30, 30], "content_span": [31, 301]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275757-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Luxembourg Women's Cup, Round of 32\nThe matches were played from 7 October 2017 to 15 October 2017.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 43], "content_span": [44, 107]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275757-0002-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Luxembourg Women's Cup, Round of 16\nThe matches were played on 20 March 2018 and 21 March 2018.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 43], "content_span": [44, 103]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275757-0003-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Luxembourg Women's Cup, Final\nThe final was played on 9 June 2018. Jeunesse Junglinster won the double after also winning the 2017\u201318 Dames Ligue 1.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 37], "content_span": [38, 156]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275758-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 MC Alger season\nIn the 2017\u201318 season, MC Alger competed in the Ligue 1 for the 47th season, as well as the Algerian Cup.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [23, 23], "content_span": [24, 129]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275758-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 MC Alger season, Squad information, Goalscorers\nIncludes all competitive matches. The list is sorted alphabetically by surname when total goals are equal.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 55], "content_span": [56, 162]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275758-0002-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 MC Alger season, Squad list\nAs of August 25, 2017. Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 35], "content_span": [36, 187]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275759-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 MC Oran season\nIn the 2017\u201318 season, MC Oran competed in the Ligue 1 for the 52nd season, as well as the Algerian Cup.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [22, 22], "content_span": [23, 127]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275759-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 MC Oran season, Squad list\nAs of August 25, 2017. Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 34], "content_span": [35, 186]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275760-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 MDFA Elite Division\nThe 2017\u201318 MDFA Elite Division is the 105th season of the MDFA Elite Division, the top-tier football league in Mumbai, a city in the Indian state of Maharashtra.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [27, 27], "content_span": [28, 190]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275760-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 MDFA Elite Division, Format\nThe 13 teams will play Preliminary League on a single leg basis. The two teams standing 1st and 2nd after completion of the Preliminary League will be declared the winner and runner-up of the MDFA Elite Division. The Two teams standing last after completion of the Preliminary league will be demoted to the Super Division of the 2018-19 season. The matches will be played at Cooperage Football Ground and Mumbai Football Arena. The league will commence from 1 September 2017.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 35], "content_span": [36, 511]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275761-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 MDFA Super Division\nThe MDFA Super Division is a men's semi-professional football league in Mumbai, a city in the Indian state of Maharashtra. The league serves as the second-tier of the Mumbai Football League and is organized by the Mumbai District Football Association. It is contested by 29 clubs. The two teams standing 1st and 2nd in their respective groups after completion of the Group Stage, advance to the knockout round of the MDFA Super Division. The team standing last after completion of the Group Stage in the each group will be demoted to the First Division of the 2018-19 season. The matches will be played at Mumbai Football Arena and St Xaviers Ground.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [27, 27], "content_span": [28, 678]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275762-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 MHL season\nThe 2017\u201318 Maritime Junior Hockey League season was the 51st season in league history. The season consisted of 50 games played by each MHL team.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [18, 18], "content_span": [19, 164]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275762-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 MHL season\nAt the end of the regular season, the league's top teams competed for the Kent Cup, the league's playoff championship trophy. The team successful in winning the Kent Cup competed for the 2018 Fred Page Cup to determine the Eastern Canadian Champion.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [18, 18], "content_span": [19, 268]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275762-0002-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 MHL season, Team Changes\nThe Dieppe Commandos relocated from Dieppe to Edmundston and are now known as the Edmundston Blizzard", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [20, 32], "content_span": [33, 134]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275762-0003-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 MHL season, Regular Season Standings\nNote: GP = Games played; W = Wins; L = Losses; OTL = Overtime Losses; SL = Shootout Losses; GF = Goals For; GA = Goals Against; PTS = Points; STK = Streak; x = Clinched Playoff Spot y = Clinched Division; z = Clinched First Overall", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [20, 44], "content_span": [45, 276]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275763-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 MJHL season\nThe 2017\u201318 season was the Manitoba Junior Hockey League's (MJHL) 101st year of operation. The Steinbach Pistons finished with best regular season record for the second consecutive year and defeated the Virden Oil Capitals to win their second Turnbull Cup.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [19, 19], "content_span": [20, 276]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275764-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 MRF Challenge Formula 2000 Championship\nThe 2017\u201318 MRF Challenge Formula 2000 Championship is the fifth running of the MRF Challenge Formula 2000 Championship. It will begin on 16 November 2017 at the Bahrain International Circuit in Sakhir, Bahrain and finish on 4 February 2018 at the Madras Motor Racing Track in Chennai, India. The series comprises 16 races spread across four meetings, with the first round in Bahrain being a support event to the FIA World Endurance Championship.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 47], "section_span": [47, 47], "content_span": [48, 494]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275765-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 MSV Duisburg season\nThe 2017\u201318 MSV Duisburg season was the 118th season in the club's football history. In 2017\u201318 the club played in the 2. Bundesliga, the second tier of German football after being promoted.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [27, 27], "content_span": [28, 218]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275765-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 MSV Duisburg season, Team\nNote: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 33], "content_span": [34, 162]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275765-0002-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 MSV Duisburg season, Results\nTimes from 1 July to 29 October 2017 and from 25 March to 30 June 2018 are UTC+2, from 30 October 2017 to 25 March 2018 UTC+1.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 36], "content_span": [37, 163]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275765-0003-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 MSV Duisburg season, Statistics, Disciplinary record\nLast updated: 13 May 2018Source: MatchesOrdered by , and = Number of bookings; = Number of sending offs after a second yellow card; = Number of sending offs by a direct red card.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 60], "content_span": [61, 243]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275766-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Maccabi Haifa F.C. season\nThe 2017\u201318 season is Maccabi Haifa's 60th season in Israeli Premier League, and their 36th consecutive season in the top division of Israeli football.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [33, 33], "content_span": [34, 185]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275767-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Maccabi Tel Aviv F.C. season\nThe 2017\u201318 season is Maccabi Tel Aviv's 111th season since its establishment in 1906, and 70th since the establishment of the State of Israel. During the 2017\u201318 campaign the club have competed in the Israeli Premier League, State Cup, Toto Cup, UEFA Europa League.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [36, 36], "content_span": [37, 304]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275767-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Maccabi Tel Aviv F.C. season, First team\nNote: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 48], "content_span": [49, 177]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275768-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Macedonian First Football League\nThe 2017\u201318 Macedonian First League was the 26th season of the Macedonian First Football League, the highest football league of Macedonia. The fixtures were announced on 25 July 2017. It began on 12 August 2017 and ended on 20 May 2018. Each team will play the other sides four times on home-away basis, for a total of 36 matches. Vardar are the defending champions, having won their tenth title in 2016\u201317.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [40, 40], "content_span": [41, 448]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275768-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Macedonian First Football League, Participating teams, Personnel and kits\nNote: Flags indicate national team as has been defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 81], "content_span": [82, 219]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275768-0002-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Macedonian First Football League, Results\nEach team played home-and-away against every other team in the league twice, for a total of 36 matches each.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 49], "content_span": [50, 158]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275768-0003-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Macedonian First Football League, Results, Positions by round\nThe table lists the positions of teams after each week of matches. In order to preserve chronological evolvements, any postponed matches are not included to the round at which they were originally scheduled, but added to the full round they were played immediately afterwards.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 69], "content_span": [70, 346]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275769-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Macedonian First League\nThe 2017\u201318 Macedonian First League was the 26th season of the Macedonian First League, with 12 teams participating in it. The season started in November 2017 and ended May 2018. Rabotni\u010dki achieved their fifteenth title after defeating MZT Skopje in the finals, that won the six previous championships.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [31, 31], "content_span": [32, 335]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275769-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Macedonian First League, Competition format\nThe twelve teams that compose the league played a double-legged round robin tournament, where the six first qualified teams joined the Super League and the other six fought for avoiding the relegation.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 51], "content_span": [52, 253]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275769-0002-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Macedonian First League, Competition format\nThe top four teams of the Super League qualified for the playoffs for the title.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 51], "content_span": [52, 132]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275769-0003-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Macedonian First League, Teams\nGostivar replaced Vardar, who was relegated from the previous season. As a result of an expansion of the league to 12 teams, Blokotehna and Skhupi were also promoted.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 38], "content_span": [39, 205]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275769-0004-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Macedonian First League, Playoffs\nPlayoffs will be played with a best-of-five games format, where the seeded team played games 1, 2 and 5 at home.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 41], "content_span": [42, 154]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275770-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Macedonian Football Cup\nThe 2017\u201318 Macedonian Football Cup was the 26th season of Macedonia's football knockout competition. Pelister are the defending champions, having won their second title in the previous year.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [31, 31], "content_span": [32, 223]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275770-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Macedonian Football Cup, First round\nThe matches were played on 16 and 30 August 2017. Rabotnichki got a bye to the next round.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 44], "content_span": [45, 135]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275770-0002-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Macedonian Football Cup, Second round\nThe first legs were played on 13 September and the second legs were played on 18 October 2017.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 45], "content_span": [46, 140]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275770-0003-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Macedonian Football Cup, Quarter-finals\nThe first legs were played on 8 November and the second legs were played on 29 November 2017.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 47], "content_span": [48, 141]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275770-0004-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Macedonian Football Cup, Semi-finals\nThe first legs were played on 14 March 2018 and the second legs were played on 11 April 2018.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 44], "content_span": [45, 138]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275771-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Macedonian Second Football League\nThe 2017\u201318 Macedonian Second Football League was the 26th season of the Macedonian Second Football League, the second division in the Macedonian football league system. The fixtures were announced on 7 August 2017. The season began on 27 August 2017 and concluded on 19 May 2018. It's the first season since 1999\u20132000 with the new format, which as the league is divided into two groups, East and West, with 10 teams participating in each group.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [41, 41], "content_span": [42, 487]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275772-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Macedonian Third Football League\nThe 2017\u201318 Macedonian Third Football League was the 26th season of the third-tier football league in the Republic of Macedonia, since its establishment.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [40, 40], "content_span": [41, 194]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275773-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Magnolia Hotshots season\nThe 2017\u201318 Magnolia Hotshots season is the 30th season of the franchise in the Philippine Basketball Association (PBA).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [32, 32], "content_span": [33, 153]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275774-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Magyar Kupa\nThe 2017\u201318 Magyar Kupa (English: Hungarian Cup) was the 78th season of Hungary's annual knock-out cup football competition. \u00dajpest FC won the cup beating Pusk\u00e1s Akad\u00e9mia FC in the final at the Groupama Ar\u00e9na.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [19, 19], "content_span": [20, 229]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275774-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Magyar Kupa\nThe title-holders, Ferencv\u00e1ros were eliminated in the second round by Kisv\u00e1rda FC. The tournament was won by \u00dajpest.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [19, 19], "content_span": [20, 136]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275774-0002-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Magyar Kupa, Main Tournament\nOn 6 September 2017, it was announced that the Hungarian Football Federation will distribute 300 million HUF in the 2017\u201318 Magyar Kupa season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 36], "content_span": [37, 180]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275774-0003-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Magyar Kupa, Main Tournament\nOn 11 September the draw took place at the headquarters of the Hungarian Football Federation. This was the first draw in the 2017\u201318 season where Nemzeti Bajnoks\u00e1g I and Nemzeti Bajnoks\u00e1g II clubs were included.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 36], "content_span": [37, 248]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275774-0004-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Magyar Kupa, Main Tournament\nOn 14 September 2017, the date of the match between Veszpr\u00e9m and Di\u00f3sgy\u0151r was modified.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 36], "content_span": [37, 124]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275774-0005-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Magyar Kupa, 7th round\nOn 22 September 2017 the draw of the second proper took place. The 2016\u201317 Magyar Kupa winner Ferencv\u00e1ros will play against the leader of the 2017\u201318 Nemzeti Bajnoks\u00e1g II, Kisv\u00e1rda FC.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 30], "content_span": [31, 215]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275774-0006-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Magyar Kupa, 8th round (Round of 32)\nOn 25 October 2017, the draw of the third round proper took place at the headquarters of the Hungarian Football Federation.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 44], "content_span": [45, 168]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275774-0007-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Magyar Kupa, 9th round (Round of 16)\nOn 29 November 2017, the draw of the third round proper took place at the headquarters of the Hungarian Football Federation.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 44], "content_span": [45, 169]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275774-0008-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Magyar Kupa, Quarter-finals\nOn 28 February 2018, the draw of the fifth round proper took place.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 35], "content_span": [36, 103]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275774-0009-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Magyar Kupa, Semi-finals\nOn 3 April 2018, Debrecen reached the last four. On 4 April 2018, \u00dajpest, Balmaz\u00fajv\u00e1ros and Pusk\u00e1s Akad\u00e9mia qualified for the semi finals. On 5 April 2018, it was published by Nemzeti Sport that MTK Budapest is considering to caveat the second-leg of the quarter-finals against \u00dajpest because according to the regulations only 5 non-EU player can play in the Magyar Kupa matches. However, there were 6 non-EU players in the \u00dajpest FC team.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 32], "content_span": [33, 472]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275774-0010-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Magyar Kupa, Semi-finals\nOn 6 April 2018, the draw took place at the headquarters of the Hungarian Football Federation.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 32], "content_span": [33, 127]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275775-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Magyar Kupa (men's handball)\nThe 2017\u201318 Magyar Kupa, known as (Hungarian: TippMix f\u00e9rfi Magyar Kupa) for sponsorship reasons, was the 60th edition of the tournament.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [36, 36], "content_span": [37, 174]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275775-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Magyar Kupa (men's handball), Schedule\nThe rounds of the 2017\u201318 competition are scheduled as follows:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 46], "content_span": [47, 110]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275775-0002-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Magyar Kupa (men's handball), Matches\nA total of 46 matches will take place, starting with Pre-qualifying on 1 September 2017 and culminating with the Final on 15 April 2018 at the F\u0151nix Hall in Debrecen.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 45], "content_span": [46, 212]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275775-0003-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Magyar Kupa (men's handball), Matches, Pre-qualifying\nThe pre-qualifying round ties are scheduled for 1\u20138 September 2017.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 61], "content_span": [62, 129]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275775-0004-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Magyar Kupa (men's handball), Matches, Round I\nThe first round ties are scheduled for 6\u201320 September 2017.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 54], "content_span": [55, 114]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275775-0005-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Magyar Kupa (men's handball), Matches, Round II\nThe second round ties are scheduled for 2\u201318 October 2017.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 55], "content_span": [56, 114]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275775-0006-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Magyar Kupa (men's handball), Matches, Round III\nThe third round ties are scheduled for 7\u201322 November 2017.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 56], "content_span": [57, 115]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275775-0007-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Magyar Kupa (men's handball), Matches, Round IV\nThe fourth round ties are scheduled for 12 December 2017 \u2013 13 February 2018.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 55], "content_span": [56, 132]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275775-0008-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Magyar Kupa (men's handball), Matches, Round V\nThe fifth round ties are scheduled for 2\u20136 March 2018.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 54], "content_span": [55, 109]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275775-0009-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Magyar Kupa (men's handball), Final four\nThe final four will be held on 14\u201315 April 2018 at the F\u0151nix Hall in Debrecen.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 48], "content_span": [49, 127]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275776-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Magyar Kupa (women's handball)\nThe 2017\u201318 Magyar Kupa, known as (Hungarian: TippMix T\u00f6r\u00f6k B\u00f3dog n\u0151i Magyar Kupa) for sponsorship reasons, was the 60th edition of the tournament.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [38, 38], "content_span": [39, 186]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275776-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Magyar Kupa (women's handball), Schedule\nThe rounds of the 2017\u201318 competition are scheduled as follows:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 48], "content_span": [49, 112]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275776-0002-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Magyar Kupa (women's handball), Matches\nA total of 42 matches will take place, starting with First round on 30 August 2017 and culminating with the Final on 1 April 2018 at the L\u00e1szl\u00f3 Papp Budapest Sports Arena in Budapest.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 47], "content_span": [48, 231]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275776-0003-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Magyar Kupa (women's handball), Matches, Round I\nThe first round ties are scheduled for 30 August \u2013 21 September 2017.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 56], "content_span": [57, 126]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275776-0004-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Magyar Kupa (women's handball), Matches, Round II\nThe second round ties are scheduled for 29 September \u2013 4 October 2017.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 57], "content_span": [58, 128]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275776-0005-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Magyar Kupa (women's handball), Matches, Round III\nThe third round ties are scheduled for 25 October \u2013 10 November 2017.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 58], "content_span": [59, 128]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275776-0006-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Magyar Kupa (women's handball), Matches, Round IV\nThe fourth round ties are scheduled for 17\u201320 January 2018.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 57], "content_span": [58, 117]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275776-0007-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Magyar Kupa (women's handball), Matches, Round V\nThe fifth round ties are scheduled for 7\u20138 February 2018.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 56], "content_span": [57, 114]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275776-0008-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Magyar Kupa (women's handball), Final four\nThe final four will be held on 31 March \u2013 1 April 2018 at the L\u00e1szl\u00f3 Papp Budapest Sports Arena in Budapest.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 50], "content_span": [51, 159]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275777-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Maine Black Bears men's basketball team\nThe 2017\u201318 Maine Black Bears men's basketball team represented the University of Maine during the 2017\u201318 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Black Bears, led by fourth-year head coach Bob Walsh, played their home games at Cross Insurance Center in Bangor, Maine as members of the America East Conference. They finished the season 6\u201326, 3\u201313 in America East play to finish in eighth place. They lost to Vermont in the quarterfinals of the America East Tournament.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 47], "section_span": [47, 47], "content_span": [48, 521]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275777-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Maine Black Bears men's basketball team\nOn March 5, the school parted ways with head coach Bob Walsh and within hours hired Richard Barron, who was previously head coach Maine's women's basketball team from 2011\u20132017.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 47], "section_span": [47, 47], "content_span": [48, 225]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275777-0002-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Maine Black Bears men's basketball team, Previous season\nThe Black Bears finished the 2016\u201317 season 7\u201325, 3\u201313 in America East play to finish in a tie for eighth place. They lost in the quarterfinals of the America East Tournament to Vermont.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 47], "section_span": [49, 64], "content_span": [65, 251]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275777-0003-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Maine Black Bears men's basketball team, Preseason\nIn a poll by the conference\u2019s nine head coaches (who were not allowed to pick their own team) at the America East media day, the Black Bears were picked to finish last in America East play.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 47], "section_span": [49, 58], "content_span": [59, 248]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275778-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Maine Black Bears men's ice hockey season\nThe 2017\u201318 Maine Black Bears men's ice hockey team represented the University of Maine during the 2017\u201318 NCAA Division I men's ice hockey season. The team was coached by Red Gendron, in his 5th season with the Black Bears. The Black Bears played their home games at Alfond Arena on campus in Orono, Maine, competing in Hockey East.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 49], "section_span": [49, 49], "content_span": [50, 383]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275779-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Maine Black Bears women's basketball team\nThe 2017\u201318 Maine Black Bears women's basketball team represented the University of Maine Black Bears in the 2017\u201318 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Black Bears, led by seventh year head coach Richard Barron and interim head coach Amy Vachon, play their home games at the Cross Insurance Center with 2 games played at Memorial Gym and are members of the America East Conference. They finished the season 23\u201310, 15\u20131 in America East play to win the America East Regular Season. They also won the America East Women's Tournament and earned an automatic trip to the NCAA Women's Tournament for the first time since 2004. They lost to Texas in the first round.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 49], "section_span": [49, 49], "content_span": [50, 721]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275779-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Maine Black Bears women's basketball team, Media\nAll home games and conference road games will stream on either ESPN3 or AmericaEast.tv. Most road games will stream on the opponents website. All games will be broadcast on the radio on WGUY and online on the .", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 49], "section_span": [51, 56], "content_span": [57, 267]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275780-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Maine Black Bears women's ice hockey season\nThe Maine Black Bears represent the University of Maine in Women's Hockey East Association during the 2017\u201318 NCAA Division I women's ice hockey season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 51], "section_span": [51, 51], "content_span": [52, 204]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275781-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Major Arena Soccer League 2 season\nThe 2017\u201318 Major Arena Soccer League 2 season is the first season for the league M2. The regular season started on December 2, 2017, and ended on March 4, 2018. Each team will play a 12-game schedule.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [42, 42], "content_span": [43, 244]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275781-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Major Arena Soccer League 2 season, Standings\nAs of March 4, 2018\u00a0\u00a02017-18 League Championship\u00a0\u00a02017-18 Playoff Team(Bold) Division Winner", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [44, 53], "content_span": [54, 146]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275781-0002-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Major Arena Soccer League 2 season, 2018 M2 Championship\nThe top three teams from each division qualified for the post-season. The championship will be a single elimination playoff to be held at the SoccerHaus in Colorado Springs, Colorado except the Western Conference Semi-Final, which will be played in San Diego.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [44, 64], "content_span": [65, 324]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275782-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Major Arena Soccer League season\nThe 2017\u201318 Major Arena Soccer League season is the tenth season for the league. The regular season started on October 28, 2017, and ended on March 4, 2018. Each team played a 22-game schedule. The Baltimore Blast won their third straight Ron Newman Cup Championship by defeating the Monterrey Flash 4\u20133 on March 25.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [40, 40], "content_span": [41, 357]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275782-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Major Arena Soccer League season, Standings\nFinal as of March 4, 2018\u00a0\u00a02017-18 League Championship\u00a0\u00a02017-18 Playoff Team(Bold) Division Winner", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 51], "content_span": [52, 150]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275782-0002-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Major Arena Soccer League season, 2018 Ron Newman Cup, Format\nThe top two teams from each division qualified for the post-season. The Division Finals are a 2-game home and home series, with a 15-minute mini-game played immediately after Game 2 if the series is tied. The Conference Finals and Championship are single elimination.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 69], "content_span": [70, 337]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275783-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Malaysia Purple League\n2017\u201318 Malaysia Purple League (also known as SS Purple League for sponsorship reasons) is the fourth edition of Malaysia Purple League. It started on 18 December 2017 and will conclude on 11 February 2018. 2018 edition will features new format. It will consist of 28 league ties (each tie consisting of 5 matches) in Stage 1. Top six teams in Stage 1, then progressing to the Stage 2 (divided into 2 groups) to accumulates points. Finals stage featuring all six teams will be drawn accordingly to the overall accumulated points.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [30, 30], "content_span": [31, 560]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275784-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Maltese FA Trophy\nThe 2017\u201318 Maltese FA Trophy was the 80th version of the football tournament. It was sponsored by Boost Diesel, which was revealed during the draws of the first, second and third round of the Maltese FA Trophy at the Trophies Lounge in Malta Football Association headquarters in Ta' Qali. A total of sixty\u2013four clubs participated in this season's cup competition.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [25, 25], "content_span": [26, 390]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275784-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Maltese FA Trophy\nFloriana were the defending champions, but were eliminated in the Third round by Naxxar Lions in the third round on 2 December 2017. The winners of the trophy were Valletta who won their 14th title following a 2\u20131 win over Birkirkara in the final. Despite losing the final, Birkirkara earned a place in the first qualifying round of the 2018\u201319 UEFA Europa League, as Valletta had already qualified for the a European competition following their league triumph.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [25, 25], "content_span": [26, 487]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275784-0002-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Maltese FA Trophy, Format\nThe Maltese FA Trophy this season was a single elimination tournament between 64 clubs. Matches which were level after regulation advanced to extra time and afterwards to penalties to determine a winner, when needed.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 33], "content_span": [34, 250]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275784-0003-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Maltese FA Trophy, Preliminary round\nFive preliminary round matches were played on 2\u20133 September 2017. The draw for the preliminary, first, and second rounds was held 7 August 2017.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 44], "content_span": [45, 189]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275784-0004-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Maltese FA Trophy, First round\nNine first round matches were played on 9\u201320 September 2017. The draw for the preliminary, first, and second rounds was held 7 August 2017.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 38], "content_span": [39, 178]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275784-0005-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Maltese FA Trophy, Second round\nEighteen second round matches were played on 21\u201322 October 2017. The draw for the preliminary, first, and second rounds was held 7 August 2017. All teams from Maltese First Division and Maltese Second Division entered in the Second round.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 39], "content_span": [40, 278]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275784-0006-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Maltese FA Trophy, Third round\nSixteen third round matches were played on 1\u20133 December 2017. The draw for the third and fourth rounds was held 13 November 2017. All teams from Maltese Premier League entered in the Third round.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 38], "content_span": [39, 234]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275784-0007-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Maltese FA Trophy, Fourth round\nEight fourth round matches were played on 19-21 January 2018. The draw for the third and fourth rounds was held 13 November 2017. In the Fourth Round there were 10 clubs from Maltese Premier League left, 4 clubs from Maltese First Division left and 2 clubs from Gozo Football League left.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 39], "content_span": [40, 328]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275784-0008-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Maltese FA Trophy, Quarter-finals\nFour quarter-final matches were played on 17 February 2018. The draw for the Quarter-finals was held 22 January 2018. The round included the two teams from Maltese First Division that were still in the competition: Qrendi and Zejtun Corinthians.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 41], "content_span": [42, 287]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275784-0009-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Maltese FA Trophy, Semi-finals\nTwo semi-final matches were played on 28 and 29 April 2018 at National Stadium, Ta' Qali. The draw for the Semi-finals was held on 23 April 2018. The four clubs left were all from Maltese Premier League. Balzan were the only club remaining in the competition that had never won the Maltese FA Trophy in the past. Both Semi-final matches were Live on TVM2", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 38], "content_span": [39, 393]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275784-0010-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Maltese FA Trophy, Final\nBirkirkara reached their tenth Maltese FA Trophy final having won it five times. Valletta reached their twenty-third final and had won it thirteen times previously.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 32], "content_span": [33, 197]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275784-0011-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Maltese FA Trophy, Final\nBirkirkara and Valletta have met together in Maltese FA Trophy final twice before, having previously met in 1999 and 2001. When meeting in the finals, Valletta have both times.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 32], "content_span": [33, 209]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275784-0012-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Maltese FA Trophy, Final\nThe last time Birkirkara and Valletta met together in Maltese FA Trophy was during the 2015-16 fourth round when Birkirkara beat Valletta by 1-0.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 32], "content_span": [33, 178]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275785-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Maltese Futsal Premier League\nThe 2017-18 Maltese Futsal Premier League is the 8th season of the Maltese Gatorade League, the top Maltese league for futsal clubs, since its establishment in 2011. It is also 19th season of the futsal championship in Malta, since the beginning of organized futsal in the country in 1999.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [37, 37], "content_span": [38, 327]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275785-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Maltese Futsal Premier League, Elite First Place Decider\nAfter regular 11 rounds, Valletta fished at first place with the same number of points as Luxol, but with a better goal score. The first place was determined after the first place decider held on February 27, 2018. Luxol won 2-1 with Mark Zammit and Giancarlo Sammut among the scorers. Shawn Vella scored the only goal for Valletta.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 64], "content_span": [65, 398]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275785-0002-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Maltese Futsal Premier League, Playoffs\nThe 2018 Maltese Futsal Premier League Playoffs began on March 2, 2018. The season ended on March 23, 2018, with the final between two regular stage best teams, Luxol and Valletta.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 47], "content_span": [48, 228]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275786-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Maltese Premier League\nThe 2017\u201318 Maltese Premier League (known as the BOV Premier League for sponsorship reasons) was the 103rd season of top-flight league football in Malta. The season began on 18 August 2017 and ended on 22 April 2018. Hibernians were the defending champions, having won their 12th title the previous season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [30, 30], "content_span": [31, 337]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275786-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Maltese Premier League\nBalzan and Valletta contended the league title for the whole season and were head to head in the final phases. On the last day of the season, on 21 April 2018, Valletta defeated G\u017cira United 2\u20131, while Balzan slipped in a 0\u20131 defeat against Hibernians, and as a result Valletta were crowned champions for the 24th time in their history.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [30, 30], "content_span": [31, 367]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275786-0002-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Maltese Premier League, Teams\nPembroke Athleta are relegated after they finished twelfth the previous season. They are replaced by Lija Athletic the 2016\u201317 Maltese First Division champions, Senglea Athletic the 2016\u201317 Maltese First Division runners-up, and Naxxar Lions the 2016\u201317 Maltese First Division Third Place.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 37], "content_span": [38, 327]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275786-0003-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Maltese Premier League, Results\nEach team plays every other team in the league home-and-away for a total of 26 matches played each.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 39], "content_span": [40, 139]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275786-0004-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Maltese Premier League, Relegation play-offs\nA play-off match took place between the twelfth-placed team from the Premier League, Tarxien Rainbows, and the third-placed team from the First Division, Zejtun Corinthians, for a place in the 2018\u201319 Maltese Premier League.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 52], "content_span": [53, 277]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275787-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Manchester City F.C. season\nThe 2017\u201318 season was Manchester City's 116th season of competitive football, 89th season in the top division of English football and 21st season in the Premier League since the league was first created. In addition to the Premier League, the club also competed in the FA Cup, EFL Cup and UEFA Champions League.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [35, 35], "content_span": [36, 348]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275787-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Manchester City F.C. season\nCity won their third Premier League title on 15 April 2018 following West Bromwich Albion's 1\u20130 win away to second place Manchester United, and the EFL Cup with a 3\u20130 win over Arsenal.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [35, 35], "content_span": [36, 220]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275787-0002-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Manchester City F.C. season\nThe team set a number of Premier League records during the season, including: most points (100), most away points (50), most points ahead of second (19), most wins (32), most away wins (16), most goals (106), best goal difference (+79) and most consecutive victories (18). The team also equalled the record for the earliest Premier League title win (5 games to spare), beating every other team in the league throughout the season, and recording the most consecutive away wins (11). As a result of City setting an English top flight record for most points in a single season (100), the team received the nickname \"The Centurions\", and have been acclaimed by pundits and football journalists as being one of the greatest teams in Premier League history.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [35, 35], "content_span": [36, 787]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275787-0003-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Manchester City F.C. season\n2017\u201318 season was an undoubted success for the Blues domestically, but their European campaign was quite underwhelming. The team confidently won five games at the group stage and qualified for the knock-out stage, where it defeated FC Basel. The Cityzens were drawn with fellow Premier League side Liverpool in the quarterfinals. The outcome of those games was a disappointing result as Manchester City were beaten 5\u20131 on aggregate and eliminated amid the controversy with refereeing mistakes favourable to Liverpool.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [35, 35], "content_span": [36, 554]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275787-0004-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Manchester City F.C. season\nAn Amazon Original docuseries of the season titled All or Nothing: Manchester City was released on Amazon Video on 17 August 2018.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [35, 35], "content_span": [36, 166]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275787-0005-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Manchester City F.C. season, Season review\nOn 1 November, Sergio Ag\u00fcero scored his 178th City goal in a 4\u20132 Champions League away victory over Napoli to become the club's all-time leading goalscorer, surpassing the previous total by Eric Brook.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 50], "content_span": [51, 252]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275787-0006-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Manchester City F.C. season, Season review\nOn 25 February, City won their first silverware of the Pep Guardiola era, defeating Arsenal 3\u20130 at Wembley Stadium to win the 2017\u201318 EFL Cup.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 50], "content_span": [51, 193]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275787-0007-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Manchester City F.C. season, Season review\nOn 15 April, City were confirmed as Premier League champions following Manchester United's 0\u20131 defeat at home to West Bromwich Albion. This was their third Premier League title and fifth English top flight title at the time and also completed their second league and League Cup double in four years.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 50], "content_span": [51, 350]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275787-0008-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Manchester City F.C. season, Season review\nCity broke and set several new club and English football records during their 2017\u201318 campaign:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 50], "content_span": [51, 146]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275787-0009-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Manchester City F.C. season, Pre-season and friendlies\nOn 16 May 2017, Manchester City announced they would face Manchester United as part of the 2017 International Champions Cup. Matches against Tottenham Hotspur and Real Madrid were also confirmed as part of the same tournament. A standalone pre-season friendly against West Ham United also took place in Iceland. A friendly was also scheduled against partner club Girona to take place after the first match of the Premier League season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 62], "content_span": [63, 498]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275787-0010-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Manchester City F.C. season, Competitions, Premier League, Matches\nOn 14 June 2017, Manchester City's Premier League fixtures were announced.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 74], "content_span": [75, 149]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275787-0011-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Manchester City F.C. season, Competitions, FA Cup\nManchester City entered the competition in the third round and were drawn at home to Burnley. They were handed an away tie against Cardiff City in the fourth round proper. In the fifth round City were drawn away to Wigan Athletic.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 57], "content_span": [58, 288]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275787-0012-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Manchester City F.C. season, Competitions, EFL Cup\nManchester City entered the competition in the third round and were drawn away to West Bromwich Albion. A home tie against Wolverhampton Wanderers was confirmed for the fourth round. The club were handed an away tie against Leicester City in the quarter-finals. In the two-legged semi-finals, Manchester City were drawn against Bristol City as the home team, thus hosting the first leg and playing the second one away from home at Bristol.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 58], "content_span": [59, 498]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275787-0013-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Manchester City F.C. season, Competitions, UEFA Champions League\nOn 24 August 2017, Manchester City were drawn into Group F alongside Shakhtar Donetsk, Napoli and Feyenoord. The Blues topped their group and were then paired with Basel from the Swiss Super League in round of 16 two-legged tie.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 72], "content_span": [73, 301]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275787-0014-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Manchester City F.C. season, Squad information, First team squad\nUpdated to match played 13 May 2018Source:\u00a0Ordered by squad number. Appearances include league and cup appearances, including as substitute. Ages are as at the end of the 2017\u201318 season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 72], "content_span": [73, 259]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275787-0015-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Manchester City F.C. season, Statistics, Squad statistics\nAppearances (Apps.) numbers are for appearances in competitive games only including sub appearancesRed card numbers denote: Numbers in parentheses represent red cards overturned for wrongful dismissal.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 65], "content_span": [66, 267]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275787-0016-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Manchester City F.C. season, Statistics, Goalscorers\nIncludes all competitive matches. The list is sorted alphabetically by surname when total goals are equal.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 60], "content_span": [61, 167]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275787-0017-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Manchester City F.C. season, Statistics, Clean sheets\nThe list is sorted by shirt number when total clean sheets are equal. Numbers in parentheses represent games where both goalkeepers participated and both kept a clean sheet; the number in parentheses is awarded to the goalkeeper who was substituted on, whilst a full clean sheet is awarded to the goalkeeper who was on the field at the start of play.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 61], "content_span": [62, 412]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275787-0018-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Manchester City F.C. season, Awards, Premier League Manager of the Month\nIn December 2017, Pep Guardiola became the first manager in Premier League history to be awarded four consecutive Manager of the Month awards.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 80], "content_span": [81, 223]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275787-0019-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Manchester City F.C. season, Awards, BBC Young Sports Personality of the Year\nWon the Golden Ball as the best player at the FIFA U-17 World Cup, helping England win the tournament.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 85], "content_span": [86, 188]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275787-0020-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Manchester City F.C. season, Awards, Alan Hardaker Trophy\nWas named man of the match in the 2018 EFL Cup Final", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 65], "content_span": [66, 118]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275787-0021-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Manchester City F.C. season, Awards, Premier League Playmaker of the Season\nInaugural award to the Premier League Player with the most league assists in the season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 83], "content_span": [84, 172]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275788-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Manchester City W.F.C. season\nThe 2017\u201318 season was Manchester City Women's Football Club's 30th season of competitive football and its fifth season in the FA Women's Super League and at the top level of English women's football.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [37, 37], "content_span": [38, 238]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275788-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Manchester City W.F.C. season\nFollowing a reorganisation of top-level women's football in England, the 2017\u201318 season was the first season in the WSL era in which the calendar runs Autumn to Spring in line with the men's game. Due to another re-organisation of the women's game, with WSL 1 becoming a league for fully professional teams only, there was no relegation in the league for this season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [37, 37], "content_span": [38, 405]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275788-0002-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Manchester City W.F.C. season, Squad information, Playing statistics\nAppearances (Apps.) numbers are for appearances in competitive games only including sub appearancesRed card numbers denote: Numbers in parentheses represent red cards overturned for wrongful dismissal.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 76], "content_span": [77, 278]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275789-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Manchester United F.C. season\nThe 2017\u201318 season was Manchester United's 26th season in the Premier League and their 43rd consecutive season in the top flight of English football. The season was the first since 2003\u201304 without former club captain Wayne Rooney, who rejoined Everton after 13 seasons with United, during which time he overtook Bobby Charlton as their all-time top scorer. United also returned to the Champions League after a single season's absence, having won the 2016\u201317 UEFA Europa League.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [37, 37], "content_span": [38, 515]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275789-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Manchester United F.C. season\nUnited achieved their highest points total and league placing since the retirement of Sir Alex Ferguson in 2013, amassing 81 points to finish second in the Premier League. However, despite winning three cups the previous season, the club failed to secure silverware this time around, also finishing as runners-up in both the UEFA Super Cup and FA Cup. United also suffered disappointing exits in both the EFL Cup and Champions League, bowing out to Bristol City and Sevilla respectively by 2\u20131 scorelines. Throughout the season, despite having a wealth of attacking options and completing the signing of Alexis S\u00e1nchez in January, manager Jos\u00e9 Mourinho was criticised by sections of the media and a section of United supporters for a perceived negative playing style.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [37, 37], "content_span": [38, 805]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275789-0002-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Manchester United F.C. season, Pre-season and friendlies\nUnited preceded their 2017\u201318 campaign with a tour of the United States, which included the first Manchester derby to be played outside the United Kingdom, in the International Champions Cup. The tour also included games against Real Madrid and Barcelona. The US tour started against LA Galaxy on 15 July 2017. United then faced V\u00e5lerenga in Norway. The final preparations during pre-season included a trip to the Republic of Ireland to face Sampdoria.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 64], "content_span": [65, 517]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275789-0003-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Manchester United F.C. season, UEFA Super Cup\nManchester United, as winners of the 2016\u201317 UEFA Europa League faced Real Madrid, winners of the 2016\u201317 UEFA Champions League for the 2017 UEFA Super Cup on 8 August 2017, at the Philip II Arena in Skopje, Macedonia.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 53], "content_span": [54, 272]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275789-0004-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Manchester United F.C. season, Premier League\nThe Premier League season began on 11 August 2017 and concluded on 13 May 2018. Michael Carrick played his final match against Watford as captain. He was subbed off in the 85th minute for Paul Pogba. He also received a guard of honour from both sets of players before the kick-off. This was also his 464th appearance for United.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 53], "content_span": [54, 382]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275789-0005-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Manchester United F.C. season, FA Cup\nManchester United entered the FA Cup in the third round as all 20 Premier League clubs automatically received a bye to that stage. Matches were played between 5\u20138 January 2018.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 45], "content_span": [46, 222]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275789-0006-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Manchester United F.C. season, EFL Cup\nManchester United entered the EFL Cup as holders, having beaten Southampton in the 2017 final. As one of the seven clubs that qualified for European competition in 2017\u201318, they entered the EFL Cup in the third round, the draw for which was held on 24 August, with Manchester United being paired with Championship club Burton Albion. The two sides last met in the third round of the 2005\u201306 FA Cup, with United winning a replay 5\u20130 at Old Trafford following a goalless draw at the Pirelli Stadium. The fourth round draw confirmed the Red Devils visited Swansea City. The fifth round draw was held on 26 October 2017, with United drawn against another Championship side Bristol City.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 46], "content_span": [47, 729]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275789-0007-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Manchester United F.C. season, UEFA Champions League, Group stage\nManchester United qualified for the group stage of the Champions League as winners of the 2016\u201317 UEFA Europa League and were placed in pot 2 for the group stage draw. The draw was made on 24 August 2017, with Manchester United drawn alongside Benfica, Basel and CSKA Moscow. United were previously drawn with both Benfica and Basel in 2011\u201312, and with CSKA Moscow in 2015\u201316; on both occasions, they finished third in the group and dropped down to the UEFA Europa League.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 73], "content_span": [74, 547]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275789-0008-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Manchester United F.C. season, UEFA Champions League, Knockout phase\nAfter winning their group and progressing to the round of 16, United were drawn against Spanish club Sevilla in the first competitive meeting between the two sides. After a goalless draw in the first leg at the Ram\u00f3n S\u00e1nchez Pizju\u00e1n Stadium, Sevilla took the lead in the tie late in the second leg, when Wissam Ben Yedder scored twice within minutes of coming on as a substitute. Romelu Lukaku pulled one back for United six minutes from the end, but they were unable to score the two further goals required to avoid elimination.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 76], "content_span": [77, 606]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275790-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Manhattan Jaspers basketball team\nThe 2017\u201318 Manhattan Jaspers basketball team represented Manhattan College during the 2017\u201318 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Jaspers, led by seventh-year head coach Steve Masiello, played their home games at Draddy Gymnasium in Riverdale, New York as members of the Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference. They finished the season 14\u201317, 9\u20139 in MAAC play to finish in a tie for fifth place. As the No. 5 seed in the MAAC Tournament, they lost in the quarterfinals to Iona.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [41, 41], "content_span": [42, 525]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275790-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Manhattan Jaspers basketball team, Previous season\nThe Jaspers finished the 2016\u201317 season 10\u201322, 5\u201315 in MAAC play to finish in a tie for tenth place. They lost in the first round of the MAAC Tournament to Rider.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [43, 58], "content_span": [59, 221]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275790-0002-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Manhattan Jaspers basketball team, Schedule and results\n* Non-conference game. #Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Eastern Time", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [43, 63], "content_span": [64, 180]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275791-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Mansfield Town F.C. season\nThe 2017\u201318 season was Mansfield Town's 121st season in their history and their fifth consecutive season in League Two.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [34, 34], "content_span": [35, 154]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275791-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Mansfield Town F.C. season, Results, Friendlies\nAs of 26 June 2017, Mansfield Town have announced eight pre-season friendlies. On 1 November 2017, it was announced Mansfield Town would face Clipstone.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 55], "content_span": [56, 208]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275791-0002-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Mansfield Town F.C. season, Results, League Two\nThe League Two fixtures were released on 21 June 2017.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 55], "content_span": [56, 110]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275791-0003-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Mansfield Town F.C. season, Results, FA Cup\nOn 16 October 2017, Mansfield Town were drawn away to Shaw Lane in the first round. A second round home tie against Accrington Stanley or Guiseley was confirmed. Guiseley won that match 4\u20133 on penalties following a 1\u20131 scoreline (a.e.t.) to face Mansfield.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 51], "content_span": [52, 308]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275791-0004-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Mansfield Town F.C. season, Results, EFL Cup\nOn 16 June 2017, Mansfield Town were drawn at home to Rochdale in the first round.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 52], "content_span": [53, 135]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275791-0005-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Mansfield Town F.C. season, Results, EFL Trophy\nOn 12 July 2017, Mansfield Town were drawn alongside Everton U23s, Lincoln City and Notts County in Northern Group G. After finishing as runners-up, Mansfield were drawn away to Blackpool in the second round.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 55], "content_span": [56, 264]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275792-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Marist Red Foxes men's basketball team\nThe 2017\u201318 Marist Red Foxes men's basketball team represented Marist College during the 2017\u201318 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Red Foxes, led by fourth year head coach Mike Maker, played their home games at the McCann Arena in Poughkeepsie, New York as members of the Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference. They finished the season 6\u201325, 4\u201314 in MAAC play to finish in a tie for tenth place. They lost in the first round of the MAAC Tournament to Fairfield.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [46, 46], "content_span": [47, 516]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275792-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Marist Red Foxes men's basketball team\nOn March 5, 2018, head coach Mike Maker was fired. He finished at Marist with a four-year record of 28\u201397. Marist hired Saint Peter's head coach John Dunne as Maker's successor on April 3.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [46, 46], "content_span": [47, 235]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275792-0002-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Marist Red Foxes men's basketball team, Previous season\nThe Red Foxes finished the 2016\u201317 season 8\u201324, 5\u201315 in MAAC play to finish in a tie for tenth place. They lost in the first round of the MAAC Tournament to Canisius.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [48, 63], "content_span": [64, 230]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275793-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Marist Red Foxes women's basketball team\nThe 2017\u201318 Marist Red Foxes women's basketball team represented Marist College during the 2017\u201318 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Red Foxes, led by sixteenth year head coach Brian Giorgis, play their home games at the McCann Field House and were members of the Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference. They finished the season 20\u201314, 14\u20134 in MAAC play to finish in second place. They advanced to the championship game of the MAAC Women's Tournament where they lost to Quinnipiac. They received an automatic bid to the Women's National Invitation Tournament where they lost to St. John's in the first round.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 48], "section_span": [48, 48], "content_span": [49, 666]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275794-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Marquette Golden Eagles men's basketball team\nThe 2017\u201318 Marquette Golden Eagles men's basketball team represented Marquette University in the 2017\u201318 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Golden Eagles, led by fourth-year head coach Steve Wojciechowski, played their home games at the BMO Harris Bradley Center as members of the Big East Conference. They finished the season 21\u201314, 9\u20139 in Big East play to finish in a tie for sixth place. As the No. 7 seed in the Big East Tournament, they defeated DePaul in the first round before losing to eventual tournament champion Villanova in the quarterfinals. They received an at-large bid to the National Invitation Tournament where they defeated Harvard in the first round and Oregon in the second round before losing to Penn State in the quarterfinals.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 53], "section_span": [53, 53], "content_span": [54, 815]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275794-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Marquette Golden Eagles men's basketball team\nThis season was the last for the men's team playing at the Bradley Center, as they will open the new Fiserv Forum for the 2018\u201319 season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 53], "section_span": [53, 53], "content_span": [54, 191]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275794-0002-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Marquette Golden Eagles men's basketball team, Previous season\nThe Golden Eagles finished the 2016\u201317 season 19\u201312, 10\u20138 in Big East play to finish in a four-way tie for third place. As the No. 4 seed in the Big East Tournament, they lost to Seton Hall in the quarterfinals. They received an at-large bid to the NCAA Tournament as a No. 10 seed in the East region where they lost to No. 7 South Carolina in the First Round, who eventually won the East Region and made it to the Final Four.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 53], "section_span": [55, 70], "content_span": [71, 497]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275794-0003-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Marquette Golden Eagles men's basketball team, Preseason\nIn a preseason poll of Big East coaches, the Eagles were picked to finish in seventh place in the Big East. Sophomore guard Markus Howard was named to the preseason All-Big East second team.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 53], "section_span": [55, 64], "content_span": [65, 255]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275795-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Marquette Golden Eagles women's basketball team\nThe 2017\u201318 Marquette Golden Eagles women's basketball team represents Marquette University in the 2017\u201318 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Golden Eagles, led by fourth year head coach Carolyn Kieger, play their home games at the Al McGuire Center and were members of the Big East Conference. They finished the season 24\u201310, 16\u20132 in Big East in Big East play to share the Big East regular season title with DePaul. They advanced to the championship game of the Big East Women's Tournament where they lost to DePaul. They received an at-large bid to the NCAA Women's Tournament where they defeated Dayton in the first round before losing to Louisville in the second round.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 55], "section_span": [55, 55], "content_span": [56, 741]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275795-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Marquette Golden Eagles women's basketball team, Previous season\nThey finished the season 25\u20138, 13\u20135 in Big East play to finish in third place. They won the Big East Tournament title for the first time in school history and earn an automatic trip to the NCAA Women's Tournament where they got upset by Quinnipiac in the first round.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 55], "section_span": [57, 72], "content_span": [73, 340]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275796-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Marshall Thundering Herd men's basketball team\nThe 2017\u201318 Marshall Thundering Herd men's basketball team represented the Marshall University during the 2017\u201318 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Thundering Herd, led by fourth-year head coach Dan D'Antoni, played their home games at the Cam Henderson Center as members of Conference USA. They finished the season 25\u201311, 12\u20136 in C-USA play to finish in fourth place. They defeated UTSA, Southern Miss, and Western Kentucky to become champions of the C-USA Tournament. They received C-USA's automatic bid to the NCAA Tournament where, as a No. 13 seed, they upset Wichita State in the first round before losing to West Virginia in the second round.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 54], "section_span": [54, 54], "content_span": [55, 715]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275796-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Marshall Thundering Herd men's basketball team, Previous season\nThe Thundering Herd finished the 2016\u201317 season 20\u201315, 10\u20138 in C-USA play to finish in sixth place. They defeated Florida Atlantic, Old Dominion, and Louisiana Tech to advance to the championship game of the C-USA Tournament. There they lost to top-seeded Middle Tennessee. Despite finishing with 20 wins, they did not participate in a postseason tournament.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 54], "section_span": [56, 71], "content_span": [72, 430]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275797-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Marshall Thundering Herd women's basketball team\nThe 2017\u201318 Marshall Thundering Herd women's basketball team represents the Marshall University during the 2017\u201318 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Thundering Herd, led by first year head coach Tony Kemper, play their home games at the Cam Henderson Center and are members of Conference USA. They finished the season 9\u201320, 3\u201313 in C-USA play to finish in last place. They failed to qualify for the Conference USA Women's Tournament.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 56], "section_span": [56, 56], "content_span": [57, 503]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275798-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Martinique Championnat National\nThe 2017\u201318 Martinique Championnat National is the 98th season of the Championnat National, top division of football in Martinique. The season began on 1 September 2017 and ended on 2 June 2018.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [39, 39], "content_span": [40, 234]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275798-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Martinique Championnat National, Standings\nNote: 4 points for a win, 2 points for a draw, 1 point for a defeat.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 50], "content_span": [51, 119]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275799-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Maryland Eastern Shore Hawks men's basketball team\nThe 2017\u201318 Maryland Eastern Shore Hawks men's basketball team represented the University of Maryland Eastern Shore during the 2017\u201318 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Hawks, led by fourth-year head coach Bobby Collins, played their home games at Hytche Athletic Center in Princess Anne, Maryland as members of the Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference. They finished the season 7-25, 3-13 in MEAC play to finish in 12th place. As the No. 12 seed in the MEAC Tournament, they lost to Norfolk State in the first round.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 58], "section_span": [58, 58], "content_span": [59, 582]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275799-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Maryland Eastern Shore Hawks men's basketball team\nOn March 26, 2018, it was announced that head coach Bobby Collins' contract would not be renewed. He finished at UMES with a four-year record of 49\u201382. The school named assistant coach Clifford Reed interim head coach for the 2018\u201319 season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 58], "section_span": [58, 58], "content_span": [59, 300]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275799-0002-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Maryland Eastern Shore Hawks men's basketball team, Previous season\nThe Hawks finished the 2016\u201317 season 14\u201320, 9\u20137 in MEAC play to finish in sixth place. They defeated North Carolina A&T and Bethune\u2013Cookman in the MEAC Tournament before losing in the semifinals to North Carolina Central.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 58], "section_span": [60, 75], "content_span": [76, 298]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275800-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Maryland Terrapins men's basketball team\nThe 2017\u201318 Maryland Terrapins men's basketball team represented the University of Maryland, College Park in the 2017\u201318 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. They were led by seventh-year head coach Mark Turgeon and played their home games at Xfinity Center in College Park, Maryland, as members of the Big Ten Conference. They finished the season 19\u201313, 8\u201310 in Big Ten play to finish in eighth place. They lost in the second round of the Big Ten Tournament to Wisconsin. They were invited to the College Basketball Invitational, but declined, marking their absence in a postseason tournament for the first time since 2014.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 48], "section_span": [48, 48], "content_span": [49, 677]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275800-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Maryland Terrapins men's basketball team\nMaryland\u2019s poor season was quite a surprise to many considering they had their three four-star recruits(Kevin Huerter, Anthony Cowan, Jr., and Justin Jackson) return from last year including getting two four-star recruits in Bruno Fernando and Darryl Morsell). They started off looking alright going 13-3(though not terribly challenging wins , but their three loses were for a combined 9 points against three later at large tournament teams in big ten rival Purdue, St. Bonaventure, and Syracuse) before losing ten of their next fifteen.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 48], "section_span": [48, 48], "content_span": [49, 586]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275800-0002-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Maryland Terrapins men's basketball team, Previous season\nThe Terrapins finished the 2016\u201317 season 24\u20139, 12\u20136 in Big Ten play to finish in a tie for second place. As the No. 3 seed in the Big Ten Tournament, they lost to Northwestern in the quarterfinals. They received an at-large bid to the NCAA Tournament. As a No. 6 seed in the West region, they lost in the First Round to Xavier.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 48], "section_span": [50, 65], "content_span": [66, 394]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275800-0003-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Maryland Terrapins men's basketball team, Offseason, Departures\nMelo Trimble declared for the NBA Draft on March 29, 2017 and signed with an agent. He was not picked in the NBA Draft.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 48], "section_span": [50, 71], "content_span": [72, 191]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275800-0004-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Maryland Terrapins men's basketball team, Schedule and results\nThe 2018 Big Ten Tournament will be held at Madison Square Garden in New York City. Due to the Big East's use of that venue for their conference tournament, the Big Ten Tournament will take place one week earlier than usual, ending the week before Selection Sunday. This could result in teams having nearly two weeks off before the NCAA Tournament. As a result, it is anticipated that the Big Ten regular season will begin in mid-December. Coaches have requested that no Big Ten game be scheduled between Christmas and New Year's Day, accordingly each team will play two conference games in early December before finishing non-conference play.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 48], "section_span": [50, 70], "content_span": [71, 714]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275801-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Maryland Terrapins women's basketball team\nThe 2017\u201318 Maryland Terrapins women's basketball team represented the University of Maryland, College Park in 2017\u201318 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Terrapins, led by sixteenth year head coach Brenda Frese, played their home games at the Xfinity Center as members of the Big Ten Conference. They finished the season 26\u20138, 12\u20134 in Big Ten play to finish in second place. They defeated Indiana and Nebraska to advance to the championship of the Big Ten Women's Tournament where they lost Ohio State. They received an at-large to the NCAA Women's Basketball Tournament as the No. 5 seed in the Kansas City region. There they defeated Princeton before losing to NC State in the Second Round.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 50], "section_span": [50, 50], "content_span": [51, 755]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275801-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Maryland Terrapins women's basketball team, Previous season\nThe Terrapins finished the 2017\u201318 season 32\u20133, 15\u20131 in Big Ten play to win share the regular season title with Ohio State. They defeated Minnesota and Michigan State to advance to the championship of the Big Ten Women's Tournament where they defeated Purdue to win the tournament championship for the third consecutive year. As a result, they received the conference's automatic to the NCAA Women's Basketball Tournament as the No. 3 seed in the Bridgeport region. There they defeated Bucknell and West Virginia to advance to the Sweet Sixteen before losing to Oregon.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 50], "section_span": [52, 67], "content_span": [68, 637]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275802-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Mascom Top 8 Cup\nThe 2017\u201318 Mascom Top 8 Cup was the seventh edition of the Mascom Top 8 Cup. It was played from 24 November 2017 to 3 March 2018 by the top eight teams from the 2016-17 Botswana Premier League. It was won by Township Rollers.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [24, 24], "content_span": [25, 251]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275802-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Mascom Top 8 Cup, History\nThe 2017-18 Mascom Top 8 Cup was the only domestic tournament played in Botswana since the FA Cup was not contested. The winner qualified to represent Botswana in the 2018-19 CAF Confederation Cup, but this honour was given to the runners-up Orapa United since the champions Township Rollers had already qualified for the 2018-19 CAF Champions League. Security Systems were the only debutants in the tournament.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 33], "content_span": [34, 445]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275802-0002-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Mascom Top 8 Cup, Prize money\nThe prize money was increased by P100 000 but the rest was kept the same from the 2017 tournament.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 37], "content_span": [38, 136]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275802-0003-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Mascom Top 8 Cup, Format\nThe quarterfinals and semifinals were played over two legs both home and away, with only one final in a predetermined venue. Three points were awarded for a win, one point for a draw and none for a loss. Aggregate score was used to determine the winner of a round. Where the aggregate score was equal away goals were used to pick out the victor and if those were equal the tied teams went into a penalty shootout. There was no quarterfinal draw. The teams were seeded based on their position in the table, with the first placed team facing off against the eighth placed team.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 32], "content_span": [33, 608]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275802-0004-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Mascom Top 8 Cup, Semi-finals\nThe draw for the semi-finals was conducted on 9 January 2018.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 37], "content_span": [38, 99]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275803-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Mauritian Premier League\nThe 2017\u201318 Mauritian Premier League season is the 38th season of top-flight football in Mauritius. The season started on 26 November 2017 and finished on 20 May 2018.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [32, 32], "content_span": [33, 200]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275804-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 McNeese State Cowboys basketball team\nThe 2017\u201318 McNeese State Cowboys basketball team represented McNeese State University during the 2017\u201318 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Cowboys were led by 12th-year head coach Dave Simmons and played their home games at Burton Coliseum in Lake Charles, Louisiana as members of the Southland Conference. The Cowboys finished the season 11\u201317, 8\u201310 in Southland play to finish in a three-way tie for eighth place. They failed to qualify for the Southland Tournament.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [45, 45], "content_span": [46, 526]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275804-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 McNeese State Cowboys basketball team\nOn March 5, 2018, the school announced that Dave Simmons would not return as head coach after 12 seasons at McNeese State. On March 15, the school hired BYU assistant Heath Schroyer as head coach.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [45, 45], "content_span": [46, 242]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275804-0002-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 McNeese State Cowboys basketball team, Previous season\nThe Cowboys finished the 2016\u201317 season 7\u201322, 4\u201314 in Southland play to finish in last place. They failed to qualify for the Southland Tournament.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [47, 62], "content_span": [63, 209]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275805-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 McNeese State Cowgirls basketball team\nThe 2017\u201318 McNeese State Cowgirls basketball team represented McNeese State University during the 2017\u201318 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Cowgirls, led by second-year head coach Kacie Cryer, played all their home games at Burton Coliseum. They are members of the Southland Conference.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [46, 46], "content_span": [47, 347]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275805-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 McNeese State Cowgirls basketball team, Previous season\nThe Cowgirls finished the 2016\u201317 season with a 14\u201317 overall record and an 8\u201310 Southland Conference record to finish in sixth place. They advanced to the quarterfinals of the Southland Women's Tournament where they lost to Stephen F. Austin.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [48, 63], "content_span": [64, 307]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275806-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Megyei Bajnoks\u00e1g I\nThe 2017\u201318 Megyei Bajnoks\u00e1g I includes the championships of 20 counties in Hungary. It is the fourth tier of the Hungarian football league system.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [26, 26], "content_span": [27, 174]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275807-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Melbourne Boomers season\nThe 2017\u201318 Melbourne Boomers season is the 35th season for the franchise in the Women's National Basketball League (WNBL).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [32, 32], "content_span": [33, 156]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275808-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Melbourne City FC season\nThe 2017\u201318 Melbourne City FC season was the club's eighth season since its establishment in 2009. The club competed in the A-League for the eighth time and in the FFA Cup for the fourth time.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [32, 32], "content_span": [33, 225]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275808-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Melbourne City FC season\nOn 19 June 2017, Warren Joyce was appointed manager of the club, Joyce having previously managed the Manchester United Reserves, Royal Antwerp and Wigan Athletic. On 7 November 2017, Joe Montemurro left his position as assistant coach of the club to take up the senior coaching position at Arsenal Women.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [32, 32], "content_span": [33, 337]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275808-0002-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Melbourne City FC season, Players, Squad information\nNote: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 60], "content_span": [61, 189]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275809-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Melbourne City W-League season\nThe 2017\u201318 Melbourne City FC W-League season was the club's third season in the W-League, the premier competition for women's football in Australia. The team was based at the City Football Academy at La Trobe University and played home games at both AAMI Park and CB Smith Reserve. The club was managed by former Melbourne City men's player Patrick Kisnorbo who was the assistant coach in the previous season. Jess Fishlock, who was a player-coach in the previous season, returned to the club and was Kisnorbo's assistant coach.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [38, 38], "content_span": [39, 568]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275809-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Melbourne City W-League season, Players, Squad information\nMelbourne City's Women squad for the 2017\u201318 W-League, updated 15 February 2018.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 66], "content_span": [67, 147]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275809-0002-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Melbourne City W-League season, Players, Squad information\nNote: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 66], "content_span": [67, 195]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275810-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Melbourne Renegades WBBL season\nThe 2017\u201318 Melbourne Renegades Women's season was the third in the team's history. Coached by Tim Coyle, they finished the regular season of WBBL|03 in sixth place. Captain and new recruit Amy Satterthwaite won the league-wide Player of the Tournament award, though the Renegades nevertheless once again failed to qualify for finals. In promising signs for the team's future, all-rounder Sophie Molineux won the WBBL Young Gun Award, for which leg spinner Georgia Wareham and pace bowler Maitlan Brown were also nominated.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [39, 39], "content_span": [40, 563]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275810-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Melbourne Renegades WBBL season, Squad\nEach WBBL|03 squad featured 15 active players, with an allowance of up to five marquee signings including a maximum of three from overseas. Australian marquees are classed as players who made at least ten limited-overs appearances for the national team in the three years prior to the cut-off date (24 April 2017).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 46], "content_span": [47, 361]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275810-0002-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Melbourne Renegades WBBL season, Squad\nThe table below lists the Renegades players and their key stats (including runs scored, batting strike rate, wickets taken, economy rate, catches and stumpings) for the season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 46], "content_span": [47, 223]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275810-0003-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Melbourne Renegades WBBL season, Fixtures, Regular season\nWith the Renegades requiring 28 runs from the remaining 17 balls, new recruit Jess Duffin was dismissed in controversial fashion by what commentators and players believed to be an illegitimate catch. The momentum of the contest then swung dramatically and the Renegades lost by eleven runs.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 65], "content_span": [66, 356]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275810-0004-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Melbourne Renegades WBBL season, Fixtures, Regular season\nIn \"bizarre\" scenes, Sixers batter Sarah Aley attempted to score a game-tying run on the last delivery despite Renegades wicket-keeper Emma Inglis, having received the ball over the stumps from fielder Kris Britt and thus believing the match to be over, already celebrating victory. After deliberation, officiating umpires deemed the ball was not dead and the run would be allowed, thereby forcing a super over which the Renegades nevertheless went on to win.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 65], "content_span": [66, 525]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275810-0005-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Melbourne Renegades WBBL season, Fixtures, Regular season\nChasing 119 for victory, Renegades captain Amy Satterthwaite\u2014who looked to have been run out earlier in the innings and left the field, but was recalled after TV replays showed wicket-keeper Nicole Faltum had dislodged the bails prematurely\u2014hit a six off the final delivery against the bowling of Georgia Elwiss to tie the game. With scores still level after the super over, the Stars were awarded the win on the boundary count back rule.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 65], "content_span": [66, 504]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275811-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Melbourne Renegades season\nThe 2017\u201318 Melbourne Renegades season is the seventh in the club's history. Coached by Andrew McDonald and captained by Aaron Finch, they competed in the BBL's 2017\u201318 season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [34, 34], "content_span": [35, 211]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275811-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Melbourne Renegades season, Squad information\nThe following is the Renegades men squad for the 2017\u201318 Big Bash League season as of 28 January 2018.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 53], "content_span": [54, 156]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275811-0002-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Melbourne Renegades season, Season statistics, TV audience\nBBL games are currently broadcast in Australia by the free-to-air channel Network Ten.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 66], "content_span": [67, 153]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275811-0003-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Melbourne Renegades season, Season statistics, TV audience\nFollowing are the television ratings for the Melbourne Renegades's 2017\u201318 BBL season matches in Australia.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 66], "content_span": [67, 174]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275812-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Melbourne Stars WBBL season\nThe 2017\u201318 Melbourne Stars WBBL season was the third in the team's history. Coached by David Hemp and captained by Kristen Beams, the team competed in the WBBL|03 competition.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [35, 35], "content_span": [36, 212]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275812-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Melbourne Stars WBBL season, Squad\nThe following is the Stars women squad for WBBL|03. Players with international caps are listed in bold.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 42], "content_span": [43, 146]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275813-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Melbourne Stars season\nThe 2017\u201318 Melbourne Stars season was the seventh in the club's history. Coached by Stephen Fleming and captained by John Hastings, they competed in the BBL's 2017\u201318 season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [30, 30], "content_span": [31, 206]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275814-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Melbourne Victory FC season\nThe 2017\u201318 Melbourne Victory FC season was the club's 13th season since its establishment in 2004. The club participated in the A-League for the 13th time, the FFA Cup for the fourth time, as well as the AFC Champions League for the sixth time.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [35, 35], "content_span": [36, 281]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275814-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Melbourne Victory FC season, Players, Squad information\nNote: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 63], "content_span": [64, 192]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275815-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Melbourne Victory W-League season\nThe 2017\u201318 Melbourne Victory W-League season was the club's tenth season in the W-League, the premier competition for women's football in Australia. The team played home games at Epping Stadium, Lakeside Stadium and AAMI Park. The club was managed by Jeff Hopkins.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [41, 41], "content_span": [42, 308]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275815-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Melbourne Victory W-League season, Players, Squad information\nNote: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [43, 69], "content_span": [70, 198]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275816-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Memphis Grizzlies season\nThe 2017\u201318 Memphis Grizzlies season was the 23rd season of the franchise in the National Basketball Association (NBA). During this season, the Grizzlies announced that both Zach Randolph and Tony Allen would have their numbers be retired for the franchise at some point in the future, both of whom would be the first for this franchise's history. On November 27, 2017, head coach David Fizdale was fired after an eight-game losing streak and a publicized benching of Marc Gasol. Associate head coach J.B. Bickerstaff was promoted as an interim head coach.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [32, 32], "content_span": [33, 589]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275816-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Memphis Grizzlies season\nThe Grizzlies also missed the playoffs for the first time since the 2009\u201310 NBA season, as well as recording one of their longest losing streaks in franchise history near the end of the season with 19 straight losses from January 31 to March 17, 2018, beginning the losing steak with a 101\u2013105 loss to the Indiana Pacers, but finally snapping their losing streak with a 101\u201394 victory over the Denver Nuggets on Saint Patrick's Day.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [32, 32], "content_span": [33, 465]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275816-0002-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Memphis Grizzlies season\nThe Grizzlies would then suffer their worst loss in franchise history during the regular season on March 22, 2018, losing to the Charlotte Hornets 79\u2013140 in a 61 point blowout. Star point guard Mike Conley Jr. played only 12 games due to injury.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [32, 32], "content_span": [33, 278]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275816-0003-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Memphis Grizzlies season\nIt was their first 60+ losing record since 2007\u201308, and also their first season since 2008\u201309 without Zach Randolph, as he signed with the Sacramento Kings via free agency on July 2017. The signing reunited him with Grizzlies teammate Vince Carter, who also signed with them the same day. Randolph led the Grizzlies to seven playoff appearances and one Conference Finals appearance (2013).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [32, 32], "content_span": [33, 422]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275816-0004-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Memphis Grizzlies season, Draft\nThe Grizzlies originally did not have a pick in the 2017 NBA Draft, but they did acquire the Orlando Magic's 35th pick and Houston Rockets' 45th pick through trades involving future second round draft picks. As a result, they acquired power forward Ivan Rabb out of California and shooting guard Dillon Brooks out of Oregon respectively.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 39], "content_span": [40, 377]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275816-0005-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Memphis Grizzlies season, Player statistics\nAfter all games. \u2021Waived during the season\u2020Traded during the season\u2260Acquired during the season", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 51], "content_span": [52, 146]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275817-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Memphis Tigers men's basketball team\nThe 2017\u201318 Memphis Tigers men's basketball team represented the University of Memphis in the 2017\u201318 NCAA Division I men's basketball season, the 97th season of Tiger basketball, the second under head coach Tubby Smith, and the fifth as members of the American Athletic Conference. They played their home games at the FedEx Forum. They finished the season 21\u201313, 10\u20138 in AAC play to finish in fifth place. They defeated Tulsa in the AAC Tournament before losing to Cincinnati in the semifinals.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [44, 44], "content_span": [45, 540]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275817-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Memphis Tigers men's basketball team\nOn March 14, 2018, the school fired head coach Tubby Smith after two years. On March 20, the school hired former Memphis player and NBA star Penny Hardaway as coach.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [44, 44], "content_span": [45, 210]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275817-0002-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Memphis Tigers men's basketball team, Previous season\nThe Tigers finished the 2016\u201317 season 19\u201313, 9\u20139 in AAC play to finish in a tie for fifth place. They lost in the quarterfinals of the AAC Tournament to UCF. Despite having 19 wins, they did not participate in a postseason tournament.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [46, 61], "content_span": [62, 297]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275817-0003-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Memphis Tigers men's basketball team, Offseason, Departures\nFollowing the 2016\u201317 season, Dedric Lawson, K.J. Lawson, and Markel Crawford, the Tigers' three leading scorers and rebounders, announced they would transfer from Memphis.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [46, 67], "content_span": [68, 240]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275818-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Memphis Tigers women's basketball team\nThe 2017\u201318 Memphis Tigers women's basketball team will represent the University of Memphis during the 2017\u201318 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The season marks the fifth for the Tigers as members of the American Athletic Conference. The Tigers, led by tenth year head coach Melissa McFerrin, plays their home games at the Elma Roane Fieldhouse. They finished the season 10\u201320, 5\u201311 in AAC play to finish in a tie for eighth place. They lost in the first round of the American Athletic Women's Tournament to Tulane.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [46, 46], "content_span": [47, 572]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275818-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Memphis Tigers women's basketball team, Media\nAll Tigers home games will have a radio broadcast live on WUMR. Video streaming for all home games will be available on the , ESPN3, or . Road games will typically be streamed on the opponents website, though conference road games could also appear on ESPN3 or AAC Digital.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [48, 53], "content_span": [54, 327]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275819-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Men's England Hockey League season\nThe 2017\u201318 Men's England Hockey League season ran from 23 September 2017 until 25 March 2018 with a winter break in December and January for the Indoor season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [42, 42], "content_span": [43, 203]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275819-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Men's England Hockey League season, Structure\nThe League consists of 4 different competitions with 10 teams in each competition. The leaders, at the end of the season, from the Premier League compete in a Champions Tournament, whilst the 10th placed top flight team gets relegated and the 9th placed team competes for their place with the winners of the regional conferences.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [44, 53], "content_span": [54, 383]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275819-0002-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Men's England Hockey League season, EH Men's Championship Cup, Final\n(Held at the Lee Valley Hockey and Tennis Centre on 7 May)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [44, 76], "content_span": [77, 135]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275819-0003-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Men's England Hockey League season, EH Men's Championship Cup, Final\nReading Tommy Alexander, Daniel Kyriakides, Adam Miller, Richard Mantell, Ben Boon, Edward Carson, Dan Shingles, Ben Francis, Dale Hutchinson, Tim Atkins, James Royce, Nick Park, Owain Dolan Gray, Lee Morton, Tom Carson, Stuart Loughrey, James Carson, Ciaran O'ConnellBeeston Elliot Hibell, Simon Hujwan, Mark Wadsley, Kyle Marshall, Robbie Gleeson, Gareth Griffiths, Joe Sharp, Gareth Andrew, Lucas Garcia Alcalde, Stephen Lawrence, Richard Lawrence, Marius Gemmel, Chris Proctor, Matthew Crookshank, Simon Claris, Navraj Degun", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [44, 76], "content_span": [77, 605]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275820-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Men's Volleyball Serie A1\n2017\u201318 SuperLega is the 73rd season of the Italian Championship (highest level of Italian Volleyball League) organized under the supervision of Federazione Italiana Pallavolo. This season is composed of 14 teams.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [33, 33], "content_span": [34, 247]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275820-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Men's Volleyball Serie A1\nThe Super Cup preceded the regular season on October 7-8, 2017. Sir Safety Conad Perugia won the Super Cup.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [33, 33], "content_span": [34, 141]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275820-0002-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Men's Volleyball Serie A1, Super Cup (Pre-season)\nFour teams participated in Italian Super Cup. Perugia won the tournament defeating Civitanova in the final match.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 57], "content_span": [58, 171]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275821-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Men's Volleyball Thailand League\nThe 2017\u201318 Men's Volleyball Thailand League was the 12th season of the Thai League, the top Thai professional league for association volleyball clubs, since its establishment in 2005. A total of 8 teams competed in the league. The season started on 4 September 2017.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [40, 40], "content_span": [41, 309]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275821-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Men's Volleyball Thailand League, Tournament format, Season standing procedure\nMatch won 3\u20130 or 3\u20131: 3 match points for the winner, 0 match points for the loserMatch won 3\u20132: 2 match points for the winner, 1 match point for the loser", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 86], "content_span": [87, 241]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275822-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Meralco Bolts season\nThe 2017\u201318 Meralco Bolts season was the 8th season of the franchise in the Philippine Basketball Association (PBA).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [28, 28], "content_span": [29, 145]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275822-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Meralco Bolts season, FIBA Asia Champions Cup\nThe Bolts were chosen as the Philippine representative to the 2018 FIBA Asia Champions Cup.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 53], "content_span": [54, 145]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275823-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Mercer Bears men's basketball team\nThe 2017\u201318 Mercer Bears men's basketball team represented Mercer University during the 2017\u201318 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Bears, led by tenth-year head coach Bob Hoffman, played their home games at Hawkins Arena on the university's Macon, Georgia campus as fourth-year members of the Southern Conference. They finished the season 19\u201315, 11\u20137 in SoCon play to finish in a tie for fourth place. They lost in the quarterfinals of the SoCon Tournament to Wofford. They were invited to the College Basketball Invitational where they defeated Grand Canyon in the first round before losing in the quarterfinals to North Texas.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [42, 42], "content_span": [43, 681]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275823-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Mercer Bears men's basketball team, Previous season\nThe Bears finished the 2016\u201317 season 15\u201317, 9\u20139 in SoCon play to finish in sixth place. They lost in the quarterfinals of the SoCon Tournament to East Tennessee State.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [44, 59], "content_span": [60, 228]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275824-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Mercer Bears women's basketball team\nThe 2017\u201318 Mercer Bears women's basketball team represents Mercer University during the 2017\u201318 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Bears, led by eighth-year head coach Susie Gardner, play their home games at the Hawkins Arena as members of the Southern Conference (SoCon). They finished the season 30\u20133, 14\u20130 in Southern Conference play win the Southern Conference regular season. They won the SoCon Women's Tournament for the first time in school history and earns their first automatic trip to the NCAA Women's Tournament where they lost to Georgia in the first round.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [44, 44], "content_span": [45, 628]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275825-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Mercyhurst Lakers women's ice hockey season\nThe Mercyhurst Lakers represented Mercyhurst University in CHA women's ice hockey during the 2017-18 NCAA Division I women's ice hockey season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 51], "section_span": [51, 51], "content_span": [52, 195]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275825-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Mercyhurst Lakers women's ice hockey season, Awards and honors\nVilma Tanskanen was named to the CHA All-Conference First Team. Maggie Knott was named to the Second All-Conference Team. Goaltender Kennedy Blair was named an All-Conference Rookie and won the CHA Goaltender Trophy. Michael Sisti was awarded the CHA Coach of the Year award, as well as one of seven finalists for the NCAA Coach of the Year laurels.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 51], "section_span": [53, 70], "content_span": [71, 420]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275826-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Merrimack Warriors women's ice hockey season\nThe Merrimack Warriors represent Merrimack College in the Women's Hockey East Association during the 2017\u201318 NCAA Division I women's ice hockey season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 52], "section_span": [52, 52], "content_span": [53, 204]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275827-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Mestis season\nThe 2017\u201318 Mestis season is the 18th season of Mestis, the second highest level of ice hockey in Finland after Liiga. Imatran Ketter\u00e4 was promoted from Suomi-sarja at the end of last season, while JYP-Akatemia and Hokki faced bankruptcy and were relegated.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [21, 21], "content_span": [22, 279]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275827-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Mestis season, Regular season\nTop eight advance to the Mestis playoffs while the bottom two face the top two teams from Suomi-sarja for a relegation playoff. Since the highest series of Finnish hockey is a closed series no team will be promoted to Liiga.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 37], "content_span": [38, 262]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275827-0002-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Mestis season, Regular season\nRules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored; 4) Head-to-head points; 5) Penalty minutes.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 37], "content_span": [38, 155]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275827-0003-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Mestis season, Playoffs\nPlayoffs are being played in three stages. Each stage is a best-of-7 series. The teams are reseeded after the quarterfinals, so that the best team by regular season performance to make the semifinals faces the worst team in the semifinals.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 31], "content_span": [32, 271]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275827-0004-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Mestis season, Relegation playoffs\nThe bottom two teams will face the top two teams from Suomi-sarja for a best-of-7 series were the winners will get a place in Mestis for the next season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 42], "content_span": [43, 196]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275827-0005-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Mestis season, Relegation playoffs\nNo team got relegated from or promoted to Mestis for the next season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 42], "content_span": [43, 112]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275828-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Metal Ligaen season\nThe 2017\u201318 Metal Ligaen season will be the 61st season of ice hockey in Denmark. The season got extended from 10 to 11 teams by including Hvidovre Fighters. It is Hvidovre's first season in the league since the 2012\u201313 season. It is also the first time ever that the league consists of 11 teams.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [27, 27], "content_span": [28, 324]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275829-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference men's basketball season\nThe 2017\u201318 Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference (MAAC) men's basketball season began with practices in October 2017, followed by the start of the 2017\u201318 NCAA Division I men's basketball season in November. Conference play started in January and concluded in March 2018. 2017\u201318 was the 37th season of MAAC basketball.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 66], "section_span": [66, 66], "content_span": [67, 384]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275829-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference men's basketball season\nOn February 25, 2018, the last day of the MAAC regular season, both Rider and Canisius won their final game to claim a share of the MAAC Regular Season title. Rider and Canisius both split their regular season games, but Rider had a 1\u20130 record against third place Niagara and Canisius went 1\u20131, so Rider was awarded the No. 1 seed in the 2018 MAAC Tournament, while Canisius secured the No. 2 seed.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 66], "section_span": [66, 66], "content_span": [67, 465]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275829-0002-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference men's basketball season\nThe 2018 MAAC Tournament was held from March 1\u20135, 2018 at the Times Union Center in Albany, NY. No. 4 seed Iona defeated No. 6 seed Fairfield 83\u201371 to win the tournament championship, their third consecutive. They joined former member La Salle University (1988\u201390) and Siena College (2008\u201310) as the only teams to ever win three consecutive tournament championships. No team has won four consecutive as of 2018. As a result, Iona received the conference's automatic bid to the NCAA Tournament. They earned a No. 15 seed and lost to No. 2 seed Duke 67\u201389 in the First Round.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 66], "section_span": [66, 66], "content_span": [67, 640]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275829-0002-0001", "contents": "2017\u201318 Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference men's basketball season\nRider, a conference champion who failed to win it's conference's tournament, received a bid to the National Invitation Tournament, losing 86\u201399 at Oregon. Canisius was invited to play in the College Basketball Invitational, and lost at home to Jacksonville State 78\u201380OT in the first round. Niagara was invited to the CollegeInsider.com Tournament, and lost at Eastern Michigan 65\u201383.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 66], "section_span": [66, 66], "content_span": [67, 452]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275829-0003-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference men's basketball season, Head coaches, Coaching changes\nOn March 7, 2017, head coach Tom Moore was fired. He finished at Quinnipiac with a ten-year record of 162\u2013146. On March 27, Villanova assistant coach Baker Dunleavy was hired as the Bobcats next head coach.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 66], "section_span": [68, 98], "content_span": [99, 305]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275829-0004-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference men's basketball season, MAAC regular season, Conference matrix\nThis table summarizes the final head-to-head results between teams in conference play.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 66], "section_span": [68, 106], "content_span": [107, 193]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275829-0005-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference men's basketball season, MAAC regular season, Player of the week\nThroughout the regular season, the Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference offices named player(s) of the week and rookie(s) of the week.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 66], "section_span": [68, 107], "content_span": [108, 240]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275829-0006-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference men's basketball season, MAAC regular season, Records against other conferences\n2017\u201318 records against non-conference foes. Records shown for regular season only.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 66], "section_span": [68, 122], "content_span": [123, 206]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275830-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Mez\u0151k\u00f6vesdi SE season\nThe 2017\u201318 season was Mez\u0151k\u00f6vesdi SE's 3rd competitive season, 2nd consecutive season in the OTP Bank Liga and 42nd year in existence as a football club.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [29, 29], "content_span": [30, 184]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275830-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Mez\u0151k\u00f6vesdi SE season, First team squad\nNote: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 47], "content_span": [48, 176]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275830-0002-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Mez\u0151k\u00f6vesdi SE season, Transfers, Summer\nIn:Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 48], "content_span": [49, 180]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275830-0003-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Mez\u0151k\u00f6vesdi SE season, Transfers, Summer\nOut:Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 48], "content_span": [49, 181]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275830-0004-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Mez\u0151k\u00f6vesdi SE season, Transfers, Winter\nIn:Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 48], "content_span": [49, 180]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275830-0005-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Mez\u0151k\u00f6vesdi SE season, Transfers, Winter\nOut:Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 48], "content_span": [49, 181]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275830-0006-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Mez\u0151k\u00f6vesdi SE season, Statistics, Top scorers\nIncludes all competitive matches. The list is sorted by shirt number when total goals are equal.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 54], "content_span": [55, 151]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275830-0007-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Mez\u0151k\u00f6vesdi SE season, Statistics, Disciplinary record\nIncludes all competitive matches. Players with 1 card or more included only.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 62], "content_span": [63, 139]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275831-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Miami Heat season\nThe 2017\u201318 Miami Heat season was the 30th season of the franchise in the National Basketball Association (NBA).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [25, 25], "content_span": [26, 138]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275831-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Miami Heat season\nOn the February 8, 2018 NBA trade deadline, the Heat re-acquired star shooting guard Dwyane Wade from the Cleveland Cavaliers in exchange for a future second round draft pick, after losing him to free agency in July 2016.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [25, 25], "content_span": [26, 247]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275831-0002-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Miami Heat season\nDespite a loss to the Oklahoma City Thunder on April 9, 2018, the Heat clinched a playoff berth for the eighth time in ten seasons. Furthermore, they won their division on April 11 as a result of an overtime win over the Toronto Raptors, as well as a loss by the Washington Wizards to the Orlando Magic. The Heat finished the regular season with a 44\u201338 record, which clinched the 6th seed in the Eastern Conference playoffs. This made the Heat the lowest seeded playoff team to win a division championship since the NBA modified playoff seeding in 2016.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [25, 25], "content_span": [26, 580]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275831-0003-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Miami Heat season\nIn the playoffs, they faced the 3rd seed Philadelphia 76ers in the first round and were defeated in 5 games.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [25, 25], "content_span": [26, 134]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275831-0004-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Miami Heat season\nIt was the first NBA season without Chris Bosh since the 2002-03 season", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [25, 25], "content_span": [26, 97]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275832-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Miami Hurricanes men's basketball team\nThe 2017\u201318 Miami Hurricanes men's basketball team represented the University of Miami during the 2017\u201318 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. Led by seventh-year head coach Jim Larra\u00f1aga, they played their home games at the Watsco Center on the university's campus in Coral Gables, Florida as members of the Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC). They finished the season 22\u201310, 11\u20137 in ACC play to finish in a four-way tie for third place. They lost in the quarterfinals of the ACC Tournament to North Carolina. They received an at-large bid to the NCAA Tournament where they lost in the First Round to Loyola\u2013Chicago.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [46, 46], "content_span": [47, 665]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275832-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Miami Hurricanes men's basketball team, Previous season\nThe Hurricanes finished the 2016\u201317 season 21\u201312, 10\u20138 in ACC play to finish in a three-way tie for seventh place. They defeated Syracuse in the second round of the ACC Tournament to advance to the quarterfinals where they lost to North Carolina. They received an at-large bid to the NCAA Tournament as the #8 seed in the Midwest region where they lost in the first round to #9 Michigan State.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [48, 63], "content_span": [64, 457]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275832-0002-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Miami Hurricanes men's basketball team, FBI investigation\nOn September 26, 2017 federal prosecutors in New York announced that various schools were under investigation for an alleged \"pay for play\" scheme involving recruits at various schools including Miami. On October 23, head coach Jim Larra\u00f1aga announced that he believed he was one of the coaches implicated in the FBI indictment. Larra\u00f1aga insisted that he had done nothing wrong, however.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [48, 65], "content_span": [66, 454]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275832-0003-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Miami Hurricanes men's basketball team, Rankings\n^Coaches did not release a Week 2 poll. *AP does not release post-NCAA tournament rankings", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [48, 56], "content_span": [57, 147]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275833-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Miami Hurricanes women's basketball team\nThe 2017\u201318 Miami hurricanes women's basketball team will represent the University of Miami during the 2017\u201318 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Hurricanes, led by thirteenth-year head coach Katie Meier, play their home games at the Watsco Center and were members of the Atlantic Coast Conference. They finished the season 21\u201311, 10\u20136 in ACC play to finish in a 3-way tie for sixth place. They advanced to the quarterfinals of the ACC Women's Tournament where they lost to Florida State. They received an at-large bid of the NCAA Women's Tournament where they lost in the rematch of last year's second round to Quinnipiac in the first round.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 48], "section_span": [48, 48], "content_span": [49, 703]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275834-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Miami RedHawks men's basketball team\nThe 2017\u201318 Miami RedHawks men's basketball team represented Miami University during the 2017\u201318 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The RedHawks, led by first-year head coach Jack Owens, played their home games at Millett Hall, as members of the East Division of the Mid-American Conference. They finished the season 16\u201318, 8\u201310 in MAC play to finish in third place in the East Division. They defeated Ohio in the first round of the MAC Tournament to advance to the quarterfinals where they lost to Toledo. They were invited to the College Basketball Invitational where they lost in the first round to Campbell.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [44, 44], "content_span": [45, 662]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275834-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Miami RedHawks men's basketball team, Previous season\nThe RedHawks finished the 2016\u201317 season 11\u201321, 4\u201314 in MAC play to finish in last place. As the No. 12 seed in the MAC Tournament, they lost in the first round to Western Michigan.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [46, 61], "content_span": [62, 243]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275834-0002-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Miami RedHawks men's basketball team, Previous season\nHead coach John Cooper was fired on March 10, 2017 after five seasons at Miami. Purdue associate head coach Jack Owens was named the new head coach on March 29.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [46, 61], "content_span": [62, 222]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275835-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Miami RedHawks women's basketball team\nThe 2017\u201318 Miami RedHawks women's basketball team represents Miami University during the 2017\u201318 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The RedHawks, led by first year head coach Megan Duffy, play their home games at Millett Hall, as members of the East Division of the Mid-American Conference. They finished the season 21\u201311, 12\u20136 in MAC play to finish in second place in the East Division. They advanced to the semifinals of the MAC Women's Tournament where they lost to Central Michigan. They received an at-large bid to the Women's National Invitation Tournament where they lost to Duquesne in the first round.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [46, 46], "content_span": [47, 666]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275836-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Michigan State Spartans men's basketball team\nThe 2017\u201318 Michigan State Spartans men's basketball team represented Michigan State University in the 2017\u201318 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Spartans, led by 23rd-year head coach Tom Izzo, played their home games at Breslin Center in East Lansing, Michigan as members of the Big Ten Conference.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 53], "section_span": [53, 53], "content_span": [54, 363]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275836-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Michigan State Spartans men's basketball team\nWith a win over Illinois on February 20, 2018, the Spartans secured a share of the Big Ten title, their first regular season title since 2012. On February 25, the Spartans defeated Wisconsin to win the Big Ten title outright, their first outright regular season title since 2009. It marked the Spartans eighth regular season title under Izzo. The Spartans finished the season 30\u20135, 16\u20132 in Big Ten play to win the regular season championship. As the No. 1 seed in the Big Ten Tournament, they beat Wisconsin in the quarterfinals before losing to Michigan in the semifinals.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 53], "section_span": [53, 53], "content_span": [54, 627]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275836-0001-0001", "contents": "2017\u201318 Michigan State Spartans men's basketball team\nThe Spartans received a bid to the NCAA Tournament, their 21st consecutive trip under Izzo, as the No. 3 seed in the Midwest region. They defeated No. 14 Bucknell in the First Round before losing to No. 11-seeded Syracuse in the Second Round. As a result, the Spartans failed to make the Sweet Sixteen for the third consecutive year, a first for the Spartans with Izzo as head coach. The 16 Big Ten wins for the Spartans marked a school record and the 30 overall wins was only the fourth time in school history that the Spartans had won at least 30 games (all under Izzo).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 53], "section_span": [53, 53], "content_span": [54, 626]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275836-0002-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Michigan State Spartans men's basketball team\nFollowing the season, Miles Bridges announced he would sign with an agent and declared for the NBA draft. A few days later, Jaren Jackson Jr. also announced he would enter the draft and sign with an agent.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 53], "section_span": [53, 53], "content_span": [54, 259]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275836-0003-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Michigan State Spartans men's basketball team, Previous season\nThe Spartans finished the 2016\u201317 season 20\u201315, 10\u20138 in Big Ten play to finish in a tie for fifth place. In the Big Ten Tournament, they defeated Penn State in the second round before losing to Minnesota in the quarterfinals. They received a bid to the NCAA Tournament as a No. 9 seed in the Midwest region, their 20th consecutive appearance in the Tournament. They defeated No. 8-seeded Miami in the First Round before losing to No. 1-seeded Kansas in the Second Round. The 15 losses by MSU were the second most ever under Tom Izzo, behind only his 16 losses in his first season as head coach at MSU.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 53], "section_span": [55, 70], "content_span": [71, 672]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275836-0004-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Michigan State Spartans men's basketball team, Previous season\nThe Spartans were led by freshmen Miles Bridges, 16.9 points and 8.3 rebounds per game, and Nick Ward, 13.9 points and 6.5 rebounds per game.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 53], "section_span": [55, 70], "content_span": [71, 212]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275836-0005-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Michigan State Spartans men's basketball team, Offseason, Recruiting class, 2017 recruiting class\nOn September 15, 2016, five-star forward Jaren Jackson Jr. announced that he would attend Michigan State. He is the son of former NBA player Jaren Jackson Sr. Jackson was listed as the eighth best player in the 2017 final rankings by ESPN. On September 30, 2016, four-star power forward Xavier Tillman committed to MSU. He was considered the best player in the state of Michigan in the 2017 class. Tillman was ranked No. 71 in the 2017 final rankings by ESPN. Tillman and Jackson signed National Letters of Intent on November 9, 2016. With just these two signings, MSU's class was listed as the 14th best in the country by ESPN and 17th by rivals.com.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 53], "section_span": [55, 105], "content_span": [106, 757]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275836-0006-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Michigan State Spartans men's basketball team, Offseason, Recruiting class, 2017 recruiting class\nTwo-star point guard Jack Hoiberg, son of Chicago Bulls head coach Fred Hoiberg, announced he would attend Michigan State as a preferred walk-on. On May 30, the school announced that two-star shooting guard Brock Washington would join the Spartans as a preferred walk-on in 2017.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 53], "section_span": [55, 105], "content_span": [106, 385]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275836-0007-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Michigan State Spartans men's basketball team, Offseason, Early offseason rankings\nIn April, 2017, most early pollsters included Michigan State in the preseason top 25 for the 2017\u201318 season. These included ESPN (No. 12), Sports Illustrated (No. 8), Yahoo! Sports (No. 11), USA Today (No. 16), NBC Sports (No. 3), CBS Sports (No. 3), Sporting News (No. 5) and Bleacher Report (No. 12). Most of the projections assumed Miles Bridges would not return to East Lansing for his sophomore season. USA Today noted that \"leading scorer Miles Bridges is NBA-bound.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 53], "section_span": [55, 90], "content_span": [91, 564]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275836-0007-0001", "contents": "2017\u201318 Michigan State Spartans men's basketball team, Offseason, Early offseason rankings\nThe Sporting News summarized: \"Bridges hasn\u2019t announced his decision yet, but Spartans fans aren\u2019t holding their breath (he\u2019s expected to be a lottery pick).\" Following the deadline to withdraw from the NBA Draft, many media outlets released updated early top 25 rankings for the 2017\u201318 season. MSU was a consensus top three team by every major outlet: NBC Sports (No. 1), Fox Sports (No. 2), Sporting News (No. 2), ESPN (No. 3), CBS Sports (No. 3), and Yahoo! Sports (No. 3).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 53], "section_span": [55, 90], "content_span": [91, 568]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275836-0008-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Michigan State Spartans men's basketball team, Offseason, Returning players\nOn April 13, 2017, Miles Bridges, considered an NBA lottery pick, announced he would not enter the NBA Draft and would return to MSU as a sophomore. His return led many to project MSU as a Final Four contender for the 2017\u201318 season. Losing only seniors Eron Harris and Alvin Ellis III, the Spartans returned eight of their top 10 players from the prior season. Bridges was also considered a potential candidate for National Player of the Year upon the announcement of his return to Michigan State. The Spartans returned 78% of their scoring and 81% of their rebounding from the previous year.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 53], "section_span": [55, 83], "content_span": [84, 677]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275836-0009-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Michigan State Spartans men's basketball team, Offseason, Returning players\nOn May 8, redshirt graduate student Ben Carter was granted a sixth year of eligibility after the NCAA granted his medical hardship waiver. The Spartans had one remaining open scholarship for the 2017\u201318 season after Carter was granted eligibility.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 53], "section_span": [55, 83], "content_span": [84, 332]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275836-0010-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Michigan State Spartans men's basketball team, Offseason, Transfers\nOn May 11, 6-foot-11, 220-pound center Braden Burke announced he would transfer to Michigan State from Robert Morris and be a preferred walk-on. Burke will have to sit out the 2017\u201318 season due to NCAA transfer rules.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 53], "section_span": [55, 75], "content_span": [76, 294]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275836-0011-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Michigan State Spartans men's basketball team, Offseason, Remaining scholarships\nAfter missing out on late recruiting targets (Brian Bowen, Mark Smith, and Brandon McCoy), the Spartans had one remaining open scholarship. It was confirmed on August 24, 2017, that the last remaining scholarship would be given to former walk-on Connor George, son of Cathy George, MSU's volleyball coach.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 53], "section_span": [55, 88], "content_span": [89, 394]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275836-0012-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Michigan State Spartans men's basketball team, Preseason\nOn the first day of practice, September 29, 2017, Tom Izzo announced that Lourawls \"Tum Tum\" Nairn and Miles Bridges had been selected as captains for the team.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 53], "section_span": [55, 64], "content_span": [65, 225]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275836-0013-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Michigan State Spartans men's basketball team, Preseason\nOn October 20, MSU held its annual Midnight Madness event at Breslin Center. Tom Izzo did not dress up for the event as he had in the past, but there was a man in a black suit, green tie and extra-large head on his shoulders that was supposed to resemble Izzo. Earlier in the day, the school unveiled the $20 million Tom Izzo Hall of History inside the Breslin Center.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 53], "section_span": [55, 64], "content_span": [65, 433]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275836-0014-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Michigan State Spartans men's basketball team, Preseason, Jud Heathcote's death\nOn August 28, former MSU head coach Jud Heathcote, who led the Spartans to their first National Championship in 1979, died at the age of 90. \"Michigan State has lost one of its icons today,\" Tom Izzo said in a statement. \"And yet, nothing can erase his impact on the program, the players he coached and the coaches he mentored. Spartan basketball is what it is today because of Jud Heathcote.\" On September 6, 2017, Michigan State announced that it would wear a memorial patch on their uniforms during the season for former head coach Jud Heathcote who died in late August. The team also announced that the February 10, 2018 game against Purdue would be a tribute game to Heathcote.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 53], "section_span": [55, 87], "content_span": [88, 770]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275836-0015-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Michigan State Spartans men's basketball team, Preseason, Preseason rankings\nIn its preseason college preview, Lindy's Sports ranked the Spartans No. 1 in the country. The publication picked Miles Bridges as Big Ten Player of the Year and the top small forward in the country. Nick Ward was named preseason second team All-Big Ten center while Jaren Jackson Jr. was named newcomer of the year.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 53], "section_span": [55, 84], "content_span": [85, 401]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275836-0016-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Michigan State Spartans men's basketball team, Preseason, Preseason rankings\nThe Blue Ribbon Yearbook ranked MSU No. 2 in its preseason rankings. The publication listed Miles Bridges as a second team All-American. Athlon Sports ranked the Spartans No. 2 in the country while ranking Bridges as the No. 1 player in the country. Ward and Jackson were selected as second team All-Big Ten and Jackson was named Big Ten newcomer of the year.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 53], "section_span": [55, 84], "content_span": [85, 444]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275836-0017-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Michigan State Spartans men's basketball team, Preseason, Preseason rankings\nStreet & Smith ranked MSU No. 3 in the country while naming Bridges first-team All-American. On September 26, NBC Sports named Miles Bridges the national preseason player of the year. On October 23, ESPN.com also named Bridges the national preseason player of the year. On November 6, Bridges was named an AP preseason All-American, receiving 61 of the possible 65 votes.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 53], "section_span": [55, 84], "content_span": [85, 456]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275836-0018-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Michigan State Spartans men's basketball team, Preseason, Preseason Big Ten poll\nPrior to the conference's annual media day, awards and a poll were chosen by a panel of 28 writers, two for each team in the conference. Michigan State was a unanimous selection to win the conference. The Spartans' Miles Bridges was also a unanimous selection for Preseason Player of the Year.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 53], "section_span": [55, 88], "content_span": [89, 382]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275836-0019-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Michigan State Spartans men's basketball team, Preseason, Preseason Big Ten poll\nAt the Big Ten media day, the Spartans were unanimous selections to win the conference. Miles Bridges was named the Preseason Player of the Year. Nick Ward joined Bridges on the preseason All-Big Ten team.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 53], "section_span": [55, 88], "content_span": [89, 294]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275836-0020-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Michigan State Spartans men's basketball team, Preseason, Exhibitions\nOn October 23, 2017, it was announced that MSU would play Georgia in Grand Rapids, Michigan on October 29 in a charity exhibition game to help raise funds for hurricane relief.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 53], "section_span": [55, 77], "content_span": [78, 254]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275836-0021-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Michigan State Spartans men's basketball team, Preseason, Exhibitions\nIn the first exhibition game for the Spartans, MSU defeated Ferris State 80\u201372 on October 26. Miles Bridges left the game in the first half after falling and cutting his head, but returned in the second half. Cassius Winston led the Spartans in scoring with 24 points as MSU avoided the upset from the Division II Bulldogs. Freshman Jaren Jackson Jr. had 14 points, eight rebounds, and eight blocks in his MSU debut.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 53], "section_span": [55, 77], "content_span": [78, 494]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275836-0022-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Michigan State Spartans men's basketball team, Preseason, Exhibitions\nOn October 29, MSU took on Georgia in a hastily-planned charity exhibition game in Grand Rapids to benefit hurricane victims. With four stitches over his right eye from the cut suffered in the first exhibition game, Bridges led the Spartans with 21 points and 10 rebounds. Nick Ward had 13 points while Joshua Langford scored 11 as the Spartans won 80\u201368.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 53], "section_span": [55, 77], "content_span": [78, 433]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275836-0023-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Michigan State Spartans men's basketball team, Preseason, Exhibitions\nOn November 1, it was announced that junior forward Kyle Ahrens would be out indefinitely after aggravating an injury to his right foot.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 53], "section_span": [55, 77], "content_span": [78, 214]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275836-0024-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Michigan State Spartans men's basketball team, Preseason, Exhibitions\nThe newly-ranked No. 2 Spartans (in AP and Coaches poll) took on Division II Hillsdale on November 3 in their final exhibition game. The Spartans held Hillsdale to approximately 20% shooting as Nick Ward led the Spartans with 14 points and 13 rebounds. Jaren Jackson added 13 rebounds and 12 points as MSU won easily 75\u201344.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 53], "section_span": [55, 77], "content_span": [78, 401]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275836-0025-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Michigan State Spartans men's basketball team, Regular season, North Florida\nOn November 10, the Spartans opened the regular season at home against North Florida. Miles Bridges scored 20 points and Jaren Jackson Jr. had 13 rebounds as the Spartans routed the Ospreys 98\u201366. Each Spartan starter scored in double figures: Nick Ward (16), Cassius Winston (12), and Joshua Langford (13). Ward made all six of his shots as the team shot 78% from the free throw line in the easy win.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 53], "section_span": [55, 84], "content_span": [85, 486]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275836-0026-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Michigan State Spartans men's basketball team, Regular season, Duke\nIn a matchup of No. 1 versus No. 2 at the Champions Classic in Chicago on November 14, the Spartans struggled with Duke's 2\u20133 zone. Bridges, Jackson Jr., and Ward each scored 19 points for the Spartans who shot 50% from the field in the game. However, Duke's Grayson Allen scored 37 points and MSU lost the rebound battle and allowed 25 offensive rebounds as they fell 88\u201381. Head coach Tom Izzo blamed himself for the loss as he fell to 1\u201311 all time against Duke. The loss moved MSU to 1\u20131 on the season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 53], "section_span": [55, 75], "content_span": [76, 582]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275836-0027-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Michigan State Spartans men's basketball team, Regular season, Duke\nOn November 16, the school announced that forward Kenny Goins had suffered a knee strain in the Duke game and would miss several weeks due to the injury.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 53], "section_span": [55, 75], "content_span": [76, 229]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275836-0028-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Michigan State Spartans men's basketball team, Regular season, Duke\nAlso on November 16, Nike announced uniforms for those teams participating in the Phil Knight Invitational. MSU's uniforms were green with bronze highlights.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 53], "section_span": [55, 75], "content_span": [76, 233]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275836-0029-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Michigan State Spartans men's basketball team, Regular season, Stony Brook\nThe Spartans returned home to face Stony Brook in a campus site game for the Phil Knight Invitational on November 19. MSU struggled early, trailing by as many as eight before leading by six at the half. The Spartans pulled away in the second half, but suffered a scare as Miles Bridges went down with an ankle injury with over eight minutes remaining in the game. Bridges, who scored 20 points, did not return. Nick Ward led all scorers with 22 and Joshua Langford scored a career-high 19 in the 93\u201371 win. The MSU sophomores scored 74 of the team's 93 points. After the game, it was announced that Bridges was day-to-day with an ankle sprain.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 53], "section_span": [55, 82], "content_span": [83, 726]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275836-0030-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Michigan State Spartans men's basketball team, Regular season, Stony Brook\nOn November 20, Tom Izzo announced that Bridges' x-rays were negative on his ankle and the swelling had gone down. He said that they would not know for a day or two if Bridges would miss any time.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 53], "section_span": [55, 82], "content_span": [83, 279]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275836-0031-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Michigan State Spartans men's basketball team, Regular season, DePaul\nThe Spartans traveled to Portland, Oregon to participate in the Phil Knight Invitational in honor of Nike co-founder Phil Knight's 80th birthday. The tournament, which began on Thanksgiving Day, November 23, ran through November 26. Bridges did not play in the opening round game of the tournament on November 23 as MSU took on DePaul. The Spartans struggled in the first half and went to halftime tied at 31 with the Blue Demons. Matt McQuaid, who started for Bridges, stepped up and scored a career-high 20 points on six of eight shooting from behind the three-point line. The Spartans held DePaul to 25.5% shooting from the field as they pulled away in the second half for a 73\u201351 win.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 53], "section_span": [55, 77], "content_span": [78, 766]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275836-0032-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Michigan State Spartans men's basketball team, Regular season, UConn\nThe next day in the second round of the Phil Knight Invitational, Bridges did play, but did not start as MSU struggled in the first half again, leading by only one at the half. Bridges scored only six points in 17 minutes of play, but Cassius Winston had his best game offensively as a Spartan, scoring a career-high 28 points on 12 of 15 shooting. MSU's defense again dominated the game, holding UConn to only 35% from the floor as the Spartans again pulled away in the second half for the 77\u201357 win.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 53], "section_span": [55, 76], "content_span": [77, 578]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275836-0033-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Michigan State Spartans men's basketball team, Regular season, North Carolina\nIn the championship game of the Victory Bracket of the Phil Knight Invitational on November 26, the Spartans took on No. 9-ranked North Carolina looking to avoid a poor first half for the third straight game. Bridges returned to the starting lineup after coming off the bench against UConn in the previous game. MSU's defense was again the star of the show, holding UNC to a school-record low for shooting percentage as they shot 24.6% from the field, including 5.6% from three-point land.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 53], "section_span": [55, 85], "content_span": [86, 575]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275836-0033-0001", "contents": "2017\u201318 Michigan State Spartans men's basketball team, Regular season, North Carolina\nJoshua Langford had the big offensive game for the Spartans, scoring a career-high 23 points as the Spartans dominated from the outset and led by 14 at the half. MSU did struggle with turnovers, giving the ball up 24 times in the game. Despite that, the Spartans stretched the lead to as many as 21 in the second half, beating UNC 63\u201345 and marking Tom Izzo's first win over North Carolina since 2000 and first win against UNC when coached by Roy Williams. The win gave the Spartans the Phil Knight Invitational Victory Bracket championship and Cassius Winston was named the bracket's MVP. The win moved MSU to 5\u20131 on the season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 53], "section_span": [55, 85], "content_span": [86, 715]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275836-0034-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Michigan State Spartans men's basketball team, Regular season, Notre Dame\nOn the final day of November, the Spartans returned home to welcome No. 5-ranked Notre Dame to East Lansing, marking only the second time the teams had faced each other since 1979. The No. 3-ranked Spartans jumped out to an early lead and led by as many as 22 in the first half while enjoying a 20-point halftime lead, 46\u201326. Notre Dame was able to move within eight points in the second half, but the Spartans, led by Winston and Langford's 17 points each, were able to pull away for an easy win. Bridges added 14 points as MSU buried nine three-pointers in the 81\u201363 win. The win moved the Spartans to 6\u20131 on the season and a 2\u20131 record against top ten-ranked teams (only losing to Duke).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 53], "section_span": [55, 81], "content_span": [82, 772]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275836-0035-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Michigan State Spartans men's basketball team, Regular season, Nebraska\nDue to the Big Ten Tournament being held one week earlier to be held at Madison Square Garden, the Spartans began conference play on December 3 against Nebraska. MSU won its sixth straight game, all by at least 18 points, in an 86\u201357 thrashing of Nebraska. The Spartans held Nebraska to 27% shooting from the field as the MSU defense again dominated the game. Nick Ward, who was in foul trouble, scored 22 points in only 16 minutes to lead the Spartans. Jaren Jackson Jr. scored 15 with 10 rebounds and three blocks. The win moved the Spartans to 7\u20131 on the season and 1\u20130 in Big Ten play.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 53], "section_span": [55, 79], "content_span": [80, 669]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275836-0036-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Michigan State Spartans men's basketball team, Regular season, Rutgers\nTwo days later on December 5, the Spartans traveled to face Rutgers in New Jersey for the Spartans first true road game of the season. MSU fell behind early 8\u20130 to the Scarlet Knights, but managed to retake the lead midway through the first half. Rutgers rallied to tie the game at 26 at the half. In the second half, the Spartans were unable to pull away though they had the lead for most of the half as both teams struggled offensively.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 53], "section_span": [55, 78], "content_span": [79, 517]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275836-0036-0001", "contents": "2017\u201318 Michigan State Spartans men's basketball team, Regular season, Rutgers\nMiles Bridges scored 21 points while Jackson Jr. tied a single-game Spartan record with eight blocks, but MSU still needed two big three-pointers later in the game by Cassius Winston to pull out the 10-point victory, 62\u201352. MSU limited Rutgers to 25% shooting on the night, but only made 38% of their own shots while failing to win the rebound battle as both teams had 45 rebounds. Nick Ward, who struggled in the first half, only played a minute and a half in the second half and sat on the bench dejectedly for most of the half. Izzo said he just had a bad game. The win was the Spartans seventh in a row and left the Spartans at 8\u20131 on the season and 2\u20130 in Big Ten play.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 53], "section_span": [55, 78], "content_span": [79, 753]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275836-0037-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Michigan State Spartans men's basketball team, Regular season, Southern Utah\nThe Spartans returned home to play Southern Utah on December 9. Nick Ward scored 17 points a week after only playing 11 minutes while Miles Bridges and Jaren Jackson Jr. each added 17 as well. Despite this, the Thunderbirds were within five points of the Spartans in the second half before MSU pulled away. Jackson added 13 rebounds and five blocks while Cassius Winston scored 15 points with five assists as the Spartans won 88\u201363. The win, MSU's eighth in a row, moved the Spartans to 9\u20131 on the season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 53], "section_span": [55, 84], "content_span": [85, 590]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275836-0038-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Michigan State Spartans men's basketball team, Regular season, Southern Utah\nFollowing losses by No. 1 Duke and No. 2 Kansas, it was likely MSU would become the No. 1 team in the country on December 11. However, Villanova was named the No. 1 team in the country in both polls, leapfrogging MSU.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 53], "section_span": [55, 84], "content_span": [85, 302]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275836-0039-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Michigan State Spartans men's basketball team, Regular season, Oakland\nOn December 16, the Spartans participated in the Hitachi College Basketball Showcase held at the new Little Caesars Arena in Detroit and took on Oakland. MSU took the early lead in the game, led by Nick Ward who scored 15 points and brought down 15 rebounds in the game. The Spartans continued their strong defensive effort, holding the Grizzlies to 31.3% shooting in the first half. Despite this, MSU only led by five at the half.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 53], "section_span": [55, 78], "content_span": [79, 510]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275836-0039-0001", "contents": "2017\u201318 Michigan State Spartans men's basketball team, Regular season, Oakland\nIn the second half, Oakland's hot shooting (40% overall and 46.7% from three) kept the game close every time the Spartans tried to pull away. However, Cassius Winston took over the Spartans, scoring the final 14 points for MSU as the Spartans pulled away for an 86\u201373 win. Winston scored 19 in the game to lead MSU, but committed six turnovers. Miles Bridges added 11 points while Josh Langford tallied 17. Jaren Jackson Jr. blocked four shots and scored 10 in the win. The win moved MSU to 16\u20130 all-time against Oakland. MSU won its ninth game in the row and moved to 10\u20131 on the season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 53], "section_span": [55, 78], "content_span": [79, 667]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275836-0040-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Michigan State Spartans men's basketball team, Regular season, Houston Baptist\nReturning home, the Spartans welcomed Houston Baptist the Breslin Center on December 18. Miles Bridges tied a career high with 33 points while Nick Ward was perfect from the field in scoring 20 points. The Spartans set a school record with 16 blocks in the game, Jaren Jackson Jr. had six while Ward had five. The Spartans had 30 assists on 36 made baskets while Cassius Winston also set a career high with 12 assists. MSU again played well defensively, holding HBU to 31.6% shooting while Tom Izzo's team shot 70% in the first half.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 53], "section_span": [55, 86], "content_span": [87, 620]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275836-0040-0001", "contents": "2017\u201318 Michigan State Spartans men's basketball team, Regular season, Houston Baptist\nHouston would finish the game at 28.4% in the game as the Spartans kept up their nation-leading field goal defense. MSU blew out the Huskies 107\u201362, the most points the Spartans had scored since 2011, moving to 11\u20131 on the season. Despite the easy win, Izzo was disappointed with the Spartans' performance, especially with the fact that HBU out-rebounded MSU on the offensive glass 24\u201310.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 53], "section_span": [55, 86], "content_span": [87, 475]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275836-0041-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Michigan State Spartans men's basketball team, Regular season, Long Beach State\nOn December 21, Long Beach State had no better luck against the Spartans in East Lansing. Miles Bridges scored 17 points and had nine rebounds while Josh Langford also scored 17. Cassius Winston dished out eight assists to go along with 13 points and Jaren Jackson Jr. added 13 points and four blocks. Nick Ward continued his torrid shooting, making seven of his eight shots (making 17 of his last 18 shots) to score 16 in a 102\u201360 romp over the 49ers.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 53], "section_span": [55, 87], "content_span": [88, 540]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275836-0041-0001", "contents": "2017\u201318 Michigan State Spartans men's basketball team, Regular season, Long Beach State\nTom Izzo felt better about his team's performance, but still was upset with the team's 12 turnover, nine coming in the first half. The Spartans scored over 100 points in back-to-back games for the first time since 2004. The win marked MSU's 11th straight, moving their record to 12\u20131 on the season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 53], "section_span": [55, 87], "content_span": [88, 386]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275836-0042-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Michigan State Spartans men's basketball team, Regular season, Cleveland State\nOn December 28, the Spartans welcomed Cleveland State to the Breslin Center. The Spartans left little doubt in this game as they jumped to an early 32\u20136 lead on the Vikings. MSU made its first seven shots of the game and shot 72.4% from the field in the first half, leading 63\u201325 at the half. The 63 points scored in the first half is believed to be the most scored in any half under Tom Izzo. Josh Langford scored 23 to lead the Spartans as they topped 100 points for the third consecutive game, winning easily 111\u201361. The Spartans continued their strong defensive play, holding Cleveland State to just 32% shooting in the game. Nick Ward made seven of his eight shots, scoring 22 points while Miles Bridges added 18. The win moved the Spartans to 13\u20131 on the season with one non-conference game remaining.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 53], "section_span": [55, 86], "content_span": [87, 894]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275836-0043-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Michigan State Spartans men's basketball team, Regular season, Savannah State\nOn New Year's Eve, Savannah State traveled to East Lansing for the Spartans final non-conference game of the season. MSU jumped to an early lead as Savannah State, number one in the country in three-point attempts, struggled early. However, the Tigers got hot near the midpoint of the first half and kept the score close. The Spartans turned the ball over 10 times in the first ten minutes of the game, but were still able to lead by 13 at half time, 51\u201338.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 53], "section_span": [55, 85], "content_span": [86, 543]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275836-0043-0001", "contents": "2017\u201318 Michigan State Spartans men's basketball team, Regular season, Savannah State\nMSU turned it on in the second half, outscoring the Tigers 57\u201314, including a 32\u20130 stretch to close the game and win 108\u201352. The Spartans scored over 100 points for the fourth game in a row, the longest streak in school history. Miles Bridges had a career-high 21 rebounds, the most by a Spartan since 1976; his 19 defensive rebounds tied the mark set by Antonio Smith in 1997. Nick Ward scored 21 points to lead the Spartans and added 10 rebounds.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 53], "section_span": [55, 85], "content_span": [86, 534]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275836-0043-0002", "contents": "2017\u201318 Michigan State Spartans men's basketball team, Regular season, Savannah State\nWard went nine for nine from the floor on the night and has made 32 of his last 34 shots in the last four games. Cassius Winston dished out a career-high 13 assists to go with his 16 points in the blowout. The win moved the Spartans 14\u20131 on the season and on the verge of being named the number one team in the country following a loss by Villanova.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 53], "section_span": [55, 85], "content_span": [86, 435]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275836-0044-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Michigan State Spartans men's basketball team, Regular season, Savannah State\nOn January 1, 2018, the Spartans were named the number one team in the country in the weekly AP poll. On January 2, MSU was also named number one in the weekly coaches' poll.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 53], "section_span": [55, 85], "content_span": [86, 260]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275836-0045-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Michigan State Spartans men's basketball team, Regular season, Maryland\nOn January 4, the Spartans welcomed Maryland to East Lansing as conference play resumed. Maryland started well, shooting over 60% from the field in the first 10 minutes of the game. MSU, however, used a 15\u20130 run near the end of the first half to take a 13-point lead at the half. MSU continued its strong play in the second half, routing the Terrapins 91\u201361. The Spartans made 16 of 28 three-point attempts while also hitting on 16 of 28 two-point shots.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 53], "section_span": [55, 79], "content_span": [80, 534]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275836-0045-0001", "contents": "2017\u201318 Michigan State Spartans men's basketball team, Regular season, Maryland\nJaren Jackson Jr. hit five threes, while Kenny Goins made his first career three-point basket, hitting a second three-pointer a few minutes later. Nick Ward continued his strong play, missing only two shots while scoring a team-leading 16 points. Miles Bridges contributed 15 points, six rebounds, and seven assists. Cassius Winston had eight assists as the Spartans had assists on 30 of their 32 field goals. Maryland ended up shooting only 37.7% from the field while the Spartans shot 57.1%.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 53], "section_span": [55, 79], "content_span": [80, 573]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275836-0045-0002", "contents": "2017\u201318 Michigan State Spartans men's basketball team, Regular season, Maryland\nThe Spartans did turn the ball over seven times in the game, though six of those occurred in the first half. The win marked MSU's 14th straight win and their seventh straight game scoring over 80 points. MSU remained in first place in the Big Ten with a 3\u20130 record, moving to 15\u20131 overall.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 53], "section_span": [55, 79], "content_span": [80, 369]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275836-0046-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Michigan State Spartans men's basketball team, Regular season, Ohio State\nMSU took to the road for only the second time on the season, traveling to face Ohio State on January 7. MSU started well, taking an 11\u20134 lead before Ohio State battled back. A close game for most of the first half, the Buckeyes took a 12-point lead to the half behind some good shooting and a buzzer-beating three as the half ended. MSU failed to respond in the second half as the Buckeyes continued their run, pushing the lead to as many as 23.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 53], "section_span": [55, 81], "content_span": [82, 527]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275836-0046-0001", "contents": "2017\u201318 Michigan State Spartans men's basketball team, Regular season, Ohio State\nMSU, shooting over 50% on the season, shot only 39% from the field in the game while OSU shot over 52% in the 80\u201364 blowout. Nick Ward only attempted one shot for the Spartans and settled for three points in the game. Miles Bridges had 17, but did not shoot well, making only seven of 19 shots. Josh Langford added 17 as well, but it was not enough for the Spartans who turned the ball over 12 times. After assisting on 30 of 32 baskets against Maryland, the Spartans only had 13 assists on 23 made baskets in the loss. The loss dropped the Spartans out of first place in the Big Ten and dropped them from the number 1 ranking in the country as they fell to 15\u20132, 3\u20131 overall.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 53], "section_span": [55, 81], "content_span": [82, 758]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275836-0047-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Michigan State Spartans men's basketball team, Regular season, Rutgers\nOn January 10, MSU looked to return to their winning ways with Rutgers traveling to the Breslin Center. The Spartans started well, taking an early lead, but Rutgers fought back, staying within seven at the half. Miles Bridges struggled on the night, especially in the first half as he failed to score. In the second half, MSU had several long scoreless streaks which allowed the Knights to tie the game and even take the lead near the end of the half.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 53], "section_span": [55, 78], "content_span": [79, 530]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275836-0047-0001", "contents": "2017\u201318 Michigan State Spartans men's basketball team, Regular season, Rutgers\nWith just over eight second remaining in the game and the Spartans trailing by one point, Bridges was fouled, but only made one of the two free throws to tie the game. On the ensuing play, Rutgers missed a game-winning shot to force overtime. In the first overtime game of the season for the Spartans, Josh Langford hit a big three-pointer to give the Spartans the lead and Cassius Winston hit six free throws down the stretch to seal the 76\u201372 win for the Spartans.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 53], "section_span": [55, 78], "content_span": [79, 545]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275836-0047-0002", "contents": "2017\u201318 Michigan State Spartans men's basketball team, Regular season, Rutgers\nThe disappointing performance by the Spartans after getting blown out in the previous game was also the closest game of the season for the Spartans. Nick Ward led the Spartans with 17 and Bridges rebounded to score 11. The win moved the Spartans to 4\u20131 in conference play and 16\u20132 overall.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 53], "section_span": [55, 78], "content_span": [79, 368]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275836-0048-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Michigan State Spartans men's basketball team, Regular season, Michigan\nThe Spartans next welcomed rival Michigan to the Breslin Center on January 13. MSU played well in the first half, but Michigan kept the score close. In the second half, Michigan's defense continued to dominate MSU and Michigan answered every run by the Spartans. Though MSU shot a better percentage than the Wolverines, Michigan took 11 more shots, thanks in large part to MSU's 18 turnovers in the game. Nick Ward had a disappointing game, only scoring four points in 14 minutes while Cassius Winston only had two assists to go along with four turnovers.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 53], "section_span": [55, 79], "content_span": [80, 635]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275836-0048-0001", "contents": "2017\u201318 Michigan State Spartans men's basketball team, Regular season, Michigan\nMichigan pulled away for the 82\u201372 win, marking MSU's second loss in the previous three games. Miles Bridges and Jaren Jackson Jr. each had 19 to lead the Spartans, but it was not enough as Michigan big man Moritz Wagner scored 27. The loss dropped MSU to 4\u20132 in conference and two games behind conference leaders, Purdue and Ohio State.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 53], "section_span": [55, 79], "content_span": [80, 417]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275836-0049-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Michigan State Spartans men's basketball team, Regular season, Indiana\nAfter a week off, the Spartans returned to play on January 19 against Indiana in East Lansing. The Spartans appeared to return to form as they dominated the Hoosiers for much of the game, leading by 19 at the half and by as many as 30 in the second half. Miles Bridges led all scorers with 22 while Nick Ward added 18 points and 13 rebounds in the win. Jaren Jackson Jr. added three blocks which tied the MSU single-season record for blocks by freshman. Cassius Winston returned to form as well, dishing out eight assists while only committing one turnover. MSU moved to 17\u20133, 5\u20132 on the season with the 85\u201357 win. The Spartans wore special uniforms for the game, black with bright green numbers.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 53], "section_span": [55, 78], "content_span": [79, 775]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275836-0050-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Michigan State Spartans men's basketball team, Regular season, Illinois\nMSU returned to the road to face Illinois on January 22 at the State Farm Center. The Spartans struggled with turnovers throughout the game, turning the ball over 15 times in the first half. However, MSU shot 15 of 19 from the field in the first half, led by Miles Bridges 17 points in the half to take a 39\u201332 halftime lead. MSU took control of the game in the second half as Jaren Jackson Jr. scored a career-high 21 with 11 rebounds and six blocks to lead the Spartans to an 18-point lead.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 53], "section_span": [55, 79], "content_span": [80, 572]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275836-0050-0001", "contents": "2017\u201318 Michigan State Spartans men's basketball team, Regular season, Illinois\nTurnovers again became a problem late in the second half as the Illini narrowed the lead to eight, but Jackson and Bridges hit 10 straight free throws down the stretch to allow the Spartans to escape with an 87\u201374 win. The Spartans shot 68.2% from the field in the game, the best shooting percentage of any opponent at the State Farm Center. MSU dominated the boards, out-rebounding Illinois 37\u201315 in the win and Bridges finished with 31 points. Jackson's six blocks moved him within one for the MSU single-season record. The Spartans turned the ball over 25 times, led by Cassius Winston's eight, the most for a Spartan team since 2005. The win moved the Spartans to 18\u20133, 6\u20132 in Big Ten play on the season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 53], "section_span": [55, 79], "content_span": [80, 788]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275836-0051-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Michigan State Spartans men's basketball team, Regular season, Wisconsin\nThe Spartans returned home to face the Wisconsin on January 26. Prior to the game, reports surfaced that Tom Izzo's program had several sexual assault allegations over the prior ten years, though Izzo was never accused of wrongdoing. MSU Athletic Director Mark Hollis also resigned early in the day. Due to this and the Larry Nassar sexual assault scandal, the Izzone wore teal shirts to show support for survivors of sexual assault. The Spartans started well, leading by as many as 18 in the first half with a 37\u201321 half time lead.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 53], "section_span": [55, 80], "content_span": [81, 613]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275836-0051-0001", "contents": "2017\u201318 Michigan State Spartans men's basketball team, Regular season, Wisconsin\nWisconsin brought the game to within six in the second half, but MSU was able to control the game. Miles Bridges led all scorers with 24 and Wisconsin's Ian Happ scored 22 of this 23 points in the second half to prevent the game from turning into a rout. The Spartans cruised to a 76\u201361 win, moving to 19\u20133, 7\u20132 in Big Ten play on the season. After the game, Izzo did not comment much on the sexual assault allegations, but stated that he was not planning on retiring and that he wanted be part of the healing process.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 53], "section_span": [55, 80], "content_span": [81, 599]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275836-0052-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Michigan State Spartans men's basketball team, Regular season, Maryland\nReturning to the road less than 48 hours later, the Spartans traveled to face Maryland. MSU did not lead in the first half as Maryland was able to keep a lead throughout and pushed the lead to 13 at halftime. The Spartans answered to start the second half, taking the lead and leading by as many as eight. Josh Langford scored 19 for the Spartans as Nick Ward (seven points) and Miles Bridges (11 points) each struggled. Cassius Winston overcame a rough start to score 13 as the Spartans cut down their turnovers, committing only 10. MSU held on for the 74\u201368 win, sweeping Maryland on the season to move to 20\u20133 and 8\u20132 on the season. Izzo was again questioned after the game regarding sexual assault reports, but again refused to say much.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 53], "section_span": [55, 79], "content_span": [80, 821]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275836-0053-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Michigan State Spartans men's basketball team, Regular season, Penn State\nThe Spartans returned home to face Penn State on January 31. MSU again struggled in the first half, scoring only 24 points for the second consecutive game and shooting only 37% from the field. As a result, they trailed by six at the half. The Nittany Lions pushed the lead to 12 early in the second half as it appeared the distractions surrounding the program were causing issues. However, MSU outscored Penn State 41\u201314 from there to win 76\u201368. Miles Bridges scored 23 while Cassius Winston scored 15 and had 10 assists.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 53], "section_span": [55, 81], "content_span": [82, 603]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275836-0053-0001", "contents": "2017\u201318 Michigan State Spartans men's basketball team, Regular season, Penn State\nThe Spartans continued their nation-leading defensive play holding PSU to 37% from the field in the game while MSU finished at 50%. The Spartans did turn the ball over 16 times with most coming in the first half as they trailed throughout the half. The win moved MSU to 21\u20133, 9\u20132 on the season. The win also moved Tom Izzo into a second-place tie with Gene Keady for most Big Ten wins.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 53], "section_span": [55, 81], "content_span": [82, 467]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275836-0054-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Michigan State Spartans men's basketball team, Regular season, Indiana\nMSU finished the season with five of their last seven games on the road, starting with a trip to Indiana on February 3. The Spartans avoided another slow start and took an early lead against the Hoosiers in Bloomington. MSU held Indiana to only 28% shooting from the field and led by as many as 11 in the first half and led by eight at halftime. In the second half, the Spartans held their lead at about 10 for most of the game.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 53], "section_span": [55, 78], "content_span": [79, 507]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275836-0054-0001", "contents": "2017\u201318 Michigan State Spartans men's basketball team, Regular season, Indiana\nMatt McQuaid scored 12 to lead MSU on four of five shooting from behind the arc to help secure the 63\u201360 win. Tom Izzo was disappointed in the team's performance as the Spartans were outrebounded by 24 including a 25\u20133 deficit on the offensive boards. MSU shot only 41% from the free throw line which allowed Indiana to pull the game within three and, after Cassius Winston missed two free throws with seconds remaining, allowed the Hoosiers to get a last-second heave to attempt to tie the game. The win moved the Spartans to 22\u20133, 10\u20132 on the season. The 22\u20133 start for the Spartans marked the best start for MSU since 2001. The win also marked Izzo's 266th Big Ten win, moving him in to sole possession of second place in Big Ten wins, trailing only Bob Knight.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 53], "section_span": [55, 78], "content_span": [79, 843]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275836-0055-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Michigan State Spartans men's basketball team, Regular season, Iowa\nMSU traveled to face Iowa on February 6, marking their fifth game in 12 days. MSU started well, taking an early lead, but foul trouble for Nick Ward and Jaren Jackson Jr. limited their effectiveness in the first half as they sat out for more than 10 minutes. MSU, despite not playing great defense, took the halftime lead 48\u201342. Iowa closed the lead early in the second half and led by as many as eight before MSU narrowed the lead.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 53], "section_span": [55, 75], "content_span": [76, 508]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275836-0055-0001", "contents": "2017\u201318 Michigan State Spartans men's basketball team, Regular season, Iowa\nWard, who scored 17 points in only 12 minutes, missed much of the half with four fouls and Cassius Winston also sat for eight minutes due to poor play. Kenny Goins hit a three-pointer with just over two minutes remaining to give MSU a 90\u201389 lead. However, Iowa retook the lead before Miles Bridges hit two free throws with over a minute remaining to give MSU the lead. Josh Langford made two free throws to extend the lead to 96\u201393 with six seconds remaining and Bridges stole the ensuing Iowa pass before being fouled.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 53], "section_span": [55, 75], "content_span": [76, 595]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275836-0055-0002", "contents": "2017\u201318 Michigan State Spartans men's basketball team, Regular season, Iowa\nNeeding only one free throw to seal the game, Bridges missed both and Iowa's Nicholas Baer missed a half-court heave to tie it as the Spartans pulled out the 96\u201393 win. Bridges led the Spartans with 25 points and Langford added 15 while Winston scored nine points and had eight assists. Tom Izzo was disappointed in his team's defense but happy with the win in the rough stretch of the schedule. The win moved the Spartans to 23\u20133 and 11\u20132 in Big Ten play.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 53], "section_span": [55, 75], "content_span": [76, 532]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275836-0056-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Michigan State Spartans men's basketball team, Regular season, Purdue\nMSU welcomed Big Ten co-leader Purdue to the Breslin Center on February 10 for a Jud Heathcote tribute game. The Boilermakers, having lost to Ohio State earlier in the week and dropping into a tie with the Buckeyes in the Big Ten, started out well, leading by as many as 10 in the first half as big man Isaac Haas seemingly scored at will against the Spartans. MSU chose not to double Haas throughout the game, choosing to try to limit Purdue's three-point shooting. At halftime, however, the Spartans trailed 36\u201331.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 53], "section_span": [55, 77], "content_span": [78, 594]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275836-0056-0001", "contents": "2017\u201318 Michigan State Spartans men's basketball team, Regular season, Purdue\nIn the second half, MSU settled on Gavin Schilling to guard Haas who still scored a game-high 25 points. However, Purdue, who had shot 42% in the first half, shot only 37% in the second and made zero three-pointers. MSU was able to tighten the score and take the lead, but still trailed by two when Kenny Goins hit a jumper to tie the game at 65 with 49 seconds remaining. Haas, with Schilling guarding him, missed a shot on the ensuing possession and MSU called timeout with 20 seconds remaining.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 53], "section_span": [55, 77], "content_span": [78, 575]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275836-0056-0002", "contents": "2017\u201318 Michigan State Spartans men's basketball team, Regular season, Purdue\nMiles Bridges, who scored 20 in the game, took the ball and hit a three-pointer over Dakota Mathias to give MSU the 68\u201365 lead with seven seconds remaining. A foul on the in bounds play and a missed free throw by Vince Edwards sealed the win for the Spartans. The 68\u201365 win moved MSU to 24\u20133, 12\u20132 in Big Ten play and into a tie for second with Purdue, still one game behind conference-leading Ohio State. At halftime of the game, Steve Smith and other former MSU players paid tribute to former head coach Jud Heathcote and former Purdue coach Gene Keady paid his respects as well.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 53], "section_span": [55, 77], "content_span": [78, 659]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275836-0057-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Michigan State Spartans men's basketball team, Regular season, Purdue\nOn February 11, the Spartans, somewhat surprisingly, were give only a number three seed in an early NCAA Tournament preview of the top 16 seeds. Purdue, having just lost two games, was still named a number one seed.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 53], "section_span": [55, 77], "content_span": [78, 293]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275836-0058-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Michigan State Spartans men's basketball team, Regular season, Purdue\nOn February 12, Michigan State was ranked number one in the Coaches Poll, receiving 17 of 32 first place votes. They were ranked number two in the AP poll, receiving 21 of 65 first place votes.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 53], "section_span": [55, 77], "content_span": [78, 271]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275836-0059-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Michigan State Spartans men's basketball team, Regular season, Minnesota\nThe Spartans traveled to Minneapolis to face Minnesota with four games remaining in the regular season looking to avoid a letdown after beating Purdue in the prior game. The Spartans started the game off hot, shooting lights out from three as they made their first six three-pointers (three by Winston, two by Jackson Jr. and one by Bridges) to jump out to an 18\u20136 lead. MSU continued to shoot well from three, making 10 of 12 three-pointers in the first half to lead 43\u201325 in the first half.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 53], "section_span": [55, 80], "content_span": [81, 573]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275836-0059-0001", "contents": "2017\u201318 Michigan State Spartans men's basketball team, Regular season, Minnesota\nJackson led the Spartans with a career-high 27 points while Ward, who struggled in the first half, scored 11 of his 13 points in the second half. MSU dominated the glass against the overmatched Gophers, outrebounding them 49\u201322. Minnesota shot only 32% from the field as MSU shot over 53%, including 63%, from three in the 87\u201357 rout of the Gophers. The win moved MSU to 25\u20133 overall, the school's best-ever start, as they moved to 13\u20132 in conference play.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 53], "section_span": [55, 80], "content_span": [81, 537]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275836-0060-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Michigan State Spartans men's basketball team, Regular season, Northwestern\nWith three games remaining in the season, MSU traveled to play Northwestern at Allstate Arena on February 17. Following losses by Purdue and Ohio State earlier in the week, MSU entered the game with a chance to move into a first place tie with Ohio State with a win. However, the Spartans fell behind early as Northwestern shot 60% from the field in the first half and led by as many as 27 in the half. Michigan State trailed by 22 at the half as it looked like they would fail to take first place.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 53], "section_span": [55, 83], "content_span": [84, 582]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275836-0060-0001", "contents": "2017\u201318 Michigan State Spartans men's basketball team, Regular season, Northwestern\nHowever, MSU held Northwestern to 11 points in the second half as they surged back to tie the game behind Winston's 17 points, including five three-pointers. Jackson's three-point play with 5:36 remaining in the game gave the Spartans their first lead of the game at 56\u201353. Four made free throws by Miles Bridges with less than a minute remaining sealed the 65\u201360 win in front of a largely pro-Michigan State crowd. Northwestern made only three of their 26 field goals in the second half, shooting less than 12% in the half.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 53], "section_span": [55, 83], "content_span": [84, 608]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275836-0060-0002", "contents": "2017\u201318 Michigan State Spartans men's basketball team, Regular season, Northwestern\nThe 27-point comeback win was the largest comeback win in Big Ten history and, at the time, the fifth largest all-time in Division I history. The win moved MSU to 26\u20133 on the season and 14\u20132 in conference play. The win and an Ohio State loss the following day put the Spartans in first place by themselves with only two games remaining in the regular season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 53], "section_span": [55, 83], "content_span": [84, 442]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275836-0061-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Michigan State Spartans men's basketball team, Regular season, Illinois\nThe Spartans returned home for Senior Night against Illinois on February 20 with a chance to clinch at least a share of the Big Ten title for the first time since 2012. Because it was senior night, seniors Ben Carter, Lourawls \"Tum Tum\" Nairn Jr., and Gavin Schilling started the game for the Spartans, only the third different starting lineup on the season. MSU started slow, but took a three-point lead at the half against the Illini who made six three-pointers in the first half.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 53], "section_span": [55, 79], "content_span": [80, 563]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275836-0061-0001", "contents": "2017\u201318 Michigan State Spartans men's basketball team, Regular season, Illinois\nHowever, in the second half, the Spartans took control, pushing the lead to more than 20 in the easy win. Bridges led the Spartans with 19 points on what was his last game at the Breslin Center. Jackson, also in his last game in East Lansing, scored eight and had five blocks in only 18 minutes. Langford added 16 points while Winston added 12 in the 81\u201361 win. The win moved the Spartans to 27\u20133, 15\u20132 on the season and gave them at least a share of the Big Ten title with one game remaining against Wisconsin. After the game, the Spartans were happy with the title as they raised a championship banner, but stated they wanted to do more on the season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 53], "section_span": [55, 79], "content_span": [80, 733]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275836-0062-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Michigan State Spartans men's basketball team, Regular season, Wisconsin\nLooking to win the Big Ten title outright, the Spartans traveled to Wisconsin on February 25 for the final regular season game. Prior to the game, reports surfaced that Miles Bridges had been paid to attend Michigan State, among other allegations. MSU conducted an investigation and presented their findings to the NCAA, who cleared Bridges, ruling him eligible to play against the Badgers. The Spartans started off well, taking an early lead, but Wisconsin shot the ball well in the first half. Despite this, the Spartans did not trail until midway through the second half.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 53], "section_span": [55, 80], "content_span": [81, 655]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275836-0062-0001", "contents": "2017\u201318 Michigan State Spartans men's basketball team, Regular season, Wisconsin\nCassius Winston went six for six from three, scoring 20 points to lead the Spartans to the 68\u201363 win. Nick Ward added 14 points while Bridges added 10 as MSU held Wisconsin to 37% shooting. The win moved the Spartans to 16\u20132 in the Big Ten, marking the most conference wins in school history as the Spartans clinched the Big Ten title outright for the first time since 2009. The Spartans also moved to 28\u20133 on the season, the most regular season wins in school history.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 53], "section_span": [55, 80], "content_span": [81, 550]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275836-0063-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Michigan State Spartans men's basketball team, Postseason, Big Ten Tournament, Wisconsin\nAs the No. 1 seed in the Big Ten Tournament held at Madison Square Garden, MSU faced Wisconsin in the quarterfinals on March 2 following the Badgers' win over Maryland the day before. In the second meeting between the two teams in five days, the Spartans took the early lead and led the majority of the first half, but, as in their last meeting, the Badgers kept the game close. A 32\u201328 halftime lead for the Spartans preceded a second half where the lead shifted back and forth. Miles Bridges scored 20 for the Spartans while Cassius Winston added 17.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 53], "section_span": [55, 96], "content_span": [97, 649]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275836-0063-0001", "contents": "2017\u201318 Michigan State Spartans men's basketball team, Postseason, Big Ten Tournament, Wisconsin\nWith 20 seconds remaining in the game and the Spartans leading by three, the Badgers could not get off a good shot as the Spartan defense limited them to a long three-point attempt which fell short. The 63\u201360 win, the Spartans eighth straight year with at least a win in the Big Ten Tournament, moved the Spartans to the semifinals to face Michigan.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 53], "section_span": [55, 96], "content_span": [97, 446]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275836-0064-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Michigan State Spartans men's basketball team, Postseason, Big Ten Tournament, Michigan\nOn March 3, the Spartans faced their rivals, Michigan, looking to avenge an early season loss at the Breslin Center. The Wolverines started well, taking an early eight point lead in the first half. However, MSU fought back and took a three-point lead at the half. In the second half, however, the Wolverines showed they were the better team, answering every run MSU tried to make. Miles Bridges scored 17 for the Spartans, including showing a strong post presence, but it was not enough as MSU could not overcome Michigan's defense. Michigan limited MSU to 38% shooting including only 28% from three. The Wolverines beat the Spartans for the second time on the season and ended any real chance for the Spartans to receive a No. 1 seed in the NCAA Tournament. The loss ended MSU's 13-game winning streak.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 53], "section_span": [55, 95], "content_span": [96, 899]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275836-0065-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Michigan State Spartans men's basketball team, Postseason, NCAA Tournament\nDue to the Big Ten Tournament being held a week early, the Spartans had to wait for more than a week before NCAA Tournament pairings were announced and at least 13 days before their next game. For the 21st consecutive year, Michigan State received an invitation to the NCAA Tournament. As the No. 3 seed in the Midwest region, the Spartans learned they would face Bucknell at Little Caesars Arena in Detroit on March 16. The Spartans previously played at Little Caesars Arena in December when they defeated Oakland.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 53], "section_span": [55, 82], "content_span": [83, 598]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275836-0066-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Michigan State Spartans men's basketball team, Postseason, NCAA Tournament, Bucknell\nOn March 16, the Spartans took on Bucknell in Detroit. MSU took an early lead in the first half, but were unable to put Bucknell away. MSU did lead 44\u201340 at the half and extended the lead in the second half, leading by as many as 16 as Miles Bridges took control of the game. Bridges scored 29 to lead all scorers while Josh Langford added 22. Bucknell scored 15 points on five three-pointers with less than 90 seconds remaining, including one at the buzzer, to narrow the margin to a four-point victory at 82\u201378. Xavier Tillman was the only non-starter to score for MSU.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 53], "section_span": [55, 92], "content_span": [93, 664]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275836-0067-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Michigan State Spartans men's basketball team, Postseason, NCAA Tournament, Syracuse\nIn the Second Round, MSU took on No. 11-seeded Syracuse and their zone two days later. After scoring 44 points in the first half of the previous game, the Spartans managed only 25 points in the first half as they struggled to deal with the Syracuse zone. Despite their struggles, the Orange were unable to take the lead until just over four minutes remained in the game. MSU attempted a season-high 37 three-pointers, making only eight of them as they struggled to find shots. Bridges went 4\u201318 from the field, while Cassius Winston went 4\u201312 and Langford went 1\u201312. As a result, MSU fell to the Orange to end their season 55\u201353. Following the game, Bridges, Jaren Jackson Jr., and Nick Ward declined to address the possibility of them going to the NBA.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 53], "section_span": [55, 92], "content_span": [93, 846]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275836-0068-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Michigan State Spartans men's basketball team, Departures\nOn March 28, 2018, Miles Bridges announced he would hire an agent and declared for the NBA draft, ending his college career. A day later, Nick Ward announced he too would enter the NBA draft, but he would not sign with an agent. On April 2, Jaren Jackson Jr. announced he would also enter the draft and sign with an agent.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 53], "section_span": [55, 65], "content_span": [66, 388]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275836-0069-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Michigan State Spartans men's basketball team, Schedule and results\nThe 2018 Big Ten Tournament will be held at Madison Square Garden in New York City. Due to the Big East's use of that venue for their conference tournament, the Big Ten Tournament will take place one week earlier than usual, ending the week before Selection Sunday. This could result in teams having nearly two weeks off before the NCAA Tournament. As a result, it the Big Ten regular season will begin in early Dec. A previously-scheduled road game against Florida was moved to the 2018\u201319 season due to scheduling conflicts.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 53], "section_span": [55, 75], "content_span": [76, 602]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275836-0070-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Michigan State Spartans men's basketball team, Rankings\n^Coaches Poll did not release a Week 2 poll at the same time AP did. *AP does not release post-NCAA tournament rankings.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 53], "section_span": [55, 63], "content_span": [64, 184]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275837-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Michigan State Spartans women's basketball team\nThe 2017\u201318 Michigan State Spartans women's basketball team represented Michigan State University during the 2017\u201318 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Spartans, led by 11th-year head coach Suzy Merchant, played their home games at the Breslin Center in East Lansing, Michigan as members of the Big Ten Conference. They finished the season 19\u201314, 7\u20139 in Big Ten play to finish in a tie for ninth place. They lost in the second round of the Big Ten Women's Tournament to Indiana. They received an at-large bid to the Women's National Invitation Tournament where they defeated Cincinnati and Toledo before losing to South Dakota in the third round.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 55], "section_span": [55, 55], "content_span": [56, 714]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275837-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Michigan State Spartans women's basketball team, Previous season\nThe Spartans finished the 2016\u201317 season 21\u201312, 9\u20137 in Big Ten play to finish in a tie for sixth place. In the Big Ten Tournament, they beat Wisconsin and Michigan before losing in the semifinals to Maryland. They received an at-large bid to the NCAA Tournament as a No. 8 seed where the lost in the First Round to Arizona State.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 55], "section_span": [57, 72], "content_span": [73, 402]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275838-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Michigan Wolverines men's basketball team\nThe 2017\u201318 Michigan Wolverines men's basketball team represented the University of Michigan during the 2017\u201318 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Wolverines, led by head coach John Beilein in his 11th year, played their home games for the 51st consecutive year at the Crisler Center in Ann Arbor, Michigan. This season marked the program's 102nd season and its 101st consecutive year as a member of the Big Ten Conference.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 49], "section_span": [49, 49], "content_span": [50, 483]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275838-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Michigan Wolverines men's basketball team\nThe entering class included 2017 Michigan Gatorade Player of the Year and Mr. Basketball of Michigan Isaiah Livers. Kentucky transfer Charles Matthews became eligible to play this season after sitting out the 2016\u201317 NCAA Division I men's basketball season, while graduate transfer Jaaron Simmons became eligible to play immediately. The departing class included graduating seniors Zak Irvin and Derrick Walton who had completed their eligibility, and graduating seniors Mark Donnal and Andrew Dakich. In addition, D. J. Wilson declared for the 2017 NBA draft with two years of eligibility remaining. Jeff Meyer and Billy Donlon also departed prior to the season to take assistant coaching positions at Butler and Northwestern, respectively, and were replaced by DeAndre Haynes and Luke Yaklich.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 49], "section_span": [49, 49], "content_span": [50, 845]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275838-0002-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Michigan Wolverines men's basketball team\nDuring the regular season, the team finished tied for fourth in the Big Ten Conference. They earned a 5th seed in the 2018 Big Ten Conference Men's Basketball Tournament, where they won the championship, thus defending the title won by the 2016\u201317 Wolverines in the 2017 Big Ten Conference Men's Basketball Tournament the year before. The Wolverines finished the season with a 33\u20138 record, setting a program record for wins during a season. The team earned the third seed in the 2018 NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Tournament and reached the Championship Game before losing to Villanova.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 49], "section_span": [49, 49], "content_span": [50, 639]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275838-0003-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Michigan Wolverines men's basketball team, Departures\nZak Irvin and Derrick Walton graduated during their senior seasons for the 2016\u201317 Michigan Wolverines men's basketball team. Mark Donnal and Andrew Dakich graduated with one year of eligibility remaining, which they could use under the graduate transfer rule to play elsewhere. Donnal committed to play with the Clemson Tigers. Dakich committed to play with the Quinnipiac Bobcats, but could not gain acceptance into his preferred graduate program. Dakich announced in July that he had committed to play with the Ohio State Buckeyes.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 49], "section_span": [51, 61], "content_span": [62, 596]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275838-0003-0001", "contents": "2017\u201318 Michigan Wolverines men's basketball team, Departures\nOn June 20, Michigan assistant coach and former Butler Bulldogs assistant coach Jeff Meyer left the program to join former Michigan assistant coach LaVall Jordan's staff at Butler. On June 26, Chicagoan and assistant coach Billy Donlon left the program to become an assistant under long-time friend Chris Collins at Northwestern. On October 11, Fred Wright-Jones left the team, but remained at Michigan as a student on a full academic scholarship.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 49], "section_span": [51, 61], "content_span": [62, 509]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275838-0004-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Michigan Wolverines men's basketball team, Preseason\nIn April 2017, some early pollsters included Michigan among the expected preseason top 25 teams: ESPN (#22), and Sports Illustrated (#23). However, most early polls omitted the team: Yahoo!, USA Today, NBC Sports, CBS Sports, Sporting News and Bleacher Report. At the time, ESPN's Eamonn Brennan felt it was a \"foregone conclusion\" that D. J. Wilson would declare for the 2017 NBA draft, with Sports Illustrated projecting him as a first round selection.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 49], "section_span": [51, 60], "content_span": [61, 515]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275838-0004-0001", "contents": "2017\u201318 Michigan Wolverines men's basketball team, Preseason\nOn April 10, both D. J. Wilson and Moe Wagner declared for the 2017 NBA draft, but did not hire agents, which gave them until May 24 to withdraw their names and retain their athletic eligibility to return to Michigan. On April 25, Ohio grad transfer Jaaron Simmons announced that if he did not remain entered in the 2017 NBA draft, he would transfer to Michigan. Simmons, a 2017 first team All-Mid-American Conference honoree who averaged 15.9 points and 6.5 assists in 2016\u201317, had declared for the draft without hiring an agent on March 28.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 49], "section_span": [51, 60], "content_span": [61, 603]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275838-0004-0002", "contents": "2017\u201318 Michigan Wolverines men's basketball team, Preseason\nOn April 30, Jeff Goodman of ESPN reported that Wagner and Wilson were invited to the NBA draft combine and Walton was named as an alternate. On May 23, the addition of Simmons as a graduate transfer was made official as Simmons removed himself from the NBA draft process. On May 24, Wagner withdrew his name from the NBA draft and Wilson did not. Following the deadline for returning to college and its announcements, Michigan was not ranked by some media outlets, including ESPN, CBS Sports, NBC Sports, USA Today, Fox Sports, and Yahoo! Sports,", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 49], "section_span": [51, 60], "content_span": [61, 608]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275838-0005-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Michigan Wolverines men's basketball team, Preseason\nIn the fall preseason, Wagner was selected to the 10-man preseason All-Big Ten team. He was also one of two Big Ten players named to the 21-man Karl Malone Award watchlist. He was a preseason John R. Wooden Award and Naismith College Player of the Year watchlist honoree.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 49], "section_span": [51, 60], "content_span": [61, 332]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275838-0006-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Michigan Wolverines men's basketball team, 2017\u201318 recruits and personnel\nOn October 23, 2015, four-star recruit Jordan Poole became the first commitment for the Class of 2017 after home gym visit from Beilein and assistant coach Jordan and multiple Michigan campus visits. Poole had several competing offers including Illinois, Indiana, Nebraska, Memphis, Marquette, and Auburn. As a junior, Poole was a 2016 WBCA All-State Boys Basketball first team selection. On June 20, 2016, reports confirmed that Michigan had recruited Kentucky transfer Charles Matthews, who played his freshman season for the 2015\u201316 Kentucky Wildcats. Matthews would have to sit out the 2016\u201317 season. Michigan confirmed the story on July 1.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 49], "section_span": [51, 81], "content_span": [82, 727]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275838-0006-0001", "contents": "2017\u201318 Michigan Wolverines men's basketball team, 2017\u201318 recruits and personnel\nThe same day, Poole announced that he would transfer from Rufus King High School in Wisconsin to La Lumiere School in Indiana where he would experience a campus lifestyle, play a schedule with several ESPN broadcasts, and be teamed up with unsigned class of 2017 prospects Brian Bowen and Jeremiah Tilmon. On July 19, Spring Grove Area High School point guard Eli Brooks committed to Michigan over offers such as defending national champion Villanova, Ohio State, N.C. State, Temple and Kansas State.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 49], "section_span": [51, 81], "content_span": [82, 582]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275838-0006-0002", "contents": "2017\u201318 Michigan Wolverines men's basketball team, 2017\u201318 recruits and personnel\nOn August 7, 2016 Isaiah Livers committed to Michigan over contenders Michigan State, Butler, Minnesota, California and Boston College. On July 15, 2017, it was announced that Naji Ozeir would join the Michigan basketball team as a preferred walk-on. Ozeir, who had an offer withstanding from Wayne State to play on scholarship, had previously played for the Lebanese under-17 national basketball team in the 2015 Arab National Cup. Luke Wilson was added to the roster as a preferred walk-on on September 1, 2017.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 49], "section_span": [51, 81], "content_span": [82, 595]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275838-0006-0003", "contents": "2017\u201318 Michigan Wolverines men's basketball team, 2017\u201318 recruits and personnel\nOn the morning of the season-opening exhibition game, the team announced that student manager C. J. Baird would be elevated to the roster. In December, the team added Rico Ozuna-Harrison, who had been practicing with the team since walk-on tryouts in October, to the roster. Ozuna-Harrison had been a captain for the 2017 Cass Tech team that won the school's first Detroit Public School League title since 1998.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 49], "section_span": [51, 81], "content_span": [82, 493]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275838-0007-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Michigan Wolverines men's basketball team, 2017\u201318 recruits and personnel\nLivers was named 2017 Michigan Gatorade Player of the Year and Mr. Basketball of Michigan. He is Michigan's 11th Mr. Basketball of Michigan, but the first since Manny Harris in 2007. Poole was a member of the 2017 Dick's National High School Champion La Lumiere team.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 49], "section_span": [51, 81], "content_span": [82, 349]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275838-0008-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Michigan Wolverines men's basketball team, 2017\u201318 recruits and personnel\nOn August 4, 2017, Michigan announced that it had hired Luke Yaklich and DeAndre Haynes away from the Illinois State Redbirds to serve as assistant coaches. At the same time, the team promoted Chris Hunter from director of player personnel to director of basketball operations.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 49], "section_span": [51, 81], "content_span": [82, 359]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275838-0009-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Michigan Wolverines men's basketball team, Future recruits, 2018\u201319\nOn December 22, 2016, junior recruit David DeJulius became the first commitment for the Class of 2018 after receiving a December 17 offer following his career-high 46-point, 7-rebound, 5-assist performance of December 17 in leading East English Village Preparatory Academy over Dakota High School. Brandon Johns became the second commitment for the Class of 2018 when he committed to Michigan on June 29, 2017, over several other schools including hometown Michigan State, along with fellow Big Ten universities Indiana, Iowa, and Purdue. At the time of his commitment, Johns was considered by several recruiting sites, such as 24/7Sports as well as ESPN, as the top recruit from Michigan in the Class of 2018.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 49], "section_span": [51, 75], "content_span": [76, 786]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275838-0010-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Michigan Wolverines men's basketball team, Future recruits, 2018\u201319\nIn mid-June 2017, junior recruit Taylor Currie committed to Michigan, becoming, at the time, their first commitment for the Class of 2019. Two weeks later, Currie announced that he would be reclassifying and would be set to join the Class of 2018 marking the third member of the class. On September 22, 2017, Ignas Brazdeikis became the fourth; at that time he was ranked in the top 50 in the 24/7Sports composite top 100 rankings for recruits of the class of 2018. Brazdeikis committed to Michigan over schools such as Vanderbilt and Florida.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 49], "section_span": [51, 75], "content_span": [76, 619]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275838-0010-0001", "contents": "2017\u201318 Michigan Wolverines men's basketball team, Future recruits, 2018\u201319\nOn September 29, 2017, Currie decommitted from Michigan, dropping the amount of 2018 recruits to three. On October 2, 2017, Adrien Nunez became the fourth member of the 2018 recruiting class. Nunez received much attention over the summer scouting period and drew praise for his shooting ability; he committed to Michigan over schools such as Penn State, Texas A&M, and Boston College. In October, Michigan added its fifth recruit to the 2018 recruiting class with the addition of Colin Castleton, who selected Michigan over Illinois. Castleton noted his connection with new Michigan assistant coach Luke Yaklich as a driving force behind communication with Michigan.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 49], "section_span": [51, 75], "content_span": [76, 742]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275838-0011-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Michigan Wolverines men's basketball team, Future recruits, 2018\u201319\nJohns and DeJulius finished second (2,792 points) and third (2,542), respectively, to Michigan State recruit Foster Loyer (3,691) in the 2018 Mr. Basketball of Michigan voting. All five finalists were Big Ten conference recruits (Michigan-2, Michigan State-2, Purdue-1). Brazdeikis repeated as the Ontario Scholastic Basketball Association MVP in 2018 after earning the award in 2017.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 49], "section_span": [51, 75], "content_span": [76, 460]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275838-0012-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Michigan Wolverines men's basketball team, Regular season, November\nMichigan began the season with a victory over North Florida. Although the game was tied with 11:03 remaining, Michigan won 86\u201366. Michigan was led by Duncan Robinson with a game-high 21 points, while Charles Matthews posted 20 points in his Michigan debut, marking the first time Michigan had two 20-point scorers since March 3, 2015. On November 13, Michigan defeated Central Michigan 72\u201365. Michigan had five double-digit scorers, including Muhammad-Ali Abdur-Rahkman who led the team with 17 points and Moe Wagner who contributed his second consecutive double-double, and third of his career.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 49], "section_span": [51, 75], "content_span": [76, 671]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275838-0012-0001", "contents": "2017\u201318 Michigan Wolverines men's basketball team, Regular season, November\nWith seven lead changes in the game, Michigan took the lead for good with 8:47 remaining. On November 16, Jon Teske, who had previous career highs of four points and three rebounds, led Michigan with a 10-point, 11-rebound double-double as Michigan overcame its third second-half deficit in three games against Southern Miss.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 49], "section_span": [51, 75], "content_span": [76, 401]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275838-0013-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Michigan Wolverines men's basketball team, Regular season, November\nIn the first round of the 2017 Maui Invitational Tournament (its fifth) on November 20, against Louisiana State, Michigan overcame an eight-point deficit with 12 minutes remaining to take a nine-point lead with five minutes remaining only to lose 75\u201377. In the consolation bracket, Michigan defeated Chaminade the next day on the strength of Matthews' first career double-double (22 points and 10 rebounds). Michigan set or tied school single-game tournament records in scoring margin (38), field-goal percentage (64.9), assists (22), three-pointers made (15), three-point attempts (28), three-point percentage (53.6), steals (nine), turnover low (eight) and blocks (six).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 49], "section_span": [51, 75], "content_span": [76, 748]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275838-0013-0001", "contents": "2017\u201318 Michigan Wolverines men's basketball team, Regular season, November\nOn November 22, Michigan defeated Virginia Commonwealth (VCU) 68\u201360, earning a fifth-place finish in the Maui Invitational Tournament. Michigan was led by Robinson with a game-high 18 points. Michigan trailed by three points with two minutes remaining, before the Wolverines outscored VCU 11\u20130 down the stretch. On November 26, Michigan defeated UC Riverside 87\u201342 on the strength of double-doubles by Wagner (21 points, 10 rebounds) and Matthews (17 points, 12 assists).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 49], "section_span": [51, 75], "content_span": [76, 548]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275838-0013-0002", "contents": "2017\u201318 Michigan Wolverines men's basketball team, Regular season, November\nIt was the team's first pair of double-doubles in a game since Glenn Robinson III and Trey Burke did so for the 2012\u201313 National Runner-up Wolverines on January 6, 2013. On November 29, Michigan lost to (#13 AP Poll/#11 Coaches Poll) North Carolina 71\u201386 in the ACC\u2013Big Ten Challenge. Michigan was led by Wagner with a team-high 20 points. This was the first meeting between the two teams since the 1993 NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Championship Game.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 49], "section_span": [51, 75], "content_span": [76, 531]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275838-0014-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Michigan Wolverines men's basketball team, Regular season, December\nThe 2018 Big Ten Tournament was held at Madison Square Garden in New York City. Due to the Big East's use of that venue for the 2018 Big East Tournament, the Big Ten Tournament took place one week earlier than usual, ending the week before Selection Sunday. As a result, each team played one road game and one home conference game in the first week of December.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 49], "section_span": [51, 75], "content_span": [76, 437]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275838-0015-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Michigan Wolverines men's basketball team, Regular season, December\nOn December 2, Michigan defeated Indiana 69\u201355 in its Big Ten conference opener. Jordan Poole led the team with a career-high 19 points, while Muhammad-Ali Abdur Rahkman added eight points and a career-high 11 rebounds, and Eli Brooks added five points and a career-high six assists. Two days later, Michigan lost to Ohio State 62\u201371, after leading by as many as 20 points with 1:31 remaining in the first half. Michigan was led by Wagner with a team-high 14 points, and one rebound shy of a double-double. On December 9, Michigan defeated UCLA 78\u201369 in overtime.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 49], "section_span": [51, 75], "content_span": [76, 639]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275838-0015-0001", "contents": "2017\u201318 Michigan Wolverines men's basketball team, Regular season, December\nMichigan trailed by 15 points with 14:48 remaining in regulation, and tied the game with 10.9 seconds left to force overtime. Michigan was led by Wagner with a team-high 23-points, while Matthews added 20 points, marking the second time this season Michigan had two 20-point scorers in a game. Michigan forced 20 UCLA turnovers, with 12 coming off of steals. Zavier Simpson set a career-high with four steals, while Robinson tied a career-high with four steals.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 49], "section_span": [51, 75], "content_span": [76, 537]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275838-0015-0002", "contents": "2017\u201318 Michigan Wolverines men's basketball team, Regular season, December\nMichigan won despite shooting 8-for-22 on its free throws (including 2-for-13 by Wagner and Matthews), but Eli Brooks converted the two game-tying free throws when it mattered. Muhammad-Ali Abdur Rahkman's first career double-double (17 points and 10 rebounds), helped Michigan defeat Texas 59\u201352 on December 12. Michigan remained ahead of Texas for the final 35:36 of the game, although Wagner injured his ankle with 7:36 remaining. On December 16, Michigan defeated Detroit 90\u201358.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 49], "section_span": [51, 75], "content_span": [76, 558]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275838-0015-0003", "contents": "2017\u201318 Michigan Wolverines men's basketball team, Regular season, December\nMichigan was led by Matthews with a game-high 20 points, while Jon Teske made his first collegiate start and recorded his second career double-double (15 points and 10 rebounds). The game marked the first collegiate basketball game at Little Caesars Arena. Detroit was coached by former Michigan assistant coach Bacari Alexander and was led by former Wolverine Kameron Chatman who posted 18 points and 13 rebounds.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 49], "section_span": [51, 75], "content_span": [76, 490]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275838-0015-0004", "contents": "2017\u201318 Michigan Wolverines men's basketball team, Regular season, December\nOn December 21, Michigan handed winless Alabama A&M Bulldogs a 97\u201347 defeat behind a career-high 31 points by Matthews, who became the first Michigan player to score 30 points since Aubrey Dawkins in March 2015. Michigan forced a season-high 25 turnovers. On December 30 Michigan defeated Jacksonville 76\u201351 in Wagner's return to the lineup. Abdur-Rahkman posted his first 20-point performance of the season on 7-for-7 shooting from the field.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 49], "section_span": [51, 75], "content_span": [76, 519]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275838-0016-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Michigan Wolverines men's basketball team, Regular season, January\nOn January 2, 2018, Michigan defeated Iowa 75\u201368. Simpson and Abdur-Rahkman led scoring with 15 points each, while Isaiah Livers added a career-high 13 points. On January 6, Michigan defeated Illinois 79\u201369 as six players reached double figures. Wagner led the way with 14 points and a season-high-tying three blocks in his first double digit scoring effort since his injury. It was the first time Michigan had six players reach double figures since a 2017 contest against Indiana. On January 9, Michigan lost to (#5 AP Poll/#7 Coaches Poll) Purdue 69\u201370, ending their seven-game winning streak.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 49], "section_span": [51, 74], "content_span": [75, 670]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275838-0016-0001", "contents": "2017\u201318 Michigan Wolverines men's basketball team, Regular season, January\nMichigan was led by Simpson with a career-tying 15 points and career-high six rebounds. After trailing by as many as 14 points in the first half, Michigan took its first lead following back-to-back triples from Simpson with 4:30 remaining in the second half. Vincent Edwards then tied the game at 69 with 2:28 remaining in the game. The game remained tied until the final four seconds when Isaac Haas made his first free throw attempt to give Purdue the win.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 49], "section_span": [51, 74], "content_span": [75, 533]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275838-0016-0002", "contents": "2017\u201318 Michigan Wolverines men's basketball team, Regular season, January\nOn January 13, Isaiah Livers replaced Duncan Robinson in the starting lineup, as Michigan won their rivalry game against (#4 AP Poll/#4 Coaches Poll) Michigan State 82\u201372. Wagner led the Wolverines with a career-high 27 points. There were 13 lead changes and 11 ties throughout the game. The win marked their first victory on the road against a top-five ranked team since defeating (#3 AP Poll/#3 Coaches Poll) Michigan State on January 25, 2014; it was also first win at Breslin Center since 2014.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 49], "section_span": [51, 74], "content_span": [75, 573]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275838-0017-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Michigan Wolverines men's basketball team, Regular season, January\nFollowing the win, Michigan entered the 2017\u201318 basketball rankings for the first time on January 15 at #23 AP Poll and #24 Coaches Poll. On January 15, Michigan defeated Maryland 68\u201367. After trailing by 14 points in the first half and 10 points at halftime, Michigan scored the first ten points of the second half in 3:02 of play and built up a 10-point lead with 5:50 remaining.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 49], "section_span": [51, 74], "content_span": [75, 456]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275838-0017-0001", "contents": "2017\u201318 Michigan Wolverines men's basketball team, Regular season, January\nHowever, Maryland eventually posted a go-ahead three-point shot with three seconds remaining, before Abdur-Rahkman recorded two free throws with 1.2 seconds remaining, giving him exactly 1,000 career points and the Wolverines the win. Michigan was led by Wagner with 18 points and 11 rebounds for his fourth double-double of the season. Other Michigan highlights included seven consecutive three-point shots. On January 18, Michigan lost to Nebraska 52\u201372, the Cornhuskers first win over the Wolverines since 1964, snapping Michigan's 10-game winning streak against them. Matthews led the team with 15 points, and eight rebounds. The 20-point loss was Michigan's most lopsided defeat against a Big Ten opponent since losing to Michigan State by 23 points in February 2013.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 49], "section_span": [51, 74], "content_span": [75, 847]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275838-0018-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Michigan Wolverines men's basketball team, Regular season, January\nOn January 21, Michigan defeated Rutgers 62\u201347. Michigan was led by Wagner with 16 points, while Simpson added 10 points and a career-high eight rebounds. Michigan's defense held Rutgers to just 47 points, 22.5 points below its 69.5 points per game average. During the game the 1967\u201368 team was honored as the first team to play at the Crisler Center, as part of arena's 50th anniversary celebrations. On January 25, Michigan lost to (#3 AP Poll/#3 Coaches Poll) Purdue 88\u201392. Michigan was led by Abdur-Rahkman with a then career-high 26 points.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 49], "section_span": [51, 74], "content_span": [75, 620]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275838-0018-0001", "contents": "2017\u201318 Michigan Wolverines men's basketball team, Regular season, January\nThere were 24 lead changes and five ties during the game. On January 29, Michigan defeated Northwestern 58\u201347. After falling behind 19\u201311 early in the first half, Michigan held Northwestern without a point for over 10 minutes and held on for a victory due in part to a season-low five turnovers, while forcing 16 Northwestern turnovers. Michigan was led by Matthews with a team-high 14 points, seven rebounds and a career-high three steals, while Poole added eight points and a career-high three assists.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 49], "section_span": [51, 74], "content_span": [75, 579]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275838-0019-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Michigan Wolverines men's basketball team, Regular season, February\nOn February 3, Michigan defeated Minnesota 76\u201373 in overtime. Wagner (16 points, 10 rebounds) and Matthews (13 points, 11 rebounds) both posted double-doubles, marking the second time this season Michigan had two players record a double-double in the same game. Michigan took its first lead of the game with 16:15 remaining in the game. Minnesota then obtained its largest lead of the game at ten points five minutes later. On February 6, Livers was sidelined in the second minute of play, as Michigan was upset by Northwestern 52\u201361.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 49], "section_span": [51, 75], "content_span": [76, 611]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275838-0019-0001", "contents": "2017\u201318 Michigan Wolverines men's basketball team, Regular season, February\nMichigan was led by Wagner with 20 points and nine rebounds, one rebound shy of his second consecutive double-double. On February 11, Michigan reached 20 wins with an 83\u201372 victory over Wisconsin. Michigan was led by Wagner with 20 points and 11 rebounds, for his seventh double-double of his career. Michigan rode a 22-point half time lead to victory as Robinson returned to the starting lineup, where he recorded 14 points and made four three-point shots in the first half.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 49], "section_span": [51, 75], "content_span": [76, 551]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275838-0019-0002", "contents": "2017\u201318 Michigan Wolverines men's basketball team, Regular season, February\nAfter missing the better part of two games, Livers returned to the starting lineup on February 14, as Michigan defeated Iowa for a second time by a 74\u201359 margin. The team posted a season-high 13 steals, including a season-high four from Wagner and three from his backup Jon Teske. Robinson posted a season-high six three-point shots, giving him 18 points, while Abdur-Rahkman contributed 18 points with a season-high seven assists. With his six three-pointers, Robinson surpassed Zack Novak for sixth all-time on Michigan's career three-point leaderboard with 215 for his career.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 49], "section_span": [51, 75], "content_span": [76, 655]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275838-0019-0003", "contents": "2017\u201318 Michigan Wolverines men's basketball team, Regular season, February\nOn February 18, Michigan defeated (#8 AP Poll/#9 Coaches Poll) Ohio State 74\u201362 in their final home game of the regular season. Michigan was led by Abdur Rahkman with 17 points. Prior to the game Michigan honored seniors Abdur-Rahkman, and Robinson, graduate student Jaaron Simmons and undergraduate student assistant Austin Hatch during senior day. On February 21 Michigan defeated Penn State 72\u201363. Robinson led the way with 19 points off the bench and the team had a season-high 84 percent free throw percentage, which included going 9-for-10 in the final minute of the game.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 49], "section_span": [51, 75], "content_span": [76, 654]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275838-0019-0004", "contents": "2017\u201318 Michigan Wolverines men's basketball team, Regular season, February\nOn February 24, Michigan defeated Maryland 85\u201361 in the final game of the regular season. Michigan was led by Abdur-Rahkman with a career-high 28 points, including 22 points in the first half. Michigan's 24-point victory was the worst home loss for Maryland since the 1997\u201398 Terrapins lost to Duke by 32 points in 1998. The win was the Wolverines' first win at Maryland since 1937.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 49], "section_span": [51, 75], "content_span": [76, 458]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275838-0020-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Michigan Wolverines men's basketball team, Regular season, Postseason, Big Ten Tournament\nOn March 1, Michigan opened its 2018 Big Ten Conference Men's Basketball Tournament play with a 77\u201371 overtime victory over Iowa. Michigan survived a rough shooting night (56% on free throws and 16% three-point field goals) and foul trouble (Wagner and Abdur-Rahkman fouled out) to get the victory. Matthews led the way with 16 points, but Robinson made the go ahead three point shot with 2:17 remaining in overtime and the sank two free throws to give Michigan a two-possession lead with 10 seconds remaining.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 49], "section_span": [51, 97], "content_span": [98, 608]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275838-0021-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Michigan Wolverines men's basketball team, Regular season, Postseason, Big Ten Tournament\nThe next day, Michigan defeated Nebraska 77\u201358 in the quarterfinals of the Big Ten Tournament. Michigan was led by Abdur-Rahkman with 21 points, while Wagner recorded his seventh double-double of the season with 20 points and 13 rebounds. Michigan's defense held Nebraska to just 30% shooting for the game (16-of-53), including 1-of-20 during a 13:32 stretch in the first half. Robinson scored his 1,000th career point on his second 3-point field goal of the first half.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 49], "section_span": [51, 97], "content_span": [98, 568]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275838-0021-0001", "contents": "2017\u201318 Michigan Wolverines men's basketball team, Regular season, Postseason, Big Ten Tournament\nAbdur-Rahkman (5\u20135) became the second player in the history of the Big Ten Conference Men's Basketball Tournament to be perfect on at least 5 three-point shots in a single game. On March 3, Michigan defeated (#2 AP Poll/#2 Coaches Poll) Michigan State 75\u201364 in the semifinals of the Big Ten Tournament. With the win, Michigan advanced to the Big Ten Tournament final for the second consecutive season, and snapped Michigan State's 13-game winning streak. Michigan was led by Abdur-Rahkman, Simpson and Wagner with 15 points each. Wagner scored his 1,000th career point in the second half of the game, becoming the 54th Wolverine to reach the milestone.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 49], "section_span": [51, 97], "content_span": [98, 750]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275838-0022-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Michigan Wolverines men's basketball team, Regular season, Postseason, Big Ten Tournament\nOn March 4, Michigan defeated (#8 AP Poll/#8 Coaches Poll) Purdue 75\u201366 to claim their second consecutive Big Ten Tournament championship. They became the first fifth seed to win the championship and the first team to win consecutive tournament championships since Ohio State in 2010 and 2011. Michigan was led by Wagner with a team-high 17 points, and was named tournament MVP, while Abdur-Rahkman recorded 15 points and was named to the All-Tournament Team.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 49], "section_span": [51, 97], "content_span": [98, 557]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275838-0023-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Michigan Wolverines men's basketball team, Regular season, Postseason, NCAA Tournament\nOn March 15, Michigan began their participation in the 2018 NCAA Tournament with a 61\u201347 victory over Montana in the first round. Michigan was led by Matthews with 20 points and a career-tying 11 rebounds, for his fourth double-double of the season. After Montana jumped out to an early 10\u20130 lead, Michigan's defense held Montana to just 32.1% shooting for the game, including 1-of-14 during a ten-minute stretch to start the second half. The second half was delayed for over 10 minutes with 17:53 remaining when the shot clocks lost power.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 49], "section_span": [51, 94], "content_span": [95, 635]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275838-0024-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Michigan Wolverines men's basketball team, Regular season, Postseason, NCAA Tournament\nOn March 17, Michigan defeated (#21 AP Poll/#19 Coaches Poll) Houston 64\u201363 in the second round, following a game-winning buzzer beater three-point shot by Poole as time expired. Abdur-Rahkman and Wagner led the scoring with 12 points each. There were 17 lead changes and 12 ties during the game, while neither team ever led by more than six points. With the win, Michigan advanced to its fourth Sweet 16 in six years. On March 22, Michigan defeated Texas A&M 99\u201372 in the regional semifinals. Abdur-Rahkman led with 24 points, while Wagner added 21 points, and Matthews 18 points.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 49], "section_span": [51, 94], "content_span": [95, 676]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275838-0024-0001", "contents": "2017\u201318 Michigan Wolverines men's basketball team, Regular season, Postseason, NCAA Tournament\nMichigan made 10 of its 14 three-pointers in the first half to take a 52\u201328 lead at halftime. Eight different Wolverines made a three-point field goal, setting a program record for most players to make one in an NCAA Tournament game. Michigan posted 12 steals, including a career-high six by Simpson, which tied a Michigan NCAA Tournament record. Michigan's 99 points were the sixth most in program history in the NCAA tournament, and the most they've scored since scoring 102 against East Tennessee in 1992. Michigan's 61.9% shooting was its second-best in program history in the NCAA Tournament. With the win, Michigan advanced to its third Elite Eight in six years.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 49], "section_span": [51, 94], "content_span": [95, 763]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275838-0025-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Michigan Wolverines men's basketball team, Regular season, Postseason, NCAA Tournament\nOn March 24, Michigan defeated Florida State 58\u201354 in the regional finals. Michigan was led by Matthews with 17 points. With the win, Michigan advances to the Final Four for the eighth time in program history and for the first time since 2013. Michigan set a single-season program record with its 32nd victory of the season, surpassing the previous record of 31 wins set by the 1992\u201393 and 2012\u201313 teams. Michigan's defense held Florida State to just 23.3% (7-of-30) shooting in the second half.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 49], "section_span": [51, 94], "content_span": [95, 590]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275838-0025-0001", "contents": "2017\u201318 Michigan Wolverines men's basketball team, Regular season, Postseason, NCAA Tournament\nMatthews was named West Region Most Outstanding Player and was joined on the West Region All-tournament team by Wagner and Abdur-Rahkman. With the Wolverines men's basketball team advancing to the Final Four and the 2017\u201318 Michigan Wolverines men's ice hockey team advancing to the Frozen Four, it was the fourth time that both programs made their respective final four tournaments during the same season, and just the sixth time overall.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 49], "section_span": [51, 94], "content_span": [95, 534]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275838-0026-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Michigan Wolverines men's basketball team, Regular season, Postseason, NCAA Tournament\nOn March 31, Michigan defeated Loyola\u2013Chicago 69\u201357 in the national semifinals. Michigan was led by Wagner with 24 points and a career-high 15 rebounds, for his eighth double-double of the season, while Matthews added 17 points. Wagner became the third player with at least 20 points and 15 rebounds in a national semifinal game, and the first to do so since Hakeem Olajuwon in 1983. Michigan thus advanced to its seventh national championship game, and first since 2013, and set a single season record with its 33rd victory.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 49], "section_span": [51, 94], "content_span": [95, 620]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275838-0027-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Michigan Wolverines men's basketball team, Regular season, Postseason, NCAA Tournament\nOn April 2, Michigan lost to (#2 Coaches Poll/#2 AP Poll) Villanova 62\u201379 in the National Championship Game. The loss snapped Michigan's 14-game win streak that dated back to February 6, and was the longest active winning streak in the nation. This was Michigan's longest winning streak since winning the first 16 games to start the 2012\u201313 season. Michigan was led by Abdur-Rahkman with 23 points, who finished his collegiate career as Michigan's all-time leader in games played with 144 games. Wagner was Michigan's only representative on the Final Four All-Tournament Team.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 49], "section_span": [51, 94], "content_span": [95, 671]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275838-0028-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Michigan Wolverines men's basketball team, Schedule and results\nThe team's motto that could be seen on some of the team's athleticwear was \"Do More, Say Less\", which was the name of a song by Ann Arbor rapper P. L. that pays tribute to the team.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 49], "section_span": [51, 71], "content_span": [72, 253]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275838-0029-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Michigan Wolverines men's basketball team, Honors\nFollowing the season, Wagner was a second team All-Big Ten selection by the coaches and the media; Abdur-Rahkman was an honorable mention selection by both the coaches and the media; and Robinson was named the All-Big Ten Sixth Man of the Year by the coaches. Wagner was an All-District selection by the U.S. Basketball Writers Association based upon voting from its national membership. Wagner was an All-District selection by the U.S. Basketball Writers Association based upon voting from its national membership. He was a second team selection in the Big Ten by the National Association of Basketball Coaches.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 49], "section_span": [51, 57], "content_span": [58, 670]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275838-0029-0001", "contents": "2017\u201318 Michigan Wolverines men's basketball team, Honors\nThe team had five members earn Academic All-Big Ten honors for maintaining a 3.0 grade point average: Austin Davis, Matthews. Robinson, Jaaron Simmons, and Wagner. Wagner was the Most Outstanding Player of the Big Ten Tournament and Abdur-Rahkman was on the All-Tournament team. In the NCAA Tournament, Matthews was named West Region Most Outstanding Player and was joined by Wagner and Abdur-Rahkman on the West Region All-tournament team. Wagner was named to the Final Four All-Tournament Team.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 49], "section_span": [51, 57], "content_span": [58, 554]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275838-0030-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Michigan Wolverines men's basketball team, Honors, Team players drafted into the NBA\nWagner was drafted with the 25th pick in the first round of the 2018 NBA Draft, becoming Michigan's 27th first round selection and 7th under head coach Beilein. He was the fourth and final 2017\u201318 Big Ten Conference player drafted in the first round of the 2018 draft, and the fourth of eight drafted overall in the draft.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 49], "section_span": [51, 92], "content_span": [93, 415]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275839-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Michigan Wolverines men's ice hockey season\nThe 2017\u201318 Michigan Wolverines men's hockey team was the Wolverines' 96th season. They represented the University of Michigan in the 2017\u201318 NCAA Division I men's ice hockey season. The team was coached by Mel Pearson, in his first year as head coach, and played their home games at Yost Ice Arena. This season was the beginning of a new era, as long time head coach Red Berenson retired after 33 years of service as coach at Michigan. Michigan advanced to the Frozen Four for the first time since 2011, but lost to Notre Dame in the National Semifinals after captain Jake Evans scored the game-winning goal with six seconds remaining.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 51], "section_span": [51, 51], "content_span": [52, 688]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275839-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Michigan Wolverines men's ice hockey season\nWhen the team reached the Frozen Four it marked the sixth time a school had reached the final four of the NCAA Men's Ice Hockey Championship and NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Tournament in the same season: Michigan (1964, 1992*, 1993* and 2018) and Michigan State (1999 and 2001).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 51], "section_span": [51, 51], "content_span": [52, 335]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275839-0002-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Michigan Wolverines men's ice hockey season, Previous Season\nDuring the 2016\u201317 ice hockey season Michigan went 13\u201319\u20133, including 6\u201312\u20132 in Big Ten Play. Michigan lost in the first round of the 2017 Big Ten Men's Ice Hockey Tournament to eventual tournament winner Penn State by a score of 4 to 1. Michigan missed out on the NCAA Hockey Tournament. At the end of the season head coach Red Berenson retired after 33 years of service as head coach of the Michigan Wolverines.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 51], "section_span": [53, 68], "content_span": [69, 482]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275840-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Michigan Wolverines women's basketball team\nThe 2017\u201318 Michigan Wolverines women's basketball team represents the University of Michigan during the 2017\u201318 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Wolverines, led by 6th year head coach Kim Barnes Arico, play their home games at the Crisler Center and are currently a member of the Big Ten Conference. They finished the season 23\u201310, 10\u20136 in Big Ten play to finish in sixth place. They advanced to the quarterfinals of the Big Ten Women's Tournament where they lost to Nebraska. They received an at-large bid to the NCAA Women's Tournament where they defeated Northern Colorado before losing to Baylor in the second round.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 51], "section_span": [51, 51], "content_span": [52, 687]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275841-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Middle Tennessee Blue Raiders men's basketball team\nThe 2017\u201318 Middle Tennessee Blue Raiders men's basketball team represented Middle Tennessee State University during the 2017\u201318 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Blue Raiders, led by 16th-year head coach Kermit Davis, played their home games at the Murphy Center in Murfreesboro, Tennessee as members of Conference USA. They finished the season 25\u20138 overall, 16\u20132 in C-USA play to win the regular season championship. In the C-USA Tournament, they were defeated in the quarterfinals by Southern Miss in overtime. As a regular season conference champion who failed to win their conference tournament, the Blue Raiders received an automatic bid to the National Invitation Tournament, where they defeated Vermont in the first round before losing to Louisville in the second round.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 59], "section_span": [59, 59], "content_span": [60, 849]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275841-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Middle Tennessee Blue Raiders men's basketball team\nThe season marked the first time in the program's history that the Blue Raiders were ranked in the AP Top 25 during the season, coming in at No. 24 on the week of February 19.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 59], "section_span": [59, 59], "content_span": [60, 235]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275841-0002-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Middle Tennessee Blue Raiders men's basketball team\nHead coach Kermit Davis left the school on March 19, 2018 to accept the head coaching job at Ole Miss. He finished at Middle Tennessee with a 16-year record of 332\u2013188. On March 24, the Blue Raiders named UNC Asheville head coach Nick McDevitt as the team's new head coach.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 59], "section_span": [59, 59], "content_span": [60, 333]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275841-0003-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Middle Tennessee Blue Raiders men's basketball team, Previous season\nThe Blue Raiders finished the 2016\u201317 season 27\u20134, 17\u20131 in C-USA play to win the regular season championship. In the C-USA Tournament, they defeated UTSA, UTEP, and Marshall to win the 2017 C-USA Tournament. As a result, they received the conference's automatic bid to the NCAA Tournament. As the No. 12 seed in the South region, they defeated 5-seeded Minnesota in the First Round before losing in the Second Round to 4-seeded Butler.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 59], "section_span": [61, 76], "content_span": [77, 512]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275841-0003-0001", "contents": "2017\u201318 Middle Tennessee Blue Raiders men's basketball team, Previous season\nThe team also had several winning streaks during the season winning 8 games in a row in non-conference schedule, 10 games in a row to start conference play and a new school record, then 11 games in a row from mid-conference play all the way through winning the conference tournament and into the NCAA tournament before losing to Butler. The team finished the season with a 31\u20135, 17\u20131 record setting new school and conference records for wins in a season and in conference play and had another NCAA tournament upset for the second straight year.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 59], "section_span": [61, 76], "content_span": [77, 621]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275842-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Middle Tennessee Blue Raiders women's basketball team\nThe 2017\u201318 Middle Tennessee Blue Raiders women's basketball team represents Middle Tennessee State University during the 2017\u201318 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Blue Raiders, led by thirteenth year head coach Rick Insell, play their home games at the Murphy Center and were third year members of Conference USA. They finished the season 18\u201313, 10\u20136 in C-USA play to finish in a 4 way tie third place. They lost in the quarterfinals of the C-USA Women's Tournament to Rice. They received an at-large bid to the Women's National Invitation Tournament where they lost to Ball State in the first round.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 61], "section_span": [61, 61], "content_span": [62, 676]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275842-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Middle Tennessee Blue Raiders women's basketball team, Previous season\nThey finished the season 23\u201311, 15\u20133 in C-USA play to finish in second place. They advanced to the semifinals of the C-USA Women's Tournament where they lost to Southern Miss. They received an automatic bid to the Women's National Invitation Tournament where they defeated Morehead State and Wake Forest in the first and second rounds before losing to Georgia Tech in the third round.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 61], "section_span": [63, 78], "content_span": [79, 463]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275843-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Middlesbrough F.C. season\nThe 2017\u201318 season was Middlesbrough's first season back in the Championship, making an immediate return to the division following relegation from the Premier League in the previous season. In their 142nd year in existence, the club also competed in the FA Cup and the EFL Cup.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [33, 33], "content_span": [34, 311]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275843-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Middlesbrough F.C. season\nThe season covers the period from 1 July 2017 to 30 June 2018, with all competitive games played between August 2017 and May 2018. Two transfer windows took place, the first from 1 July to 31 August 2017, the second from 1 January to 31 January 2018.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [33, 33], "content_span": [34, 284]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275843-0002-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Middlesbrough F.C. season\nGarry Monk was appointed as manager in June 2017, however he parted company with the club in late December after an unconvincing start to the season, with the club in 9th position. Tony Pulis replaced him on 26 December, and took charge of the team after Middlesbrough's Boxing Day fixture against Bolton Wanderers.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [33, 33], "content_span": [34, 349]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275843-0003-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Middlesbrough F.C. season, Changes\nThe first and most crucial change this season is that the club will play in the EFL Championship, having been relegated from the Premier League in the previous season. Aitor Karanka, who had managed the club from November 2013, was sacked in March 2017 after a poor run of results, having not won in ten matches and having occupied a place in the relegation zone. Prior to his sacking, tensions had mounted between Karanka and both the club's board and fans surrounding Middlesbrough's January transfer activity and frustration from supporters over the poor results and perceived poor style of play. Karanka's assistant manager, Steve Agnew, served as caretaker manager until the end of the season. On 9 June 2017, it was confirmed that former Swansea City and Leeds United manager Garry Monk would become the new manager for the 2017\u201318 season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 42], "content_span": [43, 888]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275843-0004-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Middlesbrough F.C. season, Changes\nNathan Convery, Bradley Fewster, Brandon Holdsworth, Lewis Maloney, Niall McGoldrick, Junior Mondal, Josef Wheatley, Matthew Wilson, V\u00edctor Vald\u00e9s, Brad Guzan and Viktor Fischer were amongst the first players to leave the club in the summer 2017 transfer window. Further departures would include Bernardo Espinosa and Cristhian Stuani, who both completed moves to Girona, while James Husband would leave for Norwich City, defender Antonio Barrag\u00e1n would depart on a season-long loan to Spanish club Real Betis, midfielder Gast\u00f3n Ram\u00edrez would depart for Sampdoria, and the club also terminated the contract of Carlos de Pena by mutual consent.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 42], "content_span": [43, 686]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275843-0005-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Middlesbrough F.C. season, Changes\nMonk's first major signings included Norwich City midfielder Jonny Howson, Derby County right-back Cyrus Christie, Toulouse striker Martin Braithwaite, Nottingham Forest strikerBritt Assombalonga, as well as goalkeeper Darren Randolph, and striker Ashley Fletcher, both moving from West Ham United.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 42], "content_span": [43, 341]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275843-0006-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Middlesbrough F.C. season, Pre-season, Friendlies\nAs of 3 July 2017, Middlesbrough have announced five pre-season friendlies, against Mansfield Town, Rochdale, Oxford United, Chesterfield and FC Augsburg.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 57], "content_span": [58, 212]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275843-0007-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Middlesbrough F.C. season, Competitions, FA Cup\nIn the FA Cup, Middlesbrough entered the competition in the third round and were drawn at home versus Sunderland. Boro beat the Black Cats 2\u20130 at the Riverside.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 55], "content_span": [56, 216]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275843-0008-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Middlesbrough F.C. season, Competitions, FA Cup\nThe Monday after Boro were drawn with who ever won that night's game between Brighton and Crystal Palace. The Seagulls (Brighton) won the game 2\u20131, meaning that Boro will play them in the 4th round, on the Weekend of the 27th of January.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 55], "content_span": [56, 293]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275843-0009-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Middlesbrough F.C. season, Competitions, EFL Cup\nMiddlesbrough entered the 2017\u201318 EFL Cup in the Second Round, and were drawn at home to Scunthorpe United. An away trip against Aston Villa was confirmed for the third round. A fourth round trip to AFC Bournemouth was announced.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 56], "content_span": [57, 286]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275843-0010-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Middlesbrough F.C. season, Statistics, Top scorers\nThe list is sorted by shirt number when total goals are equal.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 58], "content_span": [59, 121]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275844-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Midland Football League\nThe 2017\u201318 Midland Football League season was the 4th in the history of the Midland Football League, a football competition in England.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [31, 31], "content_span": [32, 168]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275844-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Midland Football League, Premier Division\nThe Premier Division featured 17 clubs which competed in the previous season, along with five new clubs:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 49], "content_span": [50, 154]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275844-0002-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Midland Football League, Division One\nDivision One featured 17 clubs which competed in the previous season, along with five new clubs.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 45], "content_span": [46, 142]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275845-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Milan Ciga Vasojevi\u0107 Cup\nThis is the current revision of this page, as edited by Monkbot (talk | contribs) at 00:07, 8 January 2020 (\u2192\u200eExternal links: Task 15: language icon template(s) replaced (1\u00d7);). The present address (URL) is a permanent link to this version.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [32, 32], "content_span": [33, 274]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275845-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Milan Ciga Vasojevi\u0107 Cup\nThe 2018 Milan Ciga Vasojevi\u0107 Cup was the 12th season of the Serbian women's national basketball cup tournament.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [32, 32], "content_span": [33, 145]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275845-0002-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Milan Ciga Vasojevi\u0107 Cup, Qualified teams\nThe draw was held in Belgrade on 8 March 2018.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 49], "content_span": [50, 96]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275846-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Millwall F.C. season\nThe 2017\u201318 season is Millwall's 133rd year in existence, 92nd consecutive season in The Football League and 41st in the second tier. Millwall return to The Championship after a two-year absence. They secured promotion from League One via the playoffs. The Lions went on a club record 17-game unbeaten run; their longest streak in the second tier, which surpassed a record of 15 set in 1971. This season Millwall won six away wins in a row, equalling a club record set in the 2008\u201309 season. The Lions finished in eighth position, their highest league finish since the 2001\u201302 season. Millwall competed in the FA Cup, losing to Rochdale in a Fourth round replay. They also took part in the League Cup, going out to Reading in the Second round. The season covers the period from 1 July 2017 to 30 June 2018.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [28, 28], "content_span": [29, 835]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275846-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Millwall F.C. season, Pre-season, Friendlies\nMillwall announced four pre-season friendlies against Dartford, Barnet, Stevenage and Spanish side Granada.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 52], "content_span": [53, 160]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275846-0002-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Millwall F.C. season, Competitions, FA Cup\nIn the FA Cup, Millwall entered the competition in the third round and were drawn at home against Barnsley.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 50], "content_span": [51, 158]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275846-0003-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Millwall F.C. season, Competitions, EFL Cup\nOn 16 June 2017, the first round draw took place with Stevenage the visitors confirmed. An away tie against Reading was announced for the second round.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 51], "content_span": [52, 203]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275847-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Milton Keynes Dons F.C. season\nThe 2017\u201318 season was Milton Keynes Dons' 14th season in their existence, and their second consecutive season in League One, the third tier of English football. Along with competing in League One, the club also competed in the FA Cup, EFL Cup and EFL Trophy.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [38, 38], "content_span": [39, 298]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275847-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Milton Keynes Dons F.C. season\nThe season covers the period from 1 July 2017 to 30 June 2018.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [38, 38], "content_span": [39, 101]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275848-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Milwaukee Bucks season\nThe 2017\u201318 Milwaukee Bucks season was the 50th season of the franchise in the National Basketball Association (NBA). On June 16, 2017, the Bucks named Jon Horst as their new general manager. This was the Bucks' final season at the Bradley Center, with their move to the new Fiserv Forum beginning with the 2018\u201319 NBA season. On January 22, 2018, the Bucks fired head coach Jason Kidd and replaced him with the team's assistant head coach Joe Prunty as interim head coach.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [30, 30], "content_span": [31, 504]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275848-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Milwaukee Bucks season\nThey finished the regular season with 44\u201338, which clinched the 7th seed. In the playoffs, the Bucks faced the 2nd seeded Boston Celtics in the First Round, and lost in seven games.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [30, 30], "content_span": [31, 212]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275849-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Milwaukee Panthers men's basketball team\nThe 2017\u201318 Milwaukee Panthers men's basketball team represented the University of Wisconsin\u2013Milwaukee during the 2017\u201318 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Panthers, led by first-year head coach Pat Baldwin, played their home games at the UW\u2013Milwaukee Panther Arena and the Klotsche Center as members of the Horizon League. They finished the season 16\u201317, 8\u201310 in Horizon League play to finish in a tie for fifth place. They defeated UIC in the quarterfinals of the Horizon League Tournament before losing in the semifinals to Wright State.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 48], "section_span": [48, 48], "content_span": [49, 600]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275849-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Milwaukee Panthers men's basketball team, Previous season\nThe Panthers finished the 2016\u201317 season 11\u201324, 4\u201314 in Horizon League play to finish in last place. They defeated Detroit, Valparaiso, and UIC to advance to the championship game of the Horizon League Tournament where they lost to Northern Kentucky.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 48], "section_span": [50, 65], "content_span": [66, 316]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275849-0002-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Milwaukee Panthers men's basketball team, Previous season\nOn June 12, 2017, head coach LaVall Jordan left the school to accept the head coaching position at Butler, his alma mater. On June 20, the school named Patrick Baldwin head coach.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 48], "section_span": [50, 65], "content_span": [66, 245]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275850-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Minerva Punjab FC season\nThe 2017\u201318 Minerva Punjab F.C. season is the 2nd season of in the I-League which is India's top football league. They finished the season as I-League Champions becoming the first team from North India to win the I-League since its inception.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [32, 32], "content_span": [33, 275]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275850-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Minerva Punjab FC season, Squad information, First-team squad\nNote: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 69], "content_span": [70, 198]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275850-0002-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Minerva Punjab FC season, Competitions, Super Cup\nMinerva Punjab FC entered the competition in Round of 16 and were drawn against Jamshedpur. However, they lost in the first game in penalty shootouts, concluding the season for I-League champions.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 57], "content_span": [58, 254]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275851-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Minnesota Duluth Bulldogs men's ice hockey season\nThe 2017\u201318 Minnesota Duluth Bulldogs men's ice hockey team represented the University of Minnesota Duluth in intercollegiate college ice hockey during the 2017\u201318 NCAA Division I men's ice hockey season. The head coach was Scott Sandelin and the team captain was Karson Kuhlman. The team won the 2018 NCAA Division I Men's Ice Hockey Tournament. The team's leading scorer was Scott Perunovich, who was only the fourth defencemen to lead a championship team in scoring (Bob Heathcott, 1952; Dan Lodboa, 1970; Craig Norwich, 1977).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 57], "section_span": [57, 57], "content_span": [58, 588]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275851-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Minnesota Duluth Bulldogs men's ice hockey season, Season\nMinnesota\u2013Duluth was coming off a very successful season where they won the NCHC Tournament and finished as the National Runner-up. Unfortunately, the team lost five of its top six scorers in the offseason as well as their starting goaltender, Hunter Miska. Despite the roster turnover, the Bulldogs were ranked No. 6 in the preseason poll and opened their season by hosting the Ice Breaker Tournament. After winning against preseason No. 3 Minnesota Duluth stumbled, going 0\u20132\u20132 over its next four games.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 57], "section_span": [59, 65], "content_span": [66, 571]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275851-0001-0001", "contents": "2017\u201318 Minnesota Duluth Bulldogs men's ice hockey season, Season\nUMD was still trying to find its starting goaltender and after a 0\u20130 tie against Bemidji State it looked like Nick Deery had claimed the job but after surrendering 5 goals to the woeful Merrimack Warriors in the very next game Hunter Sheppard got the starting job once more. Sheppard would allow only 3 goals in the next three games (all Bulldog wins) and stake his claim in goal.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 57], "section_span": [59, 65], "content_span": [66, 446]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275851-0002-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Minnesota Duluth Bulldogs men's ice hockey season, Season\nWith the goaltending seemingly settled head coach Scott Sandelin now had to get his team to score. Over a five-week period in November and December, once the Bulldogs began their conference schedule, Minnesota\u2013Duluth never scored more than three goals in a game and were shut out three times. UMD's record dipped below .500 and they were floundering at the bottom of their conference. Just before they went on winter break the Bulldogs exploded for 11 goals in two games against Omaha and, though they lost one of the games when Sheppard had his worst match of the year, the sudden offensive burst game the Bulldogs something to build on.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 57], "section_span": [59, 65], "content_span": [66, 704]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275851-0003-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Minnesota Duluth Bulldogs men's ice hockey season, Season\nJust before the new year Minnesota\u2013Duluth played in the Ledyard Bank Classic and after dropping Yale in the first game they faced host Dartmouth in the title match. Both teams fired over 40 shots at one another but the game ended in a 2-2 tie. A shootout was held to decide the champion (but did not count for official standings due to the NCAA not sanctioning shootouts) and the Bulldogs skated away with the title. Hunter Sheppard was named as the tournament MVP and used the mid-season championship as a springboard to help the team get back into playoff contention.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 57], "section_span": [59, 65], "content_span": [66, 635]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275851-0003-0001", "contents": "2017\u201318 Minnesota Duluth Bulldogs men's ice hockey season, Season\nUMD returned to their conference schedule in the second week of January and took two road games against Colorado College before hosting No. 7 North Dakota. The Bulldogs' power play came up big, notching three goals in each contest to help the team sweep the weekend and send UMD into the top ten for the first time since early November.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 57], "section_span": [59, 65], "content_span": [66, 402]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275851-0004-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Minnesota Duluth Bulldogs men's ice hockey season, Season\nThe success was short-lived, however, and Minnesota\u2013Duluth lost four of their next five, including their fifth-straight to Denver. The team was shut out twice more over that stretch but recovered swiftly when they played Miami and Western Michigan, outscoring their opposition 21\u20131 over those four games. After splitting two games with Omaha Minnesota\u2013Duluth ended the season with a 13\u201311 record in the NCHC, earning them the No. 3 seed in the conference tournament. UMD met Western Michigan in the quarterfinal and continued their recent dominance over the Broncos by shutting them out in both games to comfortably take the series.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 57], "section_span": [59, 65], "content_span": [66, 698]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275851-0004-0001", "contents": "2017\u201318 Minnesota Duluth Bulldogs men's ice hockey season, Season\nThe Bulldogs headed to Saint Paul for the final four and promptly lost their fifth game of the year to Denver. The team followed that up with yet another loss in the Third place Game to North Dakota. Despite the disappointing finish Minnesota\u2013Duluth finished 12th in the pairwise rankings, .0001 ahead of Minnesota, and received the final at-large bid in the NCAA tournament.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 57], "section_span": [59, 65], "content_span": [66, 441]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275851-0005-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Minnesota Duluth Bulldogs men's ice hockey season, Season\nThe Bulldogs got the No. 3 seed in the West Regional and were set against Minnesota State for a rubber match. The Mavericks scored twice early and appeared to be cruising to their first tournament win but the Bulldog defense clamped down thereafter, preventing Minnesota State from recording a shot in the second period while slowly chipping away at the lead. UMD tied the game late in the third on the power play and then won the game in overtime on a shot from Parker Mackay. Duluth continued its defensive play in the Regional Final against Air Force, outshooting the airmen 14\u20130 in the first while taking a 2\u20130 lead. The Falcons would eventually score late but the UMD would win the match 2\u20131.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 57], "section_span": [59, 65], "content_span": [66, 763]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275851-0006-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Minnesota Duluth Bulldogs men's ice hockey season, Season\nThe Bulldogs began their second straight frozen four against No. 5 Ohio State and continued their stingy defense. For the second time in as many games UMD scored twice in the first and then played back to halt the Buckeye attack. Ohio State could only manage 20 shots in the game with their lone goal coming in the third period on the power play. With only Notre Dame left in their way, the Bulldogs followed virtually the same script that had won them their previous two games; score twice in the first period then hold on for dear life. This time the opposing power play was able to score in the second period but even the No. 2 overall seed Fighting Irish couldn't manage more than 20 shots in the contest. The two teams played a clean third period and the Bulldogs skated away with their second national title.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 57], "section_span": [59, 65], "content_span": [66, 880]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275851-0007-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Minnesota Duluth Bulldogs men's ice hockey season, Season\nLeading scorer Scott Perunovich won the Tim Taylor Award as the national rookie of the year while Karson Kuhlman was named as the NCAA Tournament Most Outstanding Player.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 57], "section_span": [59, 65], "content_span": [66, 236]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275852-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Minnesota Duluth Bulldogs women's ice hockey season\nThe Minnesota Duluth Bulldogs represent the University of Minnesota Duluth in WCHA women's ice hockey during the 2017-18 NCAA Division I women's ice hockey season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 59], "section_span": [59, 59], "content_span": [60, 223]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275853-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Minnesota Golden Gophers men's basketball team\nThe 2017\u201318 Minnesota Golden Gophers men's basketball team represented the University of Minnesota in the 2017\u201318 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Gophers were led by fifth-year head coach Richard Pitino and played their home games at Williams Arena in Minneapolis, Minnesota as members of the Big Ten Conference. They finished the season 15\u201317, 4\u201314 in Big Ten play to finish in a three-way tie for 11th place. As the No. 11 seed in the Big Ten Tournament, they lost in the first round to Rutgers.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 54], "section_span": [54, 54], "content_span": [55, 565]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275853-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Minnesota Golden Gophers men's basketball team, Previous season\nThe Golden Gophers finished the 2016\u201317 season 24\u201310, 11\u20137 in Big Ten play to finish in fourth place. In the Big Ten Tournament, they beat Michigan State in the quarterfinals before losing to Michigan in the semifinals. They received an at-large bid to the NCAA Tournament as a No. 5 seed. The bid marked their first trip to the Tournament since 2013. In the First Round, they were upset by No. 12-seeded Middle Tennessee.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 54], "section_span": [56, 71], "content_span": [72, 494]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275853-0002-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Minnesota Golden Gophers men's basketball team, Previous season\nHead coach Richard Pitino was named Big Ten Coach of the Year. Reggie Lynch was named defensive player of the year. Nate Mason was named to the All-Big Ten First Team.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 54], "section_span": [56, 71], "content_span": [72, 239]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275853-0003-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Minnesota Golden Gophers men's basketball team, Preseason\nIn its annual preseason preview, the Blue Ribbon Yearbook ranked Minnesota No. 18 in the country.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 54], "section_span": [56, 65], "content_span": [66, 163]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275853-0004-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Minnesota Golden Gophers men's basketball team, Regular season, Alabama game - playing five on three\nOne of their most notable games of the season came on November 25, 2017 against No. 25 Alabama. During that game, Alabama's bench players left the bench to scuffle with Minnesota players midway through the second half. Because the players left the bench, every one of the players was ejected leaving Alabama with only five eligible players. Not long after the scuffle, Alabama's Dazon Ingram fouled out with 11:37 left in the game, which left Alabama with only four players.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 54], "section_span": [56, 108], "content_span": [109, 583]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275853-0004-0001", "contents": "2017\u201318 Minnesota Golden Gophers men's basketball team, Regular season, Alabama game - playing five on three\nShortly thereafter, Alabama's John Petty turned his ankle and was unable return for the rest of the game, leaving Alabama with only three players with 10:41 left in the match. While Minnesota was up by as many as 15 points under three-on-five competition, their lead diminished to as little as three points at one point due, in part, to Collin Sexton's 40-point game. However, the Golden Gophers would ultimately win 89\u201384 over the short-handed Crimson Tide. The game would be considered one of the strangest games in college basketball history.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 54], "section_span": [56, 108], "content_span": [109, 654]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275853-0005-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Minnesota Golden Gophers men's basketball team, Regular season, Reggie Lynch suspension\nOn January 5, 2018, Reggie Lynch was suspended from the University of Minnesota due to multiple sexual assault allegations that had occurred in 2016. The school's Equal Opportunity and Affirmative Action Office suspended Lynch from the University until 2020. Lynch appealed the finding and cannot play in any games, but was allowed to practice with the team.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 54], "section_span": [56, 95], "content_span": [96, 454]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275853-0006-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Minnesota Golden Gophers men's basketball team, Schedule and results\nThe 2018 Big Ten Tournament will be held at Madison Square Garden in New York City. Due to the Big East's use of that venue for their conference tournament, the Big Ten Tournament will take place one week earlier than usual, ending the week before Selection Sunday. The Gophers were initially slated to hold only one public exhibition game against Concordia-St. Paul, in addition to a closed scrimmage against Creighton.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 54], "section_span": [56, 76], "content_span": [77, 497]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275853-0006-0001", "contents": "2017\u201318 Minnesota Golden Gophers men's basketball team, Schedule and results\nHowever, in response to the devastation from hurricanes Harvey, Irma, and Maria, the NCAA announced that it would allow Division I basketball teams to apply for a waiver to play a third exhibition game if the proceeds were donated to charity. The Gophers took advantage of the opportunity, scheduling an additional exhibition game against Wisconsin-Green Bay. The game was scheduled to be played at Maturi Pavilion, with all proceeds being donated to the American Red Cross hurricane relief efforts in Puerto Rico.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 54], "section_span": [56, 76], "content_span": [77, 591]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275854-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Minnesota Golden Gophers women's basketball team\nThe 2017\u201318 Minnesota Golden Gophers women's basketball team represented the University of Minnesota during the 2017\u201318 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Golden Gophers, led by fourth-year head coach Marlene Stollings, played their home games at Williams Arena as members of the Big Ten Conference. They finished the season 24\u20139, 11\u20135 in Big Ten play to finish in a three-way tie for third place. They defeated Iowa in the quarterfinals of the Big Ten Women's Tournament before losing to Ohio State in the semifinals. They received at-large bid of the NCAA Women's Tournament as the No. 7 seed in the Spokane region. There they defeated Green Bay before losing to Oregon in the Second Round.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 56], "section_span": [56, 56], "content_span": [57, 761]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275854-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Minnesota Golden Gophers women's basketball team\nOn April 9, 2018, head coach Marlene Stollings resigned from Minnesota to accept the head coaching job at Texas Tech. She finished with a four-year record of 82\u201347. On April 12, the school hired the second all-time leading scorer for the Gophers, Lindsay Whalen, as head coach. As part of her contract with the school, Whalen will continue to play for the WNBA's Minnesota Lynx while she is head coach.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 56], "section_span": [56, 56], "content_span": [57, 459]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275855-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Minnesota Golden Gophers women's ice hockey season\nThe Minnesota Golden Gophers women's ice hockey program represent the University of Minnesota during the 2017-18 NCAA Division I women's ice hockey season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 58], "section_span": [58, 58], "content_span": [59, 214]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275855-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Minnesota Golden Gophers women's ice hockey season\nFollowing a Frozen Four appearance in March, the Golden Gophers were well represented in both international play and Olympic preparations. The April IIHF World Championships featured an impressive 10 alumni and current players from the team. Six players represented the US team including Lee Stecklein and 5 alumni. Of the two Canadians, current player Sarah Potomak made her country's team. Two alumni represented Finland to round out the ten. All of the Golden Gophers left the tournament with a medal, with the US taking gold, Canada silver, and Finland bronze.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 58], "section_span": [58, 58], "content_span": [59, 623]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275855-0002-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Minnesota Golden Gophers women's ice hockey season\nIn May, Countries began the 2018 Olympic selections. The 2017-18 US Team includes six Minnesota alumni, and Lee Stecklein. This will be Stecklein's second Olympic Games. A week after the US announced their team, Team Canada completed their Centralization roster, choosing Sarah Potomak, and her sister Amy Potomak. Of the 28 selected, 23 will be chosen to represent Canada at the Olympics", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 58], "section_span": [58, 58], "content_span": [59, 447]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275856-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Minnesota State Mavericks women's ice hockey season\nThe Minnesota State Mavericks women's ice hockey program will represent Minnesota State University, Mankato during the 2017-18 NCAA Division I women's ice hockey season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 59], "section_span": [59, 59], "content_span": [60, 229]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275857-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Minnesota Timberwolves season\nThe 2017\u201318 Minnesota Timberwolves season was the 29th season of the franchise in the National Basketball Association (NBA).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [37, 37], "content_span": [38, 162]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275857-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Minnesota Timberwolves season\nThey clinched their first winning season since 2004 with a win over the New York Knicks on March 23, 2018. On April 11, 2018, the Timberwolves clinched a playoff berth for the first time since 2004 with a win over the Denver Nuggets, ending what was the longest post-season drought in the NBA at the time, at 13 seasons to pass the Sacramento Kings to currently make the longest postseason NBA drought. The last time the Wolves made the playoffs was during the Kevin Garnett era where he led them to the Conference Finals that year.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [37, 37], "content_span": [38, 570]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275857-0001-0001", "contents": "2017\u201318 Minnesota Timberwolves season\nThe Wolves this season also signed free agent Derrick Rose, after he considered joining teams such as the Golden State Warriors, San Antonio Spurs, and Washington Wizards. The signing reunited Rose with former Chicago Bulls teammates Jimmy Butler and Taj Gibson, as well as coach Tom Thibodeau, all of whom were part of the franchise from 2011-2015. These acquisitions would earn the team the nickname \u201cTimberBulls\u201d from the media and fans.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [37, 37], "content_span": [38, 478]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275857-0002-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Minnesota Timberwolves season\nThey finished the regular season with a 47\u201335 record, which clinched the 8th seed. In the playoffs, the Timberwolves faced the top-seeded Houston Rockets in the first round, and lost in five games.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [37, 37], "content_span": [38, 235]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275857-0003-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Minnesota Timberwolves season\nAs of 2021, this season marks the last time the Timberwolves made the playoffs.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [37, 37], "content_span": [38, 117]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275857-0004-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Minnesota Timberwolves season, Draft\nEntering the draft, the Timberwolves only held one first round pick at #7; their second round pick was forced to be traded away to the Boston Celtics due to a previous trade involving the Phoenix Suns (and former New Orleans Hornets) allowing the Suns (later Celtics) to acquire their 2017 second round pick if their lottery protected pick wasn't acquired by 2016.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 44], "content_span": [45, 409]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275857-0004-0001", "contents": "2017\u201318 Minnesota Timberwolves season, Draft\nExiting draft night, however, they traded away their #7 pick, which was the Finnish center/power forward Lauri Markkanen from University of Arizona, alongside last year's top selection (Kris Dunn) and Zach LaVine to the Chicago Bulls in exchange for All-Star shooting guard/small forward Jimmy Butler and the Bulls' own first round selection, which was #16 pick Justin Patton, a redshirt freshman center from Creighton University for the purpose of ending their 13 year long playoff drought.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 44], "content_span": [45, 536]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275858-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Minnesota Wild season\nThe 2017\u201318 Minnesota Wild season was the 18th season for the National Hockey League franchise that was established on June 25, 1997.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [29, 29], "content_span": [30, 163]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275858-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Minnesota Wild season, Schedule and results, Preseason\nThe team's preseason schedule was released on June 13, 2017.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 62], "content_span": [63, 123]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275858-0002-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Minnesota Wild season, Schedule and results, Preseason\nNotes: Game was played at Sprint Center in Kansas City, Missouri.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 62], "content_span": [63, 129]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275858-0003-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Minnesota Wild season, Schedule and results, Regular season\nThe regular season schedule was published on June 22, 2017.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 67], "content_span": [68, 127]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275858-0004-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Minnesota Wild season, Schedule and results, Regular season\nLegend:\u00a0\u00a0Win (2 points)\u00a0\u00a0Loss (0 points)\u00a0\u00a0Overtime/shootout loss (1 point)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 67], "content_span": [68, 142]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275858-0005-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Minnesota Wild season, Transactions\nThe Wild have been involved in the following transactions during the 2017\u201318 season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 43], "content_span": [44, 128]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275858-0006-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Minnesota Wild season, Draft picks\nBelow are the Minnesota Wild's selections at the 2017 NHL Entry Draft, which was held on June 23 and 24, 2017 at the United Center in Chicago.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 42], "content_span": [43, 185]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275859-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Mississippi State Bulldogs men's basketball team\nThe 2017\u201318 Mississippi State Bulldogs basketball team represented Mississippi State University in the 2017\u201318 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Bulldogs, led by third-year head coach Ben Howland, played their home games at the Humphrey Coliseum in Starkville, Mississippi as members of the Southeastern Conference. They finished the season 25\u201312, 9\u20139 in SEC play to finish in a tie for seventh place. They defeated LSU in the second round of the SEC Tournament before losing in the quarterfinals to Tennessee. They were received an at-large bid to the National Invitation Tournament where they defeated Nebraska, Baylor, and Louisville to advance to the semifinals where they lost to Penn State.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 56], "section_span": [56, 56], "content_span": [57, 764]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275859-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Mississippi State Bulldogs men's basketball team, Previous season\nThe Bulldogs finished the 2016\u201317 season 16\u201316, 6\u201312 in SEC play to finish in 12th place. They defeated LSU in the SEC Tournament before losing in the second round to Alabama.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 56], "section_span": [58, 73], "content_span": [74, 249]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275860-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Mississippi State Bulldogs women's basketball team\nThis is the current revision of this page, as edited by Lsw2472 (talk | contribs) at 20:55, 3 April 2021. The present address (URL) is a permanent link to this version.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 58], "section_span": [58, 58], "content_span": [59, 227]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275860-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Mississippi State Bulldogs women's basketball team\nThe 2017\u201318 Mississippi State Bulldogs women's basketball team represented Mississippi State University during the 2017\u201318 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Bulldogs, led by sixth-year head coach Vic Schaefer, played their home games at Humphrey Coliseum as members of the Southeastern Conference (SEC).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 58], "section_span": [58, 58], "content_span": [59, 375]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275860-0002-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Mississippi State Bulldogs women's basketball team\nThe Bulldogs were coming off a runner-up finish to fellow SEC team South Carolina in the NCAA Tournament.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 58], "section_span": [58, 58], "content_span": [59, 164]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275860-0003-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Mississippi State Bulldogs women's basketball team\nBy beating Louisville 73-63 in overtime in the Final Four, Mississippi State played Notre Dame for the national championship; however, the Bulldogs were denied the title again, falling short 61\u201358 on a last-second three-pointer by Notre Dame's Arike Ogunbowale.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 58], "section_span": [58, 58], "content_span": [59, 320]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275860-0004-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Mississippi State Bulldogs women's basketball team, Rankings\n^Coaches' Poll did not release a second poll at the same time as the AP.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 58], "section_span": [60, 68], "content_span": [69, 141]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275861-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Mississippi Valley State Delta Devils basketball team\nThe 2017\u201318 Mississippi Valley State Delta Devils basketball team represented Mississippi Valley State University in the 2017\u201318 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Delta Devils, led by fourth-year head coach Andre Payne, played their home games at the Harrison HPER Complex in Itta Bena, Mississippi as members of the Southwestern Athletic Conference. They finished the season 4\u201328, 4\u201314 in SWAC play to finish in ninth place. Due to the ineligibility of Grambling State, the Delta Devils received the No. 8 seed in the SWAC Tournament and lost to Arkansas\u2013Pine Bluff in the quarterfinals.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 61], "section_span": [61, 61], "content_span": [62, 661]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275861-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Mississippi Valley State Delta Devils basketball team, Previous season\nThe Delta Devils finished the 2016\u201317 season 7\u201325, 7\u201311 in SWAC play to finish in seventh place. In the SWAC Tournament, they lost to Alcorn State in the quarterfinals.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 61], "section_span": [63, 78], "content_span": [79, 247]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275862-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Missouri State Bears basketball team\nThe 2017\u201318 Missouri State Bears basketball team represented Missouri State University during the 2017\u201318 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Bears, led by seventh-year head coach Paul Lusk, played their home games at JQH Arena in Springfield, Missouri as members of the Missouri Valley Conference. Despite being the preseason favorite in the MVC, the Bears finished the season 18\u201315, 7\u201311 in MVC play to finish in a three-way tie for seventh place. As the No. 7 seed in the MVC Tournament, they beat Valparaiso in the first round before losing to Southern Illinois in the quarterfinals.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [44, 44], "content_span": [45, 641]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275862-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Missouri State Bears basketball team\nOn March 3, 2018, the school announced that head coach Paul Lusk had been fired. He finished at Missouri State with a seven-year record of 106\u2013121. The school announced that former Tennessee State head coach Dana Ford had been named head coach of the Bears on March 21.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [44, 44], "content_span": [45, 314]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275862-0002-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Missouri State Bears basketball team, Previous season\nThe Bears finished the 2016\u201317 season 17\u201316, 7\u201311 in MVC play to finish in a tie for sixth place. As the No. 6 seed in the MVC Tournament, they defeated Northern Iowa in the quarterfinals before losing to Wichita State in the semifinals.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [46, 61], "content_span": [62, 299]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275862-0003-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Missouri State Bears basketball team, Preseason\nIn the conference's preseason poll, the Bears were picked to win the MVC, receiving 30 of 40 first place votes. Senior forward Alize Johnson was named the preseason MVC Player of the Year.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [46, 55], "content_span": [56, 244]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275863-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Missouri State Lady Bears basketball team\nThe 2017\u201318 Missouri State Lady Bears basketball team represented Missouri State University during the 2017\u201318 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Lady Bears, led by fifth year head coach Kellie Harper, played their home games at JQH Arena and were members of the Missouri Valley Conference. They finished the season 21\u201312, 15\u20133 in MVC play to finish in second place. They advanced to the semifinals of the Missouri Valley Tournament where they lost to Northern Iowa. They received an automatic bid to the Women's National Invitation Tournament where defeated Louisiana Tech in the first round before losing to TCU in the second round.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 49], "section_span": [49, 49], "content_span": [50, 696]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275863-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Missouri State Lady Bears basketball team, Previous season\nThey finished the season 16\u201315, 12\u20134 in MVC play to finish in third place. They lost in the semifinals of the Missouri Valley Tournament to Evansville. They received an automatic bid to the Women's National Invitation Tournament where they lost to Iowa in the first round.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 49], "section_span": [51, 66], "content_span": [67, 339]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275864-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Missouri Tigers men's basketball team\nThe 2017\u201318 Missouri Tigers men's basketball team represented the University of Missouri in the 2017\u201318 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. They were led by head coach Cuonzo Martin who was in his first year at Missouri. The team played its home games at Mizzou Arena in Columbia, Missouri as sixth-year members of the Southeastern Conference. On October 22, 2017, the Tigers renewed their rivalry against Kansas in an exhibition game for four different charities for Hurricane Harvey and Hurricane Maria relief funds. It marked the first time the teams played since Missouri left the Big 12 for the SEC.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [45, 45], "content_span": [46, 655]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275864-0000-0001", "contents": "2017\u201318 Missouri Tigers men's basketball team\nThe event raised $1.75 million for hurricane relief. They finished the season 20\u201313, 10\u20138 in SEC play to finish in a three-way tie for fourth place. As the No. 5 seed in the SEC Tournament, they lost in the second round to Georgia. They received an at-large bid to the NCAA Tournament where they lost in the First Round to Florida State.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [45, 45], "content_span": [46, 383]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275864-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Missouri Tigers men's basketball team, Previous season\nThe Tigers finished the 2016\u201317 season 8\u201324, 2\u201316 in SEC play to finish in a tie for 13th place. As the No. 14 seed in the SEC Tournament, they defeated Auburn in the first round before losing in the second round to Ole Miss.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [47, 62], "content_span": [63, 288]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275864-0002-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Missouri Tigers men's basketball team, Previous season\nOn March 5, 2017, head coach Kim Anderson was asked to step down as head coach of the Tigers following the season. He was allowed to coach the team in the SEC Tournament. On March 15, the school hired Cuonzo Martin as head coach.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [47, 62], "content_span": [63, 292]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275864-0003-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Missouri Tigers men's basketball team, Offseason\nShortly after his hiring at Missouri, Cuonzo Martin hired Michael Porter Sr. as an assistant coach. Shortly thereafter, after being released from his commitment to Washington following the firing of Washington head coach Lorenzo Romar, Porter's son, No. 2 overall recruit Michael Porter Jr., committed to Missouri to play for the 2017\u201318 season. Nearly two months later, his younger brother, Jontay Porter, would join the family to play in Missouri this season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [47, 56], "content_span": [57, 518]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275865-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Missouri Tigers women's basketball team\nThe 2017\u201318 Missouri Tigers women's basketball team represents the University of Missouri in the 2017\u201318 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Tigers were led by eighth year head coach Robin Pingeton. They play their games at Mizzou Arena and were members of the Southeastern Conference. They began the season ranked #16 in both the AP and Coaches Polls. They finished the season 24\u20138, 11\u20135 in SEC play to finish in a 4-way tie for fourth place. They advanced to the quarterfinals of the SEC Women's Tournament where they lost to Georgia. They received an at-large to the NCAA Women's Tournament where they got upset by Florida Gulf Coast in the first round.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 47], "section_span": [47, 47], "content_span": [48, 715]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275865-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Missouri Tigers women's basketball team, Last season\nThey finished the 2016\u201317 season at 22\u201311, 11\u20135 in SEC play to tie for fourth place in the conference. They lost in the quarterfinals of the SEC Women's Tournament to Texas A&M. They received an at-large to the NCAA Women's Tournament where they defeated South Florida in the first round before losing to Florida State in the second round.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 47], "section_span": [49, 60], "content_span": [61, 400]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275865-0002-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Missouri Tigers women's basketball team, Rankings\n^Coaches' Poll did not release a second poll at the same time as the AP.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 47], "section_span": [49, 57], "content_span": [58, 130]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275866-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Missouri Valley Conference men's basketball season\nThe 2017\u201318 Missouri Valley Conference men's basketball season began with practices in October 2017, followed by the start of the 2017\u201318 NCAA Division I men's basketball season in November. Conference play began in late December 2017 and concluded in March with the Missouri Valley Conference Tournament at Scottrade Center in St. Louis, Missouri.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 58], "section_span": [58, 58], "content_span": [59, 407]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275866-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Missouri Valley Conference men's basketball season\nWith a win against Evansville on February 18, 2018, Loyola clinched at least a share of its first-ever Missouri Valley Conference regular season championship. With a win over Southern Illinois on February 21, the Ramblers clinched the outright MVC championship.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 58], "section_span": [58, 58], "content_span": [59, 320]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275866-0002-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Missouri Valley Conference men's basketball season\nLoyola defeated Illinois State in the championship game to win the MVC Tournament and received the conference's automatic bid to the NCAA Tournament.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 58], "section_span": [58, 58], "content_span": [59, 208]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275866-0003-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Missouri Valley Conference men's basketball season\nThis season marked the first season with Valparaiso as a member of the conference. The Crusaders were invited to join the conference after Wichita State left the conference to join the American Athletic Conference.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 58], "section_span": [58, 58], "content_span": [59, 273]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275866-0004-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Missouri Valley Conference men's basketball season\nLoyola received the conference's only bid to the NCAA Tournament and advanced to the Final Four before losing to Michigan.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 58], "section_span": [58, 58], "content_span": [59, 181]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275866-0005-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Missouri Valley Conference men's basketball season\nDrake was the only other conference school that received a bid to a postseason tournament, receiving a bid to the CollegeInsider.com Tournament where they went 1\u20131.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 58], "section_span": [58, 58], "content_span": [59, 223]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275866-0006-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Missouri Valley Conference men's basketball season, Head coaches, Coaching changes\nDrake's fourth-year head coach Ray Giacoletti resigned on December 6, 2016 after the first eight games of the season. Assistant coach Jeff Rutter was named interim head coach. Following the season, the school chose not to keep Jeff Rutter as head coach and hired Niko Medved, former head coach at Furman, as the Bulldogs' new head coach.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 58], "section_span": [60, 90], "content_span": [91, 428]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275866-0007-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Missouri Valley Conference men's basketball season, Regular season, Conference matrix\nThis table summarizes the head-to-head results between teams in conference play. Each team played 18 conference games, playing each team twice.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 58], "section_span": [60, 93], "content_span": [94, 237]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275866-0008-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Missouri Valley Conference men's basketball season, Regular season, Player of the week\nThroughout the regular season, the Missouri Valley Conference named a player and newcomer of the week.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 58], "section_span": [60, 94], "content_span": [95, 197]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275866-0009-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Missouri Valley Conference men's basketball season, Postseason, Missouri Valley Conference Tournament\nTeams were seeded by conference record, with ties broken by record between the tied teams followed by overall adjusted RPI, if necessary. The top six seeds received first-round byes.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 58], "section_span": [60, 109], "content_span": [110, 292]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275866-0010-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Missouri Valley Conference men's basketball season, Postseason, NCAA Tournament\nThe winner of the MVC Tournament, Loyola, received the conference's automatic bid to the 2018 NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Tournament.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 58], "section_span": [60, 87], "content_span": [88, 226]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275867-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Mizoram Premier League\nThe 2017\u201318 Mizoram Premier League is the sixth season of the Mizoram Premier League, the top-division football league in the Indian state of Mizoram. The league began on 31 August 2017 with eight teams competing.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [30, 30], "content_span": [31, 244]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275867-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Mizoram Premier League, Awards\nAfter the league final, the following awards and respective winners were announced:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 38], "content_span": [39, 122]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275868-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Mohun Bagan AC season\nThe 2017\u201318 Mohun Bagan A.C. season is the 128th season of Mohun Bagan A.C. since the club's formation in 1889 and their 11th season in the I-League which is India's top football league. They finished 2nd in the table in the Calcutta Football League and finished 3rd in the I-League.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [29, 29], "content_span": [30, 313]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275868-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Mohun Bagan AC season\nSanjoy Sen resigned as the coach of Mohun Bagan on 2 January 2018 following three home draws and a defeat against Chennai City placing the team in 4th position, virtually ending their title hopes. Shankarlal Chakraborthy was appointed as head coach for the remainder of the season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [29, 29], "content_span": [30, 311]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275868-0002-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Mohun Bagan AC season\nTheir title hopes however did stay intact till the last fixture of the season where they could have won the title had other results gone in their favour, but it was not to be and Minerva Punjab ultimately clinched the title. Although the 2017\u201318 season was not an ideal season for the club after a loss of form and change of coach midway through the season along with injuries to important players like Sony Norde and Yuta Kinowaki, they did manage to win both the home and away fixtures against arch rivals East Bengal.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [29, 29], "content_span": [30, 550]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275868-0003-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Mohun Bagan AC season, Players, Current squad\nNote: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 53], "content_span": [54, 182]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275869-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Moldovan Cup\nThe 2017\u201318 Moldovan Cup (Romanian: Cupa Moldovei) was the 27th season of the annual Moldovan football cup competition. Sheriff Tiraspol entered as the defending champions after winning the 2016\u201317 edition. It began with the first preliminary round on 22 July 2017, and concluded with the final on 23 May 2018. The winner qualifies for the first qualifying round of the 2018\u201319 UEFA Europa League.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [20, 20], "content_span": [21, 418]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275869-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Moldovan Cup, Format and Schedule\nBoth preliminary rounds and the first two rounds proper were regionalised to reduce teams travel costs. All ties level after 90 minutes used extra time to determine the winner, with a penalty shoot-out to follow if necessary.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 41], "content_span": [42, 267]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275869-0002-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Moldovan Cup, Participating teams\nThe following teams are qualified for the competition. Reserve teams are excluded.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 41], "content_span": [42, 124]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275869-0003-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Moldovan Cup, Participating teams\nNumber in brackets denote the level of respective league in Football in Moldova. Teams in bold continue to the next round of the competition.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 41], "content_span": [42, 183]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275869-0004-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Moldovan Cup, First Preliminary Round\n28 clubs from the Divizia B entered this round. Teams that finished higher on the league in the previous season played their ties away. Cricova received a bye for the first preliminary round. All matches were played on 22 July 2017.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 45], "content_span": [46, 278]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275869-0005-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Moldovan Cup, Second Preliminary Round\n8 clubs from the Divizia B entered this round. Teams that finished higher on the league in the previous season played their ties away. All matches were played on 25 July 2017.Speran\u021ba Drochia, R\u00ee\u0219cani, Intersport S\u0103n\u0103t\u0103uca, FCM Ungheni, Socol Copceac, Fortuna Ple\u0219eni and Olimp Comrat received a bye for the second preliminary round.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 46], "content_span": [47, 380]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275869-0006-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Moldovan Cup, First Round\nThe 11 winners from the preliminary rounds joined the 11 Divizia A teams. In a match, the home advantage was granted to the team from the lower league. Matches were played on 12 and 13 August 2017.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 33], "content_span": [34, 232]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275869-0007-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Moldovan Cup, Second Round\nThe 8 winners from the previous round joined the 2 Divizia Na\u021bional\u0103 sides seeded 9-10, Sf\u00eentul Gheorghe and Spicul Chi\u0219c\u0103reni. Steaua-57 Chi\u0219in\u0103u, Victoria Bardar and Socol Copceac received a bye for the second round. The home teams and the pairs for 2 Divizia Na\u021bional\u0103 sides were determined in a draw held on 16 August 2017. Matches were played on 19 September 2017 and 3 October 2017.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 34], "content_span": [35, 423]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275869-0008-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Moldovan Cup, Round of 16\nThe 5 winners from the previous round and Steaua-57 Chi\u0219in\u0103u, Victoria Bardar, Sokol Copceac joined the remaining 8 Divizia Na\u021bional\u0103 sides seeded 1-8. The home teams and the pairs were determined in a draw held on 6 October 2017. Matches were played on 24 and 25 October 2017.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 33], "content_span": [34, 311]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275869-0009-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Moldovan Cup, Quarter-Finals\nThe 8 winners from the previous round entered the quarter-finals. The home teams were determined in a draw held on 27 October 2017.Matches were played on 18 April 2018.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 36], "content_span": [37, 205]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275869-0010-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Moldovan Cup, Semi-Finals\nThe 4 winners from the previous round entered the semi-finals. The home teams were determined in a draw held on 20 April 2018.Matches were played on 9 May 2018.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 33], "content_span": [34, 194]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275869-0011-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Moldovan Cup, Final\nThe final was played on Wednesday 23 May 2018 at the Zimbru Stadium in Chi\u0219in\u0103u. The \"home\" team (for administrative purposes) was determined by an additional draw held on 10 May 2018.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 27], "content_span": [28, 212]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275870-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Moldovan National Division (basketball)\nThe 2017\u201318 Moldovan National Division season, was the 27th season of the top basketball league in Moldova.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 47], "section_span": [47, 47], "content_span": [48, 155]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275870-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Moldovan National Division (basketball), Competition format\nFive teams joined the regular season, played as a double-legged round-robin tournament. The four best qualified teams joined the playoffs, that would be played in a best-of-five format.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 47], "section_span": [49, 67], "content_span": [68, 253]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275870-0002-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Moldovan National Division (basketball), Playoffs\nPlayoffs started on 4 March 2018 and ended on 6 May 2018. Teams that placed better at the end of the regular season played games 1, 2 and 5 at home.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 47], "section_span": [49, 57], "content_span": [58, 206]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275871-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Moldovan Under-19 Division\nThe 2017\u201318 Moldovan Under-19 Division (Romanian: Divizia Na\u021bional\u0103 U-19) was the Moldovan annual football tournament. The season began on 26 August 2017 and ended on 9 June 2018. Zimbru Chi\u0219in\u0103u were the defending champions.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [34, 34], "content_span": [35, 260]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275871-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Moldovan Under-19 Division, Squads\nPlayers must be born on or after 1 January 2000, with a maximum of five players per team born between 1 January 1999 and 31 December 1999 allowed.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 42], "content_span": [43, 189]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275871-0002-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Moldovan Under-19 Division, League table\nThe six clubs will play each other four times for a total of 20 matches per team.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 48], "content_span": [49, 130]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275872-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Moldovan Women Top League\nThe 2017\u201318 Moldovan Women Top League season in association football was the 18th since its establishment. The season began on 3 September 2017 and ended on 17 June 2018. Noroc Nimoreni were the defending champions.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [33, 33], "content_span": [34, 249]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275872-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Moldovan Women Top League, Format\nThe schedule consists of two rounds, each team plays each other once home-and-away for a total of 16 matches per team.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 41], "content_span": [42, 160]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275873-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Moldovan Women's Cup\nThe 2017\u201318 Moldovan Women's Cup (Romanian: Cupa Moldovei la fotbal feminin) was the 21st season of the Moldovan annual football tournament. The competition started on 4 October 2017 and concluded with the final at the Zimbru Stadium on 3 June 2018. A total of nine teams had their entries to the tournament.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [28, 28], "content_span": [29, 337]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275873-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Moldovan Women's Cup, Final\nThe final was played on 3 June 2018 at the Zimbru Stadium in Chi\u0219in\u0103u.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 35], "content_span": [36, 106]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275874-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Momentum One Day Cup\nThe 2017\u201318 Momentum One Day Cup was a domestic one-day cricket championship that was held in South Africa. It was the 37th time that the championship was contested. The competition started on 20 December 2017 and concluded with the final on 3 February 2018. Titans were the defending champions.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [28, 28], "content_span": [29, 324]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275874-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Momentum One Day Cup\nOn 17 January 2018, JP Duminy set a new South African record for the most runs scored in a single over in a List A match, when he made 37 runs off the bowling of Eddie Leie. During the last round of group stage fixtures, Reeza Hendricks became the first player to score a century in all three franchise competitions in South Africa in the same season. He previously scored a first-class century in October 2017 in the Sunfoil Series and a Twenty20 century in the Ram Slam Challenge in November 2017.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [28, 28], "content_span": [29, 528]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275874-0002-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Momentum One Day Cup\nFollowing the group stage, Titans and Warriors advanced to the first semi-final with Cape Cobras and Dolphins advancing to the second semi-final. In the first semi-final, Warriors beat Titans, the defending champions, by eight wickets to progress to the final. In the second semi-final, Dolphins beat Cape Cobras by 49 runs to advance. In the final, the match was abandoned as no result, after heavy rain and lightning, with the match rescheduled to played again the following day. No play was possible on the reserve day, so the title was shared between Dolphins and Warriors.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [28, 28], "content_span": [29, 606]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275875-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Monmouth Hawks men's basketball team\nThe 2017\u201318 Monmouth Hawks men's basketball team represented Monmouth University during the 2017\u201318 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Hawks, led by seventh-year head coach King Rice, played their home games at OceanFirst Bank Center as members of the Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference. They finished the season 11\u201320 overall, 7\u201311 in MAAC play to finish in a tie for seventh place. As the No. 8 seed in the MAAC Tournament, they were defeated in the first round by Saint Peter's.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [44, 44], "content_span": [45, 536]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275875-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Monmouth Hawks men's basketball team, Previous season\nThe Hawks finished the season 27\u20137, 18\u20132 in MAAC play to win the regular season championship, their second consecutive conference title. As the No. 1 seed in the MAAC Tournament, they defeated Niagara before losing to Siena in the semifinals. As a regular season conference champions who did not win their conference tournament, Monmouth received an automatic bid the National Invitation Tournament. As a No. 4 seed, they lost to Ole Miss in the First Round.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [46, 61], "content_span": [62, 520]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275875-0002-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Monmouth Hawks men's basketball team, Schedule and results\n* Non-conference game. #Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Eastern Time", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [46, 66], "content_span": [67, 183]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275876-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Montana Grizzlies basketball team\nThe 2017\u201318 Montana Grizzlies basketball team represented the University of Montana during the 2017\u201318 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Grizzlies, led by fourth-year head coach Travis DeCuire, played their home games at Dahlberg Arena in Missoula, Montana as members of the Big Sky Conference. They finished the season 26\u20138, 16\u20132 in Big Sky play to win the Big Sky regular season championship. They defeated North Dakota, Northern Colorado, and Eastern Washington to be champions of the Big Sky Tournament. They earned the Big Sky's automatic bid to the NCAA Tournament where they lost in the First Round to Michigan.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [41, 41], "content_span": [42, 671]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275876-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Montana Grizzlies basketball team, Previous season\nThe Grizzlies finished the 2016\u201317 season 16\u201316, 11\u20137 in Big Sky play to finish in a tie for fifth place. As the No. 5 seed in the Big Sky Tournament, they lost to Idaho in the quarterfinals.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [43, 58], "content_span": [59, 250]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275877-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Montana Lady Griz basketball team\nThe 2017\u201318 Montana Lady Griz basketball team represents the University of Montana during the 2017\u201318 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Lady Griz are led by second year head coach Shannon Schweyen, play their home games at Dahlberg Arena and were members of the Big Sky Conference. They finished the season 14\u201317, 9\u20139 in Big Sky play to finish in a tie for seventh place. They advanced to the quarterfinals of the Big Sky Women's Tournament where they lost to Northern Colorado.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [41, 41], "content_span": [42, 533]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275878-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Montana State Bobcats men's basketball team\nThe 2017\u201318 Montana State Bobcats men's basketball team represented Montana State University during the 2017\u201318 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Bobcats, led by fourth-year head coach Brian Fish, played their home games at Brick Breeden Fieldhouse in Bozeman, Montana as members of the Big Sky Conference. They finished the season 13\u201319, 6\u201312 in Big Sky play to finish in a tie for eighth place. They lost in the first round of the Big Sky Tournament to North Dakota.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 51], "section_span": [51, 51], "content_span": [52, 531]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275878-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Montana State Bobcats men's basketball team, Previous season\nThe Bobcats finished the 2016\u201317 season 16\u201316, 11\u20137 in Big Sky play to finish in a tie for fifth place. As the No. 6 seed in the Big Sky Tournament, they lost in the first round to Southern Utah.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 51], "section_span": [53, 68], "content_span": [69, 264]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275878-0002-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Montana State Bobcats men's basketball team, Preseason\nIn separate preseason polls of league coaches and media, the Bobcats were picked to finish in fourth place (tied for fourth in coaches poll) in the Big Sky. Junior guard Tyler Hall was named the preseason Big Sky MVP.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 51], "section_span": [53, 62], "content_span": [63, 280]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275879-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Montana State Bobcats women's basketball team\nThe 2017\u201318 Montana State Bobcats women's basketball team represents Montana State University during the 2017\u201318 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Bobcats, led by twelfth year head coach Tricia Binford, play their home games at Brick Breeden Fieldhouse and are members of the Big Sky Conference. They finished the season 16\u201315, 9\u20139 in Big Sky play to finish in a tied seventh place. They advanced to the quarterfinals of the Big Sky Women's Tournament where they lost to Idaho.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 53], "section_span": [53, 53], "content_span": [54, 544]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275880-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Montenegrin Cup\nThe 2017\u201318 Montenegrin Cup was the 11th season of the knockout football tournament in Montenegro. This competition began on 23 August 2017 and ended on 30 May 2018. The winners of the competition earned a spot in the 2018\u201319 UEFA Europa League.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [23, 23], "content_span": [24, 269]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275880-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Montenegrin Cup\nSutjeska Nik\u0161i\u0107 were the defending champions after winning the cup in the previous season. They were eliminated in the quarter-finals.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [23, 23], "content_span": [24, 158]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275880-0002-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Montenegrin Cup, Format\nTwenty\u2013six clubs competed in the competition this season. The first round and the final were competed over one leg and the other rounds were competed over two legs.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 31], "content_span": [32, 196]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275880-0003-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Montenegrin Cup, First round\nTwelve first round matches were played on 23 and 24 August 2017.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 36], "content_span": [37, 101]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275880-0004-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Montenegrin Cup, Second round\nSixteen clubs competed in the second round played over two legs from 13 to 27 September 2017.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 37], "content_span": [38, 131]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275880-0005-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Montenegrin Cup, Quarter\u2013finals\nEight clubs competed in the quarter-finals played over two legs on 1 November and 22 November 2017.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 39], "content_span": [40, 139]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275880-0006-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Montenegrin Cup, Semi-finals\nFour clubs competed in the semi-finals played over two legs on 18 April and 2 May 2018.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 36], "content_span": [37, 124]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275881-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Montenegrin First League\nThe 2017\u201318 Montenegrin First League was the 12th season of the top-tier football in Montenegro. The season began on 5 August 2017 and ended on 26 May 2018. Budu\u0107nost Podgorica are the defending champions.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [32, 32], "content_span": [33, 238]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275881-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Montenegrin First League\nThe league champions earned a place in the 2018\u201319 Champions League first qualifying round, and the second and third placed clubs earned a place in the 2018\u201319 Europa League first qualifying round. Since the third-placed Mladost Podgorica won the 2017\u201318 Montenegrin Cup which earned them the same spot in the Europa League, the spot was taken by the fourth-placed team.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [32, 32], "content_span": [33, 403]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275881-0002-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Montenegrin First League\nThere was one new club this season, Kom, who earned promotion from the Montenegrin Second League. Bokelj, Lov\u0107en and Jedinstvo Bijelo Polje were relegated after the 2016\u201317 season, as the league's contestants amount was reduced from 12 clubs to 10.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [32, 32], "content_span": [33, 281]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275881-0003-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Montenegrin First League, Results\nThe ten clubs played each other four times for a total of 36 matches each.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 41], "content_span": [42, 116]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275882-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Montenegrin Second League\nThe 2017\u201318 Montenegrin Second League was the 12th season since the establishment of the Montenegrin Second League. The season ran from 13 August 2017 to 26 May 2018.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [33, 33], "content_span": [34, 200]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275882-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Montenegrin Second League, Format of competition\nA total of 12 teams participated in this edition of the Second League. The new members were FK Lov\u0107en, FK Jedinstvo and FK Bokelj who was relegated from 2016\u201317 Montenegrin First League, and winners of Montenegrin Third League playoffs - OFK Mladost Lje\u0161kopolje. This was the last season of Second CFL with 12 participants, as the participants would be reduced to 10. At the end of the season, three worst-placed teams on the table would be directly relegated to the Montenegrin Third League.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 56], "content_span": [57, 549]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275883-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Montpellier HSC season\nThe 2017\u201318 Montpellier HSC season was the club's 91st season in existence and the club's 16th consecutive season in the top flight of French football. In addition to the domestic league, Montpellier participated in this season's editions of the Coupe de France and the Coupe de la Ligue. The season covered the period from 1 July 2017 to 30 June 2018.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [30, 30], "content_span": [31, 383]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275883-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Montpellier HSC season, Players, First-team squad\nNote: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 57], "content_span": [58, 186]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275883-0002-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Montpellier HSC season, Players, Out on loan\nNote: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 52], "content_span": [53, 181]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275884-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Montreal Canadiens season\nThe 2017\u201318 Montreal Canadiens season was the 109th season for the franchise that was founded on December 4, 1909, and their 101st in the National Hockey League. For the second time in the past three seasons, the Canadiens failed to make the playoffs.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [33, 33], "content_span": [34, 285]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275884-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Montreal Canadiens season, Schedule and results, Preseason\nNotes: Game was played at Videotron Centre in Quebec City, Quebec. Game was played at Ricoh Coliseum in Toronto, Ontario.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 66], "content_span": [67, 189]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275884-0002-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Montreal Canadiens season, Schedule and results, Regular season\nThe regular season schedule was published on June 22, 2017.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 71], "content_span": [72, 131]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275884-0003-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Montreal Canadiens season, Schedule and results, Regular season\nLegend:\u00a0\u00a0Win (2 points)\u00a0\u00a0Loss (0 points)\u00a0\u00a0Overtime/shootout loss (1 point)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 71], "content_span": [72, 146]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275884-0004-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Montreal Canadiens season, Player statistics, Goaltenders\n\u2020Denotes player spent time with another team before joining Canadiens. Stats reflect time with Canadiens only. \u2021Traded mid-season. Stats reflect time with Canadiens only.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 65], "content_span": [66, 236]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275884-0005-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Montreal Canadiens season, Transactions\nThe Canadiens have been involved in the following transactions during the 2017\u201318 season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 47], "content_span": [48, 137]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275884-0006-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Montreal Canadiens season, Draft picks\nBelow are the Montreal Canadiens' selections at the 2017 NHL Entry Draft, which was held on June 23 and 24, 2017 at the United Center in Chicago.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 46], "content_span": [47, 192]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275885-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Morecambe F.C. season\nThe 2017\u201318 season was Morecambe's eleventh consecutive season in League Two, the fourth tier of English football. They finished 22nd in League Two, and also competed in the FA Cup, EFL Cup and EFL Trophy, where they were eliminated in the second round, first round and group stage respectively.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [29, 29], "content_span": [30, 325]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275885-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Morecambe F.C. season\nThe season page covers the period between 1 July 2017 and 30 June 2018.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [29, 29], "content_span": [30, 101]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275885-0002-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Morecambe F.C. season, Competitions, Friendlies\nAs of 26 June 2017, Morecambe have announced six pre-season friendlies against Preston North End, Rochdale, Blackburn Rovers, AFC Fylde, Bamber Bridge and Lancaster City.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 55], "content_span": [56, 226]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275885-0003-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Morecambe F.C. season, Competitions, FA Cup\nOn 16 October 2017, Morecambe were drawn at home against Hartlepool United in the first round. An away fixture against Shrewsbury Towm was confirmed for the second round.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 51], "content_span": [52, 222]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275885-0004-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Morecambe F.C. season, Competitions, EFL Cup\nOn 16 June 2017, Morecambe were drawn away to Barnsley in the first round.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 52], "content_span": [53, 127]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275885-0005-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Morecambe F.C. season, Competitions, EFL Trophy\nOn 12 July 2017, the group stage draw was completed with Morecambe facing Carlisle United, Leicester City U23s and Fleetwood Town in Northern Group A.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 55], "content_span": [56, 206]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275886-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Morehead State Eagles men's basketball team\nThe 2017\u201318 Morehead State Eagles men's basketball team represented Morehead State University during the 2017\u201318 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Eagles, led by first-year head coach Preston Spradlin, played their home games at Ellis Johnson Arena in Morehead, Kentucky as members of the Ohio Valley Conference. They finished the season 8\u201321, 4\u201314 in OVC play to finish in last place. They failed to qualify for the OVC Tournament.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 51], "section_span": [51, 51], "content_span": [52, 495]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275886-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Morehead State Eagles men's basketball team, Previous season\nThe Eagles finished the 2016\u201317 season 14\u201316, 10\u20136 in OVC play to finish in second place in the East Division. In the OVC Tournament they lost to Murray State in the quarterfinals.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 51], "section_span": [53, 68], "content_span": [69, 249]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275886-0002-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Morehead State Eagles men's basketball team, Previous season\nOn November 22, 2016, Morehead State suspended head coach Sean Woods with pay while the school investigated complaints made against Woods. Assistant coach Preston Spradlin was named interim head coach. On December 15, two days after Woods was charged with misdemeanor battery in Indiana for allegedly assaulting two of his players during a game versus Evansville, it was announced that Woods had resigned. It was announced that Spradlin would continue as interim coach while the school conducted a nationwide search for a replacement. On March 16, 2017, Spradlin was named full-time head coach.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 51], "section_span": [53, 68], "content_span": [69, 663]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275886-0003-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Morehead State Eagles men's basketball team, Preseason\nIn a vote of conference coaches and sports information directors, Morehead State was picked to finish in 9th place in the OVC.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 51], "section_span": [53, 62], "content_span": [63, 189]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275886-0004-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Morehead State Eagles men's basketball team, Preseason\nAfter five years of divisional play in the OVC, the conference eliminated divisions for the 2017\u201318 season. Additionally, for the first time, each conference team will play 18 conference games.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 51], "section_span": [53, 62], "content_span": [63, 256]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275887-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Morgan State Bears men's basketball team\nThe 2017\u201318 Morgan State Bears men's basketball team represented Morgan State University during the 2017\u201318 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Bears, led by 12th-year head coach Todd Bozeman, played their home games at the Talmadge L. Hill Field House in Baltimore, Maryland as members of the Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference. They finished the season 13\u201319, 7\u20139 in MEAC play to finish in a three-way tie for seventh place. As the No. 7 seed in the MEAC Tournament, they defeated South Carolina State and Bethune\u2013Cookman before losing to North Carolina Central in the semifinals.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 48], "section_span": [48, 48], "content_span": [49, 637]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275887-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Morgan State Bears men's basketball team, Previous season\nThe Bears finished the 2016\u201317 season 14\u201316, 11\u20135 in MEAC play to finish in a tie for third place. They lost in the quarterfinals of the MEAC Tournament to Howard.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 48], "section_span": [50, 65], "content_span": [66, 229]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275887-0002-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Morgan State Bears men's basketball team, Preseason\nThe Bears were picked to win the MEAC, receiving 13 first place votes, in the preseason MEAC poll.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 48], "section_span": [50, 59], "content_span": [60, 158]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275887-0003-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Morgan State Bears men's basketball team, Preseason\nPhillip Carr and Tiwian Kendley were named to the Preseason All-MEAC First Team.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 48], "section_span": [50, 59], "content_span": [60, 140]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275888-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Motherwell F.C. season\nThe 2017\u201318 season was Motherwell's thirty-third consecutive season in the top flight of Scottish football and the fifth in the newly established Scottish Premiership, having been promoted from the Scottish First Division at the end of the 1984\u201385 season. Motherwell also competed in the League Cup and the Scottish Cup losing to Celtic in both finals", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [30, 30], "content_span": [31, 382]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275888-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Motherwell F.C. season, Season Review\nOn 2 June, Motherwell announced that they had signed Alex Fisher and Ga\u00ebl Bigirimana, from Inverness C.T. and Coventry City respectively, on two-year contracts and that James McFadden had left the club. Three days later Motherwell announced their third signing of the season, Craig Tanner on a two-year contract from Reading. Motherwell announced their fourth signing of the summer on 6 June, goalkeeper Trevor Carson from Hartlepool United on a three-year contract. Russell Griffiths became Motherwell's sixth signing of the season on 21 June, signing a one-year contract with the club after his Everton contract had expired. Also on 21 June, Keith Lasley hung up his boots and became the club's new assistant manager. Motherwell announced their seventh summer signing on 30 June, Charles Dunne from Oldham Athletic.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 45], "content_span": [46, 863]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275888-0002-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Motherwell F.C. season, Season Review\nOn 5 July, Motherwell announced the signing of C\u00e9dric Kipr\u00e9 on a one-year contract after his release from Leicester City. Craig Clay left the club on 17 July to sign with Leyton Orient.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 45], "content_span": [46, 231]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275888-0003-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Motherwell F.C. season, Season Review\nYoung striker George Newell signed a one-year contract with Motherwell on 24 July, with Ellis Plummer joining on 2 August.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 45], "content_span": [46, 168]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275888-0004-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Motherwell F.C. season, Season Review\nOn 14 August, it was announced that Stephen McManus had decided to retire from professional football and take up a coaching role with Motherwell.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 45], "content_span": [46, 191]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275888-0005-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Motherwell F.C. season, Season Review\n6 weeks into his one-year deal, C\u00e9dric Kipr\u00e9 signed a one-year extension with Motherwell on 23 August.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 45], "content_span": [46, 148]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275888-0006-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Motherwell F.C. season, Season Review\nOn 31 August, transfer deadline day, Ben Heneghan joined Sheffield United for an undisclosed fee, whilst Jack McMillan joined Livingston on loan until January 2018, and Peter Morrison joined Clyde on loan until January 2018. Liam Grimshaw returned to the club from Preston North End, and Peter Hartley joined the club on a one-year loan deal.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 45], "content_span": [46, 388]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275888-0007-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Motherwell F.C. season, Season Review\nOn 13 October, manager Stephen Robinson extended his contract until 2020, and midfielder Allan Campbell signed a new contract until 2021.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 45], "content_span": [46, 183]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275888-0008-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Motherwell F.C. season, Season Review\nOn 14 December, Motherwell announced that they had agreed to the transfer of Louis Moult to Preston North End for an undisclosed fee on 1 January 2018.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 45], "content_span": [46, 197]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275888-0009-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Motherwell F.C. season, Season Review\nOn 16 December, Motherwell announced the signing of Gennadios Xenodochof on a short-term contract until the middle January 2018.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 45], "content_span": [46, 174]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275888-0010-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Motherwell F.C. season, Season Review\nOn 3 January, Motherwell signed Curtis Main to an eighteen-month contract from Portsmouth.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 45], "content_span": [46, 136]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275888-0011-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Motherwell F.C. season, Season Review\nOn 5 January, Motherwell announced that Steven Hammell would retire at the end of January to take up the role of the club's Academy Director.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 45], "content_span": [46, 187]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275888-0012-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Motherwell F.C. season, Season Review\nOn 9 January, Motherwell signed Nadir \u00c7ift\u00e7i on loan from Celtic until the end of the season. A week later, 16 January, Motherwell signed Tom Aldred on loan until the end of the season from Bury.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 45], "content_span": [46, 241]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275888-0013-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Motherwell F.C. season, Season Review\nFollowing the completion of his loan deal, Jack McMillan signed for Livingston permanently on 19 January 2018. On 23 January, Peter Hartley made his loan move permanent, signing until the summer of 2020. On 26 January, Alex Fisher left the club to sign for Yeovil Town.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 45], "content_span": [46, 315]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275888-0014-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Motherwell F.C. season, Season Review\nOn 31 January, transfer deadline day, Motherwell signed Stephen Hendrie on loan from Southend United until the end of the season, whilst Adam Livingstone joined East Fife on loan for the remainder of the season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 45], "content_span": [46, 257]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275888-0015-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Motherwell F.C. season, Season Review\nOn 13 April, Motherwell announced that defenders C\u00e9dric Kipr\u00e9, Charles Dunne and Richard Tait all had extended their contracts until the summer of 2020, whilst Ryan Bowman had extended his contract until the summer of 2019.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 45], "content_span": [46, 269]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275888-0016-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Motherwell F.C. season, Season Review\nOn 16 May, Motherwell announced that midfielders Liam Grimshaw and Andy Rose had signed new one-year contracts with the club.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 45], "content_span": [46, 171]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275888-0017-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Motherwell F.C. season, Season Review\nOn 21 May, Motherwell announced that Russell Griffiths, Ellis Plummer, Deimantas Petravi\u010dius, Luke Watt and Dylan King would be leaving the club at the end of their contracts, whilst Tom Aldred, Stephen Hendrie and Nadir \u00c7ift\u00e7i would be returning to their parent clubs after their loan deals had expired. Shea Gordon, Adam Livingstone, Barry Maguire, James Scott, Peter Morrison, Jason Krones, Jordan Armstrong, Shaun Bowers and Alfredo Agyeman were all offered new contracts.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 45], "content_span": [46, 522]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275888-0018-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Motherwell F.C. season, Squad, Left club during season\nNote: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 62], "content_span": [63, 191]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275889-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Mount St. Mary's Mountaineers men's basketball team\nThe 2017\u201318 Mount St. Mary's Mountaineers men's basketball team represented Mount St. Mary's University during the 2017\u201318 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Mountaineers, led by sixth-year head coach Jamion Christian, played their home games at Knott Arena in Emmitsburg, Maryland as members of the Northeast Conference. They finished the season 18\u201314, 12\u20136 in NEC play to finish in a tie for second place. As the No. 2 seed in the NEC Tournament, they were upset in the quarterfinals by Robert Morris.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 59], "section_span": [59, 59], "content_span": [60, 573]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275889-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Mount St. Mary's Mountaineers men's basketball team\nOn May 2, 2018, Jamion Christian left his alma mater to take the head coaching job at Siena. One week later, the school hired former Mountaineer assistant coach Dan Engelstad from Division III Southern Vermont.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 59], "section_span": [59, 59], "content_span": [60, 270]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275889-0002-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Mount St. Mary's Mountaineers men's basketball team, Previous season\nThe Mountaineers finished the 2016\u201317 season 20\u201316, 14\u20134 in NEC play to win the regular season NEC championship. The Mountaineers defeated Sacred Heart, Robert Morris, and Saint Francis (PA) to win the NEC Tournament Championship. As a result, the received the conference's automatic bid to the NCAA Tournament. As a No. 16 seed in the East region, the defeated New Orleans in the First Four before losing to #1 Villanova in the First Round.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 59], "section_span": [61, 76], "content_span": [77, 518]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275889-0003-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Mount St. Mary's Mountaineers men's basketball team, Preseason\nIn a poll of league coaches at the NEC media day, the Mountaineers were picked to finish in fourth place. Senior guard Junior Robinson was named the preseason All-NEC team.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 59], "section_span": [61, 70], "content_span": [71, 243]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275890-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Mumbai City FC season\nThe 2017-18 Mumbai City FC season was the club's fourth season since its establishment in 2014 and their fourth season in the Indian Super League.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [29, 29], "content_span": [30, 176]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275890-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Mumbai City FC season, Background\nMumbai City FC finished first in the standings at the end of the 2016 ISL league stage, thus qualifying for the semifinals for the very first time led by Diego Forl\u00e1n who was their marquee player. However they lost in the semifinals to Atl\u00e9tico de Kolkata 3\u20132 on aggregate. Coach Alexandre Guimar\u00e3es was thus retained for his 2nd term in-charge as the head coach of the club.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 41], "content_span": [42, 417]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275890-0002-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Mumbai City FC season, Transfers\nDue to the Indian Super League regulation each club was allowed to retain a maximum of two Indian players over the age of twenty-one (21) from previous squad. On 1 July, Mumbai City announced they are retaining goalkeeper Amrinder Singh. Franchise announced retention of defensive midfielder Sehnaj Singh on 7 July. It was officially announced on 24 July that midfielder Rakesh Oram was retained by Mumbai City as U21 player.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 40], "content_span": [41, 466]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275890-0003-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Mumbai City FC season, Transfers\nIn ISL players draft held on 23 July 2017, Mumbai City picked defender Aiborlang Khongjee who was loaned out to the franchise by Shillong Lajong in previous season. Mumbai City added eleven new players from draft, goalkeeper Arindam Bhattacharya and Kunal Sawant, defender Biswajit Saha, Mehrajuddin Wadoo and Lalchhawnkima, midfielder Abhinas Ruidas, Sahil Tavora, Sanju Pradhan and Zakeer Mundampara and forward Balwant Singh and Pranjal Bhumij. Defender Raju Gaikwad made his return who was previously part of Mumbai City squad in 2014 season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 40], "content_span": [41, 587]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275890-0004-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Mumbai City FC season, Transfers\nFour players from Mumbai City were signed by other franchises in the draft. Goalkeeper Albino Gomes and left back Sena Ralte were signed by Delhi Dynamos. Right back Ashutosh Mehta was signed by ATK. Right winger Jackichand Singh was signed by Kerala Blasters.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 40], "content_span": [41, 301]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275890-0005-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Mumbai City FC season, Transfers\nMumbai City announced re-signing of Romanian central back Lucian Goian on 26 July. Retention of Brazilian central back Gerson Vieira was announced on 27 July. On 3 August, franchise announced signing of Brazilian forward \u00c9verton Santos. On 4 August, Mumbai City announced signing of Spanish striker Rafa Jord\u00e0. Retention of Brazilian midfielder L\u00e9o Costa was announced on 7 August. On 8 August, signing of Brazilian central back M\u00e1rcio Ros\u00e1rio was announced. Signing of Indian U23 international Davinder Singh was announced on 17 August by the franchise. Mumbai City announced signing of Cameroonian midfielder Achille Eman\u00e1 on 31 August 2017. On 3 September, Mumbai City announced signing of Brazilian midfielder Thiago Santos on a season long deal from Flamengo.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 40], "content_span": [41, 805]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275890-0006-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Mumbai City FC season, Transfers\nOn 15 February 2018, the club announced that Lalchhawnkima will be joining Aizawl for the remainder of the season on loan.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 40], "content_span": [41, 163]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275890-0007-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Mumbai City FC season, Pre-season and friendlies\nMumbai City FC arranged a 10-day pre-season training camp in Pune where they used the facilities of DSK Shivajians before flying off to Valencia, Spain for rest of the preseason. In Spain, Mumbai City FC played friendly against Spanish third division sides UE Gand\u00eda, CD Castell\u00f3n, CD Alcoyano, UD Alzira, Levante UD B, Elche CF B and Torre Levante CF.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 56], "content_span": [57, 409]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275890-0008-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Mumbai City FC season, Competitions, Indian Super League, Summary\nMumbai City started their season against ISL debutants Bengaluru on 19 November 2017 in their first away game of the season at the Sree Kanteerava Stadium in Bengaluru. The game began with a lot of physicality from both teams with tackles flying in from both sides. As the match progressed, Bengaluru started showing more flair and came close to opening their account thrice in the span of six minutes.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 73], "content_span": [74, 476]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275890-0008-0001", "contents": "2017\u201318 Mumbai City FC season, Competitions, Indian Super League, Summary\nBengaluru kept seeing more of the ball and while there were a lot of moves that could have potentially ended up in goal, the final pass in the attacking-third seemed to let them down. Consequently, the sides went into the break with the score-line goalless. In the second half, Bengaluru scored their first goal in ISL, courtesy a short corner routine, when Edu Garc\u00eda drilled one past former BFC man Amrinder Singh at the near post at the 67th minute.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 73], "content_span": [74, 526]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275890-0008-0002", "contents": "2017\u201318 Mumbai City FC season, Competitions, Indian Super League, Summary\nA defensive mix up between Wadoo and Amrinder in added time meant that Chhetri could get his name on the scoresheet and sealed a 2\u20130 victory for Bengaluru. Mumbai City got their campaign up and running in their first home game of the season with a narrow 2-1 win over Goa at the Mumbai Football Arena on 25 November 2017.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 73], "content_span": [74, 395]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275890-0008-0003", "contents": "2017\u201318 Mumbai City FC season, Competitions, Indian Super League, Summary\nEverton Santos made the most of a lapse by Laxmikant Kattimani to open the scoring, while Manuel Arana came up with the equaliser for Goa four minutes before Thiago Santos came in from the right flank and squeezed the ball through Kattimani's legs to score the winner for the Islanders. Mumbai City next faced Pune City in the first 'Maha' derby of the season on 29 November 2017. Pune City used their South American connection to good effect to come from behind and edge Mumbai City FC 2-1 at the Shree Shiv Chhatrapati Sports Complex in Pune. Uruguayan Emiliano Alfaro bagged a brace in the second half after the home team had gone behind from a sublime Balwant Singh strike in the first.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 73], "content_span": [74, 764]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275890-0009-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Mumbai City FC season, Competitions, Indian Super League, Summary\nMumbai City started the month with an away encounter against previous season runners up Kerala Blasters on 3 December 2017. Mark Sifneos\u2019 goal in the first half, which was also Kerala's first of the season, was cancelled out by Balwant Singh's strike in the second. C.K. Vineeth was booked a second time in the 90th minute following a tussle with Balwant, and was consequently given his marching orders. The match ended in a 1\u20131 draw.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 73], "content_span": [74, 508]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275890-0009-0001", "contents": "2017\u201318 Mumbai City FC season, Competitions, Indian Super League, Summary\nAfter a poor start to the season with 1 win, 1 draw and 2 losses, Mumbai City next faced Chennaiyin, who were on a 3 match winning run on 10 December 2017. Mumbai were awarded a penalty after Balwant Singh was brought down in the box. Emana stepped up to the spot and slotted the ball into the bottom left corner to make it 1-0 for the Islanders, thus scoring the only goal of the game and breaking Chennaiyin's winning streak and securing their 2nd win of the season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 73], "content_span": [74, 542]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275890-0009-0002", "contents": "2017\u201318 Mumbai City FC season, Competitions, Indian Super League, Summary\nMumbai City then hosted previous seasons' champion ATK on 17 December, who were still winless this season. Amrinder made a couple of good saves to deny ATK a goal. His and Mumbai's resistance finally came to an end in the 54th minute when Zequinha hit a shot with the outside of his right foot from the left flank. The keeper was unsighted by Robin, who got a slight touch on the ball to help it through Amrinder's legs and into the net.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 73], "content_span": [74, 511]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275890-0009-0003", "contents": "2017\u201318 Mumbai City FC season, Competitions, Indian Super League, Summary\nMumbai then won an away game against NorthEast United on 20 December, after Balwant scored a brace by scoring on either sides of half-time to ensure a 2-0 win for the Islanders. In their last game of the year 2017, Mumbai City routed Delhi Dynamos, courtesy a 4\u20130 scoreline at the Mumbai Football Arena. Lucian Goian and Everton Santos struck in the first half to give Mumbai City a 2 goal cushion. The half, however, ended on a sour note as a tussle between Mumbai's Sehnaj Singh and Delhi's Mirabaje earned both a straight red.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 73], "content_span": [74, 603]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275890-0009-0004", "contents": "2017\u201318 Mumbai City FC season, Competitions, Indian Super League, Summary\nThe second half started with 20 players on the pitch and it took only four minutes for the home team to score their third. Eleven minutes from time, Emana found Balwant with a lovely chip, who chested the ball down and hit a scuffed shot off his calf, that wrong-footed Arnab to roll over the goal-line, thus adding a fourth goal to Delhi's misery.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 73], "content_span": [74, 422]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275890-0010-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Mumbai City FC season, Competitions, Indian Super League, Summary\nMumbai started the year with an away draw against Jamshedpur. A brace from Thiago Santos ensured that Mumbai will end the first part of their season on the fourth place. Though Mumbai had a good first half of the season, they were not able to replicate that form in the second half of the season after they suffered consecutive defeats against Kerala Balsters and Bengaluru. The only win in the month came against a 10 man Goa, when Balwant scored an all important 4th goal in the 86th minute in a 7 goal thriller.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 73], "content_span": [74, 588]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275890-0011-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Mumbai City FC season, Competitions, Indian Super League, Summary\nLike previous months of the season, Mumbai were not able to win the opening encounter of the month, as they lost 2\u20131 to the ISL debutants Jamshedpur in a home encounter. They then lost their 2nd 'Maha' derby of the season when Diego Carlos and Marcelinho scored a goal in each half to end the match with a 2-0 scoreline. With thi defeat Mumbai's poor run at home continued with their fourth home loss on the trot. As things stood Mumbai needed a string of wins in the remainder of the league season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 73], "content_span": [74, 573]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275890-0011-0001", "contents": "2017\u201318 Mumbai City FC season, Competitions, Indian Super League, Summary\nMumbai then recorded 2 consecutive wins in the league when they defeated ATK away and NorthEast United on home, courtesy of a late Goian winner, thus keeping their playoff hopes alive. With two games in hand, Mumbai needed victories in both to stand a chance of making the playoffs. They played their next match against bottom placed Delhi Dynamos. Delhi started with a barrage of attacks and took the lead from a simple build-up play as early as in the sixth minute.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 73], "content_span": [74, 541]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275890-0011-0002", "contents": "2017\u201318 Mumbai City FC season, Competitions, Indian Super League, Summary\nMumbai then tried to surge forward in search of the equaliser and got themselves a free-kick on the half-hour mark from just outside the box. Emana stepped up to take it, but his effort deflected off the wall and just over the target for a corner. At half time the scoreline read 1-0 in favour of Delhi. Mumbai started strong in the second half after they equalised just four minutes following the restart. Balwant received the ball on the left side, cut in and fired on goal.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 73], "content_span": [74, 550]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275890-0011-0003", "contents": "2017\u201318 Mumbai City FC season, Competitions, Indian Super League, Summary\nXabi Irureta got down to make the save, but the rebound fell straight to Everton, who pounced to slot it home. Delhi then racked up 4 goals in the last quarter of an hour to play. Chhangte rounded off Amrinder and scored into an empty net. Mumbai could not make the playoffs with the 5-1 rout.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 73], "content_span": [74, 367]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275890-0012-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Mumbai City FC season, Competitions, Indian Super League, Summary\nMumbai then played their last match of the season against an already qualified Chennaiyin. The match ended 1\u20130 in favour of Chennaiyin.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 73], "content_span": [74, 209]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275890-0013-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Mumbai City FC season, Competitions, Super Cup, Qualification round\nAs one of the bottom four teams in Indian Super League, Mumbai City entered the Super Cup in the qualifier round where they faced Indian Arrows for a spot in the Round of 16. The match began with Mumbai on the front foot as expected. Leo Costa and Balwant Singh had early opportunities, while Everton came the nearest to scoring when his powerful shot from distance rebounded off the far post. In the second half, the Arrows kept thronging Mumbai's box with well-strung passes and eventually got rewarded in the 77th minute, when Rahul scored an amazing opener.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 75], "content_span": [76, 637]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275890-0013-0001", "contents": "2017\u201318 Mumbai City FC season, Competitions, Super Cup, Qualification round\nHe brilliantly dinked the ball over Goian, raced past him and lodged the ball past Amrinder to take the lead. However, on the 90th minute mark, they ended up giving away a penalty to Mumbai when Rai brought Everton down in the box and Emana made no mistake to convert it from the spot. That proved to be the last piece of action from regulation time as the match entered extra-time. In the first period of the extra time Everton then gave Mumbai the lead with a powerful shot from the edge of the box to enter the last 15 minutes with a one-goal advantage. With that, Mumbai sealed their berth in the pre-quarter finals by winning the match 2\u20131.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 75], "content_span": [76, 721]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275890-0014-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Mumbai City FC season, Competitions, Super Cup, Round of 16\nIn the round of 16, Mumbai City will meet I-League side, East Bengal F.C..", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 67], "content_span": [68, 142]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275890-0015-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Mumbai City FC season, Player statistics\nList of squad players, including number of appearances by competition", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 48], "content_span": [49, 118]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275891-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Munster Rugby season\nThe 2017\u201318 Munster Rugby season was Munster's seventeenth season competing in the Pro14, alongside which they also competed in the European Rugby Champions Cup. It was Rassie Erasmus's second season as director of rugby and Johann van Graan's first as head coach.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [28, 28], "content_span": [29, 293]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275891-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Munster Rugby season, Events\nIn June 2017, after many weeks of media speculation, Munster confirmed that director of rugby Rassie Erasmus and Defence Coach Jacques Nienaber would leave their roles with the province and return to South Africa on 31 December 2017. In the same month however, coaches Jerry Flannery and Felix Jones extended their contracts with the province by two years, both expanding their roles to forwards coach and backline and attack coach respectively. Team manager Niall O'Donovan also signed a new three-year contract.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 36], "content_span": [37, 550]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275891-0002-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Munster Rugby season, Events\nIn the provinces only pre-season fixture, Munster beat English side Worcester Warriors 35\u201326 in Sixways Stadium on 24 August. The match saw former Munster stalwarts Peter Stringer and Donncha O'Callaghan play against their old club, while new signings Chris Farrell, Gerbrandt Grobler and James Hart made their non-competitive debuts for Munster. Munster began their 2017\u201318 Pro14 campaign on 1 September 2017, scoring six tries on their way to a comfortable 34\u20133 win against Benetton. In October 2017, Munster confirmed that then-South Africa Forwards Coach Johann van Graan would join the province in November as their new head coach. In the same month, it was announced that Munster's all-time leading try scorer, Simon Zebo, would leave the province at the end of the season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 36], "content_span": [37, 816]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275891-0003-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Munster Rugby season, Events\nIn Rounds 1 & 2 of the 2017\u201318 European Rugby Champions Cup in October 2017, Munster drew 17\u201317 away to Castres before earning a 14\u20137 win at home to Racing 92. Erasmus and Nienaber left the province in early November 2017, with the province confirming their departure on 13 November 2017. Johann van Graan's first official game as Munster's new head coach was a 36\u201319 win away against Zebre in the Pro14 on 26 November 2017. Lions Defence Coach JP Ferreira joined Munster in December 2017.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 36], "content_span": [37, 526]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275891-0003-0001", "contents": "2017\u201318 Munster Rugby season, Events\nIn the December Champions Cup double-header against Leicester Tigers, Munster won 33\u201310 at home before winning 25\u201316 away, their first win at Welford Road for 11 years. In doing so, Munster became the first team to defeat Leicester in both games of the double-header since they were introduced in 1999, while the home victory also saw Munster surpass 4,000 points in the competition. In Rounds 5 & 6 of the Champions Cup, Munster lost 34\u201330 away to Racing 92 before beating Castres 48\u20133 at home, securing a record 17th quarter-final. Munster beat 3-time tournament champions Toulon 20\u201319 in the quarter-final after a late Andrew Conway try and conversion from Ian Keatley. In the semi-final, Munster were beaten 27\u201322 by their French pool 4 opponents Racing 92.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 36], "content_span": [37, 798]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275891-0004-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Munster Rugby season, Events\nMunster finished 2nd in Conference A of the 2017\u201318 Pro14 season on 69 points. In their semi-final qualifier against Edinburgh on 5 May 2018, Munster won 20\u201316 to progress to a semi-final away from home. In the semi-final against recently-crowned Champions Cup winners and arch-rivals Leinster on 19 May 2018, Munster lost 16\u201315, bringing to an end their 2017\u201318 season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 36], "content_span": [37, 407]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275891-0005-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Munster Rugby season, Senior playing squad 2017\u201318\nMunster player movements for the 2017\u201318 season. For a full list, see List of 2017\u201318 Pro14 transfers.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 58], "content_span": [59, 161]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275891-0006-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Munster Rugby season, Senior playing squad 2017\u201318, Players out\nNote: Flags indicate national union as has been defined under WR eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-WR nationality.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 71], "content_span": [72, 206]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275891-0007-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Munster Rugby season, 2017\u201318 Pro14\nGreen background indicates teams that competed in the Pro14 play-offs, and also earned a place in the 2018\u201319 European Champions Cup(excluding South African teams who are ineligible)Blue background indicates teams outside the play-off places that earned a place in the 2018\u201319 European Champions Cup, including the winner of the play-off between the two fourth-ranked European teams in each conferenceYellow background indicates the loser of the play-off between the two fourth-ranked European teams in each conference, that earned a place in the 2018\u201319 European Rugby Challenge Cup. Plain background indicates teams that earned a place in the 2018\u201319 European Rugby Challenge Cup. (CH) Champions. (RU) Runners-up. (SF) Losing semi-finalists. (QF) Losing quarter-finalists. (PO) Champions Cup play-off winners.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 43], "content_span": [44, 855]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275891-0008-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Munster Rugby season, 2017\u201318 European Rugby Champions Cup\nMunster faced Racing 92, Leicester Tigers and Castres Olympique in Pool 4 of the 2017\u201318 European Rugby Champions Cup. They were seeded in Tier 1 following their 1st place finish in the regular 2016\u201317 Pro12 season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 66], "content_span": [67, 282]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275892-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Murray State Racers men's basketball team\nThe 2017\u201318 Murray State Racers men's basketball team represented Murray State University during the 2017\u201318 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Racers, led by third-year head coach Matt McMahon, played their home games at the CFSB Center in Murray, Kentucky as members of the Ohio Valley Conference. They finished the season 26\u20136, 16\u20132 in OVC play to win the OVC regular season championship. They defeated Jacksonville State and Belmont to become champions of the OVC Tournament. They earned the OVC's automatic bid to the NCAA Tournament where they lost in the First Round to West Virginia.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 49], "section_span": [49, 49], "content_span": [50, 651]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275892-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Murray State Racers men's basketball team, Previous season\nThe Racers finished the 2016\u201317 season 16\u201317, 8\u20138 in OVC play to finish in third place in the West Division. As the No. 7 seed in the OVC Tournament, they defeated Tennessee Tech and Morehead State before losing to UT Martin in the semifinals.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 49], "section_span": [51, 66], "content_span": [67, 310]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275892-0002-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Murray State Racers men's basketball team, Preseason\nIn a vote of conference coaches and sports information directors, Murray State was picked to finish in 3rd place in the OVC. Jonathan Stark was picked as the Preseason OVC Player of the Year, and Terrell Miller was also named to the 2017\u201318 Preseason All-OVC Men's Basketball Team.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 49], "section_span": [51, 60], "content_span": [61, 342]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275892-0003-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Murray State Racers men's basketball team, Preseason\nAfter five years of divisional play in the OVC, the conference eliminated divisions for the 2017\u201318 season. Additionally, for the first time, each conference team will play 18 conference games.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 49], "section_span": [51, 60], "content_span": [61, 254]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275893-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Myanmar Women's League\nThe 2017\u201318 Myanmar Women's League (also known as the KBZ Bank Myanmar Women's League for sponsorship reasons) was the 2nd season of the Myanmar Women's League, the top Myanmar professional league for women's association football clubs, since its establishment in 2016. A total of 8 teams will compete in the league. The season began on 29 December 2017. Fixtures for the 2017\u201318 season were announced on 25 December 2017.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [30, 30], "content_span": [31, 453]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275893-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Myanmar Women's League\nMyawady are the defending champions, having won the Myanmar Women's League title the previous season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [30, 30], "content_span": [31, 132]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275893-0002-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Myanmar Women's League, Matches\nFixtures and Results of the 2017\u201318 National League 2 season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 39], "content_span": [40, 101]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275894-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 M\u00e1laga CF season\nDuring the 2017\u201318 season, M\u00e1laga CF are participating in La Liga and the Copa del Rey.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [24, 24], "content_span": [25, 112]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275894-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 M\u00e1laga CF season, Squad\nNote: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 31], "content_span": [32, 160]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275895-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 N1 League\nThe 2017\u201318 N1 League was the tenth season of the N1 League, the top division of football in Nevis, one of the two islands of Saint Kitts and Nevis, and the second year the competition was branded as N1 League. The season started in November 2017, but was abandoned in March following disagreements between Youths of the Future and the FA.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 17], "section_span": [17, 17], "content_span": [18, 357]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275896-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 NA Hussein Dey season\nIn the 2017\u201318 season, NA Hussein Dey competed in the Ligue 1 for the 42nd season, as well as the Algerian Cup.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [29, 29], "content_span": [30, 141]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275896-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 NA Hussein Dey season, Squad list\nAs of August 25, 2017. Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 41], "content_span": [42, 193]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275897-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 NACAM Formula 4 Championship\nThe 2017\u201318 NACAM Formula 4 Championship season was the third season of the NACAM Formula 4 Championship. It began on 2 September 2017 at the Aut\u00f3dromo Hermanos Rodr\u00edguez in Mexico City and ended on 30 June 2018 at the same venue after eight rounds.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [36, 36], "content_span": [37, 286]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275897-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 NACAM Formula 4 Championship, Race calendar and results\nA provisional calendar was made public on the days leading to the first round on 3 September 2017. As opposed to the previous year, all rounds were held in Mexico. The first two rounds were held in support of the 2017 6 Hours of Mexico and the 2017 Mexican Grand Prix, respectively. An updated version of the calendar was released in November 2017, which was in turn amended in February 2018.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 63], "content_span": [64, 456]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275897-0002-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 NACAM Formula 4 Championship, Championship standings\nPoints were awarded to the top 10 classified finishers in each race.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 60], "content_span": [61, 129]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275898-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 NBA G League season\nThe 2017\u201318 NBA G League season was the 17th season of the NBA G League (formerly the NBA D-League), the minor league for the National Basketball Association (NBA). It is the first season after the league rebranded to become the NBA G League as part of multi-year partnership with Gatorade.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [27, 27], "content_span": [28, 318]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275898-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 NBA G League season\nThe Austin Spurs won the league title, sweeping Raptors 905 in the NBA G League Finals.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [27, 27], "content_span": [28, 115]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275898-0002-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 NBA G League season, League changes\nThe league expanded to a record 26 teams from 22 teams during the 2016\u201317 season. There was one relocation (Erie BayHawks to Lakeland, Florida to become the Lakeland Magic) and four expansion teams introduced this season (the Agua Caliente Clippers, a new Erie BayHawks, the Memphis Hustle, and the Wisconsin Herd), each owned and affiliated with an NBA team. The Iowa Energy were purchased by the Minnesota Timberwolves at the end of the previous season and rebranded as the Iowa Wolves. The Miami Heat purchased the controlling interest in the Sioux Falls Skyforce, their affiliate since 2013.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 43], "content_span": [44, 639]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275898-0002-0001", "contents": "2017\u201318 NBA G League season, League changes\nThe Los Angeles D-Fenders also relocated to a new facility within El Segundo and were rebranded as the South Bay Lakers. The purchases and expansion of these teams by individual NBA teams left just four NBA teams without a developmental affiliate, down from eight the previous season. It also decreased the number of independently owned D-League/G League teams from seven to four. Meanwhile, the NBA also started using two-way contracts for their team rosters, allowing players to be more easily called up or sent down.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 43], "content_span": [44, 563]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275898-0003-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 NBA G League season, League changes\nThe league retained its Eastern and Western Conferences, but realigned each conference into three divisions each. Along with the league expansion, the league also expanded its playoff field from eight teams to twelve. Each of the division winners and three wild cards per conference qualify. The top two seeds in each conference earn a bye over the first round.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 43], "content_span": [44, 405]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275898-0004-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 NBA G League season, League changes\nThe NBA announced a title sponsorship deal with Gatorade prior to the season, under which it has been renamed the NBA G League. The G League also experimented with new broadcast arrangements, including airing 120 games on Eleven Sports, and streaming games on the typically video game-oriented live streaming service Twitch, which included interactive stats, and commentary provided by prominent Twitch personalities.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 43], "content_span": [44, 461]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275898-0005-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 NBA G League season, Regular season\nx \u2013 qualified for playoffs; y \u2013 Division champion; z \u2013 Conference champion", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 43], "content_span": [44, 118]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275898-0006-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 NBA G League season, Player death\nOn March 24, 2018, Grand Rapids Drive player Zeke Upshaw collapsed on-court during the final minute of the team's regular season finale. Two days later, Upshaw died at the age of 26. Autopsy reports indicated that Upshaw had died from a sudden cardiac arrest. The start of the NBA G League playoffs were delayed out of respect for Upshaw's death, and the NBA's Detroit Pistons gave Upshaw an honorary call-up to their roster.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 41], "content_span": [42, 467]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275899-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 NBA season\nThe 2017\u201318 NBA season was the 72nd season of the National Basketball Association (NBA). The regular season began on October 17, 2017, earlier than previous seasons to reduce the number of \"back-to-back\" games teams were scheduled to play, with the 2017 Eastern Conference champion (and Finals runner\u2013up) Cleveland Cavaliers hosting a game against the Boston Celtics at Quicken Loans Arena in Cleveland, Ohio. The 2018 NBA All-Star Game was played on February 18, 2018, at the Staples Center in Los Angeles, California. LeBron James of the Cleveland Cavaliers was named the All-Star Game Most Valuable Player. The regular season ended on April 11, 2018. The playoffs began on April 14, 2018 and ended on June 8 with the Golden State Warriors defeating the Cleveland Cavaliers in the 2018 NBA Finals.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [18, 18], "content_span": [19, 818]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275899-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 NBA season, Transactions, Free agency\nFree agency negotiations began on July 1. Players began signing on July 6, after the July moratorium ended.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [20, 45], "content_span": [46, 153]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275899-0002-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 NBA season, Transactions, Coaching changes, Off-season\nFor the first time since the inauguration of the BAA, there would be no coaching changes going from the previous season to entering the regular season. In fact, the 536 days from Dave Joerger being fired as coach of the Memphis Grizzlies to the day the Phoenix Suns fired Earl Watson as head coach would be the longest period in NBA history without any coaching changes occur. The last time no head coaches were hired in the off-season occurred during the 1975\u201376 season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [20, 62], "content_span": [63, 534]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275899-0003-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 NBA season, Preseason\nThe preseason began on September 30 and ended on October 13.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [20, 29], "content_span": [30, 90]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275899-0004-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 NBA season, Preseason, International games\nThe Golden State Warriors and Minnesota Timberwolves played two preseason games in China, at Shenzhen on October 5 and Shanghai on October 8. Minnesota won the first game 111\u201397, while Golden State emerged victorious in the second one, 142\u2013110.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [20, 50], "content_span": [51, 295]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275899-0005-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 NBA season, Regular season\nThe regular season began on October 17, 2017 and ended on April 11, 2018.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [20, 34], "content_span": [35, 108]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275899-0006-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 NBA season, Regular season, International games\nOn August 9, 2017, the NBA announced that the Brooklyn Nets would play two regular season games at Mexico City Arena in Mexico City, Mexico. On December 7, the Nets played against the Oklahoma City Thunder and on December 9, they matched up against the Miami Heat. The Nets prevailed 100\u201395 over the Thunder in their first game, but lost to the Heat 101\u201389 in their second game.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [20, 55], "content_span": [56, 434]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275899-0007-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 NBA season, Regular season, International games\nOn August 10, 2017, the NBA announced that the Philadelphia 76ers would play the Boston Celtics at The O2 Arena in London, United Kingdom on January 11, 2018. The Celtics won the game 114\u2212103.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [20, 55], "content_span": [56, 248]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275899-0008-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 NBA season, Playoffs\nThe 2018 NBA playoffs began on April 14, 2018, ESPN aired the 2018 Eastern Conference Finals and TNT aired the 2018 Western Conference Finals. For the first time since 1979 both Conference Finals series went to a deciding Game 7. The season ended with the 2018 NBA Finals which began on May 31, 2018 and ended on June 8, 2018 on ABC.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [20, 28], "content_span": [29, 362]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275899-0009-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 NBA season, Awards, Yearly awards\nAwards were presented at the NBA Awards ceremony, which were held on June 25. Finalists for voted awards were announced during the playoffs and winners were presented at the award ceremony. The All-NBA Teams were announced in advance in order for teams to have all the necessary information to make off-season preparations.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [20, 41], "content_span": [42, 365]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275899-0010-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 NBA season, Awards, Players of the Week\nThe following players were named the Eastern and Western Conference Players of the Week.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [20, 47], "content_span": [48, 136]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275899-0011-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 NBA season, Awards, Players of the Month\nThe following players were named the Eastern and Western Conference Players of the Month.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [20, 48], "content_span": [49, 138]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275899-0012-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 NBA season, Awards, Rookies of the Month\nThe following players were named the Eastern and Western Conference Rookies of the Month.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [20, 48], "content_span": [49, 138]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275899-0013-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 NBA season, Awards, Coaches of the Month\nThe following coaches were named the Eastern and Western Conference Coaches of the Month.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [20, 48], "content_span": [49, 138]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275899-0014-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 NBA season, Media\nThis is the second season of the current nine-year contracts with ABC, ESPN, TNT, and NBA TV.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [20, 25], "content_span": [26, 119]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275899-0015-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 NBA season, Media\nThe Chicago Bulls experienced a mid-season change in their broadcast partner due to the Cumulus Media Chapter 11 bankruptcy filing nulling and voiding many broadcasting agreements. The team's games moved from Cumulus's WLS to Entercom's WSCR on February 3, 2018.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [20, 25], "content_span": [26, 288]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275899-0016-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 NBA season, Uniforms\nNike became the official apparel provider of the NBA beginning in the 2017\u201318 season. The NBA also broke away from the traditional concept of home and away uniforms, replacing them with \"Association\", \"City\", \"Icon\", and \"Statement\" designs for each team. In addition, eight teams received \"Classic Edition\" throwback uniforms throughout the season. Home teams are now allowed to wear their choice of uniforms, while away teams must wear uniforms that contrast sufficiently with the home team's choice. All uniforms contain Nike branding, making the NBA the last professional sports league in North America to have the manufacturer's logo appear on the team uniforms. Owing to Michael Jordan's ownership of the team, the Charlotte Hornets' apparel is branded under his Nike label Air Jordan.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [20, 28], "content_span": [29, 820]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275899-0017-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 NBA season, Uniforms, Uniform sponsorships\nAdvertisements began to appear on league uniforms. With this, the NBA became the first of the \"Big Four\" North American professional sports league to use corporate sponsorship patches on its jerseys. As of March 6, 2018, there were 21 NBA teams that had signed uniform sponsorship contracts:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [20, 50], "content_span": [51, 342]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275899-0018-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 NBA season, Uniforms, Uniform sponsorships\nNine teams did not sign a uniform sponsorship contract during the 2017\u201318 season: Chicago Bulls, Houston Rockets, Indiana Pacers, Memphis Grizzlies, Oklahoma City Thunder, Phoenix Suns, Portland Trail Blazers, San Antonio Spurs and Washington Wizards. All nine signed uniform sponsorship contracts during the 2018\u201319 season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [20, 50], "content_span": [51, 375]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275900-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 NBB Cup\nThe 2017\u201318 NBB Cup (Dutch: 2017\u201318 NBB-Beker) was the 50th edition of the Netherlands' national basketball cup tournament. Donar was the defending champion. Donar successfully defended its title, after beating runners-up ZZ Leiden in the Final. The Final was played on 25 March 2018 in MartiniPlaza in Groningen.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [15, 15], "content_span": [16, 329]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275900-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 NBB Cup, Format\nIn the first, second and third round teams from the Dutch second, third and fourth division participate. From the fourth round, teams from the Dutch Basketball League (DBL) enter the competition. Quarter- and semi-finals are played in a two-legged format. When a team form a tier lower than the DBL played a DBL team, one win is sufficient for the latter to advance to the next round.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [17, 23], "content_span": [24, 408]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275901-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 NBB season\nThe 2017\u201318 NBB season was the 9th season of the Novo Basquete Brasil, the Brazilian basketball league. Once again this tournament was organized entirely by the Liga Nacional de Basquete (LNB). The NBB also qualified teams for international tournaments such as Liga Sudamericana and FIBA Americas League.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [18, 18], "content_span": [19, 323]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275901-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 NBB season\nThis season fifteen teams played each other in the regular season. At the end of the home and away matches round the top four teams qualified for the quarterfinals of the playoffs automatically, while the teams finishing in the 5th and 12th place participated in the first round of the playoffs to determine the other four teams in the quarterfinals, in a five-match series. This season maintained 16/17's playoff method of best of 5 games, played on the 1-2-1-1 format.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [18, 18], "content_span": [19, 489]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275901-0002-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 NBB season\nFor this season, the last regular season placed team is relegated to the 2019 Liga Ouro, the NBB's second tier division. Also, only the 2018 Liga Ouro winner receives the right to play in the NBB 2019\u201320 season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [18, 18], "content_span": [19, 230]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275901-0003-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 NBB season, Regular season\nThe regular season began on Saturday, November 04, 2017 13:35\u00a0UTC\u221203:00 at Gin\u00e1sio Ant\u00f4nio Prado Junior, home of Club Athletico Paulistano, who was defeated 72\u201371 by Sendi/Bauru Basket. The regular season ended on March 29, 2018.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [20, 34], "content_span": [35, 264]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275901-0004-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 NBB season, Regular season, Standings\nThe standings are updated according to the LNB official website table.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [20, 45], "content_span": [46, 116]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275902-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 NBL (Czech Republic) season\nThe 2017\u201318 National Basketball League (Czech Republic) season is the 25th season of the Czech NBL.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [35, 35], "content_span": [36, 135]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275902-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 NBL (Czech Republic) season, Format\nTeams in regular season play home and away against every other team in a round-robin tournament, before being split into two groups of six teams for playing again home and away against the teams from the same group.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 43], "content_span": [44, 259]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275902-0002-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 NBL (Czech Republic) season, Format\nAfter the end of the stage after the first split, the six teams from to top group and the two first qualified teams from the bottom group joined the play-offs.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 43], "content_span": [44, 203]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275902-0003-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 NBL (Czech Republic) season, Format\nThe other four teams would play again home and away against themselves for avoiding the relegation.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 43], "content_span": [44, 143]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275902-0004-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 NBL (Czech Republic) season, Teams\nOlomoucko replaced Ariete Prost\u011bjov, which was relegated from the previous season and was dissolved.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 42], "content_span": [43, 143]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275902-0005-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 NBL (Czech Republic) season, Playoffs\nSeeded teams played at home games 1, 2, 5 and 7, while the third place game where played with a best-of-three format, playing the seeded team the matches 1 and 3 at home, and the finals in a double-legged one.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 45], "content_span": [46, 255]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275903-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 NBL Canada season\nThe 2017\u201318 NBL Canada season is the seventh season of the National Basketball League of Canada (NBLC). The regular season ran November 18, 2017 to April 2, 2018.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [25, 25], "content_span": [26, 188]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275903-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 NBL Canada season, League changes\nAfter two years as league commissioner, Dave Magley left the league to found North American Premier Basketball. He was replaced on an interim basis by London Lightning owner and league president Vito Frijia.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 41], "content_span": [42, 249]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275903-0002-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 NBL Canada season, League changes\nAfter years of league ownership, the Moncton Miracles were folded to make way for an expansion team under new ownership called the Moncton Magic. The league also awarded expansion franchises in St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador, and Sudbury, Ontario. However, the Sudbury ownership group delayed their launch in the league until 2019. The Orangeville A's folded in the Central Division, leaving the league with six teams in the Atlantic region and four in the Central. As a result, the new St. John's Edge were scheduled to play in the Central Division.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 41], "content_span": [42, 599]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275903-0003-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 NBL Canada season, Draft\nThe 2017\u201318 NBL Canada Draft and Combine was held on October 20\u201322. The St. John's Edge selected Aaron Williams first.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 32], "content_span": [33, 151]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275904-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 NBL season\nThe 2017\u201318 NBL season was the 40th season of the National Basketball League since its establishment in 1979. A total of eight teams contested the league. The regular season was played between October 2017 and February 2018, followed by a post-season featuring the top four in March 2018.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [18, 18], "content_span": [19, 307]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275904-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 NBL season\nAustralian broadcast rights to the season were held by Fox Sports, in the third year of a five-year deal, with two games per week simulcast on SBS. In New Zealand, Sky Sport were the official league broadcaster.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [18, 18], "content_span": [19, 230]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275904-0002-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 NBL season\nAs Australia and New Zealand participated in 2019 FIBA Basketball World Cup qualification, the league took a break during the newly created FIBA international windows of 20\u201328 November 2017 and 19\u201327 February 2018.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [18, 18], "content_span": [19, 233]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275904-0003-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 NBL season, Pre-season, 2017 NBL Blitz\nA pre-season tournament featuring all eight teams was held on 7\u20139 September 2017 in Traralgon, Victoria and on 10 September 2017 in Melbourne. The winners received the fifth annual Loggins-Bruton Cup.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [20, 46], "content_span": [47, 247]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275904-0004-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 NBL season, Ladder\nThe NBL tie-breaker system as outlined in the NBL Rules and Regulations states that in the case of an identical win-loss record, the overall points percentage between the teams will determine order of seeding.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [20, 26], "content_span": [27, 236]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275904-0005-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 NBL season, Finals Series\nThe 2017\u201318 National Basketball League Finals were played in March 2018, consisting of two best-of-three semi-final series and the best-of-five Grand Final series. In the semi-finals, the higher seed hosted the first and third games. In the Grand Final, the higher seed hosted the first, third and fifth games.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [20, 33], "content_span": [34, 344]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275904-0006-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 NBL season, Finals Series, Playoff Seedings\nThe NBL tie-breaker system as outlined in the NBL Rules and Regulations states that in the case of an identical win-loss record, the overall points percentage will determine order of seeding.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [20, 51], "content_span": [52, 243]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275905-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 NC State Wolfpack men's basketball team\nThe 2017\u201318 NC State Wolfpack men's basketball team represented North Carolina State University during the 2017\u201318 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Wolfpack, led by first-year head coach Kevin Keatts, played its home games at PNC Arena in Raleigh, North Carolina and were members of the Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC). They finished the season 21\u201312, 11\u20137 in ACC play to finish in a tie for third place. They lost in the second round of the ACC Tournament to Boston College. They received an at-large bid to the NCAA Tournament where they lost in the first round to Seton Hall.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 47], "section_span": [47, 47], "content_span": [48, 638]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275905-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 NC State Wolfpack men's basketball team, Previous season\nThe Wolfpack finished the 2016\u201317 season 15\u201317, 4\u201314 in ACC play to finish in 13th place. They lost to Clemson in the first round of the ACC Tournament.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 47], "section_span": [49, 64], "content_span": [65, 217]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275906-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 NC State Wolfpack women's basketball team\nThe 2017\u201318 NC State Wolfpack women's basketball team represented North Carolina State University during the 2017\u201318 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Wolfpack, led by fifth-year head coach Wes Moore, played their home games at Reynolds Coliseum and were members of the Atlantic Coast Conference. They finished the season 26\u20139, 11\u20135 in ACC play to finish in a tie for fourth place. They advanced to the semifinals of the ACC Women's Tournament where they lost to Louisville. They received at-large bid of the NCAA Women's Tournament where they defeated Elon and Maryland in the first and second rounds before losing to Mississippi State in the sweet sixteen.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 49], "section_span": [49, 49], "content_span": [50, 721]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275907-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 NCAA Division I men's basketball corruption scandal\nThe 2017\u201318 NCAA Division I men's basketball corruption scandal is an ongoing corruption scandal, initially involving sportswear manufacturer Adidas as well as several college basketball programs associated with the brand but now involving many programs not affiliated with Adidas.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 59], "section_span": [59, 59], "content_span": [60, 341]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275907-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 NCAA Division I men's basketball corruption scandal\nOn September 27, 2017, the Federal Bureau of Investigation and the office of the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York announced the arrest of 10 individuals, including assistant coaches Anthony Bland, Chuck Person, Emanuel Richardson, and Lamont Evans and Adidas executive James Gatto, on various corruption and fraud charges including bribery, money laundering, and wire fraud. The schools implicated in the initial announcement were Arizona, Auburn, Louisville, Miami, Oklahoma State, South Carolina, and Southern California (USC). Emanuel Richardson had a six figure salary. However, he was going broke due to him allegedly paying players out of pocket.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 59], "section_span": [59, 59], "content_span": [60, 740]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275907-0002-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 NCAA Division I men's basketball corruption scandal\nThe investigation has since spread beyond the individuals and teams initially implicated. Shortly afterwards, multiple media reports indicated that the Elite Youth Basketball League, the grassroots basketball division of Nike, was served with a subpoena by federal investigators. While Nike was not named in the initial documents, one of the 10 individuals arrested on September 26 was a former Nike executive who was working for Adidas when he was arrested.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 59], "section_span": [59, 59], "content_span": [60, 518]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275907-0003-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 NCAA Division I men's basketball corruption scandal\nOn February 23, 2018, Yahoo! Sports published a report, based on \"hundreds of pages of documents\" obtained by the FBI from two agents and an agency implicated in the investigation, that named more than a dozen additional schools and over 25 current and former players as having been potentially implicated in the scandal. Still later, on April 10, Southern District prosecutors added extra criminal counts to the indictment of Gatto, with the added counts specifically naming Kansas and North Carolina State as well as Louisville and Miami.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 59], "section_span": [59, 59], "content_span": [60, 600]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275907-0004-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 NCAA Division I men's basketball corruption scandal, Background\nThe discovery of corruption in basketball stemmed from an investigation of Pittsburgh-based financial planner Marty Blazer by the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). In 2016, the SEC charged Blazer with wire fraud and accused him of embezzling over $2 million from several professional athletes to invest in movie projects and finance Ponzi schemes. As part of a plea agreement with the Southern District U.S. Attorney's office, he agreed to become an FBI informant, and would later plead guilty to reduced charges. He has since stated that there were also payments made to players in efforts to attend the Penn State football program.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 59], "section_span": [61, 71], "content_span": [72, 718]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275907-0005-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 NCAA Division I men's basketball corruption scandal, Programs affected, First wave, Arizona\nEmanuel \"Book\" Richardson, an Arizona assistant since 2009, was among the individuals arrested and indicted in 2017. He was alleged to have met with agent Christian Dawkins and others in June 2017, agreeing to accept a $5,000 bribe to steer Arizona players to Dawkins' sports management company, and was also charged with accepting an additional $15,000 in bribes and paying at least one recruit to commit to the university. Richardson was suspended on September 26, the day after his arrest, and formally fired on January 23, 2018.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 59], "section_span": [61, 99], "content_span": [100, 632]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275907-0006-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 NCAA Division I men's basketball corruption scandal, Programs affected, First wave, Arizona\nArizona lost one of its three-member 2018 recruiting class in the wake of the initial allegations. Five-star point guard Jahvon Quinerly reopened his recruitment in October, and eventually signed with Villanova. Nassir Little, also a five-star recruit, cited the investigation as his reason for deciding against attending Arizona. On a wiretap that was played during the trial Merl Code claims that Arizona offered $150,000 for Little.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 59], "section_span": [61, 99], "content_span": [100, 535]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275907-0007-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 NCAA Division I men's basketball corruption scandal, Programs affected, First wave, Auburn\nChuck Person, a former Auburn basketball star who went on to a long National Basketball Association career before going into coaching, was alleged by the FBI to have received over $90,000 in bribes from Rashan Michel, a former NBA and Southeastern Conference referee who ran a custom tailoring shop in Atlanta that had many professional athletes as clients. Person was accused of paying nearly $20,000 to the families of two active Auburn players. Auburn suspended Person without pay shortly after his arrest. Person was indicted by a federal grand jury and subsequently fired by Auburn on November 7, 2017. In the wake of the indictments, the university retained an outside law firm to launch an internal investigation into the program.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 59], "section_span": [61, 98], "content_span": [99, 836]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275907-0008-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 NCAA Division I men's basketball corruption scandal, Programs affected, First wave, Auburn\nBefore Auburn's exhibition game on November 2, 2017, the school announced that it would hold players Austin Wiley and Danjel Purifoy out of games indefinitely due to eligibility concerns raised over the FBI investigation. They would both be held out of action throughout the rest of the season, though they returned to play after the conclusion of that season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 59], "section_span": [61, 98], "content_span": [99, 459]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275907-0009-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 NCAA Division I men's basketball corruption scandal, Programs affected, First wave, Auburn\nOn November 8, ESPN reported that head coach Bruce Pearl refused to cooperate with the school's internal investigation, and that university officials notified him that the refusal could lead to his firing. The university had been unable to determine whether Pearl had been involved in any violations of law or NCAA rules because the FBI had seized his computers and cell phones as part of its investigation.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 59], "section_span": [61, 98], "content_span": [99, 506]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275907-0010-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 NCAA Division I men's basketball corruption scandal, Programs affected, First wave, Auburn\nOn the same day that the initial arrests were announced, E. J. Montgomery, a highly touted forward in the 2018 recruiting class who had verbally committed to Auburn in September 2016, announced he would reopen his recruitment. Montgomery ultimately committed to Kentucky in April 2018.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 59], "section_span": [61, 98], "content_span": [99, 384]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275907-0011-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 NCAA Division I men's basketball corruption scandal, Programs affected, First wave, Louisville\nLouisville was not named directly in the court documents, but the documents mentioned a \"University-6\" that was \"a public research university located in Kentucky\" with \"approximately 22,640 students and over 7,000 faculty and staff members\", and fielding \"approximately 21 varsity sports teams in NCAA Division I competition.\" The state has only two public research universities\u2014the University of Kentucky and the University of Louisville\u2014and the details cited in the documents match only Louisville. Gregory Postel, Louisville's interim president, confirmed hours after the FBI announcements that the school was indeed \"University-6\". At the time of the announcement, the Louisville men's basketball program was facing major NCAA sanctions stemming from an earlier sex scandal, which included vacating the 2013 national championship. The NCAA upheld those sanctions on February 20, 2018.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 59], "section_span": [61, 102], "content_span": [103, 991]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275907-0012-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 NCAA Division I men's basketball corruption scandal, Programs affected, First wave, Louisville\nThe documents also alluded to two Louisville coaches, identified only as \"Coach-1\" and \"Coach-2\", and a recruit who signed with Louisville identified as \"Player-10\". The documents allege that the coaches were involved in a scheme by which a \"Company-1\", later identified as Adidas, would funnel $100,000 to the family of \"Player-10\" in exchange for him coming to Louisville. About a month before the scandal broke, Louisville, which has been Adidas' flagship college athletic program since 2016, signed a 10-year, $160 million extension to its then-current apparel contract with the company. The documents indicate that Brad Augustine, a youth basketball coach in Florida who was among the individuals arrested, said the following about \"Coach-2\":", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 59], "section_span": [61, 102], "content_span": [103, 850]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275907-0013-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 NCAA Division I men's basketball corruption scandal, Programs affected, First wave, Louisville\nNo one swings a bigger dick than Coach-2 at Company-1. . . . All [Coach-2] has to do is pick up the phone and call somebody [and say], 'These are my guys.' [ And then] they're taking care of us.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 59], "section_span": [61, 102], "content_span": [103, 297]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275907-0014-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 NCAA Division I men's basketball corruption scandal, Programs affected, First wave, Louisville\nThe day after the complaints were unsealed, CBS News, followed by many other media outlets, reported that \"Coach-2\" was Louisville head coach Rick Pitino. Shortly thereafter, media outlets identified \"Player-10\" as Brian Bowen, a top recruit who had unexpectedly signed with Louisville on June 3, 2017. Bowen most recently played for the Indiana Pacers on a two-way contract.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 59], "section_span": [61, 102], "content_span": [103, 478]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275907-0015-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 NCAA Division I men's basketball corruption scandal, Programs affected, First wave, Louisville\nAs a result of the scandal, on September 27, 2017, Louisville placed Pitino on unpaid administrative leave and athletic director Tom Jurich on paid administrative leave. Bowen was suspended from the team and withheld from all team activities. In addition, two five-star high school recruits who had verbally committed to join the Louisville program in 2018\u201319, Anfernee Simons and Courtney Ramey, rescinded their commitments and reopened their recruitment. Simons would try his luck with entering the 2018 NBA Draft as a high school postgraduate.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 59], "section_span": [61, 102], "content_span": [103, 649]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275907-0015-0001", "contents": "2017\u201318 NCAA Division I men's basketball corruption scandal, Programs affected, First wave, Louisville\nThe Cardinals lost a third recruit on October 4 when David Johnson, a guard from the local Trinity High School who was rated as a top-50 prospect in the recruiting class of 2019 and had verbally committed to Louisville, rescinded his commitment (Johnson would re-commit to Louisville a year later). Two other five-star prospects for 2018 who had placed Louisville within their final choices, Moses Brown and Romeo Langford removed the Cardinals from their lists in the wake of the scandal.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 59], "section_span": [61, 102], "content_span": [103, 592]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275907-0016-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 NCAA Division I men's basketball corruption scandal, Programs affected, First wave, Louisville\nOn October 6 the University of Louisville placed associate head coach Kenny Johnson and assistant coach Jordan Fair on paid administrative leave, and Fair would be fired by Louisville on October 11.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 59], "section_span": [61, 102], "content_span": [103, 301]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275907-0017-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 NCAA Division I men's basketball corruption scandal, Programs affected, First wave, Louisville\nThe Louisville athletics board officially voted to fire Pitino on October 16. Two days later, the university's board of trustees voted 10\u20133 to fire Jurich with cause.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 59], "section_span": [61, 102], "content_span": [103, 269]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275907-0018-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 NCAA Division I men's basketball corruption scandal, Programs affected, First wave, Louisville\nOn November 8, the Southern District unsealed a new set of indictments against eight of the 10 individuals initially charged. On the same day, NBC News reported that these new documents directly linked Pitino to the alleged scheme to pay Bowen's family. The documents allege that Pitino met in July 2017 with Christian Dawkins, an agent who was formally indicted in both September and November. During that meeting, Dawkins was said to have asked Pitino to call Gatto and request the $100,000 payment to Bowen's family, and Pitino reportedly agreed to make the call to Gatto. The FBI revealed that phone records indicated that Pitino called Gatto three times before Bowen committed to Louisville.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 59], "section_span": [61, 102], "content_span": [103, 799]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275907-0019-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 NCAA Division I men's basketball corruption scandal, Programs affected, First wave, Louisville\nThe April 2018 indictments specifically charge Dawkins and Adidas consultant Merl Code with conspiring with Gatto to commit wire fraud and pay the aforementioned $100,000 to Bowen's family.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 59], "section_span": [61, 102], "content_span": [103, 292]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275907-0020-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 NCAA Division I men's basketball corruption scandal, Programs affected, First wave, Louisville\nOn May 18, 2018 the board of trustees agreed to a $4.5 million settlement with Jurich that cleared him of any wrong doing and phrased his termination as \"retirement\".", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 59], "section_span": [61, 102], "content_span": [103, 269]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275907-0021-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 NCAA Division I men's basketball corruption scandal, Programs affected, First wave, Miami\nLike Louisville, the University of Miami was not directly identified in the court documents, but UM president Julio Frenk confirmed on September 27 that the school was the institution described in said documents as \"University-7\". The confirmation came the day after the attorney for UM head coach Jim Larra\u00f1aga said that the coach was unaware of any impropriety in the program.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 59], "section_span": [61, 97], "content_span": [98, 476]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275907-0021-0001", "contents": "2017\u201318 NCAA Division I men's basketball corruption scandal, Programs affected, First wave, Miami\nThe documents allege that a UM coach identified only as \"Coach-3\" requested that Gatto arrange a $150,000 payment from Adidas to the family of a top high school player identified as \"Player-12\" in an attempt to keep him from signing with a \"University-4\" that was sponsored by a rival apparel company. This alleged $150,000 payment was also included in the April 2018 indictments.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 59], "section_span": [61, 97], "content_span": [98, 478]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275907-0022-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 NCAA Division I men's basketball corruption scandal, Programs affected, First wave, Oklahoma State and South Carolina\nLamont Evans, at the time an assistant at Oklahoma State, was one of the four coaches arrested on September 26. He was accused of taking at least $22,000 in bribes from two financial advisors, one of whom was acting as an FBI informant. The alleged bribes were offered over a five-year period that included Evans' former tenure as an assistant at South Carolina. Oklahoma State fired Evans on September 28.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 59], "section_span": [61, 125], "content_span": [126, 532]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275907-0023-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 NCAA Division I men's basketball corruption scandal, Programs affected, First wave, Oklahoma State and South Carolina\nOklahoma State lost one potential recruit due to the scandal. On the same day Evans was fired, Antwann Jones, a guard ranked by ESPN as one of the top 50 players in the recruiting class of 2018, rescinded a verbal commitment he had made to the program less than two weeks earlier.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 59], "section_span": [61, 125], "content_span": [126, 406]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275907-0024-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 NCAA Division I men's basketball corruption scandal, Programs affected, First wave, Oklahoma State and South Carolina\nEvans was sentenced to three months in prison in June 2019 for his participation in the scheme, which he also conducted at the University of South Carolina.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 59], "section_span": [61, 125], "content_span": [126, 282]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275907-0025-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 NCAA Division I men's basketball corruption scandal, Programs affected, First wave, Oklahoma State and South Carolina\nIn June 2020, a press release by the NCAA announced that the men\u2019s basketball team will be prohibited from participating in 2020-21 postseason competition and the university will self-impose a fine of $10,000 plus 1 percent of the men\u2019s basketball program\u2019s budget.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 59], "section_span": [61, 125], "content_span": [126, 391]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275907-0026-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 NCAA Division I men's basketball corruption scandal, Programs affected, First wave, Alabama\nIn the aftermath of the announcement of the FBI investigation, Alabama director of basketball operations Kobie Baker resigned following an internal investigation into the program. This resignation came after the school uncovered that Baker had accepted bribes to steer one of Alabama's incoming freshman players toward financial advisor Rashan Michel. Baker allegedly accepted a $5,000 payment for arranging a meeting between Michel and the father of the player, and an additional $10,000 for helping to steer the player toward Michel.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 59], "section_span": [61, 99], "content_span": [100, 635]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275907-0027-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 NCAA Division I men's basketball corruption scandal, Programs affected, First wave, Alabama\nBefore Alabama's exhibition game on November 6, 2017, the school announced that freshman point guard Collin Sexton would not play that game nor the first regular season game against Memphis due to eligibility concerns. Sexton would later be cleared to play for Alabama starting with their November 14 game against Lipscomb.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 59], "section_span": [61, 99], "content_span": [100, 423]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275907-0028-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 NCAA Division I men's basketball corruption scandal, Programs affected, First wave, USC\nOn September 26, federal prosecutors in New York announced charges of fraud and corruption against USC assistant coach Tony Bland. The charges allege that Bland and others allegedly received benefits from financial advisers and others to influence student-athletes to retain their services. Following the announcement, USC placed Bland on administrative leave and announced that it would conduct an internal investigation of the matter. After playing in only a few games in the 2017\u201318 season, on January 15, 2018, sophomore point guard De'Anthony Melton was indefinitely suspended as a result of the investigation.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 59], "section_span": [61, 95], "content_span": [96, 711]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275907-0028-0001", "contents": "2017\u201318 NCAA Division I men's basketball corruption scandal, Programs affected, First wave, USC\nMelton would later remove himself from the university on February 21, 2018, in order to enter the 2018 NBA Draft and begin training for it early, where he was selected 46th by the Houston Rockets and was later traded to the Phoenix Suns on August 31 before the upcoming NBA season began.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 59], "section_span": [61, 95], "content_span": [96, 383]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275907-0029-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 NCAA Division I men's basketball corruption scandal, Programs affected, First wave, USC\nOn Friday, December 13, 2019, USC received a notice of allegations from the NCAA in regards to the violations stemming from this investigation into the USC basketball department.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 59], "section_span": [61, 95], "content_span": [96, 274]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275907-0030-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 NCAA Division I men's basketball corruption scandal, Programs affected, Second wave, Arizona\nOn February 23, 2018, FBI wiretaps reportedly showed that head coach Sean Miller had discussed with Dawkins about paying Deandre Ayton $100,000 to facilitate Ayton's commitment to the University of Arizona, with the monetary situation being dealt with directly to him. Based on 247Sports which follows high school players and their recruitment, they had predicted 99% that Ayton would be attending University of Kansas the night of his commitment.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 59], "section_span": [61, 100], "content_span": [101, 548]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275907-0030-0001", "contents": "2017\u201318 NCAA Division I men's basketball corruption scandal, Programs affected, Second wave, Arizona\nIf he were implicated in this case, it would have potentially hurt Ayton's chances of finishing out the rest of his season with Arizona, as well as result in him entering the 2018 NBA draft earlier than anticipated, similar to that of De'Anthony Melton. The following day, Miller notified the team that he would not coach in that night's game against Oregon, with associate coach Lorenzo Romar coaching the team instead and Ayton being allowed to play for Arizona that game.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 59], "section_span": [61, 100], "content_span": [101, 575]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275907-0030-0002", "contents": "2017\u201318 NCAA Division I men's basketball corruption scandal, Programs affected, Second wave, Arizona\nHowever, Ayton and his family have maintained they did not earn any monetary benefits to attend Arizona, with further information suggesting that Miller's calls to Dawkins were related to the recruitment of another player instead. This ultimately led to Ayton being cleared to finish out the season with Arizona. On March 1, Miller made his first public comments since the reporting on the wiretaps, in which he unequivocally denied any involvement in payments to players.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 59], "section_span": [61, 100], "content_span": [101, 573]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275907-0030-0003", "contents": "2017\u201318 NCAA Division I men's basketball corruption scandal, Programs affected, Second wave, Arizona\nESPN reported that Miller would coach the team that night against Stanford, with Miller confirmed to remain the coach for Arizona throughout the rest of this season, as well as a bit further beyond that. (In part because of the continued corruption investigation, Miller would eventually be fired by Arizona in April 2021.)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 59], "section_span": [61, 100], "content_span": [101, 424]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275907-0031-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 NCAA Division I men's basketball corruption scandal, Programs affected, Second wave, Arizona\nArizona, which had already lost one of its three-member 2018 recruiting class after the initial allegations, initially lost its remaining two 2018 recruits after the new revelations. Power forward Shareef O'Neal, son of Hall of Fame player Shaquille O'Neal and rated as a top-30 prospect, announced on February 24 that he was rescinding a commitment he had made in April 2017 to play at Arizona.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 59], "section_span": [61, 100], "content_span": [101, 496]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275907-0031-0001", "contents": "2017\u201318 NCAA Division I men's basketball corruption scandal, Programs affected, Second wave, Arizona\nBecause the younger O'Neal signed a nonbinding financial aid agreement instead of a formal letter of intent, he did not need a release from Arizona to choose a new destination, and he would commit to UCLA three days later. Arizona's only remaining recruit at the time in the 2018 class, point guard Brandon Williams, also did not sign a letter of intent, giving him the option to reopen his recruitment, and he chose to do so on March 2. However, unlike Shareef O'Neal, Williams decided to recommit to Arizona on May 5, 2018.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 59], "section_span": [61, 100], "content_span": [101, 626]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275907-0032-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 NCAA Division I men's basketball corruption scandal, Programs affected, Second wave, NC State\nAccording to the documents viewed by Yahoo! Sports, former NC State and current NBA player Dennis Smith Jr. had received $43,500 from ASM Sports, an agency run by reported cooperating government witness Andy Miller, before enrolling at the school. Another document said that Smith had received over $70,000 in loans, with the document also including notes about \"how to recoup the money\" after Smith chose not to sign with ASM Sports.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 59], "section_span": [61, 101], "content_span": [102, 536]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275907-0033-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 NCAA Division I men's basketball corruption scandal, Programs affected, Second wave, NC State\nThe April 2018 indictments specifically charge that Gatto was involved in a scheme to funnel $40,000 to Smith's family in October 2015 in exchange for signing with NC State. Adidas had a well-established relationship with both Smith and NC State, as Smith was playing for an Adidas-sponsored AAU team at the time, and NC State was then (as now) an Adidas-backed program. The indictment also claimed that an NC State coach identified only as \"Coach-4\" was the conduit for this payment. Smith would sign a financial aid agreement with the school in December of that year.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 59], "section_span": [61, 101], "content_span": [102, 671]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275907-0034-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 NCAA Division I men's basketball corruption scandal, Programs affected, Second wave, Seton Hall\nThe ASM documents also claim that current NBA player Isaiah Whitehead received at least $26,000 from ASM while at Seton Hall. He signed with ASM after leaving for the 2016 NBA draft, but later moved to Roc Nation.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 59], "section_span": [61, 103], "content_span": [104, 317]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275907-0035-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 NCAA Division I men's basketball corruption scandal, Programs affected, Second wave, LSU\nFormer LSU player Tim Quarterman allegedly received at least $16,000 from ASM while at the school.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 59], "section_span": [61, 96], "content_span": [97, 195]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275907-0036-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 NCAA Division I men's basketball corruption scandal, Programs affected, Second wave, Maryland\nDiamond Stone, who played at Maryland in the 2015\u201316 season, allegedly received over $14,000 from ASM. The school launched an internal investigation into possible ties with the scandal, with head coach Mark Turgeon denying that he or any of his staff members had any involvement with the agency.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 59], "section_span": [61, 101], "content_span": [102, 397]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275907-0037-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 NCAA Division I men's basketball corruption scandal, Programs affected, Second wave, Maryland\nThe April 2018 indictments peripherally linked Maryland and its current apparel provider, Under Armour, to the scandal in a completely separate context, although neither was explicitly named in those documents. The FBI alleged that Gatto and a co-conspirator identified in the documents as \"CC-3\" agreed to make payments to the guardian of a 2017 recruit who was identified by media as Silvio De Sousa. According to the documents, the guardian told \"CC-3\" that he had received illicit payments from individuals connected with Under Armour in exchange for De Sousa's commitment to Maryland.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 59], "section_span": [61, 101], "content_span": [102, 691]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275907-0037-0001", "contents": "2017\u201318 NCAA Division I men's basketball corruption scandal, Programs affected, Second wave, Maryland\nThe guardian also indicated that De Sousa preferred to go to Kansas, but that he would need to repay the illicit payments to facilitate the player's wishes. Gatto and \"CC-3\" then allegedly paid the guardian $20,000. De Sousa, who had been considered by most recruiting experts as a virtual lock to attend Maryland, committed to Kansas on August 30, 2017. It should also be noted that shortly after the 2018 indictments were unsealed, De Sousa's guardian denied accepting any illicit payments.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 59], "section_span": [61, 101], "content_span": [102, 594]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275907-0038-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 NCAA Division I men's basketball corruption scandal, Programs affected, Second wave, Kentucky\nA spreadsheet in the documents viewed by Yahoo! Sports listed a $12,000 payment to a prospect identified as \"BAM\". A later note in the document identifies this individual as Bam Adebayo, who played only one season at Kentucky in 2016\u201317. Other documents claim that Adebayo received $36,500 in loans. Additionally, then-current Wildcats player Kevin Knox was listed among several players who had met or dined with Dawkins, or whose families had done so.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 59], "section_span": [61, 101], "content_span": [102, 554]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275907-0039-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 NCAA Division I men's basketball corruption scandal, Programs affected, Second wave, Washington\nMarkelle Fultz, who played a season at Washington before leaving to become the top pick in the 2017 NBA draft, allegedly received $10,000 from ASM.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 59], "section_span": [61, 103], "content_span": [104, 251]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275907-0040-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 NCAA Division I men's basketball corruption scandal, Programs affected, Second wave, USC\nMelton would ultimately not be the only USC player implicated. The ASM documents claim that two other current USC players, or individuals closely associated with them, had received payments from the company.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 59], "section_span": [61, 96], "content_span": [97, 304]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275907-0041-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 NCAA Division I men's basketball corruption scandal, Programs affected, Second wave, Utah\nKyle Kuzma, a 2017 first-round NBA draft pick, was listed in the ASM documents as having received $9,500 from the agency while at Utah.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 59], "section_span": [61, 97], "content_span": [98, 233]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275907-0042-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 NCAA Division I men's basketball corruption scandal, Programs affected, Second wave, Xavier\nFormer Xavier star Edmond Sumner and his father reportedly received at least $7,000 in advances from ASM during the younger Sumner's college career.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 59], "section_span": [61, 99], "content_span": [100, 248]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275907-0043-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 NCAA Division I men's basketball corruption scandal, Programs affected, Second wave, South Carolina\nAfter being withheld from play by Louisville amid questions regarding his eligibility stemming from the original revelations, Brian Bowen withdrew from the school and eventually enrolled at South Carolina, though he would not be eligible to play for the Gamecocks' basketball program until January 2019. However, the ASM documents raise more questions about his NCAA eligibility, allegedly listing at least $7,000 in benefits to him and his family during his high school career. That would result in him later rescinding his collegiate entry altogether, instead opting to begin a professional basketball career early, starting with the Sydney Kings in Australia. In addition, P. J. Dozier, a star on South Carolina's 2017 Final Four team, was alleged to have received over $6,000 while at the school.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 59], "section_span": [61, 107], "content_span": [108, 908]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275907-0044-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 NCAA Division I men's basketball corruption scandal, Programs affected, Second wave, Kansas\nThe mother of former Kansas (KU) star Josh Jackson, Apples Jones, reportedly received $2,700 from ASM during Jackson's college career.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 59], "section_span": [61, 99], "content_span": [100, 234]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275907-0045-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 NCAA Division I men's basketball corruption scandal, Programs affected, Second wave, Kansas\nThe April 2018 indictments raised more serious issues surrounding the Kansas program, which is also sponsored by Adidas. Gatto and the coach of an Adidas-sponsored AAU team were alleged to have given at least $90,000 to the mother of a KU recruit between October 2016 and November 2017 in exchange for the player's commitment to the school. Sources close to the investigation told Yahoo! Sports that this player was Billy Preston, who committed to KU in November 2016 and enrolled at the school in 2017.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 59], "section_span": [61, 99], "content_span": [100, 603]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275907-0045-0001", "contents": "2017\u201318 NCAA Division I men's basketball corruption scandal, Programs affected, Second wave, Kansas\nHe played in two exhibition games, but the school did not allow him to play during the beginning 2017\u201318 season and then left school after questions were raised about his ownership of a car which he was driving at the time of an auto accident. Another member of KU's 2017 recruiting class, Silvio De Sousa, was linked to illicit payments in the 2018 indictments. The University attempted a plea deal acknowledging the payment to De Sousa was used to cover an online class. In April 2019, the University submitted their formal appeal to have De Sousa be re-instated for the 2019\u20132020 season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 59], "section_span": [61, 99], "content_span": [100, 690]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275907-0046-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 NCAA Division I men's basketball corruption scandal, Programs affected, Second wave, Texas\nThen-current Texas player Eric Davis Jr. allegedly received $1,500 from ASM. Texas held him out of the team's February 24 game against Oklahoma State. In addition, former Longhorns player Prince Ibeh was found in Dawkins' list of players and/or families who had met with or dined with Dawkins while in high school or college.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 59], "section_span": [61, 98], "content_span": [99, 424]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275907-0047-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 NCAA Division I men's basketball corruption scandal, Programs affected, Second wave, San Diego State\nThen-current San Diego State player Malik Pope allegedly received $1,400 from ASM. Pope was withheld from the team's February 24 game against San Jose State while the school launched an internal investigation into the allegations. San Diego State cleared Pope to play prior to the Aztecs' February 27 game against Boise State, determining that there was no credible evidence that Pope had received any impermissible benefits.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 59], "section_span": [61, 108], "content_span": [109, 534]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275907-0048-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 NCAA Division I men's basketball corruption scandal, Programs affected, Second wave, Clemson\nFormer Clemson star Jaron Blossomgame reportedly received a payment of $1,100 while at the school.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 59], "section_span": [61, 100], "content_span": [101, 199]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275907-0049-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 NCAA Division I men's basketball corruption scandal, Programs affected, Second wave, Wichita State\nThe ASM documents allege that former Wichita State star Fred VanVleet received at least $1,000 while playing for the school.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 59], "section_span": [61, 106], "content_span": [107, 231]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275907-0050-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 NCAA Division I men's basketball corruption scandal, Programs affected, Second wave, Michigan State\nThe mother of then-current Michigan State star Miles Bridges reportedly received several hundred dollars in advances from ASM. An internal Michigan State investigation found that allegations that Bridges' mother had received about $400 in cash from Dawkins were false, but confirmed that Dawkins had paid slightly over $70 for a dinner with Bridges family members (though without the player present). Bridges was temporarily ruled ineligible because of the dinner, but his eligibility was restored on February 24, just in time to play for the Spartans' regular season finale at Wisconsin. Bridges made a $40 contribution (the approximate value of his family members' meals at the Dawkins meeting) to a charity of his choice as part of the reinstatement process.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 59], "section_span": [61, 107], "content_span": [108, 869]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275907-0051-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 NCAA Division I men's basketball corruption scandal, Programs affected, Second wave, Other players potentially implicated\nThe ASM documents also indicated that several players, or their family members, had either met or dined with Dawkins while the players were in high school or college. According to a lawyer involved with NCAA compliance issues who was interviewed in the Yahoo! Sports report, merely meeting with an agent is not an NCAA violation, but if the agent pays for a player's or family member's meal, the meal can be considered an \"extra benefit\" under NCAA rules. In addition to the aforementioned Knox and Ibeh, the following then-current and former NCAA players were listed in the ASM documents in this context:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 59], "section_span": [61, 129], "content_span": [130, 735]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275908-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 NCAA Division I men's basketball rankings\nTwo human polls make up the 2017\u201318 NCAA Division I men's basketball rankings, the AP Poll and the Coaches Poll, in addition to various publications' preseason polls.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 49], "section_span": [49, 49], "content_span": [50, 216]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275908-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 NCAA Division I men's basketball rankings, USA Today Coaches Poll\nThe Coaches Poll is the second oldest poll still in use after the AP Poll. It is compiled by a rotating group of 31 college Division I head coaches. The Poll operates by Borda count. Each voting member ranks teams from 1 to 25. Each team then receives points for their ranking in reverse order: Number 1 earns 25 points, number 2 earns 24 points, and so forth. The points are then combined and the team with the highest points is then ranked No. 1; second highest is ranked No. 2 and so forth. Only the top 25 teams with points are ranked, with teams receiving first place votes noted the quantity next to their name. The maximum points a single team can earn is 775.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 49], "section_span": [51, 73], "content_span": [74, 741]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275909-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 NCAA Division I men's basketball season\nThe 2017\u201318 NCAA Division I men's basketball season began on November 10, 2017. The first tournament was the 2K Sports Classic and the season ended with the Final Four in San Antonio on April 2, 2018. Practices officially began on September 29, 2017.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 47], "section_span": [47, 47], "content_span": [48, 298]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275909-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 NCAA Division I men's basketball season, Rule changes\nThe following rule changes were proposed for the 2017\u201318 NCAA Division I men's basketball season:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 47], "section_span": [49, 61], "content_span": [62, 159]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275909-0002-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 NCAA Division I men's basketball season, Rule changes\nThe NCAA approved a number of experimental rule changes for use in the 2018 postseason NIT:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 47], "section_span": [49, 61], "content_span": [62, 153]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275909-0003-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 NCAA Division I men's basketball season, Conference membership changes\nIn addition to the schools changing conferences, the 2017\u201318 season was the last for four schools in their then-current conferences.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 47], "section_span": [49, 78], "content_span": [79, 211]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275909-0004-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 NCAA Division I men's basketball season, Arenas, Temporary arenas\nThree Division I men's teams played the 2017\u201318 season in temporary homes due to renovation of their current venues. A fourth team moved its home schedule to what is normally an alternate home for the same reason. One additional team is playing in two temporary venues while its previous venue is being replaced by a completely new structure at the same site.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 47], "section_span": [49, 73], "content_span": [74, 433]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275909-0005-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 NCAA Division I men's basketball season, Season outlook, Pre\u2013season polls\nThe top 25 from the AP and USA Today Coaches Polls.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 47], "section_span": [49, 81], "content_span": [82, 133]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275909-0006-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 NCAA Division I men's basketball season, Regular season, Upsets\nAn upset is a victory by an underdog team. In the context of NCAA Division I Men's Basketball, this generally constitutes an unranked team defeating a team currently ranked in the Top 25. This list will highlight those upsets of ranked teams by unranked teams as well as upsets of #1 teams. Rankings are from the AP poll.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 47], "section_span": [49, 71], "content_span": [72, 393]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275909-0007-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 NCAA Division I men's basketball season, Regular season, Upsets\nBold type indicates winning teams in \"true road games\"\u2014i.e., those played on an opponent's home court (including secondary homes, such as Intrust Bank Arena for Wichita State).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 47], "section_span": [49, 71], "content_span": [72, 248]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275909-0008-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 NCAA Division I men's basketball season, Regular season, Conference winners and tournaments\nEach of the 32 Division I athletic conferences ends its regular season with a single-elimination tournament. The team with the best regular-season record in each conference is given the number one seed in each tournament, with tiebreakers used as needed in the case of ties for the top seeding. The winners of these tournaments receive automatic invitations to the 2018 NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Tournament.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 47], "section_span": [49, 99], "content_span": [100, 514]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275909-0009-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 NCAA Division I men's basketball season, Postseason, NCAA Tournament, Tournament upsets\nFor this list, an \"upset\" is defined as a win by a team seeded 7 or more spots below its defeated opponent.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 47], "section_span": [49, 95], "content_span": [96, 203]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275909-0010-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 NCAA Division I men's basketball season, Postseason, National Invitation Tournament\nAfter the NCAA Tournament field was announced, the NCAA invited 32 teams to participate in the National Invitation Tournament. The tournament began on March 13, 2018 with all games prior to the semifinals being played at campus sites.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 47], "section_span": [49, 91], "content_span": [92, 326]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275909-0011-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 NCAA Division I men's basketball season, Postseason, National Invitation Tournament, NIT Semifinals and Final\nPlayed at Madison Square Garden in New York City on March 27 and 29", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 47], "section_span": [49, 117], "content_span": [118, 185]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275909-0012-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 NCAA Division I men's basketball season, Postseason, College Basketball Invitational\nThe eleventh College Basketball Invitational (CBI) Tournament began on March 13, 2018. This tournament features 16 teams who were left out of the NCAA Tournament and NIT.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 47], "section_span": [49, 92], "content_span": [93, 263]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275909-0013-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 NCAA Division I men's basketball season, Postseason, CollegeInsider.com Postseason Tournament\nThe eighth CollegeInsider.com Postseason Tournament began on March 12, 2018 and ended with the championship game on March 30. This tournament places an emphasis on selecting successful teams from \"mid-major\" conferences who were left out of the NCAA Tournament and NIT. 26 teams participate in this tournament.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 47], "section_span": [49, 101], "content_span": [102, 412]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275910-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 NCAA Division I men's ice hockey rankings\nTwo human polls made up the 2017\u201318 NCAA Division I men's ice hockey rankings, the USCHO.com/CBS College Sports poll and the USA Today/USA Hockey Magazine poll. As the 2017\u201318 season progressed, rankings were updated weekly.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 49], "section_span": [49, 49], "content_span": [50, 274]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275911-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 NCAA Division I men's ice hockey season\nThe 2017\u201318 NCAA Division I men's ice hockey season began in October 2017 and ended with the Frozen Four in April 2018. This was the 71st season in which an NCAA ice hockey championship was held, and US college hockey's 123rd year overall.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 47], "section_span": [47, 47], "content_span": [48, 287]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275911-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 NCAA Division I men's ice hockey season, Player stats, Scoring leaders\nGP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; PIM = Penalty minutes", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 47], "section_span": [49, 78], "content_span": [79, 157]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275911-0002-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 NCAA Division I men's ice hockey season, Player stats, Leading goaltenders\nThe following goaltenders lead the NCAA in goals against average while playing at least 33% of their team's total minutes.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 47], "section_span": [49, 82], "content_span": [83, 205]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275911-0003-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 NCAA Division I men's ice hockey season, Player stats, Leading goaltenders\nGP = Games played; Min = Minutes played; W = Wins; L = Losses; T = Ties; GA = Goals against; SO = Shutouts; SV% = Save percentage; GAA = Goals against average", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 47], "section_span": [49, 82], "content_span": [83, 241]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275912-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 NCAA Division I women's basketball rankings\nTwo human polls make up the 2017\u201318 NCAA Division I women's basketball rankings, the AP Poll and the Coaches Poll, in addition to various publications' preseason polls.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 51], "section_span": [51, 51], "content_span": [52, 220]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275912-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 NCAA Division I women's basketball rankings, Notable events\nStanford failed to be in the top 25 in the AP Poll released December 25, 2017. They had been in the top 25 for the prior 312 consecutive weeks, tied with Duke for the third longest streak in the top 25. The longest streak (not currently active) is 565 weeks (32 seasons) held by Tennessee between February 17, 1985, and February 15, 2016. The second longest streak, and longest active streak is held by Connecticut, and currently active as of December 25, 2017, at 458 weeks, starting with the Preseason 1993-94 poll.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 51], "section_span": [53, 67], "content_span": [68, 585]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275912-0002-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 NCAA Division I women's basketball rankings, USA Today Coaches Poll\nThe Coaches Poll is the second oldest poll still in use after the AP Poll. It is compiled by a rotating group of 31 college Division I head coaches. The Poll operates by Borda count. Each voting member ranks teams from 1 to 25. Each team then receives points for their ranking in reverse order: Number 1 earns 25 points, number 2 earns 24 points, and so forth. The points are then combined and the team with the highest points is then ranked No. 1; second highest is ranked No. 2 and so forth. Only the top 25 teams with points are ranked, with teams receiving first place votes noted the quantity next to their name. The maximum points a single team can earn is 775.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 51], "section_span": [53, 75], "content_span": [76, 743]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275913-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 NCAA Division I women's basketball season\nThe 2017\u201318 NCAA Division I women's basketball season began on November 10, 2017 and ended with the Final Four title game at Nationwide Arena in Columbus, Ohio on April 1, 2018. Practices officially began in September 29, 2017.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 49], "section_span": [49, 49], "content_span": [50, 277]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275913-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 NCAA Division I women's basketball season, Conference membership changes\nIn addition to the schools changing conferences, the 2017\u201318 season was the last for four schools in their then-current conferences:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 49], "section_span": [51, 80], "content_span": [81, 213]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275913-0002-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 NCAA Division I women's basketball season, Arenas, Temporary arenas\nFour Division I women's teams played the 2017\u201318 season in temporary homes due to renovation of their current venues. A fifth played in a temporary home following the demolition of its previous venue to accommodate a new arena.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 49], "section_span": [51, 75], "content_span": [76, 303]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275913-0003-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 NCAA Division I women's basketball season, Preseason polls\nThe top 25 from the AP and USA Today Coaches Polls.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 49], "section_span": [51, 66], "content_span": [67, 118]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275913-0004-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 NCAA Division I women's basketball season, Regular season, Early preseason tournament, Tournament upsets\nFor this list, an \"upset\" is defined as a win by a team seeded 7 or more spots below its defeated opponent.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 49], "section_span": [51, 112], "content_span": [113, 220]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275913-0005-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 NCAA Division I women's basketball season, Regular season, Conference winners and tournaments\nEach of the 32 Division I athletic conferences ends its regular season with a single-elimination tournament. The team with the best regular-season record in each conference is given the number one seed in each tournament, with tiebreakers used as needed in the case of ties for the top seeding. The winners of these tournaments receive automatic invitations to the 2018 NCAA Division I Women's Basketball Tournament.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 49], "section_span": [51, 101], "content_span": [102, 518]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275913-0006-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 NCAA Division I women's basketball season, Award winners, All-America teams\nThe NCAA has never recognized a consensus All-America team in women's basketball. This differs from the practice in men's basketball, in which the NCAA uses a combination of selections by the Associated Press (AP), the National Association of Basketball Coaches (NABC), the Sporting News, and the United States Basketball Writers Association (USBWA) to determine a consensus All-America team. The selection of a consensus team is possible because all four organizations select at least a first and second team, with only the USBWA not selecting a third team.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 49], "section_span": [51, 83], "content_span": [84, 642]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275913-0007-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 NCAA Division I women's basketball season, Award winners, All-America teams\nOf the major selectors in women's basketball, the AP and USBWA divide their selections into separate teams, but the 2017\u201318 season was the first in which the USBWA did so. The women's counterpart to the NABC, the Women's Basketball Coaches Association (WBCA), continues the USBWA's former practice of selecting a single 10-member (plus ties) team. The NCAA does not recognize Sporting News as an All-America selector in women's basketball.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 49], "section_span": [51, 83], "content_span": [84, 523]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275914-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 NCAA Division I women's ice hockey rankings\nTwo polls make up the 2017\u201318 NCAA Division I women's ice hockey rankings, the USCHO.com poll and the USA Today/USA Hockey Magazine poll. As the 2017\u201318 season progresses, rankings are updated weekly.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 51], "section_span": [51, 51], "content_span": [52, 252]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275915-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 NCAA Division I women's ice hockey season\nThe 2017\u201318 NCAA Division I women's ice hockey season began in September 2017 and ended with the 2018 NCAA Division I women's ice hockey tournament's championship game.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 49], "section_span": [49, 49], "content_span": [50, 218]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275915-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 NCAA Division I women's ice hockey season, Pre-season polls\nThe top 10 from USCHO.com and the top 10 from USA Today/USA Hockey Magazine, First place votes are in parentheses.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 49], "section_span": [51, 67], "content_span": [68, 182]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275916-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 NCAA Division II men's ice hockey season\nThe 2017\u201318 NCAA Division II men's ice hockey season began on October 27, 2017 and concluded on March 3 of the following year. This was the 36th season of second-tier college ice hockey.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 48], "section_span": [48, 48], "content_span": [49, 235]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275917-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 NCAA Division III men's ice hockey season\nThe 2017\u201318 NCAA Division III men's ice hockey season began on October 21, 2017, and concluded on March 24, 2018. This was the 45th season of Division III college ice hockey.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 49], "section_span": [49, 49], "content_span": [50, 224]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275917-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 NCAA Division III men's ice hockey season\nThe two Division II schools, (Saint Anselm and Saint Michael's) that had played in the New England Hockey Conference for years, formally left the league and began playing a full Northeast-10 Conference schedule.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 49], "section_span": [49, 49], "content_span": [50, 261]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275917-0002-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 NCAA Division III men's ice hockey season\nAs had been announced in 2016, seven members of ECAC West, the last remaining ECAC conference at the Division III level, left to form the United Collegiate Hockey Conference along with two new men's programs. The remaining school, Hobart, joined the NEHC.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 49], "section_span": [49, 49], "content_span": [50, 305]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275918-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 NCAA football bowl games\nThe 2017\u201318 NCAA football bowl games was a series of college football bowl games which completed the 2017 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The games began on December 16, 2017, and aside from the all-star games ended with the 2018 College Football Playoff National Championship which was played on January 8, 2018.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [32, 32], "content_span": [33, 351]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275918-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 NCAA football bowl games\nThe total of 40 team-competitive bowls in FBS, including the national championship game, was one less than the previous year, with the folding of the Poinsettia Bowl. To fill the 78 available bowl slots, a total of 15 teams (19% of all participants) with non-winning (6\u20136) seasons participated in bowl games. This marks only the second time in seven years that no teams with losing seasons (6\u20137 or 5\u20137) had to be invited to fill available bowl berths.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [32, 32], "content_span": [33, 484]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275918-0002-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 NCAA football bowl games, Schedule\nThe schedule for the 2017\u201318 bowl games is below. All times are EST (UTC\u22125).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 42], "content_span": [43, 119]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275918-0003-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 NCAA football bowl games, Schedule, College Football Playoff and Championship Game\nThe College Football Playoff system was used to determine a national champion of Division I FBS college football. A 13-member committee of experts ranked the top 25 teams in the nation after each of the last seven weeks of the 2017 season. The top four teams in the final ranking played a single-elimination semifinal round, with the winners advancing to the National Championship game.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 90], "content_span": [91, 477]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275918-0004-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 NCAA football bowl games, Schedule, College Football Playoff and Championship Game\nThe semifinal games were the Rose Bowl and the Sugar Bowl. Both were played on New Year's Day, as part of a yearly rotation of three pairs of six bowls, commonly referred to as the CFP New Year's Six bowl games. Their winners advanced to the 2018 College Football Playoff National Championship at Mercedes-Benz Stadium in Atlanta, Georgia, on January 8, 2018.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 90], "content_span": [91, 450]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275918-0005-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 NCAA football bowl games, Schedule, Non-CFP bowl games\nOn April 11, 2016, the NCAA announced a freeze on new bowl games until after the 2019 season. While bowl games had been the purview of only the very best teams for nearly a century, the NCAA had to lower its postseason eligibility criteria repeatedly (2006, 2009, 2010, 2012 and 2013), eventually allowing teams with losing seasons (5\u20137) to participate in bowls due to there being not enough bowl-eligible teams, while also having to allow teams from the same conference to meet in the 2015 Arizona Bowl due to the lack of eligible teams to meet its other tie-ins. For the 2017\u201318 bowl season, 62% of the 130 teams playing in Division I FBS were deemed eligible to participate in a bowl game, with 60% actually receiving invites to fill the 78 available slots.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 62], "content_span": [63, 823]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275918-0006-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 NCAA football bowl games, Schedule, Non-CFP bowl games\nFor the 2017\u201318 bowl season, changes from the prior season's bowl games include the relocation of the Miami Beach Bowl to Frisco, Texas as the Frisco Bowl, and the discontinuation of the Poinsettia Bowl. The Russel Athletic Bowl was renamed the Camping World Bowl under a new sponsorship, and after going without a sponsor for two years, the St. Petersburg Bowl was renamed the Gasparilla Bowl (a name that pays homage to Tampa Bay's Gasparilla Pirate Festival).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 62], "content_span": [63, 525]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275918-0007-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 NCAA football bowl games, Schedule, FCS bowl game\nThe FCS has one bowl game; they also have a championship bracket that began on November 25 and ended on January 6.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 57], "content_span": [58, 172]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275918-0008-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 NCAA football bowl games, Selection of the teams, CFP top 25 teams\nOn December 3, 2017, the College Football Playoff selection committee announced their final team rankings for the year.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 74], "content_span": [75, 194]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275918-0009-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 NCAA football bowl games, Selection of the teams, CFP top 25 teams\nIn the fourth year of the College Football Playoff era, this was the first time that two of the four semifinalists were from the same conference (Georgia and Alabama of the SEC).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 74], "content_span": [75, 254]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275918-0010-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 NCAA football bowl games, Selection of the teams, Conference champions' bowl games\nThree bowls featured two conference champions playing against each other\u2014the Dollar General Bowl, Cotton Bowl Classic, and Rose Bowl. Rankings are per the above CFP standings.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 90], "content_span": [91, 266]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275918-0011-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 NCAA football bowl games, Selection of the teams, Bowl-eligible teams\nIn mid-December multiple media sources reported that Florida State might not have met its bowl eligibility requirements. The team had a record of 6\u20136, with one of the wins \u2013 their 77\u20136 victory over Delaware State \u2013 against an FCS team. For such a game to count towards bowl eligibility, the FCS opponent must have used at least 90 percent of its allotted scholarships, and it was not clear that Delaware State had done so. But a few days later the Florida State administration issued a statement saying that Delaware State did in fact meet that threshold, once non-athletic scholarship funds were factored in.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 77], "content_span": [78, 687]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275918-0012-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 NCAA football bowl games, Selection of the teams, Bowl-eligible teams that did not receive a berth\nAs there are more bowl-eligible teams than bowl berths, three bowl-eligible teams did not receive a bowl berth:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 106], "content_span": [107, 218]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275919-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 NFL playoffs\nThe 2017\u201318 NFL playoffs began on January 6, 2018, after the 2017 season, and concluded with Super Bowl LII on February 4, 2018, when the Philadelphia Eagles defeated the New England Patriots at U.S. Bank Stadium in Minneapolis, Minnesota.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [20, 20], "content_span": [21, 260]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275919-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 NFL playoffs\nSeveral teams broke long playoff droughts, as the Buffalo Bills, Los Angeles Rams, Jacksonville Jaguars and Tennessee Titans each qualified for the playoffs for the first time since 1999, 2004, 2007 and 2008, respectively.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [20, 20], "content_span": [21, 243]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275919-0002-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 NFL playoffs\nThe playoffs were also notable for the Patriots reaching a seventh consecutive AFC Championship Game, extending their own NFL record, and the Eagles snapping a 57-year championship drought and claiming their first in the Super Bowl era.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [20, 20], "content_span": [21, 257]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275919-0003-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 NFL playoffs\nFor the first time since 2013\u201314, no games went to overtime.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [20, 20], "content_span": [21, 81]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275919-0004-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 NFL playoffs, Participants\nWithin each conference, the four division winners and the two wild card teams (the top two non-division winners with the best overall regular season records) qualified for the playoffs. The four division winners are seeded 1 through 4 based on their overall won-lost-tied record, and the wild card teams are seeded 5 and 6. The NFL does not use a fixed bracket playoff system, and there are no restrictions regarding teams from the same division matching up in any round.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 34], "content_span": [35, 506]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275919-0004-0001", "contents": "2017\u201318 NFL playoffs, Participants\nIn the first round, dubbed the wild-card playoffs or wild-card weekend, the third-seeded division winner hosts the sixth seed wild card, and the fourth seed hosts the fifth. The 1 and 2 seeds from each conference then receive a bye in the first round. In the second round, the divisional playoffs, the number 1 seed hosts the worst surviving seed from the first round (seed 4, 5, or 6), while the number 2 seed will play the other team (seed 3, 4, or 5).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 34], "content_span": [35, 489]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275919-0004-0002", "contents": "2017\u201318 NFL playoffs, Participants\nThe two surviving teams from each conference's divisional playoff games then meet in the respective AFC and NFC Conference Championship games, hosted by the higher seed. Although the Super Bowl, the fourth and final round of the playoffs, is played at a neutral site, the designated home team is based on an annual rotation by conference.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 34], "content_span": [35, 373]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275919-0005-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 NFL playoffs, Wild card playoffs, Saturday, January 6, 2018, AFC: Tennessee Titans 22, Kansas City Chiefs 21\nThe Tennessee Titans overcame an 18-point halftime deficit to defeat the Kansas City Chiefs 22\u201321 and won their first playoff game since the 2003 season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 116], "content_span": [117, 270]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275919-0006-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 NFL playoffs, Wild card playoffs, Saturday, January 6, 2018, AFC: Tennessee Titans 22, Kansas City Chiefs 21\nKansas City opened the scoring on their second possession of the game. After Alex Smith connected with Tyreek Hill for 45 yards and Travis Kelce for a 27-yard completion, Kareem Hunt ran in for a one-yard touchdown. On their next drive the Chiefs drove 76 yards in five plays, with Smith completing a 26-yard pass to Hill and an 18-yard pass to receiver Albert Wilson. Following an 18-yard run by Hunt, Smith hit Kelce for a 13-yard touchdown. Smith finished the quarter with 154 passing yards, a career high.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 116], "content_span": [117, 626]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275919-0007-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 NFL playoffs, Wild card playoffs, Saturday, January 6, 2018, AFC: Tennessee Titans 22, Kansas City Chiefs 21\nIn the second quarter, Tennessee advanced to Kansas City's 21-yard line before Marcus Mariota was intercepted by Marcus Peters, who returned the ball 28 yards to the Chiefs' 37-yard line. Following a punt, tight end Delanie Walker's 22-yard reception sparked a drive to the Chiefs' 22-yard line; however, on third-and-4, linebacker Derrick Johnson sacked Mariota and forced the team to settle for a 49-yard Ryan Succop field goal.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 116], "content_span": [117, 547]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275919-0007-0001", "contents": "2017\u201318 NFL playoffs, Wild card playoffs, Saturday, January 6, 2018, AFC: Tennessee Titans 22, Kansas City Chiefs 21\nThe Chiefs increased their lead to 18 points by the end of the half, however, with a nine-play, 79-yard drive that culminated in a 14-yard scoring pass from Smith to Demarcus Robinson with three seconds left in the half. Kansas City went into halftime with a 21\u20133 lead, with more total yards (284 to 127) and more first downs (16 to 3). However, Kelce suffered a game-ending injury while catching a 12-yard pass on the final drive.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 116], "content_span": [117, 548]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275919-0008-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 NFL playoffs, Wild card playoffs, Saturday, January 6, 2018, AFC: Tennessee Titans 22, Kansas City Chiefs 21\nTennessee opened the second half with a 15-play, 91-yard drive that consumed 8:29 off the clock. On a third-down play from the Kansas City 6-yard line, Mariota attempted a pass, which was deflected by Darrelle Revis, back to Mariota, who ran it in for a touchdown, making him the first quarterback to complete a touchdown pass to himself in a postseason game. The Chiefs were forced to punt on their next drive, but Adoree' Jackson muffed the catch and Keith Reaser recovered for Kansas City.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 116], "content_span": [117, 609]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275919-0008-0001", "contents": "2017\u201318 NFL playoffs, Wild card playoffs, Saturday, January 6, 2018, AFC: Tennessee Titans 22, Kansas City Chiefs 21\nThey were unable to capitalize on the turnover, however, as they lost two yards over their next three plays and Harrison Butker hit the upright from a 48-yard field goal attempt. Tennessee took the ball back and drove 62 yards in six plays, scoring on a 35-yard run by Derrick Henry on the second play of the fourth quarter to cut the score to 21\u201316 after a failed two-point conversion.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 116], "content_span": [117, 503]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275919-0009-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 NFL playoffs, Wild card playoffs, Saturday, January 6, 2018, AFC: Tennessee Titans 22, Kansas City Chiefs 21\nAgain forcing a Kansas City punt, Tennessee drove 81 yards in 11 plays to take their first lead of the game. Mariota converted three third downs on the drive, completing a 9-yard pass to Walker on third-and-3, scrambling 17 yards for a first down on third-and-8, and then connecting a 10-yard pass to tight end Jonnu Smith on third-and-2. Eventually, Mariota finished the drive by throwing to Eric Decker for a 22-yard touchdown, giving Tennessee a 22\u201321 lead following another failed two-point conversion with 6:06 remaining.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 116], "content_span": [117, 643]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275919-0009-0001", "contents": "2017\u201318 NFL playoffs, Wild card playoffs, Saturday, January 6, 2018, AFC: Tennessee Titans 22, Kansas City Chiefs 21\nKansas City then drove into Tennessee territory, but Alex Smith was sacked on third down by Derrick Morgan and then missed a pass to Wilson on fourth down with 2:09 left. On the second play of Tennessee's drive, Johnson recovered a Henry fumble and returned it 56 yards for a touchdown, but Henry was ruled down by contact upon review. One play later, Kansas City had one last chance to get the ball back on a third-and-10 situation.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 116], "content_span": [117, 550]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275919-0009-0002", "contents": "2017\u201318 NFL playoffs, Wild card playoffs, Saturday, January 6, 2018, AFC: Tennessee Titans 22, Kansas City Chiefs 21\nMariota handed the ball off to Henry, who started to run to the middle, but then switched direction and ran to the left. Aided by a key block from Mariota against linebacker Frank Zombo, Henry raced 22 yards down the left sideline for a game-clinching first down, and the Titans ran out the rest of the clock, having held the Chiefs to 41 yards and three first downs in the second half.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 116], "content_span": [117, 503]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275919-0010-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 NFL playoffs, Wild card playoffs, Saturday, January 6, 2018, AFC: Tennessee Titans 22, Kansas City Chiefs 21\nAlex Smith finished as the leading passer with 264 yards and two touchdowns, but only 110 yards after the first quarter. Mariota threw for 205 yards, two touchdowns and an interception in his first playoff start; his self-caught touchdown pass made him the first player since at least 1950 to throw and catch a touchdown pass in the same playoff game. Henry gained 156 yards on 23 carries and 191 total yards from scrimmage, while Hunt, the league's leading rusher during the regular season, gained just 42 yards on 11 carries. Chiefs coach Andy Reid faced criticism for not relying on Hunt to protect their lead in the second half, as Hunt only carried the ball five times after halftime.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 116], "content_span": [117, 806]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275919-0011-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 NFL playoffs, Wild card playoffs, Saturday, January 6, 2018, AFC: Tennessee Titans 22, Kansas City Chiefs 21\nTennessee became the first road team to erase an 18-point deficit to win a postseason game since the 1972 playoffs. The loss was Kansas City's sixth consecutive home playoff loss, extending a league record.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 116], "content_span": [117, 323]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275919-0012-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 NFL playoffs, Wild card playoffs, Saturday, January 6, 2018, NFC: Atlanta Falcons 26, Los Angeles Rams 13\nIn the first playoff game at the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum since the 1993 NFL season, and the first Rams playoff hosted at the venue since the 1978 NFL season, Matt Ryan threw for 218 yards and a touchdown, and kicker Matt Bryant kicked four field goals to beat the Rams.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 113], "content_span": [114, 389]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275919-0013-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 NFL playoffs, Wild card playoffs, Saturday, January 6, 2018, NFC: Atlanta Falcons 26, Los Angeles Rams 13\nAtlanta got an early scoring opportunity when Blake Countess muffed a punt that Falcons linebacker LaRoy Reynolds recovered on the Rams' 17-yard line, leading to Matt Bryant's 29-yard field goal. Then, after a punt, Atlanta receiver Julio Jones caught a 27-yard pass and rushed for 13 yards on an end-around play as the team drove 57 yards in nine plays to go up 6\u20130 on Bryant's 51-yard field goal. Damontae Kazee forced a fumble from Pharoh Cooper on the ensuing kickoff, which Kemal Ishmael recovered for Atlanta on the Rams' 32-yard line. This time, the Falcons were able to take the ball to the end zone, scoring on a 3-yard touchdown run by Devonta Freeman as a result of center Alex Mack literally dragging him across the goal line.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 113], "content_span": [114, 852]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275919-0014-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 NFL playoffs, Wild card playoffs, Saturday, January 6, 2018, NFC: Atlanta Falcons 26, Los Angeles Rams 13\nLate in the second quarter, the Rams finally managed to get on the board, sparked by a 26-yard run by Todd Gurley. Jared Goff finished the drive with passes to Cooper Kupp, the first for 15 yards and the second a 14-yard touchdown completion that made the score 13\u20137. The next time they had the ball, only 1:15 remained in the half, but they were able to convert a 38-yard completion from Goff to Robert Woods into a 35-yard Sam Ficken field goal, making the score 13\u201310 at halftime.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 113], "content_span": [114, 597]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275919-0015-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 NFL playoffs, Wild card playoffs, Saturday, January 6, 2018, NFC: Atlanta Falcons 26, Los Angeles Rams 13\nThe Falcons took up more than half the third quarter with their opening drive, moving the ball 76 yards in 16 plays. Freeman carried the ball six times for 42 yards, while quarterback Matt Ryan converted a fourth-and-1 with a 1-yard sneak. Bryant finished the possession with his third field goal, this one from 25 yards, increasing their lead to 16\u201310. After a Rams punt, Ryan's completions to Jones for gains of 12 and 16 yards set up Bryant's fourth field goal, a 51-yard kick, to put the team up 19\u201310.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 113], "content_span": [114, 620]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275919-0015-0001", "contents": "2017\u201318 NFL playoffs, Wild card playoffs, Saturday, January 6, 2018, NFC: Atlanta Falcons 26, Los Angeles Rams 13\nThe Rams quickly struck back, with Gurley rushing twice for gains of 14 and 33 yards, along with Goff completing an 18-yard pass to Woods. Ficken's 32-yard field goal at the end of the drive cut the deficit to 19\u201313 with just over 10 minutes left. However, Atlanta came back with an eight-play, 83-yard drive featuring a 52-yard completion from Ryan to Mohamed Sanu. On the last play, Ryan's 8-yard touchdown pass to Jones put his team up 26\u201313.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 113], "content_span": [114, 559]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275919-0015-0002", "contents": "2017\u201318 NFL playoffs, Wild card playoffs, Saturday, January 6, 2018, NFC: Atlanta Falcons 26, Los Angeles Rams 13\nThe Rams responded with one last drive to try and get back in the game, moving the ball to a third-and-goal situation on Atlanta's 5-yard line. Goff then threw a touchdown pass to tight end Tyler Higbee, but the call was reversed by a review, as replays showed the ball hit the ground as Higbee was going to the turf. On the next play, Goff threw an incomplete pass, causing a turnover on downs with 2:05 left. The Rams received the ball one more time, but this resulted in another turnover on downs.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 113], "content_span": [114, 614]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275919-0016-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 NFL playoffs, Wild card playoffs, Saturday, January 6, 2018, NFC: Atlanta Falcons 26, Los Angeles Rams 13\nRyan completed 21 of 30 passes for 213 yards and a touchdown, while Jones caught nine passes for 94 yards and a touchdown. Goff finished the day 24-for-45 for 259 yards and a touchdown. His top target was Woods, who caught nine passes for 142 yards. Gurley was the game's top rusher with 101 yards on 14 carries, while also catching four passes for 10 yards.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 113], "content_span": [114, 472]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275919-0017-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 NFL playoffs, Wild card playoffs, Sunday, January 7, 2018, AFC: Jacksonville Jaguars 10, Buffalo Bills 3\nIn the Jaguars' first playoff appearance since 2007 and the lowest scoring NFL postseason game since the 1997 season, Jacksonville's 15-play, 86-yard touchdown drive in the third quarter was enough to propel them to victory.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 112], "content_span": [113, 337]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275919-0018-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 NFL playoffs, Wild card playoffs, Sunday, January 7, 2018, AFC: Jacksonville Jaguars 10, Buffalo Bills 3\nEvery drive in the first quarter ended in a punt. Early in the second quarter, Jacksonville got a chance to score when Aaron Colvin intercepted a pass from Bills quarterback Tyrod Taylor on the Buffalo 35-yard line. However, the team lost three yards over the next three plays and decided to punt rather than risk a long field goal. From there, Buffalo took up nearly all the remaining time in the quarter, driving all the way to the Jaguars' 1-yard line.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 112], "content_span": [113, 568]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275919-0018-0001", "contents": "2017\u201318 NFL playoffs, Wild card playoffs, Sunday, January 7, 2018, AFC: Jacksonville Jaguars 10, Buffalo Bills 3\nHowever, an offensive pass interference penalty against receiver Kelvin Benjamin pushed them back 10 yards and they ended up settling for a 31-yard Steven Hauschka field goal to take a 3\u20130 lead with 1:49 left in the half. After an exchange of punts, Jacksonville got the ball on their own 47-yard line with 40 seconds left and quarterback Blake Bortles scrambled twice for gains of 20 and 12 yards to set up Josh Lambo's 44-yard field goal, tying the score at halftime.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 112], "content_span": [113, 582]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275919-0019-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 NFL playoffs, Wild card playoffs, Sunday, January 7, 2018, AFC: Jacksonville Jaguars 10, Buffalo Bills 3\nOn the Jaguars' second possession of the second half, they drove 86 yards in 15 plays to take a 10\u20133 lead. The key player of the drive was running back Leonard Fournette, who carried the ball eight times for 33 yards and caught a pass for 12 yards. Eventually the team faced fourth-and-goal on the 1-yard line and decided to go for the touchdown; the decision paid off as Bortles threw a pass to tight end Ben Koyack for the score with 42 seconds left in the third quarter. Jacksonville's defense then locked the Bills down in the fourth quarter, forcing three punts and an interception by Jalen Ramsey on the Jaguars' 48-yard line with 26 seconds left.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 112], "content_span": [113, 766]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275919-0020-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 NFL playoffs, Wild card playoffs, Sunday, January 7, 2018, AFC: Jacksonville Jaguars 10, Buffalo Bills 3\nBortles completed only 12 of 23 passes for 87 yards and a touchdown, but was also the game's leading rusher with 88 yards on the ground. Bills running back LeSean McCoy rushed for 75 yards and caught six passes for 44 yards.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 112], "content_span": [113, 337]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275919-0021-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 NFL playoffs, Wild card playoffs, Sunday, January 7, 2018, NFC: New Orleans Saints 31, Carolina Panthers 26\nThis was the first postseason meeting between the Panthers and Saints.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 115], "content_span": [116, 186]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275919-0022-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 NFL playoffs, Wild card playoffs, Sunday, January 7, 2018, NFC: New Orleans Saints 31, Carolina Panthers 26\nCarolina had a chance to score on their second possession of the game, driving to a third-and-goal on the Saints' 7-yard line. But over the next two plays, Kaelin Clay dropped a potential touchdown catch in the end zone and then Graham Gano missed a 25-yard field goal attempt. On the second play after the missed field goal, New Orleans quarterback Drew Brees threw a deep pass down the middle of the field to Ted Ginn Jr., who evaded a tackle attempt by James Bradberry and ran all the way to the end zone for an 80-yard touchdown reception. This gave New Orleans a 7\u20130 lead with less than two minutes left in the first quarter.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 115], "content_span": [116, 746]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275919-0023-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 NFL playoffs, Wild card playoffs, Sunday, January 7, 2018, NFC: New Orleans Saints 31, Carolina Panthers 26\nCarolina responded on their next drive, converting a 22-yard completion from Cam Newton to Greg Olsen and a 39-yard pass interference penalty against defensive back Ken Crawley into a 27-yard Gano field goal that cut the score to 7\u20133. However, New Orleans responded immediately, with Brees completing passes to Michael Thomas for gains of 19, 8 and 13 yards, as well as passes to running backs Mark Ingram and Alvin Kamara for gains of 13 and 10 yards.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 115], "content_span": [116, 568]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275919-0023-0001", "contents": "2017\u201318 NFL playoffs, Wild card playoffs, Sunday, January 7, 2018, NFC: New Orleans Saints 31, Carolina Panthers 26\nOn the last play of the drive, Brees put the Saints up 14\u20133 with a 9-yard touchdown pass to tight end Josh Hill. Carolina struck back, with Newton completing a 19-yard pass to Brenton Bersin and converting a fourth-and-1 with a quarterback sneak. Gano finished the 54-yard drive with a 39-yard field goal to make the score 14\u20136 with 2:47 left in the half. Brees responded by completing 4 of 6 passes for 67 yards on the way to a 1-yard touchdown run by fullback Zach Line, increasing the Saints' lead to 21\u20136.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 115], "content_span": [116, 625]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275919-0023-0002", "contents": "2017\u201318 NFL playoffs, Wild card playoffs, Sunday, January 7, 2018, NFC: New Orleans Saints 31, Carolina Panthers 26\nTaking the ball back with just over 40 seconds left, Newton completed a 24-yard pass to Devin Funchess. A few more plays moved the ball to the Saints' 40-yard line, where Gano barely managed to squeeze a 58-yard field goal inside the left upright, tying the NFL record for the longest field goal in postseason history.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 115], "content_span": [116, 434]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275919-0024-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 NFL playoffs, Wild card playoffs, Sunday, January 7, 2018, NFC: New Orleans Saints 31, Carolina Panthers 26\nThe Panthers continued to chip away at their deficit with their first drive of the second half, as they moved the ball 64 yards in nine plays on a possession that featured a 29-yard run by Jonathan Stewart. Gano finished the drive with his fourth field goal, making the score 21\u201312. But New Orleans was able to respond, with Ginn catching two passes for 30 yards on a 36-yard drive that ended with Wil Lutz kicking a 57-yard field goal, bringing their lead back up to 24\u201312. With less than two minutes left in the third quarter, the Panthers started a 68-yard drive in which Olsen caught three passes for 54 total yards, the last one a 14-yard touchdown catch that cut the score to 24\u201319.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 115], "content_span": [116, 804]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275919-0025-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 NFL playoffs, Wild card playoffs, Sunday, January 7, 2018, NFC: New Orleans Saints 31, Carolina Panthers 26\nFollowing a few punts, Brees' 46-yard completion to Thomas gave the Saints a first down on the Carolina 5-yard line, where they went on to score with Kamara's 2-yard touchdown run and go up 31\u201319 with 5:08 left. On the third play of the Panthers' next drive, Newton completed a short pass to running back Christian McCaffrey, who raced 56 yards for a touchdown, cutting the score to 31\u201326. New Orleans took the ball back and drove to a fourth-and-2 situation on the 47-yard line at the two-minute warning.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 115], "content_span": [116, 621]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275919-0025-0001", "contents": "2017\u201318 NFL playoffs, Wild card playoffs, Sunday, January 7, 2018, NFC: New Orleans Saints 31, Carolina Panthers 26\nDeciding to go for the first down, Brees threw a pass that was intercepted by safety Mike Adams, giving the ball back to the Panthers, though Adams' decision to intercept the ball instead of knocking the pass down ended up costing his team 16 yards. Carolina then drove to the Saints' 21-yard line. On second down, Newton was flagged for intentional grounding while throwing a pass to avoid a sack, bringing up third-and-23. Then after an incompletion, safety Vonn Bell sacked Newton, forcing a turnover on downs with four seconds left.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 115], "content_span": [116, 652]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275919-0026-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 NFL playoffs, Wild card playoffs, Sunday, January 7, 2018, NFC: New Orleans Saints 31, Carolina Panthers 26\nNewton finished the game 24-of-40 for 349 yards and two touchdowns, along with 37 yards on the ground. His top target was Olsen (eight receptions for 107 yards and a touchdown), who was one of four players in this game to have over 100 receiving yards. The others were McCaffrey (six for 101 yards and a touchdown), Thomas (eight receptions for 131 yards) and Ginn (four receptions for 115 yards and a touchdown). Brees was 23-of-33 for 376 yards with two touchdowns and one interception. Bell had nine tackles \u2013 seven solo \u2013 and a sack.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 115], "content_span": [116, 653]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275919-0027-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 NFL playoffs, Divisional playoffs, Saturday, January 13, 2018, NFC: Philadelphia Eagles 15, Atlanta Falcons 10\nPhiladelphia's defense recorded three sacks, held Atlanta to 281 yards \u2013 83 below their season average \u2013 and stopped the Falcons on four consecutive plays after a first-and-goal on their own 9-yard line in the final minutes to preserve a 15\u201310 win.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 118], "content_span": [119, 367]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275919-0028-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 NFL playoffs, Divisional playoffs, Saturday, January 13, 2018, NFC: Philadelphia Eagles 15, Atlanta Falcons 10\nThe Eagles seemed primed to score on their opening drive when a 42-yard pass interference penalty on Falcons defensive back Brian Poole gave them the ball on the Falcons' 33-yard line. But on the next play, Ricardo Allen forced a fumble from Jay Ajayi that was recovered by safety Keanu Neal. Atlanta then drove 59 yards in 12 plays to score on Matt Bryant's 33-yard field goal, giving them a 3\u20130 lead.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 118], "content_span": [119, 521]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275919-0028-0001", "contents": "2017\u201318 NFL playoffs, Divisional playoffs, Saturday, January 13, 2018, NFC: Philadelphia Eagles 15, Atlanta Falcons 10\nAfter the teams exchanged punts, Ajayi rushed four times for 26 yards and receiver Nelson Agholor ran for 21 yards on an end-around play as the team drove to a fourth-and-goal on the Atlanta 1-yard line. On the next play, LeGarrette Blount finished the 86-yard drive with a rush for the touchdown, putting the team up 6\u20133 with 10:28 left in the half after Jake Elliott hit the upright on his extra point attempt.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 118], "content_span": [119, 531]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275919-0029-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 NFL playoffs, Divisional playoffs, Saturday, January 13, 2018, NFC: Philadelphia Eagles 15, Atlanta Falcons 10\nAtlanta had to punt on their next drive, but the ball bounced into Eagles blocker Bryan Braman and was recovered by Falcons linebacker LaRoy Reynolds on the Philadelphia 18-yard line, where they went on to go up 10\u20136 with Matt Ryan's six-yard touchdown pass to running back Devonta Freeman. Following a punt from each team, Philadelphia got the ball on their own 28-yard line with 46 seconds left in the half. Quarterback Nick Foles then completed passes to Corey Clement, Torrey Smith and Alshon Jeffery for gains of 7, 20 and 15 yards, setting up Elliott's 53-yard field goal, which cut the score to 10\u20139 at halftime.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 118], "content_span": [119, 738]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275919-0030-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 NFL playoffs, Divisional playoffs, Saturday, January 13, 2018, NFC: Philadelphia Eagles 15, Atlanta Falcons 10\nWith just under six minutes left in the third quarter, the Eagles got the ball on their own 7-yard line due to a 39-yard punt by Matt Bosher. From there, Foles completed 5 of 7 passes for 70 yards \u2013 Jeffery caught three of them for 46 \u2013 on a 74-yard, 12-play drive to take the lead at 12\u201310 with Elliott's 37-yard field goal. Elliott's ensuing kickoff went out of bounds, giving Atlanta good field position on their own 40-yard line.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 118], "content_span": [119, 552]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275919-0030-0001", "contents": "2017\u201318 NFL playoffs, Divisional playoffs, Saturday, January 13, 2018, NFC: Philadelphia Eagles 15, Atlanta Falcons 10\nOn the next play, the last of the third quarter, Ryan was sacked for a 10-yard loss by safety Rodney McLeod. The Falcons ended up going three-and-out and their defense was soon back on the field trying to contain another long Eagles drive. This one went for 14 plays and 80 yards, 32 of them on a reception by Ajayi, taking 7:57 off the clock. Desmond Trufant managed to end the drive on the Falcons' 3-yard line by tackling Clement a yard short of a first down on third-and-3.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 118], "content_span": [119, 596]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275919-0030-0002", "contents": "2017\u201318 NFL playoffs, Divisional playoffs, Saturday, January 13, 2018, NFC: Philadelphia Eagles 15, Atlanta Falcons 10\nHowever, Elliott kicked his third field goal on the next play, giving Philadelphia a 15\u201310 lead with 6:02 remaining. Atlanta took the ball back and drove to a first down on the Eagles' 9-yard line, featuring a 20-yard reception by Julio Jones on fourth-and-6. After throwing incomplete passes on the next two plays, Ryan threw a seven-yard pass to Jones on the 2-yard line. Then with 1:05 left, Ryan tried to connect with Jones in the end zone, but the pass went just through his hands, enabling the Eagles to get the ball and run out the clock.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 118], "content_span": [119, 664]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275919-0031-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 NFL playoffs, Divisional playoffs, Saturday, January 13, 2018, NFC: Philadelphia Eagles 15, Atlanta Falcons 10\nFilling in for injured starter Carson Wentz, Foles completed 23 of 30 passes for 246 yards. Ajayi rushed for 54 yards and caught three passes for 44 yards. Ryan completed 22 of 36 passes for 210 yards and a touchdown. Jones caught nine passes for 101 yards and rushed for 21 yards, while Tevin Coleman was the top rusher of the game with 10 carries for 79 yards, while also catching a pass for 14 yards.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 118], "content_span": [119, 522]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275919-0032-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 NFL playoffs, Divisional playoffs, Saturday, January 13, 2018, NFC: Philadelphia Eagles 15, Atlanta Falcons 10\nWith the win, the Eagles won their first playoff game and advanced to their first NFC Championship appearance since 2008, and their first at home since 2004.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 118], "content_span": [119, 276]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275919-0033-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 NFL playoffs, Divisional playoffs, Saturday, January 13, 2018, AFC: New England Patriots 35, Tennessee Titans 14\nNew England racked up 438 yards of offense, 31 first downs and eight sacks as they advanced to their seventh consecutive AFC Championship game.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 120], "content_span": [121, 264]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275919-0034-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 NFL playoffs, Divisional playoffs, Saturday, January 13, 2018, AFC: New England Patriots 35, Tennessee Titans 14\nMidway through the first quarter, Tennessee drove 95 yards in 11 plays, featuring a 36-yard completion from Marcus Mariota to tight end Delanie Walker. Mariota finished the drive with a 15-yard touchdown pass to Corey Davis, who made a running one-handed catch in the back corner of the end zone to put the Titans up 7\u20130. However, the Patriots stormed right back, with Tom Brady completing five consecutive passes for 67 yards, the longest a 32-yard completion to Dion Lewis and the last a five-yard shovel pass to James White for a touchdown that tied the score. After a Tennessee punt, Brady completed three consecutive passes for 28 yards as the team drove 48 yards in six plays to go up 14\u20137 on White's six-yard touchdown run with 9:20 left in the half.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 120], "content_span": [121, 878]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275919-0035-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 NFL playoffs, Divisional playoffs, Saturday, January 13, 2018, AFC: New England Patriots 35, Tennessee Titans 14\nThe next time New England got the ball, they had to punt after three plays, but a neutral zone infraction penalty on Titans defensive back Brynden Trawick gave them a first down. Taking advantage of their second chance, they ended up driving 91 yards in 16 plays to take a 21\u20137 lead on Brady's six-yard touchdown pass to Chris Hogan. Tennessee then drove to the Patriots' 46-yard line; on fourth-and-1, Derrick Henry tried to run for a first down, but defensive backs Malcolm Butler and Stephon Gilmore tackled him for no gain. With 17 seconds left, the Patriots were able to get to the Titans' 35-yard line with time remaining, but Stephen Gostkowski missed a 53-yard field goal attempt as time expired. In the first half alone, Brady completed 21 of 31 passes for 206 yards and two touchdowns.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 120], "content_span": [121, 916]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275919-0036-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 NFL playoffs, Divisional playoffs, Saturday, January 13, 2018, AFC: New England Patriots 35, Tennessee Titans 14\nIn the third quarter, Brett Kern's 40-yard punt from his own 16-yard line gave the Patriots good field position on their 44-yard line. On the next play, Brady completed a 27-yard pass to tight end Rob Gronkowski and the team went on to increase their lead to 28\u20137 with Brandon Bolden's two-yard touchdown run. The next time New England got the ball, they went on a 15-play, 90-yard drive in which they only faced two third downs.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 120], "content_span": [121, 550]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275919-0036-0001", "contents": "2017\u201318 NFL playoffs, Divisional playoffs, Saturday, January 13, 2018, AFC: New England Patriots 35, Tennessee Titans 14\nBrady completed seven passes for 78 yards on the drive, the longest a 25-yard throw to Danny Amendola, and finished it off with a four-yard touchdown toss to Gronkowski, making the score 35\u20137 with 10:22 left. Before the end of the quarter, the Titans were able to make it 35\u201314 with Mariota's 11-yard touchdown pass to Davis on fourth down at the end of an 80-yard, 16-play drive.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 120], "content_span": [121, 501]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275919-0037-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 NFL playoffs, Divisional playoffs, Saturday, January 13, 2018, AFC: New England Patriots 35, Tennessee Titans 14\nAt 40\u00a0years, 163\u00a0days, Brady became the oldest quarterback to lead his team to victory in a postseason game, finishing the day 35-of-53 for 337 yards and three touchdowns. Amendola caught 11 passes for 112 yards, while also returning three punts for 18 yards. Lewis rushed for 62 yards, caught nine passes for 79 yards and returned a kickoff for 27 yards. Linebacker Geneo Grissom and defensive tackle Deatrich Wise Jr. each had two sacks for New England. Mariota completed 22 of 37 passes for 225 yards and two touchdowns.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 120], "content_span": [121, 644]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275919-0038-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 NFL playoffs, Divisional playoffs, Saturday, January 13, 2018, AFC: New England Patriots 35, Tennessee Titans 14\nThis game set the NFL postseason record for the largest age difference between opposing quarterbacks: Brady was 40 and Mariota was 24.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 120], "content_span": [121, 255]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275919-0039-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 NFL playoffs, Divisional playoffs, Sunday, January 14, 2018, AFC: Jacksonville Jaguars 45, Pittsburgh Steelers 42\nJacksonville built up a 28\u20137 first-half lead and held off a second-half Steelers comeback to win the fourth-highest-scoring NFL playoff game. It was a rematch of a regular season game in Week 5, which the Jags won 30\u20139 thanks to their defense intercepting Steelers quarterback Ben Roethlisberger 5 times.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 121], "content_span": [122, 426]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275919-0040-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 NFL playoffs, Divisional playoffs, Sunday, January 14, 2018, AFC: Jacksonville Jaguars 45, Pittsburgh Steelers 42\nThe Jaguars drove 66 yards in eight plays on their opening drive, with Blake Bortles completing passes to tight ends Ben Koyack and James O'Shaughnessy for gains of 21 and 19 yards on the way to a one-yard fourth-down touchdown run by Leonard Fournette. Later in the first quarter, linebacker Myles Jack intercepted a pass from Steelers quarterback Ben Roethlisberger on the Pittsburgh 18-yard line and Fournette increased Jacksonville's lead to 14\u20130 with a touchdown run on the next play.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 121], "content_span": [122, 611]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275919-0040-0001", "contents": "2017\u201318 NFL playoffs, Divisional playoffs, Sunday, January 14, 2018, AFC: Jacksonville Jaguars 45, Pittsburgh Steelers 42\nThe Steelers responded with a drive to the Jacksonville 21-yard line, but on fourth-and-1, running back Le'Veon Bell was tackled by Jalen Ramsey and Malik Jackson for a four-yard loss. The Jaguars then drove 75 yards in 11 plays and scored on T. J. Yeldon's 4-yard touchdown run, increasing their lead to 21\u20130 with just over 11 minutes left in the half.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 121], "content_span": [122, 475]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275919-0041-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 NFL playoffs, Divisional playoffs, Sunday, January 14, 2018, AFC: Jacksonville Jaguars 45, Pittsburgh Steelers 42\nThis time, the Steelers responded with a 64-yard scoring drive, featuring a 21-yard run by Bell and ending on Roethlisberger's 23-yard touchdown pass to Antonio Brown. But the next time Pittsburgh got the ball, Roethlisberger lost a fumble while being sacked by Yannick Ngakoue. Linebacker Telvin Smith recovered the ball and returned it 50 yards for a touchdown, making the score 28\u20137 with less than two minutes left until halftime. However, the Jaguars were penalized 15 yards for excessive celebration, before Cameron Sutton returned the ensuing kickoff 22 yards to the Jacksonville 49-yard line. Pittsburgh went on to drive 51 yards and cut their deficit to 28\u201314 on Roethlisberger's 36-yard touchdown completion to Martavis Bryant with 25 seconds remaining.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 121], "content_span": [122, 884]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275919-0042-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 NFL playoffs, Divisional playoffs, Sunday, January 14, 2018, AFC: Jacksonville Jaguars 45, Pittsburgh Steelers 42\nThe Steelers drove 77 yards in 10 plays on their opening drive of the second half, cutting their deficit to 28\u201321 with Roethlisberger's 19-yard touchdown pass to Bell. Early in the final period, the Steelers got the ball on the Jaguars' 48-yard line due to a deflected punt, but ended up turning the ball over with an incomplete pass on fourth-and-1. On the ensuing Jacksonville drive, Bortles' 45-yard completion to Keelan Cole put them on the Steelers' 3-yard line and Fournette ran the ball in for a touchdown on the next play, giving the Jaguars a 35\u201321 lead.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 121], "content_span": [122, 685]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275919-0042-0001", "contents": "2017\u201318 NFL playoffs, Divisional playoffs, Sunday, January 14, 2018, AFC: Jacksonville Jaguars 45, Pittsburgh Steelers 42\nThis was the start of a scoring run from both teams, cumulatively totaling 38 points in the fourth quarter. After Fournette's score, Roethlisberger started the next drive with a 21-yard completion to Brown and eventually ended it with a 43-yard touchdown pass to Brown that cut the score to 35\u201328. Jacksonville stormed right back, moving the ball 75 yards in eight plays, one of them a 40-yard completion from Bortles to Yeldon on third-and-5. Fullback Tommy Bohanon caught a 14-yard touchdown pass from Bortles with 4:19 left, giving the Jaguars a 42\u201328 lead.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 121], "content_span": [122, 682]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275919-0042-0002", "contents": "2017\u201318 NFL playoffs, Divisional playoffs, Sunday, January 14, 2018, AFC: Jacksonville Jaguars 45, Pittsburgh Steelers 42\nThe Steelers responded by moving the ball 75 yards in 12 plays, the longest a 22-yard reception from Bell. Bell finished the drive with an eight-yard touchdown run, reducing his team's deficit to 42\u201335 with 2:19 to play. However, Pittsburgh failed to recover their ensuing onside kick attempt, resulting in Jacksonville getting the ball back on the Steelers' 36-yard line and leading to a 45-yard Josh Lambo field goal that put the Jaguars up 45\u201335. Pittsburgh then drove 75 yards in 10 plays, including a 42-yard completion from Roethlisberger to Brown. He ended up throwing a four-yard touchdown pass to JuJu Smith-Schuster, but by then, one second remained.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 121], "content_span": [122, 782]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275919-0043-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 NFL playoffs, Divisional playoffs, Sunday, January 14, 2018, AFC: Jacksonville Jaguars 45, Pittsburgh Steelers 42\nBortles completed 14 of 26 passes for 214 yards and a touchdown. Fournette was the top rusher of the game with 25 carries for 109 yards and three touchdowns, along with two receptions for 10 yards. Setting several franchise playoff records, Roethlisberger completed 37 of 58 passes for 469 yards \u2013 the second highest total in NFL postseason history, behind Bernie Kosar's 489-yard tally, from January 1987 \u2013 with five touchdowns and an interception.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 121], "content_span": [122, 571]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275919-0043-0001", "contents": "2017\u201318 NFL playoffs, Divisional playoffs, Sunday, January 14, 2018, AFC: Jacksonville Jaguars 45, Pittsburgh Steelers 42\nBell rushed for 67 yards and a touchdown, while also catching nine passes for 88 yards, while Brown caught seven passes for 132 yards and two touchdowns. Tight end Vance McDonald also went over 100 yards receiving, making 10 receptions for 112 yards. The Steelers lost despite gaining 545 yards of total offense, the most yards gained by a losing team in a playoff game (this record was later surpassed by the Patriots in Super Bowl LII). Ben Roethlisberger became the first NFL quarterback in a playoff game to throw for five touchdowns in a losing effort.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 121], "content_span": [122, 679]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275919-0043-0002", "contents": "2017\u201318 NFL playoffs, Divisional playoffs, Sunday, January 14, 2018, AFC: Jacksonville Jaguars 45, Pittsburgh Steelers 42\nHe was the first NFL quarterback to do this in any game since Tony Romo in 2013 against the Denver Broncos. Following the game, the Steelers were criticized by their fans and the media for looking past the Jaguars to the Patriots in the AFC Championship Game, which, had the Steelers won, would have been the second consecutive AFC Championship meeting between the two teams. This was also the last game that running back Le'Veon Bell played for the Steelers, as he sat out the 2018 season due to a contract dispute, then sign with the New York Jets once he became a free agent at the start of 2019.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 121], "content_span": [122, 721]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275919-0044-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 NFL playoffs, Divisional playoffs, Sunday, January 14, 2018, NFC: Minnesota Vikings 29, New Orleans Saints 24\nVikings quarterback Case Keenum's 61-yard touchdown pass to Stefon Diggs on the game's final play sent them to the NFC title game for the first time since the 2009 season and marked the first time in the NFL postseason that a game was won with a touchdown on the final play of regulation. The game has been referred to as the \"Minneapolis Miracle\".", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 117], "content_span": [118, 466]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275919-0045-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 NFL playoffs, Divisional playoffs, Sunday, January 14, 2018, NFC: Minnesota Vikings 29, New Orleans Saints 24\nMinnesota dominated the first half, building up a 17\u20130 lead. The Saints had to punt on their opening drive and Marcus Sherels returned the ball 19 yards to the Vikings' 45-yard line before being tackled by punter Thomas Morstead. The Vikings then drove 55 yards in eight plays, including a 22-yard catch by Jarius Wright on third-and-3, to score on Jerick McKinnon's 14-yard touchdown run.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 117], "content_span": [118, 507]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275919-0045-0001", "contents": "2017\u201318 NFL playoffs, Divisional playoffs, Sunday, January 14, 2018, NFC: Minnesota Vikings 29, New Orleans Saints 24\nThe next time they got the ball, two pass interference penalties on defensive back Ken Crawley gave the Vikings 54 yards on a 79-yard drive that ended with Kai Forbath's 20-yard field goal, increasing their lead to 10\u20130. Following two more possessions, Vikings safety Andrew Sendejo intercepted a pass from Drew Brees, giving Minnesota the ball on their own 42-yard line with 1:06 left in the first quarter. Keenum went 5-of-7 for 54 yards on a 58-yard drive that ended with Latavius Murray's one-yard touchdown run, giving the Vikings a 17\u20130 lead.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 117], "content_span": [118, 666]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275919-0046-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 NFL playoffs, Divisional playoffs, Sunday, January 14, 2018, NFC: Minnesota Vikings 29, New Orleans Saints 24\nNew Orleans responded with a drive to the Vikings' 14-yard line, but lost their chance to score when Brees threw a pass that was tipped at the line by Everson Griffen and intercepted by linebacker Anthony Barr. Then after a punt, Brees led the team to the Minnesota 30-yard line. But after two incompletions, Brees was sacked by safety Harrison Smith for a 10-yard loss and Wil Lutz missed a 58-yard field goal attempt with 26 seconds left in the half. The Vikings also got a field goal try before halftime, which resulted in Forbath missing from 49 yards out.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 117], "content_span": [118, 678]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275919-0047-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 NFL playoffs, Divisional playoffs, Sunday, January 14, 2018, NFC: Minnesota Vikings 29, New Orleans Saints 24\nMinnesota took the opening kickoff and drove to the Saints' 30-yard line. However, in what turned out to be a crucial turning point, Keenum was sacked by Sheldon Rankins for a 10-yard loss on third down, pushing the team out of field goal range. New Orleans took the ball back and drove 80 yards in 12 plays, featuring a 23-yard reception by receiver Michael Thomas. Brees finished the drive with a 14-yard touchdown pass to Thomas, putting New Orleans on the board at 17\u20137.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 117], "content_span": [118, 592]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275919-0047-0001", "contents": "2017\u201318 NFL playoffs, Divisional playoffs, Sunday, January 14, 2018, NFC: Minnesota Vikings 29, New Orleans Saints 24\nThen on the first play after the kickoff, Keenum threw a pass that was intercepted by rookie safety Marcus Williams, who returned it 12 yards to the Vikings' 30-yard line. New Orleans then drove for another touchdown, scoring on Brees' three-yard pass to Thomas that narrowed the gap to 17\u201314 with 13:09 left in the game.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 117], "content_span": [118, 439]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275919-0048-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 NFL playoffs, Divisional playoffs, Sunday, January 14, 2018, NFC: Minnesota Vikings 29, New Orleans Saints 24\nMinnesota responded with a seven-play, 44-yard drive that included a 27-yard completion from Keenum to Wright and ended on Forbath's 49-yard field goal that increased the Vikings' lead to 20\u201314. Furthermore, Saints coach Sean Payton lost two timeouts on the drive as a result of failed replay challenges. After forcing the Saints to punt, the Vikings ran the clock under six minutes before having to kick the ball back to New Orleans. Saints lineman George Johnson blocked the punt, enabling his team to take over on the Vikings' 40-yard line.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 117], "content_span": [118, 661]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275919-0048-0001", "contents": "2017\u201318 NFL playoffs, Divisional playoffs, Sunday, January 14, 2018, NFC: Minnesota Vikings 29, New Orleans Saints 24\nFrom there, Brees completed four consecutive passes, the last one a 14-yard touchdown completion to running back Alvin Kamara, giving them their first lead of the game at 21\u201320 with 3:01 left. Undaunted, the Vikings stormed back, mainly on the strength of a 24-yard Adam Thielen reception, moving the ball to the Saints 35-yard line, where Forbath made a 53-yard field goal that gave the team a 23\u201321 lead with 1:29 remaining. Brees was able to answer, throwing an 18-yard pass to tight end Josh Hill, an 11-yard pass to Ted Ginn Jr. and a 13-yard completion to Willie Snead on fourth-and-10. Minnesota eventually halted the drive on their own 25-yard line, where Lutz kicked a 43-yard field goal.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 117], "content_span": [118, 815]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275919-0049-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 NFL playoffs, Divisional playoffs, Sunday, January 14, 2018, NFC: Minnesota Vikings 29, New Orleans Saints 24\nThe Vikings were now down 24\u201323 with 25 seconds and one timeout left. After a touchback and a false start penalty put the ball on the 20-yard line, Keenum completed a 19-yard pass to Diggs on the 39-yard line, where the team promptly called their last timeout. Following two incomplete passes, they faced third-and-10 with 10 seconds left. On the next play, Keenum threw a deep pass near the right sideline to Diggs, who made a leaping catch near the Saints' 35-yard line.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 117], "content_span": [118, 590]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275919-0049-0001", "contents": "2017\u201318 NFL playoffs, Divisional playoffs, Sunday, January 14, 2018, NFC: Minnesota Vikings 29, New Orleans Saints 24\nWilliams was in front of Diggs when he made the catch, but while trying to make a tackle, he completely missed Diggs and instead collided with Crawley (his own teammate and the other defender in range), leaving the receiver with no one around him. Diggs nearly fell over at this point, but was able to stay on his feet by using his off-hand and stay in bounds as he ran all the way to the end zone for a 61-yard touchdown completion to give the Vikings a 29\u201324 win. After several minutes of pandemonium, the Vikings knelt on the extra point try to close out the victory.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 117], "content_span": [118, 688]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275919-0050-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 NFL playoffs, Divisional playoffs, Sunday, January 14, 2018, NFC: Minnesota Vikings 29, New Orleans Saints 24\nKeenum completed 25 of 40 passes for 318 yards, a touchdown and an interception. Diggs was the game's leading receiver with six receptions for 137 yards and a touchdown. Like Keenum, Brees also finished the game 25-of-40, but for 294 yards, three touchdowns and two interceptions. Kamara rushed for 43 yards, while also catching six passes for 72 yards and a touchdown.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 117], "content_span": [118, 487]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275919-0051-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 NFL playoffs, Conference Championships, Sunday, January 21, 2018, AFC: New England Patriots 24, Jacksonville Jaguars 20\nThis was the first conference championship game to feature a team from Florida in 15 years (the Super Bowl XXXVII champion Tampa Bay Buccaneers won the 2002 NFC championship Game). New England overcame a 10-point deficit in the fourth quarter to earn the franchise's 10th Super Bowl appearance.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 127], "content_span": [128, 422]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275919-0052-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 NFL playoffs, Conference Championships, Sunday, January 21, 2018, AFC: New England Patriots 24, Jacksonville Jaguars 20\nOn the opening drive of the game, Patriots quarterback Tom Brady completed a 31-yard pass to Brandin Cooks and a 20-yard pass to wide receiver Danny Amendola on fourth-and-1 as the team drove 62 yards in 10 plays to score on Stephen Gostkowski's 31-yard field goal. Following a pair of punts, Jacksonville quarterback Blake Bortles completed two passes to running back Corey Grant for 44 total yards as the team drove 76 yards in seven plays to take a 7\u20133 lead on a four-yard touchdown pass to tight end Marcedes Lewis on the second play of the second quarter. The next time they got the ball, Bortles completed all four pass attempts for 47 yards, one of them a 27-yard completion to Allen Hurns, as the team drove 77 yards in 10 plays to score on Leonard Fournette's four-yard touchdown run, increasing their lead to 14\u20133.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 127], "content_span": [128, 952]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275919-0053-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 NFL playoffs, Conference Championships, Sunday, January 21, 2018, AFC: New England Patriots 24, Jacksonville Jaguars 20\nOn the Jaguars' next drive, they moved the ball to a third-and-7 on the Patriots' 47-yard line. Bortles completed a 12-yard pass to Lewis that would have picked up a first down, but the team was flagged for a delay of game and Bortles was sacked by Adam Butler on the next play. New England got the ball on their own 15-yard line with 2:02 left in the half and proceeded to drive 85 yards in six plays \u2013 47 yards from Jaguars penalties \u2013 to score on James White's 1-yard touchdown run, cutting the score to 14\u201310.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 127], "content_span": [128, 641]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275919-0053-0001", "contents": "2017\u201318 NFL playoffs, Conference Championships, Sunday, January 21, 2018, AFC: New England Patriots 24, Jacksonville Jaguars 20\nHowever, Jacksonville safety Barry Church delivered a helmet-to-helmet hit on Patriots tight end Rob Gronkowski. Church drew a 15-yard penalty and Gronkowski was escorted off for medical testing that determined that he had suffered a concussion. Jacksonville got the ball back with 55 seconds and all three timeouts remaining, but chose to run out the clock and go to halftime, a choice that later earned them criticism, as no team had deliberately run the first half clock out with more than 50 seconds left during the season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 127], "content_span": [128, 655]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275919-0054-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 NFL playoffs, Conference Championships, Sunday, January 21, 2018, AFC: New England Patriots 24, Jacksonville Jaguars 20\nJacksonville received the second half kickoff and drove 39 yards in nine plays, with 20 yards from a reception by fullback Tommy Bohanon. Josh Lambo finished the drive with a 54-yard field goal, increasing his team's lead to 17\u201310. Later in the period, the Jaguars advanced 66 yards in 11 plays, including 18 yards on a completion from Bortles to Marqise Lee on third-and-3. On the second play of the fourth quarter, Lambo scored with a 43-yard field goal, making the score 20\u201310.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 127], "content_span": [128, 608]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275919-0054-0001", "contents": "2017\u201318 NFL playoffs, Conference Championships, Sunday, January 21, 2018, AFC: New England Patriots 24, Jacksonville Jaguars 20\nThe game seemed to be slipping away from New England, particularly on their ensuing drive when linebacker Myles Jack forced and recovered a fumble from Dion Lewis on a trick play in which Amendola completed a forward pass to Lewis on the Jacksonville 33-yard line and Jack was ruled down by contact, nullifying what would have been a Jaguars touchdown. The New England defense subsequently forced a three-and-out.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 127], "content_span": [128, 541]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275919-0054-0002", "contents": "2017\u201318 NFL playoffs, Conference Championships, Sunday, January 21, 2018, AFC: New England Patriots 24, Jacksonville Jaguars 20\nTaking the ball back on the Patriots' 15-yard line, Brady started the drive with an 18-yard pass to Cooks and then converted a third-and-18 with a 21-yard completion to Amendola on the 46-yard line. From there, Brady completed passes to Phillip Dorsett for 31 yards and Amendola for 14 yards before finishing the drive with a nine-yard touchdown pass to Amendola, making the score 20\u201317.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 127], "content_span": [128, 515]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275919-0055-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 NFL playoffs, Conference Championships, Sunday, January 21, 2018, AFC: New England Patriots 24, Jacksonville Jaguars 20\nFollowing a pair of punts, Ryan Allen's 35-yard kick pinned the Jaguars back at their own 10-yard line. The Jaguars lost one yard over their next three plays, before Amendola returned Brad Nortman's 41-yard punt 20 yards to the Jacksonville 30-yard line with 4:58 left. From there, New England drove 30 yards in five plays, scoring on Brady's four-yard touchdown pass to Amendola to take a 24\u201320 lead with 2:48 left. After taking the ball back, Bortles' 29-yard completion to Dede Westbrook gave the Jaguars a first down on the Patriots' 38-yard line.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 127], "content_span": [128, 679]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275919-0055-0001", "contents": "2017\u201318 NFL playoffs, Conference Championships, Sunday, January 21, 2018, AFC: New England Patriots 24, Jacksonville Jaguars 20\nBut over the next two plays, Bortles threw an incompletion and then fumbled the ball while being sacked by linebacker Kyle Van Noy. Jacksonville tackle Cam Robinson recovered the fumble, but the team lost nine yards on the play, bringing up third-and-19. After a four-yard pass to James O'Shaughnessy, Bortles' next pass was swatted away by Stephon Gilmore, causing a turnover on downs with 1:47 left. New England got a key first down on third-and-10 with an 18-yard run by Lewis that let them run out the clock.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 127], "content_span": [128, 640]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275919-0056-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 NFL playoffs, Conference Championships, Sunday, January 21, 2018, AFC: New England Patriots 24, Jacksonville Jaguars 20\nBrady completed 26 of 38 passes for 290 yards and two touchdowns, Cooks was the top receiver of the game with six receptions for 100 yards, while Amendola caught seven passes for 84 yards and two touchdowns; he also returned two punts for 24 yards. Van Noy had nine tackles \u2013 including five solo tackles \u2013 a sack and a forced fumble. Bortles completed 23 of 36 passes for 293 yards and a touchdown, while Fournette was the leading rusher of the game with 76 yards and a touchdown and Hurns was the Jaguars' leading receiver with six receptions for 80 yards.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 127], "content_span": [128, 685]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275919-0057-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 NFL playoffs, Conference Championships, Sunday, January 21, 2018, NFC: Philadelphia Eagles 38, Minnesota Vikings 7\nThis was the first time a Super Bowl host team had appeared in the conference championship. Although the Vikings scored with their opening drive, they were soon buried by Philadelphia, who racked up 456 total yards and 38 unanswered points. Meanwhile, the Vikings' seven drives after their game-opening touchdown resulted in three punts, two interceptions, two turnovers on downs and one lost fumble.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 122], "content_span": [123, 523]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275919-0058-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 NFL playoffs, Conference Championships, Sunday, January 21, 2018, NFC: Philadelphia Eagles 38, Minnesota Vikings 7\nMinnesota drove 75 yards in nine plays on their first possession, taking a 7\u20130 lead with Case Keenum's 25-yard touchdown pass to tight end Kyle Rudolph. The Eagles had to punt on their next drive, but after moving the ball to the 43-yard line, Keenum threw a pass that was intercepted by cornerback Patrick Robinson and returned 50 yards for a touchdown. Following a Vikings punt, Philadelphia drove 75 yards in 12 plays to take a 14\u20137 lead.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 122], "content_span": [123, 564]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275919-0058-0001", "contents": "2017\u201318 NFL playoffs, Conference Championships, Sunday, January 21, 2018, NFC: Philadelphia Eagles 38, Minnesota Vikings 7\nJay Ajayi started the drive with two carries for 20 yards, while Nick Foles converted a third-and-10 with an 11-yard completion to Zach Ertz and LeGarrette Blount finished the drive with an 11-yard rushing score on the third play of the second quarter. Later on, the Vikings drove to a third-and-5 on the Eagles' 16-yard line. But on the next play, Derek Barnett forced a fumble while sacking Keenum and defensive end Chris Long recovered the ball.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 122], "content_span": [123, 571]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275919-0058-0002", "contents": "2017\u201318 NFL playoffs, Conference Championships, Sunday, January 21, 2018, NFC: Philadelphia Eagles 38, Minnesota Vikings 7\nPhiladelphia then drove 76 yards in six plays, scoring on Foles' 53-yard touchdown pass to Alshon Jeffery to go up 21\u20137 with 3:16 left in the half. Following a punt, the Eagles got the ball on their 20-yard line with 29 seconds on the clock. Foles started the drive with an 11-yard pass to Ajayi, who managed to get out of bounds, before throwing a 36-yard completion on Ertz on the Vikings' 33-yard line. On the next play, Foles' 13-yard completion to Ajayi moved the ball to the 20 yard line with four seconds left, where Jake Elliott kicked a 38-yard field goal, making the score 24\u20137 at halftime.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 122], "content_span": [123, 723]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275919-0059-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 NFL playoffs, Conference Championships, Sunday, January 21, 2018, NFC: Philadelphia Eagles 38, Minnesota Vikings 7\nThe Eagles increased their lead to 31\u20137 less than five minutes into the second half, scoring with Foles' 41-yard touchdown pass to Torrey Smith on a flea-flicker play. The Vikings responded with a drive to a first-and-goal on the Eagles' seven-yard line. After three incomplete passes, Keenum threw a pass to Adam Thielen that was initially ruled a touchdown, but overturned to an incomplete pass after replays showed the ball had hit the ground, causing a turnover on downs.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 122], "content_span": [123, 598]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275919-0059-0001", "contents": "2017\u201318 NFL playoffs, Conference Championships, Sunday, January 21, 2018, NFC: Philadelphia Eagles 38, Minnesota Vikings 7\nThe Eagles took over and drove 92 yards in 12 plays, including a 42-yard completion from Foles to Nelson Agholor on third-and-5. Foles finished the drive with a five-yard touchdown pass to Jeffery on the second play of the fourth quarter, making the score 38\u20137. The Vikings had only two drives on the final period, one of them ending with a turnover on downs and another with an interception by Eagles defensive back Corey Graham.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 122], "content_span": [123, 553]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275919-0060-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 NFL playoffs, Conference Championships, Sunday, January 21, 2018, NFC: Philadelphia Eagles 38, Minnesota Vikings 7\nFoles completed 26 of 33 passes for 352 yards and three touchdowns, Ertz was the leading receiver of the game with eight receptions for 93 yards, while Jeffery caught five passes for 85 yards and two touchdowns. Ajayi rushed for 73 yards and caught three passes for 26 yards. Keenum finished the game 28-of-48 for 271 yards and a touchdown, with two interceptions, while Jerick McKinnon was the Vikings' leading rusher with 40 yards and their leading receiver with 11 receptions for 86 yards.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 122], "content_span": [123, 615]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275919-0061-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 NFL playoffs, Conference Championships, Sunday, January 21, 2018, NFC: Philadelphia Eagles 38, Minnesota Vikings 7\nThis was the final game of referee Ed Hochuli's 28-year career.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 122], "content_span": [123, 186]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275919-0062-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 NFL playoffs, Conference Championships, Sunday, January 21, 2018, NFC: Philadelphia Eagles 38, Minnesota Vikings 7\nIn the days leading up to the game, Vikings fans were seen performing the \"Skol!\" chant around various Philadelphia landmarks, such as the steps of the Philadelphia Museum of Art, where they also defaced the statue of Rocky with Vikings colors. As a result of the lopsided victory, the game soon became part of Philadelphia sports lore, called the \"Minneapolis Massacre\", a reference to the prior week's Minneapolis Miracle.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 122], "content_span": [123, 547]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275919-0063-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 NFL playoffs, Television coverage\nABC and ESPN simulcast one AFC Wild Card game, while CBS broadcast all the other AFC playoff games. Coverage of the NFC Wild Card and Divisional rounds was split between Fox and NBC, with each network having coverage of one game in each of those two rounds. CBS had exclusive coverage of the AFC Championship Game. Fox had exclusive coverage of the NFC Championship Game. NBC had exclusive coverage of Super Bowl LII.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 41], "content_span": [42, 459]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275920-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 NHL season\nThe 2017\u201318 NHL season was the 101st season of operation (100th season of play) of the National Hockey League. With the addition of a new expansion team, the Vegas Golden Knights, 31 teams competed in an 82-game regular season. The regular season began on October 4, 2017, and ended on April 8, 2018. The 2018 Stanley Cup playoffs began on April 11, 2018, and concluded on June 7, with the Washington Capitals winning their first Stanley Cup in the Finals over the Vegas Golden Knights in five games.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [18, 18], "content_span": [19, 519]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275920-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 NHL season, League business, Expansion\nOn June 22, 2016, the NHL confirmed that it had granted an expansion franchise in the city of Las Vegas to an ownership group led by Bill Foley, whose identity was revealed as the Vegas Golden Knights on November 22. The team plays in the Pacific Division of the Western Conference. In June 2017, the 2017 NHL Expansion Draft was held to fill out the Golden Knights roster.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [20, 46], "content_span": [47, 420]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275920-0002-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 NHL season, League business, Olympics abstention and ban\nOn April 3, 2017, the NHL announced that, after five Olympic tournaments in which the NHL allowed its players to participate in the event, it would not do so for the men's hockey tournament at the 2018 Winter Olympics in Pyeongchang, South Korea. Furthermore, the league did not include a break for the Olympics in its schedule, and scheduled its All-Star Game as usual for late-January shortly prior to the Olympics (historically, the All-Star Game was not played during Olympic years). Each team's mandatory bye week, stipulated in the league's CBA, was also scattered throughout the month of January.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [20, 64], "content_span": [65, 668]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275920-0003-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 NHL season, League business, Olympics abstention and ban\nThe restriction will apply to any player under NHL contract, including those in its affiliated minor leagues, but not to players signed to one-way contracts directly with the teams in those minor leagues nor players signed to entry-level contracts who are playing junior ice hockey. Several players had vowed to participate anyway, most notably Alexander Ovechkin and Evgeni Malkin. They did not wind up participating. The league had initially stated that minor league prospects would not be subject to the ban. As the league had little legal room to enforce a ban itself without running afoul of the National Hockey League Players' Association, the league instead colluded with the International Ice Hockey Federation, who agreed to establish a blacklist forbidding the national teams from offering invitations to players under NHL contracts.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [20, 64], "content_span": [65, 908]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275920-0004-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 NHL season, League business, Olympics abstention and ban\nPlayers with Olympic aspirations who were free agents, especially those whose NHL prospects were marginal, were advised not to sign NHL contracts and, if they wished to play professionally, sign directly with minor league clubs to maintain Olympic eligibility. Former Buffalo Sabres captain Brian Gionta and former Olympian Jarome Iginla were among those who opted not to sign NHL contracts for the season prior to the Olympics; Iginla, because of a lingering injury, would not go to the Olympics.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [20, 64], "content_span": [65, 562]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275920-0005-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 NHL season, League business, Salary cap\nOn June 18, 2017, the National Hockey League Players' Association announced that the salary cap would be set at $75 million per team for the 2017\u201318 season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [20, 47], "content_span": [48, 204]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275920-0006-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 NHL season, League business, Rule changes\nThe NHL Board of Governors passed some new rules that take effect this season, including:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [20, 49], "content_span": [50, 139]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275920-0007-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 NHL season, League business, Rule changes\nThe Board of Governors has also stated that existing rules be fully enforced in certain situations that had become \"unofficially\" ignored:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [20, 49], "content_span": [50, 188]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275920-0008-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 NHL season, League business, Media rights\nThis was the seventh season under the NHL's ten-year U.S. rights deal with NBC Sports, and the fourth season of its twelve-year Canadian rights deals with Sportsnet and TVA Sports. On December 19, 2017, Rogers Media renewed its sub-licensing agreement with CBC Television for Hockey Night in Canada (which was to expire after this season) through the remainder of its tenure as national rightsholder.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [20, 49], "content_span": [50, 450]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275920-0009-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 NHL season, League business, Media rights\nSince CBC and NBC also hold the rights to air the Olympics in their respective countries, Rogers did not schedule any HNIC games on CBC during those Saturdays nights, only airing games on City and Sportsnet. NBC originally decided not to air any NHL games at all during the Olympics, but later reversed course, and added three Sunday afternoon telecasts during the Olympics.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [20, 49], "content_span": [50, 424]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275920-0010-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 NHL season, League business, Media rights\nAT&T SportsNet Rocky Mountain (which, along with AT&T SportsNet Pittsburgh, the regional broadcaster of the Pittsburgh Penguins, re-branded from Root Sports over the off-season) was the inaugural regional television rightsholder for the Vegas Golden Knights. TSN re-gained regional English-language rights to the Montreal Canadiens, and extended its radio contract for co-owned CKGM. Rogers Media acquired the radio rights to the Vancouver Canucks for newly acquired 650 CISL.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [20, 49], "content_span": [50, 526]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275920-0011-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 NHL season, League business, Centennial celebration\nThe NHL's centennial commemorations continued into the 2017\u201318 season, as its 100th season of play. On March 17, 2017, the NHL announced that it would hold an outdoor game at TD Place Stadium between the Ottawa Senators and Montreal Canadiens on December 16, 2017, to formally mark the 100th anniversary of their first NHL game.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [20, 59], "content_span": [60, 388]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275920-0012-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 NHL season, League business, Centennial celebration\nThe Toronto Maple Leafs marked the centennial of the NHL's first game (which involved their predecessor, the Toronto Arenas) with a \"Next Century Game\" on December 19, 2017 against the Carolina Hurricanes; the team wore special Toronto Arenas jerseys, and season ticket holders were encouraged to donate their tickets to the MLSE Foundation to allow students to attend this matinee game. Mayor of Toronto John Tory also declared December 19 \"Toronto Maple Leafs Day\".", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [20, 59], "content_span": [60, 527]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275920-0013-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 NHL season, League business, Preseason games in China\nOn March 30, 2017, it was announced that the Los Angeles Kings and Vancouver Canucks would play two preseason games in China; on September 21 at Mercedes-Benz Arena in Shanghai and September 23 at the Beijing Wukesong Culture & Sports Center in Beijing. These were the first NHL games played in China.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [20, 61], "content_span": [62, 363]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275920-0014-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 NHL season, Coaching changes\nThis was the first NHL season since the 1966\u201367 season in which no coaching changes took place during the regular season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [20, 36], "content_span": [37, 158]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275920-0015-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 NHL season, Regular season\nThe regular season began on October 4, 2017, and ended on April 8, 2018. Each team received a five-day \"bye week\", all of which took place in mid-January.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [20, 34], "content_span": [35, 189]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275920-0016-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 NHL season, Regular season, International games\nTwo regular season games between the Colorado Avalanche and the Ottawa Senators were played at Ericsson Globe in Stockholm, Sweden on November 10 and 11, 2017, branded as the SAP NHL Global Series.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [20, 55], "content_span": [56, 253]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275920-0017-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 NHL season, Regular season, All\u2013Star Game\nThe 63rd National Hockey League All-Star Game was held in Tampa, Florida at Amalie Arena, home of the Tampa Bay Lightning, on January 28, 2018. The format did not change, and followed the format used in two previous All-Star games.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [20, 49], "content_span": [50, 281]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275920-0018-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 NHL season, Regular season, Postponed game\nThe Florida Panthers \u2013 Boston Bruins game scheduled for January 4, 2018, at TD Garden in Boston, Massachusetts, was postponed due to the effects of the January 2018 nor'easter. The game was rescheduled for April 8, the day after the regular season was originally scheduled to end.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [20, 50], "content_span": [51, 331]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275920-0019-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 NHL season, Standings\nTie Breakers:1. Fewer number of games played. 2. Greater Regulation + OT Wins (ROW)3. Greatest number of points earned in head-to-head play (If teams played an unequal # of head-to-head games, the result of the first game on the home ice of the team with the extra home game is discarded.) 4. Greater Goal differential", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [20, 29], "content_span": [30, 348]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275920-0020-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 NHL season, Playoffs, Bracket\nIn each round, teams competed in a best-of-seven series following a 2\u20132\u20131\u20131\u20131 format (scores in the bracket indicate the number of games won in each best-of-seven series). The team with home ice advantage played at home for games one and two (and games five and seven, if necessary), and the other team was at home for games three and four (and game six, if necessary). The top three teams in each division made the playoffs, along with two wild cards in each conference, for a total of eight teams from each conference.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [20, 37], "content_span": [38, 558]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275920-0021-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 NHL season, Playoffs, Bracket\nIn the First Round, the lower seeded wild card in the conference played against the division winner with the best record while the other wild card played against the other division winner, and both wild cards were de facto #4 seeds. The other series matched the second and third place teams from the divisions. In the first two rounds, home ice advantage was awarded to the team with the better seed. Thereafter, it was awarded to the team that had the better regular season record.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [20, 37], "content_span": [38, 520]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275920-0022-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 NHL season, Statistics, Scoring leaders\nThe following players led the league in regular season points at the conclusion of games played on April 7, 2018.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [20, 47], "content_span": [48, 161]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275920-0023-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 NHL season, Statistics, Leading goaltenders\nThe following goaltenders led the league in regular season goals against average at the conclusion of games played on April 8, 2018, while playing at least 1,800 minutes.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [20, 51], "content_span": [52, 222]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275920-0024-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 NHL season, NHL awards\nThe league's awards were presented at the NHL Awards ceremony, that was held following the 2018 Stanley Cup playoffs on June 20 at the Las Vegas Hard Rock Hotel and Casino. Finalists for voted awards were announced during the playoffs and winners were presented at the award ceremony. Voting concluded immediately after the end of the regular season. The Presidents' Trophy, the Prince of Wales Trophy and Clarence S. Campbell Bowl are not presented at the awards ceremony. The Lester Patrick Trophy is announced during the summer and presented in the fall. For the first time, the Professional Hockey Writers' Association voted to release each voters' ballot to the public after the awards ceremony.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [20, 30], "content_span": [31, 731]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275920-0025-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 NHL season, Milestones, First games\nThe following is a list of notable players who played their first NHL game during the 2017\u201318 season, listed with their first team.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [20, 43], "content_span": [44, 175]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275920-0026-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 NHL season, Milestones, Last games\nThe following is a list of players of note who played their last NHL game in 2017\u201318, listed with their team:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [20, 42], "content_span": [43, 152]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275921-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 NHL suspensions and fines\nThe following is a list of all suspensions and fines enforced in the National Hockey League (NHL) during the 2017\u201318 NHL season. It lists which players or coaches of what team have been punished for which offense and the amount of punishment they have received.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [33, 33], "content_span": [34, 295]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275921-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 NHL suspensions and fines\nBased on each player's average annual salary, divided by number of days in the season (186) for first time offenders and games (82) for repeat offenders, salary will be forfeited for the term of their suspension. Players' money forfeited due to suspension or fine goes to the Players' Emergency Assistance Fund, while money forfeited by coaches, staff or organizations as a whole go to the NHL Foundation.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [33, 33], "content_span": [34, 439]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275921-0002-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 NHL suspensions and fines, Suspensions\n\u2020 - suspension covered at least one 2017 NHL preseason game", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 46], "content_span": [47, 106]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275921-0003-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 NHL suspensions and fines, Suspensions\n\u2021 - suspension covered at least one 2018 postseason game", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 46], "content_span": [47, 103]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275921-0004-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 NHL suspensions and fines, Suspensions\nR\u00a0 - Player was considered a repeat offender under the terms of the Collective Bargaining Agreement (player had been suspended in the 18 months prior to this suspension)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 46], "content_span": [47, 216]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275921-0005-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 NHL suspensions and fines, Fines\nPlayers can be fined up to 50% of one day's salary, up to a maximum of $10,000.00 for their first offense, and $15,000.00 for any subsequent offenses (player had been fined in the 12 months prior to this fine). Coaches, non-playing personnel, and teams are not restricted to such maximums.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 40], "content_span": [41, 330]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275921-0006-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 NHL suspensions and fines, Fines\nFines for players/coaches fined for diving/embellishment are structured uniquely and are only handed out after non-publicized warnings are given to the player/coach for their first offense. For more details on diving/embellishment fines:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 40], "content_span": [41, 278]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275921-0007-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 NHL suspensions and fines, Fines\nFines listed in italics indicate that was the maximum allowed fine.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 40], "content_span": [41, 108]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275922-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 NHL transactions\nThe following is a list of all team-to-team transactions that have occurred in the National Hockey League (NHL) during the 2017\u201318 NHL season. It lists which team each player has been traded to, signed by, or claimed by, and for which player(s) or draft pick (s), if applicable. Players who have retired are also listed.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [24, 24], "content_span": [25, 345]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275922-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 NHL transactions\nThe 2017\u201318 NHL trade deadline was on February 26, 2018. Players traded after this date were not eligible to play in the 2018 Stanley Cup playoffs.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [24, 24], "content_span": [25, 172]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275922-0002-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 NHL transactions, Contract terminations\nA team and player may mutually agree to terminate a player's contract at any time. All players must clear waivers before having a contract terminated.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 47], "content_span": [48, 198]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275922-0003-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 NHL transactions, Contract terminations\nBuyouts can only occur at specific times of the year. For more details on contract terminations as buyouts:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 47], "content_span": [48, 155]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275922-0004-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 NHL transactions, Contract terminations\nTeams may buy out player contracts (after the conclusion of a season) for a portion of the remaining value of the contract, paid over a period of twice the remaining length of the contract. This reduced number and extended period is applied to the cap hit as well.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 47], "content_span": [48, 312]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275922-0005-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 NHL transactions, Free agency\nNote: This does not include players who have re-signed with their previous team as an unrestricted free agent or as a restricted free agent.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 37], "content_span": [38, 178]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275922-0006-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 NHL transactions, Free agency, Imports\nThis section is for players who were not previously on contract with NHL teams in the past season. Listed is their previous team and the league that they belonged to.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 46], "content_span": [47, 213]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275922-0007-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 NHL transactions, Trades\n* Retained Salary Transaction: Each team is allowed up to three contracts on their payroll where they have retained salary in a trade (i.e. the player no longer plays with Team A due to a trade to Team B, but Team A still retains some salary). Only up to 50% of a player's contract can be kept, and only up to 15% of a team's salary cap can be taken up by retained salary. A contract can only be involved in one of these trades twice.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 32], "content_span": [33, 467]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275922-0008-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 NHL transactions, Trades\nHover over retained salary or conditional transactions for more information.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 32], "content_span": [33, 109]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275922-0009-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 NHL transactions, Waivers\nOnce an NHL player has played in a certain number of games or a set number of seasons has passed since the signing of his first NHL contract (see here), that player must be offered to all of the other NHL teams before he can be assigned to a minor league affiliate.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 33], "content_span": [34, 299]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275923-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 NIFL Championship\nThe 2017\u201318 NIFL Championship was the second season of the second-tier Irish League since gaining senior status.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [25, 25], "content_span": [26, 138]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275923-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 NIFL Championship, Teams\nThe 2017\u201318 NIFL Championship was contested by 12 teams. Warrenpoint Town were champions in the previous season and were promoted to the 2017\u201318 NIFL Premiership. Runners-up Institute won 3\u20132 on aggregate in the promotion pre-play-off against third-placed Ballyclare Comrades, but were defeated 5\u20132 on aggregate by Carrick Rangers in the Premiership play-off, therefore remaining in the Championship for this season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 32], "content_span": [33, 449]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275923-0002-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 NIFL Championship, Teams\nThe bottom team from the previous season, Annagh United, were relegated to the third-tier NIFL Premier Intermediate League. They were replaced by Limavady United, winners of the Premier Intermediate League. In addition, the eleventh-placed team from the previous season, Armagh City, were relegated and replaced by third-tier runners-up Newry City, against whom they lost a two-legged play-off.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 32], "content_span": [33, 427]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275923-0003-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 NIFL Championship, Results, Matches 1\u201322\nDuring matches 1\u201322 each team played every other team twice (home and away).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 48], "content_span": [49, 125]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275923-0004-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 NIFL Championship, Results, Matches 23\u201332\nDuring matches 23\u201332 each team played every other team in their half of the table twice (home and away).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 49], "content_span": [50, 154]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275923-0005-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 NIFL Championship, Play-offs, NIFL Premiership play-offs\nThe runners-up and third-placed teams from the Championship were set to take part (over two legs) in the Championship promotion pre-play-off. However, the third-placed team, Harland and Wolff Welders, did not apply for a Premiership licence, so the second-placed team Newry City moved directly into the play-off final.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 64], "content_span": [65, 383]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275923-0006-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 NIFL Championship, Play-offs, NIFL Championship play-off\nThe eleventh-placed team from the Championship, Dergview, played the runners-up from the 2017\u201318 Premier Intermediate League, Queen's University, over two legs for one spot in the NIFL Championship.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 64], "content_span": [65, 263]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275923-0007-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 NIFL Championship, Play-offs, NIFL Championship play-off\nDergiew won 4\u20131 on aggregate and retained their position in the NIFL Championship with Queen's University remaining in the NIFL Premier Intermediate League.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 64], "content_span": [65, 221]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275924-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 NIFL Premier Intermediate League\nThe 2017\u201318 NIFL Premier Intermediate League ran from 12 August 2017 to 4 May 2018. Dundela were crowned as champions, winning promotion to the 2018\u201319 NIFL Championship.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [40, 40], "content_span": [41, 211]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275924-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 NIFL Premier Intermediate League, Teams\nTwelve teams will compete in the 2017\u201318 NIFL Premier Intermediate League. Armagh City and Annagh United from were relegated the 2016\u201317 NIFL Championship and Portstewart were promoted as the winners of the 2016\u201317 Northern Ireland Intermediate League.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 47], "content_span": [48, 300]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275924-0002-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 NIFL Premier Intermediate League, Results, Matches 1\u201322\nDuring matches 1\u201322 each team plays every other team twice (home and away).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 63], "content_span": [64, 139]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275924-0003-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 NIFL Premier Intermediate League, Results, Matches 23\u201327\nDuring matches 23\u201327 each team will play every other team in their half of the table once.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 64], "content_span": [65, 155]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275924-0004-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 NIFL Premier Intermediate League, Play-offs, NIFL Championship play-off\nThe eleventh-placed team from the Championship, Dergview, played the runners-up from the 2017\u201318 Premier Intermediate League, Queen's University, over two legs for one spot in the NIFL Championship.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 79], "content_span": [80, 278]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275924-0005-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 NIFL Premier Intermediate League, Play-offs, NIFL Championship play-off\nDergiew won 4-1 on aggregate and retained their position in the NIFL Championship with Queen's University remaining in the NIFL Premier Intermediate League.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 79], "content_span": [80, 236]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275925-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 NIFL Premiership\nThe 2017\u201318 NIFL Premiership (known as the Danske Bank Premiership for sponsorship reasons) was the 10th season of Northern Ireland's highest national football league in this format since its inception in 2008, the 117th season of Irish league football overall, and the fifth season of the league operating as part of the Northern Ireland Football League. The season began on 11 August 2017 and concluded on 28 April 2018, with the play-offs taking place in May 2018.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [24, 24], "content_span": [25, 492]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275925-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 NIFL Premiership\nLinfield were the defending champions from the previous season. On 28 April 2018, Crusaders won the title on the final day of the regular season, defeating Ballymena United 2\u20131 at the Ballymena Showgrounds to win the league title for the third time in four seasons.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [24, 24], "content_span": [25, 290]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275925-0002-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 NIFL Premiership\nCrusaders qualified for the 2018\u201319 UEFA Champions League. The runners-up (and 2017\u201318 Irish Cup winners), Coleraine, along with third-placed Glenavon and the play-off winners, Cliftonville, all qualified for the 2018\u201319 UEFA Europa League.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [24, 24], "content_span": [25, 265]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275925-0003-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 NIFL Premiership, Teams\nTwelve teams competed in the 2017\u201318 NIFL Premiership. Portadown were relegated after finishing bottom of the 2016\u201317 NIFL Premiership and were replaced by Warrenpoint Town as the winners of the 2016\u201317 NIFL Championship.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 31], "content_span": [32, 253]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275925-0004-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 NIFL Premiership, Teams\nCarrick Rangers finished second from bottom but retained their Premiership place after winning the promotion-relegation play-off against NIFL Championship promotion play-off winners Institute 5\u20132 on aggregate.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 31], "content_span": [32, 241]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275925-0005-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 NIFL Premiership, Results, Matches 1\u201322\nDuring matches 1\u201322 each team plays every other team twice (home and away).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 47], "content_span": [48, 123]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275925-0006-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 NIFL Premiership, Results, Matches 23\u201333\nDuring matches 23\u201333 each team will play every other team for the third time (either at home, or away).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 48], "content_span": [49, 152]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275925-0007-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 NIFL Premiership, Results, Matches 34\u201338\nDuring matches 34\u201338 each team will play every other team in their half of the table once. As this is the fourth time that teams play each other this season, home sides are chosen so that they will have played each other twice at home and twice away.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 48], "content_span": [49, 299]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275925-0008-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 NIFL Premiership, Play-offs, UEFA Europa League play-offs\nAs 2017\u201318 Irish Cup winners, Coleraine, finished as league runners-up, their original runners-up berth in the Europa League was redistributed to third-placed Glenavon. As a result, the four teams finishing 4th\u20137th took part in Europa League play-offs to decide which one team would qualify for the 2018\u201319 UEFA Europa League first qualifying round.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 65], "content_span": [66, 415]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275925-0009-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 NIFL Premiership, Play-offs, UEFA Europa League play-offs, Final\nCliftonville were the UEFA Europa League play-off winners, and qualified for the 2018\u201319 UEFA Europa League first qualifying round.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 72], "content_span": [73, 204]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275925-0010-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 NIFL Premiership, Play-offs, NIFL Premiership play-offs, Pre-play-off\nThe runners-up and third-placed teams from the Championship were set to take part in a promotion pre-play-off match to decide which team would face the eleventh-placed Premiership team, Carrick Rangers, in the play-off for a place in next season's Premiership. However, as the third-placed Championship team, Harland and Wolff Welders did not apply for a Premiership licence, the second-placed team, Newry City advanced directly to the play-off.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 77], "content_span": [78, 523]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275925-0011-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 NIFL Premiership, Play-offs, NIFL Premiership play-offs, Play-off\nThe eleventh-placed team from the Premiership, Carrick Rangers, played Championship runners-up, Newry City, over two legs for a place in the 2018\u201319 NIFL Premiership.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 73], "content_span": [74, 240]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275925-0012-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 NIFL Premiership, Play-offs, NIFL Premiership play-offs, Play-off\nNewry City won 6\u20133 on aggregate and were promoted to the NIFL Premiership with Carrick Rangers dropping down into the NIFL Championship.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 73], "content_span": [74, 210]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275926-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 NJIT Highlanders men's basketball team\nThe 2017\u201318 NJIT Highlanders men's basketball team represented the New Jersey Institute of Technology during the 2017\u201318 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Highlanders, led by second-year head coach Brian Kennedy, played their home games at the Wellness and Events Center in Newark, New Jersey as members of the Atlantic Sun Conference (ASUN). They finished the season 14\u201316, 7\u20137 in ASUN play to finish in a tie for fourth place. They lost in the quarterfinals of the ASUN Tournament to North Florida.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [46, 46], "content_span": [47, 558]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275926-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 NJIT Highlanders men's basketball team\nThe season marked the first season for the Wellness and Events Center, a $110 million athletic center on the school's campus.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [46, 46], "content_span": [47, 172]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275926-0002-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 NJIT Highlanders men's basketball team, Previous season\nThe Highlanders finished the 2016\u201317 season 11\u201320, 3\u201311 in ASUN play to finish in a tie for seventh place. They lost in the quarterfinals of the ASUN Tournament to Lipscomb.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [48, 63], "content_span": [64, 237]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275927-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 NJIT Highlanders women's basketball team\nThe 2017\u201318 NJIT Highlanders women's basketball team represents New Jersey Institute of Technology during the 2017\u201318 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Highlanders, led by sixth year head coach Steve Lanpher, play their home games at the Wellness and Events Center. They were third year members of the Atlantic Sun Conference. They finished the season 4\u201326, 2\u201312 in A-Sun play to finish in last place. They lost in the quarterfinals of A-Sun Tournament to Florida Gulf Coast.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 48], "section_span": [48, 48], "content_span": [49, 537]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275927-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 NJIT Highlanders women's basketball team\nOn March 8, head coach Steve Lanpher resigns. He finished at NJIT with a sixth year record of 55\u2013124.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 48], "section_span": [48, 48], "content_span": [49, 150]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275928-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 NK Maribor season\nThe 2017\u201318 season was the 58th season in the history of Nogometni klub Maribor. It began on 1 June 2017 and concluded on 31 May 2018, with competitive matches played between July and May. It was the first season since 2007\u201308 in which Maribor did not win a single trophy during the season as the team lost the league title to Olimpija Ljubljana due to worse head-to-head record after finishing with the same number of points (80) in 36 rounds. Olimpija also eliminated Maribor in the quarter-finals of the Slovenian Cup. However, Maribor fared better in European competitions as the team reached the group stages of the UEFA Champions League for the third time in club's history.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [25, 25], "content_span": [26, 706]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275928-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 NK Maribor season\n32 different players represented the club in three competitions and there were 17 different goalscorers. Maribor's top goalscorer was Marcos Tavares, who scored 22 goals in 47 games.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [25, 25], "content_span": [26, 208]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275928-0002-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 NK Maribor season, Transfers\nIn June 2017, Maribor signed Jean-Claude Billong and Jasmin Me\u0161anovi\u0107, both on a free transfer. Me\u0161anovi\u0107 signed from Bosnian team Zrinjski Mostar, who were Maribor's opponents in the second qualifying round of the UEFA Champions League. Dejan Voki\u0107, Martin Kramari\u010d and Sunny Omoregie returned to squad after their loan spells ended. On 6 August 2017, Maribor signed Martin Milec, who already played for the club between 2010 and 2014.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 36], "content_span": [37, 473]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275928-0002-0001", "contents": "2017\u201318 NK Maribor season, Transfers\nDare Vr\u0161i\u010d, who was selected as the best player of the 2016\u201317 Slovenian PrvaLiga season, has re-signed with Maribor on 29 August 2017 after his previous contract with the club ran out after the 2016\u201317 season. On the same day, Maribor signed forward Adnan Ahmetovi\u0107, who was the top goalscorer of the 2016\u201317 Slovenian U19 League. On the last day of the summer transfer window, Maribor acquired Israeli player Lior Inbrum on a season-long loan from Gent.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 36], "content_span": [37, 492]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275928-0002-0002", "contents": "2017\u201318 NK Maribor season, Transfers\nIn December 2017, Maribor announced a two new signings, a Malian defender Kassim Doumbia from FH and a Bosnian goalkeeper Kenan Piri\u0107 from Zrinjski. However, Maribor and Zrinjski reached an agreement that Piri\u0107 would stay at Zrinjski until the end of the season before joining Maribor in July 2018. On 12 January 2018, Maribor signed a Serbian defender Sa\u0161a Ivkovi\u0107 from Vo\u017edovac until 2021 for an undisclosed transfer fee. On 25 January 2018, Maribor acquired the Slovenian under-21 international forward Jan Mlakar from Fiorentina on a free transfer. On 13 February 2018, Maribor signed a three-and-a-half-year contract with Romanian defensive midfielder Alexandru Cre\u021bu, who previously played for Maribor's \"eternal rivals\" Olimpija Ljubljana.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 36], "content_span": [37, 783]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275928-0003-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 NK Maribor season, Transfers\nMilivoje Novakovi\u0107, who scored twelve goals in all competitions during the previous season, has retired. Defender Rodrigo Defendi and midfielder Sintayehu Sallalich have left the club after their contract ran out. On 1 August 2017, \u017dan Celar transferred to the Italian side Roma for a transfer fee of about \u20ac1 million. In December 2017, Jean-Claude Billong moved to the Serie A team Benevento for an undisclosed transfer fee, believed to be around \u20ac2 million. In January 2018, Matej Pal\u010di\u010d left for Wis\u0142a Krak\u00f3w. On the last day of the winter transfer window, Marwan Kabha signed with Hapoel Be'er Sheva.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 36], "content_span": [37, 641]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275928-0004-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 NK Maribor season, Slovenian League\nThe 2017\u201318 season of the Slovenian PrvaLiga saw 10 teams play 36 matches; four against every other team, with two matches at each club's stadium. Three points were awarded for each win, one point per draw, and none for defeats. At the end of the season the top team qualified for the first qualifying round of the UEFA Champions League; teams in second and third qualified for the qualifying stages of the UEFA Europa League instead. The fixture list was released on 22 June 2017.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 43], "content_span": [44, 525]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275928-0005-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 NK Maribor season, Slovenian League, July\u2013September\nMaribor hosted Aluminij at Ljudski vrt on the opening weekend of the season. Aleks Pihler scored the only goal of the game early in the second half. In the second round, Maribor played against newly promoted Triglav Kranj. After 60 minutes, Triglav were leading 2\u20130; however, Maribor managed to turn the game around, scoring three goals in the last twenty minutes for a 3\u20132 victory. One week later, Maribor defeated Rudar Velenje 1\u20130 for the third consecutive league victory. Maribor ended July in second place with the same number of points (nine) as Olimpija Ljubljana.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 59], "content_span": [60, 631]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275928-0005-0001", "contents": "2017\u201318 NK Maribor season, Slovenian League, July\u2013September\nIn the first week of August, Maribor defeated Ankaran Hrvatini 5\u20131 away from home, topping the league for the first time in the season. In the fifth round, Maribor failed to win a match for the first time in the season after a goalless draw against Dom\u017eale. A 95th-minute goal by Aleks Pihler secured three points against Kr\u0161ko in a 3\u20132 victory. Head coach Darko Milani\u010d has made several changes to the starting lineup with a purpose to rest the players for the return leg of the Champions League play-offs against Hapoel Be'er-Sheva. The first derby of the season between \"eternal rivals\" Olimpija and Maribor, contested on 27 August 2017 at the Sto\u017eice Stadium in Ljubljana, has ended in a goalless draw.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 59], "content_span": [60, 766]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275928-0006-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 NK Maribor season, Slovenian League, July\u2013September\nAfter the international break in early September, Maribor contested in another goalless draw, this time against Celje at home. In the ninth round, a brace from Jasmin Me\u0161anovi\u0107 secured three points against Gorica in a 3\u20130 victory. Maribor won another game with a score of 3\u20132 after a comeback in the last twenty minutes, this time against Aluminij; in this match, Lior Inbrum was sent-off on his debut appearance for the club. After two consecutive victories, Maribor contested in yet another goalless draw against Triglav at home.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 59], "content_span": [60, 591]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275928-0007-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 NK Maribor season, Slovenian League, October\u2013December\nIn October, Maribor played three league games, against Ankaran Hrvatini at home and against Rudar Velenje and Dom\u017eale away, narrowly winning all three games, scoring four goals and conceding one. Three out of four team goals were scored by Me\u0161anovi\u0107. In the first week of November, Maribor secured their highest win of the season after defeating Kr\u0161ko 5\u20130, with a hat-trick scored by team captain Marcos Tavares and a brace by Aleksander Raj\u010devi\u0107.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 61], "content_span": [62, 509]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275928-0007-0001", "contents": "2017\u201318 NK Maribor season, Slovenian League, October\u2013December\nIn the second \"Eternal derby\" of the season on 17 November 2017, Maribor defeated Olimpija 1\u20130 at home in front of 9,000 spectators with another goal scored by Tavares, topping the league table for the first time since early August. However, in the next round, Maribor suffered their first defeat of the season, losing 2\u20131 in the \"Styrian derby\" against Celje. In this match, Tavares scored his 130th goal in the Slovenian top division, tying himself with \u0160tefan \u0160kaper as the all-time top goalscorer in the PrvaLiga.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 61], "content_span": [62, 579]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275928-0007-0002", "contents": "2017\u201318 NK Maribor season, Slovenian League, October\u2013December\nTavares became the sole record holder when he scored a winning goal in the next round against Gorica in a 2\u20131 victory. In the last round of the autumn part of the season, Maribor should have played against Aluminij, but the match was postponed to February 2018 due to snowy conditions. Before the winter break, Maribor were top of the league with 43 points out of 18 games.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 61], "content_span": [62, 435]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275928-0008-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 NK Maribor season, Slovenian League, February\u2013May\nMaribor began the spring part of the season with a goalless draw at home against Aluminij on 25 February 2018. After the match against Triglav was postponed due to snow, Maribor contested in another home draw against Rudar and dropped to second place by early March, behind their rivals Olimpija. Maribor won their first match in the spring part of the season on 10 March after defeating Ankaran Hrvatini 3\u20130 with a goals by Dare Vr\u0161i\u010d, Luka Zahovi\u0107, and Jasmin Me\u0161anovi\u0107, before suffering their first home defeat of the season in the next round against Dom\u017eale.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 57], "content_span": [58, 620]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275928-0008-0001", "contents": "2017\u201318 NK Maribor season, Slovenian League, February\u2013May\nThis was followed by another home defeat, this time against Kr\u0161ko. After the match, during the press conference, Zlatko Zahovi\u010d, a Director of Football at Maribor, made a personal attack against the journalist of the sports newspaper EkipaSN, which caused a major controversy among the media and the public. As a result, Zahovi\u010d was suspended by the club and the Football Association of Slovenia. In the third \"Eternal derby\" of the season, Maribor and Olimpija drew 1\u20131 in Ljubljana as Olimpija retained a ten-point lead over Maribor after 25 matches.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 57], "content_span": [58, 610]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275928-0008-0002", "contents": "2017\u201318 NK Maribor season, Slovenian League, February\u2013May\nIn the 26th round, Maribor ended their home ground winless drought after defeating Celje 3\u20132 with a hat-trick by Luka Zahovi\u0107. At Stanko Mlakar Stadium, Maribor equalised their highest win of the season as they defeated Triglav 5\u20130 in a previously postponed match. In the next round, however, Maribor surpassed this record as they defeated Gorica 6\u20130 in Nova Gorica, extending their winning streak to three games, in which the team scored fourteen goals. In the two remaining games of April, Maribor defeated Aluminij and Triglav, reducing Olimpija's lead to only one point.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 57], "content_span": [58, 632]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275928-0008-0003", "contents": "2017\u201318 NK Maribor season, Slovenian League, February\u2013May\nMaribor began the last month of the season with another two victories, over Rudar and Ankaran, extending their winning streak to seven games, before drawing 1\u20131 with Dom\u017eale in the 32nd round after a 91st-minute equalizer by Tavares. In the next round, Maribor topped the league table for the first time since late February after defeating Kr\u0161ko 2\u20131 at Matija Gubec Stadium, while Olimpija dropped points against Ankaran. In the last derby of the season on 19 May, Maribor lost 3\u20132 to Olimpija after Andr\u00e9s Vombergar's last-minute winner in front of 12,166 spectators, again dropping to second place. Maribor have won two remaining matches, 4\u20130 and 2\u20130 against Celje and Gorica, respectively, but lost the league title to Olimpija with the same number of points, but worse head-to-head record.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 57], "content_span": [58, 851]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275928-0009-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 NK Maribor season, Slovenian League, Matches\nColour key: Green = Maribor win; Yellow = draw; Red = opponents win.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 52], "content_span": [53, 121]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275928-0010-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 NK Maribor season, Slovenian Cup\nMaribor entered the competition in the Round of 16, receiving a bye as one of the four Slovenian teams that competed in the UEFA competitions during the season. Their opening match was a 3\u20130 away win against Tabor Se\u017eana on 5 September 2017, with two goals scored by Jasmin Me\u0161anovi\u0107 and one goal by Aleksander Raj\u010devi\u0107. In the quarter-finals, Maribor was eliminated 4\u20131 on aggregate by their \"Eternal rivals\" Olimpija Ljubljana, failing to qualify for the semi-finals for the first time since the 2002\u201303 season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 40], "content_span": [41, 554]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275928-0011-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 NK Maribor season, Slovenian Cup\nColour key: Green = Maribor win; Yellow = draw; Red = opponents win.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 40], "content_span": [41, 109]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275928-0012-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 NK Maribor season, UEFA Champions League\nThe UEFA Champions League is a continental club football competition organised by UEFA. Founded in the 1950s as the European Champion Clubs' Cup, the competition was open to champion clubs of each country and arranged as a straight knockout tournament. The growth of television rights saw the format rebranded in the 1990s to include a group stage and permit multiple entrants. Maribor have qualified for the group stage in 1999\u20132000 and 2014\u201315, when they finished in fourth place in the group on both occasions.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 48], "content_span": [49, 562]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275928-0013-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 NK Maribor season, UEFA Champions League, Qualifying rounds\nMaribor began the European campaign in the second qualifying round. They were drawn against Zrinjski Mostar, a team they have already met in the same stage of the competition during the 2014\u201315 season. In the first leg in Mostar, Maribor secured a 2\u20131 win with a goals by Luka Zahovi\u0107 and Marcos Tavares; Bla\u017e Vrhovec was also sent off after receiving two yellow cards. In the second leg, Zrinjski took the lead early in the game, before Mitja Viler equalised for the final score of 1\u20131, thus Maribor eliminated Zrinjski 3\u20132 on aggregate.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 67], "content_span": [68, 606]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275928-0013-0001", "contents": "2017\u201318 NK Maribor season, UEFA Champions League, Qualifying rounds\nMaribor continued in the third qualifying round, where they defeated FH 2\u20130 on aggregate; Tavares scored both goals for Maribor. In the play-off round, Maribor eliminated Israeli side Hapoel Be'er Sheva. The first match in Israel has finished 2\u20131 for the home side, with Tavares scoring his four European goal of the season. In the return leg in Maribor, Viler scored the only goal of the match in a 1\u20130 victory, sending Maribor through to the group stage of the competition for the third time in the club's history due to away goals rule.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 67], "content_span": [68, 607]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275928-0014-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 NK Maribor season, UEFA Champions League, Qualifying rounds, Second qualifying round\nColour key: Green = Maribor win; Yellow = draw; Red = opponents win.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 92], "content_span": [93, 161]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275928-0015-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 NK Maribor season, UEFA Champions League, Qualifying rounds, Third qualifying round\nColour key: Green = Maribor win; Yellow = draw; Red = opponents win.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 91], "content_span": [92, 160]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275928-0016-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 NK Maribor season, UEFA Champions League, Qualifying rounds, Play-off round\nColour key: Green = Maribor win; Yellow = draw; Red = opponents win.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 83], "content_span": [84, 152]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275928-0017-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 NK Maribor season, UEFA Champions League, Group stage\nMaribor were drawn in Group E, along with Spartak Moscow, Sevilla, and Liverpool. The club opened their group stage campaign with a 1\u20131 home draw against Spartak. Damjan Bohar scored the equalising goal late in the game. In the second matchday, Maribor suffered a 3\u20130 defeat against Sevilla after a hat-trick by Ben Yedder. In the third round, Maribor suffered their biggest home defeat in European competitions as the team lost 7\u20130 to Liverpool. Liverpool repeated the feat in the home match at Anfield, defeating Maribor 3\u20130. Maribor secured their second point in the fifth round in Moscow, again drawing 1\u20131 with Spartak, with Jasmin Me\u0161anovi\u0107 scoring a last-minute goal. Maribor concluded their European season with a home draw against Sevilla, finishing the competition in fourth place with three points out of six games.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 61], "content_span": [62, 888]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275928-0018-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 NK Maribor season, UEFA Champions League, Group stage, Group E\nColour key: Green = Maribor win; Yellow = draw; Red = opponents win.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 70], "content_span": [71, 139]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275928-0019-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 NK Maribor season, Friendlies, June\u2013July\nTo prepare for the forthcoming season, Maribor played a series of friendlies across Eastern Slovenia. Their first match ended in defeat against Osijek of the Croatian First Football League; Valon Ahmedi scored the opening goal of the season for Maribor in the first half, before Osijek turned the game around in the second half for a 2\u20131 victory. Maribor then played out a 1\u20131 draw against Shk\u00ebndija, with both goals of the game scored in the first ten minutes. Maribor recorded their first victory of the pre-season against the Russian side Ural.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 48], "content_span": [49, 596]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275928-0019-0001", "contents": "2017\u201318 NK Maribor season, Friendlies, June\u2013July\nThe first goal was scored by newly-signed Jasmin Me\u0161anovi\u0107 in the 62nd minute, while Gregor Bajde scored the second goal just one minute later for the final 2\u20130. During the next few days, Maribor narrowly won two more games, defeating Macedonian champions Vardar and Romanian team Dinamo Bucure\u0219ti, 1\u20130 and 2\u20131 respectively. Maribor concluded their pre-season with two defeats, against Croatian first division side Inter Zapre\u0161i\u0107 and the Russian Premier League side Krasnodar. During the match against Inter, Me\u0161anovi\u0107 and Ahmedi have picked up injuries and have been substituted in the first half.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 48], "content_span": [49, 647]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275928-0020-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 NK Maribor season, Friendlies, June\u2013July\nColour key: Green = Maribor win; Yellow = draw; Red = opponents win.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 48], "content_span": [49, 117]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275928-0021-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 NK Maribor season, Friendlies, January\u2013March\nDuring the winter break, Maribor played several friendly matches at their home stadium, Ljudski vrt, and in Belek, Turkey.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 52], "content_span": [53, 175]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275928-0022-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 NK Maribor season, Friendlies, January\u2013March\nColour key: Green = Maribor win; Yellow = draw; Red = opponents win.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 52], "content_span": [53, 121]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275928-0023-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 NK Maribor season, Squad statistics\nMaribor used a total of 32 players during the 2017\u201318 season and there were 17 different goalscorers. Tavares featured in 47 matches \u2013 the most of any Maribor player in the campaign. The highest scorer was also Tavares, with 22 goals in all competitions, followed by Zahovi\u0107 who scored 19 goals. Zahovi\u0107 became the top goalscorer of the Slovenian PrvaLiga with 18 goals; all of them were scored in the second part of the season. Four Maribor players were sent off during the season: Vrhovec, Ivkovi\u0107, Handanovi\u0107, and Inbrum.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 43], "content_span": [44, 568]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275929-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 NK Olimpija Ljubljana season\nOlimpija Ljubljana are a Slovenian football club which are based in Ljubljana. During the 2017-18 campaign they will compete in the following competitions:Slovenian PrvaLiga, Slovenian Football Cup, UEFA Europa League.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [36, 36], "content_span": [37, 255]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275930-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 NK Osijek season\nThe 2017\u201318 season is the 71st season in NK Osijek's history and their 27th in the Prva HNL.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [24, 24], "content_span": [25, 117]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275930-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 NK Osijek season, First-team squad\nNote: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 42], "content_span": [43, 171]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275930-0002-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 NK Osijek season, Out on loan\nNote: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 37], "content_span": [38, 166]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275931-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 NK Veres Rivne season\nThe 2017\u201318 season was Veres Rivne's 4th season in the top Ukrainian football league. Veres competed in Premier League and Ukrainian Cup. Despite finishing in third place in 2016\u201317 Ukrainian First League club was promoted after the controversial decision of the Ukrainian Premier League which denied Desna Chernihiv who finished in second place a licence to participate in the league, indicating that the club was not able to guarantee for an adequate financing of their infrastructure.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [29, 29], "content_span": [30, 517]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275932-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 NL season\nThe 2017\u201318 National League season is the 80th season of Swiss professional ice hockey and the first season as the National League (NL). The change from National League A to National League was made at the end of the 2016\u201317 season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 17], "section_span": [17, 17], "content_span": [18, 250]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275932-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 NL season\nZSC Lions won their 9th NL title, defeating HC Lugano in game 7 of the finals. SC Bern won the regular season for the second consecutive year. EHC Kloten were relegated to the Swiss League, while SC Rapperswil-Jona Lakers won promotion to the NL for 2018\u201319.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 17], "section_span": [17, 17], "content_span": [18, 276]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275932-0002-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 NL season, Coaching changes, Off-season\nLuca Cereda replaced Gordie Dwyer as head coach of HC Ambr\u00ec-Piotta for the 2017-18 season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 17], "section_span": [19, 47], "content_span": [48, 138]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275932-0003-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 NL season, Coaching changes, Off-season\nMark French took over the helm of HC Fribourg-Gott\u00e9ron for the 2017-18 season, replacing Larry Huras.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 17], "section_span": [19, 47], "content_span": [48, 149]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275932-0004-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 NL season, Coaching changes, Off-season\nCraig Woodcroft was named head coach of Gen\u00e8ve-Servette HC after Chris McSorley stepped down of the position and was named General Manager of the team.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 17], "section_span": [19, 47], "content_span": [48, 199]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275932-0005-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 NL season, Coaching changes, In-season\nDan Ratushny was fired by Lausanne on October 11, 2017, after posting a 3-0-3-4 record through 10 games this season. He led Lausanne to the playoffs at the conclusion of the 2016-17 regular season, his only season at the helm of this team. Yves Sarault, who was serving as head coach of Lausanne HC's junior team at the time, stepped in to fill the spot as interim head coach, before being named head coach through the end of the current season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 17], "section_span": [19, 46], "content_span": [47, 492]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275932-0006-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 NL season, Coaching changes, In-season\nPekka Tirkkonen was fired by EHC Kloten on October 16, 2017, following a five-game losing streak and after posting a 2-0-0-11 record through 13 games this season, sitting dead last in the National League. Niklas Gaellstedt who was serving as an assistant coach at the time, replaced Tirkkonen as head coach of the team for the time being. On October 24, 2017, Kevin Schlaepfer was named head coach of the team for the remainder of the season and through the 2019-20 season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 17], "section_span": [19, 46], "content_span": [47, 520]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275932-0007-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 NL season, Coaching changes, In-season\nMike McNamara was fired by EHC Biel on November 25, 2017, after a 3-0 loss to the last team in the standings, EHC Kloten, the previous day. McNamara posted an 8-2-2-12 record through 24 games this season, sitting 7th in the standings at the time. Martin Steinegger, the General Manager of the organization, took over the helm of the team as interim head coach.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 17], "section_span": [19, 46], "content_span": [47, 407]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275932-0008-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 NL season, Arenas\nHC Ambr\u00ec-Piotta is playing its final years in the old Valascia, as construction for their new building are set to begin in the spring of 2018 and should be ready in time for the 2020/21 NL season. The new Valascia will seat 7,000 people and will be located in the same area as the current one.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 17], "section_span": [19, 25], "content_span": [26, 319]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275932-0009-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 NL season, Arenas\nHC Davos' Vaillant Arena is set to undergo major renovation at the end of the season to upgrade most of the stands, the concourse and the locker rooms. The total capacity will not change and renovation will cost about CHF 22 million.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 17], "section_span": [19, 25], "content_span": [26, 259]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275932-0010-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 NL season, Arenas\nHC Fribourg-Gott\u00e9ron's plans to rebuild the BCF Arena at the end of the 2016-17 season were postponed to after the current season. Construction which will cost about CHF 70 million will start in March 2018 and the arena's capacity will be increased from 6,500 to 8,500. Renovation will last 2 years and should be over in the summer of 2020.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 17], "section_span": [19, 25], "content_span": [26, 366]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275932-0011-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 NL season, Arenas\nThe Patinoire des Vernets in Geneva is set to undergo minor renovation during the first national team break in November. The VIP area will be expanded to add an additional 170 seats and standing room on the north side will be brought closer to the ice rink.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 17], "section_span": [19, 25], "content_span": [26, 283]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275932-0012-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 NL season, Arenas\nThis is Lausanne HC's first of two seasons playing in a temporary arena. The arena seats 6,700 people and cost CHF 11 million for the two seasons. The new arena will be ready for the 2019/20 season with a seating capacity of 10,000.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 17], "section_span": [19, 25], "content_span": [26, 258]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275932-0013-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 NL season, Arenas\nDue to popular demand, EV Zug had to increase the Bossard Arena's total capacity to 7,200. These seats are located against the boards, next to the penalty boxes and at ice level.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 17], "section_span": [19, 25], "content_span": [26, 204]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275932-0014-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 NL season, Player statistics, Leading goaltenders\nThe following goaltenders led the league in goals against average, provided that they have played at least 40% of their team's minutes.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 17], "section_span": [19, 57], "content_span": [58, 193]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275933-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 NLEX Road Warriors season\nThe 2017\u201318 NLEX Road Warriors season was the 4th season of the franchise in the Philippine Basketball Association (PBA).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [33, 33], "content_span": [34, 155]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275934-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 NTFL season\nThe 2017/18 NTFL season was the 97th season of the Northern Territory Football League (NTFL).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [19, 19], "content_span": [20, 113]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275934-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 NTFL season\nThe first game was played on Friday, 6 October 2017, and the Grand Final was played on Wednesday 21 March 2018, with the Southern Districts Crocs defeating Darwin Buffaloes in a 1-point thriller to win their 3rd premiership title.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [19, 19], "content_span": [20, 250]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275935-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 NWHL season\nThe 2017\u201318 NWHL season was the third season of the National Women's Hockey League. All four teams from the previous two seasons returned for this season: the Boston Pride, Buffalo Beauts, Connecticut Whale, and the Metropolitan Riveters.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [19, 19], "content_span": [20, 258]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275935-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 NWHL season, Regular season, News and notes\nBrittany Ott of the Boston Pride and Amanda Leveille of the Buffalo Beauts served as team captains for the 3rd NWHL All-Star Game.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 51], "content_span": [52, 182]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275935-0002-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 NWHL season, Draft\nThe 2017 NWHL draft was the third in the history of the National Women's Hockey League and took place on August 17, 2017, in Brooklyn. Goaltender Katie Burt of Boston College was selected first overall by the Boston Pride. It marked the first time that the Boston Pride held the first pick overall in the draft, which the franchise obtained from the Connecticut Whale in the trade that sent Zoe Hickel to the Whale on February 7, 2017.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 26], "content_span": [27, 462]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275936-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 NZ Touring Cars Championship\nThe 2017\u201318 NZ Touring Cars Championship (known for commercial reasons as the 2017\u201318 BNT V8s Championship) is the nineteenth season of the series, and the third under the NZ Touring Cars name. The field comprises three classes racing on the same grid. Class one features both V8ST and NZV8 TLX cars. Class two and three consists of older NZV8 TL and varying touring cars.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [36, 36], "content_span": [37, 409]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275936-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 NZ Touring Cars Championship, Calendar\nRound 1 will be held in support of the 2017 ITM Auckland SuperSprint while Round 5 will be in support of the 2018 New Zealand Grand Prix.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 46], "content_span": [47, 184]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275937-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Namibia Premier League\nThe 2017\u201318 Namibia Premier League is the 28th season of top-tier football in Namibia. It returned after not played in 2016\u201317. The season started on 20 October 2017 and finished on 6 May 2018.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [30, 30], "content_span": [31, 224]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275938-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Nashville Predators season\nThe 2017\u201318 Nashville Predators season was the 20th season for the National Hockey League franchise that was established on June 25, 1997. The team reached the playoffs for the fourth consecutive season, and won the Central Division as well as winning the Presidents' Trophy for the first time in franchise history. However, the Predators were eliminated from Stanley Cup contention in the Second Round of the playoffs by the Winnipeg Jets in seven games.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [34, 34], "content_span": [35, 490]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275938-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Nashville Predators season, Schedule and results, Regular season\nThe regular season schedule was released on June 22, 2017.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 72], "content_span": [73, 131]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275938-0002-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Nashville Predators season, Schedule and results, Regular season\nLegend:\u00a0\u00a0Win (2 points)\u00a0\u00a0Loss (0 points)\u00a0\u00a0Overtime/shootout loss (1 point)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 72], "content_span": [73, 147]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275938-0003-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Nashville Predators season, Player statistics, Goaltenders\n\u2020Denotes player spent time with another team before joining the Predators. Stats reflect time with the Predators only. \u2021Traded mid-season. Stats reflect time with the Predators only. Bold/italics denotes franchise record", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 66], "content_span": [67, 287]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275938-0004-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Nashville Predators season, Transactions\nThe Predators have been involved in the following transactions during the 2017\u201318 season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 48], "content_span": [49, 138]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275938-0005-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Nashville Predators season, Draft picks\nBelow are the Nashville Predators' selections at the 2017 NHL Entry Draft, which was held on June 23 and 24, 2017 at the United Center in Chicago.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 47], "content_span": [48, 194]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275939-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 National Basketball League (Bulgaria) season\nThe 2017\u201318 National Basketball League (Bulgaria) season was the 77th season of the Bulgarian NBL. The season started on October 7, 2017 and ended on May 29, 2018.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 52], "section_span": [52, 52], "content_span": [53, 216]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275939-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 National Basketball League (Bulgaria) season, Teams\nThe same nine teams of the previous season repeated participation in the 2017\u201318 season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 52], "section_span": [54, 59], "content_span": [60, 148]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275939-0002-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 National Basketball League (Bulgaria) season, Regular season\nIn the regular season, teams play against each other three times home-and-away in a double round-robin format. The eight first qualified teams advance to the playoffs.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 52], "section_span": [54, 68], "content_span": [69, 236]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275939-0003-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 National Basketball League (Bulgaria) season, Regular season, Results, Second stage\nHome and away games depend on table after the first stage.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 52], "section_span": [54, 91], "content_span": [92, 150]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275940-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 National Basketball League (England) season\nThe 2017-18 season was the 46th edition of the National Basketball League of England. Loughborough University won their 1st league title.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 51], "section_span": [51, 51], "content_span": [52, 190]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275941-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 National Cricket League\nThe 2017\u201318 National Cricket League was the nineteenth edition of the National Cricket League, a first-class cricket competition that was held in Bangladesh. The tournament started on 15 September 2017, with eight teams placed into two tiers. The top team in Tier 2 were promoted to Tier 1 for the next season, with the bottom team in Tier 1 relegated to Tier 2. Khulna Division were the defending champions.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [31, 31], "content_span": [32, 440]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275941-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 National Cricket League\nThere was a two-month break in the tournament, starting in mid-October, while the Bangladesh Premier League took place. Rajshahi Division were promoted to Tier 1 before the final round of fixtures were played. Khulna Division retained their title when they beat Dhaka Division by an innings and 49 runs in their final match. Dhaka Division were also relegated to Tier 2 for the next season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [31, 31], "content_span": [32, 422]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275942-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 National First Division\nThe 2017\u201318 National First Division was the season from August 2017 to May 2018 of South Africa's second tier of professional soccer, the National First Division.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [31, 31], "content_span": [32, 194]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275943-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 National League\nThe 2017\u201318 National League season, known as the Vanarama National League for sponsorship reasons, is the third season under English football's new title of National League, fourteenth season consisting of three divisions and the thirty-ninth season overall.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [23, 23], "content_span": [24, 282]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275943-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 National League\nThe National League covers the top two levels of non-League football in England. The National League is the fifth highest level of the overall pyramid, while the National League North and National League South exist at the sixth level. The top team and the winner of the play-off of the Premier division will be promoted to English Football League Two, while the bottom four are relegated to the North or South divisions. The champions of the North and South divisions will be promoted to the Premier division, alongside the play-off winners from each division. The bottom three in each of the North and South divisions are relegated to the premier divisions of the Northern Premier League, Isthmian League or Southern League.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [23, 23], "content_span": [24, 750]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275943-0002-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 National League\nThis is the first season to include six teams in the play-offs for each division, with the 4th-7th placed teams participating in the qualifying round and the 2nd and 3rd placed teams qualifying for the semi-finals.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [23, 23], "content_span": [24, 238]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275943-0003-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 National League, National League, Promotion and Relegation\nAFC Fylde were the first team to be promoted after a 3\u20130 win against Boston United on 22 April 2017 clinched them the National League North title. Maidenhead United were promoted on 29 April 2017 after a 3\u20130 win over Margate, competing in the top tier of non-league for the first time. Ebbsfleet United were promoted on 13 May 2017 after beating Chelmsford City 2\u20131 in the National League South Playoff Final, returning to the league after a four-year absence. On the same day, FC Halifax Town were also promoted after beating Chorley 2\u20131 in the National League North playoff final, securing them an immediate return to the league.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 66], "content_span": [67, 698]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275943-0004-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 National League, National League, Promotion and Relegation\nLeyton Orient were relegated from League Two on 22 April 2017 after their 3\u20130 loss to Crewe Alexandra ending their 112-year stay in the English Football League. On 6 May 2017, despite a 2\u20131 victory over Doncaster Rovers on the same day, Hartlepool United became the second team to be relegated from League Two following Newport County's 2\u20131 victory over Notts County, ending their 96-year stay in the EFL.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 66], "content_span": [67, 472]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275943-0005-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 National League, National League, Promotion and Relegation\nThe six teams replace Lincoln City, Forest Green Rovers, York City, Braintree Town, Southport and North Ferriby United. Lincoln City were promoted to League Two after beating Macclesfield Town 2\u20131 on 22 April 2017. Forest Green Rovers were promoted after beating Tranmere Rovers 3\u20131 in the 2016\u201317 National League Playoff Final on 14 May 2017. They were the league's longest serving club, completing nineteen seasons in the top-flight. This is a mantle that has now been passed to Wrexham, who enter their tenth season in the league.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 66], "content_span": [67, 600]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275943-0006-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 National League, National League, Promotion and Relegation\nAfter seven years in the National League and surviving relegation battles over several seasons, Southport were unable to escape the drop and they were the first team to be relegated on 21 April 2017 after a 3\u20130 loss to Dover Athletic. After just one season in the National League, North Ferriby United were relegated three days later after a 3\u20131 defeat at Barrow. On the final day of the season, Braintree Town were relegated after losing 2\u20130 to Aldershot, ending their six-year stay in the league, which also confirmed the club's first relegation in their history. York City's 2\u20132 draw against Forest Green Rovers was also not enough to save them after Guiseley's last minute equalizer against Solihull Moors confirmed back to back relegations for the Yorkshire club.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 66], "content_span": [67, 835]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275943-0007-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 National League, National League, Monthly Awards\nEach month the Vanarama National League announces their official Player of the Month and Manager of the Month.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 56], "content_span": [57, 167]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275943-0008-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 National League, National League, Team of the Season\nAt the end of the season, the National League announced its official team of the season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 60], "content_span": [61, 149]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275943-0009-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 National League, National League North, Team changes, From National League North\nRelegated and voluntarily demoted to 2017\u201318 Midland League Premier Division", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 88], "content_span": [89, 165]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275944-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 National League 1\nThe 2017\u201318 National League 1, known for sponsorship reasons as the SSE National League 1 is the ninth season of the third tier of the English rugby union system, since the professionalised format of the second tier RFU Championship was introduced; and is the 31st season since league rugby began in 1987.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [25, 25], "content_span": [26, 331]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275944-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 National League 1\nFollowing defeat at Blackheath on 10 March, Fylde are the first team to be relegated. A week later Coventry became the league champions with five games to go after beating Caldy away on the 17 March. On 21 April Old Albanian became the second team to go down with a game to go, losing 21-24 away to Plymouth Albion. The third and final relegation spot went to the taken by Hull Ionians who lost 21-38 away to champions Coventry on 28 April 2018 in front of a divisional record attendance of 3,758. As champions, Coventry are promoted into the 2018\u201319 RFU Championship, while relegated sides Fylde and Hull Ionians drop to the 2018\u201319 National League 2 North, and Old Albanian into the 2018\u201319 National League 2 South.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [25, 25], "content_span": [26, 743]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275944-0002-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 National League 1\nOf further interest were a number of divisional records set or equalled during the course of the season. These included a record crowd (3,758 at Coventry) and record overall league average attendance (653), while Coventry's promotion meant they now had 3 tier titles (equal with Otley). Ampthill also equalled a more obscure record of four league draws previously achieved by both Wharfedale and Richmond.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [25, 25], "content_span": [26, 431]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275944-0003-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 National League 1, Structure\nThe league consists of sixteen teams with all the teams playing each other on a home and away basis to make a total of thirty matches each. There is one promotion place with the champions promoted to the Greene King IPA Championship. There are usually three relegation places with the bottom three teams relegated to either National League 2 North or National League 2 South depending on the geographical location of the team.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 36], "content_span": [37, 463]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275944-0004-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 National League 1, Participating teams and locations\nTwelve of the sixteen teams participated in the preceding season's competition. The 2016\u201317 champions, Hartpury College, were promoted to the 2017\u201318 RFU Championship, replacing London Welsh who went into liquidation, in the second half of the season, and ceased to exist as a professional team. Due to London Welsh's liquidation only two teams (instead of the usual three) were relegated last season \u2013 Macclesfield and Blaydon \u2013 both of whom drop to the 2017\u201318 National League 2 North.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 60], "content_span": [61, 548]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275944-0005-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 National League 1, Participating teams and locations\nThe promoted teams are Bishop's Stortford and Caldy, champions of the 2016\u201317 National League 2 South and 2016\u201317 National League 2 North respectively, and Old Elthamians who won the promotion play-off against Sale FC. National League 1 is the highest level all three of these sides have ever reached.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 60], "content_span": [61, 362]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275944-0006-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 National League 1, Season records, Team\n68 \u2013 15 Plymouth Albion at home to Fylde on 23 September 2017", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 47], "content_span": [48, 109]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275944-0007-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 National League 1, Season records, Team\n64 \u2013 0 Coventry away to Fylde on 14 October 2017", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 47], "content_span": [48, 96]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275944-0008-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 National League 1, Season records, Team\n81 \u2013 33 Loughborough Students away to Fylde on 21 April 2018", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 47], "content_span": [48, 108]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275944-0009-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 National League 1, Season records, Team\n81 \u2013 33 Loughborough Students away to Fylde on 21 April 2018", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 47], "content_span": [48, 108]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275944-0010-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 National League 1, Season records, Team\nBishop's Stortford at home to Fylde on 7 April 2018Loughborough Students away to Fylde on 21 April 2018", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 47], "content_span": [48, 151]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275944-0011-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 National League 1, Season records, Team\nPlymouth Albion at home to Fylde on 23 September 2017Coventry at home to Ampthill on 9 December 2017Caldy at home to Loughborough Students on 6 January 2018", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 47], "content_span": [48, 204]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275944-0012-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 National League 1, Season records, Team\nCambridge away to Fylde on 2 September 2017Hull Ionians at home to Cambridge on 4 November 2017Old Albanian at home to Ampthill on 23 December 2017Hull Ionians at home to Rosslyn Park on 24 February 2018", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 47], "content_span": [48, 251]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275944-0013-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 National League 1, Season records, Attendances\nCoventry at home to Hull Ionians on 28 April 2018", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 54], "content_span": [55, 104]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275944-0014-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 National League 1, Season records, Attendances\nLoughborough Students at home to Cambridge on 23 December 2017", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 54], "content_span": [55, 117]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275944-0015-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 National League 1, Season records, Player\nGavin Roberts for Caldy at home to Loughborough Students on 6 January 2018", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 49], "content_span": [50, 124]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275944-0016-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 National League 1, Season records, Player\nRyan Hutler for Bishop's Stortford at home to Fylde on 7 April 2018", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 49], "content_span": [50, 117]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275944-0017-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 National League 1, Season records, Player\nMark Harrison for Birmingham Moseley away to Esher on 14 October 2017", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 49], "content_span": [50, 119]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275944-0018-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 National League 1, Season records, Player\nDan Mugford for Plymouth Albion at home to Fylde on 23 September 2017 Gavin Roberts for Caldy at home to Loughborough Students on 6 January 2018", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 49], "content_span": [50, 194]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275944-0019-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 National League 1, Season records, Player\nIsaac Green for Hull Ionians away to Rosslyn Park on 14 April 2018", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 49], "content_span": [50, 116]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275944-0020-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 National League 1, Season records, Player\nJack Green for Cambridge away to Fylde on 2 September 2017 Chris Bell for Hull Ionians at home to Cambridge on 4 November 2017 Tom Bednall for Old Albanian at home to Ampthill on 23 December 2017 Greg Lound for Hull Ionians at home to Rosslyn Park on 24 February 2018", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 49], "content_span": [50, 317]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275945-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 National League 2 North\nThe 2017\u201318 National League 2 North is the ninth season (31st overall) of the fourth tier (north) of the English domestic rugby union competitions since the professionalised format of the second division was introduced.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [31, 31], "content_span": [32, 251]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275945-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 National League 2 North\nOn 21 April 2018 Sheffield became the first side to be relegated after losing heavily to promotion chasing Sedgley Park away from home. This meant that Sheffield would equal the unwanted record set by Morley of being the most demoted side in tier 4 (north) history with what was their third relegation from this level since the leagues started in 1987. The championship took a little longer to decide when on 28 April 2018 Sale FC clinched the title by winning 37-5 away to Leicester Lions, with a (rescheduled) game to spare.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [31, 31], "content_span": [32, 558]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275945-0001-0001", "contents": "2017\u201318 National League 2 North\nSale FC were deserving winners, although runners up Sedgley Park kept the title race going to the wire thanks to their outstanding bonus points tally of 30 (a divisional record), helping Park to the runners up spot and a place in the promotion playoff game. On the same day the second relegation spot was sealed when Blaydon suffered their second successive relegation, losing a tight game 36-40 at Kingston Park to Hinckley.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [31, 31], "content_span": [32, 457]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275945-0002-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 National League 2 North\nRunners up Sedgley Park failed to join Sale FC in the 2018\u201319 National League 1 after they lost 30-41 away to 2017\u201318 National League 2 South runners up Chinnor in the promotion play-off game played on 5 May 2018.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [31, 31], "content_span": [32, 245]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275945-0002-0001", "contents": "2017\u201318 National League 2 North\nDue to poor weather causing delays to the end of the season it took till 12 May 2018 to determine the final relegation spot with Luctonians losing 21-22 to champions Sale FC at home in their re-arranged fixture, condemning the Herefordshire side to the drop, 3 points below 13th placed Wharfedale, who could have gone down instead had Luctonians won via a bonus point.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [31, 31], "content_span": [32, 400]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275945-0003-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 National League 2 North, Structure\nThe league consists of sixteen teams with all the teams playing each other on a home and away basis to make a total of thirty matches each. There is one automatic promotion place, one play-off place and three relegation places. The champions are promoted to the 2018\u201319 National League 1 and the runners up play the second-placed team in the 2017\u201318 National League 2 South with the winner also being promoted. The last three teams are relegated to either North Premier or Midlands Premier depending on the geographical location of the team (in some cases teams may join the southern regional leagues).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 42], "content_span": [43, 645]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275945-0004-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 National League 2 North, Structure\nThe results of the matches contribute points to the league as follows:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 42], "content_span": [43, 113]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275945-0005-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 National League 2 North, Participating teams and locations\nEleven of the teams listed below participated in the 2016\u201317 National League 2 North season. The 2016\u201317 champions, Caldy, were promoted into the 2017\u201318 National League 1, replacing Blaydon and Macclesfield who were relegated from the 2016\u201317 National League 1. The three teams relegated last season were Preston Grasshoppers and Harrogate (both to North Premier) and Scunthorpe (Midlands Premier).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 66], "content_span": [67, 466]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275945-0006-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 National League 2 North, Participating teams and locations\nThe promoted teams are Huddersfield, who were promoted as champions of National League 3 North (now North Premier) and Sheffield (play-offs) who came up from National League 3 Midlands (now Midlands Premier). Broadstreet (champions of National League 3 Midlands) would have usually have come into this division but due to an imbalance of teams they were instead level transferred to the 2017\u201318 National League 2 South as they were considered the most southerly team in the division.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 66], "content_span": [67, 550]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275945-0007-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 National League 2 North, Promotion play-off\nEach season, the runners-up in the National League 2 North and National League 2 South participate in a play-off for promotion to National Division 1. Chinnor were runners up in the 2017\u201318 National League 2 South, and because they had a better record than the 2017\u201318 National League 2 North runners up, Sedgley Park, they host the play-off match.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 51], "content_span": [52, 400]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275945-0008-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 National League 2 North, Season records, Team\n89 \u2013 17 Stourbridge at home to Blaydon on 27 January 2018", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 53], "content_span": [54, 111]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275945-0009-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 National League 2 North, Season records, Team\n40 \u2013 3 Leicester Lions away to Luctonians on 14 October 201747 \u2013 10 Sale FC away to Sheffield on 13 January 201837 \u2013 0 Sale FC away to Macclesfield on 31 March 2018", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 53], "content_span": [54, 218]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275945-0010-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 National League 2 North, Season records, Team\n89 \u2013 17 Stourbridge at home to Blaydon on 27 January 2018", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 53], "content_span": [54, 111]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275945-0011-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 National League 2 North, Season records, Team\nSedgley Park at home to Sheffield on 21 April 2018Sedgley Park at home to Sheffield Tigers on 28 April 2018", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 53], "content_span": [54, 161]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275945-0012-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 National League 2 North, Season records, Team\nSouth Leicester at home to Tynedale on 21 October 2017Huddersfield at home to Sedgley Park on 2 December 2017", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 53], "content_span": [54, 163]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275945-0013-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 National League 2 North, Season records, Attendances\nSheffield at home to Sheffield Tigers on 23 December 2017", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 60], "content_span": [61, 118]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275945-0014-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 National League 2 North, Season records, Attendances\nSedgley Park at home to Otley on 17 March 2018", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 60], "content_span": [61, 107]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275945-0015-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 National League 2 North, Season records, Player\nStephen Collins for Sedgley Park at home to Sheffield Tigers on 28 April 2018", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 55], "content_span": [56, 133]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275945-0016-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 National League 2 North, Season records, Player\nMyles Bean for South Leicester at home to Blaydon on 21 April 2018", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 55], "content_span": [56, 122]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275945-0017-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 National League 2 North, Season records, Player\nStephen Collins for Sedgley Park at home to Sheffield Tigers on 28 April 2018", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 55], "content_span": [56, 133]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275945-0018-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 National League 2 North, Season records, Player\nRickie Aley for South Leicester at home to Tynedale on 21 October 2017 Harry Davey for Huddersfield at home to Sedgley Park on 2 December 2017", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 55], "content_span": [56, 198]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275945-0019-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 National League 2 North, Season records, Player\nTom Barrett for Wharfedale at home to Luctonians on 6 January 2018", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 55], "content_span": [56, 122]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275946-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 National League 2 South\nThe 2017\u201318 National League 2 South is the ninth season (31st overall) of the fourth tier (south) of the English domestic rugby union competitions since the professionalised format of the second division was introduced.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [31, 31], "content_span": [32, 251]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275946-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 National League 2 South\nOn 7 April 2018 Broadstreet became the first club to be relegated, a 12-16 defeat away to fellow strugglers Barnstaple condemning them to the drop with three games to go. On 21 April Cinderford became champions with a game to go following a narrow 21-19 win away to Bury St Edmunds. Cinderford were easily the best team in the division, finishing 12 points clear of second place Chinnor, who on most other seasons would have been good enough to finish champions but instead had to settle for the promotion playoff game. In winning the league title Cinderford set several National League 2 South records including winning the most games (29) and gaining the most points (143).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [31, 31], "content_span": [32, 707]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275946-0002-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 National League 2 South\nThe battle for the final two relegation spots was one of the most keenest in several years with three teams threatened by the drop on the last day of the season. In the end it was Wimbledon and Barnstaple who went down on the 28 April, despite Barum getting a 17-14 win at home against the Londoners, as Old Redcliffians managed to win at home to Redruth.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [31, 31], "content_span": [32, 387]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275946-0002-0001", "contents": "2017\u201318 National League 2 South\nOld Reds had looked dead certs for relegation earlier in the season but turned it around with eight wins in the second half (compared to just 2 before Christmas) of the season to stay safe by 3 points, even leapfrogging 13th placed London Irish Wild Geese who had secured safety the week before. Wimbledon also did well in the second half of the season getting eight wins (compared to one in the first half) but were ultimately left with two much to do and were 7 points from safety after their defeat at Pottingham Road. Barnstaple, by contrast, had looked safe earlier in the season but endured a torrid second half with just four wins after Christmas (for a total of ten overall). Injuries, along with poor try scoring and improvements from the teams around them, were primary contributors to Barum's downfall.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [31, 31], "content_span": [32, 845]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275946-0003-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 National League 2 South\nOn 5 May 2018 Chinnor would join Cinderford in the 2018\u201319 National League 1 after they defeated 2017\u201318 National League 2 North runners up Sedgley Park 40-31 in the promotion play-off game played at Kingsey Road.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [31, 31], "content_span": [32, 245]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275946-0004-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 National League 2 South, Structure\nThe league consists of sixteen teams with all the teams playing each other on a home and away basis to make a total of thirty matches each. There is one automatic promotion place, one play-off place and three relegation places. The champions are promoted to the 2018\u201319 National League 1 and the runners-up play the second-placed team in the 2017\u201318 National League 2 North with the winner being promoted. The last three teams are relegated to either London & South East Premier or South West Premier depending on the geographical location of the team (in some cases teams may join the Midlands regional leagues).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 42], "content_span": [43, 656]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275946-0005-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 National League 2 South, Structure\nThe results of the matches contribute points to the league as follows:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 42], "content_span": [43, 113]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275946-0006-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 National League 2 South, Participating teams and locations\nTwelve of the teams listed below participated in the 2016\u201317 National League 2 South season. The 2016\u201317 champions Bishop's Stortford and play-off winners Old Elthamians, who won the promotion play-off against Sale FC, were promoted into the 2017\u201318 National League 1, while no sides located in the south were relegated. The two relegated sides from National League 2 South are Exmouth (who drop to South West Premier) and Barnes (who drop to London & South East Premier).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 66], "content_span": [67, 539]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275946-0006-0001", "contents": "2017\u201318 National League 2 South, Participating teams and locations\nUsually three sides are relegated but when RFU Championship side London Welsh went into liquidation in the spring of 2017 it granted a reprieve for the 14th placed side in either National League 2 North or National League 2 South depending on comparable points, which in the end turned out to be Barnstaple.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 66], "content_span": [67, 374]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275946-0007-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 National League 2 South, Participating teams and locations\nThe promoted teams are Old Redcliffians who finished as champions of National League 3 South West (now South West Premier), while Tonbridge Juddians (champions) and Wimbledon (playoffs) came up from National League 3 London & SE (now London & South East Premier). Broadstreet were also included in the division when they were level transferred from National League 2 North having been promoted as champions of National League 3 Midlands (now Midlands Premier). Broadstreet's inclusion came due to an imbalance of teams as both Bishop's Stortford and Old Elthamians had gone up into National League 1 coupled with no teams coming down the opposite way, and as the most southerly club, Broadstreet were deemed the most suitable for a level transfer.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 66], "content_span": [67, 814]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275946-0008-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 National League 2 South, Promotion play-off\nEach season, the runners-up in the National League 2 North and National League 2 South participate in a play-off for promotion to National League 1. Chinnor were runners up in the 2017\u201318 National League 2 South, and because they had a better record than the 2017\u201318 National League 2 North runners up, Sedgley Park, they host the play-off match.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 51], "content_span": [52, 398]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275946-0009-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 National League 2 South, Season records, Team\n81 - 14 Taunton Titans at home to Worthing Raiders on 8 October 2017", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 53], "content_span": [54, 122]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275946-0010-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 National League 2 South, Season records, Team\n90 - 17 Cinderford away to Henley Hawks on 16 September 2017", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 53], "content_span": [54, 114]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275946-0011-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 National League 2 South, Season records, Team\n90 - 17 Cinderford away to Henley Hawks on 16 September 2017", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 53], "content_span": [54, 114]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275946-0012-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 National League 2 South, Season records, Team\nClifton at home to Canterbury on 11 November 2017Old Redcliffians at home to Worthing Raiders on 7 April 2018", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 53], "content_span": [54, 163]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275946-0013-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 National League 2 South, Season records, Attendances\nChinnor at home to Henley Hawks on 9 September 2017", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 60], "content_span": [61, 112]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275946-0014-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 National League 2 South, Season records, Attendances\nClifton at home to Bury St Edmunds on 17 March 2018", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 60], "content_span": [61, 112]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275946-0015-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 National League 2 South, Season records, Player\nOllie Rice for Taunton Titans at home to Wimbledon on 13 January 2018", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 55], "content_span": [56, 125]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275946-0016-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 National League 2 South, Season records, Player\nOllie Rice for Taunton Titans at home to Wimbledon on 13 January 2018", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 55], "content_span": [56, 125]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275946-0017-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 National League 2 South, Season records, Player\nJames Moffat for Cinderford away to Henley Hawks on 16 September 2017", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 55], "content_span": [56, 125]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275946-0018-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 National League 2 South, Season records, Player\nBradley Barnes for Clifton at home to Canterbury on 11 November 2017 Kieran Hill for Old Redcliffians at home to Worthing on 7 April 2018", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 55], "content_span": [56, 193]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275946-0019-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 National League 2 South, Season records, Player\nClifford Hodgson for Broadstreet away to Wimbledon on 9 December 2017", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 55], "content_span": [56, 125]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275947-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 National Premier League\nThe 2017\u201318 Red Stripe Premier League is the highest competitive football league in Jamaica. It is the 44th edition of the competition. The regular season started on September 24, 2017. Arnett Gardens are the defending champions, having won their 5th title last season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [31, 31], "content_span": [32, 301]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275947-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 National Premier League, Teams\nMaverley Hughenden and Jamalco finished 11th and 12th in last season's competition and were relegated to their respective regional Super Leagues, the KSAFA Super League and South Central Confederation Super League respectively.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 38], "content_span": [39, 266]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275947-0002-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 National Premier League, Teams\nAt the end of last season, the champions of the four Super Leagues participated in a promotion playoff double round robin tournament. Cavalier and Sandals South Coast finished 1st and 2nd after the playoff and were promoted to the National Premier League for this season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 38], "content_span": [39, 310]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275947-0003-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 National Premier League, Playoffs, Results, Semifinals\nThe winners of these ties will qualify for the CFU Club Championship.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 62], "content_span": [63, 132]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275948-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 National Ringette League season\nThe 2017\u201318 National Ringette League season for the sport of ringette was the 14th season of the National Ringette League and began on September 30, 2017 and ended on April 14, 2018.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [39, 39], "content_span": [40, 222]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275948-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 National Ringette League season\nThe Atlantic Attack won the national championship and their first national title by defeating the Edmonton WAM! 5\u20133.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [39, 39], "content_span": [40, 156]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275948-0002-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 National Ringette League season, Regular Seasons\nFor East division red teams, they play 4 games each to 2 teams from the same color and 2 game each to 3 teams from the same color. They also play 2 games to 4 white color teams.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 56], "content_span": [57, 234]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275948-0003-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 National Ringette League season, Regular Seasons\nFor East division white teams, they play 3 games each to same color team and 2 games each to 5 red color teams.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 56], "content_span": [57, 168]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275948-0004-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 National Ringette League season, Regular Seasons\nFor West division team, they play 6 games each to same division teams.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 56], "content_span": [57, 127]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275948-0005-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 National Ringette League season, Regular Seasons\nThe number of home games and that of away games may not be the same.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 56], "content_span": [57, 125]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275949-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 National T20 Cup\nThe 2017\u201318 National T20 Cup was a Twenty20 domestic cricket competition that was played in Pakistan. It was the fourteenth season of the National Twenty20 Cup in Pakistan. It was originally scheduled to take place in August and September 2017 with eight teams competing. However, in August 2017, it was announced that the tournament would be postponed until November 2017 because of the 2017 Independence Cup and Pakistan's series against Sri Lanka. All the matches were originally scheduled to be played at the Multan Cricket Stadium and the Iqbal Stadium. Following the revised dates to the competition, all the fixtures took place at the Rawalpindi Cricket Stadium.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [24, 24], "content_span": [25, 694]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275949-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 National T20 Cup\nThe tournament started on 11 November and was scheduled to conclude on 26 November 2017. However, the semi-final fixtures were initially postponed by the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) by one day, following a protest by a religious party, which required more than 8,500 police and troops to remove the protesters. The next day, the PCB postponed the matches because of the \"prevailing situation\" and said they would announce new dates for the tournament at a later point. The PCB also confirmed that the Super Eight section of the 2017\u201318 Quaid-e-Azam Trophy would also be postponed until a later date too. On 27 November 2017 the PCB confirmed that the semi-finals and final would take place on 29 and 30 November 2017 respectively.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [24, 24], "content_span": [25, 756]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275949-0002-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 National T20 Cup\nThe defending champions, Karachi Blues, were not invited by the PCB to compete in this year's competition. Ahead of the tournament, the PCB recalled thirteen players who were playing in domestic competitions in England and in the 2017 Caribbean Premier League (CPL). However, shortly afterwards the PCB allowed players to return from the CPL and English domestic fixtures if they wished.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [24, 24], "content_span": [25, 412]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275949-0003-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 National T20 Cup\nIn the penultimate group-stage match, between Lahore Whites and Islamabad, batsmen Kamran Akmal and Salman Butt made an unbeaten opening stand of 209 runs. This was the highest opening partnership in Twenty20 cricket, beating the previous best of 207 runs set by Joe Denly and Daniel Bell-Drummond of Kent in the 2017 NatWest t20 Blast. Akmal became the first batsman for Pakistan to score 150 runs in a T20 match. He also hit the most number of sixes in a domestic T20 match in Pakistan and became the third batsman to make five consecutive fifties in T20 cricket.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [24, 24], "content_span": [25, 590]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275949-0004-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 National T20 Cup\nLahore Whites were the first side to qualify for the semi-finals, when they beat Peshawar by 27 runs on 21 November 2017. The next day, Lahore Blues also qualified for the semi-finals, with a five-wicket victory against Islamabad. In the penultimate round of group-stage fixtures, Faisalabad beat Peshawar by five wickets to advance to the semi-finals. In the final group-stage match, Federally Administered Tribal Areas beat Faisalabad by four wickets to progress to the semi-finals, having a superior net run rate than Karachi Whites, after both teams finished on seven points each.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [24, 24], "content_span": [25, 609]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275949-0005-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 National T20 Cup\nIn the semi-finals, Saeed Ajmal played in his final match of his 25-year-long career, playing for Faisalabad. In the first semi-final, Lahore Whites defeated Faisalabad by 10 runs. In the second semi-final, Lahore Blues defeated Federally Administered Tribal Areas, also by 10 runs, therefore ensuring an all-Lahore final. Lahore Blues went on to beat Lahore Whites by 7 wickets in the final.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [24, 24], "content_span": [25, 417]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275950-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 National Women's Football League (Nepal)\nThe 2017\u201318 National Women's League, was the 16th season of the edition of the first-tier women's club football competition in Nepal organized by the All Nepal Football Association. Nepal A.P.F. Club won their first title after defeating defending champions Nepal Police Club in the final.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 48], "section_span": [48, 48], "content_span": [49, 338]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275951-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Navy Midshipmen men's basketball team\nThe 2017\u201318 Navy Midshipmen men's basketball team represented the United States Naval Academy during the 2017\u201318 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Midshipmen, led by seventh-year head coach Ed DeChellis, played their home games at Alumni Hall in Annapolis, Maryland as members of the Patriot League. They finished the season 20\u201312, 11\u20137 in Patriot League play to finish in a tie for third place. They lost in the quarterfinals of the Patriot League Tournament to Holy Cross.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [45, 45], "content_span": [46, 531]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275951-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Navy Midshipmen men's basketball team, Previous season\nThe Midshipmen finished the 2016\u201317 season 16\u201316, 10\u20138 in Patriot League play to finish in fourth place. In the Patriot League Tournament, they defeated Holy Cross in the quarterfinals before losing to top-seeded Bucknell in the semifinals.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [47, 62], "content_span": [63, 303]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275952-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Navy Midshipmen women's basketball team\nThe 2017\u201318 Navy Midshipmen women's basketball team represents the United States Naval Academy during the 2017\u201318 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Midshipmen, led by tenth year head coach Stefanie Pemper, play their home games at Alumni Hall and are members of the Patriot League. They finished the season 25\u20138, 13\u20135 in Patriot League play to finish in third place. They advanced to the championship game of the Patriot League Women's Tournament where they lost to American. They received an at-large bid to the Women's National Invitation Tournament where they lost to Virginia Tech in the first round.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 47], "section_span": [47, 47], "content_span": [48, 665]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275952-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Navy Midshipmen women's basketball team, Previous season\nThey advanced to the championship of the Patriot League Women's Tournament where they lost to Bucknell. They received an automatic bid to the Women's National Invitation Tournament they defeated George Washington in the first round before losing to Virginia Tech in the second round.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 47], "section_span": [49, 64], "content_span": [65, 348]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275953-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Nebraska Cornhuskers men's basketball team\nThe 2017\u201318 Nebraska Cornhuskers men's basketball team represented the University of Nebraska in the 2017\u201318 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Cornhuskers were led by sixth-year coach head coach Tim Miles and played their home games at Pinnacle Bank Arena in Lincoln, Nebraska as members of the Big Ten Conference. They finished the season 22\u201311, 13\u20135 in Big Ten play to finish in a tie for fourth place. As the No. 4 seed in the Big Ten Tournament, they lost in the quarterfinals to Michigan. Despite winning 13 Big Ten games, the Cornhuskers did not receive a bid to the NCAA Tournament, but did receive a bid to the National Invitation Tournament. However, they lost in the first round of the NIT to Mississippi State.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 50], "section_span": [50, 50], "content_span": [51, 784]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275953-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Nebraska Cornhuskers men's basketball team, Previous season\nThe Cornhuskers finished the 2016\u201317 season 12\u201319, 6\u201312 in Big Ten play to finish in a tie for 12th place in conference. As the No. 12 seed in the Big Ten Tournament, they lost in the first round to Penn State. This marked the fourth losing season in five years for coach Tim Miles. However, following the season, Nebraska athletic director Shawn Eichorst indicated that Tim Miles would return as head coach for Nebraska.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 50], "section_span": [52, 67], "content_span": [68, 489]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275953-0002-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Nebraska Cornhuskers men's basketball team, Schedule and results\nThe 2018 Big Ten Tournament was held at Madison Square Garden in New York City. Due to the Big East's use of that venue for their conference tournament, the Big Ten Tournament took place one week earlier than usual, ending the week before Selection Sunday. This meant qualifying teams had nearly two weeks off before the NCAA Tournament. As a result, the Big Ten regular season began in mid-December. Coaches requested that no Big Ten game be scheduled between Christmas and New Year's Day; accordingly, each team played two conference games in early December before finishing non-conference play.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 50], "section_span": [52, 72], "content_span": [73, 670]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275953-0003-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Nebraska Cornhuskers men's basketball team, Schedule and results\nOn October 18, 2017, the school announced that it would play a charity exhibition game against Mississippi State on October 22 in Starkville, Mississippi to raise money for hurricane victims.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 50], "section_span": [52, 72], "content_span": [73, 264]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275954-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Nebraska Cornhuskers women's basketball team\nThe 2017\u201318 Nebraska Cornhuskers women's basketball team represents the University of Nebraska during the 2017\u201318 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Cornhuskers, led by 2nd year head coach Amy Williams, play their home games at Pinnacle Bank Arena and were a member of the Big Ten Conference. They finished the season 21\u201311, 11\u20135 in Big Ten play to finish in a 3 way for third place. They advanced to the quarterfinals of the Big Ten Women's Tournament where they lost to Maryland. They received an at-large bid NCAA Women's Basketball where they lost to Arizona State in the first round.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 52], "section_span": [52, 52], "content_span": [53, 653]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275955-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Nedbank Cup\nThe 2017\u201318 Nedbank Cup is a South African club football (soccer) tournament. The knockout tournament, based on the English FA Cup format, was one of a weak opponent facing a stronger one.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [19, 19], "content_span": [20, 208]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275956-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Neftchi Baku PFK season\nThe Neftchi Baku 2017\u201318 season is Neftchi Baku's 26th Azerbaijan Premier League season. Neftchi will compete Azerbaijan Premier League and in the 2017\u201318 Azerbaijan Cup.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [31, 31], "content_span": [32, 202]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275956-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Neftchi Baku PFK season, Season Events\nOn 21 August Elkhan Abdullayev resigned as the club's manager, with Elshad Ahmedov taking over in a caretaker role. On 11 September, Tarlan Ahmadov was announced as the club's new manager.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 46], "content_span": [47, 235]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275956-0002-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Neftchi Baku PFK season, Squad\nNote: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 38], "content_span": [39, 167]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275956-0003-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Neftchi Baku PFK season, Squad, Out on loan\nNote: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 51], "content_span": [52, 180]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275956-0004-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Neftchi Baku PFK season, Transfers, Summer\nIn:Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 50], "content_span": [51, 182]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275956-0005-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Neftchi Baku PFK season, Transfers, Summer\nOut:Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 50], "content_span": [51, 183]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275956-0006-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Neftchi Baku PFK season, Transfers, Winter\nIn:Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 50], "content_span": [51, 182]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275956-0007-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Neftchi Baku PFK season, Transfers, Winter\nOut:Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 50], "content_span": [51, 183]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275956-0008-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Neftchi Baku PFK season, Transfers, Winter\nTrial:Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 50], "content_span": [51, 185]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275957-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Nemzeti Bajnoks\u00e1g I\nThe 2017\u201318 Nemzeti Bajnoks\u00e1g I (also known as 2017\u201318 OTP Bank Liga), also known as NB I, was the 119th season of top-tier football in Hungary. The league was officially named OTP Bank Liga for sponsorship reasons. Honv\u00e9d were the defending champions, having won their fourteenth Hungarian league title. As in the previous season, 12 teams competed for the championship title and played 33 matches. The fixtures were published on 14 July 2017.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [27, 27], "content_span": [28, 472]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275957-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Nemzeti Bajnoks\u00e1g I\nOn 20 June 2017, the rounds were drawn by the Hungarian Football Federation. The 33 rounds was divided into two parts. 19 rounds were played in 2017 and the remaining 14 in 2018.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [27, 27], "content_span": [28, 206]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275957-0002-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Nemzeti Bajnoks\u00e1g I, Teams\nMTK and Gyirm\u00f3t finished the 2016\u201317 Nemzeti Bajnoks\u00e1g I in the last two places and thus were relegated to NB II division.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 34], "content_span": [35, 157]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275957-0003-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Nemzeti Bajnoks\u00e1g I, Teams\nThe two relegated teams were replaced with the top two teams in 2016\u201317 Nemzeti Bajnoks\u00e1g II, champion Pusk\u00e1s Akad\u00e9mia and runner-up Balmaz\u00fajv\u00e1ros, each having the required licence for top-division play.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 34], "content_span": [35, 238]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275957-0004-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Nemzeti Bajnoks\u00e1g I, Teams, Stadium and locations\nFollowing is the list of clubs competed in the league this season, with their location, stadium and stadium capacity.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 57], "content_span": [58, 175]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275957-0005-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Nemzeti Bajnoks\u00e1g I, Teams, Personnel and kits\nFollowing is the list of clubs competed in the league this season, with their manager, captain, kit manufacturer and shirt sponsor. Note: Flags indicate national team as has been defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players and Managers may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 54], "content_span": [55, 337]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275957-0006-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Nemzeti Bajnoks\u00e1g I, Results\nIn the first 22 rounds each team played against every other team home-and-away in a round-robin format. In the remaining 11 rounds, the first six placed teams from the previous season played six matches at home and five matches away, and the remaining six teams played five matches at home and six matches away.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 36], "content_span": [37, 348]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275957-0007-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Nemzeti Bajnoks\u00e1g I, Attendances\nSource: Notes:1: Played last season in NB/II.2: \u00dajpest played four matches under closed doors, not included in the stats.3: Halad\u00e1s played nine matches out of their stadium until it was opened.4: Di\u00f3sgy\u0151r played 13 matches out of their stadium until it was opened.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 40], "content_span": [41, 305]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275958-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Nemzeti Bajnoks\u00e1g I (men's handball)\nThe 2017\u201318 Nemzeti Bajnoks\u00e1g I (known as the K&H f\u00e9rfi k\u00e9zilabda liga for sponsorship reasons) is the 67th season of the Nemzeti Bajnoks\u00e1g I, Hungarian premier Handball league.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [44, 44], "content_span": [45, 222]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275958-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Nemzeti Bajnoks\u00e1g I (men's handball), Teams\nAs in the previous season, 14 teams played in the 2017\u201318 season. After the 2016\u201317 season, Balmaz\u00fajv\u00e1rosi KK and Mez\u0151k\u00f6vesdi KC were relegated to the 2017\u201318 Nemzeti Bajnoks\u00e1g I/B. They were replaced by two clubs from the 2016\u201317 Nemzeti Bajnoks\u00e1g I/B, Ferencv\u00e1rosi TC and Dabas VSE KC.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [46, 51], "content_span": [52, 339]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275958-0002-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Nemzeti Bajnoks\u00e1g I (men's handball), Teams, Personnel and kits\nFollowing is the list of clubs competing in 2017\u201318 Nemzeti Bajnoks\u00e1g I, with their president, head coach, kit manufacturer and shirt sponsor.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [46, 71], "content_span": [72, 214]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275958-0003-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Nemzeti Bajnoks\u00e1g I (men's handball), League table, Schedule and results\nIn the table below the home teams are listed on the left and the away teams along the top.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [46, 80], "content_span": [81, 171]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275958-0004-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Nemzeti Bajnoks\u00e1g I (men's handball), Season statistics, Attendances\nUpdated to games played on 7 May 2018. Source: Attendance numbers without playoff matches.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [46, 76], "content_span": [77, 167]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275959-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Nemzeti Bajnoks\u00e1g I (women's handball)\nThe 2017\u201318 Nemzeti Bajnoks\u00e1g I (known as the K&H n\u0151i k\u00e9zilabda liga for sponsorship reasons) is the 67th season of the Nemzeti Bajnoks\u00e1g I, Hungarian premier Handball league.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [46, 46], "content_span": [47, 222]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275959-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Nemzeti Bajnoks\u00e1g I (women's handball), Teams\nAs in the previous season, 14 teams played in the 2017\u201318 season. After the 2016\u201317 season, Mosonmagyar\u00f3v\u00e1ri KC SE and Kispest NKK were relegated to the 2017\u201318 Nemzeti Bajnoks\u00e1g I/B. They were replaced by two clubs from the 2016\u201317 Nemzeti Bajnoks\u00e1g I/B, Kecskem\u00e9ti NKSE and Vasas SC.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [48, 53], "content_span": [54, 339]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275959-0002-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Nemzeti Bajnoks\u00e1g I (women's handball), Teams, Personnel and kits\nFollowing is the list of clubs competing in 2017\u201318 Nemzeti Bajnoks\u00e1g I, with their president, head coach, kit manufacturer and shirt sponsor.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [48, 73], "content_span": [74, 216]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275959-0003-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Nemzeti Bajnoks\u00e1g I (women's handball), League table, Schedule and results\nIn the table below the home teams are listed on the left and the away teams along the top.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [48, 82], "content_span": [83, 173]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275959-0004-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Nemzeti Bajnoks\u00e1g I (women's handball), Season statistics, Attendances\nUpdated to games played on 23 May 2018. Source: Attendance numbers without playoff matches.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [48, 78], "content_span": [79, 170]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275960-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Nemzeti Bajnoks\u00e1g I/A (men's basketball)\nThe 2017\u201318 Nemzeti Bajnoks\u00e1g I/A (transl. National Championship I/A) is the 87th season of the Nemzeti Bajnoks\u00e1g I/A, the highest professional basketball league in Hungary. Alba Feh\u00e9rv\u00e1r is the defending champion.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 48], "section_span": [48, 48], "content_span": [49, 263]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275960-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Nemzeti Bajnoks\u00e1g I/A (men's basketball), Teams\nDEAC was promoted to this season as champions from the Hungarian 2016\u201317 NB I/B. Vasas SC left the league.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 48], "section_span": [50, 55], "content_span": [56, 162]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275960-0002-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Nemzeti Bajnoks\u00e1g I/A (men's basketball), Playoffs\nTeams in bold won the playoff series. Numbers to the left of each team indicate the team's original playoff seeding. Numbers to the right indicate the score of each playoff game.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 48], "section_span": [50, 58], "content_span": [59, 237]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275960-0003-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Nemzeti Bajnoks\u00e1g I/A (men's basketball), Playoffs, Quarter-finals\nIn the quarterfinals, teams playing against each other had to win three games to win the series. Thus, if one team wins three games before all five games have been played, the games that remain are omitted. The team that finished in the higher regular season place, played the first, third and the fifth (if it was necessary) games of the series at home.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 48], "section_span": [50, 74], "content_span": [75, 429]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275960-0004-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Nemzeti Bajnoks\u00e1g I/A (men's basketball), Playoffs, Semi-finals\nIn the semifinals, teams playing against each other had to win three games to win the series. Thus, if one team wins three games before all five games have been played, the games that remain are omitted. The team that finished in the higher regular season place, played the first, third and the fifth (if it was necessary) games of the series at home.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 48], "section_span": [50, 71], "content_span": [72, 423]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275960-0005-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Nemzeti Bajnoks\u00e1g I/A (men's basketball), Playoffs, Finals\nIn the finals, teams playing against each other had to win three games to win the title. Thus, if one team won three games before all five games were played, the remaining games were omitted. The team that finished in the higher regular season place, played the first, the third, and the fifth (if it was necessary) games of the series at home.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 48], "section_span": [50, 66], "content_span": [67, 411]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275960-0006-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Nemzeti Bajnoks\u00e1g I/A (men's basketball), Playoffs, Third place\nIn the series for the third place, teams playing against each other had to win two games to win the 3rd place in the final rankings of the season. Thus, if one team won two games before all three games had been played, the remaining games were omitted. The team that finished in the higher regular season place, played the first and the third (if it was necessary) games of the series at home.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 48], "section_span": [50, 71], "content_span": [72, 465]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275960-0007-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Nemzeti Bajnoks\u00e1g I/A (men's basketball), Playout\nHigher ranked team hosted Game 1 plus Game 3 if necessary. The lower ranked hosted Game 2.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 48], "section_span": [50, 57], "content_span": [58, 148]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275960-0008-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Nemzeti Bajnoks\u00e1g I/A (men's basketball), All-star game\nThe all-star game was played on 2 December 2017 and was played at the T\u00fcskecsarnok in Budapest.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 48], "section_span": [50, 63], "content_span": [64, 159]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275961-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Nemzeti Bajnoks\u00e1g I/B (men's handball)\nThe 2017\u201318 Nemzeti Bajnoks\u00e1g I/B is the 50th season of the Nemzeti Bajnoks\u00e1g I/B, Hungary's second tier Handball league.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [46, 46], "content_span": [47, 168]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275961-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Nemzeti Bajnoks\u00e1g I/B (men's handball), Team information\nThere are 14\u201314 clubs in the 2 group, with three-three promoted teams from Nemzeti Bajnoks\u00e1g II.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [48, 64], "content_span": [65, 161]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275961-0002-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Nemzeti Bajnoks\u00e1g I/B (men's handball), Team information, Stadia and locations, Western Group\nThe following 14 clubs compete in the NB I/B (Western) during the 2017\u201318 season:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [48, 101], "content_span": [102, 183]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275961-0003-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Nemzeti Bajnoks\u00e1g I/B (men's handball), Team information, Stadia and locations, Eastern Group\nThe following 14 clubs compete in the NB I/B (Eastern) during the 2017\u201318 season:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [48, 101], "content_span": [102, 183]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275961-0004-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Nemzeti Bajnoks\u00e1g I/B (men's handball), League table, Western Group, Schedule and results\nIn the table below the home teams are listed on the left and the away teams along the top.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [48, 97], "content_span": [98, 188]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275961-0005-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Nemzeti Bajnoks\u00e1g I/B (men's handball), League table, Eastern Group, Schedule and results\nIn the table below the home teams are listed on the left and the away teams along the top.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [48, 97], "content_span": [98, 188]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275962-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Nemzeti Bajnoks\u00e1g I/B (women's handball)\nThe 2017\u201318 Nemzeti Bajnoks\u00e1g I/B is the 50th season of the Nemzeti Bajnoks\u00e1g I/B, Hungary's second tier Handball league.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 48], "section_span": [48, 48], "content_span": [49, 171]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275962-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Nemzeti Bajnoks\u00e1g I/B (women's handball), Team information\nThere are 14\u201314 clubs in the 2 group, with three-three promoted teams from Nemzeti Bajnoks\u00e1g II.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 48], "section_span": [50, 66], "content_span": [67, 163]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275962-0002-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Nemzeti Bajnoks\u00e1g I/B (women's handball), Team information, Stadia and locations, Western Group\nThe following 14 clubs compete in the NB I/B (Western) during the 2017\u201318 season:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 48], "section_span": [50, 103], "content_span": [104, 185]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275962-0003-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Nemzeti Bajnoks\u00e1g I/B (women's handball), Team information, Stadia and locations, Eastern Group\nThe following 14 clubs compete in the NB I/B (Eastern) during the 2017\u201318 season:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 48], "section_span": [50, 103], "content_span": [104, 185]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275962-0004-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Nemzeti Bajnoks\u00e1g I/B (women's handball), League table, Western Group, Schedule and results\nIn the table below the home teams are listed on the left and the away teams along the top.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 48], "section_span": [50, 99], "content_span": [100, 190]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275962-0005-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Nemzeti Bajnoks\u00e1g I/B (women's handball), League table, Eastern Group, Schedule and results\nIn the table below the home teams are listed on the left and the away teams along the top.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 48], "section_span": [50, 99], "content_span": [100, 190]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275963-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Nemzeti Bajnoks\u00e1g II\nThe 2017\u201318 Nemzeti Bajnoks\u00e1g II (also known as 2017\u201318 Merkantil Bank Liga) was Hungary's 67th season of the Nemzeti Bajnoks\u00e1g II, the second tier of the Hungarian football league system.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [28, 28], "content_span": [29, 217]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275963-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Nemzeti Bajnoks\u00e1g II\nOn 19 June 2017, it was announced that the Hungarian Football Federation accepted all of the licenses of the 2017\u201318 Nemzeti Bajnoks\u00e1g II clubs.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [28, 28], "content_span": [29, 173]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275964-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Nemzeti Bajnoks\u00e1g III\nThe 2017\u201318 Nemzeti Bajnoks\u00e1g III is Hungary's third-level football competition.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [29, 29], "content_span": [30, 110]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275964-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Nemzeti Bajnoks\u00e1g III\nOn 20 June 2017, the play-offs finished and the full tables were formed. On 26 June 2017, it was announced that the Hungarian Football Federation did not accept the of Szigetszentmikl\u00f3si TK. On 12 July 2017, the Hungarian Football Federation issued the three groups of the 2017\u201318 season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [29, 29], "content_span": [30, 318]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275964-0002-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Nemzeti Bajnoks\u00e1g III\nOn 28 March 2018, the STC Salg\u00f3tarj\u00e1n announced its withdrawal from the 2017\u201318 Nemzeti Bajnoks\u00e1g III season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [29, 29], "content_span": [30, 139]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275964-0003-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Nemzeti Bajnoks\u00e1g III\nThe results for STC Salg\u00f3tarj\u00e1n were deleted for the entire season due to their withdrawal.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [29, 29], "content_span": [30, 121]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275964-0004-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Nemzeti Bajnoks\u00e1g III, Promotion and relegation play-off\nPromoted: Taksony, M\u00e9hker\u00e9ki SE and S\u00e9ny\u0151 qualified on slots. The following champions did not assume the Nemzeti Bajnoks\u00e1g III, although they won their county championships: Tolna, Algy\u0151 and P\u00e9csv\u00e1rad", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 64], "content_span": [65, 265]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275965-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Nevada Wolf Pack men's basketball team\nThe 2017\u201318 Nevada Wolf Pack men's basketball team represented the University of Nevada, Reno during the 2017\u201318 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Wolf Pack, led by third-year head coach Eric Musselman, played their home games at the Lawlor Events Center in Reno, Nevada as members of the Mountain West Conference. They finished the season 29\u20138, 15\u20133 in Mountain West play to win the Mountain West regular season championship. They defeated UNLV in the quarterfinals of the Mountain West Tournament before losing in the semifinals to San Diego State. They received an at-large bid to the NCAA Tournament where they beat Texas, Cincinnatiin a stunning 22-point comeback with 11:34 to go. This tied the second largest comeback in terms of deficit in NCAA Tournament history. They then lost to Loyola Loyola Chicago the Sweet Sixteen.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [46, 46], "content_span": [47, 889]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275965-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Nevada Wolf Pack men's basketball team, Previous season\nThe Wolf Pack finished the season 28\u20137, 14\u20134 in Mountain West play to win the Mountain West regular season championship. They defeated Utah State, Fresno State, and Colorado State to win the Mountain West Tournament championship. They received the conference's automatic bid to the NCAA Tournament where they lost in the First Round to Iowa State.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [48, 63], "content_span": [64, 411]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275965-0002-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Nevada Wolf Pack men's basketball team, Offseason, 2017 recruiting class\nNevada did not have any incoming players in the 2017 recruiting class.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [48, 80], "content_span": [81, 151]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275965-0003-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Nevada Wolf Pack men's basketball team, Preseason\nIn a vote by conference media at the Mountain West media day, the Wolf Pack were picked to win the Mountain West, receiving 19 of 24 first place votes. Junior forward Jordan Caroline was named to the preseason All-Mountain West team. Junior forward Caleb Martin, a transfer from NC State, was named the preseason Newcomer of the Year.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [48, 57], "content_span": [58, 392]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275965-0004-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Nevada Wolf Pack men's basketball team, Ranking movement\n^Coaches Poll did not release a Week 2 poll at the same time AP did. *AP does not release post-NCAA tournament rankings. Number in parenthesis indicates number of first place votes.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [48, 64], "content_span": [65, 246]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275966-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Nevada Wolf Pack women's basketball team\nThe 2017\u201318 Nevada Wolf Pack women's basketball team will represent the University of Nevada, Reno during the 2017\u201318 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Wolf Pack, led by first year head coach Amanda Levens, play their home games at the Lawlor Events Center and were members of the Mountain West Conference. They finished the season 19\u201317, 7\u201311 in Mountain West play to finish in seventh place. They advanced to the championship of the Mountain West Women's Tournament where they lost to Boise State. They received an invite to the WBI where they defeated UC Irvine and Mountain West member Fresno State in the first round and quarterfinals before losing to Central Arkansas in the semifinals.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 48], "section_span": [48, 48], "content_span": [49, 754]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275967-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 New Hampshire Wildcats men's basketball team\nThe 2017\u201318 New Hampshire Wildcats men's basketball team represented the University of New Hampshire during the 2017\u201318 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Wildcats, led by 13th-year head coach Bill Herrion, played their home games at Lundholm Gym in Durham, New Hampshire as members of the America East Conference. They finished the season 10\u201321, 6\u201310 in America East play to finish in a tie for six place. They lost to Hartford in the quarterfinals of the America East Tournament.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 52], "section_span": [52, 52], "content_span": [53, 545]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275967-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 New Hampshire Wildcats men's basketball team, Previous season\nThe Wildcats finished the season 20\u201312, 10\u20136 in America East play to finish in a tie for third place. As the No. 4 seed in the America East Tournament, they defeated UMBC in the quarterfinals before losing to Vermont in the semifinals.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 52], "section_span": [54, 69], "content_span": [70, 305]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275968-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 New Hampshire Wildcats women's basketball team\nThe 2017\u201318 New Hampshire Wildcats women's basketball team represents the University of New Hampshire during the 2017\u201318 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Wildcats, led by eighth-year head coach Maureen Magarity, play their home games in Lundholm Gym and are members of the America East Conference.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 54], "section_span": [54, 54], "content_span": [55, 366]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275968-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 New Hampshire Wildcats women's basketball team, Media\nAll non-televised home games and conference road games stream on either ESPN3 or AmericaEast.tv. Select home games air on Fox College Sports, Live Well Network, or WBIN. Most road games stream on the opponent's website. All conference home games and select non-conference home games are broadcast on the radio on WPKX, WGIR and online on the .", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 54], "section_span": [56, 61], "content_span": [62, 405]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275969-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 New Hampshire Wildcats women's ice hockey season\nThe New Hampshire Wildcats represent the University of New Hampshire in Women's Hockey East Association play during the 2017\u201318 NCAA Division I women's ice hockey season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 56], "section_span": [56, 56], "content_span": [57, 227]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275970-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 New Jersey Devils season\nThe 2017\u201318 New Jersey Devils season was the 44th season for the National Hockey League franchise that was established on June 11, 1974, and 36th season since the franchise relocated from Colorado prior to the 1982\u201383 NHL season. The Devils received the first overall pick in the 2017 NHL Entry Draft for the first time in franchise history by winning the draft lottery held on April 29, 2017. They used this pick to select Nico Hischier who was also the first Swiss player to be selected first overall.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [32, 32], "content_span": [33, 536]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275970-0000-0001", "contents": "2017\u201318 New Jersey Devils season\nTaylor Hall set a Devils record for the longest point streak at 26 games, which is also the longest point streak in the 2017\u201318 season. The team also set their best start in franchise history, going 9\u20132\u20130 in their first 11 games of the season. This season also saw the team trade Adam Henrique in exchange for Sami Vatanen and also acquired Patrick Maroon and Michael Grabner. The season also saw the franchise successfully make it back to the Stanley Cup playoffs for the first time since 2012. The Devils would lose to the Tampa Bay Lightning 4\u20131 in the First Round.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [32, 32], "content_span": [33, 601]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275970-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 New Jersey Devils season, Schedule and results, Preseason\nThe preseason schedule was published on June 11, 2017, which includes seven games (two at home and five as visitors).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 65], "content_span": [66, 183]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275970-0002-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 New Jersey Devils season, Schedule and results, Preseason\nNotes: Indicates split-squad. Game was played at Consolidated Credit Union Place in Summerside, Prince Edward Island.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 65], "content_span": [66, 184]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275970-0003-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 New Jersey Devils season, Schedule and results, Regular season\nThe regular season schedule was released on June 22, 2017.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 70], "content_span": [71, 129]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275970-0004-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 New Jersey Devils season, Schedule and results, Regular season\nLegend:\u00a0\u00a0Win (2 points)\u00a0\u00a0Loss (0 points)\u00a0\u00a0Overtime/shootout loss (1 point)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 70], "content_span": [71, 145]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275970-0005-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 New Jersey Devils season, Player statistics, Goaltenders\n\u2020Denotes player spent time with another team before joining the Devils. Stats reflect time with the Devils only. \u2021Denotes player was traded mid-season. Stats reflect time with the Devils only. Bold/italics denotes franchise record.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 64], "content_span": [65, 296]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275970-0006-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 New Jersey Devils season, Transactions\nThe Devils have been involved in the following transactions during the 2017\u201318 season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 46], "content_span": [47, 133]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275970-0007-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 New Jersey Devils season, Draft picks\nBelow are the New Jersey Devils' selections at the 2017 NHL Entry Draft, which was held on June 23 and 24, 2017, at the United Center in Chicago, Illinois.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 45], "content_span": [46, 201]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275971-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 New Mexico Lobos men's basketball team\nThe 2017\u201318 New Mexico Lobos men's basketball team represented the University of New Mexico during the 2017\u201318 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Lobos were led by first-year head coach Paul Weir. They played their home games at Dreamstyle Arena, more commonly known as The Pit, in Albuquerque, New Mexico as members of the Mountain West Conference. They finished the season 19\u201315, 12\u20136 in Mountain West play to finish in third place. They defeated Wyoming and Utah State to advance to the championship game of the Mountain West Tournament where they lost to San Diego State.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [46, 46], "content_span": [47, 632]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275971-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 New Mexico Lobos men's basketball team, Previous season\nThe Lobos finished the season 17\u201314, 10\u20138 in Mountain West play to finish in fifth place. They lost in the quarterfinals of the Mountain West Tournament to Fresno State. On March 31, head coach Craig Neal was fired from the program.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [48, 63], "content_span": [64, 296]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275971-0002-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 New Mexico Lobos men's basketball team, Preseason\nIn a vote by conference media at the Mountain West media day, the Lobos were picked to finish in ninth place in the Mountain West.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [48, 57], "content_span": [58, 188]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275972-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 New Mexico Lobos women's basketball team\nThe 2017\u201318 New Mexico Lobos women's basketball team will represent the University of New Mexico during the 2017\u201318 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Lobos, led by second year head coach Mike Bradbury. They play their home games at Dreamstyle Arena with 1 game in the WNIT at Johnson Gymnasium and were a member of the Mountain West Conference. They finished the season 25\u201311, 10\u20138 in Mountain West play to finish in sixth place. They advanced to the quarterfinals of the Mountain West Conference Women's Basketball Tournament where they lost to Wyoming. They received an at-large bid to the Women's National Invitation Tournament where they defeated Texas and Rice in the first and second rounds before losing to TCU in the third round.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 48], "section_span": [48, 48], "content_span": [49, 799]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275973-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 New Mexico State Aggies men's basketball team\nThe 2017\u201318 New Mexico State Aggies men's basketball team represented New Mexico State University during the 2017\u201318 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Aggies, led by first-year head coach Chris Jans, played their home games at the Pan American Center in Las Cruces, New Mexico as members of the Western Athletic Conference. They finished the season 28\u20136, 12\u20132 in WAC play to win the WAC regular season championship. In the WAC Tournament, they defeated Chicago State, Seattle, and Grand Canyon to become WAC Tournament champions. They received the WAC's automatic bid to the NCAA Tournament where they lost in the First Round to Clemson.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 53], "section_span": [53, 53], "content_span": [54, 702]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275973-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 New Mexico State Aggies men's basketball team, Previous season\nThe Aggies finished the 2016\u201317 season 28\u20136, 11\u20133 in WAC play to finish in a tie for second place. They defeated Chicago State, UMKC, and Cal State Bakersfield to win the WAC Tournament. As a result, they received the conference's automatic bid to the NCAA Tournament where they lost in the First Round to Baylor.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 53], "section_span": [55, 70], "content_span": [71, 384]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275973-0002-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 New Mexico State Aggies men's basketball team, Previous season\nOn April 11, 2017, head coach Paul Weir resigned to become the head coach at New Mexico. On April 17, the school hired Chris Jans as head coach.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 53], "section_span": [55, 70], "content_span": [71, 215]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275973-0003-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 New Mexico State Aggies men's basketball team, Schedule and results\n* Non-conference game. #Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. MW=Midwest Region. All times are in Mountain Time", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 53], "section_span": [55, 75], "content_span": [76, 212]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275974-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 New Orleans Pelicans season\nThe 2017\u201318 New Orleans Pelicans season was the 16th season of the New Orleans Pelicans franchise in the National Basketball Association (NBA). The Pelicans were coached by Alvin Gentry in his third year as head coach. They played their home games at the Smoothie King Center as members of the Western Conference's Southwest Division.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [35, 35], "content_span": [36, 370]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275974-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 New Orleans Pelicans season\nThe team's second-leading scorer, DeMarcus Cousins, suffered a season-ending Achilles tendon injury during his subsequent final game as a Pelican on January 26, 2018, and missed the remainder of the season. Despite losing Cousins, the Pelicans clinched their first playoff berth since 2015 with a win over the Los Angeles Clippers on April 9, 2018. They finished the season 48\u201334 to finish in second place in the Southwest Division.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [35, 35], "content_span": [36, 468]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275974-0002-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 New Orleans Pelicans season\nIn the Playoffs, the Pelicans faced off against the third-seeded Portland Trail Blazers in the First Round. On April 14, 2018, the Pelicans won the first game in the First Round playoff series which marked the franchise's first playoff game win since the 2011 playoffs' First Round series against the Los Angeles Lakers. On April 21, the Pelicans completed the playoff series sweep over the Trail Blazers, marking the franchise's first series win since 2008.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [35, 35], "content_span": [36, 494]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275974-0002-0001", "contents": "2017\u201318 New Orleans Pelicans season\nIt also marked the first playoff series sweep in franchise history, and the first time that a team seeded sixth or lower had swept a First Round series since the NBA had expanded the First Round to a best-of-seven series. They advanced to the Conference Semifinals to face the second-seeded and defending champion and eventual NBA champion Golden State Warriors, the team that swept them in the First Round of the 2015 playoffs and were also champions that year. The Pelicans lost the series in five games and were eliminated from the playoffs.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [35, 35], "content_span": [36, 580]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275974-0003-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 New Orleans Pelicans season\nAs of 2021, this marked the last time that the Pelicans made the playoffs.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [35, 35], "content_span": [36, 110]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275974-0004-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 New Orleans Pelicans season, Draft\nPrior to the NBA draft, the Pelicans had only one second round pick, having traded their first round pick, rookie Buddy Hield, Tyreke Evans, Langston Galloway, and the Philadelphia 76ers' original second round pick to the Sacramento Kings in a blockbuster trade for star center DeMarcus Cousins and Omri Casspi. On June 21, 2017, however, the Pelicans acquired the Washington Wizards' second round pick (No. 52 overall) in exchange for guard Tim Frazier. As a result, the Pelicans entered draft night with two second round and no first round picks.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 42], "content_span": [43, 591]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275974-0004-0001", "contents": "2017\u201318 New Orleans Pelicans season, Draft\nOn the night of the draft, the Pelicans traded away their second round pick (No. 40 overall) and cash considerations to the Charlotte Hornets in exchange for the Hornets' second round pick (No. 31 overall). With that pick, the Pelicans selected Duke point guard Frank Jackson. With the No. 52 overall pick, the Pelicans selected Xavier point guard Edmond Sumner and traded him to the Indiana Pacers for cash considerations.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 42], "content_span": [43, 466]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275974-0005-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 New Orleans Pelicans season, Player statistics, Regular season\nAfter all games. \u2021Waived during the season\u2020Traded during the season\u2260Acquired during the season", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 70], "content_span": [71, 165]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275975-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 New Orleans Privateers men's basketball team\nThe 2017\u201318 New Orleans Privateers men's basketball team represented the University of New Orleans during the 2017\u201318 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Privateers were led by seventh-year head coach Mark Slessinger and played their home games at Lakefront Arena as members of the Southland Conference. They finished the season 16\u201317, 11\u20137 in Southland play to finish in a tie for fifth place. As the No. 5 seed in the Southland Tournament, they defeated Texas A&M\u2013Corpus Christi in the first round before losing to Sam Houston State in the quarterfinals. They received an invitation to the College Basketball Invitational where they defeated Texas\u2013Rio Grande Valley in the first round and received a second round bye before losing in the quarterfinals to Campbell.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 52], "section_span": [52, 52], "content_span": [53, 828]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275975-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 New Orleans Privateers men's basketball team, Previous season\nThe Privateers finished the 2016\u201317 season 20\u201312, 13\u20135 in Southland play to win the regular season Southland championship. They defeated Sam Houston State and Texas A&M\u2013Corpus Christi to win the Southland Conference Tournament. As a result, they earned the conference's automatic bid to the NCAA Tournament where they lost in the First Four to Mount St. Mary's.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 52], "section_span": [54, 69], "content_span": [70, 431]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275976-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 New Orleans Privateers women's basketball team\nThe 2017\u201318 New Orleans Privateers women's basketball team represented the University of New Orleans during the 2017\u201318 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Privateers were led by seventh year head coach Keeshawn Davenport and played their home games at the Lakefront Arena. They were members of the Southland Conference. They finished the season 15\u201315, 11\u20137 in Southland play to finish in a three way tie for fourth place. They lost in the first round of the Southland Women's Tournament to Abilene Christian.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 54], "section_span": [54, 54], "content_span": [55, 575]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275976-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 New Orleans Privateers women's basketball team, Previous season\nThe Privateers finished the season 14\u201315 overall and 9\u20139 in Southland play to finish in fifth place. Their season ended when they lost in the first round of the Southland Women's Tournament.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 54], "section_span": [56, 71], "content_span": [72, 262]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275977-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 New York Islanders season\nThe 2017\u201318 New York Islanders season was the 46th season in the franchise's history. It was their third season in the Barclays Center in the New York City borough of Brooklyn, which they moved into after leaving Nassau Coliseum in Nassau County on Long Island at the conclusion of the 2014\u201315 season. The Islanders missed the playoffs for the second consecutive season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [33, 33], "content_span": [34, 404]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275977-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 New York Islanders season, Schedule and results, Preseason\nThe Islanders released their preseason schedule on June 15, 2017.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 66], "content_span": [67, 132]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275977-0002-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 New York Islanders season, Schedule and results, Preseason\nNotes: Indicates split-squad. Game was played at Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum in Uniondale, New York. Game was played at PPL Center in Allentown, Pennsylvania. Game was played at Webster Bank Arena in Bridgeport, Connecticut.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 66], "content_span": [67, 298]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275977-0003-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 New York Islanders season, Schedule and results, Regular season\nThe Islanders published their regular season schedule on June 22, 2017.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 71], "content_span": [72, 143]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275977-0004-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 New York Islanders season, Schedule and results, Regular season\nLegend:\u00a0\u00a0Win (2 points)\u00a0\u00a0Loss (0 points)\u00a0\u00a0Overtime/shootout loss (1 point)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 71], "content_span": [72, 146]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275977-0005-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 New York Islanders season, Player statistics\n\u2020Denotes player spent time with another team before joining the Islanders. Statistics reflect time with the Islanders only. \u2021Denotes player was traded mid-season. Statistics reflect time with the Islanders only. Bold/italics denotes franchise record.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 52], "content_span": [53, 303]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275977-0006-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 New York Islanders season, Transactions\nThe Islanders have been involved in the following transactions during the 2017\u201318 season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 47], "content_span": [48, 137]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275977-0007-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 New York Islanders season, Draft picks\nBelow are the List of New York Islanders draft picks' selections at the 2017 NHL Entry Draft, which was held on June 23 and 24, 2017, at the United Center in Chicago, Illinois.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 46], "content_span": [47, 223]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275978-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 New York Knicks season\nThe 2017\u201318 New York Knicks season was the 72nd season of the franchise in the National Basketball Association (NBA).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [30, 30], "content_span": [31, 148]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275978-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 New York Knicks season\nOn June 28, 2017, the Knicks' president of basketball operations Phil Jackson has mutually agreed to leave the team. On July 14, 2017, the Knicks named Scott Perry to become the team's general manager after promoting Steve Mills to become the team's president of basketball operations. However, the Knicks would have to give up a 2019 second round pick and cash considerations to acquire him.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [30, 30], "content_span": [31, 423]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275978-0002-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 New York Knicks season\nFor the first time since 2011, Carmelo Anthony was not on the roster, as he was traded to the Oklahoma City Thunder in the offseason, before training camp began, in exchange for Enes Kanter, Doug McDermott, and a 2018 second round draft pick.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [30, 30], "content_span": [31, 273]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275978-0003-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 New York Knicks season\nOn February 6, 2018 Kristaps Porzingis suffered a torn ACL, ending his season for the Knicks.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [30, 30], "content_span": [31, 124]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275978-0004-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 New York Knicks season\nOn April 12, 2018, the Knicks fired Jeff Hornacek and Kurt Rambis.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [30, 30], "content_span": [31, 97]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275978-0005-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 New York Knicks season, Draft\nAs one of the last things former team president Phil Jackson would do for the Knicks, he looked to oversee the prospects the team had for the New York Knicks. One of the more dramatic points of the team's draft prowess came nights before the draft began, where Jackson said he was looking to offer star player Kristaps Porzi\u0146\u0123is (who was feeling very discouraged about the direction the team was taking around this time) to either the Phoenix Suns or Boston Celtics in exchange for the opportunity to also draft coveted small forward Josh Jackson.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 37], "content_span": [38, 585]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275978-0005-0001", "contents": "2017\u201318 New York Knicks season, Draft\nRumors of Jackson also trying to obtain point guard Lonzo Ball from the Los Angeles Lakers would also crop up months after the draft concluded. However, after the Knicks ultimately failed to gain another draft pick to join their own first round selection, they would stick around with Kristaps and the three selections they still had back when their previous season concluded.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 37], "content_span": [38, 414]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275978-0005-0002", "contents": "2017\u201318 New York Knicks season, Draft\nFor their only first round pick, the Knicks would select the French/Belgian point guard Frank Ntilikina, who last played for the SIG Strasbourg in France's LNB Pro A. As for their two-second round draft picks (the first being acquired from Chicago and the second from Houston), New York would use them on senior shooting guard Damyean Dotson from the University of Houston and Serbian point guard Ognjen Jaramaz from the Mega Leks. After the failed attempt to trade their star center, Jackson would ultimately be terminated from his position on June 28, 2017.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 37], "content_span": [38, 597]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275979-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 New York Rangers season\nThe 2017\u201318 New York Rangers season was the franchise's 91st season of play and their 92nd season overall. This season saw the Rangers struggle with inconsistency for much of the season, with the team going 4\u20137\u20132 in October. Despite going 9\u20133\u20130 in November, the team's struggles would be amplified in later months with injuries to Mika Zibanejad, Chris Kreider and Kevin Shattenkirk, the latter of whom had season-ending knee surgery. After winning the 2018 Winter Classic over the Buffalo Sabres, the team would go 6\u201316\u20132 up to the trade deadline.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [31, 31], "content_span": [32, 580]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275979-0000-0001", "contents": "2017\u201318 New York Rangers season\nOn February 8, the Rangers announced their intention to rebuild, and then weeks later traded away many key players such as Ryan McDonagh, Rick Nash, J. T. Miller, Nick Holden, and Michael Grabner. They also acquired Rob O'Gara, Vladislav Namestnikov and Ryan Spooner. The Rangers ultimately missed the playoffs for the first time since the 2009\u201310 season, placed last in the Metropolitan Division and finished under .500 for the first time since the 2003\u201304 season. At the conclusion of the 2017\u201318 season, head coach Alain Vigneault was fired by the team.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [31, 31], "content_span": [32, 588]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275979-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 New York Rangers season, Schedule and results, Pre-season\nThe team's pre-season schedule was revealed on June 13, 2017.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 65], "content_span": [66, 127]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275979-0002-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 New York Rangers season, Schedule and results, Regular season\nThe regular season schedule was made public on June 22, 2017.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 69], "content_span": [70, 131]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275979-0003-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 New York Rangers season, Schedule and results, Regular season\nWin (2 Points)\u00a0\u00a0Loss (0 points)\u00a0\u00a0Overtime/shootout loss (1 point)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 69], "content_span": [70, 135]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275979-0004-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 New York Rangers season, Player statistics\n\u2020Denotes player spent time with another team before joining the Rangers. Statistics reflect time with the Rangers only. \u2021Denotes player was traded mid-season. Statistics reflect time with the Rangers only. Bold/italics denotes franchise record.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 50], "content_span": [51, 295]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275979-0005-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 New York Rangers season, Transactions\nThe Rangers have been involved in the following transactions during the 2017\u201318 season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 45], "content_span": [46, 133]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275979-0006-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 New York Rangers season, Draft picks\nBelow are the New York Rangers' selections at the 2017 NHL Entry Draft, which was held on June 23 and 24, 2017, at the United Center in Chicago, Illinois.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 44], "content_span": [45, 199]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275980-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 New Zealand Football Championship\nThe 2017\u201318 New Zealand Football Championship season (currently known as the ISPS Handa Premiership for sponsorship reasons) was the fourteenth season of the NZFC since its establishment in 2004. Ten teams competed in the competition with Team Wellington and Auckland City representing the ISPS Handa Premiership in the 2018 OFC Champions League after finishing Champions and Premiers respectively in the 2016\u201317 competition.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [41, 41], "content_span": [42, 467]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275980-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 New Zealand Football Championship, Regular season, Fixtures and results\nThe 2017\u201318 season sees every team play the other both home and away. The Round 7 and round 8 matches between Team Wellington and Eastern Suburbs vs Auckland City have been moved due to Auckland City playing at 2017 FIFA Club World Cup at the start of December. The match between Wellington Phoenix Reserves and Canterbury United was postponed till February 2018 due to New Zealand playing their intercontinental playoff against Peru that same day in Wellington.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [43, 79], "content_span": [80, 542]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275980-0002-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 New Zealand Football Championship, Regular season, Fixtures and results, Round 9\n* Auckland City beat Tasman United 3\u20131 however it was ruled by NZ Football that they had played an ineligible player so forfeited the result. This meant the win was awarded as a 3\u20130 result to Tasman United.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [43, 88], "content_span": [89, 295]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275980-0003-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 New Zealand Football Championship, Statistics, Top scorers\n1 Transferred to Maccabi Hakoah in Australia, 5 March 2018. 2 Transferred to FC Gifu in Japan, 17 January 2018.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [43, 66], "content_span": [67, 178]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275981-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 New Zealand Women's Twenty20 Competition\nThe 2017\u201318 New Zealand Women's Twenty20 Competition was the eleventh season of the women's Twenty20 cricket competition played in New Zealand. It ran from November 2017 to February 2018, with 6 provincial teams taking part. Wellington Blaze topped the group with 7 wins to win their 4th Twenty20 title.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 48], "section_span": [48, 48], "content_span": [49, 352]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275981-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 New Zealand Women's Twenty20 Competition, Competition format\nTeams played in a double round-robin in a group of six, therefore playing 10 matches overall. Matches were played using a Twenty20 format. The team that topped the group were named the Champions.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 48], "section_span": [50, 68], "content_span": [69, 264]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275981-0002-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 New Zealand Women's Twenty20 Competition, Competition format\nThe group worked on a points system with positions being based on the total points. Points were awarded as follows:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 48], "section_span": [50, 68], "content_span": [69, 184]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275981-0003-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 New Zealand Women's Twenty20 Competition, Competition format\nWin: 4 pointsTie: 2 pointsLoss: 0 points. Abandoned/No Result: 2 points.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 48], "section_span": [50, 68], "content_span": [69, 141]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275982-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Newcastle Jets FC season\nThe 2017\u201318 Newcastle Jets FC season was the club's 17th season since its establishment in 2000. The club participated in the A-League for the 13th time and the FFA Cup for the 4th time.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [32, 32], "content_span": [33, 219]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275982-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Newcastle Jets FC season, Players, Squad information\nNote: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 60], "content_span": [61, 189]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275983-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Newcastle Jets W-League season\nThe 2017\u201318 Newcastle Jets W-League season was their tenth season in the W-League, the premier competition for Association football women's football in Australia. The team played home games at McDonald Jones Stadium and the club was managed by Craig Deans.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [38, 38], "content_span": [39, 295]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275983-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Newcastle Jets W-League season, Players, Current squad\nNote: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 62], "content_span": [63, 191]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275983-0002-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Newcastle Jets W-League season, Managerial staff\nAs of July 2015, the managerial staff for the Newcastle Jets FC consists of:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 56], "content_span": [57, 133]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275984-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Newcastle United F.C. season\nThe 2017\u201318 season was Newcastle United's first season back in the Premier League following their promotion from the EFL Championship last season. It was their 23rd year in the Premier League since it was formed at the start of the 1992-93 Season, and it was their 86th season overall in the top division of English football. This season Newcastle United participated in the Premier League, EFL Cup and FA Cup. The season covered the period from 1 July 2017 to 30 June 2018.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [36, 36], "content_span": [37, 511]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275984-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Newcastle United F.C. season, Club, Coaching staff\nThe Newcastle United first team coaching staff for the 2017\u201318 season consists of the following:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 58], "content_span": [59, 155]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275984-0002-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Newcastle United F.C. season, Friendlies\nAs of 28 June 2017, Newcastle United have announced six pre-season friendlies against Heart of Midlothian, Preston North End, Bradford City, FSV Mainz, VfL Wolfsburg and Hellas Verona.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 48], "content_span": [49, 233]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275984-0003-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Newcastle United F.C. season, Friendlies\nOn 12 March 2018, Newcastle United announced they would be playing Belgian side Royal Antwerp on 18 March 2018 at the Pinatar Arena in Murcia, Spain.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 48], "content_span": [49, 198]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275984-0004-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Newcastle United F.C. season, Competitions, Premier League, Matches\nOn 14 June 2017, the 2017\u201318 Premier League fixtures were announced.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 75], "content_span": [76, 144]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275984-0005-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Newcastle United F.C. season, Competitions, EFL Cup\nNewcastle United entered the EFL Cup in the second round and were drawn at home against Nottingham Forest.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 59], "content_span": [60, 166]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275984-0006-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Newcastle United F.C. season, Competitions, FA Cup\nNewcastle United entered the FA Cup in the third round and were drawn at home to Luton Town. Newcastle United then progressed into the fourth round and were drawn away to Chelsea.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 58], "content_span": [59, 238]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275985-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Newell's Old Boys season\nThe 2017\u201318 season is Newell's Old Boys' 56th consecutive season in the top-flight of Argentine football. The season covers the period from 1 July 2017 to 30 June 2018.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [32, 32], "content_span": [33, 201]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275985-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Newell's Old Boys season, Current squad\nNote: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 47], "content_span": [48, 176]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275985-0002-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Newell's Old Boys season, Current squad, Out on loan\nNote: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 60], "content_span": [61, 189]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275986-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Newport County A.F.C. season\nThe 2017\u201318 season was Newport County's fifth consecutive season in Football League Two, 65th season in the Football League and 97th season of league football overall. They finished the season in 11th position in the league, and reached the fourth round of the FA Cup.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [36, 36], "content_span": [37, 305]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275986-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Newport County A.F.C. season, Season Review, League\nThe season began with three away matches in succession, as the Rodney Parade pitch was being relaid. Following two draws with Stevenage and Crewe Alexandra County found themselves in 16th place in the embryonic league table, the lowest they would ever be. The first visit to Coventry City since August 1961 resulted in a 1\u20130 win. In the homecoming game against Chesterfield Newport won 4\u20131 thanks to a 13-minute Frank Nouble hat-trick and County were now in 2nd place. Over the next 11 games, Newport remained in and around the play-off positions, recording five wins and two draws.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 59], "content_span": [60, 642]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275986-0001-0001", "contents": "2017\u201318 Newport County A.F.C. season, Season Review, League\nHowever, County failed to record a win in the next four games, falling out of the play-off zone and extending the run to six games without a win in total. After this slump, form improved following the away win at Swindon Town, with only one loss in the next nine games. This included a run of three consecutive wins in January, culminating with a 2\u20131 win over Crawley Town that put County back in the play-offs in 5th place.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 59], "content_span": [60, 484]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275986-0001-0002", "contents": "2017\u201318 Newport County A.F.C. season, Season Review, League\nThis was not to last, as Newport then went winless for the next seven league games before recording their second 2\u20130 win of the season over Yeovil Town. The last ten games of the season saw only three more County victories, resulting in an 11th-place finish, with doubles over Cambridge United and Swindon Town, and victory over promoted Accrington Stanley along the way. During the season Newport managed the double against Grimsby Town, Crawley Town, Yeovil Town, Swindon Town and Cambridge United.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 59], "content_span": [60, 560]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275986-0002-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Newport County A.F.C. season, Season Review, Cup\nIn the EFL Cup, County were drawn at home to League One Southend United in the first round. However, the fixture was switched to Roots Hall as the Rodney Parade pitch was still being relaid. County came away with a 2\u20130 victory as a result of a second-half brace from Shawn McCoulsky and were rewarded with a home draw against Championship side Leeds United. This too had to be switched to the away ground as Rodney Parade was still not ready. Despite taking the lead at Elland Road, County eventually lost 5\u20131 and were eliminated.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 56], "content_span": [57, 587]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275986-0003-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Newport County A.F.C. season, Season Review, Cup\nNewport were placed in Southern Group E for the EFL Trophy, alongside Forest Green Rovers, Swansea City U21s and Cheltenham Town. Losing 2\u20130, 2\u20131 and 2\u20131 respectively, County finished bottom of the group and failed to qualify for the knockout stage.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 56], "content_span": [57, 306]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275986-0004-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Newport County A.F.C. season, Season Review, Cup\nIn the FA Cup, County were drawn at home to League One Walsall in the first round. Despite a late Walsall goal, goals from Frank Nouble and Shawn McCoulsky were enough to see Newport into the hat for the second round. County were again drawn at home, this time to fellow League Two side Cambridge United. Goals from captain Joss Labadie in the 2nd and 82nd minute gave Newport a 2\u20130 victory and passage to the third round.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 56], "content_span": [57, 479]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275986-0004-0001", "contents": "2017\u201318 Newport County A.F.C. season, Season Review, Cup\nCounty were drawn at home to Leeds United for the second time this season, and this time the game was played at Rodney Parade. Gaetano Berardi scored in the 9th minute for Leeds, but in the 76th minute, Conor Shaughnessy put the ball into his own net to level the scores. With the clock ticking down to one minute remaining, Shawn McCoulsky leapt highest from a corner to head the winner, putting County into the fourth round for the first time since the 1978\u201379 season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 56], "content_span": [57, 527]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275986-0004-0002", "contents": "2017\u201318 Newport County A.F.C. season, Season Review, Cup\nIn the fourth round, County were again drawn at home, this time to Premier League Tottenham Hotspur. In front of a Rodney Parade record crowd, Newport took the lead in the 38th minute courtesy of a Padraig Amond goal. Into the last 10 minutes, County were looking like recording a famous victory, only for Harry Kane to poke home an equaliser from an 82nd-minute corner. In the resulting replay at Wembley, Dan Butler conceded an own goal in the 26th minute, with Spurs' Erik Lamela adding a second on 34 minutes. That was the final score, with the 7,200 County fans in the crowd of 38,947 left to applaud the County players back to the dressing room.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 56], "content_span": [57, 708]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275987-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Niagara Purple Eagles men's basketball team\nThe 2017\u201318 Niagara Purple Eagles men's basketball team represented Niagara University during the 2017\u201318 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Purple Eagles, led by fifth-year head coach Chris Casey, played their home games at the Gallagher Center in Lewiston, New York as members of the Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference. They finished the season 19\u201314, 12\u20136 in MAAC play to finish in third place. They lost in the quarterfinals of the MAAC Tournament to Fairfield. They were invited to the CollegeInsider.com Tournament where they lost in the first round to Eastern Michigan.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 51], "section_span": [51, 51], "content_span": [52, 638]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275987-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Niagara Purple Eagles men's basketball team, Previous season\nThe Purple Eagles finished the 2016\u201317 season 10\u201323, 6\u201314 in MAAC play to finish in ninth place. They defeated Quinnipiac in the first round of the MAAC Tournament to advance to the quarterfinals where they lost to Monmouth.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 51], "section_span": [53, 68], "content_span": [69, 293]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275987-0002-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Niagara Purple Eagles men's basketball team, Schedule and results\n* Non-conference game. #Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Eastern Time", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 51], "section_span": [53, 73], "content_span": [74, 190]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275988-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Nicholls State Colonels men's basketball team\nThe 2017\u201318 Nicholls State Colonels men's basketball team represented Nicholls State University during the 2017\u201318 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Colonels, led by second-year head coach Richie Riley, played their home games at Stopher Gym in Thibodaux, Louisiana as members of the Southland Conference. They finished the season 21\u201311, 15\u20133 in Southland play to earn a share of the regular season championship. As the No. 2 seed in the Southland Tournament, they lost in the semifinals to Stephen F. Austin.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 53], "section_span": [53, 53], "content_span": [54, 574]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275988-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Nicholls State Colonels men's basketball team\nOn March 15, 2018, head coach Richie Riley left Nicholls to take the head coaching job at South Alabama. Two weeks later, the school promoted assistant coach Austin Claunch to head coach.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 53], "section_span": [53, 53], "content_span": [54, 241]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275988-0002-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Nicholls State Colonels men's basketball team, Previous season\nThe Colonels finished the 2016\u201317 season 14\u201317, 7\u201311 in Southland play to finish in a five-way tie for eighth place. They failed to qualify for the Southland Tournament. Senior forward Liam Thomas led Division I in blocks per game with a 4.19 average.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 53], "section_span": [55, 70], "content_span": [71, 322]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275989-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Nicholls State Colonels women's basketball team\nThe 2017\u201318 Nicholls State Colonels women's basketball team represented Nicholls State University during the 2017\u201318 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Colonels, led by tenth year head coach DoBee Plaisance, played their home games at Stopher Gym and were members of the Southland Conference. They finished the season 19\u201313, 11\u20137 in Southland play to finish in a three-way tie for fourth place. They won their first Southland Women's Tournament and earns an automatic trip to their first NCAA Women's Tournament in school history where they lost in the first round to Mississippi State.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 55], "section_span": [55, 55], "content_span": [56, 654]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275989-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Nicholls State Colonels women's basketball team, Previous season\nThe Colonels finished the season 10\u201320 overall and 7\u201311 in Southland play a three-way tie for eighth place. They lost in the first round of the Southland Women's Tournament to McNeese State.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 55], "section_span": [57, 72], "content_span": [73, 263]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275990-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Niger Premier League\nThe 2017\u201318 Niger Premier League season is the 48th edition (since independence) of the top level of football competition in Niger. It began on 22 December 2017 and ended on 12 August 2018.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [28, 28], "content_span": [29, 218]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275991-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Norfolk State Spartans men's basketball team\nThe 2017\u201318 Norfolk State Spartans men's basketball team represented Norfolk State University during the 2017\u201318 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Spartans, led by fifth-year coach Robert Jones, played their home games at the Joseph G. Echols Memorial Hall in Norfolk, Virginia as members of the Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference. They finished the season 14\u201319, 11\u20135 in MEAC play to finish in a tie for fourth place. As the No. 5 seed in the MEAC Tournament, they defeated Maryland Eastern Shore before losing to North Carolina A&T in the quarterfinals.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 52], "section_span": [52, 52], "content_span": [53, 616]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275991-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Norfolk State Spartans men's basketball team, Previous season\nThe Spartans finished the 2016\u201317 season 17\u201317, 12\u20134 in MEAC play to finish in second place. They defeated South Carolina State and Howard to advance to the Championship game of the MEAC Tournament where they lost to North Carolina Central. They were invited to the CollegeInsider.com Tournament where they lost in the first round to Liberty.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 52], "section_span": [54, 69], "content_span": [70, 412]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275992-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 North American winter\nThe 2017\u201318 North American winter saw weather patterns across North America that were very active, erratic, and protracted, especially near the end of the season, resulting in widespread snow and cold across the continent during the winter. Significant events included rare snowfall in the South, an outbreak of frigid temperatures that affected the United States during the final week of 2017 and early weeks of January, and a series of strong nor'easters that affected the Northeastern U.S during the month of March. In addition, flooding also took place during the month of February in the Central United States.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [29, 29], "content_span": [30, 645]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275992-0000-0001", "contents": "2017\u201318 North American winter\nFinally the winter came to a conclusion with a powerful storm system that caused a tornado outbreak and blizzard in mid-April. The most intense event, however, was an extremely powerful cyclonic blizzard that impacted the northeastern United States in the first week of 2018. Similar to the previous winter, a La Ni\u00f1a was expected to influence the winter weather across North America.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [29, 29], "content_span": [30, 414]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275992-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 North American winter\nWhile there is no well-agreed-upon date used to indicate the start of winter in the Northern Hemisphere, there are two definitions of winter which may be used. Based on the astronomical definition, winter began at the winter solstice, which in 2017 occurred on December 21, and ends at the March equinox, which in 2018 occurred on March 20. Based on the meteorological definition, the first day of winter is December 1 and the last day February 28. Each definition involves a period of approximately three months, with some variability with both definitions containing two months and a week. Winter is often defined by meteorologists to be the three calendar months with the lowest average temperatures. Since both definitions span the calendar year, it is possible to have a winter storm in two different years.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [29, 29], "content_span": [30, 842]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275992-0002-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 North American winter, Seasonal forecasts\nOn October 19, 2017, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's Climate Prediction Center released its U.S. Winter Outlook. The outlook noted a 55\u201365% chance that a La Ni\u00f1a would develop. According to CPC Deputy Director Mike Halpert, any such La Ni\u00f1a was expected to be \"weak and potentially short-lived\", but it could still affect the season. He also noted that La Ni\u00f1a years normally result in colder-than-average, wetter winters in the northern tier of the United States and the inverse conditions across the south.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 49], "content_span": [50, 580]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275992-0002-0001", "contents": "2017\u201318 North American winter, Seasonal forecasts\nIn terms of precipitation, wetter-than-average conditions were favored across the majority of the northern United States, including a region spanning from the northern Rocky Mountains to the eastern Great Lakes in addition to the Ohio Valley, Hawaii, and western and northern Alaska. Drier conditions were anticipated across the entire southern United States. Above-average temperatures were favored across the southern two-thirds of the contiguous United States and along the east coast, as well as in Hawaii and the northern and western parts of Alaska.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 49], "content_span": [50, 605]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275992-0002-0002", "contents": "2017\u201318 North American winter, Seasonal forecasts\nThe outlook favored below-average temperatures in the northern tier, from Minnesota to the Pacific Northwest region as well as southeastern Alaska. The remainder of the country was assigned equal chances of either above or below-normal temperatures or precipitation. The drought outlook noted that drought was likely to remain in parts of the northern Plains, with recovery likely to the west. The development of limited regions of drought was possible in regions that did not receive rainfall associated with tropical systems during the 2017 Atlantic hurricane season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 49], "content_span": [50, 619]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275992-0003-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 North American winter, Seasonal summary\nThe North American winter of 2017\u201318 began in the month of November with the highest snow extent in at least one and a half decades, with snow covering over a quarter of the contiguous United States, 22% more than the same date in 2011, the next-most-recent year with comparable snow coverage at that date. However, this trend did not last through all of the month, with the last week having the least snowfall of that time of year for the same time period.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 47], "content_span": [48, 505]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275992-0003-0001", "contents": "2017\u201318 North American winter, Seasonal summary\nThis extensive snowpack was due in part to cold temperatures on an extent not seen since at least 2014 in the early part of the month caused by an Arctic front advancing southward into the northern United States, breaking several record low temperatures in major cities from the Upper Midwest to the Mid-Atlantic. In Minnesota, at least several places recorded temperatures below 0\u00a0\u00b0F (\u221218\u00a0\u00b0C) on November 10, breaking several record lows \u2013 some places reached as low as \u221210\u00a0\u00b0F (\u221223\u00a0\u00b0C).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 47], "content_span": [48, 535]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275992-0003-0002", "contents": "2017\u201318 North American winter, Seasonal summary\nIn early December, following another outbreak of cold temperatures, a major winter storm impacted the far southern reaches of the United States \u2013 areas as far as the southern portions of the Gulf Coast up to the Mid-Atlantic states and New England received a wide swath of accumulating snowfall, significantly hampering travel and knocking power out to tens of thousands. The rest of the month was generally warmer then average nationwide, primarily in the southwestern United States, and ranked as the third-warmest in historical records. However, towards the end of the month, an outbreak of below-average temperatures impacted much of the continental United States over the holiday, with New York City recording its second-coldest New Year's Eve on record with a temperature of 9\u00a0\u00b0F (\u221213\u00a0\u00b0C).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 47], "content_span": [48, 843]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275992-0004-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 North American winter, Seasonal summary\nJanuary and the new year opened with cold temperatures remaining in place across the eastern part of the country, which would continue until the middle of the month. In the first week of 2018, an extremely powerful cyclonic blizzard developed off the Southeastern United States, explosively deepening as it traveled parallel to the East Coast. The blizzard delivered snow as far south as Florida which rarely sees snowfall at all, and left a wide swath of snowfall totals up to 1\u20132 feet (12\u201324\u00a0in) in the Mid-Atlantic and New England.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 47], "content_span": [48, 582]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275992-0004-0001", "contents": "2017\u201318 North American winter, Seasonal summary\nIn addition, major coastal flooding occurred with the system as well and killed at least 11 people. The following week around January 12\u201313, a major winter storm affected much of the Appalachian Mountains and interior New England, and a few days later on January 16, a separate system dumped as much as 12 inches (30\u00a0cm) in areas of North Carolina, and for the second time in a month brought snowfall to areas of the Florida Panhandle.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 47], "content_span": [48, 483]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275992-0004-0002", "contents": "2017\u201318 North American winter, Seasonal summary\nAnother winter storm brought blizzard-like conditions and up to a foot of snow in the Upper Midwest the following week, with the Twin Cities in Minnesota receiving their largest one-day snowfall since December 2010 with 12.4 inches (31\u00a0cm) falling on January 22. The long-term pattern that brought below-average temperatures to the eastern half of the United States largely abated by the latter part of January, but not before causing drought conditions to expand within the West to its largest coverage since May 2014, due to above-average temperatures across much of the region.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 47], "content_span": [48, 628]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275992-0005-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 North American winter, Events, Mid-November cold wave\nAfter an exceptionally warm September and October for many places in the Midwestern and Northeastern United States, a strong Arctic airmass entered the Midwest on November 9, resulting in some of the coldest temperatures ever recorded this early in the season. Lake-effect snow fell in places like the Upper Peninsula of Michigan, where the Mackinac Bridge had to be closed due to low visibility. Chicago on November 10 also reported Lake-effect snow. The timeframe of November 10\u201311 broke record lows from northern Minnesota to the New York City tri-state area. On November 10, record lows were recorded in the Midwest.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 61], "content_span": [62, 682]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275992-0005-0001", "contents": "2017\u201318 North American winter, Events, Mid-November cold wave\nAmong these November 10 records were five locations in the Upper Midwest that plunged below zero. In addition to the International Falls, Minnesota, the coldest, and even earliest, record lows mentioned above were set in Hibbing, Minnesota \u221212\u00a0\u00b0F (\u221224\u00a0\u00b0C), Duluth, Minnesota and Pellston, Michigan \u22125\u00a0\u00b0F (\u221221\u00a0\u00b0C), and Merrill, Wisconsin \u22121\u00a0\u00b0F (\u221218\u00a0\u00b0C). The Arctic intrusion on November 10 came as a shock to people that had yet to seen temperatures cold enough for frost, especially in New England.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 61], "content_span": [62, 560]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275992-0005-0002", "contents": "2017\u201318 North American winter, Events, Mid-November cold wave\nBefore then, not only it was one of the warmest Fall seasons to that date, places like Philadelphia and Washington D.C. had yet to see a day/night that was below 40\u00a0\u00b0F (4\u00a0\u00b0C) since the previous Spring earlier that year. The low temperature in Philadelphia early in the morning of November 11 was 23\u00a0\u00b0F (\u22125\u00a0\u00b0C). This came two degrees within reaching the record set for that day in 1961. Washington D.C. tied their record of 26\u00a0\u00b0F (\u22123\u00a0\u00b0C) that same morning set back in 1973. Many cities in the Great Lakes and Northeast set record lows that morning, which record lows were recorded as far south as Charlotte, North Carolina. Forecasters even called for an earlier start to winter ahead of this cold wave.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 61], "content_span": [62, 764]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275992-0006-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 North American winter, Events, Early December winter storm\nA strong winter storm affected areas from northeastern Mexico to the Northeastern United States in early December. The origins of the storm were complex, with the initial disturbance forming over the extreme southern United States as a stationary front left behind from a departing extratropical cyclone on December 7. At the same time, a cold air mass was establishing itself into the Deep South.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 66], "content_span": [67, 464]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275992-0006-0001", "contents": "2017\u201318 North American winter, Events, Early December winter storm\nA large plume of moisture encompassed the entire Gulf Coast, and snow broke out early on December 8 in places that rarely even see snow, including Mexico, southeastern Texas and Louisiana \u2013 even in the Florida Panhandle. The storm dropped up to 25 inches (64\u00a0cm) of snow in some parts of the Southeast as it slowly moved eastwards, breaking several snowfall records; meanwhile, a gulf low formed in the Gulf of Mexico the same day \u2013 this would ultimately become the dominant low of the system.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 66], "content_span": [67, 560]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275992-0006-0002", "contents": "2017\u201318 North American winter, Events, Early December winter storm\nTransitioning into a nor'easter off the East Coast of the United States, the system began moving parallel to the shoreline, with a large swath of snowfall accompanying it. The low slowly deepened throughout the day of December 9, bringing the first snow of the season to many parts of the Northeast and New England.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 66], "content_span": [67, 382]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275992-0007-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 North American winter, Events, Early December winter storm\nUp to 400,000 people were left without power across the affected regions, several schools and roads shut down, and 3 were have confirmed to have been killed by the storm as of December 9.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 66], "content_span": [67, 254]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275992-0008-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 North American winter, Events, Post-Christmas\u2013mid-January cold wave\nIn late December, a strong Arctic air mass, due to the weakening of the Northern Polar vortex, came and established from Canada into the Midwestern and Northeastern United States with the core of the cold centered in the Upper Midwest, Interior Northeast, and Eastern Canada. Temperatures were 10 to 20\u00a0\u00b0F (6 to 11\u00a0\u00b0C) below average for that time of year. International Falls, Minnesota recorded a record low temperature on December 27 of \u221232\u00a0\u00b0F (\u221236\u00a0\u00b0C). In Indianapolis, Indiana, the temperature reached a new low of \u221212\u00a0\u00b0F (\u221224\u00a0\u00b0C). In 2017, Watertown, New York and Buffalo, New York each had it coldest final week on record for the year.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 75], "content_span": [76, 717]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275992-0009-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 North American winter, Events, Post-Christmas\u2013mid-January cold wave\nIn St. Louis, Missouri temperatures dropped to \u22126\u00a0\u00b0F (\u221221\u00a0\u00b0C) on New Year's Day. On January 2, a daily record low in Sioux City, Iowa was set at \u221228\u00a0\u00b0F (\u221233\u00a0\u00b0C). Other daily record low temperatures included Cedar Rapids, Iowa \u221223\u00a0\u00b0F (\u221231\u00a0\u00b0C), Pierre, South Dakota \u221221\u00a0\u00b0F (\u221229\u00a0\u00b0C), South Bend, Indiana \u221215\u00a0\u00b0F (\u221226\u00a0\u00b0C), Quincy, Illinois \u221212\u00a0\u00b0F (\u221224\u00a0\u00b0C) and Lynchburg, Virginia 3\u00a0\u00b0F (\u221216\u00a0\u00b0C).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 75], "content_span": [76, 465]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275992-0010-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 North American winter, Events, Post-Christmas\u2013mid-January cold wave\nIn their first few days of 2018, the cold front was stretched as far south into the Caribbean.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 75], "content_span": [76, 170]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275992-0011-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 North American winter, Events, Early January blizzard\nA severe blizzard caused disruption along the Eastern United States in the first few days of the new year. It provided snow in municipalities that do not often receive and therefore are not accustomed to handling winter precipitation, such as Georgia and Florida, and accumulated over 2 feet (61\u00a0cm) of snow in New England, the Mid-Atlantic states, and Eastern Canada. The storm started on January 3, 2018, moving rapidly to the northeast, after which time the system moved east, causing great snowfall. The storm was also dubbed as a \"historic bomb cyclone\".", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 61], "content_span": [62, 621]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275992-0012-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 North American winter, Events, Early January blizzard\nThe blizzard produced snowfall and other forms of frozen precipitation across much of the United States Eastern Seaboard. As of the WPC's fifth winter storm summary, the highest official snowfall amount recorded is 17.0\u00a0in (43\u00a0cm) in Cape May Court House, New Jersey; however, a snowfall total of 52 centimetres (20\u00a0in) was reported in Bathurst, New Brunswick. Freezing rain totals peaked at 0.5\u00a0in (1.3\u00a0cm) in Brunswick, Georgia and near Folkston, Georgia. At least twenty-two fatalities were attributed to the storm, including at least eight car accident-related deaths. At least 4,020 flights were cancelled across the United States, with a majority of cancellations caused by the extensive winter storm. Insurers estimate that claims relating to coastal flooding from the storm will be more than those from snow-related damage.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 61], "content_span": [62, 893]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275992-0013-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 North American winter, Events, Mid-January winter storms\nIn mid-January, two winter storms caused widespread disruption across the eastern half of the United States. The first one spread a swath of snow and ice across the northern parts of the Ohio Valley and New England, as a strong cold front pushed through the regions with a developing low. Several locations received up to a quarter inch of ice while others observed over 1 foot (12\u00a0in) of snow.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 64], "content_span": [65, 459]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275992-0014-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 North American winter, Events, Mid-January winter storms\nThe second one, although much less widespread than the first one, crossed Southern, Midwestern, and Northeastern United States and brought snow to places that rarely see it. This storm hit Texas and the Midwest on January 16, 2018. Then, the storm impacted New England and Mid-Atlantic states on January 17. Up to 2 inches (5.1\u00a0cm) fell in Shreveport, Louisiana, marking the first time more than an inch of snow fell in Shreveport since 2015. Austin, Houston, and San Antonio, Texas saw many vehicle accidents because of sleet and freezing rain on the morning of January 16.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 64], "content_span": [65, 639]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275992-0014-0001", "contents": "2017\u201318 North American winter, Events, Mid-January winter storms\nThis led to an overwhelming number of vehicular accidents, such as several accidents in the Dallas-Fort Worth metroplex near Canton. In Galveston, hundreds of pipes froze and burst, depleting the city's water reserves to drought levels and forcing Galveston County and Chambers County to implement mandatory water conservation measures until the pipes could be fixed. Florida observed snow for the third time during the winter, with snow and freezing rain observed in portions of the Florida Panhandle. Snow fell in Crestview and DeFuniak Springs while freezing rain fell in Fort Walton Beach.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 64], "content_span": [65, 658]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275992-0014-0002", "contents": "2017\u201318 North American winter, Events, Mid-January winter storms\nPensacola saw sleet which accumulated on grass and vehicles. The Bob Sikes Bridge to Pensacola Beach was closed due to ice. In North Carolina on January 17, Winston-Salem received 6 inches (15\u00a0cm) of snow, Greensboro had 6 inches (15\u00a0cm) to 8 inches (20\u00a0cm), Burlington had 8 inches (20\u00a0cm) to 9 inches (23\u00a0cm), and part of Durham had 9.5 inches (24\u00a0cm), while areas to the north of Durham had 10 inches (25\u00a0cm) to 12 inches (30\u00a0cm). Snow fell on portions of the East Coast and Northeast.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 64], "content_span": [65, 553]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275992-0014-0003", "contents": "2017\u201318 North American winter, Events, Mid-January winter storms\nEast Machias, Maine got 11 inches (28\u00a0cm), Stockbridge, Massachusetts got 11 inches (28\u00a0cm), Rosendale, New York got 10 inches (25\u00a0cm), Loyseville, Pennsylvania got 9.5 inches (24\u00a0cm), Dover, New Hampshire got 8 inches (20\u00a0cm), Canaan, Connecticut got 7 inches (18\u00a0cm), and Wantage, New Jersey got 6.4 inches (16\u00a0cm).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 64], "content_span": [65, 382]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275992-0015-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 North American winter, Events, Late February flooding\nHeavy rains led to intense flooding in the central U.S. from Texas to Michigan in the second half of February, including along the portion of the Ohio River running past Cincinnati and Louisville.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 61], "content_span": [62, 258]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275992-0016-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 North American winter, Events, Early\u2013late March nor'easters\nAfter a period of record warmth in late February, weather patterns across the continent abruptly became much more active in March. Four powerful nor'easters affected the United States and eastern Canada in that month alone, each dropping more than a foot of snow in the areas affected.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 67], "content_span": [68, 353]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275992-0017-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 North American winter, Events, Early\u2013late March nor'easters, March 1\u20133 nor'easter\nThe first nor'easter began to take shape over the Mid-Atlantic states at the transition of February and March. As an area of low pressure moved into the interior Northeast late on March 1, snowfall fell in areas close to the Canada\u2013United States border, while precipitation in coastal areas was rain due to slightly warmer air. Overnight into the early morning hours of March 2, a new area of low pressure formed and rapidly strengthened off the coast of New Jersey, while snow began to slowly increase in coverage near Pennsylvania and southern New York. Wet bulbing helped bring snow to areas closer on the coast, such as New York City.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 89], "content_span": [90, 728]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275992-0018-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 North American winter, Events, Early\u2013late March nor'easters, March 1\u20133 nor'easter\nAlthough the most severe damage was caused by flooding as well as snow, unusually high tides and storm surges along the coast, wind and downed trees caused massive inland power outages, with the number of outages as high as 1.6 million at one point. As of March 2, at least 15 people are known to have been killed as a result of the storm, five from falling trees or branches.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 89], "content_span": [90, 466]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275992-0019-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 North American winter, Events, Early\u2013late March nor'easters, March 6\u20138 nor'easter\nAs the first nor'easter occurred, a smaller, but significant blizzard struck the Sierra Nevada mountains and then tracked across the continent as a large weather front, dropping snow across the Midwestern United States and interior Canada. As it reached the Great Lakes on March 6, another low pressure area formed off the Outer Banks of North Carolina.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 89], "content_span": [90, 443]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275992-0019-0001", "contents": "2017\u201318 North American winter, Events, Early\u2013late March nor'easters, March 6\u20138 nor'easter\nBy mid-afternoon the next day, the two systems had merged into a second nor'easter, which rapidly intensified off the New Jersey coastline and dropped up to over 3 feet (36\u00a0in) or more of wet snow across much of the Northeast, which hampered the recovery efforts from the first nor'easter. The storm caused up to 1 million people to lose power, and at least 1 person has been confirmed dead due to the storm as of March 7.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 89], "content_span": [90, 512]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275992-0020-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 North American winter, Events, Early\u2013late March nor'easters, March 6\u20138 nor'easter\nHundreds of flights were cancelled across the region, and many schools closed due to the nor'easter, although some opted to remain open. Many freeways were also closed in the regions, and several states were put under state of emergencies. In Pennsylvania, Governor Tom Wolf declared a state of emergency for several counties in the eastern part of the state. A snow emergency went into effect for the city of Philadelphia on the morning of March 7. Several municipalities in the Philadelphia area declared snow emergencies and many schools and government offices were closed on March 7. Many attractions in the Philadelphia area either closed early or were closed for the entire day on March 7. The nor'easter had moved off by the morning of March 9, but its remnants stalled over Maritime Canada and persisted throughout the weekend.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 89], "content_span": [90, 925]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275992-0021-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 North American winter, Events, Early\u2013late March nor'easters, March 12\u201314 nor'easter\nOn the night of March 11, several areas of low pressure developed over the American Southeast and merged into a third nor'easter within 24 hours. On March 13, the storm produced blizzard conditions and a swath of 1\u20133 feet of snow in New England as it moved northeast into the Gulf of Maine. The storm brought heavy snow blizzard conditions to Rhode Island on March 13. Blizzard conditions were reported in Newport. Most of the state received at least one foot of snow, peaking at 25.1 inches (64\u00a0cm) in Foster. The storm brought heavy snow and blizzard conditions to Massachusetts on March 13. Blizzard conditions were reported in several locations including Boston, Hyannis, Falmouth, Plymouth, Marshfield, and Martha's Vineyard. Over two feet of snow were reported in portions of the state, peaking at 28.3 inches (72\u00a0cm) in Methuen.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 91], "content_span": [92, 927]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275992-0022-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 North American winter, Events, Early\u2013late March nor'easters, March 12\u201314 nor'easter\nWind gusts of 47\u00a0mph (76\u00a0km/h) were reported at Logan International Airport in Boston while gusts reached 77\u00a0mph (124\u00a0km/h) on Nantucket Island, 79\u00a0mph (127\u00a0km/h) in Hyannis, and 81\u00a0mph (130\u00a0km/h) in East Falmouth. A storm surge of 3 feet (0.91\u00a0m) was reported on Nantucket while a 2.8 feet (0.85\u00a0m) storm surge was recorded in Boston. Over a foot of snow was reported in portions of New Hampshire, with Deefield receiving almost 29 inches and Middleton reported 28 inches. No widespread power outages were reported.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 91], "content_span": [92, 608]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275992-0022-0001", "contents": "2017\u201318 North American winter, Events, Early\u2013late March nor'easters, March 12\u201314 nor'easter\nThe storm brought heavy snow and blizzard conditions to Maine on March 13. Blizzard conditions were reported in Portland. Over a foot of snow was reported in portions of the state. Of the four nor'easters, the third storm was the strongest in terms of minimum pressure, at 966 millibars (28.5\u00a0inHg).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 91], "content_span": [92, 391]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275992-0023-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 North American winter, Events, Early\u2013late March nor'easters, March 20\u201322 nor'easter\nThe fourth nor'easter began to take shape on March 19, and lasted until March 23. This nor'easter tracked further south than the previous three, due to an area of high pressure over Quebec and New England.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 91], "content_span": [92, 297]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275992-0024-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 North American winter, Events, April cold wave\nA period of colder-then-average temperatures impacted a large swath of the United States east of the Rocky Mountains from late March to the middle of April, resulting in one of the coldest Aprils for many areas in years, especially the Upper Midwest. This occurred as a result of a persistent pattern throughout much of April favoring high pressure within the Western United States, and troughs within the eastern half of the country, allowing cold air to funnel down.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 54], "content_span": [55, 523]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275992-0025-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 North American winter, Events, April cold wave\nIn the states of Iowa and Wisconsin, the month was the coldest April ever experienced within the states' 124-year record, surpassing April 1907 by 1.5\u00a0\u00b0F (\u221216.9\u00a0\u00b0C). Many states experienced one of their top-ten coldest Aprils on record. The snow cover for most of April was the fifth-largest on record for the U.S.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 54], "content_span": [55, 369]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275992-0026-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 North American winter, Events, Mid-April blizzard\nIn mid-April, a powerful weather system created heavy snow and blizzard conditions over much of the upper Midwest, as well as severe weather in the South. Green Bay, Wisconsin reported 24.2 inches (61\u00a0cm), its second-heaviest snowstorm of all time and largest ever for the month of April. Further east, a severe ice storm took place. Up to 1 inch (25\u00a0mm) was reported in Lowville, New York, in the foothills of the Tug Hill Plateau. In Ontario, a mix of snow, freezing rain, ice pellets and rain battered Toronto and the surrounding area, causing hundreds of vehicle collisions, flight cancellations, power outages and transportation delays. Freezing rain also caused problems in Ottawa, Montreal, and parts of New Brunswick.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 57], "content_span": [58, 783]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275993-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 North Caledonian Football League\nThe 2017\u201318 North Caledonian Football League was the 109th season of the North Caledonian Football League. The season began on 2 September 2017 and ended on 21 April 2018. Invergordon were the defending champions.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [40, 40], "content_span": [41, 254]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275993-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 North Caledonian Football League\nBunillidh Thistle returned to the league following an eight-year absence, increasing the league membership to nine teams.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [40, 40], "content_span": [41, 162]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275993-0002-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 North Caledonian Football League\nOrkney won their first league title, becoming the first Scottish Islands club to win a Scottish FA affiliated senior league.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [40, 40], "content_span": [41, 165]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275994-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 North Carolina A&T Aggies men's basketball team\nThe 2017\u201318 North Carolina A&T Aggies men's basketball team represented North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University during the 2017\u201318 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Aggies, led by second-year head coach Jay Joyner, played their home games at the Corbett Sports Center in Greensboro, North Carolina as members of the Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference. They finished the season 20\u201315, 11\u20135 in MEAC play to finish in a tie for fourth place. They defeated Delaware State and Norfolk State to advance to the semifinals of the MEAC Tournament where they lost to Hampton. They were invited to the CollegeInsider.com Tournament where they lost in the first round to Liberty.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 55], "section_span": [55, 55], "content_span": [56, 750]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275994-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 North Carolina A&T Aggies men's basketball team, Previous season\nThe Aggies finished the 2015\u201316 season 3\u201329, 1\u201315 in MEAC play to finish in last place. They lost in the first round of the MEAC Tournament to Maryland Eastern Shore.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 55], "section_span": [57, 72], "content_span": [73, 240]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275995-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 North Carolina A&T Aggies women's basketball team\nThe 2017\u201318 North Carolina A&T Aggies women's basketball team represents North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University during the 2017\u201318 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Aggies, led by sixth year head coach Tarrell Robinson, play their home games at the Corbett Sports Center in Greensboro, North Carolina as members of the Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference. They finished the season 23\u20139, 15\u20131 in MEAC play win the MEAC regular season title with Bethune\u2013Cookman. They won the MEAC Women's Tournament and earn an received automatic bid of the NCAA Women's Tournament where they lost to South Carolina in the first round.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 57], "section_span": [57, 57], "content_span": [58, 704]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275996-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 North Carolina Central Eagles men's basketball team\nThe 2017\u201318 North Carolina Central Eagles men's basketball team represented North Carolina Central University during the 2017\u201318 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Eagles, led by ninth-year head coach LeVelle Moton, played their home games at McDougald\u2013McLendon Gymnasium in Durham, North Carolina as members of the Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference. They finished the season 19\u201316, 9\u20137 in MEAC play to finish sixth place. In the MEAC Tournament, they defeated Coppin State, Savannah State, and Morgan State to advance to the championship game against Hampton. There they defeated the Pirates to receive the conference's automatic bid to the NCAA Tournament for the second consecutive year. As a No. 16 seed, they lost in the First Four to Texas Southern.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 59], "section_span": [59, 59], "content_span": [60, 823]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275996-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 North Carolina Central Eagles men's basketball team, Previous season\nThe Eagles finished the 2016\u201317 season 25\u20139, 13\u20132 in MEAC play to win the MEAC regular season championship. In the MEAC Tournament, they defeated Bethune\u2013Cookman, Maryland Eastern Shore, and Norfolk State to win the tournament championship. As a result, they earned the conference's automatic bid to the NCAA Tournament. As a No. 16 seed, they lost in the First Four to fellow No. 16 seed UC Davis.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 59], "section_span": [61, 76], "content_span": [77, 475]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275997-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 North Carolina Tar Heels men's basketball team\nThe 2017\u201318 North Carolina Tar Heels men's basketball team represented the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill during the 2017\u201318 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The team's head coach was Roy Williams, who was in his 15th season as UNC's head men's basketball coach. The Tar Heels played their home games at the Dean Smith Center in Chapel Hill, North Carolina as members of the Atlantic Coast Conference. They finished the season 26\u201311, 11\u20137 in ACC play to finish in a four-way tie for fourth place.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 54], "section_span": [54, 54], "content_span": [55, 572]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275997-0000-0001", "contents": "2017\u201318 North Carolina Tar Heels men's basketball team\nAs the No. 6 seed in the ACC Tournament, they defeated Syracuse, Miami, and Duke before losing to Virginia in the championship game. They received an at-large bid to the NCAA Tournament as the No. 2 seed in the West region where they defeated Lipscomb before losing to Texas A&M in the Second Round.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 54], "section_span": [54, 54], "content_span": [55, 354]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275997-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 North Carolina Tar Heels men's basketball team, Previous season\nThe Tar Heels finished the 2016\u201317 season with a record of 33\u20137, 14\u20134 in ACC play to finish in first place, winning their 31st ACC regular season title. After beating Miami in the ACC Tournament, they lost to Duke in the semifinals. Despite the loss to Duke, the Tar Heels received an at-large bid to the NCAA Tournament as a No. 1 seed in the South region. There they defeated No. 16 Texas Southern, No. 8 Arkansas, No. 4 Butler, and No. 2 Kentucky to earn a trip to their 20th Final Four. In a matchup against the Midwest Region's No. 3 seed Oregon in the Final Four, the Tar Heels won 77\u201376 to advance to the National Championship. In the championship against the West Region's No. 1 seed Gonzaga, the Tar Heels won 71\u201365, winning the school's sixth national championship.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 54], "section_span": [56, 71], "content_span": [72, 847]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275998-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 North Carolina Tar Heels women's basketball team\nThe 2017\u201318 North Carolina Tar Heels women's basketball team will represent the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill during the 2017\u201318 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Tar Heels, led by thirty-second year head coach Sylvia Hatchell, play their games at Carmichael Arena and were members of the Atlantic Coast Conference. They finished the season 15\u201316, 4\u201312 in ACC play in twelfth place. They defeated Boston College in the first round before losing in the second round of the ACC Women's Tournament to NC State.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 56], "section_span": [56, 56], "content_span": [57, 591]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275999-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 North Dakota Fighting Hawks men's basketball team\nThe 2017\u201318 North Dakota Fighting Hawks men's basketball team represented the University of North Dakota during the 2017\u201318 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Fighting Hawks, led by 12th-year head coach Brian Jones, played their home games at the Betty Engelstad Sioux Center in Grand Forks, North Dakota as members of the Big Sky Conference. They finished the season 12\u201320, 6\u201312 in Big Sky play to finish in a tie for eighth place. They defeated Montana State in the first round of the Big Sky Tournament before losing in the quarterfinals to Montana.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 57], "section_span": [57, 57], "content_span": [58, 620]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275999-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 North Dakota Fighting Hawks men's basketball team\nThis season was the last for North Dakota as a full Big Sky member. On July 1, 2018, the school will join the Summit League in all sports except for football, in which it will remain a Big Sky member before joining the Missouri Valley Football Conference in 2020.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 57], "section_span": [57, 57], "content_span": [58, 321]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275999-0002-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 North Dakota Fighting Hawks men's basketball team, Previous season\nThe Fighting Hawks finished the 2016\u201317 season 22\u201310, 14\u20134 in Big Sky play to win the Big Sky regular season championship. In the Big Sky Tournament, they defeated Portland State, Idaho, and Weber State to win the tournament championship. As a result, they received the conference's automatic bid to the NCAA Tournament and the school's first ever bid to the NCAA Tournament. As a No. 15 seed in the West region, they lost to No. 2-seeded and No. 4-ranked Arizona in the First Round.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 57], "section_span": [59, 74], "content_span": [75, 558]}} {"id": "enwiki-00275999-0003-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 North Dakota Fighting Hawks men's basketball team, Schedule and results\n* Non-conference game. #Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Central Time", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 57], "section_span": [59, 79], "content_span": [80, 196]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276000-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 North Dakota Fighting Hawks men's ice hockey season\nThe 2017-18 North Dakota Fighting Hawks men's ice hockey season was the 76th season of play for the program and the 5th in the NCHC conference. The Fighting Hawks represented the University of North Dakota and were coached by Brad Berry, in his 3rd season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 59], "section_span": [59, 59], "content_span": [60, 316]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276001-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 North Dakota Fighting Hawks women's basketball team\nThe 2017\u201318 North Dakota Fighting Hawks women's basketball team represents the University of North Dakota during the 2017\u201318 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Fighting Hawks were led by sixth year head coach Travis Brewster and play their home games at the Betty Engelstad Sioux Center. They were members of the Big Sky Conference. They finished the season 12\u201318, 5\u201313 in Big Sky play to finish in a tie for ninth place. They lost in the first round of the Big Sky Women's Tournament to Montana State.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 59], "section_span": [59, 59], "content_span": [60, 574]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276001-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 North Dakota Fighting Hawks women's basketball team\nThis season was the last for North Dakota as a full Big Sky member. On July 1, 2018, the school will join the Summit League in all sports except for football, in which it will remain a Big Sky member before joining the Missouri Valley Football Conference in 2020.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 59], "section_span": [59, 59], "content_span": [60, 323]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276002-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 North Dakota State Bison men's basketball team\nThe 2017\u201318 North Dakota State Bison men's basketball team represented North Dakota State University in the 2017\u201318 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Bison, led by fourth-year head coach David Richman, played their home games at the Scheels Center in Fargo, North Dakota as members of the Summit League. They finished the season 15\u201317, 5\u20139 in Summit League play to finish in a tie for fifth place. They defeated Fort Wayne in the quarterfinals of the Summit League Tournament before losing in the semifinals to South Dakota State.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 54], "section_span": [54, 54], "content_span": [55, 596]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276002-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 North Dakota State Bison men's basketball team, Previous season\nThe Bison finished the season 19\u201311, 11\u20135 in Summit League play to finish in second place. They were upset by IUPUI in the quarterfinals of the Summit League Tournament.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 54], "section_span": [56, 71], "content_span": [72, 241]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276002-0002-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 North Dakota State Bison men's basketball team, Preseason\nIn a poll of league coaches, media, and sports information directors, the Bison were picked to finish in third place. Senior guard Paul Miller was named to the preseason All-Summit First Team.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 54], "section_span": [56, 65], "content_span": [66, 258]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276003-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 North Florida Ospreys men's basketball team\nThe 2017\u201318 North Florida Ospreys men's basketball team represented the University of North Florida during the 2017\u201318 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. They were led by ninth\u2013year head coach Matthew Driscoll and played their home games at UNF Arena on the university's campus in Jacksonville, Florida as members of the Atlantic Sun Conference (ASUN). The Ospreys finished the season 14\u201319, 7\u20137 in ASUN play to finish in a tie for fourth place. In the ASUN Tournament, they defeated NJIT before losing in the semifinals to Florida Gulf Coast.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 51], "section_span": [51, 51], "content_span": [52, 601]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276003-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 North Florida Ospreys men's basketball team, Previous season\nThe Ospreys finished the 2015\u201316 season 15\u201319, 8\u20136 in ASUN play to finish in third place. As the No. 3 seed in the ASUN Tournament, they defeated Jacksonville and Lipscomb before losing to Florida Gulf Coast in the championship game.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 51], "section_span": [53, 68], "content_span": [69, 302]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276004-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 North Florida Ospreys women's basketball team\nThe 2017\u201318 North Florida Ospreys women's basketball team represents the University of North Florida in the 2017\u201318 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Ospreys, led by third year head coach Darrick Gibbs, play their games at UNF Arena and were members of the Atlantic Sun Conference. They finished the season 13\u201318, 5\u20139 in A-Sun play to finish in a tie for sixth place. They advanced to the semifinals of A-Sun Tournament where they lost to Jacksonville.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 53], "section_span": [53, 53], "content_span": [54, 519]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276004-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 North Florida Ospreys women's basketball team, Media\nAll home games and conference road games are shown on ESPN3 or A-Sun.TV.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 53], "section_span": [55, 60], "content_span": [61, 133]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276005-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 North Superleague\nThe 2017\u201318 North Superleague is the seventeenth staging of the North Superleague, the highest tier of league competition in the North Region of the Scottish Junior Football Association. The winners of this competition are eligible to enter the 2018\u201319 Scottish Cup.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [25, 25], "content_span": [26, 292]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276005-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 North Superleague, Member clubs for the 2017\u201318 season\nNorth First Division (East) champions Ellon United were promoted to the Superleague, however the West champions Spey Valley United declined promotion. An extra play-off spot would decide promotion/relegation. This spots would between North Superleague Clubs Dufftown and Buckie Rovers and in the North First Division (West) and (East) runners up Sunnybank and Montrose Roselea respectively. Dufftown defeated Sunnybank 3\u20132 to retain their Superleague place while Montrose Roselea were promoted after a 5\u20130 win over Buckie Rovers played at Colony Park.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 62], "content_span": [63, 614]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276006-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 North Texas Mean Green men's basketball team\nThe 2017\u201318 North Texas Mean Green men's basketball team represented the University of North Texas during the 2017\u201318 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Mean Green, led by first-year head coach Grant McCasland, played their home games at UNT Coliseum, nicknamed The Super Pit, in Denton, Texas, as members of Conference USA. They finished the season 20\u201318, 8\u201310 in C-USA play to finish in a tie for seventh place. They lost in the first round of the C-USA Tournament to Louisiana Tech.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 52], "section_span": [52, 52], "content_span": [53, 548]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276006-0000-0001", "contents": "2017\u201318 North Texas Mean Green men's basketball team\nThey were invited to participate in the College Basketball Invitational where they defeated South Dakota, Mercer, and Jacksonville State to advance to the best-of-three finals series against San Francisco. After losing in game 1, they won games 2 and 3 to become CBI champions. They also had the biggest crowd since 2010 at 6,291.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 52], "section_span": [52, 52], "content_span": [53, 383]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276006-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 North Texas Mean Green men's basketball team, Previous season\nThe Mean Green finished the 2016\u201317 season 8\u201322, 2\u201316 in C-USA play to finish in last place. They failed to qualify for the C-USA Tournament.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 52], "section_span": [54, 69], "content_span": [70, 211]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276006-0002-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 North Texas Mean Green men's basketball team, Previous season\nOn March 5, 2017, the school fired head coach Tony Benford after five years without a winning season. On March 13, the school hired Arkansas State head coach Grant McCasland as head coach.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 52], "section_span": [54, 69], "content_span": [70, 258]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276007-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 North Texas Mean Green women's basketball team\nThe 2017\u201318 North Texas Mean Green women's basketball team represents the University of North Texas during the 2017\u201318 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Mean Green, led by third year head coach Jalie Mitchell, play their home games UNT Coliseum, also known as The Super Pit, and were members of Conference USA. They finished the season 17\u201314, 6\u201310 in C-USA play to finish in a 3-way tie for tenth place. They advanced to the semifinals of the C-USA Women's Tournament where they lost to Western Kentucky.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 54], "section_span": [54, 54], "content_span": [55, 572]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276007-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 North Texas Mean Green women's basketball team, Previous season\nThey finished the season 12\u201319, 8\u201310 in C-USA play to finish in a 3-way tie for eighth place. They advanced to the quarterfinals of the C-USA Women's Tournament where they lost to WKU.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 54], "section_span": [56, 71], "content_span": [72, 256]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276008-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 North West Counties Football League\nThe 2017\u201318 North West Counties Football League season (known as the Hallmark Security League for sponsorship reasons) was the 36th in the history of the North West Counties Football League, a football competition in England. It was also the last season to have a single Division One. Teams were divided into two divisions: Premier Division and Division One.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [43, 43], "content_span": [44, 402]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276008-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 North West Counties Football League\nThe constitution for Step 5 and Step 6 divisions for 2017\u201318 was announced by the FA on 26 May 2017, and ratified by the league at its AGM on 17 June.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [43, 43], "content_span": [44, 194]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276008-0002-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 North West Counties Football League, Premier Division\nAt the end of season 2016\u201317, the following four teams left the division:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [45, 61], "content_span": [62, 135]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276008-0003-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 North West Counties Football League, Premier Division\nThe remaining 18 teams, together with the following, formed the Premier Division for season 2017\u201318:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [45, 61], "content_span": [62, 162]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276008-0004-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 North West Counties Football League, Division One\nAt the end of season 2016\u201317, the following four teams left the division:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [45, 57], "content_span": [58, 131]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276008-0005-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 North West Counties Football League, Division One\nThe remaining 18 teams, together with the following, formed Division One for the 2017\u201318 season:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [45, 57], "content_span": [58, 154]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276008-0006-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 North West Counties Football League, League Challenge Cup\nAlso called the Macron Challenge Cup for sponsorship reasons. Source for this section:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [45, 65], "content_span": [66, 152]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276008-0007-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 North West Counties Football League, League Challenge Cup, Second Round\n* Played at Padiham, following two postponements** Played at Ashton, following two postponements*** Played at Crosby, following two postponements**** Played at Prestwich, following two postponements\u2020 Padiham and Nelson eliminated, having fielded ineligible players", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [45, 79], "content_span": [80, 344]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276008-0008-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 North West Counties Football League, League Challenge Cup, Second Round\n* Played at Abbey Hulton, following two postponements** Played at Birkenhead, following two postponements", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [45, 79], "content_span": [80, 185]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276008-0009-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 North West Counties Football League, Division One Trophy\nAlso called the First Division Cup for sponsorship reasons. Source for this section:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [45, 64], "content_span": [65, 150]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276008-0010-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 North West Counties Football League, Division One Trophy, First Round\nAll the remaining First Division teams received a bye to the second round.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [45, 77], "content_span": [78, 152]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276008-0011-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 North West Counties Football League, Division One Trophy, Final\nPlayed at the Millbank Linnets Stadium, home of Runcorn Linnets.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [45, 71], "content_span": [72, 136]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276009-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 NorthEast United FC season\nThe 2017\u201318 NorthEast United FC season was the club's fourth season since its establishment in 2014 and their fourth season in the Indian Super League.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [34, 34], "content_span": [35, 186]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276009-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 NorthEast United FC season, Squad, Players\nPlayers and squad numbers last updated on 6 March 2018. Note: Flags indicate national team as has been defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 50], "content_span": [51, 244]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276009-0002-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 NorthEast United FC season, Background\n2016 was another disappointing season for NorthEast United. NorthEast United started their campaign on a high note with two consecutive wins over Kerala Blasters and Goa. By mid-season NorthEast United lost all the momentum and had longest winless run of 5 matches (shared with Pune City and Chennaiyin) and longest losing run of 4 matches. By the end of season NorthEast United came very close to qualifying for knockout phase.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 46], "content_span": [47, 475]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276009-0002-0001", "contents": "2017\u201318 NorthEast United FC season, Background\nIn their final match of regular league phase NorthEast United needed a win against Kerala Blasters to proceed further, which they ended up losing 1\u20130 by conceding a goal at 66th minute. NorthEast United finished 5th on points table with 18 points from 14 matches. After the end of season, NorthEast United parted ways with coach Nelo Vingada on mutual consent.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 46], "content_span": [47, 407]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276009-0003-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 NorthEast United FC season, Background, Transfers\nAt the end of 2016 Indian Super League season majority of domestic players from NorthEast United were loaned by or transferred to I-League clubs for 2016\u201317 season. After I-League season all loaned out players returned to club. However, due to the Indian Super League regulation each club was allowed to retain a maximum of two Indian players over the age of twenty-one (21) from previous squad.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 57], "content_span": [58, 453]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276009-0004-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 NorthEast United FC season, Background, Transfers\nNorthEast United announced on 17 July 2017 that Jo\u00e3o Carlos Pires de Deus will be taking over as head coach. Deus said:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 57], "content_span": [58, 177]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276009-0005-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 NorthEast United FC season, Background, Transfers\nI am a very positive man and I am very positive about the challenge that I have with NorthEast United FC. The club is new with a vibrant fan base and owners who have the right vision to develop football in the region. I can assure the fans that we will play positive football and that all the players and the staff will work hard. We will leave no stone unturned so that we can achieve our objectives. I believe that young players are important in any campaign and will ensure that they fit seamlessly into our setup. This year, we will be focused on playing good football and winning as many games as we can...taking it one game at a time.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 57], "content_span": [58, 698]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276009-0006-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 NorthEast United FC season, Background, Transfers\nOn 8 July, NorthEast United announced they are retaining Rehenesh TP and Rowllin Borges for two years. Remaining players from previous squad who had returned from loans namely Nirmal Chettri, Reagan Singh, Fanai Lalrempuia, Subrata Pal, Seityasen Singh, Robin Gurung and Sumeet Passi went straight into players draft.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 57], "content_span": [58, 375]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276009-0007-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 NorthEast United FC season, Background, Transfers\nIn ISL draft held on 23 July 2017, NorthEast United retained defenders Nirmal Chettri and Reagan Singh and midfielder Fanai Lalrempuia. NorthEast United added eight new players from draft, goalkeepers Ravi Kumar and Gurpreet Singh Chabhal, defenders Robert Lalthlamuana, Gursimrat Singh Gill and Abdul Hakku, midfielders Lalrindika Ralte, Malemngamba Meitei and Sushil Meitei. Forward Seminlen Doungel made his come back to NorthEast United for a second stint along with forward Halicharan Narzary.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 57], "content_span": [58, 556]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276009-0008-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 NorthEast United FC season, Background, Transfers\nIn ISL draft, goalkeeper Subrata Pal, defender Robin Gurung and forward Sumeet Passi drafted to new expansion franchise Jamshedpur FC. Midfielder Seityasen Singh was picked by Delhi Dynamos.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 57], "content_span": [58, 248]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276009-0009-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 NorthEast United FC season, Background, Transfers\nOn 13 September, NorthEast United announced their eight foreign singing namely defenders Mart\u00edn D\u00edaz, Sambinha and Jos\u00e9 Gon\u00e7alves, midfielders Adilson and Marcinho and forwards Luis P\u00e1ez, Oda\u00efr Fortes and Wellington da Silva on their official Twitter account from series of Tweets.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 57], "content_span": [58, 339]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276009-0010-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 NorthEast United FC season, Background, Transfers\nWellington da Silva was later replaced by forward Danilo for unknown reasons.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 57], "content_span": [58, 135]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276009-0011-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 NorthEast United FC season, Pre-season and friendlies\nNorthEast United began their pre-season training on 27 September. Squad gather in Imphal on 17 October for 10-day pre-season training camp where they played an exhibition match against NEROCA which ended as 2\u20130 in favor of NorthEast United.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 61], "content_span": [62, 302]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276009-0012-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 NorthEast United FC season, Pre-season and friendlies\nAfter training in Imphal, club went to Antalya, Turkey for the final leg of the pre-season. In Turkey, NorthEast United played friendly matches against Iraqi top division sides Al-Kahraba FC, Al-Naft SC, Naft Al-Janoob SC, Al-Najaf FC and Turkish top division side Alanyaspor.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 61], "content_span": [62, 338]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276009-0013-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 NorthEast United FC season, Indian Super Cup\nAnnounced on 15 March 2018, 2018 Indian Super Cup is a replacement for the Federation Cup. The qualifiers for the inaugural tournament are to begin on 15 March and conclude on 31 March 2018. The tournament proper will then commence on 5 April and conclude with the final on 25 April 2018.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 52], "content_span": [53, 341]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276009-0014-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 NorthEast United FC season, Indian Super Cup\nNorthEast, having finished the 2017\u201318 ISL at the bottom spot, had to play the qualifiers to enter the competition. They played their qualifier match against Gokulam Kerala on 15 Match 2018 at the Kalinga Stadium in Bhubaneswar which they lost 0-2.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 52], "content_span": [53, 301]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276009-0015-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 NorthEast United FC season, Indian Super Cup, Foreign Players\nIndian Super Cup, unlike Indian Super League, allows only 6 foreign players in squad for the tournament. Out of the 6 players 5 can be fielded by the teams.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 69], "content_span": [70, 226]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276010-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 NorthPort Batang Pier season\nThe 2017\u201318 NorthPort Batang Pier season was the 6th season of the franchise in the Philippine Basketball Association (PBA). Prior to the Governor's Cup, the team was known as the GlobalPort Batang Pier.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [36, 36], "content_span": [37, 240]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276011-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Northampton Town F.C. season\nThe 2017\u201318 season was Northampton Town's 121st season of existence and their second season back in League One after a seven-year absence. Along with competing in League One, the club also participated in the FA Cup, EFL Cup and EFL Trophy.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [36, 36], "content_span": [37, 277]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276011-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Northampton Town F.C. season\nThe season ran from 1 July 2017 to 30 June 2018.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [36, 36], "content_span": [37, 85]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276011-0002-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Northampton Town F.C. season, Competitions, Friendlies\nAs of 26 June 2017, Northampton Town have announced six pre-season friendlies, against Derby County, Frome Town, Northampton Sileby Rangers, Kettering Town, Birmingham City 'Dev' and Newport County.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 62], "content_span": [63, 261]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276011-0003-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Northampton Town F.C. season, Competitions, FA Cup\nOn 16 October 2017, the first round draw was made with Northampton Town drawn at home against Scunthorpe United. A 0\u20130 draw meant a replay had to be played at Glanford Park.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 58], "content_span": [59, 232]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276011-0004-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Northampton Town F.C. season, Competitions, EFL Cup\nOn 16 June 2017, the first round draw was made with Northampton Town drawn away against QPR.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 59], "content_span": [60, 152]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276011-0005-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Northampton Town F.C. season, Competitions, EFL Trophy\nOn 12 July 2017, the group stage draw was made with Northampton Town drawn in a group with Southampton U23s, Cambridge United and Peterborough United. After finished as runners-up in the group stages, Northampton were drawn away to Portsmouth in the second round.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 62], "content_span": [63, 326]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276012-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Northeast Conference men's basketball season\nThe 2017\u201318 Northeast Conference men's basketball season began with practices in October 2017, followed by the start of the 2017\u201318 NCAA Division I men's basketball season in November. Conference play started in late December and concluded in February 2018.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 52], "section_span": [52, 52], "content_span": [53, 310]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276012-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Northeast Conference men's basketball season\nThe NEC Tournament will be held from March 1 through March 7 with the higher-seeded team hosting each game.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 52], "section_span": [52, 52], "content_span": [53, 160]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276012-0002-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Northeast Conference men's basketball season, Head coaches, Coaching changes\nOn April 18, 2017, LIU Brooklyn announced Derek Kellogg as the 14th head coach in program history. Kellogg replaced Jack Perri, whose contract was not renewed; Perri became an assistant at Boston University.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 52], "section_span": [54, 84], "content_span": [85, 292]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276012-0003-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Northeast Conference men's basketball season, NEC regular season, Conference matrix\nThis table summarizes the head-to-head results between teams in conference play. (x) indicates games remaining this season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 52], "section_span": [54, 91], "content_span": [92, 215]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276012-0004-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Northeast Conference men's basketball season, NEC regular season, Player of the week\nThroughout the regular season, the Northeast Conference offices named player(s) of the week and rookie(s) of the week.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 52], "section_span": [54, 92], "content_span": [93, 211]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276012-0005-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Northeast Conference men's basketball season, Postseason, NEC Tournament\nAll games will be played at the venue of the higher seed", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 52], "section_span": [54, 80], "content_span": [81, 137]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276012-0006-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Northeast Conference men's basketball season, All-NEC honors and awards\nFollowing the regular season, the conference selected outstanding performers based on a poll of league coaches.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 52], "section_span": [54, 79], "content_span": [80, 191]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276013-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Northeastern Huskies men's basketball team\nThe 2017\u201318 Northeastern Huskies men's basketball team represented Northeastern University during the 2017\u201318 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Huskies, led by 12th-year head coach Bill Coen, played their home games at Matthews Arena in Boston, Massachusetts as members of the Colonial Athletic Association. They finished the season 23\u201310, 14\u20134 in CAA play win a share of the regular season title with College of Charleston. They defeated Delaware and UNC Wilmington to advance to the championship game of the CAA Tournament where they lost to College of Charleston. Despite having 23 wins, they did not participate in a postseason tournament.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 50], "section_span": [50, 50], "content_span": [51, 705]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276013-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Northeastern Huskies men's basketball team, Previous season\nThe Huskies finished the 2016\u201317 season 15\u201316, 8\u201310 in CAA play to finish in sixth place. They lost in the quarterfinals of the CAA Tournament to Towson.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 50], "section_span": [52, 67], "content_span": [68, 221]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276013-0002-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Northeastern Huskies men's basketball team, Schedule and results\n* Non-conference game. #Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Eastern Time", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 50], "section_span": [52, 72], "content_span": [73, 189]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276014-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Northeastern Huskies women's basketball team\nThe 2017\u201318 Northeastern Huskies women's basketball team represents the Northeastern University during the 2017\u201318 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Huskies, led by fourth year head coach Kelly Cole, play their home games at the Cabot Center and were members of the Colonial Athletic Association (CAA). They finished the season 16\u201315, 11\u20137 CAA play to finish in a tie for fourth place. They lost in the quarterfinals of the CAA Women's Tournament to Delaware. They were invited to the Women's Basketball Invitational where they lost to Yale in the first round.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 52], "section_span": [52, 52], "content_span": [53, 626]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276014-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Northeastern Huskies women's basketball team, Previous season\nThey finished the season 12\u201319, 8\u201310 CAA play to finish in sixth place. They lost in the quarterfinals of the CAA Women's Tournament to Drexel.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 52], "section_span": [54, 69], "content_span": [70, 213]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276015-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Northeastern Huskies women's ice hockey season\nThe Northeastern Huskies represent Northeastern University in the Women's Hockey East Association during the 2017\u201318 NCAA Division I women's ice hockey season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 54], "section_span": [54, 54], "content_span": [55, 214]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276015-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Northeastern Huskies women's ice hockey season, Off-Season\nKendall Coyne ('16) was named to the US National Women's Team for 2017-18. She will relocate to the Tampa, FL area in September to train with the team for the 2018 Olympics.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 54], "section_span": [56, 66], "content_span": [67, 240]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276016-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Northern Arizona Lumberjacks men's basketball team\nThe 2017\u201318 Northern Arizona Lumberjacks men's basketball team represented Northern Arizona University during the 2017\u201318 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Lumberjacks were led by sixth-year head coach Jack Murphy and played their home games at the Walkup Skydome in Flagstaff, Arizona as members of the Big Sky Conference. They finished the season 5\u201327, 2\u201316 in Big Sky play to finish in last place. They lost in the first round of the Big Sky Tournament to Northern Colorado.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 58], "section_span": [58, 58], "content_span": [59, 547]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276016-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Northern Arizona Lumberjacks men's basketball team, Previous season\nThe Lumberjacks finished the 2016\u201317 season 9\u201323, 6\u201312 in Big Sky play to finish in 10th place. Due to Northern Colorado's self-imposed postseason ban, the Lumberjacks were the No. 9 seed in the Big Sky Tournament where the lost in the first round to Portland State.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 58], "section_span": [60, 75], "content_span": [76, 342]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276017-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Northern Arizona Lumberjacks women's basketball team\nThe 2017\u201318 Northern Arizona Lumberjacks women's basketball team represents Northern Arizona University during the 2017\u201318 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Lumberjacks, led by first year head coach Loree Payne, play their home games at the Walkup Skydome. They were members of the Big Sky Conference. They finished the season 7\u201323, 3\u201315 in Big Sky to finish in eleventh place. They lost in the first round of the Big Sky Women's Tournament to Portland State.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 60], "section_span": [60, 60], "content_span": [61, 533]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276018-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Northern Colorado Bears men's basketball team\nThe 2017\u201318 Northern Colorado Bears men's basketball team represented the University of Northern Colorado during the 2017\u201318 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Bears were led by second-year head coach Jeff Linder and played their home games at Bank of Colorado Arena in Greeley, Colorado as members of the Big Sky Conference. They finished the season 26\u201312, 11\u20137 in Big Sky play to finish in fifth place. They defeated Northern Arizona and Weber State to advance to the semifinals of the Big Sky Tournament to Montana. They were invited to the CollegeInsider.com Tournament where they defeated Drake, San Diego, Sam Houston State and UIC to become CIT champions.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 53], "section_span": [53, 53], "content_span": [54, 726]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276018-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Northern Colorado Bears men's basketball team, Previous season\nThe Bears finished the 2016\u201317 season 11\u201318, 7\u201311 in Big Sky play to finish in a tie for eighth place. On October 8, 2016, the school self-imposed a postseason ban amid an ongoing NCAA investigation.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 53], "section_span": [55, 70], "content_span": [71, 270]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276019-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Northern Colorado Bears women's basketball team\nThe 2017\u201318 Northern Colorado Bears women's basketball team represented the University of Northern Colorado during the 2017\u201318 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Bears were led by fourth year head coach Kamie Ethridge, played their home games at the Bank of Colorado Arena as members of the Big Sky Conference. They finished the season 26\u20137, 15\u20133 in Big Sky play to win the Big Sky regular season Championship. They defeated Montana, Idaho State, and Idaho to win the Big Sky Women's Tournament for the first time in program history. As a result, they received the conference's automatic bid to the NCAA Women's Tournament, the school's first. As the No. 10 seed in the Lexington region, they lost to Michigan in the First Round.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 55], "section_span": [55, 55], "content_span": [56, 797]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276019-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Northern Colorado Bears women's basketball team\nEthridge left Northern Colorado on April 16 after four seasons for Washington State. On April 30, former UCLA assistant head coach Jennifer Roulier-Huth was named the new head coach for the Bears.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 55], "section_span": [55, 55], "content_span": [56, 252]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276020-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Northern Counties East Football League\nThe 2017\u201318 Northern Counties East Football League season was the 36th in the history of Northern Counties East Football League, a football competition in England.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [46, 46], "content_span": [47, 210]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276020-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Northern Counties East Football League, Premier Division\nThe Premier Division featured 19 clubs which competed in the previous season, along with three new clubs, promoted from Division One:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [48, 64], "content_span": [65, 198]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276020-0002-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Northern Counties East Football League, Division One\nDivision One featured 17 clubs which competed in the previous season, along with five new clubs.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [48, 60], "content_span": [61, 157]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276020-0003-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Northern Counties East Football League, League Cup\nThe 2017\u201318 Northern Counties East Football League League Cup was the 36th season of the league cup competition of the Northern Counties East Football League.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [48, 58], "content_span": [59, 217]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276021-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Northern Football Alliance\nThe 2017\u201318 Northern Football Alliance consists of 47 teams split over 3 leagues.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [34, 34], "content_span": [35, 116]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276022-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Northern Football League\nThe 2017\u201318 Northern Football League season was the 120th in the history of Northern Football League, a football competition in England.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [32, 32], "content_span": [33, 169]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276022-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Northern Football League\nThe constitution for Step 5 and Step 6 divisions for 2017\u201318 was announced on 26 May 2017, and fixtures were released on 3 June 2017.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [32, 32], "content_span": [33, 166]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276022-0002-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Northern Football League, Division One\nDivision One featured 19 clubs which competed in the division last season, along with three new clubs, promoted from Division Two:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 46], "content_span": [47, 177]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276022-0003-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Northern Football League, Division Two\nDivision Two featured 18 clubs which competed in the division last season, along with three new clubs:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 46], "content_span": [47, 149]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276023-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Northern Illinois Huskies men's basketball team\nThe 2017\u201318 Northern Illinois Huskies men's basketball team represented Northern Illinois University during the 2017\u201318 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Huskies, led by seventh-year head coach Mark Montgomery, played their home games at the Convocation Center in DeKalb, Illinois as members of the West Division of the Mid-American Conference. They finished the season 13\u201319, 6\u201312 in MAC play to finish in last place in the West Division. They lost in the first round of the MAC Tournament to Kent State.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 55], "section_span": [55, 55], "content_span": [56, 572]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276023-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Northern Illinois Huskies men's basketball team, Previous season\nThe Huskies finished the 2016\u201317 season 15\u201317, 7\u201311 in MAC play to finish in a tie for fourth place in the West Division. As the No. 9 seed in the MAC Tournament, they lost in the first round to Eastern Michigan.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 55], "section_span": [57, 72], "content_span": [73, 285]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276023-0002-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Northern Illinois Huskies men's basketball team, Offseason, Coaching changes\nFollowing the season, assistant coach Lou Dawkins left the school to take an assistant coach position at Cleveland State. Assistant coach Jason Larson was not retained by the school following the season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 55], "section_span": [57, 84], "content_span": [85, 288]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276023-0003-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Northern Illinois Huskies men's basketball team, Offseason, Coaching changes\nOn April 28, 2017, the school hired Lamar Chapman as an assistant coach. On October 12, Brandon Watkins was hired as an assistant to round out the coaching staff.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 55], "section_span": [57, 84], "content_span": [85, 247]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276024-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Northern Illinois Huskies women's basketball team\nThe 2017\u201318 Northern Illinois Huskies women's basketball team represents Northern Illinois University during the 2017\u201318 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Huskies, led by third-year head coach Lisa Carlsen, play their home games at the Convocation Center in DeKalb, Illinois as members of the West Division of the Mid-American Conference. They finished the season 15\u201315, 7\u201311 in MAC play to finish in fifth place in the West division. They lost in the first round of the MAC Women's Tournament to Eastern Michigan.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 57], "section_span": [57, 57], "content_span": [58, 585]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276024-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Northern Illinois Huskies women's basketball team, Previous season\nThey finished the season 21\u201312, 12\u20136 in MAC play to finish in a tie for third place in the West division. They defeated Ohio and Western Michigan in the MAC Tournament before losing to Toledo in the championship. They received an at-large bid to the WNIT where they lost in the first round to South Dakota State.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 57], "section_span": [59, 74], "content_span": [75, 387]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276025-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Northern Iowa Panthers men's basketball team\nThe 2017\u201318 Northern Iowa Panthers men's basketball team represented the University of Northern Iowa during the 2017\u201318 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Panthers, led by 12th-year head coach Ben Jacobson, played their home games at the McLeod Center in Cedar Falls, Iowa as members of the Missouri Valley Conference. They finished the season 16\u201316, 7\u201311 in MVC play to finish three-way tie for seventh place. As the No. 7 seed in the MVC Tournament, they defeated Evansville in the first round before losing to Loyola\u2013Chicago in the quarterfinals.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 52], "section_span": [52, 52], "content_span": [53, 612]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276025-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Northern Iowa Panthers men's basketball team, Previous season\nThe Panthers finished the 2016\u201317 season 14\u201316, 9\u20139 in MVC play to finish in a tie for third place. As the No. 3 seed in the MVC Tournament, they lost to Missouri State in the quarterfinals.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 52], "section_span": [54, 69], "content_span": [70, 260]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276025-0002-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Northern Iowa Panthers men's basketball team, Preseason\nIn the conference's preseason poll, the Panthers were picked to finish in second place in the MVC and received eight first place votes. Senior forward Bennet Koch was named to the preseason All-MVC first team while senior forward Klint Carlson was named to the second team.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 52], "section_span": [54, 63], "content_span": [64, 337]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276025-0003-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Northern Iowa Panthers men's basketball team, Schedule and results\nPanther Sports Network (PSN) Cedar Falls Utilities Ch. 15/HD415; KCRG-TV Ch. 9.2; WHO-DT Ch. 13.2; KGCW Ch. 26, Time Warner Cable KC Channel 324, (NBC Sports Chicago or NBCSC+)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 52], "section_span": [54, 74], "content_span": [75, 251]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276026-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Northern Iowa Panthers women's basketball team\nThe 2017\u201318 Northern Iowa Panthers women's basketball team represents the University of Northern Iowa in the 2017\u201318 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Panthers, led by eleventh year head coach Tanya Warren, play their home games at McLeod Center and are members of the Missouri Valley Conference. They finished the season 19\u201314, 13\u20135 in MVC play to finish in third place. They advanced to the championship game of the Missouri Valley Tournament where they lost to Drake. They received an at-large bid to the Women's National Invitation Tournament where they lost to Milwaukee in the first round.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 54], "section_span": [54, 54], "content_span": [55, 663]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276026-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Northern Iowa Panthers women's basketball team, Previous season\nThey advanced to the championship game of the Missouri Valley Tournament where they lost to Drake. They received an at-large to the NCAA Women's Tournament for the first time since 2011 where they lost to DePaul in the first round.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 54], "section_span": [56, 71], "content_span": [72, 303]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276027-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Northern Ireland Football League Cup\nThe 2017\u201318 Northern Ireland Football League Cup (known as the BetMcLean League Cup for sponsorship purposes) was the 32nd edition of Northern Ireland's football knock-out cup competition for national league clubs, and the fourth edition of the competition as the Northern Ireland Football League Cup. This season's League Cup was contested by all 36 clubs of the three divisions of the Northern Ireland Football League. The competition began on 5 August 2017 with the first round, and concluded on 17 February 2018 with the final. The competition was sponsored for the first time by McLean Bookmakers.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [44, 44], "content_span": [45, 647]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276027-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Northern Ireland Football League Cup\nBallymena United were the defending champions, defeating Carrick Rangers 2\u20130 in the 2017 final to win the competition for the first time. This season they reached the final once again, but were defeated 3\u20131 by Dungannon Swifts, who won the competition to record the first ever senior trophy win in their 69-year history.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [44, 44], "content_span": [45, 365]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276027-0002-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Northern Ireland Football League Cup, Format and Schedule\nThe competition was played in a straight knock-out format and was open to the 36 members of the Northern Ireland Football League. Replays were not used in the competition, with all matches using extra time and penalties to determine the winner if necessary.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [46, 65], "content_span": [66, 323]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276027-0003-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Northern Ireland Football League Cup, Results\nThe league tier of each club at the time of entering the competition is listed in parentheses.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [46, 53], "content_span": [54, 148]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276027-0004-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Northern Ireland Football League Cup, Results, Second Round\nThe matches took place on 29 August 2017. The top 16 league clubs from the previous season were seeded in this round in order to avoid drawing each other.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [46, 67], "content_span": [68, 222]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276027-0005-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Northern Ireland Football League Cup, Results, Second Round\nBanbridge TownDergviewDonegal CelticDundelaHarland & Wolff WeldersKnockbredaLarneLimavady UnitedLisburn DistilleryLoughgallLurgan CelticMoyola ParkNewington YCNewry CityQueens UniversityTobermore United", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [46, 67], "content_span": [68, 270]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276027-0006-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Northern Ireland Football League Cup, Results, Semi-finals\nBoth matches were scheduled to take place on 12 December 2017, however due to weather postponements they were played on 30 January 2018 and 10 February 2018.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [46, 66], "content_span": [67, 224]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276027-0007-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Northern Ireland Football League Cup, Results, Final\nThe final was played on 17 February 2018 at Windsor Park.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [46, 60], "content_span": [61, 118]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276028-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Northern Kentucky Norse men's basketball team\nThe 2017\u201318 Northern Kentucky Norse men's basketball team represented Northern Kentucky University (NKU) during the 2017\u201318 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Norse, led by third-year head coach John Brannen, played their home games at BB&T Arena in Highland Heights, Kentucky as members of the Horizon League. They finished the season 22\u201310, 15\u20133 in Horizon League play to win the Horizon League regular season championship. They were upset in the quarterfinals of the Horizon League Tournament by No. 8 seed Cleveland State. As a regular season league champion who failed to win their league tournament, they received an automatic bid to the National Invitation Tournament where they lost in the first round to Louisville.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 53], "section_span": [53, 53], "content_span": [54, 788]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276028-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Northern Kentucky Norse men's basketball team\nThe Norse shared their home arena, BB&T Arena, with the University of Cincinnati's men's basketball team during the season while Cincinnati's home arena, Fifth Third Arena, underwent renovations during the season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 53], "section_span": [53, 53], "content_span": [54, 267]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276028-0002-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Northern Kentucky Norse men's basketball team, Previous season\nThe Norse finished the 2016\u201317 season 24\u201311, 13\u20136 in Horizon League play to finish in a tie for third place. As the No. 4 seed in the Horizon League Tournament, they defeated Wright State, Youngstown State, and Milwaukee to win the Horizon League Tournament. They received the conference's automatic bid to the NCAA Tournament in the school's first year of eligibility after its transition to a Division I school. They lost in the First Round to Kentucky.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 53], "section_span": [55, 70], "content_span": [71, 526]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276029-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Northern Premier League\nThe 2017\u201318 season was the 50th season of the Northern Premier League Premier Division, and the eleventh and last season of the Division One North and South. The league sponsors for 2017\u201318 were Evo-Stik.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [31, 31], "content_span": [32, 236]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276029-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Northern Premier League, Premier Division, Team changes\nThe following 6 clubs left the Premier Division before the season -", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 63], "content_span": [64, 131]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276029-0002-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Northern Premier League, Premier Division, Team changes\nThe following 6 clubs joined the Premier Division before the season -", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 63], "content_span": [64, 133]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276029-0003-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Northern Premier League, Division One North, Team changes\nThe following 3 clubs left Division One North before the season -", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 65], "content_span": [66, 131]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276029-0004-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Northern Premier League, Division One North, Team changes\nThe following 3 clubs joined Division One North before the season -", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 65], "content_span": [66, 133]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276029-0005-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Northern Premier League, Division One South, Team changes\nThe following 5 clubs left Division One South before the season -", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 65], "content_span": [66, 131]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276029-0006-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Northern Premier League, Division One South, Team changes\nThe following 5 clubs joined Division One South before the season -", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 65], "content_span": [66, 133]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276029-0007-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Northern Premier League, Challenge Cup\nThe 2017\u201318 Northern Premier League Challenge Cup, known as the 17\u201318 Integro Doodson League Cup for sponsorship reasons, was the 48th season of the Northern Premier League Challenge Cup, the main cup competition in the Northern Premier League. It was sponsored by Doodson Sport for a seventh consecutive season. 67 clubs from England and one from Wales entered the competition, beginning with the Preliminary Round, and all ties ended after 90 minutes and concluded with penalties.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 46], "content_span": [47, 529]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276029-0008-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Northern Premier League, Challenge Cup\nThe defending champions were Bamber Bridge, who defeated Grantham Town in the 2017 final and who lost to the eventual champions Atherton Collieries in the second round.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 46], "content_span": [47, 215]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276029-0009-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Northern Premier League, Level 6 & 7 Summary, Level 7 Summary 2017-18\nNote: Corinthian-Casuals were promoted as the Level 8 play-off final loser with the highest PPG, after Thurrock's resignation from the Isthmian Premier Division.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 77], "content_span": [78, 239]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276030-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Northern State Wolves men's basketball team\nThe 2017\u201318 Northern State Wolves men's basketball team represents Northern State University in the 2017-18 NCAA Division II men's basketball season. The Wolves were led by eighth year head coach Paul Sather and played their home games at Wachs Arena in Aberdeen, South Dakota. They competed as members of the Northern Sun Intercollegiate Conference. After winning the NSIC Tournament, the Wolves received an automatic bid into the 2018 NCAA Division II Men's Basketball Tournament.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 51], "section_span": [51, 51], "content_span": [52, 534]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276030-0000-0001", "contents": "2017\u201318 Northern State Wolves men's basketball team\nThey were berthed with the #2 seed in the regional tournament and beat Minnesota State by a score of 90\u201383 to win the Central Region Tournament and move on to the Elite Eight. The Elite Eight was held in Sioux Falls, South Dakota. The Wolves beat East Stroudsburg and Queens to move on the National Championship game where they lost to the Ferris State Bulldogs by a score of 69\u201371.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 51], "section_span": [51, 51], "content_span": [52, 434]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276030-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Northern State Wolves men's basketball team, Previous Season\nDuring the previous season, the Wolves finished with a record of 22\u20138 (17\u20135 NSIC) and tied for second in the conference.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 51], "section_span": [53, 68], "content_span": [69, 189]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276031-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Northwestern State Demons basketball team\nThe 2017\u201318 Northwestern State Demons basketball team represented Northwestern State University during the 2017\u201318 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Demons, led by 19th-year head coach Mike McConathy, played their home games at Prather Coliseum in Natchitoches, Louisiana as members of the Southland Conference. They finished the season 4\u201325, 1\u201317 in Southland play to finish in last place. They failed to qualify for the Southland Tournament.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 49], "section_span": [49, 49], "content_span": [50, 504]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276031-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Northwestern State Demons basketball team, Previous season\nThe Demons finished the 2016\u201317 season 13\u201316, 7\u201311 in Southland play to finish in a five-way tie for eighth place. They failed to qualify for the Southland Tournament.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 49], "section_span": [51, 66], "content_span": [67, 234]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276032-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Northwestern State Lady Demons basketball team\nThe 2017\u201318 Northwestern State Lady Demons basketball team represented Northwestern State University during the 2017\u201318 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Demons, led by second year head coach Jordan Dupuy, played their home games at Prather Coliseum and were members of the Southland Conference. They finished the season 7\u201322, 2\u201316 in Southland play to finish in twelfth place. They failed to qualify for the Southland Women's Tournament.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 54], "section_span": [54, 54], "content_span": [55, 506]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276033-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Northwestern Wildcats men's basketball team\nThe 2017\u201318 Northwestern Wildcats men's basketball team represented Northwestern University in the 2017\u201318 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. They were led by fifth-year head coach Chris Collins as members of the Big Ten Conference. They played their home games at Allstate Arena in Rosemont, Illinois while the university's Welsh-Ryan Arena, underwent renovations. A winning record in the Big Ten as well, a Round-of-32 NCAA appearance in 2016\u201317, and the return of all key offensive contributors led to big expectations for the 2017\u201318 season. But the Wildcats stumbled to a poor start, finishing the season with a disappointing 15\u201317 record, 6\u201312 in Big Ten play to finish in 10th place. They lost in the second round of the Big Ten Tournament to Penn State.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 51], "section_span": [51, 51], "content_span": [52, 819]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276033-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Northwestern Wildcats men's basketball team, Previous season\nThe Wildcats finished the 2016\u201317 season 24\u201312, 10\u20138 in Big Ten play to finish in a tie for fifth place. In the Big Ten Tournament, they defeated Rutgers and Maryland before losing to Wisconsin in the semifinals. They received the school's first ever bid to the NCAA Tournament as a No. 8 seed in the West region. In the First Round, they defeated No. 9-seeded Vanderbilt before losing to No. 1-seeded Gonzaga in the Second Round.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 51], "section_span": [53, 68], "content_span": [69, 499]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276033-0002-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Northwestern Wildcats men's basketball team, Offseason, Coaching changes\nOn June 20, 2017, assistant coach Patrick Baldwin left the school to become the head coach at Milwaukee. On June 26, the school hired Michigan assistant coach Billy Donlon to replace Baldwin.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 51], "section_span": [53, 80], "content_span": [81, 272]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276033-0003-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Northwestern Wildcats men's basketball team, Preseason\nIn its annual preseason preview, the Blue Ribbon Yearbook ranked Northwestern as No. 23 in the country.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 51], "section_span": [53, 62], "content_span": [63, 166]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276034-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Northwestern Wildcats women's basketball team\nThe 2017\u201318 Northwestern Wildcats women's basketball team represented Northwestern University during the 2017\u201318 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Wildcats were led by 10th-year head coach Joe McKeown. They played 15 of their 16 home games, including an exhibition game, at Beardsley Gym on the nearby campus of Evanston Township High School, along with a home game at Allstate Arena while their home arena, Welsh-Ryan Arena, undergoes renovations. They were members of the Big Ten Conference. They finished the season 12\u201320, 4\u201312 in Big Ten play to finish in 11th place. They defeated Wisconsin in the first round of the Big Ten Women's Tournament before losing to Iowa.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 53], "section_span": [53, 53], "content_span": [54, 738]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276034-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Northwestern Wildcats women's basketball team, Previous season\nThe Wildcats finished the 2016\u201317 season 20\u201311, 8\u20138 in Big Ten play to finish in a tie for eighth place. They defeated Iowa in the second round of the Big Ten Women's Tournament before losing to Ohio State. Despite having 20 wins, they were not invited to a postseason tournament first time since 2013.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 53], "section_span": [55, 70], "content_span": [71, 373]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276035-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Norwegian First Division (ice hockey)\nThe 2017\u201318 First Division was the 28th season of Norway's second highest ice hockey league, First Division.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [45, 45], "content_span": [46, 154]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276035-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Norwegian First Division (ice hockey)\nThe regular season began play on September 23, 2017, and was concluded on February 28, 2018.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [45, 45], "content_span": [46, 138]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276035-0002-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Norwegian First Division (ice hockey), Regular season, Standings\nx \u2013 clinched promotional playoff spot; y \u2013 clinched regular season league title; r \u2013 play in relegation series", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [47, 72], "content_span": [73, 183]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276035-0003-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Norwegian First Division (ice hockey), Playoffs, Promotional Playoffs\nAfter the regular season had ended, the two lowest ranked teams in the 2017\u201318 GET-ligaen and the two highest ranked teams in the First Division competed for the right to play in the 2018\u201319 GET-ligaen. The tournament was organized according to a double round robin format, where each club played the others twice, home and away, for a total of six games. The points system and ranking method used, was the same as in the regular season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [47, 77], "content_span": [78, 515]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276035-0004-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Norwegian First Division (ice hockey), Playoffs, Promotional Playoffs, Standings\nq \u2013 qualified for next years GET-league; r \u2013 will play in next years 1. division", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [47, 88], "content_span": [89, 169]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276035-0005-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Norwegian First Division (ice hockey), Playoffs, Relegational Playoffs\nAfter the regular season ended, the lowest ranked team in the First Division and the two highest ranked teams in the Second Division competed for the right to play in the 2018\u201319 Norwegian First Division. The tournament is organized to be played over one weekend, where each club played the others once, for a total of three games. The points system and ranking method used was the same as in the regular season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [47, 78], "content_span": [79, 491]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276035-0006-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Norwegian First Division (ice hockey), Playoffs, Relegational Playoffs, Standings\nq \u2013 qualified for next years 1. division; r \u2013 will play in next years 2. division", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [47, 89], "content_span": [90, 171]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276036-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Norwich City F.C. season\nThe 2017\u201318 season was Norwich City's second consecutive season in the Championship. This season they participated in the Championship, FA Cup and League Cup.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [32, 32], "content_span": [33, 191]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276036-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Norwich City F.C. season\nThe season covered the period from 1 July 2017 to 30 June 2018.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [32, 32], "content_span": [33, 96]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276036-0002-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Norwich City F.C. season, Players, First-team squad\nNote: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 59], "content_span": [60, 188]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276036-0003-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Norwich City F.C. season, Players, First-team squad\n1 Current captain Russell Martin is on loan at Rangers, therefore Ivo Pinto will be the stand-in captain for the remainder of the season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 59], "content_span": [60, 197]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276036-0004-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Norwich City F.C. season, Pre-season, Friendlies\nAs of 27 June 2017, Norwich City have announced nine pre-season friendlies against Lowestoft Town, Stevenage, Cambridge United, Charlton Athletic, Brighton & Hove Albion, Cobh Ramblers, Sutton United, MSV Duisburg and Arminia Bielefeld.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 56], "content_span": [57, 293]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276036-0005-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Norwich City F.C. season, Competitions, FA Cup\nIn the FA Cup, Norwich City entered the competition in the third round and were drawn at home to Chelsea.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 54], "content_span": [55, 160]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276036-0006-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Norwich City F.C. season, Competitions, EFL Cup\nOn 16 June 2017, the first round draw took place with Swindon Town confirmed as opponents. A home tie was also confirmed for the second round, against Charlton Athletic. For the third round, an away tie against Brentford was confirmed. After reaching the fourth round for the third consecutive season, they were drawn to face Arsenal away from home.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 55], "content_span": [56, 405]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276037-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Notre Dame Fighting Irish men's basketball team\nThe 2017\u201318 Notre Dame Fighting Irish men's basketball team represented the University of Notre Dame during the 2017\u201318 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Fighting Irish, led by 18th-year head coach Mike Brey, played their home games at Edmund P. Joyce Center in South Bend, Indiana as fifth-year members of the Atlantic Coast Conference. They finished the season 21\u201315, 8\u201310 in ACC play to finish tied with Syracuse for tenth place.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 55], "section_span": [55, 55], "content_span": [56, 499]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276037-0000-0001", "contents": "2017\u201318 Notre Dame Fighting Irish men's basketball team\nAs the No. 10 seed in the ACC Tournament, they defeated Pittsburgh in the first round and Virginia Tech in the second round before losing to Duke in the quarterfinals. They were one of the last four teams not selected for the NCAA Tournament and as a result earned a No. 1 seed in the National Invitation Tournament, where they defeated Hampton in the first round before losing to Penn State in the second round.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 55], "section_span": [55, 55], "content_span": [56, 468]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276037-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Notre Dame Fighting Irish men's basketball team, Previous season\nThe Fighting Irish finished the 2016\u201317 season 26\u201310, 12\u20136 in ACC play to finish in a three-way tie for second place. They defeated Virginia and Florida State to advance to the championship game of the ACC tournament where they lost to Duke. They received an at-large bid to the NCAA Tournament as the No. 5 seed in the West Region. There they defeated #12 seed Princeton in the First Round before losing in the Second Round where they lost to #4 seed West Virginia.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 55], "section_span": [57, 72], "content_span": [73, 539]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276037-0002-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Notre Dame Fighting Irish men's basketball team, Rankings\n^Coaches did not release a Week 2 poll. *AP does not release post-NCAA tournament rankings", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 55], "section_span": [57, 65], "content_span": [66, 156]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276038-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Notre Dame Fighting Irish women's basketball team\nThe 2017\u201318 Notre Dame Fighting Irish women's basketball team represented the University of Notre Dame during the 2017\u201318 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Fighting Irish, led by thirty-first year head coach Muffet McGraw, played their home games at Edmund P. Joyce Center as members of the Atlantic Coast Conference. McGraw was inducted into the Basketball Hall of Fame at the start of the season. The Irish finished the season 35\u20133, 15\u20131 in ACC play to earn a share of the regular season championship.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 57], "section_span": [57, 57], "content_span": [58, 574]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276038-0000-0001", "contents": "2017\u201318 Notre Dame Fighting Irish women's basketball team\nThey defeated Virginia and Florida State before losing to Louisville in the ACC Women's Tournament championship. They received an at-large bid as the No. 1 seed in the Spokane region. They defeated Cal State Northridge and Villanova to advance to the Sweet Sixteen. There they defeated Texas A&M and Oregon to advance to the Final Four. After upsetting then-unbeaten Connecticut 91\u201389 in overtime in the Final Four, Notre Dame played Mississippi State in the national championship.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 57], "section_span": [57, 57], "content_span": [58, 539]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276038-0000-0002", "contents": "2017\u201318 Notre Dame Fighting Irish women's basketball team\nThe Irish edged the Bulldogs 61\u201358 by Arike Ogunbowale's three-pointer with 0.1 seconds left on the clock, capturing their second national title in 18 years. The Irish became the first team in NCAA Women's Basketball history to trail by double digits in both the semifinal and National Championship games and come back to win.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 57], "section_span": [57, 57], "content_span": [58, 384]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276038-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Notre Dame Fighting Irish women's basketball team\nDespite the team's record, its appearance in the championship game was seen as surprising because of its severely depleted roster. Two players missed the entire season to torn ACLs, and two others were lost to the same injury in December; this rash of injuries left the Irish with only seven scholarship players. Brianna Turner, an All-American forward in 2016\u201317, was injured in the 2017 NCAA tournament; senior guard Mychal Johnson was lost in a preseason practice, freshman center Mikayla Vaughn only played 6 games; and starting senior point guard Lili Thompson was lost on New Year's Eve. Before the championship game, McGraw told media, \"I didn't think we'd have more ACL tears than losses. I think it's just an amazing accomplishment for this team and the resilience they've shown all year.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 57], "section_span": [57, 57], "content_span": [58, 856]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276038-0002-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Notre Dame Fighting Irish women's basketball team, Media\nAll Notre Dame games will air on WHPZ Pulse 96.9 FM. Games are streamed online live.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 57], "section_span": [59, 64], "content_span": [65, 149]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276039-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Nottingham Forest F.C. season\nThe 2017\u201318 season is Nottingham Forest's 152nd season in existence, 10th consecutive season in the EFL Championship, and their first full season under the ownership of Evangelos Marinakis and Sokratis Kominakis, who had purchased the club from Fawaz Al-Hasawi on the 18 May 2017. In addition to the Championship, the club participated in the FA Cup and EFL Cup. The season covers the period between 1 July 2017 and 30 June 2018.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [37, 37], "content_span": [38, 467]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276039-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Nottingham Forest F.C. season, Pre-season friendlies\nNottingham Forest began their pre-season with a training camp at the IMG Academy in Florida, United States, between 3 and 14 July, which also included a training match against Deportivo Saprissa of Costa Rica. On their return to England, Forest played four friendlies within the borders of Nottinghamshire against city rivals Notts County, Mansfield Town, Girona and Burnley.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 60], "content_span": [61, 436]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276039-0002-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Nottingham Forest F.C. season, Pre-season friendlies\nForest's friendly against Notts County marked the inaugural game played for the Derek Pavis Trophy, named in honour of the former County chairman and Forest vice-chairman who had died in May 2017. Forest were awarded the trophy post-match after their 2\u20130 victory.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 60], "content_span": [61, 324]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276039-0003-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Nottingham Forest F.C. season, Competitions, FA Cup\nIn the FA Cup, Forest entered the competition in the third round and were drawn at home to cup holders Arsenal.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 59], "content_span": [60, 171]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276039-0004-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Nottingham Forest F.C. season, Competitions, EFL Cup\nOn 16 June 2017 Nottingham Forest were drawn at home to Shrewsbury Town in their opening game of the EFL Cup, also known for sponsorship reasons as the Carabao Cup. A trip to Premier League side Newcastle United was confirmed for the second round. Forest were drawn to play the reigning Premier League champions Chelsea away in the third round.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 60], "content_span": [61, 405]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276040-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Notts County F.C. season\nThe 2017\u201318 season was Notts County's 155th season in their history and their third consecutive season in League Two. Along with League Two, the club also competed in the FA Cup, EFL Cup and EFL Trophy. The season covers the period from 1 July 2017 to 30 June 2018.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [32, 32], "content_span": [33, 298]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276040-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Notts County F.C. season, Competitions, Friendlies\nOn 12 April 2017, Notts County announced they will face Nottingham Forest as part of pre-season. The Magpies also confirmed that they will visit Basford United. Two weeks later, Wigan Athletic was added as further opposition. A fifth friendly was arranged against York City.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 58], "content_span": [59, 333]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276040-0002-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Notts County F.C. season, Competitions, FA Cup\nOn 16 October 2017, Notts County were drawn at home against Bristol Rovers in the first round. Another home tie, against non-league Oxford City, was confirmed for the second round. A trip to Championship side Brentford was set for the third round.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 54], "content_span": [55, 302]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276040-0003-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Notts County F.C. season, Competitions, EFL Cup\nOn 16 June 2017, Notts County were drawn away to Scunthorpe United in the first round.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 55], "content_span": [56, 142]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276040-0004-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Notts County F.C. season, Competitions, EFL Trophy\nOn 12 July 2017, Notts County were drawn alongside Everton U23s, Lincoln City and Mansfield Town in Northern Group G.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 58], "content_span": [59, 176]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276041-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 OGC Nice season\nThis is the current revision of this page, as edited by S.A. Julio (talk | contribs) at 10:44, 25 April 2021 (\u2192\u200eMatches: linking). The present address (URL) is a permanent link to this version.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [23, 23], "content_span": [24, 217]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276041-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 OGC Nice season\nThe 2017\u201318 OGC Nice season was the 113th professional season of the club since its creation in 1904.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [23, 23], "content_span": [24, 125]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276041-0002-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 OGC Nice season, Players, Squad information\nPlayers and squad numbers last updated on 1 September 2017.Note: Flags indicate national team as has been defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 51], "content_span": [52, 248]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276042-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 OHL season\nThe 2017\u201318 OHL season was the 38th season of the Ontario Hockey League, in which twenty teams played 68 games each according to the regular season schedule, from September 21, 2017 to March 18, 2018. The Sault Ste. Marie Greyhounds accomplished a streak of 23 consecutive wins between October 27, 2017 and January 4, 2018.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [18, 18], "content_span": [19, 342]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276042-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 OHL season\nThe Hamilton Bulldogs won the J. Ross Robertson Cup as they defeated the Sault Ste. Marie Greyhounds in six games to represent the Ontario Hockey League at the 2018 Memorial Cup, which was hosted by the Regina Pats of the WHL at the Brandt Centre in Regina, Saskatchewan from May 18\u201327, 2018.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [18, 18], "content_span": [19, 311]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276042-0002-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 OHL season, Regular season, Final standings\nNote: DIV = Division; GP = Games played; W = Wins; L = Losses; OTL = Overtime Losses; SL = Shootout Losses; GF = Goals For; GA = Goals Against; PTS = Points; x = clinched playoff berth; y = clinched division title; z = clinched conference title", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [20, 51], "content_span": [52, 296]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276042-0003-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 OHL season, Regular season, Scoring leaders\nNote: GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; PIM = Penalty Minutes", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [20, 51], "content_span": [52, 136]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276042-0004-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 OHL season, Regular season, Leading goaltenders\nNote: GP = Games Played; Mins = Minutes Played; W = Wins; L = Losses: OTL = Overtime Losses; SL = Shootout Losses; GA = Goals Allowed; SO = Shutouts; GAA = Goals Against Average", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [20, 55], "content_span": [56, 233]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276042-0005-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 OHL season, Playoffs, Conference quarterfinals, Eastern conference quarterfinals\n*Note: Game 3 has been moved to Sudbury Community Arena, because the North Bay Memorial Gardens hasn't been ready in time after hosting the 2018 Ford World Women's Curling Championship.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [20, 88], "content_span": [89, 274]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276042-0006-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 OHL season, Playoffs, Playoff scoring leaders\nNote: GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; PIM = Penalty Minutes", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [20, 53], "content_span": [54, 138]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276042-0007-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 OHL season, Playoffs, Playoff leading goaltenders\nNote: GP = Games Played; Mins = Minutes Played; W = Wins; L = Losses: OTL = Overtime Losses; SL = Shootout Losses; GA = Goals Allowed; SO = Shutouts; GAA = Goals Against Average", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [20, 57], "content_span": [58, 235]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276042-0008-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 OHL season, All-Star teams\nThe OHL All-Star Teams were selected by the OHL's General Managers.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [20, 34], "content_span": [35, 102]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276042-0009-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 OHL season, 2018 OHL Priority Selection\nOn April 7, 2018, the OHL conducted the 2018 Ontario Hockey League Priority Selection. The Sudbury Wolves held the first overall pick in the draft, and selected Quinton Byfield from the York-Simcoe Express of the OMHA. Byfield was awarded the Jack Ferguson Award, awarded to the top pick in the draft.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [20, 47], "content_span": [48, 349]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276042-0010-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 OHL season, 2018 OHL Priority Selection\nBelow are the players who were selected in the first round of the 2018 Ontario Hockey League Priority Selection.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [20, 47], "content_span": [48, 160]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276042-0011-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 OHL season, 2018 NHL Entry Draft\nOn June 22-23, 2018, the National Hockey League conducted the 2018 NHL Entry Draft held at the American Airlines Center in Dallas, Texas. In total, 35 players from the Ontario Hockey League were selected in the draft. Andrei Svechnikov of the Barrie Colts was the first player from the OHL to be selected, as he was taken with the second overall pick by the Carolina Hurricanes.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [20, 40], "content_span": [41, 419]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276042-0012-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 OHL season, 2018 NHL Entry Draft\nBelow are the players selected from OHL teams at the NHL Entry Draft.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [20, 40], "content_span": [41, 110]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276042-0013-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 OHL season, 2018 CHL Import Draft\nOn June 28, 2018, the Canadian Hockey League conducted the 2018 CHL Import Draft, in which teams in all three CHL leagues participate in. The Sudbury Wolves held the first pick in the draft by a team in the OHL, and selected Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen from Finland with their selection.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [20, 41], "content_span": [42, 322]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276042-0014-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 OHL season, 2018 CHL Import Draft\nBelow are the players who were selected in the first round by Ontario Hockey League teams in the 2018 CHL Import Draft.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [20, 41], "content_span": [42, 161]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276043-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 OJHL season\nThe 2017\u201318 season was the 24th season for the Ontario Junior Hockey League.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [19, 19], "content_span": [20, 96]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276043-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 OJHL season, Standings\nNote: GP = Games played; W = Wins; L = Losses; OTL = Overtime Losses; SL = Shootout Losses; GF = Goals For; GA = Goals Against; PTS = Points; x = clinched playoff berth; y = clinched division title; z = clinched conference title", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 30], "content_span": [31, 259]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276044-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 OK Liga\nThe 2017\u201318 OK Liga is the 49th season of the top-tier league of rink hockey in Spain. It will start on 7 October 2017 and will finish on 27 May 2018.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [15, 15], "content_span": [16, 166]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276044-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 OK Liga, Top goalscorers\nRa\u00fcl Mar\u00edn beat the record of goals in a season with 58.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [17, 32], "content_span": [33, 89]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276044-0002-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 OK Liga, Copa del Rey\nThe 2018 Copa del Rey was the 75th edition of the Spanish men's roller-hockey cup. The tournament was hosted in Lloret de Mar.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [17, 29], "content_span": [30, 156]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276044-0003-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 OK Liga, Copa del Rey\nThe first seven qualified teams after the end of the first half of the season and Lloret Vila Esportiva as home team will play the Cup. Barcelona Lassa defended successfully its title, by defeating 2\u20131 Liceo in the final.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [17, 29], "content_span": [30, 251]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276044-0004-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 OK Liga, Supercopa de Espa\u00f1a\nThe 2017 Supercopa de Espa\u00f1a was the 14th edition of the Spanish men's roller hockey supercup.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [17, 36], "content_span": [37, 131]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276044-0005-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 OK Liga, Supercopa de Espa\u00f1a\nIt was played in a Final Four format between Voltreg\u00e0, who qualified as host team, Barcelona Lassa as league and cup champion, and Reus Deportiu and Liceo as second and third qualified of the previous season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [17, 36], "content_span": [37, 245]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276044-0006-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 OK Liga, Supercopa de Espa\u00f1a\nBarcelona Lassa achieved their tenth title in a tournament where Liceo was the defending champion.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [17, 36], "content_span": [37, 135]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276045-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 OK Liga Femenina\nThe 2017\u201318 OK Liga Femenina was the 10th season of the top-tier league of women's rink hockey in Spain. It started on 14 October 2017 and finished on 26 May 2018.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [24, 24], "content_span": [25, 188]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276045-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 OK Liga Femenina\nHostelcur Gij\u00f3n repeated as champion and achieved their third title overall.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [24, 24], "content_span": [25, 101]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276045-0002-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 OK Liga Femenina, Teams\nVila-sana promoted as champion of the Nacional Catalana. Due to the resigns to promote of Borbolla and Coslada, Citylift Girona and Reus Deportiu occupied their places as second and third qualified teams of the Nacional Catalana.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 31], "content_span": [32, 261]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276045-0003-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 OK Liga Femenina, Copa de la Reina\nThe 2018 Copa de la Reina was the 13th edition of the Spanish women's roller hockey cup. It was played at the Pavell\u00f3 d'Esports of Vilanova i la Geltr\u00fa between 2 and 4 March 2018.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 42], "content_span": [43, 223]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276045-0004-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 OK Liga Femenina, Copa de la Reina\nThe competition that will be played by the seven first qualified teams at the end of the first half of the league and Calmar Vilanova as host team.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 42], "content_span": [43, 190]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276045-0005-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 OK Liga Femenina, Copa de la Reina\nCalmar Vilanova won their second title, nine years after their first one.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 42], "content_span": [43, 116]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276046-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Oakland Golden Grizzlies men's basketball team\nThe 2017\u201318 Oakland Golden Grizzlies men's basketball team represented Oakland University (OU) during the 2017\u201318 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Golden Grizzlies were led by 34th-year head coach Greg Kampe and played their home games at the Athletics Center O'rena in Rochester, Michigan as members of the Horizon League.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 54], "section_span": [54, 54], "content_span": [55, 390]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276046-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Oakland Golden Grizzlies men's basketball team\nOakland made a three-point field goal in every game of the season, increasing their steak to 937 consecutive games, the eighth-longest active NCAA Division I streak (at the time). They last finished a game without a three-pointer on January 30, 1988.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 54], "section_span": [54, 54], "content_span": [55, 305]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276046-0002-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Oakland Golden Grizzlies men's basketball team, Previous season\nThe Golden Grizzlies finished the 2016\u201317 season 25\u20139, 14\u20134 in Horizon League play to win a share for the Horizon League regular season championship. As the No. 1 seed in the Horizon League Tournament, they were upset in the quarterfinals by Youngstown State. As a conference champion and No. 1 seed who failed to win their conference tournament, they received an automatic bid to the National Invitation Tournament where they defeated Clemson in the first round before losing to Richmond in the second round.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 54], "section_span": [56, 71], "content_span": [72, 581]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276046-0003-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Oakland Golden Grizzlies men's basketball team, Off-season, Roster changes\nThe Golden Grizzlies lost Sherron Dorsey-Walker, a guard on the 2016\u201317 team, to graduation. Prior to the season, sophomore Isaiah Brock unexpectedly decided to leave the team. Brock was named to the Horizon League's All-Defensive Team and All-Freshman Team. Senior guard Stevie Clark also left the team, transferring to Louisiana State University in Shreveport.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 54], "section_span": [56, 82], "content_span": [83, 445]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276046-0004-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Oakland Golden Grizzlies men's basketball team, Preseason polls\nOakland was picked by coaches, media and sports information directors to finish first the Horizon League. Oakland received 31 of the 47 votes for first place ahead of second place Northern Kentucky. The adjacent table shows the complete preseason poll. Seniors Jalen Hayes and Martez Walker were selected to the preseason first team and Kendrick Nunn was selected to the second team.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 54], "section_span": [56, 71], "content_span": [72, 455]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276046-0005-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Oakland Golden Grizzlies men's basketball team, Preseason polls\nOakland played three exhibition games, defeating Central Michigan, Rochester College and Davenport in games at the O'rena. The 108\u201388 victory against Central Michigan was a special game to raise money for the American Red Cross and hurricane relief.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 54], "section_span": [56, 71], "content_span": [72, 321]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276046-0006-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Oakland Golden Grizzlies men's basketball team, Rankings\nOakland received 19 points in the preseason Coaches Poll and 2 points in the AP Poll. USA Today named the Golden Grizzlies a team that was \"snubbed\" by not being ranked in the preseason Top 25.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 54], "section_span": [56, 64], "content_span": [65, 258]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276046-0007-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Oakland Golden Grizzlies men's basketball team, Rankings\nThe team was also ranked No. 5 in the preseason Collegeinsider.com Mid-Major Top 25.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 54], "section_span": [56, 64], "content_span": [65, 149]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276047-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Odense Boldklub season\nThe 2017\u201318 Odense Boldklub season was the club's 129th season, and their 56th appearance in the Danish Superliga. As well as the Superliga, the side was also competing in the DBU Pokalen.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [30, 30], "content_span": [31, 219]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276047-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Odense Boldklub season\nOB finished 10th overall in the Superliga. Due to another disappointing season, head coach Kent Nielsen got fired on May 21.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [30, 30], "content_span": [31, 155]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276047-0002-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Odense Boldklub season, Squad statistics, Goalscorers\nIncludes all competitive matches. The list is sorted by shirt number when total goals are equal.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 61], "content_span": [62, 158]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276048-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Odense Bulldogs season\nThe 2017\u201318 Odense Bulldogs season is the 27th season in the Danish Hockey League since the team was promoted in 1990.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [30, 30], "content_span": [31, 149]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276048-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Odense Bulldogs season\nFollowing a semifinal exit the year before, head coach Peter Johansson left the club along with other star players, such as 16/17 league leading goalie Tadeas Galansky. Two time topscorer Dale Mitchell, was the only foreign player to extend his contract, making it his fourth year in a row as a Bulldog. Bulldogs signed 55-year old Finnish Kari Rauhanen as head coach. But after only ten regular season games, he decided to stop due to \"personal matters\". The board immediately hired Mikael Gath as new head coach.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [30, 30], "content_span": [31, 545]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276048-0002-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Odense Bulldogs season\nMidway through the season, Bulldogs fired star-player Anthony Camara due to unacceptable behaviour.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [30, 30], "content_span": [31, 130]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276048-0003-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Odense Bulldogs season, Preseason\nThe preseason was scheduled for five games, from August 18 to September 1. It should have been six games, but was shortened to five because of a cancel from Gamyo d'\u00c9pinal. Odense were supposed to host a four team-tournament between themselves, Rungsted Seier Capital, Eispiraten Crimmitschau and of course \u00c9pinal. But the French team did not want to participate anyway, so the tournament was rescheduled to a three team-tournament.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 41], "content_span": [42, 474]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276048-0004-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Odense Bulldogs season, Preseason\nBulldogs won four out of their five pre-season games. The only loss was against R\u00f8dovre Mighty Bulls, were they lost 3\u20130 on away ice.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 41], "content_span": [42, 175]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276048-0005-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Odense Bulldogs season, Regular season, Schedule and results\nThe 2017\u201318 regular season schedule were published on July 5, 2017.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 68], "content_span": [69, 136]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276048-0006-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Odense Bulldogs season, Regular season, Schedule and results\nLegend:\u00a0\u00a0Win (3 points)\u00a0\u00a0Overtime/Shootout win (2 points)\u00a0\u00a0Loss (0 points)\u00a0\u00a0Overtime/Shootout loss (1 point)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 68], "content_span": [69, 177]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276049-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Ohio Bobcats men's basketball team\nThe 2017\u201318 Ohio Bobcats men's basketball team represented Ohio University during the 2017\u201318 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Bobcats, led by fourth-year head coach Saul Phillips, played their home games at the Convocation Center in Athens, Ohio as a member of the East Division of the Mid-American Conference. They finished the season 14\u201317, 7\u201311 in MAC play to finish in a tie for fourth place in the East Division. They lost in the first round of the MAC Tournament to Miami (OH).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [42, 42], "content_span": [43, 539]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276049-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Ohio Bobcats men's basketball team, Previous season\nThe Bobcats finished the 2016\u201317 season 20\u201310, 11\u20137 in MAC play to finish in a tie for second place in the East Division. As the No. 2 seed in the MAC Tournament, they defeated Toledo before losing to eventual tournament champion Kent State in the semifinals.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [44, 59], "content_span": [60, 319]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276050-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Ohio Bobcats women's basketball team\nThe 2017\u201318 Ohio Bobcats women's basketball team represents Ohio University during the 2017\u201318 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Bobcats, led by fifth year head coach Bob Boldon, play its home games at the Convocation Center in Athens, Ohio as a member of the Mid-American Conference. They finished the season 16\u201315, 9\u20139 in MAC play to finish in third place in the East Division. They advanced to the quarterfinals of the MAC Women's Tournament where they lost to Miami (OH).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [44, 44], "content_span": [45, 533]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276051-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Ohio State Buckeyes men's basketball team\nThe 2017\u201318 Ohio State Buckeyes men's basketball team represented The Ohio State University in the 2017\u201318 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. Their head coach was Chris Holtmann, in his first season with the Buckeyes. The Buckeyes played their home games at Value City Arena in Columbus, Ohio as members of the Big Ten Conference. They finished the season 25\u20139, 15\u20133 in Big Ten play to finish in a tie for second place. As the No. 2 seed in the Big Ten Tournament, they lost to Penn State in the quarterfinals. They received an at-large bid to the NCAA Tournament as the No. 5 seed in the West region. They defeated South Dakota State in the First Round before losing to Gonzaga in the Second Round.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 49], "section_span": [49, 49], "content_span": [50, 755]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276051-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Ohio State Buckeyes men's basketball team, Previous season\nThe Buckeyes finished the 2016\u201317 season 17\u201315, 7\u201311 in Big Ten play to finish in a tie for 10th place. As the No. 11 seed in the Big Ten Tournament, they lost in the first round to Rutgers.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 49], "section_span": [51, 66], "content_span": [67, 257]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276051-0002-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Ohio State Buckeyes men's basketball team, Previous season\nOn June 5, 2017, the school announced that head coach Thad Matta would not return as head coach. On June 9, the school hired Butler head coach Chris Holtmann as head coach.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 49], "section_span": [51, 66], "content_span": [67, 239]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276051-0003-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Ohio State Buckeyes men's basketball team, Schedule and results\nThe 2018 Big Ten Tournament was held at Madison Square Garden in New York City. Due to the Big East's use of that venue for their conference tournament, the Big Ten Tournament took place one week earlier than usual, ending the week before Selection Sunday. This resulted in teams having nearly two weeks off before the NCAA Tournament.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 49], "section_span": [51, 71], "content_span": [72, 407]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276051-0004-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Ohio State Buckeyes men's basketball team, Rankings\n^Coaches Poll did not release a Week 2 poll at the same time AP did. *AP does not release post-NCAA tournament rankings.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 49], "section_span": [51, 59], "content_span": [60, 180]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276052-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Ohio State Buckeyes women's basketball team\nThe 2017\u201318 Ohio State Buckeyes women's basketball team represented the Ohio State University during the 2017\u201318 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Buckeyes, led by 5th year head coach Kevin McGuff, played their home games at Value City Arena and were a member of the Big Ten Conference. They finished the season 28\u20137, 13\u20133 in Big Ten play to win the regular season title. They defeated Rutgers, Minnesota, and Maryland to win the Big Ten Women's Basketball Tournament. As a result, they received the conference's automatic bid to the NCAA Women's Tournament as the No. 3 seed in the Spokane region. There they defeated George Washington in the First Round before being upset by No. 11-seeded Central Michigan in the Second Round.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 51], "section_span": [51, 51], "content_span": [52, 794]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276052-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Ohio State Buckeyes women's basketball team, Previous season\nThe Buckeyes finished the 2016\u201317 season 28\u20137, 15\u20131 in Big Ten play to win a share of the Big Ten regular season title with Maryland. They defeated Northwestern in the quarterfinals of the Big Ten Women's Basketball Tournament before losing to Purdue. They received at-large bid of the NCAA Women's Tournament as the No. 5 seed in the Lexington region. There they defeated Western Kentucky and Kentucky to advance to the Sweet Sixteen. In the Sweet Sixteen, they lost to Notre Dame.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 51], "section_span": [53, 68], "content_span": [69, 551]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276053-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Ohio State Buckeyes women's ice hockey season\nThe Ohio State Buckeyes women's ice hockey program represent the Ohio State University during the 2017-18 NCAA Division I women's ice hockey season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 53], "section_span": [53, 53], "content_span": [54, 202]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276054-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Oklahoma City Thunder season\nThe 2017\u201318 Oklahoma City Thunder season was the 10th season of the franchise in Oklahoma City and the 52nd in the National Basketball Association (NBA). This season was headlined by the acquisitions of All-Star players Paul George and Carmelo Anthony in trades with the Indiana Pacers and New York Knicks respectively, in addition to the reigning MVP Russell Westbrook signing a five-year extension worth $205 million. The trio was dubbed the \"Big Three\" as well as \"OK3\". The Thunder clinched their playoff berth for the eight time in the last nine seasons with a win over the Miami Heat in a rematch of the 2012 Finals on April 9, 2018.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [36, 36], "content_span": [37, 676]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276054-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Oklahoma City Thunder season\nThey finished the regular season with 48\u201334, which clinched the 4th seed. In the playoffs, the Thunder faced the 5th seeded Utah Jazz in the First Round, a team led by rookie Donovan Mitchell, and lost in six games.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [36, 36], "content_span": [37, 252]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276054-0002-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Oklahoma City Thunder season\nAfter averaging a then-career low 16.2 points per game during the season, Anthony was traded to the Atlanta Hawks in the offseason, ending the Thunder's Big Three experiment. The season also marked the end of long-time veteran Nick Collison's career, after 14 years.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [36, 36], "content_span": [37, 303]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276054-0002-0001", "contents": "2017\u201318 Oklahoma City Thunder season\nSometimes referred to as \"Mr. Thunder\", Collison appeared once in the finals (2012), and following his retirement, became the only player from the 2003 Draft to play their entire career with the team that drafted them, and it also left Jeff Green of the Cleveland Cavaliers and Kevin Durant of the Golden State Warriors as the last remaining active players who played for the then-Seattle SuperSonics, with Mark Bryant and Sam Presti being the last remaining staff members that have been with the Thunder since the Sonics' final season in 2007-08.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [36, 36], "content_span": [37, 584]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276055-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Oklahoma Sooners men's basketball team\nThe 2017\u201318 Oklahoma Sooners basketball team represented the University of Oklahoma in the 2017\u201318 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. They were led by seventh-year head coach Lon Kruger and played their home games at the Lloyd Noble Center in Norman, Oklahoma as a member of the Big 12 Conference. They finished the season 18\u201314, 8\u201310 in Big 12 play to finish in a tie for eighth place. They lost in the First Round of the Big 12 Tournament to Oklahoma State. They received an at-large bid to the NCAA Tournament where they lost in the First Round to Rhode Island.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [46, 46], "content_span": [47, 617]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276055-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Oklahoma Sooners men's basketball team, Previous season\nThe Sooners finished the 2016\u201317 season with an overall record of 11\u201320, 5\u201313 in Big 12 play to finish in ninth place. They lost in the first round of the Big 12 Tournament to TCU.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [48, 63], "content_span": [64, 244]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276056-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Oklahoma Sooners women's basketball team\nThe 2017\u201318 Oklahoma Sooners women's basketball team represented the University of Oklahoma in the 2017\u201318 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Sooners were led by Sherri Coale in her twenty-second season. The team played its home games at the Lloyd Noble Center in Norman, Oklahoma as a member of the Big 12 Conference. They finished the season 16\u201315, 11\u20137 in Big 12 play to finish in a tie for third place. They lost in the quarterfinals of the Big 12 Women's Tournament to TCU. They received at-large bid of the NCAA Women's Tournament where they lost to DePaul in the first round.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 48], "section_span": [48, 48], "content_span": [49, 643]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276056-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Oklahoma Sooners women's basketball team, Schedule\nx- Sooner Sports Television (SSTV) is aired locally on Fox Sports. However the contract allows games to air on various affiliates. Those affiliates are FSSW, FSSW+, FSOK, FSOK+, and FCS Atlantic, Central, and Pacific.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 48], "section_span": [50, 58], "content_span": [59, 276]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276057-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Oklahoma State Cowboys basketball team\nThe 2017\u201318 Oklahoma State Cowboys basketball team represented Oklahoma State University in the 2017\u201318 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. They were led by first-head coach Mike Boynton Jr.. The Cowboys were members of the Big 12 Conference and played their home games at Gallagher-Iba Arena in Stillwater, Oklahoma. They finished the season 21\u201315, 8\u201310 in Big 12 play to finish in a four-way tie for sixth place. They defeated Oklahoma in the first round of the Big 12 Tournament before losing in the quarterfinals to Kansas. They were invited to the National Invitation Tournament where they defeated Florida Gulf Coast and Stanford before losing in the quarterfinals to Western Kentucky.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [46, 46], "content_span": [47, 743]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276057-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Oklahoma State Cowboys basketball team, Previous season\nThe Cowboys finished the 2016\u201317 season with 20\u201313, 9\u20139 in Big 12 play to finish in fifth place. They lost to Iowa State in the quarterfinals of the Big 12 Tournament. They received an at-large bid to the NCAA Tournament as the No. 10 seed in the Midwest region where they lost to Michigan in the First Round.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [48, 63], "content_span": [64, 373]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276057-0002-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Oklahoma State Cowboys basketball team, Previous season\nOn March 18, 2017, head coach Brad Underwood left the school to accept the head coaching position at Illinois after one year at OSU. The school promoted assistant coach Mike Boynton Jr. to head coach on March 24.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [48, 63], "content_span": [64, 276]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276057-0003-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Oklahoma State Cowboys basketball team, FBI investigation\nOn September 26, federal prosecutors in New York announced charges of fraud and corruption against 10 people involved in college basketball, including Oklahoma State assistant coach Lamont Evans. The charges allege that Evans and others allegedly received benefits from financial advisers and others to influence student-athletes to retain their services. Following the news, Evans was suspended and relieved of all duties. Evans was sentenced to three months in prison in June 2019 for his participation in the scheme, which he also conducted at the University of South Carolina.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [48, 65], "content_span": [66, 646]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276057-0004-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Oklahoma State Cowboys basketball team, FBI investigation\nIn June 2020, a press release by the NCAA announced that the men\u2019s basketball team will be prohibited from participating in 2020-21 postseason competition and the university will self-impose a fine of $10,000 plus 1 percent of the men\u2019s basketball program\u2019s budget.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [48, 65], "content_span": [66, 331]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276058-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Oklahoma State Cowgirls basketball team\nThe 2017\u201318 Oklahoma State Cowgirls basketball team represented Oklahoma State University in the 2017\u201318 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Cowgirls, led by seventh year head coach Jim Littell, played their home games at Gallagher-Iba Arena and were members of the Big 12 Conference. They finished the season 21\u201311, 11\u20137 in Big 12 play to finish in a tie for third place. They lost in the quarterfinals of the Big 12 Women's Tournament to West Virginia. They received an at-large bid of the NCAA Women's Basketball Tournament where they defeated Syracuse in the first round before losing to Mississippi State in the second round.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 47], "section_span": [47, 47], "content_span": [48, 689]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276058-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Oklahoma State Cowgirls basketball team, Previous season\nFor the 2016-17 season, Oklahoma State finished 17-15, 6-12 in the Big 12 and finished 7th in the conference standings. The Cowgirls were eliminated in the quarterfinals of the Big 12 Women's Tournament, losing to #12 Texas. They did not make the NCAA Women's Tournament, instead, they were selected to be in the 2017 WNIT as an at-large bid. They played at home against Abilene Christian. They lost in the first round 56-66 in an upset against Abilene Christian.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 47], "section_span": [49, 64], "content_span": [65, 528]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276059-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Old Dominion Lady Monarchs basketball team\nThe 2017\u201318 Old Dominion Lady Monarchs basketball team will represent Old Dominion University during the 2017\u201318 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Lady Monarchs, led by first-year head coach Nikki McCray-Penson, play their home games at Ted Constant Convocation Center and were members of Conference USA. They finished the season 8\u201323, 6\u201310 in C-USA play to finish in a 3-way tie for tenth place. They lost in the first round of the C-USA Women's Tournament to Rice.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 50], "section_span": [50, 50], "content_span": [51, 530]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276059-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Old Dominion Lady Monarchs basketball team, Previous season\nThe Lady Monarchs finished the 2016\u201317 season 17-14, 11\u20137 in C-USA play to finish in sixth place. They defeated UTEP in the first round of the C-USA tournament before losing to Southern Miss in the quarterfinals. The Lady Monarchs did not participate in the postseason.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 50], "section_span": [52, 67], "content_span": [68, 337]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276059-0002-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Old Dominion Lady Monarchs basketball team, Preseason\nHead coach Karen Barefoot resigned on May 3 to take the same position at UNC Wilmington. On May 24, Old Dominion announced the hiring of McCray-Penson, then a South Carolina assistant coach.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 50], "section_span": [52, 61], "content_span": [62, 252]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276060-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Old Dominion Monarchs basketball team\nThe 2017\u201318 Old Dominion Monarchs basketball team represented Old Dominion University during the 2017\u201318 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Monarchs, led by fifth-year head coach Jeff Jones, played their home games at the Ted Constant Convocation Center in Norfolk, Virginia as members of Conference USA. They finished the season 25\u20137, 15\u20133 in C-USA play to finish in second place. They defeated Louisiana Tech in the quarterfinals of the C-USA Tournament before losing to Western Kentucky in the semifinals. Despite winning 25 games on the season, the Monarchs did not participate in a postseason tournament.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [45, 45], "content_span": [46, 665]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276060-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Old Dominion Monarchs basketball team, Previous season\nThe Monarchs finished the 2016\u201317 season 19\u201312, 12\u20136 in C-USA play to finish tied for third place. They lost in the quarterfinals of the C-USA Tournament to Marshall. ODU did not participate in a postseason tournament for the first time since the 2012\u201313 season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [47, 62], "content_span": [63, 325]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276061-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Oldham Athletic A.F.C. season\nThe 2017\u201318 season is Oldham Athletic's 123rd season in their history and 21st consecutive season in League One. Along with competing in League One, the club will also participate in the FA Cup, EFL Cup and EFL Trophy.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [37, 37], "content_span": [38, 256]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276061-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Oldham Athletic A.F.C. season\nThe season covers the period from 1 July 2017 to 30 June 2018.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [37, 37], "content_span": [38, 100]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276061-0002-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Oldham Athletic A.F.C. season, Competitions, Friendlies\nAs of 28 June 2017, Oldham Athletic have announced seven pre-season friendlies against Curzon Ashton, Stalybridge Celtic, Accrington Stanley, Salisbury, Swindon Town, Girona and Manchester United U/23.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 63], "content_span": [64, 265]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276061-0003-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Oldham Athletic A.F.C. season, Competitions, FA Cup\nOn 16 October 2017, Oldham Athletic were drawn away to Carlisle United in the first round.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 59], "content_span": [60, 150]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276061-0004-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Oldham Athletic A.F.C. season, Competitions, EFL Cup\nOn 16 June 2017, Oldham Athletic were drawn at home to Burton Albion in the first round.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 60], "content_span": [61, 149]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276061-0005-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Oldham Athletic A.F.C. season, Competitions, EFL Trophy\nOn 12 July 2017, the group stage draw was completed with Oldham facing Crewe Alexandra, Newcastle United U23s and Port Vale in Northern Group D.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 63], "content_span": [64, 208]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276062-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Ole Miss Rebels men's basketball team\nThe 2017\u201318 Ole Miss Rebels men's basketball team represented the University of Mississippi in the 2017\u201318 NCAA Division I men's basketball season, their 108th basketball season. They were coached by Andy Kennedy for the first 27 games of the season before he left the position on February 19, 2018. The Rebels named assistant coach Tony Madlock interim head coach for the remainder of the season. The Rebels played their second full season in The Pavilion at Ole Miss in Oxford, Mississippi as members of the Southeastern Conference. They finished the season 12\u201320, 5\u201313 in SEC play to finish in last place. They lost in the first round of the SEC Tournament to South Carolina.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [45, 45], "content_span": [46, 724]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276062-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Ole Miss Rebels men's basketball team\nOn February 12, 2018, 12th-year head coach Andy Kennedy, the school's all-time winningest head coach, and the school mutually agreed to part ways following the end of the season. However, on February 19, Kennedy announced that he would depart immediately, with assistant Madlock taking over on an interim basis. On March 15, 2018, it was announced that Ole Miss had hired Middle Tennessee head coach Kermit Davis as head coach of the Rebels.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [45, 45], "content_span": [46, 487]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276062-0002-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Ole Miss Rebels men's basketball team, Previous season\nThe Rebels finished the 2016\u201317 season 22\u201314, 10\u20138 in SEC play to finish in a three-way tie for fifth place. They defeated Missouri in the second round of the SEC Tournament before losing in the quarterfinals to Arkansas. They were invited to the National Invitation Tournament where they defeated Monmouth and Syracuse before losing in the quarterfinals to Georgia Tech.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [47, 62], "content_span": [63, 434]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276062-0003-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Ole Miss Rebels men's basketball team, Offseason, Coaching changes\nOn April 24, 2017 Ole Miss announced the hiring of former Rebel basketball player Rahim Lockhart as an assistant coach on the Rebel basketball team. On May 8, 2017 Ole Miss assistant coach Bill Armstrong left the Rebels to take the same position at Louisiana State University.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [47, 74], "content_span": [75, 351]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276062-0004-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Ole Miss Rebels men's basketball team, Schedule and results\nOn June 27, 2017 Mississippi announced its 2017\u201318 non-conference schedule, highlighted by opponents such as Virginia Tech, Middle Tennessee, Illinois State, and Texas. The Rebels will also face Utah and Rice in the MGM Resorts Main Event.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [47, 67], "content_span": [68, 307]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276063-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Ole Miss Rebels women's basketball team\nThe 2017\u201318 Ole Miss Rebels women's basketball team represents the University of Mississippi during the 2017\u201318 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Rebels, led by fifth year head coach Matt Insell, play their home games at the Pavilion at Ole Miss and are members of the Southeastern Conference (SEC).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 47], "section_span": [47, 47], "content_span": [48, 360]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276063-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Ole Miss Rebels women's basketball team\nThe Rebels finished the season with a 12\u201319 overall record and a 1\u201315 record in conference play. On March 2, one day after the Rebels ended their season with a loss to Missouri in the second round of the SEC Tournament, head coach Matt Insell was fired. He finished at Ole Miss with an overall record of 70\u201387, including an 18\u201362 record in SEC play.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 47], "section_span": [47, 47], "content_span": [48, 397]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276063-0002-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Ole Miss Rebels women's basketball team, Previous season\nThey finished the season 17\u201314, 6\u201310 in SEC play to finish in tenth place. They lost in the second round of the SEC Women's Basketball Tournament to LSU. They were invited to the Women's National Invitation Tournament where they got upset by Grambling State in the first round.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 47], "section_span": [49, 64], "content_span": [65, 342]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276064-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Olympiacos F.C. season\nThe 2017\u201318 season was Olympiacos's 59th consecutive season in the Super League Greece and their 92nd year in existence. Olympiacos finished 3rd in the league, stopping their 7-year run as champions. They also participated in the Greek Football Cup, and in the UEFA Champions League finishing 4th in the group stage, after managing to qualify during the summer qualification. There was also a record created for season tickets sold (over 21,000).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [30, 30], "content_span": [31, 477]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276064-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Olympiacos F.C. season, Transfers and loans, Transfers in, Summer 2017\nNote: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 78], "content_span": [79, 207]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276064-0002-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Olympiacos F.C. season, Transfers and loans, Transfers out, Summer 2017\nNote: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 79], "content_span": [80, 208]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276065-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Olympique Lyonnais season\nThe 2017\u201318 season was Olympique Lyonnais's 68th professional season since its creation in 1950.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [33, 33], "content_span": [34, 130]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276065-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Olympique Lyonnais season, Players, Squad information\nNote: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 61], "content_span": [62, 190]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276065-0002-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Olympique Lyonnais season, Players, Out on loan\nNote: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 55], "content_span": [56, 184]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276065-0003-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Olympique Lyonnais season, Kit\nIn Ligue 1 match at Angers, Lyon wore their away kit from 2015\u201316 season. Their third kit was released on late November 2017.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 38], "content_span": [39, 164]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276066-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Olympique de Marseille season\nThe 2017\u201318 season was Olympique de Marseille's 68th professional season since its creation in 1899 and 22nd consecutive season in the top flight. The club participated in Ligue 1, Coupe de France, Coupe de la Ligue and the UEFA Europa League.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [37, 37], "content_span": [38, 281]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276066-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Olympique de Marseille season, Squad\nNote: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 44], "content_span": [45, 173]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276066-0002-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Olympique de Marseille season, Squad, Reserves\nNote: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 54], "content_span": [55, 183]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276067-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Olympique de M\u00e9d\u00e9a season\nIn the 2017\u201318 season, Olympique de M\u00e9d\u00e9a is competing in the Ligue 1 for the 2nd season, as well as the Algerian Cup.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [33, 33], "content_span": [34, 152]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276067-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Olympique de M\u00e9d\u00e9a season, Squad list\nAs of August 25, 2017. Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 45], "content_span": [46, 197]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276068-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Omaha Mavericks men's basketball team\nThe 2017\u201318 Omaha Mavericks men's basketball team represented the University of Nebraska Omaha during the 2017\u201318 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Mavericks, led by 13th-year head coach Derrin Hansen, played their home games at Baxter Arena as members of The Summit League. They finished the season 9\u201322, 4\u201310 in Summit League play to finish in seventh place. They lost in the quarterfinals of the Summit League Tournament to South Dakota State.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [45, 45], "content_span": [46, 503]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276068-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Omaha Mavericks men's basketball team, Previous season\nThe Mavericks finished the season 18\u201314, 9\u20137 in Summit League play to finish in third place. They beat Fort Wayne and IUPUI before losing to South Dakota State in the Summit League Tournament championship.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [47, 62], "content_span": [63, 268]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276068-0002-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Omaha Mavericks men's basketball team, Preseason\nIn a poll of league coaches, media, and sports information directors, the Mavericks were picked to finish in sixth place.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [47, 56], "content_span": [57, 178]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276068-0003-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Omaha Mavericks men's basketball team, Schedule and results\n* Non-conference game. #Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Central Time", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [47, 67], "content_span": [68, 184]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276069-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Oman Professional League\nThe 2017\u201318 Oman Professional League is the 42nd edition of the top football league in Oman.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [32, 32], "content_span": [33, 125]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276069-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Oman Professional League, Foreign players\nRestricting the number of foreign players strictly to four per team, including a slot for a player from AFC countries. A team could use four foreign players on the field during each game including at least one player from the AFC country.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 49], "content_span": [50, 288]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276070-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Oral Roberts Golden Eagles men's basketball team\nThe 2017\u201318 Oral Roberts Golden Eagles men's basketball team represented Oral Roberts University during the 2017\u201318 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Golden Eagles were led by first-year head coach Paul Mills and played their home games at the Mabee Center in Tulsa, Oklahoma as members of The Summit League. They finished the season 11\u201321, 5\u20139 in Summit League play to finish in a tie for fifth place. They lost in the quarterfinals of the Summit League Tournament to Denver.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 56], "section_span": [56, 56], "content_span": [57, 544]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276070-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Oral Roberts Golden Eagles men's basketball team, Previous season\nThe Golden Eagles finished the season 8\u201322, 4\u201312 in Summit League play to finish in last place. As a result, they failed to qualify for The Summit League Tournament.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 56], "section_span": [58, 73], "content_span": [74, 239]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276070-0002-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Oral Roberts Golden Eagles men's basketball team, Previous season\nOn April 10, 2017, the school fired all-time winningest coach Scott Sutton after 18 years. He finished with an overall record of 328\u2013247. On April 28, the school hired Baylor assistant Paul Mills as the new head coach.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 56], "section_span": [58, 73], "content_span": [74, 292]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276070-0003-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Oral Roberts Golden Eagles men's basketball team, Preseason\nIn a poll of league coaches, media, and sports information directors, the Golden Eagles were picked to finish in seventh place. Senior center Albert Owens was named to the preseason All-Summit First Team and sophomore forward Emmanuel Nzekwesi was named to the Second Team.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 56], "section_span": [58, 67], "content_span": [68, 341]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276070-0004-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Oral Roberts Golden Eagles men's basketball team, Schedule and results\n* Non-conference game. #Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Central Time", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 56], "section_span": [58, 78], "content_span": [79, 195]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276071-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Oregon Ducks men's basketball team\nThe 2017\u201318 Oregon Ducks men's basketball team represented the University of Oregon during the 2017\u201318 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Ducks, led by eighth-year head coach Dana Altman, played their home games at Matthew Knight Arena as members of the Pac\u201312 Conference. They finished the season 23\u201313, 10\u20138 in Pac-12 play to finish in a tie for sixth place. As the No. 6 seed in the Pac-12 Tournament, they defeated Washington State in the first round and Utah in the quarterfinals before being defeated by USC in the semifinals. They received an invitation to the National Invitation Tournament, where they defeated Rider in the first round before losing to Marquette in the second round.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [42, 42], "content_span": [43, 745]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276071-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Oregon Ducks men's basketball team, Previous season\nThe Ducks finished the 2016\u201317 season 33\u20136, 16\u20132 in Pac-12 play to win a share of the regular season Pac-12 championship. They defeated Arizona State and California in the Pac-12 Tournament before losing in the final to Arizona. They received an at-large bid to the NCAA Tournament as a No. 3 seed in the Midwest Region where they defeated Iona and Rhode Island to advance to the Sweet Sixteen. In the Sweet Sixteen, they defeated Michigan to advance to the Elite Eight where they defeated Kansas. The win marked the first time the Ducks advanced to the Final Four since 1939. There, they lost to the eventual champions, North Carolina.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [44, 59], "content_span": [60, 696]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276072-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Oregon Ducks women's basketball team\nThe 2017\u201318 Oregon Ducks women's basketball team represented the University of Oregon during the 2017\u201318 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Ducks, led by fourth-year head coach Kelly Graves, play their games at the Matthew Knight Arena as members of the Pac-12 Conference. They finished the season 33\u20135, 16\u20132 in Pac-12 play to win the Pac-12 regular season title.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [44, 44], "content_span": [45, 420]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276072-0000-0001", "contents": "2017\u201318 Oregon Ducks women's basketball team\nThey also won the Pac-12 Women's Tournament for the first time in school history and earns an automatic bid to the NCAA Women's Tournament where they defeated Seattle and Minnesota in the first and second rounds, Central Michigan in the sweet sixteen before falling to Notre Dame in the elite eight. With 33 wins, they finished with the most wins in school history.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [44, 44], "content_span": [45, 410]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276072-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Oregon Ducks women's basketball team, Offseason, Departures\nIn addition to the departing players, assistant Nicole Powell left after the 2016\u201317 season to become the head coach at Grand Canyon, located in her hometown of Phoenix.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [46, 67], "content_span": [68, 237]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276073-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Oregon State Beavers men's basketball team\nThe 2017\u201318 Oregon State Beavers men's basketball team represented Oregon State University in the 2017\u201318 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Beavers were led by fourth-year head coach Wayne Tinkle, and played their home games at Gill Coliseum in Corvallis, Oregon as members of the Pac-12 Conference. They finished the season 16\u201316, 7\u201311 in Pac-12 play to finish in tenth place. They defeated Washington in the first round of the Pac-12 Tournament before losing in the quarterfinals to USC.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 50], "section_span": [50, 50], "content_span": [51, 551]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276073-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Oregon State Beavers men's basketball team, Previous season\nThe 2016\u201317 Beavers finished the 2016\u201317 season 5\u201327, 1\u201317 in the Pac-12 to finish last. They lost to California in the first round of the Pac-12 Tournament.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 50], "section_span": [52, 67], "content_span": [68, 225]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276074-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Oregon State Beavers women's basketball team\nThe 2017\u201318 Oregon State Beavers women's basketball team represents Oregon State University during the 2017\u201318 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Beavers, led by eighth year head coach Scott Rueck, play their games at the Gill Coliseum and were members of the Pac-12 Conference. They finished the season 26\u20138, 14\u20134 in Pac-12 play to finish in a tie for third place. They lost in the quarterfinals of the Pac-12 Women's Tournament to Arizona State. They received an at-large bid of the NCAA Women's Tournament where they defeated Western Kentucky and upset Tennessee in the first and second rounds, Baylor in the sweet sixteen before getting blown out by Louisville in the elite eight.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 52], "section_span": [52, 52], "content_span": [53, 749]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276074-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Oregon State Beavers women's basketball team, Previous season\nThey finished the season 31\u20135, 16\u20132 in Pac-12 play to win Pac-12 regular season title. They advanced to the championship game Pac-12 Women's Tournament where they lost to Stanford. They received an at-large bid of the NCAA Women's Tournament where they defeated Long Beach State and Creighton in the first and second rounds before losing to Florida State in the sweet sixteen.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 52], "section_span": [54, 69], "content_span": [70, 446]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276075-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Orlando Magic season\nThe 2017\u201318 Orlando Magic season was the 29th season of the franchise in the National Basketball Association (NBA). On May 23, 2017, the Magic announced that John Hammond would be the new general manager, thus officially ending his tenure with the Milwaukee Bucks. Finishing with a 25\u201357 record, the Magic extended their postseason drought to six consecutive years. On April 12, 2018, Frank Vogel was fired by the Magic after the conclusion of the 2017\u201318 season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [28, 28], "content_span": [29, 492]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276076-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Orsz\u00e1gos Bajnoks\u00e1g I (men's water polo)\nThe 2017\u201318 Orsz\u00e1gos Bajnoks\u00e1g I (known as the e\u00b7on f\u00e9rfi OB I oszt\u00e1ly\u00fa Orsz\u00e1gos Bajnoks\u00e1g for sponsorship reasons) was the 112th season of the Orsz\u00e1gos Bajnoks\u00e1g I, Hungary's premier Water polo league.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 47], "section_span": [47, 47], "content_span": [48, 250]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276076-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Orsz\u00e1gos Bajnoks\u00e1g I (men's water polo), Teams\nThe following 16 clubs compete in the OB I during the 2017\u201318 season:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 47], "section_span": [49, 54], "content_span": [55, 124]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276076-0002-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Orsz\u00e1gos Bajnoks\u00e1g I (men's water polo), Regular season, Group A, Schedule and results\nIn the table below the home teams are listed on the left and the away teams along the top.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 47], "section_span": [49, 94], "content_span": [95, 185]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276076-0003-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Orsz\u00e1gos Bajnoks\u00e1g I (men's water polo), Regular season, Group B, Schedule and results\nIn the table below the home teams are listed on the left and the away teams along the top.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 47], "section_span": [49, 94], "content_span": [95, 185]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276076-0004-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Orsz\u00e1gos Bajnoks\u00e1g I (men's water polo), Second round, Championship round\nThe top four teams, from two groups advance from the regular season. Teams start the Championship round with their points from the Regular season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 47], "section_span": [49, 81], "content_span": [82, 228]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276076-0005-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Orsz\u00e1gos Bajnoks\u00e1g I (men's water polo), Second round, Championship round, Schedule and results\nKey numbers for pairing determination (number marks position after 14 games)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 47], "section_span": [49, 103], "content_span": [104, 180]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276076-0006-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Orsz\u00e1gos Bajnoks\u00e1g I (men's water polo), Second round, Championship round, Schedule and results\nIn the table below the home teams are listed on the left and the away teams along the top.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 47], "section_span": [49, 103], "content_span": [104, 194]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276076-0007-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Orsz\u00e1gos Bajnoks\u00e1g I (men's water polo), Second round, Relegation round\nThe bottom four teams, from two groups advance from the regular season. Teams start the Relegation round with their points from the Regular season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 47], "section_span": [49, 79], "content_span": [80, 227]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276076-0008-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Orsz\u00e1gos Bajnoks\u00e1g I (men's water polo), Second round, Relegation round, Schedule and results\nIn the table below the home teams are listed on the left and the away teams along the top.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 47], "section_span": [49, 101], "content_span": [102, 192]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276076-0009-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Orsz\u00e1gos Bajnoks\u00e1g I (men's water polo), Final round, 1st \u2013 4th placement matches\nFTC-PQS Waterpolo won the series 9\u20130 with points ratio, and advanced to the Finals.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 47], "section_span": [49, 89], "content_span": [90, 173]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276076-0010-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Orsz\u00e1gos Bajnoks\u00e1g I (men's water polo), Final round, 1st \u2013 4th placement matches\nSzolnoki D\u00f3zsa won the series 9\u20136 with points ratio, and advanced to the Finals.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 47], "section_span": [49, 89], "content_span": [90, 170]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276076-0011-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Orsz\u00e1gos Bajnoks\u00e1g I (men's water polo), Final round, 1st \u2013 4th placement matches, Finals\nHigher ranked team hosted Game 1 and Game 3 plus Game 5 if necessary. The lower ranked hosted Game 2 plus Game 4 if necessary.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 47], "section_span": [49, 97], "content_span": [98, 224]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276076-0012-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Orsz\u00e1gos Bajnoks\u00e1g I (men's water polo), Final round, 1st \u2013 4th placement matches, Third place\nHigher ranked team hosted Game 1 plus Game 3 if necessary. The lower ranked hosted Game 2.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 47], "section_span": [49, 102], "content_span": [103, 193]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276076-0013-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Orsz\u00e1gos Bajnoks\u00e1g I (men's water polo), Final round, 5th \u2013 8th Placement matches\nHigher ranked team hosted Game 1 plus Game 3 if necessary. The lower ranked hosted Game 2.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 47], "section_span": [49, 89], "content_span": [90, 180]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276076-0014-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Orsz\u00e1gos Bajnoks\u00e1g I (men's water polo), Final round, 5th \u2013 8th Placement matches\nHigher ranked team hosted Game 1 plus Game 3 if necessary. The lower ranked hosted Game 2.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 47], "section_span": [49, 89], "content_span": [90, 180]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276076-0015-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Orsz\u00e1gos Bajnoks\u00e1g I (men's water polo), Final round, 9th \u2013 12th Placement matches\nHigher ranked team hosted Game 1 plus Game 3 if necessary. The lower ranked hosted Game 2.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 47], "section_span": [49, 90], "content_span": [91, 181]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276076-0016-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Orsz\u00e1gos Bajnoks\u00e1g I (men's water polo), Final round, 9th \u2013 12th Placement matches\nHigher ranked team hosted Game 1 plus Game 3 if necessary. The lower ranked hosted Game 2.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 47], "section_span": [49, 90], "content_span": [91, 181]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276076-0017-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Orsz\u00e1gos Bajnoks\u00e1g I (men's water polo), Final round, 13th \u2013 16th Placement matches\nHigher ranked team hosted Game 1 plus Game 3 if necessary. The lower ranked hosted Game 2.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 47], "section_span": [49, 91], "content_span": [92, 182]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276076-0018-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Orsz\u00e1gos Bajnoks\u00e1g I (men's water polo), Final round, 13th \u2013 16th Placement matches\nHigher ranked team hosted Game 1 plus Game 3 if necessary. The lower ranked hosted Game 2.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 47], "section_span": [49, 91], "content_span": [92, 182]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276077-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Orsz\u00e1gos Bajnoks\u00e1g I (women's water polo)\nThe 2017\u201318 Orsz\u00e1gos Bajnoks\u00e1g I was the 35th season of the Orsz\u00e1gos Bajnoks\u00e1g I, Hungary's premier Water polo league.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 49], "section_span": [49, 49], "content_span": [50, 168]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276077-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Orsz\u00e1gos Bajnoks\u00e1g I (women's water polo), Team information\nThe following 10 clubs compete in the OB I during the 2017\u201318 season:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 49], "section_span": [51, 67], "content_span": [68, 137]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276077-0002-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Orsz\u00e1gos Bajnoks\u00e1g I (women's water polo), Regular season, Schedule and results\nIn the table below the home teams are listed on the left and the away teams along the top.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 49], "section_span": [51, 87], "content_span": [88, 178]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276077-0003-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Orsz\u00e1gos Bajnoks\u00e1g I (women's water polo), Championship playoff, Quarterfinals\nBVSC-Zugl\u00f3 Diapolo won the series 9\u20130 with points ratio, and advanced to the Semifinals.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 49], "section_span": [51, 86], "content_span": [87, 175]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276077-0004-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Orsz\u00e1gos Bajnoks\u00e1g I (women's water polo), Championship playoff, Quarterfinals\nFerencv\u00e1rosi TC won the series 9\u20130 with points ratio, and advanced to the Semifinals.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 49], "section_span": [51, 86], "content_span": [87, 172]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276077-0005-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Orsz\u00e1gos Bajnoks\u00e1g I (women's water polo), Championship playoff, Semifinals\nHigher ranked team hosted Game 1 plus Game 3 if necessary. The lower ranked hosted Game 2.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 49], "section_span": [51, 83], "content_span": [84, 174]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276078-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Ottawa Senators season\nThe 2017\u201318 Ottawa Senators season was the 26th season of the Ottawa Senators of the National Hockey League (NHL). The Senators failed to return to the Stanley Cup playoffs after advancing to game seven of the Eastern Conference Final in the 2017 playoffs.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [30, 30], "content_span": [31, 287]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276078-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Ottawa Senators season, Team business\nThe team moved their American Hockey League (AHL) affiliate team, the Binghamton Senators, to Belleville, Ontario, becoming the Belleville Senators for the 2017\u201318 season. The AHL team plays in a refurbished Yardmen Arena, equipped with CA$20 million in upgrades.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 45], "content_span": [46, 309]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276078-0002-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Ottawa Senators season, Team business\nThe team completed some work on the Canadian Tire Centre in time for the season. The team reduced seating in the upper bowl while adding a stage and special event areas. Team president Tom Anselmi explained the changes in part as that the Centre had too many upper bowl seats and not enough lower bowl seating. The team and Senators fans had been criticized during the 2017 playoffs for not selling out every playoff game. The seating capacity was reduced to 17,000 (standing areas were retained). After the season, Eugene Melnyk stated that he thought the move was a mistake and the tarps over the seats in the upper bowl would be removed for next season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 45], "content_span": [46, 702]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276078-0003-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Ottawa Senators season, Team business\nIn January 2018, the Senators reached an agreement with the National Capital Commission government agency in Ottawa to redevelop the downtown LeBreton Flats site. The site would be redeveloped for CA$3.5 billion in a partnership with private developers known as the Rendezvous Group and would include new residential buildings, a public square and tourist attractions. As part of the redevelopment, the Senators would build a new ice hockey arena to replace the Canadian Tire Centre, an arena considered by many fans to be remote and having access problems. A new arena is not expected to open before 2022.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 45], "content_span": [46, 652]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276078-0004-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Ottawa Senators season, Team business\nIn February 2018, team president Anselmi resigned his position with the Senators, without explanation. The same day, the Senators extended the contract of general manager Pierre Dorion by three years, given the task by owner Melnyk to rebuild the team as necessary.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 45], "content_span": [46, 311]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276078-0005-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Ottawa Senators season, Team business\nA group of fans, disappointed in the team in general and owner Melnyk in particular, organized the \"#MelnykOut\" campaign to prod Melnyk into selling the team or otherwise not be involved with the team. Billboards promoting the \"#MelnykOut\" campaign were crowd-funded and located around Ottawa. Melnyk and Dorion held \"town-hall\" meetings with season ticket subscribers after the season in an effort to win back the fan base. The club announced a reduction in parking rates, concession incentives and the removal of the tarps from seats in the arena. Melnyk told the fans that the team was not for sale.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 45], "content_span": [46, 648]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276078-0005-0001", "contents": "2017\u201318 Ottawa Senators season, Team business\nFormer captain Daniel Alfredsson later told former Ottawa Sun columnist Susan Sherring that he and Ottawa Mayor Jim Watson were in agreement that \"it was time for a new owner.\" Asked about Alfredsson's comments, NHL Commissioner Gary Bettman stated that the club was not for sale, that Melnyk was \"committed to the Senators and is passionate about them.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 45], "content_span": [46, 400]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276078-0006-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Ottawa Senators season, Team business\nIn May 2018, the club announced the appointment of Nicolas Ruszkowski as its new chief operating officer. Ruszkowski has a background in public relations. Ruszkowski will be in charge of business operations and will not have a role in hockey operations.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 45], "content_span": [46, 299]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276078-0007-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Ottawa Senators season, Off-season\nOn June 14, 2017, the Senators announced that long-time winger Chris Neil would not be re-signed and he became a free agent on July 1. Neil had played over 1,000 games for the Senators since being drafted by the team in 1998, accumulating 2,522 penalty minutes during this time, the 20th-most of any player in league history. Neil would not be signed by any other NHL team and he chose to retire. He was honoured by the Senators with a ceremony at the January 25, 2018, Senators' home game.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 42], "content_span": [43, 533]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276078-0008-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Ottawa Senators season, Off-season\nOn July 1, 2017, former Senators team captain Daniel Alfredsson announced that he was stepping down in his role as senior advisor of hockey operations. He said that he wanted to take a complete break from the game to spend time with his family. Alfredsson held the role for two seasons.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 42], "content_span": [43, 329]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276078-0009-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Ottawa Senators season, Off-season\nThe team had a significant turnover in personnel. Senators did not resign forwards Chris Kelly, Tommy Wingels or Viktor Stalberg, and lost Clarke MacArthur to long-term injury related to his ongoing issues with concussions. Defenceman Marc Methot was lost to the Vegas Golden Knights through the 2017 NHL Expansion Draft. Kelly would later join the Senators' Belleville affiliate. The Senators signed free agents Johnny Oduya and Nate Thompson.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 42], "content_span": [43, 487]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276078-0010-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Ottawa Senators season, Pre-season\nOn June 16, 2017, the Senators announced their pre-season schedule. They played a six-game schedule starting September 18, including a home-and-home set against their provincial rivals, the Toronto Maple Leafs, and a game against the New Jersey Devils in O'Leary, Prince Edward Island, as part of Kraft Hockeyville on September 25. The team also played two games against their closest geographical rival, the Montreal Canadiens, and one game against the Winnipeg Jets.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 42], "content_span": [43, 511]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276078-0011-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Ottawa Senators season, Regular season\nThe Senators' home opener was against the Washington Capitals on October 5. On November 10 and November 11, the Senators played two games against the Colorado Avalanche in Stockholm, Sweden. This marked the first time an NHL regular season game has been played outside of North America since 2011.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 46], "content_span": [47, 344]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276078-0012-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Ottawa Senators season, Regular season\nThe Senators made a major trade on November 5, 2017. The team traded Kyle Turris, Andrew Hammond, Shane Bowers and draft picks to the Colorado Avalanche for Matt Duchene, who had requested a trade from the Avalanche. Turris was moved by the Avalanche to the Nashville Predators in a second phase of the deal. Turris had been in unsuccessful salary negotiations with the Senators and turned down a contract offer from the Senators which was similar to one he accepted from the Predators. Hammond had been playing for the Senators' minor league Belleville team, and the Senators wanted to clear his contract. Hammond would remain with Belleville after the trade and was eventually elevated by the Avalanche. Bowers was the Senators' 2017 first round entry draft pick, playing in NCAA ice hockey.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 46], "content_span": [47, 840]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276078-0013-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Ottawa Senators season, Regular season\nTo mark the NHL's centennial, the Senators hosted the \"NHL 100 Classic\" outdoor game on December 16 at TD Place Stadium in Ottawa. The game between Ottawa and the Montreal Canadiens comes nearly 100 years after the first game of the NHL's 1917\u201318 season, between the Ottawa Senators and the Montreal Canadiens. The regular season game was also a Canada 150 event. The stadium's capacity was increased with temporary stands, which were also used for the 105th Grey Cup game to be held a few weeks earlier.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 46], "content_span": [47, 551]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276078-0013-0001", "contents": "2017\u201318 Ottawa Senators season, Regular season\nThe Senators had hoped to host the event on Parliament Hill, but the Government of Canada decided it was not feasible. An alumni game was held at an NHL-sized rink installed on Parliament Hill. In the 100 Classic, the Senators defeated the Canadiens 3\u20130. The game was preceded by controversial comments by owner Eugene Melnyk about the team's attendance, the move to Lebreton Flats and a possible move of the team.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 46], "content_span": [47, 461]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276078-0014-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Ottawa Senators season, Regular season\nThe Senators began the season without captain Erik Karlsson, who had had off-season surgery, and he returned late in October, at less than 100%, but the team managed to have a winning record in October. After the trade for Duchene, the Senators played the games against the Avalanche in Sweden, winning both. The rest of November was unkind, as the Senators then lost seven in a row, one in overtime. December was also a losing month, as the Senators had five-game and four-game losing streaks and won only one game of eight on the road. January saw the Senators lose six in a row, the first time the team had lost six in a row in regulation since 1996.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 46], "content_span": [47, 700]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276078-0015-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Ottawa Senators season, Regular season\nAs the trade deadline of February 26 approached, the Senators were still well outside of a playoff spot. After having his contract extended, general manager Dorion went to work to rebuild the roster. The Senators traded Chris DiDomenico to the Chicago Blackhawks and Dion Phaneuf and Nate Thompson to the Los Angeles Kings. Derick Brassard went to the Pittsburgh Penguins in a three-team swap with the Vegas Golden Knights. Defenceman Johnny Oduya went to the Philadelphia Flyers via waivers.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 46], "content_span": [47, 539]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276078-0015-0001", "contents": "2017\u201318 Ottawa Senators season, Regular season\nThe Senators notified other teams that they would consider offers for team captain Erik Karlsson, and also suggested a package including Bobby Ryan, but neither player was traded. GM Dorion later stated he would not trade Karlsson at the 2018 NHL Entry Draft and would offer him an eight-year extension on his contract on July 1, 2018, the first day the team is allowed to do so.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 46], "content_span": [47, 426]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276078-0016-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Ottawa Senators season, Playoffs\nThe Senators were eliminated from playoff contention on March 22, 2018.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 40], "content_span": [41, 112]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276078-0017-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Ottawa Senators season, Schedule and results, Pre-season\nNotes: Game was played at Consolidated Credit Union Place in Summerside, Prince Edward Island.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 64], "content_span": [65, 160]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276078-0018-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Ottawa Senators season, Schedule and results, Regular season\nThe regular season schedule was released on June 22, 2017.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 68], "content_span": [69, 127]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276078-0019-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Ottawa Senators season, Schedule and results, Regular season\nLegend:\u00a0\u00a0Win (2 points)\u00a0\u00a0Loss (0 points)\u00a0\u00a0Overtime/shootout loss (1 point)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 68], "content_span": [69, 143]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276078-0020-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Ottawa Senators season, Players, Statistics\n\u2020Denotes player spent time with another team before joining the Senators. Stats reflect time with the Senators only. \u2021No longer with team. Bold denotes team leader in that category.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 51], "content_span": [52, 233]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276078-0021-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Ottawa Senators season, Draft picks\nThe Senators participated in the 2017 NHL Entry Draft, which was held on June 23\u201324, 2017 at the United Center in Chicago, Illinois.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 43], "content_span": [44, 176]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276079-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Oud-Heverlee Leuven season\nThe 2017\u201318 season was Oud-Heverlee Leuven's 16th competitive season in professional football and the team's second consecutive season at the second level following their relegation from the Belgian Pro League in 2016. It was also the first season under the ownership of the King Power International Group lead by Vichai Srivaddhanaprabha.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [34, 34], "content_span": [35, 374]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276079-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Oud-Heverlee Leuven season\nOH Leuven lost points early throughout the season as several key starting players arrived only late in the 2017 summer transfer window, resulting in a poor league start of 2 wins, 4 draws and 1 loss from the opening 7 games. The team was not able to overtake Beerschot-Wilrijk anymore during the opening tournament, missing the first chance to qualify for the promotion play-offs by three points.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [34, 34], "content_span": [35, 431]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276079-0002-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Oud-Heverlee Leuven season\nIn the closing tournament the team again started mediocre, drawing against struggling teams Roeselare, Union SG and Tubize to set up a crucial away match to Cercle Brugge already on matchday 6, which was lost 1-0 against ten men. OH Leuven thereafter never managed to close the gap to Cercle Brugge and had to settle for the Europa League play-off matches, in which they scored wins against Waasland-Beveren and Excel Mouscron and a draw against a strong Zulte Waregem. Eventually the team ended fourth after finishing the season by being thrashed 5-0 away to Excel Mouscron, a score which was on the scoreboard already at half-time.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [34, 34], "content_span": [35, 668]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276079-0003-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Oud-Heverlee Leuven season\nIn the cup, the team strolled past Turnhout (playing two divisions lower) with seven different players scoring in an 8-0 win, before being eliminated after extra time by top division team Sint-Truiden. OH Leuven managed to come back from a deficit twice, the second time far into extra-time when down to nine men.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [34, 34], "content_span": [35, 348]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276079-0004-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Oud-Heverlee Leuven season, Transfers\nDuring the summer of 2017, OH Leuven was very active on the transfer market, although initially this was most noticeable on the outgoing side with the contracts of Nicolas Delporte, Nathan Durieux, Jonathan Kindermans and Fazl\u0131 Kocaba\u015f not being prolonged and five loan players returning to their parent clubs: Nathan de Medina returned to Anderlecht, Siebe Horemans, Lucas Schoofs and Serge Tabekou all returned to Gent and Yannick Loemba returned to Oostende.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 45], "content_span": [46, 507]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276079-0004-0001", "contents": "2017\u201318 Oud-Heverlee Leuven season, Transfers\nNo official news was released at the time about Jeroen Simaeys, who had suffered a serious injury early 2017, but he was no longer being presented as part of the squad in spite of having a running contract. Early 2018 it would become apparent that the injury had effectively ended Simaeys' professional football career and that he had found an agreement with the club to terminate his contract early. On top of this in May Belgian First Amateur Division team Heist announced the signing of defender Mehdi Bounou, while Kenneth Houdret moved to direct opponents Union SG.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 45], "content_span": [46, 616]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276079-0004-0002", "contents": "2017\u201318 Oud-Heverlee Leuven season, Transfers\nOn the incoming side, OH Leuven announced mid May the dual signing of defenders Cl\u00e9ment Fabre (from Tubize) and Kenneth Schuermans (from Westerlo), while also mentioning that goalkeeper Laurent Henkinet had extended his contract by three seasons until 2020. Early June saw two further departures, with first Soufiane El Banouhi following Kenneth Houdret to Union SG, followed by Romain Reynaud who moved to French fourth tier team Andr\u00e9zieux-Bouth\u00e9on.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 45], "content_span": [46, 497]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276079-0004-0003", "contents": "2017\u201318 Oud-Heverlee Leuven season, Transfers\nLater that month three more players departed the squad as Pieter-Jan Monteyne moved to Roeselare, Pierre-Yves Ngawa was signed by Serie B team Avellino and Ben Yagan moved to the Belgian First Amateur Division to play for Dessel Sport, while on the incoming side OH Leuven strengthened the squad with four players: Geert Berben was seen as a promising youngster and picked up from relegated Lommel United, experienced French midfielder Julien Gorius was brought in for free from Chinese team Changchun Yatai and with Yannick Aguemon (from Union SG) and Nikola Storm (again on loan from Club Brugge), two fast wingers were added to the squad.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 45], "content_span": [46, 687]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276079-0004-0004", "contents": "2017\u201318 Oud-Heverlee Leuven season, Transfers\nStorm had already been on loan since the 2016\u201317 winter transfer window but the loan was extended for another season. In July, the team signed three Belgian players, young midfielder Mathieu Maertens was brought in from Cercle Brugge, while defenders Derrick Tshimanga (from Willem II) and Dimitri Daeseleire (from Antwerp) were brought in for their experience. Meanwhile, Simon Bracke and C\u00e9dric D'Ulivo left the team, respectively to Hasselt and Icelandic team FH. Traditionally, OH Leuven was very active in the month of August.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 45], "content_span": [46, 577]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276079-0004-0005", "contents": "2017\u201318 Oud-Heverlee Leuven season, Transfers\nAs newly signed player Cl\u00e9ment Fabre had suffered a serious injury near the end of July, which meant he would be unavailable for at least several months, two more defenders were brought in: Ivorian international Mamadou Bagayoko was signed from Sint-Truiden while English youth international Elliott Moore arrived on loan from Leicester City, with that transfer being arranged due to the fact that both OH Leuven and Leicester were now under ownership of King Power.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 45], "content_span": [46, 512]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276079-0004-0006", "contents": "2017\u201318 Oud-Heverlee Leuven season, Transfers\nFurthermore, experienced midfielder David Hubert was signed from Gent and the offensive department was reinforced with two foreign strikers, Scotsman Tony Watt from Charlton Athletic and Senegalese Simon Diedhiou from Gent. Four Belgian youngsters were sent out on loans to various teams playing in the 2017\u201318 Belgian First Amateur Division to get more playing time: Benjamin Bambi and Jordy Lokando were sent to Heist, striker Din Sula to Lommel and winger Leo Njengo to Dessel Sport.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 45], "content_span": [46, 532]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276079-0004-0007", "contents": "2017\u201318 Oud-Heverlee Leuven season, Transfers\nFinally, on transfer deadline day, three more players arrived: defender Benjamin Boulenger was loaned from Charleroi, 20 year old Nigerian winger Godwin Odibo was signed from Nath Boys Academy and experienced Belgian defender Koen Persoons was brought in from Lokeren. Although Ivorian international goalkeeper Copa had announced his retirement already a few weeks before, he arrived one day after the end of the transfer window on a free basis from Lokeren as an experienced backup and coach for Nick Gillekens, Laurent Henkinet and youngster Andreas Suederick.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 45], "content_span": [46, 608]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276079-0005-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Oud-Heverlee Leuven season, Transfers\nDuring the 2017\u201318 winter transfer window, OH Leuven was much less active. Geert Berben had both not been receiving much playing time and was therefore loaned out to Oosterzonen Oosterwijk. Also loaned out was Thomas Azevedo, who was unhappy to be used only as a substitute and returned on loan to his former team Lommel.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 45], "content_span": [46, 367]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276079-0005-0001", "contents": "2017\u201318 Oud-Heverlee Leuven season, Transfers\nFinally, Mamadou Bagayoko, who had only been signed during the summer and did feature regularly in the team, was loaned out to Belgian First Division A team Mechelen where he was again reunited with Dennis van Wijk who was previously in charge at OH Leuven when Bagayoko joined the team. On the incoming side, despite already having four goalkeepers, the Thai owners behind Kind Power brought in Thailand national football team first goalkeeper Kawin Thamsatchanan from Muangthong United on a five-year deal.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 45], "content_span": [46, 554]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276079-0005-0002", "contents": "2017\u201318 Oud-Heverlee Leuven season, Transfers\nFurthermore, midfielder Samy Kehli was loaned from Lokeren, winger Joeri Dequevy arrived from Antwerp where he was deemed surplus and Ghanaian youngster Kamal Sowah became the second player on loan from Leicester City as he arrived on an 18-month deal until the summer of 2019. In February, Tony Watt was released after failing to make an impression.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 45], "content_span": [46, 396]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276079-0006-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Oud-Heverlee Leuven season, Belgian First Division B\nOHL's season in the Belgian First Division B began on 5 August 2017.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 60], "content_span": [61, 129]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276079-0007-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Oud-Heverlee Leuven season, Europa League play-offs\nOHL qualified for the Europa League play-offs based on their league position in the 2017\u201318 Belgian First Division B.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 59], "content_span": [60, 177]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276080-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Oxford United F.C. season\nThe 2017\u201318 season was Oxford United's second consecutive season in League One and their 124th year in existence. As well as competing in League One, the club participated in the FA Cup, EFL Cup and EFL Trophy.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [33, 33], "content_span": [34, 244]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276080-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Oxford United F.C. season\nBefore the start of the season, manager Michael Appleton resigned to become assistant manager at Leicester City. His replacement Pep Clotet, formerly assistant manager at Leeds United, in contrast to Appleton's policy of signing promising young British players, signed a mix of foreign players, among them Dwight Tiendalli, Xemi Fern\u00e1ndez, Ivo P\u0119kalski, Agon Mehmeti and Ricardinho (the first Brazilian to play for Oxford), and seasoned British pros including Jonathan Obika from rivals Swindon Town, James Henry, Mike Williamson and John Mousinho.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [33, 33], "content_span": [34, 582]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276080-0001-0001", "contents": "2017\u201318 Oxford United F.C. season\nA number of influential players, among them Chey Dunkley, Liam Sercombe, top scorer Chris Maguire, captain John Lundstram and record signing Marvin Johnson, left the club. Incoming loanees included Jack Payne from Huddersfield Town and Gino van Kessel from Slavia Prague. Striker Kane Hemmings and defender Charlie Raglan were given season-long loans at Mansfield Town and Port Vale respectively. Curtis Nelson was appointed club captain following the departure of Lundstram.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [33, 33], "content_span": [34, 509]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276080-0002-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Oxford United F.C. season\nResults started reasonably with an away win over Oldham Athletic (who were to be relegated at the end of the season) and a home win over Portsmouth in front of what turned out to be the club's largest home crowd of the season. After 15 games the club were in the play-off places, but form declined through the late autumn. Curtis Nelson ruptured his Achilles tendon during a home defeat to Northampton Town in November, and John Mousinho was appointed captain in his place (until Nelson's eventual return in April).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [33, 33], "content_span": [34, 549]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276080-0002-0001", "contents": "2017\u201318 Oxford United F.C. season\nOxford suffered a record 7\u20130 home defeat at the hands of eventual champions Wigan Athletic on 23 December. During the January transfer window, Payne was recalled by his parent club, Xemi was released from his contract and Robert Dickie and Cameron Brannagan were signed from Reading and Liverpool respectively. Three young loanees were recruited from Premier League clubs: Isaac Buckley-Ricketts and Ashley Smith-Brown from Manchester City and Todd Kane from Chelsea.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [33, 33], "content_span": [34, 501]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276080-0003-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Oxford United F.C. season\nAfter a home defeat to bottom club Bury, Clotet was sacked with the club in 10th place. Caretaker-manager Derek Fazackerley presided over the team for two months, in which time they won only twice in eight games and dropped to 15th place.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [33, 33], "content_span": [34, 272]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276080-0004-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Oxford United F.C. season\nMidway through Fazackerley's tenure, the club announced that Thai businessman Sumrith Thanakarnjanasuth, formerly a member of the owning consortium at rivals Reading, had become the new owner of the club. Thanakarnjanasuth appointed Karl Robinson as the club's permanent manager on 22 March 2018. Robinson had to wait five games for his first win, but his aim of retaining the club's League One status was achieved with three wins from the last five games of the season. The club finished in 16th place on 56 points, six points above the relegation zone.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [33, 33], "content_span": [34, 588]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276080-0005-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Oxford United F.C. season\nUnited were eliminated by lower-league opposition in the opening rounds of the League Cup and FA Cup, by Cheltenham Town and Port Vale respectively. Having been losing finalists for the previous two seasons, they reached the last 8 of the EFL Trophy but were eliminated by Chelsea U21s.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [33, 33], "content_span": [34, 320]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276080-0006-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Oxford United F.C. season\nMidfielder James Henry and striker Wes Thomas were the club's leading scorers, each with 11 goals (10 in the League). For the second season running, goalkeeper Simon Eastwood played every minute of every league game, though he was rested for a couple of EFL Trophy matches. Midfielder Ryan Ledson, the subject of persistent transfer rumours, was voted the Supporters' Player of the Season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [33, 33], "content_span": [34, 423]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276080-0007-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Oxford United F.C. season, Competitions, Friendlies\nOxford United played six pre-season friendlies, against Oxford City, Middlesbrough and Hull City (in Portugal), Brentford, Birmingham City and Leeds United. A proposed friendly against Lincoln City was cancelled.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 59], "content_span": [60, 272]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276080-0008-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Oxford United F.C. season, Competitions, FA Cup\nOn 16 October 2017, Oxford United were drawn away to Port Vale in the first round.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 55], "content_span": [56, 138]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276080-0009-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Oxford United F.C. season, Competitions, EFL Cup\nOn 16 June 2017, Oxford United were drawn at home to Cheltenham Town in the first round.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 56], "content_span": [57, 145]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276081-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 PAOK FC season\nThe 2017\u201318 season was PAOK Football Club's 92st in existence and the club's 59th consecutive season in the top flight of Greek football. The season was marked by two derby matches (vs Olympiacos on 25 February and vs AEK on 11 March) that were awarded against PAOK by court decision. The team defended their Greek Cup title won in 2017 and also competed in UEFA Europa League.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [22, 22], "content_span": [23, 400]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276081-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 PAOK FC season, Statistics, Squad statistics\nAppearances denote players in the starting lineup, with the numbers in parentheses denoting appearances as substitute.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 52], "content_span": [53, 171]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276082-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 PAS Giannina F.C. season\nThe 2017\u201318 season is PAS Giannina F.C. 's 23rd competitive season in the top flight of Greek football, 8th season in the Super League Greece, and 52nd year in existence as a football club. They also compete in the Greek Cup.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [32, 32], "content_span": [33, 258]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276082-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 PAS Giannina F.C. season, Transfers, Summer, Out\nFor recent transfers, see List of Greek football transfers summer 2017", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 56], "content_span": [57, 127]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276082-0002-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 PAS Giannina F.C. season, Transfers, Winter, Out\nFor recent transfers, see List of Greek football transfers winter 2017\u201318", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 56], "content_span": [57, 130]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276083-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 PBA Philippine Cup\nThe 2017\u201318 Philippine Basketball Association (PBA) Philippine Cup was the first conference of the 2017\u201318 PBA season. The tournament started on December 17, 2017 and ended on April 6, 2018. The tournament does not allow teams to hire foreign players or imports.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [26, 26], "content_span": [27, 289]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276083-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 PBA Philippine Cup, Format\nThe following format will be observed for the duration of the conference:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 34], "content_span": [35, 108]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276084-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 PBA Philippine Cup Finals\nThe 2017\u201318 Philippine Basketball Association (PBA) Philippine Cup Finals was the best-of-7 championship series of the 2017\u201318 PBA Philippine Cup and the conclusion of the conference's playoffs. The San Miguel Beermen and the Magnolia Hotshots competed for the 40th Philippine Cup championship and the 122nd overall championship contested by the league. San Miguel won the series in 5 games to be the first team in history to win four straight Philippine Cup titles.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [33, 33], "content_span": [34, 500]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276084-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 PBA Philippine Cup Finals, Broadcast notes\nThe Philippine Cup Finals was aired on TV5 with simulcasts on PBA Rush (both in standard and high definition). TV5's radio arm, Radyo5 provided the radio play-by-play coverage.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 50], "content_span": [51, 227]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276084-0002-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 PBA Philippine Cup Finals, Broadcast notes\nESPN5 also provided online livestreaming via their official YouTube account using the 5 Network feed.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 50], "content_span": [51, 152]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276084-0003-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 PBA Philippine Cup Finals, Broadcast notes\nThe PBA Rush broadcast provided English-language coverage of the Finals.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 50], "content_span": [51, 123]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276085-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 PBA season\nThe 2017\u201318 PBA season was the 43rd season of the Philippine Basketball Association. The league continued to use the three-conference format, starting with the Philippine Cup. The Commissioner's Cup and the Governors' Cup were the second and third conferences in the upcoming season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [18, 18], "content_span": [19, 302]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276085-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 PBA season\nThe first event of the season was the 2017 PBA draft, held on October 29.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [18, 18], "content_span": [19, 92]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276085-0002-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 PBA season, Arenas\nLike several Metro Manila-centric leagues, most games are held at arenas within Metro Manila, either the Smart Araneta Coliseum or the Mall of Asia Arena, and sometimes, in the Ynares Center in Antipolo. Games outside this area are called \"out-of-town\" games, and are usually played on Saturdays. Provincial arenas usually host one game, rarely two; these arenas typically host only once per season, but a league may return within a season if the turnout is satisfactory.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [20, 26], "content_span": [27, 498]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276085-0003-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 PBA season, Arenas\nTypically, all playoff games are held in Metro Manila arenas, although playoff and Finals games have been seldom played in the provinces.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [20, 26], "content_span": [27, 164]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276085-0004-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 PBA season, Transactions, Rule changes\nThe PBA competition committee approved the rule changes for implementation starting in the Commissioner's Cup games:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [20, 46], "content_span": [47, 163]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276085-0005-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 PBA season, Opening ceremonies\nThe opening ceremonies for this season was held at the Smart Araneta Coliseum in Quezon City on December 17, 2017. The first game of the Philippine Cup between the Phoenix Fuel Masters and the San Miguel Beermen immediately followed.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [20, 38], "content_span": [39, 272]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276086-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 PEC Zwolle (women) season\nThe 2017\u201318 season is PEC Zwolle's 8th season of play in the Eredivisie and also its 8th consecutive season in the top flight of Dutch football for women.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [33, 33], "content_span": [34, 188]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276087-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 PEC Zwolle season\nThe 2017\u201318 season was PEC Zwolle's 107th season of play, it marked its 16th season in the Eredivisie and its 6th consecutive season in the top flight of Dutch football.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [25, 25], "content_span": [26, 195]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276088-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 PFC Beroe Stara Zagora season\nBeroe is a Bulgarian professional football club which are based in Stara Zagora. During the 2017/18 campaign they will be competing in the following competitions: First League, Bulgarian cup.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [37, 37], "content_span": [38, 229]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276089-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 PFC CSKA Moscow season\nThe 2017\u201318 CSKA season was the 26th successive season that the club played in the Russian Premier League, the highest tier of association football in Russia. CSKA finished the previous season in 2nd, and as a result entered the Champions League at the Third Qualifying stage, and also took part in the Russian Cup.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [30, 30], "content_span": [31, 346]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276089-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 PFC CSKA Moscow season, Squad, Out on loan\nNote: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 50], "content_span": [51, 179]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276090-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 PFC CSKA Sofia season\nThe 2017\u201318 season is CSKA Sofia's 69th season in the Bulgarian A Football Group and their second consecutive participation after their administrative relegation in the third division due to mounting financial troubles. This article shows player statistics and all matches (official and friendly) that the club will play during the 2017\u201318 season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [29, 29], "content_span": [30, 377]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276090-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 PFC CSKA Sofia season, Players in/out, Summer transfers\nIn:Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 63], "content_span": [64, 195]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276090-0002-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 PFC CSKA Sofia season, Players in/out, Summer transfers\nOut:Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 63], "content_span": [64, 196]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276090-0003-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 PFC CSKA Sofia season, Players in/out, Winter transfers\nIn:Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 63], "content_span": [64, 195]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276090-0004-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 PFC CSKA Sofia season, Players in/out, Winter transfers\nOut:Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 63], "content_span": [64, 196]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276091-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 PFC Cherno More Varna season\nThis page covers all relevant details regarding Cherno More for all official competitions inside the 2017\u201318 season. These are the First Professional Football League and the Bulgarian Cup.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [36, 36], "content_span": [37, 225]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276091-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 PFC Cherno More Varna season\nDue to the ongoing repair works at Ticha Stadium, the team played its first home league game at Kavarna Stadium in Kavarna.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [36, 36], "content_span": [37, 160]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276091-0002-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 PFC Cherno More Varna season\nOn 21 September 2017, following a streak of poor results and Bulgarian Cup elimination by Montana, manager Georgi Ivanov resigned. Assistant coach Emanuel Lukanov was immediately appointed as caretaker manager. As results didn't improve, on 28 December he was replaced with Ilian Iliev, his second tenure as Cherno More manager.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [36, 36], "content_span": [37, 365]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276091-0003-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 PFC Cherno More Varna season, Competitions, Pre-season and friendlies\nAs of 16 June 2017, Cherno More have announced 5 pre-season friendlies against Levski Sofia, Beroe, Septemvri Sofia, Bnei Yehuda and Dun\u0103rea C\u0103l\u0103ra\u0219i. The Israeli club replaced the initially announced Sozopol. The final summer pre-season friendly was supposed to be against Dobrudzha Dobrich but they refused to participate due to organizational issues and were replaced by the Romanian club. On 14 December 2017, the club announced the final two friendlies for the winter pre-season, against Ludogorets Razgrad II and Pomorie. The first winter pre-season match was announced a week later.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 77], "content_span": [78, 667]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276091-0003-0001", "contents": "2017\u201318 PFC Cherno More Varna season, Competitions, Pre-season and friendlies\nOn 7 January 2018, the full schedule of the winter pre-season was announced, with 5 friendlies on Turkish soil: against Krylia Sovetov on 24 January, Lokomotiv Tashkent on 29 January, and Pyunik on 31 January. Two more friendlies remained to be arranged. They were announced on 17 January, encounters with Tirana on 23 January and Dun\u0103rea C\u0103l\u0103ra\u0219i on 31 January. Subsequently, the friendly against the Armenian club was rearranged with Tosno. On 21 March, another friendly was arranged during the international break, against Chernomorets Balchik.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 77], "content_span": [78, 625]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276091-0004-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 PFC Cherno More Varna season, Statistics, Player appearances\nKey:\u00a0\u00a0\u2021 On loan from another club \u00a0\u00a0* First appearance(s) for the club", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 68], "content_span": [69, 139]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276091-0005-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 PFC Cherno More Varna season, Statistics, Player appearances\nCorrect as of 24 May 2018. Starting appearances are listed first, followed by substitute appearances in parentheses where applicable.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 68], "content_span": [69, 202]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276091-0006-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 PFC Cherno More Varna season, Statistics, Minutes on the pitch\nIncludes injury time. Positions indicate the most natural position of the particular player, followed by alternative positions where he actually started games during the course of the season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 70], "content_span": [71, 262]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276091-0007-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 PFC Cherno More Varna season, Statistics, Disciplinary record\nCorrect as of 24 May 2018Players are listed in descending order of Players with the same amount of cards are listed by their position on the club's official website", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 69], "content_span": [70, 234]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276091-0008-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 PFC Cherno More Varna season, Statistics, Injuries\nPlayers in bold are still out from their injuries. Players listed will/have miss(ed) at least one competitive game (missing from whole match day squad).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 58], "content_span": [59, 211]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276091-0009-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 PFC Cherno More Varna season, Statistics, Home attendances\nCorrect as of match played on 16 May 2018. Win\u00a0\u00a0Draw\u00a0\u00a0Loss\u00a0\u00a0Void", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 66], "content_span": [67, 131]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276092-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 PFC Levski Sofia season\nThe 2017\u201318 season is Levski Sofia's 97th season in the First League. This article shows player statistics and all matches (official and friendly) that the club has played during the 2017\u201318 season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [31, 31], "content_span": [32, 230]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276093-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 PFC Ludogorets Razgrad season\nThe 2017\u201318 season is Ludogorets Razgrad's seventh consecutive season in the Bulgarian First League, of which they are defending champions. They will also take part in the Bulgarian Cup, Supercup and will enter the UEFA Champions League second qualifying round.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [37, 37], "content_span": [38, 299]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276093-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 PFC Ludogorets Razgrad season, Squad, Out on loan\nNote: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 57], "content_span": [58, 186]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276093-0002-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 PFC Ludogorets Razgrad season, Transfers, Summer\nIn:Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 56], "content_span": [57, 188]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276093-0003-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 PFC Ludogorets Razgrad season, Transfers, Summer\nOut:Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 56], "content_span": [57, 189]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276093-0004-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 PFC Ludogorets Razgrad season, Transfers, Winter\nIn:Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 56], "content_span": [57, 188]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276093-0005-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 PFC Ludogorets Razgrad season, Transfers, Winter\nOut:Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 56], "content_span": [57, 189]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276094-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 PGA Tour\nThe 2018 PGA Tour was the 103rd season of the PGA Tour, and the 51st since separating from the PGA of America. The season began on October 5, 2017.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [16, 16], "content_span": [17, 164]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276094-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 PGA Tour, Schedule\nThe schedule contained 48 events, including two new ones: The CJ Cup in South Korea and the Corales Puntacana Resort and Club Championship, a former event on the Web.com Tour based out of the Dominican Republic. The Barbasol Championship will be played in Kentucky, the first non-major PGA Tour event in the state since 1959. The Puerto Rico Open became an unofficial charity event in the wake of Hurricane Maria.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [18, 26], "content_span": [27, 440]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276094-0002-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 PGA Tour, Schedule, Unofficial events\nThe following events do not carry FedEx Cup points or official money, although some do give out OWGR points.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [18, 45], "content_span": [46, 154]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276095-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 PGE Skra Be\u0142chat\u00f3w season\nPGE Skra Be\u0142chat\u00f3w 2017\u20132018 season is the 2017/2018 volleyball season for Polish professional volleyball club PGE Skra Be\u0142chat\u00f3w.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [33, 33], "content_span": [34, 164]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276095-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 PGE Skra Be\u0142chat\u00f3w season\nOn May 5, 2018 PGE Skra Be\u0142chat\u00f3w beat ZAKSA K\u0119dzierzyn-Ko\u017ale in second match of finals and achieved 9th Polish title.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [33, 33], "content_span": [34, 152]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276095-0002-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 PGE Skra Be\u0142chat\u00f3w season, Team roster\nPlayers of PGE Skra Be\u0142chat\u00f3w on loan in season 2017/18:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 46], "content_span": [47, 103]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276095-0003-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 PGE Skra Be\u0142chat\u00f3w season, Results, schedules and standings, 2017 Polish SuperCup\nOn September 23, 2017 PGE Skra beat ZAKSA K\u0119dzierzyn-Ko\u017ale and achieved their third Polish SuperCup in history. Bartosz Bednorz was awarded a title of the Most Valuable Player.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 89], "content_span": [90, 266]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276095-0004-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 PGE Skra Be\u0142chat\u00f3w season, Results, schedules and standings, 2017\u201318 CEV Champions League, Playoff 12\nThe draws of the match pairs for the playoffs of 12 were held on March 2, 2018 in Luxembourg. PGE Skra was one of three Polish teams in this phase.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 109], "content_span": [110, 257]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276096-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 PLK season\nThe 2017\u201318 Polish Basketball League (PLK) season, the Energa Basket Liga for sponsorship reasons, was the 84th season of the Polish Basketball League, the highest professional basketball league in the Poland. The season started on 30 September 2017 and ended 4 June 2018. Anwil W\u0142oc\u0142awek won its second ever title in club history.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [18, 18], "content_span": [19, 350]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276096-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 PLK season, Teams\nPolfarmex Kutno and Siarka Tarnobrzeg were relegated to the I Liga after finishing in the 15th and 16th place in the 2016\u201317 PLK season. Legia Warsaw promoted to the PLK 15 years later, after winning the I Liga championship.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [20, 25], "content_span": [26, 250]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276096-0002-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 PLK season, Teams\nOn July 28, 2017, the PLK announced it expanded the number of teams to 17 by giving a wild card to GTK Gliwice, the runner-up of the I Liga.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [20, 25], "content_span": [26, 166]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276096-0003-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 PLK season, Playoffs\nQuarterfinals and semifinals are played in a best-of-five format (2-2-1) while the finals in a best-of-seven one (2-2-1-1-1). The third place series are played in a double-legged format.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [20, 28], "content_span": [29, 215]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276097-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 PSA World Series\nThe PSA World Series 2017\u201318 is a series of men's and women's squash tournaments which are part of the Professional Squash Association (PSA) World Tour for the end of 2017 and the start of 2018. The PSA World Series tournaments are some of the most prestigious events on the men's and women's tour. The best-performing players in the World Series events qualify for the annual 2018 Men's PSA World Series Finals and 2018 Women's PSA World Series Finals tournament.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [24, 24], "content_span": [25, 489]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276097-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 PSA World Series, PSA World Series Ranking Points\nPSA World Series events also have a separate World Series ranking. Points for this are calculated on a cumulative basis after each World Series event. The top eight players at the end of the calendar year are then eligible to play in the PSA World Series Finals.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 57], "content_span": [58, 320]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276097-0002-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 PSA World Series, Men's, Standings\n\u2021Marwan El Shorbagy withdraws to the World Series Finals on 30 May due to a hamstring injury.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 42], "content_span": [43, 136]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276098-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 PSA World Tour\nThe 2017\u201318 PSA World Tour is the international squash tour organised circuit organized by the Professional Squash Association (PSA) for the 2017 squash season. It's the 3rd PSA season since the merger of PSA and WSA associations in 2015.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [22, 22], "content_span": [23, 261]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276098-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 PSA World Tour\nThe most important tournaments in the series are the Men's and Women's PSA World Championship. The tour also features three categories of regular events - PSA World Series, which feature the highest prize money and the best fields; PSA 25-100 (formerly International) and PSA 5-15 (formerly Challenger). In the middle of the year, the PSA World Series tour is concluded by the Men's and Women's PSA World Series Finals in Dubai, the World Series-ending championships for the top 8 rated players. Players' performances in the tour are rated by World Rankings for men and women.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [22, 22], "content_span": [23, 599]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276098-0002-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 PSA World Tour, Calendar, May\n\u2021: Not included in the PSA calendar. (Played in a round-robin format).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 37], "content_span": [38, 108]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276098-0003-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 PSA World Tour, Calendar, July\n\u2021Although listed on PSA website as a both men's/women's tournament, women's draw was not played due to low number of registered players.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 38], "content_span": [39, 175]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276098-0004-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 PSA World Tour, Retirements\nFollowing is a list of notable players (winners of a main tour title, and/or part of the PSA Men's World Rankings and Women's World Rankings top 30 for at least one month) who announced their retirement from professional squash, became inactive, or were permanently banned from playing, during the 2017 season:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 35], "content_span": [36, 346]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276099-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 PSV Eindhoven season\nDuring the 2017\u201318 season, PSV Eindhoven participated in the Dutch Eredivisie, the KNVB Cup and the UEFA Europa League. They won the Eredivisie by defeating Ajax 3-0 at the Philips Stadion.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [28, 28], "content_span": [29, 218]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276099-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 PSV Eindhoven season, Season summary\nSeveral starting players departed the club before the season, including Andr\u00e9s Guardado, H\u00e9ctor Moreno, Davy Pr\u00f6pper and Jetro Willems. The biggest incoming transfer was Hirving Lozano, coming from Mexican club Pachuca. Despite these changes PSV won the Eredivisie title. The league was decided after a 3\u20130 victory over rivals Ajax.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 44], "content_span": [45, 377]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276099-0002-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 PSV Eindhoven season, Season summary\nIn the KNVB cup, PSV reached the quarter-finals before being eliminated by Feyenoord. PSV's Europa League campaign was a failure as they were knocked out by Croatian side Osijek in the qualifying rounds: it was the first time in 43 years that PSV failed to qualify for the main tournament of a European competition.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 44], "content_span": [45, 360]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276099-0003-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 PSV Eindhoven season, Squad\nNote: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 35], "content_span": [36, 164]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276100-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Pac-12 Conference men's basketball season\nThe 2017\u201318 Pac-12 Conference men's basketball season began with practices in October 2017 followed by the 2017\u201318 NCAA Division I men's basketball season on November 10, 2017. The conference schedule began on December 29, 2017. The season was the seventh season under the Pac\u201312 Conference name and the 59th since the conference was established under its current charter as the Athletic Association of Western Universities in 1959. Including the history of the Pacific Coast Conference, which operated from 1915 to 1959 and is considered by the Pac-12 as a part of its own history, this was the Pac-12's 103rd season of basketball.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 49], "section_span": [49, 49], "content_span": [50, 682]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276100-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Pac-12 Conference men's basketball season\nArizona won the regular season conference championship by two games over second-place USC.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 49], "section_span": [49, 49], "content_span": [50, 140]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276100-0002-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Pac-12 Conference men's basketball season\nThe Pac-12 Tournament was held from March 7\u201310, 2018 at the T-Mobile Arena in Paradise, Nevada. Arizona defeated USC in the tournament championship. As a result, the Wildcats received the conference' automatic bid to the NCAA Tournament.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 49], "section_span": [49, 49], "content_span": [50, 287]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276100-0003-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Pac-12 Conference men's basketball season\nArizona, Arizona State, UCLA received bids to the NCAA Tournament. The conference achieved an 0\u20133 record in the Tournament.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 49], "section_span": [49, 49], "content_span": [50, 173]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276100-0004-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Pac-12 Conference men's basketball season, Pre-season, Final Watchlists\nBelow is a table of notable year end watch lists.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 49], "section_span": [51, 79], "content_span": [80, 129]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276100-0005-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Pac-12 Conference men's basketball season, Regular season\nThe Schedule will be released in late September. Before the season, it was announced that for the sixth consecutive season, all regular season conference games and conference tournament games would be broadcast nationally by CBS Sports, FOX Sports, ESPN Inc. family of networks including ESPN, ESPN2 and ESPNU, and the Pac-12 Network.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 49], "section_span": [51, 65], "content_span": [66, 400]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276100-0006-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Pac-12 Conference men's basketball season, Regular season, Records against other conferences\n2017-18 records against non-conference foes as of (Dec. 28, 2017):", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 49], "section_span": [51, 100], "content_span": [101, 167]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276100-0007-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Pac-12 Conference men's basketball season, Regular season, Record against ranked non-conference opponents\nThis is a list of games against ranked opponents only (Rankings from the AP Poll):", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 49], "section_span": [51, 113], "content_span": [114, 196]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276100-0008-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Pac-12 Conference men's basketball season, Regular season, Record against ranked non-conference opponents\nTeam rankings are reflective of AP Poll when the game was played, not current or final ranking", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 49], "section_span": [51, 113], "content_span": [114, 208]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276100-0009-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Pac-12 Conference men's basketball season, Regular season, Conference schedule\nThis table summarizes the head-to-head results between teams in conference play.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 49], "section_span": [51, 86], "content_span": [87, 167]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276100-0010-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Pac-12 Conference men's basketball season, Head coaches, Coaching changes\nOn March 15, 2017, California head coach Cuonzo Martin resigned. On March 24, the school hired assistant coach Wyking Jones as the new head coach. On March 16, 2017, Washington fired Lorenzo Romar after fifteen years as head coach. On March 19, 2017, the school hired Mike Hopkins as head coach.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 49], "section_span": [51, 81], "content_span": [82, 377]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276100-0011-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Pac-12 Conference men's basketball season, Head coaches, Coaches\nNote: Stats shown are before the beginning of the season. Overall and Pac-12 records are from time at current school.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 49], "section_span": [51, 72], "content_span": [73, 190]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276100-0012-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Pac-12 Conference men's basketball season, Post season, Pac-12 Tournament\nThe conference tournament is scheduled for Wednesday\u2013Saturday March 7\u201310, 2018 at the T-Mobile Arena, Paradise, NV. The top four teams had a bye on the first day, March 7, 2018. Teams were seeded by conference record, with ties broken by record between the tied teams followed by record against the regular-season champion, if necessary.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 49], "section_span": [51, 81], "content_span": [82, 419]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276100-0013-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Pac-12 Conference men's basketball season, Post season, NCAA Tournament\nThree teams from the conference were selected to participate: Arizona, UCLA and Arizona State.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 49], "section_span": [51, 79], "content_span": [80, 174]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276100-0014-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Pac-12 Conference men's basketball season, Post season, National Invitation Tournament\nFive teams from the conference were selected to participate: USC, Utah, Stanford, Oregon & Washington.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 49], "section_span": [51, 94], "content_span": [95, 197]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276100-0015-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Pac-12 Conference men's basketball season, Awards and honors, Players of the Week\nThroughout the conference regular season, the Pac-12 offices named one or two players of the week each Monday.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 49], "section_span": [51, 89], "content_span": [90, 200]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276101-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Pacific Tigers men's basketball team\nThe 2017\u201318 Pacific Tigers men's basketball team represented the University of the Pacific during the 2017\u201318 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Tigers were led by second-year head coach Damon Stoudamire and played their home games at the Alex G. Spanos Center in Stockton, California as members of the West Coast Conference. They finished the season 14\u201318, 9\u20139 in WCC play to finish in a three-way tie for fourth place. They lost in the first round of the WCC Tournament to San Francisco.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [44, 44], "content_span": [45, 544]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276101-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Pacific Tigers men's basketball team, Previous season\nThe Tigers finished the 2016\u201317 season 11\u201322, 4\u201314 in WCC play to finish in ninth place. They defeated Pepperdine in the first round of the WCC Tournament to advance to the quarterfinals where they lost to Gonzaga.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [46, 61], "content_span": [62, 276]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276102-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Pacific Tigers women's basketball team\nThe 2017\u201318 Pacific Tigers women's basketball team represents the University of the Pacific during the 2017\u201318 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Tigers are led by third year head coach Bradley Davis. They play their home games at Alex G. Spanos Center and are members of the West Coast Conference. They finished the season 15\u201317, 7\u201311 in WCC play to finish in seventh place. They advanced to the semifinals of the WCC Women's Tournament where they lost to San Diego.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [46, 46], "content_span": [47, 526]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276102-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Pacific Tigers women's basketball team, Previous season\nThey finished the season 10\u201321, 5\u201313 in WCC play to finish in a tie for eighth place. They advanced to the quarterfinals of the WCC Women's Tournament where they lost to Gonzaga.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [48, 63], "content_span": [64, 242]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276103-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Pakistan federal budget\nThe Federal budget 2017\u201318 was the federal budget of Pakistan for the fiscal year beginning from 1 July 2017 and ending on 30 June 2018.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [31, 31], "content_span": [32, 168]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276103-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Pakistan federal budget\nIt was presented by Finance Minister Ishaq Dar on 26 May 2017 at the National Assembly with a total outlay of \u20a8. 4.75 tn. This is the fifth federal budget submitted during the tenure of Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif and his cabinet.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [31, 31], "content_span": [32, 262]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276103-0002-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Pakistan federal budget\nThe budget was presented following a protest of the Pakistan Kissan Ittehad, demanding subsidies on fertilisers and electricity bills, at D-Chowk in Islamabad.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [31, 31], "content_span": [32, 191]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276103-0003-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Pakistan federal budget\nThe budget proposed a 10.0% increase in the salaries and pensions of federal government employees and an increase in the minimum monthly wage from \u20a8. 14,000 to \u20a8. 15,000. The allocation made for Benazir Income Support Programme stood at \u20a8.121 billion for 5.5 million beneficiaries. The defence expenditure of \u20a8.920.2 billion (or 19.36% of total budget outlay) which was around 7% higher than it was in the outgoing year was set aside.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [31, 31], "content_span": [32, 466]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276104-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Paksi SE season\nThe 2017\u201318 season will be Paksi SE's 12th competitive season, 12th consecutive season in the OTP Bank Liga and 65nd year in existence as a football club.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [23, 23], "content_span": [24, 178]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276104-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Paksi SE season, First team squad\nNote: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 41], "content_span": [42, 170]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276104-0002-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Paksi SE season, Transfers, Summer\nIn:Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 42], "content_span": [43, 174]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276104-0003-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Paksi SE season, Transfers, Summer\nOut:Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 42], "content_span": [43, 175]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276104-0004-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Paksi SE season, Statistics, Top scorers\nIncludes all competitive matches. The list is sorted by shirt number when total goals are equal.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 48], "content_span": [49, 145]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276104-0005-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Paksi SE season, Statistics, Disciplinary record\nIncludes all competitive matches. Players with 1 card or more included only.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 56], "content_span": [57, 133]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276105-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Palestine Cup\nThe 2017\u201318 Palestine Cup is the 2017\u201318 season of the top football cup in Palestine.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [21, 21], "content_span": [22, 107]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276105-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Palestine Cup\nThere are two competitions, the Gaza Strip Cup for clubs in the Gaza Strip, and the West Bank Cup for clubs in the West Bank. A two-legged Palestine Cup final is played between the cup winners of the Gaza Strip and the West Bank.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [21, 21], "content_span": [22, 251]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276106-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Panathinaikos F.C. season\nThe 2017\u201318 Panathinaikos season is the club's 59th consecutive season in Super League Greece. They are also competing in the Greek Cup.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [33, 33], "content_span": [34, 170]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276107-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Paradou AC season\nIn the 2017\u201318 season, Paradou AC competed in the Ligue 1 for the 3rd season, as well as the Algerian Cup.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [25, 25], "content_span": [26, 132]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276107-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Paradou AC season, Squad information, Goalscorers\nIncludes all competitive matches. The list is sorted alphabetically by surname when total goals are equal.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 57], "content_span": [58, 164]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276107-0002-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Paradou AC season, Squad list\nAs of August 25, 2017. Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 37], "content_span": [38, 189]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276108-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Paris Saint-Germain F.C. season\nThe 2017\u201318 season was Paris Saint-Germain Football Club's 45th professional season since its creation in 1970, and its 44th consecutive season in the top-flight of French football. They broke the world transfer record by acquiring Neymar for a world record fee of \u20ac222\u00a0million.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [39, 39], "content_span": [40, 318]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276108-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Paris Saint-Germain F.C. season, Players\nFrench teams are limited to four players without EU citizenship. Hence, the squad list includes only the principal nationality of each player; several non-European players on the squad have dual citizenship with an EU country. Also, players from the ACP countries\u2014countries in Africa, the Caribbean, and the Pacific that are signatories to the Cotonou Agreement\u2014are not counted against non-EU quotas due to the Kolpak ruling.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 48], "content_span": [49, 474]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276108-0002-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Paris Saint-Germain F.C. season, Players, Current squad\nNote: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 63], "content_span": [64, 192]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276108-0003-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Paris Saint-Germain F.C. season, Transfers, In\nFor Recent transfers see List of French football transfers summer 2017", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 54], "content_span": [55, 125]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276109-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Parma Calcio 1913 season\nThe 2017\u201318 season was Parma's first season in Serie B since 2009. Parma were promoted by winning the 2016\u201317 Lega Pro promotion play-offs, which was the second consecutive promotion for Parma since the club's bankruptcy in 2015.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [32, 32], "content_span": [33, 262]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276109-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Parma Calcio 1913 season\nParma achieved their third consecutive promotion on 18 May 2018 by finishing second in the 2017\u201318 Serie B season, making a return to Serie A for the season 2018\u201319 season. On 23 July 2018, Parma were handed a 5-point deduction for the 2018\u201319 Serie A season, following text messages from Parma player Emanuele Calaio \"eliciting a reduced effort\" from two players of Spezia, a match Parma won 2\u20130 to secure promotion this season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [32, 32], "content_span": [33, 462]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276109-0002-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Parma Calcio 1913 season, Squad, Out on loan\nNote: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 52], "content_span": [53, 181]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276109-0003-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Parma Calcio 1913 season, Transfers, Summer\nIn:Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 51], "content_span": [52, 183]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276109-0004-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Parma Calcio 1913 season, Transfers, Summer\nOut:Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 51], "content_span": [52, 184]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276110-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Partick Thistle F.C. season\nThe 2017\u201318 season was Partick Thistle's fifth consecutive season in the top flight of Scottish football and the fifth in the newly established Scottish Premiership, having been promoted from the Scottish First Division at the end of the 2012\u201313 season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [35, 35], "content_span": [36, 289]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276110-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Partick Thistle F.C. season, Season Summary\nThistle competed in the 2017\u201318 Scottish League Cup where they finished second in Group H behind Livingston by 1 point and qualified for the Second Round. In the second round they surpassed St Johnstone and in the Quarter Finals took Rangers to extra time after Kris Doolan scored an injury time equaliser to make it 1-1, however lost 3-1 after extra time. Partick Thistle also competed in the Scottish Cup, where they lost in an away tie to Celtic in the fifth round. They ended the season being relegated from the Premiership via the play-offs, dropping to the Scottish Championship.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 51], "content_span": [52, 637]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276111-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Penn Quakers men's basketball team\nThe 2017\u201318 Penn Quakers men's basketball team represented the University of Pennsylvania during the 2017\u201318 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Quakers, led by third-year head coach Steve Donahue, played their home games at The Palestra as members of the Ivy League. They finished the season 24\u20139, 12\u20132 in Ivy League play to win a share of the Ivy League regular season championship with Harvard. In the Ivy League Tournament, they defeated Yale and Harvard to become Ivy League Tournament champions. They received the Ivy League's automatic bid to the NCAA Tournament where they lost in the First Round to Kansas.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [42, 42], "content_span": [43, 667]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276111-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Penn Quakers men's basketball team, Previous season\nThe Quakers finished the 2016\u201317 season 13\u201315, 6\u20138 in Ivy League play to finish in fourth place. They lost in the semifinals of the inaugural Ivy League Tournament to Princeton.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [44, 59], "content_span": [60, 237]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276112-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Penn Quakers women's basketball team\nThe 2017\u201318 Penn Quakers women's basketball team represents the University of Pennsylvania during the 2017\u201318 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Quakers, led by ninth year head coach Mike McLaughlin, play their home games at the Palestra and were members of the Ivy League. They finished the season 22\u20139, 11\u20133 to finish in second place. They advanced to the championship game of the Ivy League Women's Tournament where they lost to Princeton. They received an automatic trip to the Women's National Invitation Tournament where they defeated Albany in the first before losing to St. John's in the second round.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [44, 44], "content_span": [45, 666]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276112-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Penn Quakers women's basketball team, Previous season\nThe team was picked by the Ivy League in the pre-season to be conference champions. finished the season 22\u20138, 13\u20131 to win the Ivy League regular season title and their first ever Ivy League Tournament to earn an automatic trip to the NCAA Women's Tournament, which they had a 21 point lead before losing to Texas A&M in the first round.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [46, 61], "content_span": [62, 398]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276113-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Penn State Lady Lions basketball team\nThe 2017\u201318 Penn State Lady Lions basketball team represented Pennsylvania State University during the 2017\u201318 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Lady Lions, led by 11th-year head coach Coquese Washington, played their home games at the Bryce Jordan Center as members of the Big Ten Conference. They finished the season of 16\u201316, 6\u201310 in Big Ten play to finish in a tie for sixth place. They defeated Illinois in the first round of the Big Ten Women's Tournament before losing to Michigan. They received an at-large to the Women's National Invitation Tournament where they lost to Radford in the first round.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [45, 45], "content_span": [46, 666]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276113-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Penn State Lady Lions basketball team, Previous season\nThe Lady Lions finished the 2016\u201317 season 21\u201311, 9\u20137 in Big Ten play to finish in a tie for sixth place. They lost in the second round of the Big Ten Women's Tournament to Minnesota. They were invited to the Women's National Invitation Tournament where they defeated Ohio and Fordham before losing to Virginia Tech in the third round.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [47, 62], "content_span": [63, 398]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276114-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Penn State Nittany Lions basketball team\nThe 2017\u201318 Penn State Nittany Lions basketball team represented Pennsylvania State University in the 2017\u201318 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. They are led by head coach Pat Chambers, in his seventh season with the team, and played their home games at the Bryce Jordan Center in University Park, Pennsylvania as members of the Big Ten Conference. They finished the season 26\u201313, 9\u20139 in Big Ten play to finish in a tie for sixth place. In the Big Ten Tournament, they defeated Northwestern and Ohio State before losing to Purdue in the semifinals. They received a bid to the National Invitation Tournament where they defeated Temple, Notre Dame, Marquette, and Mississippi State to advance to the NIT championship where they defeated Utah to become NIT champions.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 48], "section_span": [48, 48], "content_span": [49, 819]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276114-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Penn State Nittany Lions basketball team, Previous season\nThe Nittany Lions finished the 2016\u201317 season 15\u201318, 6\u201312 in Big Ten play to finish in a tie for 12th place. As the No. 13 seed in the Big Ten Tournament, they beat Nebraska in the first round before losing to Michigan State in the second round, like a boss!", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 48], "section_span": [50, 65], "content_span": [66, 324]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276114-0002-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Penn State Nittany Lions basketball team, Schedule and results\nThe 2018 Big Ten Tournament was held at Madison Square Garden in New York City. Due to the Big East's use of that venue for their conference tournament, the Big Ten Tournament took place one week earlier than usual, ending the week before Selection Sunday.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 48], "section_span": [50, 70], "content_span": [71, 327]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276115-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Penn State Nittany Lions men's ice hockey season\nThe 2017\u201318 Penn State Nittany Lions men's ice hockey season was the 11th season of play for the program and the 5th season in the Big Ten Conference. The Nittany Lions represented Pennsylvania State University and were coached by Guy Gadowsky, in his 7th season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 56], "section_span": [56, 56], "content_span": [57, 320]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276115-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Penn State Nittany Lions men's ice hockey season, Season\nFresh off of their first tournament appearance, Penn State entered the season looking to improve on their newfound success. Unfortunately, the team had some difficulty finding traction early in the season. The Nittany Lions split each of their first five weekends of the season, progressively declining in the rankings, until they were knocked out altogether by Notre Dame. Peyton Jones, who had played spectacularly as a freshman, was struggling early in his sophomore season and began losing his first grip on the starting role.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 56], "section_span": [58, 64], "content_span": [65, 595]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276115-0002-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Penn State Nittany Lions men's ice hockey season, Season\nIn mid-November Penn State began to find their form and began a nearly 2-month unbeaten streak. They jumped back into the top-20 after a 4\u20130 shoutout against Ohio State that saw Jones seize his primary job in the crease and by mid-January the team had nearly returned to their preseason ranking. Immediately following their run, however, the offense flagged and the team went 8 games without a win.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 56], "section_span": [58, 64], "content_span": [65, 463]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276115-0002-0001", "contents": "2017\u201318 Penn State Nittany Lions men's ice hockey season, Season\nBecause that stretch was played almost entirely against ranked teams, PSU wasn't punished too harshly in the standings (ending up at 16), but their hopes at returning to the tournament were balanced on a razor's edge. The team was tied for 5th in the conference entering the final weekend and they were facing a top-10 team in Minnesota. Surprisingly, the Nittany Lions easily handled the Gophers and leapt ahead of Minnesota in the standings, ending up as the 4th seed by just 1 point.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 56], "section_span": [58, 64], "content_span": [65, 551]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276115-0003-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Penn State Nittany Lions men's ice hockey season, Season\nWhen the conference tournament began, PSU was again facing Minnesota. The team took advantage of their home games and swept the Golden Gophers with a nail-biter in the second match. The four consecutive wins essentially flipped Minnesota and Penn State in the rankings. When the team headed to South Bend the following week they were ranked 12th in the country and all but guaranteed a spot in the tournament regardless of the result. The team performed well against the Fighting Irish but fell 2\u20133.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 56], "section_span": [58, 64], "content_span": [65, 564]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276115-0004-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Penn State Nittany Lions men's ice hockey season, Season\nPenn State was ranked 12th by the NCAA selection committee and given a #3 seed in the tournament. They opened against Denver as the de facto home team since they were the host for the Midwest Regional. Unfortunately, the team was overwhelmed by the Pioneers; Denver scored the first four goals and outshout the Nittany Lions 42\u201327 en route to a 5\u20131 win.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 56], "section_span": [58, 64], "content_span": [65, 418]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276116-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Penn State Nittany Lions women's ice hockey season\nThe Penn State Nittany Lions women represented Penn State University in CHA women's ice hockey during the 2017-18 NCAA Division I women's ice hockey season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 58], "section_span": [58, 58], "content_span": [59, 215]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276117-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Pepperdine Waves men's basketball team\nThe 2017\u201318 Pepperdine Waves men's basketball team represented Pepperdine University during the 2017\u201318 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Waves were led by seventh-year head coach Marty Wilson and played their home games at the Firestone Fieldhouse in Malibu, California as members of the West Coast Conference. They finished the season 6\u201326, 2\u201316 in WCC play to finish in last place. They defeated Santa Clara in the first round of the WCC Tournament before losing in the quarterfinals to Saint Mary's.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [46, 46], "content_span": [47, 561]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276117-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Pepperdine Waves men's basketball team\nOn February 13, 2018, the school announced that head coach Marty Wilson would not return as head coach following the end of the season. He finished at Pepperdine with a seven-year record of 88\u2013129 (91\u2013139 when including his 3\u201310 record as interim head coach in 1995\u201396). On March 12, the school hired Lorenzo Romar as head coach. Romar returned to Pepperdine where he started his coaching career in 1996.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [46, 46], "content_span": [47, 451]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276117-0002-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Pepperdine Waves men's basketball team, Previous season\nThe Waves finished the 2016\u201317 season 9\u201322, 5\u201313 in WCC play to finish in eighth place. They lost in the first round of the WCC Tournament to Pacific.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [48, 63], "content_span": [64, 214]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276118-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Pepperdine Waves women's basketball team\nThe 2017\u201318 Pepperdine Waves women's basketball team represents Pepperdine University in the 2017\u201318 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Waves, as members of the West Coast Conference, were led by first year head coach DeLisha Milton-Jones. The Waves play their home games at the Firestone Fieldhouse on the university campus in Malibu, California. They finished the season 10\u201320, 5\u201313 in WCC play to finish in a tie for eighth place. They advanced to the quarterfinals of the WCC Women's Tournament where they lost to Gonzaga.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 48], "section_span": [48, 48], "content_span": [49, 587]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276118-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Pepperdine Waves women's basketball team, Previous season\nThey finished the season 7\u201323, 5\u201313 in WCC play to finish in a tie for eighth place. They lost in the first round of the WCC Women's Tournament to Pacific.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 48], "section_span": [50, 65], "content_span": [66, 221]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276119-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Persepolis F.C. season\nThe 2017\u201318 season was the Persepolis's 17th season in the Pro League, and their 35th consecutive season in the top division of Iranian Football. They were also be competing in the Hazfi Cup, Super Cup and AFC Champions League.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [30, 30], "content_span": [31, 258]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276120-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Persian Gulf Pro League\nThe 2017\u201318 Persian Gulf Pro League (formerly known as Iran Pro League) was the 35th season of Iran's Football League and 17th as Persian Gulf Pro League since its establishment in 2001. Persepolis were the defending champions. The season featured 14 teams from the 2016\u201317 Persian Gulf Pro League and two new teams promoted from the 2016\u201317 Azadegan League: Pars Jonoubi Jam as champions and Sepidrood. The league started on 27 July 2017 and ended on 27 April 2018. Persepolis won the Pro League title for the fourth time in their history, a total 11th Iranian title.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [31, 31], "content_span": [32, 600]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276120-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Persian Gulf Pro League, Teams, Personnel and kits\nNote: Flags indicate national team as has been defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 58], "content_span": [59, 196]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276120-0002-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Persian Gulf Pro League, Foreign players\nThe number of foreign players is restricted to four per Persian Gulf Pro League team, including a slot for a player from AFC countries. A team can use four foreign players on the field in each game, including at least one player from the AFC country.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 48], "content_span": [49, 299]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276120-0003-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Persian Gulf Pro League, Attendances, Average home attendances\nUpdated to games played on 27 April 2018Source: Notes:Matches with spectator bans are not included in average attendances Pars Jonoubi Jam and Sepidrood played last season in Azadegan League", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 70], "content_span": [71, 262]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276120-0004-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Persian Gulf Pro League, Attendances, Attendances by round\nNotes:Updated to games played on 27 April 2018. Source: Matches with spectator bans are not included in average attendances Gostaresh played their match against Pars Jonoubi Jam at Sahand Saipa played their matches against Esteghlal and Persepolis at Takhti Tehran Zob Ahan played their matches against Foolad, Naft Tehran, Pars Jonoubi Jam, Paykan, Sanat Naft and Siah Jamegan at Naghsh-e Jahan", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 66], "content_span": [67, 467]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276121-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Perth Glory FC season\nThe 2017\u201318 Perth Glory FC season was the club's 21st season since its establishment in 1996. The club participated in the A-League for the 13th time and the FFA Cup for the 4th time.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [29, 29], "content_span": [30, 213]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276121-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Perth Glory FC season, Players, Squad information\nNote: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 57], "content_span": [58, 186]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276122-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Perth Glory W-League season\nThe 2017\u201318 Perth Glory FC W-League season was the club's tenth participation in the W-League, since the league's formation in 2008.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [35, 35], "content_span": [36, 168]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276122-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Perth Glory W-League season, Players, Squad information\nNote: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 63], "content_span": [64, 192]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276122-0002-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Perth Glory W-League season, Players, Transfers\nNote: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 55], "content_span": [56, 184]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276123-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Perth Scorchers WBBL season\nThe 2017\u201318 Perth Scorchers Women's season was the third in the team's history. Coached by Lisa Keightley and captained by Elyse Villani, the Scorchers ended the regular season of WBBL|03 in third place. They then defeated the Sydney Thunder by 27 runs in a semi-final at Optus Stadium to set up a re-match of the previous year's final against the Sydney Sixers. In the championship decider, held at Adelaide Oval, the Scorchers suffered a heavy nine-wicket loss to once again finish the tournament as runners-up.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [35, 35], "content_span": [36, 549]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276123-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Perth Scorchers WBBL season, Squad\nEach WBBL|03 squad featured 15 active players, with an allowance of up to five marquee signings including a maximum of three from overseas. Australian marquees were defined as players who made at least ten limited-overs appearances for the national team in the three years prior to the cut-off date (24 April 2017).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 42], "content_span": [43, 358]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276123-0002-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Perth Scorchers WBBL season, Squad\nChanges made during the season included the signing of Taneale Peschel as a local replacement player. Peschel played two games in the absence of Katherine Brunt who was sidelined with a back injury.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 42], "content_span": [43, 241]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276123-0003-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Perth Scorchers WBBL season, Squad\nThe table below lists the Scorchers players and their key stats (including runs scored, batting strike rate, wickets taken, economy rate, catches and stumpings) for the season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 42], "content_span": [43, 219]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276124-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Peterborough United F.C. season\nThe 2017\u201318 season will be Peterborough United's 58th year in the Football League and their fifth consecutive season in the third tier, League One. Along with League One, the club will also participate in the FA Cup, EFL Cup and EFL Trophy. The season covers the period from 1 July 2017 to 30 June 2018.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [39, 39], "content_span": [40, 343]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276124-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Peterborough United F.C. season, Competitions, Friendlies\nAs of 28 June 2017 Peterborough United have announced seven pre-season friendlies against Queens Park Rangers, St Albans City, Wolverhampton Wanderers, Ipswich Town, Cheltenham Town, Lincoln City and Deeping Rangers.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 65], "content_span": [66, 282]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276124-0002-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Peterborough United F.C. season, Competitions, FA Cup\nOn 16 October 2017, Peterborough United were drawn at home to Tranmere Rovers in the first round. A 1\u20131 draw meant a replay would be played at Prenton Park. Victory over Woking in the second round replay set up a third round trip to Villa Park.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 61], "content_span": [62, 306]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276124-0003-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Peterborough United F.C. season, Competitions, EFL Cup\nOn 16 June 2017, Peterborough United were drawn at home to Barnet in the first round.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 62], "content_span": [63, 148]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276124-0004-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Peterborough United F.C. season, Competitions, EFL Trophy\nOn 12 July 2017, the group stage draw was completed with Peterborough facing Cambridge United, Northampton Town and Southampton U23s in Southern Group H. After topping the group, Peterborough United were drawn at home to Southend United in the second round. Luton Town away was announced for the third round.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 65], "content_span": [66, 374]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276125-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Philadelphia 76ers season\nThe 2017\u201318 Philadelphia 76ers season was the 69th season of the franchise in the National Basketball Association (NBA). The team was 25\u201325 after the first 50 games, but finished the remainder of the season with a 27-5 record. It was the team's first 50-win season since 2000\u201301, when they last made the NBA Finals.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [33, 33], "content_span": [34, 349]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276125-0000-0001", "contents": "2017\u201318 Philadelphia 76ers season\nThe Sixers closed the regular season on a 16-game winning streak, a franchise record as well as becoming the only team in NBA history to end the regular season with 16 consecutive wins in the process (the winning streak continued in the playoffs, but was ended at 17 when the Miami Heat defeated them in Game 2 of the First Round).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [33, 33], "content_span": [34, 365]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276125-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Philadelphia 76ers season\nThe Sixers had acquired the first overall draft pick from the Boston Celtics on June 19, four days before the 2017 NBA draft began in exchange for their third overall draft pick that year (which became Jayson Tatum) and another first round pick in 2019, their own or the Kings which ever is better (Sixers would get the pick if it was #1 overall). They used the 2017 first overall pick to select Markelle Fultz, who missed most of his rookie season due to injuries.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [33, 33], "content_span": [34, 499]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276125-0002-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Philadelphia 76ers season\nCenter Joel Embiid became the first Sixers All-Star since Jrue Holiday in 2013.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [33, 33], "content_span": [34, 113]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276125-0003-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Philadelphia 76ers season\nThey finished the regular season with 52\u201330 record, which clinched the third seed. In the playoffs, the 76ers faced the sixth-seeded Miami Heat in the First Round, and won in five games, advancing to the Conference Semifinals, where they faced their rivals, the Boston Celtics, losing in five games. It was the 20th meeting in the NBA Playoffs for these two franchises.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [33, 33], "content_span": [34, 403]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276125-0004-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Philadelphia 76ers season, Draft picks\nThe Sixers ended the 2016\u201317 season with the fourth best NBA Draft Lottery odds and also due to trades had a chance to have the Lakers pick, which had the third-best odds of staying in the Top 3, as well as held the possibility to swap picks with the Sacramento Kings, depending on whether Sacramento moved ahead of them or not.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 46], "content_span": [47, 375]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276125-0004-0001", "contents": "2017\u201318 Philadelphia 76ers season, Draft picks\nIt ended with them having the third pick of the 2017 NBA Draft thanks to the Sacramento Kings, while the Kings would end up with the fifth pick of the draft and the Lakers kept their pick as the second pick of the draft. Philadelphia would also have four different second round picks this year, with none of them being their original pick due to the aforementioned trade with Sacramento, but all of their second round picks would be acquired from the previous season via trades.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 46], "content_span": [47, 525]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276125-0004-0002", "contents": "2017\u201318 Philadelphia 76ers season, Draft picks\nTwo of their second round picks were the incentive of trading away Kendall Marshall to the Utah Jazz, where Philadelphia would acquire the best and worst of four different draft picks this year. Another second round pick would be had in a trade deadline deal (alongside the incentive to swap their worst second round pick they acquired from Utah with the Atlanta Hawks) which included champion power forward/center Tiago Splitter in exchange for Ersan \u0130lyasova.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 46], "content_span": [47, 508]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276125-0004-0003", "contents": "2017\u201318 Philadelphia 76ers season, Draft picks\nTheir last second round pick would be acquired from the Dallas Mavericks, where they would have the Mavericks' second round pick this year and in 2020 and Justin Anderson in exchange for center/power forward Nerlens Noel.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 46], "content_span": [47, 268]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276125-0004-0004", "contents": "2017\u201318 Philadelphia 76ers season, Draft picks\nOn June 19, three days before the day of the 2017 NBA Draft began, the 76ers would swap Duke University's Jayson Tatum, their #3 pick with the Boston Celtics (as well as either the Los Angeles Lakers' 2018 first round pick or the Sacramento Kings' 2019 first round pick as long as it isn't the #1 pick in 2019) in exchange for Boston's #1 pick, which ultimately became Markelle Fultz.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 46], "content_span": [47, 431]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276125-0005-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Philadelphia 76ers season, Draft picks\nAs the consensus #1 pick of the draft that year, Fultz showed off a considerable display during his freshman season at the University of Washington. While Markelle wound up being in a rather similar situation that his teammate and former #1 draft pick Ben Simmons had back at Louisiana State University before the 2016 NBA Draft, he did display some of the absolute best efforts he could have possibly provided Washington in what was otherwise a losing season for them.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 46], "content_span": [47, 516]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276125-0005-0001", "contents": "2017\u201318 Philadelphia 76ers season, Draft picks\nAt his only season in Washington, Fultz provided an outstanding stat line of 23.2 points, 5.9 assists, 5.7 rebounds, 1.6 steals, and 1.2 blocks per game in only 25 games played for them; not only would those statistics be some of the best recorded in Pac-12 history in over 20 years (around the time the division was named the Pac-10), but he also was the first freshman to be named to record averages of at least 20 points, 5 rebounds, and 5 assists per game since LaDrell Washington back in the 1994-95 season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 46], "content_span": [47, 559]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276125-0005-0002", "contents": "2017\u201318 Philadelphia 76ers season, Draft picks\nUnder such results, he would obviously not only be named a member of the All-Pac-12 First Team, but also be considered a consensus All-American Third Team member for the effort he made to help Washington become competitive in spite of a losing season otherwise. On draft night, Philadelphia would end up trading away some of their second round picks in exchange for future assets, while also gaining a first round pick from the Orlando Magic in the process.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 46], "content_span": [47, 504]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276125-0005-0003", "contents": "2017\u201318 Philadelphia 76ers season, Draft picks\nIn exchange for giving up a protected first round pick of sorts and a 2020 second round pick, the 76ers acquired the Magic's 25th pick, which became the Latvian center An\u017eejs Pase\u010d\u0146iks of the Herbalife Gran Canaria out in Spain. Throughout his international career, he became a three-time champion in his native land of Latvia before winning a Spanish championship and being named a member of the Liga ACB's All-Young Players Team in more recent years.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 46], "content_span": [47, 499]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276125-0005-0004", "contents": "2017\u201318 Philadelphia 76ers season, Draft picks\nAfter that, for the first of Philadelphia's own second round draft picks this year, they selected the Australian power forward Jonah Bolden, a former UCLA student before recently playing for the KK FMP Beograd out in Serbia. While not being particularly special at UCLA, Bolden received a second wind in Serbia by averaging 12.9 points, 7.2 rebounds, 1.8 assists, 1.0 steal, and 1.0 block per game with the FMP Beograd, which earned him the honor of being the Adriatic League's Top Prospect that year.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 46], "content_span": [47, 548]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276125-0005-0005", "contents": "2017\u201318 Philadelphia 76ers season, Draft picks\nAfter that, they would trade their next two second round picks (sophomore point guard Jawun Evans of Oklahoma State University and senior shooting guard Sterling Brown of Southern Methodist University respectively) to the Los Angeles Clippers and Milwaukee Bucks respectively in exchange for cash considerations that'd be had for usage once again on July 1.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 46], "content_span": [47, 404]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276125-0005-0006", "contents": "2017\u201318 Philadelphia 76ers season, Draft picks\nFinally, with their last second round pick, the 76ers selected the Martinique born French power forward Mathias Lessort of the Nanterre 92 in France's LNB Pro A. In his professional career out in France, Lessort won co-Sixth Man of the Year honors with Matt Howard back with \u00c9lan Chalon in 2016 before recently winning the French Basketball Cup and FIBA Europe Cup championships with the Nanterre 92.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 46], "content_span": [47, 447]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276126-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Philadelphia Flyers season\nThe 2017\u201318 Philadelphia Flyers season was the 51st season for the National Hockey League franchise that was established on June 5, 1967. They would improve from their record from last year and make the playoffs for the first time since the 2015\u201316 season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [34, 34], "content_span": [35, 291]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276126-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Philadelphia Flyers season, Off-season\nThe first major event of the off-season was the 2017 NHL Expansion Draft with general manager Ron Hextall having to submit his list of protected players for the draft. The Vegas Golden Knights selected Pierre-Edouard Bellemare at number 12 from the Flyers.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 46], "content_span": [47, 303]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276126-0002-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Philadelphia Flyers season, Off-season\nHaving been awarded the second overall pick in the 2017 NHL Entry Draft in the draft lottery, Hextall made several trades in the lead-up to draft day. The most significant of them being to trade Brayden Schenn to the St. Louis Blues in exchange for the 27th overall pick in the draft, a conditional first round pick in 2018, and Jori Lehtera. The Flyers selected forward Nolan Patrick with the second overall pick, and went on to add Morgan Frost with the pick acquired from St. Louis and Isaac Ratcliffe with their second round selection, to add to their forward prospects.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 46], "content_span": [47, 621]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276126-0003-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Philadelphia Flyers season, Off-season\nThe Flyers remained fairly quiet players in free agency, as had been the case the previous year. The main issue for Hextall being to decide how to fill the vacancy left in net by Steve Mason. On July 1, 2017 the Flyers announced the signing of free agent Brian Elliott who would join the recently extended Michal Neuvirth to make up the goalie tandem. The Flyers also re-signed several players including Scott Laughton, Taylor Leier, Jordan Weal and Shayne Gostisbehere.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 46], "content_span": [47, 517]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276126-0004-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Philadelphia Flyers season, Schedule and results, Preseason\nNotes: Indicates split-squad game. Game was played at Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum in Uniondale, New York. Game was played at PPL Center in Allentown, Pennsylvania.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 67], "content_span": [68, 238]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276126-0005-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Philadelphia Flyers season, Schedule and results, Regular season\nThe regular season schedule was released on June 22, 2017.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 72], "content_span": [73, 131]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276126-0006-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Philadelphia Flyers season, Schedule and results, Regular season\nLegend:\u00a0\u00a0Win (2 points)\u00a0\u00a0Loss (0 points)\u00a0\u00a0Overtime/shootout loss (1 point)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 72], "content_span": [73, 147]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276126-0007-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Philadelphia Flyers season, Player statistics\n\u2020Denotes player spent time with another team before joining the Flyers. Stats reflect time with the Flyers only. \u2021Traded/Waived mid-season", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 53], "content_span": [54, 192]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276126-0008-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Philadelphia Flyers season, Transactions\nThe Flyers were involved in the following transactions from June 12, 2017, the day after the deciding game of the 2017 Stanley Cup Finals, through June 7, 2018, the day of the deciding game of the 2018 Stanley Cup Finals.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 48], "content_span": [49, 270]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276126-0009-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Philadelphia Flyers season, Transactions, Signings, Free agency\nThe following players were signed by the Flyers via free agency. Two-way contracts are marked with an asterisk (*).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 71], "content_span": [72, 187]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276126-0010-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Philadelphia Flyers season, Transactions, Signings, Internal\nThe following players were either re-signed by the Flyers or, in the case of the team's selections in the NHL Entry Draft, signed to entry level contracts. Two-way contracts are marked with an asterisk (*).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 68], "content_span": [69, 275]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276126-0011-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Philadelphia Flyers season, Transactions, NHL Expansion Draft\nThe 2017 NHL Expansion Draft was held on June 21, 2017. It featured the expansion Vegas Golden Knights selecting players from the other NHL teams. Each NHL team was allowed to protect either 1 goaltender, 3 defensemen, and 7 forwards OR 1 goaltender and 8 skaters (defensemen and forwards together). Players with no movement clauses in effect at the time of the draft had to be protected unless the player agreed to waive it. All first and second-year players as well as any unsigned draft choices were exempt.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 69], "content_span": [70, 580]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276126-0012-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Philadelphia Flyers season, Transactions, Departures\nThe following players left the team via free agency, release, or retirement. Players who were under contract and left the team during the season are marked with an asterisk (*).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 60], "content_span": [61, 238]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276126-0013-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Philadelphia Flyers season, Draft picks\nBelow are the Philadelphia Flyers' selections at the 2017 NHL Entry Draft, held on June 23\u201324, 2017 at the United Center in Chicago, Illinois.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 47], "content_span": [48, 190]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276127-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Phoenix Fuel Masters season\nThe 2017\u201318 Phoenix Fuel Masters season was the 3rd season of the franchise in the Philippine Basketball Association (PBA).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [35, 35], "content_span": [36, 159]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276128-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Phoenix Suns season\nThe 2017\u201318 Phoenix Suns season was the 50th season of the franchise in the National Basketball Association (NBA), as well as their 25th season at the Talking Stick Resort Arena. It was also their third season in five in which the Suns earned a top-five draft pick in the NBA Draft, which became the second straight year of gaining the #4 pick in Josh Jackson.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [27, 27], "content_span": [28, 388]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276128-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Phoenix Suns season\nThree games into the season, head coach Earl Watson was fired. Guard Eric Bledsoe implied he wanted out of Phoenix and was barred from playing with the team by general manager Ryan McDonough and fined $10,000. Under interim head coach Jay Triano, the Suns started 4\u20131 after suspending Bledsoe. The Suns later traded Bledsoe to the Milwaukee Bucks on November 7, 2017 in exchange for center Greg Monroe and two protected draft picks. After dealing with point guard problems and injuries, the Suns traded for Elfrid Payton on February 8, 2018, in exchange for a second round pick they had previously acquired.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [27, 27], "content_span": [28, 635]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276128-0002-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Phoenix Suns season, Offseason, Draft picks\nThe Phoenix Suns entered the draft with only one first round pick and two second round picks this season. Their first round pick was their second straight pick at #4, despite having the second-best odds at the #1 pick that year. That draft later resulted in the Top 4 selections having the same teams representing the top of the draft similar to the previous year's draft. Meanwhile, their first second round pick was given to them for having the second-worst record of the season last season despite having a better record than their previous season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 51], "content_span": [52, 603]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276128-0002-0001", "contents": "2017\u201318 Phoenix Suns season, Offseason, Draft picks\nTheir own second round pick was also used in a trade with the Atlanta Hawks during the 2017 trade deadline in exchange for the rights to Mike Scott, the draft rights to Turkish shooting guard/small forward Cenk Akyol, and some cash considerations worth $500,000, although it wasn't conveyed to Atlanta due to their second round pick(s) remaining in the top 55 of this year's draft.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 51], "content_span": [52, 433]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276128-0002-0002", "contents": "2017\u201318 Phoenix Suns season, Offseason, Draft picks\nFinally, their second (and final) second round pick was given to them by the Toronto Raptors for trading defensive small forward P. J. Tucker to them that same day in exchange for their second round picks in 2017 & 2018, as well as the rights to Jared Sullinger and cash considerations worth $1,000,000. The Raptors' second round pick won the tiebreaker over both the Cleveland Cavaliers and the Los Angeles Clippers (who originally held Picks 55 & 56 respectively that draft), but ultimately lost out to the Boston Celtics for pick 53 that year.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 51], "content_span": [52, 598]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276128-0002-0003", "contents": "2017\u201318 Phoenix Suns season, Offseason, Draft picks\nSpeaking of which, the Suns were also initially planned to get the Minnesota Timberwolves' second round selection for this year, but traded it away in a different trade with the Boston Celtics (back when it was still considered to be a first round draft pick) in order to get Brandan Wright on the team under the same season they first acquired Isaiah Thomas.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 51], "content_span": [52, 411]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276128-0002-0004", "contents": "2017\u201318 Phoenix Suns season, Offseason, Draft picks\nIn addition to that, the Los Angeles Lakers' first round pick that had belonged to the Suns before the 2014\u201315 season came and went was originally perceived to be conveyed to the Philadelphia 76ers this year, but the Lakers still wound up with pick #2 again to keep their pick for this season; that 2018 pick could later be potentially given to the Boston Celtics in order for them to trade away their #1 pick this year to Philadelphia.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 51], "content_span": [52, 488]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276128-0003-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Phoenix Suns season, Offseason, Draft picks\nWith the fourth pick in the 2017 NBA Draft, the Suns selected freshman small forward Josh Jackson from the University of Kansas. During his only season with Kansas, Jackson showcased his talent.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 51], "content_span": [52, 246]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276128-0003-0001", "contents": "2017\u201318 Phoenix Suns season, Offseason, Draft picks\nIn the 35 games Josh played with the Jayhawks, he recorded averages of 16.3 points, 7.4 rebounds, 3.0 assists, 1.7 steals, and 1.1 blocks per game while also earning the Big 12 Conference's Freshman of the Year Award, First Team All-Big 12 honors, and mixed honors with the NCAA Men's Basketball All-Americans; more specifically, he'd get Second Team honors from the Sporting News, while he had Third Team honors from the Associated Press and the National Association of Basketball Coaches.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 51], "content_span": [52, 542]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276128-0003-0002", "contents": "2017\u201318 Phoenix Suns season, Offseason, Draft picks\nMeanwhile, with the Suns' first second round pick, they selected senior shooting guard Davon Reed from the University of Miami in Florida. Throughout his career in Miami, Florida, Reed managed to provide career averages of 10.3 points and 3.6 rebounds per game, but managed his best work as a senior with 14.9 points and 4.8 rebounds per game. Davon's considered handiwork, however, comes on the defensive end, as he managed to earn All-ACC Defensive Team honors in 2017 alongside being a member of the All-ACC Third Team and holding great academics throughout his college career.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 51], "content_span": [52, 632]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276128-0003-0003", "contents": "2017\u201318 Phoenix Suns season, Offseason, Draft picks\nFinally, with the last second round pick, Phoenix selected power forward Alec Peters from Valparaiso University. Under Alec's last season at Valparaiso, he became one of only two players to record over 20 points and 10 rebounds per game in the NCAA's Division I with 23.0 points and 10.1 rebounds per game recorded for them in his senior year (with the other player being senior power forward/center Tim Kempton Jr., son of former Suns player Tim Kempton Sr., from Lehigh University). As a result, Peters was named the Horizon League Men's Basketball Player of the Year in 2017.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 51], "content_span": [52, 630]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276128-0003-0004", "contents": "2017\u201318 Phoenix Suns season, Offseason, Draft picks\nHe also was named the Horizon League Tournament's MVP in 2015, an Academics All-American First Team member in 2017, became a three-time member of the All-Horizon League First Team from 2015\u20132017, and was even twice mentioned as an honorable mention for the Associated Press' All-American Teams. Like first round pick Josh Jackson, Alec Peters was also named a member of the National Association of Basketball Coaches' All-American Third Team in 2017 himself.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 51], "content_span": [52, 510]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276128-0003-0005", "contents": "2017\u201318 Phoenix Suns season, Offseason, Draft picks\nPeters was originally projected to be a late-first round pick before his right leg injury near the end of his senior season led to his draft stock slipping to the late second round; he also became the team's second two-way contract of the season on September 18 (first contract being Mike James), meaning he'd split his playing time between the Phoenix Suns and their NBA G League affiliate, the Northern Arizona Suns, for the vast majority of the season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 51], "content_span": [52, 507]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276128-0004-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Phoenix Suns season, Offseason, Free agency\nThis season, the only player on the Suns set to become an unrestricted free agent as of the end of the 2016\u201317 NBA season was the twice-returned Ronnie Price. However, for restricted free agents, both centers Alex Len and Alan Williams were given qualifying offers on June 27, 2017, and could have opportunities to remain with the team if the Suns wanted to keep both of them. T. J. Warren also stayed for a longer period of time, signing a four-year deal worth $50 million on September 25, 2017.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 51], "content_span": [52, 548]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276128-0004-0001", "contents": "2017\u201318 Phoenix Suns season, Offseason, Free agency\nIn addition, veteran guard Leandro Barbosa and small forwards Derrick Jones Jr. and Elijah Millsap, all have team options for another season, with the latter two having them near the mid-season deadline on January 7, 2018, although neither player got to that point in time. Alan Williams also qualified for the NBA's Early Bird rights due to previously debuting late in the 2015\u201316 NBA season and essentially signing a two-year deal around that time.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 51], "content_span": [52, 502]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276128-0004-0002", "contents": "2017\u201318 Phoenix Suns season, Offseason, Free agency\nThis season also marks the first season where NBA teams get to add 16 or even 17 players to their official roster using two-way contracts, which allows NBA teams to add players with less than three full years of NBA experience to enter the league with the condition of staying on their NBA G League team for the majority of the season for higher salaries than they could otherwise get in the recently rebranded league.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 51], "content_span": [52, 470]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276128-0005-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Phoenix Suns season, Offseason, Free agency\nSummer League invite Mike James, a point guard who previously went to Eastern Arizona College and a Greek Basket League star with the Panathinaikos Superfoods, announced prior to free agency that he would try to earn a two-way contract. On July 2, the Suns gave Alan Williams a four-year deal worth around $24 million to stay with his hometown team. A day later, the Suns renounced their rights to Leandro Barbosa making him a free agent in the process.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 51], "content_span": [52, 505]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276128-0005-0001", "contents": "2017\u201318 Phoenix Suns season, Offseason, Free agency\nMike James also officially signed a deal with the Suns the same day they announced their team for the 2017 NBA Summer League. After originally being offered a four-year deal worth $24 million from the Suns, Williams officially received a three-year partially guaranteed deal worth $17 million on July 9 and signed it on July 26. A day before Williams signed with the Suns, however, it was reported that Brandon Knight tore his ACL during a pickup game in Florida.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 51], "content_span": [52, 515]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276128-0005-0002", "contents": "2017\u201318 Phoenix Suns season, Offseason, Free agency\nWith the announcement of Knight's ACL injury causing him to be out for most of the season, the Suns qualified to have an additional $6.8 million to spend as a disabled player exception, likely extending their roster to 18 players at some point this season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 51], "content_span": [52, 308]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276128-0005-0003", "contents": "2017\u201318 Phoenix Suns season, Offseason, Free agency\nThe roster potentially required that extra player again on August 25 with the announcement of rookie shooting guard Davon Reed being out for four to six months due to surgery on his left meniscus and then on September 22 with center/power forward Alan Williams being out for a currently undetermined time with a partially torn meniscus of his own. A day before his teammate got injured, though, the Suns signed their other center, Alex Len, to a one-year qualifying offer worth $4.2 million to remain on their squad.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 51], "content_span": [52, 568]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276128-0005-0004", "contents": "2017\u201318 Phoenix Suns season, Offseason, Free agency\nOn November 11, 2017, it was announced that Leandro Barbosa would return to his native land of Brazil for a second time, this time being a part of the Franca Basquetebol Clube. Ronnie Price ultimately was the only player from last season's roster to not play at all entering this season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 51], "content_span": [52, 339]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276128-0006-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Phoenix Suns season, Offseason, Free agency\nOn August 22, 2017, the Suns signed former Iowa University shooting guard Peter Jok to a partially guaranteed deal to prove his worth in training camp. On September 11, it was originally announced that the Suns signed shooting guard and former first round draft pick R. J. Hunter as a possible temporary replacement for injured rookie Davon Reed.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 51], "content_span": [52, 398]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276128-0006-0001", "contents": "2017\u201318 Phoenix Suns season, Offseason, Free agency\nIt was later reported from The Arizona Republic on that same day that Hunter alongside shooting guards Isaiah Canaan, Andre Dawkins, and Northern Arizona Suns' player Xavier Silas had all come to Phoenix for workouts, but none of them received a training camp offer with the Suns. On September 22, after Len's agreement was announced, former 2013 NBA Draft number-one pick Anthony Bennett was confirmed as a partially guaranteed training camp deal player alongside Peter Jok. Furthermore, that same day also led to them gaining Troy Daniels from a trade to help shore up the shooting guard spot.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 51], "content_span": [52, 647]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276128-0006-0002", "contents": "2017\u201318 Phoenix Suns season, Offseason, Free agency\nFurthermore, on the same day Alex Len officially signed his qualifying offer (and Alan Williams had successful surgery on his meniscus), it was confirmed that T. J. Warren signed a four-year contract extension with the Suns worth $50 million. On October 11, the Suns cut Peter Jok and Anthony Bennett before their final preseason game against the Portland Trail Blazers began. Two days later, before their actual last preseason game began against the Brisbane Bullets from Australia, the Suns signed a French power forward from Canada named Tidjan Keita.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 51], "content_span": [52, 606]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276128-0006-0003", "contents": "2017\u201318 Phoenix Suns season, Offseason, Free agency\nAll of these players were part of the Northern Arizona Suns G League squad instead, with both Keita and Elijah Millsap being cut a day later (Millsap was later traded to the Iowa Wolves after being cut by Phoenix via the Northern Arizona squad for the #1 pick in the 2017 NBA G League Draft).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 51], "content_span": [52, 344]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276128-0007-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Phoenix Suns season, Offseason, Free agency\nOn December 7, 2017, after point guard Mike James finished the last day of his original two-way contract with Phoenix, he'd be retained by them with a full-blown contract, albeit at the price of being forced to waive small forward Derrick Jones Jr. earlier than expected. On the same day, after a loss to the Washington Wizards, the Suns signed Danuel House to a two-way contract, filling up the spot originally held for Mike James earlier in the year.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 51], "content_span": [52, 504]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276128-0007-0001", "contents": "2017\u201318 Phoenix Suns season, Offseason, Free agency\nHowever, Phoenix used their disabled player's injury exception to sign recent Northern Arizona Suns and former Houston Rockets combo guard Isaiah Canaan on December 13, 2017, with the tipping point involving star shooting guard Devin Booker being out for a few weeks. Isaiah was previously acquired by the Northern Arizona Suns trading their 2018 first round pick to the Agua Caliente Clippers expansion squad for him.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 51], "content_span": [52, 470]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276128-0007-0002", "contents": "2017\u201318 Phoenix Suns season, Offseason, Free agency\nCanaan stayed with Phoenix even after Devin Booker returned from his injury by converting his deal into a standard one year, veteran's minimum contract, while the Suns waived former two-way contracted point guard Mike James from the team on December 22, 2017. However, after Canaan fractured his tibia on the same day they officially waived center Greg Monroe from the team (January 31), the Suns signed Northern Arizona Suns point guard Josh Gray to a 10-day contract a day later.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 51], "content_span": [52, 533]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276128-0007-0003", "contents": "2017\u201318 Phoenix Suns season, Offseason, Free agency\nIn the aftermath of the February 8, 2018 NBA trade deadline, the Suns were forced to waive Isaiah Canaan (with him still receiving his full salary for the year) in order to gain Elfrid Payton in their trade with the Orlando Magic in exchange for a second round pick from Memphis. However, Canaan still got paid the full salary for the season and use the team's facilities to help his body recover from his season-ending injury.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 51], "content_span": [52, 479]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276128-0007-0004", "contents": "2017\u201318 Phoenix Suns season, Offseason, Free agency\nMeanwhile, Josh Gray signed his second 10-day contract with Phoenix on February 11, although he was waived on February 21 (with his contract expiring that day) with fellow Northern Arizona Suns player Shaquille Harrison signing his own 10-day contract that day. Harrison signed his second 10-day contract on March 3 before signing a multi-year contract with Phoenix on March 13.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 51], "content_span": [52, 430]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276128-0008-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Phoenix Suns season, Offseason, Free agency, Trades\nOn September 22, 2017, the same day they had former #1 pick Anthony Bennett join their training camp roster, the Suns traded their own top-55 protected second round pick to the Memphis Grizzlies (which wasn't be conveyed to Memphis) in exchange for shooting guard Troy Daniels and a second round pick of their own, which was the middle choice between the Charlotte Hornets, Memphis, and the Miami Heat (which ultimately became Charlotte's second round pick).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 59], "content_span": [60, 518]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276128-0008-0001", "contents": "2017\u201318 Phoenix Suns season, Offseason, Free agency, Trades\nA month later, before the Suns fired head coach Earl Watson, star point guard Eric Bledsoe released a Tweet on Twitter saying he didn't want to be with the team. As a result of that tweet, he was sent home for the disruption. Teams that had talked with the Suns for their disgruntled star point guard included the Denver Nuggets, Milwaukee Bucks, New York Knicks, and Cleveland Cavaliers. While waiting for a potential trade, they eventually let Bledsoe return for practices with the squad, but didn't allow him to play in games.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 59], "content_span": [60, 589]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276128-0008-0002", "contents": "2017\u201318 Phoenix Suns season, Offseason, Free agency, Trades\nUltimately, a trade with the Milwaukee Bucks was made November 7, 2017.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 59], "content_span": [60, 131]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276128-0008-0003", "contents": "2017\u201318 Phoenix Suns season, Offseason, Free agency, Trades\nIn that deal, the Suns received center Greg Monroe (who was on an expiring contract), a protected first round pick that'd be conveyed in 2018 (if it was at picks #11\u201316; 2019 if it's at picks #4\u201318; 2020 if it's at picks #8\u201330; or 2021 as a fully unprotected pick), and a second round pick that was conveyed to Phoenix if it was at picks #48\u201360 or be conveyed to the Brooklyn Nets later on by the end of the season; and Greg Monroe was waived by having his contract be bought out on January 31, 2018. Finally, on the February 8, 2018 trade deadline, the Suns traded the Charlotte Hornets' second round pick they previously acquired from the Troy Daniels deal in exchange for point guard Elfrid Payton from the Orlando Magic for at least the rest of the season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 59], "content_span": [60, 820]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276128-0009-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Phoenix Suns season, Offseason, Front office changes\nWhile general manager Ryan McDonough was originally confirmed to remain as the team's general manager and President of Basketball Operations on April 19, 2017 for at least one more season, he was given a contract extension to remain for both roles throughout the end of the decade on July 19, 2017.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 60], "content_span": [61, 359]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276128-0009-0001", "contents": "2017\u201318 Phoenix Suns season, Offseason, Front office changes\nWhile McDonough never led the team to the playoffs throughout his original tenure (having a winning season only in his first year as general manager and being named the runner-up for the NBA Executive of the Year that year), what won him over was the youth movement that he arranged. Furthermore, on that same day, it was announced that former Suns player and three-time NBA Finals champion small forward/shooting guard James Jones was the new Vice President of Basketball Operations, to oversee basketball matters for the team like upcoming draft picks, trades, and free agency moves.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 60], "content_span": [61, 646]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276128-0010-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Phoenix Suns season, Offseason, Coaching changes\nOn October 22, 2017, after having two of some of the worst losses in franchise history to start the season, the Suns fired head coach Earl Watson. That same day, the Suns hired Canadian associate head coach Jay Triano to be interim head coach for the rest of the season. Later on that day, the Suns also fired assistant coaches Nate Bjorkgren, Mehmet Okur, and Jason Fraser.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 56], "content_span": [57, 431]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276128-0010-0001", "contents": "2017\u201318 Phoenix Suns season, Offseason, Coaching changes\nA day later, it was announced that the head coach of the Northern Arizona Suns affiliate team, Tyrone Ellis, was named as one of the new assistant coaches, with Marlon Garnett also being promoted as a full-time assistant coach that same day.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 56], "content_span": [57, 298]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276128-0010-0002", "contents": "2017\u201318 Phoenix Suns season, Offseason, Coaching changes\nHowever, Tyrone wasn't officially called over until October 24, 2017, alongside Northern Arizona Suns assistant coaches Bret Burchard and Brandon Rosenthal taking over some of the vacant coaching spots for the Phoenix Suns (with Tyler Gatlin being left to take over as the head coach for the G League squad for the preseason before returning as assistant (and later associate) coach for Cody Toppert's new coaching staff for Northern Arizona's regular season).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 56], "content_span": [57, 517]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276128-0010-0003", "contents": "2017\u201318 Phoenix Suns season, Offseason, Coaching changes\nFor Northern Arizona, they found their newest assistant coaches to join Tyler Gatlin on November 20 with Nick Friedman and two-time former Phoenix Suns (and one-time Bakersfield Jam player back when the Northern Arizona squad was called that) center Earl Barron joining that newly completed coaching staff for the season. During the season, Phoenix also looked to target potential new coaching candidates, including former Memphis Grizzlies head coach David Fizdale, former Suns and current (at the time) Utah Jazz assistant coach Igor Koko\u0161kov, and Villanova University head coach Jay Wright around the conclusion of the season. In fact, on March 23, 2018, it was confirmed by general manager Ryan McDonough that the team has begun their coaching search earlier than anticipated.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 56], "content_span": [57, 837]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276128-0011-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Phoenix Suns season, Roster, Salaries\nThis season was the first season since the 2011\u201312 season where the Suns no longer paid for the contract they gave to Michael Beasley, since they paid the total amount needed to remove him on their roster on September 3, 2013. However, after waiving Leandro Barbosa, the Suns still owed him about $500,000 of guaranteed money. Similarly, because the Suns waived both Derrick Jones Jr. and Mike James earlier than anticipated, they'd only receive $385,625 and around $250,000 of guaranteed money this season respectively.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 45], "content_span": [46, 566]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276128-0011-0001", "contents": "2017\u201318 Phoenix Suns season, Roster, Salaries\nThe Suns also bought out Greg Monroe's contract for the year, which cost $17,884,176 for this season only (with Phoenix receiving $1,500,000 back after Greg signed his new deal with the Boston Celtics), as well as give Isaiah Canaan his full salary of $1,069,308 after he was waived.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 45], "content_span": [46, 329]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276128-0011-0002", "contents": "2017\u201318 Phoenix Suns season, Roster, Salaries\nFurthermore, because of the sliding scale, the newly implemented two-way contracts, earning as little as $75,000 and about as much as $279,000 in a season, depending on where they play under a majority of their time, players like Mike James at the time, late second round rookie Alec Peters, and Danuel House did not affect their salary cap, regardless of how much they get paid for throughout the season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 45], "content_span": [46, 451]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276128-0012-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Phoenix Suns season, Pre-season\nThis pre-season marked the first pre-season where the number of games was intentionally shortened for the purpose of better quality control as the season continued onward, going from the usual 7\u20138 games to 5 games. It was also announced on July 31 that the Suns would play a preseason game against the Brisbane Bullets from the NBL in Australia on October 13 at the Talking Stick Resort Arena. Their official preseason schedule was announced a day later, with the only other NBA teams the Suns being the Portland Trail Blazers and Utah Jazz both on the road and at home. While the Suns started and closed the preseason out strongly, they had a tough time in the middle of it, ending the preseason with a 2\u20133 record.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 39], "content_span": [40, 755]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276128-0013-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Phoenix Suns season, Regular season\nAccording to a Twitter leak on the Los Angeles Clippers' home schedule, it revealed that the Phoenix Suns would play the Clippers at the Staples Center on October 21 and December 20, 2017; the former date being the first game the Clippers will play on their home court. Phoenix's full schedule was be released on August 14, 2017.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 43], "content_span": [44, 373]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276128-0014-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Phoenix Suns season, Transactions, Trades\nGreg Monroe2020 protected first round pick2018 Top-47 protected second round pick", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 49], "content_span": [50, 131]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276128-0015-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Phoenix Suns season, Transactions, Trades\n2018 second round pick (from Charlotte via Memphis & Phoenix)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 49], "content_span": [50, 111]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276128-0016-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Phoenix Suns season, Transactions, Trades\n^\u00a0I:\u00a0The second round pick the Suns originally planned to get before trading it to Orlando involved them getting the middle second round choice between the Memphis Grizzlies, the Charlotte Hornets, and the Miami Heat. Since the Hornets had the middle record of those three teams, their selection became the pick that was traded to Phoenix first and then Orlando afterward. ^\u00a0II:\u00a0For the Milwaukee Bucks' two selections traded to Phoenix, they were originally both meant to convey with varying protections to their names at hand.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 49], "content_span": [50, 578]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276128-0016-0001", "contents": "2017\u201318 Phoenix Suns season, Transactions, Trades\nSpecifically, their first round pick would convey to Phoenix if it was inside the top 16 and their second round pick could only convey if it was outside of the top 47. Unfortunately for the Suns, the Bucks landed directly in the worst of both worlds this season, meaning they not only could not get their second round pick at all (being conveyed to the Brooklyn Nets via another trade instead), but the tiebreaker for the first round resulted in Milwaukee's pick staying with them since it was outside of the top 16. Their first round pick remained protected until 2020 due to another external factor of not having one of the best records in a season finally being lifted that year.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 49], "content_span": [50, 732]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276128-0017-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Phoenix Suns season, Transactions, Free agents, Additions\n^\u00a0a:\u00a0Mike James initially signed with the Suns as their first ever two-way contract, which was first implemented by the NBA this season. Originally, James could only earn as much as $235,008 under that deal due to the fact that he had no interest in playing for anyone in the NBA G League.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 65], "content_span": [66, 355]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276128-0017-0001", "contents": "2017\u201318 Phoenix Suns season, Transactions, Free agents, Additions\nHowever, he later signed a full-scale deal with the Suns after his two-way contract expired on December 9, 2017 to earn $580,607 minimum for the year due to the fact that two-way contracts earned less pay when compared to other NBA players, including those that get called up directly from the NBA G League to the NBA. ^\u00a0b:\u00a0After Mike James concluded his original two-way contract with the Suns, the team decided to sign former Washington Wizards player, Houston Rockets trainee, and Rio Grande Valley Vipers player Danuel House Jr. to his own two-way contract.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 65], "content_span": [66, 627]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276128-0017-0002", "contents": "2017\u201318 Phoenix Suns season, Transactions, Free agents, Additions\nHowever, because he signed one later in the season, his days playing in the NBA were much shorter, which also meant a shorter payscale for House by comparison. ^\u00a0c:\u00a0Danuel House Jr. was previously a player for the Houston Rockets' training camp squad before being transferred to the Rio Grande Valley Vipers at the start of the season. ^\u00a0d:\u00a0Isaiah Canaan originally signed a short-term disabled player's exception once star shooting Devin Booker got hurt in the month of December.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 65], "content_span": [66, 546]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276128-0017-0003", "contents": "2017\u201318 Phoenix Suns season, Transactions, Free agents, Additions\nHowever, due to his surprisingly positive performances during that time, Canaan signed a full-length contract around Devin Booker's return on January 7, 2017. ^\u00a0e:\u00a0During this season, Isaiah Canaan played for the Houston Rockets before being waived in the month of November. A month later, Canaan signed a short-term deal to play for the new expansion Agua Caliente Clippers, but the Agua Caliente squad traded him to the Northern Arizona Suns before having a chance to play a game for them.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 65], "content_span": [66, 557]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276128-0017-0004", "contents": "2017\u201318 Phoenix Suns season, Transactions, Free agents, Additions\nHowever, Canaan did play one single game for the Northern Arizona Suns before being called back up into the NBA. ^\u00a0f:\u00a0Originally, Shaquille Harrison signed only two 10-day contracts with the Phoenix Suns, similar to that of his former teammate, Josh Gray. However, when Harrison surprised the team with his defensive abilities, the Phoenix Suns gave him a partially guaranteed two-year deal for $1,608,642 on March 13, 2018.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 65], "content_span": [66, 490]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276128-0018-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Phoenix Suns season, Transactions, Free agents, Subtractions\n^\u00a0g:\u00a0Ronnie Price did not sign with any team during the season. During the 2018\u201319 NBA season, he returned to the Suns as scout for the team, officially retiring as a player in the league. ^\u00a0h:\u00a0After being the last cut in training camp before the regular season began, Elijah Millsap was considered eligible to return to the Northern Arizona Suns after being waived from the parent team. However, before the start of the 2017\u201318 NBA G League season, Millsap was traded to the Iowa Wolves where he remained for the rest of the season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 68], "content_span": [69, 602]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276128-0018-0001", "contents": "2017\u201318 Phoenix Suns season, Transactions, Free agents, Subtractions\n^\u00a0i:\u00a0To make room for Mike James once his two-way contract expired, they waived Derrick Jones Jr.^\u00a0j:\u00a0Derrick Jones Jr. played for the Northern Arizona Suns for the rest of 2017 before signing a two-way contract with the Miami Heat on December 31, 2017. On the Miami contract, he split time between the Miami Heat and the Sioux Falls Skyforce of the NBA G League for the rest of early 2018, mostly with Sioux Falls. ^\u00a0k:\u00a0When Devin Booker returned from injury, the Suns waived Mike Jones.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 68], "content_span": [69, 557]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276128-0018-0002", "contents": "2017\u201318 Phoenix Suns season, Transactions, Free agents, Subtractions\n^\u00a0l:\u00a0Mike James had signed another two-way contract with the New Orleans Pelicans before the January 15, 2018, deadline for two-way contract signees, but ultimately requested a waiver from the Pelicans after a few games there and returned to Greece with the Panathinaikos Athens Superfoods B.C. for the rest of the season. ^\u00a0m:\u00a0Greg Monroe was bought out from his contract on January 31, 2018, hours before Isaiah Canaan's injury occurred. ^\u00a0n:\u00a0After fracturing his tibia, Canaan remained with the team before the season's trade deadline concluded.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 68], "content_span": [69, 617]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276128-0018-0003", "contents": "2017\u201318 Phoenix Suns season, Transactions, Free agents, Subtractions\nOnce the Suns traded for Elfrid Payton, Canaan was waived from the team on February 8, 2018, though he still trained in Phoenix for recovery. ^\u00a0o:\u00a0Canaan briefly returned to the Phoenix Suns for the start of the following season on August 3, 2018. ^\u00a0p:\u00a0Josh Gray signed a second 10-day contract on February 11, 2018, but was waived near the end of his original 10-day contract in order to sign his former Northern Arizona teammate, Shaquille Harrison.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 68], "content_span": [69, 520]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276129-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Pittsburgh Panthers men's basketball team\nThe 2017\u201318 Pittsburgh Panthers men's basketball team represented the University of Pittsburgh during the 2017\u201318 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Panthers were led by second-year head coach Kevin Stallings and played their home games at the Petersen Events Center in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania as members of the Atlantic Coast Conference.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 49], "section_span": [49, 49], "content_span": [50, 399]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276129-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Pittsburgh Panthers men's basketball team\nThe Panthers entered the season as one of the most inexperienced teams in NCAA Division I. ESPN's Andrea Adelson summed up the team's situation in a February 2018 piece:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 49], "section_span": [49, 49], "content_span": [50, 219]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276129-0002-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Pittsburgh Panthers men's basketball team\nBoth he [Stallings] and those inside the program prepared for a rocky 2017\u201318: They had an NCAA-high 11 newcomers, zero returning starters and three total players with NCAA Division I experience on the roster when camp opened. That is not merely rebuilding; that is starting over with nothing to build off.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 49], "section_span": [49, 49], "content_span": [50, 356]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276129-0003-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Pittsburgh Panthers men's basketball team\nThey finished with the worst season in program history, going 8\u201324 overall and 0\u201318 in ACC play, finishing dead last in the conference and losing in the first round of the ACC Tournament to Notre Dame. On March 8, 2018, Pitt fired Stallings. On March 27, Pitt hired Duke assistant coach Jeff Capel as head coach.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 49], "section_span": [49, 49], "content_span": [50, 362]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276129-0004-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Pittsburgh Panthers men's basketball team, Previous season\nThe Panthers finished the 2016\u201317 season 16\u201317, 4\u201314 in ACC play to finish in a tie for 13th place. They defeated Georgia Tech in the first round of the ACC Tournament to advance to the second round where they lost to Virginia.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 49], "section_span": [51, 66], "content_span": [67, 294]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276129-0005-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Pittsburgh Panthers men's basketball team, Previous season\nOn January 24, 2017, Pitt lost by 55 points to Louisville, the team's worst loss since 1906.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 49], "section_span": [51, 66], "content_span": [67, 159]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276130-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Pittsburgh Panthers women's basketball team\nThe 2017\u201318 Pittsburgh Panthers women's basketball team represents Pittsburgh University during the 2017\u201318 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Panthers, led by fifth year head coach Suzie McConnell-Serio, play their home games at the Petersen Events Center and were members of the Atlantic Coast Conference. They finished the season 10\u201320, 2\u201314 in ACC play to finish in a tie for thirteenth place. They lost in the first round of the ACC Women's Tournament to Wake Forest.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 51], "section_span": [51, 51], "content_span": [52, 536]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276130-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Pittsburgh Panthers women's basketball team\nOn April 5, McConnell-Serio was fired. She finished at Pittsburgh with a 5 year record of 67\u201387.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 51], "section_span": [51, 51], "content_span": [52, 148]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276130-0002-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Pittsburgh Panthers women's basketball team, Previous season\nThey finished the season 13\u201317, 4\u201312 in ACC play to finish in a tie for eleventh place. They lost in the first round of the ACC Women's Tournament to North Carolina.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 51], "section_span": [53, 68], "content_span": [69, 234]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276130-0003-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Pittsburgh Panthers women's basketball team, Media, Pitt Panthers Sports Network\nThe Pitt Panthers Sports Network will broadcast all Panthers games on WJAS. George Von Benko will provide the play-by-play while Jen Tuscano will provide the analysis. Non -televised home games can be watched online via Pitt Panthers TV with the Panthers Sports Network call.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 51], "section_span": [53, 88], "content_span": [89, 364]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276131-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Pittsburgh Penguins season\nThe 2017\u201318 Pittsburgh Penguins season was the 51st season for the National Hockey League ice hockey team that was established on June 5, 1967. They entered the season as two-time defending Stanley Cup champions. It was the first season since the 2002\u201303 season in which the team played without goaltender Marc-Andre Fleury, who was drafted to the Vegas Golden Knights in the expansion draft.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [34, 34], "content_span": [35, 427]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276131-0000-0001", "contents": "2017\u201318 Pittsburgh Penguins season\nThe Penguins failed to defend their title, after being eliminated in the Second Round of the playoffs by the eventual Stanley Cup champion Washington Capitals, ending their chances of a possible three-peat, the first three-peat in the NHL since the New York Islanders won 4 straight from 1980 to 1983, and the first in a North American professional sports league since the NBA\u2019s Los Angeles Lakers from 2000 to 2002.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [34, 34], "content_span": [35, 451]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276131-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Pittsburgh Penguins season, Schedule and results, Regular season\nThe regular season schedule was published on June 22, 2017.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 72], "content_span": [73, 132]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276131-0002-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Pittsburgh Penguins season, Player statistics, Goaltenders\n\u2020Denotes player spent time with another team before joining the Penguins. Statistics reflect time with the Penguins only. \u2021Denotes player was traded mid-season. Statistics reflect time with the Penguins only. Bold/italics denotes franchise record.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 66], "content_span": [67, 314]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276131-0003-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Pittsburgh Penguins season, Transactions\nThe Penguins have been involved in the following transactions during the 2017\u201318 season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 48], "content_span": [49, 137]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276131-0004-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Pittsburgh Penguins season, Draft picks\nBelow are the Pittsburgh Penguins' selections at the 2017 NHL Entry Draft, which was held on June 23 and 24, 2017 at the United Center in Chicago.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 47], "content_span": [48, 194]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276132-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Plunket Shield season\nThe 2017\u201318 Plunket Shield was the 89th season of the Plunket Shield, the domestic first-class cricket competition in New Zealand. The competition started on 23 October 2017 and finished on 5 April 2018. Canterbury were the defending champions.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [29, 29], "content_span": [30, 274]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276132-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Plunket Shield season\nThe round eight fixture between Canterbury and Auckland at the Mainpower Oval in Rangiora was called off due to an unsafe pitch. The umpires abandoned the game after only three balls were bowled on day three of the match.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [29, 29], "content_span": [30, 251]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276132-0002-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Plunket Shield season\nCentral Districts won the tournament, following the final round of fixtures, after their nearest rivals, Wellington, failed to win their last match.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [29, 29], "content_span": [30, 178]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276133-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 PlusLiga\n2017\u201318 PlusLiga was the 82nd season of Polish Championship (18th season as professional league - PlusLiga) organized by Professional Volleyball League SA (Polish: Profesjonalna Liga Pi\u0142ki Siatkowej S.A.) under the supervision of Polish Volleyball Federation (Polish: Polski Zwi\u0105zek Pi\u0142ki Siatkowej).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [16, 16], "content_span": [17, 317]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276133-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 PlusLiga\nAluron Virtu Warta Zawiercie beat AZS Cz\u0119stochowa in playoffs for keeping in the PlusLiga and join to tournament.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [16, 16], "content_span": [17, 130]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276133-0002-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 PlusLiga\nIn season 2017/2018 Poland is represented in CEV Champions League by medalists of previous season (ZAKSA K\u0119dzierzyn-Ko\u017ale, PGE Skra Be\u0142chat\u00f3w and Jastrz\u0119bski W\u0119giel).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [16, 16], "content_span": [17, 183]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276133-0003-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 PlusLiga, Play\u2013offs, Semifinals\nTop two teams of Regular season are qualified to two different semifinal pairs.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [18, 39], "content_span": [40, 119]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276134-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 PlusLiga squads\nThis article shows the rosters of all participating teams at 2017\u201318 PlusLiga in Poland.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [23, 23], "content_span": [24, 112]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276134-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 PlusLiga squads, Aluron Virtu Warta Zawiercie\nThe following is the Aluron Virtu Warta Zawiercie roster in the 2017\u201318 PlusLiga.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 53], "content_span": [54, 135]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276134-0002-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 PlusLiga squads, Asseco Resovia Rzesz\u00f3w\nThe following is the Asseco Resovia Rzesz\u00f3w roster in the 2017\u201318 PlusLiga.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 47], "content_span": [48, 123]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276134-0003-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 PlusLiga squads, Asseco Resovia Rzesz\u00f3w\n1 Due to Bart\u0142omiej Lema\u0144ski injury, Asseco Resovia Rzesz\u00f3w signed contract with a French middle blocker Chinenyeze on 2 March 2018.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 47], "content_span": [48, 180]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276134-0004-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 PlusLiga squads, BBTS Bielsko-Bia\u0142a\nThe following is the BBTS Bielsko-Bia\u0142a roster in the 2017\u201318 PlusLiga.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 43], "content_span": [44, 115]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276134-0005-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 PlusLiga squads, Cerrad Czarni Radom\nThe following is the Cerrad Czarni Radom roster in the 2017\u201318 PlusLiga.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 44], "content_span": [45, 117]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276134-0006-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 PlusLiga squads, Cuprum Lubin\nThe following is the Cuprum Lubin roster in the 2017\u201318 PlusLiga.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 37], "content_span": [38, 103]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276134-0007-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 PlusLiga squads, Dafi Spo\u0142em Kielce\nThe following is the Dafi Spo\u0142em Kielce roster in the 2017\u201318 PlusLiga.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 43], "content_span": [44, 115]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276134-0008-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 PlusLiga squads, Espadon Szczecin\nThe following is the Espadon Szczecin roster in the 2017\u201318 PlusLiga.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 41], "content_span": [42, 111]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276134-0009-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 PlusLiga squads, GKS Katowice\nThe following is the GKS Katowice roster in the 2017\u201318 PlusLiga.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 37], "content_span": [38, 103]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276134-0010-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 PlusLiga squads, Indykpol AZS Olsztyn\nThe following is the Indykpol AZS Olsztyn roster in the 2017\u201318 PlusLiga.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 45], "content_span": [46, 119]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276134-0011-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 PlusLiga squads, Jastrz\u0119bski W\u0119giel\nThe following is the Jastrz\u0119bski W\u0119giel roster in the 2017\u201318 PlusLiga.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 43], "content_span": [44, 115]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276134-0012-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 PlusLiga squads, \u0141uczniczka Bydgoszcz\nThe following is the \u0141uczniczka Bydgoszcz roster in the 2017\u201318 PlusLiga.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 45], "content_span": [46, 119]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276134-0013-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 PlusLiga squads, MKS B\u0119dzin\nThe following is the MKS B\u0119dzin roster in the 2017\u201318 PlusLiga.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 35], "content_span": [36, 99]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276134-0014-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 PlusLiga squads, ONICO Warszawa\nThe following is the ONICO Warszawa roster in the 2017\u201318 PlusLiga.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 39], "content_span": [40, 107]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276134-0015-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 PlusLiga squads, PGE Skra Be\u0142chat\u00f3w\nThe following is the PGE Skra Be\u0142chat\u00f3w roster in the 2017\u201318 PlusLiga.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 43], "content_span": [44, 115]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276134-0016-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 PlusLiga squads, Trefl Gda\u0144sk\nThe following is the Trefl Gda\u0144sk roster in the 2017\u201318 PlusLiga.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 37], "content_span": [38, 103]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276134-0017-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 PlusLiga squads, ZAKSA K\u0119dzierzyn-Ko\u017ale\nThe following is the ZAKSA K\u0119dzierzyn-Ko\u017ale roster in the 2017\u201318 PlusLiga.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 47], "content_span": [48, 123]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276135-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Plymouth Argyle F.C. season\nThe 2017\u201318 season was Plymouth Argyle's first season back in League One since the 2010\u201311 season, following their promotion from League Two and their 132nd year in existence. Along with competing in League One, the club participated in the FA Cup, EFL Cup and EFL Trophy. The season covers the period from 1 July 2017 to 30 June 2018.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [35, 35], "content_span": [36, 371]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276135-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Plymouth Argyle F.C. season, Competitions, Friendlies\nOn 5 May 2017, Plymouth Argyle announced Cardiff City will visit during the pre-season schedule. A week later, it was confirmed the club will visit the Netherlands again this summer playing two friendlies whilst abroad while other friendlies were also announced in England. Two more friendlies were revealed on 25 May 2017.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 61], "content_span": [62, 385]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276135-0002-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Plymouth Argyle F.C. season, Competitions, FA Cup\nOn 16 October 2017, Plymouth Argyle were drawn at home against Grimsby Town in the first round. A second round away trip to Bradford City was confirmed.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 57], "content_span": [58, 210]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276135-0003-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Plymouth Argyle F.C. season, Competitions, EFL Cup\nOn 16 June 2017, Plymouth Argyle were drawn away to Bristol City in the first round.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 58], "content_span": [59, 143]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276135-0004-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Plymouth Argyle F.C. season, Competitions, EFL Trophy\nOn 12 July 2017, Plymouth were drawn against Chelsea U23s, Exeter City and Yeovil Town in Southern Group D.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 61], "content_span": [62, 169]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276136-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Polish Cup\nThe 2017\u201318 Polish Cup was the sixty-fourth season of the annual Polish football knockout tournament. It began on 14 July 2017 with the first matches of the preliminary round and ended on 2 May 2018 with the final at PGE Narodowy. Winners of the competition, Legia Warsaw, qualified for the qualifying tournament of the 2018\u201319 UEFA Europa League. They secured their 19th Polish Cup title ever, after defeating 2\u20131 defending champions from Arka Gdynia.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [18, 18], "content_span": [19, 471]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276136-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Polish Cup, Preliminary round\nThe draw for this round was conducted at the headquarters of the Polish FA on 22 June 2017. Participating in this round were 16 regional cup winners, 18 teams from the 2016\u201317 II liga and 6 lowest ranked teams from the 2016\u201317 I liga. The matches were played from 14 to 18 July 2017.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [20, 37], "content_span": [38, 321]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276136-0002-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Polish Cup, Preliminary round\n16 of the 24 I liga and II liga teams participating in the preliminary round were drawn against the 16 regional cup winners, and the remaining 8 were drawn against each other. Games were hosted by teams playing in the lower division in the 2017\u201318 season. The host of Legionovia Legionowo vs. Znicz Pruszk\u00f3w (both teams playing in 2017\u201318 II liga) game was determined by the order in which the teams were drawn. The number in brackets indicates what tier of Polish football each team competes in during the 2017\u201318 season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [20, 37], "content_span": [38, 560]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276136-0003-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Polish Cup, First round\nThe draw for this round was conducted at the headquarters of the Polish FA on 22 June 2017. The matches were played from 22 to 26 July 2017. Participating in this round were the 20 winners from the previous round and 12 highest ranked teams from the 2016\u201317 I liga. Winners of matches were advanced to the next round. The 12 teams joining in this round were seeded and their opponents were drawn from the 20 winners of the preliminary round (the other 8 formed the remaining 4 matches).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [20, 31], "content_span": [32, 518]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276136-0003-0001", "contents": "2017\u201318 Polish Cup, First round\nGames will be hosted by teams playing in the lower division in the 2017\u201318 season. Host of match between Puszcza Niepo\u0142omice and GKS Tychy (the teams are playing in the same tier) was decided by a draw on 17 July 2017. The number in brackets indicates what tier of Polish football each team competes in during the 2017\u201318 season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [20, 31], "content_span": [32, 361]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276136-0004-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Polish Cup, Round of 32\nThe draw for this round was conducted at the PGE Narodowy on 25 July 2017. The matches were played on 8\u201310 August 2017. Participating in this round were the 16 winners from the previous round and 16 teams from the 2016\u201317 Ekstraklasa. Games were hosted by teams playing in the lower division in the 2017\u201318 season. The hosts of matches of teams playing in the same tier were the teams occupying a higher position in the bracket.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [20, 31], "content_span": [32, 460]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276136-0005-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Polish Cup, Round of 16\nThe 16 winners from the previous round competed in this round. The draw for this round was conducted at PGE Narodowy, Warsaw on 25 July 2017. Matches were played from 19 September to 27 September 2017. Hosts of matches between teams playing in the same tier were decided by a draw conducted on 11 August 2017.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [20, 31], "content_span": [32, 341]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276136-0006-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Polish Cup, Quarterfinals\nThe 8 winners from Round of 16 competed in this round. The matches were played in two legs. The first leg took place on 24\u201326 October 2017. The second leg took place on 28 and 29 November 2017. The draw for this round was conducted at PGE Narodowy, Warsaw on 25 July 2017. Host of first match between teams playing in the same tier (Zag\u0142\u0119bie Lubin and Korona Kielce) was decided by a draw conducted on 28 September 2017.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [20, 33], "content_span": [34, 454]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276136-0007-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Polish Cup, Semifinals\nThe 4 winners from the Quarterfinals competed in this round. The matches were played in two legs. The first legs took place on 3-4 April 2018. The second legs took place on 18 April 2017. The draw for this round was conducted at Stadion Miejski, Kielce on 29 November 2017.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [20, 30], "content_span": [31, 304]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276136-0008-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Polish Cup, Final\nThe final match was played at the PGE Narodowy, Warsaw on 2 May 2018. The host of the final match was decided by a draw which was conducted on 17 April 2018.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [20, 25], "content_span": [26, 183]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276136-0009-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Polish Cup, Final\nMatch officials:Referee:Piotr LasykAssistant referees:Dawid GolisBart\u0142omiej LekkiFourth official:Mariusz Z\u0142otekVideo assistant referee:Pawe\u0142 GilMarcin Borkowski", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [20, 25], "content_span": [26, 186]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276137-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Polish Cup of men's volleyball\n2017\u201318 Polish Cup was the 61st edition of the Polish Cup of men's volleyball tournament.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [38, 38], "content_span": [39, 128]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276137-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Polish Cup of men's volleyball\nAs a venue for final tournament was chosen Centennial Hall in Wroc\u0142aw second time in row. Quarterfinals opponents were drawn on January 1, 2018.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [38, 38], "content_span": [39, 183]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276137-0002-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Polish Cup of men's volleyball\nTrefl Gda\u0144sk beat one of the most titled Polish club PGE Skra Be\u0142chat\u00f3w in finale and achieved Polish Cup second time in club history. Polish opposite Damian Schulz from Trefl Gda\u0144sk was the Most Valuable Player of the tournament.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [38, 38], "content_span": [39, 269]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276137-0003-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Polish Cup of men's volleyball, Final phase, Quarterfinals\nIn quarterfinals, two teams that have passed the 5 rounds of qualifications are joined by the current top 6 teams in regular season of the 2017\u201318 PlusLiga. The drawing of club pairs took place on January 1, 2018.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 66], "content_span": [67, 280]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276138-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Port Vale F.C. season\nThe 2017\u201318 season was Port Vale's 106th season of football in the English Football League, and first season back in EFL League Two following relegation from EFL League One. The season covers the period from 1 July 2017 through to 30 June 2018.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [29, 29], "content_span": [30, 274]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276138-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Port Vale F.C. season\nThe season began as Michael Brown's first full season as manager, and he targeted promotion as he built a new squad in the summer. The rebuilding process required a massive clear out of 21 players, and in their place he signed 13 permanent players and seven loan players, including former two-time Player of the Year Tom Pope. After winning on the opening day, Vale then went a club record six successive game in all competitions without scoring a goal, losing straight league games to go bottom of the league in September.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [29, 29], "content_span": [30, 553]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276138-0001-0001", "contents": "2017\u201318 Port Vale F.C. season\nThis run was ended with a 1\u20131 draw at home to Forest Green Rovers on 16 September, which proved to be Brown's last match in charge. His replacement was former defender Neil Aspin, who was joined by former manager John Rudge in a director of football role. They oversaw an upturn in results, though the club exited the FA Cup following a replay in the Second Round; Aspin bemoaned refereeing decisions that saw Vale reduced to nine men, though they managed to take Yeovil Town into extra-time despite twice going behind with two fewer players.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [29, 29], "content_span": [30, 572]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276138-0002-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Port Vale F.C. season\nAspin signed three players and four loanees in the January transfer window, the most significant addition being that of Luke Hannant; meanwhile three players and four loanees left the club, the biggest loss being Gavin Gunning, who went to relegation rivals Forest Green Rovers. Vale went 14 games without a win at the start of 2018, but victory over Chesterfield on Good Friday eased genuine concerns of relegation into the National League. Nevertheless, a run of just two wins in their 21 games in 2018 meant that they finished in 20th-place, the joint-lowest finish in the club's history. They remained largely reliant on Player of the Year Tom Pope's 19 goals to stay in the league.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [29, 29], "content_span": [30, 716]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276138-0003-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Port Vale F.C. season, Overview, EFL League Two\nDespite being unable to prevent relegation as caretaker-manager the previous season, Michael Brown was confirmed as the club's new permanent manager in May 2017; incumbent assistants David \"Ned\" Kelly and Chris Morgan also retained their positions, as did chief scout Darren Wrack. Brown said that the budget available left him with \"a good chance of gaining promotion\". His first summer signing was former two-time Player of the Year Tom Pope on a free transfer after he managed to secure his release from Bury.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 55], "content_span": [56, 568]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276138-0003-0001", "contents": "2017\u201318 Port Vale F.C. season, Overview, EFL League Two\nHe made his second signing four weeks later, goalkeeper Rob Lainton, who also arrived on a free transfer from Bury. Also arriving were Colombian winger Cristian Monta\u00f1o, released from Bristol Rovers, and former Vale youth centre-back Joe Davis, on a free transfer from Fleetwood Town, and 22-year old Burton Albion goalkeeper Sam Hornby. These signings were quickly followed by the arrival of 19-year old Sheffield United left-back Graham Kelly. A third Bury player also arrived in the form of 34-year old centre-back Antony Kay, a veteran of over 600 professional matches. However Brown also revealed that defender Kjell Knops had picked up an infection in his knee and would miss the entire season after undergoing surgery.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 55], "content_span": [56, 781]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276138-0004-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Port Vale F.C. season, Overview, EFL League Two\nHeading into July, Brown brought in target man striker Tyrone Barnett on a free transfer from AFC Wimbledon. He took on a wide variety of players on trial, including: Danny Green, Neal Eardley, Michael Tonge, Gavin Gunning, Billy Whitehouse, Tom Walker, Gaetan Lenoir, and Nicolas Guidicelli. He signed 19-year old Huddersfield Town striker Rekeil Pyke on a season-long loan. As last season's captain Ben Purkiss rejected a new contract offer, Brown signed right-back Lawrie Wilson on a free transfer from Bolton Wanderers to replace him.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 55], "content_span": [56, 594]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276138-0004-0001", "contents": "2017\u201318 Port Vale F.C. season, Overview, EFL League Two\nHaving decided against signing one of the wingers on trial, Brown instead brought in Burton Albion's Marcus Harness on a season-long loan. On the same day that Barnett was revealed to have suffered a serious hamstring tear, the club announced that trialist centre-back Gavin Gunning had signed a contract of undisclosed-length. The day before the opening game of the season, Brown secured veteran trialist midfielder Michael Tonge to a one-year deal, and also brought in 21-year old winger Ben Whitfield on a half-season loan from A.F.C. Bournemouth.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 55], "content_span": [56, 606]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276138-0005-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Port Vale F.C. season, Overview, EFL League Two\nBrown played eight d\u00e9butantes at Crawley Town on 5 August, and it was two of these, Kay and Tonge, who scored the opening goals of a 3\u20131 victory, finished off with a first league goal for Dan Turner. Two days later Brown signed 21-year old left-back Tyler Denton on a season-long loan from Leeds United. Adebayo Akinfenwa put Wycombe Wanderers ahead within two minutes of the opening home game of the season at Vale Park on 12 August, and by the 25-minute mark he had scored the opposition's final goal of a 3\u20132 defeat for the \"Valiants\".", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 55], "content_span": [56, 594]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276138-0005-0001", "contents": "2017\u201318 Port Vale F.C. season, Overview, EFL League Two\nIn the week following the defeat to Wycombe, both Anton Forrester and Danny Pugh were ruled out of action for three to four months, and Brown signed 20-year old Sheffield Wednesday winger Jack Stobbs on a season-long loan. The match at Chesterfield was declared \"Ernie Moss Day\" in tribute to the legend of both clubs, but another poor performance saw Vale slip to a 2\u20130 defeat to a side that had previously failed to pick up a point. Fans booed the team and turned on the manager, chanting 'You don't know what you're doing'.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 55], "content_span": [56, 582]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276138-0005-0002", "contents": "2017\u201318 Port Vale F.C. season, Overview, EFL League Two\nIn the week building up to the local derby with Crewe Alexandra, Brown signed highly rated midfielder David Worrall. Worrall made his debut against Crewe, but it was midfield partner Michael Tonge who made the headlines for the wrong reasons, as he was sent off four minutes after Crewe's Chris Dagnall scored the only goal of the game on the half-hour mark; Brown said that Tonge was unlucky to be sent off and he was proud of his team's performance. On the final day before the summer transfer window closed, Brown signed Burnley centre-back Tom Anderson on a season-long loan and Doncaster Rovers central midfielder Harry Middleton on a free transfer.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 55], "content_span": [56, 710]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276138-0006-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Port Vale F.C. season, Overview, EFL League Two\nVale fell to 23rd-place at the beginning of September with a 1\u20130 home defeat to Notts County; Brown said his team were \"sucker punched, against the run of play\". Seven days later Tyrone Barnett returned from injury to make his Vale debut at Coventry City, however goalkeeper Lainton picked up an injury as Vale fell to rock bottom of the Football League with a 1\u20130 defeat despite playing against ten-men for the closing stages of the game; the injury-list now included Lainton, Pugh, Monta\u00f1o, Forrester, Pyke, Knops, with Tonge suspended.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 55], "content_span": [56, 594]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276138-0006-0001", "contents": "2017\u201318 Port Vale F.C. season, Overview, EFL League Two\nA sixth consecutive league loss followed in a 2\u20130 defeat at Luton Town, which was also the sixth successive game in all competitions in which Vale had failed to score a goal \u2013 a club record. Chief Executive Colin Garlick said the club had not set any ultimatum to Brown for the home game with second-from-bottom Forest Green Rovers on 16 September. Brown signed Derby County goalkeeper Kelle Roos on an emergency loan and played him against Forest Green.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 55], "content_span": [56, 510]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276138-0006-0002", "contents": "2017\u201318 Port Vale F.C. season, Overview, EFL League Two\nTurner broke Vale's barren spell against Forest Green, scoring his third of the campaign in a rare start, but Rovers made three early substitutions and came back into the game to force a 1\u20131 draw which kept Vale bottom of the table; despite this Brown was confident he would still be in charge of the club for the following match. His confidence was misplaced however, as he was sacked shortly after the match; his assistants, David \"Ned\" Kelly and Chris Morgan were placed in charge of the club on an interim basis.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 55], "content_span": [56, 572]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276138-0006-0003", "contents": "2017\u201318 Port Vale F.C. season, Overview, EFL League Two\nThey first took charge for the trip to Yeovil Town on 23 September, and were on the way to a 1\u20130 win when an error from Roos gifted Yeovil an equaliser; Vale ended up holding on to a 1\u20131 draw after James Gibbons marked his league debut with a sending off for two yellow cards. Three days later they took the lead at home to high-flying Accrington Stanley, but fell to a 2\u20131 defeat after a Billy Kee brace either side of half-time. The run of poor form continued with a 2\u20130 defeat at Stevenage. Meanwhile, the search for a new manager dragged on, as Smurthwaite ruled out National League managers John Askey and Neil Aspin, stating that the list of prospective names had been narrowed down to three 'exceptional' candidates.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 55], "content_span": [56, 779]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276138-0007-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Port Vale F.C. season, Overview, EFL League Two\nDespite previously being ruled out by Smurthwaite, Gateshead manager Neil Aspin was installed as Port Vale manager on 4 October, advised by former manager John Rudge in a director of football role. Three days later his new team got off to an excellent start at home to Grimsby Town as they were leading 1\u20130 at half-time with a Tom Pope goal, but then a second-half turnaround saw them lose the match 2\u20131 and slip back into the relegation zone.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 55], "content_span": [56, 499]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276138-0007-0001", "contents": "2017\u201318 Port Vale F.C. season, Overview, EFL League Two\nAspin managed a victory in his second game though, with Pope scoring a brace in a 3\u20131 home win over Cheltenham Town. Aspin went on to name Danny Pugh as the club's new captain, ahead of the dropped Antony Kay. Vale then recorded a 3\u20130 win at Morecambe, with Pope again scoring a brace and Monta\u00f1o marking his return to action with his first goal for the club. Pope again scored at third-placed Exeter City to give Vale a 1\u20130 victory in blustery conditions.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 55], "content_span": [56, 512]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276138-0007-0002", "contents": "2017\u201318 Port Vale F.C. season, Overview, EFL League Two\nFollowing an injury to Roos, Aspin acted swiftly to sign the big Bulgarian goalkeeper Dimitar Evtimov on loan from Nottingham Forest, who started immediately in the 3\u20130 home defeat to Swindon Town. Aspin said he was \"very disappointed about the whole goalkeeping situation\". Aspin went on to be nominated for the EFL League Two Manager of the Month award and Pope was nominated for the EFL League Two Player of the Month award, after three wins in five games and five goals and one assist for Pope.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 55], "content_span": [56, 554]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276138-0008-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Port Vale F.C. season, Overview, EFL League Two\nGoing into November, Aspin signed 20-year box-to-box midfielder Chris Regis, who had previously entered non-league football after spending time on the books at Arsenal, Southampton and Colchester United. Vale then travelled to Newport County, and returned home with a point after coming back from 1\u20130 down, Anton Forrester scoring with his first league appearance of the campaign. Fellow relegation battlers Barnet arrived in Burslem on 18 November, and Vale claimed a hard-fought victory after Pope converted a late penalty won by Gibbons. This was Port Vale's first penalty since 20 January.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 55], "content_span": [56, 649]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276138-0008-0001", "contents": "2017\u201318 Port Vale F.C. season, Overview, EFL League Two\nHowever three days later the Vale fell to a 4\u20130 defeat at home to Mansfield Town, though Aspin said his team worked hard and the scoreline was not a fair reflection on the game. They then suffered a 3\u20131 defeat away to Lincoln City, having looked second best to the National League champions for most of the match; Aspin said the performance was not good enough.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 55], "content_span": [56, 417]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276138-0008-0002", "contents": "2017\u201318 Port Vale F.C. season, Overview, EFL League Two\nAlso in November, long-serving full-back Adam Yates returned from a loan spell at Macclesfield Town only to suffer extensive facial injuries in a collision with Hornby in a reserve team match; despite his injury and in light of his service to the club, Yates was given a contract extension to keep him on until the end of the season. However he went on to announce his retirement from playing in March.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 55], "content_span": [56, 458]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276138-0009-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Port Vale F.C. season, Overview, EFL League Two\nAspin paid tribute to supporters who helped clear snow off the pitch prior to an important 2\u20130 home win over Cambridge United on 9 December; Monta\u00f1o scored both of the goals either side of half-time, helping to put an end to the team's recent run of bad results. They continued their good form under Aspin with a 2\u20131 victory at Carlisle United, as he changed tactics with the scores at 0\u20130 after sensing the hosts were there to be beaten. The following week the club and Aspin came to an agreement on a new two-and-a-half year contract.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 55], "content_span": [56, 592]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276138-0009-0001", "contents": "2017\u201318 Port Vale F.C. season, Overview, EFL League Two\nThe team celebrated by securing a useful point at play-off hopefuls Colchester United, coming from a goal down at half-time to draw the game 1\u20131. Nathan Smith then scored the only goal of the Boxing day game with play-off chasing Coventry City. They ended the year in style with a 4\u20130 home victory over league leaders Luton, which left them ten points clear of the relegation zone and nine points off the play-offs; \"Hatters\" boss Nathan Jones said that \"they were better than us all over the park. They got second balls, they outworked us, we didn\u2019t handle Pope all afternoon and we got what we deserved.\" Aspin was nominated for that month's EFL League Two Manager of the Month award, though lost out to Danny Cowley at Lincoln City.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 55], "content_span": [56, 791]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276138-0010-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Port Vale F.C. season, Overview, EFL League Two\nVale opened the New Year with a 1\u20130 defeat at second-placed Notts County, and though Aspin was pleased with his players he was highly critical of the referee for his award of a late penalty, calling it \"a really bad decision\". Earlier in the day he made his second signing as manager, bringing in striker Dior Angus from non-league Redditch United. Meanwhile, Gavin Gunning left the club on the expiry of his contract, whilst Jack Stobbs, Rekeil Pyke and Tyler Denton returned to their parent clubs. In contrast, Whitfield's loan was extended until the end of the season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 55], "content_span": [56, 627]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276138-0010-0001", "contents": "2017\u201318 Port Vale F.C. season, Overview, EFL League Two\nGunning made his debut for Forest Green on 6 January, and kept a clean sheet as Rovers beat the Vale 1\u20130 with a goal from fellow d\u00e9butante Reuben Reid; Aspin apologized to supporters after the match for the team's performance. Aspin went on to allow Lawrie Wilson to join National League side Ebbsfleet United after the full-back failed to make the first-team under his tenure. He also agreed to terminate the contract of French midfielder Anthony de Freitas, whilst bringing in striker Donovan Wilson on loan from Wolverhampton Wanderers.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 55], "content_span": [56, 595]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276138-0010-0002", "contents": "2017\u201318 Port Vale F.C. season, Overview, EFL League Two\nVale put in a poor performance at home to Yeovil, though did claim a 1\u20131 draw after Pope converted a late penalty. Aspin went on to sign midfielder Luke Hannant from Gateshead for an undisclosed fee, having previously signed the 24-year old from Team Northumbria in 2016. He also boosted the defensive numbers by bringing in centre-back Zak Jules on loan from Shrewsbury Town.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 55], "content_span": [56, 432]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276138-0010-0003", "contents": "2017\u201318 Port Vale F.C. season, Overview, EFL League Two\nHannant made his debut at Accrington Stanley on 20 January, a game in which Vale led 2\u20130 at half-time only to lose 3\u20132; Aspin went on to criticise both the referee for failing to spot a handball for Accrington's equaliser and also his team for poor defending. Jules made his debut and Lainton returned to the starting eleven for the visit of Colchester on 27 January, and Vale managed to secure a 2\u20132 draw despite a poor performance thanks to a brace from Worrall.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 55], "content_span": [56, 520]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276138-0010-0004", "contents": "2017\u201318 Port Vale F.C. season, Overview, EFL League Two\nA surprise departure was then announced, as Anderson was recalled early from his loan spell by Burnley. Aspin responded quickly by signing former youth-team centre-back Charlie Raglan on loan from Oxford United, 21-year old defender Kyle Howkins on loan from West Bromwich Albion and 23-year old defender Callum Howe for an undisclosed fee from Lincoln City.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 55], "content_span": [56, 414]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276138-0011-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Port Vale F.C. season, Overview, EFL League Two\nRaglan started at home to struggling Morecambe on 3 February, and helped the defence to keep a clean sheet in a dour 0\u20130 draw. However they then conceded five at Cheltenham Town, including a hat-trick from Mohamed Eisa, after long spells of defensive errors. Tonge opened the scoring at Swindon on 17 February, but defensive and goalkeeping errors from the returning Ryan Boot ended up costing the team a 3\u20132 defeat, with former player Marc Richards scoring a brace. Vale then kept a clean sheet at home to Newport County, but played poorly and only picked up a point whilst relegation rivals Chesterfield, Barnet, Forest Green, Crewe Alex and Morecambe all gained three points.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 55], "content_span": [56, 734]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276138-0012-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Port Vale F.C. season, Overview, EFL League Two\nWithout a win since 2017, Vale then lost top-scorer Tom Pope for the month of March after he was forced to undergo an operation to repair a hernia. Grimsby Town were in even worse form however, and on 10 March Vale seemed to be on their way to a vital 1\u20130 away win despite missing a penalty; however a stoppage-time equaliser from James Berrett extended Vale's winless streak and instigated a crowd invasion and punch-up from amongst the away end.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 55], "content_span": [56, 503]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276138-0012-0001", "contents": "2017\u201318 Port Vale F.C. season, Overview, EFL League Two\nThey then faced a hastily rearranged trip to bottom club Barnet three days later, and salvaged a 1\u20131 draw after Forrester capitalised on a goalkeeping error. Vale went on to come from two goals down at Stevenage to salvage a point, Wilson and Hannant scoring their first goals for the club, to maintain a healthy seven point gap with the relegation zone with only nine games left to play. Despite a decent performance, they failed to extend this gap after losing 1\u20130 at home to promotion-chasing Exeter.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 55], "content_span": [56, 559]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276138-0012-0002", "contents": "2017\u201318 Port Vale F.C. season, Overview, EFL League Two\nVale went on to gain a useful point with a hard-working performance during a 0\u20130 draw at third-place Wycombe; Boot's performance in goal earned him a place on the EFL Team of the Week.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 55], "content_span": [56, 240]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276138-0012-0003", "contents": "2017\u201318 Port Vale F.C. season, Overview, EFL League Two\nThey hosted 23rd-placed Chesterfield in a crucial game on Good Friday, and Pugh went from hero to villain on the cusp of half-time as he scored the opening goal and then got sent off for a studs up challenge two minutes later to leave his teammates to defend their 1\u20130 lead with ten men over the course of the second half; Vale did concede an equaliser, before substitute Whitfield won the game late on with an excellent strike.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 55], "content_span": [56, 484]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276138-0013-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Port Vale F.C. season, Overview, EFL League Two\nVale took the short trip to Crewe on 2 April and started poorly after an error from Boot gifted Ryan Wintle the opening goal on seven minutes, but they equalised before half-time with a penalty against the run of play; Kay seemed to have scored the winning goal from long-range on 71 minutes, but a stoppage-time equaliser from Charlie Kirk denied Vale the three points.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 55], "content_span": [56, 426]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276138-0013-0001", "contents": "2017\u201318 Port Vale F.C. season, Overview, EFL League Two\nFive days later Vale lost 2\u20131 at home to Crawley after Smith gave away a penalty and scored an own goal, though the penalty decision of referee Mike Jones was highly contentious; Aspin called the referee's performance 'diabolical'. Newly-crowned EFL Trophy champions Lincoln visited Vale Park on 14 April, and Vale all but secured their safety on that day after Kay scored the winner on 63 minutes.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 55], "content_span": [56, 454]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276138-0013-0002", "contents": "2017\u201318 Port Vale F.C. season, Overview, EFL League Two\nVale set up defensively at Mansfield and managed to rescue a point after a late equalising goal from Pope cancelled out a clumsy own goal; after match Aspin summarised the season by saying that \"I think they have done well, from the position they were in, to getting to safety.\" Angus scored on his home debut on 28 April, but this was not enough to prevent the final match of the season at Vale Park being a 2\u20131 defeat to Carlisle United, much to Aspin's disappointment.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 55], "content_span": [56, 527]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276138-0014-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Port Vale F.C. season, Overview, EFL League Two\nVale ended their league campaign with a 5\u20130 defeat at Cambridge United, leaving them in 20th-place \u2013 the joint-lowest finish in the club's history (the other being the 1979\u201380 season). At the end of the season Aspin released ten players \u2013 Chris Regis, Ryan Boot, Luke Dennis, Anton Forrester, Graham Kelly, Kjell Knops, Harry Middleton, Billy Reeves, Joe Slinn and Charlie Walford \u2013 and transfer-listed Tyrone Barnett, Joe Davis, Callum Howe and Rob Lainton, as he attempted to build his own squad for the 2018\u201319 season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 55], "content_span": [56, 577]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276138-0015-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Port Vale F.C. season, Overview, Finances & ownership issues\nNorman Smurthwaite resigned as chairman at the end of the 2016\u201317 season, and 67-year-old former British Rail manager and lifelong Vale supporter Tony Fradley was unveiled as his successor, though Smurthwaite remained as owner. Following relegation, season ticket prices were cut by \u00a350 to \u00a3295 with under-12s allowed in for free. The new shirt sponsors were the manorshop.com, owned by Kidsgrove businessman Kevin Jones, who had made a failed attempt to buy the club in May 2017.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 68], "content_span": [69, 549]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276138-0015-0001", "contents": "2017\u201318 Port Vale F.C. season, Overview, Finances & ownership issues\nSpeaking in August, Smurthwaite said that the wage budget was 20% higher than the previous season due to the extra money raised from the sales of Jak Alnwick and Anthony Grant in January 2017. The club took out \u00a350,000 in 'promotion insurance', which would cover the cost in bonuses should the club achieve promotion at the end of the season. On 31 January 2018, the sale of Jordan Hugill from Preston North End to West Ham United gained Vale around \u00a31.8 million thanks to a 20% sell on clause negotiated by Micky Adams following his departure from Vale Park in 2014.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 68], "content_span": [69, 636]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276138-0016-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Port Vale F.C. season, Overview, Finances & ownership issues\nSmurthwaite attended the Port Vale Supporters' Club meeting in March, and stated that the club was losing around \u00a3150,000 a month, that the playing budget was \u00a31.6 million (he believed this to be a top ten League Two budget), that he would only sell to the right buyer and would not be publicly naming his asking price, that when he took over the club the Football League appointed Karl Oyston as his mentor, and he challenged the fans to raise \u00a3800,000 among themselves (\u00a3270 each for the club's 3,000 hardcore supporters) in order to fund the club throughout the summer in a \"positive way of demonstrating to me that you don\u2019t want me\".", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 68], "content_span": [69, 707]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276138-0017-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Port Vale F.C. season, Overview, Cup competitions\nVale had a difficult tie at home to EFL League One side Oxford United in the first round of the FA Cup, but proved to be the superior side on the night as they progressed with a 2\u22120 win thanks to goals from Gunning and Pope. A home tie with Yeovil Town awaited in the second round, and for the first time since 20 January 1982 Staffordshire Police granted the club permission to play a home tie at the same date and time as Stoke City.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 57], "content_span": [58, 493]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276138-0017-0001", "contents": "2017\u201318 Port Vale F.C. season, Overview, Cup competitions\nDespite a poor first half Vale seemed to have the game won thanks to a Tom Pope header, but the team switched off defensively to allow substitute Jordan Green to score a last-minute equaliser and take the game to a replay.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 57], "content_span": [58, 280]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276138-0017-0002", "contents": "2017\u201318 Port Vale F.C. season, Overview, Cup competitions\nThe game at Huish Park proved eventful, as red cards for Monta\u00f1o and Gibbons did not prevent the Vale from twice equalising the match before eventually losing 3\u20132 after extra-time; Harness had scored his first goal for the club to take the game into extra-time in style with a long-range shot, but his effort was upstaged by Kay, who scored the \"goal of his life\" with a stunning long-range lob. Aspin was highly critical of referee Gavin Ward, particularly for his decision to both issue a penalty and send off Monta\u00f1o for a \"soft\" challenge.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 57], "content_span": [58, 601]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276138-0018-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Port Vale F.C. season, Overview, Cup competitions\nVale were drawn away to EFL Championship club Leeds United in the first round of the EFL Cup. Before the match Brown spoke of his pride at managing against former club Leeds, and he named another former Leeds player, Danny Pugh, as captain for the night. However the match ended on a sour note as Brown accused hat-trick hero Samuel S\u00e1iz of spitting at Davis just before half-time, and Gunning was sent off as Vale fell to a 4\u20131 defeat.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 57], "content_span": [58, 494]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276138-0019-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Port Vale F.C. season, Overview, Cup competitions\nVale were drawn into EFL Trophy Northern Group D, alongside Oldham Athletic, Newcastle United Academy, and local rivals Crewe Alexandra. They began the group with their solitary away game, playing out a 0\u20130 draw with League One side Oldham at Boundary Park, before they managed to pick up two points after winning the resulting penalty shoot-out. Vale then recorded a 1\u20130 victory over the Newcastle United Academy in front of a first-team record low crowd at Vale Park of 824.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 57], "content_span": [58, 534]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276138-0019-0001", "contents": "2017\u201318 Port Vale F.C. season, Overview, Cup competitions\nThe game against already eliminated Crewe was largely inconsequential, but proved to be an entertaining one as Regis marked his debut with a goal in a 4\u20132 win. League One high-flyers Shrewsbury Town came to Burslem in the Second Round, and Vale sensed an upset after Monta\u00f1o scored in the first minute, but former Valiant Louis Dodds initiated a second half comeback to eliminate Vale from the competition.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 57], "content_span": [58, 464]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276139-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Port Vila Premier League\nThe 2017\u201318 Port Vila Premier League or 2017\u201318 TVL Premier League is the 24th edition of the Port Vila Premier League, the highest tier football league in Port Vila, Vanuatu. The season started on 8 September 2017.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [32, 32], "content_span": [33, 248]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276139-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Port Vila Premier League, PVFA Top Four Super League, Grand Final\nWinner of the Grand Final qualifies for the 2019 OFC Champions League and the 2018 VFF National Super League grand final.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 73], "content_span": [74, 195]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276140-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Portland Pilots men's basketball team\nThe 2017\u201318 Portland Pilots men's basketball team represented the University of Portland during the 2017\u201318 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Pilots, led by second-year head coach Terry Porter, played their home games at the Chiles Center as members of the West Coast Conference. They finished the season 10\u201322, 4\u201314 in WCC play to finish in ninth place. They lost in the first round of the WCC Tournament to Loyola Marymount.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [45, 45], "content_span": [46, 483]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276140-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Portland Pilots men's basketball team, Previous season\nThe Pilots finished the 2016\u201317 season 11\u201322, 2\u201316 in WCC play to finish in last place. They defeated San Diego in the first round of the WCC Tournament to advance to the quarterfinals where they lost to Saint Mary's.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [47, 62], "content_span": [63, 280]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276141-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Portland Pilots women's basketball team\nThe 2017\u201318 Portland Pilots women's basketball team represents the University of Portland in the 2017\u201318 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Pilots were led by fourth year coach Cheryl Sorensen. They play their homes games at Chiles Center and were members of the West Coast Conference. They finished the season 7\u201323, 3\u201315 in WCC play to finish in last place. They lost in the first round of the WCC Women's Tournament to Pacific.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 47], "section_span": [47, 47], "content_span": [48, 489]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276141-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Portland Pilots women's basketball team, Previous season\nThey finished the season 6\u201324, 4\u201314 in WCC play to finish in last place. They lost in the first round of the WCC Women's Tournament to Pacific.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 47], "section_span": [49, 64], "content_span": [65, 208]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276142-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Portland State Vikings men's basketball team\nThe 2017\u201318 Portland State Vikings men's basketball team represented Portland State University during the 2017\u201318 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Vikings, led by first-year head coach Barret Peery, played their home games at Pamplin Sports Center in Portland, Oregon, as members of the Big Sky Conference. They finished the season 20\u201314, 9\u20139 in Big Sky play to finish in a tie for sixth place. They defeated Sacramento State in the first round of the Big Sky Tournament before losing in the quarterfinals to Eastern Washington. They were invited to the CollegeInsider.com Tournament where, after a first round bye, lost in the second round to San Diego.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 52], "section_span": [52, 52], "content_span": [53, 719]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276142-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Portland State Vikings men's basketball team, Previous season\nThe Vikings finished the 2016\u201317 season 15\u201316, 7\u201311 in Big Sky play to finish in a tie for eighth place. As the No. 8 seed in the Big Sky Tournament, they defeated Northern Arizona in the first round, then lost to North Dakota in the quarterfinals.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 52], "section_span": [54, 69], "content_span": [70, 318]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276143-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Portland State Vikings women's basketball team\nThe 2017\u201318 Portland State Vikings women's basketball team represents Portland State University during the 2017\u201318 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Vikings, led by third-year head coach Lynn Kennedy, play their home games at the Pamplin Sports Center due to renovations at Peter Stott Center and were members of the Big Sky Conference. They finished the season 19\u201313, 11\u20137 in Big Sky play to finish in a tie for fifth place. They advance to the semifinals of the Big Sky Women's Tournament where they lost to Idaho.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 54], "section_span": [54, 54], "content_span": [55, 584]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276144-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Portland Trail Blazers season\nThe 2017\u201318 Portland Trail Blazers season was the franchise's 48th season in the National Basketball Association (NBA). This season is most notable for having a 13-game winning streak in their franchise history (tied), starting with a win over the Utah Jazz on February 23, but was ended with a 111\u2013115 loss to the Houston Rockets on March 20. Despite that, the team still managed to clinch their 5th straight playoff berth on April 1, with a win over the Memphis Grizzlies.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [37, 37], "content_span": [38, 512]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276144-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Portland Trail Blazers season\nThey finished the regular season with 49\u201333, which secured the 3rd seed and clinched the Northwest Division. In the playoffs, the Trail Blazers faced the 6th seeded New Orleans Pelicans in the First Round, and were swept in 4 games.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [37, 37], "content_span": [38, 270]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276145-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Portsmouth F.C. season\nThe 2017\u201318 season was Portsmouth's 119th season of existence and their first back in League One following their promotion as champions last season. Along with competing in League One, the club participated in the FA Cup, EFL Cup and EFL Trophy. The season covers the period from 1 July 2017 to 30 June 2018.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [30, 30], "content_span": [31, 339]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276145-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Portsmouth F.C. season, Competitions, Friendlies\nAs of 22 June 2017, Portsmouth have announced five pre-season friendlies against Salisbury, Eastleigh,Havant & Waterlooville, AFC Bournemouth and Crawley Town.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 56], "content_span": [57, 216]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276145-0002-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Portsmouth F.C. season, Competitions, Friendlies\nOn 19 June 2017, A joint decision was made to cancel the scheduled friendly against Cardiff City as the clubs were drawn together in the first round of the EFL Cup.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 56], "content_span": [57, 221]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276145-0003-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Portsmouth F.C. season, Competitions, FA Cup\nOn 16 October 2017, Portsmouth were drawn away to Luton Town in the first round.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 52], "content_span": [53, 133]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276145-0004-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Portsmouth F.C. season, Competitions, EFL Cup\nOn 16 June 2017, Portsmouth were drawn away to Cardiff City in the first round.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 53], "content_span": [54, 133]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276145-0005-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Portsmouth F.C. season, Competitions, EFL Trophy\nOn 12 July 2017, Portsmouth were drawn in Southern Group A against Charlton Athletic, Crawley Town and Fulham U23s. After winning the group stages, Portsmouth were drawn at home to Northampton Town in the second round. A third round trip to Stamford Bridge to face Chelsea U21s was next for Pompey.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 56], "content_span": [57, 355]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276146-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Prairie View A&M Panthers basketball team\nThe 2017\u201318 Prairie View A&M Panthers basketball team represented Prairie View A&M University during the 2017\u201318 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Panthers, led by second-year head coach Byron Smith, played their home games at the William Nicks Building in Prairie View, Texas as members of the Southwestern Athletic Conference. They finished the season 16\u201318, 12\u20136 in SWAC play to finish in a three-way tie for second place. Due to Grambling State's Academic Progress Rate violations and subsequent postseason ineligibility, the Panthers received the No. 2 seed in the SWAC Tournament. They defeated Alcorn State in the quarterfinals before losing to Texas Southern in the semifinals.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 49], "section_span": [49, 49], "content_span": [50, 746]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276146-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Prairie View A&M Panthers basketball team, Previous season\nThe Panthers finished the 2016\u201317 season 13\u201320, 10\u20138 in SWAC play to finish in a four-way tie for third place. As the No. 4 seed in the SWAC Tournament, they lost to Grambling State in the quarterfinals.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 49], "section_span": [51, 66], "content_span": [67, 270]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276147-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Premier Badminton League\n2017\u201318 Premier Badminton League (also known as Vodafone PBL for sponsorship reasons) was the third edition of Premier Badminton League. It started on 23 December 2017 and concluded on 14 January 2018. It consisted of 20 league ties (each tie consisting of 5 matches) with the top four teams progressing to the knock out stages. The season featured two new teams \u2013 Ahmedabad Smash Masters and North Eastern Warriors \u2013 bringing the total to eight competing teams. Also, the Delhi team previously known as Delhi Acers will feature as Delhi Dashers.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [32, 32], "content_span": [33, 579]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276147-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Premier Badminton League\nHyderabad Hunters were crowned the champions after they beat Bengaluru Blasters 4 - 3 in the final tie.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [32, 32], "content_span": [33, 136]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276148-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Premier League\nThe 2017\u201318 Premier League was the 26th season of the Premier League, the top English professional league for association football clubs, since its establishment in 1992. The season started on 11 August 2017 and concluded on 13 May 2018. Fixtures for the 2017\u201318 season were announced on 14 June 2017. Chelsea were the defending champions, while Newcastle United, Brighton & Hove Albion and Huddersfield Town entered as the promoted teams from the 2016\u201317 EFL Championship.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [22, 22], "content_span": [23, 496]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276148-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Premier League\nManchester City won their third Premier League title, and fifth English top-flight title overall, with five games to spare. The team broke numerous Premier League records over the course of the season, including: most points (100), most wins (32), most away wins (16), most goals (106), most consecutive league wins (18), highest goal difference (+79), fewest minutes behind in matches (153 minutes) and biggest winning points margin (19). All three promoted clubs avoided relegation for the first time since the 2011\u201312 campaign, and for only the third time in Premier League history.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [22, 22], "content_span": [23, 608]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276148-0002-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Premier League, Overview, Sleeve sponsorship\nFrom this season on, club strips could feature sleeve sponsorship, whereby sponsors' logos would appear on the left sleeve of the strip in lieu of the Premier League patch.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 52], "content_span": [53, 225]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276148-0003-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Premier League, Overview, Deception by simulation\nFrom this season on, a three-man panel consisting of a former player, a former manager and a former match official would independently review video evidence on the Monday after games. Any player whom the three-man panel unanimously decided had caused an opponent to be sent off or had won a penalty as a result of deceiving the referee by simulation would be charged by the Football Association with \"Successful Deception of a Match Official\" which carried a penalty of suspension for two matches. Everton striker Oumar Niasse became the first Premier League player to be punished under the new rule.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 57], "content_span": [58, 658]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276148-0004-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Premier League, Overview, Summary\nManchester City were confirmed as Premier League champions following Manchester United's 0\u20131 defeat at home to West Bromwich Albion in the 33rd round. Manchester City had started the Premier League season with an away win over Brighton & Hove Albion in August. After a draw against Everton, Manchester City won eighteen games in a row. During this time they secured first position and held it for the remainder of the season. On 7 April, Manchester City lost to Manchester United in the local derby, in which a win would have secured their position as champions. The following week, Manchester United lost to bottom club West Bromwich Albion, and Manchester City defeated Tottenham Hotspur. These results ensured Manchester City held an unassailable lead with five games left.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 41], "content_span": [42, 818]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276148-0005-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Premier League, Overview, Summary\nDefending champions Chelsea started the season badly, losing their opening game to Burnley 2\u20133; the first time the holders were defeated at home in their first match. A win at one of the title favourites, Tottenham, in their second game seemed to get their defence back on track, but results in September, including losing 0\u20131 to Manchester City, left them six points behind the leaders in fourth place. They failed to show the consistency of the previous season, and finished in fifth place.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 41], "content_span": [42, 534]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276148-0005-0001", "contents": "2017\u201318 Premier League, Overview, Summary\nManchester United started the season strongly winning their first three games without conceding a goal and led the table until mid-September. However, following convincing wins against Liverpool (5\u20130), Watford (6\u20130) and Crystal Palace (5\u20130), Manchester City went top of the league in September and remained there for the rest of the season. During the campaign Manchester City broke and set several new club and English football records.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 41], "content_span": [42, 479]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276148-0005-0002", "contents": "2017\u201318 Premier League, Overview, Summary\nThey established national records in consecutive away (11) and overall (20) victories in all competitions; set a new English record for consecutive league wins (18); equalled the Premier League record for consecutive away league wins (11) and set club records by achieving 28 consecutive games unbeaten in all competitions; 30 consecutive games unbeaten in the league; 20 consecutive home wins in all competitions; and winning 14 away games in a season. They won their fifth English league title, and completed their second league and League Cup double in four years.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 41], "content_span": [42, 609]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276148-0006-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Premier League, Overview, Summary\nArsenal had a poor season, finishing sixth overall. Long-serving manager Ars\u00e8ne Wenger announced his departure from the club on 20 April 2018. Their final home game was an emphatic 5\u20130 defeat of Burnley which guaranteed qualification to the group stage of the Europa League.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 41], "content_span": [42, 316]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276148-0007-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Premier League, Overview, Summary\nDespite the defeat, Burnley finished in seventh place, their best finish in English football since 1973\u201374. This meant they would be entered into the second qualifying round of the Europa League, their first competitive European football campaign in 50 years. Their strong finish led to manager Sean Dyche and defender James Tarkowski being nominated for the Premier League Manager of the Season and Premier League Player of the Season awards respectively.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 41], "content_span": [42, 498]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276148-0008-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Premier League, Overview, Summary\nStoke City were the first team to be relegated to the EFL Championship when they lost 1\u20132 to Crystal Palace in their penultimate game. Although Stoke were only three points from safety with one game remaining, fellow strugglers Swansea and Southampton still had to play each other, meaning that Stoke would be unable to catch both of those teams and finish fourth from bottom.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 41], "content_span": [42, 418]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276148-0008-0001", "contents": "2017\u201318 Premier League, Overview, Summary\nThe game between Swansea and Southampton ended in a 1\u20130 away win for Southampton, which also meant that despite a five-game unbeaten run, West Bromwich Albion became the second team to be relegated to the Championship on 8 May 2018. Following their 1\u20132 defeat at the hands of Stoke on the final matchday, Swansea City were also relegated.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 41], "content_span": [42, 380]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276148-0009-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Premier League, Teams\nTwenty teams competed in the league\u00a0\u2013 the top seventeen teams from the previous season and the three teams promoted from the Championship. The promoted teams were Newcastle United, Brighton & Hove Albion and Huddersfield Town, returning to the top flight after an absence of one, thirty-four and forty-five years respectively. This was also both Brighton & Hove Albion and Huddersfield Town's first season in the Premier League. They replaced Hull City, Middlesbrough (both teams relegated after a season's presence) and Sunderland (relegated after ten years in the top flight).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 29], "content_span": [30, 608]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276148-0010-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Premier League, Season statistics, Scoring, Hat-tricks\n4 Player scored 4 goals(H) \u2013 Home team(A) \u2013 Away team", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 62], "content_span": [63, 116]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276149-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Premier League International Cup\nThe 2017\u201318 Premier League International Cup was the fourth season of the Premier League International Cup, a European club football competition organised by the Premier League for under-23 players. Porto defended the title by defeating Arsenal 1\u20130 in the final.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [40, 40], "content_span": [41, 303]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276149-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Premier League International Cup, Format\nThe competition featured twenty-four teams: twelve from English league system and twelve invitees from other European countries. The teams were split into six groups of four - with two English league clubs per group. The group winners, and two best runners-up, progressed into the knockout phase of the tournament. The knockout matches were single leg fixtures.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 48], "content_span": [49, 410]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276149-0002-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Premier League International Cup, Format\nAll matches - including fixtures between non-English teams - were played in England and Wales.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 48], "content_span": [49, 143]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276150-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Premier League Tournament\nThe 2017\u201318 Premier League Tournament was the 30th season of first-class cricket in Sri Lanka's Premier Trophy, with the matches played across three days each in the group stage. Chilaw Marians Cricket Club won the tournament, after finishing unbeaten in the Super Eight section of the competition.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [33, 33], "content_span": [34, 332]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276150-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Premier League Tournament\nThe tournament started on 8 December 2017 and concluded on 18 February 2018, with fourteen teams competing, split into two groups of seven. The top four teams in each group progressed to the Super Eight part of the tournament, with those matches played across four days. The teams that did not qualify for the Super Eight round competed in the Plate Championships.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [33, 33], "content_span": [34, 398]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276150-0002-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Premier League Tournament\nGalle Cricket Club finished with the fewest points in the previous tournament and were replaced by Sri Lanka Ports Authority Cricket Club for this edition of the competition, following their promotion from Tier B. Sinhalese Sports Club were the defending champions.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [33, 33], "content_span": [34, 299]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276150-0003-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Premier League Tournament\nIn December 2017, the match between Chilaw Marians Cricket Club and Burgher Recreation Club finished as a tie. In January 2018, the Plate League match between Bloomfield Cricket and Athletic Club and Sri Lanka Army Sports Club also finished as a tie. Chilaw Marians Cricket Club won the tournament, after remaining unbeaten throughout the competition. Bloomfield Cricket and Athletic Club finished bottom of the Plate Group and were relegated to Tier B.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [33, 33], "content_span": [34, 487]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276150-0004-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Premier League Tournament\nFollowing the conclusion of the Premier League Tournament, the 2017\u201318 Super Four Provincial Tournament took place, featuring four teams based on the Centers of Excellence in Sri Lanka. In February 2019, Sri Lanka Cricket named Kaushal Silva as the tournament's Best Batsman, Chanaka Komasaru as the Best Bowler and Sachithra Serasinghe as the Player of the Tournament.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [33, 33], "content_span": [34, 403]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276151-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Premier League Tournament Tier B\nThe 2017\u201318 Premier League Tournament Tier B was the second division of the 30th season of first-class cricket in Sri Lanka's Premier Trophy. The tournament was contested by nine teams, starting on 15 December 2017 and concluding on 18 February 2018.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [40, 40], "content_span": [41, 291]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276151-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Premier League Tournament Tier B\nPanadura Sports Club finished top of the table in the 2016\u201317 Tier B tournament, but it was runners-up Sri Lanka Ports Authority Cricket Club who were promoted to Tier A due to a match-fixing scandal that resulted in a match between Panadura SC and Kalutara Physical Culture Club in January 2017 being declared null and void. They were replaced in Tier B by Galle Cricket Club after they were relegated from the 2016\u201317 Tier A tournament. In another change from the previous season, Negombo Cricket Club replaced Kalutara Physical Culture Club, who dropped out of the first-class system.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [40, 40], "content_span": [41, 628]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276151-0002-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Premier League Tournament Tier B\nNegombo Cricket Club won the tournament and secured promotion to Tier A, after finishing top of the points table ahead of Lankan Cricket Club.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [40, 40], "content_span": [41, 183]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276152-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Premier League of Belize\nThe 2017\u201318 Premier League of Belize is the seventh season of the highest competitive football league in Belize, after it was founded in 2011. There are two seasons which are spread over two years, the opening (which will be played towards the end of 2017) and the closing (which will be played at the beginning of 2018).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [32, 32], "content_span": [33, 354]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276152-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Premier League of Belize, Opening season\nFrom the 2016\u201317 Premier League of Belize closing season, 7 teams continued to play in the opening season of 2017\u201318. FC Belize were replaced by a newly formed team, San Pedro Pirates, making 8 teams in total.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 48], "content_span": [49, 258]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276152-0002-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Premier League of Belize, Opening season\nThere would be one league consisting of the 8 teams, who will play each other twice, with the top 4 teams advancing to the end of season playoffs. The opening season commenced on 12 August 2017.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 48], "content_span": [49, 243]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276152-0003-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Premier League of Belize, Opening season, Season statistics, Hat-tricks\n4 Player scored 4 goals 5 Player scored 5 goals", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 79], "content_span": [80, 127]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276152-0004-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Premier League of Belize, Opening season, Awards\nIn the post-game ceremonies of the final game of the season, the individual awards were announced.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 56], "content_span": [57, 155]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276152-0005-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Premier League of Belize, Closing season\nAll 8 teams that participated in the opening season will participate in the closing season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 48], "content_span": [49, 140]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276152-0006-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Premier League of Belize, Closing season\nThe format will be the same as the opening season with one league consisting of the 8 teams, who will play each other twice, with the top 4 teams advancing to the end of season playoffs. The closing season commenced on 13 January 2018.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 48], "content_span": [49, 284]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276152-0007-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Premier League of Belize, Closing season, Awards\nIn the post-game ceremonies of the final game of the season, the individual awards were announced.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 56], "content_span": [57, 155]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276153-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Premier League of Bosnia and Herzegovina\nThe 2017\u201318 Premier League of Bosnia and Herzegovina, known as Liga 12 and also known as BH Telecom Premier League for sponsorship reasons, was the eighteenth season of the Premier League of Bosnia and Herzegovina, the highest football league of Bosnia and Herzegovina. The season began on 22 July 2017 and concluded on 20 May 2018, with a winter break between early December 2017 and late February 2018.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 48], "section_span": [48, 48], "content_span": [49, 453]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276153-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Premier League of Bosnia and Herzegovina, Teams\nA total of 12 teams will contest the league, including 10 sides from the 2016\u201317 season and two promoted from each of the second-level league.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 48], "section_span": [50, 55], "content_span": [56, 198]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276153-0002-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Premier League of Bosnia and Herzegovina, Teams, Personnel and kits\nNote: Flags indicate national team as has been defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players and Managers may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 48], "section_span": [50, 75], "content_span": [76, 226]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276153-0003-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Premier League of Bosnia and Herzegovina, Regular season\nThe season has a two-stage format. In the regular season, each of the 12 teams play home-and-away once, resulting in 22 games played each. The top six teams in the regular season qualify for the Championship round, the bottom six teams qualify for the Relegation round. Each team then plays home-and-away against the other teams within their own group, for an additional ten games played each, a season total of 32 games.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 48], "section_span": [50, 64], "content_span": [65, 486]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276153-0004-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Premier League of Bosnia and Herzegovina, Licensing issues\nAll clubs in Bosnia and Herzegovina must have a license to compete in the Premier League of Bosnia and Herzegovina with the deadline this season being set May 7 for the First Degree commission. Five clubs did not get their licences for the first degree: Borac Banja Luka, Sloboda Tuzla, \u010celik Zenica, Vitez and GO\u0160K Gabela. The Second Degree commission convened on May 24 and only approved \u010celik before being abruptly cancelled and rescheduled for May 30. The commission approved all other clubs except for Borac, meaning that they would be relegated into the First League of the Republika Srpska. As Borac did not have the license but \u010celik did, they were allowed to stay in the Premier League.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 48], "section_span": [50, 66], "content_span": [67, 762]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276153-0005-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Premier League of Bosnia and Herzegovina, Licensing issues\nBorac attempted to solve the issues which caused the license removal, including removing the debt Borac owed to FK D\u017eaja. Borac showed the evidence it showed regarding the payments to D\u017eaja to UEFA, which will assist the Football Association of Bosnia and Herzegovina regarding the decision of whether or not Borac Banja Luka or \u010celik Zenica will compete in the 2018\u201319 Premier League of Bosnia and Herzegovina. The debate over the licences also caused the draws for the next season to be rescheduled.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 48], "section_span": [50, 66], "content_span": [67, 568]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276153-0006-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Premier League of Bosnia and Herzegovina, Licensing issues\nIn a similar way, teams promoted from the First League of the Republika Srpska or First League of the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina also need to get a license separated into First and Second Degree commissions, although their deadlines are moved to a later date. The winners of both leagues FK Sloga Simin Han (later known as Tuzla City) and FK Zvijezda 09 met with the First Degree commission on June 14, but only Sloga received their license. Zvijezda 09 will convene at a later date with the Second Degree commission.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 48], "section_span": [50, 66], "content_span": [67, 594]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276154-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Premier Limited Overs Tournament\nThe 2017\u201318 Premier Limited Overs Tournament was a List A cricket competition that took place in Sri Lanka. It was the seventeenth edition of the Premier Limited Overs Tournament, and the first since the 2015\u201316 edition, after the 2016\u201317 tournament was cancelled following a legal challenge and replaced by the 2016\u201317 Districts One Day Tournament. The tournament started on 9 March 2018 and finished on 25 March 2018. Rain affected the first few days of fixtures, with several games ending as a no result.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [40, 40], "content_span": [41, 548]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276154-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Premier Limited Overs Tournament\nFollowing the conclusion of the group stage, Burgher Recreation Club, Chilaw Marians Cricket Club, Colts Cricket Club, Nondescripts Cricket Club, Ragama Cricket Club, Saracens Sports Club, Sinhalese Sports Club and Tamil Union Cricket and Athletic Club progressed to the quarterfinals. Chilaw Marians Cricket Club, Nondescripts Cricket Club, Saracens Sports Club and Sinhalese Sports Club won their quarterfinals to progress to the semi-finals. In the semi-finals, Nondescripts beat Saracens by 89 runs and Sinhalese beat Chilaw Marians by 8 wickets to advance to the tournament final. In the final, Sinhalese Sports Club beat Nondescripts Cricket Club by 4 wickets to win the tournament.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [40, 40], "content_span": [41, 729]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276154-0002-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Premier Limited Overs Tournament\nIn February 2019, Sri Lanka Cricket named Lahiru Milantha as the tournament's Best Batsman, Sachithra Senanayke as the Best Bowler and Shehan Jayasuriya as the Player of the Tournament.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [40, 40], "content_span": [41, 226]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276155-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Premiership Rugby\nThe 2017\u201318 Aviva Premiership was the 31st season of the top flight English domestic rugby union competition and the eighth and final one to be sponsored by Aviva. The reigning champions entering the season were Exeter Chiefs, who had claimed their first title after defeating Wasps in the 2017 final. London Irish had been promoted as champions from the 2016\u201317 RFU Championship at the first attempt.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [25, 25], "content_span": [26, 427]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276155-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Premiership Rugby\nThe competition was broadcast by BT Sport for the fifth successive season and with five games also simulcast free-to-air on Channel 5 for the first time. Highlights of each weekend's games were shown on Channel 5 with extended highlights on BT Sport.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [25, 25], "content_span": [26, 277]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276155-0002-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Premiership Rugby, Summary\nSaracens won their fourth title after defeating Exeter Chiefs in the final at Twickenham after having finished second in the regular season table. London Irish were relegated after being unable to win their penultimate game of the season. It was the third time that London Irish have been relegated from the top flight since the leagues began and the first time since the 2015\u201316 Premiership Rugby season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 34], "content_span": [35, 440]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276155-0003-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Premiership Rugby, Summary\nAs usual, round 1 included the London Double Header at Twickenham, the fourteenth instance since its inception in 2004.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 34], "content_span": [35, 154]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276155-0004-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Premiership Rugby, Teams\nTwelve teams compete in the league \u2013 the top eleven teams from the previous season and London Irish who were promoted from the 2016\u201317 RFU Championship after a top flight absence of one year. They replaced Bristol Bears who were relegated after one year in the top flight.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 32], "content_span": [33, 305]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276155-0005-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Premiership Rugby, Pre-season\nThe 2017 edition of the Singha Premiership Rugby Sevens was held on 28 and 29 July at Franklin's Gardens. For the first time all twelve Premiership teams featured together in one venue over two days. Teams were split into four pools of three which played each other in a round-robin basis with the tournament splitting into Cup, Plate and Bowl finals on the second day.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 37], "content_span": [38, 407]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276155-0006-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Premiership Rugby, Table\n(CH) Champions. (RU) Runners-up. (SF) Losing semi-finalists. (R) RelegatedStarting table\u00a0\u2014 source:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 32], "content_span": [33, 131]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276155-0007-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Premiership Rugby, Table\nTiebreakers for teams tied on points: 1) Number of matches won; 2) Difference between points for and against; 3) Total number of points for; 4) Aggregate number of points scored in matches between tied teams; 5) Number of matches won excluding the first match, then the second and so on until the tie is settled", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 32], "content_span": [33, 344]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276155-0008-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Premiership Rugby, Regular season\nFixtures for the season were announced by Premiership Rugby on 7 July 2017. As is the norm, round 1 included the London Double Header at Twickenham. After success in 2016 a match would once again take place in the United States with Newcastle Falcons hosting Saracens at the Talen Energy Stadium in the Philadelphia suburb of Chester, Pennsylvania in round 3.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 41], "content_span": [42, 401]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276155-0009-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Premiership Rugby, Play-offs\nAs in previous seasons, the top four teams in the Premiership table, following the conclusion of the regular season, contest the play-off semi-finals in a 1st vs 4th and 2nd vs 3rd format, with the higher ranking team having home advantage. The two winners of the semi-finals then meet in the Premiership Final at Twickenham on 26 May 2018.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 36], "content_span": [37, 377]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276155-0010-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Premiership Rugby, Leading scorers\nNote: Flags indicate national union as has been defined under WR eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-WR nationality.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 42], "content_span": [43, 177]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276156-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Premiership Rugby A League\nThe 2017\u201318 Premiership Rugby A League is the 15th season of the A League of the English domestic Premiership Rugby competition and the eighth to be sponsored by Aviva.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [34, 34], "content_span": [35, 203]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276156-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Premiership Rugby A League\nThe reigning champions entering the season were Northampton Wanderers, who claimed their second title after defeating Gloucester United 36 - 15 in the 2016\u201317 final.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [34, 34], "content_span": [35, 200]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276156-0002-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Premiership Rugby A League\nLondon Irish A return to the league after a year's hiatus last season due to the first team's relegation from the Premiership, Bristol United remain in the league despite their first team being relegated last year.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [34, 34], "content_span": [35, 249]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276156-0003-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Premiership Rugby A League, Regular season\nFixtures for the season were announced by Premiership Rugby on 14 July 2017.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 50], "content_span": [51, 127]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276157-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Presbyterian Blue Hose men's basketball team\nThe 2017\u201318 Presbyterian Blue Hose men's basketball team represented Presbyterian College during the 2017\u201318 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Blue Hose, led by first-year head coach Dustin Kerns, played their home games at the Templeton Physical Education Center in Clinton, South Carolina as members of the Big South Conference. They finished the season 11\u201321, 4\u201314 in Big South play to finish in ninth place. They lost in the first round of the Big South Tournament to Charleston Southern.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 52], "section_span": [52, 52], "content_span": [53, 556]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276157-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Presbyterian Blue Hose men's basketball team, Previous season\nThe Blue Hose finished the season 5\u201325, 1\u201317 in Big South play to finish in last place. They lost in the first round of the Big South Tournament to Campbell.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 52], "section_span": [54, 69], "content_span": [70, 227]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276157-0002-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Presbyterian Blue Hose men's basketball team, Previous season\nHead coach Gregg Nibert resigned on April 12, 2017 after 28 seasons at Presbyterian, and was replaced by Wofford assistant Dustin Kerns on May 22.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 52], "section_span": [54, 69], "content_span": [70, 216]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276157-0003-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Presbyterian Blue Hose men's basketball team, Schedule and results\n* Non-conference game. #Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Eastern Time", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 52], "section_span": [54, 74], "content_span": [75, 191]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276158-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Presbyterian Blue Hose women's basketball team\nThe 2017\u201318 Presbyterian Blue Hose women's basketball team represents Presbyterian College in the 2017-18 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. They were led by second-year coach Todd Steelman. They were members of the Big South Conference. They finished the season 12\u201318, 9\u20139 in Big South play to finish in fifth place. They lost in the quarterfinals of the Big South Women's Basketball Tournament to High Point.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 54], "section_span": [54, 54], "content_span": [55, 473]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276159-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Preston North End F.C. season\nThe 2017\u201318 season was Preston North End's third consecutive season in the Championship, in their 138th year in existence. Along with competing in the Championship, the club also participated in the FA Cup and EFL Cup. The season covered the period from 1 July 2017 to 30 June 2018.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [37, 37], "content_span": [38, 320]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276159-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Preston North End F.C. season, Pre-season, Friendlies\nAs of 7 June 2017, Preston North End have announced seven pre-season friendlies against Bamber Bridge, Stockport County, Morecambe, Accrington Stanley, Burnley, Fleetwood Town and Newcastle United.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 61], "content_span": [62, 259]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276159-0002-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Preston North End F.C. season, Competitions, FA Cup\nIn the FA Cup, PNE entered the competition in the third round and were drawn away to Wycombe Wanderers.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 59], "content_span": [60, 163]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276159-0003-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Preston North End F.C. season, Competitions, EFL Cup\nOn 16 June 2017, Preston North End were drawn an away tie against Accrington Stanley in the first round.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 60], "content_span": [61, 165]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276160-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Primeira Liga\nThe 2017\u201318 Primeira Liga (also known as Liga NOS for sponsorship reasons) was the 84th season of the Primeira Liga, the top professional league for Portuguese association football clubs. Benfica were the defending champions for a fourth consecutive time, but they did not retain the title. Porto became the new champions with two matches to spare, clinching their 28th league title. This was their first trophy in four years.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [21, 21], "content_span": [22, 448]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276160-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Primeira Liga\nSince Portugal dropped from fifth to seventh place in the UEFA association coefficient rankings at the end of 2016\u201317 season, only the two best-ranked teams could qualify for the UEFA Champions League (the champions entered directly into the group stage, and the runners-up entered the third qualifying round). The third and fourth-placed teams qualified respectively to the UEFA Europa League third and second qualifying rounds.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [21, 21], "content_span": [22, 451]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276160-0002-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Primeira Liga, Teams\nEighteen teams competed in the league \u2013 the top sixteen teams from the 2016\u201317 season, as well as two teams promoted from the LigaPro.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 28], "content_span": [29, 163]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276160-0003-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Primeira Liga, Teams\nPortimonense became the first club to be promoted on 23 April 2017 and will play in Primeira Liga for the first time since the 2010\u201311 season. On 21 May 2017, after a 2\u20131 win in Azores against Santa Clara, they were crowned champions. The other team promoted were runners-up Desportivo das Aves, following a 2\u20132 draw against Uni\u00e3o da Madeira on 30 April 2017. This will mark the return of the Vila das Aves' team to the top flight after a 10-season absence.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 28], "content_span": [29, 486]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276160-0004-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Primeira Liga, Teams\nThe two promoted clubs replaced Nacional and Arouca. Nacional confirmed their relegation on 5 May 2017, 15 years after their promotion, when Moreirense, who were also struggling to escape relegation, beat Braga. On the last matchday, Arouca's 4\u20132 defeat against Estoril sealed their relegation, four seasons after having been promoted for the first time to Primeira Liga.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 28], "content_span": [29, 400]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276160-0005-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Primeira Liga, Awards, Annual awards, Liga Portugal\nThe Player of the Season was awarded to Bruno Fernandes (Sporting CP).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 59], "content_span": [60, 131]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276160-0006-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Primeira Liga, Awards, Annual awards, Liga Portugal\nThe Manager of the Season was awarded to S\u00e9rgio Concei\u00e7\u00e3o (Porto).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 59], "content_span": [60, 127]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276160-0007-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Primeira Liga, Awards, Annual awards, Liga Portugal\nThe Goal of the Season was awarded to Rodrigo Pinho (Mar\u00edtimo), against Tondela on 28 October 2017.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 59], "content_span": [60, 160]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276160-0008-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Primeira Liga, Awards, Annual awards, Liga Portugal\nThe Young Player of the Year was awarded to R\u00faben Dias (Benfica).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 59], "content_span": [60, 126]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276160-0009-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Primeira Liga, Awards, Annual awards, Goal of the season\nThe goal of the season was disputed by all the previous winners of the monthly polls.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 64], "content_span": [65, 150]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276160-0010-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Primeira Liga, Attendances\nUpdated to games played on 7 February 2018Source: Notes:1: Played last season in LigaPro.2: Tondela managed to get the highest season attendance of 4,987 spectators in two matches (against Porto and Benfica).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 34], "content_span": [35, 243]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276161-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Primera B Nacional\nThe 2017\u201318 Argentine Primera B Nacional is the 33rd season of the Argentine second division. The season began in September 2017 and ended in June 2018. Twenty-five teams competed in the league, seventeen returning from the 2016\u201317 season, four teams that were relegated from Primera Divisi\u00f3n and two teams promoted from Federal A and B Metropolitana.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [26, 26], "content_span": [27, 378]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276161-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Primera B Nacional, Competition format\nThe league's format changed from the previous season. Twenty-five teams play each other once for a total of twenty-four matches each. The Champion earns promotion to the Primera Divisi\u00f3n. The teams placed 2nd to 9th compete in the \"Torneo Reducido\" for the second promotion after the regular season ends. Six teams are relegated at the end of the season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 46], "content_span": [47, 401]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276161-0002-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Primera B Nacional, League table, Championship play-off\nAlmagro and Aldosivi ended up tied in points at the end of the 24 weeks of regular season. Tournament rules establish that, unlike any other position on the table, if two or more teams are equal in points at the end of play, goal difference does not count and a playoff game is required. The winner of this match will achieve Promotion to Primera Divisi\u00f3n as champions, while the loser will qualify to Torneo Reducido as runners-up.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 63], "content_span": [64, 496]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276161-0003-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Primera B Nacional, Torneo Reducido\nTeams ending in positions 2 to 9 play the Torneo Reducido for a second Promotion to Primera Divisi\u00f3n. Quarterfinals are played in one leg, at the stadium of the best placed team. In case of a tie, the best placed team advances. Semi-finals are played on two legs, and in case of a tie the best placed team advances. The finals are played on two legs, and a penalty shootout will occur in case of a tie.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 43], "content_span": [44, 446]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276161-0004-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Primera B Nacional, Relegation\nThe bottom six teams of this table were relegated. In the Primera B Nacional, clubs with an indirect affiliation with Argentine Football Association are relegated to the Torneo Federal A, while clubs directly affiliated are relegated to Primera B Metropolitana.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 38], "content_span": [39, 300]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276162-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Primera Divisi\u00f3\nThe 2017\u201318 Primera Divisi\u00f3, also known as Lliga Multisegur Assegurances, was the 23rd season of top-tier football in Andorra. The season began on 17 September 2017 and ended on 20 May 2018. The defending champions are FC Santa Coloma having won their eleventh championship the previous season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [23, 23], "content_span": [24, 318]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276162-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Primera Divisi\u00f3\nThe winner of the league this season will earn a place in the preliminary round of the 2018\u201319 Champions League, and the second-placed club will earn a place in the preliminary round of the 2018\u201319 Europa League.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [23, 23], "content_span": [24, 236]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276162-0002-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Primera Divisi\u00f3, Teams\nInter Club d'Escaldes earned a place in the Primera Divisi\u00f3 this season by winning the 2016\u201317 Segona Divisi\u00f3. Penya Encarnada will join them after defeating Ordino in a play-off.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 30], "content_span": [31, 210]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276162-0003-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Primera Divisi\u00f3, Regular season, Results\nThe eight clubs will play each other three times for twenty\u2013one matches each during the regular season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 48], "content_span": [49, 152]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276162-0004-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Primera Divisi\u00f3, Championship and relegation round\nRecords earned in the regular season were taken over to the Championship round and relegation round.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 58], "content_span": [59, 159]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276162-0005-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Primera Divisi\u00f3, Primera Divisi\u00f3 play-offs\nThe seventh-placed club (third-placed in the relegation round), Encamp, from the 2017\u201318 Primera Divisi\u00f3 and the runners-up from the 2017\u201318 Segona Divisi\u00f3, Atl\u00e8tic Club d'Escaldes, played in a two-legged relegation play-off for one place in the 2018\u201319 Primera Divisi\u00f3.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 50], "content_span": [51, 321]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276163-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Primera Divisi\u00f3n (women)\nThe 2017\u201318 Primera Divisi\u00f3n Femenina de F\u00fatbol was the 30th edition of Spain's highest women's football league. The season started on 3 September 2017 and ended on 13 May 2018.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [32, 32], "content_span": [33, 210]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276163-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Primera Divisi\u00f3n (women)\nAtl\u00e9tico de Madrid successfully defended their title from 2016 to 2017.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [32, 32], "content_span": [33, 104]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276163-0002-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Primera Divisi\u00f3n (women), Teams\nMadrid CFF and Sevilla joined the league after earning promotion at the conclusion of the 2016\u201317 Segunda Divisi\u00f3n. They took the place of Oiartzun and Tacuense, which were relegated at the conclusion of the 2016\u201317 Primera Divisi\u00f3n.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 39], "content_span": [40, 273]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276164-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Primera Divisi\u00f3n de F\u00fatbol Profesional season\nThe 2017\u201318 Primera Divisi\u00f3n de F\u00fatbol Profesional season (also known as the Liga Pepsi) is the 19th season and 37th and 38th tournament of El Salvador's Primera Divisi\u00f3n since its establishment of an Apertura and Clausura format. Santa Tecla F.C. the defending champions of the Apertura and Clausuray. The league will consist of 12 teams. There will be two seasons conducted under identical rules, with each team playing a home and away game against the other clubs for a total of 22 games per tournament. At the end of each half-season tournament, the top eight teams in that tournament's regular season standings will take part in the playoffs.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 53], "section_span": [53, 53], "content_span": [54, 701]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276164-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Primera Divisi\u00f3n de F\u00fatbol Profesional season\nThe champions of Apertura or Clausura with the better aggregate record will qualify for the 2019 CONCACAF Champions League. The other champion, and the runner-up with the better aggregate record will qualify for the 2018 CONCACAF League. Should the same team win both tournaments, both runners-up will qualify for CONCACAF League. Should the final of both tournaments features the same two teams, the semifinalist with the better aggregate record will qualify for CONCACAF League.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 53], "section_span": [53, 53], "content_span": [54, 534]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276164-0002-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Primera Divisi\u00f3n de F\u00fatbol Profesional season, Team information\nA total of 12 teams will contest the league, including 11 sides from the 2016\u201317 Primera Divisi\u00f3n and 1 promoted from the 2016\u201317 Segunda Divisi\u00f3n.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 53], "section_span": [55, 71], "content_span": [72, 219]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276164-0003-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Primera Divisi\u00f3n de F\u00fatbol Profesional season, Team information\nUES were relegated to 2017\u201318 Segunda Divisi\u00f3n the previous season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 53], "section_span": [55, 71], "content_span": [72, 139]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276164-0004-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Primera Divisi\u00f3n de F\u00fatbol Profesional season, Team information\nThe relegated team was replaced by the 2016\u201317 Segunda Divisi\u00f3n playoffs promotion winner. Independiente won the Apertura 2016, while Audaz won the Clausura 2017 title. C.D. Audaz won the playoffs by the score of 1-0.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 53], "section_span": [55, 71], "content_span": [72, 289]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276164-0005-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Primera Divisi\u00f3n de F\u00fatbol Profesional season, Team information\nC.D. Chalatenango were stripped of their license after suffering financial trouble (failing to primera division license, their players and staff).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 53], "section_span": [55, 71], "content_span": [72, 218]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276164-0006-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Primera Divisi\u00f3n de F\u00fatbol Profesional season, Team information\nA.D. Chalatenango were formed by business leaders and by the local government, they purchased the license and debts of CD Chalatenango .", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 53], "section_span": [55, 71], "content_span": [72, 208]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276164-0007-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Primera Divisi\u00f3n de F\u00fatbol Profesional season, Team information, Promotion and relegation\nPromoted from Segunda Divisi\u00f3n de F\u00fatbol Salvadore\u00f1o as of June, 2017.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 53], "section_span": [55, 97], "content_span": [98, 168]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276164-0008-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Primera Divisi\u00f3n de F\u00fatbol Profesional season, Team information, Promotion and relegation\nRelegated to Segunda Divisi\u00f3n de F\u00fatbol Salvadore\u00f1o as of June, 2017.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 53], "section_span": [55, 97], "content_span": [98, 167]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276164-0009-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Primera Divisi\u00f3n de F\u00fatbol Profesional season, Notable events, Point deduction\nPasaquina was docked 6 points for failing to pay over players' wages. However, this was later changed to a fine and Pasaquina were able to keep their points.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 53], "section_span": [55, 86], "content_span": [87, 244]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276164-0010-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Primera Divisi\u00f3n de F\u00fatbol Profesional season, Notable events, Sale of Luis Angel Firpo\nIn August 2017, Familia Galo, owners of Luis Angel Firpo, announced that they were putting the team up for sale. The Modesto Torres group was one of three known groups to have submitted a preliminary bid for the club. The other two groups were Julio Sosa group, former president of Aguila, and an unnamed Mexican group. The sale was completed on September 16, to the Modesto Torres group for an unknown amount.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 53], "section_span": [55, 95], "content_span": [96, 506]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276164-0011-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Primera Divisi\u00f3n de F\u00fatbol Profesional season, Notable events, Change of Ownership of Aguila\nAfter weeks of protest from fans and criticism from players and the media for Aguila late payment for players, poor recruitment and lack of success. The Arieta group announced on 30 December 2017 that they were selling their operating rights for Aguila and would announce the names of the new owners in the new year.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 53], "section_span": [55, 100], "content_span": [101, 417]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276164-0012-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Primera Divisi\u00f3n de F\u00fatbol Profesional season, Notable events, Primera division boycott\nIn October 2017, eleven clubs voted to boycott FESFUT and leave the primera division (Aguila were the only team to vote against leaving), causing round 12 to be suspended. A few days later Limeno, Pasaquina, Audaz and Chalatenango voted to return to the Primera division. Following negotiations held by The El Salvador government between FESFUT and the other Primera division clubs, they returned to the primera division. As a protest of the decision to return to the primera division, Lisandrohl Pohl and Vidal Hernandez resigned as president and vice president", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 53], "section_span": [55, 95], "content_span": [96, 658]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276164-0013-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Primera Divisi\u00f3n de F\u00fatbol Profesional season, Notable events, Sale of Luis Angel Firpo for the second time\nOwing to financial problem and complaints from fan bases, the Modesto Torres group put Luis Angel Firpo up for sale, the second time for the year.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 53], "section_span": [55, 115], "content_span": [116, 262]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276164-0014-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Primera Divisi\u00f3n de F\u00fatbol Profesional season, Notable events, Notable death from Apertura 2017 season and 2018 Clausura season\nThe following people associated with the Primera Division have died in end of 2017 and mid 2018.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 53], "section_span": [55, 135], "content_span": [136, 232]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276164-0015-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Primera Divisi\u00f3n de F\u00fatbol Profesional season, List of foreign players in the league\nThis is a list of foreign players in the 2017\u201318 season. The following players:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 53], "section_span": [55, 92], "content_span": [93, 172]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276164-0016-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Primera Divisi\u00f3n de F\u00fatbol Profesional season, List of foreign players in the league\nA new rule was introduced this season, that clubs can have four foreign players per club and can only add a new player if there is an injury or a player is released and it's before the close of the season transfer window.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 53], "section_span": [55, 92], "content_span": [93, 314]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276164-0017-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Primera Divisi\u00f3n de F\u00fatbol Profesional season, List of foreign players in the league\n(player released during the Apertura season) (player released between the Apertura and Clausura seasons) (player released during the Clausura season)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 53], "section_span": [55, 92], "content_span": [93, 242]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276165-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Primera Divisi\u00f3n de Nicaragua\nThe 2017\u201318 season in Primera Divisi\u00f3n de Nicaragua will be divided into two tournaments (Apertura and Clausura) and will determine the 69th and 70th champions in the history of the league. The Apertura tournament will be played in the second half of 2017, while the Clausura will be played in the first half of 2018.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [37, 37], "content_span": [38, 355]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276165-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Primera Divisi\u00f3n de Nicaragua, Format\nThe Apertura play-off format was changed from previous years, while the Clausura will use the same 4-team play-off format. For the Apetura, the top four teams from the regular stage advanced to a \"quadrangular\" double-round robin instead of a play-off stage. The regular stage and quadrangular winners would have played to decide the tournament's champion, but ultimately the same team won both and the final was not necessary. The same format was recently adopted by the Costa Rican Primera Divisi\u00f3n, but for both half season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 45], "content_span": [46, 573]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276165-0002-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Primera Divisi\u00f3n de Nicaragua, Team information\nA total of 10 teams will contest the league, including 8 sides from the 2016\u201317 Primera Divisi\u00f3n 2 sides from the 2016\u201317 Segunda Divisi\u00f3n.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 55], "content_span": [56, 195]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276165-0003-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Primera Divisi\u00f3n de Nicaragua, Team information\nAt the end of the 2016\u201317 Primera Divisi\u00f3n, Nandasmo finished last in the aggregate table and were relegated to the Segunda Divisi\u00f3n. Taking their place was the champions from the Segunda Divisi\u00f3n, Deportivo Ocotal.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 55], "content_span": [56, 271]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276165-0004-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Primera Divisi\u00f3n de Nicaragua, Team information\nThe 9th place team in the aggregate table, Deportivo Sebaco, faced the second place team from the Segunda Divisi\u00f3n, San Francisco Masachapa, in a playoff for a spot in the Primera Divisi\u00f3n. San Francisco Masachapa won the playoff 3-2 on aggregate and were promoted, while Deportivo Sebaco were relegated.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 55], "content_span": [56, 360]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276165-0005-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Primera Divisi\u00f3n de Nicaragua, List of foreign players in the league\nThis is a list of foreign players in the 2017\u201318 season. The following players:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 76], "content_span": [77, 156]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276165-0006-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Primera Divisi\u00f3n de Nicaragua, List of foreign players in the league\nA new rule was introduced this season, that clubs can have four foreign players per club and can only add a new player if there is an injury or a player/s is released and it's before the close of the season transfer window.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 76], "content_span": [77, 301]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276165-0007-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Primera Divisi\u00f3n de Nicaragua, List of foreign players in the league\n(player released during the Apertura season) (player released between the Apertura and Clausura seasons) (player released during the Clausura season)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 76], "content_span": [77, 226]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276166-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Prince Mohammad bin Salman League\nThe 2017\u201318 Prince Mohammad bin Salman League was the 1st season of the Prince Mohammad bin Salman League under its current name, and 41st season of the Saudi First Division since its establishment in 1976. The season started on 12 September 2017 and concluded on 18 April 2018.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [41, 41], "content_span": [42, 320]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276166-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Prince Mohammad bin Salman League, Overview, First Division rebranding\nOn 19 September 2017, the General Sports Authority announced a rebrand; beginning with the 2017\u201318 season, the competition was known as the Prince Faisal bin Fahd League. As part of the rebranding, a new logo was introduced. On 9 February 2018, the General Sports Authority once again announced a rebrand; starting from the current season, the competition will be known as the Prince Mohammad bin Salman League.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [43, 78], "content_span": [79, 490]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276166-0002-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Prince Mohammad bin Salman League, Overview, Rule changes\nOn 11 September 2017, the SAFF announced that the numbers of foreign players were increased from 2 players to 3 players. They also announced that the allowed number of substitutions per match was increased from 3 to 5.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [43, 65], "content_span": [66, 284]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276166-0003-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Prince Mohammad bin Salman League, Teams\nA total of 16 teams are contesting the league, including 11 sides from the 2016\u201317 season, two relegated from the 2016\u201317 Professional League, and three promoted from the 2016\u201317 Second Division.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [43, 48], "content_span": [49, 244]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276166-0004-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Prince Mohammad bin Salman League, Teams\nAl-Kawkab and Jeddah became the first two clubs to be promoted to the First Division, with both clubs finishing as group winners. Al-Mujazzel became the third and final club to be promoted, following a 5\u20131 win over Al-Ansar on 3 March 2017, to secure their return to the First Division after only a season's absence. Al-Kawkab returned to the First Division for the first time since the 2013\u201314 season, and Jeddah will play in their first-ever season in the First Division since being re-branded.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [43, 48], "content_span": [49, 545]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276166-0005-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Prince Mohammad bin Salman League, Teams\nOn 20 April 2017, Al-Wehda became the first side to be relegated from the Pro League following a 2\u20131 home defeat to Al-Fateh. This will be Al-Wehda's first season back to the First Division since the 2014\u201315 season. On 4 May 2017, Al-Khaleej were the 2nd side to be relegated from the Pro League after a 2\u20132 draw with Al-Faisaly, finishing 13th in the league. This will also be Al-Khaleej's first season back to the First Division since the 2013\u201314 season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [43, 48], "content_span": [49, 505]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276166-0006-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Prince Mohammad bin Salman League, Teams\nOn 27 April 2017 Wej became the first club to be relegated to the Second Division following 2\u20131 defeat to Hajer. On the final matchday, both Al-Adalh and Al-Jeel were relegated to the Second Division, with both clubs drawing their matches.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [43, 48], "content_span": [49, 288]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276166-0007-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Prince Mohammad bin Salman League, Team changes\nThe following teams have changed division since the 2016\u201317 season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [43, 55], "content_span": [56, 123]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276166-0008-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Prince Mohammad bin Salman League, Stadia and locations\n1: Najran will play at Prince Sultan bin Abdul Aziz Stadium due to the ongoing war in Yemen.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [43, 63], "content_span": [64, 158]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276166-0009-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Prince Mohammad bin Salman League, League table, Positions by round\nThe table lists the positions of teams after each week of matches. In order to preserve chronological evolvements, any postponed matches are not included in the round at which they were originally scheduled but added to the full round they were played immediately afterward.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [43, 75], "content_span": [76, 350]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276166-0010-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Prince Mohammad bin Salman League, Relegation play-offs\nOn March 7, 2018, the Saudi Football Federation announced that the number of teams in the Prince Mohammad bin Salman League will be increased from 16 teams to 20 teams. The relegation was removed and in its place, they announced a relegation play-off. The bottom 3 teams will face the 4th place team in each group and the best 5th team in a two-legged match.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [43, 63], "content_span": [64, 422]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276167-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Princeton Tigers men's basketball team\nThe 2017\u201318 Princeton Tigers men's basketball team represented Princeton University during the 2017\u201318 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Tigers, led by seventh-year head coach Mitch Henderson, played their home games at Jadwin Gymnasium as members of the Ivy League. They finished the season 13\u201316, 5\u20139 in Ivy League play to finish in a tie for fifth place and failed to qualify for the Ivy League Tournament.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [46, 46], "content_span": [47, 467]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276167-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Princeton Tigers men's basketball team, Previous season\nThe Tigers finished the 2016\u201317 season 23\u20137, 14\u20130 in Ivy League play to win the Ivy League regular season championship. They defeated Penn and Yale to win the inaugural Ivy League Tournament championship. As a result, they earned the conference's automatic bid to the NCAA Tournament as the No. 12 seed in the West Region. There they lost in the First Round to #5 seed Notre Dame.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [48, 63], "content_span": [64, 444]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276168-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Princeton Tigers women's basketball team\nThe 2017\u201318 Princeton Tigers women's basketball team represented Princeton University during the 2017\u201318 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Tigers, led by eleventh year head coach Courtney Banghart, played their home games at Jadwin Gymnasium as members of the Ivy League.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 48], "section_span": [48, 48], "content_span": [49, 333]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276168-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Princeton Tigers women's basketball team\nThe Tigers finished the season with a 24\u20136 overall record and 12\u20132 in the Ivy League. They finished first in the conference and defeated Penn in a playoff to earn a 12-seed for the NCAA Tournament. However, they lost in the first round to 5-seed Maryland.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 48], "section_span": [48, 48], "content_span": [49, 304]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276168-0002-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Princeton Tigers women's basketball team, Previous season\nThe Tigers finished the 2016\u201317 season with a 16\u201314 overall record and 9\u20135 in the Ivy League. They finished second in the conference to play Penn in a playoff to determine which Ivy League team will get a first-round bid for the NCAA Tournament. Penn won, but the Tigers' postseason continued with play in the Women's National Invitation Tournament. However, they lost in the first round to Villanova.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 48], "section_span": [50, 65], "content_span": [66, 467]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276168-0003-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Princeton Tigers women's basketball team, Previous season\nDuring the season, freshman Bella Alarie was named USWBA National Freshman of the Week once, Ivy League Player of the Week three times, and Ivy League Rookie of the Week nine times. She went on to be named Ivy League Rookie of the Year, made the Ivy League All-Tournament Team (with junior Leslie Robinson), as well as the All-Ivy League team (also with Robinson).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 48], "section_span": [50, 65], "content_span": [66, 431]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276168-0004-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Princeton Tigers women's basketball team, Previous season\nAlarie was also named to the 2017 USA Basketball Women's U19 National Team. The team won a silver medal, after losing to Russia in the finals. Coach Courtney Banghart was on the coaching staff of the U23 National Team. The team competed in and won the inaugural U24 Four Nations Tournament in Tokyo, Japan.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 48], "section_span": [50, 65], "content_span": [66, 372]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276169-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Princeton Tigers women's ice hockey season\nThe Princeton Tigers represent Princeton University in ECAC women's ice hockey during the 2017\u201318 NCAA Division I women's ice hockey season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 50], "section_span": [50, 50], "content_span": [51, 191]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276169-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Princeton Tigers women's ice hockey season\nIn the immediate aftermath of the successful 2016-17 campaign, Kelsey Koelzer signed a late season contract with the New York Riveters of the NWHL. Koelzer, who has since graduated, signed in time to bolster the Riveter's playoff roster. Following a bid to make the US National Team for the 2018 Olympics, Koelzer re-signed with New York (renamed the Metropolitan Riveters), for 2017-18.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 50], "section_span": [50, 50], "content_span": [51, 438]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276169-0002-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Princeton Tigers women's ice hockey season\nIn June, a sharp blow was dealt, when 21-year coach Jeff Kampersall announced his departure to coach the Penn State Nittany Lions. Kampersall ranks 11th all-time in wins for NCAA women's hockey coaches. Less that two weeks later, Assistant coach Cara Morey was named Head Coach.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 50], "section_span": [50, 50], "content_span": [51, 329]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276170-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Principality Premiership\nThe 2017\u201318 Principality Premiership was the second season of the new format of the Principality Premiership, the top tier of club rugby in Wales run by the Welsh Rugby Union. It was contested by sixteen Welsh clubs following an expansion from twelve teams at the start of the 2016\u201317 season. This season will be \"ring-fenced\" and relegation will return at the end of the 2018\u201319 season. The competition was won by Merthyr for the second consecutive year; this season also marked a \"double\" for Merthyr as they also won the 2017\u201318 WRU National Cup.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [32, 32], "content_span": [33, 582]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276170-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Principality Premiership, Structure\nThe Principality Premiership's structure has altered from the previous season. The teams will be split into two conferences (East and West) for the first half of the season. Each team will play each other team in their conference home and away. After 14 rounds, The league is amalgamated and all points reset to zero. However, clubs are awarded points based on their finishing position in their respective conference e.g. the 1st place team in a conference will receive 8 points, 2nd place \u2013 7 points etc. right down to 8th place \u2013 1 point.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 43], "content_span": [44, 584]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276170-0001-0001", "contents": "2017\u201318 Principality Premiership, Structure\nEach team will then play the other once, either home or away, for a grand total of 29 games. Unlike previous seasons, the winner will be determined by league position and not a play off system. Therefore, the league leader will be declared champions. This is the second season in which the \"ring-fenced\" system will be implemented, meaning no team is in danger of relegation until the 2018\u201319 season. However, ring-fencing will be under review at the end of this season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 43], "content_span": [44, 514]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276170-0002-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Principality Premiership, Teams\nThe same 16 teams that competed the previous season competed again this season. Merthyr were the reigning champions haven beaten Aberavon 22\u201318 in last year's final.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 39], "content_span": [40, 205]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276170-0003-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Principality Premiership, Teams\nOrange = DragonsBlue = Cardiff BluesBlack = OspreysRed = Scarlets", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 39], "content_span": [40, 105]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276170-0004-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Principality Premiership, Standings (East)\nAfter 14 rounds, the two conferences merge and points are reset. Points are given according to league position (1st - 8 points, 2nd - 7 points, 3rd - 6 points etc.)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 50], "content_span": [51, 215]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276170-0005-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Principality Premiership, Standings (West)\nAfter 14 rounds, the two conferences merge and points are reset. Points are given according to league position (1st - 8 points, 2nd - 7 points, 3rd - 6 points etc.)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 50], "content_span": [51, 215]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276170-0006-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Principality Premiership, Phase Two\nAfter 14 rounds, the two conferences merge and points are reset to zero. However, points are awarded to teams prior to this phase according to league position (1st \u2013 8 points, 2nd \u2013 7 points, 3rd \u2013 6 points etc.). Each team now plays each other team once, either home or away, for a grand total of 29 games over the entire season. There is no play-off system this season and the league leader will be crowned 2017\u201318 Principality Premiership Champions.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 43], "content_span": [44, 496]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276170-0007-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Principality Premiership, Standings (Phase Two)\nThe two conferences merged after 14 original rounds and points were reset. Points were given according to league position (1st - 8 points, 2nd - 7 points, 3rd - 6 points etc.)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 55], "content_span": [56, 231]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276171-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Pro A season\nThe 2017\u201318 Pro A season is the 96th season of the Pro A, the top basketball league in France organised by the Ligue nationale de basket (LNB).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [20, 20], "content_span": [21, 164]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276171-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Pro A season\nOn 2 March 2018, Jeep became the new main sponsor of the league and the league was re-named the Jeep \u00c9lite.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [20, 20], "content_span": [21, 128]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276171-0002-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Pro A season, Teams, Promotion and relegation\nOrl\u00e9ans Loiret Basket and SLUC Nancy Basket were relegated after the 2016\u201317 season after the teams ended in the last two places. JL Bourg promoted as the regular season champion of the Pro B season. Boulazac Basket Dordogne was promoted as the winner of the Pro B promotion play-offs.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 53], "content_span": [54, 339]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276171-0003-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Pro A season, Regular season\nIn the regular season, teams play against each other home-and-away in a round-robin format. The eight first qualified teams will advance to the Playoffs, while the last two qualified teams will be relegated to the Pro B.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 36], "content_span": [37, 257]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276171-0004-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Pro A season, Playoffs\nThe quarter-finals were played in a best-of-three format, while the semi-finals and finals were played in a best-of-five format. The higher seeded team played game one, three and five (if needed) at home. The play-offs began on 22 May 2018.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 30], "content_span": [31, 271]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276172-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Pro B season\nThe 2017\u201318 Pro B season was the 31st season of the Pro B, the top basketball league in France organised by the Ligue Nationale de Basket (LNB). Blois won its first league title.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [20, 20], "content_span": [21, 199]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276172-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Pro B season, Teams, Promotion and relegation\nOrl\u00e9ans Loiret and SLUC Nancy entered the league after they relegated from the 2016\u201317 Pro A season. UJAP Quimper 29 and Caen Basket Calvados were promoted from the 2016\u201317 NM1 season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 53], "content_span": [54, 238]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276172-0002-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Pro B season, Regular season\nIn the regular season, teams play against each other home-and-away in a round-robin format. The table leader will promote to the Pro A while the numbers two until nine qualify for the promotion playoffs. The last two placed teams are relegated to the NM1.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 36], "content_span": [37, 292]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276172-0003-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Pro B season, Promotion playoffs\nThe seven highest ranked seeds in the regular season, excluding the league champions, qualify for the promotion playoffs. They are joined by the winner of the LNB Pro B Leaders Cup. All rounds of the promotion playoffs are played in a best-of-three format.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 40], "content_span": [41, 297]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276172-0004-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Pro B season, Pro B Leaders Cup\nThe winner of the LNB Pro B Leaders Cup automatically qualified for the promotion playoffs as the top seeded team. The quarter- and semi-finals in the Leaders Cup are played in two-legged format. The Final was played on 18 February in Disneyland Paris. Prior to the final eight teams, teams played in six groups of three teams to determine which teams would qualify for the quarter-finals.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 39], "content_span": [40, 429]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276173-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Pro Basketball League\nThe 2017\u201318 Pro Basketball League, for sponsorship reasons the EuroMillions Basketball League, was the 91th season of the Belgian Basketball League, first tier of basketball in Belgium. The defending champion was Oostende. The season started on 23 September 2017 and ended 14 June 2018.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [29, 29], "content_span": [30, 316]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276173-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Pro Basketball League, Teams\nAntwerp Giants changed its name to Telenet Giants Antwerp, following a sponsorship agreement with Telenet. Meanwhile, Telenet left Oostende which meant the sponsored club name disappeared after seven years.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 36], "content_span": [37, 243]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276173-0002-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Pro Basketball League, Regular season\nIn the regular season, teams play against each other home-and-away in a round-robin format. The eight highest placed teams advance to the playoffs. The first games are played on 23 September 2017 and the regular season finishes on 20 May 2018.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 45], "content_span": [46, 289]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276173-0003-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Pro Basketball League, Playoffs\nThe playoffs start on 26 May and end on 13, 15 or 17 June 2017. The winner of the playoffs is crowned Belgian national champion. In the quarterfinals and semifinals a best-of-three format is used, while the finals are played in a best-of-five format. The higher seeded team had home advantage and played games one, three and five (if possible) at home. Small bold numbers indicate team seeding.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 39], "content_span": [40, 434]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276174-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Pro14\nThe 2017\u201318 PRO14 (also known as the Guinness PRO14 for sponsorship reasons) was the seventeenth season of the professional rugby union competition originally known as the Celtic League. It is the first season to be referred to as the Guinness PRO14 Championship, with the addition of two South African teams.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 13], "section_span": [13, 13], "content_span": [14, 323]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276174-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Pro14\nFourteen teams competed in this season \u2014 four Irish teams: Connacht, Leinster, Munster and Ulster; two Italian teams: Benetton and Zebre; two Scottish teams: Edinburgh and Glasgow Warriors; two South African teams: Cheetahs and the Southern Kings; and four Welsh teams: Cardiff Blues, Dragons, Ospreys and Scarlets.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 13], "section_span": [13, 13], "content_span": [14, 329]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276174-0002-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Pro14\nScarlets came into the new season as defending champions, and for the second season reached the PRO14 final. Leinster, however, won the final at the Aviva Stadium to take their fifth title in the competition's various iterations, and seal a domestic league and European Cup double, only the sixth team to do so, and the first from the PRO14 Championship.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 13], "section_span": [13, 13], "content_span": [14, 368]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276174-0003-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Pro14, Format\nThe fourteen teams will be split into two conferences of seven teams, with each conference featuring two teams from Ireland and Wales plus one team from Italy, Scotland and South Africa. The regular season will be made up of 21 rounds \u2013", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 13], "section_span": [15, 21], "content_span": [22, 258]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276174-0004-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Pro14, Format\nThe first-placed team in each conference are given a bye to the semi-finals with the second and third placed teams in each conference meeting in two quarter-finals for the two remaining semi-final places. This is the first year in which there will be two quarter-finals prior to the semi-finals and final.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 13], "section_span": [15, 21], "content_span": [22, 327]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276174-0005-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Pro14, Format\nThe South African teams cannot compete in the European Rugby Champions Cup. The top three eligible teams in each conference automatically qualified for following year's Champions Cup. The fourth ranked eligible team in each conference met in a play-off match with the winner taking the seventh Champions Cup place.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 13], "section_span": [15, 21], "content_span": [22, 336]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276174-0006-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Pro14, Team Changes, Ireland\nIn February 2017, Connacht announced that New Zealander Kieran Keane, Chiefs attack coach, had signed a three-year contract to become their new head coach, replacing Pat Lam who moved to Bristol. Following Keane's appointment, existing forwards coach Jimmy Duffy signed an extension to his deal and academy manager Nigel Carolan was promoted to backs coach, leaving his post as head coach of the Ireland under-20s to take the role. In May 2017, Peter Wilkins joined from Edinburgh as defence coach.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 13], "section_span": [15, 36], "content_span": [37, 535]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276174-0007-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Pro14, Team Changes, Ireland\nIn March 2017, Leinster confirmed that all four of their current coaches had extended their terms with the province. Head coach Leo Cullen, senior coach Stuart Lancaster, backs coach Girvan Dempsey and scrum coach John Fogarty signed contracts to take them through to summer 2019.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 13], "section_span": [15, 36], "content_span": [37, 317]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276174-0008-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Pro14, Team Changes, Ireland\nIn June 2017, after many weeks of media speculation, Munster confirmed that director of rugby Rassie Erasmus and defence coach Jacques Nienaber would leave their roles with the province and return to South Africa on 31 December 2017, to take over the national team. In the same month coaches Jerry Flannery and Felix Jones extended their contracts with the province by two years, expanding their roles to forwards coach, and backline and attack coach respectively. Team manager Niall O'Donovan also signed a new three-year contract. Johann van Graan, the Springboks forwards coach, was named as the new head coach in September 2017, and started his appointment ahead of Round 9 of the tournament.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 13], "section_span": [15, 36], "content_span": [37, 733]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276174-0009-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Pro14, Team Changes, Ireland\nIn February 2017, Ulster announced that New Zealander Jono Gibbes, former Leinster and then-Clermont Auvergne forwards coach, would be joining the province as their new head coach on a two-year contract working under existing director of rugby Les Kiss. It was also announced that former Wales and Lions scrum-half Dwayne Peel had joined as an assistant coach. In June 2017, Ulster added former Leinster hooker and Grenoble coach Aaron Dundon as their Scrum Coach. Kiss left his post on 31 January 2018 by mutual agreement with the province, with Gibbes assuming all coaching responsibility of the team for the remainder of the season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 13], "section_span": [15, 36], "content_span": [37, 672]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276174-0010-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Pro14, Team Changes, Italy\nAhead of the new season, Benetton Treviso changed their name, becoming just Benetton. In July 2017, New Zealand-born flanker Dean Budd was named as team captain replacing Alessandro Zanni.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 13], "section_span": [15, 34], "content_span": [35, 223]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276174-0011-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Pro14, Team Changes, Italy\nIn July 2017, Zebre announced that a new company had been formed, named Zebre Rugby Club, to take the second Italian place in the Pro14 ahead of the 2017\u201318 season. This followed an earlier announcement from the Italian Rugby Federation that Zebre intended to withdraw from the league due to major financial complications. However, with the formation of the new company, the club will now remain in Parma. Former Connacht and Edinburgh coach Michael Bradley was appointed as Zebre's new head coach. In addition to the change of coach, Zebre saw a change to the captaincy with Tommaso Castello serving as co-captain with the previous season's skipper George Biagi.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 13], "section_span": [15, 34], "content_span": [35, 698]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276174-0012-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Pro14, Team Changes, Scotland\nIn February 2017, Edinburgh announced that former Leicester Tigers coach Richard Cockerill would be taking over as their new director of rugby from the start of the season. Then acting head coach Duncan Hodge returned to his usual role of Backs Coach. Magnus Bradbury was named as the new team captain at the start of the season, replacing the joint captains from the previous season, Grant Gilchrist and Stuart McInally. Bradbury was stripped of his captaincy in October 2017 due to off-field discipline issues, and replaced in the role by Fraser McKenzie.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 13], "section_span": [15, 37], "content_span": [38, 595]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276174-0013-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Pro14, Team Changes, Scotland\nIn August 2016, Glasgow Warriors announced that Dave Rennie, then coach of Super Rugby side Chiefs, would replace Gregor Townsend as head coach from the beginning of the 2017\u201318 season. This followed the news that Townsend was leaving the club to become the Scottish national team's new head coach. Scottish international Ryan Wilson was announced as the side's new captain in August 2017, replacing Jonny Gray and Henry Pyrgos.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 13], "section_span": [15, 37], "content_span": [38, 466]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276174-0014-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Pro14, Team Changes, South Africa\nOn 1 August 2017, it was announced that the Cheetahs and the Southern Kings would join the Pro12, forming the Pro14. They join following their removal from the Southern Hemisphere Super Rugby competition.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 13], "section_span": [15, 41], "content_span": [42, 246]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276174-0015-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Pro14, Team Changes, South Africa\nCheetahs' coaching structure was altered following the move north, with Rory Duncan becoming the team's head coach and Franco Smith taking on the role of director of rugby. During the 2017 Super Rugby season the roles had been reversed. The move will see Duncan take charge of the first team, with Smith focusing on development of junior players and coaches, which will allow him to remain involved with South Africa at international level. The Cheetahs are captained by Niell Jordaan.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 13], "section_span": [15, 41], "content_span": [42, 527]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276174-0016-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Pro14, Team Changes, South Africa\nSouthern Kings preparation for the season was disrupted by the loss of a number of players prior to the confirmation of the side's admission to the competition. Among the players lost was regular captain Lionel Cronje. To fill out the squad, a number of players were signed on loan deals from South African Super Rugby sides. On 28 August, head coach Deon Davids appointed hooker Mike Willemse as the team's captain for their first ever tour in the competition.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 13], "section_span": [15, 41], "content_span": [42, 503]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276174-0017-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Pro14, Team Changes, Wales\nIn August 2017, Cardiff Blues added former players Nicky Robinson and Richie Rees to their backroom staff. They join as kicking coach and backs coach respectively.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 13], "section_span": [15, 34], "content_span": [35, 198]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276174-0018-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Pro14, Team Changes, Wales\nOn 20 June 2017, it was announced that, following a vote in March 2017 to allow the takeover of the club and Rodney Parade by the Welsh Rugby Union, Newport Gwent Dragons would be dropping \"Newport Gwent\" from its name and would be known simply as Dragons with immediate effect. A new crest was also unveiled. This followed the replacement of Kingsley Jones as head coach with Bernard Jackman earlier in the month. In August 2017, South African Hendr\u00e9 Marnitz, then head coach of Currie Cup side Blue Bulls, was confirmed as the Dragons' defence coach for the upcoming season. In the same month, Barry Maddocks was appointed as the Dragons' skills coach.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 13], "section_span": [15, 34], "content_span": [35, 689]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276174-0019-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Pro14, Team Changes, Wales\nOspreys came into the season with Steve Tandy as head coach. Tandy was sacked in January 2018, following a poor run of results in the league and in Europe. The team's forwards coach, former Ulster and Ireland player Allen Clarke, was named as his replacement on an interim basis for the remainder of the season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 13], "section_span": [15, 34], "content_span": [35, 346]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276174-0020-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Pro14, Team Changes, Wales\nChampions Scarlets came into the season largely unchanged. Their most significant loss was Wales and Lions fullback Liam Williams, who joined Saracens in the Premiership. Fellow Lion, Leigh Halfpenny was signed from Toulon as a replacement.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 13], "section_span": [15, 34], "content_span": [35, 275]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276174-0021-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Pro14, Table\nGreen background indicates teams that competed in the Pro14 play-offs, and also earned a place in the 2018\u201319 European Champions Cup(excluding South African teams who are ineligible)Blue background indicates teams outside the play-off places that earned a place in the 2018\u201319 European Champions Cup, including the winner of the play-off between the two fourth-ranked European teams in each conferenceYellow background indicates the loser of the play-off between the two fourth-ranked European teams in each conference, that earned a place in the 2018\u201319 European Rugby Challenge Cup. Plain background indicates teams that earned a place in the 2018\u201319 European Rugby Challenge Cup. (CH) Champions. (RU) Runners-up. (SF) Losing semi-finalists. (QF) Losing quarter-finalists. (PO) Champions Cup play-off winners.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 13], "section_span": [15, 20], "content_span": [21, 832]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276174-0022-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Pro14, Conference stage, South African derbies\nThese are round 11 and round 12 matches which are scheduled after the normal round dates.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 13], "section_span": [15, 54], "content_span": [55, 144]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276174-0023-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Pro14, Conference stage, Round 17\nAll games scheduled to be held in the United Kingdom and Italy were postponed over 28 February and 1 March due to a cold weather wave resulting in sub-zero temperatures, and potential inability for air travel. The Scarlets\u2013Leinster match was moved to the following weekend, being played on 9 March, whilst the Edinburgh\u2013Munster and Cardiff Blues\u2013Benetton games were rescheduled to the 16 March. The Ulster\u2013Glasgow Warriors game was moved to the weekend of 20/21/22 April, whilst the Zebre\u2013Ospreys game was postponed to a yet to be determined date.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 13], "section_span": [15, 41], "content_span": [42, 589]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276174-0024-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Pro14, Play-offs\nThe top side from each of the two conferences are given a bye to the semi-finals and have home advantage. Teams placed second and third in opposite conferences play each other to determine the other two semi-finalists with the team ranked second having home advantage.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 13], "section_span": [15, 24], "content_span": [25, 293]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276174-0025-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Pro14, Play-offs\nThe play-offs are scheduled in the four weeks after the regular season has been completed.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 13], "section_span": [15, 24], "content_span": [25, 115]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276174-0026-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Pro14, Play-off for the 7th Champions Cup place\nThe South African teams cannot compete in the European Rugby Champions Cup. The top three eligible teams in each conference automatically qualify for following year's Champions Cup. The fourth ranked eligible team in each conference meet in a play-off match with the winner taking the seventh Champions Cup place.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 13], "section_span": [15, 55], "content_span": [56, 369]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276174-0027-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Pro14, Play-off for the 7th Champions Cup place\nUlster had home advantage against Ospreys by virtue of finishing with the greater number of points accumulated during the PRO14 regular league (62, as opposed to Ospreys\u2019 44). The match was played on Sunday 20 May, at the Kingspan Stadium.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 13], "section_span": [15, 55], "content_span": [56, 295]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276174-0028-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Pro14, Referees\nOn 30 August, a 13-man referee elite squad was announced by Elite Referee Manager Greg Garner (number of matches refereed):", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 13], "section_span": [15, 23], "content_span": [24, 147]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276174-0029-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Pro14, Referees\nNote: Additional referees are used throughout the season, selected from a select development squad.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 13], "section_span": [15, 23], "content_span": [24, 123]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276174-0030-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Pro14, End of Season Awards, PRO14 Dream Team\nNote: Flags to the left of player names indicate national team as has been defined under World Rugby eligibility rules, or primary nationality for players who have not yet earned international senior caps. Players may hold one or more non-WR nationalities.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 13], "section_span": [15, 53], "content_span": [54, 310]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276175-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Pro50 Championship\nThe 2017\u201318 Pro50 Championship was the sixteenth edition of the Pro50 Championship, a List A cricket tournament that was played in Zimbabwe. The tournament included a new team, the Rising Stars, along with the existing four teams. Matabeleland Tuskers were the defending champions.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [26, 26], "content_span": [27, 308]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276175-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Pro50 Championship\nThe competition was originally scheduled to run from 1 December 2017 to 31 March 2018. However, in December 2017, Zimbabwe Cricket postponed all the remaining fixtures scheduled to take place in the tournament. Zimbabwe Cricket were struggling to pay players' salaries for November and December and wanted to upgrade their facilities for the 2018 Cricket World Cup Qualifier, which took place in Zimbabwe in March 2018. Initially, the tournament did not resume after the Cricket World Cup Qualifier, with only the first round of fixtures taking place. However, in April 2018, Zimbabwe Cricket confirmed that the tournament would restart, with the remaining rounds of the competition to be played during April, May and June 2018. After a gap of more than four months, the second round of fixtures resumed on 17 April 2018.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [26, 26], "content_span": [27, 848]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276175-0002-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Pro50 Championship\nFollowing the conclusion of the penultimate round of fixtures, both Rising Stars and Mountaineers advanced to the final, after the defending champions, Matabeleland Tuskers, failed to secure a bonus point with their victory over Mountaineers. In the final, Rising Stars beat Mountaineers by 144 runs to win their first title.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [26, 26], "content_span": [27, 352]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276176-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 ProA\nThe 2017\u201318 ProA was the 11th season of the ProA, the second level of basketball in Germany. The champions and the runners-up of the play-offs are promoted to the 2018\u201319 Basketball Bundesliga.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 12], "section_span": [12, 12], "content_span": [13, 206]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276176-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 ProA, Play-offs\nThe quarter-finals and semi-finals were played in a best-of-five play-off format. The Finals are played in a two-legged series in which the team with the most aggregate points wins.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 12], "section_span": [14, 23], "content_span": [24, 205]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276177-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Professional U23 Development League\nThe 2017\u201318 Professional U23 Development League was the sixth season of the Professional Development League system.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [43, 43], "content_span": [44, 159]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276178-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Providence Friars men's basketball team\nThe 2017\u201318 Providence Friars men's basketball team represented Providence College in the 2017\u201318 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Friars, led by seventh-year head coach Ed Cooley, played their home games at the Dunkin' Donuts Center as members of the Big East Conference. They finished the season 21\u201314, 10\u20138 in Big East play to finish in a three-way tie for third place. As the No. 5 seed in the Big East Tournament, they defeated Creighton and No. 1-seeded Xavier in back-to-back overtime games to advance to the championship game. In a third straight overtime game, the Friars fell to Villanova in the championship game. They received an at-large bid to the NCAA Tournament as the No. 10 seed in the West region where they lost to Texas A&M in the First Round.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 47], "section_span": [47, 47], "content_span": [48, 824]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276178-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Providence Friars men's basketball team, Previous season\nThe Friars finished the 2016\u201317 season 20\u201313, 10\u20138 in Big East play to finish in a four-way tie for third place. As the No. 3 seed in the Big East Tournament, they lost in the quarterfinals to Creighton. They received an at-large bid to the NCAA Tournament as a No. 11 seed where they lost to USC in the First Four.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 47], "section_span": [49, 64], "content_span": [65, 380]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276178-0002-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Providence Friars men's basketball team, Preseason\nPrior to the season, Providence was picked to finish fourth in a poll of Big East coaches.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 47], "section_span": [49, 58], "content_span": [59, 149]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276179-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Providence Friars women's basketball team\nThe 2017\u201318 Providence Friars women's basketball team represents Providence College in the 2017\u201318 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Friars, led by second year head coach Jim Crowley, play their home games at Alumni Hall and are members of the Big East Conference. They finished the season 10\u201321, 3\u201315 in Big East play to finish in a tie for last place. They lost in the first round of the Big East Women's Tournament to Butler.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 49], "section_span": [49, 49], "content_span": [50, 491]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276179-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Providence Friars women's basketball team, Previous season\nThey finished the season 12\u201318, 4\u201314 in Big East play to finish in a tie for seventh place. They lost in the first round of the Big East Women's Tournament to Seton Hall.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 49], "section_span": [51, 66], "content_span": [67, 237]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276180-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Providence Friars women's ice hockey season\nThe Providence Friars represents Providence College in Women's Hockey East Association play during the 2017\u201318 NCAA Division I women's ice hockey season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 51], "section_span": [51, 51], "content_span": [52, 205]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276181-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Prva A liga\nThe 2017\u201318 Prva A Liga, known as Erste ko\u0161arka\u0161ke lige by sponsorship reasons, is the 12th season of the Montenegrin Basketball League, the top tier basketball league on Montenegro. Budu\u0107nost VOLI, who until this season won all the league editions, lost the title to Mornar.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [19, 19], "content_span": [20, 295]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276181-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Prva A liga, Competition format\nNine of the eleven teams that play the league join the regular season and play a two-round robin competition where the six first qualified teams join the Super Liga with the two 2017\u201318 ABA League teams (Budu\u0107nost Voli and Mornar). The last qualified team would play a relegation playoff against the second qualified of the Prva B.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 39], "content_span": [40, 371]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276182-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Purdue Boilermakers men's basketball team\nThe 2017\u201318 Purdue Boilermakers men's basketball team represented Purdue University in the 2017\u201318 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. Their head coach was Matt Painter, in his 13th season with the Boilers. The team played their home games in Mackey Arena in West Lafayette, Indiana as members of the Big Ten Conference. The Boilermakers finished the season 30\u20137, 15\u20133 in Big Ten play to finish in a tie for second place. As the No. 3 seed in the Big Ten Tournament, they defeated Rutgers and Penn State before losing to Michigan in the championship game.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 49], "section_span": [49, 49], "content_span": [50, 610]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276182-0000-0001", "contents": "2017\u201318 Purdue Boilermakers men's basketball team\nThey received an at-large bid to the NCAA Tournament as the No. 2 seed in the East region. They defeated Cal State Fullerton in the First Round, but lost starting center Isaac Haas to a fractured elbow. Without Haas, they defeated Butler in the Second Round to advance to the Sweet Sixteen where they lost to No. 3 seed Texas Tech.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 49], "section_span": [49, 49], "content_span": [50, 381]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276182-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Purdue Boilermakers men's basketball team, Previous season\nThe Boilermakers finished the 2016\u201317 season 27\u20138, 14\u20134 to win the Big Ten regular season championship. In the Big Ten Tournament, they lost in the finals to Michigan. They received an at-large bid to the NCAA Tournament as the No. 4 seed in the Midwest Region where they beat Vermont and Iowa State to advance to the Sweet Sixteen. In their first trip to the Sweet Sixteen since 2010, they lost to No. 1-seeded and No. 3-ranked Kansas.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 49], "section_span": [51, 66], "content_span": [67, 503]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276182-0002-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Purdue Boilermakers men's basketball team, Offseason, Departures\nBig Ten Player of the Year Caleb Swanigan declared in April for the NBA draft, but did not immediately sign with an agent. Isaac Haas and Vincent Edwards also declared for the draft, but also did not sign with an agent. On May 16, 2017, Haas announced he would withdraw from the NBA Draft. On May 24, Edwards announced he would return to school. Also on May 24, Swanigan announced he would stay in the NBA Draft and not return to school. On June 22, 2017, Swanigan was drafted in the first round (26th overall) by the Portland Trail Blazers.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 49], "section_span": [51, 72], "content_span": [73, 614]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276182-0003-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Purdue Boilermakers men's basketball team, Offseason, World University Games\nIn August 2017, Purdue represented Team USA as the national team in the World University Games. They played exhibition games against Team Canada before traveling to Taipei to participate in the Games. Each team was guaranteed to play at least eight games throughout the entire World University Games. Purdue went 5\u20130 in pool play to advance to the medal round. They defeated Team Israel in the quarterfinals and defeated Team Serbia to advance to the Gold Medal Game against Team Lithuania. In the Gold Medal Game, the Boilers were defeated by Team Lithuania 85\u201374.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 49], "section_span": [51, 84], "content_span": [85, 650]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276182-0004-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Purdue Boilermakers men's basketball team, Preseason\nIn its preseason rankings, the Blue Ribbon yearbook ranked Purdue as No. 14 in the country.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 49], "section_span": [51, 60], "content_span": [61, 152]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276182-0005-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Purdue Boilermakers men's basketball team, Schedule and results\nThe 2018 Big Ten Tournament will be held at Madison Square Garden in New York City. Due to the Big East's use of that venue for their conference tournament, the Big Ten Tournament will take place one week earlier than usual, ending the week before Selection Sunday. This could result in teams having nearly two weeks off before the NCAA Tournament.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 49], "section_span": [51, 71], "content_span": [72, 420]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276182-0006-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Purdue Boilermakers men's basketball team, Rankings\n^Coaches Poll did not release a Week 2 poll at the same time AP did. *AP does not release post-NCAA tournament rankings", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 49], "section_span": [51, 59], "content_span": [60, 179]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276183-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Purdue Boilermakers women's basketball team\nThe 2017\u201318 Purdue Boilermakers women's basketball team represents Purdue University during the 2017\u201318 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. Boilermakers, led by 12th year head coach Sharon Versyp, play their home games at Mackey Arena and were a members of the Big Ten Conference. They finished the season 20\u201314, 9\u20137 in Big Ten play to finish in tie for seventh place. They lost in the second round of the Big Ten Women's Tournament to Rutgers. They received an at-large bid of the Women's National Invitation Tournament where defeated IUPUI and Ball State in the first and second rounds before losing to their Big Ten member and their rival Indiana in the third round.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 51], "section_span": [51, 51], "content_span": [52, 728]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276184-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Pusk\u00e1s FC season\nThe 2017\u201318 season was Pusk\u00e1s FC's 4th competitive season, 1st consecutive season in the OTP Bank Liga and 7th year in existence as a football club.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [24, 24], "content_span": [25, 173]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276184-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Pusk\u00e1s FC season, First team squad\nNote: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 42], "content_span": [43, 171]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276184-0002-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Pusk\u00e1s FC season, First team squad, Out on loan\nNote: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 55], "content_span": [56, 184]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276184-0003-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Pusk\u00e1s FC season, Transfers, Summer\nIn:Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 43], "content_span": [44, 175]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276184-0004-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Pusk\u00e1s FC season, Transfers, Summer\nOut:Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 43], "content_span": [44, 176]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276184-0005-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Pusk\u00e1s FC season, Statistics, Top scorers\nIncludes all competitive matches. The list is sorted by shirt number when total goals are equal.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 49], "content_span": [50, 146]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276184-0006-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Pusk\u00e1s FC season, Statistics, Disciplinary record\nIncludes all competitive matches. Players with 1 card or more included only.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 57], "content_span": [58, 134]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276185-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 QMJHL season\nThis is the current revision of this page, as edited by Xolkan (talk | contribs) at 00:04, 29 March 2020 (\u2192\u200eTrophies and awards). The present address (URL) is a permanent link to this version.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [20, 20], "content_span": [21, 213]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276185-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 QMJHL season\nThe 2017\u201318 QMJHL season was the 49th season of the Quebec Major Junior Hockey League (QMJHL). The regular season began on September 21, 2017, and ended on March 18, 2018.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [20, 20], "content_span": [21, 192]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276185-0002-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 QMJHL season\nThe playoffs started March 22, 2018, and ended on May 13. The winning team, the Acadie\u2013Bathurst Titan, were awarded the President's Cup and won the Memorial Cup as the QMJHL champion in the 2018 Memorial Cup, which was hosted by the Regina Pats of the WHL at the Brandt Centre in Regina, Saskatchewan from May 18\u201327, 2018.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [20, 20], "content_span": [21, 343]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276185-0003-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 QMJHL season, Regular season standings\nNote: GP = Games played; W = Wins; L = Losses; OTL = Overtime Losses; SL = Shootout Losses; GF = Goals For; GA = Goals Against; PTS = Points; x = clinched playoff berth; y = clinched division title; z = clinched Jean Rougeau Trophy", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 46], "content_span": [47, 278]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276185-0004-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 QMJHL season, Scoring leaders\nNote: GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; PIM = Penalty Minutes", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 37], "content_span": [38, 122]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276185-0005-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 QMJHL season, Leading goaltenders\nNote: GP = Games Played; Mins = Minutes Played; W = Wins; L = Losses: OTL = Overtime Losses; SL = Shootout Losses; GA = Goals Allowed; SO = Shutouts; GAA = Goals Against Average", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 41], "content_span": [42, 219]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276185-0006-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 QMJHL season, Playoff leading scorers\nNote: GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; PIM = Penalty Minutes", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 45], "content_span": [46, 130]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276185-0007-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 QMJHL season, Playoff leading goaltenders\nNote: GP = Games Played; Mins = Minutes Played; W = Wins; L = Losses: OTL = Overtime Losses; SL = Shootout Losses; GA = Goals Allowed; SO = Shutouts; GAA = Goals Against Average", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 49], "content_span": [50, 227]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276186-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Qatar Stars League\nThe 2017\u201318 Qatari League, also known as Qatar Stars League, is the 45th edition of top-level football championship in Qatar.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [26, 26], "content_span": [27, 152]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276186-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Qatar Stars League, Teams, Foreign players\nThe total number of foreign players is restricted to nine per club. Clubs can register up to four professional foreign players, of which a maximum of three are allowed from nations outside the Asian Football Confederation (AFC).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 50], "content_span": [51, 279]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276186-0002-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Qatar Stars League, Teams, Foreign players\nPlayers name in bold indicates the player is registered during the mid-season transfer window.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 50], "content_span": [51, 145]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276187-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Qatari Stars Cup\nThe 2017 Qatari Stars Cup was the seventh edition of Qatari Stars Cup.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [24, 24], "content_span": [25, 95]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276187-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Qatari Stars Cup\nThe tournament featured 12 teams divided into 2 groups. The draw for the group took place on 8 September 2017 at the headquarters in Al Bidda.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [24, 24], "content_span": [25, 167]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276188-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Quaid-e-Azam Trophy\nThe 2017\u201318 Quaid-e-Azam Trophy was the 60th edition of the Quaid-e-Azam Trophy, Pakistan's domestic first-class cricket competition. It was contested by 16 teams representing eight regional associations and eight departments, and took place from 26 September to 25 December 2017, spanning almost two weeks less than originally planned. Pakistan's former Test captain Misbah-ul-Haq was critical of the compressed schedule and the quality of the pitches saying \"it takes time to prepare a good pitch for a game and nobody can make it in two days\".", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [27, 27], "content_span": [28, 574]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276188-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Quaid-e-Azam Trophy\nThe format of the competition remained the same as the previous season, with two round-robin group stages and a final. The regions and departments were divided evenly between the two groups for the preliminary group stage, with the four top teams in each advancing to a \"Super Eight\" group stage; the top team in each of the Super Eight groups contested the final. In a change from 2016\u201317, the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) introduced a draft system for the regional teams.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [27, 27], "content_span": [28, 502]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276188-0002-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Quaid-e-Azam Trophy\nSui Northern Gas Pipelines beat defending champions Water and Power Development Authority by 103 runs to win the Quaid-e-Azam Trophy for the third time in four years.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [27, 27], "content_span": [28, 194]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276188-0003-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Quaid-e-Azam Trophy, Draft\nWith the aim of improving the competitiveness of the regional associations, partly by distributing experienced players among them, proposals for the introduction of a draft system were presented to the PCB's governing board on 28 July 2017. The draft system gained approval after initial objections from some of the larger associations, led by Karachi, and a compromise was reached on the number of players to be selected via the draft. Each regional team selected eight players via the draft, ten through the normal selection process along with two emerging players from the under-19 circuit. The teams completed their player selection on 6 September 2017.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 34], "content_span": [35, 692]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276188-0004-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Quaid-e-Azam Trophy, Competition summary\nFaisalabad and Pakistan Television made their returns to first-class competition after winning the Quaid-e-Azam Trophy and Patron's Trophy Grade-II competitions respectively in 2016\u201317; they replaced the relegated Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) and Karachi Blues in the competition. Like the previous season, both promoted teams enjoyed only a brief stay in the top-tier as they were relegated at the end of the season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 48], "content_span": [49, 475]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276188-0005-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Quaid-e-Azam Trophy, Competition summary\nIn Pool A, Sui Northern Gas Pipelines Limited, Sui Southern Gas Company, Lahore Blues and Water and Power Development Authority all progressed to the Super Eight section of the tournament. They were joined by United Bank Limited, Habib Bank Limited, Khan Research Laboratories and Lahore Whites from Pool B.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 48], "content_span": [49, 356]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276188-0006-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Quaid-e-Azam Trophy, Competition summary\nOn 26 November 2017, the dates for the first round of the Super Eight fixtures were postponed by the PCB, due to ongoing religious unrest which had also disrupted the fixture schedule for the 2017\u201318 National T20 Cup. The Super Eight round was originally scheduled to start on 29 November 2017, but this was moved back to 3 December 2017.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 48], "content_span": [49, 387]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276188-0007-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Quaid-e-Azam Trophy, Competition summary\nSui Northern Gas Pipelines Limited won Group 1 of the Super Eight round, beating Lahore Blues by six wickets to advance to the final. In the match, the first three innings were each completed without a side scoring three figures, the first time this had ever happened in the Quaid-e-Azam Trophy. Water and Power Development Authority won Group 2, despite losing to Sui Southern Gas Corporation by seven wickets in their final match.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 48], "content_span": [49, 481]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276188-0008-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Quaid-e-Azam Trophy, Competition summary\nIn the final, Sui Northern Gas Pipelines Limited beat Water and Power Development Authority by 103 runs to win the competition for the third time in the last four years. Samiullah Khan was man of the match after he took his career-best bowling figures of 8 for 62 in the second innings and his 25th five-wicket haul in first-class cricket.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 48], "content_span": [49, 388]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276188-0009-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Quaid-e-Azam Trophy, Group stage, Tables\n(Q)\u00a0\u00a0The top four teams in each group advanced to the Super Eight stage", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 48], "content_span": [49, 120]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276188-0010-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Quaid-e-Azam Trophy, Super Eight stage, Tables\n(Q)\u00a0\u00a0The top team in each group advanced to the final", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 54], "content_span": [55, 108]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276189-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Queen of the South F.C. season\nThe 2017\u201318 season is Queen of the South's fifth consecutive season back in the second tier of Scottish football and their fifth season in the Scottish Championship, having been promoted as champions from the Scottish Second Division at the end of the 2012\u201313 season. Queens will also be competing in the Challenge Cup, League Cup and the Scottish Cup.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [38, 38], "content_span": [39, 391]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276189-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Queen of the South F.C. season, Summary\nQueens finished sixth in the Scottish Championship for the second consecutive season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 47], "content_span": [48, 133]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276189-0002-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Queen of the South F.C. season, Summary\nQueens reached the fourth round of the Challenge Cup, losing to The New Saints after a penalty shoot-out 4-3, with no goals scored after extra time.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 47], "content_span": [48, 196]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276189-0003-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Queen of the South F.C. season, Summary\nThe Doonhamers were knocked out after the first round of the League Cup after the completion of fixtures in Group G that included Albion Rovers, East Kilbride, Hamilton Academical and Stenhousemuir.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 47], "content_span": [48, 246]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276189-0004-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Queen of the South F.C. season, Summary\nQueens reached the fourth round of the Scottish Cup, losing 2-1 at Palmerston to Partick Thistle.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 47], "content_span": [48, 145]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276189-0005-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Queen of the South F.C. season, Player statistics, Captains\nLast updated: 28 April 2018Source: Competitive match reports. Competitive matches onlyMatches started as captain onlyCountry: FIFA nationality; No. : Squad number; P: Position; Name: Player name; No. Games: Number of games started as captain.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 67], "content_span": [68, 310]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276189-0006-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Queen of the South F.C. season, Player statistics, Clean sheets\nLast updated: 28 April 2018Source: Match reports in Competitive matches", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 71], "content_span": [72, 143]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276190-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Queens Park Rangers F.C. season\nThe 2017\u201318 season is Queens Park Rangers' third consecutive season in the Championship following their relegation from the Premier League in the 2014\u201315 season. Along with the Championship, the club will participate in the FA Cup and the EFL Cup.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [39, 39], "content_span": [40, 287]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276190-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Queens Park Rangers F.C. season\nThe season covers the period from 1 July 2017 to 30 June 2018.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [39, 39], "content_span": [40, 102]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276190-0002-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Queens Park Rangers F.C. season, Kit, Kit information\nQPR agreed a multi-year partnership with Erre\u00e0 to replace Dryworld as the official technical kit suppliers from the 2017/18 season. The kits will be 100 per-cent bespoke designs for the duration of the deal. The Kits were revealed on 23 June.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 61], "content_span": [62, 304]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276190-0003-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Queens Park Rangers F.C. season, Kit, Kit information\nOn 22 June QPR announced a three-year shirt sponsorship deal with online casino Royal Panda.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 61], "content_span": [62, 154]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276190-0004-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Queens Park Rangers F.C. season, Friendlies\nFor the 2017/18 season, QPR announced pre-season friendlies against Peterborough United, FC Union Berlin, Lokomotive Leipzig, Bournemouth as well as behind-closed-doors games against Bromley, and Reading.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 51], "content_span": [52, 256]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276190-0005-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Queens Park Rangers F.C. season, Competitions, Championship, Matches\nThe fixtures for the 2017\u201318 season were announced on 21 June 2017 at 09:00 BST.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 76], "content_span": [77, 157]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276190-0006-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Queens Park Rangers F.C. season, Competitions, FA Cup\nIn the FA Cup, QPR entered the competition in the third round and were drawn at home against Milton Keynes Dons.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 61], "content_span": [62, 174]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276190-0007-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Queens Park Rangers F.C. season, Competitions, EFL Cup\nOn 16 June 2017, QPR were drawn at home against Northampton Town in the first round. Another home tie against Brentford was confirmed for the second round.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 62], "content_span": [63, 218]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276191-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Quinnipiac Bobcats men's basketball team\nThe 2017\u201318 Quinnipiac Bobcats men's basketball team represented Quinnipiac University during the 2017\u201318 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Bobcats, led by first-year head coach Baker Dunleavy, played their home games at TD Bank Sports Center in Hamden, Connecticut as members of the Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference. They finished the season 12\u201321 overall, 7\u201311 in MAAC play to finish in a tie for seventh place. As the No. 7 seed at the MAAC Tournament, they defeated No. 10 seed Siena and upset No. 2 seed Canisius to advance to the semifinals where they lost to No. 6 seed Fairfield.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 48], "section_span": [48, 48], "content_span": [49, 649]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276191-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Quinnipiac Bobcats men's basketball team, Previous season\nThe Bobcats finished the 2016\u201317 season 10\u201321, 7\u201313 in MAAC play to finish in eighth place. They lost in the first round of the MAAC Tournament to Niagara.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 48], "section_span": [50, 65], "content_span": [66, 221]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276191-0002-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Quinnipiac Bobcats men's basketball team, Previous season\nOn March 7, 2017, head coach Tom Moore was fired. He finished at Quinnipiac with a ten-year record of 162\u2013146. On March 27, Villanova assistant coach Baker Dunleavy was hired as the Bobcats next head coach.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 48], "section_span": [50, 65], "content_span": [66, 272]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276192-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Quinnipiac Bobcats women's basketball team\nThe 2017\u201318 Quinnipiac Bobcats women's basketball team represents Quinnipiac University during the 2017\u201318 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Bobcats are led by twenty-third year head coach, Tricia Fabbri. They play their home games in TD Bank Sports Center and are members of the Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference. They finished the season 28\u20136, 18\u20130 in MAAC play to win MAAC regular season and tournament titles to earn an automatic trip to the NCAA Women's Tournament. They defeated Miami in the first round before losing to Connecticut in the second round.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 50], "section_span": [50, 50], "content_span": [51, 625]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276192-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Quinnipiac Bobcats women's basketball team, Previous season\nThey finished the season 29\u20137, 17\u20133 in MAAC play to win MAAC regular season and tournament titles to earn an automatic trip to the NCAA Women's Tournament.. They upset Marquette and Miami (FL) in the first and second rounds before falling to eventual champions South Carolina in the sweet sixteen.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 50], "section_span": [52, 67], "content_span": [68, 365]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276193-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 R&F (Hong Kong) season\nThe 2017\u201318 season is R&F's 2nd season in the top-tier division in Hong Kong football. R&F will compete in the Premier League, Senior Challenge Shield, FA Cup and Sapling Cup in this season. In June 2017, R&F was allowed to move their home stadium to Yanzigang Stadium, Guangzhou and register 3 foreigners for the 2017\u201318 Hong Kong Premier League.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [30, 30], "content_span": [31, 378]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276193-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 R&F (Hong Kong) season, Squad, Summer\nNote: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 45], "content_span": [46, 174]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276193-0002-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 R&F (Hong Kong) season, Squad, Winter\nNote: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 45], "content_span": [46, 174]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276194-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 R.S.C. Anderlecht season\nThe 2017\u201318 season is a season played by Anderlecht, a Belgian football club based in Anderlecht, Brussels. The season covers the period from 1 July 2017 to 30 June 2018. Anderlecht will be participating in the Belgian First Division A, Belgian Super Cup, Belgian Cup and the UEFA Champions League.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [32, 32], "content_span": [33, 331]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276194-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 R.S.C. Anderlecht season, Review and events\nAfter winning the 2016\u201317 First Division A, Anderlecht opened the 2017\u201318 season with a Belgian Super Cup victory over Zulte Waregem, winners of the 2016\u201317 Belgian Cup in the first Belgian football match to feature the use of a video assistant referee.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 51], "content_span": [52, 305]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276195-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 RB Leipzig season\nThe 2017\u201318 RB Leipzig season was the 9th season in the football club's history and 2nd consecutive and overall season in the top flight of German football, the Bundesliga, having been promoted from the 2. Bundesliga in 2016. In addition to the domestic league, RB Leipzig also participated in the season's editions of the domestic cup, the DFB-Pokal, and the first-tier continental cup, the UEFA Champions League. This was the 8th season for Leipzig in the Red Bull Arena, located in Leipzig, Saxony, Germany. The season covers a period from 1 July 2017 to 30 June 2018.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [25, 25], "content_span": [26, 597]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276195-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 RB Leipzig season, Players, Squad information\nNote: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 53], "content_span": [54, 182]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276196-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 RC Strasbourg Alsace season\nThe 2017\u201318 Ligue 1 season was RC Strasbourg Alsace's first season in the top flight of French football since their relegation in the 2007\u201308 season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [35, 35], "content_span": [36, 185]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276196-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 RC Strasbourg Alsace season\nThe club finished 15th, escaping relegation on the final day.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [35, 35], "content_span": [36, 97]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276196-0002-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 RC Strasbourg Alsace season, Players, First team squad\nNote: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 62], "content_span": [63, 191]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276197-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 RCD Espanyol season\nDuring the 2017\u201318 season, RCD Espanyol participated in La Liga and the Copa del Rey.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [27, 27], "content_span": [28, 113]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276197-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 RCD Espanyol season, Squad\nNote: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 34], "content_span": [35, 163]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276198-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 RFU Championship\nThe 2017\u201318 RFU Championship, known for sponsorship reasons as the Greene King IPA Championship, was the ninth season of the professionalised format of the RFU Championship, the second tier of the English rugby union league system run by the Rugby Football Union. It was contested by eleven English clubs and one from Jersey in the Channel Islands. The competition was sponsored by Greene King for a fifth successive season. The twelve teams in the RFU Championship also competed in the British and Irish Cup, along with clubs from Ireland and Wales.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [24, 24], "content_span": [25, 575]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276198-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 RFU Championship\nOn 24 March 2018 Rotherham Titans were relegated with 3 games to go, after losing away to Jersey Reds. Despite seeing some improvements in the second half of the season, the Yorkshire club were easily the weakest side in the division, dropping to 2018\u201319 National League 1, the lowest level the club have played at for 14 seasons.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [24, 24], "content_span": [25, 355]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276198-0002-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 RFU Championship\nOn 7 April 2018 Bristol were crowned champions with 2 games to go following title rivals Ealing Trailfinders defeat that day to Doncaster Knights. They met the minimum criteria and therefore were promoted into Premiership Rugby. In winning the championship Bristol also became the most decorated tier 2 side in English league history with 4 league titles to-date.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [24, 24], "content_span": [25, 388]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276198-0003-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 RFU Championship, Structure\nThe Championship's structure has all the teams playing each other on a home and away basis. The play-offs for promotion have been abolished and replaced by the first ranked team being promoted; providing that club's ground fulfills the Rugby Football Union's Minimum Standards Criteria. Under the play-off system some clubs qualified for the play-offs but did not meet the RFU's Minimum Standards Criteria which meant they could not be promoted. The change was made to allow the promoted team additional time to prepare for playing in the English Premiership. As part of an agreement with the RFU, each club will receive \u00a3530,000 funding.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 35], "content_span": [36, 674]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276198-0004-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 RFU Championship, Teams\nIn January 2017, London Welsh was expelled from the RFU Championship and then liquidated due to debt. As a result, Rotherham Titans, who finished bottom of the league, were not relegated; a decision which former Championship club Plymouth Albion contested. Promoted in place of London Welsh were the winners of 2016\u201317 National League 1, Hartpury College, who have moved from Gloucester 3 North, at the bottom of the English rugby pyramid, to the second tier within thirteen years of their founding. London Irish was promoted as champions and play-off winners of the 2016\u201317 RFU Championship and were replaced by Bristol following their last place in the 2016\u201317 English Premiership.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 31], "content_span": [32, 715]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276198-0005-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 RFU Championship, Fixtures\nFixtures for the season were announced by the RFU on 9 June 2017.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 34], "content_span": [35, 100]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276198-0006-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 RFU Championship, Season records, Team\n72 - 12 Ealing Trailfinders at home to London Scottish on 24 September 2017", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 46], "content_span": [47, 122]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276198-0007-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 RFU Championship, Season records, Team\n60 - 17 Bristol away to Nottingham on 6 April 2018", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 46], "content_span": [47, 97]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276198-0008-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 RFU Championship, Season records, Team\n72 - 12 Ealing Trailfinders at home to London Scottish on 24 September 2017", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 46], "content_span": [47, 122]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276198-0009-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 RFU Championship, Season records, Team\nEaling Trailfinders at home to London Scottish on 24 September 2017Bristol at home to Doncaster Knights on 13 April 2018", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 46], "content_span": [47, 167]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276198-0010-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 RFU Championship, Season records, Team\nBristol at home to Doncaster Knights on 13 April 2018", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 46], "content_span": [47, 100]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276198-0011-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 RFU Championship, Season records, Team\nBristol at home to Yorkshire Carnegie on 23 March 2018", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 46], "content_span": [47, 101]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276198-0012-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 RFU Championship, Season records, Team\nNottingham at home to Hartpury College on 29 September 2017", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 46], "content_span": [47, 106]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276198-0013-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 RFU Championship, Season records, Attendances\nBristol at home to Cornish Pirates on 13 April 2018", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 53], "content_span": [54, 105]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276198-0014-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 RFU Championship, Season records, Attendances\nHartpury College at home to Nottingham on 10 February 2018", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 53], "content_span": [54, 112]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276198-0015-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 RFU Championship, Season records, Player\nLaurence May for Cornish Pirates at home to London Scottish on 25 March 2018", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 48], "content_span": [49, 125]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276198-0016-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 RFU Championship, Season records, Player\nMax Crumpton for Bristol at home to Richmond on 17 September 2017 Luke Morahan for Bristol at home to Doncaster Knights on 13 April 2018", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 48], "content_span": [49, 185]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276198-0017-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 RFU Championship, Season records, Player\nIan Madigan for Bristol at home to Doncaster Knights on 13 April 2018", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 48], "content_span": [49, 118]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276198-0018-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 RFU Championship, Season records, Player\nIan Madigan for Bristol at home to Yorkshire Carnegie on 23 March 2018", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 48], "content_span": [49, 119]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276198-0019-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 RFU Championship, Season records, Player\nTiff Eden for Nottingham at home to Hartpury College on 29 September 2017", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 48], "content_span": [49, 122]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276199-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 RFU Intermediate Cup\nThe 2017\u201318 RFU Intermediate Cup is the 22nd version of the RFU Intermediate Cup (9th using the name RFU Intermediate Cup) national competition for clubs at level 7 of the English rugby union system. The cup consists of 91 clubs divided into four regions. The winners of each region then advance to the national semi-finals with the final being held at Twickenham Stadium in London at the end of the season, along with the RFU Intermediate Cup and RFU Junior Vase finals.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [28, 28], "content_span": [29, 500]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276199-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 RFU Intermediate Cup\nThe 2017\u201318 champions were London & South East winners, Camberley, who thrashed Midlands winners, Droitwich, 63\u201314 in the Twickenham final. It was Camberley's first ever intermediate cup title, but the 7th won by London & South East based clubs, tying them with the northern region who also had 7 victories.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [28, 28], "content_span": [29, 336]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276199-0002-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 RFU Intermediate Cup, London & South East Intermediate Cup\nThe London & South East Intermediate Cup involves a knock-out competition with 1st round, 2nd round, 3rd round, semi-finals and final. The winners of the London & South East Intermediate Cup then go on to the national Intermediate Cup semi-finals where they face the winners of the South West Intermediate Cup. There are 25 teams involved in the London & South East Intermediate Cup, all of which are 1st XV sides, coming from the following unions and level 7 leagues.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 66], "content_span": [67, 535]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276199-0003-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 RFU Intermediate Cup, London & South East Intermediate Cup, Round 1\nByes: Barking (L2SE), Camberley (L2SW), Chelmsford (L2NE), Chiswick (L2NW), Dover (L2SE), Gosport & Fareham (L2SW) and Hampstead (L2NW)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 75], "content_span": [76, 211]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276199-0004-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 RFU Intermediate Cup, London & South East Intermediate Cup, Final\nThe winners of the London & South East Intermediate Cup final would advance to the national semi-finals.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 73], "content_span": [74, 178]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276199-0005-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 RFU Intermediate Cup, Midlands Intermediate Cup\nThe Midlands Intermediate Cup is a direct knockout cup with a 1st round, 2nd round, 3rd round, quarter-finals, semi-finals and final The winner of the final goes forward to the National Intermediate Cup semi-finals where they face the winners of the Northern section. The competition involves 41 clubs from the following unions and level 7 leagues:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 55], "content_span": [56, 405]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276199-0006-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 RFU Intermediate Cup, Midlands Intermediate Cup, Round 1\nByes: 23 teams received a bye into the second round", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 64], "content_span": [65, 116]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276199-0007-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 RFU Intermediate Cup, Midlands Intermediate Cup, Final\nThe winners of the Midlands Intermediate Cup would advance to the National Intermediate Cup semi-finals.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 62], "content_span": [63, 167]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276199-0008-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 RFU Intermediate Cup, Northern Intermediate Cup\nUnlike the other regional competitions, the Northern Intermediate Cup starts with a mini-league stage, in which the eligible clubs are placed in 2 regional pools of 3 teams each. The winners of each pool then face each other in the Northern Intermediate Cup final, with the winner advancing to the National Intermediate Cup semi-finals, where they will face the winners of the Midlands section. There are 6 teams (1st XV only) involved in the Northern Intermediate Cup representing the following unions and level 7 leagues:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 55], "content_span": [56, 579]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276199-0009-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 RFU Intermediate Cup, Northern Intermediate Cup, Final\nThe winners of the Pool 1 (West) and Pool 2 (East) would meet in the Northern Intermediate Cup final. The winners of this final would then advanced to the National Intermediate Cup semi-finals.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 62], "content_span": [63, 256]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276199-0010-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 RFU Intermediate Cup, South West Intermediate Cup\nThe South West Intermediate Cup consist of three stages, with representatives from the different unions joining at different points. The Dorset & Wilts and Gloucestershire clubs first play in county based knock-out tournaments, with the winners advancing to either the Southern Counties or South West Counties area semi-finals, where they join the other south-west representatives. The winners of each area final then meet in the South West Intermediate Cup final to determine who goes through to the national semi-finals, where they face the winners of the London and South East section.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 57], "content_span": [58, 646]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276199-0011-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 RFU Intermediate Cup, South West Intermediate Cup\nThe South West Intermediate Cup involves 19 clubs (1st XV only) from the following unions and level 7 leagues:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 57], "content_span": [58, 168]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276199-0012-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 RFU Intermediate Cup, South West Intermediate Cup, Stage 1 (Dorset & Wilts)\n9 clubs were involved in the Dorset & Wilts RFU Intermediate Cup qualification. The winners would advanced to the Southern Counties semi-finals.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 83], "content_span": [84, 228]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276199-0013-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 RFU Intermediate Cup, South West Intermediate Cup, Stage 1 (Gloucestershire)\n7 teams were involved in the Gloucestershire RFU Intermediate Cup qualification tournament. The winners of the competition would go through to the South West Counties final.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 84], "content_span": [85, 258]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276199-0014-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 RFU Intermediate Cup, South West Intermediate Cup, Stage 2 (Southern Counties)\nThe winners of the Dorset & Wilts Intermediate Cup would join representatives from the Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire unions in the Southern Counties knock-out stage. The winners would advance to play the South West Counties winners in the south-west regional final.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 86], "content_span": [87, 365]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276199-0015-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 RFU Intermediate Cup, South West Intermediate Cup, Stage 2 (South West Counties)\nThe winners of the Gloucestershire Intermediate Cup would meet the representatives from the Somerset RFU in the semi-final, while the representatives from the Cornwall RFU would face the representatives from the Devon RFU. The winners would advance to play the Southern Counties winners in the south-west regional final.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 88], "content_span": [89, 409]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276199-0016-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 RFU Intermediate Cup, South West Intermediate Cup, Stage 3 (South West final)\nThe winners of the Southern Counties and South West Counties final would meet in the south-west regional final. The winners of this final would then advanced to the national semi-finals.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 85], "content_span": [86, 272]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276199-0017-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 RFU Intermediate Cup, National Senior Vase\nThe Midlands winners would face the North winners in the first semi-final, while the London & South East winners would face the South-West winners in the other, with the winners of each semi-final meeting in the Twickenham final. Home advantage in the semi-finals will be decided by a draw.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 50], "content_span": [51, 341]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276200-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 RFU Junior Vase\nThe 2017\u201318 RFU Junior Vase is the 28th version of the RFU Junior Vase national cup competition (9th using the name RFU Junior Vase) for clubs at level 9 and below of the English rugby union system. The competition consists of 134 clubs divided into four regions. The winners of each region then advance to the national semi-finals with the final being held at Twickenham Stadium in London at the end of the season, along with the RFU Intermediate Cup and RFU Senior Vase finals.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [23, 23], "content_span": [24, 503]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276200-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 RFU Junior Vase\nThe 2017\u201318 champions were Yorkshire club, Old Otliensians, who defeated the Devon side, South Molton, 31\u201321 in the final. Old Otliensians were worthy winners of the competition, scoring over 260 points on route to the final, whilst conceding only 15, a run which included a club record 126\u20130 over Wallsend in the early stages. Old Otliensians victory was the 11th by a Yorkshire club since the competition began in 1990.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [23, 23], "content_span": [24, 445]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276200-0002-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 RFU Junior Vase, London & South East Junior Vase\nThe London & South East Junior Vase involves a knock-out competition with 1st round, 2nd round, 3rd round, 4th round, semi-finals and final. The winners of the London & South East Junior Vase then go on to the national Junior Vase semi-finals where they face the winners of the South West Junior Vase. There are 55 teams involved in the London & South East Junior Vase, all of which are 1st XV sides, coming from the following unions and leagues.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 56], "content_span": [57, 503]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276200-0003-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 RFU Junior Vase, London & South East Junior Vase, Round 1\nByes: Ashford (K1), Bognor (H1), Burgess Hill (SX1), Cranbrook (K1), Gillingham Anchorians (K1), Millbrook (H1), Royston (HM1), Sandown & Shanklin (H1), Uckfield (SX1)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 65], "content_span": [66, 233]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276200-0004-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 RFU Junior Vase, London & South East Junior Vase, Final\nThe winners of the London & South East Junior Vase final would advance to the national semi-finals.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 63], "content_span": [64, 163]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276200-0005-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 RFU Junior Vase, Midlands Junior Vase\nThe Midlands Junior Vase is a direct knockout cup with a 1st round, 2nd round, 3rd round, quarter-finals, semi-finals and final The winner of the final goes forward to the National Vase semi-finals where they face the winners of the Northern section. The competition involves 50 clubs from the following unions and level 9-10 leagues:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 45], "content_span": [46, 381]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276200-0006-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 RFU Junior Vase, Midlands Junior Vase, Round 1\nByes: Amber Valley (M5EN), Ashfield (M4EN), Aston Old Edwardians (M4WN), Bedford Swifts (M4ES), Bloxwich (M4WN), Brackley (M4ES), Burbage (M4WS), Harbury (M4WS), Keresley (M5WS), Mansfield Woodhouse (M5EN), Mellish (M4EN), St Leonards (M5WN), St Neots (M4ES), Tupton (M4EN)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 54], "content_span": [55, 328]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276200-0007-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 RFU Junior Vase, Midlands Junior Vase, Final\nThe winners of the Midlands Junior Vase would advance to the National Junior Vase semi-finals.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 52], "content_span": [53, 147]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276200-0008-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 RFU Junior Vase, Northern Junior Vase\nUnlike the other regional competitions, the Northern Junior Vase starts with a mini-league stage, in which the eligible clubs are placed in 2 regional pools of 3 teams each. The winners of each pool then face each other in the Northern Vase final, with the winner advancing to the National Junior Vase semi-finals, where they will face the winners of the Midlands section. There are 6 teams (1st XV only) involved in the Northern Junior Vase representing the following unions and leagues:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 45], "content_span": [46, 534]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276200-0009-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 RFU Junior Vase, Northern Junior Vase, Final\nThe winners of the Pool 1 (West) and Pool 2 (East) would meet in the Northern Junior Vase final. The winners of this final would then advanced to the National Junior Vase semi-finals.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 52], "content_span": [53, 236]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276200-0010-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 RFU Junior Vase, South West Junior Vase\nThe South West Junior Vase consist of three stages, with representatives from the different unions joining at different points. The Dorset & Wilts and Gloucestershire clubs first play in county based knock-out tournaments, with the winners advancing to either the Southern Counties or South West Counties area semi-finals, where they join the other south-west representatives. The winners of each area final then meet in the South West Junior Vase final to determine who goes through to the national semi-finals, where they face the winners of the London and South East section.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 47], "content_span": [48, 626]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276200-0011-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 RFU Junior Vase, South West Junior Vase\nThe South West Junior Vase involves 23 clubs (1st XV only) from the following unions and leagues:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 47], "content_span": [48, 145]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276200-0012-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 RFU Junior Vase, South West Junior Vase, Stage 1 (Dorset & Wilts)\n10 teams were involved in the Dorset & Wilts RFU Junior Vase qualification. The winners would advanced to the Southern Counties semi-finals.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 73], "content_span": [74, 214]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276200-0013-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 RFU Junior Vase, South West Junior Vase, Stage 1 (Gloucestershire)\n8 teams were involved in the Gloucestershire RFU Junior Vase qualification tournament. The winners of the competition would go through to the South West Counties final.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 74], "content_span": [75, 243]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276200-0014-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 RFU Junior Vase, South West Junior Vase, Stage 2 (Southern Counties)\nThe winners of the Dorset & Wilts Junior Vase would join representatives from the Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire unions in the Southern Counties knock-out stage. The winners would advance to play the South West Counties winners in the south-west regional final.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 76], "content_span": [77, 350]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276200-0015-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 RFU Junior Vase, South West Junior Vase, Stage 2 (South West Counties)\nThe winners of the Gloucestershire Junior Vase would meet the representatives from the Somerset RFU in the semi-final, while the representatives from Devon RFU had a bye into the South West Counties final due to Cornish clubs not taking part this season. The winners would advance to play the Southern Counties winners in the south-west regional final.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 78], "content_span": [79, 431]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276200-0016-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 RFU Junior Vase, South West Junior Vase, Stage 3 (South West final)\nThe winners of the Southern Counties and South West Counties final would meet in the south-west regional final. The winners of this final would then advanced to the national semi-finals.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 75], "content_span": [76, 262]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276200-0017-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 RFU Junior Vase, National Junior Vase\nThe Midlands winners would face the North winners in the first semi-final, while the London & South East winners would face the South-West winners in the other, with the winners of each semi-final meeting in the Twickenham final. Home advantage in the semi-finals will be decided by a draw.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 45], "content_span": [46, 336]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276201-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 RFU Senior Vase\nThe 2017\u201318 RFU Senior Vase is the 12th version of the RFU Senior Vase national cup competition for clubs at level 8 of the English rugby union system. The competition consists of 94 clubs divided into four regions. The winners of each region then advance to the national semi-finals with the final being held at Twickenham Stadium in London at the end of the season, along with the RFU Intermediate Cup and RFU Junior Vase finals.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [23, 23], "content_span": [24, 455]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276201-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 RFU Senior Vase\nThe 2017\u201318 champions were Wath-upon-Dearne, who pipped Cornish side Saltash, 22\u201318 in an entertaining final. It was Wath-upon-Dearne's second final in the competition, having lost to south-west side, Wells, in the 2012 edition. By claiming the vase they also replicated West Leeds (winners in 2016) to become the second Yorkshire club to win the competition since its inception back in the 2006\u201307 season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [23, 23], "content_span": [24, 430]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276201-0002-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 RFU Senior Vase, London & South East Senior Vase\nThe London & South East Senior Vase involves a knock-out competition with 1st round, 2nd round, 3rd round, semi-finals and final. The winners of the London & South East Senior Vase then go on to the national Senior Vase semi-finals where they face the winners of the South West Senior Vase. There are 26 teams involved in the London & South East Senior Vase, all of which are 1st XV sides, coming from the following unions and level 8 leagues.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 56], "content_span": [57, 500]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276201-0003-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 RFU Senior Vase, London & South East Senior Vase, Round 1\nByes: Bromley (L3SE), Portsmouth (L3SW), Old Cranleighans (L3SW), Thanet Wanderers (L3SE), \tWarlingham (L3SW), Welwyn (L3NW)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 65], "content_span": [66, 190]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276201-0004-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 RFU Senior Vase, London & South East Senior Vase, Final\nThe winners of the London & South East Senior Vase final would advance to the national semi-finals.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 63], "content_span": [64, 163]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276201-0005-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 RFU Senior Vase, Midlands Senior Vase\nThe Midlands Senior Vase is a direct knockout cup with a 1st round, 2nd round, 3rd round, quarter-finals, semi-finals and final The winner of the final goes forward to the National Vase semi-finals where they face the winners of the Northern section. The competition involves 35 clubs from the following unions and level 8 leagues:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 45], "content_span": [46, 378]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276201-0006-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 RFU Senior Vase, Midlands Senior Vase\n10 Midlands 3 West (North)7 Midlands 3 West (South)8 Midlands 3 East (North)10 Midlands 3 East (South)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 45], "content_span": [46, 148]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276201-0007-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 RFU Senior Vase, Midlands Senior Vase, Round 1\nByes: 32 teams were given a bye into the 2nd round", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 54], "content_span": [55, 105]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276201-0008-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 RFU Senior Vase, Midlands Senior Vase, Final\nThe winners of the Midlands Senior Vase would advance to the National Senior Vase semi-finals.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 52], "content_span": [53, 147]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276201-0009-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 RFU Senior Vase, Northern Senior Vase\nUnlike the other regional competitions, the Northern Senior Vase starts with a mini-league stage, in which the eligible clubs are placed in 2 regional pools of 3 teams each. The winners of each pool then face each other in the Northern Senior Vase final, with the winner advancing to the National Senior Vase semi-finals, where they will face the winners of the Midlands section. There are 6 teams (1st XV only) involved in the Northern Senior Vase representing the following unions and level 8 leagues:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 45], "content_span": [46, 549]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276201-0010-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 RFU Senior Vase, Northern Senior Vase, Final\nThe winners of the Pool 1 (West) and Pool 2 (East) would meet in the Northern Senior Vase final. The winners of this final would then advanced to the National Senior Vase semi-finals.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 52], "content_span": [53, 236]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276201-0011-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 RFU Senior Vase, South West Senior Vase\nThe South West Senior Vase consist of three stages, with representatives from the different unions joining at different points. The Dorset & Wilts and Gloucestershire clubs first play in county based knock-out tournaments, with the winners advancing to either the Southern Counties or South West Counties area semi-finals, where they join the other south-west representatives. The winners of each area final then meet in the South West Senior Vase final to determine who goes through to the national semi-finals, where they face the winners of the London and South East section.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 47], "content_span": [48, 626]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276201-0012-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 RFU Senior Vase, South West Senior Vase\nThe South West Senior Vase involves 27 clubs (1st XV only) from the following unions and level 8 leagues:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 47], "content_span": [48, 153]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276201-0013-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 RFU Senior Vase, South West Senior Vase, Stage 1 (Dorset & Wilts)\n10 clubs (1st XV only) were involved in the Dorset & Wilts RFU Senior Vase qualification. The winners would advanced to the Southern Counties semi-finals.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 73], "content_span": [74, 228]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276201-0014-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 RFU Senior Vase, South West Senior Vase, Stage 1 (Gloucestershire)\n11 teams were involved in the Gloucestershire RFU Senior Vase qualification tournament. The winners of the competition would go through to the South West Counties final.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 74], "content_span": [75, 244]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276201-0015-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 RFU Senior Vase, South West Senior Vase, Stage 2 (Southern Counties)\nThe winners of the Dorset & Wilts Senior Vase would join representatives from the Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire unions in the Southern Counties knock-out stage. The winners would advance to play the South West Counties winners in the south-west regional final.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 76], "content_span": [77, 350]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276201-0016-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 RFU Senior Vase, South West Senior Vase, Stage 2 (South West Counties)\nThe winners of the Gloucestershire Senior Vase would meet the representatives from the Somerset RFU in the semi-final, while the representatives from the Cornwall RFU would face the representatives from the Devon RFU. The winners would advance to play the Southern Counties winners in the south-west regional final.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 78], "content_span": [79, 394]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276201-0017-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 RFU Senior Vase, South West Senior Vase, Stage 3 (South West final)\nThe winners of the Southern Counties and South West Counties final would meet in the south-west regional final. The winners of this final would then advanced to the national semi-finals.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 75], "content_span": [76, 262]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276201-0018-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 RFU Senior Vase, National Senior Vase\nThe Midlands winners would face the North winners in the first semi-final, while the London & South East winners would face the South-West winners in the other, with the winners of each semi-final meeting in the Twickenham final. Home advantage in the semi-finals will be decided by a draw.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 45], "content_span": [46, 336]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276202-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 RIT Tigers women's ice hockey season\nThe RIT Tigers represented the Rochester Institute of Technology in College Hockey America during the 2017-18 NCAA Division I women's ice hockey season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [44, 44], "content_span": [45, 197]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276203-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 RK Zamet season\nThe 2017\u201318 season was the 61st season in RK Zamet\u2019s history. It is their 10th successive season in the Dukat Premier League, and 40th successive top tier season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [23, 23], "content_span": [24, 186]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276203-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 RK Zamet season, Dukat Premier League, League table\nUpdated to match(es) played on 2 June 2018. This table contains statistics combined with the regular part of the Dukat Premier League with matches played by team in the relegation play-offs. Source:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 59], "content_span": [60, 258]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276204-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Racing Club de Avellaneda season\nThe 2017\u201318 season is Racing Club de Avellaneda's 33rd consecutive season in the top-flight of Argentine football. The season covers the period from 1 July 2017 to 30 June 2018.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [40, 40], "content_span": [41, 218]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276204-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Racing Club de Avellaneda season, Current squad\nNote: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 55], "content_span": [56, 184]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276204-0002-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Racing Club de Avellaneda season, Current squad, Out on loan\nNote: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 68], "content_span": [69, 197]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276205-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Radford Highlanders men's basketball team\nThe 2017\u201318 Radford Highlanders men's basketball team represented Radford University during the 2017\u201318 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Highlanders, led by seventh-year head coach Mike Jones, played their home games at the Dedmon Center in Radford, Virginia as members of the Big South Conference. They finished the season 23\u201313, 12\u20136 in Big South play to finish in a tie for second place. They defeated Longwood, Winthrop, and Liberty to become champions of the Big South Tournament. The received the Big South's automatic bid to the NCAA Tournament where they defeated LIU Brooklyn in the First Four before losing in the First Round to Villanova.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 49], "section_span": [49, 49], "content_span": [50, 711]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276205-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Radford Highlanders men's basketball team, Previous season\nThe Highlanders finished the season 14\u201318, 8\u201310 in Big South play to finish in a sixth place. They received the No. 6 seed in the Big South Tournament where they defeated Liberty in the quarterfinals to advance to the semifinals where they lost to Campbell.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 49], "section_span": [51, 66], "content_span": [67, 324]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276206-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Radivoj Kora\u0107 Cup\nThe 2018 Triglav osiguranje Radivoj Kora\u0107 Cup is the 16th season of the Serbian men's national basketball cup tournament. The \u017du\u0107ko's left trophy awarded to the winner Partizan NIS from Belgrade.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [25, 25], "content_span": [26, 221]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276206-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Radivoj Kora\u0107 Cup, Qualified teams, Draw\nThe draw was held in Belgrade on 31 January 2018.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 48], "content_span": [49, 98]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276207-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Rain or Shine Elasto Painters season\nThe 2017\u201318 Rain or Shine Elasto Painters season was the 12th season of the franchise in the Philippine Basketball Association (PBA).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [44, 44], "content_span": [45, 178]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276208-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Raith Rovers F.C. season\nThe 2017\u201318 season will be Raith Rovers' first season in the third tier of Scottish football since being relegated from the Scottish Championship via the play-offs at the end of the 2016\u201317 season. Raith Rovers will also compete in the Challenge Cup, League Cup and the Scottish Cup.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [32, 32], "content_span": [33, 316]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276208-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Raith Rovers F.C. season, Summary, Management\nRaith will be led by manager Barry Smith for the 2017\u201318 season for his 1st season at the club.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 53], "content_span": [54, 149]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276209-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Raja Casablanca season\nThe 2017\u201318 season is Raja Casablanca's 69th season in existence and the club's 62nd consecutive season in the top flight of Moroccan football. It covers a period from 1 July 2017 to 30 June 2018.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [30, 30], "content_span": [31, 227]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276209-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Raja Casablanca season, Current squad\nNote: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 45], "content_span": [46, 174]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276209-0002-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Raja Casablanca season, Transfers, In (summer)\nNote: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 54], "content_span": [55, 183]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276209-0003-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Raja Casablanca season, Transfers, Out (Summer)\nNote: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 55], "content_span": [56, 184]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276209-0004-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Raja Casablanca season, Transfers, In (winter)\nNote: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 54], "content_span": [55, 183]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276209-0005-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Raja Casablanca season, Transfers, Out (winter)\nNote: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 55], "content_span": [56, 184]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276210-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Ram Slam T20 Challenge\nThe 2017\u201318 Ram Slam T20 Challenge was the fifteenth season of the CSA T20 Challenge, established by Cricket South Africa. It started on 10 November 2017 and finished on 16 December 2017. Titans were the defending champions.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [30, 30], "content_span": [31, 255]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276210-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Ram Slam T20 Challenge\nThe tournament was originally scheduled to be played between 14 March and 15 April 2018. However, after the first season of the T20 Global League was postponed, the tournament was brought forward to November 2017. It was going to be the second consecutive tournament played without a sponsor. However, in November 2017, Cricket South Africa announced it would be branded as the Ram Slam T20 Challenge again.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [30, 30], "content_span": [31, 438]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276210-0002-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Ram Slam T20 Challenge\nDuring the tournament, Dolphins had five of their matches washed out. Despite the rain-affected games, Dolphins finished second in the group-stage and were joined in the semi-finals with Titans, Cape Cobras and Warriors. In the first semi-final, Titans beat Warriors by 8 wickets to advance to the final. The second semi-final between Dolphins and Cape Cobras was washed out with no play possible. There was no reserve day, so Dolphins advanced to the final after they finished above Cape Cobras in the group stage. In the final, Titans beat Dolphins by 7 wickets to win the tournament for a third consecutive time.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [30, 30], "content_span": [31, 646]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276211-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Rangers F.C. season\nThe 2017\u201318 Rangers F.C. season was the 5th season of competitive football by Rangers. It is their second consecutive season in the top tier of Scottish football, having been promoted from the Scottish Championship at the end of the 2015\u201316 season. Rangers also competed in the Scottish League Cup and the Scottish Cup.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [27, 27], "content_span": [28, 347]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276211-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Rangers F.C. season, Squad statistics\nThe table below includes all players registered with the SPFL as part of the Rangers squad for 2017\u201318 season. They may not have made an appearance.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 45], "content_span": [46, 194]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276211-0002-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Rangers F.C. season, Squad statistics, Appearances, goals and discipline\nAppearances (starts and substitute appearances) and goals include those in Scottish Premiership, League Cup, Scottish Cup, and the UEFA Europa League. |}", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 80], "content_span": [81, 234]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276212-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Ranji Trophy\nThe 2017\u201318 Ranji Trophy was the 84th season of the Ranji Trophy, the premier first-class cricket tournament that took place in India between October 2017 and January 2018. Vidarbha won the tournament, beating Delhi by 9 wickets in the final, to win their first Ranji Trophy title. Vidarbha made their Ranji Trophy debut in the 1957\u201358 season, making it the third-longest wait before a team won their maiden title. Vidarbha's captain, Faiz Fazal, said that \"winning the Ranji Trophy has been the biggest achievement in my career\".", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [20, 20], "content_span": [21, 551]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276212-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Ranji Trophy\nThe previous season was played at neutral venues. For this season, the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) agreed to return to playing fixtures at home and away venues after the neutral venue trial was unpopular with domestic captains. However, the knock-out phase of the tournament was still played at neutral venues. The other change from the previous season was an increase in the number of groups from three to four, with each team playing six fixtures in the group stage. The top two teams from each group progressed to the quarter-finals.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [20, 20], "content_span": [21, 574]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276212-0002-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Ranji Trophy\nGujarat were the defending champions. The season started on 6 October 2017, with the quarter-finals taking place on 7 December 2017, the semi-finals on 17 December 2017, and the final being held from 29 December 2017 to 2 January 2018. The final was played at the Holkar Stadium, Indore for the second consecutive year.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [20, 20], "content_span": [21, 340]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276212-0003-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Ranji Trophy\nIn November 2017, Mumbai, the most successful team in the history of the Ranji Trophy, played their 500th match in the competition.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [20, 20], "content_span": [21, 152]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276212-0004-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Ranji Trophy\nFollowing the conclusion of the sixth round of group-stage fixtures, Karnataka and Delhi from Group A and Vidarbha from Group D had all progressed to the knockout stage of the tournament. After the final group-stage matches, they were joined by Gujarat and Kerala from Group B, Madhya Pradesh and Mumbai from Group C and Bengal from Group D. It was the first time that Kerala had progressed to the quarter-finals of the Ranji Trophy.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [20, 20], "content_span": [21, 454]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276212-0005-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Ranji Trophy\nIn the quarter-finals, Karnataka beat Mumbai by an innings and 20 runs. It was only the fifth time that Mumbai had lost a match by an innings in the history of the Ranji Trophy. Defending champions Gujarat drew their match with Bengal, with Bengal progressing to the semi-finals with a first-innings lead. In the other quarter-final matches, Delhi beat Madhya Pradesh by seven wickets and Vidarbha beat Kerala by 412 runs to advance.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [20, 20], "content_span": [21, 454]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276212-0006-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Ranji Trophy\nIn the first semi-final, Delhi beat Bengal by an innings and 26 runs to reach their first final since the 2007\u201308 tournament. In the second semi-final, Vidarbha beat Karnataka by 5 runs to reach the final for the first time in their history.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [20, 20], "content_span": [21, 262]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276212-0007-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Ranji Trophy, Player transfers\nThe following player transfers were approved ahead of the season:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 38], "content_span": [39, 104]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276212-0008-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Ranji Trophy, Teams\nThe teams were drawn in the following groups, with the groupings based on the average points for each side in the previous three years:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 27], "content_span": [28, 163]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276212-0009-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Ranji Trophy, Knockout stage\nThe draw for the quarter-finals were made after the final group-stage match, with the following fixtures announced. The fixtures in the knockout stage of the tournament are played across five days, instead of four days in the group stage.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 36], "content_span": [37, 275]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276213-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Ranji Trophy Group A\nThe 2017\u201318 Ranji Trophy was the 84th season of the Ranji Trophy, the first-class cricket tournament in India. It was contested by 28 teams divided into four groups, each containing seven teams. The top two teams from Group A progressed to the quarterfinals of the competition. Both of Hyderabad's first two matches were abandoned due to rain. Following the conclusion of the sixth round of fixtures, both Karnataka and Delhi had progressed to the knockout stage of the competition.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [28, 28], "content_span": [29, 511]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276213-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Ranji Trophy Group A, Teams\nThe following teams were placed in Group A, based on their average points in the previous three years:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 35], "content_span": [36, 138]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276214-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Ranji Trophy Group B\nThe 2017\u201318 Ranji Trophy was the 84th season of the Ranji Trophy, the first-class cricket tournament in India. It was contested by 28 teams divided into four groups, each containing seven teams. The top two teams from Group B progressed to the quarterfinals of the competition.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [28, 28], "content_span": [29, 306]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276214-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Ranji Trophy Group B\nDefending champions Gujarat and Kerala progressed to the knockout stage of the competition after beating Jharkhand and Haryana respectively in the final round of group-stage fixtures. It was the first time that Kerala had progressed to the quarter-finals of the Ranji Trophy.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [28, 28], "content_span": [29, 304]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276214-0002-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Ranji Trophy Group B, Teams\nThe following teams were placed in Group B, based on their average points in the previous three years:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 35], "content_span": [36, 138]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276215-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Ranji Trophy Group C\nThe 2017\u201318 Ranji Trophy was the 84th season of the Ranji Trophy, the first-class cricket tournament in India. It was contested by 28 teams divided into four groups, each containing seven teams. The top two teams from Group C progressed to the quarterfinals of the competition.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [28, 28], "content_span": [29, 306]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276215-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Ranji Trophy Group C\nAhead of the fifth round of fixtures, Tamil Nadu's last two home games were moved from Chennai following heavy rain and were rescheduled to take place in Indore and Vadodara. In November 2017, Mumbai's fifth-round fixture against Baroda was their 500th match in the Ranji Trophy. Mumbai progressed to the knockout stage of the competition after beating Tripura by 10 wickets in round 7 of the tournament. They were joined by Madhya Pradesh, who topped the group, after beating Odisha by 7 wickets in their final game.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [28, 28], "content_span": [29, 546]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276215-0002-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Ranji Trophy Group C, Teams\nThe following teams were placed in Group C, based on their average points in the previous three years:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 35], "content_span": [36, 138]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276216-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Ranji Trophy Group D\nThe 2017\u201318 Ranji Trophy was the 84th season of the Ranji Trophy, the first-class cricket tournament in India. It was contested by 28 teams divided into four groups, each containing seven teams. The top two teams from Group D progressed to the quarterfinals of the competition. Vidarbha progressed to the knockout stage of the competition after beating Goa by an innings and 37 runs in round 6 of the tournament. They were joined by Bengal, after they drew against Goa in their final group-stage match.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [28, 28], "content_span": [29, 531]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276216-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Ranji Trophy Group D, Teams\nThe following teams were placed in Group D, based on their average points in the previous three years:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 35], "content_span": [36, 138]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276217-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Rayo Vallecano season\nThe 2017\u201318 season is the 93rd season in Rayo Vallecano \u2019s history.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [29, 29], "content_span": [30, 97]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276217-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Rayo Vallecano season, Squad\nNote: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 36], "content_span": [37, 165]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276218-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Reading F.C. Women season, Season events\nOn 16 August, Reading signed Fara Williams from Arsenal Women to a two-year contract.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 48], "content_span": [49, 134]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276218-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Reading F.C. Women season, Season events\nOn 3 January, Reading signed Natasha Harding from Liverpool to a long-term contract.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 48], "content_span": [49, 133]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276218-0002-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Reading F.C. Women season, Squad statistics, Clean sheets\nEarps & Moloney both played in Reading's 2-0 victory over Sunderland on 29 April 2018", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 65], "content_span": [66, 151]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276219-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Reading F.C. season\nThe 2017\u201318 season was Reading's 147th year in existence and fifth consecutive season in the Championship, and covers the period from 1 July 2017 to 30 June 2018.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [27, 27], "content_span": [28, 190]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276219-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Reading F.C. season, Season review, Pre-season\nOn 31 May, Reading announced that they would be returning to the Netherlands for a 10-day training camp. On 6 June, Reading announced that they would host two behind-doors friendlies with QPR at the club's Hogwood Park training facility, with the fixtures taking place on 8 July.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 54], "content_span": [55, 334]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276219-0002-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Reading F.C. season, Season review, Pre-season\nOn 16 June 2017, Reading were given a home tie against League One side Gillingham in the EFL Cup first round draw. In the following days, it was announced that the match would take place on 8 August.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 54], "content_span": [55, 254]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276219-0003-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Reading F.C. season, Season review, Pre-season\nFor the second year in a row, Reading accepted the invitation to enter their Category One academy into the EFL Trophy.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 54], "content_span": [55, 173]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276219-0004-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Reading F.C. season, Season review, Pre-season\nOn 4 July 2017, manager Jaap Stam signed a new two-year contract with Reading, keeping him at the club until 2019. The club's assistant manager, Andries Ulderink, and first team coach, Said Bakkati, also signed new deals to extend their stay. Chief Executive Nigel Howe was elected to the EFL Board on the same day. The following day, defender Chris Gunter committed his future to the club by signing a new three-year contract extension.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 54], "content_span": [55, 492]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276219-0005-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Reading F.C. season, Season review, Pre-season\nOn 6 July, Reading announced that whilst they are in the Netherlands on their pre-season tour, they will play in friendlies against K.V. Kortrijk, of the Belgian top flight, and Turkish S\u00fcper Lig club Gen\u00e7lerbirli\u011fi on 15 July, and Dutch Eredivisie team Sparta Rotterdam and Belgian second tier side Cercle Brugge on 22 July.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 54], "content_span": [55, 380]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276219-0005-0001", "contents": "2017\u201318 Reading F.C. season, Season review, Pre-season\nThe same day, Liam Kelly joined Stam and Gunter by extending his contract until 2020; youngsters Sam Smith, Ryan East, Jake Sheppard, Lewis Ward and Andy Rinomhota all agreed new deal; Liam Driscoll, Ben House, Joel Rollinson and Ade Shokunbi moved unto the U-23s from the U18's whilst Ethan Coleman, Tom Holmes and Kosta Sparta signed professional deals.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 54], "content_span": [55, 410]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276219-0006-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Reading F.C. season, Season review, Pre-season\nOn 27 July, Steven Reid left the club to pursue new coaching opportunities and challenges.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 54], "content_span": [55, 145]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276219-0007-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Reading F.C. season, Season review, Pre-season\nOn 29 July, Reading hosted KNVB Cup winners SBV Vitesse in a friendly match at Wycombe Wanderers' Adams Park. The venue was chosen due to the renovation of the pitch at the Madejski Stadium. The match, which was Reading's only pre-season friendly to take place in front of spectators in the UK, saw Reading lose 3\u20132.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 54], "content_span": [55, 371]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276219-0008-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Reading F.C. season, Season review, Pre-season\nOn 31 July, John Swift signed a new five-year contract with Reading, keeping him at the club until 2022, whilst Liam Moore signed a new four-year deal on 2 August.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 54], "content_span": [55, 218]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276219-0009-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Reading F.C. season, Season review, Pre-season, Transfers\nFollowing the conclusion of the 2016\u201317 regular season, Reading announced on 16 May 2016 that they would not be renewing the contracts of Aaron Kuhl, Harrison Bennett, Stuart Moore, Joe Tupper, Terence Vancooten, Sean Long, Craig Tanner, Jack Denton and Harry Cardwell. Long went on to sign for Lincoln City on 18 May, whilst Dominic Hyam agreed to join Coventry City on 24 May.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 65], "content_span": [66, 444]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276219-0010-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Reading F.C. season, Season review, Pre-season, Transfers\nOn 19 June, Tarique Fosu moved permanently to Charlton Athletic after turning down a new contract at Reading.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 65], "content_span": [66, 175]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276219-0011-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Reading F.C. season, Season review, Pre-season, Transfers\nOn 26 June, Reading announced that two academy players would be leaving the club. Zak Jules had turned down a new contract with the club and had signed for Shrewsbury Town, while Jack Stacey had moved to Luton Town on a permanent deal. Additionally, two players left the club on loan on the same day. Deniss Rakels completed his move to Lech Pozna\u0144 for the season and Jonathan Bond transferred to Peterborough United until 3 January 2018. On 28 June, Reading announced their first signing of the summer, Pelle Clement on a three-year contract from AFC Ajax.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 65], "content_span": [66, 623]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276219-0012-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Reading F.C. season, Season review, Pre-season, Transfers\nOn 1 July, Niall Keown moved to Partick Thistle for an undisclosed fee, rejoining the club he spent the second half of the previous season at. The following day, Reading announced that Andrija Novakovich had signed a new 2-year contract with the club and that he would spend the 2017\u201318 season on loan at Eerste Divisie side SC Telstar. On 4 July, Danzell Gravenberch moved to K.S.V. Roeselare on a season-long loan deal.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 65], "content_span": [66, 487]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276219-0013-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Reading F.C. season, Season review, Pre-season, Transfers\nThe contract of Danny Williams was not extended, despite a contract offer being made by Reading. He was officially released by the club on 1 July, signing for Premier League newcomers Huddersfield Town four days later.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 65], "content_span": [66, 284]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276219-0014-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Reading F.C. season, Season review, Pre-season, Transfers\nYakou M\u00e9\u00efte signed a season-long loan deal with Sochaux on 8 July.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 65], "content_span": [66, 132]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276219-0015-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Reading F.C. season, Season review, Pre-season, Transfers\nReading completed their second signing of the summer on 14 July, J\u00f3n Da\u00f0i B\u00f6\u00f0varsson signing on a three-year contract from Wolverhampton Wanderers. Two days later, Saudi club Al-Hilal confirmed the signing of Ali Al-Habsi on a three-year contract, with Reading confirming the move on 17 July. Academy graduate Dominic Samuel left the club on 19 July, signing a three-year deal with Blackburn Rovers for an undisclosed fee, whilst Vito Mannone joined the club on a three-year contract from Sunderland for an undisclosed fee. Paolo Hurtado left the club on 20 July, having played 6 times for the Royals in his two-year spell, returning to Vit\u00f3ria de Guimar\u00e3es on a permanent deal for an undisclosed fee.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 65], "content_span": [66, 767]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276219-0016-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Reading F.C. season, Season review, Pre-season, Transfers\nReading announced that Jake Cooper had signed for Millwall on a permanent deal on 28 July 2017. On 1 August, Robert Dickie joined Lincoln City on loan until January 2018, whilst Lewis Ward moved to Hungerford Town on loan until the end of February 2018.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 65], "content_span": [66, 319]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276219-0017-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Reading F.C. season, Season review, Pre-season, Transfers\nModou Barrow became Reading's fourth summer signing on 3 August, signing a four-year deal, before young goalkeeper Luke Southwood joined Bath City on a six-month loan deal the next day. On 11 August, youngsters Cameron Green and Conor Davis joined Basingstoke Town on an initial one-month loan, with Leandro Bacuna became Reading's fifth summer arrival, signing a four-year deal, on 13 August. Reading transfer dealings then went quiet for two weeks before announced the signing of David Edwards on a two-year contract from Wolverhampton Wanderers on 26 August.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 65], "content_span": [66, 627]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276219-0018-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Reading F.C. season, Season review, Pre-season, Transfers\nThree days later, 29 August, Reading signed Sone Aluko to a four-year contract, moving from Fulham for an undisclosed fee, with Sandro Wieser joining K.S.V. Roeselare on a season-long load deal on 31 August, transfer deadline day.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 65], "content_span": [66, 296]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276219-0019-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Reading F.C. season, Season review, August\nReading started the season, on 5 August, with a 0\u20132 away defeat to Queens Park Rangers, Conor Washington gave QPR the lead in the 22nd minute before doubling his, and QPR's, goals on from the penalty spot on the 59th minute after Tiago Ilori earned a red card for the challenge on Pawel Wszolek. Three days later Reading faced Gillingham in the first round of the EFL Cup, winning 2\u20130 thanks to two Liam Kelly goals.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 50], "content_span": [51, 467]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276219-0019-0001", "contents": "2017\u201318 Reading F.C. season, Season review, August\nAndy Rinomhota and Sam Smith made their debuts for Reading from the start whilst Axel Andr\u00e9sson also made his debut, coming on as a second-half substitute. Reading's first home league game came on 12 August against Fulham, where Tom\u00e1\u0161 Kalas was shown a straight red card in the 1st minute for pulling back Modou Barrow. Liam Kelly then gave Reading the lead in the 61st minute with his third goal of the season, before former Reading player Lucas Piazon equalised in the 82nd minute to give Fulham the draw.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 50], "content_span": [51, 558]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276219-0019-0002", "contents": "2017\u201318 Reading F.C. season, Season review, August\nReading followed up their first point of the season with a trip to Aston Villa on 15 August. The game finished 2\u20131 to Reading with the lead coming after an Adrian Popa cross deflected off Glenn Whelan into his own net in the 49th minute. Modou Barrow extended Readings lead 6 minutes later with his first goal for the club, before Conor Hourihane pulled a goal back late on.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 50], "content_span": [51, 425]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276219-0019-0003", "contents": "2017\u201318 Reading F.C. season, Season review, August\nReading suffered their second defeat of the season away to Preston North End on 19 August, with the only goal of the game being scored by Jordan Hugill in the 22nd minute. Reading got back to winning ways on 22 August, with a 3\u20131 extra time victory over Millwall in the Second Round of the EFL Cup. Shane Ferguson cancelled out Leandro Bacuna's first goal for the club, before George Evans scored on the stroke of half time in extra and Sam Smith scored his first goal for Reading with 4 minutes to go.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 50], "content_span": [51, 553]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276219-0019-0004", "contents": "2017\u201318 Reading F.C. season, Season review, August\nReading traveled to St Andrew's on 26 August to face Birmingham City, with goals from J\u00f3n Da\u00f0i B\u00f6\u00f0varsson and George Evans securing the three-points. On 30 August, Reading announced that Jordan Obita had signed a new three-year contract with the club, and that skipper Paul McShane extending his contract until 2019.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 50], "content_span": [51, 367]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276219-0020-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Reading F.C. season, Season review, August\nOn 31 August Reading's home game against Barnsley, due to take place on 12 September, was postponed as Barnsley's Second Round EFL Cup match against Derby County was moved to the same date.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 50], "content_span": [51, 240]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276219-0021-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Reading F.C. season, Season review, September\nAt the start of September Young keeper Liam Driscoll joined Staines Town on loan. Readings first game of September took place on the 9th, with Bristol City visiting the Madejski Stadium and leaving with a 1\u20130 win after Aden Flint scored an 84th-minute winner for the visitors. On 8 September, Reading confirmed that their home game against Barnsley, originally scheduled for 12 September, had been re-arranged for 28 November. Readings next game was on 16 September, away to Brentford.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 53], "content_span": [54, 539]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276219-0021-0001", "contents": "2017\u201318 Reading F.C. season, Season review, September\nBrentford took the lead in the 16th minute through Josh Clarke before Liam Moore was fouled in the box and Liam Kelly slotted the equaliser in from the spot to earn Reading a point. On 19 September Reading hosted Swansea City in the Third round of the EFL Cup.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 53], "content_span": [54, 314]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276219-0021-0002", "contents": "2017\u201318 Reading F.C. season, Season review, September\nAfter a goalless first half Alfie Mawson broke the deadlock with near post header from a corner in the 52nd minute before a George Evans pass struck the referee, Andy Davies in the centre circle, with ball breaking to Swansea and Jordan Ayew finishing the move off to see Swansea City win 2\u20130 and advance into the next round. On 23 September Reading hosted Hull City, after a first half Fraizer Campbell goal for the visitors, substitute J\u00f3n Da\u00f0i B\u00f6\u00f0varsson scored in the 87th minute to give both teams a point.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 53], "content_span": [54, 565]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276219-0021-0003", "contents": "2017\u201318 Reading F.C. season, Season review, September\nReading lost to Millwall on the 26th at The Den. Dave Edwards gave Reading the lead in the 73rd minute with his first goal for the club, before George Saville scored twice in the last 10 minutes to had the hosts all three points. On 27 September, Joey van den Berg extended his contract with Reading until the summer of 2019. On 30 September, Reading hosted Norwich City in a live Sky Sports game.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 53], "content_span": [54, 451]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276219-0021-0004", "contents": "2017\u201318 Reading F.C. season, Season review, September\nNorwich took the lead through James Maddison in the 10th minute, with Liam Moore equalising a few minutes later to leave the teams level at half time. Early in the second half Cameron Jerome scored the winner for Norwich with Marley Watkins being sentoff for a dangerous tackle on Chris Gunter in stoppage time.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 53], "content_span": [54, 365]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276219-0022-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Reading F.C. season, Season review, October\nReading started October with an away trip to Leeds United, on 14 October. Reading took the lead through former Leeds loanee Modou Barrow in the 84th minute, before Vito Mannone saved a 91st minute Pablo Hern\u00e1ndez penalty to give Reading the win. The following Saturday, 21st, Reading faced Sheffield United at Bramall Lane. The Blades went 2\u20130 up before halftime with goals from Paul Coutts and Billy Sharp, before Roy Beerens gave Reading hope of a point with a late consolation goal to end the game 2\u20131 to Sheffield United.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 51], "content_span": [52, 577]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276219-0022-0001", "contents": "2017\u201318 Reading F.C. season, Season review, October\nMiddlesbrough were the visitors to the Madejski Stadium on 28 October, and ran out 2\u20130 winners over Reading thanks to a Grant Leadbitter first half penalty and Britt Assombalonga early in the second half. Reading's last game of October was a home game against Nottingham Forest on 31 October. John Swift gave Reading the lead in the 10th minute before scoring his, and Reading's second midway through the second half. Sone Aluko scored his first Reading goal in the 78th minute to give Reading a 3\u20130 lead, before Ben Osborn scored a late consolation goal for Nottingham Forest in the final 5 minutes, leaving Reading 3\u20131 winners.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 51], "content_span": [52, 681]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276219-0023-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Reading F.C. season, Season review, November\nOn 1 November, Reading announced that Yann Kermorgant had put off his retirement plans at the end of the season to sign a new contract with the club until the summer of 2019. Three days later Reading traveled to Pride Park to face Derby. Reading took a 2\u20130 half time lead after goals from Liam Moore and Sone Aluko inside the first 15 minutes. Roy Beerens extended the lead to 3\u20130 just before the hour mark, with Johnny Russell pulling one back for Derby in the 71st minute.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 52], "content_span": [53, 527]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276219-0023-0001", "contents": "2017\u201318 Reading F.C. season, Season review, November\nModou Barrow scored his third goal for Reading 4 minutes later to restore Readings 3 goal advantage with Chris Martin scoring Derbys second in injury time to leave Reading taking all 3 points. On 9 November, Lewis Ward returned to Reading from his loan deal with Hungerford Town earl as an unconfirmed higher league club had made an inquiry into taking him on loan, joining Aldershot Town on loan until 3 January the following day.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 52], "content_span": [53, 484]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276219-0023-0002", "contents": "2017\u201318 Reading F.C. season, Season review, November\nAfter the international break, Reading hosted Wolverhampton Wanderers on 18 November, with the visitors running out 2\u20130 winners thanks to goals from Ivan Cavaleiro and Matt Doherty. Readings 17th game of the season was a midweek fixture away to Bolton Wanderers on 21 November. The home side took a 2\u20130 lead with goals from Reece Burke and Darren Pratley inside the first 25 minutes, whilst Reading also lost John Swift to injury. In the second half Reading pulled two goals back in the last 15 minutes, from Liam Moore and a Leandro Bacuna penalty, to end the game 2\u20132.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 52], "content_span": [53, 623]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276219-0023-0003", "contents": "2017\u201318 Reading F.C. season, Season review, November\nOn 24 November, Conor Davis joined Gosport Borough on loan, with Reading following up their draw away at Bolton with a home draw against Sheffield Wednesday the following day, 25 November, leaving them 18th in the table. On 28 November Reading hosted Barnsley in their re-arranged home game from 12 September, first half goals from Dave Edwards, and a Joey van den Berg screamer gave Reading a 2\u20130 half time lead. In the second-half substitute J\u00f3n Da\u00f0i B\u00f6\u00f0varsson came on and rounded off the scoring to give Reading a 3\u20130 win that lifted them into 16th position in the league. On 30 November, Reading announced that Omar Richards had signed a new deal with club until 2021.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 52], "content_span": [53, 726]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276219-0024-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Reading F.C. season, Season review, December\nReading started December with a 3\u20131 away victory over Sunderland on 2 December. The game saw Callum McManaman sent off for two yellow cards before half time, before goals from David Edwards and two from Modou Barrow saw Reading take a 3\u20130 lead before former Royals loanee Lewis Grabban scored a late penalty. On 4 December, Reading were drawn away to Stevenage in the Third Round of the FA Cup. On 6 December, Axel Andr\u00e9sson joined Torquay United on a one-month youth loan deal until 6 January 2018.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 52], "content_span": [53, 552]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276219-0024-0001", "contents": "2017\u201318 Reading F.C. season, Season review, December\nTwo days later, Andy Rinomhota signed a new contract with Reading until the summer of 2021. Reading's second game of December was a home match against Cardiff City, originally scheduled for 15:00hrs on 9 December, the game was moved to 20:00hrs on 11 December so it could be shown on Sky Sports. Reading took a 2\u20130 lead going into half time, thanks to an own goal from Callum Paterson and Modou Barrow's third goal of the month, with former Reading defender Sean Morrison also going off injured.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 52], "content_span": [53, 548]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276219-0024-0002", "contents": "2017\u201318 Reading F.C. season, Season review, December\nWith less than 10 minutes to go Neil Warnock was sent-off for Cardiff City, before goals from Joe Bennett and Lee Tomlin rescued a point for the visitors. On 16 December, Ipswich Town scored two first half goal, through Callum Connolly and Joe Garner, at Portman Road to inflict Readings ninth defeat of the season. On 21 December, Josh Barrett signed a new contract with Reading, until the summer of 2021, whilst also agreeing to join EFL League Two side Coventry City on loan 1 January 2018, until the end of the season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 52], "content_span": [53, 575]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276219-0024-0003", "contents": "2017\u201318 Reading F.C. season, Season review, December\nOn 23 December, Reading hosted Burton Albion in a 1\u20132 defeat which saw Burton Albion take the lead through Tom Flanagan in the 40th minute. Modou Barrow equalised for Reading in the 76th minute before Tom Naylor scored the winner for Burton in the 81st minute. Reading lost their third game in a row on 26 December, away to Bristol City, with both Bristol goals coming in the second half, from Jamie Paterson in the 68th minute and Lloyd Kelly in 93rd minute. On 30 December, Jake Sheppard joined Guiseley on loan for the remainder of the season. Reading's last game of 2017 was away to Barnsley in a game that ended 1\u20131 after Ethan Pinnock scored a stoppage time equaliser for the home side to rule out a second half Yann Kermorgant strike.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 52], "content_span": [53, 794]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276219-0025-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Reading F.C. season, Season review, January\nOn 2 January, Reading hosted Birmingham City in a game that ended 0\u20132 to the visitors, with the goals coming from Jacques Maghoma and Sam Gallagher. On 5 January, Academy Manager Lee Heron left the club explore new opportunities. Reading traveled to Stevenage on 6 January for their FA Cup Third round match, with the match ending 0\u20130, forcing a reply at the Madejski Stadium on 16 January.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 51], "content_span": [52, 442]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276219-0026-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Reading F.C. season, Season review, January\nReading drew 0\u20130 away at Hull City on 13 January, before winning 3\u20130 against Stevenage in their Third round reply thanks to a J\u00f3n Da\u00f0i B\u00f6\u00f0varsson hattrick. Following Reading's 3\u20130 victory over Stevenage, their away match against Burton Albion was rearranged to 30 January due to it now clashing with the clubs FA Cup Fourth Round match against Sheffield Wednesday. Reading suffered their defeat in their next Championship fixture, a 0\u20131 home defeat against Brentford on 20 January, with Lasse Vibe scoring the goal.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 51], "content_span": [52, 567]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276219-0027-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Reading F.C. season, Season review, January\nReading were knocked out of the 2017\u201318 FA Cup on 26 January, losing 3\u20131 to Sheffield Wednesday at Hillsborough. Sheffield Wednesday took a 3\u20130 lead thanks to two goals from Atdhe Nuhiu and one from George Boyd before Cameron Dawson turned into his own net to give Reading a consolation goal. Reading's first league victory in eight games came on 30 January, in their rearranged fixture against Burton Albion from 27 January. Reading traveled to Burton Albion's Pirelli Stadium where two goals from J\u00f3n Da\u00f0i B\u00f6\u00f0varsson and one from Chris Gunter secured the points for the Royals, with Lucas Akins scoring a penalty for the hosts.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 51], "content_span": [52, 681]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276219-0028-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Reading F.C. season, Season review, January, Transfers\nOn 3 January, goalkeepers Jonathan Bond and Luke Southwood both extended their respective loan deals with, Peterborough United and Bath City, until the end of the season, whilst with youngsters Gabriel Osho and Thomas McIntyre signing new contracts, until the summer of 2020, on the same day. The next day, 4 January, Lewis Ward extended his loan deal with Aldershot Town until 4 March, whilst Robert Dickie moved to Oxford United on a permanent transfer for an undisclosed fee.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 62], "content_span": [63, 541]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276219-0028-0001", "contents": "2017\u201318 Reading F.C. season, Season review, January, Transfers\nOn 17 January, Reading confirmed that Deniss Rakels' loan deal with Lech Pozna\u0144 had ended, and that Rakels had joined Cracovia on loan for the remainder of the season. Two days later, 19 January, Ade Shokunbi joined Nuneaton Town on a youth-loan until 17 February. On 29 January, Adrian Popa joined Al-Taawoun on loan for the remainder of the season, whilst Tommy Elphick joined the club on loan for the remainder of the season from Aston Villa. On transfer deadline day, 31 January, Chris Martin joined the club on loan until the end of the season, whilst George Legg joined Barnet on loan for the remainder of the season and Roy Beerens joined Vitesse permanently.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 62], "content_span": [63, 729]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276219-0029-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Reading F.C. season, Season review, February\nOn 1 February, Tennai Watson signed a new contract until the summer 2021, with Sam Smith follow suit by also signing a new contract until 2021. On 3 February Reading hosted Millwall, losing 0\u20132 after an own goal from Leandro Bacuna in the 70th minute followed by a second goal 3 minutes later from Lee Gregory. On 5 February, Reading announced that Former Premier League EPPP chief, Ged Roddy MBE, had been appointed as the club's new academy manager.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 52], "content_span": [53, 504]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276219-0029-0001", "contents": "2017\u201318 Reading F.C. season, Season review, February\nReading traveled to Middlesbrough on 10 February, losing 2\u20131 to goal either side of halftime from Adama Traor\u00e9 and a consolation goal from loanee Chris Martin whilst Britt Assombalonga also missed a late penalty for the hosts. On 20 February, Reading traveled to the City Ground to face Nottingham Forest, taking the lead through Omar Richards in the 35th minute before Lee Tomlin equalised in the 84th minute to share the points between the two teams. On 23 February, U23 captain Gabriel Osho joined Maidenhead United on a one-month youth loan deal.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 52], "content_span": [53, 603]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276219-0029-0002", "contents": "2017\u201318 Reading F.C. season, Season review, February\nThe following day, 24 February, Reading hosted Derby County in a six-goal thriller. Derby County took the lead in the 6th minute through Kasey Palmer before Liam Kelly equalised 10 minutes later. Modou Barrow gave Reading the lead in the 32nd minute with Richard Keogh level the game three minutes later to seeing the game in to half time at 2\u20132.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 52], "content_span": [53, 399]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276219-0029-0003", "contents": "2017\u201318 Reading F.C. season, Season review, February\nTom Lawrence regained the lead for Derby County in the first minute of the second half, with the final equaliser coming in the 80th minute from J\u00f3n Da\u00f0i B\u00f6\u00f0varsson before Chris Baird was shown a red card late on for rash challenge on Barrow. On 27 February, Jake Sheppard returned from his loan deal at Guiseley, before Reading suffered defeat to Sheffield United at home later in the evening. Billy Sharp gave the visitors the lead in the 11th minute, with Mark Duffy extending the lead in the 44th, giving Sheffield United a 2\u20130 half time lead. Omar Richards scored his second of the season early in the second half to reduce the deficit, before Leandro Bacuna missed a 62nd-minute penalty and Billy Sharp scored his second of the game, and Sheffield Uniteds third, a minute later to wrap up the points.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 52], "content_span": [53, 858]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276219-0030-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Reading F.C. season, Season review, March\nReading's first scheduled game was due to be played on 3 March against Wolverhampton Wanderers at Molineux, however the game was postponed on the morning of the 3rd due to adverse weather conditions leaving the pitch unplayable, with the match being rescheduled for 13 March. On 7 March, Lewis Ward extended his loan deal with Aldershot Town until the end of the season. On 6 March Reading hosted Bolton Wanderers in a 1\u20131 draw which saw former Royal Adam Le Fondre equalise for Bolton on half time to cancel out an earlier Modou Barrow strike.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 49], "content_span": [50, 594]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276219-0030-0001", "contents": "2017\u201318 Reading F.C. season, Season review, March\nReading drew their fourth game in five on, coming from behind to draw 2\u20132 with Leeds United at the Madejski Stadium on 10 March. J\u00f3n Da\u00f0i B\u00f6\u00f0varsson put Reading ahead in the 16th minute before Pontus Jansson and Pablo Hern\u00e1ndez either side of halftime gave Leeds a 2\u20131 lead, before an Eunan O'Kane own goal gave both sides a point. On 12 March, Jake Sheppard joined Wealdstone on loan until the end of the season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 49], "content_span": [50, 463]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276219-0031-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Reading F.C. season, Season review, March\nReading's rearranged match away to Wolverhampton Wanderers took place on 13 March, Matt Doherty scoring either side of Benik Afobe to give Wolverhampton Wanderers a 3\u20130 win. On 15 March, Reading announced that goalkeeper Liam Driscoll and forward Ben House had signed new contract with club until the summer of 2020.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 49], "content_span": [50, 366]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276219-0032-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Reading F.C. season, Season review, March\nReading traveled to Norwich City on 17 March, losing 3\u20132 after being 3\u20131 down at half time. Mario Vran\u010di\u0107 opened the scoring for Norwich in the 14th minute, before Grant Hanley extended it in the 26th with Liam Kelly pulling a goal back in the 32nd minute. Anssi Jaakkola brought down James Maddison in the 36th, with Maddison picking himself up to slot away the penalty to make it 3\u20131 at halftime. Sam Smith finished of the scoring in the 51st minute to end the game 3\u20132 to Norwich.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 49], "content_span": [50, 533]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276219-0032-0001", "contents": "2017\u201318 Reading F.C. season, Season review, March\nOn 21 March, manager Jaap Stam left the club with immediate effect. The following day, 22 March, youth goalkeeper J\u00f6kull Andr\u00e9sson joined Camberley Town on loan. Reading announced the appointment of Paul Clement as the club's new manager on 23 March. Reading hosted Queens Park Rangers for Paul Clement's first match in charge of Reading. An early Sone Aluko goal proved to be the difference with second-half substitute Yann Kermorgant being sentoff in the 81st minute for two yellow cards.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 49], "content_span": [50, 540]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276219-0033-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Reading F.C. season, Season review, April\nReading traveled to Aston Villa on 3 April in a game that they lost 3\u20130. Midfielder David Edwards was given a first half red card after picking up two bookings in the first 30 minutes of the game. Shortly after half time Birkir Bjarnason broke the deadlock with Conor Hourihane and Scott Hogan adding to the tally later in the game. Reading won their second game under Paul Clement on 7 April, a 1\u20130 victory over Preston North End thanks to a first half strike by Modou Barrow.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 49], "content_span": [50, 527]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276219-0033-0001", "contents": "2017\u201318 Reading F.C. season, Season review, April\nReading traveled to Fulham on 10 April, suffering a 1\u20130 defeat after Stefan Johansen scored in the 25th minute and Leandro Bacuna was sentoff in the 93rd minute, Readings third red card in four games. 14 April saw Reading host Sunderland at the Madejski Stadium, taking the lead through a Liam Kelly penalty in the 20th minute. After halftime, Paddy McNair and Lee Cattermole scored to give Sunderland the lead before substitute Yann Kermorgant came on and scored to grab a point for Reading.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 49], "content_span": [50, 542]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276219-0033-0002", "contents": "2017\u201318 Reading F.C. season, Season review, April\nReadings penultimate away trip of the season was to Hillsborough to face Sheffield Wednesday on 21 April. Sheffield Wednesday took the lead in the 34th minute through Fernando Forestieri, before George Boyd extended the lead in the 52nd. Forestieri grabbed his second goal of the match and Wednesdays third in the 73rd minute before Tyler Blackett was sentoff for Reading in the 76th minute and the game ended 3\u20130 to Sheffield Wednesday.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 49], "content_span": [50, 487]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276219-0034-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Reading F.C. season, Season review, April\nReading suffered their heaviest defeat of the season in their last home game of the season, a 4\u20130 defeat by Ipswich Town on 28 April. Ipswich Town's goals came courtesy of Martyn Waghorn in the 71st minute, Jordan Spence in the 79th, Freddie Sears in the 91st and Callum Connolly in the 94th.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 49], "content_span": [50, 342]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276219-0035-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Reading F.C. season, Season review, May\nReading's final game of the season was away to Cardiff City on 5 May, with the hosts needing to equal or better Fulhams result away to Birmingham City and Reading needing a draw to survive relegation. The match ended 0\u20130 resulting in Reading finishing the season in 20th place, 3 points of relegation, with 44 Points and Cardiff being promoted to the Premier League as runners-up.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 47], "content_span": [48, 428]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276219-0036-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Reading F.C. season, Season review, May\nOn 11 May 2018, Reading announced that they had exercised a third-year option clause in Anssi Jaakkola's contract, keeping the goalkeeper at the club until the summer of 2019. Whilst they had also offered contracts to U23 goalkeepers Luke Southwood and Lewis Ward and second year scholars Akin Odimayo, Jamal Balogun and Andre Burley with Moroyin Omolabi, Cameron Green, Jazz Wallace and Jack Nolan all accepting professional contracts with the club. On the same day Reading announced that Stephen Quinn, Joseph Mendes, Jonathan Bond, Deniss Rakels, Conor Davis, Jake Sheppard, Gabriel Rosario, Kosta Sparta, Harry Philby, Jack Buchanan, Leon Okuboyejo and Joseph Wilson will all leave the club at the end of contracts.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 47], "content_span": [48, 767]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276219-0037-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Reading F.C. season, Season review, May\nOn 17 May, Reading announced their first signing of the 2018\u201319 season, Andy Yiadom signed a four-year contract with Reading, officially joining his new club on 1 July after the expiration of his Barnsley contract.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 47], "content_span": [48, 262]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276219-0038-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Reading F.C. season, Season review, June\nOn 1 June 2018, Sandro Wieser was released by mutual consent.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 48], "content_span": [49, 110]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276219-0039-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Reading F.C. season, Squad, Left club during season\nNote: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 59], "content_span": [60, 188]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276220-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Real Betis season\nDuring the 2017\u201318 season, Real Betis participated in La Liga and the Copa del Rey.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [25, 25], "content_span": [26, 109]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276220-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Real Betis season, Squad, Current squad\nNote: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 47], "content_span": [48, 176]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276221-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Real Madrid Baloncesto season\nThe 2017\u201318 season is Real Madrid's 87th in existence and the club's 35rd consecutive season in the top flight of Spanish basketball and the 11th consecutive season in the top flight of European basketball.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [37, 37], "content_span": [38, 244]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276221-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Real Madrid Baloncesto season\nThis season, Real Madrid won its tenth and record EuroLeague title after defeating Fenerbah\u00e7e in the 2018 EuroLeague Final Four. In the domestic Liga ACB, Madrid took the title after defeating Saski Baskonia in the playoff finals. Star player of this season was Slovenian Luka Don\u010di\u0107, who was named EuroLeague MVP, EuroLeague Final Four MVP and Liga ACB MVP.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [37, 37], "content_span": [38, 396]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276221-0002-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Real Madrid Baloncesto season, Players, Squad information\nNote: Flags indicate national team eligibility at FIBA sanctioned events. Players may hold other non-FIBA nationality not displayed.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 65], "content_span": [66, 198]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276221-0003-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Real Madrid Baloncesto season, Players, Depth chart\nColours: Blue = homegrown player; Red = non\u2013FIBA Europe player", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 59], "content_span": [60, 122]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276221-0004-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Real Madrid Baloncesto season, Competitions, Liga ACB, Results by round\nLast updated: May 25, 2018.Source: Competitive matchesGround: A = Away; H = Home; R = Rest. Result: L = Loss; W = Win; R = Rest; P = Postponed.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 79], "content_span": [80, 223]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276221-0005-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Real Madrid Baloncesto season, Competitions, EuroLeague, Results summary\nLast updated: April 7, 2018.Source: Competitive matchesAll points scored in extra period(s) will not be counted in the standings, nor for any tie-break situation.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 80], "content_span": [81, 243]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276221-0006-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Real Madrid Baloncesto season, Competitions, EuroLeague, Results by round\nLast updated: April 7, 2018.Source: Competitive matchesGround: A = Away; H = Home; R = Rest. Result: L = Loss; W = Win; R = Rest; P = Postponed.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 81], "content_span": [82, 226]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276222-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Real Madrid CF season\nThe 2017\u201318 season was Real Madrid Club de F\u00fatbol's 114th season in existence and the club's 87th consecutive season in the top flight of Spanish football. It covered a period from 1 July 2017 to 30 June 2018.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [29, 29], "content_span": [30, 239]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276222-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Real Madrid CF season\nThe season was the first since 2006\u201307 without Pepe, who departed to Besiktas.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [29, 29], "content_span": [30, 108]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276222-0002-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Real Madrid CF season, Overview, Pre-season\nTheo Hernandez and Dani Ceballos joined Madrid on 5 and 14 July 2017.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 51], "content_span": [52, 121]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276222-0003-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Real Madrid CF season, Overview, Pre-season\nPepe went to Be\u015fikta\u015f after his contract was up after the last season. James Rodr\u00edguez and F\u00e1bio Coentr\u00e3o were loaned to Bayern Munich and Sporting CP respectively.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 51], "content_span": [52, 216]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276222-0004-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Real Madrid CF season, Overview, Pre-season\nMariano D\u00edaz was transferred to Lyon. On 21 July, \u00c1lvaro Morata moved to Chelsea. Two days later, Danilo left Madrid and joined Manchester City.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 51], "content_span": [52, 196]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276222-0005-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Real Madrid CF season, Overview, August\nOn 8 August 2017, Madrid won the 2017 UEFA Super Cup, beating Manchester United 2\u20131 with goals from Casemiro and Isco. On 13 August 2017, Madrid won the first leg of the 2017 Supercopa de Espa\u00f1a, defeating Barcelona 3\u20131 with goals from Cristiano Ronaldo and Marco Asensio and an own goal. Three days later, on 16 August 2017, Madrid won the title, after a 2\u20130 win (5\u20131 on aggregate) with goals from Asensio and Karim Benzema.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 47], "content_span": [48, 473]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276222-0005-0001", "contents": "2017\u201318 Real Madrid CF season, Overview, August\nGoals from Gareth Bale, Casemiro and Toni Kroos gave Madrid a 3\u20130 winning start in the League campaign at Deportivo La Coru\u00f1a on 20 August 2017. On 24 August 2017, the 2017\u201318 UEFA Champions League group stage draw was held and Madrid was drawn in Group H, along with Borussia Dortmund, Tottenham Hotspur and APOEL. On 27 August 2017, two goals from Asensio were not enough as Madrid drew Valencia 2\u20132.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 47], "content_span": [48, 450]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276222-0006-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Real Madrid CF season, Overview, September\nThe new month started with a 1\u20131 draw to Levante after Lucas V\u00e1zquez scored the equalizer for Madrid.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 50], "content_span": [51, 152]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276222-0007-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Real Madrid CF season, Overview, September\nMarcelo signed a new contract on 13 September, which keeps him at the club until summer 2022. The same day, Madrid kicked off the new Champions League season with a 3\u20130 victory over APOEL, with a brace from Ronaldo and a goal from Sergio Ramos. A day later, Isco renewed his contract until 2022. The contract from Dani Carvajal was extended to 2022 on 17 September 2017. Later that day, Madrid got a 3\u20131 victory at Real Sociedad after goals from Borja Mayoral, Bale and an own goal.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 50], "content_span": [51, 533]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276222-0007-0001", "contents": "2017\u201318 Real Madrid CF season, Overview, September\nBecause of the first goal, Madrid scored in their 73rd consecutive match, equalling the record set by Santos FC in 1963. The contract of Benzema was extended until 2021 on 20 September 2017. On the same day, Madrid lost to Real Betis 0\u20131, which also ended their goalscoring streak. Marcos Llorente's contract was extended until 2021 on 23 September 2017. A brace from Ceballos secured Madrid a 2\u20131 win over Alav\u00e9s on the same day. Madrid came away with a 3\u20131 away victory against Borussia Dortmund in the Champions League, with a brace from Ronaldo and another goal from Bale. A day later, Rapha\u00ebl Varane's contract was extended until 2022. On 28 September 2017, Asensio's contract was extended until 2023.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 50], "content_span": [51, 757]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276222-0008-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Real Madrid CF season, Overview, October\nA brace from Isco helped Madrid to defeat Espanyol 2\u20130 on the first day of the month. On 14 October 2017, a late winner from Ronaldo secured three points after a 2\u20131 win at Getafe after Benzema gave Madrid the lead. Three days later, against Tottenham Hotspur, a goal from Ronaldo was not enough as the game ended in a 1\u20131 draw. Goals from Asensio, Marcelo and an own goal gave Madrid a 3\u20130 win over Eibar on 22 October 2017.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 48], "content_span": [49, 474]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276222-0008-0001", "contents": "2017\u201318 Real Madrid CF season, Overview, October\nOn 26 October 2017, two converted penalties by Asensio and V\u00e1zquez saw Madrid kick off the Copa del Rey season with a 2\u20130 away win in the first leg against Fuenlabrada. A goal from Isco was not enough as Madrid lost to Girona, which ended their 13-game winning streak away from home.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 48], "content_span": [49, 332]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276222-0009-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Real Madrid CF season, Overview, November\nOn the first day of the new month, Madrid lost 1\u20133 against Tottenham in the Champions Legaue, to concede their second consecutive loss. A late goal from Ronaldo was not enough. The next league match, on 5 November 2017, was won 3\u20130 against Las Palmas with goals from Casemiro, Asensio and Isco.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 49], "content_span": [50, 344]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276222-0010-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Real Madrid CF season, Overview, November\nOn 18 November 2017, the Madrid Derby ended in a goalless draw. Madrid booked their place in the Champions League knockout stage after a 6\u20130 away victory over APOEL, with a braces from Benzema and Ronaldo plus goals from Luka Modri\u0107 and Nacho on 21 November 2017. Four days later, M\u00e1laga CF was defeated after goals from Benzema, Casemiro and Ronaldo, 3\u20132. The return leg of the Copa del rey tie against Fuenlabrada, on 28 November 2017, ended in a 2\u20132 draw with both goals coming from Mayoral. The aggregate score was 4\u20132 in favour of Madrid who advanced to the next round.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 49], "content_span": [50, 624]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276222-0011-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Real Madrid CF season, Overview, December\nOn the second day of the month, Madrid travelled to Athletic Bilbao and came away with a 0\u20130 draw. The last group stage match saw Madrid taking on Borussia Dortmund. Goals from Mayoral, Ronaldo and V\u00e1zquez gave Real a 3\u20132 victory and Ronaldo a record, by scoring in every group stage match. Three days later, Madrid won 5\u20130 against Sevilla, with all goals scored in the first half with a brace from Ronaldo and goals from Nacho, Kroos and Achraf Hakimi.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 49], "content_span": [50, 503]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276222-0011-0001", "contents": "2017\u201318 Real Madrid CF season, Overview, December\nThe semifinal in the 2017 FIFA Club World Cup against Al Jazira was won 2\u20131 by goals from Ronaldo and Bale. The tournament was won after a 1\u20130 final win over Gr\u00eamio, with the lone goal scored by Ronaldo. Back in Spain, El Cl\u00e1sico ended in a 0\u20133 defeat on 23 December 2017.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 49], "content_span": [50, 322]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276222-0012-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Real Madrid CF season, Overview, January\nThe new year started just four days in, with a Copa del Rey round of 16 first leg against Numancia. The game ended in a 3\u20130 win after goals from Bale, Isco and Mayoral. On 7 January 2018, the match against Celta Vigo ended in a 2\u20132 draw, with a brace from Bale. Three days later, a brace from V\u00e1zquez in the 2\u20132 draw in the return leg of the Copa del rey against Numnacia was enough for Madrid to advance to the quarterfinals, thanks to a 5\u20132 aggregate win. On 13 January 2018, Madrid lost 0\u20131 against Villarreal.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 48], "content_span": [49, 562]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276222-0012-0001", "contents": "2017\u201318 Real Madrid CF season, Overview, January\nA goal from Asensio gave Madrid a 1\u20130 advantage after the first leg of the Copa del Rey quarterfinals against Legan\u00e9s on 18 January 2018. Four days later, braces from Nacho, Bale and Ronaldo plus a goal from Modri\u0107, secured Madrid a 7\u20131 victory over Deportivo La Coru\u00f1a. Madrid was eliminated from the Copa del Rey on 24 January 2018, after they lost the second leg 1\u20132 against Legan\u00e9s, despite a goal from Benzema. Legan\u00e9s advanced through the away goals rule came into work, after the aggregate score was 2\u20132. The next weekend, on 27 January 2018, Madrid went on to win 4\u20131 at Valencia after a brace from Ronaldo and goals from Marcelo and Kroos.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 48], "content_span": [49, 697]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276222-0013-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Real Madrid CF season, Overview, February\nOn 3 February 2018, Madrid travelled to Levante and came away with a 2\u20132 draw, despite being in front twice after goals from Ramos and Isco. A hat-trick from Ronaldo and goals from V\u00e1zquez and Kroos gave Madrid a 5\u20132 victory against Real Sociedad, a week later. The first leg of the Champions League round of 16 against Paris Saint-Germain on 14 February 2018 was won 3\u20131 after a brace from Ronaldo and a goal from Marcelo. Four days later, two goals from Asensio and goals from Ramos, Ronaldo and Benzema secured Madrid a 5\u20133 win over Real Betis. Against Legan\u00e9s, on 21 February 2018, Madrid won 3\u20131 after goals from V\u00e1zquez, Casemiro and Ramos. Just three days later, a brace from Ronaldo and goals from Bale and Benzema secured Real a 4\u20130 win over Alav\u00e9s. The away game at Espanyol was lost 0\u20131 on 27 February 2018.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 49], "content_span": [50, 868]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276222-0014-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Real Madrid CF season, Overview, March\nOn 3 March 2018, Ronaldo scored a brace and another goal from Bale helped Madrid to get a 3\u20131 win over Getafe. Three days later, the return leg of the UEFA Champions League round of 16 tie against Paris Saint-Germain was won 2\u20131 after goals from Ronaldo and Casemiro. That result gave Madrid a 5\u20132 advantage over two legs. Another four days later, a brace from Ronaldo secured Real all three points in a 2\u20131 away win at Eibar. On 18 March 2018, Madrid defeated Girona 6\u20133 at home with four goals from Ronaldo and singles from V\u00e1zquez and Bale. On the last day of March, a brace from Bale and a goal from Benzema helped Real to record a fifth consecutive victory with a 3\u20130 win at Las Palmas.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 46], "content_span": [47, 738]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276222-0015-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Real Madrid CF season, Overview, April\nOn 3 April 2018, in the Champions League quarterfinal against Juventus, Ronaldo scored twice and Marcelo added another goal to give Madrid a 3\u20130 first leg victory. Five days later, a goal from Ronaldo was not enough as Madrid drew Atl\u00e9tico 1\u20131. On 11 April 2018, an injury time penalty was given to Real Madrid and was subsequently converted by Ronaldo to secure Madrid a spot in the semifinals of the Champions League; the 1\u20133 loss was enough as Real won 4\u20133 on aggregate against Juventus. Four days later, goals from Isco and Casemiro secured a 2\u20131 win over M\u00e1laga.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 46], "content_span": [47, 614]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276222-0015-0001", "contents": "2017\u201318 Real Madrid CF season, Overview, April\nA late Ronaldo equalizer, got Madrid a 1\u20131 draw against Athletic Bilbao on 18 April 2018. A week later, against Bayern Munich in the semifinals of the Champions League, Madrid got a 2\u20131 away win after goals from Marcelo and Asensio. On 28 April 2018, the game against Legan\u00e9s was won 2\u20131 with goals from Bale and Mayoral.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 46], "content_span": [47, 368]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276222-0016-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Real Madrid CF season, Overview, May\nA brace from Benzema against Bayern Munich, helped Madrid to reach the final after the second leg ended in a 2\u20132 draw on 1 May 2018, which secured a 4\u20133 aggregate victory. The El Cl\u00e1sico, five days later, ended in a 2\u20132 draw with goals from Ronaldo and Bale. On 9 May 2018, Madrid lost 2\u20133 to Sevilla with goals from Mayoral and Ramos. Three days later, Madrid won 6\u20130 against Celta Vigo, where Bale scored a brace and Isco, Hakimi, Kroos and an own goal chipped in the other goals.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 44], "content_span": [45, 527]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276222-0016-0001", "contents": "2017\u201318 Real Madrid CF season, Overview, May\nThe last game of the league season ended in a 2\u20132 draw against Villarreal with goals from Bale and Ronaldo on 19 May 2018. Two goals from Bale and another one from Benzema helped Madrid to win their third consecutive Champions League title, and fourth in five years, after defeating Liverpool 3\u20131.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 44], "content_span": [45, 342]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276222-0017-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Real Madrid CF season, Competitions\nTimes from 1 July to 29 October 2017 and from 25 March to 30 June 2018 are UTC+2, from 30 October 2017 to 25 March 2018 UTC+1.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 43], "content_span": [44, 170]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276222-0018-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Real Madrid CF season, Statistics, Goals\n1 Includes 2017 UEFA Super Cup, 2017 Supercopa de Espa\u00f1a and 2017 FIFA Club World Cup.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 48], "content_span": [49, 135]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276222-0019-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Real Madrid CF season, Statistics, Clean sheets\n1 Includes 2017 UEFA Super Cup, 2017 Supercopa de Espa\u00f1a and 2017 FIFA Club World Cup.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 55], "content_span": [56, 142]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276222-0020-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Real Madrid CF season, Statistics, Disciplinary record\nLast updated: 26 May 2018Source: MatchesOrdered by , and = Number of bookings; = Number of sending offs after a second yellow card; = Number of sending offs by a direct red card.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 62], "content_span": [63, 245]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276222-0021-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Real Madrid CF season, Statistics, Disciplinary record\n1 Includes 2017 UEFA Super Cup, 2017 Supercopa de Espa\u00f1a and 2017 FIFA Club World Cup.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 62], "content_span": [63, 149]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276223-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Real Oviedo season\nThe 2017\u201318 season is the 35th season in Segunda Divisi\u00f3n played by Real Oviedo, a Spanish football club based in Oviedo, Asturias. It covers a period from 1 July 2017 to 30 June 2018.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [26, 26], "content_span": [27, 211]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276223-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Real Oviedo season, Statistics, Disciplinary record\nLast updated: 6 July 2018Source: Only competitive matches = Number of bookings; = Number of sending offs after a second yellow card; = Number of sending offs by a direct red card.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 59], "content_span": [60, 241]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276224-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Real S.C. season\nReal Sport Clube are a Portuguese football which is based in Queluz. During the 2017-18 campaign it will be competing in the following competitions: LigaPro, Ta\u00e7a de Portugal and Ta\u00e7a da Liga.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [24, 24], "content_span": [25, 217]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276225-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Real Sociedad season\nThe 2017\u201318 Real Sociedad season is the club's 71st season in La Liga. This article shows player statistics and all matches (official and friendly) played by the club during the 2017\u201318 season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [28, 28], "content_span": [29, 222]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276226-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Real Valladolid season\nThe 2017\u201318 season is the 90th season in Real Valladolid \u2019s history.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [30, 30], "content_span": [31, 99]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276226-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Real Valladolid season, Squad\nNote: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 37], "content_span": [38, 166]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276227-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Real Zaragoza season\nThe 2017\u201318 season is the 86th season in Real Zaragoza \u2019s history.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [28, 28], "content_span": [29, 95]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276227-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Real Zaragoza season, Squad\nNote: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 35], "content_span": [36, 164]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276228-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Red Star Belgrade season\nThe 2017\u201318 season was Red Star's 12th in the Serbian SuperLiga and 72nd consecutive season in the top flight of Yugoslav and Serbian football. The club participated in the Serbian SuperLiga, the Serbian Cup and the UEFA Europa League.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [32, 32], "content_span": [33, 268]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276228-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Red Star Belgrade season\nIt was the first time they have played in the UEFA Europa League group stage since its rebranding, having previously participated in the 2007\u201308 UEFA Cup. The season covered the period from 29 June 2017 to 19 May 2018.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [32, 32], "content_span": [33, 251]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276228-0002-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Red Star Belgrade season, Squad, Goalscorers\nIncludes all competitive matches. The list is sorted by shirt number when total goals are equal.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 52], "content_span": [53, 149]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276228-0003-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Red Star Belgrade season, Squad, Clean sheets\nIncludes all competitive matches. The list is sorted by shirt number when total clean sheets are equal.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 53], "content_span": [54, 157]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276229-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Regional Four Day Competition\nThe 2017\u201318 Regional Four Day Competition was the 52nd edition of the Regional Four Day Competition, the domestic first-class cricket competition for the countries of the West Indies Cricket Board (WICB). The competition ran from 26 October 2017 to 21 January 2018, with six matches being played as day/night fixtures.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [37, 37], "content_span": [38, 356]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276229-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Regional Four Day Competition\nSix teams contested the tournament \u2013 Barbados, Guyana, Jamaica, the Leeward Islands, Trinidad and Tobago, and the Windward Islands. Guyana were the defending champions and retained their title, finishing ahead of Barbados.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [37, 37], "content_span": [38, 260]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276229-0002-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Regional Four Day Competition\nIn December 2017, the round 6 fixture between Guyana and the Windward Islands finished as a tie. This was the 63rd tied game in more than 300 years of first-class cricket, and the first occurrence of a tied match in first-class cricket in the West Indies.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [37, 37], "content_span": [38, 293]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276230-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Regional One Day Cup\nThe 2017\u201318 Regional One Day Cup was a List A cricket tournament that took place in Pakistan. The competition ran from 24 January to 11 February 2018. Peshawar were the defending champions.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [28, 28], "content_span": [29, 218]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276230-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Regional One Day Cup\nIn round seven of the tournament, Abid Ali, batting for Islamabad, scored 209 not out against Peshawar. This was the highest List A score by a Pakistan batsman and he became the fourth batsman from Pakistan to score 200 runs or more in a List A match.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [28, 28], "content_span": [29, 280]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276230-0002-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Regional One Day Cup\nFollowing the group stage, Karachi Whites and Peshawar advanced to the first semi-final, with Rawalpindi and Islamabad progressing to the second semi-final. In the first semi-final, Karachi Whites beat Peshawar, the defending champions, by five wickets to move to the final. In the second semi-final, Islamabad beat Rawalpindi by 13 runs to progress to the final. Karachi Whites won the tournament, beating Islamabad by five wickets in the final.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [28, 28], "content_span": [29, 475]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276231-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Regional Super50\nThe 2017\u201318 Regional Super50 was the 44th edition of the Regional Super50, the domestic limited-overs cricket competition for the countries of the West Indies Cricket Board (WICB). The tournament started on 31 January 2018 and finished on 24 February 2018. Barbados were the defending champions.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [24, 24], "content_span": [25, 320]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276231-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Regional Super50\nIn September 2017, two English county sides, Kent and Hampshire, were invited to take part in the competition. Kent took part in the previous edition of the tournament. In January 2018, the United States national cricket team accepted an invite to join the tournament. They were joined by the six regular teams of West Indian domestic cricket (Barbados, Guyana, Jamaica, the Leeward Islands, Trinidad and Tobago, and the Windward Islands) and the Combined Campuses and Colleges team.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [24, 24], "content_span": [25, 508]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276231-0002-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Regional Super50\nFollowing the conclusion of the group stage, Barbados and the Windward Islands from Group A, and Guyana and Kent from Group B had progressed to the finals. In the first semi-final, Barbados beat Kent by 13 runs in a rain-affected match, after Kraigg Brathwaite scored an unbeaten century. The second semi-final was also rain-affected, with the Windward Islands beating Guyana by 52 runs, with Tyrone Theophile scoring his first century in List A cricket.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [24, 24], "content_span": [25, 479]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276231-0003-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Regional Super50\nThe Windward Islands won the tournament, beating the defending champions Barbados by three wickets in the final.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [24, 24], "content_span": [25, 137]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276231-0004-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Regional Super50, Points tables\nIn the group stage of the tournament four points were awarded for each match a team won, with two points awarded to both teams if a match ends in a tie or if there is no result declared. A bonus point was awarded to a team if they won a match with a run rate of 1.25 greater than that of the opposition team.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 39], "content_span": [40, 348]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276231-0005-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Regional Super50, Points tables, Group B\nThe top two teams from each group qualified for the playoff stage of the tournament.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 48], "content_span": [49, 133]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276232-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Regionalliga\nThe 2017\u201318 Regionalliga was the tenth season of the Regionalliga, the sixth under the new format, as the fourth tier of the German football league system.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [20, 20], "content_span": [21, 176]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276232-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Regionalliga, Regionalliga Nord\n18 teams from the states of Bremen, Hamburg, Lower Saxony and Schleswig-Holstein competed in the sixth season of the reformed Regionalliga Nord; 15 teams were retained from last season and 3 were promoted from the Oberliga, namely 2016\u201317 Niedersachsenliga champions SSV Jeddeloh and promotion round winners Eutin 08, 2016\u201317 Schleswig-Holstein-Liga champions, and Altona 93, 2016\u201317 Oberliga Hamburg champions. The season started on 28 July 2017.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 39], "content_span": [40, 487]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276232-0002-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Regionalliga, Regionalliga Nordost\n18 teams from the states of Berlin, Brandenburg, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Saxony and Thuringia competed in the sixth season of the reformed Regionalliga Nordost; 15 teams were retained from last season and 3 teams were promoted from the Oberliga. VSG Altglienicke were promoted from 2016\u201317 NOFV-Oberliga Nord and BSG Chemie Leipzig from 2016\u201317 NOFV-Oberliga S\u00fcd. A play-off was held between the two leagues' runners-up, Optik Rathenow and Germania Halberstadt, to determine the last participant. Halberstadt won the play-off on aggregate and were promoted. The season started on 29 July 2017.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 42], "content_span": [43, 636]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276232-0003-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Regionalliga, Regionalliga West\n18 teams from North Rhine-Westphalia competed in the sixth season of the reformed Regionalliga West; 14 teams were retained from last season and 4 were promoted from the Oberliga. SC Paderborn were originally relegated from the 2016\u201317 3. Liga, but retained their place in 3. Liga following 1860 Munich's failure to obtain a license for the 2017\u201318 3. Liga. KFC Uerdingen were promoted from the 2016\u201317 Oberliga Niederrhein, TuS Erndtebr\u00fcck and Westfalia Rhynern from the 2016\u201317 Oberliga Westfalen and FC Wegberg-Beeck from the 2016\u201317 Oberliga Mittelrhein. The season started on 28 July 2017.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 39], "content_span": [40, 634]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276232-0004-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Regionalliga, Regionalliga West, Westphalia DFB-Pokal play-off\nAs the Westphalian Football and Athletics Association is one of three regional associations with the most participating teams in their league competitions, they were allowed to enter a second team for the 2018\u201319 DFB-Pokal (in addition to the Westphalian Cup winners). A play-off took place between the best-placed eligible (non-reserve) Westphalian team of the Regionalliga West, SV R\u00f6dinghausen, and the best-placed eligible team of the Oberliga Westfalen, SV Lippstadt, with the winners qualifying for the DFB-Pokal.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 70], "content_span": [71, 590]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276232-0005-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Regionalliga, Regionalliga S\u00fcdwest\n19 teams from Baden-W\u00fcrttemberg, Hesse, Rhineland-Palatinate and Saarland competed in the sixth season of the Regionalliga S\u00fcdwest; 13 teams were retained from last season and 4 were promoted from the Oberliga. Mainz 05 II and FSV Frankfurt were relegated from the 2016\u201317 3. Liga. Schott Mainz were promoted from the 2016\u201317 Oberliga Rheinland-Pfalz/Saar, Eintracht Stadtallendorf from the 2016\u201317 Hessenliga and SC Freiburg II from the 2016\u201317 Oberliga Baden-W\u00fcrttemberg. The runners-up of the other Oberligas had a play-off round which was won by R\u00f6chling V\u00f6lklingen. The Chinese under-20 national team was about to participate in this season from November onwards to even out the fixture list, but the Chinese withdrew after one game following protests from pro-Tibet demonstrators. Accordingly, their participation was cancelled. The season started on 28 July 2017.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 42], "content_span": [43, 913]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276232-0006-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Regionalliga, Regionalliga Bayern\n19 teams from Bavaria competed in the sixth season of the Regionalliga Bayern; 14 teams were retained from last season and 3 were promoted from the Bayernliga. FC Unterf\u00f6hring were promoted from the Bayernliga S\u00fcd and VfB Eichst\u00e4tt from the Bayernliga Nord. FC Pipinsried were also promoted as they beat Greuther F\u00fcrth II in the 2016\u201317 Bayernliga promotion play-off. Finally, in a play-off between the two losing teams, Greuther F\u00fcrth II beat Viktoria Aschaffenburg, obtaining the last open spot in the league. 1860 Munich were originally relegated from 2016\u201317 2. Bundesliga to 2017\u201318 3. Liga, but failed to obtain a license and therefore competed in the Regionalliga. This meant that this year's league was held with 19 teams instead of 18.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 41], "content_span": [42, 786]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276232-0007-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Regionalliga, Regionalliga Bayern, Relegation play-offs\nThe 16th and 17th placed teams from the Regionalliga play against the runners-up from the two Bayernliga divisions for two places in the next Regionalliga season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 63], "content_span": [64, 226]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276232-0008-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Regionalliga, Promotion play-offs\nThe draw for the 2017\u201318 promotion play-offs was held on 7 April, with another draw between the Regionalliga S\u00fcdwest teams held on 27 April 2018.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 41], "content_span": [42, 187]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276232-0009-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Regionalliga, Promotion play-offs, Summary\nThe first legs were played on 24 May, and the second legs were played on 27 May 2018.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 50], "content_span": [51, 136]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276233-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Rensselaer Engineers women's ice hockey season\nThe Rensselaer Engineers represented Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute in ECAC women's ice hockey during the 2017\u201318 NCAA Division I women's ice hockey season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 54], "section_span": [54, 54], "content_span": [55, 213]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276234-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Rhode Island Rams men's basketball team\nThe 2017\u201318 Rhode Island Rams basketball team represented the University of Rhode Island during the 2017\u201318 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Rams, led by sixth-year head coach Dan Hurley, played their home games at the Ryan Center in Kingston, Rhode Island as members of the Atlantic 10 Conference. They finished the season 26\u20138, 15\u20133 in A-10 play to finish win the A-10 regular season championship. They defeated VCU and Saint Joseph's to advance to the championship game of the A-10 Tournament where they lost to Davidson. They received an at-large bid to the NCAA Tournament where they defeated Oklahoma in the First Round before losing in the Second Round to Duke.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 47], "section_span": [47, 47], "content_span": [48, 728]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276234-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Rhode Island Rams men's basketball team\nOn March 22, 2018, it was announced that head coach Dan Hurley had accepted the head coaching job at Connecticut. On April 4, assistant coach David Cox was promoted to head coach.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 47], "section_span": [47, 47], "content_span": [48, 227]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276234-0002-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Rhode Island Rams men's basketball team, Previous season\nThe Rams finished the 2016\u201317 season 25\u201310, 13\u20135 in A-10 play to finish in a tie for third place. In the A-10 Tournament, they defeated St. Bonaventure, Davidson, and VCU to win the A-10 Tournament championship. As a result, they received the conference's automatic bid to the NCAA Tournament as the No. 11 seed in the Midwest region. They received a No. 11 seed in the Midwest region where they defeated No. 6-seeded Creighton in the First Round before losing to No. 3-seeded Oregon in the Second Round.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 47], "section_span": [49, 64], "content_span": [65, 569]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276234-0003-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Rhode Island Rams men's basketball team, Preseason\nIn a poll of the league\u2019s head coaches and select media members at the conference's media day, the Rams were picked to win the A-10, receiving 27 of 28 first place votes. E.C. Matthews was selected to the conference's preseason first team while Jared Terrell was picked for the preseason second team.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 47], "section_span": [49, 58], "content_span": [59, 359]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276235-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Rhode Island Rams women's basketball team\nThe 2017\u201318 Rhode Island Rams women's basketball team will represent the University of Rhode Island during the 2017\u201318 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Rams are led by fourth year head coach Daynia La-Force. The Rams were members of the Atlantic 10 Conference and play their home games at the Ryan Center. They finished the season 3\u201327, 1\u201315 in A-10 to finish in last place. They lost in the first round of the A-10 Women's Tournament to Fordham.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 49], "section_span": [49, 49], "content_span": [50, 510]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276235-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Rhode Island Rams women's basketball team, 2017\u201318 media\nAll Rams home games and most conference road games that aren't televised will be shown on the A-10 Digital Network.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 49], "section_span": [51, 64], "content_span": [65, 180]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276236-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Rice Owls men's basketball team\nThe 2017\u201318 Rice Owls men's basketball team represented Rice University during the 2017\u201318 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Owls, led by first-year head coach Scott Pera, played their home games at Tudor Fieldhouse in Houston, Texas as members of Conference USA. They finished the season 7\u201324, 4\u201314 in C-USA play to finish in 13th place and failed to qualify for the C-USA Tournament.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [39, 39], "content_span": [40, 436]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276236-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Rice Owls men's basketball team, Previous season\nThe Owls finished the 2016\u201317 season 23\u201312, 11\u20137 in C-USA play to finish in fifth place. They defeated Southern Miss in the first round of the C-USA Tournament before losing in the quarterfinals to UTEP. They received an invitation to the College Basketball Invitational where they defeated San Francisco in the first round before losing in the quarterfinals to Utah Valley.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 56], "content_span": [57, 431]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276236-0002-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Rice Owls men's basketball team, Previous season\nOn March 21, 2017, head coach Mike Rhoades resigned to become the head coach at VCU. He finished at Rice with a three-year record of 47\u201352. On March 23, the school promoted assistant coach Scott Pera to head coach.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 56], "content_span": [57, 271]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276237-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Rice Owls women's basketball team\nThe 2017\u201318 Rice Owls women's basketball team represents Rice University during the 2017\u201318 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Owls, led by third year head coach Tina Langley, play their home games at the Tudor Fieldhouse and are members of Conference USA. They finished the season 23\u201310, 10\u20136 in C-USA play to finish in a 4 way tie for third place. They advanced to the semifinals of the C-USA Women's Tournament where they lost to UAB. They revived an at-large bid to the Women's National Invitation Tournament where they defeated Texas State in the first round before losing to New Mexico in the second round.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [41, 41], "content_span": [42, 666]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276237-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Rice Owls women's basketball team, Previous season\nThey finished the season 22\u201313, 8\u201310 in C-USA play to finish in a 3 way tie for eighth place. They advanced to the quarterfinals of the C-USA Women's Tournament where they lost to Middle Tennessee. They were invited to the WBI where they defeat Lamar, Texas\u2013Rio Grande Valley, Idaho and UNC Greensboro to become champions of the Women's Basketball Invitational.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [43, 58], "content_span": [59, 420]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276238-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Richmond Spiders men's basketball team\nThe 2017\u201318 Richmond Spiders men's basketball team represented the University of Richmond during the 2017\u201318 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. They were led by 13th-year head coach Chris Mooney and played their home games at the Robins Center Richmond as members of the Atlantic 10 Conference. They finished the season 12\u201320, 9\u20139 in A-10 play to finish in a four-way tie for fifth place. As the No. 7 seed in the A-10 Tournament, they defeated Duquesne in the second round before losing to St. Bonaventure in the quarterfinals.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [46, 46], "content_span": [47, 581]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276238-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Richmond Spiders men's basketball team, Previous season\nThe Spiders finished the 2016\u201317 season 19\u201311, 13\u20135 in A-10 play to finish in a tie for third place in the conference. They defeated George Washington in the quarterfinals of the A-10 Tournament before losing to VCU in the semifinals. They received an invitation to the National Invitation Tournament, where they defeated Alabama and Oakland before falling to TCU in the quarterfinals.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [48, 63], "content_span": [64, 449]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276238-0002-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Richmond Spiders men's basketball team, Preseason\nIn a poll of the league\u2019s head coaches and select media members at the conference's media day, the Spiders were picked to finish in eighth place in the A-10. De\u2019Monte Buckingham was named to the conference's preseason second team.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [48, 57], "content_span": [58, 288]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276239-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Richmond Spiders women's basketball team\nThe 2017\u201318 Richmond Spiders women's basketball team represents the University of Richmond during the 2017\u201318 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Spiders, led by thirteenth year head coach Michael Shafer, play their home games at the Robins Center and were members of the Atlantic 10 Conference. They finished the season 14\u201317, 8\u20138 in A-10 play to finish in eighth place. They advanced to the quarterfinals of the A-10 Women's Tournament where they lost to Dayton.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 48], "section_span": [48, 48], "content_span": [49, 524]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276239-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Richmond Spiders women's basketball team, 2017\u201318 media\nAll Spiders games are broadcast on WTVR 6.3 with Robert Fish on the call. The games are also streamed on .", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 48], "section_span": [50, 63], "content_span": [64, 170]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276240-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Rider Broncs men's basketball team\nThe 2017\u201318 Rider Broncs men's basketball team represented Rider University during the 2017\u201318 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Broncs, led by sixth-year head coach Kevin Baggett, played their home games at Alumni Gymnasium in Lawrenceville, New Jersey as members of the Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference. They finished the season 22\u201310, 15\u20133 in MAAC play to finish in a tie for the MAAC regular season championship with Canisius. After tie breakers, they were the No. 1 seed in the MAAC Tournament where they were upset in the quarterfinals by Saint Peter's. As a regular season conference champion, and No. 1 seed in their conference tournament, who failed to win their conference tournament, they received an automatic bid to the National Invitation Tournament where they lost in the First Round to Oregon.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [42, 42], "content_span": [43, 865]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276240-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Rider Broncs men's basketball team, Previous season\nThe Broncs finished the 2016\u201317 season 18\u201315, 10\u201310 in MAAC play to finish in a tie for sixth place. They defeated Manhattan in the first round of the MAAC Tournament before losing in the quarterfinals to Iona.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [44, 59], "content_span": [60, 270]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276241-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Robert Morris Colonials men's basketball team\nThe 2017\u201318 Robert Morris Colonials men's basketball team represented Robert Morris University during the 2017\u201318 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Colonials, led by eighth-year head coach Andrew Toole, played their home games at the PPG Paints Arena and four games at the Palumbo Center in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania as members of the Northeast Conference. They finished the season 16\u201317, 9\u20139 in NEC play to finish in a tie for sixth place. As the No. 7 seed in the NEC Tournament, they upset No. 2 seed Mount St. Mary's in the quarterfinals before losing in the semifinals to No. 1 seed Wagner.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 53], "section_span": [53, 53], "content_span": [54, 659]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276241-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Robert Morris Colonials men's basketball team\nOn January 30, 2017, Robert Morris announced plans to build a new basketball and volleyball facility named the UPMC Events Center on the school's campus. The basketball team's former home, the Charles L. Sewall Center was to be demolished to make room for the new arena. As a result, the Colonials played their home games at the PPG Paints Arena and at the Palumbo Center on the campus of Duquesne University.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 53], "section_span": [53, 53], "content_span": [54, 463]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276241-0002-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Robert Morris Colonials men's basketball team, Previous season\nThe Colonials finished the 2016\u201317 season 14\u201319, 9\u20139 in NEC play to finish in a three-way tie for fifth place. As the No. 7 seed in the NEC Tournament, they defeated LIU Brooklyn in the quarterfinals before losing in the semifinals to Mount St. Mary's.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 53], "section_span": [55, 70], "content_span": [71, 323]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276241-0003-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Robert Morris Colonials men's basketball team, Preseason\nIn a poll of league coaches at the NEC media day, the Colonials were picked to finish in seventh place.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 53], "section_span": [55, 64], "content_span": [65, 168]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276242-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Robert Morris Colonials women's ice hockey season\nThe Robert Morris Colonials women represented Robert Morris University in CHA women's ice hockey during the 2017-18 NCAA Division I women's ice hockey season. The Colonials are the defending CHA champions.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 57], "section_span": [57, 57], "content_span": [58, 263]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276243-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Rochdale A.F.C. season\nThe 2017\u201318 season is Rochdale's 111th year in existence and their fourth consecutive season in League One. Along with competing in League One, the club participated in the FA Cup, EFL Cup and EFL Trophy. The season covers the period from 1 July 2017 to 30 June 2018.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [30, 30], "content_span": [31, 298]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276243-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Rochdale A.F.C. season, Competitions, Friendlies\nAs of 23 June 2017, Rochdale have announced six pre-season friendlies against Chorley Barnsley, Morecambe, FC Halifax Town, AFC Fylde and Middlesbrough.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 56], "content_span": [57, 209]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276243-0002-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Rochdale A.F.C. season, Competitions, FA Cup\nIn the FA Cup, Rochdale were drawn at home to Bromley in the first round, Slough Town away in the second round and Doncaster Rovers away in the third round.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 52], "content_span": [53, 209]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276243-0003-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Rochdale A.F.C. season, Competitions, EFL Cup\nOn 16 June 2017, Rochdale were drawn away to Mansfield Town in the first round.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 53], "content_span": [54, 133]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276243-0004-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Rochdale A.F.C. season, Competitions, EFL Trophy\nOn 12 July 2017, Rochdale were drawn in the Northern Group C against Blackburn Rovers, Bury and Stoke City U23s. As winners of their group, Rochdale were drawn at home to Doncaster Rovers in the second round. A home tie against Lincoln City was confirmed for the third round stage.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 56], "content_span": [57, 338]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276244-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Rock Cup\nThe 2017\u201318 Rock Cup was a single-leg knockout tournament played by clubs from Gibraltar. This season's version of the Rock Cup was sponsored by Gibtelecom, and is known as the Gibtelecom Rock Cup for sponsorship purposes. This season's edition was held throughout the season for the first time since 2011\u201312.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [16, 16], "content_span": [17, 326]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276244-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Rock Cup\nThe winner of this competition, Europa, qualified for the 2018\u201319 Europa League. As they had also qualified for European competition via the 2017\u201318 Gibraltar Premier Division, the third place team in the league will take the spot in the Europa League.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [16, 16], "content_span": [17, 269]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276244-0002-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Rock Cup, First Round\nThe First Round draw was held 26 October 2017 and the matches will be played 26\u201328 November 2017. All teams participating in the first round are from the Gibraltar Second Division. Leo, Hound Dogs and Olympique 13 received byes to the Second Round.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [18, 29], "content_span": [30, 278]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276244-0003-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Rock Cup, Second Round\nThe draw for the Second Round took place on 13 December 2017, with games to be played 6\u201327 February 2018. All Gibraltar Premier Division teams enter at this stage, along with the three Gibraltar Second Division teams to receive byes from the first round.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [18, 30], "content_span": [31, 285]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276244-0004-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Rock Cup, Quarter Finals\nThe quarter final draw took place on 28 February 2018.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [18, 32], "content_span": [33, 87]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276244-0005-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Rock Cup, Semi-Finals\nThe draw for the semi-finals took place on 11 April 2018.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [18, 29], "content_span": [30, 87]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276245-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Rosario Central season\nThe 2017\u201318 season is Rosario Central's 6th consecutive season in the top-flight of Argentine football. The season covers the period from 1 July 2017 to 30 June 2018.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [30, 30], "content_span": [31, 197]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276245-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Rosario Central season, Current squad\nNote: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 45], "content_span": [46, 174]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276245-0002-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Rosario Central season, Current squad, Out on loan\nNote: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 58], "content_span": [59, 187]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276246-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Ross County F.C. season\nThe 2017\u201318 season was the club's 5th season in the Scottish Premiership and their sixth consecutive appearance in the top flight of Scottish football. Ross County also competed in the League Cup and the Scottish Cup.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [31, 31], "content_span": [32, 249]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276246-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Ross County F.C. season\nOn 25 September, manager Jim McIntyre was sacked by the club. On 28 September, Owen Coyle took over as manager. He resigned on 1 March with Steven Ferguson and Stuart Kettlewell taking over as co-managers but they could not keep County in the Premiership and on 12 May after 6 years they were relegated back to the Championship.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [31, 31], "content_span": [32, 360]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276247-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Rotherham United F.C. season\nThe 2017\u201318 season was Rotherham United's 93rd season in their existence and their first back in League One following relegation in 2016\u201317. Along with competing in League One, the club also participated in the FA Cup, the EFL Cup and the EFL Trophy.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [36, 36], "content_span": [37, 287]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276247-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Rotherham United F.C. season, Key events\nOn 23 August 2017, Rotherham United were knocked out of the EFL Cup by Premier League side Huddersfield Town in the second round. Despite taking the lead in the first minute, they conceded two goals early in the second half, and saw a Kieffer Moore shot cleared off the line late in the game.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 48], "content_span": [49, 341]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276247-0002-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Rotherham United F.C. season, Key events\nOn 3 September 2017, the team won 1\u20130 against Portsmouth, who were managed by their former manager Kenny Jackett in a televised match at Fratton Park. This recorded Rotherham's first away league win in 27 matches, extending back to 9 April 2016.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 48], "content_span": [49, 294]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276247-0003-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Rotherham United F.C. season, Key events\nOn 4 November 2017, the team were knocked out of the FA Cup at EFL League Two side Crewe Alexandra, who scored a late goal to turn the tie around and win 2\u20131.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 48], "content_span": [49, 207]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276247-0004-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Rotherham United F.C. season, Key events\nDespite playing their last game in the group stage of the competition on 7 November 2017, Rotherham had to wait three weeks to know their EFL Trophy fate. A draw between Chesterfield and Manchester City EDS on 29 November confirmed the clubs exit.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 48], "content_span": [49, 296]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276247-0005-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Rotherham United F.C. season, Key events\nFrom 9 December 2017 to 24 February 2018, the team went 14 league games unbeaten, winning 11, including the last 7. The run was ended on 10 March 2018 with a 1\u20130 away defeat against Rochdale.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 48], "content_span": [49, 240]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276247-0006-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Rotherham United F.C. season, Key events\nHaving held 4th place in the league since mid-February, Rotherham confirmed a place in the play-offs on 21 April 2018, with a 2\u20130 win against Bristol Rovers.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 48], "content_span": [49, 206]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276247-0007-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Rotherham United F.C. season, Key events\nRotherham secured promotion back to the EFL Championship with a 2\u20131 extra time victory against Shrewsbury Town at Wembley Stadium on 27 May 2018.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 48], "content_span": [49, 194]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276247-0008-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Rotherham United F.C. season, Squad statistics, Player statistics\nPlayers with zero appearances have been unused substitutes in one or more games.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 73], "content_span": [74, 154]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276247-0009-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Rotherham United F.C. season, Pre-season friendlies\nOn 12 May 2017, Rotherham United announced they will host Sheffield United as part of their pre-season preparations. Four days later, the Millers added Parkgate friendly to the pre-season diary. On 17 May further friendlies at North Ferriby United and Chesterfield were confirmed. A fifth friendly, against Alfreton Town was revealed a day later. Two further friendlies, against Gainsborough Trinity and Barnsley were announced on 19 May.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 59], "content_span": [60, 498]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276247-0010-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Rotherham United F.C. season, Pre-season friendlies\nThe club announced a two-game training camp in Austria on 6 July 2017. The team will be based at the Sportschule Lindabrunn in Enzesfeld-Lindabrunn where they will face Hungarian side Soproni VSE. They will also play Floridsdorfer AC at the Austrian club's ground.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 59], "content_span": [60, 324]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276247-0011-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Rotherham United F.C. season, Competitions, FA Cup\nOn 16 October 2017, Rotherham United were drawn away to Crewe Alexandra in the first round.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 58], "content_span": [59, 150]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276247-0012-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Rotherham United F.C. season, Competitions, EFL Cup\nOn 16 June 2017, Rotherham United were drawn at home to Lincoln City in the first round.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 59], "content_span": [60, 148]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276248-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Rugby Europe Conference\nThe 2017\u201318 Rugby Europe Conference is the third-level rugby union competition below the premier Championship and Trophy competitions. It is the second Conference under its new format. After Czech Republic was promoted to the Trophy and Ukraine relegated at the end of the 2016\u201317 season, Andorra, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Hungary, Israel, Latvia, Lithuania, Malta, Sweden and Ukraine compete for the Conference 1 title. While after the relegation of Turkey and the promotion of Slovakia, Austria, Cyprus, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, Luxembourg, Norway, Serbia, Slovenia and Slovakia will compete for the Conference 2 title.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [31, 31], "content_span": [32, 663]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276248-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Rugby Europe Conference\nThe winners of Conference 1 North and South will play an additional match, a Conference 1-Trophy Promotion play-off for the right to play the 2018\u201319 Rugby Europe Trophy. While the bottom placed teams of Conference 1 North and South will be relegated to Conference 2 for the following season, replacing the North and South winners of Conference 2. The bottom placed team with the worse overall record will be relegated and participate in the 2019 Rugby Europe Development season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [31, 31], "content_span": [32, 511]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276248-0002-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Rugby Europe Conference\nThe competition saw Alhambra Nievas and Joy Neville become the first and second women referees to take charge of men's fifteen\u2013a\u2013side internationals. On 14 October 2017 Nievas refereed the match between Finland and Norway. On 28 October 2017 Neville refereed the match between Norway and Denmark.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [31, 31], "content_span": [32, 328]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276249-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Rugby Europe International Championships\nThe 2017\u201318 Rugby Europe International Championships is the European Championship for tier 2 and tier 3 rugby union nations. The 2017\u201318 season is the second of its new format and structure, where all Levels play on a one-year cycle, replacing the old format of a two-year cycle, with the teams playing each other both home and away.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 48], "section_span": [48, 48], "content_span": [49, 382]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276249-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Rugby Europe International Championships\nFor all teams competing in the Championship, except for Georgia, this year's edition of the Rugby Europe International Championships doubles as the second year of 2019 Rugby World Cup qualifiers for the European region, where the winner of the two-year cycle, excluding Georgia, automatically qualifies to the tournament as Europe 1. All other teams remain in contention, playing in their respective leagues, but also playing in World Cup play-offs, for the right to play in the Europe/Oceania play-off against Oceania 3.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 48], "section_span": [48, 48], "content_span": [49, 570]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276249-0002-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Rugby Europe International Championships, Countries\nPre -tournament World Rugby rankings in parentheses. Trophy and Conference as of 9 October 2017. Championship as of 5 February 2018.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 48], "section_span": [50, 59], "content_span": [60, 192]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276249-0003-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Rugby Europe International Championships, Countries\nLegend:* Champion of 2016\u201317 season; \u2191 Promoted from lower division during 2016\u201317 season; \u2022 Division Champion but not promoted during 2016\u201317 season; \u2021 Last place inside own division but not relegated during 2016\u201317 season; \u2193 Relegated from higher division during 2016-17season", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 48], "section_span": [50, 59], "content_span": [60, 338]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276249-0004-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Rugby Europe International Championships, 2018 Rugby Europe Championship\nThe six teams participating in the 2018 Championship remain the same as the 2017 season, after Belgium survived a relegation threat by defeating Portugal in a playoff in May 2017. Following the match on 18 March 2018 between Belgium and Spain, an appeal by the Spanish Rugby Federation to World Rugby and Rugby Europe was published for the match to be replayed, following the appointment of a Romanian referee \u2013 Romania needed Spain to lose in order to qualify.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 48], "section_span": [50, 80], "content_span": [81, 542]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276249-0004-0001", "contents": "2017\u201318 Rugby Europe International Championships, 2018 Rugby Europe Championship\nIn the meantime, World Rugby also received complaints amid European countries fielding ineligible players, in breach of Regulation 8, during the qualification process; issues were made against all competing five nations. The appeal from Spain for their match to be replayed was held whilst the appointed panel investigated the accused ineligible players, although the final verdict around the Belgium\u2013Spain was for the result to stand. The neutral panel cleared Germany and Russia of the alleged ineligible players, but found Belgium, Romania and Spain guilty of breaching Regulation 8.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 48], "section_span": [50, 80], "content_span": [81, 667]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276249-0004-0002", "contents": "2017\u201318 Rugby Europe International Championships, 2018 Rugby Europe Championship\nThe panel determined that each nation would be deducted 5 points for each game they had fielded an ineligible player, regardless of if more than one ineligible player had been fielded. The investigation found that Belgium and Romania had fielded ineligible players 6 times (a deduction of 30 points) and Spain 8 times (a deduction of 40 points) during the qualification process. This meant, with the deducted points for the respective nations, Russia would qualify ahead of Romania and Germany would advance to the play-off's ahead of Spain.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 48], "section_span": [50, 80], "content_span": [81, 622]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276250-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Rugby Europe Trophy\nThe 2017\u201318 Rugby Europe Trophy is the second-level rugby union competition below the premier Championship. It is the second Trophy competition under its new format, that will see Czech Republic, Moldova, Netherlands, Poland, Portugal and Switzerland compete for the title, and a place in the Championship-Trophy Promotion play-off.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [27, 27], "content_span": [28, 360]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276250-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Rugby Europe Trophy\nThis year's competition sees Czech Republic joining the Trophy after winning the Trophy-Conference 1 Promotion play-off against Malta. This year sees no relegated team from the Rugby Championship, after last year's winner Portugal lost the Championship-Trophy Promotion play-off against Belgium.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [27, 27], "content_span": [28, 323]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276251-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Rugby Pro D2 season\nThe 2017\u201318 Rugby Pro D2 was the second-level French rugby union club competition, behind the Top 14, for the 2017\u201318 season. It ran alongside the 2017\u201318 Top 14 competition; both competitions are operated by the Ligue Nationale de Rugby (LNR).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [27, 27], "content_span": [28, 272]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276251-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Rugby Pro D2 season, Competition format\nThe regular season uses a double round-robin format, in which each team plays the others home and away.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 47], "content_span": [48, 151]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276251-0002-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Rugby Pro D2 season, Competition format\nThe LNR uses a slightly different bonus points system from that used in most other rugby competitions. It trialled a new system in 2007\u201308 explicitly designed to prevent a losing team from earning more than one bonus point in a match, a system that also made it impossible for either team to earn a bonus point in a drawn match. LNR chose to continue with this system for subsequent seasons.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 47], "content_span": [48, 439]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276251-0003-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Rugby Pro D2 season, Competition format\nStarting with the 2017\u201318 season, Pro D2 conducts a play-off system identical to the one currently used in Top 14, with the top six teams qualifying for the play-offs and the top two teams receiving byes into the semi-finals. The winner of the play-offs earns the league championship and automatic promotion to the next season's Top 14; the runner-up enters a play-off with the second-from-bottom Top 14 team, with the winner of that play-off taking up the final place in Top 14.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 47], "content_span": [48, 527]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276251-0004-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Rugby Pro D2 season, Competition format\nThis replaced the previous system in which the top team at the end of the regular season was declared champion, also earning a Top 14 place, while the second- through fifth-place teams competed in promotion play-offs. The play-off semi-finals were played at the home ground of the higher-ranked team. The final was then played on neutral ground, and the winner earned the second ticket to the next Top 14.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 47], "content_span": [48, 453]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276251-0005-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Rugby Pro D2 season, Promotion, Pro D2 to Top 14\nAs noted above, both promotion places will be determined by play-offs from 2017\u201318 forward, with the winner of the Pro D2 play-offs earning promotion and the runner-up playing the second-from-bottom Top 14 team for the next season's final Top 14 place.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 56], "content_span": [57, 309]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276251-0006-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Rugby Pro D2 season, Promotion, F\u00e9d\u00e9rale 1 to Pro D2\nAt the same time, LNR and the French Rugby Federation (FFR) will change the promotion process from F\u00e9d\u00e9rale 1 to Pro D2. For three seasons (2017\u201318 to 2019\u201320), only one team will be promoted to Pro D2 through the F\u00e9d\u00e9rale 1 competition. The second promotion place will be a \"wild card\" granted by LNR to a club that meets the following criteria:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 60], "content_span": [61, 407]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276251-0007-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Rugby Pro D2 season, Promotion, F\u00e9d\u00e9rale 1 to Pro D2\nStarting with the 2020\u201321 season, LNR will create a third professional league, slotting between Pro D2 and F\u00e9d\u00e9rale 1 in the league system.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 60], "content_span": [61, 200]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276251-0008-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Rugby Pro D2 season, Relegation\nNormally, the teams that finish in 15th and 16th places in the table are relegated to F\u00e9d\u00e9rale 1 at the end of the season. In certain circumstances, \"financial reasons\" may cause a higher-placed team to be demoted instead, or bar a F\u00e9d\u00e9rale 1 team from promotion.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 39], "content_span": [40, 303]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276251-0009-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Rugby Pro D2 season, Table\nThe current table for the 2017\u201318 Rugby Pro D2 is:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 34], "content_span": [35, 85]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276251-0010-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Rugby Pro D2 season, Relegation playoff\nThe team finishing in 13th place of the Top 14 faces the runner-up of Pro D2, with the winner of this match playing in Top 14 in 2018\u201319 and the loser in Pro D2.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 47], "content_span": [48, 209]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276251-0011-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Rugby Pro D2 season, Leading scorers\nNote: Flags to the left of player names indicate national team as has been defined under World Rugby eligibility rules, or primary nationality for players who have not yet earned international senior caps. Players may hold one or more non-WR nationalities.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 44], "content_span": [45, 301]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276252-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Russian Cup\nThe 2017\u201318 Russian Cup was the 26th season of the Russian football knockout tournament since the dissolution of Soviet Union.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [19, 19], "content_span": [20, 146]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276252-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Russian Cup\nThe competition started on 14 July 2017 and finished on 9 May 2018. The winners, FC Tosno, could have earned a spot in the 2018\u201319 UEFA Europa League group stage, but did not obtain the UEFA license and was closed a month later due to financial problems.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [19, 19], "content_span": [20, 274]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276252-0002-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Russian Cup, Fourth Round\nFNL clubs entered at this stage (except for FC Zenit-2 Saint Petersburg and FC Spartak-2 Moscow).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 33], "content_span": [34, 131]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276252-0003-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Russian Cup, Round of 32\nTeams from the Premier League entered the competition at this round. The matches were played on 20 and 21 September 2017.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 32], "content_span": [33, 154]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276252-0004-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Russian Cup, Quarter-finals\nThe matches were played on 27 February, 28 February and 4 April 2018.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 35], "content_span": [36, 105]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276253-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Russian Football National League\nThe 2017\u201318 Russian National Football League was the 26th season of Russia's second-tier football league since the dissolution of the Soviet Union. The season began on 8 July 2017 and ended on 12 May 2018.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [40, 40], "content_span": [41, 246]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276254-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Russian Premier League\nThe 2017\u201318 Russian Premier League was the 26th season of the premier football competition in Russia since the dissolution of the Soviet Union and the 15th under the current Russian Premier League name. Spartak Moscow came into the season as the defending champions.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [30, 30], "content_span": [31, 297]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276254-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Russian Premier League, Teams\nAs in the previous season, 16 teams played in the 2017\u201318 season. After the 2016\u201317 season, FC Orenburg, FC Tom Tomsk and FC Krylia Sovetov Samara were relegated to the 2017\u201318 Russian National Football League. They were replaced by three clubs from the 2016\u201317 Russian National Football League, FC Dynamo Moscow, FC Tosno and FC SKA-Khabarovsk. Dynamo returned after one season of absence, while Tosno and SKA-Khabarovsk made their debuts in the Russian top-tier division.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 37], "content_span": [38, 511]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276254-0002-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Russian Premier League, Teams\nBefore the season, FC Terek Grozny changed its name to FC Akhmat Grozny.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 37], "content_span": [38, 110]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276254-0003-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Russian Premier League, Tournament format and regulations, Basic\nThe 16 teams will play a round-robin tournament whereby each team plays each one of the other teams twice, once at home and once away. Thus, a total of 240 matches will be played, with 30 matches played by each team.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 72], "content_span": [73, 289]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276254-0004-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Russian Premier League, Tournament format and regulations, Promotion and relegation\nThe teams that finish 15th and 16th will be relegated to the FNL, while the top 2 in that league will be promoted to the Premier League for the 2018\u201319 season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 91], "content_span": [92, 251]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276254-0005-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Russian Premier League, Tournament format and regulations, Promotion and relegation\nThe 13th and 14th Premier League teams will play the 4th and 3rd FNL teams respectively in two playoff games with the winners securing Premier League spots for the 2018\u201319 season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 91], "content_span": [92, 271]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276254-0006-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Russian Premier League, Relegation play-offs\nThe draw for relegation play-offs scheduling took place on 4 May 2018. The kick-off times were announced on 14 May 2018.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 52], "content_span": [53, 173]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276254-0007-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Russian Premier League, Relegation play-offs, Second leg\nAmkar Perm won 3\u20130 on aggregate and retained their spot in the 2018\u201319 Russian Premier League; FC Tambov remained in the 2018\u201319 Russian National Football League.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 64], "content_span": [65, 227]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276254-0008-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Russian Premier League, Relegation play-offs, Second leg\nYenisey Krasnoyarsk won 6\u20134 on aggregate and were promoted to the 2018\u201319 Russian Premier League; Anzhi Makhachkala were relegated to the 2018\u201319 Russian National Football League.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 64], "content_span": [65, 244]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276254-0009-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Russian Premier League, Relegation play-offs, Second leg\nOn 13 June 2018, FC Amkar Perm announced that the Russian Football Union recalled their 2018\u201319 season license, making them ineligible for the Russian Premier League or Russian Football National League. The final decision on the club's future will be made on 18 June 2018 at the club's board meeting. As a consequence, Anzhi Makhachkala will not be relegated.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 64], "content_span": [65, 424]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276254-0010-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Russian Premier League, Results, Positions by round\nThe table lists the positions of teams after each week of matches. In order to preserve chronological evolvements, any postponed matches are not included to the round at which they were originally scheduled, but added to the full round they were played immediately afterwards.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 59], "content_span": [60, 336]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276254-0011-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Russian Premier League, Attendances\nSource: Notes:1: Zenit played most of last season at Petrovsky Stadium.2: Rostov played its final three home games of the season at Rostov Arena.3: Rubin Kazan played part of last season at Central Stadium.4: Ural played its final three home games of the season at Central Stadium.5: Team played last season in the Russian Football National League.6: Tosno played one of its home matches at a neutral venue and played last season in the Russian Football National League at Stadion im. Aleksandra Nevskogo.7: Amkar Perm played two of its home matches at the away team's stadium.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 43], "content_span": [44, 621]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276255-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Russian Professional Football League\nThe 2017\u201318 Professional Football League was the third highest division in Russian football. The Professional Football League is geographically divided into 5 zones. The winners of each zone are automatically promoted into the National Football League. The bottom finishers of each zone lose professional status and are relegated into the Amateur Football League.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [44, 44], "content_span": [45, 408]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276256-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Rutgers Scarlet Knights men's basketball team\nThe 2017\u201318 Rutgers Scarlet Knights men's basketball team represented Rutgers University\u2013New Brunswick during the 2017\u201318 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Scarlet Knights, led by second-year head coach Steve Pikiell, played their home games at the Louis Brown Athletic Center in Piscataway, New Jersey as fourth-year members of the Big Ten Conference. They finished the season 15\u201319, 3\u201315 in Big Ten play to finish in last place. In the Big Ten Tournament, they defeated Minnesota and Indiana before losing to Purdue in the quarterfinals.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 53], "section_span": [53, 53], "content_span": [54, 604]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276256-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Rutgers Scarlet Knights men's basketball team, Previous season\nThe Knights finished the 2016\u201317 season 15\u201318, 3\u201315 in Big Ten play to finish in last place. In the Big Ten Tournament, they defeated Ohio State in the first round, marking their first ever Big Ten Tournament win. However, they lost to Northwestern in the second round.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 53], "section_span": [55, 70], "content_span": [71, 340]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276256-0002-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Rutgers Scarlet Knights men's basketball team, Schedule and results\nThe 2018 Big Ten Tournament will be held at Madison Square Garden in New York City. Due to the Big East's use of that venue for their conference tournament, the Big Ten Tournament will take place one week earlier than usual, ending the week before Selection Sunday. This could result in teams having nearly two weeks off before the NCAA Tournament.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 53], "section_span": [55, 75], "content_span": [76, 424]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276257-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Rutgers Scarlet Knights women's basketball team\nThe 2017\u201318 Rutgers Scarlet Knights women's basketball team represents Rutgers University during the 2017\u201318 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Scarlet Knights, led by 23rd year head coach C. Vivian Stringer, play their home games at the Louis Brown Athletic Center, better known as The RAC, as a member of the Big Ten Conference.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 55], "section_span": [55, 55], "content_span": [56, 398]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276257-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Rutgers Scarlet Knights women's basketball team\nDespite improving on the dismal 2016\u201317 season and finishing with a 20\u201312 record, the Scarlet Knights weren't selected to participate in the 2018 NCAA Tournament. They were then offered an at-large berth in the WNIT, but Coach Stringer declined, stating the team needed to \"focus on the future\" in order to \"control our destiny\" next season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 55], "section_span": [55, 55], "content_span": [56, 397]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276258-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Rwanda Premier League\nThe 2017\u201318 Rwanda Premier League, known as the Azam Rwanda Premier League for sponsorship reasons, was the 41st season of top-tier football in Rwanda. The season started on 30 September 2017 and concluded on 27 June 2018.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [29, 29], "content_span": [30, 252]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276259-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 S.C. Braga season\nDuring the 2017\u201318 S.C. Braga season, the club competed in the Primeira Liga, Ta\u00e7a de Portugal, Ta\u00e7a da Liga and UEFA Europa League.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [25, 25], "content_span": [26, 158]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276260-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 S.L. Benfica season\nThe 2017\u201318 season was Sport Lisboa e Benfica's 114th season in existence and the club's 84th consecutive season in the top flight of Portuguese football. It started on 5 August 2017 with Benfica's victory in the Superta\u00e7a C\u00e2ndido de Oliveira and concluded on 13 May 2018.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [27, 27], "content_span": [28, 300]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276260-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 S.L. Benfica season\nBenfica played in the Primeira Liga as four-time defending champions for the first time in their history and finished second. Benfica also entered the Ta\u00e7a de Portugal as title holders but were eliminated in the fifth round. Moreover, they were eliminated in the third round of the Ta\u00e7a da Liga.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [27, 27], "content_span": [28, 323]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276260-0002-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 S.L. Benfica season\nInternationally, Benfica competed in the UEFA Champions League for the eight time in a row but failed to gain a single point in the group stage for their first time, finishing with a negative goal difference of 13, which became the worst campaign of a Portuguese team in that competition.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [27, 27], "content_span": [28, 316]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276260-0003-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 S.L. Benfica season, Season overview\nOn 29 June 2017, club president Lu\u00eds Filipe Vieira gave the motto for the coming season, \"Rumo ao Penta\", and promised a renewed ambition to conquer an unprecedented fifth-straight Primeira Liga title for Benfica. The following day, manager Rui Vit\u00f3ria explained his approach to the new season: \"We know that there's a goal previously assumed by the President and the best way to achieve it is to go on together, like it was the first time. It is fundamental to have the first time ambition. Humble and focused so that it can happen.\" Despite the ambition, on 31 July, Vieira said that \"one can mortgage a title or another but not the future [of the club]\", referring to player transfers.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 44], "content_span": [45, 733]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276260-0004-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 S.L. Benfica season, Season overview, Transfers\nHaris Seferovic, Filip Krovinovi\u0107, Martin Chrien and Bruno Varela transferred to Benfica. Diogo Gon\u00e7alves and R\u00faben Dias were promoted from Benfica B and Jo\u00e3o Carvalho integrated the team after a loan spell at Vit\u00f3ria de Set\u00fabal.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 55], "content_span": [56, 285]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276260-0005-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 S.L. Benfica season, Season overview, Transfers\nBenfica lost three players from the starting 11 before the season started: on 1 June, Ederson signed with Manchester City for \u20ac40\u00a0million; on 14 June, Victor Lindel\u00f6f left to Manchester United for \u20ac35\u00a0million; and on 14 July, N\u00e9lson Semedo moved to Barcelona for \u20ac30.5\u00a0million. On 31 July, referring to the club's sales, Vieira said, \"Until we do not have control over the debt, we will not stop selling.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 55], "content_span": [56, 461]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276260-0006-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 S.L. Benfica season, Season overview, Transfers\nLater in August, Benfica loaned out Andr\u00e9 Carrillo to Watford and Andr\u00e9 Horta to Braga, while Mile Svilar joined from Anderlecht. On transfer deadline day, Benfica announced the signings of Douglas and Gabriel Barbosa, both on a one-year loan spell from their respective clubs. The same day, Kostas Mitroglou, Benfica's top goalscorer in the previous season, was transferred to Olympique de Marseille for \u20ac15\u00a0million.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 55], "content_span": [56, 473]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276260-0007-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 S.L. Benfica season, Season overview, Transfers\nDuring the mid-season transfer window, Lisandro L\u00f3pez signed with Inter Milan on a half-year loan deal with an option to make the switch permanent. On 25 January, Filipe Augusto was loaned out to Alanyaspor for one-and-a-half years and Barbosa's contract was terminated.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 55], "content_span": [56, 326]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276260-0008-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 S.L. Benfica season, Season overview, Pre-season\nThe pre-season started on 30 June 2017 with the usual medical exams and physical tests at Caixa Futebol Campus and at Hospital da Luz. Until 12 July, the work schedule took place on the club's training ground. As for the team's commitments, the program included the Uhrencup in Switzerland, a five-day stay in Algarve with two matches, and a stage at St George's Park in England, from 23 to 28 July, before the Emirates Cup. Benfica finished third in the Swiss tournament after a 5\u20131 defeat to Young Boys.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 56], "content_span": [57, 562]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276260-0008-0001", "contents": "2017\u201318 S.L. Benfica season, Season overview, Pre-season\nThe team redeemed itself with a victory in the Algarve Football Cup thanks to a brace by newly signed Seferovic. On 26 July, Benfica played a behind-closed-doors friendly against Swindon Town at Futebol Campus, where Seferovic and Andrija \u017divkovi\u0107 scored for Benfica in a 2\u20131 win. Once again, Benfica stood powerless in the Emirates Cup. By losing both matches, the team repeated its fourth-place finish achieved in 2014. Due to Chapecoense's cancellation, Benfica did not host the Eus\u00e9bio Cup in the pre-season for the first time since its first edition in 2008.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 56], "content_span": [57, 620]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276260-0009-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 S.L. Benfica season, Season overview, Pre-season\nAs with the previous season, Benfica kept struggling with player injuries. On 17 June, \u00c1lex Grimaldo did not take part in Spain's squad for the UEFA European Under-21 Championship due to a \"little injury\" resulting in him missing the start of Benfica's pre-season. Nine days after signing with Benfica, Krovinovi\u0107 underwent surgery on 23 June to correct a left inguinal hernia. He was one of three players absent from the squad who travelled to Switzerland, along with Luis\u00e3o (right knee injury) and Eduardo Salvio (right tibiotarsal sprain). Andr\u00e9 Almeida suffered a contusion on his right thigh, which prevented him from travelling to Algarve.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 56], "content_span": [57, 702]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276260-0010-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 S.L. Benfica season, Season overview, Superta\u00e7a C\u00e2ndido de Oliveira\nFor the opening match of the regular season, Benfica had five players on the injury list: J\u00falio C\u00e9sar, \u017divkovi\u0107, Carrillo, Horta and Mitroglou. Andreas Samaris was also not an option because he was serving the first of a four-match suspension for having punched Diego Ivo on 9 April. Benfica defeated Vit\u00f3ria de Guimar\u00e3es 3\u20131 with goals from Jonas, Seferovic and Ra\u00fal Jim\u00e9nez. Raphinha scored for Vit\u00f3ria. It was the first time Benfica managed to win back-to-back Super Cup trophies. Seferovic made his official debut for Benfica and Varela, a former Benfica B player, debuted for the first team after being called-up to the substitutes' bench nine times since 2011. Grimaldo suffered a muscular injury on his right leg and was substituted for Eliseu in the 75th minute.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 75], "content_span": [76, 846]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276260-0011-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 S.L. Benfica season, Season overview, Primeira Liga\nWith three consecutive victories, Benfica achieved their best start in the Primeira Liga since the 2004\u201305 season. By scoring a goal in each of those matches, Seferovic managed to score in his first four official appearances for Benfica, repeating the feat of M\u00e1rio Coluna and Nolito (all behind Eus\u00e9bio). A 1\u20131 draw at Rio Ave, in a match where Jardel was substituted due to injury on his right tight, left Benfica in third place of the league by the end of August. After losing 2\u20131 at Boavista and drawing 1\u20131 with Mar\u00edtimo at the Est\u00e1dio dos Barreiros, Benfica were 5 points behind leaders Porto before October's international break.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 59], "content_span": [60, 696]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276260-0012-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 S.L. Benfica season, Season overview, Primeira Liga\nBenfica won their next three matches but maintained the point difference to the top of the table. By scoring, at least, one goal per match between Match 3 and Match 11, Jonas became the third Benfica player to score in nine consecutive Primeira Liga matches after Julinho (1949\u201350) and Eus\u00e9bio (1964\u201365). He improved his mark by scoring in the following match. Benfica ended 2017 with 36 points, 3 less than their two rivals.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 59], "content_span": [60, 485]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276260-0013-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 S.L. Benfica season, Season overview, Primeira Liga\n2018 started with the Derby de Lisboa at home, which ended in a 1\u20131 draw. Midway through January, in a match against Chaves, Krovinovi\u0107 suffered a season-ending injury to his right knee. The results of round 21 lifted Benfica into second place, thus surpassing Sporting CP on the account of the goal difference criteria. Despite the ascendant in the league table, Benfica still could not avoid player injuries; Salvio suffered another right knee injury and was submitted to an arthroscopy.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 59], "content_span": [60, 549]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276260-0014-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 S.L. Benfica season, Season overview, Primeira Liga\nAfter a 5\u20130 home win on 3 March, Benfica achieved five consecutive victories for the first time during the season. On 10 March, Benfica assured a place in Europa League's qualifying rounds. On round 28, Benfica regained the first place, with a one-point lead over Porto. The nine-match win streak came to an end after a 1\u20130 home defeat in O Cl\u00e1ssico, a result that also culminated in a return to the second place.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 59], "content_span": [60, 473]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276260-0014-0001", "contents": "2017\u201318 S.L. Benfica season, Season overview, Primeira Liga\nIt was the fourth match in a row Benfica could not beat Porto at the Est\u00e1dio da Luz (two draws and two defeats), a negative record achieved for the third time. With a 3\u20132 home loss to Tondela, Benfica suffered two consecutive league defeats at Est\u00e1dio da Luz for the first time since the 2008\u201309 season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 59], "content_span": [60, 363]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276260-0015-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 S.L. Benfica season, Season overview, Primeira Liga\nWith a 1\u20130 home win against Moreirense on the last matchday, Benfica attained 80+ points in the Primeira Liga for the fourth consecutive season. Due to the defeat of Sporting CP at Funchal, Benfica's result allowed the club to secure the second place and the qualification for the 2018\u201319 UEFA Champions League third qualifying round.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 59], "content_span": [60, 394]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276260-0016-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 S.L. Benfica season, Season overview, UEFA Champions League\n\"It did not went well. It started early with the first game... but there is life beyond the Champions League. We are looking to win the domestic competitions.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 67], "content_span": [68, 227]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276260-0017-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 S.L. Benfica season, Season overview, UEFA Champions League\n\u2013 Rui Vit\u00f3ria after Benfica's Champions League elimination, 22 November 2017", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 67], "content_span": [68, 144]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276260-0018-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 S.L. Benfica season, Season overview, UEFA Champions League\nTwenty five players made Benfica's list for the group stage of the UEFA Champions League. Benfica started the European campaign with a 2\u20131 home defeat to CSKA Moscow, in what was their first loss of the season. On 27 September, Benfica moved to the bottom of Group A after a 5\u20130 away loss to Basel. It was Benfica's biggest defeat in the UEFA Champions League (tied with the loss to Borussia Dortmund in the 1963\u201364 European Cup) and second overall in international competition.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 67], "content_span": [68, 546]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276260-0019-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 S.L. Benfica season, Season overview, UEFA Champions League\nOn 18 October, Svilar became the youngest goalkeeper to play in Champions League, in a match where Benfica suffered a 1\u20130 home loss against Manchester United. Benfica was eliminated from European competitions after a 2\u20130 away loss to CSKA Moscow. By failing to score, Benfica put an end to Igor Akinfeev's streak of 43 straight UEFA Champions League group stage matches without a clean sheet. Also, with this result, Benfica lost 6 consecutive European matches for the first time in their history. This entry increased to seven consecutive losses with a 2\u20130 home defeat on the last matchday. Benfica became the nineteenth club to finish the UEFA Champions League group stage with 0 points.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 67], "content_span": [68, 757]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276260-0020-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 S.L. Benfica season, Season overview, Ta\u00e7a da Liga\nBenfica started with a 1\u20131 home draw against Braga, in a match where Krovinovi\u0107 made his official debut. It was the first time since 2007 that Benfica did not win in the competition at the Est\u00e1dio da Luz, ending a 20-home-game win run. After the final whistle, Samaris was involved in an altercation with Paulinho and saw a yellow card. Six days later, Samaris was punished by the Disciplinary Committee with a three-match suspension, missing Primeira Liga fixtures.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 58], "content_span": [59, 525]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276260-0020-0001", "contents": "2017\u201318 S.L. Benfica season, Season overview, Ta\u00e7a da Liga\nBenfica continued to perform under expectations and, on 20 December, they had another home draw, despite having a 2\u20130 lead before the break. Two days later, they were eliminated from the competition after Vit\u00f3ria de Set\u00fabal defeated Braga. With a third draw in the last match, Benfica ended their participation in the Ta\u00e7a da Liga without a single win for the first time.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 58], "content_span": [59, 430]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276260-0021-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 S.L. Benfica season, Season overview, Ta\u00e7a de Portugal\nOn 14 October, Benfica beat Olhanense 1\u20130 away from home in the third round of Ta\u00e7a de Portugal. The match was initially scheduled to be played at the Est\u00e1dio Jos\u00e9 Arcanjo but was changed to the Est\u00e1dio Algarve. Four players (J\u00falio C\u00e9sar, Eliseu, Jardel and Jonas) missed the game due to injury, while Douglas, Carvalho and Svilar made their debut for Benfica. On 13 December, for the second time in this season, Benfica could not win at the Est\u00e1dio dos Arcos. After a 2\u20132 draw at the end of regulation time, H\u00e9lder Guedes scored the winning goal for Rio Ave, thus eliminating the reigning title holders. Luis\u00e3o got injured (right thigh muscle injury) during the second half's stoppage time, leaving Benfica to play the extra time in numerical disadvantage.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 62], "content_span": [63, 820]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276260-0022-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 S.L. Benfica season, Season overview, Aftermath\nOn 11 June, Vieira regretted the club's disappointing season overall and took responsibility for not managing to win the penta and for the negative campaign in the Champions League. Despite that, he denied disinvestment in the football team and highlighted its competitiveness. Former Benfica player and sporting director Ant\u00f3nio Sim\u00f5es criticised the team's lack of quality and said, \"With this squad and other rivals reinforcing themselves, Benfica will not win again.\" By failing to win the Primeira Liga and the Ta\u00e7a de Portugal, Benfica did not qualify for the 2018 edition of the Superta\u00e7a C\u00e2ndido de Oliveira, breaking a streak of four consecutive appearances at the competition.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 55], "content_span": [56, 742]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276260-0023-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 S.L. Benfica season, Season overview, Aftermath\nFive Benfica players were called by their respective national team to take part in the 2018 FIFA World Cup: Dias (Portugal), Salvio (Argentina), \u017divkovi\u0107 (Serbia), Seferovic (Switzerland) and Jim\u00e9nez (Mexico).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 55], "content_span": [56, 265]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276260-0024-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 S.L. Benfica season, Season overview, Aftermath\nOn 7 July, Benfica announced that Sh\u00e9u Han, the team's technical secretary since 1989, decided to leave his post. On 31 July, Paulo Lopes announced his retirement via Instagram, making this his last season as a professional footballer. Although Luis\u00e3o integrated the squad for the following season, his last professional match was on round 34 of Primeira Liga, before retiring on 25 September. Eliseu had not competed since December 2017, but in a 2019 interview he said that his career is on standby.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 55], "content_span": [56, 557]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276260-0025-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 S.L. Benfica season, Kit information\nHome kit: Inspired by a model used in the 1960s, this vivid red kit featured a classical design with a white polo collar and white sleeve cuffs. On the front, the manufacturer logo and the iconic sponsor phrase \"Fly Emirates\" were both white, as well as the beer brand logo on the back. The shirt also presented an embroidered symbol at the bottom, allusive to the 75th birthday of Eus\u00e9bio. The shorts were white and the socks were in the same red shade as the shirt's. The first appearance of this kit was against Neuch\u00e2tel Xamax on 13 July.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 44], "content_span": [45, 587]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276260-0026-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 S.L. Benfica season, Kit information\nAway kit: The alternative kit featured two tones of grey, with the body of the shirt being lighter and the sleeves and necktie (V-neck) darker. The three white Adidas' stripes were displayed vertically along the sides of the shirt. The club's badge was monochromatic and, just like in the previous seasons, it had the three stars above, each representing 10 league titles won by the club. The shorts were dark grey and the socks were predominantly light grey, with the exception of a horizontal stripe. The first appearance of this kit was against Real Betis on 20 July.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 44], "content_span": [45, 615]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276260-0027-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 S.L. Benfica season, Unofficial competitions, Pre-season\nOn 26 April 2017, it was announced that Benfica would take part in the Emirates Cup. It was the club's second participation in the tournament, after the presence in 2014. On 17 May, the schedule for the Uhrencup was announced; Benfica played against Neuch\u00e2tel Xamax and Young Boys. On 20 July, Benfica faced Real Betis in the Algarve Football Cup. On 30 June, Benfica announced their pre-season program, which included a standalone friendly match against Hull City on 22 July.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 64], "content_span": [65, 541]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276260-0028-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 S.L. Benfica season, Unofficial competitions, Pre-season\nA match between Benfica and Chapecoense was announced on 21 April, to be played on 22 July as part of the annual Eus\u00e9bio Cup, but it was cancelled on 13 June due to incompatibilities with the Brazilian's team schedule, according to the Brazilian Football Confederation.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 64], "content_span": [65, 334]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276260-0029-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 S.L. Benfica season, Unofficial competitions, Regular season\nOn 8 September, the Eus\u00e9bio Cup match was again announced, this time with Rangers as guests. It was scheduled to take place in Canada on 6 October, but Benfica announced its cancellation on 30 September due to the promoters' (Elite Soccer Entertainment) non-compliance with deadlines. \"Unforeseen reasons and poor ticket sales\" were the explanations given by the organising entity for the unexpected outcome.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 68], "content_span": [69, 477]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276260-0030-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 S.L. Benfica season, Competitions, Primeira Liga\nOn 5 July 2017, Liga Portuguesa de Futebol Profissional announced nine stipulations for the Primeira Liga fixture draw that took place on 7 July. Among previous conditions, two new were added, with one directly concerning Benfica: the two teams who would play the Superta\u00e7a C\u00e2ndido de Oliveira could not play against Sporting CP (Portuguese team in the UEFA Champions League play-off round) on the first two matchdays.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 56], "content_span": [57, 475]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276260-0031-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 S.L. Benfica season, Competitions, Ta\u00e7a da Liga, Third round\nInitially, Real was drawn into group A of the Ta\u00e7a da Liga; however, due to the irregular use of Abou Tour\u00e9, the Disciplinary Committee of the Portuguese Football Federation awarded the team with an administrative loss in their second round match. After reformulation, Real was replaced by Portimonense.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 68], "content_span": [69, 372]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276260-0032-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 S.L. Benfica season, Competitions, Ta\u00e7a da Liga, Third round\nMatches 2 and 3 were originally intended to be played on 25 October and 29 November, respectively, but were rescheduled to 20 and 29 December.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 68], "content_span": [69, 211]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276260-0033-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 S.L. Benfica season, Statistics\nBenfica used a total of 28 players during the 2017\u201318 season, with one being from the B squad. Two players did not make a first-team appearance in the campaign: Lopes and Chris Willock. Pizzi featured in 45 matches \u2013 the most of any squad member.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 39], "content_span": [40, 286]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276260-0034-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 S.L. Benfica season, Statistics\nThe team scored a total of 93 goals (including 1 own goal) in all competitions and there were 17 different goalscorers. The season's top scorer was Jonas, with 37 goals.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 39], "content_span": [40, 209]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276260-0035-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 S.L. Benfica season, Statistics\nNineteen players were booked during the season. Three of them were sent off: Almeida, Luis\u00e3o and \u017divkovi\u0107.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 39], "content_span": [40, 146]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276260-0036-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 S.L. Benfica season, Statistics, Clean sheets\nThe number in parentheses represents the shared match on match 3 against Vit\u00f3ria de Set\u00fabal, where Varela was the goalkeeper who was substituted on, whilst Svilar was the one on the field at the start of play.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 53], "content_span": [54, 263]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276261-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 S.P.A.L. 2013 season\nThe 2017\u201318 season was S.P.A.L. 2013's first season in the top-flight of Italian football since 1968. The team were promoted as champions of Serie B.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [28, 28], "content_span": [29, 178]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276261-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 S.P.A.L. 2013 season\nThe club finished just above the relegation places, in 17th, securing a second season of Serie A football for the 2018\u201319 campaign; SPAL were eliminated in the fourth round of the Coppa Italia.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [28, 28], "content_span": [29, 222]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276261-0002-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 S.P.A.L. 2013 season, Players, Squad information\nNote: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 56], "content_span": [57, 185]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276262-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 S.S. Lazio season\nThe 2017\u201318 season was the 117th season in Societ\u00e0 Sportiva Lazio's history and their 30th consecutive season in the top-flight of Italian football. Lazio competed in Serie A, the Coppa Italia and the Europa League.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [25, 25], "content_span": [26, 241]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276262-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 S.S. Lazio season, Players, Squad information\nNote: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 53], "content_span": [54, 182]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276263-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 S.S.C. Napoli season\nThe 2017\u201318 season was Societ\u00e0 Sportiva Calcio Napoli's 72nd season in Serie A. The team competed in Serie A, the Coppa Italia, the UEFA Champions League, and the UEFA Europa League.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [28, 28], "content_span": [29, 211]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276263-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 S.S.C. Napoli season\nIn the league, Napoli set a new club record for points in a single Serie A season, finishing with 91, though this would only be good enough for 2nd place behind champions Juventus, with 95. Dries Mertens was once again the club's top league goalscorer, albeit with ten fewer goals than the previous season; he scored 18 in Serie A and 22 in all competitions. In the Coppa Italia Napoli were eliminated in the quarter-finals by Atalanta.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [28, 28], "content_span": [29, 465]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276263-0001-0001", "contents": "2017\u201318 S.S.C. Napoli season\nIn the Champions League, Napoli had first to navigate through the play-off round, successfully eliminating French club Nice with 2\u20130 wins in both legs, 4\u20130 on aggregate. However, having been drawn into a group with English club Manchester City, Ukrainian club Shakhtar Donetsk, and Dutch club Feyenoord, Napoli finished a disappointing third, with four defeats and only two victories. As a result Napoli dropped down to the round of 32 of the Europa League, once again experiencing European disappointment as they were eliminated on away goals after drawing 3\u20133 across two legs with German club RB Leipzig.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [28, 28], "content_span": [29, 635]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276263-0002-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 S.S.C. Napoli season\nThis was Maurizio Sarri's third and final season in charge of the club after signing from Empoli in the summer of 2015.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [28, 28], "content_span": [29, 148]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276264-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 SAFA Second Division\nThe 2017-18 SAFA Second Division (known as the ABC Motsepe League for sponsorship reasons) was the 20th season of the SAFA Second Division, the third tier for South African association football clubs, since its establishment in 1998. Due to the size of South Africa, the competition was split into nine divisions, one for each region. After the league stage of the regional competition was completed, the nine winning teams of each regional division entered the playoffs.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [28, 28], "content_span": [29, 500]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276264-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 SAFA Second Division\nIt was won by Maccabi F.C., who beat TS Sporting 5-4 on penalties. Both teams were promoted to the 2018-19 National First Division", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [28, 28], "content_span": [29, 159]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276264-0002-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 SAFA Second Division, Regions, Eastern Cape\nF.C. Buffalo and Mthatha City were both expelled from the league.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 51], "content_span": [52, 117]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276265-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 SBL Cup\nThe 2017\u201318 SBL Cup was the 14th season of the SBL Cup, the league cup competition of the Swiss Basketball League (SBL). The competition was held from 13 December 2017 until 28 January 2018. Fribourg Olympic won its eighth league cup title.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [15, 15], "content_span": [16, 256]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276266-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 SBV Vitesse season\nDuring the 2017\u201318 season Vitesse participated in the Dutch Eredivisie, KNVB Cup, Johan Cruyff Shield and the UEFA Europa League.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [26, 26], "content_span": [27, 156]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276266-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 SBV Vitesse season, Pre-season\nFollowing the conclusion of the 2016\u201317 campaign, Vitesse announced they would play Oostende, Sparta Prague and Reading in July 2017.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 38], "content_span": [39, 172]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276266-0002-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 SBV Vitesse season, Competitions, Eredivisie, Matches\nThe fixtures for the 2017\u201318 season were announced in June 2017.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 61], "content_span": [62, 126]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276266-0003-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 SBV Vitesse season, Competitions, European play-offs\nFour teams will play for a spot in the 2018\u201319 UEFA Europa League second qualifying round.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 60], "content_span": [61, 151]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276266-0004-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 SBV Vitesse season, Competitions, UEFA Europa League\nVitesse qualified for the Group Stage of the 2017\u201318 UEFA Europa League by winning the 2016\u201317 KNVB Cup.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 60], "content_span": [61, 165]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276266-0005-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 SBV Vitesse season, Statistics, Top scorers\nThe list is sorted by shirt number when total goals are equal.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 51], "content_span": [52, 114]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276266-0006-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 SBV Vitesse season, Statistics, Clean sheets\nThe list is sorted by shirt number when total appearances are equal.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 52], "content_span": [53, 121]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276267-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 SC Fortuna K\u00f6ln season\nThe 2017\u201318 SC Fortuna K\u00f6ln season was the 70th season in the football club's history. The season covers a period from 1 July 2017 to 30 June 2018.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [30, 30], "content_span": [31, 178]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276267-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 SC Fortuna K\u00f6ln season, Players, Squad information\nNote: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 58], "content_span": [59, 187]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276268-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 SC Freiburg season\nThe 2017\u201318 SC Freiburg season is the 114th season in the football club's history and 2nd consecutive and 18th overall season in the top flight of German football, the Bundesliga, having been promoted from the 2. Bundesliga in 2016. In addition to the domestic league, SC Freiburg also are participating in this season's edition of the domestic cup, the DFB-Pokal, and the second-tier continental cup, the UEFA Europa League. This is the 63rd season for Freiburg in the Schwarzwald-Stadion, located in Freiburg, Baden-W\u00fcrttemberg, Germany. The season covers a period from 1 July 2017 to 30 June 2018.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [26, 26], "content_span": [27, 627]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276268-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 SC Freiburg season, Players, Squad information\nNote: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 54], "content_span": [55, 183]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276269-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 SC Juventus Bucure\u0219ti season\nThis page covers all relevant details regarding SC Juventus Bucure\u0219ti for all official competitions inside the 2017\u201318 season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [36, 36], "content_span": [37, 163]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276269-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 SC Juventus Bucure\u0219ti season, Players, First team squad\nNote: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 63], "content_span": [64, 192]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276269-0002-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 SC Juventus Bucure\u0219ti season, Players, Out on loan\nNote: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 58], "content_span": [59, 187]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276270-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 SC Paderborn 07 season\nThe 2017\u201318 SC Paderborn 07 season is the 33rd season in the football club's history. The season covers a period from 1 July 2017 to 30 June 2018.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [30, 30], "content_span": [31, 177]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276270-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 SC Paderborn 07 season, Players, Squad information\nNote: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 58], "content_span": [59, 187]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276271-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 SD Eibar season\nDuring the 2017\u201318 season, SD Eibar participated in the Spanish La Liga and the Copa del Rey.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [23, 23], "content_span": [24, 117]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276271-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 SD Eibar season, Squad\nNote: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 30], "content_span": [31, 159]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276272-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 SD Huesca season\nDuring the 2017\u201318 season, SD Huesca are participating in the Spanish LaLiga 1|2|3, and the Copa del Rey.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [24, 24], "content_span": [25, 130]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276272-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 SD Huesca season, Squad\nNote: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 31], "content_span": [32, 160]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276273-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 SDHL season\nThe 2017\u201318 SDHL season was the eleventh season of the Swedish Women's Hockey League (Svenska damhockeyligan, or SDHL). The season began in September 2017 and ended in March 2018.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [19, 19], "content_span": [20, 199]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276273-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 SDHL season, Significant events, Pre-season\nAfter the end of the 2016\u201317 season, the IF Sundsvall Hockey organisation cut its women's side, despite having managed to save their place in the SDHL during the qualification playoffs the organisation citing a need to save money for its third-tier men's side. The club was criticised for the decision, with forward Mathilda Gustafsson stating that \"If we were a company instead of an association, you would never shut down a department which only employed women because the cost inhibits the male employees.\" The third-placed club in the qualification playoffs, Damettan club G\u00f6teborg HC were promoted to the SDHL to take their place for the 2017\u201318 season. SDE Hockey had finished second in the qualification playoffs, and so were able to secure their SDHL place for 2017\u201318.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 51], "content_span": [52, 829]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276273-0002-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 SDHL season, Significant events, Pre-season\nIn May 2017, Swedish national team star and former SDHL Defender of the Year Emma Eliasson announced her retirement, citing stress and her controversial removal from the national team. A number of high-profile North American players joined the SDHL as free agents, including Michela Cava and Sidney Morin, as well as Swiss star Lara Stalder, who had been playing at university in Minnesota.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 51], "content_span": [52, 442]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276273-0003-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 SDHL season, Significant events, Pre-season\nIn June 2017, the Swedish Ice Hockey Association announced that it was ending subsidies for foreign player fees in the league, citing a desire to promote the development of Swedish players in the league. This increased the cost of having foreign players on the roster from 5500kr per player to 12 500kr per player. The move was widely condemned by league coaches, with several claiming that the Association had not consulted with the league before making the decision. Swedish national team head coach Leif Boork, however, voiced his support for the decision.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 51], "content_span": [52, 611]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276273-0004-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 SDHL season, Significant events, Pre-season\nIn July 2017, a number of Leksands IF players publicly raised complaints about the organisation's treatment of its women's side, including the fact that the players weren't paid and that they were expected to clean the stands after men\u2019s games.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 51], "content_span": [52, 296]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276273-0005-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 SDHL season, Significant events, Pre-season\nIn August 2017, the independent North American team, the Minnesota Whitecaps, played a one-week tour in Stockholm, playing a total of four matches against the three Stockholm-based SDHL teams.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 51], "content_span": [52, 244]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276273-0006-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 SDHL season, Significant events, Regular season\nOn the 18th of November, G\u00f6teborg HC picked up their first-ever SDHL win, beating SDE Hockey by a score of 4\u20132. Later that month, Link\u00f6ping HC set a new regular season attendance record, with 5128 fans turning out for a match against HV71.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 55], "content_span": [56, 295]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276273-0007-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 SDHL season, Significant events, Regular season\nAt the 2018 Winter Olympics, held in February in Pyeongchang in Korea, a record number of SDHL players were selected to national team rosters, with 37 players from 5 different countries playing at the tournament.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 55], "content_span": [56, 268]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276273-0008-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 SDHL season, Significant events, Playoffs\nLule\u00e5 HF/MSSK defeated Link\u00f6ping HC by two games to one in the playoff finals, winning their second championship in three years.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 49], "content_span": [50, 178]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276273-0009-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 SDHL season, Significant events, Post-season\nIn April 2018, Leksands IF Dam goaltender Leon Reuterstr\u00f6m publicly came out as a transgender man, and had to retire due to beginning testosterone therapy, which contravened anti-doping rules in Sweden.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 52], "content_span": [53, 255]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276273-0010-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 SDHL season, Significant events, Post-season\nLater in April, the Swedish national team players announced that they had unionised under the Swedish Ice Hockey Player\u2019s Central Organization (SICO), the same union that represents the players of the men's national team and of the top-flight domestic men's league, the SHL. The union players also announced their intention to bring the SDHL players into the union in the future.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 52], "content_span": [53, 432]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276273-0011-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 SDHL season, Significant events, Post-season\nIn June 2018, the SDHL and the NWHL announced that Lule\u00e5 would compete in an exhibition game against the 2018 Isobel Cup winners, the Metropolitan Riveters in the first-ever Champions Cup.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 52], "content_span": [53, 241]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276273-0012-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 SDHL season, Standings\nEach team played 36 regular season games, with three points being awarded for winning in regulation time, two points for winning in overtime or shootout, one point for losing in overtime or shootout, and zero points for losing in regulation time. At the end of the regular season, the team that finishes with the most points is crowned the regular season champion.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 30], "content_span": [31, 395]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276273-0013-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 SDHL season, Standings\nThe top 8 clubs at the end of the regular season then go on to compete in the playoff quarterfinals in best of three elimination series. The club that advances all the way to the finals and wins is crowned the league champion. The bottom two regular season clubs must face the top Damettan teams in a qualification playoff to determine which two clubs shall compete in the SDHL the following season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 30], "content_span": [31, 430]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276274-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 SEHA League\nThe 2017\u201318 SEHA League season was the seventh season of the SEHA (South East Handball Association) League and fourth under the sponsorship of the Russian oil and gas company Gazprom. Ten teams from six countries (Belarus, Croatia, Macedonia, Serbia, Slovakia and Slovenia) participated in this year's competition.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [19, 19], "content_span": [20, 335]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276274-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 SEHA League\nVardar are the defending champions. The SEHA League consists of two phases \u2013 the first one has 18 rounds in which all teams play one home and one away games against each other. Afterwards, the four best ranked clubs played on the Final Four tournament.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [19, 19], "content_span": [20, 272]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276274-0002-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 SEHA League\nThe campaign began on 30 August 2017 with three matches from the first round. The regular season ended on 17 March 2018.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [19, 19], "content_span": [20, 140]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276274-0003-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 SEHA League\nThe final four tournament was held at the Jane Sandanski Arena in Skopje, Macedonia from 13th to 15 April 2018.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [19, 19], "content_span": [20, 131]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276274-0004-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 SEHA League, Team information, Personnel and kits\nFollowing is the list of clubs competing in 2017\u201318 SEHA League, with their manager, team captain, kit manufacturer and shirt sponsor.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 57], "content_span": [58, 192]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276274-0005-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 SEHA League, Final Four\nThe SEHA - Gazprom League Executive Committee has made the decision for the final four tournament to be held at the Jane Sandanski Arena in Skopje, Macedonia from 13th to 15 April.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 31], "content_span": [32, 212]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276274-0006-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 SEHA League, Final Four, Format\nThe first-placed team of the standings faced the fourth-placed team, and the second-placed team played against the third-placed team from the standings in the Final Four.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 39], "content_span": [40, 210]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276275-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 SHL season\nThe 2017\u201318 SHL season was the 43rd season of the Swedish Hockey League (SHL). The season began in September 2017, and the regular season ended in March 2018, to be followed by the Swedish Championship playoffs, as well as relegation playoffs. The league consisted of 14 teams. The only new addition for this season was Mora IK, who replaced Leksands IF after defeating them in the 2017 SHL qualifiers.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [18, 18], "content_span": [19, 421]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276275-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 SHL season, Regular season, Statistics, Scoring leaders\nList shows the ten best skaters based on the number of points during the regular season. If two or more skaters are tied (i.e. same number of points, goals and played games), all of the tied skaters are shown.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [20, 63], "content_span": [64, 273]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276275-0002-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 SHL season, Regular season, Statistics, Scoring leaders\nGP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; +/\u2013 = Plus/Minus; PIM = Penalty Minutes", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [20, 63], "content_span": [64, 160]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276275-0003-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 SHL season, Regular season, Statistics, Leading goaltenders\nThese are the leaders in GAA among goaltenders who played at least 40% of the team's minutes. The table is sorted by GAA, and the criteria for inclusion are bolded.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [20, 67], "content_span": [68, 232]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276275-0004-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 SHL season, Regular season, Statistics, Leading goaltenders\nGP = Games Played; TOI = Time On Ice (minutes); GA = Goals Against; SO = Shutouts; Sv% = Save Percentage; GAA = Goals Against Average", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [20, 67], "content_span": [68, 201]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276275-0005-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 SHL season, Playoffs\nTen teams qualify for the playoffs. Teams 1\u20136 have a bye to the quarterfinals, while teams 7\u201310 meet each other in a preliminary playoff round.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [20, 28], "content_span": [29, 172]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276275-0006-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 SHL season, Playoffs, Playoff bracket\nIn the first round the 7th-ranked team will meet the 10th-ranked team and the 8th-ranked team will meet the 9th-ranked team for a place in the second round. In the second round, the top-ranked team will meet the lowest-ranked winner of the first round, the 2nd-ranked team will face the other winner of the first round, the 3rd-ranked team will face the 6th-ranked team, and the 4th-ranked team will face the 5th-ranked team. In the third round, the highest remaining seed is matched against the lowest remaining seed. In each round the higher-seeded team is awarded home advantage.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [20, 45], "content_span": [46, 628]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276275-0006-0001", "contents": "2017\u201318 SHL season, Playoffs, Playoff bracket\nIn the first round the meetings are played as best-of-three series and the rest is best-of-seven series that follows an alternating home team format: the higher-seeded team will play at home for games 1 and 3 (plus 5 and 7 if necessary), and the lower-seeded team will be at home for game 2 and 4 (plus 6 if necessary).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [20, 45], "content_span": [46, 365]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276275-0007-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 SHL season, Playoffs, Round of 16\nThe teams ranked 7 and 10, and the teams ranked 8 and 9, respectively, will face each other in a best-of-three series in order to qualify for the quarter-finals. The better-ranked teams in the two series will receive home advantage, i.e. two home games, if necessary. The two winners will take the two remaining quarter-final spots.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [20, 41], "content_span": [42, 374]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276275-0008-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 SHL season, Playoffs, Statistics, Playoff scoring leaders\nList shows the ten best skaters based on the number of points during the playoffs. If two or more skaters are tied (i.e. same number of points, goals and played games), all of the tied skaters are shown. Updated as of April 22, 2018. GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; +/\u2013 = Plus/Minus; PIM = Penalty Minutes", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [20, 65], "content_span": [66, 396]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276275-0009-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 SHL season, Playoffs, Statistics, Playoff leading goaltenders\nThese are the leaders in GAA and save percentage among goaltenders who played at least 40% of the team's minutes. The table is sorted by GAA, and the criteria for inclusion are bolded. Updated as of April 22, 2018.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [20, 69], "content_span": [70, 284]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276275-0010-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 SHL season, Playoffs, Statistics, Playoff leading goaltenders\nGP = Games Played; TOI = Time On Ice (minutes); GA = Goals Against; SO = Shutouts; Sv% = Save Percentage; GAA = Goals Against Average", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [20, 69], "content_span": [70, 203]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276276-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 SIU Edwardsville Cougars men's basketball team\nThe 2017\u201318 SIU Edwardsville Cougars men's basketball team represented Southern Illinois University Edwardsville during the 2017\u201318 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Cougars, led by third year head coach Jon Harris, played their home games at the Vadalabene Center in Edwardsville, Illinois as members of the Ohio Valley Conference. They finished the season 9\u201321, 5\u201313 in OVC play to finish in a three-way tie for ninth place. Due to Southeast Missouri State being ineligible for postseason play due to APR violations, the Cougars received the No. 8 seed in the OVC Tournament where they lost in the first round to Tennessee Tech.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 54], "section_span": [54, 54], "content_span": [55, 696]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276276-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 SIU Edwardsville Cougars men's basketball team, Previous season\nThe Cougars finished the 2016\u201317 season 6\u201324, 1\u201315 in OVC play to finish in last place in the West Division. They failed to qualify for the OVC Tournament.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 54], "section_span": [56, 71], "content_span": [72, 227]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276276-0002-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 SIU Edwardsville Cougars men's basketball team, Preseason\nIn a vote of conference coaches and sports information directors, SIUE was picked to finish in 12th place in the OVC.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 54], "section_span": [56, 65], "content_span": [66, 183]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276276-0003-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 SIU Edwardsville Cougars men's basketball team, Preseason\nAfter five years of divisional play in the OVC, the conference eliminated divisions for the 2017\u201318 season. Additionally, for the first time, each conference team will play 18 conference games.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 54], "section_span": [56, 65], "content_span": [66, 259]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276276-0004-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 SIU Edwardsville Cougars men's basketball team, Season summary\nThe Cougars finished the regular season with nine wins and twenty losses, an improvement over the two preceding seasons. Their conference record of 5\u201312 placed them in a tie for ninth place in the conference standings.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 54], "section_span": [56, 70], "content_span": [71, 289]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276276-0005-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 SIU Edwardsville Cougars men's basketball team, Season summary, Post season\nThe Cougars' ninth place tie was broken by their 2\u20131 record versus Eastern Kentucky and UT Martin. With Southeast Missouri ineligible for post season play, the Cougars earned the No. 8 seed in the OVC Tournament, the schools' first slot in the tournament since 2015.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 54], "section_span": [56, 83], "content_span": [84, 350]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276276-0006-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 SIU Edwardsville Cougars men's basketball team, Season summary, Awards and honors\nPrior to the start of the OVC Tournament, the conference announced the Cougars senior forward Jalen Henry was named to the All-OVC Second Team.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 54], "section_span": [56, 89], "content_span": [90, 233]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276276-0007-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 SIU Edwardsville Cougars men's basketball team, Season summary, Awards and honors\nOn March 27, the Ohio Valley Conference announced that the SIUE men's team are the recipients of the 2017-18 OVC Team Sportsmanship Award for men's basketball.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 54], "section_span": [56, 89], "content_span": [90, 250]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276277-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 SJHL season\nThe 2017-18 Saskatchewan Junior Hockey League was the league's 49th Season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [19, 19], "content_span": [20, 95]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276277-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 SJHL season, Playoffs, Humboldt Broncos Bus Crash\nOn April 6, 2018, the Humboldt Broncos team bus crashed on an intersection near Armley, Saskatchewan resulting in the deaths of 16 people and injuring 13 others, including players. At the time, the Nipawin Hawks had a 3-1 lead over the Broncos, while the Estavan Bruins were waiting to play in the League Finals.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 57], "content_span": [58, 370]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276277-0002-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 SJHL season, Playoffs, Humboldt Broncos Bus Crash\nAs a result, the game was not played and instead the Nipawin Hawks went on to the league Finals.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 57], "content_span": [58, 154]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276278-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 SK Rapid Wien season\nThe 2017\u201318 SK Rapid Wien season was the 120th season in club history.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [28, 28], "content_span": [29, 99]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276279-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 SK Slavia Prague season\nThe 2017\u201318 season was SK Slavia Prague's 25th season in the Czech First League. The team was competing in Czech First League, the Czech Cup, and the UEFA Champions League.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [31, 31], "content_span": [32, 204]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276279-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 SK Slavia Prague season\nThe season was Jaroslav \u0160ilhav\u00fd's second in charge of the club after signing from FK Dukla Prague in the autumn of 2016. He was replaced by Jind\u0159ich Trpi\u0161ovsk\u00fd in December 2017.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [31, 31], "content_span": [32, 209]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276279-0002-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 SK Slavia Prague season, Season Events\nOn 14 May, Slavia gathered three points against Dukla Prague (match-week 28), which was sufficient to be mathematically assured that the team will finish ahead of Sparta in the league table.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 46], "content_span": [47, 237]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276279-0003-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 SK Slavia Prague season, Squad\nNote: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 38], "content_span": [39, 167]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276279-0004-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 SK Slavia Prague season, Squad, Out on loan\nNote: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 51], "content_span": [52, 180]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276280-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 SK Sturm Graz season\nStrum Graz is an Austrian football club based in Graz. During the 2017\u201318 campaign Strum Graz will be competing in the following competitions: Bundesliga, Austrian Cup, UEFA Europa League.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [28, 28], "content_span": [29, 217]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276281-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 SKNFA Premier League\nThe 2017\u201318 Saint Kitts Premier League is the 38th season of the SKNFA Premier League, the top division of football in Saint Kitts, one of the two islands of Saint Kitts and Nevis. The regular season began on 1 October 2017, and the final was played in June 2018.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [28, 28], "content_span": [29, 292]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276282-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 SLC Twenty20 Tournament\nThe 2017\u201318 SLC Twenty20 Tournament was a Twenty20 cricket tournament that was held in Sri Lanka. It was played between domestic teams in Sri Lanka, with the tournament starting on 24 February 2018 and concluding on 8 March 2018. The matches were used as preparation for the 2018 Nidahas Trophy.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [31, 31], "content_span": [32, 327]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276282-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 SLC Twenty20 Tournament\nFollowing the conclusion of the group stage, Colombo Cricket Club, Tamil Union Cricket and Athletic Club, Sri Lanka Army Sports Club and Nondescripts Cricket Club progressed to the quarterfinals. Nondescripts Cricket Club won the tournament, after they beat Colombo Cricket Club by six runs in the final.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [31, 31], "content_span": [32, 336]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276282-0002-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 SLC Twenty20 Tournament\nIn February 2019, Sri Lanka Cricket named Ruvindu Gunasekara as the tournament's Best Batsman, Lasith Malinga as the Best Bowler and Chaturanga de Silva as the Player of the Tournament.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [31, 31], "content_span": [32, 217]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276283-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 SMU Mustangs men's basketball team\nThe 2017\u201318 SMU Mustangs men's basketball team represents Southern Methodist University during the 2017\u201318 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Mustangs were led by second-year head coach Tim Jankovich and play their home games at Moody Coliseum on their campus in University Park, Texas as members of the American Athletic Conference. They finished the season 17\u201316, 6\u201312 in AAC play to finish in ninth place. In the AAC Tournament, they defeated UConn before losing to Cincinnati in the quarterfinals.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [42, 42], "content_span": [43, 554]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276283-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 SMU Mustangs men's basketball team, Previous season\nThe Mustangs finished the 2015\u201316 season 30\u20135, 17\u20131 in AAC play to win the AAC regular season championship. In the AAC Tournament, they defeated East Carolina, UCF, and Cincinnati to win the tournament championship. As a result, they received the conference's automatic bid to the NCAA Tournament. As the No. 6 seed in the East region, were upset in the First Round by No. 11 USC.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [44, 59], "content_span": [60, 440]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276283-0002-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 SMU Mustangs men's basketball team, Preseason\nAt the conference's annual media day, the Mustangs were picked to finish in fourth place in the AAC. Junior guard Shake Milton was named the conference's preseason Player of the Year.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [44, 53], "content_span": [54, 237]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276284-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 SMU Mustangs women's basketball team\nThe 2017\u201318 SMU Mustangs women's basketball team will represent Southern Methodist University in the 2017\u201318 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Mustangs, led by second year head coach Travis Mays, play their home games at Moody Coliseum and are fifth year members of the American Athletic Conference. They finished the season 10\u201320, 4\u201312 in AAC play to finish in tenth place. They lost in the first round of the American Athletic Women's Tournament to East Carolina.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [44, 44], "content_span": [45, 524]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276284-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 SMU Mustangs women's basketball team, Media\nAll Pony Express games will air on KAAM. Before conference season home games will be streamed on . Conference home games will rotate between ESPN3, , and Pony Up TV. Road games will typically be streamed on the opponents website, though conference road games could also appear on ESPN3 or AAC Digital.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [46, 51], "content_span": [52, 353]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276285-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 SPFL Development League\nThe 2017\u201318 SPFL Development League was the 20th season of the highest youth Scottish football league and the fourth season under the \"Development League\" format. It began on 21 August 2017, and concluded on 7 May 2018.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [31, 31], "content_span": [32, 251]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276285-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 SPFL Development League, Changes\nFor the 2017\u201318 season of the Development League, three teams chose to withdraw from the competition. Dunfermline Athletic announced in May 2017 that due to the proposals made under 'Project Brave', which would see the implementation of a reserve league from the 2018\u201319 to replace the Development League, the club would not participate in the final year of the competition. Rangers also announced their intention to withdraw from the competition, instead receiving permission from the SPFL to take part in a programme of fixtures against a number of European elite youth teams, for example, Manchester United, Benfica and Bayern Munich. Inverness Caledonian Thistle also withdrew from the 2017\u201318 competition.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 40], "content_span": [41, 751]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276285-0002-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 SPFL Development League, Changes\nEligible players were those born in 1998 or later, but five players of any age were permitted in the matchday squad of 18.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 40], "content_span": [41, 163]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276285-0003-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 SPFL Development League, Summary, Matches\nTeams play each other twice, once at home and once away.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 49], "content_span": [50, 106]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276286-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 SPHL season\nThe 2017\u201318 SPHL season was the 14th season of the Southern Professional Hockey League (SPHL).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [19, 19], "content_span": [20, 114]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276286-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 SPHL season, President's Cup playoffs\nFor 2018, the top eight teams at the end of the regular season qualified for the playoffs. The league implemented a new format so that the top three seeds chose their opponent from the bottom four qualifiers, calling it the \"challenge round\". The second round still had the highest versus lowest remaining seed format.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 45], "content_span": [46, 364]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276287-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 SSV Jahn Regensburg season\nThe 2017\u201318 SSV Jahn Regensburg season is the 111th season in the club's football history. In 2017\u201318, the club plays in the 2. Bundesliga, the second tier of German football. It was the club's first season back in this league, having won promotion from the 3. Liga in 2016\u201317 after a play-off victory over TSV 1860 Munich.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [34, 34], "content_span": [35, 358]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276287-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 SSV Jahn Regensburg season\nThe club also took part in the 2017\u201318 edition of the DFB-Pokal, the German Cup, but was eliminated in the second round.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [34, 34], "content_span": [35, 155]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276287-0002-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 SSV Jahn Regensburg season, Events\nSSV Jahn Regensburg won promotion after beating TSV 1860 Munich in the 2016\u201317 2. Bundesliga relegation play-offs. The contract of the manager Heiko Herrlich was only valid for the 3. Liga and despite a verbal agreement to continue as manager, Herrlich decided to join Bundesliga club Bayer 04 Leverkusen instead. On 26 June 2017, Achim Beierlorzer took over as new manager.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 42], "content_span": [43, 417]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276287-0003-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 SSV Jahn Regensburg season, Events\nIn June 2017, the Global Sports Invest AG with CEO Philipp Schober bought 90% of the shares of the SSV Jahn Regensburg GmbH & Co KGaA (the owner of the professional football team) from Bauteam Tretzel, a construction company which is involved in the corruption affair in Regensburg. The management of the club claimed not to be involved in the corruption affair concerning campaign donations for mayor Joachim Wolbergs.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 42], "content_span": [43, 462]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276287-0004-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 SSV Jahn Regensburg season, Events\nRegensburg did not start well in the season. They lost the first league match to a player's blunder in injury time and also lost the second match. In the first round of the DFB-Pokal, they reached the next round with a victory over fellow league side SV Darmstadt 98. The week after, Regensburg won the first three points in the league in an away match against FC Ingolstadt 04. With only six points from the next eight league matches, Regensburg dropped to the 15th place, the lowest place in the table without relegation.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 42], "content_span": [43, 566]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276287-0004-0001", "contents": "2017\u201318 SSV Jahn Regensburg season, Events\nThey ware also eliminated in the second round of the DFB-Pokal by fellow league side 1. FC Heidenheim. But the next league matches against the lower placed teams 1. FC Kaiserslautern and SpVgg Greuther F\u00fcrth could be won and the Jahn collected ten points until the winter break which earned them a secured spot in the middle of the table.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 42], "content_span": [43, 381]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276287-0005-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 SSV Jahn Regensburg season, Events\nIn September 2017, Bauteam Tretzel withdrew from their contract with the Global Sports Invest and transferred 62% of the shares of the SSV Jahn Regensburg GmbH & Co KGaA to SSV Jahn Regensburg (the club). Finally, the club could acquire all the shares in October 2017.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 42], "content_span": [43, 311]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276287-0006-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 SSV Jahn Regensburg season, Events\nAfter the winter break, Regensburg was in a good form and could eventually climb to the fourth place in the table, only two points behind the third place which would qualify them to the promotion play-offs. Nevertheless, they were only nine points ahead of the 16th place which would send them to the relegation play-offs, so they could still not be sure that they avoided relegation. With the 3\u20131 victory over FC St. Pauli on the 31st matchday, they finally managed to avoid relegation and still had a chance at the promotion play-offs. But they only won one point from the last three matches and finished the league in fifth place. This was the first time that Jahn Regensburg could avoid relegation from the 2. Bundesliga and a great success for the team.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 42], "content_span": [43, 801]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276288-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 STOK Elite Division\nThe 2017\u201318 STOK Elite Division is the 3rd season of the Cypriot fourth-level football league.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [27, 27], "content_span": [28, 122]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276288-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 STOK Elite Division, Format\nFourteen teams participated in the 2017\u201318 STOK Elite Division. All teams played against each other twice, once at their home and once away. The team with the most points at the end of the season crowned champions. The first three teams were promoted to the 2017\u201318 Cypriot Third Division and the last two teams were relegated to the regional leagues.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 35], "content_span": [36, 387]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276288-0002-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 STOK Elite Division, Format, Point system\nTeams received three points for a win, one point for a draw and zero points for a loss.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 49], "content_span": [50, 137]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276289-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 SV Darmstadt 98 season\nThe 2017\u201318 SV Darmstadt 98 season was the 120th season in the football club's history and their 18th overall season in the second tier of German football, the 2. Bundesliga. It was the club's first season back in the second division, since relegation from the Bundesliga in 2016\u201317.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [30, 30], "content_span": [31, 314]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276290-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 SV Meppen season\nThe 2017\u201318 SV Meppen season is the 106th season in the football club's history and 1st season in the 3. Liga, the third tier of German football, having been promoted from the Regionalliga Nord in 2017. In addition to the domestic league, SV Meppen also participated in this season's edition of the Lower Saxony Cup, the regional cup for teams in Lower Saxony. Meppen play their matches at the H\u00e4nsch-Arena, located in Meppen, Emsland, Lower Saxony, Germany. The season covers a period from 1 July 2017 to 30 June 2018.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [24, 24], "content_span": [25, 544]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276290-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 SV Meppen season, Players, Squad information\nNote: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 52], "content_span": [53, 181]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276290-0002-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 SV Meppen season, Players, Squad information\nThe club played eleven consecutive seasons in the 2. Bundesliga from 1988 to 1998. In 404 games there, the team scored 495 goals, with a record of 124 wins, 139 draws, and 141 losses.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 52], "content_span": [53, 236]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276291-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 SV Sandhausen season\nThe 2017\u201318 SV Sandhausen season is the 102nd season in the football club's history. The season covers a period from 1 July 2017 to 30 June 2018.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [28, 28], "content_span": [29, 174]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276291-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 SV Sandhausen season, Players, Squad information\nNote: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 56], "content_span": [57, 185]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276292-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 SV Wehen Wiesbaden season\nThe 2017\u201318 SV Wehen Wiesbaden season is the 92nd season in the football club's history. The season covers a period from 1 July 2017 to 30 June 2018.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [33, 33], "content_span": [34, 183]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276292-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 SV Wehen Wiesbaden season, Players, Squad information\nNote: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 61], "content_span": [62, 190]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276293-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 SV Werder Bremen season\nThe 2017\u201318 SV Werder Bremen season was the 119th season in the football club's history and 37th consecutive and 54th overall season in the top flight of German football, the Bundesliga, having been promoted from the 2. Bundesliga Nord in 1981. In addition to the domestic league, Werder Bremen were participating in this season's edition of the domestic cup competition, the DFB-Pokal. This was the 71st season for Bremen in the Weser-Stadion, located in Bremen, Free Hanseatic City of Bremen, Germany. The season covered a period from 1 July 2017 to 30 June 2018.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [31, 31], "content_span": [32, 597]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276293-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 SV Werder Bremen season, Players, Squad information\nNote: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 59], "content_span": [60, 188]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276294-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 SVB Cup\nThe 2017\u201318 SVB Cup was the 27th season of the Surinamese Cup. The competition began on 6 January and ended on 30 June 2018.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [15, 15], "content_span": [16, 140]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276294-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 SVB Cup\nRobinhood beat West United in the final, 7\u20131, earning themselves their seventh SVB Cup, and their first since 2016.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [15, 15], "content_span": [16, 131]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276295-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 SVB Eerste Divisie\nThe 2017\u201318 Telesur Eerste Divisie is the 85th season of top tier Suriname football league and 1st season branded as the Eerste Divisie, the highest football league competition of Suriname. The season began on 20 October 2017 and ended on 24 June 2018.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [26, 26], "content_span": [27, 279]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276295-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 SVB Eerste Divisie, Teams\nA total of 13 clubs took part in the league. Joining the league was West United and Papatam who played the previous season in the second-tier SVB Eerste Klasse. Jong Rambaan were relegated from the Topklasse to the Eerste Klasse.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 33], "content_span": [34, 263]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276296-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Sacramento Kings season\nThe 2017\u201318 Sacramento Kings season was the 73rd season of the franchise, its 69th season in the National Basketball Association (NBA), and its 33rd in Sacramento.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [31, 31], "content_span": [32, 195]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276296-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Sacramento Kings season\nWith the Minnesota Timberwolves clinching their first winning record and playoff berth since 2003\u201304, the Kings now hold the current league record of most seasons without a winning record as well as the longest postseason drought, both at 12, with their last winning season and playoff appearance being a 44\u201338 record and a First Round defeat to the San Antonio Spurs in six games in the 2005\u201306 season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [31, 31], "content_span": [32, 435]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276296-0001-0001", "contents": "2017\u201318 Sacramento Kings season\nThe Kings have now equalled the Golden State Warriors between 1994\u201395 and 2005\u201306 as the third-longest NBA postseason drought on record, behind only the Timberwolves above and the fifteen-season drought by the Buffalo Braves, San Diego Clippers and Los Angeles Clippers between 1976\u201377 and 1990\u201391 inclusive. The Kings now need three more losing seasons to break the NBA record for most consecutive losing seasons, which the Kings set between 1983\u201384 and 1997\u201398 and had been previously suffered by the Pistons between 1956\u201357 and 1969\u201370 inclusive.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [31, 31], "content_span": [32, 582]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276296-0002-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Sacramento Kings season, Draft picks\nEach of the Sacramento Kings' picks they acquired this year would be had via trades.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 44], "content_span": [45, 129]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276296-0002-0001", "contents": "2017\u201318 Sacramento Kings season, Draft picks\nThe fifth pick of the draft, which was originally placed to be a likely 8th pick, had them move up into the Top 3 before the Philadelphia 76ers activated their pick swapping rights with them moving down from a likely fourth spot to the fifth pick due to the trade where they gave up Nik Stauskas, Carl Landry, Jason Thompson, their unprotected 2019 first round pick, and the rights for Philadelphia to swap first round picks in 2017 in exchange for the rights of Art\u016bras Gudaitis and Luka Mitrovi\u0107.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 44], "content_span": [45, 543]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276296-0002-0002", "contents": "2017\u201318 Sacramento Kings season, Draft picks\nMeanwhile, both their second Top 10 first round pick (at pick 10) and their sole second round pick came from the New Orleans Pelicans, where they gave up their star center DeMarcus Cousins and Omri Casspi in order to acquire both the Pelicans' first round pick and the second round pick that the Philadelphia 76ers held this year, as well as gain the return of Tyreke Evans, last year's All-Rookie team member Buddy Hield, and Langston Galloway.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 44], "content_span": [45, 490]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276296-0002-0003", "contents": "2017\u201318 Sacramento Kings season, Draft picks\nAs for their own second round selection (which was worst then the second round pick they got from the 76ers via the Pelicans), they originally traded it away to the Cleveland Cavaliers back when it originally considered a first round pick alongside the aforementioned Omri Casspi for JJ Hickson before Cleveland traded it out to the Chicago Bulls alongside Andrew Bynum, the rights to swap first round picks with the Cavaliers, and multiple second round picks from the Portland Trail Blazers for Luol Deng.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 44], "content_span": [45, 551]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276296-0003-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Sacramento Kings season, Draft picks\nWith Sacramento's first pick (acquired from Philadelphia), they selected De'Aaron Fox, a freshman point guard from the University of Kentucky. Under his only season with Kentucky, De'Aaron averaged 16.7 points, 4.6 assists, 3.9 rebounds, and 1.5 steals per game in 36 games played (34 started) while also earning the Southeastern Conference's Tournament MVP, the All-SEC Freshman Team honors, and All-SEC First Team honors there.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 44], "content_span": [45, 474]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276296-0003-0001", "contents": "2017\u201318 Sacramento Kings season, Draft picks\nAs for their first round pick that was acquired from Philadelphia, they traded that selection (who became freshman center Zach Collins from Gonzaga University) to the Portland Trail Blazers in exchange for their first two first round picks this year. With Portland's first pick, they selected Justin Jackson, a junior small forward/shooting guard from the recent champion North Carolina University. During his time there, he would help the Tar Heels out in their quest for a redemption championship by averaging 18.3 points, 4.6 rebounds, and 2.8 assists per game out in North Carolina.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 44], "content_span": [45, 631]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276296-0003-0002", "contents": "2017\u201318 Sacramento Kings season, Draft picks\nHe would also earn the ACC's Player of The Year Award that year, as well as be named a consensus All-American First Team member and All-ACC First Team member, as well as previously be named a member of the All-ACC Freshman Team of 2015. As for their second and final selection that was previously held under Portland's name, the Kings would select another former #1 draft prospect late in the first round, this time being freshman power forward Harry Giles from Duke University. Similar to Skal Labissi\u00e8re before him, Giles was also a former #1 draft prospect.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 44], "content_span": [45, 605]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276296-0003-0003", "contents": "2017\u201318 Sacramento Kings season, Draft picks\nHowever, a torn ACL his senior year of high school and other knee issues resulted in what would be considered a disappointing freshman year at Duke, averaging 3.9 points and rebounds per game (as well as 0.7 blocks and 0.4 assists and steals) in 26 games (6 of which he started in) there before declaring early. Finally, with their sole second round pick (acquired from Philadelphia via New Orleans), Sacramento would select Frank Mason III, a senior point guard from the University of Kansas.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 44], "content_span": [45, 538]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276296-0003-0004", "contents": "2017\u201318 Sacramento Kings season, Draft picks\nAs the consensus college basketball player of the year, Frank would average 20.9 points, 5.2 assists, 4.2 rebounds, and 1.3 steals per game in 36 games played that year for Kansas as he (alongside Josh Jackson) would help the Jayhawks compete for the NCAA Tournament that year before unfortunately losing out to Oregon University at the Elite Eight.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 44], "content_span": [45, 394]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276297-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Sacramento State Hornets men's basketball team\nThe 2017\u201318 Sacramento State Hornets men's basketball team represented California State University, Sacramento during the 2017\u201318 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Hornets, led by 10th-year head coach Brian Katz, played their home games at the Hornets Nest in Sacramento, California, as members of the Big Sky Conference. They finished the season 7\u201325, 4\u201314 in Big Sky play to finish in 11th place. They lost in the first of the Big Sky Tournament to Portland State", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 54], "section_span": [54, 54], "content_span": [55, 531]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276297-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Sacramento State Hornets men's basketball team, Previous season\nThe Hornets finished the 2016\u201317 season 13\u201318, 9\u20139 in Big Sky play to finish in seventh place. As the No. 7 seed in the Big Sky Tournament, they defeated Idaho State in the first round, before losing to Eastern Washington in the quarterfinals.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 54], "section_span": [56, 71], "content_span": [72, 315]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276298-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Sacramento State Hornets women's basketball team\nThe 2017\u201318 Sacramento State Hornets women's basketball team represents California State University, Sacramento during the 2017\u201318 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Hornets were led by fifth year head coach Bunky Harkleroad and play their home games at Hornets Nest. They were members of the Big Sky Conference. They finished the season 7\u201323, 5\u201313 in Big Sky play to finish in a tie for ninth place. They lost in the first round of the Big Sky Women's Tournament to Montana.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 56], "section_span": [56, 56], "content_span": [57, 544]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276299-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Sacred Heart Pioneers men's basketball team\nThe 2017\u201318 Sacred Heart Pioneers men's basketball team represented Sacred Heart University during the 2017\u201318 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. This was the Pioneers' 19th season of NCAA Division I basketball, all played in the Northeast Conference. The Pioneers were led by fifth-year head coach Anthony Latina and played their home games at the William H. Pitt Center in Fairfield, Connecticut. They finished the season 10\u201321, 5\u201313 in NEC play to finish in ninth place, failing to make the NEC Tournament.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 51], "section_span": [51, 51], "content_span": [52, 567]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276299-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Sacred Heart Pioneers men's basketball team, Previous season\nThe Pioneers finished the 2016\u201317 season 13\u201319, 8\u201310 in NEC play to finish in eighth place. They lost in the quarterfinals of the NEC Tournament to Mount St. Mary's.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 51], "section_span": [53, 68], "content_span": [69, 234]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276299-0002-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Sacred Heart Pioneers men's basketball team, Preseason\nIn a poll of league coaches at the NEC media day, the Pioneers were picked to finish in fifth place. Senior forward Joseph Lopez was named the preseason All-NEC team.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 51], "section_span": [53, 62], "content_span": [63, 229]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276300-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Saint Francis Red Flash men's basketball team\nThis is the current revision of this page, as edited by PrimeBOT (talk | contribs) at 23:17, 21 June 2020 (\u2192\u200eSchedule and results: Task 30 - remove deprecated parameter in Template:CBB schedule entry). The present address (URL) is a permanent link to this version.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 53], "section_span": [53, 53], "content_span": [54, 318]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276300-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Saint Francis Red Flash men's basketball team\nThe 2017\u201318 Saint Francis Red Flash men's basketball team represented Saint Francis University during the 2017\u201318 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Red Flash, led by sixth-year head coach Rob Krimmel, played their home games at the DeGol Arena in Loretto, Pennsylvania as members of the Northeast Conference. They finished the season 18\u201313, 12\u20136 in NEC play to finish in a tie for second place. They lost in the quarterfinals of the NEC Tournament to Fairleigh Dickinson. They were invited to the CollegeInsider.com Tournament where they lost in the first round to UIC.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 53], "section_span": [53, 53], "content_span": [54, 634]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276300-0002-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Saint Francis Red Flash men's basketball team, Previous season\nThe Red Flash finished the 2016\u201317 season at 17\u201317, 11\u20137 in NEC play to finish in a tie for third place. They defeated Bryant and Wagner to advance to the championship game of the NEC Tournament where they lost to Mount St. Mary's. They were invited to the CollegeInsider.com Tournament where they defeated Jacksonville in the first round to win the Hugh Durham Classic. However, they lost in the second round of the CIT to UMBC.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 53], "section_span": [55, 70], "content_span": [71, 500]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276300-0003-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Saint Francis Red Flash men's basketball team, Preseason\nIn a poll of league coaches at the NEC media day, the Red Flash were picked to win the NEC, receiving nine of 10 first place votes. Senior guard Isaiah Blackmon and sophomore Keith Braxton were named the preseason All-NEC team.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 53], "section_span": [55, 64], "content_span": [65, 292]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276300-0004-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Saint Francis Red Flash men's basketball team, Schedule and results\n* Non-conference game. #Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Eastern Time.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 53], "section_span": [55, 75], "content_span": [76, 193]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276301-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Saint Francis Red Flash women's basketball team\nThe 2017\u201318 Saint Francis Red Flash women's basketball team represents Saint Francis University during the 2017\u201318 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Red Flash's home games are played at the DeGol Arena. The team was a member of the Northeast Conference and was led by Joe Haigh, who was in his sixth year at the helm. They finished the season 24\u201310, 16\u20132 in NEC play to win the Northeast Regular Season Championship with Robert Morris. They were also champions of the NEC Tournament and earns an automatic trip to the NCAA Women's Basketball Tournament where they got demolished by the unbeaten UConn in the first round.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 55], "section_span": [55, 55], "content_span": [56, 689]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276302-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Saint Joseph's Hawks men's basketball team\nThe 2017\u201318 Saint Joseph's Hawks basketball team represented Saint Joseph's University during the 2017\u201318 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Hawks, led by 23rd-year head coach Phil Martelli, played their home games at Hagan Arena in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania as members of the Atlantic 10 Conference. The Hawks finished the season 16\u201316, 10\u20138 in A-10 play to finish in fourth place. The defeated George Mason in the quarterfinals of the A-10 Tournament before losing to Rhode Island in the semifinals.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 50], "section_span": [50, 50], "content_span": [51, 563]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276302-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Saint Joseph's Hawks men's basketball team, Previous season\nThe Hawks finished the 2016\u201317 season 11\u201320, 4\u201314 A-10 play to finish in a tie for 12th place. As the No. 13 seed in the A-10 Tournament, they lost to Massachusetts in the first round.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 50], "section_span": [52, 67], "content_span": [68, 252]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276302-0002-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Saint Joseph's Hawks men's basketball team, Preseason\nIn a poll of the league's head coaches and select media members at the conference's media day, the Hawks were picked to finish in third place in the A-10. Senior guard Shavar Newkirk was named to the conference's preseason second team.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 50], "section_span": [52, 61], "content_span": [62, 297]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276303-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Saint Joseph's Hawks women's basketball team\nThe 2017\u201318 Saint Joseph's Hawks women's basketball team represents the Saint Joseph's University during the 2017\u201318 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Hawks, led by seventeenth year head coach Cindy Griffin, play their home games at Hagan Arena and were members of the Atlantic 10 Conference. They finished the season 19\u201315, 10\u20136 in A-10 play to finish in a tie for fifth place. They advanced to the championship game of the A-10 Women's Tournament where they lost to George Washington. They received an at-large bid to the Women's National Invitation Tournament where they defeated Seton Hall in the first round before losing to West Virginia in the second round.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 52], "section_span": [52, 52], "content_span": [53, 730]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276303-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Saint Joseph's Hawks women's basketball team, Media\nAll non-televised Hawks home games air on the A-10 Digital Network. All Hawks games are streamed via the Saint Joseph's Sports Network on sjuhawks.com.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 52], "section_span": [54, 59], "content_span": [60, 211]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276304-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Saint Louis Billikens men's basketball team\nThe 2017\u201318 Saint Louis Billikens men's basketball team represented Saint Louis University in the 2017\u201318 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. Their head coach was Travis Ford in his second season at Saint Louis. The team played their home games at Chaifetz Arena as a member of the Atlantic 10 Conference. They finished the season 17\u201316, 9\u20139 in A-10 play to finish in a four-way tie for fifth place. As the No. 6 seed in the A-10 Tournament, they defeated George Washington in the second round before losing to Davidson in the quarterfinals.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 51], "section_span": [51, 51], "content_span": [52, 598]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276304-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Saint Louis Billikens men's basketball team, Previous season\nThe Billikens finished the 2016\u201317 season 11\u201321, 5\u201313 in A-10 play to finish in 11th place. They received the No. 11 seed in the A-10 Tournament where they defeated Duquesne in the first round to advance to the second round where they lost to George Washington.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 51], "section_span": [53, 68], "content_span": [69, 330]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276304-0002-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Saint Louis Billikens men's basketball team, Preseason\nIn a poll of the league's head coaches and select media members at the conference's media day, the Billikens were picked to finish in seventh place in the A-10.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 51], "section_span": [53, 62], "content_span": [63, 223]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276304-0003-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Saint Louis Billikens men's basketball team, Title IX Investigation\nOn September 24, 2017, three women alleged sexual assault by four players. A Title IX investigation was opened on September 26, 2017. When exhibition season opened and during the season, Ty Graves, Adonys Henriquez and Jermaine Bishop were not on the bench during games and the team plays with eight scholarship players. January 19, 2018 the university announces that the four players were informed of the Title IX findings and given suspensions ranging from 18 to 24 months, with one player being expelled.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 51], "section_span": [53, 75], "content_span": [76, 583]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276304-0003-0001", "contents": "2017\u201318 Saint Louis Billikens men's basketball team, Title IX Investigation\nThe players appeal the decision and the team continues to play with the same roster as the start of the season. February 6, 2013, Graves announced he was leaving the school and it is reported that Henriquez signed with an agent and that Jermaine Bishop had practiced through the end of the week. February 13, 2018, the university announces it has concluded its Title IX investigation and all parties have been notified of the final decisions, which were determined by the Appeal Panel.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 51], "section_span": [53, 75], "content_span": [76, 562]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276304-0003-0002", "contents": "2017\u201318 Saint Louis Billikens men's basketball team, Title IX Investigation\nJordan Goodwin was suspended for the remainder of the season and was no longer enrolled in the school as he was found to be in violation of university policy. February 15, 2018, Graves announces he is transferring to North Carolina Central University. March 1, 2018, Club San Lazaro of the Dominican Republic announced they have signed Henriquez to a professional contract. May 22, 2018, Goodwin re-enrolled at SLU. June 6, 2018, Bishop announced he was transferring to Norfolk State.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 51], "section_span": [53, 75], "content_span": [76, 560]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276305-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Saint Louis Billikens women's basketball team\nThe 2017\u201318 Saint Louis Billikens women's basketball team represents the Saint Louis University during the 2017\u201318 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Billikens, led by sixth year head coach Lisa Stone, play their home games at the Chaifetz Arena and were members of the Atlantic 10 Conference. They finished the season 17\u201316, 9\u20137 in A-10 play to finish in seventh place. They advanced to the semifinals of the A-10 Women's Tournament where they lost to Saint Joseph's. They received an at-large bid to the Women's National Invitation Tournament where they lost to Kansas State in the first round.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 53], "section_span": [53, 53], "content_span": [54, 662]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276305-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Saint Louis Billikens women's basketball team, Media\nAll non-televised Billikens home games and conference road games stream on the A-10 Digital Network.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 53], "section_span": [55, 60], "content_span": [61, 161]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276306-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Saint Mary's Gaels men's basketball team\nThe 2017\u201318 Saint Mary's Gaels men's basketball team represented Saint Mary's College of California during the 2017\u201318 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The team was led by head coach Randy Bennett in his 17th season at Saint Mary's. The Gaels played their home games at the McKeon Pavilion in Moraga, California as members of the West Coast Conference. They finished the season 30\u20136, 16\u20132 in West Coast Conference play to finish in second place. As the No. 2 seed in the WCC Tournament, they defeated Pepperdine in the quarterfinals before losing to BYU in the semifinals. They were one of the last four teams not selected for the NCAA Tournament and as a result earned a No. 1 seed in the National Invitation Tournament where they defeated Southeastern Louisiana in the first round and Washington in the second round before losing to Utah in the quarterfinals.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 48], "section_span": [48, 48], "content_span": [49, 918]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276306-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Saint Mary's Gaels men's basketball team, Previous season\nThe Gaels finished the 2016\u201317 season 29\u20135, 16\u20132 in WCC play to finish in second place. In the WCC Tournament, they defeated Portland and BYU before losing to Gonzaga in the championship game. They received an at-large bid to the NCAA Tournament. As the No. 7 seed in the West region, they beat VCU in the First Round before losing to No. 2-seeded Arizona in the Second Round.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 48], "section_span": [50, 65], "content_span": [66, 442]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276307-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Saint Mary's Gaels women's basketball team\nThe 2017\u201318 Saint Mary's Gaels women's basketball team represents Saint Mary's College of California in the 2017\u201318 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Gales, led by twelfth year head coach Paul Thomas, play their home games at the McKeon Pavilion and were members of the West Coast Conference. They finished the season 20\u201311, 13\u20135 in WCC play to finish in second place. They lost in the quarterfinals of the WCC Women's Tournament to Pacific. They received an automatic bid to the Women's National Invitation Tournament where they lost to New Mexico in the first round.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 50], "section_span": [50, 50], "content_span": [51, 632]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276307-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Saint Mary's Gaels women's basketball team, Previous season\nThey finished the season 20\u201313, 13\u20135 in WCC play to finish in a tie for second place. They advanced to the championship game of the WCC Women's Tournament where they lost to Gonzaga. They received an at-large bid to the WNIT where they lost to Colorado State in the first round.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 50], "section_span": [52, 67], "content_span": [68, 346]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276308-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Saint Peter's Peacocks basketball team\nThe 2017\u201318 Saint Peter's Peacocks basketball team represented Saint Peter's University during the 2017\u201318 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Peacocks, led by 12th-year head coach John Dunne, played their home games at the Yanitelli Center in Jersey City, New Jersey as members of the Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference. They finished the season 14\u201318 overall, 6\u201312 in MAAC play to finish in ninth place. As the No. 9 seed at the MAAC Tournament, they defeated No. 8 seed Monmouth and upset No. 1 seed Rider to advance to the semifinals, where they lost to No. 4 seed Iona.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [46, 46], "content_span": [47, 630]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276308-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Saint Peter's Peacocks basketball team\nAfter the end of the season, head coach John Dunne left Saint Peter's to take the same position at Marist College. On April 10, 2018, Seton Hall assistant coach Shaheen Holloway was hired as his replacement.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [46, 46], "content_span": [47, 254]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276308-0002-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Saint Peter's Peacocks basketball team, Previous season\nThe Peacocks finished the 2016\u201317 season 23\u201313, 14\u20136 in MAAC play to finish in second place. They defeated Canisius in the MAAC Tournament before losing in the semifinals to Monmouth. They were invited to the CollegeInsider.com Tournament where they defeated Albany, Texas State, and Furman to advance to the CIT Championship. There they defeated Texas A&M\u2013Corpus Christi 62\u201361 to become CIT champions.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [48, 63], "content_span": [64, 466]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276309-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Sam Houston State Bearkats men's basketball team\nThe 2017\u201318 Sam Houston State Bearkats men's basketball team represented Sam Houston State University during the 2017\u201318 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Bearkats, led by eighth-year head coach Jason Hooten, played their home games at the Bernard Johnson Coliseum in Huntsville, Texas as members of the Southland Conference. They finished the season 21\u201315, 12\u20136 in Southland play to finish in fourth place. They defeated New Orleans in the quarterfinals of the Southland Tournament before losing in the semifinals to Southeastern Louisiana. They were invited to the CollegeInsider.com Tournament where, after a first round bye, they defeated Eastern Michigan in the second round and UTSA in the quarterfinals before losing in the semifinals to Northern Colorado.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 56], "section_span": [56, 56], "content_span": [57, 831]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276309-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Sam Houston State Bearkats men's basketball team, Previous season\nThe Bearkats finished the 2016\u201317 season 1\u201313, 10\u20138 in Southland play to finish in a tie for fifth place. They defeated Central Arkansas and Houston Baptist to advance to the semifinals of the Southland Tournament where they lost to New Orleans. Despite having 21 wins, they did not participate in a postseason tournament.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 56], "section_span": [58, 73], "content_span": [74, 396]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276310-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Sam Houston State Bearkats women's basketball team\nThe 2017\u201318 Sam Houston State Bearkats women's basketball team represented Sam Houston State University during the 2017\u201318 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Bearkats, led by twelfth year head coach Brenda Welch-Nichols, played their home games at the Bernard Johnson Coliseum and were members of the Southland Conference. They finished the season 4\u201323, 1\u201317 in Southland play to finish in thirteenth place. They failed to qualify for the Southland Women's Tournament.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 58], "section_span": [58, 58], "content_span": [59, 539]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276310-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Sam Houston State Bearkats women's basketball team\nOn March 7, Welch-Nicholls has agreed \"parted ways\". She finished at Sam Houston State with a 12 year record of 119\u2013234. On April 12, former Prairie View A&M head coach Ravon Justice was announced as her replacement.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 58], "section_span": [58, 58], "content_span": [59, 275]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276311-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Samford Bulldogs men's basketball team\nThe 2017\u201318 Samford Bulldogs men's basketball team represented Samford University during the 2017\u201318 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Bulldogs, led by fourth-year head coach Scott Padgett, played their home games at the Pete Hanna Center in Homewood, Alabama as members of the Southern Conference. They finished the season 10\u201322, 6\u201312 in SoCon play to finish in seventh place. They lost in the first round of the SoCon Tournament to Chattanooga.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [46, 46], "content_span": [47, 504]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276311-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Samford Bulldogs men's basketball team, Previous season\nThe Bulldogs finished the 2016\u201317 season 20\u201316, 8\u201310 in SoCon play to finish in seventh place. They defeated VMI in the first round of the SoCon Tournament before losing in the quarterfinals to Furman. They were invited to the CollegeInsider.com Tournament where they defeated Canisius in the first round before losing in the second round to Liberty.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [48, 63], "content_span": [64, 414]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276312-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 San Antonio Spurs season\nThe 2017\u201318 San Antonio Spurs season was the 51st season in franchise history. It was the team's 42nd season in the National Basketball Association (NBA) and its 45th in the San Antonio area. The Spurs finished the season with a 47-35 record and the seventh seed in the Western Conference. In the first round of the Western Conference playoffs, the team was defeated in five games by the eventual NBA champion Golden State Warriors. The 2017-18 season was the final season that Tony Parker and Manu Gin\u00f3bili played for the team, and Kawhi Leonard would be traded following the season to the Toronto Raptors.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [32, 32], "content_span": [33, 640]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276312-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 San Antonio Spurs season, Season synopsis\nStar forward Kawhi Leonard played a career-low nine games during the season due to a quadriceps injury. On March 10, 2018, the Spurs finished with a losing season on the road for the first time since 1997 after a loss to the Oklahoma City Thunder. However, the team finished the season with a winning record, doing so for an NBA-record 21st consecutive season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 49], "content_span": [50, 410]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276312-0001-0001", "contents": "2017\u201318 San Antonio Spurs season, Season synopsis\nWith a loss to the Los Angeles Clippers on April 3, 2018, the Spurs' streak of 20 straight seasons of 50 wins or more (and 20 straight seasons with a record of .600 or better) ended; it had lasted since the 1997\u201398 season. The Spurs clinched a playoff spot on April 9, 2018 with a win over the Sacramento Kings in their last home game of the season. They finished the regular season with a 47\u201335 record and held the seventh seed in the Western Conference.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 49], "content_span": [50, 505]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276312-0002-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 San Antonio Spurs season, Season synopsis\nIn the first round of the playoffs, the Spurs faced the second-seeded and eventual NBA champion Golden State Warriors and lost in five games.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 49], "content_span": [50, 191]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276312-0003-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 San Antonio Spurs season, Aftermath\nAfter the end of the 2017-18 season, Leonard asked to be traded. On July 18, 2018, Leonard and Danny Green were traded to the Toronto Raptors, for DeMar DeRozan, Jakob P\u00f6ltl, and a first-round draft pick.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 43], "content_span": [44, 248]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276312-0004-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 San Antonio Spurs season, Aftermath\nThis season was the last season that franchise mainstays Tony Parker and Manu Gin\u00f3bili played for the Spurs. After 17 years with the team, Parker signed a two-year deal with the Charlotte Hornets On August 27, 2018, Ginobili announced his retirement after 16 seasons, all with the Spurs. Ginobili was the second-oldest active player in the league at the time of his retirement, behind only the Atlanta Hawks' Vince Carter. This marked the official end of the Spurs' \"Big Three\" era; the trio of Parker, Ginobili, and Tim Duncan won a total of four NBA championships together during their years with the team.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 43], "content_span": [44, 652]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276313-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 San Diego State Aztecs men's basketball team\nThe 2017\u201318 San Diego State men's basketball team represented San Diego State University during the 2017\u201318 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Aztecs, led by first-year head coach Brian Dutcher, played their home games at Viejas Arena as members in the Mountain West Conference. They finished the season 22\u201311, 11\u20137 in Mountain West play to finish in a tie for fourth place. They defeated Fresno State, Nevada, and New Mexico to become champions of the Mountain West Tournament. As a result, they received the Mountain West's automatic bid to the NCAA Tournament. As the No. 11 seed in the West region, they lost to Houston in the First Round.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 52], "section_span": [52, 52], "content_span": [53, 706]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276313-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 San Diego State Aztecs men's basketball team, Previous season\nThe Aztecs finished the season 19\u201314, 9\u20139 in Mountain West play to finish in a tie for fifth place. They defeated UNLV and Boise State to advance to the semifinals of the Mountain West Tournament where they lost to Colorado State. They Aztecs did not participate in a postseason tournament for the first time since the 2004\u201305 season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 52], "section_span": [54, 69], "content_span": [70, 404]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276313-0002-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 San Diego State Aztecs men's basketball team, Previous season\nOn April 11, 2017, head coach Steve Fisher announced his retirement after 18 seasons at San Diego State and 27 seasons overall as NCAA head coach, handing over the head coaching job to his longtime assistant Brian Dutcher.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 52], "section_span": [54, 69], "content_span": [70, 292]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276313-0003-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 San Diego State Aztecs men's basketball team, Preseason\nIn a vote by conference media at the Mountain West media day, the Aztecs were picked to finish in second place in the Mountain West. Senior guard Trey Kell was named to the preseason All-Mountain West team.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 52], "section_span": [54, 63], "content_span": [64, 270]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276314-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 San Diego State Aztecs women's basketball team\nThe 2017\u201318 San Diego State Aztecs women's basketball team represents San Diego State University in the 2017\u201318 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Aztecs, led by fifth year head coach Stacie Terry, play their home games at the Viejas Arena as members of the Mountain West Conference. They finished the season 11\u201319, 5\u201313 in Mountain West play to finish in a three way tie for eighth place. They lost in the first round of the Mountain West Women's Tournament to Nevada.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 54], "section_span": [54, 54], "content_span": [55, 536]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276315-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 San Diego Toreros men's basketball team\nThe 2017\u201318 San Diego Toreros men's basketball team represented the University of San Diego during the 2017\u201318 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. This was head coach Lamont Smith's third season at San Diego. The Toreros competed in the West Coast Conference and played their home games at the Jenny Craig Pavilion. They finished the season 20\u201314, 9\u20139 in WCC play to finish in a three-way tie for fourth place. They lost to BYU in the quarterfinals of the WCC Tournament. The Toreros were invited to the CollegeInsider.com Tournament where they defeated Hartford in the first round, in a game referred to as the Riley Wallace Classic, and Portland State in the second round before losing in the quarterfinals to Northern Colorado.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 47], "section_span": [47, 47], "content_span": [48, 783]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276315-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 San Diego Toreros men's basketball team\nOn March 8, 2018, head coach Lamont Smith, who had been placed on administrative leave following an arrest for domestic violence 10 days earlier, resigned as head coach. Assistant coach Sam Scholl took over as acting head coach for the Toreros during the WCC Tournament and the CIT. On April 2, the school announced Scholl would remain the head coach.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 47], "section_span": [47, 47], "content_span": [48, 399]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276315-0002-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 San Diego Toreros men's basketball team, Previous season\nThe Toreros finished the 2016\u201317 season 13\u201318, 6\u201312 in WCC play to finish in seventh place. They lost in the first round of the WCC Tournament to Portland.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 47], "section_span": [49, 64], "content_span": [65, 220]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276316-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 San Diego Toreros women's basketball team\nThe 2017\u201318 San Diego Toreros women's basketball team represents the University of San Diego in the 2017\u201318 college basketball season. The Toreros, as members of the West Coast Conference, were led by thirteenth year head coach Cindy Fisher. The Toreros play their home games at the Jenny Craig Pavilion on the university campus in San Diego, California. They finished the season 17\u201315, 8\u201310 in WCC play to finish in sixth place. They advanced to the championship game of the WCC Women's Tournament where they lost to Gonzaga.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 49], "section_span": [49, 49], "content_span": [50, 576]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276316-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 San Diego Toreros women's basketball team, Previous season\nThey finished the season 14\u201316, 7\u201311 in WCC play to finish in seventh place. They advanced to the quarterfinals of the WCC Women's Tournament where they lost to BYU.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 49], "section_span": [51, 66], "content_span": [67, 232]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276317-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 San Francisco Dons men's basketball team\nThe 2017\u201318 San Francisco Dons men's basketball team represented the University of San Francisco during the 2017\u201318 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Dons, led by second-year head coach Kyle Smith, played their home games at the War Memorial Gymnasium as members of the West Coast Conference. They finished the season 22\u201317, 9\u20139 in WCC play to finish in a three-way tie for fourth place. They defeated Pacific in the quarterfinals of the WCC Tournament before losing in the semifinals to Gonzaga. They were invited to the College Basketball Invitational where they defeated Colgate, Utah Valley, and Campbell to advance to the best-of-three championship series against North Texas where they won game 1 before losing game 2 and 3.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 48], "section_span": [48, 48], "content_span": [49, 790]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276317-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 San Francisco Dons men's basketball team, Previous season\nThe Dons finished the 2016\u201317 season 20\u201313, 10\u20138 in WCC play to finish tied for fourth place in the conference. They lost in the quarterfinals of the WCC Tournament to Santa Clara. They were invited to the College Basketball Invitational where they lost in the First Round to Rice.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 48], "section_span": [50, 65], "content_span": [66, 347]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276318-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 San Francisco Dons women's basketball team\nThe 2017\u201318 San Francisco Dons women's basketball team represents the University of San Francisco in the 2017\u201318 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. They were led by head coach Molly Goodenbour in her second season at San Francisco. The Dons, as members of the West Coast Conference, play their home games at War Memorial Gymnasium. They finished the season 16\u201315, 10\u20138 in WCC play to finish in fifth place. They advanced to the semifinals of the WCC Women's Tournament where they lost to Gonzaga.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 50], "section_span": [50, 50], "content_span": [51, 555]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276318-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 San Francisco Dons women's basketball team, Previous season\nThey finished the season 18\u201313, 11\u20137 in WCC play to finish in fourth place. They advanced to the semifinals of the WCC Women's Tournament where they lost to Gonzaga.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 50], "section_span": [52, 67], "content_span": [68, 233]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276319-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 San Jose Sharks season\nThe 2017\u201318 San Jose Sharks season was the 27th season for the National Hockey League franchise that was established on May 9, 1990.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [30, 30], "content_span": [31, 163]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276319-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 San Jose Sharks season, Schedule, Regular season\nThe regular season schedule was announced on June 22, 2017.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 56], "content_span": [57, 116]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276319-0002-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 San Jose Sharks season, Schedule, Regular season\nLegend:\u00a0\u00a0Win (2 points)\u00a0\u00a0Loss (0 points)\u00a0\u00a0Overtime/shootout loss (1 point)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 56], "content_span": [57, 131]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276319-0003-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 San Jose Sharks season, Schedule, Playoffs\nThe Sharks entered the playoffs as the Pacific Division's third seed and faced the second seed of the same division, the Anaheim Ducks. The Sharks swept the Ducks and were then defeated by the Vegas Golden Knights in six games in the conference semifinals.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 50], "content_span": [51, 307]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276319-0004-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 San Jose Sharks season, Player statistics\n\u2020Denotes player spent time with another team before joining the Sharks. Stats reflect time with the Sharks only. \u2021Traded/Waived mid-season", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 49], "content_span": [50, 188]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276319-0005-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 San Jose Sharks season, Draft picks\nBelow are the San Jose Sharks' selections at the 2017 NHL Entry Draft, held on June 23 and 24, 2017 at the United Center in Chicago.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 43], "content_span": [44, 176]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276320-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 San Jose State Spartans men's basketball team\nThe 2017\u201318 San Jose State Spartans men's basketball team represented San Jose State University in the 2017\u201318 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. Led by first-year head coach Jean Prioleau, the Spartans played their home games at the Event Center Arena as members of the Mountain West Conference. They finished the season 4\u201326, 1\u201317 in Mountain West play to finish in last place. They lost in the first round of the Mountain West Tournament to Wyoming.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 53], "section_span": [53, 53], "content_span": [54, 512]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276320-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 San Jose State Spartans men's basketball team, Previous season\nThe Spartans finished the 2016\u201317 season 14\u201316, 7\u201311 in MW play to finish in eighth place. They lost to Utah State in the first round of the Mountain West Tournament.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 53], "section_span": [55, 70], "content_span": [71, 237]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276320-0002-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 San Jose State Spartans men's basketball team, Previous season\nOn July 10, 2017 Dave Wojcik resigned as head coach for personal reasons. On August 4, the school hired Jean Prioleau as head coach.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 53], "section_span": [55, 70], "content_span": [71, 203]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276320-0003-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 San Jose State Spartans men's basketball team, Preseason\nIn a vote by conference media at the Mountain West media day, the Spartans were picked to finish in 10th place in the Mountain West.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 53], "section_span": [55, 64], "content_span": [65, 197]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276320-0004-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 San Jose State Spartans men's basketball team, Schedule and results\nAll games where a television provider is not indicated are televised on the Mountain West Network.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 53], "section_span": [55, 75], "content_span": [76, 174]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276321-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 San Jose State Spartans women's basketball team\nThe 2017\u201318 San Jose State Spartans women's basketball team represents San Jose State University in the 2017\u201318 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Spartans are led by fifth-year head coach Jamie Craighead and play home games at the Event Center Arena as a member of the Mountain West Conference. They finished the season 7\u201323, 4\u201314 in Mountain West play to finish in last place. They lost in the first round of the Mountain West Women's Tournament to New Mexico.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 55], "section_span": [55, 55], "content_span": [56, 530]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276321-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 San Jose State Spartans women's basketball team, Schedule\nAll home games where a television provider is not indicated are televised on the Mountain West Network.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 55], "section_span": [57, 65], "content_span": [66, 169]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276322-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 San Lorenzo de Almagro season\nThe 2017\u201318 season is San Lorenzo de Almagro's 33rd consecutive season in the top-flight of Argentine football. The season covers the period from 1 July 2017 to 30 June 2018.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [37, 37], "content_span": [38, 212]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276322-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 San Lorenzo de Almagro season, Current squad\nNote: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 52], "content_span": [53, 181]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276322-0002-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 San Lorenzo de Almagro season, Current squad, Out on loan\nNote: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 65], "content_span": [66, 194]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276323-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 San Mart\u00edn de San Juan season\nThe 2017\u201318 season is San Mart\u00edn de San Juan's 4th consecutive season in the top-flight of Argentine football. The season covers the period from 1 July 2017 to 30 June 2018.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [37, 37], "content_span": [38, 211]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276323-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 San Mart\u00edn de San Juan season, Current squad\nNote: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 52], "content_span": [53, 181]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276324-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 San Miguel Alab Pilipinas season\nThe 2017\u201318 San Miguel Alab Pilipinas season is the 2nd season of the franchise in the ASEAN Basketball League (ABL).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [40, 40], "content_span": [41, 158]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276325-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 San Miguel Beermen season\nThe 2017\u201318 San Miguel Beermen season was the 43rd season of the franchise in the Philippine Basketball Association (PBA).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [33, 33], "content_span": [34, 156]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276326-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Santa Clara Broncos men's basketball team\nThe 2017\u201318 Santa Clara Broncos men's basketball team represented Santa Clara University during the 2017\u201318 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Broncos were led by second-year head coach Herb Sendek and played their home games at the Leavey Center as members of the West Coast Conference. They finished the season 11\u201320, 8\u201310 in WCC play to finish in seventh place. They lost in the first round of the WCC Tournament to Pepperdine.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 49], "section_span": [49, 49], "content_span": [50, 490]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276326-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Santa Clara Broncos men's basketball team, Previous season\nThe Broncos finished the 2016\u201317 season 17\u201316, 10\u20138 in WCC play to finish in a tie for fourth place. They defeated San Francisco in the WCC Tournament before losing in the semifinals to Gonzaga.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 49], "section_span": [51, 66], "content_span": [67, 261]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276327-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Santa Clara Broncos women's basketball team\nThe 2017\u201318 Santa Clara Broncos women's basketball team represents Santa Clara University in the 2017\u201318 college basketball season. The Broncos are led by second year head coach Bill Carr. The Broncos are members of the West Coast Conference and play their home games at the Leavey Center. They finished the season 9\u201321, 5\u201313 in WCC play to finish in a tie for eighth place. They lost in the first round of the WCC Women's Tournament to Pepperdine.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 51], "section_span": [51, 51], "content_span": [52, 500]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276327-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Santa Clara Broncos women's basketball team, Previous season\nThey finished the season 14\u201316, 9\u20139 in WCC play to finish in a tie for fifth place. They lost in the quarterfinals of the WCC Women's Tournament to Saint Mary's.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 51], "section_span": [53, 68], "content_span": [69, 230]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276328-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Santosh Trophy\nThe 2017\u201318 Santosh Trophy was the 72nd edition of the Santosh Trophy, the premier competition in India for teams representing their regional and state football associations. The competition began with qualifiers on 8 January 2018 and concluded with the final on 1 April 2018. Kerala won the competition, their sixth championship, by defeating West Bengal during the final in penalties 4\u20132.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [22, 22], "content_span": [23, 413]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276328-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Santosh Trophy\nWest Bengal were the defending champions, having defeated Goa in the final during the 2016\u201317 season. The entire tournament took place in Kolkata.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [22, 22], "content_span": [23, 169]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276328-0002-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Santosh Trophy, Qualifiers\nThe following ten teams had qualified for the 2017\u201318 Santosh Trophy:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 34], "content_span": [35, 104]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276329-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Santosh Trophy qualification\nThe 2017\u201318 Santosh Trophy qualifiers was the qualifying round for the 72nd edition of the Santosh Trophy, the premier competition in India for teams representing their regional and state football associations.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [36, 36], "content_span": [37, 247]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276329-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Santosh Trophy qualification, North Zone\nThe North Zone matches of the Santosh Trophy qualifiers were scheduled to start on 15 January 2018 in Uttar Pradesh. The North Zone qualifiers consisted of eight teams divided into two groups.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 48], "content_span": [49, 241]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276329-0002-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Santosh Trophy qualification, East Zone\nThe East Zone qualifiers consisted of six teams divided into two groups of three.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 47], "content_span": [48, 129]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276329-0003-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Santosh Trophy qualification, South Zone\nThe South Zone qualifiers consisted of eight teams divided into two groups of four. Matches were held at the Bangalore Football Stadium in Bangalore, Karnataka from 16 January to 22 January 2018.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 48], "content_span": [49, 244]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276329-0004-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Santosh Trophy qualification, South Zone\nIn Group B, Andaman and Nicobar withdrew just before the qualifiers due to lack of funds to travel to Bangalore.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 48], "content_span": [49, 161]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276330-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Sapling Cup\nThe 2017\u201318 Hong Kong Sapling Cup (officially the 2017\u201318 R&F Properties Sapling Cup for sponsorship reasons) was the 3rd edition of the Sapling Cup. The Cup was contested by the 10 teams in the 2017\u201318 Hong Kong Premier League. Kitchee were crowned champions after defeating Tai Po in the final.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [19, 19], "content_span": [20, 316]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276330-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Sapling Cup\nThe objective of the Cup was to create more potential playing opportunities for youth players. In this Cup competition, each team played a minimum of two players born on or after 1 January 1996 (U22) and six foreign players at most during every whole match, with no more than four foreign players on the pitch at the same time.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [19, 19], "content_span": [20, 347]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276331-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Saudi Crown Prince Cup\nThe 2017\u201318 Crown Prince Cup is the 43rd season of the Saudi premier knockout tournament for football teams of the Saudi Professional League. It will begin on 7 September 2017 and will concluded with the final in March 2018.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [30, 30], "content_span": [31, 255]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276331-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Saudi Crown Prince Cup\nAl-Ittihad are the defending champions after a 1\u20130 win over Al-Nassr in the final.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [30, 30], "content_span": [31, 113]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276331-0002-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Saudi Crown Prince Cup\nOn 19 September 2017, the General Sports Authority decided to cancel and abolish the tournament and start the new edition next season", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [30, 30], "content_span": [31, 164]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276331-0003-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Saudi Crown Prince Cup, Changes and Format\nFor the first time, the Crown Prince Cup tournament will be contested by the 14 teams of the Pro League, having been decreased from the 30-team format that had been used since the 2013\u201314 season. Under this new format, the finalists from the previous season will receive a bye to the knockout stage while the remaining 12 enter at the preliminary round. The Crown Prince Cup is played as a knockout cup competition with each tie being played as a single match with the winner advancing to the next round.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 50], "content_span": [51, 555]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276331-0004-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Saudi Crown Prince Cup, Changes and Format\nOn 16 June 2017 it was announced by the SAFF that VAR would be implemented in the tournament.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 50], "content_span": [51, 144]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276331-0005-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Saudi Crown Prince Cup, First stage, Round of 16\nThe Round of 16 matches are to be played from 7 September to 30 October 2017. All times are local, AST (UTC+3).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 56], "content_span": [57, 168]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276331-0006-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Saudi Crown Prince Cup, Top goalscorers\nNote: Players and teams marked in bold are still active in the competition.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 47], "content_span": [48, 123]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276332-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Saudi Professional League\nThe 2017\u201318 Saudi Professional League (also known formerly as a Jameel League for sponsorship reasons), was the 42nd season of the Saudi Professional League, the top Saudi professional league for association football clubs, since its establishment in 1976. The season started on 10 August 2017 and concluded on 12 April 2018.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [33, 33], "content_span": [34, 359]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276332-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Saudi Professional League\nAl-Hilal were the defending champions after winning the Pro League last season for the 14th time. Al-Fayha and Ohod have entered as the promoted teams from the 2016\u201317 Saudi First Division. Al-Hilal were crowned as league winners for the second season in a row on the 12 April, after defeating Al-Fateh 4\u20131 on the final day of the season. No teams were relegated at the end of the season following the decision to increase the number of teams from 14 to 16. In its place, relegation play-offs were held between the bottom 2 teams of the Pro League and the 3rd and 4th placed teams of the MS League. Both Pro League teams, Al-Raed and Ohod, won their respective matches and secured their top-flight status.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [33, 33], "content_span": [34, 739]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276332-0002-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Saudi Professional League\nAl-Fayha's Ronnie Fern\u00e1ndez won the Golden Boot with 13 goals. Al-Ittihad's Carlos Villanueva and Al-Faisaly's Vuk Ra\u0161ovi\u0107 were named as Player and Manager of the Season respectively.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [33, 33], "content_span": [34, 217]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276332-0003-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Saudi Professional League, Teams\nFourteen teams will compete in the league\u00a0\u2013 the top eleven teams from the previous season, the playoff winner and two teams promoted from the First Division.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 40], "content_span": [41, 198]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276332-0004-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Saudi Professional League, Teams\nThe first club to be promoted was Al-Fayha, following their 2\u20131 win at home to Ohod on 29 April 2017. Al-Fayha will play in the top flight of Saudi football for the first time in their history. They were crowned champions on 5 May 2017 after drawing Wej 1\u20131 away from home, coupled with Al-Tai's 0\u20130 draw against fellow promoted club Ohod.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 40], "content_span": [41, 380]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276332-0005-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Saudi Professional League, Teams\nThe second and final club to be promoted was Ohod, following their 0\u20130 draw at home to Al-Tai on 5 May 2017. Ohod will play in the top flight of Saudi football for the first time since 2005.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 40], "content_span": [41, 231]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276332-0006-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Saudi Professional League, Teams\nThe first club to be relegated was Al-Wehda, ending their 2-year stay in the Pro League after a 2\u20131 home defeat to Al-Fateh on 20 April 2017.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 40], "content_span": [41, 182]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276332-0007-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Saudi Professional League, Teams\nThe second and final club to be relegated was Al-Khaleej, ending their 3-year stay in the Pro League following a 2\u20132 draw to Al-Faisaly on 4 May 2017.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 40], "content_span": [41, 191]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276332-0008-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Saudi Professional League, Teams, Stadiums\n1: Al-Faisaly play their home games in Al-Majma'ah. 2: Al-Hilal, Al-Nassr and Al-Shabab also use Prince Faisal bin Fahd Stadium (22,500 seats) as a home stadium.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 50], "content_span": [51, 216]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276332-0009-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Saudi Professional League, Teams, Foreign players\nThe number of foreign players was increased from 4 players to 6 players, and for the first time in the history of the Pro League foreign goalkeepers are allowed. On January 11, 2018 the Saudi FF increased the number of foreign players from 6 players to 7 players.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 57], "content_span": [58, 322]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276332-0010-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Saudi Professional League, Teams, Foreign players\nPlayers name in bold indicates the player is registered during the mid-season transfer window.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 57], "content_span": [58, 152]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276332-0011-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Saudi Professional League, League table, Positions by round\nThe following table lists the positions of teams after each week of matches. In order to preserve the chronological evolution, any postponed matches are not included to the round at which they were originally scheduled, but added to the full round they were played immediately afterwards. If a club from the Saudi Professional League wins the King Cup, they will qualify for the AFC Champions League, unless they have already qualified for it through their league position. In this case, an additional AFC Champions League group stage berth will be given to the 3rd placed team, and the AFC Champions League play-off round spot will be given to 4th.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 67], "content_span": [68, 717]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276332-0012-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Saudi Professional League, Relegation play-offs\nOn March 7, 2018, the Saudi Football Federation announced that the number of teams in the Saudi Professional League will be increased from 14 teams to 16 teams. The relegation was removed and in its place, they announced a relegation play-off. The bottom 2 teams will face the 3rd and 4th place team in the Prince Mohammad bin Salman League.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 55], "content_span": [56, 397]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276332-0013-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Saudi Professional League, Attendances, By team\nUpdated to games played on 12 April 2018Source: Notes:\u2020 Teams played previous season in First Division.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 55], "content_span": [56, 159]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276332-0014-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Saudi Professional League, Awards\nFor the first time in the history of the competition, the Saudi Football Federation announced annual awards for the best player in each position, best young player and the perfect team.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 41], "content_span": [42, 227]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276333-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Saudi Second Division\nThe 2017\u201318 Saudi Second Division was the 42nd season of the Saudi Second Division since its establishment in 1976.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [29, 29], "content_span": [30, 145]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276333-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Saudi Second Division\nThe season featured 13 teams from the 2016\u201317 campaign, three new teams relegated from the 2016\u201317 First Division: Al-Adalh, Al-Jeel and Wej, and four new teams promoted from the 2016\u201317 Third Division: Al-Kholood as champions, Al-Hejaz as runners-up, Al-Taqadom as third place and Al-Jubail as fourth place. The league began on 19 October 2017 and ended on 17 March 2018.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [29, 29], "content_span": [30, 402]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276333-0002-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Saudi Second Division, Team changes\nThe following teams have changed division since the 2016\u201317 season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 43], "content_span": [44, 111]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276333-0003-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Saudi Second Division, Final\nThe winners of each group will play a two-legged final to decide the champion of the 2017\u201318 Second Division. The first leg is scheduled to be played on 9 March and the second leg on 17 March.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 36], "content_span": [37, 229]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276333-0004-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Saudi Second Division, Third place play-off\nAl-Jeel, who finished 2nd in Group B will face Al-Ansar who finished 2nd in Group A for a two-legged play-off to decide the third-placed team. Al-Jeel defeated Al-Ansar 5\u20131 on aggregate to finish in third place.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 51], "content_span": [52, 263]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276333-0005-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Saudi Second Division, Relegation play-offs\nOn March 7, 2018, the Saudi Football Federation announced that the number of teams in the Second Division was increased from 20 teams to 24 teams. The relegation was removed and in its place, they announced a relegation play-off. The bottom 2 teams in each group will face the top 4 teams outside the Quarter-finals in the Saudi Third Division.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 51], "content_span": [52, 396]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276334-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Savannah State Tigers basketball team\nThe 2017\u201318 Savannah State Tigers basketball team represented Savannah State University during the 2017\u201318 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Tigers, led by 13th-year head coach Horace Broadnax, played their home games at Tiger Arena in Savannah, Georgia as members of the Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference. With a win over South Carolina State on March 1, 2018, the Tigers earned a share of the MEAC regular season championship. They finished the season 15\u201317, 12\u20134 in MEAC play, finishing in a three-way tie for first place. Due to tie-breaking procedures, the Tigers received the No. 3 seed in the MEAC Tournament, where they lost to North Carolina Central in the quarterfinals.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [45, 45], "content_span": [46, 735]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276334-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Savannah State Tigers basketball team\nThe Tigers were initially ruled to be ineligible for postseason play for a second consecutive season due to APR violations. However, the NCAA granted the Tigers a waiver allowed them to participate in postseason play.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [45, 45], "content_span": [46, 263]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276334-0002-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Savannah State Tigers basketball team\nThe season marked the second to last season for the Tigers in Division I as they will rejoin Division II following the 2018\u201319 season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [45, 45], "content_span": [46, 180]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276334-0003-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Savannah State Tigers basketball team\nIn 2019, 10 wins were vacated due to academic certification errors.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [45, 45], "content_span": [46, 113]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276334-0004-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Savannah State Tigers basketball team, Previous season\nThe Tigers finished the 2016\u201317 season 13\u201316, 10\u20136 in MEAC play to finish in fifth place. The Tigers were ineligible for postseason play due to APR violations.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [47, 62], "content_span": [63, 222]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276335-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Scandinavian Cup\nThe 2017\u201318 Scandinavian Cup was a season of the Scandinavian Cup, a Continental Cup season in cross-country skiing for men and women. The season began on 15 December 2017 in Vuokatti, Finland and concluded with a stage event 23\u201325 February 2018 in Trondheim, Norway.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [24, 24], "content_span": [25, 292]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276336-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Scarlets season\nThe 2017\u201318 season is the 15th season in the history of the Scarlets, a Welsh rugby union regional side based in Llanelli, Carmarthenshire. This season, they are competing in the newly revamped Pro14 as the defending champions, the Rugby Champions Cup and the Anglo-Welsh Cup. This season, Welsh international Liam Williams and Canadian international DTH van der Merwe departed the club, while Welsh internationals Leigh Halfpenny and Tom Prydie and Australia Sevens international Paul Asquith were among the new arrivals.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [23, 23], "content_span": [24, 546]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276336-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Scarlets season, Pre-season and friendlies\nAlthough advertised as a home game, the match against the Premiership Select was played at Llandovery's Church Bank", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 50], "content_span": [51, 166]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276336-0002-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Scarlets season, Statistics\n(+ in the Apps column denotes substitute appearance, positions listed are the ones they have started a game in during the season)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 35], "content_span": [36, 165]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276337-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Scottish Basketball Championship Men season\nThe 2017\u201318 season was the 49th campaign of the Scottish Basketball Championship, the national basketball league of Scotland. 18 teams were split into Division 1, featuring 10 teams, and Division 2, featuring 8 teams. St Mirren won their 2nd league title.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 51], "section_span": [51, 51], "content_span": [52, 307]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276337-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Scottish Basketball Championship Men season, Teams\nThe line-up for the 2017-18 season features the following teams:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 51], "section_span": [53, 58], "content_span": [59, 123]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276337-0002-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Scottish Basketball Championship Men season, Format\nIn Division 1, each team plays each other twice, once home, once away, for a total of 18 games.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 51], "section_span": [53, 59], "content_span": [60, 155]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276337-0003-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Scottish Basketball Championship Men season, Format\nIn Division 2, each team plays each other twice, once home, once away, for a total of 14 games.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 51], "section_span": [53, 59], "content_span": [60, 155]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276338-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Scottish Basketball Championship Women season\nThe 2017\u201318 season of the Scottish Basketball Championship Women, the national women's basketball league of Scotland.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 53], "section_span": [53, 53], "content_span": [54, 171]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276339-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Scottish Challenge Cup\nThe 2017\u201318 Scottish Challenge Cup, known as the IRN-BRU Cup due to sponsorship reasons, is the 27th season of the competition. The tournament took on a similar format from the previous season, however, two teams from the Republic of Ireland's Airtricity League (Sligo Rovers and Bray Wanderers) entered the competition for the first time taking the total number of participating clubs to 56.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [30, 30], "content_span": [31, 423]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276339-0000-0001", "contents": "2017\u201318 Scottish Challenge Cup\nThis was the second season with two clubs from both Northern Ireland and Wales competing alongside the 30 members of the 2017\u201318 Scottish Championship, 2017\u201318 Scottish League One and 2017\u201318 Scottish League Two, four teams from the 2017\u201318 Highland Football League and four from the 2017\u201318 Lowland Football League as well as the Under-20 teams of the teams competing in the 2017\u201318 Scottish Premiership. The Welsh teams were The New Saints and Connah's Quay Nomads while the Northern Irish teams were Crusaders and Linfield.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [30, 30], "content_span": [31, 557]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276339-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Scottish Challenge Cup\nDundee United were the defending champions after they beat St Mirren 2\u20131 in the 2017 final, but were eliminated in the Quarter-finals by Crusaders.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [30, 30], "content_span": [31, 178]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276339-0002-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Scottish Challenge Cup\nIrn Bru replaced Petrofac as the main sponsor of the competition in June 2016.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [30, 30], "content_span": [31, 109]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276339-0003-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Scottish Challenge Cup, First round\nThe draw for the first round was made at 1 pm on 27 June 2017 at the Summerlee Industrial Museum in Coatbridge and was streamed live on the . The draw was regionalised into northern and southern sections with each section containing 14 SPFL clubs, four Highland Football League or Lowland Football League clubs and six U20s teams with any team able to face any other within their section.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 43], "content_span": [44, 432]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276339-0004-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Scottish Challenge Cup, First round, North Section, Draw\n01. Alloa Athletic02. Arbroath03. Brechin City04. Cowdenbeath05. Dundee United06. Dunfermline Athletic", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 64], "content_span": [65, 167]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276339-0005-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Scottish Challenge Cup, First round, North Section, Draw\n07 . East Fife08. Elgin City09. Forfar Athletic10. Montrose11. Peterhead12. Raith Rovers", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 64], "content_span": [65, 153]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276339-0006-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Scottish Challenge Cup, First round, North Section, Draw\n13. Stenhousemuir14. Stirling Albion15. Aberdeen U20s16. Dundee U20s17. Heart of Midlothian U20s18. Hibernian U20s", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 64], "content_span": [65, 179]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276339-0007-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Scottish Challenge Cup, First round, North Section, Draw\n19. Ross County U20s20. St Johnstone U20s21. Brora Rangers22. Buckie Thistle23. Cove Rangers24. Formartine United", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 64], "content_span": [65, 178]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276339-0008-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Scottish Challenge Cup, First round, South Section, Draw\n25. Airdrieonians26. Albion Rovers27. Annan Athletic28. Berwick Rangers29. Ayr United30. Clyde", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 64], "content_span": [65, 159]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276339-0009-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Scottish Challenge Cup, First round, South Section, Draw\n31. Dumbarton32. Edinburgh City33. Livingston34. Greenock Morton35. Queen of the South36. Queen's Park", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 64], "content_span": [65, 167]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276339-0010-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Scottish Challenge Cup, First round, South Section, Draw\n37. St Mirren38. Stranraer39. Celtic U20s40. Hamilton Academical U20s41. Kilmarnock U20s42. Motherwell U20s", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 64], "content_span": [65, 172]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276339-0011-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Scottish Challenge Cup, First round, South Section, Draw\n43. Partick Thistle U20s44. Rangers U20s45. East Kilbride46. East Stirlingshire47. Spartans48. Stirling University", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 64], "content_span": [65, 179]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276339-0012-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Scottish Challenge Cup, Second round, Draw\nThe draw for the second round was made at 1 pm on 17 August 2017 at the Falkirk Wheel and streamed live on the SPFL's Facebook page. The draw was unseeded but the six non-Scottish teams were kept apart with one team from each country drawn at home and one away. Linfield were allocated an away tie due to the unavailability of Windsor Park so Crusaders played at home.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 50], "content_span": [51, 419]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276339-0013-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Scottish Challenge Cup, Second round, Draw\nTeams in Italics were not known at the time of the draw. Teams in Bold advanced to the third round.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 50], "content_span": [51, 150]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276339-0014-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Scottish Challenge Cup, Second round, Draw\n07 . Inverness Caledonian Thistle08. Falkirk09. Dundee United10. Dunfermline Athletic11. Queen of the South12. St Mirren13. Dumbarton14. Raith Rovers15. Ayr United", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 50], "content_span": [51, 214]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276339-0015-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Scottish Challenge Cup, Second round, Draw\n16. Livingston17. Alloa Athletic18. Stranraer19. Spartans20. Peterhead21. Annan Athletic22. Montrose23. Elgin City24. Berwick Rangers", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 50], "content_span": [51, 184]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276339-0016-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Scottish Challenge Cup, Second round, Draw\nPremiership U20s25. Ross County U20s26. Hamilton Academical U20s27. Motherwell U20s28. Partick Thistle U20s29. Aberdeen U20s30. Heart of Midlothian U20sHighland Football League31. Buckie Thistle32. Cove Rangers", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 50], "content_span": [51, 261]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276339-0017-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Scottish Challenge Cup, Second round, Matches\nThe SPFL launched an investigation after two different methods of penalty shootout were used in the second round matches that required the tiebreaker. Montrose's 6\u20135 win over Ayr United used the traditional ABAB method where one team follows the other whereas The New Saints' 6\u20135 win over Livingston used the trial ABBA method where one team goes first before the other takes two consecutively and then the first team takes their second. SPFL rules state that the ABAB method should be used. The mix up is suspected to have come after confusion between the Irish referee and Welsh linesmen in The New Saints-Livingston match over which method was to be used. The result of the investigation is not expected to impact the result of The New Saints-Livingston tie.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 53], "content_span": [54, 815]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276339-0018-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Scottish Challenge Cup, Third round, Draw\nThe draw for the third round was made at 1 pm on 5 September 2017 at the Riverside Museum and was streamed live on the SPFL's Facebook page. The draw was unseeded and there were no longer any requirements for non-SPFL sides to be kept apart.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 49], "content_span": [50, 291]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276339-0019-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Scottish Challenge Cup, Third round, Draw\n04 . Inverness Caledonian Thistle05. Falkirk06. Dundee United07. Dunfermline Athletic08. Queen of the South09. St Mirren", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 49], "content_span": [50, 170]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276339-0020-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Scottish Challenge Cup, Quarter-finals, Draw\nThe draw for the quarter-finals was made at 1 pm on 10 October 2017 at the Forth Road Bridge Visitor Centre and was streamed live on the SPFL's Facebook page. The draw was unseeded.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 52], "content_span": [53, 234]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276339-0021-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Scottish Challenge Cup, Quarter-finals, Draw\n03 . Inverness Caledonian Thistle04. Falkirk05. Dundee United06. Queen of the South07. Dumbarton08. Raith Rovers", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 52], "content_span": [53, 165]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276339-0022-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Scottish Challenge Cup, Semi-finals, Draw\nThe draw for the semi-finals was made at 1pm on 14 November 2017 at the SEC Armadillo and was streamed live on the SPFL's Facebook page. The draw was unseeded.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 49], "content_span": [50, 209]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276339-0023-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Scottish Challenge Cup, Player of the Round\nThe Golden Ball Award is a 'Player of the Round' award given to the player who is adjudged to have had the best performance of that round out of all the players in teams left competing in that round of the competition. The winner is voted for by supporters from a chosen short-list of players, which is posted on the Irn-Bru Football Twitter page.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 51], "content_span": [52, 399]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276339-0024-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Scottish Challenge Cup, Broadcasting rights\nThe domestic broadcasting rights for the competition are held jointly by BBC Alba, S4C (for matches involving Welsh teams) and subscription channel Premier Sports. Prior to the re-format in the 2016\u201317 season, BBC Alba had exclusive rights.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 51], "content_span": [52, 292]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276339-0025-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Scottish Challenge Cup, Broadcasting rights\nThe following matches are to be broadcast live on UK television:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 51], "content_span": [52, 116]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276340-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Scottish Championship\nThe 2017\u201318 Scottish Championship (known as the Ladbrokes Championship for sponsorship reasons) was the 23rd season in the current format of 10 teams in the second tier of Scottish football. The fixtures were published on 23 June 2017.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [29, 29], "content_span": [30, 265]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276340-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Scottish Championship\nTen teams contested the league: Brechin City, Dumbarton, Dundee United, Dunfermline Athletic, Falkirk, Greenock Morton, Inverness CT, Livingston, Queen of the South and St Mirren.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [29, 29], "content_span": [30, 209]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276340-0002-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Scottish Championship\nSt Mirren won the league title, and promotion to the Premiership, after a 0\u20130 draw with Livingston on 14 April 2018.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [29, 29], "content_span": [30, 146]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276340-0003-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Scottish Championship\nBrechin City became the first team in 126 years to go through a Scottish league season without a win. Their total of 4 points was the lowest ever recorded in the Scottish second tier, the lowest in the three points for a win era and the joint-lowest in any Scottish division.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [29, 29], "content_span": [30, 305]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276340-0004-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Scottish Championship, Prize money\nIn April 2018, the SPFL confirmed the prize money to be allocated to the league members at the conclusion of the competitions. The Championship winners would receive \u00a3533,000 with a total pot of \u00a324.5 million to be distributed across the four divisions.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 42], "content_span": [43, 296]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276340-0005-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Scottish Championship, Teams\nThe following teams have changed division since the 2016\u201317 season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 36], "content_span": [37, 104]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276340-0006-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Scottish Championship, League summary, Positions by Round\nThe table lists the positions of teams after each week of matches. In order to preserve chronological progress, any postponed matches are not included in the round at which they were originally scheduled, but added to the full round they were played immediately afterwards. For example, if a match is scheduled for matchday 13, but then postponed and played between days 16 and 17, it will be added to the standings for day 16.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 65], "content_span": [66, 493]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276340-0007-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Scottish Championship, Results\nTeams play each other four times, twice in the first half of the season (home and away) and twice in the second half of the season (home and away), making a total of 180 games, with each team playing 36.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 38], "content_span": [39, 242]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276340-0008-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Scottish Championship, Championship play-offs\nThe second bottom team will enter into a 4-team playoff with the 2nd-4th placed teams in League One.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 53], "content_span": [54, 154]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276341-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Scottish Cup\nThe 2017\u201318 Scottish Cup was the 133rd season of Scotland's most prestigious football knockout competition. The tournament was sponsored by bookmaker William Hill in what is the seventh season of a nine-year partnership, after contract negotiations saw the initial five-year contract extended for an additional four years in October 2015.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [20, 20], "content_span": [21, 359]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276341-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Scottish Cup\nThe defending champions were Celtic who won the 2017 Scottish Cup Final on 27 May 2017.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [20, 20], "content_span": [21, 108]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276341-0002-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Scottish Cup, Calendar\nThe calendar for the 2017\u201318 Scottish Cup qualifying rounds, as announced by Scottish Football Association.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 30], "content_span": [31, 138]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276341-0003-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Scottish Cup, Preliminary rounds\nThe draw for the preliminary rounds took place on Monday, 10 July 2017 at Hampden Park and was made by Scotland internationals Gemma Fay and Ifeoma Dieke.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 40], "content_span": [41, 195]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276341-0004-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Scottish Cup, Preliminary rounds\n15 clubs were involved in the draw, of which nine received a bye to the second preliminary round, while the other six entered the first preliminary round. The teams competing in these rounds were made up of teams from the East of Scotland Football League (5), South of Scotland Football League (3), North Caledonian Football League (1), Scottish Junior Football Association (4) and the Scottish Amateur Football Association (2). Glenafton Athletic took part in the Scottish Cup for the first time after winning the 2016\u201317 West of Scotland Super League Premier Division and the 2016\u201317 Scottish Junior Cup.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 40], "content_span": [41, 647]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276341-0005-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Scottish Cup, Preliminary rounds\nThere were three parts to the draw. The first part determined which nine clubs, from the 11 eligible, received a bye to the second preliminary round. The two clubs which did not receive a bye into the second preliminary round entered the first preliminary round. Three ties were then drawn in the first preliminary round to be played on Saturday, 12 August 2017. The final part of the draw saw six ties drawn in the second preliminary round to be played on Saturday, 2 September 2017. Wigtown & Bladnoch were in the draw when it was first announced, but withdrew from the competition before the date of the draw.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 40], "content_span": [41, 653]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276341-0006-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Scottish Cup, Preliminary rounds, Preliminary round one, Draw\nClubs with a valid club licence at the date of the draw are eligible for a bye to the second preliminary round. Teams in Bold advanced to the first round.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 69], "content_span": [70, 224]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276341-0007-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Scottish Cup, Preliminary rounds, Preliminary round one, Draw\nThe following teams received a bye to the Second Preliminary Round: Banks O\u2019Dee, Coldstream, Girvan,Glasgow University, Golspie Sutherland, Linlithgow Rose, Preston Athletic, St Cuthbert Wanderers and Threave Rovers.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 69], "content_span": [70, 286]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276341-0008-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Scottish Cup, First round\nThe first round took place on the weekend of 23 September 2017. Along with the six winners from the second preliminary round, there were 30 new entries at this stage, 14 from the Lowland Football League and 16 from the Highland Football League.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 33], "content_span": [34, 278]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276341-0009-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Scottish Cup, First round, Draw\nThe draw for the first round was made at 5:30 pm on 2 September 2017 at the Excelsior Stadium, Airdrie and was made by Davie Hay, representing defending champions Celtic and Donnie Fergusson from hosts Glasgow University.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 39], "content_span": [40, 261]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276341-0010-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Scottish Cup, First round, Draw\nTeams in Italics were not known at the time of the draw. Teams in Bold advanced to the second round.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 39], "content_span": [40, 140]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276341-0011-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Scottish Cup, Second round\nThe second round took place on the weekend of 14 October 2017. Along with the 18 winners from the first round, there were 14 new entries at this stage, two from the Lowland Football League, two from the Highland Football League and all 10 from League Two.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 34], "content_span": [35, 290]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276341-0012-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Scottish Cup, Second round, Draw\nThe draw for the second round was made at 17:45 on 23 September 2017 at Ayr Racecourse. The draw was made by former England cricket captain Andrew Flintoff and former Ayr United striker James Grady.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 40], "content_span": [41, 239]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276341-0013-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Scottish Cup, Second round, Draw\nTeams in Italics were not known at the time of the draw. Teams in Bold advanced to the third round.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 40], "content_span": [41, 140]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276341-0014-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Scottish Cup, Third round\nThe third round took take place on the weekend of 18 November 2017. Along with the 16 winners from the first round, there were 16 new entries at this stage, all 10 from League One and six from the Championship.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 33], "content_span": [34, 244]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276341-0015-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Scottish Cup, Third round, Draw\nThe draw for the third round was made at 5:45pm on Saturday 14 October 2017 at Links Park, Montrose. The draw was made by Archie Knox and Derek Sim, chairman of Links Park Community Trust. The draw had to be re-done following a mix-up that lead to Brora Rangers being drawn twice. Of the 16 ties, 15 had already been drawn, including Glenafton Athletic-Queen of the South and Brora Rangers-Queen's Park, before the mistake was discovered. The Scottish Football Association claimed that the draw had to be re-done due to \"a technical issue\" in incident mirroring the 2016 quarter-final draw where when one of the balls containing the club names split open before it was pulled out.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 39], "content_span": [40, 720]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276341-0016-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Scottish Cup, Fourth round\nThe fourth round took place on the weekend of 20 January 2018. Along with the 16 winners from the third round, there were 16 new entries at this stage - the remaining four clubs from the Championship, and all 12 from the Premiership.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 34], "content_span": [35, 268]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276341-0017-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Scottish Cup, Fourth round, Draw\nThe draw for the fourth round was made at 4:45pm on Monday, 20 November 2017. The draw was made by Doddie Weir and Colin Cameron.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 40], "content_span": [41, 170]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276341-0018-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Scottish Cup, Fifth round\nThe draw for the fifth round was made live on Sky Sports Football at Tynecastle Park following Heart of Midlothian'sEdinburgh derby victory on Sunday, 21 January 2018. The draw was made by Amy MacDonald and David Weir.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 33], "content_span": [34, 252]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276341-0019-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Scottish Cup, Fifth round, Draw\nTeams in italics were not known at the time of the draw. Teams in Bold advanced to the quarter-finals.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 39], "content_span": [40, 142]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276341-0020-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Scottish Cup, Quarter-finals\nThe draw for the quarter-finals was made live on Sky Sports Football at Pittodrie Stadium following Aberdeen's tie against Dundee United on Sunday, 11 February 2018. The draw was made by Russell Anderson and Rachel Corsie.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 36], "content_span": [37, 259]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276341-0021-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Scottish Cup, Semi-finals\nThe draw for the semi-finals was made live on Sky Sports Football at Ibrox Stadium following Rangers' tie against Falkirk on Sunday, 4 March 2018. The draw was made by Neil Alexander and Gordon Reid.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 33], "content_span": [34, 233]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276341-0022-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Scottish Cup, Semi-finals, Draw\nTeams in italics were not known at the time of the draw. Teams in Bold advanced to the final.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 39], "content_span": [40, 133]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276341-0023-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Scottish Cup, Bracket\nThe following is the bracket which the Scottish Cup resembled. Numbers in parentheses next to the match score represent the results of a replay.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 29], "content_span": [30, 174]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276341-0024-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Scottish Cup, Media coverage\nFrom round four onwards, selected matches from the Scottish Cup are broadcast live in the UK and Ireland by BBC Scotland and Sky Sports. BBC Scotland has the option to show one tie per round, with Sky Sports showing two ties per round with one replay; Sky Sports show both semi-finals live with one also on BBC Scotland, and both channels screen the final live.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 36], "content_span": [37, 398]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276341-0025-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Scottish Cup, Media coverage\nThe following matches are to be broadcast live on UK television:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 36], "content_span": [37, 101]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276342-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Scottish Junior Cup\nThe 2017\u201318 Scottish Junior Cup was the 132nd season of the Scottish Junior Cup, the national knockout tournament for member clubs of the Scottish Junior Football Association (SJFA). The winner of this competition entered the following season's Scottish Cup at the preliminary round stage.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [27, 27], "content_span": [28, 317]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276342-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Scottish Junior Cup, Calendar\nThe provisional dates for each round of the 2017\u201318 tournament are as follows:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 37], "content_span": [38, 116]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276342-0002-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Scottish Junior Cup, Calendar\nDrawn matches are replayed and replays that end in a draw proceed direct to a penalty shootout, there is no extra time. Semi-finals are played home and away over two legs with the winner on aggregate progressing to the final. If the aggregate score is tied at the end of the second leg, the match will also proceed direct to a penalty shootout.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 37], "content_span": [38, 382]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276342-0003-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Scottish Junior Cup, First round\nThe four junior clubs qualified for this season's Scottish Cup, are not included in the draw for the first round:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 40], "content_span": [41, 154]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276342-0004-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Scottish Junior Cup, First round\nThe first round draw took place at Hampden Park, Glasgow on 22 August 2017 and was made by SJFA president Felix McKenna and Linlithgow Rose club president Les Donaldson.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 40], "content_span": [41, 210]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276342-0005-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Scottish Junior Cup, Second round\nThe second round draw took place at Hampden Park, Glasgow on 4 October 2017 at 2pm.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 41], "content_span": [42, 125]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276342-0006-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Scottish Junior Cup, Semifinals\nThe draw for the semi finals took place on 29 March 2018.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 39], "content_span": [40, 97]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276342-0007-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Scottish Junior Cup, Final\nThe Final of the Scottish Junior Cup was played at Rugby Park, Kilmarnock on Sunday 4 June with a 4.15pm kick off. The game was televised live by BBC ALBA.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 34], "content_span": [35, 190]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276343-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Scottish League Cup\nThe 2017\u201318 Scottish League Cup (also known as the Betfred Cup for sponsorship reasons) was the 72nd season of Scotland's second-most prestigious football knockout competition.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [27, 27], "content_span": [28, 205]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276343-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Scottish League Cup\nThe format for the 2017\u201318 competition remained the same as that which was introduced in the previous season's competition.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [27, 27], "content_span": [28, 151]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276343-0002-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Scottish League Cup\nIt began with eight groups of five teams which included all Scottish Professional Football League (SPFL) clubs, excluding those competing in Champions League and Europa League qualifiers, as well as the winners of the 2016\u201317 Highland Football League (Buckie Thistle) and the 2016\u201317 Lowland Football League (East Kilbride).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [27, 27], "content_span": [28, 352]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276343-0003-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Scottish League Cup\nThe competition was won by Celtic, who beat Motherwell 2\u20130 in the final on 26 November 2017.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [27, 27], "content_span": [28, 120]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276343-0004-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Scottish League Cup, Format\nThe competition began with eight groups of five teams. The four clubs competing in the UEFA Champions League (Celtic) and Europa League (Aberdeen, Rangers and St Johnstone) qualifying rounds were given a bye through to the second round. The 40 teams competing in the group stage consisted of the other eight teams that competed in the 2016\u201317 Scottish Premiership, and all of the teams that competed in the 2016\u201317 Scottish Championship, 2016\u201317 Scottish League One and 2016\u201317 Scottish League Two, as well as the 2016\u201317 Highland Football League and the 2016\u201317 Lowland Football League champions.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 35], "content_span": [36, 633]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276343-0005-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Scottish League Cup, Format\nThe winners of each of the eight groups, as well as the four best runners-up progressed to the second round (last 16), which included the four UEFA qualifying clubs. At this stage, the competition reverted to the traditional knock-out format. The four group winners with the highest points total and the clubs entering at this stage were seeded, with the four group winners with the lowest points unseeded along with the four best runners-up.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 35], "content_span": [36, 478]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276343-0006-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Scottish League Cup, Format, Bonus point system\nIn December 2015, the SPFL announced that alongside the new group stage format, a bonus point system would be introduced to provide greater excitement and increase the number of meaningful games at this stage. The traditional point system of awarding three points for a win and one point for a draw was used, however, for each group stage match that finished in a draw, a penalty shoot-out took place, with the winner being awarded a bonus point.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 55], "content_span": [56, 502]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276343-0007-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Scottish League Cup, Group stage\nThe group stage was made up of eight teams from the 2016\u201317 Scottish Premiership, and all ten teams from each of the 2016\u201317 Scottish Championship, 2016\u201317 Scottish League One and 2016\u201317 Scottish League Two, as well as the winners of the 2016\u201317 Highland Football League and 2016\u201317 Lowland Football League. The 40 teams were divided into two sections: North and South; with each section containing four top seeded teams, four second seeded teams and 12 unseeded teams. Each section was drawn into four groups with each group being made up of one top seed, one second seed and three unseeded sides. Seedings for the draw were confirmed on 31 May 2017, two days before the draw.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 40], "content_span": [41, 719]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276343-0008-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Scottish League Cup, Group stage\nThe draw for the group stages took place on Friday 2 June 2017 at 6:30pm BST at the BT Sport Studio in London and was shown live on BT Sport 2.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 40], "content_span": [41, 184]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276343-0009-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Scottish League Cup, Knockout phase, Second round, Draw and seeding\nThe following teams qualified and competed in the second round of the 2017\u201318 Scottish League Cup. Aberdeen, Celtic, Rangers and St Johnstone entered the competition at this stage, after receiving a bye for the group stage due to their participation in UEFA club competitions.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 75], "content_span": [76, 352]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276343-0010-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Scottish League Cup, Knockout phase, Second round, Draw and seeding\nThe draw for the second round took place at Dens Park following the conclusion of the Dundee derby on 30 July, and was shown live on BT Sport's Facebook page & BT Sport 1. The four UEFA-qualifying clubs and the four group winners with the best record were seeded for the draw.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 75], "content_span": [76, 352]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276343-0011-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Scottish League Cup, Knockout phase, Quarter-finals, Draw\nThe quarter-final draw took place at Dens Park following the conclusion of the Dundee\u2013Dundee United match on 9 August, and was shown live on BT Sport 1 & the BT Sport Facebook page. The draw was unseeded and ties were scheduled for the midweek of 19-21 September.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 65], "content_span": [66, 329]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276343-0012-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Scottish League Cup, Knockout phase, Semi-finals, Draw\nThe semi-final draw took place at Fir Park following the conclusion of the Motherwell\u2013Aberdeen match on 21 September, and was shown live on BT Sport 1. The draw was unseeded and ties were scheduled for the weekend of 21/22 October.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 62], "content_span": [63, 294]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276343-0013-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Scottish League Cup, Top goalscorers\nThere were 324 goals scored in 95 matches in the competition, for an average of 3.41 goals per match.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 44], "content_span": [45, 146]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276343-0014-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Scottish League Cup, Media coverage\nThe domestic broadcasting rights for the competition were held exclusively by BT Sport. Prior to the re-format in the 2015\u201316 season, BBC Scotland had exclusive rights.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 43], "content_span": [44, 212]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276344-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Scottish League Cup group stage\nThe 2017\u201318 Scottish League Cup group stage was played from 14 July to 30 July 2017. A total of 40 teams competed in the group stage. The winners of each of the eight groups, as well as the four best runners-up progressed to the second round (last 16) of the 2017\u201318 Scottish League Cup.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [39, 39], "content_span": [40, 327]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276344-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Scottish League Cup group stage, Format\nThe group stage consisted of eight teams from the 2016\u201317 Scottish Premiership, ten teams from each of the 2016\u201317 Scottish Championship, 2016\u201317 Scottish League One and 2016\u201317 Scottish League Two, as well as the winners of the 2016\u201317 Highland Football League and 2016\u201317 Lowland Football League. The 40 teams were divided into two sections: North and South; with each section containing four top seeded teams, four second seeded teams and 12 unseeded teams. Each section was drawn into four groups with each group being made up of 1 top seed, 1 second seed and 3 unseeded sides. Seedings for the draw were confirmed on 31 May 2017, two days before the draw.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 47], "content_span": [48, 708]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276344-0002-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Scottish League Cup group stage, Format\nThe draw for the group stages took place on Friday 2 June 2017 at 6:30pm BST at the BT Sport Studio in London and was shown live on BT Sport 2.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 47], "content_span": [48, 191]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276344-0003-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Scottish League Cup group stage, Teams, North, Seeding\n17. Raith Rovers18. Alloa Athletic19. Brechin City20. East Fife21. Peterhead22. Arbroath", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 62], "content_span": [63, 151]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276344-0004-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Scottish League Cup group stage, Teams, North, Seeding\n23. Forfar Athletic24. Montrose25. Elgin City26. Stirling Albion27. Cowdenbeath28. Buckie Thistle", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 62], "content_span": [63, 160]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276344-0005-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Scottish League Cup group stage, Teams, South, Seeding\n13. Greenock Morton14. Queen of the South15. St Mirren16. Dumbarton", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 62], "content_span": [63, 130]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276344-0006-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Scottish League Cup group stage, Teams, South, Seeding\n29. Ayr United30. Livingston31. Airdrieonians32. Queen's Park33. Stranraer34. Albion Rovers", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 62], "content_span": [63, 154]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276344-0007-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Scottish League Cup group stage, Teams, South, Seeding\n35. Stenhousemuir36. Annan Athletic37. Edinburgh City38. Berwick Rangers39. Clyde40. East Kilbride", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 62], "content_span": [63, 161]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276344-0008-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Scottish League Cup group stage, Top goalscorers\nThere were 267 goals scored in 80 matches in the group stage, for an average of 3.34 goals per match.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 56], "content_span": [57, 158]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276345-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Scottish League One\nThe 2017\u201318 Scottish League One (known as Ladbrokes League One for sponsorship reasons) was the 23rd season in the format of 10 teams in the third-tier of Scottish football. The fixtures were published on 23 June 2017.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [27, 27], "content_span": [28, 246]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276345-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Scottish League One\nTen teams contested the league: Airdrieonians, Albion Rovers, Alloa Athletic, Arbroath, Ayr United, East Fife, Forfar Athletic, Queen's Park, Raith Rovers and Stranraer.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [27, 27], "content_span": [28, 197]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276345-0002-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Scottish League One, Prize money\nIn April 2018, the SPFL confirmed the prize money to be allocated to the league members at the conclusion of the competitions. The League One winners would receive \u00a3119,000 with a total pot of \u00a324.5 million to be distributed across the four divisions.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 40], "content_span": [41, 292]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276345-0003-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Scottish League One, Teams\nThe following teams changed division prior to the 2016\u201317 season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 34], "content_span": [35, 100]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276345-0004-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Scottish League One, League Summary, Positions by Round\nThe table lists the positions of teams after each week of matches. In order to preserve chronological progress, any postponed matches are not included in the round at which they were originally scheduled, but added to the full round they were played immediately afterwards. For example, if a match is scheduled for matchday 13, but then postponed and played between days 16 and 17, it will be added to the standings for day 16.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 63], "content_span": [64, 491]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276345-0005-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Scottish League One, Results\nTeams play each other four times, twice in the first half of the season (home and away) and twice in the second half of the season (home and away), making a total of 36 games.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 36], "content_span": [37, 212]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276345-0006-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Scottish League One, League One play-offs\nThe second bottom team entered into a 4-team playoff with the 2nd, 3rd, and 4th placed teams in League Two.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 49], "content_span": [50, 157]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276346-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Scottish League Two\nThe 2017\u201318 Scottish League Two (known as Ladbrokes League Two for sponsorship reasons) was the 23rd season in the current format of 10 teams in the fourth-tier of Scottish football. The last placed team entered a play-off with a team nominated by the Scottish Football Association from outside the SPFL determining which team enters League Two in the 2018\u201319 season. The fixtures were published on 23 June 2017.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [27, 27], "content_span": [28, 440]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276346-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Scottish League Two\nTen teams contested the league: Annan Athletic, Berwick Rangers, Clyde, Cowdenbeath, Edinburgh City, Elgin City, Montrose, Peterhead, Stenhousemuir and Stirling Albion.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [27, 27], "content_span": [28, 196]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276346-0002-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Scottish League Two, Prize money\nIn April 2018, the SPFL confirmed the prize money to be allocated to the league members at the conclusion of the competitions. The League Two winners would receive \u00a364,000 with a total pot of \u00a324.5 million to be distributed across the four divisions.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 40], "content_span": [41, 291]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276346-0003-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Scottish League Two, League summary, Positions by round\nThe table lists the positions of teams after each week of matches. In order to preserve chronological progress, any postponed matches are not included in the round at which they were originally scheduled, but added to the full round they were played immediately afterwards. For example, if a match is scheduled for matchday 13, but then postponed and played between days 16 and 17, it will be added to the standings for day 16.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 63], "content_span": [64, 491]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276346-0004-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Scottish League Two, Results\nTeams play each other four times, twice in the first half of the season (home and away) and twice in the second half of the season (home and away), making a total of 180 games, with each team playing 36.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 36], "content_span": [37, 240]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276346-0005-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Scottish League Two, League Two play-offs\nThe first round was contested between the winners of the 2017\u201318 Highland Football League (Cove Rangers) and the 2017\u201318 Lowland Football League (Spartans). The winners then played against the bottom club in League Two, and would have been promoted to League Two for the 2018\u201319 season if they had won.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 49], "content_span": [50, 352]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276346-0006-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Scottish League Two, League Two play-offs\nDue to fixture congestion in the Highland League preventing a champion being crowned in time, the dates for the first round were pushed back a week.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 49], "content_span": [50, 198]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276347-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Scottish Premiership\nThe 2017\u201318 Scottish Premiership (known as the Ladbrokes Premiership for sponsorship reasons) was the fifth season of the Scottish Premiership, the highest division of Scottish football. The fixtures were published on 23 June 2017. The season began on 5 August 2017. Celtic were the defending champions.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [28, 28], "content_span": [29, 332]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276347-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Scottish Premiership\nTwelve teams contested the league: Aberdeen, Celtic, Dundee, Hamilton Academical, Heart of Midlothian, Hibernian, Kilmarnock, Motherwell, Partick Thistle, Rangers, Ross County and St Johnstone.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [28, 28], "content_span": [29, 222]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276347-0002-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Scottish Premiership\nThe season's average attendance was 15,932, the highest level since 2006\u201307.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [28, 28], "content_span": [29, 105]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276347-0003-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Scottish Premiership\nOn 29 April 2018, Celtic won their seventh consecutive title and 49th overall after a 5\u20130 win at home to Rangers.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [28, 28], "content_span": [29, 142]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276347-0004-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Scottish Premiership, Teams\nThe following teams have changed division since the 2016\u201317 season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 35], "content_span": [36, 103]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276347-0005-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Scottish Premiership, Format, Basic\nIn the initial phase of the season, the 12 teams will play a round-robin tournament whereby each team plays each one of the other teams three times. After 33 games, the league splits into two sections of six teams, with each team playing each other in that section. The league attempts to balance the fixture list so that teams in the same section play each other twice at home and twice away, but sometimes this is impossible. A total of 228 matches will be played, with 38 matches played by each team.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 43], "content_span": [44, 547]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276347-0006-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Scottish Premiership, Format, Prize money\nIn April 2018, the SPFL confirmed the prize money to be allocated to the league members at the conclusion of the competitions. The Premiership winners would receive \u00a33.176 million, with a total pot of \u00a324.5m to be distributed across the four divisions.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 49], "content_span": [50, 302]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276347-0007-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Scottish Premiership, League summary, Positions by round\nThe table lists the positions of teams after each week of matches. In order to preserve chronological progress, any postponed matches are not included in the round at which they were originally scheduled, but added to the full round they were played immediately afterwards. For example, if a match is scheduled for matchday 13, but then postponed and played between days 16 and 17, it will be added to the standings for day 16.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 64], "content_span": [65, 492]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276347-0008-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Scottish Premiership, Results, Matches 1\u201322\nTeams play each other twice, once at home and once away.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 51], "content_span": [52, 108]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276347-0009-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Scottish Premiership, Results, Matches 23\u201333\nTeams play every other team once (either at home or away).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 52], "content_span": [53, 111]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276347-0010-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Scottish Premiership, Results, Matches 34\u201338\nAfter 33 matches, the league splits into two sections of six teams i.e. the top six and the bottom six, with the teams playing every other team in their section once (either at home or away). The exact matches are determined by the position of the teams in the league table at the time of the split.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 52], "content_span": [53, 352]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276347-0011-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Scottish Premiership, Premiership play-offs\nThe quarter-final will be contested between the third and fourth-placed teams (Dundee United and Dunfermline Athletic) in the Scottish Championship, with the winners advancing to the semi-final to face the second-placed Championship side (Livingston). The last remaining Championship team will play-off against the eleventh-placed Premiership team in the final, with the winners securing the last place in the 2018\u201319 Scottish Premiership.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 51], "content_span": [52, 491]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276347-0012-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Scottish Premiership, Broadcasting, Live Matches\nThe SPFL permits Sky Sports and BT Sport to show up to six live home matches between the broadcasters from each club - although this is only four for Rangers and Celtic. Sky Sports and BT Sport's deal allows them to broadcast 30 games each (and the play-offs for BT). The deal roughly provides \u00a321m to SPFL per season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 56], "content_span": [57, 375]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276347-0013-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Scottish Premiership, Broadcasting, Highlights\nSky Sports hold the rights to Saturday night highlights - however, they do not broadcast a dedicated programme and instead merely show the goals of the Premiership matches on Sky Sports News in their Goals Express programme - which primarily is focused on goals from the English Football League. Gaelic-language channel BBC Alba has the rights to broadcast the repeat in full of 38 Saturday 3pm matches \"as live\" at 5.30pm. The main Premiership highlights programme is BBC Scotland's Sportscene programme hosted on a Sunday which shows in depth highlights of all six Premiership matches every weekend.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 54], "content_span": [55, 656]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276347-0013-0001", "contents": "2017\u201318 Scottish Premiership, Broadcasting, Highlights\nSTV show the goals the weekend matches on Monday nights during the Sport section of their News at Six programme as well as during their weeknight football-debate show on STV2. The SPFL also uploads the goals from every Premiership match onto its YouTube channel - available from 6pm on a Sunday for UK and Ireland viewers and 10pm on a Saturday for those worldwide.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 54], "content_span": [55, 420]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276348-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Scottish Professional Football League\nStatistics of the Scottish Professional Football League (SPFL) in season 2017\u201318.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [45, 45], "content_span": [46, 127]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276349-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Scottish Rugby Academy season\nThe Scottish Rugby Academy provides Scotland's up and coming rugby stars a dedicated focused routeway for development into the professional game. Entry is restricted to Scottish qualified students and both male and female entrants are accepted into 4 regional academies. The 2017\u201318 season sees the third year of the academy.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [37, 37], "content_span": [38, 363]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276349-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Scottish Rugby Academy season, Season overview\nThis was the third year of the Scottish Rugby Academy. 11 players were signed from the Academy into full-time professional clubs from last season's Stage 3.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 54], "content_span": [55, 211]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276349-0002-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Scottish Rugby Academy season, Season overview\nThis year sees 8 new entrants into the Academy going straight into Stage 3 - being assigned to a professional club. In addition, another 9 players have been promoted to Stage 3 from Stage 2.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 54], "content_span": [55, 245]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276349-0003-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Scottish Rugby Academy season, Season overview\nThe latest intake of players demonstrates our continued investment in the next generation, an increased input from the pro teams in their selection and our commitment to future-proof our game in Scotland.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 54], "content_span": [55, 259]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276349-0004-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Scottish Rugby Academy season, Season overview\nA second intake of players into this year's academy at Stage 1 and 2 will be announced after July and August after the regional age-grade series ends.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 54], "content_span": [55, 205]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276349-0005-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Scottish Rugby Academy season, Regional Academies\nThe Scottish Rugby Academy runs four regional academies in Scotland:-", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 57], "content_span": [58, 127]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276349-0006-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Scottish Rugby Academy season, Regional Academies\nThese geographically roughly correspond to the traditional districts of Glasgow District, South, Edinburgh District and North and Midlands.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 57], "content_span": [58, 197]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276349-0007-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Scottish Rugby Academy season, Players and stages, Stage 3 players\nNominally, for the men, Glasgow Warriors receive the Stage 3 players of Glasgow and the West and Caledonia regions, while Edinburgh Rugby receive the Stage 3 players of the Edinburgh and Borders and East Lothian regions.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 74], "content_span": [75, 295]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276349-0008-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Scottish Rugby Academy season, Players and stages, Stage 3 players\nThe women are integrated into the Scotland women's national rugby sevens team and the Scotland women's national rugby union team.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 74], "content_span": [75, 204]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276349-0009-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Scottish Rugby Academy season, Players and stages, Stage 3 players, Borders and East Lothian\nNote: Flags indicate national union as has been defined under WR eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-WR nationality.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 100], "content_span": [101, 235]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276349-0010-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Scottish Rugby Academy season, Players and stages, Stage 3 players, Caledonia\nNote: these players, originally noted as Caledonia regional academy Stage 3 players were later formally assigned to the Glasgow regional academy when the Scottish Rugby Academy completed their second academy intake of the season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 85], "content_span": [86, 315]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276349-0011-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Scottish Rugby Academy season, Players and stages, Stage 3 players, Caledonia\nNote: Flags indicate national union as has been defined under WR eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-WR nationality.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 85], "content_span": [86, 220]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276349-0012-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Scottish Rugby Academy season, Players and stages, Stage 3 players, Edinburgh\nDuncan Ferguson, Chloe Rollie, Lisa Thomson and Sarah Law were added to the Edinburgh Stage 3 academy squad in the Scottish Rugby Academy's second intake in the 2017\u201318 season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 85], "content_span": [86, 262]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276349-0013-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Scottish Rugby Academy season, Players and stages, Stage 3 players, Edinburgh\nNote: Flags indicate national union as has been defined under WR eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-WR nationality.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 85], "content_span": [86, 220]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276349-0014-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Scottish Rugby Academy season, Players and stages, Stage 3 players, Glasgow and the West\nDan York was added to the Glasgow Stage 3 academy squad in the Scottish Rugby Academy's second intake in the 2017\u201318 season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 96], "content_span": [97, 221]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276349-0015-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Scottish Rugby Academy season, Players and stages, Stage 3 players, Glasgow and the West\nNote: Flags indicate national union as has been defined under WR eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-WR nationality.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 96], "content_span": [97, 231]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276349-0016-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Scottish Rugby Academy season, Players and stages, Stage 1 and 2 players\nThe inductees for the 2017\u201318 season are split into their regional academies.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 80], "content_span": [81, 158]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276349-0017-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Scottish Rugby Academy season, Players and stages, Stage 1 and 2 players, Borders and East Lothian\nAdam Hall was transferred to the Edinburgh regional academy in the second intake.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 106], "content_span": [107, 188]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276349-0018-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Scottish Rugby Academy season, Players and stages, Stage 1 and 2 players, Caledonia\nFergus Bradbury was on the initial list of Caledonia academy players but not on the second intake list. George Goodenough and Andrew McLean were transferred to the Edinburgh academy in the second intake. Grant Hughes was transferred to the Glasgow academy in the second intake. Cameron Henderson (Strathallan School) is added to the Caledonia list.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 91], "content_span": [92, 440]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276349-0019-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Scottish Rugby Academy season, Players and stages, Stage 1 and 2 players, Edinburgh\nChloe Rollie, Lisa Thomson and Sarah Law were initially named as Stage 2 but were promoted to Stage 3 in the second intake. They are now listed with the Stage 3 players. Charlie Jupp (unattached) and James Miller (Watsonians) are added to the Edinburgh list.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 91], "content_span": [92, 350]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276349-0020-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Scottish Rugby Academy season, Players and stages, Stage 1 and 2 players, Glasgow and the West\nDan York was initially named as Stage 2 but was promoted to Stage 3 in the second intake. He is now listed with the Stage 3 players.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 102], "content_span": [103, 235]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276350-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Scottish Youth Cup\nThe 2017\u201318 Scottish Youth Cup was the 35th season of the Scottish Youth Cup, the national knockout tournament at youth level organised by the Scottish Football Association for its full and associate member clubs. The tournament was for the under-20 age group, to complement current youth development strategies, having formerly been an under-19 competition. Players born after 1 January 1998 were eligible to play.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [26, 26], "content_span": [27, 442]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276350-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Scottish Youth Cup, Format\nThe sixteen clubs who reached the fourth round of the 2016\u201317 competition received a bye to the third round of this season's tournament. The first two rounds were divided into three regional groups to reduce travelling. The tournament becomes an all-in national competition from the third round onwards.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 34], "content_span": [35, 338]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276350-0002-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Scottish Youth Cup, First round, Central Group\nFour ties was drawn in this group with the following clubs receiving a bye to the second round:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 54], "content_span": [55, 150]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276350-0003-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Scottish Youth Cup, First round, North Group\nFive ties were drawn in this group, with the following clubs receiving byes to the second round.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 52], "content_span": [53, 149]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276350-0004-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Scottish Youth Cup, First round, South Group\nTwo ties were drawn in this group, and no clubs received a bye.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 52], "content_span": [53, 116]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276350-0005-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Scottish Youth Cup, Third round\nThe draw for the third round was made on 10 October 2017. The following sixteen clubs entered at this stage, by virtue of having reached the fourth round of last season's competition:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 39], "content_span": [40, 223]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276350-0006-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Scottish Youth Cup, Fourth round\nThe fourth round draw was announced on 7 November 2017.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 40], "content_span": [41, 96]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276350-0007-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Scottish Youth Cup, Semi-finals\nThe semi-final ties were played on 5 and 12 April 2018.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 39], "content_span": [40, 95]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276351-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Scunthorpe United F.C. season\nThe 2017\u201318 season is Scunthorpe United's 119th season in their existence and their fourth consecutive season in League One. Along with competing in League One, the club will also participate in the FA Cup, EFL Cup and EFL Trophy. The season covers the period from 1 July 2017 to 30 June 2018.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [37, 37], "content_span": [38, 331]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276351-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Scunthorpe United F.C. season, Competitions, Friendlies\nAs of 26 June 2017, Scunthorpe United have announced six pre-season friendlies against York City, Luton Town, North Ferriby United, Sunderland, Austria Salzburg. and SK Strobl.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 63], "content_span": [64, 240]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276351-0002-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Scunthorpe United F.C. season, Competitions, FA Cup\nOn 16 October 2017, Scunthorpe United were drawn away to Northampton Town in the first round. A 0\u20130 draw meant a replay would be played at Glanford Park.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 59], "content_span": [60, 213]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276351-0003-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Scunthorpe United F.C. season, Competitions, EFL Cup\nOn 16 June 2017, Scunthorpe United were drawn at home to Notts County in the first round. An away trip to Middlesbrough was drawn out for the second round.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 60], "content_span": [61, 216]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276351-0004-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Scunthorpe United F.C. season, Competitions, EFL Trophy\nOn 12 July 2017, Scunthorpe were drawn against Doncaster Rovers, Grimsby Town and Sunderland U23s in Northern Group H. After winning the group, Scunthorpe were handed a home tie against Leicester City U21s in the second round.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 63], "content_span": [64, 290]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276352-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Seattle Redhawks men's basketball team\nThe 2017\u201318 Seattle Redhawks men's basketball team represented Seattle University during the 2017\u201318 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Redhawks, led by first-year head coach Jim Hayford, played their home games at KeyArena and the Connolly Center as members of the Western Athletic Conference. They finished the season 20\u201314, 8\u20136 in WAC play to finish in fourth place. It was the Redhawks' first 20-win season since 2008 and first 20-win season in Division I play since the 1960s.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [46, 46], "content_span": [47, 538]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276352-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Seattle Redhawks men's basketball team\nIn the postseason, they defeated Texas\u2013Rio Grande Valley to advance to the semifinals of the WAC Tournament where they lost to New Mexico State. They received an invitation to the College Basketball Invitational where they lost in the first round to Central Arkansas.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [46, 46], "content_span": [47, 314]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276352-0002-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Seattle Redhawks men's basketball team, Previous season\nThe Redhawks finished the 2016\u201317 season 13\u201317, 5\u20139 WAC play to finish in fifth place. Due to Grand Canyon's postseason ineligibility, they received the No. 4 seed in the WAC Tournament where they lost in the quarterfinals to Utah Valley.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [48, 63], "content_span": [64, 302]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276352-0003-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Seattle Redhawks men's basketball team, Previous season\nOn March 13, 2017, the school fired head coach Cameron Dollar. His eight-year record at the school was 107\u2013138. On March 29, the school hired Jim Hayford from in-state rival Eastern Washington as their new head coach.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [48, 63], "content_span": [64, 281]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276353-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Seattle Redhawks women's basketball team\nThe 2017\u201318 Seattle U Redhawks women's basketball team represents Seattle University during the 2017\u201318 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Redhawks, led by second year head coach Suzy Barcomb, play their home games at the Connolly Center and were members of the Western Athletic Conference. They finished the season 18\u201315, 9\u20135 in WAC play to finish in a tie for third place. They won the WAC Women's Tournament for the first time in school history by defeating Cal State Bakersfield to earn an automatic trip to their first NCAA Women's Tournament where they lost to Oregon in the first round.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 48], "section_span": [48, 48], "content_span": [49, 654]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276354-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Second Professional Football League (Bulgaria)\nThe 2017\u201318 Second League was the 63rd season of the Second League, the second tier of the Bulgarian football league system, and the 2nd season under this name and current league structure. The fixture list was released on 22 June 2017.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 54], "section_span": [54, 54], "content_span": [55, 291]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276354-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Second Professional Football League (Bulgaria), Teams\nThe following teams have changed division since the 2016\u201317 season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 54], "section_span": [56, 61], "content_span": [62, 129]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276354-0002-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Second Professional Football League (Bulgaria), Teams, From Second League\na. Zagorets, the champions of South-East Third League, declined promotion due to financial and organizational reasons; Maritsa Plovdiv took their place as runners-up. b. CSKA Sofia II officially declined to participate in the South-West Third League and was dissolved.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 54], "section_span": [56, 81], "content_span": [82, 350]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276354-0003-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Second Professional Football League (Bulgaria), Stadia and locations\nA. Maritsa Plovdiv will play at Botev 1912 Football Complex because their Maritsa Stadium is not licensed for Second League. B. Montana will play at Kiprovets Stadium in Chiprovtsi due to ongoing renovation works at their Ogosta Stadium. C. Neftochimic will play at Gradski Stadium in Balgarovo for financial reasons. D. Pomorie will play at Lazur Stadium in Burgas due to renovation works at their Pomorie Stadium.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 54], "section_span": [56, 76], "content_span": [77, 492]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276354-0004-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Second Professional Football League (Bulgaria), Personnel and sponsorship\nNote: Flags indicate national team as has been defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players and managers may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 54], "section_span": [56, 81], "content_span": [82, 232]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276354-0005-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Second Professional Football League (Bulgaria), Personnel and sponsorship\nNote: Individual clubs may wear jerseys with advertising. However, only one sponsorship is permitted per jersey for official tournaments organised by UEFA in addition to that of the kit manufacturer (exceptions are made for non-profit organisations). Clubs in the domestic league can have more than one sponsorship per jersey which can feature on the front of the shirt, incorporated with the main sponsor or in place of it; or on the back, either below the squad number or on the collar area. Shorts also have space available for advertisement.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 54], "section_span": [56, 81], "content_span": [82, 627]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276355-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Segona Divisi\u00f3\nThe 2017\u201318 Segona Divisi\u00f3, also known as the Lliga Biosphere, was the 19th season of second-tier football in Andorra. This season began on 23 September 2017 and ended on 13 May 2018.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [22, 22], "content_span": [23, 206]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276355-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Segona Divisi\u00f3\nInter Club d'Escaldes won the league in the previous season and were promoted along with second-placed Penya Encarnada to the 2017\u201318 Primera Divisi\u00f3.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [22, 22], "content_span": [23, 173]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276355-0002-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Segona Divisi\u00f3, Format\nTen clubs competed for the league title. The clubs played each other twice for a total of 18 matches for each club. The three \"B\" teams could not be promoted. Five clubs then advanced to a play-off to determine which club would be promoted.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 30], "content_span": [31, 271]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276356-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Segunda Divisi\u00f3n\nThe 2017\u201318 Segunda Divisi\u00f3n season, also known as LaLiga 1|2|3 for sponsorship reasons, was the 87th season of the Spanish football second division since its establishment.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [24, 24], "content_span": [25, 198]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276356-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Segunda Divisi\u00f3n, Name\nPreviously named Liga Adelante, the competition was renamed LaLiga 1|2|3 ahead of the 2016\u201317 season, as a result of a three-year sponsorship agreement between the Liga de F\u00fatbol Profesional and the banking group Banco Santander.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 30], "content_span": [31, 260]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276356-0002-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Segunda Divisi\u00f3n, League table, Positions by round\nThe table lists the positions of teams after each week of matches. In order to preserve chronological evolvements, any postponed matches are not included to the round at which they were originally scheduled, but added to the full round they were played immediately afterwards. For example, if a match is scheduled for matchday 13, but then postponed and played between days 16 and 17, it will be added to the standings for day 16.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 58], "content_span": [59, 489]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276356-0003-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Segunda Divisi\u00f3n, Promotion play-offs\nTeams placed between 3rd and 6th position (excluding reserve teams) took part in the promotion play-offs.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 45], "content_span": [46, 151]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276356-0004-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Segunda Divisi\u00f3n, Season statistics, Zamora Trophy\nThe Zamora Trophy was awarded by newspaper Marca to the goalkeeper with the least goals-to-games ratio. Keepers had to play at least 28 games of 60 or more minutes to be eligible for the trophy.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 58], "content_span": [59, 253]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276356-0005-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Segunda Divisi\u00f3n, Average attendances\nSource: Notes:1: Team played last season in La Liga.2: Team played last season in Segunda Divisi\u00f3n B.3: Sevilla Atl\u00e9tico played last season at Ram\u00f3n S\u00e1nchez Pizju\u00e1n Stadium.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 45], "content_span": [46, 219]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276357-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Segunda Divisi\u00f3n (women)\nThe 2017\u201318 Segunda Divisi\u00f3n Femenina de F\u00fatbol was the 2017\u201318 edition of the Spanish women's football second-tier league.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [32, 32], "content_span": [33, 156]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276357-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Segunda Divisi\u00f3n (women), Competition format\nThe Segunda Divisi\u00f3n was divided into seven regional groups. Each group played their season as home and away round-robin format. At the end of the season, the lowest three teams from each regional group (except Group 6) were relegated to regional leagues. The seven group champions (for group 6, the winner of the Canarian final) qualified for the promotion playoffs.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 52], "content_span": [53, 420]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276357-0002-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Segunda Divisi\u00f3n (women), Competition format\nIn the promotion playoffs, the seven teams were divided by draw into two groups: one of four teams and other one of three. The group of four teams played a double-leg knockout format, while the group of three teams played with a double-legged round-robin format. The two group winners promoted to the Primera Divisi\u00f3n.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 52], "content_span": [53, 371]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276357-0003-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Segunda Divisi\u00f3n (women), Group 6, Canarian final\nThe winner of the Canarian final will qualify to the promotion stage.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 57], "content_span": [58, 127]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276358-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Segunda Divisi\u00f3n B\nThe 2017\u201318 Segunda Divisi\u00f3n B season was the 41st since its establishment. The first matches of the season were played on 20 August 2017, and the season ended June 2018 with the promotion play-off finals.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [26, 26], "content_span": [27, 232]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276358-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Segunda Divisi\u00f3n B, Overview before the season\n80 teams will join the league, including four relegated from the 2016\u201317 Segunda Divisi\u00f3n and 18 promoted from the 2016\u201317 Tercera Divisi\u00f3n. The composition of the groups was determined by the Royal Spanish Football Federation, attending to geographical criteria.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 54], "content_span": [55, 318]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276358-0002-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Segunda Divisi\u00f3n B, Average attendances\nThis is a list of attendance data of the teams that give an official number. They include playoffs games:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 47], "content_span": [48, 153]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276358-0003-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Segunda Divisi\u00f3n B, Average attendances\nNotes:1: Team played last season in Segunda Divisi\u00f3n. 2: Team played last season in Tercera Divisi\u00f3n.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 47], "content_span": [48, 149]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276359-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Segunda Divisi\u00f3n de F\u00fatbol Salvadore\u00f1o\nThe 2017\u201318 season (officially known as Liga de Plata and also as Torneo Luis Baltazar Ram\u00edrez) will be El Salvador's Segunda Divisi\u00f3n de F\u00fatbol Salvadore\u00f1o. The season will be split into two championships Apertura 2017 and Clausura 2018. The champions of the Apertura and Clausura play the direct promotion playoff every year. The winner of that series ascends to Primera Divisi\u00f3n de F\u00fatbol de El Salvador.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [46, 46], "content_span": [47, 454]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276359-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Segunda Divisi\u00f3n de F\u00fatbol Salvadore\u00f1o, Changes from the 2017-2018 seasons\nTeams promoted to 2017\u201318 Primera Divisi\u00f3n de F\u00fatbol Profesional season", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [48, 82], "content_span": [83, 154]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276359-0002-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Segunda Divisi\u00f3n de F\u00fatbol Salvadore\u00f1o, Changes from the 2017-2018 seasons\nTeams relegated to Segunda Divisi\u00f3n de F\u00fatbol Salvadore\u00f1o - Apertura 2017", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [48, 82], "content_span": [83, 157]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276359-0003-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Segunda Divisi\u00f3n de F\u00fatbol Salvadore\u00f1o, Changes from the 2017-2018 seasons\nTeams relegated to Tercera Divisi\u00f3n de F\u00fatbol Profesional - Apertura 2017", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [48, 82], "content_span": [83, 156]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276359-0004-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Segunda Divisi\u00f3n de F\u00fatbol Salvadore\u00f1o, Changes from the 2017-2018 seasons\nTeams promoted from Tercera Division De F\u00fatbol Profesional - Apertura 2016", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [48, 82], "content_span": [83, 157]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276359-0005-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Segunda Divisi\u00f3n de F\u00fatbol Salvadore\u00f1o, Changes from the 2017-2018 seasons\nNew Teams or teams that purchased a spot in the Segunda division", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [48, 82], "content_span": [83, 147]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276359-0006-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Segunda Divisi\u00f3n de F\u00fatbol Salvadore\u00f1o, Changes from the 2017-2018 seasons, Further Changes\nOn January 17, 2018 Once Municipal was stripped of their footballing license due to unpaid fees to Segunda division and lack of payments to players and coaches.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [48, 99], "content_span": [100, 260]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276359-0007-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Segunda Divisi\u00f3n de F\u00fatbol Salvadore\u00f1o, Team information\nA total of 22 teams will contest the league, including sides from the 2016\u201317 Segunda Divisi\u00f3n and 3 promoted from the Tercera Division. Once Municipal was removed following the apertura season due to failure to pay the Segunda division.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [48, 64], "content_span": [65, 303]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276359-0008-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Segunda Divisi\u00f3n de F\u00fatbol Salvadore\u00f1o, Clausura, Round of 16\n2-2 draw on aggregate, Brujos de Izalco won 5-4 on penalties", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [48, 69], "content_span": [70, 130]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276359-0009-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Segunda Divisi\u00f3n de F\u00fatbol Salvadore\u00f1o, Clausura, Quarterfinals\nThe best two loser teams in the round of 16 will advance to the quarter-finals, the teams were Ilopaneco and Independiente.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [48, 71], "content_span": [72, 195]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276359-0010-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Segunda Divisi\u00f3n de F\u00fatbol Salvadore\u00f1o, Relegation table\nThe three teams that finished last in their respective group would normally be relegated . However, all three teams will play a series of home and away games and only two will be relegated to the Tercera Division this season. Apopa finished top and survived relegation. While UDET and San Rafael Cedros were relegated.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [48, 64], "content_span": [65, 387]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276360-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Senegal Premier League\nThe 2017\u201318 Ligue 1 is the 53rd season of top-tier football in Senegal and the tenth professional season. The season began on 25 November 2017 and ended on 17 June 2018.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [30, 30], "content_span": [31, 200]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276361-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Senior Women's Challenger Trophy\nThe 2017\u201318 Senior Women's Challenger Trophy was the eighth edition of the women's List-A tournament in India. It was played from 4 January to 8 January 2018. It was played in a round robin format, with a final between the top two teams. India Blue won the tournament, their fifth, beating India Green in the final.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [40, 40], "content_span": [41, 356]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276362-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Senior Women's Cricket Inter Zonal Three Day Game\nThe 2017\u201318 Senior Women's Cricket Inter Zonal Three Day Game was the fourth season of India's Inter Zonal women's first-class competition. The tournament took place from 18 March to 5 April 2018. Five zonal teams participated in the tournament, facing each other in a round-robin format in three-day matches. All matches took place in Thiruvananthapuram. North Zone won the tournament, achieving their first title.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 57], "section_span": [57, 57], "content_span": [58, 473]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276362-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Senior Women's Cricket Inter Zonal Three Day Game, Competition format\nThe five teams played in a round-robin league, therefore playing four matches. Matches were played using a three-day format.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 57], "section_span": [59, 77], "content_span": [78, 202]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276362-0002-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Senior Women's Cricket Inter Zonal Three Day Game, Competition format\nThe league worked on a points system with positions within the divisions being based on the total points. Points were awarded as follows:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 57], "section_span": [59, 77], "content_span": [78, 215]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276362-0003-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Senior Women's Cricket Inter Zonal Three Day Game, Competition format\nWin: 6 points. Tie: 3 points. Loss: 0 points. Drawn (lead after first innings): 3 points. Drawn (trail after first innings): 1 point. Drawn (no decision on first innings): 1 point. Abandoned without a ball bowled: 1 point.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 57], "section_span": [59, 77], "content_span": [78, 300]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276362-0004-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Senior Women's Cricket Inter Zonal Three Day Game, Competition format\nIf points in the final table are equal, teams are separated by most wins, then net run rate.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 57], "section_span": [59, 77], "content_span": [78, 170]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276363-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Senior Women's National Football Championship\nThe 2017\u201318 Senior Women's National Football Championship is the 23rd edition of the Senior Women's National Football Championship, the premier competition in India for women's teams representing regional and state football associations.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 53], "section_span": [53, 53], "content_span": [54, 291]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276363-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Senior Women's National Football Championship\nManipur are currently the defending champions, having defeated Railways in the final during the 2016\u201317 edition of the tournament. The tournament is being hosted in Odisha and is running from 28 January to 14 February 2018 at the Barabati Stadium.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 53], "section_span": [53, 53], "content_span": [54, 301]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276363-0002-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Senior Women's National Football Championship\nTamil Nadu won the championship beating Manipur 2\u20131 in the final. Indumathi Kathiresan was adjudged both Player of Final and Player of the Tournament.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 53], "section_span": [53, 53], "content_span": [54, 204]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276363-0003-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Senior Women's National Football Championship, Format\nThe 29 teams in the tournament are split into 8 groups of 2\u20134 teams each. On 9 February and 10 February, there will be four quarter-final matches and on 12 February there will be two semi-final matches. The Final itself will occur on 14 February.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 53], "section_span": [55, 61], "content_span": [62, 308]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276364-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Senior Women's One Day League\nThe 2017\u201318 Senior Women's One Day League was the 12th edition of the women's List A cricket competition in India. It took place in December 2017 in a round-robin format, with 27 teams divided into an Elite Group and a Plate Group. At the end of season the finalists from the Plate Group, Bengal and Goa, were promoted to the Elite Group, whilst Railways won the Elite Group Super League to claim their eleventh title.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [37, 37], "content_span": [38, 456]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276364-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Senior Women's One Day League, Competition format\nThe 27 teams competing in the tournament were divided into the Elite Group and the Plate Group, with the 10 teams in the Elite Group further divided into Groups A and B and the 17 teams in the Plate Group into Groups A, B and C. The tournament operated on a round-robin format, with each team playing every other team in their group once. The top two sides from each Elite Group progressed to the Elite Group Super League, which was a further round-robin group, with the winner of the group being crowned Champions.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 57], "content_span": [58, 573]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276364-0001-0001", "contents": "2017\u201318 Senior Women's One Day League, Competition format\nThe bottom side from each Elite Group was relegated to the Plate Group for the following season. Meanwhile, the top two from each Plate Group progressed to a knockout stage, with the two teams that reached the final being promoted for the following season, as well as playing off for the Plate Group title. Matches were played using a 50 over format.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 57], "content_span": [58, 408]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276364-0002-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Senior Women's One Day League, Competition format\nThe groups worked on a points system with positions with the groups being based on the total points. Points were awarded as follows:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 57], "content_span": [58, 190]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276364-0003-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Senior Women's One Day League, Competition format\nWin: 4 points. Tie: 2 points. Loss: 0 points. No Result/Abandoned: 2 points.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 57], "content_span": [58, 134]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276364-0004-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Senior Women's One Day League, Competition format\nIf points in the final table are equal, teams are separated by most wins, then head-to-head record, then Net Run Rate.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 57], "content_span": [58, 176]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276364-0005-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Senior Women's One Day League, Elite Group, Elite Group A\nThe Elite Group A comprised Railways, Andhra, Hyderabad, Himachal Pradesh and Madhya Pradesh. Railways finished at the top of their table with four wins from four games while Andhra finished in second position.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 65], "content_span": [66, 276]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276364-0006-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Senior Women's One Day League, Elite Group, Elite Group B\nThe Elite Group B comprised Delhi, Mumbai, Baroda, Maharashtra and Uttar Pradesh. Delhi finished at the top of the table with three wins from four games whilst Mumbai finished in second position.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 65], "content_span": [66, 261]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276364-0007-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Senior Women's One Day League, Elite Group, Elite Group Super League\nRailways emerged as champions of the 2017\u201318 Senior Women's One Day League. The Mithali Raj-led team won all their three matches in the Super League to finish at the top of the table and claim the title, whilst Delhi finished as runners-up.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 76], "content_span": [77, 317]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276365-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Senior Women's T20 League\nThe 2017\u201318 Senior Women's T20 League was the 10th edition of the women's Twenty20 cricket competition in India. It was held from 12 January to 27 January 2018. Delhi won the tournament, their first, by topping the Elite Group Super League.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [33, 33], "content_span": [34, 274]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276365-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Senior Women's T20 League, Competition format\nThe 27 teams competing in the tournament were divided into the Elite Group and the Plate Group, with the 10 teams in the Elite Group further divided into Groups A and B and the 17 teams in the Plate Group into Groups A, B and C. The tournament operated on a round-robin format, with each team playing every other team in their group once. The top two sides from each Elite Group progressed to the Elite Group Super League, which was a further round-robin group, with the winner of the group being crowned Champions.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 53], "content_span": [54, 569]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276365-0001-0001", "contents": "2017\u201318 Senior Women's T20 League, Competition format\nThe bottom side from each Elite Group was relegated to the Plate Group for the following season. Meanwhile, the top two from each Plate Group progressed to a knockout stage, with the two teams that reached the final being promoted for the following season, as well as playing off for the Plate Group title. Matches were played using a Twenty20 format.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 53], "content_span": [54, 405]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276365-0002-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Senior Women's T20 League, Competition format\nThe groups worked on a points system with positions with the groups being based on the total points. Points were awarded as follows:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 53], "content_span": [54, 186]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276365-0003-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Senior Women's T20 League, Competition format\nWin: 4 points. Tie: 2 points. Loss: 0 points. No Result/Abandoned: 2 points.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 53], "content_span": [54, 130]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276365-0004-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Senior Women's T20 League, Competition format\nIf points in the final table are equal, teams are separated by most wins, then head-to-head record, then Net Run Rate.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 53], "content_span": [54, 172]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276365-0005-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Senior Women's T20 League, Participants\n27 teams participated in the tournament. The teams were divided in 2 tiers, Elite and Plate, with the Elite level divided into Groups A and B and the Plate level divided into Groups A, B and C.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 47], "content_span": [48, 241]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276366-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Sepahan F.C. season\nThe 2017\u201318 season was Sepahan's 17th season in the Pro League, and their 24nd consecutive season in the top division of Iranian Football and 64nd year in existence as a football club. They competed in the Hazfi Cup. Sepahan was captained by Hossein Papi.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [27, 27], "content_span": [28, 283]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276366-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Sepahan F.C. season, Players, First-team squad\nNote: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 54], "content_span": [55, 183]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276366-0002-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Sepahan F.C. season, Players, First-team squad\nFor recent transfers, see List of Iranian football transfers summer 2017.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 54], "content_span": [55, 128]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276367-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Serbian Cup\nThe 2017\u201318 Serbian Cup season was the twelfth season of the Serbian national football cup competition. It was started on September 2017, and ended on 23 May 2018. Partizan won the tournament for the sixth time, extending their record as the club with the most wins.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [19, 19], "content_span": [20, 286]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276368-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Serbian First League\nThe Serbian First League (Serbian: Prva Liga Srbija) is the second-highest football league in Serbia. The league is operated by the Serbian FA. 16 teams compete in the league for the 2017\u201318 season. Two teams will be promoted to the Serbian SuperLiga. Four teams will be relegated to the Serbian League, the third-highest division overall in the Serbian football league system. Bratstvo Prigrevica, the winner of 2016\u201317 Serbian League Vojvodina decided to forfeit its promotion, as did the second-placed Omladinac Novi Banovci. As a consequence, third-placed TSC Ba\u010dka Topola took the vacant place. The season begun in August 2017 and will end in May 2018.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [28, 28], "content_span": [29, 686]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276368-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Serbian First League, Team changes\nThe following teams have changed division since the 2016\u201317 season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 42], "content_span": [43, 110]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276369-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Serbian SuperLiga\nThe 2017\u201318 Serbian SuperLiga was the twelfth season of the Serbian SuperLiga since its establishment. The season began on 21 July 2017 and ended on 19 May 2018. FK Partizan are the defending champions from the previous season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [25, 25], "content_span": [26, 253]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276369-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Serbian SuperLiga, Teams\nThe league consisted of 16 teams: fourteen teams from the 2016\u201317 Serbian SuperLiga and two new teams from the 2016\u201317 Serbian First League. Ma\u010dva \u0160abac, the 2016\u201317 First League champion, joined SuperLiga for the first time in history. Runners-up Zemun joined the top level ten years after being relegated.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 32], "content_span": [33, 340]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276369-0002-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Serbian SuperLiga, Teams, Personnel and kits\nNote: Flags indicate national team as has been defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players and Managers may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 52], "content_span": [53, 203]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276369-0003-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Serbian SuperLiga, Play-offs, Championship round\nThe top eight teams advanced from the regular season. Points from the regular season were halved with half points rounded up. Teams played each other once.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 56], "content_span": [57, 212]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276369-0004-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Serbian SuperLiga, Play-offs, Relegation round\nThe bottom eight teams from the regular season play in the relegation round. Points from the regular season are halved with half points rounded up. Teams play each other once.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 54], "content_span": [55, 230]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276370-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Serie A\nThe 2017\u201318 Serie A (known as the Serie A TIM for sponsorship reasons) was the 116th season of top-tier Italian football, the 86th in a round-robin tournament and the 8th since its organization under a league committee separate from Serie B. Juventus were the six-time defending champions. The season ran from 19 August 2017 to 20 May 2018.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [15, 15], "content_span": [16, 356]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276370-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Serie A\nOn 13 May, Juventus won a record seventh consecutive title and 34rd title overall with one game remaining following their 0\u20130 draw with Roma.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [15, 15], "content_span": [16, 157]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276370-0002-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Serie A\nThe season was marred by the death of Davide Astori, the captain of Fiorentina, due to heart problems.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [15, 15], "content_span": [16, 118]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276370-0003-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Serie A, Events\nOn 13 May 2017, SPAL were mathematically promoted from Serie B after 49 years away. Five days later, Hellas Verona clinched promoted as well, one year on from being relegated. On 8 June 2017, Benevento won the promotion play-offs to earn the club a first ever promotion to Serie A; they became the 67th team to participate in the Italian top flight.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [17, 23], "content_span": [24, 373]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276370-0004-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Serie A, Events\nAfter video assistant refereeing (VAR) was privately tested in the previous season, on 10 June 2017 it was announced replay assistance would be implemented for this season. The percentage of errors in Serie A in this season was reportedly 0.89 percent, compared to 5.78 percent if VAR had not been not used.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [17, 23], "content_span": [24, 331]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276370-0005-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Serie A, Events\nSubsequently to the new UEFA entry criteria, Italy obtained four group stage spots for the following Champions League season, as did the other three leagues with the highest coefficient in Europe; this was an improvement on the three Champions League spots (two group stage places and one qualifying play-off place) that Serie A had received prior.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [17, 23], "content_span": [24, 372]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276370-0006-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Serie A, Events\nOn 4 March 2018, Davide Astori, captain of Fiorentina, died in his sleep while staying in a hotel in Udine prior to Fiorentina's match against Udinese, proven to be caused by cardiac arrest determined from an autopsy conducted two days later. All Serie A, Serie B and Serie C matches scheduled for 4 March were postponed. Cagliari and Fiorentina both retired the number 13 jersey worn by Astori in his honour.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [17, 23], "content_span": [24, 433]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276370-0007-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Serie A, Events\nThe teams that were relegated included Benevento (on 22 April 2018, after one year in Serie A), Hellas Verona (on 5 May 2018, also after one year), and Crotone (on 20 May 2018, after two seasons in the top flight).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [17, 23], "content_span": [24, 238]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276370-0008-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Serie A, Events\nOn 13 May 2018, Juventus won their seventh title in a row and the 34th in their history following their 0\u20130 draw away to Roma in the penultimate matchweek. Four days later, Juventus goalkeeper Gianluigi Buffon announced his farewell to Serie A (and the national football team). He left the league after 23 career seasons, the last seventeen being with Juventus, having earned nine league titles and 640 caps, the second highest ever in Serie A. However, after a year away with Paris Saint-Germain, Buffon would return to Juventus and to Serie A for the 2019\u201320 season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [17, 23], "content_span": [24, 592]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276370-0009-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Serie A, League table, Positions by round\nThe table lists the positions of teams after each week of matches. In order to preserve chronological evolvements, any postponed matches are not included to the round at which they were originally scheduled, but added to the full round they were played immediately afterwards.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [17, 49], "content_span": [50, 326]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276370-0010-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Serie A, Season statistics, Hat-tricks\n4 Player scored four goals\u00a0; (H) \u2013 Home (A) \u2013 Away", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [17, 46], "content_span": [47, 98]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276371-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Serie A (women)\nThe 2017\u201318 Serie A (women) was the 51st season of the women's football top level league in Italy. Fiorentina were the defending champions. Juventus won the league title in their first ever season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [23, 23], "content_span": [24, 221]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276371-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Serie A (women), Teams\nTwelve teams will compete in the league, with many changes among the make up of the league compared to last season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 30], "content_span": [31, 146]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276371-0002-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Serie A (women), Teams\nFour teams were relegated at the end of the 2016-17 season. Jesina, Luserna and Chieti finished at the bottom of the league, with Como 2000 losing a relegation playoff to San Zaccaria.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 30], "content_span": [31, 215]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276371-0003-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Serie A (women), Teams\nReggiana won promotion from Serie B, but their license was taken over by Sassuolo. Other promoted teams were Empoli, Valpolicella and Pink Bari.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 30], "content_span": [31, 175]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276371-0004-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Serie A (women), Teams\nCuneo, who finished seventh in Serie A last season, sold their license to Juventus.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 30], "content_span": [31, 114]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276371-0005-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Serie A (women), League table\nBrescia sold their Serie A spot to AC Milan after the season, who created a women's team. They were not allowed to enter the Champions League therefore. The tied third placed teams played a play-off for the vacant spot.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 37], "content_span": [38, 257]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276371-0006-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Serie A (women), Playoffs, Championship playoff\nAfter finishing tied on points at the end of the regular season, Juventus and Brescia will play-off to decide the winner of the league title.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 55], "content_span": [56, 197]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276371-0007-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Serie A (women), Playoffs, Champions League playoff\nBrescia were bought by Milan after the season, and lost the right to enter the UEFA Women's Champions League. Since Tavagnacco and Fiorentina finished tied on points in third place, and a play-off was played determine which team enter as the replacement team.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 59], "content_span": [60, 319]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276371-0008-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Serie A (women), Playoffs, Relegation playoff\nAfter finishing tied on points after the end of the regular season, Pink Bari and San Zaccaria will play to decide the second relegated club. The winning club will advance to a play-out with Serie B teams, while the losing club will be relegated to Serie B for 2018-19.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 53], "content_span": [54, 323]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276372-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Serie A de Mexico season\nThe 2017\u201318 Serie A de M\u00e9xico season was split in two tournaments Apertura and Clausura. Serie A is the third-tier football league of Mexico. The season was played between 11 August 2017 and 19 May 2018.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [32, 32], "content_span": [33, 236]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276372-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Serie A de Mexico season, Torneo Apertura, Regular Season statistics, Top goalscorers\nPlayers sorted first by goals scored, then by last name.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 93], "content_span": [94, 150]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276372-0002-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Serie A de Mexico season, Torneo Apertura, Attendance, Per team\nUpdated to games played on 25 November 2017Source: (available in each game report)Notes:Only regular season listed1: Team played Serie B last season.2: Team played Ascenso MX last season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 71], "content_span": [72, 260]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276372-0003-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Serie A de Mexico season, Torneo Apertura, Liguilla de Ascenso (Promotion Playoffs)\nThe four best teams of each group play two games against each other on a home-and-away basis. The higher seeded teams play on their home field during the second leg. The winner of each match up is determined by aggregate score. In the quarterfinals and semifinals, if the two teams are tied on aggregate the higher seeded team advances. In the final, if the two teams are tied after both legs, the match goes to extra time and, if necessary, a penalty shoot-out.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 91], "content_span": [92, 554]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276372-0004-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Serie A de Mexico season, Torneo Apertura, Liguilla de Ascenso (Promotion Playoffs), Quarter-finals\nThe first legs was played on 29 and 30 November 2017, and the second legs was played on 2 and 3 December 2017.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 107], "content_span": [108, 218]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276372-0005-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Serie A de Mexico season, Torneo Apertura, Liguilla de Ascenso (Promotion Playoffs), Semi-finals\nThe first legs was played on 6 and 7 December 2017, and the second legs was played on 9 and 10 December 2017.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 104], "content_span": [105, 214]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276372-0006-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Serie A de Mexico season, Torneo Apertura, Liguilla de Ascenso (Promotion Playoffs), Final\nThe first leg was played on 13 December 2017, and the second leg was played on 16 December 2017.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 98], "content_span": [99, 195]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276372-0007-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Serie A de Mexico season, Torneo Clausura, Regular Season statistics, Top goalscorers\nPlayers sorted first by goals scored, then by last name.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 93], "content_span": [94, 150]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276372-0008-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Serie A de Mexico season, Torneo Clausura, Attendance, Per team\nUpdated to games played on 22 April 2018Source: (available in each game report)Notes:Only regular season listed1: Team played Serie B last season.2: Team played Ascenso MX last season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 71], "content_span": [72, 257]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276372-0009-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Serie A de Mexico season, Torneo Clausura, Liguilla de Ascenso (Promotion Playoffs)\nThe four best teams of each group play two games against each other on a home-and-away basis. The higher seeded teams play on their home field during the second leg. The winner of each match up is determined by aggregate score. In the quarterfinals and semifinals, if the two teams are tied on aggregate the higher seeded team advances. In the final, if the two teams are tied after both legs, the match goes to extra time and, if necessary, a penalty shoot-out.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 91], "content_span": [92, 554]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276372-0010-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Serie A de Mexico season, Torneo Clausura, Liguilla de Ascenso (Promotion Playoffs), Quarter-finals\nThe first legs was played on 25 and 26 April 2018, and the second legs was played on 28 and 29 April 2018.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 107], "content_span": [108, 214]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276372-0011-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Serie A de Mexico season, Torneo Clausura, Liguilla de Ascenso (Promotion Playoffs), Semi-finals\nThe first legs was played on 2 May 2018, and the second legs was played on 5 May 2018.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 104], "content_span": [105, 191]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276372-0012-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Serie A de Mexico season, Torneo Clausura, Liguilla de Ascenso (Promotion Playoffs), Final\nThe first leg was played on 9 May 2018, and the second leg was played on 12 May 2018.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 98], "content_span": [99, 184]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276372-0013-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Serie A de Mexico season, Relegation Table\nLast updated: 22 April 2018 Source: P = Position; G = Games played; Pts = Points; Pts/G = Ratio of points to games played", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 50], "content_span": [51, 172]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276372-0014-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Serie A de Mexico season, Promotion Final\nThe Promotion Final is a series of matches played by the champions of the tournaments Apertura and Clausura, the game is played to determine the winning team of the promotion to Ascenso MX. The first leg was played on 16 May 2018, and the second leg was played on 19 May 2018.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 49], "content_span": [50, 326]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276373-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Serie A1 (men's water polo)\nThe 2017\u201318 Serie A1 is the 99th season of the Serie A1, Italy's premier Water polo league.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [35, 35], "content_span": [36, 127]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276373-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Serie A1 (men's water polo), Team information\nThe following 14 clubs compete in the Serie A1 during the 2017\u201318 season:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 53], "content_span": [54, 127]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276374-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Serie A2 Basket\nThe 2017\u201318 Serie A2 season, known for sponsorship reasons as the Serie A2 Old Wild West, is the 44th season of the Italian basketball second league Serie A2 Basket. The season started on September 29, 2017, and will end in June 2018 with the last game of the promotion playoffs finals.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [23, 23], "content_span": [24, 310]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276374-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Serie A2 Basket, Rules\nThe season is composed of 32 teams with a regional subdivision in two equal groups of sixteen, East and West. Each team plays twice each team in its subgroup, the first ranked team of each group then plays the eighth ranked team of the other group (e.g. East No. 1 against West No. 8), then the second best against the seventh, and so on, to form a promotion playoffs (for one place) of sixteen teams.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 30], "content_span": [31, 432]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276374-0002-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Serie A2 Basket, Coppa Italia\nAt the half of the league, the four first teams of each group in the table played the LNP Cup.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 37], "content_span": [38, 132]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276374-0003-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Serie A2 Basket, Playout\nThe league play-out are played between the 14th and 15th placed teams of each group in two elimination rounds. The series will be played in a best-of-three format: the first, the second and the eventual fifth game will be played at home of the team that got the better ranking at the end of the regular season, the third and the eventual fourth will be played at home the lower ranked team.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 32], "content_span": [33, 423]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276374-0004-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Serie A2 Basket, Playoffs\nThe league's playoffs are played between the first and the eighth of each group in four rounds: eightfinals, quarterfinals, semifinals and final. All series are played in a best-of-five format: the first, the second and the eventual fifth match will be played at home of the best-placed team, the second, the third and the fourth, at the end of the regular season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 33], "content_span": [34, 398]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276375-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Serie B\nThe 2017\u201318 Serie B (known as the Serie B ConTe.it for sponsorship reasons) was the 86th season since its establishment in 1929.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [15, 15], "content_span": [16, 144]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276375-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Serie B\nA total of 22 teams contested the league: 15 returning from the 2016\u201317 Serie B season, 4 promoted from 2016\u201317 Lega Pro (Cremonese, Venezia, Foggia, Parma), and 3 relegated from 2016\u201317 Serie A (Empoli, Palermo, Pescara).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [15, 15], "content_span": [16, 238]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276375-0002-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Serie B, League table\nOn August 13, 2018, the FIGC decided to reduce the chronic financial instability of the league halting re-elections of clubs. Serie B was so reduced to 19 clubs.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [17, 29], "content_span": [30, 191]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276375-0003-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Serie B, Promotion play-offs\nSix teams could contest the promotion play-offs depending on the point differential between the third and fourth-placed teams. It began with a preliminary one-legged round played at the home venue of the higher placed team, involving the teams placed fifth to eight. The two winning (or higher placed team from regular season if a match ended with a draw) teams advanced to play the third and fourth-placed teams in the two-legged semi-finals. Those winning teams advanced to the two-legged final, where the winner was promoted to play in Serie A the following season. In the two-legged rounds, the higher seeded team played the second game at home.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [17, 36], "content_span": [37, 686]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276375-0004-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Serie B, Relegation play-out\nTwo teams contested the relegation play-out in a two-legged round. The higher placed team played the second leg at home. In the case of a tie on aggregate, the higher placed team from the regular season were declared the winners. The losers were relegated to Serie C for the following season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [17, 36], "content_span": [37, 329]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276376-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Serie B de M\u00e9xico season\nThe 2017\u201318 Serie B de M\u00e9xico season was split into two tournaments, the Apertura and the Clausura. Serie B is the fourth-tier football league of Mexico. The season was played between 11 August 2017 and 12 May 2018.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [32, 32], "content_span": [33, 248]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276376-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Serie B de M\u00e9xico season, Torneo Apertura, Regular season statistics, Top goalscorers\nPlayers sorted first by goals scored, then by last name.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 93], "content_span": [94, 150]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276376-0002-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Serie B de M\u00e9xico season, Torneo Apertura, Attendance, Per team\nUpdated to games played on 25 November 2017Source: (available in each game report)Notes:Only regular season listed", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 71], "content_span": [72, 187]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276376-0003-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Serie B de M\u00e9xico season, Torneo Apertura, Liguilla\nThe four best teams of each group play two games against each other on a home-and-away basis. The higher seeded teams play on their home field during the second leg. The winner of each match up is determined by aggregate score. In the quarterfinals and semifinals, if the two teams are tied on aggregate the higher seeded team advances. In the final, if the two teams are tied after both legs, the match goes to extra time and, if necessary, a penalty shoot-out.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 59], "content_span": [60, 522]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276376-0004-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Serie B de M\u00e9xico season, Torneo Apertura, Liguilla, Quarter-finals\nThe first legs was played on 10 and 11 November 2017, and the second legs was played on 18 and 19 November 2017.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 75], "content_span": [76, 188]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276376-0005-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Serie B de M\u00e9xico season, Torneo Apertura, Liguilla, Semi-finals\nThe first legs was played on 22 November, and the second legs was played on 25 November 2017.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 72], "content_span": [73, 166]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276376-0006-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Serie B de M\u00e9xico season, Torneo Apertura, Liguilla, Final\nThe first leg was played on 30 November, and the second leg was played on 3 December 2017.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 66], "content_span": [67, 157]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276376-0007-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Serie B de M\u00e9xico season, Torneo Clausura, Regular season statistics, Top goalscorers\nPlayers sorted first by goals scored, then by last name.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 93], "content_span": [94, 150]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276376-0008-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Serie B de M\u00e9xico season, Torneo Clausura, Attendance, Per team\nUpdated to games played on 1 April 2018Source: (available in each game report)Notes:Only regular season listed1: Moved from Tlaxcala City to Santa Ana Chiautempan.2: Moved from Orizaba to Veracruz City.3: Moved from Cuautla to Oaxtepec.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 71], "content_span": [72, 309]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276376-0009-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Serie B de M\u00e9xico season, Torneo Clausura, Liguilla\nThe four best teams of each group play two games against each other on a home-and-away basis. The higher seeded teams play on their home field during the second leg. The winner of each match up is determined by aggregate score. In the quarterfinals and semifinals, if the two teams are tied on aggregate the higher seeded team advances. In the final, if the two teams are tied after both legs, the match goes to extra time and, if necessary, a penalty shoot-out.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 59], "content_span": [60, 522]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276376-0010-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Serie B de M\u00e9xico season, Torneo Clausura, Liguilla\n(*) Team was classified by its position in the season table", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 59], "content_span": [60, 119]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276376-0011-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Serie B de M\u00e9xico season, Torneo Clausura, Liguilla, Quarter-finals\nThe first leg was played on 6, 7 and 8 April, and the second leg was played on 14 and 15 April 2018.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 75], "content_span": [76, 176]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276376-0012-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Serie B de M\u00e9xico season, Torneo Clausura, Liguilla, Semi-finals\nThe first leg was played on 18 April, and the second leg was played on 21 April 2018.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 72], "content_span": [73, 158]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276376-0013-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Serie B de M\u00e9xico season, Torneo Clausura, Liguilla, Final\nThe first leg was played on 25 April, and the second leg was played on 28 April 2018.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 66], "content_span": [67, 152]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276376-0014-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Serie B de M\u00e9xico season, Relegation Table\nLast updated: 1 April 2018 Source: P = Position; G = Games played; Pts = Points; Pts/G = Ratio of points to games played", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 50], "content_span": [51, 171]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276376-0015-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Serie B de M\u00e9xico season, Promotion Final\nThe Promotion Final is a series of matches played by the champions of the tournaments Apertura and Clausura, the game is played to determine the winning team of the promotion to Serie A. The first leg was played on 3 May 2018, and the second leg was played on 6 May 2018.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 49], "content_span": [50, 321]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276377-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Serie C\nThe 2017\u201318 Serie C was the fourth season of the unified Serie C (formerly Lega Pro) division, the third tier of the Italian football league system.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [15, 15], "content_span": [16, 164]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276377-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Serie C, Teams\nA total of 60 teams were expected to contest the league, including 4 sides relegated from the 2016\u201317 Serie B season, 47 sides who played the 2016\u201317 Lega Pro season, and 9 sides promoted from the 2016\u201317 Serie D.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [17, 22], "content_span": [23, 236]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276377-0002-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Serie C, Teams\nOn 24 May 2017 Latina, just relegated to Lega Pro from Serie B, was declared insolvent and excluded from the Italian football league system, thus creating a first vacancy in the league composition.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [17, 22], "content_span": [23, 220]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276377-0003-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Serie C, Teams\nComo did not obtain the necessary federal licence before 30 June 2017, the latest possible date to enrol in the 2017\u201318 league, and were subsequently excluded creating a second vacancy.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [17, 22], "content_span": [23, 208]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276377-0004-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Serie C, Teams\nOn 6 July, FIGC's Co.Vi. So.C announced that Akragas, Maceratese, Mantova and Messina did not submit a copy of their bank guarantees. Maceratese, Mantova and Messina chose not to file appeals and were excluded from the division, however, Akragas, Arezzo, Fidelis Andria, Juve Stabia and Modena all successfully appealed the initial decision and on 20 July it was confirmed that they would all remain in the division.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [17, 22], "content_span": [23, 439]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276377-0005-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Serie C, Teams\nOn 4 August, Triestina was declared the only eligible club to compete in Serie C as replacement for the excluded ones. This brought the number of clubs that will compete in the 2017\u201318 Serie C down from 60 to 56.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [17, 22], "content_span": [23, 235]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276377-0006-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Serie C, Teams\nOn 11 August Rende was also declared eligible to compete in Serie C, so the final number of teams will be 57, divided in three groups of 19 teams each.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [17, 22], "content_span": [23, 174]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276377-0007-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Serie C, Teams\nOn 6 November, Modena was officially excluded from the league and dissolved after failing to attend four consecutive matches due to financial irregularities.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [17, 22], "content_span": [23, 180]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276377-0008-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Serie C, Teams, Stadia and locations, Group A (North & Central West)\n10 teams from Tuscany, 2 teams from Lombardy, 2 teams from Piedmont, 2 teams from Sardinia, 2 teams from Emilia-Romagna and 1 team from Lazio.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [17, 76], "content_span": [77, 219]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276377-0009-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Serie C, Teams, Stadia and locations, Group B (North & Central East)\n4 teams from Emilia-Romagna, 4 teams from Veneto, 3 teams from Marche, 3 teams from Lombardy, 2 teams from Friuli-Venezia Giulia, 1 team from Abruzzo, 1 team from Trentino-Alto Adige and 1 team from Umbria.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [17, 76], "content_span": [77, 284]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276377-0010-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Serie C, Teams, Stadia and locations, Group C (South)\n5 teams from Sicily, 5 teams from Apulia, 4 teams from Calabria, 3 teams from Campania, 1 team from Lazio and 1 team from Basilicata.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [17, 61], "content_span": [62, 195]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276377-0011-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Serie C, Promotion play-offs, Final Four\nNo away goal rule applies. If tied after regular time, semifinal winner decided by extra-time and penalty shootout", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [17, 48], "content_span": [49, 163]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276377-0012-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Serie C, Relegation play-outs\nLoser on aggregate is relegated. Higher-placed team plays at home for second leg. If tied on aggregate, lower-placed team is relegated.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [17, 37], "content_span": [38, 173]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276377-0013-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Serie C, Top goalscorers\n1Player scored 1 goal in the play-offs. 2Player scored 2 goals in the play-offs. 3Player scored 3 goals in the play-offs.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [17, 32], "content_span": [33, 154]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276378-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Serie D\nThe 2017\u201318 Serie D was the seventieth edition of the top level Italian non-professional football championship. It represents the fourth tier in the Italian football league system. A total of 167 teams, divided on geographical grounds into 6 groups of 18 teams each, one of 19 teams and 2 of 20 teams.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [15, 15], "content_span": [16, 317]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276378-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Serie D, Scudetto Serie D\nThe nine group winners enter a tournament which determines the overall Serie D champions and the winner is awarded the Scudetto Serie D.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [17, 33], "content_span": [34, 170]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276378-0002-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Serie D, Promotions\nThe nine group winners are automatically promoted to Serie C. Vibonese was promoted after defeating Troina in a promotion playoff after penalties, as the two teams ended the Girone I on level points. On 3 August 2018, it was officially announced by the Italian Football Federation (FIGC) that Cavese and Imolese were admitted to Serie C to fill the vacancies created by teams that withdrew. Como 1907's request to move up to Serie C was rejected due to its failure to present two required financial guarantees.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [17, 27], "content_span": [28, 538]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276379-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Seton Hall Pirates men's basketball team\nThe 2017\u201318 Seton Hall Pirates men's basketball team represented Seton Hall University in the 2017\u201318 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. They were led by eighth-year head coach Kevin Willard. The Pirates played their home games at the Prudential Center in Newark, New Jersey and Walsh Gymnasium in South Orange, New Jersey as members of the Big East Conference. They finished the season 22\u201312, 10\u20138 in Big East play to finish in a three-way tie for third place. In the Big East Tournament, they lost to Butler in the quarterfinals. They received an at-large bid to the NCAA Tournament as the No. 8 seed in the Midwest region. There they defeated NC State in the First Round before losing to Kansas in the Second Round.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 48], "section_span": [48, 48], "content_span": [49, 773]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276379-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Seton Hall Pirates men's basketball team, Previous season\nThe Pirates finished the 2016\u201317 season 21\u201312, 10\u20138 in Big East play to finish in a four-way tie for third place. As the No. 5 seed in the Big East Tournament, they defeated Marquette before losing to Villanova in the semifinals. They received an at-large bid to the NCAA Tournament as a No. 9 seed in the South region where they lost to 8-seeded Arkansas on a controversial flagrant foul call late in the game in the First Round.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 48], "section_span": [50, 65], "content_span": [66, 496]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276379-0002-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Seton Hall Pirates men's basketball team, Offseason, Returning players\nFollowing the season, junior forward \u00c1ngel Delgado declared himself eligible of the NBA Draft, but did not hire an agent. On May 22, 2017, he withdrew his name from the draft and announced he would return to Seton Hall for his senior season. Junior guard Khadeen Carringon also announced he would make himself eligible for the NBA Draft, but also withdrew his name from the draft to return to the Hall for his senior season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 48], "section_span": [50, 78], "content_span": [79, 503]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276379-0003-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Seton Hall Pirates men's basketball team, Preseason\nIn its annual preseason preview, Blue Ribbon Yearbook ranked Seton Hall No. 15 in the country. Senior forward \u00c1ngel Delgado was named a fourth team All-American.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 48], "section_span": [50, 59], "content_span": [60, 221]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276379-0004-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Seton Hall Pirates men's basketball team, Preseason\nSeton Hall was picked to finish second in the Big East preseason Coaches' Poll. Khadeen Carrington and Angel Delgado were named to the preseason All-Big East First Team.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 48], "section_span": [50, 59], "content_span": [60, 229]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276379-0005-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Seton Hall Pirates men's basketball team, Rankings\n^Coaches did not release a Week 2 poll. *AP does not release post-NCAA tournament rankings", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 48], "section_span": [50, 58], "content_span": [59, 149]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276380-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Seton Hall Pirates women's basketball team\nThe 2017\u201318 Seton Hall Pirates women's basketball team represented Seton Hall University during the 2017\u201318 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Pirates, led by fifth year head coach Anthony Bozzella, played their home games in South Orange, New Jersey at the Walsh Gymnasium as members of the Big East Conference. They finished the season 16\u201316, 7\u201311 in Big East play to finish in seventh place. They advanced to the quarterfinals of the Big East Women's Tournament where they lost to DePaul. They received an at-large berth in the WNIT where they lost to Saint Joseph's in the first round.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 50], "section_span": [50, 50], "content_span": [51, 652]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276380-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Seton Hall Pirates women's basketball team, Previous season\nThey finished the season 12\u201319, 4\u201314 in Big East play to finish in a tie for seventh place. They advance to the quarterfinals of the Big East Women's Tournament where they lost to DePaul.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 50], "section_span": [52, 67], "content_span": [68, 255]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276381-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Sevilla FC season\nThe 2017\u201318 season was Sevilla FC's 111th season in existence and the club's 17th consecutive season in La Liga, the top league of Spanish football. Sevilla competed in La Liga, the Copa del Rey and the UEFA Champions League.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [25, 25], "content_span": [26, 251]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276381-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Sevilla FC season, Players, Current squad\nNote: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 49], "content_span": [50, 178]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276382-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Sheffield Shield season\nThe 2017\u201318 Sheffield Shield season was the 116th season of the Sheffield Shield, the domestic first-class cricket competition in Australia. It started on 26 October 2017 and finished on 27 March 2018. The opening round of matches were played as day/night fixtures and the first three rounds of matches took place before the Ashes series. Victoria were the defending champions.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [31, 31], "content_span": [32, 409]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276382-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Sheffield Shield season\nIn round two of the competition, Mitchell Starc became the first bowler to take a hat-trick in each innings of a first-class cricket match in Australia. He became the second Australian, and the eighth bowler overall, to do so in a first-class match.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [31, 31], "content_span": [32, 281]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276382-0002-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Sheffield Shield season\nIn the final round of fixtures, Tasmania beat the defending champions, Victoria, by 156 runs to advance to their first Sheffield Shield final since the 2012\u201313 season. They faced Queensland at Allan Border Field in Brisbane. In the final, Queensland beat Tasmania by nine wickets to win their eighth title and their first since 2012. This was also the final season for Doug Bollinger, Ed Cowan, Ben Cutting and Michael Klinger.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [31, 31], "content_span": [32, 459]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276382-0003-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Sheffield Shield season, Squads, New South Wales\nNew South Wales named the following squad for 2017-18. Players with international caps are listed in bold.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 56], "content_span": [57, 163]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276382-0004-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Sheffield Shield season, Squads, Queensland\nQueensland named the following squad for 2017-18. Players with international caps are listed in bold.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 51], "content_span": [52, 153]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276382-0005-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Sheffield Shield season, Squads, South Australia\nSouth Australia named the following squad for 2017-18. Players with international caps are listed in bold.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 56], "content_span": [57, 163]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276382-0006-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Sheffield Shield season, Squads, Tasmania\nTasmania named the following squad for 2017-18. Players with international caps are listed in bold.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 49], "content_span": [50, 149]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276382-0007-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Sheffield Shield season, Squads, Victoria\nVictoria named the following squad for 2017-18. Players with international caps are listed in bold.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 49], "content_span": [50, 149]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276382-0008-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Sheffield Shield season, Squads, Western Australia\nWestern Australia named the following squad for 2017-18. Players with international caps are listed in bold.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 58], "content_span": [59, 167]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276382-0009-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Sheffield Shield season, Debutants\nThe following players made their first-class debuts throughout the competition.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 42], "content_span": [43, 122]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276382-0010-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Sheffield Shield season, Broadcasting\nAll Sheffield Shield matches were exclusively streamed live and free on Cricket Australia's official website, with the final broadcast live on ABC Grandstand radio.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 45], "content_span": [46, 210]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276383-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Sheffield United F.C. season\nThe 2017\u201318 season was Sheffield United's 129th season in their history and marked their return to the Championship, following a six-year stay in the third tier. Along with the Championship, the club also competed in the FA Cup and EFL Cup.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [36, 36], "content_span": [37, 277]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276383-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Sheffield United F.C. season\nBefore the season, many EFL fans, Sheffield Wednesday fans amongst them, tipped the Blades for a season of struggles in and around the bottom 3. United defied this by finishing 10th, and chasing the play-offs all season long.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [36, 36], "content_span": [37, 262]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276383-0002-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Sheffield United F.C. season\nThe season covered the period from 1 July 2017 to 30 June 2018.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [36, 36], "content_span": [37, 100]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276383-0003-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Sheffield United F.C. season, Pre-season, Friendlies\nAs of 16 June 2017, Sheffield United have six pre-season friendlies against Stoke City, Stocksbridge Park Steels, Chesterfield, Rotherham United, Eastleigh and M\u00e1laga.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 60], "content_span": [61, 228]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276383-0004-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Sheffield United F.C. season, Competitions, EFL Championship, Matches\nOn 21 June 2017, the EFL Championship league fixtures were announced.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 77], "content_span": [78, 147]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276383-0005-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Sheffield United F.C. season, Competitions, FA Cup\nIn the FA Cup, Sheffield United entered the competition in the third round and were drawn away to Ipswich Town.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 58], "content_span": [59, 170]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276383-0006-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Sheffield United F.C. season, Competitions, EFL Cup\nOn 16 June 2017, Sheffield United were drawn at home to Walsall in the first round. A home tie was to follow in the second round, with Leicester City the visitors.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 59], "content_span": [60, 223]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276384-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Sheffield Wednesday F.C. season\nThe 2017\u201318 season was Sheffield Wednesday's sixth consecutive season in the Championship. Along with competing in the Championship, the club also participated in the FA Cup and EFL Cup.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [39, 39], "content_span": [40, 226]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276384-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Sheffield Wednesday F.C. season\nThe season covers the period from 1 July 2017 to 30 June 2018.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [39, 39], "content_span": [40, 102]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276384-0002-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Sheffield Wednesday F.C. season, Overview, August\nSheffield Wednesday kicked off their 2017\u201318 campaign with an away game against Preston North End, which they lost 1\u20130. This was followed by a 4\u20131 win against Chesterfield in the first round of the EFL Cup, which was The Owls' first game of the season at Hillsborough. A few days later, Sheffield Wednesday's first home league game of the season ended in a 1\u20131 draw against Queens Park Rangers, with Sam Winnall scoring an equalising goal in the second half. Another 1\u20131 draw at home followed, with David Jones scoring his first goal for the club to equalise against the recently relegated Sunderland.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 57], "content_span": [58, 659]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276384-0003-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Sheffield Wednesday F.C. season, Overview, August\nThe Owls' first league win of the season came against Fulham, with Owls striker Steven Fletcher scoring the only goal of the game. The Owls' final game of the month was a disappointing 1\u20131 draw at the Pirelli Stadium against Burton Albion followed, leaving Wednesday in 16th place in the league with six points.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 57], "content_span": [58, 369]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276384-0004-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Sheffield Wednesday F.C. season, Overview, September\nThe Owls started September with a home game against Nottingham Forest, which they won 3\u20131 with goals from Steven Fletcher, Gary Hooper and Kieran Lee (his first game upon return from injury) respectively. A few days later, Wednesday defeated Brentford 2\u20131 at home, with Gary Hooper and Ross Wallace both scoring. Up next was an away game at Cardiff City, with The Owls denied a win after a last second equalising goal. A heavy 4\u20132 loss followed in the home fixture of the Steel City derby, and Wednesday would again lose in their next game away at struggling Birmingham City, who earned only their second win of the season by defeating Wednesday 1\u20130 to leave them 14th in the Championship.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 60], "content_span": [61, 750]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276384-0005-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Sheffield Wednesday F.C. season, Overview, October\nAt the start of October, Sheffield Wednesday beat local rivals Leeds United 3\u20130 at Hillsborough, thanks to a brace from Gary Hooper and a goal from Kieran Lee. Two successive away defeats to Bolton Wanderers and Derby County respectively followed, with the next home game resulting in a 1\u20131 draw against local rivals Barnsley. In their fifth and final game in October, Wednesday earned a 2\u20131 win at home against Millwall, with Adam Reach and Jordan Rhodes scoring for The Owls.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 58], "content_span": [59, 536]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276384-0006-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Sheffield Wednesday F.C. season, Overview, November\nWednesday started November with an away match at Villa Park, which ended in another 2\u20131 win for The Owls after winger Adam Reach and striker Jordan Rhodes both scored for the second game on the run. This match would ultimately prove to be the final victory at the club for manager Carlos Carvalhal, with Sheffield Wednesday failing to win another game during the rest of November, with three consecutive draws against Bristol City at Hillsborough and Ipswich Town and Reading away respectively.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 59], "content_span": [60, 554]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276384-0007-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Sheffield Wednesday F.C. season, Overview, December\nDecember started with a 2\u20132 draw at Hillsborough against Hull City, with The Owls being denied the points in the very last minute of the game. Three consecutive losses followed to continue The Owls' disappointing run, losing 3\u20131 away at Norwich City away, 1\u20130 to Wolves and 2\u20131 to Middlesbrough at Hillsborough, with the latter being Carlos Carvalhal's final game in charge of the club. The Portuguese left the club by mutual consent on Christmas Eve, after two and a half seasons at the helm of the club.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 59], "content_span": [60, 565]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276384-0008-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Sheffield Wednesday F.C. season, Overview, December\nLee Bullen was appointed caretaker manager until a permanent appointment is made. Bullen's first came as caretaker resulted in a 3\u20130 victory over Nottingham Forest, with goals from Adam Reach, Jordan Rhodes and Lucas Jo\u00e3o. The Owls' final game of 2017 resulted in a 2\u20130 loss to Brentford at Griffin Park.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 59], "content_span": [60, 364]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276384-0009-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Sheffield Wednesday F.C. season, Overview, January\nThe Owls got off to a poor start in 2018, with a heavy 3\u20130 defeat at Hillsborough against Burton Albion.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 58], "content_span": [59, 163]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276384-0010-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Sheffield Wednesday F.C. season, Overview, January\nOn 5 January 2018, The Owls unveiled Jos Luhukay as the new manager of the club. For The Owls' game in the FA Cup Third Round against Carlisle United, which ended as disappointing goalless draw, Luhukay watched from the crowd. Luhukay's first game in charge of the club was the reverse leg of the Steel City derby at Bramall Lane, which ended in a goalless draw and saw the dismissal of captain Glenn Loovens sent off after he received two yellow cards.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 58], "content_span": [59, 512]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276384-0011-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Sheffield Wednesday F.C. season, Overview, January\nSheffield Wednesday's first victory of 2018 came in their FA Cup Third Round replay at Hillsborough, which Wednesday won 2\u20130 after Marco Matias and Atdhe Nuhiu both found the target for The Owls. The reverse league fixture against Cardiff City ended in another goalless draw, despite Adam Reach, Jordan Rhodes and Lucas Jo\u00e3o all having opportunities to score. Wednesday then faced Reading at home in the Fourth Round of the FA Cup, which ended in a 3\u20131 victory for The Owls, thanks to a brace from striker Atdhe Nuhiu and winger George Boyd's first goal for the club.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 58], "content_span": [59, 626]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276384-0012-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Sheffield Wednesday F.C. season, Overview, January\nJanuary ended in another goalless draw in the league for The Owls, this time against Middlesbrough at The Riverside Stadium.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 58], "content_span": [59, 183]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276384-0013-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Sheffield Wednesday F.C. season, Overview, February\nWednesday lost their first league game of February, which was a 3\u20131 defeat at Hillsborough against Birmingham City. A 1\u20131 away draw against Barnsley followed, with The Owls picking up their only league win of the month, a 2\u20130 home win, against Derby County. The Owls then faced former manager Carlos Carvalhal's new team Swansea City in the Fifth Round of the FA Cup, earning a replay after a 0\u20130 draw at Hillsborough.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 59], "content_span": [60, 478]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276384-0014-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Sheffield Wednesday F.C. season, Overview, February\nTwo successive league defeats followed, 2\u20131 away against Millwall and 4\u20132 at home against Aston Villa, with The Owls being 2\u20131 at half time in the latter. The Owls then bowed out of the FA Cup after losing 2\u20130 in their FA Cup replay against Swansea City.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 59], "content_span": [60, 314]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276384-0015-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Sheffield Wednesday F.C. season, Overview, March\nMarch saw Wednesday's poor form in the league continue, losing 4\u20130 to Bristol City and 2\u20131 to Ipswich Town, the former being The Owls' heaviest defeat of the season. A 1\u20131 draw against Bolton Wanderers at Hillsborough followed, before The Owls defeated fierce local rivals Leeds 2\u20131 thanks to a brace from Atdhe Nuhiu, who scored the winning goal in extra time. Sheffield Wednesday then won 4\u20131 at home against Preston North End, with Atdhe Nuhiu scoring twice and a goal each from Lucas Jo\u00e3o and Fernando Forestieri.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 56], "content_span": [57, 574]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276384-0016-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Sheffield Wednesday F.C. season, Overview, April\nIn Sheffield Wednesday's first league game of April, they won 3\u20131 at the Stadium of Light, with Lucas Jo\u00e3o, vice captain Tom Lees and Atdhe Nuhiu all scoring. Two successive losses followed, 1\u20130 against promotion challengers Fulham and 4\u20132 against Queens Park Rangers.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 56], "content_span": [57, 325]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276384-0017-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Sheffield Wednesday F.C. season, Overview, April\nWednesday then won their next two league games, with a rare Jordan Rhodes goal against Hull City enough to earn The Owls three points. In the next league fixture, which was against Reading at Hillsborough, Fernando Forestieri scored a brace with George Boyd also scoring in a 3\u20130 win. The final game of April was a 0\u20130 draw with Wolves.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 56], "content_span": [57, 393]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276384-0018-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Sheffield Wednesday F.C. season, Overview, May\nSheffield Wednesday ended the 2017/18 season with a 5\u20131 win over Norwich City at Hillsborough, with Atdhe Nuhiu scoring a hattrick and Fernando Forestieri and on-loan central defender Frederico Ven\u00e2ncio scoring a goal each. It was also Owls captain Glenn Loovens' final game for the club, with his contract expiring at the end of the season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 54], "content_span": [55, 396]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276384-0019-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Sheffield Wednesday F.C. season, Competitions, Friendlies\nAs of 12 July 2017, Sheffield Wednesday have announced seven pre-season friendlies against Alfreton Town, Mansfield Town, Doncaster Rovers, Portimonense, Vit\u00f3ria de Set\u00fabal Farense and Rangers.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 65], "content_span": [66, 259]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276384-0020-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Sheffield Wednesday F.C. season, Competitions, FA Cup\nIn the FA Cup, Sheffield Wednesday entered the competition in the third round and were drawn away to Carlisle United. The first game ended in a goalless draw, with the replay taking place at Hillsborough on 16 January. In the Fourth Round, The Owls were drawn against Reading at home.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 61], "content_span": [62, 346]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276384-0021-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Sheffield Wednesday F.C. season, Competitions, FA Cup\nOn 29 January 2018, Sheffield Wednesday were drawn against either Notts County or Swansea City in the Fifth Round draw.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 61], "content_span": [62, 181]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276384-0022-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Sheffield Wednesday F.C. season, Competitions, EFL Cup\nOn 16 June 2017, Sheffield Wednesday were drawn at home to Chesterfield in the first round. After winning their first-round game, The Owls were drawn against fellow EFL Championship side Bolton Wanderers on 10 August 2017.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 62], "content_span": [63, 285]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276385-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Shrewsbury Town F.C. season\nThe 2017\u201318 season was Shrewsbury Town's 132nd year in existence and their third consecutive season in League One after finishing in 18th place the previous season. Shrewsbury finished third in the League and qualified for the EFL League One play-offs. They reached the play-off final after beating Charlton Athletic in the semi-final, but they were beaten by Rotherham United. Paul Hurst left his role as manager at the end of the season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [35, 35], "content_span": [36, 475]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276385-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Shrewsbury Town F.C. season\nThe club also participated in the FA Cup, the EFL Cup and the EFL Trophy.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [35, 35], "content_span": [36, 109]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276385-0002-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Shrewsbury Town F.C. season\nThe season covers the period from 1 July 2017 to 30 June 2018.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [35, 35], "content_span": [36, 98]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276385-0003-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Shrewsbury Town F.C. season, Pre-season, Friendlies\nIn addition to a behind closed doors fixture against Ebbsfleet United played in Portugal, Shrewsbury Town announced six pre-season friendlies, against Aston Villa, Wolverhampton Wanderers, Burton Albion, AFC Telford United, Cardiff City and Brackley Town. In lieu of a reserve team, Salop also announced their intention to organise friendly fixtures throughout the regular season, the first such fixture being against Walsall.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 59], "content_span": [60, 486]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276385-0004-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Shrewsbury Town F.C. season, Competitions, EFL Cup\nOn 16 June 2017, Shrewsbury Town were drawn away to Nottingham Forest in the first round.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 58], "content_span": [59, 148]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276385-0005-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Shrewsbury Town F.C. season, Competitions, EFL Trophy\nOn 12 July 2017, the group stage draw was complete with Shrewsbury facing Coventry City, Walsall and West Bromwich Albion U23s. After finishing as runners-up, Shrewsbury were drawn away in the second round against Port Vale. A home tie against Blackpool was confirmed for the third round.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 61], "content_span": [62, 350]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276385-0006-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Shrewsbury Town F.C. season, Player statistics, Disciplinary record\nNote: Two yellow cards in one match is counted as one red card.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 75], "content_span": [76, 139]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276386-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Siena Saints men's basketball team\nThe 2017\u201318 Siena Saints men's basketball team represented Siena College during the 2017\u201318 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Saints, led by fifth-year head coach Jimmy Patsos, played their home games at the Times Union Center as members of the Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference. They finished the season 8\u201324 overall, 4\u201314 in MAAC play to finish in a tie for tenth place. As the No. 10 seed in the MAAC Tournament, they lost in the first round to Quinnipiac.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [42, 42], "content_span": [43, 514]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276386-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Siena Saints men's basketball team\nOn April 13, 2018, head coach Jimmy Patsos resigned amid an investigation regarding abusive conduct and financial improprieties within the program. On May 2, the Saints hired Mount St. Mary's head coach Jamion Christian for the job.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [42, 42], "content_span": [43, 275]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276386-0002-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Siena Saints men's basketball team, Previous season\nThe Saints finished the 2016\u201317 season 17\u201317, 12\u20138 in MAAC play to finish in a tie for third place. They defeated Fairfield and Monmouth before losing in the championship game of the MAAC Tournament to Iona.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [44, 59], "content_span": [60, 267]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276387-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Skeleton World Cup\nThe 2017\u201318 Skeleton World Cup was a multi-race series over a season for Skeleton. The season started on 9 November 2017 in Lake Placid, USA, and concluded on 19 January 2018 in K\u00f6nigssee, Germany. The World Cup is organised by the IBSF (formerly the FIBT), who also run World Cups and Championships in bobsleigh. The season was mainly sponsored by BMW.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [26, 26], "content_span": [27, 380]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276388-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Slovak Basketball League\nThe 2017\u201318 Slovak Basketball League season was the 26th season of the top-tier basketball competition in Slovakia. Inter Bratislava was the defending champion, but was eliminated in the semifinals. Levick\u00ed Patrioti won their second league.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [32, 32], "content_span": [33, 273]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276388-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Slovak Basketball League, Competition format\nTen teams joined the regular season, consisted in playing against each other four times home-and-away in double a round-robin format. The eight first qualified teams advance to the playoffs.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 52], "content_span": [53, 243]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276388-0002-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Slovak Basketball League, Teams\nLu\u010denec and SPU Nitra did not continue in the Extraliga. \u017dilina, champion of the 1.Liga, replaced them.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 39], "content_span": [40, 143]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276388-0003-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Slovak Basketball League, Playoffs\nSeeded teams played games 1, 3, 5 and 7 at home. Quarterfinals were played in a best-of-five games format while semifinals and final with a best-of-seven one.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 42], "content_span": [43, 201]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276389-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Slovak Cup\nThe 2017\u201318 Slovak Cup was the 49th edition of the competition. This tournament began on 22 July 2017. The winners of the cup, Slovan Bratislava, earned a place in the 2018\u201319 Europa League and would have joined the competition in the first qualifying round.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [18, 18], "content_span": [19, 277]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276389-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Slovak Cup\nSlovan Bratislava were the defending champions having won the previous season's Cup by defeating MFK Skalica in the final by a score of 3\u20130.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [18, 18], "content_span": [19, 159]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276389-0002-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Slovak Cup, Format\nThe Cup this season was a knockout tournament contested between 208 clubs. Matches which were level after regulation advanced to penalties to determine a winner. Each round of the cup was contested over one leg with the exception of the semi-finals which were contested over two legs.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [20, 26], "content_span": [27, 311]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276389-0003-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Slovak Cup, Second round\nSixty-four second round matches were played from 4 August 2017 to 16 August 2017.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [20, 32], "content_span": [33, 114]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276389-0004-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Slovak Cup, Third round\nThirty-two matches in the third round were played from 31 August 2017 to 14 September 2017.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [20, 31], "content_span": [32, 123]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276389-0005-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Slovak Cup, Fourth round\nSixteen matches in the fourth round were played from 27 September 2017 to 4 October 2017.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [20, 32], "content_span": [33, 122]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276389-0006-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Slovak Cup, Semi\u2013finals\nFor the semi-finals, the first legs were played on 3 and 4 April and the second on 18 April 2018. All times are CET (UTC+1).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [20, 31], "content_span": [32, 156]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276389-0007-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Slovak Cup, Semi\u2013finals, Final\nThe final was played on 1 May 2018 at the \u0160tadi\u00f3n Antona Malatinsk\u00e9ho in Trnava.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [20, 38], "content_span": [39, 119]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276390-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Slovak Extraliga season\nThe 2017\u201318 Slovak Extraliga season was the 25th season of the Slovak Extraliga, the highest level of ice hockey in Slovakia.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [31, 31], "content_span": [32, 157]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276390-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Slovak Extraliga season, Teams\nThe following teams are participating in the 2017\u201318 season. HK Orange 20 is a project to prepare the Slovakia junior ice hockey team for the IIHF World U20 Championship. The team does not play a complete regular season and cannot advance to the playoffs or get relegated. The first eight teams in standings after the regular season (56 games) will advance to the playoffs.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 38], "content_span": [39, 412]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276390-0002-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Slovak Extraliga season, Playoffs, Finals\nBansk\u00e1 Bystrica wins the series 4-3 and wins the championship.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 49], "content_span": [50, 112]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276391-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Slovak First Football League\nThe 2017\u201318 Slovak First Football League (known as the Slovak Fortuna Liga for sponsorship reasons) was the 25th season of first-tier football league in Slovakia, since its establishment in 1993. M\u0160K \u017dilina were the defending champions, after winning their 7th Slovak championship.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [36, 36], "content_span": [37, 318]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276391-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Slovak First Football League, Format changes\nStarting from this season, the competition format was changed. The previous 33-match round robin structure was replaced by a regular season round of 22 games and a playoff round, where 12 teams are divided into two groups: championship group (top-6 teams after regular season) and relegation group (bottom 6 teams). The playoff round uses a 10-game round robin structure.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 52], "content_span": [53, 424]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276391-0002-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Slovak First Football League, Format changes\nThe top team in the championship group wins the league title and qualifies to next season's Champions League qualification; the runner-up and 3rd team obtain spots of next season's Europa League Qualification. The bottom team of the relegation group will be relegated to next season's 2. Liga and replaced by the 2. Liga winner. The second-bottom ranked team will play a two-leg relegation playoff with the runner-up of 2. Liga.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 52], "content_span": [53, 481]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276391-0003-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Slovak First Football League, Format changes\nShould one of the top 3 teams wins of the 2017-18 Slovak Cup, Europa League qualification playoffs will be held among the 4th, 5th, 6th team in the championship group and the top team of the relegation round. The 4th team plays the top team of the relegation group and the 5th plays the 6th in the semifinals. Winners of the semifinals will play the final to determine the Europa League qualification spot. Europa League qualification playoff games will be one-leg and played at the home pitch of the higher-ranked team.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 52], "content_span": [53, 573]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276391-0004-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Slovak First Football League, Teams\nA total of 12 teams were contesting the league, including 11 sides from the 2016\u201317 season and one promoted from the 2. liga.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 43], "content_span": [44, 169]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276391-0005-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Slovak First Football League, Teams\nWithdrawal of Spartak Myjava was confirmed on 21 December 2016. The withdrawn team was meant to be replaced initially by FC VSS Ko\u0161ice, but that team was rejected a promotion and went into bankruptcy. FC Nitra was promoted instead of Ko\u0161ice.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 43], "content_span": [44, 285]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276391-0006-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Slovak First Football League, Teams, Stadiums and locations\n1Tatran played their home matches in this season at NTC Poprad in Poprad while Tatran Stadium went under renovation.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 67], "content_span": [68, 184]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276391-0007-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Slovak First Football League, Regular season, Results\nEach team plays home-and-away against every other team in the league, for a total of 22 matches played each.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 61], "content_span": [62, 170]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276391-0008-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Slovak First Football League, Europa League play-offs\nTeams placed between 4th and 7th position will take part in the Europa league play-offs. The best of them will play against the fourth-placed of the championship play-offs to determine the Europa League play-off winners. The winners will qualify for the first qualifying round of the 2018\u201319 UEFA Europa League.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 61], "content_span": [62, 373]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276391-0009-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Slovak First Football League, Relegation play-offs\nTeam placed 11th in the relegation match will face 2nd team from 2. Liga 2017\u201318 to for two spots in the next season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 58], "content_span": [59, 176]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276392-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Slovenian Basketball League\nThe 2017\u201318 Slovenian Basketball League, also known as Liga Nova KBM due to sponsorship reasons, was the 27th season of the Premier A Slovenian Basketball League. Olimpija are the defending champions.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [35, 35], "content_span": [36, 236]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276392-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Slovenian Basketball League, Format\nThe number of teams was reduced from 12 to only 10 for the 2017\u201318 season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 43], "content_span": [44, 118]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276392-0002-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Slovenian Basketball League, Format, Regular season\nIn the first phase, ten teams competed in a home-and-away round-robin series (18 games total). All teams advanced from the regular season to one of two postseason stages, depending on their league position.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 59], "content_span": [60, 266]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276392-0003-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Slovenian Basketball League, Format, Second phase\nThe top eight teams from the regular season advanced to the championship phase. These teams started the second phase from scratch, with no results carrying over from the regular season. Each team played a total of 14 games in this phase; as in the regular season, a home-and-away round-robin was used.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 57], "content_span": [58, 359]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276392-0004-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Slovenian Basketball League, Format, Second phase\nThe top four teams at the end of this stage advanced to the semifinals, conducted as a best-of-three playoff. The semifinal winners advanced to the best-of-five championship finals, with the winners being crowned league champion.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 57], "content_span": [58, 287]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276392-0005-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Slovenian Basketball League, Format, Second phase, Playouts\nThe bottom two teams entered a home-and-away round-robin mini-league with the first, second, third, and fourth-placed teams from the second division, with the two teams finishing on top of the mini-league taking up a place in the next year's 1. A SKL.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 67], "content_span": [68, 319]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276392-0006-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Slovenian Basketball League, Teams\nIlirija was promoted as the winner of the 2016\u201317 Second League. The team from Ljubljana replaced Terme Olimia Pod\u010detrtek, LTH Castings and Portoro\u017e, which finished in the last three positions in the 2016\u201317 season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 42], "content_span": [43, 258]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276393-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Slovenian Football Cup\nThe 2017\u201318 Slovenian Football Cup was the 27th edition of the Slovenian Football Cup, Slovenia's football knockout competition.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [30, 30], "content_span": [31, 159]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276393-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Slovenian Football Cup, Competition format\nTeams that have qualified from the same regional cup could not be drawn against each other.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 50], "content_span": [51, 142]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276393-0002-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Slovenian Football Cup, Competition format\nThe twelve winners were decided over one leg, with extra time and penalties if scores were level. Lower level teams were the hosts. If both teams from a pair were from the same level, the home team was determined by the draw.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 50], "content_span": [51, 276]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276393-0003-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Slovenian Football Cup, Competition format\nTeams that have qualified from the same regional cup could not be drawn against each other.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 50], "content_span": [51, 142]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276393-0004-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Slovenian Football Cup, Competition format\nThe eight winners were decided over one leg, with extra time and penalties if scores were level. Lower level teams were the hosts. If both teams from a pair were from the same level, the home team was determined by the draw.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 50], "content_span": [51, 275]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276393-0005-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Slovenian Football Cup, Competition format\nThe four winners were decided over two legs on home and away basis with away goals rule being used. In case of a tie, extra time and penalties were used.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 50], "content_span": [51, 204]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276393-0006-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Slovenian Football Cup, Competition format\nThe two winners were decided over two legs on home and away basis with away goals rule being used. In case of a tie, extra time and penalties were used.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 50], "content_span": [51, 203]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276393-0007-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Slovenian Football Cup, Competition format\nThe winners should have qualified for the 2018\u201319 UEFA Europa League first qualifying round. However, since the Cup winners, Olimpija Ljubljana, qualified for the 2018\u201319 UEFA Champions League as the league champions, the spot from the Cup was vacated and given to the fourth-placed team in the 2017\u201318 Slovenian PrvaLiga, Rudar Velenje.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 50], "content_span": [51, 388]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276393-0008-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Slovenian Football Cup, First round\n\u0160o\u0161tanj withdrew before the competition began; Triglav Kranj received a bye.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 43], "content_span": [44, 120]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276394-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Slovenian PrvaLiga\nThe 2017\u201318 Slovenian PrvaLiga (also known as the Prva liga Telekom Slovenije for sponsorship reasons) was the 27th edition of the Slovenian PrvaLiga since its establishment in 1991. The season began on 15 July 2017 and ended on 27 May 2018.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [26, 26], "content_span": [27, 269]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276394-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Slovenian PrvaLiga, Competition format\nEach team played 36 matches (18 home and 18 away). Teams played four matches against each other (2 home and 2 away).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 46], "content_span": [47, 163]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276394-0002-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Slovenian PrvaLiga, Teams\nA total of ten teams contested the league, including eight from the 2016\u201317 Slovenian PrvaLiga and two promoted from the 2016\u201317 Slovenian Second League.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 33], "content_span": [34, 187]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276394-0003-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Slovenian PrvaLiga, Teams, Stadiums and locations\nSeating capacity only; some stadiums also have standing areas. Ankaran played their home matches in Dravograd and Nova Gorica since their stadium, \u0160RC Katarina, did not met PrvaLiga criteria.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 57], "content_span": [58, 249]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276394-0004-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Slovenian PrvaLiga, PrvaLiga play-off\nA two-legged play-off between Triglav Kranj, the ninth-placed team in the PrvaLiga and Drava Ptuj, the second-placed team in the 2. SNL, was played in June 2018. The winner, Triglav Kranj, secured a place in the 2018\u201319 PrvaLiga season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 45], "content_span": [46, 282]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276395-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Slovenian Second League\nThe 2017\u201318 Slovenian Second League season was the 27th edition of the Slovenian Second League. The season began on 4 August 2017 and ended on 26 May 2018.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [31, 31], "content_span": [32, 187]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276395-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Slovenian Second League, Competition format\nEach team has played a toal of 30 matches (15 home and 15 away). Teams played two matches against each other (one home and one away).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 51], "content_span": [52, 185]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276395-0002-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Slovenian Second League, Teams\nOn 29 June 2016, the Football Association of Slovenia decided to expand the Second League from 10 teams to 16 teams for the 2017\u201318 season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 38], "content_span": [39, 178]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276395-0003-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Slovenian Second League, Teams\nThe key for the 16 teams contesting the league was:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 38], "content_span": [39, 90]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276395-0004-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Slovenian Second League, Teams, Stadiums and locations\nNote: \"Capacity\" includes seating capacity only. Most stadiums also have standing areas.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 62], "content_span": [63, 151]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276395-0005-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Slovenian Second League, Season statistics, Attendance\nNote 1:Team played the previous season in the Slovenian PrvaLiga. Note 2:Team played the previous season in the Slovenian Third League.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 62], "content_span": [63, 198]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276396-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Slovenian Third League\nThe 2017\u201318 Slovenian Third League was the 26th edition of the Slovenian Third League. The season began on 19 August 2017 and ended on 27 May 2018.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [30, 30], "content_span": [31, 178]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276396-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Slovenian Third League, Competition format and rules\nThe 2017\u201318 Slovenian Third League was divided into four regional groups with a total of 50 participating clubs. The three groups (North, Centre, East) were composed of 14 clubs, while the West group consisted of 8 clubs. The winners of the regular season in each group played a promotional two-legged play-off to decide the two teams promoting to the Slovenian Second League.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 60], "content_span": [61, 437]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276396-0002-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Slovenian Third League, Play-offs\nA two-legged play-offs between the group winners for promotion to the 2018\u201319 Slovenian Second League.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 41], "content_span": [42, 144]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276397-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Solomon Islands S-League\nThe 2017\u201318 Telekom S-League is the 14th season of the Telekom S-League in the Solomon Islands. All matches are played at the hillside ground called Lawson Tama Stadium, with an approximate capacity of 20,000.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [32, 32], "content_span": [33, 242]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276398-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 South African Premier Division\nThe 2017\u201318 South African Premier Division season (known as the ABSA Premiership for sponsorship reasons) is the 22nd season of the Premier Soccer League since its conception in 1996.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [38, 38], "content_span": [39, 222]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276398-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 South African Premier Division\nBidvest Wits were the defending champions, having won the previous 2016\u201317 South African Premier Division (PSL) season. The season featured 15 teams from the 2016\u201317 season and one new team from the 2016\u201317 National First Division: AmaZulu replaced relegated Highlands Park. AmaZulu, although finishing only fifth in the National First Division (NFD) purchased winner's Thanda Royal Zulu's league status upon completion of the NFD season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [38, 38], "content_span": [39, 477]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276399-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 South Alabama Jaguars men's basketball team\nThe 2017\u201318 South Alabama Jaguars men's basketball team represented the University of South Alabama during the 2017\u201318 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Jaguars were led by fifth-year head coach Matthew Graves and played their home games at the Mitchell Center in Mobile, Alabama as members in the Sun Belt Conference. They finished the season 14\u201318, 7\u201311 in Sun Belt play to finish in a tie for ninth place. They lost in the first round of the Sun Belt Tournament to Troy.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 51], "section_span": [51, 51], "content_span": [52, 536]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276399-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 South Alabama Jaguars men's basketball team\nOn March 8, South Alabama fired head coach Matthew Graves. He finished at South Alabama with a five-year record of 65\u201396.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 51], "section_span": [51, 51], "content_span": [52, 173]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276399-0002-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 South Alabama Jaguars men's basketball team\nOn March 15, South Alabama hired Nicholls State head coach Richie Riley as their new head coach.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 51], "section_span": [51, 51], "content_span": [52, 148]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276399-0003-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 South Alabama Jaguars men's basketball team, Previous season\nThe Jaguars finished the 2016\u201317 season 14\u201318, 7\u201311 in Sun Belt play to finish in ninth place. They lost to Coastal Carolina in the first round of the Sun Belt Tournament.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 51], "section_span": [53, 68], "content_span": [69, 240]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276400-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 South Alabama Jaguars women's basketball team\nThe 2017\u201318 South Alabama Jaguars women's basketball team represented the University of South Alabama during the 2017\u201318 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Jaguars were led by fifth year head coach Terry Fowler and played their home games at the Mitchell Center as members in the Sun Belt Conference. They finished the season 21\u201313, 11\u20137 in Sun Belt play to finish in fifth place. They advanced to the second round of the Sun Belt Women's Tournament where they lost to Troy. They accepted a bid to the Women's Basketball Invitational and advanced to the semifinals but lost to Yale in overtime.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 53], "section_span": [53, 53], "content_span": [54, 660]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276400-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 South Alabama Jaguars women's basketball team, Previous season\nThey finished the season 11\u201320, 5\u201313 in Sun Belt play to finish in tenth place. They advanced to the quarterfinals of the Sun Belt Women's Tournament where they lost to Texas\u2013Arlington.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 53], "section_span": [55, 70], "content_span": [71, 256]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276401-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 South Carolina Gamecocks men's basketball team\nThis is the current revision of this page, as edited by RedPatchBoys (talk | contribs) at 18:55, 22 June 2020 (\u2192\u200eDepartures). The present address (URL) is a permanent link to this version.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 54], "section_span": [54, 54], "content_span": [55, 243]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276401-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 South Carolina Gamecocks men's basketball team\nThe 2017\u201318 South Carolina Gamecocks men's basketball team represented the University of South Carolina during the 2017\u201318 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The team's head coach, Frank Martin, was in his sixth season at South Carolina. The team played its home games at Colonial Life Arena in Columbia, South Carolina as a member of the Southeastern Conference. They finished the season 17\u201316, 7\u201311 in SEC play to finish in a tie for 11th place. They defeated Ole Miss in the first round of the SEC Tournament before losing in the second round to Arkansas.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 54], "section_span": [54, 54], "content_span": [55, 619]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276401-0002-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 South Carolina Gamecocks men's basketball team, Previous season\nThe Gamecocks finished the 2016\u201317 season 26\u201311, 12\u20136 in SEC play to finish in a tie for third place. They lost in the quarterfinals of the SEC Tournament to Alabama. They received an at-large bid to the NCAA Tournament as a No. 7 seed in the East region. In the First Round, they defeated No. 10-seeded Marquette, the school's first NCAA Tournament win since 1974. They then defeated No. 2-seeded Duke to earn a trip to the Sweet Sixteen.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 54], "section_span": [56, 71], "content_span": [72, 511]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276401-0002-0001", "contents": "2017\u201318 South Carolina Gamecocks men's basketball team, Previous season\nIn the Sweet Sixteen, they blew out No. 3 seed and No. 12-ranked Baylor by 20 points to earn a trip the Elite Eight. In the Elite Eight, they defeated fellow SEC-member No. 4-seeded Florida to advance to the first Final Four in school history. There the Gamecocks lost to the West Region's No. 1 seed, Gonzaga. The 26 wins marked the most wins in school history.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 54], "section_span": [56, 71], "content_span": [72, 434]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276402-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 South Carolina Gamecocks women's basketball team\nThe 2017\u201318 South Carolina Gamecocks women's basketball team represented the University of South Carolina during the 2017\u201318 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Gamecocks, led by tenth year head coach Dawn Staley, played their home games at the Colonial Life Arena and were members of the Southeastern Conference. They finished the season 29\u20137, 12\u20134 in SEC play to finish in a tie for second place. They defeated Tennessee, Georgia and Mississippi State to win the SEC Women's Tournament to earn an automatic bid to the NCAA Women's Tournament. They defeated North Carolina A&T and Virginia in the first and second rounds, Buffalo in the sweet sixteen before losing to Connecticut in the elite eight.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 56], "section_span": [56, 56], "content_span": [57, 768]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276402-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 South Carolina Gamecocks women's basketball team, Previous Season\nSouth Carolina finished the season 33-4 (14-2), winning the SEC Regular season, SEC Tournament Championship, and the NCAA National Championship. Heading into the NCAA tournament South Carolina was the #1 seed in the Stockton regional, where they defeated UNC Asheville, Arizona State, Quinnipiac, and Florida State, to win the Stockton region and get to the Final Four. In the Final Four, South Carolina defeated Stanford 62\u201353 to advance to the Championship game. On April 2, 2017, South Carolina defeated Mississippi State to win their first National Championship. A'ja Wilson won the NCAA Basketball Tournament Most Outstanding Player award.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 56], "section_span": [58, 73], "content_span": [74, 718]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276402-0002-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 South Carolina Gamecocks women's basketball team, Rankings\n^Coaches' Poll did not release a second poll at the same time as the AP.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 56], "section_span": [58, 66], "content_span": [67, 139]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276403-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 South Carolina State Bulldogs basketball team\nThe 2017\u201318 South Carolina State Bulldogs basketball team represented South Carolina State University during the 2017\u201318 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Bulldogs, led by fifth-year head coach Murray Garvin, played their home games at the SHM Memorial Center in Orangeburg, South Carolina as members of the Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference. They finished the season 10\u201322, 6\u201310 in MEAC play to finish in 10th place. They lost to Morgan State in the first round of the MEAC Tournament.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 53], "section_span": [53, 53], "content_span": [54, 549]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276403-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 South Carolina State Bulldogs basketball team, Previous season\nThe Bulldogs finished the 2016\u201317 season 11\u201320, 7\u20139 in MEAC play to finish in a three-way tie for seventh place. They defeated Florida A&M in the MEAC Tournament before losing in the quarterfinals to Norfolk State.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 53], "section_span": [55, 70], "content_span": [71, 285]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276404-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 South Dakota Coyotes men's basketball team\nThe 2017\u201318 South Dakota Coyotes men's basketball team represented the University of South Dakota during the 2017\u201318 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Coyotes, led by fourth-year head coach Craig Smith, played their home games at the Sanford Coyote Sports Center in Vermillion, South Dakota as members of the Summit League. They finished the season 26\u20139, 11\u20133 in Summit League play to finish in second place. They defeated Omaha and Denver to advance to the championship game of the Summit League where they lost to South Dakota State. They were invited to the College Basketball Invitational where they lost in the first round to North Texas.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 50], "section_span": [50, 50], "content_span": [51, 705]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276404-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 South Dakota Coyotes men's basketball team\nOn March 25, 2018, head coach Craig Smith was hired as the head coach at Utah State. On April 6, the school hired former Grand Canyon assistant and South Dakota alum Todd Lee as head coach.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 50], "section_span": [50, 50], "content_span": [51, 240]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276404-0002-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 South Dakota Coyotes men's basketball team, Previous season\nThe Coyotes finished the 2016\u201317 season 22\u201312, 12\u20134 in Summit League play to win the Summit League regular season championship. As the No. 1 seed in the Summit League Tournament, they defeated Western Illinois in the quarterfinals before losing to South Dakota State in the semifinals. As a regular season conference champion who failed to win their conference tournament title, they received an automatic bid to the National Invitation Tournament where they lost in the first round to Iowa.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 50], "section_span": [52, 67], "content_span": [68, 559]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276404-0003-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 South Dakota Coyotes men's basketball team, Preseason\nIn a poll of league coaches, media, and sports information directors, the Coyotes were picked to finish in second place. Junior guard Matt Mooney was named to the preseason All-Summit First Team and junior forward Trey Burch-Manning was named to the Second Team.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 50], "section_span": [52, 61], "content_span": [62, 324]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276405-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 South Dakota State Jackrabbits men's basketball team\nThe 2017\u201318 South Dakota State Jackrabbits men's basketball team represented South Dakota State University during the 2017\u201318 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Jackrabbits, led by second-year head coach T. J. Otzelberger, played their home games at Frost Arena in Brookings, South Dakota as members of the Summit League. They finished the season 28\u20137, 13\u20131 in Summit League play to win the Summit League regular season championship. In the Summit League Tournament, they defeated Western Illinois, North Dakota State, and South Dakota to become Summit League Tournament champions. They received the Summit League's automatic bid to the NCAA Tournament where they lost in the First Round to Ohio State.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 60], "section_span": [60, 60], "content_span": [61, 773]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276405-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 South Dakota State Jackrabbits men's basketball team, Previous season\nThe Jackrabbits finished the 2016\u201317 season 18\u201317, 8\u20138 in Summit League play to finish in a three-way tie for fourth place. As the No. 4 seed in the Summit League Tournament, they defeated Denver, South Dakota, and Omaha to win the tournament championship. As a result, they earned the league's automatic bid to the NCAA Tournament. As the No. 16 seed in the West region, they lost in the First Round to Gonzaga.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 60], "section_span": [62, 77], "content_span": [78, 490]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276405-0002-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 South Dakota State Jackrabbits men's basketball team, Preseason\nIn a poll of league coaches, media, and sports information directors, the Jackrabbits were picked to win the Summit League. Junior forward Mike Daum was named the preseason Summit League Player of the Year. Senior forward Reed Tellinghuisen was named to the preseason All-Summit League Second Team.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 60], "section_span": [62, 71], "content_span": [72, 370]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276406-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 South Dakota State Jackrabbits women's basketball team\nThe 2017\u201318 South Dakota State Jackrabbits women's basketball represent South Dakota State University in the 2017\u201318 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Jackrabbits, led by eighteenth year head coach Aaron Johnston. The Jackrabbits compete in the Summit League. They play home games in Frost Arena, in Brookings, South Dakota. They finished the season 26\u20137, 12\u20132 in Summit League play to finish in second place. They were champions of The Summit League Women's Tournament and earn an automatic trip to the NCAA Women's Tournament where they lost to Villanova in an overtime thriller in the first round.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 62], "section_span": [62, 62], "content_span": [63, 676]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276406-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 South Dakota State Jackrabbits women's basketball team, Previous Season\nThe 2016\u201317 South Dakota State Jackrabbits women's basketball team went 23-9 overall and 12-4 in conference. The Jackrabbits lost in the 2017 Summit League Women's Basketball Tournament to IUPUI not qualifying for the NCAA Tournament. As a result of not qualifying, the Jackrabbits made it to the 2017 WNIT.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 62], "section_span": [64, 79], "content_span": [80, 387]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276407-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 South Florida Bulls men's basketball team\nThe 2017\u201318 South Florida Bulls men's basketball team represents the University of South Florida during the 2017\u201318 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The season marks the 46th basketball season for USF, the fifth as a member of the American Athletic Conference, and the first season under head coach Brian Gregory. The Bulls play their home games at the USF Sun Dome on the university's Tampa, Florida campus. The Bulls finished the season 10\u201322, 3\u201315 in AAC play to finish in last place. As the No. 12 seed in the AAC Tournament, they lost in the first round to Memphis.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 49], "section_span": [49, 49], "content_span": [50, 628]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276407-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 South Florida Bulls men's basketball team, Previous season\nThe Bulls finished the 2015\u201316 season 7\u201323, 1\u201317 in AAC play to finish in last place. As the No. 11 seed in the AAC Tournament, they lost in the first round to UConn.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 49], "section_span": [51, 66], "content_span": [67, 233]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276407-0002-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 South Florida Bulls men's basketball team, Previous season\nThe Bulls were led by head coach Orlando Antigua for the first 13 games of the season until he was fired amid academic fraud allegations. Following Antigua's firing, they were led by interim head coach Murry Bartow. On March 14, 2017, the school hired Brian Gregory as the next head coach.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 49], "section_span": [51, 66], "content_span": [67, 356]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276407-0003-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 South Florida Bulls men's basketball team, Preseason\nAt the conference's annual media day, the Bulls were picked to finish last in the AAC.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 49], "section_span": [51, 60], "content_span": [61, 147]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276408-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 South Florida Bulls women's basketball team\nThe 2017\u201318 South Florida Bulls women's basketball team will represent the University of South Florida in the 2017\u201318 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Bulls, coached by Jose Fernandez in his seventeenth season, play their home games at the USF Sun Dome in Tampa, Florida. This will be USF's fifth season as a member of the American Athletic Conference, known as The American or AAC. They finished the season 26\u20138, 13\u20133 in AAC play to finish in second place. They advanced to the championship game of the American Athletic Conference Women's Tournament for the fourth year in a row, where they lost to Connecticut for the fourth time. They received at-large bid to the NCAA Women's Tournament where they got upset by Buffalo in the first round.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 51], "section_span": [51, 51], "content_span": [52, 809]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276408-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 South Florida Bulls women's basketball team, Media\nAll Bulls games will air on or CBS 1010 AM. Conference home games will rotate between ESPN3, , and Bullscast. Road games will typically be streamed on the opponents website, though conference road games could also appear on ESPN3 or AAC Digital.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 51], "section_span": [53, 58], "content_span": [59, 305]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276409-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 South Pacific cyclone season\nThe 2017\u201318 South Pacific cyclone season was a slightly below-average season that produced 6 tropical cyclones, 3 of which became severe tropical cyclones. The season officially began on November 1, 2017, and ended on April 30, 2018; however, a tropical cyclone could form at any time between July 1, 2017, and June 30, 2018, and would count towards the season total. During the season, tropical cyclones were officially monitored by the Fiji Meteorological Service, MetService and the Australian Bureau of Meteorology, while the United States Joint Typhoon Warning Center (JTWC) also monitored the basin and issued warnings for American interests.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [36, 36], "content_span": [37, 685]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276409-0000-0001", "contents": "2017\u201318 South Pacific cyclone season\nThe FMS attaches a number and an F suffix to significant tropical disturbances that form in or move into the basin, while the JTWC designates significant tropical cyclones with a number and a P suffix. The BoM, FMS and MetService all use the Australian Tropical Cyclone Intensity Scale and estimate wind speeds over a period of ten minutes, while the JTWC estimates sustained winds over a 1-minute period, which are subsequently compared to the Saffir\u2013Simpson hurricane wind scale (SSHWS).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [36, 36], "content_span": [37, 526]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276409-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 South Pacific cyclone season, Seasonal forecasts\nAhead of the cyclone season, the Fiji Meteorological Service (FMS), Australian Bureau of Meteorology (BoM), New Zealand's MetService and National Institute of Water and Atmospheric Research (NIWA) and various other Pacific Meteorological services, all contributed towards the Island Climate Update tropical cyclone outlook that was released during October 2016. The outlook took into account the ENSO-neutral conditions that had been observed across the Pacific and analogue seasons that had ENSO-neutral and weak La Ni\u00f1a conditions occurring during the season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 56], "content_span": [57, 618]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276409-0001-0001", "contents": "2017\u201318 South Pacific cyclone season, Seasonal forecasts\nThe outlook called for a near average number of tropical cyclones for the 2017\u201318 season, with eight to ten named tropical cyclones, to occur between 135\u00b0E and 120\u00b0W compared to an average of about 10. At least three of the tropical cyclones were expected to become Category 3 severe tropical cyclones, while two could become Category 4 severe tropical cyclones; they also noted that a Category 5 severe tropical cyclone was not likely to occur during the season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 56], "content_span": [57, 520]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276409-0002-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 South Pacific cyclone season, Seasonal forecasts\nIn addition to contributing towards the Island Climate Update outlook, the FMS and the BoM issued their own seasonal forecasts for the South Pacific region. The BoM issued two seasonal forecasts for the Southern Pacific Ocean, for their self-defined eastern and western regions of the South Pacific Ocean. They predicted that the Western region between 142.5\u00b0E and 165\u00b0E, had a 48% chance of seeing activity above its average of 7 tropical cyclones. The BoM also predicted that the Eastern Region between 165\u00b0E and 120\u00b0W, had a 55% chance of seeing activity above its average of 4 tropical cyclones.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 56], "content_span": [57, 656]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276409-0002-0001", "contents": "2017\u201318 South Pacific cyclone season, Seasonal forecasts\nWithin their outlook the FMS predicted that between four and six tropical cyclones, would occur within the basin compared to an average of around 7.1 cyclones. At least one of the tropical cyclones was expected to intensify into a Category 3 or higher severe tropical cyclone. They also predicted that the main area for tropical cyclogenesis would be within the Coral Sea, to the west of the International Date Line.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 56], "content_span": [57, 473]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276409-0003-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 South Pacific cyclone season, Seasonal forecasts\nBoth the Island Climate Update and the FMS tropical cyclone outlooks assessed the risk of a tropical cyclone affecting a certain island or territory. The Island Climate Update Outlook predicted that New Caledonia, Tonga, New Zealand and Papua New Guinea had an above average chance of being impacted by a tropical cyclone or their remnants. They also predicted that the Solomon Islands, Fiji and Vanuatu had a near normal to normal risk of being impacted by one or more tropical cyclones.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 56], "content_span": [57, 545]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276409-0003-0001", "contents": "2017\u201318 South Pacific cyclone season, Seasonal forecasts\nThe Southern Cook Islands, American Samoa, Samoa, Niue, Tokelau, Tuvalu, as well as Wallis and Futuna were thought to have a below average chance of being impacted. It was also considered unlikely that the Northern Cook Islands, French Polynesia, Kiribati and the Pitcairn Islands would be affected by a tropical cyclone. The FMS's outlook predicted that Vanuatu, New Caledonia, Fiji as well as Wallis and Futuna had a normal chance of being impacted by a tropical cyclone.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 56], "content_span": [57, 530]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276409-0003-0002", "contents": "2017\u201318 South Pacific cyclone season, Seasonal forecasts\nThe outlook also predicted that the Solomon Islands, Tokelau, Samoa, Tonga, Niue, Cook Islands and French Polynesia had a reduced chance of being affected by a tropical cyclone. It was thought that there was a normal risk of Vanuatu, New Caledonia, Fiji and Samoa being impacted by at least one severe tropical cyclone, while other areas such as the Solomon Islands, Tokelau, Samoa, Tonga, Niue and French Polynesia, had a reduced chance of being impacted by a severe tropical cyclone.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 56], "content_span": [57, 542]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276409-0004-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 South Pacific cyclone season, Systems, Tropical Depression 04F\nFormed on December 20, lasted on December 26. It never strengthened to a tropical storm.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 70], "content_span": [71, 159]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276409-0005-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 South Pacific cyclone season, Systems, Tropical Disturbance 05F\nFormed on January 26, dissipated the next day, 27th. It never strengthened due to the wind shear.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 71], "content_span": [72, 169]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276409-0006-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 South Pacific cyclone season, Systems, Tropical Cyclone Fehi\nFehi entered the South Pacific basin from the Australian Region on 28th as a subtropical cyclone. It continued its south-southeast track while transitioning to an extratropical cyclone as it approached New Zealand.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 68], "content_span": [69, 283]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276409-0007-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 South Pacific cyclone season, Systems, Tropical Cyclone Fehi\nAs an extratropical cyclone, Fehi caused extensive damage in western New Zealand. Strong winds and heavy rain damaged hundreds of structures, with more than 100 later condemned. Waist-deep water flooded homes in Charleston and Westport. Pounding surf eroded beaches, exposing an old garbage dump at Cobden Beach which left thousands of garbage bags strewn about. Insurance loss were amounted at NZ$38.5\u00a0million (US$28.5\u00a0million).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 68], "content_span": [69, 498]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276409-0008-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 South Pacific cyclone season, Systems, Severe Tropical Cyclone Gita\nOn 3 February, the Fiji Meteorological Service (FMS) started to monitor Tropical Disturbance 07F, which had developed within a trough of low pressure, about 435\u00a0km (270\u00a0mi) to the southeast of Honiara in the Solomon Islands. Over the next couple of days, the system moved erratically near northern Vanuatu and remained poorly organized, with convection located to the south of the low-level circulation center. The system started to move south-eastwards on 5 February, towards the Fijian Islands and a favorable environment for further development.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 75], "content_span": [76, 624]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276409-0008-0001", "contents": "2017\u201318 South Pacific cyclone season, Systems, Severe Tropical Cyclone Gita\nThe system subsequently passed near the island nation during 8 February, where it developed into a tropical depression and started to move north-eastwards towards the Samoan Islands. On 9 February, the United States Joint Typhoon Warning Center (JTWC) initiated advisories on the system and designated it as Tropical Cyclone 09P, after an ASCAT image showed that it had winds of 65\u201375\u00a0km/h (40\u201345\u00a0mph) in its northern semicircle. The FMS subsequently named the system Tropical Cyclone Gita, after the United States National Weather Service Weather Forecast Office in Pago Pago requested that the system be named early for warning and humanitarian reasons.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 75], "content_span": [76, 731]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276409-0009-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 South Pacific cyclone season, Systems, Severe Tropical Cyclone Gita\nAfter Gita was named, a prolonged period of rapid intensification ensued as it quickly intensified into a Category 1 tropical cyclone on the Australian tropical cyclone intensity scale, before it passed within 100\u00a0km (60\u00a0mi) of Samoa and American Samoa. After moving past the Samoan Islands, Gita turned southeast and then southwards. On 10 February, Gita rapidly intensified to a category 3 severe tropical cyclone on the Australian scale while traversing anomalously warm sea surface temperatures of between 28\u201329\u00a0\u00b0C (82\u201384\u00a0\u00b0F). On 11 February, Gita continued to intensify into a category 4 severe tropical cyclone.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 75], "content_span": [76, 693]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276409-0009-0001", "contents": "2017\u201318 South Pacific cyclone season, Systems, Severe Tropical Cyclone Gita\nAt the same time, Gita turned westward under the influence of a subtropical ridge to the south. At approximately 10:00\u00a0UTC (23:00\u00a0TOT) on 11 February, the cyclone passed about 30\u00a0km (20\u00a0mi) south of Tongatapu near its peak intensity, as a powerful Category 5 cyclone on the Australian Scale; the RSMC Nadi-based Australian scale and the JTWC-used Saffir\u2013Simpson scale, with maximum 10-minute sustained winds of 205\u00a0km/h (125\u00a0mph). At the same time, the Joint Typhoon Warning Center estimated peak 1-minute sustained winds at 230\u00a0km/h (145\u00a0mph). This made Gita the strongest cyclone to strike Tonga in its recorded history.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 75], "content_span": [76, 698]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276409-0010-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 South Pacific cyclone season, Systems, Tropical Depression 08F\nFormed on February 3 to the east of Fiji, and it followed an erratic track; however, it didn't strengthened beyond and it dissipated on February 11.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 70], "content_span": [71, 219]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276409-0011-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 South Pacific cyclone season, Systems, Severe Tropical Cyclone Hola\nDuring March 3, 2018 the Fiji Meteorological Service (FMS) reported that Tropical Disturbance 09F had developed within a trough of low pressure about 230\u00a0km (145\u00a0mi) to the northeast of Nadi, Fiji. At this time the disturbance had a broad low-level circulation and was located within a very favourable environment for further development, with low vertical wind shear and warm sea surface temperatures. Over the next couple of days, the disturbance gradually developed further as it gradually moved westwards towards Vanuatu, under the influence of a subtropical ridge of high pressure. It was subsequently classified as a tropical depression by the FMS during March 5, before the United States Joint Typhoon Warning Center (JTWC) subsequently issued a Tropical Cyclone Formation Alert on the system later that day.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 75], "content_span": [76, 891]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276409-0012-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 South Pacific cyclone season, Systems, Severe Tropical Cyclone Hola\nDuring March 6, the JTWC initiated advisories on the system and designated it as Tropical Cyclone 12P, after its broad low-level circulation center had slowly consolidated and the overall organisation of the cyclone had improved. The FMS subsequently reported that the system had developed into a Category 1 tropical cyclone on the Australian tropical cyclone intensity scale and named it Hola while it was located about 80\u00a0km (50\u00a0mi) to the east of Pentecost Island in Vanuatu.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 75], "content_span": [76, 554]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276409-0012-0001", "contents": "2017\u201318 South Pacific cyclone season, Systems, Severe Tropical Cyclone Hola\nAfter it was named, Hola started developing a weak low level eye feature, before it was classified as a category 2 tropical cyclone as it passed in between the islands of Pentecost and Ambrym. The system subsequently passed over the island of Malekula and moved into the Coral Sea during March 7, where it rapidly consolidated and developed a 10\u00a0km (5\u00a0mi) pinhole eye. The FMS subsequently reported that Hola had become a Category 4 severe tropical cyclone and predicted that Hola would peak as a Category 5 severe tropical cyclone.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 75], "content_span": [76, 608]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276409-0013-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 South Pacific cyclone season, Systems, Severe Tropical Cyclone Hola\nAfter peaking as a Category 4 severe tropical cyclone on the Australian scale, wind shear rapidly weakened the system as it passed to the west of New Caledonia as a Category 1 tropical cyclone. It continued to the southwest before transitioning to an subtropical storm as it approached New Zealand. It weakened and it degenerated to a remnant low to the northwest of the country.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 75], "content_span": [76, 455]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276409-0014-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 South Pacific cyclone season, Systems, Tropical Depression 10F (Linda)\nOn March 11, the FMS reported that Tropical Disturbance 10F, had developed about 85\u00a0km (55\u00a0mi) to the southwest of Rennell and Bellona Province of the Solomon Islands. The system was poorly organised with deep atmospheric convection, displaced to the east of the system's consolidating low-level circulation center. The disturbance was subsequently classified as Tropical Low 21U by the BoM during March 12, as it moved southwards within an area of low vertical wind shear and warm sea surface temperatures. The JTWC initiated advisories on the system later that day and classified the storm as Tropical Cyclone 13P, after the system had rapidly consolidated, with bands of atmospheric convection wrapping into the low-level circulation center.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 78], "content_span": [79, 823]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276409-0015-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 South Pacific cyclone season, Systems, Tropical Cyclone Iris\nDuring March 20, the FMS reported that Tropical Disturbance 11F had developed within an area of low to moderate vertical wind shear, over the eastern Solomon Islands around 200\u00a0km (125\u00a0mi) to the east of Honiara. At this time the system was poorly organised with deep atmospheric convection, located to the east of the low-level circulation centre. Over the next few days, the system remained weak as it moved erratically around the Solomon Islands and was classified as a tropical depression during March 22.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 68], "content_span": [69, 578]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276409-0016-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 South Pacific cyclone season, Systems, Tropical Cyclone Iris\nOn March 24, Tropical Depression 11F strengthened into Tropical Cyclone Iris. Later on the same day, Iris exited the basin and entered the Australian region basin.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 68], "content_span": [69, 232]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276409-0017-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 South Pacific cyclone season, Systems, Tropical Cyclone Josie\nDespite not making landfall, Tropical Cyclone Josie caused heavy rainfall and sustained gale-force winds in southern Fiji. Severe flooding occurred in the city of Nadi, and at least five people were washed away by floodwaters, of which four are confirmed dead and one is still missing.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 69], "content_span": [70, 355]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276409-0018-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 South Pacific cyclone season, Systems, Severe Tropical Cyclone Keni\nTropical Cyclone Keni impacted Fiji and caused the cast and crew of the 37th season of the American reality competition series, Survivor, to be temporarily evacuated to the production's base camp.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 75], "content_span": [76, 272]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276409-0019-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 South Pacific cyclone season, Systems, Other systems\nDuring December 16, Tropical Disturbance 02F developed within a trough of low pressure, about 25\u00a0km (15\u00a0mi) to the northeast of the island of Futuna. During the following day, Tropical Disturbance 03F developed along the same trough of low pressure about 45\u00a0km (30\u00a0mi) to the southeast of the island of Wallis. Over the next couple of days, the disturbances moved southeastwards into areas of high vertical wind shear, before they were last noted during December 18 and 19 as they dissipated to the southeast of Samoa.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 60], "content_span": [61, 579]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276409-0020-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 South Pacific cyclone season, Systems, Other systems\nOn January 28, the JTWC issued a Tropical Cyclone Formation Alert on a tropical disturbance, which was located near the French Polynesian island of Rapa Iti. The system had a well defined low-level circulation, and was located within an area of warm sea surface temperatures and marginal vertical wind shear. The system subsequently peaked with 1-minute sustained wind speeds of 65\u00a0km/h (40\u00a0mph), which made it equivalent to a tropical storm. The alert was subsequently cancelled during the next day, after the system's low level circulation center became ragged, and atmospheric convection was displaced to the east of the circulation center.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 60], "content_span": [61, 704]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276409-0021-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 South Pacific cyclone season, Systems, Other systems\nOn May 4, 2018, a system identified as a subtropical cyclone formed east of 120\u00b0W, near 80\u00b0W, just a few hundred miles off the coast of Chile, with researchers unofficially naming the storm Lexi. The cyclone formed in an area without a Regional Specialized Meteorological Center, so it was not officially classified. On May 9, the satellite services division of the NOAA classified the system as a weak subtropical storm, despite occurring in cooler (below 20\u00a0\u00b0C) sea surface temperatures.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 60], "content_span": [61, 550]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276409-0022-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 South Pacific cyclone season, Season effects\nThis table lists all the storms that developed in the South Pacific to the east of longitude 160\u00b0E during the 2017\u201318 season. It includes their intensity on the Australian tropical cyclone intensity scale, duration, name, landfalls, deaths, and damages. All data is taken from RSMC Nadi and/or TCWC Wellington, and all of the damage figures are in 2017 USD.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 52], "content_span": [53, 410]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276410-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 South West Peninsula League\nThe 2017\u201318 South West Peninsula League season is the eleventh in the history of the South West Peninsula League, a football competition in England, that feeds the Premier Division of the Western Football League. The league had been formed in 2007 from the merger of the Devon County League and the South Western League, and is restricted to clubs based in Cornwall and Devon. The Premier Division of the South West Peninsula League is on the same level of the National League System as the Western League Division One.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [35, 35], "content_span": [36, 555]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276410-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 South West Peninsula League, Premier Division\nThe Premier Division features 20 teams, the same as the previous season, after St Blazey were relegated to Division One East, and Tiverton Town Reserves left the league.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 53], "content_span": [54, 223]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276410-0002-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 South West Peninsula League, Premier Division\nReserve sides are not eligible for promotion to Step 5.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 53], "content_span": [54, 109]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276410-0003-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 South West Peninsula League, Premier Division\nAny Step 6 club without ground grading Grade G were to be relegated to Step 7. Godolphin Atlantic and Stoke Gabriel passed the ground grading requirements with a dispensation that certain works had to be completed by 30 September 2018, or those clubs will face a financial penalty. Potential demotion at the end of next season would result if they were not compliant by 31 March 2019. Stoke Gabriel subsequently sought voluntary demotion because they announced that their groundworks would not be ready by the deadline. All step 6 leagues were to be fixed at a maximum of 20 clubs for 2018\u201319.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 53], "content_span": [54, 647]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276410-0004-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 South West Peninsula League, Division One East\nDivision One East features 18 clubs, the same as the previous season, after Stoke Gabriel were promoted to the Premier Division and Exwick Villa were relegated:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 54], "content_span": [55, 215]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276410-0005-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 South West Peninsula League, Division One West\nDivision One West features 18 clubs, the same as the previous season, after Sticker were promoted to the Premier Division, Vospers Oak Villa were relegated, and two new clubs joined:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 54], "content_span": [55, 237]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276410-0006-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 South West Peninsula League, Promotion from feeder leagues for 2018\u201319\nSeveral clubs have applied for promotion to the SWPL for the 2018\u201319 season. Their success will depend on finishing in the top three in their respective leagues and other factors including ground facilities. Clubs finishing in the top two in their leagues have the automatic right to promotion if they pass the ground grading. Clubs finishing third in their leagues, and any clubs applying from outside the football pyramid, do not have an automatic right to promotion. Only one club per league can be accepted.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 78], "content_span": [79, 590]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276410-0006-0001", "contents": "2017\u201318 South West Peninsula League, Promotion from feeder leagues for 2018\u201319\nIf two or more clubs satisfy all requirements and are considered of equal merit, the league board will decide on which club(s) to accept. If all five feeder leagues provide a club eligible for promotion, then the two clubs finishing in 17th positions in Division One East / West will be relegated.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 78], "content_span": [79, 376]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276410-0007-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 South West Peninsula League, Promotion from feeder leagues for 2018\u201319\nThe following clubs have applied for promotion to Division One East and West for next season. Their ground grading results are also included below:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 78], "content_span": [79, 226]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276411-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 South of Scotland Football League\nThe 2017\u201318 South of Scotland Football League was the 72nd season of the South of Scotland Football League, and the 4th season as the sixth tier of the Scottish football pyramid system. The season began on 29 July 2017 and ended on 7 May 2018. Reigning champions Edusport Academy were promoted to the Lowland League so did not defend their title.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [41, 41], "content_span": [42, 388]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276411-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 South of Scotland Football League\nThe league was initially increased to a 16 team division as Bonnyton Thistle joined, and the reserve teams of Annan Athletic and Stranraer returned. However, Wigtown & Bladnoch pulled out before the season started, reducing the division to fifteen teams.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [41, 41], "content_span": [42, 296]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276411-0002-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 South of Scotland Football League\nThreave Rovers won the league with a 2\u20130 win over closest rivals Mid-Annandale on 23 April 2018. They faced 2017\u201318 East of Scotland Football League champions Kelty Hearts for a place in the 2018\u201319 Lowland Football League, but lost 10\u20130 on aggregate.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [41, 41], "content_span": [42, 293]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276411-0003-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 South of Scotland Football League, Teams, From South of Scotland League\nClub has an SFA Licence (as of 20 December 2017) and are eligible to participate in the Lowland League promotion play-off should they win the league.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [43, 79], "content_span": [80, 229]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276412-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 South-West Indian Ocean cyclone season\nThe 2017\u201318 South-West Indian Ocean cyclone season was a below-average season that produced only 8 tropical storms, of which 6 became tropical cyclones. It was an event in the annual cycle of tropical cyclone and subtropical cyclone formation. It officially began on 15 November 2017, and officially ended on 15 May 2018, in Mauritius and the Seychelles. For the rest of the basin, the season ended on 30 April 2018. These dates conventionally delimit the period of each year when most tropical and subtropical cyclones form in the basin, which is west of 90\u00b0E and south of the Equator. Tropical and subtropical cyclones in this basin are monitored by the Regional Specialised Meteorological Centre in La R\u00e9union.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [46, 46], "content_span": [47, 760]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276412-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 South-West Indian Ocean cyclone season, Seasonal summary\nDespite the season officially beginning on 15\u00a0November 2017, the basin featured no tropical systems in November and December, owing to below-average sea surface temperatures and a period of enhanced trade winds causing conditions across the basin to be unfavorable for tropical cyclogenesis. This made the 2017\u201318 season the third in a row to not feature a tropical system before 1\u00a0January. The first system, Tropical Cyclone Ava, became a tropical disturbance only on 1\u00a0January 2018, placing 2017\u201318 in the five latest-starting seasons since the satellite era began in 1967.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [48, 64], "content_span": [65, 640]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276412-0001-0001", "contents": "2017\u201318 South-West Indian Ocean cyclone season, Seasonal summary\nJanuary, however, was very active with four named systems developing (including Irving which entered the basin from the Australian region); Berguitta and Cebile in particular would become intense tropical cyclones on M\u00e9t\u00e9o-France La R\u00e9union's scale. This tied with 1968 for the most active January, and ranked just behind February 1971 for the most named storms forming in a month.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [48, 64], "content_span": [65, 446]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276412-0002-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 South-West Indian Ocean cyclone season, Seasonal summary\nFollowing the dissipation of Cebile on 7\u00a0February, no cyclone activity occurred in the basin for three weeks. March featured two systems: Dumazile in the first week of the month, and Eliakim in the third. Inactivity settled in again after Eliakim dissipated on 20\u00a0March and lasted for a month. The last week of April saw two systems, Fakir and Flamboyan (which entered the basin from the Australian region). The season ended on 1\u00a0May\u2014about two weeks later than normal\u2014with the dissipation of Flamboyan. Overall, the season featured near-normal activity with eight named storms (compared to the average of nine).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [48, 64], "content_span": [65, 676]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276412-0002-0001", "contents": "2017\u201318 South-West Indian Ocean cyclone season, Seasonal summary\nHowever, a larger-than-normal fraction of these named storms reached tropical cyclone status. The season also featured greater than usual impact on land areas, as most of the systems formed in the western part of the basin and were thus in closer proximity to land. The Mascarene Islands were especially hard-hit, particularly R\u00e9union which suffered the effects of five cyclones.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [48, 64], "content_span": [65, 444]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276412-0003-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 South-West Indian Ocean cyclone season, Systems, Tropical Cyclone Ava\nAn area of low pressure formed on 27\u00a0December 2017 and was classified as a tropical disturbance by M\u00e9t\u00e9o-France La R\u00e9union (MFR) on 30\u00a0December. It became Moderate Tropical Storm Ava on 2\u00a0January 2018 and intensified to reach peak intensity with 10-minute sustained winds of 150\u00a0km/h (90\u00a0mph), 1-minute sustained winds of 175\u00a0km/h (110\u00a0mph), and a central pressure of 965\u00a0hPa (28.50\u00a0inHg) on 5\u00a0January. Ava made landfall over Madagascar shortly after and reemerged over water as a weak tropical storm on 7\u00a0January. It became post-tropical on 8\u00a0January and dissipated the next day.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [48, 77], "content_span": [78, 658]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276412-0004-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 South-West Indian Ocean cyclone season, Systems, Tropical Cyclone Ava\nAva severely impacted Madagascar, causing at least 73 fatalities. Ava combined with the seasonal monsoon to inflict US$195 million in losses across the country. At least 51,000 people were left homeless in Ava's wake. Over a dozen healthcare facilities were destroyed and nearly 150 schools were impacted. Several dozen classrooms were used as shelters for over 20 thousand people who were displaced by the storm, and over thirty thousand students were unable to go to school. Flooding and landslides forced thousands of people to evacuate across the capital city of Antananarivo, Brickaville, Toamasina, Mananjary, and Ifanadiana. The storm caused significant damage to infrastructure across the country, with floods washing away bridges and damaging roadways. Heavy rainfall also occurred in Mauritius, flooding roads and houses. The rainfall either damaged or destroyed thirty-to-fifty percent of crops across local plantations.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [48, 77], "content_span": [78, 1009]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276412-0005-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 South-West Indian Ocean cyclone season, Systems, Tropical Cyclone Irving\nTropical Cyclone Irving was named by the Bureau of Meteorology of Australia on 6\u00a0January as it crossed over into to the South-West Indian Ocean basin a few hours later. It strengthened to an equivalent of a Category 2 cyclone, before weakening as it turned southwestwards. It became post-tropical on 9\u00a0January as it dissipated to the west of Madagascar. It stayed well from land.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [48, 80], "content_span": [81, 460]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276412-0006-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 South-West Indian Ocean cyclone season, Systems, Intense Tropical Cyclone Berguitta\nBerguitta formed on 11\u00a0January and dissipated on 19\u00a0January.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [48, 91], "content_span": [92, 152]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276412-0007-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 South-West Indian Ocean cyclone season, Systems, Intense Tropical Cyclone Berguitta\nBerguitta brought damaging winds and torrential rainfall to Rodrigues. The island received nearly a quarter of its average annual rainfall during 13\u201315 January. As a result, severe, widescale flooding ensued, most notably in low-lying regions. Felled trees damaged powerlines and floodwaters blocked roads. On Mauritius Island, two days of nonstop rainfall from 17\u201318 January also resulted in severe flooding. The floodwaters damaged around 75\u201380 percent of the island's agriculture and damaged buildings. Water utilities in the capital of Port Louis were disrupted by the storm, and around 6,800 residences lost power as trees fell on electrical cables.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [48, 91], "content_span": [92, 746]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276412-0007-0001", "contents": "2017\u201318 South-West Indian Ocean cyclone season, Systems, Intense Tropical Cyclone Berguitta\nTwo people died on the island: one person fell off of a ladder and another was killed in a traffic accident. At least \u20a8 2 billion (US$58 million) in economic losses occurred across the island nation. The Mauritian government allocated relief funds to at least 13,000 citizens. Protests erupted twice in the country: the first occurred as a result of delayed and small relief fund payments, and the second occurred several months later as a result of families being evicted from disaster evacuation centers.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [48, 91], "content_span": [92, 598]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276412-0008-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 South-West Indian Ocean cyclone season, Systems, Intense Tropical Cyclone Berguitta\nHeavy rainfall and winds impacted R\u00e9union on 18 January, causing flooding and landslides across the southern region of the island. The storm broke several records for rainfall, most notably at Grande Coude, where 1,862\u00a0mm (73.3\u00a0in) of rain fell during an 8-day stretch. Floodwaters damaged highways, ruined agriculture, and caused one person to go missing after they were washed away. At least 100,000 customers were left without power, and access to potable water was cut off in multiple communes.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [48, 91], "content_span": [92, 590]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276412-0008-0001", "contents": "2017\u201318 South-West Indian Ocean cyclone season, Systems, Intense Tropical Cyclone Berguitta\nAgricultural damage was estimated to be \u20ac16.7 million (US$20.5 million), while total economic losses across R\u00e9union were \u20ac41 million (US$50 million). The only major highway connecting Cilaos with other towns was severed by multiple landslides, bringing the local economy to a halt. The R\u00e9union Prefecture government provided several million euros in relief aid, however, reconstruction efforts were later disrupted by cyclones Dumazile and Fakir.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [48, 91], "content_span": [92, 538]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276412-0009-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 South-West Indian Ocean cyclone season, Systems, Tropical Depression 04\nThe depression formed on January 14 and dissipated on January 16.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [48, 79], "content_span": [80, 145]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276412-0010-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 South-West Indian Ocean cyclone season, Systems, Tropical Depression 04\nThe depression formed over the Mozambique Channel before making landfall on Mozambique. Its remnants reemerged over the Mozambique Channel before moving over Madagascar. The depression regenerated after reemerging into the ocean before dissipating northeast of Madagascar.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [48, 79], "content_span": [80, 352]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276412-0011-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 South-West Indian Ocean cyclone season, Systems, Intense Tropical Cyclone Cebile\nCebile formed on 26\u00a0January and dissipated on 7\u00a0February. A long-lived cyclone, it erratically moved to the west, then to the south, then to the east, to the south, to the southeast, then to the south again, to the west, when it started to become extratropical. It peaked as an Intense Tropical Cyclone, or equivalent to a strong Category 4 cyclone. It stayed well away from land.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [48, 88], "content_span": [89, 469]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276412-0012-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 South-West Indian Ocean cyclone season, Systems, Intense Tropical Cyclone Dumazile\nDumazile formed from a low on 2\u00a0March. After formation, Dumazile began rounding a subtropical ridge to the east. Dumazile brought heavy rain to Madagascar. Dumazile peaked on 5\u00a0March with 10-minute sustained winds of 165\u00a0km/h (105\u00a0mph), 1-minute sustained winds of 205\u00a0km/h (125\u00a0mph), and a central pressure of 945\u00a0hPa (27.91\u00a0inHg). Dumazile then began weakening as a result of increasing shear wind from a low-pressure system to the southwest and became post-tropical early on 7 March.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [48, 90], "content_span": [91, 577]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276412-0013-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 South-West Indian Ocean cyclone season, Systems, Intense Tropical Cyclone Dumazile\nDumazile halted recovery efforts that were ongoing after Cyclone Berguitta struck the island just two months prior, causing further damage. The destruction of crops planted in the aftermath of Cyclone Berguitta led to shortages of several foods. In the coastal and mountain regions of R\u00e9union, flooding and landslides damaged highways. High surf eroded away sand along the coast, damaged structures on beaches, and damaged ports. Severe flooding and strong winds caused \u20ac3 million (US$3.73 million) in agricultural losses across the island. Heavy rainfall and damaged drainage networks led to flooding in Toamasina, Madagascar.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [48, 90], "content_span": [91, 718]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276412-0014-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 South-West Indian Ocean cyclone season, Systems, Severe Tropical Storm Eliakim\nEliakim formed on 14\u00a0March and dissipated on 20\u00a0March.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [48, 86], "content_span": [87, 141]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276412-0015-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 South-West Indian Ocean cyclone season, Systems, Severe Tropical Storm Eliakim\nEliakim made landfall on Madagascar on 16 March. Thousands of endangered individuals were evacuated. A peak rainfall total of 388\u00a0mm (15.3\u00a0in) was observed in \u00cele Sainte-Marie. The torrential rainfall caused severe flooding across multiple regions. At least 21 people were killed by the storm and another 19,400 were left homeless. Over 17,200 homes, 1,100 classrooms, 27 healthcare facilities, and 15 roads sustained damage. The costs of repairing the damage were estimated to be 10 billion Malagasy ariary (US$3.21 million). The island of R\u00e9union saw high surf reaching 5\u20136\u00a0m (16\u201320\u00a0ft) in height, and regions of Kenya were flooded.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [48, 86], "content_span": [87, 721]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276412-0016-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 South-West Indian Ocean cyclone season, Systems, Tropical Cyclone Fakir\nFakir formed on 22\u00a0April and became post-tropical on 24\u00a0April.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [48, 79], "content_span": [80, 142]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276412-0017-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 South-West Indian Ocean cyclone season, Systems, Tropical Cyclone Fakir\nFakir dumped torrential rainfall across R\u00e9union from 25\u201326 April, resulting in flooding and landslides. Blackouts occurred around the island after electrical lines were either blown down by winds or damaged by collapsing trees. Access to potable water was restricted in some areas. Floodwaters and mudslides caused significant damage to residential and public buildings. Two people died in L'\u00c9tang-Sal\u00e9 after a mudslide buried their house. The heavy rainfall and ensuing floods devastated agriculture, destroying crops and drowning livestock. Damage in R\u00e9union was estimated at \u20ac15 million (US$17.7 million). Disaster declarations were activated in 15 municipalities shortly after the storm. In the months after, local and departmental governments provided aid to farmers. The price of fruits and vegetables was significantly higher up to six months after Fakir. In Mauritius, trees were felled, crops were damaged, and highways were flooded.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [48, 79], "content_span": [80, 1022]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276412-0018-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 South-West Indian Ocean cyclone season, Systems, Severe Tropical Storm Flamboyan\nLate on 28 April, Flamboyan entered the South-West Indian Ocean basin as a developing Category 1 cyclone. Flamboyan retained its name after moving into the basin, becoming the first moderate tropical storm in the South-West Indian Ocean basin to be named by TCWC Jakarta in history. On 29 April, Flamboyan intensified into a severe tropical storm before gradually weakening. It was last mentioned on 1 May.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [48, 88], "content_span": [89, 495]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276412-0019-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 South-West Indian Ocean cyclone season, Systems, Other systems\nThe first disturbance of this season, a low-pressure system, classified as a tropical low by the Australian Bureau of Meteorology, moved west-southwestward across the 90th meridian east into the South-West Indian Ocean basin on August 8. At 10:00 UTC on the following day, M\u00e9t\u00e9o-France R\u00e9union upgraded the low-pressure system to a zone of disturbed weather, with sustained winds of up to 55\u00a0km/h (35\u00a0mph) being detected on the southern side of the circulation by scatterometer. At this time, the disturbance was located approximately 2,375\u00a0km (1,475\u00a0mi) west of Jakarta, Indonesia. M\u00e9t\u00e9o-France noted that the revival of convective activity in the basin was likely due to the interaction between an eastward-moving Kelvin wave and a westward-moving Rossby wave.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [48, 70], "content_span": [71, 833]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276412-0020-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 South-West Indian Ocean cyclone season, Storm names\nWithin the South-West Indian Ocean, tropical depressions and subtropical depressions that are judged to have 10-minute sustained wind speeds of 65\u00a0km/h (40\u00a0mph) by the Regional Specialized Meteorological Center on La R\u00e9union Island, France (RSMC La R\u00e9union) are usually assigned a name. However, it is the Sub-Regional Tropical Cyclone Advisory Centers in Mauritius and Madagascar who name the systems.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [48, 59], "content_span": [60, 462]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276412-0020-0001", "contents": "2017\u201318 South-West Indian Ocean cyclone season, Storm names\nThe Sub-Regional Tropical Cyclone Advisory Center in Mauritius names a storm should it intensify into a moderate tropical storm between 55\u00b0E and 90\u00b0E. If instead a cyclone intensifies into a moderate tropical storm between 30\u00b0E and 55\u00b0E then the Sub-Regional Tropical Cyclone Advisory Center in Madagascar assigns the appropriate name to the storm. Beginning from the 2016\u201317 season, name lists within the South-West Indian Ocean will be rotated on a triennial basis. Storm names are only used once, so any storm name used this year will be removed from rotation and replaced with a new name for the 2020\u201321 season. The unused names are expected to be reused in the list for the 2020\u201321 season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [48, 59], "content_span": [60, 754]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276412-0021-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 South-West Indian Ocean cyclone season, Storm names\nAfter the season, those six names used were automatically retired and were replaced with Alicia, Bongoyo, Chalane, Danilo, Eloise and Faraji, respectively for the 2020\u201321 season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [48, 59], "content_span": [60, 238]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276412-0022-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 South-West Indian Ocean cyclone season, Seasonal effects\nThis table lists all of the tropical cyclones and subtropical cyclones that were monitored during the 2017\u20132018 South-West Indian Ocean cyclone season. Information on their intensity, duration, name, areas affected, primarily comes from RSMC La R\u00e9union. Death and damage reports come from either press reports or the relevant national disaster management agency while the damage totals are given in 2017 or 2018\u00a0USD.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [48, 64], "content_span": [65, 481]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276412-0023-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 South-West Indian Ocean cyclone season, Seasonal effects, Effects on R\u00e9union\nThe season had a large-scale impact across R\u00e9union, with five cyclones: Ava, Berguitta, Dumazile, Eliakim, and Fakir, affecting the island. Accumulating rainfall from the cyclones generated ravines which prevented employees from getting to work and caused significant damage to small-scale fishing operations, agriculture, roads, houses, and public infrastructure. Preliminary assessments of damage totaled at least \u20ac15 million (US$17.6 million), however, the final total was expected to be significantly greater. In May 2018, electrical and water companies were conducting repairs on a daily basis. Repairs were also taking place to cliffs. Berguitta and Fakir damaged the Wolmar and Tamarin beaches by displacing sand.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [48, 84], "content_span": [85, 805]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276412-0024-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 South-West Indian Ocean cyclone season, Seasonal effects, Effects on R\u00e9union\nFakir furthered the losses of Berguitta in the towns of Tampon, Saint-Louis, Petite-Ile, and Saint-Joseph. The rising Saint-Etienne river completely destroyed the Ouaki bridge and over 100\u00a0m (330\u00a0ft) of roadway near Saint-Louis. The torrential rainfall from Fakir stalled reconstruction efforts for the third time that year. A trail linking Bois Court and Grand Bassin was scheduled to reopen in April 2018 after having been closed since 12 February 2018. Work to stabilize cliffs, following heavy rainfall from Berguitta and Dumazile, took place in March.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [48, 84], "content_span": [85, 641]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276412-0024-0001", "contents": "2017\u201318 South-West Indian Ocean cyclone season, Seasonal effects, Effects on R\u00e9union\nThe Dos d'Ane-Deux Bras trail, which was damaged by Ava, Berguitta, Dumazile, and Fakir, reopened on 17 July 2018. Several landslides occurred on the RN5 highway, the only major road to Cilaos, after Ava, Berguitta, and Dumazile, resulting in the road being closed for over four months. Work to repair two bridges was halted as a result of a ban on large machinery in the river and threats of criminal prosecution against the workers. Protests erupted on 7 March 2018 as a result of the halted work.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [48, 84], "content_span": [85, 584]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276412-0025-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 South-West Indian Ocean cyclone season, Seasonal effects, Effects on R\u00e9union\nNew crops planted in the aftermath of Cyclone Berguitta were largely destroyed by Cyclone Dumazile just a few weeks later. At that point, the island had experienced nearly three months of continuous rainfall, with only ten dry days. Several items, including salads, zucchini, paracress, carrots, and tomatoes, were expected to have shortages or be entirely unavailable. Three systems, mainly Fakir, caused significant damage to sugar canes. Estimates for the sugar harvest fell to 1,600,000 metric tons (1,800,000 short tons), the lowest since Cyclone Gamede affected R\u00e9union in 2007. These losses represent at least 20 percent of the sugar cane production.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [48, 84], "content_span": [85, 742]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276412-0025-0001", "contents": "2017\u201318 South-West Indian Ocean cyclone season, Seasonal effects, Effects on R\u00e9union\nThe actual sugar harvest was less than forecast, reaching 1,600,000 metric tons (1,800,000 short tons), which was the worst harvest in over fifty years. Berguitta, Fakir, and other significant rainfall events caused \u20ac39.3 million (US$46.5 million) in agricultural losses. The R\u00e9union prefecture government allocated \u20ac41.5 million (US$49.1 million in aid for farms that experiences losses due to the aforementioned weather events and the Yellow Vest protests that took place during November 2018. An additional \u20ac16 million (US$18.9 million) in aid was approved for investment projects, farmer income increases, the creation of employment opportunities, and the reduction of prices.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [48, 84], "content_span": [85, 765]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276412-0026-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 South-West Indian Ocean cyclone season, Seasonal effects, Effects on R\u00e9union\nIn March 2019, the General Confederation of Planters and Breeders of R\u00e9union Island requested that the agricultural minister to increase the dispersal rate for the aid package to help with recovery efforts. Aid of \u20ac2,000 (US$2,350) per 1 hectare (2.5 acres) was also promised for some farms, however, the dispersal of the aid was slow. Following Fakir, vegetable prices were expected to increase once again. An additional \u20ac2.3 million (US$2.7 million) in aid was authorized by 2 May 2018 by the R\u00e9union Departmental Council. At least 95 farmers had receieved at least \u20ac220,000 (US$258,800) in aid for damage sustained during the season by 11 July 2018. Agricultural experts anticipated that it would take months or years for farmers to recuperate the losses sustained during the cyclone season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [48, 84], "content_span": [85, 879]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276412-0027-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 South-West Indian Ocean cyclone season, Seasonal effects, Effects on R\u00e9union\nAfter Ava, Berguitta, Dumazile, and Fakir, the mayor of Sainte-Suzanne called for an emergency meeting of the Association of Mayors of Reunion Island in order to discuss potential solutions to the problems these storms caused. MP David Lorion requested that the R\u00e9union Prefecture government and the Minister of Overseas establish a relief fund to help repair damage sustained by floods and mudslides during cyclones Berguitta and Fakir.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [48, 84], "content_span": [85, 522]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276412-0028-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 South-West Indian Ocean cyclone season, Seasonal effects, Effects on R\u00e9union\nThe season had a considerable impact on plans, weather alerts, construction standards, and infrastructure. The Communist Party of R\u00e9union discussed implementing multiple improvements following the season, including redrawing risk areas and construction guidelines and adapting school schedules to the island's climate. Near Saint-Pierre, at least \u20ac6.1 million (US$7.3 million) in funds were provided to improve the Chemin St\u00e9phane highway, a roadway used by over 8,500 people per day, by constructing better drainage networks, new sidewalks, and a new driving surface.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [48, 84], "content_span": [85, 653]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276412-0028-0001", "contents": "2017\u201318 South-West Indian Ocean cyclone season, Seasonal effects, Effects on R\u00e9union\nThe R\u00e9union Prefecture government assembled a meeting of the mayors on 4 May 2018 to discuss implementing a new warning system for the next cyclone season. A new purple alert was created for cyclones affecting the island with winds in excess of 200 km/h (125 mph). The warning system was also modified to allow for warning declarations as a result of severe rainfall. Repair work at the Bras de Cilaos following Berguitta was halted following torrential rainfall during Cyclone Dumazile. Protests erupted in Cilaos because the postponement of work left 400 people isolated on the other side of the city and 100 more at \u00celet Fur\u00e7y.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [48, 84], "content_span": [85, 715]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276413-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Southampton F.C. season\nThe 2017\u201318 Southampton F.C. season was the club's 19th season in the Premier League and their 41st in the top division of English football. In addition to the Premier League, the club also competed in the FA Cup and the EFL Cup. Southampton finished 17th in the Premier League table with seven wins, 15 draws and 16 losses. They were knocked out of the EFL Cup in the second round by Championship side Wolverhampton Wanderers, and were knocked out of the semi-finals of the FA Cup by Chelsea.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [31, 31], "content_span": [32, 525]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276413-0000-0001", "contents": "2017\u201318 Southampton F.C. season\nThe season was Southampton's first and only campaign with manager Mauricio Pellegrino, who replaced Claude Puel after one season in charge on 23 June 2017. Pellegrino was sacked with eight league games remaining on 12 March 2018, with the club in 17th position in the table, one point above the relegation zone. Mark Hughes, who played for the club between 1998 and 2000, was appointed as his replacement two days later.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [31, 31], "content_span": [32, 452]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276413-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Southampton F.C. season\nFollowing the end of the 2016\u201317 season, Southampton released Mart\u00edn C\u00e1ceres, Lloyd Isgrove, Cuco Martina and Harley Willard. They also sold Jason McCarthy to Barnsley for an undisclosed fee, Jay Rodriguez to West Bromwich Albion for \u00a312 million, and Paulo Gazzaniga to Tottenham Hotspur for an undisclosed fee. Five players were sent out on season-long loans \u2013 Harrison Reed to Norwich City, Harry Lewis to Dundee United, Ryan Seager to Milton Keynes Dons, Sam Gallagher to Birmingham City, and Jordy Clasie to Club Brugge \u2013 while Olufela Olomola joined Yeovil Town on loan until January.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [31, 31], "content_span": [32, 622]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276413-0002-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Southampton F.C. season\nSouthampton's first signing of the summer transfer window was Polish centre-back Jan Bednarek, who joined from Lech Pozna\u0144 for \u00a35 million on 1 July. The club's second signing followed on 8 August, when Gabonese defensive midfielder Mario Lemina joined from Italian club Juventus for an initial fee of \u00a315.4 million, which could increase to a club record \u00a318.1 million based on performance. On 14 August, Southampton signed free agent goalkeeper Jack Rose, who had most recently played for West Bromwich Albion. The following week, the club signed Dutch centre-back Wesley Hoedt from Italian side Lazio for \u00a315 million.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [31, 31], "content_span": [32, 650]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276413-0003-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Southampton F.C. season\nWhen the transfer window reopened in January 2018, Dutch centre-back Virgil van Dijk joined Liverpool for \u00a375 million, a world record fee for a defender. Young striker Marcus Barnes joined Yeovil Town on loan for the rest of the season on 5 January, while left-back Matt Target joined Championship side Fulham on loan for the rest of the season on 22 January. On 25 January, the club signed Argentine striker Guido Carrillo from French side AS Monaco for a club record fee of \u00a319 million. Seager was recalled from his loan at Milton Keynes Dons on 26 January, and instead joined Yeovil Town until the end of the season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [31, 31], "content_span": [32, 651]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276413-0004-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Southampton F.C. season, Pre-season\nSouthampton played their first pre-season friendly against Swiss club St. Gallen on 15 July 2017. The game ended in a goalless draw, with Saints coming close to scoring in the first half through Du\u0161an Tadi\u0107 and Nathan Tella, and in the second half through Steven Davis and Manolo Gabbiadini. A week later, the club drew 2\u20132 with Championship side Brentford, with both goals scored by striker Charlie Austin shortly after the half-time break.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 43], "content_span": [44, 485]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276413-0004-0001", "contents": "2017\u201318 Southampton F.C. season, Pre-season\nOn 29 July the Saints beat French side Saint-\u00c9tienne 3\u20130, with two goals in two minutes scored by Manolo Gabbiadini and James Ward-Prowse, followed by a late header from Maya Yoshida. Southampton lost their first friendly of the season at St Mary's Stadium on 2 August, when they were beaten 4\u20130 by German side Augsburg. Three days later the club won their final pre-season friendly of the summer against Spanish side Sevilla, with goals coming from Jack Stephens in the first half and Manolo Gabbiadini in the second.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 43], "content_span": [44, 562]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276413-0005-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Southampton F.C. season, Premier League, August\u2013October 2017\nIn their opening game of the season, Southampton were held to a goalless draw at home by Swansea City. The Saints enjoyed the majority of chances on goal, with Du\u0161an Tadi\u0107, Manolo Gabbiadini and Maya Yoshida coming closest to scoring. The following week, Southampton beat West Ham United 3\u20132 to move up to fifth in the league table. Gabbiadini converted in the 11th minute with the club's first home goal since April, before Marko Arnautovi\u0107 was sent off for the visitors 12 minutes before half-time.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 68], "content_span": [69, 569]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276413-0005-0001", "contents": "2017\u201318 Southampton F.C. season, Premier League, August\u2013October 2017\nTadi\u0107 doubled the hosts' lead with a penalty given away by former Saints defender Jos\u00e9 Fonte five minutes after the red card, before Javier Hern\u00e1ndez brought one back for the Hammers on the stroke of half-time. Hern\u00e1ndez equalised for West Ham in the second half, but a second penalty for the home side was scored by substitute Charlie Austin in the final minute of the game. The side's next match, away at Huddersfield Town, ended goalless. Nathan Redmond came close for the Saints in both halves, although the hosts enjoyed more chances on goal. Ryan Bertrand almost scored in injury time at the end of the game, but his header was cleared off the line by defender Tommy Smith.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 68], "content_span": [69, 748]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276413-0006-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Southampton F.C. season, Premier League, August\u2013October 2017\nAfter a two-week international break, Southampton suffered their first loss of the season when Watford beat them 2\u20130 at St Mary's. Abdoulaye Doucour\u00e9 opened the scoring for the visitors shortly before half-time with a 25-yard volley, before substitute Daryl Janmaat doubled his side's lead in the 66th minute with a 30-yard shot. The Saints had only one shot on target the whole match, in injury time at the end of the game. The following week, Southampton beat Crystal Palace 1\u20130 at Selhurst Park. Steven Davis opened the scoring within six minutes, converting a Du\u0161an Tadi\u0107 cross from close range.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 68], "content_span": [69, 668]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276413-0006-0001", "contents": "2017\u201318 Southampton F.C. season, Premier League, August\u2013October 2017\nThe home side came close either side of half-time, with Fraser Forster saving shots from Christian Benteke and Jason Puncheon. On 23 September, Southampton hosted Manchester United and lost by a single goal. Romelu Lukaku opened the scoring after 20 minutes, following up after his header from a cross was saved. The hosts almost equalised several times later on, with Oriol Romeu coming closest on two occasions, one of which was headed off the line by Marouane Fellaini. Southampton lost again the following week at Stoke City.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 68], "content_span": [69, 598]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276413-0006-0002", "contents": "2017\u201318 Southampton F.C. season, Premier League, August\u2013October 2017\nThe hosts opened the scoring before half-time through a Mame Biram Diouf header, with Forster saving a Saido Berahino penalty a few minutes later. The Saints increased the pressure after the break, with Maya Yoshida scoring a volley in the 75th minute to equalise. Former Southampton striker Peter Crouch scored ten minutes later to secure the win.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 68], "content_span": [69, 417]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276413-0007-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Southampton F.C. season, Premier League, August\u2013October 2017\nSouthampton drew 2\u20132 at home with Newcastle United on 15 October. Isaac Hayden opened the scoring in the 20th minute with a long-range shot following an earlier effort that was saved, and Joselu almost made it two before half-time when he hit the crossbar. Shortly after the break, Manolo Gabbiadini equalised for the hosts from close range, but within a minute and a half the visitors had regained the lead through Ayoze P\u00e9rez. The Saints were awarded a penalty later on for a foul on Shane Long, which Gabbiadini converted to secure a point for his side.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 68], "content_span": [69, 625]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276413-0007-0001", "contents": "2017\u201318 Southampton F.C. season, Premier League, August\u2013October 2017\nThe next week, the club beat West Bromwich Albion by a single late goal. The Saints enjoyed a number of chances to open the scoring, with Ryan Bertrand hitting the crossbar from a free kick and Shane Long missing from close range in the first half. Former Southampton striker Jay Rodriguez almost scored for the Baggies later on, but a solo effort from Sofiane Boufal in the 85th minute proved the only break of the game. Visiting Brighton & Hove Albion in their tenth game of the season, Southampton drew 1\u20131 and moved up to ninth in the table. Steven Davis opened the scoring after seven minutes with his second goal of the campaign, converting a rebound from James Ward-Prowse's free-kick. Glenn Murray equalised for the hosts after the break, with the deadlock held for the rest of the game.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 68], "content_span": [69, 864]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276413-0008-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Southampton F.C. season, Premier League, November\u2013December 2017\nSouthampton hosted Burnley on 4 November, losing 1\u20130 and dropping to 13th in the Premier League table. The hosts came close to scoring in the first half and early in the second through Sofiane Boufal, Nathan Redmond and Maya Yoshida, all of whom were denied by saves by goalkeeper Nick Pope. Sam Vokes scored the only goal of the match in the last ten minutes, heading in a cross. Two weeks later, the Saints lost again as Liverpool picked up a 3\u20130 win at Anfield.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 71], "content_span": [72, 536]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276413-0008-0001", "contents": "2017\u201318 Southampton F.C. season, Premier League, November\u2013December 2017\nMohamed Salah scored the first two goals for the hosts late in the first half, the first following a defensive error by the visitors and the second after a setup from Philippe Coutinho. The Brazilian midfielder scored the third goal himself in the second half. The club picked up their first win by more than a single goal of the season the following week, beating Everton 4\u20131 at home. The Saints dominated possession throughout the game, with Du\u0161an Tadi\u0107 opened the scoring in the 18th minute.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 71], "content_span": [72, 566]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276413-0008-0002", "contents": "2017\u201318 Southampton F.C. season, Premier League, November\u2013December 2017\nGylfi Sigur\u00f0sson equalised just before half-time, but a brace from Charlie Austin shortly after the break put the hosts back ahead. Steven Davis scored the fourth goal late on, as Southampton moved up to the top half of the league table. The team faced league leaders Manchester City in midweek, losing 2\u20131 late on. Maya Yoshida missed a close range volley in the visitors' best first-half chance, before Kevin De Bruyne opened the scoring for the hosts shortly after half time. Oriol Romeu equalised with his first goal of the season in the 75th minute, but Raheem Sterling won the game for City in the final minute of injury time at the end of the match.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 71], "content_span": [72, 728]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276413-0009-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Southampton F.C. season, Premier League, November\u2013December 2017\nOn 3 December, Southampton travelled to nearby rivals Bournemouth, sharing the points in a 1\u20131 draw. Both teams had a number of chances on goal, but it was the hosts who opened the scoring through winger Ryan Fraser just before half-time, following a defensive error by Wesley Hoedt. Shortly after the hour mark, Charlie Austin scored his fourth goal of the season to bring the visitors level. Numerous chances for each side followed, but it ended level as the Saints moved back up to 11th in the table. The following week, the club hosted Arsenal in another 1\u20131 draw.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 71], "content_span": [72, 640]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276413-0009-0001", "contents": "2017\u201318 Southampton F.C. season, Premier League, November\u2013December 2017\nAustin opened the scoring in the third minute, and came close to scoring more early on but for a number of offside decisions. The visitors dominated possession, but struggled to pressure Southampton's goal until two minutes from the end of the game, when Olivier Giroud headed in an equaliser for the Gunners. Southampton hosted Leicester City three days later in a midweek fixture, succumbing to a 4\u20131 loss to former manager Claude Puel's side. The Foxes opened the scoring after eleven minutes through Riyad Mahrez, with Shinji Okazaki doubling the lead just over 20 minutes later. Andy King added a third before half-time, Yoshida scored a consolation goal for the hosts just after the hour mark, and Leicester added a fourth through Okazaki's second.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 71], "content_span": [72, 826]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276413-0010-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Southampton F.C. season, Premier League, November\u2013December 2017\nThe club lost again in their next match at league champions Chelsea. Marcos Alonso scored the only goal on the stroke of half-time, with the hosts continuing to dominate for the rest of the match. The following week, Southampton drew 1\u20131 at home with promoted side Huddersfield Town. Charlie Austin opened the scoring in the 24th minute as the result of a corner, with Laurent Depoitre equalising for the visitors in the second half.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 71], "content_span": [72, 505]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276413-0010-0001", "contents": "2017\u201318 Southampton F.C. season, Premier League, November\u2013December 2017\nMaya Yoshida came close to winning the game for the home side in stoppage time at the end of the match, but his header hit the post. After the game, Austin was charged with violent conduct and banned for three matches, after kicking goalkeeper Jonas L\u00f6ssl in the face. The club lost 5\u20132 at Tottenham Hotspur the following week, dropping a place in the table. Harry Kane scored two in the first half from close range, with his first breaking the record for most Premier League goals in a calendar year, previously held by Alan Shearer.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 71], "content_span": [72, 606]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276413-0010-0002", "contents": "2017\u201318 Southampton F.C. season, Premier League, November\u2013December 2017\nDelle Alli scored a third for Spurs just after the break, with Son Heung-min adding a fourth two minutes later. Sofiane Boufal brought one back for the visitors after the hour mark, but Kane completed his hat-trick minutes later. Du\u0161an Tadi\u0107 scored a second for the Saints late on. In their last game of 2017, the Saints held Manchester United to a goalless draw at Old Trafford.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 71], "content_span": [72, 451]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276413-0011-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Southampton F.C. season, Premier League, January\u2013March 2018\nIn their first game of 2018, Southampton lost 2\u20131 to Crystal Palace. Shane Long scored his first goal since February 2017 to put the hosts up in the first half, but second-half goals from James McArthur and Luka Milivojevi\u0107 gave Palace the win. The club's next game, at Watford, ended in a 2\u20132 draw. The Saints were 2\u20130 up by half-time, with James Ward-Prowse scoring his first two league goals of the season before the break.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 67], "content_span": [68, 494]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276413-0011-0001", "contents": "2017\u201318 Southampton F.C. season, Premier League, January\u2013March 2018\nAndre Gray brought a goal back for the hosts in the second half, before Watford secured a point in controversial circumstances when Abdoulaye Doucour\u00e9 scored in the final minute of normal time after using his hand. The following week, Southampton hosted Tottenham Hotspur and drew 1\u20131. After a lot of pressure in the opening exchanges, the Saints went 1\u20130 up in the 15th minute when defender Davinson S\u00e1nchez turned a cross from Ryan Bertrand into his own goal. Three minutes later, however, Spurs were equal through a Harry Kane header from a corner.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 67], "content_span": [68, 619]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276413-0011-0002", "contents": "2017\u201318 Southampton F.C. season, Premier League, January\u2013March 2018\nJack Stephens almost scored a second for the hosts before half-time, and both chances enjoyed numerous chances to score a winner after the break, but it ended level and Southampton remained in the relegation zone. The club drew 1\u20131 again in their following game, at home to Brighton & Hove Albion. Glenn Murray opened the scoring with a 14th-minute penalty, after a foul by Wesley Hoedt, with Jack Stephens equalising in the second half from a James Ward-Prowse corner.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 67], "content_span": [68, 537]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276413-0012-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Southampton F.C. season, Premier League, January\u2013March 2018\nSouthampton picked up their first win in 13 games on 3 February 2018, beating bottom side West Bromwich Albion 3\u20132. The Baggies opened the scoring within five minutes when Ahmed Hegazi headed in a corner from Chris Brunt, but the Saints increased the pressure and dominated much of the rest of the first half. Shortly before the break, Mario Lemina scored his first goal for the club from outside the penalty area and Jack Stephens scored his third goal in as many games to put the visitors ahead.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 67], "content_span": [68, 565]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276413-0012-0001", "contents": "2017\u201318 Southampton F.C. season, Premier League, January\u2013March 2018\nTen minutes into the second half, James Ward-Prowse added a third from a free-kick, before Salom\u00f3n Rond\u00f3n pulled back a second for the hosts later on. The following week, the Saints hosted Liverpool and lost 2\u20130. Roberto Firmino opened the scoring in the sixth minute, after being set up by Mohamed Salah. The hosts came close to equalising on a number of occasions, but it was the visitors who struck again just before half-time, as Salah scored a goal of his own. On 24 February, Southampton drew 1\u20131 with Burnley at Turf Moor.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 67], "content_span": [68, 597]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276413-0012-0002", "contents": "2017\u201318 Southampton F.C. season, Premier League, January\u2013March 2018\nNeither side mounted many challenges on goal in the first half, with the hosts opening the scoring 20 minutes into the second half courtesy of Ashley Barnes. The Saints almost scored through substitute Josh Sims but for a save by Nick Pope, before Manolo Gabbiadini scored his first goal since October in the final minute of the game to save a point for the visitors and keep them out of the relegation zone.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 67], "content_span": [68, 476]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276413-0013-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Southampton F.C. season, Premier League, January\u2013March 2018\nOn 3 March, Southampton were held to a goalless draw by Stoke City at home, dropping to 17th in the table as a result. The visitors came close to scoring at the end of the first half through Badou Ndiaye, with goalkeeper Alex McCarthy making a save from his header. The hosts had a number of chances in the second half through Josh Sims, C\u00e9dric Soares and substitute Sofiane Boufal, but were unable to convert and were held at 0\u20130. The following week, on 10 March, Southampton lost 3\u20130 to Newcastle United at St James' Park.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 67], "content_span": [68, 593]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276413-0013-0001", "contents": "2017\u201318 Southampton F.C. season, Premier League, January\u2013March 2018\nBrazilian loanee Kenedy opened the scoring for the hosts within the minute of play, and scored a second in the 29th minute to double Newcastle's advantage. The visitors offered little goal threat, with only two shots on target from the Saints in the second half. Matt Ritchie scored a third for the home side after 57 minutes, wrapping up the three points in convincing style and condemning Southampton to yet another defeat.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 67], "content_span": [68, 493]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276413-0013-0002", "contents": "2017\u201318 Southampton F.C. season, Premier League, January\u2013March 2018\nIt would spell the end of Mauricio Pellegrino's tenure as Southampton manager, as he was sacked on 12 March with the club one point above the relegation zone and having won just once in 17 matches. On 14 March, former Southampton player Mark Hughes was appointed as first team manager until the end of the campaign.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 67], "content_span": [68, 383]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276413-0014-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Southampton F.C. season, Premier League, January\u2013March 2018\nAfter a break for international fixtures, Hughes took charge of his first Southampton league match on 31 March, which saw the Saints lose 3\u20130 at West Ham United. Jo\u00e3o M\u00e1rio opened the scoring for the home side after just 13 minutes, with Marko Arnautovi\u0107 doubling the Hammers' lead a few minutes later. Southampton offered little in terms of goalscoring opportunities, and before half-time Arnautovi\u0107 scored his second and West Ham's third to secure the win, which saw the visitors drop back into the relegation zone.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 67], "content_span": [68, 585]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276413-0015-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Southampton F.C. season, Premier League, April\u2013May 2018\nThe side remained in the relegation zone the following week, after a 3\u20132 defeat away to Arsenal. After a promising start to the game, Southampton opened the scoring when Shane Long beat Shkodran Mustafi at the near post. However, ten minutes later Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang equalised before Danny Welbeck put the Gunners ahead before half-time. Charlie Austin equalised for Southampton in the 73rd minute just after coming on as a substitute, but Welbeck scored a second to put Arsenal ahead once again.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 63], "content_span": [64, 567]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276413-0015-0001", "contents": "2017\u201318 Southampton F.C. season, Premier League, April\u2013May 2018\nIn injury time at the end of the game, Jack Stephens was sent off following an altercation with Jack Wilshere, before Mohamed Elneny was also dismissed. The next week, Southampton were on the receiving end of another 3\u20132 loss against Chelsea. The home side opened the scoring after 21 minutes, when Du\u0161an Tadi\u0107 tapped in his fourth goal of the season from a Ryan Bertrand cross. After continuing to enjoy the majority of chances on goal, the Saints doubled their lead shortly after half-time when Premier League debutant Jan Bednarek scored from James Ward-Prowse's free-kick. However, Chelsea took the lead during an eight-minute period in which they scored three times \u2013 first, substitute Olivier Giroud headed in from Marcos Alonso's cross, then Eden Hazard scored, followed by a second for Giroud.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 63], "content_span": [64, 865]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276413-0016-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Southampton F.C. season, Premier League, April\u2013May 2018\nThe following week, Southampton were held to a goalless draw at Leicester City. The game included very few chances on goal, with Shane Long and Jamie Vardy coming closest to breaking the deadlock for either side in the second half. On 28 April, Southampton picked up their first home win since November when they beat local rivals Bournemouth 2\u20131 at St Mary's. The Cherries started the stronger of the sides, but the Saints opened the scoring after 25 minutes when Du\u0161an Tadi\u0107 scored after a counter-attack which was set up from a Bournemouth corner.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 63], "content_span": [64, 614]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276413-0016-0001", "contents": "2017\u201318 Southampton F.C. season, Premier League, April\u2013May 2018\nDespite enjoying the majority of pressure throughout the rest of the half, the hosts conceded on the stroke of half-time when Joshua King scored a volley from a corner. The visitors started the second half with the stronger approach, but it was the hosts who scored next ten minutes after the break as Tadi\u0107 doubled his tally to put his side ahead. Charlie Austin and Shane Long came close to scoring a third, before Bournemouth increased the pressure towards the end and almost equalised through Ryan Fraser in stoppage time, but for a save by Alex McCarthy.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 63], "content_span": [64, 623]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276413-0017-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Southampton F.C. season, Premier League, April\u2013May 2018\nSouthampton drew their next match against Everton to move out of the relegation zone for the first time in five matches. After a first half with very few chances for either side, substitute Nathan Redmond opened the scoring for the Saints when he converted from a C\u00e9dric Soares setup. Maya Yoshida was sent off five minutes before the end of the game. The hosts equalised in the last minute of added time at the end of the match, shortly after goalkeeper Alex McCarthy denied Leighton Baines, when a shot from Tom Davies deflected off Wesley Hoedt.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 63], "content_span": [64, 612]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276413-0017-0001", "contents": "2017\u201318 Southampton F.C. season, Premier League, April\u2013May 2018\nIn their penultimate game of the season, Southampton edged out Swansea City to all but secure their place in the next season's Premier League. The visiting Saints opened the scoring in the second half again, with substitute Manolo Gabbiadini scoring his first goal since February from a corner. Charlie Austin had several chances on goal throughout both halves but failed to convert any, although Southampton still held on for the win to move up to 16th in the league table ahead of Huddersfield Town on goal difference.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 63], "content_span": [64, 584]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276413-0018-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Southampton F.C. season, Premier League, April\u2013May 2018\nIn their final game of the season, Southampton hosted new Premier League champions Manchester City on 13 May. The Saints went into the game almost guaranteed of safety, with Swansea City needing to beat Stoke City by a large margin in order to survive, although a point for the South Coast club would secure at least 17th position.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 63], "content_span": [64, 395]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276413-0018-0001", "contents": "2017\u201318 Southampton F.C. season, Premier League, April\u2013May 2018\nThe hosts arguably enjoyed more chances on goal than the champions, with centre-backs Jack Stephens and Wesley Hoedt both almost scoring early in the first half \u2013 the former after a long run through the middle of the pitch, and the latter with a header which hit the crossbar. After the half-time break, City increased the pressure as Raheem Sterling beat Alex McCarthy with a shot that hit the post, and John Stones came close with a header that the Saints goalkeeper tipped over the crossbar.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 63], "content_span": [64, 558]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276413-0018-0002", "contents": "2017\u201318 Southampton F.C. season, Premier League, April\u2013May 2018\nDu\u0161an Tadi\u0107 saw a shot cleared off the line later in the game, but it was the visitors who scored the only goal with one of the final touches of the game, when Gabriel Jesus chipped McCarthy in the fourth minute of added time, helping the club set new Premier League season records of 100 points, 16 away wins and 106 goals.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 63], "content_span": [64, 388]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276413-0019-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Southampton F.C. season, FA Cup\nSouthampton entered the 2017\u201318 FA Cup in the third round, beating Championship side Fulham by a single goal. James Ward-Prowse set up a number of goalscoring opportunities early in the game, before himself opening the scoring in the 29th minute. The visitors could have doubled their lead on many occasions in the second half, with Pierre-Emile H\u00f8jbjerg coming close to scoring shortly after the break. The hosts threatened the Southampton goal a number of times, but the Saints came closest to scoring the next goal as Jack Stephens hit the crossbar with a close-range header later on.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 39], "content_span": [40, 627]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276413-0020-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Southampton F.C. season, FA Cup\nThe club hosted fellow Premier League side Watford in the fourth round of the tournament on 27 January, again winning 1\u20130 to advance to the fifth round for the first time since the 2013\u201314 season. The home side opened the scoring early on, when centre-back Jack Stephens scored his first goal for the club in the fourth minute, converting after Shane Long's shot was saved. The Saints had many more chances to score in the first half, but were unable to double their lead. Watford almost equalised late on, but Southampton held on for the win. Guido Carrillo made his debut for the club as a late substitute.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 39], "content_span": [40, 648]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276413-0021-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Southampton F.C. season, FA Cup\nIn the fifth round, Southampton beat West Bromwich Albion 2\u20131 to advance to the quarter-finals for the first time since the 2004\u201305 season. Centre-back Wesley Hoedt opened the scoring in the eleventh minute with his first goal for the club, converting from James Ward-Prowse's corner. The Saints dominated the rest of the first half, and eventually scored a second ten minutes after the break through Du\u0161an Tadi\u0107, who chipped goalkeeper Ben Foster after a counter-attack from his side's own half. Salom\u00f3n Rond\u00f3n scored for the hosts a minute later, but the visitors held on until the end to reach the quarter-finals.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 39], "content_span": [40, 656]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276413-0022-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Southampton F.C. season, FA Cup\nOn 18 March, Southampton beat League One side Wigan Athletic 2\u20130 to advance to the semi-finals for the first time since the 2002\u201303 season. The first half was largely dominated by the lower league hosts, who had three clear chances to score but failed to convert any. The Saints came out strong after half-time, with Manolo Gabbiadini missing a one-on-one with goalkeeper Christian Walton early on. Pierre-Emile H\u00f8jbjerg later opened the scoring after 62 minutes with his first goal for the club, converting from a corner. Gabbiadini had another chance to score for his side from the penalty spot ten minutes later, but saw his effort saved by Walton again. C\u00e9dric Soares finally doubled Southampton's lead in injury time to send them through to the penultimate round of the tournament.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 39], "content_span": [40, 826]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276413-0023-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Southampton F.C. season, FA Cup\nSouthampton faced Chelsea in the semi-final of the FA Cup at Wembley Stadium on 22 April 2018. The Saints held off pressure from Chelsea in the first half to go into the break goalless, with Willian hitting the crossbar in the best chance of the first period. However, Olivier Giroud opened the scoring less than a minute after the restart, beating several defenders and goalkeeper Alex McCarthy after being put through in the box by Eden Hazard.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 39], "content_span": [40, 486]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276413-0023-0001", "contents": "2017\u201318 Southampton F.C. season, FA Cup\nShane Long missed a one-on-one chance with Chelsea goalkeeper Willy Caballero, while Charlie Austin saw several chances on goal save or go wide of the posts. Chelsea doubled their lead late on after bringing on Alvaro Morata, who headed in a cross from C\u00e9sar Azpilicueta to secure a place in the final and send Southampton out of the tournament.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 39], "content_span": [40, 385]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276413-0024-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Southampton F.C. season, EFL Cup\nSouthampton were knocked out of the 2017\u201318 EFL Cup in their first match of the tournament, losing 2\u20130 in the second round to Championship club Wolverhampton Wanderers. Wolves almost opened the scoring within ten minutes through Nouha Dicko, with Southampton's best chance of the first half coming just before the break as shots from Jan Bednarek and J\u00e9r\u00e9my Pied were saved by Will Norris, before Du\u0161an Tadi\u0107 shot wide. Danny Batth opened the scoring for the visitors in the 67th minute when he headed in a corner, before Donovan Wilson doubled the lead 20 minutes later to secure the third round for the Championship side.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 40], "content_span": [41, 664]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276414-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Southeast Missouri State Redhawks men's basketball team\nThe 2017\u201318 Southeast Missouri State Redhawks men's basketball team represented Southeast Missouri State University during the 2017\u201318 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Redhawks, led by third-year head coach Rick Ray, played their home games at the Show Me Center in Cape Girardeau, Missouri as members of the Ohio Valley Conference. They finished the season 14\u201317, 8\u201310 in OVC play to finish in seventh place.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 63], "section_span": [63, 63], "content_span": [64, 486]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276414-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Southeast Missouri State Redhawks men's basketball team\nThe team was ineligible for postseason play this season due to APR violations.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 63], "section_span": [63, 63], "content_span": [64, 142]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276414-0002-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Southeast Missouri State Redhawks men's basketball team, Previous season\nThe Redhawks finished the 2016\u201317 season 15\u201318, 9\u20137 in OVC play to finish in second place in the West Division. They defeated Tennessee State in the first round of the OVC Tournament to advance to the quarterfinals where they lost to Jacksonville State.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 63], "section_span": [65, 80], "content_span": [81, 334]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276414-0003-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Southeast Missouri State Redhawks men's basketball team, Preseason\nIn a vote of conference coaches and sports information directors, SEMO was picked to finish in 10th place in the OVC. Denzel Mahoney was named to the 2017\u201318 Preseason All-OVC team.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 63], "section_span": [65, 74], "content_span": [75, 256]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276414-0004-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Southeast Missouri State Redhawks men's basketball team, Preseason\nAfter five years of divisional play in the OVC, the conference eliminated divisions for the 2017\u201318 season. Additionally, for the first time, each conference team will play 18 conference games.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 63], "section_span": [65, 74], "content_span": [75, 268]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276414-0005-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Southeast Missouri State Redhawks men's basketball team, Schedule and results\n* Non-conference game. #Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Central Time", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 63], "section_span": [65, 85], "content_span": [86, 202]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276415-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Southeastern Conference men's basketball season\nThe 2017\u201318 Southeastern Conference men's basketball season began with practices in October 2017, followed by the start of the 2017\u201318 NCAA Division I men's basketball season in November. Conference play started in early January 2018 and ended in March, after which 14 member teams participated in the 2018 SEC Tournament at Scottrade Center in St. Louis, Missouri. The tournament champion was guaranteed a selection to the 2018 NCAA Tournament.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 55], "section_span": [55, 55], "content_span": [56, 501]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276415-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Southeastern Conference men's basketball season, Head coaches\nNote: Stats shown are before the beginning of the season. Overall and SEC records are from time at current school.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 55], "section_span": [57, 69], "content_span": [70, 184]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276415-0002-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Southeastern Conference men's basketball season, Regular season, SEC regular season\nThis table summarizes the head-to-head results between teams in conference play. Results updated through February 25, 2018.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 55], "section_span": [57, 91], "content_span": [92, 215]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276415-0003-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Southeastern Conference men's basketball season, Regular season, Records against other conferences\n2017-18 records against non-conference foes as of January 27, 2018:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 55], "section_span": [57, 106], "content_span": [107, 174]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276415-0004-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Southeastern Conference men's basketball season, Honors and awards, Players of the Week\nThroughout the conference regular season, the SEC offices named one or two players of the week and one or two freshmen of the week each Monday.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 55], "section_span": [57, 95], "content_span": [96, 239]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276415-0005-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Southeastern Conference men's basketball season, Attendance\nNote: teams that played more than 16 home games have a * by them", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 55], "section_span": [57, 67], "content_span": [68, 132]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276416-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Southeastern Conference women's basketball season\nThe 2017\u201318 Southeastern Conference women's basketball season began with practices in October 2017, followed by the start of the 2017\u201318 NCAA Division I women's basketball season in November. Conference play started in late-December 2017 and concluded in February 2018, followed by the 2018 SEC Women's Basketball Tournament at the Bridgestone Arena in Nashville, Tennessee.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 57], "section_span": [57, 57], "content_span": [58, 432]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276416-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Southeastern Conference women's basketball season, Head coaches\nNote: Stats shown are before the beginning of the season. Overall and SEC records are from time at current school.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 57], "section_span": [59, 71], "content_span": [72, 186]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276416-0002-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Southeastern Conference women's basketball season, Regular season matrix\nThis table summarizes the head-to-head results between teams in conference play.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 57], "section_span": [59, 80], "content_span": [81, 161]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276417-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Southeastern Louisiana Lady Lions basketball team\nThe 2017\u201318 Southeastern Louisiana Lady Lions basketball team represented Southeastern Louisiana University during the 2017\u201318 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Lady Lions, led by first year head coach Ayla Guzzardo, played their home games at the University Center. They were members of the Southland Conference. They finished the season with an 8\u201321 overall record and a, 7\u201311 record in Southland play to finish in ninth place. They failed to qualify for the Southland Women's Tournament.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 57], "section_span": [57, 57], "content_span": [58, 561]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276418-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Southeastern Louisiana Lions basketball team\nThe 2017\u201318 Southeastern Louisiana Lions basketball team represented Southeastern Louisiana University during the 2017\u201318 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Lions, led by fourth-year head coach Jay Ladner, played their home games at the University Center in Hammond, Louisiana as members of the Southland Conference. They finished the season 22\u201312, 15\u20133 in Southland play to finish in a tie for the Southland regular season championship with Nicholls State. As the No. 1 seed in the Southland Tournament, they defeated Sam Houston State in the semifinals before losing in the championship game to Stephen F. Austin. As a regular season champion, and No. 1 seed in their conference tournament, who failed to win their conference tournament, they received an automatic bid to the National Invitation Tournament where they lost in the first round to Saint Mary's.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 52], "section_span": [52, 52], "content_span": [53, 924]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276418-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Southeastern Louisiana Lions basketball team, Previous season\nThe Lions finished the 2016\u201317 season 16\u201316, 9\u20139 in Southland play to finish in seventh place. They lost in the first round of the Southland Tournament to Lamar.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 52], "section_span": [54, 69], "content_span": [70, 231]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276419-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Southend United F.C. season\nThe 2017\u201318 season was Southend United's 112th year in existence and their third consecutive season in League One. Along with competing in League One, the club also participated in the FA Cup, EFL Cup and EFL Trophy. The season covers the period from 1 July 2017 to 30 June 2018.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [35, 35], "content_span": [36, 315]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276419-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Southend United F.C. season, Competitions, Friendlies\nAs of 2 June 2017, Southend United had announced five pre-season friendlies against Braintree Town, Bishop's Stortford, Ebbsfleet United, Brighton & Hove Albion and Cambridge United.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 61], "content_span": [62, 244]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276419-0002-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Southend United F.C. season, Competitions, FA Cup\nOn 16 October 2017, Southend United were drawn away to Yeovil Town in the first round.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 57], "content_span": [58, 144]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276419-0003-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Southend United F.C. season, Competitions, EFL Cup\nOn 16 June 2017, Southend United were drawn at home to Newport County in the first round.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 58], "content_span": [59, 148]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276419-0004-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Southend United F.C. season, Competitions, EFL Trophy\nOn 12 July 2017, Southend United were drawn in the Southern Group B against Colchester United, Gillingham and Reading U23s. After finishing as runners-up in their group, Southend were drawn away to Peterborough United in the second round.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 61], "content_span": [62, 300]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276420-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Southern Combination Football League\nThe 2017\u201318 Southern Combination Football League season was the 93rd in the history of the competition, which lies at levels 9 and 10 of the English football league system.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [44, 44], "content_span": [45, 217]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276420-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Southern Combination Football League, Premier Division\nThe Premier Division consisted of 20 clubs, the same as last season, after Wick and Hailsham Town were relegated to Division One, and Shoreham were promoted to Isthmian League Division One South.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [46, 62], "content_span": [63, 258]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276420-0002-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Southern Combination Football League, Premier Division\nWith the suspension of ground grading Grade E for this season and the creation of a new league at Steps 3 and 4, the champions of all Step 5 leagues were compulsorily promoted to Step 4. Of the fourteen runners-up, the twelve clubs with the best PPG (points per game ratio) were also to be compulsorily promoted, but with resignations and mergers in leagues above, thirteen runners-up were promoted.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [46, 62], "content_span": [63, 462]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276420-0003-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Southern Combination Football League, Premier Division\nTeams at Step 5 without ground grading Grade F were to be relegated to Step 6, but no club in this division failed the ground grading process. All Step 5 leagues were fixed at 20 clubs for 2018\u201319.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [46, 62], "content_span": [63, 260]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276420-0004-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Southern Combination Football League, Division One\nDivision One featured 16 clubs which competed in the division last season, along with two new clubs, relegated from the Premier Division:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [46, 58], "content_span": [59, 196]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276420-0005-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Southern Combination Football League, Division One\nStep 6 clubs without ground grading Grade G were to be relegated to Step 7, but no club in this division failed the ground grading process. All Step 6 leagues were fixed at a maximum of 20 clubs for 2018\u201319.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [46, 58], "content_span": [59, 266]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276420-0006-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Southern Combination Football League, Division Two\nDivision Two featured 15 clubs which competed in the division last season, no new clubs joined this season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [46, 58], "content_span": [59, 166]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276420-0007-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Southern Combination Football League, Division Two\nPromotion from this division depended on ground grading as well as league position.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [46, 58], "content_span": [59, 142]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276420-0008-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Southern Combination Football League, Division Two\nAlso, Worthing Town Leisure reverted to the name of Worthing Town after their merger with Worthing Leisure F.C. was ended after one season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [46, 58], "content_span": [59, 198]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276421-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Southern Counties East Football League\nThe 2017\u201318 Southern Counties East Football League season was the 52nd in the history of the Southern Counties East Football League, a football competition in England, and was the second year the competition has two divisions, the Premier Division and Division One.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [46, 46], "content_span": [47, 312]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276421-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Southern Counties East Football League\nThe constitution for Step 5 and Step 6 divisions for 2017\u201318 was announced on 26 May 2017.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [46, 46], "content_span": [47, 137]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276421-0002-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Southern Counties East Football League, Premier Division\nThe Premier Division consisted of 17 clubs from the previous season along with three new clubs:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [48, 64], "content_span": [65, 160]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276421-0003-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Southern Counties East Football League, Division One\nDivision One consisted of 16 clubs from the previous season along with three new clubs:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [48, 60], "content_span": [61, 148]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276422-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Southern Football League\nThe 2017\u201318 season was the 115th in the history of the Southern League since its establishment in 1894. It was also the last to have a single Premier Division. From the 2014\u201315 season onwards, the Southern League is known as Evo-Stik League Southern, following a sponsorship deal with Evo-Stik.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [32, 32], "content_span": [33, 327]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276422-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Southern Football League, Premier Division\nAt the end of the season a new division were to be created at the seventh level. Also, the number of clubs in the seventh level divisions was decreased from 24 to 22. To make up the number of clubs at the seventh level only one Premier Division club were to be relegated this season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 50], "content_span": [51, 334]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276422-0002-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Southern Football League, Premier Division\nThe Premier Division consisted of 24 clubs, including 18 clubs from the previous season and six new clubs:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 50], "content_span": [51, 157]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276422-0003-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Southern Football League, East Division\nAt the end of the previous season Division One Central was renamed East Division.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 47], "content_span": [48, 129]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276422-0004-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Southern Football League, East Division\nAt the end of the season a new division were to be created at the seventh level. To make up the number of clubs at the seventh level two clubs from each eighth division, one club with best points-per-game among the eighth level division clubs and six play-off winners were promoted this season. Also, a new division were to be added at the eighth level under the Isthmian League, while the number of clubs in every eighth division was decreased to 20. To make up the number of clubs only one club were to be relegated.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 47], "content_span": [48, 566]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276422-0005-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Southern Football League, East Division\nThe East Division consisted of 22 clubs, including 16 clubs from previous season Division One Central and six new clubs:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 47], "content_span": [48, 168]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276422-0006-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Southern Football League, East Division\nAt the end of the season the East Division was renamed Division One Central back.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 47], "content_span": [48, 129]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276422-0007-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Southern Football League, West Division\nAt the end of the previous season Division One South & West was renamed West Division.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 47], "content_span": [48, 134]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276422-0008-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Southern Football League, West Division\nAt the end of the season a new division were to be created at the seventh level. To make up the number of clubs at the seventh level two clubs from each eighth division, one club with best points-per-game among the eighth level division clubs and six play-off winners were promoted this season. Also, a new division were to be added at the eighth level under the Isthmian League, while the number of clubs in every eighth division was decreased to 20. To make up the number of clubs only one club were to be relegated.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 47], "content_span": [48, 566]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276422-0009-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Southern Football League, West Division\nAt the end of the season West Division was renamed Division One South.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 47], "content_span": [48, 118]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276422-0010-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Southern Football League, League Cup\nThe 2017\u201318 Southern League Cup (billed as The BigFreeBet.com Challenge Cup) was the 80th edition of the Southern League Cup, the cup competition of the Southern Football League.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 44], "content_span": [45, 223]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276422-0011-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Southern Football League, League Cup\nHereford, Mangotsfield United, and North Leigh declined to participate. The defending champions, Hayes & Yeading United, were defeated in the semi-finals by Hitchin Town.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 44], "content_span": [45, 215]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276423-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Southern Illinois Salukis men's basketball team\nThe 2017\u201318 Southern Illinois Salukis men's basketball team represented Southern Illinois University Carbondale during the 2017\u201318 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Salukis, led by sixth-year head coach Barry Hinson, played their home games at the SIU Arena in Carbondale, Illinois as members of the Missouri Valley Conference. They finished the season 20\u201313, 11\u20137 in MVC play to finish in second place. In the MVC Tournament, they defeated Missouri State in the quarterfinals before losing to Illinois State in the semifinals. Despite winning 20 games, the Salukis did not participate in a postseason tournament.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 55], "section_span": [55, 55], "content_span": [56, 680]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276423-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Southern Illinois Salukis men's basketball team, Previous season\nThe Salukis finished the 2016\u201317 season 17\u201316, 9\u20139 in MVC play to finish in a tie for third place. In the MVC Tournament, they defeated Loyola\u2013Chicago in the quarterfinals before losing to Illinois State in the semifinals.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 55], "section_span": [57, 72], "content_span": [73, 295]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276423-0002-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Southern Illinois Salukis men's basketball team, Offseason, 2017 recruiting class\nSouthern Illinois did not have any incoming players in the 2017 recruiting class.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 55], "section_span": [57, 89], "content_span": [90, 171]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276423-0003-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Southern Illinois Salukis men's basketball team, Preseason\nIn the conference's preseason poll, the Salukis were picked to finish in fifth place in the MVC. Senior forward Thik Bol was named to the preseason All-MVC second team.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 55], "section_span": [57, 66], "content_span": [67, 235]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276424-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Southern Illinois Salukis women's basketball team\nThe 2017\u201318 Southern Illinois women's basketball team represents Southern Illinois University Carbondale during the 2017\u201318 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Salukis were led by fifth year head coach Cindy Stein. They play their home games at SIU Arena and were members of the Missouri Valley Conference. They finished the season 17\u201314, 11\u20137 in MVC play to finish in fourth place. They advanced to the semifinals of the Missouri Valley Women's Tournament where they lost to Drake.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 57], "section_span": [57, 57], "content_span": [58, 551]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276424-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Southern Illinois Salukis women's basketball team, Previous season\nThey finished the season 16\u201315, 10\u20138 in MVC play to finish in fourth place. They lost in the quarterfinals of the Missouri Valley Women's Tournament to Wichita State. They were invited to the Women's Basketball Invitational where they lost to Milwaukee in the first round.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 57], "section_span": [59, 74], "content_span": [75, 347]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276425-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Southern Jaguars basketball team\nThe 2017\u201318 Southern Jaguars basketball team represented Southern University during the 2017\u201318 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Jaguars, led by interim head coach Morris Scott, played their home games at the F. G. Clark Center in Baton Rouge, Louisiana as members of the Southwestern Athletic Conference. They finished the season 15\u201318, 10\u20138 in SWAC play to finish in fifth place. Due to Grambling State's Academic Progress Rate violations and subsequent postseason ineligibility, the Jaguars received the No. 4 seed in the SWAC Tournament. They defeated Jackson State in the quarterfinals before losing to Arkansas\u2013Pine Bluff in the semifinals.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [40, 40], "content_span": [41, 700]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276425-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Southern Jaguars basketball team\nOn April 12, 2018, Southern hired Stetson assistant coach and former Morehead State/Mississippi Valley State head coach Sean Woods for the full-time job.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [40, 40], "content_span": [41, 194]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276425-0002-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Southern Jaguars basketball team, Previous season\nThe Jaguars finished the 2016\u201317 season 15\u201318, 10\u20138 in SWAC play to finish in a four-way tie for third place. As the 3-seed in the SWAC Tournament they defeated Jackson State before losing in the semifinals to Alcorn State.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 57], "content_span": [58, 281]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276425-0003-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Southern Jaguars basketball team, Previous season\nOn March 31, head coach Roman Banks, who had been serving as Southern's interim Athletic Director for almost two years, was promoted to full-time Athletic Director and stepped down as basketball coach. He finished his coaching career at Southern with a six-year record of 114\u201385. Assistant coach Morris Scott was named interim head coach.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 57], "content_span": [58, 396]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276426-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Southern Kings season\nIn the 2017\u201318 rugby union season, the Southern Kings participated in the Pro14 competition, their inaugural appearance in the competition after losing their Super Rugby status after the 2017 season. They finished bottom of the seven-team Conference B, winning just one of their 21 matches. Masixole Banda was the team's top scorer in the competition with 40 points, while winger Yaw Penxe was the top try scorer with five tries.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [29, 29], "content_span": [30, 459]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276426-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Southern Kings season, Personnel, Coaches and management\nThe Kings coaching and management staff for the 2017\u201318 Pro14 season were:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 64], "content_span": [65, 139]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276426-0002-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Southern Kings season, Personnel, Player movements\nPlayer movements between the end of the 2017 Super Rugby season and the end of the 2017\u201318 Pro14 season are as follows:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 58], "content_span": [59, 178]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276426-0003-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Southern Kings season, Standings\nThe top team in each conference qualified for the play-off semifinals, while the second and third placed teams qualified for the play-off quarterfinals. In the quarterfinals, the second-ranked team from each conference had home advantage against the third-ranked team from the other conference, with the winners progressing to the semi-finals. The conference winners had home advantage against the quarterfinal winners in the semifinals, with the two winners qualifying for the final, which was played at a venue decided in advance.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 40], "content_span": [41, 573]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276426-0004-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Southern Kings season, Standings\nPoints 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", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 40], "content_span": [41, 214]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276426-0005-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Southern Kings season, Standings\nClassification: Teams standings were calculated as follows: * League points * Number of games won * Overall points difference * Number of tries scored * Number of points scored * Overall try difference * Player suspension count * Player yellow card count * Toss of a coin", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 40], "content_span": [41, 322]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276426-0006-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Southern Kings season, Standings, Round-by-round\nThe table below shows the Kings' progression throughout the season. For each round, their cumulative points total is shown with the conference position:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 56], "content_span": [57, 209]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276426-0007-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Southern Kings season, Matches\nThe Southern Kings' matches in their inaugural season in Pro14 are:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 38], "content_span": [39, 106]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276426-0008-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Southern Kings season, Player statistics\nThe Pro14 appearance record for players that represented the Kings in 2017\u201318 is as follows:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 48], "content_span": [49, 141]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276426-0009-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Southern Kings season, Player statistics\n(c) denotes the team captain. For each match, the player's squad number is shown. Starting players are numbered 1 to 15, while the replacements are numbered 16 to 23. If a replacement made an appearance in the match, it is indicated by . \"App\" refers to the number of appearances made by the player, \"Try\" to the number of tries scored by the player, \"Con\" to the number of conversions kicked, \"Pen\" to the number of penalties kicked, \"DG\" to the number of drop goals kicked and \"Pts\" refer to the total number of points scored by the player.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 48], "content_span": [49, 591]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276426-0010-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Southern Kings season, Awards\nThe following player were honoured at the Southern Kings' end-of-season awards:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 37], "content_span": [38, 117]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276427-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Southern Miss Golden Eagles basketball team\nThe 2017\u201318 Southern Miss Golden Eagles men's basketball team represented the University of Southern Mississippi during the 2017\u201318 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Golden Eagles, led by fourth-year head coach Doc Sadler, played their home games at Reed Green Coliseum in Hattiesburg, Mississippi as members of Conference USA. They finished the season 16\u201318, 7\u201311 in C-USA play to finish in a tie for ninth place. They defeated FIU and Middle Tennessee before losing to Marshall in the semifinals of the C-USA Tournament", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 51], "section_span": [51, 51], "content_span": [52, 584]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276427-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Southern Miss Golden Eagles basketball team, Previous season\nThe Golden Eagles finished the 2016\u201317 season 9\u201322, 6\u201312 in C-USA play to finish in 12th place. They lost in the first round of the C-USA Tournament to Rice.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 51], "section_span": [53, 68], "content_span": [69, 226]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276427-0002-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Southern Miss Golden Eagles basketball team, Schedule and results\n* Non-conference game. #Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Central Time", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 51], "section_span": [53, 73], "content_span": [74, 190]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276428-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Southern Miss Lady Eagles basketball team\nThe 2017\u201318 Southern Miss Lady Eagles basketball team represents the University of Southern Mississippi during the 2017\u201318 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Lady Eagles, led by fourteenth year head coach Joye Lee-McNelis, play their home games at Reed Green Coliseum and were members of Conference USA. They finished the season 15\u201315, 7\u20139 in C-USA play to finish in a 3 way tie for seventh place. They lost in the first round of the C-USA Women's Tournament to UTEP.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 49], "section_span": [49, 49], "content_span": [50, 529]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276429-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Southern Utah Thunderbirds men's basketball team\nThe 2017\u201318 Southern Utah Thunderbirds basketball team represented Southern Utah University during the 2017\u201318 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Thunderbirds were led by second-year head coach Todd Simon and played their home games at the America First Events Center in Cedar City, Utah as members of the Big Sky Conference. They finished the season 13\u201319, 5\u201313 in Big Sky play to finish in tenth place. In the Big Sky Tournament they defeated Idaho State and Idaho to advance to the semifinals where they lost to Eastern Washington.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 56], "section_span": [56, 56], "content_span": [57, 601]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276429-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Southern Utah Thunderbirds men's basketball team, Previous season\nThe Thunderbirds finished the 2016\u201317 season 6\u201327, 3\u201315 in Big Sky play to finish in a tie for 11th. As the No. 11 seed in the Big Sky Tournament, they defeated Montana State in the first round before losing to Weber State in the quarterfinals.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 56], "section_span": [58, 73], "content_span": [74, 318]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276430-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Southern Utah Thunderbirds women's basketball team\nThe 2017\u201318 Southern Utah Thunderbirds women's basketball team represented Southern Utah University during the 2017\u201318 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Thunderbirds were led by fourth-year head coach Chris Boettcher and play their home games at America First Events Center. They were members of the Big Sky Conference. They finished the season 3\u201327, 1\u201315 in Big Sky play to finish in last place. They lost in the first round of the Big Sky Women's Tournament to Idaho State.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 58], "section_span": [58, 58], "content_span": [59, 547]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276430-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Southern Utah Thunderbirds women's basketball team\nOn March 13, Chris Boettcher was fired. He finished at Southern Utah with a 4 year record of 29\u201392. On April 18, former Saint Mary's assistant coach Tracy Sanders was named the next head coach at Southern Utah.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 58], "section_span": [58, 58], "content_span": [59, 269]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276431-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 SpVgg Greuther F\u00fcrth season\nThe 2017\u201318 SpVgg Gr. F\u00fcrth season is the 115th season in the football club's history and 5th consecutive season in the second division of German football, the 2. Bundesliga and 29th overall. In addition to the league business, the Kleebl\u00e4tter also are participating in this season's edition of the domestic cup, the DFB-Pokal. They play in their 118th consecutive year in their stadium, Sportpark Ronhof Thomas Sommer, while ongoing redevelopment of the main stand is in progress since 2016.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [35, 35], "content_span": [36, 528]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276431-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 SpVgg Greuther F\u00fcrth season, Players, Squad information\nNote: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 63], "content_span": [64, 192]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276432-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Spanish stage of the UEFA Regions' Cup\nThe 2017\u201318 Spanish stage of the UEFA Regions' Cup was the 12th staging of Spanish stage of the UEFA Regions' Cup. The winners qualified for the 2019 UEFA Regions' Cup.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [46, 46], "content_span": [47, 215]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276432-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Spanish stage of the UEFA Regions' Cup, Competition format\nThe eighteen teams joined the preliminary round, played as mini-tournaments with three teams in each group, where only the first qualified team advanced to further stages.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [48, 66], "content_span": [67, 238]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276432-0002-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Spanish stage of the UEFA Regions' Cup, Competition format\nThe winners of groups A, B, C and D joined the intermediate stage while the winners of the groups E and F directly qualified for the semifinals.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [48, 66], "content_span": [67, 211]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276432-0003-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Spanish stage of the UEFA Regions' Cup, Intermediate round\nThe first leg was played on 31 January 2018, while the second leg of the series between Valencian Community and Galicia was played on 14 February and the one between Castile and Le\u00f3n and Catalonia, on 28 February.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [48, 66], "content_span": [67, 280]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276432-0004-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Spanish stage of the UEFA Regions' Cup, Final stage\nThe final stage will be played on 30 March and 1 April 2018 at Estadio Pedro Sancho in Zaragoza, Aragon.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [48, 59], "content_span": [60, 164]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276433-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Spartan South Midlands Football League\nThe 2017\u201318 Spartan South Midlands Football League season was the 21st in the history of Spartan South Midlands Football League, a football competition in England.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [46, 46], "content_span": [47, 210]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276433-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Spartan South Midlands Football League\nThe constitution for Step 5 and Step 6 divisions for 2017\u201318 was announced on 26 May 2017. Following a few amendments, the constitution for the Spartan South Midlands League was ratified at the league's AGM on 24 June 2017.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [46, 46], "content_span": [47, 270]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276433-0002-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Spartan South Midlands Football League, Premier Division\nThe Premier Division featured 20 clubs which competed in the division last season, along with two clubs, promoted from Division One:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [48, 64], "content_span": [65, 197]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276433-0003-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Spartan South Midlands Football League, Division One\nDivision One featured 20 clubs in the division for this season, of which there are five new clubs:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [48, 60], "content_span": [61, 159]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276433-0004-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Spartan South Midlands Football League, Division Two\nDivision Two featured 14 clubs which competed in the division last season, along with three new clubs:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [48, 60], "content_span": [61, 163]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276434-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Sporting CP season\nThis article shows Sporting CP's player statistics and all matches that the club played during the 2017\u201318 season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [26, 26], "content_span": [27, 141]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276434-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Sporting CP season, Players, Current squad\nNote: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 50], "content_span": [51, 179]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276434-0002-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Sporting CP season, Players, Out on loan\nNote: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 48], "content_span": [49, 177]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276434-0003-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Sporting CP season, Competitions, Primeira Liga\nOn 5 July 2017, Liga Portuguesa de Futebol Profissional announced nine stipulations for the Liga NOS fixture draw that took place on 7 July. Among previous conditions, two new were added, the two teams who will play the Superta\u00e7a could not play against Sporting CP (Portuguese team in the play-off round of Champions League) on the first two matchdays.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 55], "content_span": [56, 408]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276435-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Sporting de Gij\u00f3n season\nThe 2017\u201318 season was Real Sporting's 112th season in existence and the club's 45th season in the second flight of Spanish football, the first one since its last relegation. It covers a period from 1 July 2017 to 30 June 2018.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [32, 32], "content_span": [33, 260]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276435-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Sporting de Gij\u00f3n season, Season overview, Pre-season\nOn 28 May 2017, Real Sporting sacked Nicol\u00e1s Rodr\u00edguez after three seasons as director of football, and hired Miguel Torrecilla with the aim to replace him.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 61], "content_span": [62, 218]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276435-0002-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Sporting de Gij\u00f3n season, Season overview, Pre-season\nOn 9 June 2017, the club announced Asturian enterprise Teslacard as the new shirt sponsor of the club. One day later, Rubi confirmed that the club would not extend his contract for one more season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 61], "content_span": [62, 259]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276435-0003-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Sporting de Gij\u00f3n season, Season overview, Pre-season\nOn 15 June 2017, Paco Herrera was hired as new coach after agreeing with the club a two-year contract. One week later, Nacho Cases announced he would leave the club, bringing to an end his 22-year association with the club.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 61], "content_span": [62, 285]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276435-0004-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Sporting de Gij\u00f3n season, Season overview, Pre-season\n\u00c1lex Berganti\u00f1os and Stefan \u0160\u0107epovi\u0107 were the first signs, both loaned from their clubs. \u0160\u0107epovi\u0107 came back to Gij\u00f3n three season after. On 20 July 2017, Jorge Mer\u00e9 was transferred to German K\u00f6ln for \u20ac9,000,000, becoming the highest transfer in the club's history. Four days later, he would be replaced by Italian center back Federico Barba, who signed for the next four seasons. Real Sporting paid \u20ac1,700,000 to Italian club Empoli F.C..", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 61], "content_span": [62, 500]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276435-0005-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Sporting de Gij\u00f3n season, Season overview, Pre-season\nOn 1 August 2017, Real Sporting ended the renewal of season tickets with 21,274; the club's record in Segunda Divisi\u00f3n. Two days later, the club announced that Carlos Castro and Carlos Carmona renewed their contracts until 2022 and 2021 respectively.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 61], "content_span": [62, 312]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276435-0006-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Sporting de Gij\u00f3n season, Season overview, Pre-season\nPre -season ended with five more incorporations, two of them on loan: Xand\u00e3o, Juan Sebasti\u00e1n Quintero (on loan from Deportivo Cali), Michael Santos (on loan from M\u00e1laga), \u00c1lex P\u00e9rez and \u00c1lex L\u00f3pez.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 61], "content_span": [62, 259]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276435-0007-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Sporting de Gij\u00f3n season, Season overview, August\nSporting played their first official match of the season on 19 August 2017, earning one point at Alcorc\u00f3n. Due to the high temperatures during the game, cooling breaks were introduced. This arrangement was used for the first time in Spain during this season. Eight days later, the club made its home debut against Lugo and achieved the first win of the season, after beating the Galicians by 2\u20130. Carlos Carmona and Michael Santos scored the goals for the win that positioned Real Sporting in the second place at the end of the second round.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 57], "content_span": [58, 599]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276435-0008-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Sporting de Gij\u00f3n season, Season overview, August\nIn this match, Nacho M\u00e9ndez made his professional debut as a starter, but he was replaced during the halftime. One day later, on 29 August, Real Sporting agreed with Eibar the loan of right back Jordi Calavera for one season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 57], "content_span": [58, 283]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276435-0009-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Sporting de Gij\u00f3n season, Season overview, August\nOn 31 August 2017, Real Sporting ended the transfer window by rescinding the contracts of Lillo and Dani Ndi and loaning Jean-Sylvain Babin to Maccabi Tel Aviv.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 57], "content_span": [58, 218]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276435-0010-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Sporting de Gij\u00f3n season, Season overview, September\nOn 3 September 2017, Real Sporting reached the first position of the table after beating Gimn\u00e0stic 4\u20130 away and taking advantage of the loss of Tenerife against Valladolid. This leadership arrived just one week before playing the Asturian derby against Oviedo, 14 years after both teams meet for the last time in official competition. The derby ended with a 1\u20131 draw, despite scoring first thanks to a header of Carlos Carmona, as Oviedo made the equalizer with only five minutes left. Before it, in the surroundings of the stadium, there were altercations between the National Police and the ultras of Real Sporting, ending with damages in the buses of both clubs and 12 arrested people.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 60], "content_span": [61, 749]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276435-0011-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Sporting de Gij\u00f3n season, Season overview, September\nReal Sporting lost its first match, one week later, in Soria, after being defeated 0\u20133 by Numancia. Three days later, Real Sporting was eliminated by this team after drawing 1\u20131 and losing 1\u20133 in the penalty shootout. Previously, they beat Reus in the first round.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 60], "content_span": [61, 325]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276435-0012-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Sporting de Gij\u00f3n season, Season overview, September\nThe club ended the month in the first position, after beating Lorca FC and taking advantage of other results. However, despite the leadership, the performance of the club was criticized by an important crowd of the supporters.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 60], "content_span": [61, 287]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276435-0013-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Sporting de Gij\u00f3n season, Season overview, October\nCriticism to the team play continued after the 2\u20130 defeat on 1 October against Osasuna. However, the club continued unbeaten at home by achieving a new win at El Molin\u00f3n, this time by 3\u20130 against Sevilla Atl\u00e9tico. In this match, Real Sporting missed two penalty kicks: firstly Stefan \u0160\u0107epovi\u0107, who scored twice, and later Carlos Castro in the additional time, after trying a Panenka.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 58], "content_span": [59, 442]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276435-0014-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Sporting de Gij\u00f3n season, Season overview, October\nThe club continued the undefeated streak at Estadio Reino de Le\u00f3n, where they beat Cultural Leonesa by 2\u20130, in a match where 2,000 supporters travelled to Le\u00f3n for a match played on Tuesday and later, only earning a 1\u20131 draw against Huesca despite going ahead.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 58], "content_span": [59, 319]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276435-0015-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Sporting de Gij\u00f3n season, Season overview, October\nOn 16 October, Real Sporting announced, despite the relegation, it beat the record of season tickets sold with 24,402. The club ended the month with four more points after a 1\u20131 draw at Rayo Vallecano and a 2\u20130 win at home against Almer\u00eda, for a streak of five consecutive matches without losses that allowed the club to end October in the third position, with the same points as second qualified Granada, and only one point less than Lugo, that reached the leadership of the league for the first time in their history.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 58], "content_span": [59, 578]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276435-0016-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Sporting de Gij\u00f3n season, Season overview, November\nNovember was disastrous for Sporting, who only earned two points in the four matches played in this month.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 59], "content_span": [60, 166]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276435-0017-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Sporting de Gij\u00f3n season, Season overview, November\nIt started with a loss at the Estadi Municipal de Reus, against Reus, by 1\u20130, after a free kick scored by Lu\u00eds Gustavo. One week later, Real Sporting tied in the homer match against Valladolid, in another game where Sporting could not save the three points after scoring first, in a match were Sergio \u00c1lvarez got injured in the warm up.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 59], "content_span": [60, 396]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276435-0018-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Sporting de Gij\u00f3n season, Season overview, November\nThe crisis increased in the club after the first loss at home, on 21 November, against C\u00e1diz by 0\u20133 with former player David Barral scoring the last goal, and dropped to the eighth position in the league table. This match was remarkable as it was the first one ever without any Asturian player in the starting team. The month ended with an away 2\u20132 draw against Albacete, with Michael Santos scoring a brace for overcoming the first goal of Roman Zozulya.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 59], "content_span": [60, 515]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276435-0019-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Sporting de Gij\u00f3n season, Season overview, December\nSporting accumulated two losses against Zaragoza and Barcelona B, increasing the streak to six matches without wins. With these numbers, the club dropped to the tenth position in the league table.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 59], "content_span": [60, 256]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276435-0020-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Sporting de Gij\u00f3n season, Season overview, December\nOn 11 December, the board of directors agreed to sack Paco Herrera and to hire former Valencia player Rub\u00e9n Baraja as the new head coach. Baraja was confirmed as manager on 12 December. He started his tenure in Sporting with a huge win by 3\u20130 against Tenerife, but the team showed the same problems when it plays away, during the match at Granada, that ended with a 1\u20132 loss.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 59], "content_span": [60, 435]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276435-0021-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Sporting de Gij\u00f3n season, Season overview, December\nOn 22 December, B-side player Nacho M\u00e9ndez extended his contract until 2021.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 59], "content_span": [60, 136]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276435-0022-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Sporting de Gij\u00f3n season, Season overview, January\n2018 started for Sporting with a 3\u20132 win against C\u00f3rdoba, that were in relegation positions, with Michael Santos netting his second brace in the season. In this match, Sergio \u00c1lvarez came back to the starting XI after an absence of one month due to an injury.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 58], "content_span": [59, 318]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276435-0023-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Sporting de Gij\u00f3n season, Season overview, January\nOn 11 January, former player Jony arrived to Gij\u00f3n for signing until the end of the season, on loan from M\u00e1laga. The club announced his return the next day. One day later after the press release, Real Sporting won again in their second match of the year, this time against Alcorc\u00f3n by a wide 3\u20130.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 58], "content_span": [59, 355]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276435-0024-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Sporting de Gij\u00f3n season, Season overview, January\nOn 18 January, goalkeeper Diego Mari\u00f1o extended his contract with the club until 2022. One day later, Rachid A\u00eft-Atmane was loaned to Belgian side Waasland-Beveren. and on 20 January, Real Sporting lost 3\u20131 to CD Lugo, in a match where after four missed penalty kicks, Carmona netted one. Also in this game, rival goalkeeper Juan Carlos scored a goal.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 58], "content_span": [59, 410]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276435-0025-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Sporting de Gij\u00f3n season, Season overview, January\nOn 26 January, midfielder Moi G\u00f3mez was loaned to Huesca until the end of the season. Just minutes later, the club announced the sign up of Hern\u00e1n Santana from La Liga club Las Palmas, until 2021.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 58], "content_span": [59, 255]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276435-0026-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Sporting de Gij\u00f3n season, Season overview, January\nThe last match of the month ended with a 2\u20130 win against Gimn\u00e0stic thanks to a new goal of Michael Santos and other one made by Rub\u00e9n Garc\u00eda. This was the debut with the first team of right back Adri\u00e1n Montoro.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 58], "content_span": [59, 269]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276435-0027-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Sporting de Gij\u00f3n season, Season overview, January\nIn the last day of the month, Getafe and Sporting agreed to terminate the loan of Stefan \u0160\u0107epovi\u0107, who played 16 league games and scored four goals in his second stage in Gij\u00f3n, and was transferred to Hungarian club Videoton. And just hours before the end of the winter market, Real Sporting agreed the loans of Nano Mesa from Eibar and Alberto Guiti\u00e1n, who played in Sporting three years ago, from Valladolid.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 58], "content_span": [59, 469]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276435-0028-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Sporting de Gij\u00f3n season, Season overview, February\nOn 4 February, Real Sporting lost 2\u20131 against Oviedo in the second Asturian derby of the season, despite scoring first thanks to a goal of Jony. However, the team redeemed itself by beating Numancia in the next week by 2\u20130, achieving coach Rub\u00e9n Baraja his fifth consecutive win at El Molin\u00f3n.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 59], "content_span": [60, 353]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276435-0029-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Sporting de Gij\u00f3n season, Season overview, February\nIn the third match of the month, Real Sporting continued without winning away and only could earn one goalless draw against Lorca FC, that cut their streak of ten consecutive losses. Jony missed a penalty kick in the first half, becoming this one the fifth shot missed in the season out of seven tries.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 59], "content_span": [60, 362]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276435-0030-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Sporting de Gij\u00f3n season, Season overview, February\nThe last match of the month ended with a new home win, the sixth consecutive, against Osasuna by 2\u20130, with goals of Rub\u00e9n Garc\u00eda and Michael Santos, and the team showing a completely different performance at home and away.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 59], "content_span": [60, 282]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276435-0031-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Sporting de Gij\u00f3n season, Season overview, February\nOn 27 February, all-time Sporting's top scorer Quini passed away at the age of 68 after suffering a heart attack.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 59], "content_span": [60, 173]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276435-0032-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Sporting de Gij\u00f3n season, Season overview, March\nWith a 0\u20131 win against last qualified Sevilla Atl\u00e9tico, Real Sporting came back to the play-offs positions fifteen rounds after the last time. Sporting continued their unbeaten streak by defeating 4\u20130 Cultural Leonesa, in a match where Quini was honored, and leaders Huesca away by 2\u20130.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 56], "content_span": [57, 343]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276435-0033-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Sporting de Gij\u00f3n season, Season overview, March\nOn 24 March, Real Sporting beat the leader again, this time Rayo Vallecano thanks to an own goal. Goalkeeper Diego Mari\u00f1o continued unbeaten by seventh consecutive match.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 56], "content_span": [57, 227]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276435-0034-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Sporting de Gij\u00f3n season, Season overview, April\nOn 1 April, Real Sporting came back provisionally to the leadership after beating 1\u20133 Almer\u00eda and taking advantage of the draw between Rayo Vallecano and C\u00e1diz and the postponement of the match between Huesca and Albacete. Michael Santos, who scored his 16th goal in the first minutes, became injured and Diego Mari\u00f1o ended his streak of 764 minutes unbeaten by receiving a penalty kick scored by Rub\u00e9n Alcaraz. One week later, the team beat Reus 2\u20131 for earning their seventh consecutive win, equaling the best streak of the club, in the 1979\u201380 season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 56], "content_span": [57, 611]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276435-0035-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Sporting de Gij\u00f3n season, Season overview, April\nThis record would be beaten at Valladolid, by achieving also the tenth consecutive match without losing. Rub\u00e9n Garc\u00eda scored the only goal in the game played at Estadio Jos\u00e9 Zorrilla, with more than 4,000 supporters who travelled from Gij\u00f3n for watching the match. The winning streak would end after a goalless draw at Estadio Ram\u00f3n de Carranza, against C\u00e1diz CF. However, Real Sporting would continue their streak of 11 games unbeaten, all the league matches played after losing the Asturian derby.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 56], "content_span": [57, 556]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276435-0036-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Sporting de Gij\u00f3n season, Season overview, April\nOn 25 April 2018, Jony was named Player of the Month of March. He received the award at El Molin\u00f3n on 29 April, before the last match of the month, that ended with a 2\u20131 win against Albacete. He and Carmona scored the goals for continuing in the second position after 37 rounds played.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 56], "content_span": [57, 342]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276435-0037-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Sporting de Gij\u00f3n season, Season overview, May\nReal Sporting could not continue their unbeaten streak and was dropped to the third position after a 2\u20131 loss against Real Zaragoza at La Romareda. In the two next weeks, the club would practically end its options to directly promote to La Liga after another two consecutive losses: firstly a surprising one at El Molin\u00f3n, by 2\u20133 against Barcelona and later, against Tenerife with a goal in the 81st minute. In the first of these two matches, manager Rub\u00e9n Baraja was sent off and later sanctioned with four matches after impeding a throw-in.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 54], "content_span": [55, 597]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276435-0038-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Sporting de Gij\u00f3n season, Season overview, May\nOn 27 May, with the win of Rayo Vallecano against Lugo and the win in the previous round of Huesca against the same team, Real Sporting terminated its options to directly promote to La Liga. However, a 2\u20131 win against Granada was enough to assure the qualification to the promotion playoffs.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 54], "content_span": [55, 346]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276435-0039-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Sporting de Gij\u00f3n season, Season overview, June\nReal Sporting finished the regular season with a calamitous 3\u20130 loss at C\u00f3rdoba, ending the regular season in the fourth place and losing the status of top seeded team in the promotion playoffs", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 55], "content_span": [56, 249]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276435-0040-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Sporting de Gij\u00f3n season, Season overview, June\nThe first match of this stage was played on 7 June at Estadio Jos\u00e9 Zorrilla, Valladolid. The Castilians beat Real Sporting by 3\u20131 thanks to ten great minutes where they scored the three goals. Jony nailed in the second half the only goal for the Asturians.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 55], "content_span": [56, 312]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276435-0041-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Sporting de Gij\u00f3n season, Season overview, June\nThere were not any options for Real Sporting at the second leg, as Valladolid quickly avoided any possibility of comeback with two goals in the first half of the match. Carmona, booed when he was replaced, made the last goal of the season by scoring a penalty kick in the 68th minute.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 55], "content_span": [56, 340]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276435-0042-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Sporting de Gij\u00f3n season, Players, From the reserve team\nNote: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 64], "content_span": [65, 193]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276435-0043-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Sporting de Gij\u00f3n season, Pre-season and friendlies\nDue to the conservation works of the pitch of El Molin\u00f3n, the Trofeo Villa de Gij\u00f3n was not played this pre-season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 59], "content_span": [60, 175]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276435-0044-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Sporting de Gij\u00f3n season, Statistics, Disciplinary record\nSource: Only competitive matches = Number of bookings; = Number of sending offs after a second yellow card; = Number of sending offs by a direct red card.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 65], "content_span": [66, 222]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276436-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Sri Lanka Champions League\nThe 2017\u201318 Sri Lanka Champions League is the 33rd season of the Sri Lanka Champions League. The season started on 2 September 2017.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [34, 34], "content_span": [35, 167]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276437-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 St Johnstone F.C. season\nThe 2017\u201318 season was the club's fifth season in the Scottish Premiership and their ninth consecutive season in the top flight of Scottish football. St Johnstone also competed in the Scottish Cup, the League Cup, and after a years absence they competed in qualifying for the Europa League. They were knocked out by FK Trakai in the First qualifying round and finished Eighth place in the League. This was the final season at the club for legends Alan Mannus, Steven MacLean, and Chris Millar, with the latter being rewarded with a testimonial.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [32, 32], "content_span": [33, 577]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276438-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 St Mirren F.C. season\nThe 2017\u201318 season is the club's third season in the Scottish Championship. St Mirren will also compete in the Challenge Cup, the League Cup and the Scottish Cup.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [29, 29], "content_span": [30, 192]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276438-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 St Mirren F.C. season, Month by month review, May\n9 May \u2013 defender Adam Eckersley signed a two-year contract extension with the club, tying him to the club until the summer of 2019. It was also confirmed that Ben Gordon, Andy Webster and Jordan Stewart would leave the club when their contracts expire in the summer.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 57], "content_span": [58, 324]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276438-0002-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 St Mirren F.C. season, Month by month review, May\n11 May \u2013 young defender Jack Baird signed a one-year contract extension with the club.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 57], "content_span": [58, 144]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276438-0003-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 St Mirren F.C. season, Month by month review, May\n15 May \u2013 veteran goalkeeper Jamie Langfield signed a one-year contract extension with the club. It is anticipated that Langfield will fulfil a coaching role, rather than be involved in a playing capacity.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 57], "content_span": [58, 262]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276438-0004-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 St Mirren F.C. season, Month by month review, May\n18 May \u2013 highly rated midfielder Stevie Mallan signed a two-year contract with EFL Championship side Barnsley for an undisclosed fee.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 57], "content_span": [58, 191]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276438-0005-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 St Mirren F.C. season, Month by month review, May\n19 May \u2013 midfielder Josh Todd signed a one-year contract extension with the club after signing in January.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 57], "content_span": [58, 164]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276438-0006-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 St Mirren F.C. season, Month by month review, May\n22 May \u2013 defender Gary MacKenzie became the fifth player to sign a contract extension this summer, signing up for another season with the club. Also on this day, forward Cammy Smith left Aberdeen and joined Saints on a two-year deal, after a successful loan spell last season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 57], "content_span": [58, 334]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276438-0007-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 St Mirren F.C. season, Month by month review, May\n23 May \u2013 midfielder Kyle Hutton was released by the club, when his contract was terminated by mutual agreement.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 57], "content_span": [58, 169]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276438-0008-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 St Mirren F.C. season, Month by month review, May\n24 May \u2013 young midfielder Kyle Magennis signed a new deal with the club, committing him to the summer of 2020.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 57], "content_span": [58, 168]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276438-0009-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 St Mirren F.C. season, Month by month review, May\nAlso on this day, Saints signed goalkeeper Ross M. Stewart from Albion Rovers and midfielder Jordan Kirkpatrick from Alloa Athletic. Both players have penned two-year deals with the club.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 57], "content_span": [58, 245]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276438-0010-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 St Mirren F.C. season, Month by month review, May\n26 May \u2013 Jack Ross recruited two more players when forward Ross C. Stewart signed a two-year contract from Albion Rovers, and defender Gregor Buchanan signed from Dumbarton one a one-year deal.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 57], "content_span": [58, 251]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276438-0011-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 St Mirren F.C. season, Month by month review, June\n2 June \u2013 Saints were paired along with Partick Thistle, Airdrieonians, Stranraer and Livingston in the League Cup draw. Fixtures will commence from 15\u201319 July.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 58], "content_span": [59, 218]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276438-0012-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 St Mirren F.C. season, Month by month review, June\n7 June \u2013 goalkeeper Craig Samson rejoined Saints on a two-year deal after leaving Motherwell, tying him to the club until June 2019.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 58], "content_span": [59, 191]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276438-0013-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 St Mirren F.C. season, Month by month review, June\n12 June \u2013 after impressing in his short time at the club, defender Stelios Demetriou signed a one-year contract extension in June 2017.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 58], "content_span": [59, 194]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276438-0014-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 St Mirren F.C. season, Month by month review, June\n13 June \u2013 striker Gavin Reilly signed a one-year deal after leaving Heart of Midlothian.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 58], "content_span": [59, 147]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276438-0015-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 St Mirren F.C. season, Month by month review, June\n15 June \u2013 defender Gary Irvine signed a one-year contract extension.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 58], "content_span": [59, 127]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276438-0016-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 St Mirren F.C. season, Month by month review, June\n16 June \u2013 young midfielder Nathan Flanagan signed a one-year contract with the club, after graduating from the youth setup.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 58], "content_span": [59, 182]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276438-0017-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 St Mirren F.C. season, Month by month review, June\n27 June \u2013 striker Dale Hilson signed a six-month deal with the club, after leaving Queen of the South.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 58], "content_span": [59, 161]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276438-0018-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 St Mirren F.C. season, Month by month review, June\n29 June \u2013 youngster Lewis McLear left the club by mutual agreement. The midfielder had been at the club for three years, but failed to breakthrough to the first team.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 58], "content_span": [59, 225]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276438-0019-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 St Mirren F.C. season, Month by month review, July\n13 July \u2013 midfielder Ian McShane signed a two-year deal with Saints, after leaving Ross County.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 58], "content_span": [59, 154]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276438-0020-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 St Mirren F.C. season, Month by month review, August\n1 August \u2013 defender Harry Davis joined the club, after being released by Crewe Alexandra. Davis was on loan at Saints last year, and joins on a one-year deal with the option of a further year.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 60], "content_span": [61, 253]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276438-0021-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 St Mirren F.C. season, Month by month review, August\n3 August \u2013 Rocco Quinn left the club by mutual agreement, after just one year of his two-year deal.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 60], "content_span": [61, 160]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276438-0022-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 St Mirren F.C. season, Month by month review, August\n4 August \u2013 Jack Ross and assistant, James Fowler, signed contract extensions with the club \u2013 ensuring they remain with the club until at least 2020.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 60], "content_span": [61, 209]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276438-0023-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 St Mirren F.C. season, Month by month review, August\n10 August \u2013 striker Darryl Duffy signed a one-year deal with Saints, having recently played in India.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 60], "content_span": [61, 162]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276438-0024-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 St Mirren F.C. season, Month by month review, August\n14 August \u2013 Saints signed defender Liam Smith on a one-year loan from Hearts.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 60], "content_span": [61, 138]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276438-0025-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 St Mirren F.C. season, Month by month review, September\n22 September \u2013 Saints signed Celtic defender Jamie McCart on an emergency loan, following injuries and suspensions. McCart signed until 23 December 2017.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 63], "content_span": [64, 217]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276438-0026-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 St Mirren F.C. season, Month by month review, December\n12 December \u2013 striker Danny Mullen signed on an emergency loan from fellow Scottish Championship challengers, Livingston. It was reported than Mullen will sign on a permanent contract in January 2018, when his loan period expires.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 62], "content_span": [63, 293]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276438-0027-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 St Mirren F.C. season, Month by month review, December\n21 December \u2013 forward Ross C. Stewart moved on loan to Scottish League One side Alloa Athletic, until the end of the season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 62], "content_span": [63, 187]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276438-0028-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 St Mirren F.C. season, Month by month review, December\n28 December \u2013 defender Jamie McCart ended his loan period, and returned to Celtic.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 62], "content_span": [63, 145]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276438-0029-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 St Mirren F.C. season, Month by month review, December\n31 December \u2013 forward Dale Hilson was released after his short-term contract expired. He made five appearances for the club, scoring one goal.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 62], "content_span": [63, 205]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276438-0030-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 St Mirren F.C. season, Month by month review, January\n5 January \u2013 Lewis Morgan signed a \u200b4\u00a01\u20442-year contract with Celtic and was immediately loaned back to Saints until the end of the season. The fee was undisclosed, but is thought to have been around \u00a3300,000.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 61], "content_span": [62, 269]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276438-0031-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 St Mirren F.C. season, Month by month review, January\n10 January \u2013 striker Darryl Duffy signed on loan for Scottish League One side Airdrieonians until the end of the season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 61], "content_span": [62, 182]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276438-0032-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 St Mirren F.C. season, Month by month review, January\n11 January \u2013 defender Gregor Buchanan left the club by mutual consent. He made 16 appearances, and scored two goal since joining at the start of the season. He signed for Livingston later in the day.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 61], "content_span": [62, 261]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276438-0033-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 St Mirren F.C. season, Month by month review, January\nAlso on this day, it was confirmed that Danny Mullen had signed a \u200b2\u00a01\u20442-year permanent deal with Saints, tying him to the club until the summer of 2020.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 61], "content_span": [62, 215]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276438-0034-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 St Mirren F.C. season, Month by month review, January\n12 January \u2013 manager Jack Ross received the Scottish Championship December Manager of the Month award.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 61], "content_span": [62, 164]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276438-0035-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 St Mirren F.C. season, Month by month review, January\n15 January \u2013 Saints added to the squad when experienced midfielder Ryan Flynn signed, after being recently released by Oldham Athletic. The 29-year-old joins on a two-and-a-half-year deal.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 61], "content_span": [62, 250]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276438-0036-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 St Mirren F.C. season, Month by month review, January\n16 January \u2013 19-year-old midfielder Mark Hill signed on loan from Celtic until the end of the season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 61], "content_span": [62, 163]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276438-0037-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 St Mirren F.C. season, Month by month review, January\n19 January \u2013 midfielder Jordan Kirkpatrick returned to Alloa Athletic on loan until the end of the season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 61], "content_span": [62, 168]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276438-0038-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 St Mirren F.C. season, Month by month review, January\n31 January \u2013 winger Myles Hippolyte signed on an 18-month contract after being released by Falkirk.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 61], "content_span": [62, 161]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276438-0039-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 St Mirren F.C. season, Month by month review, January\nAlso on this day, youngster Cameron MacPherson signed on loan for Stranraer until the end of the season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 61], "content_span": [62, 166]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276438-0040-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 St Mirren F.C. season, Month by month review, February\n1 February \u2013 defender Jack Baird signed a one-year extension to his current contract, keeping his at Saints until the summer of 2019.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 62], "content_span": [63, 196]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276438-0041-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 St Mirren F.C. season, Month by month review, February\n6 February \u2013 manager Jack Ross received the Scottish Championship January Manager of the Month award, his second such award in a row. Saints captain Stephen McGinn also won the Player of the Month award.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 62], "content_span": [63, 266]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276438-0042-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 St Mirren F.C. season, Month by month review, February\n20 February \u2013 veteran Italian midfielder Massimo Donati signed a short-term contract until the end of the season. Donati left Premiership side Hamilton Academical last month.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 62], "content_span": [63, 237]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276438-0043-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 St Mirren F.C. season, Month by month review, March\n20 March \u2013 Josh Todd signed for Queen of the South on an emergency loan deal until the end of the season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 59], "content_span": [60, 165]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276438-0044-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 St Mirren F.C. season, Month by month review, April\n5 April \u2013 Jack Ross received the Scottish Championship March Manager of the Month award, making it a hat-trick of awards for the season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 59], "content_span": [60, 196]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276438-0045-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 St Mirren F.C. season, Month by month review, April\n14 April \u2013 Saints won the Scottish Championship after a goalless draw at home to Livingston. It ended the club's three-year exile from the Scottish Premiership, after being relegated in 2015.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 59], "content_span": [60, 251]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276438-0046-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 St Mirren F.C. season, Month by month review, April\n20 April \u2013 club captain, Stephen McGinn, penned a new two-year contract with the club after leading Saints to the Scottish Premiership.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 59], "content_span": [60, 195]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276438-0047-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 St Mirren F.C. season, Month by month review, April\n29 April \u2013 Jack Ross was named PFA Manager of the Year, and Lewis Morgan was named Scottish Championship Player of the Year.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 59], "content_span": [60, 184]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276439-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 St. Bonaventure Bonnies men's basketball team\nThe 2017\u201318 St. Bonaventure Bonnies men's basketball team represented St. Bonaventure University during the 2017\u201318 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Bonnies, led by 11th-year head coach Mark Schmidt, played their home games at the Reilly Center in Olean, New York as members of the Atlantic 10 Conference. They finished the season 26\u20138, 14\u20134 in A-10 play to finish in second place. They defeated Richmond in the quarterfinals of the A-10 Tournament before losing in the semifinals to Davidson. They received one of the last four at-large bids to the NCAA Tournament where they defeated UCLA in the First Four before losing in the First Round to Florida.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 53], "section_span": [53, 53], "content_span": [54, 719]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276439-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 St. Bonaventure Bonnies men's basketball team, Previous season\nThe Bonnies finished the 2016\u201317 season 20\u201312, 11\u20137 in A-10 play to finish in fifth place. They received the fifth seed in the A-10 Tournament where they defeated UMass in the second round to advance to the quarterfinals, where they lost to Rhode Island. The Bonnies did not participate in a postseason tournament.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 53], "section_span": [55, 70], "content_span": [71, 385]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276439-0002-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 St. Bonaventure Bonnies men's basketball team, Preseason\nIn a poll of the league\u2019s head coaches and select media members at the conference's media day, the Bonnies were picked to finish second in the A-10. Seniors Jaylen Adams and Matt Mobley were named to the conference's preseason first team.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 53], "section_span": [55, 64], "content_span": [65, 303]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276440-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 St. Bonaventure Bonnies women's basketball team\nThe 2017\u201318 St. Bonaventure Bonnies women's basketball team represents the St. Bonaventure University during the 2017\u201318 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Bonnies, led by second year head coach Jesse Fleming, play their home games at Reilly Center and were members of the Atlantic 10 Conference. They finished the season 8\u201322, 3\u201313 in A-10 play to finish in a tie for eleventh place. They lost in the first round of the A-10 Women's Tournament to George Mason.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 55], "section_span": [55, 55], "content_span": [56, 529]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276440-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 St. Bonaventure Bonnies women's basketball team, Media\nAll non-televised Bonnies home games air on the A-10 Digital Network. WGWE continue to be the radio broadcaster for the team. Chris Russell is the team's play-by-play voice; no color commentator is used.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 55], "section_span": [57, 62], "content_span": [63, 266]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276441-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 St. Cloud State Huskies women's ice hockey season\nThe St. Cloud State Huskies women's ice hockey program represent St. Cloud State University during the 2017-18 NCAA Division I women's ice hockey season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 57], "section_span": [57, 57], "content_span": [58, 211]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276442-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 St. Francis Brooklyn Terriers men's basketball team\nThe 2017\u201318 St. Francis Brooklyn Terriers men's basketball team represented St. Francis College during the 2017\u201318 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Terrier's home games were played at the Generoso Pope Athletic Complex. The team has been a member of the Northeast Conference since 1981. They were coached by Glenn Braica, who was in his eighth year at the helm of the Terriers. The Terriers finished the season 13\u201318, 10\u20138 in NEC play to finish in a tie for fourth place. As the No. 5 seed in the NEC Tournament, they lost LIU Brooklyn in the quarterfinals.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 59], "section_span": [59, 59], "content_span": [60, 629]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276442-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 St. Francis Brooklyn Terriers men's basketball team, Previous season\nThe Terriers finished the 2016\u201317 season 4\u201327, 2\u201316 in NEC play. It marked the first time since the 1993\u201394 season that the Terriers finished 10th in the NEC. It also represented the second consecutive losing season for the Terriers and the first season in Braica's tenure that the Terriers missed the NEC Tournament.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 59], "section_span": [61, 76], "content_span": [77, 394]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276442-0002-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 St. Francis Brooklyn Terriers men's basketball team, Offseason\nThe Terriers had three freshman transfer from the program after only one year: Robert Montgomery Jr., Gianni Ford, and Jahmel Bodrick. All three played significant minutes last season; Ford, and Bodrick averaged 14.5 minutes per game, and Montgomery averaged 18.7 minutes per game.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 59], "section_span": [61, 70], "content_span": [71, 352]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276442-0003-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 St. Francis Brooklyn Terriers men's basketball team, Offseason\nThe Terriers added two freshman guards, Jalen Jordan and Chauncey Hawkins, and a junior college transfer Milja Cosic. Jordan, a 6'3\" guard, finished his high school career in 2016, averaging 17.5 points a game as a senior and scored over 1,000 career points. Hawkins, a 5'8\" guard, earned first-team All-North Jersey honors this past season after averaging 19.2 points, 4.9 rebounds, 4.1 assists and 3.4 steals. Cosic, a 6'6\" forward, will have three years of eligibility after playing one season at Frank Phillips College in Borger, Texas. Last season, Cosic played in only 15 games for the Plainsmen after suffering an early-season ankle injury, and averaged 6.9 points and 4.2 rebounds per game in 22.0 minutes per contest.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 59], "section_span": [61, 70], "content_span": [71, 797]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276442-0004-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 St. Francis Brooklyn Terriers men's basketball team, Preseason\nIn a poll of league coaches at the NEC media day, the Terriers were picked to finish in last place.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 59], "section_span": [61, 70], "content_span": [71, 170]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276443-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 St. Francis Brooklyn Terriers women's basketball team\nThe 2017\u201318 St. Francis Brooklyn Terriers women's basketball team represented St. Francis College during the 2017\u201318 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Terrier's home games were played at the Generoso Pope Athletic Complex. The team has been a member of the Northeast Conference since 1988. St. Francis Brooklyn is coached by John Thurston, who was in his sixth year at the helm of the Terriers. They finished the season 13\u201317, 9\u20139 in NEC play to finish in a tie for third place. They lost in the quarterfinals of the NEC Tournament to LIU Brooklyn.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 61], "section_span": [61, 61], "content_span": [62, 624]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276443-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 St. Francis Brooklyn Terriers women's basketball team\nAfter the 2017-18 season head coach John Thurston retired from coaching the St. Francis Terriers women's basketball team.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 61], "section_span": [61, 61], "content_span": [62, 183]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276444-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 St. John's Red Storm men's basketball team\nThe 2017\u201318 St. John's Red Storm men's basketball team represented St. John's University during the 2017\u201318 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. They were coached by alumnus and Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame member Chris Mullin, in his third year at the school. They played their home games at Carnesecca Arena and Madison Square Garden as members of the Big East Conference. They finished the season 16\u201317, 4\u201314 in Big East play to finish in tie for ninth place. They beat Georgetown in the first round of the Big East Tournament before losing to Xavier in the quarterfinals.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 50], "section_span": [50, 50], "content_span": [51, 643]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276444-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 St. John's Red Storm men's basketball team, Previous season\nThe Red Storm finished the 2016\u201317 season with a record of 14\u201319, 7\u201311 in Big East play to finish in eighth place in conference. They defeated Georgetown in the first round of the Big East Tournament before losing to Villanova in the quarterfinals.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 50], "section_span": [52, 67], "content_span": [68, 316]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276444-0002-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 St. John's Red Storm men's basketball team, Preseason\nIn a preseason poll of Big East coaches, the Red Storm was picked to finish in sixth place in the Big East. Sophomore guards Marcus LoVett and Shamorie Ponds were named to the preseason All-Big East second team.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 50], "section_span": [52, 61], "content_span": [62, 273]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276445-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 St. John's Red Storm women's basketball team\nThe 2017\u201318 St. John's Red Storm women's basketball team represented St. John's University during the 2017\u201318 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Red Storm, led by sixth-year head coach Joe Tartamella, played their games at Carnesecca Arena and were members of the Big East Conference. They finished the season 19\u201315, 9\u20139 in Big East play to finish in a tie for fifth place. They lost in the quarterfinals of the Big East Women's Basketball Tournament to Creighton. They received an automatic bid to the Women's National Invitation Tournament where they defeated Marist, Penn and Duquesne in the first, second and third rounds before losing to West Virginia in the quarterfinals.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 52], "section_span": [52, 52], "content_span": [53, 743]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276446-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 St. Lawrence Saints women's ice hockey season\nThe St. Lawrence Saints represent St. Lawrence University in ECAC women's ice hockey during the 2017\u201318 NCAA Division I women's ice hockey season. In the off-season, Kennedy Marchment was drafted by the Buffalo Beauts as the second overall pick in the NWHL draft.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 53], "section_span": [53, 53], "content_span": [54, 317]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276447-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 St. Louis Blues season\nThe 2017\u201318 St. Louis Blues season was the 51st season for the National Hockey League franchise that was established on June 5, 1967. The Blues missed the playoffs for the first time since the 2010\u201311 season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [30, 30], "content_span": [31, 239]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276447-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 St. Louis Blues season, Off-season\nThe Blues made a decision to change the goalie coach on May 9, 2017, allowing Martin Brodeur to concentrate on his front office duties. Brodeur will lead the search for a new goalie coach.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 42], "content_span": [43, 231]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276447-0002-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 St. Louis Blues season, Off-season\nAll the other assistant coaches were let go on May 16. The team's president of hockey operations and general manager Doug Armstrong announced that Ray Bennett, Steve Thomas, Rick Wilson and Ty Conklin will not return to the Blues' coaching staff next season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 42], "content_span": [43, 301]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276447-0003-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 St. Louis Blues season, Off-season\nArmstrong announced on May 16 that the Blues had ended their minor league affiliation with the Chicago Wolves of the American Hockey League (AHL). The Wolves then became the first affiliate of the NHL expansion team, the Vegas Golden Knights. With 31 teams in the NHL and 30 teams in the AHL, the Blues would partner with the Golden Knights and continue sending prospects to the Wolves while also looking into having their own affiliate for the 2018\u201319 season. They would eventually affiliate with the Tulsa Oilers of the ECHL in August.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 42], "content_span": [43, 580]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276447-0004-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 St. Louis Blues season, Off-season\nArmstrong announced on May 24, that Darryl Sydor, has been named assistant coach, signing a three-year contract. He spent last season as an assistant with AHL's Chicago Wolves, helping the club finish first in the Central Division in the regular season and reach the second round of the 2017 Calder Cup playoffs. Prior to that one season, he served as an assistant on Blues head coach Mike Yeo's staff during his five-season stint with the Minnesota Wild. Before beginning his coaching career, Sydor, the seventh overall draft pick to the Los Angeles Kings in 1990, appeared in 1,291 NHL regular season games across 18 seasons. The Edmonton, Alberta native played his final NHL season in St. Louis in 2009\u201310.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 42], "content_span": [43, 752]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276447-0005-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 St. Louis Blues season, Off-season\nOn May 25, Armstrong announced that former Blues' player Steve Ott, was signed for three years as an assistant coach.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 42], "content_span": [43, 160]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276447-0006-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 St. Louis Blues season, Off-season\nOn June 2, Armstrong announced that recently retired Blues' defenseman Barret Jackman, signed as their new development coach. Jackman said that as the team's development coach, he would primarily be working with prospects and draft picks, whether they are playing at the college, junior or AHL level. He was drafted by the Blues in the first round (17th overall) in 1999, ranks second on the club's all-time games played list with 803 games, trailing only Bernie Federko with 927.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 42], "content_span": [43, 523]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276447-0007-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 St. Louis Blues season, Off-season\nOn June 15, Armstrong finished his coaching changes, hiring Craig Berube as associate coach, Daniel Tkaczuk as an assistant and skills coach, and David Alexander as the team's goalie coach. Berube was behind the Philadelphia Flyers' bench for two seasons as its head coach (2013-2015), after spending parts of seven as an assistant. He also played 1,054 games in the NHL with the Flyers, Washington Capitals, Calgary Flames, Toronto Maple Leafs and the New York Islanders. He took over the Blues' AHL affiliate last season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 42], "content_span": [43, 566]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276447-0007-0001", "contents": "2017\u201318 St. Louis Blues season, Off-season\nIn one year, he led the Chicago Wolves to a record of 44\u201319\u201313 for 101 points, a 27-point improvement over 2015\u201316. Tkaczuk was the sixth overall pick of the Calgary Flames in 1997, but the center played just 19 games in the NHL. His professional career ended in 2011, and he began coaching in the Ontario Hockey League (OHL) beginning in 2012. All three coaches were popular with the minor-league players in Chicago last season, particularly Berube. Alexander's hiring was welcome news to Allen, as both are natives of New Brunswick, and met when the Blues' goalie was just 14.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 42], "content_span": [43, 621]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276447-0008-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 St. Louis Blues season, Off-season\nThe Blues lost David Perron (LW) in the expansion draft for the new Vegas Golden Knights team on June 21. An established team could only lose one unprotected player during the draft to an expansion team. The Blues released their list of seven forwards, three defensemen, and one goalie, but Perron was not protected. All first and second-year professional players were exempt from the expansion draft, so players such as Robby Fabbri and Colton Parayko, who just completed their second seasons, did not have to be protected and did not count towards the Blues' protected list.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 42], "content_span": [43, 619]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276447-0009-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 St. Louis Blues season, Off-season\nPatrik Berglund (C) had successful shoulder surgery on June 27, to repair his left shoulder he dislocated during a training session in Sweden. He is expected to be out until sometime in December. Berglund's surgery was performed by the Blues orthopedic surgeons Dr. Rick Wright, Dr. Matt Matava and Dr. Matthew Smith at the Washington University Orthopedic Center. Last season, Berglund posted a career high in goals (23) and finished with 34 points in 82 games played. For his career, the 29-year-old V\u00e4ster\u00e5s, Sweden native has played in 637 regular season games, scoring 151 goals and 145 assists (296 points).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 42], "content_span": [43, 656]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276447-0010-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 St. Louis Blues season, Off-season\nZach Sanford (LW), dislocated his left shoulder on the first day of training camp, September 16, and will miss at least five months. Jay Bouwmeester (D) suffered a left ankle fracture after a puck hit him, and will be re-evaluated in three weeks.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 42], "content_span": [43, 289]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276447-0011-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 St. Louis Blues season, Off-season\nOn September 28, the Blues announced that Robby Fabbri (C), 21, will be lost for the season after re-injuring his repaired left knee during training camp. He originally tore his ACL on February 4. He is expected to make a full recovery and is projected to participate in training camp when it begins next September, but he has been ruled out to play at any point this season or postseason.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 42], "content_span": [43, 433]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276447-0011-0001", "contents": "2017\u201318 St. Louis Blues season, Off-season\nHe had surgery on the knee on November 7. Dr. Bernard Bach first performed surgery on Fabbri's knee on Feb. 28 in Chicago, and he was cleared to play on July 31. Fabbri then re-injured his knee during training camp before undergoing today's operation. Fabbri has appeared in 123 career regular season games with the Blues, recording 66 points (29 goals, 37 assists) and 52 penalty minutes.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 42], "content_span": [43, 432]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276447-0012-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 St. Louis Blues season, Regular season, October\nThe Blues announced on October 10, they signed a five-year affiliation agreement with the San Antonio Rampage of the AHL to start with the 2018\u201319 season. For the 2017\u201318 season, as the Blues had no official AHL affiliation, agreed to send players to both their former AHL affiliate, the Chicago Wolves, and to the Rampage, which was still the primary AHL affiliate of the Colorado Avalanche.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 55], "content_span": [56, 448]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276447-0013-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 St. Louis Blues season, Regular season, October\nFor only the second time in their 51-year history, the Blues won their first four games of the season on October 10. They previously did it in the 2013-14 season, losing in their fifth game. Carter Hutton, in his first start of the season, made 32 saves on 33 shots, with the team winning 3-1.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 55], "content_span": [56, 349]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276447-0014-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 St. Louis Blues season, Regular season, October\nAlexander Steen (LW) returned to active duty from his fractured hand on October 18, to help beat the Chicago Blackhawks 5-2 at home. He missed six games, and six of the seven pre-season games. Wade Megan (C) was placed on waivers. Jaden Schwartz (LW) scored a hat trick, including the third, an empty-netter 51 seconds remaining in the game. It was his third career hat trick, and the first for a Blues' player against the Blackhawks since Pierre Turgeon did it in 1998.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 55], "content_span": [56, 526]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276447-0015-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 St. Louis Blues season, Regular season, October\nBefore the October 27 game, after playing 10, the Blues rank third in the league in a \"funny stat\" with 165 blocked shots. Joel Edmundson (D) ranks second in the NHL with 33, and defense pair Carl Gunnarsson is 14th with 23. The pair are one of four teammate pairs in the top-15.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 55], "content_span": [56, 335]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276447-0016-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 St. Louis Blues season, Regular season, October\nThe team ended a brilliant month of October, 10-2-1 (21 points; HOME: 5-0-0, ROAD: 5-2-1) scoring 44 goals, giving up 30 in 13 games, and reside in first place in both the Central Division and the Western Conference.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 55], "content_span": [56, 272]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276447-0017-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 St. Louis Blues season, Regular season, November\nThe Blues beat the Toronto Maple Leafs at home on November 4, (6-4) seen across Canada on Hockey Night in Canada. Brayden Schenn made a career high of four assists. Team scoring leader Jaden Schwartz had three assists, and defenseman-captain Alex Pietrangelo scored two goals.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 56], "content_span": [57, 333]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276447-0018-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 St. Louis Blues season, Regular season, November\nArianna \"Ari\" Dougan, 11, died from neuroblastoma cancer on the morning of November 11, after an eight-year fight. She had a large influence on the Blues. She had a special bond with Vladimir Tarasenko, who invited her on a road trip with the team the past March. The trip came together after she met Tarasenko in 2015, at the team's Hockey Fights Cancer night. Tarasenko invited her to celebrate her birthday with the team. He visited her in the hospital three days before her suffering ended.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 56], "content_span": [57, 551]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276447-0018-0001", "contents": "2017\u201318 St. Louis Blues season, Regular season, November\nThe \"Blues had a pregame moment of silence for Ari Dougan; it may have been the longest and quietist moment of silence I've seen\" tweeted reporter Tom Timmermann that Saturday night. Use and , if you share a story or memory about her on social media. Ari's family will drop the puck before the Hockey Fights Cancer Game against the Los Angeles Kings on December 1. Ari's friend Vladimir Tarasenko will take the faceoff. Fans in attendance are encouraged to use their cell phone's flashlight feature during the puck drop to help #SpreadArisLight ahead of the game. Fans can help raise money to fight cancer by purchasing autographed mystery pucks or special edition lapel pins outside Section 114 at the game. Fans can also download an \"I Fight For\" sign at stlouisblues.com/HFC to display on their social media accounts.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 56], "content_span": [57, 878]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276447-0019-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 St. Louis Blues season, Regular season, November\nJay Bouwmeester (D) returned to play on November 21, after missing the first 21 games due to a fractured ankle suffered from a puck, on the third day of training camp, September 17.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 56], "content_span": [57, 238]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276447-0020-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 St. Louis Blues season, Regular season, November\nAlex Pietrangelo (D), and captain, was named on November 21, the early favorite for the Norris Trophy, as the best defenseman in the NHL from a panel of 18 NHL staff members after the first quarter of the season. After 21 games, he has scored seven goals and 12 assists (19 points), with a +9 rating. He received 73 points in the voting including nine first-place votes. He was the only player to appear on all 18 ballots. Erik Karlsson of the Ottawa Senators ranked second with six first-place votes (61 points). The trophy is awarded at the NHL Awards ceremony in June.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 56], "content_span": [57, 628]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276447-0021-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 St. Louis Blues season, Regular season, November\nPatrik Berglund (C), was activated before the November 29 game, after missing the first 24 games due to a shoulder injury suffered while training in Sweden. He had surgery in June. In the 2015-16 season, he had surgery on the other shoulder, missing the first three months of the season. To make room to activate Berglund from injured reserve, the Blues have placed defenseman Nate Prosser on waivers.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 56], "content_span": [57, 458]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276447-0021-0001", "contents": "2017\u201318 St. Louis Blues season, Regular season, November\nDespite long-term injuries to several key players, the Blues have managed to record a 17-6-1 record (35 points) through the season's first 24 games, which is good for the best record in the League. Berglund (shoulder), Robby Fabbri (knee), Zach Sanford (shoulder), and Jay Bouwmeester (ankle) have all missed significant time with injuries.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 56], "content_span": [57, 397]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276447-0022-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 St. Louis Blues season, Regular season, November\nThe team ended a so-so month of November, 7-5-0 (14 points; HOME: 4-4-0, ROAD: 3-1-0) scoring 42 goals, giving up 36, and kept their hold in first place by a narrow margin in both the Central Division and the Western Conference over the Winnipeg Jets (34 points), and Nashville Predators (33 points) after 25 games. The Blues earned a total of 35 points, 17-7-1 (HOME: 9-4-0, ROAD: 8-3-1), scoring a total of 86 goals, giving up 66 goals, with the 86 scoring goals leading the Western Conference. The 35 points was second in the NHL to the Tampa Bay Lightning with 36 points (17-6-2) after the same 25 games. The Toronto Maple Leafs also had 35 points but they played 27 games (17-9-1).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 56], "content_span": [57, 743]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276447-0023-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 St. Louis Blues season, Regular season, December\nThe Blues will wear bedazzled jerseys during warm-ups before the December 1, Hockey Fights Cancer game, to honor Arianna \"Ari\" Dougan, who died on November 11, at the age of 11, after battling neuroblastoma for eight years. Her family will drop the puck prior to Friday's game as Vladimir Tarasenko takes the faceoff. The bedazzled jerseys will be autographed and auctioned online at Blues.gesture.com beginning Friday. Fans can also text \"BLUES\" to 52182 to bid. The auction ends December 4, and proceeds will benefit cancer research organizations.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 56], "content_span": [57, 606]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276447-0024-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 St. Louis Blues season, Regular season, December\nBrayden Schenn scored a hat trick in the Blues' 4-3 win over the Montreal Canadiens in Montreal on December 5, breaking the Blues' three-game losing skid and the Canadiens' five-game winning streak. It was his third hat trick of his career, the first with the Blues. With his three goals, he leaped from 10 to 13, to be the co-leader in team goals with Jaden Schwartz, but trailing Schwartz by one point (an assist) with 33.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 56], "content_span": [57, 481]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276447-0025-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 St. Louis Blues season, Regular season, December\nGoalie Jake Allen, 27, tied Blues' Hall of Fame goalie Glenn Hall (1967\u201371, 139 games, 2.43 GAA) for third place on the franchise's All-time shutout list with his 16th, at the Scottrade Center, against former coach Ken Hitchcock's Dallas Stars on December 7. Allen stopped all 29 shots, shutting out the Stars for the third time in 11 games against them. Allen has played 184 games to tie Hall. The Blues regained first place in the Central Division and Western Conference with their 19th win (40 points), over the Nashville Predators (18 wins, 40 points), and Winnipeg Jets (17 wins, 38 points).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 56], "content_span": [57, 653]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276447-0026-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 St. Louis Blues season, Regular season, December\nJaden Schwartz (LW), was placed on injured reserve the next day after his right ankle injury suffered when blocking a shot in Detroit on December 9. He shares ninth in the NHL overall with 35 points (14 goals, 21 assists), and ranks second with a +23 rating through 30 games this season. He will be re-evaluated after six weeks. Ivan Barbashev was recalled from the Chicago Wolves.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 56], "content_span": [57, 438]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276447-0027-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 St. Louis Blues season, Regular season, December\nAlex Pietrangelo (D) was also injured in the same game as Schwartz, and was placed on injured reserve, December 12. He shares second among all defenseman with seven goals and ranks fifth with 23 points overall through 30 games this season. Jordan Schmaltz was recalled from the San Antonio Rampage. Pietrangelo was activated prior to the December 17 game, missing four games.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 56], "content_span": [57, 432]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276447-0028-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 St. Louis Blues season, Regular season, December\nFor the third time in a week, another Blues' player was placed on the IR. Jay Bouwmeester (D) was having a nagging injury that forced him out of the December 12 game, hosting against the Eastern Division leading Tampa Bay Lightning with the Blues leading the Western Conference, both with 44 points., and he also missed the December 14 game before the team put him on the IR, December 15. The Blues recalled Samuel Blais.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 56], "content_span": [57, 478]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276447-0029-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 St. Louis Blues season, Regular season, December\nCarter Hutton set a franchise record when he stopped all 48 shots against him by the Winnipeg Jets on December 16. Chris Mason had 47 saves in a shutout on November 25, 2008, against the Nashville Predators. Hutton's shutout was the first for him this season and the ninth of his career. It vaulted him into first place among goalies dropping his GAA from 1.88 to 1.63 and also first with a 0.949 Save Percentage, which was 0.936 before his shutout. According to the Elias Sports Bureau, Hutton's 48-save performance was the most saves in a shutout by any NHL goaltender since Jan. 6, 2015, when the Colorado Avalanche's Semyon Varlamov stopped 54 shots in a 2-0 win against the Chicago Blackhawks.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 56], "content_span": [57, 755]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276447-0030-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 St. Louis Blues season, Regular season, December\nRookie Tage Thompson (C) scored his first NHL goal, but the Blues squandered 1-0 and 2-1 leads in the third period in Edmonton, and lost 2-3 on December 21, all five scored in the third period, with the winning goal 0:50 from the end of regulation.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 56], "content_span": [57, 305]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276447-0031-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 St. Louis Blues season, Regular season, December\nGM Doug Armstrong signed a four-year extension with the Blues on December 27, with a team option for a fifth year. He was named the 11th General Manager in Blues history during the 2010 off-season. Since taking the reins, Armstrong has led the Blues to a 337-185-56 (.631) regular-season record which serves as the fourth-best mark in the NHL since the 2010-11 campaign.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 56], "content_span": [57, 427]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276447-0032-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 St. Louis Blues season, Regular season, December\nThe Blues finished December exactly at the half-way point after playing on December 31, their 41st game, tied with the Arizona Coyotes for the most played in the NHL. They went a middling 7-8-1, ending the first half at 24-15-2 (50 points; HOME: 4-4-0, ROAD: 3-4-1), on-pace for a 100-point season. In the 15 games played, they scored 33 goals (2.2 per game), giving up 36 (2.4 per game), for the first half scoring 119 (2.9 per game), giving up 102 (2.5 per game).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 56], "content_span": [57, 522]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276447-0032-0001", "contents": "2017\u201318 St. Louis Blues season, Regular season, December\nThere was a noticeable drop in offense for the month after Jaden Schwartz (LW) was placed on IR after an ankle injury in their 30th game on December 9. In playing one-half of their schedule by December 31, they have more time for rest and recovery from injuries between games in 2018, with only seven of their 41 remaining games coming on a consecutive game date. After their December 31 game, they ranked 3rd in the Central Division and 5th in the Western Conference.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 56], "content_span": [57, 525]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276447-0032-0002", "contents": "2017\u201318 St. Louis Blues season, Regular season, December\nTheir 51 wins in calendar year 2017 were the second-most in the NHL, only to the Washington Capitals who had 58. The Blues ranked second overall for the month of December with a 93.9% success rate on the penalty kill. Opponents scored just three power-play goals on 49 chances last month. From October through November of this season, the Blues ranked 27th in the League at 75.9%.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 56], "content_span": [57, 437]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276447-0033-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 St. Louis Blues season, Regular season, January\nThe Blues ended the Vegas Golden Knights eight-game winning streak and 13-game point streak with a 2-1 win on January 4. It was the Knights first regulation loss since December 1. The Knights (Pacific Division) lead the Western Conference with 56 points, the Blues third now with 54 points, and the Winnipeg Jets second with 55 points. The winning streak and point streak are the longest in NHL history by a team in its inaugural season. According to Elias Sports Bureau, the eight straight wins by Vegas was the most of any major professional sports team in North America in its inaugural season since the Denver Nuggets of the National Basketball Association won eight in a row from Oct. 22-Nov. 9, 1976.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 55], "content_span": [56, 762]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276447-0034-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 St. Louis Blues season, Regular season, January\nAlexander Steen (LW) scored in the first period in the 2-1 win over the Vegas Golden Knights for his 427th point with the Blues, tying him with Keith Tkachuk for eighth place in the Blues all-time list. The Top 10 all-time list is: Bernie Federko - 1,073 \u00a0 2. Brett Hull - 936 \u00a0 3. Brian Sutter - 636 \u00a0 4. Garry Unger - 575 \u00a0 5. Pavol Demitra - 493 \u00a0 6. David Backes - 460 \u00a0 7. Al MacInnis - 452 \u00a0 8. Steen and Tkachuk - 427 \u00a0 10. Red Berenson - 412.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 55], "content_span": [56, 506]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276447-0035-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 St. Louis Blues season, Regular season, January\nOn January 10, the NHL announced that two Blues had made the roster for the 2018 NHL All-Star Game in Tampa, Florida for the Jan. 27-28 weekend. Brayden Schenn (C) and Alex Pietrangelo (D) were chosen. Both were picked the first time for an All-Star Game. Schenn has posted 43 points (17 goals, 26 assists) and a plus-19 rating through 45 games. Overall, he ranks 14th in points, 20th in goals and assists, second in game-winning goals (6) and ninth in even-strength points (31) and plus/minus.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 55], "content_span": [56, 550]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276447-0035-0001", "contents": "2017\u201318 St. Louis Blues season, Regular season, January\nSchenn is also the only player in the NHL that has been perfect on shootouts this season (3-for-3). Pietrangelo has collected 29 points (seven goals, 22 assists) and a plus-15 rating through 41 games. Among all defensemen, he ranks 10th in points, second in even-strength points (21), eighth in goals, 12th in assists, ninth in plus/minus and ninth in ice-time per game (25:36). Pietrangelo is also one of just seven defensemen averaging more than three-and-a-half minutes of power-play time, and two minutes of shorthanded time per game. For the third straight season, the All-Star Game will feature a three-game tournament, played in a 3-on-3 format, showcasing teams from each division competing for a $1 million winner-take-all prize pool.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 55], "content_span": [56, 799]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276447-0036-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 St. Louis Blues season, Regular season, January\nFormer Blues' owner, Mike Shanahan died on January 15, at 78. He was also the general partner and chairman from 1986 until 1995. He was elected to the Missouri Sports Hall of Fame in 1997, and the St. Louis University Billikens soccer Hall of Fame, played on their 1959 and 1960 national championship teams. The Blues present owner Tom Stillman, and former players issued statements on his passing.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 55], "content_span": [56, 454]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276447-0037-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 St. Louis Blues season, Regular season, January\nInjured LW Jaden Schwartz took the ice for the first time on January 15, since his December 9 injury. He was originally expected to be re-evaluated six weeks after being placed on injured reserve on December 10. He was activated on January 25, after missing 20 games from an ankle injury on December 9. To make room on the roster, Magnus Paajarvi (LW) was placed on waivers. The Blues were 20\u20138\u20132 and averaging 3.3 goals per game when Schwartz was injured. In the past 20 games, the Blues were 9\u201310\u20131 and averaging a league-worst 2.1 goals per game. He is third in scoring with 35 points (14 G, 21 A), trailing only Schenn (49 pts.) and Tarasenko (46 pts. ).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 55], "content_span": [56, 714]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276447-0038-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 St. Louis Blues season, Regular season, January\nThe Blues finished January with a very good 7-3-1 record (HOME: 5-2-0, ROAD: 2-1-1). For the season, they are 31-18-3 (65 pts., HOME: 18-10-0, ROAD: 13-8-3), ranking 3rd in the Central Division and 4th in the Western Conference. They scored 32 goals, giving up 29 in the 11 games, with their worst, the January 9 game when they gave up seven. They have scored a total of 151 goals, giving up 131, for a +20 Goal Difference.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 55], "content_span": [56, 479]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276447-0039-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 St. Louis Blues season, Regular season, February\nDefenseman Joel Edmundson, 24, had successful surgery on February 9, after suffering a broken right forearm in the February 8 game against the Colorado Avalanche during the first period. He was placed on the IR and will be re-evaluated in six weeks. The Blues have recalled Chris Butler from the San Antonio Rampage (AHL). Edmundson played in all 56 games until his injury, setting a new career high with six goals and tying his high with 15 points. He is in his third season with the Blues.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 56], "content_span": [57, 548]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276447-0039-0001", "contents": "2017\u201318 St. Louis Blues season, Regular season, February\nButler, 31, has appeared in 47 games for the Rampage this season, leading the team's defense with 23 points (eight goals, 15 assists). A native of St. Louis, he is a 6-foot-1, 205-pound defenseman, amassing 84 points (13 goals, 71 assists) in 388 career NHL regular season games, including stints with Buffalo (Sabres), Calgary (Flames), and St. Louis.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 56], "content_span": [57, 409]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276447-0040-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 St. Louis Blues season, Regular season, February\nZach Sanford (LW), 23, is close to returning to the active roster after suffering a dislocated left shoulder on the first day of training camp last September 16. The initial estimate was five to six months, and this upcoming February 16\u201318 weekend marks five months. He was activated from the IR, and assigned to the San Antomio Rampage (AHL) on February 15. He has not played a game in almost a year. He was part of the Feb. 27, 2017 trade that sent Kevin Shattenkirk to the Washington Capitals.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 56], "content_span": [57, 553]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276447-0040-0001", "contents": "2017\u201318 St. Louis Blues season, Regular season, February\nThe Blues also acquired a first-round pick in 2017, conditional draft picks, and prospect Brad Malone (signed with Edmonton Oilers on Jul. 3, 2017), in the deal. In 13 regular-season games with the Blues last season, Sanford scored two goals and three assists. He also made four appearances in the Stanley Cup Playoffs.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 56], "content_span": [57, 376]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276447-0041-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 St. Louis Blues season, Regular season, February\nOn February 15, the Blues acquired Nikita Soshnikov (RW/LW), 24, from the Toronto Maple Leafs, in exchange for a fourth-round draft pick in 2019. He played in 70 career games with the Maple Leafs since the 2015-16 season, recording seven goals and seven assists (14 points). A native of Nizhny Tagil, Russia, Soshnikov went undrafted in the NHL but played two seasons in the Kontinental Hockey League before signing a three-year deal with the Maple Leafs in 2015.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 56], "content_span": [57, 520]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276447-0041-0001", "contents": "2017\u201318 St. Louis Blues season, Regular season, February\nCurrently on injured reserve after a conditioning stint with the AHL's Toronto Marlies, Soshnikov has been practicing with the Maple Leafs since February 13. He will report to St. Louis in 7\u201310 days after he has obtained a U.S. visa. He will be added to the active roster when he obtains his visa and is cleared to play by team doctors. He is 5' 11\" (181\u00a0cm), 190 pounds (86\u00a0kg). He was activated on February 23, and played his first game with the team on February 25.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 56], "content_span": [57, 525]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276447-0042-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 St. Louis Blues season, Regular season, February\nRobert Bortuzzo (D), was placed on the injured reserve list February 22, with a left knee injury suffered in the February 16 game.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 56], "content_span": [57, 187]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276447-0043-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 St. Louis Blues season, Regular season, February\nA season high six-game losing streak (1 point, OT) from February 11\u201325 (34-25-4, 72 pts. ), pushed the Blues out of the top eight playoff spots, with 19 games to play. They were shut-out 4-0 in back-to-back games on February 23,25 and have lost twice to the now-first-place Central Division leaders Nashville Predators on February 13 and 25.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 56], "content_span": [57, 398]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276447-0044-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 St. Louis Blues season, Regular season, February\nHours before the trade deadline at 2pm on February 26, Paul Stastny (C), 32, was traded to the Winnipeg Jets, for a first-round conditional 2018 draft pick, a fourth-round 2020 draft pick, and prospect Erik Foley (RW), 20. The Blues get the fourth-rounder only if they fail to re-sign Foley on or before Aug. 15, 2019. Foley was a third-round pick by Winnipeg, No. 78 overall, in 2015. Stastny is scheduled to be an unrestricted free agent at the end of the season, and the Blues would have likely lost him for nothing.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 56], "content_span": [57, 576]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276447-0044-0001", "contents": "2017\u201318 St. Louis Blues season, Regular season, February\nHe played in all 63 games, with 12 goals and 28 assists for 40 points. He waived his no-trade clause for the trade to happen. Foley is 6-foot, 185 pounds (84\u00a0kg) playing in 32 games for Providence College with 34 points (15 goals, 19 assists, 14 penalty minutes). He is from Mansfield, Massachusetts. He has played for three seasons at Providence.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 56], "content_span": [57, 404]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276447-0045-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 St. Louis Blues season, Regular season, February\nThe Blues finished February with a very bad 4-8-1 record (HOME: 2-4-0, ROAD: 2-4-1), with the final game, a 2-1 win breaking a season-high seven-game losing streak. For the season (65 G), they are 35-26-4 (74 pts., HOME: 20-14-0, ROAD: 15-12-4), ranking 5th in the Central Division and 9th in the Western Conference, just outside of the two Wild Card spots. They scored 27 goals, giving up 42 in the 13 games, with their worst, the February 27 game when they gave up eight. They have scored a total of 178 goals, giving up 173, for a +5 Goal Difference.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 56], "content_span": [57, 610]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276447-0046-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 St. Louis Blues season, Regular season, March\nRobert Bortuzzo (D) was activated before the March 3 game, after missing five games with a left knee injury on February 16. He was placed on the IR on February 22.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 53], "content_span": [54, 217]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276447-0047-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 St. Louis Blues season, Regular season, March\nJay Bouwmeester (D) is finished for the season on March 5, after his left hip injury was deemed too severe to continue playing, with an estimated four-to-six months overall. He had been playing since early December 2017, getting injections instead of opting for surgery, which he will have soon. Also on March 5, Scottie Upshall (D) is lost for at least four weeks with a left MCL sprain. Both are 34 years old.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 53], "content_span": [54, 465]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276447-0048-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 St. Louis Blues season, Regular season, March\nCarter Hutton (G) suffered a neck injury on March 8 before the game, necessitating an emergency call-up of Ville Husso, 23, on March 9. The Blues signed goalie Ben Wexler to serve as the emergency backup to Jake Allen for the late-night game in San Jose.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 53], "content_span": [54, 308]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276447-0049-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 St. Louis Blues season, Regular season, March\nJoel Edmundson (D) was activated from the IR and returned to the lineup earlier on March 15 for the night's game, almost a full week sooner than anticipated. He missed 13 games from a broken right forearm in a February 8 game. He leads the team with 53 penalty minutes, has six goals and nine assists for 15 points, with a -1 +/- in 56 games.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 53], "content_span": [54, 396]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276447-0050-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 St. Louis Blues season, Regular season, March\nTop goal-scorer Vladimir Tarasenko was injured in the first period of the March 17 game with an upper-body injury, and did not return. He is day-to-day and will miss his first game of the season on March 18. Through 70 games this season, Tarasenko leads the Blues in goals (27) and shares the team lead in points (58), before Brayden Schenn scored the OT game-winner in that March 17 game, giving him the team lead with 59 points.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 53], "content_span": [54, 484]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276447-0051-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 St. Louis Blues season, Regular season, March\nAlex Pietrangelo (D) was named the NHL First Star of the Week for the week of March 12\u201318 in three games. He led all NHL players with nine points. He became the 10th defenseman to record a four-point game (March 18) this season. He has set new single-season career highs in both goals (15) and game-winning goals (5), and one point off his career high in points with 50, with 10 games remaining. His 35 assists are tied for the team lead with Brayden Schenn (C). Among defensemen in Blues history, he ranks third in points (353) and goals (80), second in assists (273) and game-winning goals (20), and fifth in games played (607).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 53], "content_span": [54, 684]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276447-0052-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 St. Louis Blues season, Regular season, March\nJaden Schwartz (LW), was voted One of the Most Underrated Players, receiving 6.8% of the players' votes in the , second only to the 8.6% received by Niklas Backstrom (Washington Capitals). Playing 52 games of the 72 through March 19 this season, Schwartz ranks third on the club in points (51). He has 20 goals, 31 assists and a team-leading plus/minus rating of plus-19.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 53], "content_span": [54, 425]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276447-0053-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 St. Louis Blues season, Regular season, March\nGoing into the March 21 game against the Boston Bruins, the Blues are 19-9-1 (.672) against Eastern Conference teams, which is the third-best win percentage among Western Conference teams. Their third consecutive overtime win that evening, against the Bruins gave the Blues a 20-9-1 (.683) win percentage against Eastern Conference teams. They are 20-19-4 (.512) win percentage against Western Conference teams. The win (40-28-5, 85 points) pushed the Blues into 9th place, two points behind the Los Angeles Kings for the second Western wild card, and three points behind the Colorado Avalanche for the first wild card spot. The Bruins (45-17-10; 100 points) joined the Tampa Bay Lightning in a playoff spot from the Eastern Conference. The Nashville Predators are the only team to secure a spot in the post-season from the Western Conference.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 53], "content_span": [54, 897]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276447-0054-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 St. Louis Blues season, Regular season, March\nVladimir Tarasenko returned to the lineup for the March 23 game, missing two games after injured in the March 17 game.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 53], "content_span": [54, 172]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276447-0055-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 St. Louis Blues season, Regular season, March\nCarl Gunnarsson (D) left the March 23 game after a lower-body injury in the first period, after colliding with an opposing player and fell into the boards. In 62 games this season, Gunnarsson has scored five goals and four assists (9 points), with a plus-15 rating. He tore his left knee ACL, and will miss the final eight games of the regular season and the playoffs. He will undergo surgery once the swelling subsides, and will be re-evaluated in six months. He played in 63 games, penalized for 22 minutes.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 53], "content_span": [54, 563]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276447-0056-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 St. Louis Blues season, Regular season, March\nThe Blues got back into the playoff picture, as the first wild-card team with their sixth consecutive win on March 27, with six games remaining. They are 43-28-5 (91 points), good for fourth place in the Central Division and seventh place in the Western Conference. Four of the six wins have come in overtime.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 53], "content_span": [54, 363]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276447-0057-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 St. Louis Blues season, Regular season, March\nJordan Schmaltz (D) left the March 30 game in the first period with an upper-body injury and did not return. The Blues activated newly-acquired free agent Mitch Reinke (D), 22, who will make his NHL debut in the March 31 game. He is a student-athlete at Michigan Tech finishing his second season with the Huskies, scoring three goals and 21 assists, with a +8 rating in 35 games. He signed a two-year deal with the Blues on March 25. He is 5' 11\" (180\u00a0cm), 181 pounds (82\u00a0kg).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 53], "content_span": [54, 530]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276447-0058-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 St. Louis Blues season, Regular season, March\nScottie Upshall (LW), 34, was injured in the March 31 game, with a lacerated left kidney. He is lost for the remainder of the season. He was in 63 games, earning 19 points (seven goals, 12 assists) and 46 penalty minutes in his third season with the Blues, 15th overall playing in 759 games, earning 138 goals, 147 assists (285 points), and 615 penalty minutes.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 53], "content_span": [54, 415]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276447-0059-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 St. Louis Blues season, Regular season, March\nThe Blues finished March with a good 8-3-2 record (HOME: 4-1-0, ROAD: 4-2-2), with the March 31 game their worst, an embarrassing 0-6 shutout by the last-place (8th-Pacific Division, 16th Western Conf., 3rd-worst NHL) Arizona Coyotes, (prior 27-40-11, 65 pts., 195 GF, 248 GA).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 53], "content_span": [54, 331]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276447-0059-0001", "contents": "2017\u201318 St. Louis Blues season, Regular season, March\nFor the season (78 G), they are 43-29-6 (92 pts., HOME: 24-15-0, ROAD: 19-14-6), ranking 5th in the Central Division and 9th in the Western Conference, just one point behind Colorado of the final Wild Card spot, and two points behind the Los Angeles for the top Wild Card spot, but the Blues have played one less game. They scored 37 goals, giving up 35 in the 13 games. They have scored a total of 215 goals, giving up 208, for a +7 Goal Difference. They have four games remaining in the regular season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 53], "content_span": [54, 558]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276447-0060-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 St. Louis Blues season, Regular season, April\nThe Blues beat the Chicago Blackhawks, 4-1, on April 6, to jump over the Colorado Avalanche (93 points) for the final (8th place) Wild Card spot (94 points), but then lost to the Avalanche in regulation, 2-5, in the final game of the season on April 7, to drop out of the playoffs. Because of tie-breakers favoring the Blues over the Avalanche, the Blues only needed a tie in regulation to gain the point and rank at eighth place in the Conference to be in the playoffs. The Avalanche go on to play the first place Nashville Predators in the first round of the playoffs. The captain, Alex Pietrangelo, played in his 617th game, passing Bob Plager for second place as a Blues' defenseman. Barret Jackman holds the top spot with 803 games played.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 53], "content_span": [54, 798]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276447-0061-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 St. Louis Blues season, Regular season, April\nVladimir Tarasenko (RW), 26, sustained a dislocated shoulder in the April 7 final game. He will undergo surgery on April 11, and be out four to six months. He played in 80 games this season, ranking first on the team in goals (33) and second in points (66).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 53], "content_span": [54, 311]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276447-0062-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 St. Louis Blues season, Schedule and results, Preseason\nNotes: Game was played in Cranberry Township, Pennsylvania. Game was played at Sprint Center in Kansas City, Missouri.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 63], "content_span": [64, 183]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276447-0063-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 St. Louis Blues season, Schedule and results, Regular season\nThe regular season schedule was published on June 22, 2017.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 68], "content_span": [69, 128]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276447-0064-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 St. Louis Blues season, Schedule and results, Regular season\nLegend:\u00a0\u00a0Win (2 points)\u00a0\u00a0Loss (0 points)\u00a0\u00a0Overtime/shootout loss (1 point)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 68], "content_span": [69, 143]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276447-0065-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 St. Louis Blues season, Player statistics, Skaters\nFinal on April 7, 2018BOLD = leads team in category Italics = on IR, injured, or not in Blues organization", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 58], "content_span": [59, 165]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276447-0066-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 St. Louis Blues season, Draft picks\nBelow are the St. Louis Blues' selections at the 2017 NHL Entry Draft, which was held on June 23\u201324, 2017 at the United Center in Chicago.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 43], "content_span": [44, 182]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276448-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Stade Malherbe Caen season\nThe 2017\u201318 Stade Malherbe Caen season was the 105th season of the club since its creation in 1913, the 17th in Ligue 1.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [34, 34], "content_span": [35, 155]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276448-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Stade Malherbe Caen season, Players, Current squad\nNote: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 58], "content_span": [59, 187]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276448-0002-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Stade Malherbe Caen season, Players, Out on loan\nNote: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 56], "content_span": [57, 185]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276449-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Stade Rennais F.C. season\nThe 2017\u201318 Stade Rennais F.C. season was the 116th professional season of the club since its creation in 1901. During this campaign the club competed in the following competitions: Ligue 1, Coupe de France, Coupe de la Ligue. Rennes had one of their best seasons in recent memory, finishing 5th and qualifying for the 2018-19 Europa League, the club's first European appearance since reaching the qualifying rounds of the 2008-09 UEFA Cup.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [33, 33], "content_span": [34, 474]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276449-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Stade Rennais F.C. season, Players\nNote: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 42], "content_span": [43, 171]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276450-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Stade de Reims season\nThe 2017\u201318 season was the 88th season in the existence of Stade de Reims and the club's second consecutive season in the second division of French football. In addition to the domestic league, Reims participated in this season's editions of the Coupe de France and the Coupe de la Ligue.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [29, 29], "content_span": [30, 318]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276450-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Stade de Reims season, Players, First-team squad\nNote: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality. Where a player has not declared an international allegiance, nation is determined by place of birth.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 56], "content_span": [57, 286]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276451-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Stanbic Bank 20 Series\nThe 2017\u201318 Stanbic Bank 20 Series was planned to be the seventh edition of the Stanbic Bank 20 Series, a Twenty20 cricket tournament in Zimbabwe. The competition was scheduled to start in April 2018 and would have included a new team, the Rising Stars, along with the existing four teams. Two foreign teams were also expected to be included in the competition. Originally the T20 tournament was scheduled to open the Zimbabwean 2017\u201318 domestic calendar in September 2017. However, it was moved back to April as it clashed with other T20 competitions being held, before eventually being cancelled.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [30, 30], "content_span": [31, 629]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276451-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Stanbic Bank 20 Series, Teams\nThe following teams were scheduled to compete in the tournament:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 37], "content_span": [38, 102]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276452-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Stanford Cardinal men's basketball team\nThe 2017\u201318 Stanford Cardinal men's basketball team represented Stanford University during the 2017\u201318 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Cardinal, led by second-year head coach Jerod Haase, played their home games at Maples Pavilion as members of the Pac-12 Conference. They finished the season 19\u201316, 11\u20137 in Pac-12 play, finishing in a three-way tie for third place. As the No. 5 seed in the Pac-12 Tournament, they defeated California in the first round before losing to UCLA in the quarterfinals. They received an invitation to the National Invitation Tournament where they defeated BYU in the first round before losing to Oklahoma State in the second round.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 47], "section_span": [47, 47], "content_span": [48, 721]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276452-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Stanford Cardinal men's basketball team, Previous season\nThe Cardinal finished the 2016\u201317 season 14\u201317, 6\u201312 in Pac-12 play to finish in ninth place. They lost in the first round of the Pac-12 Tournament to Arizona State.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 47], "section_span": [49, 64], "content_span": [65, 230]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276453-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Stanford Cardinal women's basketball team\nThe 2017\u201318 Stanford Cardinal women's basketball team represented Stanford University during the 2017\u201318 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Cardinal, led by thirty-second year head coach Tara VanDerveer, played their home games at the Maples Pavilion and were members of the Pac-12 Conference. They finished the season 24\u201311, 14\u20133 in Pac-12 play to finish in second place. They advanced to the championship game of the Pac-12 Women's Tournament where they lost to Oregon. They received an at-large the NCAA Women's Tournament where they defeated Gonzaga and Florida Gulf Coast in the first and second rounds before losing to Louisville in the sweet sixteen.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 49], "section_span": [49, 49], "content_span": [50, 719]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276454-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Stephen F. Austin Ladyjacks basketball team\nThe 2017\u201318 Stephen F. Austin Ladyjacks basketball team represented Stephen F. Austin University during the 2017\u201318 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Ladyjacks were led by third year head coach Mark Kellogg and played their home games at the William R. Johnson Coliseum. They were members of the Southland Conference. They finish the season 25\u20137, 12\u20136 in Southland play to finish in second place. They advanced to the championship game of the Southland Women's Tournament where they lost to Nicholls State. They received an at-large bid to the WNIT where they lost in the first round to George Mason.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 51], "section_span": [51, 51], "content_span": [52, 665]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276454-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Stephen F. Austin Ladyjacks basketball team, Previous season\nThe Ladyjacks finished the 2016\u201317 season with and overall record of 25\u20138 and 14\u20134 in Southland play to finish in fourth place. They lost in the finals of the Southland Women's Tournament to Central Arkansas. The Ladyjacks were invited to the WBI losing in the first round to UT-RGV.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 51], "section_span": [53, 68], "content_span": [69, 352]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276455-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Stephen F. Austin Lumberjacks basketball team\nThe 2017\u201318 Stephen F. Austin Lumberjacks basketball team represented Stephen F. Austin State University during the 2017\u201318 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Lumberjacks were led by second-year head coach Kyle Keller and played their home games at the William R. Johnson Coliseum in Nacogdoches, Texas as members of the Southland Conference. They finished the season 28\u20137, 14\u20134 in Southland play to finish in third place. They defeated Central Arkansas, Nicholls State, and Southeastern Louisiana to become champions of the Southland Tournament. They received the Southland's automatic bid to the NCAA Tournament where they lost in the First Round to Texas Tech.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 53], "section_span": [53, 53], "content_span": [54, 727]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276455-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Stephen F. Austin Lumberjacks basketball team\nOn May 20, 2020, following the discovery of an administrative error in certifying eligibility for student-athletes, Stephen F. Austin reached an agreement with the NCAA to vacate hundreds of wins across multiple sports from 2013 to 2019, including all 117 men's basketball wins from the 2014\u201315 to 2018\u201319 seasons.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 53], "section_span": [53, 53], "content_span": [54, 368]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276455-0002-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Stephen F. Austin Lumberjacks basketball team, Previous season\nThe Lumberjacks finished the 2016\u201317 season 18\u201318, 12\u20136 in Southland play to finish in a three-way tie for second place. They defeated Lamar in the quarterfinals of the Southland Tournament to advance to the semifinals where they lost to Texas A&M\u2013Corpus Christi. They were invited to the CollegeInsider.com Tournament where they lost in the first round to Idaho.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 53], "section_span": [55, 70], "content_span": [71, 434]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276456-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Stetson Hatters men's basketball team\nThe 2017\u201318 Stetson Hatters men's basketball team represented Stetson University during the 2017\u201318 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Hatters, led by fifth-year head coach Corey Williams, played their home games at the Edmunds Center in DeLand, Florida as members of the Atlantic Sun Conference. They finished the season 12\u201320, 4\u201310 in ASUN play to finish in seventh place. They lost in the quarterfinals of the ASUN Tournament to Lipscomb.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [45, 45], "content_span": [46, 497]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276456-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Stetson Hatters men's basketball team, Previous season\nThe Hatters finished the 2016\u201317 season 11\u201321, 3\u201311 in ASUN play to finish in a tie for seventh place. They lost in the quarterfinals of the ASUN Tournament to Florida Gulf Coast.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [47, 62], "content_span": [63, 242]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276457-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Stetson Hatters women's basketball team\nThe 2017\u201318 Stetson Hatters women's basketball team represents Stetson University in the 2017\u201318 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Hatters, led by tenth year head coach Lynn Bria, play their home games at Edmunds Center and were members of the Atlantic Sun Conference. They finished the season 17\u201315, 8\u20136 in A-Sun play to finish in third place. They lost in the quarterfinals of the A-Sun Women's Tournament to North Florida. They were invited to the Women's Basketball Invitational where they lost to South Alabama in the first round.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 47], "section_span": [47, 47], "content_span": [48, 596]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276457-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Stetson Hatters women's basketball team, Media\nAll home games and conference road are shown on ESPN3 or A-Sun.TV. Non conference road games are typically available on the opponents website. Audio broadcasts of Hatters games can be found on WSBB AM 1230/1490 with Ryan Rouse on the call.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 47], "section_span": [49, 54], "content_span": [55, 294]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276458-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Stevenage F.C. season\nThe 2017\u201318 season was Stevenage's fourth consecutive season in League Two and their 42nd year in existence. Along with competing in League Two, the club also participated in the FA Cup, EFL Cup and EFL Trophy.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [29, 29], "content_span": [30, 240]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276458-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Stevenage F.C. season\nThe season covers the period from 1 July 2017 to 30 June 2018.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [29, 29], "content_span": [30, 92]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276458-0002-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Stevenage F.C. season, Competitions, Friendlies\nOn 19 May 2017, Stevenage announced their first two friendlies for pre-season. Four days later, a third home pre-season match, against Millwall was confirmed. Six further pre-season fixtures were revealed two days later.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 55], "content_span": [56, 276]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276458-0003-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Stevenage F.C. season, Competitions, Friendlies\nOn 20 July 2017, it was announced the planned friendly against Cheshunt had been cancelled.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 55], "content_span": [56, 147]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276458-0004-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Stevenage F.C. season, Competitions, FA Cup\nOn 16 October 2017, Stevenage were drawn at home against Nantwich Town in the first round. Another home tie against Swindon Town was confirmed for the second round. A third home tie was announced for the third round, with Championship side Reading the visitors.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 51], "content_span": [52, 313]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276458-0005-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Stevenage F.C. season, Competitions, EFL Cup\nOn 16 June 2017, Stevenage were drawn away to Millwall in the first round.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 52], "content_span": [53, 127]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276458-0006-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Stevenage F.C. season, Competitions, EFL Trophy\nOn 12 July 2017, Stevenage were drawn in Southern Group G alongside Brighton & Hove Albion U23s, Milton Keynes Dons and Oxford United.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 55], "content_span": [56, 190]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276459-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Stoke City F.C. season\nThe 2017\u201318 Stoke City season was the club's tenth season in the Premier League and the 62nd in the top tier of English football.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [30, 30], "content_span": [31, 160]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276459-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Stoke City F.C. season\nThere were major changes to the Stoke squad in the summer of 2017 with the departures of Marko Arnautovi\u0107, Phil Bardsley, Joselu, Jonathan Walters, Philipp Wollscheid and Glenn Whelan whilst Giannelli Imbula, Bojan Krki\u0107 and Marc Muniesa left on season-long loans. Coming into the team were Eric Maxim Choupo-Moting, Darren Fletcher, Bruno Martins Indi, Josh Tymon and Kevin Wimmer with Jes\u00e9 and Kurt Zouma joining on loan.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [30, 30], "content_span": [31, 454]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276459-0002-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Stoke City F.C. season\nStoke initially made a good start to the season with a 1\u20130 win against Arsenal and a 2\u20132 draw with Manchester United. However their defensive problems returned as heavy defeats against Chelsea (4\u20130), Manchester City (7\u20132), Liverpool (3\u20130), Tottenham Hotspur (5\u20131) and West Ham United (3\u20130) saw supporters turn against Mark Hughes. After an embarrassing FA Cup exit at League Two Coventry City in January, Hughes had his contract terminated by the club, and he was replaced by the former Aston Villa and Norwich City manager Paul Lambert. Lambert managed to improve the leaky defence but it left Stoke anemic as an attacking side meaning they were unable to see out victories and escape the relegation zone, Stoke finishing in 19th position three points from safety, ending their ten-year spell in the Premier League.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [30, 30], "content_span": [31, 847]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276459-0003-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Stoke City F.C. season, Pre-season\nOn 16 May 2017 Stoke announced that mobile game, Top Eleven, will be the club's sleeve sponsor. Stoke announced pre-season friendly's against Swiss sides Neuch\u00e2tel Xamax and BSC Young Boys in the Uhrencup, Championship sides Bolton Wanderers and Sheffield United, League Two Crewe Alexandra, Bundesliga side RB Leipzigand Ligue 1 side AS Monaco.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 42], "content_span": [43, 388]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276459-0004-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Stoke City F.C. season, Pre-season\nStoke announced their retained list on 26 May 2017, departing the club were goalkeepers Shay Given and Daniel Bachmann whilst U23 players, Liam Edwards, Harry Isted, Joel Taylor and George Waring also left the club. Stoke's first signing of the 2017\u201318 season was Scottish veteran Darren Fletcher on a free from West Bromwich Albion. The Stoke squad returned to training on 5 July 2017 and on the same day Stoke completed the signing of young left-back Josh Tymon from Hull City. On 7 July 2017 Jonathan Walters joined Burnley for \u00a33 million after spending seven years with the Potters. The squad then departed for their Swiss training camp near Biel/Bienne on 9 July 2017. Prior to the first match of pre-season Belgian U23 duo Julien Ngoy and Thibaud Verlinden were promoted to the first team.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 42], "content_span": [43, 839]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276459-0005-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Stoke City F.C. season, Pre-season\nHowever they also suffered a blow with the news that Marko Arnautovi\u0107 had submitted a transfer request. Stoke began their pre-season with a 1\u20130 win against Swiss Challenge League side Neuch\u00e2tel Xamax with Igor Djuric scoring a late own goal. BSC Young Boys were Stoke's final opponents in the Uhrencup on 12 July 2017. The Swiss side scored twice either side of half-time through Guillaume Hoarau and Yoric Ravet. Stoke hit back with goals from Charlie Adam and Marc Muniesa and the match ended in a 2\u20132 draw.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 42], "content_span": [43, 552]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276459-0005-0001", "contents": "2017\u201318 Stoke City F.C. season, Pre-season\nThe winner was determined by a penalty shoot-out with Stoke winning 4\u20133 after 16 spot kicks. Stoke's last match in Switzerland was a 4\u20132 defeat against AS Monaco. On 20 July 2017 long serving Glenn Whelan joined Aston Villa after nine years with the Potters. Defender Kurt Zouma arrived on a season-long loan from Chelsea.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 42], "content_span": [43, 365]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276459-0006-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Stoke City F.C. season, Pre-season\nStoke sold Arnautovi\u0107 to West Ham United for a club record fee of \u00a320 million before they beat Amiens SC 1\u20130 at the Stade de la Licorne, Diouf scoring the only goal. On 25 July 2017 Phil Bardsley joined Burnley and Stoke lost 2\u20131 at Championship side Sheffield United. City then beat Bolton Wanderers 2\u20131 on 29 July with Joselu scoring twice. Stoke played German side FC St. Pauli on 1 August 2017 to mark the start of a strategic partnership between the two clubs. St. Pauli won 4\u20132 with Joselu scoring a second consecutive brace. Stoke ended a busy pre-season programme with a match against RB Leipzig at the Red Bull Arena. Despite falling behind early on to an Emil Forsberg penalty, City won the match 2\u20131 with a header from Diouf and an own goal from Marvin Compper.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 42], "content_span": [43, 815]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276459-0007-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Stoke City F.C. season, Premier League\nThe 2017\u201318 season fixtures were announced on 14 June with Stoke beginning the campaign away at Everton.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 46], "content_span": [47, 151]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276459-0008-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Stoke City F.C. season, Premier League, August\nFor the season opener at Goodison Park, Mark Hughes decided to play a 5\u20132\u20133 formation, giving debuts to new arrivals Darren Fletcher and Kurt Zouma. In what was evenly contested match, the Toffees were able to claim a 1\u20130 win thanks to a Wayne Rooney header in first half stoppage time. Stoke's best chance came in the final minute of the match when Jordan Pickford produced a fine save to deny a long range strike from Xherdan Shaqiri.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 54], "content_span": [55, 491]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276459-0009-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Stoke City F.C. season, Premier League, August\nStoke's first home match of the season was against old adversaries Arsenal. The capacity of the bet365 Stadium was now at just over 30,000 following the filling in of the south-east corner. A new record crowd of 29,459 witnessed the Potters win 1\u20130 with new loan signing Jes\u00e9 scoring just after half time. Arsenal had 77% ball possession but were unable to force an equalizer although Alexandre Lacazette did have a goal ruled out for a tight offside.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 54], "content_span": [55, 506]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276459-0010-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Stoke City F.C. season, Premier League, August\nStoke ended August with the short trip to the Hawthorns to take on Tony Pulis' West Bromwich Albion. In a match of few chances the Baggies took the lead through Jay Rodriguez in the 61st minute. A defensive mix up between Ben Foster and Ahmed Hegazi allowed Peter Crouch to head into an empty net to earn Stoke a 1\u20131 draw.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 54], "content_span": [55, 377]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276459-0011-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Stoke City F.C. season, Premier League, September\nHughes gave a debut to his new \u00a318 million defender, Kevin Wimmer for the visit of Manchester United who arrived in the Potteries having won all their first three matches without conceding. Stoke put in a strong performance and took the lead on 43 minutes through Eric Maxim Choupo-Moting. That lead was short lived however as a header from Paul Pogba was deflected in by Marcus Rashford. The Red Devils then went in front through Romelu Lukaku on 57 minutes. Jes\u00e9 forced David de Gea into a fine save and from the resulting corner Choupo-Moting scored his second goal and the match ended in a 2\u20132 draw.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 57], "content_span": [58, 661]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276459-0012-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Stoke City F.C. season, Premier League, September\nStoke then made the long trip to St James' Park to play against newly promoted Newcastle United. Stoke put in a disappointing performance and lost 2\u20131 with Christian Atsu and Jamaal Lascelles finding the net either side of a Xherdan Shaqiri strike. The result could have been worse had former striker, Joselu not squandered several good chances.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 57], "content_span": [58, 403]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276459-0013-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Stoke City F.C. season, Premier League, September\nAfter a disappointing exit in the League Cup, Stoke faced the champions, Chelsea without defenders, Cameron, Shawcross, Wimmer and Zouma. Chelsea took full advantage of Stoke's defensive injuries and won 4\u20130 with \u00c1lvaro Morata hitting a hat-trick.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 57], "content_span": [58, 305]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276459-0014-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Stoke City F.C. season, Premier League, September\nThe Potters ended September with a home match against Mauricio Pellegrino's Southampton. Stoke took the lead on 40 minutes with Mame Biram Diouf heading in a Shaqiri corner, and they had the chance to double their lead after Saido Berahino was brought down in the penalty area by Virgil van Dijk. Berahino, still without a Stoke goal, took the penalty but it was poor and easily saved by Fraser Forster. The Saints drew level on 75 minutes through an acrobatic strike from Japanese defender Maya Yoshida, but Stoke claimed victory with Crouch tapping in from close range.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 57], "content_span": [58, 629]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276459-0015-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Stoke City F.C. season, Premier League, October\nFollowing the international break Stoke faced a daunting trip to title favorites Manchester City and Mark Hughes decided to give a debut to academy graduate Tom Edwards. Stoke made a terrible start to the match and were three down after half and hour with goals from Gabriel Jesus, Raheem Sterling and David Silva. Stoke briefly made a comeback with a goal from Diouf and an own goal from Kyle Walker but Stoke had no answer to Man City's fast attacking play and goals from Jesus, Fernandinho, Leroy San\u00e9 and Bernardo Silva condemned Stoke to their second heaviest Premier League defeat.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 55], "content_span": [56, 643]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276459-0016-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Stoke City F.C. season, Premier League, October\nStoke then lost again the following week at home to Eddie Howe's Bournemouth which increased supporter unrest towards Mark Hughes. The Cherries scored two quick fire goals in the first half through Andrew Surman and a penalty from Junior Stanislas, Diouf scored his third goal in as many matches but it ended 2\u20131. Despite the defeat the Stoke board insisted that they still back Hughes.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 55], "content_span": [56, 442]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276459-0017-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Stoke City F.C. season, Premier League, October\nAfter conceding 20 goals the first nine matches Hughes decided to employ a defensive approach away at in-form Watford. The change in approach paid off as Stoke ground out a 1\u20130 win thanks to a volley from Darren Fletcher. There were a number of confrontations during the match with Hornets captain Troy Deeney later being charged with violent conduct. The FA also charged both Watford and Stoke for failing to control their players.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 55], "content_span": [56, 488]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276459-0018-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Stoke City F.C. season, Premier League, November\nCity's first match of November was against Claude Puel's Leicester City at home. The Foxes were the brighter side in the first half and took the lead through Vicente Iborra. Shaqiri equalized for Stoke before half time but Riyad Mahrez put Leicester back in front after 60 minutes. Peter Crouch came off the bench and headed past Kasper Schmeichel to earn Stoke a 2\u20132 draw.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 56], "content_span": [57, 430]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276459-0019-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Stoke City F.C. season, Premier League, November\nStoke then made the long trip south for their first match at the Falmer Stadium, to play against Brighton & Hove Albion in what was the first top flight meeting between the clubs since 1983. Choupo-Moting scored after 28 minutes after being put through by Shaqiri. Pascal Gro\u00df leveled for Brighton just before half time but Stoke responded instantly with a header from Kurt Zouma. However Stoke again failed to hold on to their lead and Jos\u00e9 Izquierdo earned Chris Hughton's side a point.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 56], "content_span": [57, 545]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276459-0020-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Stoke City F.C. season, Premier League, November\nStoke played bottom of the table Crystal Palace on 25 November and were beaten 2\u20131. Shaqiri had given Stoke the lead with a fine individual goal but Palace scored through Ruben Loftus-Cheek and Mamadou Sakho.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 56], "content_span": [57, 265]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276459-0021-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Stoke City F.C. season, Premier League, November\nThe Potters ended a poor November with a 3\u20130 home defeat against Liverpool with goals from Sadio Man\u00e9 and two from Mohamed Salah.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 56], "content_span": [57, 186]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276459-0022-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Stoke City F.C. season, Premier League, December\nStoke began the Christmas period with a narrow victory over relegation rivals Swansea City. Wilfried Bony gave the Swans an early lead before two quick goal from Shaqiri and Diouf set Stoke up for a 2\u20131 win. After the match it was revealed that Jese left the bench before the end of the match and was subsequently fined by Hughes.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 56], "content_span": [57, 387]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276459-0023-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Stoke City F.C. season, Premier League, December\nCity then had a rare trip to Wembley, the temporary home of Tottenham Hotspur. Stoke put in an embarrassing performance, losing 5\u20131. This prompted a furious reaction from the Stoke supporters who chanted against the manager. This continued back at Stoke train station where angry supporters confronted Hughes and the players.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 56], "content_span": [57, 382]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276459-0024-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Stoke City F.C. season, Premier League, December\nStoke fell to another defeat this time going down 1\u20130 away at in-form Burnley at Turf Moor, Ashley Barnes scoring the only goal in the 88th minute.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 56], "content_span": [57, 204]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276459-0025-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Stoke City F.C. season, Premier League, December\nThe next home match against David Moyes' West Ham United was delayed by an hour after a power cut effected the bet365 Stadium and surrounding area. West Ham took the lead in controversial circumstances as Mark Noble scored from the spot after Manuel Lanzini went down in the area under minimal contact from Pieters and was later charged with diving by the FA. Stoke failed to get back into the match and further goals from Diafra Sakho and ex-Stoke player Marko Arnautovic lead to more fan unrest towards Hughes.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 56], "content_span": [57, 569]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276459-0026-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Stoke City F.C. season, Premier League, December\nPrior to the match against Midland's rivals West Bromwich Albion, Hughes had to reject claims that his job at Stoke was under threat. Joe Allen and Choupo-Moting put Stoke into a 2\u20130 half time lead against the Baggies but a mistake by Shawcross let in Salom\u00f3n Rond\u00f3n to score. West Brom put Stoke under considerable pressure but a counterattack in the final moments allowed Ramadan Sobhi to score his first Premier League goal to make it 3\u20131.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 56], "content_span": [57, 499]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276459-0027-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Stoke City F.C. season, Premier League, December\nOn Boxing day the Potters travelled to Huddersfield Town in what was the first top flight meeting between the clubs since 1972. City made a terrible start as Tom Ince gave the home side an early lead and then Shawcross had to leave due to injury. Ramadan scored his second goal in two matches and the game ended in a 1\u20131 draw.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 56], "content_span": [57, 383]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276459-0028-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Stoke City F.C. season, Premier League, December\nStoke's final match of a poor 2017 saw them travel to champions Chelsea. Hughes decided to play a weakened team in order to rest players for the match against relegation rivals Newcastle United on New Years Day and Chelsea went on to win 5\u20130.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 56], "content_span": [57, 299]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276459-0029-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Stoke City F.C. season, Premier League, January\nHughes's decision to rest players against Chelsea backfired as Newcastle United won 1\u20130, Ayoze Perez scoring the only goal of a poor quality match.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 55], "content_span": [56, 203]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276459-0030-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Stoke City F.C. season, Premier League, January\nAfter losing 2\u20131 to League Two side Coventry City in the FA Cup, on 6 January, Hughes was sacked by the club bringing an end to his four and a-half year spell as manager. Former Aston Villa, Blackburn Rovers, Norwich City and Wolverhampton Wanderers manager Paul Lambert was chosen by the board as Hughes' successor. The board had previously approached Quique S\u00e1nchez Flores and Martin O'Neill but were unsuccessful.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 55], "content_span": [56, 472]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276459-0031-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Stoke City F.C. season, Premier League, January\nEddie Niedzwiecki took charge of Stoke's trip to Manchester United with Lambert watching on high in the stands at Old Trafford. Despite Stoke putting in an improved performance Man United proved far too strong and won 3\u20130 with goals from Romelu Lukaku, Anthony Martial and Antonio Valencia.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 55], "content_span": [56, 346]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276459-0032-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Stoke City F.C. season, Premier League, January\nPaul Lambert's first match in charge of the Potters was against fellow relegation rivals Huddersfield Town. Under Lambert Stoke showed more energy and urgency but were unable to trouble Terriers 'keeper Jonas L\u00f6ssl in the opening 45. In the second half goals from Allen and Diouf earned Stoke a vital 2\u20130 victory to move them out of the relegation places.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 55], "content_span": [56, 411]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276459-0033-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Stoke City F.C. season, Premier League, January\nOn 31 January Stoke brought in Senegalese midfielder Badou Ndiaye from Turkish club Galatasaray for a fee of \u00a314 million. Stoke then played out a drab goalless draw against Watford.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 55], "content_span": [56, 237]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276459-0034-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Stoke City F.C. season, Premier League, February\nThe Potters made the long trip to Bournemouth and took an early lead through a Shaqiri header. Stoke dominated the first half however the Cherries turned the match around in the second half and inflicted a damaging defeat on Stoke.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 56], "content_span": [57, 288]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276459-0035-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Stoke City F.C. season, Premier League, February\nStoke then missed a golden opportunity to claim three points against Brighton. Shaqiri had cancelled out Izquierdo opener before in the dying stages Stoke were awarded a penalty after Jese was fouled by Dale Stephens. Charlie Adam took the kick but saw his effort saved by Mathew Ryan and Adam was then unable to score the rebound.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 56], "content_span": [57, 388]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276459-0036-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Stoke City F.C. season, Premier League, February\nCity were then left to rue another missed opportunity in their next match at Leicester City. Stoke took the lead just before half time through another Shaqiri strike and were doing well to hold off a pacey Leicester side. However an uncharacteristic error from Jack Butland handed Leicester a draw.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 56], "content_span": [57, 355]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276459-0037-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Stoke City F.C. season, Premier League, March\nStoke then traveled to relegation rivals Southampton on 3 March. The match was of very poor quality and both sides ended up cancelling each other out in a drab 0\u20130 draw leaving Stoke remaining in the relegation zone.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 53], "content_span": [54, 270]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276459-0038-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Stoke City F.C. season, Premier League, March\nRun-away leaders Manchester City were Stoke's next opponents and easily won 2\u20130 with a brace from David Silva, Stoke doing well to keep the scoreline respectable.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 53], "content_span": [54, 216]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276459-0039-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Stoke City F.C. season, Premier League, March\nStoke then suffered another home defeat this time against Everton. The match was played in snowy conditions and the match took a turn for the worst when Charlie Adam was sent off for a tackle on Wayne Rooney. Everton took full advantage of the extra man and scored twice through Cenk Tosun either side of a Choupo-Moting strike. Despite the defeat Lambert remained confident of survival.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 53], "content_span": [54, 441]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276459-0040-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Stoke City F.C. season, Premier League, April\nStoke's first match of April was at Arsenal. After putting in a spirited display the match turned in the 75th minute when Arsenal were awarded a soft penalty, Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang scoring. From there on the players lost belief and further goals from Aubameyang and another penalty this time from Alexandre Lacazette condemned Stoke to another defeat.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 53], "content_span": [54, 409]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276459-0041-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Stoke City F.C. season, Premier League, April\nCity's slide into the Championship continued after a narrow defeat to Tottenham Hotspur, Christian Eriksen scoring twice either side of a goal from Mame Diouf.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 53], "content_span": [54, 213]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276459-0042-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Stoke City F.C. season, Premier League, April\nStoke then let slip yet another opportunity to gain a victory this time at West Ham United. After a goalless first half Stoke took the lead through Crouch with ten minutes remaining following an error by Joe Hart, but Andy Carroll equalized for the Hammers in the 90th minute.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 53], "content_span": [54, 330]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276459-0043-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Stoke City F.C. season, Premier League, April\nStoke again failed to see out a victory in their next match against Burnley. Badou Ndiaye had given the Potters an early lead before poor defending allowed Ashley Barnes to score and the match ended in a 1\u20131 draw, leaving relegation inevitable.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 53], "content_span": [54, 298]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276459-0044-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Stoke City F.C. season, Premier League, April\nThey then played out a goalless draw away at Liverpool on 28 April, leaving Stoke 3 points from safety with two games remaining although all their relegation rivals had games in hand and a much superior goal difference.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 53], "content_span": [54, 273]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276459-0045-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Stoke City F.C. season, Premier League, May\nStoke then faced Crystal Palace on 5 May, knowing only a win would be enough to take the fight for survival to the last day of the season. However, despite Shaqiri giving Stoke the lead in the first half, second half goals from James McArthur and Patrick van Aanholt condemned the Potters to Championship football.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 51], "content_span": [52, 366]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276459-0046-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Stoke City F.C. season, Premier League, May\nStoke ended a disastrous season with a 2\u20131 win at Swansea City with goals from Badou and Crouch. The result relegated Swansea and also ensured that the Potters did not finish bottom of the table.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 51], "content_span": [52, 247]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276459-0047-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Stoke City F.C. season, FA Cup\nStoke were draw away at EFL League Two side Coventry City in the third round. Stoke went into the tie with Mark Hughes under considerable pressure after an awful run of results. There was no end to that run as goals from Jordan Willis and Jack Grimmer gave Coventry a 2\u20131 victory, leaving Hughes' position untenable.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 38], "content_span": [39, 355]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276459-0048-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Stoke City F.C. season, EFL Cup\nStoke were drawn against League One side Rochdale in the second round of the EFL Cup. Stoke ran out comfortable 4\u20130 winners with goals from Peter Crouch, Ramadan Sobhi and a brace from Joe Allen. Manager Mark Hughes gave debuts to three young players in the match Harry Souttar, Josh Tymon and Thibaud Verlinden. Stoke played Championship side Bristol City in the third round where the team put in an woeful performance and the Robins easily won 2\u20130, with goals from Famara Diedhiou and Matty Taylor.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 39], "content_span": [40, 540]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276460-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Stony Brook Seawolves men's basketball team\nThe 2017\u201318 Stony Brook Seawolves men's basketball team represented Stony Brook University in the 2017\u201318 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Seawolves were led by second-year head coach Jeff Boals and played their home games at Island Federal Credit Union Arena in Stony Brook, New York as members of the America East Conference. They finished season 13\u201319, 7\u20139 in America East play to finish in fifth place. They defeated Albany in the quarterfinals of the America East Tournament before losing in the semifinals to Vermont. Freshman forward Elijah Olaniyi won the 2018 America East Rookie of the Year award, averaging 7.5 points and 3.8 rebounds in his debut season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 51], "section_span": [51, 51], "content_span": [52, 730]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276460-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Stony Brook Seawolves men's basketball team, Previous season\nThe Seawolves finished the 2016\u201317 season 18\u201314, 12\u20134 in America East play to finish in second place. As the No. 2 seed in the America East Tournament, they defeated Binghamton before losing to Albany in the semifinals. They were invited to the College Basketball Invitational where they lost in the first round to UIC.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 51], "section_span": [53, 68], "content_span": [69, 388]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276460-0002-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Stony Brook Seawolves men's basketball team, Preseason\nIn a poll by the conference\u2019s nine head coaches (who were not allowed to pick their own team) at the America East media day, the Seawolves were picked to finish in fourth place in the America East.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 51], "section_span": [53, 62], "content_span": [63, 260]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276461-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Stony Brook Seawolves women's basketball team\nThe 2017\u201318 Stony Brook Seawolves women's basketball team will represent Stony Brook University during the 2017\u201318 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Seawolves, led by fourth year head coach Caroline McCombs, play their home games at the Island Federal Credit Union Arena and are members in the America East Conference.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 53], "section_span": [53, 53], "content_span": [54, 385]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276461-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Stony Brook Seawolves women's basketball team, Media\nAll non-televised home games and conference road games will stream on either ESPN3 or AmericaEast.tv. Most road games will stream on the opponents website. All games will have an audio broadcast streamed online through the .", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 53], "section_span": [55, 60], "content_span": [61, 285]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276462-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Sultan Qaboos Cup\nThe 2017\u201318 Sultan Qaboos Cup was the 45th season of the national football competition of Oman. The winners of the competition earned a spot in the 2019 AFC Cup.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [25, 25], "content_span": [26, 187]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276463-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Sumgayit FK season\nThe Sumgayit FK 2017-18 season was Sumgayit's seventh Azerbaijan Premier League season, and eight season in their history. It is their second full season with Samir Abbasov as manager, finishing the season in fifth place whilst also reaching the Semifinals of the Azerbaijan Cup.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [26, 26], "content_span": [27, 306]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276463-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Sumgayit FK season, Transfers, Summer\nIn:Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 45], "content_span": [46, 177]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276463-0002-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Sumgayit FK season, Transfers, Summer\nOut:Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 45], "content_span": [46, 178]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276463-0003-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Sumgayit FK season, Transfers, Winter\nIn:Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 45], "content_span": [46, 177]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276463-0004-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Sumgayit FK season, Transfers, Winter\nOut:Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 45], "content_span": [46, 178]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276464-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Sunderland A.F.C. season\nThe 2017\u201318 season was Sunderland's 139th season in existence, and their first season in the Championship since 2006, after relegation from the Premier League in the previous season. Along with competing in the Championship, the club also participated in the FA Cup and EFL Cup. The season covered the period from 1 July 2017 to 30 June 2018.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [32, 32], "content_span": [33, 375]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276464-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Sunderland A.F.C. season\nSimon Grayson began the season as Sunderland manager, following the departure of David Moyes in May 2017. However, he did not complete the full season, instead being sacked towards the end of October after only one win in his first fifteen league matches saw Sunderland rooted to the bottom of the table. He was replaced by former Wales manager Chris Coleman.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [32, 32], "content_span": [33, 392]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276464-0002-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Sunderland A.F.C. season\nSunderland suffered a second successive relegation on 21 April 2018, following a 1\u20132 home defeat to fellow struggling side Burton Albion, after they had led the match 1\u20130. Results elsewhere meant that the club would compete in League One in the following season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [32, 32], "content_span": [33, 295]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276464-0003-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Sunderland A.F.C. season\nThe events of the season formed the backdrop to the first series of the documentary programme Sunderland 'Til I Die, which was released on Netflix on 14 December 2018.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [32, 32], "content_span": [33, 200]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276464-0004-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Sunderland A.F.C. season, Pre-season friendlies\nSunderland announced eight pre-season friendlies against Bury, Hibernian, Livingston, Bradford City, Scunthorpe United, St Johnstone, Celtic and Hartlepool United.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 55], "content_span": [56, 219]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276464-0005-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Sunderland A.F.C. season, Competitions, Championship, Matches\nThe fixtures for the 2017\u201318 season were released on 21 June 2017.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 69], "content_span": [70, 136]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276464-0006-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Sunderland A.F.C. season, Competitions, FA Cup\nIn the FA Cup, Sunderland entered the competition in the third round and were drawn away to Middlesbrough.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 54], "content_span": [55, 161]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276464-0007-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Sunderland A.F.C. season, Competitions, EFL Cup\nOn 16 June 2017, Sunderland were drawn away to Bury in the first round. A trip to Carlisle United was announced for the second round. A third away trip in the competition against Everton was drawn for the third round.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 55], "content_span": [56, 273]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276464-0008-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Sunderland A.F.C. season, Squad statistics, Top scorers\nThe list is sorted by league goals and then shirt number when total goals are equal.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 63], "content_span": [64, 148]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276465-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Sunfoil 3-Day Cup\nThe 2017\u201318 Sunfoil 3-Day Cup was a first-class cricket competition that took place in South Africa from 12 October 2017 to 15 April 2018. The competition was played between the thirteen South African provincial teams and Namibia. Unlike its counterpart, the Sunfoil Series, the matches were three days in length instead of four. The tournament was played in parallel with the 2017\u201318 CSA Provincial One-Day Challenge, a List A competition which features the same teams.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [25, 25], "content_span": [26, 496]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276465-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Sunfoil 3-Day Cup\nNortherns and Free State were the defending champions, as the final of the previous tournament ended in a draw.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [25, 25], "content_span": [26, 137]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276465-0002-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Sunfoil 3-Day Cup\nIn the fixture between Border and Eastern Province in November 2017, Marco Marais of Border scored 300 not out from 191 deliveries. This was the fastest triple century in first-class cricket, the ninth triple century in first-class cricket in South Africa and the first in the country since 2010.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [25, 25], "content_span": [26, 322]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276465-0003-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Sunfoil 3-Day Cup\nFollowing Namibia's fixture against Free State in February 2018, Namibia's captain Sarel Burger and vice-captain Craig Williams retired from cricket. They played their final match for Namibia in the corresponding one-day fixture in the 2017\u201318 CSA Provincial One-Day Challenge on 25 February 2018.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [25, 25], "content_span": [26, 323]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276465-0004-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Sunfoil 3-Day Cup\nThe final was played between KwaZulu-Natal and Namibia at the Kingsmead Cricket Ground in Durban, starting on 12 April 2018. It was the first time that Namibia had reached the final of the 3-Day Cup. KwaZulu-Natal won the tournament, beating Namibia by an innings and 25 runs.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [25, 25], "content_span": [26, 302]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276466-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Sunfoil Series\nThe 2017\u201318 Sunfoil Series was a first-class cricket competition that took place in South Africa from 19 September 2017 to 25 March 2018. Knights were the defending champions.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [22, 22], "content_span": [23, 198]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276466-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Sunfoil Series\nThere was a planned break in the competition between October and February for the first season of the T20 Global League (TGL). However, the TGL was postponed to November 2018, with South Africa's domestic T20 competition moved back from March 2018 to November 2017 to replace it.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [22, 22], "content_span": [23, 302]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276466-0002-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Sunfoil Series\nAfter the first four rounds of fixtures, all twelve matches had ended in draws. The first win of the tournament came in the fifth round, when Titans beat Lions by nine wickets. By the end of the mid-season break in October 2017, fourteen of the fifteen matches had ended as a draw. Ahead of the final round of fixtures, five of the six teams were still in contention of winning the title.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [22, 22], "content_span": [23, 411]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276466-0003-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Sunfoil Series\nTitans won the series, after they beat Knights by four wickets in the final round of matches.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [22, 22], "content_span": [23, 116]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276467-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Sunshine Tour\nThe 2017\u201318 Sunshine Tour was the 18th season of professional golf tournaments since the southern Africa-based Sunshine Tour was relaunched in 2000. The Sunshine Tour represents the highest level of competition for male professional golfers in the region.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [21, 21], "content_span": [22, 277]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276467-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Sunshine Tour\nThe tour is based predominantly in South Africa with other events being held in neighbouring countries, including Zimbabwe, Swaziland, Zambia and Mauritius.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [21, 21], "content_span": [22, 178]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276467-0002-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Sunshine Tour, Schedule\nThe table below shows the schedule of events for the 2017\u201318 Sunshine Tour season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 31], "content_span": [32, 114]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276467-0003-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Sunshine Tour, Schedule\nPrize funds shown do not count directly towards the Order of Merit. The number in brackets after each winner's name is the number of official money Sunshine Tour events he had won up to and including that tournament. This information is only shown for Sunshine Tour members.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 31], "content_span": [32, 306]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276468-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Super Four Provincial Tournament\nThe 2017\u201318 Super Four Provincial Tournament was a first-class cricket tournament, that was played in Sri Lanka during March and April 2018. It took place following the conclusion of the 2017\u201318 Premier League Tournament and featured four teams based on the Centers of Excellence in Sri Lanka. It was the first time this type of tournament has been played in Sri Lanka since 2013. Galle won the tournament, finishing ahead of Dambulla, despite Dambulla winning a game, with Galle drawing all their fixtures.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [40, 40], "content_span": [41, 548]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276468-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Super Four Provincial Tournament\nSri Lanka Cricket (SLC) announced the fixtures on 21 March 2018, with the second round of matches played as day/night games. The day/night matches were used as preparation for the day/night Test match, which was played during Sri Lanka's tour of the West Indies in June 2018. Following the conclusion of the tournament, a limited overs tournament took place with the same teams.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [40, 40], "content_span": [41, 419]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276468-0002-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Super Four Provincial Tournament, Squads\nThe following teams and squads were named to compete in the tournament:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 48], "content_span": [49, 120]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276469-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Super League Greece\nThe 2017\u201318 Super League Greece, or Souroti Super League for sponsorship reasons, was the 82nd season of the highest tier in league of Greek football and the 12th under its current name. The season started on August 2017 and ended in May 2018. The league comprises fourteen teams from the 2016\u201317 season and two promoted from the 2016\u201317 Football League.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [27, 27], "content_span": [28, 382]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276469-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Super League Greece\nOn 12 March 2018, the Super League Greece was suspended by the Greek government until further notice after the president of PAOK, Ivan Savvidis, had stormed onto the field with a revolver during the match between PAOK and AEK Athens played the previous day. The suspension was lifted on 27 March. PAOK was deducted 3 points and AEK was awarded 3 points for the incident.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [27, 27], "content_span": [28, 398]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276469-0002-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Super League Greece\nContrary to the previous seasons, the playoffs for the Champions League and Europa League spots were removed, with qualification based solely on finishing position.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [27, 27], "content_span": [28, 192]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276469-0003-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Super League Greece, Teams\nTwo teams were relegated from the 2016\u201317 season. Iraklis and Veria played in Football League for the 2017\u201318 season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 34], "content_span": [35, 152]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276469-0004-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Super League Greece, Teams\nTwo teams were promoted from the 2016\u201317 Football League, Apollon Smyrnis and Lamia, the latter for which it was their debut season in the highest division of Greek football.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 34], "content_span": [35, 209]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276469-0005-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Super League Greece, Teams, Personnel and kits\nNote: Flags indicate national team as has been defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players and Managers may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 54], "content_span": [55, 205]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276469-0006-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Super League Greece, Results, Positions by round\nThe table lists the positions of teams after each week of matches. In order to preserve chronological evolvements, any postponed matches are not included in the round at which they were originally scheduled, but added to the full round they were played immediately afterwards.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 56], "content_span": [57, 333]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276469-0007-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Super League Greece, Ticket sales\nAverage ticket sales (not total attendances) counted officially without games played behind closed doors from Super League.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 41], "content_span": [42, 165]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276469-0008-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Super League Greece, Ticket sales\nUpdated to games played on 7 May 2018Source: Notes:1: Team played last season in Football League2:Games played behind closed doors:PAOK 8 games, Olympiacos 4 games, AEK Athens 3 games and Panathinaikos 1 game", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 41], "content_span": [42, 250]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276470-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Super Smash\nThe 2017\u201318 Burger King Super Smash (named after the competition's sponsor Burger King) was the thirteenth season of the Super Smash Twenty20 cricket tournament in New Zealand. The competition was run from 13 December 2017 to 20 January 2018. The Wellington Firebirds were the defending champions.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [19, 19], "content_span": [20, 317]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276470-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Super Smash\nFollowing the completion of the round-robin fixtures, Northern Knights, Auckland Aces and Central Stags had qualified for the finals of the competition. Northern Knights won the tournament after they beat Central Stags by 9 wickets in the final.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [19, 19], "content_span": [20, 266]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276471-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 SuperLiga season\nThe 2017\u201318 SuperLiga (also known as the CEC Bank SuperLiga for sponsorship reasons) is the 104th season of premier club rugby in Romania. The current champions are Timi\u0219oara Saracens who managed to defend their title by defeating \u0218tiin\u021ba Baia Mare. Since Politehnica Ia\u0219i have faced financial issues, they will relegate to Divizia Na\u021bional\u0103 de Seniori which means that both Tomitanii Constan\u021ba and Gloria Buz\u0103u will replace them next season. Also Timi\u0219oara Saracens, the winners of the CEC Bank SuperLiga will participate in the European Rugby Continental Shield.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [24, 24], "content_span": [25, 589]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276471-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 SuperLiga season, Knock-out Stage\nBoth finals were held on 26 May 2018, one week after the semi-finals.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 41], "content_span": [42, 111]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276472-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Svenska Cupen\nThe 2017\u201318 Svenska Cupen was the 62nd season of the Svenska Cupen and the sixth season with the current format. The winners of the competition earned a place in the second qualifying round of the 2018\u201319 UEFA Europa League, unless they had already qualified for European competition in the 2018\u201319 season, in which case the qualification spot went to fourth-placed team of the 2017 Allsvenskan. A total of 96 clubs entered the competition.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [21, 21], "content_span": [22, 462]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276472-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Svenska Cupen\nThe first two rounds were played between 7 June and 10 October 2017 respectively. The first round draw was announced on 20 March 2017, and the draw for the second round was announced on 3 August 2017. The group stage was played on the last two weekends in February 2018, and the last group stage round was played on 3 and 4 March 2018. The following quarter-finals and semi-finals were played on the weekends of 10 March and 17 March 2018 respectively, before the tournament ended with the final on 10 May 2018. Times up to 28 October 2017 and from 25 March 2018 are CEST (UTC+2). Times from 29 October 2017 to 24 March 2018 are CET (UTC+1).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [21, 21], "content_span": [22, 663]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276472-0002-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Svenska Cupen\nDjurg\u00e5rdens IF won their fifth Svenska Cupen title on 10 May 2018 after defeating Malm\u00f6 FF 3\u20130.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [21, 21], "content_span": [22, 117]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276472-0003-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Svenska Cupen, Round 1\n64 teams from the third tier or lower of the Swedish league system competed in this round. The matches were played on 2 August 2017 at the latest.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 30], "content_span": [31, 177]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276472-0004-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Svenska Cupen, Round 2\n64 teams from all levels the Swedish league system competed in this round. The 32 match winners from Round 1 were joined by the 16 teams of the 2017 Superettan and the 16 teams of the top-flight 2017 Allsvenskan. The draw was held on August 3, 2017 and the matches were played on August 23 and 24, 2017.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 30], "content_span": [31, 335]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276472-0005-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Svenska Cupen, Group stage\nThe 32 winners from round 2 were divided into eight groups of four teams. The 16 highest ranked winners from the previous rounds were seeded to the top two positions in each groups and the 16 remaining winners were unseeded in the draw. The ranking of the 16 seeded teams were decided by league position in the 2017 season. All teams in the group stage played each other once, the highest ranked teams from the previous rounds and teams from tier three or lower had the right to play two home matches.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 34], "content_span": [35, 536]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276472-0006-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Svenska Cupen, Knock-out stage, Quarter-finals\nThe quarter-finals consisted of the eight teams that won their respective group in the previous round. The four best group winners were seeded and drawn against the other four group winners, with the seeded teams entitled to play the match at their home venue. GAIS was the lowest ranked team in the quarter-finals as they are playing in the second tier, Superettan, for the 2018 season, while the other teams are playing in the top tier, Allsvenskan.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 54], "content_span": [55, 506]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276472-0007-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Svenska Cupen, Knock-out stage, Quarter-finals\nThe draw for the quarter-finals and semi-finals was held on 4 March 2018.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 54], "content_span": [55, 128]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276472-0008-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Svenska Cupen, Knock-out stage, Semi-finals\nThe semi-finals consisted of the four teams that won their respective quarter-finals in the previous round. All teams that qualified to this round are playing in the top tier, Allsvenskan, for the 2018 season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 51], "content_span": [52, 261]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276472-0009-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Svenska Cupen, Knock-out stage, Semi-finals\nThe draw for the quarter-finals and semi-finals was held on 4 March 2018.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 51], "content_span": [52, 125]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276473-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Swansea City A.F.C. season\nThe 2017\u201318 season was Swansea City's 98th season in the English football league system, and their seventh consecutive season in the Premier League. Along with competing in the Premier League, the club competed in the FA Cup and EFL Cup. The season covered the period from 1 July 2017 to 30 June 2018.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [34, 34], "content_span": [35, 336]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276473-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Swansea City A.F.C. season\nSwansea's relegation to the Championship was confirmed on 13 May 2018, the final day of the Premier League season, by virtue of them losing 2\u20131 at home to already relegated Stoke City, where only a win and a ten-goal difference swing over Southampton would have ensured survival.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [34, 34], "content_span": [35, 314]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276473-0002-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Swansea City A.F.C. season, Squad information, First team squad\nUpdated to match played 8 September 2017Source:\u00a0Swansea City Official Website Ordered by 2017\u201318 squad numbers.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 71], "content_span": [72, 183]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276473-0003-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Swansea City A.F.C. season, Pre-season friendlies, Friendlies\nAs of 2 June 2017, Swansea City have confirmed six pre-season friendlies against Philadelphia Union, Richmond Kickers, North Carolina in the United States, Birmingham City, Barnet and Sampdoria.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 69], "content_span": [70, 264]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276473-0004-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Swansea City A.F.C. season, Competitions, Premier League, Matches\nOn 14 June 2017, Swansea City's Premier League fixtures were announced.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 73], "content_span": [74, 145]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276473-0005-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Swansea City A.F.C. season, Competitions, FA Cup\nSwansea City joined the competition in the third round and were drawn away to Wolverhampton Wanderers.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 56], "content_span": [57, 159]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276473-0006-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Swansea City A.F.C. season, Competitions, EFL Cup\nSwansea City were given another away trip in the third round against Reading.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 57], "content_span": [58, 135]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276474-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Swazi Premier League\nThe 2017\u201318 Swazi Premier League season was the 2017\u201318 season of the top level of football competition in Swaziland. It began on 8 September 2017 and ended on 13 May 2018.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [28, 28], "content_span": [29, 201]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276475-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Swindon Town F.C. season\nThe 2017\u201318 season is Swindon Town's 139th season in their existence, and first season back in EFL League Two following relegation from EFL League One. The season covers the period from 1 July 2017 through to 30 June 2018.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [32, 32], "content_span": [33, 255]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276475-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Swindon Town F.C. season, Pre-season\nAs of 20 July 2017, Swindon Town have announced six pre-season fixtures against Melksham Town, Swindon Supermarine, Oldham Athletic, Woking, Salisbury and Chippenham Town. On Tuesday 18 July 2017 Swindon Town travelled to Faro, Portugal for a week long pre-season training camp. The warm weather pre-season tour included a behind closed doors training ground friendly against Bristol Rovers which ended 0\u20130.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 44], "content_span": [45, 452]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276475-0002-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Swindon Town F.C. season, Competitions, League Two, Matches\nThe fixtures for the 2017\u201318 season were announced on 21 June 2017 at 9am.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 67], "content_span": [68, 142]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276475-0003-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Swindon Town F.C. season, Competitions, EFL Cup\nOn 16 June 2017, Swindon Town were drawn away to Norwich City in the first round.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 55], "content_span": [56, 137]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276475-0004-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Swindon Town F.C. season, Competitions, EFL Trophy, Group stage\nOn 12 July 2017, Swindon Town were drawn alongside Bristol Rovers, West Ham United and Wycombe Wanderers in Southern Group C.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 71], "content_span": [72, 197]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276475-0005-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Swindon Town F.C. season, Statistics, Top scorers\nThe list is sorted by shirt number when total goals are equal.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 57], "content_span": [58, 120]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276475-0006-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Swindon Town F.C. season, Statistics, Clean sheets\nThe list is sorted by shirt number when total appearances are equal.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 58], "content_span": [59, 127]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276476-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Swiss Basketball League\nThe 2017\u201318 Swiss Basketball League (SBL) season was the 87th season of the top tier basketball league in Switzerland.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [31, 31], "content_span": [32, 150]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276476-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Swiss Basketball League, Competition format\nAll teams will play two times against each other for completing 22 games per team.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 51], "content_span": [52, 134]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276476-0002-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Swiss Basketball League, Competition format\nThe six first qualified teams will join the group for places 1 to 6 while the other six teams will play the group for places 7 to 12. These two groups will be played with a one-legged round-robin format, where all teams from group 1 to 6 and the two first qualified teams from the group for the seventh position will be qualified for the playoffs. In this intermediate stage, teams start with the points accumulated by the winnings achieved in the first stage.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 51], "content_span": [52, 512]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276476-0003-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Swiss Basketball League, Competition format\nThe quarterfinals and the semifinals will be played as a best-of-five series while the final in a best-of-seven series.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 51], "content_span": [52, 171]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276476-0004-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Swiss Basketball League, Teams\nBBC Lausanne did not continue playing in the SBL and was replaced by Pully and Vevey Riviera.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 38], "content_span": [39, 132]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276476-0005-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Swiss Basketball League, Play-offs\nSeeded teams played at home games 1, 2, 5 and, in the finals, 7.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 42], "content_span": [43, 107]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276477-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Swiss Challenge League\nThe 2017\u201318 Swiss Challenge League (referred to as the Brack.ch Challenge League for sponsoring reasons) is the 15th season of the Swiss Challenge League, the second tier of competitive football in Switzerland, under its current name. The season started on 21 July 2017 and is scheduled to end on 21 May 2018. The winter break began on 11 December 2017 and the league resumed on 2 February 2018.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [30, 30], "content_span": [31, 426]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276477-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Swiss Challenge League, Participating teams\nA total of 10 teams participate in the league. 2016\u201317 Swiss Challenge League champions Z\u00fcrich were promoted to the 2017\u201318 Swiss Super League. They were replaced by FC Vaduz, who got relegated after finishing last-placed in the 2016\u201317 Swiss Super League. Le Mont was relegated after failing to renew their licence. They were replaced by Rapperswil-Jona, who won promotion from the 2016\u201317 Swiss Promotion League.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 51], "content_span": [52, 466]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276477-0002-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Swiss Challenge League, Season statistics, Top goalscorers\n1Chagas played 17 games for Rapperswil-Jona then signed for Servette.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 66], "content_span": [67, 136]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276478-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Swiss Cup\nThe 2017\u201318 Swiss Cup is the 93rd season of Switzerland's annual football cup competition. The competition started on 12 August 2017 with the first games of Round 1 and ended on 27 May 2018 with the final. FC Basel were the defending champions, but were eliminated in the semi-finals by BSC Young Boys.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 17], "section_span": [17, 17], "content_span": [18, 320]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276478-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Swiss Cup, Participating clubs\nAll teams from 2015\u201316 Super League and 2015\u201316 Challenge League as well as the top 4 teams from 2016\u201317 Promotion League automatically entered this year's competition. The remaining 41 teams had to qualify through separate qualifying rounds within their leagues. Reserve teams and teams from Liechtenstein are not allowed in the competition, the latter only enter the 2017\u201318 Liechtenstein Cup.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 17], "section_span": [19, 38], "content_span": [39, 434]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276478-0002-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Swiss Cup, Round 1\nTeams from Super League and Challenge League were seeded in this round. In a match, the home advantage was granted to the team from the lower league, if applicable. Teams in bold continue to the next round of the competition.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 17], "section_span": [19, 26], "content_span": [27, 252]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276478-0003-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Swiss Cup, Quarter-finals\nThe matches were played on 29 and 30 November 2017.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 17], "section_span": [19, 33], "content_span": [34, 85]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276478-0004-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Swiss Cup, Semi-finals\nThe winners of Quarter finals play in the Semi finals, there is no home advantage granted in the draw. Matches will be played on 27 and 28 February 2018.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 17], "section_span": [19, 30], "content_span": [31, 184]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276478-0005-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Swiss Cup, Final\nThe winners of the semifinals play in the Final. The match will be played on 27 May 2018 at the Stade de Suisse in Bern.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 17], "section_span": [19, 24], "content_span": [25, 145]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276479-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Swiss League season\nThe 2017\u201318 Swiss League season is the 71st ice hockey season of Switzerland's second tier hockey league. It was the first season completed as the rebranded Swiss League.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [27, 27], "content_span": [28, 198]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276479-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Swiss League season, Regular season\nThe regular season started on 9 September 2017 and ended on 12 February 2018.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 43], "content_span": [44, 121]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276480-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Swiss Promotion League\nThe 2017\u201318 Promotion League season is the 6th edition (the 4th since its name change) of the 3rd division of Swiss Football and is the third level of the football hierarchy in Switzerland, behind the Super League and the Challenge League. The Championship has 16 teams and each team plays 30 games.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [30, 30], "content_span": [31, 330]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276480-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Swiss Promotion League\nFC Le Mont LS, which he had not received the license III in the1st instance, has decided not to appeal. The club also decides that the team will also not play in Promotion League. FC United Zurich, 15th in the 2016-2017 season, is maintained in Promotion League. The 2017-2018 season started on 2 August 2017 and will finish on 26 May 2018.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [30, 30], "content_span": [31, 371]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276480-0002-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Swiss Promotion League, Teams\nThe 2017\u201318 season saw two new clubs in the league, Yverdon Sport FC and FC Stade Lausanne-Ouchy which were all promoted from the 1. Liga Classic. No club was relegated from the Challenge League as FC Le Mont didn't get their league licence by the Swiss Football Association and subsequently relegated.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 37], "content_span": [38, 340]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276481-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Swiss Super League\nThe 2017\u201318 Swiss Super League (referred to as the Raiffeisen Super League for sponsoring reasons) was the 121st season of top-tier competitive football in Switzerland and the 15th under its current name and format. Basel were the defending champions. Young Boys won the title on 28 April 2018 after a 2\u20131 win against Luzern, with four games to spare. It was their first league title in 32 years, having last won the league in the 1985\u20131986 season, and their 12th league title overall. They also ended Basel's run of eight consecutive titles.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [26, 26], "content_span": [27, 569]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276481-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Swiss Super League\nA total of 10 teams competed in the league: the 9 best teams from the 2016\u201317 season and the 2016\u201317 Swiss Challenge League champion Z\u00fcrich. The season started on the weekend of 22\u201323 July 2017 and ended on 19 May 2018 with a break between 17 December 2017 and 2 February 2018.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [26, 26], "content_span": [27, 304]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276481-0002-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Swiss Super League\nThis season saw the introduction of changes in the way Swiss clubs may qualify for European competition; per new UEFA rules, the champions of the Swiss Super League now qualifies for the Champions League play-off round (previously directly to the Champions League group stage) and the runners-up now qualifies for the Champions League second qualifying round (previously to the third qualifying round). Qualification to Europa League spots for the third- and fourth-placed team remain unchanged.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [26, 26], "content_span": [27, 522]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276481-0003-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Swiss Super League, Season statistics, Top goalscorers\n1Ajeti played 7 games for St. Gallen then signed for Basel. 2Rapp played 18 games for Thun then signed for Lausanne.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 62], "content_span": [63, 179]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276482-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Sydney Blue Sox season\nThe 2017\u201318 Sydney Blue Sox season will be the team's seventh season. The Blue Sox will compete in the Australian Baseball League (ABL) with five other teams, playing its home games at Blacktown International Sportspark Sydney.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [30, 30], "content_span": [31, 258]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276483-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Sydney FC W-League season\nThe 2017\u201318 Sydney FC W-League season was the club's tenth season in the W-League, the premier competition for women's football in Australia. The team played home games at Allianz Stadium. The club was managed by Ante Juric.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [33, 33], "content_span": [34, 258]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276483-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Sydney FC W-League season, Players, Squad information\nNote: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 61], "content_span": [62, 190]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276484-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Sydney FC season\nThe 2017\u201318 Sydney FC season was the club's 13th season since its establishment in 2004. The club participated in the A-League for the 13th time, the FFA Cup for the fourth time, as well as the AFC Champions League for the fourth time.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [24, 24], "content_span": [25, 260]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276484-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Sydney FC season, Players, Squad information\nNote: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 52], "content_span": [53, 181]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276484-0002-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Sydney FC season, End-of-season awards\nOn 19 May, 2018, Sydney FC hosted their annual Sky Blue Ball and presented eight awards on the night.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 46], "content_span": [47, 148]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276485-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Sydney Sixers WBBL season\nThe 2017\u201318 Sydney Sixers Women's season was the third in the team's history. Coached by Ben Sawyer and captained by Ellyse Perry, the Sixers entered WBBL|03 as the defending champions. They finished the regular season on top of the points table for the second season in a row and proceeded to reach a third-consecutive championship decider.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [33, 33], "content_span": [34, 375]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276485-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Sydney Sixers WBBL season\nIn the final, the Sixers claimed back-to-back titles with a comfortable nine-wicket defeat of the Perth Scorchers at Adelaide Oval, during which Sarah Coyte punctuated an emphatic return to top-level domestic cricket by claiming figures of 4/17 and earning Player of the Match honours.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [33, 33], "content_span": [34, 319]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276485-0002-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Sydney Sixers WBBL season, Squad\nEach WBBL|03 squad featured 15 active players, with an allowance of up to five marquee signings including a maximum of three from overseas. Australian marquees were defined as players who made at least ten limited-overs appearances for the national team in the three years prior to the cut-off date (24 April 2017).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 40], "content_span": [41, 356]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276485-0003-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Sydney Sixers WBBL season, Squad\nPersonnel changes for the Sixers ahead of the season included:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 40], "content_span": [41, 103]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276485-0004-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Sydney Sixers WBBL season, Squad\nThe backend of the tournament was notable for the comeback of medium-pace bowler Sarah Coyte, who had previously played for the Adelaide Strikers until retiring at the conclusion of WBBL|02. With South African marquee players Marizanne Kapp and Dane van Niekerk unavailable for the climax of the competition, coach Ben Sawyer approached Coyte\u2014who had been playing cricket for her local club Penrith occasionally during the summer\u2014about signing for the Sixers as a replacement player. Upon returning to the league, she delivered \"exemplary bowling\" performances to claim ten wickets at an average of 8.10 in four matches.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 40], "content_span": [41, 661]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276485-0005-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Sydney Sixers WBBL season, Squad\nEngland marquee Amy Jones also signed as a replacement player for the Sixers, having performed a similar role for the team during WBBL|02.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 40], "content_span": [41, 179]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276485-0006-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Sydney Sixers WBBL season, Squad\nThe table below lists the Sixers players and their key stats (including runs scored, batting strike rate, wickets taken, economy rate, catches and stumpings) for the season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 40], "content_span": [41, 214]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276486-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Sydney Thunder WBBL season\nThe 2017\u201318 Sydney Thunder Women's season was the third in the team's history. Coached by Joanne Broadbent and captained by Alex Blackwell, the Thunder finished the regular season of WBBL|03 in second place. They were subsequently knocked out of the tournament via a 27-run semi-final loss to the Perth Scorchers at Optus Stadium.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [34, 34], "content_span": [35, 365]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276486-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Sydney Thunder WBBL season, Squad\nEach WBBL|03 squad featured 15 active players, with an allowance of up to five marquee signings including a maximum of three from overseas. Australian marquees were defined as players who made at least ten limited-overs appearances for the national team in the three years prior to the cut-off date (24 April 2017).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 41], "content_span": [42, 357]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276486-0002-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Sydney Thunder WBBL season, Squad\nChanges made during the season included the signing of England marquee Fran Wilson as a replacement player.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 41], "content_span": [42, 149]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276486-0003-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Sydney Thunder WBBL season, Squad\nThe table below lists the Sixers players and their key stats (including runs scored, batting strike rate, wickets taken, economy rate, catches and stumpings) for the season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 41], "content_span": [42, 215]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276486-0004-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Sydney Thunder WBBL season, Fixtures, Regular season\nThe Scorchers were well poised to chase down their target of 146 until a catch on the boundary by Thunder fielder Lisa Griffith dismissed Nicole Bolton for 71 in the 18th over, leaving the hosts needing 20 runs from the final 14 deliveries. On the last ball of the match, Scorchers batter Mathilda Carmichael was run out by a metre while attempting a game-tying run, therefore securing victory for the Thunder by the narrowest of margins.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 60], "content_span": [61, 499]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276487-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Sydney Thunder season\nThe 2017\u201318 Sydney Thunder season will be the 7th season in the club's history. Coached by Paddy Upton and captained by Shane Watson, the Thunder will compete in the 2017\u201318 Big Bash League.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [29, 29], "content_span": [30, 220]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276488-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Sydney Uni Flames season\nThe 2017\u201318 Sydney Uni Flames season is the 38th season for the franchise in the Women's National Basketball League (WNBL).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [32, 32], "content_span": [33, 156]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276489-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy\n2017\u201318 Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy was the ninth edition of Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy competition, an Indian domestic team only Twenty20 cricket tournament in India. It was held from 21 to 26 January 2018.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [31, 31], "content_span": [32, 232]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276490-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Syracuse Orange men's basketball team\nThe 2017\u201318 Syracuse Orange men's basketball team represented Syracuse University during the 2017\u201318 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Orange were led by 42nd-year head coach Jim Boeheim and played their home games at the Carrier Dome in Syracuse, New York as fifth-year members of the Atlantic Coast Conference. They finished the season 23\u201314, 8\u201310 in ACC play to finish in a tie for tenth place. They defeated Wake Forest in the first round of the 2018 ACC Tournament before losing in the second round to North Carolina.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [45, 45], "content_span": [46, 579]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276490-0000-0001", "contents": "2017\u201318 Syracuse Orange men's basketball team\nThey received one of the final four at-large bids to the NCAA Tournament where, as a No. 11 seed, they defeated Arizona State in the First Four, and upset No. 6 seed TCU in the First Round and No. 3 seed Michigan State in the Second Round before losing in the Sweet Sixteen to fellow ACC member and No. 2 seed Duke.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [45, 45], "content_span": [46, 361]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276490-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Syracuse Orange men's basketball team, Previous season\nThe Orange finished the 2016\u201317 season 19\u201315, 10\u20138 in ACC play to finish in a three-way tie for seventh place. They lost in the second round of the ACC Tournament to Miami. They were one of the last four teams not selected for the NCAA Tournament and thus received a No. 1 seed in the National Invitation Tournament. There, they defeated UNC Greensboro in the first round before losing in the second round to Ole Miss.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [47, 62], "content_span": [63, 481]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276491-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Syracuse Orange women's basketball team\nThe 2017\u201318 Syracuse Orange women's basketball team represents Syracuse University during the 2017\u201318 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Orange, led by eleventh year head coach Quentin Hillsman. The Orange were fifth year members of the Atlantic Coast Conference and play their home games at the Carrier Dome. They finished the season 22\u20139, 10\u20136 in ACC play to finish in a 3 way tie for sixth place. They lost in the second round of the ACC Women's Tournament to Virginia Tech. They received an at-large bid of the NCAA Women's Tournament where they lost to Oklahoma State in the first round.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 47], "section_span": [47, 47], "content_span": [48, 652]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276492-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Syracuse Orange women's ice hockey season\nThe Syracuse Orange women represented Syracuse University in CHA women's ice hockey during the 2017-18 NCAA Division I women's ice hockey season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 49], "section_span": [49, 49], "content_span": [50, 195]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276493-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Syrian Premier League\nThe 2017\u201318 Syrian Premier League season is the 47th since its establishment. This season's league featured one stage. It pitted one group of 14 teams and kicked off on 20 October 2017. Al-Jaish are the defending champions, having won the previous season championship.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [29, 29], "content_span": [30, 298]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276494-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Szombathelyi Halad\u00e1s season\nThe 2017\u201318 season was Szombathelyi Halad\u00e1s's 62nd competitive football season, 10th consecutive season in the OTP Bank Liga and 98th year in existence as a football club.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [35, 35], "content_span": [36, 207]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276494-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Szombathelyi Halad\u00e1s season, Players\nAs of 7 June 2017. Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 44], "content_span": [45, 192]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276494-0002-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Szombathelyi Halad\u00e1s season, Players\nPlayers transferred during the seasonNote: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 44], "content_span": [45, 210]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276494-0003-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Szombathelyi Halad\u00e1s season, Players, Summer\nIn:Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 52], "content_span": [53, 184]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276494-0004-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Szombathelyi Halad\u00e1s season, Players, Summer\nOut:Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 52], "content_span": [53, 185]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276494-0005-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Szombathelyi Halad\u00e1s season, Players, Winter\nIn:Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 52], "content_span": [53, 184]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276494-0006-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Szombathelyi Halad\u00e1s season, Players, Winter\nOut:Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 52], "content_span": [53, 185]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276495-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 S\u00fcper Lig\nThe 2017\u201318 S\u00fcper Lig, officially called the Spor Toto S\u00fcper Lig \u0130lhan Cavcav season, was the 60th season of the S\u00fcper Lig, the highest tier football league of Turkey. The season was named after \u0130lhan Cavcav, the longtime chairman of Gen\u00e7lerbirli\u011fi S.K..", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 17], "section_span": [17, 17], "content_span": [18, 272]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276495-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 S\u00fcper Lig, Positions by round\nThe following table represents the teams' positions after each round in the competition.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 17], "section_span": [19, 37], "content_span": [38, 126]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276496-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 TCU Horned Frogs men's basketball team\nThe 2017\u201318 TCU Horned Frogs men's basketball team represented Texas Christian University in the 2017\u201318 NCAA Division I men's basketball season, led by head coach Jamie Dixon in his second season at TCU. The Horned Frogs competed as members of the Big 12 Conference and played their home games at Schollmaier Arena in Fort Worth, Texas. They finished the season 21\u201312, 9\u20139 in Big 12 play to finish in fifth place. They lost in the quarterfinals of the Big 12 Tournament to Kansas State. They received an at-large bid to the NCAA Tournament, their first appearance in 20 years. Seeded No. 6 in the Midwest region, TCU lost in the first round to Syracuse.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [46, 46], "content_span": [47, 701]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276496-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 TCU Horned Frogs men's basketball team, Previous season\nIn 2016, the Horned Frogs introduced Jamie Dixon, a former TCU letterman, as the new head men's basketball coach. In his first season after leaving Pitt for his alma mater, Dixon led the Frogs to a 24\u201315, 6\u201312 Big 12 record. The Frogs' 6\u201312 record and eighth-place finish was their best league mark since joining the Big 12 in 2012. In the postseason, TCU defeated Oklahoma and No. 1 Kansas in the Big 12 Tournament before losing in their first-ever Big 12 semifinal berth to Iowa State. They received an invitation to the National Invitation Tournament where they defeated Fresno State, Iowa, and Richmond to advance to the semifinals at Madison Square Garden. At MSG, they defeated UCF to advance to the NIT finals where they routed Georgia Tech to claim the 2017 NIT championship.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [48, 63], "content_span": [64, 847]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276496-0002-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 TCU Horned Frogs men's basketball team, Preseason, Exhibition games in Australia\nThe Frogs traveled to Sydney and Melbourne, Australia, from August 5\u201316, 2017, and played five exhibition games under International Basketball Federation (FIBA) rules. TCU's starting sophomore guard Jaylen Fisher missed the trip due to a knee injury, and incoming freshmen Lat Mayen, an Australia native, and Kevin Samuel were unable to travel pending NCAA eligibility clearance. All three players were expected to be healthy and cleared prior to the season opener on November 10; however, the Frogs ultimately elected to redshirt Mayen and Samuel. The Horned Frogs defeated the Savannah Pride 108\u201354, Australia's Centre of Excellence 105\u201371, the Melbourne All-Stars 96\u201370, the Australia Longhorns 107\u201381, and the Knox Raiders 107\u201363.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [48, 88], "content_span": [89, 823]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276496-0003-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 TCU Horned Frogs men's basketball team, Preseason, Season projections\nThe Big 12 Conference coaches picked the Horned Frogs to finish third in regular season league play in the preseason coaches' poll, the highest-ever projection for the Frogs since joining the league in 2012 and being picked to finish ninth or tenth in each of their first five seasons. At Big 12 Media Day in Kansas City, Kansas head coach Bill Self suggested TCU would compete with the Jayhawks for the regular season crown. Senior Vladimir Brodziansky was one of five Big 12 players selected to the Preseason All-Big 12 team, and represents TCU's first selection since joining the league.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [48, 77], "content_span": [78, 668]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276496-0004-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 TCU Horned Frogs men's basketball team, Preseason, Season projections\nTCU received votes in the preseason Associated Press Poll and USA Today Coaches Poll, equivalent to 29th and 30th place, respectively.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [48, 77], "content_span": [78, 212]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276496-0005-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 TCU Horned Frogs men's basketball team, Rankings\nTCU received votes in the preseason polls after their 2017 NIT Championship season. On December 25, 2017, the Horned Frogs received the program's first top-10 ranking from the Associated Press poll, surpassed the following day by a top-8 ranking from the USA Today Coaches Poll.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [48, 56], "content_span": [57, 335]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276496-0006-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 TCU Horned Frogs men's basketball team, Rankings\n^Coaches Poll did not release a Week 2 poll at the same time AP did. *AP does not release post-NCAA tournament rankings.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [48, 56], "content_span": [57, 177]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276497-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 TCU Horned Frogs women's basketball team\nThe 2017\u201318 TCU Horned Frogs women's basketball team represented Texas Christian University in the 2017\u201318 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The 2017\u201318 season was head coach Raegan Pebley's fourth season at TCU. The Horned Frogs were members of the Big 12 Conference and played their home games in Schollmaier Arena. This season TCU got back in the AP Top 25 for the first time since 2010. They finished the season 23\u201313, 9\u20139 in Big 12 play to finish in fifth place. They advanced to the semifinals of the Big 12 Women's Tournament where they lost to Baylor. They received an at-large bid to the Women's National Invitation Tournament where they defeated Lamar, Missouri State and New Mexico in the first, second and third rounds, and then South Dakota in the quarterfinals before losing to Indiana in the semifinals.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 48], "section_span": [48, 48], "content_span": [49, 876]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276498-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 TFF First League\nThe 2017\u201318 TFF First League is the 17th season since the league was established in 2001 and 55th season of the second-level football league of Turkey since its establishment in 1963\u201364.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [24, 24], "content_span": [25, 211]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276499-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 TNT KaTropa season\nThe 2017\u201318 TNT KaTropa season was the 28th season of the franchise in the Philippine Basketball Association (PBA).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [26, 26], "content_span": [27, 142]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276500-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 TSG 1899 Hoffenheim season\nThe 2017\u201318 TSG 1899 Hoffenheim season is the 119th season in the football club's history and 10th consecutive and overall season in the top flight of German football, the Bundesliga, having been promoted from the 2. Bundesliga in 2008. In addition to the domestic league, 1899 Hoffenheim also is participating in this season's editions of the domestic cup, the DFB-Pokal, and the first-tier continental cup, the UEFA Champions League. This is the 10th season for Hoffenheim in the Wirsol Rhein-Neckar-Arena, located in Sinsheim, Baden-W\u00fcrttemberg, Germany. The season covers a period from 1 July 2017 to 30 June 2018.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [34, 34], "content_span": [35, 653]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276500-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 TSG 1899 Hoffenheim season, Players, Squad information\nNote: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 62], "content_span": [63, 191]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276501-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Tahiti Cup\nThe 2017\u201318 Tahiti Cup (also known as Coupe Tahiti Nui) was the 79th edition of the national cup in Tahitian football. AS Dragon won the title beating AS V\u00e9nus in the final, earning the right to represent Tahiti in the 2018\u201319 Coupe de France, entering the seventh round.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [18, 18], "content_span": [19, 290]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276502-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Tahiti Ligue 1\nThe 2017\u201318 Tahiti Ligue 1 is the 71st season of top-flight football in Tahiti. Tefana are the defending champions having won their fifth title last season. The season started on 15 September 2017 and finished on 19 May 2018.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [22, 22], "content_span": [23, 248]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276503-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Talleres de C\u00f3rdoba season\nThe 2017\u201318 season is Talleres de C\u00f3rdoba's 2nd consecutive season in the top-flight of Argentine football. The season covers the period from 1 July 2017 to 30 June 2018.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [34, 34], "content_span": [35, 205]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276503-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Talleres de C\u00f3rdoba season, Current squad\nNote: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 49], "content_span": [50, 178]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276503-0002-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Talleres de C\u00f3rdoba season, Current squad, Out on loan\nNote: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 62], "content_span": [63, 191]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276504-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Tampa Bay Lightning season\nThe 2017\u201318 Tampa Bay Lightning season was the 26th season for the National Hockey League (NHL) franchise that was established on December 16, 1991.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [34, 34], "content_span": [35, 183]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276504-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Tampa Bay Lightning season, Off-season, April\nOn April 9, 2017, the Lightning's 2016\u201317 season came to an end when they defeated the Buffalo Sabres 4\u20132 at Amalie Arena. The Lightning were eliminated from playoff contention the night before when the Toronto Maple Leafs defeated the Pittsburgh Penguins 5\u20133.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 53], "content_span": [54, 314]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276504-0002-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Tampa Bay Lightning season, Off-season, April\nOn April 23, 2017, the Lightning signed Boris Katchouk to a three-year, entry-level contract. Katchouk posted career highs in goals (35), assists (29) and points (64). Katchouk said he had \"dreamed of this for a long time\" after signing the contract. Katchouk joined the Syracuse Crunch of the American Hockey League (AHL) after the Sault Ste. Marie Greyhounds were eliminated from the Ontario Hockey League (OHL) playoffs.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 53], "content_span": [54, 477]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276504-0003-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Tampa Bay Lightning season, Off-season, April\nOn April 25, 2017, Tanner Richard left the Syracuse Crunch to join the Switzerland men's national ice hockey team to try to earn a spot for the 2017 IIHF World Championship. It was unknown at the time whether Richard would rejoin the Crunch if the team remained in the playoffs.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 53], "content_span": [54, 332]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276504-0004-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Tampa Bay Lightning season, Off-season, April\nOn April 28, 2017, Richard agreed to a two-year contract with Gen\u00e8ve-Servette HC of the Swiss National League A (NLA).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 53], "content_span": [54, 172]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276504-0005-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Tampa Bay Lightning season, Off-season, May\nOn May 15, 2017, the Lightning announced it had signed Taylor Raddysh to a three-year, entry-level contract. Raddysh led the OHL's Erie Otters offense the past season with 109 points in 58 games.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 51], "content_span": [52, 247]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276504-0006-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Tampa Bay Lightning season, Off-season, May\nOn May 29, 2017, the NHL announced the Lightning would host the 2018 NHL All-Star Game at Amalie Arena. The Lightning had previously served as host of the NHL All-Star game back in 1999, which notably featured Wayne Gretzky's final appearance in an NHL All-Star Game.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 51], "content_span": [52, 319]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276504-0007-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Tampa Bay Lightning season, Off-season, May\nOn May 31, 2017, the Lightning announced it had traded Bokondji Imama to the Los Angeles Kings in exchange for a conditional seventh-round pick in the 2018 NHL Entry Draft. For the condition to be satisfied, the Kings had to sign Imama to an NHL contract before the June 1, 2pm deadline. The Kings satisfied the requirements of the conditional seventh-round pick when it signed Imama to a three-year, entry-level contract.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 51], "content_span": [52, 474]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276504-0008-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Tampa Bay Lightning season, Off-season, June\nOn June 15, 2017, the Lightning announced a blockbuster trade that sent forward Jonathan Drouin to the Montreal Canadiens and a conditional sixth-round pick in the 2018 NHL Entry Draft in exchange for defenseman Mikhail Sergachev and a conditional second-round pick in the 2018 Draft. In 2016\u201317, Sergachev played in 50 games with the OHL's Windsor Spitfires, recording 10 goals and 43 points. Sergachev also helped Windsor capture the 2017 Memorial Cup as Canadian Hockey League (CHL) champions.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 52], "content_span": [53, 549]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276504-0009-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Tampa Bay Lightning season, Off-season, June\nOn June 18, 2017, the Lightning announced its list of protected players for the 2017 NHL Expansion Draft. The Lightning chose to protect forwards Steven Stamkos, Nikita Kucherov, Ryan Callahan, Tyler Johnson, Ondrej Palat, Alex Killorn, Vladislav Namestnikov; defensemen Victor Hedman, Anton Stralman and Braydon Coburn; and goaltender Andrei Vasilevskiy. Vegas was permitted to negotiate with any unprotected players until June 21. If a player was signed, then it counted as Vegas' expansion draft pick. Barring any trades, Vegas would create its inaugural roster by selecting one player from every NHL club.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 52], "content_span": [53, 662]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276504-0010-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Tampa Bay Lightning season, Off-season, June\nOn June 19, 2017, Jokerit of the Kontinental Hockey League (KHL) announced it had signed Lightning forward prospect Henri Ikonen to a two-year contract.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 52], "content_span": [53, 205]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276504-0011-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Tampa Bay Lightning season, Off-season, June\nOn June 20, 2017, Lausanne HC of the NLA announced it had signed Lightning prospect Joel Vermin to a five-year contract that contains an NHL clause for a one-way deal. The deal had been previously reported in January, however the terms of the deal and which club had signed him was unknown. Vermin has played in 24 NHL games and recorded four assists. He has primarily played in the AHL, where he has made 185 appearances, scoring 44 goals and 55 assists.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 52], "content_span": [53, 508]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276504-0012-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Tampa Bay Lightning season, Off-season, June\nOn June 21, 2017, the Vegas Golden Knights selected Lightning defensemen Jason Garrison in the 2017 NHL Expansion Draft. In order to facilitate Vegas selecting Garrison, the Lightning traded prospect Nikita Gusev, a second-round pick in the 2017 NHL Entry Draft and a fourth-round pick in the 2018 Draft. In so doing, the Lightning were also able to protect defensive prospects Jake Dotchin and Slater Koekkoek. The selection of Garrison also freed up $4.6\u00a0million in salary cap for the 2017\u201318 season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 52], "content_span": [53, 555]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276504-0013-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Tampa Bay Lightning season, Off-season, June\nOn June 22, 2017, it was leaked by the media that the Lightning were re-signing goaltender Peter Budaj to a two-year contract extension. Budaj joined the Lightning as part of the trade that sent Lightning starting goaltender Ben Bishop to the Los Angeles Kings (along with a fifth-round pick in the 2017 NHL Entry Draft) in exchange for prospect Erik Cernak, a seventh-round pick in 2017 and a conditional pick in 2017.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 52], "content_span": [53, 472]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276504-0014-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Tampa Bay Lightning season, Off-season, June\nOn June 25, 2017, the Lightning announced the schedule and tentative roster for their annual developmental cap at The Ice Sports Forum. The camp will feature some of the Lightning's top prospects, along with the 2017 Draftees and invitees. Notable prospects attending this year includes Mikhail Sergachev, Brett Howden, Anthony Cirelli, Mathieu Joseph, Taylor Raddysh and Conner Ingram. Also in attendance will be all six players selected at the 2017 NHL Entry Draft, including first round pick Callan Foote.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 52], "content_span": [53, 561]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276504-0015-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Tampa Bay Lightning season, Off-season, June\nOn June 26, 2017, the Lightning announced it had re-signed defenseman Andrej Sustr to a one-year, $1.95\u00a0million contract. Sustr skated in 80 games last season, recording 14 points.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 52], "content_span": [53, 233]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276504-0016-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Tampa Bay Lightning season, Off-season, June\nShortly after Sustr's extension was announced by the Lightning, the team announced it had re-signed forward Yanni Gourde to a two-year, $1\u00a0million contract extension. Gourde made 20 appearances in 2016\u201317, scoring six goals.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 52], "content_span": [53, 277]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276504-0017-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Tampa Bay Lightning season, Off-season, June\nLater in the afternoon, the Lightning announced it had issued qualifying offers to nine players: Michael Bournival, Jake Dotchin, Kristers Gudlevskis, Tyler Johnson, Tye McGinn, Ondrej Palat, Matthew Peca and Tanner Richard. In so doing, the Lightning retained the rights to these players. Notable players not being issued qualifying offers by the Lightning were prospects Dylan Blujus, Jonathan Racine and Henri Ikonen. Any player not tenured a qualifying offer became an unrestricted free agent.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 52], "content_span": [53, 550]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276504-0018-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Tampa Bay Lightning season, Off-season, June\nOn June 28, 2017, the Lightning announced it had re-signed forward Cory Conacher to a two-year, $1.3\u00a0million contract extension. Conacher appeared in 11 games in 2016\u201317 with the Lightning, recording a goal and three assists. Conacher predominately played for the Crunch this past season. In his stint with the Crunch, Conacher recorded 17 goals and 43 assists. Additionally, Conacher led all players in scoring in the 2017 Calder Cup playoffs with 12 goals and 28 points.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 52], "content_span": [53, 525]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276504-0019-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Tampa Bay Lightning season, Off-season, June\nA short time after the announcement of Conacher being re-signed, the Lightning announced it had re-signed Gabriel Dumont to a two-year, $1.3\u00a0million contract extension. Dumont appeared in 39 games with the Lightning in 2016\u201317, recording two goals and two assists. In the AHL, Dumont played in 20 games with the Crunch, scoring five goals and five assists. Additionally, Dumont appeared in all 22 playoffs games with the Crunch, where he recorded 5 goals and 11 points.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 52], "content_span": [53, 522]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276504-0020-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Tampa Bay Lightning season, Off-season, June\nOn June 29, 2017, the Lightning announced a massive $6\u00a0million renovation to The Ice Sports Forum. The Ice Sports Forum owner Tom Bradley will also be contributing $500,000 to the project. As part of the expansion, the Lightning extended their lease for another ten years. The renovation will increase the size of the facility from roughly 14,500 square feet to 18,000 square feet.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 52], "content_span": [53, 434]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276504-0021-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Tampa Bay Lightning season, Off-season, June\nLater that afternoon, the Lightning announced the signing of forward prospect Alexander Volkov to a three-year, entry-level contract. Volkov played for SKA-1946 St. Petersburg the past four seasons. During that time, he played in 128 games and recorded 35 goals and 26 assists. Volkov is expected to play for the Syracuse Crunch in upcoming 2017\u201318 season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 52], "content_span": [53, 409]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276504-0022-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Tampa Bay Lightning season, Off-season, July\nOn July 1, 2017, the Lightning announced it had signed prospect Oleg Sosunov to a three-year, entry-level contract. Sosunov was recently selected 39th overall in the 2017 Canadian Hockey League Import Draft by the Western Hockey League (WHL)'s Moose Jaw Warriors. Sosunov will be playing for the Warriors in the upcoming 2017\u201318 season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 52], "content_span": [53, 389]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276504-0023-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Tampa Bay Lightning season, Off-season, July\nThe Lightning acquired forward Carter Verhaeghe from the New York Islanders in exchange for goaltender Kristers Gudlevskis. Verhaeghe is a former third-round pick of the Toronto Maple Leafs. Verhaeghe appeared in 45 games with the AHL's Bridgeport Sound Tigers, where he scored 16 goals and 13 assists.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 52], "content_span": [53, 355]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276504-0024-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Tampa Bay Lightning season, Off-season, July\nThe Lightning announced the signing of goaltender Michael Leighton to a one-year, two-way contract. Leighton played in four games with the Carolina Hurricanes this past season. Leighton also spent time with the Hurricanes' AHL affiliate, the Charlotte Checkers, where he played in 23 games. He had a record of 11\u20137\u20133 in those games, along with a 2.17 goals-against average (GAA) and a .921 save percentage. Leighton is expected to start the season as the Syracuse Crunch's starting goaltender.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 52], "content_span": [53, 546]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276504-0025-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Tampa Bay Lightning season, Off-season, July\nThe Lightning announced the signing of defenseman Mat Bodie to a one-year, two-way contract. In 2016\u201317, Bodie played for both the AHL's Rochester Americans and Hartford Wolf Pack. His season totals were 10 goals and 39 points, both career highs.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 52], "content_span": [53, 299]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276504-0026-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Tampa Bay Lightning season, Off-season, July\nThe Lightning announced the signing of left wing Alex Gallant to a one-year, two-way contract. Gallant played in 29 games with the AHL's San Jose Barracuda in 2016\u201317, recording two assists. Gallant has also skated in 56 career AHL games, scoring one goal and two assists.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 52], "content_span": [53, 325]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276504-0027-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Tampa Bay Lightning season, Off-season, July\nThe Lightning announced it had signed defenseman Jamie McBain to a one-year, two-way contract. McBain spent the duration of the 2016\u201317 season with the Tucson Roadrunners. McBain is expected to provide Syracuse with a veteran presence, having played in 348 career NHL games.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 52], "content_span": [53, 327]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276504-0028-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Tampa Bay Lightning season, Off-season, July\nThe Lightning announced the free agent signing of defenseman Dan Girardi to a two-year contract valued at $3\u00a0million per season. Girardi had spent his entire career with the New York Rangers before signing with the Lightning. Girardi is a veteran of 788 career NHL games. During that span Girardi has scored 46 goals and 230 points.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 52], "content_span": [53, 385]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276504-0029-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Tampa Bay Lightning season, Off-season, July\nThe final signing announced by the Lightning was free agent left wing Chris Kunitz to a one-year contract was worth $2\u00a0million. Kunitz brings a plethora of playoff experience, having won four Stanley Cups. Kunitz's career has spanned 884 career NHL games where he has 250 goals and 580 points.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 52], "content_span": [53, 346]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276504-0030-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Tampa Bay Lightning season, Off-season, July\nOn July 10, 2017, the Lightning announced it had re-signed restricted free agent forward Tyler Johnson to a seven-year, $35\u00a0million contract extension. Johnson has spent his entire NHL career with the Lightning since signing with them as undrafted free agent. Over five season Johnson has recorded 89 goals and 122 assists.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 52], "content_span": [53, 377]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276504-0031-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Tampa Bay Lightning season, Off-season, July\nOn July 14, 2017, the Lightning announced the re-signing of restricted free agent forward Ondrej Palat to a five-year, $26.5\u00a0million contract extension. Since being selected in the seventh round of the 2011 NHL Entry Draft, Palat has scored 74 goals and 144 assists over 307 games.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 52], "content_span": [53, 334]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276504-0032-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Tampa Bay Lightning season, Off-season, July\nOn July 18, 2017, the Lightning announced it had re-signed forward Michael Bournival to a one-year contract extension. In 2016\u201317, Bournival played in 19 games with the Lightning last season and 38 with the Crunch. In his career, Bournival has played in 108 career NHL games where he has recorded 12 goals and 22 points.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 52], "content_span": [53, 373]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276504-0033-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Tampa Bay Lightning season, Off-season, August\nOn August 17, 2017, the Lightning announced it had re-signed forward Tye McGinn to a one-year, two-way contract. McGinn was limited to just 21 games in 2016\u201317 due to an injury. He recorded 10 goals and 19 points.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 54], "content_span": [55, 268]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276504-0034-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Tampa Bay Lightning season, Off-season, August\nOn August 29, 2017, the Lightning announced its annual prospect tournament roster. Prospects of note in attendance are Brett Howden, Callan Foote, Mikhail Sergachev, Taylor Raddysh, and Anthony Cirelli. Also of note, the younger brother of Lightning forward Cory Conacher, Shane Conacher, is attending as an invitee. The prospect tournament will take place at Germain Arena, which is located in Estero, Florida. The other teams participating in the tournament are the Florida Panthers, the Nashville Predators and Washington Capitals. The tournament is set to run from September 9 to 12, inclusive.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 54], "content_span": [55, 653]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276504-0035-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Tampa Bay Lightning season, Training camp, September\nOn September 6, 2017, the Lightning announced the annual prospect tournament had been canceled due to Hurricane Irma. The Lightning opted to play the Nashville Predators' prospects in a series of scrimmages over three days at Ford Ice Center in Antioch, Tennessee.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 60], "content_span": [61, 325]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276504-0036-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Tampa Bay Lightning season, Training camp, September\nOn September 13, 2017, the Lightning announced its 63-man roster for training camp. There were six training camp invitees this year, which were Shane Conacher, Kevin Hancock, Kevin Lynch, Reid McNeill, Joseph Raaymakers and Nicola Riopel. The roster also features all the prospects that participated in the scrimmages with the Predators the prior weekend.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 60], "content_span": [61, 416]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276504-0037-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Tampa Bay Lightning season, Training camp, September\nOn September 18, 2017, Brian Hart and Cameron Darcy both cleared unconditional waivers. This terminated the remaining year on both players contract, which frees up two contracts as part of the team's 50-contract limit. On September 20, 2017, the Lightning announced the first round of players cut from their training camp roster. Kevin Hancock and Joseph Raaymakers were released from their tryout agreements. Alexey Lipanov, Christopher Paquette, Taylor Raddysh, Christopher Paquette and Oleg Sosunov were reassigned to their respective junior clubs.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 60], "content_span": [61, 612]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276504-0038-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Tampa Bay Lightning season, Training camp, September\nOn September 21, 2017, the Lightning announced that it had trimmed down its training camp roster by three players. Boris Katchouk, Callan Foote and Libor Hajek were assigned to their junior clubs for the upcoming season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 60], "content_span": [61, 281]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276504-0039-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Tampa Bay Lightning season, Training camp, September\nOn September 23, 2017, the Lightning made another round of roster cuts, which reduced the training camp roster to 44 players. Shane Conacher, Kevin Lynch, Reid McNeill were released from their tryout agreements. Otto Somppi was assigned to the Quebec Major Junior Hockey League (QMJHL)'s Halifax Mooseheads. Alex Gallant, Carter Verhaghe, Mat Bodie, Matthew Spencer, Connor Ingram and Michael Leighton were assigned to the Syracuse Crunch.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 60], "content_span": [61, 500]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276504-0040-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Tampa Bay Lightning season, Training camp, September\nOn September 25, 2017, the Lightning announced it was retiring Vincent Lecavalier's number 4 jersey on February 10, 2018. The retirement ceremony will take place before the game against the Los Angeles Kings, the club Lecavalier finished his career with. That same day, the Lightning announced it had reduced its training camp roster down to 30 players. Former first round pick Brett Howden was assigned to his junior club in the WHL, while Anthony Cirelli, Adam Erne, Mathieu Joseph, Tye McGinn, Matthew Peca, Mitchell Stephens, Dennis Yan, Erik Cernak, Jamie McBain, Ben Thomas and Daniel Walcott were reassigned to Syracuse.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 60], "content_span": [61, 688]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276504-0041-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Tampa Bay Lightning season, Training camp, September\nOn September 28, 2017, the Lightning announced it had signed forward prospect Alexy Lipanov to a three-year, entry-level contract.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 60], "content_span": [61, 191]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276504-0042-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Tampa Bay Lightning season, Training camp, September\nOn September 29, 2017, the Lightning announced it had reduced its training camp roster by one player: Alexander Volkov, the Lightning's 2017 second-round draft pick, was reassigned to Syracuse.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 60], "content_span": [61, 254]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276504-0043-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Tampa Bay Lightning season, Training camp, October\nOn October 1, 2017, the Lightning announced that it had reassigned goaltender Nicola Riopel to the Adirondack Thunder of the ECHL.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 58], "content_span": [59, 189]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276504-0044-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Tampa Bay Lightning season, Training camp, October\nOn October 2, 2017, the Lightning placed on Cory Conacher on waivers for the purpose of reassigning him to the Crunch. Conacher was the final roster cut of training camp. The Lightning will started the season with thirteen forwards and eight defensemen. The forward group consisted of J. T. Brown, Ryan Callahan, Gabriel Dumont, Yanni Gourde, Tyler Johnson, Alex Killorn, Nikita Kucherov, Chris Kunitz, Vladislav Namestnikov, Ondrej Palat, Cedric Paquette, Brayden Point and Steven Stamkos. The defensemen on the opening night roster were Braydon Coburn, Jake Dotchin, Dan Girardi, Victor Hedman, Slater Koekkoek, Mikhail Sergachev, Anton Stralman and Andrej Sustr. Forwards Michael Bournival, Erik Condra, Jonne Tammela, Carter Verhaeghe and defenseman Dominik Masin remained with the team on injured reserve.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 58], "content_span": [59, 869]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276504-0045-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Tampa Bay Lightning season, Schedule and results, Regular season\nWin (2 points)\u00a0\u00a0Loss (0 points)\u00a0\u00a0Overtime/shootout loss (1 point)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 72], "content_span": [73, 138]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276504-0046-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Tampa Bay Lightning season, Player stats, Goaltenders\n\u2020Denotes player spent time with another team before joining Tampa Bay. Stats reflect time with Tampa Bay only. \u2021Traded from Tampa Bay mid-season. Bold/italics denotes franchise record", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 61], "content_span": [62, 245]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276504-0047-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Tampa Bay Lightning season, Transactions\nThe Lightning have been involved in the following transactions during the 2017\u201318 season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 48], "content_span": [49, 138]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276504-0048-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Tampa Bay Lightning season, Draft picks\nBelow are the Tampa Bay Lightning' selections at the 2017 NHL Entry Draft, which was held on June 23 and 24, 2017, at the United Center in Chicago, Illinois.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 47], "content_span": [48, 205]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276505-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Tanzania FA Cup\nThe 2017\u201318 Tanzania FA Cup (also called the Azam Sports Federation Cup) is the 3rd edition of the Tanzania FA Cup, the knockout football competition of Tanzania.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [23, 23], "content_span": [24, 186]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276505-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Tanzania FA Cup\nThe tournament began with the first round on 31 October 2017.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [23, 23], "content_span": [24, 85]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276505-0002-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Tanzania FA Cup\nIn the final on 2 June 2018, Mtibwa Sugar defeated Singida United.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [23, 23], "content_span": [24, 90]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276506-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Tanzanian Premier League\nThe 2017\u201318 Tanzanian Premier League is the 53rd season of top-tier football in Tanzania. The season started on 26 August 2017 and ended on 28 May 2018.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [32, 32], "content_span": [33, 185]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276507-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Ta\u00e7a da Liga\nThe 2017\u201318 Ta\u00e7a da Liga was the eleventh edition of the Ta\u00e7a da Liga (also known as Ta\u00e7a CTT for sponsorship reasons), a football cup competition organised by the Liga Portuguesa de Futebol Profissional (LPFP) and contested exclusively by clubs competing in the top two professional tiers of Portuguese football. It began on 23 July 2017 and concluded on 27 January 2018 with the final at Est\u00e1dio Municipal de Braga in Braga.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [20, 20], "content_span": [21, 447]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276507-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Ta\u00e7a da Liga\nA total of 33 teams entered this tournament, including 18 teams from the 2017\u201318 Primeira Liga and 15 non-reserve teams from the 2017\u201318 LigaPro. The competition format suffered changes for a third consecutive season to accommodate a reduction in the number of participating teams, particularly from the LigaPro.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [20, 20], "content_span": [21, 333]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276507-0002-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Ta\u00e7a da Liga\nMoreirense were the title holders, beating 2012\u201313 winners Braga 1\u20130 in the previous final to win their first-ever title in a national competition, but were eliminated in the third round. In a repeat of the competition's first final held 10 years previously, Sporting defeated Vit\u00f3ria de Set\u00fabal 5\u20134 on penalties (1\u20131 after ninety minutes) in the final to win the title for the first time in the club's history.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [20, 20], "content_span": [21, 432]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276507-0003-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Ta\u00e7a da Liga, Format\nFifteen teams competing in the 2017\u201318 LigaPro (reserve teams from Primeira Liga clubs are excluded) took part in the first round; one-legged ties were played between fourteen teams, with the fifteenth team receiving a bye to the next round.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 28], "content_span": [29, 270]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276507-0004-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Ta\u00e7a da Liga, Format\nIn the second round, the eight teams advancing from the previous round (seven winners plus the team with a bye) were joined by the twelve teams placed 5th\u201316th in the 2016\u201317 Primeira Liga and by the two teams promoted to 2017\u201318 Primeira Liga. Again, one-legged ties were played between 20 teams, with two teams receiving a bye to the next round.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 28], "content_span": [29, 376]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276507-0005-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Ta\u00e7a da Liga, Format\nThe third round featured the twelve teams advancing from the previous round (ten winners plus the two teams with a bye) and the four best-placed teams in the 2016\u201317 Primeira Liga. The sixteen teams are drawn into four groups that will be contested in a single round-robin format, with each team playing at least one game at home. The four group winners qualified for the semi-finals, which were played as single-legged ties. The semi-finals and final were played at a neutral venue.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 28], "content_span": [29, 512]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276507-0006-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Ta\u00e7a da Liga, Format, Tiebreakers\nIn the third round, teams are ranked according to points (3 points for a win, 1 point for a draw, 0 points for a loss). If two or more teams are tied on points on completion of the group matches, the following criteria are applied to determine the rankings:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 41], "content_span": [42, 299]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276507-0007-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Ta\u00e7a da Liga, Format, Tiebreakers\nIn all other rounds, teams tied at the end of regular time contest a penalty shootout to determine the winner.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 41], "content_span": [42, 152]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276507-0008-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Ta\u00e7a da Liga, Teams\nThirty-three teams competing in the two professional tiers of Portuguese football for the 2017\u201318 season are eligible to participate in this competition. For Primeira Liga teams, the final position in the previous league season determined in which round they enter the competition.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 27], "content_span": [28, 309]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276507-0009-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Ta\u00e7a da Liga, Schedule\nAll draws were held at the LPFP headquarters in Porto.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 30], "content_span": [31, 85]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276507-0010-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Ta\u00e7a da Liga, First round\nThe 15 non-reserve teams competing in the 2017\u201318 LigaPro entered the competition in this round. Fourteen teams were paired against each other for seven single-legged ties, while the fifteenth team (Real) was given a bye to the next round. The draw took place on 7 July 2017, and matches were played on 23 July 2017.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 33], "content_span": [34, 350]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276507-0011-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Ta\u00e7a da Liga, Second round\nIn the second round, the seven first-round winners and Real, who were given a bye to this round, joined the 12 teams ranked 5th\u201316th in the 2016\u201317 Primeira Liga and the two teams promoted from the 2015\u201316 LigaPro. Twenty teams were paired against each other for ten single-legged ties, while Feirense and Leix\u00f5es were given a bye to the next round. The draw took place on 7 July 2017, and matches were played between 29 July 2017 and 3 September 2017.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 34], "content_span": [35, 487]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276507-0012-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Ta\u00e7a da Liga, Third round\nIn the third round, the 10 second-round winners plus Feirense and Leix\u00f5es, who were given a bye to this round, joined the four top-ranked teams from the 2016\u201317 Primeira Liga: Benfica (1st), Porto (2nd), Sporting CP (3rd) and Vit\u00f3ria de Guimar\u00e3es (4th). These 16 teams were drawn into four groups of four, each group containing one of the four top-ranked Primeira Liga teams who each hosted their first two group matches. Group matches were played in a single round-robin format, ensuring that each team plays at least one match at home. The draw took place on 7 September 2017, and matches were played between 19 September and 30 December 2017.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 33], "content_span": [34, 679]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276507-0013-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Ta\u00e7a da Liga, Third round\nReal, who had eliminated Belenenses in the previous round, were disqualified after it was determined that they fielded irregularly a punished player during their second-round match. As a result, Belenenses were repechaged and allocated into Group B, with Portimonense reallocated into Group A to occupy Real's vacancy.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 33], "content_span": [34, 352]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276507-0014-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Ta\u00e7a da Liga, Knockout phase\nThe knockout phase is contested as a final-four tournament by the four third-round group winners. The winners of Groups A and B play the winners of Groups C and D, respectively, in one-legged semi-finals, to determine the two finalist teams. All matches are being played at Est\u00e1dio Municipal de Braga, in Braga, with the semi-finals played on 23 and 24 January, and the final scheduled for 27 January 2018.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 36], "content_span": [37, 443]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276508-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Ta\u00e7a de Portugal\nThe 2017\u201318 Ta\u00e7a de Portugal (also known as Ta\u00e7a de Portugal Placard for sponsorship reasons) was the 78th season of the Ta\u00e7a de Portugal, the premier knockout competition in Portuguese football.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [24, 24], "content_span": [25, 220]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276508-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Ta\u00e7a de Portugal\nThe competition was contested by 153 clubs, including teams from the top-three tiers of the Portuguese football league system and representatives of the fourth-tier District leagues and cups. It began with the first-round matches in September 2017 and was concluded in May 2018 with the final at the Est\u00e1dio Nacional.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [24, 24], "content_span": [25, 342]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276508-0002-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Ta\u00e7a de Portugal\nDesportivo das Aves defeated Sporting CP 2\u20131 and won their first Ta\u00e7a de Portugal, succeeding Benfica as trophy holders, but did not qualify for the 2018\u201319 UEFA Europa League group stage since they failed to obtain a license for European competitions.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [24, 24], "content_span": [25, 278]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276508-0003-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Ta\u00e7a de Portugal, Schedule\nAll draws are held at the FPF headquarters at Cidade do Futebol, in Oeiras. Match kick-off times are in WET (UTC\u00b10) from the fourth round to the semi-finals, and in WEST (UTC+1) during the rest of the competition.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 34], "content_span": [35, 248]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276508-0004-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Ta\u00e7a de Portugal, First round\nA total of 120 teams from the Campeonato de Portugal (CP) and the District Football Associations (D) entered the first round. The draw took place on Wednesday, 9 August 2017, at 15:00 WEST. Teams were divided into eight series of 14 or 16 teams according to geographic criteria. Matches were played on 3 and 4 September 2017.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 37], "content_span": [38, 363]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276508-0005-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Ta\u00e7a de Portugal, Second round\nThe following 17 first-round losing teams were selected to compete in the second round:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 38], "content_span": [39, 126]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276508-0006-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Ta\u00e7a de Portugal, Third round\nA total of 64 teams participated in the third round, which included the 46 winners of the previous round and the 18 teams competing in the 2017\u201318 Primeira Liga (I). The draw took place on Thursday, 28 September 2017, at 15:00 WEST, and matches were played between 12 and 15 October 2017.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 37], "content_span": [38, 327]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276508-0007-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Ta\u00e7a de Portugal, Fourth round\nA total of 32 teams participated in the fourth round, all of which advanced from the previous round. The draw took place on Thursday, 19 October 2017, at 12:30 WEST, and unlike previous rounds, was free of restrictions. Matches were played between 16 and 19 November 2017.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 38], "content_span": [39, 311]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276508-0008-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Ta\u00e7a de Portugal, Fifth round\nA total of 16 teams participated in the fifth round, all of which advanced from the previous round. The draw took place on Wednesday, 22 November 2017, at 12:30 WET, and matches were played between 6 and 30 December 2017.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 37], "content_span": [38, 259]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276508-0009-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Ta\u00e7a de Portugal, Quarter-finals\nEight teams participated in the quarter-finals, all having advanced from the previous round. The draw took place on Monday, 18 December 2017, at 12:00 WET, and matches were played on 10 and 11 January 2018.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 40], "content_span": [41, 247]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276508-0010-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Ta\u00e7a de Portugal, Semi-finals\nThe semi-final pairings were determined after the draw for the quarter-finals on Monday, 18 December 2017, at 12:00 WET. This round will be contested over two legs in a home-and-away system, with the first leg played on 7 and 28 February and the second leg played on 18 April 2018.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 37], "content_span": [38, 319]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276509-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Telekom Baskets Bonn season\nThe 2017\u201318 Telekom Baskets Bonn season was the 26th season of the German basketball club. The team will play in the Basketball Bundesliga and in the Basketball Champions League this season. Bonn reached the quarter-finals of the BBL Playoffs where it was eliminated 0\u20133 by Brose Bamberg.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [35, 35], "content_span": [36, 324]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276510-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Temple Owls men's basketball team\nThe 2017\u201318 Temple Owls basketball team represented Temple University during the 2017\u201318 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Owls, led by 12th-year head coach Fran Dunphy, played their home games at the Liacouras Center in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania as members the American Athletic Conference. They finished the season 17\u201316, 8\u201310 in AAC play to finish in seventh place. In the AAC Tournament, they defeated Tulane before losing to Wichita State in the quarterfinals. They received a bid to the National Invitation Tournament where they lost to Penn State in the first round.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [41, 41], "content_span": [42, 627]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276510-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Temple Owls men's basketball team, Previous season\nThe Owls finished the 2016\u201317 season 16\u201316, 7\u201311 in AAC play to finish in eighth place. They lost in the first round of the AAC Tournament to East Carolina.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [43, 58], "content_span": [59, 215]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276511-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Temple Owls women's basketball team\nThe 2017\u201318 Temple Owls women's basketball team will represent Temple University during the 2017\u201318 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The season marks the fifth for the Owls as members of the American Athletic Conference. The Owls, led by tenth year head coach Tonya Cardoza, play their home games at McGonigle Hall and the Liacouras Center. They finished the season 12\u201319, 3\u201313 in AAC play to finish a tie for last place. They advanced to the quarterfinals of the American Athletic Conference Women's Tournament where they lost to UCF.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [43, 43], "content_span": [44, 589]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276511-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Temple Owls women's basketball team, Media\nAll Owls home games will have video streaming on , ESPN3, or . Road games will typically be streamed on the opponents website, though conference road games could also appear on ESPN3 or AAC Digital. There are no radio broadcasts for Owls women's basketball games.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [45, 50], "content_span": [51, 314]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276512-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Tennessee Lady Volunteers basketball team\nThe 2017\u201318 Tennessee Lady Volunteers basketball team represented the University of Tennessee in the 2017\u201318 college basketball season. The Lady Vols, led by sixth-year head coach Holly Warlick, played their games at Thompson\u2013Boling Arena and are members of the Southeastern Conference.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 49], "section_span": [49, 49], "content_span": [50, 336]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276512-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Tennessee Lady Volunteers basketball team\nIn the November 24 Canc\u00fan Challenge game against Oklahoma State, Jaime Nared scored her 1,000th point. She is the 45th Lady Vol to do so in her career.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 49], "section_span": [49, 49], "content_span": [50, 201]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276512-0002-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Tennessee Lady Volunteers basketball team\nThe Lady Vols finished the season 25\u20138, 11\u20135 for a third-place tie in SEC play. They lost in the second round of the SEC Tournament to South Carolina. Nationally ranked twelfth at the end of the season, they received an at-large bid to the NCAA Tournament where they defeated Liberty in the first round before losing to Oregon State in the second round.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 49], "section_span": [49, 49], "content_span": [50, 403]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276512-0003-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Tennessee Lady Volunteers basketball team, Previous season\nThe 2016\u201317 team finished the season 20\u201312, 10\u20136 for fifth place in SEC play. They lost in the second round of the 2017 SEC Tournament to Alabama. They received an at-large bid to the 2017 NCAA Women's Tournament where they defeated Dayton in the first round before losing to Louisville in the second round.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 49], "section_span": [51, 66], "content_span": [67, 374]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276512-0004-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Tennessee Lady Volunteers basketball team, Rankings\n^Coaches' Poll did not release a second poll at the same time as the AP.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 49], "section_span": [51, 59], "content_span": [60, 132]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276513-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Tennessee State Tigers basketball team\nThe 2017\u201318 Tennessee State Tigers basketball team represented Tennessee State University during the 2017\u201318 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Tigers, led by fourth-year head coach Dana Ford, played their home games at the Gentry Complex in Nashville, Tennessee as members of the Ohio Valley Conference. They finished the season 15\u201315, 10\u20138 in OVC play to finish in a tie for fifth place. They lost in the first round of the OVC Tournament to Eastern Illinois.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [46, 46], "content_span": [47, 518]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276513-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Tennessee State Tigers basketball team\nOn March 21, 2018, head coach Dana Ford left Tennessee State for the head coaching job at Missouri State. He finished at Tennessee State with a four-year record of 57\u201365. On March 26, the school announced that former Illinois State assistant coach Brian Collins had been hired as head coach.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [46, 46], "content_span": [47, 338]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276513-0002-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Tennessee State Tigers basketball team, Previous season\nThe Tigers finished the 2016\u201317 season 17\u201313, 8\u20138 in OVC play to finish in a tie for fourth place in the East Division. As the No. 8 seed in the OVC Tournament, they lost to Southeast Missouri State in the first round.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [48, 63], "content_span": [64, 282]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276513-0003-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Tennessee State Tigers basketball team, Preseason\nIn a vote of conference coaches and sports information directors, Tennessee State was picked to finish in 7th place in the OVC.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [48, 57], "content_span": [58, 185]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276513-0004-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Tennessee State Tigers basketball team, Preseason\nAfter five years of divisional play in the OVC, the conference eliminated divisions for the 2017\u201318 season. Additionally, for the first time, each conference team will play 18 conference games.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [48, 57], "content_span": [58, 251]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276514-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Tennessee Tech Golden Eagles men's basketball team\nThe 2017\u201318 Tennessee Tech Golden Eagles men's basketball team represented Tennessee Technological University during the 2017\u201318 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Golden Eagles, led by seventh-year head coach Steve Payne, played their home games at the Eblen Center in Cookeville, Tennessee as members of the Ohio Valley Conference. They finished the season 19\u201314, 10\u20138 in OVC play to finish in a tie for fifth place. They defeated SIU Edwardsville in the first round of the OVC Tournament to advance to the quarterfinals where they lost to Jacksonville State.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 58], "section_span": [58, 58], "content_span": [59, 630]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276514-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Tennessee Tech Golden Eagles men's basketball team, Previous season\nThe Eagles finished the season 12\u201320, 8\u20138 in OVC play to finish in a tie for fourth place in the East Division. As the No. 6 seed in the OVC Tournament, they lost in the first round to Murray State.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 58], "section_span": [60, 75], "content_span": [76, 275]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276514-0002-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Tennessee Tech Golden Eagles men's basketball team, Preseason\nIn a vote of conference coaches and sports information directors, Tennessee Tech was picked to finish in 5th place in the OVC. Aleksa Jugovic was named to the 2017\u201318 Preseason All-OVC Men's Basketball Team.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 58], "section_span": [60, 69], "content_span": [70, 277]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276514-0003-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Tennessee Tech Golden Eagles men's basketball team, Preseason\nAfter five years of divisional play in the OVC, the conference eliminated divisions for the 2017\u201318 season. Additionally, for the first time, each conference team will play 18 conference games.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 58], "section_span": [60, 69], "content_span": [70, 263]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276515-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Tennessee Volunteers basketball team\nThe 2017\u201318 Tennessee Volunteers basketball team represented the University of Tennessee in the 2017\u201318 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Volunteers were led by third-year head coach Rick Barnes. The team played its home games at Thompson\u2013Boling Arena in Knoxville, Tennessee, as a member of the Southeastern Conference. They finished the season 26\u20139, 13\u20135 in SEC play to earn a share of the SEC regular season championship. As the No. 2 seed in the SEC Tournament, they defeated Mississippi State and Arkansas before losing to Kentucky in the championship game. They received an at-large bid to the NCAA Tournament as the No. 3 seed in the South region. There the Volunteers defeated Wright State before being upset by Loyola\u2013Chicago in the Second Round.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [44, 44], "content_span": [45, 811]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276515-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Tennessee Volunteers basketball team, Previous season\nThe Vols finished the 2016\u201317 season 16\u201316, 8\u201310 in SEC play to finish in a tie for ninth place. They lost in the second round of the SEC Tournament to Georgia.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [46, 61], "content_span": [62, 222]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276515-0002-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Tennessee Volunteers basketball team, Rankings\n^Coaches' Poll did not release a second poll at the same time as the AP. *AP does not release post-NCAA Tournament rankings", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [46, 54], "content_span": [55, 178]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276516-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Tercera Divisi\u00f3n\nThe 2017\u201318 Tercera Divisi\u00f3n was the fourth tier in Spanish football. It began play in August 2017 and ended in late June 2018 with the promotion play-off finals.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [24, 24], "content_span": [25, 187]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276517-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Tercera Divisi\u00f3n de M\u00e9xico season\nThe 2017\u201318 Tercera Divisi\u00f3n season is the fourth-tier football league of Mexico. The tournament began on 1 September 2017 and finished on 10 June 2018.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [41, 41], "content_span": [42, 194]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276517-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Tercera Divisi\u00f3n de M\u00e9xico season, Competition format\nThe Tercera Divisi\u00f3n (Third Division) is divided into 13 groups. For the 2009/2010 season, the format of the tournament has been reorganized to a home and away format, which all teams will play in their respective group. The 13 groups consist of teams who are eligible to play in the liguilla de ascenso for one promotion spot, teams who are affiliated with teams in the Liga MX, Ascenso MX and Liga Premier, which are not eligible for promotion but will play that who the better filial team in an eight team filial playoff tournament for the entire season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [43, 61], "content_span": [62, 619]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276517-0002-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Tercera Divisi\u00f3n de M\u00e9xico season, Competition format\nThe league format allows participating franchises to rent their place to another team, so some clubs compete with a different name than the one registered with the FMF.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [43, 61], "content_span": [62, 230]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276517-0003-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Tercera Divisi\u00f3n de M\u00e9xico season, Group 1\nGroup with 14 teams from Campeche, Chiapas, Quintana Roo, Tabasco and Yucat\u00e1n.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [43, 50], "content_span": [51, 129]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276517-0004-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Tercera Divisi\u00f3n de M\u00e9xico season, Group 2\nGroup with 18 teams from Hidalgo, Puebla, San Luis Potos\u00ed, Tlaxcala and Veracruz.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [43, 50], "content_span": [51, 132]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276517-0005-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Tercera Divisi\u00f3n de M\u00e9xico season, Group 5\nGroup with 17 teams from Mexico City\u00a0and State of Mexico.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [43, 50], "content_span": [51, 108]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276517-0006-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Tercera Divisi\u00f3n de M\u00e9xico season, Group 7\nGroup with 16 teams from Hidalgo, Mexico City and Puebla.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [43, 50], "content_span": [51, 108]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276517-0007-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Tercera Divisi\u00f3n de M\u00e9xico season, Group 8\nGroup with 19 teams from Guanajuato, Guerrero, Michoac\u00e1n\u00a0and Quer\u00e9taro. San Juan del R\u00edo retired after the Week 19.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [43, 50], "content_span": [51, 166]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276517-0008-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Tercera Divisi\u00f3n de M\u00e9xico season, Group 9\nGroup with 20 teams from Aguascalientes, Guanajuato, Jalisco, San Luis Potos\u00ed and Zacatecas.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [43, 50], "content_span": [51, 143]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276517-0009-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Tercera Divisi\u00f3n de M\u00e9xico season, Group 10\nGroup with 20 teams from Colima\u00a0and Jalisco. Nuevos Valores de Ocotl\u00e1n have dissolved in December 2017.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [43, 51], "content_span": [52, 155]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276517-0010-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Tercera Divisi\u00f3n de M\u00e9xico season, Group 12\nGroup with 18 teams from Coahuila, Nuevo Le\u00f3n and Tamaulipas. Cinco Estrellas was dissafilliated in December 2017.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [43, 51], "content_span": [52, 166]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276517-0011-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Tercera Divisi\u00f3n de M\u00e9xico season, Group 13\nGroup with 13 teams from Chihuahua, Coahuila, Durango and Sonora.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [43, 51], "content_span": [52, 117]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276517-0012-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Tercera Divisi\u00f3n de M\u00e9xico season, Promotion playoffs\nThe Promotion Playoffs consisted of seven phases. Classify 64 teams, the number varies according to the number of teams in each group, being between three and six clubs per sector. The country will be divided into two zones: South Zone (Groups I to VII) and North Zone (Groups VIII to XIII). Eliminations were held according to the average obtained by each group, being ordered from best to worst by their percentage throughout the season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [43, 61], "content_span": [62, 501]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276517-0013-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Tercera Divisi\u00f3n de M\u00e9xico season, Reserve Teams, Table\nLast updated: April 21, 2018 Source: P = Position; G = Games played; Pts = Points; Pts/G = Ratio of points to games played; GD = Goal difference", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [43, 63], "content_span": [64, 208]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276517-0014-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Tercera Divisi\u00f3n de M\u00e9xico season, Regular Season statistics, Top goalscorers\nPlayers sorted first by goals scored, then by last name.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [43, 85], "content_span": [86, 142]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276518-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Texas A&M Aggies men's basketball team\nThe 2017\u201318 Texas A&M Aggies men's basketball team represented Texas A&M University in the 2017\u201318 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The team's head coach Billy Kennedy was in his seventh season at Texas A&M. The Aggies played their home games at Reed Arena in College Station, Texas in their sixth season as members of the Southeastern Conference. They finished the season 22\u201313, 9\u20139 in SEC play to finish in a tie for seventh place. They lost in the second round of the SEC Tournament to Alabama. They received an at-large bid to the NCAA Tournament where they defeated Providence and defending champion North Carolina to advance to the Sweet Sixteen where they lost to Michigan.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [46, 46], "content_span": [47, 735]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276518-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Texas A&M Aggies men's basketball team, Previous season\nThe Aggies finished the 2016\u201317 season 16\u201315, 8\u201310 in SEC play to finish in a tie for ninth place. They lost in the second round of the SEC Tournament to Vanderbilt.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [48, 63], "content_span": [64, 229]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276518-0002-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Texas A&M Aggies men's basketball team, Ranking movement\n^Coaches did not release a Week 2 poll. *AP does not release post-NCAA Tournament rankings", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [48, 64], "content_span": [65, 155]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276519-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Texas A&M Aggies women's basketball team\nThe 2017\u201318 Texas A&M Aggies women's basketball team represents Texas A&M University in the 2017\u201318 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The team's head coach is Gary Blair, who was in his fifteenth season at Texas A&M. The team plays their home games at the Reed Arena in College Station, Texas and plays in its sixth season as a member of the Southeastern Conference. They finished the season 26\u201310, 11\u20135 in SEC play to finish in a 4 way tie for fourth place. They advanced to the semifinals of the SEC Women's Tournament where they lost to Mississippi State. They received an at-large bid to the NCAA Tournament where they defeated Drake and DePaul in the first and second rounds before losing to Notre Dame in the sweet sixteen.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 48], "section_span": [48, 48], "content_span": [49, 787]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276519-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Texas A&M Aggies women's basketball team, Rankings\n^Coaches' Poll did not release a second poll at the same time as the AP.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 48], "section_span": [50, 58], "content_span": [59, 131]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276520-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Texas A&M\u2013Corpus Christi Islanders men's basketball team\nThe 2017\u201318 Texas A&M\u2013Corpus Christi Islanders men's basketball team represented Texas A&M University\u2013Corpus Christi in the 2017\u201318 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Islanders were led by head coach Willis Wilson, in his seventh season at Texas A&M\u2013Corpus Christi as members of the Southland Conference. They played their home games at the American Bank Center and the Dugan Wellness Center. They finished the season 11\u201318, 8\u201310 in Southland play to finish in a three-way tie for eighth place. Due to tiebreakers, they received the No. 8 seed in the Southland Tournament where they lost to New Orleans in the first round.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 64], "section_span": [64, 64], "content_span": [65, 697]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276520-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Texas A&M\u2013Corpus Christi Islanders men's basketball team, Previous season\nThe Islanders finished the 2016\u201317 season 24\u201312, 12\u20136 in Southland play to finish in a three-way tie for second place. They defeated Stephen F. Austin to advance to the championship game of the Southland Tournament where they lost to New Orleans. They received an invitation to the CollegeInsider.com Tournament where they defeated Georgia State, Weber State, Fort Wayne, and UMBC to advance to the championship game where they lost to Saint Peter's.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 64], "section_span": [66, 81], "content_span": [82, 532]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276521-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Texas A&M\u2013Corpus Christi Islanders women's basketball team\nThe 2017\u201318 Texas A&M\u2013Corpus Christi Islanders women's basketball team represented Texas A&M University\u2013Corpus Christi in the 2017\u201318 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Islanders were led by sixth year head coach Royce Chadwick. They played their home games at the American Bank Center and the Dugan Wellness Center and were members of the Southland Conference. They finished the season 19\u201312, 11\u20137 in Southland play to finish in a three way tie for fourth place. They advanced to the semifinals of the Southland Women's Tournament where they lost to Nicholls State.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 66], "section_span": [66, 66], "content_span": [67, 645]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276521-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Texas A&M\u2013Corpus Christi Islanders women's basketball team, Previous season\nThe Islanders finished the season 14\u201318 overall and 8\u201310 in Southland play to finish tied for sixth place. They were 2-1 as fifth seed in the Southland Women's Tournament. Their season ended losing to tournament champion Central Arkansas in the Semifinal round.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 66], "section_span": [68, 83], "content_span": [84, 345]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276521-0002-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Texas A&M\u2013Corpus Christi Islanders women's basketball team, Media\nVideo streaming of all non-televised home games and audio for all road games is available at GoIslanders.com.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 66], "section_span": [68, 73], "content_span": [74, 183]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276522-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Texas Longhorns men's basketball team\nThe 2017\u201318 Texas Longhorns men's basketball team represented the University of Texas at Austin in the 2017\u201318 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. They were led by third-year head coach Shaka Smart and played their home games at the Frank Erwin Center in Austin, Texas as members of the Big 12 Conference. They finished the season 19\u201315, 8\u201310 in Big 12 play play to finish in seventh place. They defeated Iowa State in the first round of the Big 12 Tournament before losing to Texas Tech in the quarterfinals. They received an at-large bid to the NCAA Tournament as the No. 10 seed in the South region where they lost to Nevada in the First Round 87-83 in OT.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [45, 45], "content_span": [46, 710]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276522-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Texas Longhorns men's basketball team, Previous season\nThe Longhorns finished the 2016\u201317 season 11\u201322, 4\u201314 in Big 12 play play to finish in last place. They defeated Texas Tech in the first round of the Big 12 Tournament to advance to the quarterfinals where they lost to West Virginia.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [47, 62], "content_span": [63, 296]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276523-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Texas Longhorns women's basketball team\nThe 2017\u201318 Texas Longhorns women's basketball team represented the University of Texas at Austin in the 2017\u201318 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. It was head coach Karen Aston's sixth season at Texas. The Longhorns were members of the Big 12 Conference and played their home games at the Frank Erwin Center. They finished the season 28\u20137, 15\u20133 in Big 12 play to finish in second place. They advanced to the championship game of the Big 12 Women's Basketball Tournament where they lost to Baylor. They received at-large bid of the NCAA Women's Basketball Tournament where they defeated Maine and Arizona State in the first and second rounds before losing to UCLA in the Sweet Sixteen.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 47], "section_span": [47, 47], "content_span": [48, 741]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276523-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Texas Longhorns women's basketball team, Previous season\nThey are coming off a season in which they finished the season 25\u20139, 15\u20133 in Big 12 play to finish in second place and advanced to the semifinals of the Big 12 Women's Basketball Tournament where they lost to West Virginia. They received at-large bid of the NCAA Women's Basketball Tournament where they defeated Central Arkansas and NC State in the first and second rounds before losing to Stanford in the Sweet Sixteen.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 47], "section_span": [49, 64], "content_span": [65, 486]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276523-0002-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Texas Longhorns women's basketball team, Off-season, Departures\nJoyner Holmes not on roster unil 23 December 2017 due to undisclosed violation.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 47], "section_span": [49, 71], "content_span": [72, 151]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276523-0003-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Texas Longhorns women's basketball team, 2017\u201318 media, Television and radio information\nMost University of Texas home games were shown on the Longhorn Network, with national telecasts on the Big 12 Conference's television partners. On the radio, women's basketball games aired on KTXX-HD4 \"105.3 The Bat\", with select games on KTXX-FM 104.9.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 47], "section_span": [49, 96], "content_span": [97, 350]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276524-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Texas Southern Tigers basketball team\nThe 2017\u201318 Texas Southern Tigers basketball team represented Texas Southern University during the 2017\u201318 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Tigers, led by sixth-year head coach Mike Davis, played their home games at the Health and Physical Education Arena in Houston, Texas as members of the Southwestern Athletic Conference. They finished the season 16\u201320, 12\u20136 in SWAC play to finish in a three-way tie for second place.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [45, 45], "content_span": [46, 480]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276524-0000-0001", "contents": "2017\u201318 Texas Southern Tigers basketball team\nDue to Grambling State's Academic Progress Rate violations and subsequent postseason ineligibility, they received the No. 3 seed in the SWAC Tournament where they defeated Alabama State, Prairie View A&M and Arkansas\u2013Pine Bluff to become SWAC Tournament champions. They received the SWAC's automatic bid to the NCAA Tournament where they defeated North Carolina Central in the First Four before losing in the First Round to Xavier.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [45, 45], "content_span": [46, 477]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276524-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Texas Southern Tigers basketball team\nOn June 5, 2018, head coach Mike Davis announced he would step down as head coach to become the head coach at Detroit, which was made official on June 13. On June 25, the school hired Nevada associate head coach and former North Texas and LSU head coach Johnny Jones for the job.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [45, 45], "content_span": [46, 325]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276524-0002-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Texas Southern Tigers basketball team, Previous season\nThe Tigers finished the 2016\u201317 season 23\u201312, 16\u20132 in SWAC play to win the regular season SWAC championship. They defeated Alabama State, Grambling State, and Alcorn State to win the SWAC Tournament. As a result, they received the SWAC's automatic bid to the NCAA Tournament as a No. 16 seed in the East region. There they lost in the First Round to North Carolina.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [47, 62], "content_span": [63, 428]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276525-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Texas State Bobcats men's basketball team\nThe 2017\u201318 Texas State Bobcats men's basketball team represented Texas State University in the 2017\u201318 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Bobcats, led by fifth-year head coach Danny Kaspar, played their home games at Strahan Coliseum in San Marcos, Texas as members of the Sun Belt Conference. They finished the season 15\u201318, 7\u201311 in Sun Belt play to finish in a tie for ninth place. As the No. 9 seed in the Sun Belt Tournament, they defeated Coastal Carolina before losing to Louisiana in the quarterfinals.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 49], "section_span": [49, 49], "content_span": [50, 570]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276525-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Texas State Bobcats men's basketball team, Previous season\nThe Bobcats finished the 2016\u201317 season 22\u201314, 11\u20137 in Sun Belt play to finish in a three-way tie for third place. At the Sun Belt Tournament they defeated Louisiana\u2013Monroe and UT Arlington before losing in the championship game to Troy. They received an invitation to the CollegeInsider.com Tournament where they defeated Lamar and Idaho before losing in the Quarterfinals to Saint Peter's.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 49], "section_span": [51, 66], "content_span": [67, 458]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276526-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Texas State Bobcats women's basketball team\nThe 2017\u201318 Texas State Bobcats women's basketball team represents Texas State University in the 2017\u201318 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Bobcats, led by sixth year head coach Zenarae Antoine, play their home games at Strahan Coliseum and were members of the Sun Belt Conference. They finished the season 23\u201310, 14\u20134 in Sun Belt play to finish in second place. They advanced to the championship game of the Sun Belt Women's Tournament where they lost to Little Rock. They received an at-large bid to the WNIT where they lost to Rice in the first round.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 51], "section_span": [51, 51], "content_span": [52, 618]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276526-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Texas State Bobcats women's basketball team, Previous season\nThey finished the season 16\u201315, 11\u20137 in Sun Belt play to finish in a tie for fourth place. They lost in the quarterfinals of the Sun Belt Women's Tournament to Louisiana\u2013Lafayette. They were invited to the WBI where they lost to Eastern Washington in the first round.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 51], "section_span": [53, 68], "content_span": [69, 336]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276527-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Texas Tech Lady Raiders basketball team\nThe 2017\u201318 Texas Tech Lady Raiders basketball team represents Texas Tech University in the 2017\u201318 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Lady Raiders were led by fifth year head coach Candi Whitaker until she was replaced by interim head coach Shimmy Gray-Miller on January 1, 2018. They play their homes games at United Supermarkets Arena and are members of the Big 12 Conference. They finished the season 7\u201323, 1\u201317 in Big 12 play to finish in last place. They lost in the first round of the Big 12 Women's Tournament to Iowa State.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 47], "section_span": [47, 47], "content_span": [48, 592]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276527-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Texas Tech Lady Raiders basketball team, Previous season\nThey finished the season 14\u201317, 5\u201313 in Big 12 play to finish in eighth place. They advanced to the quarterfinals of the Big 12 Women's Tournament where they lost to Baylor.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 47], "section_span": [49, 64], "content_span": [65, 238]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276527-0002-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Texas Tech Lady Raiders basketball team, Media, Television & Radio information\nSelect Lady Raiders games will be shown on FSN affiliates throughout the season, including FSSW, FSSW+, and FCS Atlantic, Central, and Pacific. All games will be broadcast on the Lady Raiders Radio Network on either KLZK or KJTV.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 47], "section_span": [49, 86], "content_span": [87, 316]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276528-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Texas Tech Red Raiders basketball team\nThe 2017\u201318 Texas Tech Red Raiders basketball team represented Texas Tech University in the 2017\u201318 NCAA Division I men's basketball season as a member of the Big 12 Conference. The Red Raiders were led by second-year coach Chris Beard. They played their home games at the United Supermarkets Arena in Lubbock, Texas. They finished the season 27\u201310, 11\u20137 in Big 12 play to finish in a tie for second place. They defeated Baylor in the quarterfinals of the Big 12 Tournament before losing in the semifinals to West Virginia. They received an at-large bid to the NCAA Tournament where they defeated Stephen F. Austin, Florida, and Purdue to advance to the Elite Eight for the first time in school history. In the Elite Eight, they were eliminated by Villanova.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [46, 46], "content_span": [47, 805]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276528-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Texas Tech Red Raiders basketball team, Previous season\nThe Red Raiders finished the 2016\u201317 season 18\u201314, 6\u201312 in Big 12 play to finish in a tie for seventh place. They lost in the first round of the Big 12 Tournament to Texas.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [48, 63], "content_span": [64, 236]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276529-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Texas\u2013Rio Grande Valley Vaqueros men's basketball team\nThe 2017\u201318 UTRGV Vaqueros men's basketball team represented the University of Texas Rio Grande Valley during the 2017\u201318 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Vaqueros, led by second-year head coach Lew Hill, played their home games at the UTRGV Fieldhouse as members of the Western Athletic Conference. They finished the season 15\u201318, 6\u20138 in WAC play to finish in fifth place. They lost in the quarterfinals of the WAC Tournament to Seattle. They were invited to the College Basketball Invitational where they lost in the first round to New Orleans.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 62], "section_span": [62, 62], "content_span": [63, 621]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276529-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Texas\u2013Rio Grande Valley Vaqueros men's basketball team, Previous season\nThe Vaqueros finished the 2016\u201317 season 10\u201322, 2\u201312 in WAC play to finish in seventh place. Due to Grand Canyon's ineligibility for postseason play, they received the No. 6 seed in the WAC Tournament where they lost in the quarterfinals to UMKC.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 62], "section_span": [64, 79], "content_span": [80, 326]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276530-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Texas\u2013Rio Grande Valley Vaqueros women's basketball team\nThe 2017\u201318 Texas\u2013Rio Grande Valley Vaqueros women's basketball team represented the University of Texas Rio Grande Valley during the 2017\u201318 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. This was head coach Larry Tidwell's fifth season along with the third under the UTRGV label. The Vaqueros played their home games at the UTRGV Fieldhouse and were members of the Western Athletic Conference. The team finished seventh in the WAC after going 4\u201310 while finishing 14\u201316 overall.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 64], "section_span": [64, 64], "content_span": [65, 541]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276530-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Texas\u2013Rio Grande Valley Vaqueros women's basketball team\nOn April 21 Tidwell resigned from his position to accept the job for the Chief of Staff for the women's basketball program at Texas Tech. He finished at UTRGV with a 5 year record of 85\u201375", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 64], "section_span": [64, 64], "content_span": [65, 253]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276531-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Thai FA Futsal Cup\nThe 2017\u201318 Thai FA Futsal Cup was the sixth season of Thailand's knockout futsal competition. It was sponsored by Advanced Info Service (AIS), and was known as the AIS FA Futsal Cup (Thai: \u0e40\u0e2d\u0e44\u0e2d\u0e40\u0e2d\u0e2a \u0e40\u0e2d\u0e1f\u0e40\u0e2d\u0e1f\u0e38\u0e15\u0e0b\u0e2d\u0e25\u0e04\u0e31\u0e1e) for sponsorship purposes. The tournament was organized by the Football Association of Thailand. 61 clubs were accepted into the tournament. It began with a qualification round from 6 October to 17 October 2017, and concluded with the final round from 25 November 2017 to 7 January 2018.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [26, 26], "content_span": [27, 527]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276532-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 The Citadel Bulldogs basketball team\nThe 2017\u201318 The Citadel Bulldogs basketball team represented The Citadel, The Military College of South Carolina in the 2017\u201318 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Bulldogs were led by third-year head coach Duggar Baucom and played their home games at McAlister Field House as members of the Southern Conference, as they have since 1936\u201337. They finished the season 11\u201321, 5\u201313 in SoCon play to finish in eighth place. They defeated VMI in the first round of the SoCon Tournament before losing in the quarterfinals to UNC Greensboro.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [44, 44], "content_span": [45, 587]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276532-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 The Citadel Bulldogs basketball team, Previous season\nThe Bulldogs finished the 2016\u201317 season 12\u201321, 4\u201314 in SoCon play to finish tied for eighth place. They lost in the quarterfinal d of the SoCon Tournament to top-seeded UNC Greensboro after defeating Western Carolina.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [46, 61], "content_span": [62, 281]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276532-0002-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 The Citadel Bulldogs basketball team, Preseason, Departures\nThe Bulldogs saw four players complete their eligibility in 2016\u201317, three of whom graduated while the fourth was completing a graduate season. Warren Sledge, Tom Koopman and Brian White graduated, while Bobby Duncan completed his final year of eligibility as a graduate student. Four other players from the 2016\u201317 roster are not on the 2017\u201318 team: Ezekiel Balogun transferred to Eastern Florida State College, Aaron Washington transferred to Labette Community College, while Griffin Peevey and Chris Ross also are not on the roster.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [46, 67], "content_span": [68, 604]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276532-0003-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 The Citadel Bulldogs basketball team, Preseason, Recruiting\nDuggar Baucom and his staff signed six players to enter in 2017.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [46, 67], "content_span": [68, 132]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276532-0004-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 The Citadel Bulldogs basketball team, Roster\nThe Bulldogs roster will have no seniors and six freshmen.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [46, 52], "content_span": [53, 111]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276532-0005-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 The Citadel Bulldogs basketball team, Schedule and results\nThe Bulldogs played three games during a 10 day trip to Dominican Republic. For the first time in many years, The Citadel and crosstown rival College of Charleston will not meet.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [46, 66], "content_span": [67, 245]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276533-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Third Amateur Football League (Bulgaria)\nThe 2017\u201318 Third Amateur Football League season is the 68th season of the Bulgarian Third Amateur Football League. The group is equivalent to the third level of the Bulgarian football pyramid with four divisions existing in it. The divisions themselves are geographically separated into North-West, North-East, South-East, and South-West, covering the football clubs of their respective zones. This is the second season after the reorganization of the Bulgarian football system, which saw the emergence of new competition formats, such as First and Second Professional Football Leagues.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 48], "section_span": [48, 48], "content_span": [49, 636]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276533-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Third Amateur Football League (Bulgaria), Team changes, From Third League\na. CSKA Sofia II officially declined to participate in the South-West Third League and was dissolved.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 48], "section_span": [50, 81], "content_span": [82, 183]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276533-0002-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Third Amateur Football League (Bulgaria), Team changes, Club movements between Third League and Second League\nThe champions of three Third League divisions gained promotion to the 2017\u201318 Second League: Chernomorets Balchik from North-East, Litex from North-West and Strumska Slava Radomir from South-West. Maritsa Plovdiv joined the promoted teams as runners-up of the South-East group because champions Zagorets refused to participate for financial reasons. In return, four teams were relegated to the Third League: CSKA Sofia II, Spartak Pleven, Bansko and Levski Karlovo. CSKA Sofia II was dissolved; as a result, Svoboda Peshtera (16th in 2016\u201317 South-West Third League) was spared from relegation to regional divisions.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 48], "section_span": [50, 117], "content_span": [118, 734]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276534-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Tigres UANL (women) season\nThe 2017\u201318 season was UANL's first competitive season and first season in the Liga MX Femenil, the top flight of Mexican women's football.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [34, 34], "content_span": [35, 174]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276534-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Tigres UANL (women) season\nUANL qualified for the Apertura 2017 playoffs after finishing second during the regular phase of the tournament, but were eliminated in semifinals by Pachuca.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [34, 34], "content_span": [35, 193]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276534-0002-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Tigres UANL (women) season\nFor the next tournament, Tigres finished third and this time managed to win the Clausura 2018 after defeating Monterrey in penalties in the women's version of the Cl\u00e1sico Regiomontano.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [34, 34], "content_span": [35, 219]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276535-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Togolese Championnat National\nThe 2017\u201318 Togolese Championnat National season is the 48th edition (since independence) of the top level of football competition in Togo. It began on 18 November 2017 and ended on 30 June 2018.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [37, 37], "content_span": [38, 233]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276536-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Toledo Rockets men's basketball team\nThe 2017\u201318 Toledo Rockets men's basketball team represented the University of Toledo during the 2017\u201318 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Rockets, led by eighth-year head coach Tod Kowalczyk, played their home games at Savage Arena, as members of the West Division of the Mid-American Conference. With win over Northern Illinois on February 27, 2018, the Rockets clinched the MAC West division championship. They finished the season 23\u201311, 13\u20135 in MAC play to win the MAC West division championship. As the No. 2 seed in the MAC Tournament, they defeated Miami and Eastern Michigan before losing to Buffalo in the tournament championship. Despite winning 23 games, they did not participate in a postseason tournament.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [44, 44], "content_span": [45, 774]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276536-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Toledo Rockets men's basketball team, Previous season\nThe Rockets finished the 2016\u201317 season 17\u201317, 9\u20139 in MAC play to finish in third place in the West Division. As the No. 7 seed in the MAC Tournament. they defeated Bowling Green in the first round to advance to the quarterfinals where they lost to Ohio. They received an invitation to the College Basketball Invitational where they lost in the first round to George Washington.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [46, 61], "content_span": [62, 440]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276537-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Toledo Rockets women's basketball team\nThe 2017\u201318 Toledo Rockets women's basketball team represents University of Toledo during the 2017\u201318 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Rockets, led by tenth year head coach Tricia Cullop, play their home games at Savage Arena, as members of the West Division of the Mid-American Conference. They finished the season 18\u201315, 8\u201310 in MAC play to finish in fourth place in the West Division. They lost in the first round of the MAC Women's Tournament to Kent State. They received an at-large bid to the Women's National Invitation Tournament where they defeated Wright State in the first round before losing to Michigan State in the second round.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [46, 46], "content_span": [47, 703]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276537-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Toledo Rockets women's basketball team, Previous season\nThey finished the season 25\u20139, 12\u20136 in MAC play to finish in a tie for third place in the West Division. They defeated Kent State, Buffalo and Northern Illinois to win the MAC Tournament to earn an automatic trip to the NCAA Women's Tournament for the first time since 2001. They lost to Creighton in the first round.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [48, 63], "content_span": [64, 381]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276538-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Top 14 season\nThe 2017\u201318 Top 14 competition is the 119th French domestic rugby union club competition operated by the Ligue Nationale de Rugby (LNR). Two new teams from the 2016\u201317 Pro D2 season were promoted to Top 14 (Oyonnax and Agen) in place of the two relegated teams, Grenoble and Bayonne. It marks the second time in a row that both promoted teams had returned on their first opportunity after relegation (Oyonnax and Agen were both relegated during the 2015\u201316 Top 14 season).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [21, 21], "content_span": [22, 494]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276538-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Top 14 season, Competition format\nThe top six teams at the end of the regular season (after all the teams played one another twice, once at home, once away) enter a knockout stage to decide the Champions of France. This consists of three rounds: the teams finishing third to sixth in the table play quarter-finals (hosted by the third and fourth placed teams). The winners then face the top two teams in the semi-finals, with the winners meeting in the final at the Stade de France in Saint-Denis.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 41], "content_span": [42, 505]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276538-0002-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Top 14 season, Competition format\nThe LNR uses a slightly different bonus points system from that used in most other rugby competitions. It trialled a new system in 2007\u201308 explicitly designed to prevent a losing team from earning more than one bonus point in a match, a system that also made it impossible for either team to earn a bonus point in a drawn match. LNR chose to continue with this system for subsequent seasons.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 41], "content_span": [42, 433]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276538-0003-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Top 14 season, Table\nIf teams are level at any stage, tiebreakers are applied in the following order:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 28], "content_span": [29, 109]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276538-0004-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Top 14 season, Table\n(CH) Champions. (RU) Runners-up. (SF) Losing semi-finalists. (QF) Losing quarter-finalists.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 28], "content_span": [29, 120]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276538-0005-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Top 14 season, Relegation\nStarting from the 2017\u201318 season forward, only the 14th placed team will be automatically relegated to Pro D2. The 13th placed team will face the runner-up of the Pro D2 play-off, with the winner of that play-off taking up the final place in Top 14 for the following season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 33], "content_span": [34, 308]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276538-0006-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Top 14 season, Relegation playoff\nThe team finishing in 13th place faces the runner-up of the Pro D2, with the winner of this match playing in Top 14 in 2018\u201319 and the loser in Pro D2.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 41], "content_span": [42, 193]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276538-0007-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Top 14 season, Leading scorers\nNote: Flags to the left of player names indicate national team as has been defined under World Rugby eligibility rules, or primary nationality for players who have not yet earned international senior caps. Players may hold one or more non-WR nationalities.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 38], "content_span": [39, 295]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276539-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Top League\nThe 2017\u201318 Top League was the 15th season of Japan's top-tier domestic rugby union competition, the Top League.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [18, 18], "content_span": [19, 131]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276539-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Top League\nThe tournament was won by Suntory Sungoliath for the fifth time, beating Panasonic Wild Knights 12\u20138 in the final played on 13 January 2018. Kintetsu Liners were automatically relegated to the second-tier Top Challenge League competition for 2018 and NTT DoCoMo Red Hurricanes were also relegated after losing in their relegation play-off match.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [18, 18], "content_span": [19, 364]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276539-0002-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Top League, Competition rules\nIn January 2017, the JRFU announced that the Top League competition would be held earlier in the year, in order to aid the Japanese Super Rugby franchise the Sunwolves' preparations for the following season. The sixteen Top League teams would be divided into two conferences for the first stage of the competition; each team would play the seven other teams in their conferences once, plus an extra six matches against teams in the opposite conferences for a total of thirteen matches.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [20, 37], "content_span": [38, 523]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276539-0003-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Top League, Competition rules\nAll sixteen teams will then progress to a play-off stage; the top two teams in each conference will advance to the title play-offs, the next two teams in each conference to the 5th-place play-offs, the next two teams in each conference to the 9th-place play-offs and the bottom two teams in each conference to the 13th-place play-offs, which will determine the final positions for the season. The title play-offs will also double as the All-Japan Rugby Football Championship, which would no longer include university teams. The team that finishes 16th will be automatically relegated to the 2018 Top Challenge League, while the other three teams in the 13th-place play-off will all play in relegation play-off matches.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [20, 37], "content_span": [38, 756]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276539-0004-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Top League, Teams\nThe following teams took part in the 2017\u201318 Top League competition:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [20, 25], "content_span": [26, 94]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276539-0005-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Top League, First Stage, Standings\nThe final standings for the 2017\u201318 Top League First Stage were:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [20, 42], "content_span": [43, 107]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276539-0006-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Top League, Second Stage, Title Play-offs\nThe title play-offs also double up as the 55th All-Japan Rugby Football Championship.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [20, 49], "content_span": [50, 135]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276539-0007-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Top League, Promotion and relegation\nHonda Heat was promoted to the 2018\u201319 Top League as champions of the 2017 Top Challenge League, replacing the 16th-placed Kintetsu Liners.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [20, 44], "content_span": [45, 184]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276539-0008-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Top League, Promotion and relegation\nIn addition, there were three promotion/relegation play-offs for three places in the 2018\u201319 Top League. The teams ranked 13th, 14th and 15th in the Top League played off against the teams ranked 4th, 3rd and 2nd in the 2017 Top Challenge League respectively.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [20, 44], "content_span": [45, 304]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276539-0009-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Top League, Promotion and relegation\nHino Red Dolphins beat NTT DoCoMo Red Hurricanes 20\u201317 to replace them in the Top League for 2018\u201319, with latter being relegated to the Top Challenge League. Coca-Cola Red Sparks and Munakata Sanix Blues retained their places in the Top League for 2018\u201319, with the former drawing against Mitsubishi Sagamihara DynaBoars and the latter beating Kyuden Voltex.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [20, 44], "content_span": [45, 404]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276540-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Torino F.C. season\nThe 2017\u201318 season was Torino Football Club's 107th season of competitive football, 90th season in the top division of Italian football and 73rd season in Serie A. The club competed in Serie A and in the Coppa Italia.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [26, 26], "content_span": [27, 244]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276540-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Torino F.C. season\nThe season was Serbian coach Sini\u0161a Mihajlovi\u0107's second at the club; however, following a first half of the season in which Torino drew ten and won only five matches in Serie A, he was sacked on 4 January 2018. Former Napoli and Inter coach Walter Mazzarri was appointed to be Mihajlovi\u0107's replacement the same day.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [26, 26], "content_span": [27, 342]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276540-0002-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Torino F.C. season\nIn Serie A Torino repeated last season's 9th place finish; they were eliminated in the Coppa Italia quarter-finals by city rivals and eventual winners Juventus.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [26, 26], "content_span": [27, 187]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276541-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Torneo Federal A\nThe 2017\u201318 Argentine Torneo Federal A, was the 5th season of the third tier of the Argentine football league system. The tournament is reserved for teams indirectly affiliated to the Asociaci\u00f3n del F\u00fatbol Argentino (AFA), while teams affiliated to AFA have to play the Primera B Metropolitana, which is the other third tier competition. The champion was promoted to Primera B Nacional. 39 teams are competing in the league, 31 returning from the 2016\u201317 season, 4 teams that were relegated from Primera B Nacional and 4 teams promoted from Federal B. The regular season began on September 17, 2017 and ended in May 2018.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [24, 24], "content_span": [25, 647]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276541-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Torneo Federal A, Format, First Stage\nThe teams were divided into three zones with ten teams and one zone with nine teams (a total of 39 teams) in each zone and it was played in a round-robin tournament whereby each team played each one of the other teams two times. The teams placed 1\u00ba to 4\u00ba from each zone qualified for the Second Stage. The remaining twenty three teams qualify for the Revalida Stage.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 45], "content_span": [46, 412]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276541-0002-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Torneo Federal A, Format, Championship Stages, Second Stage\nThe teams were divided into two zones with eight teams each and it was played in a round-robin tournament whereby each team played each one of the other teams one time. The teams placed 1\u00ba and 2\u00ba and the best 3\u00ba team from the two zones qualified for the Third Stage or Pentagonal Final. The remaining team placed 3\u00ba qualify for the Third Phase of the Revalida Stage. The other ten teams qualify for the Second Phase of the Revalida Stage.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 67], "content_span": [68, 506]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276541-0003-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Torneo Federal A, Format, Championship Stages, Third Stage\nThe five teams that qualified for the third stage or Pentagonal Final play in a round-robin tournament whereby each team played each one of the other teams one time. The winner was declared champion and automatically promoted to the Primera B Nacional. The other four teams qualify for the Fourth Phase of the Revalida Stage.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 66], "content_span": [67, 392]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276541-0004-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Torneo Federal A, Format, Revalida Stages\nThe Revalida Stage is divided in several phases: First, the twenty three teams that did not qualified for the Championship Stages were divided into the same four zones of the First Stage and it was played in a round-robin tournament whereby each team played each one of the other teams two times. The team placed 1\u00ba of each zone qualified for the Second Phase. The second phase is played between the four teams that qualified from the First Phase and the ten teams that qualified from the Second Stage of the Championship Stage. The seven winners qualify for the Third Phase.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 49], "content_span": [50, 625]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276541-0005-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Torneo Federal A, Format, Revalida Stages\nThe Third Phase is played between the seven teams that qualified from the Second Phase and the team that qualified from the Second Stage of the Championship Stage. The four winners qualify for the Fourth Phase.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 49], "content_span": [50, 260]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276541-0006-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Torneo Federal A, Format, Revalida Stages\nThe Fourth Phase is played between the four teams that qualified from the Third Phase and the four teams that qualified from the Third Stage of the Championship Stage. The four winners qualify for the Fifth Phase. The Fifth and Sixth Phase is played between the remaining teams and aims to get the Second promotion to the Primera B Nacional.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 49], "content_span": [50, 391]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276541-0007-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Torneo Federal A, Format, Relegation\nAfter the First Phase of the Revalida Stage a table was drawn up with the average of points obtained in the First Stage and the First Phase of the Revalida Stage. It is determined by dividing the points by the number of games played and the bottom team of each four zones was relegated to the Torneo Federal B. Also, another table was drawn up with the remaining teams that played the Revalida Stage and the bottom four teams were relegated to the Torneo Federal B. Giving a total of eight teams relegated.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 44], "content_span": [45, 551]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276541-0008-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Torneo Federal A, Club Information, Zone A\n1 Play their home games at Estadio Jos\u00e9 Mar\u00eda Minella.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 50], "content_span": [51, 105]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276541-0009-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Torneo Federal A, Club Information, Zone D\n1 Play their home games at Estadio Jos\u00e9 Antonio Romero Feris.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 50], "content_span": [51, 112]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276542-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Toronto Maple Leafs season\nThe 2017\u201318 Toronto Maple Leafs season was the 101st season for the National Hockey League franchise that was established on November 22, 1917, and its 91th season since adopting the Maple Leafs name in February 1927.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [34, 34], "content_span": [35, 252]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276542-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Toronto Maple Leafs season\nThe Maple Leafs posted a regular season record of 49 wins, 26 losses and 7 overtime/shootout losses for 105 points, qualifying for the Stanley Cup playoffs for the second consecutive season. They set a new franchise record in wins and wins at home. After coming back from 1-3 series, they went on to lose versus the Boston Bruins in Game Seven in the First Round.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [34, 34], "content_span": [35, 398]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276542-0002-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Toronto Maple Leafs season, Regular season\nThe Maple Leafs set a new franchise record in wins when they earned their 46th win of the season on March 28, 2018, and as well set a new franchise record for wins at home. The following day, the Leafs officially clinched a playoff spot for a second consecutive season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 50], "content_span": [51, 320]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276542-0003-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Toronto Maple Leafs season, Regular season\nThe Maple Leafs had a good year against Canadian teams, with a record of 12-4-0. They won all games versus Montreal, Edmonton and Calgary. They split the series with Ottawa, Winnipeg and Vancouver.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 50], "content_span": [51, 248]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276542-0004-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Toronto Maple Leafs season, Regular season\nOn December 19th 2017, to mark the 100th anniversary of their first game, the Maple Leafs held a special game, branded as the \"Next Century Game\", in which they beat the Carolina Hurricanes 8\u20131. To mark the historic occasion, the team wore commemorative Toronto Arenas uniforms during the game inspired by those worn by our franchise's original namesake - the Arenas.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 50], "content_span": [51, 418]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276542-0005-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Toronto Maple Leafs season, Schedule and results, Regular season\nWin (2 Points)\u00a0\u00a0Loss (0 points)\u00a0\u00a0Overtime/shootout loss (1 point)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 72], "content_span": [73, 138]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276542-0006-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Toronto Maple Leafs season, Player statistics\n(a) Player currently playing for the minor league affiliate Toronto Marlies of the AHL (b) Player is no longer with the Leafs organization", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 53], "content_span": [54, 192]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276542-0007-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Toronto Maple Leafs season, Draft picks\nBelow are the Toronto Maple Leafs' selections at the 2017 NHL Entry Draft, which was held on June 23\u201324, 2017 at the United Center in Chicago, Illinois. The Leafs held on to five of their own seven picks, having traded away their second round pick to the Tampa Bay Lightning in exchange for Brian Boyle, and losing their third round pick as compensation for signing head coach Mike Babcock. They also acquired an additional two picks through various trades.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 47], "content_span": [48, 505]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276543-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Toronto Raptors season\nThe 2017\u201318 Toronto Raptors season was the 23rd season of the franchise in the National Basketball Association (NBA).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [30, 30], "content_span": [31, 148]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276543-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Toronto Raptors season\nOn June 28, 2017, the Raptors promoted assistant general manager Bobby Webster to general manager, while Masai Ujiri remained team president. Webster's promotion came over a month after their previous general manager, Jeff Weltman, left the Raptors to become the President of Basketball Operations for the Orlando Magic, with the Raptors acquiring a second-round pick in 2018 in order for them to release Weltman early. However they would later trade that selection, their first round pick, and DeMarre Carroll to the Brooklyn Nets for the rights to Justin Hamilton.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [30, 30], "content_span": [31, 597]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276543-0002-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Toronto Raptors season\nOn April 6, 2018, the Raptors set new franchise records for total wins in a season with 57, home wins in a season with 33, and clinched the 1st seed in the Eastern Conference for the first time in franchise history. They would end the season with a record 59 wins and 34 home wins. They would end up winning their 4th division title in 5 years.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [30, 30], "content_span": [31, 375]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276543-0003-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Toronto Raptors season\nIn the playoffs, the Raptors faced the eighth seeded Washington Wizards in the first round, winning in six games. They advanced to the semifinals where they faced the Cleveland Cavaliers once again, the team that had eliminated them in the past two NBA playoffs. Just like last season, the Raptors were swept in four games by the Cavaliers. They have now lost 10 straight playoff games to the Cavaliers.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [30, 30], "content_span": [31, 434]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276543-0003-0001", "contents": "2017\u201318 Toronto Raptors season\nThis sweep marked the 1st time the top seeded conference team was swept in a playoff series since 2015, where the Atlanta Hawks were also swept by the Cleveland Cavaliers in the Conference Finals. The Raptors also became the first top seeded conference team since 2013 to have not advanced to the Conference Finals, and the first in NBA history to get swept in the Semifinals.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [30, 30], "content_span": [31, 407]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276543-0004-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Toronto Raptors season\nFollowing yet another disappointing playoff appearance, head coach Dwane Casey was fired on May 11,2018.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [30, 30], "content_span": [31, 135]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276544-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Total League season\nThe 2017\u201318 Total League season, is the 65th season of the first division of the professional basketball in Luxembourg.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [27, 27], "content_span": [28, 147]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276544-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Total League season\nAmicale defended successfully its title and achieved their eighth league.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [27, 27], "content_span": [28, 101]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276544-0002-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Total League season, Competition format\nThe regular season consisted in a double-legged round robin tournament where the six first qualified teams advanced to the group for the title, while the other four teams played for avoiding relegation.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 47], "content_span": [48, 250]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276544-0003-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Total League season, Competition format\nIn the second stage, all wins from the regular season count for the standings, while the points are reset. The four first qualified teams in the group for the title, advanced to the playoffs, played in a format of best-of-three-games series.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 47], "content_span": [48, 289]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276544-0004-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Total League season, Competition format\nTeams of the relegation group play twice against themselves and twice against the four first qualified teams of the first stage of the Nationale 2. The two worst teams would be relegated.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 47], "content_span": [48, 235]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276544-0005-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Total League season, Playoffs, Bracket\nSeeded teams played games 1, 3 and 5 at home.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 46], "content_span": [47, 92]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276545-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Toto Cup Al\nThe 2017\u201318 Toto Cup Al was the 33rd season of the third-important football tournament in Israel since its introduction and the 12th tournament involving Israeli Premier League clubs only.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [19, 19], "content_span": [20, 208]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276545-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Toto Cup Al\nThe competition is held in two stages. First, fourteen Premier League teams were divided into three groups, five teams in groups A and B and four teams in group C, the teams playing against each other once. The best three teams from groups A and B and the best two teams from group C will advance to the quarter-finals, which will be played over two-legged ties. The semi-finals and the final are then played as one-legged matches in a neutral venue.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [19, 19], "content_span": [20, 470]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276545-0002-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Toto Cup Al\nIn the final, held on 14 December 2017, Maccabi Tel Aviv had beaten Hapoel Be'er Sheva 1\u20130.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [19, 19], "content_span": [20, 111]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276545-0003-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Toto Cup Al, Group stage\nGroups were allocated according to geographic distribution of the clubs, with the northern clubs allocated to Group A, In Group B allocated the two teams from Tel Aviv, one team from Petah Tikva, one from Netanya and one more team from Ra'anana. The southern clubs allocated to Group C (including Beitar Jerusalem).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 32], "content_span": [33, 348]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276546-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Toto Cup Leumit\nThe 2017\u201318 Toto Cup Leumit is the 28th season of the second tier League Cup (as a separate competition) since its introduction. It is divided into two stages. First, sixteen Liga Leumit teams were divided into four regionalized groups, with the winners and runners-up advanced to the quarter-finals. Quarter-finals, semi-finals and the final are due to be held as one-legged matches.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [23, 23], "content_span": [24, 408]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276546-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Toto Cup Leumit\nThe defending cup holders, Maccabi Sha'arayim, are not competing in this edition, as the club was relegated to Liga Alef at the end of the previous season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [23, 23], "content_span": [24, 179]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276546-0002-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Toto Cup Leumit\nIn the final, played on 6 December 2017, Hapoel Afula defeated Hapoel Ramat Gan 3\u20130.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [23, 23], "content_span": [24, 108]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276546-0003-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Toto Cup Leumit, Group stage\nGroups were allocated according to geographic distribution of the clubs. The groups were announced by the IFA on took place on 29 June 2017.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 36], "content_span": [37, 177]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276546-0004-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Toto Cup Leumit, Group stage, Tiebreakers\nIf two or more teams are equal on points on completion of the group matches, the following criteria are applied to determine the rankings.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 49], "content_span": [50, 188]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276547-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Tottenham Hotspur F.C. season\nThe 2017\u201318 season was Tottenham Hotspur's 26th season in the Premier League and 40th successive season in the top division of the English football league system. Along with the Premier League, the club competed in the Champions League, FA Cup and EFL Cup. Following the rebuilding of White Hart Lane, Spurs played all home fixtures at Wembley Stadium during this season at full 90,000 capacity. The season also marked a change in kit suppliers as Nike replaced Under Armour.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [37, 37], "content_span": [38, 513]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276547-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Tottenham Hotspur F.C. season\nThe season covered the period from 1 July 2017 to 30 June 2018.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [37, 37], "content_span": [38, 101]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276547-0002-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Tottenham Hotspur F.C. season, Friendlies, Pre-season\nOn 21 March 2017, it was announced that Tottenham Hotspur would take part in the 2017 International Champions Cup playing against Paris Saint-Germain, Roma and Manchester City in the United States. On 4 July 2017, it was announced that Tottenham would welcome Juventus to play a friendly match in Wembley Stadium. Tottenham Hotspur played a closed door match in Hotspur Way against Leyton Orient on 12 July 2017.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 61], "content_span": [62, 474]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276547-0003-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Tottenham Hotspur F.C. season, Competitions, Premier League, Matches\nOn 14 June 2017, the 2017\u201318 Premier League fixtures were announced.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 76], "content_span": [77, 145]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276547-0004-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Tottenham Hotspur F.C. season, Competitions, FA Cup\nSpurs entered the competition in the third round and were handed a home tie against AFC Wimbledon.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 59], "content_span": [60, 158]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276547-0005-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Tottenham Hotspur F.C. season, Competitions, EFL Cup\nTottenham Hotspur entered the competition in the third round and were drawn at home against Barnsley. Another home tie was confirmed for the fourth round, against West Ham United.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 60], "content_span": [61, 240]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276547-0006-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Tottenham Hotspur F.C. season, Competitions, UEFA Champions League, Group Stage\nOn 24 August 2017, Tottenham was drawn into Group H alongside Real Madrid, Borussia Dortmund and APOEL.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 87], "content_span": [88, 191]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276547-0007-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Tottenham Hotspur F.C. season, Statistics, Top scorers\nThe list is sorted by shirt number when total goals are equal.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 62], "content_span": [63, 125]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276547-0008-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Tottenham Hotspur F.C. season, Statistics, Clean sheets\nThe list is sorted by shirt number when total clean sheets are equal.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 63], "content_span": [64, 133]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276548-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Toulouse FC season\nThe 2017\u201318 Toulouse FC season is the 48th professional season of the club since its creation in 1970.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [26, 26], "content_span": [27, 129]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276548-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Toulouse FC season, Players\nFrench teams are limited to four players without EU citizenship. Hence, the squad list includes only the principal nationality of each player; several non-European players on the squad have dual citizenship with an EU country. Also, players from the ACP countries\u2014countries in Africa, the Caribbean, and the Pacific that are signatories to the Cotonou Agreement\u2014are not counted against non-EU quotas due to the Kolpak ruling.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 35], "content_span": [36, 461]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276548-0002-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Toulouse FC season, Players, First team squad\nNote: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 53], "content_span": [54, 182]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276548-0003-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Toulouse FC season, Players, Out on loan\nNote: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 48], "content_span": [49, 177]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276549-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Tour de Ski\nThe 2017\u201318 Tour de Ski was the 12th edition of the Tour de Ski, part of the 2017\u201318 FIS Cross-Country World Cup. The World Cup stage event began in Lenzerheide, Switzerland, on December 30, 2017, and ended in Val di Fiemme, Italy, on January 7, 2018. The cups were defended by Heidi Weng (Norway) and Sergey Ustiugov (Russia).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [19, 19], "content_span": [20, 347]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276549-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Tour de Ski, Stages, Stage 7\nThe race for \"Fastest of the Day\" counts for 2017\u201318 FIS Cross-Country World Cup points. No bonus seconds were awarded on this stage.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 36], "content_span": [37, 170]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276550-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Townsville Fire season\nThe 2017\u201318 Townsville Fire season is the 17th season for the franchise in the Women's National Basketball League (WNBL).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [30, 30], "content_span": [31, 152]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276551-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Towson Tigers men's basketball team\nThe 2017\u201318 Towson Tigers men's basketball team represented Towson University during the 2017\u201318 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Tigers, led by seventh-year head coach Pat Skerry, played their home games at the SECU Arena in Towson, Maryland as members of the Colonial Athletic Association. They finished the season 18\u201314, 8\u201310 in CAA play to finish in fifth place. They lost in the quarterfinals of the CAA Tournament to William & Mary.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [43, 43], "content_span": [44, 494]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276551-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Towson Tigers men's basketball team, Previous season\nThe Tigers finished the 2016\u201317 season 20\u201313, 11\u20137 in CAA play to finish in third place. In the CAA Tournament, they defeated Northeastern in the first round, before losing to College of Charleston in the semifinals. Despite finishing the season with 20 wins, they declined to participate in a postseason tournament.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [45, 60], "content_span": [61, 377]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276551-0002-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Towson Tigers men's basketball team, Preseason\nIn a poll of league coaches, media relations directors, and media members at the CAA's media day, the Tigers were picked to finish in second place in the CAA. Senior guard Mike Morsell was named to the preseason All-CAA second team.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [45, 54], "content_span": [55, 287]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276552-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Towson Tigers women's basketball team\nThe 2017\u201318 Towson Tigers women's basketball team represents Towson University during the 2017\u201318 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Tigers, led by first year head coach Diane Richardson, play their home games at SECU Arena and were members of the Colonial Athletic Association (CAA). They finished the season 9\u201321, 4\u201314 in CAA play to finish in a tie for eighth place. They lost in the first round of the CAA Women's Tournament to UNC Wilmington.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [45, 45], "content_span": [46, 505]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276552-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Towson Tigers women's basketball team, Previous season\nThey finished the season 12\u201318, 5\u201313 in CAA play to finish in a 3 way tie for eighth place. They lost in the first round of the CAA Women's Tournament to Hofstra.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [47, 62], "content_span": [63, 225]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276553-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Toyota Finance 86 Championship\nThe 2017\u20132018 Toyota Finance 86 Championship is the fifth running of the Toyota Finance 86 Championship. The championship began on 4 November 2017 at Pukekohe Park Raceway and will conclude on 12 March 2018 at Hampton Downs Motorsport Park.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [38, 38], "content_span": [39, 279]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276553-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Toyota Finance 86 Championship, Race calendar and results\nAll rounds are to be held in New Zealand. The first round in Pukekohe Park Raceway will be held in support of the Supercars Championship. Rounds 3, 4 and 5 are to be held with the Toyota Racing Series.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 65], "content_span": [66, 267]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276553-0002-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Toyota Finance 86 Championship, Championship standings\nIn order for a driver to score championship points, they had to complete at least 75% of the race winner's distance, and be running at the finish. All races counted towards the final championship standings. The 2017\u20132018 New Zealand Toyota 86 Championship was won by Jack Milligan. The 2017\u20132018 New Zealand Toyota 86 Rookie Championship was won by Jordan Baldwin", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 62], "content_span": [63, 426]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276554-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Tractor S.C. season\nThe 2017\u201318 season is Tractor's 10th season in the Persian Gulf Pro League. They will also be competing in the Hazfi Cup & AFC Champions League. Tractor is captained by Mehdi Kiani.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [27, 27], "content_span": [28, 209]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276554-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Tractor S.C. season, First Team Squad, Current squad\nNote: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 60], "content_span": [61, 189]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276554-0002-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Tractor S.C. season, Transfers, Summer\nIn:Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 46], "content_span": [47, 178]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276554-0003-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Tractor S.C. season, Transfers, Summer\nOut:Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 46], "content_span": [47, 179]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276554-0004-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Tractor S.C. season, Transfers, Winter\nIn:Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 46], "content_span": [47, 178]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276554-0005-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Tractor S.C. season, Transfers, Winter\nOut:Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 46], "content_span": [47, 179]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276555-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Trans-Tasman Tri-Series\nThe 2017\u201318 Trans-Tasman Tri-Series was a Twenty20 International (T20I) cricket tournament that was held in Australia and New Zealand in February 2018. It was a tri-nation series between Australia, England and New Zealand. It followed on from England's tour of Australia, which included the 2017\u201318 Ashes series, and took the place of the planned Chappell\u2013Hadlee Trophy series. It was the first T20I tri-series contested by full ICC members.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [31, 31], "content_span": [32, 473]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276555-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Trans-Tasman Tri-Series\nAustralia qualified for the final after winning their first three matches. They were joined in the final by New Zealand, who despite losing to England in their final group match, qualified on net run rate. Australia won the final against New Zealand, beating them by 19 runs by the Duckworth\u2013Lewis\u2013Stern method, after a rain-affected match.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [31, 31], "content_span": [32, 372]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276555-0002-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Trans-Tasman Tri-Series, Squads\nJoe Root was named in England's initial squad, but was withdrawn before the tournament started to allow him a break from playing. Ben Stokes confirmed he would not join the England squad until after his court appearance on 13 February 2018. Stokes was charged with affray on 15 January 2018, in relation to an incident in September 2017. He pled not guilty at the court appearance and though he joined up with the squad before England's final game he did not play in the tri-series.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 39], "content_span": [40, 522]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276555-0002-0001", "contents": "2017\u201318 Trans-Tasman Tri-Series, Squads\nSam Curran and Jake Ball were both added to England's initial squad before the series started. Australia's Aaron Finch was ruled out of the first T20I due to a hamstring injury. Tom Bruce and Tom Blundell were replaced by Mark Chapman and Tim Seifert respectively in New Zealand's squad before their first match against England. Henry Nicholls was added to New Zealand's squad as cover for Kane Williamson who was suffering with a back injury. Ahead of 6th T20I Liam Plunkett was ruled out of England's squad for rest of the series.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 39], "content_span": [40, 574]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276556-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Troy Trojans men's basketball team\nThe 2017\u201318 Troy Trojans men's basketball team represented Troy University during the 2017\u201318 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Trojans, led by fifth-year head coach Phil Cunningham, played their home games at Trojan Arena in Troy, Alabama as members of the Sun Belt Conference. They finished the season 16\u201317, 9\u20139 in Sun Belt play to finish in a three-way tie for fifth place. They defeated South Alabama in the first round of the Sun Belt Tournament before losing in the quarterfinals to Georgia State.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [42, 42], "content_span": [43, 558]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276556-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Troy Trojans men's basketball team, Previous season\nThe Trojans finished the 2016\u201317 season 22\u201315, 20\u20138 in Sun Belt play to finish in a three-way tie for sixth place. They defeated Appalachian State, Georgia Southern, Georgia State and Texas State to win the Sun Belt Tournament. As a result, the Trojans received the conference's automatic bid to the NCAA Tournament as a No. 15 seed. They lost in the First Round to Duke", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [44, 59], "content_span": [60, 430]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276557-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Troy Trojans women's basketball team\nThe 2017\u201318 Troy Trojans women's basketball team represents Troy University during the 2017\u201318 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Trojans, led by sixth year head coach Chanda Rigby, play their home games at Trojan Arena and were members of the Sun Belt Conference. They finished the season 18\u201313, 12\u20136 in Sun Belt play to finish in a tie for third place. They advanced to the semifinals of the Sun Belt Tournament where they lost to Little Rock.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [44, 44], "content_span": [45, 502]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276557-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Troy Trojans women's basketball team, Previous season\nThey finished the season 22\u201311, 12\u20136 in Sun Belt play to finish in third place. They defeat Arkansas State, Texas\u2013Arlington and Louisiana\u2013Lafayette to become champions of the Sun Belt Tournament to earn an automatic trip to the NCAA Women's Tournament. They lost in the first round to Mississippi State.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [46, 61], "content_span": [62, 365]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276558-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Tulane Green Wave men's basketball team\nThe 2017\u201318 Tulane Green Wave men's basketball team represented Tulane University during the 2017\u201318 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Green Wave, led by second-year head coach Mike Dunleavy Sr., played their home games at Devlin Fieldhouse in New Orleans, Louisiana as fourth-year members of the American Athletic Conference. They finished the season 14\u201317, 5\u201313 in AAC play to finish in 10th place. They lost in the first round of the AAC Tournament to Temple.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 47], "section_span": [47, 47], "content_span": [48, 521]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276558-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Tulane Green Wave men's basketball team, Previous season\nThe Green Wave finished the season 6\u201325, 3\u201315 in AAC play to finish in tenth place. They lost in the first round of the AAC Tournament to Tulsa.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 47], "section_span": [49, 64], "content_span": [65, 209]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276559-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Tulane Green Wave women's basketball team\nThe 2017\u201318 Tulane Green Wave women's basketball team will represent Tulane University during the 2017\u201318 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Green Wave, led by twenty-fourth year head coach Lisa Stockton, play their home games at Devlin Fieldhouse and were fourth year members of the American Athletic Conference. They finished the season 14\u201317, 5\u20131 in AAC play to finish in a for eighth place. They defeat Memphis in the first round before losing in the quarterfinals of the American Athletic Women's Tournament to Connecticut.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 49], "section_span": [49, 49], "content_span": [50, 590]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276559-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Tulane Green Wave women's basketball team, Media\nAll Green Wave games will be broadcast on WRBH 88.3 FM. A video stream for all home games will be on , ESPN3, or . Road games will typically be streamed on the opponents website, though conference road games could also appear on ESPN3 or AAC Digital.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 49], "section_span": [51, 56], "content_span": [57, 307]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276560-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Tulsa Golden Hurricane men's basketball team\nThe 2017\u201318 Tulsa Golden Hurricane men's basketball team represented the University of Tulsa during the 2017\u201318 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Golden Hurricane, led by fourth-year head coach Frank Haith, played their home games at the Reynolds Center in Tulsa, Oklahoma as members of the American Athletic Conference. They finished the season 19\u201312, 12\u20136 in AAC play to finish in fourth place. They lost in the quarterfinals of the AAC Tournament to Memphis.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 52], "section_span": [52, 52], "content_span": [53, 525]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276560-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Tulsa Golden Hurricane men's basketball team, Previous season\nThe Golden Hurricane finished the 2016\u201317 season 15\u201317, 8\u201310 in AAC play to finish in seventh place. They defeated Tulane in the first round of the AAC Tournament to advance to the quarterfinals where they lost to Cincinnati.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 52], "section_span": [54, 69], "content_span": [70, 295]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276561-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Tulsa Golden Hurricane women's basketball team\nThe 2017\u201318 Tulsa Golden Hurricane women's basketball team will represent the University of Tulsa during the 2017\u201318 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The season marks the fourth season for the Golden Hurricane as members of the American Athletic Conference. The Golden Hurricane, led by seventh year head coach Matilda Mossman, plays their home games at the Reynolds Center. They finished the season 10\u201321, 3\u201313 in AAC play to finish in a tie for last place. They defeated Houston in the first round before losing to Cincinnati in the quarterfinals of the American Athletic Women's Tournament.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 54], "section_span": [54, 54], "content_span": [55, 658]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276561-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Tulsa Golden Hurricane women's basketball team, Media\nAll Golden Hurricane games will be broadcast on KTGX CHROME 95.3 FM and KWTU 88.7 FM HD3. The audio broadcast can also be heard on . A video stream for all home games will be on Hurricane Vision, ESPN3, or . Road games will typically be streamed on the opponents website, though conference road games could also appear on ESPN3 or AAC Digital.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 54], "section_span": [56, 61], "content_span": [62, 405]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276562-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Tunisian Cup\nThe 2017\u201318 Tunisian Cup (Coupe de Tunisie) was the 86th season of the football cup competition of Tunisia. The competition is organized by the F\u00e9d\u00e9ration Tunisienne de Football (FTF) and open to all clubs in Tunisia.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [20, 20], "content_span": [21, 238]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276562-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Tunisian Cup, Round of 32\nThe draw for the round of 32 and round of 16 was held on 13 December 2017.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 33], "content_span": [34, 108]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276563-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Tunisian Ligue Professionnelle 1\nThe 2017\u201318 Tunisian Ligue Professionnelle 1 (Tunisian Professional League) season was the 92nd season of top-tier football in Tunisia. The season calendar was drawn on July 24. The competition started on August 15.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [40, 40], "content_span": [41, 256]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276563-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Tunisian Ligue Professionnelle 1, Teams\nA total of 14 teams contested the league, including 11 sides from the 2016\u201317 season and three promoted from the 2016\u201317 Ligue 2. US Monastir and Stade Tunisien obtained promotion after winning their punultimate game of the season, while CO M\u00e9denine won the promotion playoff against AS Marsa. The three teams replaced the five teams that were relegated to 2017\u201318 Tunisian Ligue 2 in order to reduce the number of teams from 16 to 14.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 47], "content_span": [48, 483]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276563-0002-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Tunisian Ligue Professionnelle 1, Relegation playoff\nThis game was played between the 12th of Ligue 1 and the 3rd of Ligue 2.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 60], "content_span": [61, 133]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276563-0003-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Tunisian Ligue Professionnelle 1, Relegation playoff\nMatch stopped after 62 minutes because EGS Gafsa players left the pitch as a protest against the referee who was \"clearly against them\" and declared that they \"couldn't play a football match in such conditions\".", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 60], "content_span": [61, 272]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276564-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Tunisian Ligue Professionnelle 2\nThe 2017\u201318 Tunisian Ligue Professionnelle 2 (Tunisian Professional League) was the 63rd season since Tunisia's independence.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [40, 40], "content_span": [41, 166]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276564-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Tunisian Ligue Professionnelle 2, Promotion playoff\nThis game was played between the 12th of Ligue 1 and the 3rd of Ligue 2.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 59], "content_span": [60, 132]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276564-0002-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Tunisian Ligue Professionnelle 2, Promotion playoff\nMatch stopped after 62 minutes because EGS Gafsa players left the pitch as a protest against the referee who was \"clearly against them\" and declared that they \"couldn't play a football match in such conditions\".", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 59], "content_span": [60, 271]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276565-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Turkish Cup\nThe 2017\u201318 Turkish Cup (Turkish: T\u00fcrkiye Kupas\u0131) was the 56th season of the tournament. Ziraat Bankas\u0131 is the sponsor of the tournament; thus the official name due to sponsorship was the Ziraat Turkish Cup. As the winners of the tournament, Akhisarspor earned an automatic berth to the group stage of the 2018\u201319 UEFA Europa League and also qualified for the 2018 Turkish Super Cup.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [19, 19], "content_span": [20, 403]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276565-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Turkish Cup, Final\nThe final was contested in Diyarbak\u0131r as a one-off match. The winning club was awarded a total of 75 medals, along with the Turkish Cup trophy.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 26], "content_span": [27, 170]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276565-0002-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Turkish Cup, Final\nAkhisarspor player Mu\u011fdat \u00c7elik was selected man of the match.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 26], "content_span": [27, 89]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276566-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Turkish Women's First Football League\nThe 2017\u201318 season of the Turkish Women's First Football League is the 22nd season of Turkey's premier women's football league.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [45, 45], "content_span": [46, 173]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276566-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Turkish Women's First Football League\nThe league season started with the first week matches on 12 November 2017. The regular season concluded with the 18th week matches on 8 April. 2018. Ten teams competed with two promoted teams, Fatih Vatan Spor of Istanbul and Amed Sportif Faaliyetler from Diyarbak\u0131r, which replaced the relegated teams Adana \u0130dmanyurduspor and Amasya E\u011fitim Spor. Four teams from Istanbul took part in the 2017\u201318 season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [45, 45], "content_span": [46, 452]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276566-0002-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Turkish Women's First Football League\nAta\u015fehir Belediyespor became the league champion two matches before the league's end, regaining the title from Konak Belediyespor, who held the title five seasons in a row. This is the third title of the Istanbul-based team in their history. Ata\u015fehir Belediyespor took part at the 2018\u201319 UEFA Women's Champions League qualifying round.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [45, 45], "content_span": [46, 382]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276566-0003-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Turkish Women's First Football League\nKonak Belediyespor and Be\u015fikta\u015f J.K. finished the regular season of 2017\u201318 even on points behind the champion Ata\u015fehir Belediyespor. The regular time of the play-off match between the two teams on April 22, 2018 ended with 1\u20131 draw. In the extension time, Be\u015fikta\u015f J.K. scored three penalty goals, finished the match by 4\u20131, and became so runners-up.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [45, 45], "content_span": [46, 397]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276567-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Turkish Women's Volleyball League\nThe 2017\u201318 Turkish Women's Volleyball League is the 35th edition of the top-flight professional women's volleyball league in Turkey.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [41, 41], "content_span": [42, 175]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276567-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Turkish Women's Volleyball League, Play-offs\nThe eight teams that finished in the places 1 to 8 in the Regular season, compete in the Play-off (1-8).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [43, 52], "content_span": [53, 157]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276568-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Tweede Divisie\nThe 2017\u201318 Tweede Divisie season is the second edition of the Dutch third tier since on hiatus from 1970-71 season and the 17th edition using Tweede Divisie name. Thirteen teams competed from the last season along with one relegated team from the Eerste Divisie and four promoted teams from the Derde Divisie.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [22, 22], "content_span": [23, 333]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276568-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Tweede Divisie\nAt an extraordinary KNVB federation meeting on 2 October 2017, representatives of the amateur and professional football reached an agreement about the route to be taken to renew the football pyramid. Part of this agreement was that no promotion/relegation will take place between the Eerste and Tweede Divisie for the current season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [22, 22], "content_span": [23, 356]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276569-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 U.C. Sampdoria season\nThe 2017\u201318 season was Unione Calcio Sampdoria's 61st season in Serie A, and their 6th consecutive season in the top-flight. The club competed in Serie A and in the Coppa Italia, finishing 10th in the league after spending most of the campaign in 6th, and being eliminated in the latter competition in the round of 16.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [29, 29], "content_span": [30, 348]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276569-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 U.C. Sampdoria season\nThe season was the second in charge for former Empoli manager Marco Giampaolo. Veteran Italian striker Fabio Quagliarella was the club's top scorer, with 19 league goals.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [29, 29], "content_span": [30, 200]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276569-0002-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 U.C. Sampdoria season, Players, Squad information\nNote: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 57], "content_span": [58, 186]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276570-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 U.S. Citt\u00e0 di Palermo season\nThe 2017\u201318 season was Unione Sportiva Citt\u00e0 di Palermo's 1st season in Serie B, the second-highest division of Italian football, after relegation from Serie A by the end of the 2016-17 season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [36, 36], "content_span": [37, 230]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276570-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 U.S. Citt\u00e0 di Palermo season, Players, Squad information\nPlayers and squad numbers last updated on 31 January 2018.Appearances and goals are counted for domestic leagues (Serie A and Serie B) and national cup (Coppa Italia) and correct as of 16 June 2018.Note: Flags indicate national team as has been defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 64], "content_span": [65, 400]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276571-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 U.S. Lecce season\nThe 2017\u201318 season is U.S. Lecce's sixth consecutive season in Lega Pro after their relegation from Serie A at the end of the 2011\u201312 season. The club competed in Serie C Gruppo C, gaining promotion to Serie B, in the Coppa Italia and in the Coppa Italia Serie C.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [25, 25], "content_span": [26, 289]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276571-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 U.S. Lecce season, Players, Squad information\nPlayers in italics left the club during the season. Players with a * joined the club during the season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 53], "content_span": [54, 157]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276571-0002-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 U.S. Lecce season, Players, Squad information\nNote: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 53], "content_span": [54, 182]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276572-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 U.S. Sassuolo Calcio season\nThe 2017\u201318 season was Unione Sportiva Sassuolo Calcio's fifth consecutive season in the top-flight of Italian football. The club competed in Serie A and the Coppa Italia following a 12th-place finish last season, finishing 11th and being eliminated in the round of 16 respectively.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [35, 35], "content_span": [36, 318]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276572-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 U.S. Sassuolo Calcio season\nOn 13 June 2017 coach Eusebio Di Francesco was appointed as Roma manager; Cristian Bucchi was appointed to manage the club on 20 June.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [35, 35], "content_span": [36, 170]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276572-0002-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 U.S. Sassuolo Calcio season, Players, Squad information\nNote: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 63], "content_span": [64, 192]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276573-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 UAB Blazers men's basketball team\nThe 2017\u201318 UAB Blazers basketball team represented the University of Alabama at Birmingham during the 2017\u201318 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Blazers, led by second-year head coach Robert Ehsan, played their home games at the Bartow Arena as members of Conference USA. They finished the season 20\u201313, 10\u20138 C-USA play to finish in sixth place. The defeated Florida Atlantic in the first round of the C-USA Tournament before losing to Western Kentucky. Despite winning 20 games, they did not participate in a postseason tournament.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [41, 41], "content_span": [42, 585]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276573-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 UAB Blazers men's basketball team, Previous season\nThe Blazers finished the 2016\u201317 season 17\u201316, 9\u20139 in C-USA play to finish in a tie for seventh place. They defeated Charlotte in the first round of the C-USA Tournament before losing to Louisiana Tech.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [43, 58], "content_span": [59, 261]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276574-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 UAB Blazers women's basketball team\nThe 2017\u201318 UAB Blazers women's basketball team represents the University of Alabama at Birmingham during the 2017\u201318 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Blazers, led by fifth year head coach Randy Norton, play their home games at the Bartow Arena and are members of Conference USA. They finished the season 27\u20137, 13\u20133 in C-USA play to win the C-USA regular season. They advanced to the championship game of the C-USA Women's Tournament where they lost to Western Kentucky. They received an automatic bid to the Women's National Invitation Tournament where they defeated Chattanooga in the first round before losing to Georgia Tech in the second round.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [43, 43], "content_span": [44, 707]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276575-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 UAE Division 1\n2017\u201318 UAE Division 1 was the 42nd season of the UAE 1st Division.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [22, 22], "content_span": [23, 90]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276575-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 UAE Division 1, Personnel and kits\nNote: Flags indicate national team as has been defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 42], "content_span": [43, 180]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276576-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 UAE League Cup\nThe 2017\u201318 UAE League Cup is the 10th season of the UAE League Cup. The competition started on September 4, 2017.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [22, 22], "content_span": [23, 137]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276576-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 UAE League Cup, Knockout phase\nThe knockout phase involves the first four teams of each of the 2 groups in the group stage.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 38], "content_span": [39, 131]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276576-0002-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 UAE League Cup, Knockout phase\nEach tie in the knockout phase, apart from the final, is played over two legs, with each team playing one leg at home. The team that scores more goals on aggregate over the two legs advance to the next round. If the aggregate score is level, the away goals rule is applied, i.e. the team that scored more goals away from home over the two legs advances. If away goals are also equal, then thirty minutes of extra time is played.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 38], "content_span": [39, 467]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276576-0002-0001", "contents": "2017\u201318 UAE League Cup, Knockout phase\nThe away goals rule is again applied after extra time, i.e. if there are goals scored during extra time and the aggregate score is still level, the visiting team advances by virtue of more away goals scored. If no goals are scored during extra time, the tie is decided by penalty shoot-out. In the final, which is played as a single match, if scores are level at the end of normal time, extra time is played, followed by penalty shoot-out if scores remain tied.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 38], "content_span": [39, 500]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276576-0003-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 UAE League Cup, Quarter-finals\nThe first legs was played on 29 and 30 December 2017, and the second legs will be played on 15 and 16 February 2018.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 38], "content_span": [39, 155]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276576-0004-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 UAE League Cup, Semi-finals\nThe semi-finals will be played on 9 and 22 March 2018.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 35], "content_span": [36, 90]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276576-0005-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 UAE League Cup, Goalscorers\nThere have been 22 goals scored in 8 matches, for an average of 2.75 goals per match.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 35], "content_span": [36, 121]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276577-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 UAE President's Cup\nThe 2017\u201318 UAE President's Cup was the 42nd edition of the UAE President's Cup. The competition started on 22 September 2017 and concluded on 3 May 2018. Al Ain defeated Al Wasl 2\u20131 in the finals to win their seventh title.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [27, 27], "content_span": [28, 252]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276577-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 UAE President's Cup\nAl-Wahda were the defending champions, winning the tournament in 2016\u201317 season, they were knocked out in semi-finals, after losing 5\u20134 on penalties to Al Wasl.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [27, 27], "content_span": [28, 188]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276578-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 UAE Pro League\nThe 2017\u201318 UAE Pro League was the 43rd season of top-level football in the United Arab Emirates. Al-Jazira are the defending champions after winning their second title last season. Ajman and Dubai both got promoted on 22 April 2017 after beating Fujairah 3\u20132 and Ras Al Khaimah 2\u20130. On 3 May 2017, Baniyas were the first team to get relegated after drawing 4\u20134 against Emirates. Kalba were the last team to get relegated after losing to Al-Ain 2\u20131 and both Emirates and Dibba Al-Fujairah didn't lose in the same week.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [22, 22], "content_span": [23, 542]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276578-0000-0001", "contents": "2017\u201318 UAE Pro League\nIn July 2017 Al Ahli, Al Shabab and Dubai merged to make Shabab Al Ahli-Dubai. In 20 April 2018 Hatta lost to Al Wasl 2\u20130 and were the first team to get relegated. On 21 April Al Ain were crowned the champions of the league for the 13th time after destroying Al Nasr 4\u20130. On the final day Emirates were relegated after drawing against Al Nasr 2\u20132 and Al Nasr. In May 2018 it turns out that since the League needs 14 teams for next year it is decided that the bottom two teams of this year will have to face 3rd and 4th placed team of the 2nd division to see who will secure a spot next year.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [22, 22], "content_span": [23, 614]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276578-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 UAE Pro League, Personnel and kits\nNote: Flags indicate national team as has been defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 42], "content_span": [43, 180]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276578-0002-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 UAE Pro League, Personnel and kits, Foreign players\nRestricting the number of foreign players strictly to four per team, including a slot for a player from AFC countries. A team could use four foreign players on the field during each game including at least one player from the AFC country.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 59], "content_span": [60, 298]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276578-0003-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 UAE Pro League, Personnel and kits, Foreign players\nPlayers name in bold indicates the player is registered during the mid-season transfer window.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 59], "content_span": [60, 154]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276578-0004-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 UAE Pro League, UAE Relegation Play Offs\nBecause the League 2018\u20132019 season needs 14 teams, the bottom two teams of year and the 3rd and 4th place team of the 2nd division will have to face each other to see who will secure the final two spots this year.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 48], "content_span": [49, 264]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276579-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 UC Davis Aggies men's basketball team\nThe 2017\u201318 UC Davis Aggies men's basketball team represented the University of California, Davis during the 2017\u201318 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Aggies, led by seventh-year head coach Jim Les, played their home games at The Pavilion as members of the Big West Conference. They finished the season 22\u201311, 12\u20134 in Big West play to win the regular season championship. In the Big West Tournament, they defeated UC Riverside before losing to Cal State Fullerton in the semifinals. As a regular season conference champion who did not win their conference tournament, the Aggies received an automatic bid to the National Invitation Tournament where they lost in the first round to Utah.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [45, 45], "content_span": [46, 743]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276579-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 UC Davis Aggies men's basketball team, Previous season\nThe Aggies finished the 2016\u201317 season 23\u201313, 11\u20135 in Big West play to finish in second place. They defeated Cal Poly, Cal State Fullerton, and UC Irvine to win the Big West Tournament. As a result, they earned the conference's automatic bid to the NCAA Tournament as a No. 16 seed. They defeated North Carolina Central in the First Four before losing in the First Round to Kansas.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [47, 62], "content_span": [63, 444]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276580-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 UC Irvine Anteaters men's basketball team\nThe 2017\u201318 UC Irvine Anteaters men's basketball team represented the University of California, Irvine during the 2017\u201318 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Anteaters were led by eighth-year head coach Russell Turner and played heir home games at the Bren Events Center as members of the Big West Conference. They finished the season 18\u201317, 11\u20135 in Big West play to finish in a tie for second place. As the No. 3 seed in the Big West Tournament, they defeated Hawaii and UC Santa Barbara before losing to Cal State Fullerton in the championship game.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 49], "section_span": [49, 49], "content_span": [50, 610]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276580-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 UC Irvine Anteaters men's basketball team, Previous season\nThe Anteaters finished the 2016\u201317 season 21\u201315, 12\u20134 in Big West play to win the regular season Big West championship, the school's fifth regular season title. They defeated UC Riverside in the quarterfinals of the Big West Tournament and the Long Beach State in the semifinals before falling to UC Davis in the championship game. As a regular season champion who did not win their conference tournament, the Anteaters received an automatic bid to the National Invitation Tournament as a No. 8 seed. There, they lost to No. 1 seed Illinois State in the first round. The season marked the school's fifth straight season with at least 20 wins.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 49], "section_span": [51, 66], "content_span": [67, 709]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276581-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 UC Riverside Highlanders men's basketball team\nThe 2017\u201318 UC Riverside Highlanders men's basketball team represented the University of California, Riverside during the 2017\u201318 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Highlanders, led by interim head coach Justin Bell, played their home games at the Student Recreation Center Arena in Riverside, California, as members of the Big West Conference. They finished the season 9\u201322, 4\u201312 in Big West play to finish in a tie for seventh place. As the No. 8 seed in the Big West Tournament, they lost in the quarterfinals to UC Davis.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 54], "section_span": [54, 54], "content_span": [55, 590]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276581-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 UC Riverside Highlanders men's basketball team\nOn January 1, 2018, three days before conference play was to start, head coach Dennis Cutts, who was in his fifth season at UC Riverside, was fired after posting a 5\u20139 record to start the season. Associate head coach Justin Bell was named interim head coach. On March 14, the school hired TCU assistant coach David Patrick as head coach.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 54], "section_span": [54, 54], "content_span": [55, 392]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276581-0002-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 UC Riverside Highlanders men's basketball team, Previous season\nThe Highlanders finished the 2016\u201317 season 7\u201321, 5\u201311 in Big West play to finish in eighth place. As the No. 8 seed in the Big West Tournament, they were defeated by UC Irvine in the quarterfinals.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 54], "section_span": [56, 71], "content_span": [72, 270]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276582-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 UC Santa Barbara Gauchos men's basketball team\nThe 2017\u201318 UC Santa Barbara Gauchos men's basketball team represented the University of California, Santa Barbara during the 2017\u201318 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Gauchos, led by first-year head coach Joe Pasternack, will played their home games at the UC Santa Barbara Events Center, better known as The Thunderdome, in Santa Barbara, California, as members of the Big West Conference. They finished the season 23\u20139, 11\u20135 in Big West play to finish in a tie for second place. As the No. 2 seed in the Big West Tournament, they defeated Cal Poly before losing to UC Irvine in the semifinals. Despite winning 23 games, they did not participate in a postseason tournament.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 54], "section_span": [54, 54], "content_span": [55, 741]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276582-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 UC Santa Barbara Gauchos men's basketball team, Previous season\nThe Gauchos finished the 2016\u201317 season 6\u201322, 4\u201312 in Big West play to finish in last place. As a result, they failed to quality for the Big West Tournament.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 54], "section_span": [56, 71], "content_span": [72, 229]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276583-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 UCF Knights men's basketball team\nThe 2017\u201318 UCF Knights men's basketball team represented the University of Central Florida during the 2017\u201318 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Knights are members of the American Athletic Conference. The Knights, in the program's 49th season of basketball, were led by second-year head coach Johnny Dawkins and played their home games at the CFE Arena on the university's main campus in Orlando, Florida. They finished the season 19\u201313 overall and 9\u20139 in AAC play to finish in 6th place. In the AAC Tournament, they defeated East Carolina in the first round before losing to Houston in the quarterfinals.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [41, 41], "content_span": [42, 659]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276583-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 UCF Knights men's basketball team, Previous season\nThe Knights finished the 2016\u201317 season 24\u201312, 11\u20137 in AAC play to finish in fourth place. They defeated Memphis in the quarterfinals of the AAC Tournament before losing in the semifinals to SMU. They received an invitation to the National Invitation Tournament where they defeated Colorado, Illinois State, and Illinois to advance to the semifinals at Madison Square Garden for the first time in school history. There they lost to the eventual NIT Champion, TCU.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [43, 58], "content_span": [59, 522]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276584-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 UCF Knights women's basketball team\nThe 2017\u201318 UCF Knights women's basketball team will represent the University of Central Florida during the 2017\u201318 NCAA Division I basketball season. The Knights compete in Division I of the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) and the American Athletic Conference (The\u00a0American). The Knights, in the program's 41st season of basketball, were led by second-year head coach Katie Abrahamson-Henderson, and play their home games at the CFE Arena on the university's main campus in Orlando, Florida. They finished the season 22\u201311, 12\u20134 in AAC play to finish in third place. They advanced to the semifinals of the American Athletic Women's Tournament where they lost to South Florida. They received an automatic bid to the Women's National Invitational Tournament where defeated Jacksonville in the first round before losing to Alabama in the second round.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [43, 43], "content_span": [44, 909]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276584-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 UCF Knights women's basketball team, Media\nAll UCF games will have an audio or video broadcast available. For conference play, UCF games will typically be available on ESPN3, , or . Road games not on ESPN3 or AAC Digital will have an audio broadcast available on the . All non-conference home games will be streamed exclusively on UCF Knights All-Access. Select non-conference road games will have a stream available through the opponents website. The audio broadcast for home games will only be available through UCF Knights All-Access.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [45, 50], "content_span": [51, 545]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276585-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 UCI Cyclo-cross World Cup\nThe 2017\u201318 Telenet UCI Cyclo-cross World Cup was a season long cyclo-cross competition, organised by the Union Cycliste Internationale (UCI). The UCI Cyclo-cross World Cup took place between 17 September 2017 and 28 January 2018, over a total of nine events. The defending champions were Wout van Aert in the men's competition and Sophie de Boer in the women's competition.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [33, 33], "content_span": [34, 408]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276585-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 UCI Cyclo-cross World Cup\nBoth elite titles were won at the penultimate round of the season at Nommay. Despite finishing twelfth in the race, Sanne Cant won the women's title after her closest rival Kaitlin Keough finished the Nommay race in second behind compatriot Katie Compton. Cant was the only female rider to win more than once, winning five times during the season. Other races were won by Kate\u0159ina Nash, Maud Kaptheijns and Evie Richards, who became the first under-23 woman to win an elite race, when she won at Namur.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [33, 33], "content_span": [34, 536]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276585-0002-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 UCI Cyclo-cross World Cup\nIn the men's competition, Mathieu van der Poel won each of the first four races to build up a lead on van Aert and the rest. Van Aert won the next two races in Germany and at Namur, but with wins at Heusden-Zolder and Nommay, van der Poel gathered an unassailable lead going into the final round at Hoogerheide; he won that race as well, garnering podium finishes at all nine events during the campaign.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [33, 33], "content_span": [34, 437]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276585-0003-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 UCI Cyclo-cross World Cup\nThe men's under-23 title was won by Tom Pidcock, having won four World Cup races in as many starts, giving him an unassailable lead after the Grand Prix Erik De Vlaeminck at Circuit Zolder, as a rider's best four scores (from seven races) counted towards the classification. The women's under-23 title was won by Fleur Nagengast, while the junior men's title went to Tom\u00e1\u0161 Kopeck\u00fd.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [33, 33], "content_span": [34, 415]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276585-0004-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 UCI Cyclo-cross World Cup, Points distribution\nPoints were awarded to all eligible riders each race. The top ten finishers received points according to the following table:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 54], "content_span": [55, 180]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276585-0005-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 UCI Cyclo-cross World Cup, Events\nIn comparison to last season, the races in Las Vegas, Rome (Fiuggi) and Valkenburg were replaced by Bogense, Nommay and Waterloo. The race in Bogense marked the first ever Cyclo-cross World Cup in Denmark, as a precursor to the 2019 UCI Cyclo-cross World Championships being held there.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 41], "content_span": [42, 328]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276586-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 UCI Track Cycling World Cup\nThe 2017\u201318 UCI Track Cycling World Cup (also known as the Tissot UCI Track Cycling World Cup for sponsorship reasons) was a multi-race tournament over a track cycling season. It was the 26th series of the UCI Track Cycling World Cup organised by the UCI. The series was run from 3 November 2017 to 21 January 2018 and consisted of five rounds.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [35, 35], "content_span": [36, 380]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276586-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 UCI Track Cycling World Cup, Series\nOn 11 May 2017 the UCI revealed the location and dates of the world cup meetings that took place in 2017. Four rounds took place in Pruszk\u00f3w, Poland, Manchester, Great Britain, Milton, Canada and Santiago, Chile. On 27 June 2017 the UCI expanded the World Cup to five events by adding Minsk, Belarus to the schedule for a round to take place in 2018. All venues except Manchester are hosting a round of the World Cup for the first time.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 43], "content_span": [44, 480]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276586-0002-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 UCI Track Cycling World Cup, Series, Pruszk\u00f3w, Poland\nThe first round was hosted in Pruszk\u00f3w. The racing was held on three full days between 3 and 5 November 2017 at the BG\u017b BNP Paribas Arena. The venue hosted junior and under 23 European Championships in 2008, the World Championships in 2009 and the UEC European Track Cycling Championships in 2010.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 61], "content_span": [62, 359]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276586-0003-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 UCI Track Cycling World Cup, Series, Manchester, Great Britain\nThe second round was hosted in Manchester in Great Britain. This round was held between 10 and 12 November 2017 at HSBC UK National Cycling Centre. Manchester has previously hosted the 2002 Commonwealth Games, the 1996, 2000 and 2008 World Championships and seven times has hosted a round of the world cup. This will be the first time since 2013 that the venue has hosted this event.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 70], "content_span": [71, 454]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276586-0004-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 UCI Track Cycling World Cup, Series, Milton, Canada\nThe third round was hosted in Milton. The racing was held on three full days between 1 and 3 December 2017 at the Mattamy National Cycling Centre. The venue was built for the 2015 Pan and Parapan American Games held in Toronto.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 59], "content_span": [60, 287]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276586-0005-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 UCI Track Cycling World Cup, Series, Santiago, Chile\nThe penultimate round of this World Cup season was hosted in Santiago. This round was held between 8 and 10 December 2017 at the Parque Pe\u00f1alol\u00e9n velodrome. The venue was host to the 2014 South American Games", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 60], "content_span": [61, 269]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276586-0006-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 UCI Track Cycling World Cup, Series, Minsk, Belarus\nThe final round of the world cup took place at the Velodrome Minsk-Arena. The venue hosted the 2009 European Championships and the World Championships in 2013.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 59], "content_span": [60, 219]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276586-0007-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 UCI Track Cycling World Cup, Series, Format\nAt the Purszkow round the points race, Scratch race events were included for both sexes and the women were additionally race the individual pursuit. The women also competed in the 500m Time Trial in Manchester and both sexes competed in the Scratch race. In the Milton round the points race was additionally held for both sexes. At the final round in Minsk the Scratch and points races were added to the schedule for both sexes; while the men were additionally race the individual pursuit.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 51], "content_span": [52, 541]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276586-0008-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 UCI Track Cycling World Cup, Series, Format\nOn 2 November the UCI announced that the top three riders across the series in individual sprint, keirin, Omnium and Madison races received an additional bonus to their prize money.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 51], "content_span": [52, 233]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276586-0009-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 UCI Track Cycling World Cup, Series, Format\nThe top three of each individual race during the series received in Euros, 625, 375, 250 respectively. The podium places of the team pursuit received in Euros 1250, 750, 500, for first, second and third place. Each pair in the Madison who finish in the top three received in Euros, 625, 375, 250 respectively. In the men's team sprint each time received in Euros 940, 560 and 375, while the women's team sprint received \u20ac 625, 375 and 250 for a top three finish.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 51], "content_span": [52, 514]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276586-0010-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 UCI Track Cycling World Cup, Standings, Overall Team Standings\nOverall team standings are calculated based on total number of points gained by the team's riders in each event.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 70], "content_span": [71, 183]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276587-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 UCLA Bruins men's basketball team\nThe 2017\u201318 UCLA Bruins men's basketball team represented the University of California, Los Angeles during the 2017\u201318 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Bruins were led by fifth-year head coach Steve Alford and played their home games at Pauley Pavilion as members in the Pac-12 Conference. They finished the season 21\u201312, 11\u20137 in Pac-12 play to finish in a three-way tie for third place.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [41, 41], "content_span": [42, 441]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276587-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 UCLA Bruins men's basketball team\nThe Bruins opened their new practice facility, the Mo Ostin Basketball Center. They defeated Stanford in the quarterfinals of the Pac-12 Tournament to advance to the semifinals where they lost to Arizona. They received an at-large bid to the NCAA Tournament, where they lost 65\u201358 in the First Four to St. Bonaventure for the Bonnies' first tournament win in 48 years. It was the first time in UCLA's history that they had been relegated to a First Four play-in game. It was the first time in the school's four tournament appearances under Alford that they did not advance to the Sweet 16.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [41, 41], "content_span": [42, 631]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276587-0002-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 UCLA Bruins men's basketball team, Previous season\nThe Bruins finished the 2016\u201317 season 31\u20135 overall; and 15\u20133 in the conference. During the season, UCLA was invited and participated in the Wooden Legacy in Anaheim, California. UCLA defeated Portland, Nebraska, and Texas A&M to earn 1st place. UCLA also defeated Ohio State in the CBS Sports Classic in Paradise, Nevada. In the postseason, UCLA defeated USC but lost to Arizona in the semifinals of the 2017 Pac-12 Conference Men's Basketball Tournament in Paradise, Nevada. The Bruins were invited and participated in the 2017 NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Tournament, where they defeated Kent State and Cincinnati in Sacramento, California but lost to Kentucky in Memphis, Tennessee in the Sweet Sixteen.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [43, 58], "content_span": [59, 770]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276587-0003-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 UCLA Bruins men's basketball team, China incident\nAt the start of the regular season, three of UCLA's players, Jalen Hill, Cody Riley, and LiAngelo Ball, were arrested in China for allegedly shoplifting before their game against Georgia Tech. The arrested players were confined to their hotel for several days until the charges were dropped and the players were allowed to leave the country.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [43, 57], "content_span": [58, 399]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276587-0004-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 UCLA Bruins men's basketball team, China incident\nThe players involved were suspended indefinitely from the team after their return to campus, with LiAngelo eventually withdrawing from UCLA on December 4, 2017. He would go on to play professionally overseas in Lithuania with his younger brother LaMelo.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [43, 57], "content_span": [58, 311]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276587-0005-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 UCLA Bruins men's basketball team, China incident\nOn December 22, 2017, UCLA announced that the other two suspended players, Riley and Hill, would remain suspended for the whole season, but would be allowed to rejoin practices and team activities on December 26.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [43, 57], "content_span": [58, 270]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276588-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 UCLA Bruins women's basketball team\nThe 2017\u201318 UCLA Bruins women's basketball team represented the University of California, Los Angeles during the 2017\u201318 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Bruins, led by seventh year head coach Cori Close, played their home games at the Pauley Pavilion and are members of the Pac-12 Conference. They finished the season 27\u20138, 14\u20134 in Pac-12 play to finish in a tie for third place. They advanced to the semifinals of the Pac-12 Women's Tournament where they lost to Oregon.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [43, 43], "content_span": [44, 530]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276588-0000-0001", "contents": "2017\u201318 UCLA Bruins women's basketball team\nThey received an at-large bid to the NCAA Women's Tournament in which they defeated American and Creighton in the first and second rounds, respectively. They went on to defeat Texas in the Sweet Sixteen and advance to the program's first Elite Eight since 1999. They lost to Mississippi State in the Elite Eight.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [43, 43], "content_span": [44, 356]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276589-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 UConn Huskies men's basketball team\nThe 2017\u201318 UConn Huskies men's basketball team represented the University of Connecticut in the 2017\u201318 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Huskies were led by sixth-year head coach Kevin Ollie. The Huskies split their home games between the XL Center in Hartford, Connecticut, and the Harry A. Gampel Pavilion on the UConn campus in Storrs, Connecticut as members of the American Athletic Conference. They finished the season 14\u201318, 7\u201311 in AAC play to finish in eighth place. They lost in the first round of the AAC Tournament to SMU.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [43, 43], "content_span": [44, 590]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276589-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 UConn Huskies men's basketball team\nThe school announced on January 26, 2018 that the NCAA was investigating recruitment of at least three basketball players for possible recruiting violations. On March 10, the school fired head coach Kevin Ollie for just cause related to the NCAA investigation. On March 22, 2018, it was announced that the school had hired Dan Hurley as head coach. On July 2, 2019 the wins for the 2017\u201318 season were vacated due to NCAA Sanctions.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [43, 43], "content_span": [44, 476]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276589-0002-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 UConn Huskies men's basketball team, Previous season\nThe Huskies finished the 2016\u201317 season 16\u201317, 9\u20139 in AAC play to finish in a tie for fifth place. They defeated South Florida and Houston to advance to the semifinals of the AAC Tournament where they lost to Cincinnati.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [45, 60], "content_span": [61, 281]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276589-0003-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 UConn Huskies men's basketball team, Preseason\nAt the conference's annual media day, the Huskies were picked to finish in sixth place in the AAC. Junior guard Jalen Adams was named to the preseason All-AAC first team.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [45, 54], "content_span": [55, 225]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276590-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 UConn Huskies women's basketball team\nThe 2017\u201318 UConn Huskies women's basketball team represented the University of Connecticut (UConn) during the 2017\u201318 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Huskies, led by Hall of Fame head coach Geno Auriemma, in his 33rd season at UConn, played their home games at Harry A. Gampel Pavilion and the XL Center and were fifth-year members of the American Athletic Conference. They finished the season 36\u20131, 16\u20130 in AAC play to win the AAC regular season championship. They defeated Tulane, Cincinnati, and South Florida to win the AAC Women's Tournament title.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [45, 45], "content_span": [46, 615]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276590-0000-0001", "contents": "2017\u201318 UConn Huskies women's basketball team\nAs a result, they received the conference's automatic bid to the NCAA Women's Tournament. As the overall No. 1 seed, they defeated Saint Francis (PA) and Quinnipiac to advance to the Sweet Sixteen. They defeated Duke in the Sweet Sixteen and South Carolina in the Elite Eight to reach their 19th Final Four. In the National Semifinal, they lost in overtime on a last second shot for the second consecutive year, this time to Notre Dame, ending the school's 36-game winning streak.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [45, 45], "content_span": [46, 526]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276590-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 UConn Huskies women's basketball team, Previous season\nThe Huskies finished the 2016\u201317 season 36\u20131, 16\u20130 in AAC play to win the AAC regular season championship. They defeated Tulsa, UCF, and South Florida to win the AAC Women's Tournament championship. As a result, they received the conference's automatic bid to the NCAA Women's Tournament. As the overall No. 1 seed, they defeated Albany and Syracuse to advance to the Sweet Sixteen. In the Sweet Sixteen, they defeated UCLA to advance to the Elite Eight where they defeated Oregon. In the National Semifinal, they lost in overtime to Mississippi State, ending the school's 111-game winning streak.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [47, 62], "content_span": [63, 660]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276590-0002-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 UConn Huskies women's basketball team, Offseason, FIBA\nKia Nurse participated on the Canada women's national basketball team in the 2017 FIBA Women's AmeriCup event. This is a tournament that takes place every other year between the national teams of the two continents. It also serves as a qualifying tournament for the Olympic games. In the gold-medal game against the host team Argentina, the Canadians were behind by seven points at halftime but they came back in the second half, Nurse had a basket with just over a minute left to give Canada the lead for good and the gold-medal.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [47, 62], "content_span": [63, 593]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276590-0003-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 UConn Huskies women's basketball team, Offseason, FIBA U19\nMegan Walker, Crystal Dangerfield, and Christyn Williams (Central Arkansas Christian Schools, with a verbal commitment to Connecticut) all participated on the United States women's national under-19 basketball team which competed in the FIBA Under-19 Women's Basketball World Cup, held in Udine, Italy in July. The USA team faced an undefeated Russia in the gold medal game, but fell short, losing 86\u201382. Dangerfield scored 15 points in the final, which resulted in the silver medal for the USA. For the entire event, Dangerfield averaged 9.0 points per game, Walker averaged 7.6 and Williams averaged 3.2.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [47, 66], "content_span": [67, 673]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276590-0004-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 UConn Huskies women's basketball team, Offseason, 3x3 U18\nChristyn Williams was one of four players selected to represent the US in the FIBA 3x3 U18 World Cup held in Chengdu, China in June and July. Williams scored 22 points over the course of the seven games to help the USA win all seven games, including the gold-medal game against the Czech Republic.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [47, 65], "content_span": [66, 363]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276590-0005-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 UConn Huskies women's basketball team, Roster\nAndra Espinoza-Hunter was only on the roster for the fall semester, after which she transferred from UConn.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [47, 53], "content_span": [54, 161]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276590-0006-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 UConn Huskies women's basketball team, Game summaries, Exhibition, Netherlands National Team\nThe UConn team took a trip to Italy in August, interspersing visits to historical sites with exhibition games against Dutch, Italian and Slovenian basketball teams. The first game was against the Netherlands national team on 14 August 2017 in Rome, Italy. Collier led the team in points and rebounds with 16 and 11 respectively helping UConn to a 68\u201352 in over the national team. Nurse was not present for that game as she was still playing for the Canadian national team in the FIBA AmeriCup tournament.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [47, 100], "content_span": [101, 605]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276590-0007-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 UConn Huskies women's basketball team, Game summaries, Exhibition, Netherlands National Team\nThe next day, the two teams faced off again. Nurse was present for this game and contributed 18 points, although high-scoring honors went to her teammate Samuelson with 23 points. UConn won the game 88\u201366.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [47, 100], "content_span": [101, 306]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276590-0008-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 UConn Huskies women's basketball team, Game summaries, Exhibition, Italian All-stars\nThree days later, UConn took on a team called the Italian All-Stars in Vicenza, Italy. Samuelson repeated her scoring performance with 23 points, while freshman Walker was the leading rebounder with nine. Dangerfield had 88 assist with no turnovers. Samuelson scored 15 of her points in the first quarter, helping the team to a 17-point lead \u2014 the team then continued on to a 103\u201345 victory.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [47, 92], "content_span": [93, 484]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276590-0009-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 UConn Huskies women's basketball team, Game summaries, Exhibition, Celje\nThe final exhibition game was held in Trieste against Celje, a Slovenian women's basketball club. UConn held a slim lead at halftime 37 \u2013 36, playing without Collier who had injured her ankle in the prior game. However, in the third quarter the Huskies were outscored 25\u201310 and ended up losing the game 79\u201359. Samuelson was the high scorer with 17 points but only hit one of her 6 3-point attempts. The Huskies hit just 32% of their field-goal attempts.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [47, 80], "content_span": [81, 534]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276590-0010-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 UConn Huskies women's basketball team, Game summaries, Exhibition, Fort Hays State\nUConn took on Division II Fort Hays State in their first exhibition game at home. The starters were the four returning starters from the previous year plus Dangerfield. Stevens came in off the bench and recorded 15 points and four blocked shots in the game. Nurse was the leading scorer with 19 points, while both Williams and Collier had nine rebounds each. UConn won the game easily 82\u201337.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [47, 90], "content_span": [91, 482]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276590-0011-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 UConn Huskies women's basketball team, Game summaries, Exhibition, Ashland University\nThe final exhibition game was against Division II Ashland University, who won the Division II national championship in the prior year and came into the season with a longest winnings streak in the country at 37 games. Both teams were ranked number one in the preseason polls. Ashland's Laina Snyder had a double double with 12 points and 10 rebounds while Julie Whorley led the team in scoring with 17 points. For the Huskies, nurse led all scorers with 21 points hitting all of her seven shots from the field. Stevens and Williams each had double doubles, with Stevens scoring 16 points and pulling down 11 rebounds while Williams had 11 points and 10 rebounds. UConn won the game 119\u201356.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [47, 93], "content_span": [94, 783]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276590-0012-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 UConn Huskies women's basketball team, Game summaries, Regular season, Stanford\nThe UConn team opened their season on the road, playing in the Countdown to Columbus doubleheader against 10th-ranked Stanford. The Huskies had the good fortune to return three first-team All-American's (the only team in Division I women's basketball to do so this year). The fourth starter for the team, Nurse, was the starting guard on the Canadian Olympic team. The fifth starter was sophomore Dangerfield who had a good but uneven freshman year. However, she reached double figures in scoring halfway through the first quarter, and ended up hitting six of seven 3-point shot attempts.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [47, 87], "content_span": [88, 676]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276590-0012-0001", "contents": "2017\u201318 UConn Huskies women's basketball team, Game summaries, Regular season, Stanford\nThe Huskies opened up a 49\u201314 halftime lead. For the first time in four years, the opening game did not follow a successful national championship bid, so the team potentially could interrupt their back-to-back winning streak extending from 1993\u201394. That streak was never seriously threatened in this game is UConn ended up with the win 78\u201353. It was the 22nd consecutive year that UConn has won their opening game.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [47, 87], "content_span": [88, 502]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276590-0013-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 UConn Huskies women's basketball team, Game summaries, Regular season, California\nUConn played their home opener against 20th-ranked California. The Golden Bears led 4\u20133 early, but scored 23 of the next 25 points to take control of the game. The Huskies had a 19-point lead at the end of the first quarter, and cruised to an 82\u201347 win. The team unveiled a banner to honor Rebecca Lobo before the game to reflect her inclusion in the Naismith Hall of Fame in September. Dangerfield, Collier and Nurse shared scoring honors with 14 points each.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [47, 89], "content_span": [90, 550]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276590-0014-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 UConn Huskies women's basketball team, Game summaries, Regular season, Maryland\nThe Huskies played their second home game of the season and their first home game at the XL Center against 15th ranked Maryland. UConn's best shooter Samuelson had injured her foot in the prior game and was not able to play. Despite that every starter for UConn scored in double figures led by nurse with 21 points. It was the first start for Azure Stevens who had transferred to UConn from Duke and sat out the prior season. She had a double double with 18 points and 12 rebounds. The game was tied early at seven points apiece but the Huskies went on a 19\u20132 run to take control. Both teams struggled with ball control, combining for 45 turnovers. The final score, in favor of the Huskies was 97\u201372.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [47, 87], "content_span": [88, 788]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276590-0015-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 UConn Huskies women's basketball team, Game summaries, Regular season, UCLA\nUConn headed west to play UCLA, a team near Samuelson's hometown of Huntington Beach, but unfortunately her foot injury prevented her from playing. She is no longer on crutches and wearing a walking boot which she could be seen wearing along the sidelines shouting encouragement to her teammates. Despite playing the number five ranked team in the country, her teammates responded, opening up a 24-point lead at one point and ending with a 78\u201360 win over the Bruins. The audience of over 9000 included Kobe Bryant and Ann Myers Drysdale.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [47, 83], "content_span": [84, 621]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276590-0016-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 UConn Huskies women's basketball team, Game summaries, Regular season, Michigan State\nThe Huskies headed north on the next step in their West Coast trip to Matthew Knight Arena in Eugene, Oregon to take place part in the Nike PK80 invitational. They took on Michigan State, their first unranked opponent of the season, but a team with a 4 and 1 record. Stevens, who felt she had not performed well against UCLA, stepped up with 25 points, 16 rebounds and five assists to help UConn to a 96\u201362 win. She also reached the thousand point mark for her career, with 938 scored at Duke. UConn held the Spartans to just over 34% shooting from the field and dominated on the boards a rebounding Michigan State 46\u201318.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [47, 93], "content_span": [94, 715]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276590-0017-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 UConn Huskies women's basketball team, Game summaries, Regular season, Nevada\nUConn had never played the University of Nevada, so the game played at the Lawlor Events Center in Reno was the first time on the court for most players on the team. However, it was familiar ground for Williams, who led her high schools team to the state title in 2012 in that arena. She also spent time in the arena watching her father and her sister who both played basketball for Nevada. The game was set up as a homecoming game for the senior Williams. She scored 18 points although her coach Auriemma emphasizes her defensive prowess. Stevens had a double double with 17 points and 14 rebounds but the offensive star of the team was Nurse, scoring on all eight of her three-point attempts, and ending up with 27 points. It was the first ever nationally televised game for Nevada. UConn won 88\u201357.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [47, 85], "content_span": [86, 887]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276590-0018-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 UConn Huskies women's basketball team, Game summaries, Regular season, Notre Dame\nThe game against the third-ranked and undefeated Notre Dame was highly anticipated, resulting in a sellout for the XL center. Connecticut lead at the end of the first quarter by four points, but the Irish responded with a 24\u20134 run to take a seven-point lead into halftime. The third quarter was close but Notre Dame extended the lead by a single point to enter the fourth quarter with an eight-point lead.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [47, 89], "content_span": [90, 495]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276590-0018-0001", "contents": "2017\u201318 UConn Huskies women's basketball team, Game summaries, Regular season, Notre Dame\nUConn's\u00a0 Samuelson had missed the prior for gains with the foot injury but was able to play in this game until the early in the fourth quarter when she reaggravated her foot injury and had to leave the game. Williams was battling migraines, and ineffective in the first half when she scored only two points on one of seven shooting and did not play the second half. Despite missing two of the top players, UConn outscored Notre Dame 26-9 and the fourth quarter, ending up with 80\u201371 victory. Five Huskies scored in double digits. Despite missing most of the fourth quarter Samuelson was leading scorer with 18 followed closely by Stevens with 17.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [47, 89], "content_span": [90, 736]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276590-0019-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 UConn Huskies women's basketball team, Game summaries, Regular season, DePaul\nDePaul chose to have the official opening of their new Wintrust Arena on the night that UConn came to town. The Huskies quickly quashed any notion that the Blue Demons would christen their new arena with a win. Really in the game, UConn went on a 14\u20132 run, aided by back-to-back three-pointers from Dangerfield to set the tone for the game. Samuelson was cleared to play what started off slowly missing several over early shots but she ended up hitting half of her field-goal attempts to lead the Huskies with 20 points. It was not a one-person show as six different players scored in double figures. Collier had a double double with 17 points and 10 rebounds. The final score in favor of the Huskies was 103 \u2013 69.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [47, 85], "content_span": [86, 800]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276590-0020-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 UConn Huskies women's basketball team, Game summaries, Regular season, Oklahoma\nUConn faced Oklahoma in a game technically on a neutral court, as it was neither the home court for Connecticut nor Oklahoma but playing in the Hall of Fame women's Holiday Showcase in Uncasville, Connecticut felt like a home game. The game itself almost seem like an afterthought, as it represented 1000 wins for head coach Geno Auriemma, but Oklahoma tried to spoil the celebration.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [47, 87], "content_span": [88, 472]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276590-0020-0001", "contents": "2017\u201318 UConn Huskies women's basketball team, Game summaries, Regular season, Oklahoma\nThe Huskies had a 15-point lead at halftime \u2013 the Sooners cut that deficit to seven points midway through the third quarter when Connecticut responded with a 13\u20133 run to build the lead back to 17 points. After the final gun sounded on the 88\u201364 win the celebration began. Auriemma was treated to tributes from former players and a Hall of Fame jacket as well as a cake, but he wasn't expecting to see many members of his inaugural 1985 team in attendance.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [47, 87], "content_span": [88, 543]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276590-0021-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 UConn Huskies women's basketball team, Game summaries, Regular season, Oklahoma\nThe win moved Auriemma into company with two other women's basketball coaches who have reached the thousand win mark. Two of those coaches are Pat Summitt and Tara VanDerveer. In an odd coincidence, the third member of the club, Sylvia Hatchell, reached the milestone a few hours earlier. Auriemma reached the milestone faster than any other coach doing so with only 135 losses.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [47, 87], "content_span": [88, 466]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276590-0022-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 UConn Huskies women's basketball team, Game summaries, Regular season, Duquesne\nUConn continued its tradition of scheduling a game near the hometown of seniors by playing Duquesne in Toronto, as a homecoming game for Nurse who is from Hamilton, Ontario. The game was a sellout, held at the Mattamy Athletic Centre. Nurse hit 9 of 11 field-goal attempts to score 24 points for the Huskies. It was not the first time that Nurse had played in this arena. She played there previously while in high school and when playing for the Canadian National Team when she led the team to a win over the US in the Pan American games. However, it was the first time her grandparents had watched her play wearing a Connecticut jersey. Samuelson scored 33 points as the Huskies won the game 104\u201352.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [47, 87], "content_span": [88, 788]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276590-0023-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 UConn Huskies women's basketball team, Game summaries, Regular season, Memphis\nUConn opened conference play with the game against Memphis on the day before New Year's. The start time was 1:30 PM, and the early start made it easy for fans to make it to the game. Just over 12,000, the largest crowd of the year, attended the game. Williams took ten shots and hit every one of them to score 20 points. Although Memphis had come into this game with a four-game winning streak, the Huskies won 97\u201349. They have now won every single one of their 83 conference games.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [47, 86], "content_span": [87, 569]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276590-0024-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 UConn Huskies women's basketball team, Game summaries, Regular season, East Carolina\nOne game after hitting 10 consecutive shots, Williams hit her first six shots and ended up hitting eight of nine against East Carolina. Samuelson recorded nine assists which matched a career-high and Stevens recorded 16 rebounds to also tie a career-high. Heather Macy, the coach of East Carolina said \"UConn dominated every facet\". UConn held the Lady Pirates to 25% shooting from the field and won the game 96\u201335.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [47, 92], "content_span": [93, 508]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276590-0025-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 UConn Huskies women's basketball team, Game summaries, Regular season, South Florida\nConnecticut played the first two games against South Florida with this one played on the Bulls home court. The UConn offense was solid with Collier heading 12 of 15 field-goal attempts to record a season-high 25 points. The team hit 50% of their field-goal attempts and reached 100 points for the third time this season. However, the real key to the win was the Huskies defense. USF's Kitija Laksa Is the second leading scorer in the conference averaging over 20 points a game, but she was held to zero points. The team as a whole hit under 30% of their field-goal attempts. The final score, in favor of the Huskies, was 100\u201349.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [47, 92], "content_span": [93, 721]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276590-0026-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 UConn Huskies women's basketball team, Game summaries, Regular season, UCF\nUConn started out very slowly against Central Florida. The Huskies had a 13-point lead at halftime but the 32 points scored in the first half is the lowest scoring first half the season. The Knights physical defense was effective in slowing down Connecticut and coach Auriemma spent nearly the entire halftime explaining this to the team. They did not return to the court until there were less than 30 seconds left before the start of the third quarter. Whatever was said was effective as UConn scored 48 points in the second half. Stevens came off the bench to record 19 points to lead the Huskies in\u00a0 scoring. Auriemma praised Williams for \"energizing the team in the second half\". Her 13 rebounds and five assists help the Huskies in their third quarter run. The final score in favor of Connecticut was 80\u201344.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [47, 82], "content_span": [83, 895]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276590-0027-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 UConn Huskies women's basketball team, Game summaries, Regular season, Houston\nConnecticut's defense helped UConn to a 95\u201335 win over Houston. The Huskies held the Cougars to four points in the first quarter into a season-low 20% shooting percentage for the game. The Huskies were also strong offensively with Stevens recording a double double (19 points and 10 rebounds), and Samuelson a nurse each scoring 17 points. The victory represented the 145th consecutive victory over and unranked opponent.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [47, 86], "content_span": [87, 508]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276590-0028-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 UConn Huskies women's basketball team, Game summaries, Regular season, Texas\nUConn found itself in unusual territory \u2013 down by double digits in the first quarter. The Longhorns opened up with an 8\u20132 run to start the game, and expanded the lead to 10 points with the score 22\u201312. The Huskies responded, but were still down by three points at the end of the first quarter, the first time they had not held the lead at the end of the first quarter the season. Texas was still leading as the half wound down but Dangerfield stole the ball leading to a Collier basket to give UConn a one-point lead to 39\u201338.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [47, 84], "content_span": [85, 611]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276590-0028-0001", "contents": "2017\u201318 UConn Huskies women's basketball team, Game summaries, Regular season, Texas\nFree throws were critical for the Huskies, who hit their first 15 attempts from the charity stripe. However Samuelson, usually a very solid free-throw shooter, had taken an inadvertent elbow to the eye earlier in the game, and missed two consecutive shots at the line in the final minute with UConn only leading by three points. Dangerfield hit two free throws with eight seconds left in the game to seal the 75\u201371 victory over the ninth-ranked Texas.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [47, 84], "content_span": [85, 537]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276590-0029-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 UConn Huskies women's basketball team, Game summaries, Regular season, Tulsa\nUConn hosted Tulsa at home. Although the Huskies were up by 15 points at the end of the first quarter, and had finished the quarter on a 16\u20130 run, coach Auriemma was so dissatisfied with the play of the team he replaced all the starters with five bench players to start the second quarter. Each team would score 16 points in the second quarter, the first time in 21 quarters against AAC opponents that UConn fails outscore the opposition.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [47, 84], "content_span": [85, 523]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276590-0029-0001", "contents": "2017\u201318 UConn Huskies women's basketball team, Game summaries, Regular season, Tulsa\nThe starters returned at the beginning of the third quarter but were able to outscore Tulsa only by two points in that period. Tulsa cut the lead to 10 points with just over five minutes left. Although UConn finished the game with a run to win 78 \u2013 60, Auriemma described the team effort as \"the most disgraceful he's seen in the 32 years he has been coaching Connecticut\".", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [47, 84], "content_span": [85, 458]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276590-0030-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 UConn Huskies women's basketball team, Game summaries, Regular season, Temple\nUConn played Temple in Philadelphia in a game which featured Auriemma's former assistant, Tonya Cardoza, now head coach of the Temple Owls. Samuelson was unable to play due to an ankle injury, but that did not seem to slow down the Huskies, as Walker recorded a career-high 22 points and Nurse led all scorers with 24 points. The Owl's Mia Davis was noteworthy for scoring 19 points, but that was not close to enough, as UConn went on to win 113\u201357. UConn's coach Auriemma made a point of pulling aside Temple's Tanaya Atkinson and Davis for words of encouragement.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [47, 85], "content_span": [86, 651]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276590-0031-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 UConn Huskies women's basketball team, Game summaries, Regular season, SMU\nIn their last regular-season road game, UConn played Southern Methodist University. The Mustangs outscored the Huskies in the fourth quarter, and most of the first quarter. UConn did not take the first lead until just over a minute remained in the first quarter. However, following the first media timeout at which SMU led 12\u20136, the Huskies scored 43 consecutive points.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [47, 82], "content_span": [83, 453]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276590-0031-0001", "contents": "2017\u201318 UConn Huskies women's basketball team, Game summaries, Regular season, SMU\nOnly a free-throw with 12 seconds left in the quarter prevented the Mustangs from going scoreless in the second quarter, but it was still the fewest points given up by UConn and a quarter since the format switched to quarters three years ago. Samuelson was the leading scorer for the Huskies with 23 points hitting 5 of 8 three-point attempts. The final score was 80\u201336 in favor of UConn.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [47, 82], "content_span": [83, 471]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276590-0032-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 UConn Huskies women's basketball team, Media\nEvery single Connecticut game is expected to be televised. Excluding exhibitions, most Connecticut games air on SNY, an ESPN network, or a CBS network. Exhibition games and games that air on SNY are also streamed on . Every game is expected to be broadcast on the UConn IMG Sports Network with an extra audio broadcast being available online to listen to through Husky Vision.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [47, 52], "content_span": [53, 429]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276591-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 UConn Huskies women's ice hockey season\nThe UConn Huskies women's ice hockey program represented the University of Connecticut Huskies during the 2017\u201318 NCAA Division I women's ice hockey season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 47], "section_span": [47, 47], "content_span": [48, 204]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276592-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 UD Almer\u00eda season\nThe 2017\u201318 season was UD Almer\u00eda's twentieth seventh season of existence and the third consecutive in Segunda Divisi\u00f3n.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [25, 25], "content_span": [26, 146]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276593-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 UD Las Palmas season\nDuring the 2017\u201318 season, UD Las Palmas are participating in La Liga and the Copa del Rey.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [28, 28], "content_span": [29, 120]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276593-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 UD Las Palmas season, Squad\nNote: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 35], "content_span": [36, 164]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276593-0002-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 UD Las Palmas season, Squad, Reserve team\nNote: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 49], "content_span": [50, 178]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276594-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 UEFA Champions League\nThe 2017\u201318 UEFA Champions League was the 63rd season of Europe's premier club football tournament organised by UEFA, and the 26th season since it was renamed from the European Champion Clubs' Cup to the UEFA Champions League.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [29, 29], "content_span": [30, 256]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276594-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 UEFA Champions League\nThe final was played between Real Madrid and Liverpool at the NSC Olimpiyskiy Stadium in Kyiv, Ukraine. Real Madrid, the defending champions, beat Liverpool 3\u20131 to win a record-extending 13th title, their third title in a row and fourth in five seasons.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [29, 29], "content_span": [30, 283]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276594-0002-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 UEFA Champions League\nAs winners, Real Madrid qualified as the UEFA representative for the 2018 FIFA Club World Cup in the United Arab Emirates, and also earned the right to play against the winners of the 2017\u201318 UEFA Europa League, Atl\u00e9tico Madrid, in the 2018 UEFA Super Cup, winning the former and losing the latter. Moreover, they would also have been automatically qualified for the 2018\u201319 UEFA Champions League group stage, but since they had already qualified through their league performance, the berth reserved was given to the champions of the 2017\u201318 Czech First League, the 11th-ranked association according to the 2018\u201319 access list.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [29, 29], "content_span": [30, 657]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276594-0003-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 UEFA Champions League, Association team allocation\n79 teams from 54 of the 55 UEFA member associations participated (the exception being Liechtenstein, which did not organise a domestic league). The association ranking based on the UEFA country coefficients was used to determine the number of participating teams for each association:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 58], "content_span": [59, 343]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276594-0004-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 UEFA Champions League, Association team allocation\nKosovo, who became a UEFA member on 3 May 2016, made their debut in the UEFA Champions League.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 58], "content_span": [59, 153]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276594-0005-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 UEFA Champions League, Association team allocation, Association ranking\nFor the 2017\u201318 UEFA Champions League, the associations were allocated places according to their 2016 UEFA country coefficients, which took into account their performance in European competitions from 2011\u201312 to 2015\u201316.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 79], "content_span": [80, 300]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276594-0006-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 UEFA Champions League, Association team allocation, Association ranking\nApart from the allocation based on the country coefficients, associations could have additional teams participating in the Champions League, as noted below:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 79], "content_span": [80, 236]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276594-0007-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 UEFA Champions League, Association team allocation, Distribution\nIn the default access list, the Champions League title holders entered the group stage. However, since Real Madrid already qualified for the group stage (as the champions of the 2016\u201317 La Liga), the Champions League title holders berth in the group stage was given to the Europa League title holders, Manchester United.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 72], "content_span": [73, 393]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276594-0008-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 UEFA Champions League, Association team allocation, Teams\nLeague positions of the previous season shown in parentheses (TH: Champions League title holders; EL: Europa League title holders).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 65], "content_span": [66, 197]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276594-0009-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 UEFA Champions League, Round and draw dates\nThe schedule of the competition was as follows (all draws were held at the UEFA headquarters in Nyon, Switzerland, unless stated otherwise).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 51], "content_span": [52, 192]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276594-0010-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 UEFA Champions League, Qualifying rounds\nIn the qualifying rounds and the play-off round, teams were divided into seeded and unseeded teams based on their 2017 UEFA club coefficients, and then drawn into two-legged home-and-away ties. Teams from the same association could not be drawn against each other.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 48], "content_span": [49, 313]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276594-0011-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 UEFA Champions League, Qualifying rounds, First qualifying round\nThe draw for the first qualifying round was held on 19 June 2017, 12:00 CEST. The first legs were played on 27 and 28 June, and the second legs were played on 4 July 2017.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 72], "content_span": [73, 244]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276594-0012-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 UEFA Champions League, Qualifying rounds, Second qualifying round\nThe draw for the second qualifying round was held on 19 June 2017, 12:00 CEST (after the completion of the first qualifying round draw). The first legs were played on 11, 12 and 14 July, and the second legs were played on 18 and 19 July 2017.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 73], "content_span": [74, 316]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276594-0013-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 UEFA Champions League, Qualifying rounds, Third qualifying round\nThe third qualifying round was split into two separate sections: Champions Route (for league champions) and League Route (for league non-champions). The losing teams in both sections entered the 2017\u201318 UEFA Europa League play-off round.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 72], "content_span": [73, 310]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276594-0014-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 UEFA Champions League, Qualifying rounds, Third qualifying round\nThe draw for the third qualifying round was held on 14 July 2017, 12:00 CEST. The first legs were played on 25 and 26 July, and the second legs were played on 1 and 2 August 2017.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 72], "content_span": [73, 252]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276594-0015-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 UEFA Champions League, Play-off round\nThe play-off round was split into two separate sections: Champions Route (for league champions) and League Route (for league non-champions). The losing teams in both sections entered the 2017\u201318 UEFA Europa League group stage.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 45], "content_span": [46, 272]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276594-0016-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 UEFA Champions League, Play-off round\nThe draw for the play-off round was held on 4 August 2017, 12:00 CEST. The first legs were played on 15 and 16 August, and the second legs were played on 22 and 23 August 2017.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 45], "content_span": [46, 222]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276594-0017-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 UEFA Champions League, Group stage\nThe draw for the group stage was held on 24 August 2017, 18:00 CEST, at the Grimaldi Forum in Monaco. The 32 teams were drawn into eight groups of four, with the restriction that teams from the same association could not be drawn against each other. For the draw, the teams were seeded into four pots based on the following principles (introduced starting 2015\u201316 season):", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 42], "content_span": [43, 415]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276594-0018-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 UEFA Champions League, Group stage\nIn each group, teams played against each other home-and-away in a round-robin format. The group winners and runners-up advanced to the round of 16, while the third-placed teams entered the 2017\u201318 UEFA Europa League round of 32. The matchdays were 12\u201313 September, 26\u201327 September, 17\u201318 October, 31 October \u2013 1 November, 21\u201322 November, and 5\u20136 December 2017.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 42], "content_span": [43, 403]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276594-0019-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 UEFA Champions League, Group stage\nThe youth teams of the clubs that qualified for the group stage also participated in the 2017\u201318 UEFA Youth League on the same matchdays, where they competed in the UEFA Champions League Path (the youth domestic champions of the top 32 associations competed in a separate Domestic Champions Path until the play-offs).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 42], "content_span": [43, 360]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276594-0020-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 UEFA Champions League, Group stage\nSeventeen national associations were represented in the group stage. Qaraba\u011f and RB Leipzig made their debut appearances in the group stage. Qaraba\u011f were the first team from Azerbaijan to play in the Champions League group stage. For the first time since the 1997\u201398 edition, England's Arsenal did not qualify for the group stage.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 42], "content_span": [43, 373]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276594-0021-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 UEFA Champions League, Group stage\nTeams were ranked according to points (3 points for a win, 1 point for a draw, 0 points for a loss), and if tied on points, the following tiebreaking criteria were applied, in the order given, to determine the rankings (Regulations Articles 17.01):", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 42], "content_span": [43, 291]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276594-0022-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 UEFA Champions League, Knockout phase\nIn the knockout phase, teams played against each other over two legs on a home-and-away basis, except for the one-match final. The mechanism of the draws for each round was as follows:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 45], "content_span": [46, 230]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276594-0023-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 UEFA Champions League, Knockout phase, Round of 16\nThe draw for the round of 16 was held on 11 December 2017, 12:00 CET. The first legs were played on 13, 14, 20 and 21 February, and the second legs were played on 6, 7, 13 and 14 March 2018.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 58], "content_span": [59, 249]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276594-0024-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 UEFA Champions League, Knockout phase, Quarter-finals\nThe draw for the quarter-finals was held on 16 March 2018, 12:00 CET. The first legs were played on 3 and 4 April, and the second legs were played on 10 and 11 April 2018.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 61], "content_span": [62, 233]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276594-0025-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 UEFA Champions League, Knockout phase, Semi-finals\nThe draw for the semi-finals was held on 13 April 2018, 13:00 CEST. The first legs were played on 24 and 25 April, and the second legs were played on 1 and 2 May 2018.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 58], "content_span": [59, 226]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276594-0026-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 UEFA Champions League, Knockout phase, Final\nThe final was played at the NSC Olimpiyskiy Stadium in Kyiv on 26 May 2018. The \"home\" team (for administrative purposes) was determined by an additional draw held after the semi-final draw.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 52], "content_span": [53, 243]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276594-0027-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 UEFA Champions League, Statistics, Squad of the season\nThe UEFA technical study group selected the following 18 players as the squad of the tournament.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 62], "content_span": [63, 159]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276594-0028-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 UEFA Champions League, Statistics, Players of the season\nVotes were cast for players of the season by coaches of the 32 teams in the group stage, together with 55 journalists selected by the European Sports Media (ESM) group, representing each of UEFA's member associations. The coaches were not allowed to vote for players from their own teams. Jury members selected their top three players, with the first receiving five points, the second three and the third one. The shortlist of the top three players were announced on 9 August 2018. The award winners were announced and presented during the 2018\u201319 UEFA Champions League group stage draw in Monaco on 30 August 2018.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 64], "content_span": [65, 680]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276595-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 UEFA Champions League group stage\nThe 2017\u201318 UEFA Champions League group stage began on 12 September and ended on 6 December 2017. A total of 32 teams competed in the group stage to decide the 16 places in the knockout phase of the 2017\u201318 UEFA Champions League.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [41, 41], "content_span": [42, 271]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276595-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 UEFA Champions League group stage, Draw\nThe draw for the group stage was held on 24 August 2017, 18:00 CEST, at the Grimaldi Forum in Monaco.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [43, 47], "content_span": [48, 149]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276595-0002-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 UEFA Champions League group stage, Draw\nThe 32 teams were drawn into eight groups of four, with the restriction that teams from the same association could not be drawn against each other. For the draw, the teams were seeded into four pots based on the following principles:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [43, 47], "content_span": [48, 281]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276595-0003-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 UEFA Champions League group stage, Draw\nOn 17 July 2014, the UEFA emergency panel ruled that Ukrainian and Russian clubs would not be drawn against each other \"until further notice\" due to the political unrest between the countries.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [43, 47], "content_span": [48, 240]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276595-0004-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 UEFA Champions League group stage, Draw\nMoreover, the draw was controlled for teams from the same association in order to split the teams evenly into the two sets of four groups (A\u2013D, E\u2013H) for maximum television coverage. On each matchday, one set of four groups played their matches on Tuesday, while the other set of four groups played their matches on Wednesday, with the two sets of groups alternating between each matchday.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [43, 47], "content_span": [48, 436]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276595-0005-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 UEFA Champions League group stage, Draw\nThe fixtures were decided after the draw, using a computer draw not shown to public, with the following match sequence (Regulations Article 16.02):", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [43, 47], "content_span": [48, 195]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276595-0006-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 UEFA Champions League group stage, Draw\nNote: Positions for scheduling did not use the seeding pots, e.g., Team 1 was not necessarily the team from Pot 1 in the draw.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [43, 47], "content_span": [48, 174]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276595-0007-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 UEFA Champions League group stage, Draw\nThere were certain scheduling restrictions: for example, teams from the same city (e.g., Real Madrid and Atl\u00e9tico Madrid) in general were not scheduled to play at home on the same matchday (to avoid teams from the same city playing at home on the same day or on consecutive days, due to logistics and crowd control), and teams in certain countries (e.g., Russia and Azerbaijan) were not scheduled to play at home on the last matchday (due to cold weather and simultaneous kick-off times).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [43, 47], "content_span": [48, 536]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276595-0008-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 UEFA Champions League group stage, Teams\nBelow were the participating teams (with their 2017 UEFA club coefficients), grouped by their seeding pot. They included 22 teams which enter in this stage, and the 10 winners of the play-off round (5 in Champions Route, 5 in League Route).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [43, 48], "content_span": [49, 289]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276595-0009-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 UEFA Champions League group stage, Format\nIn each group, teams played against each other home-and-away in a round-robin format. The group winners and runners-up advanced to the round of 16, while the third-placed teams entered the Europa League round of 32.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [43, 49], "content_span": [50, 265]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276595-0010-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 UEFA Champions League group stage, Format, Tiebreakers\nTeams were ranked according to points (3 points for a win, 1 point for a draw, 0 points for a loss), and if tied on points, the following tiebreaking criteria were applied, in the order given, to determine the rankings (Regulations Articles 17.01):", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [43, 62], "content_span": [63, 311]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276595-0011-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 UEFA Champions League group stage, Groups\nThe matchdays were 12\u201313 September, 26\u201327 September, 17\u201318 October, 31 October \u2013 1 November, 21\u201322 November, and 5\u20136 December 2017. The match kickoff times were 20:45 CEST/CET in general, except for certain matches for geographical reasons.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [43, 49], "content_span": [50, 290]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276595-0012-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 UEFA Champions League group stage, Groups\nTimes are CET/CEST, as listed by UEFA (local times are in parentheses).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [43, 49], "content_span": [50, 121]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276596-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 UEFA Champions League knockout phase\nThe 2017\u201318 UEFA Champions League knockout phase began on 13 February and ended on 26 May 2018 with the final at the NSC Olimpiyskiy Stadium in Kyiv, Ukraine, to decide the champions of the 2017\u201318 UEFA Champions League. A total of 16 teams competed in the knockout phase.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [44, 44], "content_span": [45, 317]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276596-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 UEFA Champions League knockout phase\nTimes are CET/CEST, as listed by UEFA (local times are in parentheses).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [44, 44], "content_span": [45, 116]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276596-0002-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 UEFA Champions League knockout phase, Round and draw dates\nThe schedule of the knockout phase was as follows (all draws were held at the UEFA headquarters in Nyon, Switzerland).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [46, 66], "content_span": [67, 185]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276596-0003-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 UEFA Champions League knockout phase, Format\nThe knockout phase involved the 16 teams which qualified as winners and runners-up of each of the eight groups in the group stage.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [46, 52], "content_span": [53, 183]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276596-0004-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 UEFA Champions League knockout phase, Format\nEach tie in the knockout phase, apart from the final, was played over two legs, with each team playing one leg at home. The team that scored more goals on aggregate over the two legs advanced to the next round. If the aggregate score was level, the away goals rule was applied, i.e. the team that scored more goals away from home over the two legs advanced. If away goals were also equal, then thirty minutes of extra time were played.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [46, 52], "content_span": [53, 488]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276596-0004-0001", "contents": "2017\u201318 UEFA Champions League knockout phase, Format\nThe away goals rule was again applied after extra time, i.e. if there were goals scored during extra time and the aggregate score was still level, the visiting team advanced by virtue of more away goals scored. If no goals were scored during extra time, the tie was decided by penalty shoot-out. In the final, which was played as a single match, if scores were level at the end of normal time, extra time was played, followed by a penalty shoot-out if scores remained tied.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [46, 52], "content_span": [53, 526]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276596-0005-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 UEFA Champions League knockout phase, Format\nThe mechanism of the draws for each round was as follows:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [46, 52], "content_span": [53, 110]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276596-0006-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 UEFA Champions League knockout phase, Round of 16\nThe draw for the round of 16 was held on 11 December 2017, 12:00 CET.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [46, 57], "content_span": [58, 127]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276596-0007-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 UEFA Champions League knockout phase, Round of 16\nWith five English teams in the round of 16, this was the first time five teams from one association qualified for the Champions League knockout phase.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [46, 57], "content_span": [58, 208]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276596-0008-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 UEFA Champions League knockout phase, Round of 16, Summary\nThe first legs were played on 13, 14, 20 and 21 February, and the second legs were played on 6, 7, 13 and 14 March 2018.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [46, 66], "content_span": [67, 187]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276596-0009-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 UEFA Champions League knockout phase, Quarter-finals\nThe draw for the quarter-finals was held on 16 March 2018, 12:00 CET.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [46, 60], "content_span": [61, 130]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276596-0010-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 UEFA Champions League knockout phase, Quarter-finals, Summary\nThe first legs were played on 3 and 4 April, and the second legs were played on 10 and 11 April 2018.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [46, 69], "content_span": [70, 171]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276596-0011-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 UEFA Champions League knockout phase, Semi-finals\nThe draw for the semi-finals was held on 13 April 2018, 13:00 CEST.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [46, 57], "content_span": [58, 125]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276596-0012-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 UEFA Champions League knockout phase, Semi-finals\nFor the first time since the 2009\u201310 UEFA Champions League, all the four teams at this stage represent different national associations.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [46, 57], "content_span": [58, 193]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276596-0013-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 UEFA Champions League knockout phase, Semi-finals, Summary\nThe first legs were played on 24 and 25 April, and the second legs were played on 1 and 2 May 2018.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [46, 66], "content_span": [67, 166]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276596-0014-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 UEFA Champions League knockout phase, Final\nThe final was played at the NSC Olimpiyskiy Stadium in Kyiv on 26 May 2018. The \"home\" team (for administrative purposes) was determined by an additional draw held after the semi-final draw.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [46, 51], "content_span": [52, 242]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276597-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 UEFA Champions League qualifying phase and play-off round\nThe 2017\u201318 UEFA Champions League qualifying phase and play-off round began on 27 June and ended on 23 August 2017. A total of 57 teams competed in the qualifying phase and play-off round to decide 10 of the 32 places in the group stage of the 2017\u201318 UEFA Champions League.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 65], "section_span": [65, 65], "content_span": [66, 340]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276597-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 UEFA Champions League qualifying phase and play-off round, Round and draw dates\nThe schedule of the qualifying phase and play-off round was as follows (all draws were held at the UEFA headquarters in Nyon, Switzerland).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 65], "section_span": [67, 87], "content_span": [88, 227]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276597-0002-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 UEFA Champions League qualifying phase and play-off round, Format\nIn the qualifying phase and play-off round, each tie was played over two legs, with each team playing one leg at home. The team that scored more goals on aggregate over the two legs advanced to the next round. If the aggregate score was level, the away goals rule was applied, i.e. the team that scored more goals away from home over the two legs advanced. If away goals were also equal, then 30 minutes of extra time was played.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 65], "section_span": [67, 73], "content_span": [74, 503]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276597-0002-0001", "contents": "2017\u201318 UEFA Champions League qualifying phase and play-off round, Format\nThe away goals rule was again applied after extra time, i.e. if there were goals scored during extra time and the aggregate score was still level, the visiting team advanced by virtue of more away goals scored. If no goals were scored during extra time, the tie was decided by penalty shoot-out.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 65], "section_span": [67, 73], "content_span": [74, 369]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276597-0003-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 UEFA Champions League qualifying phase and play-off round, Format\nIn the draws for each round, teams were seeded based on their UEFA club coefficients at the beginning of the season, with the teams divided into seeded and unseeded pots. A seeded team was drawn against an unseeded team, with the order of legs in each tie decided by draw. Due to the limited time between matches, the draws for the second and third qualifying rounds took place before the results of the previous round were known.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 65], "section_span": [67, 73], "content_span": [74, 504]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276597-0003-0001", "contents": "2017\u201318 UEFA Champions League qualifying phase and play-off round, Format\nFor these draws (or in any cases where the result of a tie in the previous round was not known at the time of the draw), the seeding was carried out under the assumption that the team with the higher coefficient of an undecided tie advanced to this round, which means if the team with the lower coefficient was to advance, it simply took the seeding of its defeated opponent.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 65], "section_span": [67, 73], "content_span": [74, 449]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276597-0003-0002", "contents": "2017\u201318 UEFA Champions League qualifying phase and play-off round, Format\nPrior to the draws, UEFA may form \"groups\" in accordance with the principles set by the Club Competitions Committee, but they were purely for convenience of the draw and for ensuring that teams from the same association (or associations with political conflicts) were not drawn against each other, and did not resemble any real groupings in the sense of the competition.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 65], "section_span": [67, 73], "content_span": [74, 444]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276597-0004-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 UEFA Champions League qualifying phase and play-off round, Teams\nThere were two routes which the teams were separated into during qualifying:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 65], "section_span": [67, 72], "content_span": [73, 149]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276597-0005-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 UEFA Champions League qualifying phase and play-off round, Teams\nA total of 57 teams (42 in Champions Route, 15 in League Route) were involved in the qualifying phase and play-off round. The 10 winners of the play-off round (5 in Champions Route, 5 in League Route) advanced to the group stage to join the 22 teams which entered in the group stage. The 15 losers of the third qualifying round entered the Europa League play-off round, and the 10 losers of the play-off round entered the Europa League group stage.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 65], "section_span": [67, 72], "content_span": [73, 521]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276597-0006-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 UEFA Champions League qualifying phase and play-off round, Teams\nBelow were the participating teams (with their 2017 UEFA club coefficients), grouped by their starting rounds.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 65], "section_span": [67, 72], "content_span": [73, 183]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276597-0007-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 UEFA Champions League qualifying phase and play-off round, First qualifying round\nThe draw for the first qualifying round was held on 19 June 2017, 12:00 CEST. Times are CEST, as listed by UEFA (local times are in parentheses).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 65], "section_span": [67, 89], "content_span": [90, 235]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276597-0008-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 UEFA Champions League qualifying phase and play-off round, First qualifying round, Seeding\nA total of ten teams played in the first qualifying round.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 65], "section_span": [67, 98], "content_span": [99, 157]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276597-0009-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 UEFA Champions League qualifying phase and play-off round, First qualifying round, Seeding\nThe New Saints Linfield V\u00edkingur G\u00f8ta Hibernians FC Santa Coloma", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 65], "section_span": [67, 98], "content_span": [99, 163]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276597-0010-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 UEFA Champions League qualifying phase and play-off round, First qualifying round, Summary\nThe first legs were played on 27 and 28 June, and the second legs were played on 4 July 2017.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 65], "section_span": [67, 98], "content_span": [99, 192]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276597-0011-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 UEFA Champions League qualifying phase and play-off round, Second qualifying round\nThe draw for the second qualifying round was held on 19 June 2017, 12:00 CEST (after the completion of the first qualifying round draw). Times are CEST, as listed by UEFA (local times are in parentheses).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 65], "section_span": [67, 90], "content_span": [91, 295]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276597-0012-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 UEFA Champions League qualifying phase and play-off round, Second qualifying round, Seeding\nA total of 34 teams played in the second qualifying round: 29 teams which entered in this round, and the five winners of the first qualifying round. Since the draw for the second qualifying round took place before the results of the previous round were known, the seeding was carried out under the assumption that the team with the higher coefficient of an undecided tie would advance to this round, which meant if the team with the lower coefficient was to advance, it simply took the seeding of its defeated opponent.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 65], "section_span": [67, 99], "content_span": [100, 619]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276597-0013-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 UEFA Champions League qualifying phase and play-off round, Second qualifying round, Seeding\nCopenhagen BATE Borisov Astana Rijeka Sheriff Tiraspol Hapoel Be'er Sheva", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 65], "section_span": [67, 99], "content_span": [100, 173]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276597-0014-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 UEFA Champions League qualifying phase and play-off round, Second qualifying round, Summary\nThe first legs were played on 11, 12 and 14 July, and the second legs were played on 18 and 19 July 2017.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 65], "section_span": [67, 99], "content_span": [100, 205]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276597-0015-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 UEFA Champions League qualifying phase and play-off round, Third qualifying round\nThe draw for the third qualifying round was held on 14 July 2017, 12:00 CEST. Times are CEST, as listed by UEFA (local times are in parentheses).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 65], "section_span": [67, 89], "content_span": [90, 235]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276597-0016-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 UEFA Champions League qualifying phase and play-off round, Third qualifying round, Seeding\nThe third qualifying round was split into two separate sections: Champions Route (for league champions) and League Route (for league non-champions). The losing teams in both sections entered the 2017\u201318 UEFA Europa League play-off round. A total of 30 teams played in the third qualifying round:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 65], "section_span": [67, 98], "content_span": [99, 394]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276597-0017-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 UEFA Champions League qualifying phase and play-off round, Third qualifying round, Seeding\nSince the draw for the third qualifying round took place before the results of the previous round were known, the seeding was carried out under the assumption that the team with the higher coefficient of an undecided tie would advance to this round, which meant if the team with the lower coefficient was to advance, it simply took the seeding of its defeated opponent.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 65], "section_span": [67, 98], "content_span": [99, 468]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276597-0018-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 UEFA Champions League qualifying phase and play-off round, Third qualifying round, Summary\nThe first legs were played on 25 and 26 July, and the second legs were played on 1 and 2 August 2017.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 65], "section_span": [67, 98], "content_span": [99, 200]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276597-0019-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 UEFA Champions League qualifying phase and play-off round, Third qualifying round, Matches\n3\u20133 on aggregate. Hapoel Be'er Sheva won on away goals.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 65], "section_span": [67, 98], "content_span": [99, 154]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276597-0020-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 UEFA Champions League qualifying phase and play-off round, Play-off round\nThe draw for the play-off round was held on 4 August 2017, 12:00 CEST. Times are CEST, as listed by UEFA (local times are in parentheses).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 65], "section_span": [67, 81], "content_span": [82, 220]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276597-0021-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 UEFA Champions League qualifying phase and play-off round, Play-off round, Seeding\nThe play-off round was split into two separate sections: Champions Route (for league champions) and League Route (for league non-champions). The losing teams in both sections entered the 2017\u201318 UEFA Europa League group stage.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 65], "section_span": [67, 90], "content_span": [91, 317]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276597-0022-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 UEFA Champions League qualifying phase and play-off round, Play-off round, Seeding\nA total of 20 teams played in the play-off round:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 65], "section_span": [67, 90], "content_span": [91, 140]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276597-0023-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 UEFA Champions League qualifying phase and play-off round, Play-off round, Summary\nThe first legs were played on 15 and 16 August, and the second legs were played on 22 and 23 August 2017.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 65], "section_span": [67, 90], "content_span": [91, 196]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276597-0024-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 UEFA Champions League qualifying phase and play-off round, Top goalscorers\nThere were 246 goals scored in 94 matches in the qualifying phase and play-off round, for an average of 2.62 goals per match.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 65], "section_span": [67, 82], "content_span": [83, 208]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276598-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 UEFA Europa League\nThe 2017\u201318 UEFA Europa League was the 47th season of Europe's secondary club football tournament organised by UEFA, and the 9th season since it was renamed from the UEFA Cup to the UEFA Europa League.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [26, 26], "content_span": [27, 228]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276598-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 UEFA Europa League\nThe final was played at the Parc Olympique Lyonnais in D\u00e9cines-Charpieu, France. Atl\u00e9tico Madrid defeated Marseille to win their third Europa League title.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [26, 26], "content_span": [27, 182]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276598-0002-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 UEFA Europa League\nAs winners, Atl\u00e9tico Madrid earned the right to play against the winners of the 2017\u201318 UEFA Champions League, Real Madrid, in the 2018 UEFA Super Cup. Moreover, they would also have been automatically qualified for the 2018\u201319 UEFA Champions League group stage, but since they had already qualified through their league performance, the berth reserved was given to the third-placed team of the 2017\u201318 Ligue 1, the fifth-ranked association according to next season's access list.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [26, 26], "content_span": [27, 507]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276598-0003-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 UEFA Europa League\nManchester United qualified for the 2017\u201318 UEFA Champions League as the title holders of Europa League. They were unable to defend their title as they qualified for the Champions League knockout phase, and were eliminated by Sevilla in the round of 16.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [26, 26], "content_span": [27, 280]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276598-0004-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 UEFA Europa League, Association team allocation\nA total of 190 teams from all 55 UEFA member associations participated in the 2017\u201318 UEFA Europa League. The association ranking based on the UEFA country coefficients was used to determine the number of participating teams for each association:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 55], "content_span": [56, 302]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276598-0005-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 UEFA Europa League, Association team allocation\nStarting from this season, Gibraltar were granted two spots instead of one in the Europa League. Kosovo, who became a UEFA member on 3 May 2016, made their debut in the UEFA Europa League.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 55], "content_span": [56, 244]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276598-0006-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 UEFA Europa League, Association team allocation, Association ranking\nFor the 2017\u201318 UEFA Europa League, the associations were allocated places according to their 2016 UEFA country coefficients, which took into account their performance in European competitions from 2011\u201312 to 2015\u201316.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 76], "content_span": [77, 294]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276598-0007-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 UEFA Europa League, Association team allocation, Association ranking\nApart from the allocation based on the country coefficients, associations could have additional teams participating in the Europa League, as noted below:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 76], "content_span": [77, 230]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276598-0008-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 UEFA Europa League, Association team allocation, Distribution\nIn the default access list, Manchester United entered the group stage (as the sixth-placed team of the 2016\u201317 Premier League). However, since they qualified for the Champions League as the Europa League title holders, the spot which they qualified for in the Europa League group stage was vacated, and the following changes to the default allocation system were made:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 69], "content_span": [70, 438]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276598-0009-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 UEFA Europa League, Association team allocation, Distribution, Redistribution rules\nA Europa League place was vacated when a team qualified for both the Champions League and the Europa League, or qualified for the Europa League by more than one method. When a place was vacated, it was redistributed within the national association by the following rules (regulations Articles 3.03 and 3.04):", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 91], "content_span": [92, 400]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276598-0010-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 UEFA Europa League, Association team allocation, Teams\nThe labels in the parentheses show how each team qualified for the place of its starting round:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 62], "content_span": [63, 158]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276598-0011-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 UEFA Europa League, Association team allocation, Teams\nNotably two teams took part in the competition that were not playing in their national top division, Tirana (2nd tier) and Vaduz (representing Liechtenstein, playing in Swiss second tier).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 62], "content_span": [63, 251]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276598-0012-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 UEFA Europa League, Round and draw dates\nThe schedule of the competition was as follows (all draws were held at the UEFA headquarters in Nyon, Switzerland, unless stated otherwise).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 48], "content_span": [49, 189]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276598-0013-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 UEFA Europa League, Round and draw dates\nMatches in the qualifying, play-off, and knockout rounds could also be played on Tuesdays or Wednesdays instead of the regular Thursdays due to scheduling conflicts.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 48], "content_span": [49, 214]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276598-0014-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 UEFA Europa League, Qualifying rounds\nIn the qualifying rounds and the play-off round, teams are divided into seeded and unseeded teams based on their 2017 UEFA club coefficients, and then drawn into two-legged home-and-away ties. Teams from the same association cannot be drawn against each other.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 45], "content_span": [46, 306]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276598-0015-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 UEFA Europa League, Qualifying rounds, First qualifying round\nThe draw for the first qualifying round was held on 19 June 2017, 13:00 CEST. The first legs were played on 29 June, and the second legs were played on 4 and 6 July 2017.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 69], "content_span": [70, 240]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276598-0016-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 UEFA Europa League, Qualifying rounds, Second qualifying round\nThe draw for the second qualifying round was held on 19 June 2017, 14:30 CEST (after the completion of the first qualifying round draw). The first legs were played on 12 and 13 July, and the second legs were played on 20 July 2017.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 70], "content_span": [71, 302]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276598-0017-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 UEFA Europa League, Qualifying rounds, Third qualifying round\nThe draw for the third qualifying round was held on 14 July 2017, 13:00 CEST. The first legs were played on 27 July, and the second legs were played on 2 and 3 August 2017.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 69], "content_span": [70, 242]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276598-0018-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 UEFA Europa League, Play-off round\nThe draw for the play-off round was held on 4 August 2017, 13:00 CEST. The first legs were played on 16 and 17 August, and the second legs were played on 24 August 2017.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 42], "content_span": [43, 212]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276598-0019-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 UEFA Europa League, Group stage\nThe draw for the group stage was held on 25 August 2017, 13:00 CEST, at the Grimaldi Forum in Monaco. The 48 teams were drawn into twelve groups of four, with the restriction that teams from the same association cannot be drawn against each other. For the draw, the teams were seeded into four pots based on their 2017 UEFA club coefficients.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 39], "content_span": [40, 382]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276598-0020-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 UEFA Europa League, Group stage\nIn each group, teams played against each other home-and-away in a round-robin format. The group winners and runners-up advanced to the round of 32, where they were joined by the eight third-placed teams of the 2017\u201318 UEFA Champions League group stage. The matchdays were 14 September, 28 September, 19 October, 2 November, 23 November, and 7 December 2017.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 39], "content_span": [40, 397]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276598-0021-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 UEFA Europa League, Group stage\nA total of 29 national associations were represented in the group stage. Arsenal, Atalanta, Fastav Zl\u00edn, 1899 Hoffenheim, \u0130stanbul Ba\u015fak\u015fehir, 1. FC K\u00f6ln, Lugano, Milan, \u00d6stersund, Real Sociedad, Red Star Belgrade, Vardar and Vitesse made their debut appearances in the UEFA Europa League group stage (although Milan and Red Star Belgrade had appeared in the UEFA Cup group stage). Vardar were the first team from Macedonia to play in either the Champions League or Europa League group stage.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 39], "content_span": [40, 532]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276598-0022-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 UEFA Europa League, Knockout phase\nIn the knockout phase, teams played against each other over two legs on a home-and-away basis, except for the one-match final. The mechanism of the draws for each round was as follows:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 42], "content_span": [43, 227]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276598-0023-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 UEFA Europa League, Knockout phase, Round of 32\nThe draw for the round of 32 was held on 11 December 2017, 13:00 CET. The first legs were played on 13 and 15 February, and the second legs were played on 21 and 22 February 2018.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 55], "content_span": [56, 235]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276598-0024-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 UEFA Europa League, Knockout phase, Round of 16\nThe draw for the round of 16 was held on 23 February 2018, 13:00 CET. The first legs were played on 8 March, and the second legs were played on 15 March 2018.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 55], "content_span": [56, 214]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276598-0025-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 UEFA Europa League, Knockout phase, Quarter-finals\nThe draw for the quarter-finals was held on 16 March 2018, 13:00 CET. The first legs were played on 5 April, and the second legs were played on 12 April 2018.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 58], "content_span": [59, 217]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276598-0026-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 UEFA Europa League, Knockout phase, Semi-finals\nThe draw for the semi-finals was held on 13 April 2018, 12:00 CEST. The first legs were played on 26 April, and the second legs were played on 3 May 2018.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 55], "content_span": [56, 210]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276598-0027-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 UEFA Europa League, Knockout phase, Final\nThe final was played at the Parc Olympique Lyonnais in D\u00e9cines-Charpieu on 16 May 2018. The \"home\" team (for administrative purposes) was determined by an additional draw held after the semi-final draw.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 49], "content_span": [50, 252]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276598-0028-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 UEFA Europa League, Statistics, Squad of the season\nThe UEFA technical study group selected the following 18 players as the squad of the tournament.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 59], "content_span": [60, 156]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276598-0029-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 UEFA Europa League, Statistics, Player of the season\nVotes were cast by coaches of the 48 teams in the group stage, together with 55 journalists selected by the European Sports Media (ESM) group, representing each of UEFA's member associations. The coaches were not allowed to vote for players from their own teams. Jury members selected their top three players, with the first receiving five points, the second three and the third one. The shortlist of the top three players was announced on 9 August 2018. The award winner was announced during the 2018\u201319 UEFA Europa League group stage draw in Monaco on 31 August 2018.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 60], "content_span": [61, 630]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276599-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 UEFA Europa League group stage\nThe 2017\u201318 UEFA Europa League group stage began on 14 September and ended on 7 December 2017. A total of 48 teams competed in the group stage to decide 24 of the 32 places in the knockout phase of the 2017\u201318 UEFA Europa League.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [38, 38], "content_span": [39, 268]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276599-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 UEFA Europa League group stage, Draw\nThe draw for the group stage was held on 25 August 2017, 13:00 CEST, at the Grimaldi Forum in Monaco.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 44], "content_span": [45, 146]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276599-0002-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 UEFA Europa League group stage, Draw\nThe 48 teams were drawn into twelve groups of four, with the restriction that teams from the same association could not be drawn against each other. For the draw, the teams were seeded into four pots based on their 2017 UEFA club coefficients.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 44], "content_span": [45, 288]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276599-0003-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 UEFA Europa League group stage, Draw\nOn 17 July 2014, the UEFA emergency panel ruled that Ukrainian and Russian clubs would not be drawn against each other \"until further notice\" due to the political unrest between the countries.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 44], "content_span": [45, 237]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276599-0004-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 UEFA Europa League group stage, Draw\nMoreover, the draw was controlled for teams from the same association in order to split the teams evenly into the two sets of four groups (A\u2013F, G\u2013L) for maximum television coverage. On each matchday, one set of six groups played their matches at 19:00 CEST/CET, while the other set of six groups played their matches at 21:05 CEST/CET, with the two sets of groups alternating between each matchday.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 44], "content_span": [45, 443]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276599-0005-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 UEFA Europa League group stage, Draw\nThe fixtures were decided after the draw, using a computer draw not shown to public, with the following match sequence (Regulations Article 15.02):", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 44], "content_span": [45, 192]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276599-0006-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 UEFA Europa League group stage, Draw\nNote: Positions for scheduling did not use the seeding pots, e.g., Team 1 was not necessarily the team from Pot 1 in the draw.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 44], "content_span": [45, 171]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276599-0007-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 UEFA Europa League group stage, Draw\nThere were certain scheduling restrictions: for example, teams from the same city in general were not scheduled to play at home on the same matchday (to avoid teams from the same city playing at home on the same day, due to logistics and crowd control), and teams in certain countries (e.g., Russia) were not scheduled to play at home on the last matchday (due to cold weather and simultaneous kick-off times).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 44], "content_span": [45, 455]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276599-0008-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 UEFA Europa League group stage, Teams\nBelow were the participating teams (with their 2017 UEFA club coefficients), grouped by their seeding pot. They included 16 teams which entered in this stage, the 22 winners of the play-off round, and the 10 losers of the Champions League play-off round (5 in Champions Route, 5 in League Route).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 45], "content_span": [46, 342]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276599-0009-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 UEFA Europa League group stage, Format\nIn each group, teams played against each other home-and-away in a round-robin format. The group winners and runners-up advanced to the round of 32, where they were joined by the eight third-placed teams of the Champions League group stage.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 46], "content_span": [47, 286]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276599-0010-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 UEFA Europa League group stage, Format, Tiebreakers\nTeams were ranked according to points (3 points for a win, 1 point for a draw, 0 points for a loss), and if tied on points, the following tiebreaking criteria were applied, in the order given, to determine the rankings (Regulations Articles 16.01):", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 59], "content_span": [60, 308]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276599-0011-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 UEFA Europa League group stage, Groups\nThe matchdays were 14 September, 28 September, 19 October, 2 November, 23 November, and 7 December 2017. The match kickoff times were 19:00 and 21:05 CEST/CET in general, except for certain matches for geographical reasons.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 46], "content_span": [47, 270]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276599-0012-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 UEFA Europa League group stage, Groups\nTimes up to 28 October 2017 (matchdays 1\u20133) were CEST (UTC+2), thereafter (matchdays 4\u20136) times were CET (UTC+1).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 46], "content_span": [47, 160]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276600-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 UEFA Europa League knockout phase\nThe 2017\u201318 UEFA Europa League knockout phase began on 13 February and ended on 16 May 2018 with the final at the Parc Olympique Lyonnais in D\u00e9cines-Charpieu, France, to decide the champions of the 2017\u201318 UEFA Europa League. A total of 32 teams competed in the knockout phase.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [41, 41], "content_span": [42, 319]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276600-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 UEFA Europa League knockout phase\nTimes up to 24 March 2018 (round of 32 and round of 16) are CET (UTC+1), thereafter (quarter-finals and beyond) times are CEST (UTC+2).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [41, 41], "content_span": [42, 177]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276600-0002-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 UEFA Europa League knockout phase, Round and draw dates\nThe schedule of the knockout phase is as follows (all draws were held at the UEFA headquarters in Nyon, Switzerland).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [43, 63], "content_span": [64, 181]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276600-0003-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 UEFA Europa League knockout phase, Round and draw dates\nMatches may also be played on Tuesdays or Wednesdays instead of the regular Thursdays due to scheduling conflicts.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [43, 63], "content_span": [64, 178]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276600-0004-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 UEFA Europa League knockout phase, Format\nThe knockout phase involves 32 teams: the 24 teams which qualify as winners and runners-up of each of the twelve groups in the group stage, and the eight third-placed teams from the Champions League group stage.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [43, 49], "content_span": [50, 261]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276600-0005-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 UEFA Europa League knockout phase, Format\nEach tie in the knockout phase, apart from the final, is played over two legs, with each team playing one leg at home. The team that scores more goals on aggregate over the two legs advance to the next round. If the aggregate score is level, the away goals rule is applied, i.e. the team that scored more goals away from home over the two legs advances. If away goals are also equal, then thirty minutes of extra time is played.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [43, 49], "content_span": [50, 478]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276600-0005-0001", "contents": "2017\u201318 UEFA Europa League knockout phase, Format\nThe away goals rule is again applied after extra time, i.e. if there are goals scored during extra time and the aggregate score is still level, the visiting team advances by virtue of more away goals scored. If no goals are scored during extra time, the tie is decided by penalty shoot-out. In the final, which is played as a single match, if scores are level at the end of normal time, extra time is played, followed by penalty shoot-out if scores remain tied.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [43, 49], "content_span": [50, 511]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276600-0006-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 UEFA Europa League knockout phase, Format\nThe mechanism of the draws for each round is as follows:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [43, 49], "content_span": [50, 106]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276600-0007-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 UEFA Europa League knockout phase, Format\nOn 17 July 2014, the UEFA emergency panel ruled that Ukrainian and Russian clubs would not be drawn against each other \"until further notice\" due to the political unrest between the countries.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [43, 49], "content_span": [50, 242]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276600-0008-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 UEFA Europa League knockout phase, Round of 32\nThe draw for the round of 32 was held on 11 December 2017, 13:00 CET.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [43, 54], "content_span": [55, 124]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276600-0009-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 UEFA Europa League knockout phase, Round of 32, Summary\nThe first legs were played on 13 and 15 February, and the second legs were played on 21 and 22 February 2018.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [43, 63], "content_span": [64, 173]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276600-0010-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 UEFA Europa League knockout phase, Round of 16\nThe draw for the round of 16 was held on 23 February 2018, 13:00 CET.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [43, 54], "content_span": [55, 124]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276600-0011-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 UEFA Europa League knockout phase, Round of 16, Summary\nThe first legs were played on 8 March, and the second legs were played on 15 March 2018.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [43, 63], "content_span": [64, 152]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276600-0012-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 UEFA Europa League knockout phase, Quarter-finals\nThe draw for the quarter-finals was held on 16 March 2018, 13:00 CET.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [43, 57], "content_span": [58, 127]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276600-0013-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 UEFA Europa League knockout phase, Quarter-finals\nFor the first time since the 2004\u201305 UEFA Cup, all the eight teams at this stage represented different national associations.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [43, 57], "content_span": [58, 183]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276600-0014-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 UEFA Europa League knockout phase, Quarter-finals, Summary\nThe first legs were played on 5 April, and the second legs were played on 12 April 2018.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [43, 66], "content_span": [67, 155]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276600-0015-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 UEFA Europa League knockout phase, Semi-finals\nThe draw for the semi-finals was held on 13 April 2018, 12:00 CEST.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [43, 54], "content_span": [55, 122]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276600-0016-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 UEFA Europa League knockout phase, Semi-finals, Summary\nThe first legs were played on 26 April, and the second legs were played on 3 May 2018.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [43, 63], "content_span": [64, 150]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276600-0017-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 UEFA Europa League knockout phase, Final\nThe final was played at the Parc Olympique Lyonnais in D\u00e9cines-Charpieu on 16 May 2018. The \"home\" team (for administrative purposes) was determined by an additional draw held after the semi-final draw.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [43, 48], "content_span": [49, 251]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276601-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 UEFA Europa League qualifying phase and play-off round\nThe 2017\u201318 UEFA Europa League qualifying phase and play-off round began on 29 June and ended on 24 August 2017. A total of 156 teams competed in the qualifying phase and play-off round to decide 22 of the 48 places in the group stage of the 2017\u201318 UEFA Europa League.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 62], "section_span": [62, 62], "content_span": [63, 332]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276601-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 UEFA Europa League qualifying phase and play-off round, Round and draw dates\nThe schedule of the qualifying phase and play-off round was as follows (all draws were held at the UEFA headquarters in Nyon, Switzerland).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 62], "section_span": [64, 84], "content_span": [85, 224]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276601-0002-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 UEFA Europa League qualifying phase and play-off round, Round and draw dates\nMatches may also be played on Tuesdays or Wednesdays instead of the regular Thursdays due to scheduling conflicts.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 62], "section_span": [64, 84], "content_span": [85, 199]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276601-0003-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 UEFA Europa League qualifying phase and play-off round, Format\nIn the qualifying phase and play-off round, each tie was played over two legs, with each team playing one leg at home. The team that scored more goals on aggregate over the two legs advanced to the next round. If the aggregate score was level, the away goals rule was applied, i.e. the team that scored more goals away from home over the two legs advanced. If away goals were also equal, then 30 minutes of extra time was played.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 62], "section_span": [64, 70], "content_span": [71, 500]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276601-0003-0001", "contents": "2017\u201318 UEFA Europa League qualifying phase and play-off round, Format\nThe away goals rule was again applied after extra time, i.e. if there were goals scored during extra time and the aggregate score was still level, the visiting team advanced by virtue of more away goals scored. If no goals were scored during extra time, the tie was decided by penalty shoot-out.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 62], "section_span": [64, 70], "content_span": [71, 366]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276601-0004-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 UEFA Europa League qualifying phase and play-off round, Format\nIn the draws for each round, teams were seeded based on their UEFA club coefficients at the beginning of the season, with the teams divided into seeded and unseeded pots. A seeded team was drawn against an unseeded team, with the order of legs in each tie decided by draw. Due to the limited time between matches, the draws for the second and third qualifying rounds took place before the results of the previous round were known.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 62], "section_span": [64, 70], "content_span": [71, 501]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276601-0004-0001", "contents": "2017\u201318 UEFA Europa League qualifying phase and play-off round, Format\nFor these draws (or in any cases where the result of a tie in the previous round was not known at the time of the draw), the seeding was carried out under the assumption that the team with the higher coefficient of an undecided tie advanced to this round, which means if the team with the lower coefficient was to advance, it simply took the seeding of its defeated opponent.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 62], "section_span": [64, 70], "content_span": [71, 446]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276601-0004-0002", "contents": "2017\u201318 UEFA Europa League qualifying phase and play-off round, Format\nPrior to the draws, UEFA may form \"groups\" in accordance with the principles set by the Club Competitions Committee, but they were purely for convenience of the draw and for ensuring that teams from the same association (or associations with political conflicts) were not drawn against each other, and did not resemble any real groupings in the sense of the competition.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 62], "section_span": [64, 70], "content_span": [71, 441]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276601-0005-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 UEFA Europa League qualifying phase and play-off round, Teams\nA total of 156 teams were involved in the qualifying phase and play-off round, including the 15 losers of the third qualifying round (10 in Champions Route, 5 in League Route) which entered the play-off round. The 22 winners of the play-off round advanced to the group stage to join the 16 teams which entered in the group stage and the 10 losers of the Champions League play-off round (5 in Champions Route, 5 in League Route).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 62], "section_span": [64, 69], "content_span": [70, 498]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276601-0006-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 UEFA Europa League qualifying phase and play-off round, Teams\nBelow were the participating teams (with their 2017 UEFA club coefficients), grouped by their starting rounds.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 62], "section_span": [64, 69], "content_span": [70, 180]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276601-0007-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 UEFA Europa League qualifying phase and play-off round, First qualifying round\nThe draw for the first qualifying round was held on 19 June 2017, 13:00 CEST.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 62], "section_span": [64, 86], "content_span": [87, 164]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276601-0008-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 UEFA Europa League qualifying phase and play-off round, First qualifying round, Seeding\nA total of 100 teams played in the first qualifying round. Prior to the draw the participating teams were placed in ten groups with five seeded and five unseeded teams, depending on their UEFA club coefficient. (Note: The numbers for each team were pre-assigned by UEFA so that the draw could be held in one run for all groups.)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 62], "section_span": [64, 95], "content_span": [96, 424]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276601-0009-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 UEFA Europa League qualifying phase and play-off round, First qualifying round, Seeding\nMaccabi Tel Aviv (2) Tren\u010d\u00edn (1) Inter Baku (3) Shirak (5) Dacia Chi\u0219in\u0103u (4)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 62], "section_span": [64, 95], "content_span": [96, 173]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276601-0010-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 UEFA Europa League qualifying phase and play-off round, First qualifying round, Seeding\nShk\u00ebndija (6) Gorica (7) Mladost Lu\u010dani (8) Tirana (9) Torpedo Kutaisi (10)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 62], "section_span": [64, 95], "content_span": [96, 171]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276601-0011-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 UEFA Europa League qualifying phase and play-off round, First qualifying round, Seeding\nLech Pozna\u0144 (1) Rheindorf Altach (3) Kairat (2) Levski Sofia (4) Zira (5)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 62], "section_span": [64, 95], "content_span": [96, 169]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276601-0012-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 UEFA Europa League qualifying phase and play-off round, First qualifying round, Seeding\nDifferdange 03 (7) Sutjeska Nik\u0161i\u0107 (6) Chikhura Sachkhere (8) Atlantas (9) Pelister (10)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 62], "section_span": [64, 95], "content_span": [96, 184]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276601-0013-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 UEFA Europa League qualifying phase and play-off round, First qualifying round, Seeding\nVojvodina (5) Beitar Jerusalem (2) Milsami Orhei (3) Mladost Podgorica (1) Irtysh Pavlodar (4)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 62], "section_span": [64, 95], "content_span": [96, 190]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276601-0014-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 UEFA Europa League qualifying phase and play-off round, First qualifying round, Seeding\nFola Esch (8) Dunav Ruse (6) Ru\u017eomberok (7) Vasas (9) Gandzasar Kapan (10)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 62], "section_span": [64, 95], "content_span": [96, 170]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276601-0015-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 UEFA Europa League qualifying phase and play-off round, First qualifying round, Seeding\nVideoton (1) Slovan Bratislava (5) Botev Plovdiv (3) Jagiellonia Bia\u0142ystok (4) Ordabasy (2)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 62], "section_span": [64, 95], "content_span": [96, 187]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276601-0016-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 UEFA Europa League qualifying phase and play-off round, First qualifying round, Seeding\n\u0160iroki Brijeg (9) Pyunik (7) Partizani (8) Dinamo Batumi (6) Balzan (10)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 62], "section_span": [64, 95], "content_span": [96, 168]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276601-0017-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 UEFA Europa League qualifying phase and play-off round, First qualifying round, Seeding\nAEL Limassol (1) Red Star Belgrade (2) Osijek (3) \u017deljezni\u010dar Sarajevo (4) Rabotni\u010dki (5)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 62], "section_span": [64, 95], "content_span": [96, 185]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276601-0018-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 UEFA Europa League qualifying phase and play-off round, First qualifying round, Seeding\nZeta (6) Tre Penne (7) UE Santa Coloma (8) Floriana (9) St Joseph's (10)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 62], "section_span": [64, 95], "content_span": [96, 168]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276601-0019-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 UEFA Europa League qualifying phase and play-off round, First qualifying round, Seeding\nSk\u00ebnderbeu (1) AEK Larnaca (4) Sarajevo (3) Valletta (2) Rangers (5)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 62], "section_span": [64, 95], "content_span": [96, 164]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276601-0020-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 UEFA Europa League qualifying phase and play-off round, First qualifying round, Seeding\nLincoln Red Imps (6) Zaria B\u0103l\u021bi (8) Progr\u00e8s Niederkorn (7) Folgore (9) Sant Juli\u00e0 (10)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 62], "section_span": [64, 95], "content_span": [96, 183]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276601-0021-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 UEFA Europa League qualifying phase and play-off round, First qualifying round, Seeding\nMidtjylland (4) Ventspils (2) Vaduz (3) Haugesund (1) Dom\u017eale (5)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 62], "section_span": [64, 95], "content_span": [96, 161]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276601-0022-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 UEFA Europa League qualifying phase and play-off round, First qualifying round, Seeding\nFlora Tallinn (7) Derry City (6) Valur (9) Bala Town (8) Coleraine (10)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 62], "section_span": [64, 95], "content_span": [96, 167]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276601-0023-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 UEFA Europa League qualifying phase and play-off round, First qualifying round, Seeding\nDinamo Minsk (4) St Johnstone (2) Olimpija Ljubljana (3) Stjarnan (1) Crusaders (5)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 62], "section_span": [64, 95], "content_span": [96, 179]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276601-0024-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 UEFA Europa League qualifying phase and play-off round, First qualifying round, Seeding\nShamrock Rovers (10) Liep\u0101ja (7) VPS (8) Trakai (9) NS\u00cd Runav\u00edk (6)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 62], "section_span": [64, 95], "content_span": [96, 163]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276601-0025-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 UEFA Europa League qualifying phase and play-off round, First qualifying round, Seeding\nHJK (3) Odd (2) IFK Norrk\u00f6ping (1) N\u00f5mme Kalju (5) Ferencv\u00e1ros (4)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 62], "section_span": [64, 95], "content_span": [96, 162]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276601-0026-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 UEFA Europa League qualifying phase and play-off round, First qualifying round, Seeding\nJelgava (6) B36 T\u00f3rshavn (7) Connah's Quay Nomads (8) Ballymena United (9) Prishtina (10)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 62], "section_span": [64, 95], "content_span": [96, 185]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276601-0027-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 UEFA Europa League qualifying phase and play-off round, First qualifying round, Seeding\nAIK (1) Shakhtyor Soligorsk (2) KR (3) Lyngby (4) Levadia Tallinn (5)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 62], "section_span": [64, 95], "content_span": [96, 165]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276601-0028-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 UEFA Europa League qualifying phase and play-off round, First qualifying round, Seeding\nSJK (8) Cork City (7) S\u016bduva Marijampol\u0117 (9) Bangor City (6) K\u00cd (10)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 62], "section_span": [64, 95], "content_span": [96, 164]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276601-0029-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 UEFA Europa League qualifying phase and play-off round, First qualifying round, Summary\nThe first legs were played on 29 June, and the second legs were played on 4 and 6 July 2017.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 62], "section_span": [64, 95], "content_span": [96, 188]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276601-0030-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 UEFA Europa League qualifying phase and play-off round, Second qualifying round\nThe draw for the second qualifying round was held on 19 June 2017, 14:30 CEST (after the completion of the first qualifying round draw).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 62], "section_span": [64, 87], "content_span": [88, 224]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276601-0031-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 UEFA Europa League qualifying phase and play-off round, Second qualifying round, Seeding\nA total of 66 teams played in the second qualifying round: 16 teams which entered in this round, and the 50 winners of the first qualifying round. Prior to the draw the participating teams were placed in six groups with five seeded and five unseeded teams (groups 1\u20133) or six seeded and six unseeded teams (groups 4\u20136), depending on their UEFA club coefficient. (Note: The numbers for each team were pre-assigned by UEFA so that the draw could be held in one run for the groups with ten teams and another run for the groups with twelve teams.)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 62], "section_span": [64, 96], "content_span": [97, 640]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276601-0031-0001", "contents": "2017\u201318 UEFA Europa League qualifying phase and play-off round, Second qualifying round, Seeding\nSince the draw for the second qualifying round took place before the results of the previous round were known, the seeding was carried out under the assumption that the team with the higher coefficient of an undecided tie would advance to this round, which meant if the team with the lower coefficient was to advance, it simply took the seeding of its defeated opponent.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 62], "section_span": [64, 96], "content_span": [97, 467]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276601-0032-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 UEFA Europa League qualifying phase and play-off round, Second qualifying round, Seeding\nDinamo Minsk (1) Apollon Limassol (3) Mlad\u00e1 Boleslav (5) Slovan Bratislava (4) Beitar Jerusalem (2)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 62], "section_span": [64, 96], "content_span": [97, 196]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276601-0033-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 UEFA Europa League qualifying phase and play-off round, Second qualifying round, Seeding\nZaria B\u0103l\u021bi (10) Lyngby (7) Botev Plovdiv (9) Shamrock Rovers (8) Rabotni\u010dki (6)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 62], "section_span": [64, 96], "content_span": [97, 177]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276601-0034-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 UEFA Europa League qualifying phase and play-off round, Second qualifying round, Seeding\nAstra Giurgiu (5) AIK (2) Sk\u00ebnderbeu (1) AEK Larnaca (3) Panionios (4)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 62], "section_span": [64, 96], "content_span": [97, 167]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276601-0035-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 UEFA Europa League qualifying phase and play-off round, Second qualifying round, Seeding\nKairat (6) \u017deljezni\u010dar Sarajevo (9) Cork City (10) Gorica (7) Zira (8)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 62], "section_span": [64, 96], "content_span": [97, 167]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276601-0036-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 UEFA Europa League qualifying phase and play-off round, Second qualifying round, Seeding\nHajduk Split (4) Lech Pozna\u0144 (2) Br\u00f8ndby (3) Videoton (5) Trakai (1)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 62], "section_span": [64, 96], "content_span": [97, 165]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276601-0037-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 UEFA Europa League qualifying phase and play-off round, Second qualifying round, Seeding\nIFK Norrk\u00f6ping (6) N\u00f5mme Kalju (8) VPS (10) Levski Sofia (7) Haugesund (9)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 62], "section_span": [64, 96], "content_span": [97, 171]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276601-0038-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 UEFA Europa League qualifying phase and play-off round, Second qualifying round, Seeding\nMaccabi Tel Aviv (1) Ru\u017eomberok (2) AEL Limassol (4) Gabala (3) S\u016bduva Marijampol\u0117 (5) Utrecht (6)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 62], "section_span": [64, 96], "content_span": [97, 195]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276601-0039-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 UEFA Europa League qualifying phase and play-off round, Second qualifying round, Seeding\nKR (8) Valletta (12) Jagiellonia Bia\u0142ystok (7) Liep\u0101ja (9) Progr\u00e8s Niederkorn (10) Brann (11)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 62], "section_span": [64, 96], "content_span": [97, 190]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276601-0040-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 UEFA Europa League qualifying phase and play-off round, Second qualifying round, Seeding\nGalatasaray (6) Red Star Belgrade (4) Rheindorf Altach (1) Inter Baku (2) Valur (3) Odd (5)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 62], "section_span": [64, 96], "content_span": [97, 188]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276601-0041-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 UEFA Europa League qualifying phase and play-off round, Second qualifying round, Seeding\nFola Esch (11) Vaduz (9) Dom\u017eale (7) Dinamo Brest (8) \u00d6stersund (12) Irtysh Pavlodar (10)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 62], "section_span": [64, 96], "content_span": [97, 186]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276601-0042-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 UEFA Europa League qualifying phase and play-off round, Second qualifying round, Seeding\nMidtjylland (6) HJK (5) Luzern (4) Tren\u010d\u00edn (3) Aberdeen (1) Sturm Graz (2)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 62], "section_span": [64, 96], "content_span": [97, 171]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276601-0043-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 UEFA Europa League qualifying phase and play-off round, Second qualifying round, Seeding\nOsijek (10) Bnei Yehuda (7) \u0160iroki Brijeg (8) Ferencv\u00e1ros (12) Shk\u00ebndija (9) Mladost Podgorica (11)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 62], "section_span": [64, 96], "content_span": [97, 196]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276601-0044-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 UEFA Europa League qualifying phase and play-off round, Second qualifying round, Summary\nThe first legs were played on 12 and 13 July, and the second legs were played on 20 July 2017.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 62], "section_span": [64, 96], "content_span": [97, 191]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276601-0045-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 UEFA Europa League qualifying phase and play-off round, Third qualifying round\nThe draw for the third qualifying round was held on 14 July 2017, 13:00 CEST.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 62], "section_span": [64, 86], "content_span": [87, 164]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276601-0046-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 UEFA Europa League qualifying phase and play-off round, Third qualifying round, Seeding\nA total of 58 teams played in the third qualifying round: 25 teams which entered in this round, and the 33 winners of the second qualifying round. Prior to the draw the participating teams were placed in one group with five seeded and five unseeded teams (group 1) and four groups with six seeded and six unseeded teams (groups 2\u20135), depending on their UEFA club coefficient.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 62], "section_span": [64, 95], "content_span": [96, 471]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276601-0046-0001", "contents": "2017\u201318 UEFA Europa League qualifying phase and play-off round, Third qualifying round, Seeding\n(Note: The numbers for each team were pre-assigned by UEFA so that the draw could be held in one run for the group with ten teams and another run for the groups with twelve teams.) Since the draw for the third qualifying round took place before the results of the previous round were known, the seeding was carried out under the assumption that the team with the higher coefficient of an undecided tie would advance to this round, which meant if the team with the lower coefficient was to advance, it simply took the seeding of its defeated opponent.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 62], "section_span": [64, 95], "content_span": [96, 646]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276601-0047-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 UEFA Europa League qualifying phase and play-off round, Third qualifying round, Seeding\nFenerbah\u00e7e (2) PSV Eindhoven (1) Krasnodar (3) Panathinaikos (5) Shk\u00ebndija (4)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 62], "section_span": [64, 95], "content_span": [96, 174]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276601-0048-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 UEFA Europa League qualifying phase and play-off round, Third qualifying round, Seeding\nOsijek (10) Gabala (7) Lyngby (8) Sturm Graz (9) Trakai (6)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 62], "section_span": [64, 95], "content_span": [96, 155]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276601-0049-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 UEFA Europa League qualifying phase and play-off round, Third qualifying round, Seeding\nAthletic Bilbao (6) PAOK (2) Dinamo Zagreb (4) Austria Wien (3) Midtjylland (5) FK Mlad\u00e1 Boleslav (1)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 62], "section_span": [64, 95], "content_span": [96, 197]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276601-0050-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 UEFA Europa League qualifying phase and play-off round, Third qualifying round, Seeding\nOlimpik Donetsk (7) AEL Limassol (8) Sk\u00ebnderbeu (9) Dinamo Bucure\u0219ti (10) Odd (11) Arka Gdynia (12)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 62], "section_span": [64, 95], "content_span": [96, 195]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276601-0051-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 UEFA Europa League qualifying phase and play-off round, Third qualifying round, Seeding\n\u00d6stersund (1) Milan (2) Bordeaux (3) Maccabi Tel Aviv (4) Hajduk Split (5) Lech Pozna\u0144 (6)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 62], "section_span": [64, 95], "content_span": [96, 186]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276601-0052-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 UEFA Europa League qualifying phase and play-off round, Third qualifying round, Seeding\nBr\u00f8ndby (12) Videoton (8) Utrecht (10) Fola Esch (9) Panionios (11) Universitatea Craiova (7)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 62], "section_span": [64, 95], "content_span": [96, 189]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276601-0053-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 UEFA Europa League qualifying phase and play-off round, Third qualifying round, Seeding\nSparta Prague (2) Gent (1) Everton (4) Astra Giurgiu (3) Mar\u00edtimo (5) Apollon Limassol (6)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 62], "section_span": [64, 95], "content_span": [96, 186]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276601-0054-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 UEFA Europa League qualifying phase and play-off round, Third qualifying round, Seeding\nOleksandriya (8) Red Star Belgrade (7) Aberdeen (10) Rheindorf Altach (9) Botev Plovdiv (12) Ru\u017eomberok (11)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 62], "section_span": [64, 95], "content_span": [96, 204]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276601-0055-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 UEFA Europa League qualifying phase and play-off round, Third qualifying round, Seeding\nZenit Saint Petersburg (1) Braga (2) Marseille (3) SC Freiburg (4) Sion (5) Dinamo Minsk (6)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 62], "section_span": [64, 95], "content_span": [96, 188]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276601-0056-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 UEFA Europa League qualifying phase and play-off round, Third qualifying round, Seeding\nAIK (7) Oostende (8) Bnei Yehuda (9) AEK Larnaca (10) Dom\u017eale (11) S\u016bduva Marijampol\u0117 (12)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 62], "section_span": [64, 95], "content_span": [96, 186]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276601-0057-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 UEFA Europa League qualifying phase and play-off round, Third qualifying round, Summary\nThe first legs were played on 27 July, and the second legs were played on 2 and 3 August 2017.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 62], "section_span": [64, 95], "content_span": [96, 190]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276601-0058-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 UEFA Europa League qualifying phase and play-off round, Play-off round\nThe draw for the play-off round was held on 4 August 2017, 13:00 CEST.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 62], "section_span": [64, 78], "content_span": [79, 149]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276601-0059-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 UEFA Europa League qualifying phase and play-off round, Play-off round, Seeding\nA total of 44 teams played in the play-off round: the 29 winners of the third qualifying round, and the 15 losers of the 2017\u201318 UEFA Champions League third qualifying round. Prior to the draw the participating teams were placed in two groups with five seeded and five unseeded teams (groups 1\u20132) and two groups with six seeded and six unseeded teams (groups 3\u20134), depending on their UEFA club coefficient. (Note: The numbers for each team were pre-assigned by UEFA so that the draw could be held in one run for the groups with ten teams and another run for the groups with twelve teams.)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 62], "section_span": [64, 87], "content_span": [88, 676]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276601-0060-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 UEFA Europa League qualifying phase and play-off round, Play-off round, Seeding\nDynamo Kyiv (2) Milan (1) Club Brugge (4) Krasnodar (3) Austria Wien (5)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 62], "section_span": [64, 87], "content_span": [88, 160]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276601-0061-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 UEFA Europa League qualifying phase and play-off round, Play-off round, Seeding\nMar\u00edtimo (6) Red Star Belgrade (7) AEK Athens (8) Osijek (9) Shk\u00ebndija (10)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 62], "section_span": [64, 87], "content_span": [88, 163]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276601-0062-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 UEFA Europa League qualifying phase and play-off round, Play-off round, Seeding\nAthletic Bilbao (1) Red Bull Salzburg (2) Braga (3) Everton (4) Midtjylland (5)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 62], "section_span": [64, 87], "content_span": [88, 167]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276601-0063-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 UEFA Europa League qualifying phase and play-off round, Play-off round, Seeding\nPanathinaikos (10) Hajduk Split (8) Apollon Limassol (9) FH (7) Viitorul Constan\u021ba (6)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 62], "section_span": [64, 87], "content_span": [88, 174]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276601-0064-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 UEFA Europa League qualifying phase and play-off round, Play-off round, Seeding\nAjax (1) Fenerbah\u00e7e (2) Ludogorets Razgrad (3) BATE Borisov (4) Dinamo Zagreb (5) Maccabi Tel Aviv (6)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 62], "section_span": [64, 87], "content_span": [88, 190]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276601-0065-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 UEFA Europa League qualifying phase and play-off round, Play-off round, Seeding\nRosenborg (7) Oleksandriya (8) Sk\u00ebnderbeu (9) Rheindorf Altach (10) Vardar (11) S\u016bduva Marijampol\u0117 (12)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 62], "section_span": [64, 87], "content_span": [88, 191]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276601-0066-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 UEFA Europa League qualifying phase and play-off round, Play-off round, Seeding\nZenit Saint Petersburg (6) Viktoria Plze\u0148 (5) PAOK (3) Legia Warsaw (4) Marseille (2) Partizan (1)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 62], "section_span": [64, 87], "content_span": [88, 186]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276601-0067-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 UEFA Europa League qualifying phase and play-off round, Play-off round, Seeding\nSheriff Tiraspol (8) Videoton (7) Utrecht (10) AEK Larnaca (9) Dom\u017eale (11) \u00d6stersund (12)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 62], "section_span": [64, 87], "content_span": [88, 178]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276601-0068-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 UEFA Europa League qualifying phase and play-off round, Play-off round, Summary\nThe first legs were played on 16 and 17 August, and the second legs were played on 24 August 2017.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 62], "section_span": [64, 87], "content_span": [88, 186]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276601-0069-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 UEFA Europa League qualifying phase and play-off round, Play-off round, Matches\n4\u20134 on aggregate. Red Star Belgrade won on away goals.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 62], "section_span": [64, 87], "content_span": [88, 142]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276601-0070-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 UEFA Europa League qualifying phase and play-off round, Top goalscorers\nThere were 662 goals scored in 268 matches in the qualifying phase and play-off round, for an average of 2.47 goals per match.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 62], "section_span": [64, 79], "content_span": [80, 206]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276602-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 UEFA Futsal Cup\nThe 2017\u201318 UEFA Futsal Cup was the 32nd edition of Europe's premier club futsal tournament, and the 17th edition under the current UEFA Futsal Cup format organized by UEFA.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [23, 23], "content_span": [24, 197]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276602-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 UEFA Futsal Cup\nIn a rematch of last season's final, defending champions Inter FS defeated Sporting CP to win a record fifth title to close out the UEFA Futsal Cup era, as starting from next season, the name of the tournament will be changed to the \"UEFA Futsal Champions League\". Barcelona defeated Gy\u0151ri ETO to finish third.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [23, 23], "content_span": [24, 334]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276602-0002-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 UEFA Futsal Cup, Association team allocation\nStarting from this season, the top three-ranked associations according to the UEFA Futsal National Team coefficient rankings can enter two teams. Moreover, same as previous seasons, the title holders qualify automatically, and thus their association can also enter a second team. If the title holders are from the top three-ranked associations, the fourth-ranked association can also enter two teams. All other associations can enter one team (the winners of their regular top domestic futsal league, or in special circumstances, the runners-up). Therefore, a maximum of 59 teams from the 55 UEFA member associations may enter the tournament.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 52], "content_span": [53, 695]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276602-0003-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 UEFA Futsal Cup, Association team allocation, Association ranking\nFor the 2017\u201318 UEFA Futsal Cup, the associations are allocated places according to their 2017\u201318 UEFA Futsal National Team coefficient rankings, calculated based on the following:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 73], "content_span": [74, 254]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276602-0004-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 UEFA Futsal Cup, Association team allocation, Association ranking\nSince the winners of the 2016\u201317 UEFA Futsal Cup, Inter FS, are from the top three-ranked associations, the fourth-ranked association can also enter two teams.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 73], "content_span": [74, 233]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276602-0005-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 UEFA Futsal Cup, Association team allocation, Distribution\nFollowing expansion of the tournament, the top-ranked teams no longer receive byes to the elite round, and the number of teams in the main round is increased from 24 to 32. Teams are ranked according to their UEFA club coefficients, computed based on results of the last three seasons, to decide on the round they enter and their seeding positions in the preliminary and main round draws:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 66], "content_span": [67, 455]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276602-0006-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 UEFA Futsal Cup, Association team allocation, Distribution\nThe elite round remains to be contested by 16 teams, drawn into four groups of four, where the group winners and runners-up from main round Path A are seeded into the top two pots and kept apart if they are from the same group. The winners of each group advance to the final tournament, which is played in the same knockout format as before.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 66], "content_span": [67, 408]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276602-0007-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 UEFA Futsal Cup, Association team allocation, Teams\nA record total of 56 teams from 52 associations entered this season's competition. Two associations had no league as of 2016\u201317 (Faroe Islands, Liechtenstein). The champions of Iceland (UMF Selfoss) did not enter. Northern Ireland launched a futsal league in 2016, and entered for the first time, with their entrant to be confirmed after the draw in July 2017.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 59], "content_span": [60, 420]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276602-0008-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 UEFA Futsal Cup, Association team allocation, Teams\nAmong the entrants, 24 teams entered the main round and 32 teams entered the preliminary round. The hosts for the eight preliminary round groups and the eight main round groups were announced by UEFA on 20 June 2017.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 59], "content_span": [60, 276]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276602-0009-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 UEFA Futsal Cup, Association team allocation, Teams\nThe draws for the preliminary and main rounds were held on 6 July 2017, 14:00 CEST, at the UEFA headquarters in Nyon, Switzerland. The mechanism of the draws for each round was as follows:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 59], "content_span": [60, 248]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276602-0010-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 UEFA Futsal Cup, Association team allocation, Teams\nBased on the decisions taken by the UEFA Emergency Panel, teams from Azerbaijan/Armenia and Kosovo/Bosnia and Herzegovina would not be drawn into the same group. Should any of the above teams win their preliminary round group and qualify for a main round group with a team they cannot play against, they would be swapped with the next available team in their seeding position following the numerical order of the groups.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 59], "content_span": [60, 480]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276602-0011-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 UEFA Futsal Cup, Round and draw dates\nIn the preliminary round, main round and elite round, the schedule of each mini-tournament is as follows (Regulations Article 19.05):", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 45], "content_span": [46, 179]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276602-0012-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 UEFA Futsal Cup, Round and draw dates\nNote: For scheduling, the hosts are considered as Team 1, while the visiting teams are considered as Team 2, Team 3, and Team 4 according to their coefficient rankings.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 45], "content_span": [46, 214]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276602-0013-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 UEFA Futsal Cup, Format\nIn the preliminary round, main round, and elite round, each group is played as a round-robin mini-tournament at the pre-selected hosts.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 31], "content_span": [32, 167]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276602-0014-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 UEFA Futsal Cup, Format\nIn the final tournament, the four qualified teams play in knockout format (semi-finals, third place match, and final), either at a host selected by UEFA from one of the teams, or at a neutral venue.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 31], "content_span": [32, 230]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276602-0015-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 UEFA Futsal Cup, Format, Tiebreakers\nIn the preliminary round, main round, and elite round, teams are ranked according to points (3 points for a win, 1 point for a draw, 0 points for a loss), and if tied on points, the following tiebreaking criteria are applied, in the order given, to determine the rankings (Regulations Articles 14.01 and 14.02):", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 44], "content_span": [45, 356]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276602-0016-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 UEFA Futsal Cup, Preliminary round\nThe winners of each group advanced to the main round path B to join the eight teams which received byes to the main round path B (while the remaining 16 teams received byes to the main round Path A).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 42], "content_span": [43, 242]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276602-0017-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 UEFA Futsal Cup, Main round, Path A\nThe top three teams of each group advanced to the elite round.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 43], "content_span": [44, 106]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276602-0018-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 UEFA Futsal Cup, Main round, Path B\nThe winners of each group advanced to the elite round.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 43], "content_span": [44, 98]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276602-0019-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 UEFA Futsal Cup, Main round, Path B\nAccording to the original main round draw, the winners of Group F would have played in Group 8, which contained Araz Nax\u00e7ivan (Azerbaijan). However, since Leo Futsal (Armenia) won Group F, and teams from Armenia and Azerbaijan cannot play each other, they were moved to Group 5, swapping with the winners of Group C, Luxol St Andrews.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 43], "content_span": [44, 378]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276602-0020-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 UEFA Futsal Cup, Elite round\nThe draw for the elite round was held on 19 October 2017, 13:30 CEST, at the UEFA headquarters in Nyon, Switzerland. The 16 teams were drawn into four groups of four, containing one Path A group winners (seeding position 1), one Path A group runners-up (seeding position 2), and two teams which were either Path A group third-placed teams or Path B group winners (seeding positions 3 or 4). First, the four teams which were pre-selected as hosts (marked by (H) below) were drawn from their own designated pot and allocated to their respective group as per their seeding positions.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 36], "content_span": [37, 617]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276602-0020-0001", "contents": "2017\u201318 UEFA Futsal Cup, Elite round\nNext, the remaining 12 teams were drawn from their respective pot which were allocated according to their seeding positions. For teams (including hosts) which were neither Path A group winners nor runners-up, they were first allocated to fill position 4 of all groups before position 3. Winners and runners-up from the same Path A group could not be drawn in the same group, but third-placed teams could be drawn in the same group as winners or runners-up from the same Path A group. Teams from the same association could be drawn against each other. Based on the decisions taken by the UEFA Emergency Panel, teams from Russia and Ukraine would not be drawn into the same group.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 36], "content_span": [37, 715]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276602-0021-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 UEFA Futsal Cup, Elite round\nThe winners of each group advance to the final tournament.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 36], "content_span": [37, 95]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276602-0022-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 UEFA Futsal Cup, Final tournament\nThe hosts of the final tournament were selected by UEFA from the four qualified teams, and with two Spanish teams in the final tournament, UEFA announced on 7 December 2017 that it would be hosted at the Pabell\u00f3n Pr\u00edncipe Felipe in Zaragoza, Spain.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 41], "content_span": [42, 290]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276602-0023-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 UEFA Futsal Cup, Final tournament\nThe draw for the final tournament was held on 14 March 2018, 21:30 CET (UTC+1), at the Camp Nou in Barcelona during half-time of the UEFA Champions League round of 16 second leg between Barcelona and Chelsea. The four teams were drawn into two semi-finals without any restrictions.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 41], "content_span": [42, 323]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276602-0024-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 UEFA Futsal Cup, Final tournament\nIn the final tournament, extra time and penalty shoot-out are used to decide the winner if necessary; however, no extra time is used in the third place match (Regulations Article 17.01 and 17.02).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 41], "content_span": [42, 238]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276603-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 UEFA Women's Champions League\nThe 2017\u201318 UEFA Women's Champions League was the 17th season of the European women's club football championship organised by UEFA, and the ninth since being rebranded as the UEFA Women's Champions League.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [37, 37], "content_span": [38, 243]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276603-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 UEFA Women's Champions League\nThe final was held at the Valeriy Lobanovskyi Dynamo Stadium in Kyiv, Ukraine on 24 May 2018, two days before the final of the men's tournament played at the NSC Olimpiyskiy Stadium in the same city.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [37, 37], "content_span": [38, 237]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276603-0002-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 UEFA Women's Champions League\nIn the final, Lyon defeated Wolfsburg to win a record fifth title, and also became the first team to win three titles in a row.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [37, 37], "content_span": [38, 165]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276603-0003-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 UEFA Women's Champions League, Association team allocation\nA maximum of 68 teams from 55 UEFA member associations were eligible to participate in the 2017\u201318 UEFA Women's Champions League. The association ranking based on the UEFA league coefficient for women is used to determine the number of participating teams for each association:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 66], "content_span": [67, 344]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276603-0004-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 UEFA Women's Champions League, Association team allocation, Association ranking\nFor the 2017\u201318 UEFA Women's Champions League, the associations are allocated places according to their 2016 UEFA league coefficients for women, which takes into account their performance in European competitions from 2011\u201312 to 2015\u201316.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 87], "content_span": [88, 325]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276603-0005-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 UEFA Women's Champions League, Association team allocation, Distribution\nThe format of the competition remained unchanged from previous years, starting from the qualifying round (played as mini-tournaments with four teams in each group), followed by the knockout phase starting from the round of 32 (played as home-and-away two-legged ties except for the one-match final).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 80], "content_span": [81, 380]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276603-0006-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 UEFA Women's Champions League, Association team allocation, Distribution\nUnlike the men's Champions League, not every association enters a team, and so the exact number of teams entering in each round (qualifying round and round of 32) can not be determined until the full entry list is known. In general, the title holders, the champions of the top 12 associations, plus the runners-up of highest-ranked associations (exact number depending on the number of entries) receive a bye to the round of 32. All other teams (runners-up of lowest-ranked associations plus champions of associations starting from 13th) enter the qualifying round, with the group winners plus a maximum of two best runners-up advancing to the round of 32.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 80], "content_span": [81, 737]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276603-0007-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 UEFA Women's Champions League, Association team allocation, Teams\nA record total of 61 teams from 49 associations entered this season's competition. Two associations had no league as of 2016\u201317 (Liechtenstein, San Marino). Andorra's league was not played eleven-a-side. The champions of Armenia (Yerevan LH), Azerbaijan (Gabala) and Gibraltar (Lincoln Red Imps) did not enter. Georgia entered a team for the first time since 2010\u201311, while Luxembourg returned after a one-year absence.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 73], "content_span": [74, 493]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276603-0008-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 UEFA Women's Champions League, Association team allocation, Teams\nAmong the entrants, 21 teams entered the round of 32: the champions and runners-up from associations 1\u20139 (including title holders Lyon) and the champions from associations 10\u201312. The remaining 40 teams entered the qualifying round: the runners-up from associations 10\u201312 and the champions from the 37 associations ranked 13 or lower.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 73], "content_span": [74, 407]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276603-0009-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 UEFA Women's Champions League, Round and draw dates\nUEFA has scheduled the competition as follows (all draws are held at the UEFA headquarters in Nyon, Switzerland).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 59], "content_span": [60, 173]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276603-0010-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 UEFA Women's Champions League, Qualifying round\nThe draw of the qualifying round was held on 23 June 2017, 13:30 CEST, at the UEFA headquarters in Nyon, Switzerland. The 40 teams were allocated into four seeding positions based on their UEFA club coefficients at the beginning of the season. They were drawn into ten groups of four containing one team from each of the four seeding positions. First, the ten teams which were pre-selected as hosts were drawn from their own designated pot and allocated to their respective group as per their seeding positions. Next, the remaining 30 teams were drawn from their respective pot which were allocated according to their seeding positions.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 55], "content_span": [56, 692]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276603-0011-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 UEFA Women's Champions League, Qualifying round\nIn each group, teams played against each other in a round-robin mini-tournament at the pre-selected hosts. The ten group winners and the runners-up with the best record against the teams finishing first and third in their group advanced to the round of 32 to join the 21 teams which received a bye.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 55], "content_span": [56, 354]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276603-0012-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 UEFA Women's Champions League, Qualifying round\nThe matches were played on 22, 25 and 28 August 2017.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 55], "content_span": [56, 109]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276603-0013-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 UEFA Women's Champions League, Qualifying round\nTeams were ranked according to points (3 points for a win, 1 point for a draw, 0 points for a loss), and if tied on points, the following tiebreaking criteria were applied, in the order given, to determine the rankings (Regulations Articles 14.01 and 14.02):", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 55], "content_span": [56, 314]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276603-0014-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 UEFA Women's Champions League, Qualifying round\nTo determine the best runner-up, the results against the teams in fourth place were discarded. The following criteria were applied (Regulations Article 14.03):", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 55], "content_span": [56, 215]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276603-0015-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 UEFA Women's Champions League, Qualifying round, Ranking of second-placed teams\nTo determine the best second-placed team from the qualifying round which advanced to the knockout phase, only the results of the second-placed teams against the first and third-placed teams in their group were taken into account, while results against the fourth-placed team were not included. As a result, two matches played by each second-placed team counted for the purposes of determining the ranking.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 87], "content_span": [88, 493]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276603-0016-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 UEFA Women's Champions League, Knockout phase\nIn the knockout phase, teams played against each other over two legs on a home-and-away basis, except for the one-match final. If the aggregate score was tied after full time of the second leg, the away goals rule was used to decide the winners. If still tied, extra time is played. The away goals rule was again used after extra time, i.e. if there are goals scored during extra time and the aggregate score was still tied after extra time, the away team of the second leg advanced by virtue of more away goals scored. If no goals were scored during extra time, the match was decided by penalty shoot-out. In the final, which was played as a single match, if the score was tied after full time, extra time was played, followed by penalty shoot-out if the score was still tied after extra time.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 53], "content_span": [54, 848]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276603-0017-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 UEFA Women's Champions League, Knockout phase\nThe mechanism of the draws for each round is as follows:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 53], "content_span": [54, 110]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276603-0018-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 UEFA Women's Champions League, Knockout phase, Round of 32\nThe draw for the round of 32 was held on 1 September 2017, 13:30 CEST, at the UEFA headquarters in Nyon, Switzerland.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 66], "content_span": [67, 184]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276603-0019-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 UEFA Women's Champions League, Knockout phase, Round of 32\nThe first legs were played on 4 and 5 October, and the second legs on 11 and 12 October 2017.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 66], "content_span": [67, 160]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276603-0020-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 UEFA Women's Champions League, Knockout phase, Round of 16\nThe draw for the round of 16 was held on 16 October 2017, 13:30 CEST, at the UEFA headquarters in Nyon, Switzerland.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 66], "content_span": [67, 183]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276603-0021-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 UEFA Women's Champions League, Knockout phase, Round of 16\nThe first legs were played on 8 and 9 November and the second legs on 15 and 16 November 2017.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 66], "content_span": [67, 161]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276603-0022-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 UEFA Women's Champions League, Knockout phase, Quarter-finals\nThe draw for the quarter-finals was held on 24 November 2017, 13:30 CET, at the UEFA headquarters in Nyon, Switzerland.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 69], "content_span": [70, 189]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276603-0023-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 UEFA Women's Champions League, Knockout phase, Quarter-finals\nThe first legs were played on 21 and 22 March, and the second legs on 28 March 2018.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 69], "content_span": [70, 154]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276603-0024-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 UEFA Women's Champions League, Knockout phase, Semi-finals\nThe draw for the semi-finals was held on 24 November 2017, 13:30 CET (together with the quarter-final draw), at the UEFA headquarters in Nyon, Switzerland.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 66], "content_span": [67, 222]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276603-0025-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 UEFA Women's Champions League, Knockout phase, Semi-finals\nThe first legs were played on 22 April, and the second legs on 29 April 2018.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 66], "content_span": [67, 144]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276603-0026-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 UEFA Women's Champions League, Knockout phase, Final\nThe final was played at the Valeriy Lobanovskyi Dynamo Stadium in Kiev on 24 May 2018. The \"home\" team for the final (for administrative purposes) was determined by an additional draw held after the quarter-final and semi-final draws.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 60], "content_span": [61, 295]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276603-0027-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 UEFA Women's Champions League, Statistics, Top goalscorers\nQualifying goals count towards the topscorer award. The 15 goals scored by Ada Hegerberg was a new competition record.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 66], "content_span": [67, 185]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276603-0028-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 UEFA Women's Champions League, Statistics, Squad of the season\nThe UEFA technical study group selected the following 18 players as the squad of the tournament:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 70], "content_span": [71, 167]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276604-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 UEFA Women's Champions League knockout phase\nThe 2017\u201318 UEFA Women's Champions League knockout phase began on 4 October 2017 and ended on 24 May 2018 with the final at the Valeriy Lobanovskyi Dynamo Stadium in Kiev, Ukraine, to decide the champions of the 2017\u201318 UEFA Women's Champions League. A total of 32 teams competed in the knockout phase.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 52], "section_span": [52, 52], "content_span": [53, 355]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276604-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 UEFA Women's Champions League knockout phase\nTimes from 29 October 2017 up to 24 March 2018 (both legs of round of 16 and first legs of quarter-finals) are CET (UTC+1), all other times are CEST (UTC+2).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 52], "section_span": [52, 52], "content_span": [53, 210]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276604-0002-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 UEFA Women's Champions League knockout phase, Round and draw dates\nThe schedule of the knockout phase was as follows (all draws are held at the UEFA headquarters in Nyon, Switzerland).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 52], "section_span": [54, 74], "content_span": [75, 192]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276604-0003-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 UEFA Women's Champions League knockout phase, Format\nThe knockout phase involved 32 teams: 21 teams which received a bye, and the 11 teams which advanced from the qualifying round (ten group winners and the best runners-up).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 52], "section_span": [54, 60], "content_span": [61, 232]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276604-0004-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 UEFA Women's Champions League knockout phase, Format\nIn the knockout phase, teams played against each other over two legs on a home-and-away basis, except for the one-match final. If the aggregate score was tied after full time of the second leg, the away goals rule was used to decide the winners. If still tied, extra time is played. The away goals rule was again used after extra time, i.e. if there are goals scored during extra time and the aggregate score was still tied after extra time, the away team of the second leg advanced by virtue of more away goals scored. If no goals were scored during extra time, the match was decided by penalty shoot-out. In the final, which was played as a single match, if the score was tied after full time, extra time was played, followed by penalty shoot-out if the score was still tied after extra time.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 52], "section_span": [54, 60], "content_span": [61, 855]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276604-0005-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 UEFA Women's Champions League knockout phase, Format\nThe mechanism of the draws for each round is as follows:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 52], "section_span": [54, 60], "content_span": [61, 117]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276604-0006-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 UEFA Women's Champions League knockout phase, Qualified teams\nBelow are the 32 teams which participated in the knockout phase (with their 2017 UEFA club coefficients, which took into account their performance in European competitions from 2012\u201313 to 2016\u201317 plus 33% of their association coefficient from the same time span).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 52], "section_span": [54, 69], "content_span": [70, 333]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276604-0007-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 UEFA Women's Champions League knockout phase, Bracket\nThe full bracket was fixed after the quarter-final and semi-final draws.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 52], "section_span": [54, 61], "content_span": [62, 134]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276604-0008-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 UEFA Women's Champions League knockout phase, Round of 32\nThe draw for the round of 32 was held on 1 September 2017, 13:30 CEST, at the UEFA headquarters in Nyon, Switzerland.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 52], "section_span": [54, 65], "content_span": [66, 183]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276604-0009-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 UEFA Women's Champions League knockout phase, Round of 32, Overview\nThe first legs were played on 4 and 5 October, and the second legs on 11 and 12 October 2017.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 52], "section_span": [54, 75], "content_span": [76, 169]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276604-0010-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 UEFA Women's Champions League knockout phase, Round of 16\nThe draw for the round of 16 was held on 16 October 2017, 13:30 CEST, at the UEFA headquarters in Nyon, Switzerland.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 52], "section_span": [54, 65], "content_span": [66, 182]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276604-0011-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 UEFA Women's Champions League knockout phase, Round of 16, Overview\nThe first legs were played on 8 and 9 November and the second legs on 15 and 16 November 2017.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 52], "section_span": [54, 75], "content_span": [76, 170]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276604-0012-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 UEFA Women's Champions League knockout phase, Quarter-finals\nThe draw for the quarter-finals was held on 24 November 2017, 13:30 CET, at the UEFA headquarters in Nyon, Switzerland.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 52], "section_span": [54, 68], "content_span": [69, 188]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276604-0013-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 UEFA Women's Champions League knockout phase, Quarter-finals, Overview\nThe first legs were played on 21 and 22 March, and the second legs on 28 March 2018.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 52], "section_span": [54, 78], "content_span": [79, 163]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276604-0014-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 UEFA Women's Champions League knockout phase, Semi-finals\nThe draw for the semi-finals was held on 24 November 2017, 13:30 CET (together with the quarter-final draw), at the UEFA headquarters in Nyon, Switzerland.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 52], "section_span": [54, 65], "content_span": [66, 221]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276604-0015-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 UEFA Women's Champions League knockout phase, Semi-finals, Overview\nThe first legs were played on 22 April, and the second legs on 29 April 2018.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 52], "section_span": [54, 75], "content_span": [76, 153]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276604-0016-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 UEFA Women's Champions League knockout phase, Final\nThe final was played at the Valeriy Lobanovskyi Dynamo Stadium in Kiev on 24 May 2018. The \"home\" team for the final (for administrative purposes) was determined by an additional draw held after the quarter-final and semi-final draws.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 52], "section_span": [54, 59], "content_span": [60, 294]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276605-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 UEFA Women's Champions League qualifying round\nThe 2017\u201318 UEFA Women's Champions League qualifying round was played between 22 and 28 August 2017. A total of 40 teams competed in the qualifying round to decide 11 of the 32 places in the knockout phase of the 2017\u201318 UEFA Women's Champions League.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 54], "section_span": [54, 54], "content_span": [55, 306]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276605-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 UEFA Women's Champions League qualifying round, Draw\nThe draw of the qualifying round was held on 23 June 2017, 13:30 CEST, at the UEFA headquarters in Nyon, Switzerland. The 40 teams were allocated into four seeding positions based on their UEFA club coefficients at the beginning of the season. They were drawn into ten groups of four containing one team from each of the four seeding positions. First, the ten teams which were pre-selected as hosts were drawn from their own designated pot and allocated to their respective group as per their seeding positions. Next, the remaining 30 teams were drawn from their respective pot which were allocated according to their seeding positions.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 54], "section_span": [56, 60], "content_span": [61, 697]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276605-0002-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 UEFA Women's Champions League qualifying round, Draw\nBased on the decision taken by the UEFA Emergency Panel at its meeting in Paris on 9 June 2016, teams from Serbia or Bosnia and Herzegovina would not be drawn against teams from Kosovo.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 54], "section_span": [56, 60], "content_span": [61, 246]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276605-0003-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 UEFA Women's Champions League qualifying round, Draw\nBelow were the 40 teams which participated in the qualifying round (with their 2017 UEFA club coefficients, which took into account their performance in European competitions from 2012\u201313 to 2016\u201317 plus 33% of their association coefficient from the same time span), with the ten teams which were pre-selected as hosts marked by (H).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 54], "section_span": [56, 60], "content_span": [61, 394]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276605-0004-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 UEFA Women's Champions League qualifying round, Format\nIn each group, teams played against each other in a round-robin mini-tournament at the pre-selected hosts. The ten group winners and the runners-up with the best record against the teams finishing first and third in their group advanced to the round of 32 to join the 21 teams which received a bye.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 54], "section_span": [56, 62], "content_span": [63, 361]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276605-0005-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 UEFA Women's Champions League qualifying round, Format, Tiebreakers\nTeams were ranked according to points (3 points for a win, 1 point for a draw, 0 points for a loss), and if tied on points, the following tiebreaking criteria were applied, in the order given, to determine the rankings (Regulations Articles 14.01 and 14.02):", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 54], "section_span": [56, 75], "content_span": [76, 334]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276605-0006-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 UEFA Women's Champions League qualifying round, Format, Tiebreakers\nTo determine the best runner-up, the results against the teams in fourth place were discarded. The following criteria were applied (Regulations Article 14.03):", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 54], "section_span": [56, 75], "content_span": [76, 235]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276605-0007-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 UEFA Women's Champions League qualifying round, Groups\nThe matches were played on 22, 25 and 28 August 2017. In each group, the schedule was as follows (Regulations Article 19.05):", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 54], "section_span": [56, 62], "content_span": [63, 188]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276605-0008-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 UEFA Women's Champions League qualifying round, Ranking of second-placed teams\nTo determine the best second-placed team from the qualifying round which advanced to the knockout phase, only the results of the second-placed teams against the first and third-placed teams in their group were taken into account, while results against the fourth-placed team were not included. As a result, two matches played by each second-placed team counted for the purposes of determining the ranking.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 54], "section_span": [56, 86], "content_span": [87, 492]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276606-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 UEFA Youth League\nThe 2017\u201318 UEFA Youth League was the fifth season of the UEFA Youth League, a European youth club football competition organised by UEFA.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [25, 25], "content_span": [26, 164]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276606-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 UEFA Youth League\nBarcelona won their second Youth League title following a win over Chelsea in the final.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [25, 25], "content_span": [26, 114]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276606-0002-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 UEFA Youth League\nRed Bull Salzburg were the defending champions, but were eliminated in the round of 16. Starting from this season, the UEFA Youth League title holders were given an automatic berth in the Domestic Champions path if there was a vacancy.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [25, 25], "content_span": [26, 261]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276606-0003-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 UEFA Youth League, Teams\nA total of 64 teams from 43 of the 55 UEFA member associations entered the tournament, with Albania, Latvia and Luxembourg entering for the first time. They were split into two sections:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 32], "content_span": [33, 219]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276606-0004-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 UEFA Youth League, Squads\nPlayers must be born on or after 1 January 1999, with a maximum of three players per team born between 1 January 1998 and 31 December 1998 allowed.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 33], "content_span": [34, 181]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276606-0005-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 UEFA Youth League, Round and draw dates\nThe schedule of the competition is as follows (all draws are held at the UEFA headquarters in Nyon, Switzerland, unless stated otherwise).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 47], "content_span": [48, 186]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276606-0006-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 UEFA Youth League, UEFA Champions League Path\nFor the UEFA Champions League Path, the 32 teams were drawn into eight groups of four. There was no separate draw held, with the group compositions identical to the draw for the 2017\u201318 UEFA Champions League group stage, which was held on 24 August 2017, 18:00 CEST, at the Grimaldi Forum in Monaco.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 53], "content_span": [54, 353]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276606-0007-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 UEFA Youth League, UEFA Champions League Path\nIn each group, teams played against each other home-and-away in a round-robin format. The eight group winners advanced to the round of 16, while the eight runners-up advanced to the play-offs, where they were joined by the eight second round winners from the Domestic Champions Path.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 53], "content_span": [54, 337]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276606-0008-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 UEFA Youth League, UEFA Champions League Path\nThe matchdays were 12\u201313 September, 26\u201327 September, 17\u201318 October, 31 October \u2013 1 November, 21\u201322 November, and 5\u20136 December 2017.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 53], "content_span": [54, 185]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276606-0009-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 UEFA Youth League, UEFA Champions League Path\nTeams were ranked according to points (3 points for a win, 1 point for a draw, 0 points for a loss), and if tied on points, the following tiebreaking criteria were applied, in the order given, to determine the rankings (Regulations Articles 14.03):", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 53], "content_span": [54, 302]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276606-0010-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 UEFA Youth League, Domestic Champions Path\nFor the Domestic Champions Path, the 32 teams were drawn into two rounds of two-legged home-and-away ties. The draw was held on 29 August 2017, 14:00 CEST, at the UEFA headquarters in Nyon, Switzerland. There were no seedings, but the 32 teams were split into groups defined by sporting and geographical criteria prior to the draw.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 50], "content_span": [51, 382]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276606-0011-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 UEFA Youth League, Domestic Champions Path\nIn both rounds, if the aggregate score was tied after full-time of the second leg, the away goals rule was used to decide the winner. If still tied, the match was decided by a penalty shoot-out (no extra time was played). The eight second round winners advanced to the play-offs, where they were joined by the eight group runners-up from the UEFA Champions League Path.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 50], "content_span": [51, 420]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276606-0012-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 UEFA Youth League, Domestic Champions Path, First round\nThe first legs were played on 26 and 27 September, and the second legs were played on 17 and 18 October 2017.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 63], "content_span": [64, 173]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276606-0013-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 UEFA Youth League, Domestic Champions Path, Second round\nThe first legs were played on 29, 31 October and 1 November, and the second legs were played on 21 and 22 November 2017.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 64], "content_span": [65, 185]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276606-0014-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 UEFA Youth League, Play-offs\nThe draw for the play-offs was held on 11 December 2017, 14:30 CET, at the UEFA headquarters in Nyon, Switzerland. The eight second round winners from the Domestic Champions Path were drawn against the eight group runners-up from the UEFA Champions League Path, with the teams from the Domestic Champions Path hosting the match. Teams from the same association could not be drawn against each other. The eight play-off winners advanced to the round of 16, where they were joined by the eight group winners from the UEFA Champions League Path.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 36], "content_span": [37, 579]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276606-0015-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 UEFA Youth League, Play-offs\nEach tie was played over a single match. If the score was tied after full time, the match was decided by a penalty shoot-out (no extra time was played).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 36], "content_span": [37, 189]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276606-0016-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 UEFA Youth League, Play-offs\nThe play-offs were played on 6 and 7 February 2018.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 36], "content_span": [37, 88]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276606-0017-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 UEFA Youth League, Knockout phase\nThe draw for the round of 16 onwards was held on 9 February 2018, 13:00 CET, at the UEFA headquarters in Nyon, Switzerland. The mechanism of the draws for each round was as follows:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 41], "content_span": [42, 223]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276606-0018-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 UEFA Youth League, Knockout phase\nEach tie was played over a single match. If the score was tied after full time, the match was decided by a penalty shoot-out (no extra time was played).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 41], "content_span": [42, 194]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276606-0019-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 UEFA Youth League, Knockout phase, Round of 16\nThe round of 16 matches were played on 20 and 21 February 2018.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 54], "content_span": [55, 118]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276606-0020-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 UEFA Youth League, Knockout phase, Quarter-finals\nThe quarter-finals were played on 13 and 14 March 2018.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 57], "content_span": [58, 113]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276606-0021-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 UEFA Youth League, Knockout phase, Semi-finals\nThe semi-finals were played on 20 April 2018 at Colovray Stadium, Nyon.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 54], "content_span": [55, 126]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276606-0022-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 UEFA Youth League, Knockout phase, Final\nThe final was played on 23 April 2018 at Colovray Stadium, Nyon.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 48], "content_span": [49, 113]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276607-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 UEFA Youth League Domestic Champions Path\nThe 2017\u201318 UEFA Youth League Domestic Champions Path was played from 27 September to 22 November 2017. A total of 32 teams competed in the Domestic Champions Path to decide 8 of the 24 places in the knockout phase of the 2017\u201318 UEFA Youth League.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 49], "section_span": [49, 49], "content_span": [50, 298]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276607-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 UEFA Youth League Domestic Champions Path\nTimes up to 28 October 2017 (first round) were CEST (UTC+2), thereafter (second round) times were CET (UTC+1).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 49], "section_span": [49, 49], "content_span": [50, 160]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276607-0002-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 UEFA Youth League Domestic Champions Path, Draw\nThe youth domestic champions of the top 32 associations according to their 2016 UEFA country coefficients entered the Domestic Champions Path. If there was a vacancy (associations with no youth domestic competition, as well as youth domestic champions already included in the UEFA Champions League path), it was first filled by the title holders should they have not yet qualified, and then by the youth domestic champions of the next association in the UEFA ranking.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 49], "section_span": [51, 55], "content_span": [56, 523]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276607-0003-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 UEFA Youth League Domestic Champions Path, Draw\nFor the Domestic Champions Path, the 32 teams were drawn into two rounds of two-legged home-and-away ties. The draw was held on 29 August 2017, 14:00 CEST, at the UEFA headquarters in Nyon, Switzerland. There were no seedings, but the 32 teams were split into groups defined by sporting and geographical criteria prior to the draw.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 49], "section_span": [51, 55], "content_span": [56, 387]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276607-0004-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 UEFA Youth League Domestic Champions Path, Format\nIn both rounds, if the aggregate score was tied after full-time of the second leg, the away goals rule was used to decide the winner. If still tied, the match was decided by a penalty shoot-out (no extra time was played). The eight second round winners advanced to the play-offs, where they were joined by the eight group runners-up from the UEFA Champions League Path.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 49], "section_span": [51, 57], "content_span": [58, 427]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276607-0005-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 UEFA Youth League Domestic Champions Path, First round\nThe first legs were played on 26 and 27 September, and the second legs were played on 17 and 18 October 2017.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 49], "section_span": [51, 62], "content_span": [63, 172]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276607-0006-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 UEFA Youth League Domestic Champions Path, Second round\nThe first legs were played on 29, 31 October and 1 November, and the second legs were played on 21 and 22 November 2017.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 49], "section_span": [51, 63], "content_span": [64, 184]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276608-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 UEFA Youth League group stage\nThe 2017\u201318 UEFA Youth League UEFA Champions League Path (group stage) was played from 12 September to 6 December 2017. A total of 32 teams competed in the UEFA Champions League Path (group stage) to decide 16 of the 24 places in the knockout phase of the 2017\u201318 UEFA Youth League.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [37, 37], "content_span": [38, 320]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276608-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 UEFA Youth League group stage, Draw\nThe youth teams of the 32 clubs which qualified for the 2017\u201318 UEFA Champions League group stage entered the UEFA Champions League Path. If there was a vacancy (youth teams not entering), it was filled by a team defined by UEFA.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 43], "content_span": [44, 273]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276608-0002-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 UEFA Youth League group stage, Draw\nFor the UEFA Champions League Path, the 32 teams were drawn into eight groups of four. There was no separate draw held, with the group compositions identical to the draw for the 2017\u201318 UEFA Champions League group stage, which was held on 24 August 2017, 18:00 CEST, at the Grimaldi Forum in Monaco.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 43], "content_span": [44, 343]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276608-0003-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 UEFA Youth League group stage, Format\nIn each group, teams played against each other home-and-away in a round-robin format. The eight group winners advanced to the round of 16, while the eight runners-up advanced to the play-offs, where they were joined by the eight second round winners from the Domestic Champions Path.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 45], "content_span": [46, 329]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276608-0004-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 UEFA Youth League group stage, Format, Tiebreakers\nTeams were ranked according to points (3 points for a win, 1 point for a draw, 0 points for a loss), and if tied on points, the following tiebreaking criteria were applied, in the order given, to determine the rankings (Regulations Articles 14.03):", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 58], "content_span": [59, 307]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276608-0005-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 UEFA Youth League group stage, Groups\nThe matchdays were 12\u201313 September, 26\u201327 September, 17\u201318 October, 31 October \u2013 1 November, 21\u201322 November, and 5\u20136 December 2017.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 45], "content_span": [46, 177]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276608-0006-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 UEFA Youth League group stage, Groups\nTimes up to 28 October 2017 (matchdays 1\u20133) were CEST (UTC+2), thereafter (matchdays 4\u20136) times were CET (UTC+1).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 45], "content_span": [46, 159]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276609-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 UEFA Youth League knockout phase\nThe 2017\u201318 UEFA Youth League knockout phase (play-offs and round of 16 onwards) began on 6 February 2018 and concluded on 23 April 2018 with the final at Colovray Stadium in Nyon, Switzerland, to decide the champions of the 2017\u201318 UEFA Youth League. A total of 24 teams competed in the knockout phase.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [40, 40], "content_span": [41, 344]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276609-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 UEFA Youth League knockout phase\nTimes up to 24 March 2018 (play-offs, round of 16 and quarter-finals) are CET (UTC+1), thereafter times (semi-finals and final) are CEST (UTC+2).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [40, 40], "content_span": [41, 186]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276609-0002-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 UEFA Youth League knockout phase, Round and draw dates\nThe schedule of the knockout phase (play-offs and round of 16 onwards) is as follows (all draws are held at the UEFA headquarters in Nyon, Switzerland).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 62], "content_span": [63, 215]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276609-0003-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 UEFA Youth League knockout phase, Format\nThe knockout phase (play-offs and round of 16 onwards), played as a single-elimination tournament, involved 24 teams: 16 teams which qualified from the UEFA Champions League Path (eight group winners and eight group runners-up), and eight teams which qualified from the Domestic Champions Path (eight second round winners):", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 48], "content_span": [49, 372]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276609-0004-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 UEFA Youth League knockout phase, Format\nEach tie was played over a single match. If the score was tied after full time, the match was decided by a penalty shoot-out (no extra time was played).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 48], "content_span": [49, 201]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276609-0005-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 UEFA Youth League knockout phase, Play-offs\nThe draw for the play-offs was held on 11 December 2017, 14:30 CET, at the UEFA headquarters in Nyon, Switzerland. The eight second round winners from the Domestic Champions Path were drawn against the eight group runners-up from the UEFA Champions League Path, with the teams from the Domestic Champions Path hosting the match. Teams from the same association could not be drawn against each other. The eight play-off winners advanced to the round of 16, where they were joined by the eight group winners from the UEFA Champions League Path.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 51], "content_span": [52, 594]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276609-0006-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 UEFA Youth League knockout phase, Play-offs\nThe play-offs were played on 6 and 7 February 2018.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 51], "content_span": [52, 103]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276609-0007-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 UEFA Youth League knockout phase, Bracket (round of 16 onwards)\nThe draw for the round of 16 onwards was held on 9 February 2018, 13:00 CET, at the UEFA headquarters in Nyon, Switzerland. The mechanism of the draws for each round was as follows:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 71], "content_span": [72, 253]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276609-0008-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 UEFA Youth League knockout phase, Round of 16\nThe round of 16 matches were played on 20 and 21 February 2018.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 53], "content_span": [54, 117]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276609-0009-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 UEFA Youth League knockout phase, Quarter-finals\nThe quarter-finals were played on 13 and 14 March 2018.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 56], "content_span": [57, 112]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276609-0010-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 UEFA Youth League knockout phase, Semi-finals\nThe semi-finals were played on 20 April 2018 at Colovray Stadium, Nyon.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 53], "content_span": [54, 125]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276609-0011-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 UEFA Youth League knockout phase, Final\nThe final was played on 23 April 2018 at Colovray Stadium, Nyon.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 47], "content_span": [48, 112]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276610-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 UIC Flames men's basketball team\nThe 2017\u201318 UIC Flames men's basketball team represented the University of Illinois at Chicago in the 2017\u201318 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Flames, led by third-year head coach Steve McClain, played their home games at the UIC Pavilion as members of the Horizon League. They finished the season 20\u201316, 12\u20136 in Horizon League play to finish in third place. They lost in the quarterfinals of the Horizon League Tournament to Milwaukee. They were invited to the CollegeInsider.com Tournament where they defeated Saint Francis (PA), Austin Peay, and Liberty to advance to the championship game where they lost to Northern Colorado.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [40, 40], "content_span": [41, 683]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276610-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 UIC Flames men's basketball team, Previous season\nThe Flames finished the 2016\u201317 season 17\u201319, 7\u201311 in Horizon League play to finish in sixth place. They defeated Green Bay in the quarterfinals of the Horizon League Tournament before losing to Milwaukee in the semifinals. They were invited to the College Basketball Invitational where they defeated Stony Brook and George Washington before losing in the semifinals to Coastal Carolina.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 57], "content_span": [58, 445]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276611-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 UMBC Retrievers men's basketball team\nThe 2017\u201318 UMBC Retrievers men's basketball team represented the University of Maryland, Baltimore County during the 2017\u201318 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Retrievers, led by second-year head coach Ryan Odom as members of the America East Conference, started the season playing their home games at the Retriever Activities Center in Catonsville, Maryland, but moved to the new UMBC Event Center during the season. The new arena opened on February 3, 2018. UMBC beat UMass Lowell and Hartford to advance to the championship of the America East Tournament where they defeated Vermont.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [45, 45], "content_span": [46, 644]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276611-0000-0001", "contents": "2017\u201318 UMBC Retrievers men's basketball team\nAs a result, the Retrievers received the conference's automatic bid to the NCAA Tournament. As the No. 16 seed in the South region, they defeated the No. 1 overall seed Virginia by 20 points, becoming the first 16th-seeded team to beat a No. 1 seed. The win is considered the biggest upset in NCAA Tournament history and sports history depending on seedings or point spreads. The Retrievers lost to Kansas State in the Second Round.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [45, 45], "content_span": [46, 478]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276611-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 UMBC Retrievers men's basketball team, Previous season\nThe Retrievers finished the 2016\u201317 season 21\u201313, 9\u20137 in America East play to finish in fifth place. They lost in the quarterfinals of the America East Tournament to New Hampshire. They received an invitation to the CollegeInsider.com Tournament where they defeated Fairfield, Saint Francis (PA), and Liberty to advance to the semifinals. In the semifinals, they lost to Texas A&M\u2013Corpus Christi.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [47, 62], "content_span": [63, 459]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276611-0002-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 UMBC Retrievers men's basketball team, Preseason\nIn a poll by the conference's nine head coaches (who were not allowed to pick their own team) at the America East media day, the Retrievers were picked to finish third in the America East. Senior Jairus Lyles was named to the preseason All-America East team.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [47, 56], "content_span": [57, 315]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276612-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 UMBC Retrievers women's basketball team\nThe 2017\u201318 UMBC Retrievers women's basketball team represents the University of Maryland, Baltimore County during the 2017\u201318 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Retrievers, led by sixteenth year head coach Phil Stern and members of the America East Conference, began the season playing home games in the Retriever Activities Center before the opening of the new UMBC Event Center on February 3, 2018. The women's first game in the new arena was on February 8 against Binghamton.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 47], "section_span": [47, 47], "content_span": [48, 539]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276612-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 UMBC Retrievers women's basketball team, Media\nAll non-televised home games and conference road games will stream on either ESPN3 or AmericaEast.tv. Most road games will stream on the opponents website. Select games will be broadcast on the radio on WQLL-1370 AM.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 47], "section_span": [49, 54], "content_span": [55, 271]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276613-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 UMKC Kangaroos men's basketball team\nThe 2017\u201318 UMKC Kangaroos men's basketball team represented the University of Missouri\u2013Kansas City during the 2017\u201318 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Kangaroos, led by fifth-year head coach Kareem Richardson, played their home games at the Municipal Auditorium, with one home game at the Swinney Recreation Center, as members of the Western Athletic Conference. They finished the season 10\u201322, 5\u20139 in WAC play to finish in a tie for sixth place. They lost in the quarterfinals of the WAC Tournament to Grand Canyon.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [44, 44], "content_span": [45, 574]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276613-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 UMKC Kangaroos men's basketball team, Previous season\nThe Kangaroos finished the 2016\u201317 season 18\u201317, 8\u20136 in WAC play to finish in fourth place. They defeated Texas\u2013Rio Grande Valley in the Quarterfinals of the WAC Tournament before losing to New Mexico State in the Semifinals. They received an invitation to the College Basketball Invitational where they defeated Green Bay in the First Round before losing to Wyoming in the Quarterfinals.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [46, 61], "content_span": [62, 450]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276614-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 UMass Lowell River Hawks men's basketball team\nThe 2017\u201318 UMass Lowell River Hawks men's basketball team represented the University of Massachusetts Lowell during the 2017\u201318 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The River Hawks, led by fifth-year head coach Pat Duquette, played most of their home games at Costello Athletic Center, with six home games at the Tsongas Center. They were members of the America East Conference.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 54], "section_span": [54, 54], "content_span": [55, 438]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276614-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 UMass Lowell River Hawks men's basketball team\nThe season marked the River Hawks' first full season as a Division I school after a four-year transition period from Division II to Division I. Accordingly, they were eligible for postseason play including the America East Tournament. They finished the season 12\u201318, 6\u201310 in America East play to finish in a tie for sixth place. They lost in the quarterfinals of the America East Tournament to UMBC.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 54], "section_span": [54, 54], "content_span": [55, 454]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276614-0002-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 UMass Lowell River Hawks men's basketball team, Previous season\nThe River Hawks finished the 2016\u201317 season 11\u201320, 5\u201311 in American East play to finish in sixth place. UMass Lowell was in the fourth and final year of a transition to Division I and, thus, ineligible for the postseason, including the America East Tournament.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 54], "section_span": [56, 71], "content_span": [72, 332]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276614-0003-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 UMass Lowell River Hawks men's basketball team, Preseason\nIn a poll by the conference\u2019s nine head coaches (who were not allowed to pick their own team) at the America East media day, the River Hawks were picked to finish in a tied for sixth place in the America East. Senior Jahad Thomas, Sr. was named to the preseason All-America East team.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 54], "section_span": [56, 65], "content_span": [66, 350]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276615-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 UMass Lowell River Hawks women's basketball team\nThe 2017\u201318 UMass Lowell River Hawks women's basketball team will represent the University of Massachusetts Lowell during the 2017\u201318 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The River Hawks are led by fourth year head coach Jenerrie Harris and will once again play most their home games in the Costello Athletic Center while select games will be played in the Tsongas Center at UMass Lowell and were members of the America East Conference. They finished the season 4\u201326, 1\u201315 in America East play to finish in last place. They lost in the first round of the America East Women's Tournament to UMBC.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 56], "section_span": [56, 56], "content_span": [57, 658]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276615-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 UMass Lowell River Hawks women's basketball team\nOn March 5, Jenerrie Harris's contract was not renewed. She finished at UMass Lowell with a 4 year record of 25\u201391. On April 12, former Boston College assistant coach Tom Garrick was named the next head coach of the River Hawks.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 56], "section_span": [56, 56], "content_span": [57, 285]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276615-0002-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 UMass Lowell River Hawks women's basketball team, Media\nAll non-televised home games and conference road games will stream on either ESPN3 or AmericaEast.tv. Most road games will stream on the opponents website.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 56], "section_span": [58, 63], "content_span": [64, 219]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276616-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 UMass Minutemen basketball team\nThe 2017\u201318 UMass Minutemen basketball team represented the University of Massachusetts Amherst during the 2017\u201318 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Minutemen were led by first-year head coach Matt McCall and played their home games at the William D. Mullins Memorial Center in Amherst, Massachusetts as members of the Atlantic 10 Conference. They finished the season 13\u201320, 5\u201313 in A-10 play to finish in 13th place. They beat La Salle in the first round of the A-10 Tournament before losing in the second round to George Mason.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [39, 39], "content_span": [40, 580]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276616-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 UMass Minutemen basketball team, Previous season\nThe Minutemen finished the 2016\u201317 season 15\u201318, 4\u201314 in A-10 play to finish in a 12th place. They defeated Saint Joseph's in the first round of the A-10 Tournament before losing to St. Bonaventure.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 56], "content_span": [57, 255]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276616-0002-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 UMass Minutemen basketball team, Previous season\nOn March 9, 2017, the school fired head coach Derek Kellogg after nine years and a 155\u2013137 record. Shortly after Kellogg was fired, the school announced that Winthrop head coach Pat Kelsey had been hired as the new head coach at UMass. However, shortly before the press conference to announce his hiring, Kelsey announced he would not accept the position. On March 31, the school announced they had hired Chattanooga head coach Matt McCall.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 56], "content_span": [57, 497]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276616-0003-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 UMass Minutemen basketball team, Preseason\nIn a poll of the league\u2019s head coaches and select media members at the conference's media day, the Minutemen were picked to finish in 12th place in the A-10.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 50], "content_span": [51, 208]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276617-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 UMass Minutewomen basketball team\nThe 2017\u201318 UMass Minutewomen basketball team represents the University of Massachusetts Amherst during the 2017\u201318 college basketball season. The Minutewomen, led by second year head coach Tory Verdi, were members of the Atlantic 10 Conference and play their home games at the William D. Mullins Memorial Center. They finished the season 14\u201316, 6\u201310 in A-10 play to finish in tenth place. They lost in the first round of the A-10 Women's Tournament to Saint Louis.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [41, 41], "content_span": [42, 508]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276617-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 UMass Minutewomen basketball team, Media\nAll non-televised Minutewomen home games and conference road games stream on the A-10 Digital Network. WMUA carries Minutewomen games with Mike Knittle on the call.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [43, 48], "content_span": [49, 213]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276618-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 UNC Asheville Bulldogs men's basketball team\nThe 2017\u201318 UNC Asheville Bulldogs men's basketball team represented the University of North Carolina at Asheville during the 2017\u201318 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Bulldogs, led by fifth-year head coach Nick McDevitt, played their home games at Kimmel Arena as members of the Big South Conference. They finished the season 21\u201313, 13\u20135 in Big South play to win the Big South regular season championship. They defeated Charleston Southern in the quarterfinals of the Big South Tournament before being upset in the semifinals by Liberty. As a regular season conference champion who failed to win their conference tournament, they received an automatic bid to the National Invitation Tournament where they lost in the first round to USC.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 52], "section_span": [52, 52], "content_span": [53, 801]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276618-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 UNC Asheville Bulldogs men's basketball team\nOn March 24, 2018, head coach Nick McDevitt accepted the head coaching job at Middle Tennessee. He finished at UNC Asheville with a five-year record of 98\u201365.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 52], "section_span": [52, 52], "content_span": [53, 211]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276618-0002-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 UNC Asheville Bulldogs men's basketball team, Previous season\nThe Bulldogs finished the season 23\u201310, 15\u20133 in Big South play to finish in a tie for the Big South regular season championship. They were upset in the Quarterfinals of the Big South Tournament by Campbell. They were invited to the CollegeInsider.com Tournament where they lost in the First Round to UT Martin.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 52], "section_span": [54, 69], "content_span": [70, 380]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276618-0003-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 UNC Asheville Bulldogs men's basketball team, Schedule and results\n* Non-conference game. #Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Eastern Time", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 52], "section_span": [54, 74], "content_span": [75, 191]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276619-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 UNC Greensboro Spartans men's basketball team\nThe 2017\u201318 UNC Greensboro Spartans men's basketball team represented the University of North Carolina at Greensboro during the 2017\u201318 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Spartans, led by seventh-year head coach Wes Miller, played their home games at the Greensboro Coliseum, with four home games at Fleming Gymnasium, as members of the Southern Conference. They finished the season 27\u20138, 15\u20133 in SoCon play, and were the SoCon regular season champions. They defeated The Citadel, Wofford, and East Tennessee State to become champions of the SoCon Tournament. They received the SoCon's automatic bid to the NCAA Tournament where they lost in the First Round to Gonzaga.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 53], "section_span": [53, 53], "content_span": [54, 733]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276619-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 UNC Greensboro Spartans men's basketball team, Previous season\nThe Spartans finished the 2016\u201317 season 25\u201310, 14\u20134 in SoCon play to finish in a three-way tie for the SoCon regular season championship. As the No. 1 seed in the SoCon Tournament, they defeated The Citadel and Wofford to advance to the championship game where they lost to East Tennessee State. As a conference champion and No. 1 seed in their conference tournament who failed to win their conference tournament, they received an automatic bid to the National Invitation Tournament where they lost in the first round to Syracuse.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 53], "section_span": [55, 70], "content_span": [71, 602]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276620-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 UNC Wilmington Seahawks men's basketball team\nThe 2017\u201318 UNC Wilmington Seahawks men's basketball team represented the University of North Carolina at Wilmington during the 2017\u201318 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Seahawks were led by first-year head coach C. B. McGrath and played their home games at the Trask Coliseum as members of the Colonial Athletic Association. They finished the season 11\u201321, 7\u201311 in CAA play to finish in sixth place. They defeated Hofstra in the quarterfinals of the CAA Tournament before losing in the semifinals to Northeastern.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 53], "section_span": [53, 53], "content_span": [54, 579]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276620-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 UNC Wilmington Seahawks men's basketball team, Previous season\nThe Seahawks finished the 2016\u201317 season 29\u20136, 15\u20133 in CAA play to win the regular season championship. They defeated Delaware, William & Mary, and the College of Charleston to win the CAA Tournament. As a result, they earned the conference's automatic bid to the NCAA Tournament for the second consecutive year. As the No. 12 seed in the East region, they lost in the First Round to Virginia.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 53], "section_span": [55, 70], "content_span": [71, 464]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276620-0002-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 UNC Wilmington Seahawks men's basketball team, Previous season\nOn March 17, 2017, head coach Kevin Keatts left the school to accept the head coaching position at NC State. On April 3, the school hired C.B. McGrath as head coach.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 53], "section_span": [55, 70], "content_span": [71, 236]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276620-0003-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 UNC Wilmington Seahawks men's basketball team, Preseason\nIn a poll of league coaches, media relations directors, and media members at the CAA's media day, the Seahawks were picked to finish in fifth place in the CAA. Junior forward Devontae Cacok was named to the preseason All-CAA first team.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 53], "section_span": [55, 64], "content_span": [65, 301]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276621-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 UNC Wilmington Seahawks women's basketball team\nThe 2017\u201318 UNC Wilmington Seahawks women's basketball team represents the University of North Carolina Wilmington during the 2017\u201318 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Seahawks, led by first year head coach Karen Barefoot, play their home games at the Trask Coliseum and were members of the Colonial Athletic Association (CAA). They finished the season 12\u201319, 4\u201314 in CAA play to finish in a tie for eight place. They advance to the quarterfinals of the CAA Women's Tournament where they lost to Drexel.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 55], "section_span": [55, 55], "content_span": [56, 572]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276622-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 UNLV Lady Rebels basketball team\nThe 2017\u201318 UNLV Lady Rebels basketball team will represent the University of Nevada, Las Vegas during the 2017\u201318 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Lady Rebels, led by tenth year head coach Kathy Olivier. They play their home games at the Cox Pavilion, attached to the Thomas & Mack Center on UNLV's main campus in Paradise, Nevada. They were a member of the Mountain West Conference. They finished the season 19\u201312, 14\u20134 in Mountain West play to win the Mountain West regular season title with Boise State. They lost in the quarterfinals Mountain West Women's Tournament to Nevada. They earn an automatic bid to the WNIT where they lost in the first round to Utah.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [40, 40], "content_span": [41, 720]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276623-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 UNLV Runnin' Rebels basketball team\nThe 2017\u201318 UNLV Runnin' Rebels basketball team represented the University of Nevada, Las Vegas during the 2017\u201318 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Runnin' Rebels were led by second-year head coach Marvin Menzies and played their home games at the Thomas & Mack Center in Paradise, Nevada as members of the Mountain West Conference. They finished the season 20\u201313, 8\u201310 in Mountain West play to finish in a tie for seventh place. They defeated Air Force in the first round of the Mountain West Tournament before losing in the quarterfinals to Nevada. Despite having 20 wins, they did not participate in a postseason tournament after declining an invite to the CBI Tournament.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [43, 43], "content_span": [44, 731]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276623-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 UNLV Runnin' Rebels basketball team, Previous season\nThe Runnin' Rebels finished the 2016\u201317 season 11\u201321, 4\u201314 in Mountain West play to finish in a tie for tenth place. They lost in the first round of the Mountain West Tournament to San Diego State.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [45, 60], "content_span": [61, 258]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276623-0002-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 UNLV Runnin' Rebels basketball team, Preseason\nIn a vote by conference media at the Mountain West media day, the Rebels were picked to finish in sixth place in the Mountain West. Freshman forward Brandon McCoy was named to the preseason Mountain West Freshman of the Year.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [45, 54], "content_span": [55, 280]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276624-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 US Biskra season\nIn the 2017\u201318 season, US Biskra is competing in the Ligue 1 for the 2nd season, as well as the Algerian Cup.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [24, 24], "content_span": [25, 134]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276624-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 US Biskra season, Squad list\nAs of August 25, 2017. Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 36], "content_span": [37, 188]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276625-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 US SuperTour\nThe 2017\u201318 US SuperTour was a season of the US SuperTour, a Continental Cup season in cross-country skiing for men and women. The season began on 2 December 2017 in West Yellowstone, Montana and concluded with on 28 March 2018 in Craftsbury, Vermont.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [20, 20], "content_span": [21, 272]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276626-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 USA Team Handball rankings\nAfter there already existed a 2005-06 ranking for the Men's. This was the first season ateam handball ranking for the clubs and the men's college was created.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [34, 34], "content_span": [35, 193]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276626-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 USA Team Handball rankings, Collegiate Top 5\nThe record at the college ranking is only against other college teams.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 52], "content_span": [53, 123]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276627-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 USC Trojans men's basketball team\nThe 2017\u201318 USC Trojans men's basketball team represented the University of Southern California during the 2017\u201318 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. Led by fifth-year head coach Andy Enfield, they played their home games at the Galen Center in Los Angeles, California as members of the Pac-12 Conference. They finished the season 24\u201312, 12\u20136 in Pac-12 play to finish in second place. As the No. 2 seed in the Pac-12 Tournament, they defeated Oregon State in the quarterfinals and Oregon in the semifinals before losing to Arizona in the championship game. They were one of the last four teams not selected for the NCAA Tournament and as a result earned a No. 1 seed in the National Invitation Tournament, where they defeated UNC Asheville in the first round before losing to Western Kentucky in the second round.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [41, 41], "content_span": [42, 861]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276627-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 USC Trojans men's basketball team, Previous season\nThe Trojans finished the 2016\u201317 season 26\u201310, 10\u20138 in Pac-12 play to finish in a tie for fifth place; their 26 victories set a program record. They defeated Washington in the first round of the Pac-12 Tournament before losing in the quarterfinals to UCLA. They received an at-large bid to the NCAA Tournament where they defeated Providence in the First Four and SMU in the First Round before losing in the Second Round to Baylor.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [43, 58], "content_span": [59, 489]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276627-0002-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 USC Trojans men's basketball team, FBI investigation\nOn September 26, federal prosecutors in New York announced charges of fraud and corruption against 10 people involved in college basketball, including USC assistant coach Tony Bland. The charges allege that Bland and others allegedly received benefits from financial advisers and others to influence student-athletes to retain their services. Following the announcement, USC placed Bland on administrative leave and announced that it would conduct an internal investigation of the matter. Potential 2018 NBA Draft pick De'Anthony Melton would be indefinitely suspended in relation to the scandal in January before leaving USC on February 21, 2018.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [43, 60], "content_span": [61, 708]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276628-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 USC Trojans women's basketball team\nThe 2017\u201318 USC Trojans women's basketball team represents the University of Southern California during the 2017\u201318 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Trojans, led by first year head coach, 6th overall Mark Trakh, play their home games at the Galen Center and were members of the Pac-12 Conference. They finished the season 20\u201311, 9\u20139 in Pac-12 play to finish in seventh place. They defeated Washington State in the first round before losing to Stanford in the quarterfinals of the Pac-12 Women's Basketball Tournament to Stanford. They would have clinched the automatic berth to the 2018 Women's National Invitation Tournament, but declined to participate, despite being the highest-ranked non-NCAA team in the Pac-12.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [43, 43], "content_span": [44, 775]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276628-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 USC Trojans women's basketball team, Previous season\nThey finished the season 14\u201316, 5\u201313 in Pac-12 play to finish in a 4-way tie for ninth place. They lost in the first round Pac-12 Women's Basketball Tournament to California. After that game, Coach Cynthia Cooper-Dyke resigned.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [45, 60], "content_span": [61, 288]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276629-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 USC Upstate Spartans men's basketball team\nThe 2017\u201318 USC Upstate Spartans men's basketball team represented the University of South Carolina Upstate during the 2017\u201318 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Spartans, led by first-year head coach Kyle Perry, played their home games at the G. B. Hodge Center in Spartanburg, South Carolina as members of the Atlantic Sun Conference. Perry was initially named interim coach upon head coach Eddie Payne's retirement on October 3, 2017 due to health concerns, but had the interim tag removed on October 20 and was named full-time head coach. They finished the season 7\u201325, 2\u201312 in ASUN play to finish in last place. They lost in the quarterfinals of the ASUN Tournament to Florida Gulf Coast.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 50], "section_span": [50, 50], "content_span": [51, 754]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276629-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 USC Upstate Spartans men's basketball team\nAfter the season, USC Upstate fired Perry on March 1, less than five months after being named full time head coach of the Spartans. On March 30, the school hired former Tulane head coach Dave Dickerson for the job.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 50], "section_span": [50, 50], "content_span": [51, 265]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276629-0002-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 USC Upstate Spartans men's basketball team\nThis season marked the final season for USC Upstate as members of the Atlantic Sun Conference, as the school announced on November 15, 2017 that they will be moving to the Big South Conference for the 2018\u201319 season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 50], "section_span": [50, 50], "content_span": [51, 267]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276629-0003-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 USC Upstate Spartans men's basketball team, Previous season\nThe Spartans finished the 2016\u201317 season 17\u201316, 7\u20137 in ASUN play to finish in a tie for fourth place. They lost in the Quarterfinals of the ASUN Tournament to Kennesaw State. They were invited to the CollegeInsider.com Tournament where they lost in the First Round to Furman.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 50], "section_span": [52, 67], "content_span": [68, 343]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276629-0004-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 USC Upstate Spartans men's basketball team, Previous season\nThe season marked Eddie Payne's 15th and final season as head coach at USC Upstate as he announced his retirement on October 3, 2017.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 50], "section_span": [52, 67], "content_span": [68, 201]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276630-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 USC Upstate Spartans women's basketball team\nThe 2017\u201318 USC Upstate Spartans women's basketball team represents the University of South Carolina Upstate in the 2017\u201318 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Spartans, led by thirteenth year head coach Tammy George, play their games at G. B. Hodge Center and were members of the Atlantic Sun Conference. They finished the season 11\u201319, 6\u20138 in A-Sun play to finish in fifth place. They lost in the quarterfinals of A-Sun Tournament to Lipscomb.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 52], "section_span": [52, 52], "content_span": [53, 509]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276630-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 USC Upstate Spartans women's basketball team\nThe season marked the final season for USC Upstate as members of the Atlantic Sun Conference, as the school announced on November 15, 2017 that they will be moving to the Big South Conference for the 2018\u201319 season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 52], "section_span": [52, 52], "content_span": [53, 268]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276630-0002-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 USC Upstate Spartans women's basketball team, Media\nAll home games and conference road are shown on ESPN3 or A-Sun.TV. Non conference road games are typically available on the opponents website.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 52], "section_span": [54, 59], "content_span": [60, 202]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276631-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 USHL season\nThe 2017\u201318 USHL season was the 39th season of the United States Hockey League as an all-junior league. The regular season ran from October 6, 2017, to April 14, 2018. The regular season champions, the Waterloo Black Hawks, were awarded the Anderson Cup. The playoff champions, the Fargo Force, were awarded the Clark Cup.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [19, 19], "content_span": [20, 342]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276631-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 USHL season, League changes\nThe Bloomington Thunder were rebranded as the Central Illinois Flying Aces.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 35], "content_span": [36, 111]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276631-0002-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 USHL season, League changes\nWhile the alignment remained the same from the previous season, the league increased the number of teams that qualify for the playoffs from eight to twelve. The top two seeds in each conference now have a bye in the first round. The third and fourth conference seeds than host the fifth and sixth conference seeds in a best-of-three series. The rest of the playoffs are a best-of-five series.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 35], "content_span": [36, 428]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276631-0003-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 USHL season, Regular season, Western Conference\nx = clinched playoff berth; y = clinched conference title; z = clinched regular season title", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 55], "content_span": [56, 148]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276632-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 USM Alger season\nIn the 2017\u201318 season, USM Alger competed in the Ligue 1 for the 40th season, as well as the CAF Champions League, and the Algerian Cup. It was their 23rd consecutive season in the top flight of Algerian football.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [24, 24], "content_span": [25, 238]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276632-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 USM Alger season\nWith the start of the season, the team failed to achieve their biggest goal of winning the CAF Champions League after defeating against Morocco's Wydad. on 11 November 2017 the coach Paul Put announced his resignation following a 2-1 defeat to CS Constantine., A day after Put's departure, the club hired Franco Algerien coach Miloud Hamdi until the end of the season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [24, 24], "content_span": [25, 393]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276632-0002-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 USM Alger season, Season summary\nIn preparation for this season, which will start at the end of August 2017, the management of the USMA, in consultation with the technical staff, is planning the summer training course from 04 to 16 August 2017 in Turkey the Usmists will be in Istanbul at 2 pm, a bus will wait for the Algerian delegation to transport it to the station Kartepe in Izmit and will play five friendly matches. three against local clubs, two against Saudi clubs and one against a Qatari club.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 40], "content_span": [41, 513]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276632-0002-0001", "contents": "2017\u201318 USM Alger season, Season summary\nUSM Alger is transported without six players: Ayoub Abdellaoui, Abderrahmane Meziane, Oussama Darfalou, Okacha Hamzaoui and Raouf Benguit Who joined the Algeria A' national team in preparation for the African Nations Championship qualification against the Libyan national team, as for Soumaila Sidibe did not move with the team because of the visa. the first friendly against Mersin \u0130dmanyurdu and ended with a 5\u20131 victory and only Ziri Hammar played 90 minutes, and he was the author of three assists, in the same context the games it was delayed for a day due to heavy fog.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 40], "content_span": [41, 616]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276632-0002-0002", "contents": "2017\u201318 USM Alger season, Season summary\nThe second match was against Al Kharaitiyat Qatar and ended 4\u20131 in favor of the Union and saw the match with the young striker Boumechra, who scored two goals The third game against Sultanbeyli Belediyespor canceled because of the fog and to avoid these problems the decision of the management of the USM Alger played the rest of the friendly games in another place to avoid being postponed, then in the fourth game against Al-Hazm Saudi Club won the Union winning two goals to zero, on the final day of training, the team played two friendly matches in the morning against Ata\u015fehir \u00c7amolukspor and ended in favor of USM Alger with a 2\u20130 victory. In the evening against Al-Orobah from Saudi Arabia, they ended with a 2\u20132 draw. after a 13-day internship in Turkey in the heights of Izmit, the Red and Black are back home. The plane from Istanbul arrived at the Algiers airport at 18:30.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 40], "content_span": [41, 926]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276632-0003-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 USM Alger season, Squad information, Playing statistics\nAppearances (Apps.) numbers are for appearances in competitive games only including sub appearancesRed card numbers denote: Numbers in parentheses represent red cards overturned for wrongful dismissal.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 63], "content_span": [64, 265]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276632-0004-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 USM Alger season, Squad information, Goalscorers\nIncludes all competitive matches. The list is sorted alphabetically by surname when total goals are equal.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 56], "content_span": [57, 163]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276632-0005-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 USM Alger season, Squad list\nPlayers and squad numbers last updated on 11 December 2017.Note: Flags indicate national team as has been defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 36], "content_span": [37, 233]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276632-0006-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 USM Alger season, Kit\nSupplier: Joma, the beginning of the year 2017. Sponsor: Djezzy", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 29], "content_span": [30, 93]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276633-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 USM Bel-Abb\u00e8s season\nIn the 2017\u201318 season, USM Bel-Abb\u00e8s competed in the Ligue 1 for the 23rd season, as well as the Algerian Cup.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [28, 28], "content_span": [29, 139]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276633-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 USM Bel-Abb\u00e8s season, Squad list\nPlayers and squad numbers last updated on 25 August 2017.Note: Flags indicate national team as has been defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 40], "content_span": [41, 235]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276633-0002-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 USM Bel-Abb\u00e8s season, Squad information, Goalscorers\nIncludes all competitive matches. The list is sorted alphabetically by surname when total goals are equal.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 60], "content_span": [61, 167]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276634-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 USM Blida season\nIn the 2017\u201318 season, USM Blida is competing in the Ligue 1 for the 27th season, as well as the Algerian Cup.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [24, 24], "content_span": [25, 135]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276634-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 USM Blida season, Squad information, Goalscorers\nIncludes all competitive matches. The list is sorted alphabetically by surname when total goals are equal.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 56], "content_span": [57, 163]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276634-0002-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 USM Blida season, Squad list\nAs of August 25, 2017. Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 36], "content_span": [37, 188]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276635-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 USM El Harrach season\nIn the 2017\u201318 season, USM El Harrach is competing in the Ligue 1 for the 34th season, as well as the Algerian Cup.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [29, 29], "content_span": [30, 145]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276635-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 USM El Harrach season, Squad list\nAs of August 25, 2017. Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 41], "content_span": [42, 193]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276636-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 UT Arlington Mavericks men's basketball team\nThe 2017\u201318 UT Arlington Mavericks men's basketball team represented the University of Texas at Arlington during the 2017\u201318 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Mavericks, led by 12th-year head coach Scott Cross, played their home games at the College Park Center as members of the Sun Belt Conference. They finished the season 21\u201313, 10\u20138 in Sun Belt play to finish in fourth place. They defeated Appalachian State and Louisiana to advance to the championship game of the Sun Belt Tournament where they lost to Georgia State. Despite having 21 wins, they did not participate in a postseason tournament.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 52], "section_span": [52, 52], "content_span": [53, 665]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276636-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 UT Arlington Mavericks men's basketball team\nOn March 26, 2018, Cross was fired after 12 seasons at UT Arlington, along with his entire staff, with UTA's Athletic Director citing a change in the program's leadership. On April 6, the school hired former Texas Tech assistant Chris Ogden as head coach.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 52], "section_span": [52, 52], "content_span": [53, 308]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276636-0002-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 UT Arlington Mavericks men's basketball team, Previous season\nThe Mavericks finished the 2016\u201317 season 27\u20139, 14\u20134 in Sun Belt play to win the Sun Belt regular season championship. In the Sun Belt Tournament, they defeated Coastal Carolina before losing in the semifinals to Texas State. As a regular season conference champion who failed to win their conference tournament, they received an automatic bid to the National Invitation Tournament. There they defeated BYU and Akron before losing in the quarterfinals to Cal State Bakersfield.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 52], "section_span": [54, 69], "content_span": [70, 547]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276636-0003-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 UT Arlington Mavericks men's basketball team, Offseason\nUnder NCAA transfer rules, Barrett and Dennis will have to sit out for the 2017\u201318 season. Barrett will have three seasons of eligibility remaining, while Dennis will have two seasons.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 52], "section_span": [54, 63], "content_span": [64, 248]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276637-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 UT Arlington Mavericks women's basketball team\nThe 2017\u201318 Texas\u2013Arlington Mavericks women's basketball team represents the University of Texas at Arlington in the 2017\u201318 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Mavericks, led by fifth year head coach Krista Gerlich, play their home games at the College Park Center and were members of the Sun Belt Conference. They finished the season 18\u201312, 12\u20136 in Sun Belt play to finish in a tie for third place. They lost in the quarterfinals of the Sun Belt Women's Tournament to Louisiana.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 54], "section_span": [54, 54], "content_span": [55, 546]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276637-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 UT Arlington Mavericks women's basketball team, Previous season\nThey finished the season 22\u20139, 14\u20134 in Sun Belt play to finish in second place. They advanced to the semifinals of the Sun Belt Women's Tournament where they lost to Troy. They were invited to the WNIT where they lost to Tulane in the first round.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 54], "section_span": [56, 71], "content_span": [72, 319]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276638-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 UT Martin Skyhawks men's basketball team\nThe 2017\u201318 UT Martin Skyhawks men's basketball team represented the University of Tennessee at Martin during the 2017\u201318 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Skyhawks, led by second-year head coach Anthony Stewart, played their home games at Skyhawk Arena as members of the Ohio Valley Conference. They finished the season 10\u201321, 5\u201313 in OVC play to finish in a three-way tie for ninth place. They failed to qualify for the OVC Tournament.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 48], "section_span": [48, 48], "content_span": [49, 497]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276638-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 UT Martin Skyhawks men's basketball team, Previous season\nThe Skyhawks finished the 2016\u201317 season 22\u201313, 10\u20136 in OVC play to win the West Division championship. As the No. 2 seed in the OVC Tournament, they defeated Murray State before losing to Jacksonville State in the championship game. They were invited to the CollegeInsider.com Tournament where they defeated UNC Asheville in the first round before losing in the second round to Campbell.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 48], "section_span": [50, 65], "content_span": [66, 454]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276638-0002-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 UT Martin Skyhawks men's basketball team, Preseason\nIn a vote of conference coaches and sports information directors, UT Martin was picked to finish in eighth place in the OVC. Senior guard Matthew Butler was named to the All-OVC Team.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 48], "section_span": [50, 59], "content_span": [60, 243]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276638-0003-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 UT Martin Skyhawks men's basketball team, Preseason\nAfter five years of divisional play in the OVC, the conference eliminated divisions for the 2017\u201318 season. Additionally, for the first time, each conference team will play 18 conference games.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 48], "section_span": [50, 59], "content_span": [60, 253]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276639-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 UT Martin Skyhawks women's basketball team\nThe 2017\u201318 UT Martin Skyhawks women's basketball team represent University of Tennessee at Martin during the 2017\u201318 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Skyhawks, led by ninth year head coach Kevin McMillan, play their home games at Skyhawk Arena as members of the Ohio Valley Conference. (OVC)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 50], "section_span": [50, 50], "content_span": [51, 357]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276640-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 UTEP Miners men's basketball team\nThe 2017\u201318 UTEP Miners basketball team represented the University of Texas at El Paso during the 2017\u201318 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Miners, led by interim head coach Phil Johnson, played their home games at the Don Haskins Center as members of Conference USA. They finished the season 11\u201320, 6\u201312 in C-USA play to finish in a tie for 11th place. They lost in the first round of the C-USA Tournament to UTSA. UTEP averaged 6,155 fans per game.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [41, 41], "content_span": [42, 503]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276640-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 UTEP Miners men's basketball team\nFollowing a loss to Lamar on November 27, 2017 that saw the Miners drop to 1\u20135 on the season, head coach Tim Floyd announced that he was retiring effective immediately. The school had previously announced a new athletic director, Jim Senter, a week prior, but Floyd said that had nothing to do with his decision. Assistant Phil Johnson was named interim head coach of the Miners the next day. On March 12, 2018, the school hired Fresno State head coach Rodney Terry as the new head coach of the Miners.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [41, 41], "content_span": [42, 544]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276640-0002-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 UTEP Miners men's basketball team, Previous season\nThe Miners finished the 2016\u201317 season 15\u201317, 12\u20136 in C-USA play to finish in a tie for third place. In the C-USA Tournament, they defeated Rice in the quarterfinals before losing to top-seeded Middle Tennessee in the semifinals.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [43, 58], "content_span": [59, 288]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276641-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 UTEP Miners women's basketball team\nThe 2017\u201318 UTEP Miners women's basketball team represents the University of Texas at El Paso during the 2017\u201318 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Miners, led by first year head coach Kevin Baker, play their home games at Don Haskins Center and were members of Conference USA. They finished the season 17\u201314, 7\u20139 in C-USA play to finish in a 3 way tie for seventh place. They advanced to the quarterfinals of the C-USA Women's Tournament where they lost to UAB.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [43, 43], "content_span": [44, 518]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276641-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 UTEP Miners women's basketball team, Previous season\nThey finished the season 8\u201323, 5\u201313 for in C-USA play to finish in a tie for eleventh place. They lost in the first round of the C-USA Women's Tournament to Old Dominion.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [45, 60], "content_span": [61, 231]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276642-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 UTSA Roadrunners men's basketball team\nThe 2017\u201318 UTSA Roadrunners men's basketball team represented the University of Texas at San Antonio during the 2017\u201318 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Roadrunners, led by second-year head coach Steve Henson, played their home games at the Convocation Center as members of Conference USA. They finished the season 20\u201315, 11\u20137 in C-USA play to finish in fifth place. They defeated UTEP in the first round of the C-USA Tournament before losing in the quarterfinals to Marshall. They were invited to the CollegeInsider.com Tournament where they defeated Lamar in the first round and received a second round bye before losing in the quarterfinals to Sam Houston State.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [46, 46], "content_span": [47, 725]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276642-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 UTSA Roadrunners men's basketball team, Previous season\nThe Roadrunners finished the 2016\u201317 season 14\u201319, 8\u201310 in C-USA play to finish in the ninth place. They defeated Western Kentucky in the first round of the C-USA Tournament before losing to top-seeded Middle Tennessee.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [48, 63], "content_span": [64, 283]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276643-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 UTSA Roadrunners women's basketball team\nThe 2017\u201318 UTSA Roadrunners women's basketball team represents the University of Texas at San Antonio during the 2017\u201318 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Roadrunners, led by first year head coach Kristen Holt, play their home games at the Convocation Center and were members of Conference USA. They finished the season 9\u201321, 6\u201310 in C-USA play to finish in a 3 way tie for tenth place. They advanced to the quarterfinals of the C-USA Women's Tournament where they lost to Western Kentucky.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 48], "section_span": [48, 48], "content_span": [49, 553]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276643-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 UTSA Roadrunners women's basketball team, Previous season\nThey finished the season 14\u201317, 10\u20138 in C-USA play to finish in seventh place. They lost in the first round of the C-USA Women's Tournament to Rice.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 48], "section_span": [50, 65], "content_span": [66, 214]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276644-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Udinese Calcio season\nThe 2017\u201318 season was Udinese Calcio's 38th season in Serie A and their 23rd consecutive season in the top-flight. The club competed in Serie A and the Coppa Italia.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [29, 29], "content_span": [30, 196]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276644-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Udinese Calcio season\nFollowing a 4\u20130\u20138 start to the season, coach Luigi Delneri was replaced by 2006 FIFA World Cup winner and former Lazio and Milan player Massimo Oddo. Following an upturn in form which saw the club win all five league games in December, Udinese's season dipped severely, with a club record run of eleven consecutive Serie A defeats, from 11 February to 22 April 2018. As a result, Oddo was sacked and replaced by former Juventus player Igor Tudor on 24 April. The club finished the season in 14th place; they were eliminated in the Coppa Italia in the round of 16 by Napoli.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [29, 29], "content_span": [30, 603]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276644-0002-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Udinese Calcio season\nKevin Lasagna finished the season as the club's top scorer, with 12 goals in Serie A and two in the Coppa Italia.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [29, 29], "content_span": [30, 143]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276645-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Uganda Premier League\nThis is the current revision of this page, as edited by Frietjes (talk | contribs) at 00:25, 23 November 2019. The present address (URL) is a permanent link to this version.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [29, 29], "content_span": [30, 203]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276645-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Uganda Premier League\nThe 2017\u201318 Ugandan Premier League is the 51st season of top-flight football in Uganda. The season began on 12 September 2017 and ended on 25 May 2018.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [29, 29], "content_span": [30, 181]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276645-0002-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Uganda Premier League, League table\nNote: The Saints FC were renamed UPDF FC (UPDF = Uganda Peoples' Defence Forces)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 43], "content_span": [44, 124]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276646-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Ukrainian Amateur Cup\nThe 2017-18 Ukrainian Amateur Cup season was scheduled to start on August 23, 2017.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [29, 29], "content_span": [30, 113]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276646-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Ukrainian Amateur Cup\nThe cup holders SC Chaika Petropavlivska Borshchahivka were defeated by Avanhard Koryukivka in round of 32.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [29, 29], "content_span": [30, 137]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276646-0002-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Ukrainian Amateur Cup, Competition schedule, Preliminary round\nFirst games will be played on 23\u201324 August and seconds on 30\u201331 August.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 70], "content_span": [71, 142]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276646-0003-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Ukrainian Amateur Cup, Competition schedule, Preliminary round\nTwenty four other teams will join eight winner of the preliminary round.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 70], "content_span": [71, 143]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276646-0004-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Ukrainian Amateur Cup, Competition schedule, Round of 32\nFirst games will be played on 13 September and seconds on 20 September. Chaika\u2013Avanhard Kor will play on 10th and 23rd.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 64], "content_span": [65, 184]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276646-0005-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Ukrainian Amateur Cup, Competition schedule, Round of 16\nFirst games will be played on 4 October and seconds on 11 October.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 64], "content_span": [65, 131]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276646-0006-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Ukrainian Amateur Cup, Competition schedule, Quarterfinals\nFirst games will be played on 11 April and second on 18 April, 2018.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 66], "content_span": [67, 135]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276646-0007-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Ukrainian Amateur Cup, Competition schedule, Quarterfinals\nThe game Rochyn \u2013 Demnya was played on 10 April.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 66], "content_span": [67, 115]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276646-0008-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Ukrainian Amateur Cup, Competition schedule, Semifinals\nFirst games will be played on 2 May and second on 9 May, 2018.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 63], "content_span": [64, 126]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276646-0009-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Ukrainian Amateur Cup, Competition schedule, Finals\nFirst game will be played on 20 May and second on 10 June 2018.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 59], "content_span": [60, 123]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276647-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Ukrainian Basketball SuperLeague\nThe 2017\u201318 Ukrainian Basketball SuperLeague was the 2017\u201318 edition of the Ukrainian top-tier basketball championship. The season started on 29 September 2017. Cherkaski Mavpy won its first national championship after defeating Dnipro in the finals, 0\u20133.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [40, 40], "content_span": [41, 296]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276647-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Ukrainian Basketball SuperLeague, Teams\nAfter the withdrawal of Kremin and Volynbasket, only eight teams would participate in the 2017\u201318 season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 47], "content_span": [48, 153]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276647-0002-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Ukrainian Basketball SuperLeague, Playoffs\nQuarterfinals were played in a best-of-three playoff format. Semifinals were played with a 2-2-1 format and the finals with a 2-2-1-1-1 format.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 50], "content_span": [51, 194]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276648-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Ukrainian Cup\nThe 2017\u201318 Ukrainian Cup was the 27th annual season of Ukraine's football knockout competition. The competition was planned to be started on 9 July 2017 and concluded on 9 May 2018.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [21, 21], "content_span": [22, 205]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276648-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Ukrainian Cup\nThis season the competition's administration was passed on to the Football Federation of Ukraine that previously was conducted by both the Premier League and Professional Football League. The number of participants has increased to 52 and is the biggest in the last five years. The FFU also promised to introduce a system of bonuses for this season's competition, yet did not disclosed them.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [21, 21], "content_span": [22, 413]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276648-0002-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Ukrainian Cup\nAll competition rounds consisted of a single game with a home field advantage granted to a team from lower league. Qualification for the competition is granted to all professional clubs and finalists of the Ukrainian Amateur Cup as long as those clubs will be able to pass the season's attestation (licensing).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [21, 21], "content_span": [22, 332]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276648-0003-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Ukrainian Cup\nFC Shakhtar Donetsk was the defending winner for the last two seasons. The Donetsk club has reached the competition finals in the last seven years winning five of them. There were around 300 clubs over the history of competition and it is a debut season for seven of them, Dnipro-1, Ahrobiznes, Metalist 1925, Polissya, Tavriya Simferopol, Sudnobudivnyk, and Prykarpattia. Both qualified amateur clubs have already participated in the competition before. It should be mentioned that only 10 clubs participated in every season of the tournament.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [21, 21], "content_span": [22, 566]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276648-0004-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Ukrainian Cup, Competition schedule, First Preliminary round (1/64)\nIn this round entered three representatives from the First League, 21 clubs from the Second League, two representatives from the Amateur Cup. The draw for this round that took place 30 June 2017 at the House of Football in Kiev was announced on 27 June 2017. The round matches were played on 9 July 2017. The archive of Ukrainian Association of Football \"Footpass\" shows the Premier League club NK Veres Rivne playing at the first preliminary round instead of FC Lviv (please, see Veres \u2013 Lviv swap). The clubs' \"swap\" occurred only next season, while the archive has been updated to show something that is completely wrong.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 75], "content_span": [76, 700]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276648-0005-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Ukrainian Cup, Competition schedule, Second Preliminary round (1/32)\nIn this round will include 15 more representatives from the First League in addition to the two that advanced from the previous round as well as 10 clubs from the Second League and one representatives from the Amateur Cup. The draw for this round that took place on 13 July 2017 at the House of Football in Kiev was announced on 11 July 2017. The round matches will be played on 26 July 2017, while the game between Tavriya and Nyva-V might take place later as Tavriya shares home stadium with Enerhiya Nova Kakhovka. Later (21 July 2017) it was confirmed that the date for the game Tavriya \u2013 Nyva-V is 27 July 2017.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 76], "content_span": [77, 693]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276648-0006-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Ukrainian Cup, Competition schedule, Third Preliminary round (1/16)\nIn this round the first 6 representatives from the Premier League will enter the competition along with the 14 teams that advanced from the previous round including 8 clubs from the First League, 5 clubs from the Second League, and one representatives from the Amateur Cup. The draw for this round was held on 4 August 2017 at the House of Football in Kiev and was announced on 1 August 2017. The round matches were played on 20 September 2017.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 75], "content_span": [76, 520]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276648-0007-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Ukrainian Cup, Competition schedule, Round of 16 (1/8)\nIn this round the final 6 representatives from the Premier League will enter the competition along with the 10 teams that advanced from the previous round including 4 teams from the Premier League, 2 teams from the First League and 4 teams from the Second League. The draw was without seeds and was held on 27 September 2017. The round matches were played on 25 October 2017.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 62], "content_span": [63, 438]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276648-0008-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Ukrainian Cup, Competition schedule, Quarterfinals (1/4)\nIn this round advanced 5 representatives from the Premier League, a team from the First League and 2 teams from the Second League. The draw was without seeds and was held on 31 October 2017 in the House of Football, Kiev. The round matches were played on 29 November 2017.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 64], "content_span": [65, 337]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276648-0009-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Ukrainian Cup, Competition schedule, Semifinals (1/2)\nIn this round advanced 3 representatives from the Premier League and a team from the Second League. The draw was without seeds and was held on 2 March 2018. SC Dnipro-1 will play its semifinal game at home as being from the lowest league. The round matches are scheduled to be played on 18 April 2018.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 61], "content_span": [62, 363]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276648-0010-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Ukrainian Cup, Bracket\nThe following is the bracket which the Ukrainian Cup resembled. Numbers in parentheses next to the match score represent the results of a penalty shoot-out.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 30], "content_span": [31, 187]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276648-0011-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Ukrainian Cup, Top goalscorers\nThe competition's top ten goalscorers including qualification rounds. As of 9\u00a0May\u00a02018", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 38], "content_span": [39, 125]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276649-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Ukrainian First League\nThe 2017\u201318 Ukrainian First League was the 27th since its establishment. The competition commenced on 14 July 2017 when Zhemchuzhyna Odesa hosted MFC Mykolaiv. After the completion of Round 22 on 18 November 2017, the competition entered a winter break and resumed the spring session on 18 March 2018 and complete the competition on 19 May 2018.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [30, 30], "content_span": [31, 376]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276649-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Ukrainian First League, Teams\nOn 21 June 2017, it was announced that 16 or 18 teams would play in the competition. This decision was dependent on the possible withdrawal of FC Stal Kamianske from the Premier League. Due to sanctions, FC Dnipro was relegated directly to the Second League which raised a discussion of a promotion possibly of another club to the First League. In addition in the case of the withdrawal of Stal, Desna had an opportunity to be accepted to the Ukrainian Premier League with another ongoing inter-season case (see Desna vs Veres promotion) leaving the First League with 16 participants. On 26 June 2017, FC Stal Kamianske chose to stay in the Premier League, while at same time FC Balkany Zorya was confirmed as the 18th participant of the First League season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 37], "content_span": [38, 796]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276649-0002-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Ukrainian First League, Teams, Promoted teams\nThe following teams have been promoted from the 2016\u201317 Ukrainian Second League:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 53], "content_span": [54, 134]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276649-0003-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Ukrainian First League, Teams, Relegated teams\nThe following team has been relegated from the 2016\u201317 Ukrainian Premier League:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 54], "content_span": [55, 135]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276649-0004-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Ukrainian First League, Stadiums\nThe following stadiums are considered home grounds for the teams in the competition.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 40], "content_span": [41, 125]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276649-0005-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Ukrainian First League, Promotion play-offs\nApart from a break in 2014, the post-season play-offs in the First League have been actively conducted since 2011. However, the promotion play-offs were reintroduced for the first time since the 2001\u201302 season. Teams that placed 10th and 11th in the 2017\u201318 Ukrainian Premier League play two-leg play-offs with the second and third teams of the 2017\u201318 Ukrainian First League. On 11 May 2018, a draw for play-offs took place in the House of Football, Kyiv. The games were played on 23 May and 27 May 2018.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 51], "content_span": [52, 557]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276649-0006-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Ukrainian First League, Awards, The 2017 annual coaching laureates\nThe best coaches were identified by the All-Ukrainian Football Coaches Association.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 74], "content_span": [75, 158]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276650-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Ukrainian First League Reserves\nThe 2017\u201318 Ukrainian Junior Under 19 Championship is the 2nd season of the Ukrainian Junior Under 19 Championship in First League. The competition involved participation of several junior teams of the Professional Football League of Ukraine as well as some other football academies.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [39, 39], "content_span": [40, 323]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276650-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Ukrainian First League Reserves\nDirect administration of the competition belonged to the Youth Football League of Ukraine. The tournament was conducted in cooperation between both Youth Football League and Professional Football League.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [39, 39], "content_span": [40, 243]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276651-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Ukrainian Football Amateur League\nThe 2017\u201318 Ukrainian Football Amateur League season was the 22nd since it replaced the competition of physical culture clubs. The competition started on 5 August 2017.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [41, 41], "content_span": [42, 210]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276651-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Ukrainian Football Amateur League\nOn 1 August 2017, the AAFU at its website announced the \"season's contours\". In explanation, AAFU disclosed that it has intention to conduct the competition in three groups that are split based on geographic principle and start it at the end of that week, while the composition of only two groups was confirmed.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [41, 41], "content_span": [42, 353]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276651-0002-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Ukrainian Football Amateur League, Teams, Withdrawn teams\nList of clubs that took part in last year competition, but chose not to participate in 2017\u201318 season:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [43, 65], "content_span": [66, 168]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276651-0003-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Ukrainian Football Amateur League, Teams, Location map\nThe following displays the location of teams. Group 1 teams marked in red. Group 2 teams marked in green. Group 3 teams marked in blue.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [43, 62], "content_span": [63, 198]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276651-0004-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Ukrainian Football Amateur League, Play-off stage\nOriginally post-season competition structure was acknowledged to be defined by the AAFU Commission in conducting competitions at the end of group stage. On 29 May 2018, AAFU published information about its post-season tournament. According to the information published, the tournament will consist of three stages (quarterfinals, semifinals, and final) and all will consist of a single game. A draw will be conducted to identify semifinal pairs.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [43, 57], "content_span": [58, 503]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276651-0005-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Ukrainian Football Amateur League, Play-off stage, Semifinals\nThe draw for the round is scheduled to be held on 19 June 2018 in the House of Football, Kiev. Game date: 24 June 2018.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [43, 69], "content_span": [70, 189]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276652-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Ukrainian Hockey League season\nThe 2017\u201318 Ukrainian Hockey League season was the 26th season of the Ukrainian Hockey Championship. Six teams participated in the league this season, and HC Donbass won the championship.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [38, 38], "content_span": [39, 226]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276653-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Ukrainian Premier League\nThe 2017\u201318 Ukrainian Premier League season is the 27th top level football club competitions since the fall of the Soviet Union and the tenth since the establishment of the Ukrainian Premier League.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [32, 32], "content_span": [33, 231]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276653-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Ukrainian Premier League\nThe tournament started on 16 July 2017 with the competition set to end on 19 May 2018. The relegation play-offs took place on 23 May and 26 May 2018. The league has scheduled to take its winter intermission after Round 19 on 9\u201310 December 2017 and resume its competition of the Championship with Round 20 on 17 February 2018.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [32, 32], "content_span": [33, 358]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276653-0002-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Ukrainian Premier League\nThe defending champion is the 10-times winner FC Shakhtar Donetsk.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [32, 32], "content_span": [33, 99]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276653-0003-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Ukrainian Premier League\nThe league's last season title sponsor, a bookmaker company Parimatch, withdrew from the sponsorship. On 7 July 2017, Pari-Match announced that it had ended its cooperation with the Ukrainian Premier League.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [32, 32], "content_span": [33, 240]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276653-0004-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Ukrainian Premier League\nBefore the start of the season a scandal arose around promotion between the First League clubs FC Desna Chernihiv and NK Veres Rivne when Veres that placed lower in tournament table was admitted to the Premier League ahead of Desna. Later it was announced that Desna might be promoted as well due to rumors around a financial situation of FC Stal Kamianske. The final decision of the league's composition was adopted at the FFU Conference on 16 June 2017.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [32, 32], "content_span": [33, 488]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276653-0005-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Ukrainian Premier League\nWith the ongoing War in Donbass, the Round 2 games started with a minute of silence to commemorate the warriors of the Armed Forces of Ukraine who had perished in the ATO zone.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [32, 32], "content_span": [33, 209]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276653-0006-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Ukrainian Premier League, Competition format\nOn 28 April 2017, the Ukrainian Premier League administration announced that its General Assembly of participants adopted decision about changes to the competition format and calendar for the next 2017\u201318 season. Before the assembly, the UPL Administration presented to its clubs five variants of competition format.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 52], "content_span": [53, 369]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276653-0007-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Ukrainian Premier League, Competition format\nThe format was confirmed by the FFU Executive Committee on 30 May 2017.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 52], "content_span": [53, 124]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276653-0008-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Ukrainian Premier League, Competition format\nThe draw for the second stage calendar was announced on 10 February and is scheduled to take place three days later on 13 February 2018.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 52], "content_span": [53, 189]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276653-0009-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Ukrainian Premier League, Competition format, Next season changes and a structural reform\nOn 26 October 2017, the magazine \"Futbol\" reported quoting the FFU Executive Committee member Artem Frankov that the Ukrainian Premier League at its next earliest session will review a possibility to expand the league back to 16 teams starting since the 2019\u201320 season. At the same time number of clubs in the Ukrainian First League will be decreased also to 16 teams.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 97], "content_span": [98, 466]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276653-0010-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Ukrainian Premier League, Competition format, Next season changes and a structural reform\nOn 8 November 2017, a conference took place involving officials of the Ukrainian Premier League as well as the Football Federation of Ukraine (FFU) where its participants were discussing a reorganization of competition system in professional and amateur football. A decision about the reform was adopted by the FFU Executive Committee on 20 June 2017.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 97], "content_span": [98, 449]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276653-0011-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Ukrainian Premier League, Teams, Promotions\nTwo teams were promoted to the league (instead of the relegated FC Dnipro and FC Volyn Lutsk):", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 51], "content_span": [52, 146]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276653-0012-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Ukrainian Premier League, Teams, Stadiums\nFive teams play their matches outside of home towns. The minimum threshold for the stadium's capacity in the UPL is 5,000.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 49], "content_span": [50, 172]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276653-0013-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Ukrainian Premier League, First stage, First stage positions by round\nThe following table represents the teams position after each round in the competition played chronologically.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 77], "content_span": [78, 187]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276653-0014-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Ukrainian Premier League, Relegation play-offs\nTeams that placed 10th and 11th in the 2017\u201318 Ukrainian Premier League play two-leg play-off with the second and third teams of the 2017\u201318 Ukrainian First League. On 11 May 2018, a draw for relegation play-offs took place in the House of Football, Kyiv. The games were played on 23 May and 27 May 2018.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 54], "content_span": [55, 359]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276653-0015-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Ukrainian Premier League, Relegation play-offs, Second leg\nFC Poltava won 3\u20131 on aggregate and was promoted to the 2018\u201319 Ukrainian Premier League. Chornomorets Odesa was relegated to the 2018\u201319 Ukrainian First League. But later, the league picked Chornomorets Odesa for the FC Poltava's replacement for the next season after their withdrawal.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 66], "content_span": [67, 353]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276653-0016-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Ukrainian Premier League, Relegation play-offs, Second leg\nDesna Chernihiv won 5\u20131 on aggregate and was promoted to the 2018\u201319 Ukrainian Premier League. Zirka Kropyvnytskyi was relegated to the 2018\u201319 Ukrainian First League.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 66], "content_span": [67, 234]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276653-0017-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Ukrainian Premier League, Awards, The 2017 Coach of the Year award\nThe best coaches were identified by the All-Ukrainian Football Coaches Association.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 74], "content_span": [75, 158]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276653-0018-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Ukrainian Premier League, Season's incidents, Desna vs Veres promotion\nOn 1 June 2017, it was announced that second-placed club FC Desna Chernihiv was denied a license to play in the top division. The argument was that the club was not able to provide guarantees for an adequate financing of infrastructure. The license was received by NK Veres Rivne, the third-placed team during the last season in the second-tier division.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 78], "content_span": [79, 433]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276653-0019-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Ukrainian Premier League, Season's incidents, Desna vs Veres promotion\nBoth clubs FC Desna Chernihiv and NK Veres Rivne did not play at their home stadiums in the 2016\u201317 Ukrainian First League. The first one played in Kyiv at the Obolon Arena, while the other one played in Varash, at the Izotop Stadium of the Rivne Nuclear Power Plant. The administration of Desna released a letter of protest before a meeting of FFU representatives. In protest, the Desna administration announced that the club would not play its final game of the season against FC Illichivets Mariupol, but later relented. Nonetheless, during the game, players of both teams expressed their protest on the field in a special way: when the whistle was blown the players, instead of starting play, were demonstratively standing around yet kicking a ball.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 78], "content_span": [79, 832]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276653-0020-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Ukrainian Premier League, Season's incidents, Desna vs Veres promotion\nOn 2 June 2017, upon conclusion of its conference the UPL administration announced about the final composition of the league and calendar for the upcoming season. The conference confirmed the admission of Veres to the league and the only club that voted against was FC Dynamo Kyiv, while six votes were for decision and three (including FC Zorya Luhansk) abstained. On 2 June 2017, the Desna fans were picketing the House of Football in Kyiv after they arrived on four buses from Chernihiv.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 78], "content_span": [79, 569]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276653-0021-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Ukrainian Premier League, Season's incidents, Desna vs Veres promotion\nOn 7 June 2017, sports media UA-Football requested from Football Federation of Ukraine and FC Desna Chernihiv to publish related documents to have better understanding over the situation and come to some kind of closure on the subject.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 78], "content_span": [79, 314]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276653-0022-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Ukrainian Premier League, Season's incidents, Desna vs Veres promotion\nNumber of football experts negatively commented on the situation, while the PFC Sumy head coach Anatoliy Bezsmertnyi stated that tomorrow these sports functionaries in such way will make Veres the national champions. The former PFL president Svyatoslav Syrota said that the FFU vice-president is lying about Desna problems. President of FC Inhulets Petrove, Oleksandr Porovoznyuk, called on other clubs to withdraw their teams from the league in support for FC Desna Chernihiv. President of FC Hirnyk-Sport Horishni Plavni Petro Kaplun stated that it makes him laugh when the president of Veres Oleksiy Khakhlev asks to follow the regulations.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 78], "content_span": [79, 722]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276653-0022-0001", "contents": "2017\u201318 Ukrainian Premier League, Season's incidents, Desna vs Veres promotion\nHe points out that last season Veres was admitted to the Second League with complete disregard to the season's regulations. Kaplun also called on the FFU authorities to pay attention to what owners of professional clubs have to say as they have a right to express their vote of confidence for the FFU leadership.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 78], "content_span": [79, 391]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276653-0023-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Ukrainian Premier League, Season's incidents, Mariupol vs Dynamo (security issues)\nAnother issue relating to the Russian military intervention in Ukraine became serious when FC Dynamo Kyiv failed to arrive to Mariupol for the away game against FC Mariupol on 27 August 2017.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 90], "content_span": [91, 282]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276653-0024-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Ukrainian Premier League, Season's incidents, Mariupol vs Dynamo (security issues)\nThe issue was ongoing ever since the end of previous season when on 2 June 2017 FC Mariupol's promotion to the Ukrainian Premier League became official. On 3 June 2017 the vice president of Dynamo Serhiy Mokhnyk officially announced that the club will not travel for a game in Mariupol city as it is difficult to present guarantees in security due the fact that the city is located near a frontline (about 23\u201325\u00a0km (14\u201316\u00a0mi), see War in Donbass). The vice president also offered to conduct the game on a neutral field such as Dnipro Arena. Few days later in more details the same announcement was repeated by Ihor Surkis who also added that if he will receive documented security guarantees, he will send his team to Mariupol.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 90], "content_span": [91, 818]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276653-0025-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Ukrainian Premier League, Season's incidents, Mariupol vs Dynamo (security issues)\nThe leadership of the Football Federation of Ukraine (FFU) in a face of Andriy Pavelko right away expressed its opposition for the Dynamo's statement. The president of FFU made an emphasis that the game in Mariupol is an important component of uniting policy on national scale. He also underlined that there is no danger in conducting the game in Mariupol.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 90], "content_span": [91, 447]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276653-0026-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Ukrainian Premier League, Season's incidents, Mariupol vs Dynamo (security issues)\nDuring preparation for the next season the issue was moved to background. However, when the season started on 16 July 2017, the issue surfaced again. About a week later, on 24 July 2017, Dynamo received recommendation letter from the Ministry of Interior and the Security Service of Ukraine where it was urged not to travel to Mariupol for a game. The same day Dynamo published its own letter addressed to the Football Federation of Ukraine and Ukrainian Premier League petitioning to transfer the Round 7 game against Mariupol scheduled on 27 August 2017 to another city. Two days later, on 26 July 2017, almost at the same time both the Minister of Interior (Arsen Avakov) and the President of UPL (Volodymyr Heninson) made public announcements assuring in safety of conducting football games in the littoral city of the Sea of Azov.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 90], "content_span": [91, 926]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276653-0027-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Ukrainian Premier League, Season's incidents, Mariupol vs Dynamo (security issues)\nThroughout the rest of month of July two games took place in Mariupol. Until August FC Karpaty Lviv supported the position of Dynamo. Eventually to this \"stand off\" became involved the general manager of FC Shakhtar Donetsk Serhiy Palkin, while the television channel \"Football\" launched a wide informational campaign in support to conduct the game. For example, during one of the channel's broadcasting the president of Football Federation of Mariupol city called Hryhoriy Surkis the \"main football separatist\" and offered him to resolve the issue through Viktor Medvedchuk and the president of the aggressor state (Vladimir Putin). On 11 August 2017, the Deputy director of National Police in Donetsk Oblast wrote an official letter to the Football Federation of Ukraine with security guarantees for all games in Mariupol. Finally the game between FC Mariupol and FC Karpaty took place on August 13 in Mariupol.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 90], "content_span": [91, 1004]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276653-0028-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Ukrainian Premier League, Season's incidents, Mariupol vs Dynamo (security issues)\nOn 18 August 2017, FFU issued a press release where it denied the petition of Dynamo in transferring the game. The session of the FFU Executive Committee that had took place on 22 August 2017 should have solved the problem.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 90], "content_span": [91, 314]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276653-0029-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Ukrainian Premier League, Season's incidents, Mariupol vs Dynamo (security issues)\nFollowing no show of Dynamo to the game with FC Mariupol on 27 August 2017, FC Mariupol issued a press release where it accused its opponents in attempt to discredit the football club from Mariupol. On 14 November 2017, The Appeal Committee of the Football Federation of Ukraine did not satisfy the Dynamo appeal and counted the team's technical defeat.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 90], "content_span": [91, 444]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276653-0030-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Ukrainian Premier League, Season's incidents, Mariupol vs Dynamo (security issues)\nOn 19 February 2018, the Court of Arbitration for Sport in Lausanne declined all claims of Dynamo to the Football Federation of Ukraine in relations to the \"Mariupol case\".", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 90], "content_span": [91, 263]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276653-0031-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Ukrainian Premier League, Season's incidents, Mariupol vs Dynamo (security issues)\nOn 28 February 2018, the Ukrainian Premier League has officially updated its standings in correspondence to the earlier decision of the FFU CDC of 11 September 2017.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 90], "content_span": [91, 256]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276653-0032-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Ukrainian Premier League, Season's incidents, Relocation of teams\nDue to the 2014 Russian invasion of Ukraine some football clubs were forced to be dissolved, other moved away to other cities in Ukraine. Among the UPL teams, teams from Donetsk, Olimpik and Shakhtar, moved to Kiev, Zorya Luhansk moved to Zaporizhia, teams from the Autonomous Republic of Crimea, Tavriya and Sevastopol, were dissolved. The relocated teams did not hurry with their change of place of registry in hope to be able to return home in near future.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 73], "content_span": [74, 533]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276653-0033-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Ukrainian Premier League, Season's incidents, Relocation of teams\nIn 2018 Shakhtar has officially changed its place of registry from Donetsk to Mariupol.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 73], "content_span": [74, 161]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276653-0034-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Ukrainian Premier League, Season's incidents, Relocation of teams\nDuring the season several clubs (Shakhtar, Stal, and Veres) changed their city registration for various reasons and informed the Football Federation of Ukraine that since the next season will represent other cities.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 73], "content_span": [74, 289]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276653-0035-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Ukrainian Premier League, Season's incidents, 2018 UPL presidential elections\nThe 2018 presidential elections of the Ukrainian Premier League took place on 6 April 2018. The current president Volodymyr Heninson that serves as the president since February 2016 announced that he will not run for president in 2018. Among possible candidates specialists note a Swiss lawyer Thomas Grimm or Joe Palmer from AFC Wimbledon. As of 26 March 2018, a day before deadline for submitting candidacy for election, there is only Thomas Grimm whose candidacy was submitted by FC Oleksandriya on 22 March 2018. On 6 April 2018, Thomas Grimm was elected as a new president with 10 votes for and 2 abstained.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 85], "content_span": [86, 698]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276653-0036-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Ukrainian Premier League, Season's incidents, Prospective disciplinary sanctions\nAccording to FootballHub, in March the FFU Disciplinary Committee prosecuted the Olimpik's junior teams U-19 and U-21 for game fixing. Earlier the CDC chairman, Francesco Baranca, underlined that Olimpik won't participate in European competitions if its junior teams will be disqualified.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 88], "content_span": [89, 377]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276653-0037-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Ukrainian Premier League, Season's incidents, Prospective disciplinary sanctions\nFC Vorskla Poltava could have problems with the league's attestation for next season for debts to its former players. Another UPL player submitted his claim to the FFU CDC against its former club FC Stal Kamianske.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 88], "content_span": [89, 303]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276654-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Ukrainian Premier League Under-21 and Under-19\nThe 2017\u201318 Ukrainian Premier League Reserves and Under 19 season are competitions between the reserves of Ukrainian Premier League Clubs and the Under 19s.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 54], "section_span": [54, 54], "content_span": [55, 211]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276654-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Ukrainian Premier League Under-21 and Under-19\nThe events in the senior leagues during the 2016\u201317 season saw Dnipro Reserves and Volyn Lutsk Reserves be relegated with Veres RivneReserves and Mariupol Reserves entering the competition.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 54], "section_span": [54, 54], "content_span": [55, 244]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276655-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Ukrainian Second League\nThe 2017\u201318 Ukrainian Second League was the 27th season since its establishment. The competition commenced on 14 July 2017. The league returned to the multiple group competition format after it was abandoned in 2013. Final composition of the league was approved at the PFL Conference on 21 June 2017.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [31, 31], "content_span": [32, 332]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276655-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Ukrainian Second League\nThe current season competition is in a triple round robin format for each group.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [31, 31], "content_span": [32, 112]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276655-0002-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Ukrainian Second League\nGroup A commenced their winter break after the Round 7 postponed match was played on 12 November 2017. Group B will begin their winter break after the completion of Round 22 on 19 November 2017. Group B competitions resumed the spring session on 30 March 2018 and Group A on 31 March 2018.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [31, 31], "content_span": [32, 321]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276655-0003-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Ukrainian Second League, Teams\nOn 21 June 2017, it was announced that 25 teams will play in two divisions, but later FC Balkany Zorya was transferred to the 2017\u201318 Ukrainian First League and FC Cherkaskyi Dnipro-2 withdrew from the competition, leaving 23 teams in the field.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 38], "content_span": [39, 284]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276655-0004-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Ukrainian Second League, Teams, Promoted teams\nThe following six teams were promoted from the 2016\u201317 Ukrainian Football Amateur League:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 54], "content_span": [55, 144]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276655-0005-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Ukrainian Second League, Teams, Relegated teams\nOne team was relegated from the 2016\u201317 Ukrainian Premier League, according to the FIFA sanctions:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 55], "content_span": [56, 154]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276655-0006-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Ukrainian Second League, Teams, Relegated teams\nThe following teams were relegated from the 2016\u201317 Ukrainian First League.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 55], "content_span": [56, 131]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276655-0007-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Ukrainian Second League, Teams, Location map\nThe following map displays the location of teams. Group A teams marked in red. Group B teams marked in green.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 52], "content_span": [53, 162]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276655-0008-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Ukrainian Second League, Group A, Results\nDue to withdrawal of FC Ternopil, after the first full round the season calendar for Group A was redrawn on 7 September.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 49], "content_span": [50, 170]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276655-0009-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Ukrainian Second League, Championship game\nOn 1 December 2017, at a session of the PFL council of leagues a decision was made to conduct a Championship game between winners of Group A and Group B. The championship game was played as a single game held on a neutral field. Ahrobiznes won the Second League Group A and qualified for the Championship game on 12 May 2018. On the same day, Dnipro-1 secured the Group B champion title after a win over FC Nikopol.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 50], "content_span": [51, 466]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276655-0010-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Ukrainian Second League, Championship game\nAhrobiznes Volochysk are crowned Champions of the Ukrainian Second League for the 2017\u201318 season", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 50], "content_span": [51, 147]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276655-0011-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Ukrainian Second League, Awards, The 2017 annual coaching laureates\nThe best coaches were identified by the All-Ukrainian Football Coaches Association.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 75], "content_span": [76, 159]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276656-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Under 20 Elite League\nThe 2017\u201318 Under 20 Elite League was a football tournament for national under-20 football teams. It was the first edition of the Under 20 Elite League tournament.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [29, 29], "content_span": [30, 193]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276656-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Under 20 Elite League\nThe tournament was announced by the German Football Association (DFB) on 23 January 2017 as an expansion of the Under-20 Four Nations Tournament. DFB's Sporting Director Horst Hrubesch described the formation of the competition as an \"important step\" in player development and hoped to encourage the public to take an interest in U-20 games. Each participating team played seven games on FIFA International Match Calendar.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [29, 29], "content_span": [30, 452]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276656-0002-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Under 20 Elite League\nThe tournament was age restricted and only players born on or after 1 January 1997 were eligible.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [29, 29], "content_span": [30, 127]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276657-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 United Arab Emirates Tri-Nation Series\nThe 2017\u201318 United Arab Emirates Tri-Nation Series was a cricket tournament that took place in January 2018 in the United Arab Emirates. It was a tri-nation series between Ireland, Scotland and the United Arab Emirates, with all the matches played as One Day Internationals (ODIs). The matches were in preparation for the 2018 Cricket World Cup Qualifier, which was held in Zimbabwe in March 2018. Ireland won the series after winning all four of their matches, finishing with a 24-run victory against Scotland. Scotland and the United Arab Emirates won one match each, both finishing with two points, with Scotland finishing in second place on net run rate.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [46, 46], "content_span": [47, 705]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276657-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 United Arab Emirates Tri-Nation Series, Squads\nRichie Berrington replaced Kyle Coetzer as Scotland's captain for their first two matches, as Coetzer was completing a coaching qualification.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [48, 54], "content_span": [55, 197]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276658-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 United Counties League\nThe 2017\u201318 United Counties League season (known as the 2017\u201318 ChromaSport & Trophies United Counties League for sponsorship reasons) was the 111th in the history of the United Counties League, a football competition in England.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [30, 30], "content_span": [31, 260]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276658-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 United Counties League\nThe constitution for Step 5 and Step 6 divisions for 2017\u201318 was announced on 26 May 2017.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [30, 30], "content_span": [31, 121]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276658-0002-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 United Counties League, Premier Division\nThe Premier Division featured 19 clubs which competed in the division last season, along with three new clubs:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 48], "content_span": [49, 159]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276658-0003-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 United Counties League, Division One\nDivision One featured 16 clubs which competed in the division last season, along with four new clubs:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 44], "content_span": [45, 146]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276659-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 United States national rugby sevens team season\nThe 2017\u201318 United States national rugby sevens team season included both the 2017\u201318 World Rugby Sevens Series and the 2018 Rugby World Cup Sevens. The season began badly. In the first tournament of the 2017\u201318 World Rugby Sevens Series in Dubai, 2017 World Rugby Player of the Year Perry Baker suffered a concussion, and the United States team limped to a last place finish. The U.S. improved from that point on, reaching the semifinals of the Australia Sevens.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 55], "section_span": [55, 55], "content_span": [56, 519]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276659-0000-0001", "contents": "2017\u201318 United States national rugby sevens team season\nThe team then won the 2018 USA Sevens, the first time the U.S. won their home tournament, boosted in large part by Perry Baker, who led all scorers with 8 tries. Baker, along with forwards Ben Pinkelman and Danny Barrett all made the tournament Dream Team. Overall the team displayed inconsistent performances, reaching the Cup semifinals three times, but also failing to qualify for the cup quarterfinals three times. Despite the inconsistent play, the U.S. finished sixth overall.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 55], "section_span": [55, 55], "content_span": [56, 538]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276659-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 United States national rugby sevens team season, 2017\u201318 World Sevens Series, Player statistics\nThe following table shows the leading players for the U.S. after the 2017\u201318 Sevens Series season. Among all World Series, players, Isles ranked first in tries scored with 49, and Baker ranked fifth with 37. Ben Pinkelman ranked fourth in tackles with 124 and fourth in matches played with 58.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 55], "section_span": [57, 103], "content_span": [104, 397]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276659-0002-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 United States national rugby sevens team season, 2017\u201318 World Sevens Series, 2018 USA Sevens\nThe United States won the tournament by beating Argentina 28\u20130 in the final. This was the first time that the United States won its home tournament. USA's Perry Baker led the tournament with 8 tries and 11 breaks. Baker, Pinkelman, and Barrett were all named to the seven-man tournament Dream Team.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 55], "section_span": [57, 101], "content_span": [102, 400]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276659-0003-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 United States national rugby sevens team season, 2017\u201318 World Sevens Series, 2018 USA Sevens\nWith the U.S. finishing out the game with a lineup that included Isles (wing), Baker (center), Williams (fly-half) and Aljiboori (forward), it is believed that this is the first time the U.S. has fielded a team where the majority of players are African-American.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 55], "section_span": [57, 101], "content_span": [102, 364]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276659-0004-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 United States national rugby sevens team season, 2018 Rugby World Cup Sevens\n{{Round4-with third|RD2=5th Place Final|Consol=7th Place|22 July 2018 \u2013 11:56 \u2013 AT&T Park|\u00a0Scotland | 0 |\u00a0United States | 28|22 July 2018 \u2013 12:18 \u2013 AT&T Park|\u00a0Argentina | 26 |\u00a0France | 15|22 July 2018 \u2013 17:02 \u2013 AT&T Park", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 55], "section_span": [57, 84], "content_span": [85, 305]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276660-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 United States network television schedule\nThe 2017\u201318 network television schedule for the five major English-language commercial broadcast networks in the United States covers prime time hours from September 2017 to August 2018. The schedule is followed by a list per network of returning series, new series, and series canceled after the 2016\u201317 season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 49], "section_span": [49, 49], "content_span": [50, 362]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276660-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 United States network television schedule\nNBC was the first to announce its fall schedule, on May 14, 2017, followed by Fox on May 15, ABC on May 16, CBS on May 17, and The CW on May 18, 2017. NBC adjusted its schedule on May 30, 2017.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 49], "section_span": [49, 49], "content_span": [50, 243]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276660-0002-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 United States network television schedule\nPBS is not included; member television stations have local flexibility over most of their schedules and broadcast times for network shows may vary. Ion Television and MyNetworkTV are also not included since both networks' schedules consist of syndicated reruns (with limited original programming on the former). The CW does not air network programming on weekend nights. However, they would return to programming a two-hour Sunday night schedule the following season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 49], "section_span": [49, 49], "content_span": [50, 517]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276660-0003-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 United States network television schedule\nNew series are highlighted in bold. All times are U.S. Eastern and Pacific Time (except for some live sports or events). Subtract one hour for Central, Mountain, Alaska, and Hawaii-Aleutian times.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 49], "section_span": [49, 49], "content_span": [50, 246]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276660-0004-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 United States network television schedule\nEach of the 30 highest-rated shows is listed with its rank and rating as determined by Nielsen Media Research.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 49], "section_span": [49, 49], "content_span": [50, 160]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276661-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 United States network television schedule (daytime)\nThe 2017\u201318 daytime network television schedule for four of the five major English-language commercial broadcast networks in the United States covers the weekday daytime hours from September 2017 to August 2018. The schedule is followed by a list per network of returning series, and any series canceled after the 2016\u201317 season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 59], "section_span": [59, 59], "content_span": [60, 389]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276661-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 United States network television schedule (daytime)\nAffiliates fill time periods not occupied by network programs with local or syndicated programming. PBS \u2013 which offers daytime programming through a children's program block, PBS Kids \u2013 is not included, as its member television stations have local flexibility over most of their schedules and broadcast times for network shows may vary. Also not included are stations affiliated with Fox (as the network does not air a daytime network schedule or network news), MyNetworkTV (as the programming service also does not offer daytime programs of any kind), and Ion Television (as its schedule consists mainly of syndicated reruns).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 59], "section_span": [59, 59], "content_span": [60, 687]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276662-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 United States network television schedule (late night)\nThese are the late night schedules for the four United States broadcast networks that offer programming during this time period, starting September, 2017. All times are Eastern or Pacific. Affiliates will fill non-network schedule with local, syndicated, or paid programming. Affiliates also have the option to preempt or delay network programming at their discretion.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 62], "section_span": [62, 62], "content_span": [63, 431]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276663-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 United States political sexual scandals\nThe 2017\u201318 United States political sexual scandals include multiple allegations of sexual misconduct, including sexual harassment and sexual assault, and subsequent firings and resignations of American politicians in 2017 and 2018. Some of these allegations are linked to the aftermath of the Harvey Weinstein sexual abuse allegations starting in October 2017.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 47], "section_span": [47, 47], "content_span": [48, 409]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276663-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 United States political sexual scandals, Executive branch, Donald Trump\nOn January 12, 2018, The Wall Street Journal reported that Donald Trump's personal lawyer, Michael Cohen paid porn star Stormy Daniels $130,000 in October 2016, shortly before the presidential election, as hush money to deny having had an affair with Trump in 2006. The Wall Street Journal elaborated that the payment was done that month to a representative of Daniels via a private company established in Delaware by Cohen. At the time, Clifford was reportedly in talks to share her account with Good Morning America and Slate. Cohen has denied the existence of an affair on behalf of Trump; he also produced a letter allegedly signed by Daniels denying both the affair and the payment of hush money.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 47], "section_span": [49, 79], "content_span": [80, 781]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276663-0002-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 United States political sexual scandals, Executive branch, Donald Trump\nOn January 17, 2018, In Touch Weekly published excerpts of a 2011 interview of Daniels alleging a 2006 extramarital affair with Trump. The magazine describes her account as being supported by a polygraph and corroborated by both her friend and her ex-husband.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 47], "section_span": [49, 79], "content_span": [80, 339]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276663-0003-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 United States political sexual scandals, Executive branch, Donald Trump\nThe political watchdog group Common Cause filed a complaint on January 22, 2018, calling on the Federal Election Commission and U.S. Department of Justice to investigate if the reported payout violated campaign finance rules. In response to this complaint, Cohen said that he had given $130,000 to Daniels from his own pocket, that it was for matters unrelated to the Trump campaign or Trump Organization, and that he was not reimbursed for the payment.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 47], "section_span": [49, 79], "content_span": [80, 533]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276663-0004-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 United States political sexual scandals, Executive branch, Donald Trump\nOn August 21, 2018, Donald Trump's personal lawyer, Cohen, pleaded guilty to eight counts of tax evasion, bank fraud and campaign finance violations. Two of them were related to hush-money payments made to Stormy Daniels and Karen McDougal. Cohen entered his plea months after his office and hotel room were raided by the FBI. On December 12, 2018, Cohen was sentenced to three years in prison.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 47], "section_span": [49, 79], "content_span": [80, 474]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276663-0005-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 United States political sexual scandals, Executive branch, Donald Trump\nIn February 2018, The New Yorker's Ronan Farrow wrote about an alleged affair between Trump and Playboy model Karen McDougal, as well as the \"catch and kill\" procedure of the purchase and withholding of the story by American Media, Inc. (AMI), largely corroborating a 2016 report in The Wall Street Journal, except that the affair had gone on for nine months. The story was based on McDougal's handwritten memoirs of the affair, which McDougal's friend passed to Farrow. McDougal confirmed to Farrow that she had written the memoirs.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 47], "section_span": [49, 79], "content_span": [80, 613]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276663-0005-0001", "contents": "2017\u201318 United States political sexual scandals, Executive branch, Donald Trump\nFarrow quotes the memoirs as stating that McDougal first met Trump in June 2006 at a party hosted by Hugh Hefner at the Playboy Mansion. Trump kept in contact with McDougal, and they had sex on the first date. During the affair, she met members of his family and he promised to buy her an apartment in New York. To avoid \"paper trails\", Trump had McDougal pay for flight and hotel expenses when she flew to meet him, then he reimbursed her. McDougal ended the affair in April 2007 due to guilt and being offended by some of Trump's comments.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 47], "section_span": [49, 79], "content_span": [80, 621]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276663-0006-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 United States political sexual scandals, Executive branch, Donald Trump\nMcDougal declined to discuss details of the alleged affair due to her agreement with AMI, but she told Farrow that she regretted signing that agreement, saying, \"It took my rights away... I don't know what I'm allowed to talk about. I'm afraid to even mention his name.\" Farrow also wrote that AMI CEO/Chairman David Pecker has a \"favorite tactic\" of buying \"a story in order to bury it\". AMI said it did not publish McDougal's story as it was not credible, and a spokesperson for the White House denied the affair.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 47], "section_span": [49, 79], "content_span": [80, 595]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276663-0007-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 United States political sexual scandals, Executive branch, Donald Trump\nOn March 22, 2018, McDougal was interviewed by Anderson Cooper on AC360 in which she detailed her alleged affair with Trump. In the interview McDougal said that Trump tried to give her money after they first had sex. She also stated that their relationship lasted ten months and that she visited Trump \"many dozens of times\".", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 47], "section_span": [49, 79], "content_span": [80, 405]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276663-0008-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 United States political sexual scandals, Executive branch, Donald Trump\nIn March 2018, McDougal filed a lawsuit against American Media, Inc. in Los Angeles Superior Court, aiming to invalidate the non-disclosure agreement. On April 19, 2018, American Media, Inc. settled with McDougal; the settlement allows her to speak about the alleged affair.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 47], "section_span": [49, 79], "content_span": [80, 354]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276663-0009-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 United States political sexual scandals, Executive branch, Donald Trump\nIn July 2018, The New York Times reported that two months before the 2016 presidential election, Trump's personal lawyer, Michael Cohen, had secretly recorded a conversation between him and Trump regarding paying McDougal. Another personal lawyer to Trump, Rudy Giuliani, said that Trump did not know of the recording, and gave two versions of the topic of conversation, saying firstly that the discussion was planning to pay McDougal directly, and secondly that it was about planning to pay American Media Inc. (AMI) for the rights to McDougal's story. This appeared to contradict a previous claim by Trump's campaign spokeswoman Hope Hicks days before the election when she responded to the report by The Wall Street Journal about AMI's payment to McDougal that \"we have no knowledge of any of this.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 47], "section_span": [49, 79], "content_span": [80, 882]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276663-0010-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 United States political sexual scandals, Executive branch, Rob Porter\nPorter resigned from the position of White House Staff Secretary on February 7, 2018, following public allegations of spousal abuse from his two ex-wives. The allegations were supported by photographs of a black eye (which Porter claimed he took) and a restraining order. Porter has said the allegations are false and are part of a \"coordinated smear campaign\".", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 47], "section_span": [49, 77], "content_span": [78, 439]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276663-0011-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 United States political sexual scandals, Executive branch, David Sorensen\nThe Republican White House Speechwriter, resigned as a result of allegations by his ex-wife, that he was violent and emotionally abusive during their turbulent 2\u00bd year marriage. Sorensen denied the charges, but left his position.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 47], "section_span": [49, 81], "content_span": [82, 311]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276663-0012-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 United States political sexual scandals, United States Senate, Al Franken\nUnited States Senator Al Franken of Minnesota, on November 16, 2017, was accused by media personality Leeann Tweeden, who wrote in a blog post that during a USO tour in 2006, Franken forcibly kissed her without her consent as part of a rehearsal for a USO skit. She wrote that he \"put his hand on the back of my head, mashed his lips against mine and aggressively stuck his tongue in my mouth ... I felt disgusted and violated.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 47], "section_span": [49, 81], "content_span": [82, 510]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276663-0012-0001", "contents": "2017\u201318 United States political sexual scandals, United States Senate, Al Franken\nFranken was also photographed appearing to grope her breasts while she was seated and sleeping on an aircraft wearing Interceptor Body Armor and a helmet. In response Franken said, \"I certainly don't remember the rehearsal for the skit in the same way, but I send my sincerest apologies to Leeann ... As to the photo, it was clearly intended to be funny but wasn't. I shouldn't have done it.\" A few hours later, Franken issued a longer apology, which Tweeden accepted.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 47], "section_span": [49, 81], "content_span": [82, 550]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276663-0013-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 United States political sexual scandals, United States Senate, Al Franken\nSenate leaders Mitch McConnell and Chuck Schumer sent the information to the Senate Ethics Committee for review, a decision supported by members of both parties including Franken himself. The next day, Abby Honold, who had worked with Franken to introduce legislation that would provide training to law enforcement interviewing victims of trauma, requested that Franken withdraw his name as the sponsor of that bill. Honold was raped by a former Franken intern. Franken complied and Senator Amy Klobuchar took over the bill's sponsorship.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 47], "section_span": [49, 81], "content_span": [82, 620]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276663-0014-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 United States political sexual scandals, United States Senate, Al Franken\nOn November 20, 2017, Lindsay Menz accused Franken of touching her clothed buttocks while the two posed for a photo at the Minnesota State Fair in 2010. In a statement responding to the allegation, Franken said, \"I take thousands of photos at the state fair surrounded by hundreds of people, and I certainly don't remember taking this picture. I feel badly that Ms. Menz came away from our interaction feeling disrespected.\" Later, two more women accused Franken of similar misconduct during political events in 2007 and 2008, incidents Franken said he also did not remember.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 47], "section_span": [49, 81], "content_span": [82, 657]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276663-0014-0001", "contents": "2017\u201318 United States political sexual scandals, United States Senate, Al Franken\nSome liberal groups and commentators, including the Indivisible movement and Sally Kohn, called on Franken to resign because of these allegations. Franken issued another apology on November 23, 2017, stating, \"I've met tens of thousands of people and taken thousands of photographs, often in crowded and chaotic situations. I'm a warm person; I hug people. I've learned from recent stories that in some of those encounters, I crossed a line for some women \u2014 and I know that any number is too many.\" A fifth woman, Stephanie Kemplin, alleged Franken touched her breast while posing for a photo with her during a 2003 USO tour. She is the second person to allege that such behavior took place while Franken was on a USO tour.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 47], "section_span": [49, 81], "content_span": [82, 805]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276663-0015-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 United States political sexual scandals, United States Senate, Al Franken\nOn December 7, he announced his plan to resign from the Senate.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 47], "section_span": [49, 81], "content_span": [82, 145]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276663-0016-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 United States political sexual scandals, United States House of Representatives, Joe Barton\nRepublican Party (R) United States Representative Joe Barton from the Texas' 6th District and member of the conservative Freedom Caucus was found to have sent videos of himself masturbating to several women on the internet two years before divorcing from his second wife. Barton apologized and vowed to remain in congress and even fight the charges. A week later, Tea Party organizer Kelly Canon corroborated the stories by revealing that Barton had once asked if she was wearing panties and made other sexual references while he was still married. Barton finally announced he would not seek re-election (2017).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 47], "section_span": [49, 99], "content_span": [100, 711]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276663-0017-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 United States political sexual scandals, United States House of Representatives, John Conyers\nDean of the United States House of Representatives Congressman John Conyers (D) of Michigan was found to have allegedly paid a settlement of $27,000 to a former member of his staff, who had accused him of sexual assault. BuzzFeed reported on this settlement on November 20, 2017, based on documents from Mike Cernovich including accounts of other ethical concerns associated with Conyers's office such as sexual harassment of other female staffers. Conyers responded to these reports, saying, \"In our country, we strive to honor this fundamental principle that all are entitled to due process. In this case, I expressly and vehemently denied the allegations made against me, and continue to do so. My office resolved the allegations\u00a0\u2014 with an express denial of liability\u00a0\u2014 in order to save all involved from the rigors of protracted litigation.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 47], "section_span": [49, 101], "content_span": [102, 947]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276663-0018-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 United States political sexual scandals, United States House of Representatives, John Conyers\nOn November 21, 2017, the House Ethics Committee launched an investigation into multiple sexual harassment allegations against Conyers. Reports of a second woman accusing Conyers of sexual harassment appeared later in November 2017. House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi, who had initially stated that Conyers was an \"icon\" and had done a great deal to protect women, called upon Conyers to resign, and called the allegations against him \"very credible\", as did House Assistant Democratic Leader Jim Clyburn.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 47], "section_span": [49, 101], "content_span": [102, 607]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276663-0019-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 United States political sexual scandals, United States House of Representatives, Keith Ellison\nCongressman Keith Ellison (D) of Minnesota, who was retiring from his seat to run for Minnesota Attorney General, was accused by an ex-girlfriend, Karen Monahan, of domestic abuse against her. Her son later revealed he had seen text messages claiming Ellison threatened her, along with video footage of him dragging her off a bed by her feet while she was screaming profanities. Ellison denied the allegations against him, and went on to win the Attorney General election. A Democratic Party internal investigation declared itself unable to substantiate the allegations, which were referred to police.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 47], "section_span": [49, 102], "content_span": [103, 704]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276663-0020-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 United States political sexual scandals, United States House of Representatives, Blake Farenthold\nCongressman Blake Farenthold (R) of Texas was discovered to have paid $84,000 to a former member of his staff after she accused him of sexually assaulting her.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 47], "section_span": [49, 105], "content_span": [106, 265]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276663-0021-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 United States political sexual scandals, United States House of Representatives, Blake Farenthold\nHe announced his retirement on December 15. On April 6, 2018, however, Farenthold abruptly resigned from Congress.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 47], "section_span": [49, 105], "content_span": [106, 220]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276663-0022-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 United States political sexual scandals, United States House of Representatives, Trent Franks\nIt was reported on December 7, 2017, that Congressman Trent Franks (R) of Arizona was the subject of a House Ethics Committee investigation over allegations of improper conduct. On December 7, 2017, Franks announced that he would resign on December 8, 2017. According to a report in The Washington Post, Franks and his wife were struggling with infertility and Franks had asked two female staffers if they would consider serving as surrogate mothers for Franks and his wife. Franks maintained that he never \"physically intimidated, coerced, or had, or attempted to have, any sexual contact with any member of my congressional staff.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 47], "section_span": [49, 101], "content_span": [102, 735]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276663-0023-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 United States political sexual scandals, United States House of Representatives, Alcee Hastings\nA former staff member of Congressman Alcee Hastings (D) of Florida filed a lawsuit against him and the Helsinki Commission (which Alcee was a part of) for alleged sexual assault. Ultimately, Hastings was released from the lawsuit, but the Helsinki Commission was deemed liable and had to pay $200,000. On December 8, 2017, it was discovered that $200,000 in taxpayer money were used to pay for the lawsuit.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 47], "section_span": [49, 103], "content_span": [104, 510]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276663-0024-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 United States political sexual scandals, United States House of Representatives, Ruben Kihuen\nCongressman Ruben Kihuen of Nevada (D) was accused by a former staffer on the Kihuen campaign of repeatedly propositioning her for dates and sex. When asked about the accusations, Kihuen said, \"I sincerely apologize for anything that I may have said or done that made her feel uncomfortable.\u201d The chair of the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee, Ben Ray Luj\u00e1n, and Nancy Pelosi, said that he should resign.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 47], "section_span": [49, 101], "content_span": [102, 517]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276663-0025-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 United States political sexual scandals, United States House of Representatives, Ruben Kihuen\nOn December 16, he announced he would not seek re-election.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 47], "section_span": [49, 101], "content_span": [102, 161]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276663-0026-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 United States political sexual scandals, United States House of Representatives, Eric Massa\nIt was revealed that secret payments, totaling $100,000, had been made to two men who had accused Democratic Congressman Eric Massa of New York of sexually harassing them. Massa resigned from Congress in 2010 after being accused of sexually harassing male members of his staff.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 47], "section_span": [49, 99], "content_span": [100, 377]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276663-0027-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 United States political sexual scandals, United States House of Representatives, Pat Meehan\nOn January 20, 2018, it was revealed that Republican Congressman Pat Meehan of Pennsylvania used taxpayers money to settle a sexual harassment claim brought by a former member of staff. Meehan also allegedly grew hostile after the alleged victim rejected his advances. Meehan was soon removed from the U.S. House Ethics Committee and announced he would retire at the end of his term.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 47], "section_span": [49, 99], "content_span": [100, 483]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276663-0028-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 United States political sexual scandals, United States House of Representatives, Timothy F. Murphy\nUS Representative Timothy F. Murphy was married and an outspoken opponent of abortion; however, he was revealed to have strongly encourage his mistress to get an abortion when she became pregnant. Before an investigation could begin, Murphy resigned. (2017)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 47], "section_span": [49, 106], "content_span": [107, 364]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276663-0029-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 United States political sexual scandals, Federal judges, Alex Kozinski\nJudge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit Alex Kozinski (R), facing multiple alleged accounts of sexual harassment against women announced his immediate resignation. The U.S. judicial council opened a probe in Kozinski's alleged misconduct, but closed it on February 5, 2018, reporting that Kozinski's retirement put the case outside its investigatory scope.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 47], "section_span": [49, 78], "content_span": [79, 461]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276663-0030-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 United States political sexual scandals, Federal judges, Alex Kozinski\nKozinski was a mentor to Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh, but during the hearings preceding the nomination vote, Kavanaugh denied awareness of Kozinksi's history of sexual harassment.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 47], "section_span": [49, 78], "content_span": [79, 268]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276663-0031-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 United States political sexual scandals, Federal judges, Brett Kavanaugh\nDuring the hearings preceding the confirmation vote to add Republican Brett Kavanaugh to the Supreme Court of the United States, several women alleged sexual misconduct by the judge during his time in high school and college. Christine Blasey Ford accused Kavanaugh of sexual assault during a high school party, and Deborah Ramirez, a Yale classmate, accused him of indecent exposure during their freshman year. Justice Kavanaugh went on to secure the nomination, and no additional or supporting documentation has since been provided.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 47], "section_span": [49, 80], "content_span": [81, 615]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276664-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Uni\u00f3n de Santa Fe season\nThe 2017\u201318 season is Uni\u00f3n de Santa Fe's 4th consecutive season in the top-flight of Argentine football. The season covers the period from 1 July 2017 to 30 June 2018.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [32, 32], "content_span": [33, 201]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276664-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Uni\u00f3n de Santa Fe season, Current squad\nNote: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 47], "content_span": [48, 176]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276664-0002-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Uni\u00f3n de Santa Fe season, Current squad, Out on loan\nNote: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 60], "content_span": [61, 189]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276665-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Utah Jazz season\nThe 2017\u201318 Utah Jazz season was the 44th season of the franchise in the National Basketball Association (NBA), and the 39th season of the franchise in Salt Lake City. On the 4th of July, Gordon Hayward announced his departure from the Jazz and signed with the Boston Celtics. Despite that, the Jazz clinched a playoff berth for the second straight year after defeating the Los Angeles Lakers on April 8, 2018.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [24, 24], "content_span": [25, 435]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276665-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Utah Jazz season\nThey finished the regular season with 48\u201334, which clinched the 5th seed. In the playoffs, the Jazz faced the 4th seeded Oklahoma City Thunder in the First Round, winning in six games and advancing to the Semifinals for the second consecutive season, where they faced the top-seeded Houston Rockets, losing in five games.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [24, 24], "content_span": [25, 346]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276665-0002-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Utah Jazz season, Transactions, Free agency, Subtractions\nOn July 7, 2018, Jonas Jerebko was waived by the Jazz, and picked up by the Golden State Warriors.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 65], "content_span": [66, 164]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276666-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Utah State Aggies men's basketball team\nThe 2017\u201318 Utah State Aggies men's basketball team represented Utah State University in the 2017\u201318 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Aggies, led by third-year head coach Tim Duryea, played their home games at the Smith Spectrum in Logan, Utah as members of the Mountain West Conference. They finished the season 17-17 overall and 8-10 in conference play, finishing tied for 7th. In the Mountain West Conference Tournament, they defeated Colorado State in the first round and Boise State in the quarterfinals before losing to New Mexico in the semi-finals.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 47], "section_span": [47, 47], "content_span": [48, 616]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276666-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Utah State Aggies men's basketball team\nOn March 11, 2018, head coach Tim Duryea was fired after three seasons. He finished at Utah State with a three-year record of 47\u201349. On March 25, reports indicated that the school had hired South Dakota head coach Craig Smith as head coach, which was confirmed the next day.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 47], "section_span": [47, 47], "content_span": [48, 322]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276666-0002-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Utah State Aggies men's basketball team, Previous season\nThe Aggies finished the 2016\u201317 season 14\u201317, 7\u201311 in Mountain West play to finish in tie for eighth place. They defeated San Jose State in the first round of the Mountain West Tournament to advance to the quarterfinals where they lost to Nevada.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 47], "section_span": [49, 64], "content_span": [65, 311]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276666-0003-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Utah State Aggies men's basketball team, Offseason, Recruiting\nUtah State did not have any incoming players in the 2017 recruiting class.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 47], "section_span": [49, 70], "content_span": [71, 145]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276666-0004-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Utah State Aggies men's basketball team, Preseason\nIn a vote by conference media at the Mountain West media day, the Aggies were picked to finish in eighth place in the Mountain West. Sophomore guard Koby McEwen was named to the preseason All-Mountain West team.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 47], "section_span": [49, 58], "content_span": [59, 270]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276667-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Utah State Aggies women's basketball team\nThe 2017\u201318 Utah State Aggies women's basketball team represents Utah State University in the 2017\u201318 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Aggies were led by sixth year head coach Jerry Finkbeiner. The Aggies played their home games at the Smith Spectrum and were members of the Mountain West Conference. They finished the season 7\u201323, 5\u201313 in Mountain West play to finish in a three way tie for eighth place. They lost in the first round of the Mountain West Women's Tournament to Air Force.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 49], "section_span": [49, 49], "content_span": [50, 552]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276667-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Utah State Aggies women's basketball team, Previous season\nThey finished the season 17\u201315, 9\u20139 in Mountain West play to finish in sixth place. They advanced to the quarterfinals of the Mountain West Women's Tournament where they lost to UNLV. They were invited to the Women's Basketball Invitational where they lost to Idaho in the first round.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 49], "section_span": [51, 66], "content_span": [67, 352]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276668-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Utah Utes men's basketball team\nThe 2017\u201318 Utah Runnin' Utes men's basketball team represented the University of Utah during the 2017\u201318 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The team was led by seventh-year head coach Larry Krystkowiak. They played their home games at the Jon M. Huntsman Center in Salt Lake City, Utah as members of the Pac-12 Conference. They finished the season 23\u201312, 11\u20137 in Pac-12 play to finish in a three-way tie for third place. They lost in the quarterfinals of the Pac-12 Tournament to Oregon. They were invited to the National Invitation Tournament where they defeated UC Davis, LSU, Saint Mary's, and Western Kentucky to advance to the championship game where they lost to Penn State.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [39, 39], "content_span": [40, 727]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276668-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Utah Utes men's basketball team, Previous season\nThe Utes finished the season 20\u201312, 11\u20137 in Pac-12 play to finish in fourth place. They lost in the quarterfinals of the Pac-12 Tournament to California. They received an invitation to the National Invitation Tournament where they lost in the first round to Boise State.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 56], "content_span": [57, 327]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276669-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Utah Utes women's basketball team\nThe 2017\u201318 Utah Utes women's basketball team represents the University of Utah during the 2017\u201318 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Utes, led by third year head coach Lynne Roberts, play their home games at the Jon M. Huntsman Center and are members of the Pac-12 Conference. They finished the season 18\u201314, 8\u201310 in Pac-12 play to finish in eighth place. They lost in the first round of the Pac-12 Women's Tournament to Colorado. They received an automatic to the Women's National Invitation Tournament where they defeated UNLV in the first round before losing to Kansas State in the second round.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [41, 41], "content_span": [42, 653]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276669-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Utah Utes women's basketball team, Previous season\nThey finished the season 16\u201315, 5\u201313 in Pac-12 play to finish in a 4 way tie for ninth place. They lost in the first round of the Pac-12 Women's Tournament to Arizona State. They were invited to the Women's National Invitation Tournament where they lost to UC Davis in the first round.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [43, 58], "content_span": [59, 344]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276670-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Utah Valley Wolverines men's basketball team\nThe 2017\u201318 Utah Valley Wolverines men's basketball team represented Utah Valley University in the 2017\u201318 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Wolverines, led by third-year head coach Mark Pope, played their home games at the UCCU Center in Orem, Utah as members of the Western Athletic Conference. They finished the season 23\u201311, 10\u20134 in WAC play to finish in second place. They defeated Cal State Bakersfield in the quarterfinals of the WAC Tournament before losing in the semifinals to Grand Canyon. They were invited to the College Basketball Invitational where they defeated Eastern Washington in the first round before losing in the quarterfinals to San Francisco.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 52], "section_span": [52, 52], "content_span": [53, 732]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276670-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Utah Valley Wolverines men's basketball team, Previous season\nThe Wolverines finished the 2016\u201317 season 17\u201317, 6\u20138 in WAC play to finish in fifth place. They defeated Seattle in the quarterfinals of the WAC Tournament before losing in the semifinals to Cal State Bakersfield. They received an invitation to the College Basketball Invitational where they defeated Georgia Southern and Rice before losing in the semifinals to Wyoming.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 52], "section_span": [54, 69], "content_span": [70, 441]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276670-0002-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Utah Valley Wolverines men's basketball team, Schedule and results\nThe Wolverines notably promoted their first two regular-season games as the \"Toughest 24 Hours in College Basketball History\", complete with a Twitter hashtag of #Toughest24, which involved the Wolverines visiting Pope's alma mater of Kentucky on November 10, followed the next day by a visit to Duke. With Duke ranked No. 1 in the preseason AP Poll and Kentucky ranked No. 5, this marked the first time in the AP Poll era (1948\u201349 to present) that a team opened its season with road games against two top-5 opponents.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 52], "section_span": [54, 74], "content_span": [75, 593]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276671-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 V-League (South Korea)\nThe 2017\u201318 V-League season was the 14th season of the V-League, the highest professional volleyball league in South Korea. The season started on 14 October 2017 and finished on 30 March 2018. Cheonan Hyundai Capital Skywalkers were the defending champions in the men's league and Hwaseong IBK Altos the defending female champions.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [30, 30], "content_span": [31, 362]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276671-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 V-League (South Korea), Season standing procedure\nMatch won 3\u20130 or 3\u20131: 3 match points for the winner, 0 match points for the loserMatch won 3\u20132: 2 match points for the winner, 1 match point for the loser", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 57], "content_span": [58, 212]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276672-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 V-League Women's (South Korea)\nThe 2017\u201318 V-League Women's season was the 14th season of the V-League, the highest professional volleyball league in South Korea. The season started on 14 October 2017 and was scheduled to finish on 13 May 2018. The championship was won by Gyeongbuk Gimcheon Hi-pass.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [38, 38], "content_span": [39, 308]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276672-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 V-League Women's (South Korea), Season standing procedure\nMatch won 3\u20130 or 3\u20131: 3 match points for the winner, 0 match points for the loserMatch won 3\u20132: 2 match points for the winner, 1 match point for the loser", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 65], "content_span": [66, 220]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276673-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 V.Premier League Men's\nThe Volleyball 2017\u201318 V.Premier League Men's will be the 24th tournament of the V.League which will be held from October 21, 2017 \u2013 March 18, 2018.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [30, 30], "content_span": [31, 179]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276673-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 V.Premier League Men's, Final six round, Final six standing procedure\nRanking points of regular round; 1st place \u2013 5 point, 2nd place \u2013 4 point, 3rd place \u2013 3 point, 4th place \u2013 2 point, 5th place \u2013 1 point, 6th place \u2013 0 point", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 77], "content_span": [78, 235]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276674-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 V.Premier League Women's\nThe Volleyball 2017\u201318 V.Premier League Women's will be the 24th tournament of the V.Premier League which will be held from October 21, 2017 \u2013 March 4, 2018.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [32, 32], "content_span": [33, 190]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276674-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 V.Premier League Women's, Season standing procedure\nMatch won 3\u20130 or 3\u20131: 3 match points for the winner, 0 match points for the loserMatch won 3\u20132: 2 match points for the winner, 1 match point for the loser", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 59], "content_span": [60, 214]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276674-0002-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 V.Premier League Women's, Playoff, Final 6, Final 6 standing procedure\nMatch won 3\u20130 or 3\u20131: 3 match points for the winner, 0 match points for the loserMatch won 3\u20132: 2 match points for the winner, 1 match point for the loser", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 78], "content_span": [79, 233]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276675-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 VCU Rams men's basketball team\nThe 2017\u201318 VCU Rams men's basketball team represented Virginia Commonwealth University during the 2017\u201318 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Rams were led by Mike Rhoades in his first season as head coach at VCU. The Rams played their home games at Stuart C. Siegel Center in Richmond, Virginia as members of the Atlantic 10 Conference.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [38, 38], "content_span": [39, 386]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276675-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 VCU Rams men's basketball team\nA chain of lost recruiting classes, coaching personnel changes, losses against low RPI teams, no wins against Top 50 RPI teams, and a graduating core of players resulted in a downturn in the team's fortunes. The team finished the season 18\u201315, 9\u20139 record in A-10 play to finish in a four-way tie for fifth place. The season was the 18th consecutive season the program finished with a winning record. As the No. 8 seed in the A-10 Tournament, the Rams defeated Dayton in the second round before losing to Rhode Island in the quarterfinals.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [38, 38], "content_span": [39, 577]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276675-0002-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 VCU Rams men's basketball team\nThe Rams failed to qualify for the NCAA Tournament for the first time since 2010, and failed to achieve a 20-win season for the first time since 2006. On March 11, 2018, Ed McLaughlin, the Athletics Director announced that VCU had declined an invitation to play in the College Basketball Invitational Tournament. This marked the first season since 2006 the Rams did not play in a postseason tournament.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [38, 38], "content_span": [39, 441]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276675-0003-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 VCU Rams men's basketball team, Previous season\nThe Rams finished the 2016\u201317 season 26\u20139, 14\u20134 in A-10 play to finish in second place. VCU defeated George Mason and Richmond in the A-10 Tournament to advance to the championship game, where they lost to Rhode Island. They earned an at-large bid to the NCAA Tournament as the No. 10 seed in the West Region. There they lost to No. 7 Saint Mary's in the First Round.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 55], "content_span": [56, 423]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276675-0004-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 VCU Rams men's basketball team, Previous season\nHead coach Will Wade resigned on March 20 to take the head coaching position at LSU following the firing of Johnny Jones. Wade was the head coach for the two seasons, making him VCU's shortest tenured head coach since Benny Dees. On March 21, the school hired Rice head coach Mike Rhoades, who had been the associate head coach under Shaka Smart from 2009\u20132014.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 55], "content_span": [56, 417]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276675-0005-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 VCU Rams men's basketball team, Preseason\nIn a poll of the league's head coaches and select media members at the conference's media day, the Rams were picked to finish in fourth place in the A-10. Justin Tillman was named to the conference's preseason first team. Tillman and Jonathan Williams were named to the preseason All-Defensive team.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 49], "content_span": [50, 349]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276676-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 VCU Rams women's basketball team\nThe 2017\u201318 VCU Rams women's basketball team represents Virginia Commonwealth University during the 2017\u201318 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Rams are led by fourth year head coach Beth O'Boyle. The Rams are members of the Atlantic 10 Conference and play their home games at the Stuart C. Siegel Center. They finished the season 7\u201323, 8\u20138 in A-10 play to finish in thirteenth place. They lost in the first round of the A-10 Women's Tournament Saint Joseph's.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [40, 40], "content_span": [41, 512]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276677-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 VMI Keydets basketball team\nThe 2017\u201318 VMI Keydets basketball team represented the Virginia Military Institute in the 2017\u201318 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Keydets were led by third-year head coach Dan Earl and played their home games out of Cameron Hall in Lexington, Virginia, their home since 1981, as members of the Southern Conference. They finished the season 9\u201321, 4\u201314 in SoCon play to finish in ninth place. They lost in the first round of the SoCon Tournament to The Citadel.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [35, 35], "content_span": [36, 509]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276677-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 VMI Keydets basketball team, Previous season\nThe Keydets finished the 2016\u201317 season with an overall record of 6\u201324, and a 3\u201315 mark in SoCon play to finish in last place. They lost in the first round of the SoCon Tournament to Samford. They lost their three leading scorers and rebounders in QJ Peterson, Julian Eleby, and Trey Chapman.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 52], "content_span": [53, 345]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276677-0002-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 VMI Keydets basketball team, Preseason, Departures\nVMI experienced noticeable roster turnover from the previous year, losing their three starting seniors as well as several other players to transfer. This included the Keydets' leading scorer and rebounder, QJ Peterson, who averaged nearly 20 points per game. Overall, VMI lost 71% of their point production, over half of their rebounding, and 63% of their assists to either graduation or transfer.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 58], "content_span": [59, 456]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276677-0003-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 VMI Keydets basketball team, Preseason, Coaching changes\nThe offseason saw the departure of two VMI assistant coaches. On April 7, 2017, Rice head coach Scott Pera announced the hiring of Chris Kreider as an assistant coach. Kreider had been with the Keydets for the previous two seasons under head coach Dan Earl. Five days later, on April 12, 2017, it was announced that Jason Slay, who had also been in his second year with the program, was given an assistant coaching position at Youngstown State.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 64], "content_span": [65, 509]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276677-0004-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 VMI Keydets basketball team, Preseason, Coaching changes\nIn May, Earl announced the hiring of VMI basketball standout Austin Kenon as an assistant. Kenon played for VMI and ranks first in program history with 349 made three-pointers. Also that month, Earl added Kevin Carroll to the coaching staff, who had previously been the head coach at Division II Maryville University for seven seasons.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 64], "content_span": [65, 400]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276678-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 VTB United League\nThe 2017\u201318 VTB United League was the 9th complete season of the VTB United League. It is also the fifth season that the league functions as the Russian domestic first tier level. It started on 5 October 2017 with the first round of the regular season and ended on 10 June 2018 with the championship game of the Final Four. CSKA Moscow were the defending champions.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [25, 25], "content_span": [26, 391]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276678-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 VTB United League\nCSKA Moscow successfully defended its title as it won the final over Khimki.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [25, 25], "content_span": [26, 102]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276678-0002-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 VTB United League, Format changes\nFrom this season, the top eight teams qualify for the playoffs. These are played in a best-of-five format with a 1\u20132\u20132 structure. The four teams that win their playoff series qualify for the Final Four tournament, which decides the new champion.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 41], "content_span": [42, 287]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276678-0003-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 VTB United League, Teams\nA total of 13 teams from five countries contest the league, including nine sides from Russia, one from Belarus, one from Estonia, one from Kazakhstan and one from Latvia.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 32], "content_span": [33, 203]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276678-0004-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 VTB United League, Regular season\nIn the regular season, teams play against each other twice (home-and-away) in a double round-robin format. The top eight teams advance to the playoffs. The regular season started on 5 October 2017.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 41], "content_span": [42, 239]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276678-0005-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 VTB United League, Playoffs\nIn the playoffs, a best-of-five games format is used. The team that wins the series will be the first team to win three games. The first game will be played on the playing court of the four highest-place teams, the second and third game will be played on the playing court of the next four highest-place teams and the fourth and fifth game, if necessary, will be played on the playing court of the four highest-place teams. The playoffs started on 23 May 2018.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 35], "content_span": [36, 496]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276678-0006-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 VTB United League, Final Four\nThe four winners of the quarterfinals qualified for the inaugural Final Four. The Final Four will be held from 8 until 10 June. In April 2018, it was announced that the VTB Ice Palace in Moscow, Russia will host the tournament.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 37], "content_span": [38, 265]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276679-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Valencia CF Femenino season\nThe Valencia CF Femenino 2017\u201318 season was the ninth season of the women's football section of Valencia CF. The team ended the championship in 5th position and was eliminated in the national cup's quarterfinals by league champion Atl\u00e9tico Madrid.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [35, 35], "content_span": [36, 283]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276679-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Valencia CF Femenino season, Season summary\nThe 2016\u201317 season had seen the team attain its best result in the championship yet, third position, and play for the first time in the club's main venue, the Mestalla Stadium. The ambitious project behind this successful season was reported as a personal initiative of president Lay Hoon Chan, but she resigned in mid-season due to the disappointing season by the men's team.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 51], "content_span": [52, 428]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276679-0001-0001", "contents": "2017\u201318 Valencia CF Femenino season, Season summary\nThe departure of manager Cristian Toro after five seasons was reported in May with one game remaining, and on 20 June, a few days after the team was eliminated in the Copa de la Reina's semifinals by FC Barcelona, his second in command Jes\u00fas Oliva was appointed his successor. Oliva, a coach at Valencia Femenino since the team's establishment in 2009, had been the manager of the club's B team that topped the 2015\u201316 Segunda Divisi\u00f3n's Group 7.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 51], "content_span": [52, 498]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276679-0002-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Valencia CF Femenino season, Season summary\nMost of the previous season's key signings left the team, as Estefan\u00eda Banini and Yanara Aedo returned to Washington Spirit, and Christiane Endler was transferred to Paris Saint-Germain, with the \u20ac30,000 fee to Valencia the first paid transfer in Spanish women's football. Another notable loss was the departure of Claudia Zornoza, who left for Real Sociedad. Jennifer Vreugdenhil, coming from the Eredivisie, replaced Endler as the team's first-choice goalkeeper, and Valencia signed Noelia Berm\u00fadez, Marta Carro, Sandra Hern\u00e1ndez and Anair Lomba within the Primera Divisi\u00f3n market. After the championship was underway the team was joined by Nadezhda Karpova, the first Russian to play in the Primera Divisi\u00f3n.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 51], "content_span": [52, 763]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276679-0003-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Valencia CF Femenino season, Season summary\nFacing a harsh championship start, the team suffered more defeats in the six first games than in the whole previous campaign against top teams Athletic Bilbao, Atl\u00e9tico Madrid and Barcelona, and wasn't able to dislodge them from the three top positions for the remainder of the season. The team suffered a chain of injuries, and so in the winter window transfer Mandy van den Berg, who had finished her WSL campaign with Reading, was signed to make up for the long-time absences of Natalia Gait\u00e1n and Paula Nicart in the team's defense.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 51], "content_span": [52, 588]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276679-0004-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Valencia CF Femenino season, Season summary\nUnlike the previous season, the Valencia derby on 9 December was scheduled for the team's usual ground at the Ciudad Deportiva de Paterna rather than in the Mestalla, and it was reported in the media that the club intended to reserve its main venue for the male team. All political parties in the Valencian Courts issued an institutional statement demanding the club to allow the team to play in Mestalla.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 51], "content_span": [52, 457]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276679-0004-0001", "contents": "2017\u201318 Valencia CF Femenino season, Season summary\nHours later the club replied with a statement defending its social policies for gender equality and women's sport, regretting the criticisms as an alleged lack of awareness of its commitment and leaving an open door to eventual future appearances of the women's team in Mestalla. Months later, the away derby fixture was staged in Levante's main venue, the Ciutat de Val\u00e8ncia Stadium, before a crowd of 14,000.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 51], "content_span": [52, 462]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276679-0005-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Valencia CF Femenino season, Season summary\nBy mid-April, a seven games non-winning streak left Valencia in sixth position, with a 4 points advantage to defend in the last four games in order to qualify for the Copa de la Reina. Valencia won all four games and surpassed Betis in the table, ending fifth. The Cup's draw matched Valencia with league champion Atl\u00e9tico, which resulted in defeats in both games. One week later Jes\u00fas Oliva was sacked, but he stayed in the women's team as its academy's coordinator, while \u00d3scar Su\u00e1rez succeeded him as the team's new manager.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 51], "content_span": [52, 579]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276680-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Valencia CF season\nThe 2017\u201318 season was Valencia Club de F\u00fatbol's 98th in the club's history and their 83nd in La Liga. This article shows player statistics and all matches (official and friendly) that the club played during the 2017\u201318 season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [26, 26], "content_span": [27, 254]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276680-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Valencia CF season, Squad\nNote: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 33], "content_span": [34, 162]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276680-0002-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Valencia CF season, Squad, Out on loan\nNote: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 46], "content_span": [47, 175]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276681-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Valparaiso Crusaders men's basketball team\nThe 2017\u201318 Valparaiso Crusaders men's basketball team represented Valparaiso University during the 2017\u201318 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Crusaders, led by second-year head coach Matt Lottich, played their home games at the Athletics\u2013Recreation Center as first-year members of the Missouri Valley Conference. They finished the season 15\u201317, 6\u201312 in MVC play to finish in last place. They lost in the first round of the Missouri Valley Tournament to Missouri State.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 50], "section_span": [50, 50], "content_span": [51, 530]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276681-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Valparaiso Crusaders men's basketball team, Previous season\nThe Crusaders finished the 2016\u201317 season 24\u20139, 14\u20134 in Horizon League play to finish in a tie for the Horizon League regular season championship. As the No. 2 seed in the Horizon League Tournament, they lost to Milwaukee in the quarterfinals. They received an invitation to the National Invitation Tournament where they lost in the first round to Illinois.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 50], "section_span": [52, 67], "content_span": [68, 425]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276681-0002-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Valparaiso Crusaders men's basketball team, Previous season\nThe season marked the Crusaders' final season as a member of the Horizon League as the school announced on May 25, 2017 that it would be joining the Missouri Valley Conference effective July 1, 2017.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 50], "section_span": [52, 67], "content_span": [68, 267]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276681-0003-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Valparaiso Crusaders men's basketball team, Preseason\nIn the conference's preseason poll, the Crusaders were picked to finish in sixth place in the MVC. Senior guard Tevonn Walker was named to the preseason All-MVC second team.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 50], "section_span": [52, 61], "content_span": [62, 235]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276682-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Valparaiso Crusaders women's basketball team\nThe 2017\u201318 Valparaiso Crusaders women's basketball team represents Valparaiso University during the 2017\u201318 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Crusaders, led by sixth-year head coach Tracey Dorow, play their home games at the Athletics\u2013Recreation Center as first-year members of the Missouri Valley Conference. They finished the season 13\u201318, 5\u201313 in MVC play to finish in a tie for eighth place. They advanced to the quarterfinals of the Missouri Valley Women's Tournament where they lost to Drake.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 52], "section_span": [52, 52], "content_span": [53, 565]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276683-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Vancouver Canucks season\nThe 2017\u201318 Vancouver Canucks season was the 48th season for the National Hockey League (NHL) franchise that was established on May 22, 1970. The Canucks missed the Stanley Cup playoffs for the third consecutive season. This was the last season for both Henrik and Daniel Sedin, who both announced their retirements on April 2, 2018, after 18-season NHL careers.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [32, 32], "content_span": [33, 395]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276683-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Vancouver Canucks season, Schedule and results, Preseason\nNotes: Game was played at Mercedes-Benz Arena in Shanghai, China. Game was played at LeSports Center in Beijing, China.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 65], "content_span": [66, 185]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276683-0002-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Vancouver Canucks season, Schedule and results, Regular season\nThe regular season schedule was published on June 22, 2017.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 70], "content_span": [71, 130]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276683-0003-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Vancouver Canucks season, Schedule and results, Regular season\nLegend:\u00a0\u00a0Win (2 points)\u00a0\u00a0Loss (0 points)\u00a0\u00a0Overtime/shootout loss (1 point)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 70], "content_span": [71, 145]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276683-0004-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Vancouver Canucks season, Player statistics, Goaltenders\n\u2020Acquired by Canucks mid-season. Statistics reflect time with Canucks only. \u2021Denotes player was traded mid-season. Statistics reflect time with the Canucks only.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 64], "content_span": [65, 226]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276683-0005-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Vancouver Canucks season, Transactions\nThe Canucks have been involved in the following transactions during the 2017\u201318 season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 46], "content_span": [47, 134]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276683-0006-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Vancouver Canucks season, Draft picks\nBelow are the Vancouver Canucks' selections at the 2017 NHL Entry Draft, which was held on June 23 and 24, 2017 at the United Center in Chicago.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 45], "content_span": [46, 190]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276684-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Vanderbilt Commodores men's basketball team\nThe 2017\u201318 Vanderbilt Commodores men's basketball team represented Vanderbilt University in the 2017\u201318 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. They were coached by Bryce Drew, who was in his second season at Vanderbilt. The Commodores played their home games at Memorial Gymnasium in Nashville, Tennessee as members of the Southeastern Conference. They finished the season 12\u201320, 6\u201312 in SEC play to finish in 13th place. They lost in the first round of the SEC Tournament to Georgia.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 51], "section_span": [51, 51], "content_span": [52, 539]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276684-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Vanderbilt Commodores men's basketball team, Previous season\nThe Commodores finished the 2016\u201317 season 19\u201316, 10\u20138 in SEC play to finish in a three-way tie for fifth place. They defeated Texas A&M and Florida in the SEC Tournament before losing in the semifinals to Arkansas. They received an at-large invitation to the NCAA Tournament as a #9 seed in the Midwest Region, despite having the most losses, 15, of any at-large recipient, where they lost in the First Round to #8 Northwestern.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 51], "section_span": [53, 68], "content_span": [69, 498]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276685-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Vanderbilt Commodores women's basketball team\nThe 2017\u201318 Vanderbilt Commodores women's basketball team represents Vanderbilt University in the 2017\u201318 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Commodores, led by second year head coach Stephanie White, play their home games at Memorial Gymnasium and were members of the Southeastern Conference. They finished the season 7\u201324, 3\u201313 in SEC play to finish in a 3 way tie for eleventh place. They lost in the first round of the SEC Women's Tournament to Arkansas.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 53], "section_span": [53, 53], "content_span": [54, 523]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276685-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Vanderbilt Commodores women's basketball team, Previous season\nThey finished the season 14\u201316, 4\u201312 in SEC play to finish in thirteenth place. They lost in the first round of the SEC Women's Tournament to Alabama.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 53], "section_span": [55, 70], "content_span": [71, 221]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276686-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Vegas Golden Knights season\nThe 2017\u201318 Vegas Golden Knights season was the inaugural season for the Vegas Golden Knights. They played their home games at T-Mobile Arena on the Las Vegas Strip in Paradise, Nevada.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [35, 35], "content_span": [36, 221]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276686-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Vegas Golden Knights season\nThe Golden Knights enjoyed the strongest debut season for an expansion team in North American professional sports history. On February 1, 2018, they broke the record for most wins by an expansion team in their first season when they earned their 34th win of the season. On February 21, they broke the record for most points by an expansion team in their inaugural season when they got their 84th point of the season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [35, 35], "content_span": [36, 452]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276686-0001-0001", "contents": "2017\u201318 Vegas Golden Knights season\nThen on March 26, they became the first team to make the playoffs in their inaugural season in the league since the Edmonton Oilers and Hartford Whalers in the 1979\u201380 season. Following that achievement, on March 31, 2018, with a 3\u20132 victory over the San Jose Sharks, the Knights became the first modern-era expansion team from any of the four major sports and the first NHL team since the 1926\u201327 New York Rangers to win their division in their inaugural season (excluding the 1967\u201368 Philadelphia Flyers, as all teams in the West Division that year were expansion teams).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [35, 35], "content_span": [36, 609]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276686-0001-0002", "contents": "2017\u201318 Vegas Golden Knights season\nThe Golden Knights finished the regular season with a .665 points percentage; prior to 2018 the only examples of first year expansion teams joining any of the North American major professional sports leagues after their respective league's first decade and finishing with a winning/points percentage of .500 or better were teams that had joined from another league.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [35, 35], "content_span": [36, 401]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276686-0002-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Vegas Golden Knights season\nEarning a playoff berth in their first season, the Golden Knights eliminated the Los Angeles Kings in four straight games during the First Round, becoming the first team in NHL history to sweep their first playoff series in their inaugural season. They later defeated the San Jose Sharks in the Second Round in six games and advanced to the Western Conference Finals. There they defeated the Winnipeg Jets in five games to advance to the Stanley Cup Finals in their inaugural season where they faced the Washington Capitals, and lost in five games.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [35, 35], "content_span": [36, 584]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276686-0003-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Vegas Golden Knights season, Schedule and results, Preseason\nA preliminary preseason schedule was announced in January 2017. The draft schedule was released in April 2017, while the final schedule was released in June 2017.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 68], "content_span": [69, 231]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276686-0004-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Vegas Golden Knights season, Schedule and results, Regular season\nThe regular season schedule was released on June 22, 2017.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 73], "content_span": [74, 132]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276686-0005-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Vegas Golden Knights season, Schedule and results, Regular season\nLegend:\u00a0\u00a0Win (2 points)\u00a0\u00a0Loss (0 points)\u00a0\u00a0Overtime/shootout loss (1 point)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 73], "content_span": [74, 148]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276686-0006-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Vegas Golden Knights season, Transactions\nThe Golden Knights have been involved in the following transactions during the 2017\u201318 season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 49], "content_span": [50, 144]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276686-0007-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Vegas Golden Knights season, Draft picks, Expansion draft\nThe team filled its initial roster by selecting players in the 2017 NHL Expansion Draft on June 21, 2017. They were required to select or sign one player, who was not protected, from each existing team. In return for not selecting certain unprotected players, Vegas made several deals to grant concessions with some teams.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 65], "content_span": [66, 388]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276686-0008-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Vegas Golden Knights season, Draft picks, Entry draft\nBefore the draft lottery, the Golden Knights were given the same odds as the team with the third worst point total from the 2016\u201317 season, which meant that they would not draft any lower than sixth overall and would draft third in each subsequent round. On April 30, 2017, the Golden Knights received a sixth overall pick in the 2017 NHL Entry Draft during the draft lottery.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 61], "content_span": [62, 438]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276686-0009-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Vegas Golden Knights season, Draft picks, Entry draft\nBelow are the Vegas Golden Knights' selections at the 2017 NHL Entry Draft, which was held on June 23 and 24, 2017, at the United Center in Chicago.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 61], "content_span": [62, 210]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276687-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Verbandspokal\nThe 2017\u201318 Verbandspokal, (English: 2017\u201318 Association Cup) consisted of twenty one regional cup competitions, the Verbandspokale, the qualifying competition for the 2018\u201319 DFB-Pokal, the German Cup.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [21, 21], "content_span": [22, 224]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276687-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Verbandspokal\nAll clubs from the 3. Liga and below could enter the regional Verbandspokale, subject to the rules and regulations of each region. Clubs from the Bundesliga and 2. Bundesliga could not enter but were instead directly qualified for the first round of the DFB-Pokal. Reserve teams were not permitted to take part in the DFB-Pokal or the Verbandspokale. The precise rules of each regional Verbandspokal are laid down by the regional football association organising it.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [21, 21], "content_span": [22, 487]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276687-0002-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Verbandspokal\nAll twenty one winners qualified for the first round of the German Cup in the following season. Three additional clubs are also qualified for the first round of the German Cup, these being from the three largest state associations, Bavaria, Westphalia and Lower Saxony. The qualified teams were the runners-up of the Lower Saxony Cup. In Bavaria the best-placed Regionalliga Bayern non-reserve team was qualified for DFB-Pokal while in Westphalia a play-off was conducted to determine this club.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [21, 21], "content_span": [22, 517]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276687-0003-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Verbandspokal\nOn 6 October 2017, it was announced that German broadcaster ARD would show all 21 Verbandspokal finals live in a conference as well as live stream them and that all finals would be played on the same date, 21 May 2018.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [21, 21], "content_span": [22, 240]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276687-0004-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Verbandspokal, Competitions\nThe finals of the 2017\u201318 Verbandspokal competitions (winners listed in bold):", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 35], "content_span": [36, 114]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276688-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Verbandspokal (women)\nThe 2017\u201318 Verbandspokal, (English: 2017\u201318 Association Cup) consisted of twenty-one regional cup competitions, the Verbandspokale, the qualifying competition for the 2018\u201319 DFB-Pokal, the German Cup.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [29, 29], "content_span": [30, 232]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276688-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Verbandspokal (women)\nAll clubs from the Regionalliga and below could enter the regional Verbandspokale, subject to the rules and regulations of each region. Clubs from the Bundesliga and 2. Bundesliga could not enter but were instead directly qualified for the first round of the DFB-Pokal. Reserve teams were not permitted to take part in the DFB-Pokal or the Verbandspokale. The precise rules of each regional Verbandspokal are laid down by the regional football association organising it.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [29, 29], "content_span": [30, 500]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276688-0002-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Verbandspokal (women)\nAll twenty-one winners qualified for the first round of the German Cup in the following season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [29, 29], "content_span": [30, 125]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276688-0003-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Verbandspokal (women), Competitions\nThe finals of the 2017\u201318 Verbandspokal competitions (winners listed in bold):", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 43], "content_span": [44, 122]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276689-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Vermont Catamounts men's basketball team\nThe 2017\u201318 Vermont Catamounts men's basketball team represented the University of Vermont during the 2017\u201318 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Catamounts, led by seventh-year head coach John Becker, played their home games at Patrick Gym in Burlington, Vermont as members of the America East Conference. They finished the season 27\u20138, 15\u20131 in America East play to win the America East regular season championship. The Catamounts defeated Maine and Stony Brook to advance to the championship game of the America East Tournament where they lost to UMBC. As a regular season conference champion who failed to win their conference tournament, the Catamounts received an automatic bid to the National Invitation Tournament where they lost to Middle Tennessee in the First Round.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 48], "section_span": [48, 48], "content_span": [49, 834]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276689-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Vermont Catamounts men's basketball team, Previous season\nThe Catamounts finished the 2016\u201317 season 29\u20136, 16\u20130 in America East play to win the America East regular season championship. In the America East Tournament, they defeated Maine, New Hampshire, and Albany to win the tournament championship. As a result, they received the conference's automatic bid to the NCAA Tournament. As the No. 13 seed in the Midwest region, they lost to No. 4 seed Purdue in the First Round.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 48], "section_span": [50, 65], "content_span": [66, 483]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276689-0002-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Vermont Catamounts men's basketball team, Preseason\nIn a poll by the conference\u2019s nine head coaches (who were not allowed to pick their own team) at the America East media day, the Catamounts were picked to win the America East. Senior Trae Bell-Haynes and sophomore Anthony Lamb were named to the preseason All-America East team.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 48], "section_span": [50, 59], "content_span": [60, 338]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276690-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Vermont Catamounts women's basketball team\nThe 2017\u201318 Vermont Catamounts women's basketball team will represent the University of Vermont during the 2017\u201318 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Catamounts, led by second year head coach Chris Day, play their home games in the Patrick Gym are members in the America East Conference.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 50], "section_span": [50, 50], "content_span": [51, 350]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276690-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Vermont Catamounts women's basketball team, Media\nAll non-televised home games and conference road games will stream on either ESPN3 or AmericaEast.tv. Select home games will be televised by the . Most road games will stream on the opponents website. All games will be broadcast on WVMT 620 AM and streamed online through with Rob Ryan calling the action.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 50], "section_span": [52, 57], "content_span": [58, 364]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276691-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Vermont Catamounts women's ice hockey season\nThe Vermont Catamounts represent the University of Vermont in Women's Hockey East Association play during the 2017\u201318 NCAA Division I women's ice hockey season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 52], "section_span": [52, 52], "content_span": [53, 213]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276692-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 VfB Stuttgart season\nThe 2017\u201318 VfB Stuttgart season is the 125th season in the football club's history and 52nd overall season in the top flight of German football, the Bundesliga, having been promoted from the 2. Bundesliga in 2017. In addition to the domestic league, VfB Stuttgart also are participating in this season's edition of the domestic cup, the DFB-Pokal. This is the 85th season for Stuttgart in the Mercedes-Benz Arena, located in Stuttgart, Baden-W\u00fcrttemberg, Germany. The season covers a period from 1 July 2017 to 30 June 2018.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [28, 28], "content_span": [29, 554]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276692-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 VfB Stuttgart season, Players, Squad information\nNote: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 56], "content_span": [57, 185]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276693-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 VfL Bochum season\nThe 2017\u201318 VfL Bochum season is the 80th season in club history.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [25, 25], "content_span": [26, 91]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276693-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 VfL Bochum season, Review and events\nOn 11 July 2017 head coach Gertjan Verbeek was sacked and replaced by Ismail Atalan. On 9 October 2017 head coach Ismail Atalan was sacked and replaced by caretaker Jens Rasiejewski. Rasiejewski's tenure as caretaker ended on 8 December 2017, when he was appointed as head coach by athletic director Christian Hochst\u00e4tter. On 7 February 2018 the supervisory board sacked both Christian Hochst\u00e4tter and Jens Rasiejewski. Heiko Butscher took over as caretaker. On 11 February 2018 the VfL Bochum announced signing Robin Dutt as head coach.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 44], "content_span": [45, 582]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276694-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 VfL Wolfsburg season\nThe 2017\u201318 VfL Wolfsburg season was the 73rd season in the football club's history and 21st consecutive and overall season in the top flight of German football, the Bundesliga, having been promoted from the 2. Bundesliga in 1997. In addition to the domestic league, VfL Wolfsburg also participated in the season's edition of the domestic cup, the DFB-Pokal. This was the 16th season for Wolfsburg in the Volkswagen Arena, located in Wolfsburg, Lower Saxony, Germany. The season covers a period from 1 July 2017 to 30 June 2018.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [28, 28], "content_span": [29, 557]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276694-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 VfL Wolfsburg season, Players, Squad information\nNote: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 56], "content_span": [57, 185]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276695-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Videoton FC season\nThe 2017\u201318 season was Videoton FC's 49th competitive season, 18th consecutive season in the OTP Bank Liga and 76th year in existence as a football club. The club won its third league title this season, two points ahead of closest challenger Ferencv\u00e1ros.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [26, 26], "content_span": [27, 281]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276695-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Videoton FC season, First team squad\nNote: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 44], "content_span": [45, 173]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276695-0002-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Videoton FC season, Transfers, Summer\nIn:Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 45], "content_span": [46, 177]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276695-0003-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Videoton FC season, Transfers, Summer\nOut:Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 45], "content_span": [46, 178]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276695-0004-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Videoton FC season, Statistics, Top scorers\nIncludes all competitive matches. The list is sorted by shirt number when total goals are equal.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 51], "content_span": [52, 148]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276695-0005-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Videoton FC season, Statistics, Disciplinary record\nIncludes all competitive matches. Players with 1 card or more included only.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 59], "content_span": [60, 136]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276695-0006-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Videoton FC season, Europa League\nThe First and Second Qualifying Round draws took place at UEFA headquarters in Nyon, Switzerland on 19 June 2017.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 41], "content_span": [42, 155]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276696-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Vijay Hazare Trophy\nThe 2017\u201318 Vijay Hazare Trophy was the 16th season of the Vijay Hazare Trophy, a List A cricket tournament in India. It was contested by the 28 domestic cricket teams of India. Tamil Nadu were the defending champions. In December 2017, the fixtures were brought forward to allow players to practice ahead of the 2018 Indian Premier League.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [27, 27], "content_span": [28, 368]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276696-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Vijay Hazare Trophy\nFollowing the conclusion of the group stages, Baroda and Karnataka from Group A, Maharashtra and Delhi from Group B, Andhra and Mumbai from Group C, and Hyderabad and Saurashtra from Group D had progressed to the knockout stage of the competition.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [27, 27], "content_span": [28, 275]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276696-0002-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Vijay Hazare Trophy\nOn the first day of quarter-final matches, Karnataka beat Hyderabad by 103 runs and Maharashtra beat Mumbai by 7 wickets to advance to the semi-finals. In the other two quarter-finals, Saurashtra beat Baroda by 3 wickets and Andhra beat Delhi by 6 wickets to progress. It was the first time that Andhra had reached the semi-finals of the Vijay Hazare Trophy.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [27, 27], "content_span": [28, 386]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276696-0003-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Vijay Hazare Trophy\nIn the first semi-final, Karnataka beat Maharashtra by 9 wickets to advance to the final. In the second semi-final, Saurashtra beat Andhra by 59 runs to progress. In the final, Karnataka beat Saurashtra by 41 runs to win the tournament. Karnataka's Mayank Agarwal scored 723 runs during the tournament and scored 2,141 runs across all formats, the highest total by any batsman in an Indian domestic season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [27, 27], "content_span": [28, 434]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276697-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Vijay Hazare Trophy Group A\nThe 2017\u201318 Vijay Hazare Trophy was the 16th season of the Vijay Hazare Trophy, a List A cricket tournament in India. It was contested by the 28 domestic cricket teams of India. The following seven teams were drawn in Group A: Assam, Baroda, Haryana, Karnataka, Odisha, Punjab and Railways. In December 2017, the fixtures were brought forward to allow players to practice ahead of the 2018 Indian Premier League.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [35, 35], "content_span": [36, 448]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276698-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Vijay Hazare Trophy Group B\nThe 2017\u201318 Vijay Hazare Trophy was the 16th season of the Vijay Hazare Trophy, a List A cricket tournament in India. It was contested by the 28 domestic cricket teams of India. The following seven teams were drawn in Group B: Bengal, Delhi, Himachal Pradesh, Kerala, Maharashtra, Tripura and Uttar Pradesh. In December 2017, the fixtures were brought forward to allow players to practice ahead of the 2018 Indian Premier League.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [35, 35], "content_span": [36, 465]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276699-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Vijay Hazare Trophy Group C\nThe 2017\u201318 Vijay Hazare Trophy was the 16th season of the Vijay Hazare Trophy, a List A cricket tournament in India. It was contested by the 28 domestic cricket teams of India. The following seven teams were drawn in Group C: Andhra, Goa, Gujarat, Madhya Pradesh, Mumbai, Rajasthan and Tamil Nadu. In December 2017, the fixtures were brought forward to allow players to practice ahead of the 2018 Indian Premier League.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [35, 35], "content_span": [36, 456]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276700-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Vijay Hazare Trophy Group D\nThe 2017\u201318 Vijay Hazare Trophy was the 16th season of the Vijay Hazare Trophy, a List A cricket tournament in India. It was contested by the 28 domestic cricket teams of India. The following seven teams were drawn in Group D: Chhattisgarh, Hyderabad, Jammu & Kashmir, Jharkhand, Saurashtra, Services and Vidarbha. In December 2017, the fixtures were brought forward to allow players to practice ahead of the 2018 Indian Premier League.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [35, 35], "content_span": [36, 472]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276701-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Villanova Wildcats men's basketball team\nThis is the current revision of this page, as edited by Citation bot (talk | contribs) at 04:07, 29 June 2021 (Alter: title. Add : authors 1-1. Removed parameters. Some additions/deletions were parameter name changes. | Use this bot. Report bugs. | Suggested by Abductive | Category:Pages using Template:College with unsupported name | #UCB_Category 1057/3749). The present address (URL) is a permanent link to this version.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 48], "section_span": [48, 48], "content_span": [49, 473]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276701-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Villanova Wildcats men's basketball team\nThe 2017\u201318 Villanova Wildcats men's basketball team represented Villanova University in the 2017\u201318 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. Led by head coach Jay Wright in his 17th year, the Wildcats played their home games at the Wells Fargo Center in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania as members of the Big East Conference. The Wildcats finished the season 36\u20134, 14\u20134 in Big East play to finish in second place. They defeated Marquette, Butler, and Providence to win the Big East Tournament championship.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 48], "section_span": [48, 48], "content_span": [49, 550]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276701-0001-0001", "contents": "2017\u201318 Villanova Wildcats men's basketball team\nAs a result, they received the conference's automatic bid to the NCAA Tournament as the No. 1 seed in the East region, their third No.1 seed in four years. They defeated Radford, Alabama, West Virginia, and Texas Tech to advance to the Final Four for the second time in three years. In the National Semifinal, they defeated Kansas before defeating Michigan in the National Championship game to win their second national championship in three years. They won every game of the tournament by a double-digit margin and the team's tournament run has been called the most dominant ever along with being called among the best seasons of all time.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 48], "section_span": [48, 48], "content_span": [49, 689]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276701-0002-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Villanova Wildcats men's basketball team\nThe Wildcats' home court, The Pavilion, underwent a temporary closure for a $60 million renovation project during the season. It reopened for the 2018\u201319 season with the new name of Finneran Pavilion after a Villanova alum who donated $22.6 million to Villanova. Accordingly, all home games for the 2017\u201318 season but one were played at the Wells Fargo Center. The exception was the November 29, 2017 game with Big 5 rival Penn; it was instead held at Jake Nevin Field House, which had been home to the team before the Pavilion's initial 1986 opening.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 48], "section_span": [48, 48], "content_span": [49, 600]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276701-0003-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Villanova Wildcats men's basketball team, Previous season\nThe Wildcats finished the 2016\u201317 season 32\u20134, 15\u20133 in Big East play to win the regular season championship. In the Big East Tournament, they defeated St. John's, Seton Hall, and Creighton to win the tournament championship. As a result, they received the conference's automatic bid to the NCAA Tournament. The Wildcats were given the Tournament's overall No. 1 seed as a No. 1 seed in the East region. In the First Round they defeated Mount St. Mary's before being upset by No. 8-seeded Wisconsin in the Second Round. The loss marked the second time in the previous three tournaments that Villanova was upset by an eighth-seeded team.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 48], "section_span": [50, 65], "content_span": [66, 701]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276701-0004-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Villanova Wildcats men's basketball team, Preseason\nIn its annual preseason preview, Blue Ribbon Yearbook ranked the Wildcats No. 12 in the country. Jalen Brunson was named a third team preseason All-American.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 48], "section_span": [50, 59], "content_span": [60, 217]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276701-0005-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Villanova Wildcats men's basketball team, Preseason\nVillanova was picked to win the Big East in the conference's preseason Coaches' Poll for the fourth consecutive year. Jalen Brunson was named the unanimous preseason All-Big East player of the year.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 48], "section_span": [50, 59], "content_span": [60, 258]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276701-0006-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Villanova Wildcats men's basketball team, Rankings\n^Coaches Poll did not release a Week 2 poll at the same time AP did. *AP does not release post-NCAA tournament rankings", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 48], "section_span": [50, 58], "content_span": [59, 178]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276701-0007-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Villanova Wildcats men's basketball team, Gallery\nEric Paschall, Donte DiVincenzo, Omari Spellman, Collin Gillespie, and Jalen Brunson", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 48], "section_span": [50, 57], "content_span": [58, 142]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276702-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Villanova Wildcats women's basketball team\nThe 2017\u201318 Villanova Wildcats women's basketball team represents Villanova University in the 2017\u201318 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Wildcats, led by fortieth year head coach Harry Perretta, play their games at Jake Nevin Field House due to renovations at The Pavilion and were members of the Big East Conference. They finished the season 23\u20139, 12\u20136 in Big East play to finish in third place. They lost in the quarterfinals of the Big East Women's Tournament to Georgetown. They received an at-large bid to the NCAA Women's Tournament where they defeated South Dakota State in the first round before losing to Notre Dame in the second round.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 50], "section_span": [50, 50], "content_span": [51, 708]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276702-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Villanova Wildcats women's basketball team, Previous season\nThey finished the season 20\u201315, 11\u20137 in Big East play to finish in a tie for fourth place. They lost in the quarterfinals of the Big East Women's Tournament to St. John's. They were invited to the Women's National Invitation Tournament where they defeated Princeton, Drexel and James Madison in the first, second and third rounds, Indiana in the quarterfinals before losing to Michigan in the semifinals.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 50], "section_span": [52, 67], "content_span": [68, 472]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276703-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Villarreal CF season\nDuring the 2017\u201318 season, Villarreal CF participated in La Liga, the Copa del Rey and the UEFA Europa League.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [28, 28], "content_span": [29, 139]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276703-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Villarreal CF season, Squad\nNote: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 35], "content_span": [36, 164]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276704-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Virginia Cavaliers men's basketball team\nThe 2017\u201318 Virginia Cavaliers men's basketball team represented the University of Virginia during the 2017\u201318 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The team was led by head coach Tony Bennett in his ninth year, and played their home games at John Paul Jones Arena in Charlottesville, Virginia as members of the Atlantic Coast Conference.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 48], "section_span": [48, 48], "content_span": [49, 390]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276704-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Virginia Cavaliers men's basketball team\nIn a year with low expectations from the press, the Cavaliers began unranked but ascended all the way to the No. 1 ranking in the AP Poll for the first time since December 1982. The team then held on to that ranking through the end of the regular season and became the first ACC team to win 17 conference games. The Cavaliers won the ACC Tournament by handily defeating Louisville 75\u201358, Clemson 64\u201358, and North Carolina 71\u201363 in the championship game. In the process the team broke the school's single-season win record, which had twice been tied by Bennett-led teams in the past five years.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 48], "section_span": [48, 48], "content_span": [49, 642]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276704-0002-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Virginia Cavaliers men's basketball team\nACC Sixth Man of the Year De'Andre Hunter broke his wrist in the ACC Tournament victory, and was announced to be out for the NCAA Tournament two days before it began. UVA entered as the No. 1 overall seed, placed in the South regional, but suffered an upset in the first round to UMBC and became the first No. 1 seed to lose to a No. 16 seed since the field expanded to 64 teams in 1985. The first round losses by No. 1 seed Virginia and No. 4 seed Arizona, and second round losses by No. 2 seed Cincinnati and No. 3 seed Tennessee, led to the South Region becoming the first ever to not advance any of its top four seeds to the Sweet Sixteen.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 48], "section_span": [48, 48], "content_span": [49, 692]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276704-0003-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Virginia Cavaliers men's basketball team\nNevertheless, for taking an unranked team to finish four games above pre-season AP No. 1 ranked Duke and winning the ACC Tournament over North Carolina, Bennett was awarded his third Henry Iba Award for the nation's top coach of the season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 48], "section_span": [48, 48], "content_span": [49, 289]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276704-0004-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Virginia Cavaliers men's basketball team, Previous season\nThe Cavaliers finished the 2016\u201317 season 23\u201311, and 11\u20137 in ACC play to tie Duke for fifth place. They defeated Pittsburgh in the second round of the ACC Tournament to advance to the quarterfinals where they lost to Notre Dame. The Wahoos received an at-large bid to the NCAA Tournament as the No. 5 seed in the East region. There they defeated No. 12 UNC Wilmington in the First Round before losing in the Second Round to No. 4 Florida.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 48], "section_span": [50, 65], "content_span": [66, 504]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276704-0005-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Virginia Cavaliers men's basketball team, Rankings\n*AP does not release post-NCAA tournament rankings. Coaches did not release a Week 2 poll at the same time the AP did.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 48], "section_span": [50, 58], "content_span": [59, 177]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276705-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Virginia Cavaliers women's basketball team\nThe 2017\u201318 Virginia Cavaliers women's basketball team represented the University of Virginia during the 2017\u201318 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Cavaliers, led by seventh year head coach Joanne Boyle, played their home games at John Paul Jones Arena and were members the Atlantic Coast Conference. They finished the season 19\u201314, 10\u20136 in ACC play to finish in a 3-way tie for sixth place. They advanced to the quarterfinals of the ACC Women's Tournament where they lost to Notre Dame. They received an at-large bid to the NCAA Women's Tournament which was their first trip since 2009, where they defeated California first round before losing to South Carolina in the second round.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 50], "section_span": [50, 50], "content_span": [51, 746]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276705-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Virginia Cavaliers women's basketball team\nOn March 20, Boyle announced her retirement, initially citing an unspecified family matter. She would later reveal that she retired because of snags in her ongoing attempt to finalize the adoption of her Senegalese daughter. Boyle finished at Virginia with a record of 129\u201398.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 50], "section_span": [50, 50], "content_span": [51, 327]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276706-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Virginia Tech Hokies men's basketball team\nThe 2017\u201318 Virginia Tech Hokies men's basketball team represented Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University during the 2017\u201318 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Hokies were led by fourth-year head coach Buzz Williams and played their home games at Cassell Coliseum in Blacksburg, Virginia as members of the Atlantic Coast Conference. They finished the season 21\u201312, 10\u20138 in ACC play to finish in seventh place. They lost in the second round of the ACC Tournament to Notre Dame. They received an at-large bid to the NCAA Tournament where they lost in the first round to Alabama.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 50], "section_span": [50, 50], "content_span": [51, 650]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276706-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Virginia Tech Hokies men's basketball team, Previous season\nThe Hokies finished the 2016\u201317 season 22\u201311, 10\u20138 in ACC play to finish in a tie for seventh place. They defeated Wake Forest in the second round of the ACC Tournament before losing in the quarterfinals to Florida State. They received an invitation to the NCAA Tournament as the #9 seed in the East region. There they lost to #8 Wisconsin in the First Round.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 50], "section_span": [52, 67], "content_span": [68, 427]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276707-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Virginia Tech Hokies women's basketball team\nThe 2017\u201318 Virginia Tech Hokies women's basketball team represented Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University during the 2017\u201318 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Hokies, led by second year head coach Kenny Brooks, played their home games at Cassell Coliseum as members of the Atlantic Coast Conference. They finished the season 23\u201314, 6\u201310 in ACC play to finish in a tie for ninth place. They advanced to the quarterfinals of the ACC Women's Tournament where they lost to Louisville. They received an automatic bid to the Women's National Invitation Tournament where they defeated Navy, George Mason and Fordham in the first, second and third rounds, Alabama in the quarterfinals, West Virginia in the semifinals to advanced to the championship game where they lost to Indiana.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 52], "section_span": [52, 52], "content_span": [53, 855]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276707-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Virginia Tech Hokies women's basketball team, Previous season\nThey finished the season 20\u201314, 4\u201312 in ACC play to finish in a tie for eleventh place. They lost in the first round of the ACC Women's Tournament to Clemson. They were invited to the Women's National Invitation Tournament where they defeated Rider, Navy and Penn State in the first, second and third rounds before losing to Michigan in the quarterfinals.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 52], "section_span": [54, 69], "content_span": [70, 425]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276707-0002-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Virginia Tech Hokies women's basketball team, Media, Virginia Tech Hokies Sports Network\nThe Virginia Tech Hokies IMG Sports Network will broadcast Hokies games on WNMX. Andrew Allegretta will provide the call for the games and for select ESPN3 games.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 52], "section_span": [54, 96], "content_span": [97, 259]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276708-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Vit\u00f3ria S.C. season\nThis article shows Vit\u00f3ria Sport Clube's player statistics and all matches that the club played during the 2017\u201318 season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [27, 27], "content_span": [28, 150]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276708-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Vit\u00f3ria S.C. season, Players, Current squad\nNote: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 51], "content_span": [52, 180]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276708-0002-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Vit\u00f3ria S.C. season, Competitions, Primeira Liga\nOn 5 July 2017, Liga Portuguesa de Futebol Profissional announced nine stipulations for the Liga NOS fixture draw that took place on 7 July. Among previous conditions, two new were added, the two teams who will play the Superta\u00e7a could not play against Sporting CP (Portuguese team in the play-off round of Champions League) on the first two matchdays.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 56], "content_span": [57, 409]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276709-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Volleyleague (Greece)\nThe 2017\u201318 Greek Volleyleague is the 50th national championship and the 8th under the Volleyleague name. It is the highest volleyball league in Greece. Twelve teams were participating in the 2017\u201318 season; PAOK was the defending champion. Olympiacos Piraeus won its 28th championship.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [29, 29], "content_span": [30, 316]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276709-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Volleyleague (Greece), Teams\nTwelve teams are participating in the 2017\u201318 season. The ten highest-ranked teams from the 2016\u201317 Volleyleague final standings were: PAOK, Olympiacos Piraeus, Panathinaikos Athens, Pamvohaikos Vocha, Kifissia, Foinikas Syros, Ethnikos Alexandroupolis, Iraklis Thessaloniki, Iraklis Chalkidas and Panachaiki. The two promoted teams from A2 Ethniki were Ethnikos Piraeus and Niki Aiginiou. Two teams from the 2016\u201317 Volleyleague were demoted to A2 Ethniki: Kyzikos Nea Peramos and Orestiada.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 36], "content_span": [37, 529]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276709-0002-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Volleyleague (Greece), Regular season\nThe regular season is held in a round-robin format, every team contesting 22 games in total. At the end of the regular season, teams occupying positions 1\u20138 advance to the 2017\u201318 Volleyleague Greece Playoffs, while teams occupying positions 9\u201312 compete in the 2017\u201318 Volleyleague Greece Playouts.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 45], "content_span": [46, 345]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276709-0003-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Volleyleague (Greece), Play out, positions 9\u221211\nTeams in positions 9-11 after the end of regular season participated in Play outs for the final classification in these positions.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 55], "content_span": [56, 186]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276709-0004-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Volleyleague (Greece), Play offs, positions 1\u22128\nTeams in positions 1-8 after the end of regular season participated in Play off for the final classification.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 55], "content_span": [56, 165]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276709-0005-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Volleyleague (Greece), Round of 8\nThe four pairings for the Round of 8 were determined from the positions after the end of the Regular season. The pairings were between the teams in 1st\u20138th, 2nd\u20137th, 3rd\u20136th and 4th\u20135th positions of the Regular season. The first team in two victories advancers to the next round. The four eliminated teams were placed in positions 5\u20138 according to the classification of the Regular season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 41], "content_span": [42, 431]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276710-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Vyshcha Liha (women)\nThe 2017\u201318 season of the Ukrainian Championship Higher League is the 27th season of Ukraine's top women's football league. The season has shifted from spring-fall season to fall-spring. It ran from 18 August 2017 to 27 May 2018.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [28, 28], "content_span": [29, 258]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276710-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Vyshcha Liha (women), Persha Liha, Play-offs, Semifinals\nVoskhod Velyka Bahachka and Iantarochka Novoyavorivsk gained promotion to the Ukrainian Women's League. Later Iantarochka yielded its place to WFC Lviv.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 64], "content_span": [65, 217]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276710-0002-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Vyshcha Liha (women), Persha Liha, Play-offs, Final\nVoskhod Velyka Bahachka was crown as the champions of the 2017\u201318 Persha Liha.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 59], "content_span": [60, 138]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276711-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 W-League\nThe 2017\u201318 W-League season was the tenth season of the W-League, the Australian national women's association football competition.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [16, 16], "content_span": [17, 148]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276711-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 W-League, Clubs, Foreign players\nThe following do not fill a Visa position:A Australian citizens who have chosen to represent another national team;G Guest Players", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [18, 40], "content_span": [41, 171]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276711-0002-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 W-League, Regular season\nThe regular season was scheduled to be played between 27 October 2017 and 4 February 2018, over 14 rounds, with each team playing twelve matches.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [18, 32], "content_span": [33, 178]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276711-0003-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 W-League, End-of-season awards\nThe following end of the season awards were announced at the 2017\u201318 Dolan Warren Awards night on 30 April 2018.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [18, 38], "content_span": [39, 151]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276712-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 WABA League\nThe 2017\u201318 BTravel WABA League was the 17th season of the Adriatic League. Competition included twelve teams from seven countries. In this season participating clubs from Serbia, Croatia, Montenegro, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Turkey and Slovenia.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [19, 19], "content_span": [20, 275]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276712-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 WABA League, Regular season\nIn the Regular season was played with 12 teams divided into 2 groups of 6 teams and play a dual circuit system, each with one game each at home and away. The four best teams in each group at the end of the regular season were placed in the League 8. The regular season began on 4 October 2017 and it will end on 21 December 2017.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 35], "content_span": [36, 365]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276712-0002-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 WABA League, League 8\nIn the League 8 was played with 8 teams and play a dual circuit system, each with one game each at home and away. The four best teams in League 8 at the end of the last round were placed on the Final Four. The regular season began on 10 January 2018 and it will end on 15 March 2018.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 29], "content_span": [30, 313]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276712-0003-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 WABA League, Classification 9\u201312\nClassification 9\u201312 of the Adriatic League took place between 28 February 2018 and it will end on 14 March 2018.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 40], "content_span": [41, 153]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276712-0004-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 WABA League, Final Four\nFinal Four to be played from 24\u201325 March 2018 in the Montana, Bulgaria.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 31], "content_span": [32, 103]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276713-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 WABA League Final Four\nFinal Four of the Adriatic League to be played from 24\u201325 March 2018 in the Montana, Bulgaria.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [30, 30], "content_span": [31, 125]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276714-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 WABA League Group A\nGroup A of the Adriatic League took place between 4 October 2017 and it ended on 21 December 2017.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [27, 27], "content_span": [28, 126]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276714-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 WABA League Group A\nThe four best ranked teams advanced to the League 8.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [27, 27], "content_span": [28, 80]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276714-0002-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 WABA League Group A, Fixtures/Results\nAll times given below are in Central European Time (for the matches played in Bulgaria is time expressed in Eastern European Time, for the matches played in Turkey is time expressed in Further-eastern European Time).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 45], "content_span": [46, 262]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276715-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 WABA League Group B\nGroup B of the Adriatic League took place between 4 October 2017 and it will end on 20 December 2017.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [27, 27], "content_span": [28, 129]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276715-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 WABA League Group B\nThe four best ranked teams advanced to the League 8.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [27, 27], "content_span": [28, 80]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276715-0002-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 WABA League Group B, Fixtures/Results\nAll times given below are in Central European Time (for the matches played in Bulgaria is time expressed in Eastern European Time).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 45], "content_span": [46, 177]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276716-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 WABA League League 8\nLeague 8 of the Adriatic League, or Superleague, took place between 10 January 2018 and it will end on 15 March 2018.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [28, 28], "content_span": [29, 146]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276716-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 WABA League League 8\nThe four best ranked teams advanced to the Final Four. The points against teams from the same preliminary round were taken over.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [28, 28], "content_span": [29, 157]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276716-0002-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 WABA League League 8, Fixtures/Results\nAll times given below are in Central European Time (for the matches played in Bulgaria is time expressed in Eastern European Time).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 46], "content_span": [47, 178]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276717-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 WABA League \u2013 Classification 9\u201312\nClassification 9\u201312 of the Adriatic League took place between 28 February 2018 and it will end on 14 March 2018.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [41, 41], "content_span": [42, 154]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276718-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 WCBA season\nThe 2017\u201318 WCBA season was the 16th season of the Women's Chinese Basketball Association.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [19, 19], "content_span": [20, 110]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276718-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 WCBA season\nThe regular season began on Monday, November 13, 2017 and ended on Wednesday, January 17, 2018. The playoffs began on Wednesday, January 24, 2018 and ended on Wednesday, March 14, 2018.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [19, 19], "content_span": [20, 205]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276718-0002-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 WCBA season, Playoffs\nThe 2018 WCBA Playoffs began on January 24, 2018. Teams in bold advanced to the next round. The numbers to the left of each team indicate the team's seeding, and the numbers to the right indicate the number of games the team won in that round. Teams with home court advantage are shown in italics.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 29], "content_span": [30, 327]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276719-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 WHL season\nThe 2017\u201318 WHL season is the 52nd season of the Western Hockey League (WHL). The regular season began on September 22, 2017 and ended on March 18, 2018.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [18, 18], "content_span": [19, 172]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276719-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 WHL season\nThe playoffs began shortly after the end of the regular season on March 22, 2018, and ended on May 13; the winning team, the Swift Current Broncos, were awarded the Ed Chynoweth Cup and a berth in the 2018 Memorial Cup held at the Brandt Centre in Regina, Saskatchewan from May 18\u201327, 2018. The Regina Pats automatically qualified for the tournament as hosts.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [18, 18], "content_span": [19, 378]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276719-0002-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 WHL season, Standings\nNote: GP = Games played; W = Wins; L = Losses; OTL = Overtime Losses; SL = Shootout Losses; GF = Goals For; GA = Goals Against; PTS = Points; x = clinched playoff berth; y = clinched division title; z = clinched conference title", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [20, 29], "content_span": [30, 258]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276719-0003-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 WHL season, Statistical leaders, Scoring leaders\nNote: GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts. = Points; PIM = Penalty minutes", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [20, 56], "content_span": [57, 142]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276719-0004-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 WHL season, Statistical leaders, Goaltenders\nThese are the goaltenders that lead the league in GAA that have played at least 1800 minutes.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [20, 52], "content_span": [53, 146]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276719-0005-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 WHL season, Statistical leaders, Goaltenders\nNote: GP = Games played; Mins = Minutes played; W = Wins; L = Losses; OTL = Overtime losses; SOL = Shootout Losses; SO = Shutouts; GAA = Goals against average; Sv% = Save percentage", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [20, 52], "content_span": [53, 234]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276719-0006-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 WHL season, Conference Quarter-finals, Eastern Conference, (C1) Medicine Hat Tigers vs. (W1) Brandon Wheat Kings\n* Note: Games 3, 4, and 6 were played at Credit Union Place in Dauphin due to the Royal Manitoba Winter Fair taking place at the Keystone Centre from March 26 to March 31.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [20, 120], "content_span": [121, 292]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276719-0007-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 WHL season, Playoff scoring leaders\nNote: GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; PIM = Penalty Minutes", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [20, 43], "content_span": [44, 128]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276719-0008-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 WHL season, Playoff leading goaltenders\nNote: GP = Games Played; Mins = Minutes Played; W = Wins; L = Losses; GA = Goals Allowed; SO = Shutouts; SV& = Save Percentage; GAA = Goals Against Average", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [20, 47], "content_span": [48, 203]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276720-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 WNBL season\nThe 2017\u201318 WNBL season was the 38th season of the competition since its establishment in 1981. The regular season began on 5 October 2017, with the Melbourne Boomers visiting the Dandenong Rangers. The Sydney Uni Flames were the defending champions but were defeated in the Semi Finals by Townsville. The Townsville Fire took home their third WNBL championship after defeating Melbourne, 2\u20130.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [19, 19], "content_span": [20, 413]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276720-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 WNBL season\nThis season sees the return to television, with Fox Sports broadcasting the WNBL for the first time since 2015. Spalding once again provided equipment including the official game ball, whilst iAthletic took over supplying team apparel.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [19, 19], "content_span": [20, 255]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276721-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 WPBL season\nThe 2017\u201318 WPBL season was the 27th season of the Russian Women's Basketball Premier League. UMMC Ekaterinburg were the defending champions.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [19, 19], "content_span": [20, 161]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276722-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 WPI Engineers men's basketball team\nThe 2017\u201318 WPI Engineers men's basketball team represented Worcester Polytechnic Institute during the 2017\u201318 NCAA Division III men's basketball season. They were coached by a 20-year coaching veteran, Chris Bartely. The Engineers played their home games at Harrington Auditorium in Worcester, Massachusetts and competed in the New England Women's and Men's Athletic Conference (NEWMAC). They finished the regular season 14\u201311, 8\u20136 in the NEWMAC play to finish in fourth place. They lost in the finals of the NEWMAC Tournament to MIT.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [43, 43], "content_span": [44, 580]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276722-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 WPI Engineers men's basketball team, Previous season\nThe Engineers finished the regular season with a 16-9 record, lost 61-63 to MIT in the Semifinal round of the NEWMAC Tournament, and failed to qualify for the 2017 NCAA Men's Division III Basketball Tournament.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [45, 60], "content_span": [61, 271]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276723-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 WRU Championship\nThe 2017\u201318 WRU Championship was the sixth season of the WRU Championship, the second tier of club rugby in Wales run by the Welsh Rugby Union. It is the second season to feature 12 teams, reduced from 14 in previous seasons. This season is the second to be \"ring-fenced\" with the champion club not being promoted due to changes in the Principality Premiership. The competition was won again by Pontypool who completed the feat of going a whole season unbeaten, winning all 22 games. The bottom two clubs that were relegated were Skewen and Glynneath. Both clubs were relegated to 1 West Central.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [24, 24], "content_span": [25, 621]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276723-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 WRU Championship, Structure\nEach team in the Championship will play each other twice on a home and away basis for a total of 22 matches played each. The team with the most points at the end of the season will be declared the winners. The winning club will not be promoted due to \"ring-fencing\" of the Premiership. The bottom two clubs at the end of the season will be relegated to Division 1 (based on geographical location).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 35], "content_span": [36, 433]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276723-0002-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 WRU Championship, Teams\nAt the end of last season, Glamorgan Wanderers and Dunvant were relegated to Division 1 East Central and West Central respectively. This season saw the return of play offs between the Division 1 East and East Central champions and Division 1 West and West Central champions to determine which clubs will participate in this year's Championship. The promoted clubs were East champions Rhydyfelin and West Central champions Trebanos. Both clubs beat Treorchy and Kidwelly respectively. Both clubs were making their debuts in the competition.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 31], "content_span": [32, 571]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276723-0003-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 WRU Championship, Promotion Play-offs\nOrange = Newport Gwent DragonsBlue = Cardiff BluesBlack = Ospreys", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 45], "content_span": [46, 111]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276724-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Wagner Seahawks men's basketball team\nThe 2017\u201318 Wagner Seahawks men's basketball team represented Wagner College during the 2017\u201318 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Seahawks were led by sixth-year head coach Bashir Mason. They played their home games at Spiro Sports Center on the school's Staten Island campus as members of the Northeast Conference. The Seahwawks finished the season 23\u201310, 14\u20134 in NEC play to win the NEC regular season championship. In the NEC Tournament, they defeated Central Connecticut and Robert Morris before losing to LIU Brooklyn in the championship game. As a regular season conference champion who did not win their conference tournament, they received an invitation to the National Invitation Tournament where they lost in the first round to Baylor.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [45, 45], "content_span": [46, 802]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276724-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Wagner Seahawks men's basketball team, Previous season\nThe Seahawks finished the 2016\u201317 season 16\u201314 overall and 11\u20137 in NEC play to finish in a tie for third place. In the NEC Tournament, they beat Fairleigh Dickinson before losing to Saint Francis (PA) in the semifinals.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [47, 62], "content_span": [63, 282]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276724-0002-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Wagner Seahawks men's basketball team, Preseason\nIn a poll of league coaches at the NEC media day, the Seahawks were picked to finish in third place.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [47, 56], "content_span": [57, 157]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276725-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Wake Forest Demon Deacons men's basketball team\nThe 2017\u201318 Wake Forest Demon Deacons men's basketball team represented Wake Forest University during the 2017\u201318 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Demon Deacons were led by fourth-year head coach Danny Manning and played their home games at the Lawrence Joel Veterans Memorial Coliseum in Winston-Salem, North Carolina as members of the Atlantic Coast Conference. They finished the season 11\u201320, 4\u201314 in ACC play to finish in 14th place. They lost in the first round of the ACC Tournament to Syracuse.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 55], "section_span": [55, 55], "content_span": [56, 569]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276725-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Wake Forest Demon Deacons men's basketball team, Previous season\nThe Demon Deacons finished 2016\u201317 season 19\u201314, 9\u20139 in ACC play to finish in tenth place. They defeated Boston College in the first round of the ACC Tournament to advance to the second round where they lost to Virginia Tech. They received an at-large bid to the NCAA Tournament as a No. 11 seed in the South region. There they lost in the First Four to Kansas State.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 55], "section_span": [57, 72], "content_span": [73, 440]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276726-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Wake Forest Demon Deacons women's basketball team\nThe 2017\u201318 Wake Forest Demon Deacons women's basketball team represents Wake Forest University during the 2017\u201318 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Demon Deacons, led by sixth year head coach Jen Hoover, were members of the Atlantic Coast Conference and play their home games at the Lawrence Joel Veterans Memorial Coliseum. They finished the season 14\u201317, 5\u201311 in ACC play in eleventh place. They defeat Pittsburgh in the first round before losing in the second round of the ACC Women's Tournament to Miami (FL).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 57], "section_span": [57, 57], "content_span": [58, 585]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276726-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Wake Forest Demon Deacons women's basketball team, Previous season\nThey finished the season 16\u201316, 6\u201310 in ACC play in ninth place. They lost in the second round of the ACC Women's Tournament to Virginia. They were invited to the Women's National Invitation Tournament where they defeated Bethune-Cookman in the first round before losing to Middle Tennessee in the second round.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 57], "section_span": [59, 74], "content_span": [75, 386]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276726-0002-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Wake Forest Demon Deacons women's basketball team, Media, Wake Forest IMG Sports Network\nThe Wake Forest Demon Deacons IMG Sports Network will broadcast Demon Deacons games on . You can also keep track on Twitter @WakeWBB. Post game interviews are posted on the schools YouTube Channel.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 57], "section_span": [59, 96], "content_span": [97, 294]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276727-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Walsall F.C. season\nThe 2017\u201318 season is Walsall's 130th season in their existence and their eleventh consecutive season in League One. Along with competing in League One, the club will also participate in the FA Cup, League Cup and EFL Trophy.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [27, 27], "content_span": [28, 253]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276727-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Walsall F.C. season\nThe season covers the period from 1 July 2017 to 30 June 2018.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [27, 27], "content_span": [28, 90]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276728-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Washington Capitals season\nThe 2017\u201318 Washington Capitals season was the 43rd season for the National Hockey League franchise that was established on June 11, 1974. They played their home games at Capital One Arena in Washington, D.C. They were led by head coach Barry Trotz in his fourth season as coach of the Capitals. The Capitals won their first Stanley Cup in organization history, defeating the inaugural-season Vegas Golden Knights in the Stanley Cup Finals.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [34, 34], "content_span": [35, 475]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276728-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Washington Capitals season\nThe team finished the regular season with 105 points, winning the Metropolitan Division for the third year in a row. In the Stanley Cup Playoffs, they lost the first two games of their first round series against the Columbus Blue Jackets before winning the next four games to advance to the Conference Semi-finals against the two-time defending Stanley Cup champion Pittsburgh Penguins, who ended the Capitals' playoffs each of the previous two years. The Capitals defeated the Penguins in six games to advance the Eastern Conference Finals, their first trip to a conference championship series since 1998.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [34, 34], "content_span": [35, 641]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276728-0001-0001", "contents": "2017\u201318 Washington Capitals season\nThe Capitals defeated the Tampa Bay Lightning in the Eastern Conference Finals in seven games, after overcoming a 3-2 series deficit following a Game 5 loss for the first time in franchise history, with goaltender Braden Holtby posting shutouts in both Games 6 and 7 in the process, to earn their first trip to the Stanley Cup Finals since 1998, when they were swept by the Detroit Red Wings. The Capitals faced the first-year Vegas Golden Knights and defeated them in five games to earn the organization's first ever Stanley Cup, while becoming the 100th Stanley Cup champions since 1914. Alexander Ovechkin was awarded the Conn Smythe Trophy as the MVP of the playoffs.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [34, 34], "content_span": [35, 706]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276728-0002-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Washington Capitals season, Schedule and results, Preseason\nThe Capitals' preseason schedule was released on June 7, 2017.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 67], "content_span": [68, 130]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276728-0003-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Washington Capitals season, Schedule and results, Regular season\nThe team released its regular season schedule on June 22, 2017.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 72], "content_span": [73, 136]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276728-0004-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Washington Capitals season, Schedule and results, Regular season\nWin (2 Points)\u00a0\u00a0Loss (0 points)\u00a0\u00a0Overtime/shootout loss (1 point)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 72], "content_span": [73, 138]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276728-0005-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Washington Capitals season, Schedule and results, Playoffs\nThe Capitals endured hardships during their first successful Stanley Cup run through 24 games, and simultaneously became the second Stanley Cup champion to trail at least once in all four playoff rounds (1990\u201391 Pittsburgh Penguins) and the fourth to drop the first two games of the first series at home (2001\u201302 Detroit Red Wings, 2005-06 Carolina Hurricanes, and 2010\u201311 Boston Bruins). This also makes such run the third-longest Stanley Cup run, tied with four other runs.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 66], "content_span": [67, 542]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276728-0006-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Washington Capitals season, Player statistics\n\u2020Denotes player spent time with another team before joining the Capitals. Statistics reflect time with the Capitals only. \u2021Denotes player was traded mid-season. Statistics reflect time with the Capitals only.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 53], "content_span": [54, 262]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276728-0007-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Washington Capitals season, Transactions\nThe Capitals have been involved in the following transactions during the 2017\u201318 season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 48], "content_span": [49, 137]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276728-0008-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Washington Capitals season, Draft picks\nBelow are the Washington Capitals' selections at the 2017 NHL Entry Draft, which was held on June 23 and 24, 2017 at the United Center in Chicago.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 47], "content_span": [48, 194]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276729-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Washington Huskies men's basketball team\nThe 2017\u201318 Washington Huskies men's basketball team represented the University of Washington in the 2017\u201318 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. Led by first-year head coach Mike Hopkins, the Huskies played their home games at Alaska Airlines Arena at Hec Edmundson Pavilion in Seattle, Washington as members of the Pac-12 Conference. They finished the season 21\u201313, 10\u20138 in Pac-12 play, in a tie for sixth.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 48], "section_span": [48, 48], "content_span": [49, 461]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276729-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Washington Huskies men's basketball team\nWashington lost to tenth-seeded Oregon State in overtime in the first round of the Pac-12 Tournament, then received an invitation to the National Invitation Tournament. They defeated Boise State in the first round in Seattle, but lost on the road to Saint Mary's in the second round.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 48], "section_span": [48, 48], "content_span": [49, 332]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276729-0002-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Washington Huskies men's basketball team, Previous season\nThe 2016\u201317 Huskies finished the season at 9\u201322, 2\u201316 in Pac-12 play, in eleventh place. Washington lost to sixth-seed USC in the first round of the Pac-12 Tournament. On March 15, it was announced that head coach Lorenzo Romar was not retained for a sixteenth year. Four days later, he was succeeded by Hopkins, a longtime assistant at Syracuse under Jim Boeheim.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 48], "section_span": [50, 65], "content_span": [66, 430]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276729-0003-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Washington Huskies men's basketball team, Roster, Notes\nDevenir Duruisseau departed the team on November 22, 2017 having only played in the Belmont game.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 48], "section_span": [50, 63], "content_span": [64, 161]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276729-0004-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Washington Huskies men's basketball team, Awards and honors\nOn March 5, 2018 Mike Hopkins was named Pac-12 Coach of the Year and Matisse Thybulle was named Pac-12 Defensive Player of the Year.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 48], "section_span": [50, 67], "content_span": [68, 200]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276730-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Washington Huskies women's basketball team\nThe 2017\u201318 Washington Huskies women's basketball team represented University of Washington during the 2017\u201318 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Huskies were led by first-year head coach Jody Wynn. The Huskies play their home games at Alaska Airlines Arena at Hec Edmundson Pavilion in Seattle, Washington as members of the Pac-12 Conference. They finished the season 7\u201323, 1\u201317 in Pac-12 play to finish in last place. They lost in the first round of the Pac-12 Women's Basketball Tournament to California.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 50], "section_span": [50, 50], "content_span": [51, 570]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276730-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Washington Huskies women's basketball team, Previous season\nThe 2016\u201317 Huskies finished the 2016\u201317 season 29\u20136, 15\u20133 in Pac-12 play.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 50], "section_span": [52, 67], "content_span": [68, 142]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276731-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Washington State Cougars men's basketball team\nThe 2017\u201318 Washington State Cougars men's basketball team represented Washington State University during the 2017\u201318 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The team was led by fourth-year head coach Ernie Kent. The Cougars played their home games at the Beasley Coliseum in Pullman, Washington as members in the Pac-12 Conference. They finished the season 12\u201319, 4\u201314 in Pac-12 play to finish in 11th place. They lost in the first round of the Pac-12 Tournament to Oregon.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 54], "section_span": [54, 54], "content_span": [55, 530]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276731-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Washington State Cougars men's basketball team, Previous season\nThe Cougars finished the 2016\u201317 season 13\u201318, 6\u201312 in Pac-12 play to finish in a tie for ninth place. They lost in the first round of the Pac-12 Tournament to Colorado.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 54], "section_span": [56, 71], "content_span": [72, 241]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276732-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Washington State Cougars women's basketball team\nThe 2017\u201318 Washington State Cougars women's basketball team represents Washington State University during the 2017\u201318 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Cougars, led by eleventh year head coach June Daugherty, play their home games at the Beasley Coliseum and were members of the Pac-12 Conference. They finished the season 10\u201320, 3\u201314 in the Pac-12 to finish in tenth place. They lost in the first round of the Pac-12 Women's Tournament to USC.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 56], "section_span": [56, 56], "content_span": [57, 515]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276732-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Washington State Cougars women's basketball team\nOn March 13, June Daugherty was fired. She finished at Washington State with a record of 130\u2013218. WSU hired Northern Colorado head coach Ethridge on April 16.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 56], "section_span": [56, 56], "content_span": [57, 215]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276732-0002-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Washington State Cougars women's basketball team, Previous season\nThey finished the season 16\u201320, 6\u201312 in the Pac-12 to finish in a tie for seventh place. They advanced to the quarterfinals of the Pac-12 Women's Tournament where they lost to Stanford. They were invited to the Women's National Invitation Tournament where they defeated BYU, Wyoming and UC Davis in the first, second and third rounds, Iowa in the quarterfinals before losing to Georgia Tech in the semifinals.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 56], "section_span": [58, 73], "content_span": [74, 483]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276733-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Washington Wizards season\nThe 2017\u201318 Washington Wizards season was the 57th season of the franchise in the National Basketball Association (NBA) and 45th in the Washington, D.C. area. The Wizards played their home games at newly named Capital One Arena.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [33, 33], "content_span": [34, 262]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276733-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Washington Wizards season\nThey finished the regular season with a record of 43\u201339, which clinched the 8th seed. In the playoffs, the Wizards faced the top-seeded Toronto Raptors in the First Round, and lost in 6 games.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [33, 33], "content_span": [34, 226]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276733-0002-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Washington Wizards season\nUntil 2021, This season marked the last time the Wizards made the playoffs.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [33, 33], "content_span": [34, 109]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276733-0003-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Washington Wizards season, Previous season\nThe Wizards finished the 2016\u201317 season 49\u201333 to finish in first place in the Southeast Division. They received the No. 4 seed in the Eastern Conference playoffs where they defeated the Atlanta Hawks in the first round of the playoffs, winning the series 4\u20132. In the Conference semifinals, they were defeated 4\u20133 by the Boston Celtics.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 50], "content_span": [51, 386]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276733-0004-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Washington Wizards season, Offseason, Draft picks\nThe Wizards did not select anyone in the draft, having traded both picks earlier in the year.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 57], "content_span": [58, 151]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276734-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Watford F.C. season\nThe 2017\u201318 season was Watford's 120th year in their history and third consecutive season in the Premier League. They also participated in the FA Cup and EFL Cup.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [27, 27], "content_span": [28, 190]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276734-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Watford F.C. season\nThe season covered the period from 1 July 2017 to 30 June 2018.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [27, 27], "content_span": [28, 91]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276734-0002-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Watford F.C. season, Squad, Current squad\nNote: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 49], "content_span": [50, 178]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276734-0003-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Watford F.C. season, Friendlies\nAs of 8 July 2017, Watford have announced four pre-season friendlies against AFC Wimbledon, Viktoria Plze\u0148, Eibar and Real Sociedad.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 39], "content_span": [40, 172]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276734-0004-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Watford F.C. season, Competitions, Premier League, Matches\nOn 14 June 2017, Watford's league season fixtures were announced.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 66], "content_span": [67, 132]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276734-0005-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Watford F.C. season, Competitions, FA Cup\nWatford entered the competition in the third round and were handed a home tie against Bristol City.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 49], "content_span": [50, 149]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276734-0006-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Watford F.C. season, Competitions, EFL Cup\nWatford entered the EFL Cup in the second round and were drawn at home to Bristol City.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 50], "content_span": [51, 138]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276735-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Wearside Football League\nThe 2017\u201318 Wearside Football League season is the 126th in the history of Wearside Football League, a football competition in England.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [32, 32], "content_span": [33, 168]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276735-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Wearside Football League\nThe following 3 clubs left the Wearside League before the season -", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [32, 32], "content_span": [33, 99]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276735-0002-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Wearside Football League\nThe following club joined the Wearside League before the season -", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [32, 32], "content_span": [33, 98]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276736-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Weber State Wildcats men's basketball team\nThe 2017\u201318 Weber State Wildcats men's basketball team represented Weber State University during the 2017\u201318 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Wildcats were led by 12th-year head coach Randy Rahe and play their home games in the Dee Events Center in Ogden, Utah as members of the Big Sky Conference. They finished the season 20\u201311, 13\u20135 in Big Sky play to finish in a tie for third place. They lost in the quarterfinals of the Big Sky Tournament to Northern Colorado.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 50], "section_span": [50, 50], "content_span": [51, 529]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276736-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Weber State Wildcats men's basketball team, Previous season\nThe Wildcats finished the 2016\u201317 season 20\u201314, 12\u20136 in Big Sky play to finish in a tie for third place. As the No. 3 seed in the Big Sky Tournament, they defeated Southern Utah and Eastern Washington before losing in the championship game to North Dakota. They were invited to the CollegeInsider.com Postseason Tournament where they defeated Cal State Fullerton in the first round to win the Riley Wallace Classic. In the second round, they lost to Texas A&M\u2013Corpus Christi.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 50], "section_span": [52, 67], "content_span": [68, 543]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276737-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Weber State Wildcats women's basketball team\nThe 2017\u201318 Weber State Wildcats women's basketball team represents Weber State University during the 2017\u201318 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Wildcats were led by sixth year head coach Bethann Ord and play their home games at the Dee Events Center. They were members of the Big Sky Conference. They finished the season 21\u201310, 11\u20137 in Big Sky play to finish in a tie for third place. They lost in the quarterfinals of the Big Sky Women's Tournament to Idaho State. They were invited to the WBI where they defeated Texas Southern in the first round before losing to Central Arkansas in the quarterfinals.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 52], "section_span": [52, 52], "content_span": [53, 670]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276737-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Weber State Wildcats women's basketball team\nOn June 7, it was announced that Bethann Ord has resigned from Weber State and accept the head coaching job at Binghamton. She finished at Weber State with a 6 year record of 77\u2013137.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 52], "section_span": [52, 52], "content_span": [53, 235]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276737-0002-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Weber State Wildcats women's basketball team, Radio Broadcasts\nAll Wildcats games are heard on KWCR with Nick Bailey calling the action. All home games and conference road games are also streamed with video live online through .", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 52], "section_span": [54, 70], "content_span": [71, 236]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276738-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Wellington Phoenix FC season\nThe 2017\u201318 Wellington Phoenix FC season was the club's 11th season since its establishment in 2007. The club participated in the A-League for the 11th time, the FFA Cup for the fourth time, and fielded a reserves squad in the ISPS Handa Premiership for the fourth time.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [36, 36], "content_span": [37, 307]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276738-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Wellington Phoenix FC season, Players, Squad information\nNote: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 64], "content_span": [65, 193]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276739-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Welsh Alliance League\nThe 2017\u201318 Welsh Alliance League, known as the Lock Stock Welsh Alliance League for sponsorship reasons, is the 34th season of the Welsh Alliance League, which consists of two divisions: the third and fourth levels of the Welsh football pyramid.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [29, 29], "content_span": [30, 276]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276739-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Welsh Alliance League\nThere are fifteen teams in each division, with the champions of Division 1 promoted to the Cymru Alliance and the bottom two relegated to Division 2. In Division 2, the champions and runners-up are promoted to Division 1, with the bottom two relegated to either the Gwynedd League or the Vale of Clwyd and Conwy Football League.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [29, 29], "content_span": [30, 358]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276739-0002-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Welsh Alliance League\nThe season began on 12 August 2017 and concluded on 26 May 2018.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [29, 29], "content_span": [30, 94]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276739-0003-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Welsh Alliance League, Division 1, Teams\nGlantraeth were champions in the previous season and were promoted to the Cymru Alliance. They were replaced by Conwy Borough who were relegated from the Cymru Alliance.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 48], "content_span": [49, 218]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276739-0004-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Welsh Alliance League, Division 1, Teams\nThe bottom two teams from the previous season, Llanrwst United and Glan Conwy, were relegated to Division 2 for 2017\u201318. Division 2 champions, Llandudno Albion and runners-up, Mynydd Llandegai were promoted in their place.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 48], "content_span": [49, 271]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276739-0005-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Welsh Alliance League, Division 2, Teams\nLlandudno Albion were champions in the previous season and were promoted to Division 1 along with runners-up, Mynydd Llandegai. They were replaced by Glan Conwy who were relegated from Division 1.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 48], "content_span": [49, 245]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276739-0006-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Welsh Alliance League, Division 2, Teams\nThe bottom two teams from the previous season were Blaenau Ffestiniog Amateur and Llannerch-y-medd. However, both teams were not relegated. Gwynedd League champions, Bodedern Athletic, runners-up, Aberffraw and Vale of Clwyd and Conwy Football League Premier Division champions, Llannefydd were promoted to Division 2.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 48], "content_span": [49, 367]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276740-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Welsh Cup\nThe 2017\u201318 FAW Welsh Cup was the 130th season of the annual knockout tournament for competitive football teams in Wales.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 17], "section_span": [17, 17], "content_span": [18, 139]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276740-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Welsh Cup\nThe winners Connah's Quay Nomads qualified for the 2018\u201319 UEFA Europa League preliminary round.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 17], "section_span": [17, 17], "content_span": [18, 114]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276740-0002-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Welsh Cup, First qualifying round\nThe draw for the first qualifying round was held on 12 July 2017. The draw was regionalized into six sections: South East, South Central, South West, Central, North West and North East. All matches were played on 19 August 2017.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 17], "section_span": [19, 41], "content_span": [42, 270]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276740-0003-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Welsh Cup, First qualifying round\nThe Aber Valley/Cardiff Corinthians and Merthyr Saints/Tiger Bay ties had been reversed.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 17], "section_span": [19, 41], "content_span": [42, 130]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276740-0004-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Welsh Cup, Second qualifying round\nThe draw for the second qualifying round was held on 21 August 2017. The draw was regionalized into five sections: South East, South West, Central, North West and North East. Matches were played on 9 September 2017 with the exception of Mynydd Llandygai/Mochdre Sports which was played on 23 September 2017 . Treharris Athletic Western were disqualified for fielding an ineligible player and Llanrumney United replaced them.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 17], "section_span": [19, 42], "content_span": [43, 467]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276740-0005-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Welsh Cup, Second qualifying round\nThe Mold Alexandra/Acton, Penycae/Llay Welfare and Llanuwchllyn/Chirk ties were reversed from the original draw.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 17], "section_span": [19, 42], "content_span": [43, 155]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276740-0006-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Welsh Cup, Second qualifying round\nGlantraeth FC were due to play Prestatyn Sports but withdrew.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 17], "section_span": [19, 42], "content_span": [43, 104]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276740-0007-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Welsh Cup, First round\nThe draw for the first round was held on 11 September 2017.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 17], "section_span": [19, 30], "content_span": [31, 90]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276740-0008-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Welsh Cup, Second round\nThe draw for the second round was held on 8 October 2017.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 17], "section_span": [19, 31], "content_span": [32, 89]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276740-0009-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Welsh Cup, Third round\nThe draw for the third round was held on 6 November 2017.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 17], "section_span": [19, 30], "content_span": [31, 88]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276740-0010-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Welsh Cup, Fourth round\nThe draw for the fourth round was held on 4 December 2017.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 17], "section_span": [19, 31], "content_span": [32, 90]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276740-0011-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Welsh Cup, Quarter-finals\nThe draw for the quarter-finals was held on 29 January 2018.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 17], "section_span": [19, 33], "content_span": [34, 94]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276740-0012-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Welsh Cup, Semi-finals\nThe draw for the semi-finals was held on 5 March 2018. The matches were played at neutral venues.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 17], "section_span": [19, 30], "content_span": [31, 128]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276741-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Welsh Football League Division One\nThe 2017\u201318 Welsh Football League Division One (known as the Nathaniel Cars Welsh Football League Division One for sponsorship reasons) was the 2017\u201318 season of the top football league in South Wales. Together with its North Wales counterpart, the Cymru Alliance, the 16-team division forms the second tier of the Welsh football league system, one level below the nationwide Welsh Premier League. The season began on 11 August 2017 and concluded in May 2018.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [42, 42], "content_span": [43, 502]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276741-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Welsh Football League Division One, Teams\nBarry Town United were champions in the previous season and were promoted to the 2017\u201318 Welsh Premier League.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [44, 49], "content_span": [50, 160]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276741-0002-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Welsh Football League Division One, Teams\nThe bottom two placed teams from the previous season, Risca United and Caldicot Town, were relegated to the 2017\u201318 Welsh Football League Division Two; they were replaced by Llanelli Town, Briton Ferry Llansawel and Cwmamman United, the top three teams from Division Two the previous season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [44, 49], "content_span": [50, 341]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276742-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Welsh League Cup\nThe 2017\u201318 Welsh League Cup (known for sponsorship purposes as The Nathaniel MG Cup) was the 26th season of the Welsh Premier League's cup competition, which was established in 1992.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [24, 24], "content_span": [25, 208]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276742-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Welsh League Cup\nPlayed under a regionalised, knock-out format, the 2017-18 competition was the fourth to be held since the tournament was expanded to include clubs from outside the Welsh Premier League. As well as the 12 Welsh Premier League clubs from the previous season, the top five qualifying clubs from the northern and southern feeder leagues would enter the tournament, along with a number of wildcard entrants.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [24, 24], "content_span": [25, 428]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276742-0002-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Welsh League Cup\nThe New Saints reached their tenth final and won the match 1-0, retaining the trophy and securing their ninth title. Their opponents were fellow Welsh Premier League side Cardiff Met who made their first appearance in the final.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [24, 24], "content_span": [25, 253]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276742-0003-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Welsh League Cup, First round\nThe semi-finalists from the previous season, The New Saints, Barry Town United, Connah's Quay and Carmarthen Town received a bye to the second round.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 37], "content_span": [38, 187]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276742-0004-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Welsh League Cup, Semi-finals\nTies were played on 15 & 22 November 2017 respectively.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 37], "content_span": [38, 93]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276742-0005-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Welsh League Cup, Final\nThe match was played on Saturday 20 January 2018 at Park Avenue, Aberystwyth. It was the 13th time the venue had hosted the final.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 31], "content_span": [32, 162]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276743-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Welsh Premier League\nThe 2017\u201318 Welsh Premier League was the 26th season of the Welsh Premier League, the highest football league within Wales since its establishment in 1992. The New Saints are the defending champions. The season fixtures were announced on 23 June 2017. The season began on 11 August 2017 and concluded in April 2018; the Europa League play-offs followed afterwards. Teams played each other twice on a home and away basis, before the league split into two groups at the end of January 2018 \u2013 the top six and the bottom six.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [28, 28], "content_span": [29, 550]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276743-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Welsh Premier League\nOn 26 April 2018 the FAW Club Licensing Appeals Body decided to revoke Bangor City's Tier 1 and UEFA licence meaning that they would automatically drop down to the second level of Welsh football the next season and would not be able to compete for a place in the following season's Europa League.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [28, 28], "content_span": [29, 325]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276743-0002-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Welsh Premier League, Teams\nThe bottom two placed teams from the previous season, Rhyl and Airbus UK Broughton were relegated to the Cymru Alliance for the 2017\u201318 season. They were replaced by Barry Town United and Prestatyn Town, champions of the 2016\u201317 Welsh Football League Division One and 2016\u201317 Cymru Alliance respectively. Barry Town United are playing in the Welsh Premier League for the first time since the 2003\u201304 season, while Prestatyn Town were returning to the top flight after being relegated in the 2014\u201315 season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 35], "content_span": [36, 542]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276743-0003-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Welsh Premier League, Results\nTeams play each other twice on a home and away basis, before the league split into two groups \u2013 the top six and the bottom six.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 37], "content_span": [38, 165]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276743-0004-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Welsh Premier League, UEFA Europa League play-offs\nTeams that finish in positions third to seventh at the end of the regular season will participate in play-offs to determine the third participant for the 2018\u201319 UEFA Europa League, who will qualify for the preliminary round. However, due to Bangor City's expulsion, there was just one semi-final, with fifth place Cefn Druids gaining a bye to the final after Bala Town (who had finished 4th) took Bangor's place.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 58], "content_span": [59, 472]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276744-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Welsh Premier Women's League\nThe 2017\u201318 Welsh Premier League was the ninth season of the Women's Welsh Premier League, the top level women's football league in Wales. The season began on 3 September 2017 and ended on 2 May 2018.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [36, 36], "content_span": [37, 237]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276744-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Welsh Premier Women's League\nCardiff Metropolitan Ladies won their fifth league title, five points clear of the previous season's winners Swansea City. The Premier League Cup was won by Cyncoed Ladies, the first piece of silverware that the team had won. Swansea City won the FAW Women's Cup \u2013 the third time that they have won the trophy.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [36, 36], "content_span": [37, 347]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276744-0002-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Welsh Premier Women's League\nLyndsey Davies of Abergavenny Women won the Golden Boot for the second season in a row after scoring 22 goals.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [36, 36], "content_span": [37, 147]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276744-0003-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Welsh Premier Women's League\nPlayer of the Season was won by Cardiff City's Shannon Evans and Young Player of the Season was awarded to Ellie Lake of Swansea City.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [36, 36], "content_span": [37, 171]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276744-0004-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Welsh Premier Women's League, Clubs\nOne of the league's founding teams Caernarfon Town were promoted back to the Premier League and Caldicot Town played their first season in the top flight. 10 teams ended up competing in the league.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 43], "content_span": [44, 241]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276744-0005-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Welsh Premier Women's League, League Cup\nThis was the fifth season of the WPWL Cup and Cyncoed Ladies won the competition for the first time in their history. Cyncoed beat Cardiff Metropolitan 1-0 after extra time. Jasmine Simpson of Cardiff Metropolitan scored the most goals in the competition with 4 in 4 games.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 48], "content_span": [49, 322]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276745-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Wessex Football League\nThe 2017\u201318 Wessex Football League season (known as the Sydenhams Football League (Wessex) for sponsorship reasons) was the 32nd in the history of the Wessex Football League since its establishment in 1986.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [30, 30], "content_span": [31, 237]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276745-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Wessex Football League\nThe league consists of two divisions: the Premier Division and Division One. The constitution was announced on 26 May 2017.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [30, 30], "content_span": [31, 154]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276745-0002-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Wessex Football League, Premier Division\nThe Premier Division remained at 22 clubs after Moneyfields were promoted to the Southern League, and Fawley, Whitchurch United and Verwood Town were relegated to Division One.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 48], "content_span": [49, 225]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276745-0003-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Wessex Football League, Premier Division\nWith the suspension of ground grading Grade E for this season and the creation of a new league at Steps 3 and 4, the champions of all Step 5 leagues were compulsorily promoted to Step 4. Of the fourteen runners-up, the twelve clubs with the best PPG (points per game ratio) were also to be compulsorily promoted, but with resignations and mergers in leagues above, thirteen runners-up were promoted.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 48], "content_span": [49, 448]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276745-0004-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Wessex Football League, Premier Division\nTeams at Step 5 without ground grading Grade F were to be relegated to Step 6, but no club in this division failed the ground grading process. All Step 5 leagues were fixed at 20 clubs for 2018\u201319, but in this case there were no further relegations or reprieves.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 48], "content_span": [49, 311]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276745-0005-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Wessex Football League, Division One\nDivision One was reduced from 21 to 19 clubs after Baffins Milton Rovers, Hamble Club and Shaftesbury were promoted to the Premier Division, Fleet Spurs were transferred to the Combined Counties League, and Pewsey Vale were transferred to the Hellenic League.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 44], "content_span": [45, 304]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276745-0006-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Wessex Football League, Division One\nReserve sides are not eligible for promotion to Step 5.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 44], "content_span": [45, 100]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276745-0007-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Wessex Football League, Division One\nStep 6 clubs without ground grading Grade G were to be relegated to Step 7, but no club in this division failed the ground grading process. All Step 6 leagues were fixed at a maximum of 20 clubs for 2018\u201319, but in this case there were no further relegations or reprieves.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 44], "content_span": [45, 317]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276746-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 West Bank Premier League\nThe 2017\u201318 West Bank Premier League is the 15th season of the top football league in the West Bank of Palestine.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [32, 32], "content_span": [33, 146]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276747-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 West Bromwich Albion F.C. season\nThe 2017\u201318 season was West Bromwich Albion's eighth consecutive season in the Premier League and their 140th year in existence. This season the club participated in the Premier League, FA Cup and League Cup. Tony Pulis began the season as the team's head coach but a poor run of form led to his dismissal in November; he was succeeded by Alan Pardew later that month. On 2 April 2018, Pardew left West Brom by mutual consent. First team coach and former player Darren Moore took the stand until the end of the season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [40, 40], "content_span": [41, 559]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276747-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 West Bromwich Albion F.C. season\nThe season covered the period from 1 July 2017 to 30 June 2018, with competitive matches played between August and May.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [40, 40], "content_span": [41, 160]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276747-0002-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 West Bromwich Albion F.C. season\nWest Bromwich Albion's relegation to the Championship was confirmed on 8 May 2018, by virtue of Southampton earning a 1\u20130 away victory at fellow strugglers Swansea City.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [40, 40], "content_span": [41, 210]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276747-0003-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 West Bromwich Albion F.C. season, Background\nDuring the off-season, West Bromwich Albion made several improvements to their stadium, The Hawthorns. The club increased the number of wheelchair bays from 145 to 171 and installed Changing Places toilets, which are a special type of accessible toilet. They also installed new giant screens inside the stadium, created a sensory area\u2014to cater for young fans on the autism spectrum\u2014and added \"nostalgic\" artwork to the concourses. The club's season ticket sales hit a seven-year high following a reduction in prices.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 52], "content_span": [53, 569]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276747-0004-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 West Bromwich Albion F.C. season, Background\nThe club unveiled two new kits for the season, both of which were manufactured by Adidas. The home attire featured Albion's traditional navy blue and white vertical striped shirts, white shorts and white socks, though the backs and sleeves of the shirts were all navy blue. The away kit comprised white jerseys with red sleeves and red shorts and socks. The team's main shirt sponsor was Palm Eco-Town Development Company, whom West Bromwich Albion owner Guochuan Lai had served as general manager for over 20 years. The deal is thought to be worth \u00a36 million to Albion over two years. Additionally, Albion's shirt sleeves were sponsored by online gambling provider 12BET, following a ruling by the Premier League that allowed clubs to add sponsor's logos to sleeves for the first time.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 52], "content_span": [53, 839]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276747-0005-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 West Bromwich Albion F.C. season, Background\nAssistant head coach Dave Kemp retired after spending over 40 years in football and was replaced by Gary Megson, who returned after having led Albion to the Premier League as manager in the 2000s. Jonny Evans was named as the club's new captain following the departure of Darren Fletcher to Stoke City. Shortly before the start of the new season, head coach Tony Pulis signed a one-year contract extension to keep him at the club until 2019.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 52], "content_span": [53, 494]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276747-0006-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 West Bromwich Albion F.C. season, Background\nPrior to the start of the season, sports journalists were unanimous in forecasting that Albion would finish in the bottom half of the Premier League but avoid relegation. The BBC's chief football writer, Phil McNulty, expected Tony Pulis to keep the team in the top division \"with the minimum of fuss\". Paul Merson of Sky Sports thought that Albion would be \"solid\" and \"hard to beat\" under Pulis and that without him the team would finish \"five or so places\" lower. ESPN's Iain Macintosh was more pessimistic, predicting that West Brom would finish only two places above the relegation zone. Oddschecker quoted odds of 750/1 on Albion winning the Premier League, while Paddy Power offered 6/1 on the club being relegated.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 52], "content_span": [53, 775]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276747-0007-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 West Bromwich Albion F.C. season, Pre-season, Premier League Asia Trophy\nWest Bromwich Albion participated in the 2017 Premier League Asia Trophy in Hong Kong. It was the eighth edition of the Premier League Asia Trophy pre-season tournament and the first to feature four teams from the Premier League.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 80], "content_span": [81, 310]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276747-0008-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 West Bromwich Albion F.C. season, Pre-season, Teresa Herrera Trophy\nThe Teresa Herrera Trophy is a pre-season tournament that has been held annually in A Coru\u00f1a, Spain, since 1946. The competition has sometimes featured four teams in a semi-final, final and third place play-off, while in other years \u2014including 2017\u2014only a single match final takes place. West Bromwich Albion were taking part in the competition for the first time and were defeated 2\u20130 by tournament hosts Deportivo de La Coru\u00f1a, who were managed by former Albion head coach Pepe Mel.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 75], "content_span": [76, 560]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276747-0009-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 West Bromwich Albion F.C. season, Pre-season, Other friendlies\nAs of 22 June 2017, West Bromwich Albion have announced eight pre-season friendlies against Burton Albion, Walsall, Kidderminster Harriers, Port Vale, Bristol Rovers, Slough Town, Deportivo de La Coru\u00f1a and Slavia Prague.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 70], "content_span": [71, 292]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276747-0010-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 West Bromwich Albion F.C. season, Premier League\nWest Bromwich Albion competed in the 2017\u201318 Premier League, the 26th season of English football's top division since its breakaway from the Football League in 1992. It was Albion's 12th season (8th consecutive) in the Premier League, 80th season in the top tier of English football and their 119th season of league football in all. West Brom's provisional fixture list was announced on 14 June 2017, but as is common for Premier League clubs, a number of the Saturday matches were subsequently rescheduled for live broadcast on television.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 56], "content_span": [57, 597]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276747-0010-0001", "contents": "2017\u201318 West Bromwich Albion F.C. season, Premier League\nThe away games against Arsenal, Leicester City and Chelsea were selected for Sky Sports' Monday Night Football. Home matches against Stoke City, Manchester United and Arsenal and the away game at Manchester United were shown on Sky's Super Sunday programme. The rescheduling of the Arsenal home game caused the away game against West Ham United to be moved from New Year's Day (Monday) to the following evening, Tuesday 2 January, though the latter was not televised. The home game against Liverpool was switched to a lunchtime slot for coverage on Sky Sports and the away game versus Southampton was moved to a Saturday evening for screening on BT Sport.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 56], "content_span": [57, 712]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276747-0011-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 West Bromwich Albion F.C. season, Premier League, August\nAlbion's opening match was at home to A.F.C. Bournemouth and featured debuts for new signing Jay Rodriguez and loanee Ahmed Hegazi. Rodriguez was named man of the match for his performance, while Hegazi scored the only goal of the game, thus becoming the first Baggies player to score on his Premier League debut since Thievy did so in 2014. Albion won their opening league match for the second successive season, the first time they had done so since 1992 and the first time in the top division since 1978.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 64], "content_span": [65, 572]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276747-0011-0001", "contents": "2017\u201318 West Bromwich Albion F.C. season, Premier League, August\nWest Brom's first away match of the season also resulted in a 1\u20130 win, Hal Robson-Kanu scoring the second half goal against Burnley before being sent off for elbowing Matthew Lowton 12 minutes later. He is only the fourth player to come on as a sub, score and be sent off in the same Premier League game. Albion won their opening two league games of a top flight season for the first time since 1978\u201379. The team's 100% start came to an end following a 1\u20131 against Stoke City, though the draw did ensure that Albion remained unbeaten heading into the international break.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 64], "content_span": [65, 636]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276747-0012-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 West Bromwich Albion F.C. season, Premier League, September\nOn 9 September 2017, West Brom's unbeaten record in the league came to an end after their 3\u20131 defeat away at Premier League newcomers Brighton & Hove Albion, who scored their first league goals and earned their first league win with the result. West Brom found themselves 3\u20130 down in the second half courtesy of a brace from Pascal Gro\u00df and a headed goal from Tomer Hemed. They did manage to pull a goal back through James Morrison late in the game, but it was not enough as West Brom fell to 9th in the table.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 67], "content_span": [68, 578]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276747-0012-0001", "contents": "2017\u201318 West Bromwich Albion F.C. season, Premier League, September\nAlbion's goalless draw at home to West Ham United was Tony Pulis' 100th Premier League game in charge of the club, making him the first Baggies head coach to reach that milestone. On 25 September 2017, Gareth Barry became the all-time leading appearance maker in Premier League history after appearing against Arsenal, playing his 633th premier league game that made him surpass former Manchester United midfielder Ryan Giggs. He was also given the armband in this game. But the team lost 2\u20130 from a brace of Alexandre Lacazette, stretching Tony Pulis's awful managerial records at the Emirates Stadium. Five days later, they squandered a 2\u20130 lead they had taken in the opening 20 minuntes through Rond\u00f3n and Evans'goals against Watford at home, being equalized by Richarlison in the 95th minute.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 67], "content_span": [68, 864]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276747-0013-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 West Bromwich Albion F.C. season, Premier League, December\nAlbion lost 3\u20131 away at Stoke City in the 100th top flight meeting between the two sides. Salom\u00f3n Rond\u00f3n\u2014in his 100th game for the club\u2014scored Albion's consolation goal.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 66], "content_span": [67, 236]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276747-0014-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 West Bromwich Albion F.C. season, Premier League, January\nAlbion started the new year with a tough visit to West Ham United, kicked off only 50 hours after the Arsenal clash, while West Ham had a week to spare due to their fixtures against Tottenham Hotspur was postponed. Club Chairman John Williams had requested a postpone for this match but dismissed by the FA. James McClean scores his first goal for club in 16 months, where last one also against West Ham. But a brace from Andy Carroll helped the home side bounce back, where the second goal being a 95-minute late winner.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 65], "content_span": [66, 587]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276747-0014-0001", "contents": "2017\u201318 West Bromwich Albion F.C. season, Premier League, January\nJake Livermore was involved in an angry exchange with a fan after he was substituted in the second half, which was later confirmed that fan made remarks related to Livermore's abortive son. The midfielder was not charged by the FA while the fan later received an 'indefinite ban' from West Ham for home and away games. West Brom finally picked up their first league win across 5 months and 20 games at home against Brighton, defenders Jonny Evans and Craig Dawson each scored a header from corners respectively.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 65], "content_span": [66, 577]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276747-0015-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 West Bromwich Albion F.C. season, Premier League, January\nOne week later, Albion earned a 1\u20131 draw away to Everton, but unfortunately the match is overshadowed as home midfielder James McCarthy suffered a broken leg after putting out a harsh tackle on Salom\u00f3n Rond\u00f3n and is set to miss out for a lengthy period. James McClean came on in the second half and made his 100th appearance for West Brom.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 65], "content_span": [66, 405]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276747-0016-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 West Bromwich Albion F.C. season, Cup competitions, FA Cup\nThe FA Cup is English football's primary cup competition and was first held in 1871\u201372. West Bromwich Albion have won the competition five times, most recently in 1968; the 2017\u201318 season marks the 50th anniversary of that campaign as well as being Albion's 125th season in the FA Cup. As a Premier League club, Albion entered the 2017\u201318 FA Cup at the third round stage and were drawn away to either Exeter City or Forest Green Rovers. The former won the replayed tie 2\u20131 (a.e.t.) and advanced through to host WBA.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 66], "content_span": [67, 582]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276747-0016-0001", "contents": "2017\u201318 West Bromwich Albion F.C. season, Cup competitions, FA Cup\nAlbion had not faced Exeter in any competition since a league match in 1993 and the two sides had never previously met in the FA Cup. The game finished 2\u20130 to the away side thanks to first half goals from Salom\u00f3n Rond\u00f3n and Jay Rodriguez, while Hal Robson-Kanu missed a penalty. Pardew got his first win in charge in this clash, which also ended Albion's 21-game winless run in all competitions.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 66], "content_span": [67, 462]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276747-0017-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 West Bromwich Albion F.C. season, Cup competitions, FA Cup\nWest Bromwich Albion's fourth round match against Liverpool at Anfield was moved to a Saturday night slot for live screening on BT Sport. It became the first official game in the club's history to use a video assistant referee. The newly introduced technology did bring great impact to the process of the game, where referee Craig Pawson disallowed a West Brom goal and awarded Liverpool a penalty with VAR's assistance. But a brace from Jay Rodriguez and a Jo\u00ebl Matip own goal still saw a dramatic 3\u20132 victory to Albion. Albion were later eliminated by Southampton in the fifth round, albeit Rondon scoring a goal of the season contender.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 66], "content_span": [67, 706]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276747-0018-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 West Bromwich Albion F.C. season, Cup competitions, EFL Cup\nEnglish football's secondary cup competition is the EFL Cup and is contested by the 92 clubs of the Premier League and English Football League. It was the 53rd season in which Albion took part in the competition formerly known as the Football League Cup, which they won at their first attempt in 1966 but had not won since. As one of the Premier League clubs not involved in European competition, Albion entered the 2017\u201318 EFL Cup at the second round stage, where they were drawn away to Accrington Stanley.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 67], "content_span": [68, 576]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276747-0018-0001", "contents": "2017\u201318 West Bromwich Albion F.C. season, Cup competitions, EFL Cup\nGoals from Salom\u00f3n Rond\u00f3n, Matt Phillips and Jay Rodriguez\u2014his first for the club\u2014ensured Albion's progression into the next round, while Tom Dallison scored a late consolation for the home side. West Brom were captained by new signing Gareth Barry. In the third round, Albion faced Manchester City at home. Midfielder Claudio Yacob scored for the first time in almost three years but two goals from City's Leroy San\u00e9 meant that West Brom were eliminated from the competition.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 67], "content_span": [68, 544]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276747-0019-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 West Bromwich Albion F.C. season, Legacy\nThe season was covered by the Channel 4 documentary series, Artist in Residence, in the episode entitled \"The Football Club\". It follows portrait artist Tai-Shan Schierenberg as he paints players, management and fans of the club. A week after the season ended, Albion made the first presentations from their caps project. The blue caps feature the club's original crest from 1884 as well as a unique number denoting the order of each player's league debut for the team. They will be given to every player\u2014or where deceased, to surviving family members\u2014to have represented West Bromwich Albion in league football. The first caps awarded honoured members of Albion's 1968 FA Cup-winning team.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 48], "content_span": [49, 740]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276748-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 West Coast Conference men's basketball season\nThe 2017\u201318 West Coast Conference men's basketball season began with practices in September 2017 and ended with the 2018 West Coast Conference Men's Basketball Tournament March 2018. This was the 67th season for WCC men's basketball, and the 29th under its current name of \"West Coast Conference\". The conference was founded in 1952 as the California Basketball Association, became the West Coast Athletic Conference in 1956, and dropped the word \"Athletic\" in 1989.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 53], "section_span": [53, 53], "content_span": [54, 520]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276749-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 West Ham United F.C. season\nThe 2017\u201318 season was West Ham United's sixth consecutive campaign in the Premier League since being promoted in the 2011\u201312 season. It was West Ham's 22nd Premier League campaign overall, their 60th top flight appearance in their 123rd year in existence, and their second in the London Stadium. The club were unable to play any games at the stadium until September, allowing for the time to convert it back to a football stadium following the 2017 World Championships in Athletics in August 2017.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [35, 35], "content_span": [36, 534]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276749-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 West Ham United F.C. season\nAside of the Premier League, West Ham United took part in the FA Cup and League Cup, entering at the third round in the FA Cup and the second round in the EFL Cup.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [35, 35], "content_span": [36, 199]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276749-0002-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 West Ham United F.C. season\nOn 7 November 2017 David Moyes was appointed manager on a six-month contract. West Ham were eighteenth in the Premier Division at the time on nine points having played eleven games.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [35, 35], "content_span": [36, 217]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276749-0003-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 West Ham United F.C. season, Friendlies\nWest Ham arranged six pre-season friendlies, beginning against Sturm Graz II on 17 July 2017 in Bad Waltersdorf, Austria, before facing fellow London side Fulham on 20 July in Graz. West Ham then travelled to Germany, where they faced Werder Bremen in a two-legged tie over two days for the Betway Cup which they lost, 3\u20132 on aggregate, followed by a friendly with Altona 93 on 1 August. West Ham then flew to Iceland to take on fellow Premier League side Manchester City in Reykjav\u00edk.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 47], "content_span": [48, 534]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276749-0004-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 West Ham United F.C. season, Friendlies\nIn March 2018, with a break in Premier League action due to FA Cup and international games, the club travelled to financially struggling Dagenham & Redbridge for a fundraising game.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 47], "content_span": [48, 229]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276749-0005-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 West Ham United F.C. season, Competitions, Premier League, Matches\nFixtures for the 2017\u201318 Premier League were announced on 14 June 2017, with West Ham travelling away to Manchester United on the opening weekend.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 74], "content_span": [75, 221]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276749-0006-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 West Ham United F.C. season, Competitions, EFL Cup\nWest Ham United entered the competition in the second round and were drawn away to Cheltenham Town. West Ham won the match 2\u20130 with first-half goals from Diafra Sakho and Andr\u00e9 Ayew, their first goals of the season. A home match versus Bolton Wanderers was announced for the third round. A fourth round away trip to face Tottenham Hotspur was drawn. In the game, played at Wembley Stadium, West Ham beat Tottenham 3\u20132 having been 2\u20130 down at half-time. West Ham's goals were scored by Angelo Ogbonna and two by Andr\u00e9 Ayew. A quarter-final trip to face Arsenal was confirmed for the Hammers.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 58], "content_span": [59, 649]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276749-0007-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 West Ham United F.C. season, Competitions, FA Cup\nWest Ham United joined the FA Cup in the third round and were drawn away to Shrewsbury Town.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 57], "content_span": [58, 150]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276750-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 West Midlands (Regional) League\nThe 2017\u201318 West Midlands (Regional) League season was the 118th in the history of the West Midlands (Regional) League, an English association football competition for semi-professional and amateur teams based in the West Midlands county, Shropshire, Herefordshire, Worcestershire and southern Staffordshire. The league operates three divisions: the Premier Division, see below, at level 10 in the English football league system, Division One at level 11, and Division Two. The Premier Division is one of three divisions which feed into the Midland League Premier Division, the other two being the East Midlands Counties League and the Midland League's own Division One.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [39, 39], "content_span": [40, 710]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276750-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 West Midlands (Regional) League\nThe constitution for Step 5 and Step 6 divisions for 2017\u201318 was announced on 26 May 2017, and following one amendment, the WMRC Premier Division constitution was ratified at the league's AGM on 26 Jun.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [39, 39], "content_span": [40, 242]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276750-0002-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 West Midlands (Regional) League, Premier Division\nThe Premier Division featured 17 clubs which competed in the division last season, along with three new clubs:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 57], "content_span": [58, 168]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276751-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 West Virginia Mountaineers men's basketball team\nThe 2017\u201318 West Virginia Mountaineers men's basketball team represented West Virginia University during the 2017\u201318 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Mountaineers were coached by Bob Huggins, in his 11th season as WVU's head coach, and played their home games at the WVU Coliseum in Morgantown, West Virginia as members of the Big 12 Conference. They finished the season 26\u201311, 11\u20137 in Big 12 play to finish in a tie for second place. They defeated Baylor and Texas Tech to advance to the championship game of the Big 12 Tournament where they lost to Kansas. They received an at-large bid to the NCAA Tournament where they defeated Murray State and Marshall to advance to the Sweet Sixteen where they lost to Villanova.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 56], "section_span": [56, 56], "content_span": [57, 788]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276751-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 West Virginia Mountaineers men's basketball team, Previous season\nThe Mountaineers finished the 2016\u201317 season 28\u20139, 12\u20136 in Big 12 play to finish in second place in conference. They defeated Texas and Kansas State to advance to the championship game of the Big 12 Tournament where they lost to Iowa State. They received an at-large bid to the NCAA Tournament where they defeated Bucknell and Notre Dame before losing in the Sweet Sixteen to Gonzaga.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 56], "section_span": [58, 73], "content_span": [74, 458]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276752-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 West Virginia Mountaineers women's basketball team\nThe 2017\u201318 West Virginia Mountaineers women's basketball team represented West Virginia University during the 2017\u201318 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Mountaineers were coached by seventeenth year head coach Mike Carey, played their home games at WVU Coliseum and were members of the Big 12 Conference. They finished the season 25\u201312, 8\u201310 in Big 12 play to finish in sixth place. They advanced to the semifinals of the Big 12 Women's Tournament where they lost to Texas. They received an automatic bid to the Women's National Invitation Tournament where they defeated Bucknell, Saint Joseph's and James Madison in the first, second and third rounds, St. John's in the quarterfinals before losing to Virginia Tech in the semifinals.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 58], "section_span": [58, 58], "content_span": [59, 806]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276752-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 West Virginia Mountaineers women's basketball team, Previous season\nThe team finished sixth in the regular season but won the 2017 Big 12 Tournament. They finished with a record of 24\u201311, 8\u201310 in Big 12 play to finish in sixth place. They received an automatic bid to the NCAA Women's Tournament where they defeated Elon in the first round before losing to Maryland in the second round.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 58], "section_span": [60, 75], "content_span": [76, 394]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276753-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 West of Scotland Super League\nThe 2017\u201318 West of Scotland Super League was the 16th and final season of the West Super League, the top tier of league competition for SJFA West Region member clubs.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [37, 37], "content_span": [38, 205]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276753-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 West of Scotland Super League\nThe league comprised two divisions, a West of Scotland Super League Premier Division of 12 clubs and a West of Scotland Super League First Division of 14 clubs. The competition began on Saturday 19 August 2017.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [37, 37], "content_span": [38, 248]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276753-0002-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 West of Scotland Super League\nThis was the final season using the format ahead of league reconstruction for the 2018\u201319 season. The West of Scotland Super League Premier Division was renamed the West of Scotland Premiership and expanded to 16 teams. The West of Scotland Super League First Division was renamed the West of Scotland Championship and also expanded to 16 teams.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [37, 37], "content_span": [38, 383]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276753-0003-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 West of Scotland Super League\nThe winners of the Super League Premier Division entered the Preliminary Round of the 2018\u201319 Scottish Cup.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [37, 37], "content_span": [38, 145]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276753-0004-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 West of Scotland Super League, Super League Premier Division, Format changes\nThere were no automatic relegation from the Premier Division to the new Championship, however the bottom two entered the West Region Play-offs for a place in the new Premiership.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 84], "content_span": [85, 263]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276753-0005-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 West of Scotland Super League, Super League Premier Division, Member clubs for the 2017\u201318 season\nClydebank and Girvan were promoted from the Super League First Division, replacing the automatically relegated Troon and Largs Thistle.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 105], "content_span": [106, 241]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276753-0006-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 West of Scotland Super League, Super League Premier Division, Member clubs for the 2017\u201318 season\nKilwinning Rangers claimed the final spot after defeating Kilsyth Rangers 3\u20132 on aggregate in the West Region League play-off.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 105], "content_span": [106, 232]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276753-0007-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 West of Scotland Super League, Super League First Division, Format changes\nThe top four were promoted to the new Premiership with fifth and sixth entering the West Region Play-offs. There was no automatic relegation from the First Division to the new League One, however, the bottom two entered the West Region Play-offs for a place in the new Championship.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 82], "content_span": [83, 365]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276753-0008-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 West of Scotland Super League, Super League First Division, Member clubs for the 2017\u201318 season\nTroon and Largs Thistle were relegated from the Super League Premier Division.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 103], "content_span": [104, 182]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276753-0009-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 West of Scotland Super League, Super League First Division, Member clubs for the 2017\u201318 season\nDarvel and Kello Rovers were promoted from the Ayrshire District League while Cambuslang Rangers and Larkhall Thistle gained promotion from the Central District First Division.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 103], "content_span": [104, 280]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276753-0010-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 West of Scotland Super League, Super League First Division, Member clubs for the 2017\u201318 season\nThey were joined by Kilsyth Rangers who lost the West Region League play-off 3\u20132 on aggregate to Kilwinning Rangers.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 103], "content_span": [104, 220]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276753-0011-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 West of Scotland Super League, Super League First Division, Member clubs for the 2017\u201318 season\nIrvine Victoria were relegated to the Ayrshire District League and Blantyre Victoria, Shotts Bon Accord and Yoker Athletic were relegated to the Central District First Division.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 103], "content_span": [104, 281]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276753-0012-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 West of Scotland Super League, West Region League play-offs, Premiership\nAs the teams finishing 11th and 12th in the Super League Premier Division, Girvan and Arthurie entered a play-off against the teams finishing fifth and sixth (Troon and Irvine Meadow) in the Super League First Division for the final two places in the new West Region Premiership.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 80], "content_span": [81, 360]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276753-0013-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 West of Scotland Super League, West Region League play-offs, Championship\nMaryhill and Shettleston finished as the bottom two of the Super League First Division, they entered a play-off against the teams finishing fourth in the Ayrshire District League (Whitletts Victoria) and the Central District First Division (Neilston) for the final two places in the new West Region Championship.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 81], "content_span": [82, 394]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276754-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Western Carolina Catamounts men's basketball team\nThe 2017\u201318 Western Carolina Catamounts men's basketball team represented Western Carolina University during the 2017\u201318 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Catamounts, led by 13th-year head coach Larry Hunter, played their home games at the Ramsey Center in Cullowhee, North Carolina as members of the Southern Conference. They finished the season 13\u201319, 8\u201310 in Southern Conference play to finish in sixth place. They lost in the quarterfinals of the Southern Conference Tournament to Furman.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 57], "section_span": [57, 57], "content_span": [58, 561]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276754-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Western Carolina Catamounts men's basketball team\nFollowing the loss to Furman, Larry Hunter resigned as head coach. He finished his coaching career at Western Carolina with a record of 193\u2013229 over 13 seasons. Winthrop associate head coach Mark Prosser, son of the late Skip Prosser, was named Hunter's successor.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 57], "section_span": [57, 57], "content_span": [58, 322]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276754-0002-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Western Carolina Catamounts men's basketball team, Previous season\nThe Catamounts finished the 2016\u201317 season 9\u201323, 4\u201314 in Southern Conference play to finish in a tie for eighth place. They lost in the First Round of the Southern Conference Tournament to The Citadel.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 57], "section_span": [59, 74], "content_span": [75, 276]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276755-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Western Football League\nThe 2017\u201318 Western Football League season (known as the 2017\u201318 Toolstation Western Football League for sponsorship reasons) was the 116th in the history of the Western Football League, a football competition in England. Teams are divided into two divisions; the Premier and the First.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [31, 31], "content_span": [32, 318]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276755-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Western Football League, Premier Division\nThe Premier Division consisted of 20 clubs, the same as last season, and featured three new clubs after Bristol Manor Farm were promoted to Southern League Division One South & West, Gillingham Town resigned from the league, and Sherborne Town were relegated to the First Division.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 49], "content_span": [50, 331]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276755-0002-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Western Football League, Premier Division\nWith the suspension of ground grading Grade E for this season and the creation of a new league at Steps 3 and 4, the champions of all Step 5 leagues were compulsorily promoted to Step 4. Of the fourteen runners-up, the twelve clubs with the best PPG (points per game ratio) were also to be compulsorily promoted, but with resignations and mergers in leagues above, all runners-up were promoted.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 49], "content_span": [50, 444]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276755-0003-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Western Football League, Premier Division\nTeams at Step 5 without ground grading Grade F were to be relegated to Step 6, but no club in this division failed the ground grading process. All Step 5 leagues were fixed at 20 clubs for 2018\u201319, but in this case there were no further relegations or reprieves.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 49], "content_span": [50, 312]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276755-0004-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Western Football League, First Division\nThe First Division consisted of 22 clubs, the same as the previous season, and featured two new clubs after the promotion of Hengrove Athletic and Wellington to the Premier Division:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 47], "content_span": [48, 230]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276755-0005-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Western Football League, First Division\nStep 6 clubs without ground grading Grade G were to be relegated to Step 7, but no club in this division failed the ground grading process. All Step 6 leagues were fixed at a maximum of 20 clubs for 2018\u201319, but in this case there were no further relegations or reprieves.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 47], "content_span": [48, 320]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276756-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Western Illinois Leathernecks men's basketball team\nThe 2017\u201318 Western Illinois Leathernecks men's basketball team represented Western Illinois University during the 2017\u201318 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Leathernecks, led by fourth-year head coach Billy Wright, played their home games at Western Hall in Macomb, Illinois as members of the Summit League. They finished the season 12\u201316, 3\u201311 in Summit League play to finish in last place. They lost in the quarterfinals of the Summit League Tournament to South Dakota.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 59], "section_span": [59, 59], "content_span": [60, 542]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276756-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Western Illinois Leathernecks men's basketball team, Previous season\nThe Leathernecks finished the season 8\u201320, 5\u201311 in Summit League play to finish in eighth place. They lost in the quarterfinals of the Summit League Tournament to South Dakota.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 59], "section_span": [61, 76], "content_span": [77, 253]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276756-0002-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Western Illinois Leathernecks men's basketball team, Preseason\nIn a poll of league coaches, media, and sports information directors, the Leathernecks were picked to finish last in the Summit League.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 59], "section_span": [61, 70], "content_span": [71, 206]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276757-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Western Kentucky Hilltoppers basketball team\nThe 2017\u201318 Western Kentucky Hilltoppers men's basketball team represented Western Kentucky University during the 2017\u201318 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Hilltoppers were led by head coach Rick Stansbury in his second season and played their home games at E. A. Diddle Arena in Bowling Green, Kentucky as fourth-year members of Conference USA.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 52], "section_span": [52, 52], "content_span": [53, 409]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276757-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Western Kentucky Hilltoppers basketball team\nOn October 16, 2017, assistant coach Ben Hansbrough resigned from WKU following his DUI arrest two days prior.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 52], "section_span": [52, 52], "content_span": [53, 163]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276757-0002-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Western Kentucky Hilltoppers basketball team\nThey finished the season 27\u201311, 14\u20134 in C-USA play to finish in third place. They defeated UAB and Old Dominion to advance to the championship game of the C-USA Tournament where they lost to Marshall. They received an at-large bid to the National Invitation Tournament where they defeated Boston College, USC, and Oklahoma State to advance to the semifinals where they lost to Utah.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 52], "section_span": [52, 52], "content_span": [53, 435]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276757-0003-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Western Kentucky Hilltoppers basketball team, Previous season\nThe Hilltoppers finished the 2016\u201317 season with 15\u201317, 9\u20139 in C-USA play to finish in a tie for seventh place. They lost to UTSA in the first round of the C-USA Tournament.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 52], "section_span": [54, 69], "content_span": [70, 243]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276757-0004-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Western Kentucky Hilltoppers basketball team, Offseason, 2017 recruiting class\nMitchell Robinson, a McDonald's All-American and a projected first round pick in the 2018 NBA Draft, committed to Western Kentucky a few weeks after the school hired his godfather, Shammond Williams. He signed a National Letter of Intent in November 2016 and enrolled at the school in July 2017. However, later in July, he left the school amid reports that he was unhappy at the school. Head coach Rick Stansbury and the school issued a statement that Robinson was suspended and would not be going on the team's trip to Costa Rica in August.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 52], "section_span": [54, 86], "content_span": [87, 628]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276757-0004-0001", "contents": "2017\u201318 Western Kentucky Hilltoppers basketball team, Offseason, 2017 recruiting class\nHowever, asking to be released from his Letter of Intent and being released, he made visits to LSU, Kansas, and New Orleans. At the end of August, he returned to the school and enrolled and stated that he intends to play for Western Kentucky. On September 17, Robinson again left the university announcing he will prepare for the NBA and will not play college basketball.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 52], "section_span": [54, 86], "content_span": [87, 458]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276757-0005-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Western Kentucky Hilltoppers basketball team, Offseason, Costa Rica trip\nThe Hilltoppers announced that they would be participating in a seven-day, three-game foreign tour to Costa Rica in August.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 52], "section_span": [54, 80], "content_span": [81, 204]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276757-0006-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Western Kentucky Hilltoppers basketball team, Schedule and results\n* Non-conference game. #Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Central Time", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 52], "section_span": [54, 74], "content_span": [75, 191]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276758-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Western Kentucky Lady Toppers basketball team\nThe 2017\u201318 Western Kentucky Lady Toppers basketball team represents Western Kentucky University during the 2017\u201318 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Lady Toppers are led by fifth year head coach Michelle Clark-Heard. They play their home games at E. A. Diddle Arena and were members of Conference USA. They finished the season 24\u20139, 12\u20134 in C-USA play to finish in second place. They won the Conference USA Tournament for the 2nd year in a row and earns an automatic bid to the NCAA Women's Basketball Tournament where they were defeated by Oregon State in the first round.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 53], "section_span": [53, 53], "content_span": [54, 641]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276758-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Western Kentucky Lady Toppers basketball team\nOn March 27, Michelle Clark-Heard has resigned from Western Kentucky to accept the head coaching job at Cincinnati. She finished with a five-year record of 154\u201348.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 53], "section_span": [53, 53], "content_span": [54, 217]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276758-0002-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Western Kentucky Lady Toppers basketball team, Previous season\nThey finished the season 27\u20138, 16\u20132 in C-USA play to win the Conference USA regular season and also won the Conference USA Tournament. They received an automatic bid to the NCAA Women's Basketball Tournament where they were defeated by Ohio State in the first round.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 53], "section_span": [55, 70], "content_span": [71, 337]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276759-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Western Michigan Broncos men's basketball team\nThe 2017\u201318 Western Michigan Broncos men's basketball team represents Western Michigan University during the 2017\u201318 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Broncos, led by 15th-year head coach Steve Hawkins, play their home games at University Arena as members of the West Division of the Mid-American Conference. They finished the season 17\u201315, 9\u20139 in MAC play to finish fourth in the West Division. As the No. 8 seed in the MAC Tournament, they lost in the first round of the conference tournament to Akron.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 54], "section_span": [54, 54], "content_span": [55, 570]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276759-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Western Michigan Broncos men's basketball team, Previous season\nThe Broncos finished the 2016\u201317 season 16\u201316, 11\u20137 in MAC play to tie for first in the West Division. As the No. 5 seed in the MAC Tournament, they lost in the quarterfinals of the conference tournament to Ball State. They declined invitations from both the CollegeInsider.com and College Basketball Invitational postseason tournaments.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 54], "section_span": [56, 71], "content_span": [72, 409]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276760-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Western Michigan Broncos women's basketball team\nThe 2017\u201318 Western Michigan Broncos women's basketball team represents Western Michigan University during the 2017\u201318 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Broncos, led by sixth year head coach Shane Clipfell, play their home games at University Arena as members of the West Division of the Mid-American Conference. They finished the season 18\u201315, 9\u20139 in MAC play to finish in third place of the West division. They advanced to the semifinals of the MAC Women's Tournament where they lost to Buffalo.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 56], "section_span": [56, 56], "content_span": [57, 567]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276761-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Western Sydney Wanderers FC season\nThe 2017\u201318 Western Sydney Wanderers FC season was the club's sixth season since its establishment in 2012. The club participated in the A-League for the sixth time and the FFA Cup for the fourth time.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [42, 42], "content_span": [43, 244]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276761-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Western Sydney Wanderers FC season, Players, Squad information\nNote: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [44, 70], "content_span": [71, 199]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276762-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Western Sydney Wanderers W-League season\nThe 2017\u201318 Western Sydney Wanderers W-League season was their sixth season in the W-League, the premier competition for women's football in Australia. The team played home games both at Marconi Stadium and ANZ Stadium and the club was managed by Richard Byrne.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 48], "section_span": [48, 48], "content_span": [49, 310]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276762-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Western Sydney Wanderers W-League season, Players, Squad information\nNote: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 48], "section_span": [50, 76], "content_span": [77, 205]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276763-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Wichita State Shockers men's basketball team\nThe 2017\u201318 Wichita State Shockers men's basketball team represented Wichita State University in the 2017\u201318 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. They played their home games at Charles Koch Arena in Wichita, Kansas and are led by 11th-year head coach Gregg Marshall. The season marked the Shockers' first season as members of the American Athletic Conference. They finished the season 25\u20138, 14\u20134 in AAC play to finish a tie for second place. As the No. 2 seed in the AAC Tournament, they defeated Temple in the quarterfinals before losing to Houston in the semifinals. They received an at-large bid to the NCAA Tournament for the seventh season. As the No. 4 seed in the East region, they were upset in the First Round by Marshall.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 52], "section_span": [52, 52], "content_span": [53, 789]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276763-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Wichita State Shockers men's basketball team, Previous season\nThe Shockers finished the 2016\u201317 season 31\u20135, 17\u20131 to finish in a tie for first place in MVC play. In the MVC Tournament, they beat Bradley, Missouri State, and Illinois State to win the tournament championship. As a result, they earned the conference's automatic bid to the NCAA Tournament. As the No. 10 seed in the South region (considered by everyone to be too high), they defeated No. 7 Dayton in the First Round before losing to No. 2 Kentucky in the Second Round.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 52], "section_span": [54, 69], "content_span": [70, 541]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276763-0002-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Wichita State Shockers men's basketball team, Previous season\nThe season marked the Shockers' final season as a member of the Missouri Valley Conference as the school announced on April 7, 2017 that it would be joining the American Athletic Conference effective July 1, 2017.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 52], "section_span": [54, 69], "content_span": [70, 283]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276763-0003-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Wichita State Shockers men's basketball team, Offseason, Returning players\nIt was expected that the Shockers would return all five starters and nearly all of their scholarship players from the prior season. The only two seniors on the prior season's roster, Zach Bush and John Robert Simon, were walk-ons. Two underclass players, rising junior Eric Hamilton and rising senior Daishon Smith, announced plans to transfer from Wichita State. Hamilton had been a little-used reserve; Smith had started at point guard at the beginning of the 2016\u201317 season, but lost his starting position to Landry Shamet and was seeing relatively little playing time by the end of the season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 52], "section_span": [54, 82], "content_span": [83, 680]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276763-0004-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Wichita State Shockers men's basketball team, Offseason, Returning players\nTwo other players, Markis McDuffie and Shaquille Morris, declared for the 2017 NBA draft, but neither hired an agent, allowing them to return to Wichita State if they withdrew from the draft within 10 days of the end of the mid-May NBA Draft Combine (specifically May 24). Both withdrew from the draft the day before the deadline.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 52], "section_span": [54, 82], "content_span": [83, 413]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276763-0005-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Wichita State Shockers men's basketball team, Offseason, Injuries\nOn July 21, 2017, point guard Landry Shamet, a potential All-American, suffered a stress fracture in his right foot and would need surgery. He was expected to miss 12\u201316 weeks to recover from the injury. Shamet was expected to be ready for the team's season opener on November 10, and that proved true, as he scored 17 points in only 17 minutes of action in the Shockers' 109\u201357 blowout of UMKC and, according to the Associated Press, \"looked completely recovered\".", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 52], "section_span": [54, 73], "content_span": [74, 539]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276763-0006-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Wichita State Shockers men's basketball team, Offseason, Injuries\nShortly before practices began on September 29, it was announced that Markis McDuffie would be sidelined with a stress fracture in his left foot. It was expected that he would miss a majority of the non-conference schedule, but would return some time in late December. McDuffie returned for the final non-conference game on December 22 game against Florida Gulf Coast.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 52], "section_span": [54, 73], "content_span": [74, 442]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276763-0007-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Wichita State Shockers men's basketball team, Preseason\nAt the conference's annual media day, the Shockers were narrowly picked to finish second in the AAC, receiving five of the 12 first place votes. Landry Shamet was named to the preseason All-AAC first team.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 52], "section_span": [54, 63], "content_span": [64, 269]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276763-0008-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Wichita State Shockers men's basketball team, Rankings\n^Coaches Poll did not release a Week 2 poll at the same time AP did. *AP does not release post-NCAA tournament rankings.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 52], "section_span": [54, 62], "content_span": [63, 183]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276764-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Wichita State Shockers women's basketball team\nThe 2017\u201318 Wichita State Shockers women's basketball team will represent Wichita State University in the 2017\u201318 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. They play their home games at Charles Koch Arena, which has a capacity of 10,506. The Shockers, led by first year head coach Keitha Adams were first year members of the American Athletic Conference. They finished the season 14\u201317, 9\u20137 in AAC play to finish in a tie for fifth place. They lost in the first round of the AAC Women's Tournament to Temple.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 54], "section_span": [54, 54], "content_span": [55, 564]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276765-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Wigan Athletic F.C. season\nThe 2017\u201318 season was Wigan Athletic's 86th year in existence and their first back in League One, after being relegated the previous season. Along with competing in the league, the club also participated in the FA Cup, EFL Cup and EFL Trophy. Paul Cook was appointed as manager on 31 May 2017, signing a 3-year deal, following the departure of much of the previous coaching staff the day before. The season covers the period from 1 July 2017 to 30 June 2018.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [34, 34], "content_span": [35, 494]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276765-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Wigan Athletic F.C. season, Players, Current squad\nNote: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 58], "content_span": [59, 187]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276765-0002-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Wigan Athletic F.C. season, Players, Out on loan\nNote: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 56], "content_span": [57, 185]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276765-0003-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Wigan Athletic F.C. season, Competitions, Friendlies\nAs of 27 June 2017, Wigan Athletic have announced four pre-season friendlies against Southport, Notts County,Grimsby Town and Liverpool.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 60], "content_span": [61, 197]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276765-0004-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Wigan Athletic F.C. season, Competitions, Friendlies\nOn 27 June 2017, the originally planned trip to Hartlepool United was cancelled due to too many long distance away matches as the season approaches.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 60], "content_span": [61, 209]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276765-0005-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Wigan Athletic F.C. season, Competitions, FA Cup\nOn 16 October 2017, Wigan Athletic were drawn at home to Crawley Town in the first round. A trip to non-league side AFC Fylde was confirmed for the second round. Victory over AFC Fylde in the second round replay meant a trip to AFC Bournemouth was handed to the Latics.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 56], "content_span": [57, 326]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276765-0006-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Wigan Athletic F.C. season, Competitions, EFL Cup\nOn 16 June 2017, Wigan Athletic were drawn at home to Blackpool in the first round. An away trip to Aston Villa was confirmed for the second round.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 57], "content_span": [58, 205]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276765-0007-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Wigan Athletic F.C. season, Competitions, EFL Trophy\nOn 25 July 2017, Wigan confirmed their group stage opponents and fixtures.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 60], "content_span": [61, 135]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276766-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 William & Mary Tribe men's basketball team\nThe 2017\u201318 William & Mary Tribe men's basketball team represented the College of William & Mary during the 2017\u201318 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Tribe were coached by 15th-year head coach Tony Shaver and played their home games at Kaplan Arena in Williamsburg, Virginia as members of the Colonial Athletic Association. The Tribe finished the season 19\u201312, 11\u20137 in CAA play to finish in fourth place. They defeated Towson in the quarterfinals of the CAA Tournament before losing in the semifinals to College of Charleston.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 50], "section_span": [50, 50], "content_span": [51, 588]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276766-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 William & Mary Tribe men's basketball team, Previous season\nThe Tribe finished the 2016\u201317 season 17\u201314, 10\u20138 in CAA play to finish in a tie for fourth place. As the No. 4 seed in the CAA Tournament, they defeated Elon in the quarterfinals before losing to UNC Wilmington in the semifinals.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 50], "section_span": [52, 67], "content_span": [68, 298]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276767-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 William & Mary Tribe women's basketball team\nThe 2017\u201318 William & Mary Tribe women's basketball team represents The College of William & Mary during the 2017\u201318 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Tribe, led by fifth year head coach Ed Swanson, play their home games at Kaplan Arena and were members of the Colonial Athletic Association (CAA). They finished the season 16\u201314, 7\u201311 in CAA play to finish in sixth place. They lost in the quarterfinals of the CAA Women's Tournament to Elon.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 52], "section_span": [52, 52], "content_span": [53, 508]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276768-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Winnipeg Jets season\nThe 2017\u201318 Winnipeg Jets season was the 19th season for the National Hockey League franchise that was established on June 25, 1997, and the seventh in Winnipeg, Manitoba, since the franchise relocated from Atlanta prior to the start of the 2011\u201312 NHL season. The Jets clinched their second playoff spot since relocating from Atlanta after beating the Nashville Predators 5\u20134 in a shootout on March 25, 2018. The Jets finished the season with 114 points, the second-best record in the NHL. Both are the best-ever finishes for both the Thrashers/Jets franchise and any Winnipeg-based NHL team.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [28, 28], "content_span": [29, 622]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276768-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Winnipeg Jets season\nOn April 11, 2018, the Jets won their first playoff game in franchise history when they defeated the Minnesota Wild 3\u20132 ending an 8-game playoff losing streak. On April 20, 2018, the team won its first playoff series when they defeated the Wild 5\u20130 and advanced to the Second Round. They then took the President's Trophy-winning Nashville Predators to seven games to advance to the Western Conference Final\u2013the deepest playoff run for a Winnipeg-based NHL team. The original Jets only got as far as the second round during their run in Winnipeg, in 1985 and 1987. Their season would come to an end during the Western Conference Final where they lost to the Vegas Golden Knights in five games.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [28, 28], "content_span": [29, 721]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276768-0002-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Winnipeg Jets season, Schedule and results, Regular season\nThe regular season schedule was released on June 22, 2017.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 66], "content_span": [67, 125]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276768-0003-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Winnipeg Jets season, Schedule and results, Regular season\nLegend:\u00a0\u00a0Win (2 points)\u00a0\u00a0Loss (0 points)\u00a0\u00a0Overtime/shootout loss (1 point)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 66], "content_span": [67, 141]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276768-0004-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Winnipeg Jets season, Player statistics\n\u2020Denotes player spent time with another team before joining the Jets. Statistics reflect time with the Jets only. \u2021Denotes player was traded mid-season. Statistics reflect time with the Jets only. Bold/italics denotes franchise record.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 47], "content_span": [48, 283]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276768-0005-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Winnipeg Jets season, Transactions\nThe Jets have been involved in the following transactions during the 2017\u201318 season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 42], "content_span": [43, 127]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276768-0006-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Winnipeg Jets season, Draft picks\nBelow are the Winnipeg Jets' selections at the 2017 NHL Entry Draft, which was held on June 23 and 24, 2017 at the United Center in Chicago.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 41], "content_span": [42, 182]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276769-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Winthrop Eagles men's basketball team\nThe 2017\u201318 Winthrop Eagles men's basketball team represented Winthrop University during the 2017\u201318 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Eagles, led by sixth-year head coach Pat Kelsey, played their home games at the Winthrop Coliseum in Rock Hill, South Carolina as members of the Big South Conference. They finished the season 19\u201312, 12\u20136 in Big South play to finish in a tie for second place. They defeated Gardner\u2013Webb in the quarterfinals of the Big South Tournament before losing in the semifinals to Radford.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [45, 45], "content_span": [46, 570]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276769-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Winthrop Eagles men's basketball team, Previous season\nThe Eagles finished the season 26\u20137, 15\u20133 in Big South play to finish in a tie for the regular season Big South championship. As the No. 1 seed in the Big South Tournament, they defeated Charleston Southern, Gardner\u2013Webb, and Campbell to win the tournament championship. As a result, they received the conference's automatic bid to the NCAA Tournament, their first bid since 2010. In the NCAA Tournament, they lost in the first round to Butler.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [47, 62], "content_span": [63, 507]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276769-0002-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Winthrop Eagles men's basketball team, Previous season\nOn March 21, 2017, head coach Pat Kelsey initially left Winthrop to take the head coaching job at Massachusetts, but backed out two days later citing \"personal reasons\" and returned to Winthrop.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [47, 62], "content_span": [63, 257]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276769-0003-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Winthrop Eagles men's basketball team, Preseason\nThe Eagles were picked to finish second in conference play in a preseason Big South poll. Senior G/F Xavier Cooks was named to the All-Big South preseason first team.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [47, 56], "content_span": [57, 223]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276770-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Winthrop Eagles women's basketball team\nThe 2017\u201318 Winthrop Eagles women's basketball team represents Winthrop University during the 2017\u201318 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Eagles, led by first year head coach Lynette Woodard, play their home games at the Winthrop Coliseum and were members of the Big South Conference. They finished the season 3\u201327, 2\u201316 in Big South play to finish in last place. They lost in the first round of the Big South Women's Basketball Tournament to Gardner\u2013Webb.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 47], "section_span": [47, 47], "content_span": [48, 515]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276771-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Wisconsin Badgers men's basketball team\nThe 2017\u201318 Wisconsin Badgers men's basketball team represented the University of Wisconsin\u2013Madison in the 2017\u201318 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Badgers were led by third-year head coach Greg Gard and played their home games at the Kohl Center as members of the Big Ten Conference. They finished the season 15\u201318, 7\u201311 in Big Ten play to finish in ninth place. They defeated Maryland in the second round of the Big Ten Tournament before losing to Michigan State in the quarterfinals. The Badgers failed to make the NCAA Tournament for the first time since 1998, ending their streak at 19 years.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 47], "section_span": [47, 47], "content_span": [48, 657]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276771-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Wisconsin Badgers men's basketball team, Previous season\nThe Badgers finished the 2016\u201317 season 27\u201310, 12\u20136 in Big Ten play to finish in a tie for second place. They defeated Indiana and Northwestern in the Big Ten Tournament, but lost to Michigan in the championship game. They received an at-large bid to the NCAA Tournament, their 19th consecutive trip to the NCAA Tournament, as a No. 8 seed in the East region. The Badgers defeated Virginia Tech in the First Round and upset No. 1 overall seed Villanova to advance to the Sweet Sixteen for the fourth consecutive year. In the Sweet Sixteen, they lost to 20th-ranked Florida.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 47], "section_span": [49, 64], "content_span": [65, 638]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276771-0002-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Wisconsin Badgers men's basketball team, Offseason, New Zealand/Australia trip\nThe Badgers undertook trip to New Zealand and Australia where they played five games against New Zealand and Australia professional teams. The 12-day trip began August 12, 2017 and helped determine the roster as the Badgers look to replace four departing seniors from last year. The Badgers won four of the five games they played on the trip. A different player led Wisconsin in scoring in each of the games and none of them was first-team All-Big Ten forward Ethan Happ, who did average 12.0 points, 6.4 rebounds, 3.4 assists and 2.4 steals. Coach Greg Gard was impressed by the balanced scoring of his team on the trip.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 47], "section_span": [49, 86], "content_span": [87, 708]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276771-0003-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Wisconsin Badgers men's basketball team, Preseason\nWisconsin junior forward Ethan Happ was selected as a first team All-American by the Blue Ribbon Yearbook in its annual preseason publication.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 47], "section_span": [49, 58], "content_span": [59, 201]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276772-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Wisconsin Badgers women's basketball team\nThe 2017\u201318 Wisconsin Badgers women's basketball team represented University of Wisconsin at Madison during the 2017\u201318 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Badgers, led by second-year head coach Jonathan Tsipis, played their home games at the Kohl Center as members of the Big Ten Conference. They finished the season 9\u201321, 2\u201314 in Big Ten play to finish in 13th place. They lost in the first round of the Big Ten Women's Tournament to Northwestern.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 49], "section_span": [49, 49], "content_span": [50, 510]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276772-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Wisconsin Badgers women's basketball team, Previous season\nThe Badgers finished the 2016\u201317 season 9\u201322, 3\u201313 in Big Ten play to finish in a four-way for 11th place. They defeated Rutgers in the first round of the Big Ten Women's Tournament before losing to Michigan State.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 49], "section_span": [51, 66], "content_span": [67, 281]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276773-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Wisconsin Badgers women's ice hockey season\nThe Wisconsin Badgers represent the University of Wisconsin in WCHA women's ice hockey during the 2017-18 NCAA Division I women's ice hockey season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 51], "section_span": [51, 51], "content_span": [52, 200]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276774-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Wis\u0142a Krak\u00f3w season\n2017\u201318 Wis\u0142a Krak\u00f3w season was the 78th season in the Ekstraklasa and the 64th season in the Polish Cup. The season was from 15 June 2017 to 14 June 2018.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [27, 27], "content_span": [28, 183]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276774-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Wis\u0142a Krak\u00f3w season\nOn 1 January 2018 Wis\u0142a hired new manager Joan Carrillo. The season was the last for club legends Arkadiusz G\u0142owacki and Pawe\u0142 Bro\u017cek. The farewell of both players took place on 13 May 2018 during the match with Lech Pozna\u0144.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [27, 27], "content_span": [28, 252]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276775-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Wofford Terriers men's basketball team\nThe 2017\u201318 Wofford Terriers men's basketball team represented Wofford College during the 2017\u201318 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Terriers, led by 16th-year head coach Mike Young, played their home games at the newly opened Jerry Richardson Indoor Stadium in Spartanburg, South Carolina as members of the Southern Conference. They finished the season 21\u201313, 11\u20137 in SoCon play to finish in a tie for fourth place. They defeated Mercer in the quarterfinals of the SoCon Tournament to advance to the semifinals where they lost to UNC Greensboro. They were invited to the CollegeInsider.com Tournament where, after a first round bye, they lost in the second round to Central Michigan.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [46, 46], "content_span": [47, 741]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276775-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Wofford Terriers men's basketball team, Previous season\nThe Terriers finished the 2016\u201317 season 16\u201317, 10\u20138 in SoCon play to finish in a tie for fourth place. They defeated Chattanooga in the quarterfinals of the SoCon Tournament to advance to the semifinals where they lost to UNC Greensboro.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [48, 63], "content_span": [64, 302]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276776-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Wolverhampton Wanderers F.C. season\nThe 2017\u201318 season was the 140th year in the history of English football club Wolverhampton Wanderers. The club competed in the second tier of the English football system, the English Football League Championship for a fourth consecutive year. This was the first season under new head coach Nuno Esp\u00edrito Santo.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [43, 43], "content_span": [44, 355]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276776-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Wolverhampton Wanderers F.C. season\nThe season was a success: the club was promoted to the Premier League after a six-year absence. This was officially achieved on 14 April after third-placed Fulham failed to beat Brentford. One week later the team secured the title, having led the division since late October. The tally of 99 points was the club's highest-ever in the second tier.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [43, 43], "content_span": [44, 390]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276776-0002-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Wolverhampton Wanderers F.C. season\nWhen Wolves's accounts covering the 2017\u201318 season were published on 5 March 2019, they recorded a pre-tax loss of \u00a357.16 million, of which around \u00a320 million was due to bonuses paid to staff and players for achieving promotion to the Premier League. It was noted that the loss, which was more than double the loss in the previous financial year, represented a deficit of more than a \u00a31 million per week.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [43, 43], "content_span": [44, 448]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276776-0003-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Wolverhampton Wanderers F.C. season, Matches, Pre-season\nWolves began their pre-season training at the Compton Park training ground on 26 June 2017 before playing six friendlies, included three during a stay in Austria.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [45, 64], "content_span": [65, 227]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276776-0004-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Wolverhampton Wanderers F.C. season, Matches, Football League Championship\nA total of 24 teams competed in the EFL Championship in the 2017\u201318 season. Each team played every other team twice, once at their stadium, and once at the opposition's. Three points were awarded to teams for each win, one point per draw, and none for defeats. The provisional fixture list was released on 21 June 2017, but was subject to change in the event of matches being selected for television coverage or police concerns.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [45, 82], "content_span": [83, 511]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276776-0005-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Wolverhampton Wanderers F.C. season, Matches, FA Cup\nIn the FA Cup, Wolverhampton Wanderers entered the competition in the third round and were drawn at home to Swansea City.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [45, 60], "content_span": [61, 182]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276776-0006-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Wolverhampton Wanderers F.C. season, Players, Statistics\nKey:\u00a0\u00a0\u2021 On loan from another club \u00a0\u00a0* First appearance(s) for the club", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [45, 64], "content_span": [65, 135]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276776-0007-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Wolverhampton Wanderers F.C. season, Players, Statistics\nCorrect as of end of the season. Starting appearances are listed first, followed by substitute appearances in parentheses where applicable.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [45, 64], "content_span": [65, 204]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276777-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Women's Big Bash League season\nThe 2017\u201318 Women's Big Bash League season or WBBL|03 was the third season of the Women's Big Bash League (WBBL), the semi-professional women's Twenty20 domestic cricket competition in Australia. The tournament was scheduled from 9 December 2017 to 4 February 2018.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [38, 38], "content_span": [39, 304]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276777-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Women's Big Bash League season\nThe final, held at Adelaide Oval, pitted the Sydney Sixers against the Perth Scorchers for the second season running. Sydney comfortably won the match by nine wickets to claim back-to-back championships. Punctuating an emphatic comeback from retirement, Sixers medium-pace bowler Sarah Coyte managed figures of 4/17 in the decider and was named Player of the Final.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [38, 38], "content_span": [39, 404]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276777-0002-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Women's Big Bash League season\nMelbourne Renegades captain Amy Satterthwaite was named Player of the Tournament, although her team failed to qualify for the finals. Sixers captain Ellyse Perry was the leading run-scorer of the season, while the leading wicket-taker title was shared between the Sixers' Sarah Aley and the Scorchers' Katherine Brunt.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [38, 38], "content_span": [39, 357]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276777-0003-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Women's Big Bash League season, Teams\nEach squad featured 15 active players, with an allowance of up to five marquee signings including a maximum of three from overseas. Australian marquees were defined as players who made at least ten limited-overs appearances for the national team in the three years prior to the cut-off date (24 April 2017).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 45], "content_span": [46, 353]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276777-0004-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Women's Big Bash League season, Teams\nThe table below lists each team's marquee players and other key details for the season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 45], "content_span": [46, 133]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276777-0005-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Women's Big Bash League season, Teams, Personnel changes, Local players\nThe table below lists local player movements made ahead of the season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 79], "content_span": [80, 150]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276777-0006-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Women's Big Bash League season, Teams, Personnel changes, Overseas players\nThe table below lists changes to overseas marquee allocations made ahead of the season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 82], "content_span": [83, 170]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276777-0007-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Women's Big Bash League season, Win\u2013loss table\nBelow is a summary of results for each team's fourteen regular season matches, plus finals where applicable, in chronological order. A team's opponent for any given match is listed above the margin of victory/defeat.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 54], "content_span": [55, 271]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276777-0008-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Women's Big Bash League season, Fixtures, Week 5\nThe Adelaide Strikers recorded the first-ever one-wicket victory in WBBL history, defeating the Melbourne Stars on the last ball of the match. Requiring three runs with one delivery remaining, Tabatha Saville scored a boundary off leg-spinning Stars captain Kristen Beams to clinch a narrow win for the Strikers.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 56], "content_span": [57, 369]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276777-0009-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Women's Big Bash League season, Knockout phase\nAll knockout phase matches were played as double headers with the men's tournament, hence the venues for both semi-finals and the final were determined using the standings of the BBL|07 points table.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 54], "content_span": [55, 254]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276777-0010-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Women's Big Bash League season, Awards, Player of the tournament\nPlayer of the Tournament votes are awarded on a 3-2-1 basis by the two standing umpires at the conclusion of every match, meaning a player can receive a maximum of six votes per game.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 72], "content_span": [73, 256]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276777-0011-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Women's Big Bash League season, Awards, Team of the tournament\nAn honorary XI recognising the standout performers of WBBL|03 was named by :", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 70], "content_span": [71, 147]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276777-0012-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Women's Big Bash League season, Awards, Young gun award\nPlayers under 21 years of age at the start of the season are eligible for the Young Gun Award. Weekly winners are selected over the course of the season by a panel of Cricket Australia officials based on match performance, on-field and off-field attitude, and their demonstration of skill, tenacity and good sportsmanship. Each weekly winner receives a $500 Rebel gift card and the overall winner receives a $5000 cash prize, as well as access to a learning and mentor program.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 63], "content_span": [64, 541]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276777-0013-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Women's Big Bash League season, Awards, Young gun award\nMelbourne Renegades all-rounder Sophie Molineux was named the Young Gun of WBBL|03 after scoring 318 runs and taking 6 wickets. The other nominees for the award were Sydney Sixers\u2019 Ashleigh Gardner (who took out the accolade in WBBL|02), Renegades teammates Georgia Wareham and Maitlan Brown, Adelaide Strikers batter Tabatha Saville, as well as bowlers Annabel Sutherland from the Melbourne Stars and Belinda Vakarewa from the Sydney Thunder.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 63], "content_span": [64, 507]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276777-0014-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Women's Big Bash League season, Audience\nA total of twelve matches were televised on free-to-air in the third season of Women's Big Bash League (WBBL) on Network Ten, including four on the opening weekend. The remaining 47 matches were live streamed on the or website as well as the for mobile.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 48], "content_span": [49, 305]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276777-0015-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Women's Big Bash League season, Audience\nBelow are the television ratings for every game that was broadcast by Network Ten during the season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 48], "content_span": [49, 149]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276777-0016-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Women's Big Bash League season, Audience\nThe Super Over of match 42 drew ratings of 296,000 nationally, and 185,000 in the 5 metro cities.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 48], "content_span": [49, 146]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276778-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Women's CEV Cup\nThe 2017\u201318 Women's CEV Cup was the 46th edition of the European CEV Cup volleyball club tournament, the former \"Top Teams Cup\".", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [23, 23], "content_span": [24, 152]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276778-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Women's CEV Cup, Format\nThe tournament is played on a knockout format, with 32 teams participating. Initially 22 teams were allocated direct vacancies to enter the competition, with another 10 teams joining the competition via Champions League qualification. On 14 June 2017, a drawing of lots in Luxembourg City, Luxembourg, determined the team's pairing for each match. Each team plays a home and an away match with result points awarded for each leg (3 points for 3\u20130 or 3\u20131 wins, 2 points for 3\u20132 win, 1 point for 2\u20133 loss).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 31], "content_span": [32, 536]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276778-0001-0001", "contents": "2017\u201318 Women's CEV Cup, Format\nAfter two legs, the team with the most result points advances to the next round. In case the teams are tied after two legs, a Golden Set is played immediately at the completion of the second leg. The Golden Set winner is the team that first obtains 15 points, provided that the points difference between the two teams is at least 2 points (thus, the Golden Set is similar to a tiebreak set in a normal match).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 31], "content_span": [32, 441]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276779-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Women's EHF Challenge Cup\nThe 2017\u201318 Women's EHF Challenge Cup is the 21st edition of the European Handball Federation's third-tier competition for women's handball clubs, running from 14 October 2017.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [33, 33], "content_span": [34, 210]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276779-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Women's EHF Challenge Cup, Qualification stage, Round 2\nTeams listed first played the first leg at home. Bolded teams qualified into round 3.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 63], "content_span": [64, 149]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276779-0002-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Women's EHF Challenge Cup, Qualification stage, Round 3\nTeams listed first played the first leg at home. Some teams agreed to play both matches in the same venue. Bolded teams qualified into last 16.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 63], "content_span": [64, 207]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276779-0003-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Women's EHF Challenge Cup, Knockout stage, Last 16\nTeams listed first played the first leg at home. Some teams agreed to play both matches in the same venue. Bolded teams qualified into quarterfinals.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 58], "content_span": [59, 208]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276779-0004-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Women's EHF Challenge Cup, Knockout stage, Quarterfinals\nTeams listed first played the first leg at home. Bolded teams qualified into semifinals.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 64], "content_span": [65, 153]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276780-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Women's EHF Champions League\nThe 2017\u201318 EHF Champions League was the 25th edition of Europe's premier club handball tournament.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [36, 36], "content_span": [37, 136]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276780-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Women's EHF Champions League\nGy\u0151ri ETO defended their title by defeating HC Vardar in the final.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [36, 36], "content_span": [37, 104]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276780-0002-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Women's EHF Champions League, Competition format\n16 teams participated in the competition, divided in four groups who played in a round robin, home and away format. The top three teams in each group qualified for the main round", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 56], "content_span": [57, 235]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276780-0003-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Women's EHF Champions League, Competition format\nThe 12 qualified teams were divided in four groups who played in a round robin, home and away format. The points gained against the qualified teams in the first round were carried over. The top four teams in each group qualified for the quarterfinals.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 56], "content_span": [57, 308]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276780-0004-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Women's EHF Champions League, Competition format\nAfter the quarterfinals, the culmination of the season, the VELUX EHF FINAL4, will continue in its existing format, with the four top teams from the competition competing for the title.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 56], "content_span": [57, 242]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276780-0005-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Women's EHF Champions League, Round and draw dates\nThe qualification draw was held in Vienna, Austria, the group stage draw in Ljubljana, Slovenia and the final four draw in Budapest, Hungary.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 58], "content_span": [59, 200]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276780-0006-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Women's EHF Champions League, Qualification stage\nThe draw was held on 29 June 2017. The two winners of the qualification tournaments advanced to the group stage.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 57], "content_span": [58, 170]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276780-0007-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Women's EHF Champions League, Group stage\nIn each group, teams played against each other in a double round-robin format, with home and away matches.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 49], "content_span": [50, 156]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276780-0008-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Women's EHF Champions League, Group stage\nIf the ranking of one of these teams is determined, the above criteria are consecutively followed until the ranking of all teams is determined. If no ranking can be determined, a decision shall be obtained by EHF through drawing of lots.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 49], "content_span": [50, 287]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276780-0009-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Women's EHF Champions League, Group stage\nDuring the group stage, only criteria 4\u20135 apply to determine the provisional ranking of teams.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 49], "content_span": [50, 144]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276780-0010-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Women's EHF Champions League, Main round\nThe top three teams of each preliminary group advance. Points obtained against qualified teams from the same group are carried over.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 48], "content_span": [49, 181]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276780-0011-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Women's EHF Champions League, Main round\nIn each group, teams play against each other in a double round-robin format, with home and away matches.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 48], "content_span": [49, 153]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276780-0012-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Women's EHF Champions League, Knockout stage\nThe first four placed teams from the main round qualified for the knockout stage.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 52], "content_span": [53, 134]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276780-0013-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Women's EHF Champions League, Awards and statistics, All-Star Team\nThe all-star team and awards were announced on 11 May 2018.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 74], "content_span": [75, 134]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276781-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Women's EHF Champions League group stage\nThis article describes the group stage of the 2017\u201318 Women's EHF Champions League.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 48], "section_span": [48, 48], "content_span": [49, 132]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276781-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Women's EHF Champions League group stage, Groups\nThe matchdays were 6\u20138 October, 13\u201315 October, 20\u201322 October, 3\u20135 November, 10\u201312 November and 17\u201319 November 2017.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 48], "section_span": [50, 56], "content_span": [57, 172]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276782-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Women's EHF Champions League knockout stage\nThis article describes the knockout stage of the 2017\u201318 Women's EHF Champions League.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 51], "section_span": [51, 51], "content_span": [52, 138]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276782-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Women's EHF Champions League knockout stage, Qualified teams\nThe top four placed teams from each of the two main round groups advanced to the knockout stage.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 51], "section_span": [53, 68], "content_span": [69, 165]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276782-0002-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Women's EHF Champions League knockout stage, Format\nThe first-placed team of each group faces the fourth-placed team, and the second-placed team will play against the third-placed team from the other group. After that a draw will be held to determine the pairings for the final four.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 51], "section_span": [53, 59], "content_span": [60, 291]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276782-0003-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Women's EHF Champions League knockout stage, Final four\nThe final four was held at the L\u00e1szl\u00f3 Papp Budapest Sports Arena in Budapest, Hungary on 12 and 13 May 2018. The draw took place on 17 April 2018.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 51], "section_span": [53, 63], "content_span": [64, 210]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276783-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Women's EHF Champions League main round\nThis article describes the main round of the 2017\u201318 Women's EHF Champions League.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 47], "section_span": [47, 47], "content_span": [48, 130]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276783-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Women's EHF Champions League main round, Format\nIn each group, teams played against each other in a double round-robin format, with home and away matches against teams they did not met before. Points obtained in the group stage were taken over. After completion of the group stage matches, the top four teams of each group advanced to the quarterfinals.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 47], "section_span": [49, 55], "content_span": [56, 361]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276783-0002-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Women's EHF Champions League main round, Groups\nThe matchdays were 26\u201328 January, 2\u20134 February, 9\u201311 February, 23\u201325 February, 2\u20134 March and 9\u201311 March 2017.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 47], "section_span": [49, 55], "content_span": [56, 165]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276784-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Women's EHF Champions League qualifying\nThis article describes the qualifying of the 2017\u201318 Women's EHF Champions League.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 47], "section_span": [47, 47], "content_span": [48, 130]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276784-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Women's EHF Champions League qualifying, Draw\nThe draw was held on 29 June 2016 at 11:00 in Vienna, Austria. The eight teams were split in two groups and played a semifinal and final to determine the last participants. Matches were played on 9 and 10 September 2016.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 47], "section_span": [49, 53], "content_span": [54, 274]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276785-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Women's EHF Cup\nThe 2017\u201318 Women's EHF Cup was the 37th edition of EHF's second-tier women's handball competition. It started on 8 September 2017.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [23, 23], "content_span": [24, 155]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276785-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Women's EHF Cup\nSCM Craiova defeated Vipers Kristiansand 52\u201351 in the final to win their first title.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [23, 23], "content_span": [24, 109]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276785-0002-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Women's EHF Cup, Overview, Team allocation\nThe labels in the parentheses show how each team qualified for the place of its starting round:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 50], "content_span": [51, 146]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276785-0003-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Women's EHF Cup, Round and draw dates\nThe schedule of the competition is as follows (all draws are held at the EHF headquarters in Vienna, Austria):", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 45], "content_span": [46, 156]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276785-0004-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Women's EHF Cup, Qualification stage, Round 2\n14 teams who qualified from round 1 and 18 teams joining the draw.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 53], "content_span": [54, 120]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276785-0005-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Women's EHF Cup, Group stage\nTeams in the draw will be protected against meeting teams from the same country in the same group. In each group, teams played against each other in a double round-robin format, with home and away matches.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 36], "content_span": [37, 242]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276785-0006-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Women's EHF Cup, Knockout stage\nThe draw event was held at the EHF Office in Vienna on Tuesday 13 February at 11:00 hrs. The draw had determined the quarter-final and also the semi-final pairings.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 39], "content_span": [40, 204]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276785-0007-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Women's EHF Cup, Knockout stage, Quarterfinals, Seeding\nThe first quarter-final leg was scheduled for 3 March, while the second leg followed one week later.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 63], "content_span": [64, 164]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276785-0008-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Women's EHF Cup, Knockout stage, Semifinals\nThe semi-finals were played in the first half of April.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 51], "content_span": [52, 107]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276786-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Women's EHF Cup group stage\nThis article describes the group stage of the 2017\u201318 Women's EHF Cup, a women's handball competition.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [35, 35], "content_span": [36, 138]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276786-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Women's EHF Cup group stage, Groups\nThe matchdays were 5\u20137 January, 12\u201314 January, 20\u201321 January, 27\u201328 January, 3\u20134 February and 10\u201311 February 2018.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 43], "content_span": [44, 158]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276787-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Women's LEN Trophy\nThe 2017\u201318 Women's LEN Trophy was the 19th edition of the European second-tier tournament for women's water polo clubs. It was contested in Matar\u00f3, Spain, on 13 and 14 April 2018.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [26, 26], "content_span": [27, 207]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276787-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Women's LEN Trophy\nDuna\u00fajv\u00e1ros achieved the first continental trophy of its history. The Hungarian team won the semifinal against host CN Matar\u00f3 and the final match against Greece's Olympiacos.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [26, 26], "content_span": [27, 201]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276787-0002-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Women's LEN Trophy, Teams\nThe tournament was contested by the four teams eliminated from the Euro League's quarterfinals.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 33], "content_span": [34, 129]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276787-0003-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Women's LEN Trophy, Final Four\nMatar\u00f3 was chosen by LEN as host of tournament on 20 March, while the draw was held during Europa Cup's Superfinal, in Pontevedra, on 24 March 2018.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 38], "content_span": [39, 187]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276788-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Women's National Cricket League season\nThe 2017\u201318 Women's National Cricket League season was the 22nd season of the Women's National Cricket League, the women's domestic limited overs cricket competition in Australia. The tournament started on 6 October 2017 and finished on 24 February 2018.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [46, 46], "content_span": [47, 301]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276788-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Women's National Cricket League season\nThe New South Wales Breakers were both defending champions and eventual winners.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [46, 46], "content_span": [47, 127]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276789-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Women's Volleyball Thailand League\nThe 2017\u201318 Women's Volleyball Thailand League was the 13th season of the Thai League, the top Thai professional league for association volleyball clubs, since its establishment in 2005. Eight teams competed in the league. The season started on 4 September 2017.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [42, 42], "content_span": [43, 306]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276789-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Women's Volleyball Thailand League, Tournament format, Season standing procedure\nMatch won 3\u20130 or 3\u20131: 3 match points for the winner, 0 match points for the loserMatch won 3\u20132: 2 match points for the winner, 1 match point for the loser", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [44, 88], "content_span": [89, 243]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276790-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 World Boxing Super Series \u2013 cruiserweight division\nThe 2017\u201318 World Boxing Super Series \u2013 cruiserweight division was a World Boxing Super Series professional boxing tournament that took place between September 2017 and July 2018 in several countries. The Super Series featured eight top-rated cruiserweight boxers in a single-elimination tournament. Its winner will hold world titles for all four of boxing's major sanctioning bodies, The Ring Magazine title, as well as the Muhammad Ali trophy. The tournament was organized by Comosa AG. A super middleweight tournament was held concurrently, with prize money for both competitions totalling US$50 million.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 58], "section_span": [58, 58], "content_span": [59, 666]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276790-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 World Boxing Super Series \u2013 cruiserweight division\nAt the start of the cruiserweight portion of the tournament, the world championship titles recognized by the four different sanctioning bodies\u00a0\u2013 WBA (established 1921), WBC (est. 1963), IBF (est. 1983) and WBO (est. 1988)\u00a0\u2013 were held by four different boxers. All four of these boxers participated in the tournament, resulting in the eventual tournament champion, Oleksandr Usyk, becoming only the fourth boxer in history to become the undisputed champion of a weight class by holding the world titles from all four these sanctioning bodies.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 58], "section_span": [58, 58], "content_span": [59, 600]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276790-0002-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 World Boxing Super Series \u2013 cruiserweight division, Bracket\nThe format of the tournament required four seeded fighters to each choose their opponent from the four remaining unseeded fighters in a draft. The seeded fighters were determined by the organizers. The draft took place on July 8, 2017 in a gala hosted by actress Melanie Winiger in Monte Carlo. Per IBF rules, Gassiev had to defend his title against W\u0142odarczyk before facing anyone else. Therefore, that matchup was pre-arranged before the draft.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 58], "section_span": [60, 67], "content_span": [68, 514]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276790-0003-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 World Boxing Super Series \u2013 cruiserweight division, Quarterfinals, Usyk vs. Huck\nIn the inaugural match of the Super Series, top-seeded Oleksandr Usyk sought to defend his title against Marco Huck. At the weigh-in, Usyk hitting the scales at precisely 199\u00bd lbs, while Huck weighed-in at 198\u00be lbs. The fight took place at Max-Schmeling-Halle and was announced by Jimmy Lennon Jr.. At the final press conference, a bit of controversy occurred during the head to head photo, where Huck pushed his opponent Usyk.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 58], "section_span": [60, 88], "content_span": [89, 516]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276790-0004-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 World Boxing Super Series \u2013 cruiserweight division, Quarterfinals, Usyk vs. Huck\nThe first Super Series quarter-final saw Usyk successfully retain his WBO title and advance to the semi-finals after the referee stepped in to stop the encounter and save Huck from further punishment. The official time of the stoppage was 2:16 in round 10. Usyk had little trouble in the fight. Huck provided heart and toughness, showing he was certainly not a pushover but Usyk's boxing skills were too much, completely outboxing Huck and continuously landing punches. The win was Usyk's third successful title defense, and sees him advance to the next stage of the Super Series.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 58], "section_span": [60, 88], "content_span": [89, 670]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276790-0005-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 World Boxing Super Series \u2013 cruiserweight division, Quarterfinals, Usyk vs. Huck\nThe undercard was headlined by a bout between Noel Gevor and Isiah Thomas. Both fighters were coming off losses, but Gevor got the win via unanimous decision, with all three judges scoring the fight 100\u201389 in favor of Gevor.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 58], "section_span": [60, 88], "content_span": [89, 313]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276790-0006-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 World Boxing Super Series \u2013 cruiserweight division, Quarterfinals, Dorticos vs. Kudryashov\nThe second Super Series cruiserweight quarterfinal featured Yuniel Dorticos defending his WBA (Regular) title against Dmitry Kudryashov. The bout generated some expectation, as Kudryashov and Dorticos were both known as knockout punchers, with 42 out of 43 of their combined previous fights ending by way of knockout. This will be the Super Series' first match in the United States. A percentage of the gate revenue will be donated to the San Antonio Food Bank to aid victims of Hurricane Harvey. At the official weigh-in, Dmitry Kudryashov initially missed weight by half a pound, coming in at 200 1\u20442 lbs. However, he was able to come in at exactly 200 lbs in a second try 45 minutes later. Dorticos weighed in at 199 lbs.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 58], "section_span": [60, 98], "content_span": [99, 823]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276790-0007-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 World Boxing Super Series \u2013 cruiserweight division, Quarterfinals, Dorticos vs. Kudryashov\nOn fight night, Dorticos retained his title and advanced to the semi-finals by knocking out Kudryashov in just 2 rounds. The fight started with a slow-paced, feel out round, with both boxers studying their opponent. Dorticos successfully executed a pull counter as the bell sounded. In round 2, the pace of the fight increased, with Dorticos and Kudryashov trading combinations. Eventually, Dorticos gained the upper hand by landing a series of one-two combos, as Kudryashov retreated behind his high guard. Dorticos ended the contest by knocking out Kudryashov with a right hook. The referee waived the count with a minute left in round 2.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 58], "section_span": [60, 98], "content_span": [99, 739]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276790-0008-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 World Boxing Super Series \u2013 cruiserweight division, Quarterfinals, Dorticos vs. Kudryashov\nIn the undercard, Keith Tapia won a wide unanimous decision over Lateef Kayode (100\u201389, 100\u201389, 99\u201390), having dropped him once at the end of round 6. Earlier, four-weight world champion Nonito Donaire defeated Rub\u00e9n Garc\u00eda Hern\u00e1ndez by unanimous decision (100\u201390, 99\u201391, 97\u201393) for the WBC Silver featherweight title.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 58], "section_span": [60, 98], "content_span": [99, 417]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276790-0009-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 World Boxing Super Series \u2013 cruiserweight division, Quarterfinals, Briedis vs. Perez\nMairis Briedis defended his WBC cruiserweight title against Mike Perez in the third WBSS cruiserweight quarterfinal. This was Perez's second fight as a cruiserweight, after he came down from the heavyweight division following a TKO loss to Alexander Povetkin. The bout took place in Briedis' hometown of Riga, at the eponymous Arena Riga. At the official weigh-in, Briedis tipped the scales at 198 1\u20442 lbs, while Mike Perez came in lighter, at 197 1\u20443 lbs.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 58], "section_span": [60, 92], "content_span": [93, 549]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276790-0010-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 World Boxing Super Series \u2013 cruiserweight division, Quarterfinals, Briedis vs. Perez\nBriedis won a scrappy fight in his hometown, beating Mike Perez by unanimous decision after 12 rounds (116\u2013110, 114\u2013112, 115\u2013111). Perez was deducted a point in round 3 following an accidental headbutt. Briedis was also docked a point during round 10 for excessive holding. With the win, Briedis moves on to the semifinals to face top-seeded Oleksandr Usyk.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 58], "section_span": [60, 92], "content_span": [93, 450]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276790-0011-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 World Boxing Super Series \u2013 cruiserweight division, Quarterfinals, Briedis vs. Perez\nThe undercard saw tournament reserve Krzysztof G\u0142owacki beat Leonardo Bruzesse via 5th round knockout and super heavyweight Olympic medalist Filip Hrgovi\u0107 dominate and defeat Zumbano Love via TKO in the first round in his professional debut.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 58], "section_span": [60, 92], "content_span": [93, 334]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276790-0012-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 World Boxing Super Series \u2013 cruiserweight division, Quarterfinals, Gassiev vs. W\u0142odarczyk\nThe final cruiserweight quarterfinal match was between IBF champion Murat Gassiev and former IBF and WBC champion Krzysztof W\u0142odarczyk. the fight would take place in Newark, New Jersey at the Prudential Center on 21 October 2017. One of the main factors for the fight taking place in New Jersey was due to the Polish population in that state. At the official weigh-in, Gassiev tipped the scales at 199 lb, while W\u0142odarczyk weighed 199 1\u20442 lb.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 58], "section_span": [60, 97], "content_span": [98, 540]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276790-0013-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 World Boxing Super Series \u2013 cruiserweight division, Quarterfinals, Gassiev vs. W\u0142odarczyk\nGassiev delivered a dominant 3rd round KO, retaining his IBF title and securing his place in the semi finals. Gassiev was in control the opening two rounds working away on W\u0142odarczyk. Midway through round 3, having W\u0142odarczyk against the ropes, Gassiev connected with a left uppercut to the head, which was immediately followed by a left to the body, dropping W\u0142odarczyk on all fours, flat on the canvas. W\u0142odarczyk, clearly in pain, failed to beat the 10 count. The official time of stoppage was 1:57 of the round.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 58], "section_span": [60, 97], "content_span": [98, 613]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276790-0013-0001", "contents": "2017\u201318 World Boxing Super Series \u2013 cruiserweight division, Quarterfinals, Gassiev vs. W\u0142odarczyk\nGassiev, who was pleased with his performance, said, \"I had a great opponent tonight. I prepared myself for a tough fight, but it is boxing, and anything can happen. We do a lot of work in the gym, and I just listened to my coach round after round, and he told me what I needed to do. That's all I needed.\" W\u0142odarczyk accepted defeat admitting the better man won.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 58], "section_span": [60, 97], "content_span": [98, 461]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276790-0014-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 World Boxing Super Series \u2013 cruiserweight division, Quarterfinals, Gassiev vs. W\u0142odarczyk\nOn the undercard, Maciej Sul\u0119cki defeated Jack Culcay via unanimous decision, and tournament alternate Mateusz Masternak beat Stivens Bujaj.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 58], "section_span": [60, 97], "content_span": [98, 238]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276790-0015-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 World Boxing Super Series \u2013 cruiserweight division, Semifinals\nAll four pre-tournament champions emerged from the quarterfinals, retaining their respective cruiserweight world champion titles: Usyk as champion of the WBO; Briedis as champion of the WBC; Gassiev as champion of the IBF; and Dorticos as champion of the WBA. This meant that each semifinal bout would result in a champion unifying two sanctioning bodies' titles.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 58], "section_span": [60, 70], "content_span": [71, 434]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276790-0016-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 World Boxing Super Series \u2013 cruiserweight division, Semifinals\nOn 27 January 2018, Usyk defeated Briedis by a majority decision, becoming the unified WBC\u2013WBO champion. On 3 February 2018, Gassiev defeated Dorticos by a technical knockout in the 12th round, becoming the unified WBA\u2013IBF champion.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 58], "section_span": [60, 70], "content_span": [71, 303]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276790-0017-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 World Boxing Super Series \u2013 cruiserweight division, Final\nInitially, the final was scheduled for 11 May 2018 in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, but later it was rescheduled for 21 July 2018 in Moscow, Russia.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 58], "section_span": [60, 65], "content_span": [66, 206]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276790-0018-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 World Boxing Super Series \u2013 cruiserweight division, Final\nUsyk defeated Gassiev by a unanimous decision, unifying the cruiserweight titles of all four major sanctioning organizations, becoming the undisputed cruiserweight world champion.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 58], "section_span": [60, 65], "content_span": [66, 245]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276791-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 World Boxing Super Series \u2013 super middleweight division\nThe 2017\u201318 World Boxing Super Series \u2013 super middleweight division is a World Boxing Super Series professional boxing tournament taking place between September 2017 and September 2018 in several countries. The Super Series features 8 top-rated super middleweight boxers in a single-elimination tournament. Its winner will hold the WBA's world title, The Ring Magazine title, as well as the Muhammad Ali trophy. The tournament was organized by Comosa AG. A cruiserweight tournament is held concurrently, with prize money for both competitions totalling US$50 million.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 63], "section_span": [63, 63], "content_span": [64, 631]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276791-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 World Boxing Super Series \u2013 super middleweight division, Bracket\nThe format of the tournament required 4 seeded fighters to each choose their opponent from the 4 remaining unseeded fighters in a draft. The seeded fighters were determined by the organizers. The draft took place on July 8, 2017 in a gala hosted by actress Melanie Winiger in Monte Carlo. Chris Eubank chose the opponent for the winner of the Eubank Jr. vs Abraham bout.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 63], "section_span": [65, 72], "content_span": [73, 443]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276791-0002-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 World Boxing Super Series \u2013 super middleweight division, Bracket\n*J\u00fcrgen Br\u00e4hmer withdrew from the semi-final due to an illness and was replaced by Nieky Holzken.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 63], "section_span": [65, 72], "content_span": [73, 170]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276791-0003-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 World Boxing Super Series \u2013 super middleweight division, Quarterfinals, Smith vs. Skoglund\nThe first WBSS super middleweight match featured Callum Smith and Erik Skoglund, two young undefeated fighters, competing for a spot in the semifinals. At the official weigh-in, Smith hit the scales at 167 3\u20445 lbs, while Skoglund weighed-in around 167 3\u20445 lbs. The fight took place at Echo Arena in Liverpool and was announced by Jimmy Lennon Jr..", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 63], "section_span": [65, 98], "content_span": [99, 446]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276791-0004-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 World Boxing Super Series \u2013 super middleweight division, Quarterfinals, Smith vs. Skoglund\nSmith beat Skoglund by unanimous decision to win one of four quarter-finals in front of his home crowd in Liverpool. The officials scored the fight 116\u2013112, 117\u2013110 and 117\u2013111 all in favor of Smith. Now unbeaten in 23 bouts, Smith also claimed the WBC Diamond belt and became the first semi-finalist in the super middleweight World Boxing Super Series. Early on, the fight appeared to be a mismatch with Smith outclassing his opponent. However, Skoglund got himself into the fight in the middle rounds behind his consistent jab and head movement, giving Smith a bloody nose. Smith would make his own surge late in the fight, scoring a knockdown in round 11 and earning a clear unanimous decision.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 63], "section_span": [65, 98], "content_span": [99, 796]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276791-0005-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 World Boxing Super Series \u2013 super middleweight division, Quarterfinals, Eubank vs. Y\u0131ld\u0131r\u0131m\nThe super middleweight tournament resumed with Chris Eubank Jr. defending his IBO title against Avni Y\u0131ld\u0131r\u0131m. The fight was scheduled for October 6, at the Hanns-Martin-Schleyer-Halle in Stuttgart. In the lead-up to the fight, Ahmet \u00d6ner, Y\u0131ld\u0131r\u0131m's manager, got into a one-sided confrontation with Eubank's camp at a press conference. \u00d6ner called Eubank arrogant, threatened to knock someone out, and yelled \"When you laugh, you son of a bitch, I fuck your wife in your bed!\" at a man off-stage. At the weigh-in, Eubank tipped the scales at 167 7\u204410 lbs, while Y\u0131ld\u0131r\u0131m weighed in at 168 lbs.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 63], "section_span": [65, 99], "content_span": [100, 694]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276791-0006-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 World Boxing Super Series \u2013 super middleweight division, Quarterfinals, Eubank vs. Y\u0131ld\u0131r\u0131m\nOn fight night, Eubank blasted Y\u0131ld\u0131r\u0131m, knocking him out in round 3. Eubank dropped his opponent with an uppercut in the first round, and finished him with a flurry of punches punctuated with a left hook in round 3.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 63], "section_span": [65, 99], "content_span": [100, 316]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276791-0007-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 World Boxing Super Series \u2013 super middleweight division, Quarterfinals, Eubank vs. Y\u0131ld\u0131r\u0131m\nThe undercard featured a 10-round bout between former Olympians Stefan H\u00e4rtel and Viktor Polyakov, which was controversially won by H\u00e4rtel by majority decision. Upon being announced, the decision was booed by the audience at the Hanns-Martin-Schleyer-Halle. A brawl broke out in the stands moments before the main event.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 63], "section_span": [65, 99], "content_span": [100, 420]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276791-0008-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 World Boxing Super Series \u2013 super middleweight division, Quarterfinals, Groves vs. Cox\nGeorge Groves sought to defend his WBA (Super) title against Jamie Cox at the Wembley Arena in the super middleweight competition's third quarter-final match. Both fighters made weight the day before the fight, with Groves coming in at 167 1\u204410 lb, while Cox weighed 167 4\u20445 lb.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 63], "section_span": [65, 94], "content_span": [95, 373]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276791-0009-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 World Boxing Super Series \u2013 super middleweight division, Quarterfinals, Groves vs. Cox\nAfter a tentative first round, Cox managed to corner Groves and hit him with accurate combination punching during round 2. Cox pressed Groves for the rest of the fight but Groves slowly started countering him with accurate timing. The fight ended in round 4, when Groves landed an uppercut to Cox's solar plexus which dropped the challenger. Cox was unable to recover as the referee counted him out. The win set up another domestic showdown for Groves, who is scheduled to face Eubank in the semifinals.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 63], "section_span": [65, 94], "content_span": [95, 598]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276791-0010-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 World Boxing Super Series \u2013 super middleweight division, Quarterfinals, Groves vs. Cox\nThe undercard features tournament alternate Patrick Nielsen taking on local fighter John Ryder. Ryder blasted Nielsen, dropping him after two rounds. Nielsen was then hurt in round five by a right hook, which also dislodged his gumshield. Ryder then pounced on Nielsen, who wasn't defending himself and went down and out.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 63], "section_span": [65, 94], "content_span": [95, 416]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276791-0011-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 World Boxing Super Series \u2013 super middleweight division, Quarterfinals, Br\u00e4hmer vs. Brant\nThe final Super Series quarterfinal featured J\u00fcrgen Br\u00e4hmer going against Robert Brant. Both competitors had recently fought at other weights, with Br\u00e4hmer being a former light heavyweight world champion and Brant a fringe middleweight contender. Br\u00e4hmer's last fight at super middleweight was a decision win over Mario Veit. At the weigh-in, Br\u00e4hmer weighed 166 9\u204410 lb, while Brant tipped the scales at 166 lb even.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 63], "section_span": [65, 97], "content_span": [98, 515]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276791-0012-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 World Boxing Super Series \u2013 super middleweight division, Quarterfinals, Br\u00e4hmer vs. Brant\nBr\u00e4hmer got a dominant decision win, outboxing and outworking Brant over twelve rounds. Brant was unable to cope with Br\u00e4hmer's refined technique, and he eventually seemed to tire out. Brant had only fought ten rounds once before and he had never fought twelve rounds. Br\u00e4hmer's promoter and tournament organizer, Kalle Sauerland, called it Br\u00e4hmer's best performance of all time.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 63], "section_span": [65, 97], "content_span": [98, 478]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276791-0013-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 World Boxing Super Series \u2013 super middleweight division, Quarterfinals, Br\u00e4hmer vs. Brant\nTournament reserve Vincent Feigenbutz picked up a win on the undercard, with a round 11 TKO over Gast\u00f3n Vega.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 63], "section_span": [65, 97], "content_span": [98, 207]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276791-0014-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 World Boxing Super Series \u2013 super middleweight division, Semifinals\nThe semifinals took place on 17 and 24 February 2018.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 63], "section_span": [65, 75], "content_span": [76, 129]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276791-0015-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 World Boxing Super Series \u2013 super middleweight division, Semifinals\n*J\u00fcrgen Br\u00e4hmer withdrew from the semi-final due to an illness and was replaced by Nieky Holzken.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 63], "section_span": [65, 75], "content_span": [76, 173]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276791-0016-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 World Boxing Super Series \u2013 super middleweight division, Final\nThe final was scheduled for 14 July 2018 in London, but later it was rescheduled for 28 September 2018 in Jeddah.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 63], "section_span": [65, 70], "content_span": [71, 184]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276792-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 World Rugby Sevens Series\nThe 2017\u201318 World Rugby Sevens Series, known for sponsorship reasons as the HSBC World Rugby Sevens Series, was the 19th annual series of rugby sevens tournaments for national men's rugby sevens teams. The Sevens Series has been run by World Rugby since 1999\u20132000.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [33, 33], "content_span": [34, 299]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276792-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 World Rugby Sevens Series, Tour venues\nThe official schedule for the 2017\u201318 World Rugby Sevens Series is:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 46], "content_span": [47, 114]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276792-0002-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 World Rugby Sevens Series, Placings summary\nTallies of top four tournament placings during the 2017\u201318 series, by team:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 51], "content_span": [52, 127]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276793-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 World Rugby Sevens Series squads\nThis is a list of the complete squads for the 2017\u201318 World Rugby Sevens Series.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [40, 40], "content_span": [41, 121]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276793-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 World Rugby Sevens Series squads\nCaptains for a tournament have their numbers marked in bold.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [40, 40], "content_span": [41, 101]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276793-0002-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 World Rugby Sevens Series squads, Non-core teams\nOne place in each tournament of the series is allocated to a national team based on performance in the respective continental tournaments within Africa, Asia, Europe, Oceania, and the Americas.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 56], "content_span": [57, 250]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276794-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 World Rugby Women's Sevens Series\nThe 2017\u201318 World Rugby Women's Sevens Series was the sixth edition of the global circuit for women's national rugby sevens teams, organised by World Rugby. There were five tournament events scheduled on the 2017\u201318 circuit and twelve teams competed in each tournament.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [41, 41], "content_span": [42, 311]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276794-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 World Rugby Women's Sevens Series, Format\nTwelve teams compete at each event. The top-ranked teams at each tournament play off for a Cup, with gold, silver and bronze medals also awarded to the first three teams. Lower-ranked teams at each tournament play off for a Challenge Trophy. The overall winner of the series was determined by points gained from the standings across all events in the season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [43, 49], "content_span": [50, 409]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276794-0002-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 World Rugby Women's Sevens Series, Teams\nThe \"core teams\" qualified to participate in all series events for the 2017\u201318 series were:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [43, 48], "content_span": [49, 140]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276794-0003-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 World Rugby Women's Sevens Series, Teams\nOne additional core team qualified through winning the 2017 Hong Kong Women's Sevens:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [43, 48], "content_span": [49, 134]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276794-0004-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 World Rugby Women's Sevens Series, Placings summary\nTallies of top four tournament placings during the 2017\u201318 series, by team:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [43, 59], "content_span": [60, 135]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276795-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 World Rugby Women's Sevens Series squads\nThis is a list of the complete squads for the 2017\u201318 World Rugby Women's Sevens Series.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 48], "section_span": [48, 48], "content_span": [49, 137]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276795-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 World Rugby Women's Sevens Series squads\nCaptains for a tournament have their number marked in bold.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 48], "section_span": [48, 48], "content_span": [49, 108]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276795-0002-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 World Rugby Women's Sevens Series squads, Non-core teams\nOne place in each tournament of the series is allocated to a national team based on performance in the respective continental tournaments within Africa, Asia, Europe, Oceania, and the Americas.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 48], "section_span": [50, 64], "content_span": [65, 258]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276796-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Wright State Raiders men's basketball team\nThe 2017\u201318 Wright State Raiders men's basketball team represented Wright State University during the 2017\u201318 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Raiders, led by second-year head coach Scott Nagy, played their home games at the Nutter Center in Fairborn, Ohio, as members of the Horizon League. They finished the season 25\u201310, 14\u20134 in Horizon League play to finish in second place. In the Horizon League Tournament, they defeated Green Bay, Milwaukee, and Cleveland State to become Horizon League Tournament champions. This received the Horizon League's automatic bid to the NCAA Tournament, where they lost to Tennessee in the First Round.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 50], "section_span": [50, 50], "content_span": [51, 700]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276796-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Wright State Raiders men's basketball team, Previous season\nThe Raiders finished the 2016\u201317 season 20\u201312, 11\u20137 in Horizon League play to finish fifth place. In the Horizon League Tournament, they lost to Northern Kentucky in the quarterfinals. Despite having 20 wins, they did not participate in a postseason tournament.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 50], "section_span": [52, 67], "content_span": [68, 329]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276797-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Wycombe Wanderers F.C. season\nThe 2017\u201318 season was Wycombe Wanderers' 131st season in existence and their 25th consecutive season in the Football League.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [37, 37], "content_span": [38, 163]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276797-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Wycombe Wanderers F.C. season, Competitions, Pre-season\nWycombe Wanderers announced on 18 April 2017 that they will face AFC Wimbledon during their pre-season run-in. On 26 April 2017, A friendly against Maidenhead United was confirmed. Two days later, the club announced they will play Aldershot Town during pre-season. The Chairboys will kick off pre-season against Slough Town. On 22 June 2017, it was announced that Wycombe Wanderers would play a friendly behind closed doors against Queens Park Rangers Under-23s.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 63], "content_span": [64, 526]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276797-0002-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Wycombe Wanderers F.C. season, Competitions, League Two, Matches\nThe 2017\u201318 EFL League Two fixtures were released on 21 June 2017.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 72], "content_span": [73, 139]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276797-0003-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Wycombe Wanderers F.C. season, Competitions, EFL Cup\nOn 16 June 2017, Wycombe Wanderers were drawn at home to Fulham in the first round.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 60], "content_span": [61, 144]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276797-0004-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Wycombe Wanderers F.C. season, Competitions, EFL Trophy\nOn 12 July 2017, Wycombe Wanderers were drawn against Bristol Rovers, Swindon Town and West Ham United U23s in Southern Group C.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 63], "content_span": [64, 192]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276798-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Wydad AC season\nThe 2017\u201318 season is Wydad AC's 78th season in existence and the club's 62nd consecutive season in the top flight of Moroccan football. They will be competing in Botola, the 2017 CAF Champions League, the 2018 CAF Champions League and the Throne Cup.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [23, 23], "content_span": [24, 275]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276798-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Wydad AC season, Squad list\nPlayers and squad numbers last updated on 10 September 2017.Note: Flags indicate national team as has been defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 35], "content_span": [36, 233]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276798-0002-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Wydad AC season, Squad information, Goalscorers\nIncludes all competitive matches. The list is sorted alphabetically by surname when total goals are equal.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 55], "content_span": [56, 162]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276799-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Wyoming Cowboys basketball team\nThe 2017\u201318 Wyoming Cowboys basketball team represented the University of Wyoming during the 2017\u201318 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. They were led by Allen Edwards in his second year as head coach at Wyoming. The Cowboys played their home games at the Arena-Auditorium in Laramie, Wyoming as members of the Mountain West Conference. They finished the season 20\u201313, 10\u20138 in Mountain West play to finish in sixth place. They defeated San Jose State in the first round of the Mountain West Tournament before losing in the quarterfinals to New Mexico. Despite having 20 wins, they did not participate in a postseason tournament.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [39, 39], "content_span": [40, 673]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276799-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Wyoming Cowboys basketball team, Previous season\nThe Cowboys finished the 2016\u201317 season 23\u201315, 8\u201310 in Mountain West play to finish in seventh place. They lost in the first round of the Mountain West Tournament to Air Force. They were invited to the College Basketball Invitational (CBI) where they defeated Eastern Washington, UMKC, and Utah Valley to advance to the best-of-three championship series against Coastal Carolina. They defeated Coastal Carolina two-games-to-one to win the CBI championship. The Cowboys were the second consecutive Mountain West team to win the CBI after Nevada did so in 2016.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 56], "content_span": [57, 616]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276799-0002-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Wyoming Cowboys basketball team, Preseason\nIn a vote by conference media at the Mountain West media day, the Cowboys were picked to finish in seventh place in the Mountain West.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 50], "content_span": [51, 185]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276800-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Wyoming Cowgirls basketball team\nThe 2017\u201318 Wyoming Cowgirls basketball team represent the University of Wyoming in the 2016\u201317 college basketball season. The Cowgirls are led by fifteenth year head coach Joe Legerski. The Cowgirls played their home games at the Arena-Auditorium and are members of the Mountain West Conference. They Finished the season 22-11, 13-5 in Mountain West play to finish in third place. They lost in the semifinals of the Mountain West Tournament to Nevada. They were invited to the 2018 Women's National Invitation Tournament where they won in the first round against New Mexico State, but lost in the second round.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [40, 40], "content_span": [41, 653]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276801-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Xavier Musketeers men's basketball team\nThe 2017\u201318 Xavier Musketeers men's basketball team represented Xavier University during the 2017\u201318 NCAA Division I men's basketball season as a member of the Big East Conference. Led by ninth-year head coach Chris Mack, they played their home games at the Cintas Center in Cincinnati, Ohio. They finished the season 29\u20136, 15\u20133 in Big East play to win the Big East championship. In the Big East Tournament, they defeated St. John's before losing to Providence in the semifinals. They received an at-large bid to the NCAA Tournament as a No. 1 seed in the West region. In the First Round, they defeated Texas Southern before being upset by Florida State in the Second Round.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 47], "section_span": [47, 47], "content_span": [48, 722]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276801-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Xavier Musketeers men's basketball team\nOn March 27, 2018, Chris Mack was hired as the new head coach of Louisville, leaving Xavier after nine seasons. Four days later, longtime assistant coach Travis Steele was named the new head coach of the Musketeers.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 47], "section_span": [47, 47], "content_span": [48, 263]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276801-0002-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Xavier Musketeers men's basketball team, Previous season\nThe Musketeers finished the 2016\u201317 season 24\u201314, 9\u20139 in Big East play to finish in seventh place. In the Big East Tournament, they defeated DePaul and Butler before losing to Creighton in the semifinals. They received an at-large bid to the NCAA Tournament as a No. 11 seed in the West region where they defeated Maryland, Florida State, and Arizona before losing in the Elite Eight to Gonzaga.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 47], "section_span": [49, 64], "content_span": [65, 460]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276801-0003-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Xavier Musketeers men's basketball team, Offseason, Returning players\nOn March 31, 2017, Trevon Bluiett announced he would declare for the NBA Draft, but would not hire an agent. On May 23, he withdrew his name from the draft and announced he would return to Xavier for his senior season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 47], "section_span": [49, 77], "content_span": [78, 296]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276801-0004-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Xavier Musketeers men's basketball team, Preseason\nIn its annual preseason preview, Blue Ribbon Yearbook ranked the Musketeers No. 21 in the country. Trevon Bluiett was named a third team All-American.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 47], "section_span": [49, 58], "content_span": [59, 209]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276801-0005-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Xavier Musketeers men's basketball team, Preseason\nIn a poll of Big East coaches at the conference's media day, the Musketeers were picked to finish in third place in the Big East. Senior guard Trevon Bluiett was named to the preseason All-Big East First team while senior guard J.P. Macura was named a preseason All-Big East Honorable Mention.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 47], "section_span": [49, 58], "content_span": [59, 352]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276802-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Xavier Musketeers women's basketball team\nThe 2017\u201318 Xavier Musketeers women's basketball team represents Xavier University during the 2017\u201318 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Musketeers, led by seventh-year head coach Brian Neal, play their games at the Cintas Center and were members of the Big East Conference. They finished the season 10\u201320, 3\u201315 in Big East play to finish in a tie for last place. They lost in the first round of the Big East Women's Tournament to Seton Hall.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 49], "section_span": [49, 49], "content_span": [50, 504]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276802-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Xavier Musketeers women's basketball team, Previous season\nThey finished the season 12\u201318, 4\u201314 in Big East play to finish in a tie for seventh place. They lost in the first round of the Big East Women's Tournament to Butler.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 49], "section_span": [51, 66], "content_span": [67, 233]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276803-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Y-League\nThe 2017\u201318 Y-League (also known as the Foxtel Y-League for sponsorship reasons) was the tenth season of the Australian Y-League competition.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [16, 16], "content_span": [17, 158]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276803-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Y-League, Teams\nIn April 2017, the closing of the FFA Centre of Excellence (previously the Australian Institute of Sport Football Program) was announced. They were replaced by Canberra United, who were granted a National Youth League licence.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [18, 23], "content_span": [24, 250]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276803-0002-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Y-League, Format\nThe 2017\u201318 season was structured with the same format as the previous two seasons, with the existing ten NYL teams divided into two conferences of five teams: Conference A consists of teams from WA, SA, Victoria and Queensland, while teams from ACT and NSW are in Conference B. Teams in each conference played each other on a home and away basis, followed by a Grand Final between the top team from each conference.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [18, 24], "content_span": [25, 441]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276804-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Yale Bulldogs men's basketball team\nThe 2017\u201318 Yale Bulldogs men's basketball team represented Yale University during the 2017\u201318 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Bulldogs, led by 19th-year head coach James Jones, played their home games at John J. Lee Amphitheater of the Payne Whitney Gymnasium in New Haven, Connecticut as members of the Ivy League. They finished the season 16\u201315, 9\u20135 in Ivy League play to finish in third place. They lost in the semifinals of the Ivy League Tournament to Penn.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [43, 43], "content_span": [44, 520]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276804-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Yale Bulldogs men's basketball team, Previous season\nThe Bulldogs finished the 2016\u201317 season 18\u201311, 10\u20134 in Ivy League play to finish in third place. In the inaugural Ivy League Tournament, they defeated Harvard before losing to Princeton in the championship game.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [45, 60], "content_span": [61, 273]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276805-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Yale Bulldogs men's ice hockey season\nThe 2017\u201318 Yale Bulldogs Men's ice hockey season was the 123rd season of play for the program and the 57th season in the ECAC Hockey conference. The Bulldogs represented Yale University and were coached by Keith Allain, in his 12th season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [45, 45], "content_span": [46, 286]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276805-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Yale Bulldogs men's ice hockey season, Season\nYale played up and down all season long, hovering around the .500 mark. Redshirt sophomore Corbin Kaczperski got some playing time in goal at the end of Yale's 5-game losing streak and the team began to rotate their goaltenders thereafter. The team showed modest improvement as the season went along and entered the conference tournament with a home date in the first round. Unfortunately, the team faltered against Quinnipiac and lost both of their postseason games.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [47, 53], "content_span": [54, 521]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276806-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Yale Bulldogs women's basketball team\nThe 2017\u201318 Yale Bulldogs women's basketball team represented Yale University during the 2017\u201318 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Bulldogs, led by third year head coach Allison Guth, played their home games at John J. Lee Amphitheater of the Payne Whitney Gymnasium as members of the Ivy League.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [45, 45], "content_span": [46, 355]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276806-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Yale Bulldogs women's basketball team\nThey finished the season at 19\u201313, 8\u20136 for fourth place in the Ivy League, which afforded them a spot in the conference playoff for a bid in the NCAA tournament. However, they were defeated in the first round by Princeton. The Bulldogs were then invited to the WBI, and they went on to win the championship, the first Ivy League team to win a postseason tournament.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [45, 45], "content_span": [46, 411]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276806-0002-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Yale Bulldogs women's basketball team, Previous season\nThey finished the season 15\u201312, 6\u20138 in Ivy League play to finish in sixth place.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [47, 62], "content_span": [63, 144]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276807-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Yale Bulldogs women's ice hockey season\nThe Yale Bulldogs represents Yale University in ECAC women's ice hockey during the 2017\u201318 NCAA Division I women's ice hockey season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 47], "section_span": [47, 47], "content_span": [48, 181]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276808-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Yeovil Town F.C. season\nThe 2017\u201318 season was the 15th season in the Football League and the 3rd consecutive season at the fourth tier of English football played by Yeovil Town Football Club, an English football club based in Yeovil, Somerset.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [31, 31], "content_span": [32, 253]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276808-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Yeovil Town F.C. season\nManager Darren Way was starting his second full season in charge, the club signed thirteen players on permanent and loan contracts before the close of the summer transfer window, although one was released without having made an appearance. After losing their opening game by a record 8\u20132 scoreline away at Luton Town. The club's league season had few highpoints as they spent all but one week of the season in the lower half of the table, the Glovers did record their record away victory in the Football League in April with a 6\u20132 win at Coventry City. Despite indifferent form safety was confirmed with two matches to spare as Yeovil finished the season in 19th place.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [31, 31], "content_span": [32, 701]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276808-0002-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Yeovil Town F.C. season\nIn cup competitions Yeovil had more success reaching the fourth round of the FA Cup for only the fourth time in their history, beating two League One sides to get there, before losing at home to eventual runners-up Manchester United. In the EFL Cup the Glovers lost in the first round against Championship side Wolverhampton Wanderers, while in the EFL Trophy the club reached the semi-finals, losing to Shrewsbury Town having beaten three League One sides to reach that stage. Ivorian striker Fran\u00e7ois Zoko finished as the club's top goalscorer for the third consecutive season with fifteen goals, thirteen of which he scored in the league.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [31, 31], "content_span": [32, 673]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276808-0003-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Yeovil Town F.C. season, Background\nThe 2016\u201317 season was the club's second consecutive in the fourth tier of the English football league system, it was Darren Way's first full season in charge as manager. After winning their opening game, Yeovil lost six of their next seven matches leaving them in the relegation zone in September before an improved run of form, including eight matches unbeaten saw the club rise into the play-offs after a 5\u20130 victory against Crawley Town in December 2016.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 43], "content_span": [44, 502]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276808-0003-0001", "contents": "2017\u201318 Yeovil Town F.C. season, Background\nThis though was the highpoint of the season as Yeovil only won three of their final 27 matches as the club slid dangerously towards the relegation zone, but safety was confirmed with one match to spare as Yeovil finished the season in 20th place. In cup competitions, Yeovil were knocked out in the first round of the FA Cup, losing to non-league side Solihull Moors in a replay, while the Glovers progressed to the second round of the EFL Cup losing to Premier League side Everton. The club also reached the quarter-finals of the revamped EFL Trophy, losing to Luton Town.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 43], "content_span": [44, 617]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276808-0004-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Yeovil Town F.C. season, Background\nThe end of the season saw Way release six players, including, Ollie Bassett, Tom Eaves, Brandon Goodship, Alex Lawless, Joe Lea and captain Darren Ward. Nine players were offered new contracts by Darren Way, defender Nathan Smith agreed a new one-year contract, while forward Fran\u00e7ois Zoko, winger Otis Khan, defenders Bevis Mugabi, Tom James and keeper Jonny Maddison also agreed new two-year contracts. Midfielder Kevin Dawson rejected the offer of a new contract to sign for fellow League Two side Cheltenham Town and reunite with former manager Gary Johnson. Defender Alex Lacey rejected the club's offer of a new two-year contract and signed for League One side Gillingham. Meanwhile, midfielder Matthew Dolan rejected the club's offer to sign for fellow League Two side Newport County.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 43], "content_span": [44, 835]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276808-0005-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Yeovil Town F.C. season, Review, Pre-season\nThe first day of pre-season saw the arrival of four new signings, winger Rhys Browne, son of ex-Glover Steve Browne, joined from Grimsby Town for an undisclosed fee signing a two-year contract, midfielder Jake Gray also signed a two-year contract for an undisclosed fee from Luton Town. Meanwhile, Connor Smith joined following his release from Plymouth Argyle, and Guadeloupean international defender St\u00e9phane Zubar signed a one-year contract after rejecting an offer of a new contract at local rivals Weymouth. On 4 July, Yeovil confirmed their fifth signing of pre-season with midfielder James Bailey signing a two-year contract after leaving Carlisle United, prior to Yeovil's first friendly of pre-season, the club confirmed the signing of Southampton striker Olufela Olomola on loan until January 2018.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 51], "content_span": [52, 860]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276808-0006-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Yeovil Town F.C. season, Review, Pre-season\nYeovil's first friendly of the season saw them travel to local rivals, Southern League Premier side Weymouth, on 11 July. Yeovil's squad included nine trialists, goals from Otis Khan and Bevis Mugabi earned the Glovers a 2\u20131 victory after former Yeovil striker Brandon Goodship had given Weymouth the lead. On 14 July, Yeovil completed their seventh signing of the season with young defender Keston Davies joining on loan until the end of the season from Swansea City. Davies made his first appearance the following day in Yeovil's first home friendly against Championship club Bristol City, on 15 July.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 51], "content_span": [52, 655]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276808-0006-0001", "contents": "2017\u201318 Yeovil Town F.C. season, Review, Pre-season\nThree goals in six first half minutes saw Yeovil succumb to a 3\u20131 defeat with Olomola scoring a consolation goal. Yeovil then traveled to South Wales for a short training camp, where on 19 July they faced Welsh Football League Division One club Llanelli Town, and recorded a 2\u20130 victory over their Welsh opponents with goals from Khan and Fran\u00e7ois Zoko. On 22 July, Yeovil faced local side Frome Town in a friendly organised as a benefit match for local semi-professional footballer Jamie Mines, who suffered serious injuries following an electrical shock at work.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 51], "content_span": [52, 616]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276808-0006-0002", "contents": "2017\u201318 Yeovil Town F.C. season, Review, Pre-season\nDespite falling behind to their Southern League opponents goals from Nathan Smith and Rhys Browne earned Yeovil a fourth victory of pre-season. After a successful trial Yeovil confirmed the signing of Brazilian former Derby County midfielder Alefe Santos on a two-year contract. Yeovil then entertained League One club Bristol Rovers and suffered their second 3\u20131 defeat of pre-season with Nathan Smith scoring the Glovers only goal. On 28 July, Yeovil confirmed their ninth signing of pre-season with former Swansea City right back Daniel Alfei signing a two-year contract following a successful trial.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 51], "content_span": [52, 655]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276808-0006-0003", "contents": "2017\u201318 Yeovil Town F.C. season, Review, Pre-season\nYeovil then traveled to Tiverton Town for their penultimate friendly of pre-season an entertaining match saw a brace from Connor Smith and goals from Zoko and Alefe Santos as the Glovers ran out 4\u20132 winners. Yeovil completed their pre-season schedule with a 3\u20131 defeat against Premier League side Bournemouth, with Swansea loanee Keston Davies scoring for the Glovers. Following the Bournemouth match, summer signing James Bailey was announced as Yeovil's new captain for the 2017\u201318 season replacing the released Darren Ward. Prior to the first competitive game of the season, Yeovil completed the signing of Sam Surridge on loan from Bournemouth until the end of the season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 51], "content_span": [52, 728]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276808-0007-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Yeovil Town F.C. season, Review, August\nYeovil started their League Two season away against Luton Town, on 5 August. Despite taking the lead through an Otis Khan free kick, Yeovil suffered a record 8\u20132 defeat the heaviest opening day defeat in the Football League for 55 years, with Fran\u00e7ois Zoko scoring the Glovers second consolation goal. After falling to their joint record Football League defeat on the opening day, the players agreed to refund the 258 fans who traveled to watch the team at Luton.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 47], "content_span": [48, 511]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276808-0007-0001", "contents": "2017\u201318 Yeovil Town F.C. season, Review, August\nOn 8 August, Yeovil confirmed that centre-back St\u00e9phane Zubar had been released from his \"month-to-month\" contract due to injury, without having made a competitive appearance. Yeovil then traveled to Championship club Wolverhampton Wanderers in the first round of the EFL Cup, a much improved performance saw Yeovil suffer a 1\u20130 defeat to exit the competition.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 47], "content_span": [48, 408]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276808-0008-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Yeovil Town F.C. season, Review, August\nYeovil then faced Accrington Stanley in their first home match of the season, a brace from Southampton loanee Olufela Olomola and a second goal of the season from Zoko saw Yeovil recover from falling behind to record a 3\u20132 victory. On 16 August, Yeovil completed the signing of versatile forward Jordan Green on a free transfer from Bournemouth.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 47], "content_span": [48, 393]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276808-0008-0001", "contents": "2017\u201318 Yeovil Town F.C. season, Review, August\nYeovil then traveled to newly promoted Forest Green Rovers, early goals from Olomola and an Otis Khan penalty saw Yeovil take a 2\u20130 lead, after Forest Green pulled one back Zoko scored to give Yeovil a 3\u20131 lead but the Glovers collapsed in the second half to lose the match 4\u20133.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 47], "content_span": [48, 326]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276808-0009-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Yeovil Town F.C. season, Review, August\nOn 21 August, having conceded 14 goals in their first three league matches Yeovil moved to sign defender Sid Nelson on loan from Millwall until January. The signing of Nelson had an immediate impact with Yeovil recording their first clean sheet of the season in a 2\u20130 victory over Coventry City, on 26 August, with Rhys Browne scoring his first for the club and Olomola scoring his fourth of the season. On 29 August, Yeovil rounded off the month with a trip to Exeter City for their first match in the EFL Trophy group stages.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 47], "content_span": [48, 575]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276808-0009-0001", "contents": "2017\u201318 Yeovil Town F.C. season, Review, August\nThe Glovers secured a 3\u20131 win with all the goals coming in the second half, a goal from Sam Surridge, his first for the club, was followed by goals for Rhys Browne and Otis Khan. Deadline day saw Yeovil complete the signing of Bournemouth midfielder Matt Worthington on loan until January.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 47], "content_span": [48, 338]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276808-0010-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Yeovil Town F.C. season, Review, September\nYeovil began September with a 2\u20130 defeat away at Crawley Town, followed by a goalless draw at home against Cheltenham Town. On 12 September, Yeovil faced Morecambe but despite taking a 2\u20130 lead through goals from Fran\u00e7ois Zoko and Sam Surridge, Yeovil failed to see the game out and succumbed to a 2\u20132 draw. The Glovers then traveled to Grimsby Town and suffered an eighth successive away defeat in the league despite Zoko's fifth goal of the season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 50], "content_span": [51, 501]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276808-0010-0001", "contents": "2017\u201318 Yeovil Town F.C. season, Review, September\nOn 23 September, Yeovil faced bottom of the league side Port Vale but were held to a 1\u20131 draw with Otis Khan rescuing a point. After eight consecutive defeats away from home in the league Yeovil traveled to Chesterfield and won 3\u20132, after early goals from Olufela Olomola and Khan gave the Glovers a two-goal lead before being pegged back to 2\u20132 scored a last-minute winner from captain James Bailey. Yeovil ended the month with a visit from Colchester United where Yeovil's unbeaten home record came to an end with a 1\u20130 defeat.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 50], "content_span": [51, 580]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276808-0011-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Yeovil Town F.C. season, Review, October\nAfter a stuttering start to the season it was reported that manager Darren Way had invited former Tottenham Hotspur manager Harry Redknapp to join the club in a voluntary advisory role. On 7 October, Yeovil suffered another away defeat this time away at Newport County losing 2\u20130 with both goals coming from corners taken by former player Matthew Dolan. After suffering a knee injury in Yeovil's 1\u20131 draw with Port Vale in September, it was confirmed that right-back Daniel Alfei had been ruled out for the season after rupturing his anterior cruciate ligament.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 48], "content_span": [49, 610]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276808-0011-0001", "contents": "2017\u201318 Yeovil Town F.C. season, Review, October\nOn 11 October, Yeovil's under-18 side faced Bishop Sutton in the first round of the Somerset Premier Cup and won 1\u20130 with a late goal from Neville Nzembela. The following day saw the club announce the engagement of football consultant Mark Palmer of Insight 63 Ltd in a new advisory role.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 48], "content_span": [49, 337]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276808-0012-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Yeovil Town F.C. season, Review, October\nYeovil then faced Crewe Alexandra and picked up their first home win since August with goals from Rhys Browne and Olufela Olomola enough to secure a 2\u20130 victory. The club then slipped to a sixth defeat in seven away league matches with a 2\u20131 defeat at Cambridge United, on 17 October. On 21 October, an Otis Khan goal rescued a late point for Yeovil at Barnet in a 1\u20131 draw.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 48], "content_span": [49, 423]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276808-0012-0001", "contents": "2017\u201318 Yeovil Town F.C. season, Review, October\nYeovil returned to Huish Park for the first of three consecutive home matches, on 25 October, the Glovers faced Chelsea U23s in the group stage of the EFL Trophy, winger Rhys Browne scored for the second home game in a row as the match ended 1\u20131 in normal time. Yeovil then picked up a bonus point after a 5\u20133 victory in the 'ABBA' penalty shootout. After the game, Darren Way confirmed that the club had employed former U18 manager Jamie Shore as a new first team coach.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 48], "content_span": [49, 520]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276808-0013-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Yeovil Town F.C. season, Review, October\nOn 28 October, Yeovil triumphed 3\u20130 at home to Stevenage with a brace from Sam Surridge and Olomola's seventh of the season all coming in the first half. The second half saw the Glovers reduced to nine men after both Olomola was dismissed for his part in a halfway line melee, and Fran\u00e7ois Zoko was dismissed for a dangerously high foot. The match saw the inclusion of under-18 goalkeeper Tommy Scott on the substitutes bench for the first time after back-up goalkeeper Jonny Maddison suffered a head injury in training. The club later attempted to appeal the red card shown to Olomola but were ultimately unsuccessful. The end of the month saw the under-18 side be knocked out of the FA Youth Cup at the first round stage after losing 3\u20130 at home to Exeter City.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 48], "content_span": [49, 812]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276808-0014-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Yeovil Town F.C. season, Review, November\nYeovil began November with an FA Cup first round match against League One side Southend United, Otis Khan scored the only goal of the game, a penalty in the 29th minute, enough to send Yeovil through to the second round. This was followed up however, by a 4\u20130 away loss at Carlisle United, where Bevis Mugabi received a red card for an off the ball incident.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 49], "content_span": [50, 408]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276808-0015-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Yeovil Town F.C. season, Review, November\nThe third match of the month finished with a 2\u20131 loss at Huish Park, against Swindon Town, with Yeovil having taken the lead after just four minutes, with a goal from Rhys Browne. Yeovil then faced league leaders Notts County, on 21 November, a Fran\u00e7ois Zoko penalty was enough to earn a 1\u20131 draw, despite a late red card for defender Sid Nelson for violent conduct.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 49], "content_span": [50, 416]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276808-0015-0001", "contents": "2017\u201318 Yeovil Town F.C. season, Review, November\nThe Glovers then traveled to Wycombe Wanderers but two goals in the space of six first half minutes saw Yeovil consigned to yet another away defeat with Zoko grabbing what turned out to be a consolation goal as Yeovil lost 2\u20131. Yeovil's final match of the EFL Trophy group stage saw them triumph 2\u20131 against League One side Plymouth Argyle, with Tom James scoring his first goal for the club, and Bournemouth loanee Sam Surridge scoring his fifth goal of the season. The result was enough to see Yeovil top their group and qualify for the second round.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 49], "content_span": [50, 602]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276808-0016-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Yeovil Town F.C. season, Review, December\nOn 1 December, Yeovil confirmed the signing of midfielder Oscar Gobern on non-contract terms until the end of the season. Yeovil began December with a FA Cup second round tie against fellow League Two side Port Vale, the game ended 1\u20131 after a late header from substitute Jordan Green earned Yeovil a replay. The Glovers then faced League One side AFC Wimbledon in the second round of the EFL Trophy, first goals for the club from Keston Davies and Jake Gray secured Yeovil a comfortable 2\u20130 victory and progression into the third round.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 49], "content_span": [50, 587]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276808-0016-0001", "contents": "2017\u201318 Yeovil Town F.C. season, Review, December\nOn 8 December, youth team defender Jeremiah Gyebi joined National League South side Poole Town on an initial month's loan deal. Yeovil's first league match of the month saw them succumb to a third home defeat of the season losing 2\u20130 to Lincoln City. On 12 December, Yeovil hosted Port Vale in their FA Cup second round replay, the two sides finished regular time with another 1\u20131 draw, with Otis Khan scoring a penalty in the first half, before a late equaliser for Port Vale, who had two men sent off. Khan scored a second in extra time, but after Port Vale equalised again, Fran\u00e7ois Zoko scored the game's winner a minute later to send Yeovil through to the third round.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 49], "content_span": [50, 723]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276808-0017-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Yeovil Town F.C. season, Review, December\nYeovil then traveled to Mansfield Town and held their play-off chasing opponents to a goalless draw to record their first away clean sheet since February 2017, but the result saw them slip to 21st in the table only one point outside the relegation zone. On 23 December, Yeovil beat third place side Exeter City 3\u20131 with goals from Jake Gray, Fran\u00e7ois Zoko and a Sam Surridge penalty. Boxing Day saw the Glovers travel to Cheltenham Town and record a second consecutive victory, second-half goals from Omar Sowunmi and Jordan Green earned Yeovil a 2\u20130 victory.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 49], "content_span": [50, 609]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276808-0017-0001", "contents": "2017\u201318 Yeovil Town F.C. season, Review, December\nYeovil ended 2017 with a trip to Morecambe, the Glovers took the lead after just 25-seconds with Jake Gray scoring his third goal of December, Otis Khan's tenth goal of the season doubled Yeovil's lead, but a late collapse saw Yeovil lose the match 4\u20133, despite Omar Sowunmi giving Yeovil a 3\u20132 lead with just six minutes to go. Khan's goal against Morecambe was later awarded the League Two goal of the month award.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 49], "content_span": [50, 466]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276808-0018-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Yeovil Town F.C. season, Review, January\nYeovil started the new year with a home fixture against Crawley Town, despite taking the lead through Sam Surridge the Glovers lost the match 2\u20131 having been reduced to nine men with both Connor Smith and Omar Sowunmi being sent off. The first week of the January transfer window saw a high turnover of players with the loans of Sid Nelson, Olufela Olomola and Matt Worthington expiring while the loan of Keston Davies was terminated after he had failed to break into the Yeovil side.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 48], "content_span": [49, 533]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276808-0018-0001", "contents": "2017\u201318 Yeovil Town F.C. season, Review, January\nThe four loans were replaced with Liverpool defender Corey Whelan, Barnsley midfielder Jared Bird, Middlesbrough attacking midfielder Lewis Wing and Southampton striker Marcus Barnes all joining the club on loan until the end of the season from their respective clubs. On 6 January, Yeovil faced League One side Bradford City in the third round of the FA Cup.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 48], "content_span": [49, 408]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276808-0018-0002", "contents": "2017\u201318 Yeovil Town F.C. season, Review, January\nDespite being the lowest ranked team left in the competition, Yeovil won the match 2\u20130 with a goal from Marcus Barnes on his debut and a third of the season from Jordan Green enough to see Yeovil through to the fourth round for only the fourth time in their history. Yeovil then faced Forest Green Rovers in the third round of the EFL Trophy, and secured back-to-back 2\u20130 wins with goals from Nathan and Connor Smith enough to secure qualification to the quarter-finals of the competition.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 48], "content_span": [49, 538]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276808-0018-0003", "contents": "2017\u201318 Yeovil Town F.C. season, Review, January\nHaving established himself in the Yeovil team, attacker Jordan Green was rewarded with a new contract until the summer of 2019, while defender Tom James also signed an improved contract. On 13 January, Yeovil drew 1\u20131 away at relegation rivals Port Vale, with Fran\u00e7ois Zoko scoring his tenth goal of the season to give the Glovers the lead but they conceded in the final five minutes to drop two points.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 48], "content_span": [49, 452]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276808-0018-0004", "contents": "2017\u201318 Yeovil Town F.C. season, Review, January\nThe following week saw the club confirm that they had received a \"substantial bid\" for winger Otis Khan which had met a release clause in his contract, and that there had also been interest in defender Omar Sowunmi. On 20 January, Yeovil faced Chesterfield in a relegation six-pointer, after falling behind against the run of play Lewis Wing equalised with a 25-yard looping shot, his first goal for the club.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 48], "content_span": [49, 458]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276808-0018-0005", "contents": "2017\u201318 Yeovil Town F.C. season, Review, January\nIn the final minute of injury time after Otis Khan appeared to have his shirt pulled he stopped playing allowing Chestefield to go up the other end to score a late winner with Khan then being sent off for shoving referee Kevin Johnson. Yeovil appealed the decision to send the midfielder off, but the appeal was deemed frivolous and Khan's ban was subsequently extended to five matches.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 48], "content_span": [49, 435]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276808-0019-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Yeovil Town F.C. season, Review, January\nOn 26 January, Yeovil faced Manchester United in the fourth round of the FA Cup in front of a sell out crowd of 9,195. Prior to the game Yeovil announced the signing of Alex Fisher on a free transfer from Scottish Premiership side Motherwell, with the striker signing an 18-month contract. The Glovers started the game brightly, but conceded just before half-time with Marcus Rashford giving the Premier League side the lead. During half-time the club confirmed the signing of Yeovil-born forward Ryan Seager on loan from Southampton until the end of the season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 48], "content_span": [49, 611]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276808-0019-0001", "contents": "2017\u201318 Yeovil Town F.C. season, Review, January\nAnder Herrera extended Manchester United's lead after an hour before the superior quality of the Prmeier League side saw the Glovers concede two late goals to be knocked out of the FA Cup with a 4\u20130 defeat. The following day, the club confirmed their third signing of the weekend with West Bromwich Albion defender Shaun Donnellan, nephew of former Yeovil midfielder Gary, signing on an 18-month contract. Yeovil ended the month with a 3\u20130 victory over Grimsby Town with the visitors having been reduced to nine men, the Glovers ran out comfortable winners with goals from Lewis Wing, Rhys Browne and Jake Gray.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 48], "content_span": [49, 660]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276808-0020-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Yeovil Town F.C. season, Review, February\nYeovil secured their second win in a week with a 2\u20130 victory over Cambridge United, on 3 February 2018. Second half goals from defender Nathan Smith and substitute Alex Fisher's first for the club were enough to secure successive victories. On 6 February, Yeovil qualified for the semi-final of the EFL Trophy with a 3\u20132 victory over League One side Fleetwood Town. Having fallen behind, a last minute winner from top scorer Fran\u00e7ois Zoko set up a tie with Shrewsbury Town. Yeovil then traveled to relegation-threatened Crewe Alexandra and secured a goalless draw having not had any shots on target.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 49], "content_span": [50, 649]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276808-0020-0001", "contents": "2017\u201318 Yeovil Town F.C. season, Review, February\nThe match saw the Glovers lose both ever-present goalkeeper Artur Krysiak and defender Nathan Smith to long-term knee injuries. A 2\u20130 victory over bottom side Barnet saw the Glovers extend their unbeaten run to five matches in all competitions with a first-minute penalty from Sam Surridge and an injury time goal from Zoko enough to see Yeovil rise to 17th place in the league. The club's unbeaten run game to an end with a heavy 4\u20131 defeat away at Stevenage with Ryan Seager scoring Yeovil's consolation goal.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 49], "content_span": [50, 561]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276808-0020-0002", "contents": "2017\u201318 Yeovil Town F.C. season, Review, February\nFollowing the injury to Krysiak, the club signed experienced goalkeeper Stuart Nelson following his release from Gillingham on a contract until the end of the season. On 24 February, Yeovil suffered a second successive defeat losing 1\u20130 at home to Carlisle United, the match saw midfielder Jake Gray suffer a season-ending ankle injury. Freezing conditions at the end of February and early March saw Yeovil's EFL Trophy semi-final against Shrewsbury Town was postponed for seven days, as well as the club's league fixture against Swindon Town.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 49], "content_span": [50, 593]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276808-0021-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Yeovil Town F.C. season, Review, March\nFollowing the postponement of their match against Swindon, Yeovil began March with their rearranged EFL Trophy semi-final tie against League One leaders Shrewsbury Town. The Glovers held their own but rarely threatened, and were knocked out courtesy of a Carlton Morris goal. On 7 March, defender Bevis Mugabi received a second call-up to the Uganda national football team for their March friendly matches. On 10 March, Yeovil suffered a 2\u20130 home defeat against Newport County. Due to international call-ups for Bevis Mugabi, Rhys Browne, Shaun Donnellan and Corey Whelan, Yeovil's trip to Accrington Stanley was postponed until the 17 April.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 46], "content_span": [47, 689]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276808-0021-0001", "contents": "2017\u201318 Yeovil Town F.C. season, Review, March\nDebuts for Stuart Nelson and Shaun Donnellan saw Yeovil end their three match losing run with a 0\u20130 draw away at promotion chasing Exeter City, this was then followed by a 1\u20130 away win at Colchester United with Nelson saving an early penalty before Alex Fisher scored the winning goal. The international break saw Bevis Mugabi make his full international debut for Uganda in friendlies against S\u00e3o Tom\u00e9 and Pr\u00edncipe and Malawi, while Rhys Browne scored his first international goal for Antigua and Barbuda in a 3\u20132 win against Bermuda.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 46], "content_span": [47, 582]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276808-0021-0002", "contents": "2017\u201318 Yeovil Town F.C. season, Review, March\nDonnellan and Whelan both featured for the Republic of Ireland U21s, with Donnellan scoring a crucial winning goal against Azerbaijan. The end of March also saw fans select the club's new shirt for the 2018\u201319 season made by TAG Sportswear, while the home match against Forest Green Rovers on Good Friday was postponed due to a waterlogged pitch.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 46], "content_span": [47, 393]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276808-0022-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Yeovil Town F.C. season, Review, April and May\nEaster Monday saw Yeovil travel to play-off chasing Coventry City. Braces from Alex Fisher, Fran\u00e7ois Zoko and Sam Surridge saw the Glovers win 6\u20132, the first time the club had scored six goals away from home in the Football League. On 7 April, Yeovil suffered a 3\u20130 home defeat against Luton Town, the match saw both Ryan Dickson and Zoko dismissed for the Glovers. In recognition of his performances in the EFL Trophy defender Tom James was named in the team of the tournament.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 54], "content_span": [55, 533]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276808-0022-0001", "contents": "2017\u201318 Yeovil Town F.C. season, Review, April and May\nEarly April saw the club announce that it had made a small profit of \u00a328,350 for the financial year ending June 2017. On 10 April, Yeovil traveled to Swindon Town and earned a point courtesy of late Alex Fisher equaliser. The 2\u20132 draw saw goalkeeper Stuart Nelson suffer a wrist injury that ruled him out for the remainder of the season. The Glovers suffered a fourth consecutive home defeat without scoring, on 14 April, with a 1\u20130 defeat against Wycombe Wanderers.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 54], "content_span": [55, 521]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276808-0022-0002", "contents": "2017\u201318 Yeovil Town F.C. season, Review, April and May\nYeovil then suffered a 2\u20130 defeat away at Accrington Stanley, a match which saw the Lancashire side clinch promotion to League One for the first time in their history. A late Alex Fisher consolation was the only moment of cheer for Yeovil in a heavy 4\u20131 defeat away at promotion chasing Notts County, on 21 April. On 24 April, Yeovil and Forest Green Rovers played out a goalless draw which secured both sides Football League status with two games to spare.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 54], "content_span": [55, 512]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276808-0022-0003", "contents": "2017\u201318 Yeovil Town F.C. season, Review, April and May\nYeovil's final home match of the season, saw them entertain Mansfield Town, the Glovers took the lead twice through Bevis Mugabi and Zoko, who scored his fifteenth goal of the season, but play-off chasing Mansfield fought back to win the game 3\u20132. Defender Omar Sowunmi was sent off late on the club's tenth red card of the season. The club's end of season awards, followed the conclusion of the match with all the awards shared between the trio of Tom James, Omar Sowunmi and Fran\u00e7ois Zoko. Yeovil ended the season with a 1\u20131 defeat away at Lincoln City to finish the season in 19th place.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 54], "content_span": [55, 645]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276808-0023-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Yeovil Town F.C. season, Summary and aftermath\nIn the league the team won 8 matches, drew 5 and lost 10 at home, compared to winning 4, drawing 7 and losing 12 away from home. The club scored 59 league goals and conceded 75 the third most in the league. Sam Surridge recorded the highest number of appearances during the season, appearing in 53 of Yeovil's 59 matches. Fran\u00e7ois Zoko finished as the club's top goalscorer for the third consecutive season with 15 goals, 13 of those coming in the league.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 54], "content_span": [55, 510]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276808-0024-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Yeovil Town F.C. season, Summary and aftermath\nThe end of the season saw manager Darren Way release four players. Defender Daniel Alfei was released having spent most of the season injured, and the experienced trio of Ryan Dickson, Artur Krysiak and Nathan Smith were released having made 130, 150 and 295 appearances for the club respectively. 36-year old goalkeeper Stuart Nelson agreed a new two-year contract, while the club triggered a one-year extension in midfielder Alefe Santos's contract. The club also offered new deals to Oscar Gobern and Omar Sowunmi.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 54], "content_span": [55, 572]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276808-0024-0001", "contents": "2017\u201318 Yeovil Town F.C. season, Summary and aftermath\nYeovil offered no professional contracts to any of the club's second year scholars, with defender Joe Tomlinson signing for Premier League side Brighton & Hove Albion upon his release. Midfielder Oscar Gobern rejected the offer of a new deal to sign for National League side Eastleigh. On 26 June, goalkeeper Jonny Maddison agreed to terminate his contract to sign for National League North side Darlington.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 54], "content_span": [55, 462]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276808-0024-0002", "contents": "2017\u201318 Yeovil Town F.C. season, Summary and aftermath\nIn late June, the club received a bid in the region of \u00a3100,000 which met the release clause of attacking midfielder Otis Khan from fellow League Two side Mansfield Town, Khan subsequently signed a two-year contract with the Nottinghamshire side. Defender Omar Sowunmi returned to the club for pre-season training having still not signed a new contract.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 54], "content_span": [55, 408]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276808-0025-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Yeovil Town F.C. season, Summary and aftermath\nThe off season saw Bevis Mugabi called up by Uganda for an invitational tournament in Niger.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 54], "content_span": [55, 147]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276809-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Youngstown State Penguins men's basketball team\nThe 2017\u201318 Youngstown State Penguins men's basketball team represented Youngstown State University during the 2017\u201318 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Penguins, led by first-year head coach Jerrod Calhoun, played their home games at the Beeghly Center as members of the Horizon League. They finished the season 8\u201324, 6\u201312 in Horizon League play to finish in a tie for eighth place. They lost in the first round of the Horizon League Tournament to Cleveland State.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 55], "section_span": [55, 55], "content_span": [56, 532]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276809-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Youngstown State Penguins men's basketball team, Previous season\nThe Penguins finished the 2016\u201317 season 13\u201321, 5\u201313 in Horizon League play to finish in a tie for eighth place. As the No. 9 seed in the Horizon League Tournament, they defeated Cleveland State and Oakland before losing to Northern Kentucky in the Semifinals.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 55], "section_span": [57, 72], "content_span": [73, 333]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276809-0002-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Youngstown State Penguins men's basketball team, Previous season\nOn March 7, 2017, Jerry Slocum announced he was retiring as head coach at Youngstown State. He had a record of 142\u2013232 in 12 years at the school. On March 27, the school hired Jerrod Calhoun from Division II Fairmont State as the new head coach.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 55], "section_span": [57, 72], "content_span": [73, 318]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276809-0003-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Youngstown State Penguins men's basketball team, Schedule and results\n* Non-conference game. #Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Eastern Time", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 55], "section_span": [57, 77], "content_span": [78, 194]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276810-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Youth League U18\nThe 2017\u201318 Youth League U18 (formerly known as I-League U18) was the tenth season of the Indian Youth League U18 and the third season of the competition as an under-18 one. AIFF announced that the zonal rounds for the league that started from 20 November 2017 in Chennai, Maharashtra, Kolkata and Delhi. AIFF Elite Academy were three-time defending champions, but did not participate in the tournament. Shillong Lajong won their first title by defeating Kerala Blasters 2\u20130 in the final on 26 May 2018.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [24, 24], "content_span": [25, 528]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276811-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 ZAKSA K\u0119dzierzyn-Ko\u017ale season\nZAKSA K\u0119dzierzyn-Ko\u017ale 2017\u20132018 season is the 2017/2018 volleyball season for Polish professional volleyball club ZAKSA K\u0119dzierzyn-Ko\u017ale.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [37, 37], "content_span": [38, 176]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276811-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 ZAKSA K\u0119dzierzyn-Ko\u017ale season, Results, schedules and standings, 2017 Polish SuperCup\nOn September 23, 2017 PGE Skra beat ZAKSA K\u0119dzierzyn-Ko\u017ale and achieved their third Polish SuperCup in history. Bartosz Bednorz was awarded a title of the Most Valuable Player.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 93], "content_span": [94, 270]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276811-0002-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 ZAKSA K\u0119dzierzyn-Ko\u017ale season, Results, schedules and standings, 2017\u201318 CEV Champions League, Playoff 12\nThe draws of the match pairs for the playoffs of 12 were held on March 2, 2018 in Luxembourg. ZAKSA was one of three Polish teams in this phase.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 113], "content_span": [114, 258]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276812-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Zamalek SC season\nThe 2017\u201318 season is Zamalek's 59th season in the Egyptian Premier League and 59th consecutive season in the top flight of Egyptian football. The club will participate in the Egyptian Premier League, Egypt Cup and the CAF Confederation Cup.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [25, 25], "content_span": [26, 267]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276812-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Zamalek SC season, Players, Current first team squad\nNote: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 60], "content_span": [61, 189]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276812-0002-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Zamalek SC season, Players, Out on loan\nNote: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 47], "content_span": [48, 176]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276812-0003-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Zamalek SC season, Players, Youth academy squad\nNote: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 55], "content_span": [56, 184]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276813-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Zanzibar Premier League\nThe 2017\u201318 Zanzibar Premier League season is the top level of football competition in Zanzibar.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [31, 31], "content_span": [32, 128]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276814-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Zira FK season\nThe Zira FK 2017-18 season wa Zira's third Azerbaijan Premier League season, and fourth season in their history. It is their first full season with Aykhan Abbasov as manager, during which they finished the season in fourth place, qualifying for the UEFA Europa League for the second year in a row. Zira were also knocked out of the Azerbaijan Cup by Neftchi Baku at the Quarterfinal stage whilst also reaching the Second qualifying round of the Europa League before defeat by Astra Giurgiu.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [22, 22], "content_span": [23, 513]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276815-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Zob Ahan F.C. season\nThe 2017\u201318 season was Zob Ahan Football Club's 17th season in the Iran Pro League, and their 22nd consecutive season in the top division of Iranian football. They also competed in the Hazfi Cup and AFC Champions League, and had their 47th year in existence as a football club.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [28, 28], "content_span": [29, 306]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276815-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Zob Ahan F.C. season, Players, First team squad, Iran Pro League squad\nAs of 1 July 2017Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 78], "content_span": [79, 224]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276815-0002-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Zob Ahan F.C. season, Players, First team squad, ACL 2017 Squad\nNote: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 71], "content_span": [72, 200]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276815-0003-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Zob Ahan F.C. season, Players, Loan list\nNote: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 48], "content_span": [49, 177]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276815-0004-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Zob Ahan F.C. season, Transfers, Summer\nIn:Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 47], "content_span": [48, 179]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276815-0005-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Zob Ahan F.C. season, Transfers, Summer\nOut:Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 47], "content_span": [48, 180]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276815-0006-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Zob Ahan F.C. season, Transfers, Winter\nIn:Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 47], "content_span": [48, 179]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276815-0007-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Zob Ahan F.C. season, Transfers, Winter\nOut:Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 47], "content_span": [48, 180]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276815-0008-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Zob Ahan F.C. season, Statistics, Top scorers\nIncludes all competitive matches. The list is sorted by shirt number when total goals are equal.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 53], "content_span": [54, 150]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276815-0009-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Zob Ahan F.C. season, Statistics, Top scorers\nFriendlies and pre-season goals are not recognized as competitive match goals.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 53], "content_span": [54, 132]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276815-0010-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Zob Ahan F.C. season, Statistics, Top assistors\nIncludes all competitive matches. The list is sorted by shirt number when total assistors are equal.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 55], "content_span": [56, 156]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276815-0011-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Zob Ahan F.C. season, Statistics, Top assistors\nFriendlies and Pre season goals are not recognized as competitive match assist.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 55], "content_span": [56, 135]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276815-0012-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Zob Ahan F.C. season, Statistics, Disciplinary record\nIncludes all competitive matches. Players with 1 card or more included only.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 61], "content_span": [62, 138]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276816-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Zonal T20 League\n2017\u201318 Zonal T20 League was a Twenty20 cricket competition in India. It was played from 7 to 16 January 2018. It was the second edition of the tournament, following the 2016\u201317 Inter State Twenty-20 Tournament held in January and February 2017.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [24, 24], "content_span": [25, 270]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276816-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Zonal T20 League\nOn 14 January, in the North Zone fixture between Himachal Pradesh and Delhi, Rishabh Pant scored the second-fastest century in a Twenty20 match, making 100 from 32 balls.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [24, 24], "content_span": [25, 195]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276816-0002-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 Zonal T20 League, Results\nThe top two teams from each zone progressed to the 2017\u201318 Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy Super League.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 33], "content_span": [34, 130]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276817-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 curling season\nThe 2017\u201318 curling season began in May 2017 and ended in May 2018.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [22, 22], "content_span": [23, 90]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276817-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 curling season\nNote: In events with two genders, the men's tournament winners will be listed before the women's tournament winners.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [22, 22], "content_span": [23, 139]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276817-0002-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 curling season, Curling Canada sanctioned events\nThis section lists events sanctioned by and/or conducted by Curling Canada. The following events in bold have been confirmed by Curling Canada as are part of the 2017\u201318 Season of Champions programme.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 56], "content_span": [57, 257]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276817-0003-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 curling season, Other events\nNote: Events that have not been placed on Curling Canada's list of sanctioned events are listed here. If an event is listed on Curling Canada's final list for the 2017\u201318 curling season, it will be moved up to the \"Curling Canada-sanctioned events\" section.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 36], "content_span": [37, 294]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276818-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 figure skating season\nThe 2017\u201318 figure skating season began on July 1, 2017, and ended on June 30, 2018. During this season, elite skaters competed at the ISU Championship level in the 2018 European, Four Continents, World Junior, and World Championships, as well as at the 2018 Winter Olympics. They also competed in elite events such as the Grand Prix series and Junior Grand Prix series, culminating in the Grand Prix Final, and the ISU Challenger Series.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [29, 29], "content_span": [30, 468]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276818-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 figure skating season, Season notes, Age eligibility\nSkaters are eligible to compete in ISU events at the junior or senior levels according to their age:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 60], "content_span": [61, 161]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276818-0002-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 figure skating season, Changes\nIf skaters of different nationalities team up, the ISU requires that they choose one country to represent.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 38], "content_span": [39, 145]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276818-0003-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 figure skating season, Changes\nDate refers to date when the change occurred or, if not available, the date when the change was announced.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 38], "content_span": [39, 145]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276819-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 film awards season\nThe 2017\u201318 film awards season began in November 2017 with the Gotham Independent Film Awards 2017 and ended in March 2018 with the 90th Academy Awards.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [26, 26], "content_span": [27, 179]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276820-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 in Algerian football\nThe 2017\u201318 season will be the 57th season of competitive association football in Algeria.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [28, 28], "content_span": [29, 119]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276821-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 in Armenian football\nThe following article is a summary of the 2017\u201318 football season in Armenia, which is the 26th season of competitive football in the country and runs from August 2017 to May 2018.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [28, 28], "content_span": [29, 209]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276822-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 in Australian soccer\nThe 2017\u201318 season was the 50th season of competitive association football in Australia.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [28, 28], "content_span": [29, 117]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276822-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 in Australian soccer, Domestic leagues, National Premier Leagues\nThe Finals Series featured the winner of each Member Federation's league competition in the National Premier Leagues, with the overall winner qualifying directly for the 2018 FFA Cup Round of 32.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 72], "content_span": [73, 268]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276822-0002-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 in Australian soccer, National teams, Men's senior, Friendlies\nThe following is a list of friendlies played by the men's senior national team in 2017\u201318.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 70], "content_span": [71, 161]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276822-0003-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 in Australian soccer, National teams, Men's senior, FIFA World Cup\nAustralia qualified for the 2018 FIFA World Cup, their fourth successive FIFA World Cup after defeating Honduras in a two-legged playoff in November 2017. They were the thirty-first team to qualify. The draw took place in Moscow on 1 December 2017, with Australia drawn in Group C alongside France, Peru, and Denmark.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 74], "content_span": [75, 392]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276822-0004-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 in Australian soccer, National teams, Men's under-23, Friendlies\nThe following is a list of friendlies played by the Men's under 23 national team in 2017\u201318.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 72], "content_span": [73, 165]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276822-0005-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 in Australian soccer, National teams, Men's under-20, Friendlies\nThe following is a list of friendlies played by the men's under 20 national team in 2017\u201318.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 72], "content_span": [73, 165]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276822-0006-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 in Australian soccer, National teams, Women's senior, Friendlies\nThe following is a list of friendlies played by the women's senior national team in 2017\u201318.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 72], "content_span": [73, 165]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276822-0007-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 in Australian soccer, National teams, Women's under-20, Friendlies\nThe following is a list of friendlies played by the women's under 20 national team in 2017\u201318.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 74], "content_span": [75, 169]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276823-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 in Belgian football\nThe following article is a summary of the 2017\u201318 football season in Belgium, which is the 1145th season of competitive football in the country and runs from July 2017 until June 2018.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [27, 27], "content_span": [28, 212]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276823-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 in Belgian football, National teams, Belgium national football team\nBelgium qualified for the 2018 FIFA World Cup following a 1\u20132 win in and against Greece on 3 September 2017. Being seeded, Belgium was then paired with England, Panama and Tunisia in Group G.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 75], "content_span": [76, 267]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276823-0002-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 in Belgian football, National teams, Belgium women's national football team\nBelgium made their debut at the UEFA Women's Euro tournament in 2017, being eliminated in a group with Denmark and Netherlands, who would both go on to play the final. The team also played the first six of their eight qualification matches for the 2019 FIFA Women's World Cup, starting strongly with three wins.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 83], "content_span": [84, 395]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276823-0003-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 in Belgian football, Men's football, League season, Promotion and relegation\nThe following teams had achieved promotion or suffered relegation going into the 2017\u201318 season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 84], "content_span": [85, 181]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276823-0004-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 in Belgian football, UEFA competitions\nChampions Anderlecht qualified directly for the group stage of the Champions League, while runners-up Club Brugge started in the qualifying rounds. As cup winner, Zulte Waregem qualified directly for the group stage of the Europa League, while Gent and Oostende started in the qualifying rounds.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 46], "content_span": [47, 342]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276823-0005-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 in Belgian football, UEFA competitions\nOverall, Belgian football clubs performed very poorly during the 2017\u201318 season, as both Club Brugge, Gent and Oostende failed to qualify for the group stages. Anderlecht only managed to win one match in the Champions League and although Zulte Waregem scored 7 points in their Europa League group they were also eliminated, causing all Belgian teams to be eliminated from European football before the winter break.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 46], "content_span": [47, 461]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276823-0006-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 in Belgian football, Managerial changes\nThis is a list of changes of managers within Belgian professional league football (Belgian First Division A and Belgian First Division B):", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 47], "content_span": [48, 186]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276824-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 in Cape Verdean football\nThe 2017\u201318 season is the season of competitive football (soccer) in Cape Verde.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [32, 32], "content_span": [33, 113]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276824-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 in Cape Verdean football, Island and regional competitions, Regional Super Cups\nThe 2016-17 champion winner played with a 2016-17 cup winner (when a club won both, a second place club competed).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 87], "content_span": [88, 202]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276824-0002-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 in Cape Verdean football, Transfer deals, Summer-Fall transfer window\nThe September/October transfer window runs from the end of the previous season in September up to mid-October.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 77], "content_span": [78, 188]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276825-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 in Croatian football\nThe following article presents a summary of the 2017\u201318 football season in Croatia, which will be the 27th season of competitive football in the country.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [28, 28], "content_span": [29, 182]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276826-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 in Cypriot football\nThe following article is a summary of the 2017\u201318 football season in Cyprus, which is the 76th season of competitive football in the country and runs from August 2017 to May 2018.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [27, 27], "content_span": [28, 207]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276827-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 in Dutch football\nThe 2017\u201318 season was the 129th season of competitive football in the Netherlands.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [25, 25], "content_span": [26, 109]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276828-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 in English football\nThe 2017\u201318 season was the 138th season of competitive association football in England.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [27, 27], "content_span": [28, 115]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276828-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 in English football, National teams, England U-17 national football team, 2018 UEFA European Under-17 Championship\nThe final draw was held in April 2018 in England. The 16 teams were drawn into four groups of four teams.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 122], "content_span": [123, 228]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276828-0001-0001", "contents": "2017\u201318 in English football, National teams, England U-17 national football team, 2018 UEFA European Under-17 Championship\nHosts England were assigned to position A1 in the draw, while the other teams were seeded according to their results in the qualification elite round, with the seven best elite round group winners (counting all elite round results) placed in Pot 1 and drawn to positions 1 and 2 in the groups, and the remaining eight teams (the eighth-best elite round group winner and the seven elite round group runners-up) placed in Pot 2 and drawn to positions 3 and 4 in the groups.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 122], "content_span": [123, 594]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276828-0002-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 in English football, UEFA competitions, UEFA Champions League, Knockout phase\nThe final was played at the NSC Olimpiyskiy Stadium in Kyiv on 26 May 2018. The \"home\" team (for administrative purposes) was determined by an additional draw held after the semi-final draw.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 85], "content_span": [86, 276]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276828-0003-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 in English football, UEFA competitions, UEFA Youth League, Knockout phase\nFor the knockout phase (round of 16 onwards), the 16 teams are drawn into a single-elimination tournament, with all ties played over one match.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 81], "content_span": [82, 225]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276828-0004-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 in English football, UEFA competitions, UEFA Youth League, Knockout phase\nThe final was played on 23 April 2018 at Colovray Stadium, Nyon.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 81], "content_span": [82, 146]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276828-0005-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 in English football, Men's football, League season, Premier League\nIn what was largely a one-sided race for the title, Manchester City won the Premier League for the third time in six years, breaking records for the highest number of goals scored by one team in a league campaign and the most victories as well as gathering the most points, becoming the first top-flight team to reach the 100-point mark.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 74], "content_span": [75, 412]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276828-0005-0001", "contents": "2017\u201318 in English football, Men's football, League season, Premier League\nThis gave manager Pep Guardiola his first pieces of silverware with the club, having also won the League Cup \u2013 with perhaps the only blemishes in the season being a shock FA Cup loss at 2013 winners Wigan Athletic and a 5\u20131 aggregate loss to Liverpool in the Champions League quarter-finals. Finishing second were neighbours Manchester United, whose second season under Jos\u00e9 Mourinho finished with mixed success.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 74], "content_span": [75, 487]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276828-0005-0002", "contents": "2017\u201318 in English football, Men's football, League season, Premier League\nWhile they improved on the previous league season and finished as runners-up in the FA Cup final, they never came close to challenging City for the title and also endured an early exit in the Champions League at the hands at Sevilla, though they did finish higher than fourth for the first time since Sir Alex Ferguson retired in 2013.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 74], "content_span": [75, 410]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276828-0006-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 in English football, Men's football, League season, Premier League\nTottenham Hotspur successfully qualified for the Champions League once again, but this proved to be their only success in the season as they failed to win their first trophy in ten years. Early woes at their temporary home of Wembley saw the London club's hopes of challenging for the title diminish once again, with a loss of late form and fitness costing striker Harry Kane a third successive Golden Boot. A run of only three wins from their opening nine league matches extinguished Liverpool's hopes of ending their 28-year wait for a league title.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 74], "content_span": [75, 626]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276828-0006-0001", "contents": "2017\u201318 in English football, Men's football, League season, Premier League\nOtherwise, their season proved to be a successful one as they ensured qualification for the Champions League once again, breaking the record for the most league seasons where they avoided defeat at Anfield, while summer signing Mohamed Salah narrowly broke the 22-year record for the most goals scored in a league season by scoring 32. However, their biggest achievement proved to be in the Champions League as they reached the final in Kiev against all odds, only narrowly losing to Real Madrid.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 74], "content_span": [75, 571]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276828-0007-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 in English football, Men's football, League season, Premier League\nChelsea endured what proved to be a poor defence of their title and finished fifth, missing out on the Champions League once again. A woeful start to 2018 costing them a place in the top four despite four wins in their last six games (and making it the third season in a row where the defending champions failed to finish in the top four) and winning their first FA Cup since 2012.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 74], "content_span": [75, 456]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276828-0007-0001", "contents": "2017\u201318 in English football, Men's football, League season, Premier League\nArsenal were unable to send manager Ars\u00e8ne Wenger, who resigned after 22 years as manager, out on a high as they finished in their lowest league position under the Frenchman and missed out on trophies, most notably being knocked out of the Europa League in the semi-finals. Burnley proved to be the surprise package of the whole season as they mounted a charge for Champions League qualification and stood fifth at Christmas. While 11 matches without a win saw them slide out of the top five, the Clarets recovered enough to secure seventh place and qualify for the Europa League. Everton and Leicester City looked set to battle relegation after poor starts to the season, but they rallied after the respective appointments of Sam Allardyce and Claude Puel, only missing out on the Europa League late on in the season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 74], "content_span": [75, 893]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276828-0008-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 in English football, Men's football, League season, Premier League\nFor only the third time in Premier League history, all three promoted teams avoided the drop. Newcastle United finished highest, a final day win against Chelsea earning them a tenth-place finish after a poor run of form. Brighton & Hove Albion's first top-flight campaign since 1983 saw the Seagulls finish below them, never being seriously threatened with immediate relegation despite a few scares. However, arguably the biggest surprise of three were Huddersfield Town, who defied all expectations and ensured Premier League survival in their first season in the top-flight for 45 years.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 74], "content_span": [75, 664]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276828-0008-0001", "contents": "2017\u201318 in English football, Men's football, League season, Premier League\nWhile a dreadful goal-scoring record (having scored less than both Salah and Kane) and heavy losses both home and away threatened their hopes, key points gained at crucial stages helped push the Terriers away from the drop and towards safety in their penultimate match, a remarkable effort that earned the team and their American head coach David Wagner plenty of praise.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 74], "content_span": [75, 446]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276828-0009-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 in English football, Men's football, League season, Premier League\nDespite making the worst start in the history of English football, going into the October international break goalless and pointless after seven games, a resurgence under former England manager Roy Hodgson saw Crystal Palace extend their stay in the top-flight to a sixth successive season \u2013 steering well clear of relegation in the process. While successfully ensuring a fourth consecutive season in the Premier League, Watford endured what proved to be another season of struggle.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 74], "content_span": [75, 557]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276828-0009-0001", "contents": "2017\u201318 in English football, Men's football, League season, Premier League\nThey did make a superb start, but their form spectacularly collapsed following what the club considered to be an \"unwarranted approach\" from Everton over head coach Marco Silva. The Hornets eventually pulled themselves over the finish line after a change of manager, but at the cost of question marks over the club's managerial turnover and their stability in the top-flight.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 74], "content_span": [75, 450]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276828-0010-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 in English football, Men's football, League season, Premier League\nWest Bromwich Albion finished bottom, ending a run of eight years among the elite \u2013 a 20-game winless run from mid-August to January, and only winning just once after that left them rooted to last place, but a late run of form under caretaker manager Darren Moore that saw the Baggies take 11 points from their last six matches at least saw them go down fighting, with relegation not being confirmed until the penultimate round of games. Stoke City finished just above them, bringing to an end a decade in the Premier League.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 74], "content_span": [75, 600]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276828-0010-0001", "contents": "2017\u201318 in English football, Men's football, League season, Premier League\nThe Potters' downfall ultimately proved to be both an anaemic goal record and an inability to see out a win, having dropped 19 points from winning positions all season and only finishing above West Brom with a final-day win. The final spot was taken by Swansea City, who endured their worst season since promotion in 2011.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 74], "content_span": [75, 397]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276828-0010-0002", "contents": "2017\u201318 in English football, Men's football, League season, Premier League\nThe Swans appeared to have been rejuvenated by the arrival of Portuguese manager Carlos Carvalhal after Christmas, but a loss of form in their last ten matches saw the Welsh club overtaken by FA Cup semi-finalists Southampton, who endured a horrendous league season but stayed up thanks in part to the late appointment of Mark Hughes.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 74], "content_span": [75, 409]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276828-0011-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 in English football, Men's football, League season, Championship\nFollowing successive seasons of struggle and near-misses with relegation, Wolverhampton Wanderers ended their six-year absence from the Premier League in style, leading the table from Halloween onwards and giving Portuguese head coach Nuno Esp\u00edrito Santo both promotion and the Championship title in his first season in charge.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 72], "content_span": [73, 400]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276828-0011-0001", "contents": "2017\u201318 in English football, Men's football, League season, Championship\nThe fight for second place went down to the last round of games, but it was ultimately Cardiff City who emerged victorious and returned to the top-flight for the first time since 2014, earning manager Neil Warnock a record eighth promotion, as his mixed team of young players and journeymen ensured a Welsh presence in the top-flight next season. Taking the final spot through the playoffs were Fulham, who had been relegated to the second-tier alongside Cardiff in 2014, as they defeated Aston Villa in the playoff final at Wembley, their first visit to the stadium since 1975. This gave Serbian manager Slavi\u0161a Jokanovi\u0107 his second promotion to the Premier League in four seasons, having previously won promotion with Watford (albeit leaving the Hornets just weeks later) in 2015.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 72], "content_span": [73, 855]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276828-0012-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 in English football, Men's football, League season, Championship\nWhile a poor run of form in both December and the end of April ended their hopes of a second successive promotion, Sheffield United's first season in the second tier since 2011 proved to be an excellent one as they remained in the promotion chase for practically the entire season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 72], "content_span": [73, 354]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276828-0012-0001", "contents": "2017\u201318 in English football, Men's football, League season, Championship\nLeeds United spent the first half of the season looking to build on their play-offs near-miss the previous year, but an appalling second half of the season - only bottom-placed Sunderland earned fewer points after Christmas - saw them crash down the table, with only their strong early form and a couple of late wins keeping them from being involved in the relegation struggle. Both Reading and Sheffield Wednesday endured tough seasons after narrowly missing out on promotion the previous year, with only a change of manager for the two teams helping them avoid the drop into League One.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 72], "content_span": [73, 661]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276828-0012-0002", "contents": "2017\u201318 in English football, Men's football, League season, Championship\nAmid off-pitch struggles and growing anger towards owner Assem Allam, a fine second half of the campaign helped Hull City avoid a second successive relegation in a season awash with 140 goals, where they massively leaked goals but had no problem scoring them either \u2013 managing to score more than second-placed Cardiff City in the process.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 72], "content_span": [73, 411]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276828-0013-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 in English football, Men's football, League season, Championship\nAt the bottom of the table, Sunderland endured a second successive relegation and fell into the third tier for the first time in 30 years with just seven wins all season and an inability to turn any one of their staggering 16 draws into wins contributing to their downfall, despite the managerial presence of former Wales manager Chris Coleman. In a battle that went down to the closing minutes of the season, the remaining relegation spots were filled by Burton Albion and Barnsley, who both returned to League One after two seasons in the second tier.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 72], "content_span": [73, 626]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276828-0013-0001", "contents": "2017\u201318 in English football, Men's football, League season, Championship\nDespite the Brewers securing three wins from their final four matches and the Tykes actually starting their final match at Derby County outside the bottom three. This was mainly because of the heroics of Bolton Wanderers, who scored two late goals in two minutes to survive and relegate their fellow strugglers, a remarkable achievement considering their failure to win any of their first 11 matches after promotion the previous season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 72], "content_span": [73, 509]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276828-0014-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 in English football, Men's football, League season, League One\nFor the second time in three years, Wigan Athletic won the League One title and returned to the Championship at the first attempt in style, having never looked like falling out of the top two all season and breaking their previous points total from 2016. Also achieving promotion were Blackburn Rovers, who finally enjoyed some success after two relegations in five years as they also made an immediate return to the Championship.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 70], "content_span": [71, 501]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276828-0014-0001", "contents": "2017\u201318 in English football, Men's football, League season, League One\nIn a tightly contested play-off final that went all the way to extra time, Rotherham United scraped past Shrewsbury Town to make it a hat-trick of immediate returns to the second tier \u2013 in almost exactly the same fashion they had won promotion to the second tier four years previously. This meant that for the first time ever since three clubs were allowed promotion in 1974, all three clubs relegated from the Championship the previous season were promoted the following season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 70], "content_span": [71, 550]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276828-0015-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 in English football, Men's football, League season, League One\nPortsmouth continued their gradual climb back up the Football League by achieving a top-half finish, never being remotely threatened by an immediate relegation back to League Two. While they narrowly missed out on a second promotion in a row with only one win in their final six games, the signs were promising for the South-Coast club in their first season of ownership under former Walt Disney executive Michael Eisner.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 70], "content_span": [71, 492]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276828-0015-0001", "contents": "2017\u201318 in English football, Men's football, League season, League One\nAFC Wimbledon, despite remaining in a relegation battle all season long and having won just five games between August and December, were able to secure a third successive season in the third tier \u2013 and also finished above rivals Milton Keynes Dons for the first time in their history, while also ensuring that the following season they would be playing in a higher division than the Dons for the first time.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 70], "content_span": [71, 478]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276828-0016-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 in English football, Men's football, League season, League One\nThree years after gaining promotion to League One, Bury finally ran out of luck and were the first team in the division to suffer relegation, winning just eight times. Having been tipped to regain the form that saw them enter the Championship three years previously, Milton Keynes Dons ultimately fared little better and fell into the bottom tier for the first time in a decade, changing managers three times and finishing well below rivals AFC Wimbledon as a result.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 70], "content_span": [71, 538]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276828-0016-0001", "contents": "2017\u201318 in English football, Men's football, League season, League One\nJust two years after winning promotion to League One, Northampton Town's struggles continued as they fell back into the bottom tier of the Football League, with the worst defence in the division playing a big role.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 70], "content_span": [71, 285]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276828-0016-0002", "contents": "2017\u201318 in English football, Men's football, League season, League One\nTaking the last spot in the last game were Oldham Athletic, who finally succumbed to the relegation they had been fighting against for the last couple of years, and fell into the bottom tier of the Football League for the first time in 47 years, also making this the first time since 1997 that they would be playing in anything other than the third tier. Both teams went down playing each other (and drawing 2\u20132), with Rochdale surviving by a single point.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 70], "content_span": [71, 527]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276828-0017-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 in English football, Men's football, League season, League Two\nJust 12 years after returning to the Football League, Accrington Stanley won promotion to the third tier for the first time in their history (their forerunners having last played in the third tier in 1960), an outstanding second half of the season propelling them from mid-table to the title \u2013 and securing promotion on the 130th anniversary of the Lancashire club's founding.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 70], "content_span": [71, 447]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276828-0017-0001", "contents": "2017\u201318 in English football, Men's football, League season, League Two\nAlso going up were Luton Town, whose steady climb back up the Football League saw them return to League One for the first time in a decade; while a loss of form cost them the title having led the table for large periods of the season, the club saved some grace by being the highest-scoring team in the division. Taking the third automatic promotion spot in what proved to be a tight race were Wycombe Wanderers, who ended their six-year stay in League Two and finally gave manager Gareth Ainsworth the promotion he had sought after years of heart-break.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 70], "content_span": [71, 624]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276828-0017-0002", "contents": "2017\u201318 in English football, Men's football, League season, League Two\nThe final promotion spot via the play-offs was filled by Coventry City, who secured an immediate return to League One in a season that saw them finish in the top six for the first time since 1970 and end a 51-year wait to achieve promotion - at the expense of Exeter City, the club losing in the play-off final for the second season running.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 70], "content_span": [71, 412]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276828-0018-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 in English football, Men's football, League season, League Two\nNotts County enjoyed what proved to be their most successful season since winning promotion to League One in 2010 as they remained in the promotion race for the whole season, only missing out on a place in the play-off final after a controversial loss to Coventry City; furthermore, player-manager Kevin Nolan became the first Magpies manager to last a full season in charge for nine years.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 70], "content_span": [71, 461]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276828-0018-0001", "contents": "2017\u201318 in English football, Men's football, League season, League Two\nLincoln City's first season back in the Football League since 2011 proved to be very successful as they not only attempted a second consecutive promotion by qualifying for the play-offs (losing to Exeter City), but they also won the Football League Trophy \u2013 beating Shrewsbury Town on their first ever visit to Wembley. A sharp downturn in form that saw them fail to win for 21 games resulted in Grimsby Town having to battle to keep their place in League Two, with only four late wins towards the end of the season helping them stay up.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 70], "content_span": [71, 608]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276828-0018-0002", "contents": "2017\u201318 in English football, Men's football, League season, League Two\nHaving been tipped for immediate relegation, Forest Green Rovers achieved survival in their first ever season in the Football League \u2013 while a few heavy losses in the opening months left them stuck in the relegation zone, several bursts of good form at key stages in the season helped them up the table and secure their place in the closing weeks.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 70], "content_span": [71, 418]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276828-0019-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 in English football, Men's football, League season, League Two\nAfter 97 years as a member of the Football League, Chesterfield's sharp decline in form continued as they endured a second successive relegation, just 4 years after winning promotion to League One; while a good run of form in the winter months gave the club hope, a poor start and an equally poor end to the season cost them their League status.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 70], "content_span": [71, 416]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276828-0019-0001", "contents": "2017\u201318 in English football, Men's football, League season, League Two\nTaking the second spot and enduring their second relegation from League Two in five years were Barnet, despite the return of Martin Allen for the fifth time as manager late in the season; while the club did put up more of a fight to avoid the drop, ending their season only relegated on goal difference, it once again proved to be too late.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 70], "content_span": [71, 411]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276828-0019-0002", "contents": "2017\u201318 in English football, Men's football, League season, League Two\nThis made Barnet the first club to be automatically relegated from the Football League on three separate occasions, and the club to have survived the shortest after being promoted from the Conference (not counting Maidstone United, who also lasted just three seasons after promotion, but were forced out of the Football League by bankruptcy rather than being relegated). Morecambe narrowly escaped relegation on goal difference, despite having the weakest goal-scoring record in the division and winning less games than both relegated clubs, while Port Vale avoided a second successive relegation despite winning just twice at the turn of the year.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 70], "content_span": [71, 719]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276828-0020-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 in English football, Men's football, League season, National League Top Division\nMacclesfield Town were National League champions and won promotion back to League Two after a six-year absence from the Football League. Taking the second promotion spot in the first season to use six play-off places instead of four were Tranmere Rovers, who made amends for their previous play-off final loss the previous year and returned to the Football League after three years, in a tightly contested final with Boreham Wood.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 88], "content_span": [89, 519]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276828-0021-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 in English football, Men's football, League season, National League Top Division\nLeyton Orient and Hartlepool were the two teams relegated from the Football League the previous season, and neither achieved particular success, finishing 13th and 15th in the league respectively. Through much of the season, both looked more likely to be relegated again than to challenge for promotion and Hartlepool also endured struggles off the field, nearly going out of business altogether.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 88], "content_span": [89, 485]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276828-0022-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 in English football, Men's football, League season, National League Top Division\nRelegated from the league were Guiseley, Chester, Torquay United and Woking. Guiseley finished bottom of the table, picking up just seven wins and conceding the most goals in the league, seeing them relegated back to the National League North three years after being promoted. Chester and Torquay United both suffered financial uncertainty in addition to being relegated, the latter just a few years after having been in the Football League. Woking's relegation was not guaranteed until the final day of the season, when a defeat against Dover ensured they finished one point behind Barrow.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 88], "content_span": [89, 679]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276828-0023-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 in English football, Managerial changes\nThis is a list of changes of managers within English league football:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 47], "content_span": [48, 117]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276829-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 in French football\nThe following article is a summary of the 2017\u201318 football season in France, which was the 84th season of competitive football in the country and ran from July 2017 to June 2018.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [26, 26], "content_span": [27, 205]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276829-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 in French football, Cup competitions, 2017\u201318 Coupe de la Ligue, Final\nThe final was held on 31 March 2018 at the Nouveau Stade de Bordeaux.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 78], "content_span": [79, 148]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276830-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 in German football\nThe 2017\u201318 season was the 108th season of competitive football in Germany.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [26, 26], "content_span": [27, 102]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276831-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 in Honduran football\nThe 2017\u201318 season is the 70th season of competitive association football in Honduras.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [28, 28], "content_span": [29, 115]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276832-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 in Hungarian football\nThe 2017\u201318 season will be the 119th season of competitive association football in Hungary.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [29, 29], "content_span": [30, 121]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276833-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 in Indian football, Club competitions, Club managerial changes\nThis is a list of changes of managers within Indian league football:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 70], "content_span": [71, 139]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276834-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 in Israeli football\nThe 2017\u201318 season is the 70th season of competitive football in Israel, and the 92nd season under the Israeli Football Association, established in 1928, during the British Mandate.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [27, 27], "content_span": [28, 209]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276835-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 in Italian football\nThe 2017\u201318 season was the 116th season of competitive football in Italy.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [27, 27], "content_span": [28, 101]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276835-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 in Italian football, National teams, Italy national football team\nOn 13 November 2017, Italy failed to qualify for the 2018 FIFA World Cup after a 1\u20130 aggregate loss to Sweden, the first time they failed to qualify for the World Cup since 1958.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 73], "content_span": [74, 252]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276835-0002-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 in Italian football, Cup competitions, Coppa Italia, Final\nThe final was played on 9 May 2018 at the Stadio Olimpico in Rome.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 66], "content_span": [67, 133]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276836-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 in Nepalese football\nThe 2017\u201318 season is the latest season of Football in Nepal.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [28, 28], "content_span": [29, 90]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276836-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 in Nepalese football, Domestic Competitions, 2017-18 Martyr's Memorial A-Division League\nThe 2017\u201318 Martyr's Memorial A-Division League (Nepali: 2017-18 \u0936\u0939\u0940\u0926 \u0938\u094d\u092e\u093e\u0930\u0915 \u090f \u0921\u093f\u092d\u093f\u091c\u0928 \u0932\u0940\u0917) is the upcoming edition of the Martyr's Memorial A-Division League, Nepal's highest ranked football league. The league is scheduled to begin on 30 November 2017.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 96], "content_span": [97, 349]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276837-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 in Polish football\nThe 2017\u201318 season was the 93rd season of competitive football in Poland.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [26, 26], "content_span": [27, 100]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276838-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 in Scottish football\nThe 2017\u201318 season was the 121st season of competitive football in Scotland. The domestic season began on 15 July 2017, with the first round of matches in the 2017\u201318 Scottish League Cup. The 2017\u201318 Scottish Professional Football League season commenced on 5 August.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [28, 28], "content_span": [29, 296]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276838-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 in Scottish football, Scottish clubs in Europe, Summary\nCeltic, Aberdeen, Rangers and St Johnstone qualified for European competition. Rangers and St Johnstone were both eliminated in the first qualifying round, which prompted some administrators and coaches to suggest that Scottish football should adopt a summer season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 63], "content_span": [64, 330]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276838-0002-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 in Scottish football, Scottish clubs in Europe, Celtic\nCeltic started in the second qualifying round of the 2017\u201318 UEFA Champions League, and were drawn against the winners of a first round tie between Linfield and Fiorita.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 62], "content_span": [63, 232]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276838-0003-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 in Scottish football, Scottish clubs in Europe, Celtic\nCeltic finished third in their Champions League group, which meant that they progressed to the last 32 of the Europa League.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 62], "content_span": [63, 187]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276838-0004-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 in Scottish football, Scottish clubs in Europe, Aberdeen\nAberdeen started in the second qualifying round of the 2017\u201318 UEFA Europa League, and were drawn against the winners of a first round tie between Ordabasy and \u0160iroki Brijeg.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 64], "content_span": [65, 239]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276838-0005-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 in Scottish football, Women's football, UEFA Women's Champions League, Glasgow City\nGlasgow City entered the Champions League in the round of 32.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 91], "content_span": [92, 153]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276839-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 in Senegalese football\nThe 2017\u201318 season was the season of competitive football (soccer) in Senegal.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [30, 30], "content_span": [31, 109]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276840-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 in Spanish football\nThe 2017\u201318 season was the 116th season of competitive association football in Spain.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [27, 27], "content_span": [28, 113]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276840-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 in Spanish football, UEFA competitions, 2017\u201318 UEFA Champions League, Knockout phase\nThe final will be played at the NSC Olimpiyskiy Stadium in Kiev on 26 May 2018. The \"home\" team (for administrative purposes) was determined by an additional draw held after the semi-final draw.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 93], "content_span": [94, 288]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276840-0002-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 in Spanish football, UEFA competitions, 2017\u201318 UEFA Europa League, Knockout phase\nThe final will be played at the Parc Olympique Lyonnais in D\u00e9cines-Charpieu on 16 May 2018. The \"home\" team (for administrative purposes) was determined by an additional draw held after the semi-final draw.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 90], "content_span": [91, 297]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276840-0003-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 in Spanish football, UEFA competitions, 2017\u201318 UEFA Youth League, Finals\nThe final was played on 23 April 2018 at Colovray Stadium, Nyon.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 81], "content_span": [82, 146]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276840-0004-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 in Spanish football, Men's football, Cup competitions, Supercopa de Espa\u00f1a\nReal Madrid won the Supercopa de Espa\u00f1a 5\u20131 on aggregate", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 82], "content_span": [83, 139]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276841-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 in Swedish bandy\n2017\u201318 in Swedish bandy was a bandy season starting in August 2017 and ending in July 2018.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [24, 24], "content_span": [25, 117]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276842-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 in Swiss football\nThe following is a summary of the 2017\u201318 season of competitive football in Switzerland.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [25, 25], "content_span": [26, 114]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276842-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 in Swiss football, Men's national team\nThe home team is on the left column; the away team is on the right column.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 46], "content_span": [47, 121]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276842-0002-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 in Swiss football, Men's national team, 2018 FIFA World Cup qualification\nSwitzerland won 1\u20130 on aggregate and qualified for the 2018 FIFA World Cup.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 81], "content_span": [82, 157]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276842-0003-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 in Swiss football, Women's national team\nThe home team is on the left column; the away team is on the right column.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 48], "content_span": [49, 123]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276843-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 in Turkish football\nThe 2017\u201318 season was the 113th season of competitive football in Turkey.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [27, 27], "content_span": [28, 102]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276844-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 in Ukrainian football\nThe 2017\u201318 season was the 27th season of competitive association football in Ukraine since dissolution of the Soviet Union.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [29, 29], "content_span": [30, 154]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276844-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 in Ukrainian football, Men's club football\nNote: For all scratched clubs, see section Clubs removed for more details", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 50], "content_span": [51, 124]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276844-0002-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 in Ukrainian football, Women's club football\nNote: For all scratched clubs, see section Clubs removed for more details", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 52], "content_span": [53, 126]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276845-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 national figure skating championships\nNational figure skating championships of the 2017\u20132018 season are taking place mainly between December 2017 and January 2018. They are held to crown national champions and may serve as part of the selection process for international events such as the 2018 Winter Olympics and ISU Figure Skating Championships. Medals may be awarded in the disciplines of men's singles, ladies' singles, pair skating, and ice dancing. A few countries chose to organize their national championships together with their neighbors; the results were subsequently divided into national podiums.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [45, 45], "content_span": [46, 618]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276846-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 snooker season\nThe 2017\u201318 snooker season was a series of professional snooker tournaments played between 4\u00a0May\u00a02017 and 7\u00a0May\u00a02018. The season began with the pro\u2013am Vienna Snooker Open in May 2017 and ended with the 2018 World Snooker Championship in April the following year. Ronnie O'Sullivan earned a joint-record five ranking titles in the season. He joined Stephen Hendry (1990/1991), Ding Junhui (2013/2014), and Mark Selby (2016/2017) in winning five ranking titles in the same season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [22, 22], "content_span": [23, 501]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276846-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 snooker season\nThe China Championship became a ranking event and was brought forward to a mid-August date, ahead of the Paul Hunter Classic. The Shanghai Masters was initially withdrawn from the season calendar, but was later rescheduled for November 2017. The biennial World Cup team event was played in July 2017. Another event not held every year returning in 2017 was the 2017 IWGA World Games. The Snooker Shoot Out was brought forward to the start of February, ahead of both the World Grand Prix and Welsh Open.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [22, 22], "content_span": [23, 525]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276846-0002-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 snooker season\nA new World Seniors Tour was formed by Snooker Legends for players over 40 years of age, comprising four events, including the World Seniors Championship which has returned to Scunthorpe in 2018.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [22, 22], "content_span": [23, 218]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276846-0003-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 snooker season\nThe second edition of the Home Nations Series was being held in this season with the English Open, Northern Ireland Open, Scottish Open and Welsh Open tournaments. For a single winner of all four tournaments would earn a bonus of \u00a31 million.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [22, 22], "content_span": [23, 264]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276846-0004-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 snooker season, Players\nThe top 64 players from the prize money rankings after the 2017 World Championship, and the 31 players earning a two-year card the previous year automatically qualified for the season (Rouzi Maimaiti has resigned his membership). Next, eight places were allocated to the top 8 on the One Year Ranking List who have not already qualified for the Main Tour. Another two players came from the EBSA Qualifying Tour Play-Offs, and a further 12 places were available through the Q School (four Event 1 winners, four Event 2 winners, and four best-ranked players in the Order of Merit). The rest of the places on to the tour came from amateur events and national governing body (NGB) nominations. Hamza Akbar received a tour card as a special dispensation in place of America's nomination.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 31], "content_span": [32, 814]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276846-0005-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 snooker season, Players\nThe list of all professional players in the 2017/2018 season consist of 131 players, including the standard field of the 128 players and three invitational tour cards (James Wattana has second year of a two-year invitational tour card while Jimmy White and Ken Doherty were awarded the new two-year permission). Beginning from this season, players with invitational tour cards are eligible to compete in any ranking event. These players are seeded after main tour professionals, but above amateur top ups taken from the Q School ranking list.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 31], "content_span": [32, 574]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276846-0006-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 snooker season, Players, New professional players\nAll players listed below received a tour card for two seasons.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 57], "content_span": [58, 120]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276846-0007-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 snooker season, Calendar\nThe following tables outlines the results and dates for all the ranking and major invitational events.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 32], "content_span": [33, 135]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276847-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 \u00darvalsdeild karla\nThe 2017\u201318 \u00darvalsdeild karla was the 67th season of the \u00darvalsdeild, the top tier men's basketball league in Iceland. The season started on October 5, 2017 and ended on April 28, 2018. KR won its fifth title in a row by defeating Tindast\u00f3ll 3\u20131 in the Finals.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [25, 25], "content_span": [26, 286]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276847-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 \u00darvalsdeild karla, Competition format\nThe participating teams first played a conventional round-robin schedule with every team playing each opponent once home and once away for a total of 22 games. The top eight teams qualified for the championship playoffs whilst the two last qualified were relegated to Division 1.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 45], "content_span": [46, 325]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276847-0002-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 \u00darvalsdeild karla, Playoffs\nThe playoffs are played between the eight first qualified teams with a 1-1-1-1-1 format, playing seeded teams games 1, 3 and 5 at home.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 35], "content_span": [36, 171]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276847-0003-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 \u00darvalsdeild karla, Clubs in European competitions\nIcelandic teams returned to European competitions nine years after their last participation.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 57], "content_span": [58, 150]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276848-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 \u00darvalsdeild kvenna (basketball)\nThe 2017\u201318 \u00darvalsdeild kvenna was the 61st season of the \u00darvalsdeild kvenna, the top tier women's basketball league on Iceland. The season started on October 4, 2017 and concluded on April 30, 2018, with Haukar winning their fourth title after beating Valur 3\u20132 in the \u00darvalsdeild finals. Helena Sverrisd\u00f3ttir was named the Playoffs MVP after averaging 20.2 points, 12.2 rebounds and 10.8 assists in the finals series.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [39, 39], "content_span": [40, 459]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276848-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 \u00darvalsdeild kvenna (basketball), Competition format\nThe participating teams first play a conventional round-robin schedule with every team playing each opponent twice \"home\" and twice \"away\" for a total of 28 games. The top four teams qualify for the championship playoffs whilst the bottom team will be relegated to Division 1.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 59], "content_span": [60, 336]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276848-0002-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 \u00darvalsdeild kvenna (basketball), Playoffs\nThe playoffs are played between the four first qualified teams with a 1-1-1-1-1 format, playing seeded teams games 1, 3 and 5 at home.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 49], "content_span": [50, 184]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276849-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 \u00darvalsdeild kvenna (handball)\nThe 2017\u201318 \u00darvalsdeild kvenna, known as the Ol\u00eds-deildin for sponsorship reasons, is the 79th season of the \u00darvalsdeild kvenna, Iceland's premier women's handball league. Fram won its second straight championship by beating Valur in the \u00darvalsdeild finals, three games to one. Steinunn Bj\u00f6rnsd\u00f3ttir was named the playoffs MVP.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [37, 37], "content_span": [38, 365]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276849-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 \u00darvalsdeild kvenna (handball)\nHK beat Gr\u00f3tta in the relegation finals, taking its place in the 2018\u201319 \u00darvalsdeild kvenna.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [37, 37], "content_span": [38, 130]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276849-0002-0000", "contents": "2017\u201318 \u00darvalsdeild kvenna (handball), Playoffs\nThe playoffs are played between the four first qualified teams with a 1-1-1-1-1 format, playing seeded teams games 1, 3 and 5 at home.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 47], "content_span": [48, 182]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276850-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u20132018 Department of Justice metadata seizures\nThe United States Department of Justice under the Trump administration acquired by a February 2018 subpoena the Apple iCloud metadata of two Democrats on the House Intelligence Committee, several others associated with the committee, and some of their family members. The subpoena covered 73 phone numbers and 36 email addresses since the inception of the accounts. Seizing communications information of members of Congress is extraordinarily rare. The department also subpoenaed and obtained 2017 and 2018 phone log and email metadata from news reporters for CNN, The Washington Post and The New York Times. Apple also received and complied with February 2018 subpoenas for the iCloud accounts of White House counsel Don McGahn and his wife. Microsoft received a subpoena relating to a personal email account of a congressional staff member in 2017.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 49], "section_span": [49, 49], "content_span": [50, 900]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276850-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u20132018 Department of Justice metadata seizures\nThe seizures were made under unusual gag orders and were part of the department's attempt to identify who had leaked information to the press about contacts between Trump associates and Russia, as well as foreign policy matters. The subpoenas began under Attorney General Jeff Sessions, who in March 2017 had recused himself from all investigations relating to Russia, and continued under Attorney General Bill Barr. Both men, and their deputy Rod Rosenstein, later said they had no knowledge of the subpoena for members of Congress.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 49], "section_span": [49, 49], "content_span": [50, 583]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276850-0001-0001", "contents": "2017\u20132018 Department of Justice metadata seizures\nThe subpoenas first came to the attention of the public via press reports in May 2021, as gag orders expired and the targets of the subpoenas were finally notified that their data had been given to the Justice Department. The Justice Department inspector general and House Judiciary Committee soon opened investigations.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 49], "section_span": [49, 49], "content_span": [50, 370]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276850-0002-0000", "contents": "2017\u20132018 Department of Justice metadata seizures, Background\nSlate reported in 2013 that the government's interpretation of \"metadata\" could be broad, and might include message content such as the subject lines of emails.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 49], "section_span": [51, 61], "content_span": [62, 222]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276850-0003-0000", "contents": "2017\u20132018 Department of Justice metadata seizures, Background\nThe Justice Department's use of the Espionage Act of 1917 to seek reporter records dramatically increased over the last 2 decades, with the Bush and Obama administrations also relying on the law to pursue leakers. The Obama Justice Department under Eric Holder was sharply criticized for its use of subpoenas to acquire metadata of journalists in an unprecedented crackdown on leaks of classified information to the press. Beginning in 2014, Holder instituted new rules to curtail but not eliminate such practices.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 49], "section_span": [51, 61], "content_span": [62, 576]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276850-0004-0000", "contents": "2017\u20132018 Department of Justice metadata seizures, Background\nLeading up to and following the 2016 United States presidential election, there were widespread press reports that Russia attempted to influence the election so as to favor Donald Trump and oppose Hillary Clinton. Even before his inauguration, President-elect Trump demanded investigations to find out who was leaking information about the Russian activity. After Trump took office as president in 2017, the Justice Department under Attorney General of the United States Jeff Sessions undertook a vigorous investigation into who had leaked information to the press about the Russian interference, and particularly about any contact between Trump associates and Russia.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 49], "section_span": [51, 61], "content_span": [62, 730]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276850-0005-0000", "contents": "2017\u20132018 Department of Justice metadata seizures, Background\nIn June 2017 the Justice Department announced charges against Reality Winner, a federal contractor. Prosecutors charged that she had sent a top-secret NSA document pertaining to a 2016 Russian military intelligence cyberattack to The Intercept. In 2018, she was convicted of \"removing classified material from a government facility and mailing it to a news outlet\" and given the longest sentence ever imposed for unauthorized release of government information to the media.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 49], "section_span": [51, 61], "content_span": [62, 535]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276850-0006-0000", "contents": "2017\u20132018 Department of Justice metadata seizures, Background\nSessions continued to push for the FBI to prioritize leak investigations. In August 2017 he said he would confront leaks of classified information - a subject which had greatly angered Trump. Trump had repeatedly called for increased prosecution of leaks. Sessions stated that he would review policies affecting media subpoenas. In November 2017, Sessions told Congress that there were 27 open investigations into what he called an \"epidemic\" of leaks of classified information, about nine times what the Obama administration had undertaken.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 49], "section_span": [51, 61], "content_span": [62, 603]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276850-0007-0000", "contents": "2017\u20132018 Department of Justice metadata seizures, Data seizure, CNN\nCNN reported in May 2021 that the Trump Justice Department had secretly acquired by court order the phone logs and email metadata of its Pentagon reporter Barbara Starr for the months of June and July 2017, spanning more than 30,000 email records. The Biden Justice Department disclosed in August 2021 that Barr approved the seizure of Starr's communications in May 2020. Prosecutors were seeking email records from a time period when Starr reported on US military options in North Korea that were ready to be presented to Trump, as well as stories on Syria and Afghanistan.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 49], "section_span": [51, 68], "content_span": [69, 643]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276850-0007-0001", "contents": "2017\u20132018 Department of Justice metadata seizures, Data seizure, CNN\nG. Zachary Terwilliger, U.S Attorney for the Eastern District of Virginia oversaw the orders and investigation into CNN with the involvement of prosecutors from the DOJ National Security Division. As of July 1, probes are being conducted into whether management knew about these investigations. Head of the DOJ National Security Division, Assistant Attorney General John Demers has denied knowledge of these actions.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 49], "section_span": [51, 68], "content_span": [69, 485]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276850-0008-0000", "contents": "2017\u20132018 Department of Justice metadata seizures, Data seizure, CNN\nCNN General Counsel David Vigilante was prohibited under a gag order issued by a federal magistrate judge in the Eastern District of Virginia from sharing any details about the government's efforts with anyone beyond the network's president, top attorneys at CNN's corporate parent and attorneys at an outside law firm. Specifically, Vigilante was forbidden from knowing the contents of the investigation, its subjects, the subject matter of the reporting at issue, the time the investigation opened, and from informing the reporter targeted.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 49], "section_span": [51, 68], "content_span": [69, 611]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276850-0008-0001", "contents": "2017\u20132018 Department of Justice metadata seizures, Data seizure, CNN\nThe DOJ gave little notice to CNN and made Vigilante subject to several restrictions with the risk of contempt and obstruction of justice for refusing to comply. Vigilante retained Jamie Gorelick, Aaron Zebley, and Paul Wolfson from the law firm Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr. CNN President Jeff Zucker was then debriefed on the orders.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 49], "section_span": [51, 68], "content_span": [69, 413]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276850-0009-0000", "contents": "2017\u20132018 Department of Justice metadata seizures, Data seizure, CNN\nCNN filed a motion on September 11, 2020, requesting the judge limit the order. On October 7, 2020, federal Magistrate Theresa Buchanan in Virginia granted the motion and ordered the Justice Department to narrow its search of records related to the relevant account. On October 9, 2020, the DOJ filed a motion to reconsider the court's order, providing a classified affidavit, and Buchanan reversed herself, ordering CNN to comply. On December 16, 2020, CNN had its appeal issued a month earlier heard in district court. In a statement, US District Judge Anthony Trenga said:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 49], "section_span": [51, 68], "content_span": [69, 644]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276850-0010-0000", "contents": "2017\u20132018 Department of Justice metadata seizures, Data seizure, CNN\n\"[T]he court has reviewed the government's explanation for why [internal email headers are relevant and concluded the theory of relevancy is based on] speculative predictions, assumptions, and scenarios unanchored in any facts. ... the requested information by its nature is too attenuated and not sufficiently connected to any evidence relevant, material, or useful to the governments ascribed investigation, particularly when considered in light of the First Amendment activities that it relates to.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 49], "section_span": [51, 68], "content_span": [69, 571]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276850-0011-0000", "contents": "2017\u20132018 Department of Justice metadata seizures, Data seizure, CNN\nThe district court narrowed the order, and CNN pressed for notifications before additional subpoenas for Starr's data. On January 15, 2021, Justice Department again filed a motion to reconsider. On January 26, 2021, in the beginning of the Biden administration, the DOJ and CNN reached a mutual resolution and concluded the litigation, requiring Starr to be notified of the seizure of her communications on May 13, 2021.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 49], "section_span": [51, 68], "content_span": [69, 489]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276850-0012-0000", "contents": "2017\u20132018 Department of Justice metadata seizures, Data seizure, New York Times\nThe New York Times reported in April 2017 that during the investigation into the Hillary Clinton email controversy, the FBI was provided documents acquired by Dutch intelligence hackers which had previously been stolen by Russian intelligence, and which the Justice Department had classified. In June 2021 it became known that the Justice Department had attempted by court order to obtain the phone logs and email logs, sans contents, of Matt Apuzzo, Adam Goldman, Eric Lichtblau and Michael Schmidt, four Times reporters who had written the article together. DOJ obtained the phone logs in 2020, according to a spokesman for the Biden Justice Department. The Biden Justice Department disclosed in August 2021 that Barr approved the seizures in September 2020.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 49], "section_span": [51, 79], "content_span": [80, 840]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276850-0013-0000", "contents": "2017\u20132018 Department of Justice metadata seizures, Data seizure, New York Times\nOn January 5, 2021, acting head of the DC U.S. attorney's office Channing Phillips obtained a court order from a magistrate judge under seal requiring Google, which operates The Times's email system, to secretly turn over email logs of the four reporters. Contractually obligated to inform NYT of the effort, Google resisted the order. No email records were ultimately obtained in the effort. Through negotiations, NYT was able to be informed to a limited extent of the investigation through its lawyers and intended to ask the court to challenge the order.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 49], "section_span": [51, 79], "content_span": [80, 637]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276850-0013-0001", "contents": "2017\u20132018 Department of Justice metadata seizures, Data seizure, New York Times\nThe Biden administration, while continuing to pursue the email records, notified a few NYT executives of its quest, but subjected them to a gag order on March 3 which prevented them from disclosing the government's efforts even to its executive editor, Dean Baquet. An NYT lawyer commented that it was \"unprecedented\" for the DOJ to impose a gag order as part of a leak investigation, and until then had never seized NYT's phone records without advance notice.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 49], "section_span": [51, 79], "content_span": [80, 540]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276850-0014-0000", "contents": "2017\u20132018 Department of Justice metadata seizures, Data seizure, New York Times\nOn June 2, 2021, the DOJ informed NYT it would quash the order to Google and disclose its prior seizure of phone records. During the transition into the Biden administration, one official wrote a memo that the controversial order should be terminated and the case closed. However, the leak investigations and gag orders were maintained under the Biden DOJ until the gag orders expired and investigations disclosed to the press.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 49], "section_span": [51, 79], "content_span": [80, 507]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276850-0015-0000", "contents": "2017\u20132018 Department of Justice metadata seizures, Data seizure, Washington Post\nOn May 3, 2021, three Washington Post reporters, Ellen Nakashima and Greg Miller, and former reporter Adam Entous, who covered the FBI's Crossfire Hurricane investigation were informed that the Justice Department in 2020 had attained phone records from April 15 to July 31, 2017, including their work, home, or cellphone numbers. The correspondence listed various phones for which records had been seized: Nakashima's work, cellphone, and home phone; Miller's work phone and cellphone; and Entous's cellphone number.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 49], "section_span": [51, 80], "content_span": [81, 597]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276850-0015-0001", "contents": "2017\u20132018 Department of Justice metadata seizures, Data seizure, Washington Post\nThe phone records taken included the numbers of calls made to and from the targeted phone over the specified time period and the call duration, but do not include the calls' contents. Prosecutors also obtained a court order to acquire \"non-content communication records\" for the reporters\u2019 work email accounts but did not act on it. The Washington Post received two letters from the Department of Justice, outlining the five phones affected by the department's seizure. These letters bore the signatures Channing Phillips and John Demers respectively. The Biden Justice Department disclosed in August 2021 that Barr approved the seizure of the communications on November 13, 2020.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 49], "section_span": [51, 80], "content_span": [81, 761]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276850-0016-0000", "contents": "2017\u20132018 Department of Justice metadata seizures, Data seizure, Other news media\nThe Justice Department disclosed in 2018 that in 2017 it had acquired the phone and email communications of a reporter for Politico, BuzzFeed and the Times who had written articles about Russia.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 49], "section_span": [51, 81], "content_span": [82, 276]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276850-0017-0000", "contents": "2017\u20132018 Department of Justice metadata seizures, Data seizure, Lawmakers\nThe Justice Department subpoenaed Microsoft in 2017 for a congressional staffer's personal email account, and secured a gag order. Microsoft notified the account holder of the subpoena after the gag order expired, after which they contacted Microsoft informing them of their status as a congressional staffer. The DOJ further issued a subpoena to Apple for Michael Bahar, a staff member for Schiff on the House Intelligence Committee, and sought to identify accountholders connected to the staffer The DOJ did not inform Schiff of the investigation involving his aide before the FBI interviewed his aide. When Schiff was made aware of the interview, he with his House counsel, confronted the DOJ, which offered few details.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 49], "section_span": [51, 74], "content_span": [75, 798]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276850-0018-0000", "contents": "2017\u20132018 Department of Justice metadata seizures, Data seizure, Lawmakers\nOn February 6, 2018, the Trump Justice Department under Jeff Sessions subpoenaed metadata from the Apple iCloud accounts, including \"customer or subscriber account information,\" of at least a dozen individuals associated with the House Intelligence Committee, including Democratic ranking member Adam Schiff, member Eric Swalwell, aides, and family members, to investigate leaks to the press about contacts between Trump associates and Russia. Apart from corruption investigations, subpoenaing communications information of members of Congress is nearly unheard-of. The subpoena appeared to have resulted from a leak investigation initially including the targeting of a senior aide on the House Intelligence Committee, and not the lawmakers themselves. The DOJ did not inform the HPSCI about the 2018 subpoena.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 49], "section_span": [51, 74], "content_span": [75, 885]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276850-0019-0000", "contents": "2017\u20132018 Department of Justice metadata seizures, Data seizure, Lawmakers\nBy the time of the subpoena, the House Intelligence Committee had been investigating Russian interference in the 2016 election, in which some Trump associates were named. The day before the subpoena, Trump tweeted that Schiff was \"one of the biggest liars and leakers in Washington.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 49], "section_span": [51, 74], "content_span": [75, 358]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276850-0020-0000", "contents": "2017\u20132018 Department of Justice metadata seizures, Data seizure, Lawmakers\nApple said it received the subpoena for Intelligence Committee metadata in February 2018, and that it demanded information for 73 phone numbers and 36 email addresses; a source told CNN the subpoena covered data from the inception of the accounts. Apple provided limited information such as metadata and account subscriber information and did not provide any content such as pictures or emails. While Apple says it would have normally informed customers, the department also secured a gag order to prevent Apple from telling the customers their data had been given out.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 49], "section_span": [51, 74], "content_span": [75, 644]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276850-0020-0001", "contents": "2017\u20132018 Department of Justice metadata seizures, Data seizure, Lawmakers\nThe customers did not know they were being investigated until Apple informed them on May 5, 2021, after the gag order, having been renewed yearly, had expired. CNN reported records seized included those from staff members who had nothing to do with issues related to Russia or former FBI Director James Comey, including Schiff's personal office staff. iCloud commonly and automatically stores a wide variety of information users generate on their Apple devices, including phone call history, voicemails, emails, text messages and instant messages, as well as photos and documents.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 49], "section_span": [51, 74], "content_span": [75, 655]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276850-0021-0000", "contents": "2017\u20132018 Department of Justice metadata seizures, Data seizure, Lawmakers\nMetadata from the inquiry did not implicate anyone associated with the committee, and the inquiry languished. However, when Bill Barr became attorney general in February 2019, he revived the effort, and in February 2020 he called up Craig Carpenito, the United States Attorney for the District of New Jersey, to recommend a strong prosecutor to invigorate the investigations. Carpenito's office lent Osmar Benvenuto, a Democrat, to lead the investigations, and about six others to work on the leak investigation involving Schiff. The New York Times reported some in the Justice Department and those in the New Jersey office saw Barr's approach as politically motivated. Barr was kept regularly informed on the investigations, and he frequently received memos on the progress of the probes.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 49], "section_span": [51, 74], "content_span": [75, 864]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276850-0022-0000", "contents": "2017\u20132018 Department of Justice metadata seizures, Data seizure, Don McGahn\nOn February 23, 2018, Apple also received and complied with grand jury subpoenas issued in the Eastern District of Virginia relating to the iCloud accounts of White House counsel Don McGahn and his wife. When the Justice Department subpoenaed Apple it was unaware McGahn's records were among those it sought. Sessions and Rosenstein were reportedly unaware of the subpoenas, and neither was Mueller's legal team, which had instead received McGahn's phone records voluntairly.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 49], "section_span": [51, 75], "content_span": [76, 551]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276850-0022-0001", "contents": "2017\u20132018 Department of Justice metadata seizures, Data seizure, Don McGahn\nFormer Trump DOJ officials insisted Rosenstein would have never supported such a subpoena, and instead McGahn's data was acquired in an unrelated investigation and his name had never been verified as included. The grand jury subpoenas were also under a gag order, as the DOJ multiple times went to a judge to keep it secret.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 49], "section_span": [51, 75], "content_span": [76, 400]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276850-0023-0000", "contents": "2017\u20132018 Department of Justice metadata seizures, Data seizure, Don McGahn\nThe New York Times reported there were two events roughly concurrent with the subpoenas. The Mueller investigation of former Trump campaign chairman Paul Manafort was scrutinizing his communications, which might have included McGahn, who was the top Trump campaign lawyer, though CNN reported the subpoenas did not originate from the Mueller investigation. The Times reported in January 2018 that in June 2017 Trump instructed McGahn to have the Justice Department remove Mueller, which McGahn told Trump he would not do, and Trump pressured McGahn to keep the instruction secret as it might have constituted obstruction of justice.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 49], "section_span": [51, 75], "content_span": [76, 708]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276850-0024-0000", "contents": "2017\u20132018 Department of Justice metadata seizures, Aftermath\nAfter the transition to the Biden administration, the Justice Department continued to pursue news organization investigations and gag orders for several months, following \"established procedures\". In early June they said that, \"consistent with the president's direction\", they had discontinued the practice of issuing subpoenas to journalists. The investigation that acquired Schiff and Swalwell's data records has since been closed.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 49], "section_span": [51, 60], "content_span": [61, 494]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276850-0025-0000", "contents": "2017\u20132018 Department of Justice metadata seizures, Aftermath\nSenior executives from CNN, The New York Times and The Washington Post planned to meet with US Attorney General Merrick Garland on June 14 to discuss the controversial leak investigation into journalists' records from all three media outlets and the gag orders to cover them up. The executives also plan to ask for safeguards to ensure the freedom of the press, and commit to regulatory changes to prevent future abuses from the Justice Department.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 49], "section_span": [51, 60], "content_span": [61, 509]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276850-0025-0001", "contents": "2017\u20132018 Department of Justice metadata seizures, Aftermath\nThe meeting occurred as scheduled, with multiple news media exeuctives in attendance: CNN Washington bureau chief Sam Feist and general counsel David Vigilante on behalf of CNN, publisher A.G. Sulzberger and deputy general counsel David McCraw from The Times, publisher Fred Ryan, executive editor Sally Buzbee and head of legal Jay Kennedy from The Post, and Bruce Brown of RCFP. The meeting was conducted with Garland and 7 other DOJ officials. Speaking on behalf of the news representatives, Brown reiterated the importance of protecting confidential soures. Garland also met with Schiff.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 49], "section_span": [51, 60], "content_span": [61, 652]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276850-0026-0000", "contents": "2017\u20132018 Department of Justice metadata seizures, Aftermath\nAssociate Attorney General John Demers, who had been head of the DOJ's National Security Division, was the final 2021 holdover from the Trump administration, having taken office in February 2018. Biden DOJ officials asked him to stay on for a while, and he agreed to stay until the end of June 2021. Just before his scheduled June departure the news broke about the subpoenas to news organizations and congressmembers. The congressional subpoenas had been issued in February 2018, reportedly prior to Demers taking office that same month. Demer's replacement, Matt Olsen, has already been nominated by President Biden, and is awaiting Senate approval as of June 2021.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 49], "section_span": [51, 60], "content_span": [61, 728]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276850-0027-0000", "contents": "2017\u20132018 Department of Justice metadata seizures, Aftermath\nMicrosoft's vice president of customer security, Tom Burt, plans to testify before the House Judiciary Committee and criticize the government for its abuse of gag orders in his testimony. Expected remarks include \"We are not suggesting that secrecy orders should only be obtained through some impossible standard,\" and \"We simply ask that it be a meaningful one. ... Without legislative reform, abuses will continue to occur -- and they will continue to occur out of sight.\" Burt will also provide data on the DOJ requests that Microsoft routinely receives.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 49], "section_span": [51, 60], "content_span": [61, 618]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276850-0028-0000", "contents": "2017\u20132018 Department of Justice metadata seizures, Aftermath, Investigations\nThe day after news broke about the subpoenas involving reporters and congressmembers, Deputy Attorney General Lisa Monaco referred the matter to the DOJ Office of the Inspector General led by Michael E. Horowitz, which announced it would investigate the matter. A statement from the inspector general's office said, \"The review will examine the Department's compliance with applicable DOJ policies and procedures, and whether any such uses, or the investigations, were based upon improper considerations. If circumstances warrant, the OIG will consider other issues that may arise during the review.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 49], "section_span": [51, 76], "content_span": [77, 677]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276850-0029-0000", "contents": "2017\u20132018 Department of Justice metadata seizures, Aftermath, Investigations\nDemocratic congressional leaders also vowed to investigate the department's efforts to seize the communications records of congressmembers and their staff and family members. House Judiciary Chairman Jerry Nadler on June 14 announced his committee would formally open an investigation into the DOJ's surveillance of congessmen, journalists and others.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 49], "section_span": [51, 76], "content_span": [77, 428]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276850-0030-0000", "contents": "2017\u20132018 Department of Justice metadata seizures, Aftermath, Legality\nThe Justice Department was legally allowed to secretly obtain journalists' records through a court order. The Obama Justice Department laid out revised, slightly more stringent guidelines for issuing media subpoenas in 2015, mandating that the attorney general had to authorize subpoenas when they related to the newsgathering activities of journalists. Existing policy required the department to notify reporters of the investigation as soon as the records were sought, or within no more than 90 days if investigators believe disclosure could compromise an investigation or harm national security. However, the Trump DOJ sought and obtained gag orders lasting years, forbidding the news agencies they had subpoenaed from divulging the information.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 49], "section_span": [51, 70], "content_span": [71, 819]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276850-0031-0000", "contents": "2017\u20132018 Department of Justice metadata seizures, Aftermath, Legality\nIt is extraordinarily rare \u2014 almost \"unheard-of\" \u2014 for the Justice Department to subpoena records relating to members of Congress, except in cases of corruption. Sessions and Barr, and their deputy Rosenstein, have claimed they knew nothing about any subpoenas involving legislators.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 49], "section_span": [51, 70], "content_span": [71, 354]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276850-0032-0000", "contents": "2017\u20132018 Department of Justice metadata seizures, Aftermath, Legality\nIt is extraordinary to subpoena a White House counsel's records. CNN noted that it was strange for the White House counsel for the president to be subject of a subpoena from within the president's own Justice Department.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 49], "section_span": [51, 70], "content_span": [71, 291]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276850-0033-0000", "contents": "2017\u20132018 Department of Justice metadata seizures, Reactions, Organizations\nCNN Pentagon Correspondent Barbara Starr in an op-ed called the Trump DOJ's seizure of her communications data \"a sheer abuse of power\" against the free press that should be protected by the First Amendment, and called for the codification of new protections for reporters.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 49], "section_span": [51, 75], "content_span": [76, 349]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276850-0034-0000", "contents": "2017\u20132018 Department of Justice metadata seizures, Reactions, Organizations\nDean Baquet, the executive editor of The New York Times, said in a statement that \"[s]eizing the phone records of journalists profoundly undermines press freedom,\" and that \"[i]t threatens to silence the sources we depend on to provide the public with essential information about what the government is doing.\" Commenting on Google's actions, Baquet elaborated that \"[c]learly, Google did the right thing, but it should never have come to this.\" Banquet stated that \"[t]he Justice Department relentlessly pursued the identity of sources for coverage that was clearly in the public interest in the final 15 days of the Trump administration.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 49], "section_span": [51, 75], "content_span": [76, 715]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276850-0034-0001", "contents": "2017\u20132018 Department of Justice metadata seizures, Reactions, Organizations\nAnd the Biden administration continued to pursue it. As I said before, it profoundly undermines press freedom.\" New York Times published A. G. Sulzberger stated his appreciation to the Biden DOJ's new commitment, but maintained that \"there is significantly more that needs to be done and we are still awaiting an explanation on why the Department of Justice moved so aggressively to seize journalists' records.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 49], "section_span": [51, 75], "content_span": [76, 487]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276850-0035-0000", "contents": "2017\u20132018 Department of Justice metadata seizures, Reactions, Organizations\nCameron Barr, The Washington Post's acting executive editor, stated\u00a0: \"We are deeply troubled by this use of government power to seek access to the communications of journalists. The Department of Justice should immediately make clear its reasons for this intrusion into the activities of reporters doing their jobs, an activity protected under the First Amendment.\" Sally Buzbee, executive editor, called for a \"full accounting of the chain of events in both administrations and to implement enduring protections to prevent any future recurrence.\" She added that \"[s]ecret efforts to obtain journalists' phone and email records severely hinder the ability of news organizations to uncover information of clear public interest, damaging the First Amendment.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 49], "section_span": [51, 75], "content_span": [76, 834]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276850-0036-0000", "contents": "2017\u20132018 Department of Justice metadata seizures, Reactions, Organizations\nBruce Brown, executive director of the Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press, said the data seizure \"raises serious First Amendment concerns because it interferes with the free flow of information to the public,\" and he called on the Justice Department to explain \"exactly when prosecutors seized these records, why it is only now notifying The Post, and on what basis the Justice Department decided to forgo the presumption of advance notification under its own guidelines when the investigation apparently involves reporting over three years in the past.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 49], "section_span": [51, 75], "content_span": [76, 640]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276850-0037-0000", "contents": "2017\u20132018 Department of Justice metadata seizures, Reactions, Organizations\nJake Laperruque, senior counsel for The Constitution Project at the Project on Government Oversight, called for new legislation binding for future administrations to curb the controversial data gathering practice.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 49], "section_span": [51, 75], "content_span": [76, 289]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276850-0038-0000", "contents": "2017\u20132018 Department of Justice metadata seizures, Reactions, Organizations\nA Google spokeswoman said that while it does not comment on specific cases, the company was \"firmly committed to protecting our customers\u2019 data and we have a long history of pushing to notify our customers about any legal requests.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 49], "section_span": [51, 75], "content_span": [76, 308]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276850-0039-0000", "contents": "2017\u20132018 Department of Justice metadata seizures, Reactions, Organizations\nIn a June 13 Washington Post op-ed, Microsoft President Brad Smith opined that different administrations have used gag orders with wide discretion, and that Congress should mandate heightened standards governing the use of gag orders. \"Congress should prohibit the executive branch from conducting its investigations wholly in secret absent a strong showing of necessity supported by compelling evidence,\" Smith wrote. \"And even when the government does meet that burden, any secrecy order should be narrowly tailored in time and scope. Third parties responding to such orders should have a mechanism to challenge them. And indefinite gag orders should be unlawful.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 49], "section_span": [51, 75], "content_span": [76, 742]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276850-0040-0000", "contents": "2017\u20132018 Department of Justice metadata seizures, Reactions, Organizations\nApple suggested the same subpoeans for data may have gone to other phone companies and tech corporations, though no other company aside from Microsoft has publicly acknowledged being served with such subpoenas.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 49], "section_span": [51, 75], "content_span": [76, 286]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276850-0041-0000", "contents": "2017\u20132018 Department of Justice metadata seizures, Reactions, Trump administration\nThe Daily Beast reported Sessions denied involvement in the subpoenaing of the committee members. He had recused himself from involvement in investigations relating to Russia in March 2017. Adam Goldman, one of the Times reporters who wrote the article about subpoenas of committee members, noted in an interview that because Sessions was recused, the decision to pursue subpoenas would presumably have fallen to deputy attorney general Rod Rosenstein.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 49], "section_span": [51, 82], "content_span": [83, 535]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276850-0042-0000", "contents": "2017\u20132018 Department of Justice metadata seizures, Reactions, Trump administration\nRosenstein also sought to distance himself form the controversial investigation, and recently told people that he also was not aware of a subpoena that targeted the data of Democratic lawmakers while he was deputy attorney general. Both Sessions and Rosenstein were not aware of the request for information related to McGahn and his wife.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 49], "section_span": [51, 82], "content_span": [83, 421]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276850-0043-0000", "contents": "2017\u20132018 Department of Justice metadata seizures, Reactions, Trump administration\nIn a phone interview with Politico, Barr distanced himself from the reports of the Trump DOJ issuing subpoenas for lawmakers and news reporters. He claimed he was \"not aware of any congressman\u2019s records being sought in a leak case.\" He added that Trump never encouraged him to target the Democratic lawmakers in his push to unmask leakers of classified information. Trump \"was not aware of who we were looking at in any of the cases,\" Barr said. \"I never discussed the leak cases with Trump. He didn\u2019t really ask me any of the specifics.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 49], "section_span": [51, 82], "content_span": [83, 622]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276850-0044-0000", "contents": "2017\u20132018 Department of Justice metadata seizures, Reactions, Trump administration\nIn light of none of the senior DOJ officials being aware, CNN noted that the incident would appear to be a breach of protocol and a \"potential separation of powers problem\" if prosecutors were investigating with little oversight.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 49], "section_span": [51, 82], "content_span": [83, 312]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276850-0045-0000", "contents": "2017\u20132018 Department of Justice metadata seizures, Reactions, Biden administration, White House\nAfter news reports about the subpoenas, President Biden said that he would prohibit the Justice Department from seizing phone records or emails from reporters. Biden told CNN on May 21, \"We should absolutely, positively -- it's wrong, it's simply, simply wrong,\" adding, \"I will not let that happen.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 49], "section_span": [51, 95], "content_span": [96, 396]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276850-0046-0000", "contents": "2017\u20132018 Department of Justice metadata seizures, Reactions, Biden administration, White House\nWhite House Press Secretary Jen Psaki in a June 5 statement attempted to distance the White House from the DOJ's continued effort to seize data from NYT reporters, saying \"As appropriate given the independence of the Justice Department in specific criminal cases, no one at the White House was aware of the gag order until Friday night (June 4).\" She reiterated the president's stance that the DOJ practice would not continue moving forward.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 49], "section_span": [51, 95], "content_span": [96, 537]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276850-0047-0000", "contents": "2017\u20132018 Department of Justice metadata seizures, Reactions, Biden administration, White House\nWhite House communications director Kate Bedingfield stated on June 11 that \"[t]he reports of the behavior of the attorney general under Donald Trump are appalling,\" and suggested that Biden has a \"very different relationship\" with the Justice Department than his predecessor. She criticized the Trump administration's \"abuse of power\" with the department, and adding that the Biden administration's Justice Department is \"run very, very differently.\" Bedingfield maintained that \"[Biden] respects the independence of the Justice Department, and it's a critically important part of how he governs.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 49], "section_span": [51, 95], "content_span": [96, 694]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276850-0048-0000", "contents": "2017\u20132018 Department of Justice metadata seizures, Reactions, Biden administration, Justice Department\nOn May 7, before Biden's statement on the subject, Justice Department spokesman Marc Raimondi confirmed that the requests had taken place, stating \"[w]hile rare, the Department follows the established procedures within its media guidelines policy when seeking legal process to obtain telephone toll records and non-content email records from media members as part of a criminal investigation into unauthorized disclosure of classified information,\" and that \"[t]he targets of these investigations are not the news media recipients but rather those with access to the national defense information who provided it to the media and thus failed to protect it as lawfully required.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 49], "section_span": [51, 102], "content_span": [103, 780]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276850-0049-0000", "contents": "2017\u20132018 Department of Justice metadata seizures, Reactions, Biden administration, Justice Department\nAnthony Coley, a Justice Department spokesman, stated on June 5 that \"Going forward, consistent with the President's direction, this Department of Justice \u2014 in a change to its longstanding practice \u2014 will not seek compulsory legal process in leak investigations to obtain source information from members of the news media doing their jobs.\" He added that \"on multiple occasions in recent months,\" the Biden-era department had moved to delay enforcement of the gag order and finally \"voluntarily moved to withdraw the order before any records were produced.\" He added, \"The department strongly values a free and independent press, and is committed to upholding the First Amendment.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 49], "section_span": [51, 102], "content_span": [103, 784]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276850-0050-0000", "contents": "2017\u20132018 Department of Justice metadata seizures, Reactions, Biden administration, Justice Department\nIn a statement issued on June 14, Attorney General Merrick Garland affirmed that the Justice Department would \"strengthen\" rules regarding seeking congressional records. He expressed confidence in the inspector general's review, and stated that he instructed Deputy Attorney General Lisa Monaco to evaluate and strengthen existing policies and procedures for acquiring congressional records, and noted his commitment to the rule of law and separation of powers. Garland said at a Senate Appropriations Committee hearing on June 9 that he would issue a memo to solidify the media policy changes.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 49], "section_span": [51, 102], "content_span": [103, 697]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276850-0051-0000", "contents": "2017\u20132018 Department of Justice metadata seizures, Reactions, Biden administration, Justice Department\nOn July 19, Garland in a memo to the Justice Department instituted new rules regarding the seizure of news reporters' data or testimony. This includes no longer using compulsory legal processes when seizing data from news reporters. It also bans forcing reporters to disclosing their sources or notes. News organisations commended the action and called for such regulations to be codified.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 49], "section_span": [51, 102], "content_span": [103, 492]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276850-0052-0000", "contents": "2017\u20132018 Department of Justice metadata seizures, Reactions, Congress, House\nOn June 10, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi called the development \"harrowing\" and \"another egregious assault on our democracy waged by the former president.\" She supported Schiff's call for an investigation into the data seizure and other acts of the \"weaponization of law enforcement\" by Trump. On June 13, Pelosi reiterated her prior comments and stated she believed that Sessions, Barr, and Rosenstein should testify, expressing disbelief that none of the men were unaware of the activity occurring under their authority.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 49], "section_span": [51, 77], "content_span": [78, 598]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276850-0053-0000", "contents": "2017\u20132018 Department of Justice metadata seizures, Reactions, Congress, House\nRep. Adam Schiff said he was shocked but not surprised at the reports. He said in a statement, \"The politicization of the Department and the attacks on the rule of law are among the most dangerous assaults on our democracy carried out by the former President,\" adding that the Inspector General should investigate the case. He continued his criticism in a Washington Post op-ed.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 49], "section_span": [51, 77], "content_span": [78, 456]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276850-0054-0000", "contents": "2017\u20132018 Department of Justice metadata seizures, Reactions, Congress, House\nRep. Eric Swalwell maintained that he never leaked classified information and derided the Trump DOJ for seizing lawmakers' data. \"This is about everyday Americans who don't want to see their government weaponize law enforcement against them because of their political beliefs,\" Swalwell said, calling Trump the \"biggest brother we've ever seen,\" referring to Big Brother in George Orwell's Nineteen Eighty-Four. Swalwell confirmed to CNN that records of family members and a minor had been obtained. Both Schiff and Swalwell stated that they were unware of the circumstances of their acquired records, whether they were subjects of the data seizures or whether the investigations were appropriately predicated.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 49], "section_span": [51, 77], "content_span": [78, 788]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276850-0055-0000", "contents": "2017\u20132018 Department of Justice metadata seizures, Reactions, Congress, House\nRep. Jerry Nadler, the chairman of the House Judiciary Committee, stated that \"[the committee] expect[s] the Department to provide a full accounting of these cases, and [they] expect the Attorney General to hold the relevant personnel accountable for their conduct,\" He announced on June 14 that the committee was opening an investigation. In a June 14 statement announcing a formal investigation, he stated \"It remains possible that these cases ... are isolated incidents.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 49], "section_span": [51, 77], "content_span": [78, 551]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276850-0055-0001", "contents": "2017\u20132018 Department of Justice metadata seizures, Reactions, Congress, House\nEven if these reports are completely unrelated, they raise serious constitutional and separation of power concerns,\" and that \"Congress must make it extraordinarily difficult, if not impossible, for the Department to spy on the Congress or the news media. We should make it hard for prosecutors to hide behind secret gag orders for years at a time. We cannot rely on the Department alone to make these changes.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 49], "section_span": [51, 77], "content_span": [78, 489]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276850-0056-0000", "contents": "2017\u20132018 Department of Justice metadata seizures, Reactions, Congress, House\nRep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez stated, \"I think the actions of Biden's DOJ has been extremely concerning and it's not just on the actions on gag orders, which is also extremely concerning, but across the board,\" referring to gag orders the Trump DOJ imposed until they expired in May.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 49], "section_span": [51, 77], "content_span": [78, 361]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276850-0057-0000", "contents": "2017\u20132018 Department of Justice metadata seizures, Reactions, Congress, House\nRep. Matt Gaetz, a Republican Judiciary Committee member, also unusually came to Schiff's defense, stating that the \"DOJ has a very nasty tendency to target its critics, Republican and Democrat.\" In a statement, Gaetz said \"[t]he Schiff story reminded me of the DOJ\u2019s threats to use criminal process against House staff exposing their misdeeds .. I stand against all of it, no matter how much I personally dislike Schiff.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 49], "section_span": [51, 77], "content_span": [78, 500]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276850-0058-0000", "contents": "2017\u20132018 Department of Justice metadata seizures, Reactions, Congress, House\nRep. Chris Stewart, a Republican Intelligence Committee member, said in a statement that \"[he's] been concerned, and voiced [his] concerns, about the leaking of classified information for many years. Leaks hurt our national security, break faith between government officials and the American people, and very often are deceptive, if not completely inaccurate,\" and that \"[he] support[s] investigating leaks of classified information.\" He added that \"when the DOJ is acting within their legal bounds, members of the Intelligence Committee shouldn't be immune to appropriate investigations.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 49], "section_span": [51, 77], "content_span": [78, 667]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276850-0059-0000", "contents": "2017\u20132018 Department of Justice metadata seizures, Reactions, Congress, Senate\nSenate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer and Senate Judiciary Committee Chair Dick Durbin (D-Ill.) called for Barr, Sessions, Demers, and former acting Attorney General Matthew Whitaker to appear before the Judiciary Committee for relevant questioning. Schumer and Durbin in a joint statement declared that \"[t]his appalling politicization of the Department of Justice by Donald Trump and his sycophants must be investigated immediately by both the DOJ Inspector General and Congress,\" and that the Judiciary Committee \"will vigorously investigate this abuse of power.\" Schumer further called the data seizure \"a gross abuse of power,\" \"assault on the separation of powers,\" and \"fingerprints of a dictatorship, not a democracy.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 49], "section_span": [51, 78], "content_span": [79, 804]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276850-0060-0000", "contents": "2017\u20132018 Department of Justice metadata seizures, Reactions, Congress, Senate\nOn June 14, Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell on the Senate floor stated that \"[the] Department of Justice is empowered to investigate criminal conduct by members of Congress and their staff,\" and that \"[n]ecessarily, this sort of investigation is subject to strict procedural protections. And the department's inspector general is fully equipped to determine whether those procedures were followed in this case. I am confident that the existing inquiry will uncover the truth. There is no need for a partisan circus here in Congress.\" He blasted Democrats for going after a \"witch hunt in the making\" by focusing on Barr, who McConnell said served with \"honor and integrity.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 49], "section_span": [51, 78], "content_span": [79, 760]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276850-0061-0000", "contents": "2017\u20132018 Department of Justice metadata seizures, Reactions, Congress, Senate\nSenate Minority Whip John Thune disagreed with McConnell and suggested that it warranted further review and investigation. He questioned how the DOJ acquired data from members of Congress and suggested the Senate committees could review the matter.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 49], "section_span": [51, 78], "content_span": [79, 327]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276850-0062-0000", "contents": "2017\u20132018 Department of Justice metadata seizures, Reactions, Congress, Senate\nSen. Chuck Grassley of Iowa, the Judiciary Committee's top Republican, indicated that he opposes a congressional probe. In a statement, Grassley stated that \"[i]nvestigations into members of Congress and staff are nothing new, especially for classified leaks,\" and that \"[t]he Justice Department has specific procedures for such sensitive investigations, and the inspector general is already working to determine if they were followed.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 49], "section_span": [51, 78], "content_span": [79, 515]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276850-0063-0000", "contents": "2017\u20132018 Department of Justice metadata seizures, Reactions, Congress, Senate\nSen. John Cornyn, a Judiciary Committee member, sided with McConnell, stating that \"[i]t's a court proceeding and the judge is going to decide if it is appropriate or not,\" and so \"there's not much of a role for us to play.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 49], "section_span": [51, 78], "content_span": [79, 303]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276850-0064-0000", "contents": "2017\u20132018 Department of Justice metadata seizures, Reactions, Congress, Senate\nSen. Josh Hawley, a Judiciary Committee member, stated his concerns with the appropriateness of the DOJ's subpoenas in \"very rare circumstances,\" but declined to comment further, stating he did not know enough to comment further.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 49], "section_span": [51, 78], "content_span": [79, 308]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276850-0065-0000", "contents": "2017\u20132018 Department of Justice metadata seizures, Reactions, Congress, Senate\nSen. Thom Tillis, a Judiciary Committee member, said it was \"an interesting question\" when asked if Barr and Sessions should be subpoenaed, suggesting it was a decision to be made between the chair on the ranking member, and that he would to defer to them bringing before the committee.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 49], "section_span": [51, 78], "content_span": [79, 365]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276850-0066-0000", "contents": "2017\u20132018 Department of Justice metadata seizures, Reactions, Congress, Senate\nSen. Marsha Blackburn declined to respond on the matter, and Sen. Ben Sasse's office did not respond for comment.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 49], "section_span": [51, 78], "content_span": [79, 192]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276851-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u20132018 Dominican Republic protests\nThe 2017\u20132018 protests in the Dominican Republic, Also known as Green Wave or Green Revolution was an event held on January 22, 2017 in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic, and simultaneously in other locations in the interior of the country and Dominican communities abroad.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [37, 37], "content_span": [38, 311]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276851-0000-0001", "contents": "2017\u20132018 Dominican Republic protests\nThe march was called by a group of civil society organizations demanding that all those involved in corruption scandals be brought to justice, mainly in the Odebrecht Case that involves the Brazilian transnational company Odebrecht in the payment of bribes to officials of three Dominican governments (administrations of Hip\u00f3lito Mej\u00eda, Leonel Fern\u00e1ndez and Danilo Medina) between 2001 and 2014.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [37, 37], "content_span": [38, 433]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276851-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u20132018 Dominican Republic protests\nThe protests occurred against corruption and impunity, led by green people using flags and waving, chanting and clapping for the resignation of the corrupt government. In July, Marches was held in response to corruption leaks by tens of thousands of protesters in Santo Domingo. Protests was also held throughout 2018 in continuation of the protests and demonstrations that occurred in 2017, and nationwide anti-corruption protests was staged peacefully and largely by the opposition and activists.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [37, 37], "content_span": [38, 536]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276852-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u20132018 Honduran protests\nThe 2017\u201318 Honduran protests were occurring throughout the country since the 2017 general election.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [27, 27], "content_span": [28, 128]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276852-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u20132018 Honduran protests, Background\nOn 30 November, with approximately 94% of the votes counted, Hern\u00e1ndez's lead had climbed to 42.92% compared to 41.42% for Nasralla. On 1 December, the TSE announced that they would give no further results until the TSE had been able to review all of the 1,031 tally sheets which had not been properly filled out by the political parties. The 1,031 tally sheets represent 5.69% of the total vote. Later that same day, as the TSE was still trying to convoke 60 representatives and four supervisors for both Nasralla and Hern\u00e1ndez for the final vote count, Hern\u00e1ndez's cabinet announced a ten-day curfew from 6pm to 6am to try to calm the violence associated with the protests.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 39], "content_span": [40, 715]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276852-0002-0000", "contents": "2017\u20132018 Honduran protests, Background\nOn 2 December, the Honduran National Roundtable for Human Rights issued a press release, in which it declared that the government actions were state terrorism against civilians, it warned that the declaration of a state of exception was in order to create repression to ensure electoral fraud labeling it as illegal after reading several articles of the Honduran constitution.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 39], "content_span": [40, 416]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276852-0003-0000", "contents": "2017\u20132018 Honduran protests, Timeline\nAs of 2 December, at least 7 people had died in the protests with more than 20 injured. On the second night of the curfew, thousands of people participated in what is known as \"cacerolazos\", banging pots and pans in protest.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 37], "content_span": [38, 262]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276852-0004-0000", "contents": "2017\u20132018 Honduran protests, Timeline\nAs of 15 December 2017, the court had finished a recount of ballot boxes that presented irregularities but had still not declared a winner, and protests continued throughout the country, with 16 deaths and 1,675 arrests, according to Honduras' National Human Rights' Commission. The court has 30 days from the contest to do so.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 37], "content_span": [38, 365]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276852-0005-0000", "contents": "2017\u20132018 Honduran protests, Timeline\nThe TSE finally announced a winner on 17 December, giving Hern\u00e1ndez the victory with 42.95% of the vote to Nasralla's 41.42%. The announcement sparked a new wave of protests across the country, with Mel Zelaya announcing a national strike. The country's two major cities - Tegucigalpa and San Pedro Sula - saw streets blockaded, their main exits blocked, and traffic between them severely reduced.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 37], "content_span": [38, 435]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276852-0006-0000", "contents": "2017\u20132018 Honduran protests, Timeline\nOrganization of American States (OAS) election monitors, in their final report, documented widespread and numerous irregularities in the conduct of the voting and ballot tabulation, and doubted the validity of the official results. OAS secretary general Luis Almagro issued a statement following the TSE's announcement saying: \"Facing the impossibility of determining a winner, the only way possible so that the people of Honduras are the victors is a new call for general elections.\" Hern\u00e1ndez rejected the OAS's position, and his top aide accused of OAS of seeking \"to try and steal the election\" for Nasralla.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 37], "content_span": [38, 650]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276853-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u20132018 Icelandic Women's Basketball Cup\nThe 2017\u20132018 Bikarkeppni kvenna was the 44th edition of the Icelandic Women's Basketball Cup, won by Keflav\u00edk against Njar\u00f0v\u00edk. The competition is managed by the Icelandic Basketball Federation and the final four was held in Reykjav\u00edk, in the Laugardalsh\u00f6ll in January 2018. Brittanny Dinkins was named the Cup Finals MVP after turning in 16 points, 11 rebounds, 8 assists and 5 steals.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [42, 42], "content_span": [43, 430]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276854-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u20132018 Iranian protests\nPublic protests took place in several cities in Iran beginning on 28 December 2017 and continuing into 2018. The first protest took place in Mashhad, Iran's second-largest city by population, initially focused on the economic policies of the country's government; as protests spread throughout the country, their scope expanded to include political opposition to the theocratic regime of Iran and its longtime Supreme Leader, Ali Khamenei. The Iranian public has showcased their fury with a wide repertoire of chants aimed at the regime and its leadership. According to The Washington Post, protesters' chants and attacks on government buildings upended a system that had little tolerance for dissent, with some demonstrators even shouting \"Death to the dictator! \"\u2014referring to Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei\u2014and asking security forces to join them.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [26, 26], "content_span": [27, 884]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276854-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u20132018 Iranian protests\nThe protests marked the most intense domestic challenge to the Iranian government since the 2009 presidential election protests. The year 2018 hosted the most serious and biggest opposition demonstrations since 2009, shaking the very pillars of this regime. However, these protests differ from the Green movement in participants, causes, goals, and chants. Unlike 2009, the 2017\u20132018 protests remain leaderless and disorganized.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [26, 26], "content_span": [27, 455]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276854-0001-0001", "contents": "2017\u20132018 Iranian protests\nWhile some analysts suggest the protests are a result of unfavorable economic policies adopted by the administration of Iranian President Hassan Rouhani, others say that dissatisfaction with the theocratic regime and the Supreme Leader are the actual causes of the unrest. Rouhani acknowledged on 8 January 2018 that \"people had economic, political and social demands\".", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [26, 26], "content_span": [27, 396]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276854-0002-0000", "contents": "2017\u20132018 Iranian protests\nAccording to Iranian authorities, protests turned violent in some parts of the country, and Iranian state television reported that the protesters attacked police stations and military personnel and installations, and started fires. As of 2 January 2018, at least twenty-one protesters and two security force members had been killed. Additionally, 3,700 demonstrators were arrested according to Mahmoud Sadeghi, a reformist lawmaker from Tehran, though official figures were much lower. On 5 January 2018, four special rapporteurs of the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights urged the Iranian government to acknowledge and respect rights of protesters and end its blocking of the Internet.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [26, 26], "content_span": [27, 742]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276854-0003-0000", "contents": "2017\u20132018 Iranian protests\nIn a backlash against the protests, thousands of government supporters staged pro-government rallies in more than a dozen cities across Iran.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [26, 26], "content_span": [27, 168]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276854-0004-0000", "contents": "2017\u20132018 Iranian protests, Background\nThe current Iranian regime came into power following the 1979 Iranian Revolution which saw the Pahlavi dynasty overthrown in favor of a theocratic Islamic Republic led by Supreme Leader Ruhollah Khomeini.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 38], "content_span": [39, 243]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276854-0005-0000", "contents": "2017\u20132018 Iranian protests, Background\nSince 1989, Ali Khamenei has ruled Iran as Supreme Leader, making him the second-longest serving head of state in the Middle East (after Oman's Sultan Qaboos), as well as the second-longest serving Iranian leader of the last century, after Shah Mohammad Reza Pahlavi.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 38], "content_span": [39, 306]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276854-0006-0000", "contents": "2017\u20132018 Iranian protests, Background\nThe Iranian president Hassan Rouhani, who was re-elected in 2017, had promised many changes such as a richer economy and open foreign policy but he has little power to change compared to Khamenei in the Iranian government.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 38], "content_span": [39, 261]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276854-0007-0000", "contents": "2017\u20132018 Iranian protests, Background\nIn 2006, following international concerns regarding the government's nuclear program, a comprehensive, international sanctions regime was imposed on Iran. In 2015, Iran negotiated a deal with the great powers of the world in exchange for economic relief. Many Iranians hoped relief from sanctions would result in economic prosperity; however, benefits have not reached the average Iranian. Instead, the benefit from sanctions relief mostly went to state firms and Setad controlled by Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei, estimated by Reuters at $95 billion in 2013.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 38], "content_span": [39, 596]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276854-0007-0001", "contents": "2017\u20132018 Iranian protests, Background\nIn 2017, according to the Iranian Chamber of Commerce, 33% of Iranians lived below the poverty line, and the gap between the rich and poor has deepened. CNN's Hamid Panah argued that these distributional developments in the economy helped stoke the protests. Recent economic hardships have appeared to incite economic protests and shine light on government corruption.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 38], "content_span": [39, 407]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276854-0008-0000", "contents": "2017\u20132018 Iranian protests, Background\n\"The initial spark for the protests was a sudden jump in food prices. It is believed that hard-line opponents of Rouhani instigated the first demonstrations in the conservative city of Mashhad in eastern Iran, trying to direct public anger at the president. But as protests spread from town to town, the backlash turned against the entire ruling class.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 38], "content_span": [39, 392]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276854-0009-0000", "contents": "2017\u20132018 Iranian protests, Background\nIn order to deflect criticism about the economy, Rouhani had been complaining for several weeks about government money going to religious institutions, which are seen as the power base of the hardliners; according to international media reports, analysts believe that hardliners started the protests as a means to embarrass Rouhani. For many Iranians, development had been slow despite the president's promise to restore the economy.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 38], "content_span": [39, 472]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276854-0010-0000", "contents": "2017\u20132018 Iranian protests, Background\nProtesters registered their opposition to cuts to fuel and cash subsidies, contained in the 2018 budget proposal unveiled in mid-December, which caused widespread anger, with the hashtag #pashimanam (\"we regret\" [i.e., we regret our vote for Rouhani]) going viral across the country. The generous government funding of the Revolutionary Guards remained unaffected, and there were large increases for religious foundations, which are not required to declare how they spend their funds, and are \"tied closely to powerful clerics and often serve as machines for patronage and propaganda to build support for their authority.\" Furthermore, protesters sought an explanation as to why the government had spent a lot of money elsewhere in the Middle East.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 38], "content_span": [39, 787]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276854-0011-0000", "contents": "2017\u20132018 Iranian protests, Background\nThe 2017\u20132019 events are the largest protest in Iran since the 2009 Iranian presidential election protests.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 38], "content_span": [39, 146]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276854-0012-0000", "contents": "2017\u20132018 Iranian protests, Timeline\nThe protests began in Mashhad on December 28, 2017, and spread to over 140 cities in every province in Iran over a two-week period.. The demonstrations were started by crowds protesting across Iran, including in Mashhad, the second-most populous city. Protests spread to over 70 towns and cities, including Nishapur, Kashan, Kerman, Kermanshah, Kashmar, Rasht, Isfahan, Arak, Bandar Abbas, Ardabil, Qazvin, Hamedan, Sari, Babol, Amol, Shahinshahr, Shahrekord, Shiraz, Khorramabad, Zanjan, Gorgan, Zahedan, Urmia, Dorud, Yazd and Shahrud. According to CNBC, there was widespread protest in 80 cities in Iran.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 36], "content_span": [37, 644]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276854-0013-0000", "contents": "2017\u20132018 Iranian protests, Timeline\nIn some demonstrations, protestors provocatively chanted \"Reza Shah, bless your soul\", a reference to Reza Shah, the leader of Iran during 1925\u201341 and founder of the Pahlavi dynasty that was deposed in the 1979 revolution that led to establishment of the current government. Protestors also shouted slogans praising the (deceased) deposed shah Mohammad Reza Pahlavi, and his son and former heir-apparent, the exiled Reza Pahlavi, Crown Prince of Iran. The protesters called for Khamenei to step down, as well as tore down and set fire to posters of Khamenei in Tehran. Protesters also shouted: \"Khamenei, shame on you, leave the country alone!\" and \"death to the dictator\". Protesters also chanted \"People are paupers while the mullahs live like gods.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 36], "content_span": [37, 789]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276854-0014-0000", "contents": "2017\u20132018 Iranian protests, Timeline, December\u2013January\nThe protests in Iran erupted on 28 December 2017. Several crowds were seen protesting across Iran, including in Mashhad, the second most populous city, as well as a several hundred person protest in Tehran, the capital. There were also protests in Neyshabour, Kashmar, Yazd and Shahroud. The protests were allegedly organised on social media messaging apps. Crowds were seen chanting \"We don't want an Islamic Republic! \", \"death to Rouhani\", as well as \"death to the dictator\".", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 54], "content_span": [55, 533]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276854-0015-0000", "contents": "2017\u20132018 Iranian protests, Timeline, December\u2013January\nThe protests were initially for economic woes, against the high price of goods and commodities, but has \"quickly changed\" to protesting Iranian involvement in the Middle East, and the government itself.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 54], "content_span": [55, 257]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276854-0016-0000", "contents": "2017\u20132018 Iranian protests, Timeline, December\u2013January\nDemonstrations continued on Friday past sunset. Protests spread to several major cities including Rasht, Isfahan, Ahvaz, Qom, Sari, Zahedan, and Qazvin. A small number of people were arrested in Tehran.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 54], "content_span": [55, 257]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276854-0017-0000", "contents": "2017\u20132018 Iranian protests, Timeline, December\u2013January\nOn 30 December the protests escalated, as three were killed and others wounded in shooting by Revolutionary Guards during night protests in central Iran. As Saturday coincided with the anniversary of 30 December 2009 pro-government rally in Iran, some 4000 people attended a pro-government rally in Tehran. According to state television, pro-government rallies were held in 1200 towns and cities in all. At the same time, anti-government riots spread to Tehran for the first time, where students in Tehran University chanted anti-government slogans before getting dispersed by riot police. Posters of Khamenei were torn down at Tehran University. Internet access was shut down in parts of the country, including many areas in Tehran.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 54], "content_span": [55, 788]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276854-0018-0000", "contents": "2017\u20132018 Iranian protests, Timeline, December\u2013January\nIran's interior minister Abdolreza Rahmani Fazli warned that those who \"disrupt the order and break the law must be responsible for their behavior and pay the price\". Rahmani Fazli said in a statement on state television that \"fear and terror will definitely be confronted.\" VOA Persian's service identified the victims as Hamzeh Lashni and Hossein Reshno after a reporter spoke to the victims' families.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 54], "content_span": [55, 459]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276854-0019-0000", "contents": "2017\u20132018 Iranian protests, Timeline, December\u2013January\nAnti -government protests continued for a fourth day. Some scattered demonstrations in Tehran and families of arrested protesters gathering outside Evin prison. 200 people were arrested in Tehran on Sunday, and another 10 were arrested in West Azerbaijan province.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 54], "content_span": [55, 319]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276854-0020-0000", "contents": "2017\u20132018 Iranian protests, Timeline, December\u2013January\nRouhani, in his first comments after days of anti-government demonstrations said people have the right to protest but stressed violence, vandalism and inflammatory political slogans must be avoided as these only worsen the conditions of the people.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 54], "content_span": [55, 303]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276854-0021-0000", "contents": "2017\u20132018 Iranian protests, Timeline, December\u2013January\nAccording to Iran's State media accounts, which could not be confirmed by independent sources, some armed demonstrators tried to take control of police stations and military bases but were repulsed by security forces. It was confirmed that 10 people had been killed during clashes Sunday night.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 54], "content_span": [55, 349]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276854-0022-0000", "contents": "2017\u20132018 Iranian protests, Timeline, December\u2013January\nProtests continued on Monday in Tehran and other cities throughout the country. State media reported that one member of the government security forces was shot and killed during protests on 1 January.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 54], "content_span": [55, 255]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276854-0023-0000", "contents": "2017\u20132018 Iranian protests, Timeline, December\u2013January\nClashes overnight between protesters and security forces killed nine people. State television reported that six of these deaths occurred after rioters tried to storm a police station in Qahdarijan with the intention of stealing weapons. Additionally, an 11-year-old boy and a 20-year-old man were killed in the town of Khomeinishahr, and a Revolutionary Guard member was killed in Najafabad. All three were killed with hunting rifles. 550 people had been arrested since the start of protests. 90 percent of those arrested are younger than 25 years old.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 54], "content_span": [55, 607]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276854-0024-0000", "contents": "2017\u20132018 Iranian protests, Timeline, December\u2013January\nOn 3 January, there were sporadic demonstrations throughout Iran. In the city of Malayer demonstrations started after sundown and their chants targeted the Supreme Leader. Videos online also showed demonstrations in the northern city of Noshahr, with protesters shouting \"death to the dictator\". Major General Mohammad Ali Jafari, the head of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, dispatched forces to the provinces of Hamadan, Isfahan and Lorestan, but he later stated that \"the sedition\" and the number of protestors was around 1500 in individual locations and around 15,000 nationwide. Iranians living outside of Iran staged demonstrations in support of the protests in Iran. These rallies took place in cities such as Stockholm, Athens, Bern, and Cologne.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 54], "content_span": [55, 815]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276854-0025-0000", "contents": "2017\u20132018 Iranian protests, Timeline, December\u2013January\nAccording to an Iranian intelligence ministry announcement on 4 January, three IRGC members were killed dismantling an anti-government \"terrorist cell\" in northwestern city of Piranshar. Per IRGC, the \"terrorist cell\", which possessed weapons and explosives, was said to have been assigned with bombings and murder of innocents in Iran in order to escalate the unrest. On Thursday, 4 January, anti\u2013government demonstrations were held in the cities of Sanandaj, Bukan, Kamyaran, Dezful, Ahvaz and Rasht.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 54], "content_span": [55, 557]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276854-0026-0000", "contents": "2017\u20132018 Iranian protests, Timeline, December\u2013January\nUN human rights experts urged Iran to respect rights of protesters, and end the Internet crackdown.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 54], "content_span": [55, 154]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276854-0027-0000", "contents": "2017\u20132018 Iranian protests, Timeline, December\u2013January\nThe Iranian Revolutionary Guard said that Iran's people and security forces, including the Basij, police, and Intelligence Ministry, had defeated the unrest. The IRGC said the United States, Britain, Israel, Saudi Arabia, People's Mujahedin of Iran, and monarchists were responsible for the unrest. For the fifth day, staged rallies were held against the anti-government protests. However, according to an article in The Wall Street Journal, signs of unrest remain, with dozens of videos circulating in social media showing the burning of government documents.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 54], "content_span": [55, 615]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276854-0028-0000", "contents": "2017\u20132018 Iranian protests, Timeline, December\u2013January\nAccording to a report in Al-Quds Al-Arabi, former president Mahmoud Ahmadinejad may have been arrested in Iran and kept under house arrest with the approval of Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei, for \"inciting violence\", after he criticized the current government of Iran during the protests.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 54], "content_span": [55, 340]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276854-0029-0000", "contents": "2017\u20132018 Iranian protests, Timeline, December\u2013January\nSina Ghanbari, a 23-year-old man arrested during the protests, was reported to have died at Evin prison from unspecified causes. Iranian MP Tayebeh Siavoshi said the protester committed suicide in prison.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 54], "content_span": [55, 259]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276854-0030-0000", "contents": "2017\u20132018 Iranian protests, Timeline, December\u2013January\nThousands of demonstrators holding placards with pictures of Reza Pahlavi II marched in Los Angeles, home to a large Iranian expatriate community, to show support for anti-regime protests in Iran. Some 2,000 protesters in Westwood, California, rallied in support of the protesters in Iran.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 54], "content_span": [55, 344]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276854-0031-0000", "contents": "2017\u20132018 Iranian protests, Timeline, August\nOn 1 August, protests occurred in several Iranian cities. The protests began in Isfahan and continued in Karaj. In videos that circulated on social media, purportedly filmed in the town of Gohardasht, a suburb of Karaj, dozens of demonstrators were seen in the streets setting fire to police vehicles and shouting \"Death to the dictator\". Police responded with tear gas. The authenticity of the videos could not immediately be verified.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 44], "content_span": [45, 481]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276854-0032-0000", "contents": "2017\u20132018 Iranian protests, Timeline, August\nProtests broke out on August 2 across several Iranian cities, including Mashhad, Kara, and Shiraz, and Tehran. Chants during demonstrators included \"death to the dictator\".", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 44], "content_span": [45, 217]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276854-0033-0000", "contents": "2017\u20132018 Iranian protests, Timeline, August\nOn 3 August, street protests took place in the capital Tehran, and nine other cities: Ahvaz, Hamedan, Isfahan, Karaj, Kermanshah, Mashhad, Shiraz, Urmia and Varamin. Some citizen journalist reports said Iranian security forces tried to break up the demonstrations with tear gas and by beating and arresting protesters. But, there were no credible reports about how many Iranians were hurt and detained by the authorities. Protesters also targeted a religious school in Karaj province near Tehran.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 44], "content_span": [45, 541]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276854-0034-0000", "contents": "2017\u20132018 Iranian protests, Timeline, Pro-government rallies\nThe December protests coincided with the annual rally commemorating the 9 Dey rally, 4,000 people attended to support the government.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 60], "content_span": [61, 194]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276854-0035-0000", "contents": "2017\u20132018 Iranian protests, Timeline, Pro-government rallies\nOn 3 January, thousands of counter protesters marched in pro-government rallies which were broadcast on national television, against alleged US involvement in the unrest. According to The Washington Post, the rallies appeared like \"state-organized gatherings\", while the Revolutionary Guards-affiliated Fars News Agency described them as \"the revolutionary outburst of Iranian people against lawbreakers\".", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 60], "content_span": [61, 466]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276854-0036-0000", "contents": "2017\u20132018 Iranian protests, Timeline, Pro-government rallies\nPro -government rallies continued in the following days in several Iranian cities. Reuters described these rallies as \"staged\".", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 60], "content_span": [61, 188]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276854-0037-0000", "contents": "2017\u20132018 Iranian protests, Casualties\nIn the first four days of protests, 12 protesters were killed in clashes with security forces. On 1 January, state media reported the death of a security force member in Tehran, after he was shot with a hunting rifle. As of 2 January, a total of 21 protesters have been killed. State television reported that six were killed following a failed raid on a police station. Included among the dead are five people in Qahderijan and six in Tuyserkan. Some journalists reported that security forces attempted beating the protesters and using tear gas, according to VOA News.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 38], "content_span": [39, 607]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276854-0038-0000", "contents": "2017\u20132018 Iranian protests, Casualties\nOn 9 January 2018, The Guardian and Amnesty reported that 3 detainees had died while in custody in Tehran's Evin Prison. Amnesty reported a further two detainees having died in custody in Arak and Dezfoul respectively. Iranian judiciary officials confirmed the Arak death and one Evin death, and said that the deaths were suicides. The local prosecutor in Arak told the Mizan news agency that video footage, which was not released, showed the dead protester stabbing himself with a knife.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 38], "content_span": [39, 527]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276854-0039-0000", "contents": "2017\u20132018 Iranian protests, Casualties\nMany Iranians, including a number of lawmakers, have called into question the declaration by Iranian authorities that two deaths in custody were \"suicides\" and that another death was a \"terrorist\" who died in clashes with security forces. According to ISNA, a group of lawmakers called for an investigation into these deaths, saying relatives and eyewitnesses had questioned the official line.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 38], "content_span": [39, 432]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276854-0040-0000", "contents": "2017\u20132018 Iranian protests, Casualties\nAccording to French newspaper Le Monde, 25 people at all died during these demonstrations.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 38], "content_span": [39, 129]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276854-0041-0000", "contents": "2017\u20132018 Iranian protests, Casualties, Torture allegations\nAccording to Fox News, hundreds of protesters, including family members of detainees, protested outside of Evin Prison demanding information on their loved ones who according to the protesters were being tortured inside. The US White House described reports of torture and death in prison as \"disturbing\".", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 59], "content_span": [60, 365]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276854-0042-0000", "contents": "2017\u20132018 Iranian protests, Casualties, Torture allegations\nIn mid-December 2018 family of Vahid Sayadi Nasiri a political prisoner in Qom prison in Iran, told reporters that he had died. Nasiri had been on hunger strike for weeks before he died in prison. Vahid Sayadi Nasiri was arrested in 2015 for insulting the Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei. On 13 December 2018 a spokesman for United States Department of States, Robert Palladino, announced that United States condemns Iranian regime for the \"unconscionable\" death of Vahid Sayadi Nasiri who was on hunger strike in jail. Nasiri was forcefully arrested 4 months ago and had no access to lawyer.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 59], "content_span": [60, 648]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276854-0043-0000", "contents": "2017\u20132018 Iranian protests, Damage to public property\nOn 30 December 2017, Tasnim News Agency reported that fifty protesters damaged Tehran Bus Rapid Transit stations and broke the handrails in Ferdowsi Square, Tehran. According to the report of the Tehran mayor, Mohammad Ali Najafi, the damage to the public properties in Tehran \"was not that serious\" and only some of the Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) stations and a number of garbage cans were burned.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 53], "content_span": [54, 449]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276854-0044-0000", "contents": "2017\u20132018 Iranian protests, Damage to public property\nIn Dorud, according to Mehr News Agency, on 31 December 2017 protesters attacked the staff and damaged the fire trucks. In another incident, also in Dorud, two people died when a hijacked fire truck collided with a car, according to the state media. The Washington Post reported that in some cases protesters had attacked police stations and government buildings. The Islamic Republic News Agency said that weapons and military uniforms among protesters were taken into custody by Iranian security guards.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 53], "content_span": [54, 559]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276854-0045-0000", "contents": "2017\u20132018 Iranian protests, Government response, English banned in primary school\nPrimary schools in Iran suspended the teaching of English after the mass protests. Khamenei had previously claimed that it paved the way for \"cultural invasion\" of Western values, expressing deep concern in 2016 over the spread of English to \"nursery schools,\".", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 81], "content_span": [82, 343]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276854-0046-0000", "contents": "2017\u20132018 Iranian protests, Government response, Media coverage and censorship\nIn statements by the Iranian Minister of Interior Abdolreza Rahmani Fazli, said that the improper use of social media was \"causing violence and fear\", further stating that \"such behavior will be smashed\". Iranian state news channel Islamic Republic of Iran News Network was banned from covering the protests.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 78], "content_span": [79, 387]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276854-0047-0000", "contents": "2017\u20132018 Iranian protests, Government response, Media coverage and censorship\nReports by independent media organizations in Iran was restricted. However, Iran's state media covered Rouhani's comments about the protests which said \"people have the right to criticize\" but the authorities would not tolerate antisocial behavior and that criticism is \"different from violence and destroying public properties\".", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 78], "content_span": [79, 408]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276854-0048-0000", "contents": "2017\u20132018 Iranian protests, Government response, Media coverage and censorship, Internet\nIn some regions, Iran's internet service providers, which are either directly owned by or closely tied to the Iranian Revolutionary Guard, which reports directly to the Supreme Leader of Iran, blocked internet access in several cities as protests continued. Previously, several satellite networks in Iran were jammed, and internet and telephone in some areas were cut. VPNs, which had offered a backdoor to the internet, were also turned off.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 88], "content_span": [89, 531]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276854-0049-0000", "contents": "2017\u20132018 Iranian protests, Government response, Media coverage and censorship, Internet\nAccording to OpenDNS's BGP Stream, on 1 January 2018 Iran's internet traffic dropped by nearly 50%. Meanwhile, the number of Iranians making use of TOR has increased significantly during the protests.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 88], "content_span": [89, 289]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276854-0050-0000", "contents": "2017\u20132018 Iranian protests, Government response, Media coverage and censorship, Telegram\nTelegram messenger played a major role in spreading the news about the protests and served as the primary platform to unify the protesters. On 30 December, the Iranian government requested the closing of a Telegram channel called \"Amad News\" (AMAD standing for Agaahi, awareness, Mobaareze, combat & Democracy) operated by Roohollah Zam which called for use of handmade explosives against the security forces. The request was accepted by Telegram since it also violated their terms of service and policies, and its CEO Pavel Durov received criticism for complying with the request.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 88], "content_span": [89, 670]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276854-0050-0001", "contents": "2017\u20132018 Iranian protests, Government response, Media coverage and censorship, Telegram\nThe channel was reinstated on the next day with a different title (Sedaye Mardom, lit. Voice of People) after the admin who published the post calling for violence was dismissed. On 31 December, the Iranian government blocked access to Telegram after it had refused to ban another channel. Telegram CEO Pavel Durov tweeted that \"Iranian authorities are blocking access to Telegram for the majority of Iranians after our public refusal to shut down\u00a0telegram.me/sedaiemardom\u00a0and other peacefully protesting channels.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 88], "content_span": [89, 604]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276854-0051-0000", "contents": "2017\u20132018 Iranian protests, Government response, Media coverage and censorship, Telegram\nThe government lifted restrictions on Telegram on 13 January 2018. but again applied permanent restrictions after late April 2018. Iranian government created another version of the app that works beside telegram called Talagram or Telegram Golden and one more clone called Hotgram with overhauled censorship and features.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 88], "content_span": [89, 410]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276854-0052-0000", "contents": "2017\u20132018 Iranian protests, Government response, Media coverage and censorship, Instagram\nIran blocked Instagram on 31 December 2017. The access was restored on 6 January 2018.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 89], "content_span": [90, 176]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276854-0053-0000", "contents": "2017\u20132018 Iranian protests, Government response, Arrests and executions\nBy 14 January, over 440 protesters who were arrested during the Tehran riots had been released, according to Tehran prosecutor Abbas Jafari Dolatabadi.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 71], "content_span": [72, 223]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276854-0054-0000", "contents": "2017\u20132018 Iranian protests, Government response, Arrests and executions\nOn 19 February, Iranian MP, Mohammad Kazemi claimed that a lower court in Malayer had sentenced a fifteen-year-old boy to five years in prison for pulling down the flag of the Islamic Republic of Iran in a city square during the protests.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 71], "content_span": [72, 310]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276854-0055-0000", "contents": "2017\u20132018 Iranian protests, Government response, Arrests and executions\nMostafa Salehi, a protester accused of killing an Iranian paramilitary during the 2017-2018 protests, was executed in 2020 in the Isfahan Province.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 71], "content_span": [72, 219]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276854-0056-0000", "contents": "2017\u20132018 Iranian protests, Opinions\nConservative Iranian politician and economist Ahmad Tavakkoli blamed the protests on economic conditions experienced by the poor, for which he blamed the Rouhani administration, the policies of International Monetary Fund, and problems experienced by depositors due to non-regulation of financial institutions. Sadegh Zibakalam, a reformist Iranian academic and pundit, blamed the protests on the lost hopes of young educated unemployed Iranians, who he said felt betrayed given the Rouhani administration's earlier promises of change.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 36], "content_span": [37, 572]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276854-0056-0001", "contents": "2017\u20132018 Iranian protests, Opinions\nHe also opined that use of monarchist slogans was only the youths' way of expressing their anger at the establishment, not an indication of real support for the Pahlavis; he said he could understand the grievances of the protestors but considered them counterproductive. As deposited by the guardian, the protest mostly comprises Iranian workers under the age of 25.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 36], "content_span": [37, 403]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276854-0057-0000", "contents": "2017\u20132018 Iranian protests, Opinions\nIranian author Majid Mohammadi posited three causes for the protests: government corruption, economic hardships, and religious authoritarianism. In his opinion, religious authoritarianism was the most salient target of the protests since protesters had come to believe that the Guardianship of the Islamic Jurist was determined to preserve the status-quo and not susceptible to reform.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 36], "content_span": [37, 422]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276854-0058-0000", "contents": "2017\u20132018 Iranian protests, Opinions\nAccording to Trita Parsi, the founder and president of the National Iranian American Council, the main participants in these protests were different from those involved in the 2009 Iranian presidential election protests. Parsi suggested that the protesters were mainly those disillusioned with the Iranian reform movement or who never supported it. He said Iranian Reformists had been surprised by these protests and had not come out in support of the protestors.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 36], "content_span": [37, 500]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276854-0059-0000", "contents": "2017\u20132018 Iranian protests, Opinions\nAmerican journalist and political commentator Bret Stephens wrote that \"real democracies don't live in fear of their own people\", referring to the crackdown on protesters, and the Internet. He said that one of the reasons the protesters called for Khamenei to step down was frustration over his control of a financial organisation called \"Setad\" that was worth at least $95 billion in 2013 (according to a report from Reuters). According to Aljazeera, the leaders of Iran have pointed fingers at foreign media for overstating the extent of the protest.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 36], "content_span": [37, 589]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276854-0060-0000", "contents": "2017\u20132018 Iranian protests, Opinions\nThe New York Times columnist and commentator on Iranian politics Roger Cohen, argued that \"Trump Is Right, This Time, About Iran\", writing that even if Trump's support of protestors \"sounds hollow\", he is right to tweet that the \"wealth of Iran is being looted\" by a \"brutal and corrupt Iranian regime.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 36], "content_span": [37, 340]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276854-0060-0001", "contents": "2017\u20132018 Iranian protests, Opinions\nWhereas Philip Gordon, senior fellow in US foreign policy at the Council on Foreign Relations, wrote in the same newspaper that the best thing the President could do to support Iranians was \"Be quiet and do nothing\", arguing that if \"Mr Trump blows up the deal and reimposes sanctions, he will not be doing the opposition a favor but instead giving Iranians a reason to rally to \u2013 rather than work against \u2013 the government they might otherwise despise.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 36], "content_span": [37, 490]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276854-0061-0000", "contents": "2017\u20132018 Iranian protests, Opinions\nElliott Abrams, a former U.S. Assistant Secretary of State for the Reagan administration, criticized The New York Times on 31 December for what he said was misleading coverage of Iran's protests. In his view, the news coverage diminished the value of Iran's protests, limiting it to the economic sphere, while the slogans suggested that the political dimension of the demonstrations was also significant.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 36], "content_span": [37, 441]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276854-0062-0000", "contents": "2017\u20132018 Iranian protests, Opinions\nAccording to Scott Waldman, climate change may have helped spark the protests as Iran has been suffering from a cycle of severe droughts from the 1990s, suffers from dust storms, and mismanaged water resources. The rising temperatures may be an underlying cause for economic difficulties that led to the protests.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 36], "content_span": [37, 350]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276854-0063-0000", "contents": "2017\u20132018 Iranian protests, Opinions\nRudy Giuliani, Trump's personal lawyer, suggested that Iranian June protests were \"orchestrated\" from outside the country. He said: \"those protests are not happening spontaneously. They are happening because of many of our people in Albania [which hosts an MEK Iran compound] and many of our people here and throughout out the world.\" Some Iranian watchers believe that the protests were constituted by traditional Iranian Politicians, according to Vox.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 36], "content_span": [37, 490]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276854-0064-0000", "contents": "2017\u20132018 Iranian protests, Reactions, Security Council meeting\nOn Friday 5 January 2018, following a request by Nikki Haley, U.S. Ambassador to the U.N., an emergency meeting was held at the UN Security Council about the violations of the human rights of the Iranian protesters. According to Tay\u00e9-Brook Zerihoun, Assistant Secretary-General for Political Affairs, videos posted on social media platforms showed protesters being beaten, and government buildings, banks and religious centres burning. Over 1,000 protesters had been arrested. Nikki Haley stated the events that happened during the previous week in Iran needed the attention of the world.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 63], "content_span": [64, 652]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276854-0065-0000", "contents": "2017\u20132018 Iranian protests, Reactions, Security Council meeting\nAlthough the US overcame Russian attempts to block a UN security council discussion of the Iranian protests, it lost European support to act against Iran. While the UK, France and Germany agreed with the US on protection of protesters' rights, they used the debate to reject American efforts to undermine the nuclear deal with Iran. French representative Fran\u00e7ois Delattre said that the event was not a threat to international peace and security and said, \"It is up to the Iranians, and to the Iranians alone, to pursue the path of peaceful dialogue.\" China, Russia and some other nations considered the protests as internal issue which did not relate to the security council.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 63], "content_span": [64, 740]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276855-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u20132018 Israel Football League season\nThe 2017\u20132018 Israel Football League season was the 11th season of the Israel Football League. Only seven teams competed this season, with the Ramat HaSharon Hammers going on hiatus. The season concluded with the Jerusalem Lions defeating the Petah Tikva Troopers, 28-20, in Israel Bowl XI.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [39, 39], "content_span": [40, 330]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276855-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u20132018 Israel Football League season, Regular season\nThe regular season consisted of ten games, with the top six teams qualifying for the playoffs. The Lions earned the top seed in the playoffs with an undefeated record.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 55], "content_span": [56, 223]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276855-0002-0000", "contents": "2017\u20132018 Israel Football League season, Playoffs\nThe Troopers defeated the Silverbacks while the Pioneers upset the Underdogs in the Wild Card Round. In the Semifinals, the Lions defeated the Pioneers and the Troopers upset the Rebels. Israel Bowl XI took place on March 22, 2018 at the Kraft Family Sports Campus, with the Lions defeating the Troopers 28-20 and David Abell being named Israel Bowl MVP for the second year in a row.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 49], "content_span": [50, 433]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276856-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u20132018 Massachusetts legislature\nThe 190th Massachusetts General Court, consisting of the Massachusetts Senate and the Massachusetts House of Representatives, met in 2017 and 2018 during the governorship of Charlie Baker. Harriette L. Chandler served as president of the Senate and Robert DeLeo served as speaker of the House.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [35, 35], "content_span": [36, 329]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276857-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u20132018 Moroccan protests\nThe 2017\u20132018 Moroccan protests, or more commonly known as Hogra (Arabic: \u0647\u062c\u0631 \u0623) was mass demonstrations, popular protests and strike actions carried out by activists, civilians and hundreds of thousands of ordinary Moroccans in Morocco, staring in the town of Jerada protesting the deaths of 2 miners.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [27, 27], "content_span": [28, 330]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276857-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u20132018 Moroccan protests, Background\nThe Hirak Rif Movement was a popular movement and civil uprising that echoed from peaceful opposition unrest to violent street protests and consisted of nonviolent grassroots marches and strike rallies in Morocco after the Death of Mouhcine Fikri in October 2016; his swordfish cart was confiscated. The incident triggered an uprising demanded justice and an end to police brutality but turned into demands for better public services, social infrastructure/developments and jobs. The movement was met with high police repression by the military as they suppressed the movement. Protesters also called on the release of Nasser Zefzafi, the leader of the protest movement who was arrested after interrupting Friday prayers in May. After the killing of 2 miners, civilians took to the streets once again.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 39], "content_span": [40, 841]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276857-0002-0000", "contents": "2017\u20132018 Moroccan protests, Protests\nOn 27 December, thousands demonstrated following the deaths, prompting solidarity echoes nationwide. Strikes and unrest broke out and police clashed with demonstrators. Protests erupted in Zagora despite 3 months of thirst demonstrations in inspiration from the rallies in Jerada. Around ten thousands demonstrators gathered for the next couple of days despite a police Crackdown on protesters. Mass demonstrations broke out on other towns and attended funerals of the two miners in the shuttered area.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 37], "content_span": [38, 540]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276857-0003-0000", "contents": "2017\u20132018 Moroccan protests, Protests\nScattered protests and anger over the killings and impoverishment in the nation sparked widespread violence and civil unrest, in protest at the government. Protesters also rallied for justice and better conditions in poor areas, port towns and rural areas of the country. Countrywide protests would lead to crackdowns, and it certainly did. After intensifying protests and large-scale protests, the police was sent in to disperse protesters and protests grew larger amid widespread voices in opposition to the current regime. In Zagora, water demonstrations was dispersed by police.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 37], "content_span": [38, 620]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276857-0004-0000", "contents": "2017\u20132018 Moroccan protests, Protests\nProtests continued into the new year, a wave of experienced and precedented protests hit the country. Big rallies and huge marches occurred in January, February and March, when demonstrations escalated after the death of another coal miner amid growing street protests and opposition demonstrations against low jobs, unemployment and impoverishment. Protests was met with violence as demonstrators threw stones at Riot police as anger and renewed protests resumed. Scores were left injured when police vans recklessly drove over protesters during intensive protests in Jerada.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 37], "content_span": [38, 614]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276857-0005-0000", "contents": "2017\u20132018 Moroccan protests, Protests\nProtests occurred in June 2018, but on a small magnitude. Protesters marched in a large-political earthquake the month after, amid widespread social protests, demanding the release of political prisoners and protesters jailed during the Hirak Rif Movement in 2016-2017. The rights group says Moroccan authorities used excessive, disproportionate force in dealing with economic protests.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 37], "content_span": [38, 424]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276858-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u20132018 North Korea crisis\nThe 2017\u201318 North Korea crisis was a period of heightened tension between North Korea and the United States throughout 2017, which began when North Korea conducted a series of missile and nuclear tests that demonstrated the country's ability to launch ballistic missiles beyond its immediate region and suggested that North Korea's nuclear weapons capability was developing at a faster rate than had been assessed by the U.S. intelligence community.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [28, 28], "content_span": [29, 478]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276858-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u20132018 North Korea crisis\nThis, as well as a regular joint U.S.\u2013South Korea military exercise undertaken in August 2017 and U.S. threats, raised international tensions in the region and beyond. During 2017, North Korea conducted its sixth nuclear test in early September, and heated rhetoric was exchanged, stoking fears about a possible war.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [28, 28], "content_span": [29, 345]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276858-0002-0000", "contents": "2017\u20132018 North Korea crisis\nWhile the tensions were mostly with the United States, North Korea threatened Australia twice with nuclear strikes throughout 2017, accusing them of siding with the U.S. and 'blindly' following them.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [28, 28], "content_span": [29, 228]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276858-0003-0000", "contents": "2017\u20132018 North Korea crisis\nBy the beginning of 2018, however, tensions began to ease dramatically, with North Korea announcing the restoration of the Seoul\u2013Pyongyang hotline and agreeing to hold talks with South Korea about participation in the 2018 Winter Olympics in Pyeongchang. Diplomatic activity flourished during the next few months, with the suspension of nuclear and missile tests by North Korea, and the 2018 inter-Korean summit in late April which culminated in the signing of the Panmunjom Declaration on 27 April 2018. An unprecedented bilateral summit between Kim and Trump was held in Singapore on 12 June 2018.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [28, 28], "content_span": [29, 628]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276858-0003-0001", "contents": "2017\u20132018 North Korea crisis\nIt resulted in a joint declaration calling for the \"full denuclearization of the Korean peninsula\". A second summit between Kim and Trump took place in Hanoi, Vietnam on 27\u201328 February 2019. Though talks there broke down, a third summit took place in the Korean Demilitarized Zone (DMZ) on 30 June 2019, with Trump becoming the first US leader to visit North Korea. Follow-up talks later in 2019, however, broke down within hours.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [28, 28], "content_span": [29, 459]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276858-0004-0000", "contents": "2017\u20132018 North Korea crisis, Background, North Korea's nuclear weapons program\nIn his New Year's Day speech on January 2, 2017, Kim Jong-un, the leader of North Korea, said that the country was in the \"last stage\" of preparations to test-fire an intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 79], "content_span": [80, 289]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276858-0005-0000", "contents": "2017\u20132018 North Korea crisis, Background, North Korea's nuclear weapons program\nOn May 3, North Korea issued a rare and harshly worded criticism of its chief ally, China, stating that \"One must clearly understand that the D.P.R.K. 's line of access to nukes for the existence and development of the country can neither be changed nor shaken[...] And that the D.P.R.K. will never beg for the maintenance of friendship with China, risking its nuclear program which is as precious as its own life, no matter how valuable the friendship is...", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 79], "content_span": [80, 538]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276858-0005-0001", "contents": "2017\u20132018 North Korea crisis, Background, North Korea's nuclear weapons program\nChina should no longer try to test the limits of the D.P.R.K. 's patience[...] China had better ponder over the grave consequences to be entailed by its reckless act of chopping down the pillar of the D.P.R.K.-China relations.\" The harsh commentary also accused the Chinese media (which is tightly controlled by the government) of dancing to the tune of the U.S.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 79], "content_span": [80, 442]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276858-0006-0000", "contents": "2017\u20132018 North Korea crisis, Background, North Korea's nuclear weapons program\nIn early August 2017, The Washington Post reported an assessment, made by the U.S. Defense Intelligence Agency in July 2017, which said that North Korea had successfully developed nuclear warheads for missiles capable of reaching the U.S. mainland (a miniaturized nuclear warhead that can fit inside its missiles).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 79], "content_span": [80, 394]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276858-0007-0000", "contents": "2017\u20132018 North Korea crisis, Background, Sanctions on North Korea; trade with China\nSince North Korea's first nuclear test in 2006, the UN Security Council had passed a number of resolutions that imposed various sanctions on the DPRK, including restrictions on economic activity. Nevertheless, North Korea's gross domestic product grew by an estimated 3.9 percent in 2016, to about $28.5 billion, the fastest pace in 17 years; the progress was largely attributed to continued trade with China, which accounted for more than 90% of North Korea's international trade.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 84], "content_span": [85, 566]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276858-0008-0000", "contents": "2017\u20132018 North Korea crisis, Background, Sanctions on North Korea; trade with China\nIn late February 2017, following North Korea's February 12 test of the Pukkuksong-2 medium-range ballistic missile, China, which regards its trade with North Korea and the putative missile threat to the U.S. as separate issues, said it would comply with UN Resolution 2321 and halt all coal imports (North Korea's main export) from North Korea. The halt notwithstanding, in April 2017, China said that its trade with North Korean had expanded. In July 2017, China's trade with North Korea, while the ban on North Korean coal was said to have slowed imports from the DPRK, was worth $456 million, up from $426 million in July 2016, the year-to-date trade being up 10.2 percent at $3.01 billion.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 84], "content_span": [85, 778]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276858-0009-0000", "contents": "2017\u20132018 North Korea crisis, Background, Sanctions on North Korea; trade with China\nIn 2017, North Korea was sanctioned several times by the UN Security Council. The latest ones were imposed on December 22, 2017. According to this resolution, oil supplies to the DPRK are prohibited, and all countries have decided to expel North Korean labor migrants from the territories of the countries where they work within 24 months.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 84], "content_span": [85, 424]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276858-0010-0000", "contents": "2017\u20132018 North Korea crisis, Background, Sanctions on North Korea; trade with China\nChina has been opposed to secondary sanctions that may be imposed on Chinese firms that do business with North Korea.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 84], "content_span": [85, 202]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276858-0011-0000", "contents": "2017\u20132018 North Korea crisis, Background, Imprisonment of U.S. citizens\nAmerican university student Otto Warmbier was freed from North Korea in June 2017, while in a coma after nearly 18 months of captivity. Warmbier died without regaining consciousness on June 19, 2017, six days after his return to the United States. Some U.S. officials blamed North Korea for his death. In July 2017, U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson authorized a \"Geographical Travel Restriction\" which banned Americans from entering North Korea.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 71], "content_span": [72, 522]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276858-0012-0000", "contents": "2017\u20132018 North Korea crisis, Background, THAAD in South Korea\nOstensibly to counter North Korea's missile threat, United States Forces Korea (USFK) had been planning deployment of the Terminal High Altitude Area Defense (THAAD) in South Korea, which is designed to detect and destroy intermediate- and medium-range ballistic missiles (not intercontinental ballistic missile). The deployment had faced strong oppositions from China, Russia, and North Korea. In late April 2017, it was reported that while THAAD had originally been scheduled to become operational by the end of 2017, this could occur sooner. According to U.S. Forces Korea's announcement, THAAD stationed in South Korea had reached initial operating capability (IOC) on May 1, 2017.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 62], "content_span": [63, 748]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276858-0013-0000", "contents": "2017\u20132018 North Korea crisis, Timeline, USS Carl Vinson's movements: April 2017\nFollowing North Korea's test-firing of a medium-range ballistic missile from its eastern port of Sinpo into the Sea of Japan on April 5, which came a month after four ballistic missiles were fired towards the Sea of Japan, tensions increased as U.S. president Donald Trump had said the U.S. was prepared to act alone to deal with the nuclear threat from North Korea.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 79], "content_span": [80, 446]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276858-0013-0001", "contents": "2017\u20132018 North Korea crisis, Timeline, USS Carl Vinson's movements: April 2017\nOn April 9, the U.S. Navy announced it was sending a navy strike group headed by the supercarrier USS\u00a0Carl Vinson to the West Pacific (\"to sail north and report on station in the Western Pacific Ocean after departing Singapore April 8\"), but due to apparent miscommunication inside the U.S. administration, the naval move was presented as one towards the Korean peninsula. This information was backtracked by the U.S. government a few days later.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 79], "content_span": [80, 527]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276858-0014-0000", "contents": "2017\u20132018 North Korea crisis, Timeline, USS Carl Vinson's movements: April 2017\nThe April 9 announcement by the Navy led to a \"glitch-ridden sequence of events\". On April 17, North Korea's deputy United Nations ambassador accused the United States of turning the Korean peninsula into \"the world's biggest hotspot\" and the North Korean government stated \"its readiness to declare war on the United States if North Korean forces were to be attacked.\" In reality on April 18, Carl Vinson and its escorts were 5,600 kilometres (3,500\u00a0mi) from Korea engaged in scheduled joint Royal Australian Navy exercises in the Indian Ocean.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 79], "content_span": [80, 625]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276858-0014-0001", "contents": "2017\u20132018 North Korea crisis, Timeline, USS Carl Vinson's movements: April 2017\nOn April 24 the Japanese destroyers Ashigara and Samidare participated with Carl Vinson in tactical training drills near the Philippines; North Korea threatened to sink her with a single strike. Carl Vinson had been in the South China Sea in 2015 and again in February 2017 on routine patrols. In late April 2017, Trump stated that \"[t]here is a chance that we [the United States] could end up having a major, major conflict with North Korea\".", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 79], "content_span": [80, 523]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276858-0015-0000", "contents": "2017\u20132018 North Korea crisis, Timeline, USS Carl Vinson's movements: April 2017\nOn April 24, North Korea marked the 85th anniversary of the Korean People's Army by what was said to be \"its largest ever military drill,\" conducted in Wonsan. The following day, it was reported that the United States and South Korea had begun installing key elements of the THAAD missile defense in South Korea's Seongju County.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 79], "content_span": [80, 409]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276858-0016-0000", "contents": "2017\u20132018 North Korea crisis, Timeline, ICBM test-flight on 4 July\nOn July 4 North Korea conducted the first publicly announced flight test of its ICBM Hwasong-14, timed to coincide with the U.S. Independence Day celebrations. This flight had a claimed range of 933 kilometres (580\u00a0mi) eastwards into the Sea of Japan (East Sea of Korea) and reached an altitude of 2,802 kilometres (9,193,000\u00a0ft) during a 39-minute flight.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 66], "content_span": [67, 423]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276858-0016-0001", "contents": "2017\u20132018 North Korea crisis, Timeline, ICBM test-flight on 4 July\nThe U.S. government experts classified the missile launch as a big step in Pyongyang's quest to acquire a nuclear-tipped weapon capable of hitting the U.S. North Korea declared it was now \"a full-fledged nuclear power that has been possessed of the most powerful inter-continental ballistic rocket capable of hitting any part of the world\".", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 66], "content_span": [67, 407]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276858-0017-0000", "contents": "2017\u20132018 North Korea crisis, Timeline, ICBM test-flight on 4 July\nUSFK said in a statement dated July 4, 2017: \"Eighth U.S. Army and Republic of Korea (ROK) military personnel conducted a combined event exercising assets countering North Korea's destabilizing and unlawful actions on July 4.\" South Korea's Hyunmoo-2B and U.S. Army Tactical Missile System missiles were launched during the drill.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 66], "content_span": [67, 397]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276858-0018-0000", "contents": "2017\u20132018 North Korea crisis, Timeline, Rhetorical escalation in August 2017\nOn August 8, 2017, President Donald Trump warned that North Korean nuclear threats would \"be met with fire, fury and frankly power, the likes of which the world has never seen before,\" after the mass media reported that a US intelligence assessment had found that the country had successfully produced a miniaturised nuclear warhead capable of fitting inside its missiles. President Trump also remarked of North Korea's leader Kim Jong-un: \"He has been very threatening beyond a normal state.\" Within hours, North Korea responded by announcing that it was considering attacking U.S. military bases in the US territory of Guam.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 76], "content_span": [77, 703]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276858-0019-0000", "contents": "2017\u20132018 North Korea crisis, Timeline, Rhetorical escalation in August 2017\nOn August 10, 2017, North Korean Lt. Gen. Kim Rak-gyom responded to Trump's speech of \"fire and fury,\" saying his words were \"nonsense\" and asserting that \"reasonable dialogue\" wasn't possible with Trump as president of the US. The North Korean governmental news agency KCNA reported that Kim Jong-un's military was considering a plan to fire four ICBMs, type Hwasong-12, into the Philippine Sea just 30\u201340 kilometers away from the island Guam. The flight time of missiles was estimated to be exactly 17 minutes and 45 seconds.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 76], "content_span": [77, 604]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276858-0019-0001", "contents": "2017\u20132018 North Korea crisis, Timeline, Rhetorical escalation in August 2017\nA report by the KCNA suggested the plan would be put into operation in mid-August. U.S. officials stated that Joseph Y. Yun, the US envoy for North Korea policy, and Pak Song-il, a senior North Korean diplomat at the country's UN mission, were making regular contact during this dispute, through a conduit of communication they called the New York channel.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 76], "content_span": [77, 433]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276858-0020-0000", "contents": "2017\u20132018 North Korea crisis, Timeline, Rhetorical escalation in August 2017\nOn August 11, Trump wrote on Twitter: \"Military solutions are now fully in place,[\u00a0]locked and loaded,[\u00a0]should North Korea act unwisely. Hopefully Kim Jong Un will find another path!\" Former U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations John Bolton and former U.S. Secretary of Defense Leon Panetta stated that the standoff between the U.S. and North Korea over Pyongyang's nuclear weapons program was comparable to the Cuban Missile Crisis.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 76], "content_span": [77, 511]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276858-0021-0000", "contents": "2017\u20132018 North Korea crisis, Timeline, Rhetorical escalation in August 2017\nBob Woodward, in his 2020 book Rage, quoted Mike Pompeo as saying the national security team \"never knew whether it was real, or whether it was a bluff\", and reported that Jim Mattis slept fully dressed due to concerns about a North Korean attack.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 76], "content_span": [77, 324]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276858-0022-0000", "contents": "2017\u20132018 North Korea crisis, Timeline, Rhetorical escalation in August 2017\nOn August 14, Ukraine's Chairman of the National Security and Defense Council, Oleksandr Turchynov denied that it had ever supplied defense technology to North Korea, responding to an article in the New York Times that said North Korea might have purchased rocket engines from Ukrainian factory Yuzhmash, who have also denied the report.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 76], "content_span": [77, 414]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276858-0023-0000", "contents": "2017\u20132018 North Korea crisis, Timeline, Rhetorical escalation in August 2017\nOn August 15, the North Korean leader said he was delaying a decision on firing missiles towards the US Pacific territory of Guam while he waits to see what Trump does next.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 76], "content_span": [77, 250]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276858-0024-0000", "contents": "2017\u20132018 North Korea crisis, Timeline, Rhetorical escalation in August 2017\nFrom August 21\u201331, the U.S. and South Korea conducted the 2017 Ulchi-Freedom Guardian exercise that was billed by U.S. Forces Korea as slightly smaller than the previous year's, with 17,500 U.S. troops participating; an editorial carried by North Korea's official Rodong Sinmun newspaper condemned the drills as \"the most explicit expression of hostility against us.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 76], "content_span": [77, 444]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276858-0025-0000", "contents": "2017\u20132018 North Korea crisis, Timeline, Rhetorical escalation in August 2017\nOn August 25, North Korea fired three missiles from Kangwon Province in the southeastern part of the country. According to Cmdr. Dave Benham of US Pacific Command, one of the missiles exploded on launch while the other two suffered critical failures in flight, splashing down in the Sea of Japan after flying a distance of 250 kilometers (160\u00a0mi).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 76], "content_span": [77, 424]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276858-0026-0000", "contents": "2017\u20132018 North Korea crisis, Timeline, Rhetorical escalation in August 2017, Missile test over Japan on 29 August\nOn August 29, just before 6\u00a0am JST, North Korea launched a missile which flew over Hokkaido, Japan. The missile reached an altitude of 550\u00a0km (340\u00a0mi) and flew a total distance of around 2,700\u00a0km (1,700\u00a0mi) before crashing into the Pacific. The missile was not shot down by the Japanese military. This was the third time, with two prior events in 1998 and 2009, that a North Korean missile had passed over Japanese territory. However, in both of those prior cases, North Korea had claimed that they were launching satellites.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 114], "content_span": [115, 640]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276858-0026-0001", "contents": "2017\u20132018 North Korea crisis, Timeline, Rhetorical escalation in August 2017, Missile test over Japan on 29 August\nThe missile prompted activation of the J-Alert warning system in Tohoku and Hokkaido, advising people to seek shelter. The launch was scheduled on the 107th anniversary of the Japan-Korea annexation treaty, and KCNA said that it was \"a bold plan to make the cruel Japanese islanders insensible on bloody August 29.\" The missile launched was said to have followed a much flatter trajectory than those tested earlier in 2017.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 114], "content_span": [115, 538]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276858-0027-0000", "contents": "2017\u20132018 North Korea crisis, Timeline, Rhetorical escalation in August 2017, Missile test over Japan on 29 August\nAn emergency UN Security Council meeting was called for later that day to discuss the event. In a statement issued by the White House in response to the launch, US President Donald Trump said that \"All options are on the table\" regarding North Korea.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 114], "content_span": [115, 365]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276858-0028-0000", "contents": "2017\u20132018 North Korea crisis, Timeline, Rhetorical escalation in August 2017, U.S. response at the end of August\nOn August 30, President Trump issued a statement via Twitter saying \"The U.S. has been talking to North Korea and paying them extortion money, for 25 years. Talking is not the answer!\" However, when asked by reporters at a meeting with South Korean Defense Minister Song Young-Moo whether diplomacy was off the table, US Secretary of Defense James Mattis stated that \"We're never out of diplomatic solutions\" and \"We always look for more. We're never complacent.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 112], "content_span": [113, 576]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276858-0029-0000", "contents": "2017\u20132018 North Korea crisis, Timeline, Rhetorical escalation in August 2017, U.S. response at the end of August\nOn August 31, the US flew a squadron of bombers, including two B-1Bs and four F-35s, and conducted bombing drills in what US Pacific Command described as a \"direct response to North Korea's intermediate range ballistic missile launch,\" referring to North Korea's IRBM launch on August 29.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 112], "content_span": [113, 401]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276858-0030-0000", "contents": "2017\u20132018 North Korea crisis, Timeline, Sixth nuclear test and aftermath: September 2017\nOn September 3, at 3:31\u00a0am UTC, the United States Geological Survey reported that it had detected a magnitude 6.3 earthquake in North Korea near the Punggye-ri test site. Given the shallow depth of the quake and its proximity to North Korea's primary nuclear weapons testing facility, experts concluded that the country had conducted a sixth nuclear weapon test since the country first exploded a nuclear device in 2006. North Korea claimed that they had tested a hydrogen bomb capable of being mounted on an ICBM. The independent seismic monitoring agency NORSAR estimated that the blast had a yield of around 120 kilotons. An official KCNA statement of September 3, also claimed North Korea's ability to conduct a \"super-powerful EMP attack\".", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 88], "content_span": [89, 833]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276858-0031-0000", "contents": "2017\u20132018 North Korea crisis, Timeline, Sixth nuclear test and aftermath: September 2017\nOn the same day, U.S. Defense Secretary James Mattis speaking on behalf of the White House, warned there would be \"a massive military response\" to any threat from North Korea against the United States, including Guam, or its allies.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 88], "content_span": [89, 321]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276858-0032-0000", "contents": "2017\u20132018 North Korea crisis, Timeline, Sixth nuclear test and aftermath: September 2017\nEarly on September 4, the Republic of Korea (South Korea) conducted a ballistic missile exercise that involved the South's Hyunmoo ballistic missile and the F-15K fighter jets, which was billed to be in response to North's detonation. The state news agency Yonhap said the South's military had carried out a live-fire exercise simulating an attack on the North's nuclear site, hitting \"designated targets in the East Sea\".", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 88], "content_span": [89, 511]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276858-0033-0000", "contents": "2017\u20132018 North Korea crisis, Timeline, Sixth nuclear test and aftermath: September 2017\nOn the same day, the UN Security Council convened to discuss further measures against North Korea; the leaked draft the relevant UNSC resolution prepared by the U.S. was said to call for an oil embargo on North Korea, ban on the country's exports of textiles, on the hiring of North Korean workers abroad as well as personal sanctions against Kim Jong-un. Despite resistance from China and Russia, the United States on 8 September formally requested a vote of the United Nations Security Council on the U.S. resolution. UNSC 2375 passed on September 11 as a significantly watered-down version of the United States' request.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 88], "content_span": [89, 712]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276858-0034-0000", "contents": "2017\u20132018 North Korea crisis, Timeline, Sixth nuclear test and aftermath: September 2017\nIn an interview on September 4, Liu Jieyi, China's ambassador to the United Nations, called for dialogue, saying that the issue needed to be resolved \"peacefully\". He said, \"China will never allow chaos and war on the peninsula.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 88], "content_span": [89, 318]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276858-0035-0000", "contents": "2017\u20132018 North Korea crisis, Timeline, Sixth nuclear test and aftermath: September 2017\nPresident Vladimir Putin speaking to the Chinese press on September 5, 2017, described U.S. proposals for further sanctions on Pyongyang as \"useless\"; he said, \"Ramping up military hysteria in such conditions is senseless; it's a dead end.\" Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov has likened the war of words between U.S. President Donald Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong-un to a kindergarten fight between two children, saying \"Together with China we'll continue to strive for a reasonable approach and not an emotional one like when children in a kindergarten start fighting and no-one can stop them.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 88], "content_span": [89, 698]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276858-0036-0000", "contents": "2017\u20132018 North Korea crisis, Timeline, Sixth nuclear test and aftermath: September 2017\nA plan proposed by both China and Russia calls for a joint freeze (freeze-for-freeze)\u00a0\u2013 of North's missile tests, and U.S. and South Korean military exercises; the next step would be starting talks. The joint initiative of Russia and China envisages the involved parties' commitment to \"four nos\": concerning regime change, regime collapse, accelerated reunification, and military deployment north of the thirty-eighth parallel.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 88], "content_span": [89, 517]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276858-0037-0000", "contents": "2017\u20132018 North Korea crisis, Timeline, Sixth nuclear test and aftermath: September 2017\nOn September 6, Donald Trump, after a telephone conversation with China's Xi Jinping, said that the United States would not tolerate North Korea's provocations, although military action was not his \"first choice\".", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 88], "content_span": [89, 302]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276858-0038-0000", "contents": "2017\u20132018 North Korea crisis, Timeline, Sixth nuclear test and aftermath: September 2017\nOn September 10, the Secretary General of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization Jens Stoltenberg said in an interview with BBC television: \"The reckless behavior of North Korea is a global threat and requires a global response and that of course also includes NATO\"; when asked whether an attack on the U.S. Pacific territory of Guam would trigger NATO's Article 5, he said: \"I will not speculate about whether Article 5 will be applied in such a situation.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 88], "content_span": [89, 548]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276858-0039-0000", "contents": "2017\u20132018 North Korea crisis, Timeline, Sixth nuclear test and aftermath: September 2017, Missile test over Japan on September 15\nOn September 14, North Korea issued a threat to \"sink\" Japan, and turn the US to \"ashes and darkness\". The statement drew strong condemnation from Yoshihide Suga, who described the speech as \"extremely provocative and egregious\". The next day, an IRBM was fired from near Pyongyang and flew over Hokkaido, Japan before splashing down in the western Pacific about two thousand kilometers off Cape Erimo at about 7:16\u00a0am local time.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 129], "content_span": [130, 560]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276858-0040-0000", "contents": "2017\u20132018 North Korea crisis, Timeline, Sixth nuclear test and aftermath: September 2017, Missile test over Japan on September 15\nThe missile traveled 3,700 kilometers (2,300\u00a0mi) achieving a maximum apogee of 770 kilometres (480\u00a0mi) during its 19-minute flight. It was the furthest any North Korean IRBM missile has gone above and beyond Japan. On September 18, North Korea announced that any further sanctions would only cause acceleration of their nuclear program.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 129], "content_span": [130, 466]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276858-0041-0000", "contents": "2017\u20132018 North Korea crisis, Timeline, Sixth nuclear test and aftermath: September 2017, U.S. and China agree on \"pressure\"\nOn September 18, the White House said president Donald Trump and Chinese president Xi Jinping had discussed North Korea's continued nuclear weapons and ballistic missile tests and committed to \"maximising pressure on North Korea through vigorous enforcement\" of UN Security Council resolutions on North Korea; North Korea said the sanctions would accelerate its nuclear program.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 124], "content_span": [125, 503]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276858-0042-0000", "contents": "2017\u20132018 North Korea crisis, Timeline, Sixth nuclear test and aftermath: September 2017, Trump's speech at UN GA, and Kim Jong-un's response\nOn September 19, Donald Trump, in his first address to the United Nations General Assembly, said that the United States: \"if it is forced to defend itself or its allies, we will have no choice but to totally destroy North Korea. Rocket Man [Kim Jong-un] is on a suicide mission for himself and for his regime. The United States are ready, willing and able, but hopefully this will not be necessary.\" Also, without mentioning it by name, Donald Trump criticized China for maintaining relations with NK, calling it \"an outrage that some nations would not only trade with such a regime, but would arm, supply, and financially support a country that imperils the world with nuclear conflict\".", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 141], "content_span": [142, 830]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276858-0043-0000", "contents": "2017\u20132018 North Korea crisis, Timeline, Sixth nuclear test and aftermath: September 2017, Trump's speech at UN GA, and Kim Jong-un's response\nOn September 20, U.S. president Donald Trump signed an executive order that further toughened U.S. sanctions against North Korea: the U.S. Treasury was thereby authorized to target firms and financial institutions conducting business with NK. Commenting on the executive order, Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin said, \"Foreign financial institutions are now on notice that going forward they can choose to do business with the United States or North Korea, but not both.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 141], "content_span": [142, 613]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276858-0044-0000", "contents": "2017\u20132018 North Korea crisis, Timeline, Sixth nuclear test and aftermath: September 2017, Trump's speech at UN GA, and Kim Jong-un's response\nOn September 21, responding directly for the first time to President Trump's threat, North Korea's leader Kim Jong-un in his capacity of Chairman of State Affairs of DPRK called Trump a \"mentally deranged U.S. dotard\" (Korean: \ub299\ub2e4\ub9ac \ubbf8\uce58\uad11\uc774, romanized:\u00a0Neukdari michigwangi, lit. 'Old man lunatic') and vowed the \"highest level of hard-line countermeasure in history.\" (The ad hominem insults aside, no reference was made to the \"hostile policy\" of the United States, a staple of North Korean statements otherwise.) Foreign minister Ri Yong-ho likewise alluded to Trump as a barking dog, and furthermore remarked that North Korea might be considering the largest test of a hydrogen bomb ever in the Pacific Ocean, which would constitute the first atmospheric nuclear test in the world since 1980 (last performed by China).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 141], "content_span": [142, 959]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276858-0045-0000", "contents": "2017\u20132018 North Korea crisis, Timeline, Sixth nuclear test and aftermath: September 2017, Trump's speech at UN GA, and Kim Jong-un's response\nOn September 25, North Korea's Foreign Minister Ri Yong Ho accused Trump of declaring war on his country, referring to Trump's recent tweet that North Korea \"won't be around much longer.\" The White House responded that the United States has not declared war.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 141], "content_span": [142, 400]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276858-0046-0000", "contents": "2017\u20132018 North Korea crisis, Timeline, Sixth nuclear test and aftermath: September 2017, Trump's speech at UN GA, and Kim Jong-un's response\nOn September 30, Rex Tillerson stated while on a trip to China, that the U.S. and North Korea were in \"direct contact\". \"We have lines of communications to Pyongyang\" he said, \"We're not in a dark situation\". He further stated that the U.S. was \"probing\" the possibility of direct talks. \"So stay tuned\". The Associated Press has claimed that a long-used back-channel has been re-opened in the past months, the 'New York Channel', facilitating communication between Washington and Pyongyang. The next day however, Trump made a series of posts on Twitter which seemed to undermine Tillerson's efforts, claiming that Tillerson was \"wasting his time\" trying to negotiate with North Korea and that \"we'll do what has to be done\".", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 141], "content_span": [142, 867]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276858-0047-0000", "contents": "2017\u20132018 North Korea crisis, Timeline, Sixth nuclear test and aftermath: September 2017, Trump's speech at UN GA, and Kim Jong-un's response\nFormer CIA Director John O. Brennan, during a Q&A session at Fordham University on October 18, remarked that \"I think the prospects of military conflict in the Korean peninsula are greater than they have been in several decades... I don't think it's likely or probable, but if it's a 1-in-4 or 1-in-5 chance, that's too high.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 141], "content_span": [142, 468]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276858-0048-0000", "contents": "2017\u20132018 North Korea crisis, Timeline, Sixth nuclear test and aftermath: September 2017, Argument about nuclear armament of South Korea and Japan\nAn argument emerged in both South Korea and Japan about the nuclear option, driven by worry that the United States might hesitate to defend the countries if doing so might provoke a missile launched from the North at major U.S. cities. In South Korea, polls show that 60 percent of the population favors building nuclear weapons, and that nearly 70 percent want the United States to reintroduce tactical nuclear weapons, which were withdrawn in 1991.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 146], "content_span": [147, 597]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276858-0048-0001", "contents": "2017\u20132018 North Korea crisis, Timeline, Sixth nuclear test and aftermath: September 2017, Argument about nuclear armament of South Korea and Japan\nIn October, Hong Jun-pyo, one of the leading South Korean opposition figures, argued \"only by deploying tactical nuclear weapons on South Korean territory can we negotiate with North Korea on an equal footing.\" Republican Senator John McCain urged that the U.S. should consider deploying nuclear weapons to South Korea. Former United States Secretary of State Henry Kissinger mentioned \"If North Korea continues to have nuclear weapons, nuclear weapons must spread in the rest of Asia.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 146], "content_span": [147, 633]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276858-0049-0000", "contents": "2017\u20132018 North Korea crisis, Timeline, Sixth nuclear test and aftermath: September 2017, Armistice violation in early November 2017\nOn November 13, North Korean soldiers unsuccessfully attempted to prevent Oh Chong-song, a defector from crossing the border in the Joint Security Area. The UN Command stated that North Korean soldiers had violated the armistice agreement by firing more than 40 shots in the demilitarized zone and in the case of one soldier by briefly crossing the military demarcation line.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 132], "content_span": [133, 508]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276858-0050-0000", "contents": "2017\u20132018 North Korea crisis, Timeline, Sixth nuclear test and aftermath: September 2017, Re-listing as State Sponsor of Terrorism\nOn November 20, 2017, Trump officially announced re-listing North Korea as a State Sponsor of Terrorism, which called the move as a \"serious provocation\".", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 130], "content_span": [131, 285]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276858-0051-0000", "contents": "2017\u20132018 North Korea crisis, Timeline, Third ICBM test and aftermath: November 2017\nOn November 28, North Korea conducted its third intercontinental ballistic missile test, marking the end of a two-month span in which no missile tests were conducted. Photos of Hwasong-15 show the missile's booster engines are two Hwasong-14 engines bundled for its first stage, as agreed by three separate analysts, Tal Inbar, Kim Dong-yub, and Chang Young-Keun. The missile was said to have flown to a record altitude of 4,500 kilometres (2,800\u00a0mi) and landed in the Sea of Japan into the exclusive economic zone, a distance of 1,000 kilometres (600\u00a0mi). breaking up into three pieces.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 84], "content_span": [85, 672]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276858-0051-0001", "contents": "2017\u20132018 North Korea crisis, Timeline, Third ICBM test and aftermath: November 2017\nInitial assessments made by the Pentagon and subsequent analysis suggested that it was an ICBM judging by the height it traveled and, if fired on a normal trajectory, would more than be able to reach anywhere in the continental United States. The South Korean and Japanese defense ministries also concluded that an ICBM was likely launched and that it had traveled in a lofted trajectory.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 84], "content_span": [85, 473]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276858-0051-0002", "contents": "2017\u20132018 North Korea crisis, Timeline, Third ICBM test and aftermath: November 2017\nJapanese defense minister Itsunori Onodera also added that the missile broke apart into at least three pieces before it crashed into the waters located within the exclusive economic zone, indicating that the re-entry vehicle failed to survive re-entry into the Earth's atmosphere. It was launched from a larger launcher vehicle, with 9 axles, as opposed to the 8-axle vehicles purchased from China. Each of the three ICBMs launched so far have been launched from three different locations.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 84], "content_span": [85, 575]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276858-0052-0000", "contents": "2017\u20132018 North Korea crisis, Timeline, Third ICBM test and aftermath: November 2017\nIn a press conference shortly after the launch, President Trump said regarding North Korea's ICBM launch that \"we'll handle it\".", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 84], "content_span": [85, 213]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276858-0053-0000", "contents": "2017\u20132018 North Korea crisis, Timeline, Third ICBM test and aftermath: November 2017, Reports of sanction violations in December 2017\nIn late December 2017, it was reported that Chinese and Russian-flagged tanker ships had been observed conducting at-sea transfers of oil and petroleum products to North Korean ships over the course of the previous year, violating sanctions imposed by the US and United Nations. In posts on Twitter, Trump blasted China for defying the sanctions and continuing to support North Korea.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 133], "content_span": [134, 518]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276858-0053-0001", "contents": "2017\u20132018 North Korea crisis, Timeline, Third ICBM test and aftermath: November 2017, Reports of sanction violations in December 2017\nOne of these vessels, Lighthouse Winmore registered out of Hong Kong with 23 Chinese crew members, was seized by South Korean officials after reportedly delivering 600 tons of oil illegally to the North Korean vessel Sam Jong 2 in a part of the West Sea, between China and South Korea back in October.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 133], "content_span": [134, 435]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276858-0054-0000", "contents": "2017\u20132018 North Korea crisis, Timeline, Third ICBM test and aftermath: November 2017, Reports of sanction violations in December 2017\nExecutive Order 13722 blocks, among other items, the export of laborers which benefit the government of North Korea, or the Worker's Union Party. On 1 January 2018 The New York Times reported that as many as 147,000 workers from North Korea now work abroad, and that the Worker's Union Party of Pyongyang garnishes from 30 to 80 percent of the workers' wages. The specific businesses reported included a shipyard, a shipping container manufacturer, and greenhouses in Poland.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 133], "content_span": [134, 609]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276858-0055-0000", "contents": "2017\u20132018 North Korea crisis, Timeline, Winter Olympics \"d\u00e9tente\" and further developments: January\u2013February 2018\nThe crisis had caused concern about the safety of the 2018 Winter Olympics to be held in Pyeongchang in South Korea. It is widely believed that if North Korea participates in the Games, the risk of escalation diminishes. This theory was later put to the test when North Korea's leader Kim Jong-un signaled a possibility to send athletes to the Games after all in his New Year's speech for 2018, saying \"North Korea's participation in the Winter Games will be a good opportunity to showcase the national pride and we wish the Games will be a success.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 113], "content_span": [114, 663]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276858-0055-0001", "contents": "2017\u20132018 North Korea crisis, Timeline, Winter Olympics \"d\u00e9tente\" and further developments: January\u2013February 2018\nOfficials from the two Koreas may urgently meet to discuss the possibility\". The announcement was followed by South Korean agreement to participate in the first high-level talks with the North since December 2015. The talks were scheduled for 9 January 2018. North Korea is also prepared to talk to the IOC that week. In preparation for the North\u2013South talks, the two countries restored the Seoul\u2013Pyongyang hotline, which had been inactive for almost two years, and exchanged related documents via fax.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 113], "content_span": [114, 616]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276858-0055-0002", "contents": "2017\u20132018 North Korea crisis, Timeline, Winter Olympics \"d\u00e9tente\" and further developments: January\u2013February 2018\nAfter these developments, North Korea's IOC member Chang Ung said that the participation of North Korean figure skaters again looked likely. The possibility of North Korean participation has stirred up talk about a possible Olympic boycott by the United States, after the administration of President Donald Trump, who has been at loggerheads with Kim Jong-un, has issued mixed messages. After discussions on 9 January 2018, North Korea announced they would send athletes to compete along with a delegation to attend the Winter Olympics.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 113], "content_span": [114, 650]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276858-0056-0000", "contents": "2017\u20132018 North Korea crisis, Timeline, Winter Olympics \"d\u00e9tente\" and further developments: January\u2013February 2018\nNorth and South Korea marched together in the Olympics opening ceremony and fielded a united women's ice hockey team. As well as the athletes, North Korea sent an unprecedented high-level delegation, headed by Kim Yo-jong, sister of Kim Jong-un, and President Kim Yong-nam, and including performers like the Samjiyon Orchestra. The delegation passed along an invitation to President Moon to visit North Korea.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 113], "content_span": [114, 523]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276858-0057-0000", "contents": "2017\u20132018 North Korea crisis, Timeline, Winter Olympics \"d\u00e9tente\" and further developments: January\u2013February 2018\nAccording to North Korea expert Sung-Yoon Lee, North Korea's policy toward the Olympics is to enhance North Korea's status: \"One doesn't need to be a genius to see that this is what North Korea does: After having created a war-like, crisis atmosphere, (Kim [Jong-un]) takes a small step back and there's a collective sigh of relief that there's no war. It does wonders for North Korea's image.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 113], "content_span": [114, 508]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276858-0058-0000", "contents": "2017\u20132018 North Korea crisis, Timeline, Winter Olympics \"d\u00e9tente\" and further developments: January\u2013February 2018, False alarms in Hawaii and Japan\nResidents and tourists in the U.S. state of Hawaii were briefly thrown into a panic when an emergency alert was issued January 13, 2018, advising of an imminent ballistic missile threat. Another message was sent out about 40 minutes later describing the first alert as a false alarm.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 147], "content_span": [148, 431]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276858-0059-0000", "contents": "2017\u20132018 North Korea crisis, Timeline, Winter Olympics \"d\u00e9tente\" and further developments: January\u2013February 2018, False alarms in Hawaii and Japan\nThree days later in Japan, broadcasting agency NHK also accidentally sent an alert about a North Korean missile launch in error. The error was corrected in minutes.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 147], "content_span": [148, 312]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276858-0060-0000", "contents": "2017\u20132018 North Korea crisis, Timeline, Winter Olympics \"d\u00e9tente\" and further developments: January\u2013February 2018, 2018 State of the Union Address\nIn his first State of the Union address, President Trump devoted much time to North Korea, stoking fears that an American strike was under serious consideration and not mere saber-rattling, particularly given the withdrawal of Dr. Victor Cha as Ambassador to the Republic of Korea and its similarity to George W. Bush's Axis of Evil 2002 State of the Union Address.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 146], "content_span": [147, 512]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276858-0061-0000", "contents": "2017\u20132018 North Korea crisis, Timeline, Winter Olympics \"d\u00e9tente\" and further developments: January\u2013February 2018, Speculation about attack on North Korea\nIn mid-February, as the Olympics were ongoing, after previous media reports, the Trump administration denied considering a so-called preemptive \"bloody nose\" attack on North Korea's nuclear program. Assistant Secretary of State for East Asian and Pacific Affairs Susan Thornton confirmed that the administration's policy remains one of \"maximum pressure\" via economic sanctions in order to get North Korea to negotiate on eliminating its nuclear weapons. Thornton however reiterated that military options are still \"on the table\" and that Pyongyang would be forced to give up its nuclear weapons \"one way or another\".", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 154], "content_span": [155, 772]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276858-0062-0000", "contents": "2017\u20132018 North Korea crisis, Timeline, Beginning of peace efforts, Inter-Korean summits\nOn April 27, the two leaders met at the Joint Security Area, with Kim Jong-un crossing the MDL in South Korean territory, the first time a North Korean leader has done so. President Moon also briefly crossed into the North's territory. Both Moon and Kim signed the Panmunjom Declaration, declaring the Korean conflict over and to sign a proper peace treaty by the end of the year. With that, Moon agreed to visit Pyongyang in the fall.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 88], "content_span": [89, 524]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276858-0063-0000", "contents": "2017\u20132018 North Korea crisis, Timeline, Beginning of peace efforts, Inter-Korean summits\nOn March 8, in a surprise departure from the hostile dialogue during 2017, Trump announced that he would meet with leader Kim Jong-un, and the two would meet likely by May. Press secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders said that \"in the meantime, all sanctions and maximum pressure must remain.\" North Korea accepts South Korea's proposal to hold the high-level inter-Korean talks, which took place on March 29. On May 24, President Trump cancelled the planned meeting with Chairman Kim over \"tremendous anger and open hostility\" displayed by Kim. On June 1, President Trump reversed the cancellation and confirmed that the summit would take place on June 12 as planned.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 88], "content_span": [89, 752]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276858-0064-0000", "contents": "2017\u20132018 North Korea crisis, Timeline, Beginning of peace efforts, Inter-Korean summits\nFollowing their talks, both leaders signed a joint declaration titled \"Joint Statement of President Donald J. Trump of the United States of America and Chairman Kim Jong-un of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea at the Singapore Summit\". It states:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 88], "content_span": [89, 343]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276858-0065-0000", "contents": "2017\u20132018 North Korea crisis, Timeline, Suspicion of continued nuclear program\nIn June 2018, NBC News reported that U.S. intelligence believed that North Korea was increasing production of enriched uranium for nuclear weapons and that, in addition to its known fuel-producing facility at Yongbyon, it had multiple secret nuclear sites. In August 2018, US officials said that North Korea could be continuing to build nuclear weapons, and days later the United Nations Security Council received reports that North Korea may not have stopped its nuclear program. The reports also claimed that North Korea was violating the UN sanctions.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 78], "content_span": [79, 633]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276858-0066-0000", "contents": "2017\u20132018 North Korea crisis, Timeline, Suspicion of continued nuclear program\nIn late September 2018, Trump claimed that North Korea had already stopped nuclear testing, and he said that the United States would not impose any required timeline for North Korea's total denuclearization. \"I've got all the time in the world...we are not playing the 'time game.' If takes two years, three years, or five months, it doesn't matter,\" Trump said. He was responding to and denying U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo's claim that North Korea's denuclearization would be completed by January 2021. Trump maintained that sanctions against North Korea would stay in place until it had denuclearized.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 78], "content_span": [79, 690]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276858-0067-0000", "contents": "2017\u20132018 North Korea crisis, Timeline, Suspicion of continued nuclear program\nSatellite images obtained by CNN in December 2018 show that the Yeongjeo-dong long-range missile base (the existence of which was already public knowledge) remains active. The images also revealed continued construction on an underground facility and construction on a facility (the existence of which was previously unknown to the public) several kilometres from Yeongjeo-dong.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 78], "content_span": [79, 457]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276858-0068-0000", "contents": "2017\u20132018 North Korea crisis, Timeline, 2019 Hanoi summit\nA second summit between Kim and Trump occurred on February 27\u201328, 2019.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 57], "content_span": [58, 130]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276859-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u20132018 Russian protests\nThe 2017\u20132018 Russian protests were a long series of countrywide street protest actions and demonstrations in the Russian Federation, which were primarily concerned with suppressing corruption in the Russian government (from 26 March 2017 through spring 2018) and abandoning the planned retirement age hike (from 14 June 2018 through the end of 2018).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [26, 26], "content_span": [27, 378]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276859-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u20132018 Russian protests\nThe anti-corruption protests began in March 2017 but were joined by and overlapped the 2018 Russian pension protests. The anti-corruption protests were primarily led by Alexey Navalny, who was joined by well-known participants such as the Libertarian Party, Open Russia, and Artpodgotovka. They occurred as a result of the Russian financial crisis (2014\u20132016) aftermath, although they had their root in the corruption at the different levels up to the highest echelons of the Russian power.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [26, 26], "content_span": [27, 517]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276859-0002-0000", "contents": "2017\u20132018 Russian protests\nThe protests and demonstrations against corruption in the Russian government began in March 2017 after the release of the investigative film He Is Not Dimon to You by Navalny's Anti- Corruption Foundation, at a point when the country was already tense. Discontentment was triggered by the alleged corrupt activity of Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev as presented in the film, the inadequately planned demolition of apartments in Moscow and the protracted strikes of truck drivers related to the Platon toll system, which had been ongoing since 2015.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [26, 26], "content_span": [27, 574]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276859-0003-0000", "contents": "2017\u20132018 Russian protests\nNational protests against alleged corruption in Russia took place simultaneously in more than 100 cities across the country on 26 March 2017. They were caused by the dismissive response from the Russian authorities to the published investigative film He Is Not Dimon to You, which had garnered more than 23 million views on YouTube. By Sunday evening, riot police in body armor and helmets had detained more than 1000 demonstrators in central Moscow, as the crowd, numbering in the tens of thousands, cheered, whistled and chanted \"Shame! \", \"Medvedev, resign! \", and \"Putin is a thief!\" The Levada Centre survey showed that 38% of surveyed Russians supported the protests and that 67% held Putin \"entirely\" or \"to a large extent\" responsible for high-level corruption.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [26, 26], "content_span": [27, 796]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276859-0004-0000", "contents": "2017\u20132018 Russian protests\nA new wave of mass protests occurred on 12 June 2017. After the arrest of Navalny on 29 September, hours before a planned rally in Nizhny Novgorod, a new wave of protests was announced for 7 October, the birthday of Putin. Protests and uprisings continued in 2018, with the tendency to radicalization, and a record number of protesters was detained on 5 May, two days before Putin's inauguration. Mass rallies were held in more than 60 cities all over Russia.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [26, 26], "content_span": [27, 486]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276859-0005-0000", "contents": "2017\u20132018 Russian protests, Background\nIn March 2017, Alexei Navalny and his Anti- Corruption Foundation launched the campaign He Is Not Dimon To You, accusing Dmitry Medvedev, the prime minister and former president of Russia, of corruption. The authorities both ignored the report produced by Navalny and commented that the report was issued by a \"convicted criminal\" and was not worth commenting on.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 38], "content_span": [39, 402]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276859-0006-0000", "contents": "2017\u20132018 Russian protests, Background\nOn 26 March, Navalny organized a series of anti-corruption rallies in different cities across Russia. This appeal was responded to by the representatives of 95 of Russian cities, and four cities abroad: London, Prague, Basel and Bonn. In some cities, the rallies were sanctioned by the authorities, but in others, including Saint Petersburg, they were prohibited. Moscow authorities declined the event request by Navalny in the city centre, but did not suggest any alternative location. Navalny referred to a decision of the Constitutional court and declared the event for being permitted. The Moscow police said that 500 people had been detained, but according to the human rights group OVD-Info, 1,030 people were detained in Moscow alone, including Navalny himself.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 38], "content_span": [39, 807]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276859-0007-0000", "contents": "2017\u20132018 Russian protests, Background\nThe Main Department of the Ministry of Internal Affairs posted a message on its official website with a call to Moscow residents not to join the event. It said that the action in Moscow was not coordinated with the municipality and was illegal.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 38], "content_span": [39, 283]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276859-0008-0000", "contents": "2017\u20132018 Russian protests, Events, 26 March 2017\nOn 26 March, an estimated 60,000 people took part in anti-corruption protests across 80 Russian towns and cities and hundreds of protesters were detained, including opposition leader Alexei Navalny and employees of the Anti- Corruption Foundation.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 49], "content_span": [50, 297]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276859-0009-0000", "contents": "2017\u20132018 Russian protests, Events, 26 March 2017\nAccording to Human Rights Watch, Russian authorities have harassed, intimidated, or threatened to expel schoolchildren and university students who participated in anti-corruption demonstrations on 26 March. 70 children were arrested in Moscow alone.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 49], "content_span": [50, 299]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276859-0010-0000", "contents": "2017\u20132018 Russian protests, Events, 26 March 2017\nThe United States Department of State condemned the detention of protesters, including Alexei Navalny, stating that \"detaining peaceful protesters, human rights observers, and journalists is an affront to core democratic values.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 49], "content_span": [50, 279]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276859-0011-0000", "contents": "2017\u20132018 Russian protests, Events, 29 April 2017\nAction organized by the Open Russia civic movement led by Mikhail Khodorkovsky took place in dozens of cities all across Russia. Action was called \"Fed up with\" (\"Nadoel\" in Russian) with the aim to urge for changes in Russian political rule. Protestors called for Putin and government to resign. In Saint Petersburg, Tyumen, Kemerovo, Tula and several other cities rallies were suppressed by police, with a total of 200 people being detained countrywide. As a consequence, the Open Russia organization was labeled as \"undesirable\" by Russia's prosecutor general, so that it was officially banned from operating in the country and its website was blocked by official Media Authorities Roscomnadzor", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 49], "content_span": [50, 747]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276859-0012-0000", "contents": "2017\u20132018 Russian protests, Events, 12 June 2017\nA new wave of protests with the same goals was announced by Navalny on spring. They took place in even more cities. They occurred in 154 towns and cities. According to Reuters and rights groups, tens of thousands of protesters attended and more than one thousand were detained. A Moscow court sentenced Navalny to 30 days in prison for calling people to the protest.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 48], "content_span": [49, 415]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276859-0013-0000", "contents": "2017\u20132018 Russian protests, Events, 12 June 2017\nWhite House spokesman Sean Spicer condemned the arrest of protesters and called for their release. Russian authorities rejected US petitions and criticised the widening on the sanctions against Russia.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 48], "content_span": [49, 250]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276859-0014-0000", "contents": "2017\u20132018 Russian protests, Events, 7 October 2017\nProtest actions against corruption in the highest echelons of the Russian government were held on 7 October 2017, on the day of the 65th anniversary of V.V. Putin in the form of rallies, processions and single pickets in 79 cities of Russia. At the rallies came from 2560 to 21,520 people, like the supporters of Navalny, and his opponents. The main rallies were rallies in St. Petersburg and Moscow. In Saint Petersburg, the action began on the Field of Mars, and in Moscow on Tverskaya Street. The reason for their conduct were facts of corruption V.V. Putin and his associates. 290 participants of the action were detained.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 50], "content_span": [51, 677]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276859-0015-0000", "contents": "2017\u20132018 Russian protests, Events, 5 November 2017\nIn Moscow, many police were present, the Okhotny Ryad station was closed. The police conducted selective searches of citizens, many were taken away in padded wagons. At 13:00 on the message OVD-Info in Moscow, 82 people were detained. 2 people were detained in Saint Petersburg, 4 in Krasnoyarsk. Also detained a representative of the \"Echo of Moscow\". Later in Saint Petersburg, another 10 people were detained near the Smolny Institute.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 51], "content_span": [52, 490]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276859-0016-0000", "contents": "2017\u20132018 Russian protests, Events, 5 November 2017\nAt 21:00 on the message OVD-Info, the number of detainees increased to 448 people. Most of the detentions took place in Moscow \u2013 339, in Saint Petersburg 21 people, according to unconfirmed reports, 49 of them \u2013 minors. It remains to spend the night in the police departments, on the night of 6 November, about 112 people.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 51], "content_span": [52, 374]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276859-0017-0000", "contents": "2017\u20132018 Russian protests, Events, 28 January 2018\nProtests within the framework of the \"Strike of voters\" were held on 28 January 2018 in the form of rallies, processions and solitary pickets in 118 cities of Russia. The reason was the refusal of the CEC to register at the election of Alexei Navalny, after which he announced a protest on 28 January, and urged all his supporters not to come to the elections and agitate others not to take part in them. The Ministry of Internal Affairs estimated the number of participants in the shares of 3500\u20134500 people, the HROs \u2013 in 5000.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 51], "content_span": [52, 581]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276859-0017-0001", "contents": "2017\u20132018 Russian protests, Events, 28 January 2018\nAccording to the supporters of Navalny, the participants were much more. The New Times, referring to eyewitnesses, reported 4,000\u20135,000 protesters in Moscow and 2,000\u20133,000 in Saint Petersburg. In Yekaterinburg, in an agreed action, Mayor Yevgeny Roizman and Navaly Head of Staff Leonid Volkov took part and spoke at the rally. The presidential candidate, Vladimir Zhirinovsky, spoke with several protestors on Tverskaya Street in Moscow. According to various estimates, about 15,000 people took part in the protests.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 51], "content_span": [52, 569]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276859-0018-0000", "contents": "2017\u20132018 Russian protests, Events, 30 April 2018\nApproximately 13,000 people gathered in Moscow central Sakharov square for a protest rally to urge government to unblock Telegram Messenger. The app was blocked by Roscomnadzor, Russian media authorities who claimed it was used to coordinate terror attacks. Protesters denounced the block as the censorship act and freedom of speech violation.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 49], "content_span": [50, 393]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276859-0019-0000", "contents": "2017\u20132018 Russian protests, Events, 5 May 2018\nMass protest actions and rallies took place in 90 towns and cities over the country against Vladimir Putin fourth inauguration. Alexey Navalny in his blog compared Vladimir Putin with a tsar. More than thousand people were arrested countrywide. The majority of people were detained in Moscow, Saint-Petersburg, Chelyabinsk, Yakutsk, Krasnodar, Tolyatti, Krasnoyarsk, Voronezh, Astrakhan, Penza, Kaluga, Belgorod, Novokuznetsk, Vladimir and Samara.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 46], "content_span": [47, 494]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276859-0020-0000", "contents": "2017\u20132018 Russian protests, Events, July\u2013September 2018\nFrom July, almost every weekend, protest rallies and demonstrations were organized against the planned retirement age hike. Such events occurred in nearly all major cities countrywide including Novosibirsk, St.-Petersburg and Moscow. Total number of participants exceeded 200 thousands, with maximal single-event attendance of about 15 thousands (in Moscow). These events were coordinated by all opposition parties with the leading role of the communists. Also trade unions and some individual politicians (among whom Navalny) functioned as organizers of the public actions.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 55], "content_span": [56, 630]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276859-0021-0000", "contents": "2017\u20132018 Russian protests, Events, July\u2013September 2018\nThe most noticeable street rallies, related with the retirement-age reform, proceeded on 1 July, 18, 28 July-29 July, 2 September and 9 September 2018. So, on 2 September, large-scale anti-reform manifestations were led by the Russian communists and some other left-wing oppositional political forces. A week later, on 9 September, the rallies were organized by Alexey Navalny all over Russia, over 800 people were detained.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 55], "content_span": [56, 480]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276859-0022-0000", "contents": "2017\u20132018 Russian protests, Aftermath\nThe Anti- Corruption Foundation building was evacuated due to a bomb message, interrupting the webcast of the protest conducted from the office. Soon the staff of the Foundation were detained by police, who also began to conduct searches and seizure of equipment.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 37], "content_span": [38, 301]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276859-0023-0000", "contents": "2017\u20132018 Russian protests, Aftermath\nSome time later, Alexei Navalny was charged with organizing an unlawful meeting. An ACF employee and the head of the Moscow branch of the unregistered \"Party of progress\" Nikolay Lyaskin was detained for 25 days. Leonid Volkov, the head of Alexei Navalny's presidential campaign, was charged with extremism.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 37], "content_span": [38, 345]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276859-0024-0000", "contents": "2017\u20132018 Russian protests, Aftermath\nAbout 1,000 people were detained overall, most of whom were released on Monday. Many detainees were under 25 years of age. This protest is considered by critics of the Russian government to be the biggest since the March 2012 Bolotnaya protests for Moscow, which happened in reaction to Putin's election. Pro -government critics, however, linked Navalny's activities with appealing to the Russian youth, mainly by promoting \"rebellious movements\" as a way of spending free time.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 37], "content_span": [38, 516]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276859-0025-0000", "contents": "2017\u20132018 Russian protests, Aftermath\nAn April 2017 Levada poll found that 45% of surveyed Russians support the resignation of Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev, while 33% opposed. Newsweek reported that \"An opinion poll by the Moscow-based Levada Center indicated that 38 percent of Russians supported the rallies and that 67 percent held Putin personally responsible for high-level corruption\". A May 2017 Levada poll found that 58% of surveyed Russians supported the protests, while 23% said they disapprove.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 37], "content_span": [38, 516]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276859-0026-0000", "contents": "2017\u20132018 Russian protests, Aftermath\nIn May, Yury Kuly was sentenced to 8 months in jail, and on 24 May Alexander Shpakov was sentenced for 1.5 years in jail, both for alleged violence against the police on the 26 March rally in Moscow.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 37], "content_span": [38, 237]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276859-0027-0000", "contents": "2017\u20132018 Russian protests, Protests across Russia\nProtests, meeting and pickets have been erupted in 79-154 towns and cities. Some protests ended with mass arrests and clashes with police (such as Moscow, Saint-Petersburg, Chelyabinsk, Yekaterinburg).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 50], "content_span": [51, 252]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276859-0028-0000", "contents": "2017\u20132018 Russian protests, Protests across Russia, Chelyabinsk\nOn 5 May, an estimated 2,000 to 5,000 protests have taken to the streets, protesters clashed with police, which resulted in arrests of 164 to 200. There are no official figures.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 63], "content_span": [64, 241]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276859-0029-0000", "contents": "2017\u20132018 Russian protests, Government reaction\nRussian state television completely ignored the protests on Sunday. Monday morning's bulletins were similarly blank. Pro -Kremlin newspapers also ignored the protests.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 47], "content_span": [48, 215]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276859-0030-0000", "contents": "2017\u20132018 Russian protests, Government reaction\nAcross the country, students have reported being press-ganged into lectures warning them of the perils of supporting those opposed to Putin. Some schools and universities have simply tasked teachers with persuading their students not to go to protests. A 13-year old student was quoted as saying: \"They don't have the right to 'reeducate' us, to change our political views. I think they're doing this because they're afraid. They know that one day we'll be able to vote.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 47], "content_span": [48, 519]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276859-0031-0000", "contents": "2017\u20132018 Russian protests, Government reaction\nAlisa Vox, a Russian singer, appeared in the video for \"Baby Boy\", posted online on 15 May. It has amassed more than 2.1 million views and more than a quarter of a million 'dislikes', or downvotes.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 47], "content_span": [48, 245]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276859-0032-0000", "contents": "2017\u20132018 Russian protests, Government reaction\nNavalny said Vox's video was a Russian government PR stunt to dissuade his supporters that she had received money for.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 47], "content_span": [48, 166]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276859-0033-0000", "contents": "2017\u20132018 Russian protests, Government reaction\nIn many cities, on the day of the protest, the public transport route was specially changed so that it was more difficult for people to get to the protest.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 47], "content_span": [48, 203]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276859-0034-0000", "contents": "2017\u20132018 Russian protests, Government reaction\nThe protest actions on 12 June 7 October, 5 November 2017 and 28 January 2018 were not mentioned at all on state-owned TV channels and the media.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 47], "content_span": [48, 193]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276860-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u20132018 South African listeriosis outbreak\nThe 2017\u20132018 South African listeriosis outbreak was a widespread outbreak of Listeria monocytogenes food poisoning that resulted from contaminated processed meats produced by Enterprise Foods, a subsidiary of Tiger Brands, in Polokwane. There were 1,060 confirmed cases of listeriosis during the outbreak, and about 216 deaths. It is the world's worst ever listeriosis outbreak.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [44, 44], "content_span": [45, 424]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276860-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u20132018 South African listeriosis outbreak, Investigation of the origin\nPrior to 2017, an average of 60 to 80 listeriosis cases were confirmed in South Africa per year. The outbreak was first identified by doctors at Chris Hani and Steve Biko academic hospitals in July 2017, who notified the National Institute for Communicable Diseases (NICD) about an unusually high number of neonatal infections.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [46, 73], "content_span": [74, 401]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276860-0002-0000", "contents": "2017\u20132018 South African listeriosis outbreak, Investigation of the origin\nInterviews conducted by the authorities with people who contracted listeriosis indicated that processed cold meats, most notably polony, was the likely cause of the outbreak. The source of the outbreak at the Enterprise Foods facility was only discovered after nine five-year-old children from Soweto were brought to Chris Hani Baragwanath Hospital in mid-January 2018. Samples taken from Enterprise and Rainbow Chicken polony products at the cr\u00e8che the children attended tested positive for the strain of listeriosis causing the outbreak and led investigators to the infected production facilities.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [46, 73], "content_span": [74, 673]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276860-0003-0000", "contents": "2017\u20132018 South African listeriosis outbreak, Investigation of the origin\nOn March 4, 2018, Health Minister Aaron Motsoaledi announced that the disease was traced to the Enterprise processed meats factory in Polokwane. Environmental samples from the factory were found to contain the bacterium Listeria monocytogenes strain ST 6, the strain responsible for the outbreak. Additionally, further samples from another Enterprise factory in Germiston and from a Rainbow Chicken factory in the Free State tested positive for Listeria, although which strain these samples tested positive for is not yet known.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [46, 73], "content_span": [74, 602]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276860-0004-0000", "contents": "2017\u20132018 South African listeriosis outbreak, Impact\nLaboratory-confirmed listeriosis cases started to rise in mid-2017 and peaked in December 2017, with 32 cases in a week. Gauteng was the province with the most cases, 58%, followed by Western Cape with about 13%. A report from the National Department of Health in July 2018 stated there had been 1,060 laboratory-confirmed cases of listeriosis, and 216 deaths.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [46, 52], "content_span": [53, 413]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276860-0005-0000", "contents": "2017\u20132018 South African listeriosis outbreak, Impact, Reactions after cause was known\nFollowing the announcement, Tiger Brand's stock price on the Johannesburg Stock Exchange dropped by 7%, resulting in a R5.7bn (equivalent to US$438.69\u00a0million) reduction in total value. At a press conference the next day, Tiger Brands CEO Lawrence MacDougall denied responsibility, stating \"There is no direct link between any of the deaths and our products.\" When pressed by journalists, he refused to apologize.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [46, 85], "content_span": [86, 499]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276860-0006-0000", "contents": "2017\u20132018 South African listeriosis outbreak, Impact, Reactions after cause was known\nThe South African government issued a recall notice of all products of RCL Foods Limited and Enterprise Foods and Rainbow Chicken facilities on March 4. Tiger Brands reportedly admitted to knowing about the presence of listeria in some of its products eighteen days before the government recall.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [46, 85], "content_span": [86, 381]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276860-0007-0000", "contents": "2017\u20132018 South African listeriosis outbreak, Impact, Reactions after cause was known\nOn March 5, Botswana, Namibia, Mauritius, Mozambique, Malawi and Zambia suspended all imports of processed meat from South Africa. Kenya followed suit on the next day.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [46, 85], "content_span": [86, 253]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276860-0008-0000", "contents": "2017\u20132018 South African listeriosis outbreak, Impact, Reactions after cause was known\nIn December 2018 the South Gauteng High Court granted a certification order opening up the process for class-action lawsuit against Tiger Brands for around 1,000 claimants. Each claimant might be eligible to seek between R100,000 and R2,000,000 in compensation for their losses due to the outbreak.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [46, 85], "content_span": [86, 384]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276861-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u20132018 Spanish constitutional crisis\nThe 2017\u20132018 Spanish constitutional crisis, also known as the Catalan crisis, was a political conflict between the Government of Spain and the Generalitat de Catalunya under former President Carles Puigdemont\u2014the government of the autonomous community of Catalonia until 28 October 2017\u2014over the issue of Catalan independence. It started after the law intending to allow the 2017 Catalan independence referendum was denounced by the Spanish government under Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy and subsequently suspended by the Constitutional Court until it ruled on the issue. Some international media outlets have described the events as \"one of the worst political crises in modern Spanish history\".", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [39, 39], "content_span": [40, 736]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276861-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u20132018 Spanish constitutional crisis\nPuigdemont's government announced that neither central Spanish authorities nor the courts would halt their plans and that it intended to hold the vote anyway, sparking a legal backlash that quickly spread from the Spanish and Catalan governments to Catalan municipalities\u2014as local mayors were urged by the Generalitat to provide logistical support and help for the electoral process to be carried out\u2014as well as to the Constitutional Court, the High Court of Justice of Catalonia and state prosecutors.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [39, 39], "content_span": [40, 542]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276861-0001-0001", "contents": "2017\u20132018 Spanish constitutional crisis\nBy 15 September, as pro-Catalan independence parties began their referendum campaigns, the Spanish government had launched an all-out legal offensive to thwart the upcoming vote, including threats of a financial takeover of much of the Catalan budget, police seizing pro-referendum posters, pamphlets and leaflets which had been regarded as illegal and criminal investigations ordered on the over 700 local mayors who had publicly agreed to help stage the referendum.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [39, 39], "content_span": [40, 507]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276861-0001-0002", "contents": "2017\u20132018 Spanish constitutional crisis\nTensions between the two sides reached a critical point after Spanish police raided the Catalan government headquarters in Barcelona on 20 September, at the start of Operation Anubis, and arrested fourteen senior Catalan officials. This led to protests outside the Catalan economy department which saw Civil Guard officers trapped inside the building for hours and several vehicles vandalized. The referendum was eventually held, albeit without meeting minimum standards for elections and amid low turnout and a police crackdown ended with hundreds injured. Also Spanish Ministry of Internal Affairs reported that up to 431 officers were injured bruised or even bitten.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [39, 39], "content_span": [40, 709]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276861-0002-0000", "contents": "2017\u20132018 Spanish constitutional crisis\nOn 10 October, Puigdemont ambiguously declared and suspended independence during a speech in the Parliament of Catalonia, arguing his move was directed at entering talks with Spain. The Spanish government required Puigdemont to clarify whether he had declared independence or not, to which it received no clear answer.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [39, 39], "content_span": [40, 358]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276861-0002-0001", "contents": "2017\u20132018 Spanish constitutional crisis\nA further requirement was met with an implicit threat from the Generalitat that it would lift the suspension on the independence declaration if Spain \"continued its repression\", in response to the imprisonment of the leaders of pro-independence Catalan National Assembly (ANC) and \u00d2mnium Cultural, accused of sedition by the National Court because of their involvement in the 20 September events. On 21 October, it was announced by Prime Minister Rajoy that Article 155 of the Spanish Constitution would be invoked, leading to direct rule over Catalonia by the Spanish government once approved by the Senate.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [39, 39], "content_span": [40, 648]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276861-0003-0000", "contents": "2017\u20132018 Spanish constitutional crisis\nOn 27 October, the Catalan parliament voted in a secret ballot to unilaterally declare independence from Spain, with most deputies of the opposition boycotting a vote considered illegal for violating the decisions of the Constitutional Court of Spain, as the lawyers of the Parliament of Catalonia warned. As a result, the government of Spain invoked the Constitution to remove the regional authorities and enforce direct rule the next day, with a regional election being subsequently called for 21 December 2017 to elect a new Parliament of Catalonia. Puigdemont and part of his cabinet fled to Belgium after being ousted, as the Spanish Attorney General pressed for charges of sedition, rebellion and misuse of public funds against them.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [39, 39], "content_span": [40, 779]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276861-0004-0000", "contents": "2017\u20132018 Spanish constitutional crisis, Background\nThe recent increase in support for Catalan independence has its roots in a Constitutional Court ruling in 2010, which struck down parts of the regional 2006 Statute of Autonomy that granted new powers of self-rule to the region. The ruling came after four years of deliberation concerning a constitutional appeal filed by the conservative People's Party (PP) under Mariano Rajoy\u2014then the country's second-largest party, in opposition to the government of Jos\u00e9 Luis Rodr\u00edguez Zapatero's Spanish Socialist Workers' Party\u2014and was met with anger and street protests in Catalonia. Shortly afterward the PP took power in Spain, and after a massive independence demonstration took place in Barcelona on 11 September 2012\u2014Catalonia's National Day\u2014the Catalan government under Artur Mas called a snap regional election and set out to initiate Catalonia's process towards independence.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 51], "content_span": [52, 927]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276861-0005-0000", "contents": "2017\u20132018 Spanish constitutional crisis, Background\nAfter a pro-independence coalition formed by the Junts pel S\u00ed alliance and the Popular Unity Candidacy won a slim majority in the Parliament in the 2015 regional election, Carles Puigdemont replaced Mas as President of the Generalitat. Puigdemont promised to organise a binding independence referendum based on results from a multi-question, non-binding vote in 2014, when about 80% of those who voted were believed to have backed independence for the region, and up to 91.8% supported Catalonia becoming a state\u2014albeit on an estimated turnout around or below 40%.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 51], "content_span": [52, 616]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276861-0005-0001", "contents": "2017\u20132018 Spanish constitutional crisis, Background\nThe Catalan government invoked the right of people to self-determination and Catalonia's political, economical and cultural background to back up its proposal for a referendum on Catalan independence. The Government of Spain, now with Mariano Rajoy as Prime Minister, opposed such a vote, arguing that any referendum on Catalan independence would go against the country's 1978 Constitution, as it made no provision for a vote on self-determination.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 51], "content_span": [52, 500]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276861-0006-0000", "contents": "2017\u20132018 Spanish constitutional crisis, Background\nOn 9 June 2017, Puigdemont announced that the planned independence referendum would be held on 1 October the same year. The Catalan government criticised the attitude of the Spanish government in refusing to negotiate a referendum and accused it of behaving undemocratically.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 51], "content_span": [52, 327]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276861-0007-0000", "contents": "2017\u20132018 Spanish constitutional crisis, Start of crisis, Referendum suspended\nOn 6 September 2017, the ruling Junts pel S\u00ed (JxS\u00ed) coalition and its parliamentary partner, the Popular Unity Candidacy (CUP), passed the Law on the Referendum on Self-determination of Catalonia in the Parliament of Catalonia that was to provide the legal framework for the intended independence referendum scheduled for 1 October. The way in which the law had been pushed through Parliament and the clear unconstitutionality of the law became an issue of controversy. Catalan opposition parties accused JxS\u00ed and CUP of fast-tracking the law through parliament, not allowing them to appeal the law before being put up to vote.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 78], "content_span": [79, 706]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276861-0007-0001", "contents": "2017\u20132018 Spanish constitutional crisis, Start of crisis, Referendum suspended\nIn 2018, the Constitutional Court ruled that the rights of the opposition where indeed undermined. Shortly after the parliamentary vote, in which most of the opposition MPs walked out from the chamber without voting on the bill, the Catalan regional government signed the decree calling the referendum.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 78], "content_span": [79, 381]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276861-0007-0002", "contents": "2017\u20132018 Spanish constitutional crisis, Start of crisis, Referendum suspended\nOn 7 September and under a similar procedure as the previous day, pro-independence lawmakers in the Parliament of Catalonia passed the Law of transitional jurisprudence and foundation of the Republic, aimed at superseding the Spanish Constitution and the Statute of Autonomy of Catalonia with a new legal framework should a simple majority vote 'Yes' to the independence choice with no minimum participation required.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 78], "content_span": [79, 496]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276861-0007-0003", "contents": "2017\u20132018 Spanish constitutional crisis, Start of crisis, Referendum suspended\nBesides its unconstitutional character, the law was criticized for being approved with a simple majority, in contrast with the two thirds needed to reform the Statute of Autonomy or the Spanish Constitution, the generous control it afforded the executive power over the new judicial branch and the extensive degree of immunity offered to the president of the new republic.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 78], "content_span": [79, 451]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276861-0008-0000", "contents": "2017\u20132018 Spanish constitutional crisis, Start of crisis, Referendum suspended\nThe People's Party-led Spanish government under Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy announced that it would appeal the bill to the Constitutional Court, which agreed to hear all four of its unconstitutionality appeals and subsequently suspended the law and the referendum until it could rule upon the matter. Despite the referendum suspension, the Catalan government announced it would proceed with the vote anyway.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 78], "content_span": [79, 487]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276861-0008-0001", "contents": "2017\u20132018 Spanish constitutional crisis, Start of crisis, Referendum suspended\nThis prompted Attorney General Jos\u00e9 Manuel Maza to ask security forces to investigate possible preparations from the Catalan government to hold the vote, as well as announcing he would present criminal charges against members of both the regional parliament and government for voting and signing off the referendum. The national government proceeded to deploy a series of legal measures intended to nullify the referendum, while also warning local councils in Catalonia to either impede or paralyse efforts to carry out the vote. Previously, local mayors had been given 48 hours by the regional government to confirm the availability of polling stations for 1 October.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 78], "content_span": [79, 747]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276861-0009-0000", "contents": "2017\u20132018 Spanish constitutional crisis, Start of crisis, Referendum suspended\nWithin the next two days, nearly 74% of Catalan municipalities\u2014comprising about 43% of the Catalan population\u2014had agreed to provide the necessary polling stations for the referendum, whereas many of the most-populated urban areas\u2014representing 24% of Catalan inhabitants\u2014had voiced their opposition to the vote.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 78], "content_span": [79, 389]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276861-0009-0001", "contents": "2017\u20132018 Spanish constitutional crisis, Start of crisis, Referendum suspended\nThe largest city and capital of Catalonia, Barcelona\u2014accounting for about 20% of the region's population\u2014was caught in the middle, with its local mayor, Ada Colau, refusing to make a statement whether the municipality would provide logistic support to the referendum or not while rejecting putting public servants at risk; she, however, voiced her support for the people's right to vote in a fair and legal referendum.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 78], "content_span": [79, 497]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276861-0009-0002", "contents": "2017\u20132018 Spanish constitutional crisis, Start of crisis, Referendum suspended\nConcurrently, President of Catalonia Carles Puigdemont, Vice-President Oriol Junqueras, the entire Catalan government as well as parliamentary officials allowing the referendum law to be put to vote in Parliament\u2014including Parliament Speaker Carme Forcadell\u2014faced charges of disobedience, misusing public funds and making deliberately unlawful decisions as elected officials as the High Court of Justice of Catalonia agreed to hear the criminal complaints filled by state prosecutors.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 78], "content_span": [79, 563]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276861-0010-0000", "contents": "2017\u20132018 Spanish constitutional crisis, Start of crisis, Judicial and police action\nOn 8 September the Attorney General of Catalonia, Jos\u00e9 Mar\u00eda Romero de Tejada, presented two complaints to the High Court of Justice of Catalonia (TSJC) against him Government and the Bureau of Parliament for crimes of disobedience, prevarication and misappropriation of public funds, as announced the day before the Attorney General Jos\u00e9 Manuel Maza. These complaints included the guarantee request for the members of the Government as well as a request for a notification to all mayors of Catalonia to prevent any \"personal or material resource, including local\" resources being provided for the celebration of referendum. The court was also asked to notify the Catalan media managers of the prohibition of inserting institutional advertising or propaganda of the referendum.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 84], "content_span": [85, 862]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276861-0011-0000", "contents": "2017\u20132018 Spanish constitutional crisis, Start of crisis, Judicial and police action\nThese complaints were admitted by the TSJC on 14 September without accepting the request for a deposit for the members of the Government.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 84], "content_span": [85, 222]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276861-0012-0000", "contents": "2017\u20132018 Spanish constitutional crisis, Start of crisis, Judicial and police action\nA decision on 13 September from Spain's public prosecutors to order a criminal probe of all local mayors who had publicly announced they would help stage the independence referendum\u2014totalling over 700\u2014came the day after the Constitutional Court had accepted the Spanish government's request to suspend the second of the two laws that had been approved by the secessionist majority in the Catalan parliament the previous week. The probe meant that prosecutors could choose to present criminal charges\u2014or even arrest, if failing to answer the summons\u2014local mayors who disobeyed the Constitutional Court's ruling.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 84], "content_span": [85, 695]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276861-0012-0001", "contents": "2017\u20132018 Spanish constitutional crisis, Start of crisis, Judicial and police action\nAs part of a series of moves to block the Catalan referendum, prosecutors had also instructed police officials to seize ballot boxes, election flyers and other items that could be of use in the illegal vote, whereas the Constitutional Court had instructed regional government officials to show how they were preventing the vote from going ahead within a 48-hour deadline.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 84], "content_span": [85, 456]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276861-0012-0002", "contents": "2017\u20132018 Spanish constitutional crisis, Start of crisis, Judicial and police action\nIn response, the Catalan government sent a letter to Treasury Minister Crist\u00f3bal Montoro announcing that it would stop sending weekly financial accounts to Spain's central government, a previously-established obligation that was meant to verify whether the region was using public money for the promotion of its independence drive as well as a requirement for the region's access to a funding programme to autonomous communities established in 2012. The Spanish government then proceeded to take direct control of most of Catalonia's invoice payments.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 84], "content_span": [85, 636]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276861-0013-0000", "contents": "2017\u20132018 Spanish constitutional crisis, Start of crisis, Judicial and police action\nIn a search on 19 September, Spanish police seized significant election material which had been in store by referendum organizers at the offices of a private delivery company in Terrassa. These included voting cards contained in envelopes with the Catalan government's logo. The next day, the Civil Guard raided Generalitat offices and arrested fourteen senior officials from the Catalan government\u2014most notably, these included Josep Maria Jov\u00e9, deputy to regional Vice-President Oriol Junqueras. This came after mayors from towns supporting the referendum were questioned in court by state prosecutors.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 84], "content_span": [85, 688]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276861-0013-0001", "contents": "2017\u20132018 Spanish constitutional crisis, Start of crisis, Judicial and police action\nRegional premier Carles Puigdemont condemned the actions as \"anti-democratic and totalitarian\", accusing the Spanish government of 'de facto' imposing a state of emergency and of suspending Catalonia's autonomy after it took effective control over Catalan finances. Public protests occurred in Barcelona after news of the arrests emerged, with left-wing political party Podemos and Barcelona mayor Ada Colau joining the growing criticism of Mariano Rajoy's government crackdown on public servants, dubbing it as an \"authoritarian regression\".", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 84], "content_span": [85, 627]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276861-0013-0002", "contents": "2017\u20132018 Spanish constitutional crisis, Start of crisis, Judicial and police action\nThe previous day, the Congress of Deputies had voted down a motion from Ciudadanos to support the Spanish government's response to the referendum, which was rejected by 166 votes to 158. Rajoy defended his government's actions in that \"What we're seeing in Catalonia is an attempt to eliminate the constitution and the autonomous statute of Catalonia... Logically, the state has to react. There is no democratic state in the world that would accept what these people are trying to do. They've been warned and they know the referendum can't take place\".", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 84], "content_span": [85, 637]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276861-0013-0003", "contents": "2017\u20132018 Spanish constitutional crisis, Start of crisis, Judicial and police action\nRajoy also called for the Catalonia government to give up its \"escalation of radicalism and disobedience\", calling for them to \"Go back to the law and democracy\" and dubbing the referendum a \"chimera\", as tens of thousands gathered in the streets of Barcelona and other Catalan cities to protest police actions. The Spanish government did not rule out invoking Article 155 of the Spanish Constitution, which would allow the central government to adopt \"the necessary measures to compel regional authorities to obey the law\"\u2014in practice, allowing for the autonomy's effective suspension and direct rule of the region.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 84], "content_span": [85, 701]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276861-0014-0000", "contents": "2017\u20132018 Spanish constitutional crisis, Start of crisis, Judicial and police action\nOn 21 September, the Catalan government acknowledged that the raid and arrests in the previous day severely hampered the referendum's logistics by preventing any alternative election data centre to be established in time for the vote to take place. Nonetheless, Catalan Vice-President Junqueras called for people to turn out and mobilise on 1 October, turning the social response into a \"censure motion to Rajoy\", stating that \"If there is any possibility of change in Spain, democracy must triumph in Catalonia\".", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 84], "content_span": [85, 598]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276861-0014-0001", "contents": "2017\u20132018 Spanish constitutional crisis, Start of crisis, Judicial and police action\nAs street protests continued throughout Catalonia, additional police reinforcements were sent by the Spanish government to block any moves to hold the referendum on 1 October. Spanish prosecutors formally accused some protesters in Barcelona of sedition, after several Civil Guard patrol cars had been vandalised on Wednesday night. By 23 September, the Spanish government announced that the Mossos d'Esquadra\u2014the regional police force\u2014were to be subordinated to a single command dependent of the Spanish government and that the Interior Ministry would assume co-ordination over all security forces in Catalonia. The previous day, several hundred students had announced a permanent occupation of the historic building of the University of Barcelona, protesting the state's actions.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 84], "content_span": [85, 866]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276861-0015-0000", "contents": "2017\u20132018 Spanish constitutional crisis, Development, Referendum and subsequent events\nDespite the suspension, the Catalan referendum was held on 1 October 2017, as scheduled by the Generalitat. Over 12,000 officers from the National Police Corps and the Civil Guard were deployed throughout Catalonia in an effort to close off polling stations and seize all election material to prevent the vote from taking place. The Spanish government was forced to call off police raids after clashes with protesters resulted in two people seriously injured, one for a gum ball shot against the eye and the other one due to a heart attack.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 86], "content_span": [87, 627]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276861-0015-0001", "contents": "2017\u20132018 Spanish constitutional crisis, Development, Referendum and subsequent events\n893 civilians and 111 agents of the Nacional Police and the Civil Guard were reported to have been injured. According to some Spanish media these previously reported figures may have been exaggerated. The Guardian's columnist, Peter Preston, said the number of injured \"hadn't been independently checked\" while he still described the police action as \"violent and frightening\".", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 86], "content_span": [87, 464]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276861-0016-0000", "contents": "2017\u20132018 Spanish constitutional crisis, Development, Referendum and subsequent events\nHowever, the Official College of Doctors of Barcelona (Col\u00b7legi de Metges de Barcelona) stated that \"professionalism and independence of doctors can not be questioned because they act under a deontological code to attend and diagnose patients\". The judge who is currently investigating the accusations of police violence had already identified 218 people injured on 10 October, 20 of whom were police officers.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 86], "content_span": [87, 497]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276861-0017-0000", "contents": "2017\u20132018 Spanish constitutional crisis, Development, Referendum and subsequent events\nThe events of 1 October sparked a public outcry in Catalonia, with hundreds of thousands taking to the streets to protest Spanish police violence.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 86], "content_span": [87, 233]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276861-0018-0000", "contents": "2017\u20132018 Spanish constitutional crisis, Development, Referendum and subsequent events\nOn 3 October 2017, as huge protest rallies and a general strike took place in Catalonia, King Felipe VI delivered an unusually strongly worded televised address in which he condemned the referendum organizers for acting \"outside the law\", accusing them of \"unacceptable disloyalty\" and of \"eroding the harmony and co-existence within Catalan society itself\". He also warned the referendum could put the economy of the entire north-east region of Spain at risk. Reactions to the King's speech were mixed.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 86], "content_span": [87, 590]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276861-0018-0001", "contents": "2017\u20132018 Spanish constitutional crisis, Development, Referendum and subsequent events\nParty officials from the PP and Ciudadanos praised the King's \"commitment to legality\", whereas leaders from Unidos Podemos and Catalunya en Com\u00fa criticised it as \"unworthy and irresponsible\", paving the way for a harsh intervention in Catalan autonomy. PSOE's leaders expressed support for the King's words in public, but were reported to be privately dissatisfied that the King had not made any call to encourage understanding or dialogue between the Spanish and Catalan governments. On 5 October the Constitutional Court of Spain suspended a future parliamentary session (scheduled for 9 October) that was planned in order to push for a Declaration of Independence.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 86], "content_span": [87, 755]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276861-0019-0000", "contents": "2017\u20132018 Spanish constitutional crisis, Development, Referendum and subsequent events\nOn 5 October, Banco Sabadell, the second-largest bank based in Catalonia, announced its decision to move its legal headquarters out of the region amid economic uncertainty over the future of Catalonia's political situation ahead of a projected unilateral declaration of independence the ensuing week, which had seen sharp falls in the group's share prices the previous day and rating agencies downgrading the region. Concurrently, CaixaBank, the biggest bank in the region and the third largest in Spain, also announced it was considering redomiciling outside Catalonia.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 86], "content_span": [87, 657]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276861-0019-0001", "contents": "2017\u20132018 Spanish constitutional crisis, Development, Referendum and subsequent events\nThis sparked a massive business exit in the ensuing hours, with companies such as Abertis, Gas Natural, Grifols, Fersa Energias Renovables, Agbar, Freixenet, Codorn\u00edu, Idilia Foods, San Miguel Beer and Planeta Group also announcing or considering their intention to move their HQs out of Catalonia. The Spanish government announced on Friday 6 October that it would issue a decree allowing companies based in Catalonia to move out of the region without holding a shareholders' meeting. On 11 October, Ch\u00e2teau de Montsoreau-Museum of Contemporary Art announced that it was repatriating its collection of Art & Language works on loan at Barcelona Museum of Contemporary Art (MACBA) since 2010. Within two weeks, more than 1,000 business and firms would move out of Catalonia.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 86], "content_span": [87, 860]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276861-0020-0000", "contents": "2017\u20132018 Spanish constitutional crisis, Development, Referendum and subsequent events\nOn 7 October, tens of thousands of demonstrators rallied in Madrid and Barcelona dressed in white and without flags with the slogan 'Shall we talk? ', asking for a deescalation of the political conflict. On 8 October, the largest demonstration against Catalan independence in recent Spanish history took place in Barcelona, the local police estimating at about 400,000 the number of participants. Later High Representative of the European Union Josep Borrell, Nobel Prize winner Mario Vargas Llosa and several representatives of the opposition parties in the Catalan parliament delivered speeches against the independence process.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 86], "content_span": [87, 717]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276861-0021-0000", "contents": "2017\u20132018 Spanish constitutional crisis, Development, Referendum and subsequent events\nSimultaneously, pro-unity groups increasingly took to the streets throughout Spain, with some gatherings leading to scuffles in Barcelona and Valencia. The Mossos d'Esquadra were put under investigation for disobedience, accused of not complying with a command from the High Court of Justice of Catalonia to prevent the referendum and with their passivity allowing polling stations to open.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 86], "content_span": [87, 477]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276861-0022-0000", "contents": "2017\u20132018 Spanish constitutional crisis, Development, Referendum and subsequent events\nIn an ambiguous speech during a parliamentary session in the Parliament of Catalonia on 10 October, Puigdemont declared that \"Catalonia had earned the right to be an independent state\" and that he defended \"the mandate of the people of Catalonia to become an independent republic\". However, he immediately announced that parliament would suspend a formal declaration of independence in order to pursue dialogue with the Spanish government. Puigdemont and other pro-independence deputies then signed a symbolic declaration of independence with no legal effect.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 86], "content_span": [87, 646]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276861-0022-0001", "contents": "2017\u20132018 Spanish constitutional crisis, Development, Referendum and subsequent events\nPuigdemont's move came after pressure resulting from the business exit on the previous days as well as pleas from Barcelona's mayor Ada Colau and European Council President Donald Tusk urging him to step back from declaring independence. This was met with disappointment from thousands of pro-independence supporters who had gathered nearby to watch the session on giant screens, as well as criticism from the CUP, who voiced their discontent at Puigdemont's decision not to proclaim a Catalan republic right away and did not rule out abandoning the Parliament until the signed declaration of independence was effective.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 86], "content_span": [87, 707]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276861-0023-0000", "contents": "2017\u20132018 Spanish constitutional crisis, Development, Referendum and subsequent events\nOn 17 October, the National Court ordered Jordi S\u00e0nchez and Jordi Cuixart\u2014leaders of pro-independence groups Catalan National Assembly (ANC) and \u00d2mnium Cultural\u2014to be preventively put into jail without bail pending an investigation into alleged sedition for having played central roles in orchestrating massive protests aimed at hindering Civil Guard activity.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 86], "content_span": [87, 447]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276861-0023-0001", "contents": "2017\u20132018 Spanish constitutional crisis, Development, Referendum and subsequent events\nThey were accused of leading the protest of tens of thousands of people that surrounded the Catalan economy department offices on 20\u201321 September 2017 heeding a call made by \u00d2mnium Cultural and ANC, during which three vehicles of the Civil Guard were vandalised and their occupants forced to flee into the Economy Department building, a court clerk remained trapped until midnight inside the building and had to flee by the roof, while several agents were trapped throughout the night as demonstrators shouted outside \"You won't get out!\".", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 86], "content_span": [87, 626]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276861-0023-0002", "contents": "2017\u20132018 Spanish constitutional crisis, Development, Referendum and subsequent events\nThe Civil Guard agents cornered into the building made 6 calls for help to the autonomous police force of Catalonia Mossos d'Esquadra which were ignored, the first of them performed at 9:14 am with the subject: \"Urgent - Request for support to Mossos\". According to the judge the actions of S\u00e0nchez and Cruixat are into the scope of sedition, a felony regulated by the article 544 and subsequents of the Spanish Criminal Code:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 86], "content_span": [87, 513]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276861-0024-0000", "contents": "2017\u20132018 Spanish constitutional crisis, Development, Referendum and subsequent events\nConviction for sedition shall befall those who, without being included in the felony of rebellion, public and tumultuously rise up to prevent, by force or outside the legal channels, application of the laws, or any authority, official corporation or public officer from lawful exercise of the duties thereof or implementation of the resolutions thereof, or of administrative or judicial resolutions.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 86], "content_span": [87, 486]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276861-0025-0000", "contents": "2017\u20132018 Spanish constitutional crisis, Development, Referendum and subsequent events\nPro -independence politicians and organizations, including Catalan President Carles Puigdemont, have referred to Cuixart and S\u00e0nchez as political prisoners. The Spanish Justice Minister Rafael Catal\u00e1 argued that they were not \"political prisoners\" but \"imprisoned politicians\". An article published in El Pa\u00eds argued that according to the criteria established by the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) S\u00e0nchez and Cuixart could not be considered \"political prisoners\".", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 86], "content_span": [87, 575]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276861-0025-0001", "contents": "2017\u20132018 Spanish constitutional crisis, Development, Referendum and subsequent events\nAmnesty International issued an official statement considering the charge of sedition and the preventive imprisonment as \"excessive\" and called for their immediate release, but several days later made it clear that it did not consider them \"political prisoners\". Some Catalan media, such as La Vanguardia, reported that footage from the incident showed Cuixart and S\u00e0nchez trying to call off the protests, contradicting that part of the judicial order imprisoning them which said that they had not tried \"to call off the demonstration\".", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 86], "content_span": [87, 623]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276861-0026-0000", "contents": "2017\u20132018 Spanish constitutional crisis, Development, Independence declaration and direct rule\nOn 11 October, after an extraordinary cabinet meeting intended to address the events on the previous day, Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy announced he was formally requiring the Catalan government to confirm whether it had declared independence before 16 October at 10\u00a0am, with a further 3-day deadline until 19 October to revoke all deemed illegal acts if an affirmative answer\u2014or no answer at all\u2014was obtained.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 94], "content_span": [95, 504]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276861-0026-0001", "contents": "2017\u20132018 Spanish constitutional crisis, Development, Independence declaration and direct rule\nThis requirement was a formal requisite needed to trigger article 155 of the Spanish Constitution, a so-called \"nuclear option\" that would allow the Spanish government to suspend Catalonia's political autonomy and impose direct rule from Madrid. Pressure mounted within the pro-independence coalition as the Popular Unity Candidacy (CUP) demanded an unambiguous affirmation of Catalan independence, threatening to withdraw its parliamentary support from Puigdemont's government if he rescinded his independence claim.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 94], "content_span": [95, 612]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276861-0026-0002", "contents": "2017\u20132018 Spanish constitutional crisis, Development, Independence declaration and direct rule\nIn his formal response to Rajoy's requirement hurrying the initial five-day deadline, Puigdemont failed to clarify whether independence had been declared and instead called for negotiations over the following two months. The Spanish government replied that this was not a valid response to its requirement and doubted that Puigdemont's offer for dialogue was sincere due to his lack of \"clarity\". The refusal from the Catalan government to either confirm or deny independence triggered a second deadline for them to backtrack before direct rule was imposed. The Spanish government subsequently offered to abort the incoming move to suspend self-rule if the Catalan government called for a regional election, but this was ruled out by the latter.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 94], "content_span": [95, 840]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276861-0027-0000", "contents": "2017\u20132018 Spanish constitutional crisis, Development, Independence declaration and direct rule\nIf a self-governing community does not fulfil the obligations imposed upon it by the constitution or other laws, or acts in a way that is seriously prejudicial to the general interest of Spain, the government may take all measures necessary to compel the community to meet said obligations, or to protect the above-mentioned general interest.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 94], "content_span": [95, 437]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276861-0028-0000", "contents": "2017\u20132018 Spanish constitutional crisis, Development, Independence declaration and direct rule\nOn 19 October, Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy confirmed that the Spanish government would trigger Article 155 and move to suspend Catalonia's autonomy after a cabinet meeting scheduled for 21 October, following a letter from Puigdemont in which he said that the independence declaration remained suspended but that the Catalan parliament could choose to vote on it if Spain continued its \"repression\". Subsequently, Rajoy announced the Spanish government would take direct control over the Generalitat of Catalonia, proceeding to remove Puigdemont and the entire Catalan government from their offices and call a regional election within six months, pending Senate approval.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 94], "content_span": [95, 766]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276861-0029-0000", "contents": "2017\u20132018 Spanish constitutional crisis, Development, Independence declaration and direct rule\nOn 26 October, one day ahead of the scheduled enforcement of Article 155 by the Spanish Senate, it was announced that Puigdemont had chosen to dissolve the Parliament of Catalonia within the coming hours and call for an emergency snap election on or around 20 December in order to prevent direct rule from Madrid. This move sparked an outcry within pro-independence ranks, as they wished to hold a vote for a unilateral declaration of independence in response to the Spanish government's move to trigger Article 155.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 94], "content_span": [95, 611]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276861-0029-0001", "contents": "2017\u20132018 Spanish constitutional crisis, Development, Independence declaration and direct rule\nIn the end Puigdemont chose not to dissolve Parliament, allegedly because of the Spanish government's refusal to call off the Article 155 procedure even though an election was called by Puigdemont. A debate over a possible declaration of independence then went ahead as planned in the Parliament of Catalonia later that day and into the next morning, simultaneous to the Spanish Senate debating the enforcement of Article 155.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 94], "content_span": [95, 521]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276861-0029-0002", "contents": "2017\u20132018 Spanish constitutional crisis, Development, Independence declaration and direct rule\nAt the end of the debate, the Catalan parliament voted for a unilateral declaration of independence, by secret ballot, which was backed 70\u201310, with two MPs casting a blank ballot, with all MPs from Citizens, the Socialists' Party of Catalonia and the People's Party boycotting the vote because of its illegality for violating the decisions of the Constitutional Court of Spain, as the lawyers of the Parliament of Catalonia warned.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 94], "content_span": [95, 526]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276861-0030-0000", "contents": "2017\u20132018 Spanish constitutional crisis, Development, Independence declaration and direct rule\nSubsequently, on 28 October, Mariano Rajoy dismissed the Executive Council of Catalonia, dissolved the Parliament of Catalonia and called a snap regional election for 21 December 2017, after obtaining the Senate endorsement to the invoking of Article 155, and handed coordination over Generalitat of Catalonia functions to Deputy Prime Minister Soraya S\u00e1enz de Santamar\u00eda. On 30 October, as Spanish Attorney General Jos\u00e9 Manuel Maza called for charges of rebellion, sedition and embezzlement against Puigdemont and other Catalan leaders, it transpired that the ousted President and five of his ministers had fled to Belgium.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 94], "content_span": [95, 719]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276861-0030-0001", "contents": "2017\u20132018 Spanish constitutional crisis, Development, Independence declaration and direct rule\nPuigdemont, however, declared that he was not in Belgium \"to seek asylum\" and that he would respect the 21 December election, but also noting that he would not return home until \"a fair judicial process was guaranteed\" in Spain. Concurrently, lack of civil unrest and work resuming as normal throughout Catalonia showed direct rule from Madrid taking hold, with Spanish authorities reasserting administrative control over Catalan territory with little resistance. On 31 October, the independence declaration was suspended by the Constitutional Court of Spain.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 94], "content_span": [95, 654]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276861-0031-0000", "contents": "2017\u20132018 Spanish constitutional crisis, Development, Independence declaration and direct rule\nSpain's National Court (Spanish: Audiencia Nacional) summoned Puigdemont and 13 other members of his dismissed government to appear on 2 November to respond to the criminal charges pressed against them. It was later ordered by the judge that eight members of the deposed Catalan government\u2014including Puigdemont's deputy and ERC leader, Oriol Junqueras\u2014be remanded in custody without bail after testifying for posing a flight risk, with a ninth\u2014Santi Vila\u2014being granted a \u20ac50,000 bail. Spanish prosecutors sought a European Arrest Warrant for Puigdemont and four other members who had remained in Belgium and refused to attend the hearing.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 94], "content_span": [95, 733]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276861-0031-0001", "contents": "2017\u20132018 Spanish constitutional crisis, Development, Independence declaration and direct rule\nThe EAW demanding Puigdemont and his allies' arrest was officially issued to Belgium the next day, on 3 November, which Belgium said they would \"study\" before making any decisions. The detention of the former Generalitat members led to increased protests in Catalonia, with thousands calling for \"freedom\" for whom they viewed as \"political prisoners\". Puigdemont declared from an undisclosed location in Belgium that he regarded the detentions as \"an act that breaks with the basic principles of democracy\".", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 94], "content_span": [95, 603]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276861-0031-0002", "contents": "2017\u20132018 Spanish constitutional crisis, Development, Independence declaration and direct rule\nIn contrast, a separate case against other Catalan lawmakers was adjourned by the Supreme Court (Spanish: Tribunal Supremo) after all six of them, including Catalan parliament speaker Carme Forcadell, showed up to the summons. Puigdemont and the four other cabinet members turned themselves in to Belgian authorities on 5 November, awaiting a decision by the federal prosecutor on whether to hand them over to Spain or decline the warrant.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 94], "content_span": [95, 534]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276861-0031-0003", "contents": "2017\u20132018 Spanish constitutional crisis, Development, Independence declaration and direct rule\nThey were released by the judge on the same day on conditions, such as they would not be able to leave the country without prior consent and would have to provide details to the police about their accommodation. On 5 December, six jailed members of the deposed government were freed on bail, while four others, including Oriol Junqueras, were required to remain imprisoned. The next day, Spain withdrew the EAW against Puigdemont just over a month after issuing it to Belgian authorities. On 18 November, while in office, Attorney General Jos\u00e9 Manuel Maza suddenly died and was succeeded ad interim by Luis Navajas until the appointment on 11 December of Juli\u00e1n S\u00e1nchez Melgar.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 94], "content_span": [95, 772]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276861-0032-0000", "contents": "2017\u20132018 Spanish constitutional crisis, Development, Regional election and investiture\nThe 21 December regional election called by Rajoy resulted in pro-independence parties retaining a reduced majority with 70 seats overall, with Puigdemont's coalition, Together for Catalonia, performing above expectations. With 36 seats, the main anti-independence party, Citizens, emerged as the largest in the Parliament, whereas Rajoy's People's Party was severely mauled after being reduced to 4.2% of the share and 4 out of 135 seats.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 87], "content_span": [88, 527]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276861-0033-0000", "contents": "2017\u20132018 Spanish constitutional crisis, Development, Regional election and investiture\nIn\u00e9s Arrimadas, Citizens' leader in the region, announced she would not try to form a government on her own, instead waiting and see how negotiations between pro-independence parties evolved, due to them commanding a majority against her hypothetical candidacy. As the candidate of the most-voted party within the pro-independence bloc, Puigdemont intended to be re-elected as President, but this was hampered by the fact he risked being arrested by Spanish authorities upon returning from Brussels. Further, pro-independence parties could only command 62 seats\u2014six short of a majority\u2014as in practice eight of their elected deputies were either in Brussels with Puigdemont or in preventive detention.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 87], "content_span": [88, 788]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276861-0034-0000", "contents": "2017\u20132018 Spanish constitutional crisis, Development, Regional election and investiture\nAfter the Catalan parliament elected Roger Torrent as new speaker, Puigdemont was proposed as candidate for re-election as President of the Generalitat. However, facing arrest on possible charges of rebellion, sedition and misuse of public funds, the Catalan parliament delayed Puigdemont's investiture after Constitutional Court ruled that he could not assume the presidency from abroad.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 87], "content_span": [88, 476]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276861-0034-0001", "contents": "2017\u20132018 Spanish constitutional crisis, Development, Regional election and investiture\nWith other pro-independence leaders assuring the pro-independence movement should outlive Puigdemont in order to end the political deadlock, the former Catalan president announced on 1 March he would step his claim aside in order to allow detained activist Jordi S\u00e0nchez, from his Together for Catalonia alliance, to become President instead. However, as Spain's Supreme Court did not allow S\u00e0nchez to be freed from jail to attend his investiture ceremony, S\u00e0nchez ended up giving up his candidacy on 21 March in favour of former Catalan government spokesman Jordi Turull, who was also under investigation for his role in the referendum.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 87], "content_span": [88, 725]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276861-0035-0000", "contents": "2017\u20132018 Spanish constitutional crisis, Development, Regional election and investiture\nTurull was defeated in the first ballot of a hastily convened investiture session held on 22 March, with only his Together for Catalonia alliance and ERC voting for him and the Popular Unity Candidacy abstaining, resulting in a 64\u201365 defeat. The next day and less than 24 hours before he was due to attend the second ballot, the Supreme Court announced that thirteen senior Catalan leaders\u2014including Turull\u2014would be charged with rebellion over their roles in the 2017 unilateral referendum and subsequent declaration of independence.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 87], "content_span": [88, 621]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276861-0035-0001", "contents": "2017\u20132018 Spanish constitutional crisis, Development, Regional election and investiture\nLlarena sent five of them, including Turull and Carme Forcadell, previous Catalan Parliament speaker, to preventive jail; being the others already in preventive jail or exile. In anticipation of this ruling and in order to avoid appearing in court, Marta Rovira\u2014ERC's general secretary and deputy leader to jailed Oriol Junqueras\u2014fled the country to Switzerland in self-exile. As a result, the Parliament speaker Roger Torrent cancelled Turull's second investiture ballot. Thousands took the streets of dozens of Catalan cities to show discomfort with the decision of the court.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 87], "content_span": [88, 666]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276861-0036-0000", "contents": "2017\u20132018 Spanish constitutional crisis, Development, Regional election and investiture\nThe European Arrest Warrant against Puigdemont was reactivated just as he was in a visit to Finland, but he had already left the country for Belgium before Finnish authorities received it. On his way to Belgium on 25 March he was caught and detained in Germany while crossing the border from Denmark. On 4 April he was released on bail after the state court in Schleswig rejected extraditing him for rebellion, though he may still be extradited on corruption charges. Ultimately, though, Spain dropped its European arrest warrant, ending the extradition attempt. Puigdemont was once again free to travel, and chose to return to Belgium.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 87], "content_span": [88, 724]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276861-0037-0000", "contents": "2017\u20132018 Spanish constitutional crisis, Alleged international interference\nMany messages and operations that were seen via social networks come from Russian territory. And I use the correct expression: from Russian territory. That's not to say necessarily that we have determined that it is the Russian government. As such, we must act with extreme caution. We have to be clear on the origins. They are partly from Russian territory, partly from elsewhere, also outside the EU. We are determining this at the current time.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 75], "content_span": [76, 523]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276861-0038-0000", "contents": "2017\u20132018 Spanish constitutional crisis, Alleged international interference\nRussian President Vladimir Putin condemned Catalonia's independence referendum as \"illegal\". However, an analysis by the George Washington University School of Media and Public Affairs of over five million social media messages found that some Russian media and accounts on social networks related to Venezuela allegedly collaborated on disseminating negative propaganda against the Spanish government days before and after the referendum. Russia's RT and Sputnik would use Venezuelan social bots that would typically promote the Bolivarian government in Venezuela to criticize the Spanish government and police violence against citizens in Catalonia.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 75], "content_span": [76, 727]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276861-0038-0001", "contents": "2017\u20132018 Spanish constitutional crisis, Alleged international interference\nSocial bots, anonymous accounts and official state media accounts shared 97% of the anti-Spain messages while only 3% of the messages were shared by real social media members. Leaders of the George Washington University study displayed concern about the findings, stating that \"democratic systems have the obligation to investigate these signs and implement systematic methods of monitoring and responding to alleged disruptions of foreign agents\" and that it appeared the authors of the propaganda are the same as the ones who allegedly interfered in the 2016 United States presidential election and Brexit.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 75], "content_span": [76, 684]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276861-0039-0000", "contents": "2017\u20132018 Spanish constitutional crisis, Alleged international interference\nThe Spanish Ministry of Defence and the Spanish Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Cooperation later said it had confirmed that Russian actors and Venezuela had attempted to destabilize the nation and Europe by means of propaganda, though it would not confirm if the Russian government was directly involved and warned that similar misinformation actions may take place in future elections. NATO officials also made comments stating that Russia has been attempting to undermine Western governments through disinformation campaigns.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 75], "content_span": [76, 604]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276861-0040-0000", "contents": "2017\u20132018 Spanish constitutional crisis, Alleged international interference\nMembers of Catalonia's separatist groups have denied allegations of foreign interference. Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said in response: \"Probably they are arranging this kind of scandalous, sensational hysteria in order to distract the attention of their electorate from their inability to resolve their problems at home.\" Kremlin Spokesman Dmitry Peskov said on 15 November: \"The Spanish authorities, NATO, and the newspapers did not bring up a single worthwhile argument to back these claims. We consider these claims to be groundless, and more likely a deliberate or inadvertent continuation of the same hysteria that is now happening in the United States and a number of other countries.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 75], "content_span": [76, 779]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276862-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u20132018 Togolese protests\nThe 2017\u201318 Togolese protests are a significant representation of civil unrest in Togo and against the 50 year rule of the father-son combination of Gnassingb\u00e9 Eyad\u00e9ma and Faure Gnassingb\u00e9. The protesters demanded that the president honour the 1992 constitution, and demanding that he step down immediately. Gnassingb\u00e9 offered the protesters the option of enacting the two-term limit set in the constitution effective from 2018, thus ensuring that he could stay in power until 2030. This has been rejected by the opposition. However, on 8 May 2019 the Togolese Parliament voted unanimously to accept this amendment and imposed this non-retroactive term limit on the president's office.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [27, 27], "content_span": [28, 713]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276862-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u20132018 Togolese protests\nAs the protests continued, the opposition started focusing more on protesting Gnassingb\u00e9's rule. Starting in August 2017, the opposition held protests on a near-weekly basis. The scale of the protests have been enormous, with some estimates claiming 800,000 present at one protest in a country of 6.6 million. The demonstrations are also taking place all over the country, even in the north, the traditional power base for the Gnassingb\u00e9 family. The Togolese government has responded to these protests by shutting down the internet. The protesters utilised social media, with the hashtag #togodebut for publicity. The protests and police response have resulted in the deaths of at least 16 people, including two soldiers. In response to the protests, Gnassingb\u00e9 offered some concessions to the opposition, but held onto power due to his crackdown on activists.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [27, 27], "content_span": [28, 888]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276862-0002-0000", "contents": "2017\u20132018 Togolese protests, History, August 2017\nOn 19 August, thousands of protesters took to the streets, mostly in the city of Sokod\u00e9. Some protesters chanted \"50 years is too long\". Protests also occurred in Lom\u00e9, Bafilo, Ani\u00e9, and Kara. Security forces shot and killed two civilians while dispersing protesters. Other civilians burned security vehicles and killed seven security men. Photographs of the violence spread on social media. About 27 people were arrested, and 15 protesters identified as supporters of the Pan African National Party were given jail sentences of 5\u20139 months. Some of those arrested later said they were tortured at the headquarters of Togo's secret police, and placed in Lom\u00e9's central prison.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 49], "content_span": [50, 725]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276862-0003-0000", "contents": "2017\u20132018 Togolese protests, History, August 2017\nOpposition parties called for a general strike to take place on 25 August, which slowed business and caused Lom\u00e9 to enter a security lockdown. Togolese minister Gilbert Bawara criticized the strike, calling it \"the campaign of terror, intimidation and threats\". Togolese Prime Minister Komi S\u00e9lom Klassou led a pro-government counter-protest in Lom\u00e9 on 29 August. Ghanaian immigration officers increased security of the Ghana\u2013Togo border for Togolese fleeing to Ghana because of the unrest.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 49], "content_span": [50, 540]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276862-0004-0000", "contents": "2017\u20132018 Togolese protests, History, September 2017\nOn 5 September, in an effort to disrupt planned protests, the Togolese government cut off the internet, blocked the use of WhatsApp, and filtered international calls. Despite this, the opposition parties CAP 2015 and the Pan-African National Party started a large three-day protest in Lom\u00e9. Amnesty International estimated that about 100,000 people participated in a protest on 6 September. At least 80 protesters were arrested on 7 September for \"preparing to commit violent acts, vandalise shops.\" Security forces in Lom\u00e9 fired tear gas to disperse the protesters. Normal access to the internet was restored on 11 September. The United Nations urged the Togolese government to address the \"legitimate expectations\" of the protesters.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 52], "content_span": [53, 788]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276862-0005-0000", "contents": "2017\u20132018 Togolese protests, History, September 2017\nTogo's National Assembly introduced a bill meant to reform the country's electoral system and introduce presidential term limits of two five-year terms. The opposition objected to the bill's wording, saying that the term limits would not be retroactive. The opposition boycotted the National Assembly's vote on the bill on 18 September, making it subject to a referendum. The next day, the Togolese government slowed down the country's internet as the opposition prepared for more protests. According to Amnesty International, security forces used batons, bullets, and tear gas against protesters in Mango, killing a 9-year-old boy.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 52], "content_span": [53, 685]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276862-0005-0001", "contents": "2017\u20132018 Togolese protests, History, September 2017\nSecurity minister Damehane Yark blamed the opposition for the boy's death, saying the protesters were using weapons. A picture of a cow killed by the military in the village Kparatao spread online and became a symbol of the protests. The next day, opposition leaders blamed the government for repressing protests in Northern Togo, and thousands of Togolese participated in anti-government demonstrations.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 52], "content_span": [53, 457]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276862-0006-0000", "contents": "2017\u20132018 Togolese protests, History, October 2017\nOn 3 October, the United States embassy in Togo issued a security warning concerning transportation issues that could arise because of upcoming protests. On 4 and 5 October, thousands of protesters marched through Lom\u00e9 and some created barricades. In response, the Togolese government shut down internet communication and mobile access to the internet. The Togolese government announced a ban on weekday protests on 10 October, though opposition parties said they would defy this ban.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 50], "content_span": [51, 535]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276862-0007-0000", "contents": "2017\u20132018 Togolese protests, History, October 2017\nAlpha Alassane, an imam affiliated with the opposition movement, was arrested in Sokod\u00e9 on 16 October for allegedly inciting violence with his followers. The arrest fueled tension between the Togolese government and the opposition. A two-day protests started on 18 October throughout Togo. On the first day, four people\u2014one in Lom\u00e9 and three in Sokod\u00e9\u2014were reportedly killed during clashes between protesters and security forces. Yark Damehame, Togo's security minister, denied the reported deaths, saying that nobody was killed in Sokod\u00e9 on this day. Some protesters in Lom\u00e9 formed barricades, and police fired tear gas to disperse them. About 300 Togolese nationals attempted to participate in a protest in Accra, Ghana, but the police ruled the demonstration was unlawful and arrested 26 protesters.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 50], "content_span": [51, 853]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276862-0008-0000", "contents": "2017\u20132018 Togolese protests, History, October 2017\nGambia's Foreign Minister Ousainou Darboe called on Gnassingbe to resign, although he retracted the statement a few days later and said it was a matter for the Togolese people. U.S. Department of State spokesperson Heather Nauert called on the Togolese government to protect its citizens' rights and engage in dialogue with the protesters.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 50], "content_span": [51, 390]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276862-0009-0000", "contents": "2017\u20132018 Togolese protests, History, November 2017\nThe Togolese government lifted its ban on weekday protests on 4 November. On 7 November the Togolese government released 42 of the protesters who were arrested in September and dropped arson charges against opposition leader Jean-Pierre Fabre. Opposition parties saw this as an attempt to appease their demands. Thousands of protesters participated in three protests during this week, with the last one on 10 November.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 51], "content_span": [52, 470]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276862-0010-0000", "contents": "2017\u20132018 Togolese protests, History, November 2017\nGnassingb\u00e9 blamed the opposition for violence at its protests. Opposition leaders called this a \"declaration of war\" against the Togolese people. Gnassingb\u00e9 visited Sokod\u00e9 in late November 2017, saying, \"My exchanges with the imams and senior figures left me reassured that our country remains indivisible.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 51], "content_span": [52, 359]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276862-0011-0000", "contents": "2017\u20132018 Togolese protests, History, December 2017\nThe Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) held its 2017 summit on 16 December in Abuja, Nigeria instead of in Togo, likely because of political tension between the government and opposition. Around the time of this summit, thousands of protesters held anti-government marches. In Accra, Ghana, police arrested twelve members of the Ghana\u2013Togo Solidarity movement, including Bernard Mornah, the chairman of the People's National Convention, for protesting the situation in Togo.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 51], "content_span": [52, 542]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276862-0012-0000", "contents": "2017\u20132018 Togolese protests, History, December 2017\nThe opposition held demonstrations on 28 December, and the police arrest of a young man was filmed. Tens of thousands of opposition supporters protested peacefully in Lom\u00e9 on 31 December.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 51], "content_span": [52, 239]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276862-0013-0000", "contents": "2017\u20132018 Togolese protests, History, January 2018\nOn 3 January 2018, Gnassingb\u00e9 called for the opposition to participate in government talks to resolve their differences. Thousands of people in Togo participated in an anti-government protest on 13 January 2018, the 55th anniversary of the Sylvanus Olympio's assassination. Counter-protesters held demonstrations in support of the government. Supporters of the Togolese opposition also protested in Berlin and Washington, DC.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 50], "content_span": [51, 476]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276862-0014-0000", "contents": "2017\u20132018 Togolese protests, History, January 2018\nOn 20 January 2018, the same day as the 2018 Women's March, the opposition held an anti-government demonstration focused on female involvement. During the protest, thousands of Togolese women mostly dressed in black marched through Lom\u00e9, accompanied by male opposition supporters. Starting on 31 January 2018, Togolese healthcare workers went on a two-day strike to demand that the government provide better health services.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 50], "content_span": [51, 475]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276862-0015-0000", "contents": "2017\u20132018 Togolese protests, History, February 2018\nOn 15 February, Amnesty International, Front Line Defenders and Africans Rising issued a joint statement criticising Togo's treatment of activists involved in the protests.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 51], "content_span": [52, 224]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276862-0016-0000", "contents": "2017\u20132018 Togolese protests, History, February 2018\nIn early February 2018, the opposition agreed to stop holding protests while mediators from Guinea and Ghana visited Togo. However, on 4 February 2018, the day after these mediators suggested that Togo hold talks on constitutional reform, thousands of protesters marched through Lom\u00e9. Ghanaian President Nana Akufo-Addo and Guinean President Alpha Cond\u00e9 started mediating talks between the Togolese government and opposition on 19 February in Lom\u00e9. The next day, Ghanaian mediators announced that the Togolese government would release 45 of the 92 people imprisoned for participating in the protests.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 51], "content_span": [52, 652]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276862-0017-0000", "contents": "2017\u20132018 Togolese protests, History, March 2018\nOn 6 March, Togo's opposition coalition announced it would resume protests, despite the previous agreement to suspend protests while government talks were underway. Eric Dupuy, the coalition spokesman, said this was because the Togolese government failed to prepare for upcoming parliamentary elections. Ghanaian President Akufo-Addo met with 14 Togolese opposition leaders on the next day at The Flagstaff House in Accra, Ghana. Two days later, this opposition coalition accepted the Akufo-Addo's request to continue suspending protests for the next week while the talks continued. These talks resumed on 23 March.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 48], "content_span": [49, 664]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276862-0018-0000", "contents": "2017\u20132018 Togolese protests, History, April 2018\nThe opposition coalition planned protests in Lom\u00e9 and other towns on 11\u201312 April, and the Togolese government said this would violate their agreement with Akufo-Addo. On the first day of this demonstration, the police fired tear gas on the protesters. On 14 April 2018, security forces in Lom\u00e9 fired tear gas near the headquarters of the Democratic Convention of African Peoples About 25 people were injured during these three days of protest, and one person died from his injuries. Security forces also prevented people from protesting in Kpalim\u00e9. Heads of state in ECOWAS held talks in Lom\u00e9 on this day, and they called on Akufo-Addo and Cond\u00e9 to step up their reform efforts and end political violence.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 48], "content_span": [49, 754]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276862-0019-0000", "contents": "2017\u20132018 Togolese protests, History, May 2018\u2013December 2018\nThe opposition coalition parties announced on 8 May that they were calling off protests planned in the coming days, citing the lack of security and progress with their objectives. On 17 June, the coalition called for its supporters to participate in a sit-at-home general strike the next day, and the government urged people to boycott this protest.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 60], "content_span": [61, 410]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276862-0020-0000", "contents": "2017\u20132018 Togolese protests, History, May 2018\u2013December 2018\nThe Togolese government and opposition coalition held talks on 27 June, and Akufo-Addo and Cond\u00e9, the co-facilitators of these talks, called for continued dialogue and suspended street protests. The government banned street protests from 23 July to 1 August while Togo hosted an ECOWAS summit. On 3 November 2018, over a thousand people protested in Lom\u00e9 to demand the release of imprisoned protesters.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 60], "content_span": [61, 463]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276862-0021-0000", "contents": "2017\u20132018 Togolese protests, History, May 2018\u2013December 2018\nOn 6 December, ahead of planned protests against the Togolese parliamentary election, 2018, the government again banned demonstrations.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 60], "content_span": [61, 196]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276863-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u20132018 United States flu season\nThe 2017\u20132018 United States flu season lasted from late 2017 through early 2018. The predominant strain of influenza was H3N2. During the spring months of March\u2013May, influenza B virus became dominant.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [34, 34], "content_span": [35, 235]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276863-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u20132018 United States flu season\nIn all states except Hawaii and Oregon, the distribution of influenza was indicated as widespread, including 32 states that had high flu activity. The flu season was exacerbated by a shortage of IV bags caused by IV bag plant closures in Puerto Rico following Hurricane Mar\u00eda. The CDC estimates that 61,000 Americans died due to influenza during the 2017-2018 flu season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [34, 34], "content_span": [35, 406]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276863-0002-0000", "contents": "2017\u20132018 United States flu season, Effects\nThe United States Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) began counting the 2017\u20132018 \"flu season\" as October 2017, and by early February 2018, the epidemic was still widespread and increasing overall. By February 2018, the CDC said that the circulating virus strains included both B strains (Yamagata and Victoria), H1N1 and H3N2. On 10 February 2018, Bloomberg reported that influenza in the United States was killing up to 4,000 Americans a week, likely to far outstrip the rate of deaths in the 2009\u20132010 season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 43], "content_span": [44, 570]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276863-0002-0001", "contents": "2017\u20132018 United States flu season, Effects\nAn expert from the CDC, Anne Schuchat, said that the main type of the flu that year had not \"changed enough from previous seasons to be considered a novel strain.\" In the first week of February, deaths from influenza and pneumonia were responsible for one of every ten deaths in the US, with 4,064 from pneumonia or influenza recorded in the third week of 2018, according to CDC data. The CDC also reported 63 child deaths at that point, half of which were not considered medically high risk, and only about 20 percent who were vaccinated. Only two of those deaths were babies under six months old.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 43], "content_span": [44, 642]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276863-0003-0000", "contents": "2017\u20132018 United States flu season, Effects\nThe 2017\u20132018 flu season was severe for all US populations and resulted in an estimated 959,000 hospitalizations and 61,099 deaths. This is the highest number of patient claims since the 2009 flu season. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, during the 2017-2018 season the percentage of deaths attributed to pneumonia and influenza (P&I) was at or above the epidemic threshold for 16 consecutive weeks. Nationally, mortality attributed to P&I exceeded 10.0% for four consecutive weeks, peaking at 10.8% during the week ending January 20, 2018.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 43], "content_span": [44, 611]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276863-0003-0001", "contents": "2017\u20132018 United States flu season, Effects\nAnother estimate (September 2018) attributed more than 80,000 US deaths to this strain of influenza. While 186 pediatric deaths were reported to the CDC, it is estimated that there were in reality more than 600 total pediatric deaths nationwide related to influenza. This estimation of three times the reported pediatric deaths was arrived at based on the observation that about two-thirds of children who died with a suspected viral background were not tested for influenza.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 43], "content_span": [44, 519]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276863-0004-0000", "contents": "2017\u20132018 United States flu season, Effects, New York\nOn 10 February 2018, officials in New York City confirmed the third pediatric flu death for the 2017\u20132018 season. The week prior, 43 states reported high patient traffic for the flu, with flu remaining widespread in each state except Hawaii and Oregon.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 53], "content_span": [54, 306]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276863-0005-0000", "contents": "2017\u20132018 United States flu season, Effects, California\nCalifornia was hit especially hard. In California as of 6 January 2018, twenty-seven people under the age of 65 died from flu since October, nine times as many as the prior year. The Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center emergency room, which often caters to about 140 patients daily, had more than 200 patients on one of those days. By 19 January, seventy-four people under the age of 65 had died in California, with thirty-two of those deaths occurring in the preceding week, making it the deadliest week of the flu season so far.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 55], "content_span": [56, 584]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276863-0006-0000", "contents": "2017\u20132018 United States flu season, Effects, California\nBy 9 February 2018, the national rate for flu-like symptoms for patients visiting clinics had reached \"well above\" seven percent, a rate last seen during the H1N1 swine flu pandemic of 2009. According to the Los Angeles Times, 163 people under the age of 65 had died of the flu since October 2017, compared to 40 deaths during the same time period the previous year. Of those 163 deaths, 36 had died during the first week of February; the same article also noted that the peak of the flu season has apparently passed as reports of new cases have declined.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 55], "content_span": [56, 611]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276863-0007-0000", "contents": "2017\u20132018 United States flu season, Effects, Washington state\nOn 11 February 2018, the Seattle Times reported that \"things [were] improving\" in Washington state. At the time, the state had seen 151 flu-related fatalities, lower than the total of 214 that time the year before.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 61], "content_span": [62, 276]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276863-0008-0000", "contents": "2017\u20132018 United States flu season, Effects, Delaware\nOn 12 February 2018, Delaware announced that it had seen six deaths and 995 confirmed flu cases in seven days, making it the state's highest weekly total on record.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 53], "content_span": [54, 218]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276863-0009-0000", "contents": "2017\u20132018 United States flu season, Effects, Minnesota\nOn 11 February 2018, United States Senator Amy Klobuchar from Minnesota announced a new bill called the Flu Vaccine Act, calling for further research on a better vaccine at the US National Institutes of Health. At the time, there had been 400 outbreaks of flu that season in Minnesota's schools, and 130 outbreaks in long-term care facilities, with one child in the state dying. Additionally, Klobuchar continued to push the US Food and Drug Administration to fix the national IV bag and saline shortage, for adversely affecting the treatment of flu symptoms.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 54], "content_span": [55, 614]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276863-0010-0000", "contents": "2017\u20132018 United States flu season, Analysis\nAccording to the director of the Center for Disease Control and Prevention's influenza branch in January 2018, it was the first flu season where \"we've had the entire continental US\" show the same \"widespread\" flu activity, excluding the District of Columbia and Hawaii. Twenty-six of those states were classified by the CDC as having \"high\" activity in January 2018.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 44], "content_span": [45, 412]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276863-0011-0000", "contents": "2017\u20132018 United States flu season, Analysis\nIn January 2018, analyzing the reason for the spike, The Atlantic noted that the flu season was possibly worse because the dominant circulating strain was the H3N2 strain, which for unknown reasons tends to hit humans harder than other strains and result in worse flu seasons when dominant. Also, the H3N2 strain, according to the CDC, affects elderly and young children more than other strains, resulting in more severe hospitalizations and deaths.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 44], "content_span": [45, 494]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276863-0012-0000", "contents": "2017\u20132018 United States flu season, Analysis\nThe Atlantic also noted that the 2017 vaccine for the flu was only ten percent effective against H3N2 in Australia. As the typical practice of studying and creating the current vaccines in chicken eggs tends to result in mutations, 2017 was the first year that researchers used dog cells rather than chicken eggs to create the H3N2 component of the vaccine Flucelvax. However, due to cost, most Americans did not get Flucelvax in 2017 and 2018 and likely received vaccines grown with chicken eggs. The Atlantic noted that the vaccine still protected against other strains such as the H1N1 and B virus, and did provide at least some immunity to H3N2.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 44], "content_span": [45, 694]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276863-0013-0000", "contents": "2017\u20132018 United States flu season, Analysis\nIn January 2018, The Atlantic also noted that the severity of the flu season in the United States may have been increased by a shortage of IV bags in hospitals. The shortage resulted from the Hurricane Maria blackout in Puerto Rico, where a large amount of medical supplies are manufactured. The article noted that hospitals normally go through hundreds of IV bags a day to replenish fluids and give drugs, but during the shortage, some hospitals had resorted to directly injecting drugs into the vein via an IV push. Time also published an article in 2018 arguing that the United States had become complacent concerning the flu, and that more needed to be done.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 44], "content_span": [45, 708]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276864-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u20132018 Volvo Ocean Race\nThe 2017\u201318 Volvo Ocean Race was the 13th edition of the round-the-world Volvo Ocean Race. It started in Alicante, Spain, and concluded in The Hague, Netherlands. GAC Pindar provides logistic support for the race. At the stopovers, teams had premium bases for better fan interaction.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [26, 26], "content_span": [27, 310]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276864-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u20132018 Volvo Ocean Race\nVolvo made a number of changes to this edition. Sailors were able to provide social media updates, new male/female ratios were introduced, Onboard Reporters rotated between teams, a new scoring system was used, the yachts were upgraded with Hydro generators for back-up power and all teams sailed the 2017 Fastnet Race.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [26, 26], "content_span": [27, 346]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276864-0002-0000", "contents": "2017\u20132018 Volvo Ocean Race\nDuring Leg 7 of the race, John Fisher, 47, a British citizen who lived in Adelaide, was swept overboard from Sun Hung Kai/Scallywag and lost at sea 1400 miles west of Cape Horn.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [26, 26], "content_span": [27, 204]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276864-0003-0000", "contents": "2017\u20132018 Volvo Ocean Race, Yachts\nFor the second edition running, the race was one-design, racing the Volvo Ocean 65. The VO65 was designed by Farr Yacht Design to be a cheaper and safer alternative to the ageing and expensive Volvo Open 70.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 34], "content_span": [35, 242]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276864-0004-0000", "contents": "2017\u20132018 Volvo Ocean Race, Yachts\nAll Volvo 65's have undergone repairs and refits by The Boatyard. This ensured that all the yachts are the same. The estimated cost of the refit was 1 million euros per boat.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 34], "content_span": [35, 209]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276864-0005-0000", "contents": "2017\u20132018 Volvo Ocean Race, Participants\nDespite an eighth boat being produced for this edition, only seven teams participated, as in the previous edition:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 40], "content_span": [41, 155]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276864-0006-0000", "contents": "2017\u20132018 Volvo Ocean Race, Route\nThe full route for this edition was announced in June 2016, with the announcement of the addition of Melbourne in January 2017.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 33], "content_span": [34, 161]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276864-0007-0000", "contents": "2017\u20132018 Volvo Ocean Race, Route\nThis edition of the race included \"Leg 0\", a set of 4 offshore races to help generate interest. They included the 2017 Round the Island Race, and the 2017 Fastnet Race.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 33], "content_span": [34, 202]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276864-0008-0000", "contents": "2017\u20132018 Volvo Ocean Race, Route\nNotes (134 sailing days for race winners and 10 In-port racing days):", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 33], "content_span": [34, 103]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276864-0009-0000", "contents": "2017\u20132018 Volvo Ocean Race, Results\nAs opposed to the previous edition, scoring was based on a high-points system, with the winner of every leg scoring one bonus point (7+1 bonus point for a win, 6 for second, 5 for third, etc.). The two Southern Ocean legs \u2013 from Cape Town to Melbourne, and Auckland to Itaja\u00ed, plus the North Atlantic leg near the end of the race, Newport to Cardiff \u2013 all scored double points. There was a bonus point for the first team to round Cape Horn in a nod to the historic significance of this turning point in the race. A further bonus point was awarded for the team with the best total elapsed time overall in the race. The In-Port Series didn't count in the overall points but remained the tiebreaker should teams be tied on points at the finish in The Hague.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 35], "content_span": [36, 790]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276865-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u20132018 protests in France\nThe 2017-2018 protests in France is mass protests and a popular movement in France as part of the Protests against Emmanuel Macron, Emmanuel Macron is new president, against his labour reform law in September 2017 and Rail laws in March 2018, leading to two months of protests.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [28, 28], "content_span": [29, 306]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276865-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u20132018 protests in France, Background\nFrance has seen widespread protest rallies, uprisings since the 2005 French riots, mainly the 2010 French pension reform strikes and Nuit Debout. Amid the protests, the government of Fran\u00e7ois Hollande managed to pass the new reforms, especially the El Khomri law, which sparked the Nuit Debout uprising. After the new reform program was announced, workers and employers and employees participated in demonstrations against the laws.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 40], "content_span": [41, 473]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276865-0002-0000", "contents": "2017\u20132018 protests in France, Wine Producer protests\nLanguedoc-Roussillon is a name given to the wine producers protests in southern France, where protesters have been taking to the streets since 2016 in protest at Cheap Wine Imports, attacking shops, lorries in Burgundy. The protests would be held in the south, as where most of the production takes place.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 52], "content_span": [53, 359]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276865-0003-0000", "contents": "2017\u20132018 protests in France, Labour Reform Protests\nIn September, president Emmanuel Macron announced a new labour reform program and a series of budget cuts, sparking nationwide protests and street demonstrations against him and his new labour laws, consisting of almost 4000 strike actions and protest rallies in weeks of protests (the biggest being in Marseilles). Thousands of workers, slackers and employees went on strike, calling for the resignation of president Emmanuel Macron and the withdrawal of the new labour plans.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 52], "content_span": [53, 530]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276865-0004-0000", "contents": "2017\u20132018 protests in France, Labour Reform Protests\nThousands protested and participated in demonstrations and large street rallies in protest at the bill, however, the government did not make concessions with protesters, labour protests and union-led strikes turned out to be larger, leading to the government to step in and prevent the protests, but their demands were not heard. Protesters marched in the largest and final protest on 10 October, but was met with violence.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 52], "content_span": [53, 476]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276865-0005-0000", "contents": "2017\u20132018 protests in France, Rail Union Protests\nTens of thousands of workers to up to 200,000 civilians participated in demonstrations from March to June in 2018 in protest against a new labour rail system law, and triggered massive anti-rail system strikes and provoked humongous anti-government demonstrations across France in Paris, Belfort, Bordeaux, Lyon and Marseilles. Hundreds of thousands marched in Paris on 23 May, the biggest protest yet, in rallying over the government, sparking small fights and scuffles with police.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 49], "content_span": [50, 533]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276865-0006-0000", "contents": "2017\u20132018 protests in France, Rail Union Protests\nMany were arrested during the wave of protests and stations had to shut down, with travellers rescheduling their trips despite daily protest rallies. Huge anti-government crowds marched alongside groups of protesters from all around Paris and Lyon to demonstrate but demonstrations were banned and were quelled by the security forces over the next month. University students had also marched alongside the workers staging the weekly rallies against proposed reforms which they say would cut jobs and make it harder to seek jobs.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 49], "content_span": [50, 578]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276866-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u20132018 protests in Niger\nThe 2017\u20132018 protests in Niger was a wave of unprecedented demonstrations and violent protests that erupted nationwide in Niger in October 2017\u2013March 2018 against a new social law that hurts the economy, according to protesters. Massive protests demanding the withdrawal of the law remained nonviolent, peaceful and the rallies and marches was held by thousands of civilians.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [27, 27], "content_span": [28, 404]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276866-0000-0001", "contents": "2017\u20132018 protests in Niger\nCitizen-led protests by thousands of protesters occurred in March, after months of small protests (also the biggest since the 2009\u20132010 Nigerien constitutional crisis), tens of thousands of demonstrators marched and chanted slogans in Niamey against the law, calling for better conditions and the withdrawal of the anti-social finance law, and soon, clashes broke out. After 5 months of nonviolent and largely-bloodless demonstrations, protesters ended the protest movement with violence.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [27, 27], "content_span": [28, 516]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276867-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u20132019\n2017\u20132019 is the fourth studio album by American electronic music artist Nicolas Jaar, under the moniker Against All Logic. It was released on February 7, 2020, by Other People.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 9], "section_span": [9, 9], "content_span": [10, 187]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276868-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u20132019 Belgian football fraud scandal\nThe investigation, also known as Operation Zero officially and Operation Clean Hands informally (Dutch: Operatie Propere Handen), is conducted by the examining magistrate of Limburg, on behalf of the Belgian Federal Public Prosecutor's Office. The investigation is concerned with organized crime, money laundering and private corruption (bribery) in Belgian football, division 1A and division 1B specifically. Started in late 2017, the investigation rose to national prominence on October 10, 2018, when 44 house searches were carried out across Belgium and 14 more house searches internationally. 29 suspects were arrested in Belgium, and 4 more abroad. Of the 29 arrested in Belgium, 20 were charged with one or more crimes. During the weeks following the raids, 3 additional suspects were arrested and criminally charged.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [40, 40], "content_span": [41, 865]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276868-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u20132019 Belgian football fraud scandal, Background\nFollowing the Ye affair in 2005, the Belgian federal police launched the Sports Fraud Cell, a department of the Central Office for the Repression of Corruption (OCRC). Jointly managed by the Federal Public Prosecutor and the OCRC, the main task of the department is to gather and corroborate intelligence concerning sports fraud, corruption and match-fixing. If deemed necessary, an investigation is launched by the federal police.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 52], "content_span": [53, 484]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276868-0002-0000", "contents": "2017\u20132019 Belgian football fraud scandal, Background\nIn early 2017, the Sports Fraud Cell received a report from the Belgian Financial Intelligence Unit concerning suspicious activity through tens of bank accounts in bank office in Genk. As these transactions were connected to the Belgian First Division A, the Sports Fraud Cell launched an investigation. In late 2017, the report of the investigation was passed to the federal police and the Federal Public Prosecutor.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 52], "content_span": [53, 470]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276868-0003-0000", "contents": "2017\u20132019 Belgian football fraud scandal, Investigation\nThe investigation broadly consists of three components: two parts relating to money laundering and fraud, and a third relating to potential match-fixing. Two player agent|player agents, Mogi Bayat and Dejan Veljkovic, would have set up, independently of each other, a scheme to hide commissions from Belgian authorities. These payments included commissions on player transfers, player and manager wages, and other payments. During the investigation of these schemes, indications of possible match-fixing arose. The match-fixing pertains to at least two relegation matches in competition season 2017-2018.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 55], "content_span": [56, 660]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276868-0004-0000", "contents": "2017\u20132019 Belgian football fraud scandal, Investigation\nOn November 12, after the high-profile arrests were made, the court of appeal of Antwerp removed examining magistrate Joris Raskin from the investigation. The recusal was requested by Hans Rieder, the lawyer of referee Bart Vertenten. Rieder argued that Raskin could not be impartial and independent because he was part of the Licensing Commission of the Royal Belgian Football Association until March 2018, months after the investigation started. Although Raskin himself and the Public Prosecutor disagreed, the court of appeal did find Rieder's request compelling. Following the verdict of the Court, Rieder argued for the immediate release of his client Vertenten. Indeed, 4 days after the Court ordered the recusal, Vertenten was released on conditions and he resumed his main job as radiologist at the University Hospital UZ Brussel.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 55], "content_span": [56, 894]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276868-0005-0000", "contents": "2017\u20132019 Belgian football fraud scandal, Investigation\nOn November 20, Dejan Veljkovic, widely regarded as a key suspect in the investigation, signed a plea deal with the prosecution. As part of the plea deal, Veljkovic will serve a suspended sentence of 5 years and pay a (suspended) fine of 80,000 euros. Additionally, all illegally acquired assets will be seized by the government. Although informal plea deals were used before, Veljkovic was the first to sign a deal where specific sentence reduction is assured by prosecutors.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 55], "content_span": [56, 532]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276868-0005-0001", "contents": "2017\u20132019 Belgian football fraud scandal, Investigation\nA law allowing these formal agreements was instated only months before the arrests, in August 2018, meaning Veljkovic is the first official spijtoptant in Belgian history. According to the law, a spijtoptant is suspect able to provide \"substantial, revealing, sincere, and complete information\" about serious crimes, e.g. organized crime or terrorism. In exchange for this information, the spijtoptant can get a more lenient sentence. Following the deal, Veljkovic was released on strict conditions.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 55], "content_span": [56, 555]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276868-0006-0000", "contents": "2017\u20132019 Belgian football fraud scandal, Investigation\nThree months after Veljkovic's plea deal, on February 19 and 20, 16 more people were questioned by investigators. Additionally, 3 buildings were searched. Among those questioned were Peter Maes, already charged in the investigation, Roger Lambrecht, chairman of Lokeren, Erwin Lemmens, Herbert Houben, former chairman of KRC Genk, and Patrick Janssens, former CEO of KRC Genk.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 55], "content_span": [56, 432]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276868-0007-0000", "contents": "2017\u20132019 Belgian football fraud scandal, Investigation\nFrom June 25 until June 28, additional people including Georges Leekens, Fran\u00e7ois De Keersmaecker, Ivan Leko, Herman Van Holsbeeck, and Steven Martens, were interrogated, confronting them with Dejan Velkovic's statements.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 55], "content_span": [56, 277]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276868-0008-0000", "contents": "2017\u20132019 Belgian football fraud scandal, October 10, 2018 searches\nOn October 10, 2018, the federal police searched 44 buildings across Belgium, mostly focused on football club headquarters and suspect's residences. The headquarters of RSC Anderlecht, Club Brugge, KRC Genk, KV Kortrijk, KV Mechelen, KV Oostende, Sporting Lokeren, AA Gent, and Standard de Li\u00e8ge were searched. During these searches, documents and contracts pertaining to player agents Mogi Bayat and Deljan Veljkovic were seized. 3 luxury watches were seized as well. Simultaneously, residences of club board members, player agents, referees, a former lawyer, journalists and a manager were searched. Further raids occurred at an accountancy bureau and 2 jewelry stores. During these raids, empty luxury watch boxes valued at 8 million euros, jewels, luxury watches, and cash were seized. As a result of these searches, 28 people were arrested, most of them very early in the morning.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 67], "content_span": [68, 953]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276868-0009-0000", "contents": "2017\u20132019 Belgian football fraud scandal, October 10, 2018 searches\nInternationally, 14 locations were searched in 6 other countries: France, Luxembourg, Cyprus, Montenegro, Serbia, and Macedonia. During these searches, coordinated by Eurojust, documents and assets on bank accounts and in safes worth a total amount of 3.6 million euros were seized. No arrests were made during the searches at banks and a company in Luxembourg. In Cyprus, a 52-year-old man was arrested on a European arrest warrant, with extradition procedures underway.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 67], "content_span": [68, 539]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276868-0009-0001", "contents": "2017\u20132019 Belgian football fraud scandal, October 10, 2018 searches\nMore than 15 Cypriot police officers, and two Belgian investigators were involved in the searches of four properties in Nicosia and Famagusta, where four computers, two laptops, two iPads, and documents were seized. Six locations in the cities Belgrade and Ni\u0161, Serbia, were searched, resulting in the seizure of up to \u20ac800,000 which allegedly originated from organized crime in Belgium. Uros Jankovic, business associate of Dejan Veljkovic, was also arrested Wednesday in Belgrade and ordered to be extradited. 4 people were arrested during these international searches, and 2 European arrest warrants were issued.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 67], "content_span": [68, 683]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276868-0010-0000", "contents": "2017\u20132019 Belgian football fraud scandal, October 10, 2018 searches\nIn total, 184 Belgian and 36 foreign police officers participated in the searches, in Belgium and abroad.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 67], "content_span": [68, 173]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276868-0011-0000", "contents": "2017\u20132019 Belgian football fraud scandal, October 10, 2018 searches\nBecause of the size and scope of the investigation, as well as the number of suspects arrested after the searches, up to 3 examining magistrates were working concurrently to process those arrested. Multiple examining magistrates being assigned to a single investigation is very unusual in Belgium, with the exception of terrorism cases.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 67], "content_span": [68, 404]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276868-0012-0000", "contents": "2017\u20132019 Belgian football fraud scandal, Charges\nThroughout the investigation, 23 people were accused of one or multiple crimes. 17 were released on conditions and 6 were released without conditions. Among those charged are player agents, referees, club executives and board members, journalists, players, and managers.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 49], "content_span": [50, 320]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276868-0013-0000", "contents": "2017\u20132019 Belgian football fraud scandal, Royal Belgian Football Association investigation\nOn 23 April 2019, the Investigating Commission of the Royal Belgian Football Association completed its investigation into possible match-fixing during the matches KV Mechelen v. Waasland-Beveren (2-0) and K.A.S. Eupen v. Royal Excel Mouscron (4-0), both on the final matchday of the 2017\u201318 Belgian First Division A. KV Mechelen and Waasland-Beveren, as well as 13 persons were summoned before the Disputes Appeals Commission. On 30 April 2019, public hearings started before the Commission. While the hearings were ongoing, KV Mechelen asked the Business Court in Brussels to suspend the proceeding until the criminal investigation completed; this request was denied.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 90], "content_span": [91, 759]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276868-0013-0001", "contents": "2017\u20132019 Belgian football fraud scandal, Royal Belgian Football Association investigation\nAfter a month of hearings, the verdict was announced on 1 June 2019 which ruled that Mechelen was guilty of match-fixing and forced to relegate to the Belgian First Division B and start the coming season with a 12-point penalty. Waasland-Beveren was cleared of charges. KV Mechelen appealed the verdict to the Belgian Arbitration Court for Sports, which ruled on 17 July 2019 that KV Mechelen was indeed guilty of match-fixing, but couldn't be punished with relegation to the Belgian First Division B as the match-fixing occurred during a previous season. Mechelen was however stripped of its right to play in the UEFA Europa League and not allowed to participate in the 2019\u201320 Belgian Cup. The final verdict is as follows:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 90], "content_span": [91, 815]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276868-0014-0000", "contents": "2017\u20132019 Belgian football fraud scandal, Civil Parties\nIn Belgian criminal law, a civil party (nl) is a person or entity claiming to be injured by a crime, to be awarded damages following the proceedings.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 55], "content_span": [56, 205]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276868-0015-0000", "contents": "2017\u20132019 Belgian football fraud scandal, Civil Parties\nAs of November 2018, 4 entities have claimed to be a civil party to the investigation: the Royal Belgian Football Association, the Pro League, the association of all the Belgian professional football teams, and KFCO Beerschot Wilrijk.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 55], "content_span": [56, 290]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276868-0016-0000", "contents": "2017\u20132019 Belgian football fraud scandal, Reactions\nOn October 11, 2018, the Pro League announced that the tenth match day for the First Division B, planned for October 13 and October 14, would be postponed.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 51], "content_span": [52, 207]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276868-0017-0000", "contents": "2017\u20132019 Belgian football fraud scandal, Reactions\nJohan Verbist, arbitration coordinator for the Royal Belgian Football Association (RBFA), announced on October 11 that Bart Vertenten and S\u00e9bastien Delferi\u00e8re were suspended following the investigation, with the RBFA aiming to make this suspension permanent. Delferi\u00e8re was supposed to referee a Nations League match on October 13, but was quickly replaced by the UEFA at the request of Verbist.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 51], "content_span": [52, 447]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276868-0018-0000", "contents": "2017\u20132019 Belgian football fraud scandal, Reactions\nSeveral politicians, including deputy prime minister Kris Peeters, finance minister Johan Van Overtveldt, Flemish sports minister Philippe Muyters, and social affairs minister Maggie De Block, announced their intentions to re-evaluate the financial benefits professional players receive following news of the scandal. Since 1978, professional sports players are taxed at a reduced RSZ (Social security) rate, designed to promote the type of employment at the time.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 51], "content_span": [52, 516]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276868-0019-0000", "contents": "2017\u20132019 Belgian football fraud scandal, Reactions\nOn October 17, 2018, the Pro League announced it will set up a commission consisting of three independent experts, tasked with proposing reforms to the board of directors. This commission will consist of renowned jurist Melchior Wathelet, Wouter Lambrecht, and Pierre Fran\u00e7ois, CEO of the Pro League.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 51], "content_span": [52, 352]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276868-0020-0000", "contents": "2017\u20132019 Belgian football fraud scandal, Reactions\nOn October 19, a week after 2 sports journalists working for Het Laatste Nieuws were charged, the newspaper announced that its top sports journalist would be taking a leave of absence, to analyze whether any deontological rule was breached. Although the journalist was not charged, he came under scrutiny because of his close ties to one of the involved player agents.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 51], "content_span": [52, 420]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276868-0021-0000", "contents": "2017\u20132019 Belgian football fraud scandal, Reactions\nDuring an interview on De Ochtend, a Radio 1 programme, Sports Fraud Cell coordinator Eric Bisschop called for regulations for player agents in coordination with European directives, federal and regional laws, as well as collaboration with the RBFA, UEFA and FIFA.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 51], "content_span": [52, 316]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276868-0022-0000", "contents": "2017\u20132019 Belgian football fraud scandal, Reactions\nOn November 6, almost a month after the news of the raids broke, Marc Coucke and Pierre Fran\u00e7ois, chairman and CEO of the Pro League respectively, testified before the Chamber of Representatives. During a session held by the Finances and Budget committee, Coucke defended the RSZ \"tax shelter\" for professional sports players. Politicians from all major Flemish parties announced intentions to revise these reductions, however Coucke mitigated this, saying the Belgian professional football industry could not afford the loss of this favorable rate and would need a different kind of subsidy.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 51], "content_span": [52, 644]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276869-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u20132019 ICC World Cricket League\nA series of ICC World Cricket League tournaments were played between 2017 and 2019 and were the last tournaments of the World Cricket League. There were four divisions, numbered two to five. The divisions were played in roughly consecutive order, with the lower divisions played first. The top two from each division will gain promotion to the following, higher division, meaning that some teams will play in more than one division during the tournament.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [34, 34], "content_span": [35, 489]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276869-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u20132019 ICC World Cricket League\nFollowing the conclusion of these tournaments, the World Cricket League was replaced by the ICC Cricket World Cup League 2 and the ICC Cricket World Cup Challenge League. This tournament was used to determine which teams qualified for which of these two competitions, which are a direct part of the 2023 Cricket World Cup qualification process. It was the fourth and last time the World Cricket League was used for Cricket World Cup qualification.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [34, 34], "content_span": [35, 482]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276870-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u20132019 Iranian protests against compulsory hijab\nGirls of Enghelab Street (Persian: \u062f\u062e\u062a\u0631\u0627\u0646 \u062e\u06cc\u0627\u0628\u0627\u0646 \u0627\u0646\u0642\u0644\u0627\u0628\u200e) was a series of protests against compulsory hijab in Iran. The protests were inspired by Vida Movahed (Persian: \u0648\u06cc\u062f\u0627 \u0645\u0648\u062d\u062f\u200e), an Iranian woman known as the Girl of Enghelab Street (Persian: \u062f\u062e\u062a\u0631 \u062e\u06cc\u0627\u0628\u0627\u0646 \u0627\u0646\u0642\u0644\u0627\u0628\u200e), who stood in the crowd on a utility box in the Enghelab Street (Revolution Street) of Tehran on 27 December 2017, tied her hijab, a white headscarf, to a stick, and waved it to the crowd as a flag. She was arrested on that day and was released temporary on bail a month later, on 28 January 2018.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 51], "section_span": [51, 51], "content_span": [52, 617]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276870-0000-0001", "contents": "2017\u20132019 Iranian protests against compulsory hijab\nSome people believe that Movahed's action was based on Masih Alinejad's call for White Wednesdays, a protest movement that the presenter at VOA Persian Television started in early 2017. Other women later re-enacted her protest and posted photos of their actions on social media. These women are described as the \"Girls of Enghelab Street\" and \"The Girls Of Revolution Street\" in English sources. Some of the protesters claim that they didn't follow Masih Alinejad's call.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 51], "section_span": [51, 51], "content_span": [52, 523]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276870-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u20132019 Iranian protests against compulsory hijab, Islamic Republic's Penal Code\nIn the Islamic law of Iran imposed shortly after the 1979 Islamic revolution, article 638 of 5th book of Islamic Penal Code (called Sanctions and deterrent penalties) women who do not wear a hijab may be imprisoned from ten days to two months, and/or required to pay fines from 50,000 up to 500,000 rials. Fines are recalculated in the courts to index for inflation. This has been translated and published by the Legal Information Institute of Cornell Law School.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 51], "section_span": [53, 82], "content_span": [83, 546]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276870-0002-0000", "contents": "2017\u20132019 Iranian protests against compulsory hijab, Islamic Republic's Penal Code\nArticle 639 of the same book says, two types of people shall be sentenced one year to ten years' imprisonment; first a person who establishes or directs a place of immorality or prostitution, second, a person who facilitates or encourages people to commit immorality or prostitution.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 51], "section_span": [53, 82], "content_span": [83, 366]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276870-0003-0000", "contents": "2017\u20132019 Iranian protests against compulsory hijab, Islamic Republic's Penal Code\nThese are some of the laws under which some protesters were charged.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 51], "section_span": [53, 82], "content_span": [83, 151]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276870-0004-0000", "contents": "2017\u20132019 Iranian protests against compulsory hijab, Background\nBefore the Iranian Islamic Revolution of 1979 (during the reign of Mohammad Reza Pahlavi, the last Shah of Iran), the hijab was not compulsory, though some Iranian women during this period wore headscarfs or chador.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 51], "section_span": [53, 63], "content_span": [64, 279]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276870-0005-0000", "contents": "2017\u20132019 Iranian protests against compulsory hijab, Background\nAfter the 1979 Islamic revolution, the hijab gradually became compulsory. In 1979, Ruhollah Khomeini announced that women should observe Islamic dress code; His statement sparked demonstrations, which were met by government assurances that the statement was only a recommendation. Hijab was subsequently made mandatory in government and public offices in 1980, and in 1983 it became mandatory for all women.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 51], "section_span": [53, 63], "content_span": [64, 471]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276870-0006-0000", "contents": "2017\u20132019 Iranian protests against compulsory hijab, Background\nIn 2018, a government run survey dating back to 2014, was released by President Hassan Rouhani, showing that 49.8% of Iranians were against compulsory or mandatory hijab. The report was released by the Center for Strategic Studies, the research arm of the Iranian President's office, and was titled \"Report of the first hijab special meeting\" in July 2014 in a PDF format.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 51], "section_span": [53, 63], "content_span": [64, 436]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276870-0007-0000", "contents": "2017\u20132019 Iranian protests against compulsory hijab, Background\nOn 2 February 2018, a poll conducted by the Center for International and Security Studies at Maryland (CISSM) showed that a few Iranians agreed with \"changing Iran's political system or relaxing strict Islamic law\".", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 51], "section_span": [53, 63], "content_span": [64, 279]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276870-0008-0000", "contents": "2017\u20132019 Iranian protests against compulsory hijab, Background\nIran is the only country in the world that requires non-Muslim women to wear a headscarf. For example, in January 2018, a Chinese female musician was forcibly veiled in the middle of her concert performance.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 51], "section_span": [53, 63], "content_span": [64, 271]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276870-0009-0000", "contents": "2017\u20132019 Iranian protests against compulsory hijab, Timeline, December 2017, 27 December\nOn 27 December 2017, pictures and videos of Movahed waving her scarf went viral through the hashtag \"Where_is_she?\" (#\u062f\u062e\u062a\u0631_\u062e\u06cc\u0627\u0628\u0627\u0646_\u0627\u0646\u0642\u0644\u0627\u0628_\u06a9\u062c\u0627\u0633\u062a, \"Where is the girl of Enghelab Street\" in Persian) on social media. While at first she was unknown, days later, Nasrin Sotoudeh (Persian: \u0646\u0633\u0631\u06cc\u0646 \u0633\u062a\u0648\u062f\u0647\u200e), the human rights activist and lawyer who has also been arrested, found out that the woman is 31 years old and was arrested on the spot with her 19-month-old baby.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 51], "section_span": [53, 89], "content_span": [90, 549]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276870-0010-0000", "contents": "2017\u20132019 Iranian protests against compulsory hijab, Timeline, January 2018, 28 January\nOn 28 January 2018, according to Nasrin Sotoudeh, the lawyer investigating the case, Vida Movahed was released; temporary on bail.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 51], "section_span": [53, 87], "content_span": [88, 218]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276870-0011-0000", "contents": "2017\u20132019 Iranian protests against compulsory hijab, Timeline, January 2018, 29 January\nOn 29 January 2018, a woman was arrested in Tehran after reenacting Movahed's protest by standing on the same utility box in Enqelab Street, taking off her white Hijab, and holding it up on a stick. Photos has been posted on social media show that at least three other women reenacted Movahed's protest in Tehran on 29 January, including one near Ferdowsi Square.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 51], "section_span": [53, 87], "content_span": [88, 451]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276870-0012-0000", "contents": "2017\u20132019 Iranian protests against compulsory hijab, Timeline, January 2018, 30 January\nAccording to Nasrin Sotoudeh on 30 January 2018, the second woman who was arrested on 29 January 2018 was Narges Hosseini (Persian: \u0646\u0631\u06af\u0633 \u062d\u0633\u06cc\u0646\u06cc\u200e); her age is 32.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 51], "section_span": [53, 87], "content_span": [88, 248]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276870-0013-0000", "contents": "2017\u20132019 Iranian protests against compulsory hijab, Timeline, January 2018, 30 January\nOn 30 January 2018, several more women, but also men, protested against the compulsory hijab law by reenacting Movahed's protest. This took place in Tehran, as well as other cities as well including Esfahan and Shiraz.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 51], "section_span": [53, 87], "content_span": [88, 306]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276870-0014-0000", "contents": "2017\u20132019 Iranian protests against compulsory hijab, Timeline, February 2018, 1 February\nOn 1 February 2018 the Iranian Police department announced they had arrested 29 women for taking off their hijab.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 51], "section_span": [53, 88], "content_span": [89, 202]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276870-0015-0000", "contents": "2017\u20132019 Iranian protests against compulsory hijab, Timeline, February 2018, 2 February\nAccording to Nasrin Sotoudeh, the Iranian lawyer, Narges Hosseini known as the second girl of Enghelab street, who is 32 years old was unable to pay the US$135,000 bail set by the judge presiding over her case, facing a possible 10 years in prison and up to 74 lashes on charges including openly committing a sinful act.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 51], "section_span": [53, 88], "content_span": [89, 409]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276870-0016-0000", "contents": "2017\u20132019 Iranian protests against compulsory hijab, Timeline, February 2018, 15 February\nNew photos and video shared on social media shows another woman re-enacting Movahed's protest on the same street, Enghelab Street (Revolution Street) on 15 February 2018 was identified as Azam Jangravi (Persian: \u0627\u0639\u0638\u0645 \u062c\u0646\u06af\u0631\u0648\u06cc\u200e), videos shows that the police took her down aggressively. According to her latest Instagram picture, she said that she a part of Iranian women Reformists and Executives of Construction Party and has taken no orders from neither someone from inside nor outside the country, she said she has done that to protest against compulsory hijab.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 51], "section_span": [53, 89], "content_span": [90, 652]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276870-0017-0000", "contents": "2017\u20132019 Iranian protests against compulsory hijab, Timeline, February 2018, 17 February\nNarges Hosseini and Azam Jangravi were released from the custody temporary on bail.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 51], "section_span": [53, 89], "content_span": [90, 173]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276870-0018-0000", "contents": "2017\u20132019 Iranian protests against compulsory hijab, Timeline, February 2018, 21 February\nAnother female protester named Shaparak Shajarizadeh (Persian: \u0634\u0627\u067e\u0631\u06a9 \u0634\u062c\u0631\u06cc \u0632\u0627\u062f\u0647\u200e) was arrested protesting with a white scarf on Wednesday, 21 February 2018 in a Gheytarieh street; eyewitnesses said that the police attacked her from behind and took her in custody.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 51], "section_span": [53, 89], "content_span": [90, 352]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276870-0019-0000", "contents": "2017\u20132019 Iranian protests against compulsory hijab, Timeline, February 2018, 21 February\nPhotos shared on social media shows that the government was placing an inverted v-shaped iron structure on the utility boxes so as to inhibit anyone standing on top of the boxes. She was sentenced to two years in prison in addition to an 18-year suspended prison term. In addition, she stated that she left Iran.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 51], "section_span": [53, 89], "content_span": [90, 402]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276870-0020-0000", "contents": "2017\u20132019 Iranian protests against compulsory hijab, Timeline, February 2018, 22 February\nAnother woman named Maryam Shariatmadari (Persian: \u0645\u0631\u06cc\u0645 \u0634\u0631\u06cc\u0639\u062a\u0645\u062f\u0627\u0631\u06cc\u200e) was protesting compulsory hijab in the afternoon on a utility box; the police asked her to come down and the woman refused and questioned the police what's her crime, \"disturbing the peace\" the police replied. Then, as she was violently ejected by the police, she was injured and her leg was broken.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 51], "section_span": [53, 89], "content_span": [90, 458]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276870-0021-0000", "contents": "2017\u20132019 Iranian protests against compulsory hijab, Timeline, February 2018, 22 February\nShaparak Shajarizadeh was beaten up in custody. She was released later temporary on bail.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 51], "section_span": [53, 89], "content_span": [90, 179]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276870-0022-0000", "contents": "2017\u20132019 Iranian protests against compulsory hijab, Timeline, February 2018, 24 February\nEyewitnesses said that another women named Hamraz Sadeghi (Persian: \u0647\u0645\u0631\u0627\u0632 \u0635\u0627\u062f\u0642\u06cc\u200e) was protesting compulsory hijab on Saturday, 24 February 2018 when suddenly she was attacked by an unknown security force, her arm was broken and was arrested.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 51], "section_span": [53, 89], "content_span": [90, 331]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276870-0023-0000", "contents": "2017\u20132019 Iranian protests against compulsory hijab, Timeline, July 2018, 8 July\nOn 8 July 2018, Iranian teenager Maedeh Hojabri was arrested after she posted videos of herself dancing to Western and Iranian music on her Instagram account without her headscarf. She was among several popular Instagram users, with more than 600,000 followers. Her videos were shared by hundreds of people. Several Iranian women posted videos of themselves dancing to protest her arrest.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 51], "section_span": [53, 80], "content_span": [81, 469]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276870-0024-0000", "contents": "2017\u20132019 Iranian protests against compulsory hijab, Timeline, October 2018, 27 October\nOn 27 October 2018, students in Islamic Azad University, Central Tehran Branch protested after a morality police van entered the campus and attempted to arrest several women for improper hijab. Videos showed a student standing in front of the van, attempting to block its exit, which lead to the driver of the van attempting to run her over.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 51], "section_span": [53, 87], "content_span": [88, 429]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276870-0025-0000", "contents": "2017\u20132019 Iranian protests against compulsory hijab, Timeline, October 2018, 29 October\nOn 29 October 2018, an Iranian woman stood on the dome of Enghelab square in Tehran, and removed her headscarf in protest to the compulsory hijab. She was arrested minutes later by the police. On 14 April 2019, it was revealed that she was Vida Movahed, the original Girl of Enghelab Street, that was protesting for the second time.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 51], "section_span": [53, 87], "content_span": [88, 420]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276870-0026-0000", "contents": "2017\u20132019 Iranian protests against compulsory hijab, Timeline, February 2019, 15 February\nOn 15 February 2019, the morality police attempted to arrest two girls for improper hijab in the Narmak area of Tehran and were met with resistance from bystanders. A group of people gathered around the van, breaking the windows, tearing the door off, and freeing the two girls inside. A video from the incident shows police firing shots into the air to disperse the crowd. Tehran police later confirmed the incident.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 51], "section_span": [53, 89], "content_span": [90, 507]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276870-0027-0000", "contents": "2017\u20132019 Iranian protests against compulsory hijab, Timeline, March 2019, 7 March\nOn 7 March 2019, two women were arrested in Kangavar after they protested the compulsory hijab by walking the streets of the city without their hijab on.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 51], "section_span": [53, 82], "content_span": [83, 236]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276870-0028-0000", "contents": "2017\u20132019 Iranian protests against compulsory hijab, Timeline, March 2019, 8 March\nOn International Women's Day (8 March), groups of women in Tehran appeared unveiled and protested the oppression of women. A video showed two unveiled women holding a red sign, which read \"International Women's Day is a promise of a just world for all of humanity\", on a Valiasr Street. Another video showed a group of unveiled women on a Tehran Metro car handing out flowers to passengers.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 51], "section_span": [53, 82], "content_span": [83, 473]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276870-0029-0000", "contents": "2017\u20132019 Iranian protests against compulsory hijab, Timeline, March 2019, 11 March\nOn 11 March 2019, a man stood on a box on Enghelab street and waved a white scarf on a stick. He was arrested on the scene by the security forces.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 51], "section_span": [53, 83], "content_span": [84, 230]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276870-0030-0000", "contents": "2017\u20132019 Iranian protests against compulsory hijab, Timeline, May 2019, 13 May\nOn 13 May 2019, students at the University of Tehran gathered to protest the increasing pressures to obey the mandatory headscarf rule. Plainclothes vigilantes attacked students who were protesting. Students also carried signs demanding freedom and free elections.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 51], "section_span": [53, 79], "content_span": [80, 344]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276870-0031-0000", "contents": "2017\u20132019 Iranian protests against compulsory hijab, Timeline, August 2019\nIn August 2019, Iranian civil rights activist Saba Kord Afshari was sentenced to 24 years behind bars, including a 15-year term for taking off her hijab in public, which Iranian authorities say promoted \"corruption and prostitution\".", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 51], "section_span": [53, 74], "content_span": [75, 308]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276871-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u20132019 Romanian protests\nThere were numerous protests against the Romanian Government between 2017 and 2019. In January 2017, days after the government of the Grindeanu Cabinet was sworn into office in Romania, protests took place throughout the country against ordinance bills that were proposed by the Romanian Ministry of Justice regarding the pardoning of certain committed crimes, and the amendment of the Penal Code of Romania (especially regarding the abuse of power). At the heart of these protests is the community Corruption Kills, founded by Florin B\u0103di\u021b\u0103, who alongside other civic groups organized what proved to be the largest protests since 1989, thus realizing the \"Revolution of our generation\".", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [27, 27], "content_span": [28, 715]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276871-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u20132019 Romanian protests\nDespite the negative reactions from both the judicial institutions and the public, the newly sworn-in government secretly approved an ordinance modifying the Penal Code and Penal Procedure Code during the night of 31 January.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [27, 27], "content_span": [28, 253]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276871-0002-0000", "contents": "2017\u20132019 Romanian protests\nOpponents raised accusations that the ordinance was intended for decriminalisation of government corruption, and to help hundreds of current and former politicians to escape ongoing criminal investigations or prison sentences.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [27, 27], "content_span": [28, 254]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276871-0003-0000", "contents": "2017\u20132019 Romanian protests\nImmediately after it was announced that the ordinance was passed, more than 37,000people protested that night. The next day, on 1 February, the protests swelled to over 300,000 people throughout the country, continuing then daily and peaking on 5 February, when over 500,000 Romanians protested throughout the country, making the protests the largest since the fall of Communism and the overthrowing of Nicolae Ceau\u0219escu.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [27, 27], "content_span": [28, 449]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276871-0003-0001", "contents": "2017\u20132019 Romanian protests\nSince the main grievance of the protesters (the government interfering with the fight against corruption) was not addressed, but rather gradually joined by the attempts of the parliament to relax the anti-corruption laws, the protests continued on an almost daily basis throughout the country, with more and more protesters demanding early elections in addition to the resignation of the government. After the winter of 2017, the next mass protest was on 20 January 2018, when 50,000 \u2013 100,000 Romanians went to the streets to protest against proposed changes to the penal code and to the justice system laws.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [27, 27], "content_span": [28, 637]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276871-0003-0002", "contents": "2017\u20132019 Romanian protests\nWhile protests on a smaller scale continued to happen almost daily, mass protests then erupted again on 10 August 2018, when an anti-government protest with the \"Diaspora at Home\" motto was held in Bucharest. The 10 August 2018 protest was marked by unprecedented levels of violence in comparison to the other 2017\u20132018 protests, and lead to an ongoing resurgence of mass protests in Romania.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [27, 27], "content_span": [28, 420]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276871-0004-0000", "contents": "2017\u20132019 Romanian protests\nSo far, protestors have succeeded in compelling the government in 2017 to withdraw the contested ordinance and Florin Iordache, who as justice minister was formally responsible for putting forward the ordinance, resigned shortly thereafter over the scandal that ensued.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [27, 27], "content_span": [28, 297]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276871-0005-0000", "contents": "2017\u20132019 Romanian protests, Background\nAlthough the government of Prime Minister Sorin Grindeanu repeatedly denied that there were government ordinance bills regarding the pardoning and amnesty of committed crimes, there were strong rumours in the media that the government intended to pass such bills on 18 January 2017, mere days after the government was sworn in. Since the government did not publish the government meeting's agenda for that day, the President of Romania, Klaus Iohannis, took it upon himself to attend and preside over the meeting, as envisioned by Article 87 of the Constitution of Romania.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 39], "content_span": [40, 613]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276871-0005-0001", "contents": "2017\u20132019 Romanian protests, Background\nAfter a private meeting between the president, the prime minister and the justice minister, the government meeting was convened and presided over by the president together with the prime minister. Despite the prime minister's initial attempt to block the press' attendance and subsequent avoidance of the subject, the president announced to the media that there were two bills regarding the pardoning of crimes and the amendment of the Penal Code of Romania. He further announced that the prime minister assured him that these ordinances would not be passed without a transparent process, which included consulting with the relevant judicial institutions, as well as the public.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 39], "content_span": [40, 718]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276871-0006-0000", "contents": "2017\u20132019 Romanian protests, Background\nSoon after the government meeting, the Ministry of Justice published the bills on its website and sent them to the relevant judicial institutions for consultations. The government's main stated reason for these bills was that prisons were overcrowded and in order to avoid paying a fine to the European Court of Human Rights, such measures were needed to improve the conditions in prisons.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 39], "content_span": [40, 429]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276871-0007-0000", "contents": "2017\u20132019 Romanian protests, Background\nAfter analysing the provisions in the bills, the judicial institutions (including the High Court of Cassation and Justice, the Public Prosecutor's Office, the Superior Council of the Magistracy and the National Anticorruption Directorate) issued negative opinions on the proposed bills, generally stating that the laws would not achieve their stated goals and would rather undermine both the criminal justice system and the fight against corruption.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 39], "content_span": [40, 489]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276871-0008-0000", "contents": "2017\u20132019 Romanian protests, Background\nCivil society and certain media outlets also took a similar stance against the bills, and claimed that the government's reasoning for these bills conceals an intent to pardon convicted politicians and cease ongoing cases against accused politicians.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 39], "content_span": [40, 289]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276871-0009-0000", "contents": "2017\u20132019 Romanian protests, Protests, January 2017\nSeveral thousand Romanians began protests against the reported plans to grant prison pardons and decriminalise certain offences. On 18 January, protests in a few cities were organised on social media against the proposed bills. Around 5,000 people protested throughout Romania, with nearly 4,000 protesters in Bucharest marching from University Square to the government's seat in Victory Square. Smaller protests were held in the cities of Cluj, Sibiu, Iasi and Craiova.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 51], "content_span": [52, 522]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276871-0010-0000", "contents": "2017\u20132019 Romanian protests, Protests, January 2017\nFollowing a mobilisation on social media after the initial protest, over 30,000 people protested on 22 January in Bucharest. President Klaus Iohannis participated in the event in order to show his solidarity with the protesters and announced to reporters that \"a gang of politicians who have problems with the law want to change the legislation and weaken the state of law, and this is inadmissible ... Romanians are rightly indignant.\" Liviu Dragnea, the leader of Romania's Social Democratic Party (PSD), reacted by accusing Iohannis of leading a Mineriad and labelling the protests as the beginning of a coup.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 51], "content_span": [52, 664]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276871-0010-0001", "contents": "2017\u20132019 Romanian protests, Protests, January 2017\nThe leader of the party Save Romania Union (USR), Nicu\u0219or Dan, and interim leader of the National Liberal Party (PNL), Raluca Turcan, were also present at the protest in support of the protesters. Over 5,000 people also participated at the protests in Cluj-Napoca, and another 4,000 protesters in Timi\u0219oara (together with the city's mayor). There were also notable protests in Sibiu, Iasi, Brasov, Bacau and Constanta, as well as solidarity meeting in Copenhagen, Paris, London and Haugesund.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 51], "content_span": [52, 544]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276871-0011-0000", "contents": "2017\u20132019 Romanian protests, Protests, January 2017\nIn what was described as \"the largest protest after the Revolution\", tens of thousands of people again took to the streets in Romania's main cities on 29 January. Over 50,000 people were attending the protest in Bucharest, while several tens of thousands of protesters were registered across the rest of the country. For instance, some 10,000 people took to the streets in Cluj-Napoca. In total, over 90,000 people attended the protests, according to an estimate by Digi24 TV station.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 51], "content_span": [52, 536]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276871-0011-0001", "contents": "2017\u20132019 Romanian protests, Protests, January 2017\nIn Bucharest, the crowd of protesters gathered in the centre of the city, at University Square, and went on a peaceful march that included planned stops at the media watchdog CNA, the Ministry of Justice, the HQ of the Ombudsman and the government. Solidarity marches took place in several countries abroad, with the largest reported in Brussels, Paris, London, Rome and Copenhagen.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 51], "content_span": [52, 434]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276871-0012-0000", "contents": "2017\u20132019 Romanian protests, Protests, January 2017\nAfter the Grindeanu Cabinet approved the aforementioned emergency ordinances on Tuesday evening, 31 January, thus turning them into laws, an impromptu protest took place at Pia\u021ba Victoriei in front of Victoria Palace, the government seat. Although the government meeting's agenda only included the approval of the proposed 2017 budget, the cabinet secretly introduced and approved the ordinance bills during the meeting that evening. Once the Justice Minister of Romania, Florin Iordache, announced to the press that evening that the bills had been approved, a protest started taking place 30 minutes afterwards.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 51], "content_span": [52, 664]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276871-0012-0001", "contents": "2017\u20132019 Romanian protests, Protests, January 2017\nWithin two hours, the protest swelled to 15,000 people despite the late hours and cold weather. Due to the small initial presence of the gendarmes, the Victoria Palace was surrounded by the protesters and the main entrances blocked (although the people inside managed to leave through other entrances). The protest only subsided by 2\u00a0am. Unlike the previous protests, the people participating were visibly more riled up considering the lack of transparency and the lack of consideration of the Romanian society's reactions by the government and PSD. As a result, the protesters were calling for the government's resignation.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 51], "content_span": [52, 676]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276871-0013-0000", "contents": "2017\u20132019 Romanian protests, Protests, January 2017\nThousands of people also came out to protest in other cities throughout Romania against the ordinances adopted by the government: Cluj-Napoca (5,000), Timi\u0219oara (1,500), Sibiu (2,000), Bra\u0219ov (1,500), Ia\u0219i (500), Ploie\u0219ti (100) and Constan\u021ba (100).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 51], "content_span": [52, 300]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276871-0014-0000", "contents": "2017\u20132019 Romanian protests, Protests, February 2017\nAs a result of the government refusing to repeal the ordinances, the protests continued on 1 February with 230,000 to 300,000 people participating throughout the country. So far, these were the largest protests in Romania since the fall of Communism. The calls for the repeal of the ordinances, as well as for the resignation of the government, continued. Around 150,000 people peacefully protested in Bucharest.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 52], "content_span": [53, 465]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276871-0015-0000", "contents": "2017\u20132019 Romanian protests, Protests, February 2017\nThe rest of the protests throughout the country were started and ended peacefully, with the participation being as follows: Cluj-Napoca: 35,000, Timi\u0219oara: 20,000, Sibiu: 20,000, Ia\u0219i: 10,000, Bra\u0219ov: 8,000, T\u00e2rgu-Mure\u015f: 6,000, Constan\u021ba: 5,000, Bac\u0103u: 6,000, Alba Iulia: 5,000, Craiova: 4,000, Gala\u021bi: 3,500, Arad: 2,500, Media\u015f: 2,000, and Br\u0103ila: 1,000. There were also protests in cities throughout Europe with large Romanian immigrant communities, mostly in London, Paris, Munich, Brussels, Dublin, Turin, Copenhagen and Stockholm.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 52], "content_span": [53, 589]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276871-0016-0000", "contents": "2017\u20132019 Romanian protests, Protests, February 2017\nOn 2 February, over 200,000 people protested, with 80,000 in Bucharest. On each of the next two days, more than 300,000 people participated in protests with more than 150,000 in Bucharest alone.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 52], "content_span": [53, 247]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276871-0017-0000", "contents": "2017\u20132019 Romanian protests, Protests, February 2017\nAlthough the Grindeanu Cabinet adopted a new ordinance bill repealing the original bill, on 5 February, between 500,000 and 600,000 people participated in the largest protests in Romania's history. The uncertain constitutionality of the new ordinance as well as the refusal of the government to meet any other demands, including the resignation of the entire cabinet, especially the justice minister, and new elections, led the protesters to question the government's determination and the finality of the matter.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 52], "content_span": [53, 566]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276871-0017-0001", "contents": "2017\u20132019 Romanian protests, Protests, February 2017\nFurthermore, Prime Minister Grindeanu stated that the government would try instead to pass the majority of the content from the original ordinance in a new bill through Parliament (where PSD and ALDE have a comfortable majority), angering protesters further. According to estimates by Digi24, 300,000 people were present at the protest in Bucharest, followed by Cluj-Napoca (50,000), Sibiu (45,000), Timi\u0219oara (40,000), Ia\u0219i (30,000), Ploie\u0219ti (15,000), Bra\u0219ov (10,000), Craiova (10,000), Baia Mare (8,000), Constan\u021ba (7,000), Oradea (5,000) and Bac\u0103u (5,000). Hotnews.ro provided a lower estimate for Bucharest, of 250,000.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 52], "content_span": [53, 677]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276871-0018-0000", "contents": "2017\u20132019 Romanian protests, Protests, February 2017\nAn estimated 50,000 people continued to protest on 6 February demanding the resignation of Grindeanu Cabinet, with between 20,000 and 25,000 protesting in front of the Government's building in Bucharest, and some other 25,000 protesters around the country. As many as 15,000 people protested throughout the country with 8,000 in Bucharest on 7 February, and on 8 February, over 9,000 protesters in Bucharest and 8,000 in the rest of the country.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 52], "content_span": [53, 498]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276871-0019-0000", "contents": "2017\u20132019 Romanian protests, Protests, February 2017\nFor the 13th consecutive day of protests on 12 February, 50,000 to 70,000 people participated in protests in front of the Victoria Palace, and 30,000 to 33,000 were elsewhere throughout the country, of which 10,000 to 14,000 protested in Cluj-Napoca, 7,000 to 10,000 in Sibiu, 3,000 to 5,000 in Timi\u0219oara, 3,000 in Iasi, 1,500 in Brasov, 500 in Constanta, 400 in Craiova, 300 in Galati, and 300 in Oradea.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 52], "content_span": [53, 458]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276871-0020-0000", "contents": "2017\u20132019 Romanian protests, Protests, The protest continues\nA few protesters have been present in Victory Square, Bucharest almost every day since February 2017. After only six months in power, Sorin Grindeanu was removed from the office of Prime Minister by his own party (PSD), after an internal power struggle. Afterwards, Mihai Tudose, a vice-president of PSD, became on 26 June 2017 the new Prime Minister of Romania. Protests continued in Bucharest during the Tudose Cabinet, which continued to try to implement in various ways many of the controversial measures that started the protests in January 2017.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 60], "content_span": [61, 612]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276871-0020-0001", "contents": "2017\u20132019 Romanian protests, Protests, The protest continues\nMihai Tudose later, after an internal power struggle, resigned on 15 January 2018 from his office. On 20 January 2018, somewhere between 50,000 and 100,000 people joined an anti-corruption march in Bucharest. After Tudose, Viorica D\u0103ncil\u0103, a PSD member of the European Parliament, was nominated to be the new Prime Minister of Romania. Viorica D\u0103ncil\u0103 took office on 29 January 2018. During her time as Prime Minister, the protests against the government and parliament have continued, and since February 2018 have gradually grown in size and intensity.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 60], "content_span": [61, 614]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276871-0021-0000", "contents": "2017\u20132019 Romanian protests, Protests, August 2018\nFresh anti-government protests took place on August 10, 2018. The event, entitled \"Diaspora at Home\", was organized and promoted by Romanians living abroad (the Romanian diaspora), who returned home in large numbers for the protest. Up to 100,000 protesters gathered in front of the Victoria Palace, the government headquarters located in the centre of Bucharest. Over 40,000 people protested in other major cities across the country, including 15,000 in Cluj-Napoca, 10,000 in Ia\u0219i, 10,000 in Sibiu, 6,000 in Timi\u0219oara, 5,000 in Bra\u0219ov, 3,500 in Baia Mare, 1,500 in Constan\u021ba, 1,500 in Gala\u021bi, 1,000 in Bistri\u021ba, 1,000 in Craiova and others.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 50], "content_span": [51, 693]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276871-0021-0001", "contents": "2017\u20132019 Romanian protests, Protests, August 2018\nProtesters asked for the resignation of the D\u0103ncil\u0103 Cabinet (the 129th Romanian government, led by prime-minister Viorica D\u0103ncil\u0103), unhappy with the governing of the ruling Social Democratic Party (PSD). This included the governmental decision-making on judicial legislation and the attempted modification of the criminal (or penal) code, the dismissal of the Prosecutor General of the National Anticorruption Directorate, Laura Codru\u021ba K\u00f6vesi, the gaffes of the prime minister and the fact that the leader of the Social Democratic Party, Liviu Dragnea, is head of the Chamber of Deputies despite having been sentenced to prison.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 50], "content_span": [51, 680]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276871-0022-0000", "contents": "2017\u20132019 Romanian protests, Protests, August 2018\nThe protest in Bucharest started out peacefully, but was marked by the violent attack of the police force in response to some of the protesters who attempted to force their way into a government building. (the gendarmes). The gendarmes use tear-gas, pepper spray, a water cannon and gas grenades, at the order of the prefect of Bucharest, Speran\u021ba Cliseru., on the civilian population, indiscriminately. Reportedly, some of the attendees, presumably protesters, were violent themselves, but the majority of the people gathered in Victoria Square was peaceful protesters.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 50], "content_span": [51, 621]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276871-0022-0001", "contents": "2017\u20132019 Romanian protests, Protests, August 2018\nMany people were badly beaten by the police (men or women), some were hit until they fainted. At least one person underwent surgery for the removal of explosives used by the police on the civilians. Images posted on social media showed unarmed protesters being beaten by the gendarmes. The Austrian national public broadcaster ORF reported that one of their cameramen covering the protest in Bucharest was beaten up by gendarmes.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 50], "content_span": [51, 480]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276871-0022-0002", "contents": "2017\u20132019 Romanian protests, Protests, August 2018\nThe Romanian news website Hotnews.ro reported as well that one of their journalists was beaten by riot police while \"live broadcasting on Facebook an intervention of the riot police on Victoriei Avenue, close to Victoriei Square where most of the protest took place\". The Israeli embassy released a statement that according to the evidence they had at the time (13 August), it seemed that four Israeli tourists who were in the area of the protests were dragged out of their taxi and beaten up by the law enforcement forces. In total during the protests on 10 August and in the clashes the followed that night, 452 people were injured and 70 were hospitalized, including 3 gendarmes.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 50], "content_span": [51, 733]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276871-0023-0000", "contents": "2017\u20132019 Romanian protests, Protests, August 2018\nIn the aftermath of the violence, the Save Romania Union, one of the opposition parties, requested the resignation of the Minister of Internal Affairs, Carmen Dan, and the head of the Romanian Gendarmerie, Sebastian Cuco\u0219. The Romanian president, Klaus Iohannis, also condemned the \"brutal intervention of the gendarmerie, vastly disproportionate relative to the actions of the majority of those in Victoria Square\".", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 50], "content_span": [51, 467]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276871-0023-0001", "contents": "2017\u20132019 Romanian protests, Protests, August 2018\nIn response, Liviu Dragnea, the leader of the Social Democratic Party, said that \"the declaration of president Iohannis is practically an act of subversion of the authority of the state\" and that \"through this attitude, president Iohannis proves once again that he is the political sponsor of violence and extremist activities\".", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 50], "content_span": [51, 379]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276871-0024-0000", "contents": "2017\u20132019 Romanian protests, Protests, August 2018\nThe events on 10 August also lead to international reactions. Austrian Chancellor Sebastian Kurz strongly condemned the \"violent confrontations in Bucharest, at which numerous protesters and journalists were injured\" and wished a \"speedy recovery to the injured ORF cameraman\". Amnesty International called for \"prompt, thorough, independent and impartial investigations by civilian authorities into the allegations of unnecessary and excessive use of force by the gendarmerie against participants of a protest in Bucharest on 10 August\".", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 50], "content_span": [51, 589]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276871-0024-0001", "contents": "2017\u20132019 Romanian protests, Protests, August 2018\nThe European Commission stated through its spokesperson that it is \"closely following the events in Romania\" and that \"The protesters critiqued the decline of the progress in the domains of judicial reforms and in the fight against corruption. In the context of the Mechanism for Cooperation and Verification, the European Commission follows the events with worry and gives an increased importance to the independence of the judiciary system and of the fight against corruption. Peaceful protests ended in violence. Violence can never be a solution in politics\".", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 50], "content_span": [51, 613]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276871-0025-0000", "contents": "2017\u20132019 Romanian protests, Protests, August 2018\nOn 11 August, around 30,000 to 65,000 people continued to protest in front of the Victoria Palace in Bucharest, with an extra 15,000 to 20,000 protesting in other major cities across the country. The protest, titled \"We won't leave until you leave\" (with reference to the D\u0103ncil\u0103 Cabinet) had no violent incidents, although 12 people were treated for panic attacks, hypertension and fainting.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 50], "content_span": [51, 443]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276871-0026-0000", "contents": "2017\u20132019 Romanian protests, Counterprotests\nStarting with the afternoon of 5 February 2017, a much smaller crowd of people rallied in support of the Grindeanu government at Cotroceni Palace. Between 1,500 and 2,500 people rallied, demanded the resignation of President Klaus Iohannis. The following day, around 4,000 counter-protesters also met in front of Cotroceni Palace, and afterwards approximately 2,000 people on 7 February 2017.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 44], "content_span": [45, 437]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276871-0027-0000", "contents": "2017\u20132019 Romanian protests, Counterprotests\nAs snowy weather swept Bucharest of 8 February 2017, President Iohannis went out to meet the 100 people protesting in front of the Cotroceni Palace against his presidency, in order to speak with them and give them tea. He told the protesters that \"we are all Romanians\", as a response to many protesters claiming he is against the Romanian population due to his German ethnicity. The dialogue quickly broke down as protesters were shouting against him, uninterested in establishing a discussion, and he left soon after. The anti-Iohannis protest attracted 400 people that day.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 44], "content_span": [45, 621]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276871-0028-0000", "contents": "2017\u20132019 Romanian protests, Counterprotests\nOn 12 February 2017, the pro-government/anti-Iohannis protest continued for its 9th day with 400 protesters.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 44], "content_span": [45, 153]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276871-0029-0000", "contents": "2017\u20132019 Romanian protests, Counterprotests\nOn 9 June 2018, the ruling Social Democratic Party (PSD) organised a pro-government rally in Bucharest, which had over 100,000 attendants.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 44], "content_span": [45, 183]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276871-0030-0000", "contents": "2017\u20132019 Romanian protests, Reactions, Klaus Iohannis\nAfter receiving negative opinions from the judicial institutions regarding the government ordinance bills, President of Romania Klaus Iohannis stated on 20 January 2017 that the presidency requested the government to withdraw the government proposals.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 54], "content_span": [55, 306]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276871-0031-0000", "contents": "2017\u20132019 Romanian protests, Reactions, Klaus Iohannis\nFollowing the protests on 22 January 2017, Klaus Iohannis announced that he would call for a referendum in order for the public opinion to have a say on these controversial issues. He rebutted Dragnea's claims of a coup by declaring that PSD was attempting a coup d'\u00e9tat against the rule of law in the country, and that Romanians had the right to vote on these issues, especially since they were not part of PSD's electoral programme upon which they won the 2016 parliamentary elections.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 54], "content_span": [55, 542]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276871-0032-0000", "contents": "2017\u20132019 Romanian protests, Reactions, Liviu Dragnea\nLiviu Dragnea stated on 23 January 2017 that the President's attendance at the government meeting on 18 January 2017 was unconstitutional, and that he was attempting a coup against a democratically elected government by participating (and \"leading\") the protest on 22 January 2017. Furthermore, he stated that the President has been insistent in blocking the implementation of PSD's electoral programme, and that the president's actions risked the possibility of his suspension by the Parliament.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 53], "content_span": [54, 550]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276871-0033-0000", "contents": "2017\u20132019 Romanian protests, Reactions, Romanian government\nDespite the negative reactions from the relevant judicial institutions, as well as the massive protests that took place throughout the country, the Grindeanu Cabinet, especially Florin Iordache (Justice Minister), repeatedly restated their position in favour of the bills. However, before 1 February 2017, Florin Iordache was seemingly backing down by leaning towards the option of the laws not being passed as Emergency Government Ordinances, but rather being sent to Parliament after the public consultations and modifications have been made.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 59], "content_span": [60, 604]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276871-0034-0000", "contents": "2017\u20132019 Romanian protests, Reactions, Romanian government\nOn 31 January 2017, the Grindeanu Cabinet had a meeting during the evening and the published agenda announced that the 2017 Budget will be discussed and passed. However, the emergency ordinance bill regarding the modification of the Penal Code and Penal Procedure Code was introduced during the meeting, even though it was not listed in the agenda, nor the supplementary agenda list. During the meeting, the emergency government ordinance was passed by the government. A mere five hours after its approval, the ordinance was published in the Monitorul Oficial (the government gazette), thus turning the bill into law.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 59], "content_span": [60, 677]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276871-0034-0001", "contents": "2017\u20132019 Romanian protests, Reactions, Romanian government\nThe law were barely modified since the initial draft, and in fact certain aspects of crimes were decriminalised, such as limiting the crime of \"favouring the offender\", which were not included the initial draft during public consultations. The lack of transparency in passing the bill, as well as the final form of the law, has been interpreted as a lack of consideration of the reactions received by the government and PSD from various parts of Romanian society.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 59], "content_span": [60, 523]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276871-0035-0000", "contents": "2017\u20132019 Romanian protests, Reactions, Romanian government\nOn 5 February 2017, due to the pressure of the ongoing protests, the Grindeanu Cabinet adopted a new ordinance (OUG 14/2017) repealing the original bill (OUG 13/2017) that modified the Penal Code and Penal Procedure Code. However, questions surrounding the new ordinance's constitutionality arose, which were affirmed by Justice Minister Iordache the following day when he stated that the intent was to bring the two Codes back to their prior form (including the resulting unconstitutionality).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 59], "content_span": [60, 554]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276871-0035-0001", "contents": "2017\u20132019 Romanian protests, Reactions, Romanian government\nFurthermore, Prime Minister Grindeanu stated that the government will instead try to pass the content from the original ordinance in a new bill through Parliament (where PSD and ALDE have a comfortable majority). Other than that, the government refused to meet any other demands that day, such as the resignation of the cabinet.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 59], "content_span": [60, 388]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276871-0036-0000", "contents": "2017\u20132019 Romanian protests, Reactions, Romanian government\nOn 6 February 2017, the Ministry of Justice announced that the intended bill for modifying the two Codes would not be drafted and sent to Parliament for the time being.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 59], "content_span": [60, 228]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276871-0037-0000", "contents": "2017\u20132019 Romanian protests, Reactions, Romanian government\nOn 8 February 2017, the Minister of Justice, Florian Iordache, announced his resignation with immediate effect due to the scandal that ensued from the controversial ordinance that modified the two penal codes.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 59], "content_span": [60, 269]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276871-0038-0000", "contents": "2017\u20132019 Romanian protests, Reactions, Constitutional Court\nThe Superior Council of Magistracy (CSM), as well as the Presidency, notified the Constitutional Court on 1 and 2 February 2017 respectively that there was a constitutional conflict between the relevant institutions (government, parliament and CSM) with regards to the procedure chosen by the government to pass the controversial ordinance.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 60], "content_span": [61, 401]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276871-0039-0000", "contents": "2017\u20132019 Romanian protests, Reactions, Constitutional Court\nOn 8 February 2017, the Constitutional Court ruled the following: \"A constitutional conflict did not exist between the Executive Power (Government) and the Legislative (Parliament), because the Government decision to adopt the Government ordinance bills regarding the modification of the Penal Code and the Penal Procedural Code cannot be qualified as an act of arrogation of legislative powers that otherwise belongs to the Parliament. By adopting the Government ordinance bills, the Government acted in accordance with its own competences, as expressly provided in Art. 117 of the Constitution. ... A constitutional conflict did not exist between the Executive Power and the Supreme Council of the Magistracy (CSM), because the Government does not have legal obligation to request approval from the CSM for such ordinances.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 60], "content_span": [61, 887]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276871-0040-0000", "contents": "2017\u20132019 Romanian protests, Reactions, Embassies\nThe embassies of Belgium, Canada, France, Germany, Netherlands and the United States released a strong-worded statement against the passing of the ordinances, both in terms of how it was passed, as well as their content. The statement explained that these actions have undermined the rule of law and stifled the fight against corruption. They further explained that the government's actions risk damaging Romania's partnership with the European Union and NATO.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 49], "content_span": [50, 510]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276871-0041-0000", "contents": "2017\u20132019 Romanian protests, Reactions, American Chamber of Commerce\nThe American Chamber of Commerce in Romania (AmCham) issued a statement which said that \"[i]t is extremely worrying for the business community and society as a whole, that legislative pieces with such moral, societal and economic implications with immediate and long term effects are adopted by the government without observing the minimum requirements of transparency in decision-making\".", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 68], "content_span": [69, 458]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276871-0042-0000", "contents": "2017\u20132019 Romanian protests, Reactions, United States Department of State\nOn 27 November 2017 the United States Department of State issued a statement noting concern that the Parliament of Romania is considering legislation that could undermine the fight against corruption and weaken judicial independence in Romania. They consider the legislation which was originally proposed by the Ministry of Justice to threaten the progress Romania has made in recent years to build strong judicial institutions shielded from political interference. The United States Department of State has urged the Parliament of Romania to reject proposals that weaken the rule of law and endanger the fight against corruption.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 73], "content_span": [74, 704]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276872-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u20132019 Saudi Arabian purge\nThe 2017\u201319 Saudi Arabian purge was the mass arrest of a number of prominent Saudi Arabian princes, government ministers, and business people in Saudi Arabia on 4 November 2017 and the following few weeks after the creation of an anti-corruption committee led by Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [29, 29], "content_span": [30, 326]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276872-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u20132019 Saudi Arabian purge\nThere are three alternate hypotheses regarding the motives behind the purge: a genuine corruption crackdown, a project to gain money, or preparing to take over the crown.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [29, 29], "content_span": [30, 200]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276872-0002-0000", "contents": "2017\u20132019 Saudi Arabian purge\nThe detainees were confined at the Ritz-Carlton hotel in Riyadh (which had hosted the announcement for the planned city of Neom on 24 October 2017), which subsequently stopped accepting new bookings and told guests to leave. Private jets were also grounded to prevent suspects from fleeing the country.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [29, 29], "content_span": [30, 332]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276872-0003-0000", "contents": "2017\u20132019 Saudi Arabian purge\nThe arrests resulted in the final sidelining of the faction of the King Abdullah and Mohammed bin Salman's complete consolidation of control of all three branches of the security forces, making him the most powerful man in Saudi Arabia since his grandfather, the first King, Ibn Saud.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [29, 29], "content_span": [30, 314]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276872-0004-0000", "contents": "2017\u20132019 Saudi Arabian purge\nAs many as 500 people were rounded up in the sweep. Saudi Arabian banks froze more than 2,000 domestic accounts as part of the crackdown. According to The Wall Street Journal, the Saudi government targeted cash and assets worth up to $800 billion. The Saudi authorities claimed that amount was composed of assets worth around $300 billion to $400 billion that they can prove was linked to corruption.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [29, 29], "content_span": [30, 430]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276872-0005-0000", "contents": "2017\u20132019 Saudi Arabian purge\nAttorney General Sheikh Saud Al Motjeb said in a statement that the arrests were \"merely the start of a vital process to root out corruption wherever it exists.\" He added that those detained would have access to legal counsel and pledges to hold trials \"in a timely and open manner.\" Meanwhile, King Salman appointed 26 new judges.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [29, 29], "content_span": [30, 361]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276872-0006-0000", "contents": "2017\u20132019 Saudi Arabian purge\nMohammed bin Salman stated that \"We show them all the files that we have and as soon as they see those about 95 percent agree to a settlement... About 1 percent are able to prove they are clean and their case is dropped right there. About 4 percent say they are not corrupt and with their lawyers want to go to court.\" When asked about reports of cash and assets totaling $800 billion that belong to the people accused of corruption, the official said, \"Even if we get 100 billion back, that would be good.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [29, 29], "content_span": [30, 538]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276872-0007-0000", "contents": "2017\u20132019 Saudi Arabian purge\nThe anti-corruption committee has ended its missions on 30 January 2019, concluding that 381 individuals were ordered, some of them to hear their testimony, and $107 billion was recovered to the state treasury as a result. Many commentators claimed that the move appeared to end the structure of consensus-based governance in Saudi Arabia and may create strain within the Saudi royal family.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [29, 29], "content_span": [30, 421]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276872-0008-0000", "contents": "2017\u20132019 Saudi Arabian purge, Allegations\nThe allegations include money laundering, bribery, extorting officials, and taking advantage of public office for personal gain.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 42], "content_span": [43, 171]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276872-0009-0000", "contents": "2017\u20132019 Saudi Arabian purge, Allegations, Tiger Squad\nAccording to the Middle East Eye, an assassination campaign against critics of the monarchy was carried out in parallel to the overt arrests of the purge, by the Tiger Squad, which was formed in 2017 and as of October\u00a02018, consisted of 50 secret service and military personnel. The group members were recruited from different branches of the Saudi forces, directing several areas of expertise.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 55], "content_span": [56, 450]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276872-0010-0000", "contents": "2017\u20132019 Saudi Arabian purge, Allegations, Tiger Squad\nThe Tiger Squad allegedly assassinates dissidents using varying methods, such as planned car and aircraft accidents, house fires, and poisoning at hospitals under the pretenses of regular health checkups. The five-member squad were also the part of the 15-member death squad who assassinated Jamal Khashoggi.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 55], "content_span": [56, 364]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276872-0011-0000", "contents": "2017\u20132019 Saudi Arabian purge, Allegations, Tiger Squad\nAccording to the sources, bin Salman chose silent murder instead of arrest as the method of repression due to the fact that only arresting the dissidents sparks international pressures for releasing them, whereas silent murder covers it up quietly. Prince Mansour bin Muqrin died under mysterious circumstances, allegedly assassinated when his personal aircraft was shot down as he fled the country - made to appear as merely an accident. Meshal Saad al-Bostani, a member of the Tiger Squad and a lieutenant in the Saudi airforce was allegedly behind the murder, but he himself was also later murdered by poison, but reported to have died as a result of a car accident.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 55], "content_span": [56, 725]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276872-0012-0000", "contents": "2017\u20132019 Saudi Arabian purge, Allegations, Tiger Squad\nAnother victim was Suliman Abdul Rahman al-Thuniyan, a Saudi court judge who was murdered by injection of a deadly virus when he visited a hospital for a regular health checkup. This took place after he had opposed bin Salman's 2030 Economic Vision.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 55], "content_span": [56, 305]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276872-0013-0000", "contents": "2017\u20132019 Saudi Arabian purge, Allegations, Corruption\nKing Salman stated that the anti-corruption committee need to \"identify offences, crimes and persons and entities involved in cases of public corruption\". He also referred to the \"exploitation by some of the weak souls who have put their own interests above the public interest, in order to illicitly accrue money\".", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 54], "content_span": [55, 370]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276872-0014-0000", "contents": "2017\u20132019 Saudi Arabian purge, Allegations, Extremism\nOn 24 October 2017 Mohammad bin Salman who ordered the arrests, told investors in Riyadh that \"We are returning to what we were before, a country of moderate Islam that is open to all religions and to the world\". He also pledged to counter \"extremism very soon\".", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 53], "content_span": [54, 316]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276872-0015-0000", "contents": "2017\u20132019 Saudi Arabian purge, List of involved people\nThose arrested, detained, sanctioned or removed from their posts include, but are not limited to:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 54], "content_span": [55, 152]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276872-0016-0000", "contents": "2017\u20132019 Saudi Arabian purge, Reactions\nAccording to Sam Blatteis, Middle East Public Policy Manager for Deloitte and a former Google head of public policy in the Persian Gulf, \"This is the closest thing in the Middle East to glasnost\"; other businessmen have compared the purge to Russian president Vladimir Putin's politically-motivated attacks on Russian oligarchs. The Economist likened the purge to the anti-corruption campaign under Xi Jinping, General Secretary of the Communist Party of China. Thomas Friedman at The New York Times called it Saudi Arabia's Arab Spring.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 40], "content_span": [41, 578]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276872-0017-0000", "contents": "2017\u20132019 Saudi Arabian purge, Reactions\nIn Saudi Arabia the purge was supported by the Council of Senior Scholars.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 40], "content_span": [41, 115]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276872-0018-0000", "contents": "2017\u20132019 Saudi Arabian purge, Aftermath\nThe 2017 purge of the Saudi political and business elite was followed in 2018 by arrests of 17 women's rights activists, including Aziza al-Yousef, Loujain al-Hathloul, Eman al-Nafjan, Aisha al-Mana and Madeha al-Ajroush as well as Hatoon al-Fassi, a women's rights activist and associate professor of women's history. Eastern Province human rights activist Israa al-Ghomgham and her husband, already in prison since December 2015, were under legal threat of beheading along with four colleagues, with a final hearing to take place on 28 October 2018 in the Specialized Criminal Court.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 40], "content_span": [41, 626]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276872-0019-0000", "contents": "2017\u20132019 Saudi Arabian purge, Aftermath\nOn 19 November 2020, some of the Saudi detainees from the night of Ritz-Carlton corruption purge anonymously disclosed details of the torture they endured and coercion by Saudi Arabia. The detainees claim that they were beaten and intimidated by authorities under the supervision of two ministers, who were both close confidantes of the crown prince Mohammed bin Salman who ordered the purge.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 40], "content_span": [41, 433]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276872-0020-0000", "contents": "2017\u20132019 Saudi Arabian purge, Committee conclusion\nOn 30 January 2019, the Saudi King Salman reviewed the final report submitted by the committee chairman stating that 381 individuals were ordered and some of them as witnesses. Settlements were made with 87 individual resulting in recovering \u00a0$107 billion in the form of real estate, companies, cash, and other assets. The report also stated that Saudi Arabia's Public Prosecutor rejected the settlements with 56 individual due to already existing criminal charges against them, while eight individuals denied the settlements and were referred to the Public Prosecutor.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 51], "content_span": [52, 621]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276873-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u20132019 eruptions of Mount Agung\nMount Agung, a volcano on the island of Bali in Indonesia, erupted five times in late November 2017, causing thousands to evacuate, disrupting air travel and causing environmental damage. As of 27 November 2017, the alert level was at its highest and evacuation orders were in place.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [34, 34], "content_span": [35, 318]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276873-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u20132019 eruptions of Mount Agung\nTectonic earthquakes from the volcano had been detected since early August 2017, and volcanic activity intensified for several weeks before decreasing significantly in late October. A second, more violent period of major activity began in late November. Agung has since had eruptions in January, June, July and December 2018 and January, February, March, April, May and June 2019.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [34, 34], "content_span": [35, 415]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276873-0002-0000", "contents": "2017\u20132019 eruptions of Mount Agung, Background, 1843 eruption\nAfter having been dormant for a long time, this year the mountain began to be alive again. In the first days of the activity earthquake shocks were felt after which followed the emission of ash, sand and stones.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 61], "content_span": [62, 273]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276873-0003-0000", "contents": "2017\u20132019 eruptions of Mount Agung, Background, 1963 eruption\nMount Agung's 1963 eruption was among the most catastrophic volcanic events in Indonesian history. After initial explosions in the crater on 18 February of that year, lava began flowing down the mountain on 24 February, eventually traveling 7\u00a0km over the next three weeks. On 17 March, a highly explosive eruption occurred, reaching a VEI (Volcanic Explosivity Index) of 5 and sending lethal pyroclastic flows at high speeds down the mountain's slopes, killing at least 1,500 people. Heavy rainfall mixed with ash from the eruption in the following days caused extensive lahars which killed about 200 more people. A smaller eruption occurred on 16 May, sending pyroclastic flows down the mountain once more, killing about 200 more people. By the time the eruptions ceased in early 1964, they had claimed about 1,900 lives, marking the event as the 8th deadliest volcanic eruption of the 20th century.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 61], "content_span": [62, 962]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276873-0004-0000", "contents": "2017\u20132019 eruptions of Mount Agung, Background, 1963 eruption\nSince 1963, the population of Bali has nearly doubled. Mount Agung is therefore considered highly dangerous by Indonesian authorities. This concern was the primary reason behind their decision to evacuate more than 100,000 people in response to the surge in local tectonic activity in the latter half of 2017.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 61], "content_span": [62, 371]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276873-0005-0000", "contents": "2017\u20132019 eruptions of Mount Agung, Major activity in 2017, August\nVolcanic earthquakes were observed from 10 August 2017 and the intensity increased in the following weeks.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 66], "content_span": [67, 173]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276873-0006-0000", "contents": "2017\u20132019 eruptions of Mount Agung, Major activity in 2017, September\nOn 30 September 2017, an increase of rumbling and seismic activity around the volcano made people raise the alert to the highest level and about 122,500 people were evacuated from their homes around the volcano. The Indonesian National Disaster Management Authority declared a 12-kilometer exclusion zone around the volcano on 24 September. A plume was observed on 13 September.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 69], "content_span": [70, 448]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276873-0007-0000", "contents": "2017\u20132019 eruptions of Mount Agung, Major activity in 2017, September\nEvacuees gathered in sports halls and other community buildings around Klungkung, Karangasem, Buleleng, and other areas. The monitoring station is in Tembuku, Rendang, Karangasem Regency, where intensity and frequency of tremors were monitored for signs of the imminent large eruption.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 69], "content_span": [70, 355]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276873-0008-0000", "contents": "2017\u20132019 eruptions of Mount Agung, Major activity in 2017, September\nThe area experienced 844 volcanic earthquakes on 25 September, and 300 to 400 earthquakes by midday on 26 September. Seismologists have been alarmed at the force and frequency of the incidents as it has taken much less for similar volcanoes to erupt.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 69], "content_span": [70, 320]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276873-0009-0000", "contents": "2017\u20132019 eruptions of Mount Agung, Major activity in 2017, October\nIn late October 2017, the activity of the volcano decreased significantly, leading to lowering of the alert status on 29 October.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 67], "content_span": [68, 197]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276873-0010-0000", "contents": "2017\u20132019 eruptions of Mount Agung, Major activity in 2017, October\nThe alert level remained at 3 (out of 4) until the start of the second major activity period, and plumes were observed during this time.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 67], "content_span": [68, 204]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276873-0011-0000", "contents": "2017\u20132019 eruptions of Mount Agung, Major activity in 2017, November, 21 November\nA small phreatic eruption was reported at 09:05 on 21 November (UTC), with the top of the ash cloud reaching 3,842 metres (12,605\u00a0ft) above sea level. Thousands of people immediately fled the area, and over 29,000 temporary refugees were housed in over 270 locations nearby.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 81], "content_span": [82, 356]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276873-0012-0000", "contents": "2017\u20132019 eruptions of Mount Agung, Major activity in 2017, November, 25 November\nA magmatic eruption began early on Saturday morning, 25 November. The eruption plume rose 1.5\u20134\u00a0km above the summit crater, drifting towards the south and dusting the surroundings with a thin layer of dark ash, leading some airlines to cancel flights bound for Australia and New Zealand. An orange glow was later observed around the crater at night, confirming that fresh magma had reached the surface.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 81], "content_span": [82, 484]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276873-0013-0000", "contents": "2017\u20132019 eruptions of Mount Agung, Major activity in 2017, November, 26 November\nAt 23:37 on 26 November (UTC), another eruption occurred. Ngurah Rai International Airport was closed next day, leaving many tourists stranded. More than 100,000 people in a 10-kilometre (6.2\u00a0mi) radius of the volcano were ordered to evacuate.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 81], "content_span": [82, 325]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276873-0014-0000", "contents": "2017\u20132019 eruptions of Mount Agung, Major activity in 2017, November, 27 November\nSunday 26 November's eruption continued at a constant rate, and lahars were reported in the Selat district south of the volcano. The Australian Government's Bureau of Meteorology reported that the top of the eruption column had reached an altitude of 9,144 m (5.7 miles). Ash continued to spread in a southeasterly direction, and estimates by the Pacific Disaster Center predicted that the resulting atmospheric ash exposure would affect up to 5.6\u00a0million people within the densely populated region surrounding the volcano.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 81], "content_span": [82, 605]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276873-0015-0000", "contents": "2017\u20132019 eruptions of Mount Agung, Major activity in 2017, November, 29 November\nReductions in eruption intensity and wind dispersal of the ash cloud led authorities to reopen Ngurah Rai International Airport at 07:00 (UTC). Authorities also warned that the eruption volume could increase again at any time, potentially shutting down air traffic once more.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 81], "content_span": [82, 357]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276873-0016-0000", "contents": "2017\u20132019 eruptions of Mount Agung, Activity in 2018, January\nThe volcano erupted once again on 11 January, sending plumes of smoke and ash, while Indonesia's Bali international airport was declared safe, operating normally. The eruption column was reported to rise 2.5\u00a0km above the mountain.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 61], "content_span": [62, 292]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276873-0017-0000", "contents": "2017\u20132019 eruptions of Mount Agung, Activity in 2018, June\nAgung erupted on 12 June, sending plumes of smoke and ash some 2,000 meters above the volcano's summit. No flights were affected from the event.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 58], "content_span": [59, 203]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276873-0018-0000", "contents": "2017\u20132019 eruptions of Mount Agung, Activity in 2018, June\nOn 28 June, water vapour and volcanic ash emission were detected from Mount Agung up to two kilometres into the air. The Ngurah Rai Airport was closed due to the event.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 58], "content_span": [59, 227]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276873-0019-0000", "contents": "2017\u20132019 eruptions of Mount Agung, Activity in 2018, July\nAgung erupted again 3 July due to a minor strombolian explosion. 700 people living near the crater were evacuated. No flights were affected.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 58], "content_span": [59, 199]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276873-0020-0000", "contents": "2017\u20132019 eruptions of Mount Agung, Activity in 2018, December\nOn the morning of 30 December, the volcano sent ash skywards as it erupted for about three minutes, spewing white clouds of smoke and ash more than 700m into the air. Several villages in Bali were covered in a thin layer of ash, but no smoke or lava was detected coming from the volcano and no evacuation has been ordered.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 62], "content_span": [63, 385]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276873-0021-0000", "contents": "2017\u20132019 eruptions of Mount Agung, Major activity in 2019, January\nAgung erupted on 10 January, producing columns of volcanic ash. The summit of the volcano was covered by thick haze during eruption and thus the height of the ash could not be seen.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 67], "content_span": [68, 249]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276873-0022-0000", "contents": "2017\u20132019 eruptions of Mount Agung, Major activity in 2019, February\nOn 22 February, volcanic ash plume that rose up to estimated 14000\u00a0ft (4300 m) altitude or flight level 140", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 68], "content_span": [69, 176]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276873-0023-0000", "contents": "2017\u20132019 eruptions of Mount Agung, Major activity in 2019, March\nExplosive activity continues on 8 March or the day after Nyepi, with a volcanic ash plume that rose up to estimated 12000\u00a0ft (3700 m) altitude or flight level 120 and is moving at 10 kts in south east direction.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 65], "content_span": [66, 277]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276873-0024-0000", "contents": "2017\u20132019 eruptions of Mount Agung, Major activity in 2019, March\nMt. Agung erupted again on 28 March. Bali's I Gusti Ngurah Rai International Airport operated normally despite the eruption, as the airspace above the airport was declared clear of volcanic ash based on a paper test.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 65], "content_span": [66, 282]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276873-0025-0000", "contents": "2017\u20132019 eruptions of Mount Agung, Major activity in 2019, April\nA 2,000m high column of ash erupted out of Agung on 3 April 2019. The Center for Volcanology and Geological Hazard Mitigation (PVMBG) maintained the volcano's alert level at \"stay on alert\", the third level of the four-tiered alert system. The center also set the danger zone at a 4-kilometer radius from the crater.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 65], "content_span": [66, 382]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276873-0026-0000", "contents": "2017\u20132019 eruptions of Mount Agung, Major activity in 2019, May\nIn late May 2019 an eruption spewed lava and rocks over about 3\u00a0km, with some ash fall on nearby villages and temporarily interrupting international flights.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 63], "content_span": [64, 221]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276873-0027-0000", "contents": "2017\u20132019 eruptions of Mount Agung, Major activity in 2019, June\nAnother explosion occurred at the volcano at 13 June 2019, 01:38 local time. A Vulcanian eruption ejected much incandescent material to distances of at least 700 m from the crater and generated an ash plume that rose to 30,000\u00a0ft (9000 m) altitude and drifting south over Denpasar.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 64], "content_span": [65, 346]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276873-0028-0000", "contents": "2017\u20132019 eruptions of Mount Agung, Major activity in 2019, June\nAccording to PVMBG, the eruption lasted almost 10 minutes, marking it one of the longest in the recent series of such Vulcanian explosions. A small earthquake swarm and slight inflation on 12 June 2019 preceded the eruption.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 64], "content_span": [65, 289]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276873-0029-0000", "contents": "2017\u20132019 eruptions of Mount Agung, Impact\nThe 2017 eruption caused some 40,000 people to be evacuated from 22 villages around Mount Agung. It also caused surrounding airports to be closed. Lombok International Airport, on the neighboring island of Lombok, closed on 26 November, but was reopened the next morning, only to be closed again on 30 November. Lombok's airport reopened on 1 December. Ngurah Rai International Airport, located at the southern tip of the island and southwest of the volcano, closed on 27 November. More than 400 flights were canceled and about 59,000 passengers remained grounded. The airport was reopened on 29 November. This eruption also caused a decline in tourism on Bali by about 30%.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 42], "content_span": [43, 717]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276874-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u20132019 transport strikes in the Philippines\nThe 2017\u20132019 Philippine jeepney drivers' strike is a series of protest and strike action staged by jeepney drivers in the Philippines to oppose the government's plan to phaseout jeepneys over 15 years old. The strike, which started on February 6, caused hundreds of passengers to be stranded and prompted universities, cities, and towns to suspend classes. Part of the protest is to forward an alternative on modernization based upon national industrialization and not corporate takeover.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [46, 46], "content_span": [47, 536]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276874-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u20132019 transport strikes in the Philippines, Protests, 2017, Suspension of classes\nAfternoon classes in the cities of Manila, Malabon, and Pasay were suspended. Classes in Adamson University, Colegio de San Juan de Letran, De La Salle University, Far Eastern University, National University, University of the Philippines Manila, and University of Santo Tomas were also suspended.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [48, 85], "content_span": [86, 383]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276874-0002-0000", "contents": "2017\u20132019 transport strikes in the Philippines, Protests, 2017, Suspension of classes\nOn the evening of February 26, Malaca\u00f1ang Palace, through the Office of the Executive Secretary, suspended the classes for elementary and secondary levels in Metro Manila. Several universities, cities and towns\u2014such as Makati, Iloilo City, Talisay, Cebu, Mandaue, Navotas, Pateros, Cainta, Para\u00f1aque, Taytay, Valenzuela, Bacolod, and Antipolo\u2014have suspended classes.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [48, 85], "content_span": [86, 452]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276874-0003-0000", "contents": "2017\u20132019 transport strikes in the Philippines, Protests, 2017, October 16\u201317\nOn October 15, 2017, Malaca\u00f1ang announced that classes and government work were suspended throughout the Philippines on the second day of strike, October 17, 2017, due to the third strike. The Metropolitan Manila Development Authority (MMDA) suspended the enforcement of the Unified Vehicular Volume Reduction Program (UVVRP), known as the number coding scheme on October 17, 2017, the second day of the strike. The Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) announced that its consular offices closed on the first day of strike, October 16, 2017.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [48, 77], "content_span": [78, 618]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276874-0004-0000", "contents": "2017\u20132019 transport strikes in the Philippines, Protests, 2018, March 19\nOn March 19, 2018, PISTON held the fourth protest against the jeepney modernization.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [48, 72], "content_span": [73, 157]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276874-0005-0000", "contents": "2017\u20132019 transport strikes in the Philippines, Protests, 2018, March 19\nMalaca\u00f1ang announced that classes suspended throughout Metro Manila on March 19, 2018, due to the strike.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [48, 72], "content_span": [73, 178]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276874-0006-0000", "contents": "2017\u20132019 transport strikes in the Philippines, Protests, 2018, June 25\nOn June 25, 2018, Piston held the fifth protest against the jeepney modernization.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [48, 71], "content_span": [72, 154]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276874-0007-0000", "contents": "2017\u20132019 transport strikes in the Philippines, Protests, 2018, June 25\nAlbay Governor Al Francis Bichara announced on June 22 that classes suspended in some portions of Albay due to the strike on June 25.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [48, 71], "content_span": [72, 205]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276874-0008-0000", "contents": "2017\u20132019 transport strikes in the Philippines, Protests, 2019, September 30\nOn September 30, 2019, Piston held the sixth protest against the jeepney modernization.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [48, 76], "content_span": [77, 164]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276874-0009-0000", "contents": "2017\u20132019 transport strikes in the Philippines, Protests, 2019, September 30\nClasses are suspended in several areas in the Philippines due to the strike.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [48, 76], "content_span": [77, 153]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276875-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u20132019 world oil market chronology, 2017\nDespite the promises of lower output from other countries, no evidence of changes was seen. U.S. output was higher. Also, China's economic problems caused concern. Brent fell 3% in the second week of the year to $55.45. WTI fell to $52.37 for a nearly 3% loss. On January 18, with a strong dollar and expectations of higher U.S. production, Brent fell to $53.92 and WTI to $51.08. With U.S. production and inventories up, even a lower dollar and decreased production by OPEC nations did not cause oil prices to rise as much as they could have. WTI reached $53.07 and Brent $55.44 on January 26.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 43], "content_span": [44, 638]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276875-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u20132019 world oil market chronology, 2017\nOn February 8, the U.S. Energy Information Administration reported the second-largest increase in oil supplies, the day after WTI reached $52.17 and Brent reached $55.05, the lowest in three weeks for both, thanks to a strong dollar. Still, prices moved higher on February 8. With the increase in U.S. supplies and OPEC's plan to keep cutting production, oil ended the next week down, with WTI at $53.40 and Brent crude at $55.81.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 43], "content_span": [44, 474]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276875-0002-0000", "contents": "2017\u20132019 world oil market chronology, 2017\nOn February 22, Qatar oil minister Mohammed Saleh Al Sada said countries not in OPEC were not cutting production as much as expected, and oil fell as a result. Continued increases in U.S. crude inventories also contributed to a decline, with WTI at $53.59 and Brent at $55.76.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 43], "content_span": [44, 320]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276875-0003-0000", "contents": "2017\u20132019 world oil market chronology, 2017\nAfter U.S. inventories reached a record at the end of February, oil fell for three straight days and closed at its lowest level in nearly a month, with WTI at $52.61 and Brent at $55.08. Oil continued to fall, with Brent crude reaching $51.50, the lowest since November 30, on March 9, a day after a 5% drop, the most it had moved in a day all year. WTI fell more than 5% March 8 and closed at $49.28 the next day, the lowest since November.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 43], "content_span": [44, 485]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276875-0003-0001", "contents": "2017\u20132019 world oil market chronology, 2017\nWTI fell to $47.36 on March 14, while Brent crude reached $50.25, before lower inventories resulted in higher prices. Crude inventories set a record but gasoline inventories went down more than expected and summer gasoline demand was expected to increase, so while WTI fell to just over $47 on March 22, it finished the day at $48.04. Brent crude fell below $50 but recovered to $50.64. On March 30 with Kuwait's support for continuing OPEC production cuts, U.S. crude rose above $50 for the first time in three weeks, with Brent crude reached $52.92.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 43], "content_span": [44, 595]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276875-0003-0002", "contents": "2017\u20132019 world oil market chronology, 2017\nDespite high U.S. crude inventories while gasoline inventories moved lower, prices continued to rise, reaching their highest point since March 8 on April 6, with WTI reaching $51.70 and Brent crude $54.89. After Saudi Arabia announced plans to continue lower production beyond the first half of 2017, on April 12, WTI reached $53.36 and Brent crude reached $56.40. On April 14, gas was $2.41, up 33 cents from a year earlier.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 43], "content_span": [44, 469]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276875-0004-0000", "contents": "2017\u20132019 world oil market chronology, 2017\nOn April 19, oil fell 3.8% with the news of an unexpected increase in U.S. gasoline supplies and the news that U.S. crude supplies fell less than they should have with production at its highest since August 2015. WTI still remained above $50 while Brent crude closed just under $53. On April 24, WTI fell below $50 and Brent crude closed at $51.60 due to doubts about OPEC extending production cuts and a statement by Russia that it would increase production.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 43], "content_span": [44, 503]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276875-0005-0000", "contents": "2017\u20132019 world oil market chronology, 2017\nDespite plans to extend production cuts, on May 4, oil fell to its lowest level since November, with WTI falling to $45.52 and Brent crude reaching $48.26. But with the news that Saudi supplies to Asia were less than expected, and with U.S. inventories down the most since December, and despite higher production from non-OPEC nations reducing demand for OPEC oil, Brent crude finished at $50.72 on May 11 and U.S. light crude rose more than 1% to $47.83.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 43], "content_span": [44, 499]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276875-0006-0000", "contents": "2017\u20132019 world oil market chronology, 2017\nWith expectations production cuts would continue, Brent crude was up for the second week and WTI finished May 18 at $49.35, its highest close since April 26. On May 25, all countries agreed to continue cuts but Brent crude still fell 4%. And despite a sharp drop in U.S. inventories, oil fell another 1% on June 2, with Brent crude reaching $50.25 and WTI down to $47.91.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 43], "content_span": [44, 415]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276875-0007-0000", "contents": "2017\u20132019 world oil market chronology, 2017\nBy June 9, Brent crude was at $47.67, down 12% from May 25, and WTI was at $45.44, down 11%, with limits on production not having the expected effect as supplies continued to rise. OPEC actually increased production and on June 14, Brent crude fell to $48.25 and WTI to $45.94. Excessive worldwide supplies and high U.S. production led to the fourth straight down week as Brent crude finished June 16 at $47.37 and WTI rose to $44.74, a day after oil reached its lowest level in six months. Prices rose slightly with news that although American producers added rigs for a record 22 weeks, the rate of increase was slowing, and that some countries were starting to export less.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 43], "content_span": [44, 720]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276875-0008-0000", "contents": "2017\u20132019 world oil market chronology, 2017\nWith production increasing in Nigeria and Libya, even though U.S. supplies of oil and gasoline were down, Brent crude rose slightly to $44.91 after reaching its lowest point since November, and WTI reached $42.53, its lowest since August, on June 21. With U.S. inventories again continuing to increase and gasoline supplies up despite increased demand, Brent crude fell to $46.32 and WTI reached $43.86 on June 28.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 43], "content_span": [44, 458]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276875-0009-0000", "contents": "2017\u20132019 world oil market chronology, 2017\nAfter eight days of gains due to an expected end in a rise in U.S. production, Brent crude fell to $49.43 and WTI to $46.85 on July 4. On July 7, even though U.S. oil and gasoline inventories fell late in June, with both OPEC and U.S. production up, Brent crude fell to $47.53 and WTI to $44.95.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 43], "content_span": [44, 339]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276875-0009-0001", "contents": "2017\u20132019 world oil market chronology, 2017\nThe next week, Brent crude rose 3.5% to $48.24 and WTI 4% to $45.98 as U.S. inventories continued to fall and U.S. production forecasts were cut, though oil inventories were still high, reducing gains from earlier in the week; Sanford C. Bernstein speculated OPEC nations may not have made the cuts intended. On July 31, Brent crude reached $52.93, its highest point since May.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 43], "content_span": [44, 421]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276875-0009-0002", "contents": "2017\u20132019 world oil market chronology, 2017\nWith record demand reported in the United States and lower inventories along with good news on U.S. jobs but continued high production from OPEC nations, on August 4, WTI ended the week at $49.58 and Brent crude reached $52.42 after almost reaching a 10-week high earlier in the week. Both were down less than 1% for the week.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 43], "content_span": [44, 370]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276875-0010-0000", "contents": "2017\u20132019 world oil market chronology, 2017\nOil reached its highest level in two and a half months on August 9 but OPEC and exempt nations Nigeria and Libya reported increased output, and oil fell 1.5%, with WTI back below $50 at $48.62 and Brent crude at $51.91 early the next day.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 43], "content_span": [44, 282]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276875-0011-0000", "contents": "2017\u20132019 world oil market chronology, 2017\nOil fell 2.5%, more than expected, on August 14. Early the next day WTI was $47.65 and Brent crude was $50.79, both up slightly. Lower production by Libya and China were reported, and a stronger dollar resulted from North Korea delaying a decision to fire a missile toward Guam.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 43], "content_span": [44, 322]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276875-0012-0000", "contents": "2017\u20132019 world oil market chronology, 2017\nOn August 23, oil fell slightly due to higher Libya output, while U.S. gasoline supplies higher than expected even though crude inventories fell, with WTI at $47.63 and Brent crude at $51.61. However, Hurricane Harvey led to higher gas prices and to a reduction of nearly 25% in refinery capacity and 15% in U.S. production. Brent crude fell slightly to $50.93 on August 29, but the difference between Brent and U.S. CLc1 reached the highest level in over two years before declining to $4.92.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 43], "content_span": [44, 536]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276875-0012-0001", "contents": "2017\u20132019 world oil market chronology, 2017\nWhile Harvey has had little effect on crude prices, the price of gas reached $2.59 on September 2, up 17.5 cents since August 23 and 16.7% higher than 2016, with more dramatic increases in states dependent on the Colonial Pipeline, which closed until inspection was complete. As of September 11, the price of gas was $2.67.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 43], "content_span": [44, 367]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276875-0013-0000", "contents": "2017\u20132019 world oil market chronology, 2017\nBrent crude rose 40% from June to October as oil producers were expected to continue lower production, with an increase of 20% in the third quarter, the most for the quarter since 2004, and reaching $59.49 during the final week of September. The increase that week resulted from a threat by Turkey to close a pipeline as a result of the Kurdistan vote for independence. Turkey did not act and oil fell 6% to $56.00 (including a 2.5% drop on October 1) as a result of investors taking advantage of higher prices and forecasts for increased U.S. tight oil (shale oil) production. U.S. CLc1 fell only slightly to $50.42.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 43], "content_span": [44, 661]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276875-0014-0000", "contents": "2017\u20132019 world oil market chronology, 2017\nOn October 12, with U.S. supplies up, WTI was $51.01 and Brent crude $56.65. After four days of higher prices, oil dropped significantly October 19 and rose slightly the next day, with WTI reaching $51.41 and Brent at $57.31. U.S. oil inventories were down 15% since March and lower than in 2016 due to higher exports resulting from WTI being significantly lower than Brent. However, threats to oil supplies due to fighting in Kurdistan were less than feared.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 43], "content_span": [44, 503]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276875-0015-0000", "contents": "2017\u20132019 world oil market chronology, 2017\nOn November 1, WTI reached the highest level since 2015 before settling at $54.30. The next week, WTI reached $57.92, highest since July 2015, and Brent crude $64.65, highest since June 2015. Demand was high, and OPEC cuts and \"rising political tensions\" were other reasons.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 43], "content_span": [44, 318]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276875-0016-0000", "contents": "2017\u20132019 world oil market chronology, 2017\nOn November 24, WTI reached $59.05, the highest in two years, due to the Keystone Pipeline closing, and optimism about the OPEC deal extension. Gas was $2.52. On November 27, U.S. CLc1 fell 1.4%, finishing the next day at $57.99, with Brent crude at $63.61. Crude supplies had risen the previous week after forecasts for an increase. There was concern about a November 30 meeting to extend OPEC production cuts, while Russia was expected to increase production.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 43], "content_span": [44, 505]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276875-0017-0000", "contents": "2017\u20132019 world oil market chronology, 2017\nA strong dollar caused prices to fall slightly December 8, with WTI at $56.64 and Brent crude at $62.09. With an outage on the Forties crude pipeline in Great Britain, prices were staying high. Oil fell slightly on December 11 with WTI at $57.10 and Brent crude $63.08 as U.S. production reached levels not seen since the 1970s and the number of rigs continued to increase.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 43], "content_span": [44, 417]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276875-0018-0000", "contents": "2017\u20132019 world oil market chronology, 2017\nDuring the last week of 2017, WTI went over $60 for the first time since June 2015 before falling back to $59.69, while Brent crude passed $67 for the first time since May 2015 before falling to $66.50. Pipeline problems in Libya and the North Sea added to production cuts by OPEC and Russia.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 43], "content_span": [44, 336]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276875-0019-0000", "contents": "2017\u20132019 world oil market chronology, 2018\nBoth WTI and Brent began the year above $60 for the first time since 2014. Later in the week WTI reached $62.21 and Brent $68.27, both the highest since May 2015. Protests in Iran added to other factors that were keeping prices high. With U.S. inventories the lowest in three years, and cold weather decreasing U.S. production, oil reached its highest price since December 2014 in mid-January. On January 15, Brent reached $70.37, and the next day, WTI hit $64.89. U.S. production increased and demand was predicted to go down when winter was over, so prices went down. With U.S. crude supplies up for the first time in 11 weeks, WTI ended January at $64.73 after falling for two straight days for the second time in the month.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 43], "content_span": [44, 771]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276875-0020-0000", "contents": "2017\u20132019 world oil market chronology, 2018\nIn February, with U.S. crude supplies up, WTI fell to $61.79, the lowest level in a month, and Brent fell below $66 for the first time in 2018.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 43], "content_span": [44, 187]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276875-0021-0000", "contents": "2017\u20132019 world oil market chronology, 2018\nWith both crude oil stocks and gasoline inventories up, and U.S. production at a high, WTI finished February down 4.8%, the first loss for a month since August, and Brent finished down 4.7%. With reports of higher U.S. crude inventories, a stronger dollar and the stock market down (partly the result of the resignation of Gary Cohn), oil fell 2% March 7, with WTI reaching $61.21 and Brent $64.34. Crude oil supplies continued to rise and oil fell 1.2% early in the week of March 12, with WTI reaching $61.14 and Brent reaching $64.97 early March 15.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 43], "content_span": [44, 595]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276875-0021-0001", "contents": "2017\u20132019 world oil market chronology, 2018\nThen crude supplies fell and WTI ended March 21 at $65.41 while Brent reached $69.47, both the highest since early February. WTI ended March at $64.94, up 5.6% for the month and 7.7% for the first quarter. Brent finished at $70.27 for an increase of 8.6% for the month and 6.3% for the quarter. One reason was concern over the United States putting sanctions on Iran once again. Also, OPEC wanted prices higher and intended to set targets for crude stocks accordingly. Production in Venezuela was down as well.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 43], "content_span": [44, 554]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276875-0022-0000", "contents": "2017\u20132019 world oil market chronology, 2018\nOn April 11, with the United States planning a response to the Douma chemical attack in the Syrian Civil War, WTI ended the day at $66.82, with Brent at $72.04, both the highest since December 2014.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 43], "content_span": [44, 242]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276875-0023-0000", "contents": "2017\u20132019 world oil market chronology, 2018\nWTI fell from $69.56 and Brent from $74.74, both the highest since November 2014, on a week when U.S. inventories were lower and gasoline demand was higher.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 43], "content_span": [44, 200]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276875-0024-0000", "contents": "2017\u20132019 world oil market chronology, 2018\nWTI ended May 18 down slightly at $71.28 but still higher for the third week after reaching its highest level in three and half years twice. Brent rose for the sixth week in a row, the most since 2011, finishing at $78.51 after going over $80 for the first time since November 2014 the previous day. The threat of more sanctions on Iran, the lowest OPEC petroleum stocks in three years, and supply problems in Venezuela were reasons.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 43], "content_span": [44, 477]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276875-0025-0000", "contents": "2017\u20132019 world oil market chronology, 2018\nPrior to Memorial Day, the number of active U.S. oil rigs increased and WTI fell 4% to $67.88, while Brent fell 3% to $76.44, the lowest since May 8. Media reports indicate OPEC will increase production. Gas was $2.97, the highest of the year.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 43], "content_span": [44, 287]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276875-0026-0000", "contents": "2017\u20132019 world oil market chronology, 2018\nWith OPEC's announcement that it would keep production low through the rest of 2018, WTI rose from its lowest close since April 17 to finish May 30 at $68.21 after five straight days of decline, the longest streak since February. Brent finished at $77.50. The difference between WTI and Brent was increasing, possibly due to tight oil (shale oil).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 43], "content_span": [44, 391]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276875-0027-0000", "contents": "2017\u20132019 world oil market chronology, 2018\nOn June 14, WTI reached $66.89, its highest settlement in two weeks as a result of the largest U.S. supply drop since March, though not as high as it could have been due to record U.S. production for the week. Brent fell to $75.94 due to expectations of higher production from OPEC.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 43], "content_span": [44, 326]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276875-0028-0000", "contents": "2017\u20132019 world oil market chronology, 2018\nOn June 22, WTI finished at $68.58, up 4.6%, and Brent was up 3.4% to $75.55, after OPEC said it would cut production, and U.S. supplies fell with the first reduction in the number of rigs in three months.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 43], "content_span": [44, 249]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276875-0029-0000", "contents": "2017\u20132019 world oil market chronology, 2018\nWTI ended the first half of 2018 up about 23% to $74.15, the highest since November 2014, up 14% for the second quarter and 11% for the month. Brent was $79.44, the highest since May. Factors included threats to supplies from Libya and proposed sanctions on countries importing oil from Iran. With expectations of increased production worldwide, Brent dropped more than 2% on July 2 to $77.30, while WTI fell slightly to $73.94 due to lower U.S. supplies and Libya exports. For the week ending July 13, WTI fell 3.8% to $71.01 after falling below $70 on July 12. Brent fell 2.3% to $75.33 after reaching $73.40 on July 11, a day when the return of oil from Libya and a change in attitudes toward Iran sanctions led to a nearly 7% drop. Lower U.S. supplies were less of a factor.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 43], "content_span": [44, 822]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276875-0030-0000", "contents": "2017\u20132019 world oil market chronology, 2018\nWTI rose to $69.46 on July 19 with the announcement that Saudi Arabia exports were expected to fall to prevent oversupply and news of lower than expected U.S. gasoline supplies, but Brent fell to $72.58 with the end of a strike by Norwegian oil workers.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 43], "content_span": [44, 297]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276875-0031-0000", "contents": "2017\u20132019 world oil market chronology, 2018\nThe biggest one-day decline in oil prices in three weeks happened August 8 as crude supplies fell less than expected and demand in China also fell. WTI fell 3.2% from $69.17, the highest since July 30, to $66.91, the lowest since June 21. Brent also fell by 3.2%, to $72.28, the lowest since July 17. WTI fell 3% on August 15 to $65.01 for its lowest close since June 6, while Brent fell 2.4% to $70.76, the lowest since April 9. Crude inventories were rising despite a forecast they would fall.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 43], "content_span": [44, 539]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276875-0031-0001", "contents": "2017\u20132019 world oil market chronology, 2018\nThen oil rose for five straight days, with WTI reaching $67.86, the highest in two weeks, and Brent reached $74.78, the highest since July 30, as U.S. crude supplies fell more than expected. Possible sanctions on Iran have also contributed. On August 28, WTI fell slightly to $68.53 from its highest finish since August 7; there had been increases seven of the previous nine days. Brent was also down a few cents to $75.95 after the highest finish since July 10. sanctions on Iran and problems in Libya and Venezuela kept prices high. Gas was $2.24.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 43], "content_span": [44, 593]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276875-0032-0000", "contents": "2017\u20132019 world oil market chronology, 2018\nDespite lower U.S. crude supplies, a number of factors including lower expected demand, problems between the U.S. and China, higher U.S. gasoline and distillate supplies, and economic problems in emerging markets contributed to the lowest finish since August 21 for WTI at $67.77 on September 6. Brent was $76.55. With Hurricane Florence weakening, higher OPEC output and record supplies worldwide, on September 13, WTI fell 2.5% from $70.37, the highest since July 20, while Brent crude fell 2% to $78.17 from the highest since May.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 43], "content_span": [44, 577]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276875-0033-0000", "contents": "2017\u20132019 world oil market chronology, 2018\nWTI rose nearly 3% October 1 to finish at $75.30, the highest since November 2014, while Brent reached $84.98, the most since October 2014, with the agreement to replace NAFTA and lower Iranian production given as reasons. WTI finished the third quarter down 1.2% but rose 3.5% in its last week, while Brent was up 4.1% for the quarter and 5% for the week. With OPEC production up, on October 4, WTI fell by the largest percentage in a day since August but still ended higher for the fourth week in a row, at $74.90.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 43], "content_span": [44, 560]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276875-0033-0001", "contents": "2017\u20132019 world oil market chronology, 2018\nBrent was $84.72 after falling 2%. WTI finished at $71.34, down 4% for the week ending October 12, because of higher output and concerns about an economic slowdown. Brent was $80.34. With the fourth increase in U.S. crude supplies, and despite lower production due to Hurricane Michael, on October 18 WTI closed at $68.65, the lowest since September 13, after falling 4% over 2 days. Brent fell to $79.29, lowest since September 21.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 43], "content_span": [44, 476]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276875-0033-0002", "contents": "2017\u20132019 world oil market chronology, 2018\nWTI fell 2.4% to $67.59 in the week ending October 26, the third down week, and Brent fell 2.7% to $77.62, due to higher production and worries about the world economy. The U.S. became the leading world oil producer, exceeding 11 million barrels a day for the first time ever. This along with the highest OPEC production since 2016 led to WTI dropping 2.5% on November 1 to $63.69, its lowest finish since April, after falling 10.8% in October. Brent fell 2.9% to $72.79, the lowest since August 21 and lower than the 200-day average for the first time since September 2017, after an 8.8% fall in October. Both benchmarks fell the most for a month since July 2016.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 43], "content_span": [44, 708]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276875-0034-0000", "contents": "2017\u20132019 world oil market chronology, 2018\nPossible reductions in oil production, weak growth worldwide and the Trump administration policy of making exceptions to sanctions against Iran, for some buyers of Iranian oil all contributed to oil's sixth weekly loss. WTI dropped 6.2% for the week ending November 16 despite falling to $55.69 on November 13, the lowest close since November 16, 2017. Brent reached $66.76 on November 16, down 4.9%, after falling to $65.47 on November 13.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 43], "content_span": [44, 486]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276875-0035-0000", "contents": "2017\u20132019 world oil market chronology, 2018\nLow demand and high U.S. inventories contributed to a 6.6% decline for WTI to $53.43, the lowest since October 26, 2017, on November 20. Brent fell 6.4% to $62.53, the lowest since February. At Thanksgiving, gas was $2.62, down more than 20 cents since the start of October. Oil fell the most for any month in ten years. WTI finished at $50.93, up 1% for the week but down 22% for the month, while Brent was $58.71, down 12% for the year. Higher production in the U.S., Russia and some OPEC countries meant too much supply. Losses would have been higher except for speculation about OPEC cuts.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 43], "content_span": [44, 637]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276875-0036-0000", "contents": "2017\u20132019 world oil market chronology, 2018\nFor the week ending December 21, WTI fell 11.4% to $45.59, the lowest since July 2017, and Brent fell 10.7% to $53.82, the lowest since September 2017. Higher U.S. interest rates, more active U.S. oil rigs, higher U.S. crude production and lower expected worldwide demand did not cancel out proposed production cuts by OPEC nations, including definite plans by Saudi Arabia. The same week, gas prices reached $2.37, the lowest in December in two years.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 43], "content_span": [44, 496]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276875-0037-0000", "contents": "2017\u20132019 world oil market chronology, 2018\nWTI ended 2018 at $45.41 a barrel, off 10.8% the month, 38% for the fourth quarter, and 24.8% for 2018. Brent finished at $53.80 off over 8% for the month, 35% for the quarter, and 19.5% for the year. U.S. crude supplies were down while gasoline supplies were higher.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 43], "content_span": [44, 311]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276875-0038-0000", "contents": "2017\u20132019 world oil market chronology, 2019\nWTI jumped 5 percent to $52.58 early on January 9, and Brent crude reached $61.58, with an announcement of expected production cuts by Saudi Arabia, though higher U.S. gasoline stocks kept oil from going even higher. Over eight days, oil was up 17 percent. Oil finished January up 18.5 percent (the best ever with records going back as far as 1984) with WTI at $53.79 one day after its highest finish since November, and Brent up 15 percent for the month to $61.89; both gains were the most for a month since April 2016. U.S. crude supplies were lower than expected and sanctions on Venezuela also contributed, as well as interest rate policy which sent stocks higher and the dollar lower.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 43], "content_span": [44, 733]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276875-0039-0000", "contents": "2017\u20132019 world oil market chronology, 2019\nOn the first week in February, WTI fell 4.6 percent, the most since December. Brent crude fell 1 percent. Reasons included an increase in U.S. oil rigs and efforts to get around Venezuela sanctions, as well as concerns over actions by OPEC nations. But WTI rose 5 percent the second week to $55.59, with Brent crude ending the week at $66.25, both the highest since November 19, with lower OPEC output and progress in trade talks between the United States and China.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 43], "content_span": [44, 510]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276875-0040-0000", "contents": "2017\u20132019 world oil market chronology, 2019\nWTI rose 6.4 percent in February while Brent crude went up 6.7 percent. On March 1, WTI fell 2.5 percent to end the week at $55.80 while Brent crude fell 1.9 percent to $65.07. This was true even though OPEC output reached its lowest level in four years. U.S. economic reports indicated slower growth.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 43], "content_span": [44, 345]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276875-0041-0000", "contents": "2017\u20132019 world oil market chronology, 2019\nOn April 2, WTI closed at $62.58, its highest level since November 5, and Brent closed at $69.37, its highest since November 12. Brent ended the first week of April up 4.1 percent with its first close above $70 since November, and WTI was up for the fifth week, the longest streak since November 2017, finishing 4.9 percent higher at $63.08. Reasons included sanctions on Iran and Venezuela. U.S. inventories were down, but even a higher number of oil rigs did not cancel out the other factors.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 43], "content_span": [44, 538]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276875-0041-0001", "contents": "2017\u20132019 world oil market chronology, 2019\nIn the second week of April, WTI had its sixth gain for the week, while Brent had its third week with an increase. Both fell slightly April 15, WTI to $63.40 and Brent to $71.18, after a report Russian Finance Minister Anton Siluanov wondered if his country should continue participating in OPEC's lower production goals. U.S. crude production was \"in record territory\" and expected to go higher.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 43], "content_span": [44, 440]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276875-0042-0000", "contents": "2017\u20132019 world oil market chronology, 2019\nThe third week of April, though short because of the Good Friday holiday, ended with WTI at $64 for its seventh gain for the first time since February 2014. Brent rose for the fourth week, ending at $71.97. This happened even though U.S. crude stocks fell. On April 22, WTI rose to $66.30, with the highest settlement since October resulting from the Trump administration ending waivers for Iranian oil exports, even though U.S. President Donald Trump tweeted that other countries would make up the difference.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 43], "content_span": [44, 554]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276875-0042-0001", "contents": "2017\u20132019 world oil market chronology, 2019\nThough WTI fell due to higher U.S. crude supplies, Brent reached the highest close since October on April 24 before falling to $74.35 the next day. Gasoline reached $2.84 nationally and $4.70 in parts of California, finally reaching $2.91 on May 4 after rising 67 cents during 2019, the most since 2011 during the same period.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 43], "content_span": [44, 370]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276875-0043-0000", "contents": "2017\u20132019 world oil market chronology, 2019\nWTI fell for the third week, to $61.66 with Brent falling to $70.62 after Trump's tariffs on imports from China increased, despite lower U.S. crude inventories.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 43], "content_span": [44, 204]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276875-0044-0000", "contents": "2017\u20132019 world oil market chronology, 2019\nOn May 23 when oil fell the most in a day since December (also falling below the 200-day moving average), WTI finished at $57.21, lowest since March 12, in a week when WTI lost nearly 7 percent; Brent finished the week at $68.69 for a nearly 5 percent loss. The declines for the week were the most all year. The trade war with China caused concerns, though possible actions by Trump helped slightly on May 24. Gas was $2.83, 14 cents lower than the previous Memorial Day.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 43], "content_span": [44, 515]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276875-0045-0000", "contents": "2017\u20132019 world oil market chronology, 2019\nAlthough oil went up 2 percent June 13 after attacks on tankers, for the week oil was down as a result of forecasts for lower worldwide demand, with WTI finishing at $52.51 and Brent at $62.01. The next week WTI rose almost 9 percent for the week, the most since December 2016, to $57.43, the highest finish for the month. Brent was up 5 percent to $65.20. Reasons for the jump included expectations of the Federal Reserve lowering interest rates and Iran shooting down a drone. Gas was $2.68, but expected to go higher, especially in the mid-Atlantic states, after a Philadelphia refinery fire.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 43], "content_span": [44, 639]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276875-0046-0000", "contents": "2017\u20132019 world oil market chronology, 2019\nOil ended higher for the third of four weeks on July 12, WTI at $60.21 and Brent at $66.72 because of problems in the Middle East, lower U.S. inventories and Hurricane Barry. Both WTI and Brent reached their highest numbers since May. Other factors included OPEC nations continuing lower production into 2020, and manufacturing slowing in much of the world.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 43], "content_span": [44, 401]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276875-0047-0000", "contents": "2017\u20132019 world oil market chronology, 2019\nThe next week oil fell 7.6 percent, the most since May, WTI ending the week at $55.63 and Brent down 6 percent to $62.50, due to high world supplies and less damage from Barry than feared. U.S. crude inventories went down for the sixth straight week, the most since the beginning of 2018, and decreased production caused by Barry ended, so WTI ended July 24 at $55.88 and Brent at $63.18.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 43], "content_span": [44, 432]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276875-0048-0000", "contents": "2017\u20132019 world oil market chronology, 2019\nWTI fell 7.9 percent on August 1, the most in one day in four years, to $53.95, the lowest since June 19. The next day WTI finished the week down, in response to Trump's plans for more tariffs. Brent fell 7 percent on August 1 and also ended the week lower.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 43], "content_span": [44, 301]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276875-0049-0000", "contents": "2017\u20132019 world oil market chronology, 2019\nU.S. oil supplies were down for the first time in three weeks and WTI fell slightly on August 21 to $55.68, while Brent went over $60 for the first time in a week. Gasoline supplies went up after being expected to go down. With China responding to Trump tariffs by adding tariffs of its own to American products, WTI ended the week down just over 1 percent, to $54.17. Gas was $2.59 after falling for five weeks straight. Patrick DeHaan, head of petroleum analysis at GasBuddy, said \"[W]e suffer from a lack of clear direction.\u201d Tom Kloza, global head of energy analysis at the Oil Price Information Service, said, \"The threat of a presidential tweet that could dampen world demand is real\".", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 43], "content_span": [44, 735]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276875-0050-0000", "contents": "2017\u20132019 world oil market chronology, 2019\nOil went up August 27 with less concern about the China trade war, less chance Iran could export oil, expectations of lower U.S. supplies, and many producers following OPEC guidelines. WTI was up 2.4 percent to $54.93 and Brent rose 1.4 percent to $59.51.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 43], "content_span": [44, 299]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276875-0051-0000", "contents": "2017\u20132019 world oil market chronology, 2019\nAfter three weeks of decreases in U.S. oil rigs and in U.S. crude supplies, WTI rose 2.6 percent to $56.32 on the first week of September, while Brent rose 3.9 percent to $61.54.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 43], "content_span": [44, 222]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276875-0052-0000", "contents": "2017\u20132019 world oil market chronology, 2019\nOn September 14, the 2019 Abqaiq\u2013Khurais attack caused the loss of 5 percent of the world's oil supply, and WTI jumped 14.7 percent, the most in one day since 2008, to $62.90, the highest since June. Brent rose by 14.6 percent, the most ever in one day, to $69.02. WTI rose 5.9 percent for the week, the most since June, to $58.09. Brent was up 6.7 percent, the most since January, to $64.28.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 43], "content_span": [44, 436]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276875-0053-0000", "contents": "2017\u20132019 world oil market chronology, 2019\nSaudi Arabia restored production to where it was before the attacks. WTI finished the quarter at $55.23, down 5.2 percent, and Brent was $60.23, up 3.1 percent for the month but down 5.5 for the quarter. Gas was $2.64, down several cents for the week.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 43], "content_span": [44, 295]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276875-0054-0000", "contents": "2017\u20132019 world oil market chronology, 2019\nAfter Trump announced a trade deal with China on October 11, oil fell 2 percent after reports that China wanted more talks before signing phase one of the deal. WTI had jumped 3.6 percent at the end of the week to the highest in two weeks before falling to $53.59. Brent rose 3.7 percent and then fell to $59.35. Slow growth in China and the fifth week of higher U.S. inventories led to a 1.7 percent loss for the week by WTI, ending the week at $53.78. Brent fell 1.8 percent to $59.42.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 43], "content_span": [44, 531]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276875-0055-0000", "contents": "2017\u20132019 world oil market chronology, 2019\nOn October 25 WTI finished at $56.66, the highest level since Sept. 24, after going up 5.2 percent. Brent finished at $62.02, its highest level since Sept. 26, after going up 4.4 percent. Reasons included the lowest number of active U.S. oil rigs since April 2017 and a decline in U.S. oil inventories. Then WTI fell as low as $54.61 and Brent fell to $60.66 with U.S. crude inventories expected to rise and a Russian official claiming it was too early to talk about OPEC production cuts.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 43], "content_span": [44, 532]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276875-0056-0000", "contents": "2017\u20132019 world oil market chronology, 2019\nOil reached its highest level in two months on November 21, with WTI at $58.58 and Brent at $63.98. Lower global supplies, partly the result of OPEC actions, were reasons, though high U.S. shale oil production and lower demand meant the trend might not continue.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 43], "content_span": [44, 306]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276875-0057-0000", "contents": "2017\u20132019 world oil market chronology, 2019\nBrent rose 1.4 percent on the week ending December 20 to $66.14. This was the sixth rise in seven weeks, and the third up week for WTI, which ended at $60.44. Reasons included OPEC plans for more cuts and positive expectations about the world economy and U.S. relations with China.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 43], "content_span": [44, 325]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276875-0058-0000", "contents": "2017\u20132019 world oil market chronology, 2019\nWith U.S. crude inventories down more than predicted, WTI reached $61.68 on December 26, the highest since September, and Brent was at $67.92, also the most in over three months.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 43], "content_span": [44, 222]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276876-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u20132020 ICC Women's Championship\nThe 2017\u20132020 ICC Women's Championship was the second edition of the ICC Women's Championship, a Women's One Day International cricket (WODI) competition that was contested by eight teams, to determine qualification for the 2022 Women's Cricket World Cup. The top four teams, along with hosts New Zealand, qualified directly for the World Cup. The remaining three teams progressed to the 2021 Women's Cricket World Cup Qualifier tournament.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [34, 34], "content_span": [35, 475]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276876-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u20132020 ICC Women's Championship\nIn the previous tournament, the first three WODIs counted towards qualification. However, for this tournament, the International Cricket Council (ICC) requested that additional matches are played as Women's Twenty20 Internationals (WT20Is). Inline with the updated ICC rules, two balls were used for the first time in WODI matches.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [34, 34], "content_span": [35, 366]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276876-0002-0000", "contents": "2017\u20132020 ICC Women's Championship\nWhen originally announced in October 2017, the top three teams, along with hosts New Zealand, would qualify for the World Cup. In October 2018, the qualification structure was changed allowing the hosts plus the top four teams to qualify directly for 2022 World Cup.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [34, 34], "content_span": [35, 301]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276876-0003-0000", "contents": "2017\u20132020 ICC Women's Championship\nThe first set of fixtures were announced by the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB), with Pakistan playing New Zealand in the United Arab Emirates in October 2017. The first round of fixtures to be played were between the West Indies and Sri Lanka, which started on 11 October 2017. In the opening fixture of the championship, the West Indies beat Sri Lanka by 6 wickets.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [34, 34], "content_span": [35, 399]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276876-0004-0000", "contents": "2017\u20132020 ICC Women's Championship\nIn March 2019, England beat Sri Lanka 3\u20130. The result meant that Sri Lanka Women could no longer qualify directly for the 2022 Women's Cricket World Cup, progressing to the 2021 Women's Cricket World Cup Qualifier tournament instead. In September 2019, the ICC confirmed that Australia were the first team to qualify for the World Cup. In October 2019, Australia took an unassailable points lead to win the ICC Women's Championship trophy for the second time in a row. In February 2020, the Australian team were presented with the ICC Women's Championship trophy, ahead of their Women's Twenty20 International (WT20I) match against India.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [34, 34], "content_span": [35, 673]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276876-0005-0000", "contents": "2017\u20132020 ICC Women's Championship\nThe COVID-19 pandemic forced the cancellation of the series between South Africa and Australia in March 2020. Two unscheduled series, New Zealand against Sri Lanka and Pakistan against India, were also thrown into doubt due to the pandemic. On 3 April 2020, New Zealand Cricket confirmed that their planned tour of Sri Lanka, scheduled to take place in April, had been cancelled due to the pandemic. However, the result of the series would have no impact on the final standings, as Sri Lanka had already been eliminated, and New Zealand had progressed to the World Cup as hosts. On 15 April 2020, the ICC confirmed that the points would be shared for the three series that were not played.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [34, 34], "content_span": [35, 724]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276876-0006-0000", "contents": "2017\u20132020 ICC Women's Championship, Results\nThe breakdown of results is as follows. During each round, each team played against its opponent three times.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 43], "content_span": [44, 153]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276877-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u20132020 Qatif unrest\nThe 2017\u20132020 Qatif unrest was a phase of conflict in the Qatif region of Eastern Province, Saudi Arabia, between Saudi security forces and the local Shia community, that arose sporadically starting in 1979, including a series of protests and repression during the 2011\u201312 Saudi Arabian protests.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [22, 22], "content_span": [23, 319]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276877-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u20132020 Qatif unrest\nThis phase of conflict began after an incident on 12 May 2017, when a child and a Pakistani man were shot and killed. The detention of Qatif human rights activist Israa al-Ghomgham and her husband and the possible beheading of al-Ghomgham as the first Saudi woman to be executed for her human rights activities gained international attention during 2018. On 31 January 2019, the Saudi authorities confirmed in a public statement that they would not seek the imposition of the death penalty against al-Ghomgham.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [22, 22], "content_span": [23, 533]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276877-0002-0000", "contents": "2017\u20132020 Qatif unrest, Background\nOn 15 October 2014, Nimr al-Nimr was sentenced to death by the Specialised Criminal Court for \"seeking 'foreign meddling' in Saudi Arabia, 'disobeying' its rulers and taking up arms against the security forces\". Said Boumedouha of Amnesty International stated that the death sentence was part of a campaign by the authorities in Saudi Arabia to crush all dissent, including those defending the rights of the Kingdom's Shi'a Muslim community. Nimr al-Nimr's brother, Mohammad al-Nimr, tweeted information about the death sentence and was arrested on the same day. The head of Iran's armed forces warned Saudi Arabia that it would \"pay dearly\" if it carried out the execution.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 34], "content_span": [35, 709]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276877-0003-0000", "contents": "2017\u20132020 Qatif unrest, Background\nIn March 2015 the Saudi Arabian appellate court upheld the death sentence against al-Nimr. On 25 October 2015, the Supreme Religious Court of Saudi Arabia rejected al-Nimr's appeal against his death sentence. During an interview for Reuters, al-Nimr's brother claimed that the decision was a result of a hearing which occurred without the presence or notification of al-Nimr's lawyers and family. Al-Nimr's brother still remained hopeful that King Salman would grant a pardon. Nimr al-Nimr was executed along with 46 others on 2 January 2016.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 34], "content_span": [35, 577]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276877-0004-0000", "contents": "2017\u20132020 Qatif unrest, Low-level conflict\nFrom May 2017 through to 2018 and 2019, several incidents occurred in which Qatif residents and/or Saudi policemen were killed.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 42], "content_span": [43, 170]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276877-0005-0000", "contents": "2017\u20132020 Qatif unrest, Low-level conflict, Awamiyah residential area destruction\nAround May 2017, Saudi authorities erected siege barricades in Awamiyah and attempted to bulldoze the al-Musawara residential area. Adam Coogle of Human Rights Watch (HRW) described the conflict as surprisingly intense for Saudi Arabia, stating, \"I've documented conflict in Saudi Arabia before but nothing like this. I've seen protests, but nothing this militarised.\" He considered it unprecedented for there to be \"heavy clashes going on between the state and its citizens in a Saudi city.\" About 12\u201325 people were killed in shelling and sniper fire during May and the following few months.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 81], "content_span": [82, 674]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276877-0005-0001", "contents": "2017\u20132020 Qatif unrest, Low-level conflict, Awamiyah residential area destruction\nStreets of Awamiyah were described by The Independent as \"covered in rubble and sewage\" and \"[looking] more like a scene from Syria than an oil-rich Gulf city.\" One protestor stated that he switched from peaceful protesting to methods to armed methods as a result of government repression, including an assault against his wife and frightening his children.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 81], "content_span": [82, 439]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276877-0006-0000", "contents": "2017\u20132020 Qatif unrest, Legal cases\nIn early December 2017, Israa al-Ghomgham and her husband Moussa al-Hashem were arrested in their home and detained in the Dammam al-Mabahith prison. They were charged for their activities in relation to participation and documentation of the Qatif political protests. On 6 August 2018, the prosecutor in their case recommended that they be executed, making al-Ghomgham the first Saudi women to be sentenced to death for human rights campaigning, according to Saudi activists. Al-Ghomgham and her husband's potential death sentence gained international attention, with support for their case from Shia Rights Watch, the European Saudi Organisation for Human Rights, Amnesty International, and Global Affairs Canada. Al-Ghomgham's final sentencing for confirming or rejecting the proposed death penalty was planned for 28 October 2018.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 35], "content_span": [36, 870]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276877-0007-0000", "contents": "2017\u20132020 Qatif unrest, Legal cases\nLegal proceedings, including arrests, investigations, trials and executions, of 24 people were referred to as the \"Qatif 24 case\". Most were convicted on false confessions based on torture. Fourteen of these were executed as part of the 2019 Saudi Arabia mass execution.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 35], "content_span": [36, 306]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276878-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u20132020 Thai temple fraud investigations\nThe 2017\u20132020 Thai temple fraud investigations (Thai: \u0e04\u0e14\u0e35\u0e40\u0e07\u0e34\u0e19\u0e17\u0e2d\u0e19\u0e27\u0e31\u0e14, romanized:\u00a0Kadi nguen thon wat, lit. ' Case of returning money by temples') are a series of investigations by the Thai junta of the alleged abuse of governmental subsidies by government officers and Buddhist temples. The investigations started in 2017, and culminated in the controversial May 2018 arrest of five monks with leading positions in the Thai monastic community. The investigations have been described as unprecedented and as a critical blow to the faith of Thai Buddhist devotees. They have been subject to criticism and political speculation. In July 2018, the crisis was cited by the junta to amend laws, with the result that the monastic community could no longer choose their own leading council members, but these were to be chosen by the Thai King, and possibly the ruling NCPO.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [42, 42], "content_span": [43, 908]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276878-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u20132020 Thai temple fraud investigations, Background\nIn Thailand, Thai temples (Thai: \u0e27\u0e31\u0e14; RTGS:\u00a0wat) do not receive regular financial support from the government, but can make budget requests from the government for restoration or maintenance of temples, educational activities, or other activities for the \"dissemination of Buddhism\". This is done through the National Office of Buddhism (NOB), a government department. As of 2017, this amounted to a total 2.6 billion baht for all three types of funding for temples per year.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [44, 54], "content_span": [55, 530]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276878-0002-0000", "contents": "2017\u20132020 Thai temple fraud investigations, Background\nSince 2015, the Counter Corruption Division and the State Audit Office, both governmental departments, had been receiving reports about fraud with temple budget committed by government officials. The Counter Corruption Division, which would normally report this to the police, could find little evidence. Furthermore, the NOB gave little information. This changed when, in February 2017, former policeman Pongporn Pramsaneh was appointed head of the NOB by the National Council for Peace and Order (NCPO).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [44, 54], "content_span": [55, 560]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276878-0003-0000", "contents": "2017\u20132020 Thai temple fraud investigations, First two investigations (August 2017)\nThe case started in August 2017 when Phrakhru Baitika Anand Khemanando, abbot of a temple in Phetchaburi Province, complained about NOB civil servants. He had requested a budget of eleven million baht, which was granted, but the government officer involved asked the abbot to return ten million baht to him. Khemanando made his complaint to the Counter Corruption Division and the State Audit Office. The Counter Corruption Division investigated the matter further. The commission investigated ten sites throughout Thailand and searched the houses of high-ranking officers of the NOB. The main focus was the use of budgets from 2012 to 2016 that were meant for restoration and repair of temples.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [44, 82], "content_span": [83, 778]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276878-0004-0000", "contents": "2017\u20132020 Thai temple fraud investigations, First two investigations (August 2017)\nThe commission stated that 33 temples had requested and received subsidies from the NOB, but ten government officials had asked twelve of these temples to return 75 percent of the obtained funds, illegally. The loss of budget was estimated at 60 million baht. Four civilians and one monk were accused of conspiring with government officials.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [44, 82], "content_span": [83, 424]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276878-0005-0000", "contents": "2017\u20132020 Thai temple fraud investigations, First two investigations (August 2017)\nLater, a second investigation was held, in cooperation with another six government departments:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [44, 82], "content_span": [83, 178]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276878-0006-0000", "contents": "2017\u20132020 Thai temple fraud investigations, First two investigations (August 2017)\nInspectors discovered the same pattern in another 23 temples, with one temple losing 31 million baht in this manner. This time, the same ten officers were charged, plus another three officers, all from the NOB. The highest-ranking officers were two former NOB directors: Panom Sornsilp and Nopparat Benjawatthanan. A high-ranking soldier, who had been deployed without contract as a bodyguard at the State Audit Office, was also implicated. Temples in Ayutthaya, Songkhla, Lopburi, and Bangkok were investigated, and it was reported that the officers conspired with four monks and two other civilians. The loss was assessed at 140 to 141 million baht. As a result, four monks from Petchabun, Lopburi, and Bangkok were arrested. At least one monk was later released on a bail of 1.5 million baht.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [44, 82], "content_span": [83, 878]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276878-0007-0000", "contents": "2017\u20132020 Thai temple fraud investigations, First two investigations (August 2017)\nCriticism of the NOB grew quickly, as its director Pongporn came under attack. He was seen to vilify Buddhist monks. Under pressure of pro-Buddhist organizations such as the Thailand Buddhists Federation, he was temporarily removed from his position in August 2017, only to be re-appointed one month later.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [44, 82], "content_span": [83, 389]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276878-0008-0000", "contents": "2017\u20132020 Thai temple fraud investigations, First two investigations (August 2017)\nOn 18 July 2018, another monk in the second investigation was summoned, accused of illegally transferring government funds to another temple, not his own. This monk had a leading position in Wat Phichaiyat. As of 19\u00a0July\u00a02018, the monk was still at large.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [44, 82], "content_span": [83, 338]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276878-0009-0000", "contents": "2017\u20132020 Thai temple fraud investigations, Third investigation (January 2018)\nAfter his re-appointment, Pongporn started a third investigation of illegal dealings, and reported that another ten temples had had their budget cut off in the same manner as the temples in the second investigation. Pongporn revealed the names of only three temples, however. He further stated that the officers held responsible were the same suspects as before, who worked together in a network. Apart from problems with returning budget, another problem was found concerning eight monks from three temples:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [44, 78], "content_span": [79, 587]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276878-0010-0000", "contents": "2017\u20132020 Thai temple fraud investigations, Third investigation (January 2018)\nThese eight monks were accused of using the funds provided for purposes other than initially requested. The government funding was spent on Buddhist projects, but for projects which had already been funded. The funds were not spent on the projects for which the budget was initially requested. In these cases, no money was withheld, though civil servants had withheld money in other, legitimate budget requests from the three temples. As the investigations continued, they were split into two task forces: the NOB continued its internal investigation and the National Anti-", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [44, 78], "content_span": [79, 652]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276878-0010-0001", "contents": "2017\u20132020 Thai temple fraud investigations, Third investigation (January 2018)\nCorruption Commission cooperated with the Counter Corruption Division to continue the investigations of parties not part of the NOB. Pongporn made a press statement saying that a commission would be established in the NOB to deal with the suspects. Misappropriated funds to this point were estimated to be 169 million baht.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [44, 78], "content_span": [79, 402]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276878-0011-0000", "contents": "2017\u20132020 Thai temple fraud investigations, Third investigation (January 2018), Arrests (May 2018)\nIn May 2018, authorities charged three members of the Sangha Council with government budget fraud and money laundering, citing that money was found to be transferred to accounts of supporters of their temples. The police issued arrest warrants, and the monks were to be removed from the council on 30 May 2018. Preceding that decision, on 25 May, Phra Prom Dilok, as well as the three deputy abbots, were arrested, defrocked, and held in custody.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [44, 98], "content_span": [99, 545]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276878-0011-0001", "contents": "2017\u20132020 Thai temple fraud investigations, Third investigation (January 2018), Arrests (May 2018)\n(Thai law states that monks cannot be jailed, therefore any monk taken into custody must be defrocked if denied release on bail, even before guilt is determined.) The detention was to last for twelve days. There were other monks who saw their budget cut off and who were accused of being involved in the scam, but some of them argued that they were misled by officials, who stated that the budget returned to them was to be used for other temples.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [44, 98], "content_span": [99, 546]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276878-0012-0000", "contents": "2017\u20132020 Thai temple fraud investigations, Third investigation (January 2018), Arrests (May 2018)\nThe arrests of the four monks accused of money fraud were combined with the arrest of Phra Buddha Issara, a hardline, ultra-royalist monk who had taken part in the 2014 Thailand coup d'\u00e9tat. He was from a fourth temple called Wat Oh Noy. Many officials were surprised by this arrest, because Phra Buddha Issara was known to have close ties with the ruling junta and had encouraged Pongporn's investigations into fraud in the first place. The monk was arrested on charges brought against him in 2014, including alleged robbery and detaining officials.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [44, 98], "content_span": [99, 649]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276878-0012-0001", "contents": "2017\u20132020 Thai temple fraud investigations, Third investigation (January 2018), Arrests (May 2018)\nThe most serious charge against him, filed in 2017, was unauthorized use of the royal seal. Politician and activist Paiboon Nititawan expressed surprise that this arrest happened at the same time as the arrest of the four monks, but argued that it was unrelated to it. News commentator Chaturong Jong-asa argued that Thai authorities arrested the monks accused of fraud together with Phra Buddha Issara in order to please multiple political interest groups at the same time, without any group feeling left out.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [44, 98], "content_span": [99, 609]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276878-0013-0000", "contents": "2017\u20132020 Thai temple fraud investigations, Third investigation (January 2018), Arrests (May 2018)\nThe arrests were made simultaneously by raids of 100\u2013200 commandos, which was widely criticized as excessive force. Despite these unannounced raids, Phra Prom Sitthi and Phra Prom Methee were not found. The secretary of Phra Prom Dilok's temple was also taken into custody, totaling five monks. There were also four laypersons imprisoned and accused of cooperating in the alleged fraud, who were volunteers or supporters of Phra Prom Sitthi's temple, mostly connected with a media production company. One of these was the mother of the soldier accused earlier.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [44, 98], "content_span": [99, 659]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276878-0014-0000", "contents": "2017\u20132020 Thai temple fraud investigations, Third investigation (January 2018), Arrests (May 2018)\nOn 30 May, Phra Prom Sitthi turned himself in. On 4 June, the Thai authorities reported that Phra Prom Methee had fled the country and was seeking asylum in Germany. Representatives of the Thai police went to Germany to demand Phra Prom Methee's return, but to no avail: German officials stated the asylum investigations had to be finished first, and only then could extradition be considered. News outlet Matichon argued that the actions of the Thai police had possibly increased Phra Prom Methee's prospects for asylum, because it made the lawsuit look politically motivated.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [44, 98], "content_span": [99, 676]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276878-0015-0000", "contents": "2017\u20132020 Thai temple fraud investigations, Third investigation (January 2018), Arrests (May 2018)\nDuring their detention, the five former monks maintained certain monastic precepts, such as eating only two meals a day. On 31 May, the three monks who were members of the Sa\u1e45gha Council were officially removed from their positions. On 17 June, the Buddhist Protection Center, a network that had previously held nationwide protests by monks against the junta, appealed to the Thai Constitutional Court, arguing that the forced defrocking of the monks without trial was unlawful and in violation of the Thai constitution.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [44, 98], "content_span": [99, 619]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276878-0016-0000", "contents": "2017\u20132020 Thai temple fraud investigations, Fourth investigation (May 2018\u2013present)\nIn the same period that the arrests of the four prominent monks took place, the Counter Corruption Division and the National Office of Buddhism started a fourth investigation. This one involved the use of government funds by temples in the period 2011\u20132016 in 60 places, spread over 13 provinces in every part of Thailand. The Counter Corruption Division and the NOB stated they found evidence of another 26 temples involved in illegal dealings, resulting in the loss of 102 to 106 million baht. Most budgets were meant to be used for repair and restoration.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [44, 83], "content_span": [84, 642]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276878-0016-0001", "contents": "2017\u20132020 Thai temple fraud investigations, Fourth investigation (May 2018\u2013present)\nInvestigators said that the same network of civil servants, monks, and assistant laypersons was involved in the alleged scams. As of 27\u00a0May\u00a02018, four of the suspects had been fired, and on 4 June, the high-ranking soldier implicated earlier had been imprisoned, though not fired. Bank records showed that the soldier and his mother had received millions of baht from Thai temples. The soldier had been ordained as a temporary novice in Wat Saket before this.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [44, 83], "content_span": [84, 543]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276878-0016-0002", "contents": "2017\u20132020 Thai temple fraud investigations, Fourth investigation (May 2018\u2013present)\nFurthermore, the Thai police made a statement that Phra Phrom Sitthi had admitted during his imprisonment that the money transferred to the media production company was to avoid taxes, but was used by the temple and not laundered. The Thai police argued that the money was more likely used for personal purposes.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [44, 83], "content_span": [84, 396]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276878-0017-0000", "contents": "2017\u20132020 Thai temple fraud investigations, Fourth investigation (May 2018\u2013present)\nPongporn expected to complete his investigations by September 2018. Varaiyuth Suwatankhun, director of the Counter Corruption Division, stated that the main focus of the investigations was on civil servants, not monks. Meanwhile, a number of news reporters doing field research in Thai temples found that some Thai temples were unaware of any financial dealings, because they were not informed about the amount of money involved in transfers, or presumed that the NOB, as an advisory organization, knew what was best.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [44, 83], "content_span": [84, 601]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276878-0018-0000", "contents": "2017\u20132020 Thai temple fraud investigations, Fourth investigation (May 2018\u2013present)\nIn May 2018, the NOB announced they would seek out examples of temples that had good financial procedures. Provincial departments of the NOB were assigned to gather information. One objective of the provincial investigations was to check whether it would be possible to operate temples without monks handling the money. However, a network called the Federation of Lawyers Protecting Buddhism petitioned the NOB to stop the investigation, because the federation considered such an investigation illegitimate. Specifically, the federation argued that the NOB acted beyond its jurisdiction.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [44, 83], "content_span": [84, 671]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276878-0018-0001", "contents": "2017\u20132020 Thai temple fraud investigations, Fourth investigation (May 2018\u2013present)\nA representative of the NOB responded that they were just trying to gather information, to which the federation responded by suing the NOB for negligence in official duties. Meanwhile, junta leader Prayut Chan-o-cha responded to an increase in monks criticizing the investigations on social networks, questioning whether this was appropriate for monks. He added that \"security measures\" might be required.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [44, 83], "content_span": [84, 489]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276878-0019-0000", "contents": "2017\u20132020 Thai temple fraud investigations, Fourth investigation (May 2018\u2013present)\nOn 20 June, Pongporn held a press conference defending the provincial investigations, stating that he was acting in accordance with the law but did not have the \"authority to manage the temples\". He further added that in the first two investigations, the main fault was the NOB itself, but in the third the fault was with the monks arrested, due to evidence indicating \"money laundering\". He concluded by insisting that any temple aware of any government officials involved in temple scams should report this to the NOB, and they would investigate.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [44, 83], "content_span": [84, 632]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276878-0019-0001", "contents": "2017\u20132020 Thai temple fraud investigations, Fourth investigation (May 2018\u2013present)\nThe federation and several other networks, however, recommended that any temples that had received any budget from the NOB should report this to the local police immediately, and report to the police that they would completely cooperate with any legal action against the NOB and be a witness in such cases.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [44, 83], "content_span": [84, 390]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276878-0020-0000", "contents": "2017\u20132020 Thai temple fraud investigations, Responses and analysis\nThe arrests have been widely regarded by journalists and news analysts as unprecedented and a critical blow to the faith of Thai Buddhist devotees.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [44, 66], "content_span": [67, 214]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276878-0021-0000", "contents": "2017\u20132020 Thai temple fraud investigations, Responses and analysis, Foreign\nFrench political journalist Arnaud Dubus and law scholar Khemthong Tonsakulrungruang wrote that the fraud investigations were symptomatic of problem of mismanagement and corruption within the Sa\u1e45gha. Though the problems should be dealt with, the NCPO was unlikely to be able to do this because they themselves had problems of corruption and lacked political legitimacy. The Guardian stated that the timing of the investigations and subsequent raids were a clear indication that they were politically motivated, as the junta tried to assert greater control over the Thai Sangha before the next election. Paul Chambers, a lecturer at Naresuan University, claimed the arrests were done to take control of any monks who were not loyal to the National Council for Peace and Order.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [44, 75], "content_span": [76, 851]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276878-0022-0000", "contents": "2017\u20132020 Thai temple fraud investigations, Responses and analysis, Foreign\nAnthropologist Jim Taylor wrote that the arrests were likely politically motivated, arguing that the investigations and subsequent arrests represented the \"ruling palace regime\" trying to consolidate traditional, central royalist power by eliminating several non-royalist high-ranking monks and members of the Sangha Supreme Council. Taylor argued that this was done in order to take control of several wealthy temples and ensure that the next leader of the Thai Sa\u1e45gha is a royalist, pro-junta monk, pointing to the junta's previous interference with the position in 2017. Taylor also pointed out that the suspects of the investigations were innocent until proven guilty, yet were defrocked before trial and stripped of decades of monastic seniority solely on the basis of unproven accusations.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [44, 75], "content_span": [76, 871]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276878-0023-0000", "contents": "2017\u20132020 Thai temple fraud investigations, Responses and analysis, Domestic\nRepresentatives of the Thai monastic community responded to the arrests dumbfounded and saddened. Chao Khun Kasem, head of southern ecclesiastical regions and head of a pro-Buddhist network, accused the Thai junta of lack of transparency. Chao Khun Kasem, as well as Jaroon Wannakasinanont, leader of several pro-Buddhist networks, stated that the government should deal with its own officials first, and only after that deal with the monks involved, if the monks were guilty at all.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [44, 76], "content_span": [77, 560]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276878-0023-0001", "contents": "2017\u20132020 Thai temple fraud investigations, Responses and analysis, Domestic\nHe argued that if the allocated budget was not used exactly as requested, but was still used for public rather than personal purposes, it was not a serious fault. Pisit Lilawachiropas, former member of the State Audit Office of Thailand, and Korn Meedee, chairman of the Thailand Buddhists Federation, said accusations against temples were not clear. They mentioned that the categories in the budget request procedure were very broad, and therefore different interpretations in applying the budget were likely.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [44, 76], "content_span": [77, 587]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276878-0023-0002", "contents": "2017\u20132020 Thai temple fraud investigations, Responses and analysis, Domestic\nChao Khun Kasem stated that officials often grant large sums to decrease paperwork, and sometimes use the same budget for several temples. Pricha Puemprasith, a scholar at the Thammasart University, stated that Pongporn's very position as director of the NOB was questionable, because he was appointed by the junta rather than by Buddhist representatives.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [44, 76], "content_span": [77, 432]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276878-0024-0000", "contents": "2017\u20132020 Thai temple fraud investigations, Responses and analysis, Domestic\nThe investigations and subsequent arrests have been described as politically motivated. Specifically, Korn has speculated that the arrest of the three Sangha Council members was a form of political revenge. According to Korn, the three council members had been instrumental in removing Pongporn from his position in August 2017. Moreover, they were understood to have connections with the United Front for Democracy Against Dictatorship that opposed the junta, and were therefore seen as a threat. Critics of the junta have argued that the high-profile arrests were an attempt to cover up the military government's own failings.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [44, 76], "content_span": [77, 705]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276878-0025-0000", "contents": "2017\u20132020 Thai temple fraud investigations, Responses and analysis, Domestic\nOn 25 July 2017, several influential monks, among them Chao Khun Pipit, asked for a traditional, monastic boycott of the NOB, calling upon tens of thousands of Thai administrative monks to suspend communications with them. This eventually led to the temporary suspension of Pongporn's position as director in August 2017. On 1 June 2018, Jaroon, in the name of several pro-Buddhist networks, charged Pongporn with fraud and negligence in official duties, after unsuccessfully petitioning several government departments.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [44, 76], "content_span": [77, 596]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276878-0025-0001", "contents": "2017\u20132020 Thai temple fraud investigations, Responses and analysis, Domestic\nPongporn defended his actions in 2017 and again in June 2018, stating that most of the suspects were government officials, but if monks were involved, he had to follow procedures. Similarly, Varaiyuth and his colleague Kamol Rianracha stated in their defense that the main targets of the investigations were government officials rather than Thai temples, which, in the words of Varaiyuth, tended to be \"the prey of government officers\".", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [44, 76], "content_span": [77, 513]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276878-0026-0000", "contents": "2017\u20132020 Thai temple fraud investigations, Responses and analysis, Domestic\nThere were also people who supported the investigations and arrests, arguing that it helped improve the monastic community. Paiboon stated that the arrests were good riddance. He said that budgets were often abused by temples and since leading monks were considered civil servants under the law, they should take responsibility. Wissanu Krea-ngam, Deputy Prime Minister of Thailand, made a statement that he did not expect Thai Buddhism to be affected much by the events. Somdet Phra Ariyavongsagatanana, the Supreme Patriarch of the Thai monastic community, said he was \"concerned with the current state of Buddhism\", but that he understood that the authorities needed to take action. He further requested that \"all organizations properly explain to the public\" what was going on.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [44, 76], "content_span": [77, 858]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276878-0027-0000", "contents": "2017\u20132020 Thai temple fraud investigations, Subsequent political reform\nThe fraud investigations have led to some ideas for political reform. Back in 2017, Pongporn stated that the structure of the NOB had been greatly improved on and subsequent fraud was less likely. In particular, more oversight had been built into the budget request procedures. Pongporn also proposed more government control over the finances of Thai temples. On a similar note, Paiboon argued that every Thai temple should have an independent lay accountant.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [44, 71], "content_span": [72, 531]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276878-0028-0000", "contents": "2017\u20132020 Thai temple fraud investigations, Subsequent political reform\nPricha argued that the fraud investigations point to a larger problem, that is, the Sangha Council was responsible for too many matters, without proper organization and independent oversight\u2014the council was responsible for legislative, executive, and judicial powers, with no division of these functions. Journalist Pravit Rojanaphruk and Buddhist scholar Vichak Panich argued that the fraud investigations pointed to a larger problem of the Thai state and religion being intermingled.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [44, 71], "content_span": [72, 557]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276878-0029-0000", "contents": "2017\u20132020 Thai temple fraud investigations, Subsequent political reform\nOn 5 July 2018, the Thai junta amended the Sa\u1e45gha Act. An important implication of the amendment was that members of the Sangha Council were chosen by the Thai King, instead of being chosen by members of the Sa\u1e45gha themselves. Proposed by the Thai Cabinet, the amendment was unanimously approved by the National Legislative Assembly of Thailand, a government department the junta had set up since the 2014 coup. Wissanu Krea-ngam explained that the Sa\u1e45gha Council was \"too old\" and \"often ill\", which made it difficult to appoint their own members and to deal with the \"current crisis\".", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [44, 71], "content_span": [72, 658]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276878-0029-0001", "contents": "2017\u20132020 Thai temple fraud investigations, Subsequent political reform\nThe new members would normally be appointed in September. Korn Meedee complained that too little time was given for the Sa\u1e45gha to oppose or give their opinion on the amendment and even if they submitted their response in time, the National Legislative Assembly did not respond. After the amendment had been finalized, Korn stated that Buddhist organizations could no longer protest against the new act due to risk of violating the strict law on l\u00e8se majest\u00e9 in Thailand. He did add, however, that pro-Buddhist networks did not object to the role of the Thai king, but felt it was possible the junta would choose the members instead, citing the king's authority.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [44, 71], "content_span": [72, 733]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276879-0000-0000", "contents": "2017\u2013present Peruvian political crisis\nThe 2017\u2013present Peruvian political crisis is an ongoing period of political instability in the Republic of Peru during the government of Pedro Pablo Kuczynski (PPK), between 15 September 2017 and 23 March 2018, between 23 March 2018 and 9 November 2020 under the government of Mart\u00edn Vizcarra, between 9 November 2020 to 16 November 2020 under the government of Manuel Merino, from 16 November 2020 to 28 July 2021 under Francisco Sagasti, and from 28 July 2021 under Pedro Castillo.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [38, 38], "content_span": [39, 523]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276879-0001-0000", "contents": "2017\u2013present Peruvian political crisis, Periods\nIt can be divided so far into ten periods: the first period, or \"first crisis\", was due to a series of events that officially started on 15 September 2017, which led to a total fracture of the State in two. On the one hand is the Executive power, referred to as \"the officialism\", led by the constitutionally elected president Pedro Pablo Kuczynski and on the other is the Congress of the Republic of Peru controlled mostly by the Fujimorist Popular Force party that calls itself \"the opposition\" led by its leader Keiko Fujimori. On 13 October, the Congress of the Republic dominated by the opposition resumed relations with the ruling party, albeit in a fragile manner.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 47], "content_span": [48, 719]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276879-0002-0000", "contents": "2017\u2013present Peruvian political crisis, Periods\nThe second period or \"second crisis\" is due to the prestige that the then President of the Republic, Pedro Pablo Kuczynski, lost after an alleged conflict of interest attributed to him was exposed; when he was the minister of state during the government of Alejandro Toledo (2001\u20132006), one of its one-person consulting firms had made professional services to the Odebrecht company and received substantial payments. Until then, PPK had consistently denied having any employment relationship with that company.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 47], "content_span": [48, 558]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276879-0002-0001", "contents": "2017\u2013present Peruvian political crisis, Periods\nAll this led to the first official request for a presidential vacancy due to \"moral incapacity\" for repeatedly lying about his relationship with the Odebrecht company, which was in accordance with the current constitution. This impeachment attempt failed, however. Soon after, Kuczynski pardoned the former president Alberto Fujimori, who was serving a 25-year sentence for crimes against human rights. The decision triggered massive protests in several cities, the resignation of three of its ministers and severe criticism from a broad spectrum of personalities. Then, on 28 February 2018, the Mulder Law was approved at the urging of APRA and Fujimorism. The law prohibited state advertisements in private media. Soon after came a second request for a presidential vacancy, promoted by the left and supported by the Fujimorists of Popular Force.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 47], "content_span": [48, 896]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276879-0003-0000", "contents": "2017\u2013present Peruvian political crisis, Periods\nThe third period or \"third crisis\" began a few days before the Congress debated the request for vacancy, when on 20 March 2018, the Fujimorists revealed videos and audios that showed that government operators, including a minister of State, negotiated with a Popular Force congressman to buy his vote against the vacancy, in exchange for works for his region. The next day, the president sent his letter of resignation to Congress, which was accepted on 23 March 2018. That same day the engineer Mart\u00edn Vizcarra was sworn in as the new president, as he was in the line of succession as the first Vice President of the Republic.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 47], "content_span": [48, 675]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276879-0004-0000", "contents": "2017\u2013present Peruvian political crisis, Periods\nThe fourth period or \"fourth crisis\" began on 7 July 2018, when the IDL-Reporters portal unveiled the CNM Audios, recordings that would reveal alleged offers of penalties, orders and thanks for favors or negotiations for promotions. officials of the National Council of the Magistrature (body of the Public Ministry that would be related to diverse public figures like politicians, industrialists and sportsmen, headed by the lawyer C\u00e9sar Hinostroza), this would cause the called marches against the corruption that demand \"that go away all\" referring to politicians in general and to the congress in particular. The ongoing president of the Republic Martin Vizcarra during his speech for national holidays said he will convene a referendum on the non-re-election of congressmen and members of the Magistracy. The referendum took place and caused relative calm with the victory of the Vizcarra official position.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 47], "content_span": [48, 960]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276879-0005-0000", "contents": "2017\u2013present Peruvian political crisis, Periods\nThe fifth period or \"fifth crisis\" began on 31 December 2018 when the prosecutor of the Nation Pedro Ch\u00e1varry at hours of the new year of 2019 removed prosecutors Jos\u00e9 Domingo P\u00e9rez and Rafael Vela Barba, in charge of the Keiko Fujimori policy case and former President Alan Garc\u00eda, that same day, a whole media burden was born by the Government led by President Vizcarra\u2014including both sectors of the opposition and the political right and left\u2013against that decision and against his own figure of the Prosecutor, demanding his resignation. The consequence, materialized on 2 January 2019, was the order of Ch\u00e1varry to replace prosecutors P\u00e9rez and Vela.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 47], "content_span": [48, 702]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276879-0006-0000", "contents": "2017\u2013present Peruvian political crisis, Periods\nThe sixth period or \"sixth crisis\" began on 29 May 2019, when President Vizcarra accused Congress of delaying the approval of a package of political reforms (one of them, on parliamentary immunity, had been shelved by the Committee on Constitution without further debate), and raised a question of confidence for the approval of six of them within a specified period. Congress approved the trust issue on 5 June 2019 and expedited the approval of the opinions, making various modifications to the original projects of the Executive. On 25 July 2019 they were all approved, although two of them, being of a constitutional nature, were pending final approval for a second legislature.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 47], "content_span": [48, 730]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276879-0007-0000", "contents": "2017\u2013present Peruvian political crisis, Periods\nThe seventh period or \"seventh crisis\" began on 28 July 2019, when through a message to the Nation, Vizcarra pointed out that one of the core projects of political reform, that of parliamentary immunity (which sought to be the Judicial Power and not the Congress itself that lifted said immunity), had not been approved in its essence; he also reproached Congress for continuing to \"shield\" the prosecutor Ch\u00e1varry and other figures related to the White Necks of the Port (CNM Audios case).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 47], "content_span": [48, 538]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276879-0007-0001", "contents": "2017\u2013present Peruvian political crisis, Periods\nAgainst this background, Vizcarra proposed the advancement of the general elections (for president and Congress), whose approval suggested that it could be done through a referendum. After more than a month of debates, the Constitution Commission of Congress shelved the project, considering it unconstitutional.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 47], "content_span": [48, 360]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276879-0007-0002", "contents": "2017\u2013present Peruvian political crisis, Periods\nWithin a few days, Congress had scheduled the election of the new magistrates of the Constitutional Court; however, the Executive announced that it would present a new matter of confidence to modify the Organic Law of the Court, regarding the mechanism for the election of said magistrates, to guarantee its transparency, and be able to apply it for the current election.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 47], "content_span": [48, 419]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276879-0007-0003", "contents": "2017\u2013present Peruvian political crisis, Periods\nOn the morning of 30 September 2019, Congress decided to continue with the election of the tribunes, electing the first magistrate Gonzalo Ortiz de Zevallos Olaechea and postponing until the afternoon of the same day the debate on the question of trust. As the debate ended and the question of trust was approved, President Vizcarra gave a message to the Nation, announcing that he was dissolving Congress considering that he had been denied confidence in fact because he had continued with the election of a magistrate.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 47], "content_span": [48, 568]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276879-0007-0004", "contents": "2017\u2013present Peruvian political crisis, Periods\nAccording to the Constitution, when Congress denies confidence for the second time to the Executive, the President is empowered to dissolve Congress (the first denial of confidence was to the Zavala cabinet, in the Kuczynski government, as it is considered the government of Vizcarra as an extension of that government). The Executive called elections for a new Congress, which was scheduled for January 2020.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 47], "content_span": [48, 457]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276879-0008-0000", "contents": "2017\u2013present Peruvian political crisis, Background\nThe 2016 elections had faced the biggest blocks in their time, Popular Force led by Keiko Fujimori, Broad Front led by Ver\u00f3nika Mendoza and Peruvians for Change directed by Kuczynski.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 50], "content_span": [51, 234]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276879-0009-0000", "contents": "2017\u2013present Peruvian political crisis, Background\nAt first it was believed that both the Congress and the Presidency would be occupied by the members of Popular Force due to their overwhelming majority; the other two parties already mentioned occupied the third and second place respectively. Mendoza (who was in third place) decided to ask his voters to support the election of the Peruvians for Change party so that he could achieve power.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 50], "content_span": [51, 442]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276879-0010-0000", "contents": "2017\u2013present Peruvian political crisis, Background\nThe objective of the Broad Front was to counteract the large number of voters who had Popular Force. This objective was half-fulfilled, since Kuczynski came to the Presidency by a narrow margin, while Popular Force managed to maintain hegemony in Congress.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 50], "content_span": [51, 307]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276879-0011-0000", "contents": "2017\u2013present Peruvian political crisis, Background\nThis resulted in Popular Force having decisive political power to handle some issues that competed with the new Kuczynski administration during the period 2016\u20132021.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 50], "content_span": [51, 216]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276879-0012-0000", "contents": "2017\u2013present Peruvian political crisis, Background\nAlthough they tried to bring a certain political harmony, both \"sides\" were confronted by a lack of understanding and by different interests. The main discrepancies they had were:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 50], "content_span": [51, 230]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276879-0013-0000", "contents": "2017\u2013present Peruvian political crisis, First period, Denial of the request of confidence to the First Cabinet\nOn 17 August 2017 the congresspeople of Popular Force filed a motion of interpellation against the Minister of Education Maril\u00fa Martens who was in negotiations with the representatives of the teachers, in search of the solution to a prolonged teacher strike.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 110], "content_span": [111, 369]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276879-0014-0000", "contents": "2017\u2013present Peruvian political crisis, First period, Denial of the request of confidence to the First Cabinet\nOn 25 August 2017, the plenary session of the Congress approved the motion of interpellation, with 79 votes in favor, 12 against and 6 abstentions. The votes in favor were from the bench of Popular Force, APRA, Broad Front and Popular Action. The date of the interpellation was set as 8 September.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 110], "content_span": [111, 408]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276879-0015-0000", "contents": "2017\u2013present Peruvian political crisis, First period, Denial of the request of confidence to the First Cabinet\nThe minister answered a list of 40 questions, mainly about the teachers' strike that still persisted. Martens acknowledged deficiencies in facing the teachers' strike, but assured that her management would not reverse the recognition of meritocracy within the teaching profession.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 110], "content_span": [111, 391]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276879-0016-0000", "contents": "2017\u2013present Peruvian political crisis, First period, Denial of the request of confidence to the First Cabinet\nOn 13 September, the Popular Force bench announced that it would submit a motion of censure against the minister, since it considered that it had not responded satisfactorily to the questions of the interpellation.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 110], "content_span": [111, 325]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276879-0017-0000", "contents": "2017\u2013present Peruvian political crisis, First period, Denial of the request of confidence to the First Cabinet\nFaced with this threat of censorship (which would be the second against a head of Education in less than a year), Prime Minister Fernando Zavala asked Congress a question of confidence for the full ministerial cabinet; in other words, a renewal of the vote of confidence that had been given to him at the beginning of his administration.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 110], "content_span": [111, 448]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276879-0018-0000", "contents": "2017\u2013present Peruvian political crisis, First period, Denial of the request of confidence to the First Cabinet\nFrom the Congress this request was criticized, stating that Zavala was in solidarity with a minister who was questioned, endangering her entire cabinet, and even more, when the motion of censure had not yet been made official. It was also said that the \"renewal of trust\" was something that the Constitution did not contemplate.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 110], "content_span": [111, 439]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276879-0019-0000", "contents": "2017\u2013present Peruvian political crisis, First period, Denial of the request of confidence to the First Cabinet\nIn any case, the Board of Spokespersons of the Congress summoned Zavala at four o'clock in the afternoon of 14 September to support her request for confidence. Zavala presented himself to the plenary session of the Congress with the ministers and presented his request in 12 minutes; his argument focused on the government's intention to defend the education policy that was intended, according to him, to undermine the education minister's censure. Then we proceeded to the parliamentary debate.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 110], "content_span": [111, 607]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276879-0020-0000", "contents": "2017\u2013present Peruvian political crisis, First period, Denial of the request of confidence to the First Cabinet\nThe question of trust was debated for 7 hours and voted in the early morning of 15. The cabinet failed to obtain the confidence of the Parliament, which voted against the confidence with 77, which produced the total crisis of the cabinet.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 110], "content_span": [111, 349]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276879-0021-0000", "contents": "2017\u2013present Peruvian political crisis, First period, Kuczynski action\nOn 17 September 2017, the second vice president and congresswoman Mercedes Ar\u00e1oz Fern\u00e1ndez was sworn in as president of the Council of Ministers of Peru and with this, five new ministers were announced: Claudia Cooper Fort (Economy), Idel Vexler (Education), Enrique Mendoza Ram\u00edrez (Justice and Human Rights), Fernando d'Alessio (Health) and Carlos Bruce (Housing).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 70], "content_span": [71, 437]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276879-0022-0000", "contents": "2017\u2013present Peruvian political crisis, First period, Kuczynski action\nThe new head of the cabinet was sworn in with the 18 ministers in a ceremony held in the Court of Honor of the Government Palace. On 6 October, the vote of confidence will be given and if this is rejected for the second time, the president can dissolve the Congress and call new elections, as the Constitution of 1993 says.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 70], "content_span": [71, 394]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276879-0023-0000", "contents": "2017\u2013present Peruvian political crisis, First period, Kuczynski action\nThe vote of confidence was delayed until 12 October, beginning with the exhibitions of the new cabinet led by Mercedes Ar\u00e1oz Fern\u00e1ndez and subsequent intervention of the different political caucuses of the Congress until 0:30\u00a0a.m. of the next day. It resulted in 83 votes in favor and 17 against.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 70], "content_span": [71, 367]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276879-0024-0000", "contents": "2017\u2013present Peruvian political crisis, First period, Reactions\nVarious political figures such as the media reported on the denial of confidence in the first cabinet; the journalist Rosa Mar\u00eda Palacios sent a message to the president asking him to dissolve the Congress and warned that \"Fujimorism has been trapped\", the journalist C\u00e9sar Hildebrandt also sent a message to the president saying that \"the country requires him to confront Congress Fujimorist\".", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 63], "content_span": [64, 458]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276879-0025-0000", "contents": "2017\u2013present Peruvian political crisis, First period, Reactions\nThe former constitutional lawyer in an interview said that the now former president of the Council of Ministers Fernando Zavala \"is sacrificing for state policies\", the former president of the Council of Ministers Pedro Cateriano warned that \"Keiko Fujimori, leader of the Popular Force party, wants to give a coup d'etat\".", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 63], "content_span": [64, 387]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276879-0026-0000", "contents": "2017\u2013present Peruvian political crisis, Second period, The President of the Republic is involved in the Odebrecht case\nIn November 2017, the Lava Jato Commission of the Congress, chaired by Rosa Bartra and that was dedicated to investigate the implications in Peru of the corruption network of the Odebrecht organization, received confidential information that President Kuczynski had had labor ties with this company, which went back to the time when he was Minister of State between 2004 and 2006, under the government of Alejandro Toledo Manrique, despite the fact that since the outbreak of the Odebrecht case, Kuczynski had denied him on several occasions.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 118], "content_span": [119, 661]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276879-0027-0000", "contents": "2017\u2013present Peruvian political crisis, Second period, The President of the Republic is involved in the Odebrecht case\nThe Commission then asked the Odebrecht company for details of its relationship with Kuczynski, which were publicly disclosed on 13 December 2017. It was revealed then that Westfield Capital, an investment banking advisory firm, founded and directed by Kuczynski had carried out seven consultancies for Odebrecht between November 2004 and December 2007 for 782,207 million dollars, that is, coinciding with the time when Kuczynski had been Minister of Economy (2004\u20132005) and President of the Council of Ministers (2005\u20132006). The information also revealed that another company closely related to Kuczynski, First Capital, formed by its Chilean partner Gerardo Sep\u00falveda, had also provided consulting services for Odebrecht between 2005 and 2013.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 118], "content_span": [119, 865]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276879-0028-0000", "contents": "2017\u2013present Peruvian political crisis, Second period, The President of the Republic is involved in the Odebrecht case\nThe information was seriously compromising for the president, because the payments to his personal consulting company had been made when he was Minister of State and in the case of consultancies referring to public works that the company carried out in Peru. This went against the constitutional rule that prevents state ministers from managing private businesses in the exercise of their public function (conflict of interest).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 118], "content_span": [119, 547]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276879-0028-0001", "contents": "2017\u2013present Peruvian political crisis, Second period, The President of the Republic is involved in the Odebrecht case\nFurther complicating the matter was the fact that these payments came from a company like Odebrecht, which is now known to have paid bribes to win the concession for works under the government of Toledo, when Kuczynski had been minister, one of which was the construction of the interoceanic route to Brazil.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 118], "content_span": [119, 427]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276879-0029-0000", "contents": "2017\u2013present Peruvian political crisis, Second period, The President of the Republic is involved in the Odebrecht case\nAlthough Odebrecht's payments to the consulting firms related to PPK were legal, there were those who speculated that it could have been part of the company's remuneration for favoring it in the good of the works.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 118], "content_span": [119, 332]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276879-0030-0000", "contents": "2017\u2013present Peruvian political crisis, Second period, First request for a presidential vacancy by the Congress of the Republic\nThe opposition to the government, led by Fuerza Popular, demanded the resignation of Kuczynski and threatened him with vacancy from the Presidency if he did not do so. Broad Front, for its part, stated that the vacancy should proceed directly.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 127], "content_span": [128, 371]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276879-0031-0000", "contents": "2017\u2013present Peruvian political crisis, Second period, First request for a presidential vacancy by the Congress of the Republic\nAt midnight on 14 December, Kuczynski, through a message to the nation, denied the accusations and said he would not resign his position. \"I am here to tell you: I am not going to abdicate my honor or my values or my responsibilities as president of all Peruvians,\" he said at the outset.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 127], "content_span": [128, 416]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276879-0032-0000", "contents": "2017\u2013present Peruvian political crisis, Second period, First request for a presidential vacancy by the Congress of the Republic\nIn his defense, he claimed to have no relationship with the company First Capital, which was the sole property of Sep\u00falveda, and that only one of the payments mentioned had to do with him, the one dated in 2012, when he was no longer Minister of State. As for Westfield Capital, although he acknowledged that it was his sole proprietorship, he affirmed that he was never under his direction and administration while he was Minister of State, and that the contracts dated at that time had been signed by Sep\u00falveda, his partner. He also noted that all payments to his company were legal, and that they were duly registered, billed and banked.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 127], "content_span": [128, 768]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276879-0033-0000", "contents": "2017\u2013present Peruvian political crisis, Second period, First request for a presidential vacancy by the Congress of the Republic\nPPK's explanations did not convince the opposition, and he was accused of continuing to lie, especially in relation to the fact that he had left Westfield Capital when he was minister, when, according to public records, he always figured as director of that company.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 127], "content_span": [128, 394]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276879-0033-0001", "contents": "2017\u2013present Peruvian political crisis, Second period, First request for a presidential vacancy by the Congress of the Republic\nAlthough PPK argued that there had been a \"Chinese wall\", an expression used in business to refer to when the partner or owner has no contact or receive information on the management of the company, while in public office (but in the case of Wesfield Capital, being a company where PPK was its sole agent, it is unclear how this \"Chinese wall\" could be made). Faced with the refusal of the president to resign, several of the opposition caucuses of Congress then proposed to submit their position to the vacancy.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 127], "content_span": [128, 640]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276879-0034-0000", "contents": "2017\u2013present Peruvian political crisis, Second period, First request for a presidential vacancy by the Congress of the Republic\nThe leftist Broad Front bench submitted a motion for the vacancy request to be debated in the plenary session of the Congress. The congresspersons of Fuerza Popular, APRA and Alianza para el Progreso joined the request and that is how they surpassed more than the 26 signatures needed to proceed with the process. Once the motion was approved, the debate began at 4 and 38 in the afternoon of 15 December and lasted until 10 at night.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 127], "content_span": [128, 562]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276879-0035-0000", "contents": "2017\u2013present Peruvian political crisis, Second period, First request for a presidential vacancy by the Congress of the Republic\nThe opposition legislators who introduced the motion cited a moral incapacity when they denounced that the president lied in the statements he gave about his ties with the Brazilian company.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 127], "content_span": [128, 318]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276879-0036-0000", "contents": "2017\u2013present Peruvian political crisis, Second period, First request for a presidential vacancy by the Congress of the Republic\nThe congressmen demanded that the due process be followed, reproaching the fact that the opposition proceeded with unusual speed and that several of its members had already decided to empty the president without having heard his defense. They also questioned the fact that a single report from Odebrecht was considered sufficient evidence, thereby overtly dispensing with the investigation that demanded such a delicate and far-reaching case.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 127], "content_span": [128, 570]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276879-0037-0000", "contents": "2017\u2013present Peruvian political crisis, Second period, First request for a presidential vacancy by the Congress of the Republic\nAccording to the regulations, the vote of 40% of competent congressmen was needed for the admission of the vacancy request. As 118 congressmen were present, only 48 votes were needed, which was widely exceeded, as they voted 93 in favor and 17 against; these last ones were, in their great majority, those of the pro-government caucus.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 127], "content_span": [128, 463]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276879-0038-0000", "contents": "2017\u2013present Peruvian political crisis, Second period, First request for a presidential vacancy by the Congress of the Republic\nOnce the vacancy request was approved, the Congress agreed that on Thursday, 21 December, at 9 o'clock in the morning, Kuczynski should appear before the plenary session of the Congress to make his disclaimers; then it would proceed to debate and finally vote to decide the presidential vacancy, needed for this 87 votes of the total of 130 congressmen.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 127], "content_span": [128, 481]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276879-0039-0000", "contents": "2017\u2013present Peruvian political crisis, Second period, First request for a presidential vacancy by the Congress of the Republic\nOn the appointed day, PPK went to Congress to exercise his defense, accompanied by his lawyer Alberto Borea Odr\u00eda. The defense began with the speech of the president himself, in which he denied having committed any act of corruption. Then came Borea's defense, which had as its axis the consideration that the vacancy request was an exaggeration because you could not accuse a president of the Republic without demonstrating with irrefutable evidence his \"permanent moral incapacity\", a concept that the congressmen did not they had apparently very clear, because strictly the constitutional precept would be referring to a mental incapacity.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 127], "content_span": [128, 770]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276879-0039-0001", "contents": "2017\u2013present Peruvian political crisis, Second period, First request for a presidential vacancy by the Congress of the Republic\nHe considered that the offenses or imputed crimes had to be ventilated first in the investigating commission, before drawing hasty conclusions. He also rejected that PPK has repeatedly lied about his relationship with Odebrecht (argument that the Fujimoristas used to justify their permanent moral incapacity), because the facts in question had happened twelve years ago and he did not have to have them present in detail.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 127], "content_span": [128, 550]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276879-0040-0000", "contents": "2017\u2013present Peruvian political crisis, Second period, First request for a presidential vacancy by the Congress of the Republic\nAfter the speech of Borea, the congressional debate that lasted fourteen hours began. Voting for the vacancy took place after eleven o'clock at night, with the following result: 78 votes in favor, 19 against and 21 abstentions. One of the benches, the one of New Peru (left), retired before the voting, because to say of its members they did not want to follow the game to Fujimorism. Since 87 votes were needed to proceed with the vacancy, this was dismissed.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 127], "content_span": [128, 588]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276879-0040-0001", "contents": "2017\u2013present Peruvian political crisis, Second period, First request for a presidential vacancy by the Congress of the Republic\nThe whole Popular Force bench voted in favor of the vacancy, with the exception of 10 of its members, led by Kenji Fujimori, who abstained, and who thus decided the result. The rumor spread that this dissident group, which would later be called the \"Avengers\", had negotiated its votes with the government in exchange for the presidential pardon in favor of Alberto Fujimori, its historical leader who was then imprisoned. After the Popular Force bench and led by Kenji announced the formation of a new political group, which would support the government.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 127], "content_span": [128, 683]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276879-0041-0000", "contents": "2017\u2013present Peruvian political crisis, Second period, Pardon to Alberto Fujimori\nOn 24 December 2017, President PPK granted a humanitarian pardon to Alberto Fujimori, who had been imprisoned for 12 years, with a sentence of 25 years for crimes of human rights violations (La Cantuta and Barrios Altos cases). The government assured that the pardon had been decided for purely humanitarian reasons, in view of the various physical ills afflicting the former president of the Republic, confirmed by reports of a medical board.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 81], "content_span": [82, 525]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276879-0042-0000", "contents": "2017\u2013present Peruvian political crisis, Second period, Pardon to Alberto Fujimori\nHowever, a strong suspicion arose that the pardon would have been the result of a furtive pact of the PPK government with the sector of the Fujimorist bloc that had abstained during the vote for the presidential vacancy and that had thus prevented it from concrete this. The pardon also motivated the resignation of the official congressmen Alberto de Belaunde, Vicente Zeballos and Gino Costa; of the Minister of Culture Salvador del Solar and Minister of Defense Jorge Nieto Montesinos. The Minister of the Interior, Carlos Basombr\u00edo Iglesias, had already resigned. There were also several marches in Lima and the interior of the country in protest against the pardon.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 81], "content_span": [82, 752]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276879-0043-0000", "contents": "2017\u2013present Peruvian political crisis, Second period, Pardon to Alberto Fujimori\nAlberto Fujimori, who days before the pardon had been admitted to a clinic for complications in his health, was discharged on 4 January 2018 and so could, for the first time, move freely.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 81], "content_span": [82, 269]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276879-0044-0000", "contents": "2017\u2013present Peruvian political crisis, Second period, Pardon to Alberto Fujimori\nPPK formed a new ministerial cabinet, which he called \"the Cabinet of Reconciliation,\" which according to him, should mark a new stage in the relationship between the Executive and the Legislative. Mercedes Ar\u00e1oz held the presidency of the Council of Ministers and eight ministerial changes were made, the most important renewal in what was going on in the government.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 81], "content_span": [82, 450]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276879-0045-0000", "contents": "2017\u2013present Peruvian political crisis, Second period, Approval of the Mulder Law\nOn 15 November 2017, through Bill No. 2133, Congressman Mauricio Mulder presented the Mulder Law, which prohibited state advertising in private media and on 28 February 2018 approved the bill by the Permanent Commission of the Congress with 20 in favor, 3 against and 14 abstentions. The ruling was approved at the urging of APRA and Fujimorism on 15 June 2018 with 70 votes in favor, 30 against and 7 abstentions. and it was published on 18 June 2018 in the Legal Rules of the Official Gazette El Peruano.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 81], "content_span": [82, 588]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276879-0046-0000", "contents": "2017\u2013present Peruvian political crisis, Second period, Second request for a presidential vacancy by the Congress of the Republic\nOnly days after the first attempt at a presidential vacancy, in January 2018, the Broad Front caucus filed a new vacancy request, alleging Alberto Fujimori's pardon, which allegedly had been negotiated and granted illegally. This did not prosper, given the lack of support from Fuerza Popular, whose votes were necessary to carry out such an initiative.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 128], "content_span": [129, 482]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276879-0046-0001", "contents": "2017\u2013present Peruvian political crisis, Second period, Second request for a presidential vacancy by the Congress of the Republic\nUnder that experience, the leftist groups of Broad Front and Nuevo Peru promoted another vacancy motion, concentrating exclusively on the Odebrecht case, arguing that new indications of corruption and conflict of interest had been discovered by PPK when he was Minister of State in the government of Alejandro Toledo.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 128], "content_span": [129, 446]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276879-0046-0002", "contents": "2017\u2013present Peruvian political crisis, Second period, Second request for a presidential vacancy by the Congress of the Republic\nThis time they won the support of Fuerza Popular, as well as other groups like Alianza para el Progreso (whose spokesperson, C\u00e9sar Villanueva, was the main promoter of the initiative), thus gathering the 27 minimum votes necessary to present a multiparty motion before the Congress of the Republic, what was done on 8 March 2018.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 128], "content_span": [129, 458]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276879-0047-0000", "contents": "2017\u2013present Peruvian political crisis, Second period, Second request for a presidential vacancy by the Congress of the Republic\nOn 15 March, the admission of this motion was debated in the plenary session of the Congress, the result being 87 votes in favor, 15 votes against and 15 abstentions. The motion received the backing of all the benches, except for Peruvians for Change and non-grouped congressmen, among them, the three former pro-government officials and the Kenji Fujimori bloc. The Board of Spokespersons scheduled the debate on the presidential vacancy request for Thursday, 22 March.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 128], "content_span": [129, 599]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276879-0048-0000", "contents": "2017\u2013present Peruvian political crisis, Second period, Second request for a presidential vacancy by the Congress of the Republic\nA confidential report from the Financial Intelligence Unit (FIU) on the money movements of PPK's bank accounts was forwarded to the Public Ministry and the Lava Jato Commission of Congress, but inexplicably leaked to public knowledge. This 33-page document revealed that from the companies and consortiums linked to the Odebrecht Group transfers had been made to Westfield Capital, the one-person PPK company, for $1,893,841, that is, one million more than what was known the moment.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 128], "content_span": [129, 612]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276879-0048-0001", "contents": "2017\u2013present Peruvian political crisis, Second period, Second request for a presidential vacancy by the Congress of the Republic\nTransfers made to the account of the driver of PPK and that of Gilbert Violeta were also revealed, although it was shown that these were only payments of a labor nature and of basic services. The leak of this report, which is presumed to have been made by the Lava Jato Commission chaired by Rosa Bartra, would have been with the intention of further identifying the credibility of the President of the Republic. But the death blow for PPK came a few days later.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 128], "content_span": [129, 591]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276879-0049-0000", "contents": "2017\u2013present Peruvian political crisis, Third period, Scandal for the collection of the kenjivideos\nOn 20 March 2018, the Popular Force bench showed evidence that the government was buying the support of congressmen to vote against the second presidential vacancy request, a rumor that had already circulated during the first process. It was a set of videos where the conversations made by the legislators Bienvenido Ram\u00edrez and Guillermo Boc\u00e1ngel (from the bench of Kenji Fujimori) to try to convince Congressman Mois\u00e9s Mamani (from Puno) not to join to support the presidential vacancy, in exchange for works for your region.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 99], "content_span": [100, 627]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276879-0049-0001", "contents": "2017\u2013present Peruvian political crisis, Third period, Scandal for the collection of the kenjivideos\nIn one of the videos, Kenji Fujimori is seen in a meeting with Mamani, which also includes Bienvenido Ram\u00edrez. The latter makes a series of offers to the parliamentarian from Puno to enable him to streamline projects and projects for his region, in exchange for joining his group and supporting PPK. In another video we see Boc\u00e1ngel talking about the administrative control of the Congress, once they access the Board.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 99], "content_span": [100, 518]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276879-0049-0002", "contents": "2017\u2013present Peruvian political crisis, Third period, Scandal for the collection of the kenjivideos\nAnd in a third video, we see Alberto Borea Odr\u00eda, PPK's lawyer on the subject of vacancy, explaining to Mamani about aspects of that process and giving him the telephone number of a minister of state. Those involved in the scandal, came out to defend themselves, saying that it was normal practice for congressmen to turn to ministers to ask for works in favor of their regions. Congressman Bienvenido even said that he had only \"bragged\". But what was questioned was the fact that the government negotiated these works to reorient the vote of a group of congressmen on the issue of the presidential vacancy, which would constitute the criminal figure of influence peddling.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 99], "content_span": [100, 774]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276879-0050-0000", "contents": "2017\u2013present Peruvian political crisis, Third period, Scandal for the collection of the kenjivideos\nA few hours later, the Fujimoristas gave the final thrust, by broadcasting a set of audios, in which the Minister of Transport and Communications, Bruno Giuffra is heard offering works to Mamani in exchange for his vote to avoid the vacancy. The press highlighted a phrase by Giuffra in which he says: \"Compadre, you know what the nut is and what you are going to get out\", presumably referring to the benefits Mamani would gain if he voted against the vacancy.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 99], "content_span": [100, 561]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276879-0051-0000", "contents": "2017\u2013present Peruvian political crisis, Third period, Scandal for the collection of the kenjivideos\nUntil then, it was expected that the vote to achieve the vacancy would be very tight and that even PPK could again succeed as had happened in the first process. But the Kenjivideos determined that several congressmen who until then had manifested their abstention (among them the three ex- oficialistas) folded in favor of the vacancy, and thus they made it known openly.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 99], "content_span": [100, 471]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276879-0052-0000", "contents": "2017\u2013present Peruvian political crisis, Third period, Resignation of Pedro Pablo Kuczynski\nFaced with the foreseeable scenario that awaited him in the debate scheduled for the Congress on the 22nd, PPK opted to renounce the Presidency of the Republic, sending the respective letter to Congress, and giving a televised message to the Nation, which was transmitted to the two and forty in the afternoon of 21 March 2018.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 90], "content_span": [91, 418]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276879-0053-0000", "contents": "2017\u2013present Peruvian political crisis, Third period, Resignation of Pedro Pablo Kuczynski\nI think the best thing for the country is for me to renounce the Presidency of the Republic. I do not want to be a stumbling block for our nation to find the path of unity and harmony that is so badly needed and denied to me. I do not want the country or my family to continue suffering with the uncertainty of recent times (...) There will be a constitutionally ordered transition.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 90], "content_span": [91, 473]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276879-0054-0000", "contents": "2017\u2013present Peruvian political crisis, Third period, Resignation of Pedro Pablo Kuczynski\nThe Board of Spokespersons of the Congress, although rejected the terms of the letter of resignation of PPK, arguing that this did not make any self-criticism and victimized, accepted the same and scheduled for 22 March, from four in the afternoon, a debate in Congress to evaluate the resignation. That debate lasted until the next day.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 90], "content_span": [91, 428]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276879-0054-0001", "contents": "2017\u2013present Peruvian political crisis, Third period, Resignation of Pedro Pablo Kuczynski\nAlthough a section of congressmen on the left argued that the resignation of PPK should not be accepted and that Congress should proceed to vacancy due to moral incapacity, the majority of congressmen considered that it should be accepted, to put an end to the crisis. When the preliminary text of the resolution of the Congress was published, in which it was indicated that the president had \"betrayed the fatherland\", PPK announced that it would withdraw its letter of resignation if that qualification was maintained. The Board of Spokesmen decided then to omit that expression.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 90], "content_span": [91, 672]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276879-0054-0002", "contents": "2017\u2013present Peruvian political crisis, Third period, Resignation of Pedro Pablo Kuczynski\nThe resignation was accepted with 105 votes in favor, 12 against and 3 abstentions. Moments later, the first vice-president Mart\u00edn Vizcarra was sworn in as the new constitutional president of the Republic. Soon after, the new government announced that its prime minister would be C\u00e9sar Villanueva, the same who had been the main promoter of the second Presidential vacancy against PPK.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 90], "content_span": [91, 476]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276879-0055-0000", "contents": "2017\u2013present Peruvian political crisis, Fourth period, Crisis in the judicial system\nOn 7 July 2018 the portal IDL-Reporters led by journalist Gustavo Gorriti broadcast a series of audios through the journalistic program Panorama. Thus, a serious corruption scandal called CNM Audios or Court and Corruption case was uncovered. These are telephone tapping that reveal alleged acts of corruption and influence peddling that directly involved judges and members of the Council of the Magistracy (CNM).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 84], "content_span": [85, 499]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276879-0055-0001", "contents": "2017\u2013present Peruvian political crisis, Fourth period, Crisis in the judicial system\nIn the audios we listen to C\u00e9sar Jos\u00e9 Hinostroza Pariachi (supreme judge), Iv\u00e1n Noguera Ramos (counselor), Julio Guti\u00e9rrez (counselor) and Walter R\u00edos (president of the Superior Court of Callao), negotiating and using his personal influence in areas of government, through connections with people, and to obtain favors and preferential treatment. These controversial audios had been leaked by the journalists of an investigation approved by prosecutor Roc\u00edo S\u00e1nchez Saavedra to intercept the telephone calls of numbers seized by the police to a criminal organization dedicated to drug trafficking (the castanets of Richport), which operated in the port of Callao. These telephone numbers belonged to the lawyers of that organization who contacted the judicial authorities, and it was thus, in that accidental manner, that the scandal that has led the crisis to the entire judicial system of Peru was uncovered.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 84], "content_span": [85, 995]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276879-0056-0000", "contents": "2017\u2013present Peruvian political crisis, Fourth period, Crisis in the judicial system\nOn 11 July 2018, President Vizcarra announced the creation of a commission to reform the Judiciary (chaired by Allan Wagner Tiz\u00f3n) and that same day the President of the Supreme Court of Justice Duberl\u00ed Rodr\u00edguez announced a crisis in the judicial system. On the other hand, the supreme Internal Control Prosecutor, V\u00edctor Ra\u00fal Rodr\u00edguez Monteza, gave IDL-Reporters and the Panorama program three days to deliver the audios and their sources. However, this did not materialize because the wiretaps contained in those audios had been given legally, and because journalists are not obliged to reveal their sources because of their right to confidentiality. In the following days more audios were made known that involved characters from all areas, not just politics.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 84], "content_span": [85, 849]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276879-0057-0000", "contents": "2017\u2013present Peruvian political crisis, Fourth period, Crisis in the judicial system\nOn 13 July 2018, the Minister of Justice and Human Rights of Peru Salvador Heresi presented his resignation letter because in one of those audios he is heard talking to the controversial judge C\u00e9sar Hinostroza. In his replacement, lawyer and congressman Vicente Zeballos Salinas, who had been a member of the PPK parliamentary caucus, was appointed.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 84], "content_span": [85, 434]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276879-0058-0000", "contents": "2017\u2013present Peruvian political crisis, Fourth period, Crisis in the judicial system\nBefore the institutional crisis in the Judicial Power, Duberl\u00ed Rodr\u00edguez resigned to the presidency of the Supreme Court of Justice on 19 July 2018. The next day he was appointed to preside over the First Chamber of Constitutional and Social Transitional Law of the Supreme Court of Justice of the Republic.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 84], "content_span": [85, 392]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276879-0059-0000", "contents": "2017\u2013present Peruvian political crisis, Fourth period, Crisis in the judicial system\nOn 20 July 2018, following the resignation of Supreme Court President Duberl\u00ed Rodr\u00edguez as a consequence of the CNM Audios scandal, Francisco T\u00e1vara C\u00f3rdova, in his capacity as supreme dean, assumed the presidency of said institution on an interim basis.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 84], "content_span": [85, 339]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276879-0060-0000", "contents": "2017\u2013present Peruvian political crisis, Fourth period, Swearing in of Pedro Ch\u00e1varry as the new prosecutor of the Nation\nOn 7 June 2018 attorney Pedro Ch\u00e1varry was elected by the Board of Supreme Prosecutors of the Public Ministry as Prosecutor of the Nation for the period 2018\u20132021. On 3 July, the National Board of Justice ratified it unanimously as supreme prosecutor. Twelve days later (On 19 July 2018) an audio was broadcast between Judge C\u00e9sar Hinostroza and the elected fiscal of the Nation, Pedro Ch\u00e1varry, which caused massive protests at the national level to request his resignation, however on 20 July 2018 he was sworn in as Prosecutor of the Nation. Despite being involved in the corruption scandal, prosecutor Ch\u00e1varry refused to resign his position.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 120], "content_span": [121, 767]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276879-0061-0000", "contents": "2017\u2013present Peruvian political crisis, Fourth period, Annulment of the pardon of Alberto Fujimori\nOn 3 October, the Judicial Branch issued placement and arrest warrants against former President Alberto Fujimori. His lawyers had 5 days (from 4 October) to support an appeal. On 9 October, the appeal filed by his lawyers was rejected. Next, the judge ordered to locate him and capture him, an end of the sea re-entered in a prison.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 98], "content_span": [99, 431]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276879-0062-0000", "contents": "2017\u2013present Peruvian political crisis, Fourth period, Annulment of the pardon of Alberto Fujimori\nI want to tell the authorities and politicians today, because I no longer have the strength to resist it. (...) I want to ask the President of the Republic, the members of the Judiciary, only one thing: please do not kill me. If I go back to prison, my heart will not endure it, it is too weak to be able to go through the same. Do not condemn me to death, I do not give more \"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 98], "content_span": [99, 476]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276879-0063-0000", "contents": "2017\u2013present Peruvian political crisis, Fourth period, Annulment of the pardon of Alberto Fujimori\nAs a result of the annulment of the pardon, the legislators at the end of Fujimorism, would approve a series of reforms among them are:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 98], "content_span": [99, 234]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276879-0064-0000", "contents": "2017\u2013present Peruvian political crisis, Fourth period, Arrest of Keiko Fujimori\nOn 10 October, in the Office of the Prosecutor of Peru, Judge Richard Concepci\u00f3n Carhuancho ordered a preliminary detention of Keiko Fujimori for 10 days, for the alleged illicit contributions to the 2011 campaign from the Odebrecht company.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 79], "content_span": [80, 321]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276879-0065-0000", "contents": "2017\u2013present Peruvian political crisis, Fourth period, Arrest of Keiko Fujimori\nThe Office of the Prosecutor does not cite any evidence in the judicial decision. A person is given preliminary detention when there is a well-founded risk, or a well-founded suspicion, of a procedural danger. What is the danger if we are going to the Attorney's office voluntarily? What is the risk of flight?", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 79], "content_span": [80, 390]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276879-0066-0000", "contents": "2017\u2013present Peruvian political crisis, Fourth period, Arrest of Keiko Fujimori\nOn 17 October, after an appeal, Fujimori was released, along with five other detainees, because no feasible evidences of her responsibility were found.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 79], "content_span": [80, 231]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276879-0067-0000", "contents": "2017\u2013present Peruvian political crisis, Fourth period, Escape of C\u00e9sar Hinostroza\nThe dismissed Judge Hinostroza, who was weighed by an order preventing him from leaving the country since 13 July for the alleged crimes of passive bribery and active bribery, for a period of four months. He would leave the country illegally, violating the law and leaving clandestinely in the north of the country, on 7 October at dawn hours.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 81], "content_span": [82, 425]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276879-0067-0001", "contents": "2017\u2013present Peruvian political crisis, Fourth period, Escape of C\u00e9sar Hinostroza\nTen days later (17 October), the information would be publicly known, after which Interior Minister Mauro Medina, would present his resignation, after being identified by the political class as one of the responsible for the escape of the syndicate leader of the organization \"The White Collars of the Port\". The next day the removal of Jos\u00e9 Abanto from the Oficial\u00eda Mayor occurred, due to the delay in sending the prosecutorial file against Judge C\u00e9sar Hinostroza to the Prosecutor's Office, appointing Gianmarco Paz Mendoza as his replacement.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 81], "content_span": [82, 628]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276879-0068-0000", "contents": "2017\u2013present Peruvian political crisis, Fourth period, Preventive detention of Keiko Fujimori\nOn 19 October 2018, prosecutor Jos\u00e9 Domingo P\u00e9rez formalized the preparatory investigation and requested 36 months of preventive detention for Keiko Fujimori and eleven other persons involved for alleged money laundering (among them: Jaime Yoshiyama, his nephew Jorge Yoshiyama, Vicente Silva Checa, Augusto Bedoya, Ana Herz and Pier Figari). After reviewing the request for pretrial detention, Judge Richard Concepci\u00f3n Carhuancho began to review the one of the other ten people around Keiko, but on 31 October 2018, when he had only assessed the legal status of five of them, he decided surprisingly give your verdict regarding Keiko Fujimori.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 93], "content_span": [94, 738]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276879-0068-0001", "contents": "2017\u2013present Peruvian political crisis, Fourth period, Preventive detention of Keiko Fujimori\nAfter accepting the tax thesis that accused him of being the head of a presumed criminal organization within his party that lavished a million dollars given by Odebrecht in 2011, and considering that there was a risk that it would hinder the process, the judge dictated 36 months of preventive detention for Keiko Fujimori.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 93], "content_span": [94, 417]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276879-0069-0000", "contents": "2017\u2013present Peruvian political crisis, Fourth period, Political asylum of Alan Garc\u00eda\nOn 15 November 2018, Alan Garc\u00eda went to a meeting with the prosecution of money laundering, as part of an interrogation, carried out by, part of the prosecutor Jos\u00e9 Domingo P\u00e9rez due to irregularities in the conference payments of the former president, financed with money from Caja 2 of the structured operations division of the Odebrecht company, before this the prosecutor issued an order to prevent him from leaving the country for 18 months for Garc\u00eda, even though at first he said he was at the disposition of the justice, that same night he went to the home of Carlos Alejandro Barros, ambassador of Uruguay, where he remained until 3 December 2018, when Tabar\u00e9 V\u00e1zquez, president of that country, announced the rejection of Alan Garc\u00eda's asylum request, consider that in Peru the three branches of the State functioned freely and without political persecution.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 86], "content_span": [87, 956]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276879-0070-0000", "contents": "2017\u2013present Peruvian political crisis, Fifth period, Dismissal of Rafael Vela Barba and Jos\u00e9 Domingo P\u00e9rez and his subsequent reincorporation\nOn 31 December 2018, when the prosecutor of the Nation Pedro Ch\u00e1varry removed prosecutors Rafael Vela Barba and Jos\u00e9 Domingo P\u00e9rez from the Odebrecht case in Peru, he replaced prosecutors Frank Almanza Altamirano and Marcial Eloy Paucar, respectively. This fact provoked multiple protests at the national level led by the antifujimorism. In a press conference called for the closing of 2018, Pedro Ch\u00e1varry said he made that decision, since the prosecutors in question, who had important investigations, had \"affected the Public Prosecutor's Office\" with their comments through different means of communication.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 142], "content_span": [143, 754]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276879-0071-0000", "contents": "2017\u2013present Peruvian political crisis, Fifth period, Dismissal of Rafael Vela Barba and Jos\u00e9 Domingo P\u00e9rez and his subsequent reincorporation\nFor his part, President Martin Vizcarra, who was in Brazil for the inauguration of Jair Bolsonaro, questioned Ch\u00e1varry's decision and immediately returned to Peru. On 2 January 2019, Vizcarra presented before the Congress a bill that declared emergency in the Public Ministry, that same day Pedro Ch\u00e1varry before the massive protests against him decided to reinstate Rafael Vela Barba and Jos\u00e9 Domingo P\u00e9rez in the lava case jato However, he refrained from resigning.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 142], "content_span": [143, 610]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276879-0072-0000", "contents": "2017\u2013present Peruvian political crisis, Fifth period, Resignation of Pedro Ch\u00e1varry\nOn 7 January 2019, Ch\u00e1varry indicated that he was going to present his resignation letter. On 8 January, before the Board of Supreme Prosecutors, Ch\u00e1varry resigned as president of the Public Prosecutor's Office. On 8 January, the Board accepted the resignation of Ch\u00e1varry and appointed Supreme Public Prosecutor Zoraida \u00c1valos as the new interim Nation Prosecutor. Who in his first message as president of the Office of the Prosecutor declared the Public Prosecutor's Office in emergency.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 83], "content_span": [84, 573]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276879-0073-0000", "contents": "2017\u2013present Peruvian political crisis, Fifth period, Removal of Judge Richard Concepci\u00f3n Carhuancho from the Cocktails Case\nOn 16 January 2019, the Second National Criminal Appeals Chamber decided to remove Judge Richard Concepci\u00f3n Carhuancho from the case of cocktails for which Keiko Fujimori and other members of Fuerza Popular have been investigated. This measure was presented by the defense of Jaime Yoshiyama. The challenge against Judge Richard Concepci\u00f3n was evaluated by the Second National Criminal Court of Appeals, composed of judges C\u00e9sar Salhuanay Calsin, Jessica Le\u00f3n Yarango and Iv\u00e1n Quispe Auca. Who made that decision unanimously.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 124], "content_span": [125, 650]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276879-0074-0000", "contents": "2017\u2013present Peruvian political crisis, Fifth period, Removal of Judge Richard Concepci\u00f3n Carhuancho from the Cocktails Case\nAccording to the resolution of the Second Chamber, the judges considered that public statements by Richard Concepci\u00f3n Carhuancho questioned his impartiality, so that the case passed into the hands of another judge of the National Criminal Chamber. This event unleashed new social protests led by antifujimorism in different cities of the country.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 124], "content_span": [125, 471]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276879-0075-0000", "contents": "2017\u2013present Peruvian political crisis, Fifth period, Return of Alberto Fujimori to prison\nOn 23 January 2019 Alberto Fujimori was transferred again to the Barbadillo prison in the Ate District, where he was interned from 2007 to 2017, serving his sentence before being pardoned. The former president was discharged from the Centennial Clinic after a medical board of the Institute of Legal Medicine evaluated him and determined that he is stable and that he can receive treatment for his ailments.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 90], "content_span": [91, 498]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276879-0076-0000", "contents": "2017\u2013present Peruvian political crisis, Fifth period, Signing of the collaboration agreement with Odebrecht\nOn 15 February 2019, the collaboration agreement with Odebrecht was signed in S\u00e3o Paulo between the Lava Jato special team and senior officials of the Odebrecht company. Among the information that the company will provide is the My Web Day and Drousys systems, corporate software in which requested, processed and controlled the operations of the payment of bribes, names, data, dates, reports and evidence that can be used in a trial the politicians involved.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 107], "content_span": [108, 568]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276879-0077-0000", "contents": "2017\u2013present Peruvian political crisis, Fifth period, Signing of the collaboration agreement with Odebrecht\nThe agreement was criticized by numerous congressmen, this because the total amount of civil compensation was not taken into account and the company obtained benefits on the management of its profits, with the possibility of re-contracting with the State of Peru.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 107], "content_span": [108, 371]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276879-0078-0000", "contents": "2017\u2013present Peruvian political crisis, Fifth period, Suicide of Alan Garc\u00eda\nOn 17 April 2019, former Peruvian President Alan Garc\u00eda committed suicide in the bedroom of his personal home when the officers of the national police had gone to arrest him preliminarily on matters related to the Odebrecht case. His funeral took place at the Casa del Pueblo and was cremated on 19 April at the Catholic cemetery in Huachipa.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 76], "content_span": [77, 419]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276879-0079-0000", "contents": "2017\u2013present Peruvian political crisis, Fifth period, Suicide of Alan Garc\u00eda\nGarc\u00eda did not receive posthumous government honors such as the state funeral to former leaders, at the request of relatives and supporters of APRA, according to some national and international analysts this gesture represents a new nuance of the political crisis in the country that has been developing since 2017.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 76], "content_span": [77, 392]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276879-0080-0000", "contents": "2017\u2013present Peruvian political crisis, Fifth period, Suicide of Alan Garc\u00eda\nThe Peruvian government, through the national daily El Peruano, declared three days of national mourning: 17, 18 and 19 April. According to the Public Prosecutor's Office, the search of Garc\u00eda's home that was included in the investigations of the Odebrecht case would continue its normal course, with the exception of the bedroom that remains sealed.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 76], "content_span": [77, 428]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276879-0081-0000", "contents": "2017\u2013present Peruvian political crisis, Fifth period, Preventive prison for Pedro Pablo Kuczynski\nAfter a 3-day hearing, on 19 April 2019, the Judiciary issued 36 months of pre-trial detention for former President Pedro Pablo Kuczynski. However, due to the heart condition he suffers, and that led him to be operated on emergency at the Anglo-American clinic, on 27 April he was exchanged for home detention.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 97], "content_span": [98, 408]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276879-0082-0000", "contents": "2017\u2013present Peruvian political crisis, Fifth period, The \"Fujimorista-Aprista strategic alliance\" and crisis in Peruvians for Change\nThe APRA Congressman Javier Vel\u00e1squez Quesqu\u00e9n admitted that, although there was never a political alliance between APRA and Popular Force, there was a \"strategic alliance\" within Congress, which explained that the board of directors had shared in two consecutive legislatures, and that coincide in the votes of the plenary and of the commissions. However, other members of the Aprismo and Popular Force rejected the existence of such an alliance, although the facts say otherwise. A study shows that, during the plenary sessions, the majority positions of Popular Force and the APRA caucus coincided 90.2% of the time so far in the current congressional period; that is, in 782 of the 867 votes, Fuerza Popular and APRA went hand in hand.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 133], "content_span": [134, 873]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276879-0083-0000", "contents": "2017\u2013present Peruvian political crisis, Fifth period, The \"Fujimorista-Aprista strategic alliance\" and crisis in Peruvians for Change\nPeruvians for Change the party that had brought Pedro Pablo Kuczynski to the presidency in 2016, and which, in theory, was the official party of the Vizcarra government, declared a reorganization. Kuczynski himself presented his irrevocable resignation to the party presidency on 4 February 2019. The Peruvians for Change bench in Congress, which was initially 17 members, was reduced to 11.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 133], "content_span": [134, 525]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276879-0083-0001", "contents": "2017\u2013present Peruvian political crisis, Fifth period, The \"Fujimorista-Aprista strategic alliance\" and crisis in Peruvians for Change\nTwo of them, Gilbert Violeta (at the same time leader of Peruvians for Change) and Juan Sheput (until then only invited to the party) had friction with Mart\u00edn Vizcarra, hinting that there was a gap between the party and the government. It was seen that two factions had formed on the Peruvians for Change caucus: a majority faction, led by Mercedes Ar\u00e1oz and Carlos Bruce, who wanted to continue supporting the government with conditions; and another, commanded by Gilbert Violeta and Juan Sheput, supported by what remained of the game, which aimed to break with Vizcarra.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 133], "content_span": [134, 707]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276879-0083-0002", "contents": "2017\u2013present Peruvian political crisis, Fifth period, The \"Fujimorista-Aprista strategic alliance\" and crisis in Peruvians for Change\nVizcarra's estrangement from the Peruvians for Change party was further exacerbated by the revelation that the Construction Club had contributed $100,000 for the 2016 Kuczynki campaign. The party leaders (Violeta, Heresi and the Peruvians for Change general secretary Jorge Villacorta), agreed to hold Vizcarra responsible for controlling the financing of the campaign, as revealed in conversations on WhatsApp leaked to the press. Not agreeing with this position, three Peruvians for Change congressmen announced their resignation from the party: Jorge Mel\u00e9ndez Celis (bench spokesman), Alberto Oliva and Janet S\u00e1nchez, although without affecting their permanence on the Peruvians for Change bench.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 133], "content_span": [134, 833]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276879-0084-0000", "contents": "2017\u2013present Peruvian political crisis, Fifth period, The \"Fujimorista-Aprista strategic alliance\" and crisis in Peruvians for Change\nOn 2 March 2019, the Peruvians for Change party assembly agreed to change its name to Contigo. He also made official the admission to the party of Juan Sheput, who until then had only been invited. Contigo's leadership said the party supported Vizcarra \"100%\" and considered that the Peruvians for Change caucus in Congress should also change its name. But the Peruvians for Change congressmen, for the most part, agreed to keep the original name. Violeta and Sheput then requested a temporary license from the bench, but the bench did not accept and even opened disciplinary proceedings against them. Given this, both congressmen decided to resign from the bench, which was thus reduced to nine members (6 March 2019). None of those nine members of the Peruvians for Change caucus, including Mercedes Ar\u00e1oz and Carlos Bruce, was a member of the party.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 133], "content_span": [134, 986]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276879-0085-0000", "contents": "2017\u2013present Peruvian political crisis, Sixth period, Vizcarra intends to carry out political reform\nOn 21 December 2018, the government formalized the formation of the High Level Commission for Political Reform. It was made up of political scientist Fernando Tuesta Soldevilla, as coordinator, and academics Paula Valeria Mu\u00f1oz Chirinos, Milagros Campos Ramos, Jessica Violeta Bensa Morales and Ricardo Martin Tanaka Dongo. It was installed on 5 January 2019. Based on the report that said Commission gave, the government presented twelve proposals for political reform to Congress (11 April 2019). However, it excluded the issue of bicamerality, as it was recently rejected in the referendum.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 100], "content_span": [101, 694]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276879-0086-0000", "contents": "2017\u2013present Peruvian political crisis, Sixth period, Vizcarra intends to carry out political reform\nAmong the three projects of constitutional reform was the one that sought the balance between the Executive and Legislative powers with the objective of establishing counterweights between both; the reform that modifies the impediments to be a candidate for any position of popular election, to improve the suitability of the applicants; and the reform that seeks to extend the regional and municipal mandate to five years, to coincide with the general elections.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 100], "content_span": [101, 564]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276879-0086-0001", "contents": "2017\u2013present Peruvian political crisis, Sixth period, Vizcarra intends to carry out political reform\nFor the Legislative Branch, it was proposed that the election of the congressmen be carried out in the second presidential round; the elimination of the preferential vote and the establishment of parity and alternation in the list of candidates were proposed. On the other hand, for political parties, the aim was to promote internal democracy and citizen participation in the selection of candidates, establishing internal, open, simultaneous and compulsory elections organized by the ONPE.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 100], "content_span": [101, 592]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276879-0086-0002", "contents": "2017\u2013present Peruvian political crisis, Sixth period, Vizcarra intends to carry out political reform\nOther reforms related to the registration and cancellation in the registry of political organizations, and the requirements to keep the registration in force, as well as the regulation of the financing of political organizations, to avoid corruption. Another proposal was that the lifting of parliamentary immunity should not be the responsibility of Congress, but of the Supreme Court of Justice.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 100], "content_span": [101, 498]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276879-0087-0000", "contents": "2017\u2013present Peruvian political crisis, Sixth period, Vizcarra raises trust issue for political reform\nOn 29 May 2019, from the Great Hall of the Government Palace, President Vizcarra gave a message to the Nation, in which he announced his decision to raise the issue of trust before Congress in support of political reform. This, after the Constitution Commission, with a Fujimori majority, sent the bill on parliamentary immunity to the archive, and the Permanent Commission, also with a Fujimori majority, filed practically all the complaints weighing on the controversial prosecutor Ch\u00e1varry. The president, accompanied by members of his ministerial cabinet and regional governors, stated that the issue of trust would be based on the approval, without violating its essence, of six of the bills for political reform, considered the most central:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 102], "content_span": [103, 850]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276879-0088-0000", "contents": "2017\u2013present Peruvian political crisis, Sixth period, Vizcarra raises trust issue for political reform\nIf Congress denied the issue of confidence, it would be the second time that it did (the previous one went to the Zavala cabinet of the government of Pedro Pablo Kuczynski), for which, according to the Constitution, faced with two refusals, the President would be empowered to dissolve Congress and call new parliamentary elections within four months.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 102], "content_span": [103, 454]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276879-0089-0000", "contents": "2017\u2013present Peruvian political crisis, Sixth period, Vizcarra raises trust issue for political reform\nThe following day, Prime Minister Salvador del Solar appeared before Congress to deliver the official letter requesting that the time and date of the plenary session be established, in which he will support the issue of trust. In this document, Del Solar indicated that he would propose that the maximum term for the approval of the six political reforms be at the end of the current legislature (15 June); otherwise, it would consider that Congress denied confidence to the ministerial cabinet. In response to the request, Congress President Daniel Salaverry called the plenary session for 4 June to meet the Executive's request for confidence.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 102], "content_span": [103, 748]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276879-0090-0000", "contents": "2017\u2013present Peruvian political crisis, Sixth period, Vizcarra raises trust issue for political reform\nThe Constitution Commission invited jurists Ra\u00fal Ferrero Costa, Natale Amprimo, Ernesto \u00c1lvarez, An\u00edbal Quiroga and \u00d3scar Urviola to collect their opinions on the Executive's approach and the constitutionality of the approach.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 102], "content_span": [103, 329]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276879-0091-0000", "contents": "2017\u2013present Peruvian political crisis, Sixth period, Congress approves the question of confidence\nOn 4 June 2019, Salvador del Solar appeared in the plenary session of Congress to expose and request the question of trust before the national representation. Previously, a previous question was rejected to evaluate the constitutionality of the trust request. Several voices in Congress considered that imposing a deadline for the approval of constitutional reforms and forcing their essence to be respected was unconstitutional, since reforms of this type were the exclusive responsibility of Congress and the Executive lacked the power to observe them. Due to these criticisms, Del Solar, in his presentation, lightened that part of his demand. He said that Congress was empowered to extend the legislature if necessary, and that it was not obliged to approve the bills to the letter, but could enrich them, although insisting that they should not alter their essence. \"This question of trust is not a threat,\" he concluded.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 98], "content_span": [99, 1025]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276879-0092-0000", "contents": "2017\u2013present Peruvian political crisis, Sixth period, Congress approves the question of confidence\nAfter the presentation of the Prime Minister, the parliamentary debate began, which had to be extended until the following day. Finally, at noon on 5 June 2019, the vote was held. The question was approved with 77 votes in favor, 44 against and 3 abstentions. The members of the left-wing benches (Frente Amplio and Nuevo Per\u00fa) and Apra voted against, while those of Fuerza Popular did so in a divided manner (33 in favor, 16 against and 2 abstentions).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 98], "content_span": [99, 552]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276879-0093-0000", "contents": "2017\u2013present Peruvian political crisis, Sixth period, Debate and approval of opinions on political reform\nThe Constitution commission debated the opinions between 7 June and 20 July. A series of changes were made in the projects, but the most striking was what was committed with the latest opinion, on the lifting of immunity of parliamentarians. The Constitution Commission rejected the Executive's proposal that the Supreme Court be in charge of raising immunity for congressmen, providing that Congress continue to retain that prerogative. The only variant was that it proposed definite terms for Congress to lift immunity once the Judicial Power made the respective request. In addition, it was proposed that the request be given only when there is a final judgment.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 105], "content_span": [106, 771]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276879-0094-0000", "contents": "2017\u2013present Peruvian political crisis, Sixth period, Debate and approval of opinions on political reform\nWhen the Prime Minister Salvador del Solar was consulted on the opinions approved by the Constitution Commission, he considered that only five respected the spirit of the reforms proposed by the Executive, and that the last one, on parliamentary immunity, meant a setback, since it did not respect the a matter of trust, which had arisen precisely when the Constitution Commission sent the same project to the archive.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 105], "content_span": [106, 524]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276879-0095-0000", "contents": "2017\u2013present Peruvian political crisis, Sixth period, Debate and approval of opinions on political reform\nThe six projects were submitted to the plenary session of Congress, were approved between 22 and 25 July, including modifications that further accentuated the distortion of the original projects of the Executive, especially regarding internal democracy and parliamentary immunity.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 105], "content_span": [106, 386]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276879-0096-0000", "contents": "2017\u2013present Peruvian political crisis, Sixth period, Complaint against Congress President Daniel Salaverry\nDaniel Salaverry, elected president of Congress for the 2018\u20132019 legislature with the support of his then Popular Force bench, starred in a series of confrontations with his co-religionists, marked by a series of epithets, attempts at censorship and accusations, which led him to distance himself of Fuerza Popular and approach President Vizcarra, who saw him as an ally to curb the dominance of Fujimori in Congress. This earned him retaliation from his former bench partners. An investigation of the television program Panorama denounced that Salaverry had repeatedly presented false data in his representation week reports (an obligation that congressmen have to visit the provinces they represent, to listen to the demands of their constituents), which included photos from other events.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 107], "content_span": [108, 900]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276879-0097-0000", "contents": "2017\u2013present Peruvian political crisis, Sixth period, Alejandro Toledo's arrest in the United States\nFormer President Alejandro Toledo, has been a fugitive since 2017, after the Peruvian justice issued two orders of preventive detention against him: the first in the case of the Interoce\u00e1nica Sur, for having allegedly received a bribe of US$20 million from the company Odebrecht (later it was said that it was US$35 million); and the second by the Ecoteva case, under the accusation of money laundering when properties whose value did not correspond to his income were discovered (one of them in the name of his mother-in-law). Both cases are presumed to be connected. To the reiterated testimony of the effective collaborator in the Odebrecht case, Jorge Barata, has been added that of Josef Maiman, an Israeli businessman who had served as figurehead for Toledo. This is one of the most solid cases that the prosecution has.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 100], "content_span": [101, 927]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276879-0098-0000", "contents": "2017\u2013present Peruvian political crisis, Sixth period, Alejandro Toledo's arrest in the United States\nLocated in Toledo, United States, the extradition process was initiated in the Odebrecht case. On 16 July 2019, the American justice ordered his preliminary arrest. On 19 July 2019, the hearing chaired by Judge Thomas Hixson, of the Northern District Court of California, was held to determine his legal situation. He was expected to be released after paying bail, to continue the extradition process in freedom, but the judge determined that he remained in prison as there was danger of escape. One of the arguments in favor of this decision was the fact that a briefcase with US$40,000 was found in Toledo, which made it suspect that he was preparing to leave the country.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 100], "content_span": [101, 775]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276879-0099-0000", "contents": "2017\u2013present Peruvian political crisis, Sixth period, Election of the board of directors of the Congress for the period 2019\u20132020\nOn 27 July 2019, Congress elected its new board of directors for the 2019\u20132020 term. He won the list headed by Pedro Olaechea, supported by Popular Force, APRA, Contigo and Change 21, who beat the list headed by Daniel Salaverry, who was seeking his reelection with the support of the other political groups. The result was 76 votes in favor of Olaechea, 47 in favor of Salaverry and 2 blank votes. Pedro Olaechea, an economist and businessman by profession, had been elected to Congress by PPK, and was also a minister in the Kuczynski government.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 129], "content_span": [130, 678]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276879-0099-0001", "contents": "2017\u2013present Peruvian political crisis, Sixth period, Election of the board of directors of the Congress for the period 2019\u20132020\nBut then it separated from its bench and promoted the creation of another, called the Parliamentary Agreement, and then started another with the name of Republican Action. Although he called himself independent, Olaechea, throughout his parliamentary career was characterized by always voting in the line of Fujimori. Accompanying him on the board of directors were: Karina Beteta (Popular Force) in the first vice-presidency; Salvador Heresi (Contigo) in the second vice presidency; and Marvin Palma (Change 21) in the third vice-presidency.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 129], "content_span": [130, 672]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276879-0100-0000", "contents": "2017\u2013present Peruvian political crisis, Seventh period, Constitutional crisis, Constitutional Court nominations\nThe Congress scheduled the election of the new members to the Constitutional Court of Peru for 30 September.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 111], "content_span": [112, 220]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276879-0101-0000", "contents": "2017\u2013present Peruvian political crisis, Seventh period, Constitutional crisis, Constitutional Court nominations\nOn 30 September, the prime minister Salvador del Solar went to the Legislative Palace to request the approval of an amendment to the Organic Law of the Constitutional Court as a matter of confidence. However, the Congress scheduled the minister to the afternoon. While the congress started the debate for the election of the new judges, the prime minister entered the Congress hemicycle room. Del Solar addressed the lawmakers to vote to reform the Constitutional Court nomination process. However, the Congress decided to postpone the vote of the amendment to the afternoon.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 111], "content_span": [112, 687]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276879-0102-0000", "contents": "2017\u2013present Peruvian political crisis, Seventh period, Constitutional crisis, Constitutional Court nominations\nThe Congress named a new member to the Constitutional Court of Peru. Many of the Constitutional Court nominees selected by Congress were alleged to be involved in corruption. Hours later, the Congress approved the confidence motion.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 111], "content_span": [112, 344]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276879-0103-0000", "contents": "2017\u2013present Peruvian political crisis, Seventh period, Constitutional crisis, Dissolution of Congress\nNotwithstanding the affirmative vote, Vizcarra stated that the appointment of a new member of the Constitutional Court constituted a de facto vote of no confidence He said that it was the second act of no-confidence in his government, granting him the authority to dissolve Congress. These actions by Congress, as well as the months of slow progress towards anti-corruption reforms, pushed Vizcarra to dissolve the legislative body on 30 September, with Vizcarra stating \"Peruvian people, we have done all we could.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 102], "content_span": [103, 619]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276879-0104-0000", "contents": "2017\u2013present Peruvian political crisis, Seventh period, Constitutional crisis, Congress declares interim president\nShortly after Vizcarra announced the dissolution of Congress, the legislative body refused to recognize the president's actions, declared Vizcarra as suspended from the presidency, and named Vice President Mercedes Ar\u00e1oz as the interim president of Peru. Despite this, Peruvian government officials stated that the actions by Congress were void as the body was officially closed at the time of their declarations.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 114], "content_span": [115, 528]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276879-0104-0001", "contents": "2017\u2013present Peruvian political crisis, Seventh period, Constitutional crisis, Congress declares interim president\nBy the night of 30 September, Peruvians gathered outside of the Legislative Palace of Peru to protest against Congress and demand the removal of legislators while the heads of the Peruvian Armed Forces met with Vizcarra, announcing that they still recognized him as president of Peru and head of the armed forces.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 114], "content_span": [115, 428]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276879-0105-0000", "contents": "2017\u2013present Peruvian political crisis, Seventh period, Constitutional crisis, Resignation of Ar\u00e1oz\nDuring the evening of 1 October 2019, Mercedes Ar\u00e1oz, whom Congress had declared interim president, resigned from office. Ar\u00e1oz resigned, hoping that the move would promote the new general elections proposed by Vizcarra and postponed by Congress. President of Congress Pedro Olaechea was left momentarily speechless when informed of Ar\u00e1oz's resignation during an interview. At the time, no governmental institution or foreign government recognized Ar\u00e1oz as president.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 99], "content_span": [100, 567]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276879-0106-0000", "contents": "2017\u2013present Peruvian political crisis, Seventh period, Constitutional crisis, Legislative elections decreed\nVizcarra issued a decree calling for legislative elections on 26 January 2020. The Organization of American States released a statement saying that the Constitutional Court could determine the legality of President Vizcarra's actions and supported his call for legislative elections, saying \"It\u2019s a constructive step that elections have been called in accordance with constitutional timeframes and that the definitive decision falls to the Peruvian people\".", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 108], "content_span": [109, 566]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276879-0107-0000", "contents": "2017\u2013present Peruvian political crisis, Seventh period, Constitutional crisis, Snap election\nThe snap elections occurred on 26 January 2020. The APRA and Popular Force lost a majority in congress, put Popular Action, a party that was part of the opposition, won more seats, but not the majority.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 92], "content_span": [93, 295]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276879-0108-0000", "contents": "2017\u2013present Peruvian political crisis, Eighth period, COVID-19 reaches Peru\nOn 6 March, the first Peruvian case of COVID-19 was reported, from a man who came from Czechia. The economy declined, as Peru eventually got hit by the worst declining economy in Latin America, support for Vizcarra detirioated, and was eventually described as the worst hit country in South America by COVID-19.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 76], "content_span": [77, 388]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276879-0109-0000", "contents": "2017\u2013present Peruvian political crisis, Eighth period, Cisneros tapes\nSince early 2020, investigations began surrounding a contract for a little-known singer by the name of Richard Cisneros to perform speeches for the Ministry of Culture. It was alleged that an inexperienced Cisneros was able to receive payments totaling US$50,000 due to contacts in the Government Palace. Investigators searched offices in the Government Palace on 1 June 2020 regarding the alleged irregularities.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 69], "content_span": [70, 483]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276879-0110-0000", "contents": "2017\u2013present Peruvian political crisis, Eighth period, Cisneros tapes\nOn 10 September 2020, opposition lawmaker Edgar Alarcon, who faced possible parliamentary immunity revocation related to alleged acts of corruption, released audio recordings purporting that Vizcarra acted with \"moral incapacity\". The recordings allegedly contain audio of Vizcarra instructing his staff to say that he met with Cisneros only on a limited number of occasions and audio of Cisneros saying that he influenced Vizcarra's rise to office and decision to dissolve congress.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 69], "content_span": [70, 553]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276879-0111-0000", "contents": "2017\u2013present Peruvian political crisis, Eighth period, First Impeachment Process against Vizcarra\nThen-President of Congress Manuel Merino initiated the impeachment proceedings. Eventually, the impeachment proceeding passed, but when the voting to remove him from office came, it did not gain the required 87 votes out of 130 congress, as 78 voted against.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 97], "content_span": [98, 356]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276879-0112-0000", "contents": "2017\u2013present Peruvian political crisis, Eighth period, Removal of Mart\u00edn Vizcarra\nAgain on 20 October, impeachment proceedings were sparked. Eventually, the only party that voted against his second impeachment was the Purple Party. The vote for removal passed on 9 November 2020, citing corruption during Vizcarra's time as Governor of Moquegua, Minister of Transportation, and First Vice President of Peru (concurrently with Minister of Transportation until 2018). This sparked the beginning of the ninth Period and the end of the eighth.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 81], "content_span": [82, 539]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276879-0113-0000", "contents": "2017\u2013present Peruvian political crisis, Ninth period, Manuel Merino's Ascension to the presidency\nSince Vizcarra's Vice presidents were vacant, Manuel Merino, The President of Congress, took power, which marked the first time the Accion Popular (Popular Action) had the presidency since Fernando Belaunde Terry in 1985. Merino would be inaugurated on 10 November 2020, 10:42 A.M Peru Time.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 97], "content_span": [98, 389]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276879-0114-0000", "contents": "2017\u2013present Peruvian political crisis, Ninth period, Protests\nViolent protests sparked throughout the country. Merino used the military and police forces to suppress the protests. Merino's rise to power was seen by many Peruvians, media outlets, several foreign governments, and allies to Vizcarra as a coup.. Countries like El Salvador and Venezuela (under Maduro's government), supported the protesters, while Ecuador supported Merino's government. Cities like Lima, Trujillo, Arequipa, Iquitos, Pucalpa, Ica, and Tacna were put on curfew. Comparisons to the Chilean Protests were drawn.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 62], "content_span": [63, 590]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276879-0115-0000", "contents": "2017\u2013present Peruvian political crisis, Ninth period, Protests, Deaths of Inti Sotelo and Brian Pintado\nOn 14 November 2020, the Deaths of Inti Sotelo and Brian Pintado (es) occurred during the protests, which in response, led to the resignation of almost the entire Merino Cabinet.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 103], "content_span": [104, 282]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276879-0116-0000", "contents": "2017\u2013present Peruvian political crisis, Ninth period, Resignation of Merino\nOn 15 November, the rest of Merino's cabinet, prime minister Antero Flores Araoz, and Merino himself resigned due to backlash but labor protests continued as Francisco Sagasti assumed the presidency. Sagasti formed a provisional government, and put Merino under investigation. Sagasti was supported by the United States, Chile, Costa Rica, and others.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 75], "content_span": [76, 427]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276879-0117-0000", "contents": "2017\u2013present Peruvian political crisis, Tenth period, Vacunagate\nIn early 2021, a scandal broke out when the irregular vaccinations of 487 people, including high-ranking officials including Hernando de Soto Polar, Vizcarra, Maribel D\u00edaz Cabello, and Elizabeth Astete were made public. Astete, who was then the Minister of Foreign Relations, resigned on 14 February 2021 after these irregular vaccinations were made public.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 64], "content_span": [65, 422]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276879-0118-0000", "contents": "2017\u2013present Peruvian political crisis, Tenth period, 2021 general election\nElections were held on 11 April 2021. Main candidates included Ver\u00f3nika Mendoza, Keiko Fujimori, Hernando de Soto Polar, Yonhy Lescano, Pedro Castillo, Julio Guzman, and Daniel Salaverry. On election day, Pedro Castillo and his party Free Peru seized the opinion poll's percentage and was the most voted candidate in the first round. Originally, Fujimori, George Forsyth, Lescano, De Soto Polar, and Guzman were favorites. Almost everyone was caught offguard, and celebrations in Cajamarca, Castillo's hometown, went into the morning of 12 April.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 75], "content_span": [76, 622]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276879-0118-0001", "contents": "2017\u2013present Peruvian political crisis, Tenth period, 2021 general election\nFor the entirety of 12 April, Castillo's opponent was disputed between De Soto Polar, Fujimori, and Lescano, until it was clear that Fujimori had come second place. The second round would be a battle between Fujimorist free-market, rightwing populism represented by Fujimori's Popular Force, and an agrarian, socialist populism represented by Castillo's Free Peru. Many centrists and rightists condemned Castillo's so-called 'polling coup', including Martin Vizcarra, Antauro Humala, Manuel Merino, Alberto Fujimori, and Mauricio Mulder. Members of the Shining Path, communists, leftists, and member of the Free Peru party celebrated Castillo's victory in the first round. However, Free Peru also seized the congressional voting polls, and ended up with 20% of the vote.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 75], "content_span": [76, 846]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276879-0119-0000", "contents": "2017\u2013present Peruvian political crisis, Tenth period, 2021 general election\nDuring the election, Castillo was shown to have won, but Fujimori refused to accept the results and claimed that fraud had been committed. THe National Jury of Elections eventually declared Castill0 as President-elect on 19 July after Fujimori and Castillo both called for protesters, fearing clashes between Fujimorists, and Socialists. Castillo was sworn in on 28 July 2021.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 75], "content_span": [76, 452]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276879-0120-0000", "contents": "2017\u2013present Peruvian political crisis, Impact on foreign relations\nSince Peru Departed from a leftist government in 2016, it marked the end of socialist control of the country. This resulted in the worsening of relations with Ecuador, who had tried to build a border wall, which led to Peru recalling its ambassador from Ecuador. If Castillo were to be eleccted president, relations with neighboring countries such as Chile, Colombia, Brazil, and Ecuador would worsen, while relations with the Maduro's Venezuela, Bolivia, and Cuba would improve. However, during the five-day mandate of Merino, El Salvador called on not recognising Merino, calling it a coup government. However, Argentina, Chile, Brazil, Ecuador, and Colombia, went along and supported Merino. Sagasti was supported by Costa Rica, the United States, Chile, and El Salvador. Venezuela supported the protesters. However, various Human Rights groups advised Governments not to recognize Merino.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 67], "content_span": [68, 960]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276880-0000-0000", "contents": "2018\n2018 (MMXVIII) was a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar, the 2018th year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 18th year of the 3rd\u00a0millennium, the 18th year of the 21st\u00a0century, and the 9th year of the 2010s decade.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 4], "section_span": [4, 4], "content_span": [5, 272]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276880-0001-0000", "contents": "2018\n2018 was designated as the third International Year of the Reef by the International Coral Reef Initiative.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 4], "section_span": [4, 4], "content_span": [5, 112]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276880-0002-0000", "contents": "2018\nIn popular culture, this year was notable for being recognized as the year in which babies born in 2000 become adults, as 18 is the age of majority in most jurisdictions.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 4], "section_span": [4, 4], "content_span": [5, 175]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276881-0000-0000", "contents": "2018 1. deild karla\nThe 2018 1. deild karla (English: Men's First Division) is the 64th season of second-tier Icelandic football. Twelve teams contest in the league. The season began on 5 May and will conclude on 22 September.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [19, 19], "content_span": [20, 226]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276881-0001-0000", "contents": "2018 1. deild karla, Teams\nThe league is contested by twelve clubs. Eight remained in the division from the 2017 season, while four new clubs joined the 1. deild karla:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 26], "content_span": [27, 168]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276881-0002-0000", "contents": "2018 1. deild karla, Results grid\nEach team plays every opponent once home and away for a total of 22 matches per club, and 132 matches altogether.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 33], "content_span": [34, 147]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276882-0000-0000", "contents": "2018 1. deild kvinnur\nThe 2018 1. deild kvinnur (also known as Betri deildin kvinnur for sponsorship reasons) was the 34th season of women's league football in the Faroe Islands. EB/Streymur/Sk\u00e1la were the defending champions, having won their first title the previous season. The season started in 11 March and ended on 26 October.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [21, 21], "content_span": [22, 332]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276882-0001-0000", "contents": "2018 1. deild kvinnur, Format\nEach team plays each other four times for a total of 20 matches. There is no relegation.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 29], "content_span": [30, 118]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276883-0000-0000", "contents": "2018 1. divisjon\nThe 2018 1. divisjon (referred to as OBOS-ligaen for sponsorship reasons) was a Norwegian second-tier football league season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [16, 16], "content_span": [17, 142]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276883-0001-0000", "contents": "2018 1. divisjon\nThe season began on 2 April 2018 and ended on 11 November 2018 (not including playoff matches).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [16, 16], "content_span": [17, 112]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276883-0002-0000", "contents": "2018 1. divisjon, Team changes from 2017\nIn the 2017 1. divisjon, Bod\u00f8/Glimt, Start and Ranheim were promoted to the 2018 Eliteserien, while Fredrikstad, Elverum and Arendal were relegated to the 2018 2. divisjon.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [18, 40], "content_span": [41, 213]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276883-0003-0000", "contents": "2018 1. divisjon, Team changes from 2017\nSogndal, Aalesund and Viking were relegated from the 2017 Eliteserien, while HamKam, Nest-Sotra and Notodden were promoted from the 2017 2. divisjon.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [18, 40], "content_span": [41, 190]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276883-0004-0000", "contents": "2018 1. divisjon, Play-offs, Promotion play-offs\nThe 3rd to 6th placed teams took part in the promotion play-offs; these were single leg knockout matches. In the first round, the 3rd placed team played at home against the 6th placed team, and the 4th placed team played at home against the 5th placed team. The two winners then played against each other in the second round, where the team with the highest table position played at home. The winner of the second round, Aalesund, advanced to play the 14th placed team in Eliteserien over two legs in the Eliteserien play-offs for a spot in the top-flight next season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [18, 48], "content_span": [49, 617]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276883-0005-0000", "contents": "2018 1. divisjon, Play-offs, Relegation play-offs\nThe 14th placed team, \u00c5sane, took part in a two-legged play-off against KFUM Oslo, the winners of the 2. divisjon play-offs, to decide who would play in the 2019 1. divisjon. KFUM Oslo won 4-3 on aggregate and were therefore promoted, while \u00c5sane got relegated.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [18, 49], "content_span": [50, 311]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276883-0006-0000", "contents": "2018 1. divisjon, Season statistics, Attendances\nSource: Notes:1: Team played last season in Eliteserien.2: Team played last season in 2. divisjon.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [18, 48], "content_span": [49, 147]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276884-0000-0000", "contents": "2018 1. divisjon (women)\nThe 2018 1. divisjon was the second tier of Norwegian women's football in 2018. The season kicked off on 14 April 2018, finishing on 3 November 2018.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [24, 24], "content_span": [25, 174]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276884-0001-0000", "contents": "2018 1. divisjon (women)\nThe top placed team was promoted to next year's Toppserien. The second placed team contested a playoff against the 11th placed team from the 2018 Toppserien for the right to play in Toppserien next season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [24, 24], "content_span": [25, 230]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276884-0002-0000", "contents": "2018 1. divisjon (women), Table\n1. Fart \u2013 Promoted2. Grei 3. By\u00e5sen 4. \u00d8vrevoll Hosle 5. Medkila 6. Amazon Grimstad 7. Fl\u00f8ya 8. \u00c5sane 9. Kaupanger 10. Nanset 11. Ur\u00e6dd \u2013 Relegated12. Bossekop \u2013 Relegated", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 31], "content_span": [32, 203]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276885-0000-0000", "contents": "2018 1000Bulbs.com 500\nThe 2018 1000Bulbs.com 500 was a Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series race that was held on October 14, 2018, at Talladega Superspeedway in Lincoln, Alabama. Contested over 193 laps \u2013 extended from 188 laps due to an overtime finish, on the 2.66 mile (4.2\u00a0km) superspeedway, it was the 31st race of the 2018 Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series season, the fifth race of the Playoffs, and second race of the Round of 12. This was a notable race for Stewart-Haas Racing, who dominated in qualifying and both stages.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [22, 22], "content_span": [23, 529]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276885-0001-0000", "contents": "2018 1000Bulbs.com 500, Report, Background\nTalladega Superspeedway, originally known as Alabama International Motor Superspeedway (AIMS), is a motorsports complex located north of Talladega, Alabama. It is located on the former Anniston Air Force Base in the small city of Lincoln. The track is a tri-oval and was constructed in the 1960s by the International Speedway Corporation, a business controlled by the France family. Talladega is most known for its steep banking and the unique location of the start/finish line that's located just past the exit to pit road. The track currently hosts the NASCAR series such as the Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series, Xfinity Series and the Camping World Truck Series. Talladega is the longest NASCAR oval with a length of 2.66-mile-long (4.28\u00a0km) tri-oval like the Daytona International Speedway, which also is a 2.5-mile-long (4\u00a0km) tri-oval.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 42], "content_span": [43, 884]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276885-0002-0000", "contents": "2018 1000Bulbs.com 500, Final Practice\nKevin Harvick was the fastest in the final practice session with a time of 46.889 seconds and a speed of 204.227\u00a0mph (328.671\u00a0km/h).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 38], "content_span": [39, 171]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276885-0003-0000", "contents": "2018 1000Bulbs.com 500, Qualifying\nKurt Busch scored the pole for the race with a time of 48.906 and a speed of 195.804\u00a0mph (315.116\u00a0km/h).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 34], "content_span": [35, 139]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276885-0004-0000", "contents": "2018 1000Bulbs.com 500, Media, Television\nNBC Sports covered the race on the television side. Rick Allen, Jeff Burton and six-time Talladega winner Dale Earnhardt Jr. had the call in the booth for the race. Steve Letarte and Dale Jarrett called from the NBC Peacock Pit Box on pit road. Dave Burns, Parker Kligerman, Marty Snider and Kelli Stavast reported from pit lane during the race.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 41], "content_span": [42, 387]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276885-0005-0000", "contents": "2018 1000Bulbs.com 500, Media, Radio\nMRN covered the radio call for the race, which was simulcast on Sirius XM NASCAR Radio.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 36], "content_span": [37, 124]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276886-0000-0000", "contents": "2018 12 Hours of Sebring\nThe 66th Mobil 1 12 Hours of Sebring Presented by Advance Auto Parts was an endurance sports car racing event held at Sebring International Raceway near Sebring, Florida from 15 to 17 March 2018. The race was the second round of the 2018 WeatherTech SportsCar Championship, as well as the second round of the North American Endurance Cup.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [24, 24], "content_span": [25, 363]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276886-0001-0000", "contents": "2018 12 Hours of Sebring\nThe race was won by Tequila Patr\u00f3n ESM's Nissan Onroak DPi driven by Pipo Derani, Johannes van Overbeek, and Nicolas Lapierre, ahead of the Cadillac DPi-V.R's of Wayne Taylor Racing and Whelen Engineering Racing. Porsche took GTLM honours with Nick Tandy, Fr\u00e9d\u00e9ric Makowiecki, and Patrick Pilet behind the wheel of their 911 RSR. The GTD category was won by Paul Miller Racing's Corey Lewis, Bryan Sellers and Madison Snow in a GT3-spec Lamborghini Hurac\u00e1n.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [24, 24], "content_span": [25, 482]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276887-0000-0000", "contents": "2018 2. deild karla\nThe 2018 2. deild karla was the 53rd season of third-tier football in Iceland. Twelve teams contested the league. Play began on 5 May and conclude on 22 September.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [19, 19], "content_span": [20, 183]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276887-0001-0000", "contents": "2018 2. deild karla, Teams\nThe league will be contested by twelve clubs, eight of which played in the division during the 2017 season. There are four new clubs from the previous campaign:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 26], "content_span": [27, 187]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276887-0002-0000", "contents": "2018 2. deild karla, Results\nEach team plays every opponent once home and away for a total of 22 matches per club, and 132 matches altogether.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 28], "content_span": [29, 142]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276888-0000-0000", "contents": "2018 2. divisjon\nThe 2018 2. divisjon (referred to as PostNord-ligaen for sponsorship reasons) was a Norwegian football third-tier league season. The league consisted of 28 teams divided into 2 groups of 14 teams.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [16, 16], "content_span": [17, 213]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276888-0001-0000", "contents": "2018 2. divisjon\nThe league was played as a double round-robin tournament, where all teams played 26 matches.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [16, 16], "content_span": [17, 109]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276888-0002-0000", "contents": "2018 2. divisjon, Promotion play-offs\nThe teams who finished in second place in their respective group qualified for the promotion play-offs, where they faced each other over two legs. The winner, KFUM Oslo, then played against the 14th placed team in 1. divisjon for a place in the 2019 1. divisjon.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [18, 37], "content_span": [38, 300]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276889-0000-0000", "contents": "2018 2000 Guineas Stakes\nThe 2018 2000 Guineas Stakes was the 210th running of the 2000 Guineas Stakes horse race. It was run over one mile on the Rowley Mile at Newmarket Racecourse on 5 May 2018, a hot and sunny day. The winner was the Japanese bred Saxon Warrior, trained by Aidan O'Brien and ridden by his son Donnacha O'Brien. Tip Two Win was in second place a length and a half behind and the favourite, Masar, was in third place.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [24, 24], "content_span": [25, 436]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276889-0001-0000", "contents": "2018 2000 Guineas Stakes, Full result\n* The distances between the horses are shown in lengths. All the runners were three-year-old colts and carried 9 stone.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 37], "content_span": [38, 157]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276889-0002-0000", "contents": "2018 2000 Guineas Stakes, Reaction\nAfter the race winning jockey Donnacha O'Brien said of Saxon Warrior: \"He's a very good horse, he's a proper horse.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 34], "content_span": [35, 151]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276889-0003-0000", "contents": "2018 2000 Guineas Stakes, Race build-up\nThe Aidan O'Brien trained colt Gustav Klimt became an early ante-post favourite for the race after winning the Superlative Stakes at Newmarket in July 2017, but after an impressive win in the Vintage Stakes at Glorious Goodwood, Sir Michael Stoute's Expert Eye then took over as the market leader. Stoute stated it was \"too early to tell if he's a Guineas horse\" but jockey Andrea Atzeni was more positive, saying, \"I don\u2019t think I\u2019ve ever sat on a two-year-old as good as this\".", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 39], "content_span": [40, 519]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276890-0000-0000", "contents": "2018 24 Hours of Daytona\nThe 2018 24 Hours of Daytona (formally the 56th Rolex 24 at Daytona) was an International Motor Sports Association (IMSA)-sanctioned 24-hour automobile endurance race for Daytona Prototype and Grand Touring sports cars held at the Daytona International Speedway combined road course in Daytona Beach, Florida, on January 27\u201328, 2018. It was the first of twelve 2018 IMSA SportsCar Championship races, the 56th 24 Hours of Daytona, and the first in the four-round North American Endurance Cup.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [24, 24], "content_span": [25, 517]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276890-0001-0000", "contents": "2018 24 Hours of Daytona\nRenger van der Zande for Wayne Taylor Racing started from pole position and led for most of the opening hour. Filipe Albuquerque of Mustang Sampling Racing took the lead after the first round of pit stops and kept it for five hours before losing it to Team Penske's H\u00e9lio Castroneves. Whelen Engineering Racing (WER), Penske and Mustang Sampling traded the lead several times over the next 12 hours.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [24, 24], "content_span": [25, 424]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276890-0001-0001", "contents": "2018 24 Hours of Daytona\nMustang Sampling's Albuquerque, Christian Fittipaldi and Jo\u00e3o Barbosa led the final third of the race to win in a record-breaking distance of 808 laps and 2,876.48 miles (4,629.25\u00a0km) and take the lead of the Prototype Drivers' and Teams' Championships. Mike Conway, Eric Curran, Stuart Middleton and Felipe Nasr were second in the sister WER car. Third were CORE Autosport's Jon Bennett, Colin Braun, Romain Dumas and Lo\u00efc Duval.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [24, 24], "content_span": [25, 455]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276890-0002-0000", "contents": "2018 24 Hours of Daytona\nFord Chip Ganassi Racing (CGR) drivers Scott Dixon, Ryan Briscoe and Richard Westbrook, won the Grand Touring Le Mans (GTLM) class, after passing the sister team of S\u00e9bastien Bourdais, Dirk M\u00fcller and Joey Hand at its final pit stop. The team led all bar nine laps in the category to claim CGR's 200th motor racing victory and the lead of the GTLM points lead. The pole-sitting Corvette Racing trio of Antonio Garc\u00eda, Jan Magnussen and Mike Rockenfeller completed the class podium.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [24, 24], "content_span": [25, 506]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276890-0002-0001", "contents": "2018 24 Hours of Daytona\nHaving led the last four and a half hours, Mirko Bortolotti, Rik Breukers, Rolf Ineichen and Franck Perera of GRT Grasser Racing Team won the Grand Touring Daytona (GTD) category to claim Lamborghini's first 24-hour race victory and the lead of the class points standings, despite starting from the back of the grid for failing a mandatory post-qualifying stall test. Michael Shank Racing's A. J. Allmendinger, Trent Hindman, Katherine Legge and \u00c1lvaro Parente was second and Andrea Caldarelli, Bryce Miller, Bryan Sellers and Madison Snow placed Paul Miller Racing's car in third.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [24, 24], "content_span": [25, 606]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276890-0003-0000", "contents": "2018 24 Hours of Daytona, Background, Preview\nNASCAR founder Bill France Sr., who built the Daytona International Speedway in 1959, conceived the 24 Hours of Daytona as a race to attract European sports car endurance racing to the United States and provide international exposure to Daytona. It is informally considered part of the \"Triple Crown of Endurance Racing\" with the 12 Hours of Sebring and the 24 Hours of Le Mans.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 45], "content_span": [46, 424]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276890-0004-0000", "contents": "2018 24 Hours of Daytona, Background, Preview\nInternational Motor Sports Association's (IMSA) president Scott Atherton confirmed the race was part of the schedule for the 2018 IMSA SportsCar Championship (IMSA SCC) in August 2017. It was the fifth consecutive year it was part of the IMSA SCC, and the 56th 24 Hours of Daytona. The 24 Hours of Daytona was the first of twelve scheduled sports car endurance races of 2018 by IMSA, and the first of four races of the North American Endurance Cup (NAEC). It took place at the 12-turn 3.56\u00a0mi (5.73\u00a0km) Daytona International Speedway combined road course in Daytona Beach, Florida, on January 27\u201328.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 45], "content_span": [46, 645]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276890-0005-0000", "contents": "2018 24 Hours of Daytona, Background, Entry list\nA total of 50 cars were officially entered for the 24 Hours of Daytona with most entries being in the Prototype and Grand Touring Daytona (GTD) categories. The 2017 race winner, Wayne Taylor Racing (WTR), returned to defend their title. Three existing teams, Action Express Racing (AER), Spirit of Daytona Racing and Extreme Speed Motorsports (ESM), each fielded two Daytona Prototype International (DPi) Cadillac DPi-V.R and Nissan Onroak DPi cars. WTR sent one Cadillac DPi-V.R chassis to Daytona.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 48], "content_span": [49, 548]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276890-0005-0001", "contents": "2018 24 Hours of Daytona, Background, Entry list\nPenske Racing made their full-time sports car racing comeback for the first time since the 2009 Rolex Sports Car Series, fielding two Honda-powered Acura ARX-05 DPis for 2018. Mazda returned to sports car racing after withdrawing with three races left in the 2017 season so their duo of RT24-Ps could be re-engineered by German outfit Team Joest. They were joined by ten global-specification Le Mans Prototype 2 (LMP2) cars, represented by three out of the four major chassis: six Oreca 07s entered by JDC-Miller MotorSports, Jackie Chan DCR JOTA (two each), Performance Tech Motorsports (PTR), CORE Autosport (one each). a trio of Ligier JS P217s utilised by PR1/Mathiasen Motorsports (one) and United Autosports (two), and one Riley Mk. 30 from BAR1 Motorsports.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 48], "content_span": [49, 813]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276890-0006-0000", "contents": "2018 24 Hours of Daytona, Background, Entry list\nAfter the aging Prototype Challenge class was retired after 2017 due to declining interest from teams, Grand Touring Le Mans (GTLM) was made the highest-ranking class below the Prototype category in the IMSA SCC Championship. Nine cars from five manufacturers were entered for Daytona. The BMW M8 GTE made its racing competition debut at the track; Team RLL entered two chassis for 2018. Porsche fielded two 911 RSRs for the second successive season, and Chip Ganassi Racing (CGR) entered their two Ford GTs for the third consecutive year. Ferrari aligned with Risi Competizione for one 488 GTE.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 48], "content_span": [49, 644]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276890-0006-0001", "contents": "2018 24 Hours of Daytona, Background, Entry list\nCorvette Racing transported their two aging C7.Rs to Daytona. GTD featured 21 cars amongst 8 GT3 manufacturers. Ferrari was the most represented marque in GTD with four 488s: two by Scuderia Corsa and one each from Spirit of Race and Risi Competizione. A mix of teams and automotive brands made up the rest of the GTD field, including two GRT Grasser Racing Team-entered Lamborghini Hurac\u00e1ns with a third by Paul Miller Racing (PSR), and a trio of Riley Motorsports-entered Mercedes-AMGs.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 48], "content_span": [49, 537]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276890-0006-0002", "contents": "2018 24 Hours of Daytona, Background, Entry list\nMichael Shank Racing (MSR) and HART entered three Acura NSXs and a trio of Porsche 911 Rs with one each from Park Place Motorsports, Wright Motorsports and Manthey Racing. Other cars fielded were a duo of Audi R8 LMS from Magnus Racing and Land Motorsport, two Lexus RC Fs by 3GT Racing and a BMW M6 from Turner Motorsport.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 48], "content_span": [49, 372]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276890-0007-0000", "contents": "2018 24 Hours of Daytona, Background, Entry list\nEach car was driven by two drivers who contested the entire IMSA SCC season. They were joined by one NAEC racer and one or two extra drivers. These additional participants were recruited from a variety of racing categories, including the FIA World Endurance Championship (such as Gustavo Menezes for JDC-Miller MotorSports), the Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters (such as Ren\u00e9 Rast for Mazda Team Joest), and the IndyCar Series (such as Ryan Hunter-Reay for WTR) among others.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 48], "content_span": [49, 520]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276890-0007-0001", "contents": "2018 24 Hours of Daytona, Background, Entry list\nSome drivers competed at Daytona on a one-off basis, such as Fernando Alonso, a two-time Formula One World Champion, Williams driver Lance Stroll, Formula E racers Felix Rosenqvist and Ant\u00f3nio F\u00e9lix da Costa, A. J. Allmendinger, Justin Marks, Brendan Gaughan and Austin Cindric from NASCAR, and 2017 Formula Three European Champion Lando Norris. Stuart Middleton won the Sunoco Whelen Challenge by taking the GT4 category title in his debut year in the British GT Championship, earning him a seat with AER.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 48], "content_span": [49, 555]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276890-0008-0000", "contents": "2018 24 Hours of Daytona, Background, Pre-event balance of performance changes\nThe week before the official three-day test session at the circuit, IMSA altered the balance of performance in all three categories to create parity in the classes. 10\u00a0kg (22\u00a0lb) of weight was added to the Cadillac DPi-V.Rs compared to 2017 but the decrease of handling abilities was countered by having the car's top speed raised by having its air restrictor increased by 1.8\u00a0mm (0.071\u00a0in).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 78], "content_span": [79, 470]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276890-0008-0001", "contents": "2018 24 Hours of Daytona, Background, Pre-event balance of performance changes\nThe duo of Nissan Onroak DPis and the two Acura ARX-05s had their weight increased to 940\u00a0kg (2,070\u00a0lb) to lower their performance, 10\u00a0kg (22\u00a0lb) more than the LMP2 chassis and the pair of Mazda RT24-Ps. The Nissan and Mazda engines were not altered because IMSA was satisfied with their performances, but the series changed the aerodynamic packages on some Prototypes which affected their handing abilities. The debuting BMW M8 GTE's weight was established at 1,250\u00a0kg (2,760\u00a0lb) and its turbocharger boost curve was revised over its predecessor, the BMW M6 GTLM. The Mercedes-AMG GTD car had its top speed raised slightly with the enlargement of its air restrictor by 1\u00a0mm (0.039\u00a0in).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 78], "content_span": [79, 765]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276890-0009-0000", "contents": "2018 24 Hours of Daytona, Testing\nAll 50 entries were involved in three days of testing divided into seven sessions held at the circuit from January 5\u20137. Jo\u00e3o Barbosa set the fastest time early in the first day's running with a time of 1 minute, 37.266 seconds for the No. 5 Mustang Sampling Racing Cadillac. Co -driver Filipe Albuquerque later improved in the second session to a 1-minute, 37.196 seconds lap. The fastest LMP2 lap came from Colin Braun's No. 54 CORE Oreca in second, and the No. 10 WTR Cadillac of Renger van der Zande was third.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 33], "content_span": [34, 547]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276890-0009-0001", "contents": "2018 24 Hours of Daytona, Testing\nTristan Vautier set the fourth-fastest lap for Spirit of Daytona in its No. 90 Cadillac. Ho-Pin Tung's No. 78 Jackie Chan Oreca 07 was fifth. Laurens Vanthoor led GTLM in the No. 912 Porsche 911 RSR with a 1-minute, 44.065 seconds lap in the second session, and teammate Nick Tandy's sister car was third. They were separated by Richard Westbrook's No. 67 CGR Ford. GTD was led by Rolf Ineichen's and later Franck Perera's No. 11 Grasser Lamborghini from Matteo Cairoli's No. 59 Manthey Porsche.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 33], "content_span": [34, 529]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276890-0010-0000", "contents": "2018 24 Hours of Daytona, Testing\nThe second day's testing saw Felipe Nasr lead in the No. 31 AER Cadillac at 1 minute, 36.793 seconds. Jordan Taylor improved WTR's Cadillac best time to second. Albuquerue was slower than the day before and was third. Eddie Cheever III, driving the No. 90 Spirit Cadillac, was fourth-fastest by going faster than co-driver Vautier in the day's second session. The No. 78 Jackie Chan Oreca was the highest-placed LMP2 car in fifth with Alex Brundle aboard.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 33], "content_span": [34, 489]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276890-0010-0001", "contents": "2018 24 Hours of Daytona, Testing\nThe No. 66 CGR Ford of S\u00e9bastien Bourdais moved to the top of GTLM with a lap of 1 minute, 43.795 seconds in the fourth session. Gianmaria Bruni was second-quickest in the No. 912 Porsche. Ryan Briscoe put the sister No. 67 CGR Ford third, and Alessandro Pier Guidi's No. 62 Risi Ferrari was fourth-fastest. GTD was still led by the No. 11 Grasser Lamborghini courtesy of Ineichen's lap on the first day. Manthey's No. 59 Porsche remained second; driver Sven M\u00fcller improved its best lap time.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 33], "content_span": [34, 527]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276890-0011-0000", "contents": "2018 24 Hours of Daytona, Testing\nThe third and final day of testing featured a qualifying session to determine the locations of the team's pit stalls and garages for the race three weeks later. Nasr's No. 31 AER Cadillac set the fastest overall time with a 1-minute, 35.806 seconds lap. The second-fastest car was the No. 90 Spirit Cadillac of Vautier and Albuquerque putting the No. 5 Mustang Sampling Cadillac in third position. WTR were fourth after a lap by Van der Zande and Dane Cameron took fifth in the No. 6 Penske Acura ARX-05.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 33], "content_span": [34, 538]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276890-0011-0001", "contents": "2018 24 Hours of Daytona, Testing\nJoey Hand set the fastest overall GTLM time in the No. 66 CGR Ford with a 1-minute, 43.610 seconds lap. Oliver Gavin's No. 4 Chevrolet Corvette C7.R was second, followed by the sister No. 67 Ford GT driven by Briscoe. Ineichen's lap from the first day of testing was never bettered and the No. 11 Grasser Lamborghini remained the fastest GTD car. Cairoli's first session lap in the Manthey Porsche was fast enough to keep it second in class.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 33], "content_span": [34, 475]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276890-0012-0000", "contents": "2018 24 Hours of Daytona, Testing\nAfter testing, IMSA adjusted the balance of performance for the second time in all categories after analysing data of the car's performances. The Cadillac DPi-V.Rs had their fuel capacity enlarged by 1\u00a0l (0.22\u00a0imp\u00a0gal; 0.26\u00a0US\u00a0gal) along with their refuelling restrictors by 0.5\u00a0l (0.11\u00a0imp\u00a0gal; 0.13\u00a0US\u00a0gal) but their air restrictors were 0.6\u00a0mm (0.024\u00a0in).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 33], "content_span": [34, 392]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276890-0012-0001", "contents": "2018 24 Hours of Daytona, Testing\nThe size of the fuel tanks in the Acura ARX-05 and the Nissan Onroak DPis were increased by 4\u00a0l (0.88\u00a0imp\u00a0gal; 1.1\u00a0US\u00a0gal) and 2\u00a0l (0.44\u00a0imp\u00a0gal; 0.53\u00a0US\u00a0gal) with the size of both car's fuel restrictors increased by 1.5\u00a0mm (0.059\u00a0in). Nissan Onroak DPis boost pressure was increased to peak at 7,100 rpm. The Mazda RT24-Ps were 15\u00a0kg (33\u00a0lb) lighter. Its rev limit was raised to 8,600 rpm and its air restrictor was lengthened by 0.5\u00a0mm (0.020\u00a0in). The Acura, Nissan and Mazda DPis gurney flaps were adjusted for aerodynamic purposes.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 33], "content_span": [34, 569]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276890-0013-0000", "contents": "2018 24 Hours of Daytona, Testing\nAll GTLM cars bar the Ferrari 488 GTE had the size of their fuel tanks adjusted. The Chevrolet Corvette's C7.R's top speed was lowered through rear wing angles alterations by two degrees, while the Ford GT's angles were increased by three degrees. The Porsche 911 RSRs performance was lowered as its fuel restrictors were reduced in size by 1\u00a0mm (0.039\u00a0in). In GTD, the Acura NSX GT3 lost 10\u00a0kg (22\u00a0lb) in weight and the Mercedes-AMG was made 15\u00a0kg (33\u00a0lb) heavier. Turbocharger adjustments were made to the Audi R8 LMS, Lamborghini Hurac\u00e1n, and the BMW M6 cars.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 33], "content_span": [34, 596]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276890-0014-0000", "contents": "2018 24 Hours of Daytona, Practice and qualifying\nFour practice sessions were held before the start of the race on Saturday, three on Thursday and one on Friday. The first two one-hour sessions were on Thursday morning and afternoon. The third held later that evening ran for 90 minutes; the fourth on Friday morning lasted an hour.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 49], "content_span": [50, 332]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276890-0015-0000", "contents": "2018 24 Hours of Daytona, Practice and qualifying\nRast's No. 77 Mazda set the fastest lap of the first practice session at 1 minute, 37.428 seconds, 0.007 seconds faster than Vautier's Spirit's No. 90 Cadillac. Jordan Taylor put the No. 10 Wayne Taylo Cadillac in third overall. Albuquerue placed the No. 5 Mustang Sampling car fourth. The highest-placed LMP2 car was Brundle's No. 78 Jackie Chan entry in fifth place. Early in the session, Phil Hanson made an error on cold tires that put the front of the United Autosports Ligier into the turn five tire barrier.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 49], "content_span": [50, 564]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276890-0015-0001", "contents": "2018 24 Hours of Daytona, Practice and qualifying\nPractice was red-flagged for 8 minutes and 49 seconds so his car could be removed from the circuit. In GTLM, the No. 66 CGR Ford of Hand led with a lap of 1 minute, 44.571 seconds. Alessandro Pier Guidi put the No. 62 Risi Ferrari second. Vanthoor in the No. 912 Porsche was third. Miguel Molina's No. 82 Risi car was fastest in GTD. Pedro Lamy set the second-fastest class lap in Spirit of Race's No. 51 entry.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 49], "content_span": [50, 461]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276890-0016-0000", "contents": "2018 24 Hours of Daytona, Practice and qualifying\nIn the second practice session, H\u00e9lio Castroneves in the No. 6 Penske Acura ARX-05 recorded the fastest lap of the day with a 1-minute, 37.096 seconds effort, ahead of the No. 22 ESM Nissan of Nicolas Lapierre and Albquerque's No. 5 Mustang Sampling car. The leading LMP2 car was Colin Braun behind the wheel of the No. 54 CORE car in fourth. Jonathan Bomarito was fifth in Mazda's No. 55 car. Patrick Pilet led GTLM in the No. 911 Porsche with a 1-minute, 43.902 seconds lap set late in the session. Jan Magnussen's No. 3 Corvette was second. Westbrook in the No. 66 CGR Ford was third in GTLM. \u00c1lvaro Parente's No. 86 MSR Acura-NSX GT3 was fastest in GTD, while Molina was 0.242 seconds slower in the No. 82 Risi Ferrari.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 49], "content_span": [50, 773]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276890-0017-0000", "contents": "2018 24 Hours of Daytona, Practice and qualifying\nThursday afternoon's 75-minute qualifying session was divided into three groups. All three categories had 15-minute individual sessions, and regulations stipulated teams to nominate a single driver to qualify their cars. The competitors' fastest lap times determined the starting order with the grid arranged to put the Prototype and GTLM cars ahead of all GTD entries. Van Der Zande for WTR took the third pole position of his career, on his final lap with a time of 1 minute, 36.083 seconds; he ran deep at turn five through later braking. This was WTR's first pole position at Daytona since Max Angelelli in the 2010 event. He was joined on the grid's front row by Castroneves who had pole position for Penske in the closing minutes until Van der Zande's lap.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 49], "content_span": [50, 812]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276890-0018-0000", "contents": "2018 24 Hours of Daytona, Practice and qualifying\nOn his final timed lap, Albuquerue qualified the No. 5 Mustang Sampling Cadillac third, and Patricio O'Ward took fourth in the No. 38 PTR Oreca to become the field's highest-placed LMP2 car. Early pace setter Vautier in Spirit's No. 90 car was fifth, and Robin Frijns' No. 78 Jackie Chan car was sixth. An electrical fault left Nasr seventh. Braun's No. 54 CORE car, Bomarito's No. 55 Mazda, and Cameron's No. 6 Penske were eighth to tenth.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 49], "content_span": [50, 490]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276890-0018-0001", "contents": "2018 24 Hours of Daytona, Practice and qualifying\nLapierre set no lap time after he locked his brakes on his first timed lap and damaged the No. 22 ESM car's front-left suspension against the tyre barriers at the West Horseshoe. ESM's No. 2 entry did not participate due to a precautionary engine switch. Mazda's No. 77 car was absent because of a pre-qualifying data irregularity.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 49], "content_span": [50, 381]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276890-0019-0000", "contents": "2018 24 Hours of Daytona, Practice and qualifying\nIn GTLM, Magnussen's No. 3 Corvette drafted his teammate Gavin to achieve his fourth class pole position, and bettered Hand's 2017 category lap track record with a time of 1 minute, 42.779 seconds. Magnussen was 0.019 seconds faster than Hand's second-placed No. 66 Ford. Following in third was Vanthoor's No. 912 Porsche, with the sister No. 911 car of Pilet fourth. Westbrook was fifth in GTLM in the slower Ford.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 49], "content_span": [50, 465]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276890-0019-0001", "contents": "2018 24 Hours of Daytona, Practice and qualifying\nDaniel Serra in the No. 51 Spirit of Race Ferrari 488 GT3 was the first driver to record a GTD lap time in the 1 minute, 46-second range midway through, securing his second career pole position, and his first in any class since the 2016 Monterey Grand Prix with a 1-minute, 46.407 seconds lap. Molina made it an all-Ferrari class front row in the No. 82 Risi car. Mirko Bortolotti's No. 11 GRT Lamborghini was third-fastest, but the car was demoted to the rear of the GTD field for failing a mandatory stall test at a post-qualifying technical inspection.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 49], "content_span": [50, 605]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276890-0019-0002", "contents": "2018 24 Hours of Daytona, Practice and qualifying\nHence, Jack Hawksworth's No. 15 3GT Racing Lexus RC F GT3 started third. Alessandro Balzan's No. 63 Scuderia Ferrari started fourth, with Dominik Baumann's slower Lexus fifth. Two GTD cars failed to record a lap time: The No. 73 Park Place Porsche's tire punctured on its out lap, and P1's No. 73 Mercedes-AMG GT3 had brake problems.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 49], "content_span": [50, 383]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276890-0020-0000", "contents": "2018 24 Hours of Daytona, Practice and qualifying\nThe third practice session ran at night and saw Vautier's No. 90 Cadillac set the fastest overall lap of 1 minute, 37.210 seconds. Castroneves was almost two-tenths of a second behind in second, with the No. 22 ESM Nissan of Pipo Derani third. Harry Tincknell in the No. 55 Mazda was fourth and Norris' quicker United Autosports car was fifth. Kyle Masson caused the session's first stoppage when his No. 38 PTR Oreca ran out of fuel on the track requiring recovery back to the pit lane.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 49], "content_span": [50, 537]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276890-0020-0001", "contents": "2018 24 Hours of Daytona, Practice and qualifying\nLater, Menezes' No. 99 JDC-Miller car right-rear tire failed entering turn six at high-speed. Though he controlled his car throughout and avoided hitting the wall, practice was stopped for 12 minutes. Ford occupied first and second in GTLM with Bourdais faster than his teammate Westbrook by two-tenths of a second. Bortolotti's No. 11 Grasser Lamborghini Hurac\u00e1n led GTD, and Sam Bird, in the No. 64 Scuderia Ferrari, was second in class.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 49], "content_span": [50, 489]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276890-0021-0000", "contents": "2018 24 Hours of Daytona, Practice and qualifying\nMike Conway led the last practice session in the No. 31 WER car with a lap of 1 minute, 36.865 seconds. Stroll's No. 37 Jackie Chan car was second-fastest. The No. 90 Cadillac of Vautier set the third-quickest lap. Rast's No. 77 Mazda, along with Albuquerque's No. 5 Mustang Sampling car were fourth and fifth. Though the session passed relatively peacefully, the right-rear tire on the No. 32 United Autosports vehicle of Bruno Senna blew on the track. In GTLM, Hand was again fastest in the class with a lap of 1 minute, 44.602 seconds. Bruni was second-fastest in the No. 912 Porsche, and his teammate Pilet took third in the sister No. 911 car. Cairoli set the fastest time in GTD, followed by Jeroen Bleekemolen's No. 33 Riley Mercedes-AMG GT3 car.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 49], "content_span": [50, 803]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276890-0022-0000", "contents": "2018 24 Hours of Daytona, Practice and qualifying, Pre-race\nTomy Drissi withdrew from the race due to business commitments, leaving the No. 20 BAR1 Riley Mk. 30 to operate as a four-person entry. The No. 2 ESM Motorsports, the No. 71 P1 Mercedes-AMG, and the No. 77 Mazda entries were sent to the rear of their respective class fields because their teams changed their respective starting drivers. Although PSR and Mazda changed engines in their respective cars (the No. 48 Lamborghini and the No. 77 RT24-P), they were not demoted any grid places since the race lasted more than six hours.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 59], "content_span": [60, 590]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276890-0023-0000", "contents": "2018 24 Hours of Daytona, Practice and qualifying, Qualifying results\nPole positions in each class are indicated in bold. P stands for Daytona Prototype International, GTLM (Grand Touring Le Mans) and GTD (Grand Touring Daytona).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 69], "content_span": [70, 229]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276890-0024-0000", "contents": "2018 24 Hours of Daytona, Race, Start\nWeather conditions at the start of the race were dry but cloudy. The air temperature throughout was between 64 and 77\u00a0\u00b0F (18 and 25\u00a0\u00b0C) and the track temperature ranged from 62 to 80\u00a0\u00b0F (17 to 27\u00a0\u00b0C); conditions were expected to remain consistent throughout the race, but a 70 per cent chance of rain was forecast for Sunday. CGR founder and owner Chip Ganassi waved the green flag at 14:40 Eastern Standard Time (UTC\u221205:00) to start the proceedings.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 37], "content_span": [38, 488]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276890-0024-0001", "contents": "2018 24 Hours of Daytona, Race, Start\nFifty cars were due to take the start, but Robert Renauer spun on cold tyres and heavily damaged the left-hand quarter of the No. 58 Wright Motorsports car when he hit the turn five inside wall during the first formation lap. Extensive repairs to the car were carried out for the next two hours and eight minutes. Van Der Zande led from the start with Castroneves close behind. Nasr moved to third by the third lap and overtook Castroneves around the outside for second at turn seven. He lost third to Albuquerque two corners later.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 37], "content_span": [38, 570]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276890-0024-0002", "contents": "2018 24 Hours of Daytona, Race, Start\nThe first round of green flag pit stops for fuel began on lap 17, with Van der Zande stopping two laps later. He lost first to Albuquerque after all pit stops were carried out. Hand took the GTLM lead from Magnussen in the opening minutes. Westbrook was also an early mover but fell to third after a slow pit stop to rectify brake issues. Jeffrey Schmidt's No. 29 Land Motorsport car moved to the front of GTD by passing Serra and having a faster pit stop than Molina who overtook Serra.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 37], "content_span": [38, 525]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276890-0025-0000", "contents": "2018 24 Hours of Daytona, Race, Start\nEarly in the second hour, problems during the second pit stop phase affected several cars. The right-front wheel on Bomarito's No. 55 Mazda detached and rested on the Armco barriers lining the circuit. Bomarito slowed to 45\u00a0mph (72\u00a0km/h) on his way to the pit lane, putting him three laps behind the overall leader; Tincknell relieved him at his pit box. Oliver Jarvis' sister No. 77 car was then transported into its garage for a downshifting problem that put him behind the GTLM leaders and five laps behind the overall pace setters.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 37], "content_span": [38, 573]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276890-0025-0001", "contents": "2018 24 Hours of Daytona, Race, Start\nSantiago Creel relieved Molina in the No. 82 Risi Ferrari, but a flash fire affected the car when fuel ignited at its pit stop after the nozzle was disconnected. The entry dropped 24 laps as it was tended to. Ricky Taylor's No. 7 Penske car was delayed by its left-hand door loosening due to a broken latch; he remained on the same lap as the overall leader. During this period, Vautier, Alonso and Barbosa all led outright. ESM gained the most positions: the No. 22 car of Derani had gained 15 places from starting 18th, while Olivier Pla's sister No. 22 entry overcame an earlier cut tire that necessitated an unscheduled pit stop to run in seventh.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 37], "content_span": [38, 690]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276890-0026-0000", "contents": "2018 24 Hours of Daytona, Race, Start\nDerani was gaining on Barbosa when the first full course caution period of the race was activated for 14 minutes. James French in the No. 38 PTR Oreca had stopped on the oval banking at turn seven halfway through the third hour because of no fuel. Barbosa kept first from Derani at the restart. Two Jackie Chan cars separated the pair allowing Barbosa to draw clear and re-establish his advantage upfront, which grew to seven seconds.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 37], "content_span": [38, 472]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276890-0026-0001", "contents": "2018 24 Hours of Daytona, Race, Start\nDerani fell out of contention in the battle for the lead soon after his right-rear tire burst, shredding the right-rear quarter of his car and sending him to pit road for repairs. Matt McMurry in the No. 90 Spirit of Race car was demoted to third when Hunter-Reay's No. 10 WTR entry, Simon Pagenaud's No. 6 Penske, and Middleton's No. 31 WER car got past him the lap after the restart. Middleton came into contact with Pagenaud at turn five; in spite of both remaining on the lead lap, Middleton earned a drive-through penalty. As night fell, James Calado's No. 62 Risi car, and Nunez' No. 77 Mazda, picked up punctures at the rear of their cars within 28 minutes of each other.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 37], "content_span": [38, 716]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276890-0027-0000", "contents": "2018 24 Hours of Daytona, Race, Night\nBefore the fourth hour's end, Jordan Taylor's right-rear tire burst on the banking entering turn 12. Damage was minimal since he was near the pit lane and repairs took 29 seconds. Light rain began falling just as the fifth hour began and several cars in all categories were caught out by the change of conditions. Soon after, the rain intensified enough for most of the field to make pit stops for rain tyres. Marcel F\u00e4ssler stayed on the circuit but was ten seconds slower than teammate Magnussen and was overtaken by Bourdais and Scott Dixon's Fords.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 37], "content_span": [38, 590]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276890-0027-0001", "contents": "2018 24 Hours of Daytona, Race, Night\nThe rain later tapered off, but the disparity of drying of the banking and the infield sections was problematic for rain tyre equipped cars. The first major incident in GTLM came 4 hours and 42 minutes in when Bill Auberlen's No. 25 BMW M8's right-front tyre was cut 10\u00a0mm (1.0\u00a0cm) from debris on the banking leaving turn six. He stayed off the wall and returned to his garage to repair front-right bodywork damage. Pilet remained on dry tyres and took the GTLM lead but dropped to fourth by the end of hour six. In the meantime, Fittipaldi lost the overall lead to Castroneves before Conway took it after he made a pit stop two laps later than both drivers.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 37], "content_span": [38, 696]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276890-0028-0000", "contents": "2018 24 Hours of Daytona, Race, Night\nNorris was the best-placed LMP2 car and was sometimes the fastest overall and gained positions through superior fuel economy before Hanson took over the No. 23 vehicle. Despite a front nose change at his pit stop, Castroneves retook the lead after Curran took over from Conway when the No. 5 car stopped. Castroneves was soon being gained on by Albuquerque who relieved Fittipaldi. The two drew level when Albuquerque used his car's extra torque to get a better exit out of the turn three hairpin.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 37], "content_span": [38, 535]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276890-0028-0001", "contents": "2018 24 Hours of Daytona, Race, Night\nAlbuquerque overtook Castroneves because the latter elected not to risk driving beside him entering the kink. Albuquerque opened up a five-second gap before handing the lead back to Castroneves ten minutes before the eighth hour ended on pit stop rotation. Don Yount lost control of the No. 96 Turner BMW M6's rear at the Bus Stop chicane and hit the tyre wall heavily. No caution was needed. Soon after, Hanson's right-rear tyre blew turning into the Bus Stop chicane, significantly damaging his car's bodywork. Hanson required an engine cover and rear wing replacement and Alonso took over from him.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 37], "content_span": [38, 639]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276890-0028-0002", "contents": "2018 24 Hours of Daytona, Race, Night\nCastroneves again lost the lead to Albuquerque when he overshot his pit box and was half a minute adrift into hour nine. Third-placed Van der Zande picked up another right-rear puncture on the No. 10 WTR car at the Bus Stop chicane; the carcass delaminated and deranged its bodywork and radiator line, forcing it into the garage for repairs. It dropped ten laps to the overall leader.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 37], "content_span": [38, 422]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276890-0029-0000", "contents": "2018 24 Hours of Daytona, Race, Night\nMcMurry brought the No. 90 Spirit of Racing car into his garage with a misfiring engine and later retired. Nick Tandy got past Antonio Garc\u00eda's No. 3 Corvette but clipped the curb at the Bus Stop chicane too hard and speared into the tyre barrier after losing control of his vehicle's rear leaving the turn. He returned to the pit lane with heavy car damage. As it turned January 28, Nasr's right-rear tire failed but had minimal car damage and went to the pit lane for a replacement wheel.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 37], "content_span": [38, 528]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276890-0029-0001", "contents": "2018 24 Hours of Daytona, Race, Night\nThe lead of GTD went to Adam Christodoulou's No. 33 Riley Mercedes-AMG because IMSA deemed that Jeffrey Schmidt's No. 29 Land Audi had exceeded the maximum rate of permitted fuel flow (a balance of performance transgression) at the car's pit stops. IMSA ordered the team to serve a five-minute stop-and-hold penalty. The race's second full course yellow was activated for 18 minutes when Roberto Gonz\u00e1lez was on his out-lap on cold tyres and went straight into the tyre barrier at the third corner. Mustang Sampling Racing changed the brake discs on the No. 5 car during the caution, allowing Ricky Taylor and Pagenaud into first and second overall.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 37], "content_span": [38, 687]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276890-0030-0000", "contents": "2018 24 Hours of Daytona, Race, Night\nIn GTD, Katherine Legge took over the class lead in the No. 86 MSR Acura NSX when the No. 33 Riley Mercedes-AMG served a stop-and-hold penalty for speeding in the pit lane. Legge lost it soon after to Perera's No. 48 PSR Lamborghini and Brekers took second place in the class for Grasser. Meanwhile, the top four overall cars were separated by six seconds and three cars were contesting the battle for second place. Barbosa sidedrafted Pagenaud with fourth-placed Nasr slipstreaming both cars on the approach to the Bus Stop chicane.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 37], "content_span": [38, 571]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276890-0030-0001", "contents": "2018 24 Hours of Daytona, Race, Night\nNasr out-braked both vehicles and passed them for second overall. Graham Rahal was now in the No.7 Penske Acura but was overtaken by Barbosa and Nasr. Ten hours and 30 minutes in, Alonso drove No. 23 United Autosports car into the garage with a master brake cylinder failure and fell out of contention for a top ten finish. One second separated Barbosa, Nasr and Rahal with Pagenaud drawing slightly closer in fourth. Nasr lost second to Rahal in the 11th hour. Pagenaud took the lead for a short time during the pit stops for fuel. Rahal extended his lead as Barbosa and Nasr lost time on cold tyres, but Pagenaud gained first when Rahal spun and stalled at turn one.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 37], "content_span": [38, 706]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276890-0031-0000", "contents": "2018 24 Hours of Daytona, Race, Morning\nConway regained first place through the next pit stop cycle. Tung slid the No. 78 Jackie Chan Oreca at the Bus Stop chicane and rear-ended the inside tire barrier. He made a pit stop for a replacement rear wing assembly and repairs to the car's front-left bodywork. The two Nissan DPis of ESM driven by Ryan Dalziel and Derani retired by hour 14 because of respective terminal gearbox and engine failures.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 39], "content_span": [40, 445]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276890-0031-0001", "contents": "2018 24 Hours of Daytona, Race, Morning\nCameron led for three laps before his mechanics called him to pit road to inspect the No. 6 Penske car thoroughly for a suspected alternator problem that drained its battery. Cameron lost 25 laps to the leaders, and just three entries in the Prototype category were now on the lead lap. Curran led at the beginning of the 15th hour but lost it to teammate Albuquerque when his rear brake light failed to work. A rear wing replacement was mandated at his unscheduled pit stop as he fell off the lead lap.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 39], "content_span": [40, 543]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276890-0031-0002", "contents": "2018 24 Hours of Daytona, Race, Morning\nIn the 16th hour's opening minutes, the third full course yellow flags were waved for 20 minutes. J\u00f6rg Bergmeister in the No. 73 Park Place Porsche had lightly hit the tire wall alongside the circuit and continued to the pit lane. Several cars in GTD took the opportunity to change brake discs during the caution.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 39], "content_span": [40, 353]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276890-0032-0000", "contents": "2018 24 Hours of Daytona, Race, Morning\n14 minutes after racing resumed, Castroneves and Nasr made contact, resulting in significant damage to the No. 7 Penske's left-hand side intercooler, radiator and bodywork, necessitating its return to the garage. It returned 25 laps adrift of the leader and out of contention for the overall win. Van der Zande's No. 10 WTR Cadillac sustained another right-rear puncture, this time at high speed. WTR owner Wayne Taylor retired the car for driver safety reasons, uncertain of the cause of the problem, and he wanted to stop using spare bodywork parts.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 39], "content_span": [40, 591]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276890-0032-0001", "contents": "2018 24 Hours of Daytona, Race, Morning\nSoon after, Bomarito's No. 55 Mazda retired at the West Horseshoe due to an exhaust problem that led the car to catch fire. The fourth (and final) full course yellow was activated for 22 minutes when Kyle Masson put Legge off the track; he ploughed through an advertising billboard and Styrofoam blocks, littering debris on the circuit. Legge narrowly avoided impacting Masson's side. Under caution, Fittipaldi brought the No. 5 vehicle onto pit road to rectify an overnight cooling issue by removing the engine cover and adding water. This allowed Conway back on the lead lap.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 39], "content_span": [40, 617]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276890-0033-0000", "contents": "2018 24 Hours of Daytona, Race, Morning\nConway stayed close by Fittipaldi as Braun got the No. 54 CORE car past the latter to regain one of its laps. Conway could not pass his teammate to regain first overall. Midway through the 19th hour, Conway was called to pit road for a similar cooling issue that hindered the sister No. 5 car; he kept second because Paul di Resta's No. 32 United Autosports car had a clutch pressure problem that temporarily prevented him from leaving pit road. He lost three laps to Fittipaldi.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 39], "content_span": [40, 519]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276890-0033-0001", "contents": "2018 24 Hours of Daytona, Race, Morning\nThe No. 11 Grasser Lamborghini took the lead in GTD after trading the position with the No. 33 Riley Mercedes-AMG for the past few hours. Meanwhile, teams scheduled their final pit stops and prepared their fastest drivers for their last stints. The leaders of two of the three categories were close by each other without over risking. Overheating concerns slowed Nasr and fell to third behind Lo\u00efc Duval's No. 54 CORE car. Nasr retook second when Duval made a scheduled pit stop by the end of hour 22.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 39], "content_span": [40, 541]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276890-0034-0000", "contents": "2018 24 Hours of Daytona, Race, Finish\nUnhindered after relieving Fittipaldi in the final two hours, Albuquerque took the chequered flag for Mustang Sampling Racing in a record-breaking distance of 808 laps and 2,876.48 miles (4,629.25\u00a0km), overtaking the record set by John Paul Jr., John Paul Sr. and Rolf Stommelen in a Porsche 935 at the 1982 race. It was Barbosa and Fittipaldi's third outright victory at Daytona and Albquqerue's first. Middleton's No. 31 WER car followed 1 minute and 10.544 seconds later in second, and Braun's No. 54 CORE Oreca was the highest-placed LMP2 vehicle in third.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 38], "content_span": [39, 599]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276890-0034-0001", "contents": "2018 24 Hours of Daytona, Race, Finish\nIn GTLM, the No. 67 Ford of Briscoe, Dixon and Westbrook passed the sister No. 66 Ford of Hand, Dirk M\u00fcller and Bourdais in its final pit stop. It crossed the start-finish line after 783 laps to achieve CGR's 200th motor racing victory, and the team's second consecutive win, by 11.180 seconds after leading all but nine laps. It was Dixon's third Daytona victory, Briscoe's second, and Hand's first. The No. 3 Corvette of Garcia, Magnussen and Mike Rockenfeller completed the class podium in third.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 38], "content_span": [39, 538]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276890-0034-0002", "contents": "2018 24 Hours of Daytona, Race, Finish\nBleekemolen's No. 33 Riley Mercedes-AMG closed to within a second of Bortolotti's No. 11 GRT Lamborghini in the final half-hour. A pit stop for fuel for Bleekemolen with 15 minutes left allowed Bortolotti to claim victory in GTD and Lamborghini's maiden 24-hour race win. Parente got the No. 86 MSR Acura NSX to second and PSR's No. 23 Lamborghini took third with Andrea Caldarelli driving the final stint.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 38], "content_span": [39, 445]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276890-0035-0000", "contents": "2018 24 Hours of Daytona, Post-race\nContinental Tire, one of the IMSA SCC's two tire suppliers, suggested the increased competition in the Prototype category, teams double stinting their tires (the same sets brought by the company to Daytona for the past five years), and running them outside of their recommended air pressures and camber settings, were factors in several cars sustaining right-rear punctures during practice and the race. Warm track temperatures, the highest in five years, led teams to lower tire air pressures to stop them from over-inflating once they reached their optimum running temperatures.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 35], "content_span": [36, 616]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276890-0035-0001", "contents": "2018 24 Hours of Daytona, Post-race\nFurthermore, according to Continental Tire, they cautioned three teams over not receiving more sets of tires because they had not brought their limits in line with the company's recommendations. One team reported to Continental Tire that their tyre failures occurred after increasing their tyre pressures to the company's prescribed limits. Regardless, at the 12 Hours of Sebring, Continental Tire debuted a more durable slick tyre which allowed for more aggressive setups and enhanced the likelihood that incidents such as the multiple punctures seen at Daytona would not reoccur in the future.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 35], "content_span": [36, 631]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276890-0036-0000", "contents": "2018 24 Hours of Daytona, Post-race\nThe No. 29 Land Audi was impounded at technical inspection for three hours after the race. The team's refuelling equipment was deemed to comply with IMSA regulations, but a discrepancy in the fuel data provided to the series and the team was discovered. Starting at Sebring, IMSA established minimum refuelling times for all classes, overriding all refuelling restrictor starting sizes issued to teams. This was listed in the category-wide balance of performance tables to counter the controversy.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 35], "content_span": [36, 533]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276890-0036-0001", "contents": "2018 24 Hours of Daytona, Post-race\nJarvis expressed his surprise that the race had just four caution periods compared to 21 in 2017, \"We always talk about Daytona as [being about] staying out of trouble, staying on the lead lap \u2013 and if you do have a problem, don't worry, because you get laps back. But it just hasn't happened. I've never seen a Daytona 24 with such big gaps [between the leading cars]. It's a shame really because in the prototype class there hasn't been much of a race on, it's just survival to the finish.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 35], "content_span": [36, 528]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276890-0036-0002", "contents": "2018 24 Hours of Daytona, Post-race\nDuval said the low number of cautions lessened his team's chances of the overall victory, because the day before it began they anticipated more than 20, adding: \"We tried to put some pressure on the guys [ahead] but it was a bit too late, they were a bit too far ahead.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 35], "content_span": [36, 306]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276890-0037-0000", "contents": "2018 24 Hours of Daytona, Post-race\nSince it was the season's first race, Albuquerue, Barbosa and Fittipaldi led the Prototype Drivers' Championship with 35 points each. Conway, Curran, Middleton and Nasr were in second with 32 points. Bennett, Braun, Dumas and Duval were third with 30 points. Westbrook, Dixon and Briscoe took the GTLM points standings lead with their teammates Bourdais, Hand and M\u00fcller placing second. Garcia, Magnussen and Rockenfeller rounded out the top three. Bortolotti, Perera, Rik Breukers and Inechen led the GTD Drivers' Championship, followed by the second-placed Allmendinger, Parente, Legge and Hindman. Caldarelli, Sellers, Miller and Snow were third. Mustang Sampling Racing, CGR and GRT Grasser Racing Team became the leaders of their respective class Teams' Championships. Cadillac, Ford and Lamborghini assumed the lead of their respective Manufacturers' Championships with 11 races left in the season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 35], "content_span": [36, 940]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276890-0038-0000", "contents": "2018 24 Hours of Daytona, Results\nClass winners are denoted in bold. P stands for Daytona Prototype International, GTLM (Grand Touring Le Mans) and GTD (Grand Touring Daytona).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 33], "content_span": [34, 176]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276891-0000-0000", "contents": "2018 24 Hours of Le Mans\nThe 86th 24 Hours of Le Mans (French: 86e 24 Heures du Mans) was an 24 hour automobile endurance race for Le Mans Prototype and Le Mans Grand Touring Endurance cars held from 16 to 17 June 2018 at the Circuit de la Sarthe, close to Le Mans, France. It was the 86th running of the event, as organised by the automotive group, the Automobile Club de l'Ouest (ACO), since 1923. The race was the second round of the 2018\u201319 FIA World Endurance Championship, with 36 of the race's 60 entries contesting the series. Approximately 256,900 people attended the race. A test day was held two weeks prior to the race on 3 June.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [24, 24], "content_span": [25, 641]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276891-0001-0000", "contents": "2018 24 Hours of Le Mans\nA Toyota TS050 Hybrid car shared by S\u00e9bastien Buemi, Kazuki Nakajima and Fernando Alonso began from pole position after Nakajima recorded the fastest lap time in the third qualifying session. It and the sister Toyota of Mike Conway, Kamui Kobayashi and Jos\u00e9 Mar\u00eda L\u00f3pez exchanged the lead for most of the first half of the race until Buemi took a one-minute stop-and-go penalty for speeding in a slow zone that was enforced for an accident during the night.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [24, 24], "content_span": [25, 482]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276891-0001-0001", "contents": "2018 24 Hours of Le Mans\nAlonso and Nakajima retook the lead from their teammates in the 16th hour and maintained it for the rest of the race to win. It was Alonso, Buemi and Nakajima's first Le Mans win and Toyota's first in its 20th try. The sister Toyota of Conway, Kobayashi and L\u00f3pez finished two laps behind in second, and a Rebellion R13 vehicle driven by Thomas Laurent, Gustavo Menezes and Mathias Beche completed the podium in third.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [24, 24], "content_span": [25, 443]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276891-0002-0000", "contents": "2018 24 Hours of Le Mans\nThe Le Mans Prototype 2 (LMP2) class was led for 360 consecutive laps by the G-Drive Racing Oreca 07 car of Roman Rusinov, Andrea Pizzitola and Jean-\u00c9ric Vergne and was the first team to finish the race. It was later disqualified for running an illegal refuelling component and G-Drive lost an appeal. The class victory was taken by the Signatech Alpine team of Nicolas Lapierre, Pierre Thiriet and Andr\u00e9 Negr\u00e3o.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [24, 24], "content_span": [25, 437]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276891-0002-0001", "contents": "2018 24 Hours of Le Mans\nA Graff-SO24 team of Vincent Capillaire, Jonathan Hirschi and Tristan Gommendy was second and a United Autosports Ligier JS P217 car driven by Hugo de Sadeleer, Will Owen and Juan Pablo Montoya third.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [24, 24], "content_span": [25, 225]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276891-0002-0002", "contents": "2018 24 Hours of Le Mans\nOn its 70th anniversary Porsche won both of the Le Mans Grand Touring Professional (LMGTE) categories with Michael Christensen, K\u00e9vin Estre and Laurens Vanthoor's No. 92 car ahead of the No. 91 911 RSR car of Richard Lietz, Gianmaria Bruni and Fr\u00e9d\u00e9ric Makowiecki in Le Mans Grand Touring Professional (LMGTE Pro) and Dempsey-Proton's trio of Matt Campbell, Christian Ried and Julien Andlauer in Le Mans Grand Touring Amateur (LMGTE Am).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [24, 24], "content_span": [25, 462]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276891-0003-0000", "contents": "2018 24 Hours of Le Mans\nThe result increased Alonso, Buemi and Nakajima's lead in the LMP Drivers' Championship to 20 points over their teammates Conway, Kobayashi and L\u00f3pez. Beche, Laurent and Menezes retained third place and Lapierre, Thiriet and Negr\u00e3o's victory in LMP2 moved them to fourth. In the GTE Drivers' Championship Christensen and Estre took the lead from Billy Johnson, Stefan M\u00fccke and Olivier Pla. Toyota further extended their lead over Rebellion Racing in the LMP1 Teams' Championship to 27 points as Porsche went further ahead of Ford in the GTE Manufacturers' Championship with six races remaining in the season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [24, 24], "content_span": [25, 634]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276891-0004-0000", "contents": "2018 24 Hours of Le Mans, Background\nThe 24 Hours of Le Mans is considered one of the world's most prestigious motor races and is part of the Triple Crown of Motorsport. It was proposed by the automotive journalist Charles Faroux to Georges Durand, the president of the automotive group, the Automobile Club de l'Ouest (ACO) and the industrialist Emile Coquile for car manufacturers to test vehicle reliability, equipment and fuel-efficiency. The dates for the 2018 24 Hours of Le Mans were confirmed at a meeting of the FIA World Motor Sport Council in its headquarters in Geneva, Switzerland on 19 June 2017. It was the 86th edition of the event, and the second of eight automobile endurance races of the 2018\u201319 FIA World Endurance Championship (WEC).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 36], "content_span": [37, 754]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276891-0005-0000", "contents": "2018 24 Hours of Le Mans, Background\nBefore the race Toyota drivers Fernando Alonso, S\u00e9bastien Buemi and Kazuki Nakajima led the LMP Drivers' Championship with 26 points, eight ahead of their teammates Mike Conway, Kamui Kobayashi and Jos\u00e9 Mar\u00eda L\u00f3pez and a further three in front of Mathias Beche, Thomas Laurent and Gustavo Menezes of the Rebellion team. The ByKolles trio of Tom Dillmann, Dominik Kraihamer and Oliver Webb were fourth with 12 points and SMP Racing's Mikhail Aleshin and Vitaly Petrov were fifth with 10 points.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 36], "content_span": [37, 530]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276891-0005-0001", "contents": "2018 24 Hours of Le Mans, Background\nIn the GTE Drivers' Championship Billy Johnson, Stefan M\u00fccke and Olivier Pla of Ford Chip Ganassi Racing led with 25 points, ahead of the Porsche duo of Michael Christensen and K\u00e9vin Estre in second and AF Corse's Davide Rigon and Sam Bird third. Toyota (26 points) led the LMP1 Teams' Championship by 11 points over Rebellion in second. The ByKolles team was a further three points behind in third as Porsche led Ford by four points in the GTE Manufacturers' Championship.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 36], "content_span": [37, 510]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276891-0006-0000", "contents": "2018 24 Hours of Le Mans, Circuit changes\nAfter the 2017 24 Hours of Le Mans, modifications were made to the Porsche Curves section of the Circuit de la Sarthe to increase safety. Barriers on the inside of the final right-hand corner were dismantled and relocated further away from the circuit, allowing for the construction of paved run-off area and escape roads. This same alteration had been done on the barriers outside the corner in 2017. This modification re-profiled the corner slightly, shortening the lap distance by 3\u00a0m (9.8\u00a0ft). The ACO also constructed a new starting line gantry 145\u00a0m (476\u00a0ft) further up the main straight to increase the capacity for cars at the start of the race. The finish line and all timing beacons remained at the previous starting line at the exit of the Ford Chicane.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 41], "content_span": [42, 806]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276891-0007-0000", "contents": "2018 24 Hours of Le Mans, Entries, Automatic entries\nAutomatic entry invitations were earned by teams that won their class in the 2017 24 Hours of Le Mans. Invitations were also sent to teams who had won championships in the European Le Mans Series (ELMS), Asian Le Mans Series (ALMS), and the Michelin GT3 Le Mans Cup. The second-place finisher in the ELMS Le Mans Grand Touring Endurance (LMGTE) championship earned an automatic invitation as well. Finally, the ACO choose two participants from the WeatherTech SportsCar Championship (WTSC) to be automatic entries regardless of their performance or category.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 52], "content_span": [53, 611]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276891-0007-0001", "contents": "2018 24 Hours of Le Mans, Entries, Automatic entries\nAs invitations were granted to teams, they were allowed to change their cars from the previous year to the next but not their category. The LMGTE class invitations from the European and ALMS were allowed to choose between the Pro and Am categories. European Le Mans Prototype 3 (LMP3) champion was required to field an entry in Le Mans Prototype 2 (LMP2) while the ALMS LMP3 champion could choose between LMP2 or LMGTE Amateur (LMGTE Am). The Michelin Le Mans Cup LMP3 champion did not receive an automatic entry and the Grand Touring 3 (GT3) champion was limited to the LMGTE Am category.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 52], "content_span": [53, 642]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276891-0008-0000", "contents": "2018 24 Hours of Le Mans, Entries, Automatic entries\nThe ACO announced its initial list of automatic entries on 5 February 2018. The Porsche LMP Team did not continue in the WEC after the 2017 season while the FIST-Team AAI squad opted to concentrate on their GT3 entries. The JDC-Miller Motorsports team, which was invited via driver Misha Goikhberg winning the Jim Trueman Award as \"the top sportsman\" in the Daytona Prototype International (DPi) category of the 2017 WTSC, told ACO officials on 9 February that it would forgo its automatic invitation due to financial trouble concerning its entry.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 52], "content_span": [53, 600]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276891-0009-0000", "contents": "2018 24 Hours of Le Mans, Entries, Entry list\nIn conjunction with the announcement of entries for the 2018\u201319 FIA World Endurance Championship and the 2018 European Le Mans Series, the ACO announced the full 60 car entry list, plus nine reserves during a press conference at the R\u00e9tromobile Show in Paris on 9 February. In addition to the 36 guaranteed entries from the WEC, 13 came from the ELMS, seven from the WTSC, three from the ALMS and a single one-off entry only competing at Le Mans. The field was split evenly with 30 cars in each of the combined LMP and LMGTE categories.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 45], "content_span": [46, 582]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276891-0010-0000", "contents": "2018 24 Hours of Le Mans, Entries, Garage 56\nThe ACO intended to continue the Garage 56 concept, started in 2012. Garage 56 allows a 56th entry to test new technologies at the race. Panoz and Green4U Technologies announced during the 2017 24 Hours of Le Mans weekend they intended to enter its Green4U Panoz Racing GT-EV car in the 2018 race. The all-wheel drive car intended to utilise two electric motors on each of its axles with a swappable battery lasting between 90 to 110\u00a0mi (140 to 180\u00a0km) within a tandem style LMP body. On 8 February, the ACO confirmed the Garage 56 concept would not be continued for 2018 due to a lack of feasible options.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 44], "content_span": [45, 651]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276891-0011-0000", "contents": "2018 24 Hours of Le Mans, Entries, Reserves\nNine reserves were initially nominated by the ACO, limited to the LMP2 (six cars) and LMGTE Am (three cars) categories. ARC Bratislava announced the termination of its ELMS LMP2 programme on 11 February after its Ligier JS P217 car was placed eighth in the reserves list and leaving the team unlikely to be promoted to the race entry. Six days later, IDEC Sport withdrew its reserve JS P217 entry so that the team could concentrate on improving the performance of its entered No. 28 car. By the test day, two reserves remained on the list after five of the seven entries withdrew: KCMG's Dallara P217 entry and a Racing Engineering Oreca 07 car.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 43], "content_span": [44, 689]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276891-0012-0000", "contents": "2018 24 Hours of Le Mans, Pre-race balance of performance changes\nThe FIA Endurance Committee altered the equivalence of technology in the LMP classes and the balance of performance in the LMGTE categories to try and create parity within them. All non-hybrid LMP vehicles had their fuel flow of petrol per hour reduced from 110 kilograms per hour (243\u00a0lb/h) to 108 kilograms per hour (238\u00a0lb/h). The Toyota TS050 Hybrid cars had no performance alterations.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 65], "content_span": [66, 456]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276891-0013-0000", "contents": "2018 24 Hours of Le Mans, Pre-race balance of performance changes\nFor the LMGTE categories the Aston Martin Vantage GTE vehicles received an extra 5\u00a0kg (11\u00a0lb) of weight and a minor reduction in turbocharger boost pressure as The BMW M8 GTE had 13\u00a0kg (29\u00a0lb) of weight added and a reduction of power to lower their performances.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 65], "content_span": [66, 328]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276891-0013-0001", "contents": "2018 24 Hours of Le Mans, Pre-race balance of performance changes\nThe Porsche 911 RSR received a reduction in performance with a 0.6\u00a0mm (0.024\u00a0in) smaller air restrictor on the intake of its engine, the Ferrari 488 GTE vehicles had an extra 11\u00a0kg (24\u00a0lb) of weight added to it and the Ford GT was made 12\u00a0kg (26\u00a0lb) heavier and an increase in turbocharger boost pressure. In the LMGTE Am class the Aston Martin and Porsche vehicles had their top speeds lowered with a smaller air restrictor and the Ferrari had its turbocharger boost pressure reduced.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 65], "content_span": [66, 551]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276891-0014-0000", "contents": "2018 24 Hours of Le Mans, Testing\nA test day was held on 3 June and required all race entrants to participate in eight hours of track time divided into two sessions. Toyota led the morning session with a 3 minutes, 21.468 seconds lap from Alonso's No. 8 TS050 car. The fastest non-hybrid car was Laurent in the No. 3 Rebellion R13 vehicle, ahead of Conway's Toyota, the sister Rebellion team of Bruno Senna, and the No. 17 SMP BR Engineering BR1 car driven by St\u00e9phane Sarrazin.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 33], "content_span": [34, 478]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276891-0014-0001", "contents": "2018 24 Hours of Le Mans, Testing\nOreca vehicles led the LMP2 category with seven cars at the top of the timing charts, with the No. 26 G-Drive entry driven by the team's reserve driver Alexandre Imperatori seven-tenths of a second ahead of the No. 48 IDEC Sport car of Paul-Loup Chatin. Ford took the first four positions in the LMGTE Pro class, the No. 67 car of Andy Priaulx leading M\u00fccke's No. 66 entry with a 3 minutes, 53.008 seconds lap.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 33], "content_span": [34, 444]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276891-0014-0002", "contents": "2018 24 Hours of Le Mans, Testing\nLate in the session, the No. 95 Aston Martin of Marco S\u00f8rensen and Harrison Newey's No. 35 SMP Dallara vehicle made contact in traffic between Mulsanne and Indianapolis corners, causing S\u00f8rensen to crash heavily against a barrier beside the circuit and prematurely end the session with 51 minutes to go. S\u00f8rensen was unhurt; he was transported to the circuit's medical centre for a precautionary check before being released and Aston Martin switched to a spare chassis. The Clearwater Racing Ferrari car was fastest in the LMGTE Am category with a lap of 3 minutes, 58.967 seconds from driver Keita Sawa.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 33], "content_span": [34, 638]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276891-0015-0000", "contents": "2018 24 Hours of Le Mans, Testing\nThe second test session started half an hour earlier than scheduled to give teams more time on the circuit. Toyota again led from the start with a lap from Kobayashi in the No. 7, followed by Alonso's 3 minutes, 19.066 seconds time to top the session. Beche improved the No. 3 Rebellion's lap to duplicate its first session result in second place. The second Rebellion car of Andr\u00e9 Lotterer set a lap late on to go fourth, ahead of Vitaly Petrov's No. 11 SMP car.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 33], "content_span": [34, 497]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276891-0015-0001", "contents": "2018 24 Hours of Le Mans, Testing\nNathana\u00ebl Berthon improved the fastest lap in LMP2, moving the DragonSpeed team ahead of Chatin and G-Drive's Jean-\u00c9ric Vergne and Matthieu Vaxivi\u00e8re. Patrick Pilet in the No. 93 Porsche and Gianmaria Bruni's No. 91 car passed Priaulx's No. 66 and Olivier Pla's No. 67 Ford cars in LMGTE Pro. Another Porsche in LMGTE Am, driven by Julien Andlauer for the Dempsey-Proton team, overtook Sawa's fastest time from the morning session to be ahead of Giancarlo Fisichella's Spirit of Race Ferrari. Two safety car periods were required after separate crashes by Alessandro Pier Guidi's No. 51 AF Corse Ferrari at Tetre Rouge corner and Ant\u00f3nio F\u00e9lix da Costa's No. 82 BMW in the Porsche Curves.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 33], "content_span": [34, 722]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276891-0016-0000", "contents": "2018 24 Hours of Le Mans, Testing, Post-testing balance of performance changes\nFollowing testing the ACO altered the balance of performance for a second time in the LMGTE Pro and Am categories. The Aston Martin Vantage GTE received an increase in performance with its turbocharger boost pressure raised and a 4\u00a0l (0.88\u00a0imp\u00a0gal; 1.1\u00a0US\u00a0gal) increase in maximum fuel volume. BMW and Ford had their car's performance raised with a minor increase in turbocharger boost ratio; the Ford's fuel allocation was lowered to 2\u00a0l (0.44\u00a0imp\u00a0gal; 0.53\u00a0US\u00a0gal). The Chevrolet Corvette C7.R, BMW and Ford vehicles received weight increases. Porsche had no performance changes. In LMGTE Am the Aston Martin Vantage was given an increase of 2\u00a0l (0.44\u00a0imp\u00a0gal; 0.53\u00a0US\u00a0gal). Porsche and Ferrari had no performance alterations.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 78], "content_span": [79, 807]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276891-0017-0000", "contents": "2018 24 Hours of Le Mans, Practice\nA single four-hour free practice session on 13 June was available to the teams before the three qualifying sessions. Rain forecast for 14 June prompted several teams to set laps at full racing speed in anticipation of the first qualifying session determining the race's starting order. Toyota led from the start once again, with Kobayashi going fastest in the final 20 minutes at 3 minutes, 18.718 seconds, half a second faster than Buemi in second. Laurent and Ben Hanley of the DragonSpeed team were third and fourth and Jenson Button for the SMP squad completed the top five. Oreca cars took the first five positions in the LMP2 category with a lap of 3 minutes, 26.529 seconds from Vergne, followed by Chatin, Lo\u00efc Duval of the TDS Racing team, Berthon and Tristan Gommendy for the Graff squad.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 34], "content_span": [35, 833]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276891-0018-0000", "contents": "2018 24 Hours of Le Mans, Practice\nThe No. 37 Jackie Chan car of Nabil Jeffri sustained right-front corner damage in a crash at Indianapolis corner mid-way through the session and the car did not return to the circuit. Porsches led the first three positions in LMGTE Pro with a lap of 3 minutes, 50.819 seconds from Laurens Vanthoor's No. 92 RSR leading the class until his teammate Pilet overtook him with 20 minutes to go. Pla was the fastest non-Porsche in fourth and Miguel Molina's No. 71 AF Corse Ferrari was fifth.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 34], "content_span": [35, 521]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276891-0018-0001", "contents": "2018 24 Hours of Le Mans, Practice\nMatteo Cairoli helped Porsche to be fastest in LMGTE Am, ahead of Ben Barker's Gulf car and Fisichella. Pilet had an accident at the exit to the first Mulsanne Chicane, damaging the No. 93 car against a tyre wall and scattering debris on the circuit. A local slow zone was required after Michael Wainwright beached the No. 86 Gulf Porsche in a gravel trap at the Dunlop Curve.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 34], "content_span": [35, 411]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276891-0019-0000", "contents": "2018 24 Hours of Le Mans, Qualifying\nThe first qualifying session began late Wednesday night under dry conditions, as Toyota again led the time sheets early on with a lap from L\u00f3pez, followed by Nakajima's 3 minutes, 17.270 seconds time after eight minutes to go fastest. Neither improved their lap times over the rest of the session, giving the No. 8 car provisional pole position. The fastest non-hybrid car was Sarrazin's SMP entry in third, following the Rebellion cars of Senna and Menezes. The fastest LMP2 lap was a 3 minutes, 24.956 seconds time from Chatin and early category pace setter Duval was second.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 36], "content_span": [37, 614]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276891-0019-0001", "contents": "2018 24 Hours of Le Mans, Qualifying\nVergne, DragonSpeed's Pastor Maldonado and Nicolas Lapierre of the Signatech Alpine team were third to fifth in class. Porsche took the first two positions in the LMGTE Pro class with a lap of 3 minutes, 47.504 seconds from Bruni to reset the category lap record at his first attempt. Bruni lost control of the rear of the No. 92 car into the Dunlop Curves and spun through 180 degrees into a gravel trap soon after. Christensen in second was a tenth of a second faster than the Ford cars of Pla and M\u00fccke. The fastest Ferrari was fifth after a lap by Per Guidi. Cairoli led the LMGTE Am class with a 3 minutes, 50.669 seconds lap, followed by his Dempsey-Proton teammate Matt Campbell and Barker.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 36], "content_span": [37, 734]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276891-0020-0000", "contents": "2018 24 Hours of Le Mans, Qualifying\nThursday's first qualifying session was stopped three times for crashes. Sven M\u00fcller caused rear damage to the No. 94 Porsche against a tyre wall at Indianapolis corner. Priaulx spun at the entry to Tetre Rouge corner with his left-rear wheel on the grass and damaged his car's rear in a collision with a tyre barrier. He was able to restart the car but the damage to the barriers caused a red flag. This was followed by the right-rear suspension on Lapierre's car failing on a kerb and sending him into a gravel trap.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 36], "content_span": [37, 555]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276891-0020-0001", "contents": "2018 24 Hours of Le Mans, Qualifying\nHe continued to the pit lane and the session was stopped for nine minutes to allow track marshals to clear gravel strewn on the circuit. The session ended with 38 minutes to go after Giorgio Sernagiotto crashed the No. 47 Cetilar Vilorba Corse Dallara car against a tyre barrier opposite the first Mulsanne chicane after a front-left puncture. Sernagiotto was unhurt and was transported to the medical centre for a mandatory check-up. Alonso led the session with a lap of 3 minutes and 18.021 seconds; he did not improve on co-driver Nakajima's lap from the first session.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 36], "content_span": [37, 609]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276891-0020-0002", "contents": "2018 24 Hours of Le Mans, Qualifying\nThe two LMP1 entries to improve their lap times was the CEFC TRSM Ginetta G60-LT-P1 cars of Alex Brundle and Charlie Robertson. The IDEC team maintained its advantage in LMP2 as Porsche continued to lead in LMGTE Pro and Am. Fisichella's Spirit of Race Ferrari overtook the Gulf squad for third in LMGTE Am.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 36], "content_span": [37, 344]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276891-0021-0000", "contents": "2018 24 Hours of Le Mans, Qualifying\nWith the multiple stoppages in qualifying, the third session was expanded by half an hour in order to give teams more time on the circuit. Early in the session Nakajima reset the fastest time to a 3 minutes, 15.377 seconds without slower traffic impeding him. He took Toyota's fourth pole position at Le Mans and Alonso's, Buemi's and Nakajima's first. The No. 7 Toyota team could not improve the car's fastest lap and began from second.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 36], "content_span": [37, 474]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276891-0021-0001", "contents": "2018 24 Hours of Le Mans, Qualifying\nThe Rebellion team were third and fifth with Senna ahead of Laurent after officials invalidated the latter's fastest time for failing to stop at a red light instructing him to enter the scrutineering bay. Sarrazin's SMP car separated the duo in fourth. In LMP2, Duval took the category pole position from Chatin until his fastest time was deleted for missing a red light to enter the scrutineering bay. Berthon took second and Vergne was third.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 36], "content_span": [37, 481]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276891-0021-0002", "contents": "2018 24 Hours of Le Mans, Qualifying\nPorsche secured pole position in both of the LMGTE classes with Bruni securing it in Pro and Cairoli in Am courtesy of their laps from the first session. Per Guidi led the session to move the No. 51 Ferrari to fourth in LMGTE Pro as Barker improved the Gulf team's lap to be six-tenths of a second behind the Dempsey-Proton squad. A slow zone procedure was used after Matt Griffin beached the Clearwater Ferrari in a gravel trap at Indianapolis corner and track marshals extricated it.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 36], "content_span": [37, 522]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276891-0022-0000", "contents": "2018 24 Hours of Le Mans, Qualifying, Post-qualifying\nFollowing qualifying, the ACO altered the balance of performance in the LMGTE categories for the third time. 10\u00a0kg (22\u00a0lb) of ballast was removed from the BMW M8 and the Aston Martin Vantage while the Corvette C7.R car was made 5\u00a0kg (11\u00a0lb) lighter. The Porsche 911 car had its weight increased by 10\u00a0kg (22\u00a0lb) and the Ford GT vehicles were lightened by 8\u00a0kg (18\u00a0lb). The Ferrari 488 received an 1\u00a0l (0.22\u00a0imp\u00a0gal; 0.26\u00a0US\u00a0gal) increase in fuel capacity.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 53], "content_span": [54, 509]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276891-0022-0001", "contents": "2018 24 Hours of Le Mans, Qualifying, Post-qualifying\nIn LMGTE Am, Aston Martin received a 10\u00a0kg (22\u00a0lb) decrease of weight and Porsche had 10\u00a0kg (22\u00a0lb) added to their cars. Ferrari had no performance changes. The world governing body of motor racing, the F\u00e9d\u00e9ration Internationale de l'Automobile (FIA), restricted all LMGTE Pro cars to a maximum of 14 laps per stint.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 53], "content_span": [54, 370]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276891-0023-0000", "contents": "2018 24 Hours of Le Mans, Qualifying, Qualifying results\nPole position winners in each class are indicated in bold. The fastest time set by each entry is denoted in gray.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 56], "content_span": [57, 170]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276891-0024-0000", "contents": "2018 24 Hours of Le Mans, Warm-up\nA 45-minute warm-up session was held on Saturday morning and took place in dry and sunny weather. Kobayashi set the fastest lap of 3 minutes, 18.687 seconds in Toyota's No. 7 car, ahead of his teammate Buemi in second. Hanley's DragonSpeed BR1 was third and the fastest non-hybrid LMP1 car. The No. 17 SMP car and the No. 1 Rebellion vehicle were fourth and fifth. The fastest LMP2 lap was recorded by Ricky Taylor in Jackie Chan's No. 34 Ligier car at 3 minutes, 29.466 seconds to demote Vergne from the lead of the class. Lapierre was second for the Signatech Alpine team. Scott Dixon, driving the No. 69 Ford GT car, was the quickest driver in LMGTE Pro with Jeroen Bleekemolen in Keating Motorsport's Ferrari fastest in LMGTE Am.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 33], "content_span": [34, 767]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276891-0025-0000", "contents": "2018 24 Hours of Le Mans, Race, Start and first hours\nThe conditions on the grid were dry and sunny before the race; the air temperature was between 15 to 22\u00a0\u00b0C (59 to 72\u00a0\u00b0F) and the track temperature ranged from 14 to 31\u00a0\u00b0C (57 to 88\u00a0\u00b0F). Approximately 256,900 people attended the event. The French tricolour was waved at 15:00 Central European Summer Time (UTC+02:00), by multiple Grand Slam tennis champion Rafael Nadal to start the race, led by starting pole sitter Buemi.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 53], "content_span": [54, 476]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276891-0025-0001", "contents": "2018 24 Hours of Le Mans, Race, Start and first hours\nAt the start of the parade lap, a misfiring engine and a subsequent spin on cold tyres at the Dunlop Curve dropped Tom Dillmann's No. 4 ByKolles car to the rear of the field. A mounting failure detached the front bodywork on Lotterer's No. 1 Rebellion vehicle and removed downforce from the car entering the Dunlop Curve. It struck the rear of Hanley's DragonSpeed BR1 car. Both cars dropped down the race order. Conway passed Buemi to lead the first four laps until Buemi passed him on the fifth lap.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 53], "content_span": [54, 555]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276891-0025-0002", "contents": "2018 24 Hours of Le Mans, Race, Start and first hours\nRain fell during this period though it was not heavy enough to affect the race. Laurent passed Sarrazin's No. 17 BR1 car for third on the Mulsanne Straight before Sarrazin returned to third place by slipstreaming past Laurent into Mulsanne corner. The first hour ended with Vergne passing Duval for the lead of LMP2 and Chatin fell to third. The Porsches of Bruni and Estre duelled for first place in LMGTE Pro as Barker overtook Carioli for the top of LMGTE Am.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 53], "content_span": [54, 516]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276891-0026-0000", "contents": "2018 24 Hours of Le Mans, Race, Start and first hours\nBuemi relinquished the lead to his teammate Conway after the No. 8 Toyota made an unscheduled pit stop to have its rear crash structure replaced and the car rejoined the race in second position. Berthon ceded fourth place in LMP2 after a front-right wheel detached on the approach to Arnage corner and lost three laps as a new wheel hub assembly was installed onto the car.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 53], "content_span": [54, 427]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276891-0026-0001", "contents": "2018 24 Hours of Le Mans, Race, Start and first hours\n1 hour and 40 minutes in, Wainwright's No. 86 Gulf Porsche lost control under braking and crashed into an Armco steel barrier on the outside at Indianapolis turn with its left-hand corner, requiring a slow zone between Mulsanne and Arnage corners to recover the car and to repair the barrier. Conway used the slow zone and a routine pit stop from his teammate Buemi to return to the lead on lap 32.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 53], "content_span": [54, 452]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276891-0026-0002", "contents": "2018 24 Hours of Le Mans, Race, Start and first hours\nAs the second hour ended, S\u00e9bastien Bourdais's No. 68 Ford, which moved to second place in LMGTE Pro after a pit stop sequence, was passed by Fr\u00e9d\u00e9ric Makowiecki's No. 92 Porsche entering the Mulsanne corner and the No. 77 Dempsey-Proton led in LMGTE Am. He continued to advance through the order and overtook his Porsche teammate Vanthoor for the lead of LMGTE Pro with the two cars running nose-to-tail. During a pit stop to relieve Buemi, television footage appeared to show Alonso reversing in the pit lane to pass a LMGTE vehicle parked ahead of him. Footage released later confirmed Alonso had not reversed but was moved back by mechanics, preventing the car from being disqualified.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 53], "content_span": [54, 743]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276891-0027-0000", "contents": "2018 24 Hours of Le Mans, Race, Start and first hours\nIn the fourth hour, Alonso overtook his teammate L\u00f3pez in the Porsche Curves to retake the lead in the No. 8 Toyota. Bourdais used a battle between the Porsche duo of Vanthoor and Makowiecki on the Mulsanne Straight to take the lead of LMGTE Pro. Not long after the left-rear tyre on Gabriel Aubry's No. 38 Jackie Chan Oreca failed on the Mulsanne Straight, littering the track with debris and removing the car's front-left fender.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 53], "content_span": [54, 485]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276891-0027-0001", "contents": "2018 24 Hours of Le Mans, Race, Start and first hours\nAubry retained control of the vehicle to allow him to return to the pit lane and the incident required the deployment of the safety cars to slow the race. The safety cars were withdrawn after 15 minutes and racing resumed. The safety cars had separated the LMGTE Pro field, the No. 92 Porsche led by more than a minute from the sister No. 91 due to Richard Lietz being required to remain in the pit lane.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 53], "content_span": [54, 458]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276891-0027-0002", "contents": "2018 24 Hours of Le Mans, Race, Start and first hours\nAlthough L\u00f3pez made an unscheduled pit stop to replace a left-rear puncture, he took the lead from his teammate Alonso and led by 41\u20442 seconds. Antonio Giovinazzi in the No. 52 AF Corse Ferrari overtook Dixon on the outside for second in LMGTE Pro. Soon after Dominik Kraihamer was lapping slower LMGTE cars in the Porsche Curves when the rear of the No. 4 ByKolles car and the front of the No. 80 Ebimotors Porsche made contact. Kraihamer's rear wing was removed sending him into a collision against a concrete wall at Corvette corner. Kraihamer was unhurt; the crash caused the deployment of the safety cars for half an hour as marshals repaired the barrier and cleared the track of debris.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 53], "content_span": [54, 746]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276891-0028-0000", "contents": "2018 24 Hours of Le Mans, Race, Early evening to night\nAs the safety car period ended the Toyota cars of L\u00f3pez and Alonso scythed their way through heavy traffic. Toyota then invoked team orders on L\u00f3pez to return the lead to Alonso entering Arnage turn one lap later. The safety cars had divided the field in LMGTE Pro, leaving Nick Catsburg's No. 81 BMW in second place and the two class Porsches of Earl Bamber and Lietz in third and fourth. Juan Pablo Montoya, driving the No. 23 United Autosports car, crashed into a tyre barrier at Indianapolis corner and activated a local slow zone.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 54], "content_span": [55, 590]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276891-0028-0001", "contents": "2018 24 Hours of Le Mans, Race, Early evening to night\nMarshals extricated the car from the gravel and Montoya continued. Pierre Thiriet was caught out by the exit of the slow zone. He lost control of the rear of the Signatech car at Mulsanne turn and fell to fourth in LMP2. In the seventh hour, Pilet and Bruni overtook Martin Tomczyk's BMW car for second and third in LMGTE Pro as Romain Dumas' No. 94 vehicle slowed in the Porsche Curves and retired with a front-right suspension bracket failure.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 54], "content_span": [55, 500]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276891-0028-0002", "contents": "2018 24 Hours of Le Mans, Race, Early evening to night\nNot long after Paul Dalla Lana was en route to the pit lane when he lost control of the No. 98 Aston Martin and crashed against a tyre barrier at the entrance to the Porsche Curves. The damage to the car caused its retirement and required a local slow zone. Vergne used the slow zone to increase his lead over the LMP2 field to almost two minutes and Kobayashi closed to within less than a second of Nakajima.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 54], "content_span": [55, 464]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276891-0029-0000", "contents": "2018 24 Hours of Le Mans, Race, Early evening to night\nAs night fell, Kobayashi passed Buemi to return to the lead of the race. The No. 91 Porsche of Makowiecki was elevated to second in LMGTE Pro ahead of the No. 93 of Nick Tandy after a routine sequence of pit stops. Matevos Isaakyan had an anxious moment with a rear suspension failure on the No. 17 SMP car at the entrance to the Porsche Curves. The car speared backwards into a tyre barrier to the outside of the track and sustained damage.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 54], "content_span": [55, 496]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276891-0029-0001", "contents": "2018 24 Hours of Le Mans, Race, Early evening to night\nIsaakyan could not get the car moving and contacted his team for advice on how it could be made mobile. Marshals pushed the car behind a barrier and repairs were made to its rear. Isaakyan retired after an engine bay fire. The retirement of the SMP vehicle elevated the Rebellion cars of Laurent and the recovering Lotterer to third and fourth and Vergne's LMP2-leading G-Drive car to fifth overall. Porsche's control on the first three positions in LMGTE Pro was broken after Tandy's No. 93 car was forced into the garage with an electrical problem.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 54], "content_span": [55, 605]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276891-0029-0002", "contents": "2018 24 Hours of Le Mans, Race, Early evening to night\nEarly in the tenth hour, the No. 8 Toyota of Buemi incurred a one-minute stop-and-go penalty for speeding in a slow zone, dropping the car two minutes, ten seconds behind Conway's No. 7 car. Philipp Eng's No. 81 BMW relinquished its hold on third place in LMGTE Pro due to a broken damper losing him 11 minutes in the garage.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 54], "content_span": [55, 380]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276891-0030-0000", "contents": "2018 24 Hours of Le Mans, Race, Early evening to night\nAs the race approached its midway point, Alonso lowered the deficit to the race-leading No. 7 Toyota to 1 minute and 16 seconds and Roman Rusinov's G-Drive car led by one lap over Lapierre in LMP2. Christensen in the No. 92 Porsche was 1 minute, 53 seconds ahead of his teammate Bruni in LMGTE Pro and Andlauer's No. 77 Dempsey-Proton held sway over Bleekemolen's Keating Ferrari in LMGTE Am. During the 13th hour, Menezes drove the No. 3 Rebellion car to the garage for a nine-minute repair to its underfloor. He ceded third place to Jani's No. 1 car.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 54], "content_span": [55, 607]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276891-0030-0001", "contents": "2018 24 Hours of Le Mans, Race, Early evening to night\nJos\u00e9 Guti\u00e9rrez crashed the No. 40 G-Drive car at the exit to the Porsche Curves and ricocheted onto the circuit facing oncoming traffic. Guti\u00e9rrez was unhurt; the damage to the car caused its retirement and a local slow zone was enforced. The slow zone increased L\u00f3pez's lead over Alonso to two minutes. Soon after Jani came to the pit lane to repair his car's underbody and emerged after a nine-minute pit stop in fourth place, behind his teammate Menezes. Fisichella brought the Spirit of Race Ferrari into third in LMGTE Am drivers and drew closer to Bleekemolen in second.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 54], "content_span": [55, 631]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276891-0031-0000", "contents": "2018 24 Hours of Le Mans, Race, Morning to early afternoon\nIn the early morning Kobayashi led his teammate Nakajima by around ten to twelve seconds. Nakajima eliminated the time deficit to retake the lead from Kobayashi at the Mulsanne corner and a series of fast lap times put Buemi ahead by more than half a minute. BMW lost one of their two LMGTE Pro entries when Alexander Sims slid on oil laid on the track in the Porsche Curves and damaged the rear of the No. 82 car in a collision against a barrier.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 58], "content_span": [59, 506]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276891-0031-0001", "contents": "2018 24 Hours of Le Mans, Race, Morning to early afternoon\nAt the conclusion of the 16th hour, Cairoli was in fifth in LMGTE Am when he lost control of the No. 88 Dempsey-Proton Porsche car due to a suspension failure and crashed into a tyre barrier at the Ford Chicane. The car was retired due to the heavy damage sustained to it and a slow zone was enforced in the area. Both of the Toyota cars were observed speeding in the area and incurred separate one-minute stop-and-go penalties; their multi-lap lead over the Rebellion team kept them in first and second positions.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 58], "content_span": [59, 573]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276891-0031-0002", "contents": "2018 24 Hours of Le Mans, Race, Morning to early afternoon\nFurther down the order, the No. 10 DragonSpeed BR1 had an accident when Hanley lost control of the car in the Porsche Curves and retired. Fifth place in the LMGTE Pro became a battle between the No. 63 Corvette of Mike Rockenfeller and Dixon's No. 69 Ford with the two exchanging position before Dixon claimed it.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 58], "content_span": [59, 372]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276891-0032-0000", "contents": "2018 24 Hours of Le Mans, Race, Morning to early afternoon\nSeveral LMGTE cars took the opportunity to change brake discs at this point in the morning to ensure that cars would finish the race, including the leading car in LMGTE Pro, the No. 92 Porsche. Antonio Garc\u00eda drove the No. 63 Corvette car past Ryan Briscoe's No. 69 Ford and gradually drew closer to the No. 68 Ford. Traffic loosened a drain cover built into a kerb at the outside of the Tertre Rouge corner and its metal casting was launched onto a verge.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 58], "content_span": [59, 515]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276891-0032-0001", "contents": "2018 24 Hours of Le Mans, Race, Morning to early afternoon\nIt required the deployment of the safety cars to allow workers to refit the grill and make it safe to drive over. As the safety cars were recalled after half an hour, Alonso fell behind Conway until he overtook him for the lead in slower traffic on the Mulsanne Straight. The LMGTE Pro field closed up with Bruni's No. 92 Porsche car and M\u00fcller's No. 68 car close by for second place in class.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 58], "content_span": [59, 452]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276891-0032-0002", "contents": "2018 24 Hours of Le Mans, Race, Morning to early afternoon\nNot long after Paul di Resta lost control of the No. 23 United Autosports Ligier in the Porsche Curves and the car's front-left corner struck an unprotected concrete barrier. The car slid onto the grass and stopped. Di Resta vacated the car unhurt and was transported to the medical centre for a precautionary check-up as the car was retired. The accident required the intervention of a fourth safety car period. When racing resumed the Dempsey-Proton team's lead in LMGTE Am was lowered to less than half a minute and Makowiecki fell behind Bourdais and Priaulx to fourth place in LMGTE Pro. The No. 39 Graff vehicle of Vincent Capillaire overtook Fran\u00e7ois Perrodo's TDS car for fourth in LMP2.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 58], "content_span": [59, 754]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276891-0033-0000", "contents": "2018 24 Hours of Le Mans, Race, Morning to early afternoon\nThe No. 23 Panis Barthez Ligier car of Will Stevens, which had held second place in the LMP2 category, entered the pit lane to undergo repairs to its clutch and promoted the Signatech Alpine team to the position. L\u00f3pez lost control of the No. 7 Toyota at the exit to the Dunlop Curve and lost 16 seconds to the race-leader Alonso.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 58], "content_span": [59, 389]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276891-0033-0001", "contents": "2018 24 Hours of Le Mans, Race, Morning to early afternoon\nThe IDEC car forfeited second place in LMP2 to Capillaire due to a cracked gearbox casing forcing its retirement, as Makowiecki and Bourdais exchanged second in LMGTE Pro; Makowiecki avoided punishment from the stewards for defensive driving preventing Bourdais from overtaking him. Ben Keating, whose No. 85 Keating Ferrari was second in LMGTE Am, lost control of the rear of the car under braking and was beached in a gravel trap at Mulsanne corner. The car relinquished its hold on second place to the Spirit of Race team and fell one lap behind the class leading No. 77 Dempsey-Proton car.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 58], "content_span": [59, 652]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276891-0033-0002", "contents": "2018 24 Hours of Le Mans, Race, Morning to early afternoon\nKobayashi, in second and within 80 minutes of the finish, missed the entry to the pit lane and Toyota required him to slow to 80\u00a0km/h (50\u00a0mph) by engaging the full course yellow flag limiter to conserve fuel. The No. 7 car lost one lap to the No. 8 entry; it incurred two ten-second stop-and-go penalties for exceeding the number of laps permitted for a single stint by a LMP1 hybrid car and fuel allowance.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 58], "content_span": [59, 466]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276891-0034-0000", "contents": "2018 24 Hours of Le Mans, Race, Finish\nUnhindered in the final hours of the race, Nakajima achieved victory for the No. 8 Toyota team, which completed 388 laps and was two laps ahead of Kobayashi's No. 7 Toyota. Rebellion, unable to match the pace of the Toyota cars, finished third and fourth with the No. 3 R13 ahead of the No. 1 car. It was Alonso, Buemi and Nakajima's first Le Mans victory, and Toyota's first on its 20th try.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 38], "content_span": [39, 431]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276891-0034-0001", "contents": "2018 24 Hours of Le Mans, Race, Finish\nToyota became the first Japanese manufacturer to win at Le Mans since Mazda in 1991 and Alonso completed a second leg of the Triple Crown of Motorsport (the 24 Hours of Le Mans, the Indianapolis 500 and the Monaco Grand Prix). The G-Drive team led the final 360 laps with the No. 26 Oreca to be the first car to finish the race in LMP2, provisionally earning the team and its drivers Andrea Pizzitola, Rusinov and Vergne their first class victories. Signatech Alpine were the highest-placed full-season WEC team in second and the Graff Racing squad completed the class podium.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 38], "content_span": [39, 615]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276891-0034-0002", "contents": "2018 24 Hours of Le Mans, Race, Finish\nOn its 70th anniversary Porsche took its first win in the LMGTE Pro category since 2013 with the No. 92 car ahead of the No. 91 entry, and the German marque won in LMGTE Am with the No. 77 Dempsey-Proton car winning by 1 minute, 39 seconds over the No. 54 Spirit of Race Ferrari. There were 25 lead changes amongst two cars during the race. The No. 7 Toyota's 205 laps led was the most of any car with the race-winning No. 8 leading 13 times for a total of 183 laps.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 38], "content_span": [39, 505]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276891-0035-0000", "contents": "2018 24 Hours of Le Mans, Post-race\nObviously it has been a long time dream for me to be there and to experience Le Mans. It's great to have the first opportunity and be in a competitive team as Toyota, to dominate free practice, qualifying and the race. It was a competition between the two of our cars in the garage. In the end we got a little bit more lucky and a little bit more better set up.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 35], "content_span": [36, 397]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276891-0036-0000", "contents": "2018 24 Hours of Le Mans, Post-race\nFernando Alonso talking about his maiden experience at the 24 Hours of Le Mans", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 35], "content_span": [36, 114]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276891-0037-0000", "contents": "2018 24 Hours of Le Mans, Post-race\nThe top three teams in each of the four classes appeared on the podium to collect their trophies and spoke to the media in a later press conference. Alonso said he was worried about his car having a mechanical issue preventing him from winning the race, \"Right now I'm maybe still in a little bit [of] shock because we were so focused on the race and so stressed at the end watching the television. I'm not used to watching my car racing, I'm normally in it.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 35], "content_span": [36, 495]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276891-0037-0001", "contents": "2018 24 Hours of Le Mans, Post-race\nNakajima said he believed Toyota was calmer than in previous years, \"To win this race has been a dream of Toyota's since 1985, and there are so many guys still here that have been involved in the project so long, I\u2019m so proud to be here to represent them.\" Buemi said the one-minute stop-and-go penalty he took made his team uncertain whether they would win, \"All the preparation that goes behind that day, all of us, all six drivers, we\u2019ve been driving for many days, in the nights, and finally when you win it, it's something really big.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 35], "content_span": [36, 576]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276891-0038-0000", "contents": "2018 24 Hours of Le Mans, Post-race\nAfter all of the non-hybrid cars were unable to challenge the Toyota team, Jani called the race \"a procession\" and said the Rebellion R13 car lost more than ten seconds per lap to the TS050 Hybrid, \"Our spread between our quickest lap and our average is huge, their spread is a lot smaller because they can be flexible with how they overtake cars in a straight line.\" Lotterer reiterated his teammate's view and said he believed the FIA and the ACO would address the issue, \"We didn't stand a chance.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 35], "content_span": [36, 536]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276891-0038-0001", "contents": "2018 24 Hours of Le Mans, Post-race\nLet's face it, it was one of the boring editions of the Le Mans 24 Hours. I have to admit that it was difficult to get the most out of every lap. How do you stay motivated?\" Oliver Webb agreed with Lotterer and said he felt the following 6 Hours of Silverstone would suit the car's high-downforce configuration.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 35], "content_span": [36, 347]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276891-0038-0002", "contents": "2018 24 Hours of Le Mans, Post-race\nFrank-Steffen Walliser, the head of Porsche Motorsport, said he felt comments from Bourdais over a perceived view that Makowiecki had inadequate driving standards during a battle for second in LMGTE Pro were invalid, \"Firstly, this is not a pony farm; secondly, in my view, it was hard but fair at all times. The scenes when Fred himself was pushed into the grass were not shown on TV. Apart from that \u2013 what do you expect when two Frenchmen fight for second place in the biggest French race? Is that supposed to be peace, joy, pancakes? I don't think so!\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 35], "content_span": [36, 592]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276891-0039-0000", "contents": "2018 24 Hours of Le Mans, Post-race\nDuring post-race scrutineering, the technical delegates discovered that the LMP2-winning No. 26 G-Drive and the No. 28 TDS cars had modified refuelling rigs in their fuel system assemblies extending to the dead man valve and inside the cone of the fuel restrictor to lessen the time spent in the pit lane, causing the stewards to disqualify the cars. Both teams filed an appeal to the penalties with the FIA International Court of Appeal.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 35], "content_span": [36, 474]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276891-0039-0001", "contents": "2018 24 Hours of Le Mans, Post-race\nThe tribunal met on 18 September and delayed giving a verdict because the judges on the panel wanted extra time to review the appeal and informed the team's lawyers of this. On 2 October, the tribunal heard the G-Drive and TDS team's appeal. G-Drive argued the modified component was a \"commendable technical innovation\" with no specific regulation about modifications between the fuel flow restrictor and the dead man's valve established. The court upheld the stewards' decision by deeming the introduction of an additional component protruding the fuel flow restrictor a regulation transgression. The Signatech Alpine team took the win in LMP2, the No. 39 Graff car was second and the No. 32 United Autosports vehicle completed the class podium in third.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 35], "content_span": [36, 792]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276891-0040-0000", "contents": "2018 24 Hours of Le Mans, Post-race\nThe result increased Alonso, Buemi and Nakajima's lead in the LMP Drivers' Championship to 20 points over their teammates Conway, Kobayashi and L\u00f3pez in second. Beche, Laurent and Menezes remained in third place. Lapierre, Andr\u00e9 Negr\u00e3o and Thiriet's victory in LMP2 moved them from seventh to fourth and Jani, Lotterer and Senna were fifth. Christensen and Estre took the lead of the GTE Drivers Championship from Johnson, M\u00fccke and Pla. Bruni and Lietz were in third position. Toyota increased their lead over the Rebellion squad in the LMP1 Teams' Championship to 27 points. The ByKolles and SMP Racing teams retained third and fourth. Porsche moved further away from Ford by 44 points in the GTE Manufacturers' Championship and Ferrari maintained third place with six races remaining in the season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 35], "content_span": [36, 837]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276891-0041-0000", "contents": "2018 24 Hours of Le Mans, Post-race, Race classification\nThe minimum number of laps for classification (70 per cent of the overall winning car's race distance) was 272 laps. Class winners are in bold.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 56], "content_span": [57, 200]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276892-0000-0000", "contents": "2018 24 Hours of N\u00fcrburgring\nThe 2018 ADAC Zurich 24 Hours of N\u00fcrburgring was the 46th running of the 24 Hours of N\u00fcrburgring. It took place over 10\u201313 May 2018.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [28, 28], "content_span": [29, 161]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276892-0001-0000", "contents": "2018 24 Hours of N\u00fcrburgring\nThe #912 Manthey Racing team won the race in a Porsche 911 GT3 R.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [28, 28], "content_span": [29, 94]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276893-0000-0000", "contents": "2018 24 Hours of Spa\nThe 2018 Total Spa 24 Hours was the 70th running of the Spa 24 Hours endurance race. It was also the fourth round of the 2018 Blancpain GT Series Endurance Cup and was held on 28 and 29 July at the Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps, Belgium.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [20, 20], "content_span": [21, 257]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276893-0001-0000", "contents": "2018 24 Hours of Spa, Entry list\nThe following drivers will attend the 2018 24 Hours of Spa:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 32], "content_span": [33, 92]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276894-0000-0000", "contents": "2018 24H GT Series\nThe 2018 24H GT Series powered by Hankook is the fourth season of the 24H Series with drivers battling for championship points and titles and the eleventh season since Creventic, the organiser and promoter of the series, organised multiple races a year. The races are contested with GT3-spec cars, GT4-spec cars, sports cars and 24H-Specials, like silhouette cars.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [18, 18], "content_span": [19, 383]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276895-0000-0000", "contents": "2018 24H Proto Series\nThis is the current revision of this page, as edited by 2a02:2f0d:e61a:bc00:8f1:3a:a43d:844a (talk) at 13:25, 19 March 2020 (\u2192\u200eEntry List). The present address (URL) is a permanent link to this version.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [21, 21], "content_span": [22, 224]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276895-0001-0000", "contents": "2018 24H Proto Series\nThe 2018 24H Proto Series powered by Hankook is the second season of the 24H Proto Series. Creventic is the organiser and promoter of the series. are contested with Le Mans Prototype and Group CN cars, as well as some special prototypes.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [21, 21], "content_span": [22, 259]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276897-0000-0000", "contents": "2018 24H TCE Series\nThe 2018 24H Touring Car Endurance Series powered by Hankook is the third season of the Touring Car Endurance Series (TCES). Creventic is the organiser and promoter of the series. The races will be contested with touring cars.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [19, 19], "content_span": [20, 246]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276898-0000-0000", "contents": "2018 3. deild karla\nThe 2018 3. deild karla (English: Men's Third Division) was the 6th season of fourth-tier Icelandic football in its ten team league format. The league began on 11 May and concluded on 15 September.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [19, 19], "content_span": [20, 217]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276898-0001-0000", "contents": "2018 3. deild karla, Teams\nThe league was contested by ten clubs. Six remained in the division from the 2017 season, while four new clubs joined the 3. deild karla:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 26], "content_span": [27, 164]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276898-0002-0000", "contents": "2018 3. deild karla, Results grid\nEach team plays every opponent once home and away for a total of 18 matches per club, and 90 matches altogether.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 33], "content_span": [34, 146]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276899-0000-0000", "contents": "2018 3. divisjon\nThe 2018 3. divisjon (referred to as Norsk Tipping-ligaen for sponsorship reasons) was a fourth-tier Norwegian football league season. The league consisted of 84 teams divided into 6 groups of teams and began on 13 April 2018.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [16, 16], "content_span": [17, 244]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276899-0001-0000", "contents": "2018 3. divisjon\nThe league was played as a double round-robin tournament, where all teams played 26 matches.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [16, 16], "content_span": [17, 109]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276900-0000-0000", "contents": "2018 37 Kind Days 250\nThe 2018 37 Kind Days 250 was the 6th stock car race of the 2018 NASCAR Camping World Truck Series season, and the 18th iteration of the event. The event was held on Friday, May 11, 2018 in Kansas City, Kansas at Kansas Speedway. The race rook 167 laps to complete. Noah Gragson of Kyle Busch Motorsports would dominate the race, and eventually win the race, the first and only win of the season and the second of his career. To fill out the podium, Kyle Busch of Kyle Busch Motorsports and Stewart Friesen of Halmar Friesen Racing finished 2nd and 3rd, respectively.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [21, 21], "content_span": [22, 589]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276900-0001-0000", "contents": "2018 37 Kind Days 250, Background\nKansas Speedway is a 1.5-mile (2.4 km) tri-oval race track in Kansas City, Kansas. It was built in 2001 and hosts two annual NASCAR race weekends. The NTT IndyCar Series also raced there until 2011. The speedway is owned and operated by the International Speedway Corporation.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 33], "content_span": [34, 310]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276900-0002-0000", "contents": "2018 37 Kind Days 250, Practice, First and final practice\nThe first and final practice was held on 10:35 AM CST. Matt Crafton of ThorSport Racing would set the fastest time in practice with a 30.401 and an average speed of 177.626 miles per hour (285.861\u00a0km/h).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 57], "content_span": [58, 261]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276900-0003-0000", "contents": "2018 37 Kind Days 250, Qualifying\nQualifying would take place on Friday, May 11, at 4:05 PM CST. Since Kansas Speedway was at least 1.5 miles (2.4\u00a0km), the qualifying system was a single car, single lap, two round system where in the first round, everyone would set a time to determine positions 13-32. Then, the fastest 12 qualifiers would move on to the second round to determine positions 1-12.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 33], "content_span": [34, 397]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276900-0004-0000", "contents": "2018 37 Kind Days 250, Qualifying\nWhile Noah Gragson would not the set the fastest time in Round 1 (the honor would go to Matt Crafton of ThorSport Racing), he would set a time fast enough to advance into Round 2. He would proceed to set the fastest time in Round 2 and win the pole for the race.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 33], "content_span": [34, 296]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276900-0005-0000", "contents": "2018 37 Kind Days 250, Qualifying\nMyatt Snider of ThorSport Racing would be the only driver not to set a time. During his pole lap, he would spin off of Turn 4. While no damage was caused to the vehicle, he would not set the lap, and take the last starting position.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 33], "content_span": [34, 266]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276900-0006-0000", "contents": "2018 37 Kind Days 250, Qualifying\nCamden Murphy of TJL Motorsports would be the only driver not to qualify, finishing just under 3 seconds off of a guaranteed spot and just under 8 tenths of the second to last qualifier, Kyle Donahue of MB Motorsports.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 33], "content_span": [34, 252]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276901-0000-0000", "contents": "2018 4 Hours of Le Castellet\nThe 2018 4 Hours of Le Castellet was an endurance motor race that took place at the Circuit Paul Ricard near Le Castellet, France between 13 and 15 April 2018, and served as the opening round of the 2018 European Le Mans Series.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [28, 28], "content_span": [29, 258]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276901-0001-0000", "contents": "2018 4 Hours of Le Castellet\nThe overall race victory was taken by the LMP2-class Oreca 07 of Racing Engineering, with Norman Nato, Paul Petit and Olivier Pla winning on the teams' debut in the series.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [28, 28], "content_span": [29, 201]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276901-0002-0000", "contents": "2018 4 Hours of Le Castellet, Qualifying, Qualifying result\nPole position in class is denoted with a yellow background.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 59], "content_span": [60, 119]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276902-0000-0000", "contents": "2018 4 Hours of Monza\nThe 2018 4 Hours of Monza was an endurance motor race that took place at the Autodromo Nazionale Monza near Monza, Italy between 11 and 13 May 2018, and served as the second round of the 2018 European Le Mans Series.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [21, 21], "content_span": [22, 238]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276902-0001-0000", "contents": "2018 4 Hours of Monza\nThe overall race victory was taken by the LMP2-class Oreca 07 of G-Drive Racing, with Andrea Pizzitola, Roman Rusinov and Jean-\u00c9ric Vergne winning one week after the same driver line-up took LMP2 class victory in the 6 Hours of Spa-Francorchamps.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [21, 21], "content_span": [22, 268]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276902-0002-0000", "contents": "2018 4 Hours of Monza, Qualifying, Qualifying result\nPole position in class is denoted with a yellow background.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 52], "content_span": [53, 112]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276903-0000-0000", "contents": "2018 4 Nations Cup\nThe 2018 4 Nations Cup was a women's ice hockey tournament held in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada. It was the 23rd edition of the 4 Nations Cup.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [18, 18], "content_span": [19, 164]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276903-0001-0000", "contents": "2018 4 Nations Cup, Statistics, Scoring leaders\nOnly the top ten skaters, sorted by points, then goals, are included in this list.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [20, 47], "content_span": [48, 130]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276903-0002-0000", "contents": "2018 4 Nations Cup, Statistics, Scoring leaders\nGP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; PIM = Penalties in Minutes; POS = PositionSource:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [20, 47], "content_span": [48, 154]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276903-0003-0000", "contents": "2018 4 Nations Cup, Statistics, Goaltending leaders\nOnly the top four goaltenders, based on save percentage, who played at least 40% of their team's minutes, are included in this list.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [20, 51], "content_span": [52, 184]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276903-0004-0000", "contents": "2018 4 Nations Cup, Statistics, Goaltending leaders\nTOI = Time on Ice (minutes:seconds); SA = Shots Against; GA = Goals Against; GAA = Goals Against Average; Sv% = Save Percentage; SO = ShutoutsSource:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [20, 51], "content_span": [52, 201]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276904-0000-0000", "contents": "2018 4. divisjon\nThe 2018 season of the 4. divisjon, the fifth highest association football league for men in Norway.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [16, 16], "content_span": [17, 117]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276904-0001-0000", "contents": "2018 4. divisjon\nBetween 22 and 26 games (depending on group size) are played in 24 groups, with 3 points given for wins and 1 for draws.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [16, 16], "content_span": [17, 137]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276905-0000-0000", "contents": "2018 6 Hours of Fuji\nThe 2018 6 Hours of Fuji was an endurance sports car racing event held at the Fuji Speedway in Oyama, Japan on the 12\u201314 October 2018. Fuji served as the fourth round of the 2018-19 FIA World Endurance Championship, and was the seventh running of the event as part of the championship. The race was won by the #7 Toyota TS050 Hybrid.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [20, 20], "content_span": [21, 354]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276905-0001-0000", "contents": "2018 6 Hours of Fuji, Qualifying, Qualifying Results\nPole position winners in each class are marked in bold.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 52], "content_span": [53, 108]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276905-0002-0000", "contents": "2018 6 Hours of Fuji, Qualifying, Qualifying Results\n- All of Jos\u00e9 Mar\u00eda L\u00f3pez's lap times were deleted for speeding in the pit lane, resulting in only one driver of the No. 7 Toyota Gazoo Racing being classified as setting a lap time", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 52], "content_span": [53, 234]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276905-0003-0000", "contents": "2018 6 Hours of Fuji, Race, Race Result\nThe minimum number of laps for classification (70% of the overall winning car's race distance) was 161 laps. Class winners in bold.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 39], "content_span": [40, 171]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276906-0000-0000", "contents": "2018 6 Hours of Shanghai\nThe 2018 6 Hours of Shanghai was an endurance sports car racing event held at the Shanghai International Circuit, Shanghai, China on 16\u201318 November 2018. Shanghai served as the fifth round of the 2018-19 FIA World Endurance Championship, and was the seventh running of the event, all part of the championship. The race was won by the #7 Toyota TS050 Hybrid.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [24, 24], "content_span": [25, 382]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276906-0001-0000", "contents": "2018 6 Hours of Shanghai, Qualifying, Qualifying Results\nPoles position winners in each class are marked in bold", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 56], "content_span": [57, 112]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276906-0002-0000", "contents": "2018 6 Hours of Shanghai, Race, Race Result\nThe minimum number of laps for classification (70% of the overall winning car's distance) was 80 laps. Class winners in bold", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 43], "content_span": [44, 168]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276907-0000-0000", "contents": "2018 6 Hours of Silverstone\nThe 2018 6 Hours of Silverstone was an endurance sports car racing event held at the Silverstone Circuit in Northamptonshire, England on 17\u201319 August 2018. Silverstone served as the third round of the 2018-19 FIA World Endurance Championship, and was the seventh running of the event as part of the championship. The race was won by the #3 Rebellion R13, after the #8 and #7 TS050 Hybrids were disqualified due to excessive wear on their Skid Planks.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [27, 27], "content_span": [28, 478]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276907-0001-0000", "contents": "2018 6 Hours of Silverstone, Qualifying, Qualifying Results\nPole position winners in each class are marked in bold.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 59], "content_span": [60, 115]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276907-0002-0000", "contents": "2018 6 Hours of Silverstone, Race\nUpon starting the Rebellion R-13s were caught out by the No. 17 SMP car, and also, contact in LMGTE Am caused carnage on the first lap, similar to the previous races. On lap 23, Aleshin's engine failed and the car retired. Shortly afterward, the No. 10 suffered a supposed suspension issue, as stated by Hanley. The No. 54 had an issue that tossed off the rear wing, bringing out a yellow. Binder was caught out by slowing LMP2 cars, causing him to spin. The car could not start and retired.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 33], "content_span": [34, 525]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276907-0002-0001", "contents": "2018 6 Hours of Silverstone, Race\nEgor Orudzhev's No. 17 lost grip and made contact with Molina, and the No. 71 brought out the safety car for tire debris. The No. 71 ultimately finished second to last, because after the safety car period, the No. 95, from near the LMGTE Pro lead, had a brake repair. The No. 82 had a suspension failure, forcing its retirement, and an FCY to recover it. Late in the race, Sarrazin stopped in the pit lane and had to be pushed to its box.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 33], "content_span": [34, 472]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276907-0002-0002", "contents": "2018 6 Hours of Silverstone, Race\nThe No. 7 ran wide at Stowe and got a puncture, and the No. 8 took the lead. Lotterer had an unstable rear end and came in for a rear wing change. In the final 30 minutes, the No. 92 of Christensen hit Priaulx's Ford, giving it a penalty even so on the road it was 3rd in class.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 33], "content_span": [34, 312]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276907-0003-0000", "contents": "2018 6 Hours of Silverstone, Race, Post-Race\nIn the post-race, the No. 91 Porsche GT was disqualified for low ride height, same being with both the Nos. 7 & 8 of Toyota, giving Thomas Laurent, Mathias Beche, and Gustavo Menezes the win with Rebellion Racing, the first for a non-hybrid since 2012 spa, when Dumas, Gene, and Duval won in the Audi R18 ultra, and Laurent had the prize of youngest race winner. The podium was then a 1-2 for Rebellion followed by SMP No. 17. In LMP2, Richelmi, Aubry, and Tung won from Jafaar, Jeffri, and Tan, followed by the Le Mans class winners. The disqualification of Lietz/Bruni meant that the LMGTE Pro podium was Calado/ Pier Guidi followed by Priaulx/Tincknell, with Estre/Christensen in third. LMGTE Am, the Le Mans winners finished ahead of TF Sport's Adam/Hankey/Eastwood, completing the podium was Perfetti/ Lindsey/Bergmeister in the \"Bumblebee\" Project 1.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 44], "content_span": [45, 902]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276907-0004-0000", "contents": "2018 6 Hours of Silverstone, Race, Race Result\nThe minimum number of laps for classification (70% of the overall winning car's race distance) was 135 laps. Class winners in bold.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 46], "content_span": [47, 178]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276908-0000-0000", "contents": "2018 6 Hours of Spa-Francorchamps\nThe 2018 Total 6 Hours of Spa-Francorchamps was an endurance sports car racing event held at the Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps, Stavelot, Belgium on 3\u20135 May 2018. Spa-Francorchamps served as the first race of the 2018\u201319 FIA World Endurance Championship, and was the seventh running of the event as part of the championship. The race was won by the #8 Toyota TS050 Hybrid.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [33, 33], "content_span": [34, 405]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276908-0001-0000", "contents": "2018 6 Hours of Spa-Francorchamps, Qualifying, Qualifying results\nPole position winners in each class are marked in bold.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 65], "content_span": [66, 121]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276908-0002-0000", "contents": "2018 6 Hours of Spa-Francorchamps, Qualifying, Qualifying results\n\u2013 Only one driver of the No. 10 DragonSpeed set a lap time. \u2013 No.10 DragonSpeed withdrew due to Fittipaldi's high-speed crash at Eau Rouge. \u2013 Only one driver of the No. 86 Gulf Racing set a lap time. \u2013 Both Manors-run Ginettas withdrew after qualifying due to financial issues. \u2013 No.7 Toyota was excluded due to incorrect declaration of Fuel Flow Meter and will start from pit lane a lap down.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 65], "content_span": [66, 459]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276908-0003-0000", "contents": "2018 6 Hours of Spa-Francorchamps, Race, Race result\nThe minimum number of laps for classification (70% of the overall winning car's race distance) was 114 laps. Class winners in bold.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 52], "content_span": [53, 184]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276909-0000-0000", "contents": "2018 A Lyga\nThe 2018 A Lyga was the 29th season of the A Lyga, the top-tier association football league of Lithuania. The season began on 25 February 2018 and ended on 11 November 2018.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 11], "section_span": [11, 11], "content_span": [12, 185]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276909-0001-0000", "contents": "2018 A Lyga\nS\u016bduva Marijampol\u0117 began the season as defending champions having won their first league title last year. They secured a second consecutive title in ARVI Football Arena on 7 November, after they beaten Atlantas 6\u20130.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 11], "section_span": [11, 11], "content_span": [12, 227]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276909-0002-0000", "contents": "2018 A Lyga, Teams, Personnel and kits\nNote: Flags indicate national team as has been defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players and Managers may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 11], "section_span": [13, 38], "content_span": [39, 189]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276909-0003-0000", "contents": "2018 A Lyga, Relegation play-offs\nThe 7th placed team faced the runners-up of the 2018 LFF I Lyga for a two-legged play-off. The winner on aggregate score after both matches earned entry into the 2019 A Lyga.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 11], "section_span": [13, 33], "content_span": [34, 208]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276909-0004-0000", "contents": "2018 A Lyga, Relegation play-offs, Second leg\nPalanga won 5\u20130 on aggregate and therefore both clubs remain in their respective leagues.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 11], "section_span": [13, 45], "content_span": [46, 135]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276909-0005-0000", "contents": "2018 A Lyga, Positions by round\nThe table lists the positions of teams after each week of matches. In order to preserve chronological progress, any postponed matches are not included in the round at which they were originally scheduled, but added to the full round they were played immediately afterwards. For example, if a match is scheduled for matchday 13, but then postponed and played between days 16 and 17, it will be added to the standings for day 16.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 11], "section_span": [13, 31], "content_span": [32, 459]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276909-0006-0000", "contents": "2018 A Lyga, Attendance\nUpdated to games played on 11 November 2018Source: , Notes:1: Team played last season in the I Lyga", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 11], "section_span": [13, 23], "content_span": [24, 123]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276909-0007-0000", "contents": "2018 A Lyga, Awards, Yearly awards, Individual\nAwards were presented at the Lithuanian Football Awards ceremony, which was held on 21 February 2019. Finalists for voted awards were announced after the season and winners were presented at the award ceremony.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 11], "section_span": [13, 46], "content_span": [47, 257]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276910-0000-0000", "contents": "2018 A-League Grand Final\nThe 2018 A-League Grand Final was the thirteenth A-League Grand Final, played on 5 May 2018. The match took place at McDonald Jones Stadium, with Newcastle Jets hosting Melbourne Victory, the first A-League grand final held outside a metropolitan city.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [25, 25], "content_span": [26, 278]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276910-0001-0000", "contents": "2018 A-League Grand Final\nKosta Barbarouses scored the only goal of the game, in the 9th minute. It was a controversial goal, as replays showed that there was an offside offence in the lead up to the goal, but the Video Assistant Referee system had gone down for technical reasons and the goal was allowed to stand.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [25, 25], "content_span": [26, 315]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276910-0002-0000", "contents": "2018 A-League Grand Final, Teams\nIn the following table, finals until 2004 were in the National Soccer League era, since 2006 were in the A-League era.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 32], "content_span": [33, 151]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276910-0003-0000", "contents": "2018 A-League Grand Final, Records\nKosta Barbarouses's 9th-minute goal was the fastest ever goal scored in an A-League Grand Final.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 34], "content_span": [35, 131]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276910-0004-0000", "contents": "2018 A-League Grand Final, Records\nKosta Barbarouses's 9th-minute goal was the equal 3rd fastest goal ever scored in any previous National Soccer League Grand Final & A-League Grand Final history behind John Anastasiadis in 1998 for South Melbourne against Carlton at Olympic Park, Mile Sterjovski in 1999 for Sydney United against South Melbourne at Olympic Park, and Mark Koussas in 1984 for Sydney Olympic against South Melbourne at Olympic Park.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 34], "content_span": [35, 449]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276910-0005-0000", "contents": "2018 A-League Grand Final, Records\nMelbourne Victory became the first ever team to qualify for the A-League Grand Final from outside the top 3. With their win, the Victory became the first team in A-League history to win 4 championships, and the first team in A-League history to win the Championship from outside the top 2.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 34], "content_span": [35, 324]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276910-0006-0000", "contents": "2018 A-League Grand Final, Records\nMelbourne Victory also became the first team to win the championship from outside the top 2 positions after regular season since Adelaide City won the 1994 NSL Grand Final from 5th spot on the ladder and Melbourne Victory are only just the 9th team in history to win an away from home Grand Final in 34-year history of season deciders in NSL & A-League history and were just only the 7th team in history to win the NSL Grand Final & A-League Grand Final from outside the top 2 positions after regular season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 34], "content_span": [35, 543]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276910-0007-0000", "contents": "2018 A-League Grand Final, Records\nMelbourne Victory equal the record for most NSL & A-League championships on four titles along with Hakoah Sydney City (1977, 1980, 1981, 1982), Marconi Stallions (1979, 1988, 1989, 1993), and South Melbourne (1984, 1991, 1998, 1999).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 34], "content_span": [35, 268]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276910-0008-0000", "contents": "2018 A-League Grand Final, Records\nThe crowd of 29,410 was Newcastle's biggest ever home attendance.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 34], "content_span": [35, 100]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276910-0009-0000", "contents": "2018 A-League Grand Final, Video assistant referee (VAR) controversy\nKosta Barbarouses's goal in the 9th minute of the game came about via a header from James Donachie, however Donachie was offside when Leroy George took the free kick which Donachie passed to Barbarouses. The game's video assistant referee (VAR) system failed to detect Donachie's offside position as its video feed had failed in the thirty seconds leading up to the goal. By the time the system was restored, the game had resumed, meaning the decision to allow the goal stood. The Football Federation Australia later acknowledged the technical issues, but offered no real apology to the Newcastle team or fans.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 68], "content_span": [69, 679]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276910-0010-0000", "contents": "2018 A-League Grand Final, Broadcasting\nThe Grand Final was broadcast live throughout Australia on Fox Sports and Network Ten.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 39], "content_span": [40, 126]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276911-0000-0000", "contents": "2018 AAA 400 Drive for Autism\nThe 2018 AAA 400 Drive for Autism was a Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series race held on May 6, 2018, at Dover International Speedway in Dover, Delaware. Contested over 400 laps on the 1-mile (1.6\u00a0km) concrete speedway, it was the 11th race of the 2018 Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [29, 29], "content_span": [30, 320]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276911-0001-0000", "contents": "2018 AAA 400 Drive for Autism, Report, Background\nDover International Speedway is an oval race track in Dover, Delaware, United States that has held at least two NASCAR races since it opened in 1969. In addition to NASCAR, the track also hosted USAC and the Verizon IndyCar Series. The track features one layout, a 1 mile (1.6\u00a0km) concrete oval, with 24\u00b0 banking in the turns and 9\u00b0 banking on the straights. The speedway is owned and operated by Dover Motorsports.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 49], "content_span": [50, 465]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276911-0002-0000", "contents": "2018 AAA 400 Drive for Autism, Report, Background\nThe track, nicknamed \"The Monster Mile\", was built in 1969 by Melvin Joseph of Melvin L. Joseph Construction Company, Inc., with an asphalt surface, but was replaced with concrete in 1995. Six years later in 2001, the track's capacity moved to 135,000 seats, making the track have the largest capacity of sports venue in the mid-Atlantic. In 2002, the name changed to Dover International Speedway from Dover Downs International Speedway after Dover Downs Gaming and Entertainment split, making Dover Motorsports. From 2007 to 2009, the speedway worked on an improvement project called \"The Monster Makeover\", which expanded facilities at the track and beautified the track. After the 2014 season, the track's capacity was reduced to 95,500 seats.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 49], "content_span": [50, 796]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276911-0003-0000", "contents": "2018 AAA 400 Drive for Autism, First practice\nPaul Menard was the fastest in the first practice session with a time of 22.524 seconds and a speed of 159.830\u00a0mph (257.221\u00a0km/h).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 45], "content_span": [46, 176]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276911-0004-0000", "contents": "2018 AAA 400 Drive for Autism, Qualifying\nKyle Larson scored the pole for the race with a time of 22.770 and a speed of 158.103\u00a0mph (254.442\u00a0km/h).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 41], "content_span": [42, 147]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276911-0005-0000", "contents": "2018 AAA 400 Drive for Autism, Practice (post-qualifying), Second practice\nJoey Logano was the fastest in the second practice session with a time of 22.858 seconds and a speed of 157.494\u00a0mph (253.462\u00a0km/h).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 74], "content_span": [75, 206]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276911-0006-0000", "contents": "2018 AAA 400 Drive for Autism, Practice (post-qualifying), Final practice\nAric Almirola was the fastest in the final practice session with a time of 22.745 seconds and a speed of 158.277\u00a0mph (254.722\u00a0km/h).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 73], "content_span": [74, 206]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276911-0007-0000", "contents": "2018 AAA 400 Drive for Autism, Media, Television\nFox Sports covered their 18th race at the Dover International Speedway. Mike Joy, five-time Dover winner Jeff Gordon and two-time Dover winner Darrell Waltrip had the call in the booth for the race. Jamie Little, Vince Welch and Matt Yocum handled the action on pit road for the television side.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 48], "content_span": [49, 344]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276911-0008-0000", "contents": "2018 AAA 400 Drive for Autism, Media, Radio\nMRN had the radio call for the race which was also simulcasted on Sirius XM NASCAR Radio.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 43], "content_span": [44, 133]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276912-0000-0000", "contents": "2018 AAA Texas 500\nThe 2018 AAA Texas 500 was a Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series race that was held on November 4, 2018, at Texas Motor Speedway in Fort Worth, Texas. Contested over 337 laps \u2013 extended from 334 laps due to an overtime finish, on the 1.5 mile (2.4\u00a0km) intermediate quad-oval, it is the 34th race of the 2018 Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series season, eighth race of the Playoffs, and second race of the Round of 8.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [18, 18], "content_span": [19, 428]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276912-0001-0000", "contents": "2018 AAA Texas 500, Report, Background\nTexas Motor Speedway is a speedway located in the northernmost portion of the U.S. city of Fort Worth, Texas\u00a0\u2013 the portion located in Denton County, Texas. The track measures 1.5 miles (2.4\u00a0km) around and is banked 24\u00a0degrees in the turns, and is of the oval design, where the front straightaway juts outward slightly. The track layout is similar to Atlanta Motor Speedway and Charlotte Motor Speedway (formerly Lowe's Motor Speedway). The track is owned by Speedway Motorsports, Inc., the same company that owns Atlanta and Charlotte Motor Speedways, as well as the short-track Bristol Motor Speedway.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [20, 38], "content_span": [39, 641]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276912-0002-0000", "contents": "2018 AAA Texas 500, First practice\nRyan Blaney was the fastest in the first practice session with a time of 27.139 seconds and a speed of 198.976\u00a0mph (320.221\u00a0km/h).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [20, 34], "content_span": [35, 165]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276912-0003-0000", "contents": "2018 AAA Texas 500, Qualifying\nRyan Blaney scored the pole for the race with a time of 26.932 and a speed of 200.505\u00a0mph (322.682\u00a0km/h).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [20, 30], "content_span": [31, 136]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276912-0004-0000", "contents": "2018 AAA Texas 500, Practice (post-qualifying), Second practice\nAric Almirola was the fastest in the second practice session with a time of 27.856 seconds and a speed of 193.854\u00a0mph (311.978\u00a0km/h).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [20, 63], "content_span": [64, 197]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276912-0005-0000", "contents": "2018 AAA Texas 500, Practice (post-qualifying), Final practice\nRicky Stenhouse Jr. was the fastest in the final practice session with a time of 28.074 seconds and a speed of 192.349\u00a0mph (309.556\u00a0km/h).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [20, 62], "content_span": [63, 201]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276912-0006-0000", "contents": "2018 AAA Texas 500, Race, Final Stage Results\n\u2020 Kevin Harvick was penalized 40 points and the win is encumbered due to a spoiler infraction post-race.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [20, 45], "content_span": [46, 150]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276912-0007-0000", "contents": "2018 AAA Texas 500, Media, Television\nNBC Sports covered the race on the television side. Rick Allen, Two\u2013time Texas winner Jeff Burton, Steve Letarte and 2000 Texas winner Dale Earnhardt Jr. had the call in the booth for the race. Dave Burns, Marty Snider and Kelli Stavast reported from pit lane during the race.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [20, 37], "content_span": [38, 314]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276912-0008-0000", "contents": "2018 AAA Texas 500, Media, Radio\nPRN had the radio call for the race, which was simulcast on Sirius XM NASCAR Radio.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [20, 32], "content_span": [33, 116]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276913-0000-0000", "contents": "2018 ABA League Playoffs\nThe 2018 ABA League Playoffs is the play-off tournament that decides the winner of the 2017\u201318 ABA League First Division season. The playoffs started on March 18, 2018 and ended on April 14, 2018. The winner of the play-offs qualifies for the 2018\u201319 EuroLeague.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [24, 24], "content_span": [25, 287]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276914-0000-0000", "contents": "2018 ABA League Second Division Final Four\nThe 2018 ABA League Second Division Final Four is the concluding ABA League Second Division tournament of the 2017\u201318 ABA League Second Division season. The winner of the final four was promoted to the 2018\u201319 ABA League First Division.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [42, 42], "content_span": [43, 279]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276914-0001-0000", "contents": "2018 ABA League Second Division Final Four, Venue\nAfter having analyzed the offers, that have been submitted following a tender by 9 February 2018, the ABA League Presidency has decided to award the organization of the Final Four Tournament of the ABA League Second Division to the Borac and their town of \u010ca\u010dak, Serbia.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [44, 49], "content_span": [50, 320]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276915-0000-0000", "contents": "2018 ABA League Supercup\nThe 2018 ABA League Supercup was the second tournament of the ABA League Supercup, featuring teams from the Adriatic League First Division.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [24, 24], "content_span": [25, 164]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276915-0001-0000", "contents": "2018 ABA League Supercup, Qualified teams\nBased on the results in the 2017\u201318 ABA League First Division season there are 8 participants at the 2018 Adriatic Supercup. Eighth team is the host. Qualified teams are the seven best placed teams of the season and the host.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 41], "content_span": [42, 267]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276916-0000-0000", "contents": "2018 ABC Supply 500\nThe 2018 ABC Supply 500 was the 14th round of the 2018 IndyCar Series season. The race was held on August 19 at Pocono Raceway in Long Pond, Pennsylvania. The race served as the 14th round of the 2018 IndyCar Series season. 2018 Indy 500 champion Will Power qualified on pole position, while 2016 Indy 500 champion Alexander Rossi took victory in the 200-lap race. The race was marred by a massive crash on lap 6 which ended the races of Ryan Hunter-Reay, Robert Wickens, James Hinchcliffe, Takuma Sato, and Pietro Fittipaldi. Hunter-Reay, Hinchcliffe, Sato, and Fittipaldi were unharmed, but Wickens sustained severe injuries and was paralyzed from the chest down as a result.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [19, 19], "content_span": [20, 697]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276916-0001-0000", "contents": "2018 ABC Supply 500, Results, Race\nNotes: Points include 1 point for leading at least 1 lap during a race, an additional 2 points for leading the most race laps, and 1 point for Pole Position.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 34], "content_span": [35, 192]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276917-0000-0000", "contents": "2018 ABL Finals\nThe 2018 ASEAN Basketball League (ABL) Finals was the best-of-5 championship series of the 2017\u201318 ABL season and the conclusion of the season's playoffs. Mono Vampire and San Miguel Alab Pilipinas competed for the 8th championship contested by the league. After a decider Game 5, San Miguel Alab Pilipinas eventually clinched the club's first franchise championship in its history, and the third ABL Championship that came from the Philippines. Bobby Ray Parks Jr. was named as the Finals MVP after averaging 23 points per game in the finals series.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [15, 15], "content_span": [16, 567]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276917-0001-0000", "contents": "2018 ABL Finals, Background, Head-to-head matchups\nThis is the first playoff and finals meeting between Alab Pilipinas and Mono Vampire.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [17, 50], "content_span": [51, 136]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276918-0000-0000", "contents": "2018 ABL Playoffs\nThe 2018 ABL Playoffs is the postseason tournament concluding the 2017\u201318 season of the ASEAN Basketball League (ABL). The top two teams that had the best regular season records qualified directly to the semifinals, while the third to sixth best teams faced each other in the quarterfinals. The quarterfinals and the semifinals will be a best-of-three series, while the Finals is a best-of-five series. The higher-seed team holds the home court advantage, hosting Games 1 and 3 in the semifinals, and Games 1, 2 and 5 in the Finals.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 17], "section_span": [17, 17], "content_span": [18, 550]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276919-0000-0000", "contents": "2018 ABN AMRO World Tennis Tournament\nThe 2018 ABN AMRO World Tennis Tournament (or Rotterdam Open) was a men's tennis tournament played on indoor hard courts. It took place at the Rotterdam Ahoy arena in the Dutch city of Rotterdam, between 12\u201318 February 2018. It was the 45th edition of the tournament, and part of the ATP World Tour 500 series of the 2018 ATP World Tour. The tournament also includes a Men's Wheelchair Tennis Singles and Doubles draw. The wheelchair tennis event was an ITF-1 level tournament, with a total of $32,000 prize money.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [37, 37], "content_span": [38, 552]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276919-0001-0000", "contents": "2018 ABN AMRO World Tennis Tournament, Points and prize money, Prize money\n1 Qualifiers prize money is also the Round of 32 prize money* per team", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 74], "content_span": [75, 145]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276919-0002-0000", "contents": "2018 ABN AMRO World Tennis Tournament, Doubles main draw entrants, Other entrants\nThe following pairs received wildcards into the doubles main draw:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 81], "content_span": [82, 148]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276920-0000-0000", "contents": "2018 ABN AMRO World Tennis Tournament \u2013 Doubles\nIvan Dodig and Marcel Granollers were the defending champions, but Granollers chose not to participate this year. Dodig played alongside Rajeev Ram, but lost in the semifinals to Pierre-Hugues Herbert and Nicolas Mahut.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 47], "section_span": [47, 47], "content_span": [48, 267]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276920-0001-0000", "contents": "2018 ABN AMRO World Tennis Tournament \u2013 Doubles\nHerbert and Mahut went on to win the title, defeating Oliver Marach and Mate Pavi\u0107 in the final, 2\u20136, 6\u20132, [10\u20137].", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 47], "section_span": [47, 47], "content_span": [48, 162]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276921-0000-0000", "contents": "2018 ABN AMRO World Tennis Tournament \u2013 Singles\nJo-Wilfried Tsonga was the defending champion, but withdrew before the tournament began with a left hamstring injury.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 47], "section_span": [47, 47], "content_span": [48, 165]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276921-0001-0000", "contents": "2018 ABN AMRO World Tennis Tournament \u2013 Singles\nRoger Federer regained the ATP No. 1 singles ranking by reaching the semifinals and went on to win his third title in Rotterdam, defeating Grigor Dimitrov in the final, 6\u20132, 6\u20132.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 47], "section_span": [47, 47], "content_span": [48, 226]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276922-0000-0000", "contents": "2018 ACB Playoffs\nThe 2018 ACB Playoffs, also known as 2018 Liga Endesa Playoffs for sponsorship reasons, was the postseason tournament of the ACB's 2017\u201318 season, which began September 29, 2017. The playoffs started on 27 May 2018 and ended on 19 June 2018 with the Finals.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 17], "section_span": [17, 17], "content_span": [18, 275]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276922-0001-0000", "contents": "2018 ACB Playoffs\nValencia Basket was the defending champion, but was defeated in quarterfinals by Herbalife Gran Canaria, who achieved qualification to the EuroLeague for the first time ever, but was defeated in semifinals by Real Madrid who won their 34th title after defeating Kirolbet Baskonia in finals.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 17], "section_span": [17, 17], "content_span": [18, 308]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276922-0002-0000", "contents": "2018 ACB Playoffs, Format\nAt the end of the regular season, the eight teams with the most wins qualify for the playoffs. The seedings are based on each team's record.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 17], "section_span": [19, 25], "content_span": [26, 166]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276922-0003-0000", "contents": "2018 ACB Playoffs, Format\nThe bracket is fixed; there is no reseeding. The quarterfinals are best-of-three series; the team that wins two games advances to the next round. This round is in a 1\u20131\u20131 format. From the semifinals onward, the rounds are best-of-five series; the team that wins three games advances to the next round. These rounds, including the Finals, are in a 2\u20132\u20131 format. Home court advantage in any round belong to the higher-seeded team.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 17], "section_span": [19, 25], "content_span": [26, 454]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276922-0004-0000", "contents": "2018 ACB Playoffs, Playoff qualifying\nOn 8 April 2018, Real Madrid became the first team to clinch a playoff spot.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 17], "section_span": [19, 37], "content_span": [38, 114]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276922-0005-0000", "contents": "2018 ACB Playoffs, Bracket\nTeams in bold advance to the next round. The numbers to the left of each team indicate the team's seeding, and the numbers to the right indicate the result of games including result in bold of the team that won in that game.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 17], "section_span": [19, 26], "content_span": [27, 251]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276922-0006-0000", "contents": "2018 ACB Playoffs, Quarterfinals, Real Madrid v Iberostar Tenerife\nThis was the first meeting in the playoffs between Real Madrid and Iberostar Tenerife.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 17], "section_span": [19, 66], "content_span": [67, 153]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276922-0007-0000", "contents": "2018 ACB Playoffs, Quarterfinals, Kirolbet Baskonia v Unicaja\nThis was the ninth playoff meeting between these two teams, with Kirolbet Baskonia winning five of the first eight meetings.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 17], "section_span": [19, 61], "content_span": [62, 186]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276922-0008-0000", "contents": "2018 ACB Playoffs, Quarterfinals, FC Barcelona Lassa v MoraBanc Andorra\nThis was the second playoff meeting between these two teams, with FC Barcelona Lassa winning the previous meeting.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 17], "section_span": [19, 71], "content_span": [72, 186]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276922-0009-0000", "contents": "2018 ACB Playoffs, Quarterfinals, Valencia Basket v Herbalife Gran Canaria\nThis was the first meeting in the playoffs between Valencia Basket and Herbalife Gran Canaria.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 17], "section_span": [19, 74], "content_span": [75, 169]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276922-0010-0000", "contents": "2018 ACB Playoffs, Semifinals, Real Madrid v Herbalife Gran Canaria\nThis was the 3rd playoff meeting between these two teams, with Real Madrid winning the previous two meetings.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 17], "section_span": [19, 67], "content_span": [68, 177]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276922-0011-0000", "contents": "2018 ACB Playoffs, Semifinals, Kirolbet Baskonia v FC Barcelona Lassa\nThis was the 13th playoff meeting between these two teams, with FC Barcelona Lassa winning seven of the first 12 meetings.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 17], "section_span": [19, 69], "content_span": [70, 192]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276922-0012-0000", "contents": "2018 ACB Playoffs, Finals\nThis was the 11th playoff meeting between these two teams, with Real Madrid winning seven of the first 10 meetings.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 17], "section_span": [19, 25], "content_span": [26, 141]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276923-0000-0000", "contents": "2018 ACC Championship Game\nThe 2018 ACC Championship Game was played on December 1, 2018. It was the 14th annual ACC Championship Game, played to determine the 2018 champion of the Atlantic Coast Conference. The game was held at Bank of America Stadium in Charlotte, North Carolina. Clemson emerged victorious and became the 2018 ACC champions, beating Pitt 42\u201310.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [26, 26], "content_span": [27, 364]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276923-0001-0000", "contents": "2018 ACC Championship Game, History\nThe 2018 Championship Game was the 14th in the Atlantic Coast Conference's 66-year history. Last season, the ACC Championship Game featured the Clemson Tigers, champions of the Atlantic Division, and the Miami Hurricanes, champions of the Coastal Division. Clemson won the game 38\u20133 and went on to the 2017 College Football Playoff.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 35], "content_span": [36, 368]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276923-0002-0000", "contents": "2018 ACC Championship Game, Teams, Clemson\nThe Clemson Tigers finished the season with a 12\u20130 undefeated record. This is the Tigers' fourth straight appearance in the championship game. They have won the previous three championship games. During the season, they defeated Georgia Tech, Syracuse, Wake Forest, NC State, Florida State, Louisville, Boston College and Duke in conference play. Their season was also highlighted by 2 wins over SEC teams (Texas A&M and South Carolina). The Tigers come into the game ranked #2 in both the AP and Coaches poll.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 42], "content_span": [43, 553]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276923-0003-0000", "contents": "2018 ACC Championship Game, Teams, Pittsburgh\nThe Pittsburgh Panthers finished the season with a 7\u20135 overall record and a 6\u20132 record in ACC play. This is Pitt's first appearance in the championship game. During the regular season, they defeated Georgia Tech, Syracuse, Duke, Virginia, Virginia Tech, and Wake Forest in conference play. They lost to North Carolina and Miami (FL) in conference play. The Panthers come into the game unranked in both the AP and Coaches poll.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 45], "content_span": [46, 472]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276923-0004-0000", "contents": "2018 ACC Championship Game, Teams, Clemson vs. Pittsburgh series history\nThis matchup was the third all-time meeting between the Tigers and Panthers. They last played on November 12, 2016, when Pitt upset No. 2 Clemson at Memorial Stadium, kicking the winning field goal with 6 seconds remaining to defeat Clemson by a final score of 43\u201342. The win brought Clemson its first (and ultimately, only) loss of the season, as the Tigers went on to win the College Football Playoff National Championship.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 72], "content_span": [73, 498]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276924-0000-0000", "contents": "2018 ACC Eastern Region T20\nThe 2018 ACC Eastern Region T20 was a Twenty20 (T20) cricket tournament held in Thailand from 21 to 25 February 2018. The four participating teams in the first edition of this new event were the national sides of Bhutan, China, Myanmar and hosts Thailand. The matches were all played at the Terdthai Cricket Ground in Bangkok. Matches did not have Twenty20 International status, but matches played in future editions will following the decision of the ICC to grant full Twenty20 International status to all its members from 1 January 2019.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [27, 27], "content_span": [28, 567]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276924-0000-0001", "contents": "2018 ACC Eastern Region T20\nThe first day's action saw comfortable wins for Bhutan and Thailand over China and Myanmar, respectively. Thailand secured a place in the final by defeating Bhutan on day two, following on from China's win against Myanmar. The third day was lost due to rain with both scheduled matches abandoned, which meant that Bhutan joined Thailand in the final. The final day's play-offs saw Myanmar edge past China by five runs to claim third place, and then Bhutan defeat Thailand by three runs to take the title.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [27, 27], "content_span": [28, 532]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276924-0001-0000", "contents": "2018 ACC Eastern Region T20\nBhutan's captain Jigme Singye was named as player of the tournament, fellow Bhutanese player Suprit Pradhan was named bowler of the tournament, and the best batsman award was given to Thailand's captain Daniel Jacobs.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [27, 27], "content_span": [28, 245]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276924-0002-0000", "contents": "2018 ACC Eastern Region T20, Round-robin, Matches\nSummaries and player of the match winners, along with downloadable scorecards, can be found on the ACC website.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 49], "content_span": [50, 161]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276925-0000-0000", "contents": "2018 ACC Emerging Teams Asia Cup\nThe 2018 ACC Emerging Teams Asia Cup was the third edition of the ACC Emerging Teams Asia Cup held in Karachi, Pakistan and Colombo, Sri Lanka. Eight teams participated in the tournament including five under-23 age level teams of Test nations and top three teams from 2018 Asia Cup Qualifier. This tournament was organized by the Asian Cricket Council (ACC). Initially, Pakistan was sole host for the tournament but India and BCCI refused to send Indian players to Pakistan.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [32, 32], "content_span": [33, 507]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276925-0000-0001", "contents": "2018 ACC Emerging Teams Asia Cup\nFollowing the increasing political tensions between India and Pakistan, ACC announced that Sri Lanka would be the co-host whilst India's matches and knockout stage will be played there. The U-23 teams from India, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka and Pakistan qualified for the semi-finals. Sri Lanka's U-23 defeated India U-23 by 3 runs in the final to win the tournament.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [32, 32], "content_span": [33, 394]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276926-0000-0000", "contents": "2018 ACC Men's Basketball Tournament\nThe 2018 ACC Men's Basketball Tournament was the postseason men's basketball tournament for the Atlantic Coast Conference held at Barclays Center in Brooklyn, New York from March 6\u201310, 2018. It was the 65th annual edition of the tournament, and the second year in a row being held at Barclays Center. The Virginia Cavaliers entered the tournament as the top seed, with a 17\u20131 conference record (28\u20132 overall) under the guidance of Tony Bennett. UVA also began the tournament unanimously ranked number 1 in the country in both major polls.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [36, 36], "content_span": [37, 575]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276926-0001-0000", "contents": "2018 ACC Men's Basketball Tournament\nThe Cavaliers defeated Louisville 75\u201358 and Clemson 64\u201358 to secure a place in the tournament championship game. They defeated North Carolina 71\u201363 in the championship game to become tournament champion. Sophomore guard Kyle Guy was named Tournament MVP. Games were shown on over-the-air television in local media markets by the syndicated ACCN and simulcast nationally on various ESPN cable networks.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [36, 36], "content_span": [37, 438]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276926-0002-0000", "contents": "2018 ACC Men's Basketball Tournament\nBoth the Virginia\u2013North Carolina title game and Duke\u2013North Carolina semifinal game set the Barclays Center attendance record for college basketball games, and conference leadership vowed to return the ACC Tournament to New York in the near future.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [36, 36], "content_span": [37, 284]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276926-0003-0000", "contents": "2018 ACC Men's Basketball Tournament, Seeds\nAll 15 ACC teams participated in the tournament. Teams were seeded by record within the conference, with a tiebreaker system to seed teams with identical conference records. The tournament was held over five consecutive days. Teams ranked 10\u201315 played on the first day; teams ranked 5\u20139 entered the bracket on the second day, with teams ranked 1\u20134 entering on the third day (quarterfinals). The semifinals were played on the fourth day, and the finals on the last day.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 43], "content_span": [44, 512]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276926-0004-0000", "contents": "2018 ACC Men's Basketball Tournament, Schedule\nAll games will be televised on the ACC Network within the ACC footprint and simulcast nationally on the ESPN networks denoted below.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 46], "content_span": [47, 179]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276926-0005-0000", "contents": "2018 ACC Men's Basketball Tournament, Game summaries, First round\nThree games were played in the first round. In all three, the higher seed advanced.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 65], "content_span": [66, 149]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276926-0006-0000", "contents": "2018 ACC Men's Basketball Tournament, Game summaries, First round\nIn the first game, the 12-seed Boston College Eagles took on the 13-seed Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets. Boston College got out to ten point lead at half time. They opened the second half on a 15-5 run, bring their lead to 20 with under 14 minutes to play. A late flurry of scoring by Georgia Tech reduced the Eagles lead to 6 with only 45 seconds remaining, but BC hit four free throws at the end of the game, ending the chance of a Yellow Jacket comeback. Georgia Tech's Tadric Jackson led all scorers with 29 points in the losing effort.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 65], "content_span": [66, 603]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276926-0007-0000", "contents": "2018 ACC Men's Basketball Tournament, Game summaries, First round\nThe second game featured the 10-seed Notre Dame Fighting Irish against the 15-seed Pittsburgh Panthers. The game looked to be one of the biggest mismatches in the tournament, with Notre Dame likely post-season bound with a 20-win season and Pittsburgh entering the tournament having lost every conference game and sporting a woeful 8-24 record.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 65], "content_span": [66, 410]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276926-0007-0001", "contents": "2018 ACC Men's Basketball Tournament, Game summaries, First round\nInstead, the two teams played the closest game of the first round, with Notre Dame clinging to a two-point lead with less than a minute remaining; however a controversial loose-ball foul against Pitt's Marcus Carr followed by a turnover by Carr allowed Notre Dame to preserve their lead and close out the game 67-64. Carr's late game mistakes were ironic as his three-pointer was the one that cut the Notre Dame lead to two, and he scored 18 in the game, tied with Jared Wilson-Frame to lead the Panthers in scoring. Notre Dame's Bonzie Colson led all scorers with 19.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 65], "content_span": [66, 634]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276926-0008-0000", "contents": "2018 ACC Men's Basketball Tournament, Game summaries, First round\nThe last game of the day featured the 11-seed Syracuse Orange versus the 14-seed Wake Forest Demon Deacons. Syracuse was playing with a short bench, as several injuries limited their ability to substitute. Despite leading by 19 with under eight minutes to play, the wear on Syracuse's starters showed, as they played all but the last 32 seconds of the second half, and that substitution was forced by Tyus Battle's fifth foul of the game. The Demon Deacons had cut the lead to six with fresher legs, but the Orange held on to win 73-64. Wake Forest's Bryant Crawford led all scoring with 22 points.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 65], "content_span": [66, 664]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276927-0000-0000", "contents": "2018 ACC Men's Soccer Tournament\nThe 2018 Atlantic Coast Conference Men's Soccer Tournament was the 32nd edition of the ACC Men's Soccer Tournament. The tournament decided the Atlantic Coast Conference champion and guaranteed representative into the 2018 NCAA Division I Men's Soccer Championship. The final was played at Sahlen's Stadium in Cary, NC.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [32, 32], "content_span": [33, 351]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276927-0001-0000", "contents": "2018 ACC Men's Soccer Tournament\nThe Louisville Cardinals won the tournament over the North Carolina Tar Heels 1\u20130 in the final.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [32, 32], "content_span": [33, 128]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276927-0002-0000", "contents": "2018 ACC Men's Soccer Tournament, Qualification\nAll twelve teams in the Atlantic Coast Conference earned a berth into the ACC Tournament. The top 4 seeds receive first round byes and will host the winner of a first round game. All rounds, with the exception of the final are held at the higher seed's home field. Seeding is determined by regular season conference record. Ties are broken by overall winning percentage. Ten of the twelve teams have been ranked this year and eight currently hold spots in the top 11 of the NCAA RPI.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 47], "content_span": [48, 531]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276927-0003-0000", "contents": "2018 ACC Men's Soccer Tournament, Bracket\n*Note: Home team listed first. Rankings shown are ACC Tournament Seeds.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 41], "content_span": [42, 113]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276927-0004-0000", "contents": "2018 ACC Men's Soccer Tournament, All-Tournament Team\nWill Pulisic, DukeBrandon Williamson, DukeLamine Conte, LouisvilleCherif Dieye, LouisvilleZiyad Fekri, LouisvilleJake Gelnovatch, LouisvilleTate Schmitt, LouisvilleNils Bruening, North CarolinaAlex Comsia, North CarolinaJohn Nelson, North CarolinaMachop Chol, Wake ForestSam Raben, Wake Forest", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 53], "content_span": [54, 347]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276928-0000-0000", "contents": "2018 ACC Under-19 Asia Cup\nThe 2018 Under-19 Asia Cup was the 7th edition of ACC Under-19 Cup. The cricket tournament was held in Bangladesh from 29 September to 7 October at Chittagong and Cox's Bazar. 8 teams participated in the tournament, including 5 full members and three qualifiers. Afghanistan were the defending champions but failed to defend their title after a loss against Sri Lanka in the semi-finals. India defeated Sri Lanka by 144 runs in the final to win the tournament for the 6th time.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [26, 26], "content_span": [27, 504]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276929-0000-0000", "contents": "2018 ACC Women's Basketball Tournament\nThe 2018 Atlantic Coast Conference Women's Basketball Tournament, which ended the 2017\u201318 season of the Atlantic Coast Conference, was held at Greensboro Coliseum in Greensboro, North Carolina, from February 28\u2013March 4, 2018. Louisville, which finished atop the ACC regular-season table along with Notre Dame, won the tournament and with it the ACC's automatic bid to the 2018 NCAA Women's Division I Basketball Tournament.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [38, 38], "content_span": [39, 462]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276930-0000-0000", "contents": "2018 ACC Women's Soccer Tournament\nThe 2018 ACC Women's Soccer Tournament was the postseason women's soccer tournament for the Atlantic Coast Conference. The defending champions were the North Carolina Tar Heels. However, North Carolina was unable to defend their crown, losing to Florida State in the final.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [34, 34], "content_span": [35, 308]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276930-0001-0000", "contents": "2018 ACC Women's Soccer Tournament, Qualification\nThe top eight teams in the Atlantic Coast Conference earned a berth into the ACC Tournament. The quarterfinal round was held at campus sites, while the semifinals and final took place at Sahlen's Stadium in Cary, North Carolina. Clemson received the 5th seed over Louisville due to having a better goal difference in conference games. Five of the eight teams in the tournament were ranked in the United Soccer Coaches poll that was released on Tuesday, October 23, 2018.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 49], "content_span": [50, 520]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276931-0000-0000", "contents": "2018 ACT Clay Court International\nThe 2018 ACT Clay Court International was a professional tennis tournament played on outdoor clay courts. It was the third edition of the tournament and part of the 2018 ITF Women's Circuit. It took place in Canberra, Australia, on 19\u201325 March 2018. It was the first of two tournaments held back-to-back at the same location.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [33, 33], "content_span": [34, 359]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276931-0001-0000", "contents": "2018 ACT Clay Court International, Singles main draw entrants, Other entrants\nThe following players received a wildcard into the singles main draw:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 77], "content_span": [78, 147]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276932-0000-0000", "contents": "2018 ACT Clay Court International \u2013 Doubles\nAshleigh Barty and Arina Rodionova were the defending champions, having won the previous edition in 2016, however both players chose to participate at the 2018 Miami Open instead.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [43, 43], "content_span": [44, 223]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276932-0001-0000", "contents": "2018 ACT Clay Court International \u2013 Doubles\nPriscilla Hon and Dalila Jakupovi\u0107 won the title, defeating Miyu Kato and Makoto Ninomiya in the final, 6\u20134, 4\u20136, [10\u20137].", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [43, 43], "content_span": [44, 165]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276933-0000-0000", "contents": "2018 ACT Clay Court International \u2013 Singles\nEri Hozumi was the defending champion, having won the previous edition in 2016, however she lost in the second round to Sh\u00e9razad Reix.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [43, 43], "content_span": [44, 178]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276933-0001-0000", "contents": "2018 ACT Clay Court International \u2013 Singles\nDalila Jakupovi\u0107 won the title after defeating Destanee Aiava 6\u20134, 6\u20134 in the final.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [43, 43], "content_span": [44, 128]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276934-0000-0000", "contents": "2018 ADAC Formula 4 Championship\nThe 2018 ADAC Formula 4 Championship was the fourth season of the ADAC Formula 4, an open-wheel motor racing series. It was a multi-event motor racing championship that featured drivers competing in 1.4 litre Tatuus-Abarth single seat race cars that conformed to the technical regulations for the championship. It began on 14 April at Oschersleben and finished on 23 September at Hockenheim after seven triple header rounds.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [32, 32], "content_span": [33, 457]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276934-0001-0000", "contents": "2018 ADAC Formula 4 Championship\nThe championship was dominated by US Racing\u00a0\u2013 CHRS driver Lirim Zendeli, who secured the title after race three at the N\u00fcrburgring. He extended his wins tally to ten with victory in the season finale at Hockenheim. His success was key for US Racing\u00a0\u2013 CHRS teams' title. Van Amersfoort Racing driver Liam Lawson lost to Zendeli by 114 points with wins at Lausitz and Spielberg. Prema Theodore Racing driver Enzo Fittipaldi was third with just one win, at Spielberg. Lawson's teammates Frederik Vesti and Charles Weerts were victorious at Hockenheim and N\u00fcrburgring, completing the top five in the standings. David Schumacher won the rookie title, defeating fellow German driver Niklas Kr\u00fctten by 31 points.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [32, 32], "content_span": [33, 739]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276934-0002-0000", "contents": "2018 ADAC Formula 4 Championship, Race calendar\nVenues for the 2018 season were announced on 19 December 2017 with the first Hockenheim round and the Lausitz round as 2018 Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters support events, while other event were scheduled to support 2018 ADAC GT Masters. The calendar was altered on 26 March 2018, filling the slot in the 2018 German Grand Prix support package, making a debut for ADAC Formula 4 in the Formula One weekend programme and becoming the first FIA Formula 4 race in the Formula One weekend slot in Europe.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 47], "content_span": [48, 545]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276934-0003-0000", "contents": "2018 ADAC Formula 4 Championship, Championship standings\nPoints were awarded to the top 10 classified finishers in each race. No points were awarded for pole position or fastest lap.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 56], "content_span": [57, 182]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276935-0000-0000", "contents": "2018 ADAC GT Masters\nThe 2018 ADAC GT Masters was the twelfth season of the ADAC GT Masters, the grand tourer-style sports car racing founded by the German automobile club ADAC. The season began on 14 April at Oschersleben and ended on 23 September at Hockenheim after seven double-header meetings.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [20, 20], "content_span": [21, 298]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276935-0001-0000", "contents": "2018 ADAC GT Masters, Race calendar and results\nOn 29 November 2017, the ADAC announced the 2018 calendar.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 47], "content_span": [48, 106]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276935-0002-0000", "contents": "2018 ADAC GT Masters, Championship standings\nChampionship points were awarded for the first ten positions in each race. Entries were required to complete 75% of the winning car's race distance in order to be classified and earn points. Individual drivers were required to participate for a minimum of 25 minutes in order to earn championship points in any race.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 44], "content_span": [45, 361]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276936-0000-0000", "contents": "2018 ADAC TCR Germany Touring Car Championship\nThe 2018 ADAC TCR Germany Touring Car Championship will be the third season of touring car racing to be run by the German-based sanctioning body ADAC to the TCR regulations. The series will run predominately in ADAC's home nation Germany. As a support category to the ADAC GT Masters series, the championship will also take in races in the neighbouring nations of Austria, the Netherlands and the Czech Republic.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [46, 46], "content_span": [47, 459]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276936-0001-0000", "contents": "2018 ADAC TCR Germany Touring Car Championship\nJosh Files will be the defending Drivers' champion, while Target Competition will the defending Teams' champions.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [46, 46], "content_span": [47, 160]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276936-0002-0000", "contents": "2018 ADAC TCR Germany Touring Car Championship, Teams and drivers, Team and driver changes\nFormer ADAC Procar champions YACO Racing will enter the series with a single Audi RS3 LMS TCR for Simon Reicher, who moves from Certainty Racing Team.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [48, 90], "content_span": [91, 241]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276936-0003-0000", "contents": "2018 ADAC TCR Germany Touring Car Championship, Teams and drivers, Team and driver changes\nWolf-Power Racing will switch from SEAT Le\u00f3n TCR to Renault M\u00e9gane TCR for the 2018 season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [48, 90], "content_span": [91, 182]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276936-0004-0000", "contents": "2018 ADAC TCR Germany Touring Car Championship, Teams and drivers, Team and driver changes\nEngstler Motorsport will retain Luca Engstler and Floran Thoma. In addition the team will increase to five cars during the entire season signing Th\u00e9o Coicaud, Justin H\u00e4u\u00dfermann and Niko Kankkunen.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [48, 90], "content_span": [91, 287]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276936-0005-0000", "contents": "2018 ADAC TCR Germany Touring Car Championship, Teams and drivers, Team and driver changes\nGerman footballer Max Kruse will set up his own team Max Kruse Racing, fielding a single Volkswagen Golf GTI TCR for Benjamin Leuchter, who returns to the series after missing out the 2017 season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [48, 90], "content_span": [91, 287]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276936-0006-0000", "contents": "2018 ADAC TCR Germany Touring Car Championship, Teams and drivers, Team and driver changes\nReigning double teams' champion Target Competition withdrew from the series to join the TCR Europe Series. The team had originally signed Reece Barr to drive in the series.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [48, 90], "content_span": [91, 263]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276936-0007-0000", "contents": "2018 ADAC TCR Germany Touring Car Championship, Calendar and results\nThe 2018 schedule was announced on 30 November 2017, with three events scheduled to be held outside Germany. The championship will again run in support of the ADAC GT Masters weekends.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [48, 68], "content_span": [69, 253]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276936-0008-0000", "contents": "2018 ADAC TCR Germany Touring Car Championship, Calendar and results, Calendar changes\nThe series would make its first visit to the Czech Republic on 29 April at the Autodrom Most becoming the second round of the season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [48, 86], "content_span": [87, 220]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276936-0009-0000", "contents": "2018 ADAC TCR Germany Touring Car Championship, Calendar and results, Calendar changes\nThe second round held at the Motorsport Arena Oschersleben, which supported the TCR International Series since the series' inception, was discontinued.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [48, 86], "content_span": [87, 238]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276936-0010-0000", "contents": "2018 ADAC TCR Germany Touring Car Championship, Calendar and results, Drivers' Championship\n\u2020\u00a0\u2013 Drivers did not finish the race, but were classified as they completed over 75% of the race distance. \u2021\u00a0\u2013 Half points were awarded in Race 2 at Motorsport Arena Oschersleben as less than 75% of the scheduled distance was completed.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [48, 91], "content_span": [92, 327]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276937-0000-0000", "contents": "2018 AFA Senior Male League\nThe 2018 AFA Senior Male League is the 19th season of the AFA Senior Male League, the only football league in Anguilla.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [27, 27], "content_span": [28, 147]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276937-0001-0000", "contents": "2018 AFA Senior Male League\nKicks United won the league championship, winning every single one of their matches. It was the club's fifth Anguillan title, and their first since 2015.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [27, 27], "content_span": [28, 181]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276937-0002-0000", "contents": "2018 AFA Senior Male League, Related Competitions, President's Cup\nThe pre-season President's Cup took place between 19 November and 17 December, and was won by Kicks United.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 66], "content_span": [67, 174]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276938-0000-0000", "contents": "2018 AFC Champions League\nThe 2018 AFC Champions League was the 37th edition of Asia's premier club football tournament organized by the Asian Football Confederation (AFC), and the 16th under the current AFC Champions League title.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [25, 25], "content_span": [26, 231]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276938-0001-0000", "contents": "2018 AFC Champions League\nKashima Antlers won the title for the first time, defeating Persepolis in the final, and qualified as the AFC representative at the 2018 FIFA Club World Cup in the United Arab Emirates.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [25, 25], "content_span": [26, 211]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276938-0002-0000", "contents": "2018 AFC Champions League\nUrawa Red Diamonds were the title holders, but they were unable to defend their title as they finished seventh in the 2017 J1 League and were eliminated in the fourth round of the 2017 Emperor's Cup, thus did not qualify for the tournament. It marked the second season in a row without title holders after Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors were disqualified in 2017 as a result of their involvement in a match-fixing scandal in 2016.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [25, 25], "content_span": [26, 448]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276938-0003-0000", "contents": "2018 AFC Champions League, Association team allocation\nThe AFC Competitions Committee proposed a revamp of the AFC club competitions on 25 January 2014, which was ratified by the AFC Executive Committee on 16 April 2014. The 46 AFC member associations (excluding the associate member Northern Mariana Islands) are ranked based on their national team's and clubs' performance over the last four years in AFC competitions, with the allocation of slots for the 2017 and 2018 editions of the AFC club competitions determined by the 2016 AFC rankings (Entry Manual Article 2.2):", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 54], "content_span": [55, 573]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276938-0004-0000", "contents": "2018 AFC Champions League, Association team allocation\nFor the 2018 AFC Champions League, the associations are allocated slots according to their association ranking published on 30 November 2016, which takes into account their performance in the AFC Champions League and the AFC Cup, as well as their national team's FIFA World Rankings, during the period between 2013 and 2016.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 54], "content_span": [55, 379]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276938-0005-0000", "contents": "2018 AFC Champions League, Teams\nThe following 46 teams from 20 associations entered the competition.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 32], "content_span": [33, 101]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276938-0006-0000", "contents": "2018 AFC Champions League, Teams\nIn the following table, the number of appearances and last appearance count only those since the 2002\u201303 season (including qualifying rounds), when the competition was rebranded as the AFC Champions League.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 32], "content_span": [33, 239]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276938-0007-0000", "contents": "2018 AFC Champions League, Qualifying play-offs\nIn the qualifying play-offs, each tie was played as a single match. Extra time and penalty shoot-out were used to decide the winner if necessary (Regulations Article 9.2). The eight winners of the play-off round advanced to the group stage to join the 24 direct entrants. All losers in each round from associations with only play-off slots entered the AFC Cup group stage.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 47], "content_span": [48, 420]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276938-0008-0000", "contents": "2018 AFC Champions League, Qualifying play-offs\nThe bracket of the qualifying play-offs for each region was determined by the AFC based on the association ranking of each team, with the team from the higher-ranked association hosting the match. Teams from the same association could not be placed into the same play-off.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 47], "content_span": [48, 320]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276938-0009-0000", "contents": "2018 AFC Champions League, Group stage\nThe draw for the group stage was held on 6 December 2017, 16:30 MYT (UTC+8), at the AFC House in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. The 32 teams were drawn into eight groups of four: four groups each in the West Region (Groups A\u2013D) and the East Region (Groups E\u2013H). Teams from the same association could not be drawn into the same group. In the group stage, each group was played on a home-and-away round-robin basis. The winners and runners-up of each group advanced to the round of 16 of the knockout stage.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 38], "content_span": [39, 537]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276938-0010-0000", "contents": "2018 AFC Champions League, Knockout stage\nIn the knockout stage, the 16 teams played a single-elimination tournament, with the teams split into the two regions until the final. Each tie was played on a home-and-away two-legged basis. The away goals rule, extra time (away goals do not apply in extra time) and penalty shoot-out were used to decide the winner if necessary (Regulations Article 11.3).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 41], "content_span": [42, 399]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276938-0011-0000", "contents": "2018 AFC Champions League, Knockout stage, Bracket\nThe bracket was decided after the draw for the quarter-finals, which was held on 23 May 2018, 16:00 MYT (UTC+8), at the AFC House in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 50], "content_span": [51, 207]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276938-0012-0000", "contents": "2018 AFC Champions League, Knockout stage, Round of 16\nIn the round of 16, the winners of one group played the runners-up of another group from the same region, with the group winners hosting the second leg, and the matchups determined by the group stage draw.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 54], "content_span": [55, 260]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276938-0013-0000", "contents": "2018 AFC Champions League, Knockout stage, Quarter-finals\nThe draw for the quarter-finals was held on 23 May 2018. In the quarter-finals, the four teams from the West Region played in two ties, and the four teams from the East Region played in two ties, with the matchups and order of legs decided by draw, without any seeding or country protection.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 57], "content_span": [58, 349]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276938-0014-0000", "contents": "2018 AFC Champions League, Knockout stage, Semi-finals\nIn the semi-finals, the two quarter-final winners from the West Region played each other, and the two quarter-final winners from the East Region played each other, with the order of legs determined by the quarter-final draw.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 54], "content_span": [55, 279]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276938-0015-0000", "contents": "2018 AFC Champions League, Knockout stage, Final\nIn the final, the two semi-final winners played each other, with the order of legs (first leg hosted by team from the East Region, second leg hosted by team from the West Region) reversed from the previous season's final.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 48], "content_span": [49, 270]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276938-0016-0000", "contents": "2018 AFC Champions League, Top scorers\nNote: Goals scored in the qualifying play-offs are not counted when determining top scorer (Regulations Article 64.4).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 38], "content_span": [39, 157]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276939-0000-0000", "contents": "2018 AFC Champions League Final\nThe 2018 AFC Champions League Final was the final of the 2018 AFC Champions League, the 37th edition of the top-level Asian club football tournament organized by the Asian Football Confederation (AFC), and the 16th under the current AFC Champions League title.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [31, 31], "content_span": [32, 292]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276939-0001-0000", "contents": "2018 AFC Champions League Final\nThe final was contested in a two-legged home-and-away format between Kashima Antlers from Japan and Persepolis from Iran, who both made their first Champions League final appearances. The first leg was hosted by Kashima Antlers at the Kashima Soccer Stadium in Kashima on 3 November 2018, while the second leg was hosted by Persepolis at the Azadi Stadium in Tehran on 10 November 2018. This was the first AFC Champions League final involving an Iranian club since Zob Ahan in 2010.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [31, 31], "content_span": [32, 514]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276939-0002-0000", "contents": "2018 AFC Champions League Final\nKashima Antlers won the final 2\u20130 on aggregate for their first AFC Champions League title. As winners, they earned the right to represent the AFC at the 2018 FIFA Club World Cup, entering at the second round.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [31, 31], "content_span": [32, 240]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276939-0003-0000", "contents": "2018 AFC Champions League Final, Teams\nIn the following table, finals until 2002 were in the Asian Club Championship era, since 2003 were in the AFC Champions League era.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 38], "content_span": [39, 170]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276939-0004-0000", "contents": "2018 AFC Champions League Final, Venues\nThe 2018 AFC Champions League Final was contested in two-legged home-and-away format, held at the home of both finalists. It is the sixth consecutive year that the AFC adopted such an arrangement. Kashima Antlers's home venue, 40,728 seater Kashima Soccer Stadium hosted the first leg. This was the first time that an Asian club final played in the Kashima Soccer Stadium.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 39], "content_span": [40, 412]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276939-0005-0000", "contents": "2018 AFC Champions League Final, Venues\n78,116 seater Azadi Stadium hosted the second leg. It is the third time that an Asian club final played in the Azadi Stadium, with the previous final being 1999 and 2002. One of the problems for Azadi's hosting was women's presence at stadium ban, which is runs since 1979. Persepolis officials promised to provide their presence. The stadium also had minor renovations after Persepolis' qualification to the final.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 39], "content_span": [40, 455]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276939-0006-0000", "contents": "2018 AFC Champions League Final, Background\nPersepolis became the fifth different Iranian side, third in the AFC Champions League era to qualify for the final. It was the first time since 2010 that an Iranian side qualified for the final, Zob Ahan losing 1\u20133 to Seongnam Ilhwa Chunma of South Korea, that time around. They faced some tough opponents on their road to the final, the highlight being their challengers in the semifinal \u2014 Al-Sadd of Qatar who lined up with Barcelona great Xavi in the midfield and former Atl\u00e9tico Madrid legend Gabi manning the defence.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 43], "content_span": [44, 566]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276939-0007-0000", "contents": "2018 AFC Champions League Final, Background\nKashima Antlers became the seventh different Japanese side, third in the AFC Champions League era to qualify for the final. They made consecutive appearances for Japanese clubs in the final, Urawa Red Diamonds winning 2\u20131 on aggregate against Al-Hilal of Saudi Arabia in the previous edition. They were the runners-up of the 2016 FIFA Club World Cup where they lost 2\u20134 to the Spanish giants Real Madrid in extra time.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 43], "content_span": [44, 462]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276939-0008-0000", "contents": "2018 AFC Champions League Final, Road to the final\nNote: In all results below, the score of the finalist is given first (H: home; A: away).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 50], "content_span": [51, 139]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276939-0009-0000", "contents": "2018 AFC Champions League Final, Format\nThe final was played on a home-and-away two-legged basis, with the order of legs (first leg hosted by team from the East Region, second leg hosted by team from the West Region) reversed from the previous season's final.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 39], "content_span": [40, 259]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276939-0010-0000", "contents": "2018 AFC Champions League Final, Format\nThe away goals rule, extra time (away goals do not apply in extra time) and penalty shoot-out were used to decide the winner if necessary (Regulations, Section 3. 11.2 & 11.3).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 39], "content_span": [40, 216]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276939-0011-0000", "contents": "2018 AFC Champions League Final, Officials\nMa Ning from China has been chosen to officiate the first leg match. He has been a full international referee for FIFA since 2011. Ahmed Al-Kaf from Oman also officiated the second leg.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 42], "content_span": [43, 228]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276939-0012-0000", "contents": "2018 AFC Champions League Final, Pre-match, Ambassador\nThe ambassador for the first leg final was former Brazilian footballer and Kashima Antlers legend Zico. Zico is currently technical manager of the team and brought the trophy before the first match. For the second leg, Persepolis announced its legend Ali Parvin as the ambassador.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 54], "content_span": [55, 335]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276939-0013-0000", "contents": "2018 AFC Champions League Final, Pre-match, Ticketing\nWith a stadium capacity of 90,000 for the second leg final, a total of 84,412 tickets were available to fans and the general public, with the guest team had 5,000 tickets. The price of the tickets was: 800,000 Rial ($19), 500,000 Rial ($12) and 300,000 Rial ($7).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 53], "content_span": [54, 317]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276939-0014-0000", "contents": "2018 AFC Champions League Final, Pre-match, Opening ceremony\nIranian singer Mohsen Ebrahimzadeh performed at the opening ceremony preceding the second leg final. The time of concert was 8 minutes and two songs performed. One of the songs was be English and other Persian.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 60], "content_span": [61, 272]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276939-0015-0000", "contents": "2018 AFC Champions League Final, Matches, First leg, Summary\nThe first big chance fell to the visitors when a cross from the right was nodded into the path of Ali Alipour in the fourth minute. Just eight yards from goal, the striker looked certain to score but Jung Seung-hyun threw himself into the path of the shot and blocked it with his head. Two minutes later, Ahmad Nourollahi's free-kick from the left was tipped over by Kwoun Sun-tae as Persepolis applied early pressure.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 60], "content_span": [61, 479]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276939-0015-0001", "contents": "2018 AFC Champions League Final, Matches, First leg, Summary\nKashima worked their way back into the game but the away side's threat on the break was demonstrated when Hiroki Abe was booked for a cynical foul on Bashar Resan as the midfielder surged forward. The hosts finally created an opening in the 25th minute as Daigo Nishi's cushioned header found Yuma Suzuki. But the striker's shot from a narrow angle flashed well wide of the far post. Six minutes later, Kashima had another opportunity when a through ball from Shoma Doi put Serginho through. The Brazilian created an angle for his shot but Shoja' Khalilzadeh slid in to make a vital block.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 60], "content_span": [61, 650]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276939-0016-0000", "contents": "2018 AFC Champions League Final, Matches, First leg, Summary\nKashima made the first chance of the second half when Abe instigated a move that ended with Serginho laying the ball back for Silva. The Brazilian tried to curl a shot into the top corner but his attempt drifted wide. But Silva soon had reason to celebrate as he gave Kashima the lead in the 58th minute. The midfield man played a neat one-two with Shoma on the edge of the Persepolis penalty area and cut inside before curling a low left-footed shot into the corner from 18 yards. Kashima then added their second in the 70th minute.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 60], "content_span": [61, 594]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276939-0016-0001", "contents": "2018 AFC Champions League Final, Matches, First leg, Summary\nThe ball broke to Kento Misao 20 yards out and he played a deft pass into the path of Serginho on the right and the Brazilian placed his shot into the far corner from the edge of the six-yard box. There was a further blow for Persepolis as Siamak Nemati received his second yellow card in added time and the midfielder would miss the second leg.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 60], "content_span": [61, 406]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276939-0017-0000", "contents": "2018 AFC Champions League Final, Matches, First leg, Details\nAssistant referees:Cao Yi (China)Shi Xiang (China)Fourth official:Huo Weiming (China)Additional assistant referees:Fu Ming (China)Liu Kwok Man (Hong Kong)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 60], "content_span": [61, 215]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276939-0018-0000", "contents": "2018 AFC Champions League Final, Matches, Second leg, Summary\nPersepolis, known for their mean defence, had no option but to attack, but Kashima goalkeeper Kwoun Sun-tae put in a virtuoso performance. Kwoun, for whom this was a third Asian crown following two with South Korea's Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors, was at the top of his game, keeping the Iranians, especially Ali Alipour and Bashar Resan at bay. Seven minutes before half-time Resan muscled his way past two defenders close to the Kashima goal, but failed to beat Kwoun at his near post.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 61], "content_span": [62, 542]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276939-0019-0000", "contents": "2018 AFC Champions League Final, Matches, Second leg, Summary\nPersepolis coach Branko Ivankovic sent on Mohsen Rabiekhah and Ehsan Alvanzadeh in a desperate attempt to break the deadlock but to no avail. After winning the home leg 2\u20130, the Japanese team held Persepolis to a goalless stalemate in Iran to clinch their first-ever title in the tournament.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 61], "content_span": [62, 353]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276939-0020-0000", "contents": "2018 AFC Champions League Final, Matches, Second leg, Details\nAssistant referees:Abu Bakar Salem Mahad (Oman)Rashid Al-Ghaithi (Oman)Fourth official:Ronnie Koh Min Kiat (Singapore)Additional assistant referees:Muhammad Taqi (Singapore)Adham Makhadmeh (Jordan)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 61], "content_span": [62, 259]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276939-0021-0000", "contents": "2018 AFC Champions League Final, Incidents\nAn Iranian pitch invader skipped to the ground in the 21st minute of the match in Japan. He brought an Iranian Empire flag, which now symbolizes the opposition. He was wearing a shirt with image of Abdolfattah Soltani, Iranian detained judge.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 42], "content_span": [43, 285]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276939-0022-0000", "contents": "2018 AFC Champions League Final, Incidents\nHundreds of Iranian women were allowed to attend the second leg; Iranian female fans had been barred from attending official matches in Iran since the Iranian Revolution.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 42], "content_span": [43, 213]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276940-0000-0000", "contents": "2018 AFC Champions League group stage\nThe 2018 AFC Champions League group stage was played from 12 February to 18 April 2018. A total of 32 teams competed in the group stage to decide the 16 places in the knockout stage of the 2018 AFC Champions League.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [37, 37], "content_span": [38, 253]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276940-0001-0000", "contents": "2018 AFC Champions League group stage, Draw\nThe draw for the group stage was held on 6 December 2017, 16:30 MYT (UTC+8), at the AFC House in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. The 32 teams were drawn into eight groups of four: four groups each in the West Region (Groups A\u2013D) and the East Region (Groups E\u2013H). Teams from the same association could not be drawn into the same group.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 43], "content_span": [44, 370]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276940-0002-0000", "contents": "2018 AFC Champions League group stage, Draw\nThe seeding of each team in the draw was determined by their association and their qualifying position within their association. The mechanism of the draw was as follows:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 43], "content_span": [44, 214]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276940-0003-0000", "contents": "2018 AFC Champions League group stage, Draw\nThe following 32 teams entered into the group stage draw, which included the 24 direct entrants and the eight winners of the play-off round of the qualifying play-offs, whose identity was not known at the time of the draw.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 43], "content_span": [44, 266]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276940-0004-0000", "contents": "2018 AFC Champions League group stage, Format\nIn the group stage, each group was played on a home-and-away round-robin basis. The winners and runners-up of each group advanced to the round of 16 of the knockout stage.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 45], "content_span": [46, 217]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276940-0005-0000", "contents": "2018 AFC Champions League group stage, Format, Tiebreakers\nThe teams were ranked according to points (3 points for a win, 1 point for a draw, 0 points for a loss). If tied on points, tiebreakers were applied in the following order (Regulations Article 10.5):", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 58], "content_span": [59, 258]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276940-0006-0000", "contents": "2018 AFC Champions League group stage, Schedule, Neutral venues\nIn light of the deterioration of Iran\u2013Saudi Arabia relations since 2016, which caused matches between teams from Iran and Saudi Arabia to be played on neutral venues in 2016 and 2017, and the Qatar diplomatic crisis since 2017, which led to travel bans imposed by Saudi Arabia and United Arab Emirates to Qatar, the AFC reiterated that matches should be played on a home-and-away basis as normal instead of on neutral venues, and would try to mediate the situation with the concerned associations (Iran, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates), such that a solution could be found regarding matches between teams from Iran/Qatar and Saudi Arabia/United Arab Emirates. In the end, the same arrangements were made as of the previous season, where matches between Iran and Saudi Arabia were played on neutral venues, while teams from Saudi Arabia and United Arab Emirates must travel to Qatar to play away matches.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 63], "content_span": [64, 978]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276941-0000-0000", "contents": "2018 AFC Champions League knockout stage\nThe 2018 AFC Champions League knockout stage was played from 7 May to 10 November 2018. A total of 16 teams competed in the knockout stage to decide the champions of the 2018 AFC Champions League.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [40, 40], "content_span": [41, 237]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276941-0001-0000", "contents": "2018 AFC Champions League knockout stage, Qualified teams\nThe winners and runners-up of each of the eight groups in the group stage advanced to the round of 16, with both West Region (Groups A\u2013D) and East Region (Groups E\u2013H) having eight qualified teams.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 57], "content_span": [58, 254]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276941-0002-0000", "contents": "2018 AFC Champions League knockout stage, Format\nIn the knockout stage, the 16 teams played a single-elimination tournament, with the teams split into the two regions until the final. Each tie was played on a home-and-away two-legged basis. The away goals rule, extra time (away goals do not apply in extra time) and penalty shoot-out were used to decide the winner if necessary (Regulations Article 11.3).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 48], "content_span": [49, 406]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276941-0003-0000", "contents": "2018 AFC Champions League knockout stage, Schedule\nThe schedule of each round was as follows. Matches in the West Region were played on Mondays and Tuesdays, while matches in the East Region were played on Tuesdays and Wednesdays.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 50], "content_span": [51, 230]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276941-0004-0000", "contents": "2018 AFC Champions League knockout stage, Bracket\nThe bracket of the knockout stage was determined as follows:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 49], "content_span": [50, 110]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276941-0005-0000", "contents": "2018 AFC Champions League knockout stage, Bracket\nThe bracket was decided after the draw for the quarter-finals, which was held on 23 May 2018, 16:00 MYT (UTC+8), at the AFC House in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 49], "content_span": [50, 206]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276941-0006-0000", "contents": "2018 AFC Champions League knockout stage, Round of 16, Summary\nIn the round of 16, the winners of one group played the runners-up of another group from the same region, with the group winners hosting the second leg, and the matchups determined by the group stage draw.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 62], "content_span": [63, 268]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276941-0007-0000", "contents": "2018 AFC Champions League knockout stage, Quarter-finals, Summary\nThe draw for the quarter-finals was held on 23 May 2018. In the quarter-finals, the four teams from the West Region played in two ties, and the four teams from the East Region played in two ties, with the matchups and order of legs decided by draw, without any seeding or country protection.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 65], "content_span": [66, 357]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276941-0008-0000", "contents": "2018 AFC Champions League knockout stage, Quarter-finals, East Region\n3\u20133 on aggregate. Suwon Samsung Bluewings won 4\u20132 on penalties.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 69], "content_span": [70, 133]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276941-0009-0000", "contents": "2018 AFC Champions League knockout stage, Semi-finals, Summary\nIn the semi-finals, the two quarter-final winners from the West Region played each other, and the two quarter-final winners from the East Region played each other, with the order of legs determined by the quarter-final draw.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 62], "content_span": [63, 287]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276941-0010-0000", "contents": "2018 AFC Champions League knockout stage, Final\nIn the final, the two semi-final winners played each other, with the order of legs (first leg hosted by team from the East Region, second leg hosted by team from the West Region) reversed from the previous season's final.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 47], "content_span": [48, 269]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276942-0000-0000", "contents": "2018 AFC Champions League qualifying play-offs\nThe 2018 AFC Champions League qualifying play-offs were played from 16 to 30 January 2018. A total of 22 teams competed in the qualifying play-offs to decide eight of the 32 places in the group stage of the 2018 AFC Champions League.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [46, 46], "content_span": [47, 280]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276942-0001-0000", "contents": "2018 AFC Champions League qualifying play-offs, Teams\nThe following 22 teams, split into two regions (West Region and East Region), entered the qualifying play-offs, consisting of three rounds:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [48, 53], "content_span": [54, 193]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276942-0002-0000", "contents": "2018 AFC Champions League qualifying play-offs, Format\nIn the qualifying play-offs, each tie was played as a single match. Extra time and penalty shoot-out were used to decide the winner if necessary (Regulations Article 9.2). The eight winners of the play-off round advanced to the group stage to join the 24 direct entrants. All losers in each round from associations with only play-off slots entered the AFC Cup group stage.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [48, 54], "content_span": [55, 427]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276942-0003-0000", "contents": "2018 AFC Champions League qualifying play-offs, Bracket\nThe bracket of the qualifying play-offs for each region was determined by the AFC based on the association ranking of each team, with the team from the higher-ranked association hosting the match. Teams from the same association could not be placed into the same play-off.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [48, 55], "content_span": [56, 328]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276942-0004-0000", "contents": "2018 AFC Champions League qualifying play-offs, Preliminary round 1, Summary\nA total of four teams played in the preliminary round 1.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [48, 76], "content_span": [77, 133]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276942-0005-0000", "contents": "2018 AFC Champions League qualifying play-offs, Preliminary round 2, Summary\nA total of eight teams played in the preliminary round 2: six teams which entered in this round, and two winners of the preliminary round 1.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [48, 76], "content_span": [77, 217]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276942-0006-0000", "contents": "2018 AFC Champions League qualifying play-offs, Play-off round, Summary\nA total of 16 teams played in the play-off round: twelve teams which entered in this round, and four winners of the preliminary round 2.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [48, 71], "content_span": [72, 208]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276943-0000-0000", "contents": "2018 AFC Cup\nThe 2018 AFC Cup was the 15th edition of the AFC Cup, Asia's secondary club football tournament organized by the Asian Football Confederation (AFC).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 12], "section_span": [12, 12], "content_span": [13, 161]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276943-0001-0000", "contents": "2018 AFC Cup\nAl-Quwa Al-Jawiya won the title for the third consecutive year, defeating Altyn Asyr in the final.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 12], "section_span": [12, 12], "content_span": [13, 111]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276943-0002-0000", "contents": "2018 AFC Cup, Association team allocation\nThe AFC Competitions Committee recommended a new format for the AFC Cup starting from 2017 which was played in the AFC's five zones: West Asia, Central Asia, South Asia, ASEAN, and East Asia, with the winner of the West Asia Zone and the winner of an inter-zone play-off between the other four zones playing in the final, hosted on a rotational basis at venues in the East and West.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 12], "section_span": [14, 41], "content_span": [42, 424]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276943-0002-0001", "contents": "2018 AFC Cup, Association team allocation\nThe 46 AFC member associations (excluding the associate member Northern Mariana Islands) were ranked based on their national team's and clubs' performance over the last four years in AFC competitions, with the allocation of slots for the 2017 and 2018 editions of the AFC club competitions determined by the 2016 AFC rankings (Entry Manual Article 2.2):", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 12], "section_span": [14, 41], "content_span": [42, 395]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276943-0003-0000", "contents": "2018 AFC Cup, Association team allocation\nFor the 2018 AFC Cup, the associations were allocated slots according to their association ranking published on 30 November 2016, which took into account their performance in the AFC Champions League and the AFC Cup, as well as their national team's FIFA World Rankings between 2013 and 2016.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 12], "section_span": [14, 41], "content_span": [42, 334]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276943-0004-0000", "contents": "2018 AFC Cup, Teams\nThe following 44 teams from 26 associations entered the competition.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 12], "section_span": [14, 19], "content_span": [20, 88]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276943-0005-0000", "contents": "2018 AFC Cup, Schedule\nThe schedule of the competition was as follows (W: West Asia Zone; C: Central Asia Zone; S: South Asia Zone; A: ASEAN Zone; E: East Asia Zone).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 12], "section_span": [14, 22], "content_span": [23, 166]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276943-0006-0000", "contents": "2018 AFC Cup, Qualifying play-offs\nIn the qualifying play-offs, each tie was played on a home-and-away two-legged basis. The away goals rule, extra time (away goals do not apply in extra time) and penalty shoot-out were used to decide the winner if necessary (Regulations Article 9.3). The five winners of the play-off round advanced to the group stage to join the 31 direct entrants.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 12], "section_span": [14, 34], "content_span": [35, 384]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276943-0007-0000", "contents": "2018 AFC Cup, Qualifying play-offs\nThe bracket of the qualifying play-offs for each zone was determined by the AFC based on the association ranking of each team, with the team from the higher-ranked association hosting the second leg.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 12], "section_span": [14, 34], "content_span": [35, 234]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276943-0008-0000", "contents": "2018 AFC Cup, Group stage\nThe draw for the group stage was held on 6 December 2017, 14:00 MYT (UTC+8), at the AFC House in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. The 36 teams were drawn into nine groups of four: three groups each in the West Asia Zone (Groups A\u2013C) and the ASEAN Zone (Groups F\u2013H), and one group each in the Central Asia Zone (Group D), the South Asia Zone (Group E), and the East Asia Zone (Group I). Teams from the same association in the West Asia Zone and ASEAN Zone could not be drawn into the same group.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 12], "section_span": [14, 25], "content_span": [26, 511]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276943-0009-0000", "contents": "2018 AFC Cup, Group stage\nIn the group stage, each group was played on a home-and-away round-robin basis. The following teams advanced to the knockout stage:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 12], "section_span": [14, 25], "content_span": [26, 157]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276943-0010-0000", "contents": "2018 AFC Cup, Group stage\nThe teams were ranked according to points (3 points for a win, 1 point for a draw, 0 points for a loss). If tied on points, tiebreakers were applied in the following order (Regulations Article 10.5):", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 12], "section_span": [14, 25], "content_span": [26, 225]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276943-0011-0000", "contents": "2018 AFC Cup, Knockout stage\nIn the knockout stage, the 11 teams played a single-elimination tournament. Each tie was played on a home-and-away two-legged basis, except the final which was played as a single match. The away goals rule (for two-legged ties), extra time (away goals do not apply in extra time) and penalty shoot-out were used to decide the winner if necessary (Regulations Article 11.3).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 12], "section_span": [14, 28], "content_span": [29, 402]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276943-0012-0000", "contents": "2018 AFC Cup, Knockout stage, Bracket\nThe bracket was decided after the draw for the Zonal finals and the Inter-zone play-off semi-finals, which was held on 23 May 2018, 15:00 MYT (UTC+8), at the AFC House in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 12], "section_span": [14, 37], "content_span": [38, 232]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276943-0013-0000", "contents": "2018 AFC Cup, Knockout stage, Zonal semi-finals\nIn the Zonal semi-finals, the four qualified teams from the West Asia Zone (Groups A\u2013C) played in two ties, and the four qualified teams from the ASEAN Zone (Groups F\u2013H) played in two ties, with the matchups and order of legs determined by the group stage draw and the identity of the best runners-up.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 12], "section_span": [14, 47], "content_span": [48, 349]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276943-0014-0000", "contents": "2018 AFC Cup, Knockout stage, Zonal finals\nThe draw for the Zonal finals was held on 23 May 2018. In the Zonal finals, the two winners of West Asia Zonal semi-finals played each other, and the two winners of ASEAN Zonal semi-finals played each other, with the order of legs decided by draw. The winners of the West Asia Zonal final advanced to the final, while the winners of the ASEAN Zonal final advanced to the Inter-zone play-off semi-finals.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 12], "section_span": [14, 42], "content_span": [43, 446]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276943-0015-0000", "contents": "2018 AFC Cup, Knockout stage, Inter-zone play-off semi-finals\nThe draw for the Inter-zone play-off semi-finals was held on 23 May 2018. In the Inter-zone play-off semi-finals, the four zonal winners other than the West Asia Zone played in two ties, i.e., the winners of the Central Asia Zone (Group D), the winners of the South Asia Zone (Group E), the winners of the East Asia Zone (Group I), and the winners of the ASEAN Zonal final (whose identity was not known at the time of the draw), with the matchups and order of legs decided by draw, without any seeding.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 12], "section_span": [14, 61], "content_span": [62, 564]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276943-0016-0000", "contents": "2018 AFC Cup, Knockout stage, Inter-zone play-off final\nIn the Inter-zone play-off final, the two winners of the Inter-zone play-off semi-finals played each other, with the order of legs determined by the Inter-zone play-off semi-final draw. The winners of the Inter-zone play-off final advanced to the final.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 12], "section_span": [14, 55], "content_span": [56, 309]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276943-0017-0000", "contents": "2018 AFC Cup, Knockout stage, Final\nIn the final, the winners of the West Asia Zonal final and the winners of the Inter-zone play-off final played each other, with the host team (winners of the West Asia Zonal final) alternated from the previous season's final.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 12], "section_span": [14, 35], "content_span": [36, 261]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276943-0018-0000", "contents": "2018 AFC Cup, Top scorers\nNote: Goals scored in the qualifying play-offs are not counted when determining top scorer (Regulations Article 64.4).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 12], "section_span": [14, 25], "content_span": [26, 144]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276944-0000-0000", "contents": "2018 AFC Cup Final\nThe 2018 AFC Cup Final was the final match of the 2018 AFC Cup, the 15th edition of the AFC Cup, Asia's secondary club football tournament organized by the Asian Football Confederation (AFC).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [18, 18], "content_span": [19, 210]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276944-0001-0000", "contents": "2018 AFC Cup Final\nThe final was contested as a single match between Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya from Iraq and Altyn Asyr from Turkmenistan. The match was hosted by Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya at the Basra Sports City in Basra on 27 October 2018.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [18, 18], "content_span": [19, 226]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276944-0002-0000", "contents": "2018 AFC Cup Final\nAl-Quwa Al-Jawiya won the final 2\u20130 for their third consecutive and overall AFC Cup title.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [18, 18], "content_span": [19, 109]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276944-0003-0000", "contents": "2018 AFC Cup Final, Teams\nThis was Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya's third consecutive AFC Cup final, a record shared with Al-Faisaly (2005 to 2007) and Al-Kuwait (2011 to 2013). If they were to win the final, they would become the first team to win three consecutive AFC Cup titles, and also tie Al-Kuwait as record three-time winners of the AFC Cup.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [20, 25], "content_span": [26, 337]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276944-0004-0000", "contents": "2018 AFC Cup Final, Teams\nAltyn Asyr were the first team from Turkmenistan to reach the AFC Cup final. If they were to win the final, they would become the second team from Central Asia to win the AFC Cup, after Nasaf from Uzbekistan in 2011.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [20, 25], "content_span": [26, 242]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276944-0005-0000", "contents": "2018 AFC Cup Final, Venue\nThis was the second AFC Cup final played in Iraq, after the 2012 final played at the Franso Hariri Stadium in Arbil. While Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya were also the home team in the 2016 AFC Cup Final, they hosted the match at the Suheim Bin Hamad Stadium in Doha, Qatar, as Iraqi teams were not allowed to host their home matches during that time. The ban was lifted in March 2018, and Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya played their subsequent home matches at the Karbala Sports City in Karbala.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [20, 25], "content_span": [26, 496]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276944-0006-0000", "contents": "2018 AFC Cup Final, Road to the final\nNote: In all results below, the score of the finalist is given first (H: home; A: away).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [20, 37], "content_span": [38, 126]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276944-0007-0000", "contents": "2018 AFC Cup Final, Format\nThe final was played as a single match, with the host team (winners of the West Asia Zonal final) alternated from the previous season's final.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [20, 26], "content_span": [27, 169]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276944-0008-0000", "contents": "2018 AFC Cup Final, Format\nIf tied after regulation, extra time and, if necessary, penalty shoot-out was used to decide the winner.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [20, 26], "content_span": [27, 131]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276944-0009-0000", "contents": "2018 AFC Cup Final, Match, Details\nAssistant referees:Taleb Al-Marri (Qatar)Saoud Al-Maqaleh (Qatar)Fourth official:Khamis Al-Marri (Qatar)Fifth official:Juma Al-Burshaid (Qatar)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [20, 34], "content_span": [35, 178]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276945-0000-0000", "contents": "2018 AFC Cup group stage\nThe 2018 AFC Cup group stage was played from 10 February to 16 May 2018. A total of 36 teams competed in the group stage to decide the 11 places in the knockout stage of the 2018 AFC Cup.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [24, 24], "content_span": [25, 212]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276945-0001-0000", "contents": "2018 AFC Cup group stage, Draw\nThe draw for the group stage was held on 6 December 2017, 14:00 MYT (UTC+8), at the AFC House in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. The 36 teams were drawn into nine groups of four: three groups each in the West Asia Zone (Groups A\u2013C) and the ASEAN Zone (Groups F\u2013H), and one group each in the Central Asia Zone (Group D), the South Asia Zone (Group E), and the East Asia Zone (Group I). Teams from the same association in the West Asia Zone and ASEAN Zone could not be drawn into the same group.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 30], "content_span": [31, 516]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276945-0002-0000", "contents": "2018 AFC Cup group stage, Draw\nThe seeding of each team in the draw was determined by their association and their qualifying position within their association. The mechanism of the draw was as follows:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 30], "content_span": [31, 201]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276945-0003-0000", "contents": "2018 AFC Cup group stage, Draw\nThe following 36 teams entered into the group stage draw, which included the 31 direct entrants and the five winners of the play-off round of the qualifying play-offs, whose identity was not known at the time of the draw.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 30], "content_span": [31, 252]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276945-0004-0000", "contents": "2018 AFC Cup group stage, Format\nIn the group stage, each group was played on a home-and-away round-robin basis. The following teams advanced to the knockout stage:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 32], "content_span": [33, 164]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276945-0005-0000", "contents": "2018 AFC Cup group stage, Format, Tiebreakers\nThe teams were ranked according to points (3 points for a win, 1 point for a draw, 0 points for a loss). If tied on points, tiebreakers were applied in the following order (Regulations Article 10.5):", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 45], "content_span": [46, 245]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276945-0006-0000", "contents": "2018 AFC Cup group stage, Schedule\nThe schedule of each matchday was as follows (W: West Asia Zone; C: Central Asia Zone; S: South Asia Zone; A: ASEAN Zone; E: East Asia Zone).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 34], "content_span": [35, 176]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276946-0000-0000", "contents": "2018 AFC Cup knockout stage\nThe 2018 AFC Cup knockout stage was played from 7 May to 27 October 2018. A total of 11 teams competed in the knockout stage to decide the champions of the 2018 AFC Cup.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [27, 27], "content_span": [28, 197]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276946-0001-0000", "contents": "2018 AFC Cup knockout stage, Format\nIn the knockout stage, the 11 teams played a single-elimination tournament. Each tie was played on a home-and-away two-legged basis, except the final which was played as a single match. The away goals rule (for two-legged ties), extra time (away goals do not apply in extra time) and penalty shoot-out were used to decide the winner if necessary (Regulations Article 11.3).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 35], "content_span": [36, 409]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276946-0002-0000", "contents": "2018 AFC Cup knockout stage, Schedule\nThe schedule of each round was as follows (W: West Asia Zone; A: ASEAN Zone). Matches in the West Asia Zone were played on Mondays and Tuesdays, while matches in the ASEAN Zone and the Inter-zone play-offs were played on Tuesdays and Wednesdays.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 37], "content_span": [38, 283]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276946-0003-0000", "contents": "2018 AFC Cup knockout stage, Bracket\nThe bracket of the knockout stage was determined as follows:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 36], "content_span": [37, 97]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276946-0004-0000", "contents": "2018 AFC Cup knockout stage, Bracket\nThe bracket was decided after the draw for the Zonal finals and the Inter-zone play-off semi-finals, which was held on 23 May 2018, 15:00 MYT (UTC+8), at the AFC House in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 36], "content_span": [37, 231]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276946-0005-0000", "contents": "2018 AFC Cup knockout stage, Zonal semi-finals, Summary\nIn the Zonal semi-finals, the four qualified teams from the West Asia Zone (Groups A\u2013C) played in two ties, and the four qualified teams from the ASEAN Zone (Groups F\u2013H) played in two ties, with the matchups and order of legs determined by the group stage draw and the identity of the best runners-up.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 55], "content_span": [56, 357]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276946-0006-0000", "contents": "2018 AFC Cup knockout stage, Zonal finals, Summary\nThe draw for the Zonal finals was held on 23 May 2018. In the Zonal finals, the two winners of West Asia Zonal semi-finals played each other, and the two winners of ASEAN Zonal semi-finals played each other, with the order of legs decided by draw. The winners of the West Asia Zonal final advanced to the final, while the winners of the ASEAN Zonal final advanced to the Inter-zone play-off semi-finals.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 50], "content_span": [51, 454]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276946-0007-0000", "contents": "2018 AFC Cup knockout stage, Inter-zone play-off semi-finals, Summary\nThe draw for the Inter-zone play-off semi-finals was held on 23 May 2018. In the Inter-zone play-off semi-finals, the four zonal winners other than the West Asia Zone played in two ties, i.e., the winners of the Central Asia Zone (Group D), the winners of the South Asia Zone (Group E), the winners of the East Asia Zone (Group I), and the winners of the ASEAN Zonal final (whose identity was not known at the time of the draw), with the matchups and order of legs decided by draw, without any seeding.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 69], "content_span": [70, 572]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276946-0008-0000", "contents": "2018 AFC Cup knockout stage, Inter-zone play-off final, Summary\nIn the Inter-zone play-off final, the two winners of the Inter-zone play-off semi-finals played each other, with the order of legs determined by the Inter-zone play-off semi-final draw. The winners of the Inter-zone play-off final advanced to the final.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 63], "content_span": [64, 317]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276946-0009-0000", "contents": "2018 AFC Cup knockout stage, Final\nIn the final, the winners of the West Asia Zonal final and the winners of the Inter-zone play-off final played each other, with the host team (winners of the West Asia Zonal final) alternated from the previous season's final.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 34], "content_span": [35, 260]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276947-0000-0000", "contents": "2018 AFC Cup qualifying play-offs\nThe 2018 AFC Cup qualifying play-offs were played from 22 January to 20 February 2018. A total of 13 teams competed in the qualifying play-offs to decide five of the 36 places in the group stage of the 2018 AFC Cup.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [33, 33], "content_span": [34, 249]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276947-0001-0000", "contents": "2018 AFC Cup qualifying play-offs, Teams\nThe following 13 teams, split into five zones (West Asia Zone, Central Asia Zone, South Asia Zone, ASEAN Zone, East Asia Zone), entered the qualifying play-offs, consisting of two rounds:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 40], "content_span": [41, 228]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276947-0002-0000", "contents": "2018 AFC Cup qualifying play-offs, Format\nIn the qualifying play-offs, each tie was played on a home-and-away two-legged basis. The away goals rule, extra time (away goals do not apply in extra time) and penalty shoot-out were used to decide the winner if necessary (Regulations Article 9.3). The five winners of the play-off round advanced to the group stage to join the 31 direct entrants.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 41], "content_span": [42, 391]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276947-0003-0000", "contents": "2018 AFC Cup qualifying play-offs, Schedule\nThe schedule of each round was as follows (W: West Asia Zone; C: Central Asia Zone; S: South Asia Zone; A: ASEAN Zone; E: East Asia Zone).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 43], "content_span": [44, 182]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276947-0004-0000", "contents": "2018 AFC Cup qualifying play-offs, Bracket\nThe bracket of the qualifying play-offs for each zone was determined by the AFC based on the association ranking of each team, with the team from the higher-ranked association hosting the second leg.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 42], "content_span": [43, 242]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276947-0005-0000", "contents": "2018 AFC Cup qualifying play-offs, Preliminary round, Summary\nA total of six teams played in the preliminary round.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 61], "content_span": [62, 115]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276947-0006-0000", "contents": "2018 AFC Cup qualifying play-offs, Play-off round, Summary\nA total of 10 teams played in the play-off round: seven teams which entered in this round, and three winners of the preliminary round.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 58], "content_span": [59, 193]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276948-0000-0000", "contents": "2018 AFC Futsal Championship\nThe 2018 AFC Futsal Championship was the 15th edition of the AFC Futsal Championship, the biennial international futsal championship organised by the Asian Football Confederation (AFC) for the men's national teams of Asia. The AFC appointed Taipei and New Taipei City, Taiwan (designated as Chinese Taipei by FIFA) as hosts on 29 July 2017; the tournament took place between 1 and 11 February 2018 at Xinzhuang Gymnasium and University of Taipei Gymnasium. A total of 16 teams played in the tournament.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [28, 28], "content_span": [29, 531]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276948-0001-0000", "contents": "2018 AFC Futsal Championship\nDefending champions Iran defeated Japan in the final to win their 12th title.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [28, 28], "content_span": [29, 106]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276948-0002-0000", "contents": "2018 AFC Futsal Championship, Qualification\nQualifying was played on 15 October \u2013 12 November 2017.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 43], "content_span": [44, 99]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276948-0003-0000", "contents": "2018 AFC Futsal Championship, Venues\nThe competition was played in two venues in two cities.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 36], "content_span": [37, 92]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276948-0004-0000", "contents": "2018 AFC Futsal Championship, Draw\nThe final draw was held on 12 December 2017, 11:00 TWT (UTC+8), at the Sherwood Taipei in Taipei. The 16 teams were drawn into four groups of four teams. The teams were seeded according to their performance in the 2016 AFC Futsal Championship final tournament and qualification, with the hosts Chinese Taipei automatically seeded and assigned to Position A1 in the draw.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 34], "content_span": [35, 405]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276948-0005-0000", "contents": "2018 AFC Futsal Championship, Squads\nEach team must register a squad of 14 players, minimum two of whom must be goalkeepers (Regulations Articles 29.4 and 29.5).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 36], "content_span": [37, 161]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276948-0006-0000", "contents": "2018 AFC Futsal Championship, Match officials\nThe following referees were chosen for the 2018 AFC Futsal Championship.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 45], "content_span": [46, 118]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276948-0007-0000", "contents": "2018 AFC Futsal Championship, Group stage\nThe top two teams of each group advance to the quarter-finals.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 41], "content_span": [42, 104]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276948-0008-0000", "contents": "2018 AFC Futsal Championship, Group stage\nTeams are ranked according to points (3 points for a win, 1 point for a draw, 0 points for a loss), and if tied on points, the following tiebreaking criteria are applied, in the order given, to determine the rankings (Regulations Article 11.5):", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 41], "content_span": [42, 286]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276948-0009-0000", "contents": "2018 AFC Futsal Championship, Knockout stage\nIn the knockout stage, extra time and penalty shoot-out are used to decide the winner if necessary, except for the third place match where penalty shoot-out (no extra time) is used to decide the winner if necessary (Regulations Article 15.1).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 44], "content_span": [45, 287]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276948-0010-0000", "contents": "2018 AFC Futsal Championship, Awards\nThe following awards were given at the conclusion of the tournament:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 36], "content_span": [37, 105]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276948-0011-0000", "contents": "2018 AFC Futsal Championship, Goalscorers\nThere were 203 goals scored in 32 matches, for an average of 6.34 goals per match.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 41], "content_span": [42, 124]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276948-0012-0000", "contents": "2018 AFC Futsal Championship, Tournament team rankings\nAs per statistical convention in football, matches decided in extra time are counted as wins and losses, while matches decided by penalty shoot-outs are counted as draws.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 54], "content_span": [55, 225]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276949-0000-0000", "contents": "2018 AFC Futsal Championship qualification\nThe 2018 AFC Futsal Championship qualification is the qualification process organized by the Asian Football Confederation (AFC) to determine the participating teams for the 2018 AFC Futsal Championship, the 15th edition of the international men's futsal championship of Asia.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [42, 42], "content_span": [43, 318]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276949-0001-0000", "contents": "2018 AFC Futsal Championship qualification\nA total of 16 teams qualify to play in the final tournament, including Chinese Taipei who qualified automatically as hosts.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [42, 42], "content_span": [43, 166]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276949-0002-0000", "contents": "2018 AFC Futsal Championship qualification\nThe qualification process will be divided to four zones, where the ASEAN Zone doubled as the 2017 AFF Futsal Championship, the East Zone and West Zone will be played in Thailand, and the South Zone were merged to Central Zone after Nepal was the only team from South Zone.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [42, 42], "content_span": [43, 315]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276949-0003-0000", "contents": "2018 AFC Futsal Championship qualification, Qualification process\nOf the 47 AFC member associations, a total of 29 teams entered the competition. The 16 spots in the final tournament are distributed as follows:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [44, 65], "content_span": [66, 210]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276949-0004-0000", "contents": "2018 AFC Futsal Championship qualification, Qualification process\nAs the final tournament hosts had not been announced at the time of the qualifying draw, the hosts Chinese Taipei were also included in the draw. Despite having automatically qualified for the final tournament, they may still decide to participate in qualification, and if they finish in one of the qualification spots, the next best team in their zone (East) advances to play-off.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [44, 65], "content_span": [66, 447]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276949-0005-0000", "contents": "2018 AFC Futsal Championship qualification, Draw, AFF Draw\nThe original draw for the 2017 AFF Futsal Championship was held on 17 February 2017, 10:00 MMT (UTC+06:30) during the AFF Council Meeting at the Novotel Yangon Max Hotel in Yangon, Myanmar. After Australia withdrew from the competition, a re-draw was held on 23 September 2017 during the AFF Council Meeting in Bali, Indonesia.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [44, 58], "content_span": [59, 386]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276949-0006-0000", "contents": "2018 AFC Futsal Championship qualification, Draw, AFF Draw\nThe teams were seeded according to their performance in the 2016 AFF Futsal Championship tournament.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [44, 58], "content_span": [59, 159]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276949-0007-0000", "contents": "2018 AFC Futsal Championship qualification, Draw, AFC Draw\nThe draw was held on 6 July 2017, 15:00 MYT (UTC+8), at the AFC House in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, except for the ASEAN Zone which uses the 2017 AFF Futsal Championship as their qualification tournament and whose draw had already been held. The mechanism for each zone is as follows:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [44, 58], "content_span": [59, 340]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276949-0008-0000", "contents": "2018 AFC Futsal Championship qualification, Draw, AFC Draw\nThe teams were seeded according to their performance in the 2016 AFC Futsal Championship final tournament and qualification.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [44, 58], "content_span": [59, 183]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276949-0009-0000", "contents": "2018 AFC Futsal Championship qualification, Format\nIn each group, teams play each other once at a centralised venue; except ASEAN Zone, South & Central Zone.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [44, 50], "content_span": [51, 157]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276949-0010-0000", "contents": "2018 AFC Futsal Championship qualification, Format, Tiebreakers\nTeams are ranked according to points (3 points for a win, 1 point for a draw, 0 points for a loss), and if tied on points, the following tiebreaking criteria are applied, in the order given, to determine the rankings (Regulations Article 11.5):", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [44, 63], "content_span": [64, 308]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276949-0011-0000", "contents": "2018 AFC Futsal Championship qualification, Goalscorers\nThere were 391 goals scored in 44 matches, for an average of 8.89 goals per match.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [44, 55], "content_span": [56, 138]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276950-0000-0000", "contents": "2018 AFC Futsal Championship squads\nThe following is a list of squads for each national team competing at the 2018 AFC Futsal Championship. The tournament will take place during February 2018 in Taiwan (referred to as Chinese Taipei by the AFC). It will be the 15th competition organised by the Asian Football Confederation (AFC) for the men's national teams of Asia.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [35, 35], "content_span": [36, 367]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276950-0001-0000", "contents": "2018 AFC Futsal Championship squads\nEach team must register a squad of 14 players, minimum two of whom must be goalkeepers. The full squad listings are below.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [35, 35], "content_span": [36, 158]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276951-0000-0000", "contents": "2018 AFC Futsal Club Championship\nThe 2018 AFC Futsal Club Championship was the 9th edition of the AFC Futsal Club Championship, an annual international futsal club tournament in Asia organised by the Asian Football Confederation (AFC). It was held in Yogyakarta, Indonesia between 1\u201312 August 2018.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [33, 33], "content_span": [34, 299]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276951-0001-0000", "contents": "2018 AFC Futsal Club Championship\nIn the final, Mes Sungun defeated Th\u00e1i S\u01a1n Nam to win their first title. Chonburi Bluewave were the defending champions, but were eliminated in the quarter-final VS Bank of Beirut", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [33, 33], "content_span": [34, 213]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276951-0002-0000", "contents": "2018 AFC Futsal Club Championship, Teams\nOf the 47 AFC member associations, a total of 16 associations teams entered the competition, each entering one team. There was no qualification, and all entrants advanced to the final tournament.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 40], "content_span": [41, 236]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276951-0003-0000", "contents": "2018 AFC Futsal Club Championship, Teams\nAll 14 associations which participated in the 2017 AFC Futsal Club Championship returned for 2018. Moreover, South Korea entered a team for the first time ever, and Myanmar entered a team for the first time since 2012, when they participated in qualification.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 40], "content_span": [41, 300]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276951-0004-0000", "contents": "2018 AFC Futsal Club Championship, Draw\nThe draw was held on 18 May 2018, 11:00 WIB (UTC+7), at the Fairmont Hotel in Jakarta. The 16 teams were drawn into four groups of four teams. The teams were seeded according to their association's performance in the 2017 AFC Futsal Club Championship, with the team from hosts Indonesia automatically seeded and assigned to Position A1 in the draw.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 39], "content_span": [40, 388]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276951-0005-0000", "contents": "2018 AFC Futsal Club Championship, Squads\nEach team must register a squad of 14 players, minimum two of whom must be goalkeepers (Regulations Articles 30.1 and 30.2).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 41], "content_span": [42, 166]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276951-0006-0000", "contents": "2018 AFC Futsal Club Championship, Group stage\nThe top two teams of each group advance to the quarter-finals.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 46], "content_span": [47, 109]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276951-0007-0000", "contents": "2018 AFC Futsal Club Championship, Group stage\nTeams are ranked according to points (3 points for a win, 1 point for a draw, 0 points for a loss), and if tied on points, the following tiebreaking criteria are applied, in the order given, to determine the rankings (Regulations Article 10.5):", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 46], "content_span": [47, 291]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276951-0008-0000", "contents": "2018 AFC Futsal Club Championship, Knockout stage\nIn the knockout stage, extra time and penalty shoot-out are used to decide the winner if necessary, except for the third place match where penalty shoot-out (no extra time) is used to decide the winner if necessary (Regulations Articles 14.1 and 15.1).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 49], "content_span": [50, 302]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276951-0009-0000", "contents": "2018 AFC Futsal Club Championship, Tournament team rankings\nAs per statistical convention in football, matches decided in extra time are counted as wins and losses, while matches decided by penalty shoot-outs are counted as draws.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 59], "content_span": [60, 230]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276952-0000-0000", "contents": "2018 AFC Futsal Club Championship squads\nThe 2018 AFC Futsal Club Championship was an international futsal tournament held in Indonesia from 1 to 12 August 2018. The 16 clubs involved in the tournament were required to register a squad of 14 players, minimum two of whom must be goalkeepers (Regulations Articles 30.1 and 30.2). Only players in these squads were eligible to take part in the tournament.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [40, 40], "content_span": [41, 403]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276952-0001-0000", "contents": "2018 AFC Futsal Club Championship squads\nThe position listed for each player is per the squad list in the official match reports by the AFC. The age listed for each player is on 1 August 2018, the first day of the tournament. Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality. A flag is included for coaches that are of a different nationality than their own national team.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [40, 40], "content_span": [41, 445]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276952-0002-0000", "contents": "2018 AFC Futsal Club Championship squads, Group A, Vamos Mataram\nNote: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 64], "content_span": [65, 193]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276952-0003-0000", "contents": "2018 AFC Futsal Club Championship squads, Group A, Nagoya Oceans\nNote: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 64], "content_span": [65, 193]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276952-0004-0000", "contents": "2018 AFC Futsal Club Championship squads, Group A, Dalian Yuan Dynasty\nNote: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 70], "content_span": [71, 199]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276952-0005-0000", "contents": "2018 AFC Futsal Club Championship squads, Group A, Victoria University College\nNote: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 78], "content_span": [79, 207]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276952-0006-0000", "contents": "2018 AFC Futsal Club Championship squads, Group B, Th\u00e1i S\u01a1n Nam\nNote: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 63], "content_span": [64, 192]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276952-0007-0000", "contents": "2018 AFC Futsal Club Championship squads, Group B, Al-Dhafrah\nNote: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 61], "content_span": [62, 190]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276952-0008-0000", "contents": "2018 AFC Futsal Club Championship squads, Group B, Naft Al-Wasat\nNote: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 64], "content_span": [65, 193]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276952-0009-0000", "contents": "2018 AFC Futsal Club Championship squads, Group B, Jeonju MAG\nNote: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 61], "content_span": [62, 190]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276952-0010-0000", "contents": "2018 AFC Futsal Club Championship squads, Group C, Chonburi Bluewave\nNote: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 68], "content_span": [69, 197]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276952-0011-0000", "contents": "2018 AFC Futsal Club Championship squads, Group C, Al-Sailiya\nNote: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 61], "content_span": [62, 190]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276952-0012-0000", "contents": "2018 AFC Futsal Club Championship squads, Group C, Osh EREM\nNote: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 59], "content_span": [60, 188]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276952-0013-0000", "contents": "2018 AFC Futsal Club Championship squads, Group C, Vic Vipers\nNote: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 61], "content_span": [62, 190]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276952-0014-0000", "contents": "2018 AFC Futsal Club Championship squads, Group D, Mes Sungun\nNote: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 61], "content_span": [62, 190]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276952-0015-0000", "contents": "2018 AFC Futsal Club Championship squads, Group D, Bank of Beirut\nNote: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 65], "content_span": [66, 194]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276952-0016-0000", "contents": "2018 AFC Futsal Club Championship squads, Group D, AGMK\nNote: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 55], "content_span": [56, 184]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276952-0017-0000", "contents": "2018 AFC Futsal Club Championship squads, Group D, Sipar Khujand\nNote: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 64], "content_span": [65, 193]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276953-0000-0000", "contents": "2018 AFC U-16 Championship\nThe 2018 AFC U-16 Championship was the 18th edition of the AFC U-16 Championship, the biennial international youth football championship organised by the Asian Football Confederation (AFC) for the men's under-16 national teams of Asia. It took place in Malaysia, which was appointed as hosts by the AFC on 25 July 2017, between 20 September and 7 October 2018. A total of 16 teams played in the tournament.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [26, 26], "content_span": [27, 433]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276953-0001-0000", "contents": "2018 AFC U-16 Championship\nThe top four teams of the tournament qualified for the 2019 FIFA U-17 World Cup in Brazil as the AFC representatives. Japan won their third title, and qualified together with runners-up Tajikistan and semi-finalists Australia and South Korea. Iraq were the defending champions but were eliminated in the group stage.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [26, 26], "content_span": [27, 343]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276953-0002-0000", "contents": "2018 AFC U-16 Championship, Qualification\nQualifying was played on 16\u201329 September 2017. Malaysia also participated in the qualifiers, even though they had already qualified automatically as hosts.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 41], "content_span": [42, 197]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276953-0003-0000", "contents": "2018 AFC U-16 Championship, Venues\nThe matches were played in three venues around Klang Valley. The venues were Bukit Jalil National Stadium, UM Arena Stadium and Petaling Jaya Stadium. The final match was held at Bukit Jalil National Stadium.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 34], "content_span": [35, 243]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276953-0004-0000", "contents": "2018 AFC U-16 Championship, Draw\nThe draw of the final tournament was held on 26 April 2018, 15:00 MYT (UTC+8), at the AFC House in Kuala Lumpur. The 16 teams were drawn into four groups of four teams. The teams were seeded according to their performance in the 2016 AFC U-16 Championship final tournament and qualification, with the hosts Malaysia automatically seeded and assigned to Position A1 in the draw.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 32], "content_span": [33, 411]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276953-0005-0000", "contents": "2018 AFC U-16 Championship, Squads\nPlayers born on or after 1 January 2002 were eligible to compete in the tournament. Each team should register a squad of minimum 18 players and maximum 23 players, minimum three of whom must be goalkeepers.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 34], "content_span": [35, 241]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276953-0006-0000", "contents": "2018 AFC U-16 Championship, Group stage\nThe top two teams of each group advanced to the quarter-finals.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 39], "content_span": [40, 103]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276953-0007-0000", "contents": "2018 AFC U-16 Championship, Group stage\nTeams were ranked according to points (3 points for a win, 1 point for a draw, 0 points for a loss), and if tied on points, the following tiebreaking criteria were applied, in the order given, to determine the rankings:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 39], "content_span": [40, 259]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276953-0008-0000", "contents": "2018 AFC U-16 Championship, Knockout stage\nIn the knockout stage, penalty shoot-out without extra time was used to decide the winners if necessary.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 42], "content_span": [43, 147]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276953-0009-0000", "contents": "2018 AFC U-16 Championship, Knockout stage, Quarter-finals\nThe winners qualified for the 2019 FIFA U-17 World Cup.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 58], "content_span": [59, 114]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276953-0010-0000", "contents": "2018 AFC U-16 Championship, Awards\nThe following awards were given at the conclusion of the tournament:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 34], "content_span": [35, 103]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276953-0011-0000", "contents": "2018 AFC U-16 Championship, Goalscorers\nThere were 97 goals scored in 31 matches, for an average of 3.13 goals per match.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 39], "content_span": [40, 121]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276953-0012-0000", "contents": "2018 AFC U-16 Championship, Qualified teams for FIFA U-17 World Cup\nThe following four teams from AFC qualified for the 2019 FIFA U-17 World Cup.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 67], "content_span": [68, 145]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276954-0000-0000", "contents": "2018 AFC U-16 Championship qualification\nThe 2018 AFC U-16 Championship qualification was an international men's under-16 football competition which decides the participating teams of the 2018 AFC U-16 Championship.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [40, 40], "content_span": [41, 215]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276954-0001-0000", "contents": "2018 AFC U-16 Championship qualification\nA total of 16 teams qualified to play in the final tournament, including Malaysia who qualified automatically as hosts.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [40, 40], "content_span": [41, 160]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276954-0002-0000", "contents": "2018 AFC U-16 Championship qualification, Draw\nOf the 47 AFC member associations, a total of 45 teams entered the competition. The final tournament hosts Malaysia also entered in qualification despite having automatically qualified for the final tournament (they had not been confirmed as hosts at the time of the qualification draw).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 46], "content_span": [47, 334]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276954-0003-0000", "contents": "2018 AFC U-16 Championship qualification, Draw\nThe draw was held on 21 April 2017, 15:00 MYT (UTC+8), at the AFC House in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. The 45 teams were drawn into ten groups: five groups of five teams and five groups of four teams. For the draw, teams were divided into two zones:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 46], "content_span": [47, 292]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276954-0004-0000", "contents": "2018 AFC U-16 Championship qualification, Draw\nThe teams were seeded in each zone according to their performance in the 2016 AFC U-16 Championship final tournament and qualification (overall ranking shown in parentheses; NR stands for non-ranked teams). The following restrictions were also applied:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 46], "content_span": [47, 299]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276954-0005-0000", "contents": "2018 AFC U-16 Championship qualification, Player eligibility\nPlayers born on or after 1 January 2002 are eligible to compete in the tournament.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 60], "content_span": [61, 143]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276954-0006-0000", "contents": "2018 AFC U-16 Championship qualification, Format\nIn each group, teams play each other once at a centralised venue. The ten group winners and the five best runners-up qualify for the final tournament. If the final tournament hosts Malaysia win their group or are among the five best runners-up, the sixth best runner-up also qualifies for the final tournament.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 48], "content_span": [49, 359]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276954-0007-0000", "contents": "2018 AFC U-16 Championship qualification, Format, Tiebreakers\nTeams are ranked according to points (3 points for a win, 1 point for a draw, 0 points for a loss), and if tied on points, the following tiebreaking criteria are applied, in the order given, to determine the rankings (Regulations Article 9.3):", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 61], "content_span": [62, 305]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276954-0008-0000", "contents": "2018 AFC U-16 Championship qualification, Groups\nThe matches were played between 16 and 29 September 2017.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 48], "content_span": [49, 106]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276954-0009-0000", "contents": "2018 AFC U-16 Championship qualification, Ranking of second-placed teams\nDue to groups having different number of teams and the withdrawal of United Arab Emirates from Group E, the results against the fifth and fourth-placed teams in five and four-team groups are not considered for this ranking.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 72], "content_span": [73, 296]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276955-0000-0000", "contents": "2018 AFC U-16 Championship squads\nThe following is a list of squads for each national team competing at the 2018 AFC U-16 Championship. The tournament took place in Malaysia, between 20 September and 7 October 2018. It was the 18th U-16 age group competition organised by the Asian Football Confederation.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [33, 33], "content_span": [34, 305]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276955-0001-0000", "contents": "2018 AFC U-16 Championship squads\nPlayers born on or after 1 January 2002 were eligible to compete in the tournament. Each team had to register a squad of minimum 18 players and maximum 23 players, minimum three of whom must have been goalkeepers (Regulations Articles 24.1 and 24.2). The full squad listings are below.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [33, 33], "content_span": [34, 319]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276956-0000-0000", "contents": "2018 AFC U-19 Championship\nThe 2018 AFC U-19 Championship was the 40th edition of the AFC U-19 Championship, the biennial international youth football championship organised by the Asian Football Confederation (AFC) for the men's under-19 national teams of Asia. It took place in Indonesia, which was appointed as the host by the AFC on 25 July 2017, between 18 October and 4 November 2018. A total of 16 teams played in the tournament.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [26, 26], "content_span": [27, 436]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276956-0001-0000", "contents": "2018 AFC U-19 Championship\nThe top four teams of the tournament qualified for the 2019 FIFA U-20 World Cup in Poland as the AFC representatives. Saudi Arabia won their third title, and qualified together with runners-up South Korea and semi-finalists Qatar and Japan, which were the defending champions but eliminated by Saudi Arabia.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [26, 26], "content_span": [27, 334]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276956-0002-0000", "contents": "2018 AFC U-19 Championship, Qualification, Qualification process\nQualification matches were played between 24 October and 8 November 2017.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 64], "content_span": [65, 138]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276956-0003-0000", "contents": "2018 AFC U-19 Championship, Qualification, Qualification process\nAlthough Indonesia had already qualified automatically as hosts, they also participated in the qualifiers and finished third place after going down 0\u20133 and 1\u20134 loss to South Korea and Malaysia sides respectively.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 64], "content_span": [65, 277]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276956-0004-0000", "contents": "2018 AFC U-19 Championship, Qualification, Qualification process\nChinese Taipei returned to the tournament finals for the first time since 1974 as one of the best group runners-up.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 64], "content_span": [65, 180]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276956-0005-0000", "contents": "2018 AFC U-19 Championship, Qualification, Qualification process\nThe 2018 qualifiers also witnessed a unique situation where two teams had to go to penalties to determine the higher-position team. It happened in Group C after Qatar and Iraq were tied in all tie-breaking criteria and both of them played among each other in the last match. Qatar won the penalties and finished top of the group while Iraq finished second.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 64], "content_span": [65, 422]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276956-0006-0000", "contents": "2018 AFC U-19 Championship, Qualification, Qualification process\nTwelve out of 2018 qualified sixteen teams played in the 2016 finals.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 64], "content_span": [65, 134]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276956-0007-0000", "contents": "2018 AFC U-19 Championship, Venues\nThe matches were played in three venues around Greater Jakarta.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 34], "content_span": [35, 98]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276956-0008-0000", "contents": "2018 AFC U-19 Championship, Draw\nThe draw was held on 18 May 2018, 15:00 WIB (UTC+7), at the Fairmont Hotel in Jakarta. The 16 teams were drawn into four groups of four teams. The teams were seeded according to their performance in the 2016 AFC U-19 Championship final tournament and qualification, with the hosts Indonesia automatically seeded and assigned to Position A1 in the draw.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 32], "content_span": [33, 385]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276956-0009-0000", "contents": "2018 AFC U-19 Championship, Squads\nPlayers born on or after 1 January 1999 were eligible to compete in the tournament. Each team must register a squad of minimum 18 players and maximum 23 players, minimum three of whom must be goalkeepers.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 34], "content_span": [35, 239]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276956-0010-0000", "contents": "2018 AFC U-19 Championship, Group stage\nThe top two teams of each group advanced to the quarter-finals.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 39], "content_span": [40, 103]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276956-0011-0000", "contents": "2018 AFC U-19 Championship, Group stage\nTeams were ranked according to points (3 points for a win, 1 point for a draw, 0 points for a loss), and if tied on points, the following tie-breaking criteria were applied, in the order given, to determine the rankings:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 39], "content_span": [40, 260]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276956-0012-0000", "contents": "2018 AFC U-19 Championship, Knockout stage\nIn the knockout stage, extra time and penalty shoot-out are used to decide the winner if necessary.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 42], "content_span": [43, 142]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276956-0013-0000", "contents": "2018 AFC U-19 Championship, Awards\nThe following awards were given at the conclusion of the tournament:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 34], "content_span": [35, 103]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276956-0014-0000", "contents": "2018 AFC U-19 Championship, Goalscorers\nThere were 117 goals scored in 31 matches, for an average of 3.77 goals per match.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 39], "content_span": [40, 122]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276956-0015-0000", "contents": "2018 AFC U-19 Championship, Qualified teams for FIFA U-20 World Cup\nThe following four teams from AFC qualified for the 2019 FIFA U-20 World Cup.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 67], "content_span": [68, 145]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276956-0016-0000", "contents": "2018 AFC U-19 Championship, Concerns and controversies\nAn error was made before the start of Jordan\u2013South Korea Group C match on 22 October 2018, where the operator played North Korean national anthem instead of South Korean national anthem. The wrong anthem was stopped immediately and the operator has since been replaced.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 54], "content_span": [55, 324]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276957-0000-0000", "contents": "2018 AFC U-19 Championship qualification\nThe 2018 AFC U-19 Championship qualification was an international men's under-19 football competition to decide the participating teams for the 2018 AFC U-19 Championship.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [40, 40], "content_span": [41, 212]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276957-0001-0000", "contents": "2018 AFC U-19 Championship qualification\nA total of 16 teams qualified to play in the final tournament, including Indonesia who qualified automatically as hosts.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [40, 40], "content_span": [41, 161]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276957-0002-0000", "contents": "2018 AFC U-19 Championship qualification, Draw\nOf the 47 AFC member associations, a total of 43 teams entered the competition. The final tournament hosts Indonesia also entered in qualification despite having automatically qualified for the final tournament (they had not been confirmed as hosts at the time of the qualification draw).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 46], "content_span": [47, 335]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276957-0003-0000", "contents": "2018 AFC U-19 Championship qualification, Draw\nThe draw was held on 21 April 2017, 16:00 MYT (UTC+8), at the AFC House in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. The 43 teams were drawn into ten groups: three groups of five teams and seven groups of four teams. For the draw, teams were divided into two zones:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 46], "content_span": [47, 294]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276957-0004-0000", "contents": "2018 AFC U-19 Championship qualification, Draw\nThe teams were seeded in each zone according to their performance in the 2016 AFC U-19 Championship final tournament and qualification (overall ranking shown in parentheses; NR stands for non-ranked teams). The following restrictions were also applied:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 46], "content_span": [47, 299]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276957-0005-0000", "contents": "2018 AFC U-19 Championship qualification, Player eligibility\nPlayers born on or after 1 January 1999 are eligible to compete in the tournament.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 60], "content_span": [61, 143]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276957-0006-0000", "contents": "2018 AFC U-19 Championship qualification, Format\nIn each group, teams play each other once at a centralised venue. The ten group winners and the five best runners-up qualify for the final tournament. If the final tournament hosts Indonesia win their group or are among the five best runners-up, the sixth best runner-up also qualifies for the final tournament.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 48], "content_span": [49, 360]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276957-0007-0000", "contents": "2018 AFC U-19 Championship qualification, Format, Tiebreakers\nTeams are ranked according to points (3 points for a win, 1 point for a draw, 0 points for a loss), and if tied on points, the following tiebreaking criteria are applied, in the order given, to determine the rankings (Regulations Article 9.3):", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 61], "content_span": [62, 305]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276957-0008-0000", "contents": "2018 AFC U-19 Championship qualification, Groups\nThe matches were played between 24 October \u2013 8 November 2017.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 48], "content_span": [49, 110]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276957-0009-0000", "contents": "2018 AFC U-19 Championship qualification, Ranking of second-placed teams\nDue to groups having different number of teams and the withdrawal of Afghanistan and Northern Mariana Islands from Groups C and J, the results against the fifth and fourth-placed teams in five and four-team groups are not considered for this ranking.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 72], "content_span": [73, 323]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276957-0010-0000", "contents": "2018 AFC U-19 Championship qualification, Goalscorers\nThere were 234 goals scored in 66 matches, for an average of 3.55 goals per match.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 53], "content_span": [54, 136]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276958-0000-0000", "contents": "2018 AFC U-19 Championship squads\nPlayer names marked in bold went on to earn full international caps.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [33, 33], "content_span": [34, 102]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276958-0001-0000", "contents": "2018 AFC U-19 Championship squads, Group A, United Arab Emirates\nUnited Arab Emirates named their squad on 4 October 2018.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 64], "content_span": [65, 122]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276959-0000-0000", "contents": "2018 AFC U-23 Championship\nThe 2018 AFC U-23 Championship (also known as the 2018 AFC U-23 Asian Cup) was the third edition of the AFC U-23 Championship, the biennial international age-restricted football championship organised by the Asian Football Confederation (AFC) for the men's under-23 national teams of Asia. A total of 16 teams competed in the tournament. It took place between 9\u201327 January 2018, and was hosted by China.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [26, 26], "content_span": [27, 430]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276959-0001-0000", "contents": "2018 AFC U-23 Championship\nUzbekistan defeated Vietnam in the final to win their first title. Japan were the defending champions, but failed to defend the title after losing to Uzbekistan in the quarter-finals.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [26, 26], "content_span": [27, 210]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276959-0002-0000", "contents": "2018 AFC U-23 Championship, Qualification\nThe qualifiers were held from 15 to 23 July 2017. China also participated in the qualifiers, even though they had already qualified automatically as hosts.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 41], "content_span": [42, 197]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276959-0003-0000", "contents": "2018 AFC U-23 Championship, Venues\nThe competition was played in four venues in four cities, all in the province of Jiangsu.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 34], "content_span": [35, 124]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276959-0004-0000", "contents": "2018 AFC U-23 Championship, Draw\nThe draw of the final tournament was held on 24 October 2017, 16:00 CST (UTC+8), at the Traders Fudu Hotel in Changzhou. The 16 teams were drawn into four groups of four teams. The teams were seeded according to their performance in the 2016 AFC U-23 Championship final tournament and qualification, with the hosts China automatically seeded and assigned to Position A1 in the draw.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 32], "content_span": [33, 415]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276959-0005-0000", "contents": "2018 AFC U-23 Championship, Match officials\nThe following referees were chosen for the 2018 AFC U-23 Championship. Additional assistant referees were used in this tournament.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 43], "content_span": [44, 174]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276959-0006-0000", "contents": "2018 AFC U-23 Championship, Squads\nPlayers born on or after 1 January 1995 are eligible to compete in the tournament. Each team must register a squad of minimum 18 players and maximum 23 players, minimum three of whom must be goalkeepers (Regulations Articles 24.1 and 24.2).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 34], "content_span": [35, 275]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276959-0007-0000", "contents": "2018 AFC U-23 Championship, Group stage\nThe top two teams of each group advance to the quarter-finals.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 39], "content_span": [40, 102]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276959-0008-0000", "contents": "2018 AFC U-23 Championship, Group stage\nTeams are ranked according to points (3 points for a win, 1 point for a draw, 0 points for a loss), and if tied on points, the following tiebreaking criteria are applied, in the order given, to determine the rankings (Regulations Article 9.3):", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 39], "content_span": [40, 283]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276959-0009-0000", "contents": "2018 AFC U-23 Championship, Knockout stage\nIn the knockout stage, extra time and penalty shoot-out are used to decide the winner if necessary (Regulations Articles 12.1 and 12.2).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 42], "content_span": [43, 179]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276959-0010-0000", "contents": "2018 AFC U-23 Championship, Knockout stage, Final\nThis was the first time ever that Vietnam and Uzbekistan met together in final. For Vietnam, this was their first appearance in an AFC final at any level.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 49], "content_span": [50, 204]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276959-0011-0000", "contents": "2018 AFC U-23 Championship, Awards\nThe following awards were given at the conclusion of the tournament:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 34], "content_span": [35, 103]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276959-0012-0000", "contents": "2018 AFC U-23 Championship, Statistics, Goalscorers\nThere were 82 goals scored in 32 matches, for an average of 2.56 goals per match.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 51], "content_span": [52, 133]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276959-0013-0000", "contents": "2018 AFC U-23 Championship, Statistics, Tournament team rankings\nAs per statistical convention in football, matches decided in extra time are counted as wins and losses, while matches decided by penalty shoot-outs are counted as draws.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 64], "content_span": [65, 235]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276960-0000-0000", "contents": "2018 AFC U-23 Championship Final\nThe 2018 AFC U-23 Championship Final was a football match that took place on 27 January 2018 at the Changzhou Olympic Sports Centre in Changzhou, China, to determine the winners of the 2018 AFC U-23 Championship. The match was contested by Vietnam and Uzbekistan, the winners of the semi-finals.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [32, 32], "content_span": [33, 328]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276960-0001-0000", "contents": "2018 AFC U-23 Championship Final\nUzbekistan beat Vietnam after extra time to claim their maiden U-23 Asian Cup title in what was considered to be the most exciting and special final in the history of the Asian Football Confederation (AFC).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [32, 32], "content_span": [33, 239]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276960-0002-0000", "contents": "2018 AFC U-23 Championship Final, Route to the final\nVietnam's participation to the final was considered as a surprise. Prior to the tournament, Vietnam had just participated in one edition, the 2016 AFC U-23 Championship where they finished bottom with total three defeats. Uzbekistan, being considered as a heavyweight, in their first two editions were not successful, being eliminated from the group stage both two editions and only claimed one victory in both tournaments.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 52], "content_span": [53, 476]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276960-0003-0000", "contents": "2018 AFC U-23 Championship Final, Route to the final\nVietnam participated in the tournament together with South Korea, Australia and Syria. Being in a tough group, Vietnam was believed to make an early exit from the group stage. That was true in the first match, when Vietnam lost 1\u20132 to South Korea. However, Vietnam surprisingly bounced back and beat Australia 1\u20130, took vengeance for the defeat two years ago. After drawing Syria 0\u20130, Vietnam, together with Malaysia were the first two Southeast Asian teams to qualify into the knockout stage.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 52], "content_span": [53, 546]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276960-0003-0001", "contents": "2018 AFC U-23 Championship Final, Route to the final\nVietnam continued to surprise every predictions by defeating Iraq and Qatar on the penalty shootout after two thrillers, both ended 3\u20133 and 2\u20132 after 120 minutes each. Thus Vietnam had written history by becoming the first Southeast Asian team since 1999, to play in the final of an AFC tournament. This was also Vietnam's first ever AFC final in their football history.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 52], "content_span": [53, 423]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276960-0004-0000", "contents": "2018 AFC U-23 Championship Final, Route to the final\nUzbekistan was placed in group A with host China, Qatar and Oman. Unlike Vietnam, Uzbekistan had more experience, and was expected to make at least the semi-finals. However, their hope was shattered by a humiliating 0\u20131 loss to Qatar, before they fought back and defeated China and Oman both with the score 1\u20130. When the Young White Wolves passed into the quarter-finals, the Uzbeks showed their strength by demolishing an Olympic-preparing squad and Asian champions Japan in a surprising 4\u20130 victory, before taking 120 minutes to defeat another East Asian giant, South Korea, 4\u20131.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 52], "content_span": [53, 634]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276960-0005-0000", "contents": "2018 AFC U-23 Championship Final, Match\nThe striker was on hand to convert a Dostonbek Khamdamov corner with his first touch of the game, after a 1-1 draw had forced the game into an additional 30 minutes.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 39], "content_span": [40, 205]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276960-0006-0000", "contents": "2018 AFC U-23 Championship Final, Match\nWhile Uzbekistan\u2019s victory saw them add to the AFC U-16 Championship title they won in 2012, it also brought the curtain down on a remarkable Vietnam campaign, one which will live long in the memory of the Southeast Asian nation\u2019s supporters.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 39], "content_span": [40, 282]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276960-0007-0000", "contents": "2018 AFC U-23 Championship Final, Match\nIn decidedly wintry conditions at the Changzhou Olympic Sports Center, it was Uzbekistan who controlled the early proceedings, and they duly took the lead on eight minutes when a poorly marked Rustamjon Ashurmatov headed home Khamdamov\u2019s outswinging corner.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 39], "content_span": [40, 297]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276960-0008-0000", "contents": "2018 AFC U-23 Championship Final, Match\nUzbekistan continued to press after the breakthrough, as both a Javokhir Sidikov header and Khamdamov\u2019s effort from 20 yards forced Vietnam goalkeeper Bui Tien Dung into smart saves.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 39], "content_span": [40, 222]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276960-0009-0000", "contents": "2018 AFC U-23 Championship Final, Match\nDespite struggling to fully impose themselves on the game, Vietnam briefly threatened to restore parity shortly after the half hour mark when Pham Xuan Manh\u2019s excellent cross narrowly eluded the onrushing Phan Vanh Duc and Nguyen Quang Hai.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 39], "content_span": [40, 280]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276960-0010-0000", "contents": "2018 AFC U-23 Championship Final, Match\nHowever, after seeing Azizjon Ganiev fire narrowly over, Vietnam drew level on the stroke of half-time. Nguyen Cong Phuong was brought down on the edge of the area, and from the resulting free-kick Quang Hai superbly curled the ball past the despairing dive of Botirali Ergashev to register his fifth goal of the tournament.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 39], "content_span": [40, 364]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276960-0011-0000", "contents": "2018 AFC U-23 Championship Final, Match\nAfter a delayed restart to allow a layer of snow to be removed from the pitch, Uzbekistan were the first to shine once again, this time Khamdamov stinging the palms of Tien Dung courtesy of a 48th minute long-range drive.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 39], "content_span": [40, 261]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276960-0012-0000", "contents": "2018 AFC U-23 Championship Final, Match\nMoments later, Tien Dung, the hero of Vietnam\u2019s semi-final win over Iraq, reacted well to deny Sidikov from six yards, before Uzbekistan captain Zabikhillo Urinboev fizzed a shot wide of the left-hand upright on 70 minutes.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 39], "content_span": [40, 263]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276960-0013-0000", "contents": "2018 AFC U-23 Championship Final, Match\nIn the last meaningful action of normal time, Urinboev could, and very possibly should, have won the match for the Central Asians, but the striker inexplicably lashed his attempt from eight yards over the bar after Tien Dung had parried Akramjon Komilov\u2019s cross into his path.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 39], "content_span": [40, 316]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276960-0014-0000", "contents": "2018 AFC U-23 Championship Final, Match\nUrinboev\u2019s miss was to matter little in the end though, as Sidorov applied an expert finish to Khamdamov's last gasp corner at the end of additional time to seal the title for Uzbekistan and break Vietnamese hearts on a day of high drama.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 39], "content_span": [40, 278]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276960-0015-0000", "contents": "2018 AFC U-23 Championship Final, Controversies, Referee issues\nPrior to the final, the AFC had assigned Chinese referee Ma Ning to be in the final. However, only a few hours before the match, the position was given to Omani referee Ahmed Al-Kaf who replaced Ma Ning. The AFC did not explain their reasoning behind its decision, however, it was believed to have been from disputes between the host officials and the AFC over refereeing. Al-Kaf himself had also headed refereeing in some previous AFC Champions League matches.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 63], "content_span": [64, 525]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276960-0016-0000", "contents": "2018 AFC U-23 Championship Final, Controversies, Snowy conditions\nThe match was played in heavy snow, under \u20132\u00b0C, which was relatively very cold, and it had been suggested that the match be delayed due to snowfall. However, the AFC turned down the request and ordered the match to continue. After the end of the first half, the AFC asked that the snow be cleared from the field, and it took around thirty minutes to one hour until the match could be continued. It was criticised in the aftermath of the match, both by Uzbekistani and Vietnamese fans, as both teams were not accustomed to play in such harsh weather conditions.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 65], "content_span": [66, 626]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276960-0017-0000", "contents": "2018 AFC U-23 Championship Final, Controversies, Uzbekistan's team shirt\nIn the first half, the Uzbeks were permitted by the AFC to wear all-white, despite heavy snow storms across the city. Because of this, not only the Vietnamese, but even the Uzbek players found themselves very hard to find and see their own players on the field. To solve the problem, the Uzbeks had changed to blue uniforms in the second half of the match.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 72], "content_span": [73, 429]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276961-0000-0000", "contents": "2018 AFC U-23 Championship qualification\nThe 2018 AFC U-23 Championship qualification was an international men's under-23 football competition which decided the participating teams of the 2018 AFC U-23 Championship.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [40, 40], "content_span": [41, 215]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276961-0001-0000", "contents": "2018 AFC U-23 Championship qualification\nA total of 16 teams qualified to play in the final tournament, including China PR who qualified automatically as hosts.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [40, 40], "content_span": [41, 160]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276961-0002-0000", "contents": "2018 AFC U-23 Championship qualification, Draw\nOf the 47 AFC member associations, a total of 40 teams entered the competition. The final tournament hosts China PR decided to participate in qualification despite having automatically qualified for the final tournament.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 46], "content_span": [47, 267]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276961-0003-0000", "contents": "2018 AFC U-23 Championship qualification, Draw\nThe draw was held on 17 March 2017, 15:00 MYT (UTC+8), at the AFC House in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. The 40 teams were drawn into ten groups of four teams. For the draw, teams were divided into two zones:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 46], "content_span": [47, 249]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276961-0004-0000", "contents": "2018 AFC U-23 Championship qualification, Draw\nThe teams were seeded according to their performance in the 2016 AFC U-23 Championship final tournament and qualification. The following restrictions were also applied:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 46], "content_span": [47, 215]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276961-0005-0000", "contents": "2018 AFC U-23 Championship qualification, Player eligibility\nPlayers born on or after 1 January 1995 were eligible to compete in the tournament.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 60], "content_span": [61, 144]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276961-0006-0000", "contents": "2018 AFC U-23 Championship qualification, Format\nIn each group, teams played each other once at a centralised venue. The ten group winners and the five best runners-up qualified for the final tournament. If the final tournament hosts China PR won their group or were among the five best runners-up, the sixth best runner-up also qualified for the final tournament.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 48], "content_span": [49, 364]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276961-0007-0000", "contents": "2018 AFC U-23 Championship qualification, Format, Tiebreakers\nTeams were ranked according to points (3 points for a win, 1 point for a draw, 0 points for a loss), and if tied on points, the following tiebreaking criteria were applied, in the order given, to determine the rankings (Regulations Article 9.3):", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 61], "content_span": [62, 307]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276961-0008-0000", "contents": "2018 AFC U-23 Championship qualification, Groups\nThe matches were played between 15 and 23 July 2017.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 48], "content_span": [49, 101]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276961-0009-0000", "contents": "2018 AFC U-23 Championship qualification, Ranking of second-placed teams\nDue to groups having different number of teams after the withdrawal of Sri Lanka from Group A, the results against the fourth-placed teams in four-team groups were not considered for this ranking.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 72], "content_span": [73, 269]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276961-0010-0000", "contents": "2018 AFC U-23 Championship qualification, Goalscorers\nThere were 205 goals scored in 57 matches, for an average of 3.6 goals per match.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 53], "content_span": [54, 135]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276962-0000-0000", "contents": "2018 AFC U-23 Championship squads\nThe following is a list of squads for each national team which competed at the 2018 AFC U-23 Championship. The tournament took place in China, between 9\u201327 January 2018. It was the third U-23 age group competition organised by the Asian Football Confederation. As the tournament was not held during the FIFA International Match Calendar, clubs were not obligated to release the players.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [33, 33], "content_span": [34, 420]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276962-0001-0000", "contents": "2018 AFC U-23 Championship squads\nThe sixteen national teams involved in the tournament were required to register a squad of 23 players, including three goalkeepers. Only players in these squads were eligible to take part in the tournament. Players born on or after 1 January 1995 were eligible to compete in the tournament.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [33, 33], "content_span": [34, 324]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276962-0002-0000", "contents": "2018 AFC U-23 Championship squads\nThe full squad listings are below. The age listed for each player is on 9 January 2018, the first day of the tournament. The nationality for each club reflects the national association (not the league) to which the club is affiliated. A flag is included for coaches who are of a different nationality than their own national team. Players in boldface have been capped at full international level at some point in their career.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [33, 33], "content_span": [34, 460]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276963-0000-0000", "contents": "2018 AFC Women's Asian Cup\nThe 2018 AFC Women's Asian Cup was the 19th edition of the AFC Women's Asian Cup, the quadrennial international football tournament in Asia competed by the women's national teams in the Asian Football Confederation (AFC). It was originally scheduled to be held in Jordan between 7 and 22 April 2018, but later was changed to 6 to 20 April 2018.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [26, 26], "content_span": [27, 371]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276963-0001-0000", "contents": "2018 AFC Women's Asian Cup\nThe tournament served as the final stage of Asian qualification for the 2019 FIFA Women's World Cup, with the top five teams qualifying for the World Cup in France.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [26, 26], "content_span": [27, 191]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276963-0002-0000", "contents": "2018 AFC Women's Asian Cup\nJapan defeated Australia 1\u20130 in the final to win their second consecutive title. In the third-place match the same day, China defeated Thailand 3\u20131.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [26, 26], "content_span": [27, 175]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276963-0003-0000", "contents": "2018 AFC Women's Asian Cup, Qualification\nThe draw for the qualifiers was held on 21 January 2017. The top three finishers of the last AFC Women's Cup qualified automatically and did not have to enter qualifying, while Jordan also qualified automatically as hosts but decided to also participate in the qualifying competition. The matches were played from 3 to 12 April 2017.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 41], "content_span": [42, 375]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276963-0004-0000", "contents": "2018 AFC Women's Asian Cup, Venues\nThe competition was played in two venues in the city of Amman.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 34], "content_span": [35, 97]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276963-0005-0000", "contents": "2018 AFC Women's Asian Cup, Draw\nThe final draw was held on 9 December 2017, 13:00 EET (UTC+2), at the King Hussein bin Talal Convention Center on the eastern shores of the Dead Sea. The eight teams were drawn into two groups of four teams. The teams were seeded according to their performance in the 2014 AFC Women's Asian Cup final tournament and qualification, with the hosts Jordan automatically seeded and assigned to Position A1 in the draw.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 32], "content_span": [33, 447]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276963-0006-0000", "contents": "2018 AFC Women's Asian Cup, Squads\nEach team must register a squad of minimum 18 players and maximum 23 players, minimum three of whom must be goalkeepers (Regulations Articles 31.4 and 31.5).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 34], "content_span": [35, 192]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276963-0007-0000", "contents": "2018 AFC Women's Asian Cup, Match officials\nA total of 10 referees and 12 assistant referees were appointed for the final tournament.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 43], "content_span": [44, 133]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276963-0008-0000", "contents": "2018 AFC Women's Asian Cup, Group stage\nThe top two teams of each group qualified for the 2019 FIFA Women's World Cup as well as the semi-finals. The third-placed team of each group entered the fifth-placed match.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 39], "content_span": [40, 213]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276963-0009-0000", "contents": "2018 AFC Women's Asian Cup, Group stage\nTeams are ranked according to points (3 points for a win, 1 point for a draw, 0 points for a loss), and if tied on points, the following tiebreaking criteria are applied, in the order given, to determine the rankings (Regulations Article 11.5):", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 39], "content_span": [40, 284]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276963-0010-0000", "contents": "2018 AFC Women's Asian Cup, Knockout stage\nIn the knockout stage, extra time and penalty shoot-out are used to decide the winner if necessary, except for the third place match where penalty shoot-out (no extra time) is used to decide the winner if necessary.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 42], "content_span": [43, 258]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276963-0011-0000", "contents": "2018 AFC Women's Asian Cup, Awards\nThe following awards were given at the conclusion of the tournament:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 34], "content_span": [35, 103]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276963-0012-0000", "contents": "2018 AFC Women's Asian Cup, Goalscorers\nThere were 66 goals scored in 17 matches, for an average of 3.88 goals per match.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 39], "content_span": [40, 121]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276963-0013-0000", "contents": "2018 AFC Women's Asian Cup, Qualified teams for FIFA Women's World Cup\nThe following five teams from AFC qualified for the 2019 FIFA Women's World Cup.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 70], "content_span": [71, 151]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276963-0014-0000", "contents": "2018 AFC Women's Asian Cup, Broadcasting rights and sponsorships\nLe Sports acquired the all-media broadcasting and signal production rights in China in 2015, but they collapsed due to financial problems thus giving in all the rights they've acquired and transferred them to China Central Television and PP Sports in 2017. Tire manufacturer Continental announced they would be official sponsor.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 64], "content_span": [65, 393]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276964-0000-0000", "contents": "2018 AFC Women's Asian Cup Final\nThe 2018 AFC Women's Asian Cup Final was a football match at the Amman International Stadium in Amman, Jordan which determined the winner of the 2018 AFC Women's Asian Cup. The final was contested between Japan and Australia, teams which were also the finalists of the previous edition held in 2014.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [32, 32], "content_span": [33, 332]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276964-0001-0000", "contents": "2018 AFC Women's Asian Cup Final\nJapan defeated Australia 1\u20130 in the final to win their second consecutive title.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [32, 32], "content_span": [33, 113]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276964-0002-0000", "contents": "2018 AFC Women's Asian Cup Final, Background\nJapan were the defending champions of the AFC Women's Asian Cup having defeated Australia in the final of the 2014 edition in Vietnam to win their first continental title. The two sides had met in the group stage of the 2018 AFC Women's Asian Cup. Their encounter ended in a 1\u20131 draw.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 44], "content_span": [45, 329]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276964-0003-0000", "contents": "2018 AFC Women's Asian Cup Final, Background\nThe match also marked Australia's third consecutive appearance in a Women's Asian Cup final. This feat was last achieved by China which featured in the final of the 2003, 2006, and 2008 editions.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 44], "content_span": [45, 240]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276964-0004-0000", "contents": "2018 AFC Women's Asian Cup Final, Background\nAustralia's previous victory against Japan in a major tournament was their match up at the 2010 AFC Women's Asian Cup in Vietnam, where it knockout their East Asian opposition out of the semifinals and win the title. Australia has been beaten by Japan since then including their quarter final loss in the 2015 FIFA Women's World Cup.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 44], "content_span": [45, 378]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276964-0005-0000", "contents": "2018 AFC Women's Asian Cup Final, Route to the final\nAustralia and Japan were both part of Group B in the group stage. Australia finished as group leaders and had to face second-placers Thailand in the semifinal while Japan had to play against China, the Group A leaders. The semifinalists of the tournament including Australia and Japan secured a berth at the 2019 FIFA Women's World Cup by finishing among the top two teams in their group.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 52], "content_span": [53, 441]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276964-0006-0000", "contents": "2018 AFC Women's Asian Cup Final, Route to the final\nAustralia was trailing 1\u20132 to Thailand in their semifinal tie before Australia made an equalizer just before the end of the regulation time. This meant that the match had to go to extra time but no further goals were made and penalty shoot-out was held to determine which among the two teams to advance to the final. Australia outscored Thailand in the penalties. Japan won over China in the other semifinal with the sole Chinese goal being scored from a penalty kick in the 90th minute.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 52], "content_span": [53, 540]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276964-0007-0000", "contents": "2018 AFC Women's Asian Cup Final, Match\nAustralian winger Hayley Raso, right knee injury, was ruled out of the Final.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 39], "content_span": [40, 117]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276964-0008-0000", "contents": "2018 AFC Women's Asian Cup Final, Match\nIn the first half, Australia had a chance to score when they were awarded a penalty after Saki Kumagai handled Tameka Butt\u2019s shot at goal in the 14th minute, but Ayaka Yamashita saved the penalty from Elise Kellond-Knight.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 39], "content_span": [40, 262]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276964-0009-0000", "contents": "2018 AFC Women's Asian Cup Final, Match\nIn the 84th minute, substitute Kumi Yokoyama received the ball from Yui Hasegawa and shot the ball into the top corner of the net from 18 yards scoring the winning goal.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 39], "content_span": [40, 209]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276964-0010-0000", "contents": "2018 AFC Women's Asian Cup Final, Aftermath\nJapan won their second AFC Women's Asian Cup title. Japan's win also marks the first time a national team won the continental title two times consecutively, a feat last done North Korea who emerged champions of the 2001 and 2003 editions. It was also the first title won by Japan women's team under the tutelage of manager, Asako Takakura and the third major title within the last seven years.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 43], "content_span": [44, 437]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276965-0000-0000", "contents": "2018 AFC Women's Asian Cup qualification\nThe 2018 AFC Women's Asian Cup qualification was the qualification tournament for the 2018 AFC Women's Asian Cup.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [40, 40], "content_span": [41, 154]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276965-0001-0000", "contents": "2018 AFC Women's Asian Cup qualification\nA total of 21 teams entered the qualification tournament, which decided four of the eight participating teams in the final tournament held in Jordan. This tournament also served as the first stage of Asian qualification for the 2019 FIFA Women's World Cup, with the top five teams of the final tournament qualifying for the World Cup.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [40, 40], "content_span": [41, 375]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276965-0002-0000", "contents": "2018 AFC Women's Asian Cup qualification, Draw\nOf the 47 AFC member associations, a total of 24 teams entered the competition, with Japan, Australia, and China PR automatically qualified for the final tournament by their position as the top three teams of the 2014 AFC Women's Asian Cup and thus did not participate in the qualifying competition. Jordan also automatically qualified for the final tournament as hosts, but decided to also participate in the qualifying competition.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 46], "content_span": [47, 480]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276965-0003-0000", "contents": "2018 AFC Women's Asian Cup qualification, Draw\nThe draw was held on 21 January 2017, 15:00 AST (UTC+2), at the Grand Hyatt in Amman, Jordan. The 21 teams were drawn into one group of six teams and three groups of five teams.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 46], "content_span": [47, 224]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276965-0004-0000", "contents": "2018 AFC Women's Asian Cup qualification, Draw\nThe teams were seeded according to their performance in the 2014 AFC Women's Asian Cup final tournament and qualification. The following restrictions were also applied:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 46], "content_span": [47, 215]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276965-0005-0000", "contents": "2018 AFC Women's Asian Cup qualification, Format\nIn each group, teams played each other once at a centralised venue. The four group winners qualified for the final tournament. If Jordan won their group, the runner-up of their group also qualified for the final tournament.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 48], "content_span": [49, 272]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276965-0006-0000", "contents": "2018 AFC Women's Asian Cup qualification, Format, Tiebreakers\nTeams were ranked according to points (3 points for a win, 1 point for a draw, 0 points for a loss), and if tied on points, the following tiebreaking criteria were applied, in the order given, to determine the rankings (Regulations Article 11.5):", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 61], "content_span": [62, 308]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276965-0007-0000", "contents": "2018 AFC Women's Asian Cup qualification, Goalscorers\nThere were 206 goals scored in 38 matches, for an average of 5.42 goals per match.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 53], "content_span": [54, 136]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276966-0000-0000", "contents": "2018 AFC Women's Asian Cup squads\nEach country's final squad has to comprise 23 players. A preliminary squad of 18\u201350 players was submitted earlier.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [33, 33], "content_span": [34, 148]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276966-0001-0000", "contents": "2018 AFC Women's Asian Cup squads\nOn 29 March, AFC announced the squads for teams of both the groups.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [33, 33], "content_span": [34, 101]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276967-0000-0000", "contents": "2018 AFC Women's Futsal Championship\nThe 2018 AFC Women's Futsal Championship was the second edition of the AFC Women's Futsal Championship, the biennial international futsal championship organized by the Asian Football Confederation (AFC) for the women's national teams of Asia. It took place in Thailand, which was appointed as hosts by the AFC on 29 July 2017, between 2 and 12 May 2018. The tournament was originally to be held between 15\u201326 August 2017, two years after the inaugural edition in 2015, but was postponed to the following year.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [36, 36], "content_span": [37, 546]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276967-0001-0000", "contents": "2018 AFC Women's Futsal Championship\nA total of 15 teams participated in the tournament. The 15 teams were divided into four groups (one with three teams and three with four teams), with the group winners and the best runner-up advancing to the quarter-finals.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [36, 36], "content_span": [37, 260]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276967-0002-0000", "contents": "2018 AFC Women's Futsal Championship\nThe tournament served as qualifying for the futsal tournament at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics in Buenos Aires, with the winner and the runner-up qualifying for the girls' tournament, to be represented by their under-18 representative teams.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [36, 36], "content_span": [37, 279]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276967-0003-0000", "contents": "2018 AFC Women's Futsal Championship\nIran, the defending champions, won their second title in a row.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [36, 36], "content_span": [37, 100]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276967-0004-0000", "contents": "2018 AFC Women's Futsal Championship, Qualified teams\nOf the 47 AFC member associations, a total of 15 teams entered the competition. There was no qualification, and all entrants advanced to the final tournament.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 53], "content_span": [54, 212]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276967-0005-0000", "contents": "2018 AFC Women's Futsal Championship, Venues\nThe matches are played at the Bangkok Arena and Indoor Stadium Huamark in Bangkok.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 44], "content_span": [45, 127]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276967-0006-0000", "contents": "2018 AFC Women's Futsal Championship, Draw\nThe final draw was held on 5 March 2018, 15:30 MYT (UTC+8), at the AFC House in Kuala Lumpur. The 15 teams were drawn into three group of four teams (Groups A, B and C) and one group of three teams (Group D). The teams were seeded according to their performance in the 2015 AFC Women's Futsal Championship tournament, with the hosts Thailand automatically seeded and assigned to Position A1 in the draw.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 42], "content_span": [43, 446]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276967-0007-0000", "contents": "2018 AFC Women's Futsal Championship, Squads\nEach team must register a squad of 14 players, minimum two of whom must be goalkeepers (Regulations Articles 27.1 and 27.2).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 44], "content_span": [45, 169]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276967-0008-0000", "contents": "2018 AFC Women's Futsal Championship, Group stage\nThe winner of each group and the best runner-up advance to the semi-finals.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 49], "content_span": [50, 125]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276967-0009-0000", "contents": "2018 AFC Women's Futsal Championship, Group stage\nTeams are ranked according to points (3 points for a win, 1 point for a draw, 0 points for a loss), and if tied on points, the following tiebreaking criteria are applied, in the order given, to determine the rankings (Regulations Article 10.5):", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 49], "content_span": [50, 294]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276967-0010-0000", "contents": "2018 AFC Women's Futsal Championship, Knockout stage\nIn the knockout stage, extra time and penalty shoot-out are used to decide the winner if necessary, except for the third place match where penalty shoot-out (no extra time) is used to decide the winner if necessary (Regulations Articles 14.1 and 15.1).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 52], "content_span": [53, 305]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276967-0011-0000", "contents": "2018 AFC Women's Futsal Championship, Knockout stage, Semi-finals\nWinners qualify for 2018 Summer Youth Olympics girls' futsal tournament, to be represented by their under-18 representative teams.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 65], "content_span": [66, 196]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276967-0012-0000", "contents": "2018 AFC Women's Futsal Championship, Qualified teams for Youth Olympics\nThe following two teams from AFC qualified for the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics girls' futsal tournament. Since Iran also qualified for the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics boys' futsal tournament and chose the boys' tournament over the girls' tournament, they were replaced by Thailand.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 72], "content_span": [73, 352]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276967-0013-0000", "contents": "2018 AFC Women's Futsal Championship, Awards\nThe following awards were given at the conclusion of the tournament:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 44], "content_span": [45, 113]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276967-0014-0000", "contents": "2018 AFC Women's Futsal Championship, Goalscorers\nThere were 189 goals scored in 29 matches, for an average of 6.52 goals per match.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 49], "content_span": [50, 132]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276967-0015-0000", "contents": "2018 AFC Women's Futsal Championship, Tournament team rankings\nAs per statistical convention in football, matches decided in extra time are counted as wins and losses, while matches decided by penalty shoot-outs are counted as draws.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 62], "content_span": [63, 233]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276968-0000-0000", "contents": "2018 AFC Women's Futsal Championship squads\nThe following is a list of squads for each national team competing at the 2018 AFC Women's Futsal Championship. The tournament will take place during May 2018 in Thailand. It will be the 2nd competition organised by the Asian Football Confederation (AFC) for the women's national teams of Asia.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [43, 43], "content_span": [44, 338]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276968-0001-0000", "contents": "2018 AFC Women's Futsal Championship squads\nEach team must register a squad of 14 players, minimum two of whom must be goalkeepers. The full squad listings are below.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [43, 43], "content_span": [44, 166]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276969-0000-0000", "contents": "2018 AFF Beach Soccer Championship\nThe 2018 AFF Beach Soccer Championship is the second edition of the AFF Beach Soccer Championship, the premier regional beach soccer championship exclusively contested by Southeast Asian men's national teams who are members of the ASEAN Football Federation (AFF).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [34, 34], "content_span": [35, 298]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276969-0001-0000", "contents": "2018 AFF Beach Soccer Championship\nOrganised by the AFF, the tournament takes place between 18\u201324 November in Tanjung Benoa, Bali, Indonesia, featuring five teams.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [34, 34], "content_span": [35, 163]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276970-0000-0000", "contents": "2018 AFF Championship\nThe 2018 AFF Championship was the 12th edition of the AFF Championship, the football championship of nations affiliated to the ASEAN Football Federation (AFF), and the 6th under the name AFF Suzuki Cup.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [21, 21], "content_span": [22, 224]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276970-0001-0000", "contents": "2018 AFF Championship\nThe final tournament ran from 8 November and ended on 15 December 2018. Through the agreement between AFF and East Asian Football Federation (EAFF), the winner of the tournament will qualify for the AFF\u2013EAFF Champions Trophy.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [21, 21], "content_span": [22, 247]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276970-0002-0000", "contents": "2018 AFF Championship\nThailand had been the defending champions, but lost to Malaysia in the semi-finals. Vietnam won the tournament by a 3\u20132 victory in the two-legged final against Malaysia to secure their second title, and subsequently qualified to meet 2017 EAFF E-1 Football Championship winner of South Korea in the 2019 AFF\u2013EAFF Champions Trophy.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [21, 21], "content_span": [22, 352]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276970-0003-0000", "contents": "2018 AFF Championship, Format\nIn March 2016, it was reported that the AFF was mulling over changes to the tournament format due to the failure to attract big crowds for matches not involving the host nation. It was then confirmed by the AFF that starting with the 2018 edition, a new format would be applied. The nine highest ranked teams would automatically qualify with the 10th and 11th ranked teams playing in a two-legged qualifier. The 10 teams would be split in two groups of five and play a round robin system with each team playing two home and two away fixtures. A draw will be made to determine where the teams play while the format of the knockout round would remain unchanged.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 29], "content_span": [30, 689]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276970-0004-0000", "contents": "2018 AFF Championship, Qualification\nNine teams were automatically qualified in the AFF Championship final tournament. Based on the 2016 AFF Championship ranking, Brunei and Timor Leste played in a home and away play offs which was conducted on 1 and 8 September 2018 with the latter securing qualification. Australia, a member since 2013, did not enter the tournament.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 36], "content_span": [37, 369]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276970-0005-0000", "contents": "2018 AFF Championship, Draw\nThe draw for the tournament was held on 2 May 2018 at Hotel Mulia in Jakarta, Indonesia with the pot placements followed each teams progress in the previous two editions. At the time of the draw the identity of the national team that secured qualification was still to be determined (Timor-Leste).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 27], "content_span": [28, 325]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276970-0006-0000", "contents": "2018 AFF Championship, Squads\nEach team were allowed a preliminary squad of 50 players. A final squad of 23 players (three of whom must be goalkeepers) must be registered one day before the first match of the tournament.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 29], "content_span": [30, 220]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276970-0007-0000", "contents": "2018 AFF Championship, Venues\nThere are one venue for each participating countries in the tournament with each countries get two group matches played in their home stadium. This is the first time Laos and Cambodia host matches of a final tournament. Before the tournament being held, both the Football Association of Indonesia (PSSI) and Myanmar Football Federation (MFF) have requested AFF to allow their two home matches to be held in two different stadiums in different cities.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 29], "content_span": [30, 480]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276970-0007-0001", "contents": "2018 AFF Championship, Venues\nThe Vietnam Football Federation (VFF) also asked AFF to move their final group match against Cambodia to H\u00e0ng \u0110\u1eaby Stadium as the match date is coincides with the opening ceremony of the Vietnam National Games that will be held in M\u1ef9 \u0110\u00ecnh National Stadium by which the request was accepted through the AFF meeting in Phnom Penh, Cambodia on 13 September. East Timor will play their designated \"home\" match against Thailand at the Rajamangala Stadium in Bangkok, while their home tie against the Philippines will be played at the Kuala Lumpur Stadium in Malaysia due to the incomplete floodlighting of the Dili Municipal Stadium.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 29], "content_span": [30, 657]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276970-0008-0000", "contents": "2018 AFF Championship, Group stage\nIf two or more teams are equal on the basis on the above three criteria, the place shall be determined as follows:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 34], "content_span": [35, 149]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276970-0009-0000", "contents": "2018 AFF Championship, 2018 AFF Championship best XI\nThe best XI team was a squad consisting of the eleven most impressive players at the tournament.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 52], "content_span": [53, 149]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276970-0010-0000", "contents": "2018 AFF Championship, Statistics, Goalscorers\nThere were 80 goals scored in 26 matches, for an average of 3.08 goals per match.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 46], "content_span": [47, 128]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276970-0011-0000", "contents": "2018 AFF Championship, Statistics, Discipline\nIn the final tournament, a player was suspended for the subsequent match in the competition for either getting red card or accumulating two yellow cards in two different matches.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 45], "content_span": [46, 224]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276970-0012-0000", "contents": "2018 AFF Championship, Statistics, Discipline\n\u2022 Player who get a card during the semifinals and final doesn't include here.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 45], "content_span": [46, 123]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276970-0013-0000", "contents": "2018 AFF Championship, Statistics, Tournament teams ranking\nThis table will show the ranking of teams throughout the tournament.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 59], "content_span": [60, 128]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276970-0014-0000", "contents": "2018 AFF Championship, Marketing\nNew tournament visuals, including a logo, for the AFF Championship was unveiled for the 2018 edition during the official draw held on 2 May 2018. The ASEAN Football Federation cooperated with Lagard\u00e8re Sports for the tournament's branding. Five attributes were identified that are \"synonymous\" to the tournament. Elements combined to form the logo are a beating heart, a goalpost and raised hands by a fan that is meant to signify \"pride, loyalty, football, rivalry, and passion\".", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 32], "content_span": [33, 513]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276970-0015-0000", "contents": "2018 AFF Championship, Marketing\nIn addition a colour scheme was developed for the branding. The colours devised are magenta (passion and energy), cyan (fresh beginning), green (vibrancy of a football pitch) and blue (topography of the region).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 32], "content_span": [33, 244]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276970-0016-0000", "contents": "2018 AFF Championship, Marketing, Matchballs\nThe official ball for AFF Suzuki Cup 2018 is the Primero Mundo X Star, which is sponsored by Grand Sport Group.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 44], "content_span": [45, 156]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276970-0017-0000", "contents": "2018 AFF Championship, Incidents and controversies\nThe Vietnam Football Federation (VFF) was fined VND 220 million (US$10,000) by the ASEAN Football Federation (AFF) for failing to send any Vietnamese players to attend the press conference before the opening match against Laos on 8 November in Vientiane, with a warning that the penalty will be heavier if it happens again. Under AFF rules, any head coach and a starting player from each team must show up at the pre-match press conference one day prior to the match.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 50], "content_span": [51, 518]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276970-0017-0001", "contents": "2018 AFF Championship, Incidents and controversies\nDuring the encounter between Myanmar and Vietnam in Group A in Yangon, the Vietnamese side was dissatisfied over the controversial decision made by Qatari referee Khamis Al-Marri after two penalty calls were denied, and another goal was ruled offside by Thai linesman Phubes Lekpha despite video replay showing the Vietnamese player was indeed onside at that time. An argument then occurred between Burmese coach Antoine Hey and Vietnamese coach Park Hang-seo which resulted in Park not shaking hands with Hey after the match.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 50], "content_span": [51, 577]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276970-0017-0002", "contents": "2018 AFF Championship, Incidents and controversies\nAs a result, the availability and importance of video assistant referee (VAR) like in the recent 2018 FIFA World Cup is questioned where many believed it should have been enforced in all international football matches. Prior to the group match between Malaysia and Vietnam in Hanoi, young Vietnamese football fans who waiting over a night to buy tickets are being threatened by local thugs and gangsters and forced to leave. Police scouts was then being dispatched to monitor the gangs activities.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 50], "content_span": [51, 548]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276970-0018-0000", "contents": "2018 AFF Championship, Incidents and controversies\nIn another situation, 20 Myanmar fans (including women) who were waiting for a bus in Kuala Lumpur to return after the end of the last Group A match between Malaysia and Myanmar when they were physically and verbally attacked by around 30 unidentified assailants. Three of the Myanmar fans were injured and had to be sent to hospital for treatment. The victims decided not to make a police report for its perceived lack of effectiveness on similar cases in the past.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 50], "content_span": [51, 517]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276970-0018-0001", "contents": "2018 AFF Championship, Incidents and controversies\nNevertheless, the Secretary of Football Association of Malaysia (FAM), Stuart Michael Ramalingam, made a visit to the victims' representative to apologise, explaining that they have ensured security measures being taken inside the stadium during the game but cannot prevent any untoward incident that happened outside the stadium, thus urging every football supporter to control their behaviour with a sportsmanship spirit.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 50], "content_span": [51, 474]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276970-0018-0002", "contents": "2018 AFF Championship, Incidents and controversies\nDespite the apology, the Myanmar Football Federation (MFF) sent a letter to the AFF to take action against the host country since it was a repeat of similar fan violence in recent years, urging for a definite end to such violence towards any visiting fans in any future matches hosted by Malaysia, as well as for a heavy penalty to be imposed on them if such problems keep recurring. As stated in their letter, the MFF wrote:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 50], "content_span": [51, 476]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276970-0019-0000", "contents": "2018 AFF Championship, Incidents and controversies\nThis is not the first or second time this is happening. This matter is not something only Malaysia should be apologising for. It\u2019s not only for the fans of our country. We are doing it so that it won\u2019t happen again in any host country when other countries come and play. The host country should take extra care and responsibility around the stadium. The hosts also need to take responsibility for the spectators\u2019 safety. If this keeps happening in an host country, it will affect the AFF\u2019s integrity. No one (the visitor team supporters) will come and watch the matches in the future. Thus, in order to prevent this from happening again, we sent a letter to AFF.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 50], "content_span": [51, 713]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276970-0020-0000", "contents": "2018 AFF Championship, Incidents and controversies\nFollowing the complaint, FAM were given two warning notices by the AFF with a possible fine of RM21,000 (US$5,000), with the latter warning a direct result of some Malaysian supporters throwing airbomb into the stadium track after the end of the group match against Myanmar. The Football Association of Indonesia (PSSI) was fined Rp116 million (US$8,000) by the AFF after one of their players were found to be using a shirt with sponsor logo during their training session before the group match against Timor-Leste.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 50], "content_span": [51, 566]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276970-0020-0001", "contents": "2018 AFF Championship, Incidents and controversies\nUnder the AFF Disciplinary Code 6.11 (Colour and Shirt Number), each team may not display the sponsor's logo either inside or outside the stadium during official training, games and at press conferences. Another possible fines of Rp73 million (US$5,000) also received by the team after they forgot to put the tournament logo in their home shirt during the match against Timor-Leste. Following the team's poor performance and early elimination in Group B, PSSI chairman Edy Rahmayadi blamed Indonesian media and press as the main cause for the team failure.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 50], "content_span": [51, 607]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276970-0020-0002", "contents": "2018 AFF Championship, Incidents and controversies\nCoach Bima Sakti's accusation on the Philippines team using many \"naturalised players\" also angered many Filipino football supporters. Philippines midfielder Stephan Schr\u00f6ck, a Filipino-German, also expressed his anger via social media saying \u201ccall us half-bloods all day, but once we\u2019ve met, only half of you will be left\u201d. During the press conference of the first leg final in Malaysia, a dispute between Malaysian and Vietnamese photographer occurred when the latter overshadow Malaysian photographer sights who was standing behind to taking the photo of both teams, causing them to react angrily and saying \"Don't stand up!\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 50], "content_span": [51, 679]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276970-0020-0003", "contents": "2018 AFF Championship, Incidents and controversies\nwith another Malaysian photographer wearing a cap with black shirt began to approaching the Vietnamese photographer but was being calmed by the press conference staffs as well Malaysian coach Tan Cheng Hoe who urging everyone to remain calm during the tense situation before making his speech on the upcoming final matches. A video footage on the incident had been circulating on YouTube with another voice also being recorded as saying \"Oh no! A stupid photographer! \".", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 50], "content_span": [51, 521]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276970-0021-0000", "contents": "2018 AFF Championship, Incidents and controversies\nMany Malaysian and Vietnamese fans who could not get a single ticket were also disappointed over how ticket management was being conducted by both FAM and VFF. In Malaysia, many of the fans queued up overnight and camped outside the stadium with some becoming unconscious after being trampled by other fans in crowded areas.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 50], "content_span": [51, 375]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276970-0021-0001", "contents": "2018 AFF Championship, Incidents and controversies\nSimilar situation also occurred in Vietnam, hundreds of Vietnam People's Army (VPA) wounded veteran gathered outside the VFF's office gate to buy priority tickets for the second final match since the VFF had announced that it would sell direct tickets to those who had difficulty to buy online tickets. This resulted in chaos when they broke the federation office main gate.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 50], "content_span": [51, 425]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276970-0021-0002", "contents": "2018 AFF Championship, Incidents and controversies\nPrior to the first final match between the two countries in Malaysia, many Vietnamese fans who came to the stadium were disappointed when they were not allowed to enter despite having tickets, due to what was claimed to be \u201cover-crowding\u201d by the stadium management. One of the fans telling that an auxiliary police officer already said to her the seating area in the second tier at the stadium (directly above the visiting fans' place) is actually allocated for their fans but it seems to be already overtaken by the host fans instead.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 50], "content_span": [51, 586]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276970-0021-0003", "contents": "2018 AFF Championship, Incidents and controversies\nBoth sides fans also expressed their frustration over the no decision taken by Australian referee Chris Beath in two incidents in the first final game such as the scuffle between two players and another foul when the ball hitting one of the Malaysian player hand in their penalty area in the 28th minute.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 50], "content_span": [51, 355]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276971-0000-0000", "contents": "2018 AFF Championship Final\nThe 2018 AFF Championship Final was the final of the 2018 AFF Championship, the 12th edition of the top-level Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) football tournament organised by the ASEAN Football Federation (AFF).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [27, 27], "content_span": [28, 254]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276971-0001-0000", "contents": "2018 AFF Championship Final\nThe final was contested in two-legged home-and-away format between Malaysia and Vietnam. The first leg was hosted by Malaysia at the Bukit Jalil National Stadium in Kuala Lumpur on 11 December 2018, while the second leg was hosted by Vietnam at the M\u1ef9 \u0110\u00ecnh National Stadium in Hanoi on 15 December 2018.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [27, 27], "content_span": [28, 331]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276971-0002-0000", "contents": "2018 AFF Championship Final, Background\nBased on previous records, Malaysia had reached the AFF Championship final three times (1996, 2010 and 2014) while Vietnam had reached the AFF Championship final two times (1998 and 2008). The two sides last met on 23 November 2016 in the group stage of the previous 2016 AFF Championship. Based on the latest rankings released by FIFA World Rankings on 29 November 2018, Malaysia was ranked 167 while Vietnam ranked 100. Both teams had already won their first trophy of the tournament, with Vietnam winning in 2008 and Malaysia in 2010.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 39], "content_span": [40, 577]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276971-0003-0000", "contents": "2018 AFF Championship Final, Route to the final\nBoth Malaysia and Vietnam were drawn into Group A of the 2018 AFF Championship. After winning three and drawing one in group matches, Vietnam finished first in the group. Malaysia finished second in the group to progress to the knockout phase of the tournament. Vietnam's first match victory was against Laos with a score of 3\u20130. From there, they continue the path by beating Malaysia by 2\u20130 and drawing 0\u20130 with Myanmar before defeating Cambodia by 3\u20130. Vietnam progressed to the semi-finals to face Group B runner-up of the Philippines.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 47], "content_span": [48, 586]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276971-0003-0001", "contents": "2018 AFF Championship Final, Route to the final\nIn the first-leg in Bacolod, Vietnam won 2\u20131 before winning the second-leg in Hanoi by another similar scores of 2\u20131 with total aggregate of 4\u20132. Malaysia's won their first match against Cambodia by 1\u20130 before beating Laos by 3\u20131. Despite losing to Vietnam by 0\u20132, they managed to qualify to semi-finals after beating Myanmar by 3\u20130. In the semi-finals, Malaysia face Group B winner as well the defending champion of the tournament of Thailand. In the first-leg in Kuala Lumpur, they drew 0\u20130 before drawing 2\u20132 in the second-leg in Bangkok with a similar total aggregate of 2\u20132, qualifying through the away goals rule.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 47], "content_span": [48, 667]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276971-0004-0000", "contents": "2018 AFF Championship Final, Route to the final\nNote: In all results below, the score of the finalist is given first (H: home; A: away).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 47], "content_span": [48, 136]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276971-0005-0000", "contents": "2018 AFF Championship Final, Matches, First leg, Malaysia vs Vietnam\nAssistant referees:Ronnie Koh Min Kiat (Singapore)Bambang Syamsudar (Indonesia)Fourth official:Muhammad Taqi (Singapore)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 68], "content_span": [69, 189]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276971-0006-0000", "contents": "2018 AFF Championship Final, Matches, Second leg, Vietnam vs Malaysia\nAssistant referees:Reza Ebrahim Sokhandan (Iran)Reza Mansouri (Iran)Fourth official:Jansen Foo (Singapore)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 69], "content_span": [70, 176]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276972-0000-0000", "contents": "2018 AFF Championship Group A\nThe Group A of the 2018 AFF Championship was one of the two groups of competing nations in the 2018 AFF Championship. It consisted of Vietnam, Malaysia, Myanmar, Cambodia and Laos. Group A play began on 8 November and ended on 24 November.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [29, 29], "content_span": [30, 269]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276972-0001-0000", "contents": "2018 AFF Championship Group A, Matches, Cambodia vs Malaysia\nAssistant referees:Lim Kok Heng (Singapore)Abdul Hannan Hasim (Singapore)Fourth official:Letchman Gopalakrishnan (Singapore)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 60], "content_span": [61, 185]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276972-0002-0000", "contents": "2018 AFF Championship Group A, Matches, Myanmar vs Cambodia\nAssistant referees:Krizmark Nanola (Philippines)Ali Faisal Rosli (Brunei)Fourth official:Oki Dwi Putra (Indonesia)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 59], "content_span": [60, 174]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276972-0003-0000", "contents": "2018 AFF Championship Group A, Matches, Laos vs Myanmar\nAssistant referees:Relly Balila (Philippines)Dinan Lazuardi (Indonesia)Fourth official:Abdul Hakim Haidi (Brunei)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 55], "content_span": [56, 169]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276972-0004-0000", "contents": "2018 AFF Championship Group A, Matches, Myanmar vs Vietnam\nAssistant referees:Taleb Salem Al-Marri (Qatar)Phubes Lekpha (Thailand)Fourth official:Titichai Nuanchan (Thailand)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 58], "content_span": [59, 174]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276972-0005-0000", "contents": "2018 AFF Championship Group A, Matches, Vietnam vs Cambodia\nAssistant referees:Rachen Srichai (Thailand)Dinan Lazuardi (Indonesia)Fourth official:Oki Dwi Putra (Indonesia)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 59], "content_span": [60, 171]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276972-0006-0000", "contents": "2018 AFF Championship Group A, Matches, Malaysia vs Myanmar\nAssistant referees:Reza Ebrahim Sokhandan (Iran)Reza Mansouri (Iran)Fourth official:Wiwat Jumpaoon (Thailand)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 59], "content_span": [60, 169]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276973-0000-0000", "contents": "2018 AFF Championship Group B\nThe Group B of the 2018 AFF Championship was one of the two groups of competing nations in the 2018 AFF Championship. It consisted of Thailand, Indonesia, Philippines, Singapore and qualification winner of Timor-Leste. Group B play began on 9 November and ended on 25 November.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [29, 29], "content_span": [30, 307]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276973-0001-0000", "contents": "2018 AFF Championship Group B, Matches, Singapore vs Indonesia\nAssistant referees:Nguy\u1ec5n Trung H\u1eadu (Vietnam)Ph\u1ea1m M\u1ea1nh Long (Vietnam)Fourth official:Xaypaseuth Phongsanit (Laos)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 62], "content_span": [63, 176]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276973-0002-0000", "contents": "2018 AFF Championship Group B, Matches, Philippines vs Singapore\nAssistant referees:Azman Ismail (Malaysia)Zayar Maung (Myanmar)Fourth official:Thant Zin Oo (Myanmar)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 64], "content_span": [65, 166]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276973-0003-0000", "contents": "2018 AFF Championship Group B, Matches, Timor-Leste vs Philippines\nAssistant referees:Pisal Kimsy (Cambodia)Ali Faisal Rosli (Brunei)Fourth official:Khuon Virak (Cambodia)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 66], "content_span": [67, 171]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276973-0004-0000", "contents": "2018 AFF Championship Group B, Matches, Philippines vs Thailand\nAssistant referees:Tr\u01b0\u01a1ng \u0110\u1ee9c Chi\u1ebfn (Vietnam)Sopheap Chi (Cambodia)Fourth official:Chy Samdy (Cambodia)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 63], "content_span": [64, 167]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276973-0005-0000", "contents": "2018 AFF Championship Group B, Matches, Singapore vs Timor-Leste\nAssistant referees:Chit Moe Aye (Myanmar)Kilar Ladsavong (Laos)Fourth official:Fitri Maskon (Malaysia)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 64], "content_span": [65, 167]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276973-0006-0000", "contents": "2018 AFF Championship Group B, Matches, Thailand vs Singapore\nAssistant referees:Tr\u1ea7n Li\u00eam Thanh (Vietnam)Tr\u01b0\u01a1ng \u0110\u1ee9c Chi\u1ebfn (Vietnam)Fourth official:Nguy\u1ec5n Hi\u1ec1n Tri\u1ebft (Vietnam)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 61], "content_span": [62, 175]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276973-0007-0000", "contents": "2018 AFF Championship Group B, Matches, Indonesia vs Philippines\nAssistant referees:Zhou Fei (China)Pisal Kimsy (Cambodia)Fourth official:Nagor Amir Noor Mohamed (Malaysia)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 64], "content_span": [65, 172]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276974-0000-0000", "contents": "2018 AFF Championship knockout stage\nThe knockout stage of the 2018 AFF Championship was the second and final stage of the 2018 AFF Championship, following the group stage. It was played from 1 to 15 December with the top two teams from each group (two in total) advanced to the knockout stage to compete in a single-elimination tournament. Each tie was played on a home-and-away two-legged basis. The away goals rule, extra time, and penalty shoot-out were used to decide the winner if necessary.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [36, 36], "content_span": [37, 497]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276974-0001-0000", "contents": "2018 AFF Championship knockout stage\nVietnam won the finals 3\u20132 on aggregate against Malaysia for their second titles.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [36, 36], "content_span": [37, 118]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276974-0002-0000", "contents": "2018 AFF Championship knockout stage, Qualified teams\nThe top two placed teams from each of the two groups advanced to the knockout stage. In Group A, Vietnam secured the group top spots with 10 points after defeating Cambodia by 3\u20130 in their last match while Malaysia became the group runners-up with 9 points after beating Myanmar with similar scores of 3\u20130. Meanwhile in Group B, Thailand secured the group top spots with 10 points after defeating Singapore by 3\u20130 in their last match while Philippines became the group runners-up with 8 points after drawing 0\u20130 against Indonesia.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 53], "content_span": [54, 584]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276974-0003-0000", "contents": "2018 AFF Championship knockout stage, Bracket\nScores after extra time are indicated by (a.e.t. ), and penalty shoot-out are indicated by (pen. ).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 45], "content_span": [46, 145]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276974-0004-0000", "contents": "2018 AFF Championship knockout stage, Semi-finals, First leg, Malaysia vs Thailand\nAssistant referees:Abu Bakar Al-Amri (Oman)Abdul Hannan Hasim (Singapore)Fourth official:Oki Dwi Putra (Indonesia)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 82], "content_span": [83, 197]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276974-0005-0000", "contents": "2018 AFF Championship knockout stage, Semi-finals, Second leg, Thailand vs Malaysia\nAssistant referees:Ahmed Al-Roalle (Jordan)Malang Nurhadi (Indonesia)Fourth official:Thoriq Munir Alkatiri (Indonesia)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 83], "content_span": [84, 202]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276974-0006-0000", "contents": "2018 AFF Championship knockout stage, Finals, First leg, Malaysia vs Vietnam\nAssistant referees:Ronnie Koh Min Kiat (Singapore)Bambang Syamsudar (Indonesia)Fourth official:Muhammad Taqi (Singapore)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 76], "content_span": [77, 197]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276974-0007-0000", "contents": "2018 AFF Championship knockout stage, Finals, Second leg, Vietnam vs Malaysia\nAssistant referees:Reza Ebrahim Sokhandan (Iran)Reza Mansouri (Iran)Fourth official:Jansen Foo (Singapore)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 77], "content_span": [78, 184]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276975-0000-0000", "contents": "2018 AFF Championship qualification\nThe 2018 AFF Championship qualification tournament was the qualification process for the 2018 AFF Championship, the twelfth edition of the AFF Championship. Brunei and Timor-Leste contested the tenth remaining berth for the AFF Championship final tournament in two home-and-away matches. On 7 August 2018, organising committees confirmed the venue where Timor-Leste will play Brunei has been changed due to floodlighting issues. The opening match was held at Kuala Lumpur Stadium, Malaysia, not as per originally planned at National Stadium, Dili.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [35, 35], "content_span": [36, 583]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276975-0001-0000", "contents": "2018 AFF Championship qualification\nTimor-Leste advanced to the AFF Championship group stage and were placed in Group B after winning by 3\u20132 on aggregate from two qualifying matches.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [35, 35], "content_span": [36, 182]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276976-0000-0000", "contents": "2018 AFF Championship squads\nThis is the current revision of this page, as edited by 112.215.153.67 (talk) at 05:14, 22 May 2021 (\u2192\u200eIndonesia). The present address (URL) is a permanent link to this version.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [28, 28], "content_span": [29, 206]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276976-0001-0000", "contents": "2018 AFF Championship squads\nBelow are the squads for the 2018 AFF Championship, which takes place between 8 November to 15 December 2018.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [28, 28], "content_span": [29, 139]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276976-0002-0000", "contents": "2018 AFF Championship squads, Statistics, Age\nOf the 61 teenagers in the competition, Timor Leste's Gumario is the youngest at 17\u00a0years, 21\u00a0days as of the first day of the tournament, and Lao's Keo Oudone Souvannasangso is the youngest goalkeeper. At 37\u00a0years, 312\u00a0days, Indonesia's Alberto Gon\u00e7alves is the oldest player, and Singapore's Hassan Sunny is the oldest goalkeeper just 18 days older than Thailand's Siwarak Tedsungnoen. Thailand's Chalermpong Kerdkaew is the oldest captain at 32. The youngest captain is Timor Leste's Jorge Sabas Victor at 20\u00a0years, 338\u00a0days.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 45], "content_span": [46, 573]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276977-0000-0000", "contents": "2018 AFF Futsal Championship\nThe 2018 AFF Futsal Championship will be the 15th edition of the tournament. The tournament will be held in November 2018 in Yogyakarta, Indonesia", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [28, 28], "content_span": [29, 175]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276977-0001-0000", "contents": "2018 AFF Futsal Championship\nCambodia participate in this tournament after being absent 6 years. The last edition they played before was in 2012.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [28, 28], "content_span": [29, 146]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276977-0002-0000", "contents": "2018 AFF Futsal Championship\nAustralia, Laos and Singapore did not join while Philippines withdrew after drawing.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [28, 28], "content_span": [29, 113]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276977-0003-0000", "contents": "2018 AFF Futsal Championship, Qualified teams\nThere was no qualification, and all entrants advanced to the final tournament. The following 11 teams from member associations of the ASEAN Football Federation entered the tournament.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 45], "content_span": [46, 229]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276977-0004-0000", "contents": "2018 AFF Futsal Championship, Group stage\nAll matches are to be played in Indonesia. Times listed are UTC+7.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 41], "content_span": [42, 108]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276977-0005-0000", "contents": "2018 AFF Futsal Championship, Knockout stage\nIn the knockout stage, extra time and penalty shoot-out are used to decide the winner if necessary, excluding the third place match.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 44], "content_span": [45, 177]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276978-0000-0000", "contents": "2018 AFF Futsal Club Championship\n2018 AFF Invitational Futsal Club Championship is the fourth edition of AFF Futsal Club Championship. The tournament will be held in Yogyakarta, Indonesia from 15 to 21 July 2018. The defending champion is Thai Port.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [33, 33], "content_span": [34, 250]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276979-0000-0000", "contents": "2018 AFF U-16 Girls' Championship\nThe 2018 AFF U-16 Girls' Championship was the 3rd edition of the AFF U-16 Girl's Championship, an international women's football tournament organised by the ASEAN Football Federation (AFF). The tournament was hosted by Indonesia from 1 to 13 May 2018.The defending champion was Thailand. They managed to retain their title.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [33, 33], "content_span": [34, 357]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276979-0001-0000", "contents": "2018 AFF U-16 Girls' Championship, Group stage\nThe top two teams of each group advanced to the semi-finals. All times listed are Indonesia Western Standard Time (UTC+07:00)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 46], "content_span": [47, 172]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276979-0002-0000", "contents": "2018 AFF U-16 Girls' Championship, Knockout stage\nIn the knockout stage, the penalty shoot-outs are used to decide the winner if necessary (extra time is not used).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 49], "content_span": [50, 164]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276980-0000-0000", "contents": "2018 AFF U-16 Youth Championship\nThe 2018 AFF U-16 Championship was the thirteenth edition of the AFF U-16 Championship, the annual international youth association football championship organised by the ASEAN Football Federation for men's under-16 national teams of Southeast Asia.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [32, 32], "content_span": [33, 281]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276980-0001-0000", "contents": "2018 AFF U-16 Youth Championship\nA total of 11 teams played in the tournament, with players born on or after 1 January 2002 eligible to participate. Each match had a duration of 80 minutes, consisting of two halves of 40 minutes.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [32, 32], "content_span": [33, 229]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276980-0002-0000", "contents": "2018 AFF U-16 Youth Championship\nIndonesia beat Thailand 4\u20133 through penalty shoot-out in the final for their first title in the championship.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [32, 32], "content_span": [33, 142]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276980-0003-0000", "contents": "2018 AFF U-16 Youth Championship, Qualified teams\nThere was no qualification, and all entrants advanced to the final tournament. The following 11 teams from member associations of the ASEAN Football Federation entered the tournament.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 49], "content_span": [50, 233]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276980-0004-0000", "contents": "2018 AFF U-16 Youth Championship, Knockout stage\nIn the knockout stage, the penalty shoot-out was used to decide the winner if necessary.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 48], "content_span": [49, 137]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276981-0000-0000", "contents": "2018 AFF U-19 Youth Championship\nThe 2018 AFF U-19 Youth Championship was the 16th edition of the AFF U-19 Youth Championship, organised by ASEAN Football Federation. It was hosted by Indonesia during July 2018. Eleven out of the twelve member associations of the ASEAN Football Federation took part in the tournament featuring two groups of five and six teams.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [32, 32], "content_span": [33, 361]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276981-0001-0000", "contents": "2018 AFF U-19 Youth Championship\nMalaysia beat Myanmar 4\u20133 in the final for their first title in the championship.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [32, 32], "content_span": [33, 114]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276981-0002-0000", "contents": "2018 AFF U-19 Youth Championship, Participant teams\nAll of 12 teams from member associations of the ASEAN Football Federation were eligible for the tournament. Only Australia did not enter the tournament. A total of 11 teams from 11 member associations entered the tournament, listed below:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 51], "content_span": [52, 290]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276981-0003-0000", "contents": "2018 AFF U-19 Youth Championship, Knockout stage\nIn the knockout stage, the penalty shoot-out is used to decide the winner if necessary.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 48], "content_span": [49, 136]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276981-0004-0000", "contents": "2018 AFF U-19 Youth Championship, Incident\nAt the end of semi-finals match between Indonesia and Malaysia during the preparation for penalty shoot-out, the stadium suddenly facing a power outage. The Perusahaan Listrik Negara (PLN) explained that it is not caused from their power distribution since the stadium management only use PLN distribution outside the stadium.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 42], "content_span": [43, 369]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276981-0004-0001", "contents": "2018 AFF U-19 Youth Championship, Incident\nWhen the match was resumed and the penalty shoot-out ended with a score 3\u20132 against the host, dissatisfied Indonesian supporters began to throwing bottles and rocks at the Malaysian team after their team failed to qualify to the finals which causing the Malaysian team to run to their dressing room for safety. The Football Association of Indonesia (PSSI) then sent a letter of apology to the Football Association of Malaysia (FAM) and promised such incident will never recurred again in the future tournament they host. A meeting was then held between Indonesian Sports Minister Imam Nahrawi and Malaysian Sports Minister Syed Saddiq in response towards the incident.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 42], "content_span": [43, 711]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276982-0000-0000", "contents": "2018 AFF U-19 Youth Championship squads\nThe 2018 AFF U-19 Youth Championship was an international football tournament that was held in Indonesia from 1 July to 14 July. The 11 national teams involved in the tournament were required to register a squad of 23 players; only players in these squads are eligible to take part in the tournament.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [39, 39], "content_span": [40, 340]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276983-0000-0000", "contents": "2018 AFF Women's Championship\nThe 2018 AFF Women's Championship was the 9th edition of the AFF Women's Championship, an international women's football tournament organised by the ASEAN Football Federation (AFF). The tournament was hosted by Indonesia from 30 June to 13 July 2018.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [29, 29], "content_span": [30, 280]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276984-0000-0000", "contents": "2018 AFF Women's Championship squads\nBelow are the squads for the 2018 AFF Women's Championship, hosted by Indonesia, which is taking place between 30 June - 13 July 2018.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [36, 36], "content_span": [37, 171]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276985-0000-0000", "contents": "2018 AFL Grand Final\nThe 2018 AFL Grand Final was an Australian rules football game contested between the West Coast Eagles and the Collingwood Football Club at the Melbourne Cricket Ground on 29 September 2018. It was the 122nd annual grand final of the Australian Football League (formerly Victorian Football League), staged to determine the premiers for the 2018 AFL season. The match, attended by 100,022 spectators, was won by West Coast by a margin of five points, marking the club's fourth premiership and first since 2006. West Coast's Luke Shuey won the Norm Smith Medal as the player judged best on ground.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [20, 20], "content_span": [21, 616]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276985-0001-0000", "contents": "2018 AFL Grand Final\nIt is regarded as one of the greatest grand finals as well as one of the greatest games in AFL history; finishing first in a public poll of the AFL's 50 greatest games of the last 50 years in 2020.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [20, 20], "content_span": [21, 218]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276985-0002-0000", "contents": "2018 AFL Grand Final\nThe presentation ceremony following the match was the most watched television program in Australia for the 2018 calendar year, marking the fifth year running the AFL grand final topped television viewership, with 2.62 million viewers in the five largest Australian metropolitan cities.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [20, 20], "content_span": [21, 306]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276985-0003-0000", "contents": "2018 AFL Grand Final, Background\nBeaten by Greater Western Sydney in the previous season's semi-finals, West Coast recorded its best season in three years, with a 16\u20136 win\u2013loss record, to finish second on the ladder. The club hosted third-placed Collingwood in the second qualifying final at Perth Stadium and overcame the Magpies by sixteen points to advance to a preliminary final. There, the Eagles hosted Melbourne and won comfortably by 66 points to advance to the grand final for the first time since losing the 2015 AFL Grand Final to Hawthorn.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 32], "content_span": [33, 551]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276985-0004-0000", "contents": "2018 AFL Grand Final, Background\nCollingwood had missed the finals for the past four years and finished the 2017 season in thirteenth position, so was not considered a credible premiership chance at the start of the year. Despite this, the club produced its best season since 2011, finishing third. Collingwood faced the West Coast Eagles in Perth in its qualifying final and had led at various stages of the match before being overrun in the last quarter to lose by sixteen points. They rebounded to defeat Greater Western Sydney in the second semi-final by ten points, then had an upset win against reigning premiers Richmond by 39 points in the preliminary final to advance to the grand final.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 32], "content_span": [33, 696]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276985-0005-0000", "contents": "2018 AFL Grand Final, Background\nThe grand final attendance of 100,022 people was the largest crowd since the 1986 Grand Final.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 32], "content_span": [33, 127]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276985-0006-0000", "contents": "2018 AFL Grand Final, Entertainment\nAs pre-match entertainment, the Black Eyed Peas performed a number of their hit singles, including \"Where Is the Love? \", \"Let's Get It Started\", \"I Gotta Feeling\" and their new single \"Big Love\". Filipina singer Jessica Reynoso filled in on vocals for former band member Fergie. Their set was followed by singer Jimmy Barnes, who started his performance with a rendition of \"Flame Trees\". Mike Brady performed \"Up There Cazaly\", his own traditional grand final song, while the national anthem was sung by Mahalia Barnes, Jimmy Barnes' daughter.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 35], "content_span": [36, 581]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276985-0007-0000", "contents": "2018 AFL Grand Final, Match summary, First quarter\nCollingwood dominated most of the opening quarter. West Coast spearhead Josh Kennedy had the first score of the game\u2014a behind\u2014before the Magpies scored the first five goals of the game. The first goal came from Travis Varcoe at the five-minute mark, followed by two in quick succession from young forward Jaidyn Stephenson, one from Jordan De Goey at the 16-minute mark, and another from Will Hoskin-Elliott after 22 minutes, ballooning the margin to 29 points.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 50], "content_span": [51, 512]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276985-0007-0001", "contents": "2018 AFL Grand Final, Match summary, First quarter\nWest Coast scored two late goals in the final couple of minutes of the quarter to reduce the margin to 17 points at quarter time: the first, after 27 minutes, was scored from a ricochet off Willie Rioli's shin on the goal-line and needed a video review to uphold the on-field decision; and the latter was scored by Kennedy from a set shot in the 29th minute.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 50], "content_span": [51, 409]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276985-0008-0000", "contents": "2018 AFL Grand Final, Match summary, Second quarter\nThe second quarter was a low-scoring affair, with only two behinds scored during the first twenty minutes of the quarter: one from West Coast's Mark Hutchings at the four-minute mark, and a rushed behind to Collingwood almost eighteen minutes into the term. De Goey broke the drought with his second goal of the afternoon, restoring Collingwood's lead to a relatively comfortable 23 points. But, as in the opening quarter, the Eagles scored two late goals: one from Hutchings at the 22-minute mark, and the other from Luke Shuey at the 26-minute mark, to reduce Collingwood's lead to only twelve points at half time.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 51], "content_span": [52, 668]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276985-0009-0000", "contents": "2018 AFL Grand Final, Match summary, Third quarter\nWest Coast and Collingwood traded goals in the third quarter. A very early goal to Kennedy inside the first minute of the quarter reduced the margin to six points, before tall forward Mason Cox kicked a goal in the fifth minute to restore Collingwood's two-goal lead. Jamie Cripps kicked a goal for West Coast in the eighth minute, and then Taylor Adams kicked one for Collingwood only a minute later, again restoring the Magpies' lead to two goals. Jack Darling scored his first goal of the match nine minutes later to bring the margin back to a goal.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 50], "content_span": [51, 603]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276985-0010-0000", "contents": "2018 AFL Grand Final, Match summary, Third quarter\nIn the 21st minute, a pivotal moment in the match occurred: Adams attempted to clear the ball from Collingwood's backline with a dangerous miskick which went towards Stephenson at centre half-back.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 50], "content_span": [51, 248]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276985-0010-0001", "contents": "2018 AFL Grand Final, Match summary, Third quarter\nCollingwood runner Alex Woodward, who was in the area delivering another message at the time (since runners were still allowed on the ground during general play at the time, as the rule limiting their access to the ground was introduced only in 2019), proceeded to accidentally impede Stephenson's access to the marking contest, allowing West Coast midfielder Elliot Yeo an uncontested intercept mark from which he kicked a 50-metre (55\u00a0yd) set shot and put West Coast ahead for the first time since the beginning of the game.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 50], "content_span": [51, 577]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276985-0010-0002", "contents": "2018 AFL Grand Final, Match summary, Third quarter\nThere were no more goals in the quarter, with the Magpies initially edging ahead once again with three consecutive behinds in time-on, and Shuey levelling the scores at 8.7 (55) apiece with a late behind. For only the second time in history, and first time since 1937, scores were level at three-quarter time of a Grand Final.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 50], "content_span": [51, 377]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276985-0011-0000", "contents": "2018 AFL Grand Final, Match summary, Fourth quarter\nThe final term started off rapidly, with three goals scored within the first four minutes. Collingwood started the quarter with Brody Mihocek kicking a goal off the opening passage of play after just 34 seconds, and De Goey scoring his third goal for the match only a minute later to extend the margin to 12 points. Nathan Vardy kicked a goal at the three-minute mark to bring the deficit back to 6 points. Cox scored his second goal at the seven-minute mark to extend the margin back to 11 points, and Kennedy responded with his third goal 90 seconds later to bring the deficit back to 5 points.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 51], "content_span": [52, 648]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276985-0012-0000", "contents": "2018 AFL Grand Final, Match summary, Fourth quarter\nThe Eagles dominated the contest from this point forward, at one point leading the inside-50 count for the quarter 14\u20133; however, they repeatedly failed to convert, as four consecutive shots at goal in the middle portion of the quarter were behinds, narrowing the margin to one point. Collingwood's final score of the game, a behind, came from Hoskin-Elliott in the 22nd minute.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 51], "content_span": [52, 430]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276985-0013-0000", "contents": "2018 AFL Grand Final, Match summary, Fourth quarter\nWith less than three minutes remaining, West Coast put together a sequence of play from a mark by McGovern in defence, which ended with a mark in the forward pocket by Dom Sheed; from a distance of about 40 metres (44\u00a0yd) and almost on the boundary line, Sheed kicked a goal to put West Coast in front by four points with less than two minutes left.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 51], "content_span": [52, 401]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276985-0013-0001", "contents": "2018 AFL Grand Final, Match summary, Fourth quarter\nWest Coast attacked again from the ensuing centre clearance; Darling dropped an uncontested mark almost on the goal-line and Collingwood managed to force a behind to extend the margin to 5 points inside the final minute. Collingwood could not rebound the ensuing kick-in and the siren sounded to give West Coast a 5-point win.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 51], "content_span": [52, 378]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276985-0014-0000", "contents": "2018 AFL Grand Final, Match summary, Norm Smith Medal\nWith 11 votes out of a maximum possible 12, Luke Shuey was awarded the Norm Smith Medal, after collecting 34 disposals, eight clearances and a crucial second-quarter goal. The award was presented by 2001 Norm Smith medallist Shaun Hart. Chaired by Gavin Wanganeen, the voters and their choices were as follows:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 53], "content_span": [54, 364]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276985-0015-0000", "contents": "2018 AFL Grand Final, Teams\nThe teams were announced on 27 September 2018. Both sides went into the match unchanged from their preliminary final teams.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 27], "content_span": [28, 151]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276985-0016-0000", "contents": "2018 AFL Grand Final, Teams\nThe umpiring panel, comprising three field umpires, four boundary umpires, two goal umpires and an emergency in each position is given below.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 27], "content_span": [28, 169]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276985-0017-0000", "contents": "2018 AFL Grand Final, Teams\nNumbers in brackets represent the number of grand finals umpired, including 2018.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 27], "content_span": [28, 109]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276986-0000-0000", "contents": "2018 AFL Rising Star\nThe NAB AFL Rising Star award is given annually to a standout young player in the Australian Football League (AFL). Jaidyn Stephenson of Collingwood was the winner with 52 votes ahead of Tom Doedee of Adelaide who received 42.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [20, 20], "content_span": [21, 247]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276986-0001-0000", "contents": "2018 AFL Rising Star, Eligibility\nEvery round, a nomination is given to a standout young player who performed well during that particular round. To be eligible for nomination, a player must be under 21 on 1 January of that year and have played ten or fewer senior games before the start of the season; a player who is suspended may be nominated, but is not eligible to win the award.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 33], "content_span": [34, 383]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276987-0000-0000", "contents": "2018 AFL Under 18 Championships\nThe 2018 NAB AFL Under 18 Championships was the 23rd edition of the AFL Under 18 Championships.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [31, 31], "content_span": [32, 127]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276987-0001-0000", "contents": "2018 AFL Under 18 Championships\nThe tournament was played in two divisions, with the best players from across the entire Division 2 Academy series, combined into an Allies team which would then compete in the later five team Division 1 tournament. Thus, division one was made up of 5 teams - Allies, South Australia, Vic Country, Vic Metro and Western Australia - playing each other across 5 rounds.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [31, 31], "content_span": [32, 399]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276987-0002-0000", "contents": "2018 AFL Under 18 Championships\nSouth Australia won the division one title for the first time since 2014, Victorian Metro midfielder Sam Walsh won the Larke Medal as the division one best player while Tasmanian Tarryn Thomas won the Hunter Harrison Medal for the best player in the Under 18 Academy Series.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [31, 31], "content_span": [32, 306]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276988-0000-0000", "contents": "2018 AFL Women's All-Australian team\nThe 2018 AFL Women's All-Australian team represents the best-performed players of the 2018 AFL Women's season. It was announced on 27 March 2018 as a complete women's Australian rules football team of 21 players, the first time that this happened after teams in the AFL Women's were reduced from 22 players following the competition's inaugural season. The team is honorary and does not play any games.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [36, 36], "content_span": [37, 439]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276988-0001-0000", "contents": "2018 AFL Women's All-Australian team, Initial squad\nThe initial 40-woman All-Australian squad was announced on 21 March. Collingwood and Melbourne had the most players selected in the initial squad with seven each, while grand finalists Brisbane and the Western Bulldogs had six each. Twelve players from the 2017 team were among those selected.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 51], "content_span": [52, 345]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276988-0002-0000", "contents": "2018 AFL Women's All-Australian team, Final team\nThe final team was announced on 27 March. Melbourne and grand finalists Brisbane and the Western Bulldogs had the most representatives with four each, and every team again had at least one representative. Nine players from the 2017 team were among those selected. Adelaide co-captain Chelsea Randall was announced as the All-Australian captain and Melbourne captain Daisy Pearce, the previous year's All-Australian captain, was announced as the vice-captain.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 48], "content_span": [49, 507]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276988-0003-0000", "contents": "2018 AFL Women's All-Australian team, Final team\nNote: the position of coach in the AFL Women's All-Australian team is traditionally awarded to the coach of the premiership-winning team.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 48], "content_span": [49, 186]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276989-0000-0000", "contents": "2018 AFL Women's Grand Final\nThe 2018 AFL Women's Grand Final was an Australian rules football match held on 24 March 2018 to determine the premiers of the 2018 AFL Women's season, the league's second season. It was contested by the Western Bulldogs and Brisbane and was won by the Western Bulldogs. The Bulldogs claimed their first AFL Women's premiership, whilst Brisbane suffered their second consecutive loss by six points in a Grand Final.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [28, 28], "content_span": [29, 444]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276989-0001-0000", "contents": "2018 AFL Women's Grand Final, Background\nThe Australian Football League (AFL) continued with the top-two qualification system, whereby the two highest ranked clubs would qualify for the grand final, rather than having a finals series. The date of the match clashed with the opening round of the 2018 AFL season, however the start time of 12:35\u00a0pm Australian Eastern Daylight Saving Time allowed the match to conclude before the first AFL premiership match to be held later that day, which featured the Brisbane men's team.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 40], "content_span": [41, 522]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276989-0002-0000", "contents": "2018 AFL Women's Grand Final, Background, Qualification\nEntering the final round of the regular season, five clubs were a mathematical chance of qualifying for the grand final, with the Bulldogs tied with Melbourne on points but ahead on percentage in the top two positions. The Brisbane Lions were considered the least likely to qualify, as they were in fifth place and needed to defeat Greater Western Sydney away from home and then rely on results in other matches.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 55], "content_span": [56, 468]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276989-0003-0000", "contents": "2018 AFL Women's Grand Final, Background, Qualification\nBrisbane's surprise 40-point win against Greater Western Sydney saw them leapfrog Adelaide, Greater Western Sydney and Melbourne into second place. The Bulldogs narrowly defeated Melbourne the following night, thereby clinching qualification and keeping Brisbane's season alive. Adelaide were considered strong favourites in the final match of the regular season against Collingwood, but Collingwood ran away with a surprise victory to ensure that Brisbane retained second position and qualified for their second consecutive grand final. Adelaide's match was watched on television by the Brisbane players, who celebrated wildly after it concluded. Despite the loss, Adelaide coach Bec Goddard congratulated the Western Bulldogs and Brisbane Lions for clinching the two spots in the grand final, saying \"the two sides...are in there and I'm sure they will have a cracking contest next week.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 55], "content_span": [56, 946]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276989-0004-0000", "contents": "2018 AFL Women's Grand Final, Background, Venue\nIt was announced by the AFL that the 2018 AFL Women's Grand Final would be played at Ikon Park. The decision was made on the basis that Ikon Park could manage a greater capacity than the Western Bulldogs' home ground the Whitten Oval. It was the first time an AFL Women's Grand Final was played in Melbourne.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 47], "content_span": [48, 356]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276989-0005-0000", "contents": "2018 AFL Women's Grand Final, Match summary\nThe game was played in wet and blustery conditions, with heavy rain falling in the hours leading up to the game. This kept the crowd numbers down, with most huddled under the sheltered areas, and caused the scheduled pre-match entertainment by Missy Higgins to be cancelled. The first quarter opened with a Brisbane goal. Speedster Kate McCarthy brought the ball out of the centre and delivered it to forward Jess Wuetschner, who found Sophie Conway unmarked 20 metres out from goal with a precision pass. Conway then converted.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 43], "content_span": [44, 572]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276989-0006-0000", "contents": "2018 AFL Women's Grand Final, Match summary\nConway had another opportunity a few minutes later, but chose to attempt a snap shot herself rather than send the ball to Wuetschner, who was alone in the goal square, and missed everything. Conway's goal was the only one kicked by either side in the first half. The Western Bulldogs seemed unable to get past key Brisbane defender Kate Lutkins. Kaitlyn Ashmore also had an opportunity from 15 metres out just before the half time siren, but also missed everything.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 43], "content_span": [44, 509]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276989-0007-0000", "contents": "2018 AFL Women's Grand Final, Match summary\nAfter the half time break, the rain abated, and Bulldogs midfielders Ellie Blackburn and Emma Kearney began to wrest control of the centre of the oval. The game remained tough and physical, with Kearney, who was well-contained by Brisbane tagger Nat Exon for most of the day, turning aside assistance offered by one of the trainers, and there were injury concerns for Kirsty Lamb. Deanna Berry somehow evaded two defenders and managed to kick the Bulldogs' first goal with a long shot from outside the 50-metre arc.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 43], "content_span": [44, 559]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276989-0008-0000", "contents": "2018 AFL Women's Grand Final, Match summary\nThis was followed in quick succession by another, dribbled in by Kirsten McLeod, who had been brought in to replace the suspended Katie Brennan, but had not touched the ball in the first half. Monique Conti, an 18-year-old who also played in the basketball grand final with the Melbourne Boomers, and wound up being voted best on ground, concluded the third term with a goal from a ball delivered to her by McLeod, giving the Bulldogs a 14-point lead.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 43], "content_span": [44, 495]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276989-0009-0000", "contents": "2018 AFL Women's Grand Final, Match summary\nThe Brisbane Lions fought back in the final quarter. Wuetschner dribbled in a goal to peg the Bulldogs' lead back to eight points. Kearney responded with a fourth Bulldogs goal, but Wuetschner kicked her second in reply. In the dying minutes of the game, the Brisbane Lions surged forward, seeking a fourth major that would tie the game and send it into extra time. The ball was marked in the dying seconds of the game by Bulldogs' defender Naomi Ferres, who grasped it as the final siren sounded.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 43], "content_span": [44, 541]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276989-0010-0000", "contents": "2018 AFL Women's Grand Final, Match summary\nWhen it came time to raise the winner's cup at the end of medal presentations, acting captain Ellie Blackburn declared: \"I can't hold that cup up alone \u2013 KB, get up here!\" The two raised the cup together, Brennan lifting her shirt to reveal the Bulldogs' guernsey beneath. The gesture invoked memories of the 2016 AFL Grand Final, when injured Bulldogs skipper Robert Murphy was similarly called up on stage to raise the cup.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 43], "content_span": [44, 469]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276989-0011-0000", "contents": "2018 AFL Women's Grand Final, Teams\nThe teams were announced on 22 March. Western Bulldogs captain Katie Brennan was a prominent exclusion from the team, after she was suspended by the Tribunal for a sling tackle executed in the final match of the home-and-away season against Melbourne. The tribunal's decision to reject Brennan's appeal was met with surprise by some, who thought the punishment was not in line with expectations in the men's game. Brennan subsequently lodged a proceeding with the Australian Human Rights Commission in an attempt to have the AFL amend the differences between the AFLW regulations and the AFL regulations. Brisbane named an unchanged line-up.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 35], "content_span": [36, 677]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276989-0012-0000", "contents": "2018 AFL Women's Grand Final, Media coverage\nThe 2018 AFL Women's Grand Final was broadcast on the Seven Network, as part of a broadcasting rights deal that saw Seven West Media gain broadcasting rights to all matches of the 2018 AFL Women's season, airing on the Seven Network, 7mate, or the video on demand service, PLUS7. Outside of Australia, it was made available live and for replay on the Watch AFL subscription web site and app.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 44], "content_span": [45, 436]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276990-0000-0000", "contents": "2018 AFL Women's Rising Star\nThe AFL Women's Rising Star is an Australian rules football award given annually to the best young player in the AFL Women's (AFLW) for the year. Two eligible players are nominated each round of the home-and-away season; the players must have been under 21 at the beginning of the year and cannot have been previously nominated. Players suspended during the year cannot win. After the season's completion, an expert panel votes on the recipient.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [28, 28], "content_span": [29, 474]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276990-0001-0000", "contents": "2018 AFL Women's Rising Star\nNational Australia Bank continued its sponsorship of the award in 2018, offering $20,000 in prize money. The winner was announced at the AFLW's awards ceremony on 27 March, held at Peninsula, an event space in Docklands, Melbourne, and live-streamed on AFL.com.au. The ten members of the voting panel were Australian Football League (AFL) officials Nicole Livingstone, who served as the chair, Steve Hocking, Josh Vanderloo and Grant Williams; AFL Victoria's Darren Flanigan; Tim Harrington of the AFL Players Association (AFLPA); St Kilda's Peta Searle; and media commentators Sharelle McMahon, Kelli Underwood and Shelley Ware.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [28, 28], "content_span": [29, 658]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276990-0002-0000", "contents": "2018 AFL Women's Rising Star\nThe winner was Chloe Molloy, a defender playing for Collingwood, who was the first recipient to poll the maximum 50 votes. Molloy also won the AFLPA's inaugural award for the AFLW's best first-year player, as voted by her peers; was named Collingwood's best and fairest overall and best first-year player; finished equal-second in the AFLW best and fairest behind Emma Kearney; and was named in the back pocket of the All-Australian team. The Western Bulldogs accrued the most nominations during the season, with five players (Libby Birch, Monique Conti, Naomi Ferres, Bonnie Toogood and Aisling Utri) selected.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [28, 28], "content_span": [29, 640]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276991-0000-0000", "contents": "2018 AFL Women's Under 18 Championships\nThe 2018 NAB AFL Women's Under 18 Championships was played between May and July 2018, with six teams competing in the main 'Series 2' round robin tournament and with a further four playing in a two-match on-on-one exhibition as the competition's initial 'Series 1'.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [39, 39], "content_span": [40, 305]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276991-0001-0000", "contents": "2018 AFL Women's Under 18 Championships, Format\nThe competition was opened with 'Series 1', a set of closed competitions between four pairs of teams representing the country's eight largest states and territories. In 'Series 2' teams representing Vic Country, Vic Metro, Queensland and Western Australia were joined by Central and Eastern Allies teams representing teams of the combined regions of Northern Territory and South Australia (Central) as well as New South Wales, ACT and Tasmania (Eastern). Each team played a total of three matches in that series.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 47], "content_span": [48, 560]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276991-0002-0000", "contents": "2018 AFL Women's Under 18 Championships, Format\nVic Country finished the round-robin 'Series 2' as the only team undefeated in that series, making them the de facto tournament winners. The competition's best player award was jointly won by Vic Country's Nina Morrison and by the previous year's outright winner, Madison Prespakis of Vic Metro.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 47], "content_span": [48, 343]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276991-0003-0000", "contents": "2018 AFL Women's Under 18 Championships, All-Australian team\nThe 2018 Women's All-Australian team was decided following an all-star exhibition match between members of the 48-player squad. 13 of the players named were 'top-aged' and draft eligible that year, while the remaining nine were 'bottom-aged'.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 60], "content_span": [61, 303]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276991-0004-0000", "contents": "2018 AFL Women's Under 18 Championships, Team MVPs\nAt the conclusion of the tournament each competing team named their best player for the tournament. The winner of these 'most valuable player' awards are as follows:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 50], "content_span": [51, 216]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276992-0000-0000", "contents": "2018 AFL Women's best and fairest\nThe 2018 AFL Women's best and fairest was the second year the award was presented to the player adjudged the best and fairest player during the AFL Women's (AFLW) home-and-away season. Emma Kearney of the Western Bulldogs won the award with 14 votes.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [33, 33], "content_span": [34, 284]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276992-0001-0000", "contents": "2018 AFL Women's best and fairest, Voting procedure\nThe three field umpires (the umpires who control the flow of the game, as opposed to goal or boundary umpires) confer after each match and award three votes, two votes and one vote to the players they regard as the best, second-best and third-best in the match, respectively. The votes are kept secret until the awards night, and are read and tallied on the evening.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 51], "content_span": [52, 418]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276993-0000-0000", "contents": "2018 AFL Women's draft\nThe 2018 AFL Women's (AFLW) draft consisted of the various periods when the ten clubs in the Australian rules football women's competition could recruit players prior to the competition's 2019 season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [22, 22], "content_span": [23, 223]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276993-0001-0000", "contents": "2018 AFL Women's draft\nAs in the previous season, all player contracts are all capped at one-year deals, and all existing AFLW players must be re-signed prior to the 2019 season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [22, 22], "content_span": [23, 178]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276993-0002-0000", "contents": "2018 AFL Women's draft, Salary\nAFLW players salaries are managed and paid in full by the AFL on behalf of the clubs. For the 2019 season, the league and the AFLPA agreed to the AFLW's first collective bargaining agreement (CBA). The four-tiered system salary provided for two players per team in tier one, six in each of tier two and tier three, and the remaining players in tier four:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 30], "content_span": [31, 385]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276993-0003-0000", "contents": "2018 AFL Women's draft, Expansion club signing period\nFrom 11 May expansion clubs Geelong and North Melbourne were given a ten-day window to sign existing players from 2018 AFLW lists. These clubs could sign a maximum of four players between them from any existing club. No compensation was offered to those clubs losing players under this process, but the each player's existing club could make a counter-offer to the player. A number of deals were agreed to in principle and acknowledged by clubs prior to the opening of this window.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 53], "content_span": [54, 535]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276993-0004-0000", "contents": "2018 AFL Women's draft, Signing and trading period\nBeginning 23 May, clubs were given a 13-day window to re-sign players on their lists from the previous season During this time clubs were also permitted to arrange player and pick trades with other clubs.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 50], "content_span": [51, 255]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276993-0005-0000", "contents": "2018 AFL Women's draft, Signing and trading period\nPlayers who do not receive offers from their 2017 club will be free to sign with any club during the four-day free agency period starting 4 June or to nominate for the 2018 draft.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 50], "content_span": [51, 230]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276993-0006-0000", "contents": "2018 AFL Women's draft, Signing and trading period, Free agency\nA four-day free agency period was held from 4 June for clubs to secure non-signed players from other clubs.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 63], "content_span": [64, 171]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276993-0007-0000", "contents": "2018 AFL Women's draft, Signing and trading period, Free agency\nA second free agency period is expected to be opened at the conclusion of the draft, allowing un-drafted players to be signed.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 63], "content_span": [64, 190]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276993-0008-0000", "contents": "2018 AFL Women's draft, Signing and trading period, Rookie signings\nIn the absence of a rookie draft, each club was required to sign two rookie players during a rookie signing period between 11 June and 28 September 2018; these rookie players must not have played Australian rules football within the previous three years or been involved in an AFLW high-performance program.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 67], "content_span": [68, 375]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276993-0009-0000", "contents": "2018 AFL Women's draft, Signing and trading period, Inactive players\nFollowing final list lodgements, a number of players experienced changing circumstances that made them unable to participate in the 2019 season. Clubs were granted permission to place these players on an inactive list, retaining rights to their services at a assigned cost in the 2019 draft while replacing them for the one season. In some cases, compensation was awarded in pre-draft listing at the cost of a discounted draft selection. Players on each club's inactive list ahead of the 2018 draft are listed below:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 68], "content_span": [69, 585]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276993-0010-0000", "contents": "2018 AFL Women's draft, Draft\nA draft was held at Melbourne's Marvel Stadium on 23 October 2018. As in previous drafts, players nominated a single state's draft pool, and players are eligible to be drafted only by clubs operating in their nominated state. In addition, Victorian players could nominate for one of three Victorian zones: Geelong, Melbourne metro, or the entire state.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 29], "content_span": [30, 382]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276993-0010-0001", "contents": "2018 AFL Women's draft, Draft\nAn order for the draft was announced on 22 May that allocated Geelong and North Melbourne picks at the end of each of each round, and a number of compensation picks to Geelong and clubs that lost players to reflect the relative weakness of their recruiting period and their loss of talent respectively.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 29], "content_span": [30, 332]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276993-0011-0000", "contents": "2018 AFL Women's draft, Draft, Undrafted free agency\nA final free agency period opened after the conclusion of the draft, allowing clubs that passed on a draft selection to recruit from outside their state-based zone.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 52], "content_span": [53, 217]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276994-0000-0000", "contents": "2018 AFL Women's season\nThe 2018 AFL Women's season was the second season of the elite women's Australian rules football competition. Eight teams competed in the league, the same as the previous season, all of which are associated with existing Australian Football League (AFL) clubs. The first game was played on Friday, 2 February, and concluded with the grand final on Saturday, 24 March.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [23, 23], "content_span": [24, 391]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276994-0001-0000", "contents": "2018 AFL Women's season, Premiership season\nThe full fixture was released on Friday 27 October 2017. Notable features of the draw include:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 43], "content_span": [44, 138]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276994-0002-0000", "contents": "2018 AFL Women's season, Win/Loss table\nBold\u00a0\u2013 Home gameX\u00a0\u2013 ByeOpponent for round listed above marginThis table can be sorted by margin, winners are represented in the first half of each column, and losers are represented in the second half of each column once sorted", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 39], "content_span": [40, 267]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276994-0003-0000", "contents": "2018 AFL Women's season, Grand final\nIn the absence of a finals series, the two teams who finished the highest on the ladder at the end of the home and away season played in the AFL Women's Grand Final.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 36], "content_span": [37, 202]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276995-0000-0000", "contents": "2018 AFL draft\nThe 2018 AFL draft consisted of the various periods where the 18 clubs in the Australian Football League (AFL) traded and recruited players following the completion of the 2018 AFL season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 14], "section_span": [14, 14], "content_span": [15, 203]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276995-0001-0000", "contents": "2018 AFL draft\nFor the first time, the AFL draft featured live trading of picks and was held over two days, with the first round held on the evening of Thursday, 22 November and the remainder of the draft being held on Friday, 23 November The draft was held in Victoria for the first time since 2009.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 14], "section_span": [14, 14], "content_span": [15, 301]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276995-0002-0000", "contents": "2018 AFL draft, Player movements, Previous trades\nSince 2015, clubs have been able to trade future picks in the next year's national draft during the trade period. As a result, a total of 29 selections for the 2018 draft were traded during the 2017 trade period, and the selection order for each of these picks is tied to the original club's finishing position in the 2018 season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 14], "section_span": [16, 49], "content_span": [50, 380]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276995-0003-0000", "contents": "2018 AFL draft, Pre-draft selections\nPrior to the draft, the two bottom teams Carlton and Gold Coast applied for Priority Picks in the National Draft, which the AFL denied. However, Gold Coast were granted pre-draft access to up to three and Carlton up to two mature-aged State League players each, these selections could be traded to other clubs.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 14], "section_span": [16, 36], "content_span": [37, 347]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276995-0004-0000", "contents": "2018 AFL draft, 2018 national draft, Rookie elevations\nClubs were able to promote any player who was listed on their rookie list in 2018 to their 2019 primary playing list prior to the draft.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 14], "section_span": [16, 54], "content_span": [55, 191]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276995-0005-0000", "contents": "2018 AFL draft, 2019 rookie draft, Category B rookie selections\nClubs were able to nominate category B rookies to join their club in 2019.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 14], "section_span": [16, 63], "content_span": [64, 138]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276995-0006-0000", "contents": "2018 AFL draft, 2019 rookie draft, Pre-season supplemental selection period\nShortly before the National draft, the AFL introduced a new mechanism to allow clubs to sign certain eligible players direct to their Rookie List, rather than through the draft, provided the club had vacancies on their rookie list. Eligible players could be listed between December and March.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 14], "section_span": [16, 75], "content_span": [76, 368]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276996-0000-0000", "contents": "2018 AFL finals series\nThe 2018 Australian Football League finals series was the 122nd annual edition of the VFL/AFL finals series, the Australian rules football tournament staged to determine the winner of the 2018 AFL season. The finals ran over four weekends in September 2018, culminating with the 2018 AFL Grand Final at the Melbourne Cricket Ground on 29 September 2018.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [22, 22], "content_span": [23, 376]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276996-0001-0000", "contents": "2018 AFL finals series\nThe top eight teams from the 2018 season qualified for the finals series, which has been played under the current format since 2000.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [22, 22], "content_span": [23, 155]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276996-0002-0000", "contents": "2018 AFL finals series, Venues\nThe matches of the 2018 AFL finals series were contested at three venues around the country. The newly built Perth Stadium hosted its first finals, hosting West Coast's qualifying and preliminary finals. The MCG hosted Richmond's qualifying and preliminary finals, both semi finals (hosted by Hawthorn and Collingwood), as well as Melbourne's elimination final. The SCG hosted its first Sydney derby final.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 30], "content_span": [31, 437]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276996-0003-0000", "contents": "2018 AFL finals series, Matches\nThe system used for the 2018 AFL finals series is a final eight system. The top four teams in the eight receive the \"double chance\" when they play in week-one qualifying finals, such that if a top-four team loses in the first week it still remains in the finals, playing a semi-final the next week against the winner of an elimination final. The bottom four of the eight play knock-out games \u2013 only the winners survive and move on to the next week. Home-state advantage goes to the team with the higher ladder position in the first two weeks, to the qualifying final winners in the third week.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 31], "content_span": [32, 625]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276996-0004-0000", "contents": "2018 AFL finals series, Matches\nIn the second week, the winners of the qualifying finals receive a bye to the third week. The losers of the qualifying final plays the elimination finals winners in a semi-final. In the third week, the winners of the semi-finals from week two play the winners of the qualifying finals in the first week. The winners of those matches move on to the Grand Final at the MCG in Melbourne.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 31], "content_span": [32, 416]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276996-0005-0000", "contents": "2018 AFL finals series, Matches, Week one (qualifying and elimination finals), First qualifying final (Richmond vs. Hawthorn)\nThe first qualifying final saw minor premiers and defending premier Richmond defeat the fourth placed Hawthorn at the MCG in the third-ever Thursday night final and first in Victoria. Despite both clubs' presence in the competition for almost 100 years, this was the first meeting between Richmond and Hawthorn in a final.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 125], "content_span": [126, 448]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276996-0006-0000", "contents": "2018 AFL finals series, Matches, Week one (qualifying and elimination finals), First elimination final (Melbourne vs. Geelong)\nThe first elimination final was held between fifth placed Melbourne and eighth placed Geelong at the MCG. Melbourne returned to the finals for the first time in twelve years, securing two impressive wins over West Coast and Greater Western Sydney in the final two rounds of the home and away season to earn a home final for the first time since the corresponding first elimination final in 2006. Geelong, meanwhile, looked in danger of missing the eight late in the home and away season but recorded two victories by 133 and 102 points over Fremantle and Gold Coast, respectively, to secure their eleventh finals berth in twelve years.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 126], "content_span": [127, 762]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276996-0007-0000", "contents": "2018 AFL finals series, Matches, Week one (qualifying and elimination finals), First elimination final (Melbourne vs. Geelong)\nThis marked the eighth final between the two sides, having previously met in a Sectional Round 1 Final in 1900, the 1925 Semi Final, 1937 Semi Final, 1950 First Semi Final, 1954 Preliminary Final, 1989 First Semi Final and 2005 Second Elimination Final.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 126], "content_span": [127, 380]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276996-0008-0000", "contents": "2018 AFL finals series, Matches, Week one (qualifying and elimination finals), Second elimination final (Sydney vs. Greater Western Sydney)\nThe second elimination final saw Sydney and Greater Western Sydney face each other in a finals match for the second time in three years, after the two sides had previously met in the 2016 first qualifying final. It was the first finals match between the pair to be played at the Sydney Cricket Ground, after the 2016 final was played at Stadium Australia.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 139], "content_span": [140, 495]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276996-0009-0000", "contents": "2018 AFL finals series, Matches, Week one (qualifying and elimination finals), Second qualifying final (West Coast vs. Collingwood)\nThe second qualifying final sees second placed West Coast host third-placed Collingwood at Optus Stadium; the first final at the new venue. This marks the sixth final between the two sides, having previously contested a qualifying final and replay in 1990, a qualifying final in 1994, a semi final in 2007, a qualifying final in 2011 and a semi final in 2012.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 131], "content_span": [132, 491]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276996-0010-0000", "contents": "2018 AFL finals series, Matches, Week two (semi-finals), First semi-final (Hawthorn vs. Melbourne)\nThis was the seventh finals meeting between Hawthorn and Melbourne, and the first since the 1990 elimination final.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 98], "content_span": [99, 214]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276996-0011-0000", "contents": "2018 AFL finals series, Matches, Week two (semi-finals), Second semi-final (Collingwood vs. Greater Western Sydney)\nThis was the first finals meeting between Collingwood and Greater Western Sydney.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 115], "content_span": [116, 197]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276996-0012-0000", "contents": "2018 AFL finals series, Matches, Week three, First preliminary final (Richmond vs. Collingwood)\nThis was the seventeenth finals meeting between Richmond and Collingwood, and the first since the 1980 Grand Final. Richmond have won nine of those games, while Collingwood have won eight. This was the first time that Collingwood has defeated Richmond in a final since 1937.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 95], "content_span": [96, 370]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276996-0013-0000", "contents": "2018 AFL finals series, Matches, Week three, Second preliminary final (West Coast vs. Melbourne)\nThis was the fifth finals meeting between West Coast and Melbourne. The clubs previously met in the 1988 elimination final, the 1990 semi final, the 1991 semi final and the 1994 preliminary final. West Coast won three of those four games.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 96], "content_span": [97, 335]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276997-0000-0000", "contents": "2018 AFL season\nThe 2018 Australian Football League season was the 122nd season of the elite Australian rules football competition and the 29th under the name 'Australian Football League', having switched from 'Victorian Football League' after 1989. There were 18 teams competing in the league, the same as the previous six seasons. The first game was played on Thursday, 22 March, and the season concluded with the 2018 AFL Grand Final on Saturday, 29 September between West Coast and Collingwood. West Coast defeated Collingwood by five points, winning their fourth premiership.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [15, 15], "content_span": [16, 580]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276997-0001-0000", "contents": "2018 AFL season, Pre-season, AFLX\nOn 17 November 2017, the AFL confirmed that the pre-season would feature an AFLX competition. The game is played on a soccer-sized pitch over two ten minute halves. Each team features seven players on the field and three interchange players. Teams were split into three groups of six, with a grand final to be held for each group. The matches were played from 15\u201317 February 2018. The winners of the competition were Adelaide, Melbourne and Brisbane.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [17, 33], "content_span": [34, 484]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276997-0002-0000", "contents": "2018 AFL season, Pre-season, JLT Community Series\nThe pre-season series of games returned as the 2018 JLT Community Series. The number of games was reduced compared to the previous season, with teams playing two games each. The games were stand-alone, with no overall winner of the series. Each team played two games, many at suburban or regional venues, while all games were televised on Fox Footy.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [17, 49], "content_span": [50, 399]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276997-0003-0000", "contents": "2018 AFL season, Win/loss table\nBold\u00a0\u2013 Home gameX\u00a0\u2013 ByeOpponent for round listed above margin", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [17, 31], "content_span": [32, 93]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276998-0000-0000", "contents": "2018 AFLX competition\nThe 2018 AFLX competition was the inaugural Australian Football League (AFL) pre-season series of matches, played under the laws of AFLX, a variation of Australian rules football. The matches were played from 15\u201317 February 2018.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [21, 21], "content_span": [22, 251]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276998-0001-0000", "contents": "2018 AFLX competition, Fixtures\nThe AFL released the fixture and format for the three groups on 24 January 2018. Each of the groups were split into two pools of three teams, with the top team from each pool playing off in a grand final.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 31], "content_span": [32, 236]}} {"id": "enwiki-00276999-0000-0000", "contents": "2018 AG2R La Mondiale season\nThe 2018 season for the AG2R La Mondiale cycling team will begin in January at the Tour Down Under. As a UCI WorldTeam, they will be automatically invited and obligated to send a squad to every event in the UCI World Tour.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [28, 28], "content_span": [29, 251]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277000-0000-0000", "contents": "2018 AG37\n2018 AG37 (nicknamed FarFarOut) is a distant trans-Neptunian object and centaur that was discovered 132.2\u00a0\u00b1\u00a01.5\u00a0AU (19.78\u00a0\u00b1\u00a00.22\u00a0billion\u00a0km) from the Sun, farther than any other currently observable known object in the Solar System. Imaged in January 2018 during a search for the hypothetical Planet Nine, the confirmation of this object was announced in a press release in February 2021 by astronomers Scott Sheppard, David Tholen, and Chad Trujillo. The object was nicknamed \"FarFarOut\" to emphasize its distance from the Sun. With an estimated diameter of 400\u00a0km (250\u00a0mi), it is near the lower limit for a dwarf planet candidate.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 9], "section_span": [9, 9], "content_span": [10, 642]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277000-0001-0000", "contents": "2018 AG37\nAt a very faint apparent magnitude of 25, only the largest telescopes in the world can observe it. Being so far from the Sun, 2018 AG37 moves very slowly among the background stars and has been observed only nine times in the first two years. It requires an observation arc of several years to refine the uncertainties in the approximately 700-year orbital period and determine whether it is currently near or at aphelion (farthest distance from the Sun). As of September 2021, the nominal JPL Horizons solution shows that it reached aphelion around the year 2005 at almost 133 AU, whereas Project Pluto shows it reached aphelion around 1960 at 135 AU.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 9], "section_span": [9, 9], "content_span": [10, 662]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277000-0002-0000", "contents": "2018 AG37, Discovery\n2018 AG37 was first imaged on 15 January 2018 by astronomers Scott Sheppard, David Tholen, and Chad Trujillo using the 8.2-meter Subaru Telescope at Mauna Kea Observatory, Hawaii. They were surveying the sky with the largest telescopes to find distant Solar System objects and the hypothetical Planet Nine, whose existence they proposed in 2014.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 9], "section_span": [11, 20], "content_span": [21, 366]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277000-0003-0000", "contents": "2018 AG37, Discovery\n2018 AG37 was not noticed until January 2019, when Sheppard decided to review the Subaru images taken in 2018 after having an upcoming lecture delayed by weather. In two of the January 2018 images taken one day apart, he identified a very faint apparent magnitude 25.3 object that moved slowly relative to the background stars and galaxies. Based on two positions of 2018 AG37 in those images, Sheppard estimated its distance was roughly around 140 astronomical units (AU), farther than 2018 VG18 which was discovered and announced by his team one month earlier in December 2018. In his rescheduled talk on 21 February 2019, Sheppard remarked on his discovery of 2018 AG37, which he jokingly nicknamed \"FarFarOut\" as a succession to the nickname \"Farout\" used for the previous farthest object 2018 VG18.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 9], "section_span": [11, 20], "content_span": [21, 824]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277000-0004-0000", "contents": "2018 AG37, Discovery\nFollowing 2018 AG37's discovery, Sheppard reobserved the object in March 2019 with the 6.5-meter Magellan-Baade telescope at Las Campanas Observatory, Chile. Additional observations were then made in May 2019 and January 2020 with the Subaru Telescope at Mauna Kea. These observations over a two-year period established a tentative orbit solution for 2018 AG37, permitting it to be confirmed and announced by the Minor Planet Center. The confirmation of 2018 AG37 was formally announced in a press release by the Carnegie Institution for Science on 10 February 2021.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 9], "section_span": [11, 20], "content_span": [21, 587]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277000-0005-0000", "contents": "2018 AG37, Nomenclature\nThe object was nicknamed \"FarFarOut\" for its distant location from the Sun, and particularly because it was even farther than the previous farthest known object 2018 VG18 which was nicknamed \"Farout\". It is officially known by the provisional designation 2018 AG37 given by the Minor Planet Center when the discovery was announced. The provisional designation indicates the object's discovery date, with the first letter representing the first half of January and the succeeding letter and numbers indicating that it is the 932nd object discovered during that half-month.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 9], "section_span": [11, 23], "content_span": [24, 595]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277000-0006-0000", "contents": "2018 AG37, Nomenclature\nThe object has not yet been assigned an official minor planet number by the Minor Planet Center due to its short observation arc and high orbital uncertainty. A minor planet number is given to a minor planet when its orbit is well-secured by observations over multiple oppositions. 2018 AG37 will become eligible for naming by its discoverers after it is numbered with a well-defined orbit.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 9], "section_span": [11, 23], "content_span": [24, 414]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277000-0007-0000", "contents": "2018 AG37, Orbit\nAs of 2021, 2018 AG37 has only been observed nine times over an observation arc of two years. Being so far from the Sun, 2018 AG37 moves so slowly that two years of observations have not adequately determined its orbit. The nominal orbit is highly uncertain with a condition code of 9. Several years of additional observations are necessary to refine the orbital uncertainties. It comes to opposition each January.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 9], "section_span": [11, 16], "content_span": [17, 431]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277000-0008-0000", "contents": "2018 AG37, Orbit\nOnly 2018 AG37's distance and orbital elements that define its position (inclination and longitude of the ascending node) have been adequately determined by its two-year observation arc. The orbital elements that define the shape and motion of 2018 AG37's orbit (eccentricity, mean anomaly, etc.) are poorly determined because its observation arc does not provide sufficient coverage of its wide-ranging orbit, especially when it moves very slowly due to its large distance.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 9], "section_span": [11, 16], "content_span": [17, 491]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277000-0008-0001", "contents": "2018 AG37, Orbit\nThe nominal best-fit orbit solution provided by the Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) Small-Body Database gives an orbital semi-major axis of 80.0\u00b13.0\u00a0AU and an eccentricity of 0.655\u00b10.012, corresponding to a perihelion and aphelion distance of 27.6\u00b10.1\u00a0AU and 133\u00b15\u00a0AU, respectively. The orbital period of 2018 AG37 is poorly known, but it probably lies around 700 years.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 9], "section_span": [11, 16], "content_span": [17, 387]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277000-0009-0000", "contents": "2018 AG37, Orbit\nGiven the uncertainty of 2018 AG37's nominal perihelion distance, it likely crosses Neptune's orbit (30.1\u00a0AU) with a nominal minimum orbit intersection distance (MOID) around 4\u00a0AU (600\u00a0million\u00a0km; 370\u00a0million\u00a0mi). 2018 AG37's small perihelion distance and elongated orbit implies that it has experienced strong gravitational interactions with Neptune in past close encounters. Other trans-Neptunian objects are known to have been scattered onto similarly distant and elongated orbits by Neptune\u2014these are collectively known as scattered disc objects.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 9], "section_span": [11, 16], "content_span": [17, 567]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277000-0010-0000", "contents": "2018 AG37, Orbit, Distance\nThe object was initially estimated to be roughly 140\u00a0AU (21\u00a0billion\u00a0km) from the Sun, but this estimate was uncertain due to the very short initial observation arc. As of 2021, it is the farthest observed object of the Solar System. When it was announced in February 2021, 2018 AG37 had an observation arc of two years. Based on this, it was 132.2\u00a0\u00b1\u00a01.5\u00a0AU (19.78\u00a0\u00b1\u00a00.22\u00a0billion\u00a0km) from the Sun at the time of its discovery on 15 January 2018.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 9], "section_span": [11, 26], "content_span": [27, 471]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277000-0011-0000", "contents": "2018 AG37, Orbit, Distance\nMany near-parabolic comets are much farther from the Sun. Caesar's Comet (C/-43 K1) is calculated to be more than 800\u00a0AU (120\u00a0billion\u00a0km) from the Sun. Comet Donati (C/1858 L1) is 145\u00a0AU (22\u00a0billion\u00a0km) from the Sun. However, none of these more distant objects are currently observable even with the most powerful telescopes.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 9], "section_span": [11, 26], "content_span": [27, 352]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277000-0012-0000", "contents": "2018 AG37, Orbit, Distance\nOver a hundred trans-Neptunian objects are known with aphelion distances that bring them farther from the Sun than 2018 AG37.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 9], "section_span": [11, 26], "content_span": [27, 152]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277000-0013-0000", "contents": "2018 AG37, Physical characteristics\nBased on 2018 AG37's apparent brightness and projected distance, the Minor Planet Center calculates an absolute magnitude of 4.2. It is listed as the 12th intrinsically brightest known scattered disc object.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 9], "section_span": [11, 35], "content_span": [36, 243]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277000-0014-0000", "contents": "2018 AG37, Physical characteristics\nThe size of 2018 AG37 is unmeasured, but it likely lies between 400\u2013600\u00a0km (250\u2013370\u00a0mi) in diameter assuming a geometric albedo range of 0.10\u20130.25. Sheppard estimates that 2018 AG37's diameter lies at the lower end of this range, assuming that it has a highly reflective and ice-rich surface. This places it near the lower limit for a body to collapse into a spheroidal shape by hydrostatic equilibrium and thus become a dwarf planet.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 9], "section_span": [11, 35], "content_span": [36, 470]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277001-0000-0000", "contents": "2018 AH\n2018 AH is a sub-kilometer asteroid, classified as near-Earth object of the Apollo group, approximately 100\u00a0m (300\u00a0ft) in diameter. It was first observed on 4 January 2018, by the Asteroid Terrestrial-impact Last Alert System (ATLAS) on Mauna Loa and quickly followed-up by many other surveys, with precovery observations found from Pan-STARRS and PTF from the day previous.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 7], "section_span": [7, 7], "content_span": [8, 382]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277001-0001-0000", "contents": "2018 AH\nIt is the largest known asteroid to pass so close to Earth (0.001985\u00a0AU (297,000\u00a0km; 184,500\u00a0mi)) since 2002 JE9 in 1971, and until 2001 WN5 in 2028, although it was only discovered two days after its closest approach on 2 January 2018, at 04:25 UTC. The Tunguska asteroid was likely of a similar size, if not slightly smaller.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 7], "section_span": [7, 7], "content_span": [8, 335]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277001-0002-0000", "contents": "2018 AH, Description\n2018 AH has a fairly eccentric orbit, and its distance to the Sun therefore varies from as close as 90% of the Sun-Earth distance to over 4 times that distance. Due to this, among other factors, the asteroid remained undiscovered until its 2018 approach. It is almost always dimmer than magnitude 23, dimmer than most asteroid surveys can detect. During August-October 2013 it approached within ~0.3 AU of Earth and became as bright as magnitude 22.4, still rather dimmer than most survey-discovered asteroids, and it was not noticed.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 7], "section_span": [9, 20], "content_span": [21, 555]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277001-0003-0000", "contents": "2018 AH, Description, 2018 Approach\nOn its approach to Earth in 2018, 2018 AH had recently passed perihelion and was moving outwards on its orbit. It therefore approached from roughly the direction of the Sun, where it was undetectable to ground-based optical observations. It reached its closest point to Earth at only 45 degrees from the Sun. It was discovered at a more observable elongation of 129 degrees and at a magnitude of 15.7, and was quickly followed up over the next several days due to its brightness. 2018 AH remained brighter than magnitude 23 until late February 2018, and will now be mostly unobservable again until its next Earth approach in December 2021.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 7], "section_span": [9, 35], "content_span": [36, 675]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277001-0004-0000", "contents": "2018 AH, Description, 2018 Approach\n2018 AH passed unusually close for such a bright asteroid, at an absolute magnitude of 22.5 (making it approximately 84\u2013190 meters across). The largest asteroid to pass so close to Earth in 2017 was only an absolute magnitude of 24.3 (or about 31\u201391 meters). Since 1900, the only asteroids larger than 2018 AH known to pass closer than it to Earth are listed below:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 7], "section_span": [9, 35], "content_span": [36, 401]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277001-0005-0000", "contents": "2018 AH, Description, 2018 Approach\nAsteroid diameters marked in italics have had their size directly measured.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 7], "section_span": [9, 35], "content_span": [36, 111]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277002-0000-0000", "contents": "2018 AIBA Women's World Boxing Championships\nThe 2018 AIBA Women's World Boxing Championships was held at KD Jadav Indoor Stadium at New Delhi, India and took place between 15 and 24 November 2018.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [44, 44], "content_span": [45, 197]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277002-0001-0000", "contents": "2018 AIBA Women's World Boxing Championships\nIn the finals of the light flyweight category Mary Kom of India beat Ukrainian boxer Hana Okhota to win the gold, creating history by becoming the first woman boxer to win six gold medals in the AIBA World Boxing Championships.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [44, 44], "content_span": [45, 272]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277003-0000-0000", "contents": "2018 AIBA Women's World Boxing Championships \u2013 Bantamweight\nThe Bantamweight (54\u00a0kg) competition at the 2018 AIBA Women's World Boxing Championships was held from 16 to 24 November 2018.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 59], "section_span": [59, 59], "content_span": [60, 186]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277004-0000-0000", "contents": "2018 AIBA Women's World Boxing Championships \u2013 Featherweight\nThe Featherweight (54-57\u00a0kg) competition at the 2018 AIBA Women's World Boxing Championships was held from 15 to 24 November 2018.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 60], "section_span": [60, 60], "content_span": [61, 191]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277005-0000-0000", "contents": "2018 AIBA Women's World Boxing Championships \u2013 Flyweight\nThe Flyweight (51\u00a0kg) competition at the 2018 AIBA Women's World Boxing Championships was held from 15 to 24 November 2018.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 56], "section_span": [56, 56], "content_span": [57, 180]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277006-0000-0000", "contents": "2018 AIBA Women's World Boxing Championships \u2013 Heavyweight\nThe heavyweight (+81\u00a0kg) competition at the 2018 AIBA Women's World Boxing Championships was held from 18 to 24 November 2018.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 58], "section_span": [58, 58], "content_span": [59, 185]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277007-0000-0000", "contents": "2018 AIBA Women's World Boxing Championships \u2013 Light flyweight\nThe Light flyweight (45-48\u00a0kg) competition at the 2018 AIBA Women's World Boxing Championships was held from 16 to 24 November 2018.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 62], "section_span": [62, 62], "content_span": [63, 195]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277008-0000-0000", "contents": "2018 AIBA Women's World Boxing Championships \u2013 Light heavyweight\nThe Light heavyweight (81\u00a0kg) competition at the 2018 AIBA Women's World Boxing Championships was held from 18 to 24 November 2018.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 64], "section_span": [64, 64], "content_span": [65, 196]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277009-0000-0000", "contents": "2018 AIBA Women's World Boxing Championships \u2013 Light welterweight\nThe Light welterweight (64\u00a0kg) competition at the 2018 AIBA Women's World Boxing Championships was held from 16 to 24 November 2018.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 65], "section_span": [65, 65], "content_span": [66, 198]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277010-0000-0000", "contents": "2018 AIBA Women's World Boxing Championships \u2013 Lightweight\nThe Lightweight (60\u00a0kg) competition at the 2018 AIBA Women's World Boxing Championships was held from 15 to 24 November 2018.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 58], "section_span": [58, 58], "content_span": [59, 184]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277011-0000-0000", "contents": "2018 AIBA Women's World Boxing Championships \u2013 Middleweight\nThe Middleweight (69-75\u00a0kg) competition at the 2018 AIBA Women's World Boxing Championships was held from 17 to 24 November 2018.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 59], "section_span": [59, 59], "content_span": [60, 189]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277012-0000-0000", "contents": "2018 AIBA Women's World Boxing Championships \u2013 Welterweight\nThe Welterweight (64-69\u00a0kg) competition at the 2018 AIBA Women's World Boxing Championships was held from 16 to 24 November 2018.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 59], "section_span": [59, 59], "content_span": [60, 189]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277013-0000-0000", "contents": "2018 AIBA Youth World Boxing Championships\nThe 2018 AIBA Youth World Boxing Championships were held in Budapest, Hungary, from 21 to 31 August. The competition is under the supervision of the world's governing body for amateur boxing, AIBA, and is the youth and junior version of the World Amateur Boxing Championships. The competition was open to boxers born in 2000 and 2001. It was the second time in the tournament's history that men and women fought in the same championship.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [42, 42], "content_span": [43, 481]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277014-0000-0000", "contents": "2018 AIHL season\nThe 2018 AIHL season was the 19th season of the Australian Ice Hockey League (AIHL). It ran from 21 April 2018 until 26 August 2018, with the Goodall Cup finals following on 1 and 2 September 2018. The CBR Brave won both the H Newman Reid Trophy after finishing the regular season with the most points in league history, and the Goodall Cup for the first time by defeating the Sydney Bears in the final.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [16, 16], "content_span": [17, 420]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277014-0001-0000", "contents": "2018 AIHL season, Teams\nIn 2018 the AIHL had 8 teams competing in the league.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [18, 23], "content_span": [24, 77]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277014-0002-0000", "contents": "2018 AIHL season, League business\nIn December 2017 the Sydney Ice Dogs released their logo for the 2018 season. The design was an adjusted version of the 15th anniversary logo, replacing the \"XV\" with a shield. A few days later the Sydney Bears unveiled their new logo featuring a re-designed Bear. Following the release of their new logo the Bears released their new jerseys which included a black home, white away and a red alternate version. In February 2018 the Bears signed All About Caring as a major sponsor for the season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [18, 33], "content_span": [34, 530]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277014-0002-0001", "contents": "2018 AIHL season, League business\nThe same month the Melbourne Mustangs signed with The Kodiak Group to be their new naming rights sponsor for the next two seasons. The Kodiak Group replace The James Hotel who held the rights in 2017. In March 2018 the Melbourne Ice signed partnerships with the charity 300 Blankets and not-for-profit Kids Under Cover. Both organisations focus on helping the homeless and part of deal with 300 Blankets will see the Ice selling blankets at their home games. In April the Adelaide Adrenaline signed with Complete Podiatry to be a sponsor and the club's official podiatry clinic.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [18, 33], "content_span": [34, 612]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277014-0002-0002", "contents": "2018 AIHL season, League business\nAlso in April the Mustangs announced that they had signed with restaurant Billy's Discrict to be their post-game venue, replacing The James Hotel which had been their venue since May 2016. On 8 April the Newcastle Northstars that Warners at the Bay had signed with the club as their official post-game venue for 2018. The Melbourne Ice announced on 10 April that they had signed with Tempur Australia to be their naming rights sponsor for the next three years. The deal also included captain Lliam Webster being appointed as a brand ambassador for Tempur.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [18, 33], "content_span": [34, 589]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277014-0002-0003", "contents": "2018 AIHL season, League business\nThe Brave announced that The Signal Co. Wireless and Maliganis Edwards Johnson had signed on as major sponsors and Ace High Eatery & Bar, Care Traffic, Coffey, Compass Wealth Group and T C Air & Electric had signed on as business sponsors for 2018. The Brave also switched their post game venue to the Hellenic Club of Canberra's Fillos Taverna + Bar, replacing The Woden Tradies & Quality Hotel which had been their venue since June 2017.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [18, 33], "content_span": [34, 473]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277014-0002-0004", "contents": "2018 AIHL season, League business\nIn April the Sydney Ice Dogs signed with the Holiday Inn Express Sydney Macquarie Park to be a major sponsor for the 2018 season. They also announced that they would partner with Cheapskate Hockey to create an alternative jersey as well as produce a line of merchandise. The alternate jersey will feature a redesigned bulldog logo. On 20 April the Sydney Ice Dogs announced that The Ranch Hotel would be their post game venue for 2018, replacing TGI Fridays Macquarie Centre which was their venue for the previous season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [18, 33], "content_span": [34, 555]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277014-0003-0000", "contents": "2018 AIHL season, League business, Exhibition games\nIn January 2018 the Perth Thunder announced that they would hold a three-game exhibition series against an All-Stars team from the China Ice Hockey League. The games were held on 15, 17 and 17 February at the Perth Ice Arena. The Thunder lost the opening game 1\u20133 but tied the series with a 4\u20131 in game two. The All-Stars won the series with a 2\u20131 win in game three. On 7 April the Melbourne Ice and Melbourne Mustangs held their annual exhibition match at the O'Brien Group Arena. The Ice defeated the Mustangs 3\u20132.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [18, 51], "content_span": [52, 568]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277014-0003-0001", "contents": "2018 AIHL season, League business, Exhibition games\nThe following week the Melbourne Ice hosted the Hockey Festival at the O'Brien Group Arena. The festival ran over 14 and 15 April and included the Ice, Adelaide Adrenaline, CBR Brave and Melbourne Mustangs. Day one of the festival saw each team compete in a round-robin competition in order to determine the playoff spots on day two. The Mustangs finished the round-robin at the top of the standings, one point ahead of the Ice, the Adrenaline finished in third and the Brave in last place. Day two included two games, a final between first and second and a placement game for third place. The Ice defeated the Mustangs 3\u20132 in the final to claim the Warrior Cup, while the Adrenaline beat the Brave 4\u20132 to finish in third place.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [18, 51], "content_span": [52, 780]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277014-0004-0000", "contents": "2018 AIHL season, League business, Personnel changes\nOn 15 October the Newcastle Northstars announced that Andrew Petrie had stepped down from the position of head coach following a mutual decision with the club. A month later the Sydney Ice Dogs announced the signing of Petrie as their head coach. Petrie replaced Christopher Blagg who moved into the position of club president. Petrie previously coached the Ice Dogs in 2014. On 14 November the Melbourne Mustangs' announced that head coach Michael Flaherty would not be returning for the 2018 season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [18, 52], "content_span": [53, 554]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277014-0004-0001", "contents": "2018 AIHL season, League business, Personnel changes\nFlaherty was replaced two weeks later by Maxime Langelier-Parent, a former import for the club who had served as an assistant coach in 2017. On 10 February the Ice Dogs announced Jason Juba had stepped down from his positions of general manager and vice president in order to focus on family and business. Also in February the CBR Brave announced that they had signed Mike Sargeant and Gordon Cockell as assistant coaches for the 2018 seasons.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [18, 52], "content_span": [53, 496]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277014-0004-0002", "contents": "2018 AIHL season, League business, Personnel changes\nIn April the Adelaide Adrenaline announced that Sami Mantere had stepped down from the position of head coach in order to return full time as a player for the club. Mantere was also signed on as an assistant coach. Mantere was replaced in the position of head coach by Jim Fuyarchuk. On 17 April the Brave announced that they had signed Johan Steenberg as Director of Player Development and Player Personnel. Steenberg was previously at the Melbourne Ice from 2014 to 2017 as their goaltending coach.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [18, 52], "content_span": [53, 553]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277014-0004-0003", "contents": "2018 AIHL season, League business, Personnel changes\nOn 19 April Northstars announced that Joey Theriault, Ray Sheffield and Garry Dor\u00e9 will share the coaching duties for the 2018 season, replacing Andrew Petrie who left in October 2017. Just prior to the start of the season the Melbourne Ice announced the signing of Peter Ekroth to the position of head coach. Ekroth replaced Charles Franz\u00e9n who has moved into the position of Director of Coaching and Player Development.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [18, 52], "content_span": [53, 474]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277014-0005-0000", "contents": "2018 AIHL season, Regular season\nThe regular season began on 21 April 2018 and will run through to 26 August 2018 before the top four teams advance to compete in the Goodall Cup playoff series.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [18, 32], "content_span": [33, 193]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277014-0006-0000", "contents": "2018 AIHL season, Regular season, Statistics, Scoring leaders\nList shows the ten top skaters sorted by points, then goals. Current as of 23 September 2018", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [18, 61], "content_span": [62, 154]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277014-0007-0000", "contents": "2018 AIHL season, Regular season, Statistics, Leading goaltenders\nOnly the top five goaltenders, based on save percentage with a minimum 40% of the team's ice time. Current as of 23 September 2018", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [18, 65], "content_span": [66, 196]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277014-0008-0000", "contents": "2018 AIHL season, Goodall Cup playoffs\nThe 2018 playoffs was scheduled for 1 September with the Goodall Cup final held on 2 September. Following the end of the regular season the top four teams advanced to the playoff series which was held at O'Brien Group Arena in the Docklands precinct of Melbourne, Victoria. The series was a single game elimination with the two winning semi-finalists advancing to the Goodall Cup final. The Goodall Cup was won by the CBR Brave (first title) who defeated the Sydney Bears 4-3 in overtime after the two sides finished regulation time locked at 3-3. The Brave\u2019s Canadian import forward, Trevor Gerling, was named the finals most valuable player (MVP) after he scored the winning goal in overtime.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [18, 38], "content_span": [39, 733]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277014-0009-0000", "contents": "2018 AIHL season, All-Star weekend\nThe 2018 AIHL All-Star Weekend was held at the Adelaide Ice Arena, Adelaide on 2 and 3 June 2018. The format of the weekend was unchanged from 2017 with a skills competition on 2 June and an all-stars game on 3 June. Adelaide Adrenaline's Josef Rezek and David Huxley were initially announced as the captains of the two teams replacing Jamie Bourke and Lliam Webster from 2016. Huxley was later replaced by the Adrenaline's Zachary Boyle due to Huxley's retirement prior to the 2018 season. The Adrenaline's head coach Jim Fuyarchuk and assistant coach Sami Mantere were named as the coaches of Team Boyle and Team Rezek respectively. APA Group re-signed as sponsor of the weekend after sponsoring the previous three events.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [18, 34], "content_span": [35, 759]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277014-0010-0000", "contents": "2018 AIHL season, All-Star weekend\nThe skills competition saw the Adelaide Adrenaline and Sydney Bears take out two of the seven events each, while the Newcastle Northstars, Perth Thunder and Sydney Ice Dogs all picked up one each. On 3 June Team Rezek defeated Team Boyle 13-8 in the All-Star Game to claim the Mick McCormack Cup.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [18, 34], "content_span": [35, 331]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277015-0000-0000", "contents": "2018 AIK Fotboll season\nThis is the current revision of this page, as edited by S.A. Julio (talk | contribs) at 09:52, 22 April 2021 (\u2192\u200eSecond qualifying round: linking). The present address (URL) is a permanent link to this version.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [23, 23], "content_span": [24, 233]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277015-0001-0000", "contents": "2018 AIK Fotboll season\nThe 2018 season was AIK's 127th in existence, their 90th season in Allsvenskan and their 13th consecutive season in the league. The team was competing in Allsvenskan, Svenska Cupen and UEFA Europa League.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [23, 23], "content_span": [24, 228]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277015-0002-0000", "contents": "2018 AIK Fotboll season, Current squad, 2018 squad\nNote: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 50], "content_span": [51, 179]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277015-0003-0000", "contents": "2018 AIK Fotboll season, Current squad, Players out on loan\nNote: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 59], "content_span": [60, 188]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277015-0004-0000", "contents": "2018 AIK Fotboll season, Current squad, Players in/out, Out\nEU = if holds or not a European Union passport; Country: when 2 flags, 1st flag = country that plays for internationally, 2nd flag = country of birth; N = number on jersey; P = Position (for position name, pause mouse pointer on abbreviation); Name = Name on jersey (for more extensive name, pause mouse pointer on name); Age = age on the day of the signing; Moving from = only indicate the club the player was playing before start playing for this club in this season, for the type of the moving see Status column; Moving to = only indicates the club the player is going to play next, for the type of the moving see Status column; Ends = when the player's current contract ends; n/a = Not applicable.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 59], "content_span": [60, 761]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277016-0000-0000", "contents": "2018 AMA National Motocross Championship\nThe 2018 AMA Motocross Championship season is the 46th AMA Motocross National Championship season, the premier motocross series in USA. Eli Tomac goes into the season as the defending champion in the 450 class, after taking his first 450 national title in 2017. This was Tomac's second AMA motocross title, after taking the 250 class in 2013. In the 250 class Zach Osborne is the defending champion after taking his maiden title last season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [40, 40], "content_span": [41, 482]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277017-0000-0000", "contents": "2018 AMA National Speedway Championship\nThe 2018 AMA National Speedway Championship Series was staged over four rounds, held at Prairie City (April 28), Ventura (June 23), Santa Maria (July 28) and Industry (August 11). It was won by Billy Janniro, who beat Luke Becker and Austin Novratil. It was the ninth title of Janniro's career, taking him clear of Greg Hancock on the all-time list, and his sixth in-a-row.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [39, 39], "content_span": [40, 413]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277017-0001-0000", "contents": "2018 AMA National Speedway Championship, Event format\nOver the course of 20 heats, each rider races against every other rider once. The top eight scorers then reach the semi-finals, with first and second in those semi-finals reaching the final. Points are scored for every ride taken, including the semi-finals and final.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 53], "content_span": [54, 321]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277018-0000-0000", "contents": "2018 ANA Inspiration\nThe 2018 ANA Inspiration was the 47th ANA Inspiration LPGA golf tournament, held March 29 \u2013 April 2, 2018 at the Dinah Shore Tournament Course of Mission Hills Country Club in Rancho Mirage, California. It was its 36th year as a major championship, and Golf Channel televised the event for the eighth consecutive year.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [20, 20], "content_span": [21, 339]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277018-0001-0000", "contents": "2018 ANA Inspiration\nPernilla Lindberg gained her first professional victory in a three-player sudden-death playoff that extended to eight extra holes.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [20, 20], "content_span": [21, 152]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277018-0002-0000", "contents": "2018 ANA Inspiration, Field\nPlayers who have qualified for the event are listed below. Players are listed under the first category in which they qualified; additional qualifying categories are shown in parentheses.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 27], "content_span": [28, 214]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277018-0003-0000", "contents": "2018 ANA Inspiration, Field\n1. Active LPGA Tour Hall of Fame members (must have participated in ten official LPGA Tour tournaments within the 12 months prior to the commitment deadline)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 27], "content_span": [28, 185]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277018-0004-0000", "contents": "2018 ANA Inspiration, Field\nDonna Andrews, Juli Inkster, Lydia Ko (4,5,6,7,8,9), Stacy Lewis (3,5,8,9), Brittany Lincicome (5,8), Inbee Park (3,5,6,8,9), Morgan Pressel (8), Ryu So-yeon (5,6,7,8,9), Lexi Thompson (5,6,8,9), Yani Tseng, Yoo Sun-young (8)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 27], "content_span": [28, 253]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277018-0005-0000", "contents": "2018 ANA Inspiration, Field\n3. Winners of the U.S. Women's Open, Women's PGA Championship, and Ricoh Women's British Open in the previous five years", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 27], "content_span": [28, 148]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277018-0006-0000", "contents": "2018 ANA Inspiration, Field\nChun In-gee (4,5,6,8,9), Brooke Henderson (5,6,7,8,9), Ariya Jutanugarn (5,6,8,9), Danielle Kang (5,7,8,9), In-Kyung Kim (5,7,8,9), Brittany Lang (5,8), Mo Martin (8), Park Sung-hyun (5,6,7,8,9,12), Michelle Wie (5,6,7,8,9)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 27], "content_span": [28, 251]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277018-0007-0000", "contents": "2018 ANA Inspiration, Field\n4. Winners of The Evian Championship in the previous five years", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 27], "content_span": [28, 91]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277018-0008-0000", "contents": "2018 ANA Inspiration, Field\n5. Winners of official LPGA Tour tournaments from the 2015 ANA Inspiration through the week immediately preceding the 2018 ANA Inspiration", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 27], "content_span": [28, 166]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277018-0009-0000", "contents": "2018 ANA Inspiration, Field\nChoi Na-yeon, Carlota Ciganda (7,8,9,10-LET), Shanshan Feng (7,8,9), Charley Hull (6,8,9), Jang Ha-na (8,9), Ji Eun-hee (8), Cristie Kerr (6,8,9), Kim Sei-young (7,8,9), Katherine Kirk (7,8), Ko Jin-young (9), Jessica Korda (6,8,9), Mirim Lee (6,8,9), Minjee Lee (6,8,9), Lee Mi-hyang (7,8), Caroline Masson (7,8), Haru Nomura (8), Jenny Shin (8), Kris Tamulis, Amy Yang (6,7,8,9)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 27], "content_span": [28, 408]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277018-0010-0000", "contents": "2018 ANA Inspiration, Field\n6. All players who finished in the top-20 in the previous year's ANA Inspiration", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 27], "content_span": [28, 108]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277018-0011-0000", "contents": "2018 ANA Inspiration, Field\nAustin Ernst (8), M. J. Hur (7,8), Karine Icher (8)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 27], "content_span": [28, 79]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277018-0012-0000", "contents": "2018 ANA Inspiration, Field\n7. All players who finished in the top-5 of the previous year's U.S. Women's Open, Women's PGA Championship, Ricoh Women's British Open and The Evian Championship", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 27], "content_span": [28, 190]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277018-0013-0000", "contents": "2018 ANA Inspiration, Field\nBrittany Altomare (8), Choi Hye-jin (9), Chella Choi (8), Jodi Ewart Shadoff (8), Georgia Hall (10-LET), Moriya Jutanugarn (8,9), Lee Jeong-eun (9,10-KLPGA)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 27], "content_span": [28, 184]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277018-0014-0000", "contents": "2018 ANA Inspiration, Field\n8. Top-80 on the previous year's season-ending LPGA Tour official money list", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 27], "content_span": [28, 104]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277018-0015-0000", "contents": "2018 ANA Inspiration, Field\nMarina Alex, Nicole Broch Larsen, Ashleigh Buhai, Pei-Yun Chien, Cydney Clanton, Jacqui Concolino, Sandra Gal, Jaye Marie Green, Wei-Ling Hsu, Tiffany Joh, Kim Kaufman, Megan Khang, Nelly Korda, Olafia Kristinsdottir, Candie Kung, Lee Jeong-eun, Pernilla Lindberg, Gaby L\u00f3pez, Ally McDonald, Azahara Mu\u00f1oz, Su-Hyun Oh, Ryann O'Toole, Jane Park, Pornanong Phatlum, Beatriz Recari, Madelene Sagstr\u00f6m, Lizette Salas (9), Alena Sharp, Sarah Jane Smith, Jennifer Song, Angela Stanford, Ayako Uehara, Jing Yan, Angel Yin", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 27], "content_span": [28, 542]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277018-0016-0000", "contents": "2018 ANA Inspiration, Field\n9. Top-30 on the Women's World Golf Rankings as of a March 11, 2018Ai Suzuki (10-JLPGA)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 27], "content_span": [28, 115]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277018-0017-0000", "contents": "2018 ANA Inspiration, Field\n10. Top-2 players from the previous year's season-ending Ladies European Tour Order of Merit, LPGA of Japan Tour money list and LPGA of Korea Tour money list", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 27], "content_span": [28, 185]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277018-0018-0000", "contents": "2018 ANA Inspiration, Field\n11. Top-20 players plus ties on the current year LPGA Tour official money list at the end of the last official tournament prior to the current ANA Inspiration, not otherwise qualified above, provided such players are within the top-80 positions on the current year LPGA Tour official money list at the beginning of the tournament competition", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 27], "content_span": [28, 369]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277018-0019-0000", "contents": "2018 ANA Inspiration, Field\nAditi Ashok, Laetitia Beck, Laura Davies, Hannah Green, Nasa Hataoka, Caroline Inglis, Cindy LaCrosse, Bronte Law, Erynee Lee, Nanna Koerstz Madsen, Amy Olson, Park Hee-young, Mariah Stackhouse, Emma Talley, Mariajo Uribe, Lindsey Weaver", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 27], "content_span": [28, 265]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277018-0020-0000", "contents": "2018 ANA Inspiration, Field\n12. Previous year's Louise Suggs Rolex Rookie of the Year", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 27], "content_span": [28, 85]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277018-0021-0000", "contents": "2018 ANA Inspiration, Field\n13. Previous year's U.S. Women's Amateur champion, provided she is still an amateur at the beginning of tournament competition", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 27], "content_span": [28, 154]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277018-0022-0000", "contents": "2018 ANA Inspiration, Field\n14. Any LPGA Member who did not compete in the previous year's ANA Inspiration major due to injury, illness or maternity, who subsequently received a medical/maternity extension of membership from the LPGA in the previous calendar year, provided they were otherwise qualified to compete in the previous year's ANA Inspiration", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 27], "content_span": [28, 353]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277018-0023-0000", "contents": "2018 ANA Inspiration, Field\n15. Up to six sponsor invitations for top-ranked amateur players", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 27], "content_span": [28, 92]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277018-0024-0000", "contents": "2018 ANA Inspiration, Field\nMar\u00eda Fassi (a), Lucy Li (a), Atthaya Thitikul (a), Albane Valenzuela (a), Lilia Vu (a), Rose Zhang", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 27], "content_span": [28, 127]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277018-0025-0000", "contents": "2018 ANA Inspiration, Field\nUnknown categoryPaula Creamer, Catriona Matthew, Florentyna Parker, Emily Kristine Pedersen, Melissa Reid", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 27], "content_span": [28, 133]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277018-0026-0000", "contents": "2018 ANA Inspiration, Round summaries, Playoff\nPernilla Lindberg, Inbee Park, and Jennifer Song were tied after 72 holes at 273 (\u221215). The sudden-death playoff was on the 18th hole, and all three players made par fives during the first two extra holes. Lindberg and Park birdied on their third attempts, while Song made par and was eliminated. On the fourth extra hole in near dark conditions, both Lindberg and Park made par with temporary lighting on the green.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 46], "content_span": [47, 463]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277018-0027-0000", "contents": "2018 ANA Inspiration, Round summaries, Playoff\nPlay resumed at 8 am PDT Monday on the par-4 10th hole, then proceeded to the par-3 17th and par-5 18th. Still tied after seven extra holes, they returned to the tenth hole, where Lindberg sank a 30-foot (9\u00a0m) birdie putt and Park missed from 20 feet (6\u00a0m).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 46], "content_span": [47, 304]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277019-0000-0000", "contents": "2018 ANZ Premiership season\nThe 2018 ANZ Premiership season was the second season of the ANZ Premiership, the premier domestic netball league in New Zealand. In 2018 the league was contested by six teams from around New Zealand, with a total of 47 matches played between May and August. Southern Steel won their second consecutive premiership, defeating minor premiers Central Pulse in the Grand Final.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [27, 27], "content_span": [28, 402]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277019-0001-0000", "contents": "2018 ANZ Premiership season, Format\nThe 2018 ANZ Premiership season follows the same format as the inaugural season in 2017.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 35], "content_span": [36, 124]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277019-0002-0000", "contents": "2018 ANZ Premiership season, Format\nThe official pre-season tournament was held at Te W\u0101nanga o Raukawa in Otaki from 20\u201322 April, with all six teams competing. The regular season started on 6 May, after the 2018 Commonwealth Games, with a 13-week round-robin stage to be followed by a two-match finals series. Matches throughout the season are held on Sundays, Mondays and Wednesdays. Three Super Sunday events are held during the 2018 season, with three matches featuring all six teams being played back to back at one venue.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 35], "content_span": [36, 528]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277019-0003-0000", "contents": "2018 ANZ Premiership season, Format\nDuring the round-robin stage, each team plays every other team three times, accumulating competition points for wins or losses of five match points or less. The three highest ranked teams at the end of the round-robin stage progress to the finals series: the 2nd- and 3rd-ranked teams play off in the elimination final, with the winner competing against the 1st-ranked team in the grand final on 12 August.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 35], "content_span": [36, 442]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277020-0000-0000", "contents": "2018 AON Open Challenger\nThe 2018 AON Open Challenger was a professional tennis tournament played on clay courts. It was the fifteenth edition of the tournament which was part of the 2018 ATP Challenger Tour. It took place in Genoa, Italy between 4 and 9 September 2018.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [24, 24], "content_span": [25, 270]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277020-0001-0000", "contents": "2018 AON Open Challenger, Singles main draw entrants, Other entrants\nThe following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 68], "content_span": [69, 137]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277020-0002-0000", "contents": "2018 AON Open Challenger, Singles main draw entrants, Other entrants\nThe following player received entry into the singles main draw as an alternate:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 68], "content_span": [69, 148]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277021-0000-0000", "contents": "2018 AON Open Challenger \u2013 Doubles\nTim P\u00fctz and Jan-Lennard Struff were the defending champions but chose not to defend their title.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [34, 34], "content_span": [35, 132]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277021-0001-0000", "contents": "2018 AON Open Challenger \u2013 Doubles\nKevin Krawietz and Andreas Mies won the title after defeating Martin Kli\u017ean and Filip Pol\u00e1\u0161ek 6\u20132, 3\u20136, [10\u20132] in the final.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [34, 34], "content_span": [35, 159]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277022-0000-0000", "contents": "2018 AON Open Challenger \u2013 Singles\nStefanos Tsitsipas was the defending champion but chose not to defend his title.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [34, 34], "content_span": [35, 115]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277022-0001-0000", "contents": "2018 AON Open Challenger \u2013 Singles\nLorenzo Sonego won the title after defeating Dustin Brown 6\u20132, 6\u20131 in the final.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [34, 34], "content_span": [35, 115]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277023-0000-0000", "contents": "2018 ARCA Racing Series\nThe 2018 ARCA Racing Series presented by Menards was the 66th season of the ARCA Racing Series. The season began on February 10 with the Lucas Oil 200 driven by General Tire at Daytona International Speedway and ended on October 19 with the Kansas ARCA 150. Races were broadcast on FS1, FS2 and MAVTV. Sheldon Creed won the championship, ahead of his MDM Motorsports teammate Zane Smith.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [23, 23], "content_span": [24, 411]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277023-0001-0000", "contents": "2018 ARCA Racing Series, Schedule, Changes\nCharlotte Motor Speedway, Gateway Motorsports Park, and Berlin Raceway all return to the schedule. The series had last visited Gateway in 2007 and Charlotte in 2004. The only road course on the 2017 schedule, Road America, was taken out for 2018. The races at Winchester Speedway and Kentucky Speedway were also taken off the schedule. The races at Elko Speedway and Lucas Oil Raceway shifted significantly. Elko moved to the middle of July because the first Pocono date was moved to the weekend that Elko had in 2017, and Lucas Oil moved to September because the NASCAR Indianapolis weekend was moved to September.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 42], "content_span": [43, 658]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277023-0002-0000", "contents": "2018 ARCA Racing Series, Results and standings, Drivers' championship\n(key) Bold\u00a0\u2013 Pole position awarded by time. Italics\u00a0\u2013 Pole position set by final practice results or rainout. *\u00a0\u2013 Most laps led.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 69], "content_span": [70, 198]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277024-0000-0000", "contents": "2018 ASB Classic\nThe 2018 Auckland Open (sponsored by ASB Bank) was a joint 2018 ATP World Tour and 2018 WTA Tour tennis tournament, played on outdoor hard courts. It was the 33rd edition of the women's event, and the 42nd edition of the men's event. It took place at the ASB Tennis Centre in Auckland, New Zealand, from 1 to 7 January 2018 for the women, and from 8 to 13 January 2018 for the men.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [16, 16], "content_span": [17, 398]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277024-0001-0000", "contents": "2018 ASB Classic, Points and prize money, Prize money\n1 Qualifiers' prize money is also the Round of 32 prize money* per team", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [18, 53], "content_span": [54, 125]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277024-0002-0000", "contents": "2018 ASB Classic, ATP singles main draw entrants, Other entrants\nThe following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [18, 64], "content_span": [65, 133]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277024-0003-0000", "contents": "2018 ASB Classic, ATP doubles main draw entrants, Other entrants\nThe following pairs received wildcards into the doubles main draw:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [18, 64], "content_span": [65, 131]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277024-0004-0000", "contents": "2018 ASB Classic, WTA singles main draw entrants, Other entrants\nThe following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [18, 64], "content_span": [65, 133]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277024-0005-0000", "contents": "2018 ASB Classic, WTA doubles main draw entrants, Other entrants\nThe following pairs received wildcards into the doubles main draw:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [18, 64], "content_span": [65, 131]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277025-0000-0000", "contents": "2018 ASB Classic \u2013 Men's Doubles\nMarcin Matkowski and Aisam-ul-Haq Qureshi were the defending champions, but lost in the quarterfinals to Raven Klaasen and Michael Venus.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [32, 32], "content_span": [33, 170]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277025-0001-0000", "contents": "2018 ASB Classic \u2013 Men's Doubles\nOliver Marach and Mate Pavi\u0107 won the title, defeating Max Mirnyi and Philipp Oswald in the final, 6\u20134, 5\u20137, [10\u20137].", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [32, 32], "content_span": [33, 148]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277026-0000-0000", "contents": "2018 ASB Classic \u2013 Men's Singles\nJack Sock was the defending champion, but lost in the second round to Peter Gojowczyk.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [32, 32], "content_span": [33, 119]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277026-0001-0000", "contents": "2018 ASB Classic \u2013 Men's Singles\nRoberto Bautista Agut won the title, defeating Juan Mart\u00edn del Potro in the final, 6\u20131, 4\u20136, 7\u20135.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [32, 32], "content_span": [33, 130]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277026-0002-0000", "contents": "2018 ASB Classic \u2013 Men's Singles, Seeds\nThe top four seeds received a bye into the second round.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 39], "content_span": [40, 96]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277027-0000-0000", "contents": "2018 ASB Classic \u2013 Women's Doubles\nKiki Bertens and Johanna Larsson were the defending champions, but Bertens chose to compete in Brisbane instead and Larsson chose not to participate this year.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [34, 34], "content_span": [35, 194]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277027-0001-0000", "contents": "2018 ASB Classic \u2013 Women's Doubles\nSara Errani and Bibiane Schoofs won the title, defeating Eri Hozumi and Miyu Kato in the final, 7\u20135, 6\u20131.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [34, 34], "content_span": [35, 140]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277028-0000-0000", "contents": "2018 ASB Classic \u2013 Women's Singles\nLauren Davis was the defending champion, but lost in the first round to Sachia Vickery.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [34, 34], "content_span": [35, 122]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277028-0001-0000", "contents": "2018 ASB Classic \u2013 Women's Singles\nJulia G\u00f6rges won the title, defeating Caroline Wozniacki in the final, 6\u20134, 7\u20136(7\u20134).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [34, 34], "content_span": [35, 120]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277028-0002-0000", "contents": "2018 ASB Classic \u2013 Women's Singles\nWozniacki was in contention for the WTA No. 1 singles ranking at the start of the tournament. She was eliminated from contention when Simona Halep reached the quarterfinals in Shenzhen.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [34, 34], "content_span": [35, 220]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277029-0000-0000", "contents": "2018 ASEAN University Games\nThe 2018 ASEAN University Games, officially known as the 19th ASEAN University Games, was a Southeast Asian university multi-sports event which was held in Myanmar from 8 December 2018 to 19 December 2018. This was the first time Myanmar hosted the ASEAN University Games.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [27, 27], "content_span": [28, 301]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277029-0001-0000", "contents": "2018 ASEAN University Games, Preparation and development\nThe Ministry of Education and the Ministry of Health and Sports organized the 19th AUG Organization Committee, led by patron vice president Myint Swe, chairman Myo Thein Gyi, vice chairman Myint Htwe and other ten working committees. They selected the athletes from all of the universities and trained them.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 56], "content_span": [57, 364]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277029-0002-0000", "contents": "2018 ASEAN University Games, Preparation and development, Venues\nThe 19th ASEAN University Games has 13 venues for the games. The athlete's village is in Zabuthiri Township with two Cluster, Myitkyina Cluster and Monywa Cluster.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 64], "content_span": [65, 228]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277029-0003-0000", "contents": "2018 ASEAN University Games, Marketing, Motto\nThe official motto for the games is Youth and Friendship. It was chosen to represent that the athletes will compete with sports spirit and friendship for their country image. Youth is representative of being alert, agile and energetic. Youth is also referred to as young students from ASEAN universities who will be building up a better future for the ASEAN community. The 19th AUG will provide better opportunities for all participants to strengthen the understanding and cooperation among ASEAN countries in the long run. Friendships will be formed while the youth are participating in the 19th AUG 2018.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 45], "content_span": [46, 652]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277029-0003-0001", "contents": "2018 ASEAN University Games, Marketing, Motto\nThis close friendship will provide a platform for all participants to appreciate the different cultures and values. The 19th AUG will also bring unity, peace and harmony to the whole ASEAN community. Peace and harmony will result in the safety of the whole region. This will help to build up our strength, making ASEAN member countries better and stronger.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 45], "content_span": [46, 402]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277029-0004-0000", "contents": "2018 ASEAN University Games, Marketing, Logo\nThe emblem or logo of the 19th ASEAN University Games is designed to include a coloured pattern used in the National Flag of Myanmar. The yellow represents belief, serenity and wisdom. The golden beams shining from the yellow sun are symbolic of 11 ASEAN countries. The green is used to depict peace, harmony and unity. This colour also symbolizes a range of mountains covered with plants and trees. The red is representative of courage, bravery and loyalty. It also symbolizes the current situation of Myanmar moving steadily towards being a federal democratic country. The white star, depicted as an athlete doing warm-up exercises, is used as a symbol of a sport competition. The Parliament Complex, symbolic of the Capital of Myanmar, implies that the 19th ASEAN University Games will be held in Nay Pyi Taw.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 44], "content_span": [45, 857]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277029-0005-0000", "contents": "2018 ASEAN University Games, Marketing, Mascot\nThe official mascot for the games is Ayeyarwady Dolphin. it was chosen for its presence in the three rivers of Southeast Asia Nations: Ayeyarwady River (MYANMAR), the Mahakam River (INDONESIAN BORNEO) and Mekong River. They are the most intelligent animal among all animals all over the world. And they are adorable, active, intelligent, friendly and helpful. So using the Ayeyarwady Dolphin can reflect that young people are active, intelligent, youthful, helpful and kind.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 46], "content_span": [47, 521]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277029-0005-0001", "contents": "2018 ASEAN University Games, Marketing, Mascot\nFor Myanmar, Ayeyarwady Dolphin is one of the luckiest one of Myanmar because they always help Fishermen in catching fishes and can attract the interest of foreigners by Ecotourism. Nowadays there are a few left and almost endanger. So Myanmar want all of you to know that all of us must protect Ayeyarwady Dolphin from disappearing.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 46], "content_span": [47, 380]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277029-0006-0000", "contents": "2018 ASEAN University Games, The Games, Opening Ceremony\nThe opening ceremony was held in the Wunnatheikdi Indoor Stadium on 10 December. Some Myanmar artists sang songs before the ceremony. The Vice-President of Myanmar Myint Swe arrived at 5PM.When he was arrived the ceremony was started with countdown. Then, the officials and athletes from the 11 participating countries marched into the stadium. The Myanmar national flag, AUSC flag and 19th AUG-Myanmar flag were hoisted. The patron of the 19th AUG Organising Committee, Vice President U Myint Swe declared the opening of the games.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 56], "content_span": [57, 589]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277029-0007-0000", "contents": "2018 ASEAN University Games, The Games, Opening Ceremony\nThe students from the National University of Arts and Culture - Yangon and Mandalay presented the four Myanmar Cultural performances and one ASEAN performance. The ceremony was concluded at about 7PM.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 56], "content_span": [57, 257]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277030-0000-0000", "contents": "2018 ASEAN Women's T20 Open Tournament\nThe 2018 ASEAN Women's T20 Open Tournament was a women's Twenty20 (T20) cricket tournament held in Thailand from 6 to 13 March 2018. The six participating teams were the women's national sides of Bhutan, Hong Kong, Indonesia, Malaysia, Tanzania and hosts Thailand. The matches were all played at the Terdthai Cricket Ground in Bangkok. Matches did not have Twenty20 International status, as the tournament was played a few months before the International Cricket Council's decision to grant full Twenty20 International status to all its members came into effect from 1 July 2018 for women's teams.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [38, 38], "content_span": [39, 636]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277030-0001-0000", "contents": "2018 ASEAN Women's T20 Open Tournament\nThe hosts won the round-robin tournament with a perfect record of five wins from five matches, while Tanzania finished as runners-up.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [38, 38], "content_span": [39, 172]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277031-0000-0000", "contents": "2018 ASUN Conference Baseball Tournament\nThe 2018 ASUN Conference Baseball Tournament was held at Harmon Stadium on the campus of the University of North Florida in Jacksonville, FL from May 23 through 26. As the winner of the tournament for the league-best eighth time, Stetson claimed the ASUN Conference's automatic bid to the 2018 NCAA Division I Baseball Tournament.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [40, 40], "content_span": [41, 371]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277031-0001-0000", "contents": "2018 ASUN Conference Baseball Tournament, Format and seeding\nThe 2018 tournament was a double-elimination tournament in which the top six conference members participated. Seeds were determined based on conference winning percentage from the round-robin regular season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 60], "content_span": [61, 268]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277031-0002-0000", "contents": "2018 ASUN Conference Baseball Tournament, All-Tournament Team, Most Valuable Player\nEric Foggo was named Tournament Most Valuable Player. Foggo was a freshman first baseman for Stetson, who batted 6 for 14 for the Tournament with 4 RBI.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 83], "content_span": [84, 236]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277032-0000-0000", "contents": "2018 ASUN Men's Basketball Tournament\nThe 2018 ASUN Men's Basketball Tournament was the conference postseason tournament for the ASUN Conference. The tournament was the 39th year the league has conducted a postseason tournament. The tournament was held February 26, March 1, and 4, 2018 at campus sites of the higher seeds. Lipscomb defeated regular season champion Florida Gulf Coast in the tournament championship to receive the conference's automatic bid to the NCAA Tournament, the school's first trip to the NCAA Tournament.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [37, 37], "content_span": [38, 529]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277032-0001-0000", "contents": "2018 ASUN Men's Basketball Tournament, Seeds\nTeams were seeded by record within the conference, with a tiebreaker system to seed teams with identical conference records.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 44], "content_span": [45, 169]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277033-0000-0000", "contents": "2018 ASUN Men's Soccer Tournament\nThe 2018 ASUN Men's Soccer Tournament, the 40th edition of the ASUN Men's Soccer Tournament, determined the ASUN Conference's automatic berth into the 2018 NCAA Division I Men's Soccer Championship. The tournament began on November 2 and concluded on November 10.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [33, 33], "content_span": [34, 297]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277033-0001-0000", "contents": "2018 ASUN Men's Soccer Tournament\nLipscomb entered the tournament as the defending Atlantic Sun Tournament champions, and as the 2018 ASUN regular season champions. Outscoring their opponents 4-1 in the process, Lipscomb successfully defended their ASUN title by winning the championship match against Stetson, 2-0. Lipscomb earned their second ever berth into the NCAA Tournament, where they upset Washington and FIU en route to a Sweet Sixteen run.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [33, 33], "content_span": [34, 450]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277033-0002-0000", "contents": "2018 ASUN Men's Soccer Tournament, All Tournament Team\nRyan Birchfield, LipscombNoah Gulden, LipscombBen Locke, LipscombBraeden Luna, StetsonLogan Paynter, LipscombLewis Scattergood, Stetson", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 54], "content_span": [55, 190]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277034-0000-0000", "contents": "2018 ASUN Women's Basketball Tournament\nThe 2018 ASUN Women's Basketball Tournament was the 32nd edition of the ASUN Conference championship. It took place from March 2, 7 and 11, 2018 in several arenas at campus sites.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [39, 39], "content_span": [40, 219]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277034-0001-0000", "contents": "2018 ASUN Women's Basketball Tournament, Format\nThe ASUN Championship is a three-day single-elimination tournament. Eight teams competed in the championship, with the higher seeded team in each matchup hosting the game.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 47], "content_span": [48, 219]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277035-0000-0000", "contents": "2018 ASUN Women's Soccer Tournament\nThe 2018 ASUN Women's Soccer Tournament was the postseason women's soccer tournament for the ASUN Conference held from October 26 through November 3, 2018. The first round of the tournament was hosted at the #1 and #2 seed's home stadium. Then the remaining rounds of the tournament were hosted by the higher seed. The six-team single-elimination tournament consisted of three rounds based on seeding from regular season conference play. The Florida Gulf Coast Eagles were the defending tournament champions. However, they were unable to defend their crown, as they lost to the Lipscomb Bisons in the semifinals. Lipscomb went on to win the tournament, beating North Alabama in the final.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [35, 35], "content_span": [36, 724]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277036-0000-0000", "contents": "2018 ATP Challenger China International \u2013 Nanchang\nThe 2018 ATP Challenger China International \u2013 Nanchang was a professional tennis tournament played on hard courts. It was the fourth edition of the tournament which was part of the 2018 ATP Challenger Tour. It took place in Nanchang, China between 16 and 22 April 2018.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 50], "section_span": [50, 50], "content_span": [51, 320]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277036-0001-0000", "contents": "2018 ATP Challenger China International \u2013 Nanchang, Singles main draw entrants, Other Entrants\nThe following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 50], "section_span": [52, 94], "content_span": [95, 163]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277037-0000-0000", "contents": "2018 ATP Challenger China International \u2013 Nanchang \u2013 Doubles\nWu Di and Zhang Zhizhen were the defending champions but only Wu chose to defend his title, partnering Wu Yibing. Wu lost in the quarterfinals to Quentin Halys and Calvin Hemery.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 60], "section_span": [60, 60], "content_span": [61, 239]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277037-0001-0000", "contents": "2018 ATP Challenger China International \u2013 Nanchang \u2013 Doubles\nGong Maoxin and Zhang Ze won the title after defeating Ruben Gonzales and Christopher Rungkat 3\u20136, 7\u20136(9\u20137), [10\u20137] in the final.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 60], "section_span": [60, 60], "content_span": [61, 190]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277038-0000-0000", "contents": "2018 ATP Challenger China International \u2013 Nanchang \u2013 Singles\nHiroki Moriya was the defending champion but chose not to defend his title.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 60], "section_span": [60, 60], "content_span": [61, 136]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277038-0001-0000", "contents": "2018 ATP Challenger China International \u2013 Nanchang \u2013 Singles\nQuentin Halys won the title after defeating Calvin Hemery 6\u20133, 6\u20132 in the final.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 60], "section_span": [60, 60], "content_span": [61, 141]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277039-0000-0000", "contents": "2018 ATP Challenger Tour\nThe Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP) Challenger Tour, in 2018, was the secondary professional tennis circuit organized by the ATP. The 2018 ATP Challenger Tour calendar comprised 159 tournaments, with prize money ranging from $50,000 up to $150,000. It was the 41st edition of challenger tournaments cycle, and 10th under the name of Challenger Tour.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [24, 24], "content_span": [25, 384]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277039-0001-0000", "contents": "2018 ATP Challenger Tour, Schedule\nThis was the complete schedule of events on the 2018 calendar, with player progression documented from the quarterfinals stage.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 34], "content_span": [35, 162]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277039-0002-0000", "contents": "2018 ATP Challenger Tour, Statistical information\nThese tables present the number of singles (S) and doubles (D) titles won by each player and each nation during the season. The players/nations are sorted by: 1) total number of titles (a doubles title won by two players representing the same nation counts as only one win for the nation); 2) a singles > doubles hierarchy; 3) alphabetical order (by family names for players).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 49], "content_span": [50, 426]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277040-0000-0000", "contents": "2018 ATP Finals\nThe 2018 ATP Finals (also known as the 2018 Nitto ATP Finals for sponsorship reasons) was a men's tennis tournament that took place at the O2 Arena in London, United Kingdom, from 11 to 18 November 2018. It was the season-ending event for the highest-ranked singles players and doubles teams on the 2018 ATP World Tour.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [15, 15], "content_span": [16, 335]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277040-0001-0000", "contents": "2018 ATP Finals, Tournament\nThe 2018 ATP Finals took place from 11 to 18 November at the O2 Arena in London, United Kingdom. It was the 49th edition of the tournament (44th in doubles). The tournament was run by the Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP) and was part of the 2018 ATP World Tour. The event took on indoor hard courts. It served as the season-ending championships for players on the ATP Tour. The eight players who qualified for the event were split into two groups of four.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [17, 27], "content_span": [28, 492]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277040-0001-0001", "contents": "2018 ATP Finals, Tournament\nDuring this stage, players competed in a round-robin format (meaning players played against all the other players in their group). The two players with the best results in each group progressed to the semifinals, where the winners of a group faced the runners-up of the other group. This stage, however, was a knock-out stage. The doubles competition used the same format.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [17, 27], "content_span": [28, 400]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277040-0002-0000", "contents": "2018 ATP Finals, Qualification, Singles\nEight players compete at the tournament, with two named alternates. Players receive places in the following order of precedence:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [17, 39], "content_span": [40, 168]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277040-0003-0000", "contents": "2018 ATP Finals, Qualification, Singles\nIn the event of this totaling more than 8 players, those lower down in the selection order become the alternates. If further alternates are needed, these players are selected by the ATP.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [17, 39], "content_span": [40, 226]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277040-0004-0000", "contents": "2018 ATP Finals, Qualification, Singles\nProvisional rankings are published weekly as the ATP Race to London, coinciding with the 52-week rolling ATP rankings on the date of selection. Points are accumulated in Grand Slam, ATP World Tour, ATP Challenger Tour and ITF Futures tournaments from the 52 weeks prior to the selection date, with points from the previous years Tour Finals excluded. Players accrue points across 18 tournaments, usually made up of:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [17, 39], "content_span": [40, 455]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277040-0005-0000", "contents": "2018 ATP Finals, Qualification, Singles\nAll players must include the ranking points for mandatory Masters tournaments for which they are on the original acceptance list and for all Grand Slams for which they would be eligible, even if they do not compete (in which case they receive zero points).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [17, 39], "content_span": [40, 296]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277040-0005-0001", "contents": "2018 ATP Finals, Qualification, Singles\nFurthermore, players who finished 2016 in the world's top 30 are commitment players who must (if not injured) include points for the 8 mandatory Masters tournament regardless of whether they enter, and who must compete in at least 4 ATP 500 tournaments (though the Monte Carlo Masters may count to this total), of which one must take place after the US Open. Zero point scores may also be taken from withdrawals by non-injured players from ATP 500 tournaments according to certain other conditions outlined by the ATP. Beyond these rules, however, a player may substitute his next best tournament result for missed Masters and Grand Slam tournaments.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [17, 39], "content_span": [40, 690]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277040-0006-0000", "contents": "2018 ATP Finals, Qualification, Singles\nPlayers may have their ATP World Tour Masters 1000 commitment reduced by one tournament, by reaching each of the following milestones:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [17, 39], "content_span": [40, 174]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277040-0007-0000", "contents": "2018 ATP Finals, Qualification, Singles\nIf a player satisfies all three of these conditions, their mandatory ATP World Tour Masters 1000 commitment is dropped entirely. Players must be in good standing as defined by the ATP as to avail of the reduced commitment.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [17, 39], "content_span": [40, 262]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277040-0008-0000", "contents": "2018 ATP Finals, Qualification, Doubles\nEight teams compete at the tournament, with one named alternates. The eight competing teams receive places according to the same order of precedence as in Singles. The named alternate will be offered first to any unaccepted teams in the selection order, then to the highest ranked unaccepted team, and then to a team selected by the ATP. Points are accumulated in the same competitions as for the Singles tournament. However, for Doubles teams there are no commitment tournaments, so teams are ranked according to their 18 highest points scoring results from any tournaments.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [17, 39], "content_span": [40, 615]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277040-0009-0000", "contents": "2018 ATP Finals, Qualified players, Singles\nOn August 11, Rafael Nadal became the first qualifier to the event.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [17, 43], "content_span": [44, 111]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277040-0010-0000", "contents": "2018 ATP Finals, Qualified players, Singles\nRafael Nadal formally began his season at the Australian Open, Nadal faced Marin \u010cili\u0107 in the quarterfinal, but retired in the fifth set due to a hip injury. Nadal withdrew from the Mexican Open, Indian Wells Masters, and Miami Open due to an injury. At the Monte Carlo Masters, Nadal successfully defended his title, won a record-breaking 31st Masters title and his 11th title in Monte Carlo, beating Kei Nishikori in the final.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [17, 43], "content_span": [44, 473]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277040-0010-0001", "contents": "2018 ATP Finals, Qualified players, Singles\nNadal went on to win his 11th title in Barcelona Open, defeating Stefanos Tsitsipas in straight sets in the final, becoming the first player in the open era to win 400 matches on both clay and hard. Fresh after achieving the 'Undecima' at Monte Carlo and Barcelona, Nadal failed to defend his title at the Mutua Madrid Open, when he lost in straight sets to Dominic Thiem in the quarterfinals, ending his 21-match and record 50-set winning streaks on clay.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [17, 43], "content_span": [44, 500]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277040-0010-0002", "contents": "2018 ATP Finals, Qualified players, Singles\nAt the Italian Open, Nadal captured his 8th title in the event, defeating Alexander Zverev in three sets, thus overtaking John McEnroe in the fourth place on the list of most titles won in the Open Era. Then at the French Open, Nadal won his 17th Grand Slam title, beating Dominic Thiem in the final in three sets.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [17, 43], "content_span": [44, 358]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277040-0011-0000", "contents": "2018 ATP Finals, Qualified players, Singles\nGoing into Wimbledon Championships, Nadal reached the semifinals for the first time since 2011, where he faced long-time rival Novak Djokovic, in a match that lasted 5 hours and 17 minutes, spread over two days, becoming the second-longest Wimbledon semifinal in history. Djokovic defeated Nadal in five sets with the fifth set being 10\u20138. At the Rogers Cup, Nadal defeated Stefanos Tsitsipas in the final to win a record-extending 33rd Masters 1000 title. Nadal was the top seed during his title defense at the US Open.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [17, 43], "content_span": [44, 564]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277040-0011-0001", "contents": "2018 ATP Finals, Qualified players, Singles\nHowever, he retired in his semi-final matchup against Juan Martin del Potro due to knee pain. He then skipped the Asian Swing due to the same injury and the Rolex Paris Masters due to an abdominal injury. On November 5, he confirmed his withdrawal from the ATP Finals due to an ankle injury.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [17, 43], "content_span": [44, 335]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277040-0012-0000", "contents": "2018 ATP Finals, Qualified players, Singles\nOn September 8, Novak Djokovic and Roger Federer qualified for the event.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [17, 43], "content_span": [44, 117]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277040-0013-0000", "contents": "2018 ATP Finals, Qualified players, Singles\nNovak Djokovic started off with a fourth round loss at the Australian Open, losing to Chung Hyeon from South Korea in three close sets. He then underwent surgery on his elbow, a week later. However, he surprisingly played at the Masters events of the Indian Wells Masters and Miami Open and lost in his opening round matches to Taro Daniel and Beno\u00eet Paire, respectively. He then competed at the Monte Carlo Rolex Masters and was able to reach the third round losing to Dominic Thiem.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [17, 43], "content_span": [44, 528]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277040-0013-0001", "contents": "2018 ATP Finals, Qualified players, Singles\nHowever, he suffered another early exit, this time in Barcelona Open to Martin Klizan in the second round. Djokovic struggle continued at the Mutua Madrid Open in a second round loss to Kyle Edmund in three sets. At the Italian Open, Djokovic was able to reach his first semifinal of the year, losing to eventual champion Rafael Nadal in straight sets. His resurgent form continued when he reached the quarterfinals of the French Open, but was upset by Marco Cecchinato in four sets.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [17, 43], "content_span": [44, 527]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277040-0014-0000", "contents": "2018 ATP Finals, Qualified players, Singles\nHe had a strong start to the grass court season at the Queen's Club Championship, reaching the final without dropping a set, but lost to top seed Marin \u010cili\u0107 despite having a championship point. Djokovic, then, entered the Wimbledon Championships and, after defeating Nadal 10\u20138 in fifth set in the semifinal, he was able to claim his first title in over a year by defeating Kevin Anderson in straight sets. After a triumphant grass season, Djokovic started his US Open Series with a third round showing at the Rogers Cup, losing against eventual runner-up Stefanos Tsitsipas.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [17, 43], "content_span": [44, 620]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277040-0014-0001", "contents": "2018 ATP Finals, Qualified players, Singles\nAfterwards, he returned to play the Western & Southern Open for the first time in three years. Here he faced Roger Federer in the final and defeated him to win his first Cincinnati Masters title convincingly in straight sets. With this victory, Djokovic became the first and only player in tennis history to complete the career Golden Masters\u2014a feat achieved by winning all nine ATP Masters 1000 events at least once in one's career. At the US Open, he was able to reach the final facing #3 seed Juan Mart\u00edn del Potro.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [17, 43], "content_span": [44, 562]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277040-0014-0002", "contents": "2018 ATP Finals, Qualified players, Singles\nHe defeated del Potro in straight sets to win his third US Open title and second Grand Slam title of the year. Seeded second at the Shanghai Rolex Masters, he claimed his fourth Shanghai title when he defeated Borna \u0106ori\u0107 in the final and did not drop a set all tournament. Finally at the Rolex Paris Masters he defeated Jo\u00e3o Sousa, Damir D\u017eumhur, Marin \u010cili\u0107, and Roger Federer en route to the final, where he lost in straight sets to Karen Khachanov.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [17, 43], "content_span": [44, 496]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277040-0015-0000", "contents": "2018 ATP Finals, Qualified players, Singles\nRoger Federer started his season winning the Hopman Cup partnering with Belinda Bencic. At the Australian Open, Federer reached the final without dropping a set, and successfully defended his title beating Marin \u010cili\u0107 in a five-set final. This was Federer's sixth title at the Australian Open, equaling the record held by Roy Emerson and Novak Djokovic, as well as becoming the first man to win twenty Grand Slam titles. Federer continued his good start when he won his third Rotterdam Open title to return to No. 1 in the ATP rankings, defeating Grigor Dimitrov in straight sets in the final.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [17, 43], "content_span": [44, 637]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277040-0015-0001", "contents": "2018 ATP Finals, Qualified players, Singles\nHe then entered the Indian Wells Masters, where he reached the final and despite holding three championship points, Federer was defeated by Juan Mart\u00edn del Potro in a close three-set final. At the Miami Open, Federer lost in his opening match to Thanasi Kokkinakis, resulting to him losing the no. 1 ranking. He then skipped the European clay court season for the second consecutive season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [17, 43], "content_span": [44, 434]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277040-0016-0000", "contents": "2018 ATP Finals, Qualified players, Singles\nAt the grass season, Federer claimed his third title of the year at the MercedesCup defeating Milos Raonic in the final in straight sets. As the defending champion at the Gerry Weber Open, he reached the final, but was upset by Borna \u0106ori\u0107 in three sets. At the Wimbledon Championships, where he was the defending champion, his run was ended by South African Kevin Anderson in the quarterfinals in five sets, despite winning the first two sets and having a match point in the third set.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [17, 43], "content_span": [44, 530]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277040-0016-0001", "contents": "2018 ATP Finals, Qualified players, Singles\nFederer next played in Western & Southern Open where he lost in the final to Djokovic in straight sets. The loss ended Federer's run of 100 consecutive service holds and 14 match winning streak in Cincinnati. Federer entered the US Open as the second seed but was upset by John Millman in the 4th round. Federer then played at the Shanghai Rolex Masters as the defending champion but lost in the semifinals to \u0106ori\u0107 in straight sets. He came into the Swiss Indoors as the defending champion, he defeated qualifier Marius Copil in the final to claim his fourth title of the year. He then competed at the Rolex Paris Masters, where he fell in the semifinals to Djokovic despite not getting his serve broken.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [17, 43], "content_span": [44, 749]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277040-0017-0000", "contents": "2018 ATP Finals, Qualified players, Singles\nOn October 3, Juan Mart\u00edn del Potro became the fourth qualifier for the event.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [17, 43], "content_span": [44, 122]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277040-0018-0000", "contents": "2018 ATP Finals, Qualified players, Singles\nJuan Mart\u00edn del Potro started the season at the ASB Classic reaching the final, where he lost to Roberto Bautista Agut in three sets. In the Australian Open he lost in the third round against Tom\u00e1\u0161 Berdych. Despite this, he returned to the top ten ranked world no 9, the first time since August 2014. Del Potro then competed at the Delray Beach Open. However, he lost to eventual champion Frances Tiafoe in the second round. He then won the Abierto Mexicano Telcel, defeating Kevin Anderson in straight sets to obtain his 21st title.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [17, 43], "content_span": [44, 578]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277040-0018-0001", "contents": "2018 ATP Finals, Qualified players, Singles\nHe then went to win his first Masters event title at the BNP Paribas Open defeating defending champion and world No.1 Roger Federer in the final. He continued his good run at the Miami Open, but was stopped by eventual champion John Isner in the semifinals. del Potro's French Open preparation was lackluster losing the third rounds of Mutua Madrid Open and Italian Open to Du\u0161an Lajovi\u0107 and David Goffin, respectively. Despite the poor preparation, he was able to reach the semifinals losing to eventual champion Rafael Nadal in straight sets.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [17, 43], "content_span": [44, 588]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277040-0019-0000", "contents": "2018 ATP Finals, Qualified players, Singles\nAt Wimbledon, Del Potro reached the quarterfinals, where he faced Nadal once again and lost in 5 sets. Del Potro then competed at the Los Cabos Open, where he reached the final but lost to Fabio Fognini. At the Western & Southern Open he fell to David Goffin in the quarterfinals. Entering the US Open seeded third, del Potro faced Nadal in the semifinals for the third consecutive slam but this time he was victorious, when Nadal retired after Del Potro was leading two sets to love to reach his second slam final.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [17, 43], "content_span": [44, 559]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277040-0019-0001", "contents": "2018 ATP Finals, Qualified players, Singles\nIn the final, he was defeated by two-time champion Novak Djokovic. Del Potro entered the China Open, where he faced unseeded Nikoloz Basilashvili in the final, but ended up losing in straight sets. He then competed in the Shanghai Rolex Masters, where he was forced to retire against Borna \u0106ori\u0107 in the third round, due to a knee injury. It was then revealed that he had fractured his right patella, which made him pull out for the rest of the season. On November 3, he confirmed he would withdraw from the event.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [17, 43], "content_span": [44, 557]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277040-0020-0000", "contents": "2018 ATP Finals, Qualified players, Singles\nOn October 12, Alexander Zverev became the fifth player to qualify.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [17, 43], "content_span": [44, 111]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277040-0021-0000", "contents": "2018 ATP Finals, Qualified players, Singles\nAlexander Zverev played for Germany at the Hopman Cup alongside Angelique Kerber but lost in the final to Switzerland. At the Australian Open, he made it to the third round, before being beaten in five sets by world No. 59 Chung Hyeon. At the Rotterdam Open, Zverev was seeded third. However, he was upset in straight sets in the second round by Andreas Seppi. He returned to action at the Abierto Mexicano Telcel, where he reached the semifinals, before losing to eventual champion Juan Mart\u00edn del Potro in straight sets.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [17, 43], "content_span": [44, 566]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277040-0021-0001", "contents": "2018 ATP Finals, Qualified players, Singles\nHe then had a disappointing loss at the first Masters event of the year at the Indian Wells Masters in the second round to Jo\u00e3o Sousa, despite having break leads in the first and third sets. Zverev then bounced back at the Miami Open when he made his third Masters event final. He faced John Isner in the final, which he lost in three sets, marking his first Masters event final loss. At the beginning of the clay season, he reached the semifinals at the Monte-Carlo Rolex Masters, where he lost to Kei Nishikori in three sets.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [17, 43], "content_span": [44, 571]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277040-0021-0002", "contents": "2018 ATP Finals, Qualified players, Singles\nHe then followed it up by reaching the final of his next three events, winning the BMW Open successfully defending his title against Philipp Kohlschreiber, winning his third Masters event title at the Mutua Madrid Open defeating Dominic Thiem (without dropping a set all tournament) and losing in the final of the Italian Open to Rafael Nadal ending Zverev's 13-match winning streak. At the French Open, he was able to reach his first slam quarterfinal but lost to Thiem in straight sets.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [17, 43], "content_span": [44, 532]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277040-0022-0000", "contents": "2018 ATP Finals, Qualified players, Singles\nAt the grass season, he fell in the first round of the Gerry Weber Open to eventual champion Borna \u0106ori\u0107 and the third round of the Wimbledon Championships to Ernests Gulbis in five sets. Going into the hard court season, Zverev successfully defended his title in Citi Open. He reached the final and defeated 19-year-old Alex de Minaur to claim his second consecutive Washington title. He failed to defend his title at the Rogers Cup losing in the quarterfinal to Stefanos Tsitsipas, despite having two match points.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [17, 43], "content_span": [44, 560]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277040-0022-0001", "contents": "2018 ATP Finals, Qualified players, Singles\nHe then followed it up with an upset loss to Robin Haase in his opening match at the Western & Southern Open. At the US Open, Zverev's slam woes continues as he lost in the third round to compatriot Phillip Kohlschreiber in four sets. Zverev then entered the China Open, he was upset by Malek Jaziri in three sets in the second round. He then competed at the Shanghai Rolex Masters, where he reached the semifinals, losing to Novak Djokovic. He also reached the semifinals of the Swiss Indoors falling to qualifier Marius Copil. At the Rolex Paris Masters, he fell in two quick sets to Karen Khachanov in the quarterfinals.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [17, 43], "content_span": [44, 667]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277040-0023-0000", "contents": "2018 ATP Finals, Qualified players, Singles\nOn October 28, after winning the Erste Bank Open, Kevin Anderson qualified for the first time.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [17, 43], "content_span": [44, 138]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277040-0024-0000", "contents": "2018 ATP Finals, Qualified players, Singles\nKevin Anderson began the year at the Maharashtra Open where he lost to Frenchman Gilles Simon. His good start was halted at the Australian Open, when he lost to Kyle Edmund in the first round. He then bounced back at the New York Open claiming his fourth career title defeating local favourite Sam Querrey. He reached his third final of the year at the Abierto Mexicano Telcel, but lost to Argentinian Juan Mart\u00edn del Potro. He then made it to the quarterfinals of both the Indian Wells Masters and Miami Masters losing Borna \u0106ori\u0107 and Pablo Carre\u00f1o Busta, respectively.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [17, 43], "content_span": [44, 614]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277040-0024-0001", "contents": "2018 ATP Finals, Qualified players, Singles\nHe did not start the clay season well, when lost in his first match at the Estoril Open losing to youngster Stefanos Tsitsipas. He claimed some form by reaching the semifinals of the Mutua Madrid Open falling to Dominic Thiem. At the Italian Open, he retired in the second round to Aljaz Bedene due to a leg injury. At the French Open, he suffered a disappointing loss to Argentinian Diego Schwartzman in the fourth round, when he failed to serve it out in the third set and eventual lost the match in five sets.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [17, 43], "content_span": [44, 556]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277040-0025-0000", "contents": "2018 ATP Finals, Qualified players, Singles\nHe began his grass season at the Queen's Club Championships, but lost in the first round to Leonardo Mayer. At the Wimbledon Championships, he reached his second career slam final after marathon wins over Roger Federer in the quarterfinals 13\u201311 in the fifth and the longest semifinal match in history when he defeated John Isner 26\u201324 in the fifth set. In the final he faced Novak Djokovic and lost in straight sets. He then competed at the Rogers Cup, where he reached the semifinals, but once again lost to Tsitsipas.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [17, 43], "content_span": [44, 564]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277040-0025-0001", "contents": "2018 ATP Finals, Qualified players, Singles\nAt the Western & Southern Open, he lost in the third round to David Goffin. At the US Open, being the defending finalist, he faced Dominic Thiem in the fourth round and lost in straight sets. In the Asian swing, he reached back-to-back quarterfinals at the Japan Open and Shanghai Rolex Masters, losing to Richard Gasquet and Djokovic, respectively. He claimed his second title of the year and his biggest in his career so far at the Erste Bank Open, defeating Kei Nishikori in the final. In the final Masters event of the year, Rolex Paris Masters, he had a rematch against Nishikori in the third round but this time he lost in straight sets.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [17, 43], "content_span": [44, 687]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277040-0026-0000", "contents": "2018 ATP Finals, Qualified players, Singles\nOn November 2, following the quarterfinal results in the Paris Masters, Marin \u010cili\u0107 and Dominic Thiem qualified for the event.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [17, 43], "content_span": [44, 170]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277040-0027-0000", "contents": "2018 ATP Finals, Qualified players, Singles\nMarin \u010cili\u0107 began the year at the Maharashtra Open reaching the semifinals before losing to Gilles Simon. At the Australian Open, he defeated Rafael Nadal in the quarterfinals, his first win over Nadal since 2009 and his second win over a current world no. 1. He reached his third slam final, but lost to Roger Federer in five sets, despite this he reached a new career high ranking of number 3 in the world.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [17, 43], "content_span": [44, 452]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277040-0027-0001", "contents": "2018 ATP Finals, Qualified players, Singles\nHowever, he wasn't able to sustain this form, losing early in his next events in the second round of the Rio Open to Ga\u00ebl Monfils, third round of Indian Wells Masters to Philipp Kohlschreiber and fourth round of the Miami Masters to John Isner. \u010cili\u0107 then reached the quarterfinals of the Monte-Carlo Masters losing to Kei Nishikori in three sets. Being the top seed at the Istanbul Open, he was upset by Malek Jaziri in the second round. He then competed at the Italian Open reaching the semifinal but fell to Alexander Zverev in two tight sets. At the French Open, \u010cili\u0107 reached the quarterfinals for the second year in a row losing to Argentinian Juan Mart\u00edn del Potro.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [17, 43], "content_span": [44, 716]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277040-0028-0000", "contents": "2018 ATP Finals, Qualified players, Singles\nAt the grass court season, he started perfectly when he claimed his first title of the year at the Queen's Club Championships defeating Novak Djokovic in the final, where he saved a match point in the second set. At Wimbledon, being the finalist from the year before, he suffered a surprising loss in the second round to Guido Pella despite winning the first two sets. Heading back to the American hardcourts, he did pretty well when he lost to eventual champions Nadal and Djokovic at the quarterfinals of the Rogers Cup and semifinals of the Western & Southern Open, respectively.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [17, 43], "content_span": [44, 626]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277040-0028-0001", "contents": "2018 ATP Finals, Qualified players, Singles\nAt the US Open, he had a rematch of the 2014 US Open final against Kei Nishikori, but this time he lost in five sets. \u010cili\u0107 had a terrible Asian swing, losing in the first round of the Japan Open to Jan-Lennard Struff after failing to serve for the match in the third set and the first round of the Shanghai Rolex Masters to Nicol\u00e1s Jarry after having two match points in the match.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [17, 43], "content_span": [44, 426]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277040-0028-0002", "contents": "2018 ATP Finals, Qualified players, Singles\nHis struggle in form continued at the Swiss Indoors when he lost in the second round to Marius Copil in two tight sets despite having set points in the second set. At the Rolex Paris Masters, despite ending Djokovic's 30-set winning streak he fell to the Serbian in three sets in the quarterfinals.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [17, 43], "content_span": [44, 342]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277040-0029-0000", "contents": "2018 ATP Finals, Qualified players, Singles\nDominic Thiem began the year at the Qatar ExxonMobil Open, where he reached the semifinals but had to withdrew prior to his match against Ga\u00ebl Monfils due to an illness. At the Australian Open, he once again reached the fourth round but was upset by American Tennys Sandgren in five sets. He then claimed his first title at the Argentina Open defeating Alja\u017e Bedene in the final and without dropping a set all tournament long. He then competed at the Rio Open and the Abierto Mexicano Telcel but lost to Fernando Verdasco and Juan Mart\u00edn del Potro respectively.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [17, 43], "content_span": [44, 605]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277040-0029-0001", "contents": "2018 ATP Finals, Qualified players, Singles\nHe next competed at the Indian Wells Masters, retiring in the third set against Pablo Cuevas in the third round. At the clay season, he began with back-to-back finals at the Monte Carlo Masters and Barcelona Open losing to Rafael Nadal and Stefanos Tsitsipas, respectively. At the Mutua Madrid Open, he upset Nadal in the quarterfinals and eventually reached the finals for the second year in a row but yet again lost, this time to Alexander Zverev. In the Italian Open, he was upset by Fabio Fognini in the second round. He claimed his second title of the year at the Lyon Open defeating home favorite Gilles Simon in the final. At the French Open, he was able to reach his first slam final and faced Nadal, but lost in straight sets.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [17, 43], "content_span": [44, 779]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277040-0030-0000", "contents": "2018 ATP Finals, Qualified players, Singles\nAt the grass season, Thiem suffered back-to-back loses in the second round of the Gerry Weber Open to Yuichi Sugita and the first round of Wimbledon against Marcos Baghdatis due to a back injury. He then went on a three match losing streak which began with a quarterfinal loss at the German Open to Nicol\u00e1s Jarry and first round loses at the Generali Open Kitzb\u00fchel to Martin Kli\u017ean and Rogers Cup to Tsitsipas.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [17, 43], "content_span": [44, 455]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277040-0030-0001", "contents": "2018 ATP Finals, Qualified players, Singles\nAt the US Open, Thiem was able to reach the quarterfinals of non-clay slam for the first time but lost to Nadal in a fifth set tiebreak, despite winning the first set in a bagel. He then claimed his third title of the year at the St. Petersburg Open defeating Kli\u017ean in the final in two quick sets. At the Shanghai Rolex Masters, he was upset by Matthew Ebden in the second round in a third set tiebreak. At the Erste Bank Open, he reached the quarterfinals losing to Kei Nishikori. At the Rolex Paris Masters, he reached his first semi-final at a Masters tournament on a hard court, but lost to Karen Khachanov.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [17, 43], "content_span": [44, 656]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277040-0031-0000", "contents": "2018 ATP Finals, Qualified players, Singles\nOn November 3, following Del Potro's withdrawal from the event, Kei Nishikori was announced as his replacement.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [17, 43], "content_span": [44, 155]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277040-0032-0000", "contents": "2018 ATP Finals, Qualified players, Singles\nKei Nishikori returned after a 5-month injury layoff and started his 2018 season by playing at the American challenger tour events. At Oracle Challenger Series he lost in the first round against American qualifier Dennis Novikov. Nishikori went on to win his sixth ATP Challenger career titles at the RBC Tennis Championships, by defeating Mackenzie McDonald in the final. Nishikori made his return to the ATP Tour competition (since August 2017 Montreal) at the inaugural ATP 250 Tournament in New York, where he reached the semifinals before losing to Kevin Anderson.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [17, 43], "content_span": [44, 613]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277040-0032-0001", "contents": "2018 ATP Finals, Qualified players, Singles\nHe was unseeded at the Abierto Mexicano Telcel and lost against Denis Shapovalov in the first round. At the Miami Masters, he lost in the third round to Juan Mart\u00edn del Potro. In the clay season, Nishikori entered the Monte-Carlo Rolex Masters, where he reached his 4th career Masters 1000 finals, before losing to Rafael Nadal in straight sets in the finals. He then suffered back-to-back opening round loses at the Barcelona Open and Mutua Madrid Open to Guillermo Garc\u00eda L\u00f3pez and Novak Djokovic, respectively. At the Italian Open, he lost to Djokovic in the quarterfinals in three sets. At the French Open, Nishikori was seeded 19th and fell to seventh seed Dominic Thiem in the fourth round.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [17, 43], "content_span": [44, 740]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277040-0033-0000", "contents": "2018 ATP Finals, Qualified players, Singles\nIn the lead up to Wimbledon, Nishikori lost to Karen Khachanov in the 2nd round of the Gerry Weber Open. Entering Wimbledon with an arm injury, but was able to reach quarterfinals of the grass slam for the first time, where he lost to eventual champion Djokovic in four sets. His US Open lead up events, wasn't that successful, he began at the Citi Open but lost to Alexander Zverev in the quarterfinals.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [17, 43], "content_span": [44, 448]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277040-0033-0001", "contents": "2018 ATP Finals, Qualified players, Singles\nHe then lost in the first round of the Rogers Cup to Robin Haase and in the second round of the Western & Southern Open to Stan Wawrinka. At the US Open, Nishikori revenges his 2014 US Open final loss when he defeated Marin \u010cili\u0107 in a close five-set victory. He advanced to the semifinals, losing to Djokovic in straight sets. Nishikori was the top seed at the Moselle Open, where he is being upset by qualifier Matthias Bachinger in the semifinals in three sets.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [17, 43], "content_span": [44, 507]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277040-0033-0002", "contents": "2018 ATP Finals, Qualified players, Singles\nHe then participated in the Japan Open seeded third and reached the final, he was upset by unseeded Daniil Medvedev. At the Shanghai Rolex Masters, Nishikori reaching the quarterfinals, he was defeated by top seed and defending champion Roger Federer. He then competed at the Erste Bank Open, reaching his third final of the year, he was defeated by second seed Kevin Anderson. At the final Masters event of the year, the Rolex Paris Masters, he was defeated by third seed Federer in the quarterfinals.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [17, 43], "content_span": [44, 546]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277040-0034-0000", "contents": "2018 ATP Finals, Qualified players, Singles\nOn November 5, following Nadal's withdrawal from the event, John Isner became the final qualifier.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [17, 43], "content_span": [44, 142]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277040-0035-0000", "contents": "2018 ATP Finals, Qualified players, Singles\nJohn Isner began the year losing in his first match in five of his six tournaments at the ASB Classic to Chung Hyeon, the Australian Open to Matthew Ebden, the New York Open to Radu Albot, the Abierto Mexicano Telcel to Ryan Harrison and the Indian Wells Masters to Ga\u00ebl Monfils. He only picked up two wins in Davis Cup against Du\u0161an Lajovi\u0107 and Delray Beach Open against Albot before losing to Peter Gojowczyk. However, he rebounded at the Miami Masters, when claimed his first Masters title defeating Alexander Zverev in the final.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [17, 43], "content_span": [44, 577]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277040-0035-0001", "contents": "2018 ATP Finals, Qualified players, Singles\nHe began his clay season with quarterfinal showings at the U.S. Men's Clay Court Championships losing to compatriot Steve Johnson and the Mutua Madrid Open losing to Zverev. At the Italian Open, he was upset by Albert Ramos Vi\u00f1olas in the second round. He then competed at the Lyon Open in a losing effort to Cameron Norrie in the quarterfinals. He then match his best result at the French Open, by reaching the fourth round falling to Juan Mart\u00edn del Potro.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [17, 43], "content_span": [44, 502]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277040-0036-0000", "contents": "2018 ATP Finals, Qualified players, Singles\nAt the Wimbledon Championships, he reached his first slam semifinal and faced Kevin Anderson where he recorded the second longest match while also holding the longest match against Mahut. However, this time Isner came out in the losing end, losing the final set 26\u201324. He then claimed his second title of the year at the BB&T Atlanta Open defeating American Harrison in the final.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [17, 43], "content_span": [44, 424]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277040-0036-0001", "contents": "2018 ATP Finals, Qualified players, Singles\nHowever, he didn't do well in his next events losing to Noah Rubin in the second round of Citi Open, to Karen Khachanov in the third round of Rogers Cup and to Sam Querrey in the first round of the Western & Southern Open. He rebounded at the US Open by reaching his second quarterfinals at the event but fell to del Potro in four sets. He then skipped the Asian swing due to the birth of his daughter. He came back at the Stockholm Open losing in the semifinal to Ernests Gulbis. He then lost in last 16 of the Erste Bank Open to Monfils and the Paris Rolex Masters to Khachanov.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [17, 43], "content_span": [44, 624]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277040-0037-0000", "contents": "2018 ATP Finals, Qualified players, Doubles\nOn July 27, the team of Oliver Marach and Mate Pavi\u0107 became the first qualifiers.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [17, 43], "content_span": [44, 125]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277040-0038-0000", "contents": "2018 ATP Finals, Qualified players, Doubles\nOliver Marach & Mate Pavi\u0107 began the year with a 17 match winning streak, winning their first three tournaments at the Qatar ExxonMobil Open against Murray/Soares, the ASB Classic against Mirnyi/Oswald and their first men's slam title at the Australian Open defeating Cabal/Farah. Their streak ended when they lost in the final of the Rotterdam Open losing to Herbert/Mahut. Their clay season was quite successful reaching the final of the Monte-Carlo Masters when they lost to American brothers M Bryan/B Bryan and winning the title at the Geneva Open defeating Dodig/Ram.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [17, 43], "content_span": [44, 617]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277040-0038-0001", "contents": "2018 ATP Finals, Qualified players, Doubles\nThey then reached their second slam final in a row, when they reached the final of the French Open losing to the French duo of Herbert/Mahut. Their next final came at the German Open but lost once again this time to the South American pairing of Peralta/Zeballos. At the Asian swing they fell in the final of the China Open to Kubot/Melo. In the rest of their slam results after their reaching the finals of the first two slams was disappointing as they fell in the first rounds of the Wimbledon Championships to Delbonis/Reyes-Varela and the US Open to Mayer/Sousa. won the Chengdu Open with Ivan Dodig defeating Krajicek/Nedunchezhiyan", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [17, 43], "content_span": [44, 681]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277040-0039-0000", "contents": "2018 ATP Finals, Qualified players, Doubles\nOn August 2, Bob Bryan ended his season due to a hip injury, thus unable to qualify with brother Mike Bryan.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [17, 43], "content_span": [44, 152]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277040-0040-0000", "contents": "2018 ATP Finals, Qualified players, Doubles\nBob Bryan & Mike Bryan began the year with a semifinal showing at the Australian Open where they lost to Cabal/Farah. They then reach three finals in a row back in the Americas, losing in the final of the Abierto Mexicano Telcel to Murray/Soares, losing in the final of the BNP Paribas Open losing to compatriots Isner/Sock. Their third final came at the Miami Open, this time they won defeating Russians Khachanov/Rublev in the final. At the clay season they won the title at the Monte Carlo Masters defeating Marach/Pavi\u0107. They then faced Mekti\u0107/Peya at the final of the Mutua Madrid Open but retired in the first set down a break due to Bob's hip injury, which ended his season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [17, 43], "content_span": [44, 726]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277040-0041-0000", "contents": "2018 ATP Finals, Qualified players, Doubles\nOn September 29, the Colombian pairing of Juan Sebasti\u00e1n Cabal and Robert Farah became the second qualifiers", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [17, 43], "content_span": [44, 152]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277040-0042-0000", "contents": "2018 ATP Finals, Qualified players, Doubles\nJuan Sebasti\u00e1n Cabal & Robert Farah had a solid 2018 when they reached their first slam final as a team at the Australian Open before losing to the team of Marach/Pavi\u0107. They followed it up with another final this time at the clay courts of the Argentina Open falling to the local team of Molteni/Zeballos. Their European clay season was quite successful highlighted by their title at the Italian Open defeating Carre\u00f1o Busta/Sousa. They followed it up by reaching the quarterfinals of the French Open but once again lost to Marach/Pavi\u0107.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [17, 43], "content_span": [44, 582]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277040-0042-0001", "contents": "2018 ATP Finals, Qualified players, Doubles\nAt Wimbledon they reached the third round and was upset by Nielsen/Salisbury. They then reached their fourth final of the year at the Western & Southern Open but lost to Murray/Soares in a match tiebreak. At the US Open, they were able to reach the semifinals losing to eventual champions Bryan/Sock.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [17, 43], "content_span": [44, 344]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277040-0043-0000", "contents": "2018 ATP Finals, Qualified players, Doubles\nOn October 11, Jamie Murray and Bruno Soares qualified for the event.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [17, 43], "content_span": [44, 113]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277040-0044-0000", "contents": "2018 ATP Finals, Qualified players, Doubles\nJamie Murray & Bruno Soares began the year by reaching the final of the Qatar ExxonMobil Open but lost to Marach/Pavi\u0107. They were unable to capitalize on this as they fell in the second round of the Australian Open to the Indian pairing of Paes/Raja. They won their first title of the year at the Abierto Mexicano Telcel defeating M Bryan/B Bryan in the final.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [17, 43], "content_span": [44, 404]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277040-0044-0001", "contents": "2018 ATP Finals, Qualified players, Doubles\nThey failed to win back-to-back matches except for a semifinal at the Italian Open in their next events after the title prior to the grass season including a second round loss at the French Open to Gonzalez/Jarry. They bounced back at the grass courts of the Queen's Club Championships by reaching the final but lost to Kontinen/Peers. At Wimbledon, they reached the quarterfinal before losing to eventual runner-ups Klaasen/Venus. They claimed their second title at the Citi Open when they defeated M Bryan/Roger-Vasselin.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [17, 43], "content_span": [44, 567]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277040-0044-0002", "contents": "2018 ATP Finals, Qualified players, Doubles\nThey followed it up by claiming their biggest title of the year at the Western & Southern Open a few weeks later, defeating Cabal/Farah in the final. At the US Open, they fell in the quarterfinals losing to Albot/Jaziri. At the Shanghai Rolex Masters, they reached their second Masters final but lost to Kubot/Melo in straight sets.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [17, 43], "content_span": [44, 376]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277040-0045-0000", "contents": "2018 ATP Finals, Qualified players, Doubles\nOn October 13, defending finalists \u0141ukasz Kubot and Marcelo Melo took one of the spots in the event.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [17, 43], "content_span": [44, 144]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277040-0046-0000", "contents": "2018 ATP Finals, Qualified players, Doubles\n\u0141ukasz Kubot & Marcelo Melo began the year as the world no. 1's and started perfectly when they won Sydney International defeating Struff/Troicki in the final. At the Australian Open, they reached the quarterfinals and was upset by McLachlan/Struff narrowly losing the third set tie-break. After this, they struggled to get decent results including a third round exit at the French Open losing to Bopanna/Roger-Vasselin. They were able to break the drought at the Gerry Weber Open defeating German brothers A Zverev/M Zverev.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [17, 43], "content_span": [44, 569]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277040-0046-0001", "contents": "2018 ATP Finals, Qualified players, Doubles\nHowever, being the defending champion at Wimbledon, they lost in the second round in four tight sets to Erlich/Matkowski. This followed by a string of bad results, only winning a match at the Western & Southern Open. However, despite this bad results, they rebounded by reaching the final of the US Open, losing to M Bryan/Sock in two quick sets. This results gave them confidence as they claimed back-to-back titles at the China Open and Shanghai Rolex Masters, defeating Marach/Pavi\u0107 and Murray/Soares, respectively.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [17, 43], "content_span": [44, 562]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277040-0047-0000", "contents": "2018 ATP Finals, Qualified players, Doubles\nOn October 14, slams champions teams of Americans Mike Bryan and Jack Sock, and Frenchmen Pierre-Hugues Herbert and Nicolas Mahut gained the next two spots.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [17, 43], "content_span": [44, 200]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277040-0048-0000", "contents": "2018 ATP Finals, Qualified players, Doubles\nMike Bryan & Jack Sock began their team-up at the Queen's Club Championships following Bob Bryan's injury woes, where they fell in the quarterfinals to Kontinen/Peers. They didn't play a lot of tournaments a team but claimed the most important ones at the Wimbledon Championships defeating Klaasen/Venus and the US Open defeating Kubot/Melo. This made them the only team to win two slams in the year.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [17, 43], "content_span": [44, 444]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277040-0049-0000", "contents": "2018 ATP Finals, Qualified players, Doubles\nPierre-Hugues Herbert & Nicolas Mahut began the year with a second round loss at the Australian Open to Podlipnik-Castillo/Vasilevski in third set tie-break. They won their first title of the year at the Rotterdam Open defeating Marach/Pavi\u0107 in the final. They didn't play much together until the French Open, where they reached the final, meaning they have reached the final of each slam, where they faced Marach/Pavi\u0107 and won. This is their 3rd slam title as a team and has won three of the four slam titles as a team. However, they suffered an upset loss at Wimbledon to Germans Petzschner/Puetz. At the US Open, they drew Kubot/Melo early in the third round and lost to the eventual runner-ups.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [17, 43], "content_span": [44, 742]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277040-0050-0000", "contents": "2018 ATP Finals, Qualified players, Doubles\nOn October 23, the last two spots were occupied by the teams of Raven Klaasen & Michael Venus and Nikola Mekti\u0107 & Alexander Peya", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [17, 43], "content_span": [44, 172]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277040-0051-0000", "contents": "2018 ATP Finals, Qualified players, Doubles\nRaven Klaasen & Michael Venus result at the first slam of the year at the Australian Open was a disappointing first round exit to Lipsky/Marrero. They won their first title of the year at the Open 13, where they defeated Daniell/Inglot. Their next events were not so successful including a third round exit at the French Open to Mekti\u0107/Peya. They then reached the finals of the Rosmalen Grass Court Championships but lost to Inglot/\u0160kugor in the final.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [17, 43], "content_span": [44, 496]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277040-0051-0001", "contents": "2018 ATP Finals, Qualified players, Doubles\nThey then reached their first slam final as a team at the Wimbledon Championships but lost to the newly formed American team of Bryan/Sock. They reached their fourth final of the year at the Rogers Cup where they lost to Kontinen/Peers. At the US Open, they were upset by Gonzalez/Jarry in the second. At the Rakuten Japan Open Tennis Championships, they lost yet another final this time to the team of McLachlan/Struff.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [17, 43], "content_span": [44, 464]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277040-0052-0000", "contents": "2018 ATP Finals, Qualified players, Doubles\nNikola Mekti\u0107 & Alexander Peya did won a match until the Australian Open where they fell in the second round to eventual runner-ups Cabal/Farah. They reached their first final as a team at the Diema Xtra Sofia Open but lost to the Dutch team of Haase/Middelkoop. They then reached another final at the Rio Open but lost yet again to the Spanish duo of Marrero/Verdasco. They claimed their first title as a team at the Grand Prix Hassan II defeating the French pairing of Paire/Roger-Vasselin in the final.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [17, 43], "content_span": [44, 549]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277040-0052-0001", "contents": "2018 ATP Finals, Qualified players, Doubles\nThey followed it up with their fourth final at the BMW Open but lost yet again this time to Dodig/Ram. They won their biggest title of the year at the Mutua Madrid Open against Bryan/Bryan when Bob Bryan retired due to injury in the first set. They continued their clay success at the French Open, where they reached the semifinals losing to eventual champions Herbert/Mahut. They then lost in the third round of the Wimbledon Championships to Haase/Lindstedt. They then didn't play together from the US Open onwards due to Peya's elbow injury which forced them to withdraw from the quarterfinals of the Western & Southern Open.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [17, 43], "content_span": [44, 672]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277040-0053-0000", "contents": "2018 ATP Finals, Points breakdown, Singles\n\u2020 Mandatory zero-point penalty for Top 30 commitment player who did not play four ATP World Tour 500 series events during the year, or at least one such event after the US Open.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [17, 42], "content_span": [43, 220]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277040-0054-0000", "contents": "2018 ATP Finals, Head-to-head\nBelow are the head-to-head records as they approached the tournament.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [17, 29], "content_span": [30, 99]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277040-0055-0000", "contents": "2018 ATP Finals, Champions, Doubles\nMike Bryan / Jack Sock def. Pierre-Hugues Herbert / Nicolas Mahut, 5\u20137, 6\u20131, [13\u201311]", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [17, 35], "content_span": [36, 122]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277041-0000-0000", "contents": "2018 ATP Finals \u2013 Doubles\nHenri Kontinen and John Peers were the two-time defending champions, but they only qualified for the first alternate spot. Kontinen and Peers replaced Nikola Mekti\u0107 and Alexander Peya for the last match in the round robin competition.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [25, 25], "content_span": [26, 260]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277041-0001-0000", "contents": "2018 ATP Finals \u2013 Doubles\nMike Bryan and Jack Sock won the title, defeating Pierre-Hugues Herbert and Nicolas Mahut in the final, 5\u20137, 6\u20131, [13\u201311].", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [25, 25], "content_span": [26, 148]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277041-0002-0000", "contents": "2018 ATP Finals \u2013 Doubles, Draw, Group Llodra/Santoro\nStandings are determined by: 1. Number of wins; 2. Number of matches; 3. In two-player ties, head-to-head records; 4. In three-player ties, percentage of sets won, then percentage of games won, then ATP rankings", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 53], "content_span": [54, 265]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277042-0000-0000", "contents": "2018 ATP Finals \u2013 Singles\nAlexander Zverev defeated Novak Djokovic in the final, 6\u20134, 6\u20133 to win the Singles tennis title at the 2018 ATP Finals. It was his first ATP Finals title.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [25, 25], "content_span": [26, 180]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277042-0001-0000", "contents": "2018 ATP Finals \u2013 Singles\nGrigor Dimitrov was the defending champion, but he failed to qualify this year.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [25, 25], "content_span": [26, 105]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277042-0002-0000", "contents": "2018 ATP Finals \u2013 Singles\nRafael Nadal withdrew from the event due to an abdominal injury and was replaced by John Isner. As a result of Nadal's withdrawal, Djokovic secured the year-end ATP no. 1 singles ranking. Juan Mart\u00edn del Potro qualified for the first time since 2013, but withdrew with a knee injury and was replaced by Kei Nishikori.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [25, 25], "content_span": [26, 343]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277042-0003-0000", "contents": "2018 ATP Finals \u2013 Singles\nKevin Anderson and Isner made their ATP Finals debuts in this event.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [25, 25], "content_span": [26, 94]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277042-0004-0000", "contents": "2018 ATP Finals \u2013 Singles, Draw, Group Lleyton Hewitt\nStandings are determined by: 1. Number of wins; 2. Number of matches played; 3. In two-player ties, head-to-head records; 4. In three-player ties, percentage of sets won, then percentage of games won, then ATP rankings.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 53], "content_span": [54, 273]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277043-0000-0000", "contents": "2018 ATP Lyon Open\nThe 2018 Lyon Open (also known as the Open Parc Auvergne-Rh\u00f4ne-Alpes Lyon) was a men's tennis tournament played on outdoor clay courts. It was the second edition of the Lyon Open and part of the ATP World Tour 250 series of the 2018 ATP World Tour. It took place in the city of Lyon, France, from May 20 through May 26, 2018.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [18, 18], "content_span": [19, 344]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277043-0001-0000", "contents": "2018 ATP Lyon Open, Singles main draw entrants, Other entrants\nThe following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [20, 62], "content_span": [63, 131]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277043-0002-0000", "contents": "2018 ATP Lyon Open, Doubles main draw entrants, Other entrants\nThe following pairs received wildcards into the doubles main draw:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [20, 62], "content_span": [63, 129]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277044-0000-0000", "contents": "2018 ATP Lyon Open \u2013 Doubles\nAndr\u00e9s Molteni and Adil Shamasdin were the defending champions, but Shamasdin chose to play in Geneva instead. Molteni played alongside Guillermo Dur\u00e1n but lost in the second round to Nick Kyrgios and Jack Sock.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [28, 28], "content_span": [29, 240]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277044-0001-0000", "contents": "2018 ATP Lyon Open \u2013 Doubles\nKyrgios and Sock went on to win the title, defeating Roman Jebav\u00fd and Matw\u00e9 Middelkoop in the final, 7\u20135, 2\u20136, [11\u20139].", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [28, 28], "content_span": [29, 147]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277045-0000-0000", "contents": "2018 ATP Lyon Open \u2013 Singles\nJo-Wilfried Tsonga was the defending champion, but due to injury did not defend his title.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [28, 28], "content_span": [29, 119]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277045-0001-0000", "contents": "2018 ATP Lyon Open \u2013 Singles\nDominic Thiem won the title, defeating Gilles Simon in the final, 3\u20136, 7\u20136(7\u20132), 6\u20131.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [28, 28], "content_span": [29, 114]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277045-0002-0000", "contents": "2018 ATP Lyon Open \u2013 Singles, Seeds\nThe top four seeds receive a bye into the second round.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 35], "content_span": [36, 91]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277046-0000-0000", "contents": "2018 ATP Shenzhen Open\nThe 2018 ATP Shenzhen Open was a professional men's tennis tournament played on hard courts. It was the 5th edition of the tournament, and part of the ATP World Tour 250 series of the 2018 ATP World Tour. It took place at the Shenzhen Longgang Tennis Centre in Shenzhen, China from September 24 to 30.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [22, 22], "content_span": [23, 324]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277046-0001-0000", "contents": "2018 ATP Shenzhen Open, Doubles main draw entrants, Other entrants\nThe following pairs received wildcards into the doubles main draw:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 66], "content_span": [67, 133]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277047-0000-0000", "contents": "2018 ATP Shenzhen Open \u2013 Doubles\nAlexander Peya and Rajeev Ram were the defending champions but Peya could not participate due to injury. Ram played alongside Robert Lindstedt, but lost in the final to Ben McLachlan and Joe Salisbury, 6\u20137(5\u20137), 6\u20137(4\u20137).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [32, 32], "content_span": [33, 254]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277048-0000-0000", "contents": "2018 ATP Shenzhen Open \u2013 Singles\nDavid Goffin was the defending champion, but lost in the second round to Andy Murray.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [32, 32], "content_span": [33, 118]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277048-0001-0000", "contents": "2018 ATP Shenzhen Open \u2013 Singles\nYoshihito Nishioka won his first ATP title, defeating Pierre-Hugues Herbert in the final, 7\u20135, 2\u20136, 6\u20134.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [32, 32], "content_span": [33, 137]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277048-0002-0000", "contents": "2018 ATP Shenzhen Open \u2013 Singles, Seeds\nThe top four seeds receive a bye into the second round.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 39], "content_span": [40, 95]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277049-0000-0000", "contents": "2018 ATP World Tour\nThe 2018 ATP World Tour was the global elite men's professional tennis circuit organised by the Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP) for the 2018 tennis season. The 2018 ATP World Tour calendar comprised the Grand Slam tournaments (supervised by the International Tennis Federation (ITF)), the ATP World Tour Masters 1000, the ATP Finals, the ATP World Tour 500 series, the ATP World Tour 250 series and the Davis Cup (organized by the ITF). Also included in the 2018 calendar are the Hopman Cup and the Next Gen ATP Finals, which do not distribute ranking points.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [19, 19], "content_span": [20, 589]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277049-0001-0000", "contents": "2018 ATP World Tour, Schedule\nThis is the complete schedule of events on the 2018 calendar.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 29], "content_span": [30, 91]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277049-0002-0000", "contents": "2018 ATP World Tour, Statistical information\nThese tables present the number of singles (S), doubles (D), and mixed doubles (X) titles won by each player and each nation during the season, within all the tournament categories of the 2018 ATP World Tour: the Grand Slam tournaments, the ATP Finals, the ATP World Tour Masters 1000, the ATP World Tour 500 series, and the ATP World Tour 250 series. The players/nations are sorted by:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 44], "content_span": [45, 431]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277049-0003-0000", "contents": "2018 ATP World Tour, Statistical information, Titles information\nThe following players won their first main circuit title in singles, doubles or mixed doubles:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 64], "content_span": [65, 159]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277049-0004-0000", "contents": "2018 ATP World Tour, Statistical information, Titles information\nThe following players defended a main circuit title in singles, doubles, or mixed doubles:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 64], "content_span": [65, 155]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277049-0005-0000", "contents": "2018 ATP World Tour, Statistical information, Best ranking\nThe following players achieved a career-high ranking this season in the top 50 (bold indicates players who entered the top 10 for the first time):", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 58], "content_span": [59, 205]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277049-0006-0000", "contents": "2018 ATP World Tour, ATP rankings\nThese are the ATP rankings and yearly ATP Race rankings of the top 20 singles players, doubles players and doubles teams at the current date of the 2018 season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 33], "content_span": [34, 194]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277049-0007-0000", "contents": "2018 ATP World Tour, Best matches by ATPWorldTour.com, Best 5 Grand Slam matches\nNote:Both the Wimbledon semifinal between Djokovic and Nadal, and the Australian Open men's singles final were contested in their entirety indoors despite being played at traditional outdoor events", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 80], "content_span": [81, 278]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277049-0008-0000", "contents": "2018 ATP World Tour, Retirements\nFollowing is a list of notable players (winners of a main tour title, and/or part of the ATP Rankings top 100 [singles] or top 100 [doubles] for at least one week) who announced their retirement from professional tennis, became inactive (after not playing for more than 52 weeks), or were permanently banned from playing, during the 2018 season:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 32], "content_span": [33, 378]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277050-0000-0000", "contents": "2018 ATP World Tour Masters 1000\nThe twenty-ninth edition of the ATP Masters Series. The champion of each Masters event is awarded a 1,000 rankings points.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [32, 32], "content_span": [33, 155]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277051-0000-0000", "contents": "2018 AVP Pro Beach Volleyball Tour\nThe 2018 AVP Pro Beach Volleyball Tour is a domestic professional beach volleyball circuit organized in the United States by the Association of Volleyball Professionals (AVP) for the 2018 beach volleyball season. The 2018 AVP Tour calendar comprises a joint AVP-FIVB tournament, the \"Gold Series\" tournaments and the \"Open\" tournaments.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [34, 34], "content_span": [35, 371]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277051-0001-0000", "contents": "2018 AVP Pro Beach Volleyball Tour, Schedule\nThis is the complete schedule of events on the 2018 calendar, with team progression documented from the semifinals stage. All tournaments consisted of single-elimination qualifying rounds followed by a double-elimination main draw.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 44], "content_span": [45, 276]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277051-0002-0000", "contents": "2018 AVP Pro Beach Volleyball Tour, Awards\nThe 2018 AVP Awards Banquet was held on November 15 in Newport Beach, California. The season's top performers were chosen based on statistics, player votes and AVP national ranking points earned during the year.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 42], "content_span": [43, 254]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277052-0000-0000", "contents": "2018 Abierto Mexicano Telcel\nThe 2018 Mexican Open was a professional tennis tournament played on outdoor hard courts. It was the 25th edition of the men's tournament (18th for the women), and part of the 2018 ATP World Tour and the 2018 WTA Tour. It took place in Acapulco, Mexico between 26 February and 3 March 2018, at the Princess Mundo Imperial.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [28, 28], "content_span": [29, 351]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277052-0001-0000", "contents": "2018 Abierto Mexicano Telcel, Points and prize money, Prize money\n1 Qualifiers prize money is also the Round of 32 prize money* per team", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 65], "content_span": [66, 136]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277052-0002-0000", "contents": "2018 Abierto Mexicano Telcel, ATP doubles main draw entrants, Other entrants\nThe following pairs received wildcards into the doubles main draw:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 76], "content_span": [77, 143]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277052-0003-0000", "contents": "2018 Abierto Mexicano Telcel, WTA doubles main draw entrants, Other entrants\nThe following pair received a wildcard into the doubles main draw:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 76], "content_span": [77, 143]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277053-0000-0000", "contents": "2018 Abierto Mexicano Telcel \u2013 Men's Doubles\nJamie Murray and Bruno Soares were the defending champions and successfully defended their title, defeating Bob and Mike Bryan in the final, 7\u20136(7\u20134), 7\u20135.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [44, 44], "content_span": [45, 200]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277054-0000-0000", "contents": "2018 Abierto Mexicano Telcel \u2013 Men's Singles\nSam Querrey was the defending champion, but lost in the first round to Matthew Ebden.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [44, 44], "content_span": [45, 130]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277054-0001-0000", "contents": "2018 Abierto Mexicano Telcel \u2013 Men's Singles\nJuan Mart\u00edn del Potro won the title, defeating Kevin Anderson in the final, 6\u20134, 6\u20134.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [44, 44], "content_span": [45, 130]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277055-0000-0000", "contents": "2018 Abierto Mexicano Telcel \u2013 Women's Doubles\nDarija Jurak and Anastasia Rodionova were the defending champions, but Rodionova chose not to participate this year. Jurak played alongside Pauline Parmentier, but lost in the first round to Monica Puig and Sloane Stephens.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [46, 46], "content_span": [47, 270]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277055-0001-0000", "contents": "2018 Abierto Mexicano Telcel \u2013 Women's Doubles\nTatjana Maria and Heather Watson won the title, defeating Kaitlyn Christian and Sabrina Santamaria in the final, 7\u20135, 2\u20136, [10\u20132].", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [46, 46], "content_span": [47, 177]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277056-0000-0000", "contents": "2018 Abierto Mexicano Telcel \u2013 Women's Singles\nLesia Tsurenko was the defending champion and successfully defended her title, defeating Stefanie V\u00f6gele in the final, 5\u20137, 7\u20136(7\u20132), 6\u20132.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [46, 46], "content_span": [47, 185]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277057-0000-0000", "contents": "2018 Abilene Christian Wildcats football team\nThe 2018 Abilene Christian Wildcats football team represented Abilene Christian University in the 2018 NCAA Division I FCS football season. The Wildcats were led by second-year head coach Adam Dorrel and played their home games at Anthony Field at Wildcat Stadium. They played as a member of the Southland Conference. They finished the season 6\u20135, 5\u20134 in Southland play to finish in a four-way tie for fourth place.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [45, 45], "content_span": [46, 461]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277057-0001-0000", "contents": "2018 Abilene Christian Wildcats football team, Previous season\nThe Wildcats finished the 2017 season 2\u20139, 2\u20137 in Southland play to finish in eighth place.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [47, 62], "content_span": [63, 154]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277057-0002-0000", "contents": "2018 Abilene Christian Wildcats football team, Preseason, Preseason All-Conference Teams\nOn July 12, 2018, the Southland announced their Preseason All-Conference Teams, with the Wildcats placing one player on the second team.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [47, 88], "content_span": [89, 225]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277057-0003-0000", "contents": "2018 Abilene Christian Wildcats football team, Preseason, Preseason Poll\nOn July 19, 2018, the Southland announced their preseason poll, with the Wildcats predicted to finish in seventh place.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [47, 72], "content_span": [73, 192]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277058-0000-0000", "contents": "2018 Abkhazian Cup\nThe 2018 Abkhazian Cup was the 24th edition of Abkhazian Cup organized by Football Federation of Abkhazia. The competition was held in the month of May.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [18, 18], "content_span": [19, 171]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277058-0001-0000", "contents": "2018 Abkhazian Cup, Participating Teams\nThis edition of the competition was attended by 6 teams:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [20, 39], "content_span": [40, 96]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277058-0002-0000", "contents": "2018 Abkhazian Cup, Participating Teams\nThe Abkhazia Cup champion team qualifies for the Abkhazia Super Cup final and face the Abkhazian Premier League champion team.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [20, 39], "content_span": [40, 166]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277058-0003-0000", "contents": "2018 Abkhazian Cup, Participating Teams\nThe final of the Abkhazia Cup took place on October 24, 2018. The two teams qualified for the grand final match were Nart Sukhum and FC Gagra.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [20, 39], "content_span": [40, 182]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277058-0004-0000", "contents": "2018 Abkhazian Cup, Participating Teams\nThe match was tied by 2x2, and the match was decided in the pemaltis, where the team of FC Gagra won by 5x4.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [20, 39], "content_span": [40, 148]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277058-0005-0000", "contents": "2018 Abkhazian Cup, Games by Stage, First Stage, Group A\n[ Sep 19]Ritsa FC 3-0 FC Dinamo Sukhum [Sep 23]Samurzakan Gal 2-1 Ritsa FC [Sep 27]FC Dinamo Sukhum 1-2 Samurzakan Gal [Oct 1]FC Dinamo Sukhum 3-4 Ritsa FC [Oct 5]Ritsa FC 1-2 Samurzakan Gal [Oct 9]Samurzakan n/p FC Dinamo Sukhum", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [20, 56], "content_span": [57, 318]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277058-0006-0000", "contents": "2018 Abkhazian Cup, Games by Stage, First Stage, Group B\n[ Sep 20]Nart Sukhum 5-1 FC Gagra [Sep 24]FC Afon 1-1 Nart Sukhum [Sep 28]FC Gagra 2-1 FC Afon [Oct 2]FC Gagra 0-3 Nart Sukhum [Oct 6]Nart Sukhum 2-1 FC Afon [Oct 10]FC Afon 0-2 FC Gagra", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [20, 56], "content_span": [57, 305]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277058-0007-0000", "contents": "2018 Abkhazian Cup, Final\n[Oct 24, stadion Dinamo, Sukhum]Nart Sukhum 2-2 FC Gagra [aet, 4-5 pen]", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [20, 25], "content_span": [26, 108]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277059-0000-0000", "contents": "2018 Abu Dhabi Grand Prix\nThe 2018 Abu Dhabi Grand Prix (formally known as the Formula 1 2018 Etihad Airways Abu Dhabi Grand Prix) was a Formula One motor race held on 25 November 2018 at the Yas Marina Circuit in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates. The race was the twenty first and final round of the 2018 Formula One World Championship and marked the tenth running of the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix and the tenth time that the race has been run as a World Championship event since the inaugural event in 2009.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [25, 25], "content_span": [26, 503]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277059-0001-0000", "contents": "2018 Abu Dhabi Grand Prix, Report, Background\nMcLaren announced they would be using a special one-off livery to celebrate the last race of Fernando Alonso. This was the first time McLaren had run a special livery since the 1986 Portuguese Grand Prix. McLaren also invited the family of seven time Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series Champion Jimmie Johnson to the race. Johnson and his family watched the race from the McLaren garage.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 45], "content_span": [46, 431]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277059-0002-0000", "contents": "2018 Abu Dhabi Grand Prix, Report, Background, Title standings before the race\nPrior to the race, Lewis Hamilton had already secured the 2018 World Drivers' Championship title, while his team, Mercedes, had secured the 2018 World Constructors' Championship title. Lewis Hamilton claimed his fifth World Drivers' title at the 2018 Mexican Grand Prix; following the Brazilian Grand Prix he led Sebastian Vettel by 81 points with Kimi R\u00e4ikk\u00f6nen being third, a further 51 points behind. In the World Constructors' Championship, Mercedes led Ferrari by 67 points with only one race remaining in the season, with Red Bull Racing being third in the standings.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 78], "content_span": [79, 652]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277059-0003-0000", "contents": "2018 Abu Dhabi Grand Prix, Report, Practice\nMax Verstappen was fastest in first practice, Valtteri Bottas was fastest in second practice and Lewis Hamilton was fastest in third practice.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 43], "content_span": [44, 186]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277059-0004-0000", "contents": "2018 Abu Dhabi Grand Prix, Report, Qualifying\nLewis Hamilton set the fastest time in qualifying followed by Mercedes teammate Valtteri Bottas and the Ferrari of Sebastian Vettel.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 45], "content_span": [46, 178]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277059-0005-0000", "contents": "2018 Abu Dhabi Grand Prix, Report, Race\nHamilton won the race from pole position with Vettel and Max Verstappen completing the podium. On the first lap at turn 9 Nico H\u00fclkenberg overtook Romain Grosjean at turn 8 at the end of the back straight. Grosjean was pushed off the track by the move but tried to still make turn 9 alongside H\u00fclkenberg. Not realizing that Grosjean was still on his inside, H\u00fclkenberg attempted to take the normal line through turn 9 and his rear right tire ran over Grosjean's front left. This caused the Renault R.S.18 to flip and barrel roll into the barriers to the left of turn 9, thus sending the race into a safety car situation, the first such instance in the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix since 2012.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 39], "content_span": [40, 724]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277059-0006-0000", "contents": "2018 Abu Dhabi Grand Prix, Report, Post race\nAfter the race had been completed Alonso celebrated the end of his career by performing doughnuts on the pit straight alongside Lewis Hamilton and Sebastian Vettel, the other two World Champions who completed the race (Kimi R\u00e4ikk\u00f6nen had retired from the race.) Jimmie Johnson congratulated Alonso on his career. The two would later exchange their respective cars in a car swap at Bahrain International Circuit.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 44], "content_span": [45, 456]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277060-0000-0000", "contents": "2018 Abu Dhabi Tour\nThe 2018 Abu Dhabi Tour was a road cycling stage race that took place between 21 and 25 February 2018 in Abu Dhabi. It was the fourth edition of the Abu Dhabi Tour and the third event of the 2018 UCI World Tour.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [19, 19], "content_span": [20, 231]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277060-0001-0000", "contents": "2018 Abu Dhabi Tour\nThe race was won on the final day by the Movistar Team's Alejandro Valverde, from Spain, winning the stage finish up to Jebel Hafeet. Valverde finished 17 seconds clear of Dutch rider Wilco Kelderman from Team Sunweb, while the podium was completed by Colombia's Miguel \u00c1ngel L\u00f3pez (Astana), a further 12 seconds in arrears. The performance by L\u00f3pez was also enough for him to win the young rider classification.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [19, 19], "content_span": [20, 432]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277060-0002-0000", "contents": "2018 Abu Dhabi Tour\nIn the race's other classifications, Italy's Elia Viviani \u2013 riding for Quick-Step Floors \u2013 was the winner of the green jersey for the points classification, winning the second stage during the race, while Gazprom\u2013RusVelo's Nikolay Trusov from Russia won the intermediate sprints classification and its accompanying black jersey, having led the standings from start to finish. The teams classification was won by Bora\u2013Hansgrohe, having placed Rafa\u0142 Majka, Davide Formolo and Emanuel Buchmann within the top-ten placings overall.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [19, 19], "content_span": [20, 547]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277060-0003-0000", "contents": "2018 Abu Dhabi Tour, Teams\nAs the race was only added to the UCI World Tour calendar in 2017, all UCI WorldTeams were invited to the race, but not obligated to compete in the race. As such, seventeen of the eighteen WorldTeams \u2013 with the exception of FDJ \u2013 competed in the race, up one on 2017. Three UCI Professional Continental teams competed as well, completing the 20-team peloton.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 26], "content_span": [27, 385]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277060-0004-0000", "contents": "2018 Abu Dhabi Tour, Route\nThe route for the 2018 edition of the race was released on 23 January 2018. The race was extended from four stages to five, with the addition of an individual time trial for the first time; as well as this, the summit finish of Jebel Hafeet ends the race instead of a circuit race at the Yas Marina motor racing circuit.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 26], "content_span": [27, 347]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277060-0005-0000", "contents": "2018 Abu Dhabi Tour, Classification leadership table\nIn the 2018 Abu Dhabi Tour, four different jerseys were awarded. For the general classification, calculated by adding each cyclist's finishing times on each stage, and allowing time bonuses for the first three finishers at intermediate sprints and at the finish of mass-start stages, the leader received a red jersey. This classification was considered the most important of the 2018 Abu Dhabi Tour, and the winner of the classification was considered the winner of the race.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 52], "content_span": [53, 528]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277060-0006-0000", "contents": "2018 Abu Dhabi Tour, Classification leadership table\nAdditionally, there was a points classification, which awarded a green jersey. In the points classification, cyclists received points for finishing in the top 10 in a stage. For winning a stage, a rider earned 20\u00a0points, with 16 for second, 12 for third, 9 for fourth, 7 for fifth, 5 for sixth with a point fewer per place down to a single point for 10th place.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 52], "content_span": [53, 414]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277060-0006-0001", "contents": "2018 Abu Dhabi Tour, Classification leadership table\nPoints towards the classification could also be accrued \u2013 on an 8\u20135\u20133\u20131 basis \u2013 at intermediate sprint points during each stage, with the exception of the individual time trial; these intermediate sprints also offered bonus seconds towards the general classification. There was also a sprints classification for the points awarded at the aforementioned intermediate sprints, where the leadership of which was marked by a black jersey.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 52], "content_span": [53, 487]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277060-0007-0000", "contents": "2018 Abu Dhabi Tour, Classification leadership table\nThe fourth jersey represented the young rider classification, marked by a white jersey. This was decided in the same way as the general classification, but only riders born after 1 January 1993 were eligible to be ranked in the classification. There was also a classification for teams, in which the times of the best three cyclists per team on each stage were added together; the leading team at the end of the race was the team with the lowest total time.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 52], "content_span": [53, 510]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277061-0000-0000", "contents": "2018 Acre gubernatorial election\nThe Acre gubernatorial election was held on 7 October 2018 to elect the next governor of the state, 8 federal deputies and two out of its three senators. Senator Gladson Cameli won 53% of the vote in the first round, making him the elected governor of Acre without the need of a runoff. Senator S\u00e9rgio Petec\u00e3o was reelected with 30% of the vote and former congressman M\u00e1rcio Bittar was elected with 23% of the vote, unseating Jorge Viana, one of the incumbent senators.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [32, 32], "content_span": [33, 502]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277061-0001-0000", "contents": "2018 Acre gubernatorial election\nThe previous gubernatorial election in the state was held in October 2014. Workers' Party candidate Ti\u00e3o Viana was re-elected after a runoff with 51.29% of the vote, beating PSDB candidate M\u00e1rcio Bittar, who got 48.71% of the vote.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [32, 32], "content_span": [33, 264]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277062-0000-0000", "contents": "2018 Acrobatic Gymnastics World Championships\nThe 2018 Acrobatic Gymnastics World Championships was the 26th edition of acrobatic gymnastics competition and took place in Lotto Arena, Antwerp, Belgium from April 13 to April 15, 2018.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [45, 45], "content_span": [46, 233]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277063-0000-0000", "contents": "2018 Active Pest Control 200\nThe 2018 Active Pest Control 200 was the second stock car race of the 2018 NASCAR Camping World Truck Series season and the 13th iteration of the event. The race was held on Saturday, February 24, 2018 in Hampton, Georgia at Atlanta Motor Speedway, a 1.54 miles (2.48\u00a0km) permanent quad-oval racetrack. The race was extended from 130 laps from 134 due to a NASCAR overtime finish caused by a crash including Josh Reaume.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [28, 28], "content_span": [29, 449]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277063-0000-0001", "contents": "2018 Active Pest Control 200\nAfter a costly mistake by Kyle Busch's pit crew before the final restart, Brett Moffitt of Hattori Racing Enterprises would steal and win the race- the first of the season and the 2nd of his career. To complete the podium, Noah Gragson of Kyle Busch Motorsports and Johnny Sauter of GMS Racing would finish 2nd and 3rd, respectively.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [28, 28], "content_span": [29, 362]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277063-0001-0000", "contents": "2018 Active Pest Control 200, Background\nAtlanta Motor Speedway (formerly Atlanta International Raceway) is a track in Hampton, Georgia, 20 miles (32 km) south of Atlanta. It is a 1.54-mile (2.48 km) quad-oval track with a seating capacity of 111,000. It opened in 1960 as a 1.5-mile (2.4 km) standard oval. In 1994, 46 condominiums were built over the northeastern side of the track. In 1997, to standardize the track with Speedway Motorsports' other two 1.5-mile (2.4 km) ovals, the entire track was almost completely rebuilt. The frontstretch and backstretch were swapped, and the configuration of the track was changed from oval to quad-oval. The project made the track one of the fastest on the NASCAR circuit.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 40], "content_span": [41, 715]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277063-0002-0000", "contents": "2018 Active Pest Control 200, Practice, First practice\nFirst practice was held on Friday, February 23 at 3:00 PM EST. Justin Haley of GMS Racing would set the fastest time in the session with a 31.141 and an average speed of 178.029 miles per hour (286.510\u00a0km/h).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 54], "content_span": [55, 263]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277063-0003-0000", "contents": "2018 Active Pest Control 200, Practice, Second and final practice\nThe second and final practice was held on Friday, February 23 at 4:58 PM EST. Noah Gragson of Kyle Busch Motorsports would set the fastest time in the session with a 31.011 and an average speed of 178.775 miles per hour (287.710\u00a0km/h).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 65], "content_span": [66, 301]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277063-0004-0000", "contents": "2018 Active Pest Control 200, Qualifying\nQualifying was held on Saturday, February 24 at 11:45 AM EST. The qualifying system was a single car, single lap, two round system where in the first round, everyone would set a time to determine positions 13-32. Then, the fastest 12 qualifiers would move on to the second round to determine positions 1-12. Kyle Busch, driving for his own team Kyle Busch Motorsports would set the fastest time in Round 2 to win the pole.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 40], "content_span": [41, 463]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277064-0000-0000", "contents": "2018 Ad Diriyah ePrix\nThe 2018 Ad Diriyah ePrix (formally the 2018 SAUDIA Ad Diriyah E-Prix) was a Formula E electric car race held at the Riyadh Street Circuit in the town of Diriyah, which is located north-west of the Saudi Arabian capital of Riyadh, on 15 December 2018 before a crowd of about 23,000 spectators. It was the first round of the 2018\u201319 Formula E season, the inaugural edition of the event and the first Middle Eastern Formula E race. The 33-lap race was won by Ant\u00f3nio F\u00e9lix da Costa of the Andretti team from a pole position start. Techeetah driver Jean-\u00c9ric Vergne finished second and J\u00e9r\u00f4me d'Ambrosio took third for Mahindra.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [21, 21], "content_span": [22, 647]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277064-0001-0000", "contents": "2018 Ad Diriyah ePrix\nThe one day event was affected by heavy rain which flooded the track; as a result, the two scheduled practice sessions were cancelled and combined into a single 35 minute session. Qualifying was restructured into a half an hour two-group session that saw F\u00e9lix da Costa claim the first pole position of his career. He held the lead for the opening 13 laps until Vergne passed him on the 14th lap. As Vergne appeared set to take his first victory of the season, he incurred a drive-through penalty for exceeding the maximum amount of power permitted under electrical energy harvesting. He took the penalty in the pit lane and fell to fifth. Vergne recovered through the field but he could not make a successful pass on the final lap on F\u00e9lix da Costa who took the second win of his career and BMW's first as a Formula E manufacturer.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [21, 21], "content_span": [22, 854]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277064-0002-0000", "contents": "2018 Ad Diriyah ePrix\nBecause this was the first race of the season, F\u00e9lix da Costa left Ad Diriyah as the Drivers' Championship leader with 28 points (25 for the win and three for the pole position). Vergne was ten points behind in second and d'Ambrosio was a further three points adrift in third. Mitch Evans was fourth with 12 points and Andr\u00e9 Lotterer rounded out the top five with 11 points after earning an extra point for setting the fastest lap. In the Teams' Championship, Techeetah led with 29 points, ahead of Andretti with one point less. Mahindra, e.Dams-Nissan and Jaguar were all one point behind each other in positions three to five with twelve races left in the season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [21, 21], "content_span": [22, 687]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277064-0003-0000", "contents": "2018 Ad Diriyah ePrix, Background, Regulation changes\nThe race saw the introduction of a brand new car to replace the Spark-Renault SRT 01E that had been used since Formula E began in 2014. The new car, the Spark SRT05e (or \"Gen2\"), eschews the conventional design of having a rear wing in favour of incorporating aerodynamic elements into the chassis and floor and features the halo for driver head protection. It was also designed to last the entire race due to a new McLaren Applied Technologies designed battery, eliminating the need for mid-race car switches.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 53], "content_span": [54, 564]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277064-0003-0001", "contents": "2018 Ad Diriyah ePrix, Background, Regulation changes\nCars will have a series of pre-set power modes introduced to encourage strategic racing without allowing a team to gain a competitive advantage through powertrain development. In a further regulation change, the maximum power permitted to be used by each driver during the race increased from 180\u00a0kW (240\u00a0hp) to 200\u00a0kW (270\u00a0hp) and up to 250\u00a0kW (340\u00a0hp) in practice and qualifying.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 53], "content_span": [54, 435]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277064-0004-0000", "contents": "2018 Ad Diriyah ePrix, Background, Regulation changes\nAlso, the championship introduced a system dubbed \"attack mode\" or \"Mario Kart mode\" in which drivers received an additional 25\u00a0kW (34\u00a0hp) of power by driving through a designated area of the circuit off the racing line. The duration of the boost mode and the number of boosts available was decided in advance of a round by the sport's governing body, the F\u00e9d\u00e9ration Internationale de l'Automobile (FIA), to stop teams from anticipating its use and incorporating it into race strategy.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 53], "content_span": [54, 539]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277064-0004-0001", "contents": "2018 Ad Diriyah ePrix, Background, Regulation changes\nFurthermore, LED lights embedded into the halo illuminated electric blue when a car enters attack mode and magenta when a driver deploys FanBoost to help television viewers and spectators follow the race easier. In a final change to the regulations, races were no longer be run to a set number of laps. Rather, they lasted 45 minutes with one full lap to be completed once the time limit expired.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 53], "content_span": [54, 450]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277064-0005-0000", "contents": "2018 Ad Diriyah ePrix, Background, Driver changes\nHeading into the new season, three teams opted to keep the same line-up as they had in the previous season; as several teams changed drivers. One of the main changes involved the d\u00e9but appearance of HWA Racelab with 2015 GP2 Series champion and former McLaren driver Stoffel Vandoorne and two-time Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters champion Gary Paffett. BMW entered Formula E as a manufacturer team with partner Andretti Autosport, employing its development driver Alexander Sims and two-time Macau Grand Prix winner Ant\u00f3nio F\u00e9lix da Costa. Nissan entered the series to replace its strategic partner Renault in their partnership with racing team DAMS, retaining S\u00e9bastien Buemi and employing FIA Formula 2 Championship driver Oliver Rowland to fill in for Nico Prost.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 49], "content_span": [50, 813]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277064-0006-0000", "contents": "2018 Ad Diriyah ePrix, Background, Driver changes\nFelipe Massa, the 2008 Formula One World Championship runner-up, made his series d\u00e9but with Venturi, partnering two-time Macau Grand Prix winner Edoardo Mortara; Massa took over from 2016 Formula V8 3.5 Series champion Tom Dillmann who in turn moved to NIO to replace the outgoing Luca Filippi. After spending the 2017\u201318 season out of Formula E, Audi factory driver Robin Frijns joined Virgin to replace Alex Lynn.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 49], "content_span": [50, 466]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277064-0006-0001", "contents": "2018 Ad Diriyah ePrix, Background, Driver changes\nThe final change involved Nick Heidfeld moving to a reserve role at Mahindra as the team signed J\u00e9r\u00f4me d'Ambrosio (his Dragon car was driven by Formula 2's Maximilian G\u00fcnther) and 2015 Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters champion Pascal Wehrlein to be their drivers. Wehrlein was prohibited by his Mercedes-Benz contract to race for another team until 31 December 2018, so Felix Rosenqvist drove in his final event before going to the IndyCar Series in 2019. Defending series champion Jean-\u00c9ric Vergne stayed at DS Techeetah after his title-winning campaign and he was again joined by three-time 24 Hours of Le Mans winner Andr\u00e9 Lotterer.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 49], "content_span": [50, 681]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277064-0007-0000", "contents": "2018 Ad Diriyah ePrix, Background, Preparations for the race\nThe first meeting to discuss a potential Saudi Arabian Formula E race was held on 14 December 2017 with presentations and proposals discussed with series officials such as CEO Alejandro Agag. On 17 May 2018, it was officially announced the series was set to race its all-electric single seater racing cars in the kingdom's capital of Riyadh's Al Diriyah district. A 10-year contract was signed 12 days beforehand by its General Sports Authority and the Saudi Arabian Motor Federation to be the series' season-opening round.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 60], "content_span": [61, 584]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277064-0007-0001", "contents": "2018 Ad Diriyah ePrix, Background, Preparations for the race\nSaudi Arabian authorities were also granted permission to bar another Middle Eastern ePrix as part of its agreement with Formula E. It was officially confirmed as part of the 2018\u201319 season by the FIA World Motor Sport Council in October 2018 and took place on 15 December. The race is part of the Saudi Vision 2030 plan that seeks to diversify Saudi Arabia's economy away from oil exports and into developing public service sectors. Prior to the ePrix, the first in the Middle East, Riyadh hosted the 2018 Race of Champions, which former Formula One driver David Coulthard won.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 60], "content_span": [61, 639]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277064-0008-0000", "contents": "2018 Ad Diriyah ePrix, Background, Preparations for the race\nThe layout of the 21-turn 2.847\u00a0km (1.769\u00a0mi) Riyadh Street Circuit was unveiled in a public ceremony at the Diriyah Governorate on 25 September 2018. The track's design, overseen by contractor Samer Issa-El-Khour, features a number of flowing corners and high-speed turns and few 90-degrees corners atypical of Formula E street circuits. The existing road network was upgraded to comply with FIA standards, with construction performed in close collaboration with UNESCO and the Diriyah Gate Development Authority to ensure the area's heritage was conserved for future generations.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 60], "content_span": [61, 642]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277064-0008-0001", "contents": "2018 Ad Diriyah ePrix, Background, Preparations for the race\nD'Ambrosio spoke of his belief the track's sweeping corners would be the main objective to setting a fast lap time and the race would be about electrical energy management, \"This is definitely not a classic Formula E track that we have used before, especially all the way from turn 1 to turn 14 which will be a lot of part-throttle and high speed for Formula E.\u201d", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 60], "content_span": [61, 423]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277064-0009-0000", "contents": "2018 Ad Diriyah ePrix, Background, Concerns about human rights\nFollowing the initial announcement of its inauguration, the race was subject to criticism by Formula E members and outside observers in light of Saudi Arabia's human rights record regarding its treatment of women, minorities and migrant workers, its oil wealth and dependency, and other major geopolitical problems.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 62], "content_span": [63, 378]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277064-0009-0001", "contents": "2018 Ad Diriyah ePrix, Background, Concerns about human rights\nIn response to these concerns, Agag revealed the Saudi Arabian authorities requested women to participate in the weekend's racing activities and were granted dispensation to report on and spectate the race, \"We are happy to be part of that change and we see Formula E as a force for good and in this case is a very specific place under very specific circumstances, but we think Formula E can make a contribution also for good in that country by doing this.\u201d", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 62], "content_span": [63, 520]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277064-0010-0000", "contents": "2018 Ad Diriyah ePrix, Background, Concerns about human rights\nAfter the assassination of The Washington Post columnist Jamal Khashoggi in the Consulate of Saudi Arabia in the Turkish capital of Istanbul in October 2018, Agag told the Associated Press the Ad Diriyah ePrix would proceed as scheduled and stated Formula E would monitor the situation, \"Referring to the incident, we obviously have no comment to make. At this moment there are no plans to change the Formula E calendar this season.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 62], "content_span": [63, 496]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277064-0011-0000", "contents": "2018 Ad Diriyah ePrix, Background, Post-race test session\nThe first in-season test session of the season was held at the circuit the day after the race. Teams were permitted six hours of running divided into two sessions and were allowed to field one or two cars. As part of an FIA Women in Motorsport initiative, teams were encouraged to field female drivers due to Saudi Arabia lifting its restriction on barring women from driving in the kingdom in June 2018.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 57], "content_span": [58, 462]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277064-0011-0001", "contents": "2018 Ad Diriyah ePrix, Background, Post-race test session\nNine women tested: Sauber's test driver Tatiana Calder\u00f3n, Italian F4 Championship participant Amna Al Qubaisi, Jaguar I-Pace eTrophy's Katherine Legge, 2015 British GT4 champion Jamie Chadwick, IndyCar Series' Pippa Mann, BMW junior driver Beitske Visser, Supercars Championship competitor Simona de Silvestro, former GP3 Series participant Carmen Jord\u00e1, and GT racer Carrie Schreiner.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 57], "content_span": [58, 443]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277064-0012-0000", "contents": "2018 Ad Diriyah ePrix, Shakedown\nA half an hour shakedown session was held on Friday afternoon to allow teams to check the efficiency and reliability of their cars at reduced speed. Sam Bird and Massa stopped during the session; Bird continued and Massa pulled over to the side of the circuit to end his session early. After shakedown, several drivers praised the circuit's challenge. Paffett explained its elevation changes were greater than had been expected from pre-race simulations, Dillmann compared it to the Suzuka Circuit. and Rosenqvist likened it to the Circuito Cittadino dell'EUR, \"Just surviving the track is going to be an achievement itself.\" F\u00e9lix da Costa opined the most likely areas for overtakes on the narrow circuit away from turn 18 were the final and first corners.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 32], "content_span": [33, 790]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277064-0013-0000", "contents": "2018 Ad Diriyah ePrix, Shakedown\nConcerns were raised about the attack mode activation zone positioned on the track's right-hand side leaving turn 17, which required drivers to take a tighter line than normal and reduce their speed on the racing line in order to enter the area and drive near the barrier. Vergne spoke of his feeling the zone was too close to the corner's exit, while Jaguar's Mitch Evans argued it should have been placed 50\u00a0m (160\u00a0ft) further along the track. Dillmann argued drivers could lose up to two seconds of time and they would activate the system under safety car conditions. F\u00e9lix da Costa said he felt the differing speed within the racing line was dangerous. Despite the criticism, the FIA did not initially consider altering or moving the zone because of a perceived limit of alternative areas.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 32], "content_span": [33, 826]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277064-0014-0000", "contents": "2018 Ad Diriyah ePrix, Free practice\nTwo practice sessions\u2014both on Saturday morning\u2014were scheduled to be held before the late afternoon race. The first session was scheduled to run for 45 minutes and the second was due to last half an hour. Torrential rain fell in Riyadh overnight and returned when the first practice session was about to begin. The FIA delayed and later cancelled first practice 20 minutes after its commencement because the weather did not improve and track marshals had too much standing water to clear and pump away.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 36], "content_span": [37, 538]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277064-0014-0001", "contents": "2018 Ad Diriyah ePrix, Free practice\nParticular water drainage problems emerged at turns eight, ten, eleven and seventeen due to the temporary erection of barriers, which created a lack of drainage and caused rivers to collate across the circuit due to the natural undulations in those areas. To compensate for the loss of on-track driving, the FIA planned for the second practice session to last for an hour from 08:35 to 09:35 Arabia Standard Time (UTC+03:00) rather than the scheduled half an hour to provide drivers with an opportunity for track familiarisation before qualifying.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 36], "content_span": [37, 584]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277064-0015-0000", "contents": "2018 Ad Diriyah ePrix, Free practice\nHowever, heavy rain continued to fall and the FIA delayed second practice before cancelling it 25 minutes after its planned start because the clearing of deep standing water with course vehicles capable of pumping water failed to improve track conditions. Bird accompanied FIA race director Scot Elkins in a course car for a reconnaissance lap and a track inspection. When the two returned to the pit lane, several drivers, including Vergne, Audi's Lucas di Grassi and Buemi congregated to discuss the situation and its impact on the race.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 36], "content_span": [37, 576]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277064-0015-0001", "contents": "2018 Ad Diriyah ePrix, Free practice\nVergne proposed a hybrid-practice session where drivers would simultaneously set laps with the maximum amount of available power reduced from 250\u00a0kW (340\u00a0hp) to determine the starting order. Other drivers supported Vergne's proposal because of a lack of preparation in the changeable weather. It was also suggested the Jaguar I-Pace eTrophy cars circulate the track to dry it because of the sport utility vehicle's increased ride height compared to Formula E machinery.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 36], "content_span": [37, 506]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277064-0016-0000", "contents": "2018 Ad Diriyah ePrix, Free practice\nA 35-minute practice period was followed soon after by a two-group qualifying session. Most drivers remained in the garage bar Vergne who ventured outside to observe the weather. Drivers then spent five minutes (three laps) at reduced speed behind the safety car to gather knowledge on how the Spark SRT05e handled on a saturated circuit before green flag conditions. Frijns set a benchmark lap, before a 17-minute red flag was necessitated as a brake-by-wire problem sent Mortara into the turn one TecPro energy absorbing barrier. The session resumed with ten minutes to go and lap times lowered.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 36], "content_span": [37, 634]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277064-0016-0001", "contents": "2018 Ad Diriyah ePrix, Free practice\nVergne, Bird, Rowland and Evans all led until Vandoorne set the overall fastest lap of 1 minute, 18.868 seconds, followed by Bird, Buemi, Rowland, Evans, Vergne, Sims, F\u00e9lix da Costa, G\u00fcnther and Audi's Daniel Abt. With more than a minute left, Rosenqvist made an error and hit the turn one wall at low speed with damage to his car's nose cone. Massa drove straight to avoid hitting him. One of Rosenqvist's wheel arches detached on the main straight linking turns 17 and 18 on the way back to the pit lane.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 36], "content_span": [37, 544]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277064-0017-0000", "contents": "2018 Ad Diriyah ePrix, Qualifying\nSaturday morning's half an hour qualifying session was divided into two groups of eleven cars rather than the customary four of either five or six. Each group was permitted 15 minutes of on-track activity and all drivers were limited to a single timed lap at 250\u00a0kW (340\u00a0hp). The starting order was determined by the combined fastest overall lap times from both groups. The driver and team who recorded the pole position lap time were awarded three points towards their respective championships. F\u00e9lix da Costa took the first pole position of his career with a 1-minute, 17.728 seconds lap.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 33], "content_span": [34, 624]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277064-0017-0001", "contents": "2018 Ad Diriyah ePrix, Qualifying\nDillmann was the first driver to circulate the track; he spent the first ten minutes recording multiple lap times at 200\u00a0kW (270\u00a0hp) of power and set the second-fastest time. He was investigated for completing more qualifying laps than permitted due to the amended schedule confusing his team. Dragon's Jos\u00e9 Mar\u00eda L\u00f3pez was the second driver to record a lap time with five minutes left of group one; he could not better Dillmann's effort and was in provisional third.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 33], "content_span": [34, 501]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277064-0017-0002", "contents": "2018 Ad Diriyah ePrix, Qualifying\nBuemi took fourth and the highest-placed rookie Vandoorne in fifth was the sole driver in group two to qualify in the top ten. Bird was sixth. Vergne, seventh, complained of car problems. Frijns, d'Ambrosio and Lotterer completed the top ten provisional qualifiers with Lotterer 11\u20442 seconds slower than F\u00e9lix da Costa.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 33], "content_span": [34, 353]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277064-0018-0000", "contents": "2018 Ad Diriyah ePrix, Qualifying\nDi Grassi was the fastest driver not to set a top ten lap; he described his car as \"undriveable\". Evans was the faster of the two Jaguars in 12th. 13th-placed Rowland was an early second group pace setter but he made minor contact with the turn one barrier during his maximum power lap, and Oliver Turvey of NIO was 14th-quickest. An error on his best lap put Paffett 15th. Following him on the provisional starting grid were Mortara, Sims, Abt, Massa and Nelson Piquet Jr. of Jaguar.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 33], "content_span": [34, 518]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277064-0018-0001", "contents": "2018 Ad Diriyah ePrix, Qualifying\n21st-placed G\u00fcnther scraped a barrier lining the track with the left-front of his car and qualifying was stopped with four minutes left in the second group after he parked at turn seven and had to be extricated by a recovery vehicle. Rosenqvist was slowest overall because he lost control of his car and struck the outside barrier at the edge of turn 21 at high speed. With Rosenqvist stranded, a track marshal created confusion by waving a red flag; race control did not officially deploy it.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 33], "content_span": [34, 527]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277064-0019-0000", "contents": "2018 Ad Diriyah ePrix, Qualifying, Post-qualifying\nFollowing deliberation in the pre-race driver meeting, the attack mode activation zone was moved 23\u00a0m (75\u00a0ft) closer to the start line and painted white lines indicating the zone's beginning and exit points were enlargened for improved visibility. Seven drivers received grid penalties: Dillmann had all of his qualifying laps invalidated for exceeding the maximum amount of permitted laps and his car lacked a data logger sensor. His teammate Turvey also had all of his timed laps cancelled for having no data logger sensor.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 50], "content_span": [51, 576]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277064-0019-0001", "contents": "2018 Ad Diriyah ePrix, Qualifying, Post-qualifying\nThe two Virgin teammates of Frijns and Bird, di Grassi and Rowland had all of their fastest qualifying times deleted for exceeding 250\u00a0kW (340\u00a0hp) due to a power overshoot from hitting a trackside bump. Mortara was issued a three-place grid penalty because Venturi had transgressed Formula E's 2018\u201319 season battery software implementation guide. Hence, the grid lined up after penalties as F\u00e9lix da Costa, L\u00f3pez, Buemi, Vandoorne, Vergne, d'Ambrosio, Lotterer, Evans, Paffett, Sims, Abt, Massa, Mortara, Rowland, Piquet, G\u00fcnther, Rosenqvist, di Grassi, Bird, Frijns, Turvey and Dillmann.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 50], "content_span": [51, 640]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277064-0020-0000", "contents": "2018 Ad Diriyah ePrix, Race\nThe race began before a crowd of about 23,000 people at 15:05 local time. The weather at the start were dry and clear with the track slippery and damp but drying. The air temperature was between 17.60 and 17.95\u00a0\u00b0C (63.68 and 64.31\u00a0\u00b0F) and the track temperature ranged from 21.1 and 21.7\u00a0\u00b0C (70.0 and 71.1\u00a0\u00b0F); forecasts indicated a 20 percent chance of rain. Each driver was mandated to use the attack mode twice and were permitted to arm the system no more than five times.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 27], "content_span": [28, 502]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277064-0020-0001", "contents": "2018 Ad Diriyah ePrix, Race\nA special feature of Formula E is the \"Fan Boost\" feature, an additional 25\u00a0kW (34\u00a0hp) power to use during the race's second half. The five drivers who were allowed to use the boost were determined by a fan vote. For the Ad Diriyah ePrix, F\u00e9lix da Costa, Vandoorne, Massa, Abt and di Grassi were handed the extra power. Before the lights went on for the start, F\u00e9lix da Costa overshot his starting slot because he looked away from pole position. He reversed to ensure he was in the correct position but was skewed at an angle towards the left-hand side barrier and risked locking his rear tires. Nevertheless, F\u00e9lix da Costa held the lead into the first turn as Buemi overtook the poor-starting L\u00f3pez.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 27], "content_span": [28, 729]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277064-0021-0000", "contents": "2018 Ad Diriyah ePrix, Race\nVandoorne was passed by Vergne for fourth as Rowland appeared to jump the start but he was not investigated. While the majority of the field avoided a first lap incident, Mortara locked his brakes and crashed straight into the turn one right-hand side TecPro energy absorbing barrier. He reversed to complete almost an entire lap and entered the pit lane for a replacement front wing.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 27], "content_span": [28, 412]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277064-0021-0001", "contents": "2018 Ad Diriyah ePrix, Race\nThis created confusion with track marshals at the turn who felt a full course fellow flag was necessary to recover Mortara's car; they later discovered the procedure was not officially activated as Mortara had left the area. It came as Lotterer steered right to pass d'Ambrosio for sixth entering turn 18. D'Ambrosio made contact with the rear of Lotterer's car with minimal damage to it. That prompted Massa to pass Paffett and Abt on their right on the entry to the final turn for tenth. Further back, Abt overtook Paffett for 11th and G\u00fcnther was passed by the Virgin duo of Bird and Frijns and fell to 17th. Piquet got ahead of Paffett for 13th on the straight entering turn 18 on lap two as Vandoorne fell to seventh when Lotterer and d'Ambrosio overtook him.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 27], "content_span": [28, 792]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277064-0022-0000", "contents": "2018 Ad Diriyah ePrix, Race\nOn lap three, Vergne pressured L\u00f3pez for third. He tried to pass him into turn 18 but L\u00f3pez turned right to block him. He did succeed on the next lap and Lotterer also got ahead of L\u00f3pez for fourth soon after. Both Techeetahs battled for third as F\u00e9lix da Costa opened up a two-second advantage over Buemi. It concluded when Lotterer ran wide on the left through turn 17 on the sixth lap. He then held off L\u00f3pez on his right entering the next corner.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 27], "content_span": [28, 478]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277064-0022-0001", "contents": "2018 Ad Diriyah ePrix, Race\nDoing this dropped L\u00f3pez into d'Ambrosio's clutches, who was not close enough to affect a pass. In the meantime, Turvey and his teammate Dillmann used the attack mode in an attempt to advance through the field with 34 minutes to go. On his eighth lap, Rosenqvist retired with a rear transmission failure. During the following lap, Buemi was out-braked by Vergne on the outside at turn 18 for second. An error from Paffett put him off the racing line between turns eight and nine and he collided with a barrier and retired on lap ten. On lap 11, Massa overtok Vandoorne on the right for ninth.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 27], "content_span": [28, 620]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277064-0023-0000", "contents": "2018 Ad Diriyah ePrix, Race\nAs Vergne began to draw closer to F\u00e9lix da Costa, Lotterer turned left to pass Buemi for third at turn 18 on the next lap. Vergne moved to within passing distance of F\u00e9lix da Costa on the 13th lap. He almost took the lead when the latter ran wide at turn 17 and waited for another lap. The two ran close by each other through lap 14 until Vergne overtook the defensive F\u00e9lix da Costa on his left at turn 18 for the lead.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 27], "content_span": [28, 448]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277064-0023-0001", "contents": "2018 Ad Diriyah ePrix, Race\nOn lap 17, Abt used the attack mode to try a pass on Rowland but the latter kept tenth by driving onto the corner's run-off area. Buemi held off L\u00f3pez on the left for fourthon the following lap entering turn 18 and prevented stopped d'Ambrosio from passing. That prompted L\u00f3pez to be more aggressive on the left at the same turn on lap 19 and passed Buemi that time round. Buemi ran wide leaving the next corner and allowed d'Ambrosio past for fifth. Lotterer used the attack mode to pass F\u00e9lix da Costa on the straight linking the final and first turns for second at the start of the 22nd lap.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 27], "content_span": [28, 622]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277064-0024-0000", "contents": "2018 Ad Diriyah ePrix, Race\nAt this point, it appeared Techeetah would finish 1\u20132, until Vergne and his teammate Lotterer incurred drive-through penalties for exceeding the maximum amount power permitted during electrical energy harvesting because of a software problem that used more electrical energy beyond the level defined in the FIA suppliers' implementation guide, a transgression of Formula E's sporting regulations. This eroded Vergne's 2.7 second lead and he fell to fifth and Lotterer dropped to seventh and lost 20 seconds of time. Hence, F\u00e9lix da Costa retook the lead with L\u00f3pez second and d'Ambrosio third.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 27], "content_span": [28, 621]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277064-0024-0001", "contents": "2018 Ad Diriyah ePrix, Race\nMassa and Sims were also issued drive-through penalties for the same infraction as the Techeetahs. On lap 24, L\u00f3pez failed to earn the extra amount of power because he missed the attack zone and lost second to d'Ambrosio. He tried again on the next lap and again missed the attack zone. L\u00f3pez fell to fifth, behind Buemi and Vergne. He damaged his rear suspension which left him fighting for control of his car until its rear-left wishbone collapsed on a kerb. L\u00f3pez retired at the exit to turn 14.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 27], "content_span": [28, 526]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277064-0025-0000", "contents": "2018 Ad Diriyah ePrix, Race\nElkins deployed a brief full course yellow flag and later the safety car to allow L\u00f3pez's car to be extricated by a recovery vehicle. He had considered using a system to dictate the field to close up to the leader. F\u00e9lix da Costa immediately activated his first attack mode as the safety car circulated the track for three laps (five minutes). Shortly before racing continued for four laps after the safety car's withdrawal, nine drivers, including F\u00e9lix da Costa and Vergne, strategically used the attack mode for a second time.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 27], "content_span": [28, 557]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277064-0025-0001", "contents": "2018 Ad Diriyah ePrix, Race\nThe disruption to proceedings allowed all to drive at full speed until the end' some opined there was no electrical energy limitations in all circumstances. F\u00e9lix da Costa led d'Ambrosio and Vergne at the lap 30 restart. That lap, Vergne passed d'Ambrosio on the main straight for second. Buemi had less usable electrical energy and lost sixth to Evans and Lotterer on laps 30 and 31. On the 32nd lap, F\u00e9lix da Costa used his FanBoost to increase his lead over Vergne. During the lap, Piquet ran into the left-hand quarter of di Grassi's car as the former passed him for ninth into turn 18. Lotterer earned one championship point for setting the fastest lap on lap 32, a 1-minute, 12.591 seconds.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 27], "content_span": [28, 724]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277064-0026-0000", "contents": "2018 Ad Diriyah ePrix, Race\nF\u00e9lix da Costa led Vergne by 1.507 seconds at the start of the final lap as the latter closed up to provide himself with an opportunity for a last-lap pass. Although F\u00e9lix da Costa achieved a good exit out of turn 17, it did not dissuade Vergne from an unsuccessful out-braking manoeuvre that saw him lock his brakes. Thus, F\u00e9lix da Costa held the lead for the final three corners to claim his second career victory, his first since the 2015 Buenos Aires ePrix and BMW's maiden Formula E win by 0.462 seconds over Vergne.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 27], "content_span": [28, 549]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277064-0026-0001", "contents": "2018 Ad Diriyah ePrix, Race\nD'Ambrosio finished third despite nursing diffuser damage from his earlier contact with Lotterer. Evans took fourth, Lotterer fifth, and the Nissans of Buemi and Rowland were sixth and seventh. The Audi duo of Abt and di Grassi took eighth and ninth and Piquet completed the top ten.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 27], "content_span": [28, 311]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277064-0026-0002", "contents": "2018 Ad Diriyah ePrix, Race\nThe last of the classified finishers were the Virgin duo of Bird and Frijns, NIO teammates Turvey and Dillmann, G\u00fcnther, Vandoorne, Massa (who received two-post race penalties for using his FanBoost earlier than allowed and for using 150\u00a0kW (200\u00a0hp) of energy rather than 100\u00a0kW (130\u00a0hp) while on FanBoost and incurred one e-licence penalty point), Sims and Mortara. The attrition rate was low, with 19 of the 22 starters finishing the race.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 27], "content_span": [28, 469]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277064-0027-0000", "contents": "2018 Ad Diriyah ePrix, Race, Post-race\n\"I was far from giving up \u2013 I'm a fighter, after all. But it's hard \u2013 I'm also a winner and I hate to lose. To finally do it today, is just amazing... the DAC is back!\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 38], "content_span": [39, 207]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277064-0028-0000", "contents": "2018 Ad Diriyah ePrix, Race, Post-race\nAnt\u00f3nio F\u00e9lix da Costa talking about his performance in the previous three seasons after the event.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 38], "content_span": [39, 138]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277064-0029-0000", "contents": "2018 Ad Diriyah ePrix, Race, Post-race\nThe top three drivers appeared on the podium to collect their trophies and spoke to the media in a later press conference. F\u00e9lix da Costa spoke of his happiness over his win and called it \"a perfect start\" to the season, \"When I crossed the line I was happy obviously but I was just assimilating everything. It was when I saw everyone\u2019s faces and felt all the emotion from the rest of the guys that it all really came to me.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 38], "content_span": [39, 464]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277064-0029-0001", "contents": "2018 Ad Diriyah ePrix, Race, Post-race\nVergne said his second-place result was \"a taster of what is to come from Techeetah\" and aimed for more podium results and his first win of the season, \"I\u2019m confident that we will continue to deliver some very exciting racing for the rest of the championship. We\u2019re going to absorb all the lessons, continue in this spirit and come back for more.\" D'Ambrosio said of his third-place finish, \"I come also from two difficult years so it\u2019s great to start this new relationship with the team in this way. We\u2019ve worked really hard over the past few months to be ready and I think we were really fast and good in race pace. I\u2019m really happy to be a part of such a great team \u2013 there are loads of great people and a great atmosphere.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 38], "content_span": [39, 766]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277064-0030-0000", "contents": "2018 Ad Diriyah ePrix, Race, Post-race\nAfter retiring from a suspension failure, L\u00f3pez spoke of his belief he lost the chance to finish on the podium. He hoped to maintain his pace at the season's next race in Marrakesh, \"If we keep it, we\u2019re going to be fighting the next race, so I really hope so. I know that we\u2019re privateers, the outsiders but the truth today is that we were competitive. There were many positives today and we take more confidence now going in to Marrakesh.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 38], "content_span": [39, 480]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277064-0030-0001", "contents": "2018 Ad Diriyah ePrix, Race, Post-race\nEvans had mixed feelings over coming fourth; he said he had a considered approach, which enabled him to compete in the top five with drivers such as Buemi, d'Ambrosio and L\u00f3pez, \"It was a strong race and a good one especially after the bad luck in quali. A bucket-load of points is a good start and we\u2019ll take that at this early stage but to be so close to the podium is a little bittersweet.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 38], "content_span": [39, 432]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277064-0030-0002", "contents": "2018 Ad Diriyah ePrix, Race, Post-race\nBuemi stated that he was disappointed by finishing sixth because of a lack of speed after running in second early on, \"I could not fight the [Techeetahs]. I just did the best I could to lose the least amount of time but I was not in their league to be honest.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 38], "content_span": [39, 299]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277064-0031-0000", "contents": "2018 Ad Diriyah ePrix, Race, Post-race\nMedia reception to the race was mixed. Writing for The Guardian, Richard Williams said the race demonstrated Formula E did not need to follow Formula One's example of the heavy imposition of penalties as it tried to showcase it was different from internal combustion motor racing. He also complimented the driving on the circuit, \"although it was an entertaining spectacle, the rules farrago towards the end was the last thing the formula needs\".", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 38], "content_span": [39, 485]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277064-0031-0001", "contents": "2018 Ad Diriyah ePrix, Race, Post-race\nJournalist Maurice Hamilton of ESPN wrote the ePrix reminded him of Hans Christian Andersen's The Emperor's New Clothes in that it had \"a similar impression of delusion appeared to infiltrate enthusiastic media and TV summaries referring to a 'brilliant race'\" and that it did little to arouse deep emotion because the circuit appeared to him as \"weaving through a building site thanks to the impression of high screens blanking off construction work\".", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 38], "content_span": [39, 491]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277064-0032-0000", "contents": "2018 Ad Diriyah ePrix, Race, Post-race\nViews on the attack mode were mixed. Abt argued the attack mode was like \"a lose mode\" because he lost a position activating it and proposed its power be increased to allow for a more effective pass on other drivers. His teammate di Grassi concurred and said he believed there were less strategic possibilities with it.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 38], "content_span": [39, 358]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277064-0032-0001", "contents": "2018 Ad Diriyah ePrix, Race, Post-race\nBird opined that the system should lose drivers around six to eight seconds for better on-track action, \"A bit like the joker lap in Rallycross \u2013 same sort of concept, only you lose six-eight seconds but you've got more power for the next three laps. Something like that would be cool.\" Evans said his belief the system was effective but he wanted a good balance of losing and gaining time.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 38], "content_span": [39, 429]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277064-0032-0002", "contents": "2018 Ad Diriyah ePrix, Race, Post-race\nAudi team principal Allan McNish considered the attack mode to have offered up unpredictability, \"That's never a bad thing because I do believe that overtaking is a skillset a driver needs to have and so therefore we saw some guys doing some pretty strong overtaking manoeuvres.\" G\u00fcnther said he felt it was a helpful system for passing and close racing.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 38], "content_span": [39, 393]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277064-0033-0000", "contents": "2018 Ad Diriyah ePrix, Race, Post-race\nBecause this was the first race of the season, F\u00e9lix da Costa led the Drivers' Championship with 28 points (25 for the win and three points for earning the pole position). Vergne was ten points behind him in second and d'Ambrosio was a further three points adrift in third. Evans was fourth with 12 points and Lotterer rounded out the top five with 11 points. In the Teams' Championship, Techeetah became the leader with 29 points picked up from Vergne's and Lotterer's finishing results of second and fifth. Andretti followed in second with 28 points. Mahindra, e.Dams-Nissan and Jaguar made up positions three to five with a point apiece with twelve races left in the season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 38], "content_span": [39, 716]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277065-0000-0000", "contents": "2018 Adelaide 500\nThe 2018 Adelaide 500 was a motor racing event held on the weekend of 2 to 4 March 2018 at the Adelaide Street Circuit in Adelaide, South Australia. It marked the twentieth running of the Adelaide 500 and was the first event of sixteen in the 2018 Supercars Championship. It comprised two races of 250 kilometres. The Supercar races were supported by the opening round of the 2018 Super2 Series, a series for older model Supercars. It was also the inaugural round of the new SuperUtes Series.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 17], "section_span": [17, 17], "content_span": [18, 510]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277065-0001-0000", "contents": "2018 Adelaide 500\nShane van Gisbergen won both Race 1 and Race 2, driving a Holden Commodore ZB for Triple Eight Race Engineering.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 17], "section_span": [17, 17], "content_span": [18, 130]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277066-0000-0000", "contents": "2018 Adelaide Crows pre-season camp\nThe 2018 Adelaide Crows pre-season camp was a summer camp undertaken by players of the Adelaide Football Club, nicknamed the \"Crows\", from January 29 to February 2 in the lead-up to the 2018 AFL season. Run by Collective Minds, a consultancy group based in Queensland, the camp was designed to strengthen the mental strength of the players, the lack of which was blamed by the Adelaide's Head of Football Brett Burton and head coach Don Pyke for their loss in the 2017 AFL Grand Final.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [35, 35], "content_span": [36, 521]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277066-0000-0001", "contents": "2018 Adelaide Crows pre-season camp\nHowever, instead, the camp, described as \"Cult-like\", caused longstanding trauma, which was regarded as one of the main reasons for the precipitous decline of Adelaide from grand-finalists in 2017 to missing the finals in 2018, and continued poor performance in later seasons, as well as the departure of many players and senior officials from the club, including both Burton and Pyke.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [35, 35], "content_span": [36, 421]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277066-0001-0000", "contents": "2018 Adelaide Crows pre-season camp, Background\nHaving faced numerous hardships throughout previous seasons such as the murder of coach Phil Walsh and death of assistant coach Dean Bailey, the Adelaide Football Club had a successful year in 2017 and finished as minor premiers at the end of the 2017 home-and-away season. Captain Taylor Walker was widely regarded as one of the best in the league, and the shock and pain that had been felt by many in the club as a result of the murder of Walsh had been routed into a strong desire to honour his memory by winning a premiership.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 47], "content_span": [48, 578]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277066-0001-0001", "contents": "2018 Adelaide Crows pre-season camp, Background\nHowever, in the Grand Final, when they faced the Richmond Football Club, Adelaide were soundly beaten. Instead of the close match many were anticipating, Richmond won by eight goals, and dominated the entire match. The large loss demoralised the playing group, with many being unable to face the media. Nevertheless, there was a strong feeling that Adelaide would bounce back from the loss and perform well again the next season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 47], "content_span": [48, 477]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277066-0002-0000", "contents": "2018 Adelaide Crows pre-season camp, Background, Collective Minds\nCollective Minds is a consultancy group based in Queensland, which is \"hired by sporting teams and businesses to build a mentally resilient culture\", had worked with Adelaide throughout the 2017 season, and had generally been perceived as effective, if unorthodox. On one occasion after the Grand Final loss, they had gotten every player to run successive 100-metre sprints while the theme song of the Richmond Football Club played on repeat over loudspeakers. Collective Minds and the Adelaide Football Club had a multi-year regimen with each other. Prior to the camp, Crows players were made to sign non-disclosure agreements barring them from publicly discussing the events of the camp.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 65], "content_span": [66, 755]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277066-0003-0000", "contents": "2018 Adelaide Crows pre-season camp, Events of the camp\nThe camp, run by Collective Minds and masterminded by Head of Football at Adelaide Brett Burton and Amon Woulfe, a self-proclaimed \"coach, facilitator and trainer\", who is not a registered psychologist, took place at a forest about an hours drive away from Broadbeach, Queensland, a suburb of Gold Coast. It was run with the intention of strengthening the mental capabilities of the players, which had been blamed by senior staff as the cause for their Grand Final loss. The players were not told where they were going prior to the trip.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 55], "content_span": [56, 593]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277066-0003-0001", "contents": "2018 Adelaide Crows pre-season camp, Events of the camp\nPlayers were divided into three groups, based on their playing experience, prior to the journey to the camp. Group One, consisting of the more senior Adelaide players, namely Eddie Betts, Matt Crouch, Richard Douglas, Bryce Gibbs, Kyle Hartigan, Josh Jenkins, Tom Lynch, Rory Sloane, Daniel Talia and captain Walker, were the target of the most severe regimen. The second group, consisting of Mitch McGovern, Curtly Hampton, Paul Seedsman and Brodie Smith, had a less severe experience, though it was still described as \"weird\".", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 55], "content_span": [56, 584]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277066-0003-0002", "contents": "2018 Adelaide Crows pre-season camp, Events of the camp\nThe third group, consisting of the more junior players, were subject to what was deemed to be a regular fitness camp. Players were housed in tepees for the duration of the camp. According to an unnamed Adelaide insider who was quoted by the Herald Sun, the camp was \"like a trance\", with this unnamed insider also claiming that players had had difficulty remembering what had occurred on the camp.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 55], "content_span": [56, 453]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277066-0004-0000", "contents": "2018 Adelaide Crows pre-season camp, Events of the camp, Experience of Group 1\nUpon entering the bus that was to carry them from Broadbeach to the camp, Group 1 was alarmed to be greeted by men wearing combat uniforms and holding what appeared to be automatic firearms, though the guns were revealed to be fake. The players were then blindfolded, and were driven for an hour until they arrived at the camp. Upon arrival they had their blindfolds removed, and were greeted by roughly 25 camp workers, who refused to reveal the location at which they were at.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 78], "content_span": [79, 558]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277066-0004-0001", "contents": "2018 Adelaide Crows pre-season camp, Events of the camp, Experience of Group 1\nAmong the first exercises performed by Group 1 was an exercise in which players were told to find a partner and stare at their eyes, alternating which eye they were staring at. During the middle of this exercise, Tom Lynch collapsed. He was taken to a bed, where he started to vomit. Despite his condition, camp workers refused to call for medical attention, claiming that he was only suffering from dizziness. Lynch was only given medical assistance upon the demands of the players, and club doctor Marc Cesana, who was not at the camp and did not know where it was located, was contacted and made to drive to it and bring Lynch back to Broadbeach to provide medical attention.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 78], "content_span": [79, 757]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277066-0005-0000", "contents": "2018 Adelaide Crows pre-season camp, Events of the camp, Experience of Group 2 and Group 3\nGroups 2 and 3 were subject to a less severe experience than Group 1, with them arriving a day after Group 1 did. They were not blindfolded on the drive there, though they were ordered to keep their heads down for the entire trip, while heavy metal music played over loudspeakers.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 90], "content_span": [91, 371]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277066-0006-0000", "contents": "2018 Adelaide Crows pre-season camp, Events of the camp, Talking stick\nDuring the first night of the camp, all players were asked to publicly divulge their weaknesses using an Aboriginal Australian digging stick as a Talking stick. Eddie Betts, Cam Ellis-Yolmen, Wayne Milera and Curtly Hampton, all of whom are aboriginal, found this action culturally offensive, and it only contributed to their distaste for the camp. Collective Minds has admitted that using the digging stick in the way that they did was a mistake.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 70], "content_span": [71, 518]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277066-0007-0000", "contents": "2018 Adelaide Crows pre-season camp, Events of the camp, Wolfgang\nAccording to journalist Sam McClure of The Age, before sunrise on the second day of camp, players were woken up and taken to a worker in the woods, who introduced himself as \"Wolfgang\". One by one, players were then tied with to a tree. The only way for a player to free himself was to crawl to a knife located 10 metres away. While they were attempting to reach the knife, nine of their teammates would hurl abuse at them.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 65], "content_span": [66, 489]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277066-0007-0001", "contents": "2018 Adelaide Crows pre-season camp, Events of the camp, Wolfgang\nThis abuse was deeply personal, with barbs calling back to childhood trauma, relationship issues and domestic abuse that had been gleaned from info leaked to the runners of the camp without the consent of the players, derived from confidential disclosures players had made to Adelaide staff. In some cases, this information was confidential to the extent players had not divulged it to their spouses. Jeff Bond, former Chief Psychologist for the Australian Institute of Sport, told The Age that \"Using people's personal trauma to drive them is so illogical and dangerous it's not funny\". Bond also compared many of the measures taken in the camp to ones used for training commandos in the military. Adelaide themselves have \"strongly disputed\" this version of events.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 65], "content_span": [66, 833]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277066-0008-0000", "contents": "2018 Adelaide Crows pre-season camp, Events of the camp, Social interactions\nSocial interaction at the camp was extremely limited, players were ordered not to talk with each other when not performing exercises, and as all phones had been confiscated most players had zero contact with the outside world. The only outside contact allowed was for players who had pregnant spouses, who were allowed a few minutes a day to speak.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 76], "content_span": [77, 425]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277066-0009-0000", "contents": "2018 Adelaide Crows pre-season camp, Aftermath\nThe camp was not effective in improving the results of the Adelaide Football Club. Adelaide had a poor 2018 season, finishing 12th on the ladder and missing the finals. Midway through the 2018 season, Adelaide cut all ties with Collective Minds, who claimed that the decision was mutual. After the cutting of ties, Adelaide coach Don Pyke admitted that the camp was a failure. Collective Minds and Adelaide have both denied that the camp has significant negative effects.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 46], "content_span": [47, 518]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277066-0009-0001", "contents": "2018 Adelaide Crows pre-season camp, Aftermath\nPyke stepped down as coach at the end of the 2019 season after another poor performance, with Brett Burton and Scott Camporeale, an assistant coach, being sacked a month later. In July 2020, Premier of South Australia Steven Marshall commented on the camp, calling reports on it \"quite disturbing\" suggesting that SafeWork South Australia could investigate it. In September of 2020, Collective Minds sued journalists Sam McClure and Caroline Wilson for defamation.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 46], "content_span": [47, 511]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277066-0010-0000", "contents": "2018 Adelaide Crows pre-season camp, Aftermath, Effect on players\nThe camp had a substantial negative effect on the Adelaide players. One anonymous player told The Age that;", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 65], "content_span": [66, 173]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277066-0011-0000", "contents": "2018 Adelaide Crows pre-season camp, Aftermath, Effect on players\nWe were a team and a group of players in the peak of our powers that was ready to win a premiership. But our bond with the club, with each other, was torn apart at that camp.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 65], "content_span": [66, 240]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277066-0012-0000", "contents": "2018 Adelaide Crows pre-season camp, Aftermath, Effect on players\nSeveral Adelaide players left the club over the next few seasons. Among the most notable departures were Eddie Betts, who had declared \"That [camp] was one of the main reasons why it was so hard to enjoy footy\", who returned to his old club Carlton. and Mitch McGovern, who left the club after the 2018 season, also to play for Carlton. In June 2020, McGovern's manager Colin Young singled out the camp as the singular reason for McGovern leaving the club. All in all, 8 out of Adelaide's best 22 players in 2017 left the club as of July 2020, a turnover amount described as an \"exodus\".", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 65], "content_span": [66, 653]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277067-0000-0000", "contents": "2018 Adelaide Football Club season\nThe 2018 Adelaide Football Club season will be the Adelaide Football Club's 28th season in the AFL. It was also be its second season in the AFL Women's and its 5th season fielding a reserves team in the SANFL. The men's team started the season successfully, winning the inaugural AFLX competition.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [34, 34], "content_span": [35, 332]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277067-0001-0000", "contents": "2018 Adelaide Football Club season, AFL, List changes\nAfter only making one appearance at AFL level in the 2017 season, two-time club champion Scott Thompson decided to retire. Before trade period began, the Crows announced that they would not be renewing the contracts of Troy Menzel and Dean Gore. They also officially announced that Sam Shaw had been removed from the rookie list after being kept on it during the 2017 season for administrative reasons.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 53], "content_span": [54, 456]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277067-0002-0000", "contents": "2018 Adelaide Football Club season, AFL, List changes\nDays after Adelaide's grand final loss, Jake Lever requested a trade to Melbourne. Adelaide were able to secure two first round draft picks (one in the 2017 draft and one in the 2018 draft) for the key defender. The Crows then used the 2017 first round pick, along with their own, to bring Bryce Gibbs to the club from Carlton. Charlie Cameron requested a trade to Brisbane Lions, but it wasn't until the final hour of the trade period that he was traded in exchange for pick 12 in the 2017 draft. During the trade period Adelaide also traded Harrison Wigg for Pick 39 and brought North Melbourne veteran Sam Gibson into the side in exchange for Pick 91.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 53], "content_span": [54, 708]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277067-0003-0000", "contents": "2018 Adelaide Football Club season, AFL, List changes\nBefore the 2017 national draft, the Crows also delisted Cam Ellis-Yolmen and Jono Beech. Beech was told that he would not be offered another contract, but the club committed to re-drafting Ellis-Yolmen in the 2018 rookie draft. The team also nominated Jackson Edwards, the son of dual premiership player Tyson Edwards, for a father-son selection. Edwards was not picked up during the national draft by any team, and as a result he automatically joined the Crows list with their final selection in the rookie draft.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 53], "content_span": [54, 568]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277067-0004-0000", "contents": "2018 Adelaide Football Club season, AFL, List changes\nAdelaide only used two draft picks in the national draft. With their first round pick the Crows selected South Australian forward/midfielder Darcy Fogarty. At the start of 2017 Fogarty had been considered a contender for the number one draft pick, but his 2017 season was ended in July when he suffered an injury requiring knee surgery and he slipped down the draft to pick 12, enabling the Crows to select him.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 53], "content_span": [54, 465]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277067-0004-0001", "contents": "2018 Adelaide Football Club season, AFL, List changes\nThe Crows' second pick was in round three, the pick they had received for trading Wigg to Gold Coast, and they used it to draft Andrew McPherson, who they hadn't expected to still be available. In addition to re-drafting Cam Ellis-Yolmen and automatically acquiring Jackson Edwards in the rookie draft, the Crows selected Patrick Wilson, mature-aged SANFL premiership player with Sturt, and Lachlan Murphy, a member of the club's development squad who had been playing in the SANFL reserves team in 2017.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 53], "content_span": [54, 558]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277067-0005-0000", "contents": "2018 Adelaide Football Club season, AFL, Season summary, AFLX\nAdelaide participated in Group A of the inaugural AFLX competition. All matches were played at Cooper Stadium in Adelaide on Thursday, 15 February. After defeating Collingwood and West Coast to finish at the top of their pool, the Crows defeated Geelong by 8 points in the final and became the first ever AFLX premiers. Though Adelaide mainly played depth players rather than a top-level squad, experienced trio Cam Ellis-Yolmen, Curtly Hampton and Kyle Cheney, all of whom had missed much of 2017 due to injury, had opportunities to perform well.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 61], "content_span": [62, 609]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277067-0006-0000", "contents": "2018 Adelaide Football Club season, AFL, Season summary, Pre-season\nThe Crows had to rest several key players for JLT Community Series matches due to injury recovery, such as captain Taylor Walker, key defender Daniel Talia and midfielders Rory Sloane and Hugh Greenwood. During the series new recruits at the club put their name forward to play for the team in the opening round of the regular season, including Lachlan Murphy, a rookie-listed small forward, and Bryce Gibbs, an off-season recruit from Carlton.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 67], "content_span": [68, 512]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277067-0007-0000", "contents": "2018 Adelaide Football Club season, AFL, Season summary, Pre-season\nThe Crows went into the JLT Community Series knowing that they would be without several players due to injury, notably including captain Taylor Walker, who was set to return from a foot injury in time for the first match of the regular season. In addition, midfielders Brad Crouch and Hugh Greenwood were left out of the team for the first game due to better manage their recoveries from injury. However, the first match was also the first opportunity for off-season recruit Bryce Gibbs to play a full match with the Crows. In the absence of both Taylor Walker and Rory Sloane, Tom Lynch was named the captain for Adelaide's match against Fremantle. During training for the match, defender Daniel Talia rolled his ankle and was withdrawn from the team, replaced with draftee Darcy Fogarty.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 67], "content_span": [68, 857]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277067-0008-0000", "contents": "2018 Adelaide Football Club season, AFL, Season summary, Pre-season\nThe Crows got out to a 29-point lead at half-time, but Fremantle fought back to get a lead of 9 points deep into the last quarter. The Crows scored the final three goals of the game to win by 10 points. Among the Crows' best players were Gibbs (with 27 possessions and a goal) and Matt Crouch (with 36 disposals), who was dominant in the stoppages. Acting captain Lynch was also impressive as a link-up forward.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 67], "content_span": [68, 479]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277067-0009-0000", "contents": "2018 Adelaide Football Club season, AFL, Season summary, Pre-season\nTalia returned from injury and joined the team for the first time of the year, along with Sloane, Greenwood, Eddie Betts, Richard Douglas and Kyle Hartigan, with the Crows fielding 25 players in the pre-season derby against crosstown rivals Port Adelaide. Again the Crows had a commanding lead at half-time but allowed their opposition to get back into the game. This time they had a 26-point lead which Port Adelaide overcame, and they lost the game by 26 points themselves, only scoring three goals in the second half of the game.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 67], "content_span": [68, 600]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277067-0009-0001", "contents": "2018 Adelaide Football Club season, AFL, Season summary, Pre-season\nDespite the loss, there were impressive performances from new players Fogarty and Sam Gibson, a recruit from North Melbourne, both of whom put themselves into contention for a debut for the Crows in round 1 of the regular season. Small forward Lachlan Murphy also performed well for the second match in a row to put his name forwards.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 67], "content_span": [68, 402]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277067-0010-0000", "contents": "2018 Adelaide Football Club season, AFL, Season summary, Home and Away season\nThe fixture for the 2018 home and away season was announced on 31 October 2017. Adelaide will host Richmond in a re-match of the 2017 AFL Grand Final in round 2 on a Thursday night at the Adelaide Oval. Bryce Gibbs will play against former side Carlton for the first time in round 7, then the Crows will face off against ex-Crow Jake Lever for the first time when they play Melbourne in round 10.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 77], "content_span": [78, 474]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277067-0011-0000", "contents": "2018 Adelaide Football Club season, AFL, Season summary, Home and Away season\nDue to injuries from the pre-season, there was uncertainty about whether or not Taylor Walker, due to a foot injury, and Brad Crouch, due to abdominal strain, would be playing. According to Daniel Talia, the Crows were taking a cautious approach, unwilling to risk using players who had not had a full pre-season, and as a result neither played in round 1. Instead of Walker, the Crows played debutant Darcy Fogarty, who made his debut alongside Tom Doedee (who was in the side to replace Jake Lever, who had left the club to play for Melbourne) and Lachlan Murphy.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 77], "content_span": [78, 643]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277067-0012-0000", "contents": "2018 Adelaide Football Club season, AFL, Season summary, Home and Away season\nBreaking with their normal routine for matches in Melbourne, the Crows elected to fly to Melbourne a day early to have a closed training session in an undisclosed location. On the day of the match, Sam Gibson, listed to play his first match for the Crows since moving from North Melbourne the previous season, was withdrawn from the squad due to hamstring tightness. Having played 130 consecutive games for North Melbourne before being delisted, this put an end to the longest-running streak of consecutive matches played in the AFL at the time.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 77], "content_span": [78, 623]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277067-0013-0000", "contents": "2018 Adelaide Football Club season, AFL, Season summary, Home and Away season\nDuring the first quarter of the match, Richard Douglas was reported by the field umpires for rough conduct on Essendon player Zach Merrett during a collision which resulted in a concussion for Merrett, ruling Merrett out of the rest of the match. The match was tight and low-scoring during the first half, with Essendon going into half-time with a 5-point lead. The Crows then opened up more opportunities for scoring in the third quarter and outscored Essendon by seven goals to three to take a 20-point lead themselves.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 77], "content_span": [78, 599]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277067-0013-0001", "contents": "2018 Adelaide Football Club season, AFL, Season summary, Home and Away season\nSome of the Crows best players on the ground were Rory Laird and Matt Crouch, both of whom achieved 40 disposals throughout the match, and Bryce Gibbs, playing his first match for Adelaide since moving from Carlton. Gibbs had 35 disposals, including seven clearances and two goals in the third quarter.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 77], "content_span": [78, 380]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277067-0014-0000", "contents": "2018 Adelaide Football Club season, AFL, Season summary, Home and Away season\nDespite their dominant position going into the final quarter, the Crows were only able to score one more goal for the match and lost by 12 points. Making the result worse for them was a groin injury to Curtly Hampton, who had already spent most of the previous season out of the side due to injury. This was their first loss to Essendon since 2014.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 77], "content_span": [78, 426]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277067-0015-0000", "contents": "2018 Adelaide Football Club season, AFL, Season summary, Home and Away season\nDuring the week after Adelaide's loss to Essendon, the Crows' controversial pre-season training camp was leaked to the press, with reports emerging that players had been distressed at the camp. Journalist Sam McClure claimed that Taylor Walker had \"sent a fairly terse text message to teammates demanding to know who it was that leaked the information\", and also claimed that one player at the club was re-considering their future with the team.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 77], "content_span": [78, 523]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277067-0016-0000", "contents": "2018 Adelaide Football Club season, AFL, Season summary, Home and Away season\nWalker returned to Adelaide's team for his first match of the season, against 2017 Grand Final opponents Richmond. In total there were seven changes from the team that had played in the grand final to the team named to play in the match. During the game the Crows suffered injuries to four different players, with Matt Crouch leaving the ground in the second quarter due to a hamstring injury and David Mackay leaving the ground to due concussion from a collision with Richmond player Josh Caddy. Rory Sloane and Daniel Talia also left the ground with injuries, but both returned to finish the game.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 77], "content_span": [78, 677]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277067-0017-0000", "contents": "2018 Adelaide Football Club season, AFL, Season summary, Home and Away season\nIn the first half Josh Jenkins had an impressive performance against All-Australian defender Alex Rance, kicking four goals against him, followed by a fifth later in the game. Due to strong performances in the forward line from both Jenkins and Walker, the Crows led at the end of every quarter and finished off with a 36-point win.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 77], "content_span": [78, 410]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277067-0018-0000", "contents": "2018 Adelaide Football Club season, AFL, Season summary, Home and Away season\nSt Kilda dominated most of the play in the first half of the match, but were unable to convert that to a scoreboard lead and the Crows still led by 10 points at half time. During the half time break, coach Don Pyke instructed the players to be more predictable in how they passed the ball to each other and as a result the Crows were able to control the game more and finish the match 49-point winners.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 77], "content_span": [78, 480]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277067-0019-0000", "contents": "2018 Adelaide Football Club season, AFL, Season summary, Home and Away season\nThe Crows were dominated by the Magpies in the first half to trail by 52 points during the third quarter. They kicked four goals in a row to bring themselves back into the contest, only trailing by 30 points early in the final quarter, but Collingwood then kicked five of the last seven goals to seal the match. Crows star forward Eddie Betts injured his left hamstring and was unable to finish the match.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 77], "content_span": [78, 483]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277067-0020-0000", "contents": "2018 Adelaide Football Club season, AFL Women's, Season summary\nThe full fixture for the 2018 AFL Women's season was announced on 27 October 2017. Four of the seven games were home games for the Crows, three of them played at Norwood Oval and the final home game at TIO Stadium in Darwin. The unfurling of their premiership flag took place in round one in a 2017 AFL Women's Grand Final rematch against the Brisbane Lions.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 63], "content_span": [64, 422]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277067-0021-0000", "contents": "2018 Adelaide Football Club season, AFL Women's, Season summary\nIn the absence of co-captain and reigning club champion Erin Phillips due to a quad injury, along with other key players, the Crows lost their first two matches to Brisbane Lions and Melbourne, delivering a heavy blow to their chances of defending their premiership. In round 3 Phillips returned for the Crows' match against the Western Bulldogs and kicked four goals, the Crows winning their first match of the season in a close contest that came down to the final minutes of the game.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 63], "content_span": [64, 550]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277067-0021-0001", "contents": "2018 Adelaide Football Club season, AFL Women's, Season summary\nAfter this the Crows went undefeated until the final round of the season with a draw against the Greater Western Sydney and wins against Carlton and Fremantle. They needed to win their final match against Collingwood to make it to the Grand Final, but despite leading at half-time they lost the match by 21 points and finished the season in fifth.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 63], "content_span": [64, 411]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277067-0022-0000", "contents": "2018 Adelaide Football Club season, AFL Women's, Season summary, Round 1\nThe season opener was a re-match of the 2017 AFL Women's Grand Final, which the Crows had won to claim the inaugural AFL Women's premiership cup. The Crows went into the game missing Courtney Cramey and Abbey Holmes due to injury, and Jenna McCormick due to her W-League duties, then co-captain and 2017 AFLW Best and Fairest Erin Phillips was a late withdrawal due to a quad injury. This damaged the Crows' ability to win the ball through the midfield and left gaps in their team structure, allowing Lion Sabrina Frederick-Traub to dominate in Brisbane's forward line.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 72], "content_span": [73, 642]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277067-0022-0001", "contents": "2018 Adelaide Football Club season, AFL Women's, Season summary, Round 1\nThe Crows failed to score in the first quarter, but took the lead going into half-time thanks to goals to Jones, Wallace and Randall. Despite having the momentum, the Crows failed to score in the second half while Brisbane scored 3.3 and won the match by 12 points as a result.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 72], "content_span": [73, 350]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277067-0023-0000", "contents": "2018 Adelaide Football Club season, AFL Women's, Season summary, Round 2\nThe Crows went into Round 2 again without Phillips due to her quad injury and they were outclassed by Melbourne. After keeping close with Melbourne for the first quarter, but the Demons kicked four goals to one against the wind in the second quarter to reach an unassailable lead. Melbourne's midfield trio of Elise O'Dea, Daisy Pearce and Karen Paxman dominated the game, collecting 54 possessions between them. The Crows lost by 32 points, and senior coach Bec Goddard emphasized after the match that it wasn't solely due to the team missing Phillips.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 72], "content_span": [73, 626]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277067-0024-0000", "contents": "2018 Adelaide Football Club season, AFL Women's, Season summary, Round 3\nPhillips returned from her quad injury to play her first game of the season against the Western Bulldogs and dominated the match, kicking four of Adelaide's six goals. In addition the Crows moved forward Sarah Perkins into the midfield with great effect after she had struggled to make an impact in the first two rounds. In the last quarter the Crows gained a one-point lead only for the Bulldogs to control the flow of play for six or seven minutes late in the game. The Crows' defense held them to just one point which leveled the scores. At the end of the game Rachael Killian kicked a behind to put the Crows in front and Jenna McCormick kicked her second goal after the siren to give Adelaide their first win of the season and keep their premiership defense alive.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 72], "content_span": [73, 842]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277067-0025-0000", "contents": "2018 Adelaide Football Club season, AFL Women's, Season summary, Round 4\nThe round 4 match was a wet and low-scoring affair. After only three goals were scored in the first half, none were scored at all in the third quarter. The Crows went into the final quarter nine points down before scoring the first ten points of the quarter to lead by a point. The Giants scored just one point for the quarter and drew the game. During the match, Ebony Marinoff broke the AFLW tackles record with 21 tackles, more than had ever been recorded in a single AFL or AFLW game.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 72], "content_span": [73, 561]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277067-0026-0000", "contents": "2018 Adelaide Football Club season, AFL Women's, Season summary, Round 5\nAfter being at the bottom of the ladder after their draw against the Giants, the Crows needed to win in order to keep their premiership defense alive. After a tight start to the game, the Crows broke free in the second quarter, scoring three goals in just two minutes to extend their lead to 23 points by three-quarter time. Despite not scoring in the third quarter, they only conceded three points and finished with a 35-point win.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 72], "content_span": [73, 505]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277067-0026-0001", "contents": "2018 Adelaide Football Club season, AFL Women's, Season summary, Round 5\nDuring the second quarter, Phillips left the ground in the second quarter to look after her quad, which still hadn't fully recovered from her earlier injury. The win took Adelaide from eighth to fifth on the ladder, only half a game below second, the spot they needed to finish to make it into the Grand Final.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 72], "content_span": [73, 383]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277067-0027-0000", "contents": "2018 Adelaide Football Club season, AFL Women's, Season summary, Round 6\nDue to the weather being very hot and humid (32 degrees Celsius and 71 percent humidity), the quarter-time, half-time and three quarter-time breaks were extended for the match. The match was close, with the lead changing several times throughout the game. Fremantle player Dana Hooker kicked a goal with less than five minutes to go to ensure a close finish, but the Crows held on to win the game by 4 points. With the win they went into the top two for the first time of the season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 72], "content_span": [73, 556]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277067-0028-0000", "contents": "2018 Adelaide Football Club season, AFL Women's, Season summary, Round 7\nThe Crows went into their final match against Collingwood as favourites and were expected to win and make their way into the Grand Final to defend their premiership. Crows co-captain Chelsea Randall suffered a head knock late in the second quarter and was forced to sit out the rest of the match. Randall had been instrumental in getting the Crows their 10-point lead at half-time, and without her they were unable to stop the Collingwood forward line.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 72], "content_span": [73, 525]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277067-0028-0001", "contents": "2018 Adelaide Football Club season, AFL Women's, Season summary, Round 7\nWith less than five minutes remaining in the final quarter the Crows were still within 7 points of the lead and could have won, but they gave away a free kick deep in a ruck contest deep inside Collingwood's forward 50 to concede a goal, which sealed the win for the Magpies. Because of the loss, Adelaide finished fifth on the ladder and missed out on playing in the Grand Final.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 72], "content_span": [73, 453]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277068-0000-0000", "contents": "2018 Adriatica Ionica Race\nThe 2018 Adriatica Ionica Race/Following the Serenissima Routes was a five-stage men's professional road cycling race.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [26, 26], "content_span": [27, 145]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277068-0001-0000", "contents": "2018 Adriatica Ionica Race\nIt was the first edition of the Adriatica Ionica Race/Following the Serenissima Routes. The race started with a team time trial on 20 June in Musile di Piave and finished on 24 June in Trieste. The race is part of the UCI Europe Tour, and is categorised by the UCI as a 2.1 race. The race was won by the Colombian rider Iv\u00e1n Sosa (Androni Giocattoli\u2013Sidermec).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [26, 26], "content_span": [27, 387]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277068-0002-0000", "contents": "2018 Adriatica Ionica Race, Classification leadership\nIn the 2018 Adriatica Ionica, five jerseys were awarded. The general classification was calculated by adding each cyclist's finishing times on each stage. Time bonuses were awarded to the first three finishers on all stages apart from the time trial stage. The first three riders would get 10, 6, and 4 seconds, respectively. The leader of the general classification received a blue jersey sponsored by Geo&tex2000. This classification was considered the most important of the 2018 Adriatica Ionica, and the winner of the classification was considered the winner of the race.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 53], "content_span": [54, 629]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277068-0003-0000", "contents": "2018 Adriatica Ionica Race, Classification leadership\nThe second classification was the points classification. Riders were awarded points for finishing in the top ten in a stage. Points were also won in intermediate sprints; ten points for crossing the sprint line first, six points for second place, three for third, two for fourth, and a single point for fifth. The leader of the points classification was awarded a red jersey sponsored by Full Speed Ahead.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 53], "content_span": [54, 459]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277068-0004-0000", "contents": "2018 Adriatica Ionica Race, Classification leadership\nThe third classification was the mountains classification. Points were awarded to the riders that reached the summit of the most difficult climbs first. The climbs were categorized, in order of increasing difficulty, as third-, second-, and first-category and hors cat\u00e9gorie (read: \"beyond category\"). The leadership of the mountains classification was marked by a green sponsored by Prologo.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 53], "content_span": [54, 446]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277068-0005-0000", "contents": "2018 Adriatica Ionica Race, Classification leadership\nThe fourth jersey represented the young rider classification, marked by a white jersey sponsored by Gabetti. Only riders born after 1 January 1993 were eligible; the young rider best placed in the general classification was the leader of the young rider classification.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 53], "content_span": [54, 323]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277068-0006-0000", "contents": "2018 Adriatica Ionica Race, Classification leadership\nThe final classification was the \"Fighting Spirit Prize\" given after each stage to the rider considered, by a jury, to have \"who struggled in order to achieve results in all the competitive moments of the race or the one who take action to start or carry out the longest breakaway\". The winner wore an orange jersey sponsored by Suzuki. There was also a classification for teams, in which the times of the best three cyclists in a team on each stage were added together; the leading team at the end of the race was the team with the lowest cumulative time.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 53], "content_span": [54, 610]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277069-0000-0000", "contents": "2018 Adur District Council election\nThe 2018 Adur District Council elections took place on 3 May 2018 to elect members of Adur District Council in West Sussex, England. The election saw half of the Council's 29 seats up for election, and resulted in the Conservative Party retaining their majority on the council. Labour gained 4 seats to replace UKIP as the official opposition on the Council, who lost all the seats they were defending from 2014.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [35, 35], "content_span": [36, 448]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277070-0000-0000", "contents": "2018 Advance Auto Parts Clash\nThe 2018 Advance Auto Parts Clash was a Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series race held on February 11, 2018, at Daytona International Speedway in Daytona Beach, Florida. Contested over 75 laps, it was the first exhibition race of the 2018 Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [29, 29], "content_span": [30, 305]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277070-0001-0000", "contents": "2018 Advance Auto Parts Clash, Report, Background\nThe track, Daytona International Speedway, is one of six superspeedways to hold NASCAR races, the others being Michigan International Speedway, Auto Club Speedway, Indianapolis Motor Speedway, Pocono Raceway and Talladega Superspeedway. The standard track at Daytona International Speedway is a four\u2013turn superspeedway that is 2.5-mile (4.0\u00a0km) The track's turns are banked at 31 degrees, while the front stretch, the location of the finish line, is banked at 18 degrees.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 49], "content_span": [50, 521]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277070-0002-0000", "contents": "2018 Advance Auto Parts Clash, Report, Format and eligibility\nThe race is 75 laps in length, and is divided into two segments; the first is 25 laps and the second is 50 laps. The race is open to those drivers who won a pole in the 2017 season or had won \"The Clash\" previously.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 61], "content_span": [62, 277]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277070-0003-0000", "contents": "2018 Advance Auto Parts Clash, Report, Format and eligibility\nThe 2018 Clash at Daytona will not be a predetermined number of cars; rather, the field is limited to drivers who meet more exclusive criteria. Only drivers who were 2017 Pole Award winners, former Clash race winners, former Daytona 500 pole winners who competed full\u2013time in 2017 and drivers who qualified for the 2017 Playoffs are eligible.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 61], "content_span": [62, 404]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277070-0004-0000", "contents": "2018 Advance Auto Parts Clash, Practice\nRyan Blaney was the fastest in the practice session with a time of 45.090 seconds and a speed of 199.601\u00a0mph (321.227\u00a0km/h).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 39], "content_span": [40, 164]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277070-0005-0000", "contents": "2018 Advance Auto Parts Clash, Starting lineup\nThe lineup was determined by random draw, with Austin Dillon drawing the top spot.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 46], "content_span": [47, 129]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277070-0006-0000", "contents": "2018 Advance Auto Parts Clash, Race\nAustin Dillon led the field to the green flag. He would lead the first lap of the race, as Denny Hamlin would pass him just after the start finish line to take over the lead. By lap 6, the field quickly became mostly single file on the top lane. On lap 7 heading into turn 1, Kyle Larson, who was running 5th at that time, made contact with Ricky Stenhouse Jr. which resulted in Larson getting loose onto the apron and back up the track to save it, but fell all the way back to 16th.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 35], "content_span": [36, 519]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277070-0006-0001", "contents": "2018 Advance Auto Parts Clash, Race\nOn lap 10, the field suddenly became double wide in front as Chase Elliott was able to pass Hamlin for the lead. Elliott would be challenged by Austin Dillon for the lead side by side for the next several laps, but Elliott would manage to hang on with the lead. By lap 22, Elliott would again be challenged for the lead this time with Joey Logano, who was running near the front the whole time, with Logano taking over the lead on lap 24 after a push from Martin Truex Jr.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 35], "content_span": [36, 508]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277070-0006-0002", "contents": "2018 Advance Auto Parts Clash, Race\nOn lap 25, all but Kyle Larson, Kevin Harvick, Ricky Stenhouse Jr., Ryan Newman, and Jamie McMurray pitted for fuel and tires. Brad Keselowski was first off of pit road after only taking two tires as the competition caution came out on lap 26. The drivers who didn't pit before the caution ended up pitting for service. Jimmie Johnson was busted after driving through too many pit boxes and would restart at the tail end of the field.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 35], "content_span": [36, 470]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277070-0007-0000", "contents": "2018 Advance Auto Parts Clash, Race\nThe race restarted with 46 to go as Keselowski the leader. On lap 33, Chase Elliott got shuffled out of line while running 2nd and would fall back to 7th. The second caution came out on lap 34 when Jamie McMurray got side drafted by Kurt Busch which caused Jamie to get loose and spin into the outside wall, causing significant damage to the right front.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 35], "content_span": [36, 391]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277070-0008-0000", "contents": "2018 Advance Auto Parts Clash, Race\nThe race restarted with 37 to go with Keselowski leading. With 33 to go, Martin Truex Jr., came up behind Keselowski to take over the lead for a brief moment, when Keselowski passed Truex on the same lap. At the same time, Ricky Stenhouse Jr. got forced below the double yellow line and passed Kyle Busch when he was below the line. He would be assessed a drive-thru penalty that would ultimately eliminate him out of contention. The field became single file once again with 29 to go.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 35], "content_span": [36, 520]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277070-0009-0000", "contents": "2018 Advance Auto Parts Clash, Race\nWith 8 laps to go, the field was still running single file as Brad Keselowski stayed in the lead. His car picked up a big piece of debris that covered a third of his grille, but that didn't really affect him during the race. At 2 laps to go, Austin Dillon was first to make a second lane from the 8th position as Chase Elliott joined him in the inside lane. On the white flag, Ryan Blaney attempted to make a move on the inside, but Keselowski blocked Blaney. On the back straightaway, Kyle Larson bumped Jimmie Johnson into the outside wall creating a multi-car crash collecting Kasey Kahne, Martin Truex Jr., Chase Elliott, and Kyle Busch. This brought out the final caution and Keselowski was ahead of the wreck and drove on to his first Clash victory.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 35], "content_span": [36, 791]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277070-0010-0000", "contents": "2018 Advance Auto Parts Clash, Media\nFS1 covered the race on the television side; Mike Joy, Darrell Waltrip and Jeff Gordon handled the call in the booth for the race; Matt Yocum, Jamie Little and Vince Welch handled pit road for the television side.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 36], "content_span": [37, 250]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277071-0000-0000", "contents": "2018 Advantage Cars Prague Open\nThe 2018 Advantage Cars Prague Open was a professional tennis tournament played on outdoor clay courts. It was the fifth (ATP) and fourth (ITF) editions of the tournament and was part of the 2018 ATP Challenger Tour and the 2018 ITF Women's Circuit. It took place in Prague, Czech Republic, on 23\u201329 July 2018.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [31, 31], "content_span": [32, 342]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277071-0001-0000", "contents": "2018 Advantage Cars Prague Open, Men's singles main draw entrants, Other entrants\nThe following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 81], "content_span": [82, 150]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277071-0002-0000", "contents": "2018 Advantage Cars Prague Open, Men's singles main draw entrants, Other entrants\nThe following players received entry into the singles main draw as special exempts:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 81], "content_span": [82, 165]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277071-0003-0000", "contents": "2018 Advantage Cars Prague Open, Women's singles main draw entrants, Other entrants\nThe following players received a wildcard into the singles main draw:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 83], "content_span": [84, 153]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277072-0000-0000", "contents": "2018 Advantage Cars Prague Open \u2013 Men's Doubles\nJan \u0160\u00e1tral and Tristan-Samuel Weissborn were the defending champions but only \u0160\u00e1tral chose to defend his title, partnering Jan Mertl. \u0160\u00e1tral lost in the quarterfinals to Fernando Romboli and David Vega Hern\u00e1ndez.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 47], "section_span": [47, 47], "content_span": [48, 260]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277072-0001-0000", "contents": "2018 Advantage Cars Prague Open \u2013 Men's Doubles\nSander Gill\u00e9 and Joran Vliegen won the title after defeating Romboli and Vega Hern\u00e1ndez 6\u20134, 6\u20132 in the final.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 47], "section_span": [47, 47], "content_span": [48, 158]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277073-0000-0000", "contents": "2018 Advantage Cars Prague Open \u2013 Men's Singles\nAndrej Martin was the defending champion but chose not to defend his title.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 47], "section_span": [47, 47], "content_span": [48, 123]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277073-0001-0000", "contents": "2018 Advantage Cars Prague Open \u2013 Men's Singles\nLuk\u00e1\u0161 Rosol won the title after defeating Aleksandr Nedovyesov 4\u20136, 6\u20133, 6\u20134 in the final.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 47], "section_span": [47, 47], "content_span": [48, 138]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277074-0000-0000", "contents": "2018 Advantage Cars Prague Open \u2013 Women's Doubles\nAnastasia Potapova and Dayana Yastremska were the defending champions, but both players chose not to participate.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 49], "section_span": [49, 49], "content_span": [50, 163]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277074-0001-0000", "contents": "2018 Advantage Cars Prague Open \u2013 Women's Doubles\nCornelia Lister and Nina Stojanovi\u0107 won the title, defeating Bibiane Schoofs and Kimberley Zimmermann in the final, 6\u20132, 2\u20136, [10\u20138].", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 49], "section_span": [49, 49], "content_span": [50, 183]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277075-0000-0000", "contents": "2018 Advantage Cars Prague Open \u2013 Women's Singles\nMark\u00e9ta Vondrou\u0161ov\u00e1 was the defending champion, but chose not to participate.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 49], "section_span": [49, 49], "content_span": [50, 127]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277075-0001-0000", "contents": "2018 Advantage Cars Prague Open \u2013 Women's Singles\nRich\u00e8l Hogenkamp won the title, defeating Martina Di Giuseppe in the final, 6\u20134, 6\u20132.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 49], "section_span": [49, 49], "content_span": [50, 135]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277076-0000-0000", "contents": "2018 Aerobic Gymnastics World Championships\nThe 15th Aerobic Gymnastics World Championships took place in Guimar\u00e3es, Portugal from June 1 to 3, 2018. The 8th World Age Group Competitions were held at the same place between May 25 and 27.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [43, 43], "content_span": [44, 237]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277077-0000-0000", "contents": "2018 Aesthetic Group Gymnastics World Cup series\nThe 2018 IFAGG World Cup series in Aesthetic Group Gymnastics is a series of competitions officially organized and promoted by the International Federation of Aesthetic Group Gymnastics.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 48], "section_span": [48, 48], "content_span": [49, 235]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277078-0000-0000", "contents": "2018 Afghan Premier League\nThe 2018 Afghan Premier League is the seventh season of Afghan Premier League, the Afghan league for association football clubs, since its establishment in 2012. The season was initially postponed due to lack of funding, but was later revived after securing new sponsors.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [26, 26], "content_span": [27, 298]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277078-0001-0000", "contents": "2018 Afghan Premier League\nThe season began on the 7th of October, 2018. Shaheen Asmayee were the two-time defending champions and reached the final of the 2018 Afghan Premier League. Toofaan Harirod became the champions for the second time in their history by winning the final via extra time, 1\u20130.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [26, 26], "content_span": [27, 299]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277078-0002-0000", "contents": "2018 Afghan Premier League, Teams\nThe following eight teams, which represent the country's eight main regions, participated in the 2018 Afghan Premier League.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 33], "content_span": [34, 158]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277078-0003-0000", "contents": "2018 Afghan Premier League, Group stage\nThe draw for the group stage was held on 1 October 2018.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 39], "content_span": [40, 96]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277079-0000-0000", "contents": "2018 Afghan parliamentary election\nParliamentary elections were held in Afghanistan on Saturday 20 October 2018 to elect members of the House of the People. 3,296,643 people voted, 42% of registered voters. They had originally been scheduled for 15 October 2016, but were initially postponed to 7 July 2018, and then again to 20 October. Much of the prelude to the elections focused on the debate over reforming the country's electoral laws. The current system is one of single non-transferable vote. Kandahar's election was held on October 27. Polls were also delayed in Ghazni, due to an intensifying Taliban insurgency in the province, and as of September 2020 still have not been held. The new Parliament was inaugurated on 26 April 2019.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [34, 34], "content_span": [35, 742]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277079-0001-0000", "contents": "2018 Afghan parliamentary election, Background, Aftermath of the 2014 presidential election\nMost of the problems have centered around pre-existing disputes within Afghanistan's coalition government between the two main candidates from the 2014 Presidential election. The overhaul of the Afghan electoral system prior to a new parliamentary election was a key part of the post-election power-sharing deal reached between President Mohammad Ashraf Ghani and Chief Executive Abdullah Abdullah. Whilst both agree in not holding an election before the process is overhauled, there is disagreement on how to proceed and who should oversee the process.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 91], "content_span": [92, 645]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277079-0001-0001", "contents": "2018 Afghan parliamentary election, Background, Aftermath of the 2014 presidential election\nGhani's recommendation of Shukria Barakzai for the post was rejected by Abdullah, who saw her as being too close to Ghani. Simultaneously Abdullah has also been strongly opposed to the same officials overseeing the election as oversaw the 2014 Presidential election, due in part to the widespread belief that Ghani benefited from the 2014 elections irregularities compared to Abdullah. Tying into this is the fact that no officials from the election have been charged with any crime or removed. In contrast to Abdullah's more hardline calls for total overhaul, Ghani's supporters have been more supportive of more limited reforms.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 91], "content_span": [92, 722]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277079-0002-0000", "contents": "2018 Afghan parliamentary election, Background, Issues to be addressed\nOne of the major issues in need of reform has been voter registration. Afghan voters are currently not limited to voting in particular areas, meaning that they can use their 2001-issued voting cards in any polling station. Simultaneously there have been three major registrations since 2001, resulting in a total of 20 million election cards being distributed. In contrast, Afghanistan only has an estimated 12 million voters, making the number of cards in circulation a source of potential fraud. Introducing an electronic identity system is a difficult process however, with some estimating it may take up to 10 years.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 70], "content_span": [71, 691]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277079-0003-0000", "contents": "2018 Afghan parliamentary election, Background, Issues to be addressed\nThe continuing failure to set a date for new elections or reform the system led to the United Nations Development Programme to cancel a multimillion-dollar project to fund Afghan electoral bodies in June 2015. The cut came at a time when Afghan aid projects were coming under increased scrutiny.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 70], "content_span": [71, 366]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277079-0004-0000", "contents": "2018 Afghan parliamentary election, Background, Issues to be addressed\nOn July 16, and following a 9-month delay, Ghani issued a decree establishing a 16-member commission to look into electoral reform. The parliaments term expired on 22 June 2015, leading President Ghani to issue a decree extending the parliament until new elections. By August 2015 the commission had begun looking at the issue of voting reform.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 70], "content_span": [71, 415]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277079-0005-0000", "contents": "2018 Afghan parliamentary election, Background, Electoral Reform Commission proposals\nOn Sunday 30 August 2015 the Electoral Reform Commission submitted their proposals, following a month of deliberation. Amongst the proposals were calls for allotting 83, or 1/3, of the Afghan parliaments 250 seats to political parties, in accordance with the parties national results. Other proposals included the restructuring of the current election commission; the creation of a clear voter identification system ahead of future polling; and moving to an electoral system that divides provinces into smaller voting districts that can be easily quarantined in case of fraud. According to The New York Times, observers felt that the proposals weighed towards the view of reform favored by Abdullah Abdullah.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 85], "content_span": [86, 794]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277079-0006-0000", "contents": "2018 Afghan parliamentary election, Background, Electoral Reform Commission proposals\nDisagreements over the plan saw two members of the commission; Kawun Kakar and Shah Mahmood Miakhel, who are believed to be close to Mr. Ghani, walking out. Both criticised the plan for allocating party seats on the basis of a national constituency result. Instead, both felt that smaller, more local constituencies would offer a closer link between parliamentarians and the electorate, whilst they felt the suggested system discriminated in favour of larger, national parties. Shah Sultan Akefi, the head of the commission, rejected these claims, and argued that the proposed system was important for developing national political parties, instead of maintaining the current system of non-partisan, and ideologically divergent independent candidates.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 85], "content_span": [86, 837]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277079-0007-0000", "contents": "2018 Afghan parliamentary election, Process\nOut of around 12 million eligible Afghans, there were nearly 9 million registered voters including 3 million women. There were going to be more than 21,000 polling stations where voters can cast their ballots, protected by more than 54,000 members of the security services.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 43], "content_span": [44, 317]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277079-0008-0000", "contents": "2018 Afghan parliamentary election, Conduct\nThe parliamentary election was held as scheduled on 20 October. A third of polling stations did not open. Reports showed that there were long lines and high voter turnout at available polling stations. Delays in the arrival of election workers also caused some polling station to remain open longer so people would be able to cast their vote. The provinces of Kandahar and Ghanzi will hold elections at a later date. Immediately after the polls closed, election workers began counting the ballots.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 43], "content_span": [44, 541]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277079-0009-0000", "contents": "2018 Afghan parliamentary election, Conduct\nThe chairman of the Independent Election Commission (IEC) of Afghanistan, Gulajan Bade Sayad, said more than 2 million Afghans had voted in 27 provinces by 2 p.m. local time, with at least 638,000 votes coming from Kabul. IEC officials reported that up to 4 million registered Afghan voters turned out to cast their ballot. The IEC further stated that approximately 3 million registered voters were confirmed to have cast their ballot and some suggested that numerous sums of the country's 9 million registered voters didn't exist and were based on forgery of identification.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 43], "content_span": [44, 619]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277079-0009-0001", "contents": "2018 Afghan parliamentary election, Conduct\nThe U.N. Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA) stated it was \"encouraged by the high numbers of Afghans who turned out\" and praised the efforts which were made to ensure the election would take place. Voting was also extended to October 21, with the exemption of Kandahar and Ghanzi, and after the polls closed, Sayad announced that approximately 4 million registered Afghan voters had cast their ballot in the two days of voting.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 43], "content_span": [44, 478]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277079-0010-0000", "contents": "2018 Afghan parliamentary election, Conduct\nOver 170 people were killed or wounded in bombings and rocket attacks throughout the first day of voting, with at least 18 people killed and 67 injured in blasts near polling stations in the capital, Kabul.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 43], "content_span": [44, 250]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277079-0011-0000", "contents": "2018 Afghan parliamentary election, Turnout\n3,296,643 voted out of 8,663,531 registered to vote, a turnout of 38%.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 43], "content_span": [44, 114]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277079-0012-0000", "contents": "2018 Afghan parliamentary election, Turnout\nSayad stated that the IEC estimated voter turnout to be at an \"impressive\" 45 percent, with women participating at an \"historic\" fraction of 33 percent of the voters. This does not include results from the provinces of Kandahar and Ghanzi, which were to hold elections at later dates.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 43], "content_span": [44, 328]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277079-0013-0000", "contents": "2018 Afghan parliamentary election, Turnout\nHigher-than-expected turnout was also reported in the Kandahar election which took place on October 27.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 43], "content_span": [44, 147]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277079-0014-0000", "contents": "2018 Afghan parliamentary election, Results\nThe results were to be released within 20 days of the election, and the final results by 20 December 2018. However, on 6 December, an election complaints agency invalidated all of the votes cast in Kabul Province over fraud allegations, effectively stalling the official release of results.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 43], "content_span": [44, 334]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277079-0015-0000", "contents": "2018 Afghan parliamentary election, Results\nThe final results were published on 14 May 2019. The postponed elections for representatives from Ghazni Province have been repeatedly delayed. Plans to hold them alongside the September 2019 presidential election did not materialize. In September 2020, President Ashraf Ghani issued a new commitment to hold the long-delayed polls in the province in the near future.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 43], "content_span": [44, 411]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277079-0016-0000", "contents": "2018 Afghan parliamentary election, Fraud allegations\nAccording to a spokesperson from the Independent Electoral Complaints Commission (IECC), their decision to annul the results from the capital could be defended for 25 different reasons - including \"major fraud\" and the IEC's overall mismanagement of the election.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 53], "content_span": [54, 317]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277079-0017-0000", "contents": "2018 Afghan parliamentary election, Fraud allegations\nMore than one million votes had been counted in Kabul, accounting for one fourth of the four million votes cast nationwide. Under ordinary circumstances, this move would have required a new election to take place within seven days of the IECC's decision. Rather than permit a new election however, the IEC denounced the ruling and announced its intent to certify the results of Kabul's vote in spite of the IECC's higher authority over the matter.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 53], "content_span": [54, 501]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277079-0018-0000", "contents": "2018 Afghan parliamentary election, Fraud allegations\nEven before the fraud allegations were levied, IEC officials predicted that counting the votes would be a difficult and time-consuming task, as some 800 candidates had participated in the Kabul elections, and election officials scan the votes for each candidate manually. With the fraud allegations as they are, IEC officials have deigned to announce a new date by which the final results will be announced.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 53], "content_span": [54, 461]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277079-0019-0000", "contents": "2018 Afghan parliamentary election, Fraud allegations\nAccording to the Election and Transparency Watch Organization of Afghanistan, the IEC has delayed announcing the election results out of fear that the validity of the entire vote would be challenged across Afghanistan. Given the complaints of fraud the commission already received on election day, observers speculate that the IEC is delaying the vote to avoid receiving further backlash.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 53], "content_span": [54, 442]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277079-0020-0000", "contents": "2018 Afghan parliamentary election, Fraud allegations\nIn response to these delays and the actions of the IEC over the last few months, the IECC called for the firing of several IEC staff members. On February 12, 2019, Afghanistan's coalition government fired all the commissioners responsible for directing the fraud-tainted election. Though there has been no official news of the fate of the 2018 election ballots, if the results are re-examined or canceled, it could further delay preparations for the upcoming presidential election.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 53], "content_span": [54, 535]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277079-0021-0000", "contents": "2018 Afghan parliamentary election, Fraud allegations\nMeanwhile, opposition politicians are pushing to postpone the presidential election and form an interim government to stabilize the country. As part of a peace deal in the works, such a government could include the Taliban as well. President Ashraf Ghani has insisted that the 2019 presidential election, already pushed back from April to July, be held on time.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 53], "content_span": [54, 415]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277079-0022-0000", "contents": "2018 Afghan parliamentary election, Inauguration of new parliament\nDespite delays, Afghanistan's new Parliament was officially inaugurated on April 26, 2019, six months after the election was held. Afghanistan President Ashraf Ghani presided over the swearing-in ceremony. The new Parliament is also Afghanistan's 17th Parliament. The same day, final election results from four Afghanistan provinces whose results had been delayed revealed that House of the People speaker Abdul Rauf Ibrahimi of Kunduz had been re-elected to the House of the People as well.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 66], "content_span": [67, 558]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277080-0000-0000", "contents": "2018 Africa Beach Soccer Cup of Nations\nThe 2018 Africa Beach Soccer Cup of Nations was the third edition of the Africa Beach Soccer Cup of Nations (BSAFCON), the premier beach soccer championship in Africa contested by men's national teams who are members of the Confederation of African Football (CAF). Originally organised by Beach Soccer Worldwide (BSWW) under the title FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup CAF qualifier (informally known as CAF Beach Soccer Championship), in 2015, CAF became organisers and began using the BSAFCON title to which the competition was officially renamed the next year. Overall, this was the 9th edition of the event.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [39, 39], "content_span": [40, 645]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277080-0001-0000", "contents": "2018 Africa Beach Soccer Cup of Nations\nThe tournament was played in Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt; the North African country was awarded the hosting rights as they were the only nation to express interest by the deadline. The finals were held from 8\u201314 December. Qualification took place between 7\u201323 September.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [39, 39], "content_span": [40, 305]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277080-0002-0000", "contents": "2018 Africa Beach Soccer Cup of Nations\nThe event also acted as the qualification route for African teams to the 2019 FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup in Paraguay; the winners and runners-up qualify.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [39, 39], "content_span": [40, 194]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277080-0003-0000", "contents": "2018 Africa Beach Soccer Cup of Nations\nSenegal were the defending champions and successfully defended their title, after defeating Nigeria 6\u20131 in the final to secure their 5th title.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [39, 39], "content_span": [40, 183]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277080-0004-0000", "contents": "2018 Africa Beach Soccer Cup of Nations, Qualification\nThe 2018 Africa Beach Soccer Cup of Nations qualifying rounds determine the eight teams that will compete in the final tournament in December.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 54], "content_span": [55, 197]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277080-0005-0000", "contents": "2018 Africa Beach Soccer Cup of Nations, Qualification\nQualification ties are played on a home-and-away, two-legged basis. If the sides are level on aggregate after the second leg, the away goals rule is applied, and if still level, the tie proceeds directly to a penalty shoot-out (no extra time is played).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 54], "content_span": [55, 308]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277080-0006-0000", "contents": "2018 Africa Beach Soccer Cup of Nations, Qualification\nHosts of the finals, Egypt, along with the champions and runners up of the last edition, Senegal and Nigeria respectively, received byes in qualifying; ten other nations contested five qualification berths.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 54], "content_span": [55, 261]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277080-0007-0000", "contents": "2018 Africa Beach Soccer Cup of Nations, Qualification\nGhana were due to play but failed to meet participation criteria by the May 31 entry deadline.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 54], "content_span": [55, 149]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277080-0008-0000", "contents": "2018 Africa Beach Soccer Cup of Nations, Qualification, Entrants\nNote: The numbers in parentheses show the African ranking of the teams at the time of the qualification round (out of 20 nations).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 64], "content_span": [65, 195]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277080-0009-0000", "contents": "2018 Africa Beach Soccer Cup of Nations, Qualification, Matches, Summary\nThe first legs were scheduled for 7\u20139 September, and the second legs were scheduled for 21\u201323 September 2018.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 72], "content_span": [73, 182]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277080-0010-0000", "contents": "2018 Africa Beach Soccer Cup of Nations, Draw\nThe draw for the final tournament was held on 28 October 2018 at the CAF Headquarters in Cairo, Egypt. The eight teams were drawn into two groups of four.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 45], "content_span": [46, 200]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277080-0011-0000", "contents": "2018 Africa Beach Soccer Cup of Nations, Draw\nThe remaining six teams were split into two pots: one of two and one of four; the highest seeds were placed in Pot 1 and the lowest seeds were placed in Pot 2. The teams were seeded based on their results in the 2016 Africa Beach Soccer Cup of Nations. From Pot 1, one team was drawn into Group A and the other team was drawn into Group B; from Pot 2, two teams were drawn into Group A and two teams were drawn into Group B.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 45], "content_span": [46, 470]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277080-0012-0000", "contents": "2018 Africa Beach Soccer Cup of Nations, Venue\nOne venue was used in the city of Sharm El Sheikh.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 46], "content_span": [47, 97]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277080-0013-0000", "contents": "2018 Africa Beach Soccer Cup of Nations, Group stage\nEach team earns three points for a win in regulation time, two points for a win in extra time, one point for a win in a penalty shoot-out, and no points for a defeat. The top two teams from each group advance to the semi-finals.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 52], "content_span": [53, 281]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277080-0014-0000", "contents": "2018 Africa Beach Soccer Cup of Nations, Goalscorers\nThere have been 185 goals scored in 20 matches, for an average of 9.25 goals per match.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 52], "content_span": [53, 140]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277080-0015-0000", "contents": "2018 Africa Beach Soccer Cup of Nations, Qualified teams for FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup\nThe following two teams from CAF qualify for the 2019 FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 88], "content_span": [89, 171]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277081-0000-0000", "contents": "2018 Africa Magic Viewers Choice Awards\nThe 2018 Africa Magic Viewers' Choice Awards was held 1 September 2018 at Eko Hotel and Suites, Lagos.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [39, 39], "content_span": [40, 142]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277082-0000-0000", "contents": "2018 Africa Men's Sevens\nThe 2018 Africa Men's Sevens was a rugby sevens tournament held in Monastir, Tunisia on 13\u201314 October 2018. It was the 6th championship in a series that began in 2013.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [24, 24], "content_span": [25, 192]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277083-0000-0000", "contents": "2018 Africa T20 Cup\nThe 2018 Africa T20 Cup was the fourth and final edition of the Africa T20 Cup, a Twenty20 cricket tournament. It was held in South Africa in September 2018, as a curtain-raiser to the 2018\u201319 South African domestic season. Provincial side KwaZulu-Natal Inland were the defending champions.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [19, 19], "content_span": [20, 310]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277083-0001-0000", "contents": "2018 Africa T20 Cup\nOrganised by Cricket South Africa, the tournament was played between twenty teams. Sixteen of these teams had participated in previous years \u2013 thirteen South African provincial teams, national representative sides of Kenya, Namibia and Zimbabwe \u2013 and they were joined by South African teams Limpopo and Mpumalanga along with Nigeria and Uganda. The invitation was initially extended to Ghana, but they declined.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [19, 19], "content_span": [20, 431]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277083-0002-0000", "contents": "2018 Africa T20 Cup\nUganda's captain, Roger Mukasa, said it would give the team \"a priceless chance to get international exposure\" ahead of the 2018 ICC World Cricket League Division Three tournament.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [19, 19], "content_span": [20, 200]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277083-0003-0000", "contents": "2018 Africa T20 Cup\nOn the opening day of the tournament, Marco Marais scored an unbeaten century for Border against Namibia in Group C. In Group D, Shane Dadswell scored 98 runs from 34 balls for North West, which Cricket South Africa described as \"the performance of the day\". On the second day, Marais scored his second century, making 106 not out. Wihan Lubbe also scored a century, batting for North West against Limpopo in Group D. In the same match, North West scored 262 runs, the second-highest score in T20 cricket.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [19, 19], "content_span": [20, 525]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277083-0004-0000", "contents": "2018 Africa T20 Cup\nFollowing the conclusion of the group stage of the tournament, Easterns, Gauteng, Border and North West had all progressed to the semi-finals of the competition. Gauteng and North West were drawn together in the first semi-final, with Border and Easterns playing each other in the second semi-final. The matches took place at Buffalo Park in East London.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [19, 19], "content_span": [20, 374]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277083-0005-0000", "contents": "2018 Africa T20 Cup\nIn the first semi-final, Gauteng beat North West by 27 runs to progress to the final. They were joined by Border, after they beat Easterns by 7 wickets in the second semi-final. Gauteng won the tournament, beating Border by three wickets in the final.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [19, 19], "content_span": [20, 271]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277083-0006-0000", "contents": "2018 Africa T20 Cup\nFor the next season, the tournament was replaced with the returning CSA Provincial T20 Cup, last played in the 2015\u201316 season, and featuring only the South African domestic provincial teams.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [19, 19], "content_span": [20, 210]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277084-0000-0000", "contents": "2018 Africa Women Cup of Nations\nThe 2018 Africa Women Cup of Nations, officially known as the Total Women's Africa Cup Of Nations, Ghana 2018, was the 11th edition of the Africa Women Cup of Nations (13th edition if tournaments without hosts are included), the biennial international football championship organised by the Confederation of African Football (CAF) for the women's national teams of Africa. The tournament was held in Ghana, from 17 November to 1 December 2018.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [32, 32], "content_span": [33, 476]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277084-0001-0000", "contents": "2018 Africa Women Cup of Nations\nThe tournament also doubles as the African qualifiers to the 2019 FIFA Women's World Cup. The top three teams qualified for the World Cup in France.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [32, 32], "content_span": [33, 181]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277084-0002-0000", "contents": "2018 Africa Women Cup of Nations\nNigeria were the defending champions. They won the tournament for their third consecutive and 11th overall Africa Women Cup of Nations title.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [32, 32], "content_span": [33, 174]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277084-0003-0000", "contents": "2018 Africa Women Cup of Nations, Sponsorship\nIn July 2016, Total has secured an eight-year sponsorship package from the Confederation of African Football (CAF) to support 10 of its principal competitions. Due to this sponsorship, the 2018 Women's Africa Cup of Nations is named \"2018 Total Women's Africa Cup of Nations\".", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 45], "content_span": [46, 322]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277084-0004-0000", "contents": "2018 Africa Women Cup of Nations, Host selection\nThere were no other associations bidding to host the event other than Ghana. Ghana was de facto awarded the hosting rights on 27 September 2016 and officially in mid December. It is the first time they hosted the women's event.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 48], "content_span": [49, 276]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277084-0005-0000", "contents": "2018 Africa Women Cup of Nations, Host selection\nFollowing media reports in mid-2018 that Ghana may be stripped of the hosting rights, this topic was discussed at the meeting of the Organising Committee for Women's Football on 12 September, and a final decision not to replace Ghana as host was taken by the CAF Executive Committee at its meeting on 27\u201328 September, though the Secretariat would continue to closely monitor preparations.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 48], "content_span": [49, 437]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277084-0006-0000", "contents": "2018 Africa Women Cup of Nations, Mascot\nThe mascot for the 11th Edition of Total Women's African Cup of Nations is called Agrohemaa and it is represented by an eagle. The reason why the eagle is used for the tournament is because of its courage, strength, focus and immortality.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 40], "content_span": [41, 279]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277084-0007-0000", "contents": "2018 Africa Women Cup of Nations, Qualification\nGhana qualified automatically as hosts, while the remaining seven spots were determined by the qualifying rounds played in April and June 2018.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 47], "content_span": [48, 191]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277084-0008-0000", "contents": "2018 Africa Women Cup of Nations, Qualification\nEquatorial Guinea were initially banned from the 2018 Africa Women Cup of Nations, but were reinstated after the ban was lifted in July 2017 at an emergency CAF committee meeting, and were included in the qualifying draw. However, FIFA banned them from qualifying for the 2019 FIFA Women's World Cup, meaning they could not qualify for the World Cup regardless of their performance in the Africa Women Cup of Nations.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 47], "content_span": [48, 465]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277084-0009-0000", "contents": "2018 Africa Women Cup of Nations, Qualification, Qualified teams\nThe following eight teams qualified for the final tournament. Initially, Kenya replaced Equatorial Guinea after they were disqualified by the CAF for fielding an ineligible player, but the decision was overturned on appeal, and Equatorial Guinea were reintegrated into the competition. Kenya appealed to the Court of Arbitration for Sport, but failed to overturn the decision.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 64], "content_span": [65, 441]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277084-0010-0000", "contents": "2018 Africa Women Cup of Nations, Squads\nEach squad can contain a maximum of 21 players (Regulations Article 69).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 40], "content_span": [41, 113]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277084-0011-0000", "contents": "2018 Africa Women Cup of Nations, Match officials\nA total of 16 referees and 16 assistant referees were appointed for the tournament.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 49], "content_span": [50, 133]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277084-0012-0000", "contents": "2018 Africa Women Cup of Nations, Draw\nThe draw for the final tournament was held on 21 October 2018, 19:00 GMT (UTC\u00b10), at the M\u00f6venpick Ambassador Hotel in Accra. The eight teams were drawn into two groups of four teams. The hosts Ghana were seeded in Group A and allocated to position A1, and the holders Nigeria were seeded in Group B and allocated to position B1. The remaining six teams were seeded based on their results in the last three editions of the Africa Women Cup of Nations, and drawn to any of the remaining three positions in each group.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 38], "content_span": [39, 555]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277084-0013-0000", "contents": "2018 Africa Women Cup of Nations, Draw\nNote: Kenya were initially included in the draw, but Equatorial Guinea were reinstated to the competition afterwards.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 38], "content_span": [39, 156]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277084-0014-0000", "contents": "2018 Africa Women Cup of Nations, Group stage\nThe top two teams of each group advance to the semi-finals.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 45], "content_span": [46, 105]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277084-0015-0000", "contents": "2018 Africa Women Cup of Nations, Group stage\nTeams are ranked according to points (3 points for a win, 1 point for a draw, 0 points for a loss), and if tied on points, the following tiebreaking criteria are applied, in the order given, to determine the rankings (Regulations Article 71):", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 45], "content_span": [46, 288]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277084-0016-0000", "contents": "2018 Africa Women Cup of Nations, Knockout stage\nIn the knockout stage, extra time and penalty shoot-out are used to decide the winner if necessary, except for the third place match where penalty shoot-out (no extra time) is used to decide the winner if necessary (Regulations Article 72).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 48], "content_span": [49, 289]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277084-0017-0000", "contents": "2018 Africa Women Cup of Nations, Goalscorers\nThere were 51 goals scored in 16 matches, for an average of 3.19 goals per match.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 45], "content_span": [46, 127]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277084-0018-0000", "contents": "2018 Africa Women Cup of Nations, Awards\nThe following awards were given at the conclusion of the tournament:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 40], "content_span": [41, 109]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277084-0019-0000", "contents": "2018 Africa Women Cup of Nations, Qualified teams for FIFA Women's World Cup\nThe following three teams from CAF qualified for the 2019 FIFA Women's World Cup.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 76], "content_span": [77, 158]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277085-0000-0000", "contents": "2018 Africa Women Cup of Nations qualification\nThe 2018 Africa Women Cup of Nations qualification was a women's football competition which decided the participating teams of the 2018 Africa Women Cup of Nations.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [46, 46], "content_span": [47, 211]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277085-0001-0000", "contents": "2018 Africa Women Cup of Nations qualification\nA total of eight teams qualified to play in the final tournament, including Ghana who qualified automatically as hosts.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [46, 46], "content_span": [47, 166]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277085-0002-0000", "contents": "2018 Africa Women Cup of Nations qualification, Teams\nApart from Ghana, the remaining 53 members of CAF were eligible to enter the qualifying competition, and a total of 24 national teams were in the qualifying draw, which was announced in early October 2017.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [48, 53], "content_span": [54, 259]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277085-0003-0000", "contents": "2018 Africa Women Cup of Nations qualification, Teams\nEquatorial Guinea were initially banned from the 2018 Africa Women Cup of Nations, but were reinstated after the ban was lifted in July 2017 at an emergency CAF committee meeting, and were included in the qualifying draw. However, FIFA banned them from qualifying for the 2019 FIFA Women's World Cup, meaning they could not qualify for the World Cup regardless of their performance in the Africa Women Cup of Nations.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [48, 53], "content_span": [54, 471]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277085-0004-0000", "contents": "2018 Africa Women Cup of Nations qualification, Teams\nFIFA Women's World Rankings in September 2017 in brackets (NR=Not ranked).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [48, 53], "content_span": [54, 128]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277085-0005-0000", "contents": "2018 Africa Women Cup of Nations qualification, Format\nQualification ties are played on a home-and-away two-legged basis. If the aggregate score is tied after the second leg, the away goals rule is applied, and if still tied, the penalty shoot-out (no extra time) is used to determine the winner.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [48, 54], "content_span": [55, 296]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277085-0006-0000", "contents": "2018 Africa Women Cup of Nations qualification, Schedule\nThe first round was originally scheduled for 26 February \u2013 6 March 2018, and the second round for 2\u201310 April 2018, but the dates were moved due to a clash with the CAF Women's Symposium in early March.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [48, 56], "content_span": [57, 258]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277085-0007-0000", "contents": "2018 Africa Women Cup of Nations qualification, Bracket\nThe seven winners of the second round qualified for the final tournament.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [48, 55], "content_span": [56, 129]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277085-0008-0000", "contents": "2018 Africa Women Cup of Nations qualification, Second round, Matches\nEquatorial Guinea won 3\u20132 on aggregate. On 17 October 2018, Kenya were awarded the tie after Equatorial Guinea were disqualified for fielding an ineligible player. However, on 7 November 2018, the decision was overturned on appeal.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [48, 69], "content_span": [70, 301]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277085-0009-0000", "contents": "2018 Africa Women Cup of Nations qualification, Goalscorers\nThere were 95 goals scored in 32 matches, for an average of 2.97 goals per match.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [48, 59], "content_span": [60, 141]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277086-0000-0000", "contents": "2018 Africa Women Cup of Nations squads\nBelow is a list of squads used in the 2018 Africa Women Cup of Nations. The squad listings were announced on 16 November 2018.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [39, 39], "content_span": [40, 166]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277087-0000-0000", "contents": "2018 Africa Women's Sevens\nThe 2018 Africa Women's Sevens was a women's rugby sevens tournament held in Gaborone, Botswana on 26\u201327 May 2018.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [26, 26], "content_span": [27, 141]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277087-0001-0000", "contents": "2018 Africa Women's Sevens\nKenya as the highest ranked team qualified for the 2018 Dubai Women's Sevens and 2019 Hong Kong Women's Sevens. Uganda also qualified for 2019 Hong Kong Women's Sevens.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [26, 26], "content_span": [27, 195]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277087-0002-0000", "contents": "2018 Africa Women's Sevens, Teams\nSouth Africa was initially scheduled to compete, but pulled out to prepare for the 2018 Rugby World Cup Sevens.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 33], "content_span": [34, 145]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277088-0000-0000", "contents": "2018 African Badminton Championships\nThe 2018 African Badminton Championships or All Africa Championships were held in Algiers, Algeria between 16-18 February, organised by the Badminton Confederation of Africa.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [36, 36], "content_span": [37, 211]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277089-0000-0000", "contents": "2018 African Championships in Athletics\nThe 21st African Championships in Athletics was held in Asaba, Nigeria from 1 to 5 August 2018 at the Stephen Keshi Stadium. It was the second time that Nigeria hosted this competition. 800 athletes from 52 African countries participated.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [39, 39], "content_span": [40, 278]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277089-0001-0000", "contents": "2018 African Championships in Athletics, Medal summary, Women\n\u2020 There was an error in the official results showing Ghizlane Siba as the winner. and show that the gold was actually won by Erika Nonhlanhla Seyama of Swaziland, followed by Hoda Hagras of Egypt and Ariyat Dibow of Ethiopia. The medal table was adjusted to show this correction. A different view with CAA article as well as", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 61], "content_span": [62, 387]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277090-0000-0000", "contents": "2018 African Championships in Athletics \u2013 Men's 10,000 metres\nThe men's 10,000 metres event at the 2018 African Championships in Athletics was held on 1 August in Asaba, Nigeria.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 61], "section_span": [61, 61], "content_span": [62, 178]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277091-0000-0000", "contents": "2018 African Championships in Athletics \u2013 Men's 100 metres\nThe men's 100 metres event at the 2018 African Championships in Athletics was held on 1 and 2 August in Asaba, Nigeria.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 58], "section_span": [58, 58], "content_span": [59, 178]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277091-0001-0000", "contents": "2018 African Championships in Athletics \u2013 Men's 100 metres, Results, Heats\nQualification: First 3 of each semifinal (Q) and the next 6 fastest (q) qualified 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"section_span": [60, 79], "content_span": [80, 137]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277092-0000-0000", "contents": "2018 African Championships in Athletics \u2013 Men's 110 metres hurdles\nThe men's 110 metres hurdles event at the 2018 African Championships in Athletics was held on 3 and 4 August in Asaba, Nigeria.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 66], "section_span": [66, 66], "content_span": [67, 194]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277092-0001-0000", "contents": "2018 African Championships in Athletics \u2013 Men's 110 metres hurdles, Results, Heats\nQualification: First 3 of each heat (Q) and the next 2 fastest (q) qualified for the final.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 66], "section_span": [68, 82], "content_span": [83, 174]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277093-0000-0000", "contents": "2018 African Championships in Athletics \u2013 Men's 1500 metres\nThe men's 1500 metres event at the 2018 African Championships in Athletics was held on 4 and 5 August in Asaba, Nigeria.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 59], 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on 2 and 3 August in Asaba, Nigeria.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 60], "section_span": [60, 60], "content_span": [61, 182]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277121-0001-0000", "contents": "2018 African Championships in Athletics \u2013 Women's 400 metres, Results, Heats\nQualification: First 3 of each semifinal (Q) and the next 4 fastest (q) qualified for the semifinals.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 60], "section_span": [62, 76], "content_span": [77, 178]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277121-0002-0000", "contents": "2018 African Championships in Athletics \u2013 Women's 400 metres, Results, Semifinals\nQualification: First 3 of each semifinal (Q) and the next 2 fastest (q) qualified for the final.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 60], "section_span": [62, 81], "content_span": [82, 178]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277122-0000-0000", "contents": "2018 African Championships in Athletics \u2013 Women's 400 metres hurdles\nThe women's 400 metres hurdles event at the 2018 African Championships in Athletics was held on 4 and 5 August in Asaba, Nigeria.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 68], "section_span": [68, 68], "content_span": [69, 198]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277122-0001-0000", "contents": "2018 African Championships in Athletics \u2013 Women's 400 metres hurdles\nGold medalist Glory Onome Nathaniel tested positive for Stanozolol and her results voided.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 68], "section_span": [68, 68], "content_span": [69, 159]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277122-0002-0000", "contents": "2018 African Championships in Athletics \u2013 Women's 400 metres hurdles, Results, Heats\nQualification: First 3 of each heat (Q) and the next 2 fastest (q) qualified for the final.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 68], "section_span": [70, 84], "content_span": [85, 176]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277123-0000-0000", "contents": "2018 African Championships in Athletics \u2013 Women's 5000 metres\nThe women's 5000 metres event at the 2018 African Championships in Athletics was held on 2 August in Asaba, Nigeria.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 61], "section_span": [61, 61], "content_span": [62, 178]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277124-0000-0000", "contents": "2018 African Championships in Athletics \u2013 Women's 800 metres\nThe women's 800 metres event at the 2018 African Championships in Athletics was held on 4 and 5 August in Asaba, Nigeria.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 60], "section_span": [60, 60], "content_span": [61, 182]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277124-0001-0000", "contents": "2018 African Championships in Athletics \u2013 Women's 800 metres, Results, Heats\nQualification: First 2 of each heat (Q) and the next 2 fastest (q) qualified for the final.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 60], "section_span": [62, 76], "content_span": [77, 168]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277125-0000-0000", "contents": "2018 African Championships in Athletics \u2013 Women's discus throw\nThe women's discus throw event at the 2018 African Championships in Athletics was held on 3 August in Asaba, Nigeria.", "metadata": {"title_span": 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Rhonex Kipruto won the men's junior title and went on to become 10,000 metres World U20 Champion later that year. Girmawit Gebrzihair claimed Ethiopia's sole individual title in the junior women's race, though her physical appearance raised questions about her eligibility for the under-18 category.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [40, 40], "content_span": [41, 774]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277135-0000-0000", "contents": "2018 African Fencing Championships\nThe 2018 African Fencing Championships was held at the El Menzah Sports Palace in Tunis, Tunisia from 5 to 9 June 2018.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [34, 34], "content_span": [35, 154]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277136-0000-0000", "contents": "2018 African Handball Champions League\nThe 2018 African Handball Champions League is the 40th edition, organized by the African Handball Confederation, under the auspices of the International Handball Federation, the handball sport governing body. The tournament will be held from October 19\u201328, 2018 at C\u00f4te d\u2019Ivoire", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [38, 38], "content_span": [39, 317]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277136-0001-0000", "contents": "2018 African Handball Champions League, Draw\nAl Ahly Phoenix Gabon FAP Yaound\u00e9 Red Star USFAS Bamako", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 44], "content_span": [45, 100]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277137-0000-0000", "contents": "2018 African Handball Cup Winners' Cup\nThe 2018 African Handball Cup Winners' Cup was the 24th edition, organized by the African Handball Confederation, under the auspices of the International Handball Federation, the handball sport governing body. The tournament was held from April 13\u201322, 2018 and took place in Cairo, Egypt, contested by 14 teams and won by Al Ahly SC of Egypt.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [38, 38], "content_span": [39, 381]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277138-0000-0000", "contents": "2018 African Handball Super Cup\nThe 2018 African Handball Super Cup (24th edition), also known as Babacar Fall Super Cup, in honour of the first chairman of the African Handball Confederation, was a handball competition organized by the African Handball Confederation, under the auspices of the International Handball Federation, the handball sport governing body.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [31, 31], "content_span": [32, 364]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277138-0000-0001", "contents": "2018 African Handball Super Cup\nThe matches, held on 12 April 2018 at the Salle Omnisport Al Inbi\u00e2at, in Cairo, Egypt, were contested by Zamalek, the 2017 African Handball Champions League winner and Al Ahly, the 2017 African Handball Cup Winners' Cup winner, on the man's side and Clube Desportivo Primeiro de Agosto, the 2017 African Women's Handball Champions League winner and FAP Yaound\u00e9, the 2017 African Women's Handball Cup Winners' Cup runner-up (Primeiro de Agosto was the winner as well). Zamalek, on the man's side and Primeiro de Agosto, on the woman's side, were the winners.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [31, 31], "content_span": [32, 589]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277139-0000-0000", "contents": "2018 African Judo Championships\nThe 2018 African Judo Championships was the 39th edition of the African Judo Championships, organised by the African Judo Union. It took place in Tunis, Tunisia from 12\u201315 April 2018.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [31, 31], "content_span": [32, 215]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277139-0001-0000", "contents": "2018 African Judo Championships, Participating nations\nThere were a total of 182 participants from 25 nations.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 54], "content_span": [55, 110]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277140-0000-0000", "contents": "2018 African Men's Handball Championship\nThe 2018 African Men's Handball Championship was the 23rd edition of the African Men's Handball Championship and held from 17 to 27 January 2018 in Gabon. It acted as the African qualifying tournament for the 2019 World Men's Handball Championship.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [40, 40], "content_span": [41, 289]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277140-0001-0000", "contents": "2018 African Men's Handball Championship\nTunisia won their tenth title after beating Egypt 26\u201324 in the final.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [40, 40], "content_span": [41, 110]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277140-0002-0000", "contents": "2018 African Men's Handball Championship, Preliminary round\nThe draw was held on 3 November 2017 in Libreville.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 59], "content_span": [60, 111]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277141-0000-0000", "contents": "2018 African Men's Junior Handball Championship\nThe 2018 African Men's Junior Handball Championship was held in Marrakesh, Morocco from 7 to 14 September 2018 at the Prince Moulay Rachid Hall. The top three teams qualified for the 2019 Men's Junior World Handball Championship.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 47], "section_span": [47, 47], "content_span": [48, 277]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277142-0000-0000", "contents": "2018 African Men's Youth Handball Championship\nThe 2018 African Men's Youth Handball Championship was held in Marrakesh, Morocco from 15 to 22 September 2018 at the Prince Moulay Rachid Hall. The top three teams qualified for the 2019 Men's Youth World Handball Championship.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [46, 46], "content_span": [47, 275]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277143-0000-0000", "contents": "2018 African Minifootball Cup\nThe 2018 African Minifootball Cup (Arabic: 2018 \u0643\u0623\u0633 \u0623\u0645\u0645 \u0625\u0641\u0631\u064a\u0642\u064a\u0627 \u0644\u0643\u0631\u0629 \u0627\u0644\u0642\u062f\u0645 \u0627\u0644\u0645\u0635\u063a\u0631\u0629\u200e, French: CAN mini-foot 2018)was the first edition of the African Minifootball Cup held by the African Minifootball Federation (AMF). The tournament was contested in Libya from 5\u201312 May 2018. This tournament served as the qualification for the 2019 WMF World Cup for the best four teams. Ivory Coast wins the tournament beating Senegal in the final on penalties kick 3\u20131 after a draw 3\u20133.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [29, 29], "content_span": [30, 501]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277143-0001-0000", "contents": "2018 African Minifootball Cup, Group stage, Group A\nMatch between Somalia and Ghana played on 10 May 2018.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 51], "content_span": [52, 106]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277143-0002-0000", "contents": "2018 African Minifootball Cup, Qualified teams for the WMF World Cup\nThe following three teams from CAF qualified for the 2019 WMF World Cup.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 68], "content_span": [69, 141]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277144-0000-0000", "contents": "2018 African Nations Championship\nThe 2018 African Nations Championship, known as the Total African Nations Championship (also referred to as CHAN 2018) was the 5th edition of the African Nations Championship, a biennial football tournament organized by the Confederation of African Football (CAF) exclusively featuring players from the respective national championships. It took place between 12 January and 4 February 2018. In February 2016, Kenya was announced as the host nation but in September 2017, CAF decided to change the host nation due to a lack of progress with preparations. Morocco was announced as the host nation in October 2017.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [33, 33], "content_span": [34, 646]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277144-0001-0000", "contents": "2018 African Nations Championship\nUnlike the African Cup of Nations, the competing national teams must be composed of players playing in their domestic league. For example, a Moroccan player is only eligible to play for the Morocco national team if he is playing for a Moroccan club.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [33, 33], "content_span": [34, 283]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277144-0002-0000", "contents": "2018 African Nations Championship\nHosts Morocco defeated Nigeria in the final to win their first title. DR Congo were the defending champions but failed to qualify for the first time ever after losing to Congo on away goals rule.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [33, 33], "content_span": [34, 229]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277144-0003-0000", "contents": "2018 African Nations Championship, Host selection\nInitially, Kenya was announced as the host nation in February 2016. But in September 2017, CAF decided to change the host nation due to a lack of progress with preparations.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 49], "content_span": [50, 223]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277144-0004-0000", "contents": "2018 African Nations Championship, Host selection\nThe CAF received three bids by the deadline of 30 September 2017 to replace Kenya as new hosts:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 49], "content_span": [50, 145]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277144-0005-0000", "contents": "2018 African Nations Championship, Host selection\nThe Ethiopian Football Federation did not provide the government's letter of guarantee, and were not considered. The CAF Emergency Committee decided to choose Morocco over Equatorial Guinea in October 2017.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 49], "content_span": [50, 256]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277144-0006-0000", "contents": "2018 African Nations Championship, Qualification\nThe qualifying rounds took place from April to August 2017.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 48], "content_span": [49, 108]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277144-0007-0000", "contents": "2018 African Nations Championship, Qualification\nSince Morocco had already qualified in the North Zone before being named as replacement hosts, their spot in the final tournament was re-allocated to Egypt, which lost to Morocco in the North Zone final qualifying round. However, Egypt declined to participate citing a \"congested domestic calendar\". As a result, the spot was reverted to Central-East Zone (as originally three teams would participate including Kenya as original hosts), and would go to the winner of a play-off in November 2017 between Ethiopia and Rwanda, the two teams which lost in the Central-East Zone final qualifying round.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 48], "content_span": [49, 646]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277144-0008-0000", "contents": "2018 African Nations Championship, Venues\nBefore their hosting rights were withdrawn, Football Kenya Federation planned to use four stadiums as competition venues. However, only Nyayo National Stadium in Nairobi and Kasarani Stadium in Kasarani were considered to meet hosting requirements after CAF inspection, while Mombasa Municipal Stadium in Mombasa and Kinoru Stadium in Meru did not.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 41], "content_span": [42, 390]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277144-0009-0000", "contents": "2018 African Nations Championship, Squads\nEach squad can contain a maximum of 23 players (Regulations Article 72). The finalized squads were announced by the CAF on 10 January 2018. Players must play for clubs in their home country.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 41], "content_span": [42, 232]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277144-0010-0000", "contents": "2018 African Nations Championship, Match officials\nA total of 32 match officials (16 referees and 16 assistant referees) were selected for the tournament. In addition, seven match official were selected to operate the video assistant referee (VAR) system starting from the quarter-finals, a first in African competitions.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 50], "content_span": [51, 321]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277144-0011-0000", "contents": "2018 African Nations Championship, Draw\nThe draw of the final tournament was held on 17 November 2017, 19:30 WET (UTC\u00b10), at Sofitel Rabat in Rabat, Morocco.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 39], "content_span": [40, 157]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277144-0012-0000", "contents": "2018 African Nations Championship, Draw\nThe 16 teams were drawn into four groups of four teams. The hosts Morocco were seeded in Group A. The remaining teams were seeded based on their results in the four most recent final tournaments: 2009 (multiplied by 1), 2011 (multiplied by 2), 2014 (multiplied by 3), 2016 (multiplied by 4):", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 39], "content_span": [40, 331]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277144-0013-0000", "contents": "2018 African Nations Championship, Draw\nBased on the formula above, the four pots were allocated as follows:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 39], "content_span": [40, 108]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277144-0014-0000", "contents": "2018 African Nations Championship, Group stage\nThe top two teams of each group advance to the quarter-finals.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 46], "content_span": [47, 109]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277144-0015-0000", "contents": "2018 African Nations Championship, Group stage\nTeams are ranked according to points (3 points for a win, 1 point for a draw, 0 points for a loss), and if tied on points, the following tiebreaking criteria are applied, in the order given, to determine the rankings (Regulations Article 74):", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 46], "content_span": [47, 289]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277144-0016-0000", "contents": "2018 African Nations Championship, Knockout stage\nIn the knockout stage, extra time and penalty shoot-out are used to decide the winner if necessary, except for the third place match where penalty shoot-out (no extra time) is used to decide the winner if necessary (Regulations Article 75).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 49], "content_span": [50, 290]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277144-0017-0000", "contents": "2018 African Nations Championship, Awards\nThe following awards were given at the conclusion of the tournament:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 41], "content_span": [42, 110]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277144-0018-0000", "contents": "2018 African Nations Championship, Awards, Tournament team rankings\nAs per statistical convention in football, matches decided in extra time are counted as wins and losses, while matches decided by penalty shoot-outs are counted as draws.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 67], "content_span": [68, 238]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277145-0000-0000", "contents": "2018 African Nations Championship Final\nThe 2018 African Nations Championship Final was a football match to determine the winners of the CHAN 2018 tournament and took place on 4 February 2018 at the Stade Mohammed V in Casablanca, Morocco and it was contested by Morocco the host nation and Nigeria. This was the first time since tournament was introduced in 2009 that a host nation reached the final. Before this match the two teams met in the 2014 CHAN tournament at the quarter-finals stage, which Nigeria won 4\u20133 after extra time.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [39, 39], "content_span": [40, 534]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277145-0001-0000", "contents": "2018 African Nations Championship Final\nMorocco won the match 4\u20130, winning the title for the first time and becoming the first team representing the host nation to lift the trophy.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [39, 39], "content_span": [40, 180]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277145-0002-0000", "contents": "2018 African Nations Championship Final, Venue\nThe final was held at the Stade Mohammed V in the heart of the city ofCasablanca, Morocco, in the western part of Maarif district. The stadium has hosted numerous international sporting events, including the 1983 Mediterranean Games, the 1988 Africa Cup of Nations final, the 2013 African U-17 Championship as well as the CAF Super Cup final twice in 2000 and more recently in 2018 played on 23 February 2018, shortly after the CHAN final.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 46], "content_span": [47, 487]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277145-0003-0000", "contents": "2018 African Nations Championship Final, Background\nMorocco appeared in their 3rd tournament, and their 1st final. There previous best performance in the competition was reaching the quarterfinal in the 2014 CHAN. Nigeria also appeared in their 3rd tournament, and their 1st final. There previous best performance was reaching the semifinals of the 2014 CHAN. Morocco and Nigeria had met once in the competition before, the time when Nigeria knocked Morocco out of the 2014 CHAN after defeating them 4\u20133 in extra time, in the quarterfinals after Abubakar Aliyu Ibrahim scored the winner at the 111th minute.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 51], "content_span": [52, 607]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277145-0004-0000", "contents": "2018 African Nations Championship Final, Background\nMorocco were 39th in the FIFA World Rankings (4th among African nations), while Nigeria were 51st (9th among African nations).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 51], "content_span": [52, 178]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277145-0005-0000", "contents": "2018 African Nations Championship Final, Match, Summary\nMorocco's first chance came in the third minute when Walid El Karti flicked the ball in from close range. The hosts thought they had scored just four minutes later when Ayoub El Kaabi headed home, only for the assistant referee's flag to go up \u2013 claiming the corner had swung out of play before it reached the striker. Morocco unsettled Nigeria with their early dominance as the West Africans laboured in search of their rhythm. And they kept the Nigerian backline busy till the quarter-hour mark during which Ayoub El Kaabi was denied by the crossbar from a Zakaria Hadraf cross from the left. The Super Eagles came into the fore around the 20th minute mark but rarely threatened the Moroccan defence.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 55], "content_span": [56, 758]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277145-0006-0000", "contents": "2018 African Nations Championship Final, Match, Summary\nJust before the break, the stadium came alive with the opener courtesy Hadraf. Captain Badr Banoun went on a solo run beating two players and found Abdeljalil Jbira whose cross was slotted home by Hadraf to send the stadium into raptures. Nigeria relied mainly on long balls forward for their attacks and Morocco's Anas Zniti did not have a serious save to make before half-time. Trailing by a lone goal, Nigeria\u2019s chances of a comeback were dealt a severe blow two minutes after recess when Peter Moses was sent off for a second yellow card after fouling Hadraf.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 55], "content_span": [56, 619]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277145-0007-0000", "contents": "2018 African Nations Championship Final, Match, Summary\nThe second goal came on 61 minutes through El Karti, and yet again Ismail Haddad was the architect. El Kaabi was for the second time denied the post and Haddad pounced on the loose ball and fired a shot a goal that Nigeria goalkeeper Dele Ajiboye parried for El Karti to head home the rebound. Hadraf completed his brace two minutes later after Ajiboye made a weak touch of a Haddad cross, and the former tapped home the rebound to take the game beyond the Nigerians. El Kaabi finally registered his name of the scoring cards, firing past Ajiboye from close range on 74 minutes for his ninth of the competition, and seal victory.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 55], "content_span": [56, 685]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277145-0008-0000", "contents": "2018 African Nations Championship Final, Match, Summary\nMorocco thus won its first major continental championship since their triumph in the 1976 African Cup of Nations.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 55], "content_span": [56, 169]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277145-0009-0000", "contents": "2018 African Nations Championship Final, Match, Details\nAssistant referees:Jerson Emiliano Dos Santos (Angola)Marwa Range (Kenya)Fourth official:Bamlak Tessema Weyesa (Ethiopia)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 55], "content_span": [56, 177]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277146-0000-0000", "contents": "2018 African Nations Championship qualification\nThe 2018 African Nations Championship qualification was a men's football competition which decided the participating teams of the 2018 African Nations Championship. Only national team players who were playing in their country's own domestic league were eligible to compete in the tournament.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 47], "section_span": [47, 47], "content_span": [48, 339]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277146-0001-0000", "contents": "2018 African Nations Championship qualification\nA total of sixteen teams qualified to play in the final tournament.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 47], "section_span": [47, 47], "content_span": [48, 115]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277146-0002-0000", "contents": "2018 African Nations Championship qualification, Teams\nA total of 48 (out of 54) CAF member national teams entered the qualifying rounds, split into zones according to their regional affiliations.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 47], "section_span": [49, 54], "content_span": [55, 196]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277146-0003-0000", "contents": "2018 African Nations Championship qualification, Schedule\nThe draw was held on 3 February 2017 at Libreville, Gabon.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 47], "section_span": [49, 57], "content_span": [58, 116]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277146-0004-0000", "contents": "2018 African Nations Championship qualification, Format\nQualification ties were played on a home-and-away two-legged basis. If the aggregate score was tied after the second leg, the away goals rule would be applied, and if still level, the penalty shoot-out would be used to determine the winner (no extra time would be played).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 47], "section_span": [49, 55], "content_span": [56, 328]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277146-0005-0000", "contents": "2018 African Nations Championship qualification, Central Zone, First round\nEquatorial Guinea won on walkover after Gabon withdrew prior to the first leg.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 47], "section_span": [49, 74], "content_span": [75, 153]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277146-0006-0000", "contents": "2018 African Nations Championship qualification, Central-East Zone, Second round\nEthiopia won on walkover after Djibouti withdrew prior to the second leg.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 47], "section_span": [49, 80], "content_span": [81, 154]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277146-0007-0000", "contents": "2018 African Nations Championship qualification, Central-East Zone, Play-off\nWinner qualifies for 2018 African Nations Championship (replacing the original hosts Kenya which would have qualified automatically).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 47], "section_span": [49, 76], "content_span": [77, 210]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277147-0000-0000", "contents": "2018 African Nations Championship seeding\nThe draw of the final tournament was held on 17 November 2017, 19:30 WET (UTC\u00b10), at Sofitel Rabat in Rabat, Morocco.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [41, 41], "content_span": [42, 159]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277147-0001-0000", "contents": "2018 African Nations Championship seeding, Seeding\nThe 16 teams were drawn into four groups of four teams. The hosts Morocco were seeded in Group A. The remaining teams were seeded based on their results in the four most recent final tournaments: 2009 (multiplied by 1), 2011 (multiplied by 2), 2014 (multiplied by 3), 2016 (multiplied by 4):", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [43, 50], "content_span": [51, 342]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277147-0002-0000", "contents": "2018 African Nations Championship seeding, Seeding\nBased on the formula above, the four pots were allocated as follows:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [43, 50], "content_span": [51, 119]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277148-0000-0000", "contents": "2018 African Nations Championship squads\nThe 2018 African Nations Championship was an international football tournament held in Morocco from 13 January to 4 February 2018. Unlike the Africa Cup of Nations, this tournament requires players to be registered to a club within the country to be eligible. The 16 national teams involved in the tournament were required to register a squad of 23 players, including three goalkeepers. Only players in these squads were eligible to take part in the tournament. The squads were announced on 10 January 2018.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [40, 40], "content_span": [41, 549]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277149-0000-0000", "contents": "2018 African Rally Championship\nThe 2018 African Rally Championship was the 38th season of the African Rally Championship (ARC), the FIA regional zone rally championship for the African continent. The season began on February 23 in the C\u00f4te d'Ivoire, and ended on October 7 in Rwanda, after seven events.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [31, 31], "content_span": [32, 304]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277149-0001-0000", "contents": "2018 African Rally Championship\nSkoda Fabia driver Manvir Singh Baryan won his second consecutive title. Baryan again won four of the seven rallies, taking victory in South Africa, Zambia, Uganda and Tanzania. Baryan won the title by 56 points over Mitsubishi Lancer driver, Italian-Kenyan Piero Cannobio who had only two top-three finishes amongst ARC competitors. Baryan's second title was the fourth consecutive title won by Kenyan drivers.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [31, 31], "content_span": [32, 443]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277149-0002-0000", "contents": "2018 African Rally Championship, Event calendar and results\nThere were seven rallies in the 2018 African Rally Championship. The only change from the 2017 schedule was the previously season-ending Zambia International Motor Rally moved from October to June, becoming the fourth round of the championship:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 59], "content_span": [60, 304]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277150-0000-0000", "contents": "2018 African Swimming Championships\nThe 13th African Swimming Championships were held from 10 to 16 September 2018 at the Mohamed Boudiaf Olympic Complex in Algiers, Algeria and at Boukourdane Lake.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [35, 35], "content_span": [36, 198]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277150-0001-0000", "contents": "2018 African Swimming Championships, Results, Mixed\nSwimmers who participated in the heats only and received medals.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 51], "content_span": [52, 116]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277151-0000-0000", "contents": "2018 African Swimming Championships \u2013 4 \u00d7 100 metre mixed freestyle 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Records\nPrior to the competition, the existing world and championship records were as follows.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 64], "section_span": [66, 73], "content_span": [74, 160]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277153-0000-0000", "contents": "2018 African Swimming Championships \u2013 Men's 100 metre breaststroke\nThe Men's 100 metre breaststroke competition of the 2018 African Swimming Championships was held on 10 September 2018.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 66], "section_span": [66, 66], "content_span": [67, 185]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277153-0001-0000", "contents": "2018 African Swimming Championships \u2013 Men's 100 metre breaststroke, Records\nPrior to the competition, the existing world and championship records were as follows.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 66], "section_span": [68, 75], "content_span": [76, 162]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277154-0000-0000", "contents": "2018 African Swimming Championships \u2013 Men's 100 metre butterfly\nThe Men's 100 metre butterfly competition of the 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Three teams qualify from this tournament for the 2018 FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup in Uruguay as the CAF representatives.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 57], "section_span": [57, 57], "content_span": [58, 261]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277179-0002-0000", "contents": "2018 African U-17 Women's World Cup Qualifying Tournament\nFor the first time Nigeria failed to qualify for the Women's World Cup at any age level (senior, U-20 or U-17).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 57], "section_span": [57, 57], "content_span": [58, 169]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277179-0003-0000", "contents": "2018 African U-17 Women's World Cup Qualifying Tournament, Teams\nA total of 17 (out of 54) CAF member national teams entered the qualifying rounds. The draw was announced by the CAF on 7 August 2017.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 57], "section_span": [59, 64], "content_span": [65, 199]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277179-0004-0000", "contents": "2018 African U-17 Women's World Cup Qualifying Tournament, Format\nQualification ties are played on a home-and-away two-legged basis. If the aggregate score is tied after the second leg, the away goals rule is applied, and if still tied, the penalty shoot-out (no extra time) is used to determine the winner.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 57], "section_span": [59, 65], "content_span": [66, 307]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277179-0005-0000", "contents": "2018 African U-17 Women's World Cup Qualifying Tournament, Bracket\nThe three winners of the second round qualify for the 2018 FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 57], "section_span": [59, 66], "content_span": [67, 154]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277179-0006-0000", "contents": "2018 African U-17 Women's World Cup Qualifying Tournament, Preliminary round\nGambia won on walkover after Sierra Leone withdrew prior to the second leg.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 57], "section_span": [59, 76], "content_span": [77, 152]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277179-0007-0000", "contents": "2018 African U-17 Women's World Cup Qualifying Tournament, Qualified teams for FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup\nThe following three teams from CAF qualified for the 2018 FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 57], "section_span": [59, 106], "content_span": [107, 193]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277180-0000-0000", "contents": "2018 African U-20 Women's World Cup Qualifying Tournament\nThe 2018 African U-20 Women's World Cup Qualifying Tournament was the 9th edition of the African U-20 Women's World Cup Qualifying Tournament, the biennial international youth football competition organised by the Confederation of African Football (CAF) to determine which women's under-20 national teams from Africa qualify for the FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 57], "section_span": [57, 57], "content_span": [58, 419]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277180-0001-0000", "contents": "2018 African U-20 Women's World Cup Qualifying Tournament\nPlayers born on or after 1 January 1998 are eligible to compete in the tournament. 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Then about 100 Al-Shabaab militants attacked the base with gunfire. Another suicide bomber rammed his vehicle packed with explosives into a military convoy carrying Ugandan soldiers from Golweyn. According to the Deputy Governor of Lower Shabelle region Ali Nur Mohamed, AMISOM troops destroyed the vehicle with a rocket propelled grenade. The militants also attacked a third AMISOM base in Barawe with mortars and launched infantry attacks on two Somali government positions in Qoryoley and Mashallay. These attacks were reportedly intended to distract the troops in those camps from supporting the forces in Bulo Marer. 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Abdi Nur Hashi, a Somali military colonel stationed near the base, told the Guardian that as many as 46 Ugandan troops died in the attack. One Somali soldier died and several others were injured.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [46, 56], "content_span": [57, 635]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277182-0000-0000", "contents": "2018 African Weightlifting Championships\nThe 2018 African Weightlifting Championships took place in Mah\u00e9bourg, Mauritius in August of that year.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [40, 40], "content_span": [41, 144]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277183-0000-0000", "contents": "2018 African Women's Handball Champions League\nThe 2018 African Women's Handball Champions League was the 40th edition, organized by the African Handball Confederation, under the auspices of the International Handball Federation, the handball sport governing body. The tournament was held from October 19\u201328, 2018 in Abidjan, Ivory Coast, contested by 9 teams and won by Clube Desportivo Primeiro de Agosto of Angola.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [46, 46], "content_span": [47, 417]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277184-0000-0000", "contents": "2018 African Women's Handball Championship\nThe 2018 African Women's Handball Championship was the 23rd edition of the African Women's Handball Championship, which took place from 2 to 12 December 2018 in Brazzaville, Congo. The tournament was held under the aegis of African Handball Confederation and acted as the African qualifying tournament for the 2019 World Women's Handball Championship.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [42, 42], "content_span": [43, 394]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277184-0001-0000", "contents": "2018 African Women's Handball Championship\nAngola defeated Senegal in the final to win their second straight and 13th overall title.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [42, 42], "content_span": [43, 132]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277185-0000-0000", "contents": "2018 African Women's Handball Cup Winners' Cup\nThe 2018 African Women's Handball Cup Winners' Cup was the 34th edition, organized by the African Handball Confederation, under the auspices of the International Handball Federation, the handball sport governing body. The tournament was held from April 13\u201322, 2018 in one venue: the Salle Omnisport Al Inbi\u00e2at, in Cairo, Egypt, contested by 9 teams and won by Petro Atl\u00e9tico of Angola.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [46, 46], "content_span": [47, 432]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277185-0001-0000", "contents": "2018 African Women's Handball Cup Winners' Cup, Draw\nAl Ahly CARA Brazzaville Dynamique HC H\u00e9ritage Primeiro de Agosto", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [48, 52], "content_span": [53, 118]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277186-0000-0000", "contents": "2018 African Wrestling Championships\nThe 2018 African Wrestling Championships was held in Port Harcourt, Nigeria from 7 to 11 February 2018.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [36, 36], "content_span": [37, 140]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277187-0000-0000", "contents": "2018 African Youth Games\nThe 3rd African Youth Games took place in Algiers, Algeria from 18 to 28 July 2018. The Games featured approximately 3,300 athletes from 55 African countries who competed in 30 sports. Algiers was awarded the games by Association of National Olympic Committees of Africa in 2014.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [24, 24], "content_span": [25, 304]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277187-0001-0000", "contents": "2018 African Youth Games, Sports\nThirty sports were contested in this edition of African Youth Games. Archery, athletics, beach volleyball, field hockey, rowing, and rugby sevens competition also served as qualification for the 2018 Youth Olympic Games.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 32], "content_span": [33, 253]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277188-0000-0000", "contents": "2018 African Youth Olympic Futsal Qualifying Tournament\nThe 2018 African Youth Olympic Futsal Qualifying Tournament was an international youth futsal competition organised by the Confederation of African Football (CAF) as qualifying for the futsal tournament at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics in Buenos Aires, to determine which under-18 national team from Africa qualify for the boys' tournament.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 55], "section_span": [55, 55], "content_span": [56, 397]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277188-0001-0000", "contents": "2018 African Youth Olympic Futsal Qualifying Tournament\nPlayers born on or after 1 January 2000 were eligible to compete in the tournament.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 55], "section_span": [55, 55], "content_span": [56, 139]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277188-0002-0000", "contents": "2018 African Youth Olympic Futsal Qualifying Tournament, Teams\nA total of eight (out of 54) CAF member national teams entered the qualifying rounds.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 55], "section_span": [57, 62], "content_span": [63, 148]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277188-0003-0000", "contents": "2018 African Youth Olympic Futsal Qualifying Tournament, Format\nQualification ties were played on a home-and-away two-legged basis. If the aggregate score was tied after the second leg, the away goals rule would be applied, and if still tied, the penalty shoot-out (no extra time) would be used to determine the winner.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 55], "section_span": [57, 63], "content_span": [64, 319]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277188-0004-0000", "contents": "2018 African Youth Olympic Futsal Qualifying Tournament, Bracket\nThe winner of the third round qualified for the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics boys' futsal tournament.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 55], "section_span": [57, 64], "content_span": [65, 164]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277188-0005-0000", "contents": "2018 African Youth Olympic Futsal Qualifying Tournament, Third round\nWinner qualified for 2018 Summer Youth Olympics boys' futsal tournament.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 55], "section_span": [57, 68], "content_span": [69, 141]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277188-0006-0000", "contents": "2018 African Youth Olympic Futsal Qualifying Tournament, Qualified teams for Youth Olympics\nThe following team from CAF qualified for the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics boys' futsal tournament.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 55], "section_span": [57, 91], "content_span": [92, 189]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277189-0000-0000", "contents": "2018 Ahmad Shah Abdali 4-day Tournament\nThe 2018 Ahmad Shah Abdali 4-day Tournament was an edition of the Ahmad Shah Abdali 4-day Tournament, a cricket tournament in Afghanistan. It was the second edition of the competition to be played with first-class status. The tournament started on 1 March 2018 and finished on 12 May 2018. Six regional teams, one more than the previous tournament, competed in a round-robin format with the top two teams in the group progressing to the final. Band-e-Amir Region were the defending champions.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [39, 39], "content_span": [40, 532]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277189-0001-0000", "contents": "2018 Ahmad Shah Abdali 4-day Tournament\nIn the round seven fixture between Kabul Region and Boost Region, Kabul batsman Shafiqullah scored the fastest double century in first-class cricket. He scored 200 not out from 89 balls, and also scored the most sixes in a first-class match, with 24.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [39, 39], "content_span": [40, 290]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277189-0002-0000", "contents": "2018 Ahmad Shah Abdali 4-day Tournament\nThe final was played between Amo Region and Band-e-Amir Region. The match finished in a draw, with Band-e-Amir Region declared the winners based on a first innings lead, and therefore defending their title.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [39, 39], "content_span": [40, 246]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277190-0000-0000", "contents": "2018 Air Force Falcons football team\nThe 2018 Air Force Falcons football team represented the United States Air Force Academy in the 2018 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The Falcons were led by twelfth-year head coach Troy Calhoun and played their home games at Falcon Stadium in Colorado Springs, Colorado. They were members of the Mountain West Conference in the Mountain Division. They finished the season 5\u20137, 3\u20135 in Mountain West play to finish in fourth place in the Mountain Division.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [36, 36], "content_span": [37, 496]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277190-0001-0000", "contents": "2018 Air Force Falcons football team, Previous season\nThe Falcons finished the 2017 season 5\u20137, 4\u20134 in Mountain West play to finish in a tie for fourth place in the Mountain Division.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 53], "content_span": [54, 183]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277190-0002-0000", "contents": "2018 Air Force Falcons football team, Preseason, Mountain West media days\nDuring the Mountain West media days held July 24\u201325 at the Cosmopolitan on the Las Vegas Strip, the Falcons were predicted to finish in fifth place in the Mountain Division. They did not have any players selected to the preseason all-Mountain West team.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 73], "content_span": [74, 327]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277191-0000-0000", "contents": "2018 Akita Masters\nThe 2018 Akita Masters (officially known as the Yonex Akita Masters 2018 for sponsorship reasons) was a badminton tournament which took place at CNA Arena Akita in Japan from 24 to 29 July 2018 and had a total purse of $75,000.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [18, 18], "content_span": [19, 246]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277191-0001-0000", "contents": "2018 Akita Masters, Tournament\nThe 2018 Akita Masters was the fourth Super 100 tournament of the 2018 BWF World Tour and also part of the Akita Masters championships, which was held for the first time. This tournament was organized by the Nippon Badminton Association with the sanction from the BWF.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [20, 30], "content_span": [31, 299]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277191-0002-0000", "contents": "2018 Akita Masters, Tournament, Venue\nThis international tournament was held at CNA Arena Akita in Akita, Akita Prefecture, Japan.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [20, 37], "content_span": [38, 130]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277191-0003-0000", "contents": "2018 Akita Masters, Tournament, Point distribution\nBelow is the point distribution table for each phase of the tournament based on the BWF points system for BWF Tour Super 100 events.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [20, 50], "content_span": [51, 183]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277191-0004-0000", "contents": "2018 Akita Masters, Tournament, Prize money\nThe total prize money for this year's tournament was US$75,000. Distribution of prize money was in accordance with BWF regulations.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [20, 43], "content_span": [44, 175]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277192-0000-0000", "contents": "2018 Akron Zips football team\nThe 2018 Akron Zips football team represented the University of Akron in the 2018 NCAA Division I FBS football season. They were led by seventh-year head coach Terry Bowden and played their home games at InfoCision Stadium\u2013Summa Field in Akron, Ohio as members of the East Division of the Mid-American Conference. They finished the season 4\u20138, 2\u20136 in MAC play to finish in a tie for fourth place in the East Division.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [29, 29], "content_span": [30, 447]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277192-0001-0000", "contents": "2018 Akron Zips football team\nOn December 2, Akron fired head coach Terry Bowden. He finished at Akron with a seven-year record of 35\u201352. On December 14, the school hired Chattanooga head coach Tom Arth for the head coaching job.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [29, 29], "content_span": [30, 229]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277192-0002-0000", "contents": "2018 Akron Zips football team, Previous season\nThe Zips finished the 2017 season 7\u20137, 6\u20132 in MAC play to win the East Division. They lost to Toledo in the MAC Championship. They received an invitation to play in the Boca Raton Bowl where they lost to Florida Atlantic.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 46], "content_span": [47, 268]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277192-0003-0000", "contents": "2018 Akron Zips football team, Preseason, Preseason media poll\nThe MAC released their preseason media poll on July 24, 2018, with the Zips predicted to finish in fourth place in the East Division.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 62], "content_span": [63, 196]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277193-0000-0000", "contents": "2018 Akron Zips men's soccer team\nThe 2018 Akron Zips men's soccer team represented The University of Akron during the 2018 NCAA Division I men's soccer season. The Zips, played in the Mid-American Conference.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [33, 33], "content_span": [34, 209]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277193-0001-0000", "contents": "2018 Akron Zips men's soccer team, Player movement, Departures\nA program record of 19 players departed the program following the 2017 season. Most players either graduated or declared for the MLS SuperDraft while others transferred to local NCAA Division II soccer programs.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 62], "content_span": [63, 274]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277193-0002-0000", "contents": "2018 Akron Zips men's soccer team, Squad information, Roster\nNote: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 60], "content_span": [61, 189]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277194-0000-0000", "contents": "2018 Al Habtoor Tennis Challenge\nThe 2018 Al Habtoor Tennis Challenge was a professional tennis tournament played on outdoor hard courts. It was the twenty-first edition of the tournament and was part of the 2018 ITF Women's Circuit. It took place in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, on 10\u201316 December 2018.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [32, 32], "content_span": [33, 303]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277194-0001-0000", "contents": "2018 Al Habtoor Tennis Challenge, Singles main draw entrants, Other entrants\nThe following players received a wildcard into the singles main draw:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 76], "content_span": [77, 146]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277195-0000-0000", "contents": "2018 Al Habtoor Tennis Challenge \u2013 Doubles\nMihaela Buz\u0103rnescu and Alena Fomina were the defending champions, but Buz\u0103rnescu chose not participate.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [42, 42], "content_span": [43, 146]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277195-0001-0000", "contents": "2018 Al Habtoor Tennis Challenge \u2013 Doubles\nFomina played alongside Valentina Ivakhnenko and successfully defended her title, defeating R\u00e9ka Luca Jani and Cornelia Lister in the final, 7\u20135, 6\u20132.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [42, 42], "content_span": [43, 193]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277196-0000-0000", "contents": "2018 Al Habtoor Tennis Challenge \u2013 Singles\nBelinda Bencic was the defending champion, but chose not to participate.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [42, 42], "content_span": [43, 115]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277196-0001-0000", "contents": "2018 Al Habtoor Tennis Challenge \u2013 Singles\nPeng Shuai won the title, defeating Vikt\u00f3ria Ku\u017emov\u00e1 in the final, 6\u20133, 6\u20130.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [42, 42], "content_span": [43, 119]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277197-0000-0000", "contents": "2018 Alabama A&M Bulldogs football team\nThe 2018 Alabama A&M Bulldogs football team represents Alabama Agricultural and Mechanical University in the 2018 NCAA Division I FCS football season. The Bulldogs are led by first-year head coach Connell Maynor and play their home games at Louis Crews Stadium in Huntsville, Alabama as members of the East Division of the Southwestern Athletic Conference.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [39, 39], "content_span": [40, 396]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277197-0001-0000", "contents": "2018 Alabama A&M Bulldogs football team, Previous season\nThe Bulldogs finished the 2017 season 4\u20137, 3\u20134 in SWAC play to finish in third place in the East Division.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 56], "content_span": [57, 163]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277197-0002-0000", "contents": "2018 Alabama A&M Bulldogs football team, Preseason, SWAC football media day\nDuring the SWAC football media day held in Birmingham, Alabama on July 13, 2018, the Bulldogs were predicted to finish fourth in the East Division.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 75], "content_span": [76, 223]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277197-0003-0000", "contents": "2018 Alabama A&M Bulldogs football team, Preseason, Presason All-SWAC Team\nThe Bulldogs had three players selected to Preseason All-SWAC Teams.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 74], "content_span": [75, 143]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277198-0000-0000", "contents": "2018 Alabama Coca-Cola strike\nThe 2018 Alabama Coca-Cola strike was a labor strike involving workers of Birmingham, Alabama-based Coca-Cola Bottling Company United in Alabama and Mississippi. The main causes of the strike were disputes over wages and cost of insurance. Starting August 9, members of the International Brotherhood of Teamsters protested what they alleged were unfair labor practices. The strike, which involved three distribution plants in Alabama and one in Mississippi, ended August 20.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [29, 29], "content_span": [30, 504]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277198-0001-0000", "contents": "2018 Alabama Coca-Cola strike, Background\nIn 2017, Coca-Cola Bottling Company United took over multiple Coca-Cola production and distribution facilities from Coca-Cola Bottling Co. Consolidated in the states of Alabama and Mississippi. Shortly after this consolidation, United announced plans to hire additional workers. However, in 2018 members of Teamsters Local 991, which represented United workers in the region, voiced disapproval of United's plans to cut the starting pay for new hires by between $5 to $7 an hour. Union members alleged that the pay discrepancy would hurt higher-wage earners in the company, as United would be more inclined to hire lower-paid workers to replace them.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 41], "content_span": [42, 692]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277198-0001-0001", "contents": "2018 Alabama Coca-Cola strike, Background\nTensions between the union and company were exacerbated on July 15, when employment contracts with union members expired. Following this, employees continued to work under a three-week extension. The union expressed concern over increased costs for insurance through the company. On August 9, the union announced a strike at four locations: Robertsdale, Leroy, and Mobile in Alabama, and Ocean Springs in Mississippi. A previous strike involving Local 991 and Consolidated had occurred about ten years earlier.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 41], "content_span": [42, 552]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277198-0002-0000", "contents": "2018 Alabama Coca-Cola strike, Course of the strike\nThe strike began at 2:30 am on August 9, with the union alleging unfair labor practices from the company. Over 200 members of Local 991 ceased work at three distribution plants in Alabama and one in Mississippi. Picketing occurred along U.S. Route 90 in Tillmans Corner, Alabama and Alabama State Route 104 in Baldwin County, Alabama. On August 11, the union president reported that they had not heard from the company since August 8, with the company claiming to be communicating through mediators.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 51], "content_span": [52, 551]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277198-0002-0001", "contents": "2018 Alabama Coca-Cola strike, Course of the strike\nOn August 13, union and company representatives met with a Federal mediator in an attempt to settle the dispute. On August 20, the strike ended without a contract agreement, with union members returning to work at 5 am that day. According to union members, a contract agreement seemed likely, and negotiations through a mediator were continuing.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 51], "content_span": [52, 397]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277199-0000-0000", "contents": "2018 Alabama Crimson Tide baseball team\nThe 2018 Alabama Crimson Tide baseball team represented the University of Alabama in the 2018 NCAA Division I baseball season. The Crimson Tide played their home games in the newly renovated Sewell\u2013Thomas Stadium. This season was the first under head coach Brad Bohannon, following the firing of Greg Goff after one season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [39, 39], "content_span": [40, 363]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277199-0001-0000", "contents": "2018 Alabama Crimson Tide baseball team, Schedule\n\u2020 Indicates the game does not count toward the 2018 Southeastern Conference standings. Rankings are based on the team's current ranking in the Collegiate Baseball poll.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 49], "content_span": [50, 219]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277199-0002-0000", "contents": "2018 Alabama Crimson Tide baseball team, Rankings\n^ Collegiate Baseball ranks 40 teams in their preseason poll, but only ranks 30 teams weekly during the season. \u2020 NCBWA ranks 35 teams in their preseason poll, but only ranks 30 teams weekly during the season. * New poll was not released for this week so for comparison purposes the previous week's ranking is inserted in this week's slot.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 49], "content_span": [50, 389]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277200-0000-0000", "contents": "2018 Alabama Crimson Tide football team\nThe 2018 Alabama Crimson Tide football team represented the University of Alabama in the 2018 NCAA Division I FBS football season. This season marked the Crimson Tide's 124th overall season, 85th as a member of the Southeastern Conference (SEC), and 27th within the SEC Western Division. They played their home games at Bryant\u2013Denny Stadium in Tuscaloosa, Alabama and were led by twelfth-year head coach Nick Saban.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [39, 39], "content_span": [40, 455]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277200-0001-0000", "contents": "2018 Alabama Crimson Tide football team\nAlabama, coming off a national championship winning season in 2017, began the season ranked first in the AP Poll for the third consecutive year and fifth time under Nick Saban. The Tide opened the year with a dominant victory over Louisville in the Camping World Kickoff played in Orlando, Florida. Alabama won their remaining regular season games to achieve their second undefeated regular season in three years.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [39, 39], "content_span": [40, 453]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277200-0001-0001", "contents": "2018 Alabama Crimson Tide football team\nAs champions of the SEC's Western Division, they played in the 2018 SEC Championship Game, defeating Eastern Division champion Georgia, in a rematch of the 2017 national title game, 35\u201328, to win the school's 27th SEC title. In the final College Football Playoff rankings of the year, Alabama was ranked first, which earned them their fifth consecutive playoff berth and a spot in the 2018 Orange Bowl against fourth-ranked Oklahoma.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [39, 39], "content_span": [40, 473]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277200-0001-0002", "contents": "2018 Alabama Crimson Tide football team\nAlabama won that game 45\u201334 to advance to the 2019 College Football Playoff National Championship against Clemson, their fourth consecutive playoff match-up against Clemson and the third to be in a national title game. The Crimson Tide lost in a blowout, 16\u201344, representing the Tide's worst loss in the Saban era.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [39, 39], "content_span": [40, 354]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277200-0002-0000", "contents": "2018 Alabama Crimson Tide football team\nThe Crimson Tide were led on offense by sophomore quarterback Tua Tagovailoa, who won the starting job over two-year starter Jalen Hurts. Tagovailoa set the NCAA FBS record for passing efficiency rating (199.4), was a consensus first-team All-American, and finished second in voting for the Heisman Trophy behind Oklahoma's Kyler Murray. Hurts, despite losing the starting role, received praise for sticking with the team and helping to mount a comeback in the SEC Championship Game when Tagovailoa went down with an ankle injury. Also receiving consensus first-team All-America honors on offense were wide receiver Jerry Jeudy, winner of the Biletnikoff Award, and offensive tackle Jonah Williams. On defense, Alabama featured two consensus All-Americans, defensive lineman Quinnen Williams and defensive back Deionte Thompson.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [39, 39], "content_span": [40, 868]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277200-0003-0000", "contents": "2018 Alabama Crimson Tide football team, Previous season\nAlabama came into the season ranked No. 1 in both preseason polls and finished the 2017 regular season with a record of eleven wins and one loss (11\u20131 overall, 7\u20131 in the SEC), the sole loss being to Auburn in the Iron Bowl. The Crimson Tide were ranked number 4 the season prior to their national championship appearance against Georgia.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 56], "content_span": [57, 395]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277200-0003-0001", "contents": "2018 Alabama Crimson Tide football team, Previous season\nThe Crimson Tide opened the season with eleven consecutive victories that included one over Florida State at a neutral site, against Vanderbilt, Ole Miss and Tennessee in a game that saw many team records broken and a victory over LSU at Bryant\u2013Denny Stadium. In their twelfth game, Alabama was upset by Auburn, keeping them out of the SEC Championship Game. During the final College Football Playoff (CFP) Selection poll, Alabama was included at number 4 and played number 1 Clemson in a rubber match of the past two playoffs in the semi-final game played at the Sugar Bowl winning 24\u20136.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 56], "content_span": [57, 645]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277200-0003-0002", "contents": "2018 Alabama Crimson Tide football team, Previous season\nAlabama was matched in the 2018 College Football Playoff National Championship game against number 3 Georgia who beat Oklahoma in the Rose Bowl, 54\u201348. Alabama won in overtime, 26\u201323, to secure the CFP National Championship. Alabama was also selected as champions by the Associated Press (AP) for a record 11th time in program history and recognized by the National Football Foundation (NFF) as the McArthur Bowl recipient, giving Alabama their 17th claimed national title. The Crimson Tide finished the 2017 season with a record of 13\u20131.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 56], "content_span": [57, 596]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277200-0004-0000", "contents": "2018 Alabama Crimson Tide football team, Offseason, Recruiting\nThe 2018 football recruiting cycle was the first in which the NCAA authorized two signing periods for high school seniors in that sport. In addition to the traditional spring period starting with National Signing Day on February 7, 2018, a new early signing period was introduced, with the first such period falling from December 20\u201322, 2017.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 62], "content_span": [63, 405]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277200-0005-0000", "contents": "2018 Alabama Crimson Tide football team, Preseason, SEC media poll\nThe SEC media poll was released on July 20, 2018 with the Crimson Tide predicted to win the West Division and the SEC overall.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 66], "content_span": [67, 193]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277200-0006-0000", "contents": "2018 Alabama Crimson Tide football team, Preseason, Preseason All-SEC teams\nThe Crimson Tide had 13 players at 14 positions selected to the preseason all-SEC teams.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 75], "content_span": [76, 164]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277200-0007-0000", "contents": "2018 Alabama Crimson Tide football team, Spring game\nThe 2018 Crimson Tide had spring practice from April 2018. The 2018 Alabama football spring game, \"A-Day\" took place in Tuscaloosa, AL on April 21, at 1 p.m. CST.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 52], "content_span": [53, 215]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277200-0008-0000", "contents": "2018 Alabama Crimson Tide football team, Schedule\nAlabama announced its 2018 football schedule on September 19, 2017. The 2018 Crimson Tide schedule consists of 7 home and 4 away games for the regular season. Alabama will host four SEC conference opponents Texas A&M, Missouri, Mississippi State (rivalry) and arch-rival Auburn for the 125th annual Iron Bowl to close out the regular season and will travel for four SEC opponents to Ole Miss (rivalry), Arkansas, Tennessee (Third Saturday of October) and close out on the road at LSU (rivalry). Alabama is not scheduled to play SEC East opponents Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, South Carolina and Vanderbilt in the 2018 regular season. The Crimson Tide's bye week comes during week 9 on October 27.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 49], "content_span": [50, 745]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277200-0009-0000", "contents": "2018 Alabama Crimson Tide football team, Schedule\nAlabama's out of conference opponents represent the ACC, Southern and Sun Belt. The Crimson Tide will host three non\u2013conference games which are against Arkansas State and Louisiana of the Sun Belt and The Citadel of the SoCon and travel to Orlando, FL for Camping World Kickoff host Louisville from the ACC.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 49], "content_span": [50, 357]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277200-0010-0000", "contents": "2018 Alabama Crimson Tide football team, Statistics, Defense\nKey: POS: Position, SOLO: Solo Tackles, AST: Assisted Tackles, TOT: Total Tackles, TFL: Tackles-for-loss, SACK: Quarterback Sacks, INT: Interceptions, PD: Passes Defended, FF: Forced Fumbles, FR: Fumbles Recovered, BLK: Kicks or Punts Blocked, SAF: Safeties", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 60], "content_span": [61, 318]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277201-0000-0000", "contents": "2018 Alabama Crimson Tide softball team\nThe 2018 Alabama Crimson Tide softball team is an American softball team, representing the University of Alabama for the 2018 NCAA softball season. The Crimson Tide play their home games at Rhoads Stadium. After losing in the 2017 NCAA Super Regionals, the 2018 team looks to make the postseason for the 20th straight year, and the Women's College World Series for twelfth time. This season represents the 22nd season of softball in the school's history.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [39, 39], "content_span": [40, 494]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277202-0000-0000", "contents": "2018 Alabama House of Representatives election\nThe 2018 Alabama House of Representatives elections were held on November 6, 2018, as part of the biennial United States elections. All 105 of Alabama's state representatives were up for reelection. In Alabama, members of both the House of Representatives and the Senate serve four year terms, running in years corresponding with presidential midterm elections.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [46, 46], "content_span": [47, 408]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277202-0001-0000", "contents": "2018 Alabama House of Representatives election\nThe Republican Party picked up five seats in the chamber, despite national success for the Democratic Party throughout the United States. Several factors contributed to this. For one, four of the gains made by Republicans were in rural districts with longtime incumbents who chose to retire in 2018 rather than run for reelection. A lack of strong incumbents allowed the Republicans, whose support among rural whites has greatly strengthened in Alabama since the 1990s, to pick up most of these seats with relative ease.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [46, 46], "content_span": [47, 567]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277202-0001-0001", "contents": "2018 Alabama House of Representatives election\nAdditionally, the Alabama Democratic Party was heavily disorganized and internally divided, leaving many candidates in competitive districts to run without a meaningful party apparatus behind them. President Donald Trump's popularity in the state (which he won by 28 points in 2016) likely also contributed to increased enthusiasm among Republicans. While Democrats did increase their share of the popular vote from 2014, it was more a function of several Democratic-seats being left uncontested than an increase in statewide support.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [46, 46], "content_span": [47, 581]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277202-0002-0000", "contents": "2018 Alabama House of Representatives election\nThe results were a major disappointment for Democrats, who less than a year earlier had won a fiercely fought the U.S. Senate race in Alabama. As a result of these defeats the state party began a period of reform, with State Representative Christopher J. England replacing Nancy Worley as chair of the party. The results also highlighted the dramatic racial divide among Alabama's political parties\u2014after this election, only one Democratic representative (Neil Rafferty) in the chamber was white, while no Republican representatives were black.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [46, 46], "content_span": [47, 591]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277202-0003-0000", "contents": "2018 Alabama House of Representatives election, Election results\nBefore the election, Republicans already held 72\u201333 supermajority over the Democrats. After the election, Republicans increased it to a margin of 77\u201328.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [48, 64], "content_span": [65, 217]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277203-0000-0000", "contents": "2018 Alabama Senate election\nThe 2018 Alabama Senate elections took place on November 3, 2018, as part of the 2018 United States elections. Alabama voters elected state senators in all 35 of the state's Senate districts. State senators serve four-year terms in the Alabama Senate.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [28, 28], "content_span": [29, 280]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277203-0001-0000", "contents": "2018 Alabama Senate election\nA primary election on June 5, 2018, and a runoff election on July 17, 2018, determined which candidates appear on the November 6 general election ballot. Primary election results can be obtained from the Alabama Secretary of State's website.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [28, 28], "content_span": [29, 270]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277203-0002-0000", "contents": "2018 Alabama Senate election\nFollowing the 2014 state Senate elections, Republicans maintained effective control of the House with a 27-seat majority\u201426 Republican members and 1 independent who caucuses with the Republicans. Democrats hold 8 seats following the 2014 elections.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [28, 28], "content_span": [29, 277]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277203-0003-0000", "contents": "2018 Alabama Senate election\nTo claim control of the chamber from Republicans, the Democrats would have needed to gain 10 Senate seats.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [28, 28], "content_span": [29, 135]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277203-0004-0000", "contents": "2018 Alabama Senate election\nThe election resulted in the Republican Party holding all previously held seats and taking a seat previously held by an independent who caucused with the Republicans, leading to no effective shift in control of the chamber. The Republicans also gained slightly in the popular vote compared to the 2014 elections.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [28, 28], "content_span": [29, 341]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277204-0000-0000", "contents": "2018 Alabama State Hornets football team\nThe 2018 Alabama State Hornets football team represented Alabama State University in the 2018 NCAA Division I FCS football season. The Hornets were led by first-year head coach Donald Hill-Eley and played their home games at the New ASU Stadium in Montgomery, Alabama as members of the East Division of the Southwestern Athletic Conference.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [40, 40], "content_span": [41, 381]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277204-0001-0000", "contents": "2018 Alabama State Hornets football team, Previous season\nThe Hornets finished the 2017 season 5\u20136, 4\u20133 in SWAC play to finish in second place in the East Division.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 57], "content_span": [58, 164]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277204-0002-0000", "contents": "2018 Alabama State Hornets football team, Preseason, SWAC football media day\nDuring the SWAC football media day held in Birmingham, Alabama on July 13, 2018, the Hornets were predicted to finish second in the East Division.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 76], "content_span": [77, 223]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277204-0003-0000", "contents": "2018 Alabama State Hornets football team, Preseason, Presason All-SWAC Team\nThe Hornets had six players selected to Preseason All-SWAC Teams.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 75], "content_span": [76, 141]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277205-0000-0000", "contents": "2018 Alabama elections\nA general election was held in the U.S. state of Alabama on November 6, 2018. All Alabama executive officers were up for election along with all of Alabama's seven seats in the United States House of Representatives. Primary elections took place on June 5, 2018, for both major parties.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [22, 22], "content_span": [23, 309]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277205-0001-0000", "contents": "2018 Alabama elections, Governor\nIncumbent Republican Governor Kay Ivey, who assumed the office upon the resignation of Robert J. Bentley in April 2017, ran for election to a full term against Tuscaloosa Mayor Walt Maddox and independent write-in Chad Chig Martin. Kay Ivey won with 60% of the votes.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 32], "content_span": [33, 300]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277205-0002-0000", "contents": "2018 Alabama elections, Lieutenant Governor\nThe office of Lieutenant Governor was vacant prior to the election.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 43], "content_span": [44, 111]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277205-0003-0000", "contents": "2018 Alabama elections, Lieutenant Governor\nState House Representative Will Ainsworth, State Senator Rusty Glover, and Public Service Commission President Twinkle Cavanaugh were running for the Republican nomination. Dr. Will Boyd from Florence ran unopposed for the Democratic nomination.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 43], "content_span": [44, 289]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277205-0004-0000", "contents": "2018 Alabama elections, Attorney General\nFormer Alabama Attorney General Troy King unsuccessfully sought the Republican nomination.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 40], "content_span": [41, 131]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277205-0005-0000", "contents": "2018 Alabama elections, Attorney General\nIncumbent Republican Attorney General Steve Marshall, who was appointed by Governor Bentley in February 2017 after appointing Attorney General Luther Strange to the U.S. Senate, ran for a first full term.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 40], "content_span": [41, 245]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277205-0006-0000", "contents": "2018 Alabama elections, Attorney General\nFormer chief deputy attorney general Alice Martin sought the Republican nomination.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 40], "content_span": [41, 124]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277205-0007-0000", "contents": "2018 Alabama elections, Attorney General\nAttorney Joseph Siegelman, son of former governor Don Siegelman, is the nominee of the Democratic Party.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 40], "content_span": [41, 145]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277205-0008-0000", "contents": "2018 Alabama elections, Attorney General\nChris Christie ran for attorney general on the Democratic ballot. Christie has been a trial lawyer at Bradley Arant Boult Cummings for 30 years.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 40], "content_span": [41, 185]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277205-0009-0000", "contents": "2018 Alabama elections, Secretary of State\nIncumbent Republican Secretary of State John Merrill ran for re-election to a second term.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 42], "content_span": [43, 133]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277205-0010-0000", "contents": "2018 Alabama elections, State Auditor\nIncumbent Republican State Auditor Jim Zeigler was running for re-election to a second term.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 37], "content_span": [38, 130]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277205-0011-0000", "contents": "2018 Alabama elections, State Treasurer\nIncumbent Republican State Treasurer Young Boozer was term-limited and could not run for re-election to a third consecutive term.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 39], "content_span": [40, 169]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277205-0012-0000", "contents": "2018 Alabama elections, Commissioner of Agriculture and Industries\nIncumbent Republican Commissioner of Agriculture and Industries John McMillan was term-limited and could not run for re-election to a third consecutive term. The Republican candidates are Lowndesboro Mayor and Lowndes County GOP chairman Rick Pate, former FBI field intelligence supervisor T. O. (Tracy) Crane, State Senator Gerald Dial, and Cecil Murphy.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 66], "content_span": [67, 422]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277205-0013-0000", "contents": "2018 Alabama elections, Public Service Commission\nThe two associate commissioner seats on the Alabama Public Service Commission was up for election. Incumbent Republican commissioners Jeremy Oden, who was appointed to the commission by Governor Bentley in December 2012, and Chip Beeker, who was first elected in 2014, were both eligible to run for re-election.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 49], "content_span": [50, 361]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277205-0014-0000", "contents": "2018 Alabama elections, Alabama State Legislature\nEvery member of the Alabama state legislature was up for election in 2018. Both state senators and state representatives serve four-year terms in Alabama. After the 2014 elections, Republicans maintained control of both chambers. In 2018, all 35 Alabama Senate seats and all 105 Alabama House of Representatives seats were up for election. These seats will not be contested in a regularly-scheduled election again until 2022.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 49], "content_span": [50, 475]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277205-0015-0000", "contents": "2018 Alabama elections, Alabama State Legislature\nThe outcome of this election could affect partisan balance during post-2020 census redistricting.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 49], "content_span": [50, 147]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277205-0016-0000", "contents": "2018 Alabama elections, Alabama State Legislature, Senate\nRepublicans won 27 while Democrats won 8 seats. The Republican Party gained 1 seat, the 29th, which was held by an retiring independent who caucused with the Republicans.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 57], "content_span": [58, 228]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277205-0017-0000", "contents": "2018 Alabama elections, Alabama State Legislature, House of Representatives\nRepublicans won 77 seats while Democrats won 28 seats. The Republican Party gained 5 seats.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 75], "content_span": [76, 167]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277205-0018-0000", "contents": "2018 Alabama elections, United States House of Representatives\nAll of Alabama's seven seats in the United States House of Representatives were up for election in 2018. 6 Republicans and 1 Democrat were returned. No districts changed hands.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 62], "content_span": [63, 239]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277206-0000-0000", "contents": "2018 Alabama gubernatorial election\nThe 2018 Alabama gubernatorial election took place on November 6, 2018, to elect the Governor of Alabama. Incumbent Republican Governor Kay Ivey, who took office on April 10, 2017, upon the resignation of Governor Robert Bentley, ran for election to a full term and won over Tuscaloosa mayor Walt Maddox. Ivey was sworn into office on January 14, 2019.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [35, 35], "content_span": [36, 388]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277206-0001-0000", "contents": "2018 Alabama gubernatorial election, General election, Results\nMaddox narrowly carried Tuscaloosa County, where he currently serves as mayor of Tuscaloosa, by a mere 1 vote. This is the first gubernatorial election since 2002 in which a Democrat won the county and the first since 1990 in which neighboring Pickens County voted for a different candidate than Tuscaloosa.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 62], "content_span": [63, 370]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277207-0000-0000", "contents": "2018 Alamo Bowl\nThe 2018 Alamo Bowl was a college football bowl game that was played on December 28, 2018. It was the 26th edition of the Alamo Bowl, and one of the 2018\u201319 bowl games concluding the 2018 FBS football season. Sponsored by Valero Energy, the game was officially known as the Valero Alamo Bowl.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [15, 15], "content_span": [16, 308]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277207-0001-0000", "contents": "2018 Alamo Bowl, Teams\nThe game was played between Iowa State from the Big 12 Conference and Washington State from the Pac-12 Conference. This was the first meeting between the two programs.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [17, 22], "content_span": [23, 190]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277207-0002-0000", "contents": "2018 Alamo Bowl, Teams, Iowa State Cyclones\nIowa State received and accepted a bid to the Alamo Bowl on December 2. The Cyclones entered the bowl with an 8\u20134 record (6\u20133 in the Big 12).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [17, 43], "content_span": [44, 185]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277207-0003-0000", "contents": "2018 Alamo Bowl, Teams, Washington State Cougars\nWashington State received and accepted a bid to the Alamo Bowl on December 2. The Cougars entered the bowl with a 10\u20132 record (7\u20132 in the Pac-12).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [17, 48], "content_span": [49, 195]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277208-0000-0000", "contents": "2018 Alaska House of Representatives election\nThe 2018 Alaska House of Representatives election were held on Tuesday, November 6, 2018, with the primary election on August 21, 2018. Voters in the 40 districts of the Alaska House of Representatives elected their representatives. The elections coincided with the elections for other state offices, including the gubernatorial election and the state senate elections. While Republicans nominally gained a majority in the chamber, when the new House convened in 2019, Democratic members formed a coalition with Independents and dissident Republicans to re-elect Bryce Edgmon as Speaker.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [45, 45], "content_span": [46, 635]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277208-0001-0000", "contents": "2018 Alaska House of Representatives election, Results, District 1\nAfter originally being tied, a recount was ordered, which put LeBon ahead by only one vote. On December 5, Dodge appealed the result to the Alaska Supreme Court. However on January 4, the court denied Dodge's appeal, officially making LeBon the winner.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [47, 66], "content_span": [67, 319]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277208-0002-0000", "contents": "2018 Alaska House of Representatives election, Results, District 13\nOn December 5, Governor Mike Dunleavy named Dahlstrom the new Commissioner of the Alaska Department of Corrections. 15 days later, Dunleavy appointed former Lt. Governor candidate Sharon Jackson to fill Dahlstrom's seat.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [47, 67], "content_span": [68, 288]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277209-0000-0000", "contents": "2018 Alaska Senate election\nThe 2018 Alaska Senate election was held on Tuesday, November 6, 2018, with the primary election on August 21, 2018. Voters in the 10 districts of the Alaska Senate elected their representatives. The elections coincided with the elections for the state House.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [27, 27], "content_span": [28, 287]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277210-0000-0000", "contents": "2018 Alaska gubernatorial election\nThe 2018 Alaska gubernatorial election took place on November 6, 2018, to elect the governor and lieutenant governor of Alaska. In the primaries for recognized political parties, candidates for governor and lieutenant governor run separately. The winners of each respective primary for governor and lieutenant governor then become a joint ticket in the general election for their political party. Incumbent independent governor Bill Walker was running for reelection in what was originally a three-way race between Walker, Republican nominee Mike Dunleavy, a former State Senator, and Democratic nominee Mark Begich, a former U.S. Senator. However, Walker dropped out on October 19, 2018 and endorsed Begich. In spite of Walker dropping out, Dunleavy defeated Begich in what would become the only gubernatorial gain by a Republican candidate in 2018.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [34, 34], "content_span": [35, 885]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277210-0001-0000", "contents": "2018 Alaska gubernatorial election\nIndependent candidates for governor and lieutenant governor may form a ticket that will appear on the general election ballot, provided that both candidates on the ticket collect enough valid petition signatures, as mandated by the Alaska Division of Elections.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [34, 34], "content_span": [35, 296]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277210-0002-0000", "contents": "2018 Alaska gubernatorial election, Democratic\u2013Libertarian\u2013Independence primary\nCandidates from the Alaska Democratic Party, Alaska Libertarian Party and Alaskan Independence Party appear on the same ballot, with the highest-placed candidate from each party receiving that party's nomination. In October 2017 the AKDP sued for the right to allow non-Democrats to compete for and win the Democratic nomination, which was ultimately decided in their favor in April 2018. This move was widely thought to benefit incumbent Gov. Bill Walker, to foreclose the possibility of a Democratic nominee splitting the vote with Walker against a Republican nominee. However, with the entry of former senator Mark Begich into the race, Walker withdrew from the Democratic primary and forged ahead with a fully independent bid for reelection.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 79], "content_span": [80, 825]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277210-0003-0000", "contents": "2018 Alaska gubernatorial election, General election, Campaign\nIndependent candidate and incumbent governor Bill Walker announced on October 19 that he was suspending his campaign and endorsing Mark Begich, three days after Walker's running mate and incumbent lieutenant governor Byron Mallott resigned from office (and amid low polling numbers just three weeks before election day). However, Walker and Mallott still remained on the ballot as the deadline to withdraw was on September 4.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 62], "content_span": [63, 488]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277211-0000-0000", "contents": "2018 Albanian Cup Final\nThe 2018 Albanian Cup Final was a football match played on 27 May 2018 to decide the winner of the 2017\u201318 Albanian Cup, the 66th edition of Albania's primary football cup.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [23, 23], "content_span": [24, 196]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277211-0001-0000", "contents": "2018 Albanian Cup Final\nThe match was between Sk\u00ebnderbeu Kor\u00e7\u00eb and La\u00e7i at the Elbasan Arena in Elbasan.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [23, 23], "content_span": [24, 104]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277211-0002-0000", "contents": "2018 Albanian Cup Final\nSk\u00ebnderbeu Kor\u00e7\u00eb won the final 1\u20130 for their first ever Albanian Cup title.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [23, 23], "content_span": [24, 99]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277212-0000-0000", "contents": "2018 Albanian Supercup\nThe 2018 Albanian Supercup was the 25th edition of the Albanian Supercup, an annual Albanian football match. The teams were decided by taking the winner of the previous season's Albanian Superliga and the runner-up of the Albanian Cup.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [22, 22], "content_span": [23, 258]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277212-0001-0000", "contents": "2018 Albanian Supercup\nThe match was contested by Sk\u00ebnderbeu, champions of the 2017\u201318 Albanian Superliga, and La\u00e7i, the 2017\u201318 Albanian Cup runner-up. The match was held at Selman St\u00ebrmasi Stadium in Tirana for the third consecutive year.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [22, 22], "content_span": [23, 240]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277213-0000-0000", "contents": "2018 Albany Empire season\nThe 2018 Albany Empire season was the first season for the franchise in the Arena Football League. The Empire play home games at the Times Union Center.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [25, 25], "content_span": [26, 178]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277213-0001-0000", "contents": "2018 Albany Empire season, Roster\nRookies in italics updated July 19, 201823 Active, 9 Inactive", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 33], "content_span": [34, 95]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277213-0002-0000", "contents": "2018 Albany Empire season, Schedule, Regular season\nThe 2018 regular season schedule was released on February 13, 2018.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 51], "content_span": [52, 119]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277214-0000-0000", "contents": "2018 Albany Great Danes football team\nThe 2018 Albany Great Danes football team represented the University at Albany, SUNY in the 2018 NCAA Division I FCS football season. They were led by Greg Gattuso, who was in his fifth season as head coach, and played their home games at Bob Ford Field at Tom & Mary Casey Stadium. The Great Danes played as members of the Colonial Athletic Association for the fifth season. They finished the season 3\u20138, 1\u20137 in CAA play to finish in last place.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [37, 37], "content_span": [38, 484]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277214-0001-0000", "contents": "2018 Albany Great Danes football team, Previous season\nThe Great Danes finished the 2017 season 4\u20137, 2\u20136 in CAA play to finish in a tie for tenth place.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 54], "content_span": [55, 152]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277214-0002-0000", "contents": "2018 Albany Great Danes football team, Preseason, CAA Poll\nIn the CAA preseason poll released on July 24, 2018, the Great Danes were predicted to finish in ninth place.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 58], "content_span": [59, 168]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277214-0003-0000", "contents": "2018 Albany Great Danes football team, Preseason, Preseason All-CAA Team\nThe Great Danes had one player selected to the preseason all-CAA team.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 72], "content_span": [73, 143]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277215-0000-0000", "contents": "2018 Alberta Party leadership election\nThe 2018 Alberta Party leadership election occurred on February 27, 2018. It was triggered when outgoing Alberta Party leader Greg Clark announced on November 18, 2017, that he will be resigning as soon as his successor is chosen. According to published reports, Clark was pushed out by the party's board of directors as a result of a surge of former Progressive Conservatives joining the party following the PC party's merger into the United Conservative Party. While Clark initially stated that he was considering standing again for the leadership, he announced on December 14, 2017 that he will not be a candidate. The election is set to be held on February 27, 2018 after originally being scheduled to be on February 7.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [38, 38], "content_span": [39, 762]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277215-0001-0000", "contents": "2018 Alberta Party leadership election\nThere was a $10,000 entry fee, $5,000 of which was a refundable performance bond.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [38, 38], "content_span": [39, 120]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277215-0002-0000", "contents": "2018 Alberta Party leadership election\nThe election was conducted using a one member one vote preferential ballot.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [38, 38], "content_span": [39, 114]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277216-0000-0000", "contents": "2018 Alberta Scotties Tournament of Hearts\nThe 2018 Jiffy Lube Alberta Scotties Tournament of Hearts, the provincial women's curling championship for Alberta, was held January 10-14 at the Medicine Hat Curling Club in Medicine Hat, Alberta. The winning Casey Scheidegger rink represented Alberta at the 2018 Scotties Tournament of Hearts.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [42, 42], "content_span": [43, 338]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277217-0000-0000", "contents": "2018 Alberta municipal censuses\nAlberta has provincial legislation allowing its municipalities to conduct municipal censuses between April 1 and June 30 inclusive. Municipalities choose to conduct their own censuses for multiple reasons such as to better inform municipal service planning and provision, to capitalize on per capita based grant funding from higher levels of government, or to simply update their populations since the last federal census.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [31, 31], "content_span": [32, 454]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277217-0001-0000", "contents": "2018 Alberta municipal censuses\nAlberta began the year of 2018 with 352 municipalities. Of these, at least 38 (10.8%) conducted a municipal census in 2018. Alberta Municipal Affairs recognized those conducted by 37 of these municipalities. By municipal status, it recognized those conducted by 9 of Alberta's 18 cities, 11 of 109 towns, 4 of 86 villages, 3 of its 6 specialized municipalities, 1 of 63 municipal districts, 1 of its 8 improvement districts, and all 8 Metis settlements.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [31, 31], "content_span": [32, 485]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277217-0002-0000", "contents": "2018 Alberta municipal censuses\nSome municipalities achieved population milestones as a result of their 2018 censuses. Blackfalds exceeded 10,000 residents, making it eligible for city status, while the Municipal District of Greenview No. 16 grew beyond the 6,000 mark for the first time.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [31, 31], "content_span": [32, 288]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277217-0003-0000", "contents": "2018 Alberta municipal censuses, Municipal census results\nThe following summarizes the results of the numerous municipal censuses conducted in 2018.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 57], "content_span": [58, 148]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277217-0004-0000", "contents": "2018 Alberta municipal censuses, Breakdowns, Hamlets\nThe following is a list of hamlet and other unincorporated community populations determined by the 2018 municipal censuses conducted by Rocky View County, Strathcona County and the Regional Municipality (RM) of Wood Buffalo excluding the urban service areas of Fort McMurray and Sherwood Park that are presented above.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 52], "content_span": [53, 371]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277217-0005-0000", "contents": "2018 Alberta municipal censuses, Shadow population counts\nAlberta Municipal Affairs defines shadow population as \"temporary residents of a municipality who are employed by an industrial or commercial establishment in the municipality for a minimum of 30 days within a municipal census year.\" Improvement District No. 4 (Wateron) and the RM of Wood Buffalo conducted shadow population counts in 2018. The following presents the results of these counts for comparison with their concurrent municipal census results.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 57], "content_span": [58, 513]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277218-0000-0000", "contents": "2018 Albirex Niigata Singapore FC season\nThe 2018 season is Albirex Niigata Singapore FC's 15th consecutive season in the top flight of Singapore football and in the S.League, having joined the S.League in 2004. Along with the S.League, the club will also compete in the Singapore Cup and the Singapore League Cup. They are the defending champions in 2018.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [40, 40], "content_span": [41, 357]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277219-0000-0000", "contents": "2018 Alcorn State Braves football team\nThe 2018 Alcorn State Braves football team represented Alcorn State University in the 2018 NCAA Division I FCS football season. The Braves were led by third-year head coach Fred McNair and played their home games at Casem-Spinks Stadium. They were members of the East Division of the Southwestern Athletic Conference (SWAC).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [38, 38], "content_span": [39, 363]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277219-0001-0000", "contents": "2018 Alcorn State Braves football team, Previous season\nThe Braves finished the 2017 season 7\u20135, 5\u20132 in SWAC play to win the East Division. They lost the SWAC Championship Game to Grambling State.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 55], "content_span": [56, 196]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277219-0002-0000", "contents": "2018 Alcorn State Braves football team, Preseason, SWAC football media day\nDuring the SWAC football media day held in Birmingham, Alabama on July 13, 2018, the Braves were predicted to win the East Division.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 74], "content_span": [75, 207]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277219-0003-0000", "contents": "2018 Alcorn State Braves football team, Preseason, Presason All-SWAC Team\nThe Braves had 10 players at 11 positions selected to Preseason All-SWAC Teams which was the second most behind Grambling State's 15. Running back P.J. Simmons was also selected as the preseason offensive player of the year.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 73], "content_span": [74, 298]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277219-0004-0000", "contents": "2018 Alcorn State Braves football team, Schedule\nDespite also being a member of the SWAC, the game vs Texas Southern will be considered a non conference game and will have no effect on the SWAC standings.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 48], "content_span": [49, 204]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277220-0000-0000", "contents": "2018 Alderney general election\nThe 2018 Alderney general election was held on 1 December 2018 to elect 5 members of the States of Alderney who will serve until 2022.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [30, 30], "content_span": [31, 165]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277220-0001-0000", "contents": "2018 Alderney general election, 2020 by-election\nA by-election was held on 10 October 2020 to replace David Earl, who had resigned in August 2020. Two candidates stood for election, the winner will serve until December 2022.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 48], "content_span": [49, 224]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277221-0000-0000", "contents": "2018 Alexandria, Virginia mayoral election\nThe general election for mayor of Alexandria, Virginia was held on November 6, 2018. Justin Wilson was elected as mayor, running unopposed in the general election. He had defeated first-term incumbent Allison Silberberg in the Democratic primary.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [42, 42], "content_span": [43, 289]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277221-0001-0000", "contents": "2018 Alexandria, Virginia mayoral election, Democratic primary\nThe Democratic primary was held on June 18. Vice-mayor Justin Wilson won the Democratic primary, unseating first-term incumbent Allison Silberberg in what was regarded to be an upset victory.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [44, 62], "content_span": [63, 254]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277221-0002-0000", "contents": "2018 Alexandria, Virginia mayoral election, General election\nWilson was unopposed on the ballot, however write-in votes were cast. Combined voter turnout in Alexandria during the mayoral election and coinciding races was 70.48%, and turnout in the mayoral election alone was 58.51%.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [44, 60], "content_span": [61, 282]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277222-0000-0000", "contents": "2018 Algarve Cup\nThe 2018 Algarve Cup was the 25th edition of the Algarve Cup, an invitational women's football tournament held annually in Portugal. It took place from 28 February to 7 March 2018.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [16, 16], "content_span": [17, 197]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277222-0001-0000", "contents": "2018 Algarve Cup\nBecause the final between the Netherlands and Sweden was cancelled, the trophy was awarded to both teams.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [16, 16], "content_span": [17, 122]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277222-0002-0000", "contents": "2018 Algarve Cup, Format\nThe twelve invited teams were split into three groups to play a round-robin tournament.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [18, 24], "content_span": [25, 112]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277222-0003-0000", "contents": "2018 Algarve Cup, Format\nPoints awarded in the group stage followed the standard formula of three points for a win, one point for a draw and zero points for a loss. In the case of two teams being tied on the same number of points in a group, their head-to-head result determine the higher place.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [18, 24], "content_span": [25, 295]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277222-0004-0000", "contents": "2018 Algarve Cup, Group stage\nThe groups were announced on 6 December 2017, and re-organised on 18 December, due to South Korea being drawn against Australia in the Asian Cup finals the following month.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [18, 29], "content_span": [30, 202]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277222-0005-0000", "contents": "2018 Algarve Cup, Group stage, Tie-breaking criteria\nFor the group stage of this tournament, where two or more teams in a group tied on an equal number of points, the finishing positions were determined by the following tie-breaking criteria in the following order:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [18, 52], "content_span": [53, 265]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277222-0006-0000", "contents": "2018 Algarve Cup, Group stage, Ranking of teams for placement matches\nThe ranking of the 1st, 2nd, 3rd, and 4th placed teams in each group to determine the placement matches:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [18, 69], "content_span": [70, 174]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277223-0000-0000", "contents": "2018 Algarve Cup squads\nThis article lists the squads for the 2018 Algarve Cup, the 25th edition of the Algarve Cup. The cup consisted of a series of friendly games, and was held in the Algarve region of Portugal from 28 February to 7 March 2018. The twelve national teams involved in the tournament registered a squad of 23 players.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [23, 23], "content_span": [24, 333]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277223-0001-0000", "contents": "2018 Algarve Cup squads\nThe age listed for each player is as of 28 February 2018, the first day of the tournament. The numbers of caps and goals listed for each player do not include any matches played after the start of tournament. The club listed is the club for which the player last played a competitive match prior to the tournament. The nationality for each club reflects the national association (not the league) to which the club is affiliated. A flag is included for coaches that are of a different nationality than their own national team.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [23, 23], "content_span": [24, 549]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277223-0002-0000", "contents": "2018 Algarve Cup squads, Group A, Australia\nThe squad was announced on 20 February 2018. Rachel Lowe replaced Emily Gielnik on 21 February 2018.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 43], "content_span": [44, 144]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277223-0003-0000", "contents": "2018 Algarve Cup squads, Group A, Norway\nThe majority of the squad was announced on 12 February 2018, with Sj\u00f6gren announcing 19 players. Five more players were announced on 20 February 2018.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 40], "content_span": [41, 191]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277223-0004-0000", "contents": "2018 Algarve Cup squads, Group B, Sweden\nThe squad was announced on 13 February 2018. Anna Oscarsson replaced Nilla Fischer on 20 February 2018. Sandra Adolfsson replaced Nathalie Bj\u00f6rn on 21 February 2018. Amanda Edgren replaced Lina Hurtig on 27 February 2018.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 40], "content_span": [41, 262]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277223-0005-0000", "contents": "2018 Algarve Cup squads, Group C, Iceland\nThe squad was announced on 15 February 2018. Berglind Bj\u00f6rg \u00deorvaldsd\u00f3ttir replaced Sigr\u00fan Ella Einarsd\u00f3ttir on 26 February 2018.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 41], "content_span": [42, 171]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277224-0000-0000", "contents": "2018 Algerian Air Force Ilyushin Il-76 crash\nOn 11 April 2018, an Ilyushin Il-76 military transport aircraft of the Algerian Air Force crashed shortly after take-off from Boufarik Airport, Boufarik, Algeria, which is near Blida and south-west of the capital, Algiers. All 257 people on board were killed, making the accident the deadliest air crash on Algerian soil.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [44, 44], "content_span": [45, 366]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277224-0001-0000", "contents": "2018 Algerian Air Force Ilyushin Il-76 crash, Aircraft\nThe aircraft was an Ilyushin Il-76TD of the Algerian Air Force's 347e Escadron de Transport Strat\u00e9gique produced by Tashkent Aviation Production Association in 1994. The aircraft, registered 7T-WIV, msn 1043419649, had first flown in 1994.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [46, 54], "content_span": [55, 294]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277224-0002-0000", "contents": "2018 Algerian Air Force Ilyushin Il-76 crash, Crash\nAt 07:50 local time (06:50 UTC), the aircraft crashed just outside the perimeter of Boufarik Airport, Boufarik, from which it had recently taken off. Witnesses reported that the wing of the aircraft had caught fire prior to the crash. The flight had a final destination of Tindouf Airport, Tindouf, with a stopover in Boudghene Ben Ali Lotfi Airport, B\u00e9char. All 10 crew and 247 passengers on board were killed. Among the passengers were 176 members of the Algerian People's National Army. Many of these soldiers and officers were traveling with family members.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [46, 51], "content_span": [52, 613]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277224-0003-0000", "contents": "2018 Algerian Air Force Ilyushin Il-76 crash, Crash\nThirty Saharawi students and other civilians from the refugee camps in Tindouf were among the dead according to officials of the Saharawi Republic. They had been visiting Algiers for various medical and bureaucratic reasons. Saharawis from the refugee camps are regularly provided with free flights in Algerian military transport aircraft. Initial reports claimed that a senior member of the National Liberation Front, the governing party of the National Assembly in Algeria, said that 26 Polisario Front members were among the casualties. The Moroccan media in particular unanimously claimed that several Polisario Front members were among the dead; however, Algerian and Saharawi officials have since maintained that there were only 30 Saharawi civilian casualties.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [46, 51], "content_span": [52, 819]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277224-0004-0000", "contents": "2018 Algerian Air Force Ilyushin Il-76 crash, Crash\nLocal authorities dispatched fourteen ambulances, ten fire apparatus and 130 personnel to attend to the crash site. As a result of the crash, the road between Boufarik and Blida was temporarily closed to traffic.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [46, 51], "content_span": [52, 264]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277224-0005-0000", "contents": "2018 Algerian Air Force Ilyushin Il-76 crash, Aftermath\nFollowing the accident, Abdelaziz Bouteflika, the President of Algeria, declared three days of national mourning, echoing his reaction to the 2014 military air crash. For his part, Brahim Ghali, the President of the Saharawi Arab Democratic Republic, declared seven days of national mourning. Ahmed Gaid Salah, Chief of Staff of the Algerian Army, ordered an investigation to determine the cause of the accident. Russia stated that it would assist in the investigation.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [46, 55], "content_span": [56, 525]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277225-0000-0000", "contents": "2018 Algerian Cup Final\nThe 2018 Algerian Cup Final was the 54th final of the Algerian Cup. The final took place on May 1, 2018, at Stade 5 Juillet 1962 in Algiers with kick-off at 16:00.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [23, 23], "content_span": [24, 187]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277226-0000-0000", "contents": "2018 Algerian Super Cup\nThe 2018 Algerian Super Cup was the 12th edition of the Algerian Super Cup, a football match contested by the winners of the 2017\u201318 Algerian Ligue Professionnelle 1 and 2017\u201318 Algerian Cup competitions. It is known as the Mobilis Supercoupe d'Alg\u00e9rie 2018 due to the start of a sponsorship deal with Mobilis ATM The match was played on November 1, 2018 at Mustapha Tchaker Stadium in Blida. between 2017-18 Ligue 1 winners CS Constantine and 2017\u201318 Algerian Cup winners USM Bel Abb\u00e8s.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [23, 23], "content_span": [24, 512]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277227-0000-0000", "contents": "2018 Algoma District municipal elections\nElections were held in the organized municipalities in the Algoma District of Ontario on October 22, 2018 in conjunction with municipal elections across the province.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [40, 40], "content_span": [41, 207]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277227-0001-0000", "contents": "2018 Algoma District municipal elections, North Shore, The, 2020 mayoral by-election\nA mayoral by-election was held on September 14, 2020 due to the resignation of Condie.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 84], "content_span": [85, 171]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277227-0002-0000", "contents": "2018 Algoma District municipal elections, Sault Ste. Marie, Sault Ste. Marie City Council\nCity council has been reduced in size from 12 members to 10 members (plus the mayor).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 89], "content_span": [90, 175]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277228-0000-0000", "contents": "2018 All Africa Men's and Women's Team Badminton Championships\nThe 2018 All Africa Men's and Women's Team Badminton Championships is a continental stage tournament of Thomas and Uber Cups, and also to crown the best men's and women's badminton team in Africa. This tournament will be held in Algiers, Algeria between 12-15 February 2018.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 62], "section_span": [62, 62], "content_span": [63, 337]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277228-0001-0000", "contents": "2018 All Africa Men's and Women's Team Badminton Championships, Tournament\nThe All Africa Men's and Women's Team Badminton Championships officially crowns the best male and female national badminton teams in Africa and at the same time works as the African qualification event towards the 2018 Thomas & Uber Cup finals. 19 teams consisting of 12 men's team and 7 women's team have entered the tournament.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 62], "section_span": [64, 74], "content_span": [75, 404]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277228-0002-0000", "contents": "2018 All Africa Men's and Women's Team Badminton Championships, Tournament, Venue\nVenue of this tournament is Salle OMS Hac\u00e8ne Harcha Arena, in Algiers, Algeria.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 62], "section_span": [64, 81], "content_span": [82, 161]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277228-0003-0000", "contents": "2018 All Africa Men's and Women's Team Badminton Championships, Men's team\nThe host country, Algeria has been crowned the champion in the men's team event. The Algeria team beating Nigeria with the score 3\u20132, and Nigeria settle for the silver medal. It is the first time for Algeria to win the competition, and also will be the first time for the team to participate at the Thomas Cup final. The men's team bronze goes to Mauritius and Ghana. The team lose in the semifinal round to Algeria and Nigeria, both with the score 3\u20131 respectively.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 62], "section_span": [64, 74], "content_span": [75, 541]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277228-0004-0000", "contents": "2018 All Africa Men's and Women's Team Badminton Championships, Women's team\nThe Mauritian women's team clinched the title and won the gold medal after beating the flagship country of African badminton, Nigeria. Under the coach from Malaysia, Krishnan Yogendran, Mauritius defeating Nigeria with the score 3\u20130. The Egypt and Algeria women's team were placed third in the competition and won the bronze medal. Both teams defeated in the semifinal by Nigeria and Mauritius with the score 3\u20132 respectively.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 62], "section_span": [64, 76], "content_span": [77, 503]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277229-0000-0000", "contents": "2018 All England Open\nThe 2018 All England Open, officially the Yonex All England Open Badminton Championships 2018, was a badminton tournament which took place at Arena Birmingham in England from 14 to 18 March 2018. It had a total purse of $1 million.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [21, 21], "content_span": [22, 253]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277229-0001-0000", "contents": "2018 All England Open, Tournament\nThe 2018 All England Open was the seventh tournament of the 2018 BWF World Tour and also part of the All England Open championships, which has been held since 1899. This tournament was organized by Badminton England and sanctioned by the BWF. It was also the first ever new Super 1000 Level 2 tournament of the BWF World Tour schedule.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 33], "content_span": [34, 369]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277229-0002-0000", "contents": "2018 All England Open, Tournament, Venue\nThis international tournament was held at Arena Birmingham in Birmingham, England.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 40], "content_span": [41, 123]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277229-0003-0000", "contents": "2018 All England Open, Tournament, Point distribution\nBelow is the point distribution for each phase of the tournament based on the BWF points system for the BWF World Tour Super 1000 event.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 53], "content_span": [54, 190]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277229-0004-0000", "contents": "2018 All England Open, Tournament, Prize money\nThe total prize money for this year's tournament was US$1,000,000. Distribution of prize money was in accordance with BWF regulations.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 46], "content_span": [47, 181]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277230-0000-0000", "contents": "2018 All Japan High School Women's Soccer Tournament\nThe 2018 All Japan High School Women's Soccer Tournament was the 27th edition of the competition. It has held in Kobe through January 3 \u2014 13, 2019, and it was won for the first time by Yokohama's Seisa Kokusai. In the final they defeated five times-champion Tokiwagi Gakuen, which had knocked out defending champion Fujieda Junshin on penalties in the first round.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 52], "section_span": [52, 52], "content_span": [53, 417]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277231-0000-0000", "contents": "2018 All Thailand Golf Tour\nThe 2018 All Thailand Golf Tour was the 20th season of the All Thailand Golf Tour, the main professional golf tour in Thailand since it was established in 1999.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [27, 27], "content_span": [28, 188]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277232-0000-0000", "contents": "2018 All-Africa Korfball Championship\nThe 2018 All-Africa Korfball Championship (AAKC) was held in Chitungwiza, Zimbabwe, from 27 April to 29 April, with 3 national teams in competition.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [37, 37], "content_span": [38, 186]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277232-0001-0000", "contents": "2018 All-Africa Korfball Championship, Summary\nThe tournament also served as an African qualifier for the 2019 IKF World Korfball Championship, with the top two African nations qualifying for the world championship. However, as the World Championship will be held in South Africa, they qualified automatically as hosts and hence only the top team (besides South Africa) will qualify.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 46], "content_span": [47, 383]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277232-0002-0000", "contents": "2018 All-Africa Korfball Championship, Summary\nAlthough open to more participants, only three teams registered for the tournament. Besides the host \u00a0Zimbabwe, \u00a0South Africa and \u00a0Zambia participated. The structure of the tournament features a group stage in which all teams play each other twice, after which ties were broken by the higher number of goals scored in the winning match between the teams in question.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 46], "content_span": [47, 413]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277232-0003-0000", "contents": "2018 All-Africa Korfball Championship, Summary\nDefending champions South Africa retained their title, although they lose once to Zimbabwe and were tied in points at the end of the group stage. South Africa ranked ahead of Zimbabwe as they scored more goals in their winning match (20 vs 17).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 46], "content_span": [47, 291]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277232-0004-0000", "contents": "2018 All-Africa Korfball Championship, Group stage\nThe group stage took place on 27, 28 and 29 April 2018.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 50], "content_span": [51, 106]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277233-0000-0000", "contents": "2018 All-Australian team\nThe 2018 Virgin Australia All-Australian team represents the best performed Australian Football League (AFL) players during the 2018 season. It was announced on 29 August as a complete Australian rules football team of 22 players. The team is honorary and does not play any games.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [24, 24], "content_span": [25, 305]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277233-0001-0000", "contents": "2018 All-Australian team, Selection panel\nThe selection panel for the 2018 All-Australian team consisted of chairman Gillon McLachlan, Kevin Bartlett, Luke Darcy, Danny Frawley, Steve Hocking, Glen Jakovich, Chris Johnson, Cameron Ling, Matthew Richardson and Warren Tredrea.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 41], "content_span": [42, 275]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277233-0002-0000", "contents": "2018 All-Australian team, Team, Initial squad\nThe initial 40-man All-Australian squad was announced on 27 August. Minor premiers Richmond had the most players selected in the initial squad with eight, while Gold Coast and St Kilda were the only clubs not to have a single player nominated in the squad.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 45], "content_span": [46, 302]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277233-0003-0000", "contents": "2018 All-Australian team, Team, Final team\nMinor premiers Richmond had the most selections with four. Sydney forward Lance Franklin, who achieved selection for a record-equalling eighth time, was announced as the All-Australian captain, with Geelong midfielder and six-time All-Australian Patrick Dangerfield announced as vice-captain. The team saw ten players selected in an All-Australian team for the first time in their careers and included only four players from clubs not competing in that year's finals series.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 42], "content_span": [43, 517]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277233-0004-0000", "contents": "2018 All-Australian team, Team, Final team\nNote: the position of coach in the All-Australian team is traditionally awarded to the coach of the premiership team.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 42], "content_span": [43, 160]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277234-0000-0000", "contents": "2018 All-Big 12 Conference football team\nThe 2018 All-Big 12 Conference football team consists of American football players chosen as All-Big 12 Conference players for the 2018 Big 12 Conference football season. The conference recognizes two official All-Big 12 selectors: (1) the Big 12 conference coaches selected separate offensive and defensive units and named first- and second-team players (the \"Coaches\" team); and (2) a panel of sports writers and broadcasters covering the Big 12 also selected offensive and defensive units and named first- and second-team players (the \"Media\" team).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [40, 40], "content_span": [41, 593]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277234-0001-0000", "contents": "2018 All-Big 12 Conference football team, Key\nBold = selected as a first-team player by both the coaches and media panel", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 45], "content_span": [46, 120]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277235-0000-0000", "contents": "2018 All-Big Ten Conference football team\nThe 2018 All-Big Ten Conference football team consists of American football players chosen as All-Big Ten Conference players for the 2018 Big Ten Conference football season. The conference recognizes two official All-Big Ten selectors: (1) the Big Ten conference coaches selected separate offensive and defensive units and named first-, second- and third-team players (the \"Coaches\" team); and (2) a panel of sports writers and broadcasters covering the Big Ten also selected offensive and defensive units and named first-, second- and third-team players (the \"Media\" team).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [41, 41], "content_span": [42, 616]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277235-0001-0000", "contents": "2018 All-Big Ten Conference football team, Key\nBold = Consensus first-team selection by both the coaches and media", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [43, 46], "content_span": [47, 114]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277236-0000-0000", "contents": "2018 All-Ireland Intermediate Hurling Championship\nThe 2018 All-Ireland Intermediate Hurling Championship was the 35th staging of the All-Ireland Intermediate Hurling Championship since its establishment by the Gaelic Athletic Association in 1961. The championship was held on 28 July 2018.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 50], "section_span": [50, 50], "content_span": [51, 290]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277236-0001-0000", "contents": "2018 All-Ireland Intermediate Hurling Championship\nOn 28 July 2018, Cork won the title following a 2-19 to 0-18 defeat of Kilkenny in the All-Ireland final at Nowlan Park. It was their ninth championship title overall and their first since 2014.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 50], "section_span": [50, 50], "content_span": [51, 245]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277236-0002-0000", "contents": "2018 All-Ireland Intermediate Hurling Championship, Teams, Overview\nThe 2018 championship saw the fewest teams participating in recent years. Both of the provincial championships in Leinster and Munster were suspended, resulting in Kilkenny and Cork being nominated to represent the respective provinces in the All-Ireland final.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 50], "section_span": [52, 67], "content_span": [68, 329]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277237-0000-0000", "contents": "2018 All-Ireland Intermediate Ladies' Football Championship\nThe 2018 All-Ireland Intermediate Ladies' Football Championship was a knock-out competition in the game of Ladies' Gaelic football played by women in Ireland", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 59], "section_span": [59, 59], "content_span": [60, 217]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277237-0001-0000", "contents": "2018 All-Ireland Intermediate Ladies' Football Championship, Format, Provincial championships\nConnacht, Leinster, Munster and Ulster each organise their provincial championship. Each province is a knockout tournament.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 59], "section_span": [61, 93], "content_span": [94, 217]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277237-0002-0000", "contents": "2018 All-Ireland Intermediate Ladies' Football Championship, Format, Group stages\nThe 13 teams are drawn into four groups, each containing three teams: one provincial champion, one provincial finalist, and one provincial semi-finalist.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 59], "section_span": [61, 81], "content_span": [82, 235]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277237-0003-0000", "contents": "2018 All-Ireland Intermediate Ladies' Football Championship, Format, Group stages\nEach team plays the other teams in its group once. The top two in each group progress to the All-Ireland quarter-finals.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 59], "section_span": [61, 81], "content_span": [82, 202]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277237-0004-0000", "contents": "2018 All-Ireland Intermediate Ladies' Football Championship, Fixtures, Connacht Championship\nLeitrim were unable to field a team so only 2 teams contested the Connacht Championship", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 59], "section_span": [61, 92], "content_span": [93, 180]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277237-0005-0000", "contents": "2018 All-Ireland Intermediate Ladies' Football Championship, Fixtures, Munster Championship\nClare are the only team that currently competes in Munster at Intermediate. Therefore, they are automatically Munster Champions. They did compete against Junior Champions Limerick as preparation for their group stage games.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 59], "section_span": [61, 91], "content_span": [92, 315]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277237-0006-0000", "contents": "2018 All-Ireland Intermediate Ladies' Football Championship, Fixtures, All-Ireland Group Stage\nGroup games take place on 14, 21 and 28 July 2018.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 59], "section_span": [61, 94], "content_span": [95, 145]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277238-0000-0000", "contents": "2018 All-Ireland Minor Football Championship\nThis is the current revision of this page, as edited by Jacinta Fraser (talk | contribs) at 21:17, 9 July 2021. The present address (URL) is a permanent link to this version.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [44, 44], "content_span": [45, 219]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277238-0001-0000", "contents": "2018 All-Ireland Minor Football Championship\nThe 2018 All-Ireland Minor Football Championship was the GAA's premier inter-county gaelic football competition for under 17s. Thirty one county teams from Ireland competed (Kilkenny did not participate).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [44, 44], "content_span": [45, 249]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277238-0002-0000", "contents": "2018 All-Ireland Minor Football Championship\n2018 was the first minor competition for under 17 year-olds \u2013 previously the competition had an under 18 age limit. The under 17 championship with a new format was introduced after a vote at the GAA congress on 26 February 2016.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [44, 44], "content_span": [45, 273]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277238-0003-0000", "contents": "2018 All-Ireland Minor Football Championship\nA league format was introduced in Connacht and Leinster. Munster retained their double elimination format and Ulster changed to a double elimination format.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [44, 44], "content_span": [45, 201]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277238-0004-0000", "contents": "2018 All-Ireland Minor Football Championship\nKerry defeated Galway by 0-21 to 1-14 on 2 September 2018 to win their fifth All-Ireland minor title in a row, the first time this feat was achieved.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [44, 44], "content_span": [45, 194]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277238-0005-0000", "contents": "2018 All-Ireland Minor Football Championship, Teams\nThirty one teams from Ireland contested the championship as Kilkenny withdrew after competing in 2016. New York and London did not participate in this competition.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [46, 51], "content_span": [52, 215]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277238-0006-0000", "contents": "2018 All-Ireland Minor Football Championship, Competition Format\nConnacht, Leinster, Munster and Ulster each organised provincial championships. Each province decided their own rules for determining their champions. The formats for the 2018 provincial championships are explained in the sections below.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [46, 64], "content_span": [65, 302]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277238-0007-0000", "contents": "2018 All-Ireland Minor Football Championship, Competition Format\nThe four provincial winners play the four provincial runners-up in the All-Ireland quarter-finals. Two semi-finals and a final follow. All matches are played in a single knockout format. The minor final is normally played before the All-Ireland senior final.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [46, 64], "content_span": [65, 323]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277238-0008-0000", "contents": "2018 All-Ireland Minor Football Championship, Provincial Championships, Connacht Minor Football Championship, Connacht Format\nAll five Connacht counties compete in a single round robin format. The top 2 teams in the round robin table meet again in the Connacht final.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [46, 125], "content_span": [126, 267]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277238-0009-0000", "contents": "2018 All-Ireland Minor Football Championship, Provincial Championships, Leinster Minor Football Championship, Leinster Format\nLeinster teams competed in two groups, one of six teams and one of five teams. Each team in a group plays a single match against the other teams. The first two teams in each group progress to the Leinster semi-finals.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [46, 125], "content_span": [126, 343]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277238-0010-0000", "contents": "2018 All-Ireland Minor Football Championship, Provincial Championships, Munster Minor Football Championship, Munster Format\nAll six Munster teams competed in the three quarter-finals of the main draw. The three beaten teams entered the play-off section and, after two play-off matches, one team re-entered the main draw at the semi-final stage. From the semi-finals all matches were knockout.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [46, 123], "content_span": [124, 392]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277238-0011-0000", "contents": "2018 All-Ireland Minor Football Championship, Provincial Championships, Munster Minor Football Championship, Munster Playoff Draw\nThe three teams who were beaten in the quarter-finals of the main draw competed in a play-off in two matches. The winning team from the play-offs re-entered the main draw at the semi-final stage.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [46, 129], "content_span": [130, 325]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277238-0012-0000", "contents": "2018 All-Ireland Minor Football Championship, Provincial Championships, Ulster Minor Football Championship, Ulster Format\nIn 2018 the Ulster Championship changed to a double-elimination format, which replaced the straight knockout style of previous years. Every team who lost a match before the semi-finals re-entered the competition via the Qualifiers Round 1 (R1), Qualifiers Round 2 (R2) or Qualifiers Round 3 (R3). This ensured that all teams played at least two games. The semi-finals and final were knockout.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [46, 121], "content_span": [122, 514]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277238-0013-0000", "contents": "2018 All-Ireland Minor Football Championship, Provincial Championships, Ulster Minor Football Championship, Ulster Direct Route\nTwo of the nine teams were drawn to play in the preliminary round.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [46, 127], "content_span": [128, 194]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277238-0014-0000", "contents": "2018 All-Ireland Minor Football Championship, Provincial Championships, Ulster Minor Football Championship, Ulster Direct Route\nThe seven teams who avoided the preliminary round plus the winners of the preliminary round competed in four matches in round 1.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [46, 127], "content_span": [128, 256]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277238-0015-0000", "contents": "2018 All-Ireland Minor Football Championship, Provincial Championships, Ulster Minor Football Championship, Ulster Direct Route\nThe four winning teams from round 1 met in two matches.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [46, 127], "content_span": [128, 183]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277238-0016-0000", "contents": "2018 All-Ireland Minor Football Championship, Provincial Championships, Ulster Minor Football Championship, Ulster Qualifier Route\nTwo of the five teams beaten in the preliminary round or round 1 met in a playoff match. The losing team was eliminated from the competition.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [46, 130], "content_span": [131, 272]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277238-0017-0000", "contents": "2018 All-Ireland Minor Football Championship, Provincial Championships, Ulster Minor Football Championship, Ulster Qualifier Route\nThe four remaining teams who lost only one match in the preliminary round or round 1 met in two matches with the two losing teams being eliminated,", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [46, 130], "content_span": [131, 278]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277238-0018-0000", "contents": "2018 All-Ireland Minor Football Championship, Provincial Championships, Ulster Minor Football Championship, Ulster Qualifier Route\nThe two losing teams from round 2 (who lost only one match) met the two winning teams from the qualifiers R2. The two losing teams were eliminated from the competition.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [46, 130], "content_span": [131, 299]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277238-0019-0000", "contents": "2018 All-Ireland Minor Football Championship, Provincial Championships, Ulster Minor Football Championship, Ulster Knockout Stage\nThe two winning teams from round 2 met the two winning teams from the qualifiers R3. The two losing teams were eliminated from the competition.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [46, 129], "content_span": [130, 273]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277238-0020-0000", "contents": "2018 All-Ireland Minor Football Championship, All-Ireland, Quarter-Finals\nThe four provincial champions played the four beaten finalists from the provincial championships.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [46, 73], "content_span": [74, 171]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277238-0021-0000", "contents": "2018 All-Ireland Minor Football Championship, All-Ireland, Semi-Finals\nThere was no draw for the semi-finals as the fixtures are pre-determined on a three yearly rotation. This rotation ensures that a provinces's champions play the champions of all the other provinces once every three years in the semi-finals, if they each win their quarter-finals. If a provincial winner loses their quarter final, then the provincial runner-up who beat them take their place in the semi-final.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [46, 70], "content_span": [71, 480]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277238-0022-0000", "contents": "2018 All-Ireland Minor Football Championship, Minor Team Of The Year\n1. John Ball (Kildare)2. Ronan Grimes (Monaghan)3. Owen Fitzgerald (Kerry)4. Tiarnan Woods (Derry)5. Colm Moriarty (Kerry)6. Tony Gill (Galway)7. Mark Lavin (Dublin)8. Darragh Rahilly (Kerry)9. Conor Raftery (Galway)10. Paul Walsh (Kerry)11. Matthew Costello (Meath)12. Aaron Mulligan (Monaghan)13. Luke Mitchell (Meath)14. Eoin Darcy (Wicklow)15. Matthew Cooley (Galway)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [46, 68], "content_span": [69, 440]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277239-0000-0000", "contents": "2018 All-Ireland Minor Hurling Championship\nThe 2018 All-Ireland Minor Hurling Championship was the 88th staging of the All-Ireland minor hurling championship since its establishment by the Gaelic Athletic Association in 1928. It is the primary inter-county hurling competition for boys aged between fifteen and seventeen. The championship began on 12 May 2018 and ended on 19 August 2018.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [43, 43], "content_span": [44, 389]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277239-0001-0000", "contents": "2018 All-Ireland Minor Hurling Championship\nGalway were the defending champions and successfully defended the title after a 0-21 to 0-14 win over Kilkenny in the final on 19 August.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [43, 43], "content_span": [44, 181]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277239-0002-0000", "contents": "2018 All-Ireland Minor Hurling Championship\nThe 2018 championship saw the biggest change in format since the introduction of the \"back-door system\" for beaten provincial finalists in 1997.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [43, 43], "content_span": [44, 188]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277239-0003-0000", "contents": "2018 All-Ireland Minor Hurling Championship, Format changes\nAt the GAA Congress in February 2016, it was decided by vote that the age limit for the inter-county minor championship would be reduced from under-18 to under-17. The motion proposed that all minor players at inter-county level be aged between 15 and 17. The change became effective from 1 January 2018.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [45, 59], "content_span": [60, 364]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277239-0004-0000", "contents": "2018 All-Ireland Minor Hurling Championship, Format changes\nAt a Special Congress in September 2017, further changes were made to the format of the championship. Under the new format, the championship begins solely on a provincial basis in Munster and Leinster. There will be no Ulster Championship as Ulster teams, as agreed by the Ulster and Leinster Councils, will participate in the Leinster Championship. While it was expected that Galway would also join the Leinster Championship, they will remain as the sole Connacht representatives. They will enter the All-Ireland quarter-finals in a round-robin series with the beaten Leinster and Munster finalists. This will ensure Galway of at least two championship games every season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [45, 59], "content_span": [60, 733]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277239-0005-0000", "contents": "2018 All-Ireland Minor Hurling Championship, Leinster Minor Hurling Championship, Tier 1\nTier one is the tier for the highest ranked teams, and operates essentially as a ranking round, as all four teams progress directly to the quarter finals.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [45, 88], "content_span": [89, 243]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277239-0006-0000", "contents": "2018 All-Ireland Minor Hurling Championship, Leinster Minor Hurling Championship, Tier 2\nTier 2 represents the teams ranked 5 to 8 in the competition. The winner of this tier joins the four Tier 1 teams directly in the quarter final, while the remaining three teams progress to 'Preliminary Quarter-finals' to face the three Tier 3 teams.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [45, 88], "content_span": [89, 338]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277239-0007-0000", "contents": "2018 All-Ireland Minor Hurling Championship, Leinster Minor Hurling Championship, Tier 3\ntier 3 is for the teams ranked 9 to 11, and operates essentially as a ranking round, as all three teams progress to the 'Preliminary Quarter-finals'.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [45, 88], "content_span": [89, 238]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277239-0008-0000", "contents": "2018 All-Ireland Minor Hurling Championship, Leinster Minor Hurling Championship, Leinster Preliminary Quarter-Finals\nSix of the seven teams in Tiers 2 and 3 play off with the winner of Tier 2 receiving a bye. The three winning teams from the preliminary quarter-finals plus the Tier 2 winners advance to the quarter-finals.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [45, 117], "content_span": [118, 324]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277240-0000-0000", "contents": "2018 All-Ireland Senior Camogie Championship\nThe 2018 All-Ireland Senior Camogie Championship \u2013 known as the Liberty Insurance Camogie Championship for sponsorship reasons \u2013 is the premier inter-county competition of the 2018 camogie season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [44, 44], "content_span": [45, 241]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277240-0001-0000", "contents": "2018 All-Ireland Senior Camogie Championship\nThe championship began on 9 June and ended on 9 September with Cork retaining the O'Duffy Cup.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [44, 44], "content_span": [45, 139]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277240-0002-0000", "contents": "2018 All-Ireland Senior Camogie Championship, Teams\nEleven county teams compete in the Senior Championship. 19 lower-ranked county teams compete in the Intermediate and Junior Championships.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [46, 51], "content_span": [52, 190]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277240-0003-0000", "contents": "2018 All-Ireland Senior Camogie Championship, Format\nThe eleven teams are drawn into two groups of five and six. Each team plays the other teams in their group once. Three points are awarded for a win and one for a draw.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [46, 52], "content_span": [53, 220]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277241-0000-0000", "contents": "2018 All-Ireland Senior Camogie Championship Final\nThe 2018 All-Ireland Senior Camogie Championship Final, the 87th event of its kind and the culmination of the 2018 All-Ireland Senior Camogie Championship, was played at Croke Park in Dublin on 9 September 2018.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 50], "section_span": [50, 50], "content_span": [51, 262]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277241-0001-0000", "contents": "2018 All-Ireland Senior Camogie Championship Final\nIt was the third Cork\u2013Kilkenny final in a row, and was won by Cork by one point.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 50], "section_span": [50, 50], "content_span": [51, 131]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277242-0000-0000", "contents": "2018 All-Ireland Senior Club Hurling Championship Final\nThe 2018 All-Ireland Senior Club Hurling Championship final was a hurling match played at Croke Park on 17 March 2018 to determine the winners of the 2017-18 All-Ireland Senior Club Hurling Championship, the 48th season of the All-Ireland Senior Club Hurling Championship, a tournament organised by the Gaelic Athletic Association for the champion clubs of the four provinces of Ireland. The final was contested by Cuala of Dublin and Na Piarsaigh of Limerick, with the game ending in a 1-22 to 2-19 draw. The replay took place on 24 March 2018, with Cuala winning by 2-17 to 1-17.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 55], "section_span": [55, 55], "content_span": [56, 637]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277242-0001-0000", "contents": "2018 All-Ireland Senior Club Hurling Championship Final\nThe All-Ireland final was a unique occasion as it was the first ever championship meeting between Cuala and Na Piarsaigh. Cuala were appearing in their second successive final and were hoping to retain the title, while Na Piarsaigh were lining out in their second All-Ireland decider ever and their first since 2016.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 55], "section_span": [55, 55], "content_span": [56, 372]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277242-0002-0000", "contents": "2018 All-Ireland Senior Club Hurling Championship Final\nNa Piarsaigh appeared to be cruising to victory as added-time approached, but Se\u00e1n Moran fired a 63rd minute free to the net to force extra-time. David Treacy came to the rescue at the death after both teams battled it out for 20 minutes of extra-time. David Breen goaled for the Limerick champions in the first period of extra-time, but points from Con O'Callaghan and Mark Schutte \u2013 both of whom had been held scoreless until then \u2013 and Treacy\u2019s 12 frees ensured a second shot for Cuala.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 55], "section_span": [55, 55], "content_span": [56, 545]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277242-0003-0000", "contents": "2018 All-Ireland Senior Club Hurling Championship Final\nThe replay a week later saw Cuala take a slender 0-10 to 0-09 lead at half-time. The game turned in Cuala's favour in the 39th minute when Tommy Grimes' stray hand pass was intercepted by Nicky Kenny and punished for a goal. Mark Schutte seized possession from the puck-out and took off on a solo run down the left before slamming the ball to the net for a second. Cuala led 2-11 to 0-11 and looked to be in pole position to retain their crown, however, Na Piarsaigh were at the very best in the final quarter.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 55], "section_span": [55, 55], "content_span": [56, 566]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277242-0003-0001", "contents": "2018 All-Ireland Senior Club Hurling Championship Final\nCuala surrendered a six-point lead during this period to trail Na Piarsaigh by one with 60 minutes played. Con O'Callaghan scored the point that levelled the game for the eighth time, then won a free that top scorer David Treacy converted and finally laid off a pass after a great catch for Mark Schutte to hit the insurance score for Cuala.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 55], "section_span": [55, 55], "content_span": [56, 397]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277243-0000-0000", "contents": "2018 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship\nThe 2018 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship was the 131st edition of the GAA's premier inter-county Gaelic football competition since its establishment in 1887.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [45, 45], "content_span": [46, 212]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277243-0001-0000", "contents": "2018 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship\nThirty-three teams entered the competition \u2013 thirty-one of the thirty-two counties of Ireland (Kilkenny, as in previous years, did not enter), London and New York.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [45, 45], "content_span": [46, 209]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277243-0002-0000", "contents": "2018 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship, Competition format\nConnacht, Leinster, Munster and Ulster each organise a provincial championship. All provincial matches are knock-out but the teams who lose a match (with the exception of New York) enter the All-Ireland qualifiers.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [47, 65], "content_span": [66, 280]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277243-0003-0000", "contents": "2018 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship, Competition format\nTwenty-eight of the twenty-nine teams who were beaten in the provincial championships enter the All-Ireland qualifiers, which have a single-game knockout format. Sixteen of the seventeen teams (New York do not enter the qualifiers) who lost in provincial first round or quarter-final games play eight matches in round 1. The winners play the eight losing provincial semi-finalists in round 2. The eight winning teams from round 2 play-off against each other in round 3, with the four winning teams facing the four losing provincial finalists in round 4 to complete the double-elimination format. Further details of the format are included with each qualifier round listed below.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [47, 65], "content_span": [66, 744]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277243-0004-0000", "contents": "2018 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship, Competition format\nSignificant changes to the format of the All-Ireland championship were passed at the GAA's Annual Congress in February 2017 and implemented in the 2018 championship. The major change was the creation of the All-Ireland Quarter-Final Group Stage commonly known as the \"Super 8s\", which replaced the knockout quarter-finals. The eight remaining teams in the Championship are split into two groups of four teams. One group features the Connacht champions, Munster champions, Leinster runners-up (or the team that defeats them in the qualifiers) and Ulster runners-up (or the team that defeats them in the qualifiers). The reverse is employed for the other group, which features the Leinster champions, Ulster champions, Connacht runners-up (or the team that defeats them in the qualifiers) and Munster runners-up (or team that defeats them in the qualifiers).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [47, 65], "content_span": [66, 922]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277243-0005-0000", "contents": "2018 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship, Competition format\nThe top two teams in each of the two Super 8 groups advance to the semi-finals, with the winners of those matches meeting in the All-Ireland Senior Football Championship Final. The All-Ireland final was initially scheduled for 26 August 2018 but was moved to 2 September 2018 to avoid clashing with Pope Francis's visit to Ireland.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [47, 65], "content_span": [66, 397]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277243-0006-0000", "contents": "2018 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship, Competition format\nA number of former players have publicly criticised the new format as they believed it would result in the same top county teams regularly playing at least three high-profile matches in July and August while the remaining teams are without competitive football until the end of December, thereby enabling the top teams to become even more elite. Prominent sportswriter and RT\u00c9 Sport analyst Joe Brolly referred to the new system as the \"Super 8/Crap 25\". The changes were to be trialled for three years before being reviewed by the GAA in late 2020.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [47, 65], "content_span": [66, 615]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277243-0007-0000", "contents": "2018 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship, Provincial Championships, Leinster Championship\nThe four winning teams in the previous year's quarter-finals were given byes to this year's quarter-finals. Six of the seven remaining teams played off in the first round with the seventh team receiving a bye to the quarter-finals.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [47, 94], "content_span": [95, 326]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277243-0008-0000", "contents": "2018 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship, Provincial Championships, Munster Championship\nThe two winning teams in the previous year's semi-finals were given byes to this year's semi-finals.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [47, 93], "content_span": [94, 194]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277243-0009-0000", "contents": "2018 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship, Provincial Championships, Ulster Championship\nAll nine teams were drawn randomly without conditions to determine the fixtures.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [47, 92], "content_span": [93, 173]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277243-0010-0000", "contents": "2018 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship, All-Ireland Qualifiers, Qualifiers format\nThe A and B split system for the qualifier draws introduced in 2014 was discontinued after 2017. In qualifier rounds one to three, teams from divisions three and four of the 2018 National Football League had home advantage if drawn against teams from divisions one or two. All qualifier matches were knockout.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [47, 88], "content_span": [89, 398]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277243-0011-0000", "contents": "2018 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship, All-Ireland Qualifiers, Qualifiers format\nQualifiers Round 1: 9 June 2018Qualifiers Round 2: 23 June 2018Qualifiers Round 3: 30 June 2018Qualifiers Round 4: 7 & 8 July 2018", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [47, 88], "content_span": [89, 219]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277243-0012-0000", "contents": "2018 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship, All-Ireland Qualifiers, Qualifiers Round 1\nIn the first round, sixteen of the seventeen teams who were beaten in the preliminary rounds or quarter-finals of the provincial championships competed. New York did not enter the qualifiers. The round 1 draw was unrestricted \u2212 if two teams had previously met in a provincial match they could be drawn to meet again. The eight winners of these matches played the eight losing provincial semi-finalists in round 2 of the qualifiers. The draw was conducted on 28 May 2018.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [47, 89], "content_span": [90, 560]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277243-0013-0000", "contents": "2018 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship, All-Ireland Qualifiers, Qualifiers Round 2\nIn the second round, the eight losing provincial semi-finalists played the eight winning teams from round 1 of the qualifiers. The round 2 draw was unrestricted \u2212 if two teams have previously met in a provincial match they could be drawn to meet again. The eight winners of these matches played each other in round 3. The draw was conducted on 11 June 2018.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [47, 89], "content_span": [90, 447]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277243-0014-0000", "contents": "2018 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship, All-Ireland Qualifiers, Qualifiers Round 3\nIn the third round, the eight winning teams from round 2 played off in four matches. Round 3 draw rules did not allow two teams that had played each other in a provincial match to meet again if such a pairing could be avoided. The four winners of these matches played the four losing provincial finalists in round 4. The draw was conducted on 25 June 2018.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [47, 89], "content_span": [90, 446]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277243-0015-0000", "contents": "2018 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship, All-Ireland Qualifiers, Qualifiers Round 4\nIn the fourth round, the four losing provincial finalists played the four winning teams from round 3 of the qualifiers. Round 4 draw rules did not allow teams that have met in a provincial match to meet again if such a pairing could be avoided, which meant Fermanagh were kept apart from Armagh and Monaghan, who they had met in the quarter-finals and semi-finals of the Ulster Championship respectively. The matches are normally held in neutral venues. The four winners of these matches qualified for the All-Ireland Quarter-Final Group Stage. The draw was conducted on 2 July 2018.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [47, 89], "content_span": [90, 673]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277243-0016-0000", "contents": "2018 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship, All-Ireland, All-Ireland Quarter-Final Group Stage\nMost Irish sports media refer to this stage as the Super 8s.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [47, 97], "content_span": [98, 158]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277243-0017-0000", "contents": "2018 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship, All-Ireland, All-Ireland Quarter-Final Group Stage\nThe four provincial champions and the four winning teams from round four of the All-Ireland qualifiers play three games each in two groups of four teams during the months of July and August. Each group consists of two provincial champions and the two losing finalists of the other two provinces or the team that beats them in round four of the qualifiers.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [47, 97], "content_span": [98, 453]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277243-0018-0000", "contents": "2018 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship, All-Ireland, All-Ireland Quarter-Final Group Stage\nIn the first round (officially phase one) the two provincial champions play each other and the two round four qualifiers play each other in Croke Park. In rounds two and three (phases two and three) the provincial champions play the two qualifiers. In phase two the qualifiers have home advantage and the provincial winners are at home in phase three. Dublin, if they qualify, to also play their home game at Croke Park.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [47, 97], "content_span": [98, 518]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277243-0019-0000", "contents": "2018 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship, All-Ireland, All-Ireland Quarter-Final Group Stage\nTwo points are awarded for a win and one point for a draw. The top two teams in each group advance to the All-Ireland semi-finals.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [47, 97], "content_span": [98, 228]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277243-0020-0000", "contents": "2018 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship, All-Ireland, All-Ireland Quarter-Final Group Stage\nIf only two teams are level on group points -", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [47, 97], "content_span": [98, 143]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277243-0021-0000", "contents": "2018 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship, All-Ireland, All-Ireland Quarter-Final Group Stage\nIf three or more teams are level on group points, score difference is used to rank the teams.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [47, 97], "content_span": [98, 191]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277243-0022-0000", "contents": "2018 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship, All-Ireland, All-Ireland Semi-Finals\nThe winners of Group 1 play the runners-up of Group 2 and the winners of Group 2 play the runners-up of Group 1.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [47, 83], "content_span": [84, 196]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277243-0023-0000", "contents": "2018 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship, All-Ireland, All-Ireland Final\nThe final was initially planned for 26 August 2018. It was rescheduled to 2 September to avoid a clash with the visit of Pope Francis to Ireland for the World Meeting of Families 2018.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [47, 77], "content_span": [78, 262]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277243-0024-0000", "contents": "2018 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship, Stadia and locations\nEach team has a nominal home stadium, though not all teams are guaranteed a home game over the course of the Championship. In addition, games may be played at neutral or alternate venues. For example, Dublin have not played a Championship game in Parnell Park, their nominal home, since the 2004 Championship.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [47, 67], "content_span": [68, 377]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277243-0025-0000", "contents": "2018 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship, Referees Panel\nMarty Duffy (Sligo) retired at the end of 2017 and Rory Hickey (Clare) was ruled out for 2018 due to injury.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [47, 61], "content_span": [62, 170]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277243-0026-0000", "contents": "2018 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship, Live televised coverage\nRT\u00c9, the national broadcaster in Ireland, provide the majority of the live television coverage of the football championship in the second year of a five-year deal running from 2017 until 2021. In the UK, Premier Sports have exclusive coverage of 26 games including Sunday provincial games from all 4 regions, 1st/2nd choice of qualifiers from rounds 1 and 2 and 4 of the 12 quarter-final group matches. Sky Sports broadcast a number of matches and have exclusive rights to a number of games including some All-Ireland super 8 matches. BBC Northern Ireland showed at least two live games from the Ulster Championship and other games were shown in their entirety at a later time.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [47, 70], "content_span": [71, 748]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277243-0027-0000", "contents": "2018 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship, Awards, The Sunday Game Team of the Year\nThe Sunday Game team of the year was picked on 2 September, the night of the final. Dublin's Ciar\u00e1n Kilkenny was named as the Sunday Game player of the year.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [47, 87], "content_span": [88, 245]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277243-0028-0000", "contents": "2018 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship, Awards, All Star Team of the Year\nThe football All Stars were revealed on 1 November 2018 and were presented on 2 November at an awards ceremony at the Convention Centre in Dublin.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [47, 80], "content_span": [81, 227]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277244-0000-0000", "contents": "2018 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship Final\nThe 2018 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship Final was the 131st final of the All-Ireland Senior Football Championship and the culmination of the 2018 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship in Gaelic football. The match was played at Croke Park in Dublin on 2 September 2018.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 51], "section_span": [51, 51], "content_span": [52, 334]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277244-0001-0000", "contents": "2018 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship Final\nIt was the second time the teams had met in the final; Dublin won the first encounter in 1995. It was the third consecutive year that a team qualified under the system of second chances introduced in 2001; Tyrone qualified despite defeat in its provincial championship.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 51], "section_span": [51, 51], "content_span": [52, 321]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277244-0002-0000", "contents": "2018 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship Final\nDublin won the final by a margin of six points, on a scoreline of 2\u201317 to 1\u201314. The victory was Dublin's fourth consecutive All-Ireland title, making them the third county to win \"four-in-a-row\" (the others are Wexford in 1915\u201318 and Kerry in 1929\u201332 and 1978\u201381).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 51], "section_span": [51, 51], "content_span": [52, 316]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277244-0003-0000", "contents": "2018 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship Final\nThe game was televised nationally on RT\u00c9 Two as part of The Sunday Game live programme, presented by Michael Lyster from Croke Park, with studio analysis from Joe Brolly, Pat Spillane, and Colm O'Rourke. Match commentary was provided by Ger Canning with analysis by Dessie Dolan. This was the last occasion on which Michael Lyster presented RT\u00c9's television coverage, having decided to retire from The Sunday Game at the end of 2018. The game was also televised internationally by Sky Sports, presented by Rachel Wyse and Brian Carney.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 51], "section_span": [51, 51], "content_span": [52, 587]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277244-0004-0000", "contents": "2018 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship Final, Paths to the final, Dublin, Leinster Championship\nDublin won the Leinster Championship and so advanced directly to the quarter-final group stage.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 51], "section_span": [53, 102], "content_span": [103, 198]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277244-0005-0000", "contents": "2018 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship Final, Paths to the final, Dublin, All-Ireland Quarter-Final Group Stage (Super 8s)\nDublin finished first in Group 2 and advanced to the All-Ireland semi-final, to play the team who placed second in Group 1 - Galway.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 51], "section_span": [53, 129], "content_span": [130, 262]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277244-0006-0000", "contents": "2018 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship Final, Paths to the final, Tyrone, Ulster Championship\nHaving been beaten by Monaghan, Tyrone were eliminated from the Ulster championship and entered Round 1 of the All-Ireland qualifiers.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 51], "section_span": [53, 100], "content_span": [101, 235]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277244-0007-0000", "contents": "2018 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship Final, Paths to the final, Tyrone, All-Ireland Quarter-Final Group Stage (Super 8s)\nTyrone finished second in Group 2, behind Dublin, and advanced to the All-Ireland semi-final, to play the winner of Group 2, Monaghan.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 51], "section_span": [53, 129], "content_span": [130, 264]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277244-0008-0000", "contents": "2018 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship Final, Pre-match\nThe match had originally been scheduled for 26 August, but had to be moved to accommodate the visit of Pope Francis to Ireland, where he attended the World Meeting of Families. The final had been moved from its traditional date of the third Sunday of September to allow more time for club matches.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 51], "section_span": [53, 62], "content_span": [63, 360]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277244-0009-0000", "contents": "2018 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship Final, Pre-match, Tyrone's RT\u00c9 boycott\nOn Monday 20 August 2018, just under two weeks before the final, the Irish Independent reported that RT\u00c9 had confirmed that Tyrone would not be involved in any media coverage with the national broadcaster surrounding the event. The boycott, considered a tradition at this stage in relation to Tyrone, involved for the first time an All-Ireland final, after which RT\u00c9 airs television coverage from the hotel in which the winning team is booked to stay.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 51], "section_span": [53, 84], "content_span": [85, 536]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277244-0009-0001", "contents": "2018 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship Final, Pre-match, Tyrone's RT\u00c9 boycott\nThis meant that, in the event of a Tyrone win, RT\u00c9 would be unable to cover the after-match events as per usual, including interviews on the pitch with players and the management team. Tyrone's All-Ireland final boycott was a continuation of a seven-year blacklisting of RT\u00c9 by the county, the cause of which was a radio sketch aired in 2011 on RT\u00c9 Radio 1. The sketch incensed Tyrone, as it was deemed to be mocking Michaela Harte (daughter of Tyrone manager Mickey Harte), shortly after she was murdered while on honeymoon in Mauritius.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 51], "section_span": [53, 84], "content_span": [85, 623]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277244-0010-0000", "contents": "2018 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship Final, Pre-match, Tyrone's RT\u00c9 boycott\nFormer All-Ireland winning captain Peter Canavan suggested the timing of RT\u00c9's announcement was intended to put pressure on Tyrone.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 51], "section_span": [53, 84], "content_span": [85, 216]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277244-0011-0000", "contents": "2018 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship Final, Pre-match, Minor final\nKerry played Galway in the All-Ireland Minor Football Championship final which took place before the senior final. Kerry won the game on a 0\u201321 to 1\u201314 scoreline to complete a five in a row of All Ireland wins.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 51], "section_span": [53, 75], "content_span": [76, 286]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277244-0012-0000", "contents": "2018 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship Final, Pre-match, Jubilee team\nThe Derry team that won the 1993 All-Ireland Final were presented to the crowd before the senior match to mark 25 years.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 51], "section_span": [53, 76], "content_span": [77, 197]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277244-0013-0000", "contents": "2018 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship Final, Match, Officials\nOn 20 August, Cork's Conor Lane was confirmed as the referee for the final. He was previously in charge of the drawn final between Dublin and Mayo in 2016.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 51], "section_span": [53, 69], "content_span": [70, 225]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277244-0014-0000", "contents": "2018 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship Final, Match, Team news\nTyrone made one change to the team from the semi-final win over Monaghan with Mark Bradley starting ahead of Lee Brennan. Despite fears of an injury to Cian O'Sullivan, Dublin named an unchanged side, with the same starting fifteen that overcame Galway three weeks earlier.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 51], "section_span": [53, 69], "content_span": [70, 343]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277244-0015-0000", "contents": "2018 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship Final, Match, Summary\nDublin began the game unchanged with Tyrone making 2 late changes - Rory Brennan and Conor Meyler replaced Frank Burns and Richie Donnelly. Prior to the game, Dublin, as reigning All-Ireland champions for three consecutive years, were heavy favourites to win. They took an early lead after Dean Rock scored a free, but he put his next two efforts wide, allowing Tyrone to assert dominance for fifteen minutes. During this timeframe, the Ulster team opened up a four-point lead, with the score poised at 0\u201305 to 0\u201301 in favour of Mickey Harte's side.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 51], "section_span": [53, 67], "content_span": [68, 617]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277244-0015-0001", "contents": "2018 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship Final, Match, Summary\nHowever, the tide of the game turned once more in a dramatic, as Paul Mannion was fouled in Tyrone's penalty box, leading Conor Lane to award a penalty to Dublin, which Mannion calmly slotted home. Coupled with another successful free from Rock, this left the teams equal with five points apiece. Tyrone only managed to secure one more point in the remaining twenty-four minutes of the half, and their lack of clinicality in front of goal opened the door to a resurgent Dublin side. In the twenty-eighth minute, Dublin pulled further ahead courtesy of another goal. Con O'Callaghan took the ball deep into Tyrone territory before offloading to Niall Scully, who calmly fisted it into Niall Morgan's unguarded net. Thus, the teams headed in at half-time with Dublin seven points to the good, having racked up 2\u201307 to Tyrone's 0\u201306.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 51], "section_span": [53, 67], "content_span": [68, 898]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277244-0016-0000", "contents": "2018 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship Final, Match, Summary\nWhile Tyrone reduced the deficit by two early in the second half, with points from Connor McAliskey and Kieran McGeary narrowing Dublin's margin somewhat, the team in blue, affectionately known as \"the Dubs\", had accumulated an unassailable lead. The second thirty-five minutes were not entirely without incident, however; Dublin had pulled further out of sight, with points from Ciaran Kilkenny and Brian Fenton further diminishing whatever minuscule chances Tyrone had at mounting a comeback.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 51], "section_span": [53, 67], "content_span": [68, 562]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277244-0016-0001", "contents": "2018 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship Final, Match, Summary\nHowever, in the sixty-sixth minute, Tyrone were given a late opportunity to draw near again, as Philly McMahon brought down Colm Cavanagh with a rash challenge, granting Tyrone a penalty - this was coolly dispatched by Peter Harte, breaching Stephen Cluxton's net for the first time in the game. Later, John Small was given a second yellow card, and ergo sent off, leaving Dublin to finish with just fourteen men. Ultimately, a point at the death from Kevin McManamon put the victory beyond any doubt. Conor Lane, the County Cork native, blew the final whistle, confirming Dublin's victory with a margin of six points. The final score was 2\u201317 to 1\u201314. The man of the match award was bestowed upon Jack McCaffrey, who received the award ahead of his other nominated teammates, Kilkenny and Mannion.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 51], "section_span": [53, 67], "content_span": [68, 866]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277244-0017-0000", "contents": "2018 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship Final, Match, Summary\nAs captain, goalkeeper Stephen Cluxton, making his 200th appearance for the county, lifted the Sam Maguire Cup aloft from the Hogan Stand. The win represented Dublin's fourth consecutive win under the management of Jim Gavin, a feat only previously achieved by two other counties - Kerry and Wexford. It also further extended Dublin's unbeaten run in the Championship; the side was last beaten in 2014.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 51], "section_span": [53, 67], "content_span": [68, 470]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277244-0018-0000", "contents": "2018 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship Final, Match, Trophy presentation\nDublin captain Stephen Cluxton accepted the Sam Maguire Cup from GAA president John Horan in the Hogan Stand.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 51], "section_span": [53, 79], "content_span": [80, 189]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277244-0019-0000", "contents": "2018 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship Final, Match, Reaction\nHighlights of the final were shown on The Sunday Game programme which aired at 9:30\u00a0pm that night on RT\u00c9 Two and was presented by Des Cahill. Paul Mannion, Jack McCaffrey and Ciar\u00e1n Kilkenny were shortlisted for the Man of the Match award. The winner was Jack McCaffrey with GAA president John Horan presenting the award at the Dublin post match function, held in the Gibson hotel.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 51], "section_span": [53, 68], "content_span": [69, 450]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277244-0020-0000", "contents": "2018 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship Final, Match, Celebrations\nThe Dublin team had a homecoming celebration the day after the final at Smithfield in Dublin which started at 6:30\u00a0pm with Marty Morrissey as MC. The night before, players and their management team celebrated their win at The Gibson Hotel.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 51], "section_span": [53, 72], "content_span": [73, 312]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277245-0000-0000", "contents": "2018 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship\nThe 2018 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship was the 131st staging of the All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship since its establishment by the Gaelic Athletic Association in 1887. It is the first tier of senior inter-county championship hurling.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [44, 44], "content_span": [45, 296]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277245-0001-0000", "contents": "2018 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship\nThe championship began on 12 May 2018 and ended on 19 August 2018. The draw for the championship round-robin fixtures was held off camera on 19 October 2017 and announced on the championship draw broadcast on RT\u00c92.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [44, 44], "content_span": [45, 259]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277245-0002-0000", "contents": "2018 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship\nThe Championship was won by Limerick, who were crowned champions after overcoming Galway in the final by a score line of 3\u201316 to 2-18. Limerick's victory was their eighth All-Ireland title and first since 1973.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [44, 44], "content_span": [45, 255]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277245-0003-0000", "contents": "2018 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship\nThe 2018 Championship has been described by many as one of the best ever.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [44, 44], "content_span": [45, 118]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277245-0004-0000", "contents": "2018 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship\nThe 2018 championship saw the biggest change in format since the introduction of the qualifiers in 2002.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [44, 44], "content_span": [45, 149]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277245-0005-0000", "contents": "2018 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship, New format\nA new provincial hurling championship featuring five-team round-robin groups in both Leinster and Munster and the new Joe McDonagh Cup was introduced in 2018 for an initial three-year period. The proposal was carried by a narrow margin with 62% voting in favour (a majority of at least 60% was required) at the GAA's Special Congress on 30 September 2017. The top two teams in each provincial group would contest the provincial final, with the provincial winners advancing to the All-Ireland semi-finals and the losing provincial finalists advancing to the two quarter-finals.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [46, 56], "content_span": [57, 633]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277245-0006-0000", "contents": "2018 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship, New format\nAn amendment to the motion from Laois, Offaly and Meath was carried by 87%. The third-placed teams in Leinster and Munster would compete in All-Ireland preliminary quarter-finals against the two Joe McDonagh Cup finalists, with the Joe McDonagh Cup teams having home advantage.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [46, 56], "content_span": [57, 334]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277245-0007-0000", "contents": "2018 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship, New format\nIf a non-Munster team were to win the Joe McDonagh Cup, the bottom team in the Leinster championship would be relegated to the following year's Joe McDonagh Cup and would be replaced in the following year's Leinster championship by the Joe McDonagh Cup winners. If a Munster team were to win the Joe McDonagh Cup, they would play off against the team who finished bottom in the Munster championship for the right to play in the following year's Munster championship, thereby ensuring that only Munster teams compete in the Munster championship.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [46, 56], "content_span": [57, 601]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277245-0008-0000", "contents": "2018 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship, New format\nThe restructure of hurling involved the reduction of the Leinster championship from nine teams to five while the Munster championship continued with the previous five Munster teams (Kerry previously competed in the qualifier group of the Leinster championship). A six-team Joe McDonagh Cup was created, consisting of all four teams from the 2017 Leinster qualifier group plus Antrim and Carlow, the 2017 Christy Ring Cup finalists.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [46, 56], "content_span": [57, 488]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277245-0009-0000", "contents": "2018 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship, Teams\nA total of twelve teams competed in the championship \u2013 five in the Leinster championship, five in the Munster championship, and the top two teams from the Joe McDonagh Cup who entered at the preliminary quarter-final stage.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [46, 51], "content_span": [52, 275]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277245-0010-0000", "contents": "2018 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship, Teams, Teams and venues\nEach team has a nominal home stadium for the round-robin series of the provincial championships. However, Waterford will not play their \"home\" games at Walsh Park, instead playing in neutral venues for these fixtures, namely Limerick's Gaelic Grounds and Semple Stadium in Thurles.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [46, 69], "content_span": [70, 351]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277245-0011-0000", "contents": "2018 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship, Teams, Teams and venues\nIn the knockout stage, teams from the provincial round-robin series will not have home advantage, if avoidable. The only teams to play knockout games at home are the two Joe McDonagh Cup finalists, who had home advantage in the preliminary quarter-finals. The Munster final was held at a neutral venue which was decided based on the qualifying teams, while the locations of the two quarter-finals were decided based on similar considerations. The Leinster final, and the semi-finals and final of the All-Ireland series are held in the 82,300-capacity Croke Park in Dublin, headquarters of the GAA.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [46, 69], "content_span": [70, 667]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277245-0012-0000", "contents": "2018 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship, Joe McDonagh Cup\nThe inaugural Joe McDonagh Cup, the second tier of senior inter-county championship hurling, was contested by Antrim, Carlow, Kerry, Laois, Meath and Westmeath. Each team played all the other teams once in a round-robin format, with the top two teams progressing to the Joe McDonagh Cup final and also advancing to the All-Ireland preliminary quarter-finals, where they played the teams that finished third in the Leinster and Munster championships. Westmeath confirmed their place in the Joe McDonagh Cup final on 2 June 2018 after winning their first four matches, with Carlow confirming their place on 9 June after beating Westmeath.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [46, 62], "content_span": [63, 699]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277245-0013-0000", "contents": "2018 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship, Joe McDonagh Cup\nThe top two teams at the end of the round-robin, Westmeath and Carlow, faced each other in the final on 1 July 2018. The game, which took place in Croke Park, saw Carlow emerge victorious by a margin of five points to claim the inaugural Joe McDonagh Cup title.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [46, 62], "content_span": [63, 324]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277245-0014-0000", "contents": "2018 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship, Joe McDonagh Cup\nAs a Leinster county, Carlow were automatically promoted to the Leinster championship for 2019, taking the place of Offaly.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [46, 62], "content_span": [63, 186]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277245-0015-0000", "contents": "2018 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship, All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship, All-Ireland preliminary quarter-finals\nThe preliminary quarter-finals saw the third-placed teams from the two provincial round-robins play the two teams who competed in the Joe McDonagh Cup Final, with the two finalists having home advantage. Joe McDonagh champions Carlow faced third-placed Munster team Limerick in Dr Cullen Park, while runners-up Westmeath met Wexford, the third-place finished from Leinster, in Mullingar's Cusack Park.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [46, 125], "content_span": [126, 527]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277245-0016-0000", "contents": "2018 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship, All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship, All-Ireland quarter-finals\nThe two quarter-finals saw the losing provincial finalists play the winners of the two preliminary quarter-finals. As both third-place finishers from the provincial series won in the previous round, they were kept apart from the teams they had already met in the round-robin phase to prevent a repeat fixture. Munster runners-up Clare met Wexford, with beaten Leinster finalists Kilkenny facing Limerick the following day. Both games were held at neutral venues.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [46, 113], "content_span": [114, 576]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277245-0017-0000", "contents": "2018 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship, All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship, All-Ireland semi-finals\nThe semi-finals took place in Croke Park across the last weekend of July, with the Leinster (Galway) and Munster champions (Cork) playing the winners of the two quarter-finals \u2014 Clare and Limerick respectively.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [46, 110], "content_span": [111, 321]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277245-0018-0000", "contents": "2018 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship, Live Hurling on TV\nRT\u00c9, the national broadcaster in Ireland, provided the majority of the live television coverage of the hurling championship in the second year of a five-year deal running from 2017 until 2021. Sky Sports also broadcast a number of matches and had exclusive rights to some games.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [46, 64], "content_span": [65, 343]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277245-0019-0000", "contents": "2018 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship, Awards\nThe Sunday Game team of the year was picked on 19 August, which was the night of the final. The panel consisting of Brendan Cummins, Jackie Tyrrell, Anthony Daly, Eddie Brennan, D\u00f3nal O'Grady, Ken McGrath and Cyril Farrell unanimously selected Galway's P\u00e1draic Mannion as the Sunday game player of the year.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [46, 52], "content_span": [53, 360]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277245-0020-0000", "contents": "2018 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship, Awards\nOn 2 November, the 2018 PwC All-Stars winners were announced and presented at Dublin's Convention Centre. Cian Lynch was named as the All Stars Hurler of the Year with Kyle Hayes named the All Stars Young Hurler of the Year.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [46, 52], "content_span": [53, 277]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277246-0000-0000", "contents": "2018 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship Final\nThe 2018 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship Final, the 131st event of its kind and the culmination of the 2018 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship, was played at Croke Park in Dublin on 19 August 2018.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 50], "section_span": [50, 50], "content_span": [51, 261]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277246-0001-0000", "contents": "2018 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship Final\nThe final was shown live in Ireland on RT\u00c9 Two as part of The Sunday Game live programme, presented by Michael Lyster from Croke Park, with studio analysis from Liam Sheedy, Henry Shefflin and Ger Loughnane. Match commentary was provided by Marty Morrissey with analysis by Michael Duignan. The game was also shown live on Sky Sports, presented by Rachel Wyse and Brian Carney.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 50], "section_span": [50, 50], "content_span": [51, 428]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277246-0002-0000", "contents": "2018 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship Final\nLimerick won the final, ending a 45-year wait for a title.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 50], "section_span": [50, 50], "content_span": [51, 109]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277246-0003-0000", "contents": "2018 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship Final\nThe match drew a peak audience of more than 1 million on RT\u00c9. The TV audience for The Sunday Game coverage peaked at 1,007,500 by the end of the final.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 50], "section_span": [50, 50], "content_span": [51, 202]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277246-0004-0000", "contents": "2018 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship Final, Background\nGalway were the defending champions and were looking to win their sixth All-Ireland title after winning in 1923, 1980, 1987, 1988, and 2017. Limerick were appearing in their first final since 2007 and were looking for an eighth title after winning in 1897, 1918, 1921, 1934, 1936, 1940, and 1973. The two counties had played each other in the final twice prior to this: in 1923 and 1980 with Galway winning both.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 50], "section_span": [52, 62], "content_span": [63, 475]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277246-0005-0000", "contents": "2018 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship Final, Paths to the final, Limerick, Munster round-robin\nLimerick finished third in the Munster Championship and so went into the All-Ireland preliminary quarter-finals.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 50], "section_span": [52, 101], "content_span": [102, 214]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277246-0006-0000", "contents": "2018 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship Final, Paths to the final, Galway, Leinster round-robin\nGalway finished first in the Leinster Championship and so went into the Leinster Final.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 50], "section_span": [52, 100], "content_span": [101, 188]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277246-0007-0000", "contents": "2018 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship Final, Paths to the final, Galway, Leinster round-robin\nGalway won the Leinster Championship and so advanced to the All-Ireland semi-final.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 50], "section_span": [52, 100], "content_span": [101, 184]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277246-0008-0000", "contents": "2018 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship Final, Pre-match, Build-up\nThe final was shown on a giant screen at the Gaelic Grounds in Limerick where an all ticket crowd of 20,000 watched the match. A big screen was also be in place in Eyre Square in Galway for the match.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 50], "section_span": [52, 71], "content_span": [72, 272]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277246-0009-0000", "contents": "2018 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship Final, Pre-match, Hurling stars of the 1990s\nThe Kilkenny team that won the 1992 All-Ireland Final were honoured in 2017 and as Kilkenny also won the 1993 All-Ireland Final the GAA decided instead to honour the star hurlers of the 1990s. A group of senior GAA correspondents under the chairmanship of GAA President John Horan selected the team. The team was presented to the crowd after the completion of the minor final.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 50], "section_span": [52, 89], "content_span": [90, 466]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277246-0010-0000", "contents": "2018 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship Final, Pre-match, Ticketing\nWith a stadium capacity of 82,300, the 32 individual county boards received 60,000 tickets. Schools and third level colleges got 2,500 tickets, while season ticket holders were entitled to 5,500 tickets. 1,000 tickets were given to overseas clubs. The Camogie, Ladies' Football, Handball and Rounders Associations were each allocated about 200 tickets, as were the jubilee teams and mini-7s which play at half-time. Demand for tickets was very high in both counties with Galway and Limerick having receiving around 32,000 tickets between. Stand tickets were priced at \u20ac80 with terrace at \u20ac40.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 50], "section_span": [52, 72], "content_span": [73, 665]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277246-0011-0000", "contents": "2018 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship Final, Pre-match, Related events\nThe 2018 All-Ireland Minor Hurling Final was played between Galway and Kilkenny as a curtain-raiser to the senior final with Galway retaining their title by winning 0-21 to 0-14.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 50], "section_span": [52, 77], "content_span": [78, 256]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277246-0012-0000", "contents": "2018 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship Final, Match Summary, Officials\nOn 7 August 2018 the officials were chosen for the final by the GAA, with Wexford's James Owens being named as the referee in what was his second senior final after being the referee in 2015. Tipperary's Fergal Horgan was the standby referee with Kilkenny's Sean Cleere the linesman and Carlow's Patrick Murphy the sideline official.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 50], "section_span": [52, 76], "content_span": [77, 410]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277246-0013-0000", "contents": "2018 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship Final, Match Summary, Team news\nThe Limerick team announced for the final was unchanged from the semi-final win over Cork. Galway made one change to the starting team with Gear\u00f3id McInerney recovering from a calf injury he picked up in the drawn game against Clare and coming in to replace Niall Burke.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 50], "section_span": [52, 76], "content_span": [77, 347]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277246-0014-0000", "contents": "2018 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship Final, Match Summary, Summary\nPlaying into the Davin end, Aaron Gillane opened the scoring for Limerick after 2 minutes. Joe Canning opened Galway's account with a 65 after 7 minutes to make the score 3 points to 1. Canning got another point in the 15th minute to level the score at 5 points each. In the 16th minute Graeme Mulcahy scrambled the ball over the line on the ground from close range after dropping it for the opening goal to put Limerick into a 2-point lead. A S\u00e9amus Flanagan point in the last minute of the first half made the score 1-10 to 0-9 at half-time.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 50], "section_span": [52, 74], "content_span": [75, 618]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277246-0015-0000", "contents": "2018 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship Final, Match Summary, Summary\nFour minutes into the second-half Kyle Hayes got the opening score to increase the lead to 4 points. Kyle Hayes got the decision from Hawk-Eye with another point a minute later to increase the lead to 6 points. After 54 minutes, Limerick got their second goal when Tom Morrissey pounced on a mistake from Gearoid McInerney to run in on goal and finish low and powerful to the net off the Hurley from the middle of the goal to put 9 points between the sides. In the 68th minute, substitute Shane Dowling got another goal for Limerick when he picked the ball up and finished with a low shot to the right of the net from the left to increase the lead to 8 points.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 50], "section_span": [52, 74], "content_span": [75, 735]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277246-0016-0000", "contents": "2018 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship Final, Match Summary, Summary\nIn the first of the 8 minutes of added time Galway scored a goal when Conor Whelan shot powerfully to the right of the net, four minutes later Joe Canning got another goal with a powerful shot to the top left corner of the net from a free to put 2 points between the sides. A minute later Niall Burke scored a point to put only one point between the sides.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 50], "section_span": [52, 74], "content_span": [75, 431]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277246-0016-0001", "contents": "2018 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship Final, Match Summary, Summary\nGraeme Mulcahy then scored a point for Limerick with a shot from the right to put 2 between them again before Joe Canning scored with a 65 to again make it a one-point game. In the last minute of time added on, Galway were awarded a free form inside their own half on the right, Joe Canning took the free which dropped short and was eventually cleared before the final sounded with Limerick the winners by one point.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 50], "section_span": [52, 74], "content_span": [75, 491]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277246-0017-0000", "contents": "2018 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship Final, Match Details, Trophy presentation\nLimerick captain Declan Hannon accepted the Liam MacCarthy Cup from GAA president John Horan in the Hogan Stand.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 50], "section_span": [52, 86], "content_span": [87, 199]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277246-0018-0000", "contents": "2018 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship Final, Match Details, Reaction\nSpeaking after the final whistle, Limerick manager John Kiely was happy that Limerick had held on in the final few minutes saying \"It\u2019s huge, huge, huge relief, this group has phenomenal belief in its own abilities, its own resolve, that never-say-die attitude. We have worked so, so hard. Galway pushed us so hard in the last 10, 15 minutes. It was really difficult on the lads to hold their nerve to try and find those last few vital scores, but they did.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 50], "section_span": [52, 75], "content_span": [76, 534]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277246-0019-0000", "contents": "2018 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship Final, Match Details, Reaction\nGalway manager Miche\u00e1l Donoghue accepted that his side were 'a tad off' in the final but vowed that they will be back again next year saying \"We're bitterly disappointed. I just felt we probably didn't get into the game but you have to give huge credit to Limerick. They started really well and were dominant for long periods.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 50], "section_span": [52, 75], "content_span": [76, 403]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277246-0020-0000", "contents": "2018 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship Final, Match Details, Reaction\nHighlights of the final were shown on The Sunday Game programme which aired at 9:30pm that night on RT\u00c9 Two and was presented by Des Cahill with match analysis from Brendan Cummins, Eddie Brennan, and Anthony Daly. On the man of the match award shortlist were Kyle Hayes, Declan Hannon and Joe Canning with Kyle Hayes winning the award which was presented by GAA president John Horan at the City West hotel in Dublin where the post match Limerick function was being held.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 50], "section_span": [52, 75], "content_span": [76, 547]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277246-0021-0000", "contents": "2018 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship Final, Match Details, Celebrations\nThe Limerick team returned home the day after the final where the homecoming event was held at Gaelic Grounds, with the team arriving around 7:00pm, the MC was Marty Morrissey. An estimated 90,000 people turned out to see the team and fans lined a route from Colbert Rail Station where the team arrived at 5.40pm through Mallow Street, O'Connell Street, Sarsfield Bridge and out to the Ennis Road to the Gaelic Grounds which was packed by 45,000.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 50], "section_span": [52, 79], "content_span": [80, 526]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277247-0000-0000", "contents": "2018 All-Ireland Senior Ladies' Football Championship\nThe 2018 All-Ireland Senior Ladies' Football Championship was the 45th edition of the Ladies' Gaelic Football Association's premier inter-county Ladies' Gaelic Football tournament. It was known for sponsorship reasons as the TG4 All-Ireland Senior Ladies' Football Championship.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 53], "section_span": [53, 53], "content_span": [54, 332]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277247-0001-0000", "contents": "2018 All-Ireland Senior Ladies' Football Championship, Competition Format, Provincial championships\nConnacht, Leinster, Munster and Ulster each organise their provincial championship. All matches are knockout.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 53], "section_span": [55, 99], "content_span": [100, 209]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277247-0002-0000", "contents": "2018 All-Ireland Senior Ladies' Football Championship, Competition Format, All-Ireland\nIn 2018, a new round-robin format was introduced in the All-Ireland championship. The 12 teams are drawn into four groups of three teams.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 53], "section_span": [55, 86], "content_span": [87, 224]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277247-0003-0000", "contents": "2018 All-Ireland Senior Ladies' Football Championship, Competition Format, All-Ireland\nThe winners of each group and the runners-up compete in the four All-Ireland quarter-finals. Two semi-finals and a final follow.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 53], "section_span": [55, 86], "content_span": [87, 215]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277247-0004-0000", "contents": "2018 All-Ireland Senior Ladies' Football Championship, All-Ireland Group Stage, All-Ireland Group Stage\nIn 2018, a new round-robin format was introduced in the All-Ireland championship. The 12 teams are drawn into four groups of three teams, with each group containing one provincial champion, one provincial beaten finalist, and one beaten provincial semi-finalist (two each from Munster and Ulster). Each team plays the other teams in its group once.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 53], "section_span": [55, 103], "content_span": [104, 452]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277247-0005-0000", "contents": "2018 All-Ireland Senior Ladies' Football Championship, All-Ireland Group Stage, All-Ireland Group Stage\nThere are three rounds in each group with the provincial champions playing in rounds two and three. Three group points are awarded for a win and one for a draw. The winners and runners-up in each group compete in the four All-Ireland quarter-finals.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 53], "section_span": [55, 103], "content_span": [104, 353]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277247-0006-0000", "contents": "2018 All-Ireland Senior Ladies' Football Championship, All-Ireland Knockout, All-Ireland Quarter-Finals\nEach of the four winners from the group stage play one of the four runners-up.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 53], "section_span": [55, 103], "content_span": [104, 182]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277247-0007-0000", "contents": "2018 All-Ireland Senior Ladies' Football Championship, Relegation Play-Offs, Relegation Format\nThe provincial championship winners are exempt from relegation even if they finish bottom of their group. The number of relegation play-off games is therefore dependent on the number of non provincial winners who finish bottom of their group. The losers of the relegation play-offs play in next year's intermediate championship.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 53], "section_span": [55, 94], "content_span": [95, 423]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277247-0008-0000", "contents": "2018 All-Ireland Senior Ladies' Football Championship, Relegation Play-Offs, Relegation Play-Off Match\nTipperary are relegated to the All-Ireland Intermediate Ladies' Football Championship for 2019.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 53], "section_span": [55, 102], "content_span": [103, 198]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277248-0000-0000", "contents": "2018 All-Ireland Senior Ladies' Football Championship Final\nThe 2018 All-Ireland Senior Ladies' Football Championship Final featured Dublin and Cork for the fourth time in five years. Cork were aiming to preserve their unbeaten record in All Ireland Finals, however Dublin defeated Cork for the first time. This was the first time Cork had lost an All Ireland Final. Dublin also won back-to-back All-Irelands for the first time. Dublin captain, Sin\u00e9ad Aherne, was the game's top scorer with 1-7 while Carla Rowe scored a goal in each half. Cork's top scorer was Orla Finn who scored 0-8 from free kicks.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 59], "section_span": [59, 59], "content_span": [60, 604]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277248-0001-0000", "contents": "2018 All-Ireland Senior Ladies' Football Championship Final, Attendance record\nFor the second year in succession, the attendance record was broken. In 2017 a crowd of 46,286 attended the final at Croke Park. The 2018 final saw an increase of almost 4,000 as the attendance reached 50,141. The ladies' final was better attended than the 2018 men's All-Ireland semi-final between Tyrone and Monaghan which was watched by a crowd of 49,696.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 59], "section_span": [61, 78], "content_span": [79, 437]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277248-0002-0000", "contents": "2018 All-Ireland Senior Ladies' Football Championship Final, TV audience\nThe 2018 final was broadcast live by TG4. An average of 179,000 viewers watched the final, representing a 26.1% share of viewing. The match peaked just before the final whistle, at 5.21pm, with 283,500 viewers. The game commanded a 23.7% share of women and a 29.5% share of men.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 59], "section_span": [61, 72], "content_span": [73, 351]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277248-0003-0000", "contents": "2018 All-Ireland Senior Ladies' Football Championship Final, Teams\nTeam:1 Ciara Trant2 Niamh Collins3 Leah Caffrey4 Martha Byrne5 Sin\u00e9ad Goldrick6 Sin\u00e9ad Finnegan 7 Siobh\u00e1n McGrath8 Lauren Magee9 Olwen Carey10 Lyndsey Davey11 Niamh McEvoy12 Carla Rowe 13 Sin\u00e9ad Aherne (c)14 No\u00eblle Healy15 Nicole Owens", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 59], "section_span": [61, 66], "content_span": [67, 302]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277248-0004-0000", "contents": "2018 All-Ireland Senior Ladies' Football Championship Final, Teams\nSubstitutes:Jennifer Dunne for Owens (51)Hannah O\u2019Neill for McEvoy (53)Amy Connolly for Healy (60)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 59], "section_span": [61, 66], "content_span": [67, 165]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277248-0005-0000", "contents": "2018 All-Ireland Senior Ladies' Football Championship Final, Teams\nTeam:1 Martina O'Brien2 Emma Spillane3 R\u00f3is\u00edn Phelan4 Melissa Duggan5 Marie O'Callaghan6 Eimear Meaney 7 Shauna Kelly8 \u00c1ine Kelly9 Hannah Looney10 Doireann O'Sullivan11 Ciara O'Sullivan (c)12 Aisling Hutchings 13 Libby Coppinger14 Eimear Scally15 Orla Finn", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 59], "section_span": [61, 66], "content_span": [67, 323]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277248-0006-0000", "contents": "2018 All-Ireland Senior Ladies' Football Championship Final, Teams\nSubstitutes:Saoirse Noonan for Coppinger (HT)Orlagh Farmer for Looney (54)Chloe Collins for Spillane (54)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 59], "section_span": [61, 66], "content_span": [67, 172]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277249-0000-0000", "contents": "2018 All-Ireland Under 20 Football Championship\nThe 2018 Inter-County Under 20 Football Championship was the 55th edition of the competition, and the first since the competition was re-graded from Under 21 to Under 20. It was sponsored by Eirgrid, and known as the EirGrid GAA Football U20 All-Ireland Championship for sponsorship purposes. 31 counties played in the tournament (Kilkenny did not participate). The competition began with a preliminary round game in Ulster on 25 May 2018, and ended with the final on 5 August 2018.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 47], "section_span": [47, 47], "content_span": [48, 530]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277249-0001-0000", "contents": "2018 All-Ireland Under 20 Football Championship, Competition Format\nPlayers under 20 years of age cannot play for a county's senior and under-20 championship teams. This rule was introduced to prevent player burnout and to allow the senior and under-20 championships to be scheduled in the same summer months with separate panels of players. If an under-20 player plays for a county's senior championship team, he is ineligible to play for their under-20 team.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 47], "section_span": [49, 67], "content_span": [68, 460]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277249-0002-0000", "contents": "2018 All-Ireland Under 20 Football Championship, Competition Format\nThis rule results in some county under-20 county teams playing without their best under-20 footballers. For example, Sean O'Shea and David Clifford played for the Kerry senior championship team in 2018 and therefore were not allowed to play for the Kerry under-20 team which meant that the under-20 team was weakened.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 47], "section_span": [49, 67], "content_span": [68, 385]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277249-0003-0000", "contents": "2018 All-Ireland Under 20 Football Championship, Competition Format\nConnacht, Leinster, Munster and Ulster each organise a provincial championship. Each province decides the format for their championship \u2013 the format can be straight knockout, double-elimination, a league, groups, etc. or a combination.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 47], "section_span": [49, 67], "content_span": [68, 303]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277249-0004-0000", "contents": "2018 All-Ireland Under 20 Football Championship, Competition Format\nThe four provincial winners meet in two semi-finals, with the winners of those matches playing in the All-Ireland Under-20 Football Championship Final.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 47], "section_span": [49, 67], "content_span": [68, 219]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277249-0005-0000", "contents": "2018 All-Ireland Under 20 Football Championship, Provincial Championships, Ulster Championship\nThe Ulster championship is organised on a random draw. All matches are straight knockout. The winners receive the Danny Murphy Cup which was commissioned in 2018 in honour of the former Ulster Chief Executive Officer and Secretary.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 47], "section_span": [49, 94], "content_span": [95, 326]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277250-0000-0000", "contents": "2018 All-Ireland Under-21 Hurling Championship\nThe 2018 All-Ireland Under-21 Hurling Championship was the 55th and last staging of the All-Ireland Under-21 Hurling Championship since its establishment by the Gaelic Athletic Association in 1964. The championship began on 7 May 2018 and ended on 26 August 2018.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [46, 46], "content_span": [47, 310]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277250-0001-0000", "contents": "2018 All-Ireland Under-21 Hurling Championship\nLimerick were the defending champions, however, they were defeated by Tipperary in the Munster semi-final.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [46, 46], "content_span": [47, 153]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277250-0002-0000", "contents": "2018 All-Ireland Under-21 Hurling Championship\nOn 26 August 2018, Tipperary won the championship following a 3-13 to 1-16 defeat of Cork in the All-Ireland final. This was their 10th All-Ireland title overall and their first in eight championship seasons. They were the first team ever to win the All-Ireland title after being defeated in the Munster Championship.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [46, 46], "content_span": [47, 364]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277250-0003-0000", "contents": "2018 All-Ireland Under-21 Hurling Championship, Format change\nCentral Council motions to alter the format of the championship were endorsed by the Gaelic Athletic Association's Special Congress on 30 September 2017. The proposal to allow Galway and Ulster teams as agreed by the Leinster and Ulster Councils into the Leinster Championship was backed by 72% of delegates. The original recommendation would have ended All-Ireland semi-finals as the Munster winners were set to face off against the Leinster winners from 2018 onwards. Cork argued that the All-Ireland semi-finals should be retained with the Munster champions taking on the runners-up in Leinster and vice versa. Their idea was endorsed by 78% of delegates.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [48, 61], "content_span": [62, 720]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277250-0004-0000", "contents": "2018 All-Ireland Under-21 Hurling Championship, Format change\nThis was the final year of the under-21 championship as the GAA Congress voted on 24 February 2018 to change to an under-20 championship in 2019.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [48, 61], "content_span": [62, 207]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277250-0005-0000", "contents": "2018 All-Ireland Under-21 Hurling Championship, Awards\n2018 Bord G\u00e1is Energy Team of the Year was announced on 17 October.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [48, 54], "content_span": [55, 122]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277251-0000-0000", "contents": "2018 All-Ireland Under-21 Hurling Championship Final\nThe 2018 All-Ireland Under-21 Hurling Championship final was a hurling match that was played on 26 August 2018 to determine the winners of the 2018 All-Ireland Under-21 Hurling Championship, the 55th season of the All-Ireland Under-21 Hurling Championship, a tournament organised by the Gaelic Athletic Association for the champion and runner-up teams of Leinster and Munster. The final was played at the Gaelic Grounds in Limerick and contested by Cork and Tipperary, who both represent the province of Munster.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 52], "section_span": [52, 52], "content_span": [53, 565]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277251-0001-0000", "contents": "2018 All-Ireland Under-21 Hurling Championship Final\nThe final between Cork and Tipperary was the first time that teams from the same province played each other in a decider. Cork were hoping to claim their 12th championship title overall and a first since 1998. Cork had previously beaten Tipperary by 13 points in the Munster final on 4 July 2018. Tipperary were hoping to win their 10th All-Ireland title.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 52], "section_span": [52, 52], "content_span": [53, 408]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277251-0002-0000", "contents": "2018 All-Ireland Under-21 Hurling Championship Final\nThe final was broadcast live as part of GAA Beo on TG4, presented by M\u00edche\u00e1l \u00d3 Domhnaill.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 52], "section_span": [52, 52], "content_span": [53, 142]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277251-0003-0000", "contents": "2018 All-Ireland Under-21 Hurling Championship Final\nCork were in front by 1-9 to 1-7 at half time but Tipperary won the game by 3-13 to 1-16 with an injury time goal by Conor Stakelum putting Tipperary into the lead by two points, another point by David Gleeson put them three points in front before the final whistle was blown.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 52], "section_span": [52, 52], "content_span": [53, 329]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277251-0004-0000", "contents": "2018 All-Ireland Under-21 Hurling Championship Final, Match, Details\n|date = 26 August 2020|time = 17:08:39|team1 = Cork |score = 1-16 - 3-13|aet =|report = |team2 = Tipperary|goals1 = Conor Cahalane 1-3, Declan Dalton 0-5 (5fs), Robbie O\u2019Flynn 0-3, Tim O\u2019Mahony, Shane Kingston, Brian Turnbull, Darragh Fitzgibbon, Jack O\u2019Connor 0-1 each. |goals2 = Jake Morris 1-4 (3fs), Stephen Nolan and Conor Stakelum 1-0 each, Jerome Cahill 0-3, Cian Darcy 0-2, Colin English, Ger Browne, David Gleeson, and Paudie Feehan 0-1 each. |stadium = Gaelic Grounds|attendance =|referee = John Keenan (Wicklow)}}", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 52], "section_span": [54, 68], "content_span": [69, 594]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277252-0000-0000", "contents": "2018 All-Pro Team\nThe 2018 All-Pro teams were named by the Associated Press (AP), Pro Football Writers of America (PFWA), and Sporting News (SN) for performance in the 2018 NFL season. While none of the All-Pro teams have the official imprimatur of the NFL (whose official recognition is nomination to the 2019 Pro Bowl), they are included in the NFL Record and Fact Book and also part of the language of the 2011 NFLPA Collective Bargaining Agreement. Any player selected to the first-team of any of the teams can be described as an \"All-Pro.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 17], "section_span": [17, 17], "content_span": [18, 544]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277252-0000-0001", "contents": "2018 All-Pro Team\nThe AP team, with first-team and second-team selections, was chosen by a national panel of fifty NFL writers and broadcasters. The Sporting News All-NFL team is voted on by NFL players and executives and will be released at a later date. The PFWA team is selected by its more than 300 national members who are accredited media members covering the NFL.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 17], "section_span": [17, 17], "content_span": [18, 370]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277252-0001-0000", "contents": "2018 All-Pro Team, Teams\nAP-2t = Tied for second-team All-Pro in the AP vote", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 17], "section_span": [19, 24], "content_span": [25, 76]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277252-0002-0000", "contents": "2018 All-Pro Team, Teams\nPFWA and SN did not separate the tackles and guards into more specific positions as the AP did.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 17], "section_span": [19, 24], "content_span": [25, 120]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277252-0003-0000", "contents": "2018 All-Pro Team, By NFL Team\nAP-2t = Tied for second-team All-Pro in the AP vote", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 17], "section_span": [19, 30], "content_span": [31, 82]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277252-0004-0000", "contents": "2018 All-Pro Team, By NFL Team\nPFWA and SN did not separate the tackles and guards into more specific positions as the AP did.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 17], "section_span": [19, 30], "content_span": [31, 126]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277253-0000-0000", "contents": "2018 All-SEC football team\nThe 2018 All-SEC football team consists of American football players selected to the All-Southeastern Conference (SEC) chosen by the Associated Press (AP) and the conference coaches for the 2018 Southeastern Conference football season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [26, 26], "content_span": [27, 262]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277253-0001-0000", "contents": "2018 All-SEC football team\nAlabama won the conference, beating Georgia 35\u201328 in the SEC Championship.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [26, 26], "content_span": [27, 101]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277253-0002-0000", "contents": "2018 All-SEC football team\nAlabama quarterback Tua Tagovailoa was voted the AP SEC Offensive Player of the Year. Kentucky linebacker Josh Allen was voted the AP SEC Defensive Player of the Year.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [26, 26], "content_span": [27, 194]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277253-0003-0000", "contents": "2018 All-SEC football team, Key\nBold = Consensus first-team selection by both the coaches and AP", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 31], "content_span": [32, 96]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277254-0000-0000", "contents": "2018 Allan Cup\nThe 2018 Allan Cup was the 2018 Canadian Grand National Championship of Senior ice hockey and the 110th year the trophy was awarded. The tournament played in Rosetown, Saskatchewan from April 9 to 14, 2018. The Stoney Creek Generals defeated the Lacombe Generals 7-4 to win the national championship.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 14], "section_span": [14, 14], "content_span": [15, 315]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277254-0001-0000", "contents": "2018 Allan Cup, Information\nRosetown, Saskatchewan was named the host community in November 2016.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 14], "section_span": [16, 27], "content_span": [28, 97]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277254-0002-0000", "contents": "2018 Allan Cup, Information\nNotable players competing in this tournament include Ian White, Ryan O'Marra, and Lukas Sutter.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 14], "section_span": [16, 27], "content_span": [28, 123]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277255-0000-0000", "contents": "2018 Allsvenskan\nThe 2018 Allsvenskan, part of the 2018 Swedish football season, was the 94th season of Allsvenskan since its establishment in 1924. A total of 16 teams participated.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [16, 16], "content_span": [17, 182]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277255-0001-0000", "contents": "2018 Allsvenskan\nMalm\u00f6 FF were the defending champions after winning the title in the previous season. AIK won the Swedish championship this season, their sixth Allsvenskan title and 12th Swedish championship overall, in the 30th round on 11 November when they won 0\u20131 in the away fixture against Kalmar FF at Guldf\u00e5geln Arena.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [16, 16], "content_span": [17, 327]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277255-0002-0000", "contents": "2018 Allsvenskan, Summary, Allsvenskans stora pris\nFor the sixth year running, the broadcaster of Allsvenskan, C More Entertainment, hosted an award ceremony where they presented seven awards and two special awards to the players and staff of the 16 Allsvenskan clubs, the award ceremony was held on 19 November 2018. The nominations for the 2018 season were officially announced on 9 November 2018. Nominees are displayed below, the winners are marked in bold text. AIK received the most nominations with seven, while GIF Sundsvall received five nominations, Hammarby IF and IFK Norrk\u00f6ping received three nominations each, BK H\u00e4cken received two nominations, and IF Brommapojkarna received one nomination.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [18, 50], "content_span": [51, 706]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277255-0003-0000", "contents": "2018 Allsvenskan, Teams\nA total of sixteen teams are contesting the league, including thirteen sides from the previous season, two promoted teams from the 2017 Superettan and one team from the 2017 Allsvenskan play-offs.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [18, 23], "content_span": [24, 220]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277255-0004-0000", "contents": "2018 Allsvenskan, Teams\nHalmstads BK and AFC Eskilstuna were relegated at the end of the 2017 season after finishing in the bottom two places of the table. They were replaced by 2017 Superettan champions IF Brommapojkarna and runners-up Dalkurd FF. IF Brommapojkarna returned to Allsvenskan after three years' absence, having been relegated at the end of the 2014 season. This is IF Brommapojkarna's sixth season in the league. Dalkurd FF are participating in the league for the first time in the club's history; they are the fourth new club in the last five Allsvenskan seasons (following Falkenbergs FF in 2014, \u00d6stersunds FK in 2016 and AFC Eskilstuna in 2017).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [18, 23], "content_span": [24, 664]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277255-0005-0000", "contents": "2018 Allsvenskan, Teams\nThe final spot was taken by the 2017 Allsvenskan play-offs winner; Trelleborgs FF, third-placed team in 2017 Superettan, who replace J\u00f6nk\u00f6pings S\u00f6dra IF.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [18, 23], "content_span": [24, 177]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277255-0006-0000", "contents": "2018 Allsvenskan, Teams, Personnel and sponsoring\nAll teams are obligated to have the logo of the league sponsor Svenska Spel as well as the Allsvenskan logo on the right sleeve of their shirt.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [18, 49], "content_span": [50, 193]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277255-0007-0000", "contents": "2018 Allsvenskan, Teams, Personnel and sponsoring\nNote: Flags indicate national team as has been defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players and Managers may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [18, 49], "content_span": [50, 200]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277255-0008-0000", "contents": "2018 Allsvenskan, Play-offs\nThe 14th-placed team of Allsvenskan meets the third-placed team from 2018 Superettan in a two-legged tie on a home-and-away basis with the team from Allsvenskan finishing at home.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [18, 27], "content_span": [28, 207]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277256-0000-0000", "contents": "2018 Almaty Challenger\nThe 2018 Almaty Challenger was a professional tennis tournament played on clay courts. It was the second edition of the tournament which was part of the 2018 ATP Challenger Tour. It took place in Almaty, Kazakhstan between 11 and 16 June 2018.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [22, 22], "content_span": [23, 266]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277256-0001-0000", "contents": "2018 Almaty Challenger, Singles main draw entrants, Other entrants\nThe following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 66], "content_span": [67, 135]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277256-0002-0000", "contents": "2018 Almaty Challenger, Singles main draw entrants, Other entrants\nThe following player received entry into the singles main draw as a special exempt:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 66], "content_span": [67, 150]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277257-0000-0000", "contents": "2018 Almaty Challenger 2\nThe 2018 Almaty Challenger 2 was a professional tennis tournament played on hard courts. It was the third edition of the tournament which was part of the 2018 ATP Challenger Tour. It took place in Almaty, Kazakhstan between 1 and 6 October 2018.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [24, 24], "content_span": [25, 270]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277257-0001-0000", "contents": "2018 Almaty Challenger 2, Singles main draw entrants, Other Entrants\nThe following players received entry into the singles main draw as wildcards:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 68], "content_span": [69, 146]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277258-0000-0000", "contents": "2018 Almaty Challenger 2 \u2013 Doubles\nKevin Krawietz and Andreas Mies were the defending champions but chose not to defend their title.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [34, 34], "content_span": [35, 132]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277258-0001-0000", "contents": "2018 Almaty Challenger 2 \u2013 Doubles\nZden\u011bk Kol\u00e1\u0159 and Luk\u00e1\u0161 Rosol won the title after defeating Evgeny Karlovskiy and Timur Khabibulin 6\u20133, 6\u20131 in the final.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [34, 34], "content_span": [35, 155]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277259-0000-0000", "contents": "2018 Almaty Challenger 2 \u2013 Singles\nJurij Rodionov was the defending champion but chose not to defend his title.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [34, 34], "content_span": [35, 111]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277259-0001-0000", "contents": "2018 Almaty Challenger 2 \u2013 Singles\nDenis Istomin won the title after defeating Nikola Milojevi\u0107 6\u20137(4\u20137), 7\u20136(7\u20135), 6\u20132 in the final.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [34, 34], "content_span": [35, 133]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277260-0000-0000", "contents": "2018 Almaty Challenger \u2013 Doubles\nTimur Khabibulin and Aleksandr Nedovyesov were the defending champions but lost in the quarterfinals to Nikola \u010ca\u010di\u0107 and Nino Serdaru\u0161i\u0107.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [32, 32], "content_span": [33, 170]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277260-0001-0000", "contents": "2018 Almaty Challenger \u2013 Doubles\nKevin Krawietz and Andreas Mies won the title after defeating Laurynas Grigelis and Vladyslav Manafov 6\u20132, 7\u20136(7\u20132) in the final.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [32, 32], "content_span": [33, 162]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277261-0000-0000", "contents": "2018 Almaty Challenger \u2013 Singles\nFilip Krajinovi\u0107 was the defending champion but chose not to defend his title.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [32, 32], "content_span": [33, 111]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277261-0001-0000", "contents": "2018 Almaty Challenger \u2013 Singles\nJurij Rodionov won the title after defeating Pe\u0111a Krstin 7\u20135, 6\u20132 in the final.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [32, 32], "content_span": [33, 112]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277262-0000-0000", "contents": "2018 Alpha Energy Solutions 250\nThe 2018 Alpha Energy Solutions 250 was the 4th stock car race of the 2018 NASCAR Camping World Truck Series, and the 24th iteration of the event. The race was originally held on Saturday, March 24, 2018 but after 24 laps, rain and snow postponed the race until Monday, March 26, 2021. The race was held in Martinsville, Virginia at Martinsville Speedway. The race took the scheduled 250 laps to complete. John Hunter Nemechek, driving a part-time schedule for NEMCO Motorsports would win the race after holding off Kyle Benjamin on a late-race restart, garnering the 6th win of his career and the first of the season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [31, 31], "content_span": [32, 650]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277262-0001-0000", "contents": "2018 Alpha Energy Solutions 250\nThe race was the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series debut for Tyler Matthews, Cory Roper, and Reid Wilson.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [31, 31], "content_span": [32, 137]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277262-0002-0000", "contents": "2018 Alpha Energy Solutions 250, Background\nMartinsville Speedway is an NASCAR-owned stock car racing track located in Henry County, in Ridgeway, Virginia, just to the south of Martinsville. At 0.526 miles (0.847 km) in length, it is the shortest track in the NASCAR Cup Series. The track was also one of the first paved oval tracks in NASCAR, being built in 1947 by H. Clay Earles. It is also the only remaining race track that has been on the NASCAR circuit from its beginning in 1948.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 43], "content_span": [44, 487]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277262-0003-0000", "contents": "2018 Alpha Energy Solutions 250, Practice, First practice\nFirst practice was held on Friday, March 23, at 11:05 AM EST. Justin Haley of GMS Racing would set the fastest time with a 20.118 and an average speed of 94.125 miles per hour (151.480\u00a0km/h).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 57], "content_span": [58, 249]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277262-0004-0000", "contents": "2018 Alpha Energy Solutions 250, Practice, Second practice\nSecond practice was held on Friday, March 23, at 1:05 PM EST. Matt Crafton of ThorSport Racing would set the fastest time with a 20.023 and an average speed of 94.571 miles per hour (152.197\u00a0km/h).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 58], "content_span": [59, 256]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277262-0005-0000", "contents": "2018 Alpha Energy Solutions 250, Practice, Third and final practice\nThird and final practice was held on Friday, March 23, at 3:05 PM EST. Grant Enfinger of ThorSport Racing would set the fastest time with a 19.921 and an average speed of 95.056 miles per hour (152.978\u00a0km/h).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 67], "content_span": [68, 276]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277262-0006-0000", "contents": "2018 Alpha Energy Solutions 250, Qualifying\nQualifying was held on Saturday, March 24, at 11:05 AM EST. Since Martinsville Speedway is a short track, the qualifying system was a multi-car system that included three rounds. The first round was 15 minutes, where every driver would be able to set a lap within the 15 minutes. Then, the second round would consist of the fastest 24 cars in Round 1, and drivers would have 10 minutes to set a lap. Round 3 consisted of the fastest 12 drivers from Round 2, and the drivers would have 5 minutes to set a time. Whoever was fastest in Round 3 would win the pole.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 43], "content_span": [44, 604]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277262-0007-0000", "contents": "2018 Alpha Energy Solutions 250, Qualifying\nBen Rhodes of ThorSport Racing would set the fastest time in Round 3, with a 19.737 and an average speed of 95.942 miles per hour (154.404\u00a0km/h), thus winning the pole.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 43], "content_span": [44, 212]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277262-0008-0000", "contents": "2018 Alpha Energy Solutions 250, Qualifying\nWhile Mike Harmon would not set the slowest time (Mike Senica would set the slowest, being a over a second slower than Harmon), Harmon would not have enough owner points to qualify, making Harmon the only driver to fail to qualify for the race.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 43], "content_span": [44, 288]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277263-0000-0000", "contents": "2018 Alpine Cup\nThe 2018 Alpine Cup is a four-nation football tournament hosted in Mandalay, Myanmar from 1\u20135 August 2018. The tournament is sponsored by Alpine purified drinking water. Myanmar, Thailand, and Bahrain compete as U-23 national team while South Korea does as U-19 national team.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [15, 15], "content_span": [16, 292]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277264-0000-0000", "contents": "2018 Alpine Elf Europa Cup\nThe 2018 Alpine Elf Europa Cup was the inaugural season of the Alpine Elf Europa Cup, the one-make sports car racing series organized by Alpine for Alpine A110 Cup cars. It began on 27 April at Le Castellet and finished on 12 October, at Monza after six double-header meetings.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [26, 26], "content_span": [27, 304]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277264-0001-0000", "contents": "2018 Alpine Elf Europa Cup, Race calendar and results, Drivers' Championship\nPoints are awarded to the top 20 drivers. If less than 75% of the race distance is completed then half points are awarded. If less than two laps are completed then no points are given.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 76], "content_span": [77, 261]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277265-0000-0000", "contents": "2018 Alpine Skiing World Cup \u2013 Men's Slalom\nThe Men's Slalom World Cup 2017/2018 involved 12 events: 10 slalom and 2 city events (Oslo and Stockholm). The last race, however, was cancelled due to high winds.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [43, 43], "content_span": [44, 207]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277266-0000-0000", "contents": "2018 Alps Tour\nThe 2018 Alps Tour was the 18th season of the Alps Tour, one of four third-tier tours recognised by the European Tour.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 14], "section_span": [14, 14], "content_span": [15, 133]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277266-0001-0000", "contents": "2018 Alps Tour, Schedule\nThe season initially consisted of 17 events in seven countries, but two events were cancelled and finally the tour has 15 events in seven countries.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 14], "section_span": [16, 24], "content_span": [25, 173]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277266-0002-0000", "contents": "2018 Alps Tour, Graduates\nThe top five players (not otherwise exempt) on the Order of Merit earned Challenge Tour cards for 2019.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 14], "section_span": [16, 25], "content_span": [26, 129]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277267-0000-0000", "contents": "2018 Alyn and Deeside by-election\nThe Alyn and Deeside by-election, 2018 is a by-election that took place in the National Assembly for Wales constituency of Alyn and Deeside on Tuesday 6 February 2018, following the death of incumbent Labour AM Carl Sargeant on 7 November 2017.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [33, 33], "content_span": [34, 278]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277267-0001-0000", "contents": "2018 Alyn and Deeside by-election\nThe election was the fourth Assembly by-election to be held since its formation in 1999. The seat is a safe seat for the Labour Party, having been held continuously by the party since the beginning of devolved government. The corresponding seat in the UK Parliament has been held by Labour since its creation in 1983. As a result of the vacancy, the governing coalition of Labour, one Liberal Democrat and one Independent held exactly half of the seats in the Welsh Assembly, meaning that a gain for the opposition would have cost the government their majority.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [33, 33], "content_span": [34, 595]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277267-0002-0000", "contents": "2018 Alyn and Deeside by-election, Background\nCarl Sargeant had been the Labour Party AM for the seat since the 2003 Assembly election, and held numerous junior and cabinet level positions before being appointed the Cabinet Secretary for Communities and Children in May 2016. Amidst the 2017 Westminster sexual scandals he was suspended from the Labour Party and removed from his position on 3 November 2017, following unspecified allegations about his personal conduct. He was found dead at his home in Connah's Quay four days later. North Wales Police said that they were not treating his death as suspicious. It was reported that Sargeant had taken his own life. At the opening of the inquest on 13 November, the coroner was told that his death was likely to have been due to hanging. The coroner also commented that the death was \"an apparent act of self harm\".", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 45], "content_span": [46, 865]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277267-0003-0000", "contents": "2018 Alyn and Deeside by-election, Background\nThe by-election was scheduled for the latest date possible \u2013 6 February 2018 \u2013 three calendar months following Carl Sargeant's death. This resulted in the unusual situation of polling day falling on a Tuesday, breaking the convention of UK elections taking place on a Thursday. The Presiding Officer of the Welsh Assembly justified the choice of date as being due to the \"sensitivities of the circumstances which led to the vacancy arising\" as well as the impact of the Christmas break on arrangements.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 45], "content_span": [46, 548]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277267-0004-0000", "contents": "2018 Alyn and Deeside by-election, Candidates\nWelsh Labour announced that it would be drawing up a shortlist of candidates in advance of a ballot of local members. Jack Sargeant, the son of the former AM Carl Sargeant, announced that he was putting his name forward for selection. He cited a desire to continue his father's work in the constituency. Also on Labour's shortlist were Flintshire County Councillor Carolyn Thomas and Saltney Town Councillor Hannah Jones. Jack Sargeant was selected as the Labour candidate on 3 January 2018, reportedly winning over 50% of the vote.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 45], "content_span": [46, 578]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277267-0005-0000", "contents": "2018 Alyn and Deeside by-election, Candidates\nThe Welsh Conservatives announced former district nurse and social worker Sarah Atherton as their candidate on 18 December 2017. At the 2019 General Election, Atherton was elected as MP for the nearby constituency of Wrexham, becoming the first Conservative ever to win the seat.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 45], "content_span": [46, 325]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277267-0006-0000", "contents": "2018 Alyn and Deeside by-election, Candidates\nUKIP stated that they would not field a candidate if Jack Sargeant was chosen as the Labour candidate. The seat had been their top target two years previously. Following Jack Sargaent's nomination as the Labour candidate on 3 January 2018 UKIP issued no further statement, but as expected no UKIP candidate appeared on the final list of candidates following the closure of nominations on 10 January 2018.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 45], "content_span": [46, 450]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277267-0007-0000", "contents": "2018 Alyn and Deeside by-election, Candidates\nPlaid Cymru announced Wrexham County Borough Councillor Carrie Harper as their candidate on 3 January 2018.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 45], "content_span": [46, 153]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277267-0008-0000", "contents": "2018 Alyn and Deeside by-election, Candidates\nThe Welsh Liberal Democrats announced bank worker and local Community Councillor Donna Lalek as their candidate on 21 December 2017.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 45], "content_span": [46, 178]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277267-0009-0000", "contents": "2018 Alyn and Deeside by-election, Candidates\nThe Wales Green Party announced Duncan Rees as their candidate on 4 January 2018.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 45], "content_span": [46, 127]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277267-0010-0000", "contents": "2018 Alyn and Deeside by-election, Candidates\nNominations closed at 4pm on 10 January 2018. A total of five candidates were nominated for the election.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 45], "content_span": [46, 151]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277268-0000-0000", "contents": "2018 Amata Friendship Cup\nThe 2018 Amata Friendship Cup (Thai: \u0e2d\u0e21\u0e15\u0e30 \u0e40\u0e1f\u0e23\u0e19\u0e14\u0e4c\u0e0a\u0e34\u0e1e \u0e04\u0e31\u0e1e 2018; Japanese: 2018\u5e74\u30a2\u30de\u30bf\u30d5\u30ec\u30f3\u30c9\u30b7\u30c3\u30d7\u30ab\u30c3\u30d7) was the first edition of the Amata Friendship Cup matches, held 21\u201323 December at the Amata Spring Country Club in Chonburi, Thailand. The Amata Friendship Cup is a team competition between the top mixed-gender professional and amateur golfers from Thailand and Japan. It is a three-day match play event between teams of twelve players with a similar format to the Ryder Cup and Solheim Cup. Boonchu Ruangkit and Virada Nirapathpongporn captained the Thai team and Naomichi Ozaki and Miho Koga captained the Japanese team.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [25, 25], "content_span": [26, 640]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277268-0001-0000", "contents": "2018 Amata Friendship Cup, Format\nThe Amata Friendship Cup is a match play event, with each match worth one point. The format is as follows:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 33], "content_span": [34, 140]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277268-0002-0000", "contents": "2018 Amata Friendship Cup, Teams\nEach team consisted of five male professionals, five female professionals, one male and one female amateur.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 32], "content_span": [33, 140]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277268-0003-0000", "contents": "2018 Amata Friendship Cup, Day one, Morning foursomes\nThe opening round of four fourball matches started at 7:15 am local time. The first point of the 2018 Amata Friendship Cup was won by Team Japan, with Ryuko Tokimatsu and Erika Hara winning 6 & 5 against Prayad Marksaeng and Moriya Jutanugarn. Prom Meesawat and Pannarat Thanapolboonyaras came from two down after the fourth and fifth hole to beat Masahiro Kawamura and Mami Fukuda two up. Jaidee and Thidapa Suwannapura also won by one against Kodai Ichihara and Sakura Koiwai one up. In the last match, Aphibarnrat and Thitikul won the seventeenth hole to halve Satoshi Kodaira and Yuri Yoshida, and to end the first morning 2\u00bd\u20131\u00bd in favour of Team Thailand.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 53], "content_span": [54, 714]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277268-0004-0000", "contents": "2018 Amata Friendship Cup, Day one, Afternoon four-ball\nThe afternoon session was won by team Thailand. It started at 12:00 pm local time. Jazz Janewattananond and Pornanong Phatlum won 3 & 2 over Hideto Tanihara and Nasa Hataoka, Prayad Marksaeng and Ariya Jutanugarn won the last hole to halve Kodai Ichihara and Fumika Kawagishi, Ryuko Tokimatsu and Erika Hara won for the second time, this time 4 & 3 over Prom Meesawat/Pannarat Thanapolboonyaras. The fourt pairing, Sadom Kaewkanjana and Moriya Jutanugarn won over Yuto Katsuragawa and Sakura Koiwai one up.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 55], "content_span": [56, 562]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277268-0005-0000", "contents": "2018 Amata Friendship Cup, Individual player records\nEach entry refers to the Win\u2013Loss\u2013Half record of the player.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 52], "content_span": [53, 113]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277269-0000-0000", "contents": "2018 Amazonas ambush\nThe 2018 Amazonas ambush occurred on 4 November 2018 when three Venezuelan border guards were killed and ten were wounded in a suspected Colombian ELN guerrilla attack in the Venezuelan Amazonas state. The Venezuelan government accused the Colombian government of being unable to control its armed groups, while Colombian officials have stated that the ELN and other armed groups use the Venezuelan territory as a refuge to evade its own armed forces, often with the tolerance of local authorities.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [20, 20], "content_span": [21, 519]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277270-0000-0000", "contents": "2018 Ambalapattu violence\nThe 2018 Ambalapattu violence refers to the violence on New Year's Eve of 2018 in a Dalit settlement in the village of Ambalapattu, Tamil Nadu. The settlement was attacked by dominant caste villagers during the New year celebrations by the Dalit community. Around 80 dominant caste villagers damaged Dalit homes, motor-bikes and properties. 8 Dalits were injured and 4 were admitted to the hospital.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [25, 25], "content_span": [26, 425]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277270-0001-0000", "contents": "2018 Ambalapattu violence\nThe attacks led to protests and road blocks by thousands of villagers and political parties across the state to bring the attackers to justice.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [25, 25], "content_span": [26, 169]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277270-0002-0000", "contents": "2018 Ambalapattu violence\n6 men from the dominant caste community were arrested in the next two days for the violence.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [25, 25], "content_span": [26, 118]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277270-0003-0000", "contents": "2018 Ambalapattu violence, Background\nThe Dalit villagers reside in the settlement of Kudikadu, in the south of the large village of Ambalapattu. This settlement has an dominant caste group consisting of at least 300 Kallar caste families, and a relatively small Dalit Paraiyar population consisting of about 60 households. The villagers are relatively well-off in both areas, with at least one person of each family employed in Singapore. The area is also reportedly known as 'Little Singapore' and it is also reported that Dalit families were well-educated, with many members working in government jobs. And the area has been a Communist heartland for over 6 decades, with inhabitants opposing oppression by Zamindars and supporting relationship and economic development for all classes.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 37], "content_span": [38, 789]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277270-0004-0000", "contents": "2018 Ambalapattu violence, Background, New year celebrations\nThe Dalit community in Kudikadu had planned for a new year celebration on the mid-night of 31 December 2017. The people festooned the colony's entrance with a balloon arch and celebrated the new year by boiling over milk, a Tamil tradition connected to Pongal festival. They also celebrated the new year by cutting a cake. For a dance program in which the children of the colony took part, a sound system had been set up. Each year, the colony's youth organize this festivities after raising money from the colony's residents.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 60], "content_span": [61, 587]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277270-0005-0000", "contents": "2018 Ambalapattu violence, Background, Scuffle between the villagers\nSome Dalit villagers saw a group of youngsters from the dominant caste Kallar group standing close to the entrance of their colony at around 12.30am on 1 January 2018. These men were in the northern area of the village, from a settlement about 3 km away. The Dalit villagers asserted that the men damaged the arch which they built for celebration. This led to a scuffle between the two groups which led to injury to one Dalit man. The scuffle was quickly broken up.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 68], "content_span": [69, 534]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277270-0006-0000", "contents": "2018 Ambalapattu violence, Attacks\nAfter an hour, a group of around 80 dominant caste members belonging to the Kallar caste, armed with knives, rods and other weapons, reached the Dalit colony in Kudikadu. They also allegedly brought the weapons in a van. The dominant caste members reportedly stirred up a quarrel over the sound system which were used for the celebrations. Then they went on rampage, damaging properties and ransacking Dalit houses. They reportedly cut off the power supply to the Dalit colony before their attacks. The dominant caste members reportedly screamed ,\"Why do you have to wear pants and shirts?\" and Why do you need to celebrate New Year, lower caste dogs? during their attacks.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 34], "content_span": [35, 708]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277270-0007-0000", "contents": "2018 Ambalapattu violence, Attacks\nThe Dalit men begged the attackers to spare their families while the women locked themselves up in their homes in panic as the mob attacked. The attacks lasted for thirty minutes before the attackers left having taught the Dalits \"a lesson.\" Some Dalits locked them up inside their houses while others escaped to the nearby fields.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 34], "content_span": [35, 366]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277270-0008-0000", "contents": "2018 Ambalapattu violence, Attacks\nThe villagers alleged that the violence ended with very few casualties because the Dalit men refrained from fighting back.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 34], "content_span": [35, 157]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277270-0009-0000", "contents": "2018 Ambalapattu violence, Damages\n15 motor bikes and 15 houses belonging to the Dalits were damaged. House hold articles including utensils, furniture, water pipes and Televisions were also destroyed. The sound system was also reportedly destroyed.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 34], "content_span": [35, 249]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277270-0010-0000", "contents": "2018 Ambalapattu violence, Damages\nThe attacks left 8 Dalits seriously injured and 4 men were hospitalized.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 34], "content_span": [35, 107]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277270-0011-0000", "contents": "2018 Ambalapattu violence, Protests\nThe next morning on 1 January 2018, more than a thousand villagers protested to arrest the attackers, to provide compensation to the affected and also demanded the District Collector to visit the spot. The protesters blocked the roads and the traffic was disrupted from 10 am to 1 pm and the vehicles were diverted. High level functionaries of the Communist Party of India (Marxist) and Communist Party of India and founder of the Adi Dravida Munnetra Kazhakam and members of various parties took part in the road blockade and raised slogans.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 35], "content_span": [36, 579]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277270-0012-0000", "contents": "2018 Ambalapattu violence, Protests\nThe Tamil Nadu Untouchability Eradication Front made a demonstration in front of the Tiruvallur bus stand condemning the attacks.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 35], "content_span": [36, 165]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277270-0013-0000", "contents": "2018 Ambalapattu violence, Arrests\nTwo days after the attack 6 men from the kallar community were arrested for the attacks.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 34], "content_span": [35, 123]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277270-0014-0000", "contents": "2018 Ambalapattu violence, Investigations\nKathir, the founder of Evidence, a Non-governmental organization based in Madurai, said caste discrimination is deeply rooted, though in a dormant form, in the social structure of villages in this area. He added that the involvement of many left-wing parties in the area may also have been the explanation for fewer attacks in the recent times. He said these attacks typically occur when Dalits speak up against attacks against them, or when they progress economically. He said that the society was assaulted as this colony has a lot of members in good government positions.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 41], "content_span": [42, 616]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277271-0000-0000", "contents": "2018 Amber Valley Borough Council election\nElections to Amber Valley Borough Council in Derbyshire, England took place on Thursday 3 May 2018. One third of the council seats were up for election.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [42, 42], "content_span": [43, 195]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277271-0001-0000", "contents": "2018 Amber Valley Borough Council election\nThe Conservatives gained seats to strengthen their position controlling the council. After the election, the composition of the council was:-", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [42, 42], "content_span": [43, 184]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277271-0002-0000", "contents": "2018 Amber Valley Borough Council election, Ward results\nPercentage change in party votes are from the last time the ward was contested. This is either 2015 or 2016.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [44, 56], "content_span": [57, 165]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277272-0000-0000", "contents": "2018 America East Conference Baseball Tournament\nThe 2018 America East Conference Baseball Tournament was held from May 23 to 26, 2018. The top six teams out of the league's seven members met in the double-elimination tournament held at Mahaney Diamond in Orono, Maine, the home park of Maine. As tournament champion, Hartford received the conference's automatic bid into the 2018 NCAA Division I Baseball Tournament.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 48], "section_span": [48, 48], "content_span": [49, 417]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277272-0001-0000", "contents": "2018 America East Conference Baseball Tournament, Seeding and format\nThe top six teams from the regular season are seeded one through six based on conference winning percentage only. The No. 1 and No. 2 seeds receive a first-round bye. The teams then play a double-elimination tournament.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 48], "section_span": [50, 68], "content_span": [69, 288]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277273-0000-0000", "contents": "2018 America East Conference Women's Soccer Tournament\nThe 2018 America East Conference Women's Soccer Tournament was the postseason women's soccer tournament for the America East Conference held from October 25 through November 4, 2018. The five-match tournament took place at campus sites, with the higher seed hosting. The six-team single-elimination tournament consisted of three rounds based on seeding from regular season conference play. The defending champions were the Stony Brook Seawolves, who were unable to defend their title after losing in the Quarterfinals to UMass Lowell. Albany won their third tournament in 4 years after a 5\u20131 victory in the final.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 54], "section_span": [54, 54], "content_span": [55, 668]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277274-0000-0000", "contents": "2018 America East Men's Basketball Tournament\nThe 2018 America East Men's Basketball Tournament was the postseason men's basketball tournament for the America East Conference, which was held on March 3, 6, and 10, 2018. All tournament games were played on home arenas of the higher-seeded school. UMBC defeated regular-season champion Vermont in the championship game to win the tournament and receive the conference's automatic bid to the NCAA Tournament. UMBC went on to defeat Virginia to become the first 16th-seeded team to beat the No. 1 seed in one of the biggest upsets in NCAA Tournament history.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [45, 45], "content_span": [46, 605]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277274-0001-0000", "contents": "2018 America East Men's Basketball Tournament, Seeds\nThe top eight teams in the conference standings qualified for the tournament. UMass Lowell was eligible for the tournament for the first time following their four-year transition to Division I. The teams were seeded by record in conference, with a tiebreaker system to seed teams with identical conference records. Binghamton was the only team to not qualify.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [47, 52], "content_span": [53, 412]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277274-0002-0000", "contents": "2018 America East Men's Basketball Tournament, Bracket and results\nTeams are reseeded after each round with highest remaining seeds receiving home court advantage.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [47, 66], "content_span": [67, 163]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277275-0000-0000", "contents": "2018 America East Men's Soccer Tournament\nThe 2018 America East Men's Soccer Tournament was the 30th edition of the tournament. The tournament decided the America East Conference champion and guaranteed representative into the 2018 NCAA Division I Men's Soccer Championship. The tournament began on November 3 and concluded on November 11.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [41, 41], "content_span": [42, 339]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277275-0001-0000", "contents": "2018 America East Men's Soccer Tournament\nTwo-time defending champions, Albany, were eliminated in the first round by UMass Lowell, meaning there would be a new America East Tournament champion for the first time since 2015. New Hampshire ultimately won the championship, defeating UMBC by a 5-0 scoreline in the final. It was New Hampshire's first America East championship they won, losing the previous four occasions.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [41, 41], "content_span": [42, 420]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277275-0002-0000", "contents": "2018 America East Men's Soccer Tournament\nNew Hampshire was the conference's lone bid into the NCAA Tournament. They hosted Colgate for the chance to play the top overall seed, Wake Forest in the second round. There, New Hampshire lost 1\u20130 to Colgate.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [41, 41], "content_span": [42, 251]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277276-0000-0000", "contents": "2018 America East Women's Basketball Tournament\nThe 2018 America East Women's Basketball Tournament began on February 28 and conclude with the championship game on March 9. Maine, the winner of the America East earns an automatic bid to the 2018 NCAA Tournament.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 47], "section_span": [47, 47], "content_span": [48, 262]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277276-0001-0000", "contents": "2018 America East Women's Basketball Tournament, Seeds\nTeams are seeded by record within the conference, with a tiebreaker system to seed teams with identical conference records.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 47], "section_span": [49, 54], "content_span": [55, 178]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277276-0002-0000", "contents": "2018 America East Women's Basketball Tournament, Schedule\nAll tournament games are nationally televised on an ESPN network:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 47], "section_span": [49, 57], "content_span": [58, 123]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277277-0000-0000", "contents": "2018 American Athletic Conference Baseball Tournament\nThe 2018 American Athletic Conference Baseball Tournament was scheduled to be held at Spectrum Field in Clearwater, Florida from May 22 through May 26. Anticipated weather forced a truncated schedule causing the event to be condensed, and the title game was played on May 25. The event, held at the end of the conference regular season, determines the champion of the American Athletic Conference for the 2018 season. East Carolina won the double-elimination tournament and received the conference's automatic bid to the 2018 NCAA Division I Baseball Tournament.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 53], "section_span": [53, 53], "content_span": [54, 616]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277277-0001-0000", "contents": "2018 American Athletic Conference Baseball Tournament, Format and seeding\nThe top eight baseball teams in The American were seeded based on their records in conference play. The tournament used a two-bracket double-elimination format, which led to a single championship game between the winners of each bracket.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 53], "section_span": [55, 73], "content_span": [74, 311]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277278-0000-0000", "contents": "2018 American Athletic Conference Football Championship Game\nThe 2018 American Athletic Conference Football Championship Game was an NCAA Division I college football conference championship game for the American Athletic Conference (AAC) played on December 1, 2018. It was the 4th American Athletic Conference Championship, and was played at Spectrum Stadium in Orlando, Florida.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 60], "section_span": [60, 60], "content_span": [61, 379]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277278-0001-0000", "contents": "2018 American Athletic Conference Football Championship Game\nUCF hosted Memphis, the second consecutive year the Knights hosted the Tigers in the American Athletic Conference Football Championship Game, and fourth meeting between the two schools in the past two seasons. With starting quarterback McKenzie Milton out for the season, the Knights rallied from a 17-point halftime deficit behind back-up quarterback Darriel Mack Jr. and won the conference championship for the second year in a row, and fourth time overall.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 60], "section_span": [60, 60], "content_span": [61, 520]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277278-0002-0000", "contents": "2018 American Athletic Conference Football Championship Game, Teams, Memphis\nUnder the leadership of third-year head coach Mike Norvell, the Memphis Tigers entered the American Championship with a record of 8\u20134, 5\u20133 in conference play. They started the season 3\u20132, with both losses in-conference (at Navy, at Tulane). They rebounded by annihilating Connecticut at home, but then lost to No. 10 UCF. Following a non-conference loss the following week, the Tigers improved on their 4\u20134 record by winning all four of their remaining games, giving them a four-game win streak coming into their American title game rematch with the Knights.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 60], "section_span": [62, 76], "content_span": [77, 635]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277278-0003-0000", "contents": "2018 American Athletic Conference Football Championship Game, Teams, UCF\nWith first-year head coach Josh Heupel at the helm, the No. 7 Knights entered the American title game riding a 24-game win streak dating back to the start of their 2017 season. Prior to the contest, their record stood at 11\u20130, 8\u20130 in conference play. The Knights opened the season ranked 21st in the AP poll, but steadily improved with wins over Connecticut, Pittsburgh, Memphis, Temple, No. 19 Cincinnati, and South Florida. The Knights entered the AAC Championship with a 12\u20131 record all-time against the Tigers; Memphis won their first meeting in 1990 and UCF took every matchup since. However, they faced a potentially devastating blow when the quarterback who had led them through their ongoing winning streak, McKenzie Milton, suffered a catastrophic knee injury in the South Florida game.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 60], "section_span": [62, 72], "content_span": [73, 868]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277278-0004-0000", "contents": "2018 American Athletic Conference Football Championship Game, Game summary, First quarter\nUCF won the coin toss and elected to defer to the second half. On the fourth play of the game, Tigers running back Darrell Henderson broke free for a 62-yard touchdown run, and a quick 7\u20130 lead for Memphis. Knights quarterback Darriel Mack Jr. then fumbled away the ball at the UCF 27, leading to Henderson's second touchdown. The Knights finally got on the board, going 65 yards in 7 plays, with a 14-yard touchdown run by Greg McCrae. The Memphis rushing attack struck again quickly.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 60], "section_span": [62, 89], "content_span": [90, 575]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277278-0004-0001", "contents": "2018 American Athletic Conference Football Championship Game, Game summary, First quarter\nFacing 3rd & 4 at their own 30 yard line, Patrick Taylor Jr. broke free for a 70-yard touchdown, and 21\u20137 lead. The miscues for the Knights continued, as Mack was sacked and fumbled, leading to a Tigers field goal and a shocking 24\u20137 lead at the end of the first quarter.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 60], "section_span": [62, 89], "content_span": [90, 361]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277278-0005-0000", "contents": "2018 American Athletic Conference Football Championship Game, Game summary, Second quarter\nAs the second quarter began, the Knights were driving into Tigers territory. A 20-yard completion from Mack to Gabriel Davis sparked the drive, and UCF eventually reached the red zone. Facing 3rd & Goal at the 6, Mack ran up the middle for an apparent touchdown, but the ball was fumbled and bouncing live into the endzone, dangerously close to going out-of-bounds. Michael Colubiale fell on the ball and recovered it for the UCF touchdown.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 60], "section_span": [62, 90], "content_span": [91, 531]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277278-0006-0000", "contents": "2018 American Athletic Conference Football Championship Game, Game summary, Second quarter\nDarrell Henderson continued to punish the Knights defense. On the second play of their next drive, he blasted for an 82-yard touchdown run, and a 31\u201314 Tigers lead. With under 4 minutes left in the half, a Memphis punt set UCF deep at their own 6 yard line. Mack threw a 44-yard pass to Gabriel Davis, then Greg McCrae broke free for a 47-yard run all the way to the 3 yard line. Mack's 4 yard touchdown pass to Jake Hescock made the score 31\u201321. The Knights forced a 3-and-out and Memphis punted with 1:50 remaining. But Otis Anderson muffed the punt, and Memphis recovered. With 21 seconds left in the half, Darrell Henderson connected with Sean Dykes for a 4-yard touchdown pass, and the Tigers led 38\u201321 at halftime.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 60], "section_span": [62, 90], "content_span": [91, 811]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277278-0007-0000", "contents": "2018 American Athletic Conference Football Championship Game, Game summary, Third quarter\nUCF received the ball to start the third quarter, and proceeded to dominate the second half. The Knights would score five touchdowns on five consecutive drives, erasing a 17-point deficit, and held the Tigers to only three points in the second half. Darrell Henderson was held to only 3 yards in the second half, while Darriel Mack Jr. threw for a touchdown, and rushed for four more. Mack sparked the rally with a 54-yard touchdown to a wide-open Otis Anderson, who ran untouched to the endzone. Later, Memphis managed to drive to the UCF 2 yard line, but Brady White's pass to the endzone fell incomplete off the fingertips of Damonte Coxie as he hit the ground. The Tigers settled for a field goal, and clung to a 41\u201335 lead.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 60], "section_span": [62, 89], "content_span": [90, 818]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277278-0008-0000", "contents": "2018 American Athletic Conference Football Championship Game, Game summary, Fourth quarter\nThe Knights took their first lead of the game (42\u201341) with a touchdown in the opening seconds of the fourth quarter. With 9:26 remaining, Memphis kicker Riley Patterson missed a 36-yard field goal attempt, and the Knights held their lead. UCF iced the game with two more touchdown, and an interception in the endzone with 33 seconds to go.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 60], "section_span": [62, 90], "content_span": [91, 430]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277278-0009-0000", "contents": "2018 American Athletic Conference Football Championship Game, Game summary, Fourth quarter\nQuarterback Darriel Mack Jr., in only his second start for the Knights, finished with 348 yard passing, 1 touchdown pass, 59 yards rushing, and 4 rushing touchdowns, to claim the game's MVP honors. The Knights extended their winning streak to 25 games, and set a new NCAA Division I FBS record with their 25th consecutive game scoring 30 or more points.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 60], "section_span": [62, 90], "content_span": [91, 444]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277279-0000-0000", "contents": "2018 American Athletic Conference Men's Basketball Tournament\nThe 2018 American Athletic Conference Men's Basketball Tournament ended the 2017\u201318 season of the American Athletic Conference. It was held from March 8 through March 11, 2018 at the Amway Center in Orlando, Florida. Regular-season champion Cincinnati won the tournament and with it the league's automatic bid to the NCAA Tournament.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 61], "section_span": [61, 61], "content_span": [62, 395]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277279-0001-0000", "contents": "2018 American Athletic Conference Men's Basketball Tournament, Seeds\nAll 12 conference teams participated in the conference tournament. The top four teams received a bye into the quarterfinals. Teams were seeded by record within the conference, with a tiebreaker system to seed teams with identical conference records. Tiebreakers: win/loss record, head-to-head record, record against the highest ranked team outside of the tied teams, record against the second highest ranked team outside of the tied teams, etc.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 61], "section_span": [63, 68], "content_span": [69, 513]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277280-0000-0000", "contents": "2018 American Athletic Conference Men's Soccer Tournament\nThe 2018 American Athletic Conference Men's Soccer Tournament was the 6th edition of the American Athletic Conference Men's Soccer Tournament. The tournament decided the American Athletic Conference champion and guaranteed representative into the 2018 NCAA Division I Men's Soccer Championship. The tournament began on November 6 and concluded on November 10.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 57], "section_span": [57, 57], "content_span": [58, 417]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277280-0001-0000", "contents": "2018 American Athletic Conference Men's Soccer Tournament\nIn a rematch of the 2017 AAC championship, defending champions, SMU, successfully defended their title. The final match was a 1-1 draw in regulation before SMU bested UCF in penalty kicks to claim their second-ever AAC championship. SMU midfielder, Emil Cuello was named the Offensive Most Valuable Player of the tournament, while SMU's Grant Makela was named the Defensive Most Valuable Player of the tournament.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 57], "section_span": [57, 57], "content_span": [58, 471]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277280-0002-0000", "contents": "2018 American Athletic Conference Men's Soccer Tournament\nAs champions, SMU earned the conference's automatic bid into the 2018 NCAA Tournament. In addition to SMU, regular season champions and tournament runners-up, UCF earned an at-large bid, as well as Connecticut. In the NCAA Tournament, SMU was eliminated in the first round by Oregon State. Connecticut beat Rhode Island in the first round before losing to Indiana in the second round. UCF was seeded 14th in NCAA Tournament, and earned a second round bye. There, UCF lost to Lipscomb in overtime.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 57], "section_span": [57, 57], "content_span": [58, 554]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277281-0000-0000", "contents": "2018 American Athletic Conference Softball Tournament\nThe 2017 American Athletic Conference Softball tournament was held at the USF Softball Stadium on the campus of South Florida in Tampa, Florida from May 10 through May 12, 2018. The event determined the champion of the American Athletic Conference for the 2018 NCAA Division I softball season. Sixth seeded Tulsa won the Tournament for the third year in a row and claimed the American's automatic bid to the 2018 NCAA Division I Softball Tournament.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 53], "section_span": [53, 53], "content_span": [54, 503]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277281-0001-0000", "contents": "2018 American Athletic Conference Softball Tournament, Format and seeding\nThe conference's eight teams were seeded based on conference winning percentage from the round-robin regular season. The teams then played a single-elimination tournament.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 53], "section_span": [55, 73], "content_span": [74, 245]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277281-0002-0000", "contents": "2018 American Athletic Conference Softball Tournament, All-Tournament Team, Most Outstanding Player\nEmily Watson was named Tournament Most Outstanding Player for the second consecutive year. Watson was a pitcher for Tulsa who earned the win in all three of the Golden Hurricane's wins en route to the title.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 53], "section_span": [55, 99], "content_span": [100, 307]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277282-0000-0000", "contents": "2018 American Athletic Conference Women's Basketball Tournament\nThe 2018 American Athletic Conference Women's Basketball Tournament was a postseason tournament that held from March 3\u20136, 2018 in the Mohegan Sun Arena in Uncasville, Connecticut. Connecticut the winner of the American Athletic Tournament earns an automatic bid to the 2018 NCAA Division I Women's Basketball Tournament.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 63], "section_span": [63, 63], "content_span": [64, 384]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277282-0001-0000", "contents": "2018 American Athletic Conference Women's Basketball Tournament, Seeds\nAll the teams in the American Athletic Conference will qualify for the tournament. Teams are seeded based on conference record, and then a tiebreaker system will be used. Teams seeded 5\u201312 play in the opening round, and teams seeded 1\u20134 received a bye to the quarterfinals.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 63], "section_span": [65, 70], "content_span": [71, 344]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277282-0002-0000", "contents": "2018 American Athletic Conference Women's Basketball Tournament, Schedule\nAll tournament games are nationally televised on an ESPN network:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 63], "section_span": [65, 73], "content_span": [74, 139]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277283-0000-0000", "contents": "2018 American Athletic Conference Women's Soccer Tournament\nThe 2018 American Athletic Conference Women's Soccer Tournament is the postseason women's soccer tournament for the American Athletic Conference held from October 31 to November 4, 2018. The five-match tournament will take place at the home field of the regular season champion. The six-team single-elimination tournament consisted of three rounds based on seeding from regular season conference play. The South Florida Bulls are the defending tournament champions. The Memphis Tiger's win was the program's first and also the first for coach Brooks Monaghan.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 59], "section_span": [59, 59], "content_span": [60, 619]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277284-0000-0000", "contents": "2018 American Athletic Conference football season\nThe 2018 American Athletic Conference football season is the 27th NCAA Division I FBS Football season of the American Athletic Conference (The American). The season is the sixth since the former Big East Conference dissolved and became the American Athletic Conference, and the fifth season with the College Football Playoff in place. The American is considered a member of the \"Group of Five\" (G5), meaning that the conference shares with the other G5 conferences one automatic spot in the New Year's Six bowl games. The entire schedule was released on February 13.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 49], "section_span": [49, 49], "content_span": [50, 616]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277284-0001-0000", "contents": "2018 American Athletic Conference football season, Previous season\nUCF defeated Memphis in the 2017 AAC Championship game' The game was a rematch of the September 30 matchup, which UCF won 40\u201313.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 49], "section_span": [51, 66], "content_span": [67, 195]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277284-0002-0000", "contents": "2018 American Athletic Conference football season, Previous season\nSeven Teams participated in bowl games, and finished with a record of 4\u20133. UCF defeated Auburn 34\u201327 in the Peach Bowl. The Knights finished the regular season 12\u20130. The effort came just two years after an 0\u201312 winless season (2015). UCF became the first team in the history of NCAA Division I FBS to improve from a winless regular season to an undefeated regular season in only two years. Memphis lost to Iowa State 20\u201321 in the 2017 Liberty Bowl. Navy defeated Virginia in the Military Bowl 49\u20137, Houston lost to Fresno State in the Hawaii Bowl 27\u201333. USF Defeated Texas Tech 38\u201324 in the Birmingham Bowl. Temple defeated FIU 28\u20133 in the Gasparilla Bowl, and SMU lost to Louisiana Tech 10\u201351 in the Frisco Bowl.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 49], "section_span": [51, 66], "content_span": [67, 780]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277284-0003-0000", "contents": "2018 American Athletic Conference football season, American Athletic Conference Media Day\nThe American Athletic Conference Media Day took place July 18 in Newport, Rhode Island.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 49], "section_span": [51, 89], "content_span": [90, 177]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277284-0004-0000", "contents": "2018 American Athletic Conference football season, American Athletic Conference Media Day, Fifth Anniversary Football Team\nwith 2018 marking the Fifth Year of American Athletic Conference Football under the new league, the Conference announced the Fifth Anniversary Team", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 49], "section_span": [51, 122], "content_span": [123, 270]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277284-0005-0000", "contents": "2018 American Athletic Conference football season, American Athletic Conference Media Day, Fifth Anniversary Football Team\nQB \u2013 Keenan Reynolds, NavyRB \u2013 D'Angelo Brewer, TulsaRB \u2013 Marlon Mack, USFWR \u2013 Zay Jones, ECUWR \u2013 Anthony Miller, MemphisWR \u2013 Courtland Sutton, SMUTE \u2013 Jordan Akins, UCFOT \u2013 Kofi Amichia, USFOT \u2013 Dion Dawkins, TempleOT \u2013 Eric Lefeld, CincinnatiOG \u2013 E.K. Binns, NavyOG \u2013 Adam West, NavyC \u2013 Kyle Friend, Temple", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 49], "section_span": [51, 122], "content_span": [123, 432]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277284-0006-0000", "contents": "2018 American Athletic Conference football season, American Athletic Conference Media Day, Fifth Anniversary Football Team\nDL \u2013 Matt Ioannidis, TempleDL \u2013 Justin Lawler, USFDL \u2013 Ed Oliver, HoustonDL \u2013 Haason Reddick, TempleDL \u2013 Marcus Smith, LouisvilleLB \u2013 Genard Avery, UCFLB \u2013 Shaquem Griffin, UCFLB \u2013 Tyler Matakevich, TempleLB \u2013 Auggie Sanchez, USFCB \u2013 Jacoby Glenn, USFCB \u2013 Mike Hughes, UCFCB \u2013 Parry Nickerson, TulaneS \u2013 Clayton Geathers, UCFS \u2013 Obi Melifonwu, UConnPK \u2013 Jake Elliott, MemphisP \u2013 Tom Hornsey, MemphisRS \u2013 Tony Pollard, Memphis", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 49], "section_span": [51, 122], "content_span": [123, 548]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277284-0007-0000", "contents": "2018 American Athletic Conference football season, Head coaches, Coaching changes\nThere were two coaching changes after the regular season ended, On December 2, 2017 Scott Frost left UCF to take the Nebraska job, but stayed on to coach in the AAC Championship game and Peach Bowl, UCF ended up hiring Missouri Offensive Coordinator Josh Heupel. On December 7, 2017 SMU coach Chad Morris left to take the Arkansas job, on December 12, 2017 former Cal coach Sonny Dykes was hired as the new SMU coach.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 49], "section_span": [51, 81], "content_span": [82, 499]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277284-0008-0000", "contents": "2018 American Athletic Conference football season, Head coaches, Coaches\nNote: All stats current through the completion of the 2017 season", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 49], "section_span": [51, 72], "content_span": [73, 138]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277284-0009-0000", "contents": "2018 American Athletic Conference football season, American vs other conferences, American vs Power conference matchups\nThis is a list of the power conference teams (ACC, Big 10, Big 12, Notre Dame, Pac-12 and SEC) The American will playing during the 2018 season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 49], "section_span": [51, 119], "content_span": [120, 264]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277284-0010-0000", "contents": "2018 American Athletic Conference football season, Awards and honors, Conference awards\nThe following individuals received postseason honors as voted by the American Athletic Conference football coaches at the end of the season", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 49], "section_span": [51, 87], "content_span": [88, 227]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277284-0011-0000", "contents": "2018 American Athletic Conference football season, Awards and honors, Conference awards\nWR \u2013 Trevon Brown, ECUWR \u2013 Marquez Stevenson, HoustonWR \u2013 James Proche, SMUOT \u2013 Dino Boyd, CincinnatiOT \u2013 Jake Brown, UCFOG \u2013 Cole Schneider, UCFOG \u2013 Dustin Woodard, MemphisC \u2013 Jordan Johnson, UCFTE \u2013 Mitchell Wilcox, USFQB \u2013 McKenzie Milton, UCFRB \u2013 Darrell Henderson^, MemphisRB \u2013 Ryquell Armstead, TempleK \u2013 Jake Verity, ECURS \u2013 John Williams, MemphisRS \u2013 Isaiah Wright, Temple", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 49], "section_span": [51, 87], "content_span": [88, 470]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277284-0012-0000", "contents": "2018 American Athletic Conference football season, Awards and honors, Conference awards\nDL \u2013 Cortez Broughton, CincinnatiDL \u2013 Nate Harvey, ECUDL \u2013 Ed Oliver, HoustonDL \u2013 Michael Dogbe, TempleLB \u2013 Nate Evans, UCFLB \u2013 Perry Young, CincinnatiLB \u2013 Austin Robinson, HoustonLB \u2013 Shaun Bradley, TempleCB \u2013 Nevelle Clarke, UCFCB \u2013 Rock Ya-Sin, TempleS \u2013 Richie Grant, UCFS \u2013 Delvon Randall, TempleP \u2013 James Smith, Cincinnati", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 49], "section_span": [51, 87], "content_span": [88, 416]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277284-0013-0000", "contents": "2018 American Athletic Conference football season, Awards and honors, Conference awards\nWR \u2013 Gabriel Davis, UCFWR \u2013 Damonte Coxie, MemphisWR \u2013 Ventell Bryant, TempleOT \u2013 Wyatt Miller, UCFOT \u2013 Trevon Tate, MemphisOG \u2013 Jovahn Fair, TempleOG \u2013 Tyler Bowling, TulsaC \u2013 Garrett Campbell, CincinnatiTE \u2013 Josiah Deguara, CincinnatiQB \u2013 D'Eriq King, HoustonRB \u2013 Michael Warren II, CincinnatiRB \u2013 Adrian Killins, UCFK \u2013 Matthew Wright, UCFRS \u2013 Adrian Killins, UCF", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 49], "section_span": [51, 87], "content_span": [88, 456]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277284-0014-0000", "contents": "2018 American Athletic Conference football season, Awards and honors, Conference awards\nDL \u2013 Titus Davis, UCFDL \u2013 Marquis Copeland, CincinnatiDL \u2013 Brendon Hayes, UCFDL \u2013 Kimoni Fitz, CincinnatiDL \u2013 Patrick Johnson, TulaneLB \u2013 Pat Jasinski, UCFLB \u2013 Bryce Huff, MemphisLB \u2013 Khalid McGee, USFLB \u2013 Zachery Harris, TulaneCB \u2013 TJ Carter, MemphisCB \u2013 Donnie Lewis, TulaneS \u2013 James Wiggins, CincinnatiS \u2013 Roderic Teamer, TulaneP \u2013 Thomas Bennett, Tulsa", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 49], "section_span": [51, 87], "content_span": [88, 444]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277284-0015-0000", "contents": "2018 American Athletic Conference football season, NFL Draft\nThe following list includes all AAC players who were drafted in the 2019 NFL draft.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 49], "section_span": [51, 60], "content_span": [61, 144]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277285-0000-0000", "contents": "2018 American Athletic Conference men's soccer season\nThe 2018 American Athletic Conference men's soccer season was the 6th season of men's varsity soccer in the conference. The season began on August 24 and concluded on November 11, 2018.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 53], "section_span": [53, 53], "content_span": [54, 239]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277285-0001-0000", "contents": "2018 American Athletic Conference men's soccer season\nThe regular season was won by UCF, who finished conference play with a 5\u20131\u20131 record, and won on tiebreakers against SMU. SMU won the American Tournament, defeating UCF 5\u20134 in penalty kicks following a 1\u20131 draw in regulation and overtime. SMU earned the conference's automatic berth into the NCAA Tournament, while UCF and Connecticut received at-large berths into the tournament. In the NCAA Tournament, SMU lost in the first round to Oregon State. Connecticut beat rivals, Rhode Island, in the first round, before losing to Indiana in the second round. UCF was one of the 16 seeded teams (seeded 14th), allowing them to earn a bye into the second round. There, they lost in overtime to Lipscomb.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 53], "section_span": [53, 53], "content_span": [54, 750]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277285-0002-0000", "contents": "2018 American Athletic Conference men's soccer season\nFollowing the season, Cal Jennings won the Offensive MVP award for the conference. Jacob Hauser-Ramsey of Connecticut won the Defensive MVP. Fellow UCF players, Louis Perez, Yannik Oettl, and Scott Calabrese won the AAC Midfielder, Goalkeeper, and Coach of the Year awards, respectively. Perez and Jennings were also named All-Americans by United Soccer Coaches.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 53], "section_span": [53, 53], "content_span": [54, 416]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277285-0003-0000", "contents": "2018 American Athletic Conference men's soccer season\nEmil Cuello was the first AAC player to be drafted in the 2019 MLS SuperDraft, when he was selected by the LA Galaxy with the 19th overall pick in the first round of the draft.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 53], "section_span": [53, 53], "content_span": [54, 230]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277285-0004-0000", "contents": "2018 American Athletic Conference men's soccer season, Preseason, Preseason poll\nThe preseason poll will be released on August 14, 2018. UCF was picked to win the regular season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 53], "section_span": [55, 80], "content_span": [81, 178]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277285-0005-0000", "contents": "2018 American Athletic Conference men's soccer season, Preseason, Preseason national rankings\nTwo of the programs were ranked in one of the five major preseason polls. CollegeSoccerNews.com and Hero Sports use a Top 30 ranking throughout the season, while United Soccer, Soccer America, and Top Drawer Soccer use a Top 25 ranking throughout the season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 53], "section_span": [55, 93], "content_span": [94, 352]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277285-0006-0000", "contents": "2018 American Athletic Conference men's soccer season, Preseason, Preseason All-Conference teams\nNote: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 53], "section_span": [55, 96], "content_span": [97, 225]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277285-0007-0000", "contents": "2018 American Athletic Conference men's soccer season, Postseason, AAC Tournament\nThe 2018 Tournament will be held at the home ground of the regular season winner.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 53], "section_span": [55, 81], "content_span": [82, 163]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277285-0008-0000", "contents": "2018 American Athletic Conference men's soccer season, Postseason, Postseason awards and honors, Conference honors\nJacob Hauser-Ramsey, Sr., UConnTalen Maples, So., SMUBen Roberts, Jr., Memphis", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 53], "section_span": [55, 114], "content_span": [115, 193]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277285-0009-0000", "contents": "2018 American Athletic Conference men's soccer season, Postseason, Postseason awards and honors, Conference honors\nLouis Perez, So., UCFYoni Sorokin, So., UCFEmil Cuello, Sr., SMUDavid Zalzman, Sr., M, Memphis", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 53], "section_span": [55, 114], "content_span": [115, 209]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277285-0010-0000", "contents": "2018 American Athletic Conference men's soccer season, Postseason, Postseason awards and honors, Conference honors\nCal Jennings, Jr., UCFAbdou Mbacke Thiam, Sr., UConnTomasz Skublak, Sr., USF", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 53], "section_span": [55, 114], "content_span": [115, 191]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277285-0011-0000", "contents": "2018 American Athletic Conference men's soccer season, Postseason, Postseason awards and honors, Conference honors\nAvionne Flanagan, So., USFDylan Greenberg, R-Sr., UConnRobin Lapert, So., UConnYanis Leerman, Fr., UCF", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 53], "section_span": [55, 114], "content_span": [115, 217]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277285-0012-0000", "contents": "2018 American Athletic Conference men's soccer season, Postseason, Postseason awards and honors, Conference honors\nChase Bromstedt, So., TulsaLukas Fernandes, Jr., TempleDayonn Harris, R-Jr., UConnFelix Metzler, Fr., UConnAlex Zis, Jr., USF", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 53], "section_span": [55, 114], "content_span": [115, 240]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277285-0013-0000", "contents": "2018 American Athletic Conference men's soccer season, Postseason, Postseason awards and honors, Conference honors\nKnut Ahlander, SMUJalen Campbell, TempleAndres Charles-Barrera, TempleFelix Metzler, UConnLane Warrington, SMU", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 53], "section_span": [55, 114], "content_span": [115, 225]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277286-0000-0000", "contents": "2018 American League Championship Series\nThe 2018 American League Championship Series was a best-of-seven series pitting the defending World Series champion Houston Astros against the Boston Red Sox, for the American League (AL) pennant and the right to play in the 2018 World Series. The series was played in a 2\u20133\u20132 format, with the first two and last two (if necessary) games played at the home ballpark of the team with the better regular season record, the Red Sox. The series was the 49th in league history, with TBS televising all games in the United States. The Red Sox defeated the Astros, in five games.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [40, 40], "content_span": [41, 613]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277286-0001-0000", "contents": "2018 American League Championship Series\nFor the second year in a row, Major League Baseball sold presenting sponsorships to all of its postseason series; as with the NLCS, this ALCS was sponsored by Google Assistant and was officially known as the American League Championship Series presented by Google Assistant.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [40, 40], "content_span": [41, 315]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277286-0002-0000", "contents": "2018 American League Championship Series\nThe Red Sox would go on to defeat the Los Angeles Dodgers in the World Series in five games to win their ninth World Series championship.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [40, 40], "content_span": [41, 178]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277286-0003-0000", "contents": "2018 American League Championship Series, Background\nThe Astros won the American League West division with a record of 103\u201359, then swept the Cleveland Indians in the American League Division Series. This was the Astros' sixth League Championship Series and second in the American League, their prior AL appearance being a 2017 ALCS win over the New York Yankees in seven games. Houston also appeared in four NLCS, winning once and losing thrice, before joining the American League in 2013.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 52], "content_span": [53, 490]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277286-0004-0000", "contents": "2018 American League Championship Series, Background\nThe Red Sox won the American League East division with a record of 108\u201354, then defeated the New York Yankees in the American League Division Series, 3\u20131. This was Boston's 11th ALCS. They had a prior record of 5\u20135, most recently winning in 2013 and most recently losing in 2008.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 52], "content_span": [53, 332]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277286-0005-0000", "contents": "2018 American League Championship Series, Background\nThe 2018 ALCS was just the 12th postseason match-up to feature two teams with 100 wins, though the third since the 2017 World Series. The 211 combined regular season wins for both teams was the second-most of any postseason series ever, just behind the 1998 World Series. It was also the first ALCS to feature two 100-win teams since 1977, when the New York Yankees (100\u201362) defeated the Kansas City Royals (102\u201360).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 52], "content_span": [53, 469]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277286-0006-0000", "contents": "2018 American League Championship Series, Background\nBoston and Houston had met once before in the postseason, with the Astros winning the 2017 ALDS, 3\u20131; that year Alex Cora was Houston's bench coach before becoming manager of Boston for the upcoming season. Houston was 4\u20133 in their seven games against Boston during the 2018 regular season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 52], "content_span": [53, 343]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277286-0007-0000", "contents": "2018 American League Championship Series, Game summaries, Game 1\nThree time All-Star and two time World Series Champion Kevin Youkilis threw out the ceremonial first pitch for the Red Sox. The Astros struck first on a George Springer two-run single in the top of the second off of an erratic Chris Sale, eventually ending Sale's night after four innings. Verlander cruised through four innings before running into trouble in the fifth, walking Mitch Moreland with the bases loaded and allowing Jackie Bradley Jr. to score on a wild pitch to even the score at two.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 64], "content_span": [65, 563]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277286-0007-0001", "contents": "2018 American League Championship Series, Game summaries, Game 1\nVerlander struck out Andrew Benintendi on a controversial called strike that resulted in Red Sox manager Alex Cora getting ejected in between innings. The Astros responded in the top of the sixth with a two-out RBI single by Carlos Correa after Joe Kelly hit Alex Bregman with a pitch and Yuli Gurriel reached on a fielding error by Eduardo N\u00fa\u00f1ez. Verlander came back to retire the side in order in the sixth.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 64], "content_span": [65, 474]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277286-0007-0002", "contents": "2018 American League Championship Series, Game summaries, Game 1\nThe Astros and Red Sox would trade zeroes until the top of the ninth inning which was led off by a Josh Reddick home run off of Brandon Workman. Workman then, after getting an out, walked Jos\u00e9 Altuve and Alex Bregman before Yuli Gurriel hit a three-run home run to blow the game open at 7\u20132. The Red Sox ended the night having walked 10 Astros hitters and hitting three more. Collin McHugh came in to finish the game off and give the Astros a loud 1\u20130 lead in the series.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 64], "content_span": [65, 536]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277286-0008-0000", "contents": "2018 American League Championship Series, Game summaries, Game 2\nJonny Gomes, a member of the 2013 World Series champion Red Sox, threw the ceremonial first pitch. Mookie Betts doubled off Gerrit Cole and Andrew Benintendi singled him home to open the scoring for the Red Sox. Xander Bogaerts reached second on Cole's throwing error with one out in the first, then Rafael Devers singled home Benintendi for a 2\u20130 lead. Starting pitcher David Price allowed the Astros to get on the board in the second as Carlos Correa hit an infield single and Mart\u00edn Maldonado doubled, with George Springer doubling them both home to tie it.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 64], "content_span": [65, 625]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277286-0008-0001", "contents": "2018 American League Championship Series, Game summaries, Game 2\nAn inning later, Yuli Gurriel singled and an out later, Marwin Gonz\u00e1lez homered over the Green Monster for a 4\u20132 lead. But the Red Sox struck back in the bottom of the inning. Bogaerts singled, Steve Pearce doubled and Devers walked to load the bases. One out later, Jackie Bradley Jr. hit a bases-clearing double to give the Red Sox a 5\u20134 lead, which they would never relinquish. Price would fall an out shy of being credited the victory, allowing four runs, five hits, and four walks.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 64], "content_span": [65, 551]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277286-0008-0002", "contents": "2018 American League Championship Series, Game summaries, Game 2\nMatt Barnes relieved him in the fifth with two outs and retired the next four batters for the victory. In the seventh, after Betts walked, Lance McCullers Jr. threw a wild pitch, advancing Betts to second, then to third on a Maldonado passed ball. One out later, another Maldonado passed ball scored Betts to make it 6\u20134. The next inning saw Devers single to center; two outs later, Mitch Moreland singled, and A. J. Hinch immediately sent out H\u00e9ctor Rond\u00f3n to face Betts, who doubled to center, scoring Devers to extend their lead to three runs.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 64], "content_span": [65, 611]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277286-0008-0003", "contents": "2018 American League Championship Series, Game summaries, Game 2\nCraig Kimbrel pitched the ninth, allowing a two-out double by Springer and a Jos\u00e9 Altuve RBI single to bring the Astros to within 7\u20135. Kimbrel then retired Alex Bregman, who flew out to Benintendi to end the game, earning his third save this postseason, and tying the series at one all.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 64], "content_span": [65, 351]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277286-0009-0000", "contents": "2018 American League Championship Series, Game summaries, Game 3\nFormer Astros All-Star player Lance Berkman threw the ceremonial first pitch. Dallas Keuchel was Houston's starting pitcher, while Nathan Eovaldi started for Boston. The Red Sox jumped out to an early 2\u20130 lead in the top of the first inning, on two singles, a double, and an RBI ground out. The Astros responded in the bottom of the inning with a run on three singles, trimming Boston's lead to 2\u20131.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 64], "content_span": [65, 464]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277286-0009-0001", "contents": "2018 American League Championship Series, Game summaries, Game 3\nHouston tied the game in the bottom of the fifth, as Jos\u00e9 Altuve worked a two-out walk and Alex Bregman drove him in with a double under the glove of Boston third baseman Rafael Devers. In the top of the sixth, Houston reliever Joe Smith took over from Keuchel, who had allowed two runs on four hits in five innings pitched. Smith allowed a home run to Steve Pearce, putting Boston back in the lead, 3\u20132, which they would never relinquish.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 64], "content_span": [65, 504]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277286-0009-0002", "contents": "2018 American League Championship Series, Game summaries, Game 3\nIn the bottom of the seventh, Ryan Brasier relieved Red Sox starter Eovaldi, who had allowed two runs on six hits in six innings pitched. With two outs in the top of the eighth, Boston had the bases loaded when pinch hitter Mitch Moreland was hit by a pitch from Roberto Osuna, forcing in a run. Jackie Bradley Jr. then hit a grand slam off of Osuna, putting Boston ahead, 8\u20132. The game ended without further scoring, George Springer striking out to end it. Eovaldi got the win for Boston, while Smith took the loss for Houston.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 64], "content_span": [65, 593]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277286-0010-0000", "contents": "2018 American League Championship Series, Game summaries, Game 4\nFormer Astros player Chris Burke, who hit a series-winning home run in the 2005 NLDS, threw the ceremonial first pitch. Charlie Morton started for Houston, his first postseason appearance this year. Boston scored two runs in the first inning, on a hit by pitch, walk, wild pitch, and a two-out RBI single by Rafael Devers. Rick Porcello started for Boston, his second start and fourth appearance of this postseason.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 64], "content_span": [65, 480]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277286-0010-0001", "contents": "2018 American League Championship Series, Game summaries, Game 4\nIn the bottom of the first, a deep drive and potential two-run homer to right field by Jos\u00e9 Altuve, which Mookie Betts nearly caught with a leaping grab at the wall, was ruled an out due to fan interference, when the incorrect call was made by right field umpire Joe West. Houston got a run back in the bottom of the second, when Josh Reddick led off with a double, and scored on a single by Carlos Correa.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 64], "content_span": [65, 471]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277286-0010-0002", "contents": "2018 American League Championship Series, Game summaries, Game 4\nIn the top of the third, Andrew Benintendi hit a leadoff double, moved to third on a wild pitch, and scored on a double by Xander Bogaerts, giving the Red Sox a 3\u20131 lead. Josh James relieved Morton during the third, Morton having allowed three runs on three hits in 2+1\u20443 innings pitched. A George Springer home run to open the bottom of the third cut the lead to 3\u20132. Altuve then doubled, and was later driven in on a single by Reddick, evening the score, 3\u20133.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 64], "content_span": [65, 526]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277286-0010-0003", "contents": "2018 American League Championship Series, Game summaries, Game 4\nA homer by Tony Kemp in the bottom of the fourth put the Astros ahead, 4\u20133. In the top of the fifth, Benintendi again doubled and was driven in by Bogaerts, tying the game at four all. Porcello, who had allowed four runs on seven hits, was relieved by Joe Kelly for the bottom of the fifth; Yuli Gurriel singled, advanced to second on a wild pitch, and scored on a single by Correa, putting the Astros back ahead, 5\u20134.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 64], "content_span": [65, 483]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277286-0010-0004", "contents": "2018 American League Championship Series, Game summaries, Game 4\nJackie Bradley Jr. hit a two-run homer in the top of the sixth, giving the Red Sox a 6\u20135 lead, which they would not relinquish. In the seventh, Boston added a run on a single and three walks. An inning later, Betts singled, advanced to second on a wild pitch, and scored on a single by J. D. Martinez, increasing Boston's lead to 8\u20135. In the bottom of the eighth, Alex Bregman was hit by a pitch, advanced to third on a Springer double, and scored on a ground out by Altuve, trimming Boston's lead to 8\u20136. Red Sox closer Craig Kimbrel allowed three walks in the bottom of the ninth to load the bases, but got the final out on Benintendi's diving catch off a Bregman liner to left, for his fourth save this postseason.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 64], "content_span": [65, 782]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277286-0011-0000", "contents": "2018 American League Championship Series, Game summaries, Game 4\nAt four hours and 33 minutes, this was the second-longest nine-inning postseason game in MLB history; 2017 NLDS Game 5 between the Chicago Cubs and Washington Nationals was four minutes longer.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 64], "content_span": [65, 258]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277286-0012-0000", "contents": "2018 American League Championship Series, Game summaries, Game 5\nFormer Astros All-Star player Jeff Kent threw the ceremonial first pitch. Justin Verlander, Game 1 winning pitcher, started for Houston, while David Price, who got a no decision in Game 2, started for Boston. Chris Sale did not start for Boston due to the effects of being ill after Game 1. Boston took a 1\u20130 lead in the top of the third inning on a home run by J. D. Martinez, which they would not relinquish. In the top of the sixth, Mitch Moreland doubled, Ian Kinsler singled, and Rafael Devers homered into the Crawford Boxes, putting Boston ahead, 4\u20130.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 64], "content_span": [65, 623]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277286-0012-0001", "contents": "2018 American League Championship Series, Game summaries, Game 5\nHouston reliever Roberto Osuna entered to pitch the top of the seventh, replacing Verlander who had allowed four runs on seven hits in six innings pitched, while striking out four and walking two. Boston's Matt Barnes entered to pitch the bottom of the seventh, replacing Price who had allowed no runs on three hits in six innings pitched, while striking out nine and walking none. Marwin Gonz\u00e1lez hit a two-out homer to left, reducing Boston's lead to 4\u20131.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 64], "content_span": [65, 522]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277286-0012-0002", "contents": "2018 American League Championship Series, Game summaries, Game 5\nBoston's starter from Game 3, Nathan Eovaldi, came on in relief of Barnes, getting the final out of the seventh and holding Houston scoreless in the eighth. Osuna pitched through the ninth for Houston, allowing only one hit during his three innings. Red Sox closer Craig Kimbrel entered to pitch the bottom of the ninth. Carlos Correa struck out, Yuli Gurriel walked, Gonz\u00e1lez struck out, and Tony Kemp flied out to end the game and send the Red Sox to the World Series. Kimbrel recorded his fifth save this postseason, while for Price, it was his first victory in 12 career postseason starts; his only previous postseason wins came as a reliever. As for Houston, their World Series reign was over.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 64], "content_span": [65, 763]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277286-0013-0000", "contents": "2018 American League Championship Series, Game summaries, Game 5\nBoston's Jackie Bradley Jr., who had nine RBIs in the series on three hits (a double and two home runs), was named ALCS MVP.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 64], "content_span": [65, 189]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277287-0000-0000", "contents": "2018 American League Division Series\nThe 2018 American League Division Series were two best-of-five-game series to determine the participating teams of the 2018 American League Championship Series. The three divisional winners, seeded first through third, and a fourth team\u2014the Wild Card Game winner\u2014played in two series. These matchups were:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [36, 36], "content_span": [37, 343]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277287-0001-0000", "contents": "2018 American League Division Series\nUnder sponsorship agreements with T-Mobile, the series was formally known as the American League Division Series presented by T-Mobile. The Astros and Red Sox won their respective series, to advance to the Championship Series. This is the first time since 1999 that all four ALDS participants from the previous year returned to the ALDS this year.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [36, 36], "content_span": [37, 384]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277287-0002-0000", "contents": "2018 American League Division Series\nThe Red Sox went on to defeat the Astros in the ALCS, then win the 2018 World Series over the National League champion Los Angeles Dodgers.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [36, 36], "content_span": [37, 176]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277287-0003-0000", "contents": "2018 American League Division Series, Background\nThe Red Sox entered the ALDS as the top seed, having completed the regular season with a record of 108\u201354 and winning the AL East. The second-seeded Astros won the AL West, going 103\u201359. The AL Central champion Indians were seeded third via their 91\u201371 record. The final participant was the winner of the AL Wild Card Game, the Yankees.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 48], "content_span": [49, 385]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277287-0004-0000", "contents": "2018 American League Division Series, Background\nThis was the 13th ALDS appearance for Boston and the third appearance for Houston; the Red Sox lost to the Astros in the 2017 ALDS. This was the 10th ALDS appearance for Cleveland and 20th appearance for New York; the Indians lost to the Yankees in the 2017 ALDS. This was the first season ever three teams finished with 100-wins in the same league.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 48], "content_span": [49, 398]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277287-0005-0000", "contents": "2018 American League Division Series, Background\nThe Red Sox and Yankees met 19 times during the regular season, with Boston winning 10 of the games; this was the first postseason meeting between the two rivals since the famed 2004 ALCS, which Boston took in seven games after falling behind 3\u20130 en route to its first World Series title in 86 years. The Astros and Indians met seven times during the regular season, with Houston holding a 4\u20133 edge; this was the first time the teams met in postseason play.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 48], "content_span": [49, 506]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277287-0006-0000", "contents": "2018 American League Division Series, Boston vs. New York\nThis was the fourth postseason meeting between the storied rivals and their first meeting in the ALDS. The Yankees previously won the 1999 ALCS and 2003 ALCS, while the Red Sox won the 2004 ALCS. This was just the 11th postseason match-up to feature two 100-win teams.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 57], "content_span": [58, 326]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277287-0007-0000", "contents": "2018 American League Division Series, Boston vs. New York, Game 1\nThe ceremonial first pitch was thrown by former Red Sox outfielder Trot Nixon. Boston took an early lead, as J. D. Martinez hit a three-run home run in the bottom of the first inning. The lead grew to 5\u20130 in the bottom of the third, on a double, bunt single, single, and sacrifice fly. The Yankees scored twice in the top of the sixth, on three singles and a fielder's choice. Red Sox reliever Brandon Workman prevented more damage by striking out Gleyber Torres with the bases loaded and two outs.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 65], "content_span": [66, 564]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277287-0007-0001", "contents": "2018 American League Division Series, Boston vs. New York, Game 1\nNew York added an additional run in the top of the seventh, with two singles, a walk, and a fielder's choice; Boston reliever Matt Barnes allowed only one run after the Yankees has the bases loaded with nobody out. Aaron Judge led off the top of the ninth with a home run off of Boston closer Craig Kimbrel, but Kimbrel then struck out the next three batters to secure the 5\u20134 Red Sox victory.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 65], "content_span": [66, 459]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277287-0008-0000", "contents": "2018 American League Division Series, Boston vs. New York, Game 2\nThe ceremonial first pitch was thrown by Steve Horgan of the Boston Police Department, who gained notoriety as the \"bullpen cop\" during Game 2 of the 2013 ALCS. A home run by Aaron Judge in the first inning gave New York an early 1\u20130 lead. In the second inning, Gary S\u00e1nchez homered, and Boston starter David Price gave up a pair of two-out walks followed by an RBI single from Andrew McCutchen, ending Price's outing after 1+2\u20443 innings, having allowed three runs on three hits.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 65], "content_span": [66, 545]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277287-0008-0001", "contents": "2018 American League Division Series, Boston vs. New York, Game 2\nXander Bogaerts' home run in the bottom of the fourth reduced the Yankees' lead to 3\u20131. A three-run homer by S\u00e1nchez in the top of the seventh, his second of the game, doubled New York's score to 6\u20131. In the bottom of the seventh, a single by Mitch Moreland and an RBI double by Ian Kinsler got Boston within four runs, 6\u20132. The Red Sox were unable to score again, with Yankees' relievers Zach Britton and Aroldis Chapman getting the final six outs. New York starter Masahiro Tanaka pitched five innings, allowing one run on three hits and getting the win, tying the series at one all.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 65], "content_span": [66, 651]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277287-0009-0000", "contents": "2018 American League Division Series, Boston vs. New York, Game 3\nBoston got on the board in the top of the second inning, with Rafael Devers scoring from third on a two-out infield single by Christian V\u00e1zquez. The lead was extended to 3\u20130 in the third, with the Red Sox getting two runs on two singles, a sacrifice fly, another single, and a fielder's choice. Boston broke the game open in the fourth, sending 11 men to the plate and getting seven runs on six hits. Brock Holt had two hits in the inning, while Andrew Benintendi drove in three runs with a bases clearing double.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 65], "content_span": [66, 579]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277287-0009-0001", "contents": "2018 American League Division Series, Boston vs. New York, Game 3\nThe Yankees got one run back in the bottom of the fourth, on two singles and a fielder's choice. Boston made it 11\u20131 in the top of the seventh, on a J. D. Martinez RBI single, then 14\u20131 in the top of the eighth, getting three runs on a total of four hits, a walk, and a wild pitch. Yankees catcher Austin Romine pitched the top of the ninth inning, allowing a two-run homer to Holt, who completed the first postseason cycle in Major League history.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 65], "content_span": [66, 514]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277287-0009-0002", "contents": "2018 American League Division Series, Boston vs. New York, Game 3\nRed Sox starter Nathan Eovaldi pitched seven innings, allowing one run on five hits and getting the win. Yankees starter Luis Severino pitched three innings, allowing six runs on seven hits and taking the loss. First base umpire \u00c1ngel Hern\u00e1ndez had three calls overturned in the first four innings of the game. The defeat marks the Yankees' worst loss in postseason history.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 65], "content_span": [66, 440]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277287-0010-0000", "contents": "2018 American League Division Series, Boston vs. New York, Game 4\nThe ceremonial first pitch was thrown by former Yankee Bucky Dent. Boston took a 3\u20130 lead in the top of the third inning, on a hit by pitch, single, J. D. Martinez sacrifice fly, Ian Kinsler RBI double, and an Eduardo N\u00fa\u00f1ez RBI single. A Christian V\u00e1zquez home run in the fourth extended the lead to 4\u20130. New York got a run back in the bottom of the fifth, on two hits followed by a sacrifice fly from Brett Gardner.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 65], "content_span": [66, 482]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277287-0010-0001", "contents": "2018 American League Division Series, Boston vs. New York, Game 4\nBoston's Game 1 starting pitcher, Chris Sale, made a relief appearance in the bottom of the eighth, retiring the side in order. Red Sox closer Craig Kimbrel entered to pitch the bottom of the ninth inning, allowing a leadoff walk to Aaron Judge followed by a single by Didi Gregorius, bringing the tying run to the plate. Kimbrel struck out Giancarlo Stanton, but walked Luke Voit to load the bases, and hit Neil Walker to force in a run. Gary S\u00e1nchez worked a full count before hitting a sacrifice fly that scored Gregorius from third. Gleyber Torres then grounded out, ending the game; the call was confirmed by video replay. Boston starter Rick Porcello allowed one run off of four hits in five innings for the win. New York starter CC Sabathia allowed three runs off of five hits in three innings, taking the loss.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 65], "content_span": [66, 884]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277287-0011-0000", "contents": "2018 American League Division Series, Boston vs. New York, Composite line score\n2018 ALDS (3\u20131): Boston Red Sox defeated New York Yankees.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 79], "content_span": [80, 138]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277287-0012-0000", "contents": "2018 American League Division Series, Houston vs. Cleveland\nThis was the first postseason meeting between the Astros and Indians.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 59], "content_span": [60, 129]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277287-0013-0000", "contents": "2018 American League Division Series, Houston vs. Cleveland, Game 1\nFormer Astros pitcher Mike Scott, the 1986 NLCS MVP and Cy Young Award winner, threw the ceremonial first pitch. The defending World Series champion Astros began their title defense in strong fashion as Justin Verlander threw 5+1\u20443 innings with 7 strikeouts and 2 earned runs, holding the Indians hitless until the 6th inning. He and Corey Kluber traded hitless innings through the 3rd, before Alex Bregman led off the bottom of the 4th with a home run while Josh Reddick added an RBI single to bring the score to 2\u20130.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 67], "content_span": [68, 586]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277287-0013-0001", "contents": "2018 American League Division Series, Houston vs. Cleveland, Game 1\nGeorge Springer and Jos\u00e9 Altuve hit back to back home runs in the bottom of the 5th and ended Kluber's day after 4+2\u20443 innings. After throwing five innings of no-hit ball, the Indians chased Verlander in the 6th after loading the bases. Ryan Pressly came in relief allowing Yan Gomes to score on a wild pitch and Francisco Lindor on a Jos\u00e9 Ram\u00edrez groundout before striking out Edwin Encarnaci\u00f3n to end the threat and keep the score at 4\u20132.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 67], "content_span": [68, 508]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277287-0013-0002", "contents": "2018 American League Division Series, Houston vs. Cleveland, Game 1\nMartin Maldonado homered and Bregman drove in his second run of the day in the 7th while Reddick added another RBI single in the 8th to bring the score to 7\u20132. Roberto Osuna closed the door in the 9th to give the Astros a dominant Game 1 victory. Springer's home run tied him with Carlos Beltr\u00e1n for the club record for most consecutive postseason games with a home run, with five. Springer had four in a row in the 2017 World Series.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 67], "content_span": [68, 502]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277287-0014-0000", "contents": "2018 American League Division Series, Houston vs. Cleveland, Game 2\nThree-time Astros All-Star and 2005 NLCS MVP Roy Oswalt threw the ceremonial first pitch. Hoping to even the series before returning home, Cleveland struck first and took a 1\u20130 lead in the top of the third inning, on a home run by Francisco Lindor. In the bottom of the sixth, an infield single and walk followed by a Marwin Gonz\u00e1lez double gave Houston a 2\u20131 lead. A home run by Alex Bregman in the seventh inning extended Houston's lead to 3\u20131.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 67], "content_span": [68, 514]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277287-0014-0001", "contents": "2018 American League Division Series, Houston vs. Cleveland, Game 2\nWith two outs in the top of the ninth inning, a walk to Edwin Encarnaci\u00f3n brought Josh Donaldson to the plate as the tying run, but closer Roberto Osuna got him to fly out, securing Game 2 for the Astros. Houston starter Gerrit Cole struck out 12 and allowed just one run in seven innings for the win, while Indians starter Carlos Carrasco gave up six hits and two runs in 5+1\u20443 innings and took the loss. Cole became only the second pitcher in playoff history to strikeout at least 12 batters without allowing a walk, following Tom Seaver's 13 strikeout-no walk performance in the 1973 NLCS. Osuna recorded a four-out save for his third career postseason save, and first with the Astros.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 67], "content_span": [68, 756]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277287-0015-0000", "contents": "2018 American League Division Series, Houston vs. Cleveland, Game 3\nCleveland took a 1\u20130 lead in the third inning, on two singles followed by a sacrifice bunt and a sacrifice fly. The teams traded home runs in the fifth inning, by George Springer of the Astros and then Francisco Lindor of the Indians. Houston went ahead, 4\u20132, with three runs in the seventh from two singles, a fielder's choice, error, walk, and a two-RBI double by Marwin Gonz\u00e1lez. The Astros added six runs in the eighth on a homer by Springer, a double, two walks, RBI single, bases loaded wild pitch, and a three-run homer by Carlos Correa.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 67], "content_span": [68, 612]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277287-0015-0001", "contents": "2018 American League Division Series, Houston vs. Cleveland, Game 3\nHouston extended their lead to 11\u20132 in the ninth, on a walk, balk, ground out, and RBI single by Alex Bregman. Cleveland got one run in the last of the ninth, with Edwin Encarnaci\u00f3n scoring from third on a wild pitch, followed by Melky Cabrera grounding out to first for the 11\u20133 final and to give the Astros a series sweep. Houston starter Dallas Keuchel had a no decision after allowing two runs on four hits in five innings; he was relieved by Collin McHugh who pitched two innings without allowing a hit and got the win. Cleveland starter Mike Clevinger also had a no decision after allowing three hits and one run in five innings; he was relieved by Trevor Bauer who allowed four hits and three runs (two earned) in 1+1\u20443 innings and took the loss.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 67], "content_span": [68, 821]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277287-0016-0000", "contents": "2018 American League Division Series, Houston vs. Cleveland, Game 3\nWith their victory in Game 3, the Astros earned a postseason sweep for the first time in franchise history, advancing to the ALCS to meet the winner of the Red Sox and Yankees series. This marks the second time in franchise history that the Astros have reached back-to-back Championship Series; the first time was in 2004 and 2005, when the team played in the National League. The Indians were swept in the postseason for the first time since 1954, and were eliminated in the ALDS for the second straight year. They were also eliminated from the postseason at home for the third straight year.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 67], "content_span": [68, 661]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277287-0017-0000", "contents": "2018 American League Division Series, Houston vs. Cleveland, Game 3\nAccording to Jeff Passan of Yahoo Sports, the Cleveland Indians warned the Boston Red Sox that a man representing the Houston Astros might try to steal signs from their dugout in the ALCS. Passan reported that the same man, Astros' intern Kyle McLaughlin, was found taking cell phone video of the Indians' dugout during the Astros' and Indians' ALDS matchup. After the 2019 season, MLB punished the Astros for illicitly stealing their opponents' signs and relaying it to their hitters throughout 2017 and 2018 seasons.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 67], "content_span": [68, 586]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277288-0000-0000", "contents": "2018 American League Wild Card Game\nThe 2018 American League Wild Card Game was a play-in game during Major League Baseball's (MLB) 2018 postseason contested between the American League's (AL) two wild card teams, the New York Yankees and the Oakland Athletics. The game took place at Yankee Stadium on October 3, starting at 8:08 pm EDT. The Yankees won, 7\u20132, and advanced to face the Boston Red Sox in the American League Division Series. As a result of sponsorship agreements with Hankook Tire, the game was formally known as the American League Wild Card Game presented by Hankook Tire.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [35, 35], "content_span": [36, 590]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277288-0001-0000", "contents": "2018 American League Wild Card Game\nThis game started a part of the postseason where TBS broadcast postseason games because of the Fox's contact holdout with Optimum. Said holdout would continue until the 2018 World Series.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [35, 35], "content_span": [36, 223]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277288-0002-0000", "contents": "2018 American League Wild Card Game, Background\nNew York entered the game with a 100\u201362 record, while Oakland was 97\u201365. They met six times during the regular season, with each team winning three times.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 47], "content_span": [48, 202]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277288-0003-0000", "contents": "2018 American League Wild Card Game, Background\nThis was New York's seventh playoff appearance as a wild card team. Since MLB's addition of a second wild card team in 2012, the Yankees had previously appeared in two Wild Card Games, a loss in 2015 and a win in 2017. The Yankees' appearance represented the first time a 100-win team played in a Wild Card Game. The most recent time that a 100-win team had not won their division was the 2001 Athletics.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 47], "content_span": [48, 452]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277288-0004-0000", "contents": "2018 American League Wild Card Game, Background\nThis was Oakland's third playoff appearance as a wild card team. They had previously appeared in one Wild Card Game, a loss in 2014.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 47], "content_span": [48, 180]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277288-0005-0000", "contents": "2018 American League Wild Card Game, Background\nThis was the fourth time the Yankees and A's met in postseason play\u2014the Yankees had won the three prior meetings: the 1981 ALCS (3\u20130), 2000 ALDS (3\u20132), and 2001 ALDS (3\u20132).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 47], "content_span": [48, 220]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277288-0006-0000", "contents": "2018 American League Wild Card Game, Game results, Line score\nLuis Severino was the starting pitcher for the Yankees, while the Athletics used Liam Hendriks as an opener. The Yankees scored two runs in the first inning, as Aaron Judge hit a two-run homer off of Hendriks. The Yankees added four runs in the sixth, on back-to-back doubles by Judge and Aaron Hicks, followed by a walk to Giancarlo Stanton and a triple by Luke Voit. In the eighth inning, Khris Davis hit a two-run home run for Oakland and Stanton hit a home run for New York.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 61], "content_span": [62, 540]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277289-0000-0000", "contents": "2018 American Samoan constitutional referendum\nA constitutional referendum was held in American Samoa on 6 November 2018, alongside general elections. The proposed constitutional amendment would allow the Fono to override the veto of the Governor, a proposal which had previously been rejected by voters in referendums in 2008, 2010, 2012 and 2014. Voters again rejected the measure, with 70% voting against.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [46, 46], "content_span": [47, 408]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277289-0001-0000", "contents": "2018 American Samoan constitutional referendum, Background\nOn 2 October 2017 the Senate approved the proposal by a vote of 14\u20131. The House of Representatives approved it unanimously on 11 April 2018.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [48, 58], "content_span": [59, 199]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277290-0000-0000", "contents": "2018 American Society of Cinematographers Awards\nThe 33rd American Society of Cinematographers Awards was held on February 9, 2019, at the Hollywood & Highland Ray Dolby Ballroom, honoring the best cinematographers of film and television in 2018.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 48], "section_span": [48, 48], "content_span": [49, 246]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277290-0001-0000", "contents": "2018 American Society of Cinematographers Awards\nThe nominees for film and television were announced on January 7, 2019.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 48], "section_span": [48, 48], "content_span": [49, 120]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277290-0002-0000", "contents": "2018 American Society of Cinematographers Awards, Winners and nominees, Film, Spotlight Award\nThe Spotlight Award recognizes outstanding cinematography in features and documentaries that are typically screened at film festivals, in limited theatrical release, or outside the United States.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 48], "section_span": [50, 93], "content_span": [94, 289]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277291-0000-0000", "contents": "2018 American Ultimate Disc League season\nThe 2018 American Ultimate Disc League season was the seventh season for the league. The Madison Radicals won the championship, the team's first. Rowan McDonnell of the DC Breeze won league MVP after the season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [41, 41], "content_span": [42, 253]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277291-0001-0000", "contents": "2018 American Ultimate Disc League season, Offseason\nThe Vancouver Riptide was the lone team to cease operations after 2017, with plans to move the team to Portland, Oregon and rejoin the league for the 2019 season. Stadium joined the AUDL as broadcast partner, replacing Eleven Sports Network. Stadium televised one game a week live as well as all three games during Championship Weekend VII.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [43, 52], "content_span": [53, 393]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277291-0002-0000", "contents": "2018 American Ultimate Disc League season, Postseason, Championship Weekend VII\nChampionship Weekend VII was held in Madison, Wisconsin at Breeze Stevens Field from August 11-12, 2018.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [43, 79], "content_span": [80, 184]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277291-0003-0000", "contents": "2018 American Ultimate Disc League season, Postseason, Championship Weekend VII\nThe Madison Radicals won their first championship, and did so in front of a home crowd.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [43, 79], "content_span": [80, 167]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277292-0000-0000", "contents": "2018 American salmonella outbreak\nThe 2018 American salmonella outbreak was an American foodborne disaster that started in Iowa, spreading to 7 other states, sickening as many as 265 people, killing one, with 94 hospitalized. Ready-to-eat chicken salad was produced by Iowa-based Triple T Specialty Meats Inc. between January 2 and February 7 for distribution in Fareway grocery stores. Salad was sold in containers of various weights at Fareway stores deli from January 4 to February 9. Total of approximately 20 630 pounds of chicken were deemed contaminated with Salmonella Typhimurium at the time of recall on February 21.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [33, 33], "content_span": [34, 626]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277292-0001-0000", "contents": "2018 American salmonella outbreak, Overview\nIllnesses started from January 8 to March 20. 94 hospitalizations, including one death, were reported. On February 9 Iowa Department of Public Health (IDPH) notified the US Department of Agriculture\u2019s Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) of its investigation of Salmonella-related illnesses. Whole genome sequencing performed on bacteria from ill people across the 8 states affected showed close genetic relationship, indicating a common source of infection.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 43], "content_span": [44, 507]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277292-0002-0000", "contents": "2018 American salmonella outbreak, Overview\nSamples of chicken salad were collected in February for testing at Iowa State Hygienic Laboratory (SHL). Test results were presumptive positive Salmonella Typhimurium, leading to a joint public IDPH and the Iowa Department of Inspections and Appeals (IDIA) alert.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 43], "content_span": [44, 307]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277292-0003-0000", "contents": "2018 American salmonella outbreak, Epidemiology\n265 people in 8 states were identified to carry similar Salmonella Typhimurium strains, predominantly in Iowa (240 cases). Additional cases appeared in Illinois (10), Nebraska (5), Minnesota (4), South Dakota (3) and in Indiana, Mississippi and Wisconsin, with one case respectively.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 47], "content_span": [48, 331]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277292-0004-0000", "contents": "2018 American salmonella outbreak, Epidemiology\nOut of 222 patients interviewed, 87% reported chicken salad consumption. Overall, 94 people had to be hospitalised with one reported death in Iowa. Patients age ranged from less than 1 to 89 years, with a median of 57.67, the majority female (67%).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 47], "content_span": [48, 296]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277292-0005-0000", "contents": "2018 American salmonella outbreak, Transmission\nAccording to the Centre for Disease Control investigative report, likely source of this outbreak was chicken salad produced by Triple T Specialty Meats, Inc. from January 2, 2018, to February 7, 2018. This specific product was sold in various weights at Fairway grocery stores in Illinois, Iowa, Minnesota, Nebraska and South Dakota and were subsequently recalled by Triple T Specialty Meats Inc. on February 21, 2018, due to the possible Salmonella contamination as at the time, the source had not been confirmed.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 47], "content_span": [48, 562]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277292-0006-0000", "contents": "2018 American salmonella outbreak, Transmission\nDuring the investigation, public health officials in Iowa interviewed 222 people and 197 of those reported eating a chicken salad from Fareway grocery stores. Iowa Investigators then collected samples for laboratory testing from Fareway grocery stores and the outbreak strain of Salmonella Typhimurium was identified in both samples.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 47], "content_span": [48, 381]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277292-0007-0000", "contents": "2018 American salmonella outbreak, Signs and Symptoms\nSalmonella is a bacterium that produces the symptoms of diarrhoea, fever and abdominal cramps in infected individuals 12-72 hours after exposure. Most people recover without treatment and the illness usually lasts for 4-7 days.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 53], "content_span": [54, 281]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277292-0008-0000", "contents": "2018 American salmonella outbreak, Signs and Symptoms\nSome people may need hospitalization due to severe symptoms and in rare cases, Salmonella can cause death unless the person is treated with antibiotics promptly. Those most likely to develop severe salmonella are children under the age of 5, adults over the age of 65 and people with compromised immune systems.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 53], "content_span": [54, 365]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277292-0009-0000", "contents": "2018 American salmonella outbreak, Treatment\nTreatment of salmonella infections depends on age and pre-disposition of the infected person and the severity of the symptoms. One of the side-effects from salmonella infection is dehydration, making the replacement of fluids and electrolytes the main treatment for less severe infections. In severe cases, patients are treated with antibiotics, rehydrated with intravenous (IV) fluids and hospitalized. In cases where the infection spreads from the intestines to the bloodstream, quick treatment with antibiotics is required to prevent the risk of death.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 44], "content_span": [45, 600]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277292-0010-0000", "contents": "2018 American salmonella outbreak, Treatment\nPossible complications include resistances to certain antibiotics in the salmonella streaks, that might require treatment with different antibiotics than commonly prescribed antibiotics. In this case, whole-genome sequencing (WGS) analysis identified no antibiotic resistance in 112 of 127 isolates.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 44], "content_span": [45, 344]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277292-0011-0000", "contents": "2018 American salmonella outbreak, Prevention and Structural Consequences\nFollowing the incident, the FSIS reviewed and revised foodborne illness related procedures to accelerate response times, clarify responsibilities and improve communication. Measures include enhanced communication processes with partners, advice to strengthen collaboration with industry and updated guidelines on sampling. The PulseNet national laboratory network connects foodborne illness cases to detect outbreaks using DNA fingerprinting of bacteria that make people sick. Since establishment in 1996 PulseNet has been instrumental in detecting thousands of local and multistate outbreaks, identifying Salmonella 2018 among others.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 73], "content_span": [74, 709]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277292-0012-0000", "contents": "2018 American salmonella outbreak, Prevention and Structural Consequences\nDue to the salmonella occurring in ready-made convenience foods, prevention on the consumer side was not possible.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 73], "content_span": [74, 188]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277292-0013-0000", "contents": "2018 American salmonella outbreak, CDC Investigation\nOn February 22, 2018, the Centre for Disease Control released their first statement about a collaborative investigation into a multistate outbreak of Salmonella Typhimurium with public health officials and regulatory officials in several states. As of February 21, 2018, 65 people were infected with the outbreak strain in 5 states. They used epidemiological and laboratory evidence to trace the source of the outbreak and this resulted in a recall.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 52], "content_span": [53, 502]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277292-0014-0000", "contents": "2018 American salmonella outbreak, CDC Investigation\nOn March 7, 2018, the Centre for Disease Control announced a case count update of 105 more infected people in 6 states and they anticipated a delay in case number updates due to the 2-4 week window of initial infection to case reporting, their last announcement showed that as of April 6, 2018, the outbreak was over.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 52], "content_span": [53, 370]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277292-0015-0000", "contents": "2018 American salmonella outbreak, Lawsuits\nLitigation cases in Iowa were set between the victims and Fareway grocery stores and Triple T Specialty Meats, Inc. with regards to the Salmonella outbreak and victims filed civil suits in federal court to seek reimbursement for medical costs as well as other costs. The 50 lawsuits against Fareway and Triple T Specialty Meats were subsequently settled.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 43], "content_span": [44, 398]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277293-0000-0000", "contents": "2018 Americas Challenge (January)\nThe 2018 Americas Challenge was a curling challenge that took place from January 11 to 13 at the Western Fair Sports Centre in London, Ontario. The challenge round determined which nation would qualify to the last Americas Zone spot at the 2018 World Men's Curling Championship. Brazil and Canada played a best-of-five series to determine the winner in the men's event.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [33, 33], "content_span": [34, 403]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277293-0001-0000", "contents": "2018 Americas Challenge (January)\nThe Challenge was held concurrently with the 2018 Continental Cup of Curling, the first time it was held on arena ice and not at a dedicated curling facility.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [33, 33], "content_span": [34, 192]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277293-0002-0000", "contents": "2018 Americas Challenge (January), Background\nThe World Curling Federation allots two spots at the World Men's Curling Championship to the Americas Zone, which are normally taken by Canada and the United States. However, the World Curling Federation allows for other member nations in the Americas Zone (i.e. Brazil) to challenge Canada and/or the United States for berths to the World Championships. As hosts, the United States receive an automatic berth to the 2018 World Men's Championships. Thus, Brazil is allowed to challenge Canada for a berth to the 2018 World Championships. This will be Brazil's first men's challenge of Canada; it had unsuccessfully challenged the United States in 2017, 2015, 2010 and 2009.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 45], "content_span": [46, 719]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277294-0000-0000", "contents": "2018 Americas Challenge (November)\nThe 2018 Americas Challenge was a curling challenge that took place from November 16 to 18 at the Chaska Curling Club in Chaska, Minnesota, United States.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [34, 34], "content_span": [35, 189]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277294-0001-0000", "contents": "2018 Americas Challenge (November)\nThis was the first time the Americas Challenge had three teams competing, with Guyana making their first appearance. The winner will be the second team from the Americas zone to qualify for the 2019 World Men's Curling Championship (Canada qualifies automatically as the host). The second-placed team will qualify for the 2019 World Qualification Event, a further chance to qualify for the men's world championship.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [34, 34], "content_span": [35, 450]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277294-0002-0000", "contents": "2018 Americas Challenge (November)\nThe United States went undefeated to qualify for the World Men's Curling Championship. Guyana's debut was a success, as while they lost both of their games to the US, they beat Brazil twice to secure second place and a spot in the World Qualification Event.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [34, 34], "content_span": [35, 292]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277294-0003-0000", "contents": "2018 Americas Challenge (November)\nA women's event was scheduled with Brazil taking on the United States, but Brazil chose to concede, going straight to the 2019 World Qualification Event.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [34, 34], "content_span": [35, 188]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277294-0004-0000", "contents": "2018 Americas Challenge (November), Format\nThe teams played a double round robin to determine the winner of the challenge. In the case of a tie, head-to-head score or shootout score will be used to determine the winner.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 42], "content_span": [43, 219]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277294-0005-0000", "contents": "2018 Americas Challenge (November), Results\nAll draw times are listed in Central Standard Time (UTC\u221206:00).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 43], "content_span": [44, 107]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277295-0000-0000", "contents": "2018 Americas Rallycross Championship\nThe 2018 Americas Rallycross Championship is the first season of the Americas Rallycross Championship, a feeder championship to the FIA World Rallycross Championship representing North America. This championship can be seen as the spiritual successor to the Red Bull Global Rallycross Championship, which folded in early 2018. The season consists of four rounds across two categories; Supercar and ARX2. The season commenced on 27 May with the special round at Silverstone in the UK, and culminated on 30 September in Austin at the Circuit of the Americas.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [37, 37], "content_span": [38, 594]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277295-0001-0000", "contents": "2018 Americas Rallycross Championship, Results and standings, ARX2\na Did not finish the event and so got no points.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 66], "content_span": [67, 115]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277296-0000-0000", "contents": "2018 Americas Rugby Challenge\nThe 2018 Americas Rugby Challenge or ARCh 2018 was the inaugural edition of the Americas Rugby Challenge, a men's rugby union international tournament for tier 2 teams in North and South America. The inaugural edition was confirmed in August 2018, to be played at the Estadio Cincuentenario in Medell\u00edn, Colombia from August 24 to September 1.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [29, 29], "content_span": [30, 373]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277296-0001-0000", "contents": "2018 Americas Rugby Challenge\nThe competition brings together Rugby Americas North (RAN) and Sudam\u00e9rica Rugby, following the example of the Americas Rugby Championship (ARC). The Americas Rugby Challenge is officially the \u2018B\u2019 competition for the ARC.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [29, 29], "content_span": [30, 250]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277296-0002-0000", "contents": "2018 Americas Rugby Challenge\nAs is the case of the Americas Rugby Championship, the new Americas Rugby Challenge saw all countries playing against each other. The first edition of the competition was a Four Nations tournament with Rugby Americas North and Sudam\u00e9rica Rugby both having two representatives each.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [29, 29], "content_span": [30, 311]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277296-0003-0000", "contents": "2018 Americas Rugby Challenge\nThe host nation, Colombia, was joined by Sudam\u00e9rica Rugby rivals Paraguay. Guyana and Mexico represented Rugby Americas North. Colombia won the first edition.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [29, 29], "content_span": [30, 188]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277297-0000-0000", "contents": "2018 Americas Rugby Championship\nThe 2018 Americas Rugby Championship was the third series of the Americas Rugby Championship (sometimes informally called the \"Americas' Six Nations\", a reference to Europe's Six Nations Championship), which is the top elite tournament for the Americas nations. It was contested by Argentina XV (Argentina's secondary national team), Canada, United States, Uruguay, Brazil, and Chile. All matches were full international test matches with caps awarded, except those involving Argentina XV.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [32, 32], "content_span": [33, 522]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277297-0001-0000", "contents": "2018 Americas Rugby Championship\nThe Championship was retained by the United States, who became the first nation to win the Grand Slam ARC title, winning all five games.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [32, 32], "content_span": [33, 169]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277297-0002-0000", "contents": "2018 Americas Rugby Championship, Fixtures\nThe tournament will be played in a round-robin format, with each team playing the five others once. The fixtures were announced on 10 December 2017. The opening fixture will take place a week early to the following two games of the same round, with it doubling up as a 2019 Rugby World Cup Americas qualifier match for Canada and Uruguay.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 42], "content_span": [43, 381]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277297-0003-0000", "contents": "2018 Americas Rugby Championship, Fixtures, Week 1\nTouch judges:Kurt Weaver (United States)Derek Summers (United States)Television match official:Marc Nelson (United States)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 50], "content_span": [51, 173]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277297-0004-0000", "contents": "2018 Americas Rugby Championship, Fixtures, Week 2\nTouch judges:FRC Appt. (Chile)FRC Appt. (Chile)Television match official:FRC Appt. (Chile)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 50], "content_span": [51, 141]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277297-0005-0000", "contents": "2018 Americas Rugby Championship, Fixtures, Week 2\nTouch judges:Mike O'Brien (United States)Lee Bryant (United States)Television match official:USA Appt. (United States)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 50], "content_span": [51, 169]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277297-0006-0000", "contents": "2018 Americas Rugby Championship, Fixtures, Week 3\nTouch judges:Murilo Bragotto (Brazil)Cau\u00e3 Ricardo (Brazil)Television match official:Xavier Vouga (Brazil)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 50], "content_span": [51, 156]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277297-0007-0000", "contents": "2018 Americas Rugby Championship, Fixtures, Week 3\nTouch judges:Dami\u00e1n Schneider (Argentina)Juan Pablo Federico (Argentina)Television match official:UAR Appt. (Argentina)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 50], "content_span": [51, 170]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277297-0008-0000", "contents": "2018 Americas Rugby Championship, Fixtures, Week 3\nTouch judges:Derek Summers (United States)Phil Akroyd (United States)Television match official:Marc Nelson (United States)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 50], "content_span": [51, 173]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277297-0009-0000", "contents": "2018 Americas Rugby Championship, Fixtures, Week 4\nTouch judges:USAR Appt (United States)USAR Appt (United States)Television match official:USAR Appt (United States)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 50], "content_span": [51, 165]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277297-0010-0000", "contents": "2018 Americas Rugby Championship, Fixtures, Week 4\nTouch judges:Rodrigo Goyret (Uruguay)Gonzalo Ventoso (Uruguay)Television match official:URU Appt (Uruguay)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 50], "content_span": [51, 157]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277297-0011-0000", "contents": "2018 Americas Rugby Championship, Fixtures, Week 4\nTouch judges:Harry Mason (Canada)Robin Kaluzniak (Canada)Television match official:RC Appt (Canada)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 50], "content_span": [51, 150]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277297-0012-0000", "contents": "2018 Americas Rugby Championship, Fixtures, Week 5\nTouch judges:FRC Appt. (Chile)FRC Appt. (Chile)Television match official:FRC Appt. (Chile)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 50], "content_span": [51, 141]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277297-0013-0000", "contents": "2018 Americas Rugby Championship, Fixtures, Week 5\nTouch judges:CBRU Appt (Brazil)CBRU Appt (Brazil)Television match official:CBRU Appt (Brazil)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 50], "content_span": [51, 144]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277297-0014-0000", "contents": "2018 Americas Rugby Championship, Fixtures, Week 5\nTouch judges:UAR Appt (Argentina)UAR Appt (Argentina)Television match official:UAR Appt (Argentina)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 50], "content_span": [51, 150]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277297-0015-0000", "contents": "2018 Americas Rugby Championship, Fixtures, Week 6\nTouch judges:FRC Appt. (Chile)FRC Appt. (Chile)Television match official:FRC Appt. (Chile)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 50], "content_span": [51, 141]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277297-0016-0000", "contents": "2018 Americas Rugby Championship, Fixtures, Week 6\nTouch judges:URU Appt (Uruguay)URU Appt (Uruguay)Television match official:URU Appt (Uruguay)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 50], "content_span": [51, 144]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277297-0017-0000", "contents": "2018 Americas Rugby Championship, Fixtures, Week 6\nTouch judges:Murilo Bragotto (Brazil)Victor Barboza (Brazil)Television match official:CBRU Appt (Brazil)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 50], "content_span": [51, 155]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277298-0000-0000", "contents": "2018 Americas Rugby Championship squads\nThis is a list of the complete squads for the 2018 Americas Rugby Championship, an annual rugby union tournament contested by Argentina XV, Brazil, Canada, Chile, United States and Uruguay. Argentina XV are the defending champions.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [39, 39], "content_span": [40, 271]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277298-0001-0000", "contents": "2018 Americas Rugby Championship squads\nNote: Number of caps and players' ages are indicated as of 27 January 2018 \u2013 the tournament's opening day.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [39, 39], "content_span": [40, 146]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277298-0002-0000", "contents": "2018 Americas Rugby Championship squads, Argentina XV\n1 Following the start of the Super Rugby, Contepomi called up players as cover for their professional contingent.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 53], "content_span": [54, 167]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277298-0003-0000", "contents": "2018 Americas Rugby Championship squads, Brazil\n1 After recovering from injury, Endy Willian rejoined the squad ahead of the second round.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 47], "content_span": [48, 138]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277298-0004-0000", "contents": "2018 Americas Rugby Championship squads, Brazil\n2 After recovering from injury, Stefano Giantorno joined the squad for the final two rounds, whilst Daniel Lima joined the squad as injury cover.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 47], "content_span": [48, 193]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277298-0005-0000", "contents": "2018 Americas Rugby Championship squads, Brazil\nNote: Flags indicate national union for the club/province as defined by World Rugby.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 47], "content_span": [48, 132]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277298-0006-0000", "contents": "2018 Americas Rugby Championship squads, Canada\nCanada's 35-man extended squad ahead of Canada's 2019 RWC Qualifiers against Uruguay (doubles up as ARC Round 1) and for the reaming ARC rounds post qualification matches.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 47], "content_span": [48, 219]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277298-0007-0000", "contents": "2018 Americas Rugby Championship squads, Canada\n1 Following the conclusion of the RWC Qualifiers between Canada and Uruguay, Canada called up players to cover the professional players returning to their European clubs.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 47], "content_span": [48, 218]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277298-0008-0000", "contents": "2018 Americas Rugby Championship squads, Canada\n2 Jones added Ryan Kotlewski and Cam Polson to the squad for the final two rounds.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 47], "content_span": [48, 130]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277298-0009-0000", "contents": "2018 Americas Rugby Championship squads, Canada\n3 Noah Barker was a late call up to the fourth round games against Argentina XV.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 47], "content_span": [48, 128]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277298-0010-0000", "contents": "2018 Americas Rugby Championship squads, Canada\n4Josh Thiel was added for the final round as injury cover.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 47], "content_span": [48, 106]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277298-0011-0000", "contents": "2018 Americas Rugby Championship squads, Canada\nNote: Flags indicate national union for the club/province as defined by World Rugby.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 47], "content_span": [48, 132]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277298-0012-0000", "contents": "2018 Americas Rugby Championship squads, Chile\nChile's 45-man extended squad for the 2018 Americas Rugby Championship.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 46], "content_span": [47, 118]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277298-0013-0000", "contents": "2018 Americas Rugby Championship squads, Chile\n1 Nicol\u00e1s Garafulic was a late addition to the training squad ahead of the ARC.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 46], "content_span": [47, 126]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277298-0014-0000", "contents": "2018 Americas Rugby Championship squads, Chile\nNote: Flags indicate national union for the club/province as defined by World Rugby.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 46], "content_span": [47, 131]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277298-0015-0000", "contents": "2018 Americas Rugby Championship squads, United States\nOn 4 January 2018, newly appointed head coach Gary Gold announced a 39-man squad for the 2018 Americas Rugby Championship.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 54], "content_span": [55, 177]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277298-0016-0000", "contents": "2018 Americas Rugby Championship squads, United States\n1 Chris Baumann rejoined the squad following his recovering stint with his club in Europe.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 54], "content_span": [55, 145]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277298-0017-0000", "contents": "2018 Americas Rugby Championship squads, United States\nNote: Flags indicate national union for the club/province as defined by World Rugby.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 54], "content_span": [55, 139]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277298-0018-0000", "contents": "2018 Americas Rugby Championship squads, Uruguay\nOn 11 January 2018, Meneses named a 26-man squad ahead of Uruguay's 2019 RWC Qualifiers against Canada (doubles up as ARC Round 1) and for the reaming ARC rounds post qualification matches.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 48], "content_span": [49, 238]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277298-0019-0000", "contents": "2018 Americas Rugby Championship squads, Uruguay\n1 Following the conclusion of the RWC Qualifiers between Canada and Uruguay, Uruguay called up several players to for the remaining games in the ARC.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 48], "content_span": [49, 198]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277299-0000-0000", "contents": "2018 Americas Rugby League Championship\nThe 2018 Americas Rugby League Championship was held in Jacksonville, Florida in November 2018. This tournament is the 3rd Americas Rugby League Championship. The tournament also acted as part of the 2021 Rugby League World Cup qualifying. The winning team directly qualified for the 2021 Rugby League World Cup, while the runner-up will progress to the intercontinental repechage in 2019.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [39, 39], "content_span": [40, 429]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277299-0001-0000", "contents": "2018 Americas Rugby League Championship\nThe winner of the tournament was Jamaica, with the United States moving on to the intercontinental repechage to be hosted in 2019.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [39, 39], "content_span": [40, 170]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277300-0000-0000", "contents": "2018 Amesbury poisonings\nOn 30 June 2018, in Amesbury, two British nationals, Charlie Rowley and Dawn Sturgess, were admitted to Salisbury District Hospital in Wiltshire, England. Police determined that they were poisoned by a Novichok nerve agent of the same kind used in the poisoning of Sergei and Yulia Skripal in Salisbury, 8 miles (13\u00a0km) away, almost four months prior. Sturgess died on 8 July, and Rowley regained consciousness two days later.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [24, 24], "content_span": [25, 451]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277300-0001-0000", "contents": "2018 Amesbury poisonings, Hospital admissions and subsequent death of Sturgess\nAccording to the subsequent press report released by the Metropolitan Police, at 10:15 on Saturday 30 June 2018, the South Western Ambulance Service was called to a residential address in Amesbury after Dawn Sturgess had collapsed. She was subsequently taken to hospital and admitted. At 15:30, the ambulance service was again called to that address, after Charlie Rowley had fallen ill. He was taken to hospital, and Wiltshire Police were informed of both admissions.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 78], "content_span": [79, 547]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277300-0002-0000", "contents": "2018 Amesbury poisonings, Hospital admissions and subsequent death of Sturgess\nOn 8 July, Sturgess died at Salisbury District Hospital after doctors took the decision to switch off her life support. On 10 July, Rowley regained consciousness and there was a \"small but significant improvement to his condition\" according to the hospital. On 11 July, he was no longer in critical condition and the hospital downgraded his condition to \"serious but stable\". The same day, officers from the investigation team spoke with Rowley.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 78], "content_span": [79, 524]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277300-0002-0001", "contents": "2018 Amesbury poisonings, Hospital admissions and subsequent death of Sturgess\nHe told his brother Matthew the nerve agent had been in a small perfume or aftershave bottle, which they had found in a park about nine days before spraying themselves with it. The police later closed and fingertip-searched Queen Elizabeth Gardens, a riverside park in central Salisbury, which the couple had visited the day before they fell ill. The funeral of Sturgess took place at Salisbury crematorium on 30 July 2018.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 78], "content_span": [79, 502]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277300-0003-0000", "contents": "2018 Amesbury poisonings, Hospital admissions and subsequent death of Sturgess\nOn 20 July, Rowley was discharged from the hospital. Over the weekend of 18/19 August 2018, he was re-admitted to hospital with sight problems. On 4 September 2018 he was reported to be ill with meningitis but was expected to leave hospital \"within a month\".", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 78], "content_span": [79, 337]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277300-0004-0000", "contents": "2018 Amesbury poisonings, Investigation\nThe incident was investigated by the Specialist Operations Directorate of the Metropolitan Police, assisted nationally by the National Counter Terrorism Policing Network and locally by Wiltshire Police, in a multi-agency response named Operation Fortis. According to the Metropolitan Police, there was nothing in either of the victims' backgrounds to suggest that they were deliberately targeted, and there were no other reports of people presenting with similar symptoms. The couple were believed to have been near the roads that were sealed off during the investigation of the Skripal poisoning in Salisbury.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 39], "content_span": [40, 650]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277300-0005-0000", "contents": "2018 Amesbury poisonings, Investigation\nDuring initial assessment, medical staff believed that the patients' illness was caused by the use of contaminated illegal drugs. But on 2 July, hospital staff had concerns over the symptoms the couple were displaying, and sent samples from both patients to the Government's Defence Science and Technology Laboratory (DSTL) at Porton Down for analysis. On 4 July the laboratory confirmed that the patients had been exposed to the Novichok nerve agent.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 39], "content_span": [40, 491]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277300-0006-0000", "contents": "2018 Amesbury poisonings, Investigation\nAccording to BBC News, the \"most likely hypothesis\" was that the Novichok was left over from the attack on the Skripals, and that the contaminated item which poisoned the couple \"could be a vial or syringe because of the couple's lifestyle\", as it was believed the Novichok was disposed of \"in a haphazard way\". Friends of the couple told The Guardian that Rowley frequently scavenged recycling bins for objects that he could sell, and that the couple's houses contained \"loads of household things\" they had picked up.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 39], "content_span": [40, 558]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277300-0007-0000", "contents": "2018 Amesbury poisonings, Investigation\nSites in both Amesbury and Salisbury which were believed to have been visited by the couple were cordoned off. These included the local Boots Pharmacy, the Baptist Centre, and Muggleton Road in Amesbury, and Queen Elizabeth Gardens in Salisbury. Local residents were warned of an increased police presence, including officers wearing protective equipment.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 39], "content_span": [40, 395]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277300-0008-0000", "contents": "2018 Amesbury poisonings, Investigation\nOn 6 July, police announced that officers had identified and spoken to several key witnesses and were reviewing more than 1,300 hours of CCTV footage which has been collected so far.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 39], "content_span": [40, 222]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277300-0009-0000", "contents": "2018 Amesbury poisonings, Investigation\nOn 13 July a police cordon closed the north end of Rollestone Street, Salisbury to enable members of the Counter Terrorism Policing Network to search John Baker House, a hostel for the homeless where Dawn Sturgess lived. On 24 July the cordon was lifted and the police announced that no contamination was found in the hostel.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 39], "content_span": [40, 365]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277300-0010-0000", "contents": "2018 Amesbury poisonings, Investigation\nThe Metropolitan Police announced on 13 July 2018 that they had identified the source of the nerve agent that poisoned Sturgess and Rowley as being a \"small bottle\" discovered at Rowley's house in Amesbury, which was confirmed by analysis at DSTL Porton Down to contain Novichok. Matthew Rowley, brother of the victim, said Charlie told him that he had picked up \"the perfume bottle\". The Metropolitan Police refused to confirm this claim.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 39], "content_span": [40, 479]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277300-0011-0000", "contents": "2018 Amesbury poisonings, Investigation\nAlso on 13 July, the intergovernmental Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) received a request from the UK for technical assistance on the incident in Amesbury. The OPCW sent a team of specialists who collected samples and sent them to two laboratories. By 18 July, preliminary work was completed and the team left the UK.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 39], "content_span": [40, 385]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277300-0012-0000", "contents": "2018 Amesbury poisonings, Investigation\nOn 7 August 2018, the Foreign Office announced that OPCW experts would return to Amesbury to collect further samples. A spokesman said: \"During their visit, the OPCW's experts will collect more samples to inform their work following their visit in July. The samples will be analysed at highly reputable international laboratories designated by the OPCW.\" The poison was confirmed on 4 September by the OPCW to be the same kind of nerve agent as that used on the Skripals, but the OPCW also said that it could not determine if it was from the same batch.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 39], "content_span": [40, 593]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277300-0013-0000", "contents": "2018 Amesbury poisonings, Investigation\nOn 5 September 2018, Assistant Commissioner Neil Basu said the police had \"no doubt\" that this incident was connected to the poisoning of Sergei and Yulia Skripal. He said, \"we do not believe Dawn and Charlie were deliberately targeted, but became victims as a result of the recklessness in which such a toxic nerve agent was disposed of.\" On the same date, the Metropolitan Police released a detailed description of the Salisbury poisoning and named the suspects wanted. The announcement went on to state that the investigation into the Amesbury poisoning was ongoing by the Police and the Crown Prosecution Service, and further charges relating to Sturgess and Rowley would follow.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 39], "content_span": [40, 723]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277300-0014-0000", "contents": "2018 Amesbury poisonings, Investigation, Inquest\nThe inquest for Sturgess was opened and adjourned by HM Coroner for Wiltshire and Swindon in Salisbury on 19 July 2018, with a Pre-Inquest Review listed for 16 January 2019. This was delayed, in part because the Crown Prosecution Service requested a suspension in view of the ongoing criminal investigation. The Senior Coroner, David Ridley, issued a 31-page ruling on the scope of the inquest on 20 December 2019, but no date for the full inquest was given.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 48], "content_span": [49, 507]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277300-0015-0000", "contents": "2018 Amesbury poisonings, Government response\nOn 5 July 2018, Home Secretary Sajid Javid chaired a meeting of the COBR committee to discuss the incident. In the House of Commons later that day, Javid stated the most likely hypothesis was that the Novichok was in an item discarded after the Skripal attack. He accused Russia of using Britain as a \"dumping ground for poison\".", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 45], "content_span": [46, 375]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277300-0016-0000", "contents": "2018 Amesbury poisonings, Interview with Rowley\nRowley gave an interview to ITV News on 24 July 2018, stating that he believed a sealed box of a recognisable brand of perfume, which he had found and given to Sturgess, was the source of the Novichok. His partner became sick \"within 15 minutes\" of spraying the \"oily substance\" onto her wrists before rubbing them together, under the assumption that it was perfume. He also stated that he came into contact with the chemical agent after some tipped onto his hands while attaching the plastic spray dispenser to the bottle, but had washed his hands soon after. They had used a knife to open the sealed packaging.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 47], "content_span": [48, 660]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277300-0017-0000", "contents": "2018 Amesbury poisonings, Fate of flat\nIn June 2020 it was announced that the flat the poisonings happened in, together with the one below it, would be demolished. Both Dawn Sturgess\u2019 family and partner supported the demolition and liked the idea of it being turned into a green space. Dawn's father, Stan Sturgess, said \"It\u2019s a shame that it is being lost but I can imagine that people wouldn\u2019t want to live there.\" Rowley said \"I think it's for the best. There would always be a stigma around it.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 38], "content_span": [39, 499]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277301-0000-0000", "contents": "2018 Amex-Istanbul Challenger\nThe 2018 Amex-Istanbul Challenger was a professional tennis tournament played on hard courts. It was the 31st edition of the tournament which was part of the 2018 ATP Challenger Tour. It took place in Istanbul, Turkey between 10 and 16 September 2018.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [29, 29], "content_span": [30, 281]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277301-0001-0000", "contents": "2018 Amex-Istanbul Challenger, Singles main draw entrants, Other Entrants\nThe following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 73], "content_span": [74, 142]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277301-0002-0000", "contents": "2018 Amex-Istanbul Challenger, Singles main draw entrants, Other Entrants\nThe following player received entry into the singles main draw as a special exempt:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 73], "content_span": [74, 157]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277301-0003-0000", "contents": "2018 Amex-Istanbul Challenger, Singles main draw entrants, Other Entrants\nThe following player received entry into the singles main draw as an alternate:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 73], "content_span": [74, 153]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277302-0000-0000", "contents": "2018 Amex-Istanbul Challenger \u2013 Doubles\nAndre Begemann and Jonathan Eysseric were the defending champions but chose not to defend their title.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [39, 39], "content_span": [40, 142]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277302-0001-0000", "contents": "2018 Amex-Istanbul Challenger \u2013 Doubles\nRameez Junaid and Purav Raja won the title after defeating Timur Khabibulin and Vladyslav Manafov 7\u20136(7\u20134), 4\u20136, [10\u20137] in the final.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [39, 39], "content_span": [40, 173]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277303-0000-0000", "contents": "2018 Amex-Istanbul Challenger \u2013 Singles\nMalek Jaziri was the defending champion but chose not to defend his title.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [39, 39], "content_span": [40, 114]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277303-0001-0000", "contents": "2018 Amex-Istanbul Challenger \u2013 Singles\nCorentin Moutet won the title after defeating Quentin Halys 6\u20133, 6\u20134 in the final.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [39, 39], "content_span": [40, 122]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277304-0000-0000", "contents": "2018 Amstel Gold Race\nThe 2018 Amstel Gold Race was a road cycling one-day race that took place on 15 April 2018 in the Netherlands. It was the 53rd edition of the Amstel Gold Race and the sixteenth event of the 2018 UCI World Tour. The race started in Maastricht and finished in Berg en Terblijt, containing 35 categorised climbs, covering a total distance of 263 kilometres (163 miles).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [21, 21], "content_span": [22, 388]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277304-0001-0000", "contents": "2018 Amstel Gold Race\nThe race was won by Michael Valgren (Astana) in a two-up sprint with Mitchelton\u2013Scott's Roman Kreuziger. Bahrain\u2013Merida's Enrico Gasparotto finished third, two seconds behind the front pair.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [21, 21], "content_span": [22, 212]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277304-0002-0000", "contents": "2018 Amstel Gold Race, Route\nThe race started on Maastricht's Markt, the city's central market square, and finished in Berg en Terblijt, totaling 263 kilometres (163 miles). The route, similar to the 2017 edition, was made up of four sinuous loops centering around Valkenburg in the south of Limburg. Only the final loop, 16 kilometres (9.9 miles) long, was modified in order to search for more narrow roads. Organisers intended to make the race finale harder for a peloton to control. Maastricht and Valkenburg have been the start and finish locations of the Amstel Gold Race since 1998 and 2003, respectively, and engaged themselves to host the race until 2022.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 28], "content_span": [29, 663]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277304-0003-0000", "contents": "2018 Amstel Gold Race, Route\nThe route contained 35 categorised hills, usually short but with a varying gradient and coming in quick succession throughout the race. Since 2017, the uphill finish on the Cauberg was abandoned, after it had been the last climb of the race for 14 years. Nonetheless, the Cauberg, the difficult and most iconic passage, was addressed three times during the race. The third crossing of the Cauberg came at 18 kilometres (11 miles) to go and was followed only by the Geulhemmerberg at 13 kilometres (8.1 miles) and Bemelerberg at 7 kilometres (4.3 miles) from the finish.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 28], "content_span": [29, 598]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277304-0004-0000", "contents": "2018 Amstel Gold Race, Teams\nAs the Amstel Gold Race was a UCI World Tour event, all eighteen UCI WorldTeams were invited automatically and obliged to enter a team in the race. Seven UCI Professional Continental teams competed, completing the 25-team peloton.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 28], "content_span": [29, 259]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277305-0000-0000", "contents": "2018 Amstel Gold Race (women's race)\nThe fifth edition of the Amstel Gold Race for Women was a road cycling one-day race held on 15 April 2018 in the Netherlands. It was the seventh event of the 2018 UCI Women's World Tour. The race started in Maastricht and finished in Berg en Terblijt, containing 17 categorized climbs and covering a total distance of 116.9\u00a0km.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [36, 36], "content_span": [37, 364]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277305-0001-0000", "contents": "2018 Amstel Gold Race (women's race)\nDutch rider Chantal Blaak, wearing the rainbow jersey, won the race in a three-up sprint with Lucinda Brand and Amanda Spratt.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [36, 36], "content_span": [37, 163]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277305-0002-0000", "contents": "2018 Amstel Gold Race (women's race), Route\nThe race started on Maastricht's Markt, the city's central market square, and finished in Berg en Terblijt, covering 116.9\u00a0km. The route was made up of one bigger loop in the south of Limburg, followed by three 18\u00a0km loops centering around Valkenburg which featured the Geulhemmerberg, Bemelerberg and Cauberg climbs. In total, the route contained 17 categorized hills, usually short but with a varying gradient and coming in quick succession throughout the race. The Cauberg, the most difficult and iconic passage, was addressed four times; once more than during the men's race. The fourth crossing of the Cauberg was also the last climb of the day. From the top, there was a 1.7\u00a0km run-in to the finish line in Berg en Terblijt.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 43], "content_span": [44, 774]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277305-0003-0000", "contents": "2018 Amstel Gold Race (women's race), Teams\nTwenty-two teams participated in the race. Each team had a maximum of six riders:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 43], "content_span": [44, 125]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277306-0000-0000", "contents": "2018 Amsterdam stabbing attack\nThe 2018 Amsterdam stabbing attack was an attack on 31 August 2018, in Amsterdam Centraal station. A 19-year-old man from Afghanistan stabbed and injured two American tourists. The attacker was shot and injured by the police. Amsterdam Police confirmed that they believe he had a terrorist motive.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [30, 30], "content_span": [31, 328]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277306-0001-0000", "contents": "2018 Amsterdam stabbing attack, Incident\nAt around 12:10 local time (CET) on 31 August 2018 a man who had recently arrived by train was observed by security staff in the west side tunnel of Amsterdam Centraal Station. While they were discussing how to approach him, the man pulled out a knife and stabbed one tourist in the back, then attacked a second tourist.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 40], "content_span": [41, 361]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277306-0002-0000", "contents": "2018 Amsterdam stabbing attack, Incident\nPolice officers were 20\u00a0m away drew their weapons, and when the perpetrator ran towards another potential victim one of the officers opened fire and brought him down.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 40], "content_span": [41, 207]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277306-0003-0000", "contents": "2018 Amsterdam stabbing attack, Incident\nThe attack lasted nine seconds until the attacker was shot by police. Witnesses reported hearing two gunshots. Policemen ordered the suspect to \"stay down\" in English. The victims, who were \"very badly injured\" according to a police spokesman, and the suspect were taken to hospital.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 40], "content_span": [41, 324]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277306-0004-0000", "contents": "2018 Amsterdam stabbing attack, Impact\nTrain services were interrupted and the station, which was very busy on a Friday with many travellers from Amsterdam Schiphol airport, was temporarily closed.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 38], "content_span": [39, 197]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277306-0005-0000", "contents": "2018 Amsterdam stabbing attack, Impact\nAs a result of this attack, on 28 September 2018, the United States Department of State raised its travel advisory for the Netherlands from Level 1 to Level 2.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 38], "content_span": [39, 198]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277306-0006-0000", "contents": "2018 Amsterdam stabbing attack, Suspect\nThe attacker was identified as 19-year-old Jawed (Jawad) Sultani from Afghanistan, who had a German residency permit.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 39], "content_span": [40, 157]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277306-0007-0000", "contents": "2018 Amsterdam stabbing attack, Suspect\nGerman authorities had rejected his application for asylum, which he had appealed.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 39], "content_span": [40, 122]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277306-0008-0000", "contents": "2018 Amsterdam stabbing attack, Suspect\nDutch police were in close contact with their German counterparts in regards to the suspect's background. A police spokesman initially stated that Amsterdam police were \"seriously taking into account\" \"a terrorist motive\", and this motive was later confirmed by the authorities. Dutch authorities said that he was aggrieved against Netherlands and believed that \"the Prophet Muhammad, the Quran, Islam and Allah are repeatedly insulted\" in the country, specifically referring to Geert Wilders.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 39], "content_span": [40, 533]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277306-0009-0000", "contents": "2018 Amsterdam stabbing attack, Victims\nThe victims were Americans with an Eritrean background who were in the country for a few days with their wives. They released a message of thanks via the US Embassy in Amsterdam. They thanked the Dutch police at the scene for their quick actions and for saving their lives as well as later support they received from police units and hospital staff. The US Embassy asked that the privacy of the victims be respected.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 39], "content_span": [40, 456]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277306-0010-0000", "contents": "2018 Amsterdam stabbing attack, Trial\nThe public prosecutor demanded 25 years imprisonment for two attempted murders with terrorist intent. Describing the attacks as \u2018shocking\u2019, the public prosecutor said that the impact had been enormous. \u2018The random choice of victims is especially frightening,\u2019 he said. \u2018He has not shown any remorse and would even appear to be a little proud of what he did.' ' But I assure you', he continued, 'the Dutch government will never give in to terrorism. In this country, discussions are conducted with words, not with knives.\u2019", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 37], "content_span": [38, 559]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277306-0011-0000", "contents": "2018 Amsterdam stabbing attack, Trial\nThe Amsterdam District Court found S. guilty of two attempted murders with terrorist intent and threatening three police officers, and sentenced him to 26 years and 8 months imprisonment.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 37], "content_span": [38, 225]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277307-0000-0000", "contents": "2018 Anaheim mayoral election\nThe 2018 Anaheim mayoral election was held on November 6, 2018 to elect the mayor of Anaheim, California. It saw the election of Harry Sidhu. Sidhu is the first person of color to serve as mayor of Anaheim and the first Sikh to serve as the city's mayor.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [29, 29], "content_span": [30, 284]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277308-0000-0000", "contents": "2018 Anchorage earthquake\nOn November 30, 2018, at 8:29\u00a0a.m. AKST (17:29\u00a0UTC), a magnitude 7.1 earthquake hit Anchorage in South Central Alaska. The earthquake's epicenter was near Point Mackenzie, about 10 miles (16\u00a0km) north of Anchorage, and occurred at a depth of 29 miles (47\u00a0km). It was followed six minutes later by a magnitude 5.7 aftershock centered 2.5 miles (4.0\u00a0km) north-northwest of the municipality. The earthquake could be felt as far away as Fairbanks.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [25, 25], "content_span": [26, 469]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277308-0001-0000", "contents": "2018 Anchorage earthquake\nThe National Tsunami Warning Center\u2014itself located inside the quake zone, in Palmer, Alaska, 42 miles (68\u00a0km) northeast of Anchorage\u2014issued tsunami warnings for nearby coastal areas, including Cook Inlet and the Kenai Peninsula, but they were lifted shortly after.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [25, 25], "content_span": [26, 290]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277308-0002-0000", "contents": "2018 Anchorage earthquake, Tectonic setting\nSouthern Alaska lies at the eastern end of the Aleutian Trench, where the Pacific Plate is subducting beneath the North American Plate. Near Anchorage, the plates are converging at a rate of 57\u00a0mm per year. The region has experienced severe earthquakes in the past, including several megathrust earthquakes. The 1964 earthquake, with a magnitude of 9.2, was the largest earthquake in American history and the second largest to ever be recorded anywhere in the world. Though earthquakes are common in Alaska, they often occur out at sea. This earthquake is more similar to the 2001 Nisqually earthquake located near Tacoma, Washington, than to the 1964 megathrust earthquake.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 43], "content_span": [44, 718]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277308-0003-0000", "contents": "2018 Anchorage earthquake, Earthquake\nThe earthquake had a magnitude of 7.1 on the moment magnitude scale using a centroid moment tensor inversion of the W-phase. The focal mechanism shows that the earthquake was a result of normal faulting. A fault dipping at 29\u00b0 towards the east gives the best match to the observed seismic waveforms. The depth and mechanism are consistent with faulting within the down-going Pacific Plate. This implies that the earthquake was an intraslab earthquake within that plate, rather than at the plate boundary between the Pacific and North American Plates beneath the Anchorage area. This is a different mechanism than megathrust faults in the region, which do occur on the plate boundary itself. This faulting in the Pacific Plate is caused by downward bending while the plate is being forced under Alaska.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 37], "content_span": [38, 839]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277308-0004-0000", "contents": "2018 Anchorage earthquake, Aftershocks\nOver 80 aftershocks of various magnitudes were recorded throughout the day, with at least three having magnitudes greater than 5.0. By December 3, 170 aftershocks with a magnitude over 3.0 had been noted. Two more aftershocks hit on February 6, the first with a magnitude of 4.1, and the second coming 23 minutes later with a magnitude of 3.7. Aftershocks were expected to continue for around 300 days after the mainshock.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 38], "content_span": [39, 461]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277308-0005-0000", "contents": "2018 Anchorage earthquake, Damage\nSevere damage to several buildings and a highway overpass near Ted Stevens Anchorage International Airport was reported. There were no fatalities, but at least 117 people were injured, mostly for minor injuries such as cuts, bruises or anxiety. Some suffered broken bones, and one resident suffered serious smoke inhalation while trying to put out a post-quake fire at his home. The Kenai Peninsula Borough School District reported that all students were safe.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 33], "content_span": [34, 494]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277308-0006-0000", "contents": "2018 Anchorage earthquake, Damage\nLandings at three airports were temporarily affected by the earthquake: the Ted Stevens International Airport, Merrill Field Airport and Joint Base Elmendorf\u2013Richardson. The Anchorage Police Department reported major infrastructure damage across the city. Liquefaction was reported. Several traffic lights were knocked down, bringing traffic to a halt. Many roads were also damaged. The Glenn Highway was damaged to the point where officials stated it would likely take a long time to repair. A ramp connecting Minnesota Drive to area streets collapsed, as well as the surrounding hillside.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 33], "content_span": [34, 624]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277308-0006-0001", "contents": "2018 Anchorage earthquake, Damage\nA driver in an SUV who was on the section of destroyed highway was stranded, but uninjured. The Alaska Railroad had to suspend all operations due to severe damage at their operations center and unknown condition of tracks. The operators of the Trans-Alaska Pipeline shut the system down as a precaution; however, they reported that there is no known damage to the pipeline and it later resumed service.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 33], "content_span": [34, 436]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277308-0007-0000", "contents": "2018 Anchorage earthquake, Damage\nThe newsroom studio of KTVA in Anchorage (then affiliated with CBS) was heavily damaged, but the channel remained on the air. The Alaska Airlines Center, a large sports complex on the University of Alaska Anchorage (UAA) campus, flooded due to broken fire sprinkler pipes. Several trophy cases were also damaged. UAA's older Wells Fargo Sports Complex suffered similar damage. In South Anchorage, Dimond High School had ceiling tiles and other debris littering the floor throughout the campus. Most schools in the Anchorage School District suffered damage.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 33], "content_span": [34, 590]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277308-0007-0001", "contents": "2018 Anchorage earthquake, Damage\nAlong with Dimond High, Colony Middle, Colony High and Bartlett High School were also heavily damaged. Colony Middle School suffered damage to ceiling tiles, water pipes, and lights and was being evaluated for structural damage. During the earthquake, a student suffered a broken wrist, and a custodian was injured by breaking glass at area schools. Several branches in the Anchorage Public Library system sustained damage. Numerous books were knocked off the shelves, which took days to clean up. Structural damage was noted in some locations. In the Anchorage community of Eagle River, at least one home collapsed during the earthquake. One man in the home, whose spouse was at work, was able to escape with several pets.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 33], "content_span": [34, 757]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277308-0008-0000", "contents": "2018 Anchorage earthquake, Damage\nThere was also heavy damage in the Matanuska-Susitna Valley (Mat-Su), north of Anchorage. The Matanuska-Susitna Borough School District reported that Houston Middle School, located in the town of Houston, was severely damaged, and students were forced to merge with their high school for the remainder of the year. Five other Mat-Su schools took over a week to reopen. Colony Middle School students were the last to return to learning.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 33], "content_span": [34, 469]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277308-0009-0000", "contents": "2018 Anchorage earthquake, Damage\nSignificant damage was also done to roads in the Mat-Su. Among the most heavily damaged roads were the Palmer-Wasilla Highway, Pittman Road, Point MacKenzie Road and Vine Road. Suffering the worst damage was Vine Road, a section of which buckled and became impassable. In addition, Matanuska Electric Association reported that 46,000 customers were left without electricity immediately after the earthquake.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 33], "content_span": [34, 441]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277308-0010-0000", "contents": "2018 Anchorage earthquake, Damage\nOverall, damage in Anchorage was estimated to be at least US$30 million, including $10 million to repair pipes, and $10 million in public facilities. Damage estimates to the Anchorage School District ranged from $25 to $50 million.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 33], "content_span": [34, 265]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277308-0011-0000", "contents": "2018 Anchorage earthquake, Response\nA federal disaster was declared shortly after the earthquake and the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) deployed personnel from the state emergency operations center at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson to conduct relief operations.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 35], "content_span": [36, 274]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277308-0012-0000", "contents": "2018 Anchorage earthquake, Response\nAlaska Governor Bill Walker said \"It's been a 7.2 earthquake, but our response was a 10.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 35], "content_span": [36, 125]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277308-0013-0000", "contents": "2018 Anchorage earthquake, Response\nAnchorage Mayor Ethan Berkowitz likewise declared a state of emergency for his city, and requested both state and federal assistance. The local public bus system, People Mover, ended service for the day following the earthquake. The city announced that regular bus service would resume the following day, and would be free of charge for the two days following the earthquake to help city residents get around on damaged roads.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 35], "content_span": [36, 462]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277308-0014-0000", "contents": "2018 Anchorage earthquake, Response\nThe Alaska Department of Transportation and Public Facilities moved quickly to inspect bridges and begin road repairs. Despite not normally paving during winter, area asphalt plants were restarted and within days sufficient repairs were made to reopen several heavily damaged roads.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 35], "content_span": [36, 318]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277308-0015-0000", "contents": "2018 Anchorage earthquake, Response\nPresident Donald Trump stated on Twitter, \"To the Great people of Alaska. You have been hit hard by a 'big one.' Please follow the directions of the highly trained professionals who are there to help you. Your Federal Government will spare no expense. God Bless you ALL!\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 35], "content_span": [36, 307]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277309-0000-0000", "contents": "2018 Anchorage mayoral election\nThe 2018 Anchorage mayoral election was held on April 3, 2018, to elect the mayor of Anchorage, Alaska. It saw reelection of incumbent mayor Ethan Berkowitz.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [31, 31], "content_span": [32, 189]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277309-0001-0000", "contents": "2018 Anchorage mayoral election\nSince Berkowitz obtained 55% in the initial round, more than the 45% plurality required, no runoff was necessitated.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [31, 31], "content_span": [32, 148]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277310-0000-0000", "contents": "2018 Andalusian regional election\nThe 2018 Andalusian regional election was held on Sunday, 2 December 2018, to elect the 11th Parliament of the autonomous community of Andalusia. All 109 seats in the Parliament were up for election.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [33, 33], "content_span": [34, 233]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277310-0001-0000", "contents": "2018 Andalusian regional election\nAs a result of the previous election, the Spanish Socialist Workers' Party of Andalusia (PSOE\u2013A) was able to retain power after obtaining confidence and supply support from Citizens (Cs), with such alliance enduring President Susana D\u00edaz's defeat in the 2017 PSOE leadership election. The PSOE\u2013Cs agreement broke up in September 2018 after Cs withdrew their support from D\u00edaz's government, prompting D\u00edaz to announce the Parliament's dissolution on 8 October and call a snap election for 2 December 2018.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [33, 33], "content_span": [34, 538]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277310-0002-0000", "contents": "2018 Andalusian regional election\nRegistered turnout was the second lowest in any Andalusian regional election, only behind that of 1990. The PSOE\u2013A remained the most voted party but suffered an unforeseen setback, dropping from 47 to 33 seats. A far-right party, Vox, gained parliamentary representation in a regional parliament in Spain for the first time since the country's return to democracy, benefiting from a collapse in the People's Party (PP) vote which saw it nearly tied in votes with Cs.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [33, 33], "content_span": [34, 500]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277310-0002-0001", "contents": "2018 Andalusian regional election\nFor the first time in the electoral history of Andalusia, right-of-centre parties commanded an absolute majority of seats in the Parliament of Andalusia, allowing a non-Socialist government to take power in the region after 36 years of uninterrupted PSOE rule. Subsequently, PP and Cs formed a coalition government with Vox support, electing Juan Manuel Moreno as its president.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [33, 33], "content_span": [34, 412]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277310-0003-0000", "contents": "2018 Andalusian regional election, Overview, Electoral system\nThe Parliament of Andalusia was the devolved, unicameral legislature of the autonomous community of Andalusia, having legislative power in regional matters as defined by the Spanish Constitution of 1978 and the regional Statute of Autonomy, as well as the ability to vote confidence in or withdraw it from a regional president.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 61], "content_span": [62, 389]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277310-0004-0000", "contents": "2018 Andalusian regional election, Overview, Electoral system\nVoting for the Parliament was on the basis of universal suffrage, which comprised all nationals over eighteen, registered in Andalusia and in full enjoyment of their political rights. Additionally, Andalusians abroad were required to apply for voting before being permitted to vote, a system known as \"begged\" or expat vote (Spanish: Voto rogado). The 109 members of the Parliament of Andalusia were elected using the D'Hondt method and a closed list proportional representation, with an electoral threshold of three percent of valid votes\u2014which included blank ballots\u2014being applied in each constituency.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 61], "content_span": [62, 666]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277310-0004-0001", "contents": "2018 Andalusian regional election, Overview, Electoral system\nSeats were allocated to constituencies, corresponding to the provinces of Almer\u00eda, C\u00e1diz, C\u00f3rdoba, Granada, Huelva, Ja\u00e9n, M\u00e1laga and Seville, with each being allocated an initial minimum of eight seats and the remaining 45 being distributed in proportion to their populations (provided that the number of seats in each province did not exceed two times that of any other).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 61], "content_span": [62, 434]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277310-0005-0000", "contents": "2018 Andalusian regional election, Overview, Electoral system\nThe use of the D'Hondt method might result in a higher effective threshold, depending on the district magnitude.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 61], "content_span": [62, 174]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277310-0006-0000", "contents": "2018 Andalusian regional election, Overview, Election date\nThe term of the Parliament of Andalusia expired four years after the date of its previous election, unless it was dissolved earlier. The election decree was required to be issued no later than the twenty-fifth day prior to the date of expiry of parliament and published on the following day in the Official Gazette of the Regional Government of Andalusia (BOJA), with election day taking place on the fifty-fourth day from publication barring any date within from 1 July to 31 August.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 58], "content_span": [59, 543]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277310-0006-0001", "contents": "2018 Andalusian regional election, Overview, Election date\nThe previous election was held on 22 March 2015, which meant that the legislature's term would have expired on 22 March 2019. The election decree was required to be published in the BOJA no later than 26 February 2019, with the election taking place on the fifty-fourth day from publication, setting the latest possible election date for the Parliament on Sunday, 21 April 2019.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 58], "content_span": [59, 437]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277310-0007-0000", "contents": "2018 Andalusian regional election, Overview, Election date\nThe president had the prerogative to dissolve the Parliament of Andalusia and call a snap election, provided that no motion of no confidence was in process and that dissolution did not occur before one year had elapsed since the previous one. In the event of an investiture process failing to elect a regional president within a two-month period from the first ballot, the Parliament was to be automatically dissolved and a fresh election called.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 58], "content_span": [59, 505]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277310-0008-0000", "contents": "2018 Andalusian regional election, Overview, Election date\nThroughout the first half of 2018, opinion settled among opposition parties that D\u00edaz would call a snap election by October\u2013November 2018, several months ahead of schedule.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 58], "content_span": [59, 231]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277310-0008-0001", "contents": "2018 Andalusian regional election, Overview, Election date\nOn 3 July, ABC hypothesized on the actual chances of an early election taking place, dubbing it as a real possibility after considering that D\u00edaz would seek to capitalize on the Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE)'s growing popularity in opinion polls, hoping to benefit from the disarray within the People's Party (PP) ranks\u2014resulting from its national leadership contest\u2014and Citizens (Cs)'s inability to react after the motion of no confidence which ousted Mariano Rajoy's government from power. During the summer of 2018, it transpired that Susana D\u00edaz was considering to call an autumn election for 28 October.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 58], "content_span": [59, 677]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277310-0008-0002", "contents": "2018 Andalusian regional election, Overview, Election date\nIn early September it was commented that the date would be delayed until either 18 or 25 November, After Cs officially withdrew its confidence and supply support from the government on 7 September, leaving the PSOE in minority, 2 or 16 December became the more likely dates for the election to be held. On 8 October, Susana D\u00edaz announced the Parliament's dissolution and confirmed 2 December as the regional election date.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 58], "content_span": [59, 482]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277310-0009-0000", "contents": "2018 Andalusian regional election, Parliamentary composition\nThe Parliament of Andalusia was officially dissolved on 9 October 2018, after the publication of the dissolution decree in the Official Gazette of the Regional Government of Andalusia. The tables below show the composition of the parliamentary groups in the chamber at the time of dissolution.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 60], "content_span": [61, 354]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277310-0010-0000", "contents": "2018 Andalusian regional election, Parties and candidates\nThe electoral law allowed for parties and federations registered in the interior ministry, coalitions and groupings of electors to present lists of candidates. Parties and federations intending to form a coalition ahead of an election were required to inform the relevant Electoral Commission within ten days of the election call, whereas groupings of electors needed to secure the signature of at least one percent of the electorate in the constituencies for which they sought election, disallowing electors from signing for more than one list of candidates.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 57], "content_span": [58, 617]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277310-0011-0000", "contents": "2018 Andalusian regional election, Parties and candidates\nBelow is a list of the main parties and electoral alliances which contested the election:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 57], "content_span": [58, 147]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277310-0012-0000", "contents": "2018 Andalusian regional election, Timetable\nThe key dates are listed below (all times are CET) instead):", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 44], "content_span": [45, 105]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277310-0013-0000", "contents": "2018 Andalusian regional election, Opinion polls\nThe table below lists voting intention estimates in reverse chronological order, showing the most recent first and using the dates when the survey fieldwork was done, as opposed to the date of publication. Where the fieldwork dates are unknown, the date of publication is given instead. The highest percentage figure in each polling survey is displayed with its background shaded in the leading party's colour. If a tie ensues, this is applied to the figures with the highest percentages. The \"Lead\" column on the right shows the percentage-point difference between the parties with the highest percentages in a given poll. When available, seat projections are also displayed below the voting estimates in a smaller font. 55 seats were required for an absolute majority in the Parliament of Andalusia.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 48], "content_span": [49, 850]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277310-0014-0000", "contents": "2018 Andalusian regional election, Aftermath, Results analysis\nAs a result of the election, the ruling Spanish Socialist Workers' Party of Andalusia (PSOE\u2013A) suffered a severe setback, plummeting in traditional strongholds where abstention rates skyrocketed and underperforming all opinion polls published throughout the campaign. Together with the left-wing Forward Andalusia (AA) alliance, which failed to garner the combined support of Podemos and United Left (IULV\u2013CA) at the 2015 election, it commanded just 50 seats, five short of a majority, bringing the Socialists on the verge of losing the Regional Government after 36 years of uninterrupted rule.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 62], "content_span": [63, 657]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277310-0014-0001", "contents": "2018 Andalusian regional election, Aftermath, Results analysis\nOn the other hand, Citizens (Cs) and Vox capitalized on the People's Party (PP)'s decay, with Vox winning an outstanding\u2014and unexpected\u201412 seats in the Parliament of Andalusia, making it the fifth largest party in the region (the third in the constituency of Almer\u00eda, where it far exceeded the most optimistic of expectations). Together, right-of-centre parties commanded 59 out of the 109 seats in parliament. Concurrently, Vox's result signalled the first time a far-right party had won seats in a regional parliament in Spain since the country's return to democracy, following the death of longtime dictator Francisco Franco in 1975.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 62], "content_span": [63, 699]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277310-0015-0000", "contents": "2018 Andalusian regional election, Aftermath, Results analysis\nThe election was also notable for the negative electoral performances of PSOE and PP, the worst for both of them in the Spanish democratic period: the PSOE\u2013A lost 400,000 votes, 7.4 points of the share and 14 seats compared to 2015, whereas the PP lost a further 300,000, 6 points and 7 seats over their already dwindling results.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 62], "content_span": [63, 393]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277310-0015-0001", "contents": "2018 Andalusian regional election, Aftermath, Results analysis\nComparisons to previous elections were even bleaker: since 2008, each party had lost around 1 million votes, 20 points and over 20 seats, with PSOE and PP at barely half of the share they had commanded in the 2004 and 2012 elections, respectively. Together, the two previously dominant parties in Andalusia garnered around 49% of the share and 54% of seats.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 62], "content_span": [63, 420]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277310-0016-0000", "contents": "2018 Andalusian regional election, Aftermath, Results analysis\nAnalysts and journalists were divided on the causes behind the PSOE's downfall. Some attributed it to discontent with the S\u00e1nchez government and his policy of seeking the parliamentary support of pro-Catalan independence parties in the Congress of Deputies after the vote of no confidence which ousted Mariano Rajoy from the central government, which would have prompted a high turnout from right-wing voters.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 62], "content_span": [63, 472]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277310-0016-0001", "contents": "2018 Andalusian regional election, Aftermath, Results analysis\nOthers, on the other hand, attributed it mostly to Susana D\u00edaz's ruling style in Andalusia: high unemployment and rampant corruption, discontent with her government's management of the education and health services in the region, her role in the ousting of Pedro S\u00e1nchez in 2016, the subsequent PSOE's abstention to allow for Rajoy's investiture and her foiled attempt to become PSOE leader in 2017 were also said to have played a major role in the low PSOE voter turnout, together with a deep disenchantment and fatigue with the PSOE's 36-year spell in the Regional Government of Andalusia. Concurrently, the fragmentation within the centre-right to right-wing electorate was also noted as a remarkable event, as the PP's decades-long, unquestioned dominance over such spectrum came to an end.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 62], "content_span": [63, 857]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277310-0017-0000", "contents": "2018 Andalusian regional election, Aftermath, Reactions\nAfter results were known, regional and national PP leaders Juan Manuel Moreno and Pablo Casado hinted to an alliance of right-wing forces\u2014including Vox\u2014in order to expel the PSOE from the Regional Government. Concurrently, Cs leaders showed reticence to allying themselves with Vox, instead claiming their right to attempt to form a government of their own with PP and PSOE support \"without ruling out any other options\".", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 55], "content_span": [56, 477]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277310-0017-0001", "contents": "2018 Andalusian regional election, Aftermath, Reactions\nStill incumbent President Susana D\u00edaz urged for an alliance of democratic forces to form around her party in order to \"build a firewall against the extreme right\", but her chances of retaining power were regarded as slim. The PSOE leadership\u2014headed by Prime Minister Pedro S\u00e1nchez, D\u00edaz's long-time party rival\u2014was not expected to support D\u00edaz's continuity at the helm of the party in Andalusia if she was not able to maintain the Regional Government, while concurrently ruling out giving support to any hypothetical Cs government. D\u00edaz ruled out a resignation as she \"had won [the election]\", reasserting her will to continue leading the PSOE\u2013A and attempt forming a government with the support of any of the other parties but Vox.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 55], "content_span": [56, 788]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277310-0018-0000", "contents": "2018 Andalusian regional election, Aftermath, Reactions\nPedro S\u00e1nchez's first public reaction to the results was to assert that his government \"will continue to promote a regenerative and pro-EU project for Spain. The results in Andalusia reinforce our commitment to defend the Constitution and democracy against fear\". On 3 December, the day after the election, thousands gathered throughout the streets of several Andalusian capitals to protest \"against fascist policies\", after Vox's entry into parliament and its prospective influence in a new Andalusian government.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 55], "content_span": [56, 570]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277310-0019-0000", "contents": "2018 Andalusian regional election, Aftermath, Reactions\nWithin a few days from the election, both PP and Cs candidates, Juan Manuel Moreno and Juan Mar\u00edn clashed on the issue of who should lead the Regional Government. The PP warned Mar\u00edn that failing to support Moreno would mean a new regional election, anticipating that it would lead to a massive mobilization of PSOE\u2013A voters who had abstained.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 55], "content_span": [56, 399]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277310-0019-0001", "contents": "2018 Andalusian regional election, Aftermath, Reactions\nThe Cs leadership showed a willingness to enter negotiations with PP if it was to elect Mar\u00edn as president, but the party was weary of having to rely on the support of far-right Vox and instead kept their offer for an\u2014unlikely\u2014support or abstention from the PSOE. The possibility that Vox could have an influence in any future government divided Podemos: the national leadership did not rule out easening a Cs government with PSOE support, whereas regional leader Teresa Rodr\u00edguez voiced her explicit opposition to such scenario.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 55], "content_span": [56, 585]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277310-0020-0000", "contents": "2018 Andalusian regional election, Aftermath, Government formation\nThroughout December 2018, PP and Cs started negotiations for a prospective centre-right coalition government between the two parties, which would depend on Vox's external support. Cs ultimately agreed to support Moreno as regional president in exchange for 50% of the regional ministries and the leadership of the Parliament of Andalusia, which on 27 December resulted in Cs's Marta Bosquet becoming only the second non-PSOE speaker of the Parliament of Andalusia.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 66], "content_span": [67, 531]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277310-0020-0001", "contents": "2018 Andalusian regional election, Aftermath, Government formation\nWhile Vox supported Bosquet, the party announced such a support did not imply they would automatically support a PP\u2013Cs government without them being called into a formal negotiation with the two parties, which Cs refused to concede. Both PP and Cs had been negotiating a formal agreement made of 90 core proposals, some of which\u2014such as their promise to fully apply gender equality laws or the approval of various measures aimed at violence against women-prevention\u2014went against Vox's own electoral manifesto. Cs warned that such a document was not negotiable and that it would constitute the basis for any prospective agreement with Vox, whereas PP's Pablo Casado showed a willingness to make some concessions to Vox in exchange for support and agreed to bring the far-right party into the negotiations.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 66], "content_span": [67, 871]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277310-0021-0000", "contents": "2018 Andalusian regional election, Aftermath, Government formation\nOn 8 January 2019, Vox published a list of 19 demands in exchange for supporting a centre-right government, including cuts in the regional self-government, a repeal of regional legislation affording special protection to women and LGTBI groups, and the creation of new laws to protect bullfighting, hunting and \"popular culture and traditions\", as well as the deportation of 52,000 undocumented migrants and the elimination of public subsidies for \"supremacist feminism\" and for \"Islamic associations\". Both Cs and leading PP figures were reportedly shocked at the party's demands, which they saw as \"unnaceptable\" and \"unnegotiable\".", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 66], "content_span": [67, 701]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277310-0021-0001", "contents": "2018 Andalusian regional election, Aftermath, Government formation\nSuch demands, but also Casado's attempts to sympathize with Vox's stances, caused a particular outcry within the PP's most moderate ranks\u2014which regarded Vox's positions as outrageous\u2014 but Casado's leadership sought to keep on the negotiation with Vox nonetheless and called for the critics to not intervene. This advice went unheeded as an increasing number of PP regional leaders joined in their open criticism of Vox's demands.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 66], "content_span": [67, 496]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277310-0022-0000", "contents": "2018 Andalusian regional election, Aftermath, Government formation\nThe Government of France of Emmanuel Macron, European ally of Cs leader Albert Rivera, was reported to be closely following the government formation process in Andalusia and warned, ahead of the 2019 European Parliament election, that allying with far-right parties could not be a choice. Amid mounting criticism, it was reported throughout the afternoon of 9 January that PP and Cs, on the one hand, and PP and Vox, on the other, had reached separate agreements to elect Juan Manuel Moreno as new regional president.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 66], "content_span": [67, 584]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277310-0022-0001", "contents": "2018 Andalusian regional election, Aftermath, Government formation\nVox was reported to have renounced their most controversial demands, specially those on gender equality, in order to reach an agreement. The PSOE\u2013A initially announced that Susana D\u00edaz would run for investiture and called for Cs to join \"a democratic bloc\" against the far-right, whereas Adelante Andaluc\u00eda showed a willingness to support any alternative candidate to prevent a Vox-influenced government. However, after the PP\u2013Cs and PP\u2013Vox agreements were formally confirmed, D\u00edaz declined to attempt investiture and announced that she would lead the opposition to the new regional government. As a result, the date for Moreno's investiture was set for 15 and 16 January.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 66], "content_span": [67, 739]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277310-0023-0000", "contents": "2018 Andalusian regional election, Aftermath, Government formation\nAs a result of the investiture vote, Moreno was elected as new president of Andalusia, being sworn in on 18 January 2019. On 21 January, Moreno unveiled the composition of his new government, formed by 6 PP regional ministers\u2014aside from himself\u2014and 5 Cs members, with Cs leader Juan Mar\u00edn being appointed as vice president.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 66], "content_span": [67, 390]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277311-0000-0000", "contents": "2018 Angelique Kerber tennis season\nThe 2018 Angelique Kerber tennis season officially began on 30 December 2017 with the start of the 2018 Hopman Cup. Angelique Kerber entered the season as the No. 21 ranked player in the world.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [35, 35], "content_span": [36, 229]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277311-0001-0000", "contents": "2018 Angelique Kerber tennis season, Year in detail, Early hard court season and Australian Open, Hopman Cup\nKerber began her season at the Hopman Cup paired with Alexander Zverev. At the group stage she defeated Elise Mertens, Genie Bouchard and Daria Gavrilova all in straight sets, helping Germany to reach the final at this tournament. At the final stage she defeated Belinda Bencic, but they lost at the doubles match in straight sets.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 108], "content_span": [109, 440]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277311-0002-0000", "contents": "2018 Angelique Kerber tennis season, Year in detail, Early hard court season and Australian Open, Sydney Open\nNext tournament was the Sydney Open. She defeated Lucie \u0160af\u00e1\u0159ov\u00e1, despite being two match points in the second set, the no. 2 seed Venus Williams,Dominika Cibulkov\u00e1, qualifier Camila Giorgi and Daria Gavrilova. In the final match she faced Ashleigh Barty and went to win the title, defeating her 6\u20134, 6\u20134, claiming her first title since 2016 US Open.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 109], "content_span": [110, 460]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277311-0003-0000", "contents": "2018 Angelique Kerber tennis season, Year in detail, Early hard court season and Australian Open, Australian Open\nHer next tournament was the Australian Open. She was 21st seed. She defeated Anna-Lena Friedsam in straight sets. She then beat Donna Vekic, the former Australian Open champion and the world no.1 Maria Sharapova in straight sets. She went on to defeat Hsieh Su-Wei in the 4th round in three sets and former world No. 7 Madison Keys in the quarter-finals, in straight sets. She faced the world No. 1 Simona Halep in the semi-finals. In the 3rd set she saved 3 match points. However, she felt down at the 9\u20137. After Australian Open, she returned to top ten.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 113], "content_span": [114, 669]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277311-0004-0000", "contents": "2018 Angelique Kerber tennis season, Year in detail, Early hard court season and Australian Open, Qatar Total Open\nKerber then played the Qatar Open, where she received a bye in the opening round. At the second and third round she defeated Samantha Stosur and Johanna Konta respectively. In quarterfinals, she faced the no. 1 seed Caroline Wozniacki, whom she lost in three sets.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 114], "content_span": [115, 379]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277312-0000-0000", "contents": "2018 Angola Handball Super Cup\nThe 2018 Angola Handball Super Cup (12th edition) was contested by Primeiro de Agosto, as the 2017 league champion and Interclube, the 2017 cup winner. Interclube won its 6th title.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [30, 30], "content_span": [31, 212]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277312-0001-0000", "contents": "2018 Angola Handball Super Cup\nThe 2018 Women's Super Cup (12th edition) was contested by Primeiro de Agosto, the 2017 women's league champion and Petro de Luanda, the 2016 cup winner. Petro Atl\u00e9tico was the winner, making it is's 10th title.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [30, 30], "content_span": [31, 242]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277313-0000-0000", "contents": "2018 Antalya Open\nThe 2018 Antalya Open (also known as the Turkish Airlines Open Antalya for sponsorship reasons) was a men's tennis tournament played on grass courts. It was the 2nd edition of the event, and part of the ATP World Tour 250 series of the 2018 ATP World Tour. It took place at the Kaya Palazzo Resort in Belek, Antalya Province, Turkey, from June 24\u201330.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 17], "section_span": [17, 17], "content_span": [18, 368]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277313-0001-0000", "contents": "2018 Antalya Open, Singles main draw entrants, Other entrants\nThe following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 17], "section_span": [19, 61], "content_span": [62, 130]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277313-0002-0000", "contents": "2018 Antalya Open, Doubles main draw entrants, Other entrants\nThe following pairs received wildcards into the doubles main draw:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 17], "section_span": [19, 61], "content_span": [62, 128]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277314-0000-0000", "contents": "2018 Antalya Open \u2013 Doubles\nRobert Lindstedt and Aisam-ul-Haq Qureshi were the defending champions, but Lindstedt chose to compete in Eastbourne instead. Qureshi played alongside Jean-Julien Rojer, but lost in the first round to Roman Jebav\u00fd and Julio Peralta.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [27, 27], "content_span": [28, 260]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277314-0001-0000", "contents": "2018 Antalya Open \u2013 Doubles\nMarcelo Demoliner and Santiago Gonz\u00e1lez won the title, defeating Sander Arends and Matw\u00e9 Middelkoop in the final, 7\u20135, 6\u20137(6\u20138), [10\u20138].", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [27, 27], "content_span": [28, 164]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277315-0000-0000", "contents": "2018 Antalya Open \u2013 Singles\nY\u016bichi Sugita was the defending champion but lost in the second round to Pierre-Hugues Herbert.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [27, 27], "content_span": [28, 123]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277315-0001-0000", "contents": "2018 Antalya Open \u2013 Singles\nDamir D\u017eumhur won the title after defeating Adrian Mannarino 6\u20131, 1\u20136, 6\u20131 in the final.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [27, 27], "content_span": [28, 116]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277315-0002-0000", "contents": "2018 Antalya Open \u2013 Singles, Seeds\nThe top four seeds receive a bye into the second round.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 34], "content_span": [35, 90]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277316-0000-0000", "contents": "2018 Antiguan constitutional referendum\nA constitutional referendum was held in Antigua and Barbuda on 6 November 2018, the first referendum in the country's history. The proposed constitutional amendment, which ultimately failed to pass, would have made the Caribbean Court of Justice the final court of appeal, replacing the London-based Judicial Committee of the Privy Council. A quorum of 66.6\u00a0% of the valid votes in favour was required for the amendment to be approved.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [39, 39], "content_span": [40, 475]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277316-0001-0000", "contents": "2018 Antiguan constitutional referendum\nGrenada also held a referendum on joining the CCJ on the same day; that vote also failed to pass.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [39, 39], "content_span": [40, 137]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277316-0002-0000", "contents": "2018 Antiguan constitutional referendum, Question\nVoters were asked to respond YES or NO to the following question:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 49], "content_span": [50, 115]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277316-0003-0000", "contents": "2018 Antiguan constitutional referendum, Results\nThe final vote tally gave totals of 8,509 for the amendment and 9,234 against. Turnout was 33.6% of the electorate.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 48], "content_span": [49, 164]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277317-0000-0000", "contents": "2018 Antiguan general election\nGeneral elections were held in Antigua and Barbuda on 21 March 2018 to elect members to House of Representatives of the 16th Antigua and Barbuda Parliament. Each of the 17 constituencies elected one Member of Parliament (MP).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [30, 30], "content_span": [31, 256]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277317-0001-0000", "contents": "2018 Antiguan general election\nThe governing Antigua and Barbuda Labour Party led by Gaston Browne was returned to power, winning 15 of the 17 seats, increasing their majority by one seat. The United Progressive Party, the official opposition, led by Harold Lovell, was reduced to a single seat and Lovell failed to be elected.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [30, 30], "content_span": [31, 327]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277317-0002-0000", "contents": "2018 Antiguan general election, Electoral system\nThe 17 elected members of the House of Representatives were elected in single-member constituencies by first-past-the-post voting; 16 of the seats were allocated for the island of Antigua and one for the island of Barbuda. Barbudan electors were required to travel to Antigua to vote as a result of the aftermath of hurricane Irma.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 48], "content_span": [49, 380]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277317-0003-0000", "contents": "2018 Antiguan general election, Campaign\nA total of 53 candidates contested the elections, representing seven parties. The Antigua and Barbuda Labour Party nominated a full slate of 17 candidates. The United Progressive Party nominated candidates only on the island of Antugua due to an electoral pact with the Barbuda People's Movement which stood only on the island of Barbuda. Together they fielded a candidate in every seat. The Democratic National Alliance (13) were the only other party to contest more than half the seats. The Antigua Barbuda True Labour Party and Go Green for Life both had two candidates, while the Barbuda People's Movement (affiliated to the United Progressive Party) and Missing Link VOP had a single candidate. A single independent candidate, Attorney-at-law Ralph Francis, contested the seat of Barbuda.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 40], "content_span": [41, 834]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277317-0004-0000", "contents": "2018 Antiguan general election, Campaign\nPrime Minister Gaston Browne dissolved parliament fifteen months early. The main issues were the re-building and response to the 2017 Hurricane season, the Barbudan communal land ownership law, tourism resorts notably the Sandals Resorts, and a bribery scandal involving Browne.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 40], "content_span": [41, 319]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277318-0000-0000", "contents": "2018 Antrim Senior Football Championship\nThe 2018 Antrim Senior Football Championship is the 117th official edition of Antrim GAA's premier club gaelic football tournament for senior clubs in County Antrim. 12 teams compete with the winners receiving the Padraig McNamee Cup and representing Antrim in the Ulster Senior Club Football Championship. The Antrim championship has a straight knock-out format.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [40, 40], "content_span": [41, 404]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277318-0001-0000", "contents": "2018 Antrim Senior Football Championship\nSt. Brigid's returned to the senior championship in 2018 after a one year exodus.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [40, 40], "content_span": [41, 122]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277318-0002-0000", "contents": "2018 Antrim Senior Football Championship\nL\u00e1mh Dhearg were the defending champions after they defeated St. John's in the 2017 final.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [40, 40], "content_span": [41, 131]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277318-0003-0000", "contents": "2018 Antrim Senior Football Championship\nSt. Joseph's Glenavy were relegated after finishing 12th respectively in the S.F.L.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [40, 40], "content_span": [41, 124]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277318-0004-0000", "contents": "2018 Antrim Senior Football Championship\nOn 21 October 2018, Erin's Own Cargin claimed their 8th S.F.C. when defeating Creggan Kickhams 0-5 to 0-4 in the final at Ahoghill.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [40, 40], "content_span": [41, 172]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277318-0005-0000", "contents": "2018 Antrim Senior Football Championship, Round 1\n8 of the 12 senior clubs play in this round. The 4 winners and the 4 teams who received byes compete in the Quarter-Finals. The 4 losing teams exit the championship.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 49], "content_span": [50, 215]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277319-0000-0000", "contents": "2018 Appalachian State Mountaineers football team\nThe 2018 Appalachian State Mountaineers football team represented Appalachian State University during the 2018 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The Mountaineers were led by sixth-year head coach Scott Satterfield and played their home games at Kidd Brewer Stadium. They competed as a member of the East Division of the Sun Belt Conference. They finished the season 11\u20132, 7\u20131 in Sun Belt play to be co-champions of the East Division with Troy.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 49], "section_span": [49, 49], "content_span": [50, 496]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277319-0000-0001", "contents": "2018 Appalachian State Mountaineers football team\nDue to their head-to-head win over Troy, they represented the East Division in the inaugural Sun Belt Championship Game where they defeated West Division champion Louisiana to become Sun Belt Champions for the third consecutive year and first time outright. They were invited to the New Orleans Bowl where they defeated Middle Tennessee.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 49], "section_span": [49, 49], "content_span": [50, 387]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277319-0001-0000", "contents": "2018 Appalachian State Mountaineers football team\nOn December 3, head coach Scott Satterfield resigned to become the head coach at Louisville. He finished at Appalachian State with a six year record of 51\u201324. Defensive line coach Mark Ivey led the Mountaineers in the New Orleans Bowl.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 49], "section_span": [49, 49], "content_span": [50, 285]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277319-0002-0000", "contents": "2018 Appalachian State Mountaineers football team\nOn December 13, Appalachian State hired North Carolina State offensive coordinator Eliah Drinkwitz as their new head coach.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 49], "section_span": [49, 49], "content_span": [50, 173]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277319-0003-0000", "contents": "2018 Appalachian State Mountaineers football team, Previous season\nThe Mountaineers finished the 2017 season 9\u20134, 7\u20131 in Sun Belt play to earn a share of the Sun Belt championship for the second consecutive year. They received an invite to the Dollar General Bowl where they defeated Toledo for the second consecutive year in a bowl game.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 49], "section_span": [51, 66], "content_span": [67, 338]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277319-0004-0000", "contents": "2018 Appalachian State Mountaineers football team, Preseason, Sun Belt coaches poll\nOn July 19, 2018, the Sun Belt released their preseason coaches poll with the Mountaineers predicted to finish as champions of the East Division.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 49], "section_span": [51, 83], "content_span": [84, 229]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277319-0005-0000", "contents": "2018 Appalachian State Mountaineers football team, Preseason, Preseason All-Sun Belt Teams\nThe Mountaineers had seven players selected to the preseason all-Sun Belt teams. Defensive back Clifton Duck was selected as the preseason defensive player of the year.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 49], "section_span": [51, 90], "content_span": [91, 259]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277320-0000-0000", "contents": "2018 Arab Junior Athletics Championships\nThe 2018 Arab Junior Athletics Championships was the eighteenth edition of the international athletics competition for under-20 athletes from Arab countries. It took place between 19\u201322 April at the Baccalaureat School in Amman, Jordan. It was the second time that Jordan hosted the event after Amman in 2012. A total of 44 athletics events were contested, 22 for men and 22 for women.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [40, 40], "content_span": [41, 426]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277321-0000-0000", "contents": "2018 Arab League summit\nThe 2018 Arab League Summit (also known as the Dhahran Summit or Dammam Summit or Jerusalem summit) was the Arab League's 29th summit held in Dhahran, Saudi Arabia on Sunday, 15 April 2018. The Summit was initially expected to be held in Riyadh. A preparatory meeting was held in Riyadh on Thursday, 12 April 2018 which was presided over by the Saudi Minister of Foreign Affairs Adel al-Jubeir. Foreign Ministers of the 22 countries attended the meeting.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [23, 23], "content_span": [24, 478]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277321-0001-0000", "contents": "2018 Arab League summit, Venue\nThe summit was announced to be held at the King Abdulaziz Center for World Culture which was constructed by Saudi Aramco and was opened in 2016.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 30], "content_span": [31, 175]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277321-0002-0000", "contents": "2018 Arab League summit, Security Measures\nAs a security measure a number of roads were closed for traffic in the Dammam-Dhahran-Khobar region. It was also declared that all educational institutions would remain closed on Sunday.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 42], "content_span": [43, 229]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277321-0003-0000", "contents": "2018 Arab League summit, Invitation to Qatar\nDespite the blockade imposed on Qatar by Saudi Arabia and a number of other countries, an official invitation was sent to Qatar to attend the Summit. The Foreign Ministry of Qatar issued a statement that Qatar had accepted the invitation and would be attending the Summit. The Saudi Foreign Minister al-Jubeir announced that the Qatar diplomatic crisis would not be discussed at the Summit.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 44], "content_span": [45, 435]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277322-0000-0000", "contents": "2018 Arab Swimming Championships\nThe 4th Arab Swimming Championships were held from 12 to 15 July 2018 in Rad\u00e8s, Tunisia at the Rad\u00e8s Olympic Pool.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [32, 32], "content_span": [33, 147]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277323-0000-0000", "contents": "2018 Aragon motorcycle Grand Prix\nThe 2018 Aragon motorcycle Grand Prix was the fourteenth round of the 2018 MotoGP season. It was held at the Ciudad del Motor de Arag\u00f3n in Alca\u00f1iz on 23 September 2018.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [33, 33], "content_span": [34, 202]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277324-0000-0000", "contents": "2018 Archery World Cup\nThe 2018 Archery World Cup, also known as the Hyundai Archery World Cup for sponsorship reasons, was the 13th edition of the international archery circuit organised annually by World Archery. The 2018 World Cup consisted of five events, and ran from 23 April to 30 September 2018.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [22, 22], "content_span": [23, 303]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277324-0001-0000", "contents": "2018 Archery World Cup, Calendar\nThe calendar for the 2018 World Cup, announced by World Archery.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 32], "content_span": [33, 97]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277325-0000-0000", "contents": "2018 Arctic Race of Norway\nThe 2018 Arctic Race of Norway was a four-stage cycling stage race that took place in Norway between 16 and 19 August. It was the sixth edition of the Arctic Race of Norway and is rated as a 2.HC event as part of the UCI Europe Tour.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [26, 26], "content_span": [27, 260]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277325-0001-0000", "contents": "2018 Arctic Race of Norway, Teams\n19 teams were invited to take part in the race. Five of these were UCI WorldTeams; 12 were UCI Professional Continental teams; four were UCI Continental teams. Each team was allowed to enter six riders, three teams only entered five, therefore the peloton at the start of the race was made up of 123 riders.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 33], "content_span": [34, 341]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277325-0002-0000", "contents": "2018 Arctic Race of Norway, Stages, Stage 1\n16 August 2018 \u2013 Vads\u00f8 to Kirkenes, 184\u00a0km (114\u00a0mi)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 43], "content_span": [44, 95]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277325-0003-0000", "contents": "2018 Arctic Race of Norway, Stages, Stage 2\n17 August 2018 \u2013 Tana to Kj\u00f8llefjord, 195\u00a0km (121\u00a0mi)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 43], "content_span": [44, 97]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277325-0004-0000", "contents": "2018 Arctic Race of Norway, Stages, Stage 3\n18 August 2018 \u2013 Honningsv\u00e5g to Hammerfest, 194\u00a0km (121\u00a0mi)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 43], "content_span": [44, 103]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277325-0005-0000", "contents": "2018 Arctic Race of Norway, Stages, Stage 4\n19 August 2018 \u2013 Kvalsund to Alta, 145.5\u00a0km (90.4\u00a0mi)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 43], "content_span": [44, 97]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277325-0006-0000", "contents": "2018 Arctic Race of Norway, Classifications\nThe race included four main classifications: the general classification, the points classification, the mountains classification and the youth classification. There was also an award for the most aggressive rider on each stage and a team classification.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 43], "content_span": [44, 297]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277326-0000-0000", "contents": "2018 Arctic Winter Games\nThe 2018 Arctic Winter Games, officially known with the slogan \"Find Your Power!!! \", is a winter multi-sport event which took place in the South Slave Region of the Northwest Territories, between 18\u201324 March 2018.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [24, 24], "content_span": [25, 241]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277326-0001-0000", "contents": "2018 Arctic Winter Games\nThe Arctic Winter Games is the world's largest multisport and cultural event for young people of the Arctic. The Games is an international biennial celebration of circumpolar sports and culture held for a week, each time with a different nation or region as the host. AWG celebrates sports, social interaction and culture. The Games contributes to creating an awareness on cultural diversity, and develops athletes to participate in the competitions with the focus on fair play. The Games binds the Arctic countries together and includes traditional games such as Arctic sports and Den\u00e9 games.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [24, 24], "content_span": [25, 618]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277326-0002-0000", "contents": "2018 Arctic Winter Games\nAround 1,400 athletes from nine teams participated in the games. Around 4,000 people in total took part in the Arctic Winter Games, including all competitors and participants in sports and cultural events.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [24, 24], "content_span": [25, 230]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277326-0003-0000", "contents": "2018 Arctic Winter Games, Organization\nThe 2018 Arctic Winter Games were set in Hay River and Fort Smith. Todd Shafer was chosen as general manager of the host society and Greg Rowe as president.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 38], "content_span": [39, 195]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277326-0004-0000", "contents": "2018 Arctic Winter Games, Organization, Marketing\n2018's mascot was a Snowy owl named \"Kechi\". Out of 80 different suggestions for the design of the mascot competition, the snowy owl won and was appointed by the steering committee.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 49], "content_span": [50, 231]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277326-0005-0000", "contents": "2018 Arctic Winter Games, Organization, Participants\nNine contingents participated in the 2018 Arctic Winter Games. The amount of athletes sent by each contingent is shown in parenthesis in the list below.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 52], "content_span": [53, 205]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277326-0006-0000", "contents": "2018 Arctic Winter Games, Venues\nThe 2018 games were held at various sports venues, schools and facilities in Fort Smith, Hay River and the K'atl'odeeche First Nation.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 32], "content_span": [33, 167]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277326-0007-0000", "contents": "2018 Arctic Winter Games, The Games, Sports\n251 events in 19 sport disciplines were scheduled in the 2018 Arctic Winter Games program. Curling, dog mushing, figure skating, gymnastics and short track speed skating all returned to the programme after their absence in 2016. 3 skiing sports were held, with biathlon, cross-country skiing and snowboarding. 2 snowshoe events were held, with snowshoe biathlon and snowshoeing. 2 racquet sports were held, with badminton and table tennis. 2 skating events were held, those being figure skating and short track speed skating. Team sports held were basketball, futsal, ice hockey, volleyball and curling. Traditional Inuit sports were also held, with Arctic sports, Dene games, dog mushing and wrestling, the latter also including events for traditional wrestling. Also held was gymnastics.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 43], "content_span": [44, 833]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277326-0008-0000", "contents": "2018 Arctic Winter Games, The Games, Sports\nAlpine skiing was removed from the sports programme due to a lack of facilities.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 43], "content_span": [44, 124]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277326-0009-0000", "contents": "2018 Arctic Winter Games, Culture\nThe Arctic Winter Games celebrates culture and creates in the participants an awareness of cultural similarities and dissimilarities. Cultural exchange and social interaction are important parts of the Games. Each participating contingent contributes with performances in dance, song, music, plays or art. These cultural events reflect the traditional as well as the modern cultures of the Arctic. Several shows, exhibitions and workshops were available throughout the games.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 33], "content_span": [34, 509]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277326-0010-0000", "contents": "2018 Arctic Winter Games, Hodgson Trophy\nAt each Arctic Winter Games, the AWG International Committee presents the Hodgson Trophy to the contingent whose athletes best exemplify the ideals of fair play and team spirit. Team members also receive a distinctive pin in recognition of their accomplishment. The Alaskan team and delegation won the Hodgson Trophy at the 2018 Arctic Winter Games.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 40], "content_span": [41, 390]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277327-0000-0000", "contents": "2018 Arema F.C. season\nThe 2018 Arema F.C. season is Arema's 31st competitive season. The club will compete in Indonesia League 1, Piala Indonesia and Indonesia President's Cup. Arema Football Club a professional football club based in Malang, East Java, Indonesia. The season covers the period from 1 January 2018 to 31 December 2018.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [22, 22], "content_span": [23, 335]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277327-0001-0000", "contents": "2018 Arema F.C. season\nOn 14 May 2018, with just one wins in the first 8 league games, manager Joko Susilo was sacked. His last game, one days earlier, ended in a 1\u20131 draw to PSM Makassar. The following day, assistant coach Milan Petrovi\u0107 was appointed as manager until the end of the season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [22, 22], "content_span": [23, 292]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277327-0002-0000", "contents": "2018 Arema F.C. season, Squad information, First team squad\nNote: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 59], "content_span": [60, 188]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277327-0003-0000", "contents": "2018 Arema F.C. season, Statistics, Top scorers\nThe list is sorted by shirt number when total goals are equal.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 47], "content_span": [48, 110]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277328-0000-0000", "contents": "2018 Arena Football League season\nThe 2018 Arena Football League season was the 31st season in the history of the Arena Football League (AFL). Prior to the start of the season, the league contracted from five to four teams with one team folding, one going on hiatus, and one added expansion team. The 12-game regular season began on April 13 and ended on July 7.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [33, 33], "content_span": [34, 362]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277328-0001-0000", "contents": "2018 Arena Football League season, League business, League organization changes\nThe offseason was marked by uncertainty until the AFL and Arena Football League Players' Union reached a new deal on a four-year collective bargaining agreement (CBA), nearly doubling player compensation and expanding health insurance benefits, replacing the previous CBA, which had expired after the 2017 season. The deal was finally reached amid rumors that the season and league's existence were in jeopardy when the two sides were failing to negotiate through several proposals and supposed ultimatums.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 79], "content_span": [80, 586]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277328-0002-0000", "contents": "2018 Arena Football League season, League business, League organization changes\nOn March 27, 2018, the AFL announced commissioner Scott Butera would be replaced by Randall Boe. During Butera's three seasons as commissioner, the league had decreased from 14 members in the 2014 season to four for the 2018 season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 79], "content_span": [80, 312]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277328-0003-0000", "contents": "2018 Arena Football League season, League business, Teams\nOn August 23, 2017, the week of ArenaBowl XXX, multiple sources revealed that the AFL planned to expand to Albany, New York, and Newark, New Jersey, for 2018. The Albany Empire was confirmed October 24, with the team owned by Hearst Communications executive George Randolph Hearst III and sharing non-football management with the Philadelphia Soul.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 57], "content_span": [58, 406]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277328-0004-0000", "contents": "2018 Arena Football League season, League business, Teams\nOn November 28, the Cleveland Gladiators announced that they would have to take a two-year leave of absence while their arena, shared with its primary tenant the NBA's Cleveland Cavaliers, undergoes construction during the basketball offseason. The next month, the longest-tenured AFL team, with franchise roots to the inaugural AFL season, the Tampa Bay Storm, also suspended operations citing higher operating costs combined with lower revenues, but did not rule out returning in the future.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 57], "content_span": [58, 551]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277328-0005-0000", "contents": "2018 Arena Football League season, League business, Teams\nIn February 2018, the 2018 season schedule was finalized with only the returning Baltimore, Philadelphia, and Washington teams and the expansion Albany team, but no Newark team, matching the size of the league in the original \"demonstration season\" in 1987.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 57], "content_span": [58, 315]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277328-0006-0000", "contents": "2018 Arena Football League season, League business, Schedule and playoff changes\nThe 2018 season consisted of a 13-week schedule during which each team played 12 games and had one bye week. With only four participating members for the season, the schedule for each team decreased by two games, continuing the trend of shortened seasons since the 2015 season. All teams played each opponent four times. Expansion Albany played seven home games, Baltimore and Washington six, and defending champion Philadelphia had only five.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 80], "content_span": [81, 524]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277328-0007-0000", "contents": "2018 Arena Football League season, League business, Schedule and playoff changes\nAt the end of the regular season, all teams participated in the ArenaBowl playoffs, in which the top seed faced the 4th seed while the 2nd seed faced the 3rd seed in a home and home series. The team in each series with the highest aggregate score advanced to the ArenaBowl. If the aggregate score in either series had been tied after the second game in the home-and-home semifinals, the game would have continued in the AFL's standard overtime format; this was not necessitated. While the semifinals consisted of two games in each pairing, ArenaBowl XXXI was still only one game.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 80], "content_span": [81, 660]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277328-0008-0000", "contents": "2018 Arena Football League season, League business, Schedule and playoff changes\nWith one week remaining in the 2018 regular season and a then three-way tie for first, the league announced the ArenaBowl would be hosted by the semifinal winner with the higher average attendance through the season instead of using any tiebreakers or home field advantage based on records. However, once the semifinals were completed, the higher-seeded Baltimore Brigade, not the higher-attended Washington Valor, would host ArenaBowl XXXI as the Valor's home field, Capital One Arena, had already scheduled summer renovations to begin at that time.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 80], "content_span": [81, 631]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277329-0000-0000", "contents": "2018 Argentina Open\nThe 2018 Argentina Open was a men's tennis tournament played on outdoor clay courts. It was the 21st edition of the ATP Buenos Aires event, and part of the ATP World Tour 250 series of the 2018 ATP World Tour. It took place in Buenos Aires, Argentina, from February 12 through 18, 2018.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [19, 19], "content_span": [20, 306]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277329-0001-0000", "contents": "2018 Argentina Open, Singles main draw entrants, Other entrants\nThe following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 63], "content_span": [64, 132]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277329-0002-0000", "contents": "2018 Argentina Open, Doubles main draw entrants, Other entrants\nThe following pairs received wildcards into the doubles main draw:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 63], "content_span": [64, 130]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277330-0000-0000", "contents": "2018 Argentina Open \u2013 Doubles\nJuan Sebasti\u00e1n Cabal and Robert Farah were the two-time defending champions, but lost in the final to Andr\u00e9s Molteni and Horacio Zeballos, 3\u20136, 7\u20135, [3\u201310].", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [29, 29], "content_span": [30, 186]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277331-0000-0000", "contents": "2018 Argentina Open \u2013 Singles\nAlexandr Dolgopolov was the defending champion, but withdrew before the tournament began.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [29, 29], "content_span": [30, 119]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277331-0001-0000", "contents": "2018 Argentina Open \u2013 Singles\nDominic Thiem won the title, defeating Alja\u017e Bedene in the final, 6\u20132, 6\u20134.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [29, 29], "content_span": [30, 105]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277331-0002-0000", "contents": "2018 Argentina Open \u2013 Singles, Seeds\nThe top four seeds receive a bye into the second round.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 36], "content_span": [37, 92]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277332-0000-0000", "contents": "2018 Argentina Women's Hockey National Tournament\nThe 2018 Argentina Women's Hockey National Tournament was the 10th edition of the women's national tournament. It was held from 10 to 13 May 2018 in Buenos Aires, Argentina.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 49], "section_span": [49, 49], "content_span": [50, 223]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277332-0001-0000", "contents": "2018 Argentina Women's Hockey National Tournament\nBuenos Aires won the tournament for the fifth time after defeating Tucum\u00e1n 2\u20130 in the final.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 49], "section_span": [49, 49], "content_span": [50, 142]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277332-0002-0000", "contents": "2018 Argentina Women's Hockey National Tournament, Squads\nPlayers followed with a country flag are those involved in its senior national team.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 49], "section_span": [51, 57], "content_span": [58, 142]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277333-0000-0000", "contents": "2018 Argentine motorcycle Grand Prix\nThe 2018 Argentine motorcycle Grand Prix was the second round of the 2018 MotoGP season. It was held at the Aut\u00f3dromo Termas de R\u00edo Hondo in Santiago del Estero on 8 April 2018. In the MotoGP class, Jack Miller scored his first MotoGP pole position. The race started on wet tyres, and drivers were obliged to swap bikes to slick tyres mid-race in the flag-to-flag rule.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [36, 36], "content_span": [37, 406]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277333-0000-0001", "contents": "2018 Argentine motorcycle Grand Prix\nCal Crutchlow took Honda's 750th victory and became the first non-factory rider to lead the championship since Sete Gibernau in the 2004 Catalan Grand Prix, as well as the first British rider to lead the championship since Barry Sheene in 1979. Repsol Honda failed to score for the first time since the previous year's event. Marc M\u00e1rquez and Valentino Rossi collided in the closing stages, with M\u00e1rquez receiving a 30-second time penalty for his incident with Rossi after the race.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [36, 36], "content_span": [37, 519]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277334-0000-0000", "contents": "2018 Ariel stabbing\nOn 5 February 2018, 29-year-old Rabbi Itamar Ben Gal from Har Brakha, was stabbed to death at the Ariel Junction, near the West Bank Israeli settlement and city of Ariel. The assailant had escaped from the scene, but was arrested following a six-week manhunt. A protester was killed during a violent demonstration against searching for the suspect.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [19, 19], "content_span": [20, 368]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277334-0001-0000", "contents": "2018 Ariel stabbing, Incident\nThe attack occurred at a bus stop at the Ariel Junction, on Highway no. 5. An Israeli civilian was attacked by a man who stabbed him multiple times in the upper body.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 29], "content_span": [30, 196]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277334-0002-0000", "contents": "2018 Ariel stabbing, Incident\nThe perpetrator is said to have decided to kill a Jew during an argument with a policeman at a road junction near Ariel. He purchased two knives, each 27-centimeters-long, at a store in Nablus, and returned to the junction. There, he identified Rabbi Ben Gal as a Jew due to the fact that he was wearing a kippah. He attacked Ben Gal, and gave chase when Ben Gal ran away. The perpetrator was stopped from pursuing his victim when he was struck by a passing car.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 29], "content_span": [30, 492]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277334-0003-0000", "contents": "2018 Ariel stabbing, Perpetrator\nAbed al-Karim Adel Assi (alt. Abd al-Hakim Asi), a 19 year-old Israeli Arab resident of Jaffa, was behind the attack. His parents are separated. Assis' father lives in Nablus; his mother lives in Haifa. Assis is known to have resided at one time in a home for at-risk youth and to have received social services aid over the years.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 32], "content_span": [33, 363]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277334-0004-0000", "contents": "2018 Ariel stabbing, Manhunt\nDuring the manhunt for Assi, there were clashes between Israeli forces and Palestinian rioters in the city of Nablus, and the Palestinian Health Ministry reported that a Palestinian man, Khaled Tayeh, died.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 28], "content_span": [29, 235]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277334-0005-0000", "contents": "2018 Ariel stabbing, Legal proceedings\nAssi was indicted for murder and charged with selecting his victim because he was a Jew.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 38], "content_span": [39, 127]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277335-0000-0000", "contents": "2018 Arizona Attorney General election\nThe 2018 Arizona Attorney General election took place on November 6, 2018, to elect the attorney general of Arizona.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [38, 38], "content_span": [39, 155]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277335-0001-0000", "contents": "2018 Arizona Attorney General election\nIncumbent Attorney General Mark Brnovich won re-election to a second term, defeating former Arizona Department of Health Services Director January Contreras Primaries took place on August 28, 2018.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [38, 38], "content_span": [39, 236]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277335-0002-0000", "contents": "2018 Arizona Attorney General election, Democratic primary\nJanuary Contreras, former director of Arizona Department of Health Services and senior advisor to former U.S. Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano, won the Democratic primary unopposed.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 58], "content_span": [59, 252]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277335-0003-0000", "contents": "2018 Arizona Attorney General election, Libertarian primary\nMichael Kielsky, former Chair of the Arizona Libertarian Party, won the Libertarian nomination as a write-in candidate.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 59], "content_span": [60, 179]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277335-0004-0000", "contents": "2018 Arizona Attorney General election, General election, Debate\nOne debate was hosted by Arizona PBS on October 10.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 64], "content_span": [65, 116]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277335-0005-0000", "contents": "2018 Arizona Attorney General election, General election, Results\nBrnovich won the general election by a 3.47% margin of victory.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 65], "content_span": [66, 129]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277336-0000-0000", "contents": "2018 Arizona Bowl\nThe 2018 Arizona Bowl was a college football bowl game played on December 29, 2018. It was the fourth edition of the Arizona Bowl, and one of the 2018\u201319 bowl games concluding the 2018 FBS football season. Sponsored by the Nova Home Loans mortgage broker company, the game was officially known as the Nova Home Loans Arizona Bowl.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 17], "section_span": [17, 17], "content_span": [18, 348]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277336-0001-0000", "contents": "2018 Arizona Bowl, Teams\nThe game was played between Nevada from the Mountain West Conference and Arkansas State from the Sun Belt Conference. In prior games between the two programs, Nevada held a 3\u20132 lead in the series.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 17], "section_span": [19, 24], "content_span": [25, 221]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277336-0002-0000", "contents": "2018 Arizona Bowl, Teams, Arkansas State Red Wolves\nOn November 27, bowl organizers announced that Arkansas State would represent the Sun Belt Conference in the Arizona Bowl. The Red Wolves compiled an 8\u20134 record during the regular season, and were co-champion of the Sun Belt West Division along with the Louisiana Ragin' Cajuns, both of whom had 5\u20133 conference records.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 17], "section_span": [19, 51], "content_span": [52, 371]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277336-0003-0000", "contents": "2018 Arizona Bowl, Teams, Nevada Wolf Pack\nNevada received and accepted a bid to the Arizona Bowl on November 29. The Wolf Pack entered the bowl with a 7\u20135 record (5\u20133 in conference).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 17], "section_span": [19, 42], "content_span": [43, 183]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277337-0000-0000", "contents": "2018 Arizona Cardinals season\nThe 2018 season was the Arizona Cardinals' 99th in the National Football League, their 31st in Arizona, and their only season under head coach Steve Wilks. During the off-season, State Farm purchased the naming rights to the Cardinals' home stadium and it was renamed from University of Phoenix Stadium to State Farm Stadium. Although former head coach Bruce Arians retired before the season began, he came out of retirement on January 8, 2019 to become the new coach of the Tampa Bay Buccaneers.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [29, 29], "content_span": [30, 526]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277337-0001-0000", "contents": "2018 Arizona Cardinals season\nWith a Week 14 loss to the Detroit Lions, the Cardinals had their first double digit loss season since 2012 and were eliminated from playoff contention for the third consecutive season. One highlight of the Cardinals' 2018 season was their first ever victory against the Green Bay Packers at Lambeau Field, which also resulted in the firing of Packers head coach Mike McCarthy after a nearly 13-year tenure. They finished the season 3\u201313, their worst record since 2000. The Cardinals also went 1\u20137 at home. Head coach Steve Wilks was fired the day after the season ended.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [29, 29], "content_span": [30, 601]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277337-0002-0000", "contents": "2018 Arizona Cardinals season\nThis was also the last full season under the ownership of Bill Bidwill, who died during the 2019 season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [29, 29], "content_span": [30, 134]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277337-0003-0000", "contents": "2018 Arizona Cardinals season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 4: vs. Seattle Seahawks\nRosen's first start was a loss as the Seahawks kicked a game-winning field goal. The Cardinals started 0\u20134 for the first time since 1986 when they were in St. Louis. Coupled with wins by the Raiders and Texans, the Cardinals became the only winless team in the NFL.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 91], "content_span": [92, 357]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277337-0004-0000", "contents": "2018 Arizona Cardinals season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 8: vs. San Francisco 49ers\nThe Cardinals swept the 49ers for the fourth consecutive season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 94], "content_span": [95, 159]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277337-0005-0000", "contents": "2018 Arizona Cardinals season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 13: at Green Bay Packers\nThis was the first time the Cardinals defeated the Packers on the road since 1949 when the team was based in Chicago. It was also the first time they did so at Lambeau Field. After 12 years as head coach, Packers head coach Mike McCarthy was fired following this game.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 92], "content_span": [93, 361]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277337-0006-0000", "contents": "2018 Arizona Cardinals season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 14: vs. Detroit Lions\nLarry Fitzgerald passed Jerry Rice for most receptions with a single team in NFL history with 1,282 receptions.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 89], "content_span": [90, 201]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277337-0007-0000", "contents": "2018 Arizona Cardinals season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 16: vs. Los Angeles Rams\nWith the loss, the Cardinals fell to 3-12 and finished 1-7 at home, their worst in franchise history", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 92], "content_span": [93, 193]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277337-0008-0000", "contents": "2018 Arizona Cardinals season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 17: at Seattle Seahawks\nWith the loss, the Cardinals ended their season at 3\u201313 and were swept by the Seahawks for the first time since 2014.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 91], "content_span": [92, 209]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277338-0000-0000", "contents": "2018 Arizona Diamondbacks season\nThe 2018 Arizona Diamondbacks season was the franchise's 21st season in Major League Baseball and their 21st season at Chase Field in Phoenix, Arizona as members of the National League West Division. They were managed by Torey Lovullo in his second season with the Diamondbacks.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [32, 32], "content_span": [33, 311]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277338-0001-0000", "contents": "2018 Arizona Diamondbacks season\nThe Diamondbacks began the regular season on March 29 against the Colorado Rockies and finished the season on September 30 against the San Diego Padres. The D-backs were in first place in the NL West on April 1, May 1, July 1, August 1 and September 1, but missed the playoffs after a September collapse.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [32, 32], "content_span": [33, 337]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277338-0002-0000", "contents": "2018 Arizona Diamondbacks season\nThe Diamondbacks started the season with nine consecutive series wins, the first National League team to do so since the 1907 Cubs. On July 7, the D-backs broke the franchise record for runs scored in a single game when they beat the Padres 20-5.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [32, 32], "content_span": [33, 279]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277338-0003-0000", "contents": "2018 Arizona Diamondbacks season, Regular season\nIn 2018, the Diamondbacks introduced a bullpen car, making them the first MLB team to use one since the Milwaukee Brewers in 1995.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 48], "content_span": [49, 179]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277338-0004-0000", "contents": "2018 Arizona Diamondbacks season, Regular season, Record vs. opponents\nThe October 1 tiebreaker games were regular-season games that are included here.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 70], "content_span": [71, 151]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277339-0000-0000", "contents": "2018 Arizona Rattlers season\nThe 2018 Arizona Rattlers season is the twenty-sixth season for the professional indoor football franchise and second in the Indoor Football League (IFL). Led by head coach Kevin Guy, the Rattlers play their home games at Talking Stick Resort Arena in Phoenix, Arizona.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [28, 28], "content_span": [29, 298]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277340-0000-0000", "contents": "2018 Arizona Secretary of State election\nThe 2018 Arizona Secretary of State election took place on November 6, 2018, to elect the Secretary of State of Arizona, concurrently with the election of Arizona's Class I U.S. Senate seat, as well as other elections to the United States Senate in other states and elections to the United States House of Representatives and various state and local elections.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [40, 40], "content_span": [41, 401]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277340-0001-0000", "contents": "2018 Arizona Secretary of State election\nIncumbent Michele Reagan was first elected in 2014 and ran for re-election. She was defeated in the Republican primary by Steve Gaynor. State senator Katie Hobbs defeated Gaynor in the general election by a small margin, becoming the first Democratic Secretary of State since Richard Mahoney was elected in 1990.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [40, 40], "content_span": [41, 353]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277341-0000-0000", "contents": "2018 Arizona State Legislature election\nThe 2018 Arizona State Legislature elections were held on Tuesday, November 6, 2018. A primary election took place on August 28, 2018. Voters in all 30 legislative districts of the Arizona Legislature elected one state senator and two state representatives. The elections coincided with the elections of other offices, including for governor and the United States Senate.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [39, 39], "content_span": [40, 411]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277341-0001-0000", "contents": "2018 Arizona State Legislature election\nMembers to the State Senate are elected from the same legislative districts as members of the State House of Representatives; however, one Senator represents the constituency, while for the House there are two Representatives per district. In this election, each of the party leaders from both chambers retired, and were elected to different offices.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [39, 39], "content_span": [40, 390]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277341-0002-0000", "contents": "2018 Arizona State Legislature election, Close Races\nState Senate Seats where the margin of victory was under 10%:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 52], "content_span": [53, 114]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277341-0003-0000", "contents": "2018 Arizona State Legislature election, Close Races\nState House Seats where the margin of victory was under 5%:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 52], "content_span": [53, 112]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277341-0004-0000", "contents": "2018 Arizona State Legislature election, Close Races, Early campaign\nIn June, a judge ruled that former state senator Don Shooter, who'd been removed from the chamber earlier in 2018, could remain on the ballot for the Yuma district even though Shooter briefly registered to vote in Phoenix.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 68], "content_span": [69, 291]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277341-0005-0000", "contents": "2018 Arizona State Legislature election, Close Races, Early campaign\nIndependent district 28 senate candidate Mark Syms, husband of representative Maria Syms, was removed from the ballot after a Superior Court judge determined that his petitions contained over 900 forged voter signatures. This followed reports that incumbent district 28 state senator Kate Brophy McGee was supporting house candidate Kathy Petsas.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 68], "content_span": [69, 415]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277341-0006-0000", "contents": "2018 Arizona State Legislature election, Close Races, Early campaign\nThe most competitive districts in the state included district 28, district 6, and district 18.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 68], "content_span": [69, 163]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277342-0000-0000", "contents": "2018 Arizona State Sun Devils football team\nThe 2018 Arizona State Sun Devils football team represented Arizona State University in the 2018 NCAA Division I FBS football season. They were led by first year head coach Herm Edwards and played their home games at Sun Devil Stadium. They were a member of the South Division of the Pac-12 Conference. The Sun Devils finished the season 7\u20136, 5\u20134 in Pac-12 play to finish in second place in the South Division. They were invited to the Las Vegas Bowl where they lost to Fresno State.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [43, 43], "content_span": [44, 527]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277342-0001-0000", "contents": "2018 Arizona State Sun Devils football team, Previous season\nThe Sun Devils finished second in the Pac 12 South Division with a record of 7\u20136 overall and 6\u20133 in conference played. They were invited to the Sun Bowl, where they lost to NC State, 52\u201331. The Sun Devils also replaced head coach Todd Graham with new head coach Herm Edwards", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [45, 60], "content_span": [61, 335]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277342-0002-0000", "contents": "2018 Arizona State Sun Devils football team, Previous season, Offseason departures\nASU had 18 Graduates, 2 transfers, 1 left the team, 1 retired medically.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [45, 82], "content_span": [83, 155]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277342-0003-0000", "contents": "2018 Arizona State Sun Devils football team, Preseason\nOn December 20, 2017, NCAA Football had its first ever early signing period, during which Arizona State signed nine recruits. On national signing day the Sun Devils received eight more high school recruits tipping off the signing period with a total of 17 high school recruits, four JUCO transfers and one transfer which totals 22 total recruits in the 2018 offseason.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [45, 54], "content_span": [55, 423]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277342-0004-0000", "contents": "2018 Arizona State Sun Devils football team, Preseason, Incoming Transfers\nArizona State had four junior college transfers and one college transfer.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [45, 74], "content_span": [75, 148]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277342-0005-0000", "contents": "2018 Arizona State Sun Devils football team, Preseason, Pac-12 Media Days\nThe 2018 Pac-12 media days started on July 25, 2018 in Hollywood, California. Herm Edwards (HC), N'Keal Harry (WR) & Manny Wilkins (QB) at Pac-12 Media Days. The Pac-12 media poll was released with the Sun Devils predicted to finish in last place at Pac-12 South division.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [45, 73], "content_span": [74, 346]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277343-0000-0000", "contents": "2018 Arizona Superintendent of Public Instruction election\nThe 2018 Arizona Superintendent of Public Instruction election took place on November 6, 2018, to elect the Arizona Superintendent of Public Instruction, concurrently with the election of Arizona's Class I U.S. Senate seat, as well as other elections to the United States Senate in other states and elections to the United States House of Representatives and various state and local elections.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 58], "section_span": [58, 58], "content_span": [59, 452]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277344-0000-0000", "contents": "2018 Arizona Wildcats baseball team\nThe 2018 Arizona Wildcats baseball team represented the University of Arizona in the 2018 NCAA Division I baseball season. The Wildcats played their home games for the 7th season at Hi Corbett Field. The team was coached by Jay Johnson in his 3rd season at Arizona.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [35, 35], "content_span": [36, 301]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277345-0000-0000", "contents": "2018 Arizona Wildcats football team\nThe 2018 Arizona Wildcats football team represented the University of Arizona in the 2018 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The season marked the Wildcats's 119th season. They played their home games at the Arizona Stadium in Tucson, Arizona (for the 90th year) and competed members of the South Division (8th season) in the Pac-12 Conference (41st overall season). They were led by first-year head coach Kevin Sumlin. The Wildcats finished the season 5\u20137 and did not qualify for a bowl game. They went 4\u20135 in Pac-12 play, tying USC for third place in the South Division.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [35, 35], "content_span": [36, 610]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277345-0001-0000", "contents": "2018 Arizona Wildcats football team, Previous season\nThe 2017 Arizona Wildcats football team finished the regular season with a 7\u20135, 5\u20134 in Pac-12 play to finish in third place in the South Division. They were invited to the Foster Farms Bowl where they fell to Purdue, 35\u201338. Following the conclusion of his sixth season with the Wildcats, head coach Rich Rodriguez was fired.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 52], "content_span": [53, 377]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277345-0002-0000", "contents": "2018 Arizona Wildcats football team, Offseason, Offseason departures\nThe Wildcats have 17 senior graduates only graduated players noted until spring practice. As well as one junior who would choose to forgo their senior season in pursuit of an earlier NFL career. The Wildcats would lose four more players from the 2017 team due to various reasons. Notable departures from the 2017 squad included.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 68], "content_span": [69, 397]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277345-0003-0000", "contents": "2018 Arizona Wildcats football team, Offseason, Recruiting\nOn December 20, 2017, NCAA Football started the first ever early signing period which they signed 15 recruits. On the national signing day the Wildcats received 2 more high school recruits tipping off the signing period with a total of 20 high school recruits, 1 walk-on HS recruit, 2 JUCO transfers and 4 college transfers which totals 28 total recruits in the 2018 offseason.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 58], "content_span": [59, 436]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277345-0004-0000", "contents": "2018 Arizona Wildcats football team, Offseason, Incoming transfers\nIn addition to the 2018 recruiting class, Arizona add two JC transfer players from junior college and six transfer players from college, which includes eligible for the current season, to the 2018 roster:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 66], "content_span": [67, 271]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277345-0005-0000", "contents": "2018 Arizona Wildcats football team, Offseason, Returning starters\nArizona returns 30 starters in 2018, including 15 on offense, 9 on defense, and 5 on special teams.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 66], "content_span": [67, 166]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277345-0006-0000", "contents": "2018 Arizona Wildcats football team, Offseason, Returning starters\n\u2020 Indicates player was a starter in 2017 but missed all of 2018 due to injury.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 66], "content_span": [67, 145]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277345-0007-0000", "contents": "2018 Arizona Wildcats football team, Preseason, Pac-12 media poll\nThe 2018 Pac-12 media days are set for July 25, 2018 in Hollywood, California. Kevin Sumlin (Head coach), Khalil Tate (QB) & Colin Schooler (ILB) at Pac-12 media days. The Pac-12 media poll was released with the Wildcats predicted to finish in third place at Pac-12 South division.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 65], "content_span": [66, 347]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277345-0008-0000", "contents": "2018 Arizona Wildcats football team, Spring game\nThe 2018 Wildcats had spring practice on March 19, 2018. The 2018 Arizona football spring game will take place in Tucson, AZ on April 14, 2018 and time to be determined.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 48], "content_span": [49, 218]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277345-0009-0000", "contents": "2018 Arizona Wildcats football team, Schedule\nArizona announced its 2018 football schedule on November 16, 2017. The 2018 Wildcats' schedule consists of 7 home and 4 away games for the regular season. Arizona will host nine Pac-12 conference opponents California, Colorado, Oregon, USC and arch-rival Arizona State for the 91st annual Territorial Cup to close out the regular season and will travel to UCLA, Utah, Oregon State and Washington State. Arizona is not scheduled to play Pac-12 North opponents Stanford and Washington in the 2018 regular season. The Wildcats bye week comes during week 11 on November 10.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 45], "content_span": [46, 615]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277345-0010-0000", "contents": "2018 Arizona Wildcats football team, Schedule\nArizona's out of conference opponents represent the American and Big Sky conferences. The Wildcats will host two non\u2013conference games which are against Southern Utah (first ever meeting) from the Big Sky and BYU (NCAA Division I FBS independent) and travel to Houston from the American.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 45], "content_span": [46, 332]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277345-0011-0000", "contents": "2018 Arizona Wildcats football team, Personnel, Coaching staff\nArizona's coaching staff has finalized as of February 22, 2018.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 62], "content_span": [63, 126]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277345-0012-0000", "contents": "2018 Arizona Wildcats football team, Personnel, Game summaries, BYU\nTo open up the 2018 season, Arizona hosted the BYU Cougars for the non-conference home opener in Tucson. Arizona lost the previous meeting in Glendale to BYU, 16\u201318. Arizona leads the all-time series with 12\u201310.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 67], "content_span": [68, 279]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277345-0013-0000", "contents": "2018 Arizona Wildcats football team, Personnel, Game summaries, at Houston\nAfter losing to BYU to begin the season. Arizona traveled to Houston to face the Cougars. It was the second straight game that the Wildcats played an opponent that was nicknamed the Cougars. Arizona lost the previous meeting to Houston, 16\u201319 in Tucson last season. Arizona trails the all-time series by Houston with 1\u20132.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 74], "content_span": [75, 396]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277345-0014-0000", "contents": "2018 Arizona Wildcats football team, Personnel, Game summaries, Southern Utah\nAfter playing Houston, Arizona hosted the Southern Utah Thunderbirds for third and final non-conference game of the season. This was the first ever meeting between the two schools. Arizona won to give Sumlin his first win as a Wildcat coach.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 77], "content_span": [78, 319]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277345-0015-0000", "contents": "2018 Arizona Wildcats football team, Personnel, Game summaries, at Oregon State\nAfter defeating Southern Utah at home for Sumlin\u2019s first win as coach, Arizona opened the Pac-12 regular season on the road at Corvallis against Oregon State. Arizona won the previous meeting over Oregon State 49\u201328 at Tucson last season. Arizona leads the all-time series over Oregon State at 23\u201315\u20131.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 79], "content_span": [80, 382]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277345-0016-0000", "contents": "2018 Arizona Wildcats football team, Personnel, Game summaries, USC\nAfter winning its first Pac-12 game of the season against Oregon State on the road, Arizona faced USC in Arizona's family weekend game in Tucson. The Wildcats have lost four games in a row to the Trojans. UA lost 38\u201331 in 2013, 38\u201330 in 2015, and last previous meeting 49\u201335 at Los Angeles in 2017, and 28\u201326 at Tucson in 2014 in a close games. Arizona's last win in the series came in 2012 in Tucson. Arizona trails the all-time series by USC with 8\u201332.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 67], "content_span": [68, 522]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277345-0017-0000", "contents": "2018 Arizona Wildcats football team, Personnel, Game summaries, California\nAfter losing against USC at home, Arizona played again at home facing California in Tucson. In the previous meeting, Arizona won over California 45\u201344 in double overtime in Berkeley and captured a 49\u201345 crazy comeback win in Tucson in 2014. Arizona leads the all-time series lead over California with 17\u201314\u20132. The Golden Bears have not defeated the Wildcats since 2009 and has not won in Tucson since 2004.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 74], "content_span": [75, 481]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277345-0018-0000", "contents": "2018 Arizona Wildcats football team, Personnel, Game summaries, California\nThe first half was a low-scoring affair. Arizona would score a pair of defensive touchdowns to get the win.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 74], "content_span": [75, 182]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277345-0019-0000", "contents": "2018 Arizona Wildcats football team, Personnel, Game summaries, at Utah\nAfter defeating the California Golden Bears at home, Arizona traveled to Salt Lake City and faced the Utah Utes. The Wildcats lost the previous meeting to Utah 24\u201330 in last season at Tucson. Arizona last defeated the Utes in 2015 in Tucson and trails the all-time series by Utah, 19\u201322\u20132.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 71], "content_span": [72, 361]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277345-0020-0000", "contents": "2018 Arizona Wildcats football team, Personnel, Game summaries, at UCLA\nAfter losing to Utah on the road, Arizona faced UCLA on the road at Rose Bowl in Pasadena. Arizona defeated the Bruins in the previous meeting 47\u201330 last season in Tucson. Arizona trails the all-time series by UCLA, 16\u201324\u20132.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 71], "content_span": [72, 296]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277345-0021-0000", "contents": "2018 Arizona Wildcats football team, Personnel, Game summaries, Oregon\nFollowing its close loss to UCLA on the road, Arizona returned home against 19th-ranked Oregon in the homecoming game. The Ducks defeated the Wildcats 48\u201328 in the previous meeting on the road at Eugene. Arizona trails the all-time series to Oregon, 26\u201316.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 70], "content_span": [71, 327]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277345-0022-0000", "contents": "2018 Arizona Wildcats football team, Personnel, Game summaries, Colorado\nAfter dominating Oregon in an upset win, the Wildcats remained at home against the Colorado Buffaloes in Tucson, AZ. In previous season, Arizona defeated Colorado 45\u201342 in Boulder in a game where quarterback Khalil Tate broke the NCAA single-game record for most rushing yards. Colorado won the previous meeting in Tucson, 49\u201324, in 2016. Arizona trails the all-time series to Colorado at 5\u201314.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 72], "content_span": [73, 467]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277345-0023-0000", "contents": "2018 Arizona Wildcats football team, Personnel, Game summaries, at Washington State\nAfter their win over Colorado, the Wildcats traveled to Pullman to face eighth-ranked Washington State in their final road game of the season. Arizona defeated Washington State in Tucson in the previous year. After a 21\u20137 start, the Cougars\u2019 powerful offense exploded for 34 second quarter points, leading 55\u201314 at halftime, and cruising to a 41-point victory.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 83], "content_span": [84, 444]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277345-0023-0001", "contents": "2018 Arizona Wildcats football team, Personnel, Game summaries, at Washington State\nIt was the second straight time that the Wildcats went to Washington State and lost by giving up 69 points (they were destroyed by a 69-7 score in 2016) and the third loss of the season to a team named the Cougars (they lost to BYU and Houston to start the year). Arizona leads the all-time series lead over Washington State at 27\u201317.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 83], "content_span": [84, 418]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277345-0024-0000", "contents": "2018 Arizona Wildcats football team, Personnel, Game summaries, Arizona State (Territorial Cup)\nAfter after being blown out by Washington State on the road, Arizona closed out the season and faced its arch-rivals, the Arizona State Sun Devils, in the 92nd meeting of the \"Territorial Cup\" in Tucson. Arizona lost to ASU in the previous meeting in Tempe, 42\u201330. The Wildcats defeated the Sun Devils 56\u201335 in Tucson in 2016. Arizona leads the all-time series over ASU at 49\u201341\u20131.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 95], "content_span": [96, 477]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277345-0025-0000", "contents": "2018 Arizona Wildcats football team, Personnel, Game summaries, Arizona State (Territorial Cup)\nThis game featured one of the most biggest comebacks/collapses in Arizona football history. The Wildcats, needing a win to become bowl-eligible, dominated ASU for the first three quarters to lead 40\u201321 going into the fourth. However, Arizona, feeling like the game was over due to their 19-point lead, began to play conservatively by draining the clock, which led to being prone to turnovers, which seemed to motivate Arizona State. The Devils capitalized on the Wildcats\u2019 errors and scored 20 points to take the lead with over three minutes left. The Wildcats drove down the field in the final minute to possibly regain but missed a field goal attempt and the Territorial Cup remained in the Phoenix area for another year. The Wildcats ended the season with a record of 5\u20137 (4\u20135 in Pac-12 play).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 95], "content_span": [96, 892]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277345-0026-0000", "contents": "2018 Arizona Wildcats football team, Personnel, Game summaries, Arizona State (Territorial Cup)\nMany fans blamed Sumlin and the coaching staff for the loss by calling more running plays than passing ones in the final quarter. Sumlin said that the team wanted to run the ball more to drain more time to keep the lead, but that doing so would lead to mistakes. He also believed that the loss affected the program, particularly in recruiting, which led to mixed results on the field and a period of futility, in which it became a factor in Sumlin\u2019s firing after the 2020 season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 95], "content_span": [96, 575]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277345-0027-0000", "contents": "2018 Arizona Wildcats football team, Statistics, Offense\nNote: G = Games played; ATT = Attempts; YDS = Yards; AVG = Average yard per carry; LG = Longest run; TD = Rushing touchdowns", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 56], "content_span": [57, 181]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277345-0028-0000", "contents": "2018 Arizona Wildcats football team, Statistics, Offense\nNote: G = Games played; COMP = Completions; ATT = Attempts; COMP\u00a0% = Completion percentage; YDS = Passing yards; TD = Passing touchdowns; INT = Interceptions; EFF = Passing efficiency", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 56], "content_span": [57, 240]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277345-0029-0000", "contents": "2018 Arizona Wildcats football team, Statistics, Offense\nNote: G = Games played; REC = Receptions; YDS = Yards; AVG = Average yard per catch; LG = Longest catch; TD = Receiving touchdowns", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 56], "content_span": [57, 187]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277345-0030-0000", "contents": "2018 Arizona Wildcats football team, Statistics, Defense\nNote: G = Games played; Solo = Solo tackles; Ast = Assisted tackles; Total = Total tackles; TFL-Yds = Tackles for loss-yards lost; Sack = Sacks; INT = Interceptions; PD = Passes defended; FF = Forced fumbles; FR = Forced recoveries", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 56], "content_span": [57, 288]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277345-0031-0000", "contents": "2018 Arizona Wildcats football team, Statistics, Special teams\nNote: G = Games played; PR = Punt returns; PYDS = Punt return yards; PLG = Punt return long; KR = Kick returns; KYDS = Kick return yards; KLG = Kick return long; TD = Total return touchdowns", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 62], "content_span": [63, 253]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277345-0032-0000", "contents": "2018 Arizona Wildcats football team, Statistics, Special teams\nNote: G = Games played; FGM = Field goals made; FGA = Field goals attempted; LG = Field goal long; XPT = Extra points made; XPT ATT = XPT attempted; In20 = Kicking inside the 20; 20-29 = Kicking inside the 20-29; 30-39 = Kicking inside the 30-39; 40-49 = Kicking inside the 40-49; 50 = Kicking inside the 50; TP = Total points", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 62], "content_span": [63, 389]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277345-0033-0000", "contents": "2018 Arizona Wildcats football team, Statistics, Special teams\nNote: G = Games played; P = Punts; YDS = Yards; AVG = Average per punt; LG = Punt long; In20 = Punts inside the 20; TB = Touchbacks", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 62], "content_span": [63, 194]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277346-0000-0000", "contents": "2018 Arizona elections\nA general election was held in the U.S. state of Arizona on November 6, 2018. All of Arizona's executive offices were up for election as well as a United States Senate seat and all of Arizona's nine seats in the United States House of Representatives. The Republican Party won the majority of statewide offices, albeit by much narrower margins than in previous elections (except for the governorship, which they won easily), while the Democratic Party picked up three statewide offices.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [22, 22], "content_span": [23, 509]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277346-0001-0000", "contents": "2018 Arizona elections, U.S. Senate\nIncumbent Republican Jeff Flake was eligible to run for re-election to a second term. As a strong critic of President Donald Trump and remaining unpopular in the state, Flake announced in October 2017 that he will not seek re election.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 35], "content_span": [36, 271]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277346-0002-0000", "contents": "2018 Arizona elections, U.S. Senate\nPresident Trump and Republicans backed Martha McSally to succeed Flake. Kelli Ward, former State Senator and candidate for the U.S. Senate in 2016 also ran for the Republican nomination for the open seat.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 35], "content_span": [36, 240]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277346-0003-0000", "contents": "2018 Arizona elections, U.S. Senate, Results\nOn the evening of Monday, November 12, 2018 McSally posted on her Twitter that she had spoken with Sinema and conceded. Sinema celebrated with supporters later that evening.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 44], "content_span": [45, 218]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277346-0004-0000", "contents": "2018 Arizona elections, U.S. House of Representatives\nSeven of nine incumbents in the United States House of Representatives ran for re-election in 2018, and all won. The primary elections took place on August 28, 2018. The general elections took place on November 6, 2018, and the open 2nd district flipped from Republican to Democratic.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 53], "content_span": [54, 338]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277346-0005-0000", "contents": "2018 Arizona elections, Governor\nIncumbent Republican Governor Doug Ducey won re-election to a second term.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 32], "content_span": [33, 107]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277346-0006-0000", "contents": "2018 Arizona elections, Secretary of State\nIncumbent Republican Secretary of State Michele Reagan lost the nomination for a second term to Steve Gaynor, who lost the general election to Democratic state senator Katie Hobbs.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 42], "content_span": [43, 223]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277346-0007-0000", "contents": "2018 Arizona elections, Attorney General\nIncumbent Republican Attorney General Mark Brnovich won re-election to a second term.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 40], "content_span": [41, 126]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277346-0008-0000", "contents": "2018 Arizona elections, State Treasurer\nIncumbent Republican State Treasurer Jeff DeWit announced on April 6, 2016 that he would not run for re-election to a second term as State Treasurer. DeWit resigned in April 2018 to become CFO of NASA and his replacement, Eileen Klein, announced that she would not be running for re-election.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 39], "content_span": [40, 332]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277346-0009-0000", "contents": "2018 Arizona elections, Superintendent of Public Instruction\nIncumbent Republican Superintendent of Public Instruction Diane Douglas ran for re-election to a second term and lost to Frank Riggs in a close five-way primary. Riggs lost to Democratic teacher Kathy Hoffman in the general election", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 60], "content_span": [61, 293]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277346-0010-0000", "contents": "2018 Arizona elections, Mine Inspector\nIncumbent Republican Mine Inspector Joe Hart won re-election to a fourth term.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 38], "content_span": [39, 117]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277346-0011-0000", "contents": "2018 Arizona elections, Corporation Commission\n\"Corporation Commissioners must only satisfy the standard requirements for all Arizona state officers, who must be at least 18 years old, a citizen of the United States and able to speak English.\" Two of the seats on the Arizona Corporation Commission are up for election, elected by plurality block voting.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 46], "content_span": [47, 354]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277346-0012-0000", "contents": "2018 Arizona elections, Arizona State Legislature\nAll 30 members of the Arizona State Senate and all 60 members of the Arizona House of Representatives were up for election.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 49], "content_span": [50, 173]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277347-0000-0000", "contents": "2018 Arizona gubernatorial election\nThe 2018 Arizona gubernatorial election took place on November 6, 2018, to elect the Governor of Arizona, concurrently with the election of Arizona's Class I U.S. Senate seat, as well as other elections to the United States Senate in other states and elections to the United States House of Representatives and various state and local elections.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [35, 35], "content_span": [36, 381]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277347-0001-0000", "contents": "2018 Arizona gubernatorial election\nThe primary was held on August 28. Despite considerably closer contests in other Arizona state elections, which included Democratic gains for U.S. Senate, Secretary of State, and Superintendent of Public Instruction, incumbent Republican Governor Doug Ducey won a second term, with a slightly increased majority from his 2014 win and the largest margin of victory of any statewide candidate on the ballot. This was the first Arizona gubernatorial election since 1990 in which the winner was of the same party as the incumbent president.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [35, 35], "content_span": [36, 572]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277348-0000-0000", "contents": "2018 Arizona teachers' strike\nThe 2018 Arizona teachers' strike was held from April 26\u2013May 3, 2018 by 20,000 teachers to protest low pay and cuts to school funding. Arizona Governor Doug Ducey had approved a proposal giving a 20 percent raise to teachers by 2020, with a 9 percent raise in 2019; teachers rejected this proposal as it did not provide increased funding for schools themselves or raises for support staff. It coincided with a similar strike in neighboring Colorado.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [29, 29], "content_span": [30, 479]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277348-0001-0000", "contents": "2018 Arizona teachers' strike\nThe walkout occurred after similar actions in West Virginia and Oklahoma, and was the third in a wave of teachers' strikes in the United States. It was the first such action by teachers in Arizona.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [29, 29], "content_span": [30, 227]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277348-0002-0000", "contents": "2018 Arizona teachers' strike\nThe strike ended on May 3, 2018 when the Government of Arizona conceded to increase funding to increase salaries for support staff and to decrease student to counselor ratios.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [29, 29], "content_span": [30, 205]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277348-0003-0000", "contents": "2018 Arizona teachers' strike, Background\nTeachers began holding \"walk-ins\" the week of April 9th, during which they protested in favor of increased funding while on school campuses, and discussed the reasons for the protests with parents and interested parties. Teachers also wore red to school to indicate solidarity. These protests were organized by Arizona Educators United, and were planned in part on social media.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 41], "content_span": [42, 420]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277348-0004-0000", "contents": "2018 Arizona teachers' strike, Background\nArizona lawmakers originally offered teachers a 1 percent raise in 2018, with an additional 1 percent raise in 2019. Doug Ducey, the Arizona governor, further indicated that demands for a 20 percent raise were unlikely to be satisfied, and that there would be no increase in taxes to increase education spending.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 41], "content_span": [42, 354]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277348-0005-0000", "contents": "2018 Arizona teachers' strike, Background\nContradicting his earlier statements, Ducey announced on April 13th that there would be a 20 percent raise for teachers in the form of a 10 percent raise in 2019 and a 10 percent raise in 2020, and that $1 billion in funding cut over the past decade would be restored. When announced, Ducey did not discuss how the increases would be funded. The announcement was met with skepticism from labor organizers.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 41], "content_span": [42, 447]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277348-0006-0000", "contents": "2018 Arizona teachers' strike, Background, State of education funding in Arizona\nBefore the walkout, teachers' salaries in 2018 were between $8000 and $9000 lower than teachers' salaries in 1990, when adjusted for inflation. Wages for teachers in Arizona were some of the lowest in the United States, averaging $48,372 per year at the time. In 2017, Arizona ranked last of all fifty states for average elementary school pay, and second to last for teacher pay at the secondary level. Since the Great Recession, funding in the state had been cut by 14 percent. Cuts had been further exacerbated by the privatization trend in the state, which had led to job insecurity.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 80], "content_span": [81, 667]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277348-0007-0000", "contents": "2018 Arizona teachers' strike, Walkout\nTeachers voted on April 19 to begin a walkout on April 26. Of the 57,000 individuals who voted, 78 percent were in favor of a walkout. The decision to walk out was in part precipitated by an unstable plan to fund governor Ducey's proposal from earlier in April, which would have created a $265 million deficit after its rollout. During the walkout, teachers organized various events, both to discuss their motivations with the public and to guarantee students reliant on subsidized meals still received food.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 38], "content_span": [39, 547]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277348-0008-0000", "contents": "2018 Arizona teachers' strike, Walkout\nOn May 1st, teachers agreed to end the walkout if Arizona lawmakers passed a new budget with both raises and increased spending on schools. The strike officially ended after the budget was passed on May 3rd.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 38], "content_span": [39, 246]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277348-0009-0000", "contents": "2018 Arizona teachers' strike, Walkout, Demands\nAEU demands include a 20 percent raise for all teachers and staff during the 2018-2019 school year, the return of funding to pre-Recession levels, and a decrease in class size to a student to teacher ratio of 23:1.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 47], "content_span": [48, 262]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277348-0010-0000", "contents": "2018 Arizona teachers' strike, Walkout, Responses from state officials\nDemocratic legislators in the Arizona House endorsed the planned walkout. Rebecca Rios referred to it as \"brave and righteous\". Governor Ducey, on Twitter, condemned the results of the vote, expressing fears that students would be \"...the ones who lose out...\" if the walkout occurred.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 70], "content_span": [71, 356]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277349-0000-0000", "contents": "2018 Arizona's 8th congressional district special election\nA special election for Arizona's 8th congressional district was held in 2018 subsequent to the resignation of Republican U.S. Representative Trent Franks. Governor Doug Ducey called a special primary election for Tuesday, February 27, 2018, and a special general election for the balance of Franks' eighth term for Tuesday, April 24, 2018.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 58], "section_span": [58, 58], "content_span": [59, 398]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277349-0001-0000", "contents": "2018 Arizona's 8th congressional district special election\nRepublican nominee and former Arizona Senate president pro tem Debbie Lesko won a closer-than-expected race against Democratic challenger Hiral Tipirneni.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 58], "section_span": [58, 58], "content_span": [59, 213]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277349-0002-0000", "contents": "2018 Arizona's 8th congressional district special election, Background\nIncumbent Representative Trent Franks announced on December 7, 2017, that he would resign effective January 31, 2018, after admitting allegations regarding the issue of surrogacy. However, after his wife was hospitalized, Franks resigned effective December 8, 2017.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 58], "section_span": [60, 70], "content_span": [71, 336]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277349-0003-0000", "contents": "2018 Arizona's 8th congressional district special election, Background\nCandidates must file nomination forms and petitions within 30 days of the Governor's proclamation. Candidates in special congressional elections in Arizona must collect a number of valid signatures equal to at least one-fourth of 1% of the number of qualified signers in the district. For the 2018 special election, a Democratic candidate requires 665 signatures, a Green candidate requires 392 signatures, a Libertarian candidate requires 401 signatures, a Republican candidate requires 860 signatures, and an Independent candidate requires 4,680 signatures.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 58], "section_span": [60, 70], "content_span": [71, 630]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277349-0004-0000", "contents": "2018 Arizona's 8th congressional district special election, Background\nIt was initially thought that Arizona's resign-to-run law would have required sitting members of the Arizona Legislature to resign their seats in order to run in the special election. Arizona's resign-to-run law does not require someone to resign if they file to run when they are in the final year of their term. However, the deadline to submit nominating petitions will be January 10 and the end of the current term for members of the Arizona Legislature is January 14, 2019. However, legal advice from the legislature's nonpartisan counsel stated that any incumbent state legislator would not be required to give up his or her seat in order to run in the special election.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 58], "section_span": [60, 70], "content_span": [71, 746]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277349-0005-0000", "contents": "2018 Arizona's 8th congressional district special election, Republican primary\nTwo of the major candidates in the Republican primary drew controversy late in the campaign. Former state senator Steve Montenegro faced calls to withdraw, including by former Governor Jan Brewer, after news articles revealing sexually suggestive text messages between Montenegro and a legislative staffer surfaced. Additionally, complaints were filed against former state senator Debbie Lesko over her campaign finance records.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 58], "section_span": [60, 78], "content_span": [79, 507]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277349-0006-0000", "contents": "2018 Arizona's 8th congressional district special election, Green primary, Candidates, Declared\nEach candidate received 13 write-in votes in the primary. Neither was placed on the special election ballot.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 58], "section_span": [60, 95], "content_span": [96, 204]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277349-0007-0000", "contents": "2018 Arizona's 8th congressional district special election, Libertarian primary, Candidates, Declared\nThe candidate received 22 write-in votes in the primary and was not placed on the special election ballot.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 58], "section_span": [60, 101], "content_span": [102, 208]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277349-0008-0000", "contents": "2018 Arizona's 8th congressional district special election, General election\nRepublican candidate Debbie Lesko received over $1 million in funding from Republican groups outside the state.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 58], "section_span": [60, 76], "content_span": [77, 188]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277350-0000-0000", "contents": "2018 Arkansas Razorbacks baseball team\nThe 2018 Arkansas Razorbacks baseball team (variously the OmaHogs or the Diamond Hogs) represented the University of Arkansas in baseball at the Division I level in the NCAA for the 2018 NCAA Division I baseball season. They played their home games at Baum Stadium and are coached by Dave van Horn. They finished as the national runner-up after falling to Oregon State in three games at the 2018 College World Series.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [38, 38], "content_span": [39, 456]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277350-0001-0000", "contents": "2018 Arkansas Razorbacks baseball team, College World Series, Semifinals\nFirst inning \u2014 The Gators started the game in the field; Florida pitcher Brady Singer started on the mound. Casey Martin achieved the Hogs' first hit with a single to left field. Third to bat for Arkansas was Heston Kjerstad, who flew out to right field, but advanced Martin to second in the process. Arkansas' fourth hitter was designated hitter Luke Bonfield, who, on the at bat's tenth pitch, singled to center field, scoring Martin to make it 1\u20130 Hogs.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 72], "content_span": [73, 529]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277350-0002-0000", "contents": "2018 Arkansas Razorbacks baseball team, College World Series, Semifinals\nIsaiah Campbell started on the mound for the Hogs. Florida's Deacon Liput flew out to short to begin the inning; Nelson Maldonado grounded out to first two pitches later. Third in the lineup for the Gators was third baseman Jonathan India, who struck out after chasing a 2\u20132 pitch outside, ending the inning. Arkansas 1, Florida 0", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 72], "content_span": [73, 403]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277350-0003-0000", "contents": "2018 Arkansas Razorbacks baseball team, College World Series, Semifinals\nSecond inning \u2014 Carson Shaddy and Jared Gates both grounded out to give Florida a quick two outs. Catcher Grant Koch walked on a 3\u20132 pitch, and advanced to second on a Jax Biggers single to right field. On the next pitch, Eric Cole, the Hogs' first hitter, grounded to first for the third out.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 72], "content_span": [73, 366]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277350-0004-0000", "contents": "2018 Arkansas Razorbacks baseball team, College World Series, Semifinals\nIsaiah Campbell retired three straight batters in the bottom of the second with three strikeouts in a row, putting him at four on the night and ending the inning. Arkansas 1, Florida 0", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 72], "content_span": [73, 257]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277350-0005-0000", "contents": "2018 Arkansas Razorbacks baseball team, College World Series, Semifinals\nThird inning \u2014 Casey Martin delivered his second hit of the game to start the third, a single to left. Heston Kjerstad got to first and advanced Martin to second on an error after Blake Reese dropped a grounder. Dominic Fletcher batted in Arkansas' second RBI with a single to right, advancing Kjerstad to third. Carson Shaddy struck out and Jared Gates grounded out to end the top of the 3rd.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 72], "content_span": [73, 466]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277350-0006-0000", "contents": "2018 Arkansas Razorbacks baseball team, College World Series, Semifinals\nSecond baseman Blake Reese flew out to start the inning for the Gators. Campbell struck out Brady Smith for the second out and Nick Horvath for the third, ending the inning and putting his tally at six. Arkansas 2, Florida 0", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 72], "content_span": [73, 297]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277350-0007-0000", "contents": "2018 Arkansas Razorbacks baseball team, College World Series, Semifinals\nFourth inning \u2014 Grant Koch flew out to short to begin the fourth inning. Jax Biggers followed by flying out to left field for the second out, and Eric Cole grounded out to short, quickly ending the inning for the Gators defense.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 72], "content_span": [73, 301]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277350-0008-0000", "contents": "2018 Arkansas Razorbacks baseball team, College World Series, Semifinals\nDeacon Liput was first up for Florida in the fourth; his fly ball to center was the first time the Gators had left the infield on a swing. Maldonado grounded to short for the second out, and Jonathan India popped up to first for the third. Arkansas 2, Florida 0", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 72], "content_span": [73, 334]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277350-0009-0000", "contents": "2018 Arkansas Razorbacks baseball team, College World Series, Semifinals\nFifth inning \u2014 Arkansas' Casey Martin became 3-for-3 with a double to left field. Kjerstad was next up; his groundout to first advanced Martin to third. Luke Bonfield delivered the Hogs' third RBI on the next AB, and Dominic Fletcher followed that up with a solo home run to right field, the game's first.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 72], "content_span": [73, 378]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277350-0010-0000", "contents": "2018 Arkansas Razorbacks baseball team, College World Series, Semifinals\nFlorida's first hit came with two outs in the bottom of the fifth, as Austin Langworthy singled to center field. Campbell hit the next batter to put runners on first and second. Brady Smith, Florida's next hitter, gave the Gators their first RBI with a single to center, putting runners on the corners. Florida's second run came via a wild pitch, as Blake Reese came in to score from home. Campbell then struck out Nick Horvath, forcing the Gators to strand one runner and ending the inning. Arkansas 4, Florida 2", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 72], "content_span": [73, 586]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277350-0011-0000", "contents": "2018 Arkansas Razorbacks baseball team, College World Series, Semifinals\nSixth inning \u2014 Following 89 pitches and 2 strikeouts, Florida elected to pull Brady Singer from the game and put Tommy Mace on the mound. On Mace's second pitch, Jared Gates singled to left field for the Hogs' eighth hit of the night. Jax Biggers took advantage of a wild throw to first on his hit, advancing to second and moving Gates to third. Casey Martin continued a good night with a single and another Razorback RBI, putting runners on the corners. Unfortunately for the Hogs, 2 runners were stranded when Kjerstad chased a pitch in the dirt for the third out.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 72], "content_span": [73, 639]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277350-0012-0000", "contents": "2018 Arkansas Razorbacks baseball team, College World Series, Semifinals\nDeacon Liput reached base after a wild throw to first, Arkansas' first error of the game. After throwing 85 pitches and recording 8 strikeouts in 5\u2153 innings, Isaiah Campbell exited the game and right-hander Jake Reindl took the mound. Reindl's first pitch resulted in a fly-out to center, as did his ninth, which ended the inning. Arkansas 5, Florida 2", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 72], "content_span": [73, 425]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277350-0013-0000", "contents": "2018 Arkansas Razorbacks baseball team, College World Series, Semifinals\nSeventh inning \u2014 First up for Arkansas was Luke Bonfield; he grounded out to short for the inning's first out. The second came several pitches later as Dominic Fletcher popped up to center field. Carson Shaddy struck out on a 1\u20132 pitch to end the inning moments later, marking the second inning of the game without an Arkansas runner on base.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 72], "content_span": [73, 415]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277350-0014-0000", "contents": "2018 Arkansas Razorbacks baseball team, College World Series, Semifinals\nThe first pitch of the bottom of the seventh resulted in a fly-out to left field. Two Florida batters then walked, but Reindl regained his confidence to finish the inning with a strikeout and a groundout to third, stranding two Gator batters. Arkansas 5, Florida 2", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 72], "content_span": [73, 337]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277350-0015-0000", "contents": "2018 Arkansas Razorbacks baseball team, College World Series, Semifinals\nEighth inning \u2014 Jared Gates and Grant Koch provided two quick outs before Jax Biggers found center field for a single. However, Biggers ended the inning stranded after Eric Cole was thrown out at first several pitches later.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 72], "content_span": [73, 297]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277350-0016-0000", "contents": "2018 Arkansas Razorbacks baseball team, College World Series, Semifinals\nReindl was taken out of the game, having thrown 27 pitches (with 1 strikeout), and left-handed closer Matt Cronin took the mound. On his fifth pitch, leadoff hitter Deacon Liput ripped a single to right for his first hit of the night and the Gators' third. A fly ball to left field that found the glove of Heston Kjerstad was the source of the first out, with the second coming on a called strike three to Jonathan India and the third coming a pitch later on a fly ball to deep center field. Arkansas 5, Florida 2", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 72], "content_span": [73, 586]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277350-0017-0000", "contents": "2018 Arkansas Razorbacks baseball team, College World Series, Semifinals\nNinth inning \u2014 The ninth inning began with Casey Martin popping up, the first time on the night he had not reached base. Heston Kjerstad flew out to center two pitches later, ending his night at 0\u20135. Luke Bonfield singled to center on the next pitch, his second hit of the night. Several pitches later, however, Dominic Fletcher was thrown out at first, putting the game in the hands of his defense.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 72], "content_span": [73, 472]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277350-0018-0000", "contents": "2018 Arkansas Razorbacks baseball team, College World Series, Semifinals\nThe bottom of the ninth began with a long, fly ball to right field; the ball was caught by Eric Cole in foul territory for the first out. The next batter up was Austin Langworthy, who grounded out to first for the second out. Matt Cronin then delivered his second strikeout of the game on a 0\u20132 pitch, retiring Blake Reese and ending the game, sending Arkansas to the College World Series Championship Series for the first time since 1979. Arkansas 5, Florida 2", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 72], "content_span": [73, 534]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277350-0019-0000", "contents": "2018 Arkansas Razorbacks baseball team, CWS Championship Series, Game 1\nGame 1 of the CWS Championship series was originally scheduled for June 25 at 6:00\u00a0p.m. CDT, but it was postponed to June 26 due to inclement weather following a 97\u2013minute delay.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 71], "content_span": [72, 250]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277351-0000-0000", "contents": "2018 Arkansas Razorbacks football team\nThe 2018 Arkansas Razorbacks football team represented the University of Arkansas in the 2018 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The Razorbacks played their home games at Donald W. Reynolds Razorback Stadium in Fayetteville, Arkansas, with one home game at War Memorial Stadium in Little Rock. Arkansas played as a member of the Western Division of the Southeastern Conference (SEC). The Razorbacks were led by first-year head coach Chad Morris. They finished the season 2\u201310, 0\u20138 in SEC play to finish in last place in the Western Division.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [38, 38], "content_span": [39, 582]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277351-0001-0000", "contents": "2018 Arkansas Razorbacks football team, Previous season\nThe Razorbacks finished the 2017 season 4\u20138, 1\u20137 in SEC play to finish in last place in the Western Division.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 55], "content_span": [56, 165]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277351-0002-0000", "contents": "2018 Arkansas Razorbacks football team, Preseason, Spring game\nThe 2018 Arkansas Red\u2013White Spring Football Game took place at War Memorial Stadium in Little Rock, with kickoff at 1:00\u00a0p.m. CT on April 7. It was broadcast on the SEC Network. The white team consisted of the offense and the red team consisted of the defense.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 62], "content_span": [63, 323]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277351-0003-0000", "contents": "2018 Arkansas Razorbacks football team, Preseason, Spring game\nThe spring game followed a different format: the game was played in twelve minute quarters, rather than fifteen, with a running clock in the second half. The game was scored traditionally on offense (white team), but the defense (red team) could earn points for a variety of achievements (6 pts. for touchdown, 3 for turnover or 4th down stop, 2 for three-and-out, 2 for blocked kick, 1 for sack or TFL).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 62], "content_span": [63, 467]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277351-0004-0000", "contents": "2018 Arkansas Razorbacks football team, Schedule\nThe Razorbacks' 2018 schedule consisted of 7 home games, 4 away games, and 1 neutral game in the regular season. The Razorbacks hosted SEC foes Alabama, Ole Miss (in Little Rock), Vanderbilt, and LSU, and traveled to Auburn, Mississippi State, and Missouri. Arkansas played against Texas A&M in Arlington, Texas for the fifth year in a row.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 48], "content_span": [49, 389]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277351-0005-0000", "contents": "2018 Arkansas Razorbacks football team, Schedule\nArkansas hosted three of its four of its non\u2013conference games: against Eastern Illinois from the Ohio Valley Conference, North Texas from Conference USA, and Tulsa from the American Athletic Conference. The lone away non\u2013conference game saw the Hogs travel to Fort Collins, Colorado to play Colorado State, from the Mountain West Conference.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 48], "content_span": [49, 390]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277351-0006-0000", "contents": "2018 Arkansas Razorbacks football team, Schedule\nPer southernpigskin.com, the Razorbacks' schedule ranked as the 39th-toughest of the 66 Power Five teams in the nation.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 48], "content_span": [49, 168]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277351-0007-0000", "contents": "2018 Arkansas Razorbacks football team, Personnel, Coaching staff, Coaching changes\nChad Morris, former head coach at Southern Methodist University, was hired on December 6, 2017, to be the 33rd head coach of the Arkansas Razorbacks, following the dismissal of Bret Bielema just under two weeks prior. On January 9, 2018, Joe Craddock was named offensive coordinator, and John Chavis was named defensive coordinator. Both had previously served the same roles at SMU and Texas A&M, respectively.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 83], "content_span": [84, 494]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277351-0008-0000", "contents": "2018 Arkansas Razorbacks football team, Personnel, Coaching staff, Coaching changes\nBarry Lunney Jr., the tight ends coach, and John Scott Jr., a defensive line coach, were the only two assistants retained, and will enter their sixth and second seasons, respectively, in their current positions with the Razorbacks.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 83], "content_span": [84, 315]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277351-0009-0000", "contents": "2018 Arkansas Razorbacks football team, Personnel, Team captains\nPrior to the season, Coach Chad Morris announced that permanent captains would not be announced until later in the season, and the captain spots would rotate until then.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 64], "content_span": [65, 234]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277351-0010-0000", "contents": "2018 Arkansas Razorbacks football team, Personnel, Team captains\nPrior to the Week 5 game against Texas A&M, permanent captains were announced.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 64], "content_span": [65, 143]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277351-0011-0000", "contents": "2018 Arkansas Razorbacks football team, Game summaries, Eastern Illinois\nCoach Morris named Hjalte Froholdt, Jared Cornelius, Santos Ramirez, De'Jon Harris, and Dre Greenlaw team captains for Arkansas' first game. Cole Kelley was named starting quarterback, though Ty Storey played the majority of the game, throwing three touchdown passes. With the victory, Arkansas improved to 98\u201323\u20134 all-time in season openers, with Chad Morris becoming the eighth consecutive Razorback head coach to win their first game at Arkansas. This game also gave Arkansas a 6\u20130 record against current OVC members, their last win coming in 2015 against UT Martin.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 72], "content_span": [73, 642]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277351-0012-0000", "contents": "2018 Arkansas Razorbacks football team, Game summaries, at Colorado State\nCoach Morris named Michael Taylor II, Armon Watts, Brian Wallace, and Jeremy Patton as the captains for Arkansas' second game. The pregame depth charts named both Cole Kelley and Ty Storey as starting quarterbacks, though Storey started the game and played the entire first half. However, he was replaced by Kelley for the second half after throwing two interceptions. The loss dropped the Razorbacks to 14\u20132 against current MWC opponents, with the last contest, in 2011, resulting in an Arkansas win over New Mexico.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 73], "content_span": [74, 591]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277351-0013-0000", "contents": "2018 Arkansas Razorbacks football team, Game summaries, North Texas\nFor Arkansas' third game, Coach Morris named Jonathan Nance, McTelvin Agim, Deion Malone, and Nate Dalton as captains. For the second straight game, the pregame depth chart listed both Kelley and Storey as starting quarterbacks; Cole Kelley ultimately got the start and played into the third quarter before being replaced by freshman Connor Noland, who shared the remaining drives with freshman John Stephen Jones. The loss dropped Arkansas to 54\u201330 against current C\u2013USA opponents, 10\u20131 since joining the SEC.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 67], "content_span": [68, 578]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277351-0014-0000", "contents": "2018 Arkansas Razorbacks football team, Game summaries, at No. 9 Auburn\nCoach Morris named Randy Ramsey, Jared Cornelius, Hjalte Froholdt, and Santos Ramirez to be captains for Arkansas' fourth game. For the first time this season, Ty Storey was named the sole starting quarterback; he played the entire game, save for a few snaps given to Kelley.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 71], "content_span": [72, 347]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277351-0015-0000", "contents": "2018 Arkansas Razorbacks football team, Game summaries, vs. Texas A&M\nPrior to Arkansas' fifth game, Chad Morris named the permanent captains for the remainder of the season: Santos Ramirez, Hjalte Froholdt, Dre Greenlaw, and De'Jon Harris. For the second game in a row, Ty Storey was named the starting quarterback.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 69], "content_span": [70, 316]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277351-0016-0000", "contents": "2018 Arkansas Razorbacks football team, Game summaries, No. 1 Alabama\nFor the third consecutive game, pregame depth charts listed Ty Storey as Arkansas' starting quarterback. This was Arkansas' 24th matchup against an AP No. 1 team; the loss dropped them to 4\u201320. Additionally, Cheyenne O'Grady became only the 3rd SEC player to score two receiving touchdowns in one half against a Nick Saban\u2013led Alabama team.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 69], "content_span": [70, 410]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277351-0017-0000", "contents": "2018 Arkansas Razorbacks football team, Game summaries, Ole Miss\nThis game was the first since 2014 that Arkansas faced an SEC opponent in Little Rock.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 64], "content_span": [65, 151]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277351-0018-0000", "contents": "2018 Arkansas Razorbacks football team, Game summaries, Tulsa\nFor the fourth time in the last five years, the Razorbacks faced a non\u2013P5 opponent for their homecoming game. After Ty Storey was injured against Ole Miss, freshman Connor Noland was named the starter. Noland played into the third quarter until he was injured on a hit and momentarily replaced by Cole Kelley. He and Kelley shared the remainder of the snaps in the game.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 61], "content_span": [62, 432]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277352-0000-0000", "contents": "2018 Arkansas Razorbacks women's soccer team\nThe 2018 Arkansas Razorbacks women's soccer team represented the University of Arkansas during the 2018 NCAA Division I women's soccer season. This season was the 33rd in program history. The Razorbacks played their home games at Razorback Field in Fayetteville.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [44, 44], "content_span": [45, 307]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277352-0001-0000", "contents": "2018 Arkansas Razorbacks women's soccer team, Previous season\nIn 2017, the Razorbacks finished the regular season 9\u20139\u20131, 4\u20135\u20131 in SEC play, and were seeded eighth in the SEC Tournament, where they defeated top-ranked South Carolina en route to the championship game, where they fell to Texas A&M. The Razorbacks were selected as an at-large bid to the NCAA Tournament, where they fell to NC State in the first round of the North Carolina bracket. The Hogs finished their season with a record of 11\u201311\u20132.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [46, 61], "content_span": [62, 503]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277353-0000-0000", "contents": "2018 Arkansas State Red Wolves football team\nThe 2018 Arkansas State Red Wolves football team represented Arkansas State University in the 2018 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The Red Wolves played their home games at Centennial Bank Stadium in Jonesboro, Arkansas, and competed in the West Division of the Sun Belt Conference. They were led by fifth-year head coach Blake Anderson.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [44, 44], "content_span": [45, 387]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277353-0001-0000", "contents": "2018 Arkansas State Red Wolves football team, Previous season\nThe Red Wolves finished the 2017 season 7\u20135, 6\u20132 in Sun Belt play to finish in third place. They received a bid to the Camellia Bowl where they lost to Middle Tennessee.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [46, 61], "content_span": [62, 231]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277353-0002-0000", "contents": "2018 Arkansas State Red Wolves football team, Preseason, Sun Belt coaches poll\nOn July 19, 2018, the Sun Belt released their preseason coaches poll with the Red Wolves predicted to finish as champions of the West Division. They were also predicted to win the Sun Belt Championship game.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [46, 78], "content_span": [79, 286]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277353-0003-0000", "contents": "2018 Arkansas State Red Wolves football team, Preseason, Preseason All-Sun Belt Teams\nThe Red Wolves had nine players selected to the preseason all-Sun Belt teams. Quarterback Justice Hansen was selected as the preseason offensive player of the year.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [46, 85], "content_span": [86, 250]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277354-0000-0000", "contents": "2018 Arkansas elections\nA general election was held in the U.S. state of Arkansas on November 6, 2018. All of Arkansas' executive officers were up for election as well as all of Arkansas' four seats in the United States House of Representatives. Primaries were held on May 22, 2018. Polls were open from 7:30 AM to 7:30 PM CST. Republicans retained of all statewide offices and all four seats in the United States House of Representatives.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [23, 23], "content_span": [24, 439]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277354-0001-0000", "contents": "2018 Arkansas elections, Governor\nRepublican Governor Asa Hutchinson was elected to a second term.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 33], "content_span": [34, 98]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277354-0002-0000", "contents": "2018 Arkansas elections, Lieutenant Governor\nRepublican Lieutenant Governor Tim Griffin was elected to a second term.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 44], "content_span": [45, 117]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277354-0003-0000", "contents": "2018 Arkansas elections, Attorney General\nRepublican Attorney General Leslie Rutledge was elected to a second term.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 41], "content_span": [42, 115]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277354-0004-0000", "contents": "2018 Arkansas elections, State Treasurer\nRepublican Treasurer Dennis Milligan was elected to a second term.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 40], "content_span": [41, 107]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277354-0005-0000", "contents": "2018 Arkansas elections, Commissioner of State Lands\nIncumbent Commissioner of State Lands John Thurston (R) was term-limited and could not run for re-election. He successfully won his race as Secretary of State of Arkansas. Republican Tommy Land was elected to a first term.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 52], "content_span": [53, 275]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277354-0006-0000", "contents": "2018 Arkansas elections, United States House of Representatives\nAll of Arkansas' four seats in the United States House of Representatives were up for election in 2018. Republicans held on to all four seats.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 63], "content_span": [64, 206]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277355-0000-0000", "contents": "2018 Arkansas gubernatorial election\nThe 2018 Arkansas gubernatorial election was held on November 6, 2018, to elect the Governor of Arkansas, concurrently with elections to the United States Senate in other states, elections to the United States House of Representatives, and various state and local elections.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [36, 36], "content_span": [37, 311]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277355-0001-0000", "contents": "2018 Arkansas gubernatorial election\nIncumbent Republican Governor Asa Hutchinson won reelection to a second term in the biggest margin for a Republican gubernatorial candidate in Arkansas history, carrying all but seven counties.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [36, 36], "content_span": [37, 230]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277356-0000-0000", "contents": "2018 Arkansas\u2013Pine Bluff Golden Lions football team\nThe 2018 Arkansas\u2013Pine Bluff Golden Lions football team represents the University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff in the 2018 NCAA Division I FCS football season. The Golden Lions are led by first-year head coach Cedric Thomas and play their home games at Golden Lion Stadium in Pine Bluff, Arkansas as members of the West Division of the Southwestern Athletic Conference (SWAC).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 51], "section_span": [51, 51], "content_span": [52, 425]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277356-0001-0000", "contents": "2018 Arkansas\u2013Pine Bluff Golden Lions football team, Previous season\nThe Golden Lions finished the 2017 season 2\u20139, 1\u20136 in SWAC play to finish in last place in the West Division.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 51], "section_span": [53, 68], "content_span": [69, 178]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277356-0002-0000", "contents": "2018 Arkansas\u2013Pine Bluff Golden Lions football team, Previous season\nOn November 20, 2017, head coach Monte Coleman was fired. He finished at APBU with a ten-year record of 40\u201371.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 51], "section_span": [53, 68], "content_span": [69, 179]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277356-0003-0000", "contents": "2018 Arkansas\u2013Pine Bluff Golden Lions football team, Preseason, SWAC football media day\nDuring the SWAC football media day held in Birmingham, Alabama on July 13, 2018, the Golden Lions were predicted to finish last in the West Division.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 51], "section_span": [53, 87], "content_span": [88, 237]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277356-0004-0000", "contents": "2018 Arkansas\u2013Pine Bluff Golden Lions football team, Preseason, Presason All-SWAC Team\nThe Golden Lions had three players at four positions selected to Preseason All-SWAC Teams.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 51], "section_span": [53, 86], "content_span": [87, 177]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277357-0000-0000", "contents": "2018 Armagh Senior Football Championship\nThe 2018 Armagh Senior Football Championship is the 118th edition of Armagh GAA's premier gaelic football tournament for senior clubs in County Armagh, Northern Ireland. The winners represent Armagh in the Ulster Senior Club Football Championship.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [40, 40], "content_span": [41, 288]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277357-0001-0000", "contents": "2018 Armagh Senior Football Championship\nThe championship begins with sixteen teams competing in four groups of four teams before proceeding to a knock-out format. Prior to 2018 the competition had a back-door format. The winners receive the Gerry Fegan Cup.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [40, 40], "content_span": [41, 258]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277357-0002-0000", "contents": "2018 Armagh Senior Football Championship\nArmagh Harps were the defending champions after they defeated Maghery Se\u00e1n McDermott's in the 2017 final.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [40, 40], "content_span": [41, 146]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277357-0003-0000", "contents": "2018 Armagh Senior Football Championship\nThis was Killeavy St. Moninna's and Silverbridge Harps' return to the senior grade after they claimed the 2017 I.F.C. and I.A.F.L. titles respectively.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [40, 40], "content_span": [41, 192]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277357-0004-0000", "contents": "2018 Armagh Senior Football Championship\nWhitecross St. Killian's and T\u00edr na n\u00d3g Portadown were relegated to the I.F.C. and I.A.F.L. for 2019 after they finished 7th and 8th in the S.B.F.L. respectively. They will be replaced by the I.F.C. & I.A.F.L. champions Lurgan St. Peter's as well as I.A.F.L. runners-up Culloville Blues.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [40, 40], "content_span": [41, 328]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277357-0005-0000", "contents": "2018 Armagh Senior Football Championship\nCrossmaglen Rangers claimed their 44th S.F.C. title and their 20th in 23 years when defeating Ballymacnab 0-24 to 1-15 in the decider at the Athletic Grounds on 21 October 2018.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [40, 40], "content_span": [41, 218]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277357-0006-0000", "contents": "2018 Armagh Senior Football Championship, Team Changes\nThe following teams have changed division since the 2017 championship season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 54], "content_span": [55, 132]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277357-0007-0000", "contents": "2018 Armagh Senior Football Championship, Group stage\nAll 16 teams enter the competition at this stage. The top 2 teams in each group go into the quarter-finals while the bottom team of each group enter the relegation playoffs. The team named first in each round listed below received home advantage.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 53], "content_span": [54, 300]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277358-0000-0000", "contents": "2018 Armed Forces Bowl\nThe 2018 Armed Forces Bowl was a college football bowl game played on December 22, 2018. It was the 16th edition of the Armed Forces Bowl, and one of the 2018\u201319 bowl games concluding the 2018 FBS football season. Sponsored by aerospace and defense company Lockheed Martin, the game was officially known as the Lockheed Martin Armed Forces Bowl. On December 18, it was announced that the game had officially sold out of tickets, the first such sellout in the Armed Forces Bowl's 16-year history.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [22, 22], "content_span": [23, 518]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277358-0001-0000", "contents": "2018 Armed Forces Bowl\nArmy's 70\u201314 victory tied the largest margin of victory in a bowl game, 56, set by Tulsa in the 2008 GMAC Bowl when they defeated Bowling Green 63\u20137. Army's 70 points tied the record for most points in an FBS bowl game, set by West Virginia in the 2012 Orange Bowl, when they defeated Clemson 70\u201333.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [22, 22], "content_span": [23, 322]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277358-0002-0000", "contents": "2018 Armed Forces Bowl, Teams\nThe bowl originally planned to invite teams from the Big 12 Conference and the American Athletic Conference (The American). When fourth-ranked Oklahoma was selected for the College Football Playoff, a Big 12 bowl tie-in was left open. Army, an FBS Independent, was selected to fill this opening, facing off with The American member Houston.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 29], "content_span": [30, 370]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277358-0003-0000", "contents": "2018 Armed Forces Bowl, Teams, Army Black Knights\nArmy received and accepted a bid to the Armed Forces Bowl on December 2. The Black Knights subsequently won the Army\u2013Navy Game on December 8, and entered the bowl with a 10\u20132 record.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 49], "content_span": [50, 232]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277358-0004-0000", "contents": "2018 Armed Forces Bowl, Teams, Houston Cougars\nHouston received and accepted a bid to the Armed Forces Bowl on December 2. The Cougars entered the bowl with a 8\u20134 record (5\u20133 in conference).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 46], "content_span": [47, 190]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277359-0000-0000", "contents": "2018 Armenian Cup Final\nThe 2018 Armenian Cup Final was the 27th Armenian Cup Final, and the final match of the 2017\u201318 Armenian Cup. It was played at the Republican Stadium in Yerevan, Armenia, on 16 May 2018, and was contested by Gandzasar Kapan and Alashkert. It was Alashkert's first Cup final appearance, and Gandzasar Kapan's second, having lost to Pyunik in 2014. Gandzasar Kapan were victorious 4\u20133 on penalties after the game finished 0\u20130 in normal time and 1\u20131 after extra time, with Mihran Manasyan scoring for Alashkert and Lubambo Musonda scoring the equaled for Gandzasar Kapan.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [23, 23], "content_span": [24, 592]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277360-0000-0000", "contents": "2018 Armenian local elections\nLocal elections were held in Armenia on 11 March, 10 June, 24 June and 21 October 2018.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [29, 29], "content_span": [30, 117]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277361-0000-0000", "contents": "2018 Armenian parliamentary election\nSnap parliamentary elections were held in Armenia on 9 December 2018, as none of the parties in the National Assembly were able to put forward and then elect a candidate for Prime Minister in the two-week period following the resignation of incumbent Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan on 16 October. They were the first elections after the 2018 revolution and the country's first-ever snap elections.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [36, 36], "content_span": [37, 434]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277361-0001-0000", "contents": "2018 Armenian parliamentary election\nThe result was a landslide victory for Pashinyan's My Step Alliance, which received 70% of the vote and won 88 of the 132 seats in the National Assembly.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [36, 36], "content_span": [37, 190]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277361-0002-0000", "contents": "2018 Armenian parliamentary election, Electoral system\nThe 101 members of the National Assembly are elected by party-list proportional representation. Seats are allocated using the d'Hondt method with an election threshold of 5% for parties and 7% for multi-party alliances. However, at least three political forces will pass into parliament regardless of the performance of the third best performing party or alliance.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 54], "content_span": [55, 419]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277361-0003-0000", "contents": "2018 Armenian parliamentary election, Electoral system\nThe ballot paper has two sections; one of which is a closed list of candidates for the party at the national level and the other an open list of candidates for the constituency (of which there are 13) that the voter is voting in. Voters vote for a party at the national level and can also give a preference vote to any of the candidates for the same party in a district list.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 54], "content_span": [55, 430]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277361-0003-0001", "contents": "2018 Armenian parliamentary election, Electoral system\nSeats are allocated to parties using their national share of the vote, with half awarded to those on the national list and half to those who receive the most preference votes on the district lists. Four seats are reserved for national minorities (Assyrians, Kurds, Russians and Yazidis), with parties having separate lists for the four groups. A gender quota requires at least 25% of a list to be male or female, and nationwide lists can't include more than three consecutive members of the same gender.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 54], "content_span": [55, 558]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277361-0004-0000", "contents": "2018 Armenian parliamentary election, Electoral system\nIf a party receives a majority of the vote but wins less than 54% of the seats, they will be awarded additional seats to give them 54% of the total. If one party wins over two-thirds of the seats, the losing parties will be given extra seats reducing the share of seats of the winning party to two-thirds. If a government is not formed within six days of the preliminary results being released, a run-off round between the top two parties must be held within 28 days. The party that wins the run-off will be given the additional seats required for a 54% majority, with all seats allocated in the first round preserved.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 54], "content_span": [55, 673]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277361-0005-0000", "contents": "2018 Armenian parliamentary election, Electoral system, Proposed changes\nBefore its resignation, the government submitted a bill to the National Assembly proposing modifications to the electoral system. These included lowering the thresholds for parties and electoral alliances to 4% and 6%, respectively, minimum representation of four political forces in the parliament (provided the fourth strongest receives at least 2% of the votes), abolition of open lists of candidates from 13 regional constituencies leaving only nationwide closed lists and introduction of TV debates. The bill sought to raise the minimum representation of each gender from 25% to 30% of the seats on a party list.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 72], "content_span": [73, 690]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277361-0005-0001", "contents": "2018 Armenian parliamentary election, Electoral system, Proposed changes\nOn 22 October, a vote was held on the bill. Most members of the Republican Party (RPA) boycotted the vote; this meant that there were not enough MPs present to pass the bill into law (63). The final vote was 56 in favour, three against. RPA deputy chairman Armen Ashotian insisted that the electoral system must not be changed less than two months before the elections, as this would amount to \"building democracy in the country with undemocratic methods\". The Pashinyan government submitted the bill to parliament a second time, and it was discussed on 29 October. Once again, the bill failed to receive enough votes, and as a result the election took place according to the legislation created by the RPA-era government.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 72], "content_span": [73, 795]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277361-0006-0000", "contents": "2018 Armenian parliamentary election, List of participating parties and alliances\nParties and electoral alliances were required to inform the CEC of their participation in the election and submit the corresponding documents by 6:00 pm on 14 November. In total, nine parties and two alliances (listed below in accordance with their number on the ballot paper) participated in the election:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 81], "content_span": [82, 388]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277361-0007-0000", "contents": "2018 Armenian parliamentary election, Declined participation or failed to register\nThe following parties declined to participate in the election or failed to register: Armenian Communist Party, Armenian Democratic Liberal Party (Ramgavar), Armenian National Congress, Dignified Future, Democratic Party of Armenia, European Party of Armenia, For Social Justice, Green Party of Armenia, Heritage, Social Justice Party, Liberal Democratic Union of Armenia, National Agenda Party, National Democratic Union, People's Party of Armenia, Unified Armenians Party, Union for National Self-Determination, Yerkir Tsirani (Apricot Country Party).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 82], "content_span": [83, 635]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277361-0008-0000", "contents": "2018 Armenian parliamentary election, Criticism\nSome politicians and analysts criticized the date of the election based on the fact that an amended Electoral Code was not passed by the parliament. Paruyr Hayrikyan, the leader of Union for National Self-Determination, expects the elections to be \"antidemocratic\".", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 47], "content_span": [48, 313]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277361-0009-0000", "contents": "2018 Armenian parliamentary election, Criticism\nVazgen Manukyan, the leader of National Democratic Union, said while they were preparing for elections in spring, elections in December were too close prepare for. He also said that they \"do not consider that the hasty elections will promote the establishment of stable political field\".", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 47], "content_span": [48, 335]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277361-0010-0000", "contents": "2018 Armenian parliamentary election, Criticism\nAram Gaspar Sargsyan, leader of the Democratic Party of Armenia, has declared that the DPA is abstaining from participation in the election, amidst concerns that, because of Pashinyan's failure to rewrite the RPA-era electoral code, new authorities will likely exploit the current version over the electoral code with amendments. He also stated, that \"this election will be the same charade as in 2017\".", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 47], "content_span": [48, 451]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277361-0011-0000", "contents": "2018 Armenian parliamentary election, Criticism\nSome critics believed that the current legislation favored the Republican Party of Armenia in the previous parliamentary election. The country's former ruling party, commanded a majority in the National Assembly prior to the elections, initially called for elections to take place in summer 2019 in order to give the parties time to prepare for elections and make amendments to Armenia's electoral code.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 47], "content_span": [48, 451]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277361-0012-0000", "contents": "2018 Armenian parliamentary election, Campaign, Debates\nActing Prime Minister of Armenia Nikol Pashinyan proposed to form a tradition of holding live pre-election debates involving the top figures of all forces participating in the elections.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 55], "content_span": [56, 242]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277361-0013-0000", "contents": "2018 Armenian parliamentary election, Campaign, Debates\nOn 28 November, vice chairman of the Republican Party Vigen Sargsyan invited Pashinyan to take part in a live TV debate but the proposal was turned down by Pashinyan.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 55], "content_span": [56, 222]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277361-0014-0000", "contents": "2018 Armenian parliamentary election, Campaign, Debates\nLeaders of all eleven participating parties took part in a live debate that was hosted by Armenian Public Television on 5 December.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 55], "content_span": [56, 187]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277361-0015-0000", "contents": "2018 Armenian parliamentary election, Campaign, Alleged violations, Independent reports\nOn 28 November, it was reported that a working group set up by Human Rights Defender of Armenia revealed several violations, such as using insults and intolerance to influence others' opinions.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 87], "content_span": [88, 281]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277361-0016-0000", "contents": "2018 Armenian parliamentary election, Campaign, Alleged violations, Independent reports\nFormer Ombudsman Larisa Alaverdyan said that black PR has been used from the first days of the campaign, and called on all participants to move to a positive field. Also she mentioned that unlike in previous years, the early start of campaign is not regarded as a violation of law by the CEC.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 87], "content_span": [88, 380]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277361-0017-0000", "contents": "2018 Armenian parliamentary election, Campaign, Alleged violations, Independent reports\nAlso on 28 November, newspaper Zhamanak reported that in Yerevan some posters of Bright Armenia party had been torn down and replaced with My Step Alliance posters.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 87], "content_span": [88, 252]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277361-0018-0000", "contents": "2018 Armenian parliamentary election, Campaign, Alleged violations, Claimed by campaign participants\nOn 27 November, the Republican Party said that some of the acting PM's statements during the election campaign were clear examples of hate speech.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 100], "content_span": [101, 247]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277361-0019-0000", "contents": "2018 Armenian parliamentary election, Electoral Assistance\nIn response to a formal request from the Government of Armenia, the European Union as well as the Governments of Germany, the United Kingdom, and Sweden agreed to provide financial and electoral assistance prior to and during the election.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 58], "content_span": [59, 298]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277361-0020-0000", "contents": "2018 Armenian parliamentary election, Electoral Assistance\nThe US Embassy in Armenia also announced that the United States and USAID would provide financial assistance and collaboration with the Government of Armenia ahead of the parliamentary elections, including the September 2018 signing of an $8.6 million, four-year agreement to support the integrity of Armenian elections.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 58], "content_span": [59, 379]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277361-0021-0000", "contents": "2018 Armenian parliamentary election, Monitoring\nOSCE/ODIHR will conduct a large-scale observation mission. Observers from the OSCE Parliamentary Assembly and the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) will join the observation mission later. There will be over 200 short-term observers.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 48], "content_span": [49, 303]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277361-0022-0000", "contents": "2018 Armenian parliamentary election, Monitoring\nObservers from all four factions of the Russian parliament will also take part in the monitoring.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 48], "content_span": [49, 146]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277361-0023-0000", "contents": "2018 Armenian parliamentary election, Monitoring\nVoting at 1,500 polling stations (where over 90% of voters are registered) out of 2010 will be broadcast live.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 48], "content_span": [49, 159]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277361-0024-0000", "contents": "2018 Armenian parliamentary election, Monitoring\nHead of the European Union permanent delegation to Armenia, ambassador Piotr Switalski has declared that Armenia has managed to achieve the highest standards of freedom of speech following the Velvet Revolution. According to the diplomat, the country now ensures freedom of expression and assembly. Switalski said he hopes it will be possible to minimize hate speech during the election campaign.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 48], "content_span": [49, 445]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277361-0025-0000", "contents": "2018 Armenian parliamentary election, Results\nTurnout was 48.62%, 12 percent lower than the 2017 elections.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 45], "content_span": [46, 107]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277361-0026-0000", "contents": "2018 Armenian parliamentary election, Results\nAll the four seats reserved for national minorities (Assyrians, Kurds, Russians and Yazidis) were won by My Step Alliance.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 45], "content_span": [46, 168]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277361-0027-0000", "contents": "2018 Armenian parliamentary election, Results\nThe result was somewhat ironic for the Republican Party, as even though they would have lost seats regardless, if the electoral reform law they had boycotted earlier in the year had been allowed to move forward, they would have successfully exceeded the new 4% threshold for parties and obtained seats. Instead, they failed to reach the current 5% threshold, and received no seats.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 45], "content_span": [46, 427]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277361-0028-0000", "contents": "2018 Armenian parliamentary election, Reactions\nCatholicos Karekin II congratulated all parties, called the outcome of the elections a \"milestone\" and stated that he was praying for successes of the new Parliament.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 47], "content_span": [48, 214]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277362-0000-0000", "contents": "2018 Armenian presidential election\nPresidential elections were held in Armenia on 2 March 2018. As a result of the 2015 Armenian constitutional referendum, this was the first time in Armenia's history when the president was elected by the National Assembly instead of popular vote. Another outcome of the referendum was that the newly elected president will perform a ceremonial role as the country is currently transitioning from a semi-presidential system to a parliamentary republic. Incumbent president Serzh Sargsyan was barred by the Constitution of Armenia from running for a third consecutive term. Armen Sarkissian ran unopposed due to no other party nominating a candidate and easily won the election in the first round with 90 electoral votes.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [35, 35], "content_span": [36, 755]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277362-0001-0000", "contents": "2018 Armenian presidential election, Background\nIn accordance with Article 124 of the amended Constitution, a non-partisan president will be elected for a seven-year, non-renewable term. In accordance with Article 125, the candidate that receives at least three fourths of votes of the total number of Deputies of the National Assembly will be elected President of Armenia. If the President is not elected, a second round is held wherein all candidates who took part in the first round may participate.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 47], "content_span": [48, 502]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277362-0001-0001", "contents": "2018 Armenian presidential election, Background\nIn the second round, the candidate that receives at least three fifths of votes of the total number of Deputies will be elected as President of the Republic. If President is still not elected, a third round of elections will be held wherein the two candidates who received a greater number of votes in the second round may participate. In the third round, the candidate who receives the majority of votes of the total number of Deputies will be elected.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 47], "content_span": [48, 501]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277362-0002-0000", "contents": "2018 Armenian presidential election, Background\nAccording to Article 125 of the constitution, at least one fourth of the total number of Deputies of the National Assembly shall have the right to nominate a candidate for president. This means that at least 27 members of parliament must back the respective candidate in order for that candidate to be officially nominated. Thus, in the case of a wide consensus, a candidate may very well run unopposed since minority parties with less than 27 members in the National Assembly will not be able to nominate a candidate.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 47], "content_span": [48, 566]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277362-0003-0000", "contents": "2018 Armenian presidential election, Eligibility\nAccording to the amended Constitution, everyone who has reached the age of forty, held citizenship of only Armenia for the preceding six years and permanently resided in Armenia for the preceding six years, has the right of suffrage, and speaks the Armenian language may be elected as President of the Republic.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 48], "content_span": [49, 360]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277362-0004-0000", "contents": "2018 Armenian presidential election, Candidates\nPresident Serzh Sargsyan on 18 January recommended the candidacy of Armen Sarkissian, the current Armenian ambassador to the United Kingdom, for president to be supported by the ruling Republican Party. Sargsyan stressed the necessity for the presidential candidate to have wide support in the National Assembly when elected. On 16 February, Armen Sarkissian officially accepted the Sargsyan's offer to become the Republican Party's candidate for president.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 47], "content_span": [48, 505]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277362-0005-0000", "contents": "2018 Armenian presidential election, Candidates\nThe ruling coalition, which consists of the Republican Party of Armenia and the Armenian Revolutionary Federation, officially nominated Armen Sarkissian for president on 23 February. On 24 February, the Prosperous Armenia party, which is in opposition, signalled that it would vote for the ruling coalition's candidate. This means that the only party left that did not nominate a candidate was the Way Out Alliance.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 47], "content_span": [48, 463]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277362-0005-0001", "contents": "2018 Armenian presidential election, Candidates\nAs a party or coalition must have the support of at least one fourth of the deputies in the National Assembly, the Way Out Alliance were not able to nominate a candidate as they only had nine deputies in the National Assembly. Sarkissian will take up office on April 9, 2018.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 47], "content_span": [48, 323]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277363-0000-0000", "contents": "2018 Armenian revolution\nThe 2018 Armenian Revolution (most commonly known in Armenia as #MerzhirSerzhin (Armenian: \u0544\u0565\u0580\u056a\u056b\u0580\u054d\u0565\u0580\u056a\u056b\u0576), meaning \"#RejectSerzh\") was a series of anti-government protests in Armenia from April to May 2018 staged by various political and civil groups led by a member of the Armenian parliament \u2014 Nikol Pashinyan (head of the Civil Contract party). Protests and marches took place initially in response to Serzh Sargsyan's third consecutive term as the most powerful figure in the government of Armenia and later against the Republican Party-controlled government in general. Pashinyan declared it a Velvet Revolution (\u0539\u0561\u057e\u0577\u0575\u0561 \u0570\u0565\u0572\u0561\u0583\u0578\u056d\u0578\u0582\u0569\u0575\u0578\u0582\u0576).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [24, 24], "content_span": [25, 666]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277363-0001-0000", "contents": "2018 Armenian revolution\nOn 22 April, Pashinyan was arrested and held in solitary confinement overnight, then released on 23 April, the same day that Sargsyan resigned, saying \"I was wrong, while Nikol Pashinyan was right\". The event is referred to by some as a peaceful revolution akin to revolutions in other post-Soviet states. By the evening of 25 April, the Republican Party\u2019s coalition partner ARF-Dashnaktsutyun had withdrawn from the coalition.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [24, 24], "content_span": [25, 452]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277363-0002-0000", "contents": "2018 Armenian revolution\nBy 28 April, all of the opposition parties in Armenia's parliament had announced they would support Pashinyan's candidacy. A vote was scheduled in the National Assembly for 1 May; for Pashinyan to be elected Prime Minister, which required 53 votes, he would have had to win the votes of at least six members of the Republican Party. Pashinyan was the only candidate who was put forward for the vote. However, the Republican Party unanimously voted against Pashinyan \u2013 102 MPs were present, out of which 56 voted against his candidacy and 45 voted for it. One week later, on 8 May, the second vote took place. Pashinyan was elected Prime Minister with 59 votes.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [24, 24], "content_span": [25, 685]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277363-0003-0000", "contents": "2018 Armenian revolution, Preceding situation\nIn 2012\u20132017 reported levels of trust in national government (25%) and confidence in judicial system (29%) in Armenia were below of all its neighbouring countries.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 45], "content_span": [46, 209]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277363-0004-0000", "contents": "2018 Armenian revolution, Nomination of Sargsyan for the post of Prime Minister\nDemonstrations and protests began in March 2018, when members of the Republican Party did not exclude the option of nominating Serzh Sargsyan for the prime minister's post. This meant a continuation of Sargsyan's rule (as either Prime Minister or President) since March 2007. He had amended the constitution in 2015 to remove term limits which would have prevented him doing this.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 79], "content_span": [80, 460]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277363-0005-0000", "contents": "2018 Armenian revolution, Nomination of Sargsyan for the post of Prime Minister\nProtesters had vowed to block the party's headquarters on 14 April, where leaders were going to gather to formally nominate Serzh Sargsyan for prime minister. The Republican Party held its meeting outside of capital Yerevan and unanimously voted to formally nominate Serzh Sargsyan for the office of prime minister. The coalition partner Armenian Revolutionary Federation-Dashnaksutyun (ARF-D) supported the ruling Republican Party\u2019s decision, as did most of the opposition Prosperous Armenia Party caucus.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 79], "content_span": [80, 586]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277363-0006-0000", "contents": "2018 Armenian revolution, Protests\nOn 31 March, Nikol Pashinyan began his Im Qayl (my step) protest walk, starting in the city of Gyumri, and walking through cities and towns such as Vanadzor, Dilijan, Hrazdan, and Abovyan, before finally reaching Yerevan on 13 April and holding a small rally.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 34], "content_span": [35, 294]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277363-0007-0000", "contents": "2018 Armenian revolution, Protests\nAbout 100 protesters stayed overnight on France Square after the first day of protests, and an equal number did the same on Saturday night, some sleeping in tents, others gathered around fires. As of Sunday morning, the Armenian police had made no effort to disrupt the demonstrations.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 34], "content_span": [35, 320]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277363-0008-0000", "contents": "2018 Armenian revolution, Protests\nOn Monday 16 April, the \"Take a Step, Reject Serzh\" campaign began actions of civil\u00a0disobedience. On 17 April, the day that the prime minister's election was scheduled, the protesters intended to block\u00a0entrances to the building of the National Assembly in order to\u00a0prevent the vote from taking place. Lines of riot police stopped them from advancing further towards the National Assembly building.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 34], "content_span": [35, 432]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277363-0009-0000", "contents": "2018 Armenian revolution, Protests\nAfter the election of the former president Serzh Sargsyan as the new prime minister, the protests continued to grow, despite hundreds of people being detained by police. The prime minister in response asked the government to take back the presidential mansion which it had given him a few weeks earlier. The crowds reached 50,000 on the night of 21 April, with countless sporadic street closures in the capital, which also began to spread across the country.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 34], "content_span": [35, 493]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277363-0010-0000", "contents": "2018 Armenian revolution, Protests\nAs the crowds grew, the new prime minister called repeatedly for talks with the leader of the protest movement, Nikol Pashinyan, but Pashinyan said he was only willing to discuss the terms of the Prime Minister's resignation. After Pashinyan's rally was visited by the Armenian President on the evening of 21 April for a brief chat with Pashinyan, Pashinyan agreed to meet the prime minister at 10 am on 22 April, saying he believed the topic would be Serzh Sargsyan's resignation.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 34], "content_span": [35, 516]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277363-0011-0000", "contents": "2018 Armenian revolution, Protests, 22 April\nThe meeting, which lasted for a mere three minutes, failed to achieve anything, with Sargsyan walking out of it and accusing the opposition of \"blackmail\" when Pashinyan stated he had only agreed to discuss terms of the Prime Minister's resignation and nothing else. During the meeting, Sargsyan asked Pashinyan not to speak on behalf of the people and not to issue ultimatums to the government, given the low level of support for his political alliance (less than 10 percent of the vote in the past parliamentary elections).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 44], "content_span": [45, 570]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277363-0011-0001", "contents": "2018 Armenian revolution, Protests, 22 April\nHe also warned that Pashinyan had not \"learned the lessons of March 1\", a reference to the protestors killed by police while contesting the validity of the election results of Sargsyan's election 10 years earlier, amounting to an open threat of violence against the protesters gathering daily in around the nation.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 44], "content_span": [45, 359]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277363-0012-0000", "contents": "2018 Armenian revolution, Protests, 22 April\nImmediately after the meeting, Pashinyan led a group of supporters from the site of the meeting by Republic Square on a long march down Tigran Mets and Artsakh streets to the Erebuni district, where they were met by riot police and stun grenades as Pashinyan was detained followed by mass detentions of protestors, including opposition lawmakers Sasun Mikayelyan and Ararat Mirzoyan. Protests continue throughout the city. By the evening 232 protestors had been detained or arrested, and, according to Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty, tens of thousands gathered in Republic Square to continue to demand the resignation of PM Serzh Sargsyan. The police issued a statement saying that Pashinyan, Mikaelyan and Mirzoyan had been detained for 72 hours; however criminal charges could only be brought against them if the Republican-controlled National Assembly stripped them of their parliamentary immunity.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 44], "content_span": [45, 947]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277363-0013-0000", "contents": "2018 Armenian revolution, Protests, 23 April\nProtests resumed on 23 April, with media outlets reporting that former and current members of the Armenian armed forces, including participants of the 2016 April War, have joined in the rallies for the first time. This information was later confirmed by the Ministry of Defence.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 44], "content_span": [45, 323]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277363-0014-0000", "contents": "2018 Armenian revolution, Protests, 23 April\nPashinyan was released at 3pm, and went directly to Republic Square where he spoke briefly, saying he would return at 6:30pm. By 4:30pm, Prime Minister Serzh Sargsyan had posted a message on the official website of the prime minister announcing his resignation. Former Prime Minister Karen Karapetyan succeeded Sargsyan as acting Prime Minister.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 44], "content_span": [45, 390]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277363-0015-0000", "contents": "2018 Armenian revolution, Protests, 24 April\n24 April is marked as the national day of remembrance of the Armenian genocide. The protesters gathered in masses and walked to Tsitsernakaberd, Armenia's national Genocide Memorial. No protest was held on that day.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 44], "content_span": [45, 260]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277363-0016-0000", "contents": "2018 Armenian revolution, Protests, 25 April\nPashinyan called for renewed protests on 25 April after talks with the Republican Party were cancelled due to Karapetyan\u2019s refusal to accept preconditions laid down by Pashinyan. Earlier Pashinyan stated that the Republican Party had no right to hold power in Armenia, and that a \"people's candidate\" should be appointed prime minister prior to holding snap elections. He added that the protest movement should nominate this transitional prime minister, a position that was rejected by the current government as it would violate the law.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 44], "content_span": [45, 582]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277363-0016-0001", "contents": "2018 Armenian revolution, Protests, 25 April\nProtesters took to the streets to block the road to Yerevan\u2019s international airport and the road leading to the border with Georgia. Meanwhile, the Prosperous Armenia Party and the Armenian Revolutionary Federation both declared their support for Pashinyan's movement, with the latter pulling out of the ruling coalition. Pashinyan vowed to continue the protests until he was appointed prime minister.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 44], "content_span": [45, 446]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277363-0017-0000", "contents": "2018 Armenian revolution, Protests, 26 April\nTens of thousands continued to protest on 26 April, though Pashinyan asked protestors to stop blocking streets. The ruling HHK party announced it was ready to meet with Pashinyan without any preconditions, while Pashinyan offered to negotiate with them while insisting he must become Prime Minister.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 44], "content_span": [45, 344]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277363-0018-0000", "contents": "2018 Armenian revolution, Protests, 27 April\nPashinyan called on his supporters to suspend their rallies in Yerevan for 2 days while he held rallies in Gyumri on 27 April and Vanadzor on 28 April. In the morning he met with Armenia's largely ceremonial President, leaders of the governing party's former coalition partner the ARF, as well as Parliament's second largest faction BHK. In an interview on the same day, the president hailed the \"New Armenia\" that has come about due to the protests, and the chance for \"a real democratic state\". Meanwhile the ruling HHK party announced that they do not see any regime change occurring in Armenia.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 44], "content_span": [45, 643]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277363-0019-0000", "contents": "2018 Armenian revolution, Protests, 28 April\nOn 28 April, Pashinyan held rallies in Vanadzor and Ijevan, while the second and third largest parties in Parliament \u2013 BHK and ARF \u2013 announced they would support his candidacy for PM, and the ruling HHK party announced they would not block Pashinyan's candidacy, and that they would not put forward their own candidate.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 44], "content_span": [45, 364]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277363-0020-0000", "contents": "2018 Armenian revolution, Protests, 1 May\nParliament held elections for a new Prime Minister, with the opposition leader Pashinyan the only nominee, as over 100,000 people watched the 9 hour session being broadcast live at Republic Square. However the majority party blocked his nomination by voting against him with one exception. After the election, prominent Armenian singers such as Iveta Mukuchyan and Sona Shahgeldyan performed for the crowd and made inspiring speeches. Pashinyan walked to Republic Square and told the crowd to go on strike the next day, and block all transportation from 8:15 in the morning until 5 in the evening, then gather for another rally at 7pm in Republic Square.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 41], "content_span": [42, 696]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277363-0021-0000", "contents": "2018 Armenian revolution, Protests, 2 May\nThe nation ground to a halt as countless streets and highways were peacefully blocked throughout the nation, and many workers and businesses went on strike. The main airport access road was cut off, with some workers striking, and even land crossings were blocked. 150,000 people gathered in another evening rally in Republic Square to listen to Pashinyan speak, and were told that he had been informed that due to the strike, the ruling party had decided to support his candidacy in the next round of voting on 8 May. Protests were suspended in the meantime.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 41], "content_span": [42, 601]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277363-0022-0000", "contents": "2018 Armenian revolution, Protests, 8 May\nOn 8 May Parliament again had a vote on a new Prime Minister, and again Nikol Pashinyan was the only candidate. This time the majority Republican party gave Pashinyan enough votes to win with a 59\u201342 margin. All the votes against Pashinyan still came from the Republican party.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 41], "content_span": [42, 319]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277363-0023-0000", "contents": "2018 Armenian revolution, Reactions\nOn 4 April Edmon Marukyan, leader of the Bright Armenia party, which cooperates with the Civil Contract party lead by Nikol Pashinyan in the Way Out Alliance published an article in Aravot newspaper, in which he stated his preference for formal means of counteracting the ruling coalition rather than civil disobedience actions.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 35], "content_span": [36, 364]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277363-0024-0000", "contents": "2018 Armenian revolution, Reactions\nLeader of the Free Democrats party and former MP Khachatur Kokobelyan attended protests and expressed his support for the actions.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 35], "content_span": [36, 166]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277363-0025-0000", "contents": "2018 Armenian revolution, Reactions\nMany cultural figures had already declared solidarity with the\u00a0opposition movement. In particular, well-known musician Serj\u00a0Tankian of System of a Down addressed the activists declaring his\u00a0solidarity and support, stressing the impermissibility of one-party\u00a0rule in Armenia. Some organizations of the diaspora, in particular\u00a0the Congress of Armenians of Europe, also expressed support for the\u00a0opposition.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 35], "content_span": [36, 440]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277363-0026-0000", "contents": "2018 Armenian revolution, Impact\nDuring the 2020 Belarusian protests, the Armenian revolution was brought up as a model for Belarus for its lack of anti-Russian or pro-Western geopolitical orientation by commentators such as Carl Bildt, Anders \u00c5slund, Ian Bremmer, Yaroslav Trofimov, Ben Judah, and others. Belarusian journalist Franak Via\u010dorka criticized this notion. Armenia's Foreign Minister Zohrab Mnatsakanyan also rejected the comparisons. \"Armenia followed its own path and it\u2019s not quite correct to draw parallels based on that. True, there might be some common parameters, but on the whole these are different situations,\" he said.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 32], "content_span": [33, 641]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277364-0000-0000", "contents": "2018 Armenian\u2013Azerbaijani clashes\nThe 2018 Armenian\u2013Azerbaijani clashes began on 20 May 2018 between the Armenian Armed Forces and Azerbaijani Armed Forces. Azerbaijan stated to have taken several villages and strategic positions within the Nakhchivan Autonomous Republic. However, these areas had previously been part of a no man's land between the Azerbajiani and Armenian lines.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [33, 33], "content_span": [34, 381]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277364-0001-0000", "contents": "2018 Armenian\u2013Azerbaijani clashes\nOne soldier of the Azerbaijani Armed Forces, and one or two soldiers of the Armenian Armed Forces were reported KIA during the military operations.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [33, 33], "content_span": [34, 181]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277364-0002-0000", "contents": "2018 Armenian\u2013Azerbaijani clashes, Background\nAzerbaijan accused Armenian forces of seizing control of Gyunnut, which is located Sharur District of Nakhchivan Autonomous Republic, in 1992.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 45], "content_span": [46, 188]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277364-0003-0000", "contents": "2018 Armenian\u2013Azerbaijani clashes, Background\nOn 16 May 2018 Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev visited the Nakhchivan Autonomous Republic. He stated that Nakhchivan branch of the Azerbaijani Army possessed missiles which could easily reach Armenia's capital, Yerevan. Two days later, on 17 May Armenia's new Minister of Defence and Foreign Affairs visited the Armenian\u2013Nakhchivan border to inspect military positions.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 45], "content_span": [46, 418]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277364-0004-0000", "contents": "2018 Armenian\u2013Azerbaijani clashes, Clashes\nAccording to some Azerbaijani military bloggers and news sites, Azerbaijani positions in the Sharur District of Nakhchivan Autonomous Republic became exposed to artillery fire of the Armenian Armed Forces.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 42], "content_span": [43, 248]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277364-0005-0000", "contents": "2018 Armenian\u2013Azerbaijani clashes, Clashes\nOn the end of May, Nakhchivan Separate Combined-arms Army claimed to have control of Gyunnut, a village in Sharur District that has been completely destroyed by the Armenian forces in 1992, and two strategic positions, Khunutdagh and Aghbulag. Azerbaijani Armed Forces also claimed control of and took new positions on Kyzylkaya and Mehridagh strategic positions. They also claimed to have new positions in a previously unoccupied neutral zone in Nakhchivan near Armenian village of Areni in Vayots Dzor Province.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 42], "content_span": [43, 556]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277364-0006-0000", "contents": "2018 Armenian\u2013Azerbaijani clashes, Aftermath\nEurasianet reported that Azerbaijani claims of advancement had been highly exaggerated, and whatever territory Azerbaijan had claimed control over was never claimed by Armenia, adding that \"while the details of the Azerbaijani advance remain unclear, the lofty rhetoric seems to be a significant exaggeration. Whatever new territory Azerbaijan controls militarily was never claimed by Armenia, and it's not clear if there was any fighting. \".", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 44], "content_span": [45, 487]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277364-0007-0000", "contents": "2018 Armenian\u2013Azerbaijani clashes, Aftermath\nThe Armenian Ministry of Defense made a statement against Azerbaijani claims of territorial advances, claiming that a request by Azerbaijani citizens to visit the cemetery in the ruins of Gyunnut had been granted as a humanitarian gesture. Footage of Azerbaijani villagers being escorted to the cemetery was released to confirm this.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 44], "content_span": [45, 378]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277364-0008-0000", "contents": "2018 Armenian\u2013Azerbaijani clashes, Aftermath\nArmenia's Foreign Ministry condemned Azerbaijan's actions at the border as \"unacceptable and irresponsible steps aimed at escalating the situation\". They also said that \"it is regrettable but at the same time very predictable practice of Azerbaijan to exploit any display of goodwill and humanistic approach [from] Armenia for its own propagandistic purposes\". They also warned that \"any provocative action on the Azerbaijani side will be immediately stopped and will trigger the adequate response from the Armenian side\".", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 44], "content_span": [45, 567]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277364-0009-0000", "contents": "2018 Armenian\u2013Azerbaijani clashes, Aftermath\nAzerbaijani military experts accused Armenia of planning an attack on Nakhchivan Autonomous Republic.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 44], "content_span": [45, 146]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277364-0010-0000", "contents": "2018 Armenian\u2013Azerbaijani clashes, Aftermath\nOn 8 June 2018 Azerbaijani Government announced that they started to build a new road that would be 50\u00a0km long. They also started to rebuild the roads that were destroyed during the First Nagorno-Karabakh War. Azerbaijani Armed Forces have taken up new positions in strategic locations.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 44], "content_span": [45, 331]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277364-0011-0000", "contents": "2018 Armenian\u2013Azerbaijani clashes, Aftermath\nArif Mamedov, a former Azerbaijani diplomat and EU Ambassador, criticized the coverage by the Azerbaijani press on a Facebook post: \"Is there at least one reasonable person who believes in fairy tales that 11 thousand hectares of land could be liberated in Nakhichevan without a fight? Do they understand what 11 thousand hectares means, or is everything so tragic even with their math? Once Armenians occupied only the Kyark enclave in that territory, formerly inhabited by Azerbaijanis. Nakhichevan territories, including the village of Gyunnut, have never been occupied. Our official maps prove this too.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 44], "content_span": [45, 652]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277364-0011-0001", "contents": "2018 Armenian\u2013Azerbaijani clashes, Aftermath\nIt is ridiculous to imagine the empty village of Gyunnut village, which is in a neutral zone and has no military significance, as a strategic area. We have heard about less than 5 percent of the unemployment rate in the country, human rights protection in Azerbaijan and the collapse of Germany. Now they tell us fairy tales about victories. How many people can be fed by fairy tales?\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 44], "content_span": [45, 430]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277364-0012-0000", "contents": "2018 Armenian\u2013Azerbaijani clashes, Aftermath\nTwo years later, Azerbaijan would launch an offensive against the self-proclaimed Republic of Artsakh, beginning the 2020 Nagorno-Karabakh war.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 44], "content_span": [45, 188]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277364-0013-0000", "contents": "2018 Armenian\u2013Azerbaijani clashes, Aftermath, Casualties, Azerbaijani casualties\nOn 20 May 2018 Azerbaijan's Ministry of Defence reported the death of infantryman Adil Tatarov who died while \"carrying out an official assignment on the border of [Nakhchivan] and Armenia\". The Armenian side stated that the corresponding Azerbaijani soldier had advanced towards the border. In response the Defence Ministry of Armenia accused Azerbaijan of breaking the ceasefire and said that \"in recent weeks, at certain sections of the Armenian-Azerbaijani border Azerbaijani forces are conducting active engineering works to improve and move forward their positions\". Nevertheless, on 6 June Adil Tatarov received the \"For Heroism\" Medal with an order of Defense Minister of Azerbaijan, colonel-general Zakir Hasanov.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 80], "content_span": [81, 803]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277364-0014-0000", "contents": "2018 Armenian\u2013Azerbaijani clashes, Aftermath, Casualties, Armenian casualties\nAzerbaijani Ministry of Defence claimed that three Armenian soldiers were killed during the operation. Armenian Ministry of Defence confirmed the death of Martin Khachatryan, but denied the claims of Hamlet Grigoryan getting killed in Northern Nakhchivan. They reported that he committed suicide in Eastern parts of de facto independent Nagorno-Karabakh Republic.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 77], "content_span": [78, 441]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277365-0000-0000", "contents": "2018 Army Black Knights football team\nThe 2018 Army Black Knights football team represented the United States Military Academy as an independent in the 2018 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The Black Knights were led by fifth-year head coach Jeff Monken and played their home games at Michie Stadium. Following their 28\u201314 victory over Colgate in Week 12, Army entered the AP Poll at No. 23 and the Coaches' Poll at No. 24, the first time Army had entered the national rankings since finishing the 1996 season at No. 25 in the AP and No. 24 in the Coaches'.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [37, 37], "content_span": [38, 561]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277365-0000-0001", "contents": "2018 Army Black Knights football team\nOn December 2, Army accepted an invite to participate in the Armed Forces Bowl against the Houston Cougars of the American Athletic Conference. On December 8, Army defeated its archrival Navy by a score of 17\u201310, increasing their Army-Navy Game win streak to three in a row and winning the Commander-in-Chief's Trophy for the second straight year. With the win the Black Knights also secured their second straight 10-win season, the first time that had been accomplished in the Academy's long and storied history.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [37, 37], "content_span": [38, 551]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277365-0000-0002", "contents": "2018 Army Black Knights football team\nIn the Armed Forces Bowl, they defeated Houston by a score of 70\u201314 to tie NCAA bowl game records for points scored and margin of victory. Their 11 wins are the most in one season in program history. As a result of his team's 2018 accomplishments, Coach Monken was awarded the George Munger Collegiate Coach of the Year Award by the Maxwell Football Club, the Vince Lombardi College Football Coach of the Year Award by the Lombardi Foundation, and the President's Award by the Touchdown Club of Columbus.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [37, 37], "content_span": [38, 542]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277365-0000-0003", "contents": "2018 Army Black Knights football team\nArmy finished the season with a ranking of No. 19 in the AP Poll and No. 20 in the Coaches' Poll, their highest finish in both polls since Pete Dawkins's Heisman Trophy-winning season in 1958 where the Cadets finished No. 3 in both polls. Following the completion of the season, the Black Knights were awarded the 2018 Lambert Trophy by the Eastern College Athletic Conference (ECAC) and Metropolitan New York Football Writers, signifying them as the best team in the East in Division I FBS. This was the eighth overall time the Lambert Trophy had been awarded to Army, and the first since 1958.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [37, 37], "content_span": [38, 633]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277365-0001-0000", "contents": "2018 Army Black Knights football team, Previous season\nThe Black Knights opened the 2017 season with two consecutive wins over teams they had lost to over the previous two years: a blowout win over Fordham and a fourth-quarter comeback over Buffalo to open the year at 2\u20130. They then dropped the next two games against No. 8 (final No. 5) Ohio State and Tulane.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 54], "content_span": [55, 361]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277365-0001-0001", "contents": "2018 Army Black Knights football team, Previous season\nFollowing these setbacks, the Black Knights ripped off a string of six straight wins, highlighted by a 31\u201328 overtime victory against Temple to become bowl eligible, a 21\u20130 beat-down of service-academy rival Air Force (the first shutout of a service-academy opponent by Army since a 27\u20130 victory over Navy on Nov. 29, 1969), and a 21\u201316 victory over Duke to secure their first unbeaten home schedule in a season since the 1996 team that finished 10\u20132 (and just the sixth Black Knights squad to go undefeated at home since 1960). Following this string of victories, Army dropped a shootout to 2016 Heart of Dallas Bowl opponent North Texas on a last second field goal to enter the 118th Army-Navy game with a record of 8\u20133 and the opportunity to secure their first Commander-in-Chief's Trophy in over twenty years.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 54], "content_span": [55, 868]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277365-0002-0000", "contents": "2018 Army Black Knights football team, Previous season\nIn a steady snowfall on the afternoon of December 8, after hosting ESPN's College GameDay and wearing uniforms honoring the U.S. Army's 10th Mountain Division, the Black Knights defeated their arch-rival Navy by a score of 14\u201313 after taking the lead on a fourth-quarter go-ahead scoring drive followed by a missed last-second 48-yard Midshipmen field goal. This secured their second victory in a row over Navy and their first Commander-in-Chief's Trophy since 1996.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 54], "content_span": [55, 521]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277365-0003-0000", "contents": "2018 Army Black Knights football team, Previous season\nThe Army team then capped off the season by earning their second straight bowl victory (first time since the 1984\u20131985 seasons) over the San Diego State Aztecs in the Armed Forces Bowl by converting a go-ahead 2-pt conversion after scoring with 18 seconds left in regulation (with the final score being 42\u201335 following a fumble returned for a touchdown as SDSU attempted a lateral-filled desperation tying score on the last play of the game). This secured the Black Knights' second ever 10-win season, finishing with a final record of 10\u20133. Following the season, they were chosen as the 2017 ECAC Division I Football Subdivision Team of the Year. Quarterback Ahmad Bradshaw finished the season with an Army and all-service-academy single-season rushing record of 1,746 yards.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 54], "content_span": [55, 830]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277366-0000-0000", "contents": "2018 Arnold Palmer Cup\nThe 2018 Arnold Palmer Cup was a team golf competition held from 6\u20138 July 2018 at Evian Resort Golf Club, \u00c9vian-les-Bains, France. It was the 22nd time the event had been contested and the first under a new format in which women golfers played in addition to men and an international team, representing the rest of the world, replaced the European team. The United States won the match 38\u00bd\u201321\u00bd.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [22, 22], "content_span": [23, 418]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277366-0001-0000", "contents": "2018 Arnold Palmer Cup, Format\nThe contest was played over three days. On Friday, there were 12 mixed four-ball matches. On Saturday there were 12 mixed foursomes matches in the morning and 12 fourball matches in the afternoon, six all-women matches and six all-men matches. 24 singles matches were played on Sunday. In all, 60 matches were played.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 30], "content_span": [31, 348]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277366-0002-0000", "contents": "2018 Arnold Palmer Cup, Format\nEach of the 60 matches was worth one point in the larger team competition. If a match was all square after the 18th hole, each side earned half a point toward their team total. The team that accumulated at least 30\u00bd points won the competition.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 30], "content_span": [31, 274]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277366-0003-0000", "contents": "2018 Arnold Palmer Cup, Michael Carter award\nThe Michael Carter Award winners were Olivia Mehaffey and Collin Morikawa.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 44], "content_span": [45, 119]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277367-0000-0000", "contents": "2018 Artsakh Football League\nThe 2018 Artsakh Football League was the 1st official professional season of the Artsakh Football League. It started on the 14 July and ended on 18th of November. It was composed of eight clubs which competed for the title.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [28, 28], "content_span": [29, 252]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277367-0001-0000", "contents": "2018 Artsakh Football League, Participants\nEight Teams took part in the 2018 competition. All eight clubs had participated in the past in other competitions and tournaments, but this was the first year for them in the Artsakh Football League.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 42], "content_span": [43, 242]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277367-0002-0000", "contents": "2018 Artsakh Football League, Results\nThe league was played in two stage, one home and one away, for a total of 14 matches per team.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 37], "content_span": [38, 132]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277368-0000-0000", "contents": "2018 As-Suwayda attacks\nThe 2018 As-Suwayda attacks were a string of suicide bombings and gun attacks that took place in and around As-Suwayda, Syria on 25 July, killing at least 258 people and injuring 180 others. The attacks were committed by the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) and largely targeted Syria's Druze minority.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [23, 23], "content_span": [24, 337]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277368-0001-0000", "contents": "2018 As-Suwayda attacks, Attacks\nThe attackers began by assaulting defensive positions in the city. When they depleted their ammunition, they detonated their explosive vests. The Syrian Arab News Agency reported two separate suicide attacks in Suweida, with security forces killing two other attackers before they could blow themselves up, and arresting another inside Suwaida General Hospital. Groups of militants also attacked areas in the Al-Mushannaf nahiyah in a coordinated assault and four villages ( Al-Sbeky , Ramy , Ghethet-Hamael and Tarbeh ), gaining temporary control of several settlements, slaughtered families in their houses and seizing hostages.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 32], "content_span": [33, 663]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277368-0001-0001", "contents": "2018 As-Suwayda attacks, Attacks\nLocal people gathered and defended their villages with simple weapons and retook the villages without support of governmental forces . A substantial number of Druze militias were involved in driving the ISIL forces back, most notably the Rijal al-Karama movement and the Mountain Brigade, one of whose sub-commanders (Sheikh Abu Mu'annis Nabil Saymu'a) was killed in course of the fighting. The SSNP also aided the local pro-government defenders, whilst the Syrian Army arrived in the area two days after the combat had ended.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 32], "content_span": [33, 560]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277368-0002-0000", "contents": "2018 As-Suwayda attacks, Attacks\nA suicide bombing in a vegetable market in the capital of the province, Al Suwayda, resulted in at least 38 casualties. Following the attack, three captured ISIL fighters were publicly hanged by the angry local Druze people in the provincial capital.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 32], "content_span": [33, 283]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277368-0003-0000", "contents": "2018 As-Suwayda attacks, Casualties\nInitially, the head of the Sweida health authority told the pro-Damascus Sham FM radio some 96 people were killed and 176 wounded in total. Later, the director of health updated the number of deaths and injuries and said that 215 people were killed and 180 others injured in the attacks. The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, a UK-based monitoring group, reported 258 deaths (142 civilians and 116 government fighters), in addition to 63 ISIL fighters. Also, between 14-20 and 36 Druze women and children were abducted by ISIL fighters during the raid, and taken to their holdouts in the desert.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 35], "content_span": [36, 634]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277368-0003-0001", "contents": "2018 As-Suwayda attacks, Casualties\nAfterward some managed to escape while several died in captivity. ISIL executed all the Druze men they've captured. ISIL executed several Syrian army soldiers and NDF members captured during the raid, posting videos of their executions on the Internet. ISIL had threatened to execute the captured Druze women if the Syrian army didn't stop their offensive against ISIL in the Yarmouk basin in western Daraa province.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 35], "content_span": [36, 452]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277368-0004-0000", "contents": "2018 As-Suwayda attacks, Aftermath\nAs-Suwayda Governor Amer al-Eshi reported that the city had been secured by evening. The state-run television station, Ikhbariyah TV, reported that the Syrian Air Force has launched a bombing campaign on ISIS-held villages of al-Matouna, Duma, and Tima. On the 31st of July 2018, in exchange for the release of the Druze women captured by ISIL in the raid in eastern Suweida, the Syrian Army evacuated hundreds of ISIL fighters from the Yarmouk basin in western Daraa to their strongholds in the Badiya region in eastern Syria Desert.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 34], "content_span": [35, 569]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277368-0004-0001", "contents": "2018 As-Suwayda attacks, Aftermath\nMany Druze people were very angry with the Syrian Military because of the incompetent security measures in Suwayda province, accusing the Syrian Government of deliberately allowing the attacks so that they can have a casus belli to reimpose stricter government control over the Suwayda province and end the Druze autonomy, especially because the attack was made by ISIL fighters evacuated from Southern Damascus to Eastern Syria Desert in May 2018.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 34], "content_span": [35, 483]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277368-0005-0000", "contents": "2018 As-Suwayda attacks, Aftermath\nAfterwards, the Syrian government offered a deal to ISIL, that the 30+ captured Druze civilians will be swapped in the prisoner exchange for over 200 ISIL fighters of Jaysh Khaled bin Walid who surrendered in southwestern Daraa on 31 July 2018, however ISIL forces in Badiya region refused the prisoner exchange, and instead requested a large sum of ransom money for the release of the captured Druze civilians, which the Syrian army refused to pay.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 34], "content_span": [35, 484]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277368-0005-0001", "contents": "2018 As-Suwayda attacks, Aftermath\nIn order to pressure the Syrian government to pay the ransom, ISIL executed one of the male Druze civilians captured in the raid on August 2, and posted the video of his execution on the internet. In response, the Syrian army threatened ISIL forces in Badiya region that if they did not release the captives, that they would be destroyed in the upcoming military operation in Badiya al Sham region. It was reported from local residents that the defense forces belonging to Al-Baath Party removed its defensive medium-sized weapons four days before the attack despite knowing the imminent threats.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 34], "content_span": [35, 631]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277369-0000-0000", "contents": "2018 Asdira funeral bombing\nThe 2018 Asdira funeral bombing took place on April 12, 2018 in the village of Asdira, located in the Al-Shirqat District of Saladin Governorate in Iraq. The bombing killed 25 people and wounded 18 others. The attack took place at a funeral for Iraqi fighters who had been killed by ISIS.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [27, 27], "content_span": [28, 316]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277370-0000-0000", "contents": "2018 Asia Cup\nThe 2018 Asia Cup (also known as Unimoni Asia Cup for sponsorship reasons) was a One-Day International (ODI) cricket tournament that was held in the United Arab Emirates in September 2018. It was the 14th edition of the Asia Cup and the third time the tournament was played in the United Arab Emirates, after the 1984 and 1995 tournaments. India were the defending champions, and retained their title, after beating Bangladesh by three wickets in the final.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 13], "section_span": [13, 13], "content_span": [14, 471]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277370-0001-0000", "contents": "2018 Asia Cup\nThe five full members of the Asian Cricket Council took part in the tournament: Afghanistan, Bangladesh, India, Pakistan and Sri Lanka. They were joined by Hong Kong, who won the 2018 Asia Cup Qualifier tournament. Hong Kong had lost their ODI status after finishing tenth in the 2018 Cricket World Cup Qualifier in March. However, on 9 September 2018, the International Cricket Council (ICC) awarded ODI status to all matches in the tournament.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 13], "section_span": [13, 13], "content_span": [14, 459]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277370-0002-0000", "contents": "2018 Asia Cup, Background\nOriginally, the tournament was scheduled to be played in India. It was moved to the United Arab Emirates, following ongoing political tensions between India and Pakistan.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 13], "section_span": [15, 25], "content_span": [26, 196]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277370-0003-0000", "contents": "2018 Asia Cup, Background\nOn 29 October 2015, following the Asian Cricket Council (ACC) meeting in Singapore, the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) secretary stated that the 2018 edition of the tournament would be held in India. In August 2017, the BCCI sought government clearance to host the tournament, after the 2017 ACC Under-19 Asia Cup was moved to Malaysia. In April 2018, Mohammed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, the Crown Prince of Abu Dhabi, asked if the BCCI and ACC would consider hosting the tournament in Abu Dhabi, in a bid to ensure Pakistan's participation.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 13], "section_span": [15, 25], "content_span": [26, 575]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277370-0004-0000", "contents": "2018 Asia Cup, Background\nPakistan were scheduled to host the 2018 ACC Emerging Teams Asia Cup ahead of the tournament in April. With the announcement that the Asia Cup would be played in the United Arab Emirates, the Emerging Teams Asia Cup was moved to December 2018, with Sri Lanka co-hosting the tournament with Pakistan.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 13], "section_span": [15, 25], "content_span": [26, 325]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277370-0005-0000", "contents": "2018 Asia Cup, Format\nThe schedule and format of the tournament was announced on 24 July 2018, with the six teams split into two groups of three. The top two teams from each of the groups progressed to the Super Four section of the tournament. From there, the top two teams of the Super Four section played each other in the final. Initially, the team that finishes second in Group A were scheduled to play their first Super Four game in Abu Dhabi. However, India would be based in Dubai, irrespective of where they finish in the pool. On 19 September 2018, the Asian Cricket Council (ACC) revised the schedule for the Super Four section The captains of Bangladesh and Pakistan were both critical of the ACC's new schedule.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 13], "section_span": [15, 21], "content_span": [22, 723]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277370-0006-0000", "contents": "2018 Asia Cup, Squads\nBefore the start of the tournament, Wafadar Momand was ruled out of Afghanistan's squad due to injury and was replaced by Yamin Ahmadzai, and Mominul Haque was added to Bangladesh's squad. Dinesh Chandimal and Danushka Gunathilaka were ruled out of Sri Lanka's squad due to injury. They were replaced by Niroshan Dickwella and Shehan Jayasuriya respectively. Bangladesh's Tamim Iqbal suffered a wrist injury in the opening match and was ruled out of the rest of the tournament.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 13], "section_span": [15, 21], "content_span": [22, 499]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277370-0007-0000", "contents": "2018 Asia Cup, Squads\nAfter the conclusion of the India-Pakistan match in the group stage, Hardik Pandya, Axar Patel and Shardul Thakur were all ruled out of India's squad for the rest of the tournament due to injuries. They were replaced by Ravindra Jadeja, Deepak Chahar and Siddarth Kaul. At the Super Four stage of the tournament, Soumya Sarkar and Imrul Kayes were added to Bangladesh's squad. Shakib Al Hasan was ruled out of Bangladesh's final Super Four match, and the rest of the tournament, due to an injury he initially sustained in January 2018, during the final of the Bangladesh Tri-Nation Series.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 13], "section_span": [15, 21], "content_span": [22, 611]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277370-0008-0000", "contents": "2018 Asia Cup, Match officials\nThe ICC appointed the following umpires and match referees for all thirteen matches. Six match officiating umpires were from participating countries of the Asia Cup who are the members of ICC International Panel of Umpires, four umpires were from neutral countries, while the remaining two umpires belonged to the Elite Panel of ICC Umpires.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 13], "section_span": [15, 30], "content_span": [31, 372]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277370-0009-0000", "contents": "2018 Asia Cup, Group stage\nBangladesh faced Sri Lanka in the opening game of the tournament at the Dubai International Cricket Stadium. It was Bangladesh's first match in the United Arab Emirates since April 1995, when they faced Pakistan in the 1995 Asia Cup.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 13], "section_span": [15, 26], "content_span": [27, 260]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277370-0010-0000", "contents": "2018 Asia Cup, Group stage\nIn Group B, Sri Lanka were eliminated from the tournament, after losing both of their matches. Therefore Afghanistan and Bangladesh progressed to the Super Four section of the competition. In Group A, Hong Kong also lost both of their matches, meaning that India and Pakistan progressed to the Super Fours.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 13], "section_span": [15, 26], "content_span": [27, 333]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277370-0011-0000", "contents": "2018 Asia Cup, Super Four\nIn the penultimate round of Super Four matches, India beat Pakistan by nine wickets and Bangladesh beat Afghanistan by three runs. Therefore, India progressed to the final of the tournament and Afghanistan were eliminated. In the final Super Four match, Bangladesh beat Pakistan by 37 runs to advance to the final.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 13], "section_span": [15, 25], "content_span": [26, 340]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277370-0012-0000", "contents": "2018 Asia Cup, Super Four\nIn India's last Super Four match, against Afghanistan, captain Rohit Sharma and vice-captain Shikhar Dhawan were both rested for the match. MS Dhoni was named captain of the side in their absence, and became the first cricketer to lead India 200 times in ODIs. Dhoni became the oldest player to lead India in an ODI. The match finished in a tie, the first time this had occurred in the Asia Cup. It was also the first time that Afghanistan were involved in a tied game in ODIs.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 13], "section_span": [15, 25], "content_span": [26, 503]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277371-0000-0000", "contents": "2018 Asia Cup Final\nThe 2018 Asia Cup Final was the final of the 2018 Asia Cup, a One Day International cricket tournament, and was played between India and Bangladesh on 28 September 2018 in Dubai. India were the defending champions, and retained their title by beating Bangladesh by three wickets in the final over.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [19, 19], "content_span": [20, 317]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277371-0001-0000", "contents": "2018 Asia Cup Final, Background\nThe 2018 Asia Cup started on 15 September 2018 and was hosted by United Arab Emirates across 2 venues. Five full member national teams and an associate team from the qualifier were split into two groups of three. The top two teams from each of the groups progressed to the Super Four section of the tournament. From there, the top two teams of the Super Four section played each other in the final. Initially, the team that finishes second in Group A were scheduled to play their first Super Four game in Abu Dhabi. However, BCCI later announced that India would be based in Dubai, irrespective of their standing in Super Four.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 31], "content_span": [32, 659]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277371-0002-0000", "contents": "2018 Asia Cup Final, Road to the final, India\nIn the second match of group A, India beat Hong Kong by 26 runs, with Khaleel Ahmed making his debut for India in the match. Shikhar Dhawan's 14th ODI century carried India to 285 for 7, with Hong Kong's bowlers negating a powerful start to allow only 48 runs in the last 10 overs. They carried that momentum with them when they came out to bat, with openers Nizakat Khan and Anshuman Rath putting on a 174-run partnership, the highest for Hong Kong in ODIs.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 45], "content_span": [46, 504]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277371-0002-0001", "contents": "2018 Asia Cup Final, Road to the final, India\nOn 19 September 2018, India faced rivals Pakistan and followed the close match against Hong Kong to with a much improved bowling performance and registered their most comfortable chase against Pakistan, winning with 126 balls remaining. Pakistan had shown a lack of experience of batting through 50-over innings by attempting big shots every time they were tied down. India had won two ODIs on consecutive days and headed to the Super Four stage as leaders of the group.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 45], "content_span": [46, 516]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277371-0002-0002", "contents": "2018 Asia Cup Final, Road to the final, India\nIn the first match of Super Four, India beat Bangladesh by 7 wickets, with Rohit Sharma's unbeaten 83 from 104 balls the major contribution in India successfully chasing the total of 173. In the next match India faced Pakistan again and openers Rohit Sharma and Shikhar Dhawan starred with the bat as India defeated their rivals Pakistan by nine-wickets and qualified for the final.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 45], "content_span": [46, 428]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277371-0002-0003", "contents": "2018 Asia Cup Final, Road to the final, India\nSharma, the Indian skipper, scored his 19th ODI century, while Dhawan scored his 15th and their partnership of 210 was India's highest while batting second against Pakistan and in their highest for the first wicket in Asia Cup history. In the process, Sharma scored his 7,000th run in ODI cricket. On 25 September 2018, India faced Afghanistan in their final game of the Super Four stage.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 45], "content_span": [46, 434]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277371-0002-0004", "contents": "2018 Asia Cup Final, Road to the final, India\nLeft needing seven runs off the final over, with one wicket in hand, India scored six runs off first four balls to level the scores, but with the fifth, Rashid Khan got the better of Ravindra Jadeja to bowl India out for 252, leaving the match tied. This was the first tie in the history of the Asia Cup and the first tied ODI featuring Afghanistan.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 45], "content_span": [46, 395]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277371-0003-0000", "contents": "2018 Asia Cup Final, Road to the final, Bangladesh\nOn 15 September 2018, Bangladesh produced an all-round performance to defeat Sri Lanka by 137 runs in the first match in the group B of the Asia Cup, recording their biggest win in the history of Asia Cup. In the next match they were bowled out for just 119 runs to suffer 136 run defeat to Afghanistan, but still qualified to the Super Four stage. They faced India in the Super Four on September 21, when they only made 173 runs and lost by 7 wickets.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 50], "content_span": [51, 505]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277371-0003-0001", "contents": "2018 Asia Cup Final, Road to the final, Bangladesh\nOn 23 September, Bangladesh beat Afghanistan by 3 runs in their second Super Four match and kept their chances of qualifying for the finals in their own hands. Chasing 250 to win, Afghanistan needed 8 runs off the last over, but Mustafizur Rahman restricted them to just 4 to help his team win. On 25 September, Bangladesh beat Pakistan by 37 runs to confirm their berth in the Asia Cup 2018 final against India. This was Bangladesh's first win against Pakistan at the Asia Cup.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 50], "content_span": [51, 529]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277371-0004-0000", "contents": "2018 Asia Cup Final, Venue\nThe match was played at Dubai International Cricket Stadium in UAE.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 26], "content_span": [27, 94]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277371-0005-0000", "contents": "2018 Asia Cup Final, Match, Bangladesh innings\nMehedi Hasan opened the innings with Liton Das, the first time he had done so in ODIs. Their opening stand of 120 was Bangladesh's highest since 31 December 2016, when Imrul Kayes and Tamim Iqbal put on 102 runs against New Zealand. With the fifth ball of the 21st over, Kedar Jadhav took the wicket of Mehedi for 32, followed by that of Mushfiqur Rahim six overs later, either side of Chahal trapping Kayes LBW in the 24th over. Das brought up his maiden ODI century in the 29th over, having faced 87 balls.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 46], "content_span": [47, 555]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277371-0005-0001", "contents": "2018 Asia Cup Final, Match, Bangladesh innings\nIn the 33rd over, Kuldeep Yadav took his first wicket in the match to dismiss Mahmudullah, later also dismissing Das and Mashrafe Mortaza, both stumped by MS Dhoni. Soumya Sarkar provided some resistance in the end to drag Bangladesh beyond the 200-run mark as they managed to make 222 all out with nine balls left. Yadav finished the innings with figures of 3/45 and Jadhav 2/41 to help India regain control. Das was the top-scorer with 121 off 117 balls.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 46], "content_span": [47, 503]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277371-0006-0000", "contents": "2018 Asia Cup Final, Match, Indian innings\nThe Indian team did not start well, losing the wickets of Shikhar Dhawan and Ambati Rayudu in the first eight overs. Rohit Sharma, with a score of 48, and Dinesh Karthik, with 37, steadied the run chase for India in the middle overs. After the departure of Rohit, Karthik built a 54-run partnership with MS Dhoni, before the Bangladesh bowlers dismissed them both to put India back under pressure. Ravindra Jadeja and Bhuvneshwar Kumar then put together a 45-run partnership for the seventh wicket to take India close to their target. Kedar Jadhav, who had retired hurt after suffering a hamstring injury, returned in the penultimate over and took India across the line on the final ball of the match.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 42], "content_span": [43, 744]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277371-0007-0000", "contents": "2018 Asia Cup Final, Match, Scorecard\nFall of wickets: 1-120 (Mehedi, 20.5 overs), 2-128 (Kayes, 23.5 overs), 3-137 (Rahim, 26.5 overs), 4-139 (Mithun, 28 overs), 5-151 (Mahmudullah, 32.2 overs), 6-188 (Das, 41 overs), 7-196 (Mortaza, 42.5 overs), 8-213 (Nazmul, 46.4 overs), 9-222 (Sarkar 48.1 overs), 10-222 (Rubel 48.3 overs)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 37], "content_span": [38, 328]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277371-0008-0000", "contents": "2018 Asia Cup Final, Match, Scorecard\nFall of wickets: 1-35 (Dhawan, 4.4 overs), 2-46 (Rayudu, 7.3 overs), 3-83 (Sharma, 16.4 overs), 4-137 (Karthik, 30.4 overs), 5-160 (Dhoni, 36.1 overs), 6-212 (Jadeja, 47.2 overs), 7-214 (Kumar, 48.1 overs)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 37], "content_span": [38, 243]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277372-0000-0000", "contents": "2018 Asia Cup Qualifier\nThe 2018 Asia Cup Qualifier was a cricket tournament that was held in Malaysia from 29 August to 6 September 2018. The event served as the qualifier for the 2018 Asia Cup. The top two teams from the group stage met in the final, with the winner progressing to the 2018 Asia Cup. The fixture between the United Arab Emirates and Nepal on 30 August 2018 was a One Day International (ODI) match. It was the first time both sides had played each other in an ODI match, with the UAE going on to win the fixture by 78 runs.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [23, 23], "content_span": [24, 541]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277372-0001-0000", "contents": "2018 Asia Cup Qualifier\nThe United Arab Emirates finished top of the group stage with eight points. They were joined in the final by Hong Kong, who finished second with seven points, and a better net run rate than Oman, who also finished with seven points. Hong Kong won the final, beating the UAE by two wickets, to qualify for the 2018 Asia Cup. Hong Kong's captain, Anshuman Rath, said afterwards that \"all the hard work that has gone in this tournament over the last couple of months really has paid off\".", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [23, 23], "content_span": [24, 509]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277372-0002-0000", "contents": "2018 Asia Cup Qualifier, Squads\nThe following teams and squads were selected to take part:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 31], "content_span": [32, 90]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277372-0003-0000", "contents": "2018 Asia Cup Qualifier, Squads\nPrior to the tournament, Anshuman Rath replaced Babar Hayat as captain of Hong Kong. Jhathavedh Subramanyan was ruled out of Hong Kong's squad with injury, and was replaced by Aftab Hussain.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 31], "content_span": [32, 222]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277373-0000-0000", "contents": "2018 Asia League season\nThe 2018 Asia League season consists of the Summer Super 8 tournament in July and The Terrific 12 tournament in September 2018 which are organized by Asia League Limited.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [23, 23], "content_span": [24, 194]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277373-0001-0000", "contents": "2018 Asia League season, Summer Super 8\nThe Summer Super 8, which featured eight teams was held from 17 to 22 July 2018 at the Macau East Asian Games Dome in Cotai, Macau. The Guangzhou Long Lions of the Chinese Basketball Association won over the Seoul Samsung Thunders of the Korean Basketball League in the final.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 39], "content_span": [40, 316]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277373-0002-0000", "contents": "2018 Asia League season, The Terrific 12\nThe Terrific 12 tournament took place at the Studio City Event Center in Macau from 18 to 23 September. Unlike in the Super Summer 8, imports are eligible to compete in The Terrific 12. The group stage featured four groups of three with the top team advancing to the semifinal.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 40], "content_span": [41, 318]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277373-0003-0000", "contents": "2018 Asia League season, Summer Super 8 Coaches' Clinic\nThe Summer Super 8 Coaches\u2019 Clinic was led by CBA Xinjiang Flying Tigers\u2019 head coach Brian Goorjian, and former B.LEAGUE Tochigi Brex head coach Tom Wisman. The clinic also featured former Philippine national player and San Miguel Alab Pilipinas, Jimmy Alapag.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 55], "content_span": [56, 316]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277373-0004-0000", "contents": "2018 Asia League season, Summer Super 8 Coaches' Clinic\nThe two-day programme was delivered at the tournament venue, the Macao East Asian Games Dome, from 19 \u2013 20 July 2018. 58 coaches from around the region participated in the clinic, all of whom received Asia League certification following its completion.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 55], "content_span": [56, 308]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277374-0000-0000", "contents": "2018 Asia Pacific Masters Games\nThe 2018 Asia Pacific Masters Games (Malay: Sukan Masters Asia Pasifik 2018), the inaugural edition of the Asia Pacific Masters Games, was held in the Malaysian state of Penang from 7 to 15 September 2018. Organised by the International Masters Games Association (IMGA), it is the first ever Masters Games for the Asia-Pacific region.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [31, 31], "content_span": [32, 366]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277374-0001-0000", "contents": "2018 Asia Pacific Masters Games\nThe multi-sport event is open to participants of all abilities and most ages \u2013 the minimum age criterion ranges between 25 and 35 years depending on the sport. There are no competition qualification requirements apart from the age requirement and membership in that sport's governing body.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [31, 31], "content_span": [32, 321]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277374-0002-0000", "contents": "2018 Asia Pacific Masters Games, Host city\nPenang was selected as the host of the inaugural edition of the Asia Pacific Masters Games during a bidding process in Nice, France in 2015.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 42], "content_span": [43, 183]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277374-0003-0000", "contents": "2018 Asia Pacific Masters Games, Venues\n18 venues within Penang's four districts were utilised in the Asia Pacific Masters Games. Most of the venues for the event are situated around Penang's capital city, George Town on Penang Island.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 39], "content_span": [40, 235]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277374-0004-0000", "contents": "2018 Asia Pacific Masters Games, Mascot\nCun the cat is the official mascot of the 2018 Asia Pacific Masters Games.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 39], "content_span": [40, 114]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277374-0005-0000", "contents": "2018 Asia Pacific Masters Games, Sports\nThe inaugural edition of the Asia Pacific Masters Games in 2018 will include 22 sports.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 39], "content_span": [40, 127]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277374-0006-0000", "contents": "2018 Asia Pacific Masters Games, Participating Nations\nBelow are the countries of origin of the participating athletes. Note that there are no national delegations in Masters Games, as the athletes compete on their own.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 54], "content_span": [55, 219]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277374-0007-0000", "contents": "2018 Asia Pacific Masters Games, Athlete's death\nOn 13 September 2018, Ukrainian football player Oleksandr Shcherbinin died of a heart attack in his hotel room at 6.45 am, after he complained of chest pain and collapsed.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 48], "content_span": [49, 220]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277375-0000-0000", "contents": "2018 Asia Rugby Championship\nThe 2018 Asia Rugby Championship was the fourth annual rugby union series for the top-level Asia Rugby nations. The Asia Rugby Championship in 2018 formed part of the World Cup qualifying process and, as such, did not include Japan who had already qualified as the 2019 Rugby World Cup host. Hong Kong and South Korea were joined by Malaysia, promoted from Division 1, to compete in the 2018 series. Other Asian nations played in the lower division tournaments.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [28, 28], "content_span": [29, 490]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277375-0001-0000", "contents": "2018 Asia Rugby Championship\nThe format of the tri-nations series is a double round-robin where the three teams play each other twice on a home and away basis. The team finishing on top of the standings at the end of the series is declared the winner. The 2018 series winner Hong Kong advanced to a cross-regional play-off series against Oceania 4, Cook Islands, to earn a berth in the repechage tournament.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [28, 28], "content_span": [29, 407]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277375-0002-0000", "contents": "2018 Asia Rugby Championship, Teams\nThe teams involved, with their world rankings prior to the 2018 tournament in brackets:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 35], "content_span": [36, 123]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277376-0000-0000", "contents": "2018 Asia Rugby Championship division tournaments\nThe 2018 Asia Rugby Championship division tournaments refers to the divisions played within the annual international rugby union tournament for the Asian region. The Asia Rugby Championship (ARC) replaced the Asian Five Nations tournament in 2015. The main tournament is now contested by the top three teams in Asia. The other national teams in Asia compete in three divisions.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 49], "section_span": [49, 49], "content_span": [50, 427]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277376-0001-0000", "contents": "2018 Asia Rugby Championship division tournaments, Teams\nNote:The national teams from United Arab Emirates, Sri Lanka (both Division I) and Laos (Division 3 East) were originally scheduled to play in their respective divisions, but withdrew prior to the draw being finalised.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 49], "section_span": [51, 56], "content_span": [57, 275]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277376-0002-0000", "contents": "2018 Asia Rugby Championship division tournaments, Division 1\nThe Division 1 tournament consists of two matches between the Philippines and Singapore on 23 and 26 June. Both games took place at Southern Plains in Calamba, Laguna.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 49], "section_span": [51, 61], "content_span": [62, 229]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277376-0003-0000", "contents": "2018 Asia Rugby Championship division tournaments, Division 2\nThe Division 2 tournament was held during May 2018 in Pattaya, Thailand.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 49], "section_span": [51, 61], "content_span": [62, 134]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277376-0004-0000", "contents": "2018 Asia Rugby Championship division tournaments, Division 2\nFour points for a win, two for a draw, one bonus point for four tries or more (BP1) and one bonus point for losing by seven or less (BP2).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 49], "section_span": [51, 61], "content_span": [62, 200]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277376-0005-0000", "contents": "2018 Asia Rugby Championship division tournaments, Division 3 West\nThe Division 3 West tournament was held during April 2018 in Beirut, Lebanon.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 49], "section_span": [51, 66], "content_span": [67, 144]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277376-0006-0000", "contents": "2018 Asia Rugby Championship division tournaments, Division 3 East\nThe Division 3 East tournament was held during May 2018 in Brunei.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 49], "section_span": [51, 66], "content_span": [67, 133]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277376-0007-0000", "contents": "2018 Asia Rugby Championship division tournaments, Division 3 Central\nThe Division 3 Central tournament was held during May 2018 in Almaty, Kazakhstan.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 49], "section_span": [51, 69], "content_span": [70, 151]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277377-0000-0000", "contents": "2018 Asia Rugby Sevens Series\nThe 2018 Asia Rugby Sevens Series was the tenth edition of Asia's continental sevens circuit. The lower-tier Trophy tournament, hosted in Singapore, served as a qualifier, with the top team qualifying for the main series hosted in Hong Kong, South Korea, and Sri Lanka.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [29, 29], "content_span": [30, 299]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277377-0001-0000", "contents": "2018 Asia Rugby Sevens Series\nJapan won all three tournaments of the 2018 series to retain their title as champions of Asia. Hong Kong and Philippines, as the two highest placed teams not already having core status on the Sevens World Series, gained entry to the 2019 Hong Kong Sevens for a chance to qualify as core teams for the following World Series.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [29, 29], "content_span": [30, 354]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277377-0002-0000", "contents": "2018 Asia Rugby Sevens Series\nUnited Arab Emirates won the 2018 Asia Rugby Sevens Trophy, and qualified to the 2019 Asia Rugby Sevens Series, replacing the eighth placed team of 2018 Asia Rugby Sevens Series. Malaysia.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [29, 29], "content_span": [30, 218]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277377-0003-0000", "contents": "2018 Asia Rugby Sevens Series, Trophy\nThe men's trophy was held 4\u20135 August at Queenstown Stadium in Singapore. All times in Singapore Standard Time (UTC+08:00).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 37], "content_span": [38, 160]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277377-0004-0000", "contents": "2018 Asia Rugby Sevens Series, Asia Rugby Sevens Series, Hong Kong\nThe tournament was held 14\u201315 September in Hong Kong. All times in Hong Kong Time (UTC+08:00).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 66], "content_span": [67, 162]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277377-0005-0000", "contents": "2018 Asia Rugby Sevens Series, Asia Rugby Sevens Series, South Korea\nThe men's trophy was held 29\u201330 September in Incheon. All times in Korea Standard Time (UTC+09:00).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 68], "content_span": [69, 168]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277377-0006-0000", "contents": "2018 Asia Rugby Sevens Series, Asia Rugby Sevens Series, Sri Lanka\nThe tournament was held 13\u201314 October in Colombo. All times in Sri Lanka Standard Time (UTC+05:30).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 66], "content_span": [67, 167]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277378-0000-0000", "contents": "2018 Asia Rugby Women's Sevens Series\nThe 2018 Asia Rugby Women's Sevens Series was the nineteenth edition of Asia's continental sevens tournament. The series will be played over three legs in Hong Kong, South Korea, and Sri Lanka.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [37, 37], "content_span": [38, 231]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277378-0001-0000", "contents": "2018 Asia Rugby Women's Sevens Series\nThe top two teams that are not already core teams on the 2018\u201319 World Rugby Women's Sevens Series will earn qualification to the 2019 Hong Kong Women's Sevens for a chance to earn core team status for the following World Series.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [37, 37], "content_span": [38, 267]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277378-0002-0000", "contents": "2018 Asia Rugby Women's Sevens Series, Hong Kong\nThe tournament was held 14\u201315 September in Hong Kong. All times in Hong Kong Time (UTC+08:00).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 48], "content_span": [49, 143]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277378-0003-0000", "contents": "2018 Asia Rugby Women's Sevens Series, South Korea\nThe tournament was held 29\u201330 September in Incheon. All times in Korea Standard Time (UTC+09:00).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 50], "content_span": [51, 148]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277378-0004-0000", "contents": "2018 Asia Rugby Women's Sevens Series, Sri Lanka\nThe tournament will be held 13\u201314 October in Colombo. All times in Sri Lanka Standard Time (UTC+05:30).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 48], "content_span": [49, 153]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277379-0000-0000", "contents": "2018 Asia-Oceania Korfball Championship\nThe 2018 Asia-Oceania Korfball Championship is being held in Saitama, Japan with 10 national teams in competition, from July 29 to August 5. It is the tenth edition of the Asia-Oceania Korfball Championship and serves as a qualifier for the 2019 IKF World Korfball Championship, with the top 6 teams qualifying (with a minimum of 1 for Oceania). Chinese Taipei are the defending champions and have all previous editions, except the edition of 2004 which was won by Australia.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [39, 39], "content_span": [40, 515]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277379-0001-0000", "contents": "2018 Asia-Oceania Korfball Championship, Group Stage\nThe ten participating teams were drawn into two groups of five, with teams in each group playing one another in a round-robin basis. The top two teams in each group qualify for the semi-finals, while the teams finishing third and fourth playoff for places 5 to 8. The two teams finishing last will play for 9th place.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 52], "content_span": [53, 370]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277379-0002-0000", "contents": "2018 Asia-Oceania Korfball Championship, Final standings\nThe top 6 qualified for the 2019 IKF World Korfball Championship.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 56], "content_span": [57, 122]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277380-0000-0000", "contents": "2018 Asia-Pacific Rally Championship\nThe 2018 Asia-Pacific Rally Championship season is an international rally championship sanctioned by the FIA. It is being held for the 31st time. The championship was contested by a combination of regulations with Group R competing directly against Super 2000 cars for points.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [36, 36], "content_span": [37, 313]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277380-0001-0000", "contents": "2018 Asia-Pacific Rally Championship\nThe championship began in New Zealand on 4 May and is scheduled to finish in China on 21 October after five rallies. A sixth event in India in December was cancelled.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [36, 36], "content_span": [37, 203]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277380-0002-0000", "contents": "2018 Asia-Pacific Rally Championship, Championship standings\nNote: 1\u00a0\u2013 14 refers to the bonus points awarded for each leg of the rally for the first five place getters, 1st (7), 2nd (5), 3rd (3), 4th (2), 5th (1). There were two bonus legs for each rally.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 60], "content_span": [61, 255]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277381-0000-0000", "contents": "2018 Asian Airgun Championships\nThe 2018 Asian Airgun Championships were held in Sheikh Sabah Al-Ahmad Olympic Shooting Complex Kuwait City, Kuwait between November 2 and 12, 2018.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [31, 31], "content_span": [32, 180]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277382-0000-0000", "contents": "2018 Asian Alpine Ski Championships\nThe 2018 Asian Alpine Ski Championships were the 27th Asian Alpine Ski Championships and took place from March 4\u20136, 2018, in Darbandsar Ski Resort, Darband Sar, Iran.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [35, 35], "content_span": [36, 202]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277383-0000-0000", "contents": "2018 Asian Beach Volleyball Championships\nThe 2018 Asian Beach Volleyball Championship was a beach volleyball event, that was held from 24 to 28 September, 2018 in Satun, Thailand.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [41, 41], "content_span": [42, 180]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277384-0000-0000", "contents": "2018 Asian Boys' U18 Volleyball Championship\nThe 2018 Asian Boys' U18 Volleyball Championship was the 12th edition of the Asian Boys' U18 Volleyball Championship, a biennial international volleyball tournament organised by the Asian Volleyball Confederation (AVC) with Islamic Republic of Iran Volleyball Federation (IRIVF). The tournament was held in Tabriz, Iran from 29 June to 6 July 2018. The top four teams of the tournament qualified for the 2019 FIVB Volleyball Boys' U19 World Championship as the AVC representatives.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [44, 44], "content_span": [45, 526]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277384-0001-0000", "contents": "2018 Asian Boys' U18 Volleyball Championship\nPlayers must be born on or after 1 January 2001. And they can enroll themselves maximum for one championship.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [44, 44], "content_span": [45, 154]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277384-0002-0000", "contents": "2018 Asian Boys' U18 Volleyball Championship\nOn 14 December 2020, the AVC announced that the 2020 Asian Boys' U18 Volleyball Championship which was originally the AVC qualifier for the 2021 FIVB Volleyball Boys' U19 World Championship was canceled due to COVID-19 pandemic and the top four teams of the tournament which had not yet qualified to the 2021 U19 World Championship qualified for the 2021 U19 World Championship as the AVC representatives.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [44, 44], "content_span": [45, 450]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277384-0003-0000", "contents": "2018 Asian Boys' U18 Volleyball Championship, Qualification\nThe 18 AVC member associations submitted their U18 boys' national team to the 2018 Asian U18 Championship. But, Uzbekistan later withdrew. The 17 AVC member associations were from 5 zonal associations, including, Central Asia (6 teams), East Asia (5 teams), Oceania (2 teams), Southeast Asia (2 teams) and West Asia (2 teams).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [46, 59], "content_span": [60, 386]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277384-0004-0000", "contents": "2018 Asian Boys' U18 Volleyball Championship, Pools composition\nThis was the first Asian U18 Championship which used the new competition format. Following the 2017 AVC Board of Administration's unanimous decision, the new format saw teams were drawn into six pools up to the total amount of the participating teams. Each team as well as the hosts was assigned into a pool according to their final standing of the 2017 edition. As the three best ranked teams were drawn in the same pool A, the next best three contested pool B, the next best three contested pool C. But, Uzbekistan withdrew after the draw. Final standing of the 2017 edition are shown in brackets.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [46, 63], "content_span": [64, 663]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277384-0005-0000", "contents": "2018 Asian Boys' U18 Volleyball Championship, Pool standing procedure\nMatch won 3\u20130 or 3\u20131: 3 match points for the winner, 0 match points for the loserMatch won 3\u20132: 2 match points for the winner, 1 match point for the loser", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [46, 69], "content_span": [70, 224]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277385-0000-0000", "contents": "2018 Asian Cycling Championships\nThe 2018 Asian Track Cycling Championships took place at the Velodrom Nasional Malaysia in Nilai, Malaysia from 16 to 20 February 2017. while the Asian Road Cycling Championships were held in Naypyidaw, Myanmar from 8 February to 10 February 2018.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [32, 32], "content_span": [33, 280]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277386-0000-0000", "contents": "2018 Asian Development Tour\nThe 2018 Asian Development Tour was the eighth season of the Asian Development Tour, a second-tier tour operated by the Asian Tour.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [27, 27], "content_span": [28, 159]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277386-0001-0000", "contents": "2018 Asian Development Tour, Order of Merit\nThe top five players on the Order of Merit earned Asian Tour cards for 2019.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 43], "content_span": [44, 120]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277387-0000-0000", "contents": "2018 Asian Fencing Championships\nThe 2018 Asian Fencing Championships were held in Bangkok, Thailand from 17 to 22 June 2018 at the Rangsit Campus.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [32, 32], "content_span": [33, 147]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277388-0000-0000", "contents": "2018 Asian Formula Renault Series\nThe 2018 Asian Formula Renault Series (aka AFR Series) is the 19th season of the AFR Series since its creation in 2000 by FRD. The season will begin on 17 March at the Zhuhai International Circuit and will end after six double-header events.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [33, 33], "content_span": [34, 275]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277388-0001-0000", "contents": "2018 Asian Formula Renault Series\nStarting from 2015, drivers and teams compete in two classes, Pro (Class A) for drivers and teams competing with the 2013 FR2.0 car, and Elite (Class B) for drivers and teams using the FR2.0 old spec cars.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [33, 33], "content_span": [34, 239]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277388-0002-0000", "contents": "2018 Asian Formula Renault Series\nAs part of an enhanced agreement with Renault Sport, the season will feature a scholarship program for young Chinese drivers, called Road to Champion. The winner among these drivers over the last three rounds of the championship will secure a link to race the following year in Europe with the help of Renault Sport.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [33, 33], "content_span": [34, 350]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277388-0003-0000", "contents": "2018 Asian Formula Renault Series\nBy virtue of a 67 point lead in the 2018 Team Championship at the conclusion of Race Two in Sepang on August 26, BlackArts Racing Team won the Team Championship for the 4th consecutive year in the Asia Formula Renault Series, with one round remaining.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [33, 33], "content_span": [34, 285]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277388-0004-0000", "contents": "2018 Asian Formula Renault Series, Race calendar and results\nThe calendar for the 2018 season was published on 9 November 2017.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 60], "content_span": [61, 127]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277388-0005-0000", "contents": "2018 Asian Formula Renault Series, Championship standings\nPoints are awarded to the top 14 classified finishers. Drivers in Pro and Elite classes are classified separately.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 57], "content_span": [58, 172]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277389-0000-0000", "contents": "2018 Asian Games\nThe 2018 Asian Games (Indonesian: Pesta Olahraga Asia 2018, Asian Games 2018), officially known as the 18th Asian Games and also known as Jakarta\u2013Palembang 2018, was a continental multi-sport event that was held from 18 August to 2 September 2018 in Jakarta and Palembang.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [16, 16], "content_span": [17, 289]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277389-0001-0000", "contents": "2018 Asian Games\nFor the first time, the Summer Asian Games were co-hosted by two regions; the Indonesian capital of Jakarta (which was hosting the Games for the first time since 1962), and Palembang, the capital of South Sumatra province. Events were held in and around the two cities, including venues in Bandung and the provinces of West Java and Banten. The opening and closing ceremonies of the Games were held at Gelora Bung Karno Stadium in Jakarta. The Games were originally awarded to Hanoi, Vietnam, but withdrew in 2014 due to budgetary concerns and other factors.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [16, 16], "content_span": [17, 575]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277389-0002-0000", "contents": "2018 Asian Games\nSeveral non-Olympic events were trimmed from the event programme, but several new disciplines being introduced at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo (including 3-on-3 basketball) were added. eSports and canoe polo were also contested as demonstration sports.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [16, 16], "content_span": [17, 274]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277389-0003-0000", "contents": "2018 Asian Games\nChina led the medal tally for the tenth consecutive time. North and South Korea fielded a unified team during the opening ceremony and selected events, and also won their first-ever gold medal as a unified team at a multi-sport event. 6 world, 18 Asian and 86 Asian Games records were broken during the Games, while Japanese swimmer Rikako Ikee was announced as the most valuable player.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [16, 16], "content_span": [17, 404]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277389-0004-0000", "contents": "2018 Asian Games, Bidding process\nThe OCA originally planned to hold these Games in 2019 rather than 2018, so that Asian Games would be held in the year immediately before the 2020 Summer Olympics instead of two years before. After they were awarded to Indonesia, the OCA backtracked on these plans and kept the Games in 2018, so that they would not interfere with the 2019 Indonesian general election.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [18, 33], "content_span": [34, 402]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277389-0005-0000", "contents": "2018 Asian Games, Bidding process, Initial bidding\nHanoi, Vietnam was originally selected to be the host after they won the bid against two other candidates, Surabaya and Dubai. They were awarded the winning bid on 8 November 2012, with 29 votes against Surabaya's 14 votes. Dubai pulled out at the last minute, instead announcing their intention to focus on future bids. The UAE's National Olympic Committee's vice-president denied any pullout and claimed that Dubai \"did not apply for hosting 2019 Asian Games\" and had \"only considered\" doing so.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [18, 50], "content_span": [51, 548]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277389-0006-0000", "contents": "2018 Asian Games, Bidding process, Initial bidding\nHowever, in March 2014, there were some concerns about Vietnam's ability to host. These included concerns over whether the anticipated budget of US$150 million was realistic. There were claims that the government would eventually spend over US$300 million. In addition, critics were concerned that several stadiums built in conjunction with the 2003 Southeast Asian Games had not been utilized since. Former chairman of the Vietnam Olympic Committee Ha Quang Du also claimed that hosting the Asian Games would not boost tourism in Vietnam.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [18, 50], "content_span": [51, 590]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277389-0007-0000", "contents": "2018 Asian Games, Bidding process, Initial bidding\nOn 17 April 2014, Vietnamese Prime Minister Nguy\u1ec5n T\u1ea5n D\u0169ng officially announced Hanoi's withdrawal from hosting, citing unpreparedness and economic recession as the main reasons for the withdrawal, saying \"they have left the country unable to afford the construction of facilities and venues\". Many Vietnamese people supported the decision to withdraw. No penalty was imposed for the withdrawal.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [18, 50], "content_span": [51, 448]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277389-0008-0000", "contents": "2018 Asian Games, Bidding process, Appointment of Jakarta and Palembang\nAfter Hanoi's withdrawal, the OCA said that Indonesia, China, and the United Arab Emirates were major candidates under consideration to host. Indonesia was widely regarded as a favourite, since Surabaya was the runner-up of the previous bid, and willing to do so if selected. The Philippines and India expressed their interest about hosting the Games, but India failed to submit a late bid because it was unable to get an audience with Prime Minister Narendra Modi after being given an extended deadline by the OCA.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [18, 71], "content_span": [72, 587]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277389-0009-0000", "contents": "2018 Asian Games, Bidding process, Appointment of Jakarta and Palembang\nOn 5 May 2014, the OCA visited several Indonesian cities, including Jakarta, Surabaya, Bandung, and Palembang. At this time Surabaya decided to drop their bid to host the Games and instead focus on hosting the already scheduled 2021 Asian Youth Games. On 25 July 2014, during a meeting in Kuwait City, the OCA appointed Jakarta as the host of the Games with Palembang as the supporting host. Jakarta was chosen because of its well-equipped sports facilities, adequate transportation networks, and other facilities such as hotels and lodgings for guests. On 20 September 2014, Indonesia signed the host city contract, and was ceremonially appointed host during the closing ceremony of the 2014 Asian Games in Incheon. An organising committee was formed soon after the appointment.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [18, 71], "content_span": [72, 851]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277389-0010-0000", "contents": "2018 Asian Games, Development and preparations, Costs\nBy 2015, the central government had allocated a budget of IDR 3 trillion (US$224 million) to prepare for the Games, with regional administrations also expected to supply some part of the funding. By July 2018, the budget allocation for the Games had been reported to be IDR 6.6 trillion (US$450 million) including IDR 869 billion (US$59 million) from sponsorships.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [18, 53], "content_span": [54, 418]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277389-0010-0001", "contents": "2018 Asian Games, Development and preparations, Costs\nHowever, on 2 September 2018, the Finance Minister of Indonesia Sri Mulyani disclosed that IDR 8.2 trillion was financed by 2015\u20132018 state budget, which was used by the local organizing committee, namely the Indonesia Asian Games Organizing Committee (INASGOC) led by Erick Thohir, for all preparations, opening, organising, and finalizing the implementation of the 2018 Asian Games. The total cost for arranging the Games is estimated about US$3.2 billion, of which $2.4 billion being spent on infrastructure development associated with the games.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [18, 53], "content_span": [54, 603]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277389-0011-0000", "contents": "2018 Asian Games, Development and preparations, Volunteers\nPhase 2 volunteering programme of Jakarta-Palembang 2018 Asian Games began on 18 December 2017 with target of 13,000 volunteers being set. The volunteers wore clothing which included jacket, polo shirts and trousers which they collected from the Uniform Distribution and Accreditation Centre at the Sports and Recreation Arena in East Jakarta. Volunteers also wore accreditation card which gain them access to specific venues and buildings around the site.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [18, 58], "content_span": [59, 515]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277389-0012-0000", "contents": "2018 Asian Games, Development and preparations, Torch relay\nOn 10 May 2018, 100 days before their opening, the Asian Games torch was unveiled. The design was inspired by the golok and skin \u2014 traditional weapons originating from Jakarta and Palembang.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [18, 59], "content_span": [60, 250]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277389-0013-0000", "contents": "2018 Asian Games, Development and preparations, Torch relay\nThe torch relay began at the Major Dhyan Chand National Stadium in New Delhi, host of the 1st Asian Games, on 15 July 2018. The flame was generated from a parabolic mirror directed straight at the sun. On 18 July 2018, a ceremony took place in Brahma field by the 9th century Hindu temple of Prambanan near Yogyakarta, where the torch's flame from India were fused together with an Indonesian natural eternal flame taken from Mrapen, Central Java. Subsequently, the Torch Relay Concert were performed marking the start of torch relay throughout the country.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [18, 59], "content_span": [60, 617]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277389-0014-0000", "contents": "2018 Asian Games, Development and preparations, Torch relay\nThe relay travelled through 54 cities in 18 provinces in Indonesia, including host cities. The relay covered a total distance of 18,000 kilometres (11,000\u00a0mi). The relay finished on 17 August, the 73rd anniversary of the Proclamation of Indonesian Independence, at the National Monument in Jakarta before being carried into the opening ceremony at Gelora Bung Karno Stadium the next day.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [18, 59], "content_span": [60, 447]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277389-0015-0000", "contents": "2018 Asian Games, Development and preparations, Marketing, Emblem and mascot\nThe initial emblem for the 2018 Asian Games was first unveiled on 9 September 2015, in celebration of the country's National Sports Day. On 27 December 2015, the Games' mascot Drawa was unveiled by vice president Jusuf Kalla. Both the emblem and mascot were a stylized rendition of the cenderawasih, a rare species of bird in Indonesia.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [18, 76], "content_span": [77, 413]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277389-0016-0000", "contents": "2018 Asian Games, Development and preparations, Marketing, Emblem and mascot\nThe designs were widely criticised for their outdated appearance, and Drawa was also criticised for having little connection to Indonesian culture and history (with some Indonesians joking that the mascot looked more like a chicken than a cenderawasih). Organisers ultimately withdrew the original emblem and mascot, and announced an open call for a new design. Out of 60 submissions, the new emblem \u2014 entitled \"Energy of Asia\" \u2014 was unveiled on 28 July 2016. The new emblem was modelled upon the Gelora Bung Karno Stadium, and was intended to symbolise unity among Asian countries.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [18, 76], "content_span": [77, 659]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277389-0017-0000", "contents": "2018 Asian Games, Development and preparations, Marketing, Emblem and mascot\nThree new mascots were also unveiled: Bhin Bhin\u2014a greater bird-of-paradise; Atung\u2014a Bawean deer; and Kaka\u2014a Javan rhinoceros. They represent the Eastern, Central, and Western regions of Indonesia, as well as strategy, speed and strength. The mascots' outfits reflect traditional textiles; Bhin Bhin wears a vest with Asmat pattern details, Atung wears a Sarong with Batik tumpal patterns, and Kaka wears a Palembang Songket with flower patterns. Their names were derived from the national motto of Indonesia, \"Bhinneka Tunggal Ika\".", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [18, 76], "content_span": [77, 609]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277389-0018-0000", "contents": "2018 Asian Games, Development and preparations, Marketing, Medals\nThe medal designs were unveiled in July 2018, featuring batik designs reflecting the unity and diversity of Indonesian and Asian culture.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [18, 65], "content_span": [66, 203]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277389-0019-0000", "contents": "2018 Asian Games, Development and preparations, Marketing, Promotion\nOn 18 August 2017, simultaneous events were held at Jakarta's National Monument and Palembang's Kuto Besak Fort to mark the one-year milestone before the Games. The event in Jakarta was attended by president Joko Widodo, and featured performances by Taeyeon and Kim Hyo-yeon of K-pop group Girls' Generation. Countdown clocks were unveiled at the Selamat Datang Monument and in front of Gelora Sriwijaya Stadium.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [18, 68], "content_span": [69, 481]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277389-0020-0000", "contents": "2018 Asian Games, Development and preparations, Marketing, Promotion\nSeveral fun run events were held in Asian countries to promote the Games, beginning with Lahore, Pakistan in December 2017.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [18, 68], "content_span": [69, 192]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277389-0021-0000", "contents": "2018 Asian Games, Development and preparations, Marketing, Merchandising\nThe games' merchandises and licensing products which included mascot stuffed toy were sold in host city Jakarta including the Super Store in the Gelora Bung Karno sports complex from end of 2017 until end of September 2018.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [18, 72], "content_span": [73, 296]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277389-0022-0000", "contents": "2018 Asian Games, Development and preparations, Marketing, Music\nThe official theme song of the Games, \"Meraih Bintang\" (\"Reach for the Stars\"), was performed by Via Vallen. The song was included in a larger official album for the Games released 13 July 2018, featuring various Indonesian musicians.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [18, 64], "content_span": [65, 299]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277389-0023-0000", "contents": "2018 Asian Games, Development and preparations, Marketing, Music\nAs part of an effort to appeal younger spectators, the Indonesian-Japanese idol group JKT48 was signed to perform at some of the Games' venues, such as jet ski, softball, and volleyball. They performed in select events between 19 August and 1 September in a group consisted of eight members from each of its teams.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [18, 64], "content_span": [65, 379]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277389-0024-0000", "contents": "2018 Asian Games, Development and preparations, Marketing, Philatelic\nAs part of creating a memorable and collectible item, the Indonesian postal service Pos Indonesia issued a philatelic collectible items of the 2018 Asian Games series. These items were issued on 18 January 2018 and 18 August 2018.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [18, 69], "content_span": [70, 301]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277389-0025-0000", "contents": "2018 Asian Games, Venues\nThe Games used a mix of new and existing venues in Jakarta and South Sumatra (with organizers aiming to reuse existing facilities and infrastructure, such as those built for the 2011 Southeast Asian Games, to help control costs), as well as Jakarta's neighbouring provinces of Banten, and West Java. Venues were divided into four clusters, with three in Jakarta and its surrounding areas and one in Palembang.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [18, 24], "content_span": [25, 434]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277389-0026-0000", "contents": "2018 Asian Games, Venues, Jakarta\nThe Gelora Bung Karno Sports Complex in Jakarta hosted 13 events. The 56-year-old Main Stadium was refurbished for the Games, replacing its existing bleachers and seating with an all-seater design (reducing its capacity to 77,193), and adding new sound systems and LED lighting among other enhancements.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [18, 33], "content_span": [34, 337]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277389-0027-0000", "contents": "2018 Asian Games, Venues, Jakarta\nThe Jakarta International Velodrome at Rawamangun in East Jakarta was rebuilt, at a cost of US$40 million for cycling, badminton, futsal, basketball, and wrestling. The Jakarta International Equestrian Park at Pulomas underwent a US$30.8 million renovation, with a capacity of 1,000, 100 stables, lodging for athletes, and other amenities.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [18, 33], "content_span": [34, 373]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277389-0028-0000", "contents": "2018 Asian Games, Venues, Palembang\nJakabaring Sport City was used as an event site. While there were preliminary plans to increase the size of Gelora Sriwijaya Stadium from 36,000 to 60,000 seats, they were shelved. The site still underwent some renovations, including also being converted from bleachers to an all-seater. A new 40-lane bowling alley was constructed on the complex, as well as eight additional tennis courts. The length of the canoeing and rowing venue in Jakabaring Lake was extended to 2,300 meters, while new rowing facilities and a tribune were built on the lake shore. Other existing venues which was used for Games were also renovated, including Ranau Sports Hall as sepak takraw venue.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [18, 35], "content_span": [36, 710]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277389-0029-0000", "contents": "2018 Asian Games, Venues, Athletes' villages\nA 10-hectare ahletes' village was constructed in Jakarta's Kemayoran district, with 7,424 apartments in 10 towers, and a total capacity of 22,272. A second athletes' village was built at Jakabaring Sports City at Palembang, which housed 3,000 athletes and officials.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [18, 44], "content_span": [45, 311]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277389-0030-0000", "contents": "2018 Asian Games, Venues, Transport\nAs part of the Games preparation, the construction of the Jakarta MRT and Jakarta LRT was accelerated, though neither were ready for general commercial operation at the time of the opening ceremonies. A line of Jakarta LRT connected the athletes' village at Kemayoran in Central Jakarta to the Velodrome at Rawamangun in East Jakarta. City bus operator TransJakarta added 416 buses to serve the officials, and also provide free rides on selected days during the Games.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [18, 35], "content_span": [36, 504]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277389-0031-0000", "contents": "2018 Asian Games, Venues, Transport\nPalembang upgraded their transportation facilities ahead for the Games by building 25 kilometres of the Palembang Light Rail Transit from Sultan Mahmud Badaruddin II International Airport to Jakabaring Sports City which opened for public use in July 2018. Sultan Mahmud Badaruddin II International Airport is expanding its existing arrival and departure terminals to increase its capacity and also connecting the airport with the light rail transit (LRT) terminal by building a skybridge. Other transportation facilities such as toll roads, flyovers, and bridges will be also built in and around the city.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [18, 35], "content_span": [36, 641]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277389-0032-0000", "contents": "2018 Asian Games, The Games, Opening ceremony\nThe opening ceremony started at 19:00 Western Indonesian Time (UTC+7) on Saturday, 18 August 2018. Wishnutama, then-CEO of Indonesian TV network NET. was the creative director for the ceremony. The ceremony stage showcased a towering 26 meter-high mountain with a waterfall as its background, accompanied by Indonesian plants and flowers. North and South Korea delegates marched together under one unified flag of Korea, which marked the first time both countries did so in the Asian Games after 12 years.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [18, 45], "content_span": [46, 551]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277389-0033-0000", "contents": "2018 Asian Games, The Games, Opening ceremony\nThe games was officially opened by the President of Indonesia, Joko Widodo.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [18, 45], "content_span": [46, 121]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277389-0034-0000", "contents": "2018 Asian Games, The Games, Sports\nIn March 2017, the Olympic Council of Asia initially announced that the Games would feature 484 events in 42 sports, including the 28 permanent Olympic sports contested at the 2016 Summer Olympics, the five additional sports that will be contested at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, as well as events in other non-Olympic sports.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [18, 35], "content_span": [36, 368]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277389-0034-0001", "contents": "2018 Asian Games, The Games, Sports\nIn April 2017, the OCA approved reductions in the programme in response to cost concerns; belt wrestling, cricket, kurash, skateboarding, sambo, and surfing were dropped from the programme, and there was to be a reduced number of competitions in bridge, jet ski, jujitsu, paragliding, sport climbing, taekwondo (in particular, all non-Olympic weight classes), and wushu. These changes reduced the total number of events to 431.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [18, 35], "content_span": [36, 463]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277389-0035-0000", "contents": "2018 Asian Games, The Games, Sports\nThe final programme was unveiled in September 2017, increasing it to 465 events in 40 sports (61 disciplines) as the second-largest programme in Asian Games history. Additional disciplines being introduced at the 2020 Summer Olympics were also added, including 3x3 basketball and BMX freestyle.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [18, 35], "content_span": [36, 330]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277389-0036-0000", "contents": "2018 Asian Games, The Games, Sports\nFor the first time in Asian Games history, eSports and canoe polo were contested as demonstration sports in the Games. Six video game titles, most notably Pro Evolution Soccer 2018, were featured in the eSports events.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [18, 35], "content_span": [36, 254]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277389-0037-0000", "contents": "2018 Asian Games, The Games, Participating National Olympic Committees\nAll 45 members of the Olympic Council of Asia participated in the games. North Korea and South Korea competed as a unified team in some events under the name \"Korea\" (COR), and marched together under the Korean Unification Flag during the opening and closing ceremonies. With a gold medal in the Women's 500 metre dragon boat competition, a unified team won their first-ever gold medal in a multi-sport event.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [18, 70], "content_span": [71, 480]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277389-0038-0000", "contents": "2018 Asian Games, The Games, Participating National Olympic Committees\nOriginally set to compete as Independent Asian Athletes, the Kuwaitis were allowed to compete under their own flags just two days before the opening ceremony.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [18, 70], "content_span": [71, 229]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277389-0039-0000", "contents": "2018 Asian Games, The Games, Participating National Olympic Committees\nBelow is a list of all the participating NOCs. The number of competitors per delegation is indicated in brackets.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [18, 70], "content_span": [71, 184]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277389-0040-0000", "contents": "2018 Asian Games, The Games, Closing ceremony\nThe closing ceremony started at 19:00 Western Indonesia Time (UTC+7) on Sunday, 2 September 2018 and ended at 21:25. In addition to local artists and a Chinese segment, the South Korean boybands Super Junior and iKon, and Indian singer Sidharth Slathia performed in the ceremony. Mayor of Hangzhou Xu Liyi received the Games flag for the 2022 Games from Jakarta Governor Anies Baswedan and South Sumatra Governor Alex Noerdin.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [18, 45], "content_span": [46, 472]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277389-0041-0000", "contents": "2018 Asian Games, Medal table\nChina led the medal table for the tenth consecutive time. Korea claimed their first gold medal at the Games in the canoeing women's traditional boat race 500 m event. A total of 37 NOCs won at least one medal, 29 NOCs won at least one gold medal and 9 NOCs failed to win any medal at the Games.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [18, 29], "content_span": [30, 324]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277389-0042-0000", "contents": "2018 Asian Games, Medal table\nThe top ten ranked NOCs at these Games are listed below.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [18, 29], "content_span": [30, 86]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277389-0043-0000", "contents": "2018 Asian Games, Broadcasting\nInternational Games Broadcast Services (IGBS), a joint venture between Host Broadcast Services (HBS) and IMG Media was appointed by the organiser in July 2017 to serve as the host broadcaster for these Games. Involving 37 live production units, it distributed 2,400 hours of the Games content to its international rights holders. The International Broadcast Centre was constructed in Jakarta Convention Center, with a smaller one constructed at the Palembang cluster.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [18, 30], "content_span": [31, 498]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277389-0044-0000", "contents": "2018 Asian Games, Concerns and controversies\nBefore the Games, authorities in Indonesia were confident both host cities would be ready for the Games although they have had only four years to prepare rather than the usual six after stepping in to fill the gap when Vietnam, whose city of Hanoi was originally chosen to host these Games by the Olympic Council of Asia, dropped out in 2014 citing concerns over costs. On top of that, work in both host cities was delayed throughout 2015 because government funding was not immediately available.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [18, 44], "content_span": [45, 541]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277389-0045-0000", "contents": "2018 Asian Games, Concerns and controversies\nVarious concerns from traffic congestion problems, series of terror attacks, which local police claimed is a pre-Asian Games crackdown on terror suspects and petty street criminals, and already-provoked Indonesian fans at the venue.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [18, 44], "content_span": [45, 277]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277389-0046-0000", "contents": "2018 Asian Games, Concerns and controversies\nJakarta struggled with air pollution and river pollution problems. River pollution revealed where authorities covered a foul-smelling river near the athletes' village with black nylon mesh over fears it will be an eyesore at the showpiece event. Governor of Jakarta at that time, and the Indonesian Environment and Forestry Ministry quickly relieved the issues by various solutions.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [18, 44], "content_span": [45, 427]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277389-0047-0000", "contents": "2018 Asian Games, Concerns and controversies\nA doping case from a Turkmen wrestler was recorded, which jeopardize the sport's existence for future Games.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [18, 44], "content_span": [45, 153]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277390-0000-0000", "contents": "2018 Asian Games Parade of Nations\nDuring the Parade of Nations at the 2018 Asian Games opening ceremony, beginning at 19:00 WIB (UTC+7) on 18 August 2018, athletes bearing the flags of their respective nations led their national delegations as they paraded into the Gelora Bung Karno Stadium in the co-host city of Jakarta, Indonesia, preceded by their flag and placard bearer. Each flag bearer had been chosen either by the nation's National Olympic Committee or by the athletes themselves. In keeping with tradition, the host nation, Indonesia entered last. 44 teams marched in (43 nations and the Unified Korea team).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [34, 34], "content_span": [35, 621]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277390-0001-0000", "contents": "2018 Asian Games Parade of Nations\nAlthough the Games were held in Indonesia, English was used to organize the Parade of Nations (as per Olympic Council of Asia protocol) instead of Indonesian, the official language of the nation. Had the parade followed the Indonesian alphabet, Afghanistan would have been followed by Saudi Arabia, and Jordan would have been the penultimate country before Indonesia.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [34, 34], "content_span": [35, 402]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277390-0002-0000", "contents": "2018 Asian Games Parade of Nations, Parade order\nWhilst most countries entered under their short names, a few entered under more formal or alternative names, mostly due to political and naming disputes. The Republic of China (commonly known as Taiwan) entered with the compromised name and flag of \"Chinese Taipei\" under T so that they did not enter together with conflicting China, under C.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 48], "content_span": [49, 391]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277390-0003-0000", "contents": "2018 Asian Games Parade of Nations, List\nBelow is a list of parading countries and their announced flag bearer, in the same order as the parade. This is sortable by country name, flag bearer's name and flag bearer's sport. Names are given in the form officially designated by the OCA.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 40], "content_span": [41, 284]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277391-0000-0000", "contents": "2018 Asian Games closing ceremony\nThe 2018 Asian Games closing ceremony was held on Sunday, 2 September 2018 at the Gelora Bung Karno Main Stadium in Jakarta. It began at 19:00 Indonesia Western Time (UTC+7) and ended at 21:25 local time. Like the opening ceremony, host event broadcasting company International Games Broadcast Services (IGBS) broadcast the ceremony live internationally. Vice President of Indonesia Jusuf Kalla, president of International Olympic Committee Thomas Bach, and president of Olympic Council of Asia Sheikh Ahmad Al-Fahad Al-Sabah were among the dignitaries in attendance.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [33, 33], "content_span": [34, 601]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277391-0001-0000", "contents": "2018 Asian Games closing ceremony\nPresident of Indonesia Joko Widodo, accompanied by then-West Nusa Tenggara Governor Muhammad Zainul Majdi, addressed the ceremony via teleconference from an emergency shelter in Lombok, where a string of earthquakes struck four weeks earlier. Vice President Kalla delivered a bilingual speech, while Sheikh Al-Sabah officially closed the Games. Through the president of the Chinese Olympic Committee Gou Zhongwen, Mayor of Hangzhou Xu Liyi received the Games torch, the first Games flag and the OCA flag from Jakarta Governor Anies Baswedan, South Sumatra Governor Alex Noerdin, and Coordinating Minister for Human Development and Cultural Affairs Puan Maharani, respectively. Hangzhou-born and raised multinational holding conglomerate Alibaba founder Jack Ma and Hangzhou-born and raised gold medal-winning swimmer Sun Yang promoted their birth city Hangzhou, as the city will host the 2022 Asian Games.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [33, 33], "content_span": [34, 939]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277391-0002-0000", "contents": "2018 Asian Games closing ceremony, Performing artists\nThe closing ceremony featured tattoo-style performance from Indonesian National Armed Forces and Indonesian National Police Academy Drum Corps. In addition to local artists and a Chinese segment involving traditional dance and music, the South Korean boybands Super Junior and iKon, and Indian singer Sidharth Slathia performed in the ceremony.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 53], "content_span": [54, 398]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277391-0003-0000", "contents": "2018 Asian Games closing ceremony, Performing artists\nBelow is the list of artists who performed during the ceremony.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 53], "content_span": [54, 117]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277392-0000-0000", "contents": "2018 Asian Games medal table\nThe 2018 Asian Games, officially known as the XVIII Asiad, is the largest sporting event in Asia governed by Olympic Council of Asia (OCA). It was held at Jakarta and Palembang, Indonesia between 18 August \u2013 2 September 2018, with 465 events in 40 sports and disciplines featured in the Games. This resulted in 465 medal sets being distributed.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [28, 28], "content_span": [29, 374]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277392-0001-0000", "contents": "2018 Asian Games medal table\nTwo bronze medals were awarded in some sports: all events in badminton (7), boxing (10), bridge (6), fencing (12), judo (15), jujitsu (8), kabaddi (2), karate (12), kurash (7), Ssambo (4), sepak takraw (6), soft tennis (5), squash (4), table tennis (5), taekwondo (14), tennis (5) and wrestling (18), most events in pencak silat (10) and some events in wushu (6). Furthermore, there was a third-place tie in athletics men's high jump event, giving a total of 157 additional bronze medals.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [28, 28], "content_span": [29, 517]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277392-0002-0000", "contents": "2018 Asian Games medal table\nAs a result, a total of 1,552 medals comprising 465 gold medals, 465 silver medals, and 622 bronze medals were awarded to athletes.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [28, 28], "content_span": [29, 160]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277392-0003-0000", "contents": "2018 Asian Games medal table, Changes in medal standings\nOn 3 September 2018, it was announced that P\u00fcrevdorjiin Orkhon of team Mongolia had tested positive for stanozolol in a urine test conducted on 20 August 2018. Violating the anti-doping rules, Orkhon was stripped of her gold medal.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 56], "content_span": [57, 288]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277392-0004-0000", "contents": "2018 Asian Games medal table, Changes in medal standings\nDue to the positive result of the test for stanozolol, the Athletics Integrity Unit declared to strip from Bahraini athlete Kemi Adekoya all results achieved after 24 August 2018, including her two gold medals in the 400 hurdles and the 4x400 mixed relay at the Asian Games. The medals were re-awarded to athletes of Vietnam and India, respectively.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 56], "content_span": [57, 406]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277392-0005-0000", "contents": "2018 Asian Games medal table, Changes in medal standings\nKumush Yuldashova of Uzbekistan originally won the gold medal in the 78 kg Kurash, but she was disqualified after testing positive for stanozolol.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 56], "content_span": [57, 203]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277393-0000-0000", "contents": "2018 Asian Games opening ceremony\nThe opening ceremony of the 2018 Asian Games took place on Saturday, 18 August 2018, at the Gelora Bung Karno Main Stadium in Jakarta, Indonesia. The event commenced at 19:00 Indonesia Western Time (UTC+7) and ended at 21:25 local time. Wishnutama (then CEO of Indonesian TV network NET.) was the creative director of the ceremony. The ceremony featured a stage designed as a 26-meter-high mountain with a waterfall. It weighed 600 tons, was 120 meters long and 30 meters wide, and included a display of Indonesian plants and flowers, as well as a mock volcano. The volcano symbolized Indonesia's location in the \"Ring of Fire\" surrounding the Pacific Ocean. Host event broadcasting company International Games Broadcast Services (IGBS) filmed the televised coverage of the ceremony live internationally.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [33, 33], "content_span": [34, 838]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277393-0001-0000", "contents": "2018 Asian Games opening ceremony, Proceedings, Prelude\nBefore the ceremony commenced, footage of the President of Indonesia, Joko Widodo, leaving Bogor Palace for Gelora Bung Karno Stadium in a motorcade, was shown. When the motorcade was blocked by a parade of Indonesian supporters, the President exited his car, put on a black helmet and rode a Yamaha FZ1 to escape the traffic jam. After performing some stunt maneuvers and helping a group of students and a teacher to cross the road, he was joined by a motorcycle escort and approached the stadium. As the first part of the footage ended, a motorcyclist dressed as the President entered the stadium and headed to the basement. The second part of footage then showed President Widodo riding the motorcycle before reaching an elevator, at which point the real President entered the VVIP seating area.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 55], "content_span": [56, 854]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277393-0002-0000", "contents": "2018 Asian Games opening ceremony, Proceedings, Prelude\nIt was suggested that the motorcyclist who entered the stadium was a stunt double: unlike the President, the motorcyclist did not wear a ring on the left hand. After the games' closing ceremony, Thai stuntman Withithep Komolhiran (a.k.a. Suddum So) revealed himself on Instagram to be the President's stunt double in the filmed segments. He initially revealed his identity on Instagram after the opening ceremony, but the original post was later deleted. It is unclear whether the motorist performed live in the stadium was the same stuntman or not.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 55], "content_span": [56, 605]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277393-0003-0000", "contents": "2018 Asian Games opening ceremony, Proceedings, Countdown\nA ten-to-zero city central business district metropolitan countdown video was then shown featuring spots in Jakarta; the last two was the Jakarta's National Monument and the Gelora Bung Karno Stadium.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 57], "content_span": [58, 258]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277393-0004-0000", "contents": "2018 Asian Games opening ceremony, Proceedings, Main event\nAfter that, 1,600 high school dancers from 18 senior high schools across Jakarta performed the Ratoh Jaroe dance, a traditional dance similar to Saman dance from Aceh, the westernmost province of Indonesia. As their performance progresses, they changed the colors of their costumes and forming different patterns which evolved into the flag of Indonesia in the end. The dance was choreographed by renowned singer and dancer Denny Malik.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 58], "content_span": [59, 495]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277393-0005-0000", "contents": "2018 Asian Games opening ceremony, Proceedings, Main event\nDuring the Parade of Nations, North Korean and South Korean teams marched together under one unified flag of Korea. As per tradition, Indonesia as the host nation entered last.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 58], "content_span": [59, 235]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277393-0006-0000", "contents": "2018 Asian Games opening ceremony, Proceedings, Main event\nThe only dangdut song of the album, \"Meraih Bintang\", was chosen as the theme song for the 2018 Asian Games. It was written by Pay and sung by popular dangdut singer Via Vallen. She performed the song after all the athletes participated in the parade took their seat.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 58], "content_span": [59, 326]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277393-0007-0000", "contents": "2018 Asian Games opening ceremony, Proceedings, Main event\nThe ceremony observed a moment of silence to remember the victims of the recent Lombok earthquake right after the Indonesian flag was raised by the Paskibraka youth group troop. The troop comprised 70 students with 17 people as guides, eight people as flag bearers and 45 people as guards, which represents Indonesia\u2019s Independence Day, 17 August 1945.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 58], "content_span": [59, 411]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277393-0008-0000", "contents": "2018 Asian Games opening ceremony, Proceedings, Main event\n\"In the name of all the people of Indonesia, we are proud, we are honored, by getting special guests from 45 countries. In the 18th Asian Games, we, the nations of Asia, want to show that we are brothers and sisters, we are united, we want to achieve. And, with saying Bi-smi ll\u0101hi r-ra\u1e25m\u0101ni r-ra\u1e25\u012bm, the 18th Asian Games in 2018, I declare [it] open!\" \u2013 Joko Widodo, President of the Republic of Indonesia, declaring the games open in Indonesian.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 58], "content_span": [59, 506]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277393-0009-0000", "contents": "2018 Asian Games opening ceremony, Proceedings, Main event\nAfter speeches from the Organizing Committee chairman Erick Thohir and president Ahmed Al-Fahad Al-Ahmed Al-Sabah of the Olympic Council of Asia, President Widodo officially opened the games.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 58], "content_span": [59, 250]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277393-0010-0000", "contents": "2018 Asian Games opening ceremony, Proceedings, Main event\nEight former athletes, who all had participated in the Summer Olympic Games, carried the OCA flag which was raised by the aforementioned troop.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 58], "content_span": [59, 202]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277393-0010-0001", "contents": "2018 Asian Games opening ceremony, Proceedings, Main event\nThe former athletes were three badminton Olympic gold medalists, all in men's doubles; Christian Hadinata (1972 \u2013 albeit listed as 1978 Asian Games gold medalist since the 1972 event was not an official Olympic event), Candra Wijaya (2000), and Markis Kido (2008), two of the three athletes who won silver in 1988 women's team archery event \u2013 Indonesia's first ever Olympic medal; Lilies Handayani and Kusuma Wardhani, bronze medalist in 2000 Olympics women's 48 kg weightlifting Sri Indriyani, and two Asian Games medalists who did not win any medals in the Olympics; Lely Sampurno (silver medalist on 50 metre pistol in the 1962 shooting event, participated on 25 metre pistol event in 1984) and Suharyadi (gold medalist on mixed doubles in the 1990 tennis event, participated on men's singles in 1984 and men's doubles in 1988 and 1992). After the raising, Indonesian basketball player Arki Dikania Wisnu and badminton umpire Wahyana read the athlete's and referee's oath.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 58], "content_span": [59, 1034]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277393-0011-0000", "contents": "2018 Asian Games opening ceremony, Proceedings, Main event\nSoon afterwards was the creative segments, divided into five parts: Water, Earth, Wind, Fire, and Energy of Asia. The water, earth, wind and fire depict the natural beauty of Indonesia and also the country's courage and competitive spirit, while Energy of Asia, the final segment named after the games motto, was about how future generations will help build Indonesia into a leader of tomorrow while remembering their guiding principles of respect and equality.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 58], "content_span": [59, 520]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277393-0012-0000", "contents": "2018 Asian Games opening ceremony, Proceedings, Main event\nDuring the Fire segment, there were Balinese-clad dancers carrying drums and some carried two-end torches. They formed a formation to make way for the final torch relay. The games torch was relayed by Indonesia's former Asian Games gold medalists; Lanny Gumulya (women's 3 metres springboard diving in 1962), Arief Taufan Syamsuddin (men's kumite 60\u00a0kg karate in 1998), Yustedjo Tarik (men's singles tennis in 1982), Supriyati Sutono (women's 5000 metres athletics in 1998), and Oka Sulaksana (men's mistral heavy sailing in 2002).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 58], "content_span": [59, 590]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277393-0012-0001", "contents": "2018 Asian Games opening ceremony, Proceedings, Main event\nIndonesia's first Olympic gold medalist Susi Susanti \u2013 who won the coveted title in the 1992 badminton women's singles \u2013 became the final bearer and lit the volcano's crater. It was followed by aerial and ground fireworks bursts which ended on the actual cauldron located on the southeast of the stadium; the flame itself lit up before the ground fireworks reach the end of the cauldron. The lit-up was followed by aerial fireworks bursts and a \"Set Your Soul on Fire\" song which sung by some singers, including Indonesian gospel singer Sidney Mohede.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 58], "content_span": [59, 611]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277393-0013-0000", "contents": "2018 Asian Games opening ceremony, Proceedings, Main event\nThe transition from the four elements segment to the \"Energy of Asia\" segment was filled by Indonesian-born French singer Anggun singing \"Pemuda\", a 1979 song written by Candra Darusman of Chaseiro band, who is the younger brother of politician Marzuki Darusman. He was also present during the ceremony. After some modern dances, the ceremony was concluded with the performance of the games' first-released official song \"Bright as the Sun\" sung by 4 of the song's artists; Ariel, Rian Ekky Pradipta, Sheryl Sheinafia, and Cakra Khan, complete with massive fireworks bursting from the stadium's roof.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 58], "content_span": [59, 659]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277393-0014-0000", "contents": "2018 Asian Games opening ceremony, List of performers\nHere is a list of artists and musicians who performed during the ceremony. All of them are Indonesians.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 53], "content_span": [54, 157]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277393-0015-0000", "contents": "2018 Asian Games opening ceremony, Parade of nations\nAll 44 contingents participated in the parade, the order begins with Afghanistan and ended with host Indonesia. Each contingent was led by a representative official that wore a bird-shaped Garuda costume while carrying each country\u2019s name placard. The costume was designed by Dynand Fariz, founder of the annual Jember Fashion Carnaval.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 52], "content_span": [53, 389]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277393-0016-0000", "contents": "2018 Asian Games opening ceremony, Reception\nJoko Widodo's entrance drew comparisons to the London 2012 Summer Olympics opening ceremony's Happy and Glorious segment, which featured Daniel Craig (as James Bond) and Queen Elizabeth II making an impressive entrance with a helicopter, and the Rio 2016 Summer Olympics closing ceremony's Warming up! Tokyo 2020 segment, in which the Prime Minister of Japan Shinz\u014d Abe made an appearance by \"coming through\" Warp Pipe from the Mario Bros. video game.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 44], "content_span": [45, 496]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277394-0000-0000", "contents": "2018 Asian Games torch relay\nThe 2018 Asian Games torch relay preceded with a torch lighting ceremony on 15 July 2018 at the Major Dhyan Chand National Stadium in New Delhi, host of the first Asian Games. The flame was generated from a parabolic mirror directed straight at the sun.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [28, 28], "content_span": [29, 282]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277394-0001-0000", "contents": "2018 Asian Games torch relay\nIt was organized by Detail Communication Creative Agency who responsible for safekeeping, handling ceremonies and relay for the event itself from India through all the locations in Indonesia.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [28, 28], "content_span": [29, 220]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277394-0002-0000", "contents": "2018 Asian Games torch relay\nOn 18 July 2018, a ceremony took place in Brahma field by the 9th century Hindu temple of Prambanan near Yogyakarta, where the torch's flame from India were fused together with an Indonesian natural eternal flame taken from Mrapen, Central Java. Subsequently, a concert was performed marking the start of torch relay throughout the country.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [28, 28], "content_span": [29, 369]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277394-0003-0000", "contents": "2018 Asian Games torch relay\nThe relay finished on 15 August in Jakarta. In 17 August during the independence day of Indonesia the flame was stored in the National Monument, before being carried into the opening ceremony at Gelora Bung Karno Stadium on 18 August.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [28, 28], "content_span": [29, 263]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277394-0004-0000", "contents": "2018 Asian Games torch relay, Route in Indonesia\n19 July (day 1): Yogyakarta19 July (day 1): Mrapen19 July (day 1): Simpang Lima19 July (day 1): Prambanan19 July (day 1): Solo20 July (day 2): Blitar20 July (day 2): Kepanjen20 July (day 2): Malang21 July (day 3): Bromo21 July (day 3): Probolinggo22 July (day 4): Situbondo22 July (day 4): Bondowoso22 July (day 4): Banyuwangi", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 48], "content_span": [49, 375]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277394-0005-0000", "contents": "2018 Asian Games torch relay, Route in Indonesia\n23 July (day 5): Gilimanuk23 July (day 5): Kuta23 July (day 5): Denpasar23 July (day 5): Garuda Wisnu Kencana24 July (day 6): Mataram", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 48], "content_span": [49, 182]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277394-0006-0000", "contents": "2018 Asian Games torch relay, Route in Indonesia\n26 July (day 8): Raja Ampat27 July (day 9): Sorong", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 48], "content_span": [49, 99]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277394-0007-0000", "contents": "2018 Asian Games torch relay, Route in Indonesia\n28 July (day 10): Tanjung Bira29 July (day 11): Makassar", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 48], "content_span": [49, 105]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277394-0008-0000", "contents": "2018 Asian Games torch relay, Route in Indonesia\n31 July (day 13): Banda Aceh31 July (day 13): Lake Toba1 August (day 14): Pekanbaru2 August (day 15): Bukittinggi3 August (day 16): Jambi4 August (day 17): Palembang5 August (day 18): Banyuasin5 August (day 18): Pematang6 August (day 19): Prabumulih7 August (day 20): Jakabaring Sport City7 August (day 20): Ogan Ilir8 August (day 21): Bandar Lampung", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 48], "content_span": [49, 399]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277394-0009-0000", "contents": "2018 Asian Games torch relay, Route in Indonesia\n9 August (day 22): Serang10 August (day 23): Purwakarta11 August (day 24): Bandung12 August (day 25): Garut13 August (day 26): Cianjur14 August (day 27): Bogor15 August (day 28): Jakarta18 August (day 29): Gelora Bung Karno Stadium", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 48], "content_span": [49, 280]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277395-0000-0000", "contents": "2018 Asian Girls' U17 Volleyball Championship\nThe 2018 Asian Girls' U17 Volleyball Championship, referred to as the 2018 SMM Est Cola Asian Girls' U17 Volleyball Championship for sponsorship reasons, was the twelfth edition of the Asian Girls' U17 Volleyball Championship, a biennial international volleyball tournament organised by the Asian Volleyball Confederation (AVC) with Thailand Volleyball Association (TVA) for the girls' under-17 national teams of Asia. The tournament was held in Nakhon Pathom, Thailand, from 20 to 27 May 2018.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [45, 45], "content_span": [46, 540]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277395-0001-0000", "contents": "2018 Asian Girls' U17 Volleyball Championship\nA total of thirteen teams played in the tournament, with players born on or after 1 January 2001 eligible to participate.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [45, 45], "content_span": [46, 167]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277395-0002-0000", "contents": "2018 Asian Girls' U17 Volleyball Championship\nSame as previous editions, the tournament acted as the AVC qualifiers for the FIVB Volleyball Girls' U18 World Championship. The top four teams qualified for the 2019 FIVB Volleyball Girls' U18 World Championship as the AVC representatives.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [45, 45], "content_span": [46, 286]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277395-0003-0000", "contents": "2018 Asian Girls' U17 Volleyball Championship, Qualification\nThe thirteen AVC member associations (included the India volleyball team under the Indian Olympic Association, who was suspended by the FIVB, and was lifted the suspension in May 2018) will participate in the tournament with Thailand already qualified as host country the eight teams participated in the 2017 Asian Girls' U18 Volleyball Championship, and the three remaining teams did not participate in the previous edition. The thirteen AVC member associations were from four zonal associations, including, Central Asia (3 teams), East Asia (5 teams), Oceania (2 team) and Southeast Asia (2 teams). While any West Asian teams did not participate this edition.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [47, 60], "content_span": [61, 722]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277395-0004-0000", "contents": "2018 Asian Girls' U17 Volleyball Championship, Pools composition\nThis is the first Asian Girls' U17 Volleyball Cup which will use the new competition format. Following the 2017 AVC Board of Administration\u2019s unanimous decision, the new format will see teams being drawn into three or four pools up to the total amount of the participating teams. Each team as well as the host side will be assigned into a pool according to their previous ranking (2017 Asian Girls' U18 Volleyball Championship). As the three best-ranked teams will be drawn in the same Pool A, the next best three will contest Pool B, the next best three will contest Pool C. Pool D will comprise teams finishing next best four teams.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [47, 64], "content_span": [65, 699]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277395-0005-0000", "contents": "2018 Asian Girls' U17 Volleyball Championship, Squads\nPlayers born on or after 1 January 2002 are eligible to compete in the tournament. Each team must register a squad of 12 players from 19 players of preliminary squad. (Regulations Articles 4.5, 4.6, 5.4 and 5.5).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [47, 53], "content_span": [54, 266]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277395-0006-0000", "contents": "2018 Asian Girls' U17 Volleyball Championship, Preliminary round, Pool standing procedure\nMatch won 3\u20130 or 3\u20131: 3 match points for the winner, 0 match points for the loserMatch won 3\u20132: 2 match points for the winner, 1 match point for the loserMatch forfeited: 0 match points for each.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [47, 89], "content_span": [90, 285]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277396-0000-0000", "contents": "2018 Asian Indoor Athletics Championships\nThe 2018 Asian Indoor Athletics Championships was the eighth edition of the international indoor athletics event between Asian nations. It took place at the Aftab Enghelab Complex in Tehran, Iran, between 1 and 3 February.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [41, 41], "content_span": [42, 264]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277396-0001-0000", "contents": "2018 Asian Indoor Athletics Championships\nKazakhstan topped the medal table, winning 12 medals including 7 gold, ahead of the host nation Iran, and Qatar.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [41, 41], "content_span": [42, 154]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277397-0000-0000", "contents": "2018 Asian Indoor Athletics Championships \u2013 Results\nThese are the results of the 2018 Asian Indoor Athletics Championships which took place between 1 and 3 February 2018 in Tehran, Iran.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 51], "section_span": [51, 51], "content_span": [52, 187]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277398-0000-0000", "contents": "2018 Asian Junior Athletics Championships\nThe 2018 Asian Junior Athletics Championships was the 18th edition of the international athletics competition for Asian under-20 athletes, organised by the Asian Athletics Association and the Japan Association of Athletics Federations. Athletes born between 1999 and 2002 competed in 44 events, divided evenly between the sexes. The competition took place over four days from 7\u201310 June at Gifu Nagaragawa Stadium in Gifu, Japan.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [41, 41], "content_span": [42, 470]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277399-0000-0000", "contents": "2018 Asian Junior and Cadet Table Tennis Championships\nThe 2018 Asian Junior and Cadet Table Tennis Championships were held in Nay Pyi Taw, Myanmar, from 13 \u2010 18 August 2018. It was organised by the Myanmar Table Tennis Federation under the authority of Asian Table Tennis Union (ATTU).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 54], "section_span": [54, 54], "content_span": [55, 286]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277400-0000-0000", "contents": "2018 Asian Karate Championships\nThe 2018 Asian Karate Championships were the 15th edition of the Asian Karate Championships, and were held in Amman, Jordan from July 13 to July 15, 2018.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [31, 31], "content_span": [32, 186]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277401-0000-0000", "contents": "2018 Asian Men's Club League Handball Championship\n\u200cThe 2018 Asian Club League Handball Championship was the 21st edition of the championship held under the aegis of Asian Handball Federation. The championship was hosted by Kuwait Handball Association at Al Kuwait Sports Club Stadium, Kuwait City (Kuwait) from 20 March to 1 April 2019. It was the official competition for men's handball clubs of Asia crowning the Asian champions whose winner will also qualify for the 2019 IHF Super Globe.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 50], "section_span": [50, 50], "content_span": [51, 492]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277402-0000-0000", "contents": "2018 Asian Men's Club Volleyball Championship\nThe 2018 Asian Men's Club Volleyball Championship was the 19th edition of the Asian Men's Club Volleyball Championship, an annual international volleyball club tournament organised by the Asian Volleyball Confederation (AVC) with Myanmar Volleyball Federation (MVF). The tournament was held in Naypyidaw, Myanmar from 30 July to 6 August 2018. The champions qualified for the 2018 FIVB Volleyball Men's Club World Championship instead of the 2017 champions Sarmayeh Bank Tehran, who withdrew from the 2018 Club World Championship.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [45, 45], "content_span": [46, 576]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277402-0001-0000", "contents": "2018 Asian Men's Club Volleyball Championship, Qualification\nThe 13 AVC member associations submitted their men's club to the 2018 Asian Club Championship. The 13 AVC member associations were from 4 zonal associations, including, Central Asia (5 teams), East Asia (4 teams), Oceania (1 team) and Southeast Asia (3 teams).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [47, 60], "content_span": [61, 321]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277402-0002-0000", "contents": "2018 Asian Men's Club Volleyball Championship, Pools composition\nThis was the first Asian Club Championship which used the new competition format. Following the 2017 AVC Board of Administration's unanimous decision, the new format saw teams were drawn into four pools up to the total amount of the participating teams. Each team as well as the hosts was assigned into a pool according to their final standing of the 2017 edition. As the three best ranked teams were drawn in the same pool A, the next best three contested pool B, the next best four contested pool C. Final standing of the 2017 edition are shown in brackets.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [47, 64], "content_span": [65, 624]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277402-0003-0000", "contents": "2018 Asian Men's Club Volleyball Championship, Pool standing procedure\nMatch won 3\u20130 or 3\u20131: 3 match points for the winner, 0 match points for the loserMatch won 3\u20132: 2 match points for the winner, 1 match point for the loser", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [47, 70], "content_span": [71, 225]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277403-0000-0000", "contents": "2018 Asian Men's Handball Championship\nThe 2018 Asian Men's Handball Championship was the 18th edition of the championship held under the aegis of Asian Handball Federation. The championship was hosted at Suwon, South Korea from 18 to 28 January 2018. It acted as the Asian qualifying tournament for the 2019 World Men's Handball Championship. For the first time, Australia, New Zealand and Bangladesh participated.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [38, 38], "content_span": [39, 415]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277403-0001-0000", "contents": "2018 Asian Men's Handball Championship\nQatar won their third title after defeating Bahrain 33\u201331 in the final.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [38, 38], "content_span": [39, 110]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277403-0002-0000", "contents": "2018 Asian Men's Handball Championship, Draw\nThe draw took place on 13 September 2017 at 11:00.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 44], "content_span": [45, 95]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277403-0003-0000", "contents": "2018 Asian Men's Handball Championship, Draw\nIraq withdrew on 4 January 2018 due to unavoidable circumstances. Iraq's withdrawal left only two teams in Group A, therefore Uzbekistan was moved from Group B to Group A to balance the number of teams in each group.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 44], "content_span": [45, 261]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277404-0000-0000", "contents": "2018 Asian Men's Junior Handball Championship\nThe 2018 Asian Men's Junior Handball Championship will be the 16th edition of the championship scheduled to be held from 16 to 26 July 2018 at Salalah, Oman under the aegis of Asian Handball Federation. It will be the first time in history that championship will be organised in Oman by the Oman Handball Association. It also acts as the qualification tournament for the 2019 Men's Junior World Handball Championship. Top three teams from the championship will directly qualify for the Junior World Championship to be held in Spain.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [45, 45], "content_span": [46, 578]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277404-0001-0000", "contents": "2018 Asian Men's Junior Handball Championship, Draw\nThe draw was held on Friday, 13 April 2018 at 17:30 (UTC+04:00) in the City Seasons Hotel, Al-Khuwair City, Oman.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [47, 51], "content_span": [52, 165]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277404-0002-0000", "contents": "2018 Asian Men's Junior Handball Championship, Draw, Seeding\nTeams were seeded according to the AHF COC regulations and rankings of the previous edition of the championship. Teams who had not participate in the previous edition were in Pot 4.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [47, 60], "content_span": [61, 242]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277404-0003-0000", "contents": "2018 Asian Men's Junior Handball Championship, Draw, Seeding\nPalestine and Uzbekistan were drawn in Group B and Group C respectively. They withdrew from the tournament after the draw due to unavoidable internal circumstances.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [47, 60], "content_span": [61, 225]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277405-0000-0000", "contents": "2018 Asian Men's Softball Championship\nThe 2018 Asian Men's Softball Championship was an international softball tournament which featured nine nations which was held in April 2018. The games were held at the Gelora Bung Karno Softball Stadium. The top three teams qualified for the 2019 ISF Men's World Championship to be held in Prague, Czech Republic. The competition also served as a test-event for the 2018 Asian Games", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [38, 38], "content_span": [39, 422]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277405-0001-0000", "contents": "2018 Asian Men's Softball Championship\nJapan became champions of the tournament winning their seventh consecutive title. The Philippines finished second while Singapore finished third.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [38, 38], "content_span": [39, 184]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277406-0000-0000", "contents": "2018 Asian Men's U20 Volleyball Championship\nThe 2018 Asian Men's U20 Volleyball Championship was the 19th edition of the Asian Men's U20 Volleyball Championship, a biennial international volleyball tournament organised by the Asian Volleyball Confederation (AVC) with Bahrain Volleyball Association (BVA). The tournament was held in Riffa, Bahrain from 21 to 28 July 2018. The top two teams of the tournament qualified for the 2019 FIVB Volleyball Men's U21 World Championship as the AVC representatives.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [44, 44], "content_span": [45, 505]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277406-0001-0000", "contents": "2018 Asian Men's U20 Volleyball Championship\nPlayers must be born on or after 1 January 1999. And they can enroll themselves maximum for twice championships.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [44, 44], "content_span": [45, 157]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277406-0002-0000", "contents": "2018 Asian Men's U20 Volleyball Championship\nOn 14 December 2020, the AVC announced that the 2020 Asian Men's U20 Volleyball Championship which was originally the AVC qualifier for the 2021 FIVB Volleyball Men's U21 World Championship was canceled due to COVID-19 pandemic and the top two teams of the tournament qualified for the 2021 U21 World Championship as the AVC representatives.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [44, 44], "content_span": [45, 386]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277406-0003-0000", "contents": "2018 Asian Men's U20 Volleyball Championship, Qualification\nThe 24 AVC member associations submitted their U20 men's national team to the 2018 Asian U20 Championship. But, Uzbekistan later withdrew. The 23 AVC member associations were from 5 zonal associations, including, Central Asia (7 teams), East Asia (6 teams), Oceania (2 teams), Southeast Asia (2 teams) and West Asia (6 teams).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [46, 59], "content_span": [60, 386]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277406-0004-0000", "contents": "2018 Asian Men's U20 Volleyball Championship, Pools composition\nThis was the first Asian U20 Championship which used the new competition format. Following the 2017 AVC Board of Administration's unanimous decision, the new format saw teams were drawn into eight pools up to the total amount of the participating teams. Each team as well as the hosts was assigned into a pool according to their final standing of the 2016 edition. As the three best ranked teams were drawn in the same pool A, the next best three contested pool B, the next best three contested pool C. But, Uzbekistan withdrew after the draw. Final standing of the 2016 edition are shown in brackets.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [46, 63], "content_span": [64, 665]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277406-0005-0000", "contents": "2018 Asian Men's U20 Volleyball Championship, Pool standing procedure\nMatch won 3\u20130 or 3\u20131: 3 match points for the winner, 0 match points for the loserMatch won 3\u20132: 2 match points for the winner, 1 match point for the loser", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [46, 69], "content_span": [70, 224]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277407-0000-0000", "contents": "2018 Asian Men's Volleyball Challenge Cup\nThe 2018 Asian Men's Volleyball Challenge Cup will be the inaugural edition of the Asian Men's Volleyball Challenge Cup. The tournament will be held in Sri Lanka, from 15 to 21 September 2018.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [41, 41], "content_span": [42, 234]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277407-0001-0000", "contents": "2018 Asian Men's Volleyball Challenge Cup, Qualification\nThe AVC members associations, some teams were participated for the 2017 Asian Men's Volleyball Championship. The AVC members associations were from many zonal associations, including, Oceania (1 teams), Central Asia (3 teams), East Asia (2 team), Southeast Asia (1 team), and Western Asia (3 teams).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [43, 56], "content_span": [57, 356]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277407-0002-0000", "contents": "2018 Asian Men's Volleyball Challenge Cup, Preliminary round, Pool standing procedure\nMatch won 3\u20130 or 3\u20131: 3 match points for the winner, 0 match points for the loserMatch won 3\u20132: 2 match points for the winner, 1 match point for the loser", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [43, 85], "content_span": [86, 240]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277408-0000-0000", "contents": "2018 Asian Men's Volleyball Cup\nThe 2018 Asian Men's Volleyball Cup, so-called 2018 AVC Cup for Men was the sixth edition of the Asian Men's Volleyball Cup, a biennial international volleyball tournament organised by the Asian Volleyball Confederation (AVC) with Chinese Taipei Volleyball Association (CTVA). The tournament was held in Taipei, Taiwan (referred to as Chinese Taipei by the AVC), from 8 to 15 August 2018.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [31, 31], "content_span": [32, 420]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277408-0001-0000", "contents": "2018 Asian Men's Volleyball Cup\nAs hosts, Chinese Taipei automatically participated for the tournament, while the remaining 8 teams, qualified from the 2017 Asian Men's Volleyball Championship in Gresik, Indonesia.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [31, 31], "content_span": [32, 214]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277408-0002-0000", "contents": "2018 Asian Men's Volleyball Cup, Qualification\nThe 10 AVC member associations qualified for the 2018 Asian Cup. Chinese Taipei qualified as hosts and the 9 remaining teams qualified from the 2017 Asian Championship. But, China later withdrew. The 9 AVC member associations were from five zonal associations, including, Central Asia (2 teams), East Asia (3 teams), Oceania (1 team), Southeast Asia (2 teams) and West Asia (1 team).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 46], "content_span": [47, 430]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277408-0003-0000", "contents": "2018 Asian Men's Volleyball Cup, Pools composition\nThis was the first Asian Cup which used the new competition format. Following the 2017 AVC Board of Administration\u2019s unanimous decision, the new format saw teams were drawn into three pools up to the total amount of the participating teams. Each team as well as the hosts was assigned into a pool according to their final standing of the 2017 Asian Championship. As the three best ranked teams were drawn in the same pool A, the next best three contested pool B, the next best three contested pool C. Final standing of the 2017 Asian Championship are shown in brackets.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 50], "content_span": [51, 620]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277408-0004-0000", "contents": "2018 Asian Men's Volleyball Cup, Pool standing procedure\nMatch won 3\u20130 or 3\u20131: 3 match points for the winner, 0 match points for the loserMatch won 3\u20132: 2 match points for the winner, 1 match point for the loser", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 56], "content_span": [57, 211]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277409-0000-0000", "contents": "2018 Asian Men's Youth Handball Championship\nThe 2018 Asian Men's Youth Handball Championship was the 8th edition of the championship held from 16 to 26 September 2018 at Amman (Jordan) under the aegis of Asian Handball Federation. It was the third time in history that championship was organised in Jordan by the Jordan Handball Federation. The top four teams qualified for the 2019 Men's Youth World Handball Championship to be held in Republic of Macedonia.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [44, 44], "content_span": [45, 460]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277409-0001-0000", "contents": "2018 Asian Men's Youth Handball Championship, Draw\nThe draw was held on 28 April 2018 in Amman, Jordan.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [46, 50], "content_span": [51, 103]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277409-0002-0000", "contents": "2018 Asian Men's Youth Handball Championship, Draw\nTeams were seeded according to the AHF Competition regulations and rankings of the previous edition of the championship. Teams who had not participate in the previous edition were in Pot 4.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [46, 50], "content_span": [51, 240]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277409-0003-0000", "contents": "2018 Asian Men's Youth Handball Championship, Draw\nUzbekistan and Palestine withdrew from the tournament after the draw.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [46, 50], "content_span": [51, 120]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277410-0000-0000", "contents": "2018 Asian Netball Championships\nThe 2018 Asian Netball Championships is the 11th edition of the Asian Netball Championships was held in Singapore. The championships which was held at the OCBC Arena at the Singapore Sports Hub from September 1\u20139.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [32, 32], "content_span": [33, 246]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277410-0001-0000", "contents": "2018 Asian Netball Championships\nIn the final, Sri Lanka won their fifth Asian title by defeating Singapore 69-50 as both teams qualified through to the 2019 Netball World Cup as the Asian representatives. Tharjini Sivalingam of Sri Lanka received the Player of the tournament award for her outstanding aggressive skills as she made a comeback into the national team after a 3 year hiatus.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [32, 32], "content_span": [33, 389]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277411-0000-0000", "contents": "2018 Asian Para Games\nThe 2018 Asian Para Games (Indonesian: Pesta Olahraga Difabel Asia 2018, Asian Para Games 2018), officially known as the 3rd Asian Para Games and also known as Indonesia 2018, was a pan-Asian multi-sport event that held from 6 to 13 October 2018 in Indonesia's capital city of Jakarta. The event paralleled the 2018 Asian Games and was held for Asian athletes with disability.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [21, 21], "content_span": [22, 398]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277411-0001-0000", "contents": "2018 Asian Para Games\nIt was the first time Indonesia hosted the games. Events were held in the host city Jakarta and in Bogor Regency of West Java province. The opening ceremony was held at Gelora Bung Karno Main Stadium, while the closing ceremony was held at Gelora Bung Karno Madya Stadium next door. The games saw the debut of Bhutan as a participating nation and the introduction of chess to the Asian Para Games' program, with the removal of rowing, sailing, 5 and 7-a-side football, wheelchair dancesport and wheelchair rugby.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [21, 21], "content_span": [22, 534]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277411-0002-0000", "contents": "2018 Asian Para Games\nChina led the medal tally for the third consecutive time. North Korea and South Korea march under the Korean Unification Flag at the opening ceremony and for the first time competed as a unified team in some events. They also won their first medals, one silver and one bronze medal as a unified team. In addition, Philippines and Kuwait won their first ever Asian Para Games gold medals, while Laos and East Timor won their first ever Asian Para Games medals including their first gold medals. There were 16 world, 63 Asian and 246 Asian Para Games records broken during the Games.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [21, 21], "content_span": [22, 603]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277411-0003-0000", "contents": "2018 Asian Para Games, Host city\nAs is the tradition of the event, since 2010, the Asian Para Games are usually held after every Asian Games in the same host country. On 29 February 2016, Indonesia signed the 2018 Asian Para Games host city contract at a ceremony in Jakarta, having confirmed as host city of the event on 21 October 2014 in Incheon, South Korea. A local organising committee named the Indonesia Asian Para Games Organizing Committee (INAPGOC) led by Raja Sapta Oktohari was formed soon after it was appointed host country of the 2018 Asian Para Games for all preparations, opening, organising, and finalizing the implementation of the event.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 32], "content_span": [33, 658]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277411-0004-0000", "contents": "2018 Asian Para Games, Development and preparations, Volunteers\nVolunteer recruitment was held from 21 April until 31 July 2018 with a target of 8,000 volunteers.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 63], "content_span": [64, 162]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277411-0005-0000", "contents": "2018 Asian Para Games, Development and preparations, Torch relay\nLike the torch relay of the 2018 Asian Games, the torch relay began at the Mrapen in Central Java on 5 September 2018 where the torch was lit using the Indonesian natural eternal flame to mark the 30-day countdown to the event. The flame was passed to another 8 Indonesian cities. Below is the schedule of the relay:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 64], "content_span": [65, 381]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277411-0006-0000", "contents": "2018 Asian Para Games, Development and preparations, Torch relay\nA day before the torch relay, the games' torch was introduced, in which its design is inspired by Batik parang motif.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 64], "content_span": [65, 182]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277411-0007-0000", "contents": "2018 Asian Para Games, Development and preparations, Marketing, Emblem\nThe emblem of the games was Harmony - Energy of Asia, modelled upon the circular roof of the Gelora Bung Karno Stadium, the main venue of the games. It represented harmony and balance within the natural environment and the people of the Asian community. The moving man in the center of the circle symbolize the movement and energy of the 2018 Asian Para Games participating athletes in achieving victory, while the 3 curves surrounding the man's silhouette represents unity in diversity among Asian countries for mutual achievement. 5 different colours are used in the logo to represent the basic elements in Asian philosophy of Living and togetherness. Blue symbolized the sky, orange symbolized the sun, green symbolized the nature, purple symbolized proximity, wisdom, loyalty, and pride and red symbolized the spirit of solidarity.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 70], "content_span": [71, 906]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277411-0008-0000", "contents": "2018 Asian Para Games, Development and preparations, Marketing, Mascot\nThe official mascot of the Games is a Bondol eagle named Momo whose name is short for motivation and mobility. Momo represents the icon of the capital city of Jakarta and also represents spirit. Momo wears a Betawinese Belt with Sarong.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 70], "content_span": [71, 307]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277411-0009-0000", "contents": "2018 Asian Para Games, Development and preparations, Marketing, Medals\nOn 5 October 2018, Indonesia Asian Para Games Organizing Committee (INAPGOC) released the medal design to the public which is inspired by the Rio 2016 Summer Paralympics medal, featuring the Asian Para Games logo on the obverse and the braille letters on the reverse. Each medal contains differing numbers of metal balls to allow the visually impaired to audibly distinguish their colour by shaking them.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 70], "content_span": [71, 475]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277411-0010-0000", "contents": "2018 Asian Para Games, Development and preparations, Marketing, Merchandising\nMerchandises including the mascot plush toy were sold at the Gelora Bung Karno Main stadium area including the super store during the games.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 77], "content_span": [78, 218]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277411-0011-0000", "contents": "2018 Asian Para Games, Development and preparations, Marketing, Music\nSix songs were released to promote the games, including the official theme song \"Song of Victory\", which was used as the background music for the games' broadcast title sequence. Two songs were not specifically composed for the games, like \"Sang Juara\" by Naura and Zizi, which is a version of the former's 2017 song \"Juara\" and a short version of 2016-released song \"Manusia Kuat\" by Tulus.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 69], "content_span": [70, 461]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277411-0012-0000", "contents": "2018 Asian Para Games, Development and preparations, Venues\nThe 2018 Asian Para Games uses most venues that are used to host the 2018 Asian Games events. They are located in Jakarta and neighbouring West Java province.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 59], "content_span": [60, 218]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277411-0013-0000", "contents": "2018 Asian Para Games, Development and preparations, Venues, Jakarta Suburb (West Java)\nThe games uses the same Athletes' Village as the 2018 Asian Games which was built in Kemayoran.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 87], "content_span": [88, 183]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277411-0014-0000", "contents": "2018 Asian Para Games, Development and preparations, Transport\nLike during the 2018 Asian Games, TransJakarta provides free bus rides involving 300 disabled-friendly buses which consists of 200 low-entry buses and 100 high-entry buses during the games for disabled athletes everyday and on weekend days during the games for the locals to encourage people to watch the games.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 62], "content_span": [63, 374]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277411-0015-0000", "contents": "2018 Asian Para Games, The Games, Opening ceremony\nThe opening ceremony of the 2018 Asian Para Games took place on Saturday, 6 October 2018, at the Gelora Bung Karno Main Stadium in Jakarta, Indonesia. The event commenced at 19:00 Indonesia Western Time (UTC+7) and ended at 21:43 local time. Jay Subiyakto was the Associate creative director of the ceremony. North and South Korea delegates marched together under one unified flag of Korea for the first time.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 50], "content_span": [51, 460]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277411-0016-0000", "contents": "2018 Asian Para Games, The Games, Opening ceremony\nThe games was officially opened by the President of Indonesia, Joko Widodo.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 50], "content_span": [51, 126]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277411-0017-0000", "contents": "2018 Asian Para Games, The Games, Sports\nThe Games featured 18 sports which were split into 506 events, including chess which was included for the first time in the games' programme.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 40], "content_span": [41, 182]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277411-0018-0000", "contents": "2018 Asian Para Games, The Games, Sports\nIn addition, there were 16 non-medal events contested at the games, 6 in Athletics and 10 in Swimming.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 40], "content_span": [41, 143]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277411-0019-0000", "contents": "2018 Asian Para Games, The Games, Participating National Paralympic Committees\n43 members of the Asian Paralympic Committee participated at the Games. In addition, the two Koreas competed as one joint team in selected events, the first time doing so in any para sport event which makes it the 44th participant of the games. Both nations also marched together under one flag during the opening and closing ceremonies. Bhutan and Yemen participated for the first time.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 78], "content_span": [79, 466]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277411-0020-0000", "contents": "2018 Asian Para Games, The Games, Participating National Paralympic Committees\nBelow is a list of all the participating NPCs. The number of competitors per delegation is indicated in brackets.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 78], "content_span": [79, 192]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277411-0021-0000", "contents": "2018 Asian Para Games, The Games, Participating National Paralympic Committees\n* Including athletes represented \u00a0Korea\u00a0(12). Unlike Asian Games, athletes of unified Korean team at the games also competed under respective national team in individual events.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 78], "content_span": [79, 256]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277411-0022-0000", "contents": "2018 Asian Para Games, The Games, Closing ceremony\nThe 2018 Asian Para Games closing ceremony was held on Saturday, 13 October 2018 at the Gelora Bung Karno Madya Stadium in Jakarta. In addition to local artists and a Hangzhou Asian Para Games promotional video segment, the South Korean girlband AOA performed in the ceremony. Vice Mayor of Hangzhou Wang Hong received the APC flag as the host of the next Games.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 50], "content_span": [51, 413]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277411-0023-0000", "contents": "2018 Asian Para Games, Medal table\nThe 2018 Asian Para Games had 506 events, resulted in 506 medal sets being distributed. One additional gold medal was awarded as there was a first-place tie in Swimming men's S7 100 m backstroke event. As a consequence, no silver medal was awarded in that event. One additional silver medal was awarded as there was a second-place tie in Athletics men's T45/46/47 high jump event. As a consequence, no bronze medal was awarded in that event.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 34], "content_span": [35, 476]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277411-0024-0000", "contents": "2018 Asian Para Games, Medal table\nTwo bronze medals were awarded in most events in racket sports (18 in Badminton, 23 in Table tennis and 12 in Wheelchair fencing) and one martial art (15 in Judo). Furthermore, there was a third-place tie in the Bowling mixed singles TPB10 event, giving a total of 69 additional bronze medals.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 34], "content_span": [35, 328]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277411-0025-0000", "contents": "2018 Asian Para Games, Medal table\nOn the other hand, 7 silvers and 37 bronze medals were not awarded in 37 events in 7 sports due to lack of participants: 2 bronze each in Archery and chess, 1 silver and 4 bronze in cycling, 4 bronze in lawn bowls, 6 silver and 18 bronzes in athletics, 1 bronze in swimming and 6 bronzes in table tennis. A silver medal was not awarded in judo due to the disqualification of a judoka in the finals. Some medals in athletics and judo were reallocated due to doping violation.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 34], "content_span": [35, 509]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277411-0026-0000", "contents": "2018 Asian Para Games, Medal table\nAs a result, a total of 1,541 medals comprising 507 gold medals, 497 silver medals and 537 bronze medals were awarded to athletes.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 34], "content_span": [35, 165]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277411-0027-0000", "contents": "2018 Asian Para Games, Medal table, official changes by country\nIn accordance with the APC Anti- Doping Rules, expired the result of Mirzaev Nurbek in Judo Men\u2019s 81kg event and Abdullaeva Kamolakhon in Women\u2019s Long Jump T45/46/47. South Korea secures gold in judo after Chinese judoka\u2019s disqualification in Judo Women\u2019s +70 kg event.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 63], "content_span": [64, 334]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277411-0028-0000", "contents": "2018 Asian Para Games, Medal table, official changes by country\nThe official result of Men\u2019s 81kg was revised as follows:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 63], "content_span": [64, 121]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277411-0029-0000", "contents": "2018 Asian Para Games, Medal table, official changes by country\nThe official result of the Women\u2019s Long Jump T45/46/47 was revised as follows:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 63], "content_span": [64, 142]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277412-0000-0000", "contents": "2018 Asian Para Games opening and closing ceremonies\nThe 2018 Asian Para Games opening ceremony was held on Saturday, 6 October 2018 at the Gelora Bung Karno Main Stadium in Jakarta, Indonesia. The closing ceremony was held exactly a week later; Saturday, 13 October 2018 at the nearby, far smaller Gelora Bung Karno Madya Stadium. Both ceremonies were started on 19:00 local time (UTC+7) and ended around 22:00.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 52], "section_span": [52, 52], "content_span": [53, 412]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277412-0001-0000", "contents": "2018 Asian Para Games opening and closing ceremonies, Opening ceremony\nThe opening ceremony of the 2018 Asian Para Games took place on Saturday, 6 October 2018, at the Gelora Bung Karno Main Stadium in Jakarta, Indonesia. The event commenced at 19:00 and ended at 21:45 local time. Jay Subiyakto was the Associate creative director of the ceremony. The ceremony featured a stage designed as an ocean wave and functions as a video screen.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 52], "section_span": [54, 70], "content_span": [71, 437]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277412-0002-0000", "contents": "2018 Asian Para Games opening and closing ceremonies, Opening ceremony, Proceedings\nBefore the ceremony commenced, visual effects video of Indonesian traditional batik art, featuring Indonesian wayang characters, objects, buildings such as the National Monument, flora and fauna found within Indonesia such as Komodo dragon was shown.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 52], "section_span": [54, 83], "content_span": [84, 334]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277412-0003-0000", "contents": "2018 Asian Para Games opening and closing ceremonies, Opening ceremony, Proceedings\nThe ceremony began with countdown projection on the floor of the stage when a whipping dancer performed on the stage with a row of drummers. Rosalina Oktavia, an Indonesian prosthetic model carried a candle onto the stage centre. After that, dancers wearing traditional costumes of different Indonesian ethnic groups came onstage in groups, perform traditional dances while carrying miniatures of various houses of worship found across the nation to represent the Indonesia's religious and cultural diversity. Two guests of honour, President of Indonesia Joko Widodo and president of the Asian Paralympic Committee Majid Rashed who arrived earlier at the stadium were introduced to the crowd.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 52], "section_span": [54, 83], "content_span": [84, 776]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277412-0004-0000", "contents": "2018 Asian Para Games opening and closing ceremonies, Opening ceremony, Proceedings\nThen, children elementary schools from Jakarta and Bengkala, the deaf village from Bali, who wore school uniforms entered the stage riding\u00a0cycle rickshaws and sat on the stage, with the projection of a school and the flag of Indonesia shown on the stage screen. Puan Maharani, chairwoman of the games' steering committee brought the Indonesian flag into the stadium, and the flag was raised by three Paskibraka youth troop. During the flag raising, traditional dancers and the school children's translated the \"Indonesia Raya\" lyrics into sign language.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 52], "section_span": [54, 83], "content_span": [84, 637]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277412-0004-0001", "contents": "2018 Asian Para Games opening and closing ceremonies, Opening ceremony, Proceedings\nSurya Sahetapy and Reza Rahadian Matulessy delivered the message of Pancasila in Indonesian sign and spoken language, respectively. Two Filipino para dancers, Jun Julius Obero and Rhea Marquez performed a ballet number together, which represents the harmonious unity of a society that accepts each other, regardless of their differences. The song played during the ballet was a variation of the second lyrical music part used in the Ratoh Jaroe dance performed on the 2018 Asian Games opening ceremony.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 52], "section_span": [54, 83], "content_span": [84, 586]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277412-0005-0000", "contents": "2018 Asian Para Games opening and closing ceremonies, Opening ceremony, Proceedings\nDuring the\u00a0Parade of Nations,\u00a0North Korean and\u00a0South Korean\u00a0teams marched together under one\u00a0unified flag of Korea as they did at the Asian Games. As per tradition, Indonesia as the host nation entered last.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 52], "section_span": [54, 83], "content_span": [84, 291]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277412-0006-0000", "contents": "2018 Asian Para Games opening and closing ceremonies, Opening ceremony, Proceedings\nA minute of silence to honour the 2018 Sulawesi earthquake and tsunami victims was observed after speeches from the Organizing Committee chairman Raja Sapta Oktohari and President Majid Rashed of the Asian Paralympic Committee.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 52], "section_span": [54, 83], "content_span": [84, 311]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277412-0007-0000", "contents": "2018 Asian Para Games opening and closing ceremonies, Opening ceremony, Proceedings\nPresident Widodo officially opened the games using sign language, on which he mistakenly spoke \"Asian Games\" instead of \"Asian Para Games\".", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 52], "section_span": [54, 83], "content_span": [84, 223]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277412-0008-0000", "contents": "2018 Asian Para Games opening and closing ceremonies, Opening ceremony, Proceedings\nA dance performance featured the fire, rain, ocean and fisherman was held which later revealed the word sign \"DISABILITY\" on the stage. It represents the challenges a disabled person faced in the society. A wheelchair girl named Bulan Karunia showed up at the stadium with a box containing the message of her and her friends to President Joko Widodo. The president, then, walked down onto the stage to meet her and opened the box which later revealed to contain the letter block that reads \"Ability\" in capital letters.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 52], "section_span": [54, 83], "content_span": [84, 603]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277412-0008-0001", "contents": "2018 Asian Para Games opening and closing ceremonies, Opening ceremony, Proceedings\nAlong with her and an archer named Abdul Hamid, he arched the giant capital letters \"DIS\" until it fell down, and left the word \"ABILITY\" to represents that disabled persons can also pursuing their dreams and do what normal people do also with their limited abilities. Martin Losu and Lil abilities dance troop then performed hip hop and break dance in front of the sign.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 52], "section_span": [54, 83], "content_span": [84, 455]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277412-0009-0000", "contents": "2018 Asian Para Games opening and closing ceremonies, Opening ceremony, Proceedings\nEight Indonesian athletes, including powerlifter Anto Boi carried the Asian Paralympic Committee flag into the stadium, and the flag was raised by ten Paskibraka youth troop as the Paralympic movement anthem was played. Indonesian table tennis player Banyu Tri Mulyo read the athletes' oath, table tennis judge Bayu Widi read the judges' oath, and swimming coach Dinda Ayu Sekartaji read the coaches' oath.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 52], "section_span": [54, 83], "content_span": [84, 490]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277412-0010-0000", "contents": "2018 Asian Para Games opening and closing ceremonies, Opening ceremony, Proceedings\nFinally, the torch was relayed for the final time by Senny Marbun (president of the National Paralympic Committee of Indonesia), Imam Nahrawi (Youth and Sports Minister of Indonesia), Pribadi (general secretary of the NPC Indonesia), and Soeharto (gold medalist athletics in the 1977 FESPIC Games).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 52], "section_span": [54, 83], "content_span": [84, 382]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277412-0010-0001", "contents": "2018 Asian Para Games opening and closing ceremonies, Opening ceremony, Proceedings\nJendi Panggabean, five-gold medalist para-swimming in the 2017 ASEAN Para Games, as the last torchbearer lit the in-stadium cauldron start from the bottom of the left edge of wave-shape projector, with a gigantic wayang puppet's character named Gatot Kaca, on shadow projector guided the flame until it spread and lit in a Garuda-shaped cauldron \u2013 inspired by Blencong, source lighting in the wayang \u2013 with the wayang's hands \"holding\" it, which followed by the lit-off of the actual cauldron located southeast of the stadium and fireworks bursts. The ceremony concluded with various singers sang the theme song of the games, \"Song of Victory\".", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 52], "section_span": [54, 83], "content_span": [84, 728]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277412-0011-0000", "contents": "2018 Asian Para Games opening and closing ceremonies, Opening ceremony, Parade of Nations\nAll 42 contingents (41 nations and the unified Korea team) participated in the parade, the order begins with Afghanistan and ended with host Indonesia. Each contingent was led by a representative official that wore local traditional costumes with Indonesian floral designs while carrying each country's name placard. The costume was designed by Chitra Subiyakto.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 52], "section_span": [54, 89], "content_span": [90, 452]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277412-0012-0000", "contents": "2018 Asian Para Games opening and closing ceremonies, Opening ceremony, Parade of Nations\nLike the Asian Games, the nations marched in English alphabetical order. Below is a list of parading countries and their announced flag bearer, in the same order as the parade. This is sortable by country name, flag bearer's name and flag bearer's sport. Names are given in the form officially designated by the APC.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 52], "section_span": [54, 89], "content_span": [90, 406]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277412-0013-0000", "contents": "2018 Asian Para Games opening and closing ceremonies, Closing ceremony\nThe 2018 Asian Para Games closing ceremony was held on Saturday, 13 October 2018 at the Gelora Bung Karno Madya Stadium in Jakarta. Vice President of Indonesia Jusuf Kalla, and president of the Asian Paralympic Committee Majid Rashed were among the dignitaries in attendance.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 52], "section_span": [54, 70], "content_span": [71, 346]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277412-0014-0000", "contents": "2018 Asian Para Games opening and closing ceremonies, Closing ceremony\nDaniel Mananta and Ary Kirana were the ceremony's host while Riri Mestica was the ceremony's DJ. Vice President Kalla and Raja Sapta Oktohari, chairman of the INAPGOC executive committee both delivered bilingual speeches before and after the flag handover ceremony. Zhang Haidi, chairwoman of China Administration of Sports for Persons with Disabilities received the box containing the Ability letters used during the opening ceremony from president of the National Paralympic Committee of Indonesia Senny Marbun while Vice Mayor of Hangzhou Wang Hong received the APC flag from Governor of Jakarta Anies Baswedan. A promotional video about the Hangzhou Asian Para Games featuring shots of the city, Jack Ma and disabled athletes was shown. After Majid Rashed officially closed the games, the flame was extinguished by the wayang puppet on shadow projector.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 52], "section_span": [54, 70], "content_span": [71, 928]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277412-0015-0000", "contents": "2018 Asian Para Games opening and closing ceremonies, Closing ceremony, Performing artists\nIn addition to local artists and a Hangzhou Asian Para Games promotional video segment, the South Korean girlband\u00a0AOA\u00a0performed in the ceremony.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 52], "section_span": [54, 90], "content_span": [91, 235]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277413-0000-0000", "contents": "2018 Asian Rhythmic Gymnastics Championships\nThe 10th Rhythmic Gymnastics Asian Championships was held in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia from April 30 to May 2, 2018.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [44, 44], "content_span": [45, 158]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277414-0000-0000", "contents": "2018 Asian Sailing Championship\nThe 2018 Asian Sailing Championship will be held in Jakarta, Indonesia 24\u201330 June.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [31, 31], "content_span": [32, 114]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277415-0000-0000", "contents": "2018 Asian Shotgun Championships\nThe 2018 Asian Shotgun Championships were held in Sheikh Sabah Al-Ahmad Olympic Shooting Complex Kuwait City, Kuwait between November 2 and 12, 2018.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [32, 32], "content_span": [33, 182]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277416-0000-0000", "contents": "2018 Asian Taekwondo Championships\nThe 2018 Asian Taekwondo Championships were the 23rd edition of the Asian Taekwondo Championships, and was scheduled from May 26 to 28, 2018 in Ph\u00fa Th\u1ecd Indoor Stadium, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [34, 34], "content_span": [35, 229]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277417-0000-0000", "contents": "2018 Asian Tour\nThe 2018 Asian Tour was the 24th season of the modern Asian Tour, the main men's professional golf tour in Asia excluding Japan, since it was established in 1995.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [15, 15], "content_span": [16, 178]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277417-0001-0000", "contents": "2018 Asian Tour, Tournament results\nThe number in brackets after each winner's name is the number of Asian Tour events he had won up to and including that tournament. This information is only shown for Asian Tour members.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [17, 35], "content_span": [36, 221]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277417-0002-0000", "contents": "2018 Asian Tour, Tournament results\nFifty percent of the prize money from two major championships (the U.S. Open and The Open Championship) and one of the World Golf Championships counts towards the Order of Merit, but these tournaments are not shown below.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [17, 35], "content_span": [36, 257]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277417-0003-0000", "contents": "2018 Asian Tour, Order of Merit\nThere is a complete list on the official site .", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [17, 31], "content_span": [32, 79]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277418-0000-0000", "contents": "2018 Asian Trampoline Gymnastics Championships\nThe 2018 Asian Trampoline Gymnastics Championships was held at the University of Makati in Makati, Metro Manila, Philippines, May 19\u201320, 2018. It was the fourth edition of the competition overall and the second edition to feature senior level events.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [46, 46], "content_span": [47, 297]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277418-0001-0000", "contents": "2018 Asian Trampoline Gymnastics Championships\nThe tournament was contested by about 100 athletes from 10 nations. The competition was organized by the Gymnastics Association of the Philippines and was approved by the International Gymnastics Federation. Nations with medalists in the junior level events qualifies at least a berth for the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics in Buenos Aires, Argentina.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [46, 46], "content_span": [47, 394]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277419-0000-0000", "contents": "2018 Asian Women's Club League Handball Championship\nThe 2018 Asian Women's Club League Handball Championship was an international handball tournament held between 3 and 9 October 2018 in Almaty, Kazakhstan. It was organized by the Asian Handball Federation.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 52], "section_span": [52, 52], "content_span": [53, 258]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277420-0000-0000", "contents": "2018 Asian Women's Club Volleyball Championship\nThe 2018 Asian Women's Club Volleyball Championship was the 19th edition of the Asian Women's Club Volleyball Championship, an international volleyball club tournament organised by the Asian Volleyball Confederation (AVC) with the Volleyball Federation of the Republic of Kazakhstan (VFRK). It was held in Ust-Kamenogorsk, Kazakhstan from 11 to 18 July 2018. The tournament served as the Asian qualifiers for the 2019 FIVB Volleyball Women's Club World Championship with the champion qualifying for the World Championship.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 47], "section_span": [47, 47], "content_span": [48, 570]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277420-0001-0000", "contents": "2018 Asian Women's Club Volleyball Championship, Qualification\nNine clubs from nine AVC member associations participated in the tournament including Kazakhstan, the host country. Of the nine AVC member associations, seven had clubs which participated in the 2017 edition.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 47], "section_span": [49, 62], "content_span": [63, 271]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277420-0002-0000", "contents": "2018 Asian Women's Club Volleyball Championship, Pools composition\nThis is the first Asian Women's Club Volleyball Championship which will use the new competition format. Following the 2017 AVC Board of Administration's unanimous decision, the new format will see teams being drawn into four pools up to the total amount of the participating teams. Each team as well as the host side will be assigned into a pool according to their 2017 ranking. The three best-ranked teams will be drawn in the same Pool A, the next best four will contest Pool B, the next best three will contest Pool C.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 47], "section_span": [49, 66], "content_span": [67, 588]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277420-0003-0000", "contents": "2018 Asian Women's Club Volleyball Championship, Preliminary round, Pool standing procedure\nMatch won 3\u20130 or 3\u20131: 3 match points for the winner, 0 match points for the loserMatch won 3\u20132: 2 match points for the winner, 1 match point for the loserMatch forfeited: 0 match points for each.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 47], "section_span": [49, 91], "content_span": [92, 287]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277421-0000-0000", "contents": "2018 Asian Women's Club Volleyball Championship squads\nThis article shows the rosters of all participating teams at the 2018 Asian Women's Club Volleyball Championship in Ust-Kamenogorsk, Kazakhstan.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 54], "section_span": [54, 54], "content_span": [55, 199]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277421-0001-0000", "contents": "2018 Asian Women's Club Volleyball Championship squads, Pool A, Supreme Chonburi\nThe following is the roster of the Thai club Supreme Chonburi in the 2018 Asian Club Championship.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 54], "section_span": [56, 80], "content_span": [81, 180]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277421-0002-0000", "contents": "2018 Asian Women's Club Volleyball Championship squads, Pool A, NEC Red Rockets\nThe following is the roster of the Japanese club NEC Red Rockets in the 2018 Asian Club Championship.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 54], "section_span": [56, 79], "content_span": [80, 181]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277421-0003-0000", "contents": "2018 Asian Women's Club Volleyball Championship squads, Pool A, Jiangsu Zenith Steel\nThe following is the roster of the Chinese club Jiangsu Zenith Steel in the 2018 Asian Club Championship.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 54], "section_span": [56, 84], "content_span": [85, 190]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277421-0004-0000", "contents": "2018 Asian Women's Club Volleyball Championship squads, Pool B, Altay\nThe following is the roster of the Kazakhstani club Altay in the 2018 Asian Club Championship.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 54], "section_span": [56, 69], "content_span": [70, 164]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277421-0005-0000", "contents": "2018 Asian Women's Club Volleyball Championship squads, Pool B, CMFC\nThe following is the roster of the Taiwanese club CMFC in the 2018 Asian Club Championship.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 54], "section_span": [56, 68], "content_span": [69, 160]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277421-0006-0000", "contents": "2018 Asian Women's Club Volleyball Championship squads, Pool B, Paykan Tehran VC\nThe following is the roster of the Iranian club Paykan Tehran VC in the 2018 Asian Club Championship.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 54], "section_span": [56, 80], "content_span": [81, 182]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277421-0007-0000", "contents": "2018 Asian Women's Club Volleyball Championship squads, Pool C, VTV B\u00ecnh \u0110i\u1ec1n Long An\nThe following is the roster of the Vietnamese club VTV B\u00ecnh \u0110i\u1ec1n Long An in the 2018 Asian Club Championship.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 54], "section_span": [56, 85], "content_span": [86, 195]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277421-0008-0000", "contents": "2018 Asian Women's Club Volleyball Championship squads, Pool C, Garuda VC\nThe following is the roster of the Indonesia club Garuda VC in the 2018 Asian Club Championship.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 54], "section_span": [56, 73], "content_span": [74, 170]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277421-0009-0000", "contents": "2018 Asian Women's Club Volleyball Championship squads, Pool C, Lanka Lions\nThe following is the roster of the Srilanga club Sri Lanka Representative in the 2018 Asian Club Championship.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 54], "section_span": [56, 75], "content_span": [76, 186]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277422-0000-0000", "contents": "2018 Asian Women's Handball Championship\nThe 2018 Asian Women's Handball Championship was the 17th edition of the Asian Women's Handball Championship, which took place from 30 November to 9 December 2018 in Kumamoto, Yamaga and Yatsushiro, Japan. The tournament was held under the aegis of Asian Handball Federation and acted as the Asian qualifying tournament for the 2019 World Women's Handball Championship.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [40, 40], "content_span": [41, 410]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277422-0001-0000", "contents": "2018 Asian Women's Handball Championship\nSouth Korea won their fourth straight and 14th overall title after defeating Japan in the final.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [40, 40], "content_span": [41, 137]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277422-0002-0000", "contents": "2018 Asian Women's Handball Championship, Draw\nThe draw was held on 6 August 2018 at the Hotel Nikko in Kumamoto.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 46], "content_span": [47, 113]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277422-0003-0000", "contents": "2018 Asian Women's Handball Championship, Draw\nTeams were seeded according to the AHF COC regulations and rankings of the previous edition of the championship. Teams who had not participate in the previous edition were in Pot 4.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 46], "content_span": [47, 228]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277422-0004-0000", "contents": "2018 Asian Women's Handball Championship, Final standing\n1. If countries from Oceania (Australia or New Zealand) participating in the Asian Championships finished within the top 5, they qualified for the World Championships. If they had both placed sixth or lower, the place would have been transferred to the wild card spot.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 56], "content_span": [57, 325]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277423-0000-0000", "contents": "2018 Asian Women's U19 Volleyball Championship\nThe 2018 Asian Women's U19 Volleyball Championship, referred to as the 2018 SMM Asian Women's U19 Volleyball Championship for sponsorship reasons, was the nineteenth edition of the Asian Women's U19 Volleyball Championship, a biennial international volleyball tournament organised by the Asian Volleyball Confederation (AVC) with Volleyball Federation of Vietnam (VFV) for the women's under-19 national teams of Asia. The tournament was held in B\u1eafc Ninh Province, Vietnam, from 10 to 17 June 2018.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [46, 46], "content_span": [47, 544]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277423-0001-0000", "contents": "2018 Asian Women's U19 Volleyball Championship\nA total of fifteen teams played in the tournament, with players born on or after 1 January 2000 eligible to participate.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [46, 46], "content_span": [47, 167]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277423-0002-0000", "contents": "2018 Asian Women's U19 Volleyball Championship\nSame as previous editions, the tournament acted as the AVC qualifiers for the FIVB Volleyball Women's U20 World Championship. The top two teams qualified for the 2019 FIVB Volleyball Women's U20 World Championship, as the AVC representatives.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [46, 46], "content_span": [47, 289]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277423-0003-0000", "contents": "2018 Asian Women's U19 Volleyball Championship, Qualification\nThe fifteen AVC member associations will participate in the tournament (included the India, who was suspended by the FIVB and was lifted the suspension in May 2018), Vietnam qualified as host country. There are thirteen teams participated in the 2016 Asian Women's U19 Volleyball Championship, and the one remaining teams did not participate in the previous edition. The fifteen AVC member associations were from four zonal associations, including, Central Asia (4 teams), East Asia (6 teams), Oceania (2 team) and Southeast Asia (3 teams). While any West Asian teams did not participate this edition and Uzbekistan withdrew from the tournament.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [48, 61], "content_span": [62, 707]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277423-0004-0000", "contents": "2018 Asian Women's U19 Volleyball Championship, Pools composition\nThis is the first Asian Women's U19 Volleyball Championship which will use the new competition format. Following the 2017 AVC Board of Administration\u2019s unanimous decision, the new format will see teams being drawn into four pools up to the total amount of the participating teams. Each team as well as the host side will be assigned into a pool according to their 2016 ranking. The four best-ranked teams will be drawn in the same Pool A, the next best four will contest Pool B, the next best four will contest Pool C. Pool D will comprise teams finishing next best three teams.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [48, 65], "content_span": [66, 644]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277423-0005-0000", "contents": "2018 Asian Women's U19 Volleyball Championship, Preliminary round, Pool standing procedure\nMatch won 3\u20130 or 3\u20131: 3 match points for the winner, 0 match points for the loserMatch won 3\u20132: 2 match points for the winner, 1 match point for the loserMatch forfeited: 0 match points for each.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [48, 90], "content_span": [91, 286]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277424-0000-0000", "contents": "2018 Asian Women's Volleyball Challenge Cup\nThe 2018 Asian Women's Volleyball Challenge Cup was the inaugural edition of the Asian Women's Volleyball Challenge Cup, a biennial international volleyball tournament organised by the Asian Volleyball Confederation (AVC) with Kyrgyzstan Volleyball Federation (KVF). The tournament was held in Hong Kong, Hong Kong, from December 3 to 9, 2018.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [43, 43], "content_span": [44, 387]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277424-0001-0000", "contents": "2018 Asian Women's Volleyball Challenge Cup, Qualification\nThe AVC members associations, some teams were participated for the 2017 Asian Women's Volleyball Championship. The AVC members associations were from five zonal associations, including, Central Asia (2 teams), East Asia (3 team), Oceania (2 team), Southeastern Asia (1 team).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [45, 58], "content_span": [59, 334]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277424-0002-0000", "contents": "2018 Asian Women's Volleyball Challenge Cup, Preliminary round, Pool standing procedure\nMatch won 3\u20130 or 3\u20131: 3 match points for the winner, 0 match points for the loserMatch won 3\u20132: 2 match points for the winner, 1 match point for the loser", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [45, 87], "content_span": [88, 242]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277425-0000-0000", "contents": "2018 Asian Women's Volleyball Cup\nThe 2018 Asian Women's Volleyball Cup, so-called 2018 AVC Cup for Women was the sixth edition of the Asian Women's Volleyball Cup, a biennial international volleyball tournament organised by the Asian Volleyball Confederation (AVC) with Thailand Volleyball Association (TVA). The tournament was held in Nakhon Ratchasima, Thailand, from 16 to 23 September 2018.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [33, 33], "content_span": [34, 395]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277425-0001-0000", "contents": "2018 Asian Women's Volleyball Cup\nAs hosts, Thailand automatically qualified for the tournament, while the remaining 9 teams, qualified from the 2017 Asian Women's Volleyball Championship in Bi\u00f1an and Muntinlupa, Philippines.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [33, 33], "content_span": [34, 225]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277425-0002-0000", "contents": "2018 Asian Women's Volleyball Cup, Qualification\nThe ten AVC member associations participated in the tournament with Thailand already qualified as host country, and the nine remaining teams qualified from the 2017 Asian Women's Volleyball Championship. The ten AVC member associations were from three zonal associations, including, Central Asia (2 teams), East Asia (4 teams), Oceania (1 team) and Southeast Asia (3 teams). While any West Asian teams did not participate the tournament's qualification.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 48], "content_span": [49, 502]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277425-0003-0000", "contents": "2018 Asian Women's Volleyball Cup, Pools composition\nThis is the first Asian Women's Volleyball Cup which will use the new competition format. Following the 2017 AVC Board of Administration\u2019s unanimous decision, the new format will see teams being drawn into three or four pools up to the total amount of the participating teams. Each team as well as the host side will be assigned into a pool according to their previous ranking (2017 Asian Women's Volleyball Championship). As the three best-ranked teams will be drawn in the same Pool A, the next best three will contest Pool B. Pool C will comprise teams finishing next best four teams.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 52], "content_span": [53, 640]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277425-0004-0000", "contents": "2018 Asian Women's Volleyball Cup, Venue\nAll matches will be held at Korat Chatchai Hall, Nakhon Ratchasima", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 40], "content_span": [41, 107]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277425-0005-0000", "contents": "2018 Asian Women's Volleyball Cup, Preliminary round, Pool standing procedure\nMatch won 3\u20130 or 3\u20131: 3 match points for the winner, 0 match points for the loserMatch won 3\u20132: 2 match points for the winner, 1 match point for the loser", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 77], "content_span": [78, 232]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277426-0000-0000", "contents": "2018 Asian Women's Volleyball Cup squads\nThis article shows the women's squads of the participating teams at the 2018 Asian Women's Volleyball Cup.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [40, 40], "content_span": [41, 147]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277427-0000-0000", "contents": "2018 Asian Wrestling Championships\nThe 2018 Asian Wrestling Championships took place at the Kojomkul Sports Palace, Bishkek in Kyrgyzstan. The event took place from February 27 to March 4, 2018.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [34, 34], "content_span": [35, 194]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277428-0000-0000", "contents": "2018 Asian Youth Olympic Games Qualifier (boys' field hockey)\nThe 2018 Asian Youth Olympic Games Qualifier for boys' field hockey was held from 25 to 28 April 2018 in Bangkok, Thailand. Only the winner and runner-up are qualifying for the finals.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 61], "section_span": [61, 61], "content_span": [62, 246]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277428-0001-0000", "contents": "2018 Asian Youth Olympic Games Qualifier (boys' field hockey), Format\nThe eleven teams will be split into two groups of five and six teams. The top two teams advance to the semifinals to determine the winner in a knockout system. The third and fourth placed teams will play for the 5-8th place classification. The bottom three teams play for the 9-11th place classification.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 61], "section_span": [63, 69], "content_span": [70, 374]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277429-0000-0000", "contents": "2018 Asian Youth Olympic Games Qualifier (girls' field hockey)\nThe 2018 Asian Youth Olympic Games Qualifier for girls' field hockey event will be held from the 25th until the 29th of April 2018 in Bangkok, Thailand. Only the winner and runner-up are qualifying for the finals.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 62], "section_span": [62, 62], "content_span": [63, 276]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277429-0001-0000", "contents": "2018 Asian Youth Olympic Games Qualifier (girls' field hockey), Format\nThe nine teams will be split into two groups of four and five teams. The top two teams of each pool advance to the semifinals to determine the winner in a knockout system. The 3rd placed teams from each pool will play for the 5th/6th place. The and 4th placed teams from each pool and the 5th placed team from pool A will play for the 7th/9th place.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 62], "section_span": [64, 70], "content_span": [71, 420]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277430-0000-0000", "contents": "2018 Aspria Tennis Cup\nThe 2018 Aspria Tennis Cup was a professional tennis tournament played on clay courts. It was the thirteenth edition of the tournament which was part of the 2018 ATP Challenger Tour. It took place in Milan, Italy between 25 June and 1 July 2018.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [22, 22], "content_span": [23, 268]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277430-0001-0000", "contents": "2018 Aspria Tennis Cup, Singles main draw entrants, Other Entrants\nThe following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 66], "content_span": [67, 135]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277430-0002-0000", "contents": "2018 Aspria Tennis Cup, Singles main draw entrants, Other Entrants\nThe following players received entry into the singles main draw as special exempts:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 66], "content_span": [67, 150]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277430-0003-0000", "contents": "2018 Aspria Tennis Cup, Singles main draw entrants, Other Entrants\nThe following player received entry into the singles main draw as an alternate:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 66], "content_span": [67, 146]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277431-0000-0000", "contents": "2018 Aspria Tennis Cup \u2013 Doubles\nTomasz Bednarek and David Pel were the defending champions but chose not to defend their title.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [32, 32], "content_span": [33, 128]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277431-0001-0000", "contents": "2018 Aspria Tennis Cup \u2013 Doubles\nJulian Ocleppo and Andrea Vavassori won the title after defeating Gonzalo Escobar and Fernando Romboli 4\u20136, 6\u20131, [11\u20139] in the final.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [32, 32], "content_span": [33, 166]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277432-0000-0000", "contents": "2018 Aspria Tennis Cup \u2013 Singles\nGuido Pella was the defending champion but chose not to defend his title.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [32, 32], "content_span": [33, 106]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277432-0001-0000", "contents": "2018 Aspria Tennis Cup \u2013 Singles\nLaslo \u0110ere won the title after defeating Gianluca Mager 6\u20132, 6\u20131 in the final.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [32, 32], "content_span": [33, 111]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277433-0000-0000", "contents": "2018 Assam panchayat election\nThe 2018 Assam panchayat election were held in two phases, on 5 and 9 December 2018. The counting of votes started on 12 December and results were declared on 15 December. More than 15.6 million people were eligible to vote and voter turnout was over 78 per cent.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [29, 29], "content_span": [30, 293]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277433-0001-0000", "contents": "2018 Assam panchayat election\nThe Bharatiya Janata Party won 11,325 seats in total, while the Indian National Congress won 8,970 seats. Other parties won 6,489 seats.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [29, 29], "content_span": [30, 166]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277433-0002-0000", "contents": "2018 Assam panchayat election, Background\nAssam Panchayat Raj Act, 1994 made provisions for establishing a three-tier Panchayati Raj system in the State at the village, intermediate and district level.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 41], "content_span": [42, 201]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277433-0003-0000", "contents": "2018 Assam panchayat election, Background\nTotal number of Elected Representatives and Chairpersons in the State", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 41], "content_span": [42, 111]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277433-0004-0000", "contents": "2018 Assam panchayat election, Election schedule\nThe Assam State Election Commission announced that the Polls would hold in two Phases. The polling for the first phase was held on 5 December 2018, while that for the second phase took place on 9 December 2018. The final counting of votes was started from 12 December 2018 in the 26 districts across the state.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 48], "content_span": [49, 359]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277433-0005-0000", "contents": "2018 Assam panchayat election, Election schedule\nIn first phase, polls were held in Tinsukia, Dibrugarh, Sivsagar, Charaideo, Jorhat, Majuli, Golaghat, Nagaon, Dhemaji,Lakhimpur, Biswanath, Sonitpur, Darrang, Morigaon, Kamrup (Metro) and Kamrup districts. In the second phase, the election were held in Nalbari, Barpeta, Bongaigaon, Dhubri, South SalmaraMankachar, Goalpara, Cachar, Hailakandi, Karimganj and Hojai districts", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 48], "content_span": [49, 424]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277433-0006-0000", "contents": "2018 Assam panchayat election, Party wise results, Zilla Parishad\nThe election results for 420 Zilla Parishad Members are as follows", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 65], "content_span": [66, 132]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277433-0007-0000", "contents": "2018 Assam panchayat election, Party wise results, Anchalik Panchayat\nThe election results for 2,197 Anchalik Panchayat Members are as follows", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 69], "content_span": [70, 142]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277433-0008-0000", "contents": "2018 Assam panchayat election, Party wise results, Gaon Panchayat (President)\nThe election results for 2,197 Gaon Panchayat Presidents are as follows", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 77], "content_span": [78, 149]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277433-0009-0000", "contents": "2018 Assam panchayat election, Party wise results, Gaon Panchayat (Ward)\nThe election results for 21,970 Gaon Panchayat Wards are as follows", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 72], "content_span": [73, 140]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277433-0010-0000", "contents": "2018 Assam panchayat election, District wise results\nLargest Party (BJP) \u2014 17\u00a0 Largest Party (INC) \u2014 7\u00a0\u00a0Largest Party (AGP) \u2014 0\u00a0 Largest Party (AIUDF) \u2014 1\u00a0\u00a0Largest Party (Others) \u2014 2", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 52], "content_span": [53, 182]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277434-0000-0000", "contents": "2018 Astana season\nThe 2018 season for the Astana cycling team began in January with the Tour Down Under. As a UCI WorldTeam, they were automatically invited and obligated to send a squad to every event in the UCI World Tour.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [18, 18], "content_span": [19, 225]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277435-0000-0000", "contents": "2018 Athletics World Cup\nThe 2018 Athletics World Cup was held in London, United Kingdom, from 14 to 15 July 2018. This was the first edition of this competition.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [24, 24], "content_span": [25, 162]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277435-0001-0000", "contents": "2018 Athletics World Cup\nEach team entered one athlete per event, and points were gained on the basis of finishing position. Although the majority of World championship events were contested, no races over 1500 metres were held, and no road events or multievents are on the program. The competition focused on an overall team prize, team prize money, The Platinum Trophy and Platinum team medals, but individual gold, silver and bronze medals were also awarded in each individual event.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [24, 24], "content_span": [25, 486]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277435-0002-0000", "contents": "2018 Athletics World Cup\nWhile the event is organised outside of the official IAAF structures, the IAAF has expressed support for the event notwithstanding the existence of its own IAAF Continental Cup event.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [24, 24], "content_span": [25, 208]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277435-0003-0000", "contents": "2018 Athletics World Cup\nThe United States won the inaugural edition, finishing ahead of Poland, with Great Britain and Northern Ireland in third overall.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [24, 24], "content_span": [25, 154]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277435-0004-0000", "contents": "2018 Athletics World Cup, Participating nations\nParticipation was based on placings at the 2017 World Championships in Athletics in World Cup events (multi-events, and races longer than 1500m were therefore ignored).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 47], "content_span": [48, 216]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277435-0005-0000", "contents": "2018 Athletics World Cup, Participating nations\nThe following eight nations competed in the 1st Athletics World Cup:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 47], "content_span": [48, 116]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277436-0000-0000", "contents": "2018 Atlanta Blaze season\nThe 2018 Atlanta Blaze season was the third season for the Atlanta Blaze of Major League Lacrosse. The Blaze created a lot of noise in the preceding offseason period. On September 12, 2017, the Blaze signed former Lizard Tommy Palasek. Later in the month, the Blaze also signed Matt Gibson from the Lizards and acquired Eddy Glazener from the Denver Outlaws for Christian Burgdorf.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [25, 25], "content_span": [26, 407]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277436-0001-0000", "contents": "2018 Atlanta Blaze season\nOn December 18, 2017, Blaze head coach Dave Huntley died unexpectedly at the age of 60. Former MLL player Liam Banks was named his replacement on January 15, 2018, becoming the third head coach in the young team's history.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [25, 25], "content_span": [26, 248]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277436-0002-0000", "contents": "2018 Atlanta Blaze season\nFor the second straight year, the Blaze improved their record, finishing .500 for the first time in franchise history at 7-7. The team entered the final week of the season just needing a win to clinch a playoff spot. However, the Blaze lost a close one to the Denver Outlaws, 15-14.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [25, 25], "content_span": [26, 308]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277437-0000-0000", "contents": "2018 Atlanta Braves season\nThe 2018 Atlanta Braves season was the Braves' 53rd season in Atlanta, 148th overall, and second season at SunTrust Park. They completely reversed their 72-90 season in 2017, and made the postseason and won a division title for the first time since 2013. They lost to the Los Angeles Dodgers in four games in the NL Division Series.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [26, 26], "content_span": [27, 359]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277437-0001-0000", "contents": "2018 Atlanta Braves season, Offseason, October\nOn October 2, 2017, John Coppolella resigned as general manager of the Braves amid a Major League Baseball investigation into Atlanta's international signings, having committed what the Braves termed \"a breach of MLB rules regarding the international player market\".", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 46], "content_span": [47, 313]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277437-0002-0000", "contents": "2018 Atlanta Braves season, Offseason, November\nOn November 13, 2017, the Braves announced Alex Anthopoulos as the new general manager and executive vice president. John Hart was removed as team president and assumed a senior adviser role with the organization. Braves chairman Terry McGuirk apologized to fans \"on behalf of the entire Braves family\" for the scandal. McGuirk described Anthopoulos as \"a man of integrity\" and that \"he will operate in a way that will make all of our Braves fans proud.\" On November 17, 2017, the Braves announced that John Hart had stepped down as senior advisor for the organization. Hart said in a statement that \"with the hiring of Alex Anthopoulos as general manager, this organization is in great hands.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 47], "content_span": [48, 742]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277437-0003-0000", "contents": "2018 Atlanta Braves season, Offseason, November\nOn November 21, 2017, Major League Baseball Commissioner Rob Manfred announced the findings of the MLB investigation into Atlanta's international signings. Manfred ruled that the Braves must forfeit 13 international prospects, including highly touted Kevin Maitan, an infielder from Venezuela who signed for $4.25 million in 2016. The team also forfeited a third-round draft pick in the 2018 draft. Former Braves general manager John Coppolella was placed on baseball's permanently ineligible list.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 47], "content_span": [48, 546]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277437-0004-0000", "contents": "2018 Atlanta Braves season, Offseason, November\nAdditionally, the Braves shall be prohibited from signing any international player for more than $10,000 during the 2019\u201320 signing period and their international signing bonus pool for the 2020\u201321 signing period will be reduced by 50 percent.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 47], "content_span": [48, 291]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277437-0005-0000", "contents": "2018 Atlanta Braves season, Offseason, December\nThe Braves traded outfielder Matt Kemp to the Los Angeles Dodgers for infielder Charlie Culberson, first baseman Adri\u00e1n Gonz\u00e1lez and pitchers Scott Kazmir and Brandon McCarthy on December 16, 2017. The Braves released Adri\u00e1n Gonz\u00e1lez a few days later.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 47], "content_span": [48, 299]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277437-0006-0000", "contents": "2018 Atlanta Braves season, Regular season, Record vs. opponents\nThe October 1 tiebreaker games were regular-season games that are included here.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 64], "content_span": [65, 145]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277437-0007-0000", "contents": "2018 Atlanta Braves season, Statistics, Batting\nNote: G = Games played; AB = At bats; R = Runs; H = Hits; 2B = Doubles; 3B = Triples; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in; BB = Walks; SO = Strikeouts; Avg. = Batting average; OBP = On Base Percentage; SLG = Slugging Percentage; SB = Stolen bases", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 47], "content_span": [48, 295]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277437-0008-0000", "contents": "2018 Atlanta Braves season, Statistics, Pitching\nNote: W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; G = Games pitched; GS = Games started; SV = Saves; IP = Innings pitched; R = Runs allowed; ER = Earned runs allowed; HR = Home runs allowed; BB = Walks allowed; K = Strikeouts", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 48], "content_span": [49, 278]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277438-0000-0000", "contents": "2018 Atlanta Dream season\nThe 2018 WNBA season was the 11th season for the Atlanta Dream of the Women's National Basketball Association. The team began its season on May 20, 2018 against the Dallas Wings.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [25, 25], "content_span": [26, 204]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277438-0001-0000", "contents": "2018 Atlanta Dream season\nThe Dream started the season slowly, going 2\u20132 in May with both losses coming to Dallas. The team continued to not be able to build momentum in June, posting a 5\u20136 record. The team started well in the month, going on a three game win streak, but couldn't continue that run, winning just 2 of the final 7 games in the month. However, the Dream found another gear in July. The Dream went on an 8 game winning streak and head coach Nicki Collen was awarded the Coach of the Month.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [25, 25], "content_span": [26, 503]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277438-0001-0001", "contents": "2018 Atlanta Dream season\nThe team finished the month 9\u20132 and in prime playoff position. The team continued its run in August, going 6\u20131 with their only loss on the road against Phoenix. Collen was again voted coach of the month. However, on August 9th, the team lost their star Angel McCoughtry for the season with torn ligaments in her left knee. The team finished a franchise\u2013best 23\u201311 which entered them into the 2018 WNBA Playoffs as the second seed.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [25, 25], "content_span": [26, 456]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277438-0002-0000", "contents": "2018 Atlanta Dream season\nAs the second seed, Atlanta earned a double bye into the semifinal round. There, Atlanta faced off against the Washington Mystics. The Mystics were the third seed, finishing one game behind Atlanta in the regular season. The series was a close one, with the Mystics star Elena Delle Donne getting injured in game 3. However, the Dream were not able to capitalize and eventually lost the series 2 games to 3.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [25, 25], "content_span": [26, 433]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277438-0003-0000", "contents": "2018 Atlanta Dream season, Transactions, WNBA Draft\nThe Dream made the following selections in the 2018 WNBA Draft.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 51], "content_span": [52, 115]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277439-0000-0000", "contents": "2018 Atlanta Falcons season\nThe 2018 season was the Atlanta Falcons' 53rd in the National Football League, their second playing their home games at Mercedes-Benz Stadium (the venue for Super Bowl LIII) and their fourth under head coach Dan Quinn. The Falcons attempted to be the first team to play the Super Bowl in their home stadium as an expected Super Bowl contender. However, the Falcons were riddled with injuries, losing 7 starters to IR with the Falcons stumbling to a 1\u20134 start.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [27, 27], "content_span": [28, 488]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277439-0001-0000", "contents": "2018 Atlanta Falcons season\nFollowing a 31\u201317 loss to the Saints in Week 12, the Falcons fell to 4\u20137 and failed to match their 10\u20136 campaign from 2017. With a 34\u201320 loss to the Green Bay Packers, the Falcons fell to 4\u20139 and suffered their first losing season since the 2014 season. Despite beating the Arizona Cardinals 40\u201314 in Week 15, the Falcons were eliminated from playoff contention for the first time since 2015 with a win by the Minnesota Vikings. However, they were able to end their season with a 3 game win streak to finish 7\u20139.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [27, 27], "content_span": [28, 540]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277439-0002-0000", "contents": "2018 Atlanta Falcons season, Preseason\nThe Falcons' preseason opponents and schedule was announced on April 11.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 38], "content_span": [39, 111]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277439-0003-0000", "contents": "2018 Atlanta Falcons season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 13: vs. Baltimore Ravens\nThe Falcons were the only NFC South team to lose to all of their AFC North opponents in 2018.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 90], "content_span": [91, 184]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277439-0004-0000", "contents": "2018 Atlanta Falcons season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 14: at Green Bay Packers\nMatt Ryan eclipsed 4,000 yards, becoming the third quarterback in NFL history to reach 4,000 in at least eight consecutive seasons, joining Drew Brees (2006-2017) & Peyton Manning (2006-2014). Julio Jones eclipsed 1,400 yards and became the first player in NFL history to register five consecutive seasons with at least 1,400 yards.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 90], "content_span": [91, 423]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277439-0005-0000", "contents": "2018 Atlanta Falcons season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 15: vs. Arizona Cardinals\nDespite this win, the loss by Miami to Minnesota eliminated the Falcons from post-season contention and once again assures that the Super Bowl host team will not play the championship game on their own field.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 91], "content_span": [92, 300]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277440-0000-0000", "contents": "2018 Atlanta United 2 season\nThe 2018 Atlanta United 2 season is the club's first year of existence, their first season in the United Soccer League, the second tier of the American soccer pyramid.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [28, 28], "content_span": [29, 196]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277440-0001-0000", "contents": "2018 Atlanta United 2 season, Players\nAs of October 14, 2018. The squad of Atlanta United 2 will be composed of an unrestricted number of first-team players on loan to the reserve team, players signed to ATLUTD2, and Atlanta United Academy players. Academy players who appear in matches with ATLUTD2 will retain their college eligibility.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 37], "content_span": [38, 338]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277441-0000-0000", "contents": "2018 Atlanta United FC season\nThe 2018 Atlanta United FC season was the second season of Atlanta United FC's existence, and the tenth year that a professional soccer club from Atlanta, Georgia competed in the top division of American soccer. Atlanta played their home matches at Mercedes-Benz Stadium and were coached by Gerardo \"Tata\" Martino. Outside of MLS, the team participated in the 2018 U.S. Open Cup and the 2018 MLS Cup Playoffs, as well as various preseason competitions.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [29, 29], "content_span": [30, 482]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277441-0001-0000", "contents": "2018 Atlanta United FC season\nOn November 17, 2017, Atlanta United announced the launch of a reserve team, Atlanta United 2, to play in what is currently named the USL Championship at the start of the 2018 season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [29, 29], "content_span": [30, 213]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277441-0002-0000", "contents": "2018 Atlanta United FC season\nWith a win over Chicago Fire on October 21, Atlanta qualified for the 2019 CONCACAF Champions League by having the best aggregate record across the 2017 and 2018 MLS seasons. The club later qualified for the competition by winning MLS Cup 2018, so their previously-held spot was allocated to the team with the second best aggregate record, New York Red Bulls.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [29, 29], "content_span": [30, 389]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277441-0003-0000", "contents": "2018 Atlanta United FC season, Club, International roster slots\nAtlanta had seven International Roster Slots at the end of the 2018 season. Josef Mart\u00ednez occupied an International Roster Slot until July 9, when he received a green card, making him a domestic player for MLS roster purposes. Jon Gallagher occupied an International Roster Slot until August 19, when he was sent on loan to Atlanta United 2 and Jos\u00e9 Hern\u00e1ndez was recalled from the second team to replace Gallagher.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 63], "content_span": [64, 480]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277441-0004-0000", "contents": "2018 Atlanta United FC season, Player movement, In, SuperDraft picks\nDraft picks are not automatically signed to the team roster. Only trades involving draft picks and executed after the start of 2018 MLS SuperDraft will be listed in the notes. Atlanta had four selections in the draft.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 68], "content_span": [69, 286]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277441-0005-0000", "contents": "2018 Atlanta United FC season, Player movement, Out\nPer Major League Soccer and club policies terms of the deals do not get disclosed.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 51], "content_span": [52, 134]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277441-0006-0000", "contents": "2018 Atlanta United FC season, Player movement, Out, Loan out\nDue to a surplus of players under contract that required an International Roster Slot, Oliver Shannon was loaned to Atlanta United 2 for the full 2018 season. In addition, as part of Eric Remedi's incoming transfer, Jos\u00e9 Hern\u00e1ndez was officially loaned to Atlanta United 2. Neither player could be recalled to the first team without an additional corresponding roster transaction. Players on the first team roster were able play for the second team without restriction.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 61], "content_span": [62, 531]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277441-0007-0000", "contents": "2018 Atlanta United FC season, Player movement, Out, Loan out\nOn August 19, Hern\u00e1ndez was in the matchday squad for the first team's match against the Columbus Crew. In order for this to be in compliance with league roster rules, Atlanta had to send forward Jon Gallagher on loan to Atlanta United 2 for the rest of the season and recall Hern\u00e1ndez from the second team.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 61], "content_span": [62, 369]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277442-0000-0000", "contents": "2018 Atlanta sanitation strike\nThe 2018 Atlanta sanitation strike was a labor strike involving 120 sanitation workers for Republic Services in Atlanta, Georgia, United States. The workers, members of the International Brotherhood of Teamsters, went on strike on August 10, 2018, with the strike ending later that day. Several days later, the union and company reached an agreement on new labor contracts.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [30, 30], "content_span": [31, 404]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277442-0001-0000", "contents": "2018 Atlanta sanitation strike, Background\nOn August 5, 2018, 120 members of Local 728 of the International Brotherhood of Teamsters voted to authorize strike action against their employer, Republic Services. The workers involved were part of a unit that serviced several residential areas in Atlanta, as well as the Atlanta Public Schools, Emory Healthcare, Emory University, Hartsfield\u2013Jackson Atlanta International Airport, and Piedmont Hospital. The strike organizer claimed that the members voted to strike after disputes in labor contract negotiations with Republic, saying, \u201cThe company has halted bargaining and negotiating with these workers. They refuse to reduce employees\u2019 cost of health insurance. Workers don\u2019t get paid for all the time they work.\u201d Additionally, the union alleged that Republic was guilty of violating Federal law in an incident where work was taken from full-time mechanics and leased to subcontractors. A previous strike involving workers for Republic occurred in 2013 in nearby McDonough, Georgia.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 42], "content_span": [43, 1031]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277442-0002-0000", "contents": "2018 Atlanta sanitation strike, Course of the strike\nThe strike began shortly after midnight on August 10, when the workers performed a walkout. Shortly thereafter, the strikers, many wearing yellow vests, began picketing outside Republic's Atlanta offices. The strike ended later that day at 3:30 p.m., though there are disagreements regarding how the strike ended. In a press release, Republic claimed that union officials had \"directed our employees to walk out on their jobs this morning without giving our employees a chance to vote on our comprehensive proposal,\" and they had \"accepted an immediate and unconditional offer by Teamsters 728 to return to work.\u201d", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 52], "content_span": [53, 666]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277442-0002-0001", "contents": "2018 Atlanta sanitation strike, Course of the strike\nHowever, the strike organizer claimed that the strike had ended when it was scheduled to end, with no conversation occurring between Republic and union members. Following the end of the strike, the strike organizer didn't rule out the possibility of subsequent strike action. Republic claimed that the impact of the strike on their operations were minimal, only affecting some operations in the southern part of the city.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 52], "content_span": [53, 474]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277442-0003-0000", "contents": "2018 Atlanta sanitation strike, Aftermath\nFollowing the strike, none of the striking employees faced disciplinary action from the company. Several days later, on August 27, the union and company reached an agreement on a new 5-year labor contract. While the details were not released, the deal addressed the issues that had led to the strike.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 41], "content_span": [42, 342]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277443-0000-0000", "contents": "2018 Atlantic 10 Conference Baseball Tournament\nThe 2018 Atlantic 10 Conference Baseball Tournament took place from May 23 to 26. The top seven regular season finishers of the league's twelve teams metin the double-elimination tournament, which was at Tucker Field at Barcroft Park, the home field of George Washington. As champion, Saint Louis earned the conference's automatic bid to the 2018 NCAA Division I Baseball Tournament.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 47], "section_span": [47, 47], "content_span": [48, 431]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277443-0001-0000", "contents": "2018 Atlantic 10 Conference Baseball Tournament, Seeding and format\nThe tournament used the same format adopted in 2014, with the top seven finishers from the regular season seeded one through seven. As the top seed, Saint Louis received a single bye while remaining seeds played on the first day.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 47], "section_span": [49, 67], "content_span": [68, 297]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277444-0000-0000", "contents": "2018 Atlantic 10 Conference Women's Soccer Tournament\nThe 2018 Atlantic 10 Conference Women's Soccer Tournament was the postseason women's soccer tournament for the Atlantic 10 Conference held from October 27 through November 4, 2018. The quarterfinals of the tournament were held at campus sites, while the semifinals and final took place at Baujan Field in Dayton, Ohio. The eight-team single-elimination tournament consisted of three rounds based on seeding from regular season conference play. The defending tournament champions were the La Salle Explorers. La Salle did not qualify for the tournament after finishing ninth in conference regular season play. The top seed, and regular season champions were the Saint Louis Billikens. Saint Louis also won their second overall title, and coach Katie Shields' first title.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 53], "section_span": [53, 53], "content_span": [54, 824]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277445-0000-0000", "contents": "2018 Atlantic 10 Conference men's soccer season\nThe 2018 Atlantic 10 Conference men's soccer season was the 32nd season of varsity soccer in the conference. The regular season began on August 24 and concluded on November 11, 2018. Following the regular season, the 2018 Atlantic 10 Men's Soccer Tournament was be held to determine the conference champion and automatic berth into the 2018 NCAA Division I Men's Soccer Tournament.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 47], "section_span": [47, 47], "content_span": [48, 429]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277445-0001-0000", "contents": "2018 Atlantic 10 Conference men's soccer season\nUMass enters the season as the defending regular season and tournament champions. The Minutemen finished eighth in the regular season and were eliminated in the quarterfinals of the A-10 Tournament by VCU. VCU won the regular season championship, giving the Rams their first A-10 regular season title, and their first regular season championship overall since 2004. Rhode Island won the tournament, given them their first A-10 tournament title since 2006.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 47], "section_span": [47, 47], "content_span": [48, 503]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277445-0002-0000", "contents": "2018 Atlantic 10 Conference men's soccer season\nRhode Island at the A-10 Tournament champions, earned the conference's automatic berth into the NCAA Tournament. They were the only berth the A-10 sent to the NCAA Tournament. There they were defeated by their rivals, Connecticut, 3\u20134.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 47], "section_span": [47, 47], "content_span": [48, 283]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277445-0003-0000", "contents": "2018 Atlantic 10 Conference men's soccer season, Preseason, Preseason poll\nThe preseason poll will be released on August 21, 2018. Fordham was picked to win the regular season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 47], "section_span": [49, 74], "content_span": [75, 176]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277445-0004-0000", "contents": "2018 Atlantic 10 Conference men's soccer season, Preseason, Preseason national polls\nThree of the programs were ranked in one of the five major preseason polls. CollegeSoccerNews.com and Hero Sports use a Top 30 ranking throughout the season, while United Soccer, Soccer America, and TopDrawer Soccer use a Top 25 ranking throughout the season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 47], "section_span": [49, 84], "content_span": [85, 344]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277445-0005-0000", "contents": "2018 Atlantic 10 Conference men's soccer season, Awards, Postseason awards, All A-10 awards and teams\nJanos Loebe, FordhamLeon Maric, Saint Joseph's Oscar Haynes Brown, George WashingtonSiad Haji, VCUDominik Richter, Rhode IslandDevin Boyce, Saint Louis Lennart Hein, Saint LouisJordan Hill, Davidson Joergen Oland, Fordham Peder Kristiansen, Rhode Island Rashid Nuhu, Fordham", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 47], "section_span": [49, 101], "content_span": [102, 422]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277445-0006-0000", "contents": "2018 Atlantic 10 Conference men's soccer season, Awards, Postseason awards, All A-10 awards and teams\nStavros Zarokostas, Rhode IslandJohn Klein, Saint LouisKosi Nwafornso, St. BonaventureDeAndrae Brown, MassachusettsJaylen Thompson, DavidsonRok Taneski, DaytonEdvin Akselsen, Rhode IslandUlrik Edvardsen, VCUTyler Dickson, Rhode IslandKonrad Gorich, MassachusettsRyo Shimazaki, VCUMario Sequeira, VCU", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 47], "section_span": [49, 101], "content_span": [102, 401]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277445-0007-0000", "contents": "2018 Atlantic 10 Conference men's soccer season, Awards, Postseason awards, All A-10 awards and teams\nHenry Howell, Davidson Elias Harryson, DaytonManel Busquets, Duquesne Sindri Ingimarsson, FordhamAto Williams, George Mason Marcelo Lage, George WashingtonYosuke Hanya, MassachusettsEdvin Akselsen, Rhode Island Sondre Karterud, Rhode Island Isaac Boamah, St. Bonaventure John Klein, Saint Louis", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 47], "section_span": [49, 101], "content_span": [102, 453]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277445-0008-0000", "contents": "2018 Atlantic 10 Conference men's soccer season, MLS SuperDraft, Notable non-draft signees\nThe following are notable players who went pro following the end of the season that were not selected in the 2018 MLS SuperDraft.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 47], "section_span": [49, 90], "content_span": [91, 220]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277446-0000-0000", "contents": "2018 Atlantic 10 Men's Basketball Tournament\nThe 2018 Atlantic 10 Men's Basketball Tournament was the postseason men's basketball tournament for the Atlantic 10 Conference's 2017\u201318 season. It was held March 7 through March 11, 2018 at Capital One Arena in Washington, D.C. Davidson won the tournament by defeating Rhode Island in the championship game. As a result, Davidson received the conference's automatic bid to the NCAA Tournament.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [44, 44], "content_span": [45, 439]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277446-0001-0000", "contents": "2018 Atlantic 10 Men's Basketball Tournament, Seeds\nAll 14 A-10 schools participated in the tournament. Teams were seeded by record within the conference, with a tiebreaker system to seed teams with identical conference records. The top 10 teams received a first round bye and the top four teams received a double bye.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [46, 51], "content_span": [52, 318]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277447-0000-0000", "contents": "2018 Atlantic 10 Men's Soccer Tournament\nThe 2018 Atlantic 10 Men's Soccer Tournament, was the 21st edition of the Atlantic 10 Men's Soccer Tournament. It will determined the Atlantic 10 Conference's automatic berth into the 2018 NCAA Division I Men's Soccer Championship. The tournament began on November 4 and concluded on November 11. Saint Louis University hosted the semifinals and championship matches with these fixtures contested at Hermann Stadium.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [40, 40], "content_span": [41, 458]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277447-0001-0000", "contents": "2018 Atlantic 10 Men's Soccer Tournament\nRhode Island won the A-10 Tournament, giving the Rams their first Atlantic 10 Conference championship, as well as first NCAA berth since 2006. Rhode Island defeated George Mason in the final, and bested regular season champions, VCU, in the semifinals, and last year's NCAA quarterfinalists, Fordham in the quarterfinals. George Mason defeated Saint Louis and Dayton to reach the championship match.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [40, 40], "content_span": [41, 440]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277447-0002-0000", "contents": "2018 Atlantic 10 Men's Soccer Tournament\nDefending champions, UMass, were eliminated by the virtue of penalty kicks to VCU in the quarterfinal round.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [40, 40], "content_span": [41, 149]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277447-0003-0000", "contents": "2018 Atlantic 10 Men's Soccer Tournament\nRhode Island was the only Atlantic 10 team this year to earn a berth into the NCAA Tournament. In the NCAA Tournament, they were eliminated in the first round by Connecticut off of a golden goal.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [40, 40], "content_span": [41, 236]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277448-0000-0000", "contents": "2018 Atlantic 10 Women's Basketball Tournament\nThe 2018 Atlantic 10 Women's Basketball Tournament was a postseason tournament that completed the 2017\u201318 season of the Atlantic 10 Conference. It was played at campus sites on February 27 for the first round, with the remaining games held on March 2\u20134 at the Richmond Coliseum in Richmond, Virginia.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [46, 46], "content_span": [47, 347]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277448-0001-0000", "contents": "2018 Atlantic 10 Women's Basketball Tournament, Seeds\nTeams were seeded by record within the conference, with a tiebreaker system to seed teams with identical conference records.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [48, 53], "content_span": [54, 178]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277449-0000-0000", "contents": "2018 Atlantic Championship\nThe 2018 Atlantic Championship Series season was the fifth season of the revived Atlantic Championship. The series was organised by Formula Race Promotions and sanctioned by the United States Auto Club. 17 year old Argentine driver Baltazar Leguizamon won the championship by 99 points over American Blake Mount. Leguizamon won ten of the fourteen races while Mount and Atlantics veteran Keith Grant won two races each.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [26, 26], "content_span": [27, 446]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277450-0000-0000", "contents": "2018 Atlantic Coast Conference Baseball Tournament\nThe 2018 Atlantic Coast Conference Baseball Tournament was held from May 22 through May 27 at Durham Bulls Athletic Park in Durham, North Carolina. The annual tournament determines the conference champion of the Division I Atlantic Coast Conference for college baseball. The tournament champion receives the league's automatic bid to the 2018 NCAA Division I Baseball Tournament. This was the last of 19 athletic championship events held by the conference in the 2017\u201318 academic year.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 50], "section_span": [50, 50], "content_span": [51, 536]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277450-0001-0000", "contents": "2018 Atlantic Coast Conference Baseball Tournament\nThe tournament has been held every year but one since 1973, with Clemson winning ten championships, the most all-time. Georgia Tech has won nine championships, and Florida State has won seven titles since their entry to the league in 1992. Charter league member Duke, along with recent entrants Virginia Tech, Boston College, Pittsburgh and Notre Dame have never won the event. Louisville plays their third season in the ACC in 2017, and has also yet to win a title.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 50], "section_span": [50, 50], "content_span": [51, 517]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277450-0002-0000", "contents": "2018 Atlantic Coast Conference Baseball Tournament\nFlorida State defeated Louisville in the championship game to win the tournament for the eighth time overall, and the third time in four seasons.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 50], "section_span": [50, 50], "content_span": [51, 196]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277450-0003-0000", "contents": "2018 Atlantic Coast Conference Baseball Tournament, Format and seeding\nThe winner of each seven team division and the top ten other teams based on conference winning percentage, regardless of division, from the conference's regular season will be seeded one through twelve. Seeds one and two are awarded to the two division winners. Teams are then divided into four pools of three teams each, with the winners advancing to single elimination bracket for the championship.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 50], "section_span": [52, 70], "content_span": [71, 471]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277451-0000-0000", "contents": "2018 Atlantic Coast Conference Softball Tournament\nThe 2018 Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC) Softball tournament will be held at Shirley Clements Mewborn Field on the campus of Georgia Tech in Atlanta, Georgia from May 9 through May 12, 2018.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 50], "section_span": [50, 50], "content_span": [51, 241]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277451-0001-0000", "contents": "2018 Atlantic Coast Conference Softball Tournament\nThis is the first year of a 10-team tournament. The 1st Round, quarterfinals and semifinals will be shown on the ACC RSN's with a simulcast on ACC Extra. The championship game will be broadcast by ESPN.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 50], "section_span": [50, 50], "content_span": [51, 253]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277452-0000-0000", "contents": "2018 Atlantic Coast Conference football season\nThe 2018 Atlantic Coast Conference football season was the 66th season of College Football play for the Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC). It was played from August 30, 2018 until January 2019. The Atlantic Coast Conference consists of 14 members in two divisions. It was part of the 2018 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The entire 2018 schedule was released on January 17, 2018.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [46, 46], "content_span": [47, 429]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277452-0001-0000", "contents": "2018 Atlantic Coast Conference football season, Previous Season\nClemson defeated Miami, 38\u20133, in the ACC Football Championship Game.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [48, 63], "content_span": [64, 132]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277452-0002-0000", "contents": "2018 Atlantic Coast Conference football season, Previous Season\nTen teams participated in bowl games in the 2017 season and the league went 4\u20136 in those games. Two teams participated in New Years 6 Bowls, however both lost. Clemson lost to Alabama in the 2018 Sugar Bowl, 6\u201324. Miami was played in the Orange Bowl as the ACC's other New Years Six team and lost to Wisconsin 24\u201334. Louisville lost 27\u201331 to Mississippi in the TaxSlayer Bowl. NC State beat Arizona State 52\u201331 in the Sun Bowl. Wake Forest won a shootout in the Belk Bowl with Texas A&M, 55\u201352. Virginia Tech lost 21\u201330 to Oklahoma State in the Camping World Bowl Virginia lost 7\u201349 to Navy in the Military Bowl. Iowa defeated Boston College, 20-27, in the Pinstripe Bowl. Florida State beat Southern Miss 42\u201313 in the Independence Bowl. Duke beat Northern Illinois 36\u201314 in the Quick Lane Bowl.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [48, 63], "content_span": [64, 859]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277452-0003-0000", "contents": "2018 Atlantic Coast Conference football season, Preseason, ACC Media days\nThe 2018 ACC Football Kickoff event was held on July 18 & 19 at the Westin Hotel in Charlotte, North Carolina. On July 6, the ACC announced 28 student athletes from 14 schools that addressed the media at the kickoff event. Press also released preseason polls (shown below) at the event.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [48, 73], "content_span": [74, 360]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277452-0004-0000", "contents": "2018 Atlantic Coast Conference football season, Preseason, ACC Media days, Preseason Poll\nThe 2018 ACC Preseason Poll was announced following the ACC Football Kickoff event. Clemson and Miami were selected to win the Atlantic Division and Coastal Division, respectively. Clemson was selected the favorite to win the ACC Championship, receiving 139 out of 148 votes, or 94% of the vote. The poll was voted on by 148 media members, all of which were in attendance for the ACC Football Kickoff.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [48, 89], "content_span": [90, 491]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277452-0005-0000", "contents": "2018 Atlantic Coast Conference football season, Preseason, ACC Media days, Preseason ACC Player of the year\n1 A. J. Dillon (RB) - Boston College - 45 2 Christian Wilkins (DT) - Clemson - 42 3 Ryan Finley (QB) - NC State - 37 4 Cam Akers (RB) - Florida State - 13 5 Greg Dortch (WR) - Wake Forest \u2013 3 T6 Joe Giles-Harris (LB) - Duke, TaQuon Marshall (QB) - Georgia Tech \u2013 2 T8 Zach Allen - (DE) - Boston College, Eric Dungey (QB) - Syracuse, Jaylen Smith (WR) - Louisville, Olamide Zaccheaus (HB) - Virginia \u2013 1", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [48, 107], "content_span": [108, 511]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277452-0006-0000", "contents": "2018 Atlantic Coast Conference football season, ACC vs other conferences, ACC vs Power 5 matchups\nThis is a list of the power conference teams (Big 10, Big 12, Pac-12, Notre Dame and SEC). Although the NCAA does not consider BYU a \"Power Five\" school, the ACC considers games against BYU as satisfying its \"Power Five\" scheduling requirement. The ACC plays in the non-conference games. All rankings are from the current AP Poll at the time of the game.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [48, 97], "content_span": [98, 452]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277452-0007-0000", "contents": "2018 Atlantic Coast Conference football season, Postseason, Bowl games\nRankings are from CFP rankings. All times Eastern Time Zone. ACC teams shown in bold.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [48, 70], "content_span": [71, 156]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277452-0008-0000", "contents": "2018 Atlantic Coast Conference football season, Awards and honors, ACC Individual Awards, All-Americans\nMitch Hyatt \u2013 ClemsonGarrett Bradbury \u2013 NC StateAndre Szmyt \u2013 SyracuseChristian Wilkins \u2013 Clemson", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [48, 103], "content_span": [104, 201]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277452-0009-0000", "contents": "2018 Atlantic Coast Conference football season, Awards and honors, ACC Individual Awards, All-Americans\nMitch Hyatt \u2013 ClemsonGarrett Bradbury \u2013 NC StateAndre Szmyt \u2013 SyracuseChristian Wilkins \u2013 ClemsonClelin Ferrell \u2013 Clemson", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [48, 103], "content_span": [104, 225]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277452-0010-0000", "contents": "2018 Atlantic Coast Conference football season, Awards and honors, ACC Individual Awards, All-Americans\nTravis Etienne \u2013 ClemsonGreg Dortch \u2013 Wake ForestGerald Willis \u2013 Miami", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [48, 103], "content_span": [104, 174]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277452-0011-0000", "contents": "2018 Atlantic Coast Conference football season, Awards and honors, ACC Individual Awards, All-Americans\nTerrone Prescod \u2013 NC StateChris Lindstrom \u2013 Boston CollegeHamp Cheevers \u2013 Boston CollegeAndre Cisco \u2013 Syracuse", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [48, 103], "content_span": [104, 214]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277452-0012-0000", "contents": "2018 Atlantic Coast Conference football season, Awards and honors, ACC Individual Awards, All-Americans\nMitch Hyatt \u2013 ClemsonGarrett Bradbury \u2013 NC StateAndre Szmyt \u2013 SyracuseChristian Wilkins \u2013 ClemsonClelin Ferrell \u2013 Clemson", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [48, 103], "content_span": [104, 225]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277452-0013-0000", "contents": "2018 Atlantic Coast Conference football season, Awards and honors, ACC Individual Awards, All-Americans\nTravis Etienne \u2013 ClemsonHamp Cheevers \u2013 Boston CollegeAndre Cisco \u2013 SyracuseBryce Hall \u2013 VirginiaMichael Walker \u2013 Boston College", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [48, 103], "content_span": [104, 232]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277452-0014-0000", "contents": "2018 Atlantic Coast Conference football season, Awards and honors, ACC Individual Awards, All-Americans\nMitch Hyatt \u2013 ClemsonGarrett Bradbury \u2013 NC StateChristian Wilkins \u2013 ClemsonHamp Cheevers \u2013 Boston CollegeAndre Szmyt \u2013 SyracuseGreg Dortch \u2013 Wake Forest", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [48, 103], "content_span": [104, 256]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277452-0015-0000", "contents": "2018 Atlantic Coast Conference football season, Awards and honors, ACC Individual Awards, All-Americans\nTravis Etienne \u2013 ClemsonGerald Willis \u2013 MiamiBryce Hall \u2013 VirginiaMichael Walker \u2013 Boston College", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [48, 103], "content_span": [104, 201]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277453-0000-0000", "contents": "2018 Atlantic Coast Conference men's soccer season\nThe 2018 Atlantic Coast Conference men's soccer season was the 65th season of men's varsity soccer in the conference.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 50], "section_span": [50, 50], "content_span": [51, 168]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277453-0001-0000", "contents": "2018 Atlantic Coast Conference men's soccer season\nThe Wake Forest Demon Deacons are the defending champions of the Atlantic Conference and the North Carolina are the defending champions of the Coastal Conference. Wake Forest are the defending ACC Tournament Champions. Both Wake Forest and North Carolina successfully defended their titles, while Louisville won the ACC Tournament.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 50], "section_span": [50, 50], "content_span": [51, 382]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277453-0002-0000", "contents": "2018 Atlantic Coast Conference men's soccer season, Changes from 2017\nAfter the 2017 season, Bobby Clark retired as the Notre Dame head coach. He was replaced by Chad Riley, who was hired from Dartmouth.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 50], "section_span": [52, 69], "content_span": [70, 203]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277453-0003-0000", "contents": "2018 Atlantic Coast Conference men's soccer season, Changes from 2017\nAfter the 2018 season, Louisville Cardinals coach Ken Lolla resigned after 13 years and a 155\u201377\u201339 record with the team. He was replaced by John Michael Hayden on December 27, 2018", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 50], "section_span": [52, 69], "content_span": [70, 251]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277453-0004-0000", "contents": "2018 Atlantic Coast Conference men's soccer season, Teams, Stadiums and locations\n1. Florida State, Georgia Tech and Miami do not sponsor men's soccer", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 50], "section_span": [52, 81], "content_span": [82, 150]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277453-0005-0000", "contents": "2018 Atlantic Coast Conference men's soccer season, Preseason, Hermann Trophy\nPrior to the season two ACC men's soccer players were selected to the MAC Hermann Trophy watch list.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 50], "section_span": [52, 77], "content_span": [78, 178]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277453-0006-0000", "contents": "2018 Atlantic Coast Conference men's soccer season, Preseason, Preseason Poll\nThe 2018 ACC Preseason Poll was announced on August 15. Wake Forest and North Carolina were selected to win the Atlantic Division and Coastal Division, respectively. North Carolina was selected as the favorite to win the ACC Championship. The poll was voted on by all ACC coaches, for a total of 12 possible votes.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 50], "section_span": [52, 77], "content_span": [78, 392]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277453-0007-0000", "contents": "2018 Atlantic Coast Conference men's soccer season, Preseason, Preseason national polls\nEight of the programs were ranked in one of the five major preseason polls. CollegeSoccerNews.com and Hero Sports use a Top 30 ranking throughout the season, while United Soccer, Soccer America, and Top Drawer Soccer use a Top 25 ranking throughout the season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 50], "section_span": [52, 87], "content_span": [88, 348]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277453-0008-0000", "contents": "2018 Atlantic Coast Conference men's soccer season, Regular season, Week 11 (Oct 29\u2013Nov 4)\nSchedule and ResultsNote: Rankings shown are seedings from ACC tournament", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 50], "section_span": [52, 90], "content_span": [91, 164]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277453-0009-0000", "contents": "2018 Atlantic Coast Conference men's soccer season, Regular season, Week 12 (Nov 5\u201311)\nSchedule and ResultsNote: Rankings shown are seedings from ACC tournament", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 50], "section_span": [52, 86], "content_span": [87, 160]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277453-0010-0000", "contents": "2018 Atlantic Coast Conference men's soccer season, Awards, Postseason awards\nThe Atlantic Coast Conference post season awards were announced on November 7, 2018, the same day as the Semifinals of the ACC Tournament.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 50], "section_span": [52, 77], "content_span": [78, 216]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277453-0011-0000", "contents": "2018 Atlantic Coast Conference men's soccer season, Awards, Postseason awards, All-ACC awards and teams\nDaniele Proch, Jr., M, DukeTate Schmitt, Sr., F, LouisvilleNils Bruening, Sr., F, North CarolinaAlex Comsia, Sr., D, North CarolinaMauricio Pineda, Jr., M, North CarolinaJames Pyle, Sr., GK, North CarolinaDavid Loera, So., M, NC StateEdward Kizza, So., F, PittsburghTajon Buchanan, So., F, SyracuseOmir Fernandez, So., M, Wake ForestBruno Lapa, Jr., M, Wake Forest", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 50], "section_span": [52, 103], "content_span": [104, 468]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277453-0012-0000", "contents": "2018 Atlantic Coast Conference men's soccer season, Awards, Postseason awards, All-ACC awards and teams\nSimon Enstrom, Sr., F, Boston CollegeWill Pulisic, So., GK, DukeBrandon Williamson, Jr, M., DukeIssa Rayyan, Fr., M, DukeGeoffrey Dee, Sr., M, LouisvilleJohn Nelson, So., D, North CarolinaThomas Ueland, Sr., F, Notre DamePatrick Berneski, Gr., D, Notre DameJavi Perez, Sr., M, PittsburghKristo Strickler, So., F, Virginia TechBrad Dunwell, Sr., M, Wake Forest", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 50], "section_span": [52, 103], "content_span": [104, 463]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277453-0013-0000", "contents": "2018 Atlantic Coast Conference men's soccer season, Awards, Postseason awards, All-ACC awards and teams\nCiaran McKenna, Sr., M, DukeCherif Dieye, Jr., M, LouisvilleJack Skahan, Jr., M, North CarolinaManny Perez, So., M, NC StateTommy McCabe, Jr., M, Notre DameFelicien Dumas, Sr., D, Notre DameKamal Miller, Sr, D, SyracuseJoe Bell, So., M, VirginiaHenry Kessler, So., D, VirginiaMathijs Swaneveld, So., GK, Virginia TechSam Raben, Sr., D, Wake Forest", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 50], "section_span": [52, 103], "content_span": [104, 451]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277453-0014-0000", "contents": "2018 Atlantic Coast Conference men's soccer season, Awards, Postseason awards, All-ACC awards and teams\nKristofer Konradsson, Fr., M, Boston CollegeCharlie Asensio, Fr., D, ClemsonIssa Rayyan, Fr., M, DukeAedan Stanley, Fr., D, DukeChandler Vaughn, Fr., D, PittRyan Raposo, Fr., M, SyracuseDaryl Dike, Fr., F, VirginiaCabrel Happi Kamseu, Fr., F, VirginiaAboubacar Keita, Fr., D, VirginiaDaniel Steedman, Fr., F, VirginiaAristotle Zarris, Fr., F, Wake Forest", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 50], "section_span": [52, 103], "content_span": [104, 458]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277453-0015-0000", "contents": "2018 Atlantic Coast Conference men's soccer season, Awards, Postseason awards, All-Americans\nAlex Comsia \u2013 Defender \u2013 North Carolina Bruno Lapa \u2013 Midfielder \u2013 Wake Forest Omir Fernandez \u2013 Forward \u2013 Wake Forest", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 50], "section_span": [52, 92], "content_span": [93, 209]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277453-0016-0000", "contents": "2018 Atlantic Coast Conference men's soccer season, Awards, Postseason awards, All-Americans\nBrad Dunwell \u2013 Midfielder \u2013 Wake Forest Mauricio Pineda \u2013 Midfielder \u2013 North Carolina Daniele Proch \u2013 Forward \u2013 Duke", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 50], "section_span": [52, 92], "content_span": [93, 209]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277454-0000-0000", "contents": "2018 Atlantic Coast Conference women's soccer season\nThe 2018 Atlantic Coast Conference women's soccer season will be the 30th season of women's varsity soccer in the conference.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 52], "section_span": [52, 52], "content_span": [53, 178]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277454-0001-0000", "contents": "2018 Atlantic Coast Conference women's soccer season\nThe Duke Blue Devils the defending regular season champions. The North Carolina Tar Heels are the defending ACC Tournament Champions.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 52], "section_span": [52, 52], "content_span": [53, 186]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277454-0002-0000", "contents": "2018 Atlantic Coast Conference women's soccer season, Pre-season, Hermann Trophy Watchlist\nPrior to the season, seven ACC women's soccer players were named to the MAC Hermann Trophy Watchlist.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 52], "section_span": [54, 90], "content_span": [91, 192]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277454-0003-0000", "contents": "2018 Atlantic Coast Conference women's soccer season, Pre-season, Pre-season poll\nThe ACC women's soccer pre-season poll was determined by a vote of all 14 ACC women's soccer head coaches. The poll was voted on as teams began their pre-season training during the first week of August. The coaches also voted on a pre-season all-ACC team. Results were released on August 6.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 52], "section_span": [54, 81], "content_span": [82, 372]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277454-0004-0000", "contents": "2018 Atlantic Coast Conference women's soccer season, Regular season, Conference matrix\nThe table below shows head-to-head results between teams in conference play. Each team plays 10 matches. Each team does not play every other team.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 52], "section_span": [54, 87], "content_span": [88, 234]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277454-0005-0000", "contents": "2018 Atlantic Coast Conference women's soccer season, Postseason, NCAA Tournament\nAn NCAA record 10 ACC teams were selected to the 2018 Women's Soccer Tournament. Additionally, two teams received No. 1 seeds and five total teams were seeded.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 52], "section_span": [54, 81], "content_span": [82, 241]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277454-0006-0000", "contents": "2018 Atlantic Coast Conference women's soccer season, Awards and Honors, All-Americans\nSamantha Coffey - Midfielder - Boston CollegeKayla McCoy - Forward - DukeAlessia Russo - Forward - North Carolina", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 52], "section_span": [54, 86], "content_span": [87, 200]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277454-0007-0000", "contents": "2018 Atlantic Coast Conference women's soccer season, Awards and Honors, All-Americans\nEmina Ekic - Midfielder - LouisvilleYujie Zhao - Midfielder - Florida StateDeyna Castellanos - Forward - Florida State", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 52], "section_span": [54, 86], "content_span": [87, 205]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277454-0008-0000", "contents": "2018 Atlantic Coast Conference women's soccer season, Awards and Honors, All-Americans\nJuila Ashley - Defender - North CarolinaNatalia Kuikka - Defender - Florida StateSam Staab - Defender - ClemsonTaylor Otto - Midfielder - North Carolina", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 52], "section_span": [54, 86], "content_span": [87, 239]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277454-0009-0000", "contents": "2018 Atlantic Coast Conference women's soccer season, Awards and Honors, ACC Awards\nSam Coffey, So., M, Boston CollegeSam Staab, Sr., D, ClemsonKayla McCoy, Sr., F, DukeDeyna Castellanos, Jr., F, Florida StateYujie Zhao, Fr., M, Florida StateEmina Ekic, So., M, LouisvilleEmily Fox, So., D, North CarolinaTaylor Otto, R-So., M, North CarolinaBrianna Pinto, Fr., M, North CarolinaAlessia Russo, So., F, North CarolinaAmanda McGlynn, Jr., GK, Virginia Tech", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 52], "section_span": [54, 83], "content_span": [84, 454]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277454-0010-0000", "contents": "2018 Atlantic Coast Conference women's soccer season, Awards and Honors, ACC Awards\nMariana Speckmaier, So., F, ClemsonTaylor Racioppi, Sr., F, DukeElla Stevens, Jr., M, DukeJaelin Howell, Fr., M, Florida StateNatalia Kuikka, Sr., D, Florida StatePhallon Tullis-Joyce, R-Sr., GK, MiamiJulia Ashley, Sr., D, North CarolinaTziarra King, Jr., F, NC StateRicci Walkling, Jr., M, NC StatePhoebe McClernon, Jr., D, VirginiaBayley Feist, Sr., M, Wake Forest", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 52], "section_span": [54, 83], "content_span": [84, 450]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277454-0011-0000", "contents": "2018 Atlantic Coast Conference women's soccer season, Awards and Honors, ACC Awards\nSandy MacIver, Jr., GK, ClemsonMiranda Weslake, R-Sr., F, ClemsonMalia Berkely, R-So., D, Florida StateBrooklynn Rivers, Jr., F, LouisvilleCourtney Petersen, R-Jr., D, VirginiaDorian Bailey, Sr., M, North CarolinaKarin Muya, Gr., F, Notre DameAlexa Spaanstra, Fr., F, VirginiaTaryn Torres, So., M, VirginiaKelsey Irwin, R-Jr., D, Virginia TechPeyton Perea, Sr., M, Wake Forest", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 52], "section_span": [54, 83], "content_span": [84, 460]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277454-0012-0000", "contents": "2018 Atlantic Coast Conference women's soccer season, Awards and Honors, ACC Awards\nKayla Duran, Fr., D, Boston CollegeDelaney Graham, Fr., D, DukeSydney Simmons, Fr., M, DukeJaelin Howell, Fr., M, Florida StateYujie Zhao, Fr., M, Florida StateBrianna Pinto, Fr., M, North CarolinaRachel Jones, Fr., F, North CarolinaRebecca Jarrett, Fr., F, VirginiaAlexa Spaanstra, Fr., F, VirginiaEmily Gray, Fr., M, Virginia TechGiovanna Demarco, Fr, M, Wake Forest", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 52], "section_span": [54, 83], "content_span": [84, 452]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277454-0013-0000", "contents": "2018 Atlantic Coast Conference women's soccer season, Draft picks\nThe ACC had 9 players selected in the 2019 NWSL Draft. This was the most selections in the draft from a single conference. The ACC had three players selected in the first round, three in the second round and three in the fourth round.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 52], "section_span": [54, 65], "content_span": [66, 300]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277455-0000-0000", "contents": "2018 Atlantic Hockey Tournament\nThe 2018 Atlantic Hockey Tournament is the 14th Atlantic Hockey Tournament. It was played between March 2 and March 17, 2018 at home campus locations and at the Blue Cross Arena in Rochester, New York. It was the last tournament at Blue Cross Arena before the tournament moved to HarborCenter in Buffalo, New York. By winning the tournament, Air Force earned Atlantic Hockey's automatic bid to the 2018 NCAA Division I Men's Ice Hockey Tournament.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [31, 31], "content_span": [32, 479]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277455-0001-0000", "contents": "2018 Atlantic Hockey Tournament, Format\nThe tournament features four rounds of play. In the first round the sixth and eleventh, seventh and tenth, and eighth and ninth seeds, as determined by the conference regular-season standings, will play a best-of-three series with the winners advancing to the quarterfinals. The top five teams from the conference regular-season standings receive a bye to the quarterfinals. There, the first seed and lowest-ranked first-round winner, the second seed and second-highest-ranked first-round winner, the third seed and highest-ranked first-round winner, and the fourth seed and the fifth seed will play a best-of-three series, with the winners advancing to the semifinals. In the semifinals, the highest and lowest seeds and second-highest and second-lowest remaining seeds will play a single game each, with the winners advancing to the championship game. The tournament champion will receive an automatic bid to the 2018 NCAA Division I Men's Ice Hockey Tournament.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 39], "content_span": [40, 1004]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277455-0002-0000", "contents": "2018 Atlantic Hockey Tournament, Format, Standings\nNote: GP = Games Played; W = Wins; L = Losses; T = Ties; PTS = Points; GF = Goals For; GA = Goals Against", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 50], "content_span": [51, 156]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277456-0000-0000", "contents": "2018 Atlantic hurricane season\nThe 2018 Atlantic hurricane season was the third in a consecutive series of above-average and damaging Atlantic hurricane seasons, featuring 15 named storms, 8 hurricanes, and 2 major hurricanes, which caused a total of over $50\u00a0billion (2018 USD) in damages and at least 172 deaths. More than 98% of the total damage was caused by two hurricanes (Florence and Michael). The season officially began on June 1, 2018, and ended on November 30, 2018. These dates historically describe the period each year when most tropical cyclones form in the Atlantic basin and are adopted by convention. However, the formation of Tropical Storm Alberto on May 25 marked the fourth consecutive year in which a storm developed before the official start of the season. The season concluded with Oscar transitioning into an extratropical cyclone on October 31, almost a month before the official end.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [30, 30], "content_span": [31, 912]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277456-0001-0000", "contents": "2018 Atlantic hurricane season\nAlthough several tropical cyclones impacted land, only a few left extensive damage. In mid-September, Hurricane Florence produced disastrous flooding in North Carolina and South Carolina, with damage totaling about $24 billion. The storm also caused 54 deaths. About a month later, Hurricane Michael, the first tropical cyclone to strike the United States as a Category 5 hurricane since Hurricane Andrew in 1992, left extensive damage in Florida, Georgia, and Alabama. Michael caused approximately $25 billion in damage and at least 64 deaths.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [30, 30], "content_span": [31, 575]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277456-0001-0001", "contents": "2018 Atlantic hurricane season\nSince Michael reached Category 5 status, 2018 became the third consecutive season to feature at least one Category 5 hurricane. Hurricane Leslie resulted in the first tropical storm warning being issued for the Madeira region of Portugal. Leslie and its remnants left hundreds of thousands of power outages and downed at least 1,000 trees in the Portuguese mainland, while heavy rains generated by the remains of the cyclone caused 15 deaths in France. The storm left approximately $500 million in damage and 16 fatalities.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [30, 30], "content_span": [31, 554]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277456-0002-0000", "contents": "2018 Atlantic hurricane season\nMost forecasting groups called for a below-average season due to cooler than normal sea surface temperatures in the tropical Atlantic and the anticipated development of an El Ni\u00f1o. However, the anticipated El Ni\u00f1o failed to develop in time to suppress activity, and activity exceeded most predictions.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [30, 30], "content_span": [31, 332]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277456-0003-0000", "contents": "2018 Atlantic hurricane season, Seasonal forecasts\nAhead of and during the season, several national meteorological services and scientific agencies forecast how many named storms, hurricanes, and major hurricanes will form during a season or how many tropical cyclones will affect a particular country. These agencies include the Tropical Storm Risk (TSR) Consortium of University College London, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) and Colorado State University (CSU). The forecasts include weekly and monthly changes in significant factors that help determine the number of tropical storms, hurricanes, and major hurricanes within a particular year.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 50], "content_span": [51, 674]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277456-0003-0001", "contents": "2018 Atlantic hurricane season, Seasonal forecasts\nSome of these forecasts also take into consideration what happened in previous seasons and an ongoing La Ni\u00f1a event that had recently formed in November 2017. On average, an Atlantic hurricane season between 1981 and 2010 contained twelve tropical storms, six hurricanes, and three major hurricanes, with an Accumulated Cyclone Energy (ACE) index of between 66 and 103\u00a0units. ACE is, broadly speaking, a measure of the power of a hurricane multiplied by the length of time it existed; therefore, long-lived storms and particularly strong systems result in high levels of ACE. The measure is calculated at full advisories for cyclones at tropical storm strength\u2014storms with winds in excess of 39\u00a0mph (63\u00a0km/h).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 50], "content_span": [51, 760]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277456-0004-0000", "contents": "2018 Atlantic hurricane season, Seasonal forecasts, Pre-season outlooks\nThe first forecast for the year was released by TSR on December\u00a07, 2017, which predicted a slightly above-average season for 2018, with a total of 15 named storms, 7 hurricanes, and 3 major hurricanes. On April\u00a05, 2018, CSU released its forecast, predicting a slightly above-average season with 14 named storms, 7 hurricanes, and 3 major hurricanes.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 71], "content_span": [72, 421]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277456-0004-0001", "contents": "2018 Atlantic hurricane season, Seasonal forecasts, Pre-season outlooks\nTSR released its second forecast on the same day, predicting a slightly-below average hurricane season, with 12 named storms, 6 hurricanes, and 2 major hurricanes, the reduction in both the number and size of storms compared to its first forecast being due to recent anomalous cooling in the far northern and tropical Atlantic. Several days later, on April\u00a016, North Carolina State University released its predictions, forecasting an above-average season, with 14\u201318\u00a0named storms, 7\u201311\u00a0hurricanes, and 3\u20135\u00a0major hurricanes. On April\u00a019, The Weather Company (TWC) released its first forecasts, predicting 2018 to be a near-average season, with a total of 13\u00a0named storms, 7\u00a0hurricanes, and 2\u00a0major hurricanes.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 71], "content_span": [72, 780]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277456-0005-0000", "contents": "2018 Atlantic hurricane season, Seasonal forecasts, Pre-season outlooks\nTWC revised their forecast slightly on May\u00a017, instead projecting 12\u00a0named storms, 5\u00a0hurricanes, and 2\u00a0major hurricanes in their May\u00a017 outlook. On May\u00a024, NOAA released their first forecasts, calling for a near to above average season in 2018. On May\u00a025, the UK Met Office released their prediction, predicting 11\u00a0tropical storms, 6\u00a0hurricanes, and an Accumulated Cyclone Energy (ACE) value of approximately 105\u00a0units.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 71], "content_span": [72, 491]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277456-0005-0001", "contents": "2018 Atlantic hurricane season, Seasonal forecasts, Pre-season outlooks\nIn contrast, on May\u00a030, TSR released their updated prediction, significantly reducing their numbers to 9\u00a0named storms, 4\u00a0hurricanes and 1\u00a0major hurricane, citing a sea surface temperature setup analogous of those observed during the cool phase of the Atlantic multidecadal oscillation. On May\u00a031, one day before the season officially began, CSU updated their forecast to include Tropical Storm Alberto, also decreasing their numbers due to anomalous cooling in the tropical and far northern Atlantic.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 71], "content_span": [72, 572]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277456-0006-0000", "contents": "2018 Atlantic hurricane season, Seasonal forecasts, Mid-season outlooks\nOn July 2, CSU updated their forecast once more, lowering their numbers again to 11\u00a0named storms, 4\u00a0hurricanes, and 1\u00a0major hurricane, citing the continued cooling in the Atlantic and an increasing chance of El Ni\u00f1o forming later in the year. TSR released their fourth forecast on July 5, retaining the same numbers as their previous forecast. On August 2, CSU updated their forecast again, increasing their numbers to 12 named storms, 5 hurricanes, and 1 major hurricane, citing the increasing chance of a weak El Ni\u00f1o forming later in the year.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 71], "content_span": [72, 618]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277456-0006-0001", "contents": "2018 Atlantic hurricane season, Seasonal forecasts, Mid-season outlooks\nFour days later, TSR issued their final forecast for the season, slightly increasing their numbers to 11 named storms, 5 hurricanes and only one major hurricane, with the reason of having two unexpected hurricanes forming by the beginning of July. On August\u00a09, 2018, NOAA revised its predictions, forecasting a below-average season with 9\u201313\u00a0named storms, 4\u20137\u00a0hurricanes, and 0\u20132\u00a0major hurricanes for all of the 2018 season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 71], "content_span": [72, 496]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277456-0007-0000", "contents": "2018 Atlantic hurricane season, Seasonal summary\nThe 2018\u00a0Atlantic hurricane season officially began on June\u00a01. The season produced sixteen tropical depressions, all but one of which further intensified into tropical storms. Eight of those strengthened into hurricanes, while two of the six hurricanes further strengthened into major hurricanes. A record seven storms received the designation of subtropical cyclone at some point in their duration. Above normal activity occurred due to anomalously warm sea surface temperatures, a stronger west-African monsoon, and the inability for the El Nino to develop during the season. The Atlantic tropical cyclones of 2018 collectively caused 172\u00a0fatalities and just over $50.2\u00a0billion in damage. The Atlantic hurricane season officially ended on November\u00a030, 2018.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 48], "content_span": [49, 808]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277456-0008-0000", "contents": "2018 Atlantic hurricane season, Seasonal summary\nTropical cyclogenesis began with the formation of Tropical Storm Alberto on May\u00a025, marking the fourth consecutive year that activity began early. However, no storms developed in the month of June. July saw the formation of Beryl and Chris, both of which intensified into hurricanes. August also featured two named storms, Debby and Ernesto, though neither strengthened further than tropical storm status. On August\u00a031, the depression that would later become Hurricane Florence developed. September featured the most activity, with Florence, Gordon, Helene, Isaac, Joyce, Tropical Depression Eleven, Kirk, and Leslie also forming or existing in the month. Florence, Helene, Isaac, and Joyce existed simultaneously for a few days in September, becoming the first time since 2008 that four named storms were active at the same time. The season also became the second consecutive year with three hurricanes simultaneously active.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 48], "content_span": [49, 975]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277456-0009-0000", "contents": "2018 Atlantic hurricane season, Seasonal summary\nActivity continued in October, with Michael forming on October\u00a07 and strengthening into a major hurricane over the Gulf of Mexico, before making landfall in the Florida Panhandle at peak intensity.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 48], "content_span": [49, 246]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277456-0009-0001", "contents": "2018 Atlantic hurricane season, Seasonal summary\nMichael, which peaked as a Category\u00a05 hurricane with maximum sustained winds of 160\u00a0mph (260\u00a0km/h) and a minimum barometric pressure of 919\u00a0mbar (27.1\u00a0inHg), was the most intense tropical cyclone of the season and one of only four storms to make landfall in the United States mainland as a Category\u00a05, the others being the 1935 Labor Day hurricane, Hurricane Camille in 1969, and Hurricane Andrew in 1992.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 48], "content_span": [49, 454]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277456-0009-0002", "contents": "2018 Atlantic hurricane season, Seasonal summary\nAfter 15\u00a0consecutive days as a tropical cyclone, Leslie transitioned into a powerful extratropical cyclone on October\u00a013 while situated approximately 120\u00a0mi (195\u00a0km) west of the Iberian Peninsula, before making landfall soon afterward. A two-week period of inactivity ensued as the season began to wind down. Oscar, forming as a subtropical storm on October\u00a026, intensified into a hurricane the next day, making it the eighth hurricane of the season. Oscar's extratropical transition ended the season's activity on October\u00a031. No systems formed in the month of November for the first time since 2014. The seasonal activity was reflected with an Accumulated Cyclone Energy index value of 133\u00a0units.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 48], "content_span": [49, 746]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277456-0010-0000", "contents": "2018 Atlantic hurricane season, Systems, Tropical Storm Alberto\nA broad area of low pressure formed over the northwestern Caribbean Sea on May\u00a020 due to the diffluence of a trough. Dry air and wind shear initially prevented development as the low moved over the Yucat\u00e1n Peninsula. However, after the low re-emerged into the Caribbean on May\u00a025, a well-defined circulation developed and the system became a subtropical depression about 80\u00a0mi (130\u00a0km) east-southeast of Chetumal, Quintana Roo, around 12:00\u00a0UTC.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 63], "content_span": [64, 509]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277456-0010-0001", "contents": "2018 Atlantic hurricane season, Systems, Tropical Storm Alberto\nAfter remaining nearly stationary for the next day, the subtropical depression moved northward and continued strengthening, becoming Subtropical Storm Alberto as it crossed into the Gulf of Mexico late on May\u00a026. After convection to migrated closer to the circulation and the storm's wind field decreased in size, the cyclone became a tropical storm around 00:00\u00a0UTC on May\u00a028. Around that time, Alberto peaked with winds of 65\u00a0mph (100\u00a0km/h) and a minimum pressure of 990\u00a0mbar (29\u00a0inHg). Around 21:00\u00a0UTC, Alberto made landfall near Laguna Beach, Florida, with winds of 45\u00a0mph (75\u00a0km/h). The cyclone weakened to a tropical depression shortly after landfall. Possibly due to the brown ocean effect, Alberto persisted as a tropical cyclone over land until transitioning into a remnant low over northern Michigan on May\u00a031. A frontal system subsequently absorbed the remnant low over Ontario on June 1st.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 63], "content_span": [64, 966]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277456-0011-0000", "contents": "2018 Atlantic hurricane season, Systems, Tropical Storm Alberto\nAlberto and its precursor caused flooding in the Yucat\u00e1n Peninsula, particularly in M\u00e9rida. Flooding also occurred in Cuba, where the cyclone dropped 14.41\u00a0in (366\u00a0mm) of rainfall in Heriberto Duquezne, Villa Clara. The storm damaged 5,218\u00a0homes and 23,680 acres (9,580\u00a0ha) of crops throughout the country. Alberto caused 10\u00a0deaths in Cuba, all due to drowning. In Florida, sustained winds reached 51\u00a0mph (82\u00a0km/h) and gusts topped out at 59\u00a0mph (95\u00a0km/h), both recorded at the St. George Island Bridge.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 63], "content_span": [64, 567]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277456-0011-0001", "contents": "2018 Atlantic hurricane season, Systems, Tropical Storm Alberto\nThe winds knocked down dozens of trees, some of which fell onto roads, power lines, and a few homes. Storm surge entered five buildings and a restaurant in the Florida Panhandle. Farther inland, Alberto caused flooding in several states. Particularly hard hit was western North Carolina, where flooding and mudslides led to the closure of more than 40\u00a0roads, including parts of the Blue Ridge Parkway. Approximately 2,000\u00a0people fled their homes in McDowell County due to the threat of failure of the dam at Lake Tahoma. Alberto caused eight deaths and about $125\u00a0million in damage in the United States.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 63], "content_span": [64, 667]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277456-0012-0000", "contents": "2018 Atlantic hurricane season, Systems, Hurricane Beryl\nOn July\u00a01, a tropical wave and accompanying low-pressure area exited the west coast of Africa. While moving west-southwestward over the next few days, the system organized into a tropical depression at 12:00\u00a0UTC on July\u00a04 about 1,495\u00a0mi (2,405\u00a0km) west-southwest of the Cape Verde Islands. About 12\u00a0hours later, the depression intensified into Tropical Storm Beryl. Despite relatively cool sea surface temperatures, Beryl continued to strengthen, becoming a Category\u00a01 hurricane by 06:00\u00a0UTC on July\u00a06 as a pinhole eye became evident.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 56], "content_span": [57, 591]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277456-0012-0001", "contents": "2018 Atlantic hurricane season, Systems, Hurricane Beryl\nBeryl became the second earliest hurricane on record in the Main Development Region (south of 20\u00b0N and between 60\u00b0 and 20\u00b0W), behind only a storm in 1933. Simultaneously, the cyclone peaked with 80\u00a0mph (130\u00a0km/h) and a minimum pressure of 991\u00a0mbar (29.3\u00a0inHg). Thereafter, increasing wind shear caused it to weaken back to a tropical storm by 12:00\u00a0UTC on July\u00a07. A reconnaissance aircraft flight found that Beryl had degenerated into an open trough about 24\u00a0hours later. The remnants were monitored for several days.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 56], "content_span": [57, 574]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277456-0012-0002", "contents": "2018 Atlantic hurricane season, Systems, Hurricane Beryl\nAfter conditions became more favorable, Beryl regenerated into a subtropical storm near Bermuda at 12:00\u00a0UTC on July\u00a014. The rejuvenated storm soon began to lose convection due to dry air intrusion and degenerated into a remnant low once again by 00:00\u00a0UTC on July\u00a016. An extratropical storm over Newfoundland absorbed the low on the following day.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 56], "content_span": [57, 405]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277456-0013-0000", "contents": "2018 Atlantic hurricane season, Systems, Hurricane Beryl\nIn Guadeloupe, four observation sites recorded tropical storm-force winds, downing trees and power lines. Rainfall on the island peaked at 7.8\u00a0in (200\u00a0mm) in Saint-Claude, causing minor localized flooding due to runoff. Gusty winds in Puerto Rico left approximately 47,000\u00a0people without power. Flash flooding closed several road closures and downed several trees. In the Dominican Republic, heavy rainfall led to flooding that displaced more than 8,000\u00a0people and isolated 19\u00a0communities. Overall, the flooding damaged 1,586\u00a0homes and destroyed 2\u00a0others. Roughly 59,000\u00a0electrical customers lost power. Total damage was estimated to be in the millions.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 56], "content_span": [57, 710]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277456-0014-0000", "contents": "2018 Atlantic hurricane season, Systems, Hurricane Chris\nA frontal system moved offshore the coast of the northeastern United States on July\u00a02. The frontal system dissipated a few days later, but the remaining shower and thunderstorm activity developed into a non-tropical low by July\u00a03. After further organization, a tropical depression formed around 12:00\u00a0UTC on July\u00a06 about 345\u00a0mi (555\u00a0km) south-southeast of Cape Hatteras, North Carolina. The depression's elongated circulation and the presence of dry air initially prevented intensification. Nevertheless, at 06:00\u00a0UTC on July 8, the depression strengthened into Tropical Storm Chris.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 56], "content_span": [57, 640]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277456-0014-0001", "contents": "2018 Atlantic hurricane season, Systems, Hurricane Chris\nPulled slowly southeastward by a passing cold front, Chris intensified little throughout the rest of the day due to upwelling. However, on July\u00a010, a developing trough over the northeastern United States accelerated Chris eastward into warmer waters, allowing for the formation of an inner core. With a well-defined eye and impressive appearance on satellite imagery, Chris strengthened into a hurricane at 12:00\u00a0UTC that day.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 56], "content_span": [57, 483]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277456-0014-0002", "contents": "2018 Atlantic hurricane season, Systems, Hurricane Chris\nChris proceeded to rapidly intensify and peaked as a Category 2 hurricane with winds of 105\u00a0mph (165\u00a0km/h) early on July\u00a011, with the convective ring in its core transforming into a full eyewall. However, movement into cooler waters and the effects of a nearby mid-latitude trough caused Chris to begin to undergo extratropical transition. At 12:00\u00a0UTC on July\u00a012, Chris became an extratropical cyclone well southeast of Newfoundland. The low continued northeastward over the Atlantic for the next few days, before weakening and finally dissipating south of Iceland on July\u00a017.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 56], "content_span": [57, 634]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277456-0015-0000", "contents": "2018 Atlantic hurricane season, Systems, Hurricane Chris\nWhile offshore, Chris brought large swells to the East Coast of the United States, sparking hundreds of water rescues, especially along the coasts of North Carolina, New Jersey, and Maryland. On July\u00a07, a man drowned in rough seas attributed to the storm at Kill Devil Hills, North Carolina. A vacation home in Rodanthe was declared uninhabitable after swells generated by Chris eroded away the base of the building. As an extratropical cyclone, the system brought locally heavy rain and gusty winds to Newfoundland and Labrador. Rainfall accumulations peaked at 3.0\u00a0in (76\u00a0mm) in Gander, while gusts reached 60\u00a0mph (96\u00a0km/h) in Ferryland. Rainfall accumulations were highest on Sable Island, at 4.39\u00a0in (111.6\u00a0mm).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 56], "content_span": [57, 772]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277456-0016-0000", "contents": "2018 Atlantic hurricane season, Systems, Tropical Storm Debby\nOn August 4, the NHC began monitoring a non-tropical low over the northern Atlantic Ocean for tropical or subtropical development. Initially, convection remained very limited, with the system consisting mostly of a convection-less swirl interacting with an upper-level low. However, as the system moved southwestward into a more favorable environment, it gradually began to acquire subtropical characteristics.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 61], "content_span": [62, 472]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277456-0016-0001", "contents": "2018 Atlantic hurricane season, Systems, Tropical Storm Debby\nA large band of convection with tropical storm-force winds developed far from the center of the strengthening circulation, leading to the formation of Subtropical Storm Debby at 06:00\u00a0UTC on August\u00a07. Moving northward along the western side of a mid-level ridge, deep convection increased near the center of the cyclone, and Debby transitioned to a tropical storm at 00:00\u00a0UTC on August\u00a08. Throughout the day, despite moving over marginal sea surface temperatures, Debby strengthened while turning north-northeastward to northeastward.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 61], "content_span": [62, 597]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277456-0016-0002", "contents": "2018 Atlantic hurricane season, Systems, Tropical Storm Debby\nThe storm reached its peak intensity at 00:00\u00a0UTC on August\u00a09 with maximum sustained winds of 50\u00a0mph (85\u00a0km/h). Although Debby's passage over a warm Gulf Stream eddy allowed it to maintain its intensity for a short time, the entrainment of dry air into its circulation and passage over cooler waters caused its deep convection to dissipate. Debby degenerated into a remnant low at 18:00\u00a0UTC on August\u00a09 about 540\u00a0mi (870\u00a0km) east-southeast of Cape Race, Newfoundland. The system then transitioned to an extratropical cyclone early on August\u00a010 before being absorbed by a larger extratropical cyclone later that day.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 61], "content_span": [62, 677]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277456-0017-0000", "contents": "2018 Atlantic hurricane season, Systems, Tropical Storm Ernesto\nA complex non-tropical low pressure system formed over the northern Atlantic on August 12. As the low drifted southeastward and slowly weakened, a new low formed to the east of the system on August 14. The new low quickly acquired subtropical characteristics, and by 06:00 UTC on August\u00a015, the low had organized sufficiently to be classified as a subtropical depression while situated about 740\u00a0mi (1,190\u00a0km) southeast of Cape Race, Newfoundland. Turning northeastward along the southern periphery of the mid-latitude westerlies, the subtropical depression intensified into Subtropical Storm Ernesto about six hours later.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 63], "content_span": [64, 687]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277456-0017-0001", "contents": "2018 Atlantic hurricane season, Systems, Tropical Storm Ernesto\nAfter Ernesto became a warm core system, with sufficient convective organization and anticyclonic outflow, the cyclone transitioned into a fully tropical storm late on August\u00a016. By the following day, Ernesto began accelerating northeastward due to the influence of the mid-latitude westerlies. Around 18:00\u00a0UTC, the cyclone peaked with maximum sustained winds of 45\u00a0mph (75\u00a0km/h) and a minimum barometric pressure of 1,003\u00a0mbar (29.6\u00a0inHg). By six hours later, Ernesto transitioned into an extratropical low about 805\u00a0mi (1,295\u00a0km) north-northeast of the Azores. The low merged with a frontal system and continued east-northeastward until dissipating over the British Isles on August\u00a019. Heavy rains fell in portions of the United Kingdom on that day.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 63], "content_span": [64, 816]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277456-0018-0000", "contents": "2018 Atlantic hurricane season, Systems, Hurricane Florence\nA tropical wave and a broad low-pressure area exited the west coast of Africa on August\u00a030. The southern portion of the wave moved westward for a few weeks and developed into Tropical Depression Nineteen-E in the Eastern Pacific Ocean on September\u00a019, while the remaining portions of the wave and the low formed into a tropical depression about 105\u00a0mi (170\u00a0km) southeast of the island of Santiago in the Cabo Verde Islands late on August\u00a031. The depression strengthened into Tropical Storm Florence early the next day.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 59], "content_span": [60, 578]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277456-0018-0001", "contents": "2018 Atlantic hurricane season, Systems, Hurricane Florence\nFlorence moved west-northwestward at an average speed of 17\u00a0mph (27\u00a0km/h) due to a large ridge associated with the Bermuda-Azores High. Marginally favorable conditions allowed for only gradual intensification, with the cyclone becoming a hurricane on September\u00a04. However, Florence then underwent rapid intensification, reaching Category\u00a04 status by late on the next day, farther northeast than any previous Category\u00a04 hurricane in the Atlantic during the satellite era. A sharp increase in wind shear then led to rapid weakening, with Florence falling to tropical storm intensity by early on September\u00a07. A building mid-level ridge halted Florence's northward movement, leading to a westward turn.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 59], "content_span": [60, 758]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277456-0019-0000", "contents": "2018 Atlantic hurricane season, Systems, Hurricane Florence\nWind shear decreased again and the storm crossed into warmer ocean temperatures, allowing Florence to re-strengthen into a hurricane on September 9. On the next day, Florence underwent a second bout of rapid intensification, reaching Category\u00a04 intensity again late on September\u00a010. After additional strengthening, the cyclone reached its peak intensity around 18:00\u00a0UTC on September\u00a011, with maximum sustained winds of 150\u00a0mph (240\u00a0km/h) and a minimum barometric pressure of 937\u00a0mbar (27.7\u00a0inHg).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 59], "content_span": [60, 557]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277456-0019-0001", "contents": "2018 Atlantic hurricane season, Systems, Hurricane Florence\nThe system steadily weakened thereafter due to upwelling and eyewall replacement cycles, with the storm falling below major hurricane intensity on September\u00a013 as it neared the Carolinas. Florence then slowed significantly due to collapsed steering currents and made landfall near Wrightsville Beach, North Carolina, as a Category\u00a01 with winds of 90\u00a0mph (150\u00a0km/h) around 11:15\u00a0UTC on September\u00a014. Jogging to the west-southwest, the cyclone remained near the coast and weakened to a tropical storm over eastern South Carolina early on September\u00a015. Florence weakened to a tropical depression over the western part of the state late on the next day before turning northward. The system then became extratropical over West Virginia. The extratropical system tracked northeastward due to an approaching frontal system prior to dissipating over Massachusetts on September\u00a018.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 59], "content_span": [60, 932]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277456-0020-0000", "contents": "2018 Atlantic hurricane season, Systems, Hurricane Florence\nFlorence brought catastrophic flooding to North Carolina and South Carolina. In the former, the storm dropped a maximum total of 35.93\u00a0in (913\u00a0mm) of precipitation near Elizabethtown, making Florence the rainiest tropical cyclone on record in North Carolina. Floodwaters entered 74,563\u00a0structures and inundated nearly every major highway in eastern North Carolina for several days. Several cities became completely isolated, including Wilmington. A total of 5,214\u00a0people required rescue during the flood. Significant losses to crops and livestock also occurred, with the deaths of 5,500\u00a0hogs and 3.5\u00a0million poultry.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 59], "content_span": [60, 676]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277456-0020-0001", "contents": "2018 Atlantic hurricane season, Systems, Hurricane Florence\nApproximately one million people lost electricity at the height of the storm. Damage in North Carolina alone totaled approximately $22\u00a0billion. In South Carolina, Florence produced a maximum total of 23.63\u00a0in (600\u00a0mm) of precipitation in Loris, also becoming the wettest tropical cyclone in the history of that state. Though flooding was not as severe as in North Carolina, the storm still inflicted a multi-billion dollar disaster in South Carolina, with damage totaling about $2\u00a0billion. Approximately 11,386\u00a0homes throughout the state experienced moderate or major damage. Interstate 95 remained closed for about a week due to inundation. In Virginia, the storm caused generally minor flooding and spawned 11\u00a0tornadoes. A tornado in Chesterfield County overturned cars, downed a number of power lines, deroofed several buildings, and destroyed a warehouse, killing a man inside. Overall, Florence killed 54\u00a0people and caused just over $24\u00a0billion in damages.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 59], "content_span": [60, 1021]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277456-0021-0000", "contents": "2018 Atlantic hurricane season, Systems, Tropical Storm Gordon\nA tropical wave departed the west coast of Africa on August\u00a026 and moved quickly across the tropical Atlantic with little convective activity. On August\u00a030, an increase in convection occurred as the wave approached the Caribbean Sea. Gradual organization occurred as the system moved northwestward toward the Bahamas. At 06:00\u00a0UTC on September\u00a03, a tropical depression formed about 90\u00a0mi (140\u00a0km) southeast of Key Largo, Florida, and strengthened into Tropical Storm Gordon just three hours later.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 62], "content_span": [63, 560]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277456-0021-0001", "contents": "2018 Atlantic hurricane season, Systems, Tropical Storm Gordon\nMoving west-northwestward to northwestward around a strong subtropical ridge, Gordon continued to strengthen and reached winds of 50\u00a0mph (85\u00a0km/h) as it made landfall near Tavernier, Florida, at 11:15\u00a0UTC. After making a second landfall near Flamingo at 13:15\u00a0UTC, Gordon emerged into the Gulf of Mexico. An eye-like feature briefly appeared late on September\u00a03 as the small tropical cyclone continued to strengthen. At 18:00\u00a0UTC on September\u00a04, Gordon peaked with maximum sustained winds of 70\u00a0mph (110\u00a0km/h), making landfall at that intensity at 03:15\u00a0UTC the following day near the Alabama-Mississippi border. The tropical storm quickly weakened to a tropical depression at 12:00\u00a0UTC, degenerating into a remnant low at 18:00 UTC on September\u00a06 over Arkansas. The remnant low degenerated into a trough early on September\u00a08 before merging with a developing extratropical low later that day.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 62], "content_span": [63, 955]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277456-0022-0000", "contents": "2018 Atlantic hurricane season, Systems, Tropical Storm Gordon\nSeveral locations in South Florida observed tropical-storm-force wind gusts. Over 8,000\u00a0people lost power in Broward and Miami-Dade counties. One death occurred in Miami on Interstate 95 when a truck driver lost control of his vehicle, crashed into a wall, and was ejected from the truck. Rainfall reaching 6.98\u00a0in (177\u00a0mm) in Homestead caused some street flooding in the Miami area. Along the Gulf Coast, especially the Florida Panhandle, Alabama, and Mississippi, winds and storm surge caused damage to some piers, homes, and buildings. About 27,000\u00a0people lost electricity, with most in Alabama and the Florida Panhandle.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 62], "content_span": [63, 687]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277456-0022-0001", "contents": "2018 Atlantic hurricane season, Systems, Tropical Storm Gordon\nA young girl died in Pensacola after a tree fell on her mobile home. Tornadoes and flash floods from the remnants of Gordon caused some damage farther inland, especially in Kentucky and Missouri. The storm caused two deaths in the former and one in the latter. Gordon resulted in approximately $200\u00a0million in damage throughout the United States.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 62], "content_span": [63, 409]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277456-0023-0000", "contents": "2018 Atlantic hurricane season, Systems, Hurricane Helene\nIn early September, a vigorous tropical wave moving across west Africa produced a large mass of convection. While still inland, a surface low pressure area formed in association with the wave on September\u00a06. Heavy rainfall from the precursor tropical wave in Guinea triggered flooding, which claimed three lives in Doko. The system moved offshore early on September\u00a07 and developed into a tropical depression around 12:00\u00a0UTC near Banjul, The Gambia. Steered westward due to a subtropical ridge to the north, the depression intensified into Tropical Storm Helene early on September\u00a08.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 57], "content_span": [58, 642]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277456-0023-0001", "contents": "2018 Atlantic hurricane season, Systems, Hurricane Helene\nIn the Cabo Verde Islands, winds downed trees and a telecommunications antenna in the city of S\u00e3o Filipe. The storm also caused minor damage to buildings, vehicles, and roads. Improvement of banding features and the development of an inner core indicated further strengthening; Helene became a hurricane around 18:00\u00a0UTC the following day. Helene was the second easternmost hurricane to form in the main development region (MDR) during the satellite era, behind only Fred in 2015. Helene then curved west-northwestward around the edge of the subtropical ridge and intensified further, becoming a Category\u00a02 hurricane around 12:00\u00a0UTC on September\u00a010. Approximately 24\u00a0hours later, the cyclone peaked with winds of 110\u00a0mph (175\u00a0km/h) and a minimum pressure of 967\u00a0mbar (28.6\u00a0inHg).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 57], "content_span": [58, 838]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277456-0024-0000", "contents": "2018 Atlantic hurricane season, Systems, Hurricane Helene\nColder water temperatures and drier air caused Helene to weaken to a tropical storm on September\u00a013. The flow between a trough over the central Atlantic and the subtropical ridge then drew Helene in a northward motion. On September\u00a013 and September\u00a014, the cyclone underwent a Fujiwhara interaction with the smaller Tropical Storm Joyce to the west. Afterward, Helene accelerated northeastward and passed over the Azores late on September\u00a015. The storm likely produced tropical storm-force winds over the western Azores.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 57], "content_span": [58, 578]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277456-0024-0001", "contents": "2018 Atlantic hurricane season, Systems, Hurricane Helene\nThe next day, Helene transitioned into an extratropical cyclone while speeding toward the British Isles, becoming the first named storm of the European windstorm season. On September\u00a018, the extratropical low associated with Helene merged with another extratropical system. The remnants continued onwards to impact Ireland and the United Kingdom, prompting warnings for wind gusts up 65\u00a0mph (105\u00a0km/h) for southern and western areas of the United Kingdom. However, Helene weakened considerably while approaching the British Isles, resulting in the cancellation of all weather warnings on September\u00a018. The extratropical storm produced rainfall across the British Isles and wind gusts reaching 50\u00a0mph (80\u00a0km/h) in Wales.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 57], "content_span": [58, 777]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277456-0025-0000", "contents": "2018 Atlantic hurricane season, Systems, Hurricane Isaac\nOn September 2, a tropical wave exited the west coast of Africa. The system gradually organized over the next several days. After a burst of deep convection on September\u00a06 and then the development of a well-defined center shortly after, a tropical depression formed about 690\u00a0mi (1,110\u00a0km) west of the Cabo Verde Islands around 12:00\u00a0UTC on September\u00a07. Weak steering currents caused the depression to initially move slowly, while moderate wind shear temporarily prevented the system from strengthening. At 12:00\u00a0UTC on September\u00a08, the depression intensified into Tropical Storm Isaac.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 56], "content_span": [57, 643]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277456-0025-0001", "contents": "2018 Atlantic hurricane season, Systems, Hurricane Isaac\nThereafter, the cyclone began moving westward between 12 and 17\u00a0mph (19 and 27\u00a0km/h) after a subtropical ridge situated north of the storm strengthened. With warm ocean temperatures, abundant moisture, and low wind shear, Isaac intensified into a hurricane at 00:00\u00a0UTC on September\u00a010. Simultaneously, the cyclone peaked with sustained winds of 75\u00a0mph (120\u00a0km/h) and a minimum pressure of 995\u00a0mbar (29.4\u00a0inHg).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 56], "content_span": [57, 468]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277456-0026-0000", "contents": "2018 Atlantic hurricane season, Systems, Hurricane Isaac\nLater on September\u00a010, dry air entered the storm's small circulation, suppressing convection and preventing any further intensification. Increasing wind shear generated by an upper-level trough to the north caused Isaac to weaken, with the cyclone falling to tropical storm intensity early on September\u00a011. Between September\u00a012 and September\u00a013, the system's surface circulation became exposed from the convection. Around 12:00\u00a0UTC on September\u00a013, Isaac passed between Martinique and Dominica, with the high terrain on Martinique nearly causing the storm to dissipate. On Dominica, the cyclone caused minor flooding and mudslides.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 56], "content_span": [57, 688]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277456-0026-0001", "contents": "2018 Atlantic hurricane season, Systems, Hurricane Isaac\nWind gusts peaked at 53\u00a0mph (86\u00a0km/h) on Guadeloupe, causing hundreds of power outages. Locally heavy rainfall on Saint Lucia caused flooding in Anse La Raye and Castries, while winds downed trees in Barre de L'isle. Although convection briefly re-developed, persistent wind shear caused Isaac to weaken to a tropical depression early on September\u00a015 and then degenerate into a tropical wave about halfway between the Dominican Republic and Venezuela shortly thereafter.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 56], "content_span": [57, 527]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277456-0027-0000", "contents": "2018 Atlantic hurricane season, Systems, Tropical Storm Joyce\nA cold front moved offshore New England and Atlantic Canada around September\u00a07. A low-pressure area developed along the front three days later and reached gale-force intensity by early on September\u00a012. After a curved band of convection formed later that day, the low became Subtropical Storm Joyce by 12:00\u00a0UTC while centered roughly 615\u00a0mi (990\u00a0km) west-southwest of Flores Island in the Azores. From September\u00a013-September\u00a014, Joyce interacted with the larger Hurricane Helene, due to the Fujiwhara effect, with Joyce being steered counter-clockwise around Helene. At 00:00\u00a0UTC on September\u00a014, Joyce transitioned into a tropical storm.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 61], "content_span": [62, 700]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277456-0027-0001", "contents": "2018 Atlantic hurricane season, Systems, Tropical Storm Joyce\nLater that day, Joyce began turning eastward and reached its peak intensity with sustained winds of 50\u00a0mph (85\u00a0km/h). Afterward, Joyce began to weaken due to the increasing wind shear. At 12:00\u00a0UTC on September\u00a016, Joyce weakened into a tropical depression. At 00:00\u00a0UTC on September\u00a019, Joyce degenerated into a remnant low, which continued an eastward motion for another couple of days, before dissipating late on September\u00a021.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 61], "content_span": [62, 491]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277456-0028-0000", "contents": "2018 Atlantic hurricane season, Systems, Tropical Depression Eleven\nA tropical wave moved off the west coast of Africa on September 14, with signs of rotation. As the wave traversed the tropical Atlantic, rotation slightly weakened. After a few days moving westward, convection and organization gradually improved. On September\u00a018, a large area of disturbed weather in association with a tropical wave developed far to the east-southeast of the Lesser Antilles. The system initially lacked a surface circulation, and though a weak low formed on September\u00a020, strong upper-level winds and dry air were expected to limit further development.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 67], "content_span": [68, 639]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277456-0028-0001", "contents": "2018 Atlantic hurricane season, Systems, Tropical Depression Eleven\nDeep convection, despite being displaced east of the center, became persistent throughout the day, leading to the formation of a tropical depression by 18:00\u00a0UTC on September\u00a021. However, the depression failed to strengthen further within an increasingly hostile environment, eventually degenerating into an elongated trough on the following day approximately 345\u00a0mi (555\u00a0km) east of the Lesser Antilles.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 67], "content_span": [68, 472]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277456-0029-0000", "contents": "2018 Atlantic hurricane season, Systems, Tropical Storm Kirk\nA tropical wave emerged into the Atlantic from the west coast of Africa on September\u00a022. The wave moved swiftly westward and organized into a tropical depression about 520\u00a0mi (835\u00a0km) south-southeast of the Cabo Verde Islands early on September\u00a022. The depression strengthened into Tropical Storm Kirk about six hours later, becoming a named storm at 8.1\u00b0N, the lowest latitude for a system of tropical storm strength or higher in the north Atlantic since an a hurricane in 1902.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 60], "content_span": [61, 540]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277456-0029-0001", "contents": "2018 Atlantic hurricane season, Systems, Tropical Storm Kirk\nLittle change in strength occurred as Kirk accelerated across the tropical Atlantic, possibly owing to its high forward speed, and the cyclone degenerated into an open tropical wave at 12:00\u00a0UTC on September\u00a023. The remnant trough continued westward and reorganized, becoming a tropical storm once again early on September\u00a026. Kirk peaked with sustained winds of 65\u00a0mph (100\u00a0km/h) later that day. Strong wind shear weakened the storm slightly over the next day as it approached the Lesser Antilles, and around 00:30\u00a0UTC on September\u00a028, the storm made landfall on St. Lucia.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 60], "content_span": [61, 635]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277456-0029-0002", "contents": "2018 Atlantic hurricane season, Systems, Tropical Storm Kirk\nKirk continued to weaken while moving westward through the Caribbean, and the surface circulation became exposed to the west of the main convection. Early on September\u00a029, Kirk degenerated into an open tropical wave over the eastern Caribbean. Kirk's remnants drifted westward for the next couple of days, before being absorbed by a developing area of low pressure over the southwest Caribbean, which would later become Hurricane Michael.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 60], "content_span": [61, 499]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277456-0030-0000", "contents": "2018 Atlantic hurricane season, Systems, Tropical Storm Kirk\nTropical storm watches and warnings were issued for the Windward Islands at 09:00\u00a0UTC on September\u00a026. The storm caused the loss of roughly 80% of banana and plantain crops and also damaged school buildings, while two buildings suffered complete destruction. Approximately 2,000\u00a0chickens died at a poultry farm after their pens collapsed during the storm. Damage in St. Lucia totaled approximately $444,000. Rainfall amounts exceeding 10\u00a0in (250\u00a0mm) on Barbados caused extensive street flooding and power outages. Two deaths occurred in Saint Vincent and the Grenadines after two fishermen ignored storm warnings and presumably drowned.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 60], "content_span": [61, 697]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277456-0031-0000", "contents": "2018 Atlantic hurricane season, Systems, Hurricane Leslie\nA non-tropical area of low pressure formed over the central Atlantic on September\u00a022, quickly transitioning into Subtropical Storm Leslie by 12:00\u00a0UTC on the next day about 945\u00a0mi (1,520\u00a0km) southwest of Flores Islands in the Azores. After little change in strength over the two days, Leslie weakened to a subtropical depression early on September\u00a025, before becoming post-tropical later that day. After merging with a frontal system, Leslie began a cyclonic loop to the west, intensifying during this time, and becoming a powerful extratropical cyclone with hurricane-force winds early on September\u00a027. The remnants of Leslie then gradually weakened, as the storm began to lose its frontal structure. However, Leslie became a subtropical storm once again around 12:00\u00a0UTC on September\u00a028. A day after regenerating, Leslie became fully tropical.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 57], "content_span": [58, 903]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277456-0032-0000", "contents": "2018 Atlantic hurricane season, Systems, Hurricane Leslie\nOver the next several days, Leslie drifted south-southwestward between a high pressure area to the west and another to the northeast while gradually intensifying. At 06:00\u00a0UTC on October\u00a03, Leslie strengthened into a hurricane and turned northward, but weakened back to a tropical storm later on the next day. Leslie then drifted northeastward on October\u00a05 and October\u00a06 without much change in intensity, before turning east-southeastward along the western periphery of a broad mid-tropospheric trough on October\u00a07.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 57], "content_span": [58, 573]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277456-0032-0001", "contents": "2018 Atlantic hurricane season, Systems, Hurricane Leslie\nAfter a period of weakening, Leslie began restrengthening late on October 8, reaching hurricane intensity for the second time on October\u00a010 while executing a sharp turn to the east-northeast. The cyclone then accelerated due to the influence of the mid-latitude westerlies. Late on October\u00a013, Leslie became extratropical roughly 120\u00a0mi (195\u00a0km) west-northwest of Lisbon, Portugal, before making landfall soon afterward. The extratropical low became ill-defined after emerging into the Bay of Biscay on the next day.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 57], "content_span": [58, 574]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277456-0033-0000", "contents": "2018 Atlantic hurricane season, Systems, Hurricane Leslie\nOn October\u00a012, a tropical storm warning was issued for Madeira for the first time in the island's history, and Leslie became the first tropical cyclone to pass within 100\u00a0mi (160\u00a0km) of the archipelago since reliable record-keeping began in 1851. Prior to Leslie, Hurricane Vince in 2005 passed closer to the islands than any other tropical cyclone. Madeira officials closed beaches and parks. The threat of the storm caused eight airlines to cancel flights into Madeira. Leslie resulted in the cancellation of over 180\u00a0sports matches, more than half of them affecting the Madeira Football Association.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 57], "content_span": [58, 660]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277456-0033-0001", "contents": "2018 Atlantic hurricane season, Systems, Hurricane Leslie\nOn the mainland of Portugal, the remnants of Leslie produced wind gusts of 109\u00a0mph (175\u00a0km/h), leaving 324,000\u00a0homes without power and downing at least 1,000\u00a0trees in coastal areas. One death occurred due to a falling tree. Moisture from the remnants of Leslie and a semi-stationary cold front caused heavy rainfall and flash flooding over southern France. The flooding left 15\u00a0deaths, all in the Aude department. Overall, Leslie and its remnants inflicted more than $500\u00a0million in damage.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 57], "content_span": [58, 548]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277456-0034-0000", "contents": "2018 Atlantic hurricane season, Systems, Hurricane Michael\nOn October 1, a broad area of low pressure formed over the southwestern Caribbean Sea, absorbing the remnants of Tropical Storm Kirk by the next day. The low gradually organized, becoming a tropical depression early on October\u00a07 about 150\u00a0mi (240\u00a0km) south of Cozumel. The depression intensified into Tropical Storm Michael shortly thereafter. Michael quickly became a hurricane around midday on October\u00a08 as a result of rapid intensification. The storm reached the Gulf of Mexico several hours later and continued to quickly strengthen over the next two days, becoming a major hurricane late on October\u00a09.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 58], "content_span": [59, 665]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277456-0034-0001", "contents": "2018 Atlantic hurricane season, Systems, Hurricane Michael\nAt 17:30\u00a0UTC on October\u00a010, Michael made landfall near Panama City, Florida, at its peak intensity as a Category\u00a05 hurricane with maximum sustained winds of 160\u00a0mph (260\u00a0km/h) and a minimum barometric pressure of 919\u00a0mbar (27.1\u00a0inHg). Michael became the most intense storm of the season and also the third-strongest landfalling hurricane in the U.S. on record in terms of central pressure. The cyclone initially weakened quickly over land, falling to tropical storm intensity over Georgia early on October\u00a011. By 00:00\u00a0UTC on October\u00a012, Michael became extratropical over Virginia.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 58], "content_span": [59, 640]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277456-0034-0002", "contents": "2018 Atlantic hurricane season, Systems, Hurricane Michael\nAfter crossing through the Southeastern United States, Michael started restrengthening early on October\u00a012 as a result of baroclinic forcing while transitioning into an extratropical cyclone. The extratropical low moved northeastward across the Atlantic, before curving southeastward and then southward while nearing the European mainland. The low dissipated just offshore Portugal on October\u00a015.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 58], "content_span": [59, 455]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277456-0035-0000", "contents": "2018 Atlantic hurricane season, Systems, Hurricane Michael\nThe combined effects of the precursor low to Michael and a disturbance over the Pacific Ocean caused significant flooding across Central America. Nearly 2,000\u00a0homes in Nicaragua suffered damage and 1,115\u00a0people evacuated. A total of 253 and 180\u00a0homes were damaged in El Salvador and Honduras, respectively. More than 22,700\u00a0people were directly affected throughout the three countries. The precursor of Michael caused roughly $10\u00a0million in damages in Central America and killed at least 15\u00a0people across the region: 8 in Honduras, 4 in Nicaragua, and 3 in El Salvador.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 58], "content_span": [59, 628]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277456-0035-0001", "contents": "2018 Atlantic hurricane season, Systems, Hurricane Michael\nIn Cuba, high winds from Michael resulted in more than 200,000\u00a0power outages and caused sporadic structural damage in Pinar del R\u00edo Province. Heavy rains overflowed creeks and rivers, while floodwaters entered homes in La Coloma. Catastrophic damage occurred in portions of the Florida Panhandle, particularly in and around Mexico Beach, Panama City, and Panama City Beach. Michael damaged more than 45,000\u00a0structures and destroyed over 1,500\u00a0others in Bay County alone. Major wind damage continued well inland, including about 1,000\u00a0structures experiencing substantial damage or destruction in Jackson County.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 58], "content_span": [59, 669]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277456-0035-0002", "contents": "2018 Atlantic hurricane season, Systems, Hurricane Michael\nIn Georgia, 99% of homes in Seminole County suffered some degree of damage, while thousands of other homes as far north as Dougherty County reported damage. Extensive wind damage also occurred in southeastern Alabama. The remnants of Michael caused flooding in western North Carolina and Virginia, with a maximum precipitation total of 13.01\u00a0in (330\u00a0mm) near Black Mountain, North Carolina. In the United States, at least 59\u00a0people were killed across Florida, Georgia, North Carolina, and Virginia, with most in the state of Florida. Michael caused at least $25\u00a0billion in property damage in the United States.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 58], "content_span": [59, 669]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277456-0036-0000", "contents": "2018 Atlantic hurricane season, Systems, Tropical Storm Nadine\nEarly on October\u00a06, a tropical wave moved off the west coast of Africa. The wave soon fractured as it moved into the tropical Atlantic, with the northern portion moving over cool waters and the southern portion continuing westward over warm waters. Convection associated with the southern portion increased and became more organized, and a well-defined circulation developed on October\u00a07. The disturbance continued to organize over the next day as a well-defined surface low developed.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 62], "content_span": [63, 548]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277456-0036-0001", "contents": "2018 Atlantic hurricane season, Systems, Tropical Storm Nadine\nAt 06:00\u00a0UTC on October\u00a09, while located southwest of Cape Verde, the disturbance organized into a tropical depression, and six hours later strengthened into Tropical Storm Nadine. Upon its designation as a tropical storm at the longitude of 30\u00b0W, Nadine became the easternmost named storm to develop in the tropical Atlantic so late in the calendar year.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 62], "content_span": [63, 418]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277456-0036-0002", "contents": "2018 Atlantic hurricane season, Systems, Tropical Storm Nadine\nLocated within a very favorable environment with low wind shear, warm sea surface temperatures, and abundant atmospheric moisture, the small tropical cyclone quickly intensified, reaching its peak intensity with maximum sustained winds of 65\u00a0mph (100\u00a0km/h) around 06:00\u00a0UTC on October\u00a010. At that time, a well-defined eye feature was evident in microwave imagery. However, an abrupt increase in westerly wind shear brought an end to the strengthening trend, and Nadine began to weaken later that day.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 62], "content_span": [63, 563]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277456-0036-0003", "contents": "2018 Atlantic hurricane season, Systems, Tropical Storm Nadine\nTurning sharply west-northwestward, Nadine encountered hostile environmental conditions which resulted in the cyclone weakening to a tropical depression at 18:00\u00a0UTC on October\u00a012. The weakening cyclone degenerated into an open wave six hours later. The wave continued to move westward for the next several days, finally dissipating just east of the Lesser Antilles early on October\u00a016.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 62], "content_span": [63, 449]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277456-0037-0000", "contents": "2018 Atlantic hurricane season, Systems, Hurricane Oscar\nThe interaction of a tropical wave and a mid- to upper-level trough resulted in the formation of a surface trough and a broad low-pressure area well northeast of the Leeward Islands on October\u00a024. Gradual organization ensued as the low drifted northward, with the shower and thunderstorm activity becoming better defined. By 18:00\u00a0UTC on October\u00a026, the circulation of the broad low had become sufficiently defined for it to be classified as Subtropical Storm Oscar while situated roughly 1,180\u00a0mi (1,900\u00a0km) east-northeast of the Leeward Islands.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 56], "content_span": [57, 604]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277456-0037-0001", "contents": "2018 Atlantic hurricane season, Systems, Hurricane Oscar\nOscar continued to strengthen as it accelerated westward around the northern side of a mid to upper-level low, transitioning into a tropical storm at 18:00\u00a0UTC on October\u00a027. A small eye became evident on satellite imagery by late on October\u00a028, and Oscar strengthened into a Category\u00a01 hurricane at 18:00\u00a0UTC that day. Continued intensification followed, with Oscar peaking as a strong Category 2 hurricane with maximum sustained winds of 110\u00a0mph (175\u00a0km/h) early on October\u00a030. Soon afterward, the cyclone accelerated northeastward over increasingly colder waters, while a cold front approached the system from the northwest.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 56], "content_span": [57, 684]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277456-0037-0002", "contents": "2018 Atlantic hurricane season, Systems, Hurricane Oscar\nOn October\u00a031, Oscar underwent an extratropical transition, a process it completed by 18:00\u00a0UTC that day about 605\u00a0mi (975\u00a0km) south-southeast of Cape Race, Newfoundland. The remnant extratropical storm continued north-northeastward and then northeastward before being absorbed by another extratropical low and frontal system near the Faroe Islands late on November\u00a04.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 56], "content_span": [57, 425]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277456-0038-0000", "contents": "2018 Atlantic hurricane season, Storm names\nThe following list of names was used for named storms that formed in the North Atlantic in 2018. The names not retired from this list will be used again in the 2024 season. This was the same list used in the 2012 season, with the exception of the name Sara, which replaced Sandy.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 43], "content_span": [44, 323]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277456-0039-0000", "contents": "2018 Atlantic hurricane season, Storm names, Retirement\nOn March\u00a020, 2019, at the 41st session of the RA IV hurricane committee, the World Meteorological Organization retired the names Florence and Michael from its rotating naming lists due to the number of deaths and amount of damage they caused, and they will not be used again for another Atlantic hurricane. They will be replaced with Francine and Milton, respectively, for the 2024 season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 55], "content_span": [56, 446]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277456-0040-0000", "contents": "2018 Atlantic hurricane season, Season effects\nThis is a table of the tropical cyclones that formed in the 2018 Atlantic hurricane season. It includes their duration, names, landfall(s), denoted in parentheses, damages, and death totals. Deaths in parentheses are additional and indirect (an example of an indirect death would be a traffic accident), but were still related to that storm. Damage and deaths include totals while the storm was extratropical, a tropical wave, or a low, and all the damage figures are in USD. Potential tropical cyclones are not included in this table.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 46], "content_span": [47, 582]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277457-0000-0000", "contents": "2018 Atl\u00e9tico Nacional season\nThe 2018 Atl\u00e9tico Nacional season was the 71st season in the club's history. The team competed in the Categor\u00eda Primera A, Copa Colombia, Superliga Colombiana, and Copa Libertadores.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [29, 29], "content_span": [30, 212]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277457-0001-0000", "contents": "2018 Atl\u00e9tico Nacional season, Players, First-team squad\nNote: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 56], "content_span": [57, 185]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277457-0002-0000", "contents": "2018 Atl\u00e9tico Nacional season, Players, Out on loan\nNote: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 51], "content_span": [52, 180]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277457-0003-0000", "contents": "2018 Atl\u00e9tico Nacional season, Competitions, Categor\u00eda Primera A, Torneo Apertura\n\u2020: Match postponed due to participation in the Copa Libertadores. \u2021: Match postponed due to Deportivo Cali's participation in the Copa Sudamericana.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 81], "content_span": [82, 230]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277457-0004-0000", "contents": "2018 Atl\u00e9tico Nacional season, Statistics, Disciplinary record\nLast updated: 30 MarchSource: Only competitive matches = Number of bookings; = Number of sending offs after a second yellow card; = Number of sending offs by a direct red card.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 62], "content_span": [63, 241]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277458-0000-0000", "contents": "2018 Atl\u00e9tico Petr\u00f3leos de Luanda season\nThe 2018 season of Atl\u00e9tico Petr\u00f3leos de Luanda is the club's 37th season in the Girabola, the Angolan Premier football League and 37th consecutive season in the top flight of Angolan football. In 2018, the club participated in the Girabola and the CAF Confederation Cup.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [40, 40], "content_span": [41, 313]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277458-0001-0000", "contents": "2018 Atl\u00e9tico Petr\u00f3leos de Luanda season, J.G.M. withdrawal\nIn late April, J.G.M. submitted a withdrawal request to the Angolan Football Federation citing financial reasons. The request was granted. As a result, 3 points won by Petro in its round 8 away match win against J.G.M. were withdrawn.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 59], "content_span": [60, 294]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277459-0000-0000", "contents": "2018 Attica wildfires\nA series of wildfires in Greece, during the 2018 European heat wave, began in the coastal areas of Attica in July 2018. 103 people were confirmed dead in Mati. The fires were the second-deadliest wildfire event in the 21st century, after the 2009 Black Saturday bushfires in Australia that killed 173.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [21, 21], "content_span": [22, 323]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277459-0001-0000", "contents": "2018 Attica wildfires\nOver 700 residents were evacuated or rescued, mainly from the seaside settlements located north of the port town of Rafina, namely Kokkino Limanaki and Mati, where rescuers found 26 corpses trapped just metres away from the sea, apparently hugging each other as they died. Boats also recovered corpses from the water, and rescued hundreds of people from beaches and the sea. Ten people drowned when the boat rescuing them from a hotel in Mati capsized. \u039core than 4,000 residents were affected by the wildfires. The Greek prime minister Alexis Tsipras declared a state of emergency in Attica, and announced a three-day period of national mourning, stating in a televised address, \"The country is going through an unspeakable tragedy\".", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [21, 21], "content_span": [22, 755]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277459-0002-0000", "contents": "2018 Attica wildfires\nAfter the fires, flags atop the Acropolis and the Greek parliament flew at half mast. The European flags at the European Commission headquarters in Brussels also flew at half mast in honour of the victims. Many countries worldwide helped or offered aid to Greece. A 65-year-old man from Penteli has been arrested for causing the fire through negligence, by burning wood in his garden.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [21, 21], "content_span": [22, 406]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277459-0003-0000", "contents": "2018 Attica wildfires, Fires\nOn 23 July 2018 at 13:00 Eastern European Time, a wildfire started west of Athens near Kineta. A few hours later, a second wildfire started burning at the north of Athens near Penteli. Due to very strong wind gusts in the area both wildfires spread quickly which were up to 124\u00a0km/h, 77\u00a0mph, 12 Beaufort. The fire in Kineta burned houses in the area, while the fire in Penteli headed east towards the beach, where it started burning parts of Neos Voutzas, Mati and Kokkino Limanaki just north of the town of Rafina and as far as its northern fringes.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 28], "content_span": [29, 579]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277459-0004-0000", "contents": "2018 Attica wildfires, Fires, Impact\nThe flames were so intense that they trapped and burned people inside their houses, cars, or a few metres away from the beach. Thousands of vehicles and houses were destroyed before the fire was brought under control hours later. An entire summer camp with 620 children was evacuated in an overnight operation. Many animals, wild and domestic, died or were injured.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 36], "content_span": [37, 402]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277459-0005-0000", "contents": "2018 Attica wildfires, Fires, Impact\nThe fires were the second-deadliest wildfire event to have occurred worldwide since 2001, after the 2009 Black Saturday bushfires in Australia that killed 180. In addition, the wildfires were also the sixth-deadliest to have occurred in the one-hundred years prior to the event. Only the Black Saturday bushfires of 2009, the Black Dragon Fire of 1987, the Indonesian forest fires of 1997, the Cloquet Fire of 1918, and the Kursha-2 Fire of 1936 had a higher death toll.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 36], "content_span": [37, 507]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277459-0006-0000", "contents": "2018 Attica wildfires, Casualties and damage\nAs of May 2019, 102 people were confirmed dead; the dead were identified as 48 women, 43 men, and 11 children (one an infant). The youngest was 6 months and the oldest 93 years old. The dead were 97 Greek, two Polish, one Irish, one Belgian and one Georgian nationals.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 44], "content_span": [45, 313]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277459-0007-0000", "contents": "2018 Attica wildfires, Casualties and damage\nAt least 164 adults and 23 children were taken to hospital with injuries, including 11 adults in serious condition. It was also reported that at least 15 of the injured later died in the hospital.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 44], "content_span": [45, 241]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277459-0008-0000", "contents": "2018 Attica wildfires, Casualties and damage\nThousands of vehicles, 4,000 homes, and 40,000 pine and olive trees were burned; the fire destroyed Mati and nearby Kokkino Limanaki. About 400 people waded deep into the sea and waited hours to be rescued. Temperatures reached 800\u00b0C, fanned by gale-force winds.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 44], "content_span": [45, 308]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277459-0009-0000", "contents": "2018 Attica wildfires, Cause\nOn 26 July 2018, the Mayor of Penteli, Dimitris Stergiou, claimed that the deadly fire that hit Mati in eastern Attica beganfrom a damaged cable at a utility pole. In a press conference held on 26 July, Nikos Toskas, the Alternate Minister of Public Order and Citizen Protection, said that there are strong indications of arson, for the fires both in Kineta and Penteli. The defence minister Panos Kammenos said illegal constructions had exacerbated the situation.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 28], "content_span": [29, 493]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277459-0010-0000", "contents": "2018 Attica wildfires, Cause\nThe arson investigation department of the Hellenic Fire Service dismissed the arson theory on 27 July, stating the fire was probably started due to wood being burnt in Daou, Penteli. Kathimerini said the suspect's name was already known. A video obtained from a home security camera by the newspaper, showed that a fire started in a clearing near houses in Daou at 4:41 p.m. and quickly spread due to the wind.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 28], "content_span": [29, 439]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277459-0011-0000", "contents": "2018 Attica wildfires, Cause\nA 65-year old resident of the area was charged with multiple manslaughter, causing criminal harm through negligence and negligent arson. He is suspected of causing the fire after burning wood in his garden.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 28], "content_span": [29, 235]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277459-0012-0000", "contents": "2018 Attica wildfires, Reconstruction plans\nThe Mayor of Athens Giorgios Kaminis was in constant communication with the local authorities of the municipalities affected by the wildfires. The City of Athens commissioned a study to research and proposed an actionable and resilient reforestation plan, as well as collect funding through the Athens Partnership for those impacted.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 43], "content_span": [44, 377]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277459-0013-0000", "contents": "2018 Attica wildfires, Reconstruction plans\nDuring reconstruction and rescue around the wildfires Greek citizens, businesses and organizations banded together to aid one another. Businesses handed out free food and water to victims and first responders, organizations such as the Hellenic Center for Disease Prevention and Control launched donation drives, and citizens opened their homes for those impacted, both independently and through Airbnb.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 43], "content_span": [44, 447]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277459-0014-0000", "contents": "2018 Attica wildfires, Aftermath\nIn March 2019 a report was produced detailing many mistakes made by the authorities: mismanagement by police and fire services, and a lack of coordination between rescue agencies, had caused \"chaos and a collapse of the system... criminal mistakes and omissions\". During the wildfire of Mati, several prominent Greek news outlets did not cover the incident as an environmental issue, but rather a political event.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 32], "content_span": [33, 446]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277459-0015-0000", "contents": "2018 Attica wildfires, Aftermath\nThe Prime Minister visited Mati weeks after the fire, and promised to create a \"model town\" within a year. A year later plots remained burned out and the land scorched. Home owners had by then received compensation of up to \u20ac6,000, but there was difficulty in getting permission to carry out repair work. Several residents started private court cases against the government.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 32], "content_span": [33, 407]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277459-0016-0000", "contents": "2018 Attica wildfires, Aftermath\nIn August 2021 similar wildfires struck large parts of Greece and Turkey, following a period of exceptionally high temperatures of up to 47\u00b0C, albeit a general absence of strong or even medium winds.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 32], "content_span": [33, 232]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277459-0017-0000", "contents": "2018 Attica wildfires, Aftermath, International assistance\nGreece appealed for help from other countries to help tackle the fires and deal with the emergency situation by submitting a request through the European Union Civil Protection Mechanism for international assistance with air and land assets. European Commissioner for Humanitarian Aid and Crisis Management arrived in Athens on 24 July to coordinate the EU assistance being provided to Greece through the EU Civil Protection Mechanism. The EU Civil Protection Mechanism, helped mobilize planes, vehicles, medical personnel and firefighters from the EU countries. The EU's Copernicus satellite system has also been activated to provide the authorities with highly specialized maps. The Greek minister Nikos Toskas said never before have there been so many offers to assist firefighting efforts, lauding the solidarity other countries have shown.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 58], "content_span": [59, 903]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277460-0000-0000", "contents": "2018 Auburn Tigers football team\nThe 2018 Auburn Tigers football team represented Auburn University in the 2018 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The Tigers played their home games at Jordan\u2013Hare Stadium in Auburn, Alabama and competed in the Western Division of the Southeastern Conference (SEC). They were led by sixth-year head coach Gus Malzahn. The Tigers finished the season 8\u20135, 3\u20135 in SEC play to finish 5th in the West Division. They were invited to the Music City Bowl, where they defeated Purdue.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [32, 32], "content_span": [33, 510]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277460-0001-0000", "contents": "2018 Auburn Tigers football team, Previous season\nThe Tigers finished the 2017 season 10\u20134, 7\u20131 in SEC play to win a share of the Western Division title with Alabama. Due to their head-to-head win over Alabama, they represented the Western Division in the SEC Championship Game and lost to Georgia. They were invited to the Peach Bowl where they lost to UCF.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 49], "content_span": [50, 358]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277460-0002-0000", "contents": "2018 Auburn Tigers football team, Spring game\nThe A-Day spring game was held on Saturday, April 7. Bad weather led to the lowest attendance for A-Day in the Gus Malzahn era as head coach, as only 28,033 showed up. The game was dominated by defense, and only 28 total points were scored between the two teams. Many starters did not play or did not see significant time on the field due to the amount of injuries Auburn had already suffered during the spring. For their performances, C.J. Tolbert was named Offensive MVP, Nick Coe was named Defensive MVP, and Anders Carlson was named Special Teams MVP.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 45], "content_span": [46, 601]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277460-0003-0000", "contents": "2018 Auburn Tigers football team, Preseason, SEC media poll\nThe SEC media poll was released on July 20, 2018 with the Tigers predicted to finish in second place in the West Division.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 59], "content_span": [60, 182]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277460-0004-0000", "contents": "2018 Auburn Tigers football team, Preseason, Preseason All-SEC teams\nThe Tigers had nine players selected to the preseason all-SEC teams.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 68], "content_span": [69, 137]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277460-0005-0000", "contents": "2018 Auburn Tigers football team, Game summaries, Liberty\n{{Americanfootballbox|titlestyle= background-color:#03244d;color:#F26522;box-shadow: inset 2px 2px 0 #F26522, inset -2px -2px 0 #F26522; ;text-align:center;|state= autocollapse|title= Liberty Flames at Auburn Tigers \u2013 Game summary|date= November 17, 2018|time= 3:01 p.m.|road= Liberty|R1=0|R2=0|R3=0|R4=0|home= Auburn|H1=15|H2=17|H3=21|H4=0|stadium= Jordan-Hare Stadium \u2022 Auburn, Alabama|attendance= 81,129|weather= Temperature: 66\u00b0 \u2022 Wind: NW 2 mph \u2022 Weather: Sunny|referee= Jason Autrey|TV= SEC Network Alternate|TVAnnouncers= Richard Cross (play-by-play), Hutson Mason (analyst), Taylor Davis (sideline reporter)|scoring=", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 57], "content_span": [58, 682]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277461-0000-0000", "contents": "2018 Auburn Tigers softball team\nThe 2018 Auburn Tigers softball team is an American softball team, representing Auburn University for the 2018 NCAA softball season. The Auburn Tigers play their home games at Jane B. Moore Field. The Tigers have a new coach, after former coach Clint Myers resigned his post on August 24, 2017. Mickey Dean was named as head coach on September 14, 2017, after coaching at James Madison University for 5 seasons.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [32, 32], "content_span": [33, 444]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277461-0001-0000", "contents": "2018 Auburn Tigers softball team\nAuburn hopes to improve upon its 49-12 record a year ago that ended in the Super Regionals at the hands of the eventual National Champion Oklahoma Sooners.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [32, 32], "content_span": [33, 188]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277461-0002-0000", "contents": "2018 Auburn Tigers softball team\nThe Tigers were voted to finish 6th in the SEC in the Preseason Coaches' Poll, and opened 2018 ranked 13th in the USA Today/NFCA Softball national preseason poll.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [32, 32], "content_span": [33, 195]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277462-0000-0000", "contents": "2018 Auckland Darts Masters\nThe 2018 Auckland Darts Masters, presented by Burger King & TAB was the fourth staging of the tournament by the Professional Darts Corporation, as the fourth entry in the 2018 World Series of Darts. The tournament featured 16 players (eight PDC players facing eight regional qualifiers) and was held at The Trusts Arena in Auckland, New Zealand from 3\u20135 August 2018.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [27, 27], "content_span": [28, 394]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277462-0001-0000", "contents": "2018 Auckland Darts Masters\nKyle Anderson was the defending champion after defeating compatriot Corey Cadby 11\u201310 in the 2017 final, but lost 10\u20133 to Peter Wright in the quarter-finals.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [27, 27], "content_span": [28, 185]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277462-0002-0000", "contents": "2018 Auckland Darts Masters\nMichael van Gerwen won the title after beating Raymond van Barneveld 11\u20134 in the final.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [27, 27], "content_span": [28, 115]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277462-0003-0000", "contents": "2018 Auckland Darts Masters, Qualifiers\nThe eight invited PDC representatives, (seeded according to the 2018 World Series of Darts Order of Merit) are:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 39], "content_span": [40, 151]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277462-0004-0000", "contents": "2018 Auckland Darts Masters, Qualifiers\n2018 UK Open runner-up Corey Cadby was originally announced as a PDC representative, before later being named as a regional qualifier, and then withdrawing due to a visa issue. Ben Robb replaced him.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 39], "content_span": [40, 239]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277463-0000-0000", "contents": "2018 Auckland SuperSprint\nThe 2018 ITM Auckland SuperSprint was a motor racing event for Supercars, held on the weekend of 2 to 4 November 2018. The event was held at Pukekohe Park Raceway near Pukekohe, New Zealand, and consisted of two races, 200 kilometres in length. It was the 15th event of sixteen in the 2017 Supercars Championship and hosted races 28 and 29 of the season. It was the thirteenth running of the Auckland SuperSprint.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [25, 25], "content_span": [26, 439]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277464-0000-0000", "contents": "2018 Aussie Racing Car Series\nThe 2018 Aussie Racing Car Series was an Australian motor racing series open to Aussie Racing Cars, which are silhouette racing cars which use Yamaha FJ1300 engines and Kumho Tyres. It was sanctioned by the Confederation of Australian Motor Sport (CAMS) as an Authorised Series with the Series and Category owner, Aussie Racing Cars Pty Ltd, appointed by CAMS as the Category Manager. The series commenced at Baskerville Raceway in Tasmania on 23 February and concluded on 21 October at the Surfers Paradise Street Circuit. James Duckworth was the defending series winner heading into the 2018 series, but opted not to defend his title.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [29, 29], "content_span": [30, 666]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277464-0001-0000", "contents": "2018 Aussie Racing Car Series, Series standings\nSeries standings after six of seven rounds were as follows:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 47], "content_span": [48, 107]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277465-0000-0000", "contents": "2018 Austin Peay Governors football team\nThe 2018 Austin Peay Governors football team represented Austin Peay State University during the 2018 NCAA Division I FCS football season. The Governors, led by third-year head coach Will Healy, played their home games at Fortera Stadium as members of the Ohio Valley Conference. They finished the season 5\u20136, 3\u20135 in OVC play to finish in a tie for sixth place.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [40, 40], "content_span": [41, 402]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277465-0001-0000", "contents": "2018 Austin Peay Governors football team\nOn December 5, head coach Will Healy resigned to become the head coach at Charlotte. He finished at Austin Peay with a three-year record of 13\u201321.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [40, 40], "content_span": [41, 187]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277465-0002-0000", "contents": "2018 Austin Peay Governors football team, Previous season\nThe Governors finished the 2017 season 8\u20134, 7\u20131 in OVC play to finish in second place.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 57], "content_span": [58, 144]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277465-0003-0000", "contents": "2018 Austin Peay Governors football team, Preseason, OVC media poll\nOn July 20, 2018, the media covering the OVC released their preseason poll with the Governors predicted to finish in second place. On July 23, the OVC released their coaches poll with the Governors also predicted to finish in second place.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 67], "content_span": [68, 307]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277465-0004-0000", "contents": "2018 Austin Peay Governors football team, Preseason, Preseason All-OVC team\nThe Governors had five players selected to the preseason all-OVC team.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 75], "content_span": [76, 146]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277466-0000-0000", "contents": "2018 Austin mayoral election\nThe 2018 Austin mayoral election was held on November 6, 2018 to elect the mayor of Austin, Texas. The election was a non-partisan mayoral election. If a candidate received a majority of the votes (50%+1 or greater), the candidate was elected, otherwise a runoff would be held between the top two candidates with the most votes. As incumbent Steve Adler secured a majority in the first round, a runoff was not required, and Adler was re-elected mayor for a second term.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [28, 28], "content_span": [29, 498]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277466-0001-0000", "contents": "2018 Austin mayoral election, Campaign\nAdler entered the election with a strong fundraising advantage over his challengers.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 38], "content_span": [39, 123]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277466-0002-0000", "contents": "2018 Austin mayoral election, Campaign\nAdler's most formidable challenger was perceived to be former Austin City Council member Laura Morrison. Morrison had been a prominent critic of CodeNEXT (a shelved effort to rewrite the city's land development code) and the deal Adler was offering to bring a Major League Soccer team to the city.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 38], "content_span": [39, 336]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277467-0000-0000", "contents": "2018 Australia Day Honours\nThe Australia Day Honours 2018 are appointments to various orders and honours to recognise and reward good works by Australian citizens. The list was announced on 26 January 2018 by the Governor General of Australia, Sir Peter Cosgrove.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [26, 26], "content_span": [27, 263]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277467-0001-0000", "contents": "2018 Australia Day Honours\nThe Australia Day Honours are the first of the two major annual honours lists, the first announced to coincide with Australia Day (26 January), with the other being the Queen's Birthday Honours, which are announced on the second Monday in June.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [26, 26], "content_span": [27, 271]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277468-0000-0000", "contents": "2018 Australia national soccer team season\nThis page summarises the Australia national soccer team fixtures and results in 2018.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [42, 42], "content_span": [43, 128]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277468-0001-0000", "contents": "2018 Australia national soccer team season, Summary\nAustralia participated in the 2018 FIFA World Cup, held in Russia in June and July. The draw took place in Moscow on 1 December 2017, with Australia drawn in Group C alongside France, Peru, and Denmark.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [44, 51], "content_span": [52, 254]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277468-0002-0000", "contents": "2018 Australia national soccer team season, Summary\nOn 25 January 2018, the FFA appointed Bert van Marwijk on a short-term contract for the 2018 FIFA World Cup.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [44, 51], "content_span": [52, 160]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277468-0003-0000", "contents": "2018 Australia national soccer team season, Summary\nOn 8 March 2018 the FFA announced that Graham Arnold would take over the head coach position from van Marwijk at the conclusion of the World Cup and will continue in the role until the 2022 FIFA World Cup.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [44, 51], "content_span": [52, 257]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277468-0004-0000", "contents": "2018 Australia national soccer team season, Summary\nOn 24 March 2018, Australia played their first match under the management of van Marwijk, playing a friendly against Norway at Ullevaal Stadion in Oslo. Van Marwijk reverted from Ange Postecoglou's favoured formation of three-at-the-back to the more traditional four defenders formation, and handed international debuts to Andrew Nabbout, Dimitri Petratos, and Aleksandar Susnjar. Despite going ahead in the 20th minute after a goal by Jackson Irvine, Australia lost the match 4\u20131. A few days later, Australia drew 0\u20130 in a friendly match against Colombia at Craven Cottage in London, with Danny Vukovic saving an 86th minute penalty.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [44, 51], "content_span": [52, 686]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277468-0005-0000", "contents": "2018 Australia national soccer team season, Summary\nMore than 2 months later, on 1 June 2018, Australia played the first of two friendlies in preparation for the World Cup. They beat Czech Republic 4\u20130 at NV Arena in Sankt P\u00f6lten, Austria, with Mathew Leckie scoring a brace and Nabbout scoring his first international goal. Six minutes before the end of the game, teenager Daniel Arzani was subbed on, making his international debut. In the second friendly on 9 June 2018, Australia defeated Hungary 2\u20131 in Budapest, with Arzani scoring his first goal for the national team before both teams scored own goals late in the game.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [44, 51], "content_span": [52, 627]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277468-0006-0000", "contents": "2018 Australia national soccer team season, Summary\nAustralia entered the World Cup ranked 36 in the official FIFA World Rankings. In their first match, Australia lost 2\u20131 to France with Mile Jedinak scoring the goal for Australia from a penalty kick given after Samuel Umtiti handled the ball in the box. France scored with a penalty by Antoine Griezmann after Uruguayan referee Andr\u00e9s Cunha consulted VAR and with a deflected shot by Paul Pogba which was confirmed by goal line technology.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [44, 51], "content_span": [52, 491]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277468-0006-0001", "contents": "2018 Australia national soccer team season, Summary\nArzani was subbed on in the 84th minute and at the age of 19 years and 163 days became the youngest player to ever make a World Cup appearance for Australia. In their second match, Australia drew 1\u20131 with Denmark with Jedinak scoring the goal for Australia from a penalty kick given after Yussuf Poulsen handled the ball in the box which was confirmed by VAR. Denmark had opened the scoring from a goal by Christian Eriksen. In their third and final match, Australia lost to Peru 2\u20130, with Andr\u00e9 Carrillo and Paolo Guerrero scoring from open play.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [44, 51], "content_span": [52, 599]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277468-0007-0000", "contents": "2018 Australia national soccer team season, Summary\nDuring their first match under new coach Arnold, and also their first match following the World Cup, Australia beat Kuwait 4\u20130, leading via an own goal from Khalid El Ebrahim, with Apostolos Giannou and Tom Rogic scoring the second and third goals. Awer Mabil sealed the scoreline, scoring his first senior international goal. The game was also marked by Mabil and Thomas Deng making their senior debuts for Australia, with both South Sudanese refugees growing up together and playing together during their boyhood. Their debuts lead to tributes on social media, led by Patrice Evra.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [44, 51], "content_span": [52, 635]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277468-0008-0000", "contents": "2018 Australia national soccer team season, Summary\nIn the beginning of November, upcoming star Arzani was injured while playing for his club Celtic during a domestic match, rupturing his ACL, most likely ruling him out for the season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [44, 51], "content_span": [52, 235]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277468-0009-0000", "contents": "2018 Australia national soccer team season, Summary\nIn mid-November Australia played two friendly matches in Australia in preparation for the 2019 AFC Asian Cup, against South Korea and against Lebanon. The match against South Korea ended in a 1\u20131 draw, with Massimo Luongo equalising in the 94th minute, cancelling-out Hwang Ui-jo's opening goal. The match against Lebanon was a send-off match for Tim Cahill, who played 9 minutes and marked his 108th and final appearance for Australia. Australia won the match 3\u20130 with Martin Boyle, on his starting debut, scoring twice and assisting Leckie for the third goal. Australia finished the year, beating Oman 5\u20130 as a final warm-up for the AFC Asian Cup. Chris Ikonomidis and Milos Degenek scored their first international goals, while Nabbout, Mabil, and Irvine also scored.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [44, 51], "content_span": [52, 822]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277468-0010-0000", "contents": "2018 Australia national soccer team season, Summary\nAustralia finished the year ranked 41 on the official FIFA rankings released on 20 December, 5 places lower than in the January rankings.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [44, 51], "content_span": [52, 189]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277468-0011-0000", "contents": "2018 Australia national soccer team season, Player statistics\nCorrect as of 30 December 2018 (v. \u00a0Oman). Numbers are listed by player's number in World Cup or last friendly played", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [44, 61], "content_span": [62, 179]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277469-0000-0000", "contents": "2018 Australian Formula 3 Premier Series\nThe 2018 Australian Formula 3 Premier Series was an Australian open-wheel racing series for FIA Formula 3 cars constructed and conforming to the regulations before and including 2011. The series began on 10 March 2018 at Winton Motor Raceway and concluded on 21 October 2018 at The Bend Motorsport Park. Organised by Formula Three Management Pty Ltd, it was the third running of the Australian Formula 3 Premier Series.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [40, 40], "content_span": [41, 460]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277469-0001-0000", "contents": "2018 Australian Formula 3 Premier Series\nThe series was won by Harri Jones driving a Dallara F311 Mercedes-Benz.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [40, 40], "content_span": [41, 112]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277469-0002-0000", "contents": "2018 Australian Formula 3 Premier Series, Teams and drivers\nThe following teams and drivers contested the 2018 Australian Formula 3 Premier Series. All teams and drivers were Australian-registered.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 59], "content_span": [60, 197]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277469-0003-0000", "contents": "2018 Australian Formula 3 Premier Series, Calendar & race results\nThe series was contested over six rounds. All rounds were held in Australia.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 65], "content_span": [66, 142]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277470-0000-0000", "contents": "2018 Australian Formula 4 Championship\nThe 2018 CAMS Australian Formula 4 Championship (initially known for sponsorship purposes as the CAMS Jayco Australian Formula 4 Championship and later as the CAMS Payce Australian Formula 4 Championship) was the fourth Australian Formula 4 Championship, a motor racing competition for open-wheel racing cars complying with Formula 4 regulations, which were created by the F\u00e9d\u00e9ration Internationale de l'Automobile (FIA) for entry-level open-wheel championships. Teams and drivers competed in twenty-one races at six venues, starting on 7 April and ending on 4 November.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [38, 38], "content_span": [39, 609]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277470-0001-0000", "contents": "2018 Australian Formula 4 Championship, Entries\nThe following drivers contested the championship. The following Australian-registered teams and drivers contested the championship.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 47], "content_span": [48, 179]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277470-0002-0000", "contents": "2018 Australian Formula 4 Championship, Entries\nEach entry utilised a Mygale M14-F4 chassis and a Ford engine.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 47], "content_span": [48, 110]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277470-0003-0000", "contents": "2018 Australian Formula 4 Championship, Calendar\nThe 2018 championship was held across seven rounds in Australia and New Zealand, supporting the Supercars Championship and the Shannons Nationals.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 48], "content_span": [49, 195]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277470-0004-0000", "contents": "2018 Australian Formula 4 Championship, Championship standings\nBold\u00a0\u2013 PoleItalics\u00a0\u2013 Fastest lap\u2020\u00a0\u2014 Did not finish, but classified", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 62], "content_span": [63, 129]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277471-0000-0000", "contents": "2018 Australian Formula Ford Series\nThe 2018 Australian Formula Ford Series was an Australian motor racing competition for Formula Ford and Formula Ford 1600 Racing Cars. The series, which was organised by the Formula Ford Association Inc, was the 49th Australian Formula Ford Series.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [35, 35], "content_span": [36, 285]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277471-0001-0000", "contents": "2018 Australian Formula Ford Series\nThe Formula Ford (Duratec) class was won by Hunter McElrea driving a Mygale SJ10A and the Formula Ford 1600 (Kent) class by Dylan Fahey driving a Van Diemen.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [35, 35], "content_span": [36, 193]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277472-0000-0000", "contents": "2018 Australian GT Championship\nThe 2018 Australian GT Championship was the 22nd running of the Australian GT Championship, a CAMS-sanctioned Australian motor racing championship open to FIA GT3 cars and similar cars as approved for the championship. The championship commenced on 23 March 2018 at the Melbourne Grand Prix Circuit and concluded on 14 October at Hampton Downs Motorsport Park. The 2018 Australian Endurance Championship was contested concurrently with Rounds 2, 4 and 6 of the GT Championship. It was the 15th Australian Endurance Championship.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [31, 31], "content_span": [32, 560]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277472-0001-0000", "contents": "2018 Australian GT Championship\nThe Australian GT Championship was won by Geoff Emery driving an Audi R8 LMS and the Australian Endurance Championship by Max Twigg and Tony D'Alberto who shared a Mercedes-AMG GT3.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [31, 31], "content_span": [32, 214]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277472-0002-0000", "contents": "2018 Australian GT Championship, Race calendar\nThe Australian GT Championship was contested over six rounds and the Australian Endurance Championship over three rounds. Each race, with the exception of the Australian Grand Prix round of the Australian GT Championship, included at least one compulsory timed pit stop.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 46], "content_span": [47, 317]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277472-0003-0000", "contents": "2018 Australian GT Championship, Australian GT Championship, Championship standings\nChampionship standings after five of six rounds were as follows:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 83], "content_span": [84, 148]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277472-0004-0000", "contents": "2018 Australian GT Championship, Australian GT Championship, Australian GT4 standings\nThe GT4 Division was won by Jeremy Gray driving an Aston Martin Vantage.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 85], "content_span": [86, 159]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277472-0005-0000", "contents": "2018 Australian GT Championship, Australian Endurance Championship, Championship standings\nThe Australian Endurance Championship was won by Max Twigg and Tony D'Alberto.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 90], "content_span": [91, 169]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277472-0006-0000", "contents": "2018 Australian GT Championship, Australian Endurance Championship, Championship standings\nChampionship standings after two of three rounds were as follows:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 90], "content_span": [91, 156]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277473-0000-0000", "contents": "2018 Australian GT Trophy Series\nThe 2018 Australian GT Trophy Series was an Australian motor racing competition for FIA GT3 cars and similar approved automobiles. It was contested over a five rounds series which was managed by Trofeo Motorsport Pty Ltd and sanctioned by the Confederation of Australian Motor Sport (CAMS) as an Authorised Series.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [32, 32], "content_span": [33, 347]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277473-0001-0000", "contents": "2018 Australian GT Trophy Series\nThe series was won by Nick Kelly driving an Audi R8 LMS Ultra.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [32, 32], "content_span": [33, 96]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277474-0000-0000", "contents": "2018 Australian Grand Prix\nThe 2018 Australian Grand Prix (officially known as the Formula 1 2018 Rolex Australian Grand Prix) was a Formula One motor race held on 25 March 2018 in Melbourne, Victoria. The race was contested at the Melbourne Grand Prix Circuit and was the first round of the 2018 FIA Formula One World Championship. The race marked the 83rd race in the combined history of the Australian Grand Prix \u2013 which dates back to the 100 Miles Road Race of 1928 \u2013 and the 23rd time the event was held at the Albert Park circuit.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [26, 26], "content_span": [27, 536]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277474-0001-0000", "contents": "2018 Australian Grand Prix\nFerrari driver Sebastian Vettel was the defending race winner. Lewis Hamilton started the race from pole \u2013 his seventh pole position in Australia, a record for the event \u2013 while Vettel successfully defended his race win, the 48th of his career.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [26, 26], "content_span": [27, 271]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277474-0002-0000", "contents": "2018 Australian Grand Prix, Report, Background\nThe Australian Grand Prix was officially confirmed as the first of 21 races of the 2018 Formula One World Championship in an FIA World Motor Sport Council meeting in Paris in December 2017. It took place at the 15-turn 5.303\u00a0km (3.295\u00a0mi) Melbourne Grand Prix Circuit in Melbourne, Victoria on 25 March 2018. Tyre supplier Pirelli brought three types of tyre to the Grand Prix: three dry compounds (the purple-banded ultrasoft \"option\", the red-banded supersoft and the yellow-banded soft \"prime\" tyres).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 46], "content_span": [47, 551]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277474-0002-0001", "contents": "2018 Australian Grand Prix, Report, Background\nIn the week before the Grand Prix, race officials confirmed the inclusion of a third drag reduction system (DRS) zone. The detection point for the third zone was positioned on the approach to the turns 11 and 12 chicane with the activation point on the exit to turn 12. The existing DRS zones were unchanged from previous years, with one positioned on the main straight and the second on the straight between turns two and three.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 46], "content_span": [47, 476]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277474-0003-0000", "contents": "2018 Australian Grand Prix, Report, Background\nThe race marked the competitive d\u00e9but of the \"halo\" cockpit protection device after 18 months of rigorous testing. The wishbone-shaped frame mounted above and around the driver's head was developed following a series of major accidents in open wheel racing, such as the death of Henry Surtees in a Formula Two race at Brands Hatch in 2009 and Felipe Massa sustaining a head injury from being struck in the helmet by a detached coil spring from Rubens Barrichello's car at the Hungaroring six days later.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 46], "content_span": [47, 550]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277474-0003-0001", "contents": "2018 Australian Grand Prix, Report, Background\nIn response to concerns about the halo impairing drivers' visibility, the world governing body of motorsport, the F\u00e9d\u00e9ration Internationale de l'Automobile (FIA), lowered the starting gantries at circuits to improve the starting lights visibility. Furthermore, drivers were permitted to execute practice standing starts after the conclusion of both Friday practice sessions to acquaint themselves with the lowered gantries.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 46], "content_span": [47, 470]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277474-0004-0000", "contents": "2018 Australian Grand Prix, Report, Background\nOut of the 10 teams and 20 drivers on the starting grid, two drivers made their debut. Charles Leclerc, the reigning Formula 2 champion and 2016 GP3 Series title winner, made his competitive d\u00e9but with Sauber. Leclerc, who had previously driven in Friday practice sessions in 2016 and 2017, was hired by the team to replace Pascal Wehrlein, who could not find a race seat and was instead enlisted as one of Mercedes's test and reserve drivers while racing full-time in the Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters series.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 46], "content_span": [47, 556]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277474-0004-0001", "contents": "2018 Australian Grand Prix, Report, Background\nMassa retired from Formula One at the conclusion of the 2017 championship, and was replaced at Williams by former Renault test driver and SMP Racing driver Sergey Sirotkin, who made his competitive d\u00e9but with the team. Elsewhere, Toro Rosso employed 2016 GP2 Series champion Pierre Gasly and two-time World Endurance co-champion Brendon Hartley as their full-time drivers for 2018 after the pair debuted with the squad in the latter stages of the 2017 championship.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 46], "content_span": [47, 512]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277474-0005-0000", "contents": "2018 Australian Grand Prix, Report, Background\nAt the front of the field, Lewis Hamilton and Sebastian Vettel in the Mercedes and Ferrari cars respectively were the favourites to battle for the Drivers' Championship, with both drivers having the opportunity to equal Juan Manuel Fangio in number of championships with five. Hamilton said he had not mulled about the prospects of equalling Fangio during the winter hiatus but the potential of doing so excited him, \"In my mind I want to break barriers, push the envelope and see how far I can take the ability I have and reach my full potential.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 46], "content_span": [47, 594]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277474-0005-0001", "contents": "2018 Australian Grand Prix, Report, Background\nI don\u2019t know what that is, so that\u2019s what I\u2019m discovering. I hope that I haven\u2019t reached my peak yet. I\u2019m sure there is one, when your fitness level is harder to reach or your interest or drive starts to decline, but I\u2019m definitely not there. I\u2019m in a good range right now and aim to continue to extract the most that I can.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 46], "content_span": [47, 372]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277474-0005-0002", "contents": "2018 Australian Grand Prix, Report, Background\nHowever, Vettel stated he was unconcerned with it as he anticipated the events of the upcoming season and not those in the far future, \"That\u2019s a long way ahead, and we all know how many things need to come together to fight for the championship to the end of the season, and to win it. Times are also very different to when Fangio achieved his five titles, and every era has its different challenges. So it\u2019s not in my mind now, let\u2019s say.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 46], "content_span": [47, 487]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277474-0006-0000", "contents": "2018 Australian Grand Prix, Report, Practice\nPer the regulations for the 2018 season, three practice sessions were held, two 90-minute sessions on Friday and another 60-minute session before qualifying on Saturday. The first practice session took place in sunny weather conditions. On the supersoft compound tyres, Hamilton set the fastest time in the opening practice session with a 1-minute and 24.026 seconds lap, followed by his teammate Valtteri Bottas who was 0.551 seconds slower in second place and Max Verstappen of Red Bull was third.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 44], "content_span": [45, 544]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277474-0006-0001", "contents": "2018 Australian Grand Prix, Report, Practice\nThe Ferrari duo of Kimi R\u00e4ikk\u00f6nen and Vettel were fourth and fifth with Daniel Ricciardo sixth in the second Red Bull car. Haas' Romain Grosjean, Fernando Alonso of McLaren (who remained in the garage for first practice's first hour with an exhaust problem), Carlos Sainz Jr. for Renault and Alonso's teammate Stoffel Vandoorne (who had driveability issues) rounded out the session's top ten drivers. Though the session passed without any major incidents, Vettel and Haas driver Kevin Magnussen both ran into the grass beside the track surface.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 44], "content_span": [45, 589]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277474-0007-0000", "contents": "2018 Australian Grand Prix, Report, Practice\nIn the second practice session, Verstappen was the early pace setter after ten minutes and held the top position until Bottas beat his time. Hamilton went to the top of the time sheets soon after until R\u00e4ikk\u00f6nen moved ahead of him 35 minutes into the session. Hamilton later switched onto the ultrasoft compound tyres and then recorded the fastest lap of the day with a time of 1 minute and 23.931 seconds, which was not bettered for the remainder of practice as drivers conducted qualifying simulations and then driving on track for a long period of time.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 44], "content_span": [45, 601]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277474-0007-0001", "contents": "2018 Australian Grand Prix, Report, Practice\nVerstappen, Bottas, R\u00e4ikk\u00f6nen, Vettel, Grosjean, Ricciardo, Alonso, Magnussen and Vandoorne followed in positions two through ten. Early in the session, Esteban Ocon lost control of his Force India and ran into the turn three gravel trap but he rejoined without trouble. R\u00e4ikk\u00f6nen was slow in turn three as Bottas approached him. He steered to the middle and Bottas swerved to the outside under braking due to a miscommunication that sent him into the gravel trap. The session was stopped for five minutes when a timing cable wire detached and fell onto the start/finish straight and was picked up by track marshals quickly.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 44], "content_span": [45, 669]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277474-0008-0000", "contents": "2018 Australian Grand Prix, Report, Practice\nAfter the second practice session, Ricciardo incurred a three-place grid penalty and two super licence penalty points from the stewards for not staying above the minimum time as established in the FIA's electronic control unit under red flag conditions. They also concluded that R\u00e4ikk\u00f6nen had not \"unnecessarily impeded\" Bottas and was not penalised. Thunderstorms on Saturday morning saturated the track and made it slippery to drive on. Wet-weather tyres were used for the majority of the session before it dried sufficiently enough to warrant the use of dry tyre compounds.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 44], "content_span": [45, 621]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277474-0008-0001", "contents": "2018 Australian Grand Prix, Report, Practice\nVettel set the fastest lap at 1 minute and 26.067 seconds with his teammate R\u00e4ikk\u00f6nen in second. Sauber's Marcus Ericsson was third, ahead of Verstappen, Sainz and Ricciardo. The Mercedes of Bottas and Hamilton along with the McLarens of Vandoorne and Alonso completed the top ten ahead of qualifying.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 44], "content_span": [45, 346]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277474-0008-0002", "contents": "2018 Australian Grand Prix, Report, Practice\nDuring the session, in which Verstappen and Nico H\u00fclkenberg of Renault slithered exiting turn ten, the steering wheel on Hamilton's car was replaced in the pit lane when it developed a technical fault, and owing to a lack of spare car parts, Force India chose not to set any timed laps during the one-hour period.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 44], "content_span": [45, 358]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277474-0009-0000", "contents": "2018 Australian Grand Prix, Report, Qualifying\nSaturday afternoon's qualifying session was divided into three parts. The first part ran for 18 minutes, eliminating cars that finished 16th or below. The 107% rule was in effect during this part, requiring drivers to set a time within 107% of the fastest lap in order to qualify. The second part lasted 15 minutes, eliminating cars that finished 11th to 15th, before the third and final part that ran for 12 minutes and determined pole position to tenth.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 46], "content_span": [47, 502]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277474-0009-0001", "contents": "2018 Australian Grand Prix, Report, Qualifying\nIn the first part of qualifying (Q1), track conditions improved greatly as drivers settled into undertaking long distance runs to acquaint themselves with the evolving conditions. Hamilton led the session with a lap of 1 minute and 22.824 seconds that he recorded on his second attempt, ahead of the Ferrari duo of R\u00e4ikk\u00f6nen and Vettel. The Red Bulls of Verstappen and Ricciardo were fourth and fifth. The five drivers who were eliminated from qualifying in Q1 were Hartley, the Saubers of Ericsson and Leclerc, Sirotkin, and Gasly after he made a driving error and ran into the turn three gravel trap after he locked his tyres.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 46], "content_span": [47, 675]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277474-0010-0000", "contents": "2018 Australian Grand Prix, Report, Qualifying\nTo commence the second qualifying session (Q2), Red Bull elected to send their drivers out on the supersoft compound tyres rather than the ultrasoft compound tyres and this determined which type of tyre the team would start the race on. R\u00e4ikk\u00f6nen was the early pace setter after all competitors set their first timed laps but it was Hamilton who improved his effort and lowered his own pole position lap time from the previous year.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 46], "content_span": [47, 479]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277474-0010-0001", "contents": "2018 Australian Grand Prix, Report, Qualifying\nBut it was Vettel in the second Ferrari who was the first driver to set a lap time below the 1 minute and 21 seconds mark all weekend with a 1-minute and 21.944 seconds effort. Alonso and Vandoorne in the two McLarens were eliminated from contending for pole position when both Haas and Renault drivers bettered their personal best laps despite the latter team's drivers locking their tyres. Sergio P\u00e9rez for Force India, Williams' Lance Stroll (who went off the track at the third corner) and Ocon were the final three drivers not to progress into the final qualifying session (Q3).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 46], "content_span": [47, 630]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277474-0011-0000", "contents": "2018 Australian Grand Prix, Report, Qualifying\nAs he began his first timed lap in Q3, Bottas took too much kerb on the exit to the first turn, which was damp from the earlier rain, causing him to run wide, and he spun from having excessive wheelspin into the right-hand side barrier at turn two, and crashed heavily in an impact measured at 27 g. His car spun ending up in the middle of the track with debris littered across it. The session was temporarily stopped to repair the barriers and clean up the debris.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 46], "content_span": [47, 512]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277474-0011-0001", "contents": "2018 Australian Grand Prix, Report, Qualifying\nWhen Q3 restarted, Hamilton paced the field but his first lap was slower than in Q2, possibly because of fluid deposited by his teammate Bottas between turns one and two. He then improved his lap to a circuit-record 1 minute and 21.164 seconds to clinch pole position. It was his fifth consecutive pole position at the track, his seventh overall in Melbourne to move past Ayrton Senna in the number of pole positions in Australia, and the 73rd of his career. He was joined on the grid's front row by R\u00e4ikk\u00f6nen who recorded a lap 0.664 seconds slower and his teammate Vettel was third after a driving error at turn 13. Verstappen qualified in the fourth position.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 46], "content_span": [47, 709]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277474-0012-0000", "contents": "2018 Australian Grand Prix, Report, Post-qualifying\nFollowing his crash that brought Q3 to a stop, Bottas was transported to the circuit's medical centre for a precautionary check-up and he was declared fit to race. However, he was handed a five-place grid penalty because Mercedes discovered his car's gearbox was damaged in the crash. The grid lined up after penalties as Hamilton, R\u00e4ikk\u00f6nen, Vettel, Verstappen, Magnussen, Grosjean, H\u00fclkenberg, Ricciardo, Sainz, Alonso, Vandoorne, P\u00e9rez, Stroll, Ocon, Bottas, Hartley, Ericsson, Leclerc, Sirotkin and Gasly.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 51], "content_span": [52, 561]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277474-0013-0000", "contents": "2018 Australian Grand Prix, Report, Race\nAfter the start the top three stayed in the same order they started while Verstappen lost a place to Magnussen at the start. Sergey Sirotkin was the first retirement of the race when on lap 4 he retired due to a brake failure caused by overheating. On lap 9, Verstappen spun at turn one while chasing Magnussen and dropped down to eighth. Hamilton led R\u00e4ikk\u00f6nen, Vettel, Magnussen, Grosjean, Ricciardo, H\u00fclkenberg, Verstappen, Sainz and Alonso. They stayed in that order until the first round of pit stops. On lap 18 R\u00e4ikk\u00f6nen pitted for softs.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 40], "content_span": [41, 585]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277474-0013-0001", "contents": "2018 Australian Grand Prix, Report, Race\nOn lap 19 Hamilton pitted for softs to cover R\u00e4ikk\u00f6nen and emerged on track ahead of him. Verstappen pitted on lap 20. Magnussen pitted at the end of lap 21, but retired the next lap due to the cross-threaded wheel-nut being fitted loosely. On lap 24, Grosjean retired at turn 2 from seventh after pitting with the same problem as his teammate Magnussen resulting in a Virtual Safety Car (VSC) being called out. On lap 26 Vettel pitted under the VSC and emerged ahead of Hamilton and R\u00e4ikk\u00f6nen.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 40], "content_span": [41, 535]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277474-0013-0002", "contents": "2018 Australian Grand Prix, Report, Race\nMercedes miscalculated the required gap between Vettel and Hamilton to prevent a jump under the safety car before Vettel's pit stop due to a software glitch. After the first round of pit stops Vettel led with Hamilton second and R\u00e4ikk\u00f6nen in third. Alonso pitted under the VSC to emerge ahead of Verstappen. On lap 27 the full-course Safety Car was called out. The safety car came in at the end of lap 31. This left the top ten Vettel, Hamilton, R\u00e4ikk\u00f6nen, Ricciardo, Alonso, Verstappen, H\u00fclkenberg, Bottas, Vandoorne and Sainz. None of the top ten pitted again.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 40], "content_span": [41, 603]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277474-0013-0003", "contents": "2018 Australian Grand Prix, Report, Race\nRicciardo hounded R\u00e4ikk\u00f6nen for the rest of the race, setting the fastest lap in the process. Alonso resisted the pressure from Verstappen while holding on to fifth place. Vettel took the chequered flag to win the Australian Grand Prix for the second consecutive year, followed by Hamilton and R\u00e4ikk\u00f6nen rounding the podium. Ricciardo, Alonso, Verstappen, H\u00fclkenberg, Bottas, Vandoorne and Sainz in that order completed the top ten, with Renault scoring their first double-points-finish since the 2011 Turkish Grand Prix. Ricciardo's 4th-placed finish marked his joint best finish at Albert Park, but also the joint best finish for an Australian at the Australian Grand Prix, equalling his 2016 result, and Mark Webber's 4th place in 2012.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 40], "content_span": [41, 780]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277475-0000-0000", "contents": "2018 Australian Labor Party (New South Wales Branch) leadership election\nAn election for the leadership of the New South Wales branch of the Australian Labor Party, the party of opposition in the New South Wales, was held on 10 November 2018. The election was triggered following the resignation of Opposition Leader Luke Foley on 8 November 2018.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 72], "section_span": [72, 72], "content_span": [73, 347]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277475-0001-0000", "contents": "2018 Australian Labor Party (New South Wales Branch) leadership election\nFoley's deputy Michael Daley who became acting leader upon Foley's resignation was formalised into the leadership when he won the caucus vote beating Shadow Water Minister Chris Minns, 33 votes to 12.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 72], "section_span": [72, 72], "content_span": [73, 273]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277475-0002-0000", "contents": "2018 Australian Labor Party (New South Wales Branch) leadership election, Background\nFollowing the defeat of Labor in the 2015 election, then leader Luke Foley remained as head of the party and opposition despite being in the position for a little more than three months. In October 2018, allegations were raised by NSW Corrections Minister David Elliott about an incident Foley had \"a little bit too much to drink at a party and harassed an ABC journalist.\" Later that month, ABC journalist Ashleigh Raper released a statement, alleging that at an event in November 2016, Foley \"placed his hand down the back of her dress and inside her underpants.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 72], "section_span": [74, 84], "content_span": [85, 650]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277475-0002-0001", "contents": "2018 Australian Labor Party (New South Wales Branch) leadership election, Background\nHours later, Foley read a statement in which he resigned as leader of the Labor Party, but denied the allegation and said he would commence defamation proceedings in the Federal Court. As a result, the position of Labor leader and head of the opposition was vacated, three years after the election of Foley as leader.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 72], "section_span": [74, 84], "content_span": [85, 402]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277475-0003-0000", "contents": "2018 Australian Labor Party (New South Wales Branch) leadership election, Background\nOn 9 November, acting leader Michael Daley announced that he will contest the position and was widely tipped to succeed Foley and become New South Wales' 38th Leader of the Opposition. Later in the afternoon, Shadow Minister for Water Chris Minns announced that he intended to contest Daley for the leadership role.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 72], "section_span": [74, 84], "content_span": [85, 400]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277475-0004-0000", "contents": "2018 Australian Labor Party (New South Wales Branch) leadership election, Background\nThe leadship election came four months before the March 2019 election. It marked the second time in a row that the party had to elect a new leader just months out from an election. On the previous occasion, John Robertson resigned in December 2014, three months before the March 2015 election and Foley was elected as his permanent replacement.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 72], "section_span": [74, 84], "content_span": [85, 429]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277476-0000-0000", "contents": "2018 Australian Labor Party National Conference\nThe 2018 Australian Labor Party National Conference was the 48th triennial National Conference of the Australian Labor Party. It took place in Adelaide from Sunday 16 to Tuesday 18 December 2018. Over 2,000 people attended.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 47], "section_span": [47, 47], "content_span": [48, 271]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277476-0001-0000", "contents": "2018 Australian Labor Party National Conference, Scheduling of the conference\nThe conference was originally scheduled for 26\u201328 July. However, on 24 May, the Liberal Speaker of the House of Representatives, Tony Smith, announced that five by-elections \u2014 four were caused by the 2017-18 Australian parliamentary eligibility crisis \u2014 would be held on 28 July. Labor accused the Speaker of being \"disgraceful and sneaky\" over the timing, and announced that it would postpone the conference to enable the party to campaign. A week later, the new dates were announced.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 47], "section_span": [49, 77], "content_span": [78, 563]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277477-0000-0000", "contents": "2018 Australian Men's Curling Championship\nThe 2018 Australian Men's Curling Championship was held from 7 to 10 June 2018 at the Naseby Curling Club in Naseby, New Zealand. The winners of this championship will represent Australia at the 2018 Pacific-Asia Curling Championships.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [42, 42], "content_span": [43, 278]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277477-0001-0000", "contents": "2018 Australian Men's Curling Championship\nAt the same time 2018 Australian Women's Curling Championship and 2018 Australian Mixed Curling Championship were held at the Naseby Curling Club.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [42, 42], "content_span": [43, 189]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277478-0000-0000", "contents": "2018 Australian Mixed Curling Championship\nThe 2018 Australian Mixed Curling Championship was held from June 7 to 10, 2018 at the Naseby Curling Club in Naseby, New Zealand. The winners of this championship will represent Australia at the 2018 World Mixed Curling Championship.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [42, 42], "content_span": [43, 277]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277478-0001-0000", "contents": "2018 Australian Mixed Curling Championship\nAt the same time 2018 Australian Men's Curling Championship and 2018 Australian Women's Curling Championship were held at the Naseby Curling Club.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [42, 42], "content_span": [43, 189]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277479-0000-0000", "contents": "2018 Australian Open\nThe 2018 Australian Open was a tennis tournament played at Melbourne Park between 15 and 28 January 2018, and was the first Grand Slam tournament of the 2018 season. The tournament consisted of events for professional players in singles, doubles and mixed doubles play. Junior and wheelchair players compete in singles and doubles tournaments. Roger Federer was the defending champion in the men's singles event and successfully retained his title (his sixth), defeating Marin \u010cili\u0107 in the final, while Caroline Wozniacki won the women's title, defeating Simona Halep in the final to win her first Grand Slam.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [20, 20], "content_span": [21, 630]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277479-0001-0000", "contents": "2018 Australian Open\nThe tournament was the 106th edition of the event (the 50th edition of the Open Era). Additionally, it was the 200th Major tournament of the Open Era. It also marked the 30th anniversary of the Australian Open moving from the Kooyong Tennis Club to Melbourne Park. The tournament had a record attendance of 743,667 spectators.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [20, 20], "content_span": [21, 347]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277479-0002-0000", "contents": "2018 Australian Open, Tournament\nThe 2018 Australian Open was the 106th edition of the tournament and was held at Melbourne Park in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 32], "content_span": [33, 163]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277479-0003-0000", "contents": "2018 Australian Open, Tournament\nThe tournament was run by the International Tennis Federation (ITF) and was part of the 2018 ATP World Tour and the 2018 WTA Tour calendars under the Grand Slam category. The tournament consisted of both men's and women's singles and doubles draws as well as a mixed doubles event. There were singles and doubles events for both boys and girls (players under 18), which were part of the Grade A category of tournaments, and also singles, doubles and quad events for men's and women's wheelchair tennis players as part of the NEC tour under the Grand Slam category.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 32], "content_span": [33, 597]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277479-0004-0000", "contents": "2018 Australian Open, Tournament\nThe tournament was played on hard courts over a series of 25 courts, including the three main show courts: Rod Laver Arena, Hisense Arena and Margaret Court Arena.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 32], "content_span": [33, 196]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277479-0005-0000", "contents": "2018 Australian Open, Point and prize money distribution, Point distribution\nBelow is a series of tables for each of the competitions showing the ranking points offered for each event.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 76], "content_span": [77, 184]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277479-0006-0000", "contents": "2018 Australian Open, Point and prize money distribution, Prize money\nThe Australian Open total prize money for 2018 was increased by 10% to a tournament record A$55,000,000.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 69], "content_span": [70, 174]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277479-0007-0000", "contents": "2018 Australian Open, Point and prize money distribution, Prize money\n1Qualifiers prize money was also the Round of 128 prize money. *per team", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 69], "content_span": [70, 142]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277479-0008-0000", "contents": "2018 Australian Open, Singles seeds\nThe following are the seeded players and notable players who have withdrawn from the event. Seedings are arranged according to ATP and WTA rankings on 8 January 2018, while ranking and points before are as of 15 January 2018. Points after are as of 29 January 2018.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 35], "content_span": [36, 301]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277479-0009-0000", "contents": "2018 Australian Open, Singles seeds, Men's singles\nThe following players would have been seeded, but they withdrew from the event.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 50], "content_span": [51, 130]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277479-0010-0000", "contents": "2018 Australian Open, Singles seeds, Women's singles\nThe following players would have been seeded, but they withdrew or not entered from the event.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 52], "content_span": [53, 147]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277479-0011-0000", "contents": "2018 Australian Open, Main draw qualifier entries\nThe qualifying competition started in Melbourne Park on 10 January 2018 and was scheduled to end on 13 January 2018. However, matches were extended to 14 January 2018 due to bad weather on the third day of qualifying.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 49], "content_span": [50, 267]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277479-0012-0000", "contents": "2018 Australian Open, Protected ranking\nThe following players were accepted directly into the main draw using a protected ranking:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 39], "content_span": [40, 130]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277479-0013-0000", "contents": "2018 Australian Open, Withdrawals\nThe following players were accepted directly into the main tournament, but withdrew with injuries or other reasons.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 33], "content_span": [34, 149]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277480-0000-0000", "contents": "2018 Australian Open (badminton)\nThe 2018 Australian Open (officially known as the Crown Group Australian Open 2018 for sponsorship reasons) was a badminton tournament which took place at Quaycentre in Australia from 8 to 13 May 2018 and had a total purse of $150,000.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [32, 32], "content_span": [33, 268]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277480-0001-0000", "contents": "2018 Australian Open (badminton), Tournament\nThe 2018 Australian Open was the ninth tournament of the 2018 BWF World Tour and also part of the Australian Open championships, which had been held since 1975. This tournament was organized by Badminton Australia and sanctioned by the BWF.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 44], "content_span": [45, 285]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277480-0002-0000", "contents": "2018 Australian Open (badminton), Tournament, Venue\nThis international tournament was held at Quaycentre in Sydney, Australia.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 51], "content_span": [52, 126]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277480-0003-0000", "contents": "2018 Australian Open (badminton), Tournament, Point distribution\nBelow is the point distribution for each phase of the tournament based on the BWF points system for the BWF World Tour Super 300 event.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 64], "content_span": [65, 200]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277480-0004-0000", "contents": "2018 Australian Open (badminton), Tournament, Prize money\nThe total prize money for this tournament was US$150,000. Distribution of prize money was in accordance with BWF regulations.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 57], "content_span": [58, 183]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277480-0005-0000", "contents": "2018 Australian Open (badminton), Men's singles, Wild card\nBadminton Australia awarded a wild card entry to Anthony Joe of Australia.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 58], "content_span": [59, 133]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277481-0000-0000", "contents": "2018 Australian Open (table tennis)\nThe 2018 Australian Open was the eighth event of the 2018 ITTF World Tour. The event was organised by ITTF-Oceania, under the authority of the International Table Tennis Federation (ITTF). It was the fifth of six top-tier Platinum events on the tour, and took place from 26\u201329 July in Geelong, Australia.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [35, 35], "content_span": [36, 340]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277482-0000-0000", "contents": "2018 Australian Open \u2013 Boys' Doubles\nHugo Gaston and Cl\u00e9ment Tabur won the Boys' Doubles tennis title at the 2018 Australian Open, defeating Rudolf Molleker and Henri Squire in the final, 6\u20132, 6\u20132.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [36, 36], "content_span": [37, 197]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277482-0001-0000", "contents": "2018 Australian Open \u2013 Boys' Doubles\nHsu Yu-hsiou and Zhao Lingxi were the defending champions, but Hsu was no longer eligible to participate in junior tournaments and Zhao chose not to participate.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [36, 36], "content_span": [37, 198]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277483-0000-0000", "contents": "2018 Australian Open \u2013 Boys' Singles\nSebastian Korda, the son of 1998 men's singles champion Petr Korda, won the Boys' Singles tennis title at the 2018 Australian Open, defeating Tseng Chun-hsin in the final, 7\u20136(8\u20136), 6\u20134.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [36, 36], "content_span": [37, 223]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277483-0001-0000", "contents": "2018 Australian Open \u2013 Boys' Singles\nZsombor Piros was the defending champion, but was no longer eligible to participate in junior tournaments.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [36, 36], "content_span": [37, 143]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277484-0000-0000", "contents": "2018 Australian Open \u2013 Day-by-day summaries\nThe 2018 Australian Open described in detail, in the form of day-by-day summaries.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [43, 43], "content_span": [44, 126]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277485-0000-0000", "contents": "2018 Australian Open \u2013 Girls' Doubles\nLiang En-shuo and Wang Xinyu won the Girls' Doubles tennis title at the 2018 Australian Open, defeating Violet Apisah and Lulu Sun in the final, 7\u20136(7\u20134), 4\u20136, [10\u20135].", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [37, 37], "content_span": [38, 205]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277485-0001-0000", "contents": "2018 Australian Open \u2013 Girls' Doubles\nBianca Andreescu and Carson Branstine were the defending champions, but both players chose not to participate.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [37, 37], "content_span": [38, 148]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277486-0000-0000", "contents": "2018 Australian Open \u2013 Girls' Singles\nLiang En-shuo won the girls' singles title at the 2018 Australian Open, defeating Clara Burel in the final, 6\u20133, 6\u20134.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [37, 37], "content_span": [38, 155]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277486-0001-0000", "contents": "2018 Australian Open \u2013 Girls' Singles\nMarta Kostyuk was the defending champion, but withdrew as she was still competing in the women's tournament.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [37, 37], "content_span": [38, 146]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277487-0000-0000", "contents": "2018 Australian Open \u2013 Main Draw Wildcard Entries\nThe 2018 Australian Open Wildcard Playoffs and Entries are a group of events and internal selections to choose the eight men and eight women singles wildcard entries for the 2018 Australian Open, as well as seven male and seven female doubles teams plus eight mixed-doubles teams.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 49], "section_span": [49, 49], "content_span": [50, 330]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277487-0001-0000", "contents": "2018 Australian Open \u2013 Main Draw Wildcard Entries, US Wildcard Challenge\nThe USTA awarded a wildcard to the man and woman that earned the most ranking points across a group of three ATP/Challenger hardcourt events in the October and November 2017. For the men, the events included ATP Paris, $75K Canberra, $75K Charlottesville, $75K+H Shenzhen, \u20ac106K+H Bratislava, \u20ac85K+H Mouilleron-le-Captif, $50K+H Kobe, $75K Knoxville, $75K Champaign and $50K+H Pune events. For the women, the events included $80K Macon, $80K Tyler and $80K Waco. Only the best two results from the three weeks of challengers were taken into account with the winners being Tim Smyczek and Taylor Townsend.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 49], "section_span": [51, 72], "content_span": [73, 677]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277487-0002-0000", "contents": "2018 Australian Open \u2013 Main Draw Wildcard Entries, Australian Women's Wildcard Challenge\nTennis Australia awarded a singles wildcard and a doubles wildcard to the Australian women that earned the most ranking points across a group of two ITF hardcourt events in the October and November 2017. The events included the 2017 Canberra Tennis International and the 2017 Bendigo Women's International. The winners of the wildcards were Olivia Rogowska, and Alison Bai and Zoe Hives, respectively.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 49], "section_span": [51, 88], "content_span": [89, 490]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277487-0003-0000", "contents": "2018 Australian Open \u2013 Main Draw Wildcard Entries, Asia-Pacific Wildcard Playoff\nThe Asia-Pacific Australian Open Wildcard Play-off featured 16-players in the men's and women's singles draws and took place from 29 November to 3 December 2017 at Hengqin International Tennis Centre in Zhuhai, China.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 49], "section_span": [51, 80], "content_span": [81, 298]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277487-0004-0000", "contents": "2018 Australian Open \u2013 Main Draw Wildcard Entries, Australian Wildcard Playoff\nThe December Showdown is held annually for two weeks in December. The Showdown includes age championships for 12/u, 14/u, 16/u and 18/u age categories. It also hosts the 2018 Australian Wildcard Playoff which will be held from 11\u201317 December 2017 at Melbourne Park, offering a main draw singles wildcard for men and women and a main draw women's doubles wildcard. The winner of the girls' 18/u championship will also be given a main draw wildcard into the 2018 Australian Open.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 49], "section_span": [51, 78], "content_span": [79, 556]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277488-0000-0000", "contents": "2018 Australian Open \u2013 Men's Doubles\nHenri Kontinen and John Peers were the defending champions, but lost in the second round to Radu Albot and Chung Hyeon.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [36, 36], "content_span": [37, 156]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277488-0001-0000", "contents": "2018 Australian Open \u2013 Men's Doubles\nOliver Marach and Mate Pavi\u0107 won the title, defeating Juan Sebasti\u00e1n Cabal and Robert Farah in the final, 6\u20134, 6\u20134.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [36, 36], "content_span": [37, 152]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277488-0002-0000", "contents": "2018 Australian Open \u2013 Men's Doubles, Seeds\nClick on the seed number of a player to go to their draw section.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 43], "content_span": [44, 109]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277489-0000-0000", "contents": "2018 Australian Open \u2013 Men's Singles\nDefending champion Roger Federer successfully defended his title, defeating Marin \u010cili\u0107 in the final, 6\u20132, 6\u20137(5\u20137), 6\u20133, 3\u20136, 6\u20131 to win the Men's Singles tennis title at the 2018 Australian Open. It was Federer's then-record-equalling sixth Australian Open title (tied with Roy Emerson and Novak Djokovic) and record-extending 20th major singles title.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [36, 36], "content_span": [37, 391]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277489-0001-0000", "contents": "2018 Australian Open \u2013 Men's Singles\nWith the win, Federer became the first man to win at least six titles at two major tournaments (six at the Australian Open and eight at Wimbledon). Federer became the oldest man to win a major singles title in the Open Era since Ken Rosewall in 1972. This was the 10th time that Federer defended a major title, with the previous time being at the 2008 US Open. \u010cili\u0107 became the first Croatian player to reach an Australian Open singles final.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [36, 36], "content_span": [37, 479]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277489-0002-0000", "contents": "2018 Australian Open \u2013 Men's Singles\nFederer and Rafael Nadal were in contention for the ATP no. 1 singles ranking. Nadal retained the top ranking by reaching the fourth round. It was the first time since the 2011 Australian Open that Federer and Nadal were the top two seeds at a major. Nadal attempted to become the first man in the Open Era and the third man ever to achieve a double career Grand Slam, but retired in the quarterfinals due to injury.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [36, 36], "content_span": [37, 453]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277489-0003-0000", "contents": "2018 Australian Open \u2013 Men's Singles\nThis was the first time since the 2008 Wimbledon Championships that two unseeded players (Chung Hyeon and Kyle Edmund) reached the semifinals of a major men's singles event, and the first time at the Australian Open since 1999. Chung became the first South Korean player to reach the quarterfinals and semifinals of a major event.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [36, 36], "content_span": [37, 367]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277489-0004-0000", "contents": "2018 Australian Open \u2013 Men's Singles\nDjokovic's fourth-round loss to Chung was his first straight-sets loss at the Australian Open since 2007.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [36, 36], "content_span": [37, 142]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277489-0005-0000", "contents": "2018 Australian Open \u2013 Men's Singles\nIt was also the last Australian Open appearance for 2006 finalist and former world No. 8 Marcos Baghdatis.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [36, 36], "content_span": [37, 143]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277489-0006-0000", "contents": "2018 Australian Open \u2013 Men's Singles, Seeds\nClick on the seed number of a player to go to their draw section.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 43], "content_span": [44, 109]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277490-0000-0000", "contents": "2018 Australian Open \u2013 Men's Singles Qualifying\nThis article displays the qualifying draw for men's singles at the 2018 Australian Open.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 47], "section_span": [47, 47], "content_span": [48, 136]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277491-0000-0000", "contents": "2018 Australian Open \u2013 Mixed Doubles\nAbigail Spears and Juan Sebasti\u00e1n Cabal were the defending champions, but lost in the quarterfinals to T\u00edmea Babos and Rohan Bopanna.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [36, 36], "content_span": [37, 170]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277491-0001-0000", "contents": "2018 Australian Open \u2013 Mixed Doubles\nGabriela Dabrowski and Mate Pavi\u0107 won the Mixed Doubles tennis title at the 2018 Australian Open, defeating Babos and Bopanna in the final, 2\u20136, 6\u20134, [11\u20139].", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [36, 36], "content_span": [37, 194]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277492-0000-0000", "contents": "2018 Australian Open \u2013 Wheelchair Men's Doubles\nJoachim G\u00e9rard and Gordon Reid were the defending champions but G\u00e9rard chose not to participate. Reid chose to partner alongside Alfie Hewett, but they lost in the final to St\u00e9phane Houdet and Nicolas Peifer, 6\u20134, 6\u20132.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 47], "section_span": [47, 47], "content_span": [48, 266]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277493-0000-0000", "contents": "2018 Australian Open \u2013 Wheelchair Men's Singles\nGustavo Fern\u00e1ndez was the defending champion, but lost to Nicolas Peifer in the first round.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 47], "section_span": [47, 47], "content_span": [48, 140]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277493-0001-0000", "contents": "2018 Australian Open \u2013 Wheelchair Men's Singles\nShingo Kunieda won the title, defeating St\u00e9phane Houdet in the final, 4\u20136, 6\u20131, 7\u20136(7\u20133).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 47], "section_span": [47, 47], "content_span": [48, 137]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277494-0000-0000", "contents": "2018 Australian Open \u2013 Wheelchair Quad Doubles\nAndrew Lapthorne and David Wagner were the defending champions, but lost in the final to Dylan Alcott and Heath Davidson, 6\u20130, 6\u20137(5\u20137), [10\u20136].", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [46, 46], "content_span": [47, 191]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277495-0000-0000", "contents": "2018 Australian Open \u2013 Wheelchair Quad Singles\nDylan Alcott, the three-time defending champion, successfully defended his title, defeating David Wagner in the final, 7\u20136(7\u20131), 6\u20131.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [46, 46], "content_span": [47, 180]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277496-0000-0000", "contents": "2018 Australian Open \u2013 Wheelchair Women's Doubles\nJiske Griffioen and Aniek van Koot were the defending champions but Griffioen chose not to participate. Van Koot chose to partner Diede de Groot, but they lost to Marjolein Buis and Yui Kamiji in the final, 6\u20130, 6\u20134.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 49], "section_span": [49, 49], "content_span": [50, 266]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277497-0000-0000", "contents": "2018 Australian Open \u2013 Wheelchair Women's Singles\nYui Kamiji was the defending champion, but lost to Diede de Groot in the final, 7\u20136(8\u20136), 6\u20134.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 49], "section_span": [49, 49], "content_span": [50, 144]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277498-0000-0000", "contents": "2018 Australian Open \u2013 Women's Doubles\nT\u00edmea Babos and Kristina Mladenovic won the Women's Doubles tennis title at the 2018 Australian Open, defeating Ekaterina Makarova and Elena Vesnina in the final, 6\u20134, 6\u20133. It was the first Grand Slam title for Babos, who became the first Hungarian player to win a Grand Slam event since Andrea Temesv\u00e1ri in the 1986 French Open and the second Grand Slam title for Mladenovic.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [38, 38], "content_span": [39, 415]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277498-0001-0000", "contents": "2018 Australian Open \u2013 Women's Doubles\nMakarova and Vesnina were attempting to achieve the career Grand Slam, the career Golden Slam and the career Super Slam.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [38, 38], "content_span": [39, 159]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277498-0002-0000", "contents": "2018 Australian Open \u2013 Women's Doubles\nBethanie Mattek-Sands and Lucie \u0160af\u00e1\u0159ov\u00e1 were the defending champions, but Mattek-Sands could not participate this year due to injury. \u0160af\u00e1\u0159ov\u00e1 played alongside Barbora Str\u00fdcov\u00e1, but lost in the quarterfinals to Hsieh Su-wei and Peng Shuai.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [38, 38], "content_span": [39, 279]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277498-0003-0000", "contents": "2018 Australian Open \u2013 Women's Doubles, Seeds\nClick on the seed number of a player to go to their draw section.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 45], "content_span": [46, 111]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277499-0000-0000", "contents": "2018 Australian Open \u2013 Women's Singles\nCaroline Wozniacki defeated Simona Halep in the final, 7\u20136(7\u20132), 3\u20136, 6\u20134 to win the Women's Singles tennis title at the 2018 Australian Open. Wozniacki was the first Danish player to win a Grand Slam singles title.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [38, 38], "content_span": [39, 254]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277499-0001-0000", "contents": "2018 Australian Open \u2013 Women's Singles\nWozniacki also regained the WTA no. 1 singles ranking for the first time since 2012. Both finalists saved match points earlier in the tournament: Halep saved three match points against Lauren Davis in the third round and two match points against Angelique Kerber in the semifinals, while Wozniacki saved two match points against Jana Fett in the second round. Halep lost in a Grand Slam final for the third time, though she would eventually win the French Open months later.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [38, 38], "content_span": [39, 513]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277499-0002-0000", "contents": "2018 Australian Open \u2013 Women's Singles\nSerena Williams was the defending champion, but chose not to participate this year, stating that she was not fully fit after giving birth to her daughter in September 2017.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [38, 38], "content_span": [39, 211]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277499-0003-0000", "contents": "2018 Australian Open \u2013 Women's Singles\nIn addition to Wozniacki and Halep, Garbi\u00f1e Muguruza, Elina Svitolina, Karol\u00edna Pl\u00ed\u0161kov\u00e1 and Je\u013cena Ostapenko were also in contention for the no. 1 singles ranking at the start of the tournament.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [38, 38], "content_span": [39, 234]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277499-0004-0000", "contents": "2018 Australian Open \u2013 Women's Singles\nThe third round match between Halep and Davis lasted 48 games, tying Chanda Rubin and Arantxa S\u00e1nchez Vicario's 1996 quarterfinal match for the Australian Open's record for most games played in a women's match.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [38, 38], "content_span": [39, 249]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277499-0005-0000", "contents": "2018 Australian Open \u2013 Women's Singles\nAt 15 years and 6 months old, Marta Kostyuk became the youngest player to win a main draw match at the Australian Open since Martina Hingis in 1996 and the youngest to reach the third round at any Grand Slam event since Mirjana Lu\u010di\u0107-Baroni at the 1997 US Open. Kostyuk was the youngest player to qualify for a Grand Slam main draw since Sesil Karatantcheva at the 2005 Australian Open.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [38, 38], "content_span": [39, 425]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277499-0006-0000", "contents": "2018 Australian Open \u2013 Women's Singles, Seeds\nClick on the seed number of a player to go to their draw section.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 45], "content_span": [46, 111]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277500-0000-0000", "contents": "2018 Australian Open \u2013 Women's Singles Qualifying\nThis article displays the qualifying draw for women's singles at the 2018 Australian Open.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 49], "section_span": [49, 49], "content_span": [50, 140]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277501-0000-0000", "contents": "2018 Australian Production Car Series\nThe 2018 Australian Production Car Series was an Australian motor racing competition for Group 3E Series Production Cars. It was the third Australian Production Car Series following the discontinuation of the Australian Production Car Championship at the end of 2015.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [37, 37], "content_span": [38, 305]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277501-0001-0000", "contents": "2018 Australian Production Car Series\nThe series was won by Jim Pollicina and Ryan Simpson driving a Lotus Exige 350 Sport.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [37, 37], "content_span": [38, 124]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277502-0000-0000", "contents": "2018 Australian Prototype Series\nThe 2018 Australian Protype Series was an Australian motor racing competition for Group 2C Supersports, Group 6SR Sports Racers, FIA Group CN cars and Group 2A Sports Cars. It was contested over a five rounds series which was managed by Australian Prototype Series Pty Ltd and sanctioned by the Confederation of Australian Motor Sport (CAMS) as an Authorised Series.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [32, 32], "content_span": [33, 399]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277502-0001-0000", "contents": "2018 Australian Prototype Series\nThe series was won by Jason Makris driving a Wolf GB08CN.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [32, 32], "content_span": [33, 91]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277503-0000-0000", "contents": "2018 Australian Women in Music Awards\nThe 2018 Australian Women in Music Awards is the inaugural Australian Women in Music Awards. The event took place on 10 October 2018.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [37, 37], "content_span": [38, 171]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277503-0001-0000", "contents": "2018 Australian Women in Music Awards\nNominations for the awards were open until 12 July 2018 and finalists were announced on 3 September 2018.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [37, 37], "content_span": [38, 143]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277503-0002-0000", "contents": "2018 Australian Women in Music Awards\nQueensland Minister for Women, Di Farmer said \"Women make up almost half of Australians with a music qualification and half of those studying music \u2013 yet only one-fifth of songwriters are women. Women hold only 28 per cent of senior and strategic roles in key industry associations and female artists earn less in general than their male counterparts. I congratulate the Australian Women in Music Awards committee for their work towards encouraging more girls and women in to the music industry.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [37, 37], "content_span": [38, 534]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277504-0000-0000", "contents": "2018 Australian Women's Curling Championship\nThe 2018 Australian Women's Curling Championship was held from June 7 to 10, 2018 at the Naseby Curling Club in Naseby, New Zealand. The winners of this championship will represent Australia at the 2018 Pacific-Asia Curling Championships.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [44, 44], "content_span": [45, 283]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277504-0001-0000", "contents": "2018 Australian Women's Curling Championship\nAt the same time 2018 Australian Men's Curling Championship and 2018 Australian Mixed Curling Championship were held at the Naseby Curling Club.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [44, 44], "content_span": [45, 189]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277505-0000-0000", "contents": "2018 Australian ball-tampering scandal\nThe 2018 Australian ball-tampering scandal, also known as the Sandpapergate scandal, was a cricket scandal surrounding the Australian national cricket team. In March 2018, during the third Test match against South Africa at Newlands in Cape Town, Cameron Bancroft was caught by television cameras trying to rough up one side of the ball with sandpaper to make it swing in flight. Captain Steve Smith and vice-captain David Warner were found to be involved and all three received unprecedented sanctions from Cricket Australia. Although he was found not to have been directly involved, Australia's coach, Darren Lehmann, announced he would step down from his role following the scandal. Smith was replaced by Tim Paine as captain in all formats before Aaron Finch took over from Paine in ODIs and T20Is.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [38, 38], "content_span": [39, 841]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277505-0001-0000", "contents": "2018 Australian ball-tampering scandal\nCricket Australia (CA) on 14 May 2021 said they are reopening the Sandpaper Gate investigation after Cameron Bancroft hinted that some bowlers also knew about it.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [38, 38], "content_span": [39, 201]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277505-0002-0000", "contents": "2018 Australian ball-tampering scandal, Background\nIn March 2018, the Australia national cricket team toured South Africa to play four Test matches against the South Africa national cricket team. On 24 March 2018, during the third day of the 3rd Test, after the 43rd over of South Africa's second innings, Australia's Cameron Bancroft was shown on the television coverage and on screens at the ground appearing to rub the ball with a small yellow object. After Bancroft realised that he had been seen, he was again shown on the television coverage and on screens at the ground hiding the object in the front of his trousers.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 50], "content_span": [51, 624]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277505-0002-0001", "contents": "2018 Australian ball-tampering scandal, Background\nHe was then approached by the umpires, and he showed them a dark microfibre sunglass pouch from his pocket. The umpires inspected the ball, and chose neither to offer the ball to the South African team to replace it if they wished, nor award them five penalty runs, the options available to the umpires under Law 41.3 of the Laws of Cricket. This indicated that the ball had not been altered in any noticeable way.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 50], "content_span": [51, 465]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277505-0003-0000", "contents": "2018 Australian ball-tampering scandal, Background\nAt the press conference at the end of the day's play, Bancroft, accompanied by Australia's captain, Steve Smith, admitted that he was shown attempting to alter the condition of the ball using a short length of yellow adhesive tape to which dirt and grit had adhered, forming an abrasive surface. Five days later, and after an investigation into the incident by Cricket Australia, he admitted it was sandpaper, which cricketers use to maintain their bats. Smith also admitted that he knew of the plan in advance of Bancroft's actions. Smith said that the plan was made during the lunch break by the \"leadership group\", which he did not name. Smith said it was a \"big mistake\", and when questioned by the media, said that he would not be standing down as captain of the team.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 50], "content_span": [51, 824]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277505-0004-0000", "contents": "2018 Australian ball-tampering scandal, Background\nAndy Pycroft, the match referee, charged Bancroft with a Level 2 offence of attempting to alter the condition of the ball. David Richardson, CEO of the International Cricket Council (ICC), charged Smith with \"conduct of a serious nature that is contrary to the spirit of the game\". Smith accepted the charge and the proposed sanction of two suspension points, which equated to a ban for the next Test match, four demerit points being added to his record, and was fined 100% of his match fee. Bancroft accepted the charge against him, was handed three demerit points and fined 75% of his match fee.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 50], "content_span": [51, 648]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277505-0005-0000", "contents": "2018 Australian ball-tampering scandal, Response\nFollowing Smith's admission, Australia's Prime Minister at that time, Malcolm Turnbull, said it was a \"shocking disappointment\". He phoned Cricket Australia (CA) Board chairman David Peever directly to express that disappointment and concern, saying that there has to be the strongest action taken. The Australian Sports Commission requested that Smith stand down immediately, and the incident was widely condemned by former international players and officials.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 48], "content_span": [49, 510]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277505-0006-0000", "contents": "2018 Australian ball-tampering scandal, Response\nIn a press release dated 25 March 2018, CA CEO James Sutherland apologised to fans and confirmed that both Smith and Warner had agreed to stand down from their roles of captain and vice-captain respectively for the remainder of the match. In the same release, David Peever announced that Tim Paine, the team's wicket-keeper, had been endorsed by the Board of CA to step in as acting captain, and Smith and Warner would take to the field under him. South Africa went on to win the Test match by 322 runs.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 48], "content_span": [49, 552]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277505-0007-0000", "contents": "2018 Australian ball-tampering scandal, Response, Cricket Australia investigation\nCricket Australia launched its own investigation into the incident, led by Executive General Manager Team Performance, Pat Howard, with CA Senior Legal Counsel and Head of Integrity Iain Roy. CA CEO James Sutherland joined the investigators in South Africa. On 27 March 2018, before the findings of that investigation were handed down, opening batsman Matt Renshaw was recalled to the squad from Australia ahead of the fourth Test.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 81], "content_span": [82, 513]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277505-0008-0000", "contents": "2018 Australian ball-tampering scandal, Response, Cricket Australia investigation\nOn 27 March 2018, Sutherland announced that as a result of the preliminary investigation Smith, Warner and Bancroft had been charged with bringing the game into disrepute, suspended and would be sent home. He said that further sanctions against the three players would be announced within 24 hours, and that CA was satisfied that no one else was involved. He added that as well as Renshaw, opening batsman Joe Burns and all-rounder Glenn Maxwell were added to the squad to replace them, and confirmed that Paine had been appointed captain for the fourth Test. There was no announcement about the vacant vice-captain position.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 81], "content_span": [82, 707]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277505-0009-0000", "contents": "2018 Australian ball-tampering scandal, Response, Findings\nDuring a meeting on 28 March 2018 lasting over two hours, the Cricket Australia Board considered the report. The three players were sanctioned by Cricket Australia for breaching article 2.3.5 of Cricket Australia's Code of Conduct by engaging in conduct that was contrary to the spirit of the game, unbecoming of a representative, harmful to the interests of the game, and/or which brings the game into disrepute.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 58], "content_span": [59, 472]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277505-0010-0000", "contents": "2018 Australian ball-tampering scandal, Response, Findings\nWarner was found to be responsible for the development of the plan to alter the condition of the ball and instructing Bancroft on how to do it, including demonstrating the technique to him. He was also found to have failed to prevent the plan being implemented, misled match officials by concealing his knowledge of the plan and not voluntarily reporting his involvement. He received a twelve-month suspension from \"all international and domestic cricket\" and he \"will not be considered for team leadership positions ever again.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 58], "content_span": [59, 588]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277505-0010-0001", "contents": "2018 Australian ball-tampering scandal, Response, Findings\nWarner drew flak from a lot of people, many of them his own countrymen, who believed him to be the reason behind the whole scandal. In the Amazon documentary series about the scandal, The Test, Warner opened up on his struggles and road to getting the respect he lost back in the 12 month ban period he served.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 58], "content_span": [59, 369]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277505-0011-0000", "contents": "2018 Australian ball-tampering scandal, Response, Findings\nSmith was found to have known of the plan but failed to take steps to prevent it, told Bancroft to conceal the sandpaper in his trousers, misled match officials and others regarding Bancroft's attempts to artificially alter the condition of the ball, and made misleading public comments regarding the nature, extent and participants of the plan. He received a twelve-month suspension \"from all international and domestic cricket\" and he \"will not be considered for team leadership positions until a minimum of 12 months after the conclusion of [his suspension] from international and domestic cricket. Any consideration of future leadership would be conditional on acceptance by fans and the public, form and authority among the playing group.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 58], "content_span": [59, 803]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277505-0012-0000", "contents": "2018 Australian ball-tampering scandal, Response, Findings\nBancroft was found to be a party to the plan to tamper with the ball, that he carried out Warner's instructions, tried to conceal the evidence and made statements to mislead match officials and the public. He received a nine-month suspension from \"all international and domestic cricket\" and he \"will not be considered for team leadership positions until a minimum of 12 months after the conclusion of [his suspension] from international and domestic cricket. Any consideration of future leadership would be conditional on acceptance by fans and the public, form and authority among the playing group.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 58], "content_span": [59, 661]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277505-0013-0000", "contents": "2018 Australian ball-tampering scandal, Response, Findings\nAs well, \"[a]ll three players will be permitted to play club cricket and will be encouraged to do so to maintain links with the cricket community. In addition, all three players will be required to undertake 100 hours of voluntary service in community cricket.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 58], "content_span": [59, 320]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277505-0014-0000", "contents": "2018 Australian ball-tampering scandal, Response, Findings\nAhead of the decision, Smith and Warner had stepped down as captains of the Rajasthan Royals and Sunrisers Hyderabad respectively in the 2018 Indian Premier League (IPL). On 28 March 2018, the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) announced that neither Smith nor Warner would be able to play in the 2018 IPL.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 58], "content_span": [59, 375]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277505-0015-0000", "contents": "2018 Australian ball-tampering scandal, Response, Findings\nBancroft was contracted to play for English side Somerset in the 2018 County Championship season. On 29 March 2018, Somerset announced that \"Bancroft will not be our overseas player for the 2018 season\" and that \"the club's best interests were at the centre of our decision\". Western Australian Cricket Association CEO Christina Matthews confirmed that under their current rules Bancroft cannot play grade cricket because of his suspension. However, she added, a rule change is under consideration.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 58], "content_span": [59, 557]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277505-0016-0000", "contents": "2018 Australian ball-tampering scandal, Response, Findings\nSutherland specifically addressed repeatedly broadcast footage of coach Darren Lehmann. It showed him on a walkie-talkie to 12th man Peter Handscomb at the side of the field after the vision of Bancroft was broadcast. Hanscomb then ran onto the field to speak with Bancroft. Sutherland said that the CA investigators were satisfied that Lehmann \"sent a message to say 'What in the hell is going on? '\u2013 he didn't use 'hell', he used another word\", referring to an expletive and that he was not aware of the plan.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 58], "content_span": [59, 570]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277505-0017-0000", "contents": "2018 Australian ball-tampering scandal, Response, Responses from players and coach\nWarner was the first to respond publicly. In a tweet dated 29 March 2018, he apologised for his part in the incident, and took responsibility for his role in it. He said that he would spend some time with his family, friends and trusted advisers, and would make another statement in the coming days. He later arrived at Sydney Airport with his wife and two young daughters, and when confronted by media, repeated that he would make a statement in the coming days, and that his priority was to get his family home.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 82], "content_span": [83, 596]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277505-0018-0000", "contents": "2018 Australian ball-tampering scandal, Response, Responses from players and coach\nBancroft arrived in Perth on 29 March 2018, and gave a press conference at the WACA. An emotional Bancroft expressed disappointment, regret and remorse, admitting that he had failed as a role model and in the eyes of the broader community, and that when confronted on the field by the umpires and media about his actions he panicked. He asked for forgiveness and said that he would be contributing back to the community.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 82], "content_span": [83, 503]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277505-0019-0000", "contents": "2018 Australian ball-tampering scandal, Response, Responses from players and coach\nSmith arrived in Sydney later that day. In a press conference at Sydney Airport, a tearful Smith started by saying that he had nothing to add to Cricket Australia's report. He said that as captain of the Australian cricket team, he took full responsibility, and that he had made a serious error in judgement: \"It was a failure of leadership, my leadership.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 82], "content_span": [83, 440]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277505-0019-0001", "contents": "2018 Australian ball-tampering scandal, Response, Responses from players and coach\nAs well as apologising to his \"teammates, to fans of cricket all over the world and to all Australians who are disappointed and angry\", he specifically referred to the effect that the incident had on his parents, causing him to break down, and implored others faced with questionable decisions to consider their parents. He added, \"I know I will regret this for the rest of my life. I'm absolutely gutted. I hope in time I can earn back respect and forgiveness.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 82], "content_span": [83, 545]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277505-0020-0000", "contents": "2018 Australian ball-tampering scandal, Response, Responses from players and coach\nAustralia's coach Darren Lehmann was cleared by the investigation of any wrongdoing or involvement in the scandal, and said that he would not resign. Of the findings and sanctions, he said that he was \"embarrassed\" and \"disappointed\", adding that he hopes people will give all three players a second chance. However, on the same day that the three players returned home, Lehmann announced that he would step down from his role after the conclusion of the fourth Test in Johannesburg. He said in his statement that after watching the press conferences of Bancroft and Smith, \"the feeling is that Australian cricket needs to move forward and this is the right thing to do.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 82], "content_span": [83, 754]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277505-0021-0000", "contents": "2018 Australian ball-tampering scandal, Response, Responses from players and coach\nOn 31 March 2018, an emotional Warner gave a press conference in Sydney. In it, he described his actions as inexcusable and deeply regrettable. He apologised for the breach of trust and his actions, accepting full responsibility for the part he played in the incident, and said that the next twelve months would be a tough and emotional time for him. His priority at this time would be the wellbeing of his family. While he hoped to play for Australia again, he was resigned for it not to happen.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 82], "content_span": [83, 579]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277505-0021-0001", "contents": "2018 Australian ball-tampering scandal, Response, Responses from players and coach\nHe said he would spend the coming weeks and months looking at himself \"as a man\", and would seek advice and expertise to make \"serious changes\". He supported a CA investigation into the culture of the Australian cricket side. When asked, he said that he would sit down with family, friends and advisers before deciding on his playing future. Some noted that he deflected multiple questions about whether he was the ringleader of the plan or others' involvement in it.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 82], "content_span": [83, 550]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277505-0022-0000", "contents": "2018 Australian ball-tampering scandal, Response, Disputing the charges and sanctions\nIn the press release announcing the findings and sanctions, Cricket Australia summarised the review process.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 85], "content_span": [86, 194]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277505-0023-0000", "contents": "2018 Australian ball-tampering scandal, Response, Disputing the charges and sanctions\n\"The Code of Conduct process in this instance is as follows:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 85], "content_span": [86, 146]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277505-0024-0000", "contents": "2018 Australian ball-tampering scandal, Response, Disputing the charges and sanctions\nIt was reported on 31 March 2018 that Bancroft had sought legal advice and is considering his options. It was further reported on 1 April 2018 that all three had sought legal advice and are considering their actions, and importantly that while they all acknowledge erring in Cape Town, they had not formally accepted or challenged their charges or their sanctions issued by CA.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 85], "content_span": [86, 463]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277505-0025-0000", "contents": "2018 Australian ball-tampering scandal, Response, Disputing the charges and sanctions\nIt was also reported that Smith and Warner were expected to push for a relaxation of the sanctions, particularly to allow them to play domestic cricket in Australia and overseas. James Sutherland of CA had previously said that the legal advice they had received was that they did not have jurisdiction requiring other national cricketing bodies to enforce the sanctions. \"Under the code we didn't have any clear authority over domestic matches played overseas,\" he said. \"It was talked about but we ascertained based on the legal advice that we didn't have that clear authority.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 85], "content_span": [86, 664]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277505-0026-0000", "contents": "2018 Australian ball-tampering scandal, Response, Disputing the charges and sanctions\nOn 4 April 2018, Steve Smith confirmed that he would not challenge the sanctions. In a tweet, he said \"I would give anything to have this behind me and be back representing my country. But I meant what I said about taking full responsibility as Captain of the team. I won't be challenging the sanctions. They've been imposed by CA to send a strong message and I have accepted them.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 85], "content_span": [86, 468]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277505-0027-0000", "contents": "2018 Australian ball-tampering scandal, Response, Disputing the charges and sanctions\nAlso on 4 April 2018, Cameron Bancroft announced that he had advised CA that he accepted the sanction. He tweeted \"Today I lodged the paperwork with Cricket Australia and will be accepting the sanction handed down. I would love to put this behind me and will do whatever it takes to earn back the trust of the Australian public. Thank you to all those who have sent messages of support\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 85], "content_span": [86, 472]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277505-0028-0000", "contents": "2018 Australian ball-tampering scandal, Response, Disputing the charges and sanctions\nOn 5 April 2018, David Warner announced that he has accepted the CA sanctions. In a tweet, he said \"I have today let Cricket Australia know that I fully accept the sanctions imposed on me. I am truly sorry for my actions and will now do everything I can to be a better person, teammate and role model.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 85], "content_span": [86, 388]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277505-0029-0000", "contents": "2018 Australian ball-tampering scandal, Response, Disputing the charges and sanctions\nCricket Australia, in a press release dated 5 April 2018, confirmed that \"Smith, Bancroft and Warner have officially advised Cricket Australia they have accepted the charges and sanctions, and no hearings will be required.\" CA CEO James Sutherland added that \"These are significant penalties for professional cricketers. They were not imposed lightly. We know the players will return to playing the game they love, and in doing so, we hope they rebuild their careers and regain the trust of fans\".", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 85], "content_span": [86, 583]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277505-0030-0000", "contents": "2018 Australian ball-tampering scandal, Response, Cultural review\nWhen announcing the initial findings against Bancroft, Smith and Warner on 27 March 2018, James Sutherland announced that there would also be a deeper review of the \"culture and conduct\" of Australia's professional cricket teams. The terms of reference of that inquiry is to find a means by which supporters of Australian cricket and the wider community can effectively refresh their commitment to the sport.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 65], "content_span": [66, 474]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277505-0030-0001", "contents": "2018 Australian ball-tampering scandal, Response, Cultural review\nFurther details of the review will be forthcoming, but it will seek input from 'relevant experts', especially to determine how the culture of the Australian men's test side arrived at the point at which it has found itself. Former Australian captain, selector and CA Board member Allan Border welcomed the review, saying that \"The Australian cricket team itself is not a popular cricket team, and a lot of their antics on the field have upset a lot of people.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 65], "content_span": [66, 526]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277505-0031-0000", "contents": "2018 Australian ball-tampering scandal, Response, Cultural review\nOn 6 April 2018, Cricket Australia chairman David Peever announced that former Test batsman Rick McCosker will chair an independent review into cultural, organisational and governance issues, and a player-driven process to set out a charter setting out standards for improved player behaviour and expectations of the Australian men's national side. He is expected to be joined by two former players and two current players on a panel, with that quartet yet to be named. That process will form part of the wide-ranging review, which will provide recommendations to the Cricket Australia board. Peter Collins, Director of the Centre for Ethical Leadership and a consultant on ethics, leadership and organisational change will act as a \"facilitator\" for the process. Peever added that the review will take \"whatever time is necessary\".", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 65], "content_span": [66, 898]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277505-0032-0000", "contents": "2018 Australian ball-tampering scandal, Response, Cultural review\nThe chief executive of the ICC, Dave Richardson, addressed a news conference on 27 April 2018 about harsher punishments for ball-tampering and other misbehaviour.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 65], "content_span": [66, 228]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277505-0033-0000", "contents": "2018 Australian ball-tampering scandal, Responses to the investigation and sanctions\nBefore the start of play of the fourth Test between Australia and South Africa on 30 March 2018, newly appointed Australian captain Tim Paine, with the support of his players, approached South African captain Faf du Plessis. After the national anthems were played, both teams shook hands on the field as a gesture of goodwill and respect. Paine hopes that this will become a ritual that symbolises the new direction and attitude his team is taking after the fallout from Cape Town.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 84], "content_span": [85, 566]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277505-0034-0000", "contents": "2018 Australian ball-tampering scandal, Responses to the investigation and sanctions\nWhile no one contended that the charges and findings against Bancroft, Smith and Warner were not justified, many argued that the sanctions were unprecedented, and that there were flaws in the Cricket Australia (CA) description of the incident. Some did not separate the event\u2014an attempt at ball tampering\u2014from the wider charge brought against the trio of bringing the game into disrepute.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 84], "content_span": [85, 473]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277505-0035-0000", "contents": "2018 Australian ball-tampering scandal, Responses to the investigation and sanctions\nOn 29 March 2018, the Australian Cricketers' Association (ACA), which represents the professional first-class cricketers of Australia, released a statement setting out \"a number of glaring and clear anomalies in the process to date which causes the ACA to query the severity and proportionality of the proposed sanctions.\" It went on to say that \"The ACA continues to provide welfare and legal support to all players\" and that \"All Australians would understand the right of the players to receive advice from their advisers, peers and family and the time necessary to ensure the sanctions are fair and proportional.\" Some see this as the ACA foreshadowing a challenge to CA over the process and sanctions.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 84], "content_span": [85, 790]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277505-0036-0000", "contents": "2018 Australian ball-tampering scandal, Responses to the investigation and sanctions\nDu Plessis, who was found guilty of ball tampering in 2013 and again in 2016, sent Smith a text message expressing his sympathy. He said that \"he's one of the good guys and he's just been caught in a bad place\". He agreed when asked if he thought that the sanctions were too harsh. He noted that the sanctions imposed by CA were far greater than those imposed by the ICC for the same incident, and may send a message to the ICC that \"maybe they need to sharpen up.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 84], "content_span": [85, 550]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277505-0037-0000", "contents": "2018 Australian ball-tampering scandal, Responses to the investigation and sanctions\nShane Warne, former Australian Test bowler who served a one-year ban for breaching the CA drug code in 2003, condemned the trio for engaging in \"premeditated cheating\", but believed that the public reaction to the incident resulted in excessive penalties being handed down by CA. English cricket commentator Mark Nicholas wrote \"Clearly the captaincy had to go, and equally clearly the vice-captaincy. The punishment that has followed has been extremely severe, and I cannot help but think of Smith and Bancroft.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 84], "content_span": [85, 598]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277505-0038-0000", "contents": "2018 Australian ball-tampering scandal, Responses to the investigation and sanctions\nFormer Indian captain Sachin Tendulkar argued that the right decision had been made to uphold the integrity of the game, adding \"Winning is important but the way you win is more important.\" However he defended them, saying that the Australian cricketers have dealt with enough criticism. He also urged media and cricket fans to spare thoughts for their families and that they should be given some breathing space.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 84], "content_span": [85, 498]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277505-0039-0000", "contents": "2018 Australian ball-tampering scandal, Responses to the investigation and sanctions\nFormer South African captain Herschelle Gibbs said, \"Hard scenes watching the interviews. Having been through it all, take it on the chin and live with the consequences but remain true to yourself.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 84], "content_span": [85, 283]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277505-0040-0000", "contents": "2018 Australian ball-tampering scandal, Responses to the investigation and sanctions\nFormer Australian captain and commentator Ian Chappell said that CA were right to ban Smith and Warner for twelve months, adding that he did not expect Smith would captain Australia again because he had lost the respect of the players. On the duration of the ban, he said \"if they would have only given six months to them and they tried to play in Australia's next summer, the booing and crowd reaction would have been so bad. It would have been very hard for the players and it would not have been a very good situation for Cricket Australia.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 84], "content_span": [85, 629]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277505-0041-0000", "contents": "2018 Australian ball-tampering scandal, Responses to the investigation and sanctions\nFormer England captain Michael Vaughan thought the bans too harsh, but noted that CA had sent a message to players. Former Australian batsman Tom Moody believed that the punishment did not fit the crime. Indian commentator Harsha Bhogle said that \"I honestly do not believe any other country would have handed its captain and lead player a one-year ban for attempted ball-tampering.\" Meanwhile, former Indian batsman and commentator Sanjay Manjrekar was not surprised by the sanctions. Other cricketers came out in support of the banned players, saying that punishment was too harsh, including Harbhajan Singh, Russel Arnold, Michael Di Venuto and Adam Hollioake.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 84], "content_span": [85, 748]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277505-0042-0000", "contents": "2018 Australian ball-tampering scandal, Responses to the investigation and sanctions\nGautam Gambhir, the former captain of the IPL side Delhi Daredevils commented that the sanctions imposed on Smith and Warner are quite harsh, and suspected that both may have paid for their roles in a 10-month pay dispute with CA that was resolved in August 2017. In a tweet he asked the Australian media and the public to spare thoughts for the families of the disgraced cricketers rather than mocking them. Gambhir also said that \"I may be quite emotional but Smith doesn't look to me a cheat.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 84], "content_span": [85, 581]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277505-0043-0000", "contents": "2018 Australian ball-tampering scandal, Responses to the investigation and sanctions\nSome criticised CA for its handling of the incident. Former Australian captain Michael Clarke believed that there was more to the incident than CA CEO James Sutherland had said, tweeting \"The truth, The full story, Accountability and Leadership- until the public get this Australian cricket is in deep shit!\" and that \"To [sic] many reputations on the line for the full story not to come out. Cape Town change room is a very small place!\" Michael Vaughan was similarly unconvinced, suggesting that Cricket Australia has only made things worse for itself by finding that only three players were involved.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 84], "content_span": [85, 688]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277505-0043-0001", "contents": "2018 Australian ball-tampering scandal, Responses to the investigation and sanctions\nFormer England wicket-keeper Matt Prior said the official explanation didn't match up with his experiences of how teams work. Former England all-rounder Andrew Flintoff was skeptical that other Australian players, particularly the bowlers, were not involved. Former England batsman Kevin Pietersen was unconvinced that coach Darren Lehmann did not know of the plan, while BBC broadcaster Jonathan Agnew believed that there were contradictions in the official narrative.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 84], "content_span": [85, 554]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277505-0044-0000", "contents": "2018 Australian ball-tampering scandal, Commercial fallout\nFrom the outset, many of Cricket Australia's commercial sponsors and partners, including 2018 South African tour naming rights sponsor Qantas, Twenty20 naming rights sponsor Sanitarium, One Day International and Big Bash League naming rights sponsor KFC, domestic Test match naming rights sponsor Magellan Financial Group, Lion XXXX, the Commonwealth Bank, and Bupa expressed their disappointment and shock over the incident. Many demanded a comprehensive explanation from CA, and demanded that they take steps to protect the long term reputation of the sport they had invested in.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 58], "content_span": [59, 640]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277505-0045-0000", "contents": "2018 Australian ball-tampering scandal, Commercial fallout\nOn 29 March 2018, Magellan Financial Group terminated its three-year naming rights sponsorship agreement with CA in response to the ball-tampering scandal. The contract had two more seasons to run, and was estimated to be worth AU$20 million.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 58], "content_span": [59, 301]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277505-0046-0000", "contents": "2018 Australian ball-tampering scandal, Commercial fallout\nThe incident came as CA was negotiating television broadcast rights to all forms of the game for the next six seasons, estimated at one point to be valued at greater than AU$900 million. Bidding has not been as high as CA expected, and some expect that the ball tampering incident may further affect those negotiations.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 58], "content_span": [59, 378]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277505-0047-0000", "contents": "2018 Australian ball-tampering scandal, Commercial fallout, Player contracts\nOn 28 March, Smith and Warner were banned from the 2018 edition of the IPL. Both the players were going to make A$2.4 million.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 76], "content_span": [77, 203]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277505-0048-0000", "contents": "2018 Australian ball-tampering scandal, Commercial fallout, Player contracts\nOn 11 April 2018, Cricket Australia announced the list of 20 players who have been awarded national contracts for 2018\u201319. Bancroft, Smith and Warner were not on that list, and they were not mentioned in the media release.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 76], "content_span": [77, 299]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277505-0049-0000", "contents": "2018 Australian ball-tampering scandal, Commercial fallout, Player contracts\nIn April 2018, Surrey head coach and former Australian cricketer Michael Di Venuto stated that his county would be willing to sign either Smith or Warner during their ban from international cricket.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 76], "content_span": [77, 275]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277505-0050-0000", "contents": "2018 Australian ball-tampering scandal, Commercial fallout, Individual sponsorships\nThe LG Electronics company in Australia announced that they had chosen not to renew their personal sponsorship of Warner on 27 March 2018, citing \"recent events\". Warner had been in a commercial arrangement with LG since 2014. That arrangement was in its final weeks and was being considered for renewal at the time of his suspension. As well as this incident, his behaviour came under the spotlight during the first Test of the tour after the dismissal of South African batsman AB de Villiers.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 83], "content_span": [84, 578]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277505-0050-0001", "contents": "2018 Australian ball-tampering scandal, Commercial fallout, Individual sponsorships\nHe was then involved in a highly publicised personal and escalating verbal altercation with South African batsman Quinton de Kock as they were leaving the field. Warner's teammates intervened to separate them. Both were charged by the match referee and penalised. Earlier in this Test, Warner was involved in a heated exchange with a spectator after being dismissed in Australia's first innings. The spectator was ejected from the ground.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 83], "content_span": [84, 522]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277505-0051-0000", "contents": "2018 Australian ball-tampering scandal, Commercial fallout, Individual sponsorships\nOn 29 March 2018, sporting apparel company ASICS terminated their commercial arrangements with Warner and Bancroft. The Commonwealth Bank terminated their brand ambassador arrangement with Smith, as did Sanitarium for whom Smith was an ambassador for their Weet-Bix product.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 83], "content_span": [84, 358]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277505-0052-0000", "contents": "2018 Australian ball-tampering scandal, Return to cricket\nBancroft was the first of three banned players to return to Australian professional cricket. On 30 December 2018, he represented the Perth Scorchers in the 2018\u201319 Big Bash League season. In the match he scored two runs from three balls, with the Hobart Hurricanes going on to win the game by six wickets.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 57], "content_span": [58, 363]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277505-0053-0000", "contents": "2018 Australian ball-tampering scandal, Return to cricket\nThe bans on Smith and Warner ended on 29 March 2019, coinciding with the date of the fourth One Day International (ODI) match of Australia's series against Pakistan in the United Arab Emirates, however neither made their international return until the first match of the 2019 Cricket World Cup. The trio made their returns to the Test arena at Edgbaston on 1 August in the first Test of the 2019 Ashes series, with Smith\u2019s scores of 144 and 142 earning him the man of the match award as Australia beat England by 251 runs.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 57], "content_span": [58, 580]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277505-0054-0000", "contents": "2018 Australian ball-tampering scandal, Return to cricket\nIn February 2020, Smith and Warner were named in Australia's limited overs squads for their tour to South Africa. They both played in the opening Twenty20 International (T20I) match of the tour, the first time they had represented Australia in South Africa since their bans.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 57], "content_span": [58, 332]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277505-0055-0000", "contents": "2018 Australian ball-tampering scandal, Documentary\nA docu-series The Test: A New Era for Australia's Team based on the 2018 Australian ball-tampering scandal was streamed on Amazon Prime Video on 11 March 2020 with 8 episodes.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 51], "content_span": [52, 227]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277506-0000-0000", "contents": "2018 Australian federal budget\nThe 2018 Australian federal budget was the federal budget to fund government services and operations for the 2018\u201319 financial year. The budget was presented to the House of Representatives by Treasurer Scott Morrison on 8 May 2018. It was the fifth budget to be handed down by the Liberal/National Coalition since their election to government at the 2013 federal election, and the third and final budget to be handed down by Morrison and the Turnbull Government.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [30, 30], "content_span": [31, 494]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277506-0001-0000", "contents": "2018 Australian federal budget, Background\nIn mid-April, Acting Prime Minister Michael McCormack described Treasurer Scott Morrison as \"Santa Claus\" in an interview with the Daily Telegraph, also hinting that there would be spending on transport infrastructure. Morrison stated that the $5 billion Melbourne Airport rail link would be part of this budget. There has been an increase in revenue recently due to stronger than expected commodity prices and an increase in employment. This budget has been described as effectively a pre-election budget for the 2019 federal election. Polling prior to the budget revealed that the public thought the most important issues for the government to address were the cost of living and improving health infrastructure. Student newspapers were not invited to the 2018 budget lockup.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 42], "content_span": [43, 820]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277506-0002-0000", "contents": "2018 Australian federal budget, Forecasting\nA Deloitte Access report issued in April 2018 found that total revenue was $7.6 billion more than had been forecast in December 2017.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 43], "content_span": [44, 177]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277506-0003-0000", "contents": "2018 Australian federal budget, Income taxes\nThe budget proposes to introduce a Low and Middle Income Tax Offset (LMITO) of $530, from July 2018. This offset will not be reflected in adjustments to PAYG rates, which would translate to a PAYG cut of about $10 a week for low to middle income earners, but will be applied when the tax returns are lodged. The LMITO will not be a refundable offset. From July 2022, the 32.5% tax bracket is to raise from $37,000 to $41,000. From July 2024, the 37% tax bracket (which currently applies to incomes between $87,000 and $180,000) is to be abolished, and the 32.5% tax bracket is to apply to incomes between $41,000 and $200,000.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 44], "content_span": [45, 671]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277506-0004-0000", "contents": "2018 Australian federal budget, Income taxes\nThe 0.5% increase in the Medicare levy from 1 July 2019, announced in the 2017 budget, has been abandoned, and the funding of the National Disability Insurance Scheme of $8 billion is now to be funded out of general revenue.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 44], "content_span": [45, 269]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277506-0005-0000", "contents": "2018 Australian federal budget, Income taxes\nThe Government still wants to reduce the corporate income tax rate from 30% to 25% for all companies by 2026/27. From 1 July 2019, businesses with a turnover of less than $50 million will get a 2.5% tax break to 27.5%.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 44], "content_span": [45, 263]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277506-0006-0000", "contents": "2018 Australian federal budget, Social welfare\nThe Social Welfare Debt Recovery scheme (dubbed robo-debt by the media) will be extended for another three years, until 2022, and is expected to recover $300 million from current and former Centrelink customers. The Commonwealth will seek the power to automatically deduct state fines from welfare payments. The rules for suspending the disability support pension for prisoners and people awaiting trial will be changed from allowing a suspension period of 2 years to allowing a suspension period of 13 weeks.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 46], "content_span": [47, 556]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277506-0007-0000", "contents": "2018 Australian federal budget, Social welfare\nThere is to be no increase in the Newstart Allowance, and the Department of Human Services was targeted with further 1,200 job cuts.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 46], "content_span": [47, 179]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277506-0008-0000", "contents": "2018 Australian federal budget, Social welfare\nSpending on social security was $6.3b less than forecast in this budget.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 46], "content_span": [47, 119]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277506-0009-0000", "contents": "2018 Australian federal budget, Programs and expenditure, Aged care\nHome care packages will be increased by 14,000 places. It has been noted that this measure will not meet demand in the sector.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 67], "content_span": [68, 194]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277506-0010-0000", "contents": "2018 Australian federal budget, Programs and expenditure, Agriculture\nSea imports will be subject to a levy to help the government identify and respond to biosecurity threats. The macadamia levy has been increased to raise funds to combat the Varroa jacobsoni mite in Queensland, and the mushroom and honey levies have been decreased.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 69], "content_span": [70, 334]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277506-0011-0000", "contents": "2018 Australian federal budget, Programs and expenditure, Arts\nThe funding freeze of the ABC will be continued, and SBS will be funded with an additional $14.6 million. $50 million will be allocated to the construction of a Captain Cook memorial at Kurnell commemorating the 250th anniversary of Captain Cook's landing.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 62], "content_span": [63, 319]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277506-0012-0000", "contents": "2018 Australian federal budget, Programs and expenditure, ASIC\nASIC was given $11 million in the budget to cover the costs of the Royal Commission into Misconduct in the Banking, Superannuation and Financial Services Industry, but lost $28 million of funding and 30 staff.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 62], "content_span": [63, 272]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277506-0013-0000", "contents": "2018 Australian federal budget, Programs and expenditure, Cash transactions\nA limit of $10,000 will be imposed on cash transactions to counter the black economy. While amnesties were recommended by a parliamentary committee, these were not adopted by the government.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 75], "content_span": [76, 266]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277506-0014-0000", "contents": "2018 Australian federal budget, Programs and expenditure, Illicit tobacco\nA four-year program targeting illicit tobacco is expected to be announced, with import permits required from 1 July 2019 for all imports of tobacco except those purchased duty free.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 73], "content_span": [74, 255]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277506-0015-0000", "contents": "2018 Australian federal budget, Programs and expenditure, Infrastructure\nThere will be an infrastructure spend of $24.5 billion in New South Wales, Victoria and South Australia.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 72], "content_span": [73, 177]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277506-0016-0000", "contents": "2018 Australian federal budget, Programs and expenditure, National School Chaplaincy Programme\nThe National School Chaplaincy Programme has been extended for four years with funding of $247 million.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 94], "content_span": [95, 198]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277506-0017-0000", "contents": "2018 Australian federal budget, Programs and expenditure, Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme\nAdditional medicines will be added to the Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme, for the treatment of breast cancer, refractory multiple myeloma, and relapsing-remitting multiple sclerosis. Additionally, pre-exposure prophylaxis for HIV/AIDS will be added to the PBS.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 88], "content_span": [89, 349]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277506-0018-0000", "contents": "2018 Australian federal budget, Programs and expenditure, Self-managed superannuation auditing\nThe requirement for self-managed superannuation to be audited annually has been relaxed to allow auditing to occur once every three years.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 94], "content_span": [95, 233]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277506-0019-0000", "contents": "2018 Australian federal budget, Programs and expenditure, Space agency\n$50 million will be allocated to the creation of a space agency.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 70], "content_span": [71, 135]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277506-0020-0000", "contents": "2018 Australian federal budget, Programs and expenditure, Superannuation consolidation\nFund exit fees are to be banned. The Australian Tax Office will be given powers to consolidate superannuation from a person's inactive accounts, sending it to their active account. Superannuation accounts that have had no contributions for over 13 months and that have a balance of under $6,000 will be subject to this scheme from 1 July 2019.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 86], "content_span": [87, 430]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277506-0021-0000", "contents": "2018 Australian federal budget, Programs and expenditure, Women's Budget\nAn analysis of how the budget measures will affect women has concluded that the taper effect will create a disincentive to work. A statement on women's economic security will be unveiled by Kelly O'Dwyer in spring 2018.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 72], "content_span": [73, 292]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277506-0022-0000", "contents": "2018 Australian federal budget, Debt and deficit\nThe Budget deficit for 2017/18 is expected to be $18.2 billion, falling to $14.5 billion in 2018/19. The Budget is expected to return to a surplus of $2.2 billion in 2019/20, and increasing to $16.6 billion in 2021/22.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 48], "content_span": [49, 267]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277506-0023-0000", "contents": "2018 Australian federal budget, Debt and deficit\nThe government's debt level is forecast to be $629 billion in 2019/20.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 48], "content_span": [49, 119]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277506-0024-0000", "contents": "2018 Australian federal budget, Opposition and crossbench response\nUpfront fees for up to 100,000 TAFE students will be scrapped.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 66], "content_span": [67, 129]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277506-0025-0000", "contents": "2018 Australian federal budget, Opposition and crossbench response\nThe Greens party has stated that they will refuse to pass the tax cuts advocated by either major party, describing them as a \"bribe\".", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 66], "content_span": [67, 200]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277506-0026-0000", "contents": "2018 Australian federal budget, Reception\nIn response to an anticipated tax cut, the hashtag #keepmytendollars trended on social media.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 41], "content_span": [42, 135]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277506-0027-0000", "contents": "2018 Australian federal budget, Reception\nSome people have criticized the New tax System with Australians earning between $41,000 and $200,000 paying the same tax as moving away from a progressive taxation system. Labor has asked for the potential costs from scrapping the 37% tax bracket, but Morrison has declined to release the cost modelling.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 41], "content_span": [42, 346]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277506-0028-0000", "contents": "2018 Australian federal budget, Reception\nAnalysis of the budget and budget reply by Australian National University researchers shows that neither proposed budget adequately addresses bracket creep.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 41], "content_span": [42, 198]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277506-0029-0000", "contents": "2018 Australian federal budget, Reception\nThis budget marks the fifth consecutive year that Australia's foreign aid budget has been cut.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 41], "content_span": [42, 136]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277506-0030-0000", "contents": "2018 Australian federal budget, Reception\nThe second stage of the Coalition's company tax cuts for big business was rejected by the Senate on 22 August 2018.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 41], "content_span": [42, 157]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277507-0000-0000", "contents": "2018 Australian motorcycle Grand Prix\nThe 2018 Australian motorcycle Grand Prix was the seventeenth round of the 2018 MotoGP season. It was held at the Phillip Island Grand Prix Circuit in Phillip Island on 28 October 2018.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [37, 37], "content_span": [38, 223]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277508-0000-0000", "contents": "2018 Australian rockmelon listeriosis outbreak\nThe 2018 Australian rockmelon listeriosis outbreak was an outbreak of Listeriosis, caused by the bacteria Listeria monocytogenes, later traced to rockmelon (also known as cantaloupe) grown by Rombola Family Farms in the Riverina region of New South Wales, Australia.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [46, 46], "content_span": [47, 313]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277508-0001-0000", "contents": "2018 Australian rockmelon listeriosis outbreak\nThe outbreak killed six people and infected a further 16 in Australia and infected two more in Singapore, who had consumed rockmelon imported from Australia.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [46, 46], "content_span": [47, 204]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277508-0002-0000", "contents": "2018 Australian rockmelon listeriosis outbreak, Outbreak\nThe NSW Food Authority began investigating a link between an outbreak of Listeriosis and the consumption of rockmelon in January 2018. NSW Health first issued a public warning on 28 February. This prompted the Australian Melon Association to warn consumers to either dispose of, or return the place of purchase, any rockmelons purchased prior to 28 February.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [48, 56], "content_span": [57, 415]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277508-0003-0000", "contents": "2018 Australian rockmelon listeriosis outbreak, Outbreak\nThe outbreak was ultimately determined to be due to duststorm conditions in the area.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [48, 56], "content_span": [57, 142]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277509-0000-0000", "contents": "2018 Australian strawberry contamination\nIn a food safety crisis beginning in September 2018, numerous punnets of strawberries grown in Queensland and Western Australia were found to be contaminated with needles. Queensland Police reported that by November 2018, there had been 186 reports of contamination nationally.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [40, 40], "content_span": [41, 318]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277509-0001-0000", "contents": "2018 Australian strawberry contamination, Contamination\nOn 9 September 2018, several days prior to any official announcement of contamination, a Facebook user posted a warning about Berry Obsession strawberries purchased from Woolworths Strathpine Centre in Moreton Bay, north of Brisbane. The user reported that his friend had swallowed part of a needle and was in the emergency department at hospital. A second victim had called Woolworths on 11 September. The affected strawberries were not withdrawn and the contamination first publicly reported until 12 September. In the following days, dozens of contaminated punnets of strawberries grown in Queensland and Western Australia were discovered in NSW, South Australia, Victoria and Tasmania.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 55], "content_span": [56, 745]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277509-0002-0000", "contents": "2018 Australian strawberry contamination, Contamination\nSome cases are believed to be hoaxes. A South Australian man was arrested on 21 September after faking a contamination, and faced court in November 2018.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 55], "content_span": [56, 209]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277509-0003-0000", "contents": "2018 Australian strawberry contamination, Affected brands\nBy 16 September 2018, the following brands had been identified by authorities as being involved in the contamination:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 57], "content_span": [58, 175]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277509-0004-0000", "contents": "2018 Australian strawberry contamination, Affected brands\nPolice and state health authorities recommended consumers to either dispose of affected brands or return them to the place of purchase. They also recommended consumers to cut up other brands before eating. Queensland chief health officer Dr Jeannette Young stated that \"If they do have any strawberries it would be safest to dispose of them.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 57], "content_span": [58, 400]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277509-0005-0000", "contents": "2018 Australian strawberry contamination, Affected brands\nBoth Coles and Aldi removed all strawberries from their shelves, but planned to restock after 18 September. Woolworths had removed affected brands only. Woolworths later removed sewing needles from sale as a temporary measure. On 23 September, needles were found in \"Australian Choice\" brand strawberries sold in Auckland, New Zealand.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 57], "content_span": [58, 393]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277509-0006-0000", "contents": "2018 Australian strawberry contamination, Response, Investigation\nThe Queensland Strawberry Growers Association initially stated they had \"reason to suspect\" a \"disgruntled\" former packing employee was responsible for the contamination. Queensland Police Acting Chief Superintendent Terry Lawrence subsequently cast doubt upon that theory, stating \"This was an earlier comment by the Strawberry Growers Association, it's something we don't subscribe to\". Adrian Schultz, the vice-president of the Queensland Strawberry Growers Association described the contamination as an act of \"commercial terrorism\". Tony Holl, a strawberry grower from Western Australia told the ABC that he believed someone had a \"vendetta\" against the strawberry industry, suggesting otherwise the contamination could be a \"terrorist act\".", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 65], "content_span": [66, 812]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277509-0007-0000", "contents": "2018 Australian strawberry contamination, Response, Investigation\nThe ABC reported on Thursday that \"Police believe they have contained the threat and assured consumers would be able to safely buy strawberries again from Thursday, when stock is replaced.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 65], "content_span": [66, 255]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277509-0008-0000", "contents": "2018 Australian strawberry contamination, Response, Investigation\nAs of 19 September, Queensland Police had more than 100 officers, including 60 detectives, working on the investigation into the contamination. However, by 15 October Queensland Police scaled this back to one full time detective amid a lack of clear leads.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 65], "content_span": [66, 322]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277509-0009-0000", "contents": "2018 Australian strawberry contamination, Response, Government response\nOn 15 September 2018, Queensland Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk announced a $100,000 reward for information leading to the arrest and conviction of anyone responsible for the sabotage. On 18 September, Palaszczuk announced a $1 million assistance package for the strawberry industry in the state, telling State Parliament that \"This past week, Queensland has been the victim of an ugly, calculated and despicable crime.\" Also on 18 September, Premier of Western Australia Mark McGowan announced a $100,000 reward for information leading to a prosecution.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 71], "content_span": [72, 625]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277509-0010-0000", "contents": "2018 Australian strawberry contamination, Response, Government response\nThe two largest food retailers in New Zealand, Woolworths NZ and Foodstuffs announced they would be removing Australian-grown strawberries from their shelves.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 71], "content_span": [72, 230]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277509-0011-0000", "contents": "2018 Australian strawberry contamination, Response, Government response\nOn 18 September 2018, Senator Bridget McKenzie, the Minister for Regional Services, issued a media statement, describing the contamination as \"deliberate sabotage\" and urging consumers to \"exercise caution and cut up their fruit before consumption.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 71], "content_span": [72, 321]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277509-0012-0000", "contents": "2018 Australian strawberry contamination, Response, Government response, Criticism of response\nAs of 17 September 2018, a consumer-level food recall of any affected brands had yet to be issued. Instead, only a \"trade recall\" had been issued. Food Standards Australia New Zealand describes a trade recall as a recall \"conducted when the food has not been sold directly to consumers. It involves recovery of the product from distribution centres and wholesalers\". Professor Melissa Fitzgerald, a food safety expert at the University of Queensland, told the ABC she was \"surprised\" there had not been a consumer-level recall given the products had been sold to individual customers.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 94], "content_span": [95, 679]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277509-0012-0001", "contents": "2018 Australian strawberry contamination, Response, Government response, Criticism of response\nThe recall was not mentioned on supermarket or government food safety websites\u2014something Professor Fitzgerald would have expected. Professor Fitzgerald said \"I would expect people to go to the websites for information...People may be quite surprised not to find any information on the websites where they normally would.\" Professor Fitzgerald criticised the delay between the first incident on 9 September and the public warning on 12 September.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 94], "content_span": [95, 540]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277509-0013-0000", "contents": "2018 Australian strawberry contamination, Response, Government response, Criticism of response\nQueensland Strawberry Industry Development Officer Jennifer Rowling accused \"some authoritative spokespeople\" of mishandling the response to the incident. She also criticised a \"sometimes hysterical media\" and accused them of costing agricultural businesses millions of dollars. Rowling insisted only three brands had been affected and said \"All other reported cases have either been copycats or unsubstantiated claims.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 94], "content_span": [95, 515]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277509-0014-0000", "contents": "2018 Australian strawberry contamination, Response, Grower measures and responses\nOn 15 September, Suncoast Harvest farm of the Sunshine Coast announced on Facebook that they were ceasing growing strawberries for the remainder of the year, resulting in job losses for 100 workers. Some growers started ordering and installing metal detectors to protect their strawberries from contamination.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 81], "content_span": [82, 391]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277509-0015-0000", "contents": "2018 Australian strawberry contamination, Response, Grower measures and responses\nSome farms had to dispose of strawberries in response to the crisis. Donnybrook Berries of Queensland, one of the brands affected, dumped truckloads of berries, sharing the resulting video footage which went viral with over a million views in a day. One Queensland farm burned off 500,000 strawberry plants deemed unsellable, as it was cheaper than harvesting.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 81], "content_span": [82, 442]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277509-0016-0000", "contents": "2018 Australian strawberry contamination, Response, Arrest\nOn 11 November 2018, My Ut Trinh, a 50-year-old farm supervisor, from Caboolture, was arrested in Brisbane and charged with seven counts of contaminating goods, relating to one of the initial cases of contamination involving the Berry Licious brand. Ms Trinh worked at the Berrylicious/Berry Obsession fruit farm north of Brisbane as a picking supervisor.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 58], "content_span": [59, 414]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277509-0017-0000", "contents": "2018 Australian strawberry contamination, Response, Arrest\nShortly before trial on 14 July 2021, charges against My Ut Trinh were dropped, as prosecution deemed a conviction unlikely.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 58], "content_span": [59, 183]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277509-0018-0000", "contents": "2018 Australian strawberry contamination, Related incidents\nOn 17 September 2018, a 62-year-old woman suffering from a mental illness was cautioned after she allegedly contaminated a banana with a metal object at a supermarket in Maryborough, Queensland. Queensland Police stated the incident was not linked to the contamination crisis.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 59], "content_span": [60, 336]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277509-0019-0000", "contents": "2018 Australian strawberry contamination, Related incidents\nOn 18 September, New South Wales Police announced needles had been discovered in bananas and apples in two separate incidents in the Sydney area. Detective superintendent Daniel Doherty reminded the public of the importance to report incidents of contamination and \"to be vigilant and exercise caution when buying strawberries and other fruit in NSW.\" Doherty confirmed police were investigating \"more than 20 incidents in New South Wales, but nationally, the number is much higher.\" The apple was part of a pack of six, purchased from a Woolworths at The Ponds.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 59], "content_span": [60, 622]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277509-0020-0000", "contents": "2018 Australian strawberry contamination, Related incidents\nOn 20 September, New South Wales Police reported that a young boy had been arrested after admitting to hiding sewing needles in strawberries as part of what police consider to be \"a prank\". The current penalty in New South Wales for the deliberate contamination of food is up to 10 years in jail; however, Australia's Prime Minister, Scott Morrison, has stated that \"the government plans to increase the maximum jail term to 15 years.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 59], "content_span": [60, 494]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277509-0021-0000", "contents": "2018 Australian strawberry contamination, Related incidents\nAlso on 20 September, a customer in West Gosford on the New South Wales Central Coast discovered a needle inside a mango.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 59], "content_span": [60, 181]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277509-0022-0000", "contents": "2018 Australian strawberry contamination, Related incidents\nIn the wake of the needle crisis, Foodstuffs NZ made the decision to halt the distribution of Australian strawberries in all their New Zealand stores including New World, Pak'nSave, and Four Square. Countdown said that strawberries grown in New Zealand had not been affected, but it was in contact with New Zealand and Australian authorities.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 59], "content_span": [60, 402]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277510-0000-0000", "contents": "2018 Austria Open\nThe Dynamic Billard Sankt Johann in the Pongau Open 2018 (sometimes known as the 2018 Austria Open) was the second Euro Tour 9-Ball pool event in 2018. The event was won by Greece's Alexander Kazakis who defeated Estonia's Denis Grabe 9\u20135 in the final. This was Kazkis's first Euro Tour victory.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 17], "section_span": [17, 17], "content_span": [18, 313]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277510-0001-0000", "contents": "2018 Austria Open\nThe previous years champion Mario He was defeated in the semi-final by Grabe 9\u20134.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 17], "section_span": [17, 17], "content_span": [18, 99]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277510-0002-0000", "contents": "2018 Austria Open, Tournament format\nThe event saw a total of 208 players compete, in a double-elimination knockout tournament, until the last 32 stage; where the tournament was contested as single elimination.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 17], "section_span": [19, 36], "content_span": [37, 210]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277510-0003-0000", "contents": "2018 Austria Open, Tournament format, Prize fund\nThe tournament prize fund was similar to that of other Euro Tour events, with \u20ac4,500 for the winner of the event.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 17], "section_span": [19, 48], "content_span": [49, 162]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277511-0000-0000", "contents": "2018 Austrian Cup Final\nThe 2018 Austrian Cup Final was played on 9 May 2018 between SK Sturm Graz and FC Red Bull Salzburg at W\u00f6rthersee Stadion, Klagenfurt, a neutral ground. The final was the culmination of the 2017\u201318 Austrian Cup, the 84th season of the Austrian Cup.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [23, 23], "content_span": [24, 272]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277511-0001-0000", "contents": "2018 Austrian Cup Final\nSturm Graz won their fifth cup title after defeating Red Bull Salzburg 1\u20130 after extra time, which would have earned them a place in the second qualifying round of the 2018\u201319 UEFA Europa League, but they instead qualified for the UEFA Champions League by virtue of their second place finish in the 2017\u201318 Austrian Bundesliga.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [23, 23], "content_span": [24, 351]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277511-0002-0000", "contents": "2018 Austrian Cup Final, Venue\nW\u00f6rthersee Stadion is the home of SK Austria Klagenfurt and opened in 2007. It has a capacity of 32,000 spectators and is part of Sportpark Klagenfurt", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 30], "content_span": [31, 181]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277511-0003-0000", "contents": "2018 Austrian Cup Final, Background\nThe Austrian Bundesliga clubs SK Sturm Graz and FC Red Bull Salzburg contested the final, with the winner earning a place in the second qualifying round of the 2018\u201319 UEFA Europa League. Since Sturm Graz qualified for the second qualifying round of the 2018\u201319 UEFA Champions League by virtue of its second place finish in the 2017\u201318 Austrian Bundesliga, Austria's last European place is given to FC Admira Wacker M\u00f6dling as the 5th place team of the 2017-18 Austrian Bundesliga.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 35], "content_span": [36, 517]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277511-0004-0000", "contents": "2018 Austrian Cup Final, Background\nSturm Graz competed in its ninth overall final, their first since 2010. Red Bull Salzburg made its fifth straight finals appearance (sixth in seven seasons and its 10th overall. Both clubs now have five total Austrian Cup championships. The two teams had never previously met in an Austrian Cup final, and Red Bull Salzburg won three of the four meetings during the regular season of the 2017-18 Austrian Football Bundesliga, outscoring Sturm Graz 13-5 over those four contests.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 35], "content_span": [36, 514]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277511-0005-0000", "contents": "2018 Austrian Cup Final, Route to the final\nNote: In all results below, the score of the finalist is given first (H: home; A: away).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 43], "content_span": [44, 132]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277512-0000-0000", "contents": "2018 Austrian Darts Open\nThe 2018 Austrian Darts Open was the fourth out of thirteen PDC European Tour events on the 2018 PDC Pro Tour. The tournament took place at Steiermarkthalle, Premst\u00e4tten, Austria between 20\u201322 April 2018. It featured a field of 48 players and \u00a3135,000 in prize money, with \u00a325,000 going to the winner.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [24, 24], "content_span": [25, 326]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277512-0001-0000", "contents": "2018 Austrian Darts Open\nMichael van Gerwen was the defending champion after defeating Michael Smith 6\u20135 in the final of the 2017 tournament, although he withdrew prior to the tournament beginning.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [24, 24], "content_span": [25, 197]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277512-0002-0000", "contents": "2018 Austrian Darts Open\nJonny Clayton (who became a seeded player following van Gerwen's withdrawal) defeated fellow Welshman Gerwyn Price 8\u20135, in what was both their first PDC European Tour final, and which was the second European Tour in a row where a debutant finalist won the event (following on from Max Hopp in the 2018 German Darts Open the previous week).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [24, 24], "content_span": [25, 364]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277512-0003-0000", "contents": "2018 Austrian Darts Open, Prize money\nPrize money will count towards the PDC Order of Merit, the ProTour Order of Merit and the European Tour Order of Merit, with one exception: should a seeded player lose in the second round (last 32), their prize money will not count towards any Orders of Merit, although they still receive the full prize money payment.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 37], "content_span": [38, 356]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277512-0004-0000", "contents": "2018 Austrian Darts Open, Qualification and format\nThe top 16 entrants from the PDC ProTour Order of Merit on 27 February will automatically qualify for the event and will be seeded in the second round.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 50], "content_span": [51, 202]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277512-0005-0000", "contents": "2018 Austrian Darts Open, Qualification and format\nThe remaining 32 places will go to players from five qualifying events \u2013 18 from the UK Qualifier (held in Barnsley on 9 March), eight from the West/South European Qualifier (held on 12 April), four from the Host Nation Qualifier (held on 19 April), one from the Nordic & Baltic Qualifier (held on 23 February) and one from the East European Qualifier (held on 28 January).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 50], "content_span": [51, 424]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277512-0006-0000", "contents": "2018 Austrian Darts Open, Qualification and format\nMichael van Gerwen, who would have been the number 1 seed, withdrew from the tournament prior to the draw. Jonny Clayton, the highest-ranked qualifier, was promoted to 16th seed, with an extra place being made available in the Host Nation Qualifier.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 50], "content_span": [51, 300]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277512-0007-0000", "contents": "2018 Austrian Darts Open, Qualification and format\nDave Chisnall withdrew with injury on the day of the tournament, so Wayne Jones, who was due to face him in round 2, was given a bye to round 3.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 50], "content_span": [51, 195]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277513-0000-0000", "contents": "2018 Austrian Grand Prix\nThe 2018 Austrian Grand Prix (formally known as the Formula 1 Eyetime Gro\u00dfer Preis von \u00d6sterreich 2018) was a Formula One motor race held on 1 July 2018 at the Red Bull Ring in Spielberg, Austria. The race was the 9th round of the 2018 FIA Formula One World Championship, and marked the 32nd running of the Austrian Grand Prix and the 31st time it had been held as a round of the Formula One World Championship since the series inception in 1950.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [24, 24], "content_span": [25, 471]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277513-0001-0000", "contents": "2018 Austrian Grand Prix\nMercedes driver Lewis Hamilton entered the round with a 14-point lead over Sebastian Vettel in the Drivers' Championship. In the Constructors' Championship, Mercedes held a 23-point lead over Ferrari.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [24, 24], "content_span": [25, 225]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277513-0002-0000", "contents": "2018 Austrian Grand Prix\nThe race was won by Max Verstappen for Red Bull, marking the first time that Red Bull has won at their home Grand Prix. This race also marked the first double retirement for Mercedes since the 2016 Spanish Grand Prix and the first retirement for Hamilton since the 2016 Malaysian Grand Prix.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [24, 24], "content_span": [25, 316]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277513-0003-0000", "contents": "2018 Austrian Grand Prix, Report, Background\nThe circuit included three drag reduction system (DRS) zones for the first time. These included a zone along the main straight, with the second zone on the straight from turn 1 to turns 2 and 3, and a third zone extending from turn 3 to turn 4.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 44], "content_span": [45, 289]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277513-0004-0000", "contents": "2018 Austrian Grand Prix, Report, Qualifying\nIn Q2, Carlos Sainz had to avoid Vettel, who was going slowly on the racing line. Vettel was later awarded a 3-place grid penalty for the incident. Mercedes locked out the front row in Q3 and Valtteri Bottas took his first pole of 2018. The Ferraris locked out the second row. Romain Grosjean outqualified Daniel Ricciardo to take P6.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 44], "content_span": [45, 379]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277513-0005-0000", "contents": "2018 Austrian Grand Prix, Report, Race\nBottas had a poor start from pole position. Initially passed by Hamilton, R\u00e4ikk\u00f6nen and Verstappen, he reclaimed P2 overtaking Verstappen and R\u00e4ikk\u00f6nen around the outside of Turn 4. Shortly after Verstappen overtook R\u00e4ikk\u00f6nen for P3. Stoffel Vandoorne broke his front wing at Turn 3, requiring a pitstop, dropping him to the back of the field. On lap 12, Nico H\u00fclkenberg's engine failed on the start/finish straight, causing his immediate retirement from the race. On lap 14, Bottas retired with a gearbox failure which was originally caused by hydraulic problems, causing a Virtual Safety Car.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 38], "content_span": [39, 633]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277513-0005-0001", "contents": "2018 Austrian Grand Prix, Report, Race\nDuring the VSC period, Ferrari and Red Bull pitted both their cars. Mercedes however, chose not to pit Hamilton, an error for which James Vowles, Mercedes' chief strategist, was heard to apologize via team radio. Hamilton pitted on lap 25, ceding the lead to Verstappen, and rejoined in P4, ahead of Vettel, who overtook him on lap 39. On lap 54 Ricciardo retired with an exhaust problem and then Brendon Hartley retired on the next lap with a hydraulics issue.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 38], "content_span": [39, 500]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277513-0005-0002", "contents": "2018 Austrian Grand Prix, Report, Race\nHamilton retired on lap 64 with a fuel pressure problem, giving Mercedes only their third double retirement since returning to F1 as a constructor in 2010 (after Australia 2011 and Spain 2016), their first double retirement due to mechanical failures, and Hamilton's first non-finish since the 2016 Malaysian Grand Prix. Verstappen won the race, giving Red Bull their first win at the Red Bull Ring, and Verstappen his first win of the season. The Haas cars finished P4 and P5, giving them their best points finish ever and Grosjean his first points of the season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 38], "content_span": [39, 603]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277514-0000-0000", "contents": "2018 Austrian Open (table tennis)\nThe 2018 Austrian Open was the twelfth event of the 2018 ITTF World Tour. The event was organised by the Austrian Table Tennis Association, under the authority of the International Table Tennis Federation (ITTF). It was the last Platinum event on the tour, and took place from 8\u201311 November in Linz, Austria.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [33, 33], "content_span": [34, 342]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277515-0000-0000", "contents": "2018 Austrian motorcycle Grand Prix\nThe 2018 Austrian motorcycle Grand Prix was the eleventh round of the 2018 MotoGP season. It was held at the Red Bull Ring in Spielberg on 12 August 2018. The victory would prove to be Lorenzo's last in MotoGP, as well as his final podium finish.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [35, 35], "content_span": [36, 282]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277516-0000-0000", "contents": "2018 Auto Club 400\nThe 2018 Auto Club 400 was a Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series race that was held on March 18, 2018, at Auto Club Speedway in Fontana, California. Contested over 200 laps on the two-mile (3.2\u00a0km) D-shaped oval, it was the fifth race of the 2018 Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [18, 18], "content_span": [19, 303]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277516-0001-0000", "contents": "2018 Auto Club 400, Report, Background\nAuto Club Speedway (formerly California Speedway) is a 2 miles (3.2\u00a0km), low-banked, D-shaped oval superspeedway in Fontana, California which has hosted NASCAR racing annually since 1997. It is also used for open wheel racing events. The racetrack is located near the former locations of Ontario Motor Speedway and Riverside International Raceway. The track is owned and operated by International Speedway Corporation and is the only track owned by ISC to have naming rights sold. The speedway is served by the nearby Interstate 10 and Interstate 15 freeways as well as a Metrolink station located behind the backstretch.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [20, 38], "content_span": [39, 660]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277516-0002-0000", "contents": "2018 Auto Club 400, First practice\nKevin Harvick was the fastest in the first practice session with a time of 38.082 seconds and a speed of 189.066\u00a0mph (304.272\u00a0km/h).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [20, 34], "content_span": [35, 167]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277516-0003-0000", "contents": "2018 Auto Club 400, Qualifying\nMartin Truex Jr. scored the pole for the race with a time of 38.592 and a speed of 186.567\u00a0mph (300.250\u00a0km/h).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [20, 30], "content_span": [31, 141]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277516-0004-0000", "contents": "2018 Auto Club 400, Practice (post-qualifying), Second practice\nKevin Harvick was the fastest in the second practice session with a time of 38.694 seconds and a speed of 186.075\u00a0mph (299.459\u00a0km/h).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [20, 63], "content_span": [64, 197]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277516-0005-0000", "contents": "2018 Auto Club 400, Practice (post-qualifying), Final practice\nKyle Busch was the fastest in the final practice session with a time of 38.779 seconds and a speed of 185.668\u00a0mph (298.804\u00a0km/h).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [20, 62], "content_span": [63, 192]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277516-0006-0000", "contents": "2018 Auto Club 400, Race, Stage 1\nMartin Truex Jr. led the field to the green flag at 3:46\u00a0p.m. Winner of three consecutive Cup races, Kevin Harvick was shooting for a higher spot in history with a fourth Sunday, but that march ended early in the race when he collided with Kyle Larson on the backstretch, bringing out the first caution on lap 39. They were running side by side when Harvick appeared to move down the track and into the side of Larson\u2019s car. The impact sent Harvick\u2019s car into the outside wall, causing heavy damage.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [20, 33], "content_span": [34, 533]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277516-0007-0000", "contents": "2018 Auto Club 400, Race, Stage 1\nMartin Truex Jr., master of stage wins last season, scored his first of the new year, leading Kyle Busch by 3.5 seconds. Also in the top 10 were Joey Logano, Brad Keselowski, Jimmie Johnson, Kyle Larson, Kurt Busch, Erik Jones, Clint Bowyer and Denny Hamlin. The second caution of the race flew on lap 62 for the conclusion of the first stage.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [20, 33], "content_span": [34, 377]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277516-0008-0000", "contents": "2018 Auto Club 400, Race, Stage 2\nTrevor Bayne slapped the outside wall after slight contact with Ryan Newman. The incident produced the race\u2019s third caution of the race, which was on lap 109. Bayne called his meeting with the wall one of the hardest of his career.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [20, 33], "content_span": [34, 265]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277516-0009-0000", "contents": "2018 Auto Club 400, Race, Stage 2\nTruex scored again at the end of stage two, leading Brad Keselowski by 1.8 seconds. Following were Kyle Busch, Denny Hamlin, Erik Jones, Joey Logano, Jimmie Johnson, Kyle Larson, Clint Bowyer and William Byron. The fourth caution of the race flew on lap 122 for conclusion of stage 2.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [20, 33], "content_span": [34, 318]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277516-0010-0000", "contents": "2018 Auto Club 400, Race, Final stage\nThe fifth caution of the race flew on lap 130 when David Ragan spun out in turn 2, so Ty Dillon won the free pass under caution.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [20, 37], "content_span": [38, 166]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277516-0011-0000", "contents": "2018 Auto Club 400, Race, Final stage\nThe closing portion of the race featured a battle for the lead matching Martin Truex Jr., Kyle Busch and Kyle Larson. With 18 laps to go, Truex had a five-second lead over Busch and Larson, who were fighting for second.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [20, 37], "content_span": [38, 257]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277516-0012-0000", "contents": "2018 Auto Club 400, Race, Final stage\nMartin Truex Jr., last year\u2019s Cup champion, returned to victory lane \u2014 a place he visited eight times in 2017 \u2014 and, at the same time, dropped Kevin Harvick\u2019s name from NASCAR\u2019s marquee. At least temporarily.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [20, 37], "content_span": [38, 246]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277516-0013-0000", "contents": "2018 Auto Club 400, Race, Final stage, Post race\n\u201cThis is a reassurance that what we\u2019re doing is working,\u201d Truex said. \u201cIt just feels good to win. I don't really worry about who's winning or who else is fast. Obviously, the 4 (Harvick) has been quick and they have a great team. But, as we\u2019ve seen today, we can put together a run like that, as well.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [20, 48], "content_span": [49, 350]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277516-0014-0000", "contents": "2018 Auto Club 400, Race, Final stage, Post race\n\u201cIt feels good to be able to find that speed.\u201d", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [20, 48], "content_span": [49, 95]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277516-0015-0000", "contents": "2018 Auto Club 400, Media, Television\nThe race was the 18th race Fox Sports covered at the Auto Club Speedway. Mike Joy, three-time Auto Club winner Jeff Gordon and Darrell Waltrip had call in the booth for the race. Jamie Little, Vince Welch and Matt Yocum handled the pit road duties for the television side.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [20, 37], "content_span": [38, 310]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277516-0016-0000", "contents": "2018 Auto Club 400, Media, Radio\nMRN had the radio call for the race which was also simulcasted on Sirius XM NASCAR Radio. Joe Moore, Jeff Striegle and 2001 race winner Rusty Wallace called the race from the booth when the field was racing down the front stretch. Dan Hubbard called race from a billboard outside turn 2 when the field was racing through turns 1 and 2. Kurt Becker called the race from a billboard outside turn 3 when the field was racing through turns 3 and 4. Alex Hayden, Winston Kelley and Steve Post worked pit road for MRN.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [20, 32], "content_span": [33, 545]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277517-0000-0000", "contents": "2018 Azerbaijan Grand Prix\nThe 2018 Azerbaijan Grand Prix (formally known as the Formula 1 2018 Azerbaijan Grand Prix) was a Formula One motor race held on 29 April 2018 at the Baku City Circuit in Baku, Azerbaijan. The race was the 4th round of the 2018 Formula One World Championship, the 2nd running of the Azerbaijan Grand Prix as a round of the Formula One World Championship and the 3rd time the Baku City Circuit was being used to host a Formula One race.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [26, 26], "content_span": [27, 462]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277517-0001-0000", "contents": "2018 Azerbaijan Grand Prix\nRed Bull Racing driver Daniel Ricciardo was the defending race winner. Ferrari's Sebastian Vettel entered the round with a nine-point lead over Lewis Hamilton in the World Drivers' Championship. In the World Constructors' Championship, Mercedes started the round with a one-point lead over Ferrari.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [26, 26], "content_span": [27, 325]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277517-0002-0000", "contents": "2018 Azerbaijan Grand Prix\nCharles Leclerc finished 6th and became the first Mon\u00e9gasque driver to score a point since Louis Chiron in the 1950 Monaco Grand Prix. Brendon Hartley finished 10th and became the first driver from New Zealand to score a point since Chris Amon in the 1976 Spanish Grand Prix. This would prove to be the final podium for Force India.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [26, 26], "content_span": [27, 359]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277517-0003-0000", "contents": "2018 Azerbaijan Grand Prix, Background\nThe race was brought forward from its June date to avoid clashing with celebrations for the centenary of the Azerbaijan republic. The race filled the berth taken by the Russian Grand Prix, which was moved to a September date. The vacancy created in June was filled by the newly-revived French Grand Prix.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 38], "content_span": [39, 343]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277517-0004-0000", "contents": "2018 Azerbaijan Grand Prix, Background\nThe Pirelli tyre compounds selected for the 2018 Azerbaijan Grand Prix were, in order of most hard to least, the soft (yellow), super-soft (red), and ultra-soft (purple). Intermediate (green) and full wet (blue) tyres were available were rain to fall during qualifying or the race, but rain was not a factor and neither were used.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 38], "content_span": [39, 369]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277517-0005-0000", "contents": "2018 Azerbaijan Grand Prix, Race, Race report, Start\nAll drivers got off the line from the standing start without incident. A minor racing incident which led to contact between Kimi R\u00e4ikk\u00f6nen and Esteban Ocon occurred as both navigated turn 2. On the straight after turn 2, Sirotkin's car made contact with Fernando Alonso's McLaren and Nico Hulkenberg's Renault, and caused a double tyre puncture (to Alonso's front right and rear right tyres), and puncture to Sirotkin's front left tyre as well as suspension damage. In the chaos, Force India's Sergio P\u00e9rez struck the back of R\u00e4ikk\u00f6nen's car, causing him to make a pit stop.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 52], "content_span": [53, 627]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277517-0005-0001", "contents": "2018 Azerbaijan Grand Prix, Race, Race report, Start\nThe first major contact in the race was again between Kimi R\u00e4ikk\u00f6nen and Esteban Ocon at turn 3, Ocon suffered damage sufficient to force his immediate retirement from the race. Sergey Sirotkin's tyre puncture caused him to stop near the turn 3 R\u00e4ikk\u00f6nen\u2013Ocon incident. Ocon and Sirotkin's positions on the track caused a first lap safety car. During the safety car, numerous drivers pitted due to damage, including R\u00e4ikk\u00f6nen (front wing change) P\u00e9rez (front wing change), Alonso (two tyre punctures, front wing change), and Kevin Magnussen (two tyre punctures). Several safety car laps were needed to clear retired cars and carbon fibre debris from the track. P\u00e9rez received a five-second penalty for the contact with R\u00e4ikk\u00f6nen, which he served at his first pit stop.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 52], "content_span": [53, 821]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277517-0006-0000", "contents": "2018 Azerbaijan Grand Prix, Race, Race report, Start\nThe top five drivers restarted in qualifying order, at the lap 6 restart. Carlos Sainz's Renault, which qualified 10th, showed notable early race strength and was in 5th by lap 7. 4th place Red Bull driver Max Verstappen reported issues with his KERS battery after the restart, allowing the top three runners to pull away while a long queue of cars built behind him. The two factory Renaults of Sainz and Nico H\u00fclkenberg soon passed Verstappen to take 4th and 5th. On lap 10, H\u00fclkenberg's rear end came out and struck the wall at turn 4, forcing him to retire.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 52], "content_span": [53, 613]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277517-0007-0000", "contents": "2018 Azerbaijan Grand Prix, Race, Race report, Mid-race\nAfter Hulkenberg's retirement, the race approached a more typical Formula One race rhythm. Sainz pitted from 4th with worn ultrasoft tyres, and the Red Bulls of Daniel Ricciardo and Max Verstappen raced 4th and 5th for several laps, occasionally exchanging positions. Carlos dropped to 9th after his pitstop, he proceeded to fit the soft tyre but this turned out to be a blunder of a strategy because the tyres would not heat meaning that he had been overcut by both Red Bulls and was fighting for low points.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 55], "content_span": [56, 565]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277517-0007-0001", "contents": "2018 Azerbaijan Grand Prix, Race, Race report, Mid-race\nThe top three drivers (Sebastian Vettel, Ferrari; Lewis Hamilton, Mercedes; and Valtteri Bottas, Mercedes) raced within 10 seconds of each other, 4th place Red Bull Verstappen, meanwhile, was 30 seconds behind race leader Vettel by lap 18. Hamilton switched out worn supersoft tyres for softs on lap 23. Bottas, meanwhile stayed out for a long stint on supersoft tyres. Race leader Vettel pitted for soft tyres on lap 31, intending to finish the race on them, leaving Bottas in the race lead (but still needing to pit).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 55], "content_span": [56, 575]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277517-0007-0002", "contents": "2018 Azerbaijan Grand Prix, Race, Race report, Mid-race\nAt this point, the main question for the race leaders was whether Bottas could build enough of a gap to pit for ultrasoft tyres and then threaten Vettel for the race win. Red Bull teammates Verstappen and Ricciardo continued close racing, with more position changes and overtaking one another in laps 27 and 28, then again as Ricciardo passed Verstappen to retake 4th place on lap 35. Both Red Bull drivers pitted shortly after the lap 35 pass for fresh ultrasoft tyres.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 55], "content_span": [56, 526]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277517-0008-0000", "contents": "2018 Azerbaijan Grand Prix, Race, Race report, Lap 40\nThe tempo of the race was completely changed on lap 40, when Red Bull teammates Verstappen and Ricciardo (then in 4th and 5th place, respectively), made major contact. Verstappen, who had just passed Ricciardo due to an overcut during a tyre change pitstop, made a late defensive move to cover an attempted overtake by Ricciardo which caused a collision between the pair. The collision was sufficient to retire both drivers, leave them both disabled on track, and force the race's second safety car.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 53], "content_span": [54, 553]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277517-0008-0001", "contents": "2018 Azerbaijan Grand Prix, Race, Race report, Lap 40\nSeveral drivers in the top 10 took advantage of the situation; before the safety car bunched the drivers together, race leader Bottas made his long-awaited single pit stop for new ultrasoft tyres on which to finish the race, and second place Vettel, third place Hamilton, and fourth place Raikkonen also all pitted for new ultrasofts. Fifth place Force India driver Sergio P\u00e9rez chose fresh supersoft tyres. On lap 43, while still under the safety car, 6th place Haas driver Romain Grosjean lost traction and hit the wall, forcing his retirement and extending the length of the safety car stint.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 53], "content_span": [54, 649]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277517-0009-0000", "contents": "2018 Azerbaijan Grand Prix, Race, Race report, Lap 40\nThe safety car could not pull in until lap 48, and Bottas kept the race lead as the lap began. 2nd placed Vettel attempted an aggressive move to pass Bottas, locked his wheels up and overshot the turn, ultimately leaving him in 4th place with flat-spotted tyres behind Bottas, Hamilton, and Raikkonen. Just as lap 49 began, Bottas, leading the race by more than one second over Hamilton, suffered a tyre puncture and was forced to retire. At the same time, Force India's P\u00e9rez passed Vettel to gain a 3rd place podium position as Bottas dropped out.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 53], "content_span": [54, 603]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277517-0010-0000", "contents": "2018 Azerbaijan Grand Prix, Race, Race report, Finish\nBottas's sudden retirement was the last incident that affected the podium order. Hamilton won, Raikkonen was second, and P\u00e9rez third. Other notable points finishers included Renault's Sainz in fifth, Sauber's Charles Leclerc, and Toro Rosso's Brendon Hartley (who both earned the first Formula One championship points of their careers). McLaren drivers Fernando Alonso and Stoffel Vandoorne also both managed to earn points: Alonso finished seventh despite the double puncture he suffered early in the race; while Vandoorne used the safety car situation to his advantage.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 53], "content_span": [54, 625]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277517-0010-0001", "contents": "2018 Azerbaijan Grand Prix, Race, Race report, Finish\nAfter having raced almost the entire afternoon in one of the last few places following an unscheduled extra pit stop due to damaged tyres, while all drivers were suffering with dropping tyre temperatures, Vandoorne opted to make a fourth pit stop from 13th place the lap before the safety car returned to the pits. With his heated tyres he was able to move from 14th to ninth after the restart.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 53], "content_span": [54, 448]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277517-0011-0000", "contents": "2018 Azerbaijan Grand Prix, Race, Post-race\nRace winner Lewis Hamilton expressed surprise at his race win, and gave high praise to his teammate's performance. \"Valtteri (Bottas) deserved to win, he did an exceptional job and had a faultless drive. ... I would not have got by him in the remaining laps if he hadn't had his tyre blow.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 43], "content_span": [44, 334]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277517-0012-0000", "contents": "2018 Azerbaijan Grand Prix, Race, Post-race\nRed Bull team boss Christian Horner was reported to have been very angry after the lap 40 crash that forced the retirement of both his drivers, and called the contact \"unacceptable\". Horner required both Verstappen and Ricciardo to apologize to all members of the Red Bull staff for the incident. Both drivers received an official reprimand from the FIA for the crash in Baku. Verstappen and Ricciardo's crash drew comparisons to the 2010 Turkish Grand Prix, where then-teammates Mark Webber and Sebastian Vettel made contact with each other. In that race, Vettel was forced to retire immediately with a tyre puncture, and Webber managed only 3rd place in a race Red Bull had dominated up to that point.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 43], "content_span": [44, 747]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277518-0000-0000", "contents": "2018 Azerbaijani presidential election\nPresidential elections were held in Azerbaijan on Wednesday, 11 April 2018. The elections, which took place in an authoritarian context, were characterized as fraudulent. Major opposition parties did not participate in the election. Eight candidates ran for the presidency, with doubts as to whether the candidates were genuine opposition candidates. Incumbent President Ilham Aliyev was re-elected president for a seven-year term. The election was the first since the 2016 Constitutional Referendum, which extended the presidential term from five to seven years.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [38, 38], "content_span": [39, 602]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277518-0001-0000", "contents": "2018 Azerbaijani presidential election, Background\nArticle 178 \u00a71 of the electoral law sets the third Wednesday of October as the date for presidential elections, which would have meant the elections were held on 17 October 2018. However, the vote was unexpectedly brought forward by a presidential decree on 5 February 2018. Azerbaijan's Central Election Commission (CEC) held a poll on 1 February 2018 on the preparation and delivery of double cabins for the voting room.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 50], "content_span": [51, 473]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277518-0002-0000", "contents": "2018 Azerbaijani presidential election, Electoral system\nThe President of Azerbaijan is elected using the two-round system; if no candidate receives a majority of the vote in the first round, a run-off is held. Polls opened nationwide at 08:00 and closed at 19:00.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 56], "content_span": [57, 264]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277518-0003-0000", "contents": "2018 Azerbaijani presidential election, Candidates\nThe National Council of Democratic Forces (NCDF) decided to boycott the elections and intends to launch protests against the elections. Another organisation, the Republican Alternative Movement (REAL), also announced that it would not recognize the results of the elections, calling them as a \"hasty and unjustified step\". On 10 February the Musavat Party announced that it would also boycott the elections and its leader Isa Gambar would not run for president. The same day, another opposition party, the Party of Hope, also announced that they would not participate in the elections.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 50], "content_span": [51, 636]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277518-0004-0000", "contents": "2018 Azerbaijani presidential election, Conduct\nThe Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE) announced that the election was flawed and undemocratic. In a press conference the day after the election, the OSCE found that there was \"widespread disregard for mandatory procedures, a lack of transparency, and numerous serious irregularities, including ballot box stuffing.\" It is also noted that \"at same time, authorities were co-operative, international observers were able to operate freely in the pre-election period, election administration was well-resourced and prepared the election efficiently and voting process was overall orderly and smooth in most polling stations observed.\" Aliyev's supporters took to disrupting the press conference and accused the international observation mission of bias.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 47], "content_span": [48, 824]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277518-0005-0000", "contents": "2018 Azerbaijani presidential election, Polls, Opinion polls\nA poll by ELS on 27 March found that 84.1% of respondents intended to vote for Aliyev. A poll by AJF & Associates on 28 March concluded that 82.9% or respondents intended to vote for Aliyev.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 60], "content_span": [61, 251]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277519-0000-0000", "contents": "2018 BB&T Atlanta Open\nThe 2018 BB&T Atlanta Open was a professional tennis tournament played on hard courts. It was the 31st edition of the tournament, and part of the 2018 ATP World Tour. It took place at Atlantic Station in Atlanta, United States between July 23 and 29, 2018. It was the first men's event of the 2018 US Open Series.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [22, 22], "content_span": [23, 336]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277519-0001-0000", "contents": "2018 BB&T Atlanta Open, Singles main draw entrants, Other entrants\nThe following players received entry using a protected ranking into the main draw:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 66], "content_span": [67, 149]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277519-0002-0000", "contents": "2018 BB&T Atlanta Open, Doubles main draw entrants, Other entrants\nThe following pairs received wildcards into the doubles main draw:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 66], "content_span": [67, 133]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277520-0000-0000", "contents": "2018 BB&T Atlanta Open \u2013 Doubles\nBob and Mike Bryan were the defending champions, but Bob Bryan could not participate due to injury. Mike Bryan played alongside Frances Tiafoe, but lost in the quarterfinals to Ryan Harrison and Rajeev Ram.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [32, 32], "content_span": [33, 239]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277520-0001-0000", "contents": "2018 BB&T Atlanta Open \u2013 Doubles\nNicholas Monroe and John-Patrick Smith won the title, defeating Harrison and Ram in the final, 3\u20136, 7\u20136(7\u20135), [10\u20138].", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [32, 32], "content_span": [33, 150]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277521-0000-0000", "contents": "2018 BB&T Atlanta Open \u2013 Singles\nJohn Isner was the defending champion and successfully defended his title, defeating Ryan Harrison in a rematch of the 2017 final, 5\u20137, 6\u20133, 6\u20134.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [32, 32], "content_span": [33, 178]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277521-0001-0000", "contents": "2018 BB&T Atlanta Open \u2013 Singles, Seeds\nThe top four seeds receive a bye into the second round.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 39], "content_span": [40, 95]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277522-0000-0000", "contents": "2018 BBC Sports Personality of the Year Award\nThe BBC Sports Personality of the Year 2018 took place on 16 December 2018 at the Resorts World Arena in Birmingham. It was the 65th presentation of the BBC Sports Personality of the Year Award.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [45, 45], "content_span": [46, 240]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277522-0001-0000", "contents": "2018 BBC Sports Personality of the Year Award\nThe event, broadcast live on BBC One, was hosted by Gary Lineker, Clare Balding and Gabby Logan.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [45, 45], "content_span": [46, 142]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277522-0002-0000", "contents": "2018 BBC Sports Personality of the Year Award\nDes Clarke and Jazmin Sawyers provided the pre-show entertainment. George Ezra, Paloma Faith and Freya Ridings performed during the show. The Lightning Seeds along with David Baddiel and Frank Skinner performed \"Three Lions\" whilst a montage of England's run to the football World Cup semi final was played.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [45, 45], "content_span": [46, 353]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277522-0003-0000", "contents": "2018 BBC Sports Personality of the Year Award, Nominees\nThe nominees for the award were revealed during the ceremony.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [47, 55], "content_span": [56, 117]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277522-0004-0000", "contents": "2018 BBC Sports Personality of the Year Award, Other awards\nIn addition to the main award as \"Sports Personality of the Year\", several other awards will also be presented:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [47, 59], "content_span": [60, 171]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277522-0005-0000", "contents": "2018 BBC Sports Personality of the Year Award, Other awards, BBC Sports Personality Greatest Sporting Moment of the Year\nOn 3 December 2018 the nominees for the inaugural Greatest sporting moment of the year were announced. The winner was decided by public vote (online only) between the 3 December 2018 at 18.30 GMT and 14 December 2018 at 20.00 GMT. It was announced that England netball's last second win over Australia for the Commonwealth games title had been voted sporting moment of the year.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [47, 120], "content_span": [121, 499]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277522-0006-0000", "contents": "2018 BBC Sports Personality of the Year Award, Other awards, BBC Sports Personality World Sport Star of the Year\nFormerly known as the BBC Overseas Sports Personality of the Year, the nominees for the award were announced on 3 December. People from outside of the UK could participate in the voting for the first time. Voting took place online between the 3 December 2018 at 15:00 GMT and 15 December 2018 at 14:00 GMT. The winner was Italian golfer, Francesco Molinari.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [47, 112], "content_span": [113, 470]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277522-0007-0000", "contents": "2018 BBC Sports Personality of the Year Award, Other awards, BBC Sports Personality Team of the Year\nThe Nominations for Team of the year were announced on the night of the ceremony. The nominees were:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [47, 100], "content_span": [101, 201]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277522-0008-0000", "contents": "2018 BBC Sports Personality of the Year Award, Other awards, BBC Sports Personality Team of the Year\nEngland Netball team was announced as the winners of the team of the year award.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [47, 100], "content_span": [101, 181]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277522-0009-0000", "contents": "2018 BBC Sports Personality of the Year Award, Other awards, BBC Sports Personality Lifetime Achievement Award\nBillie Jean King became the third woman and third tennis player to be given the Lifetime achievement award. King had won 39 Grand Slam titles in both singles and doubles competitions throughout her career, with 20 coming at Wimbledon. In 1961 King and Karen Hantze Susman became the youngest pair to win the women's doubles title at Wimbledon. Throughout her career King was world singles number one in six years and won 129 singles titles in total, with the very last one coming in Birmingham where the award was presented.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [47, 110], "content_span": [111, 635]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277522-0009-0001", "contents": "2018 BBC Sports Personality of the Year Award, Other awards, BBC Sports Personality Lifetime Achievement Award\nKing also won 7 Fed Cup titles as a player and a further 4 as a captain. Away from the court King founded the Women's Tennis Association and was an advocate of gender equality defeating Bobby Riggs in the Battle of the Sexes match. King was inducted into the Tennis Hall of Fame in 1987 and was given the Presidential Medal of Freedom in 2009. King used her speech to remind people to continue to influence and inspire others.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [47, 110], "content_span": [111, 537]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277522-0010-0000", "contents": "2018 BBC Sports Personality of the Year Award, Other awards, BBC Young Sports Personality of the Year\nThe original 10 were shortlisted to Adenegan, Anderson and Bowen. At the BBC Radio 1 Teen Awards in October 2018 it was announced that Kare Adenegan had won the award.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [47, 101], "content_span": [102, 269]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277522-0011-0000", "contents": "2018 BBC Sports Personality of the Year Award, Other awards, Helen Rollason award\nThe Helen Rollason award was given to racing driver Billy Monger. Monger had both his legs amputated after an accident during a Formula 4 race in April 2017. He returned to racing in March 2018 in the British Formula 3 Championship (F3). He took his first pole position in F3 upon his return to the scene of the accident. Monger finished sixth overall in the championship, with three podium finishes and another pole position to his name.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [47, 81], "content_span": [82, 520]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277523-0000-0000", "contents": "2018 BBL Playoffs\nThe 2018 BBL Playoffs was the concluding postseason of the 2017\u201318 Basketball Bundesliga season. The Playoffs started on 5 May and ended on 16 June 2018.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 17], "section_span": [17, 17], "content_span": [18, 171]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277523-0001-0000", "contents": "2018 BBL Playoffs, Quarterfinals\nThe quarterfinals were played in a best of five format from 5 to 19 May 2018.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 17], "section_span": [19, 32], "content_span": [33, 110]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277523-0002-0000", "contents": "2018 BBL Playoffs, Semifinals\nThe semifinals were played in a best of five format from 20 to 31 May 2018.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 17], "section_span": [19, 29], "content_span": [30, 105]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277523-0003-0000", "contents": "2018 BBL Playoffs, Finals\nThe finals were played in a best of five format from 3 to 16 June 2018.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 17], "section_span": [19, 25], "content_span": [26, 97]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277524-0000-0000", "contents": "2018 BBL-Pokal\nThe 2018 BBL-Pokal was the 51st season of the German Basketball Cup, the domestic cup competition of the Basketball Bundesliga (BBL). On 6 June 2017, it was announced that the Top Four would be held at the Arena Ulm/Neu-Ulm in Ulm, which gained ratiopharm Ulm automatic qualification. The other six participating teams were selected through the standings in the 2017\u201318 Basketball Bundesliga.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 14], "section_span": [14, 14], "content_span": [15, 407]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277524-0001-0000", "contents": "2018 BBL-Pokal, Participants\nThe highest six teams qualified based on their standings in the first half of the 2017\u201318 Basketball Bundesliga qualify. ratiopharm Ulm qualified directly as the hosts of the tournament.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 14], "section_span": [16, 28], "content_span": [29, 215]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277524-0002-0000", "contents": "2018 BBL-Pokal, Bracket\nThe draw for the qualifying rounds was held on 7 January 2018.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 14], "section_span": [16, 23], "content_span": [24, 86]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277525-0000-0000", "contents": "2018 BBVA Open Ciudad de Valencia\nThe 2018 BBVA Open Ciudad de Valencia was a professional tennis tournament played on outdoor clay courts. It was the third edition of the tournament and was part of the 2018 ITF Women's Circuit. It took place in Valencia, Spain, on 24\u201330 September 2018.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [33, 33], "content_span": [34, 287]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277525-0001-0000", "contents": "2018 BBVA Open Ciudad de Valencia, Singles main draw entrants, Other entrants\nThe following players received a wildcard into the singles main draw:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 77], "content_span": [78, 147]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277525-0002-0000", "contents": "2018 BBVA Open Ciudad de Valencia, Singles main draw entrants, Other entrants\nThe following players received entry into the singles main draw using a protected ranking:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 77], "content_span": [78, 168]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277526-0000-0000", "contents": "2018 BBVA Open Ciudad de Valencia \u2013 Doubles\nCristina Buc\u0219a and Yana Sizikova were the defending champions, but both players chose not to participate.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [43, 43], "content_span": [44, 149]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277526-0001-0000", "contents": "2018 BBVA Open Ciudad de Valencia \u2013 Doubles\nIrina Khromacheva and Nina Stojanovi\u0107 won the title, defeating Valentini Grammatikopoulou and Renata Zaraz\u00faa in the final, 6\u20131, 6\u20134.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [43, 43], "content_span": [44, 176]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277527-0000-0000", "contents": "2018 BBVA Open Ciudad de Valencia \u2013 Singles\nIrina Bara was the defending champion, but lost in the second round to Paula Badosa Gibert.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [43, 43], "content_span": [44, 135]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277527-0001-0000", "contents": "2018 BBVA Open Ciudad de Valencia \u2013 Singles\nBadosa Gibert went on to win the title, defeating Aliona Bolsova Zadoinov in the final, 6\u20131, 4\u20136, 6\u20132.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [43, 43], "content_span": [44, 146]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277528-0000-0000", "contents": "2018 BC Lions season\nThe 2018 BC Lions season was the 61st season for the team in the Canadian Football League (CFL) and their 65th overall. The Lions improved upon their 7\u201311 record from 2017 and clinched a playoff berth following a week 19 win over the Edmonton Eskimos. They returned to the playoffs following a one-year absence where they missed the playoffs for the first time since 1996. However, the team lost the East Semi-Final to the Hamilton Tiger-Cats by a 40-point margin, which is the largest in the Lions' playoff history.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [20, 20], "content_span": [21, 537]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277528-0001-0000", "contents": "2018 BC Lions season\nOn November 30, 2017, Wally Buono stepped down as general manager, being replaced by Ed Hervey in that role. Buono stayed on as head coach, which was his 12th and final season in that role. He finished his Lions coaching tenure with a record of 129-86-1, making the playoffs in 11 of his 12 seasons coached and winning two Grey Cup championships.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [20, 20], "content_span": [21, 367]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277528-0002-0000", "contents": "2018 BC Lions season\nThis was the ninth consecutive season that the Lions held their training camp at Hillside Stadium in Kamloops, British Columbia. Main camp opened Sunday, May 20, 2018, with rookies reporting earlier.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [20, 20], "content_span": [21, 220]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277528-0003-0000", "contents": "2018 BC Lions season, Offseason, CFL Draft\nThe 2018 CFL Draft took place on May 3, 2018. The Lions had seven selections in the eight round draft, but have made several trades for positioning. They traded their fourth-round pick to Ottawa for Odell Willis, but got first and second-round picks from Winnipeg in exchange for the Lions' second-round pick this year and a first-round pick next year. The team acquired Saskatchewan's sixth-round pick in exchange for Mike Edem and the Lions' eighth-round pick.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 42], "content_span": [43, 505]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277528-0004-0000", "contents": "2018 BC Lions season, Team, Roster\nItalics indicate international players updated 2018-11-11 \u2022 46 Roster, 5 one-game injured,6 six-game injured, 9 practice", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 34], "content_span": [35, 155]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277529-0000-0000", "contents": "2018 BD\n2018 BD is a small asteroid and near-Earth object of the Apollo group, approximately 2\u20136 meters (7\u201320\u00a0ft) in diameter. It was first observed on 18 January 2018, by astronomers of the Catalina Sky Survey at Mount Lemmon Observatory, Arizona, United States, just hours before passing about 0.10 lunar distances of the Earth.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 7], "section_span": [7, 7], "content_span": [8, 330]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277529-0001-0000", "contents": "2018 BD, Orbit and classification\n2018 BD is an Apollo asteroid. It orbits the Sun at a distance of 0.75\u20131.36\u00a0AU once every 13 months (395 days; semi-major axis of 1.05\u00a0AU). Its orbit has an eccentricity of 0.29 and an inclination of 2\u00b0 with respect to the ecliptic.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 7], "section_span": [9, 33], "content_span": [34, 266]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277529-0002-0000", "contents": "2018 BD, Orbit and classification\nThe object has an exceptionally low minimum orbital intersection distance with Earth of 900\u00a0km; 560\u00a0mi (0.000006019\u00a0AU), or 0.002 lunar distances.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 7], "section_span": [9, 33], "content_span": [34, 180]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277529-0003-0000", "contents": "2018 BD, Physical characteristics\nBased on a generic magnitude-to-diameter conversion, 2018 BD measures between 2 and 6 meters in diameter, for an absolute magnitude of 30.154, and an assumed albedo between 0.05 and 0.20, which represent typical values for carbonaceous and a bright E-type asteroids, respectively. As of 2018, no rotational lightcurve of this object has been obtained from photometric observations. The body's rotation period, pole and shape remain unknown.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 7], "section_span": [9, 33], "content_span": [34, 474]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277530-0000-0000", "contents": "2018 BDO World Darts Championship\nThe 2018 Lakeside World Professional Darts Championship was the 41st World Championship organised by the British Darts Organisation, and the 33rd staging at the Lakeside Country Club at Frimley Green.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [33, 33], "content_span": [34, 234]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277530-0001-0000", "contents": "2018 BDO World Darts Championship\nGlen Durrant who was the defending men's champion, successfully retained his title, beating Mark McGeeney 7\u20136 in the final after the match went to a tie break. Durrant became the fifth player to defend a world title following his first win, after Eric Bristow, Raymond van Barneveld, Adrian Lewis and Gary Anderson. McGeeney became the second man, following Mike Gregory in 1992, to lose a world final having had darts at double to win.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [33, 33], "content_span": [34, 470]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277530-0002-0000", "contents": "2018 BDO World Darts Championship\nLisa Ashton who was the defending women's champion, also retained her title with a 3\u20131 win over Anastasia Dobromyslova.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [33, 33], "content_span": [34, 153]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277530-0003-0000", "contents": "2018 BDO World Darts Championship\nDurrant recorded the tournament's first 100+ match average since 2014 in his quarter-final victory over Jim Williams.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [33, 33], "content_span": [34, 151]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277530-0004-0000", "contents": "2018 BDO World Darts Championship\nAll four men's quarter-finals went to a deciding set, the first time this had happened since the format was changed so that the quarters were played to best of nine sets. The previous year this happened was 1991, when the quarter-finals were best of seven sets.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [33, 33], "content_span": [34, 295]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277530-0005-0000", "contents": "2018 BDO World Darts Championship\nMichael Unterbuchner became the first German player to reach the semi-finals of the World Championship, but was beaten 6\u20134 by Mark McGeeney.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [33, 33], "content_span": [34, 174]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277530-0006-0000", "contents": "2018 BDO World Darts Championship, Youth\nFor the fourth consecutive year, a youth final was played on the Lakeside stage during the Championships. In September 2017, the Youth tournament was played down to the final two. The final took place on 11 January, and was contested between 17 year old defending champion Justin van Tergouw from the Netherlands and 15 year old Killian Heffernan from Ireland. The format was first to three sets.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 40], "content_span": [41, 438]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277530-0007-0000", "contents": "2018 BDO World Darts Championship, Representation from different countries\nThis tables shows the number of players by country (men and women) in the World Championship, the total number including the preliminary round. Fifteen countries were represented in the World Championship at men competition and seven at the women. Overall seventeen countries competed at the World Championship.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 74], "content_span": [75, 386]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277531-0000-0000", "contents": "2018 BDO World Trophy\nThe 2018 BDO World Trophy was a major darts tournament run by the British Darts Organisation. It was host between 30 May and 3 June 2018 at Preston Guild Hall, Preston, England.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [21, 21], "content_span": [22, 199]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277531-0001-0000", "contents": "2018 BDO World Trophy\nPeter Machin and Aileen de Graaf were defending their champions, after beating Martin Phillips (10\u20138) and Anastasia Dobromyslova (6\u20132) respectively in the final of last year's edition.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [21, 21], "content_span": [22, 206]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277531-0002-0000", "contents": "2018 BDO World Trophy\nMachin lost to Michael Unterbuchner 7\u20131 in the Quarter-finals. De Graaf lost in the First round 4\u20133 to Maria O'Brien.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [21, 21], "content_span": [22, 139]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277531-0003-0000", "contents": "2018 BDO World Trophy\nUnterbuchner went on to lose in the final of the men\u2019s event to Glen Durrant (10\u20137), who has now completed the \u2018triple crown\u2019 of BDO majors. In the women\u2019s competition, Fallon Sherrock won her second televised title with a 6\u20133 win over Lorraine Winstanley.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [21, 21], "content_span": [22, 278]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277532-0000-0000", "contents": "2018 BET Hip Hop Awards\nThe 2018 BET Hip Hop Awards are a recognition ceremony held on October 16, 2018 at the Fillmore Miami Beach at Jackie Gleason Theater in Miami Beach, Florida. The nominations were announced on September 9, 2018.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [23, 23], "content_span": [24, 235]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277532-0001-0000", "contents": "2018 BET Hip Hop Awards\nDrake led the BET Hip-Hop Awards 2018 with eleven nominations, followed by Cardi B with ten. Under them Childish Gambino received six nomination, Travis Scott and Kendrick Lamar tied for five nominations, and Jay-Z (credited also as \"The Carters\" with Beyonc\u00e9 in Album of the Year, Best Collabo, Duo or Group and Song of the Year categories) with four nominations.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [23, 23], "content_span": [24, 389]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277532-0002-0000", "contents": "2018 BET Hip Hop Awards\nCardi B was the biggest winner with four awards, including MVP of the Years and Hustler of the Year. Jay-Z and Beyonc\u00e9 followed with three awards, including Album of the Year and Song of the Year. XXXTentacion was the winner of Best Hip Hop New Artist. XXXTentacion's mother accepted his award on his behalf since he had been murdered months beforehand.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [23, 23], "content_span": [24, 377]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277532-0003-0000", "contents": "2018 BET Hip Hop Awards, Cyphers\nBeat and mix by DJ Mustard. Mix #3 by Erykah Badu", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 32], "content_span": [33, 82]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277533-0000-0000", "contents": "2018 BF3\n2018 BF3 is a micro-asteroid, classified as a near-Earth object of the Apollo group, approximately 20 meters (70\u00a0ft) in diameter. It was first observed on 20 January 2018, by astronomers of the Catalina Sky Survey at Mount Lemmon Observatory in Arizona, United States, the day after the closest flyby, due to its approach from the direction of the Sun.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 8], "section_span": [8, 8], "content_span": [9, 361]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277533-0001-0000", "contents": "2018 BF3, Description\n2018 BF3 orbits the Sun at a distance of 0.8\u20132.3\u00a0AU once every 23 months (706 days; semi-major axis of 1.55\u00a0AU). Its orbit has an eccentricity of 0.48 and an inclination of 12\u00b0 with respect to the ecliptic. With an aphelion of 2.3\u00a0AU, it is a Mars-crosser, crossing the orbit of the Red Planet at 1.666\u00a0AU. It is also an Earth-crosser, as are all Apollo asteroids. The body's observation arc begins at Mount Lemmon with its first observation on 20 February 2018.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 8], "section_span": [10, 21], "content_span": [22, 484]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277533-0002-0000", "contents": "2018 BF3, Description, 2018 flyby\nOn 19 January 2018, the object passed at a nominal distance of only 0.00162\u00a0AU; 150,000\u00a0mi (242,000\u00a0km) from Earth. This corresponds to 0.63\u00a0LD. Close approaches are projected for 28 October 2019 and 26 August 2021, both at a much larger distance (0.24\u00a0AU).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 8], "section_span": [10, 33], "content_span": [34, 291]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277533-0003-0000", "contents": "2018 BF3, Description, Physical characteristics\nThe Minor Planet Center estimates a diameter of 12\u201338 meters (39\u2013120\u00a0ft), concurring with other estimates of 18\u201340 meters (59\u2013130\u00a0ft). As of 2018, no rotational lightcurve of this object has been obtained from photometric observations. The asteroids's rotation period, pole and shape remain unknown.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 8], "section_span": [10, 47], "content_span": [48, 348]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277534-0000-0000", "contents": "2018 BGL Luxembourg Open\nThe 2018 BGL BNP Paribas Luxembourg Open was a women's tennis tournament played on indoor hard courts sponsored by BNP Paribas. It was the 23rd edition of the Luxembourg Open, and part of the WTA International tournaments category of the 2018 WTA Tour. It was held in Kockelscheuer, Luxembourg from 15 to 20 October 2018.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [24, 24], "content_span": [25, 346]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277534-0001-0000", "contents": "2018 BGL Luxembourg Open, Points and prize money, Prize money\n1 Qualifiers prize money is also the Round of 32 prize money* per team", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 61], "content_span": [62, 132]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277534-0002-0000", "contents": "2018 BGL Luxembourg Open, Singles entrants, Other entrants\nThe following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 58], "content_span": [59, 127]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277534-0003-0000", "contents": "2018 BGL Luxembourg Open, Singles entrants, Other entrants\nThe following player received entry using a protected ranking into the singles main draw:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 58], "content_span": [59, 148]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277534-0004-0000", "contents": "2018 BGL Luxembourg Open, Doubles entrants, Other entrants\nThe following pairs received a wildcard into the doubles main draw:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 58], "content_span": [59, 126]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277535-0000-0000", "contents": "2018 BGL Luxembourg Open \u2013 Doubles\nLesley Kerkhove and Lidziya Marozava were the defending champions, but Kerkhove chose not to participate and Marozava chose to compete in Moscow instead.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [34, 34], "content_span": [35, 188]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277535-0001-0000", "contents": "2018 BGL Luxembourg Open \u2013 Doubles\nGreet Minnen and Alison Van Uytvanck won the title, defeating Vera Lapko and Mandy Minella in the final, 7\u20136(7\u20133), 6\u20132.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [34, 34], "content_span": [35, 154]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277536-0000-0000", "contents": "2018 BGL Luxembourg Open \u2013 Singles\nCarina Witth\u00f6ft was the defending champion, but lost in the first round to Vera Lapko.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [34, 34], "content_span": [35, 121]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277536-0001-0000", "contents": "2018 BGL Luxembourg Open \u2013 Singles\nJulia G\u00f6rges won the title, defeating Belinda Bencic in the final, 6\u20134, 7\u20135.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [34, 34], "content_span": [35, 111]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277537-0000-0000", "contents": "2018 BMC Racing Team season\nThe 2018 season for the BMC Racing Team began in January with the Tour Down Under. As a UCI WorldTeam, they were automatically invited and obligated to send a squad to every event in the UCI World Tour.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [27, 27], "content_span": [28, 230]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277538-0000-0000", "contents": "2018 BMW Open\nThe 2018 BMW Open was a men's tennis tournament played on outdoor clay courts. It was the 103rd edition of the event, and part of the ATP World Tour 250 series of the 2018 ATP World Tour. It took place at the MTTC Iphitos complex in Munich, Germany, from 30 April until 6 May 2018.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 13], "section_span": [13, 13], "content_span": [14, 295]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277538-0001-0000", "contents": "2018 BMW Open, Doubles main draw entrants, Other entrants\nThe following pairs received wildcards into the doubles main draw:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 13], "section_span": [15, 57], "content_span": [58, 124]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277539-0000-0000", "contents": "2018 BMW Open \u2013 Doubles\nJuan Sebasti\u00e1n Cabal and Robert Farah were the defending champions, but chose not to participate this year.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [23, 23], "content_span": [24, 132]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277539-0001-0000", "contents": "2018 BMW Open \u2013 Doubles\nIvan Dodig and Rajeev Ram won the title, defeating Nikola Mekti\u0107 and Alexander Peya in the final, 6\u20133, 7\u20135.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [23, 23], "content_span": [24, 131]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277540-0000-0000", "contents": "2018 BMW Open \u2013 Singles\nAlexander Zverev was the defending champion and successfully defended his title, defeating Philipp Kohlschreiber in the final, 6\u20133, 6\u20133.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [23, 23], "content_span": [24, 160]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277540-0001-0000", "contents": "2018 BMW Open \u2013 Singles, Seeds\nThe top four seeds received a bye into the second round.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 30], "content_span": [31, 87]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277541-0000-0000", "contents": "2018 BMW PGA Championship\nThe 2018 BMW PGA Championship was the 64th edition of the BMW PGA Championship, an annual golf tournament on the European Tour, held 24\u201327 May at the West Course of Wentworth Club in Virginia Water, Surrey, England, a suburb southwest of London.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [25, 25], "content_span": [26, 271]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277542-0000-0000", "contents": "2018 BNP Paribas Open\nThe 2018 BNP Paribas Open (also known as the 2018 Indian Wells Masters) was a professional tennis tournament played at Indian Wells, California in March 2018. It is the 45th edition of the men's event and 30th of the women's event, and is classified as an ATP World Tour Masters 1000 event on the 2018 ATP World Tour and a Premier Mandatory event on the 2018 WTA Tour. Both the men's and the women's events took place at the Indian Wells Tennis Garden in Indian Wells, California, from March 5 through March 18, 2018, on outdoor hard courts.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [21, 21], "content_span": [22, 563]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277542-0001-0000", "contents": "2018 BNP Paribas Open\nFor the first time ever, tournament organisers offered a $1,000,000 reward to any player, male or female, who wins both singles and doubles titles in the same year. However, for the 2018 edition, no players remained in contention for the bonus reward prize.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [21, 21], "content_span": [22, 279]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277542-0002-0000", "contents": "2018 BNP Paribas Open, ATP singles main draw entrants, Seeds\nThe following are the seeded players. Rankings and seedings are based on ATP rankings as of March 5, 2018.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 60], "content_span": [61, 167]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277542-0003-0000", "contents": "2018 BNP Paribas Open, ATP singles main draw entrants, Seeds\n\u2020 The player did not qualify for the tournament in 2017. Accordingly, points for his 18th best result are deducted instead. \u2021 The player did not qualify for the tournament in 2017, but was defending points from an ATP Challenger Tour tournament.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 60], "content_span": [61, 306]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277542-0004-0000", "contents": "2018 BNP Paribas Open, ATP singles main draw entrants, Other entrants\nThe following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 69], "content_span": [70, 138]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277542-0005-0000", "contents": "2018 BNP Paribas Open, ATP singles main draw entrants, Other entrants\nThe following players received entry using a protected ranking into the main draw:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 69], "content_span": [70, 152]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277542-0006-0000", "contents": "2018 BNP Paribas Open, ATP doubles main draw entrants, Other entrants\nThe following pairs received wildcards into the doubles main draw:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 69], "content_span": [70, 136]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277542-0007-0000", "contents": "2018 BNP Paribas Open, WTA singles main draw entrants, Seeds\nThe following are the seeded players. Seedings are based on WTA rankings as of February 26, 2018. Rankings and points before are as of March 5, 2018.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 60], "content_span": [61, 210]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277542-0008-0000", "contents": "2018 BNP Paribas Open, WTA singles main draw entrants, Seeds\n\u2020 The player did not qualify for the tournament in 2017. Accordingly, points for her 16th best result are deducted instead.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 60], "content_span": [61, 184]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277542-0009-0000", "contents": "2018 BNP Paribas Open, WTA singles main draw entrants, Other entrants\nThe following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 69], "content_span": [70, 138]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277542-0010-0000", "contents": "2018 BNP Paribas Open, WTA doubles main draw entrants, Other entrants\nThe following pairs received wildcards into the doubles main draw:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 69], "content_span": [70, 136]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277543-0000-0000", "contents": "2018 BNP Paribas Open \u2013 Men's Doubles\nRaven Klaasen and Rajeev Ram were the defending champions, but chose not to participate together. Klaasen played alongside Michael Venus, but lost in the second round to Ivan Dodig and Ram. Dodig and Ram lost in the quarterfinals to John Isner and Jack Sock.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [37, 37], "content_span": [38, 296]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277543-0001-0000", "contents": "2018 BNP Paribas Open \u2013 Men's Doubles\nIsner and Sock went on to win the title, defeating Bob and Mike Bryan in the final, 7\u20136(7\u20134), 7\u20136(7\u20132).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [37, 37], "content_span": [38, 141]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277544-0000-0000", "contents": "2018 BNP Paribas Open \u2013 Men's Singles\nJuan Mart\u00edn del Potro defeated the defending champion Roger Federer in the final, 6\u20134, 6\u20137(8\u201310), 7\u20136(7\u20132), to win the Men's Singles title at the 2018 Indian Wells Masters. Del Potro saved three championship points en route to his first ATP Tour Masters 1000 title, having been a runner-up on three previous occasions.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [37, 37], "content_span": [38, 356]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277544-0001-0000", "contents": "2018 BNP Paribas Open \u2013 Men's Singles\nFederer and Rafael Nadal (despite having withdrawn from the event) were in contention for the ATP No. 1 singles ranking. Federer retained the top ranking by reaching the semifinals.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [37, 37], "content_span": [38, 219]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277544-0002-0000", "contents": "2018 BNP Paribas Open \u2013 Men's Singles, Seeds\nClick on the seed number of a player to go to their draw section.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 44], "content_span": [45, 110]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277545-0000-0000", "contents": "2018 BNP Paribas Open \u2013 Women's Doubles\nLatisha Chan and Martina Hingis were the defending champions, but Hingis retired from professional tennis at the end of 2017. Chan played alongside her sister Chan Hao-ching, but lost in the second round to Hsieh Su-wei and Barbora Str\u00fdcov\u00e1.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [39, 39], "content_span": [40, 281]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277545-0001-0000", "contents": "2018 BNP Paribas Open \u2013 Women's Doubles\nHsieh and Str\u00fdcov\u00e1 went on to win the title, defeating Ekaterina Makarova and Elena Vesnina in the final, 6\u20134, 6\u20134.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [39, 39], "content_span": [40, 155]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277546-0000-0000", "contents": "2018 BNP Paribas Open \u2013 Women's Singles\nElena Vesnina was the defending champion, but lost in the third round to Angelique Kerber.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [39, 39], "content_span": [40, 130]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277546-0001-0000", "contents": "2018 BNP Paribas Open \u2013 Women's Singles\nNaomi Osaka won her first WTA title, defeating Daria Kasatkina in the final, 6\u20133, 6\u20132. It was the first time two players under 21 had contested the finals since Kim Clijsters and Serena Williams in 2001. At 20 years old, Osaka was the youngest winner at the event since Ana Ivanovic in 2008, and at any Premier Mandatory event since Caroline Wozniacki at the 2010 China Open. She was also only the third unseeded player to win the tournament after Serena Williams (1999) and Clijsters (2005) and the first Japanese player to win a Premier Mandatory title.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [39, 39], "content_span": [40, 595]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277546-0002-0000", "contents": "2018 BNP Paribas Open \u2013 Women's Singles\nSimona Halep and Wozniacki were in contention for the WTA no. 1 singles ranking at the beginning of the tournament. Halep retained the top ranking after Wozniacki lost in the fourth round.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [39, 39], "content_span": [40, 228]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277546-0003-0000", "contents": "2018 BNP Paribas Open \u2013 Women's Singles\nMoreover, former no. 1 players Victoria Azarenka, Maria Sharapova and Serena Williams played in the same tournament for the first time since the 2016 Australian Open. This was Azarenka's first tournament since the 2017 Wimbledon Championships and Williams' first since the 2017 Australian Open. It was also Sharapova's first appearance at Indian Wells since 2015.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [39, 39], "content_span": [40, 403]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277546-0004-0000", "contents": "2018 BNP Paribas Open \u2013 Women's Singles, Seeds\nClick on the seed number of a player to go to their draw section.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 46], "content_span": [47, 112]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277547-0000-0000", "contents": "2018 BNP Paribas Primrose Bordeaux\nThe 2018 BNP Paribas Primrose Bordeaux was a professional tennis tournament played on clay courts. It was the eleventh edition of the tournament which was part of the 2018 ATP Challenger Tour. It took place in Bordeaux, France between 14 and 20 May 2018.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [34, 34], "content_span": [35, 289]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277547-0001-0000", "contents": "2018 BNP Paribas Primrose Bordeaux, Singles main draw entrants, Other Entrants\nThe following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 78], "content_span": [79, 147]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277547-0002-0000", "contents": "2018 BNP Paribas Primrose Bordeaux, Singles main draw entrants, Other Entrants\nThe following player received entry into the singles main draw as an alternate:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 78], "content_span": [79, 158]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277548-0000-0000", "contents": "2018 BNP Paribas Primrose Bordeaux \u2013 Doubles\nPurav Raja and Divij Sharan were the defending champions but only Raja chose to defend his title, partnering Fabrice Martin. Raja lost in the quarterfinals to Guillermo Dur\u00e1n and M\u00e1ximo Gonz\u00e1lez.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [44, 44], "content_span": [45, 240]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277548-0001-0000", "contents": "2018 BNP Paribas Primrose Bordeaux \u2013 Doubles\nBradley Klahn and Peter Polansky won the title after defeating Dur\u00e1n and Gonz\u00e1lez 6\u20133, 3\u20136, [10\u20137] in the final.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [44, 44], "content_span": [45, 157]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277549-0000-0000", "contents": "2018 BNP Paribas Primrose Bordeaux \u2013 Singles\nSteve Darcis was the defending champion but chose not to defend his title.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [44, 44], "content_span": [45, 119]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277549-0001-0000", "contents": "2018 BNP Paribas Primrose Bordeaux \u2013 Singles\nReilly Opelka won the title after defeating Gr\u00e9goire Barr\u00e8re 6\u20137(5\u20137), 6\u20134, 7\u20135 in the final.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [44, 44], "content_span": [45, 138]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277550-0000-0000", "contents": "2018 BNP Paribas de Nouvelle-Cal\u00e9donie\nThe 2018 BNP Paribas de Nouvelle-Cal\u00e9donie was a professional tennis tournament played on hard courts. It was the fifteenth edition of the tournament which was part of the 2018 ATP Challenger Tour. It took place in Noum\u00e9a, New Caledonia between 1\u20136 January 2018.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [38, 38], "content_span": [39, 301]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277550-0001-0000", "contents": "2018 BNP Paribas de Nouvelle-Cal\u00e9donie, Singles main draw entrants, Other entrants\nThe following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 82], "content_span": [83, 151]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277551-0000-0000", "contents": "2018 BNP Paribas de Nouvelle-Cal\u00e9donie \u2013 Doubles\nQuentin Halys and Tristan Lamasine were the defending champions but chose not to defend their title.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 48], "section_span": [48, 48], "content_span": [49, 149]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277551-0001-0000", "contents": "2018 BNP Paribas de Nouvelle-Cal\u00e9donie \u2013 Doubles\nHugo Nys and Tim P\u00fctz won the title after defeating Alejandro Gonz\u00e1lez and Jaume Munar in the final 6\u20132, 6\u20132.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 48], "section_span": [48, 48], "content_span": [49, 158]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277552-0000-0000", "contents": "2018 BNP Paribas de Nouvelle-Cal\u00e9donie \u2013 Singles\nAdrian Mannarino was the defending champion but chose not to defend his title.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 48], "section_span": [48, 48], "content_span": [49, 127]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277552-0001-0000", "contents": "2018 BNP Paribas de Nouvelle-Cal\u00e9donie \u2013 Singles\nNoah Rubin won the title after defeating Taylor Fritz 7\u20135, 6\u20134 in the final.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 48], "section_span": [48, 48], "content_span": [49, 125]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277553-0000-0000", "contents": "2018 BOSS GP Series\nThe 2018 BOSS GP season is the 24th season of the BOSS GP series. The championship begins on 22 April at Hockenheim and finishes on 14 October at Paul Ricard.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [19, 19], "content_span": [20, 178]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277554-0000-0000", "contents": "2018 BRDC British Formula 3 Championship\nThe 2018 BRDC British Formula 3 Championship was a motor racing championship for open wheel, formula racing cars held across England, with one round in Belgium. The 2018 season was the third organised by the British Racing Drivers' Club in the United Kingdom. The championship featured a mix of professional motor racing teams and privately funded drivers, and also featured the 2-litre 230-bhp Tatuus-Cosworth single seat race car in the main series. The season commenced at Oulton Park on 31 March and ended on 14 October at Silverstone Circuit, after eight triple header events for a total of twenty-four races.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [40, 40], "content_span": [41, 655]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277554-0001-0000", "contents": "2018 BRDC British Formula 3 Championship, Race calendar and results\nThe calendar was revealed on 21 November 2017. The series supported British GT at all events, excluding the finale at Silverstone Circuit. It had one overseas round at Spa-Francorchamps in Belgium.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 67], "content_span": [68, 265]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277554-0002-0000", "contents": "2018 BRDC British Formula 3 Championship, Championship standings\nPoints were awarded to the top 20 classified finishers in races one and three, with the second race awarding points to only the top 15. Race two, which reversed the order of the race one finishers, providing they set a lap time within 103% of the fastest driver, will be awarded extra points for positions gained from drivers' respective starting positions.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 64], "content_span": [65, 422]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277555-0000-0000", "contents": "2018 BRICS U-17 Football Cup\nThe 2018 BRICS U-17 Football Cup is the second edition of the BRICS U-17 Football Cup. It took place under the 2018 BRICS Games in Johannesburg, South Africa during the 10th BRICS summit which was held in South Africa. It had begun on 18 July and concluded with the final on 22 July. The tournament featured the women's under-17 teams of all five members of BRICS making it first women's under 17 tournament between BRICS nation. Brazil topped the group and win the tournament on basis of match points as it was organised as league tournament. This was Brazil second BRICS cup title as they had also won men's edition in 2016.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [28, 28], "content_span": [29, 655]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277555-0001-0000", "contents": "2018 BRICS U-17 Football Cup, Venues\nThe tournament held at Wits Rugby Stadium, Johannesburg, South Africa.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 36], "content_span": [37, 107]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277555-0002-0000", "contents": "2018 BRICS U-17 Football Cup, Format\nAll five teams in the tournament played each other in a round-robin once.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 36], "content_span": [37, 110]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277556-0000-0000", "contents": "2018 BSL Playoffs\n2018 Basketbol S\u00fcper Ligi (BSL) Playoffs was the final phase of the 2017\u201318 Basketbol S\u00fcper Ligi season. The playoffs started on 22 May 2018. Fenerbah\u00e7e Do\u011fu\u015f were the defending champions.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 17], "section_span": [17, 17], "content_span": [18, 206]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277556-0001-0000", "contents": "2018 BSL Playoffs\nThe eight highest placed teams of the regular season qualified for the playoffs. In the quarter-finals a best-of-three was played, in the semi-finals a best-of-five and in the finals a best-of-seven playoff format was used.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 17], "section_span": [17, 17], "content_span": [18, 241]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277556-0002-0000", "contents": "2018 BSL Playoffs\nFenerbah\u00e7e Do\u011fu\u015f competed against Tofa\u015f in the finals, won the series 4-1 and got their 9th championship.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 17], "section_span": [17, 17], "content_span": [18, 123]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277557-0000-0000", "contents": "2018 BSN season\nThe 2018 Baloncesto Superior Nacional season was the 89th season of the Baloncesto Superior Nacional (BSN).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [15, 15], "content_span": [16, 123]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277557-0001-0000", "contents": "2018 BSN season, League news\nOn September 1, the league announced it will not control the Atl\u00e9ticos de San Germ\u00e1n for the upcoming 2018 BSN season, after activating the team last season. There was a commitment to run the team under receivership for a single year until a new owner was found. The good performance of the team has raised the interest of several groups to buy the franchise with a view to the 2018 tournament.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [17, 28], "content_span": [29, 423]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277557-0001-0001", "contents": "2018 BSN season, League news\nOn September 14, league president Fernando Qui\u00f1ones was hopeful that both the A's and Indians' franchise will see action next season under their own administrations although talks are still in preliminary stages. In the coming weeks will know the future of the Atl\u00e9ticos de San Germ\u00e1n and the Indios de Mayag\u00fcez in Baloncesto Superior Nacional (BSN).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [17, 28], "content_span": [29, 379]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277557-0002-0000", "contents": "2018 BSN season, League news\nOn October 31, league president Fernando Qui\u00f1ones, announced the tournament could begin in late April or early May.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [17, 28], "content_span": [29, 144]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277557-0003-0000", "contents": "2018 BSN season, League news\nThe league held its first meeting since Hurricane Maria on November 16, 2017. The meeting was also attended with the representation of the franchises of Arecibo, Aguada, Bayam\u00f3n, Guayama, Fajardo, Isabela, Santurce, San Germ\u00e1n, Ponce, Mayag\u00fcez and Quebradillas.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [17, 28], "content_span": [29, 290]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277557-0004-0000", "contents": "2018 BSN season, Player movements, NBA\nList of players that have played in the 2017 BSN season to have been selected to play in the NBA in the United States.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [17, 38], "content_span": [39, 157]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277558-0000-0000", "contents": "2018 BSWW Mundialito\nThe 2018 BSWW Mundialito was a beach soccer tournament that took place at Costa da Caparica in Almada, Portugal, from 15 June to 17 June 2018. This competition with 4 teams was played in a round-robin format.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [20, 20], "content_span": [21, 229]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277559-0000-0000", "contents": "2018 BUBBA Burger Sports Car Grand Prix\nThe 2018 BUBBA Burger Sports Car Grand Prix was a sports car race sanctioned by the International Motor Sports Association (IMSA). It was held at Long Beach street circuit in Long Beach, California on 14 April 2018. The race was the third round of the 2018 WeatherTech SportsCar Championship.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [39, 39], "content_span": [40, 332]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277559-0001-0000", "contents": "2018 BUBBA Burger Sports Car Grand Prix\nThe overall race was won by the #5 Action Express Racing team of Jo\u00e3o Barbosa and Filipe Albuquerque, the duo's second win of the season. In GTLM, Oliver Gavin and Tommy Milner won for Corvette Racing, their second consecutive victory at the event.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [39, 39], "content_span": [40, 288]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277559-0002-0000", "contents": "2018 BUBBA Burger Sports Car Grand Prix, Background\nThe event was run as a support race to the Grand Prix of Long Beach, the annual IndyCar Series race held at the circuit. The Pirelli World Challenge and Stadium Super Trucks also ran during the weekend. The race was also the joint-shortest of the season, at just 100 minutes, identical to the Chevrolet Detroit Grand Prix.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 51], "content_span": [52, 374]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277559-0003-0000", "contents": "2018 BUBBA Burger Sports Car Grand Prix, Background, Entries\nA total of 22 cars took part in the event; 14 in the Prototype (P) class and 8 in the GT Le Mans (GTLM) class. The GT Daytona (GTD) class did not take part in the event, owing to a lack of garage space at the circuit. Spirit of Daytona Racing withdrew from the event following a late accident in the previous month's 12 Hours of Sebring. BAR1 Motorsports also withdrew after attending Daytona, but skipping Sebring. In GTLM, the lineup remained unchanged, apart from Risi Competizione's exit.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 60], "content_span": [61, 553]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277559-0004-0000", "contents": "2018 BUBBA Burger Sports Car Grand Prix, Qualifying Results\nPole positions in each class are indicated in bold and by .", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 59], "content_span": [60, 119]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277560-0000-0000", "contents": "2018 BVIFA National Football League\nThe 2018 BVIFA National Football League is the ninth season of the football league in the British Virgin Islands. The season started on 18 February and ended on 18 August 2018.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [35, 35], "content_span": [36, 212]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277561-0000-0000", "contents": "2018 BWF Future Series\nThe 2018 BWF Future Series is the twelfth season of the BWF Future Series.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [22, 22], "content_span": [23, 97]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277562-0000-0000", "contents": "2018 BWF International Challenge\nThe 2018 BWF International Challenge is the twelfth season of the BWF International Challenge.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [32, 32], "content_span": [33, 127]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277563-0000-0000", "contents": "2018 BWF International Series\nThe 2018 BWF International Series is the twelfth season of the BWF International Series.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [29, 29], "content_span": [30, 118]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277564-0000-0000", "contents": "2018 BWF World Championships\nThe 2018 BWF World Championships was a badminton tournament which was held from 30 July to 5 August at Nanjing Youth Olympic Games Sports Park Arena in Nanjing, China.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [28, 28], "content_span": [29, 196]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277564-0001-0000", "contents": "2018 BWF World Championships, Host city selection\nNanjing was the only bidder for 2018 edition of championships. The bid was approved by Badminton World Federation during council meeting in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 49], "content_span": [50, 213]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277564-0002-0000", "contents": "2018 BWF World Championships, Players\n357 players from 48 countries in total participate in this game.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 37], "content_span": [38, 102]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277565-0000-0000", "contents": "2018 BWF World Championships qualification\nThese are the lists of entries of 2018 BWF World Championships qualification.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [42, 42], "content_span": [43, 120]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277565-0001-0000", "contents": "2018 BWF World Championships qualification, Overview, Events\nThis event holds men's singles and doubles, women's singles and doubles, and mixed doubles.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [44, 60], "content_span": [61, 152]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277565-0002-0000", "contents": "2018 BWF World Championships qualification, Overview, Number of players/member association quota\nThis event's total limit of eligibility players is 400 players, the following charts are the rules and the distribution.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [44, 96], "content_span": [97, 217]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277565-0003-0000", "contents": "2018 BWF World Championships qualification, Participating players, Men's singles\nDue to the phase 2 updated by BWF, the following chart is the invitation results.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [44, 80], "content_span": [81, 162]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277565-0004-0000", "contents": "2018 BWF World Championships qualification, Participating players, Women's singles\nDue to the phase 2 updated by BWF, the following chart is the invitation results.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [44, 82], "content_span": [83, 164]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277565-0005-0000", "contents": "2018 BWF World Championships qualification, Participating players, Men's doubles\nDue to the phase 2 updated by BWF, the following chart is the invitation results.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [44, 80], "content_span": [81, 162]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277565-0006-0000", "contents": "2018 BWF World Championships qualification, Participating players, Women's doubles\nDue to the phase 2 updated by BWF, the following chart is the invitation results.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [44, 82], "content_span": [83, 164]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277565-0007-0000", "contents": "2018 BWF World Championships qualification, Participating players, Mixed doubles\nDue to the phase 2 updated by BWF, the following chart is the invitation results.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [44, 80], "content_span": [81, 162]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277566-0000-0000", "contents": "2018 BWF World Championships \u2013 Men's doubles\nThe men's doubles tournament of the 2018 BWF World Championships took place from 30 July to 5 August.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [44, 44], "content_span": [45, 146]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277566-0001-0000", "contents": "2018 BWF World Championships \u2013 Men's doubles, Seeds\nThe seeding list is based on the World Rankings from 12 July 2018.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [46, 51], "content_span": [52, 118]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277566-0002-0000", "contents": "2018 BWF World Championships \u2013 Men's doubles, Seeds\nClick on the seed number of a player to go to their draw section.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [46, 51], "content_span": [52, 117]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277567-0000-0000", "contents": "2018 BWF World Championships \u2013 Men's singles\nThe men's singles tournament of the 2018 BWF World Championships took place from 30 July to 5 August.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [44, 44], "content_span": [45, 146]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277567-0001-0000", "contents": "2018 BWF World Championships \u2013 Men's singles, Seeds\nThe seeding list is based on the World Rankings from 12 July 2018.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [46, 51], "content_span": [52, 118]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277567-0002-0000", "contents": "2018 BWF World Championships \u2013 Men's singles, Seeds\nClick on the seed number of a player to go to their draw section.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [46, 51], "content_span": [52, 117]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277568-0000-0000", "contents": "2018 BWF World Championships \u2013 Mixed doubles\nThe mixed doubles tournament of the 2018 BWF World Championships took place from 30 July to 5 August.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [44, 44], "content_span": [45, 146]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277568-0001-0000", "contents": "2018 BWF World Championships \u2013 Mixed doubles, Seeds\nThe seeding list is based on the World Rankings from 12 July 2018.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [46, 51], "content_span": [52, 118]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277568-0002-0000", "contents": "2018 BWF World Championships \u2013 Mixed doubles, Seeds\nClick on the seed number of a player to go to their draw section.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [46, 51], "content_span": [52, 117]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277569-0000-0000", "contents": "2018 BWF World Championships \u2013 Women's doubles\nThe women's doubles tournament of the 2018 BWF World Championships took place from 30 July to 5 August.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [46, 46], "content_span": [47, 150]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277569-0001-0000", "contents": "2018 BWF World Championships \u2013 Women's doubles, Seeds\nThe seeding list is based on the World Rankings from 12 July 2018.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [48, 53], "content_span": [54, 120]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277569-0002-0000", "contents": "2018 BWF World Championships \u2013 Women's doubles, Seeds\nClick on the seed number of a player to go to their draw section.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [48, 53], "content_span": [54, 119]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277570-0000-0000", "contents": "2018 BWF World Championships \u2013 Women's singles\nThe women's singles tournament of the 2018 BWF World Championships took place from 30 July to 5 August.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [46, 46], "content_span": [47, 150]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277570-0001-0000", "contents": "2018 BWF World Championships \u2013 Women's singles, Seeds\nThe seeding list is based on the World Rankings from 12 July 2018.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [48, 53], "content_span": [54, 120]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277570-0002-0000", "contents": "2018 BWF World Championships \u2013 Women's singles, Seeds\nClick on the seed number of a player to go to their draw section.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [48, 53], "content_span": [54, 119]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277571-0000-0000", "contents": "2018 BWF World Junior Championships\nThe 2018 BWF World Junior Championships (officially known as the Li-Ning BWF World Junior Championships 2018 for sponsorship reasons) was the twentieth edition of the BWF World Junior Championships. It was held in Markham, Canada at Markham Pan Am Centre from 5 to 18 November 2018. This was the second time Canada had hosted the Badminton World Junior Championships.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [35, 35], "content_span": [36, 403]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277571-0001-0000", "contents": "2018 BWF World Junior Championships, Host city selection\nCanada was the only bidder for this event and the bid was approved by the Badminton World Federation in June 2017.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 56], "content_span": [57, 171]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277572-0000-0000", "contents": "2018 BWF World Junior Championships \u2013 Boys' doubles\nThe boys' doubles of the tournament 2018 BWF World Junior Championships was held on 12\u201318 November. The defending champions from the last edition are Mahiro Kaneko / Yunosuke Kubota from Japan.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 51], "section_span": [51, 51], "content_span": [52, 245]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277572-0001-0000", "contents": "2018 BWF World Junior Championships \u2013 Boys' doubles, Seeds\nClick on the seed number of a player to go to their draw section.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 51], "section_span": [53, 58], "content_span": [59, 124]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277573-0000-0000", "contents": "2018 BWF World Junior Championships \u2013 Boys' singles\nThe boys' singles of the tournament 2018 BWF World Junior Championships was held on 12\u201318 November. The defending champions of the last edition is Kunlavut Vitidsarn from Thailand.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 51], "section_span": [51, 51], "content_span": [52, 232]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277573-0001-0000", "contents": "2018 BWF World Junior Championships \u2013 Boys' singles, Seeds\nClick on the seed number of a player to go to their draw section.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 51], "section_span": [53, 58], "content_span": [59, 124]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277574-0000-0000", "contents": "2018 BWF World Junior Championships \u2013 Girls' doubles\nThe girls' doubles of the tournament 2018 BWF World Junior Championships was held on 12\u201318 November. The defending champions from the last edition are Baek Ha-na / Lee Yu-rim from Korea.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 52], "section_span": [52, 52], "content_span": [53, 239]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277574-0001-0000", "contents": "2018 BWF World Junior Championships \u2013 Girls' doubles, Seeds\nClick on the seed number of a player to go to their draw section.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 52], "section_span": [54, 59], "content_span": [60, 125]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277575-0000-0000", "contents": "2018 BWF World Junior Championships \u2013 Girls' singles\nThe girls' singles of the tournament 2018 BWF World Junior Championships was held on 12\u201318 November. The defending champions of the last edition is Gregoria Mariska Tunjung from Indonesia.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 52], "section_span": [52, 52], "content_span": [53, 241]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277575-0001-0000", "contents": "2018 BWF World Junior Championships \u2013 Girls' singles, Seeds\nClick on the seed number of a player to go to their draw section.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 52], "section_span": [54, 59], "content_span": [60, 125]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277576-0000-0000", "contents": "2018 BWF World Junior Championships \u2013 Mixed doubles\nThe mixed doubles of the tournament 2018 BWF World Junior Championships was held on 12\u201318 November. The defending champions from the last edition are Rinov Rivaldy / Pitha Haningtyas Mentari from Indonesia.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 51], "section_span": [51, 51], "content_span": [52, 258]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277576-0001-0000", "contents": "2018 BWF World Junior Championships \u2013 Mixed doubles, Seeds\nClick on the seed number of a player to go to their draw section.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 51], "section_span": [53, 58], "content_span": [59, 124]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277577-0000-0000", "contents": "2018 BWF World Junior Championships \u2013 Teams event\nThe teams event of the 2018 BWF World Junior Championships was held on 5\u201310 November 2018. The event also known as the 2018 Suhandinata Cup. China was the champion of the last edition held in Yogyakarta, Indonesia, and also 12-time defending champion in this event.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 49], "section_span": [49, 49], "content_span": [50, 315]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277577-0001-0000", "contents": "2018 BWF World Junior Championships \u2013 Teams event\n41 countries representing all five continental federations competed in this event. The group draw was done at the BWF Head Office, Kuala Lumpur, on 26 September. China were drawn with Australia and Germany in group A1. Canada as the host were drawn with Malaysia, Ukraine, Poland and Sweden in group B. Algeria and Dominican Republic withdrew before the start of the championships.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 49], "section_span": [49, 49], "content_span": [50, 431]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277578-0000-0000", "contents": "2018 BWF World Tour\nThe 2018 BWF World Tour, known as 2018 HSBC BWF World Tour for sponsorship reasons, was the first season of the BWF World Tour of badminton, a circuit of 26 tournaments which led up to the World Tour Finals tournament. It replaced the BWF Super Series and BWF Grand Prix, which was held from 2007 to 2017.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [19, 19], "content_span": [20, 325]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277578-0001-0000", "contents": "2018 BWF World Tour\nIt had 27 tournaments, which were divided into five levels: Level 1 was the said World Tour Finals, Level 2 called Super 1000 (three tournaments), Level 3 called Super 750 (five tournaments), Level 4 called Super 500 (seven tournaments) and Level 5 called Super 300 (11 tournaments). Each of these tournaments offered different ranking points and prize money. The highest points and prize pool was offered at the Super 1000 level.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [19, 19], "content_span": [20, 450]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277578-0002-0000", "contents": "2018 BWF World Tour\nOne other category of tournament, the BWF Tour Super 100 level 6, also offered BWF World Tour ranking points. Although this level was not part of the BWF World Tour, it was an important part of the pathway and entry point for players into the BWF World Tour tournaments. When the 11 Level 6 grade tournaments of the BWF Tour Super 100 were included, the complete tour consisted of 38 tournaments.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [19, 19], "content_span": [20, 416]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277578-0003-0000", "contents": "2018 BWF World Tour, Statistics, Performance by countries\nBelow are the 2018 BWF World Tour performances by country. Only countries who have won a title are listed:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 57], "content_span": [58, 164]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277579-0000-0000", "contents": "2018 BWF World Tour Finals\nThe 2018 BWF World Tour Finals (officially known as the HSBC BWF World Tour Finals 2018 for sponsorship reasons) was the final tournament of the 2018 BWF World Tour. It was held from 12 to 16 December 2018 in Guangzhou, China and had a total prize of $1,500,000.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [26, 26], "content_span": [27, 289]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277579-0001-0000", "contents": "2018 BWF World Tour Finals, Tournament\nThe 2018 BWF World Tour was the first edition of the BWF World Tour Finals and was organized by the Guangzhou Sports Bureau, Guangzhou Sports Competitions Centre, Guangzhou Badminton Administrative Centre, and Guangzhou Badminton Association. It was hosted by the Chinese Badminton Association and Guangzhou Municipal Government with sanction from the BWF.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 38], "content_span": [39, 395]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277579-0002-0000", "contents": "2018 BWF World Tour Finals, Tournament, Venue\nThis international tournament was held at the Tianhe Gymnasium in Tianhe, Guangzhou, China.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 45], "content_span": [46, 137]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277579-0003-0000", "contents": "2018 BWF World Tour Finals, Tournament, Point distribution\nBelow is the point distribution table for each phase of the tournament based on the BWF points system for the BWF World Tour Finals event.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 58], "content_span": [59, 197]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277579-0004-0000", "contents": "2018 BWF World Tour Finals, Tournament, Prize money\nThe total prize money for this year's tournament was US$1,500,000. Distribution of prize money was in accordance with BWF regulations.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 51], "content_span": [52, 186]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277579-0005-0000", "contents": "2018 BWF World Tour Finals, Representatives, Eligible players\nBelow are the eligible players for World Tour Finals. Rankings used are accurate as of 29 November 2018.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 61], "content_span": [62, 166]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277579-0006-0000", "contents": "2018 BWF World Tour Finals, Representatives, Representatives by nation\n\u00a7: Yuta Watanabe from Japan was the only player who played in two categories (men's doubles and mixed doubles).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 70], "content_span": [71, 182]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277580-0000-0000", "contents": "2018 BWF season\nThe 2018 BWF season was the overall badminton circuit organized by the Badminton World Federation (BWF) for the 2018 badminton season to publish and promote the sport. The world badminton tournament in 2018 consisted of:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [15, 15], "content_span": [16, 236]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277580-0001-0000", "contents": "2018 BWF season\n3. Continental Circuit (Grade 3)BWF Open Tournaments: BWF International Challenge, BWF International Series, and BWF Future Series.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [15, 15], "content_span": [16, 147]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277580-0002-0000", "contents": "2018 BWF season\nThe Thomas Cup & Uber Cup were teams events. The others \u2013 Super 1000, Super 750, Super 500, Super 300, Super 100, International Challenge, International Series, and Future Series were all individual tournaments. The higher the level of tournament, the larger the prize money and the more ranking points available.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [15, 15], "content_span": [16, 329]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277580-0003-0000", "contents": "2018 BWF season\nThe 2018 BWF season calendar comprised these six levels of BWF tournaments.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [15, 15], "content_span": [16, 91]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277580-0004-0000", "contents": "2018 BWF season, Schedule\nThis is the complete schedule of events on the 2018 calendar, with the Champions and Runners-up documented.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [17, 25], "content_span": [26, 133]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277580-0005-0000", "contents": "2018 BWF season, BWF Gala Awards Night\nThe followings are the nominees of the BWF Gala Awards Night 2018. Winners are marked in bold.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [17, 38], "content_span": [39, 133]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277581-0000-0000", "contents": "2018 BYU Cougars baseball team\nThe 2018 BYU Cougars baseball team represents Brigham Young University in the 2018 NCAA Division I baseball season. Mike Littlewood acts in his sixth season as head coach of the Cougars. The Cougars overcame all expectations in 2017 and claimed a tri-team championship in the regular season. Afterwards the Cougars won the West Coast Conference tournament for the first time in their history, claiming the conferences automatic bid to the NCAA Tournament, the Cougars first tournament berth since 2002. The Cougars were placed in the Stanford Regional where they would go 1\u20132. The Cougars finished the season 38\u201321. For 2018 BYU was picked to finish first in the WCC Pre-season rankings.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [30, 30], "content_span": [31, 718]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277581-0001-0000", "contents": "2018 BYU Cougars baseball team, Rivalries\nBYU has two main rivalries on their schedule- the Deseret First Duel vs. Utah and the UCCU Crosstown Clash vs. Utah Valley.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 41], "content_span": [42, 165]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277581-0002-0000", "contents": "2018 BYU Cougars baseball team, Radio Information\nBYU Baseball broadcasts were officially made part of the NuSkin BYU Sports Network broadcast package for the 2018 season. BYU Radio and KOVO will serve as the flagship station with each station carrying most of the games and some exclusives (KOVO has exclusives on Feb 24 (Gm 1), Mar 3, Mar 17, & Mar 31; BYU Radio has exclusives on Mar 8, 9, & 16). Brent Norton returns to provide play-by-play for his 26th consecutive season. Tuckett Slade will provide analysis for most games, but a small selection of former players will also be used.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 49], "content_span": [50, 588]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277582-0000-0000", "contents": "2018 BYU Cougars football team\nThe 2018 BYU Cougars football team represented Brigham Young University in the 2018 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The Cougars were led by third-year head coach Kalani Sitake, and played their home games at LaVell Edwards Stadium. This was the seventh year BYU competed as an NCAA Division I FBS independent. They finished the season 7\u20136. They were invited to the Famous Idaho Potato Bowl where they defeated Western Michigan.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [30, 30], "content_span": [31, 463]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277582-0001-0000", "contents": "2018 BYU Cougars football team, Before the season, Coaching changes\nOn December 14, 2017, LSU offensive line coach Jeff Grimes was appointed the offensive coordinator replacing Ty Detmer who was relieved as offensive coordinator following the final game of the 2017 season. On December 27, 2017 it was announced that Aaron Roderick, Ryan Pugh, and Fesi Sitake would join the staff as offensive coaches. It was also announced that Steve Clark would remain on staff. On January 19, 2018 Preston Hadley was named to the defensive staff replacing Steve Kaufusi. On February 6, 2018 AJ Seward was named to the offensive staff. Finally Alema Fitisemanu replaced Tevita Ofahengaue as the recruiting coordinator.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 67], "content_span": [68, 704]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277582-0002-0000", "contents": "2018 BYU Cougars football team, Media, Football Media Day\nFootball Media Day was held at the BYUtv studios on June 22, 2018 and was once again simulcast on BYUtv and ESPN3. TV news was shared as Athletic Director Tom Holmoe announced BYU would formally begin new contract negotiations with ESPN in the fall. Coach Sitake dodged questions about a potential quarterback controversy by saying their main goal was to play the best player possible in each position, and that would be determined in close door practices. The new coaching staff was also interviewed by Dave McCann. Additionally BYU held YouTube and radio player interviews throughout the day and did a feature show on BYU players who are currently in the NFL.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 57], "content_span": [58, 719]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277582-0003-0000", "contents": "2018 BYU Cougars football team, Media, Nu Skin BYU Sports Network\nThe 2018 BYU Sports Network will appear slightly different from previous years. Greg Wrubell and Marc Lyons return as play-by-play and analyst, and Jason Shepherd returns as the host. However sideline reporter Nate Meikle left after becoming a lawyer, author, and being hired at Notre Dame\u2019s Mendoza College of Business to be a postdoctoral teaching and research fellow. Replacing Nate as the sideline reporter is Mitchell Juergens.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 65], "content_span": [66, 498]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277582-0004-0000", "contents": "2018 BYU Cougars football team, Media, Nu Skin BYU Sports Network\nIn August, it was announced this will be Marc Lyons final season calling BYU football, his 38th year with that responsibility.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 65], "content_span": [66, 192]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277582-0005-0000", "contents": "2018 BYU Cougars football team, Game summaries, Arizona\nUniform combination: white helmet, white jersey, white pants w/ blue accents.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 55], "content_span": [56, 133]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277582-0006-0000", "contents": "2018 BYU Cougars football team, Game summaries, Cal\nUniform combination: white helmet, white jersey, white pants w/ blue accents.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 51], "content_span": [52, 129]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277582-0007-0000", "contents": "2018 BYU Cougars football team, Game summaries, Wisconsin\nUniform combination: white helmet, white jersey, blue pants w/ white accents.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 57], "content_span": [58, 135]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277582-0008-0000", "contents": "2018 BYU Cougars football team, Game summaries, McNeese\nUniform combination: white helmet, navy blue jersey, white pants w/ blue accents.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 55], "content_span": [56, 137]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277582-0009-0000", "contents": "2018 BYU Cougars football team, Game summaries, Washington\nUniform combination: white helmet, white jersey, navy blue pants w/ white accents.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 58], "content_span": [59, 141]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277582-0010-0000", "contents": "2018 BYU Cougars football team, Game summaries, Utah State\nUniform combination: white helmet, royal blue jersey, white pants w/ royal blue accents.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 58], "content_span": [59, 147]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277582-0011-0000", "contents": "2018 BYU Cougars football team, Game summaries, Hawai'i\nUniform combination: white helmet, navy blue jersey, white pants w/ blue accents.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 55], "content_span": [56, 137]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277582-0012-0000", "contents": "2018 BYU Cougars football team, Game summaries, Northern Illinois\nUniform combination: white helmet, navy blue jersey, white pants w/ pink accents. (Breast cancer awareness game)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 65], "content_span": [66, 178]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277582-0013-0000", "contents": "2018 BYU Cougars football team, Game summaries, Boise State\nUniform combination: white helmet, white jersey, blue pants w/ white accents.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 59], "content_span": [60, 137]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277582-0014-0000", "contents": "2018 BYU Cougars football team, Game summaries, UMass\nUniform combination: white helmet, white jersey, blue pants w/ white accents.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 53], "content_span": [54, 131]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277582-0015-0000", "contents": "2018 BYU Cougars football team, Game summaries, New Mexico State\nUniform combination: white helmet, royal blue jersey, white pants w/ royal blue accents.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 64], "content_span": [65, 153]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277582-0016-0000", "contents": "2018 BYU Cougars football team, Game summaries, Utah\nUniform combination: white helmet, royal blue jersey, white pants w/ royal blue accents.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 52], "content_span": [53, 141]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277582-0017-0000", "contents": "2018 BYU Cougars football team, Game summaries, Western Michigan (Famous Idaho Potato Bowl)\nUniform combination: white helmet, royal blue jersey, royal blue pants w/ white accents.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 91], "content_span": [92, 180]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277583-0000-0000", "contents": "2018 BYU Cougars men's volleyball team\nThe 2018 BYU Cougars men's volleyball team represented Brigham Young University in the 2018 NCAA Division I & II men's volleyball season. The Cougars, led by third year head coach Shawn Olmstead, played their home games at Smith Fieldhouse. The Cougars were members of the MPSF and were picked to win the MPSF in the preseason poll.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [38, 38], "content_span": [39, 371]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277584-0000-0000", "contents": "2018 BYU Cougars women's soccer team\nThe 2018 BYU Cougars women's soccer team represents BYU during the 2018 NCAA Division I women's soccer season. The Cougars are coached for a 24th consecutive season by Jennifer Rockwood, who was co-coach in 1995 and became the solo head coach in 1996. Before 1995 BYU women's soccer competed as a club team and not as a member of the NCAA. Overall the Cougars have made the NCAA tournament in 18 of the 23 seasons that Rockwood has been the head coach.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [36, 36], "content_span": [37, 489]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277584-0000-0001", "contents": "2018 BYU Cougars women's soccer team\nJoining Rockwood as assistant coaches are Brent Anderson (2nd season) and Steve Magleby (1st season) with volunteer assistants Rachel Jorgensen (5th season) and McKinzie Young 7th season). The Cougars came off of a season were they fourth in the WCC and went 7\u20138\u20134, 4\u20134\u20131 in the WCC. The Cougars were picked to finish third by the WCC media. The Cougars stunned the conference and went 8\u20131 to win the WCC Championship and return to the NCAA Playoffs where they lost to TCU in the first round. The Cougars finished the season 13\u20135\u20131.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [36, 36], "content_span": [37, 569]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277584-0001-0000", "contents": "2018 BYU Cougars women's soccer team, Media, Television & Internet Streaming\nMost BYU women's soccer will have a TV broadcast or internet video stream available. BYUtv and TheW.tv will once again serve as the primary providers. Information on these television broadcasts can be found under each individual match.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 76], "content_span": [77, 312]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277584-0002-0000", "contents": "2018 BYU Cougars women's soccer team, Media, Nu Skin BYU Sports Network\nFor a fifth consecutive season the BYU Sports Network will air BYU Cougars women's soccer games. Greg Wrubell will provide play-by-play for most games with Jason Shepherd or Robbie Bullough filling-in when Wrubell has football duties. Analysts will rotate. ESPN 960 and BYU Radio will act as the flagship stations for women's soccer.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 71], "content_span": [72, 405]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277584-0003-0000", "contents": "2018 BYU Cougars women's soccer team, Schedule, xz-Cal State Fullerton\nSeries History: BYU leads series 6\u20130\u20132Broadcasters: Ryan Osborne (Big West TV)Greg Wrubell & B.J. Pugmire (BYU Radio/ESPN 960)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 70], "content_span": [71, 197]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277584-0004-0000", "contents": "2018 BYU Cougars women's soccer team, Schedule, xz-Nebraska\nSeries History: Nebraska leads series 4\u20132\u20130Broadcasters: No commentators (BTN+)Greg Wrubell & Jennie Smith (BYU Radio/ESPN 960)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 59], "content_span": [60, 187]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277584-0005-0000", "contents": "2018 BYU Cougars women's soccer team, Schedule, xz-Texas A&M\nSeries History: First MeetingBroadcasters: David Ellis & Jeff Givens (SEC+)Greg Wrubell & Elena Medeiros (BYU Radio/ESPN 960)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 60], "content_span": [61, 186]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277584-0006-0000", "contents": "2018 BYU Cougars women's soccer team, Schedule, xy-Stanford\nSeries History: Series even 3\u20133\u20130Broadcasters: Spencer Linton, Natalyn Lewis, & Lauren McClain (BYUtv) Greg Wrubell & (BYU Radio/ESPN 960)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 59], "content_span": [60, 199]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277584-0007-0000", "contents": "2018 BYU Cougars women's soccer team, Schedule, xz-Idaho State\nSeries History: BYU leads 8\u20132\u20130Broadcasters: Robbie Bullough & Paige Barker (TheW.tv/ESPN 960)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 62], "content_span": [63, 157]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277584-0008-0000", "contents": "2018 BYU Cougars women's soccer team, Schedule, xy-Utah\nGame Name: Deseret First DuelSeries History: BYU leads series 21\u20137\u20132Broadcasters: & Kelly Gray (P12 MTN)Greg Wrubell & Paige Barker (BYU Radio/ESPN 960)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 55], "content_span": [56, 209]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277584-0009-0000", "contents": "2018 BYU Cougars women's soccer team, Schedule, y-Marquette\nThis match was originally scheduled for September 14 and 7:00\u00a0p.m. and scheduled to be broadcast by the Nu Skin BYU Sports Network. However a field power outage couldn't be resolved in time for the match to take place that evening, so it was rescheduled for Saturday. Series History: Marquette leads series 2\u20131\u20131Broadcasters: No commentary (MUTV)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 59], "content_span": [60, 406]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277584-0010-0000", "contents": "2018 BYU Cougars women's soccer team, Schedule, xz-Long Beach State\nSeries History: BYU leads series 7\u20132\u20130Broadcasters: Spencer Linton, Natalyn Lewis, & Lauren McClain (BYUtv.org)Greg Wrubell & Paige Barker (BYU Radio/ESPN 960)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 67], "content_span": [68, 227]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277584-0011-0000", "contents": "2018 BYU Cougars women's soccer team, Schedule, xy-Utah Valley\nGame Name: UCCU Cross-Town ClashSeries History: BYU leads series 3\u20130\u20130Broadcasters: Spencer Linton, Natalyn Lewis, & Lauren McClain (BYUtv)Greg Wrubell & Paige Barker (BYU Radio/ESPN 960)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 62], "content_span": [63, 250]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277584-0012-0000", "contents": "2018 BYU Cougars women's soccer team, Schedule, xy-Gonzaga*\nSeries History: BYU leads series 10\u20130\u20130Broadcasters: Spencer Linton, , & Lauren McClain (BYUtv)Greg Wrubell & (BYU Radio/ESPN 960)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 59], "content_span": [60, 191]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277584-0013-0000", "contents": "2018 BYU Cougars women's soccer team, Schedule, xz-Portland*\nSeries History: BYU leads series 8\u20134\u20130Broadcasters: & Avery Walker (TheW.tv/BYU Radio (KUMT only)/ESPN 960)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 60], "content_span": [61, 169]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277584-0014-0000", "contents": "2018 BYU Cougars women's soccer team, Schedule, xz-San Diego*\nSeries History: BYU leads series 7\u20133\u20130Broadcasters: (TheW.tv)Greg Wrubell & Jennie Smith (BYU Radio/ESPN 960)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 61], "content_span": [62, 172]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277584-0015-0000", "contents": "2018 BYU Cougars women's soccer team, Schedule, xz-Pepperdine*\nSeries History: Pepperdine leads series 5\u20134\u20130Broadcasters: (TheW.tv)Jason Shepherd & Avery Walker (BYU Radio/ESPN 960)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 62], "content_span": [63, 182]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277584-0016-0000", "contents": "2018 BYU Cougars women's soccer team, Schedule, xz-Pacific*\nSeries History: BYU leads series 8\u20131\u20130Broadcasters: (TheW.tv)Greg Wrubell & Elena Medeiros (BYU Radio/ESPN 960)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 59], "content_span": [60, 172]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277584-0017-0000", "contents": "2018 BYU Cougars women's soccer team, Schedule, xz-Saint Mary's*\nSeries History: BYU leads series 7\u20130\u20131Broadcasters: (TheW.tv) Greg Wrubell & Elena Medeiros (BYU Radio/ESPN 960)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 64], "content_span": [65, 177]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277584-0018-0000", "contents": "2018 BYU Cougars women's soccer team, Schedule, xy- San Francisco*\nSeries History: BYU leads series 6\u20132\u20130Broadcasters: Spencer Linton, Carla Haslam, & Lauren McClain (BYUtv) Greg Wrubell & Avery Walker (BYU Radio/ESPN 960)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 66], "content_span": [67, 222]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277584-0019-0000", "contents": "2018 BYU Cougars women's soccer team, Schedule, xz\u2013Santa Clara*\nSeries History: Santa Clara leads series 7\u20131\u20134Broadcasters: Robbie Bullough & Elena Medeiros (TheW.tv) Jason Shepherd & Avery Walker (BYU Radio/ESPN 960)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 63], "content_span": [64, 217]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277584-0020-0000", "contents": "2018 BYU Cougars women's soccer team, Schedule, xz-Loyola Marymount*\nSeries History: BYU leads series 7\u20131\u20131Broadcasters: (TheW.tv) Jason Shepherd & Jennie Smith (BYU Radio (KUMT only)/ESPN 960)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 68], "content_span": [69, 194]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277584-0021-0000", "contents": "2018 BYU Cougars women's soccer team, Schedule, xz-TCU\nSeries History: BYU leads series 8\u20130\u20130Broadcasters: (HF TV) Jason Shepherd & Avery Walker (BYU Radio (KUMT only)/ESPN 960)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 54], "content_span": [55, 178]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277585-0000-0000", "contents": "2018 BYU Cougars women's volleyball team\nThe 2018 BYU Cougars women's volleyball team represents Brigham Young University in the 2018 NCAA Division I women's volleyball season. The Cougars are led by fourth year head coach Heather Olmstead and play their home games at the Smith Fieldhouse. The Cougars are members of the WCC.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [40, 40], "content_span": [41, 326]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277585-0001-0000", "contents": "2018 BYU Cougars women's volleyball team\nBYU comes off a season where they won the WCC regular season championship and once again participated in the NCAA Tournament before falling to Kentucky in the third round.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [40, 40], "content_span": [41, 212]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277585-0002-0000", "contents": "2018 BYU Cougars women's volleyball team, Announcers for televised games\nAll home games will be on BYUtv or TheW.tv powered by Stadium. All but one road game will also be televised or streamed. The Pacific game was originally scheduled to be streamed on TheW.tv, but a change in venues due to the bad air quality from the California Wildfires cancelled the stream.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 72], "content_span": [73, 364]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277586-0000-0000", "contents": "2018 Bacoor Strikers season\nThe 2018 Bacoor Strikers season is the 1st season of the franchise in the Maharlika Pilipinas Basketball League (MPBL).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [27, 27], "content_span": [28, 147]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277587-0000-0000", "contents": "2018 Badminton Asia Championships\nThe 2018 Badminton Asia Championships, was a badminton tournament which took place at Wuhan Sports Center Gymnasium in China from 24 to 29 April 2018 and has a total purse of $350,000.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [33, 33], "content_span": [34, 218]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277587-0001-0000", "contents": "2018 Badminton Asia Championships, Tournament\nThe 2018 Badminton Asia Championships is the 38th edition of the Badminton Asia Championships. This tournament was hosted by the Chinese Badminton Association, with the sanctioned from the Badminton Asia.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 45], "content_span": [46, 250]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277587-0002-0000", "contents": "2018 Badminton Asia Championships, Tournament, Venue\nThis international tournament was hold at Wuhan Sports Center Gymnasium in Wuhan, China.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 52], "content_span": [53, 141]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277587-0003-0000", "contents": "2018 Badminton Asia Championships, Tournament, Point distribution\nThis tournament is graded based on the BWF points system for the BWF World Tour Super 500 event. Below is the table with the point distribution for each phase of the tournament.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 65], "content_span": [66, 243]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277587-0004-0000", "contents": "2018 Badminton Asia Championships, Tournament, Prize money\nThe total prize money for this year tournament is US$350,000. Distribution of prize money is in accordance with BWF regulations.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 58], "content_span": [59, 187]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277588-0000-0000", "contents": "2018 Badminton Asia Championships Group Stage\nThe following results are for the 2018 Badminton Asia Championships group stage, which decide who will be advanced to the knockout stage.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [45, 45], "content_span": [46, 183]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277589-0000-0000", "contents": "2018 Badminton Asia Junior Championships\nThe 2018 Badminton Asia Junior Championships is the 21st edition of the Asia continental junior championships to crown the best U-19 badminton players across Asia. This tournament was held in Bintaro, Jakarta, Indonesia between 14\u201322 July 2018.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [40, 40], "content_span": [41, 285]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277589-0001-0000", "contents": "2018 Badminton Asia Junior Championships, Tournament\nThe 2018 Badminton Asia Junior Championships was organized by the Badminton Association of Indonesia, sanctioned by Badminton Asia. This tournament consists of team and individual events. There were 14 teams competing in the mixed team event, which was held from 14\u201317 July, while the individual events were held from 18\u201322 July. There were 244 athletes from 18 countries across Asia competing in this tournament.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 52], "content_span": [53, 466]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277589-0002-0000", "contents": "2018 Badminton Asia Junior Championships, Tournament, Venue\nThis international tournament was held at Jaya Raya Sport Hall Training Center in South Tangerang, Indonesia.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 59], "content_span": [60, 169]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277589-0003-0000", "contents": "2018 Badminton Asia Junior Championships, Team event\nChina emerged as the champion after winning three matches against Japan in the final. This was China's eighth title since the junior team championships became a mixed team event in 2006. Indonesia and Malaysia finished as the semifinalists, and took the bronze medals.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 52], "content_span": [53, 321]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277590-0000-0000", "contents": "2018 Badminton Asia Junior Championships \u2013 Boys' Singles\nThe Boys' Singles tournament of the 2018 Badminton Asia Junior Championships was held from July 18\u201322. Leong Jun Hao from Malaysia clinched this title in the last edition. Thailand\u2019s reigning World Junior Champion Kunlavut Vitidsarn leads the seedings this year.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 56], "section_span": [56, 56], "content_span": [57, 319]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277591-0000-0000", "contents": "2018 Badminton Asia Junior Championships \u2013 Boys' doubles\nThe Boys' Doubles tournament of the 2018 Badminton Asia Junior Championships was held from July 18-22. The defending champion from the last edition were Di Zijian and Wang Chang from China. Di / Wang of China and Shin Tae-yang / Wang Chan of South Korea are the top two seeded this year.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 56], "section_span": [56, 56], "content_span": [57, 344]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277592-0000-0000", "contents": "2018 Badminton Asia Junior Championships \u2013 Girls' Doubles\nThe Girls' Doubles tournament of the 2018 Badminton Asia Junior Championships was held from July 18-22. The defending champion of the last edition were Baek Ha-na and Lee Yu-rim from South Korea. The top seeds in this event this year are the returning silver medallists Liu Xuanxuan / Xia Yuting from China, Agatha Imanuela / Siti Fadia Silva Ramadhanti of Indonesia seeded in the second place.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 57], "section_span": [57, 57], "content_span": [58, 452]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277593-0000-0000", "contents": "2018 Badminton Asia Junior Championships \u2013 Girls' Singles\nThe Girls' Singles tournament of the 2018 Badminton Asia Junior Championships was held from July 18\u201322. The girls' singles champion of the last edition was Han Yue from China. The silver medallist in the last edition, Phittayaporn Chaiwan top the seedings this year. China has placed 3 girls (Wang Zhiyi, Zhou Meng, and Wei Yaxin) to fill out the remainder of the top 4 seeded positions.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 57], "section_span": [57, 57], "content_span": [58, 445]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277594-0000-0000", "contents": "2018 Badminton Asia Junior Championships \u2013 Mixed doubles\nThe Mixed Doubles tournament of the 2018 Badminton Asia Junior Championships was held from July 18-22. The defending champion of the last edition were Rehan Naufal Kusharjanto and Siti Fadia Silva Ramadhanti from Indonesia. Kusharjanto / Ramadhanti of Indonesia and Guo Xinwa / Liu Xuanxuan of China are the top 2 seeded this year.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 56], "section_span": [56, 56], "content_span": [57, 388]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277595-0000-0000", "contents": "2018 Badminton Asia Team Championships\nThe 2018 Badminton Asia Team Championships were held at the Sultan Abdul Halim Stadium in Alor Setar, Malaysia, from 6 to 11 February 2018 and were organised by the Badminton Asia. This tournament also served as the Asian qualification for the 2018 Thomas & Uber Cup.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [38, 38], "content_span": [39, 306]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277595-0001-0000", "contents": "2018 Badminton Asia Team Championships, Tournament\nThe 2018 Badminton Asia Team Championships officially crowned the best male and female national badminton teams in Asia and at the same time worked as the Asian qualification event towards the 2018 Thomas & Uber Cup finals. 28 teams, consisting of 15 men's teams and 13 women's teams entered the tournament.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 50], "content_span": [51, 358]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277595-0002-0000", "contents": "2018 Badminton Asia Team Championships, Tournament, Venue\nThis tournament was held at Sultan Abdul Halim Stadium in Alor Setar, Malaysia.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 57], "content_span": [58, 137]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277595-0003-0000", "contents": "2018 Badminton Asia Team Championships, Tournament, Draw\nThe draw was held on 23 January 2018, at the tournament venue. The men's team group stage consisted of one group with three teams and three groups each with four teams. The women's team group stage consisted of three groups each with three teams and one group with four teams.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 56], "content_span": [57, 333]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277596-0000-0000", "contents": "2018 Badminton Asia Team Championships men's team squads\nThis article lists the latest men's squads lists for badminton's 2018 Badminton Asia Team Championships.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 56], "section_span": [56, 56], "content_span": [57, 161]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277596-0001-0000", "contents": "2018 Badminton Asia Team Championships men's team squads, Group C\nGroup C consists of Chinese Taipei, Malaysia, Thailand and Myanmar.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 56], "section_span": [58, 65], "content_span": [66, 133]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277597-0000-0000", "contents": "2018 Badminton Asia Team Championships women's team squads\nThis article lists the latest women's squads lists for badminton's 2018 Badminton Asia Team Championships.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 58], "section_span": [58, 58], "content_span": [59, 165]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277598-0000-0000", "contents": "2018 Baghdad bombings\nOn Monday January 15, 2018, two suicide bombings took place at al-Tayaran Square of Baghdad, killing 36 people and injuring more than 105 others, attacks later claimed by the jihadist group Islamic State (IS).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [21, 21], "content_span": [22, 231]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277598-0001-0000", "contents": "2018 Baghdad bombings, Attacks\nOn Monday January 15, 2018, two suicide bombings took place at al-Tayaran Square of Baghdad, killing 36 people and injuring more than 105 others. The attackers struck during rush hour in the city's Tayran Square, which is usually crowded by laborers seeking work. No group immediately claimed responsibility for the attack but it bore all the hallmarks of the Islamic State group, which has claimed many such attacks in the past.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 30], "content_span": [31, 460]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277598-0002-0000", "contents": "2018 Baghdad bombings, Responsibility claim\nTwo days later (on Wednesday January 17, 2018) the jihadist group Islamic State (IS) \"claimed responsibility for the twin suicide bombings in Baghdad this week\", though the New York Times suggested that the delay, and a number of errors in the claim, may show that the group's \"media apparatus has been disrupted\".", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 43], "content_span": [44, 358]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277598-0002-0001", "contents": "2018 Baghdad bombings, Responsibility claim\nAccording to the New York Times, which relied on a translation of the IS statement provided by SITE Intelligence Group, the IS claim's errors included that the attack \"had occurred at Aden Square in Baghdad, where the police said an attack was foiled on Saturday, rather than in Tayaran Square, where Monday\u2019s explosions took place\", and that IS \"said that there were three attackers, not two ... and said that the first two detonated their explosive vests in quick succession, while the third hit another gathering in the same area sometime after the first two explosions\". IS referred to \"the open-air market that was attacked as a gathering of 'rafidha' and of 'polytheists', two words they use to refer to Shiite Muslims in a derogatory manner\".", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 43], "content_span": [44, 793]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277599-0000-0000", "contents": "2018 Bahamas Bowl\nThe 2018 Bahamas Bowl was a college football bowl game played on December 21, 2018. It was the fifth edition of the Bahamas Bowl, and one of the 2018\u201319 bowl games concluding the 2018 FBS football season. Sponsored by Elk Grove Village, Illinois, the game was officially called the Makers Wanted Bahamas Bowl.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 17], "section_span": [17, 17], "content_span": [18, 327]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277599-0001-0000", "contents": "2018 Bahamas Bowl\nThe game featured the FIU Panthers of Conference USA against the Toledo Rockets of the Mid-American Conference. The matchup was announced on November 25, 2018, making this the first bowl matchup of the season to have both teams confirmed.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 17], "section_span": [17, 17], "content_span": [18, 256]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277599-0002-0000", "contents": "2018 Bahamas Bowl, Teams\nThis was the fourth matchup between these two teams, with FIU holding a 2\u20131 lead in the series. They met in the 2010 Little Caesars Pizza Bowl, which FIU won, 34\u201332.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 17], "section_span": [19, 24], "content_span": [25, 190]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277599-0003-0000", "contents": "2018 Bahamas Bowl, Teams, FIU Panthers\nFIU accepted a bid to the Bahamas Bowl on November 25. The Panthers entered the bowl with an 8\u20134 record (6\u20132 in conference). FIU's usual starting quarterback, James Morgan, was unavailable for the game due to a sore shoulder, resulting in backup Christian Alexander getting the start.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 17], "section_span": [19, 38], "content_span": [39, 323]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277599-0004-0000", "contents": "2018 Bahamas Bowl, Teams, Toledo Rockets\nToledo accepted a bid to the Bahamas Bowl on November 25. The Rockets entered the bowl with a 7\u20135 record (5\u20133 in conference).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 17], "section_span": [19, 40], "content_span": [41, 166]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277600-0000-0000", "contents": "2018 Bahrain Grand Prix\nThe 2018 Bahrain Grand Prix (formally known as the Formula 1 2018 Gulf Air Bahrain Grand Prix) was a Formula One motor race that took place on 8 April 2018 at the Bahrain International Circuit in Sakhir, Bahrain. The race was the second round of the 2018 FIA Formula One World Championship and marked the 14th time that the Bahrain Grand Prix had been run as a round of the Formula One World Championship.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [23, 23], "content_span": [24, 429]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277600-0001-0000", "contents": "2018 Bahrain Grand Prix\nSebastian Vettel was the defending race winner. He entered the round with a seven-point lead over Lewis Hamilton in the World Drivers' Championship. In the World Constructors' Championship standings, Ferrari hold a ten-point lead over Mercedes.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [23, 23], "content_span": [24, 268]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277600-0002-0000", "contents": "2018 Bahrain Grand Prix, Report, Practice\nDaniel Ricciardo was fastest in first practice with Kimi R\u00e4ikk\u00f6nen fastest in second and third practice.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 41], "content_span": [42, 146]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277600-0003-0000", "contents": "2018 Bahrain Grand Prix, Report, Qualifying\nSebastian Vettel qualified on pole position with a time of 1:27.958, a new outright track record, with teammate Kimi R\u00e4ikk\u00f6nen second. Mercedes locked out the second row, although Lewis Hamilton subsequently took a five place grid penalty for an unscheduled gearbox change and started from ninth on the grid. Pierre Gasly made Q3 for the first time in his career, eventually qualifying in sixth. Max Verstappen started the race in fifteenth position, having been prevented from taking part in Q2 following a crash in Q1 after he lost control of his throttle as his car rode over a kerb.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 43], "content_span": [44, 630]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277600-0004-0000", "contents": "2018 Bahrain Grand Prix, Report, Race\nAt the start, Vettel got away well, leading into turn 1. Bottas overtook Raikkonen to claim 2nd, and Gasly also overtook Ricciardo to claim 4th. However, Ricciardo got 4th place back at turn 4, on the first lap. Max Verstappen made up ground on the first lap so he was behind Lewis Hamilton, who'd fallen to 10th place. The pair fought at turn 1 on lap 2, with Verstappen puncturing his left rear tyre. His teammate, Daniel Ricciardo, experienced an electrical shutdown at the same time, forcing him to retire.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 37], "content_span": [38, 548]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277600-0004-0001", "contents": "2018 Bahrain Grand Prix, Report, Race\nBrendon Hartley received a 10-second time penalty for causing a collision with Sergio P\u00e9rez. Verstappen then lost drive, also forcing him to retire from the Grand Prix. This was the first time in 8 years that both Red Bull Racing drivers retired from a Grand Prix, and the first time since the 2016 Russian Grand Prix that neither Red Bull drivers had scored points, and the first time since the 2010 Korean Grand Prix that neither Red Bull was classified. Hamilton overtook Fernando Alonso, Esteban Ocon and Nico H\u00fclkenberg into one corner to move up into 6th place. He then passed Kevin Magnussen and Pierre Gasly in the next few laps to move up into 4th place.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 37], "content_span": [38, 701]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277600-0005-0000", "contents": "2018 Bahrain Grand Prix, Report, Race\nDuring his second pit stop on lap 35, Kimi R\u00e4ikk\u00f6nen struck Ferrari tyre changer Francesco Cigarini with his left rear tyre as his car left the pit box, breaking Cigarini's tibia and fibula. The incident was caused by the Ferrari pit box's light incorrectly switching to green despite the fact that the left rear tyre had never actually been changed. After analysis, the faulty green was determined to have been caused by the pit system checking (only) if the wheel was securely fitted, and if the wheel gun had been \"sufficiently active\" beforehand. R\u00e4ikk\u00f6nen immediately stopped in the pit lane on advice over team radio and retired the car. R\u00e4ikk\u00f6nen's retirement promoted Lewis Hamilton to the podium, and Ferrari was subsequently fined \u20ac50,000 for an unsafe pit release.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 37], "content_span": [38, 813]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277600-0006-0000", "contents": "2018 Bahrain Grand Prix, Report, Race\nR\u00e4ikk\u00f6nen's pit lane incident meant that teammate Sebastian Vettel could not carry out his second pit stop on schedule, and had to extend the stint on his soft tyres for 30% longer than the expected lifespan of the tyres, as stated by Pirelli. Towards the end of the race, with Vettel struggling with his tyres, Bottas got within DRS range of Vettel, but could not pass for the lead of the race. Pierre Gasly finished the race in P4, equalling Toro Rosso's best result in 2017, scoring Honda's best result since returning to F1 and earning him his first points in F1.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 37], "content_span": [38, 605]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277600-0007-0000", "contents": "2018 Bahrain Grand Prix, Report, Race\nAfter the race, Brendon Hartley and Sergio P\u00e9rez both received 30 second time penalties for failing to maintain position on the formation lap.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 37], "content_span": [38, 180]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277601-0000-0000", "contents": "2018 Bahraini general election\nGeneral elections were held in Bahrain in November and December 2018 to elect the 40 members of the Council of Representatives. The first round of voting was on Saturday, 24 November, with a second round in 31 constituencies on Saturday, 1 December. A municipal poll coincided with the parliamentary vote.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [30, 30], "content_span": [31, 336]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277601-0001-0000", "contents": "2018 Bahraini general election\nThe elections were considered to be a sham, as they followed a government crackdown on dissent that included prohibiting members of dissolved opposition groups from running. Following the 2011 Bahraini protests, all 18 Al Wefaq members on the Council resigned, and were barred from contesting the subsequent by-elections. Since 2011, authorities have imprisoned hundreds of dissidents, including Al Wefaq leader Sheikh Ali Salman, and stripped many of Bahraini citizenship. Al Wefaq boycotted the 2014 Bahraini general election.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [30, 30], "content_span": [31, 559]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277601-0002-0000", "contents": "2018 Bahraini general election\nThe two main opposition groups, the Shiite Al-Wefaq and secular Waad, were barred from fielding candidates in 2018, prompting renewed calls for a boycott. A court banned Al Wefaq in 2016 for \"harbouring terrorism\", inciting violence and encouraging demonstrations which threatened to spark sectarian strife. On 17 July 2016, Saudi-owned Al Arabiya television and international print media reported that Bahrain's highest court dissolved Al Wefaq and liquidated the group's funds.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [30, 30], "content_span": [31, 510]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277601-0003-0000", "contents": "2018 Bahraini general election, Electoral system\nThe 40 members of the Council of Representatives were elected from single-member constituencies using a two-round system; if no candidate received a majority of the vote in the first round, a second round was held.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 48], "content_span": [49, 263]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277601-0004-0000", "contents": "2018 Bahraini general election, Constituencies\nEach governorate is divided into a number of constituencies for the election for the Council of Representatives. Each constituency is listed as area 1, area 2 etc. Each constituency elects one member. Only Bahraini nationals are entitled to stand for and to vote at elections.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 46], "content_span": [47, 323]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277601-0005-0000", "contents": "2018 Bahraini general election, Campaign\nCandidates had to apply between 17 and 21 October 2018, with 293 registering to contest the 40 seats.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 40], "content_span": [41, 142]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277601-0006-0000", "contents": "2018 Bahraini general election, Results\nNine of the 40 constituencies were decided in the first round, with the other 31 going to a runoff. According to the government, voter turnout in the first round was 67%, an increase from 53% in the 2014 elections. However, the opposition claimed that the real voter turnout did not exceed 28%-30%.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 39], "content_span": [40, 338]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277602-0000-0000", "contents": "2018 Baku Formula 2 round\nThe 2018 Baku FIA Formula 2 round was a pair of motor races for Formula 2 cars that took place on 28 and 29 April 2018 at the Baku Street Circuit in Baku, Azerbaijan as part of the FIA Formula 2 Championship. It was the second round of the 2018 FIA Formula 2 Championship and runs in support of the 2018 Azerbaijan Grand Prix.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [25, 25], "content_span": [26, 352]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277603-0000-0000", "contents": "2018 Baku fire\nOn 2 March 2018, a fire broke out at the Republican Narcological Dispensary in Baku, Azerbaijan, a drug rehabilitation facility for patients with opiate addiction.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 14], "section_span": [14, 14], "content_span": [15, 178]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277603-0001-0000", "contents": "2018 Baku fire\nAround 200 people including patients and members of the clinic staff had to be evacuated from the area, while 34 had to be rescued from the blazing building. At least 26 people died, and another four were hospitalized. Although the fire was initially blamed on faulty wiring, it later emerged that the fire had actually started when a patient tried to commit suicide by self-immolation. The individual had second thoughts and tossed his burning blanket into the wooden ward, igniting the early morning inferno.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 14], "section_span": [14, 14], "content_span": [15, 525]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277603-0002-0000", "contents": "2018 Baku fire\nTwo days after the incident the authorities arrested former patient Mahammad Mammadov and charged him with murder and arson, among other crimes. Civil rights activists blamed government corruption for lax fire safety measures in the facility that may have led to the accident. In the aftermath, President Ilham Aliyev created a commission to investigate the underlying causes of the accident and announced plans to build a fully equipped Rehab centre nearby.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 14], "section_span": [14, 14], "content_span": [15, 474]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277603-0003-0000", "contents": "2018 Baku fire, Background, Drug crisis\nAzerbaijan's proximity to both Afghanistan and Iran and its location on the drug route known as the \"Balkan Route\" make it an easy drug corridor, and due to lax border control most of the illegal drugs (around 90%) are able to get through. It has been estimated that around 1,000 tonnes of drugs are smuggled through the country each year. According to estimates registered drug addicts in the country numbered 7,000 in 1996, however by 2006 this number had risen to 20,000, while some estimates put it at around 30,000.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 14], "section_span": [16, 39], "content_span": [40, 560]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277603-0003-0001", "contents": "2018 Baku fire, Background, Drug crisis\nThere is a severe shortage of personnel when it comes to treating drug addiction. According to the head of the working group for the Drug Abuse and Illicit Drug Trafficking State Commission Araz Aliguliyev, \"there are too few psychologists, social workers and almost no NGOs\" working in the field of addiction rehabilitation.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 14], "section_span": [16, 39], "content_span": [40, 365]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277603-0004-0000", "contents": "2018 Baku fire, Background, Dilapidated state of rehabilitation centre\nAzerbaijan spends around $2.00 on a single treatment, as opposed to the Western nations where the mean expenditure is around $100.00. There is a distinct lack of drug rehabilitation centres in the country with only 53 state-funded clinics and dispensaries in the entire country. These centres are usually established in Soviet-era barracks like buildings that are derelict to begin with. The Republican Narcological Center was built as a dispensary in 1986, and was further enlarged in 2011 to cater for 250 patients.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 14], "section_span": [16, 70], "content_span": [71, 588]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277603-0005-0000", "contents": "2018 Baku fire, Background, Dilapidated state of rehabilitation centre\nAccording to reports, the dispensary was housed in an old, one-story, wooden building dating from the 1900s. Buildings with materials such as these are fire hazards and Azerbaijan has a history of large-scale fires in residential buildings. According to sources, the victims relatives have stated that the facility was \"decrepit\", paint was peeling from the walls, that had been constructed with plywood, and the equipment used by the facility was outdated as well; having been bought in 1991 before the Soviet Union collapsed.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 14], "section_span": [16, 70], "content_span": [71, 598]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277603-0005-0001", "contents": "2018 Baku fire, Background, Dilapidated state of rehabilitation centre\nFormer head physician at the Respublika Narkoloji M\u0259rk\u0259zi, Araz Aliguliyev stated that during his tenure (which ended in 2006) the building in question had been used only for housing archives and for \"some accounting purposes\". He said that patients were never housed in the building as it was an old and decrepit building dating from the 1990s. He said \"I don't know why they were using it to treat patients\".", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 14], "section_span": [16, 70], "content_span": [71, 481]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277603-0006-0000", "contents": "2018 Baku fire, Fire\nThe government reported that the fire broke out at around 06:10 local time. A security guard stationed outside the facility was able to open the doors when he smelled smoke and started the evacuation. However the fire soon engulfed the building. Ten ambulances and 10 squads of firefighters with 43 fire engines were dispatched to the site. It took the 160 personnel of the State Fire Protection Service around three hours to successfully extinguish the blaze.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 14], "section_span": [16, 20], "content_span": [21, 481]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277603-0007-0000", "contents": "2018 Baku fire, Fire\nIt was originally believed to be caused by an electrical fault in the one-story, wooden ward, but the government later stated that arson was the cause. There was no automatic fire suppression system in the building. The building's wooden frame acted as the principal fuel source for the fire, and firefighters described the building burning intensely for over three hours due to strong winds. According to relatives of the patients, it was routine for the patients to be locked inside during the night.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 14], "section_span": [16, 20], "content_span": [21, 523]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277603-0007-0001", "contents": "2018 Baku fire, Fire\nSome reports claim that the victims who were burnt alive may have been tied to their beds as a routine procedure and therefore they may have been unable to escape when the fire spread through the building. The building's windows had been barred with steel frames that could only be opened from the outside to prevent addicts from running away, and at least 55 of them were bedridden when the fire broke out. However, despite the barred windows, responding firefighters were able to rescue dozens of people from the fast-spreading fire. It was reported that by 8.20 am local time firefighters had brought the fire under control and it had been completely extinguished by 9:13.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 14], "section_span": [16, 20], "content_span": [21, 696]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277603-0008-0000", "contents": "2018 Baku fire, Aftermath, Hospitalization of survivors\nAccording to the Ministry of Healthcare, around 200 patients and staff were safely evacuated from the hospital, with 34 needing rescue. Twenty-five dead bodies were found in the ruins after firefighters extinguished the blaze. Four of the injured had to be hospitalized. Three were admitted to the Toxicology Department of the Clinical Medical Center No 1 and one was moved to the City Clinical Hospital No 3. The bodies of the deceased were moved to the mortuary, but it was reported that the charred remains were not yet recognizable.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 14], "section_span": [16, 55], "content_span": [56, 592]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277603-0009-0000", "contents": "2018 Baku fire, Aftermath, Police investigation\nPresident Ilham Aliyev visited the scene and an official investigation was ordered. A hotline was established to the offices of the Prosecutor General, Ministry of Interior and the Ministry of Emergency Affairs so that relatives of the patients and staff, as well as witnesses could contact the authorities.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 14], "section_span": [16, 47], "content_span": [48, 355]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277603-0010-0000", "contents": "2018 Baku fire, Aftermath, Arrest\nOn March 3, a former patient of the rehab center named Mahammad Mammadov was arrested and charged with premeditated murder, multiple murders, and damaging property.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 14], "section_span": [16, 33], "content_span": [34, 198]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277603-0011-0000", "contents": "2018 Baku fire, Aftermath, Arrest\nIt was reported that Mammadov was being treated at the centre but wished to leave. In a suicide attempt he set fire to his blanket, but changed his mind when the flames started to engulf him. He then threw off the blanket, and left the building when the fire started to spread and the wooden infrastructure of the ward caught fire. The arrest of Mammadov contradicted earlier reports of the fire being caused by a short circuit. After the arrest Mammadov was subject to psychological and psychiatric evaluations.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 14], "section_span": [16, 33], "content_span": [34, 546]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277603-0012-0000", "contents": "2018 Baku fire, Aftermath, State commission\nPresident Ilham Aliyev created a state commission chaired by Abid Sharifov, the deputy president. It was tasked with investigating the fire, providing assistance to the families of the victims, resettling the staff and patients of the centre and making sure that the destroyed building is reconstructed quickly. The commission will also include the Prosecutor General as well as the ministers of health, economics, internal affairs, crisis, and social welfare of population.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 14], "section_span": [16, 43], "content_span": [44, 519]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277603-0013-0000", "contents": "2018 Baku fire, Aftermath, Plans for a new building\nOn March 2, the Health Ministry stated that plans had been put in place to build a new Drug Abuse Treatment Center in Sabunchu district of Baku. The new Rehabilitation Centre will consist of four buildings and will house 300 patients. It will also be supplied with the latest equipment.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 14], "section_span": [16, 51], "content_span": [52, 338]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277603-0014-0000", "contents": "2018 Baku fire, Aftermath, Allegations of corruption\nRights groups in Azerbaijan have long accused the authoritarian regime of President Aliyev of prevalent corruption that, according to them, undermines the functioning of state institutions. So local civil activists blamed public corruption and lack of compliance with fire safety regulations as major contributors to the blaze. The head of the civil advocacy group Property Rights said \"Fire safety regulations were not respected in the hospital\u2019s Soviet-era wooden building\". She further stated \u201cAs a result of systemic corruption, an adequate control over the compliance with fire safety norms is not in place in Azerbaijan.\u201d The General Prosecutor's's Office responded by opening an investigation into possible violations of fire safety codes.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 14], "section_span": [16, 52], "content_span": [53, 800]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277603-0015-0000", "contents": "2018 Baku fire, Reactions\nChina \u2014 Xi Jinping, the president of China, sent a letter of condolence to Ilham Aliyev. He wrote, \"Dear Mr. President, I was deeply saddened by the terrible news of numerous casualties in fire in the Drug Rehabilitation Center in Baku\".", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 14], "section_span": [16, 25], "content_span": [26, 263]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277603-0016-0000", "contents": "2018 Baku fire, Reactions\nRussia \u2014 Russian President Vladimir Putin has offered his condolences to President Ilham Aliyev, while the head of the Russian Ministry of Emergency Situations, Vladimir Puchkov expressed his condolences to his counterpart in Azerbaijan, Kyamaledin Heydarov stating \"We mourn together with you\".", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 14], "section_span": [16, 25], "content_span": [26, 321]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277603-0017-0000", "contents": "2018 Baku fire, Reactions\nTurkmenistan \u2014 Gurbangulu Berdimuhamedov, the president of Turkmenistan, expressed his condolences, saying \"At this difficult time, I ask you to convey to all the relatives and friends of the victims that I, on behalf of the people and government of Turkmenistan and my own behalf, share their sorrow and wish patience and immediate recovery.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 14], "section_span": [16, 25], "content_span": [26, 369]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277603-0018-0000", "contents": "2018 Baku fire, Reactions\nUzbekistan \u2014 Shavkat Mirziyoyev, the president of Uzbekistan, sent a letter of condolence, saying that he was deeply saddened by the news.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 14], "section_span": [16, 25], "content_span": [26, 164]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277603-0019-0000", "contents": "2018 Baku fire, Reactions\nTurkey \u2014 President Erdogan expressed deep sorrow over the incident and offered his condolences to the victims and their families.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 14], "section_span": [16, 25], "content_span": [26, 155]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277603-0020-0000", "contents": "2018 Baku fire, Reactions\nThorbjorn Jagland, the Secretary General of the Council of Europe, Alexander Lukashenko President of Belarus, Iranian President Hassan Rouhani, Prime Minister of Georgia Georgi Kvirikashvili and Kazakh President Nursultan Nazarbayev also expressed their condolences for the victims and their families.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 14], "section_span": [16, 25], "content_span": [26, 327]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277604-0000-0000", "contents": "2018 Balakong by-election\nA by-election was held on 8 September 2018 for the Selangor State Legislative Assembly seat of Balakong. The seat became vacant after the death of the incumbent assemblyman, Eddie Ng Tien Chee on 20 July 2018 in a traffic accident on the Cheras\u2013Kajang Expressway. Eddie Ng was a member of the Democratic Action Party (DAP), a component party of the state ruling Pakatan Harapan (PH) coalition. This was the second casual vacancy in the Assembly since the May 2018 general election after Sungai Kandis, which held a by-election in August 2018. The by-election will be held on the same day as the Seri Setia by-election. In the last 2018 general election, Ng defeated Barisan Nasional (BN)'s Malaysian Chinese Association (MCA) candidate, Lim Chin Wah and Mohamad Ibrahim Ghazali of Pan-Malaysian Islamic Party (PAS), with a vote majority of 35,538.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [25, 25], "content_span": [26, 873]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277604-0001-0000", "contents": "2018 Balakong by-election\nThe nomination day was on 18 August 2018. The by-election set for a straight fight between PH's DAP and BN's MCA. While PAS had decided not to contest to make way for the BN candidate, just liked in the case of the Sungai Kandis by-election a month earlier.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [25, 25], "content_span": [26, 283]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277604-0002-0000", "contents": "2018 Balakong by-election\nPakatan Harapan retained the seat with a larger share of vote.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [25, 25], "content_span": [26, 88]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277604-0003-0000", "contents": "2018 Balakong by-election, Candidates\nPakatan Harapan (Democratic Action Party)Wong Siew Ki was serving as the Seri Kembangan assemblyman and Selangor state executive councillor Ean Yong Hian Wah\u2019s political secretary and she was also Subang Jaya municipal councillor since 2016 then. She graduated in 2009 from the Universiti Putra Malaysia (UPM).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 37], "content_span": [38, 348]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277604-0004-0000", "contents": "2018 Balakong by-election, Candidates\nBarisan Nasional (Malaysian Chinese Association) Tan Chee Teong is a committee member in the Serdang Malaysian Chinese Association (MCA). He is a local of Balakong.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 37], "content_span": [38, 202]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277604-0005-0000", "contents": "2018 Balakong by-election, Electoral logo quirk\nThis by-election marks the first time Pakatan Harapan had used their just approved common logo in an election. The then-federal opposition coalition was unable to contest the 2018 general election with their logo due to the Registrar of Societies not approving their registration in time for the election. The registration was finally approved only after the election, which delivered the coalition to power.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 47], "content_span": [48, 456]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277604-0006-0000", "contents": "2018 Balakong by-election, Electoral logo quirk\nConversely, the MCA will be using their own party logo for the first time since they joined Barisan Nasional in 1973. MCA candidates have normally used the BN common logo in elections up to the 2018 general election.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 47], "content_span": [48, 264]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277604-0007-0000", "contents": "2018 Balakong by-election, Result\nDAP and Pakatan Harapan's Wong Siew Ki polled 22,058 votes to MCA and Barisan Nasional's Tan Chee Teong's 3,975 votes retaining the seat for DAP and Pakatan Harapan.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 33], "content_span": [34, 199]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277604-0008-0000", "contents": "2018 Balakong by-election, Result\nNote: 1Tan Chee Teong was a candidate of Malaysian Chinese Association (MCA), who had contested under the MCA banner instead of the BN banner.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 33], "content_span": [34, 176]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277604-0009-0000", "contents": "2018 Balakong by-election, Result, Results based on polling district\nPH won all polling districts and post and early votes.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 68], "content_span": [69, 123]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277605-0000-0000", "contents": "2018 Balestier Khalsa season\nThe 2018 season is Balestier Khalsa's 23rd consecutive season in the top flight of Singapore football and in the Singapore Premier League and the Singapore Cup.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [28, 28], "content_span": [29, 189]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277606-0000-0000", "contents": "2018 Bali United F.C. season\nThe 2018 season was the fourth season of competitive association football and third season in the Liga 1 played by Bali United Football Club, a professional football club based in Gianyar, Bali, Indonesia. Their 2nd-place finish in 2017 meant it was their third successive season in Liga 1.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [28, 28], "content_span": [29, 319]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277606-0001-0000", "contents": "2018 Bali United F.C. season\nThe main addition to the first team was striker Ilija Spasojevi\u0107 as they failed to negotiated new contracts for last season top scorer, Sylvano Comvalius. But they were successfully negotiated new contract with Nick van der Velden. Demerson, former Chapecoense player, and Kevin Brands were signed to complete their foreign players as they retained the service of Ahn Byung-keon. Two Indonesia national under-19 football team players, Feby Eka Putra and Hanis Saghara Putra also joined the team to fulfill under-23 quota. Before the league start, Kevin Brands was replaced by Milo\u0161 Krkoti\u0107; defender Mahamadou N'Diaye, midfielder Brwa Nouri, and striker Melvin Platje later signed in the second half transfer window to replace Demerson, Milo\u0161 Krkoti\u0107, and Ahn Byung-keon.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [28, 28], "content_span": [29, 800]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277606-0002-0000", "contents": "2018 Bali United F.C. season\nBali United ended the season 11th, failed to continue their great performance from last season. The club were eliminated in preliminary round 2 of AFC Champions League by Chiangrai United, made them competed in AFC Cup where they were eliminated in the group stage after only finished in 4th. But they were advanced to the round of 32 of Piala Indonesia which would be continued in 2019.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [28, 28], "content_span": [29, 416]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277606-0003-0000", "contents": "2018 Bali United F.C. season, Background\nThe 2017 season was Indra Sjafri's third start to a season as manager of Bali United, having taken charge since the club's founded. Indra resigned in February 2017 before the start of the season because he was appointed as Indonesia national under-19 football team head coach. He was replaced by Hans-Peter Schaller, but only lasted for two games before being sacked due to two losses in a row. Then Widodo Cahyono Putro took charge in May 2017.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 40], "content_span": [41, 486]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277606-0003-0001", "contents": "2018 Bali United F.C. season, Background\nUnder him, Bali United almost won their first title before a controversial ending as Bhayangkara awarded a 3\u20130 win against Mitra Kukar and an additional three points. Bali United earn an opportunity to compete in the AFC Champions League because Bhayangkara failed to obtain an AFC license to participate in any Asian competitions.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 40], "content_span": [41, 372]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277606-0004-0000", "contents": "2018 Bali United F.C. season, Review and events, January\u2013April\nHaving finished second in the league last season, Bali United began their AFC Champions League campaign in the qualifying play-offs. They were drawn against S.League runners-up Tampines Rovers, which they won 3\u20131. Goals from captain Fadil Sausu, Ilija Spasojevi\u0107, and Hanis Saghara Putra made them through to the preliminary round 2. But they failed to reach the group stage as they were defeated by Chiangrai United in Thailand a week later. This resulted them to played in AFC Cup.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 62], "content_span": [63, 546]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277606-0005-0000", "contents": "2018 Bali United F.C. season, Review and events, January\u2013April\nBali United were drawn into Group G with the runners-up from Myanmar, Philippines, and Vietnam: Yangon United, Global Cebu, and Thanh H\u00f3a. Bali United opened their AFC Cup campaign with a 3\u20131 defeat against Yangon United. Goals from Sekou Sylla (2) and Emmanuel Uzochukwu can only be replied to one goal by I Gede Sukadana. The team earned a draw away to Global Cebu, but remained bottom of the group.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 62], "content_span": [63, 464]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277606-0006-0000", "contents": "2018 Bali United F.C. season, Review and events, January\u2013April\nThe team scored three goals in the second half against Thanh H\u00f3a and won 3\u20131. Followed by a goalless draw in Vietnam against the same team. Bali United hosted the newly promoted PSMS at Kapten I Wayan Dipta on the opening weekend of the league season. A goal from Stefano Lilipaly earned Bali United a 1\u20130 win.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 62], "content_span": [63, 373]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277606-0007-0000", "contents": "2018 Bali United F.C. season, Review and events, January\u2013April\nBali United began April with a trip to Moch. Soebroto to face PSIS and a goalless draw became the result of this match. They faced Perseru at home. Midfielder Muhammad Taufiq gave the home team a deserved lead, before S\u00edlvio Escobar scored for the visitors and made the game ended in a draw. On 11 April 2018, Bali United continued their campaign in AFC Cup group stage with a 3\u20132 defeat and destroyed their hopes of qualified for the next round. In the league, for the third time in a row, they got a draw, this time against Persela.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 62], "content_span": [63, 597]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277606-0007-0001", "contents": "2018 Bali United F.C. season, Review and events, January\u2013April\nThey finally got a victory after defeating Barito Putera with goals from Lilipaly and Yandi Munawar. Bali United finished their first AFC Cup campaign at the bottom of the group after they were beaten by Global Cebu at home. The team also ended their April in a bad fashion after a defeat away against PS TIRA.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 62], "content_span": [63, 373]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277606-0008-0000", "contents": "2018 Bali United F.C. season, Review and events, May\u2013August\nTheir losing streak continued into May as they suffered two defeat in a row against Sriwijaya and Mitra Kukar. It ended with a narrow 1\u20130 win against Arema with a goal from Stefano Lilipaly. Two minor results, a lost to Borneo and a draw against Persib without scoring any goals, closed their May.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 59], "content_span": [60, 357]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277606-0009-0000", "contents": "2018 Bali United F.C. season, Review and events, May\u2013August\nTwo more points were dropped in Bali United's next match, away to Madura United on the first weekend of June. The hosts had taken the lead before I Nyoman Sukarja and Lilipaly scored for Bali United. But the team conceded the equaliser in 73rd minute. A goal from Lilipaly and Fadil Sausu earned Bali United a 2\u20130 win the following week, at home to Persipura.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 59], "content_span": [60, 419]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277606-0010-0000", "contents": "2018 Bali United F.C. season, Review and events, May\u2013August\nDue to Lebaran, Bali United did not play another game for three weeks. On the resumption of club football, they faced PS West Sumbawa in the first round of the newly reborn Piala Indonesia which ended in a 4\u20130 win. Five days later, the league continued as Bali United away to Persebaya. Winger Irfan Jaya scored for the hosts eight minute before the final whistle, handed Bali United their fifth lost this season. On 11 July 2018, Ilija Spasojevi\u0107 and Lilipaly scored for Bali United in a 2\u20130 win against PSM. Six days later, the team played Persija.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 59], "content_span": [60, 610]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277606-0010-0001", "contents": "2018 Bali United F.C. season, Review and events, May\u2013August\nTwo goals of the match were scored by their new striker Melvin Platje and Lilipaly. At home, Bali United lost 3\u20132 to Bhayangkara; striker Marinus Wanewar scored the winning goal for the visitors and extend the results of their never winning over Bhayangkara since 2016. Bali United ended the month with a 2\u20131 victory over hosts PSMS; striker Spasojevi\u0107 scoring and Dias Angga Putra adding a further goal.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 59], "content_span": [60, 464]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277606-0011-0000", "contents": "2018 Bali United F.C. season, Review and events, May\u2013August\nBali United's form improved as the second half of the season open. At home to PSIS on 4 August 2018, the team earned three points courtesy of Fadil and Platje. Platje again scored the goal along with Spasojevi\u0107 in Bali United's match against Perseru.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 59], "content_span": [60, 310]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277606-0012-0000", "contents": "2018 Bali United F.C. season, Review and events, September\u2013December\nIn their next match, Bali United defeated Persela by three goals to two; the winner was a penalty scored by Melvin Platje. They were then held by Barito Putera to 1\u20131 draw. Two more points were dropped in Bali United's next match, at home to PS TIRA on the final day of September.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 67], "content_span": [68, 348]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277606-0013-0000", "contents": "2018 Bali United F.C. season, Review and events, September\u2013December\nThe first week of October saw Bali United away to Sriwijaya at Gelora Sriwijaya. Sriwijaya managed to lead three goals before Ilija Spasojevi\u0107 and Platje narrowed the score. Bali United defeated Mitra Kukar 1\u20130 on 15 October 2018 when a goal from Platje secured the win. At Kanjuruhan, Bali United lost 3\u20131 to Arema; defender Hanif Sjahbandi scored twice against Bali United defense. They ended the October with 2\u20132 and 1\u20141 draws against Borneo and Persib respectively.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 67], "content_span": [68, 537]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277606-0014-0000", "contents": "2018 Bali United F.C. season, Review and events, September\u2013December\nStarting November, Fadil Sausu and Platje each scored as Madura United were beaten by two goals. After that win, they suffered three lost in a row for the rest of the month. Lost to Persipura 0\u20131, at home to Persebaya 2\u20135, and destroyed by PSM 0\u20134 drop them in the table even more.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 67], "content_span": [68, 349]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277606-0015-0000", "contents": "2018 Bali United F.C. season, Review and events, September\u2013December\nIn preparation for the final match at home in the league this season, there was a controversy in which Widodo Cahyono Putro suddenly resigned from his position as head coach of the team. In a thrilling match that was stopped several times due to flares from supporters, Bali United suffered a narrow 1\u20132 defeat from Persija. Bali United lost their final game of the league campaign, away to Bhayangkara. It was a lacklustre performance by the visitors, which conceded two goals inside the 20th minute. They then faced Persekabpas at away in the next round of Piala Indonesia; a goal apiece from Fadil and Spasojevi\u0107 secured a comfortable 2\u20130 victory.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 67], "content_span": [68, 718]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277607-0000-0000", "contents": "2018 Bali gubernatorial election\nThe 2018 Bali gubernatorial election took place on 27 June 2018 as part of the simultaneous local elections. It was held to elect the governor of Bali alongside with their deputy, whilst members of the provincial council (Dewan Perwakilan Rakyat Daerah) will be re-elected in 2019.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [32, 32], "content_span": [33, 314]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277607-0001-0000", "contents": "2018 Bali gubernatorial election\nIncumbent I Made Mangku Pastika was barred from participating in the re-elections after having served two full terms. Contesting the election were Denpasar mayor Ida Bagus Rai Dharmawijaya Mantra and People's Representative Council member I Wayan Koster.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [32, 32], "content_span": [33, 287]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277607-0002-0000", "contents": "2018 Bali gubernatorial election, Timeline\nRegistration for party-backed candidates were opened between 8 and 10 January 2018, while independent candidates were required to register between 22 and 26 November 2017. The numerical order of the candidates were determined on 13 February through a lottery. The campaigning period would commence between 15 February and 24 June, with a three-day election silence before voting on 27 June.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 42], "content_span": [43, 433]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277607-0003-0000", "contents": "2018 Bali gubernatorial election, Timeline\nUp until the registration deadline, no independent candidates registered to contest the election. On 23 April, the regional KPU declared that there will be 2,982,201 eligible voters across the province.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 42], "content_span": [43, 245]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277607-0004-0000", "contents": "2018 Bali gubernatorial election, Candidates\nPDI-P chairman Megawati Soekarnoputri announced third-term People's Representative Council member I Wayan Koster as the party's candidate for the elections on 11 November 2017. He was part of the 10th commission, which covers education, sports, tourism and creative economy. In the same announcement, former regent of Gianyar Tjokorda Oka Artha Ardana Sukawati (Cok Ace) was endorsed by PDI-P as his running mate. Soon afterwards, the National Mandate Party endorsed him as well. Other parties supporting him are the National Mandate Party, Hanura, and the Indonesian Justice and Unity Party.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 44], "content_span": [45, 637]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277607-0005-0000", "contents": "2018 Bali gubernatorial election, Candidates\nIda Bagus Rai Dharmawijaya Mantra (Rai Mantra) initially attempted to register at PDI-P which had supported him in the 2015 Denpasar mayoral elections. However, Golkar, whose cadre I Ketut Sudikerta was already the sitting vice-governor, decided to place its support behind the mayor attaching Sudikerta as his running mate after Nasdem and Gerindra endorsed Rai Mantra. The Democratic Party also endorsed him.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 44], "content_span": [45, 455]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277607-0006-0000", "contents": "2018 Bali gubernatorial election, Issues\nI Wayan Koster stated that he would like to see a reform on Indonesia's family planning program which recommends two children per family, saying that it defied Balinese traditions which ideally has four children. Rai Mantra stated that if elected, he would consistently oppose the reclamation program in Benoa Bay.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 40], "content_span": [41, 355]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277608-0000-0000", "contents": "2018 Balikpapan oil spill\nThe 2018 Balikpapan oil spill was an oil spill off the coast from the city of Balikpapan, Indonesia. It was caused by a cracked pipeline linked to a Pertamina refinery in the city.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [25, 25], "content_span": [26, 206]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277608-0001-0000", "contents": "2018 Balikpapan oil spill\nA blaze that occurred when the oil spill caught on fire had killed five residents who were in the bay, in addition to causing respiratory problems in the city.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [25, 25], "content_span": [26, 185]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277608-0002-0000", "contents": "2018 Balikpapan oil spill, Location\nThe spill occurred in Balikpapan Bay, on the coast of which the Pertamina Refinery Unit V is located. Balikpapan, which sits on the bay, is an energy and mining hub on the island and is populated by over 700,000 people.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 35], "content_span": [36, 255]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277608-0003-0000", "contents": "2018 Balikpapan oil spill, Causes\nInitially, Pertamina denied responsibility for the spill for four days, claiming that tests showed the oil originated from marine shipments and that divers sent had not discovered any leakage on their pipelines. Instead, the company claimed that the oil originated from MV Ever Judger, a Panama-flagged bulk carrier carrying coal to Malaysia. However, on 5 April, it admitted responsibility, adding that it discovered that the oil samples were crude oil and not marine fuel oil after its 10th sample.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 33], "content_span": [34, 534]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277608-0004-0000", "contents": "2018 Balikpapan oil spill, Causes\nAccording to Pertamina in an April 4 statement, a distribution pipeline carrying crude oil from a terminal in Lawe-Lawe, North Penajam Paser to Balikpapan which was installed in 1998 burst, having been displaced by 120 meters from its original position. The leaked pipeline was located at a depth of 25 meters, with a diameter of 20 inches and a thickness of 12 millimeters. Officials claimed that an anchor dropped by of a coal ship flying a Panamianian flag dragged the pipe, although it did not name the ship. Pertamina denied any negligence in the spill, adding that the pipe had been inspected as recently as December 2017.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 33], "content_span": [34, 662]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277608-0005-0000", "contents": "2018 Balikpapan oil spill, Mitigation\nDuring initial attempts on 31 March, some of the oil spill caught on fire with the blaze reaching as high as 2 kilometres (1.2\u00a0mi). Five people were killed when the oil spill caught on fire. According to a local search and rescue worker, the flame was sparked in an attempt to clear the spill by burning it. Director-general of oil and gas Djoko Siswanto stated that they suspected the ship dragging the pipeline had caught on fire, hence igniting the spill.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 37], "content_span": [38, 496]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277608-0006-0000", "contents": "2018 Balikpapan oil spill, Mitigation\nAccording to the Ministry of Environment and Forestry, about 70 cubic meters of spilled oil have been contained by night on 3 April.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 37], "content_span": [38, 170]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277608-0007-0000", "contents": "2018 Balikpapan oil spill, Mitigation\nEnvironmental organizations and campaigners criticized the Indonesian government for its slow response, with Greenpeace claiming it had not received any information from the authorities on the fifth day of the spill.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 37], "content_span": [38, 254]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277608-0008-0000", "contents": "2018 Balikpapan oil spill, Mitigation\nThe city's residents participated in the cleanup, using simple equipment such as buckets to scoop oil from the local beaches.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 37], "content_span": [38, 163]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277608-0009-0000", "contents": "2018 Balikpapan oil spill, Effects\nBalikpapan city secretary Sayid MN Fadli described that the bay was \"like a gas station\". The city itself declared a state of emergency, with over 1,000 people reporting nausea and breathing problem due to the smoke caused by a fire on the spill. Pertamina released a statement declaring that the operations of its refinery, which processes 260,000 barrels of crude oil daily, is unaffected.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 34], "content_span": [35, 426]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277608-0010-0000", "contents": "2018 Balikpapan oil spill, Effects\nHead of the People's Representative Council Bambang Soesatyo demanded an explanation from the Embassy of China in Jakarta, regarding a theory that the fire on the Ever Judger resulted in the blaze and hence fatalities.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 34], "content_span": [35, 253]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277608-0011-0000", "contents": "2018 Balikpapan oil spill, Effects\nOn 20 April, Pertamina's Chief Executive Elia Massa Manik was removed from his position. Among other factors, the oil spill incident was quoted as one of the reasons for the dismissal.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 34], "content_span": [35, 219]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277608-0012-0000", "contents": "2018 Balikpapan oil spill, Effects, Casualties and losses\nFive people were killed when their ship was trapped in the blaze caused by the oil catching on fire. Two of the bodies were discovered immediately afterwards, with two more being discovered on the third day and the last the following day. The victims had rented a boat to fish around the bay. All victims were residents of the city.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 57], "content_span": [58, 390]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277608-0013-0000", "contents": "2018 Balikpapan oil spill, Effects, Casualties and losses\nThe MV Ever Judger was also caught in the blaze, with its inflatable life raft and the rope binding it to the ship igniting. Its crew of 20 Chinese nationals were evacuated with 1 suffering from burns. While the ship, which carried more than 70,000 tons of coal, did not catch on fire fully, ship's port side was severely damaged.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 57], "content_span": [58, 388]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277608-0014-0000", "contents": "2018 Balikpapan oil spill, Effects, Casualties and losses\nIndonesian vice-minister of energy and mineral resources Arcandra Tahar stated that the pipeline damage may cause up to 200,000 barrels per day in lost production. Pertamina stated that the crude oil flow was diverted to a smaller, 16-inch pipe, although it confirmed the loss of some production in the refinery.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 57], "content_span": [58, 370]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277608-0015-0000", "contents": "2018 Balikpapan oil spill, Effects, Environmental damage\nAt least 34 hectares of mangrove swamps were covered in the spill. A dead endangered Irrawaddy dolphin washed up to the city's beach, seemingly poisoned by the oil spill. Environmental and oceanographical experts have expressed concerns of long-lasting damages to the oceanic ecosystem including coral reefs and seagrass.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 56], "content_span": [57, 378]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277608-0016-0000", "contents": "2018 Balikpapan oil spill, Effects, Environmental damage\nDue to the spill, the Ministry of Maritime Affairs and Fisheries received reports of oil pollution across the country, such as in the Bay of Jakarta and in Bintan.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 56], "content_span": [57, 220]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277609-0000-0000", "contents": "2018 Balkan Athletics Championships\nThe 2018 Balkan Athletics Championships was the 73rd edition of the annual track and field competition for athletes from the Balkans, organised by Balkan Athletics. It was held at Beroe Stadium in Stara Zagora, Bulgaria on 20 and 21 July. It was the fourth time that the city hosted the competition, following the 1985, 2011 and 2013 editions.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [35, 35], "content_span": [36, 379]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277609-0001-0000", "contents": "2018 Balkan Athletics Championships\nTwo championship records were broken: Paraskevi Papachristou of Greece set a women's triple jump mark of 14.60\u00a0m (+ 1.7 m/s), while Serbia's Marija Vu\u010denovi\u0107 set a women's javelin throw best of 60.60 m. Bulgaria's Inna Eftimova took a women's sprint double in the 100 metres and 200 metres. Florina Pierdevar\u0103 of Romania was runner-up in both women's middle-distance running events and Bulgarian horizontal jumper Gabriela Petrova also won two individual silvers. Romania was the most successful nation at the competition, topping the medal table with 23 medals (nine of them gold), and were closely followed by Greece on 22 medals and eight golds.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [35, 35], "content_span": [36, 684]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277610-0000-0000", "contents": "2018 Balkan Athletics Indoor Championships\nThe 2018 Balkan Athletics Indoor Championships was the 23rd edition of the annual track and field competition for athletes from the Balkans, organised by Balkan Athletics. It was held on 17 February 2018 at the Atak\u00f6y Athletics Arena in Istanbul, Turkey.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [42, 42], "content_span": [43, 297]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277610-0001-0000", "contents": "2018 Balkan Athletics Indoor Championships\nRomania topped the medal table, winning 15 medals including 5 gold, ahead of the host nation Turkey, and Bulgaria.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [42, 42], "content_span": [43, 157]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277611-0000-0000", "contents": "2018 Ball State Cardinals football team\nThe 2018 Ball State Cardinals football team represented Ball State University in the 2018 NCAA Division I FBS football season. They were led by third-year head coach Mike Neu and played their home games at Scheumann Stadium in Muncie, Indiana as members of the West Division of the Mid-American Conference. They finished the season 4\u20138, 3\u20135 in MAC play to finish in fifth place in the West Division.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [39, 39], "content_span": [40, 439]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277611-0001-0000", "contents": "2018 Ball State Cardinals football team, Previous season\nThe Cardinals finished the 2017 season 2\u201310, 0\u20138 in MAC play to finish in last place in the West Division.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 56], "content_span": [57, 163]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277611-0002-0000", "contents": "2018 Ball State Cardinals football team, Preseason, Preseason media poll\nThe MAC released their preseason media poll on July 24, 2018, with the Cardinals predicted to finish in last place in the West Division.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 72], "content_span": [73, 209]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277612-0000-0000", "contents": "2018 Ballon d'Or\nThe 2018 Ballon d'Or was the 63rd annual award ceremony recognising the best footballer in the world for 2018. The winners were announced on 3 December 2018, and for the first time in its history, the Ballon d'Or F\u00e9minin and Kopa Trophy were awarded to the best female footballer and male under-21 footballer, respectively.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [16, 16], "content_span": [17, 340]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277612-0001-0000", "contents": "2018 Ballon d'Or, Ballon d'Or\nThe nominees for the awards were announced on 9 October 2018.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [18, 29], "content_span": [30, 91]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277613-0000-0000", "contents": "2018 Balochistan provincial election\nProvincial elections were held in the Pakistani province of Balochistan on 25 July 2018.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [36, 36], "content_span": [37, 125]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277613-0001-0000", "contents": "2018 Balochistan provincial election, Background\nThe 2013 elections resulted in a hung parliament, before Pakistan Muslim League (N), National Party, and Pashtunkhwa Milli Awami Party joined hands to form a coalition government. A power-sharing agreement was also brokered between PML-N and NP where the province's Chief Ministership tenure would be bifurcated between the two parties. In consequence, NP's Abdul Malik Baloch served as chief minister from 2013 to 2015 before he was replaced by PML-N's Sanaullah Khan Zehri at the end of 2015.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 48], "content_span": [49, 543]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277613-0002-0000", "contents": "2018 Balochistan provincial election, Background\nHowever, Zehri couldn't complete his term as on 2 January 2018, a number of dissident members from the ruling PML-N colluded with opposition lawmakers to submit a no-confidence motion against him. Seeing that he has lost the majority of the house's support in the ensuing turmoil, Zehri resigned from his post before a no-confidence vote could take place. Pakistan Muslim League (Q)'s, Abdul Quddus Bizenjo, an opposition lawmaker and one of the leaders of the no-confidence bloc, was elected as the province's 15th Chief Minister. He secured 41 of the 65 votes.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 48], "content_span": [49, 611]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277613-0003-0000", "contents": "2018 Balochistan provincial election, Background\nThis in-house change was also important in the lead-up to the 2018 Senate elections as the bloc managed to secure 6 of the 12 seats for the province, with no seat for PML-N. Further down the line, the group was also successful in making an alliance with Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf and Pakistan Peoples Party for the election of the Senate chairman, leading to their combined candidate from Balochistan, Sadiq Sanjrani, being elected to the post.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 48], "content_span": [49, 492]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277613-0004-0000", "contents": "2018 Balochistan provincial election, Background\nOn 29 March 2018, Anwaar-ul-Haq Kakar and Saeed Hashmi, with the support of Bizenjo, launched a new political party by the name of Balochistan Awami Party (BAP). It was composed of independent candidates, dissident PML-N lawmakers as well as PML-Q members", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 48], "content_span": [49, 304]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277613-0005-0000", "contents": "2018 Balochistan provincial election, Pre-election violence\nOn 13 July, a suicide bombing killed at least 131 people including BAP candidate for Balochistan Assembly, Nawabzada Siraj Raisani and over 200 injured.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 59], "content_span": [60, 213]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277614-0000-0000", "contents": "2018 Baltic Cup\nThe 2018 Baltic Cup was the 28th Baltic Cup, an international football tournament contested by the Baltic states. The tournament was held between 30 May and 5 June 2018. Latvia won their 13th title.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [15, 15], "content_span": [16, 214]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277615-0000-0000", "contents": "2018 Baltimore Brigade season\nThe 2018 Baltimore Brigade season is the second season for the franchise in the Arena Football League. The Brigade play home games at the Royal Farms Arena.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [29, 29], "content_span": [30, 186]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277615-0001-0000", "contents": "2018 Baltimore Brigade season, Roster\nRookies in italics updated July 18, 201824 Active, 13 Inactive", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 37], "content_span": [38, 100]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277615-0002-0000", "contents": "2018 Baltimore Brigade season, Schedule, Regular season\nThe 2018 regular season schedule was released on February 13, 2018.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 55], "content_span": [56, 123]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277616-0000-0000", "contents": "2018 Baltimore Orioles season\nThe 2018 Baltimore Orioles season was the team's 118th season overall, 65th in Baltimore, and 27th at Oriole Park at Camden Yards. They attempted to rebound from their first losing season since 2011 when they went 75\u201387. However, the Orioles instead suffered one of the worst seasons in MLB history, going 47\u2013115. The season, as with the succeeding season, set several statistical records and quirks, such as being 60 or more games behind the division (later World Series) champions Boston Red Sox.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [29, 29], "content_span": [30, 528]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277616-0000-0001", "contents": "2018 Baltimore Orioles season\nWith the 47\u2013115 record, they became the first team since the 2003 Tigers, who also suffered a similar season when they went 43\u2013119, to have fewer than 50 wins in a full 162-game season. First baseman Chris Davis posted a .168 batting average in his third year of a 7-year, $161 million contract, the worst in Orioles history.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [29, 29], "content_span": [30, 355]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277616-0001-0000", "contents": "2018 Baltimore Orioles season\nTo further add to the team's abysmal season, their top players such as Manny Machado, Zack Britton, Jonathan Schoop, Darren O'Day, Kevin Gausman, and Brad Brach were all traded in the trade deadline.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [29, 29], "content_span": [30, 229]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277616-0002-0000", "contents": "2018 Baltimore Orioles season\nManager Buck Showalter and general manager Dan Duquette's contracts expired and were not renewed concluding the season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [29, 29], "content_span": [30, 149]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277617-0000-0000", "contents": "2018 Baltimore Ravens season\nThe 2018 season was the Baltimore Ravens' 23rd season in the National Football League, 11th under head coach John Harbaugh, and their 17th and final season under general manager Ozzie Newsome.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [28, 28], "content_span": [29, 221]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277617-0001-0000", "contents": "2018 Baltimore Ravens season\nIn Week 6, the Ravens set a franchise record, sacking Tennessee Titans quarterback Marcus Mariota 11 times in a 21\u20130 win.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [28, 28], "content_span": [29, 150]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277617-0002-0000", "contents": "2018 Baltimore Ravens season\nAfter struggling to a 4\u20135 start, the Ravens went on a 6\u20131 run to finish 10\u20136 on the season, thanks to the emergence of rookie quarterback Lamar Jackson, who replaced longtime QB Joe Flacco due to injury. The Ravens clinched the AFC North after defeating the Cleveland Browns in Week 17, reaching the playoffs for the first time since 2014 and winning their division for the first time since 2012; they also finished the regular season ranked first in total defense. However they lost to the Los Angeles Chargers 23\u201317 in the Wild Card playoffs, which was the first time since 2006 that the Ravens went one-and-done and their first Wild Card playoff loss since 2003.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [28, 28], "content_span": [29, 694]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277617-0003-0000", "contents": "2018 Baltimore Ravens season, Preseason, Schedule\nOn February 13, the NFL announced that the Ravens will play the Chicago Bears in the Pro Football Hall of Fame Game on Thursday, August 2, at the Tom Benson Hall of Fame Stadium in Canton, Ohio.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 49], "content_span": [50, 244]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277617-0004-0000", "contents": "2018 Baltimore Ravens season, Preseason, Schedule\nThe remainder of the Ravens' preseason opponents and schedule were announced on April 11, 2018.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 49], "content_span": [50, 145]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277617-0005-0000", "contents": "2018 Baltimore Ravens season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 1: Baltimore Ravens 47, Buffalo Bills 3\nIn a blowout win over the Bills, Ravens QB Joe Flacco passed for three touchdowns before being relieved by rookie Lamar Jackson, while Bills QB Nathan Peterman was benched for rookie Josh Allen after posting a 0.0 passer rating.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 106], "content_span": [107, 335]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277617-0006-0000", "contents": "2018 Baltimore Ravens season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 9: Pittsburgh Steelers 23, Baltimore Ravens 16\nAfter 10 years with the team, this would become Joe Flacco\u2019s final start and last game as a Raven as he suffered a hip injury and was replaced by Lamar Jackson, who went on to start the final 7 games of the season. Flacco was ultimately traded to the Denver Broncos during the off-season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 113], "content_span": [114, 402]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277617-0007-0000", "contents": "2018 Baltimore Ravens season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 11: Baltimore Ravens 24, Cincinnati Bengals 21\nOn his first drive as the starting quarterback for the Ravens, Lamar Jackson orchestrated an 11 play, 75 yard gem ending with Alex Collins running the ball in for a touchdown. During the drive Jackson did not throw a single pass but rushed 5 times for 46 yards.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 113], "content_span": [114, 376]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277617-0008-0000", "contents": "2018 Baltimore Ravens season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 17: Baltimore Ravens 26, Cleveland Browns 24\nSimilar to last season, the Ravens' playoff hopes was decided on a 4th down in the waning seconds of the game. Browns QB Baker Mayfield made a quick throw that was picked by Ravens LB C.J. Mosley to seal the game for Baltimore, clinching them their first division title in 6 years and making the playoffs.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 111], "content_span": [112, 417]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277617-0009-0000", "contents": "2018 Baltimore Ravens season, Postseason, Game summaries, Wild Card Round: Los Angeles Chargers 23, Baltimore Ravens 17\nThe Chargers recorded six sacks, jumped out to a 23\u20133 lead and halted a late Ravens rally, forcing Lamar Jackson to fumble on the final drive to earn a trip to New England.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 119], "content_span": [120, 292]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277617-0010-0000", "contents": "2018 Baltimore Ravens season, Postseason, Game summaries, Wild Card Round: Los Angeles Chargers 23, Baltimore Ravens 17\nOn the Ravens' second possession of the game, Chargers defensive end Melvin Ingram forced a fumble from Kenneth Dixon that was recovered by safety Adrian Phillips, giving Los Angeles the ball on the Baltimore 14-yard line. Three plays later, Michael Badgley kicked a 21-yard field goal to give Los Angeles a 3\u20130 lead. Then the Chargers' defense forced a punt, which Desmond King returned 42 yards to the Ravens' 42-yard line, setting up a 53-yard Badgley field goal that increased their lead to 6\u20130.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 119], "content_span": [120, 619]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277617-0010-0001", "contents": "2018 Baltimore Ravens season, Postseason, Game summaries, Wild Card Round: Los Angeles Chargers 23, Baltimore Ravens 17\nEarly in the second quarter, Phillips intercepted a pass from Jackson to give the Chargers a first down on the Ravens' 44-yard line. From there, they drove 27 yards to go up 9\u20130 on Badgley's third field goal. Following another Ravens punt, Los Angeles drove 53 yards in 12 plays to score on Badgley's fourth field goal on the last play of the half, giving them a 12\u20130 lead.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 119], "content_span": [120, 493]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277617-0011-0000", "contents": "2018 Baltimore Ravens season, Postseason, Game summaries, Wild Card Round: Los Angeles Chargers 23, Baltimore Ravens 17\nKing returned the second half kickoff 72 yards to the Ravens' 35-yard line, but this time the Chargers failed to score when Badgley's field goal attempt was blocked by Za'Darius Smith. After a Ravens punt, linebacker Patrick Onwuasor forced a fumble from Chargers tight end Virgil Green that was recovered by linebacker C. J. Mosley on the Los Angeles 21-yard line. This set up Justin Tucker's 33-yard field goal, cutting the score to 12\u20133 with 8:34 left in the third quarter.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 119], "content_span": [120, 596]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277617-0011-0001", "contents": "2018 Baltimore Ravens season, Postseason, Game summaries, Wild Card Round: Los Angeles Chargers 23, Baltimore Ravens 17\nAt the end of Los Angeles' next possession, the Ravens got another scoring opportunity when Javorius Allen blocked Donnie Jones's punt, resulting in Baltimore taking over on the Chargers' 40-yard line; they only managed to gain 4 yards with their next three plays and Tucker's 50-yard field goal attempt was wide right. Los Angeles then drove 60 yards in 10 plays, featuring a 28-yard completion from Philip Rivers to Mike Williams on the Ravens' 15-yard line. On the next play, Melvin Gordon ran the ball 14 yards to the 1-yard line.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 119], "content_span": [120, 654]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277617-0011-0002", "contents": "2018 Baltimore Ravens season, Postseason, Game summaries, Wild Card Round: Los Angeles Chargers 23, Baltimore Ravens 17\nThe Ravens managed to keep Los Angeles out of the end zone for the next three plays, but Gordon scored with a 4th down 1-yard touchdown run on the first play of the 4th quarter; Rivers completed a pass to Williams for a two-point conversion, giving the Chargers a 20\u20133 lead.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 119], "content_span": [120, 394]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277617-0012-0000", "contents": "2018 Baltimore Ravens season, Postseason, Game summaries, Wild Card Round: Los Angeles Chargers 23, Baltimore Ravens 17\nA sack by Ingram on the Ravens' ensuing drive forced them to punt from their 14-yard line and Sam Koch's 31-yard kick gave the Chargers good field position on the Ravens' 45-yard line. Los Angeles then drove 16 yards, including a 9-yard scramble by Rivers on 3rd-and-8, to score on Badgley's 5th field goal, from 47 yards, that gave them a 23\u20133 lead. Taking the ball back with 9:02 left, Baltimore drove 75 yards in eight plays, including Jackson's 29-yard completion to Willie Snead on 4th-and-11.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 119], "content_span": [120, 618]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277617-0012-0001", "contents": "2018 Baltimore Ravens season, Postseason, Game summaries, Wild Card Round: Los Angeles Chargers 23, Baltimore Ravens 17\nOn the next play, Jackson threw a 31-yard touchdown pass to receiver Michael Crabtree, making the score 23\u201310. The Chargers recovered Baltimore's ensuing onside kick attempt, but still had to punt after three plays. Baltimore went on to drive 85 yards in 12 plays, the longest a 39-yard completion from Jackson to Dixon. On the last play, Jackson threw a 6-yard touchdown pass to Crabtree, narrowing their gap to 23\u201317 with 2:06 left. Baltimore then forced a punt with 45 seconds to go, giving them one last chance to drive for a winning touchdown, but Chargers linebacker Uchenna Nwosu forced a fumble while sacking Jackson and Ingram recovered it to give Los Angeles the victory.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 119], "content_span": [120, 801]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277617-0013-0000", "contents": "2018 Baltimore Ravens season, Postseason, Game summaries, Wild Card Round: Los Angeles Chargers 23, Baltimore Ravens 17\nRivers completed 22-of-32 passes for 160 yards and rushed for 15 yards. Ingram finished the game with seven tackles (two for a loss of yards), two sacks, a forced fumble and a fumble recovery. Phillips had five tackles (three solo), an interception and a fumble recovery. King returned a kickoff for 72 yards and had four punt returns for 46 yards. Jackson completed 14-of-29 passes for 194 yards, with two touchdowns and an interception; he was also Baltimore's leading rusher with 9 carries for 54 yards. Onwausor had seven tackles (six solo), a sack and a forced fumble.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 119], "content_span": [120, 693]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277618-0000-0000", "contents": "2018 Bandung mayoral election\nThe 2018 Bandung mayoral election took place on 27 June 2018 as part of the simultaneous local elections. It was held to elect the mayor of Bandung alongside with their deputy.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [29, 29], "content_span": [30, 206]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277618-0001-0000", "contents": "2018 Bandung mayoral election\nSitting mayor Ridwan Kamil, while eligible for a second term, did not run due to his bid for the province's governorship. Vice mayor Oded Muhammad Danial came out on top, defeating city secretary Yossi Irianto in addition to former lawmaker and Golkar politician Nurul Arifin.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [29, 29], "content_span": [30, 306]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277618-0002-0000", "contents": "2018 Bandung mayoral election, Timeline\nThe KPU has stated that there will be approximately 1.7 million voters in the city. Registration for party-backed candidates were opened between 8 and 10 January 2018, while independent candidates were required to register between 22 and 26 November 2017. The campaigning period would commence between 15 February and 24 June, with a three-day election silence before voting on 27 June. The vote itself follows a first past the post system.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 39], "content_span": [40, 480]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277618-0003-0000", "contents": "2018 Bandung mayoral election, Timeline\nThe candidates were assigned their order number on 13 February 2018. A public debate covered by media outlets was held on 15 April 2018.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 39], "content_span": [40, 176]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277618-0004-0000", "contents": "2018 Bandung mayoral election, Candidates\nIncumbent Ridwan Kamil participated in the 2018 West Java gubernatorial election, and declared that he will not be running for re-election in December 2017. Instead, he endorsed the Yossi-Aries ticket. Some independent candidates registered, but none passed the required qualifications in form of identity card copies.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 41], "content_span": [42, 360]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277618-0005-0000", "contents": "2018 Bandung mayoral election, Candidates\nNurul Arifin's candidacy was backed by her party since mid-2017. Her running mate is Chairul Yaqin Hidayat, who is the vice-treasurer in Demokrat. She became eligible to run once the pair secured the support of PKB and hence controlling sufficient seats in the parliament. Newly registered political party Perindo also endorsed the pair.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 41], "content_span": [42, 379]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277618-0006-0000", "contents": "2018 Bandung mayoral election, Candidates\nCity secretary Yossi Irianto first received the endorsement of Hanura in November 2017, followed by Nasdem. PDI-P and PPP endorsed the pair in the days leading up to the registration, with the former attaching Aries Supriatna as the running mate. Days before the election new party PSI endorse this pair.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 41], "content_span": [42, 346]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277618-0007-0000", "contents": "2018 Bandung mayoral election, Candidates\nRidwan Kamil's deputy Oded M Danial was officially endorsed by PKS in October 2017. Gerindra endorsed him, with Yana Mulyana being set as his running mate on the last day of registration.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 41], "content_span": [42, 229]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277619-0000-0000", "contents": "2018 Bandy World Championship\nThe 2018 Bandy World Championship was the 38th Bandy World Championship between men's bandy teams. The tournament took place in China and Russia. Division A matches were played in the Russian city of Khabarovsk and Division B matches in Harbin, Heilongjiang, China.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [29, 29], "content_span": [30, 295]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277619-0001-0000", "contents": "2018 Bandy World Championship, Participating teams and officials\nEight nations were qualified for the Division A, where the matches were played in Khabarovsk, Russia. Canada would have made its return to Division A, as it won in the Division B last year, but declined to participate and was replaced by Hungary. The other teams in Division A were directly qualified through their results in the same division last year.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 64], "content_span": [65, 419]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277619-0002-0000", "contents": "2018 Bandy World Championship, Participating teams and officials\nThe Division B matches were played in Harbin, Manchuria, and made up of eight teams. Of the countries from 2017, Belarus, which finished in last place of Division A, and the Czech Republic, chose not to participate.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 64], "content_span": [65, 280]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277620-0000-0000", "contents": "2018 Bandy World Championship squads\nBelow are the squads for the 2018 Bandy World Championship final tournament in Russia.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [36, 36], "content_span": [37, 123]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277621-0000-0000", "contents": "2018 Bangabandhu Cup\nThe 2018 Bangabandhu Gold Cup or simply 2018 Bangabandhu Cup was an international association football tournament organized by the Bangladesh Football Federation (BFF) as a tribute to Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman. This was the 5th edition of the tournament with six teams competing from 1 to 12 October 2018.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [20, 20], "content_span": [21, 355]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277621-0001-0000", "contents": "2018 Bangabandhu Cup, Participating teams\nSix nations competed in the tournament. BFF president Kazi Salahuddin has previously stated that the BFF wanted to get one team from each of the Asian Football Confederation's sub-confederations. Afghanistan was also reported as a potential participant. All teams were the first teams except for the Philippines which brought their second team.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 41], "content_span": [42, 386]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277621-0002-0000", "contents": "2018 Bangabandhu Cup, Draw\nThe draw took place on 1 September 2018 at the Le M\u00e9ridien Dhaka Hotel in Dhaka. The six teams were drawn into two groups with three teams each for the group stage.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 26], "content_span": [27, 191]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277621-0003-0000", "contents": "2018 Bangabandhu Cup, Venues\nMatches were played in three venues. The Sylhet District Stadium in Sylhet hosted the group stage matches while the Cox's Bazar Stadium in Cox's Bazar hosted the semifinals. The Bangabandhu National Stadium in Dhaka was the venue for the final.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 28], "content_span": [29, 273]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277621-0004-0000", "contents": "2018 Bangabandhu Cup, Goalscorers\nThere were 15 goals scored in 9 matches, for an average of 1.67 goals per match.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 33], "content_span": [34, 114]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277621-0005-0000", "contents": "2018 Bangabandhu Cup, Sponsorship\nLocal sports marketing company K-Sports bought the rights for this edition of the tournament and provided all the expenditures.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 33], "content_span": [34, 161]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277622-0000-0000", "contents": "2018 Bangka Belitung Indonesia Masters\nThe 2018 Bangka Belitung Indonesia Masters was a badminton tournament which took place at Sahabudin Sports Hall in Pangkal Pinang, Indonesia, from 18 to 23 September 2018 and had a total purse of $75,000.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [38, 38], "content_span": [39, 243]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277622-0001-0000", "contents": "2018 Bangka Belitung Indonesia Masters, Tournament\nThe 2018 Bangka Belitung Indonesia Masters was the eighth Super 100 tournament of the 2018 BWF World Tour and also part of the Indonesia Masters Super 100 championships, which was held for the first time. This tournament was organized by the Badminton Association of Indonesia with the sanction from the BWF.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 50], "content_span": [51, 359]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277622-0002-0000", "contents": "2018 Bangka Belitung Indonesia Masters, Tournament, Venue\nThis international tournament was held at Sahabudin Sports Hall in Pangkal Pinang, Bangka Belitung Islands, Indonesia.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 57], "content_span": [58, 176]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277622-0003-0000", "contents": "2018 Bangka Belitung Indonesia Masters, Tournament, Point distribution\nBelow is the point distribution table for each phase of the tournament based on the BWF points system for the BWF Tour Super 100 event.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 70], "content_span": [71, 206]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277622-0004-0000", "contents": "2018 Bangka Belitung Indonesia Masters, Tournament, Prize money\nThe total prize money for this tournament was US$75,000. Distribution of prize money was in accordance with BWF regulations.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 63], "content_span": [64, 188]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277623-0000-0000", "contents": "2018 Bangkok Challenger\nThe 2018 Bangkok Challenger was a professional tennis tournament played on hard courts. It was the tenth edition of the tournament and was part of the 2018 ATP Challenger Tour. It took place in Bangkok, Thailand between 1 and 7 January 2018.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [23, 23], "content_span": [24, 265]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277623-0001-0000", "contents": "2018 Bangkok Challenger, Singles main draw entrants, Other Entrants\nThe following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 67], "content_span": [68, 136]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277624-0000-0000", "contents": "2018 Bangkok Challenger II\nThe 2018 Bangkok Challenger II was a professional tennis tournament played on hard courts. It was third edition of the tournament and part of the 2018 ATP Challenger Tour. It took place in Bangkok, Thailand between 8 and 13 January 2018.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [26, 26], "content_span": [27, 264]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277624-0001-0000", "contents": "2018 Bangkok Challenger II, Singles main draw entrants, Other Entrants\nThe following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 70], "content_span": [71, 139]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277624-0002-0000", "contents": "2018 Bangkok Challenger II, Singles main draw entrants, Other Entrants\nThe following player received entry into the singles main draw using a protected ranking:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 70], "content_span": [71, 160]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277625-0000-0000", "contents": "2018 Bangkok Challenger II \u2013 Doubles\nSanchai and Sonchat Ratiwatana were the defending champions but lost in the quarterfinals to Hsieh Cheng-peng and Yang Tsung-hua.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [36, 36], "content_span": [37, 166]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277625-0001-0000", "contents": "2018 Bangkok Challenger II \u2013 Doubles\nJames Cerretani and Joe Salisbury won the title after defeating Enrique L\u00f3pez P\u00e9rez and Pedro Mart\u00ednez 6\u20137(5\u20137), 6\u20133, [10\u20138] in the final.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [36, 36], "content_span": [37, 175]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277626-0000-0000", "contents": "2018 Bangkok Challenger II \u2013 Singles\nJanko Tipsarevi\u0107 was the defending champion but chose not to defend his title.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [36, 36], "content_span": [37, 115]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277626-0001-0000", "contents": "2018 Bangkok Challenger II \u2013 Singles\nMarcel Granollers won the title after defeating Enrique L\u00f3pez P\u00e9rez 4\u20136, 6\u20132, 6\u20130 in the final.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [36, 36], "content_span": [37, 132]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277627-0000-0000", "contents": "2018 Bangkok Challenger \u2013 Doubles\nGr\u00e9goire Barr\u00e8re and Jonathan Eysseric were the defending champions but chose not to defend their title.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [33, 33], "content_span": [34, 138]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277627-0001-0000", "contents": "2018 Bangkok Challenger \u2013 Doubles\nGerard and Marcel Granollers won the title after defeating Zden\u011bk Kol\u00e1\u0159 and Gon\u00e7alo Oliveira 6\u20133, 7\u20136(8\u20136) in the final.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [33, 33], "content_span": [34, 154]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277628-0000-0000", "contents": "2018 Bangkok Challenger \u2013 Singles\nJanko Tipsarevi\u0107 was the defending champion but chose not to defend his title.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [33, 33], "content_span": [34, 112]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277628-0001-0000", "contents": "2018 Bangkok Challenger \u2013 Singles\nMarcel Granollers won the title after defeating Mats Moraing 4\u20136, 6\u20133, 7\u20135 in the final.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [33, 33], "content_span": [34, 122]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277629-0000-0000", "contents": "2018 Bangkok Glass F.C. season\nThe 2018 season is Bangkok Glass Football Club's 10th existence in the new era since they took over from Krung Thai Bank Football Club in 2009. It is the 3rd season in the Thai League and club's 10th consecutive season in the top flight of the Thai football league system since took over in the 2009 season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [30, 30], "content_span": [31, 338]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277630-0000-0000", "contents": "2018 Bangkok United F.C. season\nThe 2018 season is Bangkok United Football Club's 10th existence in the new era since they took over from Bangkok University Football Club in 2009. It is the 3rd season in the Thai League and club's 8th (6th consecutive) season in the top flight of the Thai football league system since returned in the 2013 season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [31, 31], "content_span": [32, 347]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277630-0001-0000", "contents": "2018 Bangkok United F.C. season, Reserve team in Thai League 4\nBangkok United F.C. 's reserve side Bangkok United F.C. (B) was sent to compete in the T4 Bangkok Metropolitan Region.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 62], "content_span": [63, 183]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277631-0000-0000", "contents": "2018 Bangladesh Federation Cup\nThe 2018 Federation Cup also known as the 2018 Walton Federation Cup due to the sponsorship from Walton Group was the 30th edition of the tournament. Thirteeen teams completed. Dhaka Abahani was the winner of previous edition of the tournament. The winner earned a slot in the group stage of the 2019 AFC Cup.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [30, 30], "content_span": [31, 340]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277631-0001-0000", "contents": "2018 Bangladesh Federation Cup, Draw\nThe draw was held 20 October 2018 at BFF house Motijheel. The thirteen teams were divided into four groups and the top two teams from each group advanced to the quarter-finals.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 36], "content_span": [37, 213]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277632-0000-0000", "contents": "2018 Bangladesh election violence\n2018 Bangladesh election violence refers to a series of brutal attacks, mostly on opposition party candidates and clashes between ruling and opposition party men centering on the general election on December 30, 2018.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [33, 33], "content_span": [34, 251]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277632-0001-0000", "contents": "2018 Bangladesh election violence\nAccording to UN human rights experts, from December 9 to 12 a total of 47 such incidents of violence were reported, in which eight people were killed and 560 were injured, mostly from the ruling party.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [33, 33], "content_span": [34, 236]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277632-0002-0000", "contents": "2018 Bangladesh election violence\nOn December 18 the major opposition party of the country, the Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP), claimed that at least 4 party activists have been killed and 152 of 300 candidates have been attacked while campaigning. Moreover, 16 candidates from the alliance of opposition groups are in jail. The number of activists arrested by police after the declaration of the election schedule is around 21,000 according to the leaders of the Jatiya Oikya Front, the largest opposition alliance in the country.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [33, 33], "content_span": [34, 535]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277632-0003-0000", "contents": "2018 Bangladesh election violence\nThe victims of violence include former ministers, parliamentarians, veteran freedom fighters and senior leaders from the opposition alliance. At least 70 candidates from the opposition alliance Jatiya Oikya Front claimed that they could not participate in the campaign for fear of attacks against them.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [33, 33], "content_span": [34, 336]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277632-0004-0000", "contents": "2018 Bangladesh election violence\nRenowned human rights watchdog Human Rights Watch, in its bulletin titled \"Bangladesh: Crackdown as Elections Loom,\" claimed that \"Bangladesh security forces have been arresting and intimidating opposition figures and threatening freedom of expression in advance of national elections.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [33, 33], "content_span": [34, 320]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277632-0005-0000", "contents": "2018 Bangladesh election violence\nOn January 3, 2019, Human Rights Watch called for an investigation into attacks on members of the opposition parties before and during Bangladesh's elections.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [33, 33], "content_span": [34, 192]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277632-0006-0000", "contents": "2018 Bangladesh election violence, Background\nAfter the 1994-96 protest for neutral election time governments, Bangladesh amended the constitution to include a caretaker government system to oversee elections. Successive caretaker governments conducted free, fair and credible national elections in 1996, 2001 and 2008.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 45], "content_span": [46, 319]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277632-0007-0000", "contents": "2018 Bangladesh election violence, Background\nIn 2011, the Awami League led government in Bangladesh scrapped the provision for election time caretaker governments following a much debated Supreme Court ruling which declared the caretaker government system illegal, creating a political crisis in the country.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 45], "content_span": [46, 309]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277632-0008-0000", "contents": "2018 Bangladesh election violence, Background\nThe 2014 general election was then held under the supervision of the Awami League government and was boycotted by 30 of 42 registered political parties in the country, resulting in further deterioration of the political situation.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 45], "content_span": [46, 276]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277632-0009-0000", "contents": "2018 Bangladesh election violence, Background\nIn 2018, Bangladesh's election commission announced the schedule of another general election, which will again be held with the Awami League in power and its chief Sheikh Hasina as the Prime Minister. The election was set to take place on December 30, 2018.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 45], "content_span": [46, 303]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277632-0010-0000", "contents": "2018 Bangladesh election violence, Election schedule\nChief Election Commissioner KM Nurul Huda initially announced December 23, 2018 as the date of the general election. According to the schedule, the last date for filing candidate nomination papers was November 19, and the last date for withdrawal of candidates was November 29.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 52], "content_span": [53, 330]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277632-0011-0000", "contents": "2018 Bangladesh election violence, Election schedule\nAfter public hue and cry, the commission rescheduled the election date to December 30, 2018, with December 9 as the last date for withdrawal of candidates on November 12.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 52], "content_span": [53, 223]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277632-0012-0000", "contents": "2018 Bangladesh election violence, Violence, Police harassment\nBNP's candidate for the Dhaka-1 constituency Khondokar Abu Ashfaq was detained on December 11, 2018, while campaigning. The officer in charge of Dohar police, Md Sazzad, said he was detained \"on security grounds.\" He was later freed.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 62], "content_span": [63, 296]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277632-0013-0000", "contents": "2018 Bangladesh election violence, Violence, Police harassment\nAs of December 21, Bangladesh police have detained 16 opposition party candidates who will be running for the election. In addition, Jatiya Oikya Front leaders have claimed that 21,000 activists of the alliance have been detained by police after the announcement of the election.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 62], "content_span": [63, 342]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277632-0014-0000", "contents": "2018 Bangladesh election violence, Violence, Police harassment\nThe list of candidates jailed by police before the election includes:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 62], "content_span": [63, 132]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277632-0015-0000", "contents": "2018 Bangladesh election violence, Violence, Police harassment\nNazma Rahman, the wife of 20 Party Alliance candidate from Jhenaidaha-3 Motiar Rahman, was accused in a vandalism case on December 11, after police failed to nab her husband.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 62], "content_span": [63, 237]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277632-0016-0000", "contents": "2018 Bangladesh election violence, Violence, Police harassment\nIn Dhaka-16, BNP candidate Ahsanullah's wife Rina Hasan was obstructed by Awami League activists while campaigning with other women party members. After returning home local police arrested her, rather than taking any action against the Awami League activists.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 62], "content_span": [63, 323]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277632-0017-0000", "contents": "2018 Bangladesh election violence, Violence, Police harassment\nOn December 15, the Supreme Court Bar Association's Secretary General Mahbub Uddin Khokon, also the BNP candidate from Noakhali-1, alleged that he was shot by the local police while campaigning. Police Superintendent Ilias Sharif defended the attack, saying it was an attempt to bring the situation under control.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 62], "content_span": [63, 376]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277632-0018-0000", "contents": "2018 Bangladesh election violence, Violence, Police harassment\nFollowing a December 20 attack on the BNP's Jhalakathi-2 candidate, Jeba Amin Khan, police arrested local BNP leaders instead of arresting the attackers.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 62], "content_span": [63, 216]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277632-0019-0000", "contents": "2018 Bangladesh election violence, Violence, Police harassment\nAlso on December 20, police pressed a charge sheet against Saiful Alam Nirob, BNP candidate in Dhaka-12, and 37 others, resulting in court issued arrest warrants in a case filed for assaulting police and preventing them from discharging their duties in December 2017.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 62], "content_span": [63, 330]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277632-0020-0000", "contents": "2018 Bangladesh election violence, Violence, Police harassment\nSome reports stated that supporters of the opposition parties were arrested just before the Bangladesh elections occurred on December 30. The violence that erupted before election day left at least 17 people dead.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 62], "content_span": [63, 276]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277632-0021-0000", "contents": "2018 Bangladesh election violence, Violence, Attacks on candidates\nNo less than 100 candidates have been allegedly attacked by Bangladesh Awami League (BAL) men throughout the country. Even party leaders who are not taking part in the election were allegedly attacked in the open with police standing as spectators.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 66], "content_span": [67, 315]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277632-0022-0000", "contents": "2018 Bangladesh election violence, Violence, Attacks on candidates\nDr. Kamal Hossain, the leader of the Jatiya Oikya Front was attacked on December 14, 2018, while coming out of the Martyred Intellectuals Memorial in Dhaka along with A. S. M. Abdur Rab after paying homage to the martyred intellectuals of the Liberation War of Bangladesh.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 66], "content_span": [67, 339]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277632-0023-0000", "contents": "2018 Bangladesh election violence, Violence, Attacks on candidates\nBangladesh Nationalist Party's Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir's motorcade was attacked at Thakurgaon while campaigning in his area.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 66], "content_span": [67, 213]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277632-0024-0000", "contents": "2018 Bangladesh election violence, Violence, Attacks on candidates\nSeveral members of the Bangladesh Nationalist Party's National Standing Committee including Mirza Abbas, Moudud Ahmed and Dr. Abdul Moyeen Khan were attacked during cthe campaign, on at least two separate occasions. Another National Standing Committee member, former minister and a Hindu minority leader of the party Gayeshwar Chandra Roy was brutally attacked just four days before the election.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 66], "content_span": [67, 463]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277632-0025-0000", "contents": "2018 Bangladesh election violence, Violence, Attacks on candidates\nWar veteran Oli Ahmad, the chief of the Liberal Democratic Party was attacked while campaigning at Chottogram.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 66], "content_span": [67, 177]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277632-0026-0000", "contents": "2018 Bangladesh election violence, Violence, Attacks on candidates\nOther prominent leaders, including former minister Abdullah Al Noman of Chattogram-10, former minister Professor Abu Sayeed of Pabna-1, former minister Shah Moazzem Hossain of Munsiganj-1 and Supreme Court Bar Association Secretary General Mahbub Uddin Khokon of Noakhali-1 were attacked while campaigning. BNP Chairperson's advisor and BNP candidate from Pabna-4, Habibur Rahman Habib, was stabbed by Awami League activists while campaigning.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 66], "content_span": [67, 510]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277632-0027-0000", "contents": "2018 Bangladesh election violence, Violence, Attacks on candidates\nFormer Minister and Jatiya Oikya Front candidate Professor Abu Sayeed was the victim of 17-18 criminal attacks from December 10 to December 27, approximately one attack each day.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 66], "content_span": [67, 245]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277632-0028-0000", "contents": "2018 Bangladesh election violence, Violence, Attacks on candidates\nEven women leaders were not spared, former minister Mirza Abbas's wife and BNP contender of Dhaka-9 Afroza Abbas, former minister Iqbal Hasan Mahmud Tuku's wife Romana Mahmud of Sirajganj-2, former minister Ruhul Quddus Talukdar's wife Sabina Yasmin Chhobi of Natore-2, and Communist Party of Bangladesh candidate Jolly Talukdar were repeatedly attacked.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 66], "content_span": [67, 421]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277632-0029-0000", "contents": "2018 Bangladesh election violence, Violence, Attacks on candidates\nMahmudur Rahman Manna, chief of Nagorik Oikya, and candidate from Bogura-2, was attacked in Dhaka while campaigning for his party's candidate at Uttara.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 66], "content_span": [67, 219]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277632-0030-0000", "contents": "2018 Bangladesh election violence, Violence, Attacks on candidates\nFormer UN official and prominent economist Dr. Reza Kibria, the Jatiya Oikyafront candidate for Habiganj-1, came under attack in his constituency.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 66], "content_span": [67, 213]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277632-0031-0000", "contents": "2018 Bangladesh election violence, Violence, Attacks on candidates\nAmong other leaders Fariduzzaman, Jatiya Oikyafront candidate for Narail-2; GM Siraj, BNP candidate for Bogura-5; Sharifuzzaman, BNP candidate for Chuadanga-1; Manjurul Alam Bimol, 20-party candidate for Natore-1; Jeba Amin, BNP candidate for Jhalakathi-2; Azharul Islam Manna, BNP candidate for Narayanganj-3, Aminul Farid, Left Democratic Alliance candidate for Bogura-6; Jafrul Islam Chowdhury, BNP candidate for Chattogram-16; Irfan Ibne Aman, BNP candidate for Dhaka-2, and Zonayed Saki, Left Democratic Alliance candidate for Dhaka-12 were attacked in an incident during the campaign.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 66], "content_span": [67, 657]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277632-0032-0000", "contents": "2018 Bangladesh election violence, Violence, Attacks on candidates\nProminent Bangladeshi singer Kanak Chapa, BNP's candidate from Sirajganj-1 was forced to leave her constituency because she feared for her life.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 66], "content_span": [67, 211]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277632-0033-0000", "contents": "2018 Bangladesh election violence, Violence, Attacks on candidates\nFormer minister and independent candidate from Tangail 4, Abdul Latif Siddique was attacked in his area during the campaign. He subsequently withdrew from the election to protect his life.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 66], "content_span": [67, 255]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277632-0034-0000", "contents": "2018 Bangladesh election violence, Violence, Attacks on candidates\nJatiya Party leader Mahmudul Islam Chowdhury from Chottogram-16 was injured along with 30 of his supporters when miscreants opened fire on his motorcade during the campaign.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 66], "content_span": [67, 240]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277632-0035-0000", "contents": "2018 Bangladesh election violence, Violence, Incidents of death\nAs of December 30, 2018, at least fifteen political activists have died including 10 on election day in the run-up of the 2018 Bangladeshi general election.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 63], "content_span": [64, 220]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277632-0036-0000", "contents": "2018 Bangladesh election violence, Reactions\nUnited Nations Secretary General Ant\u00f3nio Guterres has called upon the government to ensure an environment \"free of violence, intimidation and coercion\" before, during and after the elections and has placed emphasis on holding a peaceful, credible and inclusive poll.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 44], "content_span": [45, 311]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277632-0037-0000", "contents": "2018 Bangladesh election violence, Reactions\nReferring to the ongoing violence in Bangladesh, global rights group Human Rights Watch's Asia Director Brad Adams said in a statement, \"The Awami League government has been systematically cracking down on independent and opposition voices to ensure that the ruling party faces no obstacles to total political control.\" He added that, \"Members and supporters of the main opposition parties have been arrested, killed, even disappeared, creating an atmosphere of fear and repression that is not consistent with credible elections.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 44], "content_span": [45, 575]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277632-0038-0000", "contents": "2018 Bangladesh election violence, Reactions\nUS Ambassador to Bangladesh, Earl R. Miller commented that people from all parties were attacked during the campaign, but that opposition party members \"bore the brunt\" of the violence.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 44], "content_span": [45, 230]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277632-0039-0000", "contents": "2018 Bangladesh election violence, Reactions\nThe United States Department of State issued a statement on December 21, 2018, that the United States government is disappointed with the Government of Bangladesh's refusal to grant VISAs for the observers of the Asian Network for Free Elections.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 44], "content_span": [45, 291]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277632-0040-0000", "contents": "2018 Bangladesh election violence, Reactions\nBritish Minister of State for Asia and the Pacific Mark Field MP in a statement urged everyone in Bangladesh to refrain from further violence.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 44], "content_span": [45, 187]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277632-0041-0000", "contents": "2018 Bangladesh election violence, Reactions\nA joint statement by 15 international election observers including the Asian Human Rights Commission and International Federation for Human Rights called the electoral environment of Bangladesh ahead of the 2018 election \"undemocratic\".", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 44], "content_span": [45, 281]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277632-0042-0000", "contents": "2018 Bangladesh election violence, Reactions\nBangladeshi rights group Ain O Salish Kendra, has condemned the attack on opposition men across the country in an official statement.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 44], "content_span": [45, 178]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277632-0043-0000", "contents": "2018 Bangladesh election violence, Reactions\nJatiya Oikya Front's leader Dr. Kamal Hossain said, \"The level of harassment is unprecedented and contrary to constitution.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 44], "content_span": [45, 169]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277632-0044-0000", "contents": "2018 Bangladesh election violence, Reactions\nElection Commissioner Rafiqul Islam has downplayed the level of violence, opining that the violence is a part of elections in Bangladesh's political culture.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 44], "content_span": [45, 202]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277633-0000-0000", "contents": "2018 Bangladesh quota reform movement\nThe 2018 Bangladesh Quota Reform Movement is an ongoing students' movement demanding reforms in policies regarding recruitment in the Bangladesh government services. Bangladesh Sadharan Chhatra Adhikar Sangrakshan Parishad (Bangladesh General Students' Right Conservation Council) initiated movement initially began in Shahbag and on Dhaka University campus on 17 February 2018, and eventually spread country-wide by 8 April 2018. The movement rapidly attained popularity among students of different universities and colleges forcing the government to announce changes in its policy.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [37, 37], "content_span": [38, 621]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277633-0001-0000", "contents": "2018 Bangladesh quota reform movement, Causes and demands\nUnder the existing Bangladesh government recruitment system, 56 percent of government job entry positions are reserved for specific \"entitled\" classes: 30 per cent for children/grandchildren of 1971 \"freedom fighters,\" 10 per cent for women, 10 per cent is for districts based on population, 5 per cent for ethnic minorities, and 1 per cent for people with disabilities.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 57], "content_span": [58, 429]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277633-0002-0000", "contents": "2018 Bangladesh quota reform movement, Causes and demands\nAs a result, only 44 percent of the job candidates are able to secure positions on the basis of merit, causing discontent among a large section of general students who say that they are deprived despite scoring higher than candidates who fall under any quota. Previous protests on the same issue were made in 2013 and 2008 but failed to bring change in government quota policy.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 57], "content_span": [58, 435]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277633-0003-0000", "contents": "2018 Bangladesh quota reform movement, Causes and demands\nIn July 2018, protests and counter-violence erupted at various Bangladeshi universities, particularly the University of Rajshahi (RU), over the \u2018quota reform movement,\u2019 which sought to change the quota system. RU's vice-chancellor, Professor M. Abdus Sobhan, dismissed the quota-reform movement as an \"anti-government movement with a motive to carry out sabotage.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 57], "content_span": [58, 422]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277633-0004-0000", "contents": "2018 Bangladesh quota reform movement, Timeline, March, 21 March\nOn 21 March 2018, Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina announced the quota system in government jobs for freedom fighters, their children and grandchildren will continue when a section of students and job-seekers were agitating seeking quota reform in government jobs.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 64], "content_span": [65, 325]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277633-0005-0000", "contents": "2018 Bangladesh quota reform movement, Timeline, April, 8 April\nOn 8 April 2018, hundreds of students began protests in Shabag after 2 pm. The protesters under the name Council to Protect Students' Rights demanded the quota system reforms by bringing down quotas altogether to 10 percent and filling up vacant quota posts by candidates from the merit list. At 7.30 pm, police started lobbing teargas shells, charged baton and used water cannons on the crowd. At 8.30 pm, protesters were attacked by a group of Bangladesh Chhatra League (BCL) activists led by DU unit General Secretary Motahar Hossain Prince. More than 160 protestors were injured in the clashes that took place at Dhaka University campus.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 63], "content_span": [64, 705]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277633-0006-0000", "contents": "2018 Bangladesh quota reform movement, Timeline, April, 9 April\nUniversity students from all over Bangladesh boycotted classes, took out processions and blocked highways since morning to express solidarity with the demonstrators of the central program. Thousands of students of BUET, Rajshahi University, Jahangirnagar University, Chittagong University, Khulna University, Khulna University of Engineering and Technology (KUET), Shahjalal University of Science and Technology (SUST), Islamic University, National Institute of Textile Engineering and Research, Barisal University, etc. participated in the demonstrations in respective cities. A delegation of protesters met Minister Obaidul Quader Chowdhury at the Secretariat in the afternoon.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 63], "content_span": [64, 743]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277633-0006-0001", "contents": "2018 Bangladesh quota reform movement, Timeline, April, 9 April\nMr. Quader asked to postpone protests for one month so that the government may examine the quota system. But protesters refused to pause their programmes until there was specific announcements from the prime minister. Minister of Agriculture and presidium member of the ruling Awami League Matia Chowdhury made a controversial remark in Parliament by calling the quota reform protestors 'children of razakars'.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 63], "content_span": [64, 474]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277633-0007-0000", "contents": "2018 Bangladesh quota reform movement, Timeline, April, 10 April\nStudents of Stamford University Bangladesh, International University of Business Agriculture and Technology, East West University, North South University, Daffodil International University, Eastern University (Bangladesh), Independent University, United International University, American International University of Bangladesh and University of Information Technology and Science took to different streets in Dhaka and blocked a number of key thoroughfares for several hours. Leaders of Bangladesh Shadharan Chhatra Odhikar Sangrakkhan Parishad called for a nationwide road blockade and strike at universities and colleges from 11 April 2018.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 64], "content_span": [65, 708]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277633-0008-0000", "contents": "2018 Bangladesh quota reform movement, Timeline, April, 11 April\nAfter midnight, Iffat Jahan Esha, the president of Sufia Kamal hall unit of BCL tortured and wounded a female student named Morsheda in Sufia Kamal Hall of DU for participating in quota reform protests. Photo and video of the incident quickly went viral on different social networking sites which drew attention to other general students. At 1 am, around 5,000 students of the university thronged in front of the Kabi Sufia Kamal Hall and took position in front of the gate in protest of the incident. Members of Chhatra League tried to block the protesters from getting out of halls to demonstrate by locking gates and threatening them, but protesters eventually broken down the locked gate at Bijay Ekattor Hall and came out.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 64], "content_span": [65, 792]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277633-0009-0000", "contents": "2018 Bangladesh quota reform movement, Timeline, April, 11 April\nResuming the ongoing agitation demanding quota reforms in government jobs, students made demonstrations in Dhaka, Chittagong, Rajshahi, Comilla and other places. Many roads including two major highways were blocked by students of University of Dhaka, Sher-e-Bangla Agricultural University, Jahangirnagar University, Islamic University, Kushtia, and other institutions. Dhaka-Rajshahi highway remained blocked since morning by several hundred students of Rajshahi University of Engineering and Technology (RUET). More than 6,000 protesters blocked the CDA Avenue in Chittagong.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 64], "content_span": [65, 641]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277633-0010-0000", "contents": "2018 Bangladesh quota reform movement, Timeline, April, 11 April\nIn a speech delivered in Parliament, the Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina criticised the protesters for creating public sufferings and angrily said: \"Alright then, there won't be any quotas. There is no need for quotas. They will take BCS exams and get jobs on their merit\". While many protesters rejoiced this statement as fulfillment of their demands, others remained skeptic about the commitment of the government and opted to wait until more specific declaration from the government regarding reformation of quota system is made.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 64], "content_span": [65, 594]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277633-0011-0000", "contents": "2018 Bangladesh quota reform movement, Timeline, April, 12 April\nBangladesh Sadharon Chhatra Odhikar Songrokkhon Parishad officially announced the end of quota movement and leader of this organization Nurul Haq Nur called Sheikh Hasina the Mother of Education. They demanded medical expenses for the injured students, release of the arrested students, and overall security for all of students.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 64], "content_span": [65, 393]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277633-0012-0000", "contents": "2018 Bangladesh quota reform movement, Timeline, April, 12 April\nChhatra League has expelled 22 students from residential halls to participate in the quota reform movement at the Islamic University, However, they are given the opportunity to return to the residential hall.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 64], "content_span": [65, 273]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277633-0013-0000", "contents": "2018 Bangladesh quota reform movement, Timeline, May\u2013June, 2 May\nPrime Minister Sheikh Hasina reaffirmed abolition of quota during a press conference at Ganabhaban, Dhaka on 2 May 2018.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 64], "content_span": [65, 185]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277633-0014-0000", "contents": "2018 Bangladesh quota reform movement, Timeline, May\u2013June, 30 June\nThe students started second phase of protests saying there has been no sign of quota reform implementation after three months had been passed since Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina's announcement in Parliament. Protesting students came under several attacks by BCL in Dhaka University and Rajshahi University.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 66], "content_span": [67, 372]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277633-0015-0000", "contents": "2018 Bangladesh quota reform movement, Timeline, May\u2013June, 30 June\nMembers of quota reform movement scheduled a press briefing on 30 June 2018 at Dhaka University campus but could not hold it as they were attacked allegedly by the members of BCL.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 66], "content_span": [67, 246]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277633-0016-0000", "contents": "2018 Bangladesh quota reform movement, Timeline, July, 2 July\nWhen students were staging a demonstration demanding quota system reform at Dhaka University campus, then at point Faruk Hasan (joint convener, Bangladesh Sadharan Chhatra Odhikar Sangrakkhan Parishad) was snatched away allegedly by a group of BCL men. Moriom Mannan, a first year honours student of Political Science department at Tejgaon College, who joined the protests that day, came to rescue Faruk, but she herself experienced physical assault, verbal abuse and mental tortures allegedly inflicted by activists against quota reform movement and policemen.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 61], "content_span": [62, 623]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277633-0017-0000", "contents": "2018 Bangladesh quota reform movement, Timeline, July, 2 July\nLater that day Faruk Hasan went on traceless after being picked up by BCL men allegedly from central Shaheed Minar area.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 61], "content_span": [62, 182]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277633-0018-0000", "contents": "2018 Bangladesh quota reform movement, Timeline, July, 2 July Rajshahi University attack\nOn 2 July 2018, during their protest march near the main gate of RU, a master's student and joint convenor of the quota reform movement at the same university, Toriqul Islam, and 15 others, were attacked by some BCL men, including several local BCL officers, as nearby police stood still. Toriqul Islam was beaten with a hammer and sticks and other weapons, resulting in multiple leg fractures and severe head injury.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 88], "content_span": [89, 506]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277633-0019-0000", "contents": "2018 Bangladesh quota reform movement, Timeline, July, 2 July Rajshahi University attack\nA video footage shot by Reporter , of The Daily star, covering the quota reform protests, during the attack allegedly showed the following attackers. Later the reporter Arafat Rahaman was recognised as the Best Photographer of the year-2018 for capturing the incident. :", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 88], "content_span": [89, 359]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277633-0020-0000", "contents": "2018 Bangladesh quota reform movement, Timeline, July, 3 July\nGuardians and teachers of students, rights activists, and eminent citizens scheduled to hold a rally protest the continued attacks, torture and arrest of quota reform activists in front of the Jatiya Press Club at 4:00pm under the banner of \"Udbigno Obhibhabok O Nagorik\u201d (worried guardians and citizens). But Police barred demonstrators from holding the event claiming that they did not allow the programme as the demonstrators did not have the permission. When the demonstrators tried to assemble, Azimul Haque, additional deputy commissioner of police (Ramna Division), commanded his men to arrest whoever tries to take position there.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 61], "content_span": [62, 700]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277633-0021-0000", "contents": "2018 Bangladesh quota reform movement, Timeline, July, 3 July\nOn the same day, Faruk Hassan was shown arrested in a police assault case of Shahbagh police station.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 61], "content_span": [62, 163]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277633-0022-0000", "contents": "2018 Bangladesh quota reform movement, Timeline, July, 12 July\nWhile addressing the parliament on 12 July 2018 Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina said that it is impossible to reform the freedom fighters' quota in public jobs because of a High Court verdict.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 62], "content_span": [63, 252]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277633-0023-0000", "contents": "2018 Bangladesh quota reform movement, Timeline, July, 17 July\nWhile speaking at a function through video-conferencing from the Gono Bhaban on 17 July 2018, Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina explained her earlier declaration (on 11 April 2018) of quota system removal was because there had been an anarchic situation created in the name of anti-quota movement.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 62], "content_span": [63, 355]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277633-0024-0000", "contents": "2018 Bangladesh quota reform movement, Timeline, July, 18 July\nUnder the banner of \"All Combined Departments\", around 500 students from different departments of Dhaka University formed a human chain on the Central Shaheed Minar premises in Dhaka, demanding exemplary punishment for those who attacked the quota reformists. Holding various placards protesting the recent attacks, they also demanded the release of quota reform leaders who were under arrest and a safe campus for all. Expressing solidarity with the students, assistant professor of DU's economics department Rushad Faridi attended the program.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 62], "content_span": [63, 608]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277633-0024-0001", "contents": "2018 Bangladesh quota reform movement, Timeline, July, 18 July\nBesides, students of the university's history department formed a human chain at the Aparejeyo Bangla premises, protesting the recent attack on their fellow student Tanzir Hossain Sarker and demanded a safe campus for students. Associate professors Golam Saklayen Saki and MM Kawser were present at the human chain joined by around 200 students of the department. Later, the students brought out a silent procession from the spot. Boycotting regular classes and examinations, several hundred students of Jahangirnagar University also formed a human chain on the campus protesting the recent spate of attacks on some teachers and students and demanded reformation in the existing quota system.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 62], "content_span": [63, 755]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277633-0025-0000", "contents": "2018 Bangladesh quota reform movement, Concern over attack on quota reformists\nThe Embassy of Germany, USA, Norway, Switzerland and few other countries in Dhaka expressed their concern over the 'brutal attacks' on peaceful demonstration of the quota reform protesters.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 78], "content_span": [79, 268]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277633-0026-0000", "contents": "2018 Bangladesh quota reform movement, Against quota reform protest\nSome politicians and university teachers have expressed their position against quota reform protest. Among them, Prof Md Akhtaruzzaman, Vice Chancellor of Dhaka University has compared the activities of quota reform protesters with that of Islamist militant outfits like the Taliban, Al-Shabaab and Boko Haram. He also compared the protests by female students at Dhaka University dormitory a characteristic of militant outfits pointing out that the militant outfits use women and children as their last resort. Vice Chancellor of RU, M Abdus Sobhan, also condemned the protest by saying that it is not a quota reform movement rather it is an anti-government movement. Dr. Muhammed Zafar Iqbal expressed that protesters were agitated at freedom fighters & thus disrespected freedom fighters' families.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 67], "content_span": [68, 868]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277633-0027-0000", "contents": "2018 Bangladesh quota reform movement, Arrests\nAccording to Bangladesh police, more than 16 quota reform protesters including Muhammad Rashed Khan, Faruk Hossain, Tariqul Islam, Josim Uddin, Mashiur were arrested between April, 2018 and July, 2018.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 46], "content_span": [47, 248]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277633-0028-0000", "contents": "2018 Bangladesh quota reform movement, Outcome\nIn the wake of the movement, the Cabinet of the Government of Bangladesh on October 3, 2018, issued a circular dismissing the quota system for recruitment in the ninth to thirteenth grades (formerly known as first and second class jobs).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 46], "content_span": [47, 284]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277633-0028-0001", "contents": "2018 Bangladesh quota reform movement, Outcome\nOn July 30, 2019, the government said, there is no quota in recruitment in 1st and 2nd class post (9th to 13th grade) at present, the quota for the post of 3rd and 4th class (14th to 20th grade) is still in force, but if no candidate of the relevant quota is found, it has to be filled from the merit list of the general candidate. In addition to clarifying the previous circular on quotas issued on January 20, 2020, the cabinet also approved a proposal provided by the Ministry of Public Administration to cancel quotas on direct appointments to eighth or higher grade posts in government jobs.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 46], "content_span": [47, 643]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277634-0000-0000", "contents": "2018 Bangladesh road-safety protests\nA series of public protests in Bangladesh advocating improved road safety were held from 29 July to 8 August 2018. They were sparked by the deaths of two high-school students in Dhaka struck by a bus operated by an unlicensed driver who was racing to collect passengers. The incident impelled students to demand safer roads and stricter traffic laws, and the demonstrations rapidly spread throughout Bangladesh.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [36, 36], "content_span": [37, 448]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277634-0001-0000", "contents": "2018 Bangladesh road-safety protests\nThe protests were peaceful until 2 August, when police attempted to disperse the demonstrators with tear gas and people believed to be members of a pro-government youth league attacked protesters and journalists. The government arrested several protesters and a photographer for giving an interview about the protests to international media. Various international organisations and high-profile figures expressed solidarity with the protesters. The crack-down on the student protesters received high criticism both domestically and internationally.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [36, 36], "content_span": [37, 585]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277634-0002-0000", "contents": "2018 Bangladesh road-safety protests\nThe third Sheikh Hasina Cabinet approved on 6 August a draft traffic act stipulating capital punishment for intentional killing and a maximum five-year prison sentence for accidental killing with a motor vehicle. The protesters felt that the maximum five-year sentence was too light for accidental deaths due to reckless driving. By 8 August, the situation in the city had returned to normal, most students had returned to their classes and traffic had resumed as normal, with many sources stating that the nine-day protests were over.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [36, 36], "content_span": [37, 572]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277634-0003-0000", "contents": "2018 Bangladesh road-safety protests, Background\nBus services in Dhaka are notoriously unregulated and accident-prone. Although many traffic laws and regulations were passed by the parliament, it had not been put into action. Research by the National Committee to Protect Shipping, Roads and Railways showed that more than 4,200 people were killed and 16,100 others were injured in road accidents in Dhaka in 2017. It is estimated that approximately 2.4\u00a0million vehicles are being driven by unqualified drivers in Dhaka in 2018. The deaths of two students had led to these protests.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 48], "content_span": [49, 582]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277634-0004-0000", "contents": "2018 Bangladesh road-safety protests, Protests\nThe protests started on 29 July 2018 after two students of Shaheed Romijuddin Cantonment College were killed when a speeding bus ploughed into a bus stop on Airport Road, Dhaka. The vehicle had been racing another bus to pick up passengers when it drifted onto the sidewalk, killing the two and injuring 12 others. Hundreds of students poured into the streets demanding justice for the incident. The bus responsible for the crash was run by Jabal-e-Nur Paribahan and owned by Shahadat Hossain, who was later arrested. It was later revealed that three buses were involved in the incident. All three drivers were arrested, along with two assistants.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 46], "content_span": [47, 694]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277634-0005-0000", "contents": "2018 Bangladesh road-safety protests, Protests\nHours later, journalists spoke with Shajahan Khan, Bangladeshi Minister of Shipping, who is also the Executive President of Bangladesh Road Transport Workers Federation, who said, \"a road crash has claimed 33 lives in India's Maharashtra; but do they talk about it like the way we do?\" His remark and smile were highly criticised by citizens and triggered protests in other areas of the country, and the protesters started demanding his apology.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 46], "content_span": [47, 492]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277634-0006-0000", "contents": "2018 Bangladesh road-safety protests, Protests\nThe protests then spread outside Dhaka. The protesters, mostly students aged 15 to 19, blocked roads at major points and checked the legal documents and fitness certificates of different vehicles at different points throughout the country. The students declared 9 demands. Members of civil rights organisations expressed solidarity with protests. The protests continued for a fifth day despite the government's declaration that all educational institutions would remain closed countrywide on 2 August 2018.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 46], "content_span": [47, 553]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277634-0007-0000", "contents": "2018 Bangladesh road-safety protests, Protests\nIlias Kanchan, a Bangladeshi film actor, road safety activist and founder of the Nirapad Sarak Chai campaign, expressed solidarity with the protests by initiating a human chain in Dhaka on 3 August. On 5 August, Dhaka University students blocked Shahbag Square demanding Shahjahan's resignation, before proceeding to Science Lab Square, where police attempted to disperse them with tear gas. Dozens of students were injured and several journalists were beaten up by pro-government activists.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 46], "content_span": [47, 538]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277634-0008-0000", "contents": "2018 Bangladesh road-safety protests, Protests\nOn 6 August 2018, demonstrations were held in different parts of the country by students of the private and public universities. In Dhaka, police used tear gas and rubber bullets to disperse the protesters, and approximately 40 students were injured and 10 people were arrested from the nearby area of the private university campuses. On 7 August 2018, hundreds of journalists formed a large human chain outside the National Press Club demanding punishment for attacks by BCL activists on journalists while covering the news of the protests, and also demanding punishment for attacks on the student protesters. Following arrests of some of the student protesters, BRAC University students boycotted class on 8 August demanding release of the detained protesters, while Professor Abdul Mannan Choudhury, Vice-Chancellor of World University of Bangladesh also asked the government to release the protesters. No further protests have been reported since.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 46], "content_span": [47, 998]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277634-0009-0000", "contents": "2018 Bangladesh road-safety protests, Retaliation and attacks on protesters and journalists\nStudent protesters and journalists collecting news of the protests were attacked by pro-government supporters alleged to be members of Bangladesh Chhatra League (BCL), the student wing of the ruling political party, injuring about 115 students and 15 journalists in Dhaka.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 91], "content_span": [92, 364]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277634-0010-0000", "contents": "2018 Bangladesh road-safety protests, Retaliation and attacks on protesters and journalists\nOne local daily newspaper reported that three of its journalists were beaten and one female journalist was molested by BCL men while covering protests in the Jhigatola area of Dhaka on 4 August. Local journalists also reported having their camera equipment destroyed and phones snatched. They also alleged that they were forced to delete the videos of violence from their mobile phone.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 91], "content_span": [92, 477]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277634-0011-0000", "contents": "2018 Bangladesh road-safety protests, Retaliation and attacks on protesters and journalists\nBangladesh Police fired tear gas and rubber bullets and used batons to disperse the protesters leaving many people injured. The police and the road transport minister Obaidul Quader rejected all allegations of attack on the protesters. One top leader of the ruling Bangladesh Awami League alleged that some criminals wearing school uniforms had joined the violence, but this was unconfirmed.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 91], "content_span": [92, 483]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277634-0012-0000", "contents": "2018 Bangladesh road-safety protests, Retaliation and attacks on protesters and journalists\nPosts on social media alleged that four female students of Bir Shreshtha Noor Mohammad Public College were taken to Bangladesh Awami League office and raped by BCL activists; however, these reports remain unconfirmed and have been denied by BCL leadership. Some of the alleged incidents, including rape, were later described as rumours that spread over social media.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 91], "content_span": [92, 458]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277634-0013-0000", "contents": "2018 Bangladesh road-safety protests, Retaliation and attacks on protesters and journalists\nOn 4 August, a group of armed men riding motorcycles attacked an official car carrying Marcia Bernicat, the US ambassador to Bangladesh, although nobody was injured.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 91], "content_span": [92, 257]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277634-0014-0000", "contents": "2018 Bangladesh road-safety protests, Retaliation and attacks on protesters and journalists\nOn 5 August, police used tear gas again to disperse thousands of school, college and university students. Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina urged the protesters to go home and expressed concern that a \"third party\" could sabotage the protests and put the safety of students at risk. At least six photojournalists, including photojournalists of Associated Press, The Daily Bonik Barta, Janakantha, a photography student of Pathshala South Asian Media Institute as well as freelance photojournalists, were attacked with iron rods, machetes and sticks in Dhaka by activists of BCL. Law enforcement was present for the incident, but did not make any attempt to stop the attackers. The attackers tried to snatch the victims' camera and phones, threatening to attack anyone who possessed a camera.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 91], "content_span": [92, 878]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277634-0015-0000", "contents": "2018 Bangladesh road-safety protests, Retaliation and attacks on protesters and journalists\nFollowing a live interview about the protests with Al Jazeera, photographer Shahidul Alam was detained by a group of between 30 and 35 plainclothes police officers on 5 August. Alam was charged under Section 57 of the Information and Communication Technology Act and was remanded for seven days. He told the court that he had been tortured while in police custody. The Supreme Court halted the seven-day remand on 7 August and after observing his physical condition ordered authorities to admit him to a hospital. Alam was taken to a hospital on 8 August at 9 am. However, Alam was taken back to the office of the Detective Branch of police again at 2\u00a0pm on the same day.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 91], "content_span": [92, 763]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277634-0016-0000", "contents": "2018 Bangladesh road-safety protests, Retaliation and attacks on protesters and journalists\nMore 5 people have been detained by the Bangladesh Police including Mahabubur Rahaman Arman, a human rights activist, and cybersecurity and crime analyst who was charged under Section 57 of the Information and Communication Technology Act and was remanded for six days. Others were remanded for 3\u20135 days in the same Act during that time.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 91], "content_span": [92, 429]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277634-0017-0000", "contents": "2018 Bangladesh road-safety protests, Retaliation and attacks on protesters and journalists\nOn 6 August, East West University students who had blocked the road in front of the University in late morning protests were attacked by a group of men carrying sticks. Local residents stated that the labour union wing of the ruling party, the \"Shecchashebok League\" activists, were among the attackers. Police also fired tear gas shells to disperse the protesters. Prothom Alo correspondent Nasrin Akhtar Shumi, who recorded the violence on her phone, had her phone snatched away by the police who took her to the local police outpost and erased the video recording. Police were also alleged to have sought assistance from pro-government youths to deal with the protesters.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 91], "content_span": [92, 766]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277634-0018-0000", "contents": "2018 Bangladesh road-safety protests, Retaliation and attacks on protesters and journalists\nRelatives of the protesters expressed their dismay when 22 private university students involved in the protests were detained by the police on 7 August, but no legal action was taken on the alleged ruling party activists who attacked the protesters. On 8 August, police raided the Bashundhara Residential Area in Dhaka, where a number of private university students reside, but no one was arrested during the operation.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 91], "content_span": [92, 511]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277634-0019-0000", "contents": "2018 Bangladesh road-safety protests, Official response\nAlthough no official statement was published by the Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, Home Minister Asaduzzaman Khan Kamal said at a press briefing on 2 August that the prime minister had requested students to stop protesting on the streets and return to their schools. The Ministry of Education advised all educational institutions to remain closed on 2 August in order to control the ongoing wave of student agitation. Education Minister Nurul Islam Nahid said that this decision was taken based on security concerns.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 55], "content_span": [56, 571]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277634-0019-0001", "contents": "2018 Bangladesh road-safety protests, Official response\nThe Cyber Crime Unit of Dhaka Metropolitan Police filed cases against 29 individuals and online news portals for sharing news and media related to the protests at the Ramna Police Station. Private television channel Ekattor TV was issued a letter of warning by the Information Ministry after it aired footage of student protests on national television.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 55], "content_span": [56, 408]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277634-0020-0000", "contents": "2018 Bangladesh road-safety protests, Official response\nOn 3 August, the government donated a savings certificate of 2 million BDT to each of the families of the students who died in the bus accident.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 55], "content_span": [56, 200]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277634-0021-0000", "contents": "2018 Bangladesh road-safety protests, Official response\nOn 4 August, the government blocked mobile internet access for 24 hours in response to supposed misinformation circulating online. Internet service providers were ordered to reduce the mobile internet speed to 1.28 kbit/s to prevent upload of pictures or videos to the internet. Home Minister Asaduzzaman Khan announced that police would take \"tough action\" against the agitating students \"if limit is crossed [sic? ] \".", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 55], "content_span": [56, 476]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277634-0022-0000", "contents": "2018 Bangladesh road-safety protests, Official response\nOn 5 August, 3G and 4G cellular networks were again reportedly blocked by authorities in an attempt to control the mass spread of misinformation online, resulting in a temporary communication black-out.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 55], "content_span": [56, 258]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277634-0023-0000", "contents": "2018 Bangladesh road-safety protests, Official response\nOn 6 August, a new traffic act was approved at a cabinet meeting, proposing capital punishment for intentional killing and five years prison for accidental killing with a motor vehicle.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 55], "content_span": [56, 241]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277634-0024-0000", "contents": "2018 Bangladesh road-safety protests, Official response\nBus owners took the decision to put contract drivers on monthly payroll. They commented: \"The drivers move recklessly so that they can earn extra on an additional trip when they can. If they get a monthly salary, their mentality of rash driving will change.\" The announcement came on 8 August and had been set to be enforced from 1 September 2018.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 55], "content_span": [56, 403]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277634-0025-0000", "contents": "2018 Bangladesh road-safety protests, Aftermath\nIn response to the protests, national authorities launched \"Traffic Week\", a week-long road-safety program. On its first day, 5 August, 19,366 cases were filed for traffic rule violators, with 25,882 more recorded the following day.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 47], "content_span": [48, 280]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277634-0026-0000", "contents": "2018 Bangladesh road-safety protests, Aftermath\nBangladesh police filed 34 cases against protesters and arrested at least 37 of them. No charges were filed against the attackers over attacks on protesters and journalists. Photographer Shahidul Alam was detained for interrogation and remanded by police due to his social media activity on the protest; Amnesty International condemned the arrest.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 47], "content_span": [48, 395]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277634-0027-0000", "contents": "2018 Bangladesh road-safety protests, Aftermath\nIn retaliation to the arrest of protesters, Noakhali District's Noakhali University on 9 August announced its indefinite closure until all protesters were released.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 47], "content_span": [48, 212]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277634-0028-0000", "contents": "2018 Bangladesh road-safety protests, Aftermath\nAccording to an official in the cyber crime division of the Dhaka metropolitan police, up to 1,200 social media accounts have been identified to allegedly spread rumours. In addition to police officers, members of pro-government youth league BCL, also asked followers to send examples of anyone allegedly spreading rumours. Posts featuring the names and pictures of alleged activists including four women were spread across Facebook and Instagram. These actions have made many students in Dhaka to panic and made them stop posting about the protests online. There are also reports of terrified students deleting their online messages of support to the protests. On 9 August, Dhaka University authority handed over one of their student to police with the assistance of pro-government youth league BCL for his Facebook posts.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 47], "content_span": [48, 871]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277634-0029-0000", "contents": "2018 Bangladesh road-safety protests, Aftermath\nDhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) scrutinised over 1,500 profiles on different social media and launched legal action against 150 such profile holders for their alleged involvement in instigating anarchy during the movement.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 47], "content_span": [48, 270]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277634-0030-0000", "contents": "2018 Bangladesh road-safety protests, International response\nThe United Nations expressed concern for the safety of Bangladeshi children and young people in the protests. The US Embassy in Dhaka issued a statement condemning the actions taken against the student protesters. London-based Save the Children urged the government to meet the demands of the students and to ensure the safety of the protesting students. The High Commission of Canada to Bangladesh also expressed Canada's concern for the safety of the students exercising their rights and called for action against \"those violating these democratic rights\".", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 60], "content_span": [61, 619]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277634-0030-0001", "contents": "2018 Bangladesh road-safety protests, International response\nAmnesty International also released a statement, calling for the release of activist and photographer Shahidul Alam and for an end to the crackdown on student protesters. Similarly, PEN International issued a statement demanding the immediate release of the photographer. Indian writer Arundhati Roy, Canadian author Naomi Klein, American writer philosopher Noam Chomsky and Indian intellectual Vijay Prashad also demanded immediate release of photographer Alam in a joint statement. RSF urged the government to protect those involved in the freedom of the press.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 60], "content_span": [61, 624]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277634-0030-0002", "contents": "2018 Bangladesh road-safety protests, International response\nSwedish Foreign Affairs Minister Margot Wallstr\u00f6m voiced her concern regarding the violent scenes witnessed in Dhaka and called for the respect of the right to peacefully protest. The European Union also expressed concern over the attacks on students and journalists. New York-based Human Rights Watch criticised the Bangladesh government for \"unlawfully attacking\" student protesters and locking up people for \"peaceful criticism\".", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 60], "content_span": [61, 493]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277634-0031-0000", "contents": "2018 Bangladesh road-safety protests, In popular culture\nA film titled Bikkhov starring Shanto Khan and Srabanti Chatterjee, has been made based on the event.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 56], "content_span": [57, 158]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277635-0000-0000", "contents": "2018 Bangladeshi general election\nGeneral elections were held in Bangladesh on 30 December 2018 to elect members of the Jatiya Sangsad. The result was a landslide victory for the Awami League led by Sheikh Hasina.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [33, 33], "content_span": [34, 213]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277635-0001-0000", "contents": "2018 Bangladeshi general election\nAccording to political scientist Ali Riaz, the elections were not free and fair. The BBC News reported that they were marred by violence and allegations of vote rigging. Opposition leader Kamal Hossain rejected the results, calling it \"farcical\" and demanding fresh elections to be held under a neutral government. The Bangladesh Election Commission said it would investigate reported vote-rigging allegations from \"across the country.\" The election saw the use of electronic voting machines for the first time.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [33, 33], "content_span": [34, 545]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277635-0002-0000", "contents": "2018 Bangladeshi general election, Electoral system\nThe 350 members of the Jatiya Sangsad consist of 300 directly elected seats using first-past-the-post voting in single-member constituencies, and an additional 50 seats reserved for women. The reserved seats are distributed based on the proportional vote share of the contesting parties. Each parliament sits for a five-year term.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 51], "content_span": [52, 382]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277635-0003-0000", "contents": "2018 Bangladeshi general election, Electoral system\nApproximately 100 million voters were expected to vote from 40,199 polling stations across the country. Electronic voting machines were used in six constituencies.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 51], "content_span": [52, 215]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277635-0004-0000", "contents": "2018 Bangladeshi general election, Background\nThe previous general elections in January 2014 were boycotted by the main opposition alliance, led by the Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) and three-time former Prime Minister Khaleda Zia. As a result, the Awami League led by Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina won a landslide victory, taking 234 of the 300 seats in an election that saw 153 seats uncontested.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 45], "content_span": [46, 402]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277635-0005-0000", "contents": "2018 Bangladeshi general election, Background\nIn July 2017, the BNP stated that it was ready to contest the next general elections if parliament was dissolved and the election commission consisted of non-partisan members. On 14 September 2017 the Official Chief Election Commissioner confirmed that the BNP would contest the elections. However, following the conviction of BNP chair Khaleda Zia for corruption, the High Court of Bangladesh ruled that Zia was ineligible to run for office. As such her role is unclear in any potential government which contained the BNP.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 45], "content_span": [46, 569]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277635-0006-0000", "contents": "2018 Bangladeshi general election, Campaign\nIn August 2017, Jatiya Party (Ershad) chairman and former President Hussain Ershad indicated that he wanted his party to leave the Awami League-led Grand Alliance and join a new alliance with democratic left and Islamic democratic parties. In November 2018 the party announced that it would join the Awami League-led alliance. On 28 December, Ershad announced Jatiya Party candidates contesting from \u201copen seats\u201d would support the ruling Awami League-led grand alliance candidates and extended his support to \"my [his] 'sister' Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina\". Ershad personally withdrew from contesting the Dhaka-17 seat in favour of the Awami League candidate. Ershad said however that \u201cstrong candidates\u201d of his party would stay in the race.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 43], "content_span": [44, 786]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277635-0007-0000", "contents": "2018 Bangladeshi general election, Campaign\nOn 13 October 2018, the Jatiya Oikya Front (National Unity Front) was formed, consisting primarily of the Gano Forum, Bangladesh Nationalist Party, Jatiya Samajtantrik Dal-JSD and Nagorik Oikya, led by former Foreign Minister Kamal Hossain of the Gano Forum. On 18 December the alliance announced a 14-point manifesto, which included a pledge to reduce the power of the office of Prime Minister.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 43], "content_span": [44, 439]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277635-0008-0000", "contents": "2018 Bangladeshi general election, Campaign\nThere was controversy in the run up to the elections surrounding the nomination of banned Jamaati candidates under the BNP banner. In 2013, the hard-line, right-wing, Islamist party, Jamaat-e-Islami was banned from registering and therefore contesting in elections by the High Court, citing their charter violates the constitution. Twenty-five Jamaati candidates ran in the election, with twenty-two nominations for BNP and three running as independents. An investigation was launched but on 23 December the Election Commission Secretary Helaluddin Ahmed said they had examined the related law and \"there is no scope for rejecting the Jamaat leaders' candidacy at this moment.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 43], "content_span": [44, 721]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277635-0008-0001", "contents": "2018 Bangladeshi general election, Campaign\nOn 26 December, just days before the election, Jatiya Oikya Front leader Kamal Hossain expressed his regret about Jamaat's involvement in the elections under his alliance, claiming \"had I known [that Jamaat leaders will be given BNP tickets] I would not have been part of it.\" The media however had reported involvement at the end of November.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 43], "content_span": [44, 387]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277635-0009-0000", "contents": "2018 Bangladeshi general election, Campaign\nIn accordance with election commission rules, campaigning was halted at 08:00 AM on the morning of 28 December.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 43], "content_span": [44, 155]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277635-0010-0000", "contents": "2018 Bangladeshi general election, Conduct, Violence\nBetween 9 and 12 December 2018, 47 incidences of violence were reported, in which eight people were killed and 560 were injured.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 52], "content_span": [53, 181]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277635-0011-0000", "contents": "2018 Bangladeshi general election, Conduct, Violence\nAccording to the BNP Office, as of 26 December 2018, at least 12,923 people (mostly BNP, Jatiya Oikya Front and 18 Party Alliance activists) had been injured in 2,833 attacks on opposition candidates. Between 8 November and 25 December, at least 1,574 cases were filed against BNP officials in different districts. During the same period, 15,568 activists were arrested. According to The Daily Star, at least 56 candidates, mostly from the BNP, were attacked, with around 1,190 people injured and over 800 BNP-Jamaat officials arrested between 10 and 28 December.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 52], "content_span": [53, 616]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277635-0012-0000", "contents": "2018 Bangladeshi general election, Conduct, Violence\nOn 29 December, the day before the elections, the Bangladesh Telecommunication Regulatory Commission suspended 3G and 4G connections across the country until after the elections.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 52], "content_span": [53, 231]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277635-0013-0000", "contents": "2018 Bangladeshi general election, Conduct, Violence\nNewspaper Daily Star wrote on 17 December 2018 that in violence before Bangladesh elections some opposition candidates were attacked, 13 of them were injured and two arrested", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 52], "content_span": [53, 228]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277635-0014-0000", "contents": "2018 Bangladeshi general election, Conduct, Violence\nOn election day, at least 17 people were killed in clashes between ruling party supporters and the opposition.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 52], "content_span": [53, 163]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277635-0015-0000", "contents": "2018 Bangladeshi general election, Conduct, Violence\nReports say that many supporters of the opposition Parties were arrested just before Bangladesh elections on 30 December 2018. The violence that erupted before the election day left at least 17 people dead.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 52], "content_span": [53, 259]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277635-0016-0000", "contents": "2018 Bangladeshi general election, Conduct, Violence\nOn 3 January 2019, Human Rights Watch called for an investigation on attack on members of the opposition party on and before Bangladesh elections.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 52], "content_span": [53, 199]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277635-0017-0000", "contents": "2018 Bangladeshi general election, Conduct, Vote rigging\nA BBC correspondent reported seeing a ballot box already full of votes prior to the polling station in Chittagong opening. Allegations of voting irregularities including polling booths inexplicably closing for \u201clunch breaks\u201d, voters being turned away and ballots being counted unrealistically quickly were widespread. Local media published accounts by correspondents who claimed to have witnessed Awami League members stuffing ballot boxes in the presence of police and election officials. Voters also complained about getting the ruling party's symbol stamped on their ballot papers and being instructed to vote for the ruling party in polling centers. In the presence of the voting officers, some voters had to vote for Awami League candidates and refused to accept, yet their ballots were also dropped into the ballot box. The Bangladesh Election Commission promised to investigate numerous reports of vote rigging.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 56], "content_span": [57, 975]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277635-0018-0000", "contents": "2018 Bangladeshi general election, Conduct, Suppression of opposition\nOpposition candidates had encountered violence, threats and harassment when they attempted to campaign. Dozen of candidates of the main opposition party, the BNP, were arrested on spurious charges. Few electoral agents from the opposition showed up at polling stations. Those who did show up were prevented from entering the stations by supporters of the ruling party, according to Kamal Hossain.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 69], "content_span": [70, 466]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277636-0000-0000", "contents": "2018 Bangladeshi presidential election\nThe Bangladeshi presidential election of was held on 18 February 2018. It was the seventh presidential election held since the Twelfth Amendment changed how the president gets elected. The tenure of the incumbent president was set to end on April 23, 2018. Earlier, on January 25, 2018, the Election Commission announced the election schedule. Incumbent president Abdul Hamid was nominated for the second time as the candidate to run for election by the ruling party. Hamid was declared president by the Election Commission as no other candidate submitted nomination papers to the commission. He was sworn in by the Speaker of the Jatiya Sangsad Shirin Chaudhury on April 24, 2018. With the result of the election, Hamid became the first incumbent president to be reelected in the history of Bangladesh.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [38, 38], "content_span": [39, 843]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277637-0000-0000", "contents": "2018 Banja Luka Challenger\nThe 2018 Banja Luka Challenger was a professional tennis tournament played on clay courts. It was the seventeenth edition of the tournament which was part of the 2018 ATP Challenger Tour. It took place in Banja Luka, Bosnia and Herzegovina from 10 to 16 September 2018.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [26, 26], "content_span": [27, 296]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277637-0001-0000", "contents": "2018 Banja Luka Challenger, Singles main draw entrants, Other Entrants\nThe following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 70], "content_span": [71, 139]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277637-0002-0000", "contents": "2018 Banja Luka Challenger, Singles main draw entrants, Other Entrants\nThe following player received entry into the singles main draw as a special exempt:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 70], "content_span": [71, 154]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277638-0000-0000", "contents": "2018 Banja Luka Challenger \u2013 Doubles\nMarin and Tomislav Draganja were the defending champions but only Tomislav chose to defend his title, partnering Alessandro Giannessi. Tomislav Draganja lost in the quarterfinals to Andrej Martin and Hans Podlipnik Castillo.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [36, 36], "content_span": [37, 261]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277638-0001-0000", "contents": "2018 Banja Luka Challenger \u2013 Doubles\nMartin and Podlipnik Castillo won the title after defeating Laurynas Grigelis and Alessandro Motti 7\u20135, 4\u20136, [10\u20137] in the final.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [36, 36], "content_span": [37, 166]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277639-0000-0000", "contents": "2018 Banja Luka Challenger \u2013 Singles\nMaximilian Marterer was the defending champion but chose not to defend his title.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [36, 36], "content_span": [37, 118]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277639-0001-0000", "contents": "2018 Banja Luka Challenger \u2013 Singles\nAlessandro Giannessi won the title after defeating Carlos Berlocq 6\u20137(6\u20138), 6\u20134, 6\u20134 in the final.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [36, 36], "content_span": [37, 135]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277640-0000-0000", "contents": "2018 Bank of America Roval 400\nThe 2018 Bank of America Roval 400 was a Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series race that was held on September 30, 2018, at Charlotte Motor Speedway in Concord, North Carolina. Contested over 109 laps on the 2.28-mile (3.67\u00a0km) road course, it was the 29th race of the 2018 Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series season, third race of the Playoffs, and final race of the Round of 16. This was the first race to use Charlotte's \"Roval\" road course layout.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [30, 30], "content_span": [31, 474]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277640-0001-0000", "contents": "2018 Bank of America Roval 400, Report, Background\nFor 2018, deviating from past NASCAR events at Charlotte, the race will utilize a road course configuration of Charlotte Motor Speedway, promoted and trademarked as the \"Roval\". The course is 2.28 miles (3.67\u00a0km) in length and features 17 turns, utilizing the infield road course and portions of the oval track. The race will be contested over a scheduled distance of 109 laps, 400 kilometres (250\u00a0mi).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 50], "content_span": [51, 454]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277640-0002-0000", "contents": "2018 Bank of America Roval 400, Report, Background\nDuring July 2018 tests on the road course, concerns were raised over drivers \"cheating\" designated chicanes on the course. The chicanes were modified with additional tire barriers and rumble strips in order to encourage drivers to properly drive through them, and NASCAR will enforce drive-through penalties on drivers who illegally \"short-cut\" parts of the course. The chicanes will not be used during pace laps, nor will they be used during restarts.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 50], "content_span": [51, 503]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277640-0003-0000", "contents": "2018 Bank of America Roval 400, First practice\nKyle Busch was the fastest in the first practice session with a time of 77.145 seconds and a speed of 106.397\u00a0mph (171.229\u00a0km/h).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 46], "content_span": [47, 176]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277640-0004-0000", "contents": "2018 Bank of America Roval 400, Qualifying\nKurt Busch scored the pole for the race with a time of 76.805 and a speed of 106.868\u00a0mph (171.987\u00a0km/h).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 42], "content_span": [43, 147]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277640-0005-0000", "contents": "2018 Bank of America Roval 400, Practice (post-qualifying), Second practice\nJimmie Johnson was the fastest in the second practice session with a time of 78.043 seconds and a speed of 105.173\u00a0mph (169.260\u00a0km/h).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 75], "content_span": [76, 210]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277640-0006-0000", "contents": "2018 Bank of America Roval 400, Practice (post-qualifying), Final practice\nBrad Keselowski was the fastest in the final practice session with a time of 77.730 seconds and a speed of 105.596\u00a0mph (169.940\u00a0km/h).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 74], "content_span": [75, 209]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277640-0007-0000", "contents": "2018 Bank of America Roval 400, Media, Television\nNBC Sports covered the race on the television side. Rick Allen, Jeff Burton, Steve Letarte and Dale Earnhardt Jr. had the call in the booth for the race. Parker Kligerman called from different locations around the 17-turn ROVAL. Dave Burns, Marty Snider and Kelli Stavast reported from pit lane during the race.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 49], "content_span": [50, 361]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277640-0008-0000", "contents": "2018 Bank of America Roval 400, Media, Radio\nThe Performance Racing Network had the radio call for the race, which was simulcast on Sirius XM NASCAR Radio.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 44], "content_span": [45, 155]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277641-0000-0000", "contents": "2018 Barbadian general election\nGeneral elections were held in Barbados on 24 May 2018. The result was a landslide victory for the opposition Barbados Labour Party (BLP), which won all 30 seats in the House of Assembly, resulting in BLP leader Mia Mottley becoming the country's first female Prime Minister. The BLP's victory was the first time a party had won every seat in the House of Assembly. Previously, the most one-sided result for a Barbadian election had been in 1999, when the BLP won 24 of the 28 seats. The BLP's 73.5 percent vote share was also the highest on record.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [31, 31], "content_span": [32, 581]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277641-0001-0000", "contents": "2018 Barbadian general election\nThe ruling Democratic Labour Party (DLP) led by Freundel Stuart lost all 16 seats, the worst defeat of a sitting government in Barbadian history. The DLP saw its vote share more than halve compared to the previous elections in 2013, with only one of its candidates receiving more than 40 percent of the vote. Stuart was defeated in his own constituency, receiving only 26.7 percent of the vote, the second time a sitting Prime Minister had lost their own seat.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [31, 31], "content_span": [32, 492]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277641-0002-0000", "contents": "2018 Barbadian general election\nThe election was fought primarily on the DLP's stewardship of the economy during its decade in power. The government had had to contend with numerous downgrades of its credit rating due to fallout from the global financial crisis. The BLP criticised the DLP over rising taxes and a declining standard of living, and promised numerous infrastructure upgrades if elected.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [31, 31], "content_span": [32, 401]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277641-0003-0000", "contents": "2018 Barbadian general election, Electoral system\nThe 30 members of the House of Assembly were elected by first-past-the-post voting in single-member constituencies.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 49], "content_span": [50, 165]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277641-0004-0000", "contents": "2018 Barbadian general election, Candidates\nA record 134 candidates from nine political parties contested the elections. Four of the smaller parties chose to fight together under the 'Coalition of United Parties' banner.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 43], "content_span": [44, 220]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277641-0005-0000", "contents": "2018 Barbadian general election, Aftermath\nOne week after the elections, Joseph Atherley, MP for St. Michael West, crossed the floor to become the House of Assembly's sole opposition member, citing concerns about democracy. He was subsequently appointed Leader of the Opposition. Originally sitting as an independent, he set up his own party, the People's Party for Democracy and Development.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 42], "content_span": [43, 392]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277641-0006-0000", "contents": "2018 Barbadian general election, Aftermath, 2020 St George North by-election\nA by-election was held in the constituency of St George North on 11 November 2020 following the resignation of Gline Clarke, who had represented the constituency for 26 years, to accept the post of Barbadian High Commissioner to Canada. It was the first by-election to take place since the 2018 general election. Toni Moore retained the seat for the BLP.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 76], "content_span": [77, 431]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277642-0000-0000", "contents": "2018 Barbados Premier League\nThe 2018 Barbados Premier League (officially the Digicel Premier League for sponsorship reasons) is the 72nd season of the highest tier of football in Barbados. The season began on 11 March and ended on 8 July 2018.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [28, 28], "content_span": [29, 244]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277642-0001-0000", "contents": "2018 Barbados Premier League, Format\nThe 12 teams will be divided into two zones of six teams each. Each team will play the other teams in their own zone twice and the teams in the other zone once, for a total of 16 matches. The teams finishing first in each zone will play in the championship match for the title, while the teams finishing second in each zone will play in the third place match. The teams finishing last in each zone will be relegated, while the teams finishing fifth will play over two matches with the loser also relegated.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 36], "content_span": [37, 543]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277643-0000-0000", "contents": "2018 Barcelona Formula 2 round\nThe 2018 Barcelona FIA Formula 2 round was a pair of motor races for Formula 2 cars that took place on 12 and 13 May 2018 at the Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya in Catalonia, Spain as part of the FIA Formula 2 Championship. It was the third round of the 2018 FIA Formula 2 Championship and ran in support of the 2018 Spanish Grand Prix.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [30, 30], "content_span": [31, 366]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277644-0000-0000", "contents": "2018 Barcelona GP3 Series round\nThe 2018 Barcelona GP3 Series round was a motor racing event held on 12 and 13 May 2018 at the Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya, Barcelona, Spain. It was the opening round of the 2018 GP3 Series, and ran in support of the 2018 Spanish Grand Prix.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [31, 31], "content_span": [32, 276]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277645-0000-0000", "contents": "2018 Barcelona Open Banco Sabadell\nThe 2018 Barcelona Open Banc Sabadell (also known as the Torneo Conde de God\u00f3) was a men's tennis tournament played on outdoor clay courts. It was the 66th edition of the event and part of the ATP World Tour 500 series of the 2018 ATP World Tour. It took place at the Real Club de Tenis Barcelona in Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain, from April 23 through April 29, 2018.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [34, 34], "content_span": [35, 401]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277645-0001-0000", "contents": "2018 Barcelona Open Banco Sabadell, Doubles main draw entrants, Other entrants\nThe following pairs received wildcards into the doubles main draw:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 78], "content_span": [79, 145]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277646-0000-0000", "contents": "2018 Barcelona Open Banco Sabadell \u2013 Doubles\nFlorin Mergea and Aisam-ul-Haq Qureshi were the defending champions, but Mergea chose to compete in Budapest instead. Qureshi played alongside Jean-Julien Rojer, but lost in the final to Feliciano L\u00f3pez and Marc L\u00f3pez, 6\u20137(5\u20137), 4\u20136.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [44, 44], "content_span": [45, 278]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277646-0001-0000", "contents": "2018 Barcelona Open Banco Sabadell \u2013 Doubles\nFeliciano and Marc L\u00f3pez became the first all-spanish team in winning the tournament since 1997.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [44, 44], "content_span": [45, 141]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277647-0000-0000", "contents": "2018 Barcelona Open Banco Sabadell \u2013 Singles\nTwo-time defending champion Rafael Nadal successfully defended his title, defeating Stefanos Tsitsipas in the final, 6\u20132, 6\u20131. By winning the title, Nadal retained the ATP no. 1 singles ranking. It was Nadal's record-extending eleventh Barcelona Open title and his 20th ATP 500 title overall, equaling Roger Federer's record. It was Tsitsipas' maiden ATP final.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [44, 44], "content_span": [45, 406]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277647-0001-0000", "contents": "2018 Barcelona Open Banco Sabadell \u2013 Singles, Seeds\nClick on the seed number of a player to go to their draw section.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [46, 51], "content_span": [52, 117]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277648-0000-0000", "contents": "2018 Barcelona Sporting Club season\nThe 2018 season was Barcelona Sporting Club's 93th in existence and the club's 60th consecutive season in the top flight of Ecuadorian football.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [35, 35], "content_span": [36, 180]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277649-0000-0000", "contents": "2018 Bareunmirae Party leadership election\nOn 2 September 2018, Bareunmirae Party held a leadership election.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [42, 42], "content_span": [43, 109]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277649-0001-0000", "contents": "2018 Bareunmirae Party leadership election, Background\nThis was a snap election called after the resignation of both Yoo Seong-min and Park Joo-sun due to the serious defeat in local elections in 2018. Until the new leadership election, the party's presidency was temporarily taken by Kim Dong-cheol, party's parliamentary leader.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [44, 54], "content_span": [55, 330]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277649-0002-0000", "contents": "2018 Bareunmirae Party leadership election, Results\nSohn Hak-kyu, former Governor of Gyeonggi Province, won as the President. Incumbent MP Ha Tae-keung and entrepreneur Lee Jun-seok that came behind of Sohn, became Vice Presidents. Kwon Eun-hui, despite ended as the 6th and the last, automatically took vice presidency specialised for women.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [44, 51], "content_span": [52, 342]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277649-0003-0000", "contents": "2018 Bareunmirae Party leadership election, Results\nOther than that, Kim Soo-min, an incumbent MP, was elected as the party's Youth Chief.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [44, 51], "content_span": [52, 138]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277650-0000-0000", "contents": "2018 Barkan Industrial Park shooting\nOn the morning of 7 October 2018, a Palestinian gunman opened fire on several Israelis in the Barkan Industrial Park, killing two Israelis and critically injuring another. The shooting incident was declared a \"terrorist attack\" by the IDF. It was the first attack in the park and the second fatal attack in the West Bank to occur in three weeks.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [36, 36], "content_span": [37, 382]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277650-0001-0000", "contents": "2018 Barkan Industrial Park shooting\nA 23-year-old Palestinian, had worked in a factory where the shooting took place.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [36, 36], "content_span": [37, 118]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277650-0002-0000", "contents": "2018 Barkan Industrial Park shooting\nIDF forces conducted an intensive two-month manhunt to capture the militant who fled the scene. The IDF arrested some relatives of the assailant.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [36, 36], "content_span": [37, 182]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277650-0003-0000", "contents": "2018 Barkan Industrial Park shooting, Reactions\nIsraeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu declared the shooting \"a very severe terror attack\".", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 47], "content_span": [48, 142]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277650-0004-0000", "contents": "2018 Barkan Industrial Park shooting, Manhunt for shooter ends in his death\nThe two-months long search for the shooter ended on 12 December when his hiding place was discovered by Israeli security. He shot at the arresting officers who returned fire, killing him. The militant was killed on 13 December 2018 after an armed clash with a special IDF force called Yamam in the Askar refugee camp in Nablus.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 75], "content_span": [76, 403]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277650-0005-0000", "contents": "2018 Barkan Industrial Park shooting, Manhunt for shooter ends in his death\nThe shooter, Ashraf Naalwa, 23, from the West Bank village of Shuweika near Tulkarem, was said by security officials to have been planning a new attack at the time he was found and killed.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 75], "content_span": [76, 264]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277651-0000-0000", "contents": "2018 Barking and Dagenham London Borough Council election\nThe 2018 Barking and Dagenham Council election took place on 3 May 2018 to elect members of Barking and Dagenham Council in London. This was on the same day as other local elections. The Labour Party won every available council seat for the third election in a row, winning 74% of the popular vote. The Conservatives saw their vote share rise by 13 percentage points, but failed to win any seats.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 57], "section_span": [57, 57], "content_span": [58, 454]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277651-0001-0000", "contents": "2018 Barking and Dagenham London Borough Council election, Background\nAt the last election in May 2014, Labour won 52% of the vote share, and all 51 seats, but due to defections were reduced to 49 seats. Both Labour and the Conservatives stood candidates in all 17 wards, contesting all 51 seats. The BNP and the Greens were the only two other parties to field candidates, two and one respectively. An independent candidate also stood in Eastbrook. Despite gaining over 26% of the vote and coming second in all wards except Longbridge at the previous election, UKIP did not field any candidates.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 57], "section_span": [59, 69], "content_span": [70, 595]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277651-0002-0000", "contents": "2018 Barking and Dagenham London Borough Council election, Ward results, Abbey\nCllr Butt was suspended by the Labour Party two weeks after the election, but was reinstated after apologising for not declaring an interest in two properties whilst she was responsible for punishing rogue landlords.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 57], "section_span": [59, 78], "content_span": [79, 295]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277651-0003-0000", "contents": "2018 Barking and Dagenham London Borough Council election, Ward results, Longbridge\nOn 24 May 2019 Cllr Gill was suspended from the Labour Party after social media posts indicated he supported The Brexit Party in the 2019 European Elections. He was later reinstated.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 57], "section_span": [59, 83], "content_span": [84, 266]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277651-0004-0000", "contents": "2018 Barking and Dagenham London Borough Council election, By-elections between 2018 and 2022, Thames\nThe by-election was called following the resignation of Councillor Bill Turner.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 57], "section_span": [59, 101], "content_span": [102, 181]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277652-0000-0000", "contents": "2018 Barnet London Borough Council election\nThe 2018 Barnet Council election took place on 3 May 2018 to elect members of Barnet Borough Council in England. It took place on the same day as other local elections in 2018. In the last election, the Conservatives won control of the council with 32 seats, compared to 30 for Labour and 1 for the Liberal Democrats. On 15 March 2018, following the resignation of a Conservative councillor, the council was in a state of no overall control. The election on 3 May 2018 saw the Conservatives take back overall control with a majority of 13.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [43, 43], "content_span": [44, 583]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277652-0001-0000", "contents": "2018 Barnet London Borough Council election\nOn 20 September 2019 Gabriel Rozenberg (elected Conservative) joined the Liberal Democrats, citing his opposition to Brexit. On 2 October, he was then followed by Jess Brayne (elected Labour) who also defected to the Liberal Democrats.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [43, 43], "content_span": [44, 279]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277652-0002-0000", "contents": "2018 Barnet London Borough Council election, Background\nAt the last election in 2014, the Conservatives were re-elected with a reduced majority. Labour gained 9 seats from the Conservatives, but the Conservatives remained in office as a result of winning 2 seats from the Liberal Democrats in Childs Hill ward.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [45, 55], "content_span": [56, 310]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277652-0003-0000", "contents": "2018 Barnet London Borough Council election, Background\nThe Conservatives remained in control of the council with 32 seats until March 2018, when councillor Sury Khatri resigned his membership and role as party whip after being deselected as a Conservative candidate. As a result, the Conservatives lost their majority on the Council, leaving them as a minority administration.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [45, 55], "content_span": [56, 377]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277652-0004-0000", "contents": "2018 Barnet London Borough Council election, Council composition\nPrior to the election, the composition of the council was:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [45, 64], "content_span": [65, 123]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277652-0005-0000", "contents": "2018 Barnet London Borough Council election, Results, East Barnet\nPearce was a councillor for Cockfosters ward in the London Borough of Enfield prior to the election.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [45, 65], "content_span": [66, 166]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277652-0006-0000", "contents": "2018 Barnet London Borough Council election, Results, East Finchley\nFarrier was a councillor for Burnt Oak ward prior to the election.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [45, 67], "content_span": [68, 134]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277652-0007-0000", "contents": "2018 Barnet London Borough Council election, Results, Garden Suburb\nOn September 20, 2019, Cllr Gabriel Rozenberg left the Conservatives to join the Liberal Democrats due to their stance on Brexit and the election of Boris Johnson as party leader.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [45, 67], "content_span": [68, 248]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277652-0008-0000", "contents": "2018 Barnet London Borough Council election, Results, Hendon\nIoannidis was a councillor for Brunswick Park ward prior to the election.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [45, 60], "content_span": [61, 134]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277652-0009-0000", "contents": "2018 Barnet London Borough Council election, Results, High Barnet\nTrevethan was a councillor for Underhill prior to the election.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [45, 65], "content_span": [66, 129]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277652-0010-0000", "contents": "2018 Barnet London Borough Council election, Results, Underhill\nOn February 25, 2019, Cllr Jessica Brayne left the Labour Party over their failure to tackle anti-Semitism and their stance on Brexit. She then joined the Liberal Democrats in September 2019.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [45, 63], "content_span": [64, 255]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277653-0000-0000", "contents": "2018 Barnsley Metropolitan Borough Council election\nThe 2018 Barnsley Metropolitan Borough Council election took place on 3 May 2018 to elect members of Barnsley Metropolitan Borough Council in England. This was on the same day as other local elections.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 51], "section_span": [51, 51], "content_span": [52, 253]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277654-0000-0000", "contents": "2018 Baseball Hall of Fame balloting\nElections to the National Baseball Hall of Fame for 2018 proceeded according to rules most recently amended in 2016. As in the past, the Baseball Writers' Association of America (BBWAA) voted by mail to select from a ballot of recently retired players. The results were announced on January 24, 2018, with the BBWAA electing Chipper Jones, Vladimir Guerrero, Jim Thome and Trevor Hoffman to the Hall of Fame. Jones and Thome were elected in their first year of eligibility.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [36, 36], "content_span": [37, 510]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277654-0001-0000", "contents": "2018 Baseball Hall of Fame balloting\nThe three voting panels that replaced the more broadly defined Veterans Committee following a 2010 rules change were replaced by a new set of four panels in 2016. The Modern Baseball Era Committee convened on December 10, 2017, to select from a ballot of retired players and non-playing personnel who made their greatest contributions to the sport between 1970 and 1987, with Jack Morris and Alan Trammell elected by this body. The formal induction ceremony was held at the Hall's facilities in Cooperstown, New York, on July 29, 2018.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [36, 36], "content_span": [37, 572]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277654-0002-0000", "contents": "2018 Baseball Hall of Fame balloting, BBWAA election\nThe BBWAA election rules remained identical to those that were in effect for the most recent elections. The BBWAA voted at the 2016 winter meetings to make all Hall of Fame ballots public one week after the results were announced, effective with this election. However, the Hall rejected the BBWAA's proposal, and ballots remain confidential unless individual voters choose to reveal them (which is allowed by Hall of Fame rules).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 52], "content_span": [53, 483]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277654-0003-0000", "contents": "2018 Baseball Hall of Fame balloting, BBWAA election\nAnother recent rules change, announced in 2015, tightened the qualifications for the BBWAA electorate. Beginning with the 2016 election, eligible voters must not only have 10\u00a0years of continuous BBWAA membership, but also be currently active members, or have held active status within the 10\u00a0years prior to the election. A BBWAA member who has not been active for more than 10\u00a0years can regain voting status by covering MLB in the year preceding the election. As a result of the new rule, the vote total in 2016 decreased by 109 from the previous year, to 440.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 52], "content_span": [53, 613]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277654-0004-0000", "contents": "2018 Baseball Hall of Fame balloting, BBWAA election\n422 ballots were cast, 20 fewer than in 2017. There were 422 ballots cast, with a total of 3570 votes for individual players, an average of 8.46 names per ballot\u2014the highest per-ballot average since 1960 (8.51 votes per ballot).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 52], "content_span": [53, 281]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277654-0005-0000", "contents": "2018 Baseball Hall of Fame balloting, BBWAA election\nPlayers who were eligible for the first time in 2018 but were not on the ballot included Rod Barajas, Miguel Batista, Geoff Blum, Miguel Cairo, Aaron Cook, Francisco Cordero, Juan Cruz, Brian Fuentes, Bill Hall, Willie Harris, Nick Johnson, Adam Kennedy, Rodrigo L\u00f3pez, Mike MacDougal, Guillermo Mota, Will Ohman, Vicente Padilla, Carl Pavano, Scott Podsednik, Juan Rivera, J. C. Romero, Brian Schneider, Ben Sheets, Jeff Suppan, Kip Wells, Dan Wheeler and Jack Wilson.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 52], "content_span": [53, 522]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277654-0006-0000", "contents": "2018 Baseball Hall of Fame balloting, Modern Baseball Era Committee\nOn July 23, 2016, the Hall of Fame announced changes to the Era Committee system. The system's timeframes were restructured to place a greater emphasis on the modern game, and to reduce the frequency at which individuals from the pre-1970 game (including Negro league baseball figures) will have their careers reviewed. Considering candidates whose greatest contributions occurred from 1970 to 1987, the Modern Baseball Era Committee met in 2017 as part of the elections for the next calendar year.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 67], "content_span": [68, 566]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277654-0007-0000", "contents": "2018 Baseball Hall of Fame balloting, Modern Baseball Era Committee\nOn November 6, 2017, the Hall announced the 10 candidates to be considered when the Modern Baseball Era Committee met at the 2017 winter meetings near Walt Disney World on December 10, with the voting results announced immediately after the committee met. The cutoff for election and induction remained the standard 75%, or 12 of 16 votes.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 67], "content_span": [68, 407]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277654-0008-0000", "contents": "2018 Baseball Hall of Fame balloting, Modern Baseball Era Committee\nAll candidates except Miller were living when the ballot and voting results were announced. Mattingly, Morris, Murphy and Trammell were being considered for the first time; the others had been considered at least once by one of the predecessors to this committee. Garvey, John, Miller, Parker and Simmons were most recently considered in 2014 by the former Expansion Era Committee, and Tiant was most recently considered by the former Golden Era Committee in 2015.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 67], "content_span": [68, 532]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277654-0008-0001", "contents": "2018 Baseball Hall of Fame balloting, Modern Baseball Era Committee\nAmong players, Simmons was the only candidate who was not on the BBWAA ballot for the full 15-year period formerly allowed by Hall rules; he received less than 5% when he debuted on the BBWAA ballot in 1994 and thus did not appear on further ballots. The Hall changed the eligibility period to 10 years starting with the 2015 election, but Trammell and Mattingly (who were then past the new 10-year cutoff) retained their original 15-year eligibility window.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 67], "content_span": [68, 526]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277654-0009-0000", "contents": "2018 Baseball Hall of Fame balloting, J. G. Taylor Spink Award\nThe J. G. Taylor Spink Award has been presented by the BBWAA at the annual summer induction ceremonies since 1962. Through 2010, it was awarded during the main induction ceremony, but is now given the previous day at the Hall of Fame Awards Presentation. It recognizes a sportswriter \"for meritorious contributions to baseball writing\". The recipients are not members of the Hall of Fame but are featured in a permanent exhibit at the National Baseball Museum.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 62], "content_span": [63, 523]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277654-0010-0000", "contents": "2018 Baseball Hall of Fame balloting, J. G. Taylor Spink Award\nThe three finalists for the 2018 award were announced during the 2017 All-Star break.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 62], "content_span": [63, 148]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277654-0011-0000", "contents": "2018 Baseball Hall of Fame balloting, J. G. Taylor Spink Award\nOcker was announced as the recipient during the 2017 winter meetings on December 12. He covered the Cleveland Indians for more than three decades, serving as Cleveland Indians beat reporter for the Beacon-Journal from 1981 until his retirement at the end of the 2013 season. Ocker received 168 of the 426 ballots cast (including two blanks) to Reeves' 143 and Reusse's 113.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 62], "content_span": [63, 436]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277654-0012-0000", "contents": "2018 Baseball Hall of Fame balloting, Ford C. Frick Award\nVarious changes in July 2016 were also made to the annual Ford C. Frick Award elections, presented annually to a preeminent baseball broadcaster since 1978. According to the Hall, the new criteria for selection are \"Commitment to excellence, quality of broadcasting abilities, reverence within the game, popularity with fans, and recognition by peers.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 57], "content_span": [58, 410]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277654-0013-0000", "contents": "2018 Baseball Hall of Fame balloting, Ford C. Frick Award\nAdditionally, a ballot of eight candidates will now be set, down from 10 in years past. The three ballot slots previously determined by fan voting on Facebook will now be filled by a committee of historians.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 57], "content_span": [58, 265]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277654-0014-0000", "contents": "2018 Baseball Hall of Fame balloting, Ford C. Frick Award\nA new election cycle has been established, rotating annually between Current Major League Markets (team-specific announcers) with the 2017 Frick Award; National Voices (broadcasters whose contributions were realized on a national level) with the 2018 Frick Award; and Broadcasting Beginnings (early team voices and pioneers of baseball broadcasting) with the 2019 Frick Award. This cycle will repeat every three years.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 57], "content_span": [58, 476]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277654-0015-0000", "contents": "2018 Baseball Hall of Fame balloting, Ford C. Frick Award\nThe Hall announced the following finalists for the 2018 Ford C. Frick Award on October 23, 2017.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 57], "content_span": [58, 154]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277654-0016-0000", "contents": "2018 Baseball Hall of Fame balloting, Ford C. Frick Award\nFour finalists were members of the Hall of Fame as players\u2014Dean, Drysdale, Morgan and Reese. When the ballot was announced, Buck, Costas, Michaels and Morgan were still alive. The other four were deceased.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 57], "content_span": [58, 263]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277654-0017-0000", "contents": "2018 Baseball Hall of Fame balloting, Ford C. Frick Award\nCostas was announced as the recipient at the 2017 winter meetings on December 13. He began his sportscasting career as a play-by-play caller for the Spirits of St. Louis in the American Basketball Association, and went from there to calling NBA and NFL games for CBS, but made his greatest mark as part of NBC's broadcast team for its national MLB telecasts from 1982 to 2009. Costas then joined the MLB Network, where he was serving as the network's documentary host when he was announced as the Frick Award recipient.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 57], "content_span": [58, 577]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277655-0000-0000", "contents": "2018 Bashkir parliamentary election\nParliamentary elections were held in Bashkortostan on 9 September 2018 to elect the 110 members of 6th convocation of the State Assembly. The United Russia won majority of seats while the Communist Party and Liberal Democratic Party earned the highest gain of seats.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [35, 35], "content_span": [36, 302]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277655-0001-0000", "contents": "2018 Bashkir parliamentary election, Electoral system\nIn accordance with the Bashkir law, the State Assembly of Bashkortostan members are elected for a five year term on the basis of universal equal and direct suffrage through a secret ballot by a citizen of the Russian Federation. A person may be eligible to be elected if he or she has reached the age of 21 as well as the right to vote. The State Assembly can function if at least 2/3's of its members have been elected.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 53], "content_span": [54, 474]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277656-0000-0000", "contents": "2018 Basilan Steel season\nThe 2018 Basilan Steel season is the 1st season of the franchise in the Maharlika Pilipinas Basketball League (MPBL).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [25, 25], "content_span": [26, 143]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277657-0000-0000", "contents": "2018 Basildon Borough Council election\nThe 2018 Basildon Borough Council election took place on 3 May 2018 to elect members of Basildon Borough Council in Essex. This was on the same day as other local elections. The Conservative Party gained overall control of the council. which had previously been under no overall control and run by a coalition between UKIP, Labour and Independents.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [38, 38], "content_span": [39, 387]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277657-0001-0000", "contents": "2018 Basildon Borough Council election, Results Summary\nAll comparisons in vote share are to the corresponding 2014 election.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 55], "content_span": [56, 125]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277658-0000-0000", "contents": "2018 Basingstoke and Deane Borough Council election\nThe 2018 Basingstoke and Deane Borough Council election took place on the 3rd May 2018 to elect 20 members to Basingstoke and Deane Borough Council, as part of the wider local elections. The seats were last up for election in 2014. The councillor for Basing up for election this year, Onnalee Cubitt, had rejoined the Conservative Party prior to the election and held her seat as a Conservative.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 51], "section_span": [51, 51], "content_span": [52, 447]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277658-0001-0000", "contents": "2018 Basingstoke and Deane Borough Council election, Results\nThe Conservative Party won a seat from the Liberal Democrats in Whitchurch, but themselves lost a seat in Winklebury to Labour. As a result, the number of Conservative seats was steady, with Labour having a net gain of one, and the Liberal Democrats a net loss of one. Independent councillor Ian Tiblury held the sole independent seat.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 51], "section_span": [53, 60], "content_span": [61, 396]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277659-0000-0000", "contents": "2018 Baskerville Shield\nThe 2018 Baskerville Shield was a three match rugby league series between New Zealand and England for the Baskerville Shield. The hosts, England, won the series by two matches to one.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [23, 23], "content_span": [24, 207]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277659-0001-0000", "contents": "2018 Baskerville Shield, Background\nNew Zealand and England previously took part in a competitive event in the 2017 Rugby League World Cup, New Zealand lost to Fiji in the quarter-finals, while England made the final, losing to Australia by a score of just 6-0.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 35], "content_span": [36, 261]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277659-0002-0000", "contents": "2018 Baskerville Shield, Background\nNew Zealand and England previously played against each other in a mid-season international on 23 June 2018 at Mile High Stadium in Denver, Colorado. England won 36-18.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 35], "content_span": [36, 203]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277659-0003-0000", "contents": "2018 Baskerville Shield, Background\nNew Zealand was last in Great Britain for the 2016 Rugby League Four Nations. During that tournament New Zealand defeated England 17-16 in Huddersfield. They last played a three match test series against England during the 2015 New Zealand rugby league tour of Great Britain, losing the series 2-1. With the completion of these three tests, New Zealand and England played each other four times in 2018.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 35], "content_span": [36, 438]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277659-0004-0000", "contents": "2018 Baskerville Shield, Squads, New Zealand\nA wider squad was named on 3 September 2018 consisting of the best New Zealand eligible players in the running to play in the upcoming tour. The final touring squad of 23 players was named on 1 October.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 44], "content_span": [45, 247]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277659-0005-0000", "contents": "2018 Baskerville Shield, Squads, New Zealand\nOn 4 October, Corey Harawira-Naera withdrew from the touring 23-man squad due to a groin injury. Agnatius Paasi and Peta Hiku were subsequently added to the squad.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 44], "content_span": [45, 208]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277659-0006-0000", "contents": "2018 Baskerville Shield, Squads, New Zealand\nAges are as of 27 October 2018, the day of the first test.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 44], "content_span": [45, 103]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277659-0007-0000", "contents": "2018 Baskerville Shield, Fixtures\nNew Zealand announced three matches on tour, all test matches against England.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 33], "content_span": [34, 112]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277660-0000-0000", "contents": "2018 Basketball Champions League Final Four\nThe 2018 Basketball Champions League (BCL) Final Four was the second concluding Basketball Champions League Final Four tournament. It was the concluding phase of the 2017\u201318 Basketball Champions League season, which marked the second season of Basketball Champions League (BCL). The Final Four took place on 4\u20136 May 2018. The O.A.C.A. Olympic Indoor Hall in Athens, home arena of hosts AEK Athens, hosted the tournament. AEK won the league title after defeating Monaco in the final.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [43, 43], "content_span": [44, 526]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277660-0001-0000", "contents": "2018 Basketball Champions League Final Four, Venue\nOn 5 April 2018, the O.A.C.A. Olympic Indoor Hall in Athens, Greece was announced as the venue of the 2018 Final Four. AEK Athens, which qualified for the Final Four on 4 April, would serve as host. The arena was completed in 1995, and was the largest indoor venue in use for sporting events at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Greece. It is located in the Athens suburb of Marousi. It is considered to be one of the biggest and most modern indoor sports arenas in all of Europe.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [45, 50], "content_span": [51, 533]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277660-0002-0000", "contents": "2018 Basketball Champions League Final Four, Draw\nThe draw for the pairings for the Final Four was held on 12 April 2018.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [45, 49], "content_span": [50, 121]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277660-0003-0000", "contents": "2018 Basketball Champions League Final Four, Background, MHP Riesen Ludwigsburg\nLudwigsburg qualified for its first ever final phase of a European competition, as in the 2016\u201317 season they were eliminated by Banvit on a buzzer-beater. In the Basketball Bundesliga (BBL), Riesen was having a solid year as it was battling for playoff position. In the BCL play-offs, Riesen eliminated two German sides, EWE Baskets Oldenburg and medi Bayreuth in order to advance to the final four.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [45, 79], "content_span": [80, 480]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277660-0004-0000", "contents": "2018 Basketball Champions League Final Four, Background, Monaco\nMonaco was at the top of the standings in its domestic Pro A season. In February, Monaco won the Leaders Cup for its third consecutive time. In the previous season, the team also qualified for the Final Four but was eliminated in the semi-finals, by runners-up Banvit.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [45, 63], "content_span": [64, 332]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277660-0005-0000", "contents": "2018 Basketball Champions League Final Four, Background, AEK Athens\nAEK was having a successful season as well, as the team captured its fourth Greek Cup title, while beating EuroLeague teams Olympiacos and Panathinaikos on the way. AEK had a remarkable path to the final four, as it was nearly eliminated in the round of 16 but was saved by a three-pointer by Kevin Punter to defeat Czech side \u010cEZ Nymburk. In the quarter-finals, AEK eliminated French side SIG Strasbourg.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [45, 67], "content_span": [68, 473]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277660-0006-0000", "contents": "2018 Basketball Champions League Final Four, Background, AEK Athens\nGuard Manny Harris was named the Basketball Champions League MVP as well.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [45, 67], "content_span": [68, 141]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277660-0007-0000", "contents": "2018 Basketball Champions League Final Four, Background, UCAM Murcia\nIn its first BCL season, and just its second year ever playing in European competitions, Murcia eliminated the defending champions Iberostar Tenerife in the round of 16. In the quarter-finals, P\u0131nar Kar\u015f\u0131yaka was defeated. In the 2017\u201318 ACB season, Murcia was close to qualifying to the playoffs.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [45, 68], "content_span": [69, 366]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277661-0000-0000", "contents": "2018 Basketball League of Serbia playoffs\nThe 2018 Basketball League of Serbia playoffs is the play-off tournament that decided the winner of the Basketball League of Serbia for the 2017\u201318 season. The playoffs started on 21 May and ended on 11 June 2018.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [41, 41], "content_span": [42, 256]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277662-0000-0000", "contents": "2018 Basque Pelota World Championships\nThe 2018 Basque Pelota World Championships were the 18th edition of the Basque Pelota World Championships organized by the FIPV.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [38, 38], "content_span": [39, 168]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277662-0001-0000", "contents": "2018 Basque Pelota World Championships, Events\nA total of 14 events were disputed, in 4 playing areas.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 46], "content_span": [47, 102]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277663-0000-0000", "contents": "2018 Bass Pro Shops NRA Night Race\nThe 2018 Bass Pro Shops NRA Night Race is a Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series race held on August 18, 2018 at Bristol Motor Speedway in Bristol, Tennessee. Contested over 500 laps on the .533-mile (0.858\u00a0km) short track, it was the 24th race of the 2018 Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [34, 34], "content_span": [35, 328]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277663-0001-0000", "contents": "2018 Bass Pro Shops NRA Night Race, Report, Background\nThe Bristol Motor Speedway, formerly known as Bristol International Raceway and Bristol Raceway, is a NASCAR short track venue located in Bristol, Tennessee. Constructed in 1960, it held its first NASCAR race on July 30, 1961. Despite its short length, Bristol is among the most popular tracks on the NASCAR schedule because of its distinct features, which include extraordinarily steep banking, an all concrete surface, two pit roads, and stadium-like seating. It has also been named one of the loudest NASCAR tracks.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 54], "content_span": [55, 573]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277663-0002-0000", "contents": "2018 Bass Pro Shops NRA Night Race, Practice, First practice\nChase Elliott was the fastest in the first practice session with a time of 15.151 seconds and a speed of 126.645\u00a0mph (203.815\u00a0km/h).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 60], "content_span": [61, 193]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277663-0003-0000", "contents": "2018 Bass Pro Shops NRA Night Race, Practice, Final practice\nKyle Busch was the fastest in the final practice session with a time of 15.141 seconds and a speed of 126.729\u00a0mph (203.951\u00a0km/h).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 60], "content_span": [61, 190]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277663-0004-0000", "contents": "2018 Bass Pro Shops NRA Night Race, Qualifying\nKyle Larson scored the pole for the race with a time of 15.015 and a speed of 127.792\u00a0mph (205.661\u00a0km/h).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 46], "content_span": [47, 152]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277663-0005-0000", "contents": "2018 Bass Pro Shops NRA Night Race, Media, Television\nNBC Sports covered the race on the television side. Rick Allen, 2008 Bristol winner Jeff Burton, Steve Letarte and 2004 Bristol winner Dale Earnhardt Jr. had the call in the booth for the race. Dave Burns, Parker Kligerman, Marty Snider and Kelli Stavast reported from pit lane during the race.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 53], "content_span": [54, 348]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277663-0006-0000", "contents": "2018 Bass Pro Shops NRA Night Race, Media, Radio\nThe Performance Racing Network had the radio call for the race, which was simulcast on Sirius XM NASCAR Radio.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 48], "content_span": [49, 159]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277664-0000-0000", "contents": "2018 Batangafo clashes\nIn 2018 a series of clashes occurred in the Central African Republic town of Batangafo between Anti- balaka and Ex-S\u00e9l\u00e9ka militias.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [22, 22], "content_span": [23, 154]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277664-0001-0000", "contents": "2018 Batangafo clashes, Fatalities\n15 people were killed and 29 were injured as a result of the clashes. 20,809 people were displaced, 5,141 huts (93 percent of thetotal) and 200 houses were burnt.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 34], "content_span": [35, 197]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277665-0000-0000", "contents": "2018 Batangas City Athletics season\nThe 2018 Tanduay Athletics Batangas season is the 1st season of the franchise in the Maharlika Pilipinas Basketball League (MPBL).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [35, 35], "content_span": [36, 166]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277666-0000-0000", "contents": "2018 Batman by-election\nA by-election for the Australian House of Representatives seat of Batman took place on 17 March 2018.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [23, 23], "content_span": [24, 125]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277666-0001-0000", "contents": "2018 Batman by-election\nThe by-election was called as a result of the resignation on 1 February 2018 of David Feeney, the incumbent backbench Australian Labor Party MP. The ALP candidate, Ged Kearney, won the by-election.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [23, 23], "content_span": [24, 221]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277666-0002-0000", "contents": "2018 Batman by-election, Background\nOn 6 December 2017, amidst the ongoing citizenship crisis engulfing several MPs, Labor MP David Feeney revealed that he was unable to produce documentation confirming he had renounced citizenship of either the United Kingdom or the Republic of Ireland. Consequently, Feeney voluntarily referred himself to the High Court of Australia, considering his likely breach of Section 44 of the Constitution of Australia.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 35], "content_span": [36, 448]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277666-0002-0001", "contents": "2018 Batman by-election, Background\nBy 19 January 2018, Feeney remained unable to produce any documentary evidence from British or Irish authorities that he took steps to renounce his citizenship and entitlements, and the High Court granted him an extension to 1 February to allow his legal team to continue their search for the relevant documents. At a press conference on 1 February 2018, Feeney announced he would resign from the seat and from politics effective immediately, choosing not to stand as a candidate at the by-election. The date for the by-election was set at 17 March 2018, the same day as the South Australian state election.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 35], "content_span": [36, 643]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277666-0003-0000", "contents": "2018 Batman by-election, Background\nThe seat was fought by the incumbent Labor Party and the Greens, who received a 9.6% swing towards them in the previous election. Despite finishing first in the primary vote, Greens' candidate Alex Bhathal was defeated by Feeney on the two-candidate-preferred vote 51%-49% at the previous election. Feeney had held the seat for the Labor Party since 2013. It was the sixth time Bhathal had contested the seat, having previously run in 2001, 2004, 2010, 2013 and 2016. The Australian Electoral Commission confirmed that 111,857 people were enrolled to vote in the by-election.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 35], "content_span": [36, 611]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277667-0000-0000", "contents": "2018 Bauer Watertechnology Cup\nThe 2018 Bauer Watertechnology Cup was a professional tennis tournament played on carpet courts. It was the 22nd edition of the tournament which was part of the 2018 ATP Challenger Tour. It took place in Eckental, Germany between 29 October and 4 November 2018.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [30, 30], "content_span": [31, 292]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277667-0001-0000", "contents": "2018 Bauer Watertechnology Cup, Singles main draw entrants, Other entrants\nThe following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 74], "content_span": [75, 143]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277667-0002-0000", "contents": "2018 Bauer Watertechnology Cup, Singles main draw entrants, Other entrants\nThe following player received entry into the singles main draw as an alternate:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 74], "content_span": [75, 154]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277668-0000-0000", "contents": "2018 Bauer Watertechnology Cup \u2013 Doubles\nSander Arends and Roman Jebav\u00fd were the defending champions but only Arends chose to defend his title, partnering Romain Arneodo. Arends lost in the semifinals to Hugo Nys and Jonny O'Mara.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [40, 40], "content_span": [41, 230]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277668-0001-0000", "contents": "2018 Bauer Watertechnology Cup \u2013 Doubles\nKevin Krawietz and Andreas Mies won the title after defeating Nys and O'Mara 6\u20131, 6\u20134 in the final.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [40, 40], "content_span": [41, 140]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277669-0000-0000", "contents": "2018 Bauer Watertechnology Cup \u2013 Singles\nMaximilian Marterer was the defending champion but chose not to defend his title.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [40, 40], "content_span": [41, 122]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277669-0001-0000", "contents": "2018 Bauer Watertechnology Cup \u2013 Singles\nAntoine Hoang won the title after defeating Ruben Bemelmans 7\u20135, 6\u20133 in the final.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [40, 40], "content_span": [41, 123]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277670-0000-0000", "contents": "2018 Bavarian state election\nThe 2018 Bavarian state election took place on 14 October 2018 to elect the 180 members of the 18th Landtag of Bavaria. The outgoing government was a majority of the Christian Social Union in Bavaria (CSU), led by Minister President Markus S\u00f6der.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [28, 28], "content_span": [29, 275]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277670-0001-0000", "contents": "2018 Bavarian state election\nThe CSU recorded its worst result since 1950 with 37% of votes, a decline of over ten percentage points. The SPD, which had previously been the second largest party, fell to fifth place with just 10%. The Greens gained 9 points and emerged as the second strongest party with 17.5%. The Free Voters of Bavaria (FW) gained 2.6 points and finished third with 11.6% of the total vote. The Alternative for Germany (AfD), which ran in Bavaria for the first time, placed fourth with 10%. The Free Democratic Party (FDP), which failed to enter the Landtag in 2013, narrowly re-entered with 5.1%, becoming the smallest party. Turnout rose to 72%, up 9 points from under 64% in 2013.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [28, 28], "content_span": [29, 702]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277670-0002-0000", "contents": "2018 Bavarian state election\nThe election was influenced by the condition of the federal CDU/CSU\u2013SPD government following two crises in the preceding months: the so-called asylum quarrel in June and July followed by the controversy around Hans-Georg Maa\u00dfen in September. CSU leader Horst Seehofer played a major role in both events. Four days before the Bavarian election, federal SPD leader Andrea Nahles criticised Chancellor Angela Merkel, accusing her of a \"lack of leadership\".", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [28, 28], "content_span": [29, 482]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277670-0003-0000", "contents": "2018 Bavarian state election\nAs a result of the election, the CSU lacked a majority and formed a coalition government with the Free Voters.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [28, 28], "content_span": [29, 139]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277670-0004-0000", "contents": "2018 Bavarian state election, Election date and preparation deadlines\nAccording to the Bavarian Constitution, the election must be held on a Sunday \"at the earliest 59 months, at the latest 62 months\" after the preceding state elections which took place on 15 September 2013. This would theoretically allow an election date between 19 August and 11 November 2018, but in practice the elections since 1978 have always taken place between mid-September and mid-October. The Bavarian state government proposed 14 October 2018 as the election date on 9 January 2018 and officially set it on 20 February after hearing the parties to the state parliament.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 69], "content_span": [70, 649]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277670-0005-0000", "contents": "2018 Bavarian state election, Election date and preparation deadlines\nThe deadline for determining the population figures, which are decisive for the distribution of the 180 Landtag mandates among the seven Bavarian administrative districts and a possible new division of the constituencies, was 15 June 2016 (33 months after the election of the previous Landtag). On this basis, the Bavarian Ministry of the Interior had to submit a constituency report to the Landtag until 36 months after the election This was done on 6 September 2016.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 69], "content_span": [70, 538]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277670-0006-0000", "contents": "2018 Bavarian state election, Election date and preparation deadlines\nDelegates to the internal constituency meetings could be appointed at the earliest 43 months after the preceding election, i.e. since 16 April 2017. The actual district candidates had been eligible since 16 July 2017.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 69], "content_span": [70, 287]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277670-0006-0001", "contents": "2018 Bavarian state election, Election date and preparation deadlines\nThe parties and other organised electoral groups which had not been represented continuously in the Bavarian Land Parliament or in the German Bundestag since their last election on the basis of their own election proposals (CDU, CSU, SPD, Free Voters of Bavaria, Alliance 90/The Greens, FDP, Die Linke, AfD) had to notify their intention to participate to the State Election Commissioner by the 90th day before the election, i.e. by 16 July 2018 at the latest. The actual election proposals and any necessary signatures had to be submitted by 2 August 2018.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 69], "content_span": [70, 627]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277670-0007-0000", "contents": "2018 Bavarian state election, Electoral system\nBavaria, in line with the rest of the country, uses mixed-member proportional representation to elect its members of the Landtag. Party representation is not apportioned statewide, the distribution of seats takes place separately within the seven administrative districts (Regierungsbezirke), which are referred to in the electoral law as constituencies. The constituencies are divided into districts in which one member is directly elected. The number of single member districts is about half the number of seats in the constituency.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 46], "content_span": [47, 581]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277670-0007-0001", "contents": "2018 Bavarian state election, Electoral system\nIn contrast to the Bundestag election law, the distribution of seats by proportional representation takes into account the parties' aggregate first (district) votes combined with their second (constituency) votes, i.e. both the first and second votes affect the distribution of seats in the Landtag, as opposed to just the second votes, which is the norm elsewhere in the country. If a party wins more district seats in a constituency than it would be entitled to based on a strictly proportional system (these extra seats are termed overhang seats), this seats are added to the constituency.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 46], "content_span": [47, 639]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277670-0007-0002", "contents": "2018 Bavarian state election, Electoral system\nTo compensate the other parties for the overhang, leveling seats are added at the constituency level too. There is no statewide adjustment of the seats. Only parties and groups of voters who obtain at least 5% of the total votes (sum of first and second votes) in Bavaria participate in the distribution of seats. This threshold also applies to winning single-member districts; a party will forfeit all its district seats that it won if the party did not meet the 5% statewide threshold, with the forfeited district seats going to the second-place candidate.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 46], "content_span": [47, 605]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277670-0008-0000", "contents": "2018 Bavarian state election, Electoral system\nUnlike the other German states (and also countries using MMP), Bavaria uses an open-list system for its party-list seats. Voters not only cast a vote for a candidate in their district, but they also cast a vote for a list candidate in their region. For the distribution of list seats, all district candidates are also constituency candidates with their parties. The party may also nominate regional-only candidates. To prevent double voting, the constituency ballots in each district omit the candidates running in that district.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 46], "content_span": [47, 576]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277670-0008-0001", "contents": "2018 Bavarian state election, Electoral system\nA candidate (if he or she did not win his or her district) is ranked within his or her list by the number of first votes he or she receives within the district plus the number of second votes he or she receives from voters elsewhere in the region. In this manner, voters collectively can produce a list that is different from what the party submitted, which can result in the defeat of candidates that would have been elected (and vice versa) had the election taken place under a closed-list system.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 46], "content_span": [47, 546]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277670-0009-0000", "contents": "2018 Bavarian state election, Boundary changes\nIn the statutory constituency report of September 2016, the state government stated that the numerical distribution of the 180 state parliament seats among the constituencies would have to be changed due to changes in the number of inhabitants. It was recommended that a seat previously to be awarded in the Lower Franconia constituency be allocated to the Upper Bavaria constituency.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 46], "content_span": [47, 431]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277670-0010-0000", "contents": "2018 Bavarian state election, Boundary changes\nWithin Upper Bavaria, the additional seat was used to reshape the single member districts in the state capital of Munich, as two of them\u2009\u2014\u2009Giesing and Milbertshofen\u2009\u2014\u2009exceeded the average population by more than 15 percent. Upper Bavaria now has 31 single member districts for the 2018 elections, nine of which are accounted for by the state capital.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 46], "content_span": [47, 397]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277670-0011-0000", "contents": "2018 Bavarian state election, Starting position\nSince the state elections in Bavaria in 2013, the CSU has again had the absolute majority of seats, as it did from 1962 to 2008. In December 2017, however, Minister President of Bavaria Horst Seehofer (CSU) finally declared his renunciation of the top candidate in the state elections in Bavaria 2018, partly due to the poor performance of the CSU in the 2017 Bundestag elections. In March 2018, he also resigned from his office as Minister President of Bavaria before the end of the parliamentary term. The former Bavarian Finance Minister Markus S\u00f6der was elected as the new top CSU candidate and later also as Minister President of Bavaria in the state parliament.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 47], "content_span": [48, 715]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277670-0012-0000", "contents": "2018 Bavarian state election, Campaign, CSU\nIn 2018, the CSU Markus S\u00f6der's government enacted the Kreuzpflicht, an obligation to display crosses at the entrance of public buildings. S\u00f6der has stated that the crosses are not to be seen as Christian symbols, but as symbols of Bavarian cultural identity.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 43], "content_span": [44, 303]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277670-0013-0000", "contents": "2018 Bavarian state election, Campaign, CSU\nSome observers have described the Kreuzpflicht as a measure to appeal to voters deserting the Christian democratic conservative CSU for the right-wing nationalist AfD party. Also the CSU interior minister Horst Seehofer has taken a harder line on immigration.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 43], "content_span": [44, 303]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277670-0014-0000", "contents": "2018 Bavarian state election, Parties\nThe table below lists parties represented in the 17th Landtag of Bavaria.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 37], "content_span": [38, 111]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277670-0015-0000", "contents": "2018 Bavarian state election, Leaders' debate\nA Leaders' debate between Minister President Markus S\u00f6der (CSU) and Ludwig Hartmann (Alliance 90/The Greens) took place on 26 September 2018. The Bayerischer Rundfunk justified the party selection with the result of the Bayerntrend of September 12, 2018, according to which CSU and Greens can hope for the most votes in the election. SPD Secretary-General Uli Gr\u00f6tsch described this decision as \"completely absurd\". A programme with representatives of the other five parties, whose survey results were above or close to the five percent hurdle, followed on 28 September 2018: Natascha Kohnen (SPD), Hubert Aiwanger (Free Voters), Martin Sichert (AfD), Martin Hagen (FDP) and Ates G\u00fcrpinar (The Left). The first programme was moderated by BR editor-in-chief Christian Nitsche, the second by Ursula Heller.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 45], "content_span": [46, 850]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277670-0016-0000", "contents": "2018 Bavarian state election, Opinion polling, Policy areas relevant to elections\nOn behalf of the RTL/n-tv Trendbarometer, Forsa Institute interviewed the survey participants about the \"biggest problems at state level\". In Bavaria, 34 percent of those surveyed named the CSU and Prime Minister Markus S\u00f6der, 28 percent named refugees, and 26 percent named \"the situation on the housing market\".", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 81], "content_span": [82, 395]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277670-0017-0000", "contents": "2018 Bavarian state election, Opinion polling, Policy areas relevant to elections\nInfratest dimap asked respondents to the ARD primary election survey which topic is very important for their election decision. In the order of most percentage points these were school and education policy (55%), nature conservation in Bavaria (46%), creation of affordable housing (45%), reduction of injustice in society (41%), security and police (40%), regulation of immigration (39%), the behaviour of Horst Seehofer in the federal government (26%), the cooperation of CDU, CSU and SPD in the federal government (21%).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 81], "content_span": [82, 605]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277670-0018-0000", "contents": "2018 Bavarian state election, Voter turnout\nThe voter turnout in the city of Munich remained high. Until 2 p.m. it was 54.6 percent including the postal voters. In 2013, the turnout at that time was 49.7 percent. The final total turnout was recorded as 72.3% of eligible voters.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 43], "content_span": [44, 278]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277670-0019-0000", "contents": "2018 Bavarian state election, Aftermath, Polls on a favorite coalition\nThe percentages indicate the proportion of respondents who would most like the particular coalition available for selection. The missing values to 100% made no statement.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 70], "content_span": [71, 241]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277670-0020-0000", "contents": "2018 Bavarian state election, Aftermath, State government formation\nBefore the election, CSU faction leader Thomas Kreuzer declared that the CSU would not form a coalition with the AfD or the Greens after the election.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 67], "content_span": [68, 218]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277670-0021-0000", "contents": "2018 Bavarian state election, Aftermath, State government formation\nThe CSU agreed on a coalition deal to govern with the Free Voters of Bavaria on 4 November 2018.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 67], "content_span": [68, 164]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277671-0000-0000", "contents": "2018 Baylor Bears football team\nThe 2018 Baylor Bears football team represented Baylor University in the 2018 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The Bears played their home games at the McLane Stadium in Waco, Texas. They competed as a member of the Big 12 Conference and were led by second-year head coach Matt Rhule. The team improved on its 1\u201311 record from last season, as they would finish 7\u20136, 4\u20135 in Big 12 play to finish in a tie for 5th place. They were invited to the Texas Bowl, where they defeated Vanderbilt.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [31, 31], "content_span": [32, 523]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277671-0001-0000", "contents": "2018 Baylor Bears football team, Previous season\nThe Bears finished the 2017 season 1\u201311, 1\u20138 in Big 12 play to finish in ninth place.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 48], "content_span": [49, 134]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277671-0002-0000", "contents": "2018 Baylor Bears football team, Preseason, Big 12 media poll\nThe Big 12 media poll was released on July 12, 2018 with the Bears predicted to finish in ninth place.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 61], "content_span": [62, 164]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277671-0003-0000", "contents": "2018 Baylor Bears football team, Schedule\nBaylor announced its football schedule on October 26, 2017. They will play 12 games with 6 games at home, 3 among non-conference and 3 Big 12 teams, and 6 away games, against 1 non-conference opponents and 5 Big 12 teams in the 2018 Big 12 Conference football season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 41], "content_span": [42, 309]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277671-0004-0000", "contents": "2018 Baylor Bears football team, Game summaries, Kansas State\nBaylor held a slight edge in the pregame analysis. Coming into the game Baylor was considered better than they were at this same time last year and has won 3 games (Kansas, Texas-San Antonio, and Abilene Christian), the Bears have also lost 2 (Duke, Oklahoma). In Baylor's previous game against Oklahoma, they achieved 493 yards of offense in their loss\u2014something expected to be a challenge for Kansas State on defense.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 61], "content_span": [62, 481]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277671-0005-0000", "contents": "2018 Baylor Bears football team, Game summaries, Kansas State\nThe game started with Kansas State holding the lead at the end of the first and second quarters. Baylor pulled ahead in the third quarter but missed several field goals. Baylor's Charlie Brewer threw for 296 yards and Kansas State's Alex Barnes rushed for 250 yards (he ran for 129 yards and four touchdowns in the 2016 matchup also at Baylor).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 61], "content_span": [62, 406]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277671-0006-0000", "contents": "2018 Baylor Bears football team, Game summaries, Kansas State\nKansas State had its share of mistakes: K-State missed a field goal and an extra point and were also ineffective on kickoff returns. Kansas State also gave up a fumble on the kickoff return after a controversial play review to start the third quarter and Baylor scored a touchdown two plays later. Wildcat turnovers and penalties led to three touchdowns for Baylor. They also had problems with a punt return they recovered and an extra point was blocked.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 61], "content_span": [62, 517]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277671-0007-0000", "contents": "2018 Baylor Bears football team, Game summaries, Kansas State\nBaylor's Connor Martin had a rough day as the kicker, missing three field goals and an extra point, yet among all that he ended up kicking the game-winning field goal from 29 yards with 8 seconds left in the game. The final score was a Baylor victory, 37-34.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 61], "content_span": [62, 320]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277672-0000-0000", "contents": "2018 BeNe Ladies Tour\nThe 2018 BeNe Ladies Tour was the fifth edition of the BeNe Ladies Tour, a women's cycling stage race in the Netherlands. It is rated by the UCI as a category 2.1 race.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [21, 21], "content_span": [22, 190]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277673-0000-0000", "contents": "2018 Beach Soccer Intercontinental Cup\nThe 2018 Beach Soccer Intercontinental Cup, also known as the Huawei Beach Soccer Intercontinental Cup Dubai 2018 for sponsorship reasons, was the eighth edition of the Beach Soccer Intercontinental Cup, an annual international beach soccer tournament contested by men's national teams.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [38, 38], "content_span": [39, 325]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277673-0001-0000", "contents": "2018 Beach Soccer Intercontinental Cup\nHeld in Dubai, United Arab Emirates since its inception, this year's event occurred between 6 and 10 November. The tournament was organised by the Dubai Sports Council (DSC) and Beach Soccer Worldwide (BSWW).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [38, 38], "content_span": [39, 247]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277673-0002-0000", "contents": "2018 Beach Soccer Intercontinental Cup\nAfter the FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup, the Intercontinental Cup is the biggest tournament in the current international beach soccer calendar. Similar to the FIFA Confederations Cup, eight nations will take part, with one team representing each of the six continental football confederations as well as the current World Cup champions, Brazil, and the hosts, the United Arab Emirates.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [38, 38], "content_span": [39, 422]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277673-0003-0000", "contents": "2018 Beach Soccer Intercontinental Cup\nThe tournament started with a round robin group stage. The winners and runners-up from each group advanced to the knockout stage, a series of single-elimination matches, beginning with the semi-finals and ending with the final. Consolation matches were also played to determine other final rankings.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [38, 38], "content_span": [39, 338]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277673-0004-0000", "contents": "2018 Beach Soccer Intercontinental Cup\nThe season-ending Beach Soccer Stars awards were also presented in Dubai as a conclusion to the tournament.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [38, 38], "content_span": [39, 146]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277673-0005-0000", "contents": "2018 Beach Soccer Intercontinental Cup\nBrazil were the defending champions but lost to Russia in the semi-finals, ultimately finishing third; the defeat ended a 66-game winning streak for Canarinhos, their last loss dating back to the 2015 World Cup (also against Russia). Iran beat Russia in the final to claim their second Intercontinental Cup crown.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [38, 38], "content_span": [39, 352]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277673-0006-0000", "contents": "2018 Beach Soccer Intercontinental Cup, Participating teams\nThe following eight teams took part including the hosts, current World Cup winners and one of the best performing nations from each of the six regional championships hosted by the confederations of FIFA. However, CONMEBOL did not enter a regional performer this year, so UEFA entered two teams.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 59], "content_span": [60, 354]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277673-0007-0000", "contents": "2018 Beach Soccer Intercontinental Cup, Participating teams\nOverall, Europe and Asia were represented by two nations; Africa, South America, North America and Oceania, one nation each.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 59], "content_span": [60, 184]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277673-0008-0000", "contents": "2018 Beach Soccer Intercontinental Cup, Venue\nThe tournament took place in a new part of Dubai for the second consecutive year; this edition is held at an arena on Kite Beach, Jumeirah 3, with a capacity of 3,500.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 45], "content_span": [46, 213]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277673-0009-0000", "contents": "2018 Beach Soccer Intercontinental Cup, Venue\nSpeaking at the draw event, BSWW Vice-president Joan Cusco was welcoming of the change of location back to a beach venue saying, \"this is where we belong\". (The previous edition was held in an inland area of Dubai for the first time). On the change of venue, DSC General Secretary Saeed Hareb stated the Council was in the process of finding a permanent home for the Intercontinental Cup.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 45], "content_span": [46, 434]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277673-0010-0000", "contents": "2018 Beach Soccer Intercontinental Cup, Draw\nThe draw to split the eight teams into two groups of four took place on 10 October at the Dubai Sports Council headquarters at 11:00 GST (UTC+4).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 44], "content_span": [45, 190]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277673-0011-0000", "contents": "2018 Beach Soccer Intercontinental Cup, Draw\nFor the purposes of the draw, the nations were divided into fours sets, Pots 1\u20134, shown in the table below. From each pot, the first team drawn out was placed into Group A; the other team was drawn into Group B. The teams were allocated to specific positions in their respective groups via the drawing of balls from a further two pots; for the teams entering Group A, Pot A, which contained the positions A1\u2013A4 and for the teams entering Group B, Pot B, containing the positions B1\u2013B4.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 44], "content_span": [45, 530]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277673-0012-0000", "contents": "2018 Beach Soccer Intercontinental Cup, Draw\nThe hosts, the United Arab Emirates, were automatically allocated to position A1.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 44], "content_span": [45, 126]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277673-0013-0000", "contents": "2018 Beach Soccer Intercontinental Cup, Group stage\nMatches are listed as local time in Dubai, GST (UTC+4)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 51], "content_span": [52, 106]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277673-0014-0000", "contents": "2018 Beach Soccer Intercontinental Cup, 5th\u20138th place play-offs\nThe teams finishing in third and fourth place were knocked out of title-winning contention, receding to play in consolation matches to determine 5th through 8th place in the final standings.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 63], "content_span": [64, 254]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277673-0015-0000", "contents": "2018 Beach Soccer Intercontinental Cup, Knockout stage\nThe group winners and runners-up progressed to the knockout stage to continue to compete for the title.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 54], "content_span": [55, 158]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277674-0000-0000", "contents": "2018 Beijing Sinobo Guoan F.C. season\nThe 2018 Beijing Sinobo Guoan F.C. season was their 15th consecutive season in the Chinese Super League, established in the 2004, and 28th consecutive season in the top flight of Chinese football. They competed in the Chinese Super League and Chinese FA Cup.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [37, 37], "content_span": [38, 298]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277674-0001-0000", "contents": "2018 Beijing Sinobo Guoan F.C. season, First team\nNote: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 49], "content_span": [50, 178]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277675-0000-0000", "contents": "2018 Belarusian First League\n2018 Belarusian First League is the 28th season of 2nd level football in Belarus. It started in April and finished in November 2018.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [28, 28], "content_span": [29, 161]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277675-0001-0000", "contents": "2018 Belarusian First League, Team changes from 2017 season\nTwo best teams of 2017 Belarusian First League (Luch Minsk and Smolevichi-STI) were promoted to Belarusian Premier League. They were replaced by two lowest placed teams of 2017 Belarusian Premier League table (Slavia Mozyr and Naftan Novopolotsk).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 59], "content_span": [60, 307]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277675-0002-0000", "contents": "2018 Belarusian First League, Team changes from 2017 season\nTwo lowest placed teams of the last season (Osipovichi and Neman-Agro Stolbtsy) relegated to the Second League. They were replaced by two best teams of 2017 Second League (UAS Zhitkovichi and Chist).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 59], "content_span": [60, 259]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277675-0003-0000", "contents": "2018 Belarusian First League, Team changes from 2017 season\nIn March 2018, Torpedo Minsk were granted additional promotion to Belarusian Premier League to replace Krumkachy Minsk (who failed to obtain a Premier League and were demoted to the Second League). Torpedo were not replaced any other team due to the lack of applicants, and the league was reduced to 15 clubs for the season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 59], "content_span": [60, 384]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277676-0000-0000", "contents": "2018 Belarusian Premier League\nThe 2018 Belarusian Premier League was the 28th season of top-tier football in Belarus. BATE Borisov were the defending champions, having won their 12th consecutive league title and 14th overall last year, and successfully defended their crown.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [30, 30], "content_span": [31, 275]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277676-0001-0000", "contents": "2018 Belarusian Premier League, Teams\nThe bottom two teams from the 2017 season (Slavia Mozyr and Naftan Novopolotsk) were relegated to the 2018 Belarusian First League. They were replaced by Luch Minsk and Smolevichi, champions and runners-up of the 2017 Belarusian First League respectively.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 37], "content_span": [38, 293]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277676-0002-0000", "contents": "2018 Belarusian Premier League, Teams\nBefore the start of the season, Krumkachy Minsk were excluded from the league, after repeatedly missing deadlines for providing necessary licensing documents and pay off the salary debts to the players. The decision was made final on 19 March. They were replaced by Torpedo Minsk (3rd placed team of 2017 Belarusian First League).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 37], "content_span": [38, 368]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277676-0003-0000", "contents": "2018 Belarusian Premier League, Results\nEach team plays home-and-away once against every other team for a total of 30 matches played each.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 39], "content_span": [40, 138]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277677-0000-0000", "contents": "2018 Belarusian Super Cup\nThe 2018 Belarusian Super Cup was held on 10 March 2018 between the 2017 Belarusian Premier League champions BATE Borisov and the 2016\u201317 Belarusian Cup winners Dinamo Brest. Dinamo Brest won the match 2\u20131 and won the trophy for the first time.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [25, 25], "content_span": [26, 270]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277678-0000-0000", "contents": "2018 Belarusian municipal elections\n28th Convocation Republic of Belarus deputies to Local Councils of Deputies elections are elections to Belarus Local Councils to Deputies elections conducted on 18 February 2018. Electoral campaign started in November 2017. Citizens of the respective administrative subdivision elect the Council for a term of four years under procedure set within the Electoral Code of Republic of Belarus.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [35, 35], "content_span": [36, 426]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277678-0001-0000", "contents": "2018 Belarusian municipal elections\nDeputies of House of Representatives, and deputies to Local Councils of Deputies elections are conducted in single-mandate constituencies.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [35, 35], "content_span": [36, 174]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277678-0002-0000", "contents": "2018 Belarusian municipal elections\nLocal Councils' deputies elections have no turnout benchmark, conducted in one voting, where candidate having plurality vote wins.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [35, 35], "content_span": [36, 166]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277678-0003-0000", "contents": "2018 Belarusian municipal elections\nAll Belarusian voters are entitled to vote preliminary, with no official confirmation of reasons of inability to come to voting premises in the main voting day required. The voter is not required to show internal passport: to get ballot one suffice to have any identification document (driving licence, student ticket and so on). Agitation is allowed in the preliminary voting period. CEC does not invite foreign observers, apart from some representatives of the diplomatic corps, to municipal elections, as it is not provided in the legislation.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [35, 35], "content_span": [36, 582]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277678-0004-0000", "contents": "2018 Belarusian municipal elections, General Information\nOn 14 November 2017 President of Belarus Alexander Lukashenko signed decree #\u00a0410 \"On appointment of Local Councils of Deputies elections\".", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 56], "content_span": [57, 196]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277678-0005-0000", "contents": "2018 Belarusian municipal elections, General Information\nOut of 18,111 deputies of 1,309 Local Councils of Deputies most represent Rural Councils (1,152 Councils):", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 56], "content_span": [57, 163]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277678-0006-0000", "contents": "2018 Belarusian municipal elections, Electoral system\nThe elections were held under plurality vote. A citizen of Republic of Belarus of 18 years of age are entitled to be elected a deputy to Local Council of Deputies. Citizens living or working on the territory of the respective Local Council of Deputies are entiteled to be nominated as candidates. This right as well implies to citizens working in organizations related to fullmilment of needs of residents or social development of the territory of the respective Local Council of Deputies, though such organization located on the territory of the other Local Council of Deputies.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 53], "content_span": [54, 633]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277678-0006-0001", "contents": "2018 Belarusian municipal elections, Electoral system\nA political party is entitled to nominate only one candidate to deputy amongst its members within single House of Representatives or respective Local Council of Deputies electoral district. A candidate receiving most votes is considered as elected to the Local Council of Deputies. In case of one-candidate election, such candidate is considered elected if one receives more than half of votes given.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 53], "content_span": [54, 454]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277678-0007-0000", "contents": "2018 Belarusian municipal elections, Nomination procedure\nLegislation sets a number of requirements towards citizens willing to nominate themselves as a candidate to deputy to Local Councils of Deputies:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 57], "content_span": [58, 203]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277678-0008-0000", "contents": "2018 Belarusian municipal elections, Nomination procedure\nA citizen is entitled to nominate oneself in one of electoral districts of the Local Council of Deputies of each territorial level (Regional, District, and Rural Council of Deputies).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 57], "content_span": [58, 241]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277678-0009-0000", "contents": "2018 Belarusian municipal elections, Nomination procedure\nNationals of Russian Federeation with permanent residence on the territory of Republic of Belarus are entiteled be nominated as candidates to deputies of Local Councils of Deputies.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 57], "content_span": [58, 239]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277678-0010-0000", "contents": "2018 Belarusian municipal elections, Nomination procedure\nCitizens, working in organizations related to fullmilment of needs of residents or social development of the territory of the respective Local Council of Deputies, though such organization located on the territory of the other Local Council of Deputies, are entitled to nominate oneself as a candidate to deputy of Local Council of Deputies, even having no residence or job on the territory of such Council. Such legal norm is usually implied to the employees of organizations located in cities that are the centers of several subdivisions. Such rule does not imply towards political parties and NGOs.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 57], "content_span": [58, 659]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277678-0011-0000", "contents": "2018 Belarusian municipal elections, Candidate registration\nOut of 22,278 registered candidates to deputy 21,227 (95.28\u00a0%) were not political party members, while political parties nominated 1,051 candidates (4.72\u00a0%), with most of party candidates nominated by the Communist Party (1.84\u00a0%) and Liberal-Democratic Party (1.02\u00a0%). Political party members are mostly nominated to deputies of Mnsk-city, Regional and District Councils of Deputies.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 59], "content_span": [60, 443]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277678-0012-0000", "contents": "2018 Belarusian municipal elections, Candidate registration\nRegistration of public interest groups on voters signature collection by candidates to deputies of 28 Convocation Local Councils as of 25 December 2017:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 59], "content_span": [60, 212]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277678-0013-0000", "contents": "2018 Belarusian municipal elections, Voting\nIn a period of 15 days before elections, voting stations commissions represent the cititens the voters lists. Voters are entitled to seek for liquidation of mistakes in the lists, including seeking for such liquidations in trials. Preliminary voting for voters not able to stay in their residence location in the voting day is organized 5 days before the elections date. Voters, unable to come to voting station in the election day can be provided with voting on their immediate location.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 43], "content_span": [44, 532]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277678-0014-0000", "contents": "2018 Belarusian municipal elections, Voting\nPreliminary election was held on 13\u201317 February 2018. According to CEC data, 34.95% voters took part in the preliminary election until its final day. In the main voting day, voting stations worked from 8\u00a0am till 8\u00a0pm, and, according to official CEC data, the turnover reached 5.3 mln voters (77.2%) till the moment of voting stations closure. Out of 18,111 districts, one electoral district of Yel\u02b9sk District of Gomel Region failed to hold elections due to the only candidate's detention for receiving a bribe.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 43], "content_span": [44, 555]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277678-0015-0000", "contents": "2018 Belarusian municipal elections, Voting, Fraud\n789 observers of \"For just elections\" campaign\" participated in the elections monitoring, 114 of who monitored the process of preliminary voting, covering 54 voting stations in 22 settlements, including Minsk. Upong the results of monitoring, the campaigns observers concluded the official results of deputies to Local Councils elections do not represent real citizens' volition. Moreover, in several voting stations observers were prohibited to take video and photoshots of vote-counting process in the day of elections, reasoning such restrictions with only journalists being entitled to do so.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 50], "content_span": [51, 647]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277678-0016-0000", "contents": "2018 Belarusian municipal elections, Voting, Elections boycott\nConservative Christian Party \u2013 BPF did not participate in 2018 municipal elections. Party leadership informed the party did not will to create the regime bogus of so-called \"elections\". Meanwhile, party conducted electoral control of the process. First of all it counted the number of people coming to vote to show regime in the light of its lies existing as a fact of life.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 62], "content_span": [63, 437]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277678-0017-0000", "contents": "2018 Belarusian municipal elections, Voting, Elections boycott\nBelarusian Social Democratic Assembly, led by Stanislav Shushkevich, did not participate in 2018 municipal elections. It's a principal position of the party, having been consistently ignoring several electoral campaigns in a row. \"Results of the previous elections, when government \"turned off\" several democratic candidates, show us we do everything right. So, how many such elections we need for everyone to finally understand that there are no free elections in Belarus?! BSDA party understands it's a vain deal, thus it did not participate in the elections at all\",\u00a0\u2014 BSDA leader Stanislav Shushkevich told on 19 February.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 62], "content_span": [63, 689]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277678-0018-0000", "contents": "2018 Belarusian municipal elections, Voting, Elections boycott\nMikola Statkevich, leader of Belarusian Social Democratic Party (People's Assembly), told municipal elections topic is not worth discussing. \"This municipal elections do not decide anything, no vote is count, and people still do not believe the government. We have many young party members, and we didn't oppose them to try their hand and educate themselves in these elections privatelly. This is the best way of learning. However, as the previous \"elections\" showed, to go here and there to ask for a piece of power\u00a0is humiliating and lost case. Supporters of \"peacefull change\" were not given a seat even in any rural council\",- Statkevich told.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 62], "content_span": [63, 710]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277678-0019-0000", "contents": "2018 Belarusian municipal elections, Voting, Elections boycott\nBelarusian Labour Party, and Republican Party did not participate in elections.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 62], "content_span": [63, 142]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277678-0020-0000", "contents": "2018 Belarusian municipal elections, Results, General\nAccording to voting results, out of 18,110 deputies to Local Councils of Deputies elect, vast majority or 17,652 deputies are not members to any political party, and only 457 deputies are members to political parties consisting 2.5\u00a0%. The most represented parties in Local Councils are supporters of Alexander Lukashenko: Communist Party (309 seats) and RPLJ (127 seats). Among opposition no candidate managed to win the vote, only 4 members of Liberal Democratic Party positioning itself as constructive opposition managed to succeed. 21 national of Russian Federation managed to be elected as 28th Convocation Local Council Deputy.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 53], "content_span": [54, 687]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277678-0021-0000", "contents": "2018 Belarusian municipal elections, Results, General\nThe elections resulted in turnover over 77\u00a0%, with 35\u00a0% voted preliminarily. In a single electoral district of Yel\u02b9sk District Council of Deputies of Gomel Region, elections did not take place, due to the only candidate's withdrawal a day before the elections. 48\u00a0%\u00a0of deputies elected are women, 56\u00a0%\u00a0elected to Local Councils before, one out of three works in science, education, and healthcare sphere, and one out of five works in agriculture. 4\u00a0% deputies are under 31, and 2\u00a0%\u00a0represent political parties.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 53], "content_span": [54, 564]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277679-0000-0000", "contents": "2018 Belgian Athletics Championships\nThe 2018 Belgian Athletics Championships (Dutch: Belgische kampioenschappen atletiek 2018, French: Championnats de Belgique d'athl\u00e9tisme 2018) was the year's national outdoor track and field championships for Belgium. It was held on 7 and 8 July at the King Baudouin Stadium in Brussels.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [36, 36], "content_span": [37, 324]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277679-0001-0000", "contents": "2018 Belgian Athletics Championships\nThe 10,000 m for men and women and the 3000 m steeplechase for women were held separately in Naimette-Xhov\u00e9mont on 5 May. The hammer throw events took place in Nivelles. It served as the selection meeting for Belgium at the 2018 European Athletics Championships.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [36, 36], "content_span": [37, 299]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277680-0000-0000", "contents": "2018 Belgian Cup Final\nThe 2018 Belgian Cup Final, named Croky Cup after the sponsor, was the 63rd Belgian Cup final and took place on 17 March 2018. The match was played between Genk, who qualified on 6 February 2018, and Standard Li\u00e8ge who qualified two days later. In a dull match without many chances, Standard Li\u00e8ge won after extra time with the only goal coming from Renaud Emond at the beginning of extra time. As a result, Standard Li\u00e8ge qualified for the 2018\u201319 UEFA Europa League Group stage.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [22, 22], "content_span": [23, 503]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277680-0001-0000", "contents": "2018 Belgian Cup Final\nStandard had already won the cup seven times (out of 16 finals), with their last win in 2016 against Club Brugge. Genk made its fifth appearance in the Belgian Cup Final and had won on all four previous occasions. The 2000 Belgian Cup Final also featured Genk and Standard, with Genk overcoming an early deficit to win by four goals to one.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [22, 22], "content_span": [23, 363]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277680-0002-0000", "contents": "2018 Belgian Cup Final, Match, Summary\nOn an ice cold evening, both teams offered a very meagre display as the match started with many fouls and fierce duels, but without any chances. About 15 minutes into the match, a header from Renaud Emond that landed on top of the goal was the first meaningful event. As both teams did not succeed to set up successful combinations, they started trying long range shots, but neither R\u0103zvan Marin nor Ibrahima Seck managed to keep their shots on target. Nikos Karelis did, but his shot was correctly disallowed for offside. Key players Alejandro Pozuelo and Mehdi Carcela were nowhere to be seen and only set pieces some small chances in the remainder of the first half, with both Christian Luyindama and Joseph Aidoo putting their headers off target.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 38], "content_span": [39, 789]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277680-0003-0000", "contents": "2018 Belgian Cup Final, Match, Summary\nThe second half did not prove to be much better, Standard Li\u00e8ge started best with dangerous long distance kicks from Edmilson Junior and Collins Fai but still the match remained without a single effort on target. Alejandro Pozuelo was very much invisible, but almost benefited from a mistake from Luis Pedro Cavanda, before his assist was snatched away by Jean-Fran\u00e7ois Gillet just before Nikos Karelis could get to it. A deflected shot from R\u0103zvan Marin caused some minor excitement at the other end of the pitch. It took until the very end of the second half before a first attempt on target was made, Joseph Aidoo almost headed in the winner on a corner kick, but a stunning reflex from Jean-Fran\u00e7ois Gillet denied his effort.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 38], "content_span": [39, 768]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277680-0004-0000", "contents": "2018 Belgian Cup Final, Match, Summary\nIn the extra-time, Standard Li\u00e8ge started furiously, with a back-heel pass from Paul-Jos\u00e9 M'Poku setting up Mehdi Carcela to give a perfect assist for Renaud Emond who headed in the ball past Danny Vukovic. Genk now had to advance quickly and almost got lucky as a cross from Bojan Nasti\u0107 nearly landed in goal. A free-kick from Ruslan Malinovskyi just missed the goal. In the second half of the extra-time, Genk was not able to get past Gillet, despite efforts from Leandro Trossard. The game had also become extra fierce, forcing referee Jonathan Lardot to give several yellow cards, eventually even sending off Bojan Nasti\u0107 just minutes before time.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 38], "content_span": [39, 691]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277681-0000-0000", "contents": "2018 Belgian Figure Skating Championships\nThe 2018 Belgian Figure Skating Championships (Dutch: Belgisch Kampioenschap 2018; French: Championnat de Belgique 2018) took place between 1 and 2 December 2017 in Liedekerke. Skaters competed in the disciplines of men's singles and ladies' singles across the levels of senior, junior, advanced novice, as well as the age-group levels of minime/miniem A, B, and C. There were no competitors in the senior men's event as Jorik Hendrickx withdrew.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [41, 41], "content_span": [42, 488]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277682-0000-0000", "contents": "2018 Belgian Grand Prix\nThe 2018 Belgian Grand Prix (formally the Formula 1 2018 Johnnie Walker Belgian Grand Prix) was a Formula One motor race held on 26 August 2018 at the Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps in Stavelot, Belgium. The race was the thirteenth round of the 2018 Formula One World Championship and marked the 74th running of the Belgian Grand Prix and the 61st time the race was held at Spa-Francorchamps and 51st time as a round of the World Championship.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [23, 23], "content_span": [24, 465]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277682-0001-0000", "contents": "2018 Belgian Grand Prix\nThe race was won by Scuderia Ferrari's Sebastian Vettel ahead of Mercedes' Lewis Hamilton and Red Bull Racing's Max Verstappen. The victory moved Vettel ahead of Alain Prost in all-time career Formula One victories.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [23, 23], "content_span": [24, 239]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277682-0002-0000", "contents": "2018 Belgian Grand Prix, Report, Background\nAfter going into administration during the Hungarian Grand Prix weekend, Force India arrived in Belgium under new ownership. A consortium led by Lawrence Stroll purchased the racing assets and operations of Force India through a company named Racing Point UK Ltd. The original team, Sahara Force India, was excluded from the Constructors' Championship due to their inability to participate in the remaining races, allowing the new team known as Racing Point Force India to apply for a late entry and start their participation in the championship in Belgium.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 43], "content_span": [44, 601]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277682-0003-0000", "contents": "2018 Belgian Grand Prix, Report, Championship standings before the race\nMercedes driver Lewis Hamilton entered the round with a 24-point lead over Sebastian Vettel in the Drivers' Championship. In the World Constructors' Championship, Mercedes led Ferrari by 10 points.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 71], "content_span": [72, 269]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277682-0004-0000", "contents": "2018 Belgian Grand Prix, Report, Practice\nMcLaren reserve driver Lando Norris made his first appearance at a Grand Prix weekend, replacing Fernando Alonso during the first practice session.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 41], "content_span": [42, 189]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277682-0005-0000", "contents": "2018 Belgian Grand Prix, Report, Race\nThe race was won by Scuderia Ferrari's Sebastian Vettel ahead of Mercedes' Lewis Hamilton and Red Bull Racing's Max Verstappen. With the win Vettel took his 52nd and overtook Alain Prost for third in the ranking of drivers with the most Formula One wins. The race featured a first lap crash involving Fernando Alonso, Nico H\u00fclkenberg and Charles Leclerc. H\u00fclkenberg misjudged his braking before ramming into the back of Alonso, before flying over Leclerc's car and landing on the halo.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 37], "content_span": [38, 523]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277683-0000-0000", "contents": "2018 Belgian Road Cycling Cup\nThe 2018 Belgian Road Cycling Cup (known as the Napoleon Games Cycling Cup for sponsorship reasons) was the third edition of the Belgian Road Cycling Cup. Jasper De Buyst was the defending champion.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [29, 29], "content_span": [30, 228]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277683-0001-0000", "contents": "2018 Belgian Road Cycling Cup\nDespite not winning any of the events, Timothy Dupont won his second title after already winning the 2016 edition.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [29, 29], "content_span": [30, 144]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277683-0002-0000", "contents": "2018 Belgian Road Cycling Cup, Events\nCompared to the previous season, the Grote Prijs Marcel Kint was added to the calendar, replacing the Handzame Classic.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 37], "content_span": [38, 157]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277683-0003-0000", "contents": "2018 Belgian Road Cycling Cup, Race results\nSince 2017, only the top 15 riders score points for the general classification. Three intermediate sprints during each race award points to the top three riders.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 43], "content_span": [44, 205]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277684-0000-0000", "contents": "2018 Belgian Super Cup\nThe 2018 Belgian Super Cup is a football match that took place on 22 July 2018, between the 2017\u201318 Belgian First Division A winners Club Brugge and Standard Li\u00e8ge, the winners of the 2017\u201318 Belgian Cup. Club Brugge won the match 2\u20131. For Club Brugge, the victory meant a record 15th Super Cup. Standard Li\u00e8ge featured for the 9th time. The match was a repetition of the 2016 Belgian Super Cup, when Club Brugge also beat Standard 2\u20131.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [22, 22], "content_span": [23, 459]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277685-0000-0000", "contents": "2018 Belgian local elections\nThe Belgian provincial, municipal and district elections of 2018 took place on Sunday 14 October 2018. They are organised by the respective regions:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [28, 28], "content_span": [29, 177]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277685-0001-0000", "contents": "2018 Belgian local elections\nIn the municipalities with language facilities of Voeren, Comines-Warneton and the 6 of the Brussels Periphery, the aldermen and members of the OCMW/CPAS council are directly elected.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [28, 28], "content_span": [29, 212]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277685-0002-0000", "contents": "2018 Belgian local elections, General\nAlthough the laws governing local elections differ per region (Brussels, Flanders and Wallonia) and per level (provinces, municipalities, districts and OCMW/CPAS), they are all similar, with all of the elections being held on the same second Sunday of October for a six-year term.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 37], "content_span": [38, 318]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277685-0003-0000", "contents": "2018 Belgian local elections, General\nBetween the 2012 and 2018 local elections, elections were only held in May 2014 (European, federal and regional), giving an unusually long period without elections in Belgium. The next European, federal and regional elections will be held in May 2019, only a few months after the October 2018 local elections.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 37], "content_span": [38, 347]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277685-0004-0000", "contents": "2018 Belgian local elections, General, Parties\nNational political parties are mostly separated by language community. A lot of municipalities have local parties as well as a presence of national parties. Here are the most important national parties:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 46], "content_span": [47, 249]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277685-0005-0000", "contents": "2018 Belgian local elections, General, Voters\nAll Belgian citizens aged 18 or over are automatically registered and are obliged to participate in the election. Foreigners, both EU and non-EU, have the right to register to vote.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 45], "content_span": [46, 227]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277685-0006-0000", "contents": "2018 Belgian local elections, General, Voters\nThe number of voters is as follows as of 1 August 2018:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 45], "content_span": [46, 101]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277685-0007-0000", "contents": "2018 Belgian local elections, Brussels\nThe municipal councils in the 19 municipalities of the Brussels-Capital Region were elected. These municipalities do not belong to any province.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 38], "content_span": [39, 183]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277685-0008-0000", "contents": "2018 Belgian local elections, Brussels\nSince 2014, the regional electoral legislation has been modified to forbid lists with only one candidate, officially to enforce the sex parity principle, officiously to evict lists from an Islamist party. This 'ISLAM' party's leader had announced in April that it would present lists in 14 out of 19 communes. Finally, there are only two, in Brussels and Molenbeek. A third one in Anderlecht, headed by the aforementioned leader who had been elected in 2012, was invalidated because it hadn't been able to collect 100 signatures for its act of presentation.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 38], "content_span": [39, 596]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277685-0008-0001", "contents": "2018 Belgian local elections, Brussels\nIn April and begin September several politicians, amidst big media interest for this minuscule party (2 councillors, less than 10 members), had announced they would submit a law proposal to forbid it as its leader had multiplied controversial attitudes towards women and announcements that he aimed to introduce sharia in Belgium.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 38], "content_span": [39, 369]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277685-0009-0000", "contents": "2018 Belgian local elections, Brussels\nThe definitive candidates lists have been published online on 21 September 2018, there are 4,104 candidates on 152 lists, they were 3,965 in 2012.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 38], "content_span": [39, 185]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277685-0010-0000", "contents": "2018 Belgian local elections, Brussels, Brussels\nFollowing the 2012 election, Freddy Thielemans (PS) continued as mayor, heading a coalition of socialists (PS-sp.a) and liberals (MR-Open Vld). In December 2013, Thielemans retired and was succeeded by Yvan Mayeur (PS). In 2017, a scandal emerged surrounding Samusocial, an organisation for homeless people where board members received excessive compensations for supposed meetings. Mayeur was forced to resign and was succeeded by Philippe Close (PS). The coalition was no longer supported by sp.a, and sp.a alderwoman Ans Persoons quit. Persoons and sp.a will contend the election on their own as Change.Brussels.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 48], "content_span": [49, 664]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277685-0011-0000", "contents": "2018 Belgian local elections, Brussels, Brussels\nAn October 2017 poll showed the Green parties surpassing the socialists as largest party.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 48], "content_span": [49, 138]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277685-0012-0000", "contents": "2018 Belgian local elections, Brussels, Brussels\nIn 2018, new financial-political scandals emerged regarding at least three organisations (Gial, Brinfin and Neo) where people were reimbursed as self-employed where they should have been actually employed.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 48], "content_span": [49, 254]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277685-0013-0000", "contents": "2018 Belgian local elections, Brussels, Brussels\nA debate among the main Dutch-speaking candidates was held on 4 September.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 48], "content_span": [49, 123]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277685-0014-0000", "contents": "2018 Belgian local elections, Brussels, Brussels\nBrussels is the only Belgian commune where two Islamic parties contend this election, Islam and its splinter party Salem, the first with two candidates (a father and his daughter), the second with three. Islam had 2 councillors in 2012, one in Anderlecht, the other in Molenbeek, both elected on one-person lists. The third list, in Brussels, failed to get a councillor elected in 2012. This time, the party has only been able to present lists of two candidates in Molenbeek and Brussels. There is a third Islamic party, limited to the province of Li\u00e8ge, the Movement for Education (MPE), which presents lists in three communes, Li\u00e8ge, Dison and Fl\u00e9ron, two one-candidate lists and one three-candidates list.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 48], "content_span": [49, 757]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277685-0015-0000", "contents": "2018 Belgian local elections, Brussels, Schaerbeek\nIn 1994, a new coalition took power in Schaerbeek against the former Liberal (PRL) majority that had backed far right mayor Roger Nols. This coalition included former 'Nolsists', under the leadership of incumbent mayor Francis Duriau, the FDF of Bernard Clerfayt, Ecolo, the PSC and the PS (the Flemish SP competed apart, on a common list with a small local movement, IDS). The coalition was renewed in 2000, without the PSC but with the MR which competed under the Liste du Bourgmestre (Mayor's List) flag, uniting the former PRL and the FDF.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 50], "content_span": [51, 594]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277685-0015-0001", "contents": "2018 Belgian local elections, Brussels, Schaerbeek\nIn 2006, the coalition excluded the PS, which had among its councillors a controversial Turkish member of the Grey Wolves. This provoked the exclusion of Ecolo by the PS in the ruling coalitions e.g. in Brussels and Molenbeek. In 2012, the PS was maintained in the opposition, while the CDH (4 seats) entered it with 2 aldermen, and the local MR chapter broke up as the federal party forbade any common list with its former FDF partner, but a majority of the local chapter chose to go forward with the (predominantly FDF) Mayor's List as 'Independent Liberals'.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 50], "content_span": [51, 612]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277685-0016-0000", "contents": "2018 Belgian local elections, Brussels, Schaerbeek\nThe situation before the 2018 elections is quite different from the two previous ones. In 2006 and 2012, federal Vice-Premier Laurette Onkelinx led the PS list against the Mayor's List, overtly hoping to supersede it and take the mayorship. In both elections, the Ecolo list was led by a former federal leader, Isabelle Durant, who chose to keep its alliance with FDF Bernard Clerfayt. In 2017, both Durant and Onkelinx resigned from the municipal council and there are no notorious followers in sight. PS federal deputy Ahmed Laaouej declined the offer to move from Koekelberg to Schaerbeek to replace her. In 2015, the CDH fraction was halved with the exclusion of Regional deputy Mahinur \u00d6zdemir, officially for refusing to recognize the existence of the 1915 Armenian genocide. Another Turkish CDH councillor left the CDH group after this exclusion.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 50], "content_span": [51, 904]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277685-0017-0000", "contents": "2018 Belgian local elections, Brussels, Schaerbeek\nApart from the New Flemish Alliance and the Flemish Interest (Vlaams Belang) lists, Flemish parties have common lists with their Francophone counterpart: PS-SP.A, CDH-CD&V, Ecolo-Groen. The Open VLD, whose only councillor sits within the majority, has decided to join the Liste du Bourgmestre (Mayor's List), which includes D\u00e9FI (new name of the FDF) candidates, including the mayor himself, and former MR.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 50], "content_span": [51, 457]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277685-0018-0000", "contents": "2018 Belgian local elections, Flanders, Procedures and changes\nIn Flanders, the elections are mainly regulated by the Local and Provincial Electoral Act of 8 July 2011. Below are a few key dates set out in the Act applied to these elections:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 62], "content_span": [63, 241]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277685-0019-0000", "contents": "2018 Belgian local elections, Flanders, Procedures and changes\nAll residents aged 18 and higher with Belgian citizenship are obligated to vote. Foreigners, both EU and non-EU, have the right to vote. A May 2017 proposal to lower the voting age to 16 was blocked by government party N-VA.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 62], "content_span": [63, 287]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277685-0020-0000", "contents": "2018 Belgian local elections, Flanders, Procedures and changes\nMinister of Local Government Homans defined by order of 31 May 2018 the 163 municipalities that vote electronically; the other 145 municipalities vote by paper ballot.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 62], "content_span": [63, 230]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277685-0021-0000", "contents": "2018 Belgian local elections, Flanders, Procedures and changes\nFifteen Flemish municipalities will merge into seven per 1 January 2019, when the legislative period elected in these elections starts. This reduces the number of Flemish municipalities from 308 to 300.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 62], "content_span": [63, 265]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277685-0022-0000", "contents": "2018 Belgian local elections, Flanders, Procedures and changes\nBy order of 25 May 2018, the Flemish Government defined the number of councillors to be elected. In total, 7,398 municipal councillors will be elected in Flanders, a decrease of 66 compared to 2012. Thirty municipalities see an increase of two councillors, whereas in Ardooie and Ypres the population decreased, leading to a decrease of two councillors. The overall decrease however is mostly due to the merging of municipalities.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 62], "content_span": [63, 493]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277685-0023-0000", "contents": "2018 Belgian local elections, Flanders, Political background\nThe following political parties have a common regional list numbers:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 60], "content_span": [61, 129]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277685-0024-0000", "contents": "2018 Belgian local elections, Flanders, Political background\nWhile N-VA has replaced CD&V's longstanding dominance nationally (in the 2010 and 2014 elections), the latter party retains its advantage on a local level. N-VA was able to break through in a lot of places locally in 2012, but CD&V remained the largest party in many municipalities, especially in rural ones.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 60], "content_span": [61, 369]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277685-0025-0000", "contents": "2018 Belgian local elections, Flanders, Political background\nOpen Vld has strongholds both in rural and urban areas; for example the mayors of Mechelen and Kortrijk are Open Vld members. Sp.a tends to dominate in cities; however, it lost Antwerp in 2012 to N-VA, and Hasselt's mayoralty to CD&V in 2016. Gent's and Leuven's sp.a mayors are retiring, posing further threats to the party's power in cities. Sp.a chairman John Crombez suggested he would quit if his party's results are bad.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 60], "content_span": [61, 487]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277685-0026-0000", "contents": "2018 Belgian local elections, Flanders, Political background\nGroen only has two mayors, and Vlaams Belang is nowhere in power.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 60], "content_span": [61, 126]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277685-0027-0000", "contents": "2018 Belgian local elections, Flanders, Provincial elections\nThe provincial councils of Antwerp, Flemish Brabant, East Flanders, West Flanders and Limburg will be elected. The Flemish Government reduced the total number of provincial councillors from 351 to 175: 31 instead of 63 for Limburg and 36 instead of 72 for the other four provinces. Councillors are elected for a six-year term, starting on the first working day in December following the elections, thus 3 December 2018.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 60], "content_span": [61, 480]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277685-0028-0000", "contents": "2018 Belgian local elections, Flanders, Municipal elections\nThe municipal councils in all municipalities will be elected. Fifteen municipalities will be merged into seven, effective 1 January 2019, thus elections will be held for 300 rather than the current 308 municipalities. In each municipality, 7 to 55 councillors will be elected at-large depending on the population as of 1 January 2018. Councillors are elected for a six-year term, starting on the first working day in January following the elections, thus 2 January 2019.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 59], "content_span": [60, 530]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277685-0029-0000", "contents": "2018 Belgian local elections, Flanders, Municipal elections, Aalst\nAalst (in East Flanders) is governed by a coalition of N-VA, CD&V and SD&P (a local social democratic party who split from sp.a, who no longer wished to support the coalition). Mayor is Christoph D'Haese (N-VA). Ilse Uyttersprot has announced that she would challenge Christoph D'Haese for mayor. Largest opposition party is Open Vld, who put forth Jean-Jacques De Gucht as main candidate.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 66], "content_span": [67, 456]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277685-0030-0000", "contents": "2018 Belgian local elections, Flanders, Municipal elections, Antwerp\nAntwerp (in Antwerp) is governed by a coalition of N-VA, CD&V and Open Vld. Incumbent mayor Bart De Wever (N-VA) is expected to run for a second term. CD&V will not form a joint list with sp.a as they did in the 2012 elections. Sp.a, which was previously in power for decades, is the largest opposition party in the 2013\u20132018 term. On 17 November 2016, CD&V announced that Deputy Prime Minister Kris Peeters will move from Puurs to Antwerp to be their main candidate.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 68], "content_span": [69, 536]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277685-0030-0001", "contents": "2018 Belgian local elections, Flanders, Municipal elections, Antwerp\nThis will pit two of the most popular politicians against each other in the biggest city of Flanders. Secretary of State Philippe De Backer will be Open Vld's main candidate, whereas Filip Dewinter will again be the candidate of Vlaams Belang. The pan-European party Volt Europa will team up with the local Pirate Party and field one list under the name \"Paars\" (\"Purple\").", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 68], "content_span": [69, 442]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277685-0031-0000", "contents": "2018 Belgian local elections, Flanders, Municipal elections, Antwerp\nOn 13 October 2017, sp.a and Groen announced they would form a joint list, including independents, under the name Samen (\"together\"), led by Groen politician Wouter Van Besien, and third place for sp.a politician Tom Meeuws. However, following scandals involving Meeuws, Groen decided to end the collaboration in January 2018. Sp.a decided to field independent Jinnih Beels as main candidate, with second place for Meeuws.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 68], "content_span": [69, 491]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277685-0032-0000", "contents": "2018 Belgian local elections, Flanders, Municipal elections, Antwerp\nKris Peeters surprisingly said he has a chance of becoming mayor even if his party CD&V only receives 5% of the vote and is needed for a coalition.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 68], "content_span": [69, 216]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277685-0033-0000", "contents": "2018 Belgian local elections, Flanders, Municipal elections, Antwerp\nThe elections resulted in a narrow majority for the incumbent coalition, leading De Wever to look for a different coalition. Initially he tried with Groen, but their positions are too different. Eventually N-VA, sp.a and Open Vld formed a coalition.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 68], "content_span": [69, 318]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277685-0034-0000", "contents": "2018 Belgian local elections, Flanders, Municipal elections, Bruges\nBruges (in West Flanders) is governed by a coalition of sp.a and CD&V, led by mayor Renaat Landuyt (sp.a). The largest opposition party is N-VA; Pol Van Den Driessche will be its main candidate.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 67], "content_span": [68, 262]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277685-0035-0000", "contents": "2018 Belgian local elections, Flanders, Municipal elections, Bruges\nCD&V became the largest party; Dirk De fauw will become mayor, heading a coalition of CD&V, sp.a and Open Vld.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 67], "content_span": [68, 178]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277685-0036-0000", "contents": "2018 Belgian local elections, Flanders, Municipal elections, Ghent\nGhent (in East Flanders) is governed by a coalition of sp.a-Groen and Open Vld. Dani\u00ebl Termont (sp.a), mayor since 2006, announced he will step down at the end of the term. Tom Balthazar was selected to replace him as main candidate of sp.a, again in electoral alliance with Groen, but he resigned in February 2017 following the Publipart scandal. Rudy Coddens replaced him in February 2017.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 66], "content_span": [67, 458]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277685-0037-0000", "contents": "2018 Belgian local elections, Flanders, Municipal elections, Ghent\nSarah Claerhout was selected to be CD&V's candidate, but she also resigned for a different reason. Former director of the Flemish Catholic education Mieke Van Hecke will stand for CD&V instead.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 66], "content_span": [67, 260]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277685-0038-0000", "contents": "2018 Belgian local elections, Flanders, Municipal elections, Ghent\nElke Sleurs quit as Secretary of State in order to be N-VA's candidate, but after a dispute with Siegfried Bracke, the party decided in January 2018 to put forward MEP Anneleen Van Bossuyt as main candidate.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 66], "content_span": [67, 274]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277685-0039-0000", "contents": "2018 Belgian local elections, Flanders, Municipal elections, Ghent\nMathias De Clercq will remain the main candidate of Open Vld, which will thus be the only major list headed by the same candidate as in 2012.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 66], "content_span": [67, 208]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277685-0040-0000", "contents": "2018 Belgian local elections, Flanders, Municipal elections, Ghent\nOne of the main topics is the implementation of a traffic circulation plan in 2017, which increased the car-free area in the city centre and divided the city into several zones for access by car, in order to improve air quality and stimulate public transportation and cycle use.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 66], "content_span": [67, 345]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277685-0041-0000", "contents": "2018 Belgian local elections, Flanders, Municipal elections, Ghent\nThe sp.a-Groen kartel lost significantly, mostly the sp.a faction, but together they remained the largest bloc. Open Vld gained significantly, becoming the largest single party. Open Vld wants to cooperate with CD&V. Since neither bloc has a majority, the four parties will try forming a coalition together, but it was uncertain at first as to whether Filip Watteeuw (Groen) or Mathias De Clercq (Open Vld) will become mayor. On 30 November, the four parties announced the formation of their coalition with De Clercq as mayor.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 66], "content_span": [67, 593]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277685-0042-0000", "contents": "2018 Belgian local elections, Flanders, Municipal elections, Hasselt\nHasselt (in Limburg) is governed by a coalition of sp.a-Groen and CD&V. In 2016, Hilde Claes (sp.a) was forced to step down as mayor and was replaced by Nadja Vananroye (CD&V). N-VA is the largest opposition party.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 68], "content_span": [69, 283]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277685-0043-0000", "contents": "2018 Belgian local elections, Flanders, Municipal elections, Hasselt\nMinister of Defence Steven Vandeput (N-VA) becomes the new mayor in a coalition of N-VA, sp.a-Groen and Open Vld. The outgoing mayor's party, CD&V, becomes opposition.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 68], "content_span": [69, 236]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277685-0044-0000", "contents": "2018 Belgian local elections, Flanders, Municipal elections, Kortrijk\nVincent Van Quickenborne is the incumbent mayor of Kortrijk (in West Flanders), with a coalition of Open Vld, N-VA and sp.a. With this coalition, he ousted largest party CD&V in 2012.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 69], "content_span": [70, 253]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277685-0045-0000", "contents": "2018 Belgian local elections, Flanders, Municipal elections, Kortrijk\nNow Open Vld became the largest party, allowing Van Quickenborne to continue governing.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 69], "content_span": [70, 157]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277685-0046-0000", "contents": "2018 Belgian local elections, Flanders, Municipal elections, Leuven\nLeuven (in Flemish Brabant) is governed by a coalition of sp.a and CD&V. Louis Tobback (sp.a), mayor since 1995, announced he will step down at the end of the term. Mohamed Ridouani will replace him as main candidate of sp.a. The largest opposition parties are N-VA and Groen. CD&V's main candidate will be Carl Devlies, first alderman in Leuven, while N-VA's main candidate will be Lorin Parys, member of the Flemish Parliament.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 67], "content_span": [68, 497]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277685-0047-0000", "contents": "2018 Belgian local elections, Flanders, Municipal elections, Leuven\nFollowing the election, sp.a, Groen and CD&V formed a coalition with Mohamed Ridouani as mayor.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 67], "content_span": [68, 163]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277685-0048-0000", "contents": "2018 Belgian local elections, Flanders, Municipal elections, Mechelen\nMechelen (in Antwerp) is governed by a coalition of Vld-Groen-m+, N-VA and CD&V, headed by mayor Bart Somers (Open Vld). The opposition parties are sp.a and Vlaams Belang.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 69], "content_span": [70, 241]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277685-0049-0000", "contents": "2018 Belgian local elections, Flanders, Municipal elections, Mechelen\nVld-Groen-M+ received an absolute majority of seats in the election.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 69], "content_span": [70, 138]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277685-0050-0000", "contents": "2018 Belgian local elections, Flanders, Municipal elections, Ostend\nIncumbent mayor and Minister of State Johan Vande Lanotte (sp.a) announced he wants to run with a \"citizens' movement\". The local sp.a will run as an open list with independents under the name \"Stadslijst\" (\"City's list\"). Flemish Minister Bart Tommelein (Open Vld) wants to challenge him as mayor.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 67], "content_span": [68, 366]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277685-0051-0000", "contents": "2018 Belgian local elections, Flanders, Municipal elections, Ostend\nTommelein formed a coalition of his party Open Vld together with Groen, CD&V and N-VA, ousting Vande Lanotte as mayor.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 67], "content_span": [68, 186]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277685-0052-0000", "contents": "2018 Belgian local elections, Wallonia\nThe Walloon Government decided not to use electronic voting and only use paper ballots. The German-speaking Community however, which organises municipal elections in its area since 2015, is using electronic voting only.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 38], "content_span": [39, 258]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277685-0053-0000", "contents": "2018 Belgian local elections, Wallonia, Provincial elections\nThe provincial councils of Namur, Walloon Brabant, Li\u00e8ge, Hainaut and Luxembourg were elected. The numbers of councillors are unchanged compared to 2012.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 60], "content_span": [61, 214]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277685-0054-0000", "contents": "2018 Belgian local elections, Wallonia, Municipal elections\nThe municipal councils in the 262 municipalities will be elected. In each municipality, 7 to 55 councillors will be elected at-large depending on the population as of 1 January 2018. Councillors are elected for a six-year term, starting on the first Monday in December following the elections, thus 3 December 2018.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 59], "content_span": [60, 375]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277685-0055-0000", "contents": "2018 Belgian local elections, Wallonia, Municipal elections\nA total of 5,370 municipal councillors are up for election, an increase of 64 compared to 2012 due to population increase.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 59], "content_span": [60, 182]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277685-0056-0000", "contents": "2018 Belgian local elections, Wallonia, Municipal elections, Arlon\nArlon (in Luxembourg) is governed by a coalition of cdH and PS. Vincent Magnus of the cdH is the incumbent mayor. The PS enters the election with an open list under the name \"Pour vouS\" (\"For you\"), their main candidate is current alderman Andr\u00e9 Perp\u00e8te.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 66], "content_span": [67, 321]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277685-0057-0000", "contents": "2018 Belgian local elections, Wallonia, Municipal elections, Charleroi\nCharleroi (in Hainaut) is governed by a coalition of PS, MR and cdH. Paul Magnette (PS) is the incumbent mayor. Local far right list FN Belge changes into \"AGIR\", while the cdH contends as \"C+\".", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 70], "content_span": [71, 265]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277685-0058-0000", "contents": "2018 Belgian local elections, Wallonia, Municipal elections, Li\u00e8ge\nLi\u00e8ge (in Li\u00e8ge) is governed by a coalition of PS and cdH, with Willy Demeyer of the PS as mayor. Currently the MR is the biggest opposition party, but the PTB is expected to grow into one of the big contenders in 2018. Popular PTB politician Raoul Hedebouw, who lives in Li\u00e8ge, has stated that he's not interested in running for mayor. Ecolo will come up as a list with independents under the name \"Vert Ardent\".", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 66], "content_span": [67, 480]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277685-0059-0000", "contents": "2018 Belgian local elections, Wallonia, Municipal elections, Mons\nMons (in Hainaut) is governed by a coalition of PS and cdH. Former prime minister Elio Di Rupo is incumbent mayor, but he will not run for re-election. Instead the PS list will be led by first alderman Nicolas Martin. The MR will run as \"Mons en mieux!\" (\"Better Mons\") with Georges-Louis Bouchez as main candidate, while cdH renamed itself \"Agora - Agir pour Mons\" (\"Act for Mons\").", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 65], "content_span": [66, 449]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277685-0060-0000", "contents": "2018 Belgian local elections, Wallonia, Municipal elections, Namur\nNamur (in Namur) is governed by a coalition of cdH, MR and Ecolo. Maxime Pr\u00e9vot of the cdH is the incumbent mayor.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 66], "content_span": [67, 181]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277685-0061-0000", "contents": "2018 Belgian local elections, Wallonia, Municipal elections, Wavre\nWavre (in Walloon Brabant) is governed by a majority of LB (La Liste du Bourgmestre, or \"the Mayor's List\"), which is the election list of the local MR faction. The incumbent mayor is federal Prime Minister Charles Michel, although he is currently only mayor in title. Fran\u00e7oise Pigeolet replaces him in performing the mayoral duties. Charles Michel announced that he will not succeed himself, as he wishes to concentrate on his duties as prime minister. The list of LB will be headed by Fran\u00e7oise Pigeolet.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 66], "content_span": [67, 574]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277686-0000-0000", "contents": "2018 Belgium Tour\nThe 2018 Lotto-Belisol Belgium Tour is the sixth edition of the Lotto-Belisol Belgium Tour, previous called Lotto-Decca Tour, a women's cycle stage race in Belgium. The tour has an UCI rating of 2.1.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 17], "section_span": [17, 17], "content_span": [18, 218]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277687-0000-0000", "contents": "2018 Belgrade City Assembly election\nThe local election for the City Assembly of Belgrade, capital of Serbia, was held on 4 March 2018. The election had to be scheduled by the end of February 2018, since this is when the mandate of the current City Assembly expires. Parties and coalitions ran for 110 seats in the Assembly, with 5% election threshold required to win seats.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [36, 36], "content_span": [37, 374]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277687-0001-0000", "contents": "2018 Belgrade City Assembly election, Background\nCurrent City assembly was elected in 2014, after Dragan \u0110ilas, mayor at that time, lost a no-confidence motion, and was replaced by a Temporary Council, led by Sini\u0161a Mali, then an independent endorsed by the Serbian Progressive Party (SNS). After the election, the Assembly's composition was significantly changed, since Democratic party (DS) lost substantial number of seats, while SNS coalition obtained majority of them. This election marked an ending to 9-year rule of Democratic party in Belgrade.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 48], "content_span": [49, 552]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277687-0002-0000", "contents": "2018 Belgrade City Assembly election, Background\nSini\u0161a Mali was elected mayor by the City Assembly on 24 April 2014. During his term, Belgrade Waterfront project commenced, a large urban development project, though marked by a number of protests of local population. Key moment in Mali's term was demolition of a city block to make way for Belgrade Waterfront project. This caused massive demonstrations in the City, and almost led to Mali's resignation from the post. However, backed by the then-prime minister Aleksandar Vu\u010di\u0107, Mali kept his position, and will complete his term as Mayor, though it remains uncertain whether he will be a mayoral candidate in the upcoming elections.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 48], "content_span": [49, 685]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277687-0003-0000", "contents": "2018 Belgrade City Assembly election, Background\nIt is yet unclear how will the opposition parties organize themselves for the election, but pollsters conduct polls as if there is a relatively united opposition front against the ruling parties, with the exception of \u0160api\u0107, who is the current head of Novi Beograd municipality, who stated that he is not interested in pre-election coalitions, and that he will compete alone. Besides that, the ruling parties also didn't reveal whether they (SNS and SPS) will form an election coalition, or will they compete separately.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 48], "content_span": [49, 569]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277687-0004-0000", "contents": "2018 Belgrade City Assembly election, Background\nDragan \u0110ilas stated that he will enter the race for mayor of Belgrade, and gathered support from PSG, NS and other opposition organizations. At the same time, DS is not willing to support its former president yet, but the party remains open for that option after the election. DS agreed to form an electoral alliance with SDS, a party of DS' former president, Boris Tadi\u0107, who then called for restoration of the Democratic party. DJB and Dveri also announced a coalition in the run for the City Assembly seats.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 48], "content_span": [49, 559]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277687-0005-0000", "contents": "2018 Belgrade City Assembly election, Background\nOn the other hand, the citizen organization Ne da(vi)mo Beograd (sr), loosely translated as We Won't Let Belgrade D(r)own, that rose in 2015 from strong opposition of local population to controversial urban and architectural projects such as the Belgrade Waterfront, decided to participate in the local elections as a citizen group. This organization obtained support from similar civil groups in other European countries, notably from Barcelona's mayor, Ada Colau, followed by Yanis Varoufakis, and 'Zagreb je na\u0161' movement from Croatia.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 48], "content_span": [49, 587]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277687-0006-0000", "contents": "2018 Belgrade City Assembly election, Background\nCity Electoral Commission granted observer licences to representatives from Crta, Gra\u0111ani na stra\u017ei, CeSID and Yucom. Apart from them, party representatives also observe the elections, as well as representatives from the Electoral Commission.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 48], "content_span": [49, 291]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277687-0007-0000", "contents": "2018 Belgrade City Assembly election, Background\nAccording to Serbian law, election silence begins at midnight, on 1 March, and will last until 4 March, when polls close. During this period, all campaigning is prohibited, in order to maintain a free voting environment.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 48], "content_span": [49, 269]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277687-0008-0000", "contents": "2018 Belgrade City Assembly election, Electoral system\nVoters in Belgrade determine the composition of the City Assembly, which in turn elects the Mayor. This means that the Mayor is only indirectly elected by the voters. Only parties which reach an electoral threshold of 5% may enter the Assembly, although this is waived for minority lists. The Mayor may or may not be a councilor of the Assembly. Assembly's composition is subject to a 4-year election cycle, and it has 110 seats, allocated using d'Hondt system.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 54], "content_span": [55, 516]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277687-0009-0000", "contents": "2018 Belgrade City Assembly election, Electoral system\nIn this election, there are 1.606.693 eligible voters, voting in 1.185 polls across the City's district.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 54], "content_span": [55, 159]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277687-0010-0000", "contents": "2018 Belgrade City Assembly election, Electoral lists\nThe following are the electoral lists in the capital city so far proclaimed by the City Electoral Commission:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 53], "content_span": [54, 163]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277687-0011-0000", "contents": "2018 Belgrade City Assembly election, Opinion polls\nThe highest percentage figure in each polling survey is displayed in bold, and the background shaded in the leading party's color. In the instance that there is a tie, then no figure is shaded. The lead column on the right shows the percentage-point difference between the two parties with the highest figures. When a specific poll does not show a data figure for a party, the party's cell corresponding to that poll is shown empty. Poll results use the date the fieldwork was done, as opposed to the date of publication. However, if such date is unknown, the date of publication will be given instead.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 51], "content_span": [52, 654]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277687-0012-0000", "contents": "2018 Belgrade City Assembly election, Results\nThe following are the final results proclaimed by the City Electoral Commission:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 45], "content_span": [46, 126]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277687-0013-0000", "contents": "2018 Belgrade City Assembly election, Aftermath\nClear victory for the ruling party \u2014 SNS, meant that this party will determine the City's future mayor. Party leader, and President of Serbia, Aleksandar Vu\u010di\u0107, stated that his party's cooperation in the City government with SPS will continue for another 4 years.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 47], "content_span": [48, 311]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277687-0014-0000", "contents": "2018 Belgrade City Assembly election, Aftermath\nOn the other hand, a once dominant party in Belgrade \u2014 DS, lost all its seats and won't be represented in the City Assembly for the first time since its inception. Its votes went largely to \u0110ilas and \u0160api\u0107, both of them former members of the party.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 47], "content_span": [48, 296]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277687-0015-0000", "contents": "2018 Belgrade City Assembly election, Aftermath\nNationalist parties and movements, such as SRS and Dveri were also heavily defeated in this election.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 47], "content_span": [48, 149]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277688-0000-0000", "contents": "2018 Belizean municipal elections\nMunicipal elections were held in Belize on 7 March 2018. Voters elected a total 67 representatives. This includes a mayor in each of the nine communities, 42 town councils and 16 city councillors (ten in Belize City and six in Belmopan). The elections saw the People's United Party approach local parity with the ruling United Democratic Party. In 2015, the UDP won 62 out of the 67 seats nationwide, with the opposition People's United Party won the remaining seats. In 2018, the UDP won 41 seats, with the PUP picking up the remaining 26.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [33, 33], "content_span": [34, 574]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277688-0000-0001", "contents": "2018 Belizean municipal elections\nThe PUP gained complete council control of Belize City and Corozal Town, picked up a council seat in Dangriga, and regained complete control of the Orange Walk Town council. The Belize Progressive Party had 13 councillor candidates in three elections (Belize City, Belmopan, and Punta Gorda), and mayoral candidates in those three elections as well as in San Ignacio/Santa Elena. There were also seven independent candidates for mayor.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [33, 33], "content_span": [34, 469]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277688-0001-0000", "contents": "2018 Belizean municipal elections, Results, Belize City\nThe UDP could not hold onto its mayoral seat as Dion Leslie fell to PUP nominee Bernard Wagner, losing by nearly 1,000 votes. Independent candidate Eustaquio \"Ernesto\" Torres also ran for the mayoral seat. The PUP also swept all 10 seats on the Belize City Council.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 55], "content_span": [56, 321]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277688-0002-0000", "contents": "2018 Belizean municipal elections, Results, Belmopan\nIn Belmopan, UDP mayoral candidate Khalid Belisle won re-election over the PUP's Tanya Santos and independent Richard Albert Smith. The UDP also held onto all six city council seats.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 52], "content_span": [53, 235]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277689-0000-0000", "contents": "2018 Belk Bowl\nThe 2018 Belk Bowl was a college football bowl game played on December 29, 2018. It was the 17th edition of the Belk Bowl, and one of the 2018\u201319 bowl games concluding the 2018 FBS football season. The game was sponsored by the department store chain Belk. With the bowl contested by two nearby public universities, attendance to the game increased by some 15,000 spectators over the previous year and had its highest attendance total since 2011.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 14], "section_span": [14, 14], "content_span": [15, 461]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277689-0001-0000", "contents": "2018 Belk Bowl\nVirginia shut out South Carolina, 28\u20130. This was the largest margin of victory in the history of the Belk Bowl. With the victory, the Virginia Cavaliers became the winningest team all-time in the Belk Bowl, and improved their record in Bank of America Stadium to 3\u20130 after winning the first two editions of the bowl in 2002 and 2003.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 14], "section_span": [14, 14], "content_span": [15, 348]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277689-0002-0000", "contents": "2018 Belk Bowl, Teams\nThe game was played between South Carolina from the Southeastern Conference (SEC) and Virginia from the Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC). In prior games between the two programs, South Carolina held a 21\u201313\u20131 lead in the series.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 14], "section_span": [16, 21], "content_span": [22, 249]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277689-0003-0000", "contents": "2018 Belk Bowl, Teams, South Carolina Gamecocks\nSouth Carolina received and accepted a bid to the Belk Bowl on December 2. The Gamecocks entered the bowl with a 7\u20135 record (4\u20134 in conference).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 14], "section_span": [16, 47], "content_span": [48, 192]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277689-0004-0000", "contents": "2018 Belk Bowl, Teams, Virginia Cavaliers\nVirginia received and accepted a bid to the Belk Bowl on December 2. The Cavaliers entered the bowl with a 7\u20135 record (4\u20134 in conference).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 14], "section_span": [16, 41], "content_span": [42, 180]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277690-0000-0000", "contents": "2018 Belmont Stakes\nThe 2018 Belmont Stakes was the 150th running of the Belmont Stakes and the 107th time the event took place at Belmont Park. The 1+1\u20442-mile (2,400\u00a0m) race, known as the \"test of the champion\", is the final leg in the American Triple Crown. It is a Grade I stakes race with a purse of $1.5 million, open to three-year-old Thoroughbreds. The race took place on June 9, 2018, and was broadcast on NBC starting at 4 p.m. EDT. Justify won the race with a time of 2:28.18, becoming the thirteenth American Triple Crown winner.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [19, 19], "content_span": [20, 540]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277690-0001-0000", "contents": "2018 Belmont Stakes, Field\nEntries for the Belmont were taken on June 5, followed by the post position draw. Justify was attempting to become the first horse to win the American Triple Crown since American Pharoah did so in 2015. He faced horses that he had previously beaten in the Kentucky Derby or Preakness, plus a few \"new shooters\" who did not compete in those races. His major competitors included:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 26], "content_span": [27, 405]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277690-0002-0000", "contents": "2018 Belmont Stakes, Field\nAudible, who finished third in the Kentucky Derby and would have been one of Justify's top competitors in the Belmont, was not considered for the race. Although the two colts have different trainers, they share common ownership (WinStar Farm, China Horse Club, Starlight Racing and Head of Plains Partners), leading some to conclude that the owners did not want to increase the pressure on Justify in his Triple Crown bid.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 26], "content_span": [27, 449]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277690-0003-0000", "contents": "2018 Belmont Stakes, Race description\nThe 2018 Belmont Stakes was run on June 9 over a fast track before a sold-out crowd of 90,327. The New York Racing Association had decided to cap admission for the race after logistical difficulties at the 2014 event. The on-track handle, or total amount bet on the race, was $16,159,584, up from 2017 but somewhat less that bet in 2014 and 2015 \u2013 the last two Belmonts where the Triple Crown was on the line. The all-source handle for the race was $72,702,815, up sharply from 2017 but down compared to the record set in 2014. The race was broadcast by NBC.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 37], "content_span": [38, 596]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277690-0004-0000", "contents": "2018 Belmont Stakes, Race description\nHaving drawn post position one, Justify risked getting trapped on the rail if he started poorly. Instead, he broke well and jockey Mike Smith sent him to the lead with a quick opening quarter of 23.37. Meanwhile, the eventual runner-up Gronkowski started poorly and trailed the field. Justify then slowed down the pace as they moved around the first turn, leading by two lengths over Restoring Hope. None of the other jockeys chose to challenge Justify for the lead, so he settled into an easy stride down the backstretch, completing the opening mile in 1:38.09.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 37], "content_span": [38, 601]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277690-0004-0001", "contents": "2018 Belmont Stakes, Race description\nAround the far turn, Restoring Hope started to tire while Vino Rosso mounted a drive to move into second place. From farther back, Gronkowski and Hofburg also started closing rapidly. Despite drifting out slightly in the stretch, Justify held off the challengers to win by 1+3\u20444 lengths over Gronkowski with Hofburg another 1+3\u20444 lengths back in third. Justify completed the mile and a half in 2:28.18.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 37], "content_span": [38, 440]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277690-0005-0000", "contents": "2018 Belmont Stakes, Race description\n... \u201cAnd they\u2019re into the stretch, and Justify comes roaring home to a racious Belmont Park with one furlong to run. Gronokowsi and Hofburg try to run him down, Vino Rosso is fourth. A sixteeenth to go. Justify is still there. Justify from Gronkowski--he's just perfect. And now he's just immortal! Justify is the 13th Triple Crown winner\u201d\u2014Larry Collmus, NBC", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 37], "content_span": [38, 396]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277690-0006-0000", "contents": "2018 Belmont Stakes, Race description\nThe win made Justify the 13th winner of the American Triple Crown, and just the second horse to accomplish the feat while still undefeated, joining 1977 winner Seattle Slew. It was the second Triple Crown win for Baffert, who also trained American Pharoah.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 37], "content_span": [38, 294]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277690-0007-0000", "contents": "2018 Belmont Stakes, Results\nTimes: 1\u20444 mile \u2013 23.37; 1\u20442 mile \u2013 48.11; 3\u20444 mile \u2013 1:13.21; mile \u2013 1:38.09; 1+1\u20444 miles \u2013 2:02.90; final \u2013 2:28.18. Splits for each quarter-mile: (23.37) (24.74) (25.10) (24.88) (24.81) (25.28)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 28], "content_span": [29, 225]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277691-0000-0000", "contents": "2018 Bendigo Women's International\nThe 2018 Bendigo Women's International was a professional tennis tournament played on outdoor hard courts. It was the twelfth edition of the tournament and was part of the 2018 ITF Women's Circuit. It took place in Bendigo, Australia, on 22\u201328 October 2018.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [34, 34], "content_span": [35, 292]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277691-0001-0000", "contents": "2018 Bendigo Women's International, Singles main draw entrants, Other entrants\nThe following players received a wildcard into the singles main draw:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 78], "content_span": [79, 148]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277692-0000-0000", "contents": "2018 Bendigo Women's International \u2013 Doubles\nAlison Bai and Zoe Hives were the defending champions, but lost in the semifinals to Eri Hozumi and Risa Ozaki.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [44, 44], "content_span": [45, 156]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277692-0001-0000", "contents": "2018 Bendigo Women's International \u2013 Doubles\nEllen Perez and Arina Rodionova won the title, defeating Hozumi and Ozaki in the final, 7\u20135, 6\u20131.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [44, 44], "content_span": [45, 142]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277693-0000-0000", "contents": "2018 Bendigo Women's International \u2013 Singles\nTamara Zidan\u0161ek was the defending champion, but chose not to participate.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [44, 44], "content_span": [45, 118]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277693-0001-0000", "contents": "2018 Bendigo Women's International \u2013 Singles\nPriscilla Hon won the title, defeating Ellen Perez in an all-Australian final, 6\u20134, 4\u20136, 7\u20135.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [44, 44], "content_span": [45, 138]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277694-0000-0000", "contents": "2018 Bengaluru Open\nThe 2018 Bengaluru Open was a professional tennis tournament played on hard courts. It was the second edition of the tournament which was part of the 2018 ATP Challenger Tour. It took place in Bangalore, India from 12 to 17 November 2018.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [19, 19], "content_span": [20, 258]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277694-0001-0000", "contents": "2018 Bengaluru Open, Singles main draw entrants, Other Entrants\nThe following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 63], "content_span": [64, 132]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277695-0000-0000", "contents": "2018 Bengaluru Open \u2013 Doubles\nMikhail Elgin and Divij Sharan were the defending champions but chose not to defend their title.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [29, 29], "content_span": [30, 126]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277695-0001-0000", "contents": "2018 Bengaluru Open \u2013 Doubles\nMax Purcell and Luke Saville won the title after defeating Purav Raja and Antonio \u0160an\u010di\u0107 7\u20136(7\u20133), 6\u20133 in the final.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [29, 29], "content_span": [30, 146]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277696-0000-0000", "contents": "2018 Bengaluru Open \u2013 Singles\nSumit Nagal was the defending champion but lost in the quarterfinals to Saketh Myneni.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [29, 29], "content_span": [30, 116]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277696-0001-0000", "contents": "2018 Bengaluru Open \u2013 Singles\nPrajnesh Gunneswaran won the title after defeating Myneni 6\u20132, 6\u20132 in the final.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [29, 29], "content_span": [30, 110]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277697-0000-0000", "contents": "2018 Berkeley Tennis Club Challenge\nThe 2018 Berkeley Tennis Club Challenge was a professional tennis tournament played on outdoor hard courts. It was the first edition of the tournament and was part of the 2018 ITF Women's Circuit. It took place in Berkeley, United States, on 16\u201322 July 2018.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [35, 35], "content_span": [36, 294]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277697-0001-0000", "contents": "2018 Berkeley Tennis Club Challenge, Singles main draw entrants, Other entrants\nThe following players received a wildcard into the singles main draw:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 79], "content_span": [80, 149]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277698-0000-0000", "contents": "2018 Berkeley Tennis Club Challenge \u2013 Doubles\nNicole Gibbs and Asia Muhammad won the title after defeating Ellen Perez and Sabrina Santamaria 6\u20134, 6\u20131 in the final.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [45, 45], "content_span": [46, 164]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277699-0000-0000", "contents": "2018 Berkeley Tennis Club Challenge \u2013 Singles\nSofia Kenin won the title after defeating Nicole Gibbs 6\u20130, 6\u20134 in the final.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [45, 45], "content_span": [46, 123]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277700-0000-0000", "contents": "2018 Berlin Marathon\nThe 2018 Berlin Marathon was the 45th edition of the Berlin Marathon. The marathon took place in Berlin, Germany, on 16 September 2018 and was the fourth World Marathon Majors race of the year. The men's race was won by Eliud Kipchoge, who set a new world record time of 2:01:39. The women's race was won by Gladys Cherono in a time of 2:18:11.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [20, 20], "content_span": [21, 365]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277700-0001-0000", "contents": "2018 Berlin Marathon, Men's race\nEventual winner Eliud Kipchoge began the race with three pacemakers dedicated to him. After 5\u00a0km the gap between him and the Kipsang group was 9 seconds. After 15\u00a0km two of the pacemakers were unable to continue pacing him. The remaining pacemaker dropped out after 25 kilometres, leaving Kipchoge to cover the final 17\u00a0km alone. Kipchoge had planned to run with a pacemaker though 30\u00a0km; this adversity \"was unfortunate,\" he reflected post-race, \"but I had to believe\". Kipchoge accelerated, covering the second half (1:00:33) of the race faster than the first half (1:01:06). In sunny weather conditions, the temperature was 14\u00a0\u00b0C (57\u00a0\u00b0F) during the start and 18\u00a0\u00b0C (64\u00a0\u00b0F) when Kipchoge crossed the finish line.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 32], "content_span": [33, 747]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277700-0002-0000", "contents": "2018 Berlin Marathon, Men's race\nBefore the race, Kipchoge stated that he planned to run a new personal best. The prize money he made for his Berlin run was \u20ac120,000, consisting of \u20ac30,000 for finishing in less than 2:04 hours, \u20ac40,000 for the win and a further \u20ac50,000 for setting a new world record. The world record set during this run was the 8th world record in 20 years in the men's marathon at the Berlin marathon. During the run, Kipchoge used Nike Zoom Vaporfly 4% shoes.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 32], "content_span": [33, 480]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277700-0003-0000", "contents": "2018 Berlin Marathon, Men's race\nThe pace during the run averaged to 2:53/km (4:38/mile). The second half of the race in 1:00:33, and the last 10\u00a0km was covered in 28:33.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 32], "content_span": [33, 170]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277700-0004-0000", "contents": "2018 Berlin Marathon, Men's race\nIt was the most evenly paced marathon ever recorded, with the fastest 5\u00a0km interval covered in 14:18 and the slowest in 14:37, a difference of only 19 seconds.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 32], "content_span": [33, 192]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277701-0000-0000", "contents": "2018 Berlin anti-semitic attack\nThe 2018 Berlin anti-semitic attack was an attack on a street in the German capital of Berlin. Two young men wearing Jewish skullcaps were insulted by Arabic-speaking passers-by. One of the two, an Arab Israeli citizen, was beaten with a belt by a Palestinian attacker. Video footage led to public outrage.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [31, 31], "content_span": [32, 338]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277701-0001-0000", "contents": "2018 Berlin anti-semitic attack, Background\nThere have been other similar incidents involving Muslim assailants in particular. A spokesman for the Jewish community said the attack showed that \"Jewish people are not safe here\".", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 43], "content_span": [44, 226]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277701-0002-0000", "contents": "2018 Berlin anti-semitic attack, Background\nThe number of overall anti-Semitic offenses in Berlin has been rising in recent years. In 2017, police had registered 288 anti-Semitic acts; in 2016, 197 anti-Semitic cases had been recorded. The Research and Information Center Antisemitism Berlin (RIAS) counts a total of 947 anti-Semitic incidents for 2017, but there may be unrecorded cases.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 43], "content_span": [44, 388]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277701-0003-0000", "contents": "2018 Berlin anti-semitic attack, Incident\nOn 17 April 2018, Adam Armoush, a 21-year-old Israeli Arab living in Berlin and his German friend of Moroccan origin went through a street in Prenzlauer Berg taking selfies while wearing kippahs. According to Armoush, he was trying to win an argument with Jewish friends of his in Israel by proving that he could walk through Berlin wearing a Jewish skullcap. At one point, an argument with three Arab-speaking young men started, which was followed by a violent attack.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 41], "content_span": [42, 511]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277701-0003-0001", "contents": "2018 Berlin anti-semitic attack, Incident\nArmoush managed to document the violence with his cell phone and later allowed the video to be shared on Facebook, from where the video went viral. The video shows the main attacker, later identified as, Knaan Al-S., a 19-year-old Palestinian from a refugee camp in Syria who had come to Germany as a war refugee, beat Armoush repeatedly with his belt. During the onslaught, the attacker shouted the word \"Yahudi\", the Arabic word for Jew, before one his companions intervened and dragged him away. According to Armoush, the main attacker had also tried to hurt him with a glass bottle.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 41], "content_span": [42, 628]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277701-0003-0002", "contents": "2018 Berlin anti-semitic attack, Incident\nAs a consequence of the beating, Armoush suffered minor injuries. Before turning himself in to police, the main attacker contacted a representative of the Palestinian student community of Berlin and appeared in a short video that was distributed on social media. They denied he was hostile towards Jews or that his actions had been motivated by anti-Semitism.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 41], "content_span": [42, 401]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277701-0004-0000", "contents": "2018 Berlin anti-semitic attack, Legal proceedings\nThe main attacker turned himself in accompanied by his lawyer the day after the incident. An arrest warrant against him was executed. He was subsequently convicted and sentenced to four weeks juvenile detention.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 50], "content_span": [51, 262]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277701-0005-0000", "contents": "2018 Berlin anti-semitic attack, Reactions\nSeveral politicians, among them chancellor Angela Merkel and foreign minister Heiko Maas condemned the attack. On the Israeli television, Merkel warned of persistent hatred of Jews in Germany. She spoke of a \"different form of anti-Semitism\" coming from people of Arab descent. After this and other incidents, the President of the Central Council of Jews in Germany, Josef Schuster, warned Jewish men \"not to show themselves openly with a kippah in the metropolitan milieu in Germany\".", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 42], "content_span": [43, 528]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277701-0006-0000", "contents": "2018 Berlin anti-semitic attack, Reactions\nUnder the slogan \"Berlin Wears Kippah\" the Jewish community in Berlin called all citizens to wear the kippah on 25 April in solidarity with the victims.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 42], "content_span": [43, 195]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277702-0000-0000", "contents": "2018 Berlin ePrix\nThe 2018 Berlin ePrix (formally the 2018 BMW i Berlin E-Prix) was a Formula E electric car race held at the Tempelhof Airport Street Circuit at Tempelhof Airport in the outskirts of Berlin on 19 May 2018. It was the ninth round of the 2017\u201318 Formula E season and the fourth edition of the event as part of the championship. The 45-lap race was won by Audi driver Daniel Abt after starting from the pole position. Defending champion Lucas di Grassi finished second in the other Audi, thus recording the second one-two finish in Formula E history. Jean-\u00c9ric Vergne, the championship leader going into Berlin, took third for Techeetah.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 17], "section_span": [17, 17], "content_span": [18, 651]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277702-0001-0000", "contents": "2018 Berlin ePrix\nDaniel Abt won the pole position by recording the fastest lap in qualifying and he maintained his start line advantage for virtually the entire race, with teammate di Grassi in second at Audi's home ePrix despite Abt having a slow mandatory mid-event pit stop to switch into a second car as he had to let e.Dams-Renault's S\u00e9bastien Buemi enter his pitbox. Abt also set the fastest lap of the race, meaning he left Berlin with the full complement of 29 points from a single ePrix, and he achieved the first Grand Chelem in the history of Formula E.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 17], "section_span": [17, 17], "content_span": [18, 565]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277702-0002-0000", "contents": "2018 Berlin ePrix\nThe consequence of the final positions increased Vergne's Drivers' Championship lead to 40 points over Virgin's Sam Bird, who came seventh. In the Teams' Championship, Audi scored a maximum 47 points because of their one-two finish and with Abt scoring pole and fastest lap. They advanced to second in the points standings behind the dominant Techeetah squad, with 45 points separating the two teams with three races left in the season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 17], "section_span": [17, 17], "content_span": [18, 454]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277702-0003-0000", "contents": "2018 Berlin ePrix, Background\nThe 2018 Berlin ePrix was confirmed as part of Formula E's 2017\u201318 series schedule in September 2017 by the FIA World Motor Sport Council. It was the ninth of twelve scheduled single-seater electric car races of the 2017\u201318 season, and the fourth edition of the event. The ePrix was held at the 2.375\u00a0km (1.476\u00a0mi) clockwise ten-turn Tempelhof Airport Street Circuit at Berlin Tempelhof Airport on 19 May 2018.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 17], "section_span": [19, 29], "content_span": [30, 440]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277702-0003-0001", "contents": "2018 Berlin ePrix, Background\nThe track was described as \"very technical\" and it was anticipated by the press that most of the overtaking manoeuvres during the race would occur at the braking areas for turns one, six and the turn nine hairpin. Three changes were made to the Tempelhof circuit from the year before: the first involved the re-positioning pit lane entry from turn ten to after the final corner.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 17], "section_span": [19, 29], "content_span": [30, 408]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277702-0003-0002", "contents": "2018 Berlin ePrix, Background\nThe second was that the 180 degree turn six right-hander was moved away from the center of a braking zone slightly to allow for a straighter approach to the turn nine hairpin and to provide more overtaking opportunities. The last change saw the length of the straight increase by 40\u00a0m (130\u00a0ft). These alterations increased the track's overall length by 100\u00a0m (330\u00a0ft).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 17], "section_span": [19, 29], "content_span": [30, 398]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277702-0004-0000", "contents": "2018 Berlin ePrix, Background\nEntering the race, Techeetah driver Jean-\u00c9ric Vergne was leading the Drivers' Championship with 147 points. His nearest rival Sam Bird of Virgin was thirty-one points behind in second place and third-placed Felix Rosenqvist for Mahindra was another thirty points adrift. e.Dams-Renault's S\u00e9bastien Buemi was fourth with 70 points and Lucas di Grassi of Audi completed the top five with 58 points. In the Teams' Championship, Techeetah led the standings with 186 points accrued throughout the season; Virgin were 42 points behind in second and Audi were a further 21 points in arrears in third place. Mahindra placed fourth with 107 points and Jaguar stood in fifth position with 88 points.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 17], "section_span": [19, 29], "content_span": [30, 719]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277702-0005-0000", "contents": "2018 Berlin ePrix, Background\nAfter winning the Paris ePrix three weeks ago, Vergne focused on trying to finish ahead of Bird in the battle for the Drivers' Championship in the closing four races of the season but entered the Berlin race with a poor record from the previous year and Techeetah had limited testing opportunities because of its status as a customer team, \"At this stage in the season, it's all about keeping it clean and scoring points.\u201d", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 17], "section_span": [19, 29], "content_span": [30, 452]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277702-0005-0001", "contents": "2018 Berlin ePrix, Background\nVergne received support from his teammate Andr\u00e9 Lotterer, one of four German drivers competing in Berlin, who declared he would help Vergne win the championship and pledged not to crash into anybody, \"If I can help, I'll help. JEV has been a great team-mate to help me get up to speed anyhow \u2013 we play this card for the team [and] everything in a reasonable [way].\" Daniel Abt of Audi meanwhile came second in the 2016 race and was confident about his chances, \"A victory in Berlin would be the highlight of my Formula E career. I had a second place in the penultimate season and even that was very emotional for me.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 17], "section_span": [19, 29], "content_span": [30, 647]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277702-0006-0000", "contents": "2018 Berlin ePrix, Background\nThere were three driver changes entering the race. Having been in one of the Venturi cars since the season-opening Hong Kong race, Edoardo Mortara was replaced by the team's reserve and test driver Tom Dillmann, who had previously competed in the final seven races of the previous season. The change was necessitated because Mortara was mandated to prioritise the Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters (DTM) round at the EuroSpeedway Lausitz over the Berlin Formula E race by Mercedes-Benz per the requirements of his DTM contract.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 17], "section_span": [19, 29], "content_span": [30, 552]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277702-0006-0001", "contents": "2018 Berlin ePrix, Background\nTom Blomqvist was released from his contract by Andretti after his poor performance in comparison to teammate Ant\u00f3nio F\u00e9lix da Costa since he debuted in Marrakesh and was set to focus on BMW's GT programme. Blomqvist was replaced by series veteran and SMP Racing driver St\u00e9phane Sarrazin for the rest of the season. After being stood down for NIO reserve driver Ma Qinghua in Paris to exercise a contractual arrangement and for promotional reasons, Luca Filippi returned to partner Oliver Turvey at the team.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 17], "section_span": [19, 29], "content_span": [30, 538]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277702-0007-0000", "contents": "2018 Berlin ePrix, Practice\nTwo practice sessions\u2014both on Saturday morning\u2014were held before the late afternoon race. The first session ran for 45 minutes and the second lasted half an hour. A half an hour untimed shakedown session was held on Friday afternoon to enable teams to check the reliability of their cars and their electronic systems. A post-shakedown fine of \u20ac1000 was issued to Filippi because he was observed speeding in the pit lane. Nick Heidfeld (Mahindra) was fastest in the first practice session with a 200\u00a0kW (270\u00a0hp) lap of one minute and 9.667 seconds at the close of the session.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 17], "section_span": [19, 27], "content_span": [28, 602]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277702-0007-0001", "contents": "2018 Berlin ePrix, Practice\nHis closest challenger was Buemi who was 0.474 seconds off Heidfeld's pace in second with Vergne in third and Rosenqvist fourth. Turvey, Alex Lynn (Virgin), F\u00e9lix da Costa, di Grassi, Mitch Evans (Jaguar), Nico Prost (e.Dams-Renault) and Abt placed fifth through tenth. Sarrazin caused the session to be stopped for fifteen minutes when he understeered straight into the turn one barrier due to his throttle being partially engaged under braking. This necessitated officials to extract his damaged car from the track via a crane and one of the TecPro barriers needed repairing.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 17], "section_span": [19, 27], "content_span": [28, 605]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277702-0007-0002", "contents": "2018 Berlin ePrix, Practice\nCompetitors lost valuable practice time and the session restarted with fifteen minutes remaining. Drivers familiarised themselves with their car-setups in second practice and got into a rhythm during their 200\u00a0kW (270\u00a0hp) laps despite encountering slower traffic and discarded tyre rubber at the side of the circuit was problematic for all. Vergne set the fastest lap of the weekend so far with a time of one minute and 9.438 seconds despite narrowly avoiding grazing the turn seven wall. Rosenqvist was second and Lotterer was the fastest of the German drivers in third. Di Grassi and Abt were fourth and sixth and the Audis were separated by Buemi in fifth. J\u00e9r\u00f4me d'Ambrosio (Dragon) was seventh-quickest, Lynn eighth, Evans ninth and Bird completed the top ten ahead of qualifying.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 17], "section_span": [19, 27], "content_span": [28, 813]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277702-0008-0000", "contents": "2018 Berlin ePrix, Qualifying\nSaturday's afternoon qualifying session ran for an hour and was divided into four groups of five cars. Each group was determined by a lottery system and was permitted six minutes of on-track activity. All drivers were limited to two timed laps with one at maximum power. The fastest five overall competitors in the four groups participated in a \"Super Pole\" session with one driver on the track at any time going out in reverse order from fifth to first.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 17], "section_span": [19, 29], "content_span": [30, 484]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277702-0008-0001", "contents": "2018 Berlin ePrix, Qualifying\nEach of the five drivers was limited to one timed lap and the starting order was determined by the competitor's fastest times (Super Pole from first to fifth, and group qualifying from sixth to twentieth). The driver and team who recorded the fastest time were awarded three points towards their respective championships.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 17], "section_span": [19, 29], "content_span": [30, 351]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277702-0009-0000", "contents": "2018 Berlin ePrix, Qualifying\nTraditionally the first qualifying group would have competitors struggle to reach super pole but the Templehof Airport Street Circuit has been known to produce unexpected results since its concrete surface absorbs heat generated by a car's tyres and this posed a risk those who had little to no grip in their vehicles. Abt paced the first group, followed by Turvey and the Jaguar duo of Evans (who made a driving error) and Nelson Piquet Jr. Super pole favourite Lotterer was one of the first drivers to venture onto the circuit and attempt a maximum power lap.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 17], "section_span": [19, 29], "content_span": [30, 591]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277702-0009-0001", "contents": "2018 Berlin ePrix, Qualifying\nHe slid luridly through the sixth turn, and then glanced the outside barrier leaving the high-speed turn seven left-hander on his timed lap, sustaining possible car damage given he was eight-tenths of a second slower than Abt. In the second group, Lynn set the fastest first sector time of anyone at the time to go third overall and was fastest despite losing time through car correction in the second sector. Jos\u00e9 Mar\u00eda L\u00f3pez (Dragon) eliminated Piquet and Lotterer from super pole with the second quickest group time. Maro Engel (Venturi) placed third and Heidfeld managed fourth after glancing the wall.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 17], "section_span": [19, 29], "content_span": [30, 636]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277702-0009-0002", "contents": "2018 Berlin ePrix, Qualifying\nF\u00e9lix da Costa locked his brakes and was slowest in the second group. D'Ambrosio set the fastest group three lap to go second overall, which was deemed \"a major improvement\" considering his poor performance earlier in the season. Dillmann was second-quickest, Sarrazin out-qualified teammate F\u00e9lix da Costa on his Formula E return in third, and Filippi took fourth. Prost had an untidy exit coming out of turn five and was the slowest overall driver in group qualifying.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 17], "section_span": [19, 29], "content_span": [30, 500]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277702-0010-0000", "contents": "2018 Berlin ePrix, Qualifying\nDi Grassi was fastest overall in the fourth group with a 1-minute and 9.620 seconds lap, which was one-tenth of a second slower than Engel's 2017 fastest race lap despite the track's increased length. Vergne was one-tenth of a second slower than di Grassi in second and Rosenqvist could not reach super pole with a lap that was one hundredths of a second outside the limit and it placed him third in the group.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 17], "section_span": [19, 29], "content_span": [30, 440]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277702-0010-0001", "contents": "2018 Berlin ePrix, Qualifying\nBuemi was the first driver to record a lap time in the group and briefly moved into the top five before di Grassi and Vergne demoted him. Bird was the fourth group's slowest competitor. At the end of group qualifying, di Grassi, Vergne, Turvey, d'Ambrosio and Abt's lap times advanced them to super pole. Abt was fastest in all three sectors by making no errors and secured his and Audi's first pole position of his season and the second of his career since the 2015 Long Beach ePrix with a time of one minute and 9.472 seconds.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 17], "section_span": [19, 29], "content_span": [30, 558]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277702-0010-0002", "contents": "2018 Berlin ePrix, Qualifying\nHe was joined on the grid's front row by Turvey (the first to drive onto the track) who recorded a lap 0.263 seconds slower and had the pole until Abt's lap despite locking his brakes on the approach to turn six. Vergne could not match Abt's pace as he went close to hitting the wall exiting the turn nine hairpin and took third. D'Ambrosio picked up some oversteer going through the first corner and slowed for fourth. Fifth-placed di Grassi ran close to the turn three exit barrier and carried too much speed entering the turn nine hairpin, understeered, and corrected a slide which lost him eight-tenths of a second.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 17], "section_span": [19, 29], "content_span": [30, 649]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277702-0011-0000", "contents": "2018 Berlin ePrix, Qualifying, Post-qualifying\nAbt was investigated by the stewards for a potential infraction of Article 33.3 of Formula E's sporting regulations because data received by the technical delegate of Formula E from his car was in the 200\u00a0kW (270\u00a0hp) mode approximately 350\u00a0m (1,150\u00a0ft) before the beginning of the circuit's final sector. Though Audi and Abt could not explain why the infraction occurred, he was reprimanded not penalised as the stewards deemed he had gained no performance advantage.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 17], "section_span": [19, 46], "content_span": [47, 514]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277702-0011-0001", "contents": "2018 Berlin ePrix, Qualifying, Post-qualifying\nLotterer was demoted ten places on the grid because he was adjudged to have caused an crash with Bird on the final lap of the Paris ePrix. However, he could not take the full penalty because he began from 20th after setting the 18th quickest lap time and had to serve a mandatory ten-second time penalty at his pit stop to switch into a second car. After Lotterer's penalty, the rest of the grid lined up as Rosenqvist, Buemi, Lynn, Evans, Bird, L\u00f3pez, Dillmann, Engel, Heidfeld, Piquet, Sarrazin, F\u00e9lix da Costa, Filippi, Prost and Lotterer.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 17], "section_span": [19, 46], "content_span": [47, 589]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277702-0012-0000", "contents": "2018 Berlin ePrix, Race\nWeather conditions at the start of the race were dry and sunny. The air temperature throughout the race was between 21.45 and 22.05\u00a0\u00b0C (70.61 and 71.69\u00a0\u00b0F) and the track temperature ranged from 20.55 to 21.10\u00a0\u00b0C (68.99 to 69.98\u00a0\u00b0F). A special feature of Formula E is the \"Fan Boost\" feature, an additional 100 kilowatts (130\u00a0hp) of power to use in the driver's second car. The three drivers who were allowed to use the boost were determined by a fan vote. Abt, Rosenqvist and Buemi were awarded the extra power for the Berlin race.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 17], "section_span": [19, 23], "content_span": [24, 555]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277702-0012-0001", "contents": "2018 Berlin ePrix, Race\nThe ePrix's start time was moved from 16:03 Central European Summer Time (UTC+02:00) to 18:03 by German national broadcaster ARD to enable a live telecast between the women's DFB-Pokal and the men's DFB-Pokal finals. On the grid, Abt held his lead approaching the first corner, while Turvey aggressively held off an attack by Vergne. D'Ambrosio then executed a late manoeuvre around the outside of Vergne for third at the first turn having moved past di Grassi shortly beforehand. Behind them, Rosenqvist tried to copy this move but ran wide onto the dusty turn one run-off area. He kept his car out of the barriers but fell out of the top ten. At the end of the first lap, Abt led Turvey by seven-tenths of a second with d'Ambrosio nearly a further second behind in third.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 17], "section_span": [19, 23], "content_span": [24, 797]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277702-0013-0000", "contents": "2018 Berlin ePrix, Race\nD'Ambrosio fended off Vergne and di Grassi until Vergne moved ahead of him on the inside line at turn six on the second lap with di Grassi getting past d'Ambrosio entering the turn nine hairpin the lap after. Buemi then demoted d'Ambrosio to sixth with an overtake at the turn nine hairpin on lap four. Further down the order, Heidfeld passed Piquet around the outside at the first corner on the fifth lap while Rosenqvist waited until the following lap to get by the latter. Meanwhile, Evans overtook Bird to claim seventh into turn six.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 17], "section_span": [19, 23], "content_span": [24, 562]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277702-0013-0001", "contents": "2018 Berlin ePrix, Race\nBird considered challenging him around the outside before slowing. On lap seven, Heidfeld dived down the inside of L\u00f3pez driving into the first turn to take over twelfth. Upfront, Abt established a healthy advantage over Turvey who held off Vergne and di Grassi. The ninth lap had Heidfeld overtake Dillmann approaching the turn nine hairpin to move into the top ten while Lynn fell behind Piquet, Rosenqvist, Sarrazin and F\u00e9lix da Costa because an electrical glitch affected his power usage. Then on lap 11, di Grassi passed Vergne around the outside of turn six to move into third. This disrupted Vergne's momentum enough to enable Buemi to demote him to fifth around the inside of the turn nine hairpin on that lap.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 17], "section_span": [19, 23], "content_span": [24, 742]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277702-0014-0000", "contents": "2018 Berlin ePrix, Race\nStarting lap 12, Di Grassi attacked the electrical energy saving Turvey entering turn one but his manoeuvre was unsuccessful. That did not prevent di Grassi from attempting again and was successful next time round; getting past Turvey to claim second around the inside on the straight heading into turn six. Elsewhere, Heidfeld's move up the field temporarily stopped as he was delayed by Engel and defended from L\u00f3pez. Similarly, d'Ambrosio lost positions to Evans and Bird while Lotterer was now in fifteenth position by lap 15.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 17], "section_span": [19, 23], "content_span": [24, 554]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277702-0014-0001", "contents": "2018 Berlin ePrix, Race\nAbt's lead had stabilised to three and a half seconds over teammate di Grassi by lap 20. That lap, Vergne lunged at Buemi on the run to the first corner as both drivers went wide and minor contact was made when Vergne took fourth from Buemi at the next turn. The first pit stops for the switch into a second car was made by Turvey at the end of lap 22 with the rest of the field following on the next lap with no incidents occurring in contrast to previous rounds of the season. After the pit stops, Abt retained his lead over teammate di Grassi but it was lowered to six-tenths of a second because he waited for Buemi to pass by but it prevented him from having an unsafe release. Buemi meanwhile got back past Vergne due to a faster pit stop.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 17], "section_span": [19, 23], "content_span": [24, 768]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277702-0015-0000", "contents": "2018 Berlin ePrix, Race\nAbt soon began increasing his lead over teammate di Grassi who reportedly carried a steering problem. He earned one point for setting the race's fastest lap at lap 26, a 1-minute and 12,409 seconds lap. Audi also instructed their drivers via pit boards not to take any risks. Attention then focused on d'Ambrosio who delayed the quartet of L\u00f3pez, Heidfeld, Engel and Rosenqvist. Heidfeld was so distracted on attempting to pass L\u00f3pez, that it allowed Engel to overtake him for ninth at the first turn.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 17], "section_span": [19, 23], "content_span": [24, 526]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277702-0015-0001", "contents": "2018 Berlin ePrix, Race\nUpfront, Buemi and Vergne got close enough to challenge Turvey who had electrical energy management problems. Buemi passed Turvey when the latter ran wide at turn ten on lap 33 and Vergne saw an opportunity to get past Turvey leaving the same corner. Vergne later found himself in a position to overtake Buemi entering turn one upon starting the next lap but decided against doing so. He instead waited until turn six when he decided late on to steer to the left and pass a surprised Buemi for third as he was intent on maintaining his championship lead. Buemi tried to cutback on Vergne leaving the corner but nudged his nose cone into Vergne's rear wing.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 17], "section_span": [19, 23], "content_span": [24, 680]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277702-0016-0000", "contents": "2018 Berlin ePrix, Race\nElsewhere, D'Ambrosio fell behind L\u00f3pez. He fell further back when Dillmann passed him before turn one. Heidfeld moved past d'Ambrosio approaching turn two and Rosenqvist overtook the latter heading towards turn six. Engel and L\u00f3pez fought amongst themselves but got close to Bird and formed a close queue of cars from seventh to thirteenth. Piquet moved ahead of Rosenqvist around the outside entering turn ten to claim twelfth. Rosenqvist used his FanBoost the lap after on the straight entering turn six to try and retake twelfth from Piquet but the latter fended off his manoeuvre.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 17], "section_span": [19, 23], "content_span": [24, 609]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277702-0016-0001", "contents": "2018 Berlin ePrix, Race\nPiquet carried enough momentum to pass Heidfeld and Dillmann to move into the top ten. Piquet tried to pass L\u00f3pez on the inside line heading into the final corner but was unsuccessful. Piquet then tried again on the same line into the first corner but locked his front brakes; he and L\u00f3pez ran wide into the turn's dusty run-off area. Both Mahindras moved past and L\u00f3pez was tapped from behind by Rosenqvist on the apex of turn three and spun. These events allowed Lotterer to get into the top ten.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 17], "section_span": [19, 23], "content_span": [24, 522]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277702-0017-0000", "contents": "2018 Berlin ePrix, Race\nVergne tried to set the fastest lap in the final laps but could not do so. Lotterer had conserved enough electrical energy and used it to overtake Heidfeld for ninth on the final lap. Meanwhile, Abt found a rhythm he liked and extended his advantage at the front of the field to 6.7 seconds to cross the start/finish line after 45 laps to claim his second career victory after his Mexico City ePrix win two months prior.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 17], "section_span": [19, 23], "content_span": [24, 444]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277702-0017-0001", "contents": "2018 Berlin ePrix, Race\nAbt achieved the first \"Grand Slam\" in Formula E history (pole position, fastest lap, led every lap and the win). Di Grassi followed 6.758 seconds later in second and Audi secured the second one-two finish in Formula E history after Techeetah achieved the feat in the Santiago ePrix. Vergne completed the podium in third. Off the podium, Buemi took fourth, Turvey claimed fifth, Evans finished sixth, Bird placed seventh, Engel was eighth and Lotterer came ninth. Heidfeld completed the top ten and earned his first point since the Marrakesh ePrix. The last of the finishers were Rosenqvist, Piquet, Dillmann, Prost, F\u00e9lix da Costa, Lynn, Filippi, L\u00f3pez, d'Ambrosio and Sarrazin. This race had all twenty starters finish for the first time in the season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 17], "section_span": [19, 23], "content_span": [24, 778]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277702-0018-0000", "contents": "2018 Berlin ePrix, Race, Post-race\nThe top three drivers appeared on the podium to collect their trophies and spoke to the media in a later press conference. Abt spoke of his delight over taking the victory the one-two finish and stated he was feeling confident on the day, \"It\u2019s super special. I keep saying I have these weeks where I just feel like good stuff is going to happen and I had this feeling here in my home round.\" Di Grassi took his fourth successive second-place finish and congratulated his teammate Abt on taking the win.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 17], "section_span": [19, 34], "content_span": [35, 538]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277702-0018-0001", "contents": "2018 Berlin ePrix, Race, Post-race\nHe stated his feeling that it was a deserved victory for Abt, \"The one-two is a dream come true for Audi after we started the year so badly and now we\u2019ve recovered and are second in the team championship, and it was my fourth straight podium in a row \u2013 I can only be happy!\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 17], "section_span": [19, 34], "content_span": [35, 309]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277702-0018-0002", "contents": "2018 Berlin ePrix, Race, Post-race\nThird-placed Vergne joined in the congratulations to Abt and Audi for their achievements and said he was happy with the job his team undertook after their poor performance at Templehof the previous year, \"The race went very well, I took it easy, I knew from this morning the Audi guys were out of reach. When Lucas was behind I didn\u2019t even look, I let him by. Then I passed Buemi and he was quite aggressive in closing the door sometimes. The pit stop wasn\u2019t bad, I lost a position to Buemi so I had to pass him again.\u201d", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 17], "section_span": [19, 34], "content_span": [35, 554]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277702-0019-0000", "contents": "2018 Berlin ePrix, Race, Post-race\nTurvey was convinced that the strategy his team made was the correct one, saying the decision to make a pit stop one lap earlier than everyone else was because of him saving too much electrical energy but believed a podium would have been difficult to maintain due to Buemi and Vergne's fast pace, \"When we changed strategy, I felt I could stay with the Audis but not be any quicker. They were super quick, both of them. When I saw them carry on and I pitted a lap earlier, that was it.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 17], "section_span": [19, 34], "content_span": [35, 521]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277702-0019-0001", "contents": "2018 Berlin ePrix, Race, Post-race\nThey had a big advantage today in the race.\" Rosenqvist spoke of his belief that he had to risk his first lap overtaking manoeuvre so he could get back into championship contention and suspected his car's handling was the reason he struggled during the ePrix because he anticipated an eighth or ninth-place finish, \"I don't think it's a powertrain matter, it's more [that] I don't feel the car underneath me and I think that's costing a lot of energy and a lot of lap time, [at] every corner. It's just been a different car compared to last year.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 17], "section_span": [19, 34], "content_span": [35, 582]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277702-0020-0000", "contents": "2018 Berlin ePrix, Race, Post-race\nSarrazin said that energy management hindered his race because he had used too much but sought to improve for the Z\u00fcrich ePrix. Buemi warned Vergne to expect an alternative response if he decided to battle with him in the future but said he believed if he attempted the same action as Vergne he would have crashed, \"He\u2019s been a bit tough I felt in some of the contacts but I was just a bit on the back foot because I was slower.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 17], "section_span": [19, 34], "content_span": [35, 463]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277702-0020-0001", "contents": "2018 Berlin ePrix, Race, Post-race\nI\u2019m looking forward to the next time because next time I\u2019ll go a bit harder, I won\u2019t care as much so we\u2019ll see. He won the battle, but next time he should not expect it to be like that.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 17], "section_span": [19, 34], "content_span": [35, 221]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277702-0020-0002", "contents": "2018 Berlin ePrix, Race, Post-race\nBird told the press that he was still hopeful that he could catch Vergne in the Drivers' Championship battle as he expected to improve his results in the season's closing three races but stated his feeling a repeat of his 2017 New York City ePrix double header success would be more difficult next time round, \"Like normal, I have to do a miracle at the last race! But stranger things have happened. Looking back at New York last year, that wasn\u2019t so bad for me. 53 out of 58 points came my way. To do that again will take some doing though.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 17], "section_span": [19, 34], "content_span": [35, 577]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277702-0021-0000", "contents": "2018 Berlin ePrix, Race, Post-race\nThe consequence of the race meant Vergne increased his lead at the top of the Drivers' Championship to 40 points over his nearest rival Bird. Rosenqvist was a further 36 points adrift in third place and race winner Abt moved from sixth to fourth. Buemi's fourth-place finish meant he fell to fifth position. Techeetah maintained their lead in the Teams' Championship but their advantage had been reduced to 44 points by Audi whose one-two result moved them to second.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 17], "section_span": [19, 34], "content_span": [35, 502]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277702-0021-0001", "contents": "2018 Berlin ePrix, Race, Post-race\nVirgin's solitary points result from Bird meant the team fell to third and Mahindra and Jaguar kept fourth and fifth places respectively with three races left in the season. Ivan Yim the managing director for Techeetah, cautioned the team over their battle against Audi as he was aware of the German marque's strengths and urged his team to score as many points as possible.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 17], "section_span": [19, 34], "content_span": [35, 409]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277703-0000-0000", "contents": "2018 Best of Nollywood Awards\nThe 2018 Best of Nollywood Awards was the 10th edition of the ceremony and took place in Kakanfo conference centre in Ibadan, Oyo state on 9 December 2018. The Oyo state governor, Abiola Ajimobi served as the chief host. The event was co-hosted by comedian, Helen Paul and actor, Keppy Ekpeyong Bassey.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [29, 29], "content_span": [30, 333]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277703-0001-0000", "contents": "2018 Best of Nollywood Awards\nA total 112 films including 93 feature films, 9 short films and 1 documentary series were considered. The nomination list was revealed in November 2018 where We Don\u2019t Live Here Anymore by Tope Oshin earned the highest nominations with 11 nominations followed by Oga Bolaji with 10 nominations, Queen of Queens with 8 nominations and Obsession earning 6 nominations.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [29, 29], "content_span": [30, 395]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277703-0002-0000", "contents": "2018 Best of Nollywood Awards\nWe Don\u2019t Live Here Anymore won in four of the categories including best director, best editing, movie of the year and the most promising actor award which was jointly awarded to Francis Sule and Temidayo Akinboro. Oga Bolaji won 1 of the awards in the 10 categories it was nominated in.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [29, 29], "content_span": [30, 316]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277703-0003-0000", "contents": "2018 Best of Nollywood Awards, Awards\n\u00b7 Funmilola Aofiyebi Raimi \u2013 We Don\u2019t Live Here Anymore", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 37], "content_span": [38, 93]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277703-0004-0000", "contents": "2018 Best of Nollywood Awards, Awards\n\u2022 Kabat Esosa Egbon - Queen of Queens and Ebomisi", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 37], "content_span": [38, 87]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277704-0000-0000", "contents": "2018 Bethlehem Steel FC season\nThe 2018 season is Bethlehem Steel FC's third season of competitive soccer in the United Soccer League and second season competing in the second division of American soccer. Steel FC compete in the league's Eastern Conference.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [30, 30], "content_span": [31, 257]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277704-0001-0000", "contents": "2018 Bethlehem Steel FC season, Current roster\nNote: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality. Squad correct as of March 23, 2018.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 46], "content_span": [47, 211]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277704-0002-0000", "contents": "2018 Bethlehem Steel FC season, Competitions, USL regular season\nThe 2018 USL season will be contested by 33 teams, 16 of which compete in the league's Eastern Conference. All teams will play a regular season total of 34 matches between teams within their respective conference. At the conclusion of the regular season, the top eight teams from each conference advance to the 2018 USL Playoffs for a chance to compete for the USL Championship Title.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 64], "content_span": [65, 449]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277704-0003-0000", "contents": "2018 Bethlehem Steel FC season, Competitions, USL regular season, Results summary\nLast updated: February 9, 2019Source: 2018 USL seasonPld = Matches played; Pts = Points; W = Matches won; T = Matches tied; L = Matches lost; GF = Goals for; GA = Goals against; GD = Goal difference", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 81], "content_span": [82, 282]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277705-0000-0000", "contents": "2018 Bethune\u2013Cookman Wildcats football team\nThe 2018 Bethune\u2013Cookman Wildcats football team represented Bethune\u2013Cookman University in the 2018 NCAA Division I FCS football season. They were led by fourth-year head coach Terry Sims and played their home games at the newly renamed Daytona Stadium. They were a member of the Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference (MEAC). They finished the season 7\u20135, 5\u20132 in MEAC play to finish in a tie for second place.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [43, 43], "content_span": [44, 446]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277705-0001-0000", "contents": "2018 Bethune\u2013Cookman Wildcats football team, Previous season\nThe Wildcats finished the 2017 season 7\u20134, 6\u20132 in MEAC play to finish in a tie for second place.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [45, 60], "content_span": [61, 157]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277705-0002-0000", "contents": "2018 Bethune\u2013Cookman Wildcats football team, Preseason, MEAC preseason poll\nIn a vote of the MEAC head coaches and sports information directors, the Wildcats were picked to finish in fourth place.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [45, 75], "content_span": [76, 196]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277705-0003-0000", "contents": "2018 Bethune\u2013Cookman Wildcats football team, Preseason, Preseason All-MEAC Teams\nThe Wildcats had five players selected to the preseason all-MEAC teams.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [45, 80], "content_span": [81, 152]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277706-0000-0000", "contents": "2018 Bexley London Borough Council election\nThe 2018 Bexley Council election took place on 3 May 2018 to elect members of Bexley Council in England. This was on the same day as other local elections.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [43, 43], "content_span": [44, 199]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277706-0001-0000", "contents": "2018 Bexley London Borough Council election\nThere were boundary changes which reduced the number of wards from 21 to 17 and the number of councillors from 63 to 45.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [43, 43], "content_span": [44, 164]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277706-0002-0000", "contents": "2018 Bexley London Borough Council election, Overall results\nThe Conservatives retained control of the council, winning 34 of the new seats. Labour won 11 and UKIP won no seats.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [45, 60], "content_span": [61, 177]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277706-0003-0000", "contents": "2018 Bexley London Borough Council election, Ward Results, Barnehurst\nBarnehurst became a 2 member ward in 2018, following the cutdown on councilors from 63 to 45. Brian Bishop became Mayor of Bexley after this election.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [45, 69], "content_span": [70, 220]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277706-0004-0000", "contents": "2018 Bexley London Borough Council election, Ward Results, Belvedere\nLeader of the Opposition in Bexley, Daniel Francis, stood here.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [45, 68], "content_span": [69, 132]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277706-0005-0000", "contents": "2018 Bexley London Borough Council election, Ward Results, Crook Log\nLeader of the Council, Teresa O'Neill, stood here, following the abolition of her previous ward; Brampton", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [45, 68], "content_span": [69, 174]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277706-0006-0000", "contents": "2018 Bexley London Borough Council election, Ward Results, Erith\nErith became a 2 member ward, following the cutdown of councillors from 63 to 45.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [45, 64], "content_span": [65, 146]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277706-0007-0000", "contents": "2018 Bexley London Borough Council election, Ward Results, Longlands\nLonglands became a 2 member ward after the cutdown of councillors from 63 to 45", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [45, 68], "content_span": [69, 148]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277706-0008-0000", "contents": "2018 Bexley London Borough Council election, Ward Results, Northumberland Heath\nNorthumberland Heath became a 2 member ward in 2018, after the cutdown of councillors from 63 to 45.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [45, 79], "content_span": [80, 180]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277706-0009-0000", "contents": "2018 Bexley London Borough Council election, Ward Results, Thamesmead East\nFormer Labour councillor, Endy Ezenwata, defected to the Christian People's Alliance and subsequently lost re-election. Former councillor for Lesnes Abbey, Danny Hackett, stood here following the abolition of his former ward.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [45, 74], "content_span": [75, 300]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277706-0010-0000", "contents": "2018 Bexley London Borough Council election, Ward Results, Thamesmead East\nOn February 23, 2019, Danny Hackett resigned from the Labour Party, citing a culture of \"anti-Semitism, hatred and bullying.\" He will now sit as an Independent.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [45, 74], "content_span": [75, 235]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277706-0011-0000", "contents": "2018 Bexley London Borough Council election, Ward Results, West Heath\nMayor of the time, Peter Reader, stood here. John Davey became deputy mayor after the election.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [45, 69], "content_span": [70, 165]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277707-0000-0000", "contents": "2018 Bhayangkara F.C. season\nThe 2018 season is Bhayangkara's 2nd season in Liga 1 since change their name from Bhayangkara Surabaya United.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [28, 28], "content_span": [29, 140]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277707-0001-0000", "contents": "2018 Bhayangkara F.C. season\nOn April 12, 2016, Surabaya United merged with the team following the Bhayangkara Cup 2016, PS Polri, and changed its name to Bhayangkara Surabaya United F.C. until September 2016. And in September 2016, their moved home to Bekasi, and change their name to Bhayangkara F.C. Bhayangkara F.C. manage to win the 2017 Liga 1 under coach Simon McMenemy.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [28, 28], "content_span": [29, 377]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277707-0002-0000", "contents": "2018 Bhayangkara F.C. season, Players, Current squad\nNote: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 52], "content_span": [53, 181]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277707-0003-0000", "contents": "2018 Bhayangkara F.C. season, Players, Out on loan\nNote: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 50], "content_span": [51, 179]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277708-0000-0000", "contents": "2018 Bhima Koregaon violence\nThe 2018 Bhima Koregaon violence refers to violence during an annual celebratory gathering on 1 January 2018 at Bhima Koregaon to mark the 200th anniversary of the Battle of Bhima Koregaon. The violence and stone pelting by crowd on the gathering resulted in death of a 28-year old youth and injury to five others. The annual celebration, also called Elgar Parishad convention, was organised by retired justices B. G. Kolse Patil and P. B. Sawant. Justice P. B. Sawant claimed that the term \"Elgar\" meant loud invitation or loud declaration.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [28, 28], "content_span": [29, 570]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277708-0001-0000", "contents": "2018 Bhima Koregaon violence, Historical background, Battle of Bhima Koregaon\nThe 1818 Battle of Koregaon is of importance for Dalits. On 1 January 1818, 800 troops of the East India Company's Bombay Presidency Army, with a large number of Mahars predominant among them, defeated a numerically superior force of the Peshwa Baji Rao II. A victory pillar (Vijay Sthamb) was erected in Koregaon by the British, commemorating the dead soldiers. In 1928, B. R. Ambedkar led the first commemoration ceremony here. Since then, on 1 January every year, Ambedkarites gather at Bhima Koregaon to celebrate their victory against the upper caste Peshwa regime of the Maratha Empire, whom they see as their oppressors.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 77], "content_span": [78, 705]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277708-0002-0000", "contents": "2018 Bhima Koregaon violence, Historical background, Vadhu Budruk trigger\nAccording to legend, Aurangzeb killed and mutilated Sambhaji Maharaj in 1689. Govind Mahar, from Vadhu Budruk (a village near Bhima Koregaon) collected the body parts and organised the last rites. The memorial for Sambhaji Maharaj is said to have been constructed by the Dalit Mahars of that village. Soon after, Govind Mahar\u2019s tomb was constructed in the village after his death.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 73], "content_span": [74, 454]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277708-0002-0001", "contents": "2018 Bhima Koregaon violence, Historical background, Vadhu Budruk trigger\nBut Marathas refused to accept the role played by Govind Gaikwad and other Mahars in the last rites of Sambhaji Maharaj as Marathas of that village do have surname as Shivle (means Stitched), and were increasingly vocal about in the days prior to the January violence at Bhima Koregaon in 2018. They had specific objection to a sign at the site that acknowledged the contributions of the Mahars.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 73], "content_span": [74, 469]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277708-0003-0000", "contents": "2018 Bhima Koregaon violence, January 2018 events\nPrior to the commemoration, about 250 Bahujan groups got together under the banner of \"Elgar Parishad and organised a conference at Shaniwar Wada in Pune, the erstwhile seat of the Peshwas. The speakers included two retired judges, B.G Kolte-Patil and P. B. Sawant, and Jignesh Mevani, a newly elected member of the Gujarat Legislative Assembly.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 49], "content_span": [50, 395]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277708-0004-0000", "contents": "2018 Bhima Koregaon violence, January 2018 events\nThe equating of Hindutva with the Peshwas is said to have irked the Hindu groups.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 49], "content_span": [50, 131]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277708-0005-0000", "contents": "2018 Bhima Koregaon violence, January 2018 events\nOn January 1, like every year, lakhs of Dalits poured into Bhima Koregaon. The commemoration has a record of being conducted peacefully and the village\u2019s residents have a history of social harmony. But this year, tensions had begun to build in a neighbouring village over the question of which community had conducted the last rites of Maratha ruler Sambhaji \u2013 the Mahar or the Maratha. The panchayat of Bhima Koregaon issued a notice asking residents to boycott the event by calling for all shops to remain shut that day.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 49], "content_span": [50, 572]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277708-0006-0000", "contents": "2018 Bhima Koregaon violence, January 2018 events\nTo protest the violence, Dalit rights groups staged road blocks and demonstrations across Maharashtra. Violence was reported across Pune. A 16-year-old boy was killed during the protest, with the family alleging injuries sustained by police caning. A Maharashtra bandh was called by Prakash Ambedkar on 3 January 2018. The aftermath consisted of various protests across Maharashtra resulting in 30 policemen being injured and over 300 people being detained. Protests were staged all over Maharashtra. In Mumbai, suburban trains were affected due to which Dabbawalas had to suspend their services.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 49], "content_span": [50, 646]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277708-0007-0000", "contents": "2018 Bhima Koregaon violence, Fact finding commission\nIn February 2018, The Maharashtra Home Department set up a fact finding Commission. This Commission became operational in September 2018 and consisted of former Calcutta High Court chief justice JN Patel and state Chief Information Commissioner Sumit Mullick. The tenure of the Commission expired on 8 April 2020 and they had requested for a six month extension.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 53], "content_span": [54, 416]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277708-0008-0000", "contents": "2018 Bhima Koregaon violence, Independent reports\nAn RSS-backed think tank called Forum for Integrated National Security (FINS), mainly consisting of retired army officers, released a report on the Bhima Koregaon riots. The report absolved the Hindutva leaders Milind Ekbote and Sambhaji Bhide from direct involvement. Instead, it blamed Maoists (ultra left-wing organisations) for instigating the Dalit activists. It also blamed the Maharashtra Police for \"apathy\" and overlooking evidence. Analysis shows that the Pune police made claims in Court which resemble the FINS report.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 49], "content_span": [50, 580]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277708-0008-0001", "contents": "2018 Bhima Koregaon violence, Independent reports\nIn contrast, the report by the multi-member \"fact finding committee\" led by deputy mayor Siddharth Dhende submitted that right-wing activists Sambhaji Bhide and Milind Ekbote had pre-planned the entire violence. The report by the Rashtra Seva Dal (RSD) questioned how the right wing activists who were initially named in the FIR were still able to give interviews while a divisive environment was being created. The RSD also called for a judicial enquiry to hold the administration accountable for any lapses.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 49], "content_span": [50, 559]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277709-0000-0000", "contents": "2018 Bhutan National League\nThe 2018 Bhutan National League was the seventh season of the Bhutan National League, the national football competition in Bhutan, having replaced the A-Division in 2013. Again, the Thimphu League provides the qualifiers from Thimphu, with the top three teams in that competition being awarded places in the National League alongside three regional teams.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [27, 27], "content_span": [28, 383]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277709-0001-0000", "contents": "2018 Bhutan National League, Thimphu League\nThe 2018 Thimphu League (known as the 2018 Pepsi Thimphu League for sponsorship reasons) was held between 21 April to 8 July 2018.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 43], "content_span": [44, 174]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277709-0002-0000", "contents": "2018 Bhutan National League, Paro Qualifying Tournament, Second Leg\nParo won 18\u20132 on aggregate and qualified for national league.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 67], "content_span": [68, 129]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277710-0000-0000", "contents": "2018 Bhutanese National Assembly election\nNational Assembly elections were held in Bhutan in 2018; the first round was held on 15 September and the second round on 18 October.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [41, 41], "content_span": [42, 175]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277710-0001-0000", "contents": "2018 Bhutanese National Assembly election\nThe ruling People's Democratic Party of former Prime Minister Tshering Tobgay came third in the first round of voting, unexpectedly failing to advance to the second round and resulting in it losing all 32 seats. The second round was a contest between the Druk Phuensum Tshogpa, the only other party with parliamentary representation, and the unrepresented Druk Nyamrup Tshogpa, which received the most votes in the first round.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [41, 41], "content_span": [42, 469]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277710-0002-0000", "contents": "2018 Bhutanese National Assembly election, Electoral system\nThe 47 members of the National Assembly are elected from single-member constituencies. Primary elections are held in which voters cast votes for parties. The top two parties are then able to field candidates in the main round of voting, in which members are elected using first-past-the-post voting.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [43, 59], "content_span": [60, 359]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277711-0000-0000", "contents": "2018 Bhutanese National Council election\nNational Council elections were held in Bhutan on 20 April 2018.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [40, 40], "content_span": [41, 105]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277711-0001-0000", "contents": "2018 Bhutanese National Council election, Electoral system\nTwenty of the 25 members of the National Council are elected from single-member constituencies using first-past-the-post voting.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 58], "content_span": [59, 187]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277712-0000-0000", "contents": "2018 Bhutanese elections\nThe 2018 Bhutanese elections consisted of the 2018 Bhutanese National Assembly election and 2018 Bhutanese National Council election.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [24, 24], "content_span": [25, 158]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277713-0000-0000", "contents": "2018 Big 12 Championship Game\nThe 2018 Dr Pepper Big 12 Championship Game was a college football game played on Saturday, December 1, 2018, at AT&T Stadium in Arlington, Texas. The 17th Big 12 Championship Game, it determined the 2018 champion of the Big 12 Conference. The game featured the Oklahoma Sooners and the Texas Longhorns. These respectively were the 10th and sixth appearances for Oklahoma and Texas in the conference championship game. No, 6 Oklahoma defeated no. 9 Texas at a score of 39-27, this was the Sooners fourth consecutive Big 12 Championship. The Sooners finished 12-2 and no. 4 in the final poll while Texas had a record of 10-4. The game was televised nationally by ABC. The game also broke the Conference Championship attendance record, breaking the record previously held by the 1992 SEC Championship Game.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [29, 29], "content_span": [30, 834]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277713-0001-0000", "contents": "2018 Big 12 Championship Game\nThis was the second time since 2010 that the conference champion was determined in a championship game. Formerly, the Big 12 Championship Game was played between the champions of the North Division and the South Division. Without a current Big 12 divisional structure, the game is played between the two teams with the best conference records.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [29, 29], "content_span": [30, 373]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277713-0002-0000", "contents": "2018 Big 12 Championship Game, Previous season\nThe 2017 Big 12 Championship Game was the first since the conference's realignment. Televised nationally by Fox, the game featured the Oklahoma Sooners and the TCU Horned Frogs. This was Oklahoma's ninth appearance and was TCU's first appearance. In the regular season, Oklahoma defeated TCU, 38\u201320. In a rematch between the two teams, Oklahoma won the Big 12 Championship over TCU, 41\u201317, for its 47th conference title.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 46], "content_span": [47, 467]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277714-0000-0000", "contents": "2018 Big 12 Conference Baseball Tournament\nThe 2018 Big 12 Conference Baseball Tournament will be held from May 23 through May 27 at Chickasaw Bricktown Ballpark in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. The annual tournament determines the conference champion of the Division I Big 12 Conference for college baseball. The winner of the tournament will earn the league's automatic bid to the 2018 NCAA Division I Baseball Tournament.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [42, 42], "content_span": [43, 419]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277714-0001-0000", "contents": "2018 Big 12 Conference Baseball Tournament\nThe tournament has been held since 1997, the inaugural year of the Big 12 Conference. Among current league members, Texas has won the most championships with five. Among original members, Baylor and Kansas State have never won the event. Iowa State discontinued their program after the 2001 season without having won a title. Having joined in 2013, TCU won their first title in 2014 while West Virginia has yet to win the Tournament.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [42, 42], "content_span": [43, 476]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277714-0002-0000", "contents": "2018 Big 12 Conference Baseball Tournament, Format and seeding\nThe top eight finishers from the regular season will be seeded one through eight, and will then play a two-bracket double-elimination tournament leading to a winner-take-all championship game.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [44, 62], "content_span": [63, 255]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277715-0000-0000", "contents": "2018 Big 12 Conference Softball Tournament\nThe 2018 Big 12 Conference Softball tournament was held at ASA Hall of Fame Stadium in Oklahoma City, OK from May 11 through May 12, 2018. Oklahoma won their sixth conference tournament and earned the Big 12 Conference's automatic bid to the 2018 NCAA Division I Softball Tournament.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [42, 42], "content_span": [43, 326]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277715-0001-0000", "contents": "2018 Big 12 Conference Softball Tournament\nOklahoma, Baylor, Oklahoma State and Texas received bids to the NCAA tournament. Oklahoma would go on to play in the 2018 Women's College World Series.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [42, 42], "content_span": [43, 194]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277716-0000-0000", "contents": "2018 Big 12 Conference Women's Basketball Tournament\nThe 2018 Big 12 Conference Women's Basketball Tournament was the postseason women's basketball tournament for the Big 12 Conference that was held from March 2 to 5, 2018 in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma at Chesapeake Energy Arena.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 52], "section_span": [52, 52], "content_span": [53, 277]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277717-0000-0000", "contents": "2018 Big 12 Conference Women's Soccer Tournament\nThe 2018 Big 12 Conference Women's Soccer Tournament was the postseason women's soccer tournament for the Big 12 Conference held from October 28\u2013 November 4, 2018. The seven-match tournament took place at the Swope Soccer Village in Kansas City, Missouri. The eight-team single-elimination tournament consisted of three rounds based on seeding from regular season conference play. The Baylor Bears were the defending champions and earned the first seed in 2018. However, Baylor was not able to defend its crown, losing to West Virginia in the final.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 48], "section_span": [48, 48], "content_span": [49, 598]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277718-0000-0000", "contents": "2018 Big 12 Conference football season\nThe 2018 Big 12 Conference football season represents the 23rd season of Big 12 Conference football, talking place during the 2018 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The season began with non-conference play on Thursday, August 30, 2018. Big 12 Conference play will begin on Saturday, September 22, 2018.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [38, 38], "content_span": [39, 345]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277718-0001-0000", "contents": "2018 Big 12 Conference football season\nThe 2018 season will be the seventh for the Big 12 since the 2010\u201313 Big 12 Conference realignment brought the Big 12 membership to its current form.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [38, 38], "content_span": [39, 188]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277718-0002-0000", "contents": "2018 Big 12 Conference football season\nAs a ten-team league, the Big 12 will play a nine-game round-robin conference schedule and each member will play three non-conference games-one of which must be against another Power Five conference foe. The regular season will be followed by a conference championship game played between the regular-season champion and regular-season runner-up. The 2018 Big 12 Championship Game was held on Saturday, December 1, 2018. Oklahoma defeated Texas 39\u201327 to win their 12th Big 12 Championship.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [38, 38], "content_span": [39, 528]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277718-0003-0000", "contents": "2018 Big 12 Conference football season, Preseason, Preseason Poll\nThe 2018 Big12 Preseason media poll was announced on July 12, 2018 prior to the Big12 media days. The Big12 media days were held from July 16\u201317 in Frisco, Texas. Oklahoma was chosen to finish at the top of the standings for the third consecutive year in the 2018 Big 12 football preseason poll, voted on by media representatives.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 65], "content_span": [66, 396]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277718-0004-0000", "contents": "2018 Big 12 Conference football season, Big 12 vs other conferences, Big 12 vs Power 5 matchups\nThis is a list of the non-conference games that Big-12 teams will play versus the power conference teams. They comprise teams from the ACC, Big 10, Pac-12 and SEC. In addition, although the NCAA does not consider BYU a \"Power Five\" school, the Big-12 does consider games against BYU as satisfying its \"Power Five\" scheduling requirement. All rankings are from the current AP Poll at the time of the game. (Rankings from the AP Poll):", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 95], "content_span": [96, 529]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277718-0005-0000", "contents": "2018 Big 12 Conference football season, Postseason, Bowl games\nRankings are from AP Poll. All times Central Time Zone.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 62], "content_span": [63, 118]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277718-0006-0000", "contents": "2018 Big 12 Conference football season, Postseason, Bowl games\nSelection of teams (7): Baylor, Iowa State, Oklahoma, Oklahoma State, TCU, Texas, West Virginia", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 62], "content_span": [63, 158]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277718-0007-0000", "contents": "2018 Big 12 Conference football season, Awards and honors, Postseason awards\nThe following Big 12 players were named to the 2017 College Football All-America Team by the Walter Camp Football Foundation (WCFF), Associated Press (AP), Football Writers Association of America (FWAA), Sporting News (SN), and American Football Coaches Association (AFCA): Ben Powers, OL, Oklahoma.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 76], "content_span": [77, 376]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277719-0000-0000", "contents": "2018 Big 12 Men's Basketball Tournament\nThe 2018 Phillips 66 Big 12 Men's Basketball Tournament was a postseason men's basketball tournament for the Big 12 Conference. It was played from March 7 to 10, in Kansas City, Missouri at the Sprint Center. Kansas defeated West Virginia in the championship game to win the tournament and receive the conference's automatic bid to the NCAA Tournament.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [39, 39], "content_span": [40, 392]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277719-0001-0000", "contents": "2018 Big 12 Men's Basketball Tournament, Seeding\nThe Tournament consisted of a 10 team single-elimination tournament with the top 6 seeds receiving a bye. Teams were seeded by record within the conference, with a tiebreaker system to seed teams with identical conference records. These are the tiebreakers (5-8 involve both ties with two teams and ties with multiple teams):", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 48], "content_span": [49, 374]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277720-0000-0000", "contents": "2018 Big East Conference Baseball Tournament\nThe 2018 Big East Conference Baseball Tournament was held at Prasco Park in Mason, Ohio from May 24 through May 27. The event, held at the end of the conference regular season, determined the champion of the Big East Conference for the 2018 season. As winner of the double-elimination tournament, St. John's received the conference's automatic bid to the 2018 NCAA Division I Baseball Tournament.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [44, 44], "content_span": [45, 441]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277720-0001-0000", "contents": "2018 Big East Conference Baseball Tournament, Format and seeding\nThe tournament will use a double-elimination format and feature the top four finishers of the Big East's seven teams.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [46, 64], "content_span": [65, 182]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277721-0000-0000", "contents": "2018 Big East Conference Men's Soccer Tournament\nThis is the current revision of this page, as edited by Fenix down (talk | contribs) at 15:32, 18 January 2020 (Removing link(s) to \"Patrick Seagrist\": Deleted page . (TW)). The present address (URL) is a permanent link to this version.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 48], "section_span": [48, 48], "content_span": [49, 285]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277721-0001-0000", "contents": "2018 Big East Conference Men's Soccer Tournament\nThe 2018 Big East Men's Soccer Tournament, was the sixth men's soccer tournament of the new Big East Conference, formed in July 2013 after the original Big East Conference split into two leagues along football lines. Including the history of the original conference, it was the 23rd edition of the Big East tournament.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 48], "section_span": [48, 48], "content_span": [49, 367]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277721-0002-0000", "contents": "2018 Big East Conference Men's Soccer Tournament\nGeorgetown repeated as champions, to earn their second-ever Big East soccer title, and their eighth overall NCAA Tournament berth. The Hoyas were the only Big East team to earn a berth into the NCAA Tournament, which they were seeded 13th in the tournament. In the tournament, the Hoyas knocked off Mid-American Conference regular season Champions, West Virginia.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 48], "section_span": [48, 48], "content_span": [49, 412]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277722-0000-0000", "contents": "2018 Big East Conference Women's Soccer Tournament\nThe 2018 Big East Conference Women's Soccer Tournament was the postseason women's soccer tournament for the Big East Conference held from October 28 through November 4, 2018. The five-match tournament took place at campus sites, with the higher seed hosting each game. The six-team single-elimination tournament consisted of three rounds based on seeding from regular season conference play. The defending champions were the Georgetown Hoyas. They were the top seed based on an 8\u20130\u20131 season in conference play. The Hoyas were able to defend their crown, beating Butler in the final. This marks the third year in a row Georgetown has won the tournament.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 50], "section_span": [50, 50], "content_span": [51, 703]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277723-0000-0000", "contents": "2018 Big East Men's Basketball Tournament\nThe 2018 Big East Men's Basketball Tournament was the postseason tournament men's basketball tournament for the Big East Conference. It was held from March 7 through March 10, 2018 at Madison Square Garden in New York City. No. 2 seed Villanova defeated No. 5 seed Providence in the championship game to win the tournament and receive the conference's bid to the NCAA Tournament. It was Villanova's second straight tournament championship.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [41, 41], "content_span": [42, 481]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277723-0001-0000", "contents": "2018 Big East Men's Basketball Tournament\nProvidence participated in three straight overtime games in the tournament, setting a Big East Tournament record.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [41, 41], "content_span": [42, 155]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277723-0002-0000", "contents": "2018 Big East Men's Basketball Tournament, Seeds\nAll 10 Big East schools participated in the tournament. Teams were seeded by the conference record with tie-breaking procedures to determine the seeds for teams with identical conference records. The top six teams received first-round byes. Seeding for the tournament was determined at the close of the regular conference season. Notably, no Big East team had secured its tournament seed before the final day of the 2017\u201318 regular season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [43, 48], "content_span": [49, 488]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277724-0000-0000", "contents": "2018 Big East Women's Basketball Tournament\nThe 2018 Big East Women's Basketball Tournament ended the 2017\u201318 season of Big East Conference women's basketball. The event was held March 3\u20136, 2018 at Wintrust Arena in Chicago. Big East regular-season co-champion and tournament host DePaul won the tournament and with it the Big East's automatic bid to the 2018 NCAA Division I Women's Basketball Tournament.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [43, 43], "content_span": [44, 406]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277725-0000-0000", "contents": "2018 Big Easy Tour\nThe 2018 Big Easy Tour was the 8th season of the Big Easy Tour. It was the first season in which events received Official World Golf Ranking points. Three events in 2017 were co-sanctioned with the MENA Golf Tour and attracted world ranking points.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [18, 18], "content_span": [19, 267]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277725-0001-0000", "contents": "2018 Big Easy Tour, Schedule\nThe schedule included 15 regulars events and an end-of-season tour championship. Regular events had prize money of R 75,000 with R 200,000 for the tour championship.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [20, 28], "content_span": [29, 194]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277725-0002-0000", "contents": "2018 Big Easy Tour, Order of Merit\nThe top 10 players on the Order of Merit earned Sunshine Tour cards for the 2019/2020 season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [20, 34], "content_span": [35, 128]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277726-0000-0000", "contents": "2018 Big Sky Conference Men's Basketball Tournament\nThe 2018 Big Sky Conference Men's Basketball Tournament was the postseason men's basketball tournament for the Big Sky Conference. The tournament was held from March 6\u201310, 2018 at the Reno Events Center in Reno, Nevada. Regular-season champion Montana defeated Eastern Washington in the championship game to win the tournament and receive the conference's automatic bid to the NCAA Tournament.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 51], "section_span": [51, 51], "content_span": [52, 445]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277726-0001-0000", "contents": "2018 Big Sky Conference Men's Basketball Tournament, Seeds\nTeams were seeded by conference record, with a tiebreaker system used to seed teams with identical conference records. The top four teams received a first round bye.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 51], "section_span": [53, 58], "content_span": [59, 224]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277726-0002-0000", "contents": "2018 Big Sky Conference Men's Basketball Tournament, NCAA tournament\nThe Grizzlies received the automatic bid to the NCAA tournament; no other Big Sky members were invited to the tournament or the NIT. Montana was seeded 14th in the West regional and lost by fourteen to Michigan in the first round in Wichita. The last Big Sky team to advance in the NCAA tourney was Montana, a dozen years earlier in 2006.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 51], "section_span": [53, 68], "content_span": [69, 407]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277727-0000-0000", "contents": "2018 Big Sky Conference Softball Tournament\nThe 2018 Big Sky Conference Softball tournament was held at Wildcat Softball Field on the campus of the Weber State University in Ogden, UT from May 10 through May 12, 2018. The tournament winner earned the Big Sky Conference's automatic bid to the 2018 NCAA Division I Softball Tournament. This was the third straight year the tournament featured six teams. Thursday and Friday were streamed on Pluto TV with Mike Lageschulte on the call, while Saturday's championship aired on Eleven Sports.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [43, 43], "content_span": [44, 537]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277727-0001-0000", "contents": "2018 Big Sky Conference Softball Tournament\nRain postponements Friday caused alterations to the remainder of the schedule. Saturday's winner's bracket semifinal was instead made the championship match. The remainder of the consolation bracket was cancelled. The reason for cancelling the remaining matches was 1) Weber State softball doesn't have outdoor lighting, so games must be completed during daylight hours and 2) more rain was in the forecast Sunday which would have postponed the possible Sunday championship. If this had happened, the regular season champion would have gotten the NCAA auto-bid.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [43, 43], "content_span": [44, 605]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277728-0000-0000", "contents": "2018 Big Sky Conference Women's Basketball Tournament\nThe 2018 Big Sky Conference Women's Basketball Tournament was a tournament that held from March 5\u201310, 2018 at the Reno Events Center. Northern Colorado won their first Big Sky Tournament for the first school history and earned an automatic trip to the 2018 NCAA Tournament.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 53], "section_span": [53, 53], "content_span": [54, 327]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277729-0000-0000", "contents": "2018 Big Sky Conference Women's Soccer Tournament\nThe 2018 Big Sky Conference Women's Soccer Tournament was the postseason women's soccer tournament for the Big Sky Conference held from October 31 to November 4, 2018. The five-match tournament took place at Wildcat Soccer Field, home of the regular-season champions Weber State Wildcats. The six-team single-elimination tournament consisted of three rounds based on seeding from regular season conference play. The Eastern Washington Eagles were the defending champions and did not successfully defended their title, losing to the Northern Colorado Bears in the quarterfinals. The fifth seeded Montana Grizzlies upset three teams along their way to a championship, beating Northern Colorado 1\u20130 in the final.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 49], "section_span": [49, 49], "content_span": [50, 760]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277730-0000-0000", "contents": "2018 Big South Conference Baseball Tournament\nThe 2018 Big South Conference Baseball Tournament was held from May 22\u201326. The top eight regular season finishers of the conference's ten teams met in the double-elimination tournament, which was held at Liberty Baseball Stadium in Lynchburg, Virginia. The tournament champion, Campbell, earned the conference's automatic bid to the 2018 NCAA Division I Baseball Tournament.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [45, 45], "content_span": [46, 420]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277730-0001-0000", "contents": "2018 Big South Conference Baseball Tournament, Seeding and format\nThe top eight finishers of the league's ten teams qualified for the double-elimination tournament. Teams were seeded based on conference winning percentage, with the first tiebreaker being head-to-head record.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [47, 65], "content_span": [66, 275]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277731-0000-0000", "contents": "2018 Big South Conference Men's Basketball Tournament\nThe 2018 Big South Men's Basketball Tournament was the postseason men's basketball tournament that ended the 2017\u201318 season of the Big South Conference. It was held from February 27 through March 4, 2018 at various campus sites. No. 2 seed Radford defeated No. 5 seed Liberty in the championship game to win the tournament and receive the conference's automatic bid to the NCAA Tournament.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 53], "section_span": [53, 53], "content_span": [54, 443]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277731-0001-0000", "contents": "2018 Big South Conference Men's Basketball Tournament, Sites\nThe first round was played at campus sites at the home of the higher seed. The quarterfinals and semifinals were played at Kimmel Arena in Asheville, North Carolina, home of regular-season champion UNC Asheville. The championship game was held at the home arena of the higher surviving seed among the two finalists\u2014in this case Radford's home of the Dedmon Center in Radford, Virginia.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 53], "section_span": [55, 60], "content_span": [61, 446]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277731-0002-0000", "contents": "2018 Big South Conference Men's Basketball Tournament, Seeds\nAll 10 conference teams were eligible for the tournament. The top six teams received a first-round bye. Teams were seeded by record within the conference, with a tiebreaker system to seed teams with identical conference records.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 53], "section_span": [55, 60], "content_span": [61, 289]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277732-0000-0000", "contents": "2018 Big South Conference Men's Soccer Tournament\nThe 2018 Big South Conference Men's Soccer Tournament, will be the 29th edition of the tournament. It determined the Big South Conference's automatic berth into the 2018 NCAA Division I Men's Soccer Championship.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 49], "section_span": [49, 49], "content_span": [50, 262]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277732-0001-0000", "contents": "2018 Big South Conference Men's Soccer Tournament\nCampbell won the tournament, making it their first Big South championship since 1992. It was the program's fifth overall conference championship. They defeated the two-time defending champions, Presbyterian, in the final. With the title, Campbell earned an automatic berth to the NCAA Tournament, for the first time since 2007. They played NC State in the first round, where they lost 1\u20134. Regular season champions, High Point, earned an at-large bid into the NCAA Tournament, making it their first ever appearance in the NCAA Tournament. There, the Panthers lost to James Madison in the first round, by a 0-3 scoreline.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 49], "section_span": [49, 49], "content_span": [50, 670]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277732-0002-0000", "contents": "2018 Big South Conference Men's Soccer Tournament, All Tournament Team\nGideon Betz, CampbellMichael Barrow, CampbellGeorge Bediko, CampbellMarcos Kitromilides, PresbyterianJan Hoffelner, PresbyterianVictor Menudier, PresbyterianKeegan Meyer, High PointJohnny Fenwick, High PointBenjamin Thiss, RadfordMyles Yorke, RadfordJonas Kalchner, LongwoodDavid Moreno, Gardner-Webb", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 49], "section_span": [51, 70], "content_span": [71, 371]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277733-0000-0000", "contents": "2018 Big South Conference Softball Tournament\nThe 2018 Big South Conference Softball Tournament was held at Radford University's Radford Softball Stadium from May 9 through May 12, 2018. As in the previous year, the tournament was a six-team field. Liberty won their third ever title, and received an automatic bid to the 2018 NCAA Division I Softball Tournament.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [45, 45], "content_span": [46, 363]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277733-0001-0000", "contents": "2018 Big South Conference Softball Tournament, Seeds\nThe top two seeds, Liberty and Longwood, had byes to the second round. Teams were seeded by record within the conference, with a tiebreaker system to seed teams with identical conference records.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [47, 52], "content_span": [53, 248]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277734-0000-0000", "contents": "2018 Big South Conference Women's Basketball Tournament\nThe 2018 Big South Women's Basketball Tournament was the postseason women's basketball tournament for the Big South Conference that took place from March 8\u201311, 2018, at the Vines Center in Lynchburg, Virginia. The first round will be broadcast on the Big South Network and Roku, with all remaining games streamed on ESPN3. Liberty, the winner of the Big South Tournament earns an automatic bid to the NCAA Women's Tournament.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 55], "section_span": [55, 55], "content_span": [56, 481]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277734-0001-0000", "contents": "2018 Big South Conference Women's Basketball Tournament, Format\nAll ten teams were eligible for the tournament. Seeding was determined based on regular season record and a tiebreaker system if necessary. The top six teams received a bye into the second round while the bottom 4 teams played in the first round. The top two teams played the two winners of the first round games.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 55], "section_span": [57, 63], "content_span": [64, 377]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277735-0000-0000", "contents": "2018 Big South Conference Women's Soccer Tournament\nThe 2018 Big South Conference Women's Soccer Tournament was the postseason women's soccer tournament for the Big South Conference held from October 27 through November 4, 2018. The quarterfinals of the tournament were held at campus sites, while the semifinals and final took place at Sportsplex at Matthews in Matthews, North Carolina. The eight-team single-elimination tournament consisted of three rounds based on seeding from regular season conference play. The High Point Panthers were the defending champions, but they were eliminated from the 2018 tournament with a 2\u20130 quarterfinal loss to the Radford Highlanders. The Radford Highlanders won the tournament with a 1\u20130 win over Gardner\u2013Webb in the final. The conference tournament title was the sixth for the Radford women's soccer program and the sixth for head coach Ben Sohrabi.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 51], "section_span": [51, 51], "content_span": [52, 891]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277736-0000-0000", "contents": "2018 Big Ten Baseball Tournament\nThe 2018 Big Ten Conference Baseball Tournament was held at TD Ameritrade Park Omaha in Omaha, Nebraska from May 23 through 27. The event aired on the Big Ten Network. The event was held in Bloomington for one year before returning to Omaha, Nebraska, site of the College World Series.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [32, 32], "content_span": [33, 318]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277736-0001-0000", "contents": "2018 Big Ten Baseball Tournament, Format and seeding\nThe 2018 tournament was an 8 team double-elimination tournament. The top eight teams based on conference regular season winning percentage earned invites to the tournament. The teams then played a double-elimination tournament leading to a single championship game.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 52], "content_span": [53, 318]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277737-0000-0000", "contents": "2018 Big Ten Conference football season\nThe 2018 Big Ten conference football season was the 123rd season of college football play for the Big Ten Conference and was part of the 2018 NCAA Division I FBS football season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [39, 39], "content_span": [40, 218]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277737-0001-0000", "contents": "2018 Big Ten Conference football season\nThis was the Big Ten's fifth season with 14 teams. The defending league champion was Ohio State. The 2018 season consisted of a nine\u2013game conference schedule for the third year in a row.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [39, 39], "content_span": [40, 226]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277737-0002-0000", "contents": "2018 Big Ten Conference football season\nThe Big Ten had one new coach for the 2018 season, with Nebraska hiring alumnus Scott Frost. Frost came to Nebraska after having coached UCF to an undefeated 13\u20130 season in 2017.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [39, 39], "content_span": [40, 218]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277737-0003-0000", "contents": "2018 Big Ten Conference football season\nOhio State head coach Urban Meyer was suspended for the first three games of the 2018 season by Ohio State for the mishandling of a situation involving domestic abuse charges against former assistant coach Zach Smith. Ohio State offensive coordinator Ryan Day served as acting head coach for the first three games of the 2018 season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [39, 39], "content_span": [40, 373]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277737-0004-0000", "contents": "2018 Big Ten Conference football season\nMaryland head coach D.J. Durkin was placed on administrative leave on August 11, 2018 due to the death of a player on his team, Jordan McNair, during summer workouts. On October 30, the school reinstated Durkin to his role as head coach, and was set to rejoin the team in Week #10. However, after a lot of negative reaction, a day later the University of Maryland decided to fire DJ Durkin.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [39, 39], "content_span": [40, 430]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277737-0005-0000", "contents": "2018 Big Ten Conference football season\nOhio State and Michigan shared the East Division title, but Ohio State advances to the championship game by virtue of its head to head win in the regular season finale. Northwestern clinched the West Division title on November 10. The Buckeyes went on to defeat the Wildcats in the conference championship game in Indianapolis by a score of 45-24 to win their second consecutive Big Ten championship and 37th conference crown in program history.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [39, 39], "content_span": [40, 485]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277737-0006-0000", "contents": "2018 Big Ten Conference football season\nNine Big Ten programs advanced to bowl games, with Ohio State and Michigan earning New Year's Six bowl bids in the Rose and Peach Bowls, respectively.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [39, 39], "content_span": [40, 190]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277737-0007-0000", "contents": "2018 Big Ten Conference football season\nOn December 4, 2018, Ohio State announced that head coach Urban Meyer would be stepping down following the Buckeyes' appearance in the Rose Bowl and that offensive coordinator Ryan Day, who served as interim head coach for the first three games of the season, would become the next head coach at Ohio State.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [39, 39], "content_span": [40, 347]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277737-0008-0000", "contents": "2018 Big Ten Conference football season, Previous season\nOhio State defeated Wisconsin, 27\u201321, in the Big Ten Football Championship Game.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 56], "content_span": [57, 137]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277737-0009-0000", "contents": "2018 Big Ten Conference football season, Previous season\nEight teams participated in bowl games in the 2017 season and the league went a very impressive 7\u20131 in those games, however the Big Ten failed to land a team in the 2017 College Football Playoff. Iowa defeated Boston College, 27-20, in the Pinstripe Bowl. Purdue won, 38\u201335, over Arizona in the Foster Farms Bowl. Michigan State defeated Washington State, 42\u201317, in the Holiday Bowl. Northwestern defeated Kentucky, 24\u201323, at the Music City Bowl. Ohio State defeated USC, 24\u20137, in the Cotton Bowl. Wisconsin defeated Miami (FL), 34\u201324, in the Orange Bowl. Penn State defeated Washington by a score of 35\u201328 in the Fiesta Bowl. Michigan lost to South Carolina, 26\u201319, in the Outback Bowl.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 56], "content_span": [57, 744]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277737-0010-0000", "contents": "2018 Big Ten Conference football season, Preseason\n2018 Big Ten Spring Football and number of signees on signing day:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 50], "content_span": [51, 117]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277737-0011-0000", "contents": "2018 Big Ten Conference football season, Preseason, Big Ten Media Days\nThe Big Ten conducted its annual media days at the Chicago Marriott Downtown Chicago Magnificent Mile in Chicago, IL on July 23\u201324. The event commenced with a speech by Big Ten commissioner Jim Delany, and all 14 teams sent their head coaches and two selected players to speak with members of the media. The event along with all speakers and interviews were broadcast live on the Big Ten Network. The teams and representatives in respective order were as follows:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 70], "content_span": [71, 534]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277737-0012-0000", "contents": "2018 Big Ten Conference football season, Preseason, Preseason media polls\nThe Big Ten Media Days concluded with its annual preseason media polls in early August. Since 1992, the credentialed media has gotten the preseason champion correct just five times. Only eight times has the preseason pick even made it to the Big Ten title game. Below are the results of the media poll with total points received next to each school and first-place votes in parentheses.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 73], "content_span": [74, 460]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277737-0013-0000", "contents": "2018 Big Ten Conference football season, Preseason, Preseason media polls\nBig Ten Champion VotingOhio State def. Wisconsin - 14Wisconsin def. Ohio State - 9Wisconsin def. Michigan - 2Wisconsin def. Penn State - 1Wisconsin def. Michigan State - 1Michigan State def. Wisconsin - 1", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 73], "content_span": [74, 278]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277737-0014-0000", "contents": "2018 Big Ten Conference football season, Preseason, Preseason media polls\nEast Division1. Ohio State (23.5) - 191.5 pts2. Michigan State (2) - 1423. Penn State (1) - 141.54. Michigan (1.5) - 140.55. Maryland - 75.56. Indiana - 607. Rutgers - 33", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 73], "content_span": [74, 244]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277737-0015-0000", "contents": "2018 Big Ten Conference football season, Preseason, Preseason media polls\nWest Division1. Wisconsin (28) - 196 pts2. Iowa - 1553. Northwestern - 1384. Nebraska - 1045. Purdue - 98.56. Minnesota - 64.57. Illinois - 28", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 73], "content_span": [74, 216]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277737-0016-0000", "contents": "2018 Big Ten Conference football season, Schedule, Regular season, Week nine\nNebraska adds Bethune-Cookman to 2018 schedule in place of previously scheduled bye week to make up for Akron game that was canceled in Week 1 due to weather.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 76], "content_span": [77, 235]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277737-0017-0000", "contents": "2018 Big Ten Conference football season, Bowl games\nRankings are from AP Poll. All times Eastern Time Zone.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 51], "content_span": [52, 107]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277737-0018-0000", "contents": "2018 Big Ten Conference football season, Awards and honors, All-Conference Teams\nCoaches Honorable Mention: ILLINOIS: Nick Allegretti, Blake Hayes; INDIANA: Marcelino Ball, Jonathan Crawford, Donovan Hale, J-Shun Harris II, Brandon Knight, Wes Martin, Stevie Scott; IOWA: Jake Gervase, Matt Nelson, Miguel Recinos, Keegan Render, Tristan Wirfs; MARYLAND: Byron Cowart, Tino Ellis, Derwin Gray, Ty Johnson, Wade Lees, Brendan Moore, Joseph Petrino; MICHIGAN: Juwann Bushell-Beatty, Nico Collins, Bryan Mone, Josh Ross, Josh Uche, Khaleke Hudson, Tyree Kinnel; MICHIGAN STATE: Felton Davis III, Andrew Dowell, Khari Willis, Mike Panasiuk; MINNESOTA: Emmit Carpenter, Donnell Greene, Jacob Huff, Jacob Herbers; NEBRASKA:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 80], "content_span": [81, 717]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277737-0018-0001", "contents": "2018 Big Ten Conference football season, Awards and honors, All-Conference Teams\nIsaac Armstrong, Mohamed Barry, Carlos Davis, Luke Gifford, Brenden Jaimes, Adrian Martinez, Devine Ozigbo; NORTHWESTERN: Blake Gallagher, Cameron Green, Flynn Nagel, J.R. Pace, Nate Hall, Clayton Thorson; OHIO STATE: Damon Arnette, Tuf Borland, Jonathon Cooper, Jordan Fuller, Malik Harrison, K. J. Hill, Demetrius Knox, Robert Landers, Thayer Munford, Jeffrey Okudah, Malcolm Pridgeon, Kendall Sheffield, Mike Weber; PENN STATE: Pat Freiermuth, Steven Gonzalez, K. J. Hamler, Garrett Taylor, John Reid, Robert Windsor; PURDUE: Derrick Barnes, Kirk Barron, Antonio Blackmon, David Blough, Spencer Evans, Brycen Hopkins, D.J. Knox, Matt McCann, Jacob Thineneman; RUTGERS: Rahmeem Blackshear, Justin Davidovicz, Saquan Hampton, Jonah Jackson, Adam Korsack; WISCONSIN: Jake Ferguson, Rafael Gaglianone.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 80], "content_span": [81, 881]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277737-0019-0000", "contents": "2018 Big Ten Conference football season, Awards and honors, All-Conference Teams\nMedia Honorable Mention: ILLINOIS: Del'Shawn Phillips, Alex Palczewski, Bobby Roundtree; INDIANA: Marcelino Ball, Jonathan Crawford, J-Shun Harris II, Brandon Knight, Wes Martin, Stevie Scott; IOWA: Jake Gervase, Parker Hesse, Matt Nelson, Miguel Recinos, Ihmir Smith-Marsette, Geno Stone, Tristan Wirfs; MARYLAND: Antoine Brooks Jr., Byron Cowart, Tino Ellis, Derwin Gray, Ty Johnson, Wade Lees, Brendan Moore, Joseph Petrino; MICHIGAN: Juwann Bushnell-Beatty, Zach Gentry, Khaleke Hudson, Tyree Kinnel, Sean McKeon, Michael Onwenu, Shea Patterson, Kwity Paye, Donovan Peoples-Jones, Cesar Ruiz, Josh Uche; MICHIGAN STATE: Felton Davis III, Andrew Dowell, David Dowell, Connor Heyward, Mike Panasiuk; MINNESOTA:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 80], "content_span": [81, 793]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277737-0019-0001", "contents": "2018 Big Ten Conference football season, Awards and honors, All-Conference Teams\nBlaise Andries, Emmit Carpenter, Demetrius Douglas, Daniel Faalele, Donnell Greene, Jacob Herbers, Jacob Huff, Mohamed Ibrahim, Conner Olson, Jared Weyler; NEBRASKA: Isaac Armstrong, Khalil Davis, Luke Gifford, Brendan Jaimes, Adrian Martinez, Boe Wilson; NORTHWESTERN: Cameron Green, Nate Hall, Flynn Nagel, J.R. Pace, Rashawn Slater, Clayton Thorson; OHIO STATE: Damon Arnette, Tuf Borland, Nick Bosa, Jonathan Cooper, J.K. Dobbins, Malik Harrison, Terry McLaurin, Thayer Munford, Malcolm Pridgeon, Kendall Sheffield, Pete Werner; PENN STATE: Pat Freiermuth, Steven Gonzalez, K. J. Hamler, Micah Parsons, John Reid, Nick Scott, Garrett Taylor, Robert Windsor; PURDUE: Kirk Barron, Antonio Blackmon, Spencer Evans, Kenneth Major, Matt McCann, Lorenzo Neal, Joe Schopper, Jacob Thineneman, Isaac Zico; RUTGERS: Saquan Hampton, Jonah Jackson, Adam Korsack, Trevor Morris; WISCONSIN: Ryan Connelly, Jake Ferguson, Andrew Van Ginkel.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 80], "content_span": [81, 1011]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277737-0020-0000", "contents": "2018 Big Ten Conference football season, Awards and honors, All-Americans\nThe 2018 College Football All-America Team is composed of the following College Football All-American first teams chosen by the following selector organizations: Associated Press (AP), Football Writers Association of America (FWAA), American Football Coaches Association (AFCA), Walter Camp Foundation (WCFF), The Sporting News (TSN), Sports Illustrated (SI), USA Today (USAT) ESPN, CBS Sports (CBS), FOX Sports (FOX) College Football News (CFN), Bleacher Report (BR), Scout.com, Phil Steele (PS), SB Nation (SB), Athlon Sports, Pro Football Focus (PFF) and Yahoo! Sports (Yahoo! ).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 73], "content_span": [74, 656]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277737-0021-0000", "contents": "2018 Big Ten Conference football season, Awards and honors, All-Americans\nCurrently, the NCAA compiles consensus all-America teams in the sports of Division I-FBS football and Division I men's basketball using a point system computed from All-America teams named by coaches associations or media sources. The system consists of three points for a first-team honor, two points for second-team honor, and one point for third-team honor. Honorable mention and fourth team or lower recognitions are not accorded any points. Football consensus teams are compiled by position and the player accumulating the most points at each position is named first team consensus all-American. Currently, the NCAA recognizes All-Americans selected by the AP, AFCA, FWAA, TSN, and the WCFF to determine Consensus and Unanimous All-Americans. Any player named to the First Team by all five of the NCAA-recognized selectors is deemed a Unanimous All-American.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 73], "content_span": [74, 937]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277737-0022-0000", "contents": "2018 Big Ten Conference football season, Head coaches\n* Tom Allen was hired to replace Kevin Wilson in December 2016 at Indiana and coached the Hoosiers in their 2016 bowl game.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 53], "content_span": [54, 177]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277737-0023-0000", "contents": "2018 Big Ten Conference football season, Head coaches\n* Matt Canada was named interim coach at Maryland after D.J. Durkin was placed on administrative leave by the school. D.J. Durkin was reinstated as head coach at Maryland on October 30, 2018, in time for Maryland's ninth game of the season. A day after his reinstatement, after much negative reaction from multiple stakeholders, Maryland ultimately decided to fire D.J. Durkin.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 53], "content_span": [54, 431]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277737-0024-0000", "contents": "2018 Big Ten Conference football season, Head coaches\n* Urban Meyer was suspended by Ohio State University for the first three games of the 2018 season due to the mishandling of domestic abuse allegations against one of his former assistant coaches. Ryan Day was named interim head coach in Meyer's absence.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 53], "content_span": [54, 307]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277738-0000-0000", "contents": "2018 Big Ten Conference men's soccer season\nThe 2018 Big Ten Conference men's soccer season was the 28th season of men's varsity soccer in the conference. The regular season began on August 24, 2018 and concluded on October 28, 2018. The season culminated with the 2018 Big Ten Conference Men's Soccer Tournament to determine the conference's automatic berth into the 2018 NCAA Division I Men's Soccer Tournament. Michigan entered the season as the defending regular season champions, while Wisconsin entered the season as the defending tournament champions.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [43, 43], "content_span": [44, 558]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277738-0001-0000", "contents": "2018 Big Ten Conference men's soccer season\nIndiana went on to win both the regular season and the tournament, winning all eight of their Big Ten Conference games. They defeated Michigan in the Big Ten Men's Soccer Championship Game.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [43, 43], "content_span": [44, 233]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277738-0002-0000", "contents": "2018 Big Ten Conference men's soccer season\nWith the Big Ten title, Indiana earned the conference's automatic berth into the 2018 NCAA Tournament, where Maryland, Michigan, and Michigan State joined as at-large berths. The conference had the strongest showing in the NCAA Tournament, where three of their four berths reached the College Cup (Final Four) of the tournament. Big Ten side, Maryland, would defeat Akron in the National Championship Game to win their fourth NCAA title, and their first since 2008.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [43, 43], "content_span": [44, 509]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277738-0003-0000", "contents": "2018 Big Ten Conference men's soccer season\nConcluding the tournament, Indiana senior and captain, Andrew Gutman, won the TopDrawerSoccer.com National Player of the Year Award as well as the Missouri Athletic Club's Hermann Trophy. Gutman would forgo an opportunity to sign a homegrown contract with the Chicago Fire and signed with Celtic in Scotland. Indiana sophomore forward, Griffin Dorsey was the highest Big Ten player selected in the 2019 MLS SuperDraft, being drafted by Toronto FC ninth overall. Eleven other Big Ten players were selected in the MLS SuperDraft, the most of any collegiate conference, and an additional four signed homegrown player contracts with their parent MLS clubs.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [43, 43], "content_span": [44, 696]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277738-0004-0000", "contents": "2018 Big Ten Conference men's soccer season, Preseason, Preseason national polls\nFive of the programs were ranked in one of the five major preseason polls. CollegeSoccerNews.com and Hero Sports use a Top 30 ranking throughout the season, while United Soccer, Soccer America, and TopDrawer Soccer use a Top 25 ranking throughout the season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [45, 80], "content_span": [81, 339]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277738-0005-0000", "contents": "2018 Big Ten Conference men's soccer season, Regular season, Early season tournaments\nThree Big Ten teams participated in four early season tournaments, three of which they themselves hosted.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [45, 85], "content_span": [86, 191]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277738-0006-0000", "contents": "2018 Big Ten Conference men's soccer season, Postseason, Big Ten Tournament\nThe Big Ten Tournament was held from November 3\u201311. The semifinal and championship rounds were held at Grand Park in Westfield, Indiana. Indiana won the Big Ten Tournament, defeating Michigan in the final.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [45, 75], "content_span": [76, 282]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277738-0007-0000", "contents": "2018 Big Ten Conference men's soccer season, Awards and honors, Postseason honors\nForwards:Chris Mueller, Sr., WisconsinMason Toye, Fr., IndianaJack Hallahan, So., Michigan", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [45, 81], "content_span": [82, 172]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277738-0008-0000", "contents": "2018 Big Ten Conference men's soccer season, Awards and honors, Postseason honors\nMidfield:Eryk Williamson, Jr., MarylandKen Krolicki, Sr., Michigan StateJake Rozhansky, Sr., MarylandFrancesco Moore, Jr., Indiana", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [45, 81], "content_span": [82, 212]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277738-0009-0000", "contents": "2018 Big Ten Conference men's soccer season, Awards and honors, Postseason honors\nDefense:Grant Lillard, Sr., IndianaJimmy Fiscus, Sr., Michigan StateAndrew Gutman,Jr., Indiana", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [45, 81], "content_span": [82, 176]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277738-0010-0000", "contents": "2018 Big Ten Conference men's soccer season, Awards and honors, Postseason honors\nForwards:Griffin Dorsey, Fr., IndianaFrancis Atuahene, Jr., MichiganDeJuan Jones, Jr., Michigan StateRyan Sierakowski, Jr., Michigan State", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [45, 81], "content_span": [82, 220]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277738-0011-0000", "contents": "2018 Big Ten Conference men's soccer season, Awards and honors, Postseason honors\nMidfield: Abdi Mohamed, Jr., Ohio State Charles Mertz, Jr., MichiganMark Segbers, Sr., Wisconsin", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [45, 81], "content_span": [82, 194]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277738-0012-0000", "contents": "2018 Big Ten Conference men's soccer season, Awards and honors, Postseason honors\nDefense:Donovan Pines, So., MarylandTimmy Mehl, Jr., IndianaMarcello Borges, Jr., Michigan", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [45, 81], "content_span": [82, 172]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277738-0013-0000", "contents": "2018 Big Ten Conference men's soccer season, Awards and honors, Postseason honors\nMohammed Zakyi, MichiganMarc Ybarra, MichiganUmar Farouk Osman, MichiganGarrett Opperman, NorthwesternEthan Beckford, Penn StateMason Toye, IndianaGriffin Dorsey, IndianaTrey Muse, IndianaTommy Katsyiannis, NorthwesternVincent Borden, RutgersBryce Washington, Rutgers", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [45, 81], "content_span": [82, 349]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277738-0014-0000", "contents": "2018 Big Ten Conference men's soccer season, Awards and honors, Postseason honors\nJack Griffith, Sr., Indiana Andrew Samuels, Jr., MarylandTristan Jacob, Sr., MichiganBrad Centala, Sr., Michigan StateFrancisco Tomasino, Sr., NorthwesternHunter Robertson, Sr., Ohio StateDani Marks, Jr., Penn StateErik Sa, Sr., RutgersIsaac Schenkler, Jr., Wisconsin", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [45, 81], "content_span": [82, 349]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277738-0015-0000", "contents": "2018 Big Ten Conference men's soccer season, 2019 MLS draft\nFive 2018 Big Ten Conference men's soccer season players were drafted in the first round of the 2018 draft (Griffin Dorsey \u2014 6th, Dayne St. Clair \u2014 7th, DeJuan Jones \u2014 11th, Chase Gaspers \u2014 15th, Ryan Sierakowski \u2014 23rd) and 12 were drafted overall in the draft.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [45, 59], "content_span": [60, 322]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277738-0016-0000", "contents": "2018 Big Ten Conference men's soccer season, Homegrown players\nThe Homegrown Player Rule is a Major League Soccer program that allows MLS teams to sign local players from their own development academies directly to MLS first team rosters. Before the creation of the rule in 2008, every player entering Major League Soccer had to be assigned through one of the existing MLS player allocation processes, such as the MLS SuperDraft.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [45, 62], "content_span": [63, 429]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277738-0017-0000", "contents": "2018 Big Ten Conference men's soccer season, Homegrown players\nTo place a player on its homegrown player list, making him eligible to sign as a homegrown player, players must have resided in that club's home territory and participated in the club's youth development system for at least one year. Players can play college soccer and still be eligible to sign a homegrown contract.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [45, 62], "content_span": [63, 380]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277738-0018-0000", "contents": "2018 Big Ten Conference men's soccer season, Homegrown players\nFour 2018 Big Ten Conference men's soccer season players signed homegrown contracts with their parent clubs ahead of the 2019 MLS season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [45, 62], "content_span": [63, 200]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277739-0000-0000", "contents": "2018 Big Ten Football Championship Game\nThe 2018 Big Ten Football Championship Game presented by Discover was played on December 1, 2018 at Lucas Oil Stadium in Indianapolis, Indiana. The eighth annual Big Ten Football Championship Game, it determined the 2018 champion of the Big Ten Conference. Ohio State, the East Division champion, defeated West Division champion Northwestern 45\u201324 to win its second straight Big Ten Championship.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [39, 39], "content_span": [40, 436]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277739-0001-0000", "contents": "2018 Big Ten Football Championship Game, History\nThe 2018 Championship Game was the eighth in the Big Ten's 123-year history and the fifth to feature the conference's East and West alignment.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 48], "content_span": [49, 191]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277739-0002-0000", "contents": "2018 Big Ten Football Championship Game, Teams, Northwestern Wildcats\nAfter starting 1\u20133 with losses to Duke, Akron, and No. 14 Michigan, the Wildcats rebounded to win six of their next seven, including three wins over ranked teams (No. 20 Michigan State, No. 20 Wisconsin, and No. 21 Iowa); they clinched their first-ever Big Ten Championship berth with their win against Iowa. The Wildcats entered the Big Ten Championship Game with a record of 8\u20134, 8\u20131 in Big Ten play.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 69], "content_span": [70, 472]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277739-0003-0000", "contents": "2018 Big Ten Football Championship Game, Teams, Ohio State Buckeyes\nThe Ohio State Buckeyes represented the Big Ten East Division in the game. Ohio State secured the spot with a 62\u201339 win over fourth-ranked Michigan. This was Ohio States second consecutive season representing the East.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 67], "content_span": [68, 286]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277740-0000-0000", "contents": "2018 Big Ten Men's Basketball Tournament\nThe 2018 Big Ten Conference Men's Basketball Tournament was the postseason men's basketball tournament for the Big Ten Conference of the 2017\u201318 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. It was held from February 28 through March 4, 2018 at Madison Square Garden in New York City. Due to the Big East's use of that venue for their conference tournament, the Big Ten Tournament took place one week earlier than usual, ending the week before Selection Sunday.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [40, 40], "content_span": [41, 497]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277740-0001-0000", "contents": "2018 Big Ten Men's Basketball Tournament\nMichigan defeated Purdue in the championship game to win their second consecutive tournament championship. As a result, they received the conference's automatic bid to the NCAA Tournament.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [40, 40], "content_span": [41, 229]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277740-0002-0000", "contents": "2018 Big Ten Men's Basketball Tournament\nThe tournament was the second Big Ten Conference Tournament held outside the conference's traditional heartland in the Midwest following the 2017 Tournament held at the Verizon Center in Washington, D.C.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [40, 40], "content_span": [41, 244]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277740-0003-0000", "contents": "2018 Big Ten Men's Basketball Tournament, Seeds\nAll 14 Big Ten schools participated in the tournament. Teams were seeded by conference record, with a tiebreaker system used to seed teams with identical conference records. The top 10 teams received a first round bye and the top four teams received a double bye. Tiebreaking procedures remained unchanged from the 2017 Tournament.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 47], "content_span": [48, 379]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277740-0004-0000", "contents": "2018 Big Ten Men's Basketball Tournament, Sponsorship\nFinancial firm SoFi acquired presenting sponsorship of the tournament as part of a multi-year deal, including signage, presenting sponsorship of BTN telecasts of the tournament, and on-site marketing presences. The Tournament was branded as the 2018 Big Ten Conference Men's Basketball Tournament presented by SoFi for sponsorship reasons.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 53], "content_span": [54, 393]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277741-0000-0000", "contents": "2018 Big Ten Men's Ice Hockey Tournament\nThe 2018 Big Ten Conference Men's Ice Hockey Tournament was the fifth tournament in conference history. It was played between March 2 and March 17, 2018, on campus locations. The winner of the tournament was the Notre Dame Fighting Irish, who earned the Big Ten's automatic bid to the 2018 NCAA Division I Men's Ice Hockey Tournament.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [40, 40], "content_span": [41, 375]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277741-0001-0000", "contents": "2018 Big Ten Men's Ice Hockey Tournament, Format\nThe 2018 tournament featured a new three-weekend format with all games taking place on the campus of the higher-seeded teams. The tournament opened March 2-4 with three best-of-three quarterfinal series, as the second-, third-and fourth-seeded teams each hosted a series. The top-seeded team had a bye to the single-elimination semifinals, which was played on March 10. The highest-seeded team remaining after the semifinals hosted a championship game on March 17.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 48], "content_span": [49, 513]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277741-0002-0000", "contents": "2018 Big Ten Men's Ice Hockey Tournament, Format, Conference Standings\nNote: GP = Games Played; W = Wins; L = Losses; T = Ties; PTS = Points; GF = Goals For; GA = Goals Against", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 70], "content_span": [71, 176]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277742-0000-0000", "contents": "2018 Big Ten Men's Soccer Tournament\nThe 2018 Big Ten Conference Men's Soccer Tournament is the 28th edition of the tournament. It determined the Big Ten Conference's automatic berth into the 2018 NCAA Division I Men's Soccer Championship. Wisconsin enters the tournament as the defending champions. The Number 1 Seeded Indiana beat the number 3 seeded Michigan in the Big Ten Tournament Championship Game 3 to 0. Indiana won its 13th Big Ten Tournament title.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [36, 36], "content_span": [37, 460]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277742-0001-0000", "contents": "2018 Big Ten Men's Soccer Tournament, Seeds\nAll nine Big Ten schools participated in the tournament. Teams were seeded by conference record, with a tiebreaker system used to seed teams with identical conference records. The top 10 teams received a first round bye and the top four teams received a double bye. Tiebreaking procedures remained unchanged from the 2016 Tournament.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 43], "content_span": [44, 377]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277743-0000-0000", "contents": "2018 Big Ten Softball Tournament\nThis is the current revision of this page, as edited by CAPTAIN MEDUSA (talk | contribs) at 11:50, 5 April 2020 (removed Category:Big Ten Conference Softball Tournament; added Category:Big Ten Softball Tournament using HotCat). The present address (URL) is a permanent link to this version.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [32, 32], "content_span": [33, 323]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277743-0001-0000", "contents": "2018 Big Ten Softball Tournament\nThe 2018 Big Ten Conference Softball tournament was held at Goodman Softball Complex on the campus of University of Wisconsin in Madison, Wisconsin from May 10 through May 12, 2018. As the tournament winner, Minnesota earned the Big Ten Conference's automatic bid to the 2018 NCAA Division I Softball Tournament. All games of the tournament aired on BTN.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [32, 32], "content_span": [33, 387]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277744-0000-0000", "contents": "2018 Big Ten Women's Basketball Tournament\nThe 2018 Big Ten Conference Women's Basketball Tournament was the postseason women's basketball tournament for the Big Ten Conference during the 2017\u201318 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. It was held from February 28 through March 4, 2018 at Bankers Life Fieldhouse in Indianapolis. Ohio State defeated Maryland 79\u201369 in the championship game to win the tournament, and received the Big Ten's automatic bid to the 2018 NCAA Tournament.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [42, 42], "content_span": [43, 486]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277744-0001-0000", "contents": "2018 Big Ten Women's Basketball Tournament, Seeds\nAll 14 Big Ten schools are participating in the tournament. Teams were seeded by 2017\u201318 Big Ten Conference season record. The top 10 teams received a first-round bye and the top 4 teams received a double bye.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [44, 49], "content_span": [50, 259]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277744-0002-0000", "contents": "2018 Big Ten Women's Basketball Tournament, Seeds\nSeeding for the tournament was determined at the close of the regular conference season:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [44, 49], "content_span": [50, 138]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277745-0000-0000", "contents": "2018 Big Ten Women's Soccer Tournament\nThe 2018 Big Ten Conference Women's Soccer Tournament is the postseason women's soccer tournament for the Big Ten Conference for the 2018 season. It is held from October 28 through November 4, 2018. The seven-match tournament began with first-round matches held at campus sites, before moving to Grand Park in Westfield, Indiana for the semifinals and final. The eight-team single-elimination tournament consisted of three rounds based on seeding from regular-season conference play. Penn State is the defending champions. Minnesota beat Penn State in the tournament championship game on penalties 5\u20134 in seven rounds. Minnesota is the Big Ten Tournament Champion. It was the first Big Ten final ever decided on penalties and just the fifth to go to overtime (first since 2014), with the Golden Gophers becoming the fourth No. 7 seed to win the Big Ten Tournament title and the first since Wisconsin in 2005.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [38, 38], "content_span": [39, 947]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277745-0001-0000", "contents": "2018 Big Ten Women's Soccer Tournament, Seeds\nEight Big Ten schools participated in the tournament. Teams were seeded by conference record.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 45], "content_span": [46, 139]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277746-0000-0000", "contents": "2018 Big West Conference Men's Basketball Tournament\nThe 2018 Big West Conference Men's Basketball Tournament was the postseason men's basketball tournament for the Big West Conference of the 2017\u201318 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. It was held from March 8 through March 10, 2018 at the Honda Center in Anaheim, California. No. 4 seed Cal State Fullerton defeated No. 3 seed UC Irvine in the championship game to win the tournament winner and receive the conference's automatic bid to the NCAA Tournament.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 52], "section_span": [52, 52], "content_span": [53, 514]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277746-0001-0000", "contents": "2018 Big West Conference Men's Basketball Tournament, Seeds\nThe top eight conference teams were eligible for the tournament. Teams were seeded by record within the conference, with a tiebreaker system to seed teams with identical conference records. Teams were reseed after the quarterfinals.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 52], "section_span": [54, 59], "content_span": [60, 292]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277747-0000-0000", "contents": "2018 Big West Conference Men's Soccer Tournament\nThe 2018 Big West Men's Soccer Tournament was the 11th edition of the tournament. The tournament decided the Big West Conference champion and representative into the 2018 NCAA Division I Men's Soccer Championship. The tournament began on October 31 and concluded on November 10.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 48], "section_span": [48, 48], "content_span": [49, 327]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277747-0001-0000", "contents": "2018 Big West Conference Men's Soccer Tournament\nThe UC Riverside Highlanders won the championship, besting the UC Davies Aggies in penalty kicks after a scoreless draw. The title gives the Highlanders their first ever Big West Men's Soccer Tournament championship. Additionally, the Highlanders earned the conference's auto bid into the NCAA Tournament. Joining UC Riverside was the regular season champions, the UC Irvine Anteaters. The three-time defending champions Cal State Fullerton, were eliminated in the semifinals.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 48], "section_span": [48, 48], "content_span": [49, 525]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277748-0000-0000", "contents": "2018 Big West Conference Men's Volleyball Tournament\nThe 2018 Big West Conference Men's Volleyball Tournament was a postseason men's volleyball tournament for the Big West Conference during the 2018 NCAA Division I & II men's volleyball season. It was held from April 19 through April 21, 2018 at Long Beach State University's Walter Pyramid. The winner received the conference's automatic bid to the 2018 NCAA Volleyball Tournament.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 52], "section_span": [52, 52], "content_span": [53, 433]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277748-0001-0000", "contents": "2018 Big West Conference Men's Volleyball Tournament, Seeds\nAll six teams were eligible for the postseason, with the top two seeds receiving byes to the semifinals. The top seed has home court hosting rights for the tournament. Teams were seeded by record within the conference, with a tiebreaker system to seed teams with identical conference records.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 52], "section_span": [54, 59], "content_span": [60, 352]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277749-0000-0000", "contents": "2018 Big West Conference Women's Basketball Tournament\nThe 2018 Big West Conference Women's Basketball Tournament took place March 6\u201310, 2018 at two venues in the Los Angeles area. The first two rounds were scheduled for Titan Gym in Fullerton, California, while the semifinals and championship were held at the Honda Center in Anaheim. Cal State Northridge, the winner of the Big West Tournament received the conference's automatic bid to the 2018 NCAA Women's Division I Basketball Tournament.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 54], "section_span": [54, 54], "content_span": [55, 495]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277750-0000-0000", "contents": "2018 Big West Conference Women's Soccer Tournament\nThe 2018 Big West Conference Women's Soccer Tournament was the postseason women's soccer tournament for the Big West Conference held on November 1 and 5, 2018. The three-match tournament took place at Anteater Stadium in Irvine, California. The four-team single-elimination tournament consisted of two rounds based on seeding from regular season conference play. The defending champions were the Cal State Fullerton Titans, but they failed to qualify for the 2018 tournament. The Long Beach State won the title by beating the UC Santa Barbara Gauchos 1\u20130 in the final. This was the fourth Big West tournament title for the Long Beach State program and the fourth for head coach Mauricio Ingrassia.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 50], "section_span": [50, 50], "content_span": [51, 748]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277751-0000-0000", "contents": "2018 Big West Conference men's soccer season\nThe 2018 Big West Conference men's soccer season is the 36th consecutive season of men's college soccer in the Big West Conference under the 2018 NCAA Division I men's soccer season. The season will feature eight teams, where one is an affiliate member of the conference. Sacramento State will compete from the Big Sky Conference. Colleges in the Big West will begin competition on August 24, 2018, and conclude on November 9, 2018 after the 2018 NCAA Division I Men's Soccer Championship.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [44, 44], "content_span": [45, 534]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277751-0000-0001", "contents": "2018 Big West Conference men's soccer season\nPrior to the NCAA Division I Tournament Championship, there will be a postseason conference tournament held at the university with the highest seed in the postseason conference tournament, where the winner is guaranteed to represent the Big West in the NCAA Division I Tournament. Hawaii and Long Beach State have defunct programs in this season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [44, 44], "content_span": [45, 391]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277752-0000-0000", "contents": "2018 Big3 season\nThe 2018 Big3 season was the second season of Big3. The regular season began on June 22, 2018 and ended on August 10, 2018.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [16, 16], "content_span": [17, 140]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277752-0001-0000", "contents": "2018 Big3 season\nPrior to this season, Big3 signed a streaming deal with Facebook.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [16, 16], "content_span": [17, 82]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277752-0002-0000", "contents": "2018 Big3 season, Draft\nThe draft lottery was held on April 3, 2018 in Los Angeles. The Ball Hogs came up with the winning ping pong ball and landed the first overall pick. Big3 co-founder Ice Cube and commissioner Clyde Drexler joined Skip Bayless, Shannon Sharpe and Joy Taylor on Fox Sports 1\u2019s Skip and Shannon: Undisputed to make the announcement.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [18, 23], "content_span": [24, 352]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277752-0003-0000", "contents": "2018 Big3 season, Draft\nThe 2018 Big3 draft was held in Los Angeles on April 12, 2018. 19 players were selected across three rounds.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [18, 23], "content_span": [24, 132]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277752-0004-0000", "contents": "2018 Big3 season, Draft, Player selections\nNotesLast team does not only refer to NBA teams, it also refers to overseas play such as the EuroLeague, NBL or any other major international league. Last played refers to last year of being active in any basketball league.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [18, 42], "content_span": [43, 266]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277752-0005-0000", "contents": "2018 Big3 season, Regular season, Week 1 (Houston, TX)\nThe first week of games in the Big3 Basketball League took place at the Toyota Center, in Houston, Texas.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [18, 54], "content_span": [55, 160]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277752-0006-0000", "contents": "2018 Big3 season, Regular season, Week 2 (Chicago, IL)\nThe second week of games in the Big3 Basketball League took place at the United Center, in Chicago, Illinois.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [18, 54], "content_span": [55, 164]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277752-0007-0000", "contents": "2018 Big3 season, Regular season, Week 3 (Oakland, CA)\nThe third week of games in the Big3 Basketball League took place at the Oracle Arena, in Oakland, California.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [18, 54], "content_span": [55, 164]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277752-0008-0000", "contents": "2018 Big3 season, Regular season, Week 4 (Detroit, MI)\nThe fourth week of games in the Big3 Basketball League took place at the Little Caesars Arena, in Detroit, Michigan.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [18, 54], "content_span": [55, 171]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277752-0009-0000", "contents": "2018 Big3 season, Regular season, Week 5 (Miami, FL)\nThe fifth week of games in the Big3 Basketball League took place at the American Airlines Arena, in Miami, Florida.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [18, 52], "content_span": [53, 168]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277752-0010-0000", "contents": "2018 Big3 season, Regular season, Week 6 (Toronto, ON)\nThe sixth week of games in the Big3 Basketball League took place at the Scotiabank Arena, in Toronto, Ontario.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [18, 54], "content_span": [55, 165]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277752-0011-0000", "contents": "2018 Big3 season, Regular season, Week 7 (Boston, MA)\nThe seventh week of games in the Big3 Basketball League took place at the TD Garden, in Boston, Massachusetts.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [18, 53], "content_span": [54, 164]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277752-0012-0000", "contents": "2018 Big3 season, Regular season, Week 8 (Duluth, GA)\nThe eighth week of games in the Big3 Basketball League took place at Infinite Energy Arena in the Atlanta suburb of Duluth, Georgia.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [18, 53], "content_span": [54, 186]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277752-0013-0000", "contents": "2018 Big3 season, Playoffs, Week 9 (Dallas, TX)\nThe semifinals and bonus week of games in the Big3 Basketball League took place at the American Airlines Center, in Dallas, Texas. The Ball Hogs, Ghost Ballers, Killer 3's, and Trilogy played in two games to determine the lower positions, but did not officially count in the standings.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [18, 47], "content_span": [48, 333]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277752-0014-0000", "contents": "2018 Big3 season, Playoffs, Week 10 (Brooklyn, NY)\nThe second Big3 Championship game was played at the Barclays Center in Brooklyn, New York. Power defeated 3's Company for the title. 3 Headed Monsters beat Tri-State in the consolation game to finish in third place.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [18, 50], "content_span": [51, 266]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277752-0015-0000", "contents": "2018 Big3 season, Awards\nThe awards for the 2018 season were announced prior to the championship game.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [18, 24], "content_span": [25, 102]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277753-0000-0000", "contents": "2018 Bihar riots\nBihar Communal Violence (2018) (or Bihar riots 2018) refers to a pre-planned Anti- Muslim riots in Bihar.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [16, 16], "content_span": [17, 124]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277753-0001-0000", "contents": "2018 Bihar riots\nThe riots were initially started on 17 March 2018 in Bhagalpur where Ram Navmi procession led by Arijit Shashwat turned violent and clashes started between two communities. On 25 March 2018, police had controlled it. But some unidentified people vandalised Hanuman Idol in a Temple in Nawada and the violence begins again and affected Siwan, Gaya, Kaimur, Samastipur, Munger, Aurangabad, Nalanda, Haiderganj and Rosera. The violence also effected Asansol-Raniganj area in West Bengal.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [16, 16], "content_span": [17, 501]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277753-0001-0001", "contents": "2018 Bihar riots\nAccording to fact-finding team's report on The Statesman (India), \"People, especially youth riding hundreds of motor bikes, take out rallies, brandish swords and other weapons and play highly objectionable songs. Violating the terms and conditions, they try to enter Muslim-majority areas which is objected to by the local Muslim populations. As a result, stone pelting starts and then shops and other properties belonging to a particular community are set on fire.\" According to Bihar Police and intelligence departments, outsiders were involved in planning and executing communal riots in Bihar.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [16, 16], "content_span": [17, 614]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277753-0002-0000", "contents": "2018 Bihar riots, Timeline of Riots, March 17, Bhagalpur\nOn 17 March 2018, there was an occasion of Ram Navmi after one week. The clashes started in the Bihar when Nathnagar area turned violent where an authorized procession was taken out by BJP, Bajrang Dal and RSS activist. The court issued an arrest warrant against Shashwat and eight others. Arijit Shashwat is son of Ex Union minister Ashwini Kumar Choubey.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [18, 56], "content_span": [57, 413]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277753-0003-0000", "contents": "2018 Bihar riots, Timeline of Riots, March 24, Siwan\nOn 24 March 2018, when Ram Navmi procession was stopped by some people, clashes occurred between two communities at Hassanpura. According to NewsClick report, the procession was passing through an already permitted route and when they start raising provocative slogans targeting a specific community and displayed weapons publicly\u2014for which they were stopped. Both sides started stone-pelting and three vehicles were burnt. Six person were arrested in this connection.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [18, 52], "content_span": [53, 521]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277753-0004-0000", "contents": "2018 Bihar riots, Timeline of Riots, March 25, Aurangabad\nOn 25 March 2018, Aurangabad reported the communal clashes in which stone pelting incidents occurred during Ram Navmi procession. 122 people arrested linked with clashes in two days. 25 people injured and 50 shops vandalised. Ram Navmi procession was taken out by Hindu Akhadas which turned into violent mob. Authorities imposed Curfew and internet was snapped to maintain law and order situation.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [18, 57], "content_span": [58, 455]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277753-0005-0000", "contents": "2018 Bihar riots, Timeline of Riots, March 27, Samastipur\nOn 27 March 2018, Clashes hit between Hindus and Muslims in the Rosera area, where a mosque was vandalised and people from the Hindus side forcibly hoisted a saffron flag on the top of the minaret of the mosque. One day before this incident, someone had thrown a slipper at a Ram Navmi procession. However, police didn't verify who thrown it. Ten people including a police officer injured and three vehicles were set on fire. After the incident curfew was imposed and three people were arrested for inciting violence.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [18, 57], "content_span": [58, 575]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277753-0006-0000", "contents": "2018 Bihar riots, Timeline of Riots, March 27, Munger\nOn 27 March 2018, during the immersion procession of Chaiti Durga, some people played controversial songs) and chanted inflammatory slogans against the Muslim community. In reaction, the Muslim community protested and suddenly clashes erupted between Hindus and Muslims there. Stone pelting incidents were reported and also some people from both sides fired shots with weapons. In these clashes property and vehicles were set on fire.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [18, 53], "content_span": [54, 488]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277753-0007-0000", "contents": "2018 Bihar riots, Timeline of Riots, March 28, Silao (Nalanda)\nOn March 28, 2018, when the Ram Navmi procession route was changed from a Muslim dominated area and Muslims objected to it as the people in the procession were with swords and knives. Over the dispute of this route, clashes erupted and heavy stone-pelting were reported. The police resorted with force and when the mobs violate law and order, the police fired tear gas shells to quell the mobs. A Policeman along with 20 others injured during clashes. Police arrested fourteen people in connection to inciting violence. According to reports, police made several arrests in which Dhiraj Kumar who was known as a Bajrang Dal convener of Silao, Nalanda was also arrested in connection with Nalanda and Nawada riots.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [18, 62], "content_span": [63, 775]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277753-0008-0000", "contents": "2018 Bihar riots, Timeline of Riots, March 28, Sheikhpura\nOn 28 March 2018, when the participants of Ram Navmi procession in Sheikhpura demanded to use a route other than permitted one in the Girhinda area, the police rejected the demand and heavy clashes erupted between participants with police. Police resorted lathicharge on rioters and lodged an FIR. Police started identifying troublemakers who were involved.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [18, 57], "content_span": [58, 415]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277753-0009-0000", "contents": "2018 Bihar riots, Timeline of Riots, March 30, Nawada\nOn 30 March 2018, some muslims vandalised Hanuman idol in a Temple and when local people got news about vandalism, they gathered and the private vehicles, public transport vehicles, and shops were gutted. According to News18, Internet services suspended and more police force were deployed in the area. A mob went to National Highway 31 and hurdled stone on the vehicles and numbers of vehicles were damaged. Also, a hotel near the National Highway was set on fire. When the mob started manhandling the local journalists, the police fired 10 rounds in the air to quell the mob. According to reports, police made several arrests in which Dhiraj Kumar who was known as a Bajrang Dal convener of Silao, Nalanda was also arrested in connection with Nalanda and Nawada riots.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [18, 53], "content_span": [54, 825]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277753-0010-0000", "contents": "2018 Bihar riots, Reactions\nNitish Kumar who was elected as Chief Minister of Bihar since 2017, reacted on the Communal clashes reported in Bihar's different districts. According to NDTV report, he said there was an effort to divide people which had led to tensions across the country, a situation that had been made much worse by indiscreet statements by leaders. He also said that divisive politics will not continue for a long period of time. He also said that divisive politics would make the situation worse in the whole country.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [18, 27], "content_span": [28, 534]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277753-0011-0000", "contents": "2018 Bihar riots, Reactions\nKumar who breaks alliance with Lalu Prasad Yadav after Yadav's son Tejashwi Yadav was named in a corruption case in 2017. He said that he had not compromised with corruption and should not compromise with communalism either. In fact, Kumar aimed this message to BJP, whom he partnered to form the government in 2017. After Kumar's message on communalism, the state's BJP leaders continued to make statements against Kumar that he did not make his job of keeping peace and harmony and the BJP's Arijit Shashwat refused to surrender. And Kumar's government finally agreed to let 36-years old Shashwat to move the court for anticipatory bail. After lot of arguments, the judge rejected the bail and Shashwat was arrested some hours later and sent to Jail.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [18, 27], "content_span": [28, 780]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277754-0000-0000", "contents": "2018 Bill Beaumont County Championship Division 1\nThe 2018 Bill Beaumont County Championship Division 1 was the 118th version of the annual, English rugby union, County Championship organised by the Rugby Football Union (RFU) for the top tier English counties. Each county drew its players from rugby union clubs from the third tier and below of the English rugby union league system (typically National League 1, National League 2 North or National League 2 South). The counties were divided into two regional sections (each divided into two pools, for a total of four) with the winners of each meeting in the final held at Twickenham Stadium. Lancashire are the reigning champions having defeated Cornwall in the previous year's final.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 49], "section_span": [49, 49], "content_span": [50, 737]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277754-0001-0000", "contents": "2018 Bill Beaumont County Championship Division 1\nOnce again Lancashire finished as winners of the northern group stage with a 100% record to qualify for their second successive final, although group runners-up Yorkshire could feel aggrieved as they also had a 100% record, but lost out on points for/against. It showcased a real weakness in the new competition format as neither county had faced each other over the past two years, despite being the best sides in the northern group.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 49], "section_span": [49, 49], "content_span": [50, 484]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277754-0001-0001", "contents": "2018 Bill Beaumont County Championship Division 1\nLancashire were joined by Hertfordshire who took advantage of a slip-up by Gloucestershire at Surrey to win the southern group and cement their place in the final - the county's first since 2012. By contrast last season's finalists Cornwall had a dire campaign, managing only one draw in their three games and finishing bottom of their group. Unlike Yorkshire, Cornwall can thank the RFU for the new format as promotion/relegation is over two seasons, saving Cornwall from the drop due to their excellent tournament the previous season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 49], "section_span": [49, 49], "content_span": [50, 586]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277754-0002-0000", "contents": "2018 Bill Beaumont County Championship Division 1\nIn the Twickenham final Lancashire finished as deserving champions beating Hertfordshire 32-16, with 22 points coming from the boot Chris Johnson who also finished as the competition's top points scorer, while a try from his team-mate, Anthony Bingham, made him the top try scorer with 5 tries. It was the 25th cup win for a Lancashire side that has dominated the competition through its history. Relegated sides from the 2018 competition included East Midlands from the north and Surrey from the south.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 49], "section_span": [49, 49], "content_span": [50, 553]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277754-0002-0001", "contents": "2018 Bill Beaumont County Championship Division 1\nIn Surrey's case they had actually looked safe, having finished a point clear of relegation rivals, Devon, but ultimately went down due to a 2 points deduction for fielding an ineligible player in their 15-15 draw with Cornwall earlier in the campaign. In East Midlands case they actually finished 3rd overall in the northern group competition over the two seasons but decided to take voluntary relegation due to difficulties in getting the top eligible clubs in their union to provide players for future competitions. Both East Midlands and Surrey will play in the 2019 Bill Beaumont County Championship Division 2 next season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 49], "section_span": [49, 49], "content_span": [50, 678]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277754-0003-0000", "contents": "2018 Bill Beaumont County Championship Division 1, Competition format\nThe 2018 Bill Beaumont County Championship Division 1 consists of twelve county sides, with six counties in the northern group, and six in the southern group. Each county plays three games per group, which means that some counties get two home games, and the others just the one home game. The RFU have taken fixtures from the previous year into account so that county sides that only played one home game in that competition now get two games and vice versa. At the end of the group stage the top teams with the best record from each group (north and south) advance to the final held on 27 May 2018 at Twickenham Stadium.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 49], "section_span": [51, 69], "content_span": [70, 692]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277754-0004-0000", "contents": "2018 Bill Beaumont County Championship Division 1, Competition format\nA continuation from the 2017 competition is that promotion/relegation occurs every two seasons instead of one, with points accumulated over the two seasons (2017 and 2018) taken into consideration. The two lowest ranked counties (one from the north/one from the south) will be relegated into the 2019 Bill Beaumont County Championship Division 2 competition, with the two highest aggregate ranked sides of that tournament being promoted to take their place.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 49], "section_span": [51, 69], "content_span": [70, 527]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277754-0005-0000", "contents": "2018 Bill Beaumont County Championship Division 1, Relegation aggregate table\nIn order to determine relegation to the 2019 Bill Beaumont County Championship Division 2, results from the 2017 and 2018 competitions will be combined, with the lowest ranked team from each group being relegated.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 49], "section_span": [51, 77], "content_span": [78, 291]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277754-0006-0000", "contents": "2018 Bill Beaumont County Championship Division 1, Competition records, Team\n50 - 0 Hertfordshire at home to Cornwall on 19 May 2018", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 49], "section_span": [51, 76], "content_span": [77, 132]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277754-0007-0000", "contents": "2018 Bill Beaumont County Championship Division 1, Competition records, Team\n64 - 20 Lancashire away to Northumberland on 5 May 2018", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 49], "section_span": [51, 76], "content_span": [77, 132]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277754-0008-0000", "contents": "2018 Bill Beaumont County Championship Division 1, Competition records, Team\nLancashire away to Northumberland on 5 May 2018Lancashire at home to Cheshire on 19 May 2018", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 49], "section_span": [51, 76], "content_span": [77, 169]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277754-0009-0000", "contents": "2018 Bill Beaumont County Championship Division 1, Competition records, Team\nLancashire at home to Cheshire on 19 May 2018Lancashire at home to Eastern Counties on 12 May 2018", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 49], "section_span": [51, 76], "content_span": [77, 175]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277754-0010-0000", "contents": "2018 Bill Beaumont County Championship Division 1, Competition records, Attendances\nNorthumberland at home to East Midlands on 19 May 2018", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 49], "section_span": [51, 83], "content_span": [84, 138]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277754-0011-0000", "contents": "2018 Bill Beaumont County Championship Division 1, Competition records, Player\nChris Johnson for Lancashire versus Hertfordshire at Twickenham on 27 May 2018", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 49], "section_span": [51, 78], "content_span": [79, 157]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277754-0012-0000", "contents": "2018 Bill Beaumont County Championship Division 1, Competition records, Player\nAnthony Bingham for Lancashire at home to Cheshire on 19 May 2018", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 49], "section_span": [51, 78], "content_span": [79, 144]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277754-0013-0000", "contents": "2018 Bill Beaumont County Championship Division 1, Competition records, Player\nChris Johnson for Lancashire at home to Cheshire on 19 May 2018", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 49], "section_span": [51, 78], "content_span": [79, 142]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277754-0014-0000", "contents": "2018 Bill Beaumont County Championship Division 1, Competition records, Player\nChris Johnson for Lancashire versus Hertfordshire at Twickenham on 27 May 2018", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 49], "section_span": [51, 78], "content_span": [79, 157]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277754-0015-0000", "contents": "2018 Bill Beaumont County Championship Division 1, Competition records, Player\nChris Johnson for Lancashire versus Hertfordshire at Twickenham on 27 May 2018", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 49], "section_span": [51, 78], "content_span": [79, 157]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277755-0000-0000", "contents": "2018 Bill Beaumont County Championship Division 2\nThe 2018 Bill Beaumont County Championship Division 2, was the 17th version of the competition that is part of the annual English rugby union County Championship organised by the RFU for the tier 2 English counties. Each county drew its players from rugby union clubs from the third tier and below of the English rugby union league system (typically National League 1, National League 2 North or National League 2 South). The counties were divided into two regional pools (north/south) with four teams in each and the winners of each pool meeting in the final at Twickenham Stadium. Leicestershire were the reigning champions, having won the 2017 final.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 49], "section_span": [49, 49], "content_span": [50, 703]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277755-0001-0000", "contents": "2018 Bill Beaumont County Championship Division 2\nAt the end of the group stage, Durham County won the northern group with ease despite having another strong side, and 2017 winners, Leicestershire, in their pool. They were joined by southern winners Warwickshire who beat off stiff competition from Hampshire to qualify. At the Twickenham final, Durham showed that they were best side in the division by comfortably beating Warwickshire, 46-12, for what would be the county's first ever Division 2 victory and first county silverware since 2009.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 49], "section_span": [49, 49], "content_span": [50, 545]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277755-0002-0000", "contents": "2018 Bill Beaumont County Championship Division 2\nBy showing the best form over two years, Durham County were promoted from the northern group, just edging Leicestershire by virtue of a better for/against record, while Hampshire were promoted from the southern group despite missing out on the final. Both counties will play in the 2019 Bill Beaumont Cup. At the opposite end of the tables, Cumbria (north) and North Midlands (south) were relegated to the 2019 County Championship Shield. In the case of Cumbria they actually finished above Staffordshire on points/for against over the two years, but still went down for reasons that are not yet clear.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 49], "section_span": [49, 49], "content_span": [50, 652]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277755-0003-0000", "contents": "2018 Bill Beaumont County Championship Division 2, Competition format\nThe competition format was two regional group stages divided into north and south with four teams in each group. This means that two teams in the pool had two home games, while the other two had just one. The RFU took fixtures from the previous year into account so that county sides that only played one home game in that competition now get two games and vice versa. At the end of the group stage the top teams with the best record from each group (north and south) advance to the final held on 27 May 2018 at Twickenham Stadium.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 49], "section_span": [51, 69], "content_span": [70, 601]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277755-0004-0000", "contents": "2018 Bill Beaumont County Championship Division 2, Competition format\nA continuation from the 2017 competition was that promotion/relegation occurred every two seasons instead of one, with points accumulated over the two seasons (2017 and 2018) taken into consideration.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 49], "section_span": [51, 69], "content_span": [70, 270]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277755-0004-0001", "contents": "2018 Bill Beaumont County Championship Division 2, Competition format\nThe two highest ranked counties (one from the north/one from the south) were promoted into the 2019 Bill Beaumont Cup competition, replacing the lowest ranked aggregate sides who dropped down into Division 2. Relegation was also introduced with the bottom two ranked sides (again one north/one south) over the two years dropping to the 2019 Bill Beaumont County Championship Division 3 and being replaced by the top two teams from the 2018 Bill Beaumont County Championship Division 3.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 49], "section_span": [51, 69], "content_span": [70, 555]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277755-0005-0000", "contents": "2018 Bill Beaumont County Championship Division 2, Promotion/Relegation aggregate table\nIn order to determine promotion to the 2019 Bill Beaumont County Championship Division 1 and relegation to the 2019 Bill Beaumont County Championship Division 3, results from the 2017 and 2018 competitions will be combined, with the highest and lowest ranked sides from each group being promoted or relegated.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 49], "section_span": [51, 87], "content_span": [88, 398]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277755-0006-0000", "contents": "2018 Bill Beaumont County Championship Division 2, Competition records, Team\n99 - 7 Durham County at home to Staffordshire on 12 May 2018", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 49], "section_span": [51, 76], "content_span": [77, 137]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277755-0007-0000", "contents": "2018 Bill Beaumont County Championship Division 2, Competition records, Team\n66 - 5 Hampshire away to Somerset on 12 May 2018", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 49], "section_span": [51, 76], "content_span": [77, 125]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277755-0008-0000", "contents": "2018 Bill Beaumont County Championship Division 2, Competition records, Team\n99 - 7 Durham County at home to Staffordshire on 12 May 2018", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 49], "section_span": [51, 76], "content_span": [77, 137]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277755-0009-0000", "contents": "2018 Bill Beaumont County Championship Division 2, Competition records, Team\nDurham County at home to Staffordshire on 12 May 2018", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 49], "section_span": [51, 76], "content_span": [77, 130]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277755-0010-0000", "contents": "2018 Bill Beaumont County Championship Division 2, Competition records, Team\nDurham County at home to Staffordshire on 12 May 2018", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 49], "section_span": [51, 76], "content_span": [77, 130]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277755-0011-0000", "contents": "2018 Bill Beaumont County Championship Division 2, Competition records, Team\nHampshire at home to North Midlands on 5 May 2018Hampshire away to Somerset on 12 May 2018Durham County at home to Leicestershire on 19 May 2018Durham County versus Warwickshire at Twickenham on 27 May 2018", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 49], "section_span": [51, 76], "content_span": [77, 283]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277755-0012-0000", "contents": "2018 Bill Beaumont County Championship Division 2, Competition records, Player\nJoel Knight for Hampshire away to Somerset on 12 May 2018", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 49], "section_span": [51, 78], "content_span": [79, 136]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277755-0013-0000", "contents": "2018 Bill Beaumont County Championship Division 2, Competition records, Player\nGrant Connon for Durham County at home to Staffordshire on 12 May 2018 Callum Dacey for Leicestershire at home to Cumbria on 12 May 2018 Oliver Hodgson for Durham County at home to Staffordshire on 12 May 2018 Kemp Price for Hampshire away to Somerset on 12 May 2018", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 49], "section_span": [51, 78], "content_span": [79, 345]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277755-0014-0000", "contents": "2018 Bill Beaumont County Championship Division 2, Competition records, Player\nWarren Seals for Durham County at home to Staffordshire on 12 May 2018", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 49], "section_span": [51, 78], "content_span": [79, 149]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277755-0015-0000", "contents": "2018 Bill Beaumont County Championship Division 2, Competition records, Player\nGrant Hancox for Hampshire at home to North Midlands on 5 May 2018 Joel Knight for Hampshire away to Somerset on 12 May 2018 Peter Evans for Durham County at home to Leicestershire on 19 May 2018 Josh Bragman for Durham County versus Warwickshire at Twickenham on 27 May 2018", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 49], "section_span": [51, 78], "content_span": [79, 354]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277756-0000-0000", "contents": "2018 Bill Beaumont County Championship Division 3\nThe 2018 Bill Beaumont County Championship Division 3 was the 14th version of the competition that is part of the annual English rugby union County Championship, organised by the RFU for the tier 3 English counties. Each county drew its players from rugby union clubs from the fifth tier and below of the English rugby union league system. The counties were divided into two regional pools (east/west) with the winners of each pool meeting in the final at the Athletic Ground in Richmond, London - a change from previous seasons, where the final was held at Twickenham Stadium. Oxfordshire were the reigning champions, having won last year's final.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 49], "section_span": [49, 49], "content_span": [50, 698]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277756-0001-0000", "contents": "2018 Bill Beaumont County Championship Division 3\nBy the end of the group stage, Essex did just enough by winning two tight games to top Pool 1, while Dorset & Wilts managed to win Pool 2 on bonus points despite losing their final game against Berkshire. In the final held at the Athletic Ground, Dorset & Wilts overcame Essex 24 points to 22 to claim their third Division 3 title and first since 2011. Based on results over the two years, Essex (north) and Sussex (south) were promoted to the 2019 Bill Beaumont County Championship Division 2.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 49], "section_span": [49, 49], "content_span": [50, 545]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277756-0002-0000", "contents": "2018 Bill Beaumont County Championship Division 3, Competition format\nThe competition format is two regional group stages (west & east) with three teams in each group, each playing two games (one home, one away). Changes to the 2018 competition see a reduction in teams from seven to six as Notts, Lincs & Derbyshire have decided not to take part this season. At the end of the pool stage the top teams with the best record from each pool advance to the final held on 27 May 2018 at the Athletic Ground in Richmond, London.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 49], "section_span": [51, 69], "content_span": [70, 523]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277756-0003-0000", "contents": "2018 Bill Beaumont County Championship Division 3, Competition format\nA continuation from the 2017 competition is that promotion/relegation occurs every two seasons instead of one, with points accumulated over the two seasons (2017 and 2018) taken into consideration. The two highest ranked counties (one from the north/one from the south) will be promoted into the 2019 Bill Beaumont County Championship Division 2 competition, replacing the lowest ranked aggregate sides who drop down into division 3. As this is the lowest ranked tier in the county championships there is no relegation.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 49], "section_span": [51, 69], "content_span": [70, 589]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277756-0004-0000", "contents": "2018 Bill Beaumont County Championship Division 3, Promotion aggregate table\nIn order to determine promotion to the 2019 Bill Beaumont County Championship Division 2, results from the 2017 and 2018 Division 3 competitions will be combined, with the highest ranked sides from each group being promoted. They will be replaced by the lowest ranked teams from the 2017 and 2018 Division 2 competitions. Note that Notts, Lincs & Derbyshire dropped out of the 2018 competition having played in 2017. This means that any results between them and the other sides in Division 3 East have been annulled and do not count towards promotion.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 49], "section_span": [51, 76], "content_span": [77, 629]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277756-0005-0000", "contents": "2018 Bill Beaumont County Championship Division 3, Competition records, Team\n76 - 27 Oxfordshire at home to Buckinghamshire on 5 May 2018", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 49], "section_span": [51, 76], "content_span": [77, 137]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277756-0006-0000", "contents": "2018 Bill Beaumont County Championship Division 3, Competition records, Team\n21 \u2013 15 Essex away to Buckinghamshire on 19 May 2018", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 49], "section_span": [51, 76], "content_span": [77, 129]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277756-0007-0000", "contents": "2018 Bill Beaumont County Championship Division 3, Competition records, Team\n76 - 27 Oxfordshire at home to Buckinghamshire on 5 May 2018", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 49], "section_span": [51, 76], "content_span": [77, 137]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277756-0008-0000", "contents": "2018 Bill Beaumont County Championship Division 3, Competition records, Players\nSam Baker for Dorset & Wilts away to Berkshire on 19 May 2018", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 49], "section_span": [51, 79], "content_span": [80, 141]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277756-0009-0000", "contents": "2018 Bill Beaumont County Championship Division 3, Competition records, Players\nTommy Gray for Oxfordshire at home to Buckinghamshire on 5 May 2018", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 49], "section_span": [51, 79], "content_span": [80, 147]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277756-0010-0000", "contents": "2018 Bill Beaumont County Championship Division 3, Competition records, Players\nEd Phillips for Oxfordshire at home to Buckinghamshire on 5 May 2018", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 49], "section_span": [51, 79], "content_span": [80, 148]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277756-0011-0000", "contents": "2018 Bill Beaumont County Championship Division 3, Competition records, Players\nBradley Burr for Essex at home to Oxfordshire on 12 May 2018", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 49], "section_span": [51, 79], "content_span": [80, 140]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277757-0000-0000", "contents": "2018 Billboard Latin Music Awards\nThe 25th Billboard Latin Music Awards ceremony, presented by Billboard magazine, honored the best performing Latin recordings of 2017 and took place on April 26, 2018 at the Mandalay Bay Events Center in Las Vegas. Billboard presented awards in 60 categories. The ceremony was televised in the United States by Telemundo for the 20th time, and was the culmination of the Billboard Latin Music Conference, which also took place from April 23 to April 26, 2018. Actress Gaby Espino and television presenter Marco Antonio Regil hosted the show.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [33, 33], "content_span": [34, 575]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277757-0000-0001", "contents": "2018 Billboard Latin Music Awards\nEspino first presided over the 22nd Billboard Latin Music Awards held in 2015. The awards recognized the most popular Latin performers, songs, albums, labels, songwriters and producers in the United States. Recipients were based on sales, radio airplay, online streaming and social data during a one-year period from the issue dated February 4, 2017 through January 27, 2018.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [33, 33], "content_span": [34, 409]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277757-0001-0000", "contents": "2018 Billboard Latin Music Awards\nDaddy Yankee won eight awards, including Hot Latin Song of the Year and Songwriter of the Year, mostly due to the single \"Despacito\", which won all its six nominations. Other winners were Luis Fonsi and Justin Bieber with seven awards each, and Shakira with five. Man\u00e1 received the Lifetime Achievement Award.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [33, 33], "content_span": [34, 343]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277757-0002-0000", "contents": "2018 Billboard Latin Music Awards, Winners and nominees\nThe nominees for the 25th Billboard Latin Music Awards were announced on February 7, 2018, at 9:03 a.m. EST (11:03 UTC). J Balvin and Shakira led the nominations with 12 each.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 55], "content_span": [56, 231]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277757-0003-0000", "contents": "2018 Billboard Latin Music Awards, Winners and nominees\nThe winners were announced during the awards ceremony on April 26, 2018.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 55], "content_span": [56, 128]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277757-0004-0000", "contents": "2018 Billboard Latin Music Awards, Presenters and performers, Presenters\nAs of April 12, 2018, confirmed presenters include Erika Ender, Oswaldo Silva, Alan Ramirez, Reykon, Yuridia, Diego Boneta, Leila Cobo, Gianluca Vacchi, Fernanda Castillo, Ra\u00fal M\u00e9ndez, Carmen Villalobos, Catherine Siachoque, Aylin Mujica, Ana Mar\u00eda Polo, Candela Ferro, Ana Jurka, and Karim Mendiburu.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 72], "content_span": [73, 374]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277757-0005-0000", "contents": "2018 Billboard Latin Music Awards, Presenters and performers, Performers\nAs of April 19, 2018, confirmed performers include Jennifer Lopez, Bad Bunny, Becky G, Calibre 50, Cardi B, Chayanne, Christian Nodal, CNCO, Daddy Yankee, David Bisbal, De La Ghetto, Farruko, J Balvin, Karol G, Luis Fonsi, Maluma, Natti Natasha, Nicky Jam, Ozuna, Paty Cantu, Quavo, Reik, Ricky Martin, Sebastian Yantra, Sofia Reyes, Victor Manuelle, Wisin, and Yandel.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 72], "content_span": [73, 442]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277758-0000-0000", "contents": "2018 Billboard Music Awards\nThe 2018 Billboard Music Awards ceremony was held at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas, Nevada on May 20, 2018. It was the first ceremony to be broadcast on NBC. The list of nominees were announced on April 17, 2018. The show was hosted by Kelly Clarkson & This Show is Sponsored by Xfinity, Pepsi, T-Mobile, Uber & 23andMe.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [27, 27], "content_span": [28, 358]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277759-0000-0000", "contents": "2018 BinckBank Tour\nThe 2018 BinckBank Tour was a road cycling stage race that took place between 13 and 19 August 2018 in Belgium and the Netherlands. It was the 14th edition of the BinckBank Tour and the twenty-ninth event of the 2018 UCI World Tour. The stage race was won by the Slovenian Matej Mohori\u010d.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [19, 19], "content_span": [20, 307]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277759-0001-0000", "contents": "2018 BinckBank Tour, Teams\nAll UCI WorldTeam were invited as the race is part of the UCI World Tour. The race organisation also gave out wildcards to five UCI Professional Continental teams.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 26], "content_span": [27, 190]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277759-0002-0000", "contents": "2018 BinckBank Tour, Schedule\nThe course for the race was announced in February 2018.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 29], "content_span": [30, 85]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277759-0003-0000", "contents": "2018 BinckBank Tour, Classification leadership table\nThere are four principal classifications in the race. The first of these is the general classification, calculated by adding up the time each rider took to ride each stage. Time bonuses are applied for winning stages (10, 6 and 4 seconds to the first three riders) and for the three \"golden kilometre\" sprints on each stage. At each of these sprints, the first three riders are given 3-, 2- and 1-second bonuses respectively. The rider with the lowest cumulative time is the winner of the general classification. The rider leading the classification wins a green jersey.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 52], "content_span": [53, 623]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277759-0004-0000", "contents": "2018 BinckBank Tour, Classification leadership table\nThere is also a points classification. On each road stage the riders are awarded points for finishing in the top 10 places, with other points awarded for intermediate sprints. The rider with the most accumulated points is the leader of the classification and wins the red jersey. The combativity classification is based solely on points won at the intermediate sprints; the leading rider wins the black jersey. The final classification is a team classification: on each stage the times of the best three riders on each team are added up. The team with the lowest cumulative time over the seven stages wins the team classification.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 52], "content_span": [53, 683]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277760-0000-0000", "contents": "2018 Birmingham Bowl\nThe 2018 Birmingham Bowl was a college football bowl game played on December 22, 2018. It was the 13th edition of the Birmingham Bowl, and one of the 2018\u201319 bowl games concluding the 2018 FBS football season. Sponsored by the Jared brand of Sterling Jewelers, the game was officially named the Jared Birmingham Bowl.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [20, 20], "content_span": [21, 338]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277760-0001-0000", "contents": "2018 Birmingham Bowl, Teams\nThe bowl was slated to invite teams from the Southeastern Conference (SEC) and the American Athletic Conference (The American). However, with four SEC teams selected for New Year's Six games, the Birmingham Bowl matchup announced on December 2 featured Wake Forest from the Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC), rather than an SEC team, to face Memphis from The American. The two programs previously met four times, each team winning twice, between 1964 and 1967.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 27], "content_span": [28, 486]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277760-0002-0000", "contents": "2018 Birmingham Bowl, Teams, Wake Forest Demon Deacons\nWake Forest received and accepted a bid to the Birmingham Bowl on December 2. The Demon Deacons entered the bowl with a 6\u20136 record (3\u20135 in conference).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 54], "content_span": [55, 206]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277760-0003-0000", "contents": "2018 Birmingham Bowl, Teams, Memphis Tigers\nMemphis was defeated in the 2018 American Athletic Conference Football Championship Game played on December 1; they received and accepted a bid to the Birmingham Bowl on December 2. The Tigers entered the bowl with a 8\u20135 record (5\u20133 in conference).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 43], "content_span": [44, 292]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277761-0000-0000", "contents": "2018 Birmingham City Council election\nThe 2018 Birmingham City Council election is one of many local elections that took place in England on 3 May 2018. This was the first 'all-out' election for Birmingham City Council following a boundary review, which reduced the number of councillors from 120 to 101, serving 69 wards (previously 40 wards). Since the election, the city council has been composed of 37 single-member wards and 32 two-member wards.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [37, 37], "content_span": [38, 450]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277761-0001-0000", "contents": "2018 Birmingham City Council election, Eligibility to vote\nAll registered electors (British, Irish, Commonwealth and European Union citizens) who are aged 18 or over on polling day will be entitled to vote in the local elections. A person who has two homes (such as a university student having a term-time address and living at home during holidays) can register to vote at both addresses as long as they are not in the same electoral area, and can vote in the local elections for the two different local councils.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 58], "content_span": [59, 514]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277761-0002-0000", "contents": "2018 Birmingham City Council election, Council Composition, Prior to the election\nPrior to the 2018 election, Birmingham City Council was composed of 120 councillors across 40 wards. The council has been controlled by the Labour Party since 2012, which held two-thirds (80) of the seats. The Conservative Party last held sole control of the council in 1984. It was under no overall control from 2003 until 2012, run by a Labour-Liberal Democrat coalition from 2003 to 2004 and by a Conservative-Liberal Democrat coalition from 2004 to 2012.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 81], "content_span": [82, 540]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277762-0000-0000", "contents": "2018 Birmingham Classic\nThe 2018 Birmingham Classic (also known as the Nature Valley Classic for sponsorship reasons) was a women's tennis tournament played on outdoor grass courts. It was the 37th edition of the event, and a Premier tournament on the 2018 WTA Tour. It took place at the Edgbaston Priory Club in Birmingham, United Kingdom, on 18\u201324 June 2018.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [23, 23], "content_span": [24, 360]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277762-0001-0000", "contents": "2018 Birmingham Classic, Points and prize money, Prize money\n1Qualifiers prize money is also the Round of 32 prize money. *per team", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 60], "content_span": [61, 131]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277762-0002-0000", "contents": "2018 Birmingham Classic, Doubles main draw entrants, Other entrants\nThe following pair received a wildcard into the doubles main draw:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 67], "content_span": [68, 134]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277763-0000-0000", "contents": "2018 Birmingham Classic \u2013 Doubles\nAshleigh Barty and Casey Dellacqua were the defending champions, but Dellacqua retired from professional tennis in February 2018. Barty played alongside CoCo Vandeweghe, but lost in the first round to T\u00edmea Babos and Kristina Mladenovic.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [33, 33], "content_span": [34, 271]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277763-0001-0000", "contents": "2018 Birmingham Classic \u2013 Doubles\nBabos and Mladenovic went on to win the title, defeating Elise Mertens and Demi Schuurs in the final, 4\u20136, 6\u20133, [10\u20138].", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [33, 33], "content_span": [34, 153]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277764-0000-0000", "contents": "2018 Birmingham Classic \u2013 Singles\nPetra Kvitov\u00e1 was the defending champion, and successfully defended her title, defeating Magdal\u00e9na Ryb\u00e1rikov\u00e1 in the final, 4\u20136, 6\u20131, 6\u20132.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [33, 33], "content_span": [34, 172]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277765-0000-0000", "contents": "2018 Birthday Honours\nThe 2018 Queen's Birthday Honours are appointments by some of the 16 Commonwealth realms of Queen Elizabeth II to various orders and honours to reward and highlight good works by citizens of those countries. The Birthday Honours are awarded as part of the Queen's Official Birthday celebrations during the month of June. The Queen's Birthday Honours for the United Kingdom were announced on 9 June; the honours for New Zealand were announced on 4 June and for Australia on 11 June.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [21, 21], "content_span": [22, 503]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277765-0001-0000", "contents": "2018 Birthday Honours\nThe recipients of honours are displayed as they were styled before their new honour. They are arranged by the country (in order of precedence) whose ministers advised the Queen on the appointments, then by honour with grades, i.e. Knight/Dame Grand Cross, Knight/Dame Commander etc., and then by divisions, i.e. Civil, Diplomatic and Military as appropriate.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [21, 21], "content_span": [22, 380]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277765-0002-0000", "contents": "2018 Birthday Honours, United Kingdom\nBelow are the individuals appointed by Elizabeth II in her right as Queen of the United Kingdom with honours within her own gift, and with the advice of the Government for other honours.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 37], "content_span": [38, 224]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277765-0003-0000", "contents": "2018 Birthday Honours, United Kingdom, Royal Red Cross, Associate of the Royal Red Cross (ARRC)\nMajor Karen Dorothy Jamieson, Queen Alexandra's Royal Army Nursing Corps", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 95], "content_span": [96, 168]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277765-0004-0000", "contents": "2018 Birthday Honours, Australia\nThe Queen's Birthday Honours 2018 for Australia were announced on 12 June 2018 by the Governor-General, Sir Peter Cosgrove.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 32], "content_span": [33, 156]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277765-0005-0000", "contents": "2018 Birthday Honours, New Zealand\nThe Queen's Birthday Honours 2018 for New Zealand were announced on 4 June 2018 by the Governor-General, Dame Patsy Reddy.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 34], "content_span": [35, 157]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277765-0006-0000", "contents": "2018 Birthday Honours, Cook Islands\nBelow are the individuals appointed by Elizabeth II in her right as Queen of the Cook Islands with honours within her own gift, and with the advice of the Government for other honours.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 35], "content_span": [36, 220]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277765-0007-0000", "contents": "2018 Birthday Honours, Bahamas\nBelow are the individuals appointed by Elizabeth II in her right as Queen of The Bahamas with honours within her own gift, and with the advice of the Government for other honours.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 30], "content_span": [31, 210]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277765-0008-0000", "contents": "2018 Birthday Honours, Grenada\nBelow are the individuals appointed by Elizabeth II in her right as Queen of Grenada with honours within her own gift, and with the advice of the Government for other honours.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 30], "content_span": [31, 206]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277765-0009-0000", "contents": "2018 Birthday Honours, Papua New Guinea\nBelow are the individuals appointed by Elizabeth II in her right as Queen of Papua New Guinea with honours within her own gift, and with the advice of the Government for other honours.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 39], "content_span": [40, 224]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277765-0010-0000", "contents": "2018 Birthday Honours, Solomon Islands\nBelow are the individuals appointed by Elizabeth II in her right as Queen of the Solomon Islands with honours within her own gift, and with the advice of the Government for other honours.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 38], "content_span": [39, 226]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277765-0011-0000", "contents": "2018 Birthday Honours, Saint Lucia\nBelow are the individuals appointed by Elizabeth II in her right as Queen of Saint Lucia with honours within her own gift, and with the advice of the Government for other honours.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 34], "content_span": [35, 214]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277765-0012-0000", "contents": "2018 Birthday Honours, Antigua and Barbuda\nBelow are the individuals appointed by Elizabeth II in her right as Queen of Antigua and Barbuda with honours within her own gift, and with the advice of the Government for other honours.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 42], "content_span": [43, 230]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277766-0000-0000", "contents": "2018 Birthday Honours (New Zealand)\nThe 2018 Queen's Birthday Honours in New Zealand, celebrating the official birthday of Queen Elizabeth II, were appointments made by the Queen in her right as Queen of New Zealand, on the advice of the New Zealand government, to various orders and honours to reward and highlight good works by New Zealanders. They were announced on 4 June 2018.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [35, 35], "content_span": [36, 381]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277766-0001-0000", "contents": "2018 Birthday Honours (New Zealand)\nThe recipients of honours are displayed here as they were styled before their new honour.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [35, 35], "content_span": [36, 125]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277767-0000-0000", "contents": "2018 Bitcoin bomb threats\nOn December 13, 2018, thousands of businesses, individuals, schools, news agencies, and other places throughout the United States, Canada, and Australia received emailed bomb threats, warning that a \"mercenary\" of the sender of the email had placed a bomb in the receiver's workplace and demanding that a ransom of $20,000 be sent to a Bitcoin address to prevent the bomb from being detonated. Six schools in Australia's capital city Canberra were evacuated after threats. The explosive stated to be used in the bomb, along with the Bitcoin address, varied between emails. Police departments in New York City, Oklahoma City, Massachusetts, and Calgary, among other areas of the United States and Canada, stated that the threats were likely not credible and that no explosive devices had been found in any of the threatened areas.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [25, 25], "content_span": [26, 855]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277767-0001-0000", "contents": "2018 Bitcoin bomb threats\nOn December 14, Jaeson Schultz of Cisco Talos wrote that the bitcoin addresses associated with the bomb threats received only two transactions, both of which were under $1. He also wrote that the same group was behind an earlier sextortion scheme which was more profitable and that they started making new threats of throwing acid onto individual recipients.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [25, 25], "content_span": [26, 384]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277767-0002-0000", "contents": "2018 Bitcoin bomb threats\nIn January 2019, anti-spam researcher Ronald Guilmette found that a GoDaddy security weakness was exploited to help the spam campaign.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [25, 25], "content_span": [26, 160]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277768-0000-0000", "contents": "2018 Black-Eyed Susan Stakes\nThe 2018 Black-Eyed Susan Stakes was the 94th running of the Black-Eyed Susan Stakes. The race took place on May 18, 2018, and was televised in the United States on the NBC Sports Network (NBCSN). Ridden by jockey Paco Lopez, Red Ruby won the race by four and three quarter lengths over runner-up Coach Rocks. Approximate post time on the Friday evening before the Preakness Stakes was 4:51 p.m. Eastern Time. The Maryland Jockey Club supplied a purse of $250,000 for the 94th running. The race was run over a sloppy (sealed) track in a final time of 1:50.17. The Maryland Jockey Club reported a Black-Eyed Susan Stakes Day attendance of 48,265. The attendance at Pimlico Race Course that day was the second best crowd ever for Black-Eyed Susan Stakes Day and the seventh largest for a thoroughbred race in North America in 2018.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [28, 28], "content_span": [29, 858]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277769-0000-0000", "contents": "2018 Blackburn with Darwen Borough Council election\nThe 2018 Blackburn with Darwen Borough Council election took place on 3 May 2018 to elect members of Blackburn with Darwen Borough Council in England. This was the same day as other local elections.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 51], "section_span": [51, 51], "content_span": [52, 250]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277769-0001-0000", "contents": "2018 Blackburn with Darwen Borough Council election, Council Composition\nPrior to the election the composition of the council was:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 51], "section_span": [53, 72], "content_span": [73, 130]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277770-0000-0000", "contents": "2018 Blancpain GT Series\nThe 2018 Blancpain GT Series was the fifth season of the Blancpain GT Series. The season began on 7 April at Zolder and ended on 30 September in Barcelona. The season featured ten rounds, five Endurance Cup rounds and five Sprint Cup rounds.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [24, 24], "content_span": [25, 266]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277770-0001-0000", "contents": "2018 Blancpain GT Series, Calendar\nAt the annual press conference during the 2017 24 Hours of Spa on 28 July, the St\u00e9phane Ratel Organisation announced the first draft of the 2018 calendar. Zolder became the season opener instead of Misano. On 17 September 2017, it was announced the race at Silverstone was moved a week to avoid a clash with the N\u00fcrburgring 24 Hours. On 9 October 2017, the finalised calendar was announced, confirming the dates of the races at the Hungaroring.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 34], "content_span": [35, 479]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277770-0002-0000", "contents": "2018 Blancpain GT Series, Calendar\nIn previous years a Sprint race weekend consisted of one Qualifying session, one Qualifying Race - of which the results set up the grid for the Main Race - and one Main Race. On 2 October 2017, changes to the format of Sprint race weekends were announced. In 2018 a Sprint race weekend consisted of two races scoring equal points and featuring separate Qualifying sessions for each race.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 34], "content_span": [35, 422]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277770-0003-0000", "contents": "2018 Blancpain GT Series, Championship standings\nChampionship points were awarded for the first ten positions in each race. The pole-sitter also received one point and entries were required to complete 75% of the winning car's race distance in order to be classified and earn points. Individual drivers were required to participate for a minimum of 25 minutes in order to earn championship points in any race. A new points system was introduced in the Sprint Cup this season. It takes the maximum points an entry could earn in the old 'Qualifying Race + Main Race'-format divided by two.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 48], "content_span": [49, 587]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277770-0004-0000", "contents": "2018 Blancpain GT Series, Championship standings\nPoints were awarded after six hours, after twelve hours and at the finish.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 48], "content_span": [49, 123]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277771-0000-0000", "contents": "2018 Blancpain GT Series Asia\nThe 2018 Blancpain GT Series Asia was the second season of SRO Motorsports Group and Team Asia One GT Management's Blancpain GT Series Asia, an auto racing series for grand tourer cars in Asia. The races were contested with GT3-spec and GT4-spec cars. The season began on 14 April at Sepang and ended on 14 October at Ningbo.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [29, 29], "content_span": [30, 355]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277771-0001-0000", "contents": "2018 Blancpain GT Series Asia, Calendar\nAt the annual press conference during the 2017 24 Hours of Spa on 28 July, the St\u00e9phane Ratel Organisation announced the first draft of the 2018 calendar. Initially, no changes were made to the schedule compared to 2017. On 27 September 2017, it was announced the races in Buriram were moved one week earlier to avoid a clash with the 3 Hours of Silverstone. On 29 January 2018, it was announced Ningbo would replace Zhejiang as the final round of the season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 39], "content_span": [40, 499]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277771-0002-0000", "contents": "2018 Blancpain GT Series Asia, Championship standings\nChampionship points were awarded for the first ten positions in each race. Entries were required to complete 75% of the winning car's race distance in order to be classified and earn points. Individual drivers were required to participate for a minimum of 25 minutes in order to earn championship points in any race.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 53], "content_span": [54, 370]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277771-0003-0000", "contents": "2018 Blancpain GT Series Asia, Championship standings, Teams' championship\nOnly the two best results of a team per race counted towards the Teams' championship.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 74], "content_span": [75, 160]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277772-0000-0000", "contents": "2018 Blancpain GT Series Endurance Cup\nThe 2018 Blancpain GT Series Endurance Cup was the eighth season of the Blancpain GT Series Endurance Cup. The season began on 22 April at Monza and ended on 30 September in Barcelona. The season featured five rounds, with each race lasting for a duration of three hours besides the 24 Hours of Spa and the 1000\u00a0km Paul Ricard events.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [38, 38], "content_span": [39, 373]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277772-0001-0000", "contents": "2018 Blancpain GT Series Endurance Cup, Calendar\nAt the annual press conference during the 2017 24 Hours of Spa on 28 July, the St\u00e9phane Ratel Organisation announced the first draft of the 2018 calendar. No changes were made to the schedule compared to 2017. On 17 September 2017, it was announced the race at Silverstone was moved a week to avoid a clash with the N\u00fcrburgring 24 Hours.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 48], "content_span": [49, 386]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277772-0002-0000", "contents": "2018 Blancpain GT Series Endurance Cup, Entry list\nOn 2 October 2017, it was announced grids would be limited to 26 Pro class entries, in an effort to make the championship more attractive to Pro-Am and Am class competitors. The entry cap was in place for all races except for the 24 Hours of Spa.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 50], "content_span": [51, 297]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277772-0003-0000", "contents": "2018 Blancpain GT Series Endurance Cup, Championship standings\nChampionship points were awarded for the first ten positions in each race. The pole-sitter also received one point and entries were required to complete 75% of the winning car's race distance in order to be classified and earn points. Individual drivers were required to participate for a minimum of 25 minutes in order to earn championship points in any race.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 62], "content_span": [63, 423]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277772-0004-0000", "contents": "2018 Blancpain GT Series Endurance Cup, Championship standings\nPoints were awarded after six hours, after twelve hours and at the finish.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 62], "content_span": [63, 137]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277773-0000-0000", "contents": "2018 Blancpain GT Series Sprint Cup\nThe 2018 GT Series Sprint Cup (Known for sponsorship reasons as the 2018 Blancpain Series Sprint Cup)was the sixth season of the GT Series Sprint Cup following on from the demise of the SRO Motorsports Group's FIA GT1 World Championship (an auto racing series for grand tourer cars), the fifth with the seasons sponsored by Blancpain. The season began on 7 April at Zolder and ended on 16 September at the N\u00fcrburgring.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [35, 35], "content_span": [36, 454]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277773-0001-0000", "contents": "2018 Blancpain GT Series Sprint Cup, Calendar\nAt the annual press conference during the 2017 24 Hours of Spa on 28 July, the St\u00e9phane Ratel Organisation announced the first draft of the 2018 calendar. Zolder became the season opener instead of Misano. On 9 October 2017, the finalised calendar was announced, confirming the dates of the races at the Hungaroring.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 45], "content_span": [46, 362]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277773-0002-0000", "contents": "2018 Blancpain GT Series Sprint Cup, Calendar\nIn previous years a race weekend consisted of one Qualifying session, one Qualifying Race - of which the results set up the grid for the Main Race - and one Main Race. On 2 October 2017, changes to the format of race weekends were announced. In 2018 a race weekend consisted of two races scoring equal points and featuring separate Qualifying sessions for each race.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 45], "content_span": [46, 412]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277773-0003-0000", "contents": "2018 Blancpain GT Series Sprint Cup, Championship standings\nChampionship points were awarded for the first ten positions in each race. The pole-sitter also received one point and entries were required to complete 75% of the winning car's race distance in order to be classified and earn points. Individual drivers were required to participate for a minimum of 25 minutes in order to earn championship points in any race. A new points system was introduced this season. It takes the maximum points an entry could earn in the old 'Qualifying Race + Main Race'-format divided by two.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 59], "content_span": [60, 580]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277774-0000-0000", "contents": "2018 Blancpain GT Sports Club\nThe 2018 Blancpain GT Sports Club was the fourth season of the SRO Motorsports Group's Blancpain GT Sports Club, an auto racing series for grand tourer cars. The Blancpain GT Sports Club is a championship for Bronze, Titanium and Iron drivers only. The Titanium categorisation is within the Bronze category, for drivers between the age of 50 and 59. The Iron categorisation is within the Bronze category, for drivers over the age of 60. The races are contested with GT3-spec, RACB G3, GTE-spec and Trophy cars.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [29, 29], "content_span": [30, 540]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277774-0001-0000", "contents": "2018 Blancpain GT Sports Club, Calendar\nAt the annual press conference during the 2017 24 Hours of Spa on 28 July, the St\u00e9phane Ratel Organisation announced the first draft of the 2018 calendar. Autodromo Nazionale Monza replaced Silverstone and acted as the season opener. On 9 October 2017, the finalised calendar of the parent series, Blancpain GT Series, was announced, confirming the dates of the races at the Hungaroring.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 39], "content_span": [40, 427]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277774-0002-0000", "contents": "2018 Blancpain GT Sports Club, Championship standings\nChampionship points were awarded for the first six positions in each Qualifying Race and for the first ten positions in each Main Race. Entries were required to complete 75% of the winning car's race distance in order to be classified and earn points.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 53], "content_span": [54, 305]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277775-0000-0000", "contents": "2018 Blaublitz Akita season\n2018 Blaublitz Akita season. The annual club slogan was \"\u5fd7 \". Former manager Shuichi Mase replaced Sugiyama on July 12.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [27, 27], "content_span": [28, 147]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277775-0001-0000", "contents": "2018 Blaublitz Akita season, Squad\nNote: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 34], "content_span": [35, 163]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277776-0000-0000", "contents": "2018 Blekinge regional election\nBlekinge County held a regional council election on 9 September 2018 at the same time as the general and municipal elections.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [31, 31], "content_span": [32, 157]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277776-0001-0000", "contents": "2018 Blekinge regional election, Results\nThere were 57 seats, ten more than in 2014. The Social Democrats remained the largest party but suffered nearly seven points of a deficit from the 2014 results, going from 39.3\u00a0% to 32.5\u00a0%. In spite of this the increased numbers of seats meant the party remained at 19 seats. This was still a sizeably lower share. The Sweden Democrats recorded 20.6\u00a0% and became the second largest party, while the Moderates made gains in spite of a nationwide drop.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 40], "content_span": [41, 491]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277777-0000-0000", "contents": "2018 Blind Cricket World Cup\nThe 2018 Blind Cricket World Cup was the fifth Blind Cricket World Cup tournament, and was held from 8\u201320 January 2018 in Pakistan and the United Arab Emirates. In the final, defending champions India defeated Pakistan by 2 wickets to secure their 2nd Blind Cricket World Cup title under the captaincy of Ajay Kumar Reddy. Six teams, Pakistan, India, Sri Lanka, Bangladesh, Australia and Nepal played in the tournament, with Nepal making their first ever appearance.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [28, 28], "content_span": [29, 495]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277777-0001-0000", "contents": "2018 Blind Cricket World Cup\nIndia played all of their group stage matches of the tournament at neutral venues in the United Arab Emirates, after the foreign ministry of India blocked them from travelling to Pakistan. It was later revealed that the Cricket Association for the Blind in India and Pakistan Blind Cricket Council had agreed to shift the Indian matches to the UAE. Thus, only Nepal and Bangladesh were willing to play matches in Pakistan.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [28, 28], "content_span": [29, 451]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277777-0002-0000", "contents": "2018 Blind Cricket World Cup\nInitially, Pakistan was selected as the main host nation to host the tournament, with the UAE later agreeing to host some of the matches. It was the first time that Pakistan had been selected to host the Blind Cricket World Cup since 2006, and marked the first instance where UAE also had hosted few matches as a part of the World Cup.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [28, 28], "content_span": [29, 364]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277777-0003-0000", "contents": "2018 Blind Cricket World Cup\nSharjah Cricket Stadium hosted the final between India and Pakistan on 20 January; prior to the World Cup, Pakistan had originally been selected to host the final. India and Pakistan were the only teams to play against each other in the finals of the Blind Cricket World Cup on three consecutive occasions.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [28, 28], "content_span": [29, 335]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277777-0004-0000", "contents": "2018 Blind Cricket World Cup\nIn the final, Pakistan batted first and managed to score 308/8 after being put into bat by India. India chased down the target of 309 with 16 balls to spare to clinch the title. India thus maintained their unbeaten record in the tournament.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [28, 28], "content_span": [29, 269]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277777-0005-0000", "contents": "2018 Blind Cricket World Cup, Venues\nGaddafi Stadium was the only venue to host the Blind Cricket World Cup matches in Pakistan. In the UAE, International standard cricket venues including Ajman Oval were chosen to host some of the matches.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 36], "content_span": [37, 241]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277777-0006-0000", "contents": "2018 Blind Cricket World Cup, Broadcasting\nPTV Sports, the Premier 24 hour Pakistani sport channel was awarded the rights to host the 40 overs Blind Cricket World Cup tournament.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 42], "content_span": [43, 178]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277778-0000-0000", "contents": "2018 Boca Raton Bowl\nThe 2018 Boca Raton Bowl was a college football bowl game played on December 18, 2018, with kickoff scheduled for 7:00\u00a0p.m. EST. It was the fifth edition of the Boca Raton Bowl, and one of the 2018\u201319 bowl games concluding the 2018 FBS football season. Sponsored by the Cheribundi beverage company, the game is officially known as the Cheribundi Boca Raton Bowl.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [20, 20], "content_span": [21, 383]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277778-0001-0000", "contents": "2018 Boca Raton Bowl\nThe game featured the UAB Blazers, champions of Conference USA, and the Northern Illinois Huskies, champions of the Mid-American Conference. The Boca Raton Bowl was the first of three 2018\u201319 bowl games featuring two conference champions, along with the Orange Bowl and Rose Bowl. In just the second season since restarting its football program, the UAB Blazers defeated the Northern Illinois Huskies, 37\u201313, earning UAB their first-ever bowl victory.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [20, 20], "content_span": [21, 473]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277778-0002-0000", "contents": "2018 Boca Raton Bowl, Teams\nBased on conference tie-ins, the bowl could invite teams from the American Athletic Conference (AAC) or Conference USA (C\u2013USA) and the Mid-American Conference (MAC). On December 2, bowl organizers announced that the participating teams would be the UAB Blazers from C\u2013USA and the Northern Illinois Huskies from the MAC. This was the first meeting between the two programs.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 27], "content_span": [28, 400]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277778-0003-0000", "contents": "2018 Boca Raton Bowl, Teams, UAB Blazers\nUAB won the 2018 Conference USA Football Championship Game on December 1, then accepted a bid to the Boca Raton Bowl on December 2. The Blazers entered the bowl with a 10\u20133 record (7\u20131 in conference).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 40], "content_span": [41, 241]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277778-0004-0000", "contents": "2018 Boca Raton Bowl, Teams, Northern Illinois Huskies\nNorthern Illinois won the 2018 MAC Championship Game on November 30, then accepted a bid to the Boca Raton Bowl on December 2. The Huskies entered the bowl with an 8\u20135 record (6\u20132 in conference). Northern Illinois became the first team to make a second appearance in the Boca Raton Bowl, having played in the inaugural edition of the bowl in 2014.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 54], "content_span": [55, 402]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277779-0000-0000", "contents": "2018 Bogor regency election\nThe 2018 Bogor regency election was held on June 27, 2018, as part of the simultaneous local elections. It was held to elect the regent and deputy regent of Bogor Regency. Elections for members of the municipal council (Dewan Perwakilan Rakyat Daerah) will be held in 2019.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [27, 27], "content_span": [28, 301]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277779-0001-0000", "contents": "2018 Bogor regency election\nIncumbent regent, Nurhayanti, while eligible, has decided not to run for re-election. In total, five candidates were on the election ballot: three party candidate pairs and two independent candidate pairs. Municipal councilor and sister of a former regent, Ade Yasin, defeated fellow councilor, Ade Ruhandi, and the other 4 candidates.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [27, 27], "content_span": [28, 363]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277779-0002-0000", "contents": "2018 Bogor regency election, Candidates\nThe candidates, along with their supporting parties, are as follows:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 39], "content_span": [40, 108]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277779-0003-0000", "contents": "2018 Bogor regency election, Results\nThe results were announced on July 6, 2018. The winner, Ade Yasin, is a former municipal councilor for the regency and is the chairman for West Java's branch of the United Development Party.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 36], "content_span": [37, 227]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277779-0004-0000", "contents": "2018 Bogor regency election, Aftermath\nFollowing the announcement, the Ade Ruhandi/Inggrid Kansil pair filed a lawsuit to the Constitutional Court of Indonesia. Although the lawsuit was eventually turned down, it resulted in a delay for the swearing in of the regent-elect, which was moved to March 2019.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 38], "content_span": [39, 304]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277780-0000-0000", "contents": "2018 Bohemian F.C. season\nThe 2018 season was Bohemian F.C. 's 128th year in existence as a football club. The club participated in the League of Ireland Premier Division, the FAI Cup, the EA Sports Cup and was also involved in the 2018\u201319 Scottish Challenge Cup known as the IRN-BRU Cup.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [25, 25], "content_span": [26, 288]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277780-0001-0000", "contents": "2018 Bohemian F.C. season, Club, Kits\nThe club's traditional red and black stripes were provided by Hummel this season. On 25 May 2018, the club announced a special edition jersey for the remarkable FAI Cup run. The mainly white shirt featured a red and black diagonal stripe, which had the name of every supporter, who bought the jersey woven into the fabric.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 37], "content_span": [38, 360]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277780-0002-0000", "contents": "2018 Bohemian F.C. season, Competitions, Premier Division, Matches\nThe fixtures for the 2018 season were announced on 19 December 2017.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 66], "content_span": [67, 135]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277781-0000-0000", "contents": "2018 Boise State Broncos football team\nThe 2018 Boise State Broncos football team represented Boise State University during the 2018 NCAA Division I FBS football season. This season was the Broncos' 82nd season overall, fifth under head coach Bryan Harsin, eighth as a member of the Mountain West Conference and sixth within the Mountain Division. The Broncos played their home games at Albertsons Stadium in Boise, Idaho. They finished the season 10\u20133, 7\u20131 in Mountain West play to finish in a tie for first place in the Mountain Division with Utah State.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [38, 38], "content_span": [39, 556]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277781-0000-0001", "contents": "2018 Boise State Broncos football team\nDue to their head-to-head win over Utah State, they were champions of the Mountain Division. They represented the Mountain Division in the Mountain West Championship Game where they lost to West Division champion Fresno State. They were invited to the First Responder Bowl against Boston College. With 5:08 left in the 1st quarter, the bowl game was delayed and ultimately canceled and ruled a no contest.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [38, 38], "content_span": [39, 444]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277781-0001-0000", "contents": "2018 Boise State Broncos football team, Previous season\nThe Broncos finished the 2017 season 11\u20133, 7\u20131 in Mountain West play to win the Mountain Division. They defeated West Division champion Fresno State in the Mountain West Championship Game to become Mountain West champions. They were invited to the Las Vegas Bowl where they defeated Oregon.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 55], "content_span": [56, 346]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277781-0002-0000", "contents": "2018 Boise State Broncos football team, Preseason, Mountain West media days\nDuring the Mountain West media days held July 24\u201325 at the Cosmopolitan on the Las Vegas Strip, the Broncos were unanimously predicted as favorites to win the Mountain Division title.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 75], "content_span": [76, 259]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277781-0003-0000", "contents": "2018 Boise State Broncos football team, Preseason, Mountain West media days, Preseason All-Mountain West Team\nThe Broncos had eight players selected to the preseason all-Mountain West team. Quarterback Brett Rypien was selected as preseason offensive player of the year and kick/punt returner Avery Williams was selected as preseason special teams player of the year.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 109], "content_span": [110, 367]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277781-0004-0000", "contents": "2018 Boise State Broncos football team, Game summaries, at Troy\nSenior cornerback Tyler Horton, who finished the game with four tackles and two fumble recoveries which were both returned for touchdowns, was named Mountain West Defensive Player of the Week. Horton was also named the Bronko Nagurski Trophy National Defensive Player of the Week.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 63], "content_span": [64, 344]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277781-0005-0000", "contents": "2018 Boise State Broncos football team, Game summaries, UConn\nThe Broncos set a school record for offensive yards in a game with 818 yards. The previous record was 742 set against Colorado State in 2011. Quarterback Brett Rypien was named Mountain West Offensive Player of the Week.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 61], "content_span": [62, 282]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277781-0006-0000", "contents": "2018 Boise State Broncos football team, Game summaries, Fresno State\nQuarterback Brett Rypien broke the Mountain West record for passing yards in a career, which now stands at 12,924 yards. The previous record was 12,690 set by Ryan Lindley of San Diego State in 2011. He also broke the Mountain West career completions record, also previously held by Lindley, and now has 981 career completions.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 68], "content_span": [69, 396]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277781-0007-0000", "contents": "2018 Boise State Broncos football team, Game summaries, Utah State\nRunning back Alexander Mattison was named Mountain West Offensive Player of the Week following rushing for 200 yards and 3 touchdowns on a career high 37 carries. He also added 3 catches for 12 yards.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 66], "content_span": [67, 267]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277781-0008-0000", "contents": "2018 Boise State Broncos football team, Game summaries, vs. Boston College (First Responder Bowl)\nWith Boston College leading 7\u20130 with 5:08 remaining in the 1st quarter, the game was delayed due to inclement weather. After an hour and a half delay, the game was canceled and ruled a no contest", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 97], "content_span": [98, 293]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277782-0000-0000", "contents": "2018 Bojangles' Southern 500\nThe 2018 Bojangles' Southern 500, the 69th running of the event was a Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series race held on September 2, 2018, at Darlington Raceway in Darlington, South Carolina. Contested over 367 laps on the 1.366-mile (2.198\u00a0km) egg-shaped oval, it was the 25th race of the 2018 Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series season. This race marked the final career start for Kasey Kahne.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [28, 28], "content_span": [29, 417]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277782-0001-0000", "contents": "2018 Bojangles' Southern 500, Report, Background\nDarlington Raceway is a race track built for NASCAR racing located near Darlington, South Carolina. It is nicknamed \"The Lady in Black\" and \"The Track Too Tough to Tame\" by many NASCAR fans and drivers and advertised as \"A NASCAR Tradition.\" It is of a unique, somewhat egg-shaped design, an oval with the ends of very different configurations, a condition which supposedly arose from the proximity of one end of the track to a minnow pond the owner refused to relocate. This situation makes it very challenging for the crews to set up their cars' handling in a way that is effective at both ends.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 48], "content_span": [49, 646]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277782-0002-0000", "contents": "2018 Bojangles' Southern 500, Practice, First practice\nDenny Hamlin was the fastest in the first practice session with a time of 28.543 seconds and a speed of 172.287\u00a0mph (277.269\u00a0km/h).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 54], "content_span": [55, 186]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277782-0003-0000", "contents": "2018 Bojangles' Southern 500, Practice, Final practice\nRyan Newman was the fastest in the final practice session with a time of 28.641 seconds and a speed of 171.698\u00a0mph (276.321\u00a0km/h).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 54], "content_span": [55, 185]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277782-0004-0000", "contents": "2018 Bojangles' Southern 500, Qualifying\nDenny Hamlin scored the pole for the race with a time of 28.332 and a speed of 173.571\u00a0mph (279.335\u00a0km/h).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 40], "content_span": [41, 147]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277782-0005-0000", "contents": "2018 Bojangles' Southern 500, Media, Television\nNBC Sports covered the race on the television side. Steve Letarte, two\u2013time Darlington winner Jeff Burton and Dale Earnhardt Jr. had the call in the booth for the race. Rick Allen, three-time Darlington winner Dale Jarrett and Kyle Petty called from the NBC Peacock Pit Box on pit road. Jarrett and Petty also join Earnhardt in the booth for a portion of the race. Dave Burns, Parker Kligerman, Marty Snider and Kelli Stavast reported from pit lane during the race.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 47], "content_span": [48, 513]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277782-0006-0000", "contents": "2018 Bojangles' Southern 500, Media, Radio\nThe Motor Racing Network had the radio call for the race, which was simulcast on Sirius XM NASCAR Radio. Dave Moody called the race from a Billboard outside of turn when the field raced through turns 1 and 2, and Mike Bagley had the call of the race atop of the Darlington Raceway Club outside of turn 3 when the field raced through turns 3 and 4", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 42], "content_span": [43, 389]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277783-0000-0000", "contents": "2018 Bol Open\nThe 2018 Bol Open was a professional tennis tournament played on outdoor clay courts. It was the thirteenth edition of the tournament and part of the 2018 WTA 125K series. It took place in Bol, Croatia, on 5\u201310 June 2018.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 13], "section_span": [13, 13], "content_span": [14, 235]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277783-0001-0000", "contents": "2018 Bol Open, Singles main draw entrants, Other entrants\nThe following players received a wildcard into the singles main draw:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 13], "section_span": [15, 57], "content_span": [58, 127]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277784-0000-0000", "contents": "2018 Bol Open \u2013 Doubles\nChuang Chia-jung and Renata Vor\u00e1\u010dov\u00e1 were the defending champions, however Chuang chose not to participate. Vor\u00e1\u010dov\u00e1 partnered Xenia Knoll but lost in the quarterfinals to Ysaline Bonaventure and Sara Sorribes Tormo.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [23, 23], "content_span": [24, 240]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277784-0001-0000", "contents": "2018 Bol Open \u2013 Doubles\nMariana Duque Mari\u00f1o and Wang Yafan won the title after defeating S\u00edlvia Soler Espinosa and Barbora \u0160tefkov\u00e1 6\u20133, 7\u20135 in the final.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [23, 23], "content_span": [24, 155]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277785-0000-0000", "contents": "2018 Bol Open \u2013 Singles\nAleksandra Kruni\u0107 was the reigning champion, but chose not to defend her title.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [23, 23], "content_span": [24, 103]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277785-0001-0000", "contents": "2018 Bol Open \u2013 Singles\nTamara Zidan\u0161ek won the title, defeating Magda Linette in the final 6\u20131, 6\u20133.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [23, 23], "content_span": [24, 101]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277786-0000-0000", "contents": "2018 Bolivian Primera Divisi\u00f3n season\nThe 2018 Bolivian Primera Divisi\u00f3n season was the 41st season of Bolivia's top-flight football league and the first season under Divisi\u00f3n de F\u00fatbol Profesional management. Bol\u00edvar were the defending champions, having won the 2017 Clausura tournament.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [37, 37], "content_span": [38, 288]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277786-0001-0000", "contents": "2018 Bolivian Primera Divisi\u00f3n season\nIn the Torneo Apertura, Jorge Wilstermann won their fourteenth league title, and seventh in the professional era, after beating The Strongest on penalties in the third and last match of the finals on 6 June, and San Jos\u00e9 won their fourth league title in the Torneo Clausura on 19 December after tying with Royal Pari by a 1\u20131 score.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [37, 37], "content_span": [38, 370]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277786-0002-0000", "contents": "2018 Bolivian Primera Divisi\u00f3n season, Format\nGiven that the league was expanded from 12 to 14 teams, the league format had a slight variation for this season. The Torneo Apertura was played in the first half of the year, with the 14 teams being split into two groups of seven teams each for the first stage, in which teams in each group played each other as well as a team from the other group (their derby rival) twice, for a total of 14 matches.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 45], "content_span": [46, 448]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277786-0002-0001", "contents": "2018 Bolivian Primera Divisi\u00f3n season, Format\nThe top four teams from each group qualified for the knockout stage, where they were sorted in four ties played on a home-and-away basis, with the four winners advancing to the semifinals and the winners of each semifinal advancing to the final of the tournament. The six teams that failed to qualify for the knockout stage played another separate knockout tournament for a berth to the Copa Sudamericana. On the other hand, the Torneo Clausura was played in the second half of the year under a double round-robin system, with all teams playing each other twice for a total of 26 matches.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 45], "content_span": [46, 634]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277786-0003-0000", "contents": "2018 Bolivian Primera Divisi\u00f3n season, Format\nInternational qualification was as follows: the champions and runners-up of each tournament qualified for the 2019 Copa Libertadores, while the third-placed team in each tournament, as well as the fourth-placed in the Clausura and the winners of the Apertura's secondary knockout tournament would qualify for the 2019 Copa Sudamericana.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 45], "content_span": [46, 382]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277786-0004-0000", "contents": "2018 Bolivian Primera Divisi\u00f3n season, Teams\nThe number of teams for the 2018 season was increased by two, from twelve to fourteen. Aurora and Royal Pari were promoted to the top flight after winning the 2016\u201317 Copa Sim\u00f3n Bol\u00edvar and 2017 Copa Sim\u00f3n Bol\u00edvar, respectively. Petrolero was relegated to the ATF Championship after losing the relegation playoff to Destroyers, the 2016\u201317 Copa Sim\u00f3n Bol\u00edvar runner-up.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 44], "content_span": [45, 414]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277786-0005-0000", "contents": "2018 Bolivian Primera Divisi\u00f3n season, Teams\na: Aurora and Jorge Wilstermann played their Torneo Apertura home games at Estadio Capit\u00e1n Jos\u00e9 Angulo in Sacaba due to the closure of Estadio F\u00e9lix Capriles in preparation of the 2018 South American Games. Aurora played its Torneo Apertura home match against Jorge Wilstermann at Estadio Evo Morales in Ivirgarzama. b: Guabir\u00e1 played six of their seven home games in the Torneo Apertura first stage at Estadio Ram\u00f3n Tahuichi Aguilera in Santa Cruz de la Sierra and Estadio Samuel Vaca in Warnes while their regular stadium Estadio Gilberto Parada underwent remodeling works.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 44], "content_span": [45, 620]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277786-0006-0000", "contents": "2018 Bolivian Primera Divisi\u00f3n season, Torneo Apertura\nThe Torneo Apertura began on 27 January and ended on 6 June.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 54], "content_span": [55, 115]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277786-0007-0000", "contents": "2018 Bolivian Primera Divisi\u00f3n season, Aggregate table\nThe aggregate table was elaborated considering the results in the Torneo Apertura (only the first stage) and the Torneo Clausura. The bottom-placed team in this table at the end of the season was relegated, while the next lowest placed team played the relegation playoff. In addition to this, all international qualification berths left vacant at the end of the season were allocated through this table.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 54], "content_span": [55, 458]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277786-0008-0000", "contents": "2018 Bolivian Primera Divisi\u00f3n season, Relegation/promotion playoff\nThe winners will play in the top flight for the 2019 season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 67], "content_span": [68, 128]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277787-0000-0000", "contents": "2018 Bolton Metropolitan Borough Council election\nThe 2018 Bolton Metropolitan Borough Council election took place on 3 May 2018 to elect members of Bolton Council in Greater Manchester, England. This was on the same day as other local elections. The Labour Party retained overall control of the Council with a majority of 1.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 49], "section_span": [49, 49], "content_span": [50, 325]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277787-0001-0000", "contents": "2018 Bolton Metropolitan Borough Council election\n21 seats were contested and the Conservative Party won 9 seats, the Labour Party won 8 seats, the Liberal Democrats won 2 seats, and Farnworth and Kearsley First won 2 seats.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 49], "section_span": [49, 49], "content_span": [50, 224]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277787-0002-0000", "contents": "2018 Bolton Metropolitan Borough Council election\nAfter the election, the total composition of the council was as follows:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 49], "section_span": [49, 49], "content_span": [50, 122]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277787-0003-0000", "contents": "2018 Bolton Metropolitan Borough Council election, Council Composition\nPrior to the election the composition of the council was:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 49], "section_span": [51, 70], "content_span": [71, 128]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277787-0004-0000", "contents": "2018 Bolton Metropolitan Borough Council election, Council Composition\nLD - Liberal DemocratsU - UKIPFK - Farnworth and Kearsley First", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 49], "section_span": [51, 70], "content_span": [71, 134]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277788-0000-0000", "contents": "2018 Bommarito Automotive Group 500\nThe 2018 Bommarito Automotive Group 500 Presented by Valvoline was the 15th round of the 2018 IndyCar Series season. The race was held on August 26 at Gateway Motorsports Park in Madison, Illinois, just east of St. Louis, Missouri. 2017 Indy 500 pole winner Scott Dixon qualified on pole position after qualifying was canceled due to rain, while 2018 Indy 500 champion Will Power took victory in the 248-lap race.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [35, 35], "content_span": [36, 449]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277788-0001-0000", "contents": "2018 Bommarito Automotive Group 500, Results, Qualifying\nQualifying was canceled due to rain, so the race grid is based on entrant point standings.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 56], "content_span": [57, 147]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277788-0002-0000", "contents": "2018 Bommarito Automotive Group 500, Results, Race\nPoints include 1 point for leading at least 1 lap during a race, an additional 2 points for leading the most race laps, and 1 point for Pole Position.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 50], "content_span": [51, 201]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277789-0000-0000", "contents": "2018 Boodles Challenge\nThe 2018 Boodles Challenge was an exhibition tournament held before Wimbledon to serve as a warm-up to players. Taking place from 26 June to 30 June 2018 at Stoke Park in London, it was the 17th edition of the Boodles Challenge. As with last year, no player was declared champion.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [22, 22], "content_span": [23, 303]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277790-0000-0000", "contents": "2018 Boracay closure and redevelopment\nOn April 26, 2018, the Philippine resort island of Boracay, one of the country's major tourist destinations, was temporarily closed to the general public as part of the government's efforts to rehabilitate and redevelop the island. As part of the closure, Boracay was closed for six months except to its registered residents and employees.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [38, 38], "content_span": [39, 378]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277790-0001-0000", "contents": "2018 Boracay closure and redevelopment, Background\nIn a business forum held on February 9, 2018, President Rodrigo Duterte called the island of Boracay a \"cesspool\" and announced plans to close the island to tourists and conduct a rehabilitation on the island in June 2018 to resolve the worsening sewage conditions there. Duterte has directed Environment secretary Roy Cimatu to resolve the environmental issues in the island. Boracay is part of the jurisdiction of the town of Malay of Aklan province. Three of Malay's barangays are in Boracay.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 50], "content_span": [51, 546]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277790-0002-0000", "contents": "2018 Boracay closure and redevelopment, Background\nAccording to the Western Visayas regional office of the Department of Tourism, Boracay had two million tourists in 2017 which accounts for 34 percent of Western Visayas' 5.8 million tourist arrivals. At least 19,031 are employed to work on the island.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 50], "content_span": [51, 302]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277790-0003-0000", "contents": "2018 Boracay closure and redevelopment, Background\nDepartment of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) Ecosystems Research and Development Bureau, together with the University of the Philippines at Los Ba\u00f1os, Laguna, had earlier commissioned a study to compute Boracay's \"real carrying capacity\". The study took into account Boracay land area, hours spent on activities on the island and other environmental factors. According to the study, Boracay can accommodate only a total of 54,945 people at a time, broken down into 19,215 tourists and 35,730 residents, which includes 22,395 stay-in workers. However, Boracay's existing population of more than 70,700 had already exceeded the carrying capacity by almost 30%.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 50], "content_span": [51, 719]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277790-0003-0001", "contents": "2018 Boracay closure and redevelopment, Background\nGiven the excess one-third capacity, the DENR is looking to relocate some 6,000 workers to mainland Malay town in Aklan. DENR is also exploring the option of having hotels and establishments to subsidize the living and transport expenses or to house their own workers. Other alternative includes the provision of a new port for workers and permanent residents to avoid congestion in the existing one, which will be ring-fenced for tourist use.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 50], "content_span": [51, 494]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277790-0004-0000", "contents": "2018 Boracay closure and redevelopment, Background\nWaters along the beaches of Boracay have experienced algal bloom which environmentalists and some long-time residents claim to be an indicator of pollution and deteriorating water conditions. The Malay municipal government, some business operators, and some residents insist that the algal bloom is a natural seasonal phenomenon that usually occurs annually in the summer, and occurred on Boracay even before the island became developed.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 50], "content_span": [51, 488]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277790-0005-0000", "contents": "2018 Boracay closure and redevelopment, Background\nBoracay Island Water Co. operates the sewage network of Boracay which accommodates only 61 percent of the island. The island has two central sewerage treatment plants with a total a total capacity of 11.5 million liters/day, one in Barangay Balabag and another in Barangay Manoc-Manoc, and plans the construction of a third plant in Barangay Yapak with a capacity of 5 million litres/day. This addition will allow more establishments in the Balabag area to connect to the sewer system. Without this addition, only 58 percent of the capacity is used.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 50], "content_span": [51, 600]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277790-0006-0000", "contents": "2018 Boracay closure and redevelopment, Events leading to the closure\nFollowing Rodrigo Duterte's comment on the situation in Boracay, the local government of Malay issued a statement on February 19, 2018, accepting the remarks by the president as \"constructive criticism\" and acknowledged the environmental issues affecting the island. It pointed out that the municipal government had entered in a partnership with architectural firm, Palafox Associates to formulate a tourism municipal master plan which involved decongesting Boracay and implementing building regulations in the island. In addition it criticized ABS-CBN and GMA Network for using photos of algal bloom in the island to \"sensationalize\" the algal phenomenon in the island which it insists as natural and says it only occurs in the summer.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 69], "content_span": [70, 806]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277790-0007-0000", "contents": "2018 Boracay closure and redevelopment, Events leading to the closure\nThere were repeat calls for a partial closure of Boracay instead of a total closure. 1-Pacman partylist has proposed the closure of areas identified as medium to high risk based primarily on environmental and sanitary standards while low risk areas were to operate while the rest of the island was being rehabilitated.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 69], "content_span": [70, 388]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277790-0008-0000", "contents": "2018 Boracay closure and redevelopment, Events leading to the closure\nThe military also to deployed to secure Boracay during its closure as support to the local police. Protest actions were the \"foremost threat\" the security forces were stated to be anticipating.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 69], "content_span": [70, 263]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277790-0009-0000", "contents": "2018 Boracay closure and redevelopment, Events leading to the closure, Planned media coverage restriction\nThe Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) announced that journalists would need permission to cover the shutdown of Boracay. On April 14, 2018, the Department of Tourism of the Philippines issued guidelines that sought to limit media coverage of the Boracay shutdown. According to the media accreditation guidelines, television networks would be limited to 12 persons, while radio, print, and online organizations and wire services would be limited to five persons. Accredited organizations would be allowed on the island from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m., restricted to designated areas, and required to be escorted. \"Vetting and processing\" of applications for accreditation would take three to five working days.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 105], "content_span": [106, 826]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277790-0010-0000", "contents": "2018 Boracay closure and redevelopment, Events leading to the closure, Planned media coverage restriction\nThe Center for Media Freedom and Responsibility (CMFR) noted criticisms that saw the guidelines \"as government\u2019s way to prevent access to critical media, selectively favoring the media practitioners who are friendly to government.\" The National Union of Journalists of the Philippines called the restrictions unconstitutional. The CMFR said the accreditation system was a form of prior restraint, and noted a wider pattern of restrictions that sought to limit press freedom in the Philippines.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 105], "content_span": [106, 599]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277790-0011-0000", "contents": "2018 Boracay closure and redevelopment, Events leading to the closure, Planned media coverage restriction\nOn April 25, 2018, the Department of Tourism announced that it was dropping the requirement for accreditation for media coverage.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 105], "content_span": [106, 235]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277790-0012-0000", "contents": "2018 Boracay closure and redevelopment, Closure and rehabilitation\nOn April 4, 2018, the Philippine government announced that Boracay would be closed for up to six months starting on April 26. Checkpoints manned by police officers and soldiers would be set up at piers in Boracay to turn away visitors from the island. Passes would be given to local residents.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 66], "content_span": [67, 361]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277790-0013-0000", "contents": "2018 Boracay closure and redevelopment, Closure and rehabilitation\nOn the day of the closure, President Rodrigo Duterte declared a state of calamity over the three barangays of Boracay.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 66], "content_span": [67, 185]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277790-0014-0000", "contents": "2018 Boracay closure and redevelopment, Closure and rehabilitation\nThe Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) has distributed relief goods to residents of Boracay while the island is closed to tourists. In June 2018, there were reports of residents receiving spoiled canned goods. The DSWD has admitted mishandling the relief efforts, apologize, and vowed to investigate the matter.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 66], "content_span": [67, 395]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277790-0015-0000", "contents": "2018 Boracay closure and redevelopment, Closure and rehabilitation\nWithin the same month, a whale shark sighting was reported in Boracay through social media. Social media users mostly from Aklan hailed the sightings as a good sign. The government through presidential spokesperson Harry Roque said that the sighting is a proof that the rehabilitation is a success. Greenpeace however responded to that the whale shark sighting is not an indicator of success of the cleanup efforts pointing out that whale sharks are migratory creatures and claimed that the animal is a normal occurrence in Boracay. It criticized the government for using the sighting as a metric for the rehabilitation.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 66], "content_span": [67, 687]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277790-0016-0000", "contents": "2018 Boracay closure and redevelopment, Closure and rehabilitation\nThe government in June 2018 announced that it is developing the Ati people's 2\u00a0ha (4.9 acres) ancestral land in Boracay into an agro-tourism area in an effort to integrate the Ati in the island's tourism industry. The development is part of the Department of Agriculture's Kabuhayan at Kaunlaran ng Kababayang Katutubo (transl. Livelihood and Progress of Filipino Indigenous Peoples; 4Ks) program which was conceptualized by the department's secretary Emmanuel Pi\u00f1ol. A greenhouse will be set up for vegetable cultivation and a goat farm for the production of milk. An organic restaurant serving Ati cuisine and hostel will also be set up along the beach area to be run by members of the Ati people.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 66], "content_span": [67, 766]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277790-0017-0000", "contents": "2018 Boracay closure and redevelopment, Closure and rehabilitation\nThe last batch of livelihood aid from the DSWD was distributed to Boracay residents on September 21. A total of \u20b1158.9 million worth of aid was given to residents affected by the closure.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 66], "content_span": [67, 254]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277790-0018-0000", "contents": "2018 Boracay closure and redevelopment, Closure and rehabilitation\nFrom October 16 to 25, 2018, Boracay was partially opened or have a dry run of its return to tourism operations. Filipino citizens were only allowed to visit the island as tourists with locals given priority. Assessment was made before Boracay was fully reopened on its soft opening on October 26.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 66], "content_span": [67, 364]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277790-0019-0000", "contents": "2018 Boracay closure and redevelopment, Post-closure rehabilitation\nDespite Boracay's soft opening to tourism on October 26, 2018, rehabilitation works were scheduled to continue on the island with its first phase to complete within October 2018. The second phase of rehabilitation was projected to last until mid-2019 and the third phase until the end of 2019. Visitor numbers were quite restricted and many new regulations instituted.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 67], "content_span": [68, 436]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277790-0020-0000", "contents": "2018 Boracay closure and redevelopment, Post-closure rehabilitation\nThe Department of Energy (DOE) donated 200 electric tricycles to the Malay local government in Aklan to improve the public transport system, embarking on \"more sustainable tourism development for the island\".", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 67], "content_span": [68, 276]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277790-0021-0000", "contents": "2018 Boracay closure and redevelopment, Legal case\nOn June 27, 2018, the Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) filed a complaint against 17 executive officials including Aklan Governor Florencio Miraflores and Malay Municipal Mayor Ciceron Cawaling over neglect over Boracay. The officials were alleged to have been lax in issuing building permits and to have failed to sufficiently tackle illegal development activities on the island.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 50], "content_span": [51, 452]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277790-0022-0000", "contents": "2018 Boracay closure and redevelopment, Impact\nAbout 400 hotels and restaurants were ordered to close for violating local environmental laws, while 3 casinos have been permanently shut down. Establishments built within the 30-meter shoreline easement were also demolished.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 46], "content_span": [47, 272]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277790-0023-0000", "contents": "2018 Boracay closure and redevelopment, Impact\nThe government projected that there will be about \u20b118\u201320 billion loss of potential gross receipts as a result of the six months closure of Boracay. Tourist stakeholders in the island project a loss of \u20b130 billion as they estimate that 700,000 bookings by foreign tourists were cancelled in anticipation of the closure.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 46], "content_span": [47, 365]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277790-0024-0000", "contents": "2018 Boracay closure and redevelopment, Impact\nPhilippine Airlines, Cebu Pacific and AirAsia Philippines have announced that they will reduce flights to and from Kalibo International Airport in Kalibo and Godofredo P. Ramos Airport in Caticlan during the closure.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 46], "content_span": [47, 263]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277790-0025-0000", "contents": "2018 Boracay closure and redevelopment, Impact\nOne estimate placed the number of jobs to be lost at 36,000, with lost revenues at \u20b156 billion.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 46], "content_span": [47, 142]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277790-0026-0000", "contents": "2018 Boracay closure and redevelopment, Impact\nAs a result of the closure, the Boracay police recorded only 14 index crimes from April 26 to June 22, 2018, as opposed 176 cases during the same period the previous year.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 46], "content_span": [47, 218]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277790-0027-0000", "contents": "2018 Boracay closure and redevelopment, Impact\nFollowing Boracay's six-month closure for rehabilitation, the Department of Tourism issued a warning on October 19 to local government units based in 5 major tourist destinations to follow environmental laws, namely El Nido in Palawan, Panglao in Bohol, Oslob in Cebu, La Union, and Baguio.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 46], "content_span": [47, 337]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277790-0028-0000", "contents": "2018 Boracay closure and redevelopment, Reform, Land use\nOn May 30, 2018, President Duterte declared that he planned to make the entire Island of Boracay a land reform area and wanted to prioritize Boracay's first inhabitants.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 56], "content_span": [57, 226]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277790-0029-0000", "contents": "2018 Boracay closure and redevelopment, Reform, Tourism regulations\nThe Department of Environment and Natural Resources conducted a study which concludes that the ideal number of people Boracay island can accommodate is 60,000 people. At that given population it is estimated that the island could produce nine tons of garbage at average. In lieu of this, the agency is working with the local government of Malay and other stakeholders to come up with new regulations once Boracay is opened again to tourists. The DENR would only allow for 19,000 tourists to visit the island daily.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 67], "content_span": [68, 582]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277790-0029-0001", "contents": "2018 Boracay closure and redevelopment, Reform, Tourism regulations\nIf the limit is exceeded, only allow tourists with hotel reservations would be allowed but their respective hotels would be alerted by the agency that the daily limit of tourists in the island has already been reach. However it was later clarified that the government has yet to finalize the daily tourist limit to be imposed on Boracay.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 67], "content_span": [68, 405]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277790-0030-0000", "contents": "2018 Boracay closure and redevelopment, Reform, Tourism regulations\nThe Department of Tourism would also prohibit smoking and drinking of alcohol in public places and the beaches of Boracay though these activities would be allowed in designated areas. This was done in an effort to reduce cigarette butts and shards from broken alcohol bottles in beaches. Large scale parties such as the \"Laboracay\", which draws in 60,000 to 70,000 tourists in three days, would no longer be allowed in the island.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 67], "content_span": [68, 498]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277790-0031-0000", "contents": "2018 Boracay closure and redevelopment, Reform, Tourism regulations\nUnder the new rules, 19,200 tourists per day will be allowed on the island. Moreover, fire eaters, masseuses, vendors, stray dogs, bonfires and even the builders of photo-op sandcastles have been banned from the beachfront. All water sports, aside for swimming, are also forbidden for the time being.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 67], "content_span": [68, 368]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277790-0032-0000", "contents": "2018 Boracay closure and redevelopment, Reform, Sustainable tourism development through green transportation\nTo further support the rehabilitation efforts on Boracay Island, the Department of Energy (DOE), in partnership with Department of Transportation (DOTr) and local government unit of Malay, signed a Memorandum of Agreement on October 15, 2018, for the donation of 200 energy efficient electric tricycles (e-trike). These e-trikes are set to gradually replace the gasoline-powered tricycles on the island for a \"greener public transportation\", and are also seen as the way forward to reduce the vulnerability of the country on the volatility of international oil price movements and other economic impacts.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 108], "content_span": [109, 713]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277790-0033-0000", "contents": "2018 Boracay closure and redevelopment, Reform, Sustainable tourism development through green transportation\nOne of the major beneficiaries of the e-trike project would be the Boracay Ati Tribal Organization (BATO) in coordination with the National Commission on Indigenous Peoples. A total of 10 e-trikes will be given to the BATO, which were intended for their livelihood.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 108], "content_span": [109, 374]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277791-0000-0000", "contents": "2018 Bora\u2013Hansgrohe season\nThe 2018 season for the Bora\u2013Hansgrohe cycling team began in January.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [26, 26], "content_span": [27, 96]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277792-0000-0000", "contents": "2018 Borneo F.C. season, Players, Current squad\nNote: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 47], "content_span": [48, 176]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277792-0001-0000", "contents": "2018 Borneo F.C. season, Players, Out on loan\nNote: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 45], "content_span": [46, 174]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277793-0000-0000", "contents": "2018 Bosnian general election\nGeneral elections were held in Bosnia and Herzegovina on 7 October 2018. Voters elected the national Presidency and House of Representatives, as well as the Presidents and legislatures of the two entities and the legislatures of the ten cantons of the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [29, 29], "content_span": [30, 319]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277793-0001-0000", "contents": "2018 Bosnian general election, Electoral system\nThe three members of the Presidency are elected by plurality. In Republika Srpska voters elect the Serb representative, whilst in the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina voters elect the Bosniak and Croat members. The 42 members of the House of Representatives are elected by open list proportional representation in two constituencies, the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina and Republika Srpska.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 47], "content_span": [48, 448]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277793-0002-0000", "contents": "2018 Bosnian general election, Franchise\nA total of 3,352,933 citizens are registered to vote: 2,092,336 in the FBiH and 1,260,597 in the RS (citizens living in Br\u010dko District vote in one of the entities). There are 77,814 persons registered to vote outside of BiH, out of which 76,729 persons are registered to vote by mail and 1,085 are registered to vote at diplomatic missions.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 40], "content_span": [41, 381]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277793-0003-0000", "contents": "2018 Bosnian general election, Turnout\nTurnout at the level of BiH was 53.36%; FBiH 51.25%; RS 57.30% and BD 46.81%. The percentage was slightly lower as compared to 2014 that was 54.14%. The BiH Central Election Commission (CEC) reported that all 5714 polling stations closed down in time or with slight delay. According to the initial assessment by the BiH CEC, the elections passed in an overall calm and peaceful atmosphere.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 38], "content_span": [39, 428]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277793-0004-0000", "contents": "2018 Bosnian general election, Results, Presidency\nThe elected members of the BiH Presidency are \u0160efik D\u017eaferovi\u0107 (Bosniak, SDA), \u017deljko Kom\u0161i\u0107 (Croat, DF) and Milorad Dodik (Serb, SNSD). There was controversy over the election of the Croat member, as the non-nationalist candidate \u017deljko Kom\u0161i\u0107 (Democratic Front) won against the nationalist Dragan \u010covi\u0107 (HDZ BiH) with the help of Bosniak voters, with Kom\u0161i\u0107 winning first place almost exclusively in municipalities without a Croat relative majority. The result prompted protests of Croats accusing Bosniaks of out-voting and calling for the creation of their own entity or electoral constituency. In the following days, protests were held in Mostar with signs \"Not my president\". In the days following election, several municipalities with Croat majority declared Kom\u0161i\u0107 persona non grata.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 50], "content_span": [51, 842]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277794-0000-0000", "contents": "2018 Boston Cannons season\nThe 2018 Boston Cannons season was the eighteenth season for the Boston Cannons of Major League Lacrosse. The Cannons entered the season looking to improve upon their franchise-worst and last place 3-11 record in 2017. They did so after winning their last two games of the season, finishing 5-9. The record earned them seventh place in the league standings.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [26, 26], "content_span": [27, 384]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277795-0000-0000", "contents": "2018 Boston College Eagles football team\nThe 2018 Boston College Eagles football team represented Boston College during the 2018 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The Eagles played their home games at Alumni Stadium in Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts, and competed in the Atlantic Division of the Atlantic Coast Conference. They were led by sixth-year head coach Steve Addazio. They finished the season 7\u20135 overall and 4\u20134 in ACC play to place the fourth n the Atlantic Division. They were invited to the First Responder Bowl against Boise State. With 5:08 left in the first quarter and Boston College leading 7\u20130, the bowl game was stopped because of bad weather and ultimately canceled and ruled a no contest.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [40, 40], "content_span": [41, 711]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277795-0001-0000", "contents": "2018 Boston College Eagles football team, Previous season\nThe Eagles finished the 2017 season 7\u20136, 4\u20134 in ACC play to finish in a three-way tie for third place in the Atlantic Division. They were invited to the Pinstripe Bowl where they lost to Iowa.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 57], "content_span": [58, 250]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277795-0002-0000", "contents": "2018 Boston College Eagles football team, Preseason, ACC media poll\nThe ACC media poll was released on July 24, 2018.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 67], "content_span": [68, 117]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277795-0003-0000", "contents": "2018 Boston College Eagles football team, Game summaries, UMass\nIn the Battle of the Bay State, BC used their RB A. J. Dillon early and often and cruised to an opening day victory", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 63], "content_span": [64, 179]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277795-0004-0000", "contents": "2018 Boston College Eagles football team, Game summaries, Holy Cross\nQB Anthony Brown continued his stellar start to the season and led BC to an easy win over FCS Holy Cross", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 68], "content_span": [69, 173]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277795-0005-0000", "contents": "2018 Boston College Eagles football team, Game summaries, at Wake Forest\nIn a redemption game from last season, Anthony Brown threw for a career high 5 touchdowns in BC\u2019s ACC opening win over Wake Forest. BC would get into the AP Poll at #23 the next day", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 72], "content_span": [73, 254]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277795-0006-0000", "contents": "2018 Boston College Eagles football team, Game summaries, at Purdue\nIn their first game as a ranked team since 2009, the Eagles excitement got the better of them as they lost for the first time this season to winless Purdue. It knocked BC out of the rankings", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 67], "content_span": [68, 258]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277795-0007-0000", "contents": "2018 Boston College Eagles football team, Game summaries, Temple\nA. J. Dillon led his team to a bounce back win over Temple with two touchdowns as the Eagles stayed undefeated at Alumni Stadium in 2018", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 64], "content_span": [65, 201]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277795-0008-0000", "contents": "2018 Boston College Eagles football team, Game summaries, at NC State\nDespite causing turnovers in Raleigh, the Eagles offense could not answer without Dillon and lost their first ACC game of 2018 to the Wolfpack", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 69], "content_span": [70, 212]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277795-0009-0000", "contents": "2018 Boston College Eagles football team, Game summaries, Louisville\nIn a must win ACC game, BC would jump out to an early 14-0 lead. Sloppy play and miscues allowed Louisville to take a 20-14 lead in the half. But BC used a blocked punt TD to retake the lead and would score the final 24 points of the game to defeat the Cardinals and get to the off week with a 5-2 record", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 68], "content_span": [69, 373]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277795-0010-0000", "contents": "2018 Boston College Eagles football team, Game summaries, Miami (FL)\nIn the 5th edition of the Red Bandanna Game, A. J. Dillon returned to give the Eagles and their wild crowd their best victory over the season over the #25 Hurricanes. Anthony Brown also had two TDs (1 Pass 1 Rush) and BC\u2019s defense caused two interceptions in the second half that led to 10 points", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 68], "content_span": [69, 365]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277795-0011-0000", "contents": "2018 Boston College Eagles football team, Game summaries, at Virginia Tech\nThe Eagles visited Virginia Tech and pulled out a 31\u201321 victory. Sophomore Travis Levy gave BC a boost with two rushing TDs in the second half after falling behind 14\u20137. A. J. Dillon left the game with an injury", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 74], "content_span": [75, 286]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277795-0012-0000", "contents": "2018 Boston College Eagles football team, Game summaries, Clemson\nIn what was deemed the biggest game of the year for the Boston College Eagles, the defense played a role in holding Clemson to a 13-7 lead at halftime. But without Anthony Brown, who was injured on BC\u2019s first possession of the game, the Eagles could not muster enough offense and dropped a tough matchup to the second ranked Tigers", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 65], "content_span": [66, 397]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277795-0013-0000", "contents": "2018 Boston College Eagles football team, Game summaries, at Florida State\nThe Eagles were big favorites even after a tough loss last week. But with both Brown and Dillon not one hundred percent, the Eagles offense struggled and the Seminoles picked up a late TD pass in the final two minutes of regulation to get an upset", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 74], "content_span": [75, 322]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277795-0014-0000", "contents": "2018 Boston College Eagles football team, Game summaries, Syracuse\nEric Dungey was in full form even after getting injured against Notre Dame the week before and the Eagles could not stop him or the Orange offense in another lackluster game for the Eagles. Brown accounted for all of BC\u2019s touchdowns but Dillon was still banged up and BC finished the regular season 7\u20135 for the third straight year", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 66], "content_span": [67, 397]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277795-0015-0000", "contents": "2018 Boston College Eagles football team, Game summaries, vs. Boise State (First Responder Bowl)\nWith Boston College leading 7\u20130 with 5:08 remaining in the 1st quarter, the game was delayed due to inclement weather. After an hour and a half delay, the game was canceled and ruled a no contest", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 96], "content_span": [97, 292]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277795-0016-0000", "contents": "2018 Boston College Eagles football team, Game summaries, vs. Boise State (First Responder Bowl)\nA. J. Dillon scored on the Eagles' first possession; a 19-yard touchdown run. He had 33 yards on six carries. Anthony Brown was 4-for-6 passing for 54 yards, while Kobay White made two catches for 35 yards.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 96], "content_span": [97, 303]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277796-0000-0000", "contents": "2018 Boston College Eagles men's soccer team\nThe 2018 Boston College Eagles men's soccer team represented Boston college during the 2018 NCAA Division I men's soccer season. The Eagles were led by head coach Ed Kelly, in his thirtieth season. They played home games at Newton Soccer Complex. This was the team's 52nd season playing organized men's college soccer and their 14th playing in the Atlantic Coast Conference.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [44, 44], "content_span": [45, 419]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277796-0001-0000", "contents": "2018 Boston College Eagles men's soccer team, Background\nThe 2017 Boston College men's soccer team finished the season with a 6\u201310\u20131 overall record and a 1\u20136\u20131 ACC record. The Eagles were seeded eleventh\u2013overall in the 2017 ACC Men's Soccer Tournament, where they lost in the first round to Virginia.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [46, 56], "content_span": [57, 300]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277796-0002-0000", "contents": "2018 Boston College Eagles men's soccer team, Background\nThe Eagles were not invited to the 2017 NCAA Division I Men's Soccer Tournament, and did not have any players selected in the 2018 MLS SuperDraft.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [46, 56], "content_span": [57, 203]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277796-0003-0000", "contents": "2018 Boston College Eagles men's soccer team, Squad, Roster\nNote: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [46, 59], "content_span": [60, 188]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277797-0000-0000", "contents": "2018 Boston Marathon\nThe 2018 Boston Marathon was the 122nd running of the Boston Athletic Association's Boston Marathon. It took place on Monday, April 16, 2018 (Patriots' Day in Massachusetts). Yuki Kawauchi won the men's foot race in 2:15:58 and Desiree Linden won the women's foot race in 2:39:54\t The previous year's times were 2:09:37 and 2:21:52, respectively, reflecting the difficult running conditions this year. Wheelchair winners were Marcel Hug, 1:46:26, and Tatyana McFadden, 2:04:39.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [20, 20], "content_span": [21, 499]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277797-0001-0000", "contents": "2018 Boston Marathon, Course\nThe event ran along the same winding course the Marathon has followed for many decades \u200d\u2014\u200c26\u00a0miles 385\u00a0yards (42.195\u00a0km) of roads and city streets, starting in Hopkinton and passing through six Massachusetts cities and towns, to the finish line beside the Boston Public Library, on Boylston Street in Boston's Copley Square. There was rain and hail throughout the day, heavy at times, with temperatures in the 40s F and gusty winds.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 28], "content_span": [29, 461]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277798-0000-0000", "contents": "2018 Boston Pizza Cup\nThe 2018 Boston Pizza Cup was held 31 January to 4 February at the Grant Fuhr Arena in Spruce Grove, Alberta. The winning Brendan Bottcher rink represented Alberta at the 2018 Tim Hortons Brier in Regina, Saskatchewan.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [21, 21], "content_span": [22, 240]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277798-0001-0000", "contents": "2018 Boston Pizza Cup\nThe semifinal and final games were broadcast on Sportsnet One.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [21, 21], "content_span": [22, 84]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277798-0002-0000", "contents": "2018 Boston Pizza Cup, Qualification Method\nTwelve teams qualified for the provincial tournament through several methods. The qualification process is as follows:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 43], "content_span": [44, 162]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277799-0000-0000", "contents": "2018 Boston Red Sox season\nThe 2018 Boston Red Sox season was the 118th season in the team's history, and their 107th season at Fenway Park. Under first year manager Alex Cora, the team finished with a 108\u201354 record, winning the American League East division title for the third consecutive season, and finished eight games ahead of the second-place New York Yankees. The Red Sox were the first MLB team to post 100 wins during the 2018 season, reaching that milestone for the first time since 1946; they were also the first team to clinch a berth in the 2018 postseason.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [26, 26], "content_span": [27, 571]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277799-0001-0000", "contents": "2018 Boston Red Sox season\nThe team set a new franchise record for wins in a season by surpassing the prior mark of 105 that had been set in 1912; they also won the most games by any MLB team since the 2001 Seattle Mariners won 116. Mookie Betts finished the season with the Major League batting title, hitting .346, while J. D. Martinez finished second in the majors with .330. Betts also won a Gold Glove and the Major League Baseball Most Valuable Player Award. Closer Craig Kimbrel became the fastest player in history to reach 300 career saves, finishing the season with 333.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [26, 26], "content_span": [27, 580]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277799-0002-0000", "contents": "2018 Boston Red Sox season\nThe Red Sox entered the postseason as the top seed in the American League, and defeated the Yankees in four games in the Division Series. They then defeated the defending champion Houston Astros in five games in the Championship Series, advancing to the World Series where they defeated the Los Angeles Dodgers in five games.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [26, 26], "content_span": [27, 352]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277799-0003-0000", "contents": "2018 Boston Red Sox season\nThe team was later accused of electronic sign stealing. An investigation into the allegation stated that the sign stealing was \"limited in scope and impact,\" but nonetheless resulted in the suspension of a team video replay operator and the loss of a second-round draft pick in the 2020 draft for the organization. Regardless, the team has been considered the best MLB team of the 2010s, one of the best Red Sox teams ever, and one of the best baseball teams since the 1998 New York Yankees.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [26, 26], "content_span": [27, 518]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277799-0004-0000", "contents": "2018 Boston Red Sox season, Regular season, Opening Day, March 29 at Tampa Bay Rays\nThe 2018 regular season began on March 29, 2018, against the Tampa Bay Rays at Tropicana Field. Manager Alex Cora named Chris Sale as the Red Sox opening day starter opposite Chris Archer. The Red Sox built a 4\u20130 lead through seven innings, including an inside-the-park home run by Eduardo N\u00fa\u00f1ez. Sale pitched six innings, giving up just one hit and walking three, while striking out nine. After Matt Barnes held the Rays scoreless in the seventh inning, Joe Kelly and Carson Smith gave up a total of six runs in the eighth inning, allowing Tampa Bay to take a 6\u20134 lead. Rays closer \u00c1lex Colom\u00e9 pitched a scoreless ninth inning for the save.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 83], "content_span": [84, 725]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277799-0005-0000", "contents": "2018 Boston Red Sox season, Regular season, March\nMarch 29\u2013March 31, at Tampa Bay RaysAfter the tough loss on opening day, David Price made his 2018 debut and threw seven shut-out innings on just 76 pitches. Matt Barnes and Craig Kimbrel shut the door. The lone run of the game was scored by Xander Bogaerts in the seventh. In game three of the four-game series, the baseball was handed to Rick Porcello, who pitched 5+1\u20443 innings and allowed one run on six hits. Bogaerts went 3-for-4, scored a run, drove in two, and hit his fifth double of the season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 49], "content_span": [50, 554]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277799-0006-0000", "contents": "2018 Boston Red Sox season, Regular season, April\nApril 1, at Tampa Bay Rays (cont.) For the third game in a row, the Red Sox won the match by the smallest of margins. H\u00e9ctor Vel\u00e1zquez allowed one run in 5+2\u20443 innings. Mookie Betts and Jackie Bradley Jr. scored to win the series. Red Sox won the series 3\u20131 (10\u20139 runs)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 49], "content_span": [50, 319]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277799-0007-0000", "contents": "2018 Boston Red Sox season, Regular season, April\nApril 2\u2013April 3, at Miami MarlinsIn the series opener, Brian Johnson made his season debut and continued the strong start of Boston's starting pitching. He allowed only one run in six innings, while Hanley Ram\u00edrez and Mookie Betts went yard for the first time of the young season. Final score, 7\u20133 for Boston. The next day, Chris Sale exited the game after five innings with the score tied 1\u20131, followed by five scoreless frames.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 49], "content_span": [50, 479]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277799-0007-0001", "contents": "2018 Boston Red Sox season, Regular season, April\nThe Red Sox scored in the top of the 11th, but the Marlins got a tying run off of Matt Barnes in the bottom of the 11th. Ram\u00edrez then drove in Betts and Andrew Benintendi in the top of the 13th, with Heath Hembree picking up the win, 4\u20132. Red Sox won the series 2\u20130 (11\u20135 runs)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 49], "content_span": [50, 327]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277799-0008-0000", "contents": "2018 Boston Red Sox season, Regular season, April\nApril 5\u2013April 8, vs. Tampa Bay RaysIn the first game of the series, David Price pitched seven innings, giving up no runs on three hits, but the Red Sox had to force extra innings with two runs in the bottom of the ninth. After two scoreless extra frames, Hanley Ram\u00edrez hit a bases-loaded single in the bottom of the 12th to give Boston the win, 3\u20132. After a rare scheduled Friday off-day, Boston jumped out to an 8\u20132 lead after two innings of the series' second game, en route to a 10\u20133 victory.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 49], "content_span": [50, 546]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277799-0008-0001", "contents": "2018 Boston Red Sox season, Regular season, April\nIn the series' finale on Sunday, Tampa Bay held a 7\u20132 lead with two outs in the bottom of the eighth; Boston then had six consecutive hits (three singles and three doubles) to take the lead, 8\u20137. Craig Kimbrel pitched a one-two-three ninth, to give the Red Sox the sweep. Red Sox won the series 3\u20130 (21\u201312 runs)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 49], "content_span": [50, 361]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277799-0009-0000", "contents": "2018 Boston Red Sox season, Regular season, April\nApril 10\u2013April 12, vs. New York YankeesThe Red Sox jumped out to an early lead, then added a nine-run sixth inning, to take the first game of the series, 14\u20131. The first third of the Boston batting order was a combined 8-for-10 with eight runs and nine RBIs. Boston's winning streak then ended at nine games in a 10\u20137 loss to Masahiro Tanaka on April 11.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 49], "content_span": [50, 404]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277799-0009-0001", "contents": "2018 Boston Red Sox season, Regular season, April\nThe game included an incident where Red Sox relief pitcher Joe Kelly hit Yankees' designated hitter Tyler Austin with a pitch, following an allegedly dirty slide by Austin in which he spiked fielder Brock Holt. Austin charged Kelly and started a bench-clearing brawl; four players, including Kelly and Austin, were ejected. Boston subsequently won the final game of the series, 6\u20133, with Rick Porcello allowing only two hits in seven shutout innings. Red Sox won the series 2\u20131 (27\u201314 runs)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 49], "content_span": [50, 540]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277799-0010-0000", "contents": "2018 Boston Red Sox season, Regular season, April\nApril 13\u2013April 15, vs. Baltimore OriolesThe Red Sox jumped out to a 4\u20131 lead in the first inning of the opening game of the series. Eduardo Rodr\u00edguez held the Orioles to one run in six innings, en route to a 7\u20133 win. Boston again took an early lead in the second game; 3\u20130 at the end of the first, and 8\u20130 at the end of the fourth. H\u00e9ctor Vel\u00e1zquez got the win in the 10\u20133 victory.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 49], "content_span": [50, 431]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277799-0010-0001", "contents": "2018 Boston Red Sox season, Regular season, April\nThe third game of the series was tied 1\u20131 through five innings, with Boston getting the go-ahead run in the sixth on an error and wild pitch, and then an insurance run on a Tzu-Wei Lin ground rule double. Heath Hembree got the win in relief; final score 3\u20131. The final game of the series\u2014set for Patriots' Day\u2014was rained out and rescheduled for May 17. Red Sox won the series 3\u20130 (20\u20137 runs)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 49], "content_span": [50, 441]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277799-0011-0000", "contents": "2018 Boston Red Sox season, Regular season, April\nApril 17\u2013April 19, at Los Angeles AngelsIn the first game of the series, the Red Sox got three early runs off of Shohei Ohtani, who only lasted two innings. Boston added five more in the third, en route to a 10\u20131 win; Mookie Betts had three home runs. Boston again jumped out to an early lead in the second game; up 6\u20130 after three, starter Rick Porcello and the bullpen held Los Angeles scoreless, for a 9\u20130 victory. The final game of the series found Boston up a run, 3\u20132, at the end of five. The Red Sox then outscored the Angels 5\u20130 during the final four innings, for an 8\u20132 win to complete the sweep. Red Sox won the series 3\u20130 (27\u20133 runs)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 49], "content_span": [50, 694]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277799-0012-0000", "contents": "2018 Boston Red Sox season, Regular season, April\nApril 20\u2013April 22, at Oakland AthleticsAfter a come-from-behind victory in the first game of the series, which extended Boston's winning streak to eight games, the Red Sox were no-hit by Sean Manaea on April 21. Entering the game with a 17\u20132 record, the Red Sox had the best winning percentage (.895) of any MLB team ever no-hit. It was the first no-hitter against the Red Sox since Chris Bosio of the Seattle Mariners on April 22, 1993. Boston also lost the third and final game of the series; it was the first time the team had consecutive losses during the season. Red Sox lost the series 1\u20132 (8\u201310 runs)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 49], "content_span": [50, 657]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277799-0013-0000", "contents": "2018 Boston Red Sox season, Regular season, April\nApril 24\u2013April 26, at Toronto Blue JaysIn the first game of the series, the Red Sox rallied from a 3\u20131 deficit in the top of the ninth, and the game went to extra innings. In the bottom of the 10th inning, Curtis Granderson hit a one-out solo home run off of Craig Kimbrel to give the Blue Jays a 4\u20133 win, extending Boston's losing streak to three games. The Red Sox were able to win the final two games of the series, each by a single run with Kimbrel getting both saves, giving them six wins from their nine-game road trip. Red Sox won the series 2\u20131 (12\u201311 runs)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 49], "content_span": [50, 615]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277799-0014-0000", "contents": "2018 Boston Red Sox season, Regular season, April\nApril 27\u2013April 29, vs. Tampa Bay RaysAfter falling behind 4\u20130 in the first game of the series, the Red Sox rallied but came up a run short, losing 4\u20133 to the Rays. In the second game of the series, after playing to a 5\u20135 tie through five innings, the Red Sox gave up seven runs in the final four innings, losing 12\u20136, their fifth loss in seven games. Boston then won the final game of the series, 4\u20133. Red Sox lost the series 1\u20132 (13\u201319 runs)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 49], "content_span": [50, 492]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277799-0015-0000", "contents": "2018 Boston Red Sox season, Regular season, April\nApril 30, vs. Kansas City RoyalsAfter giving up three first-inning runs, the Red Sox rallied to a 10\u20136 win in the opening game of the series. Four runs came on a Xander Bogaerts grand slam, making the 2018 Red Sox only the second team in MLB history, along with the 1996 Montreal Expos, to have six grand slams by May 1. The 19 wins the Red Sox had in April set a new club record; the prior mark was 18, most recently accomplished by the 2013 team.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 49], "content_span": [50, 498]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277799-0016-0000", "contents": "2018 Boston Red Sox season, Regular season, May\nMay 1\u2013May 2, vs. Kansas City Royals (cont.) A blown save by Craig Kimbrel, in giving up a ninth-inning home run to Alex Gordon, sent the second game of the series into extra innings. With the Red Sox down a run in the bottom of the 12th, a home run by Eduardo N\u00fa\u00f1ez tied the game, 4\u20134. A three-run home run by Jorge Soler in the top of the 13th put the Royals up 7\u20134, and a Red Sox rally in the bottom of the inning came up a run short, the Royals winning 7\u20136.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 47], "content_span": [48, 508]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277799-0016-0001", "contents": "2018 Boston Red Sox season, Regular season, May\nThe Royals took an early 3\u20130 lead in the rubber match of the series but the Red Sox tied the game in the fourth with Mookie Betts and J. D. Martinez going yard. Betts then single-handedly won the game for Boston, by taking Danny Duffy deep two more times. This was Betts' fourth three-homer game of his young career, making him the Red Sox' franchise leader for such games, surpassing Ted Williams. Red Sox won the series 2\u20131 (21\u201317 runs)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 47], "content_span": [48, 486]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277799-0017-0000", "contents": "2018 Boston Red Sox season, Regular season, May\nMay 3\u2013May 6, at Texas RangersIn the series opener, David Price lasted only 3+2\u20443 innings while giving up nine runs (seven earned) as the Red Sox lost to the Rangers, 11\u20135. Mookie Betts followed up his three-homer game with a 2-for-4 effort at the plate, including his 12th home run of the season. In the second game of the series, Rick Porcello held the Rangers to three hits and one run in six innings, as the Red Sox won, 5\u20131.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 47], "content_span": [48, 476]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277799-0017-0001", "contents": "2018 Boston Red Sox season, Regular season, May\nThe Red Sox had four home runs; Betts (his fifth in three games), J. D. Martinez, and two by Rafael Devers. After falling behind 4\u20131 in the third game of the series, the Red Sox came back to win, 6\u20135, with Craig Kimbrel getting the save, the 300th of his MLB career. In the fourth and final game of the series, Chris Sale held the Rangers to four hits and one run in seven innings of work, en route to a 6\u20131 Red Sox victory. Red Sox won the series 3\u20131 (22\u201318 runs)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 47], "content_span": [48, 512]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277799-0018-0000", "contents": "2018 Boston Red Sox season, Regular season, May\nMay 8\u2013May 10, at New York YankeesIn the opening game of the series, Boston outhit New York, 8\u20136, but the Yankees had two solo home runs from Giancarlo Stanton en route to a 3\u20132 win. It was the Yankees' ninth win in their last ten games, putting them into a tie with the Red Sox atop the AL East, with identical 25\u201310 records. In the second game of the series, after trailing 4\u20132 at the end of the third, the Red Sox held a 6\u20135 lead going into the bottom of the eighth.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 47], "content_span": [48, 516]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277799-0018-0001", "contents": "2018 Boston Red Sox season, Regular season, May\nWith runners on first and second with one out, Craig Kimbrel was brought in, for a potential five-out save. A triple by Brett Gardner, followed by an Aaron Judge two-run homer, put the Yankees ahead, 9\u20136. Aroldis Chapman pitched a scoreless ninth to give the Yankees the win, and first place in the AL East standings. In the final game of the series, the Red Sox held a 4\u20130 lead going into the bottom of the seventh, with Hanley Ram\u00edrez having contributed three RBIs.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 47], "content_span": [48, 515]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277799-0018-0002", "contents": "2018 Boston Red Sox season, Regular season, May\nThe Yankees loaded the bases with one out off of Heath Hembree, and were able to push across four runs to tie the game after Joe Kelly came in. The Red Sox re-took the lead in the top of the eighth, on a J. D. Martinez solo home run. Kelly then held the Yankees scoreless in the bottom of the eighth, and Craig Kimbrel pitched a one-two-three ninth, earning his tenth save of the season. The win put the Red Sox back into a tie with the Yankees for first place in the AL East, both teams at 26\u201311. Red Sox lost the series 1\u20132 (13\u201316 runs)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 47], "content_span": [48, 586]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277799-0019-0000", "contents": "2018 Boston Red Sox season, Regular season, May\nMay 11\u2013May 13, at Toronto Blue JaysIn the first game of the series, Chris Sale became the third Boston pitcher, after Roger Clemens and Pedro Mart\u00ednez, to have a game with 15 strikeouts while issuing no walks. Sale pitched nine innings of a game that would go 12 innings, with Toronto winning 5\u20133 on a two-run walk-off home run by Luke Maile off of Brian Johnson.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 47], "content_span": [48, 411]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277799-0019-0001", "contents": "2018 Boston Red Sox season, Regular season, May\nIn the second game of the series, David Price pitched 5+1\u20443 innings, giving up two runs and getting the win, after his scheduled start against the Yankees had been pushed back due to numbness in his throwing hand, which was subsequently diagnosed as a mild case of carpal tunnel syndrome. Hanley Ram\u00edrez had a two-run homer en route to a 5\u20132 Boston win. In the final game of the series, a first-inning two-run home run from J. D. Martinez put Boston ahead early.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 47], "content_span": [48, 510]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277799-0019-0002", "contents": "2018 Boston Red Sox season, Regular season, May\nAfter starter Drew Pomeranz left with no outs in the fifth inning, the Red Sox bullpen allowed one inherited runner to score, and then held Toronto to no further runs through the end of the game. Joe Kelly picking up his second save of the season, in a Boston 5\u20133 victory. Red Sox won the series 2\u20131 (13\u201310 runs)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 47], "content_span": [48, 360]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277799-0020-0000", "contents": "2018 Boston Red Sox season, Regular season, May\nMay 14\u2013May 16, vs. Oakland AthleticsThe opening game of the series included five solo home runs; three by Oakland and two by Boston. The Red Sox trailed from the fourth inning on, ultimately losing 6\u20135. Rain delayed the start of the second game of the series by almost two hours. Oakland jumped out to a 2\u20130 lead in the first inning, and Boston closed the gap to 3\u20132 after five innings.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 47], "content_span": [48, 434]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277799-0020-0001", "contents": "2018 Boston Red Sox season, Regular season, May\nThe Athletics added two runs in the eighth, and although the Red Sox got one run in the ninth, closer Blake Treinen converted his second save in two days as the Athletics won, 5\u20133. In the third game of the series, Chris Sale handed over a 3\u20132 lead to the bullpen after five innings, due to a high pitch count (102). Boston again outscored Oakland 3\u20132 in the final four innings, for a 6\u20134 final. Red Sox lost the series 1\u20132 (14\u201315 runs)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 47], "content_span": [48, 483]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277799-0021-0000", "contents": "2018 Boston Red Sox season, Regular season, May\nMay 17\u2013May 20, vs. Baltimore OriolesDavid Price threw a 95-pitch complete game in the first game of the series, as the Red Sox won, 6\u20132. Baltimore's only runs came on a Manny Machado two-run homer with two outs in the ninth. With the win, the Red Sox became the first MLB team to reach 30 wins in the 2018 season. The second game of the series was tied at one in the top of the fourth with two outs, when Baltimore scored four runs off of Boston starter Drew Pomeranz.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 47], "content_span": [48, 516]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277799-0021-0001", "contents": "2018 Boston Red Sox season, Regular season, May\nDespite a 3-for-5 effort from Mookie Betts, including his 14th home run of the season, the Red Sox could not make up the deficit; final score 7\u20134 for the Orioles. In the third game of the series, the Red Sox broke a 1\u20131 tie with three runs in the fifth inning, on back-to-back home runs from Betts (with Sandy Le\u00f3n on base) and Andrew Benintendi. Craig Kimbrel earned his 13th save of the season in closing out the 6\u20133 victory. In the final game of the series, a pair of J. D. Martinez home runs helped lead Boston to a 5\u20130 win; the Orioles outhit the Red Sox, 13\u201312, but were unable to score as they had 14 men left on base. Red Sox won the series 3\u20131 (21\u201312 runs)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 47], "content_span": [48, 713]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277799-0022-0000", "contents": "2018 Boston Red Sox season, Regular season, May\nMay 22\u2013May 24, at Tampa Bay RaysIn the first game of the series, Chris Sale pitched 7+2\u20443 innings while holding the Rays to two runs (one earned) while striking out nine and walking two. Mookie Betts and Rafael Devers both homered as the Red Sox won, 4\u20132. The second game of the series was tied 1\u20131 entering the ninth, when Boston pushed across three runs, aided by an error, walk, and passed ball by Tampa Bay. Closer Craig Kimbrel then retired the Rays in order for his 15th save of the season. Tampa Bay took the final game of the series, 6\u20133, as Rick Porcello gave up six runs (four earned) in 3+2\u20443 innings, requiring 92 pitches. Red Sox won the series 2\u20131 (11\u20139 runs)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 47], "content_span": [48, 721]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277799-0023-0000", "contents": "2018 Boston Red Sox season, Regular season, May\nMay 25\u2013May 27, vs. Atlanta BravesThe series' first game was a 6\u20132 win for the Red Sox, powered by home runs from J. D. Martinez, Xander Bogaerts, Mookie Betts, and Mitch Moreland. Dustin Pedroia was on the active roster for the first time of the season, but did not play in the game. Earlier in the day, in order to open up a roster spot for Pedroia, the team announced that Hanley Ram\u00edrez had been designated for assignment.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 47], "content_span": [48, 473]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277799-0023-0001", "contents": "2018 Boston Red Sox season, Regular season, May\nIn the second game of the series, neither starting pitcher lasted four innings, and the two teams used a total of nine relief pitchers. Steven Wright was the most effective, pitching three innings of scoreless relief and picking up the win, as the Red Sox rallied from deficits of 3\u20130 and 5\u20133 to win, 8\u20136. Chris Sale had eight strikeouts in 4+1\u20443 innings of the final game of the series, but was roughed up for six runs by Atlanta, as Boston lost 7\u20131. Red Sox won the series 2\u20131 (15\u201315 runs)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 47], "content_span": [48, 539]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277799-0024-0000", "contents": "2018 Boston Red Sox season, Regular season, May\nMay 28\u2013May 30, vs. Toronto Blue JaysIn the first game of the series, the Red Sox sent eight men to the plate in the bottom of the fourth, pushing across five runs on the way to an 8\u20133 victory. David Price gave up four hits and two runs over five innings, picking up the win as the bullpen allowed just one run through the final four innings. Andrew Benintendi had a 3-for-5-day with four RBIs, missing just a double to complete the cycle.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 47], "content_span": [48, 486]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277799-0024-0001", "contents": "2018 Boston Red Sox season, Regular season, May\nThe second game of the series also yielded an 8\u20133 Boston win, as the Red Sox scored in six of the eight innings they batted, including home runs from Benintendi and Sandy Le\u00f3n. Rick Porcello improved his record to 7\u20132, and Craig Kimbrel notched his 17th save. Boston completed the sweep with a 6\u20134 win in the final game of the series. Toronto tied the game at two in the top of the sixth, and later rallied for two runs in the top of the ninth, before coming up short. J. D. Martinez hit his 18th home run of the 2018 season, putting him into a tie with Mike Trout of the Los Angeles Angels for the MLB lead in that category. Red Sox won the series 3\u20130 (22\u201310 runs)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 47], "content_span": [48, 713]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277799-0025-0000", "contents": "2018 Boston Red Sox season, Regular season, May\nMay 31, at Houston AstrosThe Astros scored two first-innings runs on a Carlos Correa home run off of Drew Pomeranz en route to a 4\u20132 win in the first game of the series.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 47], "content_span": [48, 217]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277799-0026-0000", "contents": "2018 Boston Red Sox season, Regular season, June\nJune 1\u2013June 3, at Houston Astros (cont.) In the second game of the series, Houston had home runs from George Springer, Carlos Correa, and Evan Gattis in their 7\u20133 win over Boston. J. D. Martinez had his 19th home run of the season, while Mookie Betts was placed on the 10-day disabled list. Trailing by a run entering the seventh inning of the third game of the series, the Red Sox rallied for three runs in the frame on the way to a 5\u20134 win.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 48], "content_span": [49, 491]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277799-0026-0001", "contents": "2018 Boston Red Sox season, Regular season, June\nA two-run Andrew Benintendi homer provided the winning edge, while Dustin Pedroia was placed on the 10-day disabled list after appearing in only three games since making his season debut on May 26. In the closing game of the series, the Red Sox had 15 hits while Rick Porcello picked up his eighth win of the season in a 9\u20133 Boston victory. Brock Holt had three RBIs while Benintendi and Mitch Moreland both homered. Red Sox split the series 2\u20132 (19\u201318 runs)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 48], "content_span": [49, 507]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277799-0027-0000", "contents": "2018 Boston Red Sox season, Regular season, June\nJune 5\u2013June 7, vs. Detroit TigersIn the first game of the series, Steven Wright made a spot start, and pitched seven shutout innings to get the win. Xander Bogaerts and J. D. Martinez both had home runs in support of the 6\u20130 Boston victory; meanwhile, Drew Pomeranz was placed on the disabled list. Boston won the second game of the series, 7\u20131, as Andrew Benintendi and Christian V\u00e1zquez each had home runs; V\u00e1zquez went 3-for-4 with two RBIs and two runs scored. Jalen Beeks made his MLB debut as Red Sox starter in the third game of the series, yielding five first-inning runs to the Tigers, who went on to win, 7\u20132. Benintendi homered again for Boston, his 11th of the season. Red Sox won the series 2\u20131 (15\u20138 runs)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 48], "content_span": [49, 768]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277799-0028-0000", "contents": "2018 Boston Red Sox season, Regular season, June\nJune 8\u2013June 10, vs. Chicago White SoxChris Sale pitched eight innings while striking out ten and allowing just one run in the opening game of the series, but the Red Sox were unable to score and fell to the White Sox, 1\u20130. In the middle game of the series, home runs from Jackie Bradley Jr. and J. D. Martinez led Boston to a 4\u20132 win, with David Price improving his record to 7\u20134. In the closing game, the White Sox held the Red Sox' offense in check, winning 5\u20132 and giving Chicago the series. Red Sox lost the series 1\u20132 (6\u20138 runs)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 48], "content_span": [49, 582]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277799-0029-0000", "contents": "2018 Boston Red Sox season, Regular season, June\nJune 11\u2013June 13, at Baltimore OriolesSteven Wright shutout the Orioles for 6+2\u20443 innings, but neither team could score and the first game of the series went to extra innings. In the 12th inning, the Red Sox pushed across two runs on sacrifice flies, with Craig Kimbrel then closing out the win for his 21st save of the season. Mookie Betts returned from the disabled list, batted leadoff, and went 1-for-5. In the second game of the series, Eduardo Rodr\u00edguez improved his record to 8\u20131 with the win. Boston's 6\u20134 victory included home runs from Rafael Devers and Andrew Benintendi.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 48], "content_span": [49, 630]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277799-0029-0001", "contents": "2018 Boston Red Sox season, Regular season, June\nThe two teams combined for 20 hits and 16 walks in a game that took nearly four hours to complete. The Red Sox completed the sweep with a 5\u20131 win in the third game of the series; Chris Sale was the winning pitcher while Betts and J. D. Martinez both homered. Red Sox won the series 3\u20130 (13\u20135 runs)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 48], "content_span": [49, 346]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277799-0030-0000", "contents": "2018 Boston Red Sox season, Regular season, June\nJune 14\u2013June 17, at Seattle MarinersIn the series' opening game, starters David Price and F\u00e9lix Hern\u00e1ndez both went seven innings, with the Red Sox holding a 2\u20131 lead thanks to a sixth-inning home run by Xander Bogaerts. Neither bullpen allowed a run, with Red Sox closer Craig Kimbrel issuing two walks but getting his 22nd save of the season. In the second game of the series, Rick Porcello pitched six innings and left with the Red Sox ahead, 6\u20134. However, Seattle scored three runs off of the Boston bullpen, for a 7\u20136 win.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 48], "content_span": [49, 576]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277799-0030-0001", "contents": "2018 Boston Red Sox season, Regular season, June\nAll the Red Sox' runs came in the third inning, when they sent 11 men to the plate. Steven Wright, starter of the third game of the series, held Seattle to one run through seven innings, but Boston was limited to two hits and unable to score, as the Red Sox fell 1\u20130 to the Mariners. In the final game of the series, Boston jumped out to a 5\u20130 lead in the third inning and never looked back, winning 9\u20133. Eduardo Rodr\u00edguez notched his ninth win of the season, while Bogaerts, Jackie Bradley Jr., and Rafael Devers each homered. Red Sox split the series 2\u20132 (17\u201312 runs)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 48], "content_span": [49, 618]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277799-0031-0000", "contents": "2018 Boston Red Sox season, Regular season, June\nJune 19\u2013June 21, at Minnesota TwinsThe first game of the series was tied 2\u20132 going to the bottom of the eighth inning; the Twins then scored four runs\u2014two each off of Robby Scott and Joe Kelly\u2014as the Red Sox fell, 6\u20132. In the second game of the series, the Red Sox were held to one run on four hits, while the Twins were powered by home runs from Robbie Grossman and Max Kepler, defeating Boston, 4\u20131. After being held to three runs in the first two games of the series, the Red Sox offense produced 16 hits and won the final game, 9\u20132. Rick Porcello improved his record to 9\u20133, while Mookie Betts and Andrew Benintendi both homered. Red Sox lost the series 1\u20132 (12\u201312 runs)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 48], "content_span": [49, 723]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277799-0032-0000", "contents": "2018 Boston Red Sox season, Regular season, June\nJune 22\u2013June 24, vs. Seattle MarinersThe opening game of the series saw nine runs scored in the first inning, and Seattle led 10\u20135 entering the fifth inning. Boston outscored Seattle 9\u20130 the rest of the way, for a 14\u201310 win. Red Sox starter Steven Wright gave up ten earned runs\u2014raising his season ERA from 1.23 to 3.38\u2014but escaped with a no decision. Nelson Cruz of the Mariners had two home runs and seven RBIs in a losing effort.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 48], "content_span": [49, 481]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277799-0032-0001", "contents": "2018 Boston Red Sox season, Regular season, June\nFor the Red Sox, J. D. Martinez went 4-for-5 with a home run and five RBIs, and every batter had at least one hit. In the second game of the series, Seattle again jumped out to an early lead, 5\u20130 after four innings. This time, there would be no Boston comeback, as it was 7\u20130 going to the ninth, with the Red Sox only scoring two late runs. Eduardo Rodr\u00edguez took the loss, his first since May 15, and only his second of the season. In the closing game of the series, Chris Sale had 13 strikeouts while holding Seattle scoreless through seven innings. The Red Sox bullpen completed the shutout, while Mitch Moreland homered in support of the 5\u20130 win. Red Sox won the series 2\u20131 (21\u201317 runs)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 48], "content_span": [49, 739]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277799-0033-0000", "contents": "2018 Boston Red Sox season, Regular season, June\nJune 26\u2013June 28, vs. Los Angeles AngelsIn the series' first game, Boston had a 5\u20130 lead after two innings and went on to win, 9\u20131. David Price improved his record to 9\u20135, while Mookie Betts, Jackie Bradley Jr., Christian V\u00e1zquez, and J. D. Martinez each homered. In the second game of the series, the Red Sox jumped out to a 6\u20130 lead in the second inning. The Angels fought back to tie it, 6\u20136, in the seventh, with Boston then scoring three unanswered runs for a 9\u20136 victory.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 48], "content_span": [49, 525]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277799-0033-0001", "contents": "2018 Boston Red Sox season, Regular season, June\nThe two teams used a combined 12 pitchers, with Angels reliever Jake Jewell leaving the game after an apparent ankle injury suffered while trying to make a play at the plate. The Red Sox had home runs from Martinez, Sandy Le\u00f3n, and Eduardo N\u00fa\u00f1ez. In the series' final game, Brian Johnson started and left after four innings with the Red Sox trailing, 1\u20130. H\u00e9ctor Vel\u00e1zquez then pitched two scoreless innings as Boston took the lead, 2\u20131, and was credited with the win as the Red Sox stayed ahead for a 4\u20132 final.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 48], "content_span": [49, 561]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277799-0033-0002", "contents": "2018 Boston Red Sox season, Regular season, June\nCraig Kimbrel got his second consecutive save, bringing his season total to 24. Bradley Jr. and Rafael Devers both homered, as Boston completed the sweep. For the first time in franchise history, the Red Sox swept a season series of 5 or more games and also set a major league record of 20 home run against a single opponent with 6 or fewer games played against in a season. Red Sox won the series 3\u20130 (22\u20139 runs)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 48], "content_span": [49, 462]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277799-0034-0000", "contents": "2018 Boston Red Sox season, Regular season, June\nJune 29\u2013June 30, at New York YankeesIn the first game of the series, New York built a 5\u20130 lead after four innings, en route to an 8\u20131 win. Boston starter Eduardo Rodr\u00edguez gave up five runs in six innings, taking the loss. The Yankees had four home runs, including two by Greg Bird, while new Red Sox 1B/OF Steve Pearce was 2-for-4 in his debut game with the team. In the middle game of the series, a first-inning grand slam from Rafael Devers put Boston up early, in a game they would go on to win, 11\u20130. Devers was 5-for-5 at the plate, lacking only a triple for the cycle. Sandy Le\u00f3n also homered for the Red Sox, while Chris Sale improved his record to 8\u20134.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 48], "content_span": [49, 710]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277799-0035-0000", "contents": "2018 Boston Red Sox season, Regular season, July\nJuly 1, at New York Yankees (cont.) In the third and final game of the series, the Yankees jumped on David Price early, scoring six first-inning runs. Price went 3+1\u20443 innings, allowing five homers and eight runs. The Yankees had six home runs, including three from Aaron Hicks, as they defeated Boston, 11\u20131. Red Sox lost the series 1\u20132 (13\u201319 runs)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 48], "content_span": [49, 399]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277799-0036-0000", "contents": "2018 Boston Red Sox season, Regular season, July\nJuly 2\u2013July 4, at Washington NationalsIn the opening game of the series, Rick Porcello drove in three runs with a bases-loaded double in the second inning; he pitched six innings, limiting the Nationals to two runs on seven hits, and got the win, his tenth of the season. Boston's other run in the 4\u20133 final came on a Mookie Betts home run, with Craig Kimbrel notching his 25th save of the season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 48], "content_span": [49, 446]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277799-0036-0001", "contents": "2018 Boston Red Sox season, Regular season, July\nIn the second game of the series, the Red Sox had a pair of three-run home runs from Eduardo N\u00fa\u00f1ez and Xander Bogaerts, plus a two-run shot from J. D. Martinez, en route to an 11\u20134 win. On Independence Day, the third game of the series was scoreless through six innings, until Boston score twice in the seventh and once in the ninth, for a 3\u20130 victory to complete the sweep. Jackie Bradley Jr. had two RBIs, while Eduardo Rodr\u00edguez captured his 10th win of the season. Red Sox won the series 3\u20130 (18\u20137 runs)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 48], "content_span": [49, 556]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277799-0037-0000", "contents": "2018 Boston Red Sox season, Regular season, July\nJuly 6\u2013July 8, at Kansas City RoyalsIn the series opener, the Red Sox scored four runs in the first, and another four in the second, jumping out early in what would be a 10\u20135 win. Mookie Betts, J. D. Martinez, and Xander Bogaerts each homered, while Chris Sale improved his record to 9\u20134. Tyler Thornburg, acquired by Boston in December 2016 and out for the 2017 season due to surgery, made his Red Sox debut.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 48], "content_span": [49, 458]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277799-0037-0001", "contents": "2018 Boston Red Sox season, Regular season, July\nThe second game of the series was tied at four after five innings; the Red Sox then outscored the Royals 11\u20130, with Royals catcher Drew Butera facing six batters to record the final Boston out in the ninth, for a 15\u20134 final. Andrew Benintendi had a home run and a double, going 2-for-2 along with four walks, batting behind Betts who went 4-for-6. David Price had a no decision, leaving after 4+2\u20443 innings, with Heath Hembree picking up the win after pitching 1+1\u20443 hitless innings in relief.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 48], "content_span": [49, 542]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277799-0037-0002", "contents": "2018 Boston Red Sox season, Regular season, July\nIn the final game of the series, Rick Porcello allowed nine hits in seven innings, but held the Royals to three runs and got the win, improving his season record to 11\u20133. Boston's three-run seventh inning was the difference in the 7\u20134 final score. Benintendi was 4-for-5 at the plate, while Craig Kimbrel recorded his 27th save of the year. Red Sox won the series 3\u20130 (32\u201313 runs)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 48], "content_span": [49, 429]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277799-0038-0000", "contents": "2018 Boston Red Sox season, Regular season, July\nJuly 9\u2013July 11, vs. Texas RangersThe Red Sox' winning streak was extended to seven games with a 5\u20130 victory in the opening game of the series. Boston's runs came on a Steve Pearce two-run homer in the first, and a J. D. Martinez three-run homer in the eighth. Eduardo Rodr\u00edguez improved his record to 11\u20133 for the season. In the middle game of the series, the Red Sox sent nine men to the plate in a five-run third inning, and won again, 8\u20134.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 48], "content_span": [49, 491]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277799-0038-0001", "contents": "2018 Boston Red Sox season, Regular season, July\nBoston used six pitchers in the game, with reliever Matt Barnes getting the win; H\u00e9ctor Vel\u00e1zquez, making a spot start, left after three innings. A 4\u20132 Boston win in the final game of the series completed the sweep, with Chris Sale improving his record to 10\u20134 for the season. Xander Bogaerts was 3-for-4 at the plate including a triple. Red Sox won the series 3\u20130 (17\u20136 runs)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 48], "content_span": [49, 425]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277799-0039-0000", "contents": "2018 Boston Red Sox season, Regular season, July\nJuly 12\u2013July 15, vs. Toronto Blue JaysIn the opener of a four-game series, Boston scored all but one of their runs in the fourth inning as they defeated Toronto, 6\u20134, extending their winning streak to ten games. Mookie Betts hit the team's eighth grand slam of the season, in a 13-pitch at bat\u2014a full count plus seven pitches fouled off\u2014as he went 2-for-4 with five RBIs. With a 66\u201329 record, the Red Sox reached 37 games over .500 for the first time since 1949.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 48], "content_span": [49, 511]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277799-0039-0001", "contents": "2018 Boston Red Sox season, Regular season, July\nBoston's winning streak came to an end in the second game of the series, a 13\u20137 loss to Toronto. The two teams used a total of 13 pitchers, as both starters only retired a combined 15 batters. Betts was 3-for-4 at the plate\u2014raising his average to .357 for the season\u2014along with a walk, two RBIs, and two runs scored. The third game of the series went to extra innings, after Boston scored the tying run in the bottom of the ninth on back-to-back doubles by Xander Bogaerts and Jackie Bradley Jr.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 48], "content_span": [49, 544]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277799-0039-0002", "contents": "2018 Boston Red Sox season, Regular season, July\nIn the bottom of the tenth, the Red Sox loaded the bases on an error, a single, and an intentional walk. Bogaerts then hit a walk-off grand slam to win the game, 6\u20132. It was Bogaerts' third grand slam of the season and the Red Sox' ninth. Boston won the final game of series, 5\u20132, with Bogaerts again homering and Craig Kimbrel getting his 30th save of the season. The Red Sox reached the All-Star break with MLB's best record (68\u201330, a .694 winning percentage) and a 4+1\u20442 game lead over the Yankees in the AL East. Red Sox won the series 3\u20131 (24\u201321 runs)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 48], "content_span": [49, 605]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277799-0040-0000", "contents": "2018 Boston Red Sox season, Regular season, July\nIn an 8\u20136 American League win in 10 innings, four of the five Red Sox all-stars played in the game. Mookie Betts started in right field and was 0-for-3 at the plate, while J. D. Martinez started at DH and was 1-for-2. Chris Sale was the AL starting pitcher, striking out one and allowing one hit in an inning of work. Mitch Moreland was 2-for-3 after entering the game at first base. Closer Craig Kimbrel did not play.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 48], "content_span": [49, 467]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277799-0041-0000", "contents": "2018 Boston Red Sox season, Regular season, July\nJuly 20\u2013July 22, at Detroit TigersThe one and only run in the first game of the series came in the top of the first inning, when Steve Pearce drove in Andrew Benintendi. It was the Red Sox' first 1\u20130 win since the second game of the season. David Price pitched 6+1\u20443 scoreless innings for the win, with Craig Kimbrel getting the save. Boston fell to Detroit in the second game of the series, 5\u20130, despite outhitting the Tigers, 8\u20137. Starter Brian Johnson took the loss, although both runs he allowed in five innings of work were unearned. The Red Sox won the series' final game, 9\u20131, with Jackie Bradley Jr. going 2-for-4 with three RBIs, while Chris Sale improved his record to 11\u20134. Red Sox won the series 2\u20131 (10\u20136 runs)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 48], "content_span": [49, 772]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277799-0042-0000", "contents": "2018 Boston Red Sox season, Regular season, July\nJuly 23\u2013July 24, at Baltimore OriolesA 5\u20133 win in the first game of the series gave Boston a 71\u201331 record, reaching 40 games over .500 for the first time since their 1949 season. Rick Porcello pitched six scoreless innings for the win, while Mitch Moreland hit his 12th home run of the season. For the second game of the series, the Red Sox activated Drew Pomeranz from the disabled list; he took the mound for the first time since May 31. Pomeranz allowed four runs in 4+2\u20443 innings, taking the loss as Baltimore prevailed, 7\u20136.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 48], "content_span": [49, 578]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277799-0042-0001", "contents": "2018 Boston Red Sox season, Regular season, July\nTrailing 7\u20133 after five innings, Boston scored twice in the eighth and once in the ninth to nearly force extra innings. J. D. Martinez had two home runs, increasing his total to 31 for the season; Blake Swihart and Mookie Betts had one each. The third and final game of the series was postponed, due to rain. The Red Sox had jumped out to a 5\u20130 lead\u2014including home runs from Betts, Martinez, and Andrew Benintendi\u2014in two innings of play before the game was halted; however, those statistics are discarded, as the game will be replayed from the start. Red Sox split the series 1\u20131 (11\u201310 runs)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 48], "content_span": [49, 641]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277799-0043-0000", "contents": "2018 Boston Red Sox season, Regular season, July\nJuly 26\u2013July 29, vs. Minnesota TwinsMinnesota won the first game of the series, 2\u20131, with two late runs after Boston had gone out to a 1\u20130 lead in the second inning. The Red Sox threatened in the bottom of the ninth, loading the bases with two outs, with Twins closer Fernando Rodney striking out Jackie Bradley Jr. to complete the save. In the second game of the series, Boston took a 2\u20130 lead in the fifth inning via a Bradley Jr. home run.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 48], "content_span": [49, 491]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277799-0043-0001", "contents": "2018 Boston Red Sox season, Regular season, July\nThe Twins got back one run in the seventh, and then scored two runs off of closer Craig Kimbrel with two outs in the ninth, to take a 3\u20132 lead. Rafael Devers forced extra innings with a home run in the bottom of the ninth, and Mookie Betts opened the bottom of the tenth with a walk-off home run, giving the Red Sox a 4\u20133 win. Boston won the third game of the series, 10\u20134, with Rick Porcello improving his record to 13\u20134 for the year.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 48], "content_span": [49, 484]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277799-0043-0002", "contents": "2018 Boston Red Sox season, Regular season, July\nFive Red Sox batters had two hits each, including J. D. Martinez who hit his 32nd home run of the season. Boston won the final game of the series, 3\u20130, with Martinez going 2-for-4 and driving in all three runs. Recently acquired starting pitcher Nathan Eovaldi made his Red Sox debut, allowing four hits in seven innings while striking out five and issuing no walks. Red Sox won the series 3\u20131 (18\u20139 runs)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 48], "content_span": [49, 454]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277799-0044-0000", "contents": "2018 Boston Red Sox season, Regular season, July\nJuly 30\u2013July 31, vs. Philadelphia PhilliesThe first game of the series was tied 1\u20131 at the end of five innings, with no further scoring until the bottom of the 13th, when Blake Swihart drove in Eduardo N\u00fa\u00f1ez for a 2\u20131 victory. All of Boston's hits came from the bottom four spots in the order, which went a collective 7-for-19. Philadelphia won the second and final game of the series, 3\u20131. Newly acquired second baseman Ian Kinsler made his Red Sox debut and went 1-for-4. Xander Bogaerts drove in Swihart for Boston's only run. Red Sox split the series 1\u20131 (3\u20134 runs)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 48], "content_span": [49, 618]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277799-0045-0000", "contents": "2018 Boston Red Sox season, Regular season, August\nAugust 2\u2013August 5, vs. New York YankeesIn the first game of the four game set, the Yankees jumped out to an early 4\u20130 lead, only to see Boston score the next 10 runs, including eight in the fourth inning, en route to a 15\u20137 final. Much of the offense came from the top third of the Red Sox order: Mookie Betts was 4-for-4 plus two walks, Andrew Benintendi was 3-for-6 with three RBIs, and Steve Pearce was 3-for-5 with six RBIs; all three of his hits were home runs.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 50], "content_span": [51, 517]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277799-0045-0001", "contents": "2018 Boston Red Sox season, Regular season, August\nPearce joined Kevin Millar and Mo Vaughn as the only Red Sox players to have a three-homer game against the Yankees. In the second game of the series, Rick Porcello allowed only one run and one hit in a complete game effort, improving his record to 14\u20134 as the Red Sox won, 4\u20131. Alex Cora had been ejected in the bottom of the first inning, his first ejection as Boston manager, after taking exception to warnings issued to both dugouts. Boston then scored three runs, with two coming on a Pearce homer.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 50], "content_span": [51, 554]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277799-0045-0002", "contents": "2018 Boston Red Sox season, Regular season, August\nIan Kinsler had to leave the game due to injury, and was later placed on the disabled list; Betts replaced him at second base for several innings, his first time playing the position since 2014. Boston won the third game of the series, 4\u20131, with Nathan Eovaldi allowing no runs and three hits in eight innings. Mitch Moreland and J. D. Martinez both hit home runs. The Red Sox completed the four-game sweep in a 10-inning, 5\u20134 win that was broadcast on Sunday Night Baseball.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 50], "content_span": [51, 526]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277799-0045-0003", "contents": "2018 Boston Red Sox season, Regular season, August\nA Betts solo home run put Boston ahead in the fifth inning; however, New York capitalized on a Xander Bogaerts error in the seventh inning to go ahead, 4\u20131. With that score, Yankees closer Aroldis Chapman came on in the bottom of the ninth, but struggled, striking out two and walking three. With the bases loaded, a Martinez single cut the lead to 4\u20133. A Bogaerts grounder then drew an errant throw from Yankees third baseman Miguel And\u00fajar, allowing Jackie Bradley Jr. to score the tying run.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 50], "content_span": [51, 545]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277799-0045-0004", "contents": "2018 Boston Red Sox season, Regular season, August\nThe game went to extra innings after Moreland struck out, with Matt Barnes retiring the side in order in the top of the 10th. In the bottom of the 10th, Sandy Le\u00f3n hit a two-out single and advanced to second on a wild pitch. Betts was intentionally walked, and Tony Renda made his Red Sox debut as a pinch runner for Le\u00f3n. Benintendi then singled to center, scoring Renda, to secure the win and complete the sweep. Red Sox won the series 4\u20130 (28\u201313 runs)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 50], "content_span": [51, 505]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277799-0046-0000", "contents": "2018 Boston Red Sox season, Regular season, August\nAugust 7\u2013August 9, at Toronto Blue JaysThe first game of the series found Toronto leading, 3\u20131, when Boston scored four in the top of the eighth, including three on a J. D. Martinez home run, to take a 5\u20133 lead. Toronto then forced extra innings, with a run each in the bottom of the eighth and ninth innings. In the top of the tenth, Boston scored five runs, via homers by Mitch Moreland and Jackie Bradley Jr. Toronto could only answer with two runs, for a 10\u20137 final and fifth consecutive Red Sox win.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 50], "content_span": [51, 555]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277799-0046-0001", "contents": "2018 Boston Red Sox season, Regular season, August\nIn the series' second game, Boston jumped out to a 4\u20130 lead after three innings, ultimately winning 10\u20135. Rafael Devers hit a home run in his first game back from the disabled list. Boston's winning streak then ended at six games, as Toronto won the final game of the series, 8\u20135. Rick Porcello gave up seven runs in four innings, taking the loss. Martinez hit his 35th home run of the season, while Mookie Betts' ninth inning homer completed the cycle, the first of his career and first of the 2018 MLB season. Red Sox won the series 2\u20131 (25\u201320 runs)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 50], "content_span": [51, 602]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277799-0047-0000", "contents": "2018 Boston Red Sox season, Regular season, August\nAugust 10\u2013August 12, at Baltimore OriolesIn a game with 33 total hits, the Red Sox out-slugged the Orioles, 19\u201312, in the first game of the series. Trailing 8\u20135 after five innings, Boston scored six runs in the sixth, three in the seventh, and five in the eighth. Drew Pomeranz, pitching out of the bullpen, got the win, while Brock Holt went 3-for-4 with three RBIs. Holt, Xander Bogaerts, and Andrew Benintendi each homered. J. D. Martinez had two RBIs, giving him 101 for the season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 50], "content_span": [51, 537]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277799-0047-0001", "contents": "2018 Boston Red Sox season, Regular season, August\nThe second game of the series\u2014the first game of a day-night doubleheader to make-up a July 25 rainout\u2014was won by Boston, 5\u20130. David Price pitched six shutout innings, while Jackie Bradley Jr. hit two home runs and Eduardo N\u00fa\u00f1ez also homered. In the second game of the doubleheader, Boston used seven pitchers en route to a 6\u20134 win. Martinez hit two home runs, giving him 37 for the season, while Craig Kimbrel recorded his 34th save of the year. Boston won the fourth and final game of the series, 4\u20131, with Chris Sale recording the win in his return from the disabled list. Steve Pearce homered, and Kimbrel picked up his second save in two days. Red Sox won the series 4\u20130 (34\u201317 runs)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 50], "content_span": [51, 738]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277799-0048-0000", "contents": "2018 Boston Red Sox season, Regular season, August\nAugust 14\u2013August 15, at Philadelphia PhilliesRick Porcello pitched seven innings, holding the Phillies to two hits and one run, as the Red Sox won the opener of a two-game set, 2\u20131. Boston's runs came on solo homers by Sandy Le\u00f3n and pinch hitter Brock Holt. The Phillies won the second game, 7\u20134, their three-run seventh inning being the difference. Mitch Moreland had three RBIs on a bases-loaded double. Red Sox split the series 1\u20131 (6\u20138 runs)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 50], "content_span": [51, 497]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277799-0049-0000", "contents": "2018 Boston Red Sox season, Regular season, August\nAugust 17\u2013August 19, vs. Tampa Bay RaysIn the opening game of the series, Tampa Bay scored three times in the top of the first inning, but was held scoreless for the rest of the game, as Boston won, 7\u20133. Xander Bogaerts had two doubles and a triple, going 3-for-4 with two RBIs. In the second game of the series, the Red Sox jumped out to a 4\u20130 lead after the first inning, in what would be a 5\u20132 win. J. D. Martinez hit his 38th home run of the season, and David Price improved his record to 13\u20136. Tampa Bay kept Boston scoreless in the closing game of the series, 2\u20130, as the Red Sox were held to two hits. Red Sox won the series 2\u20131 (12\u20137 runs)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 50], "content_span": [51, 698]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277799-0050-0000", "contents": "2018 Boston Red Sox season, Regular season, August\nAugust 20\u2013August 23, vs. Cleveland IndiansIn their first series with the Indians during 2018, Boston lost the first game, 5\u20134, after building a 3\u20130 lead through two innings. The Indians had three home runs off of Red Sox starter Rick Porcello, who took the loss. In the second game of the series, Cleveland collected 13 hits en route to a 6\u20133 win, giving Boston their third consecutive loss for only the second time during the season, the first being in April. Starter Nathan Eovaldi took the loss.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 50], "content_span": [51, 549]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277799-0050-0001", "contents": "2018 Boston Red Sox season, Regular season, August\nA five-run fourth inning helped Boston win the third game of the series, 10\u20134. Mitch Moreland had a home run, while Xander Bogaerts hit two. In the final game of the series, David Price pitched eight shutout innings, as the Red Sox won, 7\u20130. Boston sent 11 men to the plate in the fifth inning, scoring six times. Red Sox split the series 2\u20132 (24\u201315 runs)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 50], "content_span": [51, 406]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277799-0051-0000", "contents": "2018 Boston Red Sox season, Regular season, August\nAugust 24\u2013August 26, at Tampa Bay RaysThis three-game series was played on Players Weekend, when MLB players are allowed and encouraged to put nicknames on the back of their uniforms. For the opening game, the nicknames used by Boston's starting lineup were as follows:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 50], "content_span": [51, 320]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277799-0052-0000", "contents": "2018 Boston Red Sox season, Regular season, August\nBoston out-hit Tampa Bay, 13\u201312, in the first game of the series, but lost, 10\u20133. All of Boston's hits were singles, and the team had 11 men left on base. J. D. Martinez and Xander Bogaerts were each 3-for-5 at the plate. In the second game of the series, the Red Sox took a 1\u20130 lead in the second inning, but were then held scoreless as the Rays won, 5\u20131. In the closing game of the series, Boston was held to three hits, falling 9\u20131 to Tampa Bay, marking the first time the Red Sox were swept in a series during the season. Red Sox lost the series 0\u20133 (5\u201324 runs)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 50], "content_span": [51, 616]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277799-0053-0000", "contents": "2018 Boston Red Sox season, Regular season, August\nIn the first game of the series, Boston took a 4\u20131 lead into the eighth inning, when Miami scored five runs off of the Red Sox bullpen. Trailing 6\u20134, Boston then scored three in the bottom of the eighth to retake the lead, 7\u20136. In the top of the ninth, the Marlins tied the game at seven, with a run off of closer Craig Kimbrel.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 50], "content_span": [51, 379]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277799-0053-0001", "contents": "2018 Boston Red Sox season, Regular season, August\nThe Red Sox then won the game in the bottom of the ninth when the Marlins were unable to turn a double play on an Eduardo N\u00fa\u00f1ez ground ball, allowing J. D. Martinez to score on a throwing error. In the second and final game of the series, Boston trailed, 5\u20133, going to the bottom of the seventh, when they erupted for 11 runs on 12 hits. This marked the first time a major league team recorded hits on 12 consecutive at bats in a single inning.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 50], "content_span": [51, 495]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277799-0053-0002", "contents": "2018 Boston Red Sox season, Regular season, August\nA walk and a sacrifice bunt occurred, but those are only considered plate appearances, not at bats. The sequence was: single, double, single, double, double, sacrifice bunt, triple, intentional walk, single, single, single, double, single, single, followed by a ground ball yielding a double play that ended the inning. The Red Sox sent 15 men to the plate, with five batters collecting two hits each. Tyler Thornburg recorded the win in relief, with the final score being 14\u20136. Both Eduardo N\u00fa\u00f1ez and Mookie Betts hit home runs during the game. Red Sox won the series 2\u20130 (22\u201313 runs)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 50], "content_span": [51, 636]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277799-0054-0000", "contents": "2018 Boston Red Sox season, Regular season, August\nAugust 30\u2013August 31, at Chicago White SoxIn the opener of a four-game series, Boston fell behind, 4\u20130, until scoring nine unanswered runs; four in the seventh inning and five in the ninth inning. Ian Kinsler went 3-for-4, while Mookie Betts and J. D. Martinez both homered. Ryan Brasier notched his first MLB win, one of four Boston relievers who each pitched a scoreless inning. The second game of the series included a two-hour rain delay, as Boston was outhit by Chicago, 14\u20135, and lost the game, 6\u20131. Boston's only run was a homer by Andrew Benintendi. Xander Bogaerts was ejected for the first time in his career, following an eighth-inning strikeout.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 50], "content_span": [51, 707]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277799-0055-0000", "contents": "2018 Boston Red Sox season, Regular season, September\nIn the third game of a four-game series, Eduardo Rodr\u00edguez returned from the disabled list and got the win, striking out 12 in 5+2\u20443 innings, as the Red Sox won, 6\u20131. Eduardo N\u00fa\u00f1ez, Jackie Bradley Jr., and Ian Kinsler each hit home runs. Chicago won the final game of the series, 8\u20130, as Boston was held to five hits, and did not have a runner advance past second base. Red Sox split the series 2\u20132 (16\u201319 runs)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 53], "content_span": [54, 465]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277799-0056-0000", "contents": "2018 Boston Red Sox season, Regular season, September\nSeptember 3\u2013September 5, at Atlanta BravesThe Red Sox won the series' opening game, 8\u20132, after holding a 3\u20132 lead at the end of seven innings and then scoring five unanswered runs in the final two frames. The two teams combined to use 14 pitchers; Brandon Workman got the win in relief. Ian Kinsler went 2-for-5 with three RBIs. In the second game of the series, Atlanta established an early 1\u20130 lead, but was held scoreless after the second inning, as Boston won, 5\u20131. Steve Pearce was 3-for-4 with three RBIs, and starter Rick Porcello improved his season record to 16\u20137.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 53], "content_span": [54, 627]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277799-0056-0001", "contents": "2018 Boston Red Sox season, Regular season, September\nBoston completed the sweep in a come-from-behind victory in the third game of the series. Down 7\u20131 after seven innings, the Red Sox rallied for six runs in the top of the eighth to tie the game. After the Braves scored once in the bottom of the eighth on a solo home run by Freddie Freeman, a two-run home run by Brandon Phillips in the top of the ninth gave the Red Sox a 9\u20138 lead. Craig Kimbrel closed out the win in the bottom of the ninth with his 38th save of the season. Phillips, who was making his Red Sox debut, was 1-for-3 with two walks, two RBIs, and three runs scored. Red Sox won the series 3\u20130 (22\u201311 runs)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 53], "content_span": [54, 675]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277799-0057-0000", "contents": "2018 Boston Red Sox season, Regular season, September\nSeptember 7\u2013September 9, vs. Houston AstrosThe Astros won the first game of the series, 6\u20133, after being held scoreless through the first six innings. Starter David Price had 10 strikeouts in 6+1\u20443 innings and was charged with two runs, although all of Houston's runs were scored with Red Sox relief pitchers on the mound. Xander Bogaerts hit his 20th home run of the season. The Astros won the second game, 5\u20133, after building a 5\u20131 lead through four innings. Eduardo Rodr\u00edguez took the loss, allowing five runs in 3+1\u20443 innings, while Bogaerts again homered.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 53], "content_span": [54, 614]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277799-0057-0001", "contents": "2018 Boston Red Sox season, Regular season, September\nBoston won the closing game of the series, 6\u20135, with Mitch Moreland hitting a walk-off RBI single in the bottom of the ninth to break a 5\u20135 tie. The Red Sox had built a 5\u20131 lead through five innings, only to see the Astros plate four runs in the sixth to tie the game. J. D. Martinez hit his 40th home run of the season, while Bogaerts was 4-for-4 with a walk and an RBI. Mookie Betts went 7-for-12 during the series, raising his average to .342 for the season. Red Sox lost the series 1\u20132 (12\u201316 runs)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 53], "content_span": [54, 556]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277799-0058-0000", "contents": "2018 Boston Red Sox season, Regular season, September\nSeptember 11\u2013September 13, vs. Toronto Blue JaysIn the first game of the series, Toronto had a 2\u20130 lead through six innings, with Boston then scoring seven unanswered runs for a 7\u20132 final. Chris Sale returned from the disabled list, pitching the first inning as the Red Sox used seven pitchers in relief, with Ryan Brasier getting the win. Brock Holt hit a three-run pinch-hit home run, as the Red Sox became the first major league team to clinch a spot in the 2018 postseason.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 53], "content_span": [54, 531]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277799-0058-0001", "contents": "2018 Boston Red Sox season, Regular season, September\nBoston won the second game of the series, 1\u20130, with the game's only run coming on a wild pitch in the fifth inning. Starter David Price went seven innings while striking out seven, walking none, and limiting the Blue Jays to three hits. With this win, the Red Sox reached 100 wins for the first time since their 1946 season. In the final game of the series, J. D. Martinez hit his 41st homer of the season to tie for the MLB lead. Toronto scored twice in the top of the eighth inning to tie the game, 3\u20133. Boston went ahead, 4\u20133, in the bottom of the inning, with Xander Bogaerts scoring from third on an infield error. Craig Kimbrel then retired the Blue Jays in order for his 40th save of the season. Red Sox won the series 3\u20130 (12\u20135 runs)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 53], "content_span": [54, 795]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277799-0059-0000", "contents": "2018 Boston Red Sox season, Regular season, September\nThe Red Sox were held scoreless in the first game of the series, losing 8\u20130 as Mets starter Noah Syndergaard allowed only three hits in seven innings. In the second game of the series, Boston overcame a 3\u20131 deficit, scoring four runs in the fifth inning on two-RBI doubles by Jackie Bradley Jr. and Brock Holt, for a 5\u20133 final. Steve Pearce was 3-for-4 at the plate, while Rick Porcello improved his record to 17\u20137 for the season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 53], "content_span": [54, 484]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277799-0059-0001", "contents": "2018 Boston Red Sox season, Regular season, September\nIn the final game of the series, Boston scored three runs in the third inning, with two of those runs coming on a home run by Holt, en route to a 4\u20133 win. The Red Sox used a total of seven pitchers, with starter Chris Sale going three innings and getting a no decision. Red Sox won the series 2\u20131 (9\u201314 runs)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 53], "content_span": [54, 362]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277799-0060-0000", "contents": "2018 Boston Red Sox season, Regular season, September\nSeptember 18\u2013September 20, at New York YankeesIn the opening game of the three-game series, Red Sox starter Nathan Eovaldi held the Yankees scoreless through six innings. However, his gem was wasted as Neil Walker hit a three-run home run off of Ryan Brasier in the seventh inning, and the Yankees went on to win, 3\u20132. New York took the second game of the series, 10\u20131, with first baseman Luke Voit going 4-for-4 at the plate including three RBIs on two home runs. Boston won the closing game of the series, 11\u20136, with homers from Brock Holt, Jackie Bradley Jr., and Mookie Betts. The win gave the Red Sox the American League East division title, for the third consecutive season. Red Sox lost the series 1\u20132 (14\u201319 runs)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 53], "content_span": [54, 775]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277799-0061-0000", "contents": "2018 Boston Red Sox season, Regular season, September\nSeptember 21\u2013September 23, at Cleveland IndiansSam Travis and Tzu-Wei Lin hit their first major league home runs for Boston in a 7\u20135 victory in the opener, a game that saw Matt Barnes pick up his sixth win of the season after starter Chris Sale pitched 3+1\u20443 innings, giving up two earned runs and striking out seven. Cleveland won the second game of the series, 5\u20134, in 11 innings. Drew Pomeranz took the loss in relief, with Rafael Devers and Blake Swihart hitting home runs for Boston. The third game of the series was again an 11-inning Cleveland win, 4\u20133. Mookie Betts went 4-for-6, including his 31st home run of the season; William Cuevas allowed only one run in 5+1\u20443 innings of relief, but took the loss. Red Sox lost the series 1\u20132 (14\u201314 runs)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 53], "content_span": [54, 808]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277799-0062-0000", "contents": "2018 Boston Red Sox season, Regular season, September\nThe Red Sox won their 106th game of the season, setting a new franchise record, with a 6\u20132 victory in the opening game of the series. Starting pitcher Nathan Eovaldi allowed one run in five innings and got the win, while Mookie Betts hit his 32nd home run of the season. The second game of the series, postponed a day due to rain, saw the Red Sox score early and often, en route to a 19\u20133 victory. Baltimore starting pitcher Ryan Meisinger lasted only one-third of an inning while giving up five runs.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 53], "content_span": [54, 555]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277799-0062-0001", "contents": "2018 Boston Red Sox season, Regular season, September\nDavid Price got the win for Boston, while J. D. Martinez, Xander Bogaerts, and Blake Swihart each had home runs and Rafael Devers went 4-for-5 including two homers and six RBIs. Betts had his 30th stolen base of the season, making him the 40th player in MLB history with at least 30 homers and 30 steals in a season, joining the 30\u201330 club. The Orioles won the final game of the series, 10\u20133, scoring seven unanswered runs after the game was tied at three at the end of the fifth inning, just their 3rd win against the Red Sox all season. Red Sox won the series 2\u20131 (28\u201315 runs)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 53], "content_span": [54, 632]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277799-0063-0000", "contents": "2018 Boston Red Sox season, Regular season, September\nSeptember 28\u2013September 30, vs. New York YankeesIn the first game of the final regular season series, the Yankees defeated the Red Sox, 11\u20136, after jumping out to an 8\u20130 lead after four innings. Steve Pearce had five RBIs, including Boston's tenth grand slam of the year. New York's win gave them home field advantage for the 2018 American League Wild Card Game. New York also took the second game, 8\u20135, their 100th win of the season. Brock Holt homered for Boston. The Red Sox won the final game of the series and their regular season, 10\u20132. Xander Bogaerts and J. D. Martinez both homered, with Eduardo Rodr\u00edguez picking up the win as Boston used eight pitchers. Mookie Betts went 1-for-2 and finished the season with a .346 average, while Martinez finished with 43 home runs and 130 RBIs. Red Sox lost the series 1\u20132 (21\u201321 runs)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 53], "content_span": [54, 885]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277799-0064-0000", "contents": "2018 Boston Red Sox season, Postseason, American League Division Series vs. New York Yankees\nBoston entered the Division Series as the top seed in the American League, facing New York, the AL Wild Card Game winner. This was the first ALDS meeting between the teams (playoff structure before 2012 precluded teams in the same division from meeting before the Championship Series). After splitting the first two games at Fenway Park, the Red Sox won the next two games at Yankee Stadium, eliminating New York and sending Boston on to the ALCS.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 92], "content_span": [93, 540]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277799-0065-0000", "contents": "2018 Boston Red Sox season, Postseason, American League Division Series vs. New York Yankees\nThe Red Sox' 16\u20131 defeat of the Yankees in Game 3, during a misty evening in The Bronx, included two historical footnotes. Firstly, the fifteen-run margin of victory for Boston accounted for the Yankees' worst-ever postseason defeat. The Red Sox failed to score in only the first, fifth, and sixth innings, and generated 7 of their 16 runs in the fourth inning, chasing starter Luis Severino and batting through the order. In addition, Brock Holt hit for the cycle, the first player ever to do so in an MLB postseason game, capping off his performance with a ninth-inning home run against catcher Austin Romine, brought in to pitch when the New York bullpen was overtaxed.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 92], "content_span": [93, 765]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277799-0066-0000", "contents": "2018 Boston Red Sox season, Postseason, American League Championship Series vs. Houston Astros\nBoston faced Houston in the Championship Series, a matchup of 100-win teams, and a rematch of the 2017 ALDS, which was won by Houston. After losing Game 1 at Fenway, the Red Sox won the next four games, including three played in Houston, to eliminate the Astros and advance to the World Series. Game 1 starter Chris Sale had a stomach issue during the week, which included brief hospital stay, and manager Alex Cora decided not to have him start Game 5.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 94], "content_span": [95, 548]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277799-0066-0001", "contents": "2018 Boston Red Sox season, Postseason, American League Championship Series vs. Houston Astros\nDavid Price started in his place and held Houston scoreless through six innings while allowing just three hits and striking out nine. It was Price's first win in 12 career postseason starts. Jackie Bradley Jr., who had nine RBIs in the series on three hits (a double and two home runs), was named ALCS MVP.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 94], "content_span": [95, 401]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277799-0067-0000", "contents": "2018 Boston Red Sox season, Postseason, World Series vs. Los Angeles Dodgers\nThe Red Sox and Dodgers franchises met in the World Series for the second time; the first was a Boston win in 1916. Game 1 was highlighted by neither Chris Sale nor Clayton Kershaw making it through the fifth inning, and a pinch hit three-run home run by Eduardo N\u00fa\u00f1ez, as Boston won, 8\u20134. Game 2 starter David Price held the Dodgers to two runs on three hits in six innings, while striking out five, picking up his second win of the postseason, as the Red Sox won, 4\u20132.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 76], "content_span": [77, 547]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277799-0067-0001", "contents": "2018 Boston Red Sox season, Postseason, World Series vs. Los Angeles Dodgers\nGame 3 became the longest game in World Series history, both in innings (18) and by time (7 hours and 20 minutes). Nathan Eovaldi pitched six innings in relief, allowing only two hits prior to a walk-off home run by Max Muncy for a 3\u20132 Dodgers win. Eduardo Rodr\u00edguez started Game 4, holding the Dodgers scoreless through five innings, but then yielding four runs in the sixth. The Red Sox stormed back with help from Mitch Moreland and Steve Pearce, scoring nine runs in the final three innings, winning the game, 9\u20136, for a 3\u20131 series lead.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 76], "content_span": [77, 618]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277799-0067-0002", "contents": "2018 Boston Red Sox season, Postseason, World Series vs. Los Angeles Dodgers\nGame 5 started with three first-inning runs, with Boston holding a 2\u20131 edge. There was no further scoring until the Red Sox scored one run in each of the sixth, seventh, and eighth innings. Price, pitching on short rest, held the Dodgers to one run on three hits in seven innings. The game ended in a 5\u20131 final for Boston, the franchise's fourth World Series championship in 15 years. Price got the win, his second of the World Series and third of the postseason. Pearce had three RBIs on two home runs in the game, giving him a total of three home runs and eight RBIs in the series\u2014he was named World Series MVP. The team's motto during the season, \"do damage\", became \"damage done\" upon their victory.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 76], "content_span": [77, 780]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277799-0068-0000", "contents": "2018 Boston Red Sox season, Season standings, Red Sox team leaders\nMinimum 3.1 plate appearances per team games played\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0AVG qualified batters: Benintendi, Betts, Bogaerts, Bradley, Martinez Minimum 1 inning pitched per team games played\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0ERA & WHIP qualified pitchers: Porcello, Price", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 66], "content_span": [67, 286]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277799-0069-0000", "contents": "2018 Boston Red Sox season, Roster, MLB debuts\nRed Sox players who made their MLB debuts during the 2018 regular season:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 46], "content_span": [47, 120]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277799-0070-0000", "contents": "2018 Boston Red Sox season, Roster, Transactions\nNotable transactions of/for players on the 40-man roster during the 2018 regular season:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 48], "content_span": [49, 137]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277799-0071-0000", "contents": "2018 Boston Red Sox season, Roster, Amateur draft\nBoston's first 15 selections in the 2018 MLB draft, held on June 4\u20136, are listed below.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 49], "content_span": [50, 137]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277799-0072-0000", "contents": "2018 Boston Red Sox season, Roster, Amateur draft\nElih Marrero is the son of former MLB player Eli Marrero. Nicholas Lucky did not sign; he chose to attend Coastal Carolina.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 49], "content_span": [50, 173]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277799-0073-0000", "contents": "2018 Boston Red Sox season, Game log, Alumni game\nThe team held an alumni game on May 27, before a home game against the Atlanta Braves; it was the Red Sox' first such game since 1993. Dwight Evans and Luis Tiant acted as managers, assisted by bench coaches Joe Morgan and Jim Rice, respectively. The four-inning exhibition was won by Tiant's team, as Julio Lugo hit a two-run homer off of Pedro Mart\u00ednez for the only runs in the game. Other Red Sox alumni participating included Wade Boggs, Oil Can Boyd, Mike Greenwell, Bill Lee, Derek Lowe, Mike Lowell, and Troy O'Leary.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 49], "content_span": [50, 574]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277799-0074-0000", "contents": "2018 Boston Red Sox season, Allegations of electronic sign stealing\nOn January 7, 2020, The Athletic published a report alleging that the Red Sox broke MLB rules by using a video replay room during 2018 regular season games to decipher the signs of opposing catchers, according to three unnamed sources who were with the team that year. This news broke while the league was already investigating the Houston Astros for also allegedly stealing signs electronically during their 2017 season. Alex Cora, who managed the Red Sox in 2018, had served as bench coach for the Astros in 2017. MLB launched an investigation.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 67], "content_span": [68, 614]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277799-0075-0000", "contents": "2018 Boston Red Sox season, Allegations of electronic sign stealing\nThis was not the first time the Red Sox were investigated for alleged electronic sign stealing. During the 2017 season, they were fined by MLB for using an Apple Watch to relay stolen signs to hitters in games against the New York Yankees. On September 15, 2017, commissioner Rob Manfred had said in regards to the investigation into Boston's illicit use of an Apple Watch: \"I have received absolute assurances from the Red Sox that there will be no future violations of this type.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 67], "content_span": [68, 550]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277799-0076-0000", "contents": "2018 Boston Red Sox season, Allegations of electronic sign stealing\nOn April 22, 2020, commissioner Manfred issued his report from the investigation, determining that the Red Sox replay operator had \"utilized the game feeds in the replay room\" to decode sign sequences but those actions were \"limited in scope and impact\", as the decoding only happened during some occurrences of the opposing team having a runner on second base and were not known to \"then-Manager Alex Cora, the Red Sox coaching staff, the Red Sox front office, or most of the players\". The video replay operator was suspended for the 2020 season and the team forfeited their second-round selection in the 2020 MLB draft. Cora was separately suspended for a year for his actions in the Houston situation.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 67], "content_span": [68, 772]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277800-0000-0000", "contents": "2018 Boston Uprising season\nThe 2018 Boston Uprising season was the first season of Boston Uprising's existence in the Overwatch League. In Stage 3, Boston became the first team to go undefeated in a stage, posting a perfect 10\u20130 record; however, the team lost in the Stage 3 semifinals to New York Excelsior. The team finished with a regular season record of 26\u201314 \u2013 the third best of all teams in the 2018 Overwatch League season. Boston lost to Philadelphia Fusion in the Quarterfinals of the Season Playoffs.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [27, 27], "content_span": [28, 512]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277800-0001-0000", "contents": "2018 Boston Uprising season, Preceding offseason\nOn October 26, 2017, Boston Uprising announced their initial inaugural season roster, consisting of the following players:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 48], "content_span": [49, 171]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277800-0002-0000", "contents": "2018 Boston Uprising season, Preceding offseason\nThe team went on to sign Park \"Neko\" Se-hyeon and Connor \"Avast\" Prince on November 7.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 48], "content_span": [49, 135]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277800-0003-0000", "contents": "2018 Boston Uprising season, Regular season, Review\nOn April 8, DPS player Jonathan \"DreamKazper\" Sanchez was suspended indefinitely after an allegation surfaced that he had solicited sexual photos and videos from a 14-year-old female fan and a 16-year-old female fan. On April 9, following internal investigations by both the Uprising and the Overwatch League, his contract was terminated.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 51], "content_span": [52, 390]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277800-0004-0000", "contents": "2018 Boston Uprising season, Regular season, Review\nIn Stage 3, Boston became the first team to go undefeated in a stage, posting a perfect 10\u20130 record. However, the team lost in the Stage 3 semifinals to the New York Excelsior.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 51], "content_span": [52, 228]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277800-0005-0000", "contents": "2018 Boston Uprising season, Final roster, Transactions\nTransactions of/for players on the roster during the 2018 regular season:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 55], "content_span": [56, 129]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277801-0000-0000", "contents": "2018 Botswana Cricket Association Women's T20I Series\nThe 2018 Botswana Cricket Association Women's T20I Series was a women's T20I cricket tournament held in Gaborone, Botswana from 20 to 25 August 2018. The participants were the women's national sides of Botswana, Lesotho, Malawi, Mozambique, Namibia and Sierra Leone. Matches were recognised as official WT20I games as per ICC's announcement that full WT20I status would apply to all matches played between women's teams of associate members after 1 July 2018.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 53], "section_span": [53, 53], "content_span": [54, 513]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277801-0000-0001", "contents": "2018 Botswana Cricket Association Women's T20I Series\nZambia also took part in the tournament but their matches did not have WT20I status due to their squad including a non-eligible player, and their results are not included in the coverage provided by Cricinfo. The matches were played at two grounds at the Botswana Cricket Association Oval in Gaborone. Namibia Women won the tournament after winning all of their matches, including a victory over Sierra Leone in the final.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 53], "section_span": [53, 53], "content_span": [54, 476]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277802-0000-0000", "contents": "2018 Bouknadel train derailment\nOn 16 October 2018, a passenger train derailed near Bouknadel in Morocco, killing at least 7 and injuring at least 125.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [31, 31], "content_span": [32, 151]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277802-0001-0000", "contents": "2018 Bouknadel train derailment, Accident\nAt 9:20 local time (UTC+1), ONCF regional train service number 9 went off rails and the locomotive hit a bridge near the location of the derailment.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 41], "content_span": [42, 190]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277802-0002-0000", "contents": "2018 Bouknadel train derailment, Victims\nShortly after the accident, 7 victims were announced to be immediately killed and at least 80 were injured.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 40], "content_span": [41, 148]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277802-0003-0000", "contents": "2018 Bouknadel train derailment, Investigation\nSome hours after the accident, a royal palace communiqu\u00e9 announced that an investigation on the cause of the accident was opened.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 46], "content_span": [47, 176]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277802-0004-0000", "contents": "2018 Bouknadel train derailment, Reactions\nAfter the train accident, many Moroccans expressed their rage towards the national operator ONCF and an online campaign with the hashtag #Baraka meaning enough was launched to boycott the operator's services.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 42], "content_span": [43, 251]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277803-0000-0000", "contents": "2018 Bowling Green Falcons football team\nThe 2018 Bowling Green Falcons football team represented Bowling Green State University in the 2018 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The Falcons were led by third-year head coach Mike Jinks for the first seven games until he was fired and replaced by interim head coach Carl Pelini. They played their home games at Doyt Perry Stadium in Bowling Green, Ohio as members of the East Division of the Mid-American Conference. They finished the season 3\u20139, 2\u20136 in MAC play to finish in a tie for fourth place in the East Division.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [40, 40], "content_span": [41, 569]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277803-0001-0000", "contents": "2018 Bowling Green Falcons football team\nOn November 28, 2018, the Falcons hired Boston College offensive coordinator Scot Loeffler as the new head coach.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [40, 40], "content_span": [41, 154]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277803-0002-0000", "contents": "2018 Bowling Green Falcons football team, Previous season\nThe Falcons finished the 2017 season 2\u201310, 2\u20136 in MAC play to finish in fifth place in the East Division.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 57], "content_span": [58, 163]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277803-0003-0000", "contents": "2018 Bowling Green Falcons football team, Preseason, Preseason media poll\nThe MAC released their preseason media poll on July 24, 2018, with the Falcons predicted to finish in fifth place in the East Division.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 73], "content_span": [74, 209]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277804-0000-0000", "contents": "2018 Box Office Entertainment Awards\nThe 49th Guillermo Mendoza Memorial Scholarship Foundation Box Office Entertainment Awards (GMMSF-BOEA) was an awarding ceremony honoring the actors, actresses, showbiz personalities, movies and TV programs in the Philippines. It was held on May 20, 2018 at the Newport Performing Arts Theater, Resorts World Manila, Pasay. The awards night was hosted by ABS-CBN personalities Enchong Dee, Robi Domingo, Arci Mu\u00f1oz, Xian Lim, Yassi Pressman, and Iza Calzado. The awards night will be shown on ABS-CBN's \"Sunday's Best\" on May 27, 2018.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [36, 36], "content_span": [37, 572]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277804-0001-0000", "contents": "2018 Box Office Entertainment Awards, Winners selection\nThe GMMSF honors Filipino actors, actresses and other performers' commercial success, regardless of artistic merit, in the Philippine entertainment industry. The award giving body selects the high-ranking Philippine films of 2017 based on total average rankings at box office published results as basis for awarding the three major categories in the awarding ceremonies, The Phenomenal Box Office Star, The Box Office King and The Box Office Queen.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 55], "content_span": [56, 504]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277805-0000-0000", "contents": "2018 Boyd Tinsley Clay Court Classic\nThe 2018 Boyd Tinsley Clay Court Classic was a professional tennis tournament played on outdoor clay courts. It was the seventeenth edition of the tournament and was part of the 2018 ITF Women's Circuit. It took place in Charlottesville, United States, on 23\u201329 April 2018.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [36, 36], "content_span": [37, 310]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277805-0001-0000", "contents": "2018 Boyd Tinsley Clay Court Classic, Singles main draw entrants, Other entrants\nThe following players received a wildcard into the singles main draw:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 80], "content_span": [81, 150]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277806-0000-0000", "contents": "2018 Boyd Tinsley Clay Court Classic \u2013 Doubles\nJovana Jak\u0161i\u0107 and Catalina Pella were the defending champions, but decided not to participate.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [46, 46], "content_span": [47, 141]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277806-0001-0000", "contents": "2018 Boyd Tinsley Clay Court Classic \u2013 Doubles\nSophie Chang and Alexandra Mueller won the title after defeating Ashley Kratzer and Whitney Osuigwe 3\u20136, 6\u20134, [10\u20137] in the final.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [46, 46], "content_span": [47, 177]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277807-0000-0000", "contents": "2018 Boyd Tinsley Clay Court Classic \u2013 Singles\nMadison Brengle was the defending champion but lost in the second round to Mari Osaka.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [46, 46], "content_span": [47, 133]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277807-0001-0000", "contents": "2018 Boyd Tinsley Clay Court Classic \u2013 Singles\nMariana Duque Mari\u00f1o won the title after defeating Anhelina Kalinina 0\u20136, 6\u20131, 6\u20132 in the final.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [46, 46], "content_span": [47, 143]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277808-0000-0000", "contents": "2018 Boys' EuroHockey Youth Championships\nThe 2018 Boys' EuroHockey Youth Championships will be the 10th edition of the Boys' EuroHockey Youth Championships. It will be held from 15 to 21 July 2018 in Santander, Spain at the Ruth Beitia Sports Complex.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [41, 41], "content_span": [42, 252]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277808-0001-0000", "contents": "2018 Boys' EuroHockey Youth Championships\nGermany is the current champion. Poland and France have promoted from the Youth Championship II.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [41, 41], "content_span": [42, 138]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277808-0002-0000", "contents": "2018 Boys' EuroHockey Youth Championships, Format\nThe eight teams will be split into two groups of four teams. The top two teams advance to the semifinals to determine the winner in a knockout system. The bottom two teams play in a new group with the teams they did not play against in the group stage. The last two teams will be relegated to the Youth Championship II.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [43, 49], "content_span": [50, 369]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277808-0003-0000", "contents": "2018 Boys' EuroHockey Youth Championships, Results, Fifth to eighth place classification, Pool C\nThe points obtained in the preliminary round against the other team are taken over.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [43, 96], "content_span": [97, 180]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277809-0000-0000", "contents": "2018 Boys' U18 Volleyball European Championship\nThe 2018 Boys' Youth European Volleyball Championship was played in Czech Republic and Slovakia from 7 to 15 April 2018. The top six teams qualified for the 2019 U19 World Championship.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 47], "section_span": [47, 47], "content_span": [48, 233]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277809-0001-0000", "contents": "2018 Boys' U18 Volleyball European Championship, Awards\nAt the conclusion of the tournament, the following players were selected as the tournament dream team.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 47], "section_span": [49, 55], "content_span": [56, 158]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277810-0000-0000", "contents": "2018 Boys' U18 Volleyball European Championship Qualification\nThis is an article about qualification for the 2018 Boys' U18 Volleyball European Championship.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 61], "section_span": [61, 61], "content_span": [62, 157]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277810-0001-0000", "contents": "2018 Boys' U18 Volleyball European Championship Qualification, Pool standing procedure\nMatch won 3\u20130 or 3\u20131: 3 match points for the winner, 0 match points for the loserMatch won 3\u20132: 2 match points for the winner, 1 match point for the loser", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 61], "section_span": [63, 86], "content_span": [87, 241]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277810-0002-0000", "contents": "2018 Boys' U18 Volleyball European Championship Qualification, Direct qualification\nHost countries, \u00a0Czech Republic and \u00a0Slovakia, qualified for final round directly.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 61], "section_span": [63, 83], "content_span": [84, 166]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277810-0003-0000", "contents": "2018 Boys' U18 Volleyball European Championship Qualification, Qualification\nThe winners of each pools and the best three second placed teams qualified for final round.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 61], "section_span": [63, 76], "content_span": [77, 168]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277811-0000-0000", "contents": "2018 Boys' Youth NORCECA Volleyball Championship\nThe 2018 Boys' Youth NORCECA Volleyball Championship was the eleventh edition of the bi-annual volleyball tournament. It was held in San Jose, Costa Rica from 4 June to 11 June. Seven countries competed in the tournament. Cuba won the tournament and qualified for the 2019 Boys' U19 World Championship along with the United States. Christian Thondike won the MVP award.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 48], "section_span": [48, 48], "content_span": [49, 418]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277811-0001-0000", "contents": "2018 Boys' Youth NORCECA Volleyball Championship, Pool standing procedure\nMatch won 3\u20130: 5 match points for the winner, 0 match points for the loserMatch won 3\u20131: 4 match points for the winner, 1 match point for the loserMatch won 3\u20132: 3 match points for the winner, 2 match points for the loser", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 48], "section_span": [50, 73], "content_span": [74, 295]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277812-0000-0000", "contents": "2018 Brabantse Pijl\nThe 2018 Brabantse Pijl was the 58th edition of the Brabantse Pijl cycle race and was held on 11 April 2018. The race started in Leuven and finished in Overijse. The race was won by Tim Wellens of Lotto\u2013Soudal.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [19, 19], "content_span": [20, 230]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277812-0001-0000", "contents": "2018 Brabantse Pijl, Teams\n21 teams participated in the race, including 7 UCI WorldTeams and 14 UCI Professional Continental teams. Each team had a maximum of seven riders:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 26], "content_span": [27, 172]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277813-0000-0000", "contents": "2018 Bracton Law Society Scandal\nThe 2018 Bracton Law Society Scandal involved screenshots of text messages been leaked from the Whatsapp chat group of Bracton Law Society (BLS), a student law society at the University of Exeter. The racist messages were publicised on social media, which led to the society being dissolved and some students being suspended and expelled.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [32, 32], "content_span": [33, 371]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277813-0001-0000", "contents": "2018 Bracton Law Society Scandal, Background\nBracton Law Society was a student law society founded in the University of Exeter in 1965. It was named after English jurist Henry de Bracton, who was appointed the chancellor of Exeter Cathedral in 1264. At its largest, BLS had more than 1000 student members and partnerships with 35 major law firms. University of Exeter student Arsalan Motavali created a Whatsapp groupchat for BLS members in November 2017. Later on fellow University of Exeter student Matthew Bell replaced Motavali as the group administrator and changed the name to \"Dodgy Blokes Soc\".", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 44], "content_span": [45, 602]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277813-0002-0000", "contents": "2018 Bracton Law Society Scandal, Incident\nFive Exeter law students sent allegedly racist, islamphobic and sexist messages in the group, including \u201cif you ain\u2019t English, go home,\u201d \u201cbomb the mosques,\u201d \u201cwe need a race war,\u201d and \"rape them lifeless.\" In March 2018, Motavali took screenshots of the conversations and posted them on Facebook, where they were shared more than 6000 times. He also reported the incident to the university and Exeter's students' union, Exeter Guild.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 42], "content_span": [43, 475]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277813-0003-0000", "contents": "2018 Bracton Law Society Scandal, Investigation\nOn 20 March, the university announced that it had informed Devon and Cornwall Police alongside launching an internal investigation regarding the incident. The five students involved were suspended for a week while the investigation took place.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 47], "content_span": [48, 291]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277813-0004-0000", "contents": "2018 Bracton Law Society Scandal, Reactions\nVice Chancellor Professor Sir Steve Smith said \"These outcomes are subject to appeal... but they show our absolute commitment to take serious action against those whose behaviour is fundamentally at odds with the commitment to inclusivity, tolerance and respect that lies at the heart of everything we stand for.\" A spokesman for the university commented \"The University of Exeter does not tolerate any form of racist, sexist or bigoted behaviour and is committed to eradicating any instances of discrimination and harassment that may arise.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 43], "content_span": [44, 586]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277813-0004-0001", "contents": "2018 Bracton Law Society Scandal, Reactions\nOn 19 March 2018, BLS posted on Twitter \"Bracton Law Society has taken the decision to remove those involved from committee... The Society does not condone or tolerate such behaviour\" The Students' Guild, stated that \"The Students\u2019 Guild do not tolerate this kind of behaviour. We have launched a major investigation in conjunction with the University.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 43], "content_span": [44, 397]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277813-0005-0000", "contents": "2018 Bracton Law Society Scandal, Reactions\nOn 22 March, students at the university organised a peaceful protest on Streatham campus, which aimed to raise awareness of racism on campus.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 43], "content_span": [44, 185]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277813-0006-0000", "contents": "2018 Bracton Law Society Scandal, Reactions\nBell issued an apology, stating: \"I will not attempt to excuse and deny any of the statements I have made. The comments, which I shall not repeat, are inexcusable and undeniably wrong.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 43], "content_span": [44, 229]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277813-0007-0000", "contents": "2018 Bracton Law Society Scandal, Aftermath\nThe university announced that it had suspended and expelled an unspecified number of students. Bell and Crawford were dismissed by their law firms, Hill Dickinson and Reynolds Porter Chamberlain, respectively. Bracton Law Society was officially disbanded and replaced by a new student society.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 43], "content_span": [44, 337]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277813-0008-0000", "contents": "2018 Bracton Law Society Scandal, Aftermath\nOn 3 June 2018, Exeter Guild organised its first, annual Exeter Respect on Campus event which aimed to end racism on campus through food, speeches and performing arts.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 43], "content_span": [44, 211]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277814-0000-0000", "contents": "2018 Braddon by-election\nA by-election for the Australian House of Representatives seat of Braddon took place on Saturday 28 July 2018, following the resignation of incumbent Labor MP Justine Keay.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [24, 24], "content_span": [25, 197]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277814-0001-0000", "contents": "2018 Braddon by-election\nIn early counting, within an hour of the close of polls, the Australian Broadcasting Corporation's psephologist Antony Green's electoral computer had predicted Labor to retain the electorate.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [24, 24], "content_span": [25, 216]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277814-0002-0000", "contents": "2018 Braddon by-election, Background\nDue to the High Court ruling against Senator Katy Gallagher on 9 May 2018 as part of the ongoing parliamentary eligibility crisis, Keay and three other MPs in the same situation announced their parliamentary resignations later that day, while the Perth incumbent resigned for family reasons. The Speaker announced on 24 May 2018 that he had scheduled the by-elections to occur on 28 July 2018. Popularly labelled \"Super Saturday\", the occurrence of five simultaneous federal by-elections is unprecedented in Australian political history. The others are:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 36], "content_span": [37, 590]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277814-0003-0000", "contents": "2018 Braddon by-election, Background\nA redistribution of the Tasmanian federal electoral divisions was completed in 2017, however by-elections are conducted under existing boundaries, as redistributed boundaries do not come in to effect until the subsequent federal election.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 36], "content_span": [37, 275]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277815-0000-0000", "contents": "2018 Bradford Bulls season\nThis article details the Bradford Bulls rugby league football club's 2018 season. This is the Bulls 1st season in League 1. Following liquidation, the Bulls finished last place in the 2017 RFL Championship season and were relegated alongside Oldham.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [26, 26], "content_span": [27, 276]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277815-0001-0000", "contents": "2018 Bradford Bulls season, Season review, August 2017\nBy the start of August it was confirmed that the Bulls would be relegated into League 1 after finishing bottom of the 2017 RFL Championship table. Preparation for the 2018 season began in August when it was announced that academy graduate and first team player Keenan Tomlinson agreed to leave the Bulls by mutual consent. This was swiftly followed by the news that home grown second-rower and the 2017 Player of the Year James Bentley, had signed a 3-year deal with Super League side St. Helens.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 54], "content_span": [55, 551]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277815-0002-0000", "contents": "2018 Bradford Bulls season, Season review, September 2017\nHome grown centre Ross Oakes and prop forward Liam Kirk both re-signed with Bradford among speculation that the duo would leave due to the Bulls relegation, however both signed new 2-year deals. It was announced that centre James Mendieka had been released by the club after three seasons. Young academy graduate hooker Joe Lumb signed a 1-year deal with local League 1 side Keighley Cougars after not featuring much during 2017. Further departures were announced as winger Johnny Campbell resigned with his old club Batley Bulldogs.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 57], "content_span": [58, 591]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277815-0002-0001", "contents": "2018 Bradford Bulls season, Season review, September 2017\nWhile fellow winger Omari Caro announced on social media that he had retired from the sport. Second row forward Colton Roche joined the mini exodus as he signed for Huddersfield Giants of the Super League. Some good news followed the exodus as it was revealed that highly rated academy prospects Reiss Butterworth, Evan Hodgson and Oliver Wilson all signed new 3-year contracts with the Bulls. Hodgson and Butterworth have both featured in the first team during the 2017 season, however Wilson is yet to make his debut.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 57], "content_span": [58, 577]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277815-0002-0002", "contents": "2018 Bradford Bulls season, Season review, September 2017\nIn a shock move, Bradford managed to acquire the services of current superstar halfback Dane Chisholm for another 2 season despite interest from several other clubs. Meanwhile, prop forward Ross Peltier put pen to paper on a new 2-year deal and young halfback Joe Keyes also signed up for another 2 years. Hooker Vila Halafihi became the 9th player to re-sign with the Bulls after agreeing a new 2-year deal to stay at Odsal. Following this, hooker Scott Moore was released after declining to sign a new contract.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 57], "content_span": [58, 571]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277815-0002-0003", "contents": "2018 Bradford Bulls season, Season review, September 2017\nLifelong Bulls fan and loose forward Elliot Minchella became the first new signing of the 2018 season as he signed a 2-year part-time deal from RFL Championship side Sheffield Eagles. The month ended on a high for the Bulls as they announced the capture of experienced second rower Matt Garside from Championship team London Broncos on a 2-year deal.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 57], "content_span": [58, 408]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277815-0003-0000", "contents": "2018 Bradford Bulls season, Season review, October 2017\nOctober started with the re-signing of two young academy products, winger Josh Rickett and fullback Brandon Pickersgill both signed 2 year part-time deals after making a handful of appearances last season. After initially signing for Leigh Centurions, young winger Ethan Ryan re-signed with Bradford on a 2-year deal following Leigh's relegation to the Championship. Prop forward James Davies signed a 1-year extension to his contract to stay at Bradford, whilst it was announced that young prop Mikey Wood signed on a 1-year loan deal from Super League side Huddersfield Giants. Young prop George Milton signed a 2-year deal with Bradford from newly promoted side Hull Kingston Rovers. It was announced that former prop and academy graduate Steve Crossley would return to the club for a third spell from Canadian side Toronto Wolfpack on a 2-year deal.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 55], "content_span": [56, 909]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277815-0004-0000", "contents": "2018 Bradford Bulls season, Season review, November 2017\nOff-contract winger Iliess Macani departed the Bulls and signed for RFL Championship side Sheffield Eagles on a 1-year deal. It was announced that the Bulls would play local rivals Halifax in a festive Boxing Day friendly, the first the Bulls have participated in since 2012. Following this it was also confirmed that the Bulls would play Sheffield Eagles in a friendly as a part of the Dane Chisholm transfer midway through last season. Young second-row forward Liam Johnson followed the footsteps of Mikey Wood and joined the Bulls from Super League side Huddersfield Giants on a season long loan.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 56], "content_span": [57, 656]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277815-0004-0001", "contents": "2018 Bradford Bulls season, Season review, November 2017\nThe fixtures for the 2018 season were announced and the Bulls would kick off the campaign away to York City Knights on 18 February, before hosting the London Skolars at home on 4 March. The highly anticipated derby with local rivals Keighley Cougars were scheduled on 11 March (away) and 2 September (home). It was also revealed that head coach Geoff Toovey would not be returning to the Bulls and in the meantime Leigh Beattie will take up the interim head coach role until a new coach is appointed.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 56], "content_span": [57, 557]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277815-0004-0002", "contents": "2018 Bradford Bulls season, Season review, November 2017\nChampionship side Dewsbury Rams released details to two friendlies, with one being against the Bulls on 21 January at Crown Flatt, meanwhile Bradford announced that they would face Keighley Cougars in a friendly match on 11 February for the Joe Philips Memorial trophy. Sheffield Eagles announced that they would face Bradford in a friendly in 2018 as part of the deal which brought superstar halfback Dane Chisholm to the Bulls in 2017, the tie will be played on 11 January.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 56], "content_span": [57, 532]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277815-0004-0003", "contents": "2018 Bradford Bulls season, Season review, November 2017\nThe newest team in rugby league, Toronto Wolfpack also announced a ground breaking Transatlantic Challenge which would see them face the Bulls in a pre-season match in 2018 and 2019, with the 2018 fixture being played at Odsal on 26 January and the 2019 fixture likely to be played in Canada or the United States to promote the sport. Prop forward Jon Magrin who featured for the Bulls 25 times in 2017 decided to sign with Championship side Sheffield Eagles on a 2-year deal joining fellow former teammate Iliess Macani.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 56], "content_span": [57, 578]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277815-0005-0000", "contents": "2018 Bradford Bulls season, Season review, December 2017\nDecember started off with the news that the Bulls had signed young utility forward Jamel Goodall on a one-year contract from Castleford Tigers after impressing beforehand with Keighley Cougars. It was also announced that following the departure of Geoff Toovey, former Sheffield Eagles, Hull F.C. and England coach John Kear had signed a 3-year deal to become head coach. His first move was to appoint long term clubman and interim coach Leigh Beattie as his assistant coach whilst making experienced back Lee Smith the club captain.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 56], "content_span": [57, 590]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277815-0005-0001", "contents": "2018 Bradford Bulls season, Season review, December 2017\nBradford also secured the services of young centre/second row Callum Bustin on a season long loan deal from Castleford Tigers, he has had previous loan spells at fellow League 1 clubs Newcastle Thunder and London Skolars. The Bulls released their new 2018 home shirt which pays tribute to the 40th anniversary of Bradford Northern's Premiership victory in 1978, featuring a red, amber and black chevron on a white background.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 56], "content_span": [57, 482]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277815-0005-0002", "contents": "2018 Bradford Bulls season, Season review, December 2017\nDuring this reveal the 2018 squad numbers were also released with club captain Lee Smith retaining the number 1 shirt, other major movers include centre Ashley Gibson at number 3, Sam Hallas at number 9, Steve Crossley at number 10 whilst newcomers Matt Garside, Elliot Minchella and George Milton will wear the number 11, 12 and 13 shirts. With the appointment of the shirt numbers it means that Australian prop Damien Sironen has not signed a new deal, veteran centre Willie Tonga and fullback Oscar Thomas were released.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 56], "content_span": [57, 580]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277815-0005-0003", "contents": "2018 Bradford Bulls season, Season review, December 2017\nAnother new signing was unveiled in the form of experienced Championship winger Dalton Grant on a 1-year deal from London Broncos, Grant missed the 2017 season due to injury but is looking to earn a starting spot for the Bulls. 30 year old former Super League winger Alex Brown signed a 1-year deal with the Bulls from local side Batley Bulldogs becoming the 10th new recruit for the season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 56], "content_span": [57, 448]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277815-0005-0004", "contents": "2018 Bradford Bulls season, Season review, December 2017\nThe Boxing Day friendly ended with a 22-6 victory for the Bulls with newcomer Elliot Minchella scoring two tries and fellow newcomer Dalton Grant also crossing for a try whilst youngster Liam Kirk also scored. Club captain Lee Smith kicked two goals and academy player Rowan Milnes also kicked a goal.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 56], "content_span": [57, 358]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277815-0006-0000", "contents": "2018 Bradford Bulls season, Season review, January 2018\nTop points scorer from last season Oscar Thomas followed former Bulls Iliess Macani and Jon Magrin by signing with RFL Championship side Sheffield Eagles on a one-year deal. The next friendly for the Bulls saw them overcome RFL Championship side Sheffield Eagles 12-6 in a very defensive match which saw Steve Crossley and Dalton Grant claim tried for Bradford whilst youngster Rowan Milnes kicked two goals. The following game saw the Bulls field a young side away at Dewsbury Rams for former player Paul Sykess' testimonial. The Bulls lost the match 24-0.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 55], "content_span": [56, 613]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277815-0006-0001", "contents": "2018 Bradford Bulls season, Season review, January 2018\nDuring a press conference it was revealed that the Bulls had entered a dual registration with Championship side Toronto Wolfpack. Also in this press conference the Bulls announced the signing of fullback Gregg McNally on a two-year deal from Leigh Centurions and also revealed the new red 2018 away kit. The Bulls faced their new dual registration partners in a friendly, however the Toronto side outclassed the Bradford side who lost the match 34-0.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 55], "content_span": [56, 506]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277815-0007-0000", "contents": "2018 Bradford Bulls season, Season review, February 2018\nRecently signed prop forward Jamel Goodall put pen to paper on a contract extension, after impressing coach John Kear in the pre-season games, keeping Goodall at the Bulls until after the 2019 season. The Bulls finished their pre-season friendlies with a hard-fought 28-20 win over local rivals Keighley Cougars. Loan signing Liam Johnson scored a brace whilst Alex Brown, Elliot Minchella and Brandon Pickersgill also scored with Joe Keyes kicking 4 goals.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 56], "content_span": [57, 514]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277815-0007-0001", "contents": "2018 Bradford Bulls season, Season review, February 2018\nThe league season started with a narrow 22-20 victory over promotion rivals York City Knights, prop forward Steve Crossley, centre Ashley Gibson and Minchella all crossed for a try and Keyes held his nerve in the final minute to kick a penalty goal to provide the win for the Bulls and bring his personal tally to 5 goals for the game. The Bulls announced the signing of Bradford born hooker George Flanagan from Hunslet R.L.F.C. on a two-year deal.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 56], "content_span": [57, 506]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277815-0007-0002", "contents": "2018 Bradford Bulls season, Season review, February 2018\nBradford progressed in the 2018 Challenge Cup with a comprehensive 82-6 win over West Wales Raiders, second rower Minchella scored five tries in the rout with Gibson, Johnson and Gregg McNally scoring two tries each. Callum Bustin, Dane Chisholm, Crossley and Ethan Ryan also crossed the try line and Joe Keyes rounded off the scoring with 11 goals.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 56], "content_span": [57, 406]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277815-0008-0000", "contents": "2018 Bradford Bulls season, Season review, March 2018\nMarch started with the news that trialist Harvey Burnett had been signed on a permanent deal following an impressive pre-season. The scheduled league match against London Skolars was postponed due to bad weather. In their next league match the Bulls came out 54-6 winners over local rivals Keighley Cougars. New signing George Flanagan and Elliot Minchella both scored a brace of tries whilst Dalton Grant, Sam Hallas, Joe Keyes, Ross Peltier and Ethan Ryan also scored tries, Keyes kicked 9 conversions.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 53], "content_span": [54, 558]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277815-0008-0001", "contents": "2018 Bradford Bulls season, Season review, March 2018\nTrialist Dan King was allocated the number 16 shirt whilst winger Alex Brown retired from the sport to pursue a full-time job. Trialist Jordan Andrade was also signed on a permanent deal whilst Toronto Wolfpack centre Jake Butler-Fleming joined the Bulls on a one-month loan deal. Prop forward James Davies joined local rivals Keighley Cougars on a one-month loan deal. Following the win against Keighley the Bulls secured a 32-12 victory over Hunslet R.L.F.C. with Dalton Grant scoring a hat-trick, Sam Hallas scoring two tries and halfback Dane Chisholm rounding off the scoring with Keyes making 4 conversions. The Bulls rounded off March with a 30-12 win over fellow promotion contenders Oldham R.L.F.C., Grant continued his scoring run with a brace of tries whilst Chisholm and Minchella also crossed the line with conversions from Keyes, Lee Smith and Chisholm.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 53], "content_span": [54, 921]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277815-0009-0000", "contents": "2018 Bradford Bulls season, Season review, April 2018\nThe month started with a 34-10 win away at Hunslet R.L.F.C. in the re-arranged 2018 Challenge Cup tie. Matt Garside scored for the first time in a Bulls shirt whilst Liam Johnson, Josh Rickett and Ethan Ryan also scored with Elliot Minchella scoring his 10th try of the season to ensure the Bulls progressed to the 5th Round and a tie against Super League side Warrington Wolves.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 53], "content_span": [54, 433]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277815-0009-0001", "contents": "2018 Bradford Bulls season, Season review, April 2018\nHowever a trip to Cumbria to face former player Leon Pryce's side Workington Town brought the Bulls back to earth as their unbeaten start to the season ended with a 16-17 loss, Jake Butler-Fleming and Ross Peltier provided the tries for Bradford. Following the defeat it was announced that Jake Butler-Fleming would move back to Toronto Wolfpack in order to facilitate a move to York City Knights, meanwhile the Bulls announced that Jy Hitchcox from Castleford Tigers had joined on a month's loan alongside second rower James Laithwaite who is also on a month's loan from Toronto.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 53], "content_span": [54, 634]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277815-0009-0002", "contents": "2018 Bradford Bulls season, Season review, April 2018\nThe Bulls got back to winning ways with a 52-6 victory over Coventry Bears, new loanee Jy Hitchcox made his mark with two tries whilst Liam Johnson and George Flanagan also scored two each. Ashley Gibson, Joe Keyes, Elliot Minchella and Ethan Ryan rounded off the scoring. Bradford's Challenge Cup hopes were ended by Warrington in a 54-6 defeat with a try and goal coming from Joe Keyes. The month ended with a top of the table clash against Doncaster R.L.F.C. at the Keepmoat Stadium, the Bulls came away with a 32-6 victory as Elliot Minchella grabbed a brace with Flanagan, Ryan and Mikey Wood also scoring.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 53], "content_span": [54, 665]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277815-0010-0000", "contents": "2018 Bradford Bulls season, Season review, May 2018\nThe Bulls posted a club record score of 124-0 against West Wales Raiders to go back to the top of the table. Elliot Minchella and Matt Garside both scored hat-tricks whilst Dane Chisholm, Dalton Grant, Brandon Pickersgill and Ethan Ryan scored two tries each. Further tries from Callum Bustin, George Flanagan, Vila Halafihi, Sam Hallas, James Laithwaite, Ross Peltier and Lee Smith ensured the Bulls came away with a heavy win.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 51], "content_span": [52, 480]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277815-0010-0001", "contents": "2018 Bradford Bulls season, Season review, May 2018\nDuring the match Chisholm broke the club record for points scored in a match by coming away with 48 points and also broke the goal kicking record by nailing 20 out of 21 conversions. Another big win came in the rearranged league fixture against London Skolars. Bradford won the match 54-16, Ethan Ryan scoring four tries and fellow wing man Grant grabbing two. Bustin, Ashley Gibson, Peltier, Pickersgill and Smith also scored tries. A tough test followed this as the Bulls came away from Newcastle Thunder with a narrow 26-16 win.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 51], "content_span": [52, 583]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277815-0010-0002", "contents": "2018 Bradford Bulls season, Season review, May 2018\nChisholm, Flanagan, Minchella and Ryan all got on the scoresheet. Meanwhile, youngster Reiss Butterworth joined RFL Championship side Batley Bulldogs on loan for a month. The Bulls finished May with a comprehensive 68-0 win over Hemel Stags, Dalton Grant and Elliot Minchella grabbed the headlines scoring a brace of tries each while Chisholm, Flanagan, Garside, Halafihi, Laithwaite, Peltier, Pickersgill and Ryan also scored. Chisholm continued his fine form with the boot kicking 10 from 12.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 51], "content_span": [52, 546]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277815-0011-0000", "contents": "2018 Bradford Bulls season, Season review, June 2018\nJune started with a 50-12 win against North Wales Crusaders. Matt Garside, Ethan Ryan and Lee Smith scored two tries, Dane Chisholm, Joe Keyes and Brandon Pickersgill also scored tries with Chisholm kicking 7 goals.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 52], "content_span": [53, 268]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277815-0012-0000", "contents": "2018 Bradford Bulls season, League 1 Playoff Final\nAfter finishing 2nd in the 2018 RFL League 1 season and beating Oldham R.L.F.C. in the Semi Final the Bulls qualified for the League 1 Playoff Final, Workington Town finished 4th in the table and beat Doncaster R.L.F.C. in the Semi Final meaning that the two teams would meet in a play-off match to determine who would be promoted to the RFL Championship in 2019.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 50], "content_span": [51, 414]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277816-0000-0000", "contents": "2018 Braga Open\nThe 2018 Braga Open was a professional tennis tournament played on clay courts. It was the 1st edition of the tournament which was part of the 2018 ATP Challenger Tour. It took place in Braga, Portugal between 7 and 13 May 2018.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [15, 15], "content_span": [16, 244]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277816-0001-0000", "contents": "2018 Braga Open, Singles main draw entrants, Other entrants\nThe following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [17, 59], "content_span": [60, 128]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277817-0000-0000", "contents": "2018 Braga Open \u2013 Doubles\nSander Arends and Adil Shamasdin won the title after defeating Ariel Behar and Miguel \u00c1ngel Reyes-Varela 6\u20132, 6\u20131 in the final.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [25, 25], "content_span": [26, 153]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277818-0000-0000", "contents": "2018 Braga Open \u2013 Singles\nPedro Sousa won the title after defeating Casper Ruud 6\u20130, 3\u20136, 6\u20133 in the final.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [25, 25], "content_span": [26, 107]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277819-0000-0000", "contents": "2018 Braidy Industries Women's Tennis Classic\nThe 2018 Braidy Industries Women's Tennis Classic was a professional tennis tournament played on outdoor hard courts. It was the sixth edition of the tournament and was part of the 2018 ITF Women's Circuit. It took place in Ashland, United States, on 23\u201329 July 2018. It was the first edition of the tournament since 2008.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [45, 45], "content_span": [46, 368]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277819-0001-0000", "contents": "2018 Braidy Industries Women's Tennis Classic, Singles main draw entrants, Other entrants\nThe following player received a wildcard into the singles main draw:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [47, 89], "content_span": [90, 158]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277820-0000-0000", "contents": "2018 Braidy Industries Women's Tennis Classic \u2013 Doubles\nL\u012bga Dekmeijere and Jelena Pand\u017ei\u0107 were the defending champions, having won the previous event in 2008. However, Dekmeijere has been inactive on the women's tour since 2015, while Pand\u017ei\u0107 retired from the professional circuit in 2017.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 55], "section_span": [55, 55], "content_span": [56, 290]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277820-0001-0000", "contents": "2018 Braidy Industries Women's Tennis Classic \u2013 Doubles\nJovana Jak\u0161i\u0107 and Renata Zaraz\u00faa won the title after defeating Sanaz Marand and Whitney Osuigwe 6\u20133, 5\u20137, [10\u20134] in the final.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 55], "section_span": [55, 55], "content_span": [56, 182]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277821-0000-0000", "contents": "2018 Braidy Industries Women's Tennis Classic \u2013 Singles\nVarvara Lepchenko was the defending champion, having won the previous event in 2008, but decided not to participate this year.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 55], "section_span": [55, 55], "content_span": [56, 182]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277821-0001-0000", "contents": "2018 Braidy Industries Women's Tennis Classic \u2013 Singles\nGail Brodsky won the title, defeating fellow qualifier Maegan Manasse in the final, 4\u20136, 6\u20131, 6\u20130.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 55], "section_span": [55, 55], "content_span": [56, 154]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277822-0000-0000", "contents": "2018 Brant municipal election\nThe 2018 Brant municipal election took place on October 22, 2018. Seven-term incumbent Ronald Eddy lost re-election to businessman David Bailey. Bailey is the first openly gay mayor of Brant.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [29, 29], "content_span": [30, 221]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277822-0001-0000", "contents": "2018 Brant municipal election, Results, Brant County Council\nTwo to be elected from each ward. The results for Brant County Council are as follows:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 60], "content_span": [61, 147]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277823-0000-0000", "contents": "2018 Brantford Galaxy season\nThe 2018 season was Brantford Galaxy's seventh season in the Canadian Soccer League. Their season began on May 25, 2018 in an away match against CSC Mississauga. Despite the team's mediocre season they still clinched the final playoff berth. Their participation in the postseason was short lived as they were eliminated by FC Ukraine United in the first round. While their reserve squad faced a similar fate in the Second Division after losing to FC Vorkuta B in the opening round. The club's top goalscorer was Slavko Knezevic with three goals.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [28, 28], "content_span": [29, 574]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277823-0001-0000", "contents": "2018 Brantford Galaxy season, Summary\nAfter the departure of Sasa Vukovic to Hamilton City SC, the club brought in Milan Prpa as head coach. The roster assembled by Prpa remained primarily the same as the previous seasons with many notable veterans returning. Overall the changes in management achieved little difference in the performance of the club. As the club produced a mediocre season by finishing eighth in the First Division, but still managed to secure the final playoff berth. In the opening round of the postseason Brantford faced FC Ukraine United, but were eliminated in a penalty shootout.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 37], "content_span": [38, 604]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277823-0002-0000", "contents": "2018 Brantford Galaxy season, Summary\nMeanwhile in the Second Division their reserve team managed to secure a postseason berth. In the playoffs they faced division champions FC Vorkuta B, and were defeated by a score of 3-1.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 37], "content_span": [38, 224]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277823-0003-0000", "contents": "2018 Brantford Galaxy season, Players, First Division roster\nNote: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 60], "content_span": [61, 189]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277823-0004-0000", "contents": "2018 Brantford Galaxy season, Players, Second Division roster\nNote: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 61], "content_span": [62, 190]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277823-0005-0000", "contents": "2018 Brantford Galaxy season, Canadian Soccer League, Results summary\nLast updated: September 20, 2018. Source: 2018 Canadian Soccer League season", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 69], "content_span": [70, 146]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277823-0006-0000", "contents": "2018 Brantford Galaxy season, Canadian Soccer League, Postseason, Results summary\nLast updated: September 20, 2018. Source: 2018 Canadian Soccer League season", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 81], "content_span": [82, 158]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277824-0000-0000", "contents": "2018 Brantford municipal election\nThe 2018 Brantford municipal election took place on October 22, 2018. Incumbent Mayor Chris Friel lost re-election to Kevin Davis.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [33, 33], "content_span": [34, 164]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277824-0001-0000", "contents": "2018 Brantford municipal election, Results, Brantford City Council\nTwo to be elected from each ward. The map has changed slightly from 2014 due to the annexation of some territory from Brant County.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 66], "content_span": [67, 198]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277825-0000-0000", "contents": "2018 Brasil Open\nThe 2018 Brasil Open was a tennis tournament played on indoor clay courts. It was the 18th edition of the Brasil Open, and part of the ATP World Tour 250 series of the 2018 ATP World Tour. It took place from February 26 through March 4, 2018, in S\u00e3o Paulo, Brazil.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [16, 16], "content_span": [17, 281]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277825-0001-0000", "contents": "2018 Brasil Open, Singles main draw entrants, Other entrants\nThe following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [18, 60], "content_span": [61, 129]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277825-0002-0000", "contents": "2018 Brasil Open, Doubles main draw entrants, Other entrants\nThe following pairs received wildcards into the doubles main draw:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [18, 60], "content_span": [61, 127]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277826-0000-0000", "contents": "2018 Brasil Open \u2013 Doubles\nRog\u00e9rio Dutra Silva and Andr\u00e9 S\u00e1 were the defending champions, but chose not to participate together. S\u00e1 teamed up with Thomaz Bellucci, but lost to Federico Delbonis and M\u00e1ximo Gonz\u00e1lez in the quarterfinals. Dutra Silva played alongside Roman Jebav\u00fd, but lost to Delbonis and Gonz\u00e1lez in the semifinals.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [26, 26], "content_span": [27, 331]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277826-0001-0000", "contents": "2018 Brasil Open \u2013 Doubles\nDelbonis and Gonz\u00e1lez went on to win the title, defeating Wesley Koolhof and Artem Sitak in the final, 6\u20134, 6\u20132.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [26, 26], "content_span": [27, 139]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277827-0000-0000", "contents": "2018 Brasil Open \u2013 Singles\nPablo Cuevas was the three-time defending champion, but lost in the semifinals to Fabio Fognini.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [26, 26], "content_span": [27, 123]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277827-0001-0000", "contents": "2018 Brasil Open \u2013 Singles\nFognini went on to win the title, defeating Nicol\u00e1s Jarry in the final, 1\u20136, 6\u20131, 6\u20134.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [26, 26], "content_span": [27, 113]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277827-0002-0000", "contents": "2018 Brasil Open \u2013 Singles, Seeds\nThe top four seeds receive a bye into the second round.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 33], "content_span": [34, 89]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277828-0000-0000", "contents": "2018 Brasileiro de Marcas\nThe 2018 Campeonato Brasileiro de Marcas season will be the eight season of the Brasileiro de Marcas.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [25, 25], "content_span": [26, 127]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277828-0001-0000", "contents": "2018 Brasileiro de Marcas, Championship standings\nPoints are awarded for each race at an event to the driver/s of a car that completed at least 75% of the race distance and was running at the completion of the race.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 49], "content_span": [50, 215]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277828-0002-0000", "contents": "2018 Brasileiro de Marcas, Championship standings, Drivers' Championship\nBold\u00a0\u2013 Pole positionItalics\u00a0\u2013 Fastest lap\u2020\u00a0\u2013 Retired, but classified", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 72], "content_span": [73, 141]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277829-0000-0000", "contents": "2018 Brazil truck drivers' strike\nThe 2018 Brazil truck drivers' strike, also called the diesel crisis, was a strike of self-employed truck drivers that began on 21 May 2018.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [33, 33], "content_span": [34, 174]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277829-0001-0000", "contents": "2018 Brazil truck drivers' strike\nThe protesters demanded a decrease of the price of diesel, exemption from certain tolls, as well as a legal and tax reform related to truck driving. Oil prices increased in Brazil after a 2016 policy change that made oil prices float with international prices.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [33, 33], "content_span": [34, 294]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277829-0002-0000", "contents": "2018 Brazil truck drivers' strike\nThe nationwide paralysis of roads caused a shortage of food, medicines, and oil across Brazil, with long queues of vehicles to gas stations.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [33, 33], "content_span": [34, 174]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277829-0003-0000", "contents": "2018 Brazil truck drivers' strike, Background\nStarting in late 2016, the price of oil in Brazil rose due to the termination of policies coming from Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva and Dilma Rousseff's terms in office. Under Michel Temer's administration, the prior policy of pricing domestically sold oil lower than the international price was changed by the state-owned oil company, Petrobr\u00e1s, to sell at the international market price. Furthermore, the value of the dollar relative to the Brazilian real also rose in the weeks before the strike, driving up the domestic cost of oil in the local currency.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 45], "content_span": [46, 600]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277829-0004-0000", "contents": "2018 Brazil truck drivers' strike, Background\nOn 18 May 2018, truckers and Abcam (Associa\u00e7\u00e3o Brasileira dos Caminhoneiros, the Brazilian Association of Truckers, which claims to have more than 600,000 members) threatened to strike if the government did not reduce the tax burden on diesel. With no response by the government, the strike began on 21 May.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 45], "content_span": [46, 353]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277829-0005-0000", "contents": "2018 Brazil truck drivers' strike, Timeline, 18 to 20 May\nOn 18 May, truckers announced a strike starting on 21 May if the government did not halt increases in diesel prices. The following day, Petrobr\u00e1s announced a price increase of 0.8% for diesel and 1.34% for gas, based on the increase of international oil prices and the company's new policy.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 57], "content_span": [58, 348]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277829-0006-0000", "contents": "2018 Brazil truck drivers' strike, Timeline, 18 to 20 May\nOn 20 May, the Federal Justice prohibited any blockade of the federal highways in Paran\u00e1. This move was made by the General Counsel for the Federal Government (Advocacia Geral da Uni\u00e3o) on request of the Federal Highway Police.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 57], "content_span": [58, 285]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277829-0007-0000", "contents": "2018 Brazil truck drivers' strike, Timeline, 21 and 22 May\nDuring the first day of the strike, some highways were partially or totally blocked. In some areas, tires were burned by truckers and in others the truckers stayed on the road side. By the end of the evening, president Michel Temer had a meeting with members of his cabinet.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 58], "content_span": [59, 333]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277829-0008-0000", "contents": "2018 Brazil truck drivers' strike, Timeline, 21 and 22 May\nAirports warned of potential future problems with fuel, and car companies such as Ford, Chevrolet and Fiat also announced problems related to the strike. In order to deal with the strike, the Minister of Public Security Raul Jungmann announced the creation of a crisis cabinet.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 58], "content_span": [59, 336]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277829-0009-0000", "contents": "2018 Brazil truck drivers' strike, Timeline, 23 and 24 May\nOn 23 May, airports started to suffer a lack of fuel; Infraero announced that airports like Congonhas and Recife International only had fuel for that day. As a result of trucks halting fuel deliveries to gas stations and food deliveries to markets and other establishments, prices started to rise. In Recife, gasoline reached the price of R$8.99 (approximately US$2.45) and in Rio de Janeiro a bag of potatoes could cost as much as R$500 (approximately US$136.30). The same day, Abcam announced it would let trucks with livestock and medicine pass through the blockades until Friday of the same week (25 May).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 58], "content_span": [59, 668]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277829-0010-0000", "contents": "2018 Brazil truck drivers' strike, Timeline, 23 and 24 May\nTemer asked for a truce for two or three days so the problem could be solved and Petrobr\u00e1s announced that it would make diesel 10% cheaper for fifteen days. According to the company's president, Pedro Parente, the measure was taken exceptionally so the government could talk to the truckers during the fifteen days.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 58], "content_span": [59, 374]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277829-0011-0000", "contents": "2018 Brazil truck drivers' strike, Timeline, 23 and 24 May\nOne day later, gasoline reached R$10 (approximately US$2.72) in the Federal District. During the same day, fewer buses were in circulation and hospitals started to have small problems due to the lack of fuel and other equipment. The day was mainly marked by the announcement by the Chief of Staff, Eliseu Padilha, that the government had reached an agreement with representatives of the truckers after a six-hour meeting. The agreement involved the strike being suspended for fifteen days and Jungmann said there are indications that the strike was actually a lockout and that the government would look into the situation.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 58], "content_span": [59, 681]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277829-0012-0000", "contents": "2018 Brazil truck drivers' strike, Timeline, 25 May\nDespite the announcement of the deal on the previous day, Abcam did not adhere to it and the trucker's strike continued. Airports started to run out of fuel and cancel flights, federal universities started to suspend classes and the lack of fuel limited the circulation of ambulances in some states and also caused surgeries that were not emergencies to be cancelled in states like Santa Catarina.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 51], "content_span": [52, 449]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277829-0013-0000", "contents": "2018 Brazil truck drivers' strike, Timeline, 25 May\nTemer criticized the truckers who continued in the strike, calling them part of a \"radical minority\", and announced he would send troops to end the roadblocks made by the truckers. Meanwhile, the Attorney General of Brazil asked the Supreme Federal Court to declare the strike illegal. The Supreme Federal Court authorized the use of force and imposed a fine to those who refused to end the roadblocks By the end of the evening, the government claimed to have already removed 45% of all roadblocks.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 51], "content_span": [52, 550]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277829-0014-0000", "contents": "2018 Brazil truck drivers' strike, Timeline, 25 May\nThe cities of S\u00e3o Paulo, Rio de Janeiro and Porto Alegre, as well as the state of Pernambuco, declared a state of emergency.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 51], "content_span": [52, 176]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277829-0015-0000", "contents": "2018 Brazil truck drivers' strike, Timeline, 26 and 27 May\nOn Saturday, 26 May, Minister Carlos Marun stated that the government will start to fine any company that does not obey the agreement made to unblock the highways in the amount of R$100,000 per hour, and also said that it believes that the event is not a strike but a lockout. The state of Mato Grosso declared a state of emergency.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 58], "content_span": [59, 391]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277829-0016-0000", "contents": "2018 Brazil truck drivers' strike, Timeline, 26 and 27 May\nSurgeries that are not urgent were cancelled all across the state of Rio de Janeiro.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 58], "content_span": [59, 143]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277829-0017-0000", "contents": "2018 Brazil truck drivers' strike, Timeline, 26 and 27 May\nBy the end of the afternoon, President Temer asked Henrique Meirelles to discuss measures to contain the strike with a special emphasis on reducing the tax over diesel (PIS/Confins) to zero. A group of autonomous truckers was called by the government to meet later that day. The city of Teresina declared a state of emergency.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 58], "content_span": [59, 385]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277829-0018-0000", "contents": "2018 Brazil truck drivers' strike, Timeline, 26 and 27 May\nBy the end of the day, Temer made a public pronouncement listing the measures that would be taken: reduction of diesel's price by R$0.46 per litre (for 60 days; after that just monthly adjustments would continue); suspension of taxes on suspended axles on federal highways; the warranty of autonomous truckers earning 30% of Conab (Companhia Nacional de Abastecimento) fare; and the establishment of a minimum shipping table (the last two are provisional measures).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 58], "content_span": [59, 524]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277829-0019-0000", "contents": "2018 Brazil truck drivers' strike, Timeline, 26 and 27 May\nAt this point, agricultural producers estimated that 64 million birds had to be sacrificed due to the lack of food, while the Guarulhos International Airport sees risk of shortage on fuel supply during the coming week due to a promised Wednesday strike by Petrobr\u00e1s workers.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 58], "content_span": [59, 333]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277829-0020-0000", "contents": "2018 Brazil truck drivers' strike, Timeline, 28 May\nEven after Temer's speech, many truckers continued to protest. Abcam's president, Jos\u00e9 da Fonseca Lopes, said that the truckers want to get back to work, the government gave them what they wanted and the strike did not stop yet because \"a group of interventionists want to overthrow the government\". Unicam's president Jos\u00e9 Araujo Silva said many that truck drivers still do not know about the deal but are being informed so they can stop with the strike.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 51], "content_span": [52, 507]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277829-0020-0001", "contents": "2018 Brazil truck drivers' strike, Timeline, 28 May\nGilson Baitaca, a member of the Movement of Grain Transporters of Mato Grosso, said that truckers who are connected to his movement will start unblocking the roads but some autonomous drivers want other things. Cl\u00e1udio Ferreira of Fetrabens said he would meet with the governor of S\u00e3o Paulo discuss a way to anticipate the end of the strike in the state. The National Federation of Transport (CNT) informed that they believe the truckers' goals were achieved and that they should now go back to work. CNTA decided to let unions decide whether the strike should continue or if it should stop, but they oriented those who plan to continue to let fuel, milk, food going to schools, products going to hospitals and trucks with the civil defense sticker to pass.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 51], "content_span": [52, 809]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277829-0021-0000", "contents": "2018 Brazil truck drivers' strike, Timeline, 28 May\nIbovespa index fell during the morning, registering a drop of 2.45%, and the dollar rose, reaching R$3.70. Some gas stations in S\u00e3o Paulo refuse to accept the supply of fuel due to threats that have been made during the days by supporters of the strike in order to prevent its end. In some parts of the blockades, some protesters drill truck tires to prevent the police from forcing them to move away. Abcam's president Jos\u00e9 da Fonseca Lopes said that the deal with the government have been concluded and that from now on the strike is not a matter of this institution or its autonomous truckers, but a matter of political parties and \"people who want to overthrow the government\".", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 51], "content_span": [52, 733]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277829-0022-0000", "contents": "2018 Brazil truck drivers' strike, Timeline, 28 May\nAt this time there were still 556 (46%) active blockades around the country. During this day the biggest registered impacts were on public transportation and schools.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 51], "content_span": [52, 218]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277829-0023-0000", "contents": "2018 Brazil truck drivers' strike, Timeline, 29 May\nAfter nine days of blockade, there was still a lack of food supply, especially perishables, on hypermarkets of 22 Brazilian state capitals. Rio's Ceasa is operating with around 80 and 90% of its stores closed, and the lack of fuel on gas stations deeply affects 15 state capitals including S\u00e3o Paulo and Rio de Janeiro.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 51], "content_span": [52, 371]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277829-0024-0000", "contents": "2018 Brazil truck drivers' strike, Timeline, 29 May\nThe Federal Police opened 48 inquiries for lockout investigation and arrest requests, but all of them were denied by the court.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 51], "content_span": [52, 179]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277829-0025-0000", "contents": "2018 Brazil truck drivers' strike, Timeline, 29 May\nAt this time there were 3 complete blockades and 616 minor blockades still active, as well as many other parallel manifestations supporting the truckers' struggle and adding more claims to the overall act. The Federal Highway Police sent to AGU 176 assessments of stopped vehicles in some highways, with fines of R$100,000/hour for companies and R$10,000/day for individuals.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 51], "content_span": [52, 427]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277829-0026-0000", "contents": "2018 Brazil truck drivers' strike, Timeline, 29 May\nArmed Forces General Staff Admiral Ademir Sobrinho denied any intent of the Brazilian Army on attending demonstrations that ask for military intervention over the state.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 51], "content_span": [52, 221]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277829-0027-0000", "contents": "2018 Brazil truck drivers' strike, Timeline, 30 May\nA trucker was killed by a protestor in Rond\u00f4nia because he was leaving the blockade and a suspect was arrested, while in S\u00e3o Carlos a TV team was assaulted during a coverage of the protests on Anhanguera Highway. Another criminal act issue is being investigated by the Public Prosecutor's Office on abusive coercion techniques used by some protesters on truck drivers to difficult the police work, such as dismantling the blockades by parking their trucks in difficult positions and keeping the fuel trucks out of reach. Other acts were classified as kidnapping, since they were forbidden to leave.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 51], "content_span": [52, 650]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277829-0028-0000", "contents": "2018 Brazil truck drivers' strike, Timeline, 30 May\nThe Supreme Federal Court determined a fine in total amount of R$141.4 million divided between 96 transport companies. Minister Carlos Marun claimed that the R$0.46 discount on diesel price should be applied on Friday, with the expectation of economic stabilization in seven days. The government estimates a total economic loss of R$75 billion until this point, with R$2.7 billion being for supermarkets, R$11.5 billion for fuel distributors, R$3 billion for agribusiness, R$8 to 10 billion loss for livestock, R$1.8 billion for textile and R$2.5 billion for chemical industries.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 51], "content_span": [52, 631]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277829-0029-0000", "contents": "2018 Brazil truck drivers' strike, Timeline, 31 May\nThe Federal Police \"Operation Unlocked\", started a day before based on complaints, conducted 3 search and 1 temporary arrest warrants on companies suspected of supporting the strike. Some companies are accused by security minister Raul Jungmann of taking advantage of the strike to pressure the government.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 51], "content_span": [52, 358]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277829-0030-0000", "contents": "2018 Brazil truck drivers' strike, Timeline, 31 May\nThe government claimed that the diesel price reduction would cause R$3.4 billion in expenses, which would result in an increase in taxes on exporters, soft drinks and chemical industries and that some programs would have cuts as well, including R$368.9 million on transport, R$135 million on SUS (Sistema \u00danico de Sa\u00fade), R$55.1 million on education, R$4.1 million on prevention and repressions on drug trafficking and R$1.5 million on police.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 51], "content_span": [52, 495]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277829-0030-0001", "contents": "2018 Brazil truck drivers' strike, Timeline, 31 May\nAt this point, the president has proposed three provisional measures: exemption from tolls on trucks with suspended axles (attending one of the striker\u00b4s goals); a reserve of 30% of Conab (Companhia Nacional de Abastecimento), transports to autonomous truckers; and the setting of a minimum shipping price. Eliseu Padilha, chief of staff of Temer's government, claimed gas stations that refuse to lower the diesel price would be fined up to R$9.4 million.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 51], "content_span": [52, 507]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277829-0031-0000", "contents": "2018 Brazil truck drivers' strike, Timeline, 31 May\nThe ANTT (Ag\u00eancia Nacional de Transporte Terrestre) published a new minimum price table. Elis\u00e2ngela Lopes, technical advisor for infrastructure and logistics at CNA (Confedera\u00e7\u00e3o de Agricultura e Pecu\u00e1ria), said it would make the truckers' jobs even more difficult, since compliance requires precise accounting and computer knowledge.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 51], "content_span": [52, 386]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277829-0032-0000", "contents": "2018 Brazil truck drivers' strike, Oil worker strike\nDuring the course of the events concerning the trucker's strike, oil works at Petrobr\u00e1s organised themselves in order to conduct another strike, aiming for the resignation of the company's president, Pedro Parede, and the reduction of fuel and cooking gas prices.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 52], "content_span": [53, 316]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277829-0033-0000", "contents": "2018 Brazil truck drivers' strike, Impact\nPaulo Feldman, a University of S\u00e3o Paulo (USP) professor, estimates a loss of at least R$30 billion of economic production caused by the strike over five days. Some of the most notable impacts are:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 41], "content_span": [42, 239]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277829-0034-0000", "contents": "2018 Brazil truck drivers' strike, Statements and reactions\nA telephone poll of 1500 adults by Datafolha on 30 May reported that 55% of Brazilians reject the privatization of Petrobr\u00e1s, 74% reject any possible sale to foreign investors and companies, and 87% of the population supports the ongoing strike and are against public budget cuts and rise on taxes to attend their demands, with 56% supporting that they must continue the strike for a longer time.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 59], "content_span": [60, 456]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277829-0035-0000", "contents": "2018 Brazil truck drivers' strike, Statements and reactions\nWhile there was an overall negative impact on the economy, some people benefited, like Uber drivers, who reported a doubling in their income during the strike.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 59], "content_span": [60, 219]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277829-0036-0000", "contents": "2018 Brazil truck drivers' strike, Statements and reactions, Politicians\nSeveral Brazilian politicians, including potential candidates for president in the coming election, commented about the crisis.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 72], "content_span": [73, 200]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277830-0000-0000", "contents": "2018 Brazilian Grand Prix\nThe 2018 Brazilian Grand Prix (formally known as the Formula 1 Grande Pr\u00eamio Heineken do Brasil 2018) was a Formula One motor race held on 11 November 2018 at the Aut\u00f3dromo Jos\u00e9 Carlos Pace in S\u00e3o Paulo, Brazil. The race was the twentieth and penultimate round of the 2018 Formula One World Championship and marked the 47th running of the Brazilian Grand Prix and the 46th time that the race was run as a World Championship event since the inaugural event in 1973. Following Felipe Massa's retirement from Formula One at the end of the 2017 season, this marked the first Brazilian Grand Prix where no Brazilian driver took part.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [25, 25], "content_span": [26, 654]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277830-0001-0000", "contents": "2018 Brazilian Grand Prix\nThe race was won by Lewis Hamilton from pole position. Hamilton's race win combined with teammate Valtteri Bottas finishing 5th meant that Mercedes were able to claim the Constructors' Championship for the 5th consecutive season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [25, 25], "content_span": [26, 255]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277830-0002-0000", "contents": "2018 Brazilian Grand Prix, Background\nGoing into the penultimate round of the 2018 season Lewis Hamilton had already claimed the Drivers' Championship, however Ferrari and Mercedes could both still claim the Constructors' Championship. Ferrari needed to outscore Mercedes by 13 points or more to prevent Mercedes winning the title after the race's completion.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 37], "content_span": [38, 359]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277830-0003-0000", "contents": "2018 Brazilian Grand Prix, Race\nMax Verstappen was leading and extending his lead over Lewis Hamilton in second until, on lap 44, Verstappen made contact with Esteban Ocon, who was trying to unlap himself, causing both drivers to spin allowing Hamilton to take the lead and eventually the win. Following the collision the stewards gave Ocon a ten-second stop-go penalty for the incident. After the race Ocon and Verstappen were involved in an altercation which consisted of the drivers pushing each other angrily. Verstappen would later be given community service for the post-race altercation. The win for Lewis Hamilton wrapped up the constructors' title for Mercedes, with Max Verstappen second and Kimi R\u00e4ikk\u00f6nen third. Daniel Ricciardo took fourth ahead of Bottas with Vettel struggling home to sixth.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 31], "content_span": [32, 806]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277831-0000-0000", "contents": "2018 Brazilian general election\nThe 2018 Brazilian presidential election were held in 2018 with two rounds of balloting in conjunction with elections to the National Congress, state governorships. As no candidate in the presidential election received more than 50% of the vote in the first round on 7 October 2018, a second-round runoff was held on 28 October 2018.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [31, 31], "content_span": [32, 365]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277831-0001-0000", "contents": "2018 Brazilian general election\nThe election occurred during a tumultuous time in Brazilian politics. Narrowly re-elected in 2014, President Dilma Rousseff of the centre-left Workers\u2019 Party (PT), which has dominated Brazilian politics since 2002, was impeached in 2016. Replacing her was her Vice President, Michel Temer of the centre-right Brazilian Democratic Movement Party. Temer, whose age of 75 at inauguration made him the oldest to ever take office, broke sharply with his predecessor\u2019s policies and amended the constitution to freeze public spending. Temer was extraordinarily unpopular, reaching an approval rating of 7% versus 76% in favor of his resignation. Despite mass demonstrations against his rule, including a 2017 general strike and a 2018 truck drivers\u2019 strike, Temer refused to step down and served the duration of his term in office. Due to being convicted of breaking campaign finance laws, Temer was ineligible to run in 2018.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [31, 31], "content_span": [32, 951]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277831-0002-0000", "contents": "2018 Brazilian general election\nThe candidacy of Jair Bolsonaro, a controversial federal deputy from Rio de Janeiro known for his far-right politics and defense of the former Brazilian military dictatorship, overshadowed other conservative candidates. Noted for his vehement opposition to abortion and same-sex marriage, Bolsonaro joined the small Social Liberal Party (PSL) to mount his bid for the presidency, shifting the party's ideology in favor of social conservatism and nationalism. Bolsonaro benefited from opposition to the former PT government and ran in favor of expanding gun ownership in response to high crime, legalizing the death penalty, and the privatization of state-owned companies.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [31, 31], "content_span": [32, 703]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277831-0002-0001", "contents": "2018 Brazilian general election\nFor the position of Vice President, Bolsonaro chose Hamilton Mour\u00e3o, a conservative retired general in the Brazilian Army. During the campaign, Bolsonaro was the subject of widespread protests for his homophobic, racist, and misogynistic beliefs. Former Governor of S\u00e3o Paulo Geraldo Alckmin, who ran as a member of the previously dominant centre-right Brazilian Social Democracy Party (PSDB), received the worst result for a presidential nominee of his party in Brazilian history.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [31, 31], "content_span": [32, 513]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277831-0003-0000", "contents": "2018 Brazilian general election\nFormer President Lula da Silva, once considered one of the most popular politicians in the world, intended to run for president as the candidate of the PT with former Mayor of S\u00e3o Paulo Fernando Haddad as his running-mate. Polling taken during the campaign found Lula as the favorite in both the first and second rounds of the election. However, Lula's 2017 conviction on corruption charges barred him from running.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [31, 31], "content_span": [32, 447]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277831-0003-0001", "contents": "2018 Brazilian general election\nHaddad, who was largely unknown to Brazilian voters at the time, was chosen to run in his place, with Communist Party of Brazil (PCdoB) deputy Manuela d\u2019Avila of Rio Grande do Sul serving as his running mate. His major opponent on the left was Ciro Gomes, a mainstay of Brazilian politics who ran a centre-left campaign as a member of the Democratic Labour Party (PDT). Following Haddad's advancement to the second round, Ciro did not endorse his campaign, though he did signal opposition to Bolsonaro.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [31, 31], "content_span": [32, 534]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277831-0004-0000", "contents": "2018 Brazilian general election\nThe campaign was marked by political violence, with Bolsonaro being a victim of a stabbing attack at a campaign rally in Minas Gerais and supporters of both Haddad and Bolsonaro falling victim to politically-motivated attacks. Fake news spread on popular messaging app WhatsApp was a focal point of election coverage, with disinformation spread on the app being blamed for influencing voting intentions. In the first round of the election, Bolsonaro received approximately 46% of the vote to Haddad's 29%, with Ciro coming in third place with over 12% of the vote. In the second round, Bolsonaro defeated Haddad by approximately ten percentage points, with the deputy receiving over 55% of the vote to less than 45% for Haddad. Bolsonaro took office on 1 January 2019 as President of Brazil.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [31, 31], "content_span": [32, 823]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277831-0005-0000", "contents": "2018 Brazilian general election, Background\nThe 2014 elections saw Workers' Party candidate Dilma Rousseff reelected as President in the second round with 51.6% of the vote, defeating A\u00e9cio Neves of the Brazilian Social Democracy Party who received 48.4% of the vote. Rousseff had first been elected in the 2010 elections, succeeding her political mentor, Luiz In\u00e1cio Lula da Silva, who was in office from 2003 until 2011.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 43], "content_span": [44, 422]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277831-0006-0000", "contents": "2018 Brazilian general election, Background\nHowever, on 3 December 2015, impeachment proceedings against Rousseff were officially accepted by the Chamber of Deputies. On 12 May 2016, the Federal Senate temporarily suspended Rousseff's powers and duties for up to six months or until the Senate reached a verdict: to remove her from office if found guilty or to acquit her from the crimes charged. Vice President Michel Temer, of the Brazilian Democratic Movement Party, assumed her powers and duties as Acting President of Brazil during the suspension.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 43], "content_span": [44, 552]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277831-0006-0001", "contents": "2018 Brazilian general election, Background\nOn 31 August 2016, the Senate voted 61\u201320 in favor of impeachment, finding Rousseff guilty of breaking budgetary laws and removing her from office. Critics of the impeachment saw it as a legislative coup d'\u00e9tat. Vice President Temer succeeded Rousseff as the 37th President of Brazil. His government implemented policies that contradicted the platform on which Rousseff's Workers Party had been elected, in one of the most controversial and politically-heated periods of modern Brazilian history.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 43], "content_span": [44, 540]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277831-0007-0000", "contents": "2018 Brazilian general election, Background\nTemer was barred from running for a full term in 2018. He had been convicted of campaign law violations in 2016, and was banned from holding any political office for eight years. He was likely ineligible for a full term in any case due to the manner in which constitutional provisions on term limits are worded. The constitution stipulates that if the Vice President becomes Acting President for any reason, it counts toward the limit of two consecutive terms. This applies even when the Vice President becomes Acting President whenever the President is abroad.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 43], "content_span": [44, 605]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277831-0008-0000", "contents": "2018 Brazilian general election, Electoral system\nVoting in Brazil is allowed for citizens over 16 years of age, and mandatory for those between 18 and 70 years of age. Those who do not vote in an election and do not later present an acceptable justification (such as being away from their voting location at the time) must pay a fine of 3.51 BRL (equivalent to 0.90 USD in October 2018). Brazilian citizens residing abroad only vote for president.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 49], "content_span": [50, 448]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277831-0009-0000", "contents": "2018 Brazilian general election, Electoral system, Presidential elections\nThe President and the Vice President of Brazil are elected using the two-round system. Citizens may field their candidacies for the presidency, and participate in the general elections, which are held on the first Sunday in October (in this instance, 7 October 2018). If the most-voted candidate takes more than 50% of the overall vote, he or she is declared elected. If the 50% threshold is not met by any candidate, a second round of voting is held on the last Sunday in October (in this instance, 28 October 2018).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 73], "content_span": [74, 591]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277831-0009-0001", "contents": "2018 Brazilian general election, Electoral system, Presidential elections\nIn the second round, only the two most-voted candidates from the first round may participate. The winner of the second round is elected President of Brazil. Candidates for President run for office jointly with a candidate for Vice-President, and the Vice-President is elected as a consequence of the election of the President.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 73], "content_span": [74, 400]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277831-0010-0000", "contents": "2018 Brazilian general election, Electoral system, Gubernatorial elections\nThe Governors and Vice Governors of all states and of the Federal District were elected, in two rounds when needed, in the same way as the presidential election.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 74], "content_span": [75, 236]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277831-0011-0000", "contents": "2018 Brazilian general election, Electoral system, Congressional elections, Federal Senate elections\nTwo-thirds of the 81 members of the Federal Senate will be elected for a term of 8 years in office, the other third having been elected in 2014. Two candidates will be elected from each of the states and Federal District using majority block voting, with voters able to cast two votes each.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 100], "content_span": [101, 391]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277831-0012-0000", "contents": "2018 Brazilian general election, Electoral system, Congressional elections, Chamber of Deputies elections\nAll 513 members of the Chamber of Deputies (federal deputies) will be elected, with candidates elected from 27 multi-member constituencies corresponding to the states and Federal District, varying in size from eight to 70 seats. The Chamber elections are held using open list proportional representation, with seats allocated using the simple quotient.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 105], "content_span": [106, 458]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277831-0013-0000", "contents": "2018 Brazilian general election, Electoral system, Legislative Assemblies elections\nAll members of the State Legislative Assemblies (state deputies) and of the Federal District Legislative Chamber (district deputies), varying in size from 24 to 94 seats, will be elected. These elections are also held using open list proportional representation, with seats allocated using the simple quotient.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 83], "content_span": [84, 394]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277831-0014-0000", "contents": "2018 Brazilian general election, Campaign, Rejection of Lula's candidacy\nOn 1 September, the Superior Electoral Court voted 6\u20131 to reject Lula's candidacy based on the Lei da Ficha Limpa and his conviction on corruption charges, but approved the PT-PCdoB-PROS coalition \"The People Happy Again\" and the candidacy of Fernando Haddad. The Workers' Party replaced Lula with Haddad and announced former presidential candidate Manuela d'\u00c1vila as his running mate.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 72], "content_span": [73, 458]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277831-0015-0000", "contents": "2018 Brazilian general election, Campaign, Stabbing of Jair Bolsonaro\nJair Bolsonaro was stabbed on 6 September 2018 while campaigning in the city of Juiz de Fora, Minas Gerais and interacting with supporters. Bolsonaro's son, Fl\u00e1vio, has stated that his father's wounds were only superficial and he was recovering in hospital. Police arrested and identified the attacker as Adelio Bispo de Oliveira, who claimed that he was \"ordered by God to carry out the attack\". Fl\u00e1vio Bolsonaro later stated that the wounds inflicted seemed worse than initially thought. He tweeted about his father's condition, explaining that the perforation reached part of the liver, the lung and part of the intestine.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 69], "content_span": [70, 695]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277831-0015-0001", "contents": "2018 Brazilian general election, Campaign, Stabbing of Jair Bolsonaro\nHe also stated that Bolsonaro had lost a large amount of blood, arriving at the hospital with a pressure of 10/3, but had since stabilized. Most of the other candidates in the presidential race (from both sides of the political spectrum), and the then-Brazilian president, Michel Temer, condemned the attack. After being stabbed, Bolsonaro did not attend any further debates.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 69], "content_span": [70, 445]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277831-0016-0000", "contents": "2018 Brazilian general election, Campaign, Debates\nTwo debates were held on 9 and 17 August, featuring eight presidential candidates: Bolsonaro, Alckmin, Silva, Gomes, Dias, Meirelles, Boulos, and Daciolo. Lula was unable to participate in the debates. The 9 August debate was moderated by Ricardo Boechat, and the 17 August debate was moderated by Amanda Klein, Boris Casoy and Mariana Godoy.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 50], "content_span": [51, 393]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277831-0017-0000", "contents": "2018 Brazilian general election, Campaign, Debates\nA debate scheduled for 27 August was canceled after Jair Bolsonaro expressed his uncertainty about participating in the debates and the Workers' Party insisted on the participation of Lula, prohibited by the Electoral Justice. Bolsonaro did not participate in further debates after he was attacked on 6 September.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 50], "content_span": [51, 364]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277831-0018-0000", "contents": "2018 Brazilian general election, Campaign, Debates\nAfter a debate on 9 September moderated by Maria Lydia Fl\u00e2ndoli, Fernando Haddad participated in all remaining debates. These occurred on 20 September (moderated by Joyce Ribeiro), 26 September (moderated by Carlos Nascimento), 30 September (moderated by Adriana Ara\u00fajo and Celso Freitas), and 4 October (moderated by William Bonner).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 50], "content_span": [51, 385]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277831-0019-0000", "contents": "2018 Brazilian general election, Campaign, Debates\nA vice presidential debate was held on 5 September featuring four candidates; Fernando Haddad did not attend.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 50], "content_span": [51, 160]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277831-0020-0000", "contents": "2018 Brazilian general election, Campaign, Debates\nWhile several debates were scheduled for the second round, none were held. Debates planned for 12 October, 14 October, and 15 October were cancelled due to Bolsonaro's health issues. A debate scheduled for 21 October was cancelled after the campaigns were unable to agree to terms.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 50], "content_span": [51, 332]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277832-0000-0000", "contents": "2018 Brazilian gubernatorial elections\nGubernatorial elections were held in Brazil on 7 October 2018 as part of the nationwide general elections to elect tickets with state governors and their vice governors (as well as the Governor of the Federal District and their vice governor). A second round was held on 28 October.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [38, 38], "content_span": [39, 321]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277832-0001-0000", "contents": "2018 Brazilian gubernatorial elections, Results\nAlexandre Flach Domingues (PCO)Antonio Anastasia (PSDB)Claudiney Dulim (AVANTE)Dirlene Marques (PSOL)Fernando Pimentel (PT)Jo\u00e3o Batista Mares Guia (REDE)Jordano Metal\u00fargico (PSTU)Romeu Zema (NOVO)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 47], "content_span": [48, 244]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277833-0000-0000", "contents": "2018 Breeders' Cup\nThe 2018 Breeders' Cup World Championships was the 35th edition of the premier event of the North American thoroughbred horse racing year. The 14 races, all but one of which were Grade I, took place on November 2 and 3 at Churchill Downs in Louisville, Kentucky. The races were telecast by NBCSN on Friday and early Saturday, and by NBC later on Saturday. The Breeders' Cup is generally regarded as the end of the North American racing season, although a few Grade I events take place in later November and December. The event typically determines champions in many of the Eclipse Award divisions, although it was missing the eventual Horse of the Year, Triple Crown champion Justify, who was retired in July.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [18, 18], "content_span": [19, 728]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277833-0001-0000", "contents": "2018 Breeders' Cup, Qualifying\nA maximum of 14 horses (12 in the Turf Sprint and Juvenile Turf Sprint) are allowed to start in each race. Horses can automatically qualify by winning one of the designated races in the Breeders' Cup Challenge series, which provide \"Win and You're In\" berths in a specified division of the Breeders' Cup. Other pre-entries are ranked by a points system and the judgement of a panel of experts.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [20, 30], "content_span": [31, 424]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277833-0002-0000", "contents": "2018 Breeders' Cup, Qualifying\nA record 221 pre-entries were taken on October 24. Twelve races, including the Classic, were over-subscribed, meaning more than 14 horses (12 in the Juvenile Turf Sprint) wished to enter. Forty-eight of the pre-entries were automatic qualifiers through the Challenge series.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [20, 30], "content_span": [31, 305]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277833-0003-0000", "contents": "2018 Breeders' Cup, Qualifying\nFive winners of Challenge series races went on to win their respective division at the Breeders' Cup:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [20, 30], "content_span": [31, 132]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277833-0004-0000", "contents": "2018 Breeders' Cup, Event preparation\nIn April 2016, the Breeders' Cup organization announced that Churchill Downs would host the event for the ninth time in 2018. As the home of the Kentucky Derby, Churchill Downs had the capacity to host the large crowds and betting handle expected at the event. Churchill Downs underwent a $70 million upgrade to its facilities to secure the bid, focused on improved dining and viewing spaces.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [20, 37], "content_span": [38, 430]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277833-0005-0000", "contents": "2018 Breeders' Cup, Event preparation\nOne of the major changes for 2018 was that the Friday card, dubbed \"Future Stars Friday\", featured five juvenile races (those restricted to two-year-old horses). This included a new race, the Breeders' Cup Juvenile Turf Sprint, which was the only race in the series that was not a Grade I event as it was not yet eligible for graded status. The Distaff, which had previously highlighted the Friday card, was held on Saturday.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [20, 37], "content_span": [38, 463]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277833-0006-0000", "contents": "2018 Breeders' Cup, Results, Friday, November 2\nThe attendance on Friday was 42,249, up 29% from the previous year at Del Mar and up 4% over the last time the Breeders' Cup was held at Churchill Downs, in 2011. The total amount wagered on the 10 race card was $52,216,685, similar to the amount wagered in 2017.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [20, 47], "content_span": [48, 311]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277833-0007-0000", "contents": "2018 Breeders' Cup, Results, Friday, November 2\nGame Winner was the easy winner of the Breeders' Cup Juvenile and established himself as the almost certain Champion two-year-old male horse and early favorite for the 2019 Kentucky Derby. The balloting for Champion two-year-old filly will likely be close between Newspaperofrecord, winner of the Juvenile Fillies Turf, and Jaywalk, winner of the Juvenile Fillies. Dirt runners normally are given an edge in North America, but Newspaperofrecord's win on the turf was considered one of the outstanding performances of the event.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [20, 47], "content_span": [48, 575]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277833-0008-0000", "contents": "2018 Breeders' Cup, Results, Saturday, November 3\nThe Saturday card was watched by a crowd of 70,423, a major increase from the previous year's attendance at Del Mar, which had been capped at 37,500. However, the total amount bet on the nine Breeders' Cup races held on Saturday was down 4% from 2017. The weather was cool with the turf course officially listed as good, verging on yielding. The main track was officially listed as fast.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [20, 49], "content_span": [50, 437]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277833-0009-0000", "contents": "2018 Breeders' Cup, Results, Saturday, November 3\nThe highlights were Accelerate's victory in the Classic and Enable's win in the Turf. Enable became the first horse to win the Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe and Breeders' Cup Turf in the same year. Her owner-breeder Juddmonte Farms, trainer John Gosden and jockey Frankie Dettori also won the Mile with Expert Eye.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [20, 49], "content_span": [50, 360]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277833-0010-0000", "contents": "2018 Breeders' Cup, Results, Saturday, November 3\nPeter Miller became the first person to train back-to-back winners of two races after Stormy Liberal and Roy H won the Turf Sprint and Sprint respectively. John Sadler, who saddled his first Breeders' Cup runner in 1988, earned his first win at the event with Accelerate in the Classic. Brad Cox also trained his first winner, Monomoy Girl in the Distaff.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [20, 49], "content_span": [50, 405]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277833-0011-0000", "contents": "2018 Breeders' Cup, Results, Saturday, November 3\nIrad Ortiz Jr. won the Shoemaker Award for outstanding jockey at the event after he won two races, the Juvenile Fillies Turf with Newspaperofrecord and the Filly & Mare Sprint with Shamrock Rose, plus scoring five more top four finishes. Florent Geroux finished second in the standings after riding three winners over the weekend: Jaywalk in the Juvenile Fillies, Game Winner in the Juvenile and Accelerate in the Classic. Paco Lopez earned his first Breeders' Cup win aboard Roy H in the Sprint.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [20, 49], "content_span": [50, 546]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277833-0012-0000", "contents": "2018 Breeders' Cup, Results, Saturday, November 3\nWith his win in the Classic, Accelerate cemented his chances to win the Eclipse Award for Champion Older Male Dirt Horse, and moved into consideration for American Horse of the Year. Similarly, Monomoy Girl \"stands out\" in the three-year-old filly division after winning the Distaff and Roy H locked up his second win in the Sprint division. The female turf horse division will likely be between Enable, who became the first horse to win the Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe and Breeders' Cup Turf in the same year, and Sistercharlie, with four Group I wins in North America including the Filly & Mare Turf.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [20, 49], "content_span": [50, 650]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277833-0013-0000", "contents": "2018 Breeders' Cup, Results, Saturday, November 3\nThe early races were televised by NBCSN. The main NBC network broadcast the Mile, Distaff, Turf and Classic.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [20, 49], "content_span": [50, 158]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277834-0000-0000", "contents": "2018 Breeders' Cup Challenge series\nThe 2018 Breeders' Cup Challenge series provided winners of the designated races an automatic \"Win and You're In\" Berth in the 2018 Breeders' Cup, held on November 2 and 3. The Breeders' Cup also pays the entry fee and provides a travel allowance for the connections of the challenge race winners. Races were chosen by the Breeders' Cup organization and included key races in the various Breeders' Cup divisions from around the world.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [35, 35], "content_span": [36, 470]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277834-0001-0000", "contents": "2018 Breeders' Cup Challenge series, Summary\nOn April 18, 2018, the Breeders' Cup announced the 2018 Breeders' Cup Challenge series races. The main change was the addition of four \"win and you're in\" races from Royal Ascot: the Queen Anne Stakes provides a berth in the Mile division; the Prince of Wales's Stakes (G1) in the Turf; the Norfolk Stakes in the new Juvenile Turf Sprint; and the Diamond Jubilee Stakes in the Turf Sprint. The Jaipur Invitational was also added as a qualifier for the Turf Sprint.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 44], "content_span": [45, 509]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277834-0001-0001", "contents": "2018 Breeders' Cup Challenge series, Summary\nThe following races were removed from the series: the TJ Smith (Turf Sprint), the Smile Sprint (Sprint), the T. Von Zastrow Stutenpreis (Filly & Mare Turf) and the Grosser Preis von Baden (Turf). On June 25, three more races were added to the challenge series as qualifiers for the Juvenile Turf Sprint. These were the Futurity at Belmont Park, the Indian Summer Stakes at Keeneland and a new race at Santa Anita, subsequently named the Speakeasy Stakes.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 44], "content_span": [45, 499]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277834-0002-0000", "contents": "2018 Breeders' Cup Challenge series, Summary\nA record 221 pre-entries were taken on October 24. Twelve races, including the Classic, were over-subscribed, meaning more than 14 horses (12 in the Juvenile Turf Sprint) wished to enter. Forty-eight of the pre-entries were automatic qualifiers through the Challenge series.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 44], "content_span": [45, 319]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277834-0003-0000", "contents": "2018 Breeders' Cup Challenge series, Summary\nThe following automatic qualifiers also won their division of the Breeders' Cup:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 44], "content_span": [45, 125]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277834-0004-0000", "contents": "2018 Breeders' Cup Challenge series, Automatic Qualifiers\nThe winners of the 2018 Breeders' Cup Challenge races are shown below. The status column shows whether the horse was subsequently entered in the corresponding Breeders' Cup division and if so, if they won. The status column also shows a few horses that had been sidelined by injury or retired prior to the running of the Breeders' Cup.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 57], "content_span": [58, 393]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277835-0000-0000", "contents": "2018 Breeders' Cup Classic\nThe 2018 Breeders' Cup Classic was the 35th running of the Breeders' Cup Classic, part of the 2018 Breeders' Cup World Thoroughbred Championships program. It was run on November 3, 2018 at Churchill Downs in Louisville, Kentucky with a purse of $6,000,000. It was won by Accelerate, who earned his fifth Grade I win of the year.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [26, 26], "content_span": [27, 355]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277835-0001-0000", "contents": "2018 Breeders' Cup Classic\nThe race was broadcast on NBC with a scheduled post time of 5:44 PM (EDT).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [26, 26], "content_span": [27, 101]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277835-0002-0000", "contents": "2018 Breeders' Cup Classic\nThe Classic is run on dirt at one mile and one-quarter (approximately 2000 m). It is run under weight-for-age conditions, with entrants carrying the following weights:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [26, 26], "content_span": [27, 194]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277835-0003-0000", "contents": "2018 Breeders' Cup Classic, Contenders\nPre -entries for the 2018 Classic were announced on October 24 with the post position draw held on October 29.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 38], "content_span": [39, 149]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277835-0004-0000", "contents": "2018 Breeders' Cup Classic, Contenders\nThe field for the 2018 Classic was weakened when the likely Horse of the Year, Justify, was retired in July. Justify won the American Triple Crown and his connections were hoping to complete the Grand Slam of Thoroughbred racing by also winning the Classic. However, a slight injury derailed those plans. Good Magic, winner of the Haskell Invitational and the 2017 champion two-year-old, was also retired due to injury. The connections of another leading contender, Whitney Stakes winner Diversify, opted to bypass the Classic when his trainer, Rick Violette, became ill and subsequently died.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 38], "content_span": [39, 632]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277835-0005-0000", "contents": "2018 Breeders' Cup Classic, Contenders\nIn their absence, the race was considered highly competitive. Nineteen horses were pre-entered on October 24, though several of those had first preference in other races on the Breeders' Cup card. The leading contenders included:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 38], "content_span": [39, 268]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277835-0006-0000", "contents": "2018 Breeders' Cup Classic, Race description\nA poor start resulted in the horses with inside posts (Thunder Snow, Roaring Lion, Catholic Boy, Gunnevera) all being bumped and losing position. Yoshida and Lone Sailor also broke poorly and settled at the back of the pack. On the other hand, Mendelssohn broke well from post position nine and worked his way to the rail. He took the lead going into the first turn over McKinzie, with West Coast and Thunder Snow close behind.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 44], "content_span": [45, 472]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277835-0007-0000", "contents": "2018 Breeders' Cup Classic, Race description\nAccelerate, who broke from the outside post position, was urged by jockey Joel Rosario to get early position, then rated in fifth place around the first turn and down the backstretch. After starting his move down the far turn, he drew by Mendelssohn at the top of the stretch, then turned back a bid from Thunder Snow. Gunnevera mounted a late charge to take second place, a length behind Accelerate.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 44], "content_span": [45, 445]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277835-0008-0000", "contents": "2018 Breeders' Cup Classic, Race description\nAccelerate's trainer John Sadler earned his first win at the Breeders' Cup in 45 attempts spread out over 30 years. \"I'm thrilled\", said Sadler. \"In order to get the big one, you couldn't ask for a better day.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 44], "content_span": [45, 255]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277835-0009-0000", "contents": "2018 Breeders' Cup Classic, Race description\nWith the win, Accelerate solidified his chances to win the Eclipse Award for Champion Older Male Dirt Horse, and sparked a debate in the Horse of the Year category. Accelerate won five Grade I races over the year, compared to four such wins for Justify. Justify's wins included the American Triple Crown, while Accelerate became the first horse to win the Santa Anita Handicap, Gold Cup at Santa Anita, Pacific Classic and Awesome Again, in addition to the Breeders' Cup Classic. \"This horse (Accelerate) is special. He's showed up every time. He's danced every dance. He's been solid\", said his owner Kosta Hronis. \"This is Horse of the Year. It's a body of work, and what he has done in the last 12 months, I think he's well deserved to be of that honor. There's no doubt.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 44], "content_span": [45, 820]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277835-0010-0000", "contents": "2018 Breeders' Cup Classic, Race description\nAntonio Sano was equally proud of his trainee, Gunnevera. \"He ran second and had lost a couple lengths at the start\", he pointed out. \"They sandwiched my horse. Every time we are closer and closer to winning a grade 1. He's going to race in 2019 and will point to the Pegasus.\" That race is also under consideration for Accelerate, who will then head off to stud.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 44], "content_span": [45, 408]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277835-0011-0000", "contents": "2018 Breeders' Cup Classic, Results\nTimes: \u200b1\u20444 \u2013 0:22.68; \u200b1\u20442 \u2013 0:46.46; \u200b3\u20444 \u2013 1:10.61; mile \u2013 1:35.90; final \u2013 2:02.93. Fractional Splits: (:22.68) (:23.78) (:24.15) (:25.29) (:27.03)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 35], "content_span": [36, 189]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277836-0000-0000", "contents": "2018 Brent London Borough Council election\nThe 2018 Brent London Borough Council election took place on 3 May 2018 to elect members of Brent London Borough Council in England. This was on the same day as other local elections.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [42, 42], "content_span": [43, 226]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277836-0001-0000", "contents": "2018 Brent London Borough Council election, Results by ward, Willesden Green\nWillesden Green ward elections were put on hold following death of incumbent Labour councillor Lesley Jones. The election was eventually held on 21 June.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [44, 76], "content_span": [77, 230]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277837-0000-0000", "contents": "2018 Brentwood Borough Council election\nThe 2018 Brentwood Borough Council election took place on 3 May 2018 to elect members of Brentwood Borough Council in England. This was on the same day as other local elections.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [39, 39], "content_span": [40, 217]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277838-0000-0000", "contents": "2018 Brest Challenger\nThe 2018 Brest Challenger was a professional tennis tournament played on hard courts. It was the fourth edition of the tournament which was part of the 2018 ATP Challenger Tour. It took place in Brest, France between 22 and 28 October 2018.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [21, 21], "content_span": [22, 262]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277838-0001-0000", "contents": "2018 Brest Challenger, Singles main draw entrants, Other entrants\nThe following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 65], "content_span": [66, 134]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277838-0002-0000", "contents": "2018 Brest Challenger, Singles main draw entrants, Other entrants\nThe following players received entry into the singles main draw as special exempts:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 65], "content_span": [66, 149]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277839-0000-0000", "contents": "2018 Brest Challenger \u2013 Doubles\nSander Arends and Antonio \u0160an\u010di\u0107 were the defending champions but only Arends chose to defend his title, partnering Romain Arneodo. Arends lost in the quarterfinals to Simone Bolelli and Daniele Bracciali.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [31, 31], "content_span": [32, 237]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277839-0001-0000", "contents": "2018 Brest Challenger \u2013 Doubles\nSander Gill\u00e9 and Joran Vliegen won the title after defeating Leander Paes and Miguel \u00c1ngel Reyes-Varela 3\u20136, 6\u20134, [10\u20132] in the final.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [31, 31], "content_span": [32, 166]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277840-0000-0000", "contents": "2018 Brest Challenger \u2013 Singles\nCorentin Moutet was the defending champion but lost in the second round to Julien Benneteau.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [31, 31], "content_span": [32, 124]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277840-0001-0000", "contents": "2018 Brest Challenger \u2013 Singles\nHubert Hurkacz won the title after defeating Ri\u010dardas Berankis 7\u20135, 6\u20131 in the final.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [31, 31], "content_span": [32, 117]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277841-0000-0000", "contents": "2018 Bretagne Classic Ouest\u2013France\nThe 2018 Bretagne Classic Ouest\u2013France was a road cycling one-day race that took place on 26 August 2018 in France. It was the 82nd edition of the Bretagne Classic Ouest\u2013France and the 32nd event of the 2018 UCI World Tour. It was won for a second time by Oliver Naesen, winning the sprint ahead of Michael Valgren and Tim Wellens.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [34, 34], "content_span": [35, 366]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277842-0000-0000", "contents": "2018 Brickyard 400\nThe 2018 Brickyard 400, branded as Big Machine Vodka 400 at the Brickyard, is a Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series race held on September 10, 2018 at Indianapolis Motor Speedway in Speedway, Indiana. It is the 25th running of the Brickyard 400. Contested over 160 laps on the 2.5-mile (4.0\u00a0km) speedway, it was the 26th race of the 2018 Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series season, and the final race of the regular season before the playoffs.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [18, 18], "content_span": [19, 456]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277842-0001-0000", "contents": "2018 Brickyard 400\nThe race was notable for being the first time in NASCAR's modern era (since 1973) that all track activity prior to the race was cancelled by rain and for the race itself to be delayed to Monday, where it was won by Brad Keselowski's Team Penske Ford.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [18, 18], "content_span": [19, 269]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277842-0002-0000", "contents": "2018 Brickyard 400\nFirst career points without Kasey Kahne since the 2003 Ford 400.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [18, 18], "content_span": [19, 83]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277842-0003-0000", "contents": "2018 Brickyard 400, Report, Background\nThe Indianapolis Motor Speedway, located in Speedway, Indiana, (an enclave suburb of Indianapolis) in the United States, is the home of the Indianapolis 500 and the Brickyard 400. It is located on the corner of 16th Street and Georgetown Road, approximately six miles (10\u00a0km) west of Downtown Indianapolis.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [20, 38], "content_span": [39, 345]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277842-0004-0000", "contents": "2018 Brickyard 400, Report, Background\nConstructed in 1909, it is the original speedway, the first racing facility so named. It has a permanent seating capacity estimated at 235,000 with infield seating raising capacity to an approximate 400,000. It is the highest-capacity sports venue in the world.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [20, 38], "content_span": [39, 300]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277842-0005-0000", "contents": "2018 Brickyard 400, Report, Background\nConsidered relatively flat by American standards, the track is a 2.5-mile (4.0\u00a0km), nearly rectangular oval with dimensions that have remained essentially unchanged since its inception: four 0.25-mile (0.40\u00a0km) turns, two 0.625-mile long (1.006\u00a0km) straightaways between the fourth and first turns and the second and third turns, and two .125-mile (0.201\u00a0km) short straightaways \u2013 termed \"short chutes\" \u2013 between the first and second, and third and fourth turns.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [20, 38], "content_span": [39, 501]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277842-0006-0000", "contents": "2018 Brickyard 400, Practice\nBoth practice sessions for Saturday were cancelled due to rain.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [20, 28], "content_span": [29, 92]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277842-0007-0000", "contents": "2018 Brickyard 400, Qualifying\nQualifying for Saturday was cancelled due to rain and Kyle Busch, the point leader, was awarded the pole as a result.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [20, 30], "content_span": [31, 148]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277842-0008-0000", "contents": "2018 Brickyard 400, Media, Television\nNBC Sports covered the race on the television side. The broadcast was produced similarly to NBC's Watkins Glen International race broadcasts. Rick Allen and Steve Letarte had the call in the booth for the race. Motor Racing Network broadcaster Mike Bagley called from Turn 2, Dale Earnhardt, Jr. called from Turn 3, and Jeff Burton called from Turn 4. Dave Burns, Parker Kligerman, Marty Snider and Kelli Stavast reported from pit lane during the race.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [20, 37], "content_span": [38, 490]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277842-0009-0000", "contents": "2018 Brickyard 400, Media, Radio\nIndianapolis Motor Speedway Radio Network and the Performance Racing Network jointly co-produced the radio broadcast for the race, which was simulcast on Sirius XM NASCAR Radio, and aired on IMS or PRN stations, depending on contractual obligations. The lead announcers and two pit reporters were PRN staff, while the turns and two pit reporters were from IMS.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [20, 32], "content_span": [33, 393]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277843-0000-0000", "contents": "2018 Brisbane Broncos season\nThe 2018 Brisbane Broncos season is the 31st in the club's history. Coached by Wayne Bennett, and captained by Darius Boyd, they completed the NRL's 2018 Telstra Premiership regular season in the number six position, qualifying for the finals. They were defeated in the 2nd Elimination Final by St George-Illawarra and did not progress further.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [28, 28], "content_span": [29, 375]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277844-0000-0000", "contents": "2018 Brisbane Darts Masters\nThe 2018 Brisbane Darts Masters was the inaugural staging of the tournament by the Professional Darts Corporation, as a sixth and final entry in the 2018 World Series of Darts. The tournament featured 16 players (eight PDC players facing eight regional qualifiers) and was held at the BCEC in Brisbane from 17\u201319 August 2018.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [27, 27], "content_span": [28, 353]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277844-0001-0000", "contents": "2018 Brisbane Darts Masters\nRob Cross became the inaugural champion in Brisbane, after defeating Michael van Gerwen 11\u20136 in the final.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [27, 27], "content_span": [28, 134]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277844-0002-0000", "contents": "2018 Brisbane Darts Masters, Qualifiers\nThe eight invited PDC representatives, (seeded according to the 2018 World Series of Darts Order of Merit) are:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 39], "content_span": [40, 151]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277845-0000-0000", "contents": "2018 Brisbane International\nThe 2018 Brisbane International was a tournament on the 2018 ATP World Tour and 2018 WTA Tour. It was played on outdoor hard courts in Brisbane, Queensland, Australia. It was the tenth edition of the tournament and took place at the Queensland Tennis Centre in Tennyson. It was held from 31 December 2017 to 7 January 2018 as part of the Australian Open Series in preparation for the first Grand Slam of the year. Rafael Nadal and Andy Murray were about to start their 2018 seasons at the tournament, but both withdrew due to continuous injuries. On 5 October 2017, defending champions Grigor Dimitrov and Karol\u00edna Pl\u00ed\u0161kov\u00e1 announced they would also compete.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [27, 27], "content_span": [28, 686]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277845-0001-0000", "contents": "2018 Brisbane International, Points and prize money, Prize money\n1Qualifiers prize money is also the Round of 32 prize money. *per team", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 64], "content_span": [65, 135]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277845-0002-0000", "contents": "2018 Brisbane International, ATP singles main draw entrants, Other entrants\nThe following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 75], "content_span": [76, 144]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277845-0003-0000", "contents": "2018 Brisbane International, ATP doubles main draw entrants, Other entrants\nThe following pair received a wildcard into the doubles main draw:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 75], "content_span": [76, 142]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277845-0004-0000", "contents": "2018 Brisbane International, WTA singles main draw entrants, Other entrants\nThe following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 75], "content_span": [76, 144]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277845-0005-0000", "contents": "2018 Brisbane International, WTA doubles main draw entrants, Other entrants\nThe following pairs received a wildcard into the doubles main draw:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 75], "content_span": [76, 143]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277846-0000-0000", "contents": "2018 Brisbane International \u2013 Men's Doubles\nThanasi Kokkinakis and Jordan Thompson were the defending champions, but Kokkinakis chose to compete in the Hopman Cup instead. Thompson played alongside Lleyton Hewitt, but lost in the first round to Grigor Dimitrov and Ryan Harrison.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [43, 43], "content_span": [44, 279]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277846-0001-0000", "contents": "2018 Brisbane International \u2013 Men's Doubles\nHenri Kontinen and John Peers won the title, defeating Leonardo Mayer and Horacio Zeballos in the final, 3\u20136, 6\u20133, [10\u20132].", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [43, 43], "content_span": [44, 166]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277847-0000-0000", "contents": "2018 Brisbane International \u2013 Men's Singles\nGrigor Dimitrov was the defending champion, but lost in the semifinals to Nick Kyrgios.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [43, 43], "content_span": [44, 131]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277847-0001-0000", "contents": "2018 Brisbane International \u2013 Men's Singles\nKyrgios went on to win the title, defeating Ryan Harrison in the final, 6\u20134, 6\u20132.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [43, 43], "content_span": [44, 125]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277847-0002-0000", "contents": "2018 Brisbane International \u2013 Men's Singles, Seeds\nThe top four seeds receive a bye into the second round.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [45, 50], "content_span": [51, 106]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277848-0000-0000", "contents": "2018 Brisbane International \u2013 Women's Doubles\nBethanie Mattek-Sands and Sania Mirza were the defending champions, but both players could not participate this year due to injuries.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [45, 45], "content_span": [46, 179]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277848-0001-0000", "contents": "2018 Brisbane International \u2013 Women's Doubles\nKiki Bertens and Demi Schuurs won the title, defeating Andreja Klepa\u010d and Mar\u00eda Jos\u00e9 Mart\u00ednez S\u00e1nchez in the final, 7\u20135, 6\u20132.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [45, 45], "content_span": [46, 171]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277849-0000-0000", "contents": "2018 Brisbane International \u2013 Women's Singles\nKarol\u00edna Pl\u00ed\u0161kov\u00e1 was the defending champion, but lost in the semifinals to Elina Svitolina.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [45, 45], "content_span": [46, 138]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277849-0001-0000", "contents": "2018 Brisbane International \u2013 Women's Singles\nSvitolina went on to win the title, defeating Aliaksandra Sasnovich in the final, 6\u20132, 6\u20131.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [45, 45], "content_span": [46, 137]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277849-0002-0000", "contents": "2018 Brisbane International \u2013 Women's Singles\nGarbi\u00f1e Muguruza was in contention for the WTA No. 1 singles ranking at the start of the tournament, but she retired during her opening second round match. As such, Simona Halep retained the No. 1 ranking.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [45, 45], "content_span": [46, 251]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277849-0003-0000", "contents": "2018 Brisbane International \u2013 Women's Singles, Seeds\nThe top two seeds received a bye into the second round.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [47, 52], "content_span": [53, 108]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277850-0000-0000", "contents": "2018 Brisbane Lions season\nThe 2018 Brisbane Lions season is the Brisbane Lions' 22nd season in the AFL. It is also their 2nd season in the AFL Women's and they will field a reserves team in the NEAFL.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [26, 26], "content_span": [27, 201]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277850-0001-0000", "contents": "2018 Brisbane Lions season, AFL, List changes\nAt the end of the 2017 season, the Lions announced that they were delisting five players from their squad: Ryan Harwood, Jarrad Jansen, Josh Clayton, Jonathan Freeman and Blake Grewar. They had all played in the Lions' 2017 NEAFL Grand Final win. After 154 games at the club, former captain Tom Rockliff accepted an offer to go to Port Adelaide as a restricted free agent and Brisbane decided not to match Port Adelaide's offer. They received a draft pick at the end of the first round (pick 18) as compensation.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 45], "content_span": [46, 558]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277850-0002-0000", "contents": "2018 Brisbane Lions season, AFL, List changes\nOn the last day of the 2017 trade period, Brisbane made three trades. Four-time premiership player and former captain of Hawthorn Luke Hodge decided to come out of retirement and was traded to the Lions. Queenslander Charlie Cameron also requested a trade to the club and the Lions gave up pick 12 to secure him. Young key forward Josh Schache, who Brisbane had drafted with pick 2 in the 2015 national draft, requested a trade back to Victoria. He was traded to the Western Bulldogs in exchange for two draft picks in the 2017 draft.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 45], "content_span": [46, 580]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277850-0003-0000", "contents": "2018 Brisbane Lions season, AFL, Season summary, Home and Away season\nThe win was Sydney's 11th straight win over the Lions, who have not beaten them since Round 22, 2009.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 69], "content_span": [70, 171]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277851-0000-0000", "contents": "2018 Brit Awards\nThe 2018 Brit Awards were held on 21 February 2018 at the O2 Arena in London. It was the 38th edition of the British Phonographic Industry's annual pop music awards. On 8 December 2017, Jack Whitehall was announced as the host. Sculptor Sir Anish Kapoor designed the Brit Award statuette that was given to the winners. Foo Fighters, Dua Lipa and Ed Sheeran were among the global stars nominated for awards in the ceremony.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [16, 16], "content_span": [17, 439]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277851-0001-0000", "contents": "2018 Brit Awards, Performances\nAriana Grande was scheduled to perform a tribute, in remembrance of those who lost their lives at the Manchester Arena Bombing, but later withdrew due to illness. Liam Gallagher instead, stood in for the ill Grande, performing \"Live Forever\".", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [18, 30], "content_span": [31, 273]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277851-0002-0000", "contents": "2018 Brit Awards, Brit Awards 2018 album\nThe Brit Awards 2018 is a compilation and box set which has two discs with a total of forty songs.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [18, 40], "content_span": [41, 139]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277851-0003-0000", "contents": "2018 Brit Awards, British Video of the Year controversy\nThe 2018 ceremony garnered controversy when Harry Styles was announced as the winner of the British Video of the Year. The official Brits leaderboard for these votes showed Little Mix consistently maintaining the number one spot each week, followed by Styles at number two. During the final voting event on the night of the ceremony Little Mix and Styles alternated between the top spot on numerous occasions. The last leader-board update placed Little Mix at the top spot, with Styles at number two.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [18, 55], "content_span": [56, 556]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277851-0003-0001", "contents": "2018 Brit Awards, British Video of the Year controversy\nAfter the announcement of Styles as a winner, the Brit Awards were accused by Little Mix fans of rigging the votes for this category. The Brits responded to the claim, saying: \"The final leader-board was displayed on The BRITs website prior to the final count being checked and verified independently by the Electoral Reform Services, the company that independently run all BRITs voting processes. The leader-board doesn\u2019t work in real time and the vote was incredibly tight at the top. Fans can have complete confidence in the BRITs public vote.\" The Electoral Reform Services added: \"Robust vote-counting rules and filters are in place which are in accordance with ITV's voting regulations, and agreed and tested prior to any vote taking place. We are confident that the vote integrity has not been compromised.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [18, 55], "content_span": [56, 870]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277852-0000-0000", "contents": "2018 British Academy Scotland Awards\nThe 28th British Academy Scotland Awards was held on 4 November 2018 at the Radisson Blu Hotel in Glasgow, honouring the best Scottish film and television productions of 2017. The nominations were announced by Edith Bowman on 26 September 2018.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [36, 36], "content_span": [37, 281]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277853-0000-0000", "contents": "2018 British Academy Television Awards\nThe 2018 British Academy Television Awards took place on 13 May 2018 at the Royal Festival Hall in London.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [38, 38], "content_span": [39, 145]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277853-0001-0000", "contents": "2018 British Academy Television Awards\nThe nominations were announced on 4 April, with Line of Duty leading with four awards. Black Mirror, The Crown and Three Girls followed with three nominations.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [38, 38], "content_span": [39, 198]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277853-0002-0000", "contents": "2018 British Academy Television Awards\nThe 2018 British Academy Television Craft Awards were held on 22 April 2018.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [38, 38], "content_span": [39, 115]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277854-0000-0000", "contents": "2018 British Academy Television Craft Awards\nThe 19th Annual British Academy Television Craft Awards are presented by the British Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTA) and was held on 22 April 2018. For the sixth consecutive year, Stephen Mangan was the ceremony's host. The awards were held at The Brewery, City of London, and given in recognition of technical achievements in British television of 2017. The Crown lead the nominations with seven followed by Taboo with six.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [44, 44], "content_span": [45, 481]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277855-0000-0000", "contents": "2018 British Athletics Championships\nThe 2018 British Athletics Championships was the national championship in outdoor track and field for athletes in the United Kingdom, held from 3\u20135 July 2018 at Alexander Stadium in Birmingham. It was organised by UK Athletics. A full range of outdoor events were held up to 5000 metres. The competition served as the main selection event for the 2018 European Athletics Championships and the 2018 Athletics World Cup.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [36, 36], "content_span": [37, 455]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277855-0001-0000", "contents": "2018 British Athletics Championships\nThe British Championships for 10,000 metres were held during the European 10,000 metres Cup as part of the Night of 10,000 metre PBs event at Highgate earlier in the year. This event also served as the main qualification event for the 2018 European Athletics Championships for 10,000m.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [36, 36], "content_span": [37, 322]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277855-0002-0000", "contents": "2018 British Athletics Championships\nSelections for the men's and women's marathons were based on results in the 2018 London Marathon.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [36, 36], "content_span": [37, 134]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277856-0000-0000", "contents": "2018 British Champions Series\nThe 2018 British Champions Series, sponsored by QIPCO, was the eighth edition of the horse racing series comprising 35 of the UK's top flat races. The series began with the 2,000 Guineas at Newmarket on 5 May, and ended with British Champions Day at Ascot on 20 October.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [29, 29], "content_span": [30, 300]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277856-0001-0000", "contents": "2018 British Champions Series, Results\nThe series was split into five categories: Sprint, Mile, Middle Distance, Long Distance and Fillies & Mares. Each category included seven races.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 38], "content_span": [39, 183]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277856-0002-0000", "contents": "2018 British Champions Series, Standings\nHorses were ranked according to their official BHA performance ratings in British Champions Series races during the season. Jockeys and trainers were ranked according to the number of wins, second places and third places they achieved during the series.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 40], "content_span": [41, 294]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277857-0000-0000", "contents": "2018 British Columbia Liberal Party leadership election\nA British Columbia Liberal Party leadership election was held on February 3, 2018, due to the resignation of Christy Clark as Liberal leader on August 4, 2017. Rich Coleman was elected interim leader announcing that he has no intention of running for leader, but would resign as interim leader if he changed his mind, adding that he did not anticipate changing his mind.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 55], "section_span": [55, 55], "content_span": [56, 426]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277857-0001-0000", "contents": "2018 British Columbia Liberal Party leadership election, Background\nUnder leaders Gordon Campbell and Christy Clark, the BC Liberal Party governed the province from 2001 until June 2017. In May 2017, the provincial election resulted in a hung parliament, with the Liberals holding 43 seats, one short of the 44 required for a majority. Clark initially formed a minority government, but resigned as premier after being defeated in a confidence vote by an alliance of the British Columbia New Democratic Party and Green Party of British Columbia. On July 28, 2017, Clark announced that she would resign as party leader and as MLA for Kelowna West on August 4. The BC Liberal Caucus selected Rich Coleman, MLA for Langley East, as interim leader, to serve until a permanent leader can be chosen.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 55], "section_span": [57, 67], "content_span": [68, 792]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277857-0002-0000", "contents": "2018 British Columbia Liberal Party leadership election, Procedure\nParty president Sharon White released a statement on Clark's resignation on the same day it was announced. This statement specified that the exact timeline and details of the leadership election process would be finalized within 28 days. As per the party's constitution, the election will give all party members a vote, but will give equal weight to all 87 constituencies in tallying the results. A preferential (ranked) ballot will be used with voting conducted online and by phone.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 55], "section_span": [57, 66], "content_span": [67, 550]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277857-0003-0000", "contents": "2018 British Columbia Liberal Party leadership election, Declared candidates, Mike de Jong\nMike de Jong is the MLA for Abbotsford West and formerly for the Abbotsford-Mount Lehman and Matsqui electoral districts (since 1994). He was a cabinet minister throughout BC Liberals 16 years in power under Premiers Campbell and Clark, serving as Minister of Finance (2012\u201317), Minister of Health (2011\u201312), Solicitor General (2010), Attorney General (2009\u201310), Minister of Aboriginal Relations and Reconciliation (2006\u201309), Minister of Labour and Citizens' Services (2005\u201306), Minister of Forests (2001\u201305) and Government House Leader. He was previously a candidate for leader in the 2011 Leadership Election and placed fourth.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 55], "section_span": [57, 90], "content_span": [91, 720]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277857-0004-0000", "contents": "2018 British Columbia Liberal Party leadership election, Declared candidates, Michael Lee\nMichael Lee is the MLA for Vancouver-Langara (since 2017). He is a lawyer by profession, a former partner at Lawson Lundell LLP and was formerly a special assistant to Progressive Conservative Prime Minister Kim Campbell.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 55], "section_span": [57, 89], "content_span": [90, 311]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277857-0005-0000", "contents": "2018 British Columbia Liberal Party leadership election, Declared candidates, Todd Stone\nTodd Stone is the MLA for Kamloops-South Thompson (since 2013). He has served as Minister of Transportation and Infrastructure (2013\u20132017), Minister Responsible for Emergency Management BC (2015\u20132017) and Deputy Government House Leader (2013\u20132017).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 55], "section_span": [57, 88], "content_span": [89, 337]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277857-0006-0000", "contents": "2018 British Columbia Liberal Party leadership election, Declared candidates, Sam Sullivan\nSam Sullivan is the MLA for Vancouver-False Creek (since 2013), former Minister of Communities, Sport and Cultural Development with responsibility for Translink (2017), and former Mayor of Vancouver (2005\u201308). He has also been president of the Global Civic Policy Society and an adjunct professor with the UBC School of Architecture and Landscape Architecture.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 55], "section_span": [57, 90], "content_span": [91, 451]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277857-0007-0000", "contents": "2018 British Columbia Liberal Party leadership election, Declared candidates, Dianne Watts\nDianne Watts was the Conservative MP for South Surrey\u2014White Rock (2015\u201317), and former Mayor of Surrey (2005\u201314)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 55], "section_span": [57, 90], "content_span": [91, 203]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277857-0008-0000", "contents": "2018 British Columbia Liberal Party leadership election, Declared candidates, Andrew Wilkinson\nAndrew Wilkinson is the MLA for Vancouver-Quilchena (since 2013), and former Attorney General (2017), Minister of Advanced Education (2014\u201317) and Minister of Technology, Innovation and Citizens' Services (2013\u201314). He also served as Deputy Minister of Economic Development (2003\u201306) and Deputy Minister for Intergovernmental Relations (2001\u201303). He is a doctor and a lawyer by profession, and a former Rhodes Scholar.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 55], "section_span": [57, 94], "content_span": [95, 513]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277857-0009-0000", "contents": "2018 British Columbia Liberal Party leadership election, Withdrawn candidates, Mike Bernier\nMike Bernier is the MLA for Peace River South (since 2013), former Minister of Education (2015\u201317), and former councillor (2005\u201308) and mayor (2008\u201313) of Dawson Creek.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 55], "section_span": [57, 91], "content_span": [92, 260]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277857-0010-0000", "contents": "2018 British Columbia Liberal Party leadership election, Withdrawn candidates, Mike Bernier\nDate candidacy declared: September 25, 2017Campaign website: Date withdrawn: October 14, 2017Subsequently endorsed: Mike de JongReason: Bernier withdrew citing an inability to amass support in the Lower Mainland. Supported de Jong based on de Jong's experience.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 55], "section_span": [57, 91], "content_span": [92, 353]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277857-0011-0000", "contents": "2018 British Columbia Liberal Party leadership election, Withdrawn candidates, Lucy Sager\nLucy Sager is a businesswoman who lives in Terrace. Date candidacy declared: September 20, 2017Campaign website: Date withdrawn: November 2, 2017Subsequently endorsed: Dianne WattsReason: Sager withdrew citing her belief that Watts would give the best chance to defeat the NDP.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 55], "section_span": [57, 89], "content_span": [90, 367]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277858-0000-0000", "contents": "2018 British Columbia Scotties Tournament of Hearts\nThe 2018 British Columbia Scotties Tournament of Hearts, the provincial women's curling championship for British Columbia, was held January 2-7 at the Victoria Curling Club in Victoria, British Columbia. The winning Kesa Van Osch team will represent British Columbia at the 2018 Scotties Tournament of Hearts.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 51], "section_span": [51, 51], "content_span": [52, 361]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277859-0000-0000", "contents": "2018 British Columbia electoral reform referendum\nA referendum on electoral reform took place by mail-in ballot between October 22 and December 7, 2018, in the Canadian province of British Columbia. 61.3 percent of voters supported maintaining the first-past-the-post voting system rather than switching to a proportional representation voting system, which was supported by 38.7 percent of voters. This was British Columbia's third referendum on electoral reform, following ones in 2005 and 2009.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 49], "section_span": [49, 49], "content_span": [50, 497]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277859-0001-0000", "contents": "2018 British Columbia electoral reform referendum\nVoters were asked two questions: first, what electoral system should be used to determine election results\u2014the existing first-past-the-post (FPTP) system or a proportional representation (PR) system; and second, what type of proportional voting system should be used if PR were chosen. In the second question, voters were asked to rank three proportional representation voting systems: dual-member proportional representation, mixed-member proportional representation, and rural\u2013urban proportional representation.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 49], "section_span": [49, 49], "content_span": [50, 563]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277859-0002-0000", "contents": "2018 British Columbia electoral reform referendum\nThe referendum fulfilled an election commitment by the British Columbia New Democratic Party (NDP) during the 2017 election. Their platform promised a referendum and that the government would actively campaign for electoral reform. Results were released by Elections BC on December 20, 2018.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 49], "section_span": [49, 49], "content_span": [50, 341]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277859-0003-0000", "contents": "2018 British Columbia electoral reform referendum, Background\nBC has a long history of changing its electoral system. For BC's first election in 1871, the majority of ridings were elected using an \"at large\" system. This is the way city councillors are elected in BC to this day: a voter gets as many votes as there were people to be elected in the riding.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 49], "section_span": [51, 61], "content_span": [62, 356]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277859-0004-0000", "contents": "2018 British Columbia electoral reform referendum, Background\nOver its history, BC modified its electoral system at least 15 times without a referendum. It previously used an alternative voting system in the 1952 provincial election before abolishing it and reestablishing the previous mix of \"at large\" and first-past-the-post. The first BC election done entirely under first-past-the-post came in 1991, after the last \"at-large\" voting districts had been abolished. The multi-member at-large ridings were abolished after the 1986 election due to a Supreme Court of Canada ruling that found them unconstitutional.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 49], "section_span": [51, 61], "content_span": [62, 614]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277859-0005-0000", "contents": "2018 British Columbia electoral reform referendum, Background, Previous referendums\nBefore the 2001 provincial election, the BC Liberal Party committed to appoint a Citizens' Assembly to investigate electoral reform, hold consultations, and prepare a report recommending whether a different electoral system should be adopted. The commitment was driven in part by the anomalous provincial election result in 1996, in which the BC New Democratic Party won reelection as a majority government with 39.5% of the vote and 39 seats, despite gaining a 3% smaller share of the popular vote than the Liberals at 41.8%, which translated into 33 Liberal seats.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 49], "section_span": [51, 83], "content_span": [84, 650]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277859-0005-0001", "contents": "2018 British Columbia electoral reform referendum, Background, Previous referendums\nIn December 2004, the Assembly released its report recommending that the province adopt BC-STV, a BC-specific variant of the single transferable vote (STV) system. On May 17, 2005, a referendum was held in conjunction with the 2005 general election, in which voters were asked whether the province should adopt the recommendation of the Assembly to replace the first-past-the-post electoral system with BC-STV, or maintain the current system. While 57.7% of the electorate voted in favour of BC-STV, including a majority of voters in 77 of 79 ridings, its support failed to reach the 60% threshold set by the government and it was not adopted.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 49], "section_span": [51, 83], "content_span": [84, 727]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277859-0006-0000", "contents": "2018 British Columbia electoral reform referendum, Background, Previous referendums\nFollowing the 2005 referendum, British Columbia held a second referendum on electoral reform in conjunction with the provincial election on May 12, 2009. It was the most recent referendum on electoral reform that has been held in British Columbia. As in 2005, voters in 2009 were asked to provide their opinions on the BC-STV electoral system proposed by the British Columbia Citizen's Assembly on Electoral Reform to ensure more proportional representation in the provincial Legislative Assembly. British Columbians were asked which electoral system should be used to elect legislators: the existing first-past-the-post electoral system or the proposed BC-STV system.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 49], "section_span": [51, 83], "content_span": [84, 752]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277859-0007-0000", "contents": "2018 British Columbia electoral reform referendum, Background, Previous referendums\nThe adoption of BC-STV in the 2009 referendum was defeated, with 60.9% voting against the reform and 39.09% of voters supporting the change.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 49], "section_span": [51, 83], "content_span": [84, 224]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277859-0008-0000", "contents": "2018 British Columbia electoral reform referendum, Background, Intervening federal developments\nDuring the 2015 federal election, Justin Trudeau and the Liberal Party of Canada campaigned on the promise that it would be the last federal election under the first-past-the-post electoral system. The party's platform stated that a Liberal government would form an all-party Parliamentary committee, and introduce legislation within 18 months enacting electoral reform. On December 1, 2016, the House of Commons of Canada Special Committee on Electoral Reform released its report recommending Canada hold a referendum to adopt a proportional representation voting system for federal elections. Several months later, the government announced that it was no longer pursuing electoral reform.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 49], "section_span": [51, 95], "content_span": [96, 786]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277859-0009-0000", "contents": "2018 British Columbia electoral reform referendum, Background, Origin of third referendum\nDuring the 2017 provincial election, both the NDP and the Green Party campaigned for PR and included the policy in their election platforms. On May 29, 2017, approximately three weeks after the election resulted in a BC Liberal minority government, the NDP and Green caucuses signed a supply and confidence agreement. The agreement included a section on PR, in which the parties agreed to put the issue to a referendum and that both parties would actively campaign for PR in the referendum.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 49], "section_span": [51, 89], "content_span": [90, 580]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277859-0009-0001", "contents": "2018 British Columbia electoral reform referendum, Background, Origin of third referendum\nOn June 22, 2017, the Liberal government tabled its throne speech, adopting the opposition parties' policy to hold a third referendum on electoral reform. On June 29, 2017, the BC Liberal government was defeated in a confidence vote. Lieutenant Governor Judith Guichon then invited the NDP to form a minority government with Green support. On November 30, 2017, the Electoral Reform Referendum 2018 Act was passed into law. It required the referendum to be held and authorized Cabinet to make various regulations.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 49], "section_span": [51, 89], "content_span": [90, 603]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277859-0010-0000", "contents": "2018 British Columbia electoral reform referendum, Consultation and implementation\nBetween November 2017 and February 2018, Attorney General David Eby conducted a public consultation entitled \"How We Vote\". On May 30, 2018, he released the report on the consultation and recommendations concerning how the referendum process should be conducted. Cabinet accepted the recommendations shortly thereafter, in early June. Later in June, Vote PR BC launched their campaign for proportional representation, canvassing in cities across the province.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 49], "section_span": [51, 82], "content_span": [83, 542]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277859-0011-0000", "contents": "2018 British Columbia electoral reform referendum, Consultation and implementation\nElections BC reviewed the referendum questions in June. On June 18, Chief Electoral Officer Anton Boegman wrote to the Speaker of the Legislative Assembly advising that in his view both questions were simple and clear enough for voters to understand. He also made recommendations for small changes to the questions. On June 22, 2018, the government released the regulations governing the referendum. The regulations adopted the changes to the question proposed by the Chief Electoral Officer, and set down other rules governing the campaign.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 49], "section_span": [51, 82], "content_span": [83, 624]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277859-0012-0000", "contents": "2018 British Columbia electoral reform referendum, Consultation and implementation, ICBA lawsuit\nOn June 28, 2018, the Independent Contractors and Business Association (ICBA)\u2014a lobby group for the construction industry\u2014 filed a lawsuit seeking an injunction to stop the referendum, or alternatively, to strike down the campaign financing rules governing the referendum. The lawsuit contains various complaints about the process, the referendum, and the systems on the ballot.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 49], "section_span": [51, 96], "content_span": [97, 475]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277859-0012-0001", "contents": "2018 British Columbia electoral reform referendum, Consultation and implementation, ICBA lawsuit\nIn response, NDP MLA Bob D'Eith called the lawsuit an attempt to stop people from having a choice in their electoral system, and said ICBA does not want \"ordinary people to have a stronger voice in the elections and I think they're desperate to hang on to the status quo\". The Ministry of the Attorney General is defending the legislation in court. The official campaign began July 1, 2018.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 49], "section_span": [51, 96], "content_span": [97, 487]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277859-0013-0000", "contents": "2018 British Columbia electoral reform referendum, Consultation and implementation, ICBA lawsuit\nOn July 17, 2018, ICBA's court application for an early trial date was dismissed by Justice Miriam Gropper of the British Columbia Supreme Court, in order to allow the government time to respond. Following the hearing, ICBA's lawyer, Peter Gall, told reporters ICBA would be seeking an interim injunction.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 49], "section_span": [51, 96], "content_span": [97, 402]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277859-0014-0000", "contents": "2018 British Columbia electoral reform referendum, Consultation and implementation, ICBA lawsuit\nOn July 24, ICBA filed an application seeking an interim injunction to halt campaign financing rules and prevent ballots from being counted. The application was heard by Justice Gropper on August 7. In her decision handed down several weeks later, she dismissed the application calling ICBA's allegations about the referendum \"rhetoric\", \"conjecture\" and \"exaggeration\". In mid-September, the ICBA announced that they will be seeking leave to appeal Justice Gropper's ruling on the interim injunction. That same month, the British Columbia Government and Service Employees' Union was granted intervenor status by the court, siding against the ICBA.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 49], "section_span": [51, 96], "content_span": [97, 745]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277859-0015-0000", "contents": "2018 British Columbia electoral reform referendum, Consultation and implementation, ICBA lawsuit\nThe appeal of Justice Gropper's judgement concerning the interim injunction was heard on November 2. Justice Fitch of the British Columbia Court of Appeal dismissed the appeal, finding that there was no merit to the ICBA's argument.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 49], "section_span": [51, 96], "content_span": [97, 329]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277859-0016-0000", "contents": "2018 British Columbia electoral reform referendum, Ballot structure and details\nVoters were asked two questions in the referendum. The first revolved around what electoral system should be used to determine election results: the existing first-past-the-post system or a proportional representation system. The second question explored what type of proportional voting system should be used if PR is chosen. This involved voters ranking three proportional representation voting systems: dual-member proportional representation, mixed-member proportional representation, and rural\u2013urban proportional representation.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 49], "section_span": [51, 79], "content_span": [80, 613]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277859-0017-0000", "contents": "2018 British Columbia electoral reform referendum, Proportional voting systems on the ballot\nThe referendum asked voters to rank three proportional representation voting systems in order of preference: Voters ranked one, two, or all three systems.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 49], "section_span": [51, 92], "content_span": [93, 247]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277859-0018-0000", "contents": "2018 British Columbia electoral reform referendum, Proportional voting systems on the ballot, Dual-member proportional (DMP)\nDual-member proportional is an electoral system designed to produce proportional election results across a region by electing two representatives in each of the region's districts. The first seat in every district is awarded to the candidate who receives the most votes, similar to first-past-the-post voting. The second seat is awarded to one of the remaining district candidates so that proportionality is achieved across the region, using a calculation that aims to award parties their seats in the districts where they had their strongest performances.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 49], "section_span": [51, 124], "content_span": [125, 681]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277859-0019-0000", "contents": "2018 British Columbia electoral reform referendum, Proportional voting systems on the ballot, Dual-member proportional (DMP)\nDMP was invented in 2013 by a University of Alberta mathematics student named Sean Graham. The system was intended as a possible replacement for first-past-the-post voting in Canadian national and provincial elections. Whereas campaigns to adopt MMP representation or the single transferable vote had recently been defeated in a number of Canadian provinces (such as the 2005 and 2009 British Columbia referendums, the 2005 Prince Edward Island referendum, and the 2007 Ontario referendum), the intent behind DMP was to gain broader acceptance by retaining salient features of first-past-the-post voting. These features include a one-vote ballot, relatively small districts (compared with STV), and a single tier of local representatives (in contrast to MMP).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 49], "section_span": [51, 124], "content_span": [125, 884]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277859-0020-0000", "contents": "2018 British Columbia electoral reform referendum, Proportional voting systems on the ballot, Mixed-member proportional\nMixed-member proportional is a mixed electoral system in which voters get two votes: one to decide the representative for their single-seat constituency, and one for a political party. Seats in the legislature are filled firstly by candidates in local ridings, and secondly, by party candidates based on the percentage of nationwide or region-wide votes that each party received.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 49], "section_span": [51, 119], "content_span": [120, 499]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277859-0021-0000", "contents": "2018 British Columbia electoral reform referendum, Proportional voting systems on the ballot, Mixed-member proportional\nIn 2004, MMP was recommended by the Law Commission of Canada to be adopted for federal elections. In 2007, Ontario held a provincial referendum to adopt the system, which failed to pass. In 2016, Prince Edward Island (PEI) voted to adopt MMP in a non-binding referendum. PEI held another referendum on the issue during the 2019 provincial election and narrowly voted against MMP.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 49], "section_span": [51, 119], "content_span": [120, 499]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277859-0022-0000", "contents": "2018 British Columbia electoral reform referendum, Proportional voting systems on the ballot, Mixed-member proportional\nA form of MMP is used for national elections in New Zealand and Germany, and in the United Kingdom for elections to the devolved parliaments of Scotland and Wales (where the system is referred to as the Additional Member System).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 49], "section_span": [51, 119], "content_span": [120, 349]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277859-0023-0000", "contents": "2018 British Columbia electoral reform referendum, Proportional voting systems on the ballot, Rural\u2013urban proportional (RUP)\nRural\u2013urban proportional is a hybrid-proportional system designed by Fair Vote Canada to meet the challenges of Canada's geography. As put forward for the BC referendum, it would use mixed-member proportional representation (MMP) in rural areas and the single transferable vote (STV) in urban and semi-urban areas. Sweden, Denmark and Iceland use voting models with similar hybrid approaches. In Canada from the 1920s to the 1950s, the provinces of Alberta and Manitoba used a hybrid rural\u2013urban system where STV was used in large cities and the alternative vote was used in single-member rural districts.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 49], "section_span": [51, 124], "content_span": [125, 730]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277859-0024-0000", "contents": "2018 British Columbia electoral reform referendum, Proportional voting systems on the ballot, Rural\u2013urban proportional (RUP)\nThe hybrid approach taken by rural\u2013urban proportional reflects lessons learned from previous attempts to pass electoral reform. A major advantage of rural\u2013urban proportional as designed is that it requires creating far fewer top-up seats to achieve proportionality than MMP. Under rural\u2013urban PR, no more than 10\u201315% of seats \u2013 versus 40% of seats under MMP \u2013 would need to be set aside as top-up seats to achieve proportionality, because the results from the urban and semi-urban areas would already be proportional owing to their voting having been conducted using STV.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 49], "section_span": [51, 124], "content_span": [125, 696]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277859-0025-0000", "contents": "2018 British Columbia electoral reform referendum, Proportional voting systems on the ballot, Rural\u2013urban proportional (RUP)\nFor rural areas, rural\u2013urban proportional is advantageous because existing first-past-the-post rural ridings need to grow only 15% larger to facilitate extra regional top-up seats under it, compared to 67% larger if MMP was chosen or double in size if DMP was chosen.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 49], "section_span": [51, 124], "content_span": [125, 392]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277859-0026-0000", "contents": "2018 British Columbia electoral reform referendum, Proportional voting systems on the ballot, Rural\u2013urban proportional (RUP)\nRUP is the only PR system of the three that lets voters rank individual candidates in order by preference. The use of STV ranked ballots means that all candidates must compete with one another for a voter's coveted first place ranking, including candidates running for the same party. Voters can rank long-shot independent candidates or candidates from unpopular parties first without fear of wasting their vote, because votes for badly performing candidates will be transferred during counting\u2014based on each voter's preferences\u2014to candidates who have yet to be eliminated, until all seats are won.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 49], "section_span": [51, 124], "content_span": [125, 723]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277859-0027-0000", "contents": "2018 British Columbia electoral reform referendum, Proportional voting systems on the ballot, Rural\u2013urban proportional (RUP)\nIn its scorecard of proportional voting systems, Fair Voting BC gave rural\u2013urban proportional its highest ranking. During the Canadian government's 2016 consultation on electoral reform at the federal level, both the New Democratic Party of Canada and Green Party of Canada recommended Canada adopt either RUP or MMP.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 49], "section_span": [51, 124], "content_span": [125, 442]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277859-0028-0000", "contents": "2018 British Columbia electoral reform referendum, Campaign\nThe official campaign began July 1, 2018. Groups had until July 6 to apply to Elections BC to be named the official proponent or opponent groups and receive $500,000 in public funding. On July 12, Elections BC announced that Vote PR BC would be the official proponent group and No BC Proportional Representation Society would be the official opponent group. Other individuals, groups and political parties are permitted to register as referendum advertisers with Elections BC, but are not eligible for public funds.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 49], "section_span": [51, 59], "content_span": [60, 575]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277859-0029-0000", "contents": "2018 British Columbia electoral reform referendum, Campaign\nThe NDP and Green Party campaigned for proportional representation. Sonia Furstenau, a Green MLA, held town halls about electoral reform in cities across the province in July and August. BC Premier John Horgan launched the NDP's referendum campaign in early September, saying \"Proportional representation means exactly what it says. Whatever proportion, or share, of the vote a party wins, they get that many seats in government.\" Andrew Wilkinson, BC Liberal leader, opposed the referendum and a change to a proportional representation system.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 49], "section_span": [51, 59], "content_span": [60, 604]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277859-0030-0000", "contents": "2018 British Columbia electoral reform referendum, Campaign\nElections BC mailed a referendum information card to every household in the province between September 10 and 28, and a voter's guide between October 15 and 26. Voters received their referendum voting package in the mail between October 22 and November 2. In early September, the members of the Canadian Union of Postal Workers voted in favour of job action. The strike resulted in Elections BC extending the voting deadline by a week.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 49], "section_span": [51, 59], "content_span": [60, 495]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277859-0031-0000", "contents": "2018 British Columbia electoral reform referendum, Campaign\nIn early November, Horgan announced that he had cast his ballot for proportional representation, and that his first choice was MMP. Vote PR BC, the official proponent group, flew Andrew Coyne to Vancouver to give a talk endorsing PR, where Coyne announced he supported Rural\u2013Urban Proportional.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 49], "section_span": [51, 59], "content_span": [60, 354]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277859-0032-0000", "contents": "2018 British Columbia electoral reform referendum, Campaign, Debate\nIn late September, Andrew Wilkinson challenged John Horgan to a debate concerning the referendum, a challenge which Horgan accepted. The debate took place on November 8 at 7:00\u00a0pm. It was broadcast on CBC News and Global News.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 49], "section_span": [51, 67], "content_span": [68, 294]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277859-0033-0000", "contents": "2018 British Columbia electoral reform referendum, Campaign, Official campaign organizations\nOfficial campaign organizations include the official proponent and opponent groups along with referendum advertising sponsors.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 49], "section_span": [51, 92], "content_span": [93, 219]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277859-0034-0000", "contents": "2018 British Columbia electoral reform referendum, Voting period extension\nOn November 23, 2018, due to a postal strike, Elections BC extended the voting period deadline by a week \u2013 from November 30, 2018, to December 7, 2018. The deadline to register to vote remained midnight on November 23, 2018. Voters who were sent a voting package but did not receive it, or who need a replacement voting package, could request a replacement package up to December 7. All ballots must have been received by Elections BC by 4:30\u00a0pm on December 7.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 49], "section_span": [51, 74], "content_span": [75, 535]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277859-0034-0001", "contents": "2018 British Columbia electoral reform referendum, Voting period extension\nIn response to a question from a constituent on Twitter, Elections BC clarified that ballots received by Elections BC's Referendum Service Offices or Service BC Centres up to and including 4:30\u00a0pm on December 7, 2018, but which had not been physically transferred to Elections BC's counting centre, would be accepted and counted as valid ballots.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 49], "section_span": [51, 74], "content_span": [75, 421]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277859-0035-0000", "contents": "2018 British Columbia electoral reform referendum, Post-referendum plans\nThe government had plans for the required next steps had proportional representation passed. However, as it did not pass, the government did not implement any of these. Had a proportional system been adopted, the independent BC Electoral Boundaries Commission would have determined the number and location of new electoral districts. A legislative committee would have been tasked with determining whether the number of members of the Legislative Assembly should increase, and if so by how many (to a maximum of an additional eight). Some other aspects of how the new system would have worked would have also needed to be determined by a legislative committee.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 49], "section_span": [51, 72], "content_span": [73, 733]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277859-0036-0000", "contents": "2018 British Columbia electoral reform referendum, Post-referendum plans\nIf a form of proportional representation had been adopted, the government had also committed to holding a further confirming referendum after two general elections. Voters in that future referendum would have had the option of maintaining the form of proportional representation adopted or switching back to the first-past-the-post electoral system. On October 2, 2018, the government introduced legislation to enact the requirement for this second referendum into law.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 49], "section_span": [51, 72], "content_span": [73, 542]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277859-0036-0001", "contents": "2018 British Columbia electoral reform referendum, Post-referendum plans\nIf a change from the first-past-the-post system had been adopted in 2018, the bill would have required a second referendum on electoral reform to occur within 13 months of the second provincial general election held under the chosen proportional representation voting system (no later than November 30, 2026). As voters decided to keep the existing first-past-the-post system, this second referendum will not take place.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 49], "section_span": [51, 72], "content_span": [73, 493]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277859-0037-0000", "contents": "2018 British Columbia electoral reform referendum, Opinion polls, Question 1\nReferendum-style binary questionQuestion: \"Based on what you know, please indicate which of these two broad options you prefer for BC\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 49], "section_span": [51, 76], "content_span": [77, 211]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277859-0038-0000", "contents": "2018 British Columbia electoral reform referendum, Opinion polls, Question 1\nMultiple choice question allowing undecideds and opt-outs (options 3\u20135 will not be present on ballot)Question: \"Based on how you feel right now, if you were to receive a voting package, which way would you vote on the first question?\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 49], "section_span": [51, 76], "content_span": [77, 311]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277859-0039-0000", "contents": "2018 British Columbia electoral reform referendum, Results\nOn December 20, 2018, Elections BC announced that 61.3% of ballots were cast to maintain the first-past-the-post voting system.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 49], "section_span": [51, 58], "content_span": [59, 186]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277859-0040-0000", "contents": "2018 British Columbia electoral reform referendum, Results\nA total of 1,391,423 ballots were considered. There were 1,378,753 valid votes for Question 1, and 831,760 valid votes for Question 2. 2,461 ballots were rejected.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 49], "section_span": [51, 58], "content_span": [59, 222]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277859-0041-0000", "contents": "2018 British Columbia electoral reform referendum, Results, Question 1\nThe existing first-past-the-post voting system received a majority of votes with 61.30% (845,235) of the valid votes for Question 1. As a result, no electoral reform was approved.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 49], "section_span": [51, 70], "content_span": [71, 250]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277859-0042-0000", "contents": "2018 British Columbia electoral reform referendum, Results, Question 1\nQuestion 1: Which system should British Columbia use for provincial elections?", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 49], "section_span": [51, 70], "content_span": [71, 149]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277859-0043-0000", "contents": "2018 British Columbia electoral reform referendum, Results, Question 2\nPer the Electoral Reform Referendum 2018 Regulation, STV rules were in effect to find the winner in Question 2 (although the question was moot as no electoral reform would take place as per the result of Question 1). Thus, when no system won a majority of first preferences, a second round of counting was required for Question 2. RUP had the fewest first preferences, so it was eliminated and its votes were transferred to the second preferences marked on the ballots. In the second count, the mixed-member proportional voting system had the most support on Question 2.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 49], "section_span": [51, 70], "content_span": [71, 641]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277859-0044-0000", "contents": "2018 British Columbia electoral reform referendum, Results, Question 2\nQuestion 2: If British Columbia adopts a proportional representation voting system, which of the following voting systems do you prefer?", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 49], "section_span": [51, 70], "content_span": [71, 207]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277860-0000-0000", "contents": "2018 British Columbia municipal elections\nMunicipal elections were held in the Canadian province of British Columbia on October 20, 2018. Races were held in all municipalities and regional district electoral areas.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [41, 41], "content_span": [42, 214]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277860-0001-0000", "contents": "2018 British Columbia municipal elections, Abbotsford, Abbotsford City Council By-election\nA by-election was held on 25 September 25 2021 to replace Bruce Banman who had been elected to the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [43, 90], "content_span": [91, 231]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277860-0002-0000", "contents": "2018 British Columbia municipal elections, Burnaby, Burnaby City Council By-election\nA by-election was held on 26 June 2021 to replace Paul McDonnell and Nick Volkow who both died in office.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [43, 84], "content_span": [85, 190]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277860-0003-0000", "contents": "2018 British Columbia municipal elections, Castlegar, Mayoral by-election\nA by-election for mayor was held April 24, 2021, following the resignation of Tassone who had been criticized for spending the Christmas holidays in the Okanagan despite travel regulations imposed due to the COVID-19 pandemic in British Columbia.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [43, 73], "content_span": [74, 320]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277860-0004-0000", "contents": "2018 British Columbia municipal elections, Mission, Mayoral by-election\nA by-election for mayor was held April 24, 2021 to replace Alexis who had been elected to the BC legislature.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [43, 71], "content_span": [72, 181]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277860-0005-0000", "contents": "2018 British Columbia municipal elections, Richmond, Richmond City Council By-election\nA by-election was held on 29 May 2021 to replace Kelly Greene, who has been elected to the BC Legislative Assembly. Independent Andy Hobbs won.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [43, 86], "content_span": [87, 230]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277860-0006-0000", "contents": "2018 British Columbia municipal elections, Smithers, Mayoral by-election\nA by-election was held on October 17, 2020 to replace Bachrach who was elected to the House of Commons.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [43, 72], "content_span": [73, 176]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277860-0007-0000", "contents": "2018 British Columbia municipal elections, Victoria, Council by-election\nA by-election was held on December 12, 2020 to replace Collins who was elected to the House of Commons.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [43, 72], "content_span": [73, 176]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277861-0000-0000", "contents": "2018 British Columbia wildfires\nBy the end of June, 2018, there had been more than 560 wildfires in British Columbia.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [31, 31], "content_span": [32, 117]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277861-0001-0000", "contents": "2018 British Columbia wildfires\nThe Comstock Lake fire, discovered on June 21, was caused by lightning. By July 6, it had grown to 27.5 square kilometres (10.6\u00a0sq\u00a0mi) and was not fully contained. At one point over 200 personnel were fighting the fire complex.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [31, 31], "content_span": [32, 260]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277861-0002-0000", "contents": "2018 British Columbia wildfires\nThe Tugwell Creek fire near Sooke grew to 85 hectares (210 acres), and was 10% contained by July 4. The fire threatened millions of honeybees at Tugwell Creek Honey Farm and Meadery. It was fully contained on July 9.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [31, 31], "content_span": [32, 249]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277861-0003-0000", "contents": "2018 British Columbia wildfires\nThe Shovel Fire, started on July 27, burned at least 86,397 hectares (213,490 acres), and was still active as of August 20. Thick smoke harmed efforts to contain the fire.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [31, 31], "content_span": [32, 203]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277861-0004-0000", "contents": "2018 British Columbia wildfires\nA human-caused fire at Nanaimo Lakes, discovered on July 1, reached 14.5 hectares by July 4.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [31, 31], "content_span": [32, 124]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277861-0005-0000", "contents": "2018 British Columbia wildfires\nA total of 2,115 wildfires burned 1,351,314 hectares (3,339,170 acres) of land in 2018 as of November 9.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [31, 31], "content_span": [32, 136]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277861-0006-0000", "contents": "2018 British Columbia wildfires\nAs of August 28, initial estimates put 2018 as the largest burn-area in a British Columbia wildfire season, surpassing the historic 2017 wildfire season (1,216,053 total hectares).. The total land burned in 2018 represented about ~1.4% of the total area of the province.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [31, 31], "content_span": [32, 302]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277861-0007-0000", "contents": "2018 British Columbia wildfires, Smoke\nWildfires caused severe smoke to cover much of British Columbia. It has impacted tourism and cancelled flights. The smoke spread across Canada and as far as Ireland. In Prince George, British Columbia smoke orange sky at 8:40 AM, and 9:10 AM turns into midnight from wildfires. Then 3 PM in Grande Prairie, Alberta thick layered smoke plume generated by the fire which turned day into night during the afternoon of that day at the location.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 38], "content_span": [39, 479]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277862-0000-0000", "contents": "2018 British Figure Skating Championships\nThe 2018 British Figure Skating Championships were held from 28 November to 4 December 2017 in Sheffield. Medals were awarded in the disciplines of men's singles, ladies' singles, pair skating, and ice dance at the senior, junior, and novice levels. The results were part of the selection criteria for the 2018 Winter Olympics, 2018 World Championships, 2018 European Championships, and the 2018 World Junior Championships.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [41, 41], "content_span": [42, 465]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277862-0001-0000", "contents": "2018 British Figure Skating Championships, International team selections, Winter Olympics\nThe figure skating event at the 2018 Winter Olympics was held on 9\u201323 February 2018 at the Gangneung Ice Arena in Gangneung, South Korea. Coomes / Buckland were the only British skaters to qualify Olympic spots.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [43, 89], "content_span": [90, 301]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277862-0002-0000", "contents": "2018 British Figure Skating Championships, International team selections, World Championships\nThe 2018 World Figure Skating Championships were held on 19\u201325 March 2018 in Milan, Italy. Coomes / Buckland were forced to withdraw due to injury.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [43, 93], "content_span": [94, 241]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277862-0003-0000", "contents": "2018 British Figure Skating Championships, International team selections, European Championships\nThe 2018 European Figure Skating Championships were held from 15\u201321 January 2018 in Moscow, Russia.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [43, 96], "content_span": [97, 196]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277863-0000-0000", "contents": "2018 British GT Championship\nThe 2018 British GT Championship was the 26th British GT Championship, a sports car championship promoted by the St\u00e9phane Ratel Organisation (SRO). The season began on 31 March at Oulton Park and finished on 23 September at Donington Park, after nine rounds held over seven meetings.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [28, 28], "content_span": [29, 312]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277863-0001-0000", "contents": "2018 British GT Championship, Calendar\nThe calendar for the 2018 season was announced on 29 July 2017. All races except Belgian round at Spa, were held in the United Kingdom.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 38], "content_span": [39, 174]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277863-0002-0000", "contents": "2018 British GT Championship, Race results\nBold indicates overall winner for each car class (GT3 and GT4).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 42], "content_span": [43, 106]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277863-0003-0000", "contents": "2018 British GT Championship, Championship Standings, Drivers' Championships, Blancpain Trophy\n1 \u2013 Driver scored 5 points for being fastest in the Am Driver qualifying session.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 94], "content_span": [95, 176]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277864-0000-0000", "contents": "2018 British Grand Prix\nThe 2018 British Grand Prix (formally known as the Formula 1 2018 Rolex British Grand Prix) was a Formula One motor race held on 8 July 2018 at the Silverstone Circuit in Silverstone, United Kingdom. The race was the 10th round of the 2018 Formula One World Championship. It marked the 73rd running of the British Grand Prix, the 69th time that the race had been run as a World Championship event, and the 52nd time that the World Championship event had been held at the Silverstone Circuit.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [23, 23], "content_span": [24, 515]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277864-0001-0000", "contents": "2018 British Grand Prix\nFerrari driver Sebastian Vettel entered the race with a one-point lead over Lewis Hamilton in the Drivers' Championship. In the Constructors' Championship, Ferrari led Mercedes by ten points.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [23, 23], "content_span": [24, 215]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277864-0002-0000", "contents": "2018 British Grand Prix, Report, Background\nThe circuit featured three drag reduction system (DRS) zones. The two used in previous years \u2013 positioned on the Wellington and Hangar Straights \u2013 returned, with a third zone placed on the pit straight. As DRS is deactivated when the driver brakes, drivers were able to use the system through the Abbey and Farm corners as these corners could be taken flat-out when the car is low on fuel. This brought increased risk as DRS reduces drag by cancelling out aerodynamic grip at a time when aerodynamic grip improves the car's ability to take corners at speed.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 43], "content_span": [44, 601]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277864-0002-0001", "contents": "2018 British Grand Prix, Report, Background\nDrivers were able to manually deactivate DRS before the corners if they were unable or unwilling to take the corner with the use of DRS. The race marked the first time that drivers were able to use DRS through corners in a race. The decision to allow the use of DRS through the corners drew criticism as drivers felt that using DRS through Abbey corner was unsafe. Drivers found the best approach was to manually deactivate DRS before the corner without slowing before reactivating it on the corner exit. This approach was necessary as slowing the car would prevent the system from being reactivated.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 43], "content_span": [44, 644]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277864-0003-0000", "contents": "2018 British Grand Prix, Report, Practice\nThe first practice session saw Romain Grosjean crash at Abbey, after he left his DRS open whilst taking the corner, and Max Verstappen stopped on the pit straight with a gearbox issue. In second practice, Verstappen crashed at Luffield and Pierre Gasly's Toro Rosso broke down. In third practice, Brendon Hartley had a heavy crash after his front left suspension failed at high speed.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 41], "content_span": [42, 426]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277864-0004-0000", "contents": "2018 British Grand Prix, Report, Qualifying\nQ1 was red flagged as Lance Stroll went into the gravel and his car had to be removed. After an early showing from Ferrari, Hamilton took pole, his 6th around Silverstone. Ferrari qualified 2nd and 3rd, with Valtteri Bottas 4th. Hartley missed qualifying after the heavy crash in FP3, and started from the pit lane, along with Stroll and Sergey Sirotkin. Charles Leclerc made Q3 for the second time, qualifying in P9.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 43], "content_span": [44, 461]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277864-0005-0000", "contents": "2018 British Grand Prix, Report, Race\nHamilton had a slow start and was jumped by Vettel and Bottas. At Turn 3, Kimi R\u00e4ikk\u00f6nen made contact with Hamilton, spinning him off the track and into last. Sergio P\u00e9rez also spun at the start, narrowly avoiding the Williams cars exiting the pit lane. Hartley failed to exit the pit lane. R\u00e4ikk\u00f6nen was given a 10 second time penalty for causing the collision between himself and Hamilton, which he served in the pits on lap 14. On lap 19, Leclerc retired after exiting the pits with a loose wheel.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 37], "content_span": [38, 538]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277864-0005-0001", "contents": "2018 British Grand Prix, Report, Race\nOn lap 32, Marcus Ericsson crashed at Abbey, after failing to deactivate his DRS quick enough. This brought out a safety car, and both Ferraris and both Red Bulls pitted for a 2nd time, for the soft tyres. Mercedes chose to leave their drivers out to gain track position. On lap 38, Grosjean and Carlos Sainz crashed at Copse, causing another safety car. On lap 46, Verstappen spun and subsequently retired with a brake by wire issue.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 37], "content_span": [38, 472]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277864-0005-0002", "contents": "2018 British Grand Prix, Report, Race\nThe next lap, Vettel overtook Bottas for the lead of the race, which he kept until the chequered flag, making it his second victory at Silverstone, the first since 2009. Vettel became the first Ferrari driver to win at Silverstone since Fernando Alonso in 2011. Vettel's win broke Mercedes winning 5- race streak at the British Grand Prix.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 37], "content_span": [38, 377]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277865-0000-0000", "contents": "2018 British Indoor Athletics Championships\nThe 2018 British Indoor Athletics Championships was held on 17 and 18 February 2018 at the Arena Birmingham in Birmingham, England. The event served as the team trials for the 2018 IAAF World Indoor Championships.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [43, 43], "content_span": [44, 257]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277866-0000-0000", "contents": "2018 British Isles cold wave\nAnticyclone Hartmut (dubbed the Beast from the East (Irish: An Torathar \u00f3n Oirthear)) was a storm that began on 22 February 2018, and brought a cold wave to Great Britain and Ireland. Anticyclone Hartmut also brought widespread unusually low temperatures and heavy snowfall to large areas. The cold wave combined with Storm Emma, part of the 2017\u201318 European windstorm season, which made landfall in southwest England and the south of Ireland on 2 March.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [28, 28], "content_span": [29, 483]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277866-0001-0000", "contents": "2018 British Isles cold wave\nIn contrast to usual winter storms, Hartmut was not formed as a normal low pressure area along the jetstream. The initial event was an Arctic outbreak caused by a disordered polar vortex into Central Europe, transporting not only cold air from Siberia to Europe, but due to the lake effect, sent much snow into Great Britain and Ireland.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [28, 28], "content_span": [29, 366]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277866-0002-0000", "contents": "2018 British Isles cold wave\nThis weather situation repeated itself on the weekend of 17 and 18 March, but was less severe than on the previous occasion, due to the onset of spring. This briefer cold snap was given the name \"Mini Beast from the East\".", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [28, 28], "content_span": [29, 251]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277866-0003-0000", "contents": "2018 British Isles cold wave, Causes and effects\nThe Hartmut cold spell was caused by a large arctic airmass with anticyclonic structure, stretching from the Russian Far East to the British Isles covering large parts of Asia and almost all of Europe. The anticyclone, centred on Scandinavia, was the dominant high pressure area in the weather system and represented its European part. North Asia was covered by other anticyclones that belong to that giant arctic airmass. The anticyclone brought cold easterly winds into Europe and the British Isles leading to snowfall and sub-zero temperatures as a result of freezing air from Siberia. Ireland was predicted to experience its worst winter for at least 30 years. In the United Kingdom the Met Office issued a red snow warning, meaning a potential risk to life.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 48], "content_span": [49, 811]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277866-0004-0000", "contents": "2018 British Isles cold wave, Causes and effects\nThe anticyclone was such an intense high pressure system that it evolved into an anticyclonic storm, and was named Hartmut. A gust of 187 kilometres per hour (116\u00a0mph) was registered in the \u00d8vre Dividal National Park in Norway, relatively near to the anticyclonic centre. Other hurricane-force gusts delivered by Hartmut were registered across Europe, particularly over Scandinavia and the British Isles. Such hurricane-force anticyclonic storms are not extremely rare, but occur less often than cyclonic storms of similar intensity.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 48], "content_span": [49, 582]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277866-0005-0000", "contents": "2018 British Isles cold wave, Causes and effects\nSixteen weather-related deaths include that of a seven-year-old girl in Looe, Cornwall Thursday 1 March, when she was hit by a car that slid on ice into a bungalow. On Wednesday 28 February, Stephen Cavanagh, 60, died after trying to save his dog from a lake in Welling, South East London. Also on Wednesday, a 46-year-old man died in a crash and a 75-year-old woman was found dead underneath her car in Farsley. A carer from Glasgow died on her way to work and a 52-year-old homeless man was found dead freezing inside his tent.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 48], "content_span": [49, 578]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277866-0005-0001", "contents": "2018 British Isles cold wave, Causes and effects\nOn Tuesday, 27 February, four people died in two separate weather related crashes. A 20-year-old also died after slipping and falling whilst crossing a bridge in Haddington, East Lothian. This followed the death of a man trying to help another driver in the snowy conditions in Bergh Apton, Norfolk who suffered a heart attack. A 70-year-old also died after being rescued from icy cliffs in Torquay.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 48], "content_span": [49, 448]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277866-0006-0000", "contents": "2018 British Isles cold wave, Storm Emma\nStorm Emma brought chaos with heavy snow and strong winds to the South of Ireland, South West England and Southern Wales on 2\u20133 March 2018 with up to 50\u00a0cm of snow in some elevated areas. High winds brought disruption to other parts of Great Britain and Ireland. It also brought rail disruption as several trains became stranded, full of passengers, for up to 14 hours. Daytime temperatures were also very suppressed, some places not getting above \u221212\u00a0\u00b0C (10\u00a0\u00b0F).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 40], "content_span": [41, 505]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277866-0007-0000", "contents": "2018 British Isles cold wave, Mini Beast from the East\nFollowing a brief spell of warmer weather, a fresh cold snap nicknamed the \"Mini Beast from the East\" was forecast to bring another covering of snow on the weekend of 17 and 18 March. However, due to the onset of spring, and a higher sun position, it was forecast that the effect would be less severe than on the previous occasion, for the ground was warmer than before, and thus the snow would melt more quickly.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 54], "content_span": [55, 468]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277866-0008-0000", "contents": "2018 British Isles cold wave, Mini Beast from the East\nSnow showers began to affect parts of Britain and Ireland on 17 March, with north-east England, the North Midlands, and parts of southern England experiencing the heaviest snowfall. The snow was accompanied by strong winds, forecast to be as high as 70\u00a0mph, and the Met Office issued an amber weather warning effective from the afternoon of 17 March. Snow showers continued to affect parts of the UK and Ireland on 18 March, with south-west England the most severely affected. The adverse weather conditions forced the cancellation of some sporting events, including the Reading Half Marathon, while Ireland's rugby union team, who had won the 2018 Six Nations Championship, cancelled their homecoming \"due to heavy snowfall\" with no new date confirmed.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 54], "content_span": [55, 808]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277867-0000-0000", "contents": "2018 British Isles heat wave\nThe 2018 Britain and Ireland heat wave was a period of unusually hot weather that took place in June, July and August. It caused widespread drought, hosepipe bans, crop failures, and a number of wildfires. These wildfires worst affected northern moorland areas around the Greater Manchester region, the largest was at Saddleworth Moor and another was at Winter Hill, together these burned over 14 square miles (36\u00a0km2) of land over a period of nearly a month.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [28, 28], "content_span": [29, 488]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277867-0001-0000", "contents": "2018 British Isles heat wave\nA heat wave was officially declared on 22 June, with Scotland and Northern Ireland recording temperatures above 30\u00a0\u00b0C (86\u00a0\u00b0F) for the first time since the July 2013 heat wave. The British Isles were in the middle of a strong warm anticyclone inside a strong northward meander of the jet stream, this was part of the wider 2018 European heat wave. The Met Office declared summer 2018 the joint hottest on record together with 1976, 2003 and 2006.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [28, 28], "content_span": [29, 474]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277867-0002-0000", "contents": "2018 British Isles heat wave, Weather earlier in 2018\nSpring started with record cold in early March with the 2018 Great Britain and Ireland cold wave. There were three spells of summer heat afterwards, starting in mid-April. The April 2018 heatwave began on 18 and 19 April. St James's Park in London recorded the country's hottest April day in nearly 70 years when temperatures reached 29.1\u00a0\u00b0C (84.4\u00a0\u00b0F). The unseasonably hot weather lasted for four days. On 22 April, the hottest London Marathon ever was recorded, with the temperature reaching 24.1\u00a0\u00b0C (75.4\u00a0\u00b0F). No national records were broken, but many places set local record high temperatures for April.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 53], "content_span": [54, 661]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277867-0003-0000", "contents": "2018 British Isles heat wave, Weather earlier in 2018\nAfter a cooler period from the end of April, temperatures started to rise again during early May. The May Day bank holiday was the hottest on record, with west London recording 28.7\u00a0\u00b0C (83.7\u00a0\u00b0F). A few days later, temperatures began to fall, but were still above average. Temperatures began to rise even higher towards the end of May. It sparked violent thunderstorms leading to flash flooding, giving some parts of the country their first measurable precipitation during May. On 27 May, 81 millimetres (3.2\u00a0in) of torrential rain fell at Winterbourne, West Midlands, causing a flash flood. The majority of the country was hot and sunny. May 2018 was one of the warmest and sunniest on record in the UK.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 53], "content_span": [54, 757]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277867-0004-0000", "contents": "2018 British Isles heat wave, Weather earlier in 2018\nBefore the heat wave, anticyclonic conditions prevailed across the UK. May and early June had been much warmer and drier than average, the latter being the driest since 1925 due to a persistently strong Azores High. This high-pressure block prevented Atlantic low-pressure weather systems from reaching the British Isles.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 53], "content_span": [54, 375]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277867-0005-0000", "contents": "2018 British Isles heat wave, Summer heat wave\nThe heat wave began on 23 June 2018 as high pressure built across the UK. Temperatures gradually rose, and new records were set in towns and cities across the British Isles. These include Glasgow in Scotland, Shannon in Ireland and both Belfast and Castlederg in Northern Ireland.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 46], "content_span": [47, 327]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277867-0006-0000", "contents": "2018 British Isles heat wave, Summer heat wave\nThis temperature rise was part of a heat wave that spanned the entire Northern Hemisphere. The heat wave had seen the hottest night ever recorded on Earth in Oman, with the lowest temperature recorded at 42.6\u00a0\u00b0C (108.7\u00a0\u00b0F), and the deaths of at least 33 people in Canada.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 46], "content_span": [47, 318]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277867-0007-0000", "contents": "2018 British Isles heat wave, Summer heat wave\nWildfires began to break out across England. The two largest fires broke out at Saddleworth Moor on 25 June, and at Winter Hill on 28 June, the former being England's largest in living memory. As of September 2018, arrests were made on the charge of arson, yet the cause of these fires was undetermined. However, the factor that allowed the fires to establish was the persistently hot and breezy weather conditions. This dried out vegetation and the underlying peat, allowing it to easily burn.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 46], "content_span": [47, 541]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277867-0008-0000", "contents": "2018 British Isles heat wave, Summer heat wave\nOn 2 July, forecasters predicted that high pressure would continue over the UK and that the heat wave could continue for another two weeks. On 5 July, a weak weather front arrived from the west, but was mostly halted over Ireland and the Irish Sea. This caused some scattered showers over the Pennines, and a thunderstorm that caused flash floods in Tunbridge Wells. The weather also affected roads nationwide, and gritters were mobilised due to the asphalt concrete softening under the extreme heat. In Heaton, Newcastle, a man sank into a melted road and required a rescue from firefighters, and a bin lorry sank into a road in Newbury, Berkshire.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 46], "content_span": [47, 696]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277867-0009-0000", "contents": "2018 British Isles heat wave, Summer heat wave\nOn 10 July, a weak cold front crossed Britain from north to south, bringing low cloud levels and scattered showers. However, this cool air was quickly heated by the sun the next day, increasing temperatures yet again. The Met Office announced that the highest temperature on 24 July was 33.3\u00a0\u00b0C (91.9\u00a0\u00b0F), recorded at Santon Downham in Suffolk.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 46], "content_span": [47, 391]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277867-0010-0000", "contents": "2018 British Isles heat wave, Summer heat wave, Effects on the economy\nThe long period of dry warm weather, although with unpleasant levels of humidity, strongly boosted the domestic tourism trade during this period. The official Visit Britain body forecast the number of international visitors to the UK would increase by around 15% from the USA alone, as the effect of the worldwide Royal Wedding publicity fed through into fine summer weather and late holiday bookings. Hotels in competing Mediterranean resorts, such as Ibiza, were forced to slash their prices as demand from British tourists declined sharply as people decided to holiday in the British Isles. Remoter resorts and destinations benefited from visitors' attempts to escape the domestic crowds, and rural Ireland reported a dramatic increase in tourism with an average of 70% occupancy rates at smaller establishments.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 70], "content_span": [71, 886]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277867-0011-0000", "contents": "2018 British Isles heat wave, Summer heat wave, Effects on the economy\nMany companies concerned with outdoor activities reported the usual boost in sales that comes from a good summer, and estate agents reported that the warm dry summer was also helping their industry. Fresh produce growers such as the soft fruit sector were largely unaffected by the lack of rain, with British Summer Fruits chairman Nick Marsto telling Horticulture Week trade magazine that the... \"soft-fruit sector has largely avoided any adverse effects.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 70], "content_span": [71, 527]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277867-0012-0000", "contents": "2018 British Isles heat wave, Summer heat wave, Health effects\nThe heatwave added to pressure on the NHS, on A&E departments and elsewhere. Shadow Health Secretary Jon Ashworth said, \"I am very worried about the impact on the NHS of this summer. We know that this hot weather, (...) affects very elderly, vulnerable people. We know that asthma sufferers suffer particularly badly in the weather. [ Ashworth mentioned his first hand experiences shadowing a hospital consultant] with lots of elderly vulnerable people being admitted to A&E, lying on trolleys because there\u2019s no beds in the hospital\".", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 62], "content_span": [63, 598]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277867-0013-0000", "contents": "2018 British Isles heat wave, Summer heat wave, Health effects\nThere were fears of over 1,000 excess deaths during the heat wave. The Environmental Audit Committee of MP's reported fears 7,000 heat-related UK deaths annually by 2050 unless the government acts promptly. Chair of the committee, Mary Creagh said, \"The government must stop playing pass the parcel with local councils and the NHS and develop a strategy to protect our ageing population from this increasing risk\". At risk, groups include elderly people, small children and people with heart and/or lung conditions.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 62], "content_span": [63, 578]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277867-0013-0001", "contents": "2018 British Isles heat wave, Summer heat wave, Health effects\nThere were calls for government regulations to protect an ageing population from the effects of heat, effects include increased risk of death. During the 2003 European heat wave in some areas of the UK there were 42% increased deaths in nursing homes and the MP's wanted hospitals and care homes to be inspected to find out if they could cope with extreme heat. The TUC and others called for regulations about maximum workplace temperatures. Frances O'Grady of the TUC stated, \"With heatwaves becoming more common, we need clear and sensible rules to protect working people.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 62], "content_span": [63, 637]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277867-0013-0002", "contents": "2018 British Isles heat wave, Summer heat wave, Health effects\nWe\u2019ve had legal minimum temperatures at work for a long time, which work very well. The government must now act quickly on the recommendation by MPs for maximum limits on how hot workplaces can get\". Also, dress codes for work and school uniform policy should be relaxed during heatwaves to improve work productivity and school learning. Ministers withdrew money for climate change adaptation officers in local authorities. Lack of \"joined-up thinking\" between government departments and lack of communication between the government and the public added to the death toll. Heatwave alerts are put out only if temperatures are over 30\u00a0\u00b0C, but heat-related deaths start at 25 degrees. There were excess deaths during the 2018 heat wave but the cause is not yet known.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 62], "content_span": [63, 828]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277867-0014-0000", "contents": "2018 British Isles heat wave, Summer heat wave, Drought\nOn 29 June, Northern Ireland Water introduced the first hosepipe ban in Northern Ireland since 1995. Other water companies also had supply problems, such as United Utilities, with 500\u00a0million litres (110\u00a0million imperial gallons) more than usual being used on 1 July. On 5 July in the Republic of Ireland a state of absolute drought was declared because there had been no rainfall at 96% of its weather stations in the previous two weeks. On 6 July, the first nationwide hosepipe ban in the republic's history was imposed. On 19 July, the Northern Ireland ban was lifted.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 55], "content_span": [56, 627]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277867-0015-0000", "contents": "2018 British Isles heat wave, Summer heat wave, Crop failures\nThe heat wave affected many crops, and there was concern for the wheat and barley harvests. Cases included wheat dying of drought before it could set seed, and withering of grass intended for livestock grazing, so that dairy cattle had to be grazed on land intended to grow hay or silage for winter feed for the cows. By July, president of the National Farmers Union Guy Smith described the crops as \"being parched to the bone\". Smith further discussed the risk posed by depleted reservoirs that would normally be used for irrigation, and stated that there was a potential risk to vegetable production should the weather continue.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 61], "content_span": [62, 692]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277867-0016-0000", "contents": "2018 British Isles heat wave, Summer heat wave, Sporting events\nA number of sporting events experienced unusual conditions as a result of the heatwave. The 2018 Open Championship which was held from 19\u201322 July at Carnoustie, Scotland was played with unusually brown, dry and sunbaked fairways and brown rough. The India cricket team toured England during the heat wave, with their tour match against Essex being reduced from four days to three because of the high temperatures.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 63], "content_span": [64, 477]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277867-0017-0000", "contents": "2018 British Isles heat wave, Summer heat wave, Archaeological discoveries\nThe dry weather caused patterns of vegetation to be revealed, indicative of Roman and pre-Roman settlements. Drainage ditches that had surrounded Iron Age hill forts and Roman settlements became filled in once those settlements were no longer in use, meaning they have a deeper quantity of topsoil and, thus, retain moisture for plants for longer. The use of aerial images to identify arch\u00e6ological sites through cropmarks has been a methodology employed by archaeologists for decades. The National Monuments Service of the Irish Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht said that the increased use of aerial drone photography and the exceptional dry weather was leading to some remarkable discoveries.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 74], "content_span": [75, 786]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277867-0018-0000", "contents": "2018 British Isles heat wave, Summer heat wave, Archaeological discoveries\nThe Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Wales observed such indications of historical settlements across Wales, including at Castell Llwyn Gwinau in Tregaron, Ceredigion, at the Cross Oak Hillfort near Talybont-on-Usk, at Caerwent, Monmouthshire and newly-discovered settlements near Magor, Monmouthshire and Langstone, Newport.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 74], "content_span": [75, 427]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277867-0019-0000", "contents": "2018 British Isles heat wave, Summer heat wave, Archaeological discoveries\nSimilarly, the National Monuments Service of the Irish Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht announced the discovery of a possible henge, 200-metre (660\u00a0ft) in diameter, near the UNESCO World Heritage Site of Br\u00fa na B\u00f3inne, near Newgrange, County Meath.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 74], "content_span": [75, 340]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277867-0020-0000", "contents": "2018 British Isles heat wave, Statistics, Rainfall\nThe drought conditions were not as bad as the mid 1970s drought. June was notably dry, especially after a very dry May. The worst affected regions were England and Wales. Scotland and Northern Ireland also had below average rainfall, but this was unexceptional. Some places had no rain at all.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 50], "content_span": [51, 344]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277867-0021-0000", "contents": "2018 British Isles heat wave, Statistics, Temperature\nThe Met Office considers the summer of 2018 to be tied with 1976, 2003 and 2006 as the hottest summer on record for the United Kingdom as a whole, with average temperatures of 15.8\u00a0\u00b0C (60.4\u00a0\u00b0F). In England, average temperatures for the summer were the highest on record at 17.2\u00a0\u00b0C (63.0\u00a0\u00b0F), narrowly ahead of the 17.0\u00a0\u00b0C (62.6\u00a0\u00b0F) average in 1976. However, in the CET records (Central England Temperature records that go back to 1659), 2018 comes in 5th behind 2003, 1995, 1826 and 1976.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 53], "content_span": [54, 542]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277867-0022-0000", "contents": "2018 British Isles heat wave, Statistics, Temperature, June\nIn Wales and Northern Ireland, June 2018 was the warmest June ever recorded and in England and Scotland, June 2018 ranks within the five warmest on record. In the Central England region, the CET is a long running temperature series, with records back to 1659. 2018's temperature was 16.1\u00a0\u00b0C (61.0\u00a0\u00b0F), meaning it ranks as the 18th warmest June recorded in England in the past 359 years, also being the warmest since 1976.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 59], "content_span": [60, 481]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277867-0023-0000", "contents": "2018 British Isles heat wave, Statistics, Temperature, July\nJuly 2018 was again, a very hot month, with the Central England Temperature showing that July 2018 is the fourth-hottest month recorded since 1659. It also was 138% more sunny than average being the 6th sunniest July since 1929.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 59], "content_span": [60, 288]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277868-0000-0000", "contents": "2018 British LMP3 Cup\nThe 2018 LMP3 Cup Championship will be the second season for the British LMP3 Cup. The calendar was announced on 10 November 2017, with the same venues as the previous year, but in a different order. The series will now finish at Silverstone, one month later than in 2017.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [21, 21], "content_span": [22, 294]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277868-0001-0000", "contents": "2018 British LMP3 Cup\nMichelin will supply the tyres, a change from Pirelli in 2017, and French manufacturer Norma intends to race its M30 car, which would make it the first non-Liger JS P3 in the series.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [21, 21], "content_span": [22, 204]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277869-0000-0000", "contents": "2018 British Motocross Championship\nThe 2018 British Motocross Championship was the 67th British Motocross Championship season. The championship was due to start on 11 March at Lyng, but this opening event was cancelled due to bad weather. It was re-scheduled to act as the final round of the season on 14 October.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [35, 35], "content_span": [36, 314]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277869-0001-0000", "contents": "2018 British Motocross Championship\nGraeme Irwin started the season as defending Champion in the MX1 class, having taken his first national title in the 2017 Championship. In the MX2 class, Ben Watson started the season as defending champion, but he did not compete in the series in 2018.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [35, 35], "content_span": [36, 288]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277870-0000-0000", "contents": "2018 British National Track Championships\nThe 2018 British National Track Championships were a series of track cycling competitions held from 26\u201328 January 2018 at the Manchester Velodrome. They are organised and sanctioned by British Cycling, and were open to British cyclists. The championships were sponsored by HSBC.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [41, 41], "content_span": [42, 320]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277871-0000-0000", "contents": "2018 British Rally Championship\nThe 2018 MSA British Rally Championship was the 60th season of the series, the premier rally competition in the UK.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [31, 31], "content_span": [32, 147]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277871-0001-0000", "contents": "2018 British Rally Championship, Calendar\nThe 2018 championship was to be contested over seven rounds in six territories England, Scotland, Wales, Northern Ireland, Isle of Man and for the second time Belgium however two events were cancelled. The events was held on both tarmac and gravel surfaces.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 41], "content_span": [42, 299]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277871-0002-0000", "contents": "2018 British Rally Championship, Calendar\nBorder Counties Rally: On 2 March it was announced by press release that the 2018 event would be postponed. This was due to severe winter weather in the area on the weekend prior to the expected date of 10 March that would impede the stage preparation. Organisers were in talks with the BRC to make alternative arrangements however no date could be agreed and the event was abandoned for 2018.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 41], "content_span": [42, 435]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277871-0003-0000", "contents": "2018 British Rally Championship, Calendar\nRally Isle of Man: On 2 September the organisers of the Rally Isle of Man, due to be held in September would be cancelled. The reason given was delays in securing the necessary Road Closure Order from the Isle of Man's Department of Infrastructure. The event is also absent from the 2019 calendar.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 41], "content_span": [42, 339]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277871-0004-0000", "contents": "2018 British Rally Championship, Drivers Points Classification\nPoints are awarded in each class as follows: 25, 18, 15, 12, 10, 8, 6, 4, 2, 1. Competitors may nominate one event as their 'joker', on which they will score additional points: 5, 4, 3, 2, 1. Competitors six best scores will count towards their championship total, including the final round. The final round of the championship wase a double-header for points as the rally was split into two point scoring rounds.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 62], "content_span": [63, 476]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277872-0000-0000", "contents": "2018 British Rowing Junior Championships\nThe 2018 British Rowing Junior Championships were the 47th edition of the National Junior Championships, held from 20\u201322 July 2018 at the National Water Sports Centre in Holme Pierrepont, Nottingham. They were organised and sanctioned by British Rowing, and are open to British junior rowers.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [40, 40], "content_span": [41, 333]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277873-0000-0000", "contents": "2018 British Rowing Senior Championships\nThe 2018 British Rowing Senior Championships were the 47th edition of the National Senior Championships, held from 20\u201321 October 2018 at the National Water Sports Centre in Holme Pierrepont, Nottingham. They were organised and sanctioned by British Rowing, and are open to British rowers.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [40, 40], "content_span": [41, 329]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277874-0000-0000", "contents": "2018 British Speedway Championship\nThe 2018 British Speedway Championship was the 58th edition of the British Speedway Championship. Craig Cook was the defending champion having won the title in 2017. The competition consisted of two semi-finals and a final, with eight riders qualifying from each semi-final. The championship was won by Robert Lambert for the first time, scoring a maximum in the final. Dan Bewley finished second in his first ever appearance, while Cook took third place.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [34, 34], "content_span": [35, 490]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277874-0001-0000", "contents": "2018 British Speedway Championship, Results, The Final\nm - exclusion for exceeding two minute time allowance \u2022 t - exclusion for touching the tapes \u2022 x - other exclusion \u2022 e - retired or mechanical failure \u2022 f - fell \u2022 ns - non-starter \u2022 nc - non-classify", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 54], "content_span": [55, 261]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277875-0000-0000", "contents": "2018 British Superbike Championship\nThe 2018 British Superbike Championship season is the 31st British Superbike Championship season. Shane Byrne will start the season as the defending Champion, having secured his sixth overall title in the British Superbike Championship.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [35, 35], "content_span": [36, 273]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277875-0001-0000", "contents": "2018 British Superbike Championship, Race calendar and results\nNOTE: Following concerns at Silverstone Circuit as a result of the MotoGP round cancellation, the shorter National Circuit was used.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 62], "content_span": [63, 196]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277875-0002-0000", "contents": "2018 British Superbike Championship, Championship standings, Riders' championship\nPoints are awarded to the top fifteen finishers. A rider has to finish the race to earn points.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 81], "content_span": [82, 177]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277876-0000-0000", "contents": "2018 British Touring Car Championship\nThe 2018 British Touring Car Championship (commonly abbreviated as BTCC) was a motor racing championship for production-based touring cars held across England and Scotland. It was sponsored by Dunlop. The championship featured a mix of professional motor racing teams and privately funded amateur drivers competing in highly modified versions of family cars which were sold to the general public and conform to the technical regulations for the championship. The 2018 season was the 61st British Touring Car Championship season and the eighth season for cars conforming to the Next Generation Touring Car (NGTC) technical specification. The 2018 season also marked the 60th anniversary since the series\u2019 introduction.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [37, 37], "content_span": [38, 755]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277876-0001-0000", "contents": "2018 British Touring Car Championship\nThe thirty races held during the season saw seventeen different drivers win a race, setting a new championship record. Six drivers won their first race, but Jason Plato went through a season without winning a race for the first time since his debut in 1997.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [37, 37], "content_span": [38, 295]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277876-0002-0000", "contents": "2018 British Touring Car Championship, Race calendar\nThe championship calendar was announced by the championship organisers on 26 May 2017. All the circuits from the 2017 season will host rounds again with the only change being the rounds at Rockingham Motor Speedway and Knockhill Racing Circuit switching places. In October 2017, the BTCC bosses announced that Snetterton Motor Racing Circuit will play host to a special extended race this season as part of the series\u2019 60th anniversary celebrations.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 52], "content_span": [53, 502]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277877-0000-0000", "contents": "2018 British baseball season\nThe 2018 season was the 89th season of competitive baseball in the United Kingdom.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [28, 28], "content_span": [29, 111]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277877-0001-0000", "contents": "2018 British baseball season\nThe season began in April and ran until early September.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [28, 28], "content_span": [29, 85]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277877-0002-0000", "contents": "2018 British baseball season, British Baseball Federation leagues, National Baseball League\nLondon Mets defeated Hertfordshire Falcons in the finals, two games to nil.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 91], "content_span": [92, 167]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277877-0003-0000", "contents": "2018 British baseball season, British Baseball League\nThe British Baseball League is unaffiliated to the British Baseball Federation.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 53], "content_span": [54, 133]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277878-0000-0000", "contents": "2018 British cabinet reshuffle\nTheresa May carried out the first reshuffle of her minority government in January 2018. Following the resignation of her deputy, Damian Green as First Secretary of State in December 2017, the reshuffle had been highly anticipated and briefed in the press. There were reports of \"up to a quarter\" of her cabinet ministers who might lose their positions, including Boris Johnson, who had been seen to cause a number of political gaffes during his term as Foreign Secretary.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [30, 30], "content_span": [31, 502]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277878-0000-0001", "contents": "2018 British cabinet reshuffle\nThe reshuffle was seen as an opportunity for the Prime Minister to reassert her authority, greatly diminished following the result of the snap general election in the previous summer. Despite being described by 10 Downing Street as a chance to \"refresh\" the Cabinet, few changes were made to the ministerial line-up. On 9 January, newspaper headlines reflected the chaotic nature of May's reshuffle, with The Daily Telegraph describing it as, \"The Night of the Blunt Stiletto\", a reference to the 1962 reshuffle carried out by Harold Macmillan.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [30, 30], "content_span": [31, 575]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277878-0001-0000", "contents": "2018 British cabinet reshuffle\nIt was widely reported Jeremy Hunt was due to be moved from the Department for Health to become Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, but refused. Instead he defended his position as Health Secretary and convinced May to allow him to remain in post, and for \"Social Care\" to be added to the name of his department. After considerable speculation, Justine Greening would lose her job as Education Secretary, she refused the offer of Secretary of State for Work and Pensions and chose instead to resign from the government.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [30, 30], "content_span": [31, 579]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277878-0002-0000", "contents": "2018 British cabinet reshuffle, Reaction\nThe reshuffle was widely considered a political failure, falling short of the expectation for a radical shake-up. The Guardian called it a \"pointless luxury\" that would cost the government, and Gary Gibbon of Channel 4 News noted it had revealed the Prime Minister's weakened position, naming the reshuffle the \"Night of the Long Plastic Forks\". Writing his editorial in the London Evening Standard, George Osborne credited May with orchestrating \"the worst reshuffle in modern history\".", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 40], "content_span": [41, 528]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277878-0003-0000", "contents": "2018 British cabinet reshuffle, Reaction, Resignation of Justine Greening\nJustine Greening was reported to have spent over three hours inside 10 Downing Street, discussing her political future with the Prime Minister. Despite being offered the position of Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, Greening refused to leave the Department for Education, describing it as being her \"dream job\". Soon after she emerged from Number 10, her formal resignation was announced and May expressed her disappointment at the decision. In a statement on Twitter, Greening wrote: \"Social mobility matters to me & our country more than my ministerial career.\" \u2013 some thought this to be alluding to her criticism of May's grammar schools policy.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 73], "content_span": [74, 730]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277878-0004-0000", "contents": "2018 British cabinet reshuffle, Reaction, Resignation of Justine Greening\nMany commentators wrote of their dismay at Greening's resignation. Melissa Benn, founder of the Local Schools Network, described her departure as \"bad news for anyone who cares about education,\" and Stephen Bush wrote in the New Statesman that May's treatment of her Education Secretary \"makes no sense at all\". Bush reasoned Greening was a successful minister who did not deserve demotion to Work and Pensions, and her return to the backbench could add a vote to the bloc of anti-Brexit Tory MPs, given that she represented Putney, a heavily pro-Remain constituency.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 73], "content_span": [74, 641]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277878-0004-0001", "contents": "2018 British cabinet reshuffle, Reaction, Resignation of Justine Greening\nRuth Davidson, leader of the Scottish Conservatives, praised Greening as \"a real role model for LGBT+ Conservatives\", and Labour MP Jonathan Reynolds tweeted that: \"A Conservative Party which can find a role for Toby Young but not for Justine Greening is one that can be beaten.\" Faisal Islam of Sky News reported a number of Conservative MPs had privately expressed their anger at Greening's treatment, calling it a \"dreadful error\".", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 73], "content_span": [74, 508]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277878-0005-0000", "contents": "2018 British cabinet reshuffle, Reaction, Failure to move Jeremy Hunt\nJeremy Hunt's meeting with the Prime Minister lasted over an hour, during which time Greg Clark, the Business Secretary, had arrived. Hunt and Clark were expected to swap jobs but Hunt refused, convincing Theresa May to allow him to stay at the Department and to widen his brief to include social care. May's willingness to accept Hunt's request was seen as a sign of her diminished authority, which she had hoped to improve by carrying out such a reshuffle.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 69], "content_span": [70, 528]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277878-0006-0000", "contents": "2018 British cabinet reshuffle, Reaction, Failure to move Jeremy Hunt\nComparison were drawn between Hunt's success at persuading May to allow him to continue in his role, and Justine Greening's failure to do so. Anonymous Tory MPs were quoted as saying the Prime Minister had \"caved into boys but not a woman\", expanding the brief of a disloyal minister while forcing a loyal one to resign.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 69], "content_span": [70, 390]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277878-0007-0000", "contents": "2018 British cabinet reshuffle, Reaction, Renamed government departments\nIn the reshuffle, the Department of Health (DH) became the Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC), and the Department for Communities and Local Government (DCLG) became the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government (MHCLG). It was stated by the government these changes had been made in order to reflect the government's renewed focus on housing and social care issues. Crisis, the national charity for single homeless people, tweeted its approval of the change, though others have criticised it as a rebranding exercise.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 72], "content_span": [73, 611]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277878-0007-0001", "contents": "2018 British cabinet reshuffle, Reaction, Renamed government departments\nIt transpired the DH's name change only related to the department taking responsibility for the social care green paper that had been overseen by the Cabinet Office, rather than any representing any meaningful structural change. The Leader of the Opposition, Jeremy Corbyn, called rebranding the departments a \"pointless and lacklustre PR exercise\" that would not deliver real change. He stated: \"You can\u2019t make up for nearly eight years of failure by changing the name of a department.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 72], "content_span": [73, 560]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277878-0008-0000", "contents": "2018 British cabinet reshuffle, Reaction, Controversy over Maria Caulfield's appointment\nThe British Pregnancy Advisory Service tweeted a statement in the wake of Maria Caulfield's appointment as Vice Chairman of the Conservative Party for Women, saying they were \"incredibly disappointed\", due to her anti-abortion voting record. They referred specifically to her opposition to the Reproductive Health (Access to Terminations) Bill, a Ten Minute Rule bill put forward by Diana Johnson in March 2017, which proposed to end prosecutions against women who terminated their pregnancies without permission. Caulfield's appointment was also criticised by actor and activist Gillian Anderson and the leader of the Women's Equality Party, Sophie Walker, who stated: \"Someone who believes (abortion rights) should be restricted can never advocate effectively for (women).\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 88], "content_span": [89, 864]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277878-0009-0000", "contents": "2018 British cabinet reshuffle, Reaction, Notable media gaffes\nEven before any official announcement had been issued by Downing Street, there was criticism about the organisation and handling of the reshuffle. This narrative began with a tweet sent out by the Conservative Campaign Headquarters account, congratulating Chris Grayling on his appointment as Chairman of the Conservative Party. Although it was quickly deleted, the error soon caught the media's attention. Some mockingly suggested Grayling had broken the record for the shortest tenure as Party Chairman.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 62], "content_span": [63, 568]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277878-0010-0000", "contents": "2018 British cabinet reshuffle, Reaction, Notable media gaffes\nJeremy Hunt 'liked' a tweet from Paul Staines, breaking the news of Justine Greening's resignation. Hunt swiftly apologised and insisted he had accidentally pressed the 'like' button, adding his admiration for Greening.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 62], "content_span": [63, 282]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277879-0000-0000", "contents": "2018 British motorcycle Grand Prix\nThe 2018 British motorcycle Grand Prix was the scheduled twelfth round of the 2018 MotoGP season. Planned to be held at the Silverstone Circuit in Silverstone on 26 August 2018, the race was cancelled due to heavy rain. This is the first cancelled MotoGP race since the cancellation of the MotoGP class race during the 2011 Malaysian Grand Prix due to Marco Simoncelli's fatal accident, and also marks for the first time since the 1980 Austrian Grand Prix that racing for all classes was cancelled.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [34, 34], "content_span": [35, 533]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277879-0001-0000", "contents": "2018 British motorcycle Grand Prix, Qualifying\nQualifying was conducted on 25 August 2018, with Jorge Lorenzo on a Ducati taking the MotoGP pole with a time of 2:10.155. Francesco Bagnaia scored the Moto2 pole at 2:08.153, and Jorge Mart\u00edn in a Honda claimed the Moto3 pole at 2:13.292, all with inclement weather involved.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 46], "content_span": [47, 323]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277879-0002-0000", "contents": "2018 British motorcycle Grand Prix, Track surface issues\nOn 9 February 2018, Silverstone Circuit announced the track would be repaved in its entirety for the first time since 1996. Shortly after the track was repaved and opened for testing, Cal Crutchlow said the new surface was perfect to Dorna officials.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 56], "content_span": [57, 307]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277879-0003-0000", "contents": "2018 British motorcycle Grand Prix, Track surface issues\nFive months later, during the Formula One round at Silverstone in early July, Lewis Hamilton blasted the repaving as \"wasted money,\" calling it the \"worst job ever,\" saying the rough surface was worse than the N\u00fcrburgring Nordschleife. Carlos Sainz, Jr. said the roughness of the surface, especially bumps, were worse after the repaving.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 56], "content_span": [57, 394]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277879-0004-0000", "contents": "2018 British motorcycle Grand Prix, Track surface issues\nShortly after the cancellation, MotoGP officials blamed the track's newly repaved surface as the problem. Media reports from various motorsport sites noted the problems since the F1 race and the new tarmac was to blame.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 56], "content_span": [57, 276]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277879-0005-0000", "contents": "2018 British motorcycle Grand Prix, Track surface issues\nOn 8 May 2019, Silverstone announced as part of extending its MotoGP contract to 2021 that the circuit will be repaved again in June, two months before the MotoGP race.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 56], "content_span": [57, 225]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277880-0000-0000", "contents": "2018 Brno municipal election\nBrno municipal election in 2018 will be held as part of 2018 Czech municipal elections.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [28, 28], "content_span": [29, 116]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277880-0001-0000", "contents": "2018 Brno municipal election, Background\nPrevious election was held in 2014. It was a victory for ANO 2011. Joke party called To Live Brno was also successful. To Live Brno is inspired by Icelandic Best Party. ANO formed coalition with To Live Brno, Green Party and Christian and Democratic Union \u2013 Czechoslovak People's Party. Petr Vok\u0159\u00e1l from ANO became Mayor of Brno.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 40], "content_span": [41, 370]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277880-0002-0000", "contents": "2018 Brno municipal election, Background\nTo Live Brno decided to not participate in 2018 election. Its members instead sought nomination from Czech Pirate Party. Pitrates decided to nominate Tom\u00e1\u0161 Kol\u00e1\u010dn\u00fd as its leader. Only one member of To Live Brno received nomination from Pirate Party.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 40], "content_span": [41, 291]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277880-0003-0000", "contents": "2018 Brno municipal election, Background\nThe Civic Democratic Party announced on 24 April 2018 that it will participate election with support of Party of Free Citizens. Mark\u00e9ta Va\u0148kov\u00e1 became candidate for Mayor. Party launched its campaign along with the announcement. Va\u0148kov\u00e1 stated that she isn't satisfied with the current political development in Brno. She criticised ruling coalition for stagnation. She noted that many projects started by previous coalition aren't finished yet.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 40], "content_span": [41, 485]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277881-0000-0000", "contents": "2018 Bromley London Borough Council election\nThe 2018 Bromley London Borough Council election took place on 3 May 2018 to elect members of Bromley London Borough Council in England. This was the same day as other local elections.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [44, 44], "content_span": [45, 229]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277881-0001-0000", "contents": "2018 Bromley London Borough Council election\nBromley was one of the boroughs subject to a trial of voter ID restrictions requiring the production of photographic ID or 2 other forms of ID.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [44, 44], "content_span": [45, 188]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277881-0002-0000", "contents": "2018 Bromley London Borough Council election, 2018-2022 by-elections\nThe by-election was called following the resignation of Dave Wibberley.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [46, 68], "content_span": [69, 140]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277882-0000-0000", "contents": "2018 Broome flood\nThe 2018 Broome flood was a severe flood that occurred in January and February 2018 in and around Broome in the Kimberley region of Western Australia.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 17], "section_span": [17, 17], "content_span": [18, 168]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277882-0001-0000", "contents": "2018 Broome flood\nThe flooding was triggered following record breaking rainfall. Broome received 1,502 millimetres (59\u00a0in) of rainfall in the first two months of 2018, the equivalent of two years worth.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 17], "section_span": [17, 17], "content_span": [18, 202]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277882-0002-0000", "contents": "2018 Broome flood\nThe rainfall was caused by Cyclone Joyce, which struck Broome on 12 January 2018. Another tropical low struck the area two weeks later, which delivered further rains. Cyclone Kelvin then hit On 16 February.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 17], "section_span": [17, 17], "content_span": [18, 224]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277882-0003-0000", "contents": "2018 Broome flood\nDampier Creek and other waterways burst their banks and inundated low-lying areas. The town became isolated when the Great Northern Highway was cut to the south and east of the town. Some residents of surrounding areas had to be evacuated and supplies had to be air dropped to isolated communities.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 17], "section_span": [17, 17], "content_span": [18, 316]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277882-0004-0000", "contents": "2018 Broome flood\nAn area of the Kimberley about the size of Victoria was isolated once the highway was cut. The floodwater also caused damage to around 100 kilometres (62\u00a0mi) of the road between Broome and Derby with another 12\u00a0km (7\u00a0mi) remaining underwater south of Broome near Roebuck Plains a week after the floods.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 17], "section_span": [17, 17], "content_span": [18, 320]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277883-0000-0000", "contents": "2018 Brown Bears football team\nThe 2018 Brown Bears football team represented Brown University in the 2018 NCAA Division I FCS football season. They were led by 21st-year head coach Phil Estes and played their home games at Brown Stadium. They were a member of the Ivy League. They finished the season 1\u20139, 0\u20137 in Ivy League play to finish in last place.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [30, 30], "content_span": [31, 354]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277883-0001-0000", "contents": "2018 Brown Bears football team, Previous season\nThe Bears finished the 2017 season 2\u20138, 0\u20137 in Ivy League play to finish in eighth place.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 47], "content_span": [48, 137]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277883-0002-0000", "contents": "2018 Brown Bears football team, Schedule\nThe 2018 schedule consisted of five home games and five away games. The Bears hosted Ivy League foes Harvard, Cornell, Penn, and Columbia, and traveled to Princeton, Yale, and Dartmouth.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 40], "content_span": [41, 227]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277883-0003-0000", "contents": "2018 Brown Bears football team, Schedule\nIn 2018, Brown's non-conference opponents were Cal Poly of the Big Sky Conference, Georgetown of the Patriot League, and Rhode Island of the Colonial Athletic Association.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 40], "content_span": [41, 212]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277884-0000-0000", "contents": "2018 Brownlow Medal\nThe 2018 Brownlow Medal was the 91st year the award was presented to the player adjudged the fairest and best player during the Australian Football League (AFL) home-and-away season. Tom Mitchell of the Hawthorn Football Club won the medal with 28 votes.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [19, 19], "content_span": [20, 274]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277884-0001-0000", "contents": "2018 Brownlow Medal, Voting procedure\nThe three field umpires (those umpires who control the flow of the game, as opposed to goal or boundary umpires) confer after each match and award three votes, two votes, and one vote to the players they regard as the best, second-best and third-best in the match, respectively. The votes are kept secret until the awards night, and they are read and tallied on the evening.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 37], "content_span": [38, 412]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277885-0000-0000", "contents": "2018 Bruce County municipal elections\nElections were held in Bruce County, Ontario on October 22, 2018 in conjunction with municipal elections across the province.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [37, 37], "content_span": [38, 163]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277885-0001-0000", "contents": "2018 Bruce County municipal elections, Bruce County Council\nBruce County Council consists of the mayors of the constituent municipalities.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 59], "content_span": [60, 138]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277886-0000-0000", "contents": "2018 Brussels Cycling Classic\nThe 2018 Brussels Cycling Classic was the 98th edition of the Brussels Cycling Classic road cycling one day race. It was held on 1 September 2018 as part of the 2018 UCI Europe Tour as a 1.HC event.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [29, 29], "content_span": [30, 228]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277886-0001-0000", "contents": "2018 Brussels Cycling Classic, Teams\nTwenty-four teams participated in the race, of which eight were UCI WorldTour teams, fifteen were UCI Professional Continental teams, and one was a UCI Continental Team. Each team entered seven riders with the exceptions of Fortuneo\u2013Samsic, Israel Cycling Academy, and Nippo\u2013Vini Fantini\u2013Europa Ovini, who each entered six riders, meaning the race started with a peloton of 165 riders. Of these riders, 129 riders finished and 36 did not.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 36], "content_span": [37, 475]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277887-0000-0000", "contents": "2018 Brussels stabbing attack\nThe 2018 Brussels stabbing attack occurred on 20 November 2018 when a man wielding two knives attacked police officers outside a police station adjacent to Brussels' Grand Place. A police officer was wounded and the attacker was shot and injured by the police. Both the attacker and a wounded officer were hospitalized with non life-threatening injuries. An investigation for possible links to terrorism is underway. Jan Jambon, Belgium's Minister of the Interior and Security, said the suspect had been interned and recently freed.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [29, 29], "content_span": [30, 562]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277887-0001-0000", "contents": "2018 Brussels stabbing attack, Incident\nAt around 5.30\u00a0am local time (CET) on 20 November 2018 a man attacked two policemen outside a police station adjacent to the Grand Place, stabbing one of the officers in the neck with a knife. Witnesses reported that the knife-wielding attacker screamed \u201cAllahu Akbar\u201d as he threw himself at the two policemen.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 39], "content_span": [40, 350]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277887-0002-0000", "contents": "2018 Brussels stabbing attack, Impact\nThe wounded officer was then rushed to the hospital. The Belgian police said that the officer who was injured was not in life-threatening danger, but would be incapacitated for many weeks. The attacker, who wielded two kitchen knives, survived his injuries, but was left in a critical condition.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 37], "content_span": [38, 333]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277887-0003-0000", "contents": "2018 Brussels stabbing attack, Suspect\nBelgian media reported the man, named by local press only as \"Issam T,\" was known to police for robbery and violent crimes but not for any links to Islamic terrorism. He was released from a secure hospital in October against the recommendation of the office of the public prosecutor, which has now opened an investigation into \u201cattempted murder with a terrorist motive\u201d. The suspect had previously tried to kill a prison guard.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 38], "content_span": [39, 467]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277887-0004-0000", "contents": "2018 Brussels stabbing attack, Investigation\nOn 23 November, via a warrant issued for \"murder and acts of terrorism\", police searched the home of a friend of the suspect.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 44], "content_span": [45, 170]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277888-0000-0000", "contents": "2018 Brussels summit\nThe 2018 Brussels Summit of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) was the 29th formal meeting of the heads of state and heads of government of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization, held in Brussels, Belgium, on 11 and 12 July 2018.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [20, 20], "content_span": [21, 262]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277888-0001-0000", "contents": "2018 Brussels summit, Controversy\nOn the opening day of the conference the President of the United States, Donald Trump, caused controversy by asserting that Germany is beholden to Russia over its involvement in the Nord Stream gas pipeline project aimed at doubling energy imports from Russia. German Chancellor Angela Merkel, who grew up in Soviet-controlled East Germany, rebuffed Trump's comments and noted \"I am very happy that today we are united in freedom, the Federal Republic of Germany. Because of that we can say that we can make our independent policies and make independent decisions.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 33], "content_span": [34, 599]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277888-0002-0000", "contents": "2018 Brussels summit, Controversy\nThe New York Times reported on 9 August 2018 that Trump's senior national security advisors, concerned that Trump might disrupt the summit as he did by refusing to sign the communiqu\u00e9 at the June G7 summit, scrambled to secure a formal policy agreement during the weeks before the summit.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 33], "content_span": [34, 322]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277888-0003-0000", "contents": "2018 Brussels summit, Security\nFor the first time a RF Drone Detection System was used (a white dome seen at the right rooftop of the summit picture).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 30], "content_span": [31, 150]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277889-0000-0000", "contents": "2018 Bryant Bulldogs football team\nThe 2018 Bryant Bulldogs football team represented Bryant University during the 2018 NCAA Division I FCS football season. They were led by second-year head coach James Perry and played their home games at Beirne Stadium. They were a member of the Northeast Conference. They finished the season 6\u20135, 2\u20134 in NEC play to finish in a tie for fifth place.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [34, 34], "content_span": [35, 385]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277889-0001-0000", "contents": "2018 Bryant Bulldogs football team\nOn December 3, head coach James Perry resigned to become the head coach at Brown. He finished at Bryant with a two-year record of 12\u201310.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [34, 34], "content_span": [35, 171]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277889-0002-0000", "contents": "2018 Bryant Bulldogs football team, Previous season\nThe Bulldogs finished the 2017 season 6\u20135, 4\u20132 in NEC play to finish in a tie for second place.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 51], "content_span": [52, 147]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277889-0003-0000", "contents": "2018 Bryant Bulldogs football team, Preseason, NEC coaches poll\nThe NEC released their preseason coaches poll on July 24, 2018, with the Bulldogs predicted to finish in third place.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 63], "content_span": [64, 181]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277889-0004-0000", "contents": "2018 Bryant Bulldogs football team, Preseason, Preseason All-NEC team\nThe Bulldogs placed six players on the preseason all-NEC team.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 69], "content_span": [70, 132]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277890-0000-0000", "contents": "2018 Br\u0103ila attack\nThe 2018 Br\u0103ila attack occurred on November 11, 2018, where ten people were injured after a man stole a car before stabbing the owner and driving into people off the road and into a shopping mall in Br\u0103ila, Romania.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [18, 18], "content_span": [19, 234]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277890-0001-0000", "contents": "2018 Br\u0103ila attack, The attack\nThe attacker stole the car in the village of Cazasu, stabbed the owner, made some victims going onto the road then headed towards the Br\u0103ila Mall. The attacker entered the main door wounding more people, one witness recalled that the attacker constantly cried out \"There must be blood flowing in the country!\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [20, 30], "content_span": [31, 340]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277890-0002-0000", "contents": "2018 Br\u0103ila attack, The attack, Perpetrator\nThe perpetrator was Valentin Marius Parfenie, a 20-year-old from Br\u0103ila. He had obtained his driving license in February 2018. He had problems with the law in the past; he and his father had assaulted a man. He was 17 when he committed these criminal acts, according to local police. Valentin's father was sentenced to two years imprisonment and Valentin received his oversight for six months. Valentin was incoherent, drunk and under the influence of drugs at the time of the attack.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [20, 43], "content_span": [44, 528]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277891-0000-0000", "contents": "2018 Bucharest Open\nThe 2018 BRD Bucharest Open was a tennis tournament played on outdoor clay courts. It was the fifth edition of the tournament and part of the International category of the 2018 WTA Tour. It was held from 16 to 22 July 2018 at the Arenele BNR in Bucharest, Romania.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [19, 19], "content_span": [20, 284]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277891-0001-0000", "contents": "2018 Bucharest Open, Singles main draw entrants, Other entrants\nThe following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 63], "content_span": [64, 132]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277891-0002-0000", "contents": "2018 Bucharest Open, Singles main draw entrants, Other entrants\nThe following players received entry using a protected ranking into the singles main draw:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 63], "content_span": [64, 154]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277891-0003-0000", "contents": "2018 Bucharest Open, WTA doubles main draw entrants, Other entrants\nThe following pairs received wildcards into the doubles main draw:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 67], "content_span": [68, 134]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277892-0000-0000", "contents": "2018 Bucharest Open \u2013 Doubles\nIrina-Camelia Begu and Raluca Olaru were the defending champions, but chose not to participate together. Olaru played alongside Mihaela Buz\u0103rnescu, but lost in the semifinals to Danka Kovini\u0107 and Maryna Zanevska. Begu teamed up with Andreea Mitu and successfully defended the title, defeating Kovini\u0107 and Zanevska in the final, 6\u20133, 6\u20134.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [29, 29], "content_span": [30, 367]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277893-0000-0000", "contents": "2018 Bucharest Open \u2013 Singles\nIrina-Camelia Begu was the defending champion, but lost to Ons Jabeur in the first round.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [29, 29], "content_span": [30, 119]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277893-0001-0000", "contents": "2018 Bucharest Open \u2013 Singles\nAnastasija Sevastova won the title, defeating Petra Marti\u0107 in the final, 7\u20136(7\u20134), 6\u20132.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [29, 29], "content_span": [30, 117]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277894-0000-0000", "contents": "2018 Bucknell Bison football team\nThe 2018 Bucknell Bison football team represented Bucknell University in the 2018 NCAA Division I FCS football season. They were led by ninth-year head coach Joe Susan and played their home games at Christy Mathewson\u2013Memorial Stadium. They were a member of the Patriot League. They finished the season 1\u201310, 1\u20135 in Patriot League play to finish in last place.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [33, 33], "content_span": [34, 393]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277894-0001-0000", "contents": "2018 Bucknell Bison football team, Previous season\nThe Bison finished the 2017 season 5\u20136, 2\u20134 in Patriot League play to finish in sixth place.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 50], "content_span": [51, 143]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277894-0002-0000", "contents": "2018 Bucknell Bison football team, Preseason, Preseason coaches poll\nThe Patriot League released their preseason coaches poll on July 26, 2018, with the Bison predicted to finish in a tie for fifth place.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 68], "content_span": [69, 204]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277894-0003-0000", "contents": "2018 Bucknell Bison football team, Preseason, Preseason All-Patriot League team\nThe Bison placed two players on the preseason all-Patriot League team.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 79], "content_span": [80, 150]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277895-0000-0000", "contents": "2018 Budapest Formula 2 round\nThe 2018 Hungaroring FIA Formula 2 round was a pair of motor races held on 28 and 29 July 2018 at the Hungaroring in Mogyor\u00f3d, Hungary as part of the FIA Formula 2 Championship. It was the eighth round of the 2018 FIA Formula 2 Championship and was run in support of the 2018 Hungarian Grand Prix.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [29, 29], "content_span": [30, 327]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277896-0000-0000", "contents": "2018 Budha Subba Gold Cup\n2018 Budha Subba Gold Cup (:ne\u092c\u0941\u0922\u093e\u0938\u0941\u092c\u094d\u092c\u093e \u0917\u094b\u0932\u094d\u0921\u0915\u092a \u0968\u0966\u096d\u096b) is a football tournament of Nepali Football. This is the 20th session of Budha Subba Gold Cup. Three Star Club won this football tournament against Nepal Police Club.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [25, 25], "content_span": [26, 247]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277897-0000-0000", "contents": "2018 Buffalo Bandits season\nThe Buffalo Bandits are a lacrosse team based in Buffalo, New York playing in the National Lacrosse League (NLL). The 2018 season was their 27th season in the NLL.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [27, 27], "content_span": [28, 191]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277897-0001-0000", "contents": "2018 Buffalo Bandits season, Regular season, Final standings\nx:\u00a0Clinched playoff berth; c:\u00a0Clinched playoff berth by crossing over to another division; y:\u00a0Clinched division; z:\u00a0Clinched best regular season record; GP:\u00a0Games PlayedW:\u00a0Wins; L:\u00a0Losses; GB:\u00a0Games back; PCT:\u00a0Win percentage; Home:\u00a0Record at Home; Road:\u00a0Record on the Road; GF:\u00a0Goals scored; GA:\u00a0Goals allowedDifferential:\u00a0Difference between goals scored and allowed; GF/GP:\u00a0Average number of goals scored per game; GA/GP:\u00a0Average number of goals allowed per game", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 60], "content_span": [61, 524]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277897-0002-0000", "contents": "2018 Buffalo Bandits season, Roster, Entry Draft\nThe 2017 NLL Entry Draft took place on September 18, 2017. The Bandits made the following selections:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 48], "content_span": [49, 150]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277898-0000-0000", "contents": "2018 Buffalo Bills season\nThe 2018 Buffalo Bills season was the franchise's 49th season in the National Football League, and the 59th overall. The season also marked the fourth full season under the ownership of Terry and Kim Pegula and their second under the head coach/general manager tandem of Sean McDermott and Brandon Beane. The team previously finished with a 9\u20137 record in 2017 and returned to the playoffs for the first time after having not been to the playoffs since 1999.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [25, 25], "content_span": [26, 483]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277898-0000-0001", "contents": "2018 Buffalo Bills season\nAfter a 21\u201317 loss to the rival Miami Dolphins in Week 13, the Bills failed to match their 9\u20137 record from the previous season. They were officially eliminated from playoff contention the following week with a 27\u201323 loss to the New York Jets, ultimately finishing with a 6\u201310 record as numerous players from the previous season departed via trades, roster cuts or retirement. They went 4\u20133 in their last 7 games. This season was also notable for being the first season for quarterback Josh Allen and the last one for longtime defensive tackle Kyle Williams. As of the recent season, this is the only time where Coach Sean McDermott has not led the Bills to the playoffs.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [25, 25], "content_span": [26, 696]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277898-0001-0000", "contents": "2018 Buffalo Bills season, Offseason\nOn May 1, 2018, three weeks after the 2017\u201318 Buffalo Sabres season ended, team president Russ Brandon announced his resignation from Pegula Sports and Entertainment. In a statement to the press, Brandon stated that the departure had been planned since he had reached 20 years with the Bills in November 2017 and that he fulfilled his duties to the Bills and Sabres for the remainder of the Sabres' season before tendering his resignation. A report in The Buffalo News claimed that Brandon had been subject to an internal investigation regarding inappropriate relationships with female employees; neither the Bills, Sabres nor Brandon mentioned such in their statements.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 36], "content_span": [37, 707]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277898-0002-0000", "contents": "2018 Buffalo Bills season, Preseason\nThe Bills' preseason opponents and schedule was announced on April 11, 2018. For the first time since at least 2005, the Detroit Lions, who the Bills played in Week 15, were not included on the preseason schedule.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 36], "content_span": [37, 250]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277898-0003-0000", "contents": "2018 Buffalo Bills season, Regular season, Schedule\nThe Bills' 2018 schedule was announced on April 19, 2018.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 51], "content_span": [52, 109]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277898-0004-0000", "contents": "2018 Buffalo Bills season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 1: at Baltimore Ravens\nPlayed in heavy rain, the lopsided game saw a dominant performance from Ravens QB Joe Flacco, who completed 25 of 34 passes for 236 yards and three touchdowns against the Bills defense before handing the reigns off to rookie Lamar Jackson. Buffalo was unable to keep pace on offense, finishing without a first down until the third quarter. Bills QB Nathan Peterman completed just 5/18 attempts for 24 yards and two interceptions, good for a 0.0 passer rating before being benched for rookie Josh Allen in the third quarter. With a final score of 47-3 in favor of Baltimore, Buffalo suffered its worst season-opening loss ever and opened the 2018 season 0-1.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 86], "content_span": [87, 744]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277898-0005-0000", "contents": "2018 Buffalo Bills season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 2: vs. Los Angeles Chargers\nQB Josh Allen made his first career start in place of Nathan Peterman. This was also CB Vontae Davis' last game in the NFL as he abruptly retired during halftime after 10 seasons. Veteran LB Lorenzo Alexander called Davis' decision \"disrespectful\" and that he had \"never seen it, ever.\" Star RB LeSean McCoy left the game after suffering a strained rib muscle early in the second half.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 91], "content_span": [92, 477]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277898-0006-0000", "contents": "2018 Buffalo Bills season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 3: at Minnesota Vikings\nIn Josh Allen's second NFL start, he went 15/22 for 196 yards and a TD, earning him a 111.2 passer rating. He also added 39 rushing yards and two rushing touchdowns. The defense also sacked Vikings QB Kirk Cousins four times and intercepted him once. The Bills won this game despite being 16.5-point betting underdogs.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 87], "content_span": [88, 406]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277898-0007-0000", "contents": "2018 Buffalo Bills season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 4: at Green Bay Packers\nDespite holding the Aaron Rodgers-led Packers offense to just 22 points and forcing two turnovers, which included a Jordan Poyer interception, the Bills were unable to garner any points. With the team's first shutout loss since 2008, Buffalo fell to 1-3.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 87], "content_span": [88, 342]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277898-0008-0000", "contents": "2018 Buffalo Bills season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 5: vs. Tennessee Titans\nWith RB LeSean McCoy back to full health, the Bills maintained a run-heavy offensive game plan. QB Josh Allen scored his third rushing touchdown of the season and the Bills held the Titans offense, led by QB Marcus Mariota, in check in a defensive battle, aided by a Taron Johnson interception in the second quarter. The Bills maintained the lead throughout the game until the fourth quarter, but sealed the win with a 46-yard Steven Hauschka FG as time expired, improving the Bills to 2-3 on the season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 87], "content_span": [88, 592]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277898-0009-0000", "contents": "2018 Buffalo Bills season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 6: at Houston Texans\nThe Bills defense only allowed 216 yards from the Texans offense, sacking QB Deshaun Watson seven times and forcing three turnovers, but an inept performance by special teams gave the Texans good field position in the first half as Houston jumped to a 10-0 halftime lead. After leading the Bills to a field goal and moving the offense back into Texans territory a few drives later, Josh Allen was injured by a late hit from Texans LB Whitney Mercilus and was replaced by Nathan Peterman, who put the Bills in the lead with a touchdown pass to WR Zay Jones. However, after Houston tied the game at 13-13 late in the fourth quarter, Peterman threw two interceptions, including a pick-six to Texans CB Johnathan Joseph, which sealed the loss for Buffalo, dropping the team to 2-4.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 84], "content_span": [85, 862]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277898-0010-0000", "contents": "2018 Buffalo Bills season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 7: at Indianapolis Colts\nAfter Allen's injury in the previous game against the Texans and Peterman's poor performance in his relief, recently signed third-stringer Derek Anderson was named the starter on October 17, 2018. Sadly, not even Anderson could help the Bills, who suffered their worst loss since Week 1, as they were on the wrong end of a final score of 37-5, dropping to 2-5. This was the first NFL game to ever end in the score of 5-37", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 88], "content_span": [89, 510]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277898-0011-0000", "contents": "2018 Buffalo Bills season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 8: vs. New England Patriots\nIn the first Monday Night Football game hosted by Buffalo since losing to the Cleveland Browns, the Bills defense held up again, holding QB Tom Brady out of the end zone and limiting the Patriots to three Stephen Gostkowski field goals in the first half, but a late rushing touchdown by Patriots RB James White and a subsequent pick-six by CB Devin McCourty sealed yet another Patriots win over the Bills, with McCourty's interception occurring immediately after an overturned touchdown pass from Derek Anderson to Bills TE Jason Croom. The Bills retired RB Thurman Thomas' No. 34 jersey during halftime, with longtime ESPN host Chris Berman delivering the introductory speech.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 91], "content_span": [92, 769]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277898-0012-0000", "contents": "2018 Buffalo Bills season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 9: vs. Chicago Bears\nAfter Derek Anderson suffered a concussion in the previous game, Nathan Peterman made the start with the team with Josh Allen still out. The Bills continued their losing skid to four games with the 41-9 loss and fell to 2-7, matching their loss total from all of 2017.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 84], "content_span": [85, 353]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277898-0013-0000", "contents": "2018 Buffalo Bills season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 10: at New York Jets\nRecently signed quarterback Matt Barkley was named the starter against the New York Jets. The Bills snapped their four-game losing streak, dominating the Jets 41-10. Barkley's efficient performance in the win, coupled with the improving health of Josh Allen, led to the release of Nathan Peterman the following evening.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 84], "content_span": [85, 404]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277898-0014-0000", "contents": "2018 Buffalo Bills season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 12: vs. Jacksonville Jaguars\nIn a rematch of the 2017 wild-card game with the Jacksonville Jaguars, the Bills attained an early 14-0 lead, thanks to a rushing touchdown by newly-signed WR/KR Isaiah McKenzie and a 75-yard touchdown strike from Josh Allen to WR Robert Foster. However, Jacksonville fought back with two rushing touchdowns from RB Leonard Fournette in the second quarter.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 92], "content_span": [93, 449]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277898-0014-0001", "contents": "2018 Buffalo Bills season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 12: vs. Jacksonville Jaguars\nJacksonville was in position to claim the lead in the third quarter following a 30-yard reception by WR Donte Moncrief that put the Jaguars at the Bills 1-yard line, but a brawl that led to Fournette and Bills DE Shaq Lawson getting ejected plus two penalties on the Jaguars and defensive stops by the Bills forced the Jaguars to settle for a field goal attempt by Josh Lambo, who promptly missed.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 92], "content_span": [93, 490]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277898-0014-0002", "contents": "2018 Buffalo Bills season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 12: vs. Jacksonville Jaguars\nThe Bills then reclaimed the lead the following drive with a 14-yard touchdown run by Allen, then iced the game with a Jordan Poyer interception of QB Blake Bortles and subsequent Stephen Hauschka field goal, which was too much for Jacksonville to overcome despite scoring a touchdown afterwards. With the win, the Bills improved to 4-7.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 92], "content_span": [93, 430]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277898-0015-0000", "contents": "2018 Buffalo Bills season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 13: at Miami Dolphins\nBuffalo outgained Miami in terms of total offense, with 415 yards compared to just 175, but their struggles on special teams and penalties gave the Dolphins short fields and allowed QB Ryan Tannehill to pass for three touchdowns, including the eventual 13-yard game winner to WR Kenny Stills. The game came down to the final moments, when Josh Allen, who compiled 366 total yards on the day, attempted a fourth down pass to TE Charles Clay, who dropped it just outside the end zone. The failed conversion sealed the loss for the Bills as the team fell to 4-8.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 85], "content_span": [86, 645]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277898-0016-0000", "contents": "2018 Buffalo Bills season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 14: vs. New York Jets\nA late touchdown by Jets running back Elijah McGuire proved to be the game-winning score with just over a minute left. With the loss, the Bills fell to 4\u20139 and were eliminated from playoff contention. Linebacker Matt Milano suffered a broken fibula late in the game, ending his season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 85], "content_span": [86, 371]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277898-0017-0000", "contents": "2018 Buffalo Bills season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 15: vs. Detroit Lions\nWith running backs LeSean McCoy and Chris Ivory both injured, the Bills relied offensively on Josh Allen and backup halfbacks Marcus Murphy and Keith Ford, who both left the game at some point with their own injuries. Allen passed for 204 yards and a touchdown, adding a rushing score on 16 yards on the ground, as the Bills defense stifled the Lions offense throughout the game except the second quarter. Lions kicker Matt Prater missed a field goal and was unable to kick an extra point earlier due to a botched snap, allowing the Bills to win 14-13.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 85], "content_span": [86, 638]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277898-0018-0000", "contents": "2018 Buffalo Bills season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 16: at New England Patriots\nAllen's first game against the New England Patriots did not fare well for the Bills, as the Patriots won the game 24-12 to clinch the AFC East. In addition, the Bills' special teams unit struggled again. However, the defense was able to limit Tom Brady to just 126 passing yards, one touchdown with two interceptions, but also gave up a massive 273 rushing yards on 47 carries as they were torched by the Patriots rushing offense in the ugly loss.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 91], "content_span": [92, 539]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277898-0019-0000", "contents": "2018 Buffalo Bills season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 17: vs. Miami Dolphins\nSimilar to the previous year's season finale, a fight broke out between the Bills and Dolphins in the second half. After Dolphins linebacker and former Bill Kiko Alonso collided with Josh Allen, Alonso, along with Dolphins DE Robert Quinn and Bills lineman Jordan Mills, were ejected following the scuffle. Despite a close first half, the Bills won 42\u201317 to finish the 2018 season at 6\u201310. This was also the final NFL game for longtime defensive tackle Kyle Williams, as he announced his intention to retire after the season's conclusion.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 86], "content_span": [87, 625]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277899-0000-0000", "contents": "2018 Buffalo Bulls football team\nThe 2018 Buffalo Bulls football team represented the University at Buffalo in the 2018 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The Bulls were led by fourth-year head coach Lance Leipold and played their home games at the University at Buffalo Stadium as members of the East Division of the Mid-American Conference. They finished the season 10\u20134, 7\u20131 in MAC play to be champions of the East Division. They represented the East Division in the MAC Championship Game where they lost to West Division champion Northern Illinois. They were invited to the Dollar General Bowl where they lost to Troy. Their 10 wins are the most in program history with the previous best being eight wins set in 2008.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [32, 32], "content_span": [33, 723]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277899-0001-0000", "contents": "2018 Buffalo Bulls football team, Previous season\nThe Bulls finished the 2017 season 6\u20136, 4\u20134 in MAC play to finish in a tie for third place in the East Division. Despite being bowl-eligible, the Bulls did not receive an invitation to a bowl game.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 49], "content_span": [50, 247]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277899-0002-0000", "contents": "2018 Buffalo Bulls football team, Preseason, Preseason media poll\nThe MAC released their preseason media poll on July 24, 2018, with the Bulls predicted to finish in second place in the East Division.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 65], "content_span": [66, 200]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277900-0000-0000", "contents": "2018 Bulacan Kuyas season\nThe 2018 Bulacan Kuyas season is the 1st season of the franchise in the Maharlika Pilipinas Basketball League (MPBL).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [25, 25], "content_span": [26, 143]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277901-0000-0000", "contents": "2018 Bulawayo bombing\nOn 23 June 2018, a grenade exploded at White City Stadium in Bulawayo, Zimbabwe. The blast occurred at a ZANU\u2013PF campaign rally, just after President Emmerson Mnangagwa had finished giving a speech. It was described as an assassination attempt against Mnangagwa, who was unharmed. The bombing resulted in at least 49 injured, including Vice-Presidents Constantino Chiwenga and Kembo Mohadi, and other high-ranking government officials. Two security agents later died of their injuries.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [21, 21], "content_span": [22, 507]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277901-0001-0000", "contents": "2018 Bulawayo bombing\nThe bombing was widely condemned in Zimbabwe and abroad by politicians of both ZANU\u2013PF and opposition parties, and by other public figures. In an interview with the BBC several days after the blast, Mnangagwa blamed the attack on former First Lady Grace Mugabe's G40 faction within ZANU\u2013PF, while stopping short of blaming Mugabe directly. On 27 June 2018, the Zimbabwe Defence Forces stated that they had arrested an individual on the day of the attack. Two more suspects were later arrested, but released without charges.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [21, 21], "content_span": [22, 545]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277901-0002-0000", "contents": "2018 Bulawayo bombing, Background\nOn the evening of 14 November 2017, elements of the Zimbabwe Defence Forces (ZDF) gathered around Harare, the capital of Zimbabwe, and seized control of the Zimbabwe Broadcasting Corporation and key areas of the city. The next day, the ZDF issued a statement saying that it was not a coup d'\u00e9tat and that President Robert Mugabe was safe, although the situation would return to normal only after the ZDF had dealt with the \"criminals\" around Mugabe responsible for the socio-economic problems of Zimbabwe.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 33], "content_span": [34, 539]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277901-0003-0000", "contents": "2018 Bulawayo bombing, Background\nThe uprising took place amid tensions in the ruling ZANU\u2013PF party between former First Vice-President Emmerson Mnangagwa (who was backed by the ZDF and the party's Lacoste faction) and First Lady Grace Mugabe (who was backed by the younger G40 faction) over who would succeed the 93-year-old President Mugabe. A week after Mnangagwa was fired and forced to flee the country, and a day before troops moved into Harare, Zimbabwe Defence Forces chief Constantino Chiwenga issued a statement that purges of senior ZANU\u2013PF officials like Mnangagwa had to stop. On 19 November, ZANU-PF removed Mugabe as party leader, replacing him with Mnangagwa. Mugabe resigned the presidency on 21 November 2017. Mnangagwa was sworn in as President on 24 November 2017.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 33], "content_span": [34, 784]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277901-0004-0000", "contents": "2018 Bulawayo bombing, Explosion\nOn the afternoon of Saturday, 23 June 2018, Zimbabwe's ruling party, ZANU\u2013PF, was holding a campaign rally at White City Stadium in Bulawayo, the country's second largest city and an opposition stronghold. The rally, which was attended by several thousand people, was held to garner support for the party ahead of the July general elections. It was Mnangagwa's first rally in Bulawayo, which the party has not won since the 2000 elections.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 32], "content_span": [33, 472]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277901-0005-0000", "contents": "2018 Bulawayo bombing, Explosion\nThe blast occurred in afternoon, shortly after President Emmerson Mnangagwa had finished giving a speech. As Mnangagwa and other party leaders walked offstage to enter a VIP tent, a grenade exploded, creating a cloud of smoke and knocking over people standing close by. Mnangagwa, who was close to the blast but was unhurt, was rushed away by security personnel, while the crowds began running in all directions. Red Cross medics rushed in, treating and evacuating the wounded. State television immediately cut their broadcast after the blast.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 32], "content_span": [33, 576]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277901-0006-0000", "contents": "2018 Bulawayo bombing, Explosion, Casualties\nThe bombing injured 49 people, two of whom died two days later, on 25 June. The two deceased were Central Intelligence Organisation security personnel; Colour Sergeant Stanley Mugunzva of the Presidential Guard, who was assigned to Vice-President Chiwenga, and Nelson Dube, an aide to Vice-President Mohadi. A Zimbabwe Republic Police spokesperson state that while the number of injured was official recorded at 49, it could be larger if there were other victims who did not seek medical care. Four security personnel and several chiefs were injured in the blast. While most of the victims sustained minor injuries and were discharged within hours, health officials warned that some are still in critical condition and that the death toll could rise.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 44], "content_span": [45, 795]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277901-0007-0000", "contents": "2018 Bulawayo bombing, Explosion, Casualties\nAmong the injured were leading government and party officials. Constantino Chiwenga, the First Vice-President of Zimbabwe and a major figure in the 2017 coup, had minor injuries, as did his wife Marry, who sustained lacerations to her face while trying to rescue one of her aides who had shrapnel in her stomach. Second Vice-President Kembo Mohadi was also hospitalized with injuries to his legs. Oppah Muchinguri, the national chairperson of ZANU\u2013PF and the environmental minister, had one of her breasts ripped off by the blast and was in a state of shock. Deputy Speaker of the House of Assembly and ZANU\u2013PF Women's League leader Mabel Chinomona was also injured, as was ZANU\u2013PF National Political Commissar Engelbert Rugeje, who received shrapnel in his arm.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 44], "content_span": [45, 807]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277901-0008-0000", "contents": "2018 Bulawayo bombing, Explosion, Casualties\nConstantino and Marry Chiwenga, Mabel Chinomona, and Engelbert Rugeje were discharged in the days after the attack, while Kembo Mohadi and Oppah Muchinguri suffered more serious injuries and remained in treatment longer. On Tuesday, 26 June, Mohadi was airlifted to South Africa for treatment. Mohadi, whose legs were injured in the blast, was reported to be in stable condition, though physicians experienced difficulty treating his hypertension. On 27 June, Muchinguri was also flown to South Africa, where she underwent orthopedic and reconstructive surgery. Muchinguri required treatment to address her left breast, which was ripped off by the blast, as well as psychological care and counseling.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 44], "content_span": [45, 745]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277901-0009-0000", "contents": "2018 Bulawayo bombing, Explosion, Casualties\nVice-President Chiwenga chose to forgo immediate medical treatment so that he could fully participate in campaigning in the run-up to the 2018 elections. On 9 October 2018, Chiwenga and his wife flew to South Africa for medical treatment, where their injuries were reviewed. In addition to injuries sustained from the Bulawayo bombing, Chiwenga also had a bullet lodged in his leg from a separate incident. They remain in the hospital as of 15 October, although their medical review has been completed. Chiwenga remained in daily contact with President Mnangagwa and was expected to return to Zimbabwe later that week.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 44], "content_span": [45, 663]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277901-0010-0000", "contents": "2018 Bulawayo bombing, Aftermath\nImmediately after the blast, Mnangagwa was rushed away from the scene by his security personnel. His motorcade drove him to safety at the Bulawayo State House. Victims of the blast were evacuated to Mater Dei Hospital in Bulawayo, and Mnangagwa visited them there hours later. Later, the injured were moved to Manyame Air Base hospital in Harare.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 32], "content_span": [33, 379]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277901-0011-0000", "contents": "2018 Bulawayo bombing, Aftermath\nPresidential spokesman George Charamba told the state-owned Sunday Mail that the general elections scheduled for 30 July 2018 will be held as planned despite the blast, and said that a state of emergency would not be declared.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 32], "content_span": [33, 259]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277901-0012-0000", "contents": "2018 Bulawayo bombing, Aftermath, Domestic reactions\nShortly after the bombing, the attack was widely denounced by politicians and other public figures in Zimbabwe, while the media, beginning with the state-run Herald newspaper, soon labeled the attack an assassination attempt against President Mnangagwa. In an interview with the Zimbabwe Broadcasting Corporation hours after the blast, Mnangagwa called the attack \"cowardly\", offered his thoughts and prayers to the victims, and insisted that the violence would not prevent the upcoming elections from being held.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 52], "content_span": [53, 566]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277901-0012-0001", "contents": "2018 Bulawayo bombing, Aftermath, Domestic reactions\nHe said that the attack occurred \"inches\" from him, but said \"it is not my time\", noting that after a number of previous attempts on his life, he was used to it. Without elaborating, he said the perpetrators must have come from \"outside Bulawayo\", adding \"I can assure you these are my normal enemies.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 52], "content_span": [53, 355]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277901-0013-0000", "contents": "2018 Bulawayo bombing, Aftermath, Domestic reactions\nThe attack was condemned by politicians of both ZANU\u2013PF and opposition parties. First Vice-President Constantino Chiwenga, who sustained minor injuries in the blast, called the attack an \"act of terror\" and echoed Mnangagwa, adding that the blast would not affect the elections. Foreign Minister Sibusiso Moyo and former Vice President Joice Mujuru called for peace. Opposition leader and MDC\u2013T presidential candidate Nelson Chamisa condemned the attack and urged the expunction of political violence in Zimbabwe.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 52], "content_span": [53, 566]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277901-0013-0001", "contents": "2018 Bulawayo bombing, Aftermath, Domestic reactions\nOther opposition politicians condemning the attack and offering condolences included former Finance Minister Tendai Biti, Senator David Coltart, MP Temba Mliswa, and lawyer and former MDC\u2013T official Alex Magaisa. Notable civilians who denounced the attack included author and filmmaker Tsitsi Dangarembga, musician Thomas Mapfumo, businessman and philanthropist Strive Masiyiwa and his wife, newspaper publisher Trevor Ncube, and exiled judge Ben Paradza. Exiled former ZANU\u2013PF government minister and G40 member Jonathan Moyo, who was expelled during the 2017 coup d'\u00e9tat, took a less sympathetic approach, comparing the blast to the November coup and tweeting \"Violence begets violence.\" Patrick Zhuwao, also an exiled G40 politician, urged British Prime Minister Theresa May to dispatch Scotland Yard to investigate the attack, citing the United States's deployment of Federal Bureau of Investigation personnel to investigate a bombing in Ethiopia that happened on the same day.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 52], "content_span": [53, 1034]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277901-0014-0000", "contents": "2018 Bulawayo bombing, Aftermath, Domestic reactions\nSeveral days after the blast, several prominent ZANU\u2013PF members, including President Mnangagwa, claimed that the attack was an \"inside job\" by dissident ZANU\u2013PF members, and began directing blame towards members of the party's G40 faction. Prior to the 2017 coup, G40 was allied with former First Lady Grace Mugabe, who was Mnangagwa's rival to succeed her husband Robert Mugabe as President.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 52], "content_span": [53, 445]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277901-0014-0001", "contents": "2018 Bulawayo bombing, Aftermath, Domestic reactions\nOn 26 June, a spokesman for the Zimbabwe National Liberation War Veterans Association (ZNLWVA), a Rhodesian Bush War veterans' group allied with ZANU\u2013PF, told journalists that the ZNLWVA condemned the attack, demanded that police release more information, and argued \"the evil political machinations of G40... cannot be ruled out as suspects.\" Puparai Togarepi, secretary of the ZANU\u2013PF Youth League, told journalists in Harare that they also believed \"enemies surrounding Mnangagwa\" were responsibly for the bombing. An exiled former G40 member and cabinet minister, Jonathan Moyo, tweeted that the attack \"smacks of an inside job\".", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 52], "content_span": [53, 686]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277901-0015-0000", "contents": "2018 Bulawayo bombing, Aftermath, Domestic reactions\nMnangagwa himself, in a 27 June interview with the BBC, said that he believed the G40 faction was responsible for the attack. Though he admitted this claim was a \"hunch without evidence\", he argued that it was \"the logical and reasonable conclusion\". Mnangagwa did direct blame at Grace Mugabe, who was in Singapore at the time of the blast, but said that she was \"politically immature and was easily used as a tool by those who wanted to get at me.\" The president added that concern about instability in Zimbabwe was unfounded and that the attack would not result in a security crackdown.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 52], "content_span": [53, 642]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277901-0016-0000", "contents": "2018 Bulawayo bombing, Aftermath, Domestic reactions\nAt a 27 June event, ZANU\u2013PF, the MDC\u2013T, and several other parties signed a peace pledge ahead of the July elections, promising to refrain from hate speech and violence. There, Minister of Home Affairs and Culture Obert Mpofu, whose son was injured by the blast, condemned the \"evil deed\" and urged Zimbabweans not to capitalize on the grief of victims and their families. Speaking at the same event, Zimbabwe Human Rights Commission chair Elasto Mugwadi denounced the attack, adding \"in protecting human rights, we all need to protect the sanctity of life.\" Mugwadi appealed to all political parties to avoid hate speech, \"provocative sloganeering\" and emotional appeals.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 52], "content_span": [53, 724]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277901-0017-0000", "contents": "2018 Bulawayo bombing, Aftermath, International reactions\nThe bombing was widely denounced internationally. Via Twitter, the Harare embassies of Australia, the Netherlands, the United Kingdom, as well as the European Union's European External Action Service all condemned the attack and offered thoughts and prayers to the victims. South African President Cyril Ramaphosa condemned the bombing, stating that acts of violence and criminality had no place in the democratic process. Ramaphosa, who is also chair of the Southern African Development Community, said that the SADC would evaluate the matter and \"take appropriate steps\".", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 57], "content_span": [58, 631]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277901-0017-0001", "contents": "2018 Bulawayo bombing, Aftermath, International reactions\nAt the 43rd Plenary Assembly Session of the SADC Parliamentary Forum in Luanda, Angolan President Jo\u00e3o Louren\u00e7o denounced the bombing as \"cowardly, criminal, and undemocratic\", adding that he saw the attacks in Bulawayo and Addis Ababa as efforts to undermine democratic elections in Zimbabwe and Ethiopia. The government of China also condemned the attack in a statement, adding that it hoped for continued stability and peaceful elections in Zimbabwe. Dewa Mavinhinga, Southern Africa director of Human Rights Watch, raised concerns that the bombing could trigger more political violence in an election year that, thus far, had been unmarred by the violence seen before previous elections. In a 29 June statement, former Botswana President Ian Khama condemned the bombing.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 57], "content_span": [58, 832]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277901-0018-0000", "contents": "2018 Bulawayo bombing, Investigations\nOn the day of the attack, the Zimbabwe Republic Police offered an unspecified reward for information leading to the arrest of the perpetrator of the bombing. A police spokesperson said that crime scene investigators were examining the matter. In the days after the attack, unverified details and explanations regarding the attack were reported. One source reported that an explosive was placed underneath the stage on which Mnangagwa was standing, while another source quoted a woman in attendance at the rally who claimed she saw a young child throw a \"package\" at the stage just prior to the explosion. According to the woman's claim, which is uncorroborated, the child approached the state and asked to read a poem in praise of Mnangagwa, and was held back by security personnel but pushed through them and threw something towards the stage.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 37], "content_span": [38, 882]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277901-0019-0000", "contents": "2018 Bulawayo bombing, Investigations\nOn Wednesday, 27 June, 35 security and investigative personnel met in Harare to discuss the investigations. Later that day, police released new details about the perpetrator and details of the attack. After the blast, police interviewed witnesses, a number of whom reported that they saw the same man throw an object at the stage. Police described the suspect as a young male \"between the ages of 23 and 25\", about 1.7 meters tall and of dark complexion, who was wearing a yellow ZANU\u2013PF T-shirt at the time of the attack.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 37], "content_span": [38, 560]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277901-0019-0001", "contents": "2018 Bulawayo bombing, Investigations\nWitnesses told police that the man lobbed an item towards the stage from about 30 to 35 meters away, but the item missed its target after hitting a rope and then bouncing off a security officer's cheek before landing and detonating. The suspect was allegedly \"fiddling around\" with the object before throwing it. After the blast, police and military went after him, but witnesses said they saw soldiers get to him first and arrest him, police reported. The suspect has not been seen since the military apprehended him in the townships outside White City Stadium.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 37], "content_span": [38, 600]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277901-0020-0000", "contents": "2018 Bulawayo bombing, Investigations\nThe 27 June meeting highlighted rivalries between the Zimbabwe Defence Forces and the Zimbabwe Republic Police amidst the ongoing investigations. Presidential spokesman George Charamba noted that \"unresolved leadership issues\" were affecting investigations. These internal conflicts within ZANU\u2013PF and between different security forces were paralleled by alleged tensions between President Mnangagwa and Vice-President Chiwenga, the former Commander of the Defence Forces and a major figure in the 2017 coup.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 37], "content_span": [38, 546]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277901-0021-0000", "contents": "2018 Bulawayo bombing, Investigations\nInternal rivalries between Zimbabwean security forces were exacerbated, not alleviated, by the military's arrest of the alleged perpetrator. The military had not responded to the Zimbabwe Republic Police's requests for confirmation of the suspect's detainment, nor to police requests for their Criminal Investigations Department to interview the suspect. Police officials told the Zimbabwe Independent that although they had found some good leads through witness interviews, they lack access to the suspect, so the investigations cannot \"proceed properly.\" Currently, investigative units from the military, the police's Criminal Investigation Department, and the Central Intelligence Organisation are based in Bulawayo to investigate the attack. Current investigations lack coordination between the three groups, and there was even conflict over hotel accommodations for investigators.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 37], "content_span": [38, 923]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277901-0022-0000", "contents": "2018 Bulawayo bombing, Investigations\nPolice investigations concluded that the perpetrator must have been someone with some security background and training, and experience handling weapons. Police said that the way the grenade was handled and launched indicated at least basic security training. Police are currently investigating the source of the explosive, which they say could not have come from police, as they no longer use grenades since the November 2017 coup. Weapons experts are analyzing the debris from the explosion to determine what type of grenade was used and where it might have come from. Police say that their inability to question the suspect, who is in military custody, prevents them from asking about the weapon and its origin, and the suspect's motive. They said they thought he may have been a hired hitman.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 37], "content_span": [38, 833]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277901-0023-0000", "contents": "2018 Bulawayo bombing, Investigations\nInvestigations show that President Mnangagwa was the likely target of the attack, though investigators have not yet determined with certainty that it was an assassination attempt. Investigators and government officials told the Zimbabwe Independent that had the grenade not deflected off a rope, it likely would have detonated within a fatal distance of Mnangagwa. In a 27 June interview, Mnangagwa stated that he expected arrests to be made soon.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 37], "content_span": [38, 485]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277901-0024-0000", "contents": "2018 Bulawayo bombing, Investigations\nTwo suspects, residents of Bulawayo's Pumula suburb, reportedly appeared before a magistrate at the Tredgold Magistrates' Court in Bulawayo to answer charges regarding the 23 June bombing. The suspects were identified as John Zulu and Douglas Musekiwa, and it is unclear is one of these men was the suspect arrested by the military the day of the attack. Zulu and Musekiwa were later released without charges.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 37], "content_span": [38, 447]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277902-0000-0000", "contents": "2018 Bulgaria Open (table tennis)\nThe 2018 Bulgaria Open was the ninth event of the 2018 ITTF World Tour. The event was organised by the Bulgarian Table Tennis Federation, under the authority of the International Table Tennis Federation (ITTF). It took place from 16\u201319 August in Panagyurishte, Bulgaria.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [33, 33], "content_span": [34, 304]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277903-0000-0000", "contents": "2018 Bulgarian Cup Final\nThe 2018 Bulgarian Cup Final was the final match of the 2017\u201318 Bulgarian Cup and the 78th final of the Bulgarian Cup. The final took place on 9 May 2018 at Vasil Levski National Stadium in Sofia, Bulgaria. It was refereed by Nikola Popov from Sofia.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [24, 24], "content_span": [25, 275]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277903-0001-0000", "contents": "2018 Bulgarian Cup Final\nThe clubs contesting the final were Slavia Sofia and Levski Sofia. The match finished in a 0\u20130 draw, but Slavia clinched their eighth ever Bulgarian Cup title by winning 4\u20132 on penalties.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [24, 24], "content_span": [25, 212]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277904-0000-0000", "contents": "2018 Bulgarian Supercup\nThe 2018 Bulgarian Supercup was the 15th Bulgarian Supercup, an annual Bulgarian football match played between the winners of the previous season's First Professional Football League and Bulgarian Cup. The game was played between the champions of the 2017\u201318 First League, Ludogorets Razgrad, and the 2018 Bulgarian Cup winners, Slavia Sofia.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [23, 23], "content_span": [24, 366]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277904-0001-0000", "contents": "2018 Bulgarian Supercup\nThis was Ludogorets's sixth Bulgarian Supercup appearance and Slavia's first. Ludogorets lost their previous two Supercup appearances in 2015 and 2017.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [23, 23], "content_span": [24, 175]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277905-0000-0000", "contents": "2018 Bulls (rugby union) season\nIn 2018, the Bulls participated in the 2018 Super Rugby competition, the 23rd edition of the competition since its inception in 1996. They were included in the South African Conference of the competition, along with the Jaguares, Lions, Sharks and Stormers.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [31, 31], "content_span": [32, 294]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277905-0001-0000", "contents": "2018 Bulls (rugby union) season\nThe Bulls won six and lost ten of their matches during the regular season of the competition to finish bottom of the South African Conference, and in 12th place overall.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [31, 31], "content_span": [32, 201]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277905-0002-0000", "contents": "2018 Bulls (rugby union) season, Personnel, Coaches and management\nThe Bulls coaching and management staff for the 2018 Super Rugby season were:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 66], "content_span": [67, 144]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277905-0003-0000", "contents": "2018 Bulls (rugby union) season, Personnel, Squad\nThe following players were named in the Bulls squad for the 2018 Super Rugby season:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 49], "content_span": [50, 134]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277905-0004-0000", "contents": "2018 Bulls (rugby union) season, Standings\nThe final standings for the 2018 Super Rugby season were:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 42], "content_span": [43, 100]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277905-0005-0000", "contents": "2018 Bulls (rugby union) season, Standings, Round-by-round\nThe table below shows the Bulls' progression throughout the season. For each round, their cumulative points total is shown with the overall log position:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 58], "content_span": [59, 212]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277905-0006-0000", "contents": "2018 Bulls (rugby union) season, Matches\nThe Bulls played the following matches during the 2018 Super Rugby season:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 40], "content_span": [41, 115]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277905-0007-0000", "contents": "2018 Bulls (rugby union) season, Player statistics\nThe Super Rugby appearance record for players that represented the Bulls in 2018 is as follows:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 50], "content_span": [51, 146]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277905-0008-0000", "contents": "2018 Bulls (rugby union) season, Player statistics\n(c) denotes the team captain. For each match, the player's squad number is shown. Starting players are numbered 1 to 15, while the replacements are numbered 16 to 22. If a replacement made an appearance in the match, it is indicated by . \"App\" refers to the number of appearances made by the player, \"Try\" to the number of tries scored by the player, \"Kck\" to the number of points scored via kicks (conversions, penalties or drop goals) and \"Pts\" refer to the total number of points scored by the player.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 50], "content_span": [51, 555]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277906-0000-0000", "contents": "2018 Burgwedel stabbing\nOn 25 March 2018, a 24-year-old woman, Vivien K was stabbed by a Syrian migrant in Burgwedel, Germany. She received life-threatening injuries and was put into an induced coma. She woke up three days later, with broken ribs and part of her pancreas as well as her spleen removed.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [23, 23], "content_span": [24, 302]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277906-0001-0000", "contents": "2018 Burgwedel stabbing\nSince the culprits were teenage refugees, the case sparked a discussion about migration policies, and as it was part of a string of knife attacks, it led to concerns about a rise in knife crime in Germany.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [23, 23], "content_span": [24, 229]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277906-0002-0000", "contents": "2018 Burgwedel stabbing, Attack\nAt 19:30, the victim and her partner went to a supermarket in the Lower Saxony town near Hannover and had a dispute with two young Syrian migrants, 13 and 14 years of age which ended peacefully. The youths had been fighting inside the supermarket and the victim had tried to get them to separate. In addition, Domenic, Vivian K.'s partner, is said to have pulled one of the youths' ears. Later, another 17-year-old Syrian migrant, Abdalla M., joined the first two on scene and they later encountered the couple again.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 31], "content_span": [32, 549]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277906-0002-0001", "contents": "2018 Burgwedel stabbing, Attack\nAnother argument ensued and Abdalla M. targeted the woman with a knife stab to the abdomen. She got up on her feet after being stabbed, but collapsed shortly afterwards. The attacker fled but was arrested shortly and taken into custody on suspicion of grievous bodily harm and the murder weapon was secured.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 31], "content_span": [32, 339]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277906-0003-0000", "contents": "2018 Burgwedel stabbing, Perpetrator\nThe 17-year-old perpetrator, Abdalla M., and his extended family came to Germany in 2013 as refugees from the outskirts of Damascus, the capital of Syria. The 13-year-old is his brother and the 14-year-old his cousin. In April, the perpetrator confessed. The defense lawyer raised the hypothesis that the Syrian refugee may be mentally ill and therefore not responsible.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 36], "content_span": [37, 407]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277906-0004-0000", "contents": "2018 Burgwedel stabbing, Perpetrator\nAbdullah A. explained that in their culture whenever the family honor is involved stabbing with a knife was justified.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 36], "content_span": [37, 155]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277906-0005-0000", "contents": "2018 Burgwedel stabbing, Trial\nOn 21 August 2018 the trial of two brothers, 17 and 14 years old respectively, began in Hanover Landgericht. The elder Abdullah A. was tried for attempted manslaughter (German: versuchten Totschlag) and grievous bodily harm and the younger brother Mohamad A. for assault. While Abdullah A. initially was only suspected of grievous bodily harm due to only having stabbed once, but according to medical expertise the stab by Abdullah A. stab was a deadly attack as he damaged internal organs as well as breaking two ribs of his victim.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 30], "content_span": [31, 564]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277906-0006-0000", "contents": "2018 Burgwedel stabbing, Trial\nAbdullah A. was sentenced to five years of youth prison, a shorter sentence was given due to his low age. His younger brother Mohamad A. was sentenced to 14 days in custody and 10 hours social upbringing. The 13-year-old cousing was not tried due to his low age.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 30], "content_span": [31, 293]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277906-0007-0000", "contents": "2018 Burgwedel stabbing, Aftermath\nThe attack, which was one of a spate of knife attacks by asylum seekers, several of whom were teenage, precipitated a debate about youth crime and the integration of migrants. Stephan Weil, the Prime Minister of Lower Saxony expressed his sympathies for the victim. The municipality of Burgwedel stated its continued commitment to integration on its Facebook page, which were derided in comments. In early April, ten of the comments were investigated for constituting hate speech. As a result of the comments, the Facebook page was closed, with the municipality concerned that such comments might damage its reputation. The anti-immigration AfD party was accused of \"exploiting\" the attack after it set up a booth in Burgwedel following the attack.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 34], "content_span": [35, 784]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277906-0008-0000", "contents": "2018 Burgwedel stabbing, Aftermath\nThe leader of the CDU party in the Lower Saxon Landtag, Dirk Toepffer, commented the attack with that the hypothesis that family reunification of migrants with parents or siblings as means to reduces excessive violence, as promoted by the SPD party, had been disproven.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 34], "content_span": [35, 304]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277907-0000-0000", "contents": "2018 Buriram United F.C. season\nThe 2018 season is Buriram United's 7th season in the Thai League. The club enters the season as the Thai League champions, and will participate in the 2018 Thai League. They are the defending champions and will also participate in the FA Cup, League Cup, Champions Cup and AFC Champions League.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [31, 31], "content_span": [32, 327]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277907-0001-0000", "contents": "2018 Buriram United F.C. season, Competitions, AFC Champions League\nBuriram United qualified for the Group Stage of the 2018 AFC Champions League due to finishing champion in the 2017 Thai League.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 67], "content_span": [68, 196]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277907-0002-0000", "contents": "2018 Buriram United F.C. season, Competitions, AFC Champions League, Group stage\nBuriram United is staying on group G, with Guangzhou Evergrande (2017 Chinese Super League champion), Jeju United (2017 K League Classic runners-up), and Cerezo Osaka (2017 J.League Cup champion).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 80], "content_span": [81, 278]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277907-0003-0000", "contents": "2018 Buriram United F.C. season, Statistics, Goalscorers\nIncludes all competitive matches. The list is sorted by shirt number when total goals are equal.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 56], "content_span": [57, 153]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277907-0004-0000", "contents": "2018 Buriram United F.C. season, Statistics, Clean sheets\nThe list is sorted by shirt number when total clean sheets are equal. Numbers in parentheses represent games where both goalkeepers participated and both kept a clean sheet; the number in parentheses is awarded to the goalkeeper who was substituted on, whilst a full clean sheet is awarded to the goalkeeper who was on the field at the start of play.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 57], "content_span": [58, 408]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277908-0000-0000", "contents": "2018 Burlington mayoral election\nThe 2018 Burlington mayoral election was held on March 6, 2018. Incumbent Democratic Mayor Miro Weinberger defeated independent candidates Carina Driscoll, who had the support of the Vermont Progressive Party, and Infinite Culcleasure.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [32, 32], "content_span": [33, 268]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277908-0001-0000", "contents": "2018 Burlington mayoral election\nWeinberger won the Democratic nomination without opposition while Driscoll won the endorsement of the Progressives against Culcleasure. Driscoll attempted to unite her campaign with Culcleasure's due to the city's usage of first-past-the-post voting, but Culcleasure declined. Weinberger won against Driscoll and Culcleasure with a plurality of the vote.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [32, 32], "content_span": [33, 387]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277908-0002-0000", "contents": "2018 Burlington mayoral election, Background\nMiro Weinberger was elected as Mayor of Burlington, Vermont, in the 2012 mayoral election becoming the first member of the Democratic Party to hold the mayoralty since Gordon Paquette. He was reelected in the 2015 election.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 44], "content_span": [45, 268]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277908-0003-0000", "contents": "2018 Burlington mayoral election, Background\nAfter the 2017 city council election all three Democratic incumbents won reelection and the party gained one seat making the composition of the twelve-member city council six Democratic members, three Progressive members, two independent members, and one Republican member.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 44], "content_span": [45, 318]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277908-0004-0000", "contents": "2018 Burlington mayoral election, Campaign, Candidates, Democratic\nThe Democratic Party gave its endorsement to Weinberger without opposition at its caucus on January 7, 2018. Weinberger launched his mayoral campaign at the Democratic caucus. Jordan Redell served as Weinberger's campaign manager.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 66], "content_span": [67, 297]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277908-0005-0000", "contents": "2018 Burlington mayoral election, Campaign, Candidates, Independents\nCarina Driscoll, who had served in the Vermont House of Representatives and on the Burlington city council and was the step-daughter of former Mayor Bernie Sanders, announced that she was considering running a mayoral campaign in 2017. Driscoll announced that she would run as an independent candidate for mayor on December 4, 2017. Elise Greaves served as Driscoll's campaign manager.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 68], "content_span": [69, 454]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277908-0006-0000", "contents": "2018 Burlington mayoral election, Campaign, Candidates, Independents\nInfinite Culcleasure, a community organizer, announced that he would run as an independent candidate for mayor on December 1, 2017.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 68], "content_span": [69, 200]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277908-0007-0000", "contents": "2018 Burlington mayoral election, Campaign, Candidates, Independents\nAt the Vermont Progressive Party's caucus Driscoll won the party's endorsement with 116 votes against Culcleasure's 84 votes after being nominated by Representative Selene Colburn. Driscoll declined to seek the endorsement of the Democratic and Republican parties.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 68], "content_span": [69, 333]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277908-0008-0000", "contents": "2018 Burlington mayoral election, Campaign, General election\nDuring the campaign Driscoll attempted to unite her and Culcleasure's campaigns stating that \u201cI think there is a ton of overlap and shared common ground with who we want to represent and the work we want to do\". She also attempted to unite the campaigns as due to Burlington's usage of first-past-the-post voting \"the mayor can win on a plurality\". However, Culcleasure refused to drop out of the election stating that \"Being coerced to drop out of a campaign for public office has been one of the most anti-democratic adventures I have ever experienced\".", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 60], "content_span": [61, 616]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277908-0009-0000", "contents": "2018 Burlington mayoral election, Campaign, General election\nWeinberger won in the general election with 48.38% of the popular vote against Driscoll's 34.96% and Culcleasure's 16.07%. During the campaign Weinberger raised over $107,000, Driscoll raised over $47,000, and Culcleasure raised over $10,000.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 60], "content_span": [61, 303]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277908-0010-0000", "contents": "2018 Burlington mayoral election, Campaign, General election\nThe composition of the city council did not change as all incumbent won reelection and Sara Moore, the only incumbent to not run for reelection, was replaced by another member of the Progressive Party.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 60], "content_span": [61, 262]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277909-0000-0000", "contents": "2018 Burnie International\nThe 2018 Caterpillar Burnie International was a professional tennis tournament played on outdoor hard courts as part of the 2018 ATP Challenger Tour and the 2018 ITF Women's Circuit, offering a total of $75,000 in prize money for men and $60,000 for women. It was the fifteenth (for men) and ninth (for women) edition of the tournament.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [25, 25], "content_span": [26, 362]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277909-0001-0000", "contents": "2018 Burnie International, Men's Singles entrants, Other entrants\nThe following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 65], "content_span": [66, 134]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277909-0002-0000", "contents": "2018 Burnie International, Women's Singles entrants, Other entrants\nThe following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 67], "content_span": [68, 136]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277910-0000-0000", "contents": "2018 Burnie International \u2013 Men's Doubles\nBrydan Klein and Dane Propoggia are the defending champions but chose to defend their title with different partners. Klein partnered Bradley Mousley and lost in the semifinals to Gerard and Marcel Granollers. Propoggia partnered Vijay Sundar Prashanth but lost in the first round to Andrew Harris and Luke Saville.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [41, 41], "content_span": [42, 356]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277910-0001-0000", "contents": "2018 Burnie International \u2013 Men's Doubles\nGranollers and Granollers won the title after defeating Evan King and Max Schnur 7\u20136(10\u20138), 6\u20132 in the final.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [41, 41], "content_span": [42, 151]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277911-0000-0000", "contents": "2018 Burnie International \u2013 Men's Singles\nOmar Jasika was the defending champion but withdrew before the tournament began.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [41, 41], "content_span": [42, 122]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277911-0001-0000", "contents": "2018 Burnie International \u2013 Men's Singles\nSt\u00e9phane Robert won the title after defeating Daniel Altmaier 6\u20131, 6\u20132 in the final.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [41, 41], "content_span": [42, 126]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277912-0000-0000", "contents": "2018 Burnie International \u2013 Women's Doubles\nRiko Sawayanagi and Barbora \u0160tefkov\u00e1 were the defending champions, but both players chose not to participate.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [43, 43], "content_span": [44, 153]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277912-0001-0000", "contents": "2018 Burnie International \u2013 Women's Doubles\nVania King and Laura Robson won the title, defeating Momoko Kobori and Chihiro Muramatsu in the final, 7\u20136(7\u20133), 6\u20131.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [43, 43], "content_span": [44, 161]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277913-0000-0000", "contents": "2018 Burnie International \u2013 Women's Singles\nAsia Muhammad was the defending champion, but lost to Myrtille Georges in the first round.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [43, 43], "content_span": [44, 134]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277913-0001-0000", "contents": "2018 Burnie International \u2013 Women's Singles\nMarta Kostyuk won the title, defeating Viktorija Golubic in the final, 6\u20134, 6\u20133.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [43, 43], "content_span": [44, 124]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277914-0000-0000", "contents": "2018 Burnley Borough Council election\nThe 2018 Burnley Borough Council election took place on 3 May 2018 to elect members of Burnley Borough Council in England. This was on the same day as other local elections. One third of the council was up for election, and each successful candidate will serve a four-year term of office, expiring in 2022. These seats were last contested in 2014.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [37, 37], "content_span": [38, 385]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277914-0001-0000", "contents": "2018 Burnley Borough Council election\nAt the start of March 2017, Bill and Margaret Brindle (both Coalclough with Deerplay ward) acrimoniously split with the local Liberal Democrats, but continued to sit on the council as independents. David Roper also left the party and continued as an independent. In November four more Lib Dems (including Neil Mottershead and Mark Payne) left the party over its stance on Brexit, to form the Burnley and Padiham Independent Party.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [37, 37], "content_span": [38, 468]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277914-0002-0000", "contents": "2018 Burnley Borough Council election, State of the Parties\nThe composition of the Council following the election was as follows:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 59], "content_span": [60, 129]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277915-0000-0000", "contents": "2018 Burundian Cup\nThe 2018 Coupe du Pr\u00e9sident de la R\u00e9publique is the 7th edition of the Coupe du Pr\u00e9sident de la R\u00e9publique (excluding earlier cup competitions), the knockout football competition of Burundi.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [18, 18], "content_span": [19, 209]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277915-0001-0000", "contents": "2018 Burundian Cup, First round\nSant\u00e9 FC de Ngozi 0-0 Espoir de Gatumba [5-4 pen]", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [20, 31], "content_span": [32, 95]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277915-0002-0000", "contents": "2018 Burundian Cup, Second round\nClub Kiremba Bururi 1-2 Pigeon du Centre [later awarded to Kiremba]", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [20, 32], "content_span": [33, 113]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277916-0000-0000", "contents": "2018 Burundian constitutional referendum\nA constitutional referendum was held in Burundi on 17 May 2018. The proposed amendments to the constitution were approved by over 70% of voters.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [40, 40], "content_span": [41, 185]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277916-0001-0000", "contents": "2018 Burundian constitutional referendum, Proposed changes\nThe proposed changes would reintroduce the post of Prime Minister and reduce the number of Vice-President from two to one. They also involve increasing the presidential term from five to seven years, but restricting a president to two consecutive terms. However, the amendments would also allow incumbent President Pierre Nkurunziza, in office since 2005, to stand for re-election, despite having already served three terms.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 58], "content_span": [59, 483]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277916-0002-0000", "contents": "2018 Burundian constitutional referendum, Proposed changes\nThe amendments also reduce the parliamentary majority required to pass legislation.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 58], "content_span": [59, 142]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277916-0003-0000", "contents": "2018 Burundian constitutional referendum, Conduct\nIn December 2017, Nkurunziza threatened people not to campaign against the proposed changes. The official campaign window opened two weeks before the referendum.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 49], "content_span": [50, 211]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277916-0004-0000", "contents": "2018 Burundian constitutional referendum, Conduct\nPrior to the referendum, the BBC and Voice of America were banned from the country for six months. Radio France Internationale (RFI) received a \"warning\" about its coverage.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 49], "content_span": [50, 223]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277916-0005-0000", "contents": "2018 Burundian constitutional referendum, Conduct\nOn 11 May, at least 26 people were killed in Cibitoke Province, allegedly by militiamen from the Democratic Republic of the Congo.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 49], "content_span": [50, 180]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277916-0006-0000", "contents": "2018 Burundian constitutional referendum, Conduct\nThe Burundian opposition coalition, Conseil National pour le Respect de l'Accord d'Arusha pour la paix et la R\u00e9conciliation au Burundi et la Restauration de l'Etat de Droit (CNARED) called on the Burundian population to boycott the vote which it accused of being the \"death warrant\" of the Arusha Accords of 2000 which ended the Burundian Civil War. A Presidential decree threatened three years' imprisonment for anyone convicted of encouraging people not to vote.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 49], "content_span": [50, 514]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277916-0007-0000", "contents": "2018 Burundian constitutional referendum, Conduct\nReports from polling stations say some people were being forced to vote to avoid being beaten or arrested. Suspected opponents were \"killed, raped, abducted, beaten, and intimidated,\" Human Rights Watch said in a statement, adding it had documented at least 15 killings, six rapes and eight abductions during voting day.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 49], "content_span": [50, 370]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277917-0000-0000", "contents": "2018 Bury Metropolitan Borough Council election\nThe 2018 Bury Metropolitan Borough Council election took place on 3 May 2018 to elect members of Bury Metropolitan Borough Council in England. This was on the same day as other local elections.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 47], "section_span": [47, 47], "content_span": [48, 241]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277918-0000-0000", "contents": "2018 Busan Open\nThe 2018 Busan Open was a professional tennis tournament played on hard courts. It was the seventeenth edition of the tournament which was part of the 2018 ATP Challenger Tour. It took place in Busan, South Korea between 14 and 20 May 2018.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [15, 15], "content_span": [16, 256]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277918-0001-0000", "contents": "2018 Busan Open, Singles main draw entrants, Other entrants\nThe following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [17, 59], "content_span": [60, 128]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277918-0002-0000", "contents": "2018 Busan Open, Singles main draw entrants, Other entrants\nThe following player received entry into the singles main draw as a special exempt:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [17, 59], "content_span": [60, 143]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277919-0000-0000", "contents": "2018 Busan Open \u2013 Doubles\nHsieh Cheng-peng and Peng Hsien-yin were the defending champions but chose to defend their title with different partners. Hsieh partnered Christopher Rungkat and successfully defended his title. Peng partnered Aliaksandr Bury but lost in the semifinals to Hsieh and Rungkat.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [25, 25], "content_span": [26, 300]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277919-0001-0000", "contents": "2018 Busan Open \u2013 Doubles\nHsieh and Rungkat won the title after defeating Ruan Roelofse and John-Patrick Smith 6\u20134, 6\u20133 in the final.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [25, 25], "content_span": [26, 133]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277920-0000-0000", "contents": "2018 Busan Open \u2013 Singles\nVasek Pospisil was the defending champion but lost in the final to Matthew Ebden.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [25, 25], "content_span": [26, 107]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277920-0001-0000", "contents": "2018 Busan Open \u2013 Singles\nEbden won the title after defeating Pospisil 7\u20136(7\u20134), 6\u20131 in the final.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [25, 25], "content_span": [26, 98]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277921-0000-0000", "contents": "2018 Butler Bulldogs football team\nThe 2018 Butler Bulldogs football team represented Butler University in the 2018 NCAA Division I FCS football season. They were led by 13th-year head coach Jeff Voris and played their home games at the Bud and Jackie Sellick Bowl. They were members of the Pioneer Football League. They finished the season 4\u20137, 2\u20136 in PFL play to finish in a three-way tie for seventh place.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [34, 34], "content_span": [35, 409]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277921-0001-0000", "contents": "2018 Butler Bulldogs football team, Previous season\nThe Bulldogs finished the 2017 season 6\u20135, 4\u20134 in PFL play to finish in a tie for sixth place.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 51], "content_span": [52, 146]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277921-0002-0000", "contents": "2018 Butler Bulldogs football team, Preseason, Preseason All-PFL team\nThe PFL released their preseason all-PFL team on July 30, 2018, with the Bulldogs having four players selected.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 69], "content_span": [70, 181]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277921-0003-0000", "contents": "2018 Butler Bulldogs football team, Preseason, Preseason coaches poll\nThe PFL released their preseason coaches poll on July 31, 2018, with the Bulldogs predicted to finish in a tie for fourth place.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 69], "content_span": [70, 198]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277922-0000-0000", "contents": "2018 B\u00e5stad Challenger\nThe 2018 B\u00e5stad Challenger was a professional tennis tournament played on clay courts. It was the third edition of the tournament which was part of the 2018 ATP Challenger Tour. It took place in B\u00e5stad, Sweden between 9 and 14 July 2018.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [22, 22], "content_span": [23, 260]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277922-0001-0000", "contents": "2018 B\u00e5stad Challenger, Singles main draw entrants, Other Entrants\nThe following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 66], "content_span": [67, 135]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277923-0000-0000", "contents": "2018 B\u00e5stad Challenger \u2013 Doubles\nTuna Altuna and V\u00e1clav \u0160afr\u00e1nek were the defending champions but only Altuna chose to defend his title, partnering Elias Ymer. Altuna lost in the first round to Julio Peralta and Horacio Zeballos.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [32, 32], "content_span": [33, 229]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277923-0001-0000", "contents": "2018 B\u00e5stad Challenger \u2013 Doubles\nHarri Heli\u00f6vaara and Henri Laaksonen won the title after defeating Zden\u011bk Kol\u00e1\u0159 and Gon\u00e7alo Oliveira 6\u20134, 6\u20133 in the final.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [32, 32], "content_span": [33, 156]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277924-0000-0000", "contents": "2018 B\u00e5stad Challenger \u2013 Singles\nDu\u0161an Lajovi\u0107 was the defending champion but chose not to defend his title.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [32, 32], "content_span": [33, 108]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277924-0001-0000", "contents": "2018 B\u00e5stad Challenger \u2013 Singles\nPedro Mart\u00ednez won the title after defeating Corentin Moutet 7\u20136(7\u20135), 6\u20134 in the final.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [32, 32], "content_span": [33, 121]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277925-0000-0000", "contents": "2018 C.D. Primeiro de Agosto season\nThe 2018 season of Clube Desportivo Primeiro de Agosto is the club's 40th season in the Girabola, the Angolan Premier football League and 40th consecutive season in the top flight of Angolan football. In 2018, the club participated in the Girabola and the 2018 CAF Champions League.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [35, 35], "content_span": [36, 319]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277925-0001-0000", "contents": "2018 C.D. Primeiro de Agosto season, 1\u00ba de Agosto vs TP Mazembe post-match incident\nFive people were reportedly killed after the 45.000 capacity crowd match on Saturday 15 September, at the Est\u00e1dio 11 de Novembro, including two children who were trampled and/or suffocated to death while exiting the stadium. Before the match began, supporters called a radio station urging the organization to open all gates after the match ended for fear of a tragedy and after going through similar ordeals in the past. The Angolan Ministry of Youth and Sports in a statement regretted the incident, expressed condolences to the relatives and vowed to launch an investigation. On their part, the club's management promised to assist the relatives in funeral expenses.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 83], "content_span": [84, 753]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277925-0002-0000", "contents": "2018 C.D. Primeiro de Agosto season, Esp\u00e9rance Tunis vs 1\u00ba de Agosto\nIn 2018, they reached the semi-finals of the champions league were they were unfairly eliminated in a second-leg 4-2 defeat to Esp\u00e9rance Tunis with a heavily biased, shameful performance by referee Janny Sikazwe.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 68], "content_span": [69, 281]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277925-0003-0000", "contents": "2018 C.D. Primeiro de Agosto season, CAF Champions League, Semi-finals\nThe heavily biased performance of Zambian referee Janny Sikazwe positively prevented D'Agosto from reaching the finals. The renowned referee had a disgraceful performance during the entire match, completely ignoring the rules of the game and clearly siding with the home team. The ice on the cake of his shameful performance occurred shortly before Esp\u00e9rance's final goal, when D'Agosto scored but he inexplicably disallowed the goal on a would-be push to the Tunisian goal-keeper. In the aftermath, Sikazwe was suspended by CAF on suspicion of corruption.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 70], "content_span": [71, 627]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277926-0000-0000", "contents": "2018 CAA Men's Basketball Tournament\nThe 2018 Colonial Athletic Association Men's Basketball Tournament was the postseason men's basketball tournament for the Colonial Athletic Association for the 2017\u201318 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The tournament was held March 3\u20136, 2018 at the North Charleston Coliseum in North Charleston, South Carolina. The College of Charleston received the CAA's automatic bid to the NCAA Tournament with an 83\u201376 overtime win over Northeastern in the championship game.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [36, 36], "content_span": [37, 509]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277926-0001-0000", "contents": "2018 CAA Men's Basketball Tournament, Tournament changes\nOn July 11, 2017, it was announced that the tournament, which was previously played on a Friday\u2013Monday format, would move to a Saturday\u2013Tuesday format beginning with the 2018 tournament. It was also announced that the semifinals and championship would be televised on CBS Sports Network through the 2021 tournament.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 56], "content_span": [57, 372]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277926-0002-0000", "contents": "2018 CAA Men's Basketball Tournament, Seeds\nAll 10 CAA teams participated in the tournament. Teams were seeded by conference record, with a tiebreaker system used to seed teams with identical conference records. The top six teams received a bye to the quarterfinals.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 43], "content_span": [44, 266]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277927-0000-0000", "contents": "2018 CAA Men's Soccer Tournament\nThe 2018 CAA Men's Soccer Tournament, was the 36th edition of the tournament. It determined the Colonial Athletic Association's automatic berth into the 2018 NCAA Division I Men's Soccer Championship. The tournament will began November 3 and concluded on November 11.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [32, 32], "content_span": [33, 300]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277927-0001-0000", "contents": "2018 CAA Men's Soccer Tournament\nTop-seeded James Madison won the CAA Tournament, marking their sixth ever CAA Tournament title, and their first since 2014. En route to the final, they defeated defending champions, William & Mary, in the semifinals before beating Hofstra in penalty kicks in the final. JMU striker, Manuel Ferriol was named the MVP of the Tournament. With the title, the Dukes earned an automatic berth into the NCAA Tournament.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [32, 32], "content_span": [33, 445]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277927-0002-0000", "contents": "2018 CAA Men's Soccer Tournament\nIn addition to the Dukes, regular season runners-up, and tournament semifinalists, UNC Wilmington earned an at-large bid into the NCAA Tournament. In the tournament, the Seahawks were eliminated in the first round by Furman by the virtue of penalty kicks. James Madison defeated High Point in the first round and upset fifth-seeded North Carolina and twelfth-seeded Virginia Tech in the second round and third rounds respectively before falling at Michigan State in the Elite Eight.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [32, 32], "content_span": [33, 515]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277927-0003-0000", "contents": "2018 CAA Men's Soccer Tournament, All Tournament Team\nLuke Brown, HofstraSean Nealis, HofstraGeorge O\u2019Malley, HofstraTJ Bush, James MadisonThomas Shores, James MadisonYannick Franz, James MadisonManuel Ferriol, James MadisonJoel Bylander, UNCWDanny Reynolds, UNCWJulian Ngoh, William & MaryReeves Trott, William & Mary", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 53], "content_span": [54, 318]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277928-0000-0000", "contents": "2018 CAA Women's Basketball Tournament\nThe 2018 Colonial Athletic Association Women's Basketball Tournament is a postseason event that was held from March 7\u201310, 2018 at the Daskalakis Athletic Center in Philadelphia. The champion received an automatic bid to the 2018 NCAA Tournament.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [38, 38], "content_span": [39, 284]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277929-0000-0000", "contents": "2018 CAA Women's Soccer Tournament\nThe 2018 CAA Women's Soccer Tournament was the postseason women's soccer tournament for the Colonial Athletic Association held from October 26 through November 3, 2018. The tournament was held at campus sites, with the higher seed hosting each game. The defending champions were the Hofstra, who successfully defended their title, beating the James Madison Dukes 2\u20130 in the final. The conference tournament title was the fifth for the Hofstra women's soccer program and the fourth for head coach Simon Riddiough.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [34, 34], "content_span": [35, 547]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277930-0000-0000", "contents": "2018 CAF Champions League\nThe 2018 CAF Champions League (officially the 2018 Total CAF Champions League for sponsorship reasons) was the 54th edition of Africa's premier club football tournament organized by the Confederation of African Football (CAF), and the 22nd edition under the current CAF Champions League title.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [25, 25], "content_span": [26, 319]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277930-0001-0000", "contents": "2018 CAF Champions League\nEsp\u00e9rance de Tunis won the title for the third time, defeating Al-Ahly in the final, and qualified as the CAF representative at the 2018 FIFA Club World Cup in the United Arab Emirates, and also earned the right to play against the winners of the 2018 CAF Confederation Cup, Raja Casablanca, in the 2019 CAF Super Cup.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [25, 25], "content_span": [26, 344]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277930-0002-0000", "contents": "2018 CAF Champions League\nWydad Casablanca were the defending champions, but were eliminated in the quarter-finals by ES S\u00e9tif.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [25, 25], "content_span": [26, 127]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277930-0003-0000", "contents": "2018 CAF Champions League, Association team allocation\nAll 56 CAF member associations may enter the CAF Champions League, with the 12 highest ranked associations according to their CAF 5-Year Ranking eligible to enter two teams in the competition. As a result, theoretically a maximum of 68 teams could enter the tournament \u2013 although this level has never been reached.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 54], "content_span": [55, 369]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277930-0004-0000", "contents": "2018 CAF Champions League, Association team allocation\nFor the 2018 CAF Champions League, the CAF uses the 2012\u20132016 CAF 5-Year Ranking, which calculates points for each entrant association based on their clubs\u2019 performance over those 5 years in the CAF Champions League and CAF Confederation Cup. The criteria for points are the following:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 54], "content_span": [55, 340]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277930-0005-0000", "contents": "2018 CAF Champions League, Association team allocation\nThe points are multiplied by a coefficient according to the year as follows:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 54], "content_span": [55, 131]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277930-0006-0000", "contents": "2018 CAF Champions League, Teams\nThe following 59 teams from 47 associations entered the competition:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 32], "content_span": [33, 101]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277930-0007-0000", "contents": "2018 CAF Champions League, Teams\nThis was the second highest number of teams in the history of CAF Champions League. The highest number was recorded in 2007 where 60 teams entered.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 32], "content_span": [33, 180]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277930-0008-0000", "contents": "2018 CAF Champions League, Teams\nAssociations are shown according to their 2012\u20132016 CAF 5-Year Ranking \u2013 those with a ranking score have their rank and score indicated.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 32], "content_span": [33, 169]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277930-0009-0000", "contents": "2018 CAF Champions League, Schedule\nThe schedule of the competition was as follows (matches scheduled in midweek in italics). The regulations were modified with an additional draw before the quarter-finals. Effective from the Champions League group stage, weekend matches were played on Fridays and Saturdays while midweek matches were played on Tuesdays, with some exceptions. Kick-off times were also fixed at 13:00 (Saturdays and Tuesdays only), 16:00 and 19:00 GMT.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 35], "content_span": [36, 469]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277930-0010-0000", "contents": "2018 CAF Champions League, Qualifying rounds\nThe draw for the preliminary round and first round was held on 13 December 2017 at the CAF headquarters in Cairo, Egypt.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 44], "content_span": [45, 165]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277930-0011-0000", "contents": "2018 CAF Champions League, Qualifying rounds\nIn the qualifying rounds, each tie was played on a home-and-away two-legged basis. If the aggregate score was tied after the second leg, the away goals rule would be applied, and if still tied, extra time would not be played, and the penalty shoot-out would be used to determine the winner (Regulations III. 13 & 14).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 44], "content_span": [45, 362]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277930-0012-0000", "contents": "2018 CAF Champions League, Qualifying rounds, First round\nThe 16 winners of the first round advanced to the group stage, while the 16 losers of the first round entered the Confederation Cup play-off round.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 57], "content_span": [58, 205]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277930-0013-0000", "contents": "2018 CAF Champions League, Group stage\nThe draw for the group stage was held on 21 March 2018, 19:00 EET (UTC+2), at the Ritz Carlton in Cairo, Egypt. The 16 teams, all winners of the first round of qualifying, were drawn into four groups of four. The teams were seeded by their performances in the CAF competitions for the previous five seasons (CAF 5-Year Ranking points shown in parentheses). Each group contained one team from each of Pot 1, Pot 2, Pot 3, and Pot 4, and each team was drawn into one of the positions in their group.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 38], "content_span": [39, 536]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277930-0014-0000", "contents": "2018 CAF Champions League, Group stage\nIn the group stage, each group was played on a home-and-away round-robin basis. The winners and runners-up of each group advanced to the quarter-finals of the knockout stage.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 38], "content_span": [39, 213]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277930-0015-0000", "contents": "2018 CAF Champions League, Group stage\nThe teams were ranked according to points (3 points for a win, 1 point for a draw, 0 points for a loss). If tied on points, tiebreakers were applied in the following order (Regulations III. 20 & 21):", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 38], "content_span": [39, 238]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277930-0016-0000", "contents": "2018 CAF Champions League, Knockout stage\nIn the knockout stage, the eight teams played a single-elimination tournament. Each tie was played on a home-and-away two-legged basis. If the aggregate score was tied after the second leg, the away goals rule would be applied, and if still tied, extra time would not be played, and the penalty shoot-out would be used to determine the winner (Regulations III. 26 & 27).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 41], "content_span": [42, 412]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277930-0017-0000", "contents": "2018 CAF Champions League, Knockout stage, Bracket\nThe bracket was decided after the draw for the knockout stage (quarter-finals and semi-finals), which was held on 3 September 2018, 20:00 EET (UTC+2), at the CAF headquarters in Cairo, Egypt.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 50], "content_span": [51, 242]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277930-0018-0000", "contents": "2018 CAF Champions League, Knockout stage, Quarter-finals\nIn the quarter-finals, the winners of one group played the runners-up of another group (teams from same group could not play each other), with the group winners hosting the second leg, and the matchups decided by draw.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 57], "content_span": [58, 276]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277930-0019-0000", "contents": "2018 CAF Champions League, Knockout stage, Semi-finals\nIn the semi-finals, the four quarter-final winners played in two ties, with the matchups and order of legs decided by draw.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 54], "content_span": [55, 178]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277930-0020-0000", "contents": "2018 CAF Champions League, Knockout stage, Final\nIn the final, the two semi-final winners played each other, with the order of legs determined by the semi-final draw.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 48], "content_span": [49, 166]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277930-0021-0000", "contents": "2018 CAF Champions League, Prize money\nIn 2018, the fixed amount of prize money paid to the clubs is as follows:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 38], "content_span": [39, 112]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277930-0022-0000", "contents": "2018 CAF Champions League, Prize money\nNote: National associations receive an additional equivalent share of 5% for each amount awarded to clubs.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 38], "content_span": [39, 145]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277931-0000-0000", "contents": "2018 CAF Champions League Final\nThe 2018 CAF Champions League Final was the final of the 2018 CAF Champions League, the 54th edition of Africa's premier club football tournament organized by the Confederation of African Football (CAF), and the 22nd edition under the current CAF Champions League title.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [31, 31], "content_span": [32, 302]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277931-0001-0000", "contents": "2018 CAF Champions League Final\nThe final was contested in two-legged home-and-away format between Al-Ahly from Egypt and Esp\u00e9rance de Tunis from Tunisia. The first leg was hosted by Al-Ahly on 2 November 2018, while the second leg was hosted by Esp\u00e9rance de Tunis at the Stade Olympique de Rad\u00e8s in Rad\u00e8s on 9 November 2018.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [31, 31], "content_span": [32, 325]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277931-0002-0000", "contents": "2018 CAF Champions League Final\nEsp\u00e9rance de Tunis won the final 4\u20133 on aggregate for their third CAF Champions League title. As winners, they earned the right to represent the CAF at the 2018 FIFA Club World Cup, entering at the second round, as well as play in the 2019 CAF Super Cup against the winner of the 2018 CAF Confederation Cup.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [31, 31], "content_span": [32, 339]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277931-0003-0000", "contents": "2018 CAF Champions League Final, Teams\nIn the following table, finals until 1996 were in the African Cup of Champions Club era, since 1997 were in the CAF Champions League era.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 38], "content_span": [39, 176]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277931-0004-0000", "contents": "2018 CAF Champions League Final, Background\nAl-Ahly are the most successful club in Egypt and Africa with eight titles, winning eight (1982, 1987, 2001, 2005, 2006, 2008, 2012, 2013) and losing three (1983, 2007, 2017). Al-Ahly were playing their twelfth and second consecutive final.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 43], "content_span": [44, 284]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277931-0005-0000", "contents": "2018 CAF Champions League Final, Background\nEsp\u00e9rance de Tunis had reached the final six times before, more than any other Tunisian side, winning two (1994, 2011) and losing four (1999, 2000, 2010, 2012). Esp\u00e9rance de Tunis were playing their seventh final and the first since 2012.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 43], "content_span": [44, 282]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277931-0006-0000", "contents": "2018 CAF Champions League Final, Background\nThe two sides had previously played 18 matches in African competitions. The first meetings between the two sides took place in the 1990 African Cup of Champions Clubs round of 16, where Esp\u00e9rance de Tunis beat Al-Ahly on penalties after the home and away matches ended 0\u20130. The most recent meetings between the clubs had taken place in the 2018 CAF Champions League group stage, where Al-Ahly's home match ended 0\u20130, and then Esp\u00e9rance de Tunis lost 0\u20131 at home to Al-Ahly on a Walid Azaro goal.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 43], "content_span": [44, 539]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277931-0007-0000", "contents": "2018 CAF Champions League Final, Venues, Borg El Arab Stadium\nThe Borg El Arab Stadium is a stadium commissioned in 2006 in the Mediterranean Sea resort of Borg El Arab; 25\u00a0km west of Alexandria, Egypt. It is the largest stadium in Egypt and the second largest in Africa (after FNB Stadium in Johannesburg) with a capacity of 86,000 and is an all-seater. It is also the 27th largest stadium in the world, and the 9th largest association football stadium in the world. It is located on the Cairo-Alexandria desert highway 10\u00a0km from Borg El Arab Airport and 15\u00a0km from Alexandria's city centre. A running track runs around the pitch, and the ground has four large floodlights. Only one stand is covered by a roof.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 61], "content_span": [62, 712]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277931-0008-0000", "contents": "2018 CAF Champions League Final, Venues, Borg El Arab Stadium\nThe stadium is 145 feddans, is surrounded by a fence which is 3\u00a0km long, an internal road network its long is 6\u00a0km, a parking lot which could fit 5000 cars and 200 bus beside an airstrip, there are 136 electronic entrances. The main cabin is covered by an umbrella which covers 35% of the stadium total area, and it is considered the biggest umbrella in the Middle East. Its length is 200\u00a0m, its dimension is 60\u00a0m and its area is 12,000\u00a0m2, which is equal to 3 feddans.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 61], "content_span": [62, 531]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277931-0009-0000", "contents": "2018 CAF Champions League Final, Venues, Borg El Arab Stadium\nThe stadium is air-conditioned and that condition includes the clothes chambers, the salons and entrances, also the stadium includes 8 elevators for broadcasters, handicapped, services and important persons. There are 2 sub-stadiums for training and each ground can hold 2000 spectators, includes 2 locker rooms and a stadium for Athletics. The stadium also includes a hotel for 200 guests which is air-conditioned and has a swimming pool, gym and a department building which contains 80 people. The stadium includes a building which contains 300 presses. This building includes cabinets for broadcasters, entrances for emergency, ambulance cars, 39 and cafeterias, 337 bathrooms which classified to 33 bathrooms for women and 8 bathrooms for the handicapped.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 61], "content_span": [62, 821]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277931-0010-0000", "contents": "2018 CAF Champions League Final, Venues, Stade Olympique de Rad\u00e8s\nThe Stade Olympique de Rad\u00e8s is a multi-purpose stadium in Rad\u00e8s, Tunisia about 10 kilometers south-east of the city center of Tunis, in the center of the Olympic City. It is currently used mostly for football matches and it also has facilities for athletics. The stadium holds 60,000 and was built in 2001 for the 2001 Mediterranean Games and is considered to be one of the best stadiums in Africa. The stadium was built for the 2001 Mediterranean Games, the 60,000-seat covered area covers 13,000 m2 and consists of a central area, 3 adjoining grounds, 2 warm-up rooms, 2 paintings and an official stand of 7,000 seats. The press gallery is equipped with 300 desks.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 65], "content_span": [66, 734]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277931-0011-0000", "contents": "2018 CAF Champions League Final, Road to the final\nNote: In all results below, the score of the finalist is given first (H: home; A: away).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 50], "content_span": [51, 139]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277931-0012-0000", "contents": "2018 CAF Champions League Final, Format\nThe final was played on a home-and-away two-legged basis, with the order of legs determined by the knockout stage draw, which was held on 3 September 2018, 20:00 EET (UTC+2), at the CAF headquarters in Cairo, Egypt.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 39], "content_span": [40, 255]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277931-0013-0000", "contents": "2018 CAF Champions League Final, Format\nIf the aggregate score was tied after the second leg, the away goals rule would be applied, and if still tied, extra time would not be played, and the penalty shoot-out would be used to determine the winner.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 39], "content_span": [40, 247]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277931-0014-0000", "contents": "2018 CAF Champions League Final, Matches, First leg\nAssistant referees:Abdelhak Etchiali (Algeria)Jean Claude Birumushahu (Burundi)Fourth official:Eric Otogo-Castane (Gabon)Video assistant referee:Bakary Gassama (Gambia)Assistant video assistant referees:El Hadji Samba (Senegal)Djibril Camara (Senegal)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 51], "content_span": [52, 303]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277931-0015-0000", "contents": "2018 CAF Champions League Final, Matches, Second leg\nAssistant referees:Zakhele Thusi Siwela (South Africa)Waleed Ahmed Ali (Sudan)Fourth official:Eric Otogo-Castane (Gabon)Video assistant referee:Bakary Gassama (Gambia)Assistant video assistant referees:El Hadji Samba (Senegal)Djibril Camara (Senegal)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 52], "content_span": [53, 303]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277932-0000-0000", "contents": "2018 CAF Champions League group stage\nThe 2018 CAF Champions League group stage was played from 4 May to 28 August 2018. A total of 16 teams competed in the group stage to decide the eight places in the knockout stage of the 2018 CAF Champions League.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [37, 37], "content_span": [38, 251]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277932-0001-0000", "contents": "2018 CAF Champions League group stage, Draw\nThe draw for the group stage was held on 21 March 2018, 19:00 EET (UTC+2), at the Ritz Carlton in Cairo, Egypt. The 16 teams, all winners of the first round of qualifying, were drawn into four groups of four. The teams were seeded by their performances in the CAF competitions for the previous five seasons (CAF 5-Year Ranking points shown in parentheses). Each group contained one team from each of Pot 1, Pot 2, Pot 3, and Pot 4, and each team was drawn into one of the positions in their group.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 43], "content_span": [44, 541]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277932-0002-0000", "contents": "2018 CAF Champions League group stage, Format\nIn the group stage, each group was played on a home-and-away round-robin basis. The winners and runners-up of each group advanced to the quarter-finals of the knockout stage.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 45], "content_span": [46, 220]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277932-0003-0000", "contents": "2018 CAF Champions League group stage, Format, Tiebreakers\nThe teams were ranked according to points (3 points for a win, 1 point for a draw, 0 points for a loss). If tied on points, tiebreakers were applied in the following order (Regulations III. 20 & 21):", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 58], "content_span": [59, 258]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277932-0004-0000", "contents": "2018 CAF Champions League group stage, Schedule\nThe schedule of each matchday was as follows (matches scheduled in midweek in italics). Effective from the Champions League group stage, weekend matches were played on Fridays and Saturdays while midweek matches were played on Tuesdays, with some exceptions. Kick-off times were also fixed at 13:00 (Saturdays and Tuesdays only), 16:00 and 19:00 GMT.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 47], "content_span": [48, 398]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277933-0000-0000", "contents": "2018 CAF Champions League knockout stage\nThe 2018 CAF Champions League knockout stage was played from 14 September to 9 November 2018. A total of eight teams competed in the knockout stage to decide the champions of the 2018 CAF Champions League.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [40, 40], "content_span": [41, 246]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277933-0001-0000", "contents": "2018 CAF Champions League knockout stage, Qualified teams\nThe winners and runners-up of each of the four groups in the group stage advanced to the quarter-finals.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 57], "content_span": [58, 162]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277933-0002-0000", "contents": "2018 CAF Champions League knockout stage, Format\nIn the knockout stage, the eight teams played a single-elimination tournament. Each tie was played on a home-and-away two-legged basis. If the aggregate score was tied after the second leg, the away goals rule would be applied, and if still tied, extra time would not be played, and the penalty shoot-out would be used to determine the winner (Regulations III. 26 & 27).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 48], "content_span": [49, 419]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277933-0003-0000", "contents": "2018 CAF Champions League knockout stage, Schedule\nThe schedule of each round was as follows (matches scheduled in midweek in italics). Effective from the Champions League group stage, weekend matches were played on Fridays and Saturdays while midweek matches were played on Tuesdays, with some exceptions. Kick-off times were also fixed at 13:00 (Saturdays and Tuesdays only), 16:00 and 19:00 GMT.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 50], "content_span": [51, 398]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277933-0004-0000", "contents": "2018 CAF Champions League knockout stage, Bracket\nThe bracket of the knockout stage was determined as follows:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 49], "content_span": [50, 110]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277933-0005-0000", "contents": "2018 CAF Champions League knockout stage, Bracket\nThe bracket was decided after the draw for the knockout stage (quarter-finals and semi-finals), which was held on 3 September 2018, 20:00 EET (UTC+2), at the CAF headquarters in Cairo, Egypt.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 49], "content_span": [50, 241]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277933-0006-0000", "contents": "2018 CAF Champions League knockout stage, Quarter-finals\nIn the quarter-finals, the winners of one group played the runners-up of another group (teams from same group could not play each other), with the group winners hosting the second leg, and the matchups decided by draw.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 56], "content_span": [57, 275]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277933-0007-0000", "contents": "2018 CAF Champions League knockout stage, Quarter-finals\n1\u20131 on aggregate. 1\u00ba de Agosto won on away goals.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 56], "content_span": [57, 106]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277933-0008-0000", "contents": "2018 CAF Champions League knockout stage, Semi-finals\nIn the semi-finals, the four quarter-final winners played in two ties, with the matchups and order of legs decided by draw.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 53], "content_span": [54, 177]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277933-0009-0000", "contents": "2018 CAF Champions League knockout stage, Final\nIn the final, the two semi-final winners played each other, with the order of legs determined by the semi-final draw.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 47], "content_span": [48, 165]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277934-0000-0000", "contents": "2018 CAF Champions League qualifying rounds\nThe 2018 CAF Champions League qualifying rounds were played from 10 February to 18 March 2018. A total of 59 teams competed in the qualifying rounds to decide the 16 places in the group stage of the 2018 CAF Champions League.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [43, 43], "content_span": [44, 269]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277934-0001-0000", "contents": "2018 CAF Champions League qualifying rounds, Draw\nThe draw for the preliminary round and first round was held on 13 December 2017 at the CAF headquarters in Cairo, Egypt.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [45, 49], "content_span": [50, 170]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277934-0002-0000", "contents": "2018 CAF Champions League qualifying rounds, Draw\nThe entry round of the 59 teams entered into the draw was determined by their performances in the CAF competitions for the previous five seasons (CAF 5-Year Ranking points shown in parentheses).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [45, 49], "content_span": [50, 244]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277934-0003-0000", "contents": "2018 CAF Champions League qualifying rounds, Format\nIn the qualifying rounds, each tie was played on a home-and-away two-legged basis. If the aggregate score was tied after the second leg, the away goals rule would be applied, and if still tied, extra time would not be played, and the penalty shoot-out would be used to determine the winner (Regulations III. 13 & 14).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [45, 51], "content_span": [52, 369]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277934-0004-0000", "contents": "2018 CAF Champions League qualifying rounds, Schedule\nThe schedule of each round was as follows (matches scheduled in midweek in italics).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [45, 53], "content_span": [54, 138]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277934-0005-0000", "contents": "2018 CAF Champions League qualifying rounds, Bracket\nThe bracket of the draw was announced by the CAF on 13 December 2017.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [45, 52], "content_span": [53, 122]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277934-0006-0000", "contents": "2018 CAF Champions League qualifying rounds, Bracket\nThe 16 winners of the first round advanced to the group stage, while the 16 losers of the first round entered the Confederation Cup play-off round.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [45, 52], "content_span": [53, 200]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277934-0007-0000", "contents": "2018 CAF Champions League qualifying rounds, Preliminary round\nThe preliminary round included the 54 teams that did not receive byes to the first round.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [45, 62], "content_span": [63, 152]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277934-0008-0000", "contents": "2018 CAF Champions League qualifying rounds, Preliminary round\nSaint George won on walkover after Al-Salam Wau failed to arrive for the first leg.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [45, 62], "content_span": [63, 146]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277934-0009-0000", "contents": "2018 CAF Champions League qualifying rounds, First round\nThe first round included 32 teams: the 27 winners of the preliminary round, and the 5 teams that received byes to this round.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [45, 56], "content_span": [57, 182]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277934-0010-0000", "contents": "2018 CAF Champions League qualifying rounds, First round\n1\u20131 on aggregate. 1\u00ba de Agosto won 3\u20132 on penalties.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [45, 56], "content_span": [57, 109]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277935-0000-0000", "contents": "2018 CAF Confederation Cup\nThe 2018 CAF Confederation Cup (officially the 2018 Total CAF Confederation Cup for sponsorship reasons) was the 15th edition of Africa's secondary club football tournament organized by the Confederation of African Football (CAF), under the current CAF Confederation Cup title after the merger of CAF Cup and African Cup Winners' Cup.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [26, 26], "content_span": [27, 362]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277935-0001-0000", "contents": "2018 CAF Confederation Cup\nRaja Casablanca won the title for the first time, defeating AS Vita Club in the final, and earned the right to play against the winners of the 2018 CAF Champions League in the 2019 CAF Super Cup.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [26, 26], "content_span": [27, 222]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277935-0002-0000", "contents": "2018 CAF Confederation Cup\nTP Mazembe were the two-time defending champions, but as they qualified for the 2018 CAF Champions League and reached the group stage, they were not able to defend their title.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [26, 26], "content_span": [27, 203]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277935-0003-0000", "contents": "2018 CAF Confederation Cup, Association team allocation\nAll 56 CAF member associations may enter the CAF Confederation Cup, with the 12 highest ranked associations according to their CAF 5-Year Ranking eligible to enter two teams in the competition. As a result, theoretically a maximum of 68 teams could enter the tournament (plus 16 teams eliminated from the CAF Champions League which enter the play-off round) \u2013 although this level has never been reached.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 55], "content_span": [56, 459]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277935-0004-0000", "contents": "2018 CAF Confederation Cup, Association team allocation\nFor the 2018 CAF Confederation Cup, the CAF uses the 2012\u20132016 CAF 5-Year Ranking, which calculates points for each entrant association based on their clubs\u2019 performance over those 5 years in the CAF Champions League and CAF Confederation Cup. The criteria for points are the following:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 55], "content_span": [56, 342]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277935-0005-0000", "contents": "2018 CAF Confederation Cup, Association team allocation\nThe points are multiplied by a coefficient according to the year as follows:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 55], "content_span": [56, 132]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277935-0006-0000", "contents": "2018 CAF Confederation Cup, Teams\nThe following 54 teams from 42 associations entered the competition.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 33], "content_span": [34, 102]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277935-0007-0000", "contents": "2018 CAF Confederation Cup, Teams\nAssociations are shown according to their 2012\u20132016 CAF 5-Year Ranking \u2013 those with a ranking score have their rank and score indicated.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 33], "content_span": [34, 170]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277935-0008-0000", "contents": "2018 CAF Confederation Cup, Teams\nA further 16 teams eliminated from the 2018 CAF Champions League entered the play-off round.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 33], "content_span": [34, 126]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277935-0009-0000", "contents": "2018 CAF Confederation Cup, Schedule\nThe schedule of the competition was as follows (matches scheduled in midweek in italics). The regulations were modified with an additional draw before the quarter-finals. Effective from the Confederation Cup group stage, weekend matches were played on Sundays while midweek matches were played on Wednesdays, with some exceptions. Kick-off times were also fixed at 13:00, 16:00 and 19:00 GMT.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 36], "content_span": [37, 429]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277935-0010-0000", "contents": "2018 CAF Confederation Cup, Qualifying rounds\nThe draw for the preliminary round and first round was held on 13 December 2017 at the CAF headquarters in Cairo, Egypt.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 45], "content_span": [46, 166]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277935-0011-0000", "contents": "2018 CAF Confederation Cup, Qualifying rounds\nIn the qualifying rounds, each tie was played on a home-and-away two-legged basis. If the aggregate score was tied after the second leg, the away goals rule would be applied, and if still tied, extra time would not be played, and the penalty shoot-out would be used to determine the winner (Regulations III. 13 & 14).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 45], "content_span": [46, 363]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277935-0012-0000", "contents": "2018 CAF Confederation Cup, Qualifying rounds, First round\nThe 16 winners of the first round advanced to the play-off round, where they were joined by the 16 losers of the Champions League first round.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 58], "content_span": [59, 201]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277935-0013-0000", "contents": "2018 CAF Confederation Cup, Qualifying rounds, Play-off round\nThe draw for the play-off round was held on 21 March 2018, 19:00 EET (UTC+2), at the Ritz Carlton in Cairo, Egypt. The winners of the Confederation Cup first round were drawn against the losers of the Champions League first round, with the teams from the Confederation Cup hosting the second leg.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 61], "content_span": [62, 358]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277935-0014-0000", "contents": "2018 CAF Confederation Cup, Qualifying rounds, Play-off round\nThe 16 winners of the play-off round advanced to the group stage.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 61], "content_span": [62, 127]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277935-0015-0000", "contents": "2018 CAF Confederation Cup, Group stage\nThe draw for the group stage was held on 21 April 2018, 14:00 EET (UTC+2), at the CAF headquarters in Cairo, Egypt. The 16 teams, all winners of the play-off round of qualifying, were drawn into four groups of four. The teams were seeded by their performances in the CAF competitions for the previous five seasons (CAF 5-Year Ranking points shown in parentheses). Each group contained one team from Pot 1 and three teams from Pot 2, and each team was drawn into one of the positions in their group.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 39], "content_span": [40, 538]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277935-0016-0000", "contents": "2018 CAF Confederation Cup, Group stage\nIn the group stage, each group was played on a home-and-away round-robin basis. The winners and runners-up of each group advanced to the quarter-finals of the knockout stage.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 39], "content_span": [40, 214]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277935-0017-0000", "contents": "2018 CAF Confederation Cup, Group stage\nThe teams were ranked according to points (3 points for a win, 1 point for a draw, 0 points for a loss). If tied on points, tiebreakers were applied in the following order (Regulations III. 20 & 21):", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 39], "content_span": [40, 239]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277935-0018-0000", "contents": "2018 CAF Confederation Cup, Knockout stage\nIn the knockout stage, the eight teams played a single-elimination tournament. Each tie was played on a home-and-away two-legged basis. If the aggregate score was tied after the second leg, the away goals rule would be applied, and if still tied, extra time would not be played, and the penalty shoot-out would be used to determine the winner (Regulations III. 26 & 27).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 42], "content_span": [43, 413]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277935-0019-0000", "contents": "2018 CAF Confederation Cup, Knockout stage, Bracket\nThe bracket was decided after the draw for the knockout stage (quarter-finals and semi-finals), which was held on 3 September 2018, 19:00 EET (UTC+2), at the CAF headquarters in Cairo, Egypt.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 51], "content_span": [52, 243]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277935-0020-0000", "contents": "2018 CAF Confederation Cup, Knockout stage, Quarter-finals\nIn the quarter-finals, the winners of one group played the runners-up of another group (teams from same group could not play each other), with the group winners hosting the second leg, and the matchups decided by draw.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 58], "content_span": [59, 277]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277935-0021-0000", "contents": "2018 CAF Confederation Cup, Knockout stage, Semi-finals\nIn the semi-finals, the four quarter-final winners played in two ties, with the matchups and order of legs decided by draw.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 55], "content_span": [56, 179]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277935-0022-0000", "contents": "2018 CAF Confederation Cup, Knockout stage, Final\nIn the final, the two semi-final winners played each other, with the order of legs determined by the semi-final draw.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 49], "content_span": [50, 167]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277936-0000-0000", "contents": "2018 CAF Confederation Cup Final\nThe 2018 CAF Confederation Cup Final was the final of the 2018 CAF Confederation Cup, the 27th edition of Africa's secondary club football tournament organized by the Confederation of African Football (CAF), and the 15th edition under the current CAF Confederation Cup title.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [32, 32], "content_span": [33, 308]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277936-0001-0000", "contents": "2018 CAF Confederation Cup Final\nThe final was contested in two-legged home-and-away format between Raja Casablanca from Morocco and AS Vita Club from the Democratic Republic of the Congo. The first leg was hosted by Raja Casablanca at the Stade Mohammed V in Casablanca on 25 November 2018, while the second leg was hosted by AS Vita Club at the Stade des Martyrs in Kinshasa on 2 December 2018.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [32, 32], "content_span": [33, 396]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277936-0002-0000", "contents": "2018 CAF Confederation Cup Final\nRaja Casablanca won the final 4\u20133 on aggregate for their second CAF Confederation Cup title. As winners, they earned the right to play in the 2019 CAF Super Cup against the winner of the 2018 CAF Champions League.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [32, 32], "content_span": [33, 246]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277936-0003-0000", "contents": "2018 CAF Confederation Cup Final, Road to the final\nNote: In all results below, the score of the finalist is given first (H: home; A: away).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 51], "content_span": [52, 140]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277936-0004-0000", "contents": "2018 CAF Confederation Cup Final, Format\nThe final was played on a home-and-away two-legged basis, with the order of legs determined by the knockout stage draw, which was held on 3 September 2018, 19:00 EET (UTC+2), at the CAF headquarters in Cairo, Egypt.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 40], "content_span": [41, 256]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277936-0005-0000", "contents": "2018 CAF Confederation Cup Final, Format\nIf the aggregate score was tied after the second leg, the away goals rule would be applied, and if still tied, extra time would not be played, and the penalty shoot-out would be used to determine the winner.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 40], "content_span": [41, 248]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277936-0006-0000", "contents": "2018 CAF Confederation Cup Final, Matches, First leg\nAssistant referees:Djibril Camara (Senegal)El Hadji Samba (Senegal)Fourth official:Issa Sy (Senegal)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 52], "content_span": [53, 153]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277936-0007-0000", "contents": "2018 CAF Confederation Cup Final, Matches, Second leg\nAssistant referees:Zakhele Siwela (South Africa)Johannes Moshidi (South Africa)Fourth official:Joshua Bondo (Botswana)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 53], "content_span": [54, 172]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277937-0000-0000", "contents": "2018 CAF Confederation Cup group stage\nThe 2018 CAF Confederation Cup group stage was played from 6 May to 29 August 2018. A total of 16 teams competed in the group stage to decide the eight places in the knockout stage of the 2018 CAF Confederation Cup.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [38, 38], "content_span": [39, 254]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277937-0001-0000", "contents": "2018 CAF Confederation Cup group stage, Draw\nThe draw for the group stage was held on 21 April 2018, 14:00 EET (UTC+2), at the CAF headquarters in Cairo, Egypt. The 16 teams, all winners of the play-off round of qualifying, were drawn into four groups of four. The teams were seeded by their performances in the CAF competitions for the previous five seasons (CAF 5-Year Ranking points shown in parentheses). Each group contained one team from Pot 1 and three teams from Pot 2, and each team was drawn into one of the positions in their group.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 44], "content_span": [45, 543]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277937-0002-0000", "contents": "2018 CAF Confederation Cup group stage, Format\nIn the group stage, each group was played on a home-and-away round-robin basis. The winners and runners-up of each group advanced to the quarter-finals of the knockout stage.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 46], "content_span": [47, 221]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277937-0003-0000", "contents": "2018 CAF Confederation Cup group stage, Format, Tiebreakers\nThe teams were ranked according to points (3 points for a win, 1 point for a draw, 0 points for a loss). If tied on points, tiebreakers were applied in the following order (Regulations III. 20 & 21):", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 59], "content_span": [60, 259]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277937-0004-0000", "contents": "2018 CAF Confederation Cup group stage, Schedule\nThe schedule of each matchday was as follows (matches scheduled in midweek in italics). Effective from the Confederation Cup group stage, weekend matches were played on Sundays while midweek matches were played on Wednesdays, with some exceptions. Kick-off times were also fixed at 13:00, 16:00 and 19:00 GMT.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 48], "content_span": [49, 358]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277938-0000-0000", "contents": "2018 CAF Confederation Cup knockout stage\nThe 2018 CAF Confederation Cup knockout stage was played from 16 September to 2 December 2018. A total of eight teams competed in the knockout stage to decide the champions of the 2018 CAF Confederation Cup.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [41, 41], "content_span": [42, 249]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277938-0001-0000", "contents": "2018 CAF Confederation Cup knockout stage, Qualified teams\nThe winners and runners-up of each of the four groups in the group stage advanced to the quarter-finals.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [43, 58], "content_span": [59, 163]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277938-0002-0000", "contents": "2018 CAF Confederation Cup knockout stage, Format\nIn the knockout stage, the eight teams played a single-elimination tournament. Each tie was played on a home-and-away two-legged basis. If the aggregate score was tied after the second leg, the away goals rule would be applied, and if still tied, extra time would not be played, and the penalty shoot-out would be used to determine the winner (Regulations III. 26 & 27).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [43, 49], "content_span": [50, 420]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277938-0003-0000", "contents": "2018 CAF Confederation Cup knockout stage, Schedule\nThe schedule of each round was as follows (matches scheduled in midweek in italics). Effective from the Confederation Cup group stage, weekend matches were played on Sundays while midweek matches were played on Wednesdays, with some exceptions. Kick-off times were also fixed at 13:00, 16:00 and 19:00 GMT.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [43, 51], "content_span": [52, 358]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277938-0004-0000", "contents": "2018 CAF Confederation Cup knockout stage, Bracket\nThe bracket of the knockout stage was determined as follows:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [43, 50], "content_span": [51, 111]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277938-0005-0000", "contents": "2018 CAF Confederation Cup knockout stage, Bracket\nThe bracket was decided after the draw for the knockout stage (quarter-finals and semi-finals), which was held on 3 September 2018, 19:00 EET (UTC+2), at the CAF headquarters in Cairo, Egypt.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [43, 50], "content_span": [51, 242]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277938-0006-0000", "contents": "2018 CAF Confederation Cup knockout stage, Quarter-finals\nIn the quarter-finals, the winners of one group played the runners-up of another group (teams from same group could not play each other), with the group winners hosting the second leg, and the matchups decided by draw.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [43, 57], "content_span": [58, 276]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277938-0007-0000", "contents": "2018 CAF Confederation Cup knockout stage, Semi-finals\nIn the semi-finals, the four quarter-final winners played in two ties, with the matchups and order of legs decided by draw.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [43, 54], "content_span": [55, 178]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277938-0008-0000", "contents": "2018 CAF Confederation Cup knockout stage, Final\nIn the final, the two semi-final winners played each other, with the order of legs determined by the semi-final draw.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [43, 48], "content_span": [49, 166]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277939-0000-0000", "contents": "2018 CAF Confederation Cup qualifying rounds\nThe 2018 CAF Confederation Cup qualifying rounds were played from 9 February to 18 April 2018. A total of 70 teams competed in the qualifying rounds to decide the 16 places in the group stage of the 2018 CAF Confederation Cup.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [44, 44], "content_span": [45, 271]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277939-0001-0000", "contents": "2018 CAF Confederation Cup qualifying rounds, Draw\nThe draw for the preliminary round and first round was held on 13 December 2017 at the CAF headquarters in Cairo, Egypt.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [46, 50], "content_span": [51, 171]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277939-0002-0000", "contents": "2018 CAF Confederation Cup qualifying rounds, Draw\nThe entry round of the 54 teams entered into the draw is determined by their performances in the CAF competitions for the previous five seasons (CAF 5-Year Ranking points shown in parentheses).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [46, 50], "content_span": [51, 244]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277939-0003-0000", "contents": "2018 CAF Confederation Cup qualifying rounds, Format\nIn the qualifying rounds, each tie was played on a home-and-away two-legged basis. If the aggregate score was tied after the second leg, the away goals rule would be applied, and if still tied, extra time would not be played, and the penalty shoot-out would be used to determine the winner (Regulations III. 13 & 14).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [46, 52], "content_span": [53, 370]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277939-0004-0000", "contents": "2018 CAF Confederation Cup qualifying rounds, Schedule\nThe schedule of each round was as follows (matches scheduled in midweek in italics).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [46, 54], "content_span": [55, 139]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277939-0005-0000", "contents": "2018 CAF Confederation Cup qualifying rounds, Bracket\nThe bracket of the draw was announced by the CAF on 13 December 2017.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [46, 53], "content_span": [54, 123]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277939-0006-0000", "contents": "2018 CAF Confederation Cup qualifying rounds, Bracket\nThe 16 winners of the first round advanced to the play-off round, where they were joined by the 16 losers of the Champions League first round.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [46, 53], "content_span": [54, 196]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277939-0007-0000", "contents": "2018 CAF Confederation Cup qualifying rounds, Preliminary round\nThe preliminary round included the 44 teams that did not receive byes to the first round.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [46, 63], "content_span": [64, 153]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277939-0008-0000", "contents": "2018 CAF Confederation Cup qualifying rounds, Preliminary round\nUS Ben Guerdane won on walkover after Al-Hilal Juba failed to arrive for the first leg.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [46, 63], "content_span": [64, 151]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277939-0009-0000", "contents": "2018 CAF Confederation Cup qualifying rounds, First round\nThe first round included 32 teams: the 22 winners of the preliminary round, and the 10 teams that received byes to this round.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [46, 57], "content_span": [58, 184]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277939-0010-0000", "contents": "2018 CAF Confederation Cup qualifying rounds, First round\n2\u20132 on aggregate. Costa do Sol won on away goals.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [46, 57], "content_span": [58, 107]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277939-0011-0000", "contents": "2018 CAF Confederation Cup qualifying rounds, Play-off round\nThe play-off round included 32 teams: the 16 winners of the Confederation Cup first round and the 16 losers of the Champions League first round.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [46, 60], "content_span": [61, 205]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277939-0012-0000", "contents": "2018 CAF Confederation Cup qualifying rounds, Play-off round\nThe draw for the play-off round was held on 21 March 2018, 19:00 EET (UTC+2), at the Ritz Carlton in Cairo, Egypt. The winners of the Confederation Cup first round were drawn against the losers of the Champions League first round, with the teams from the Confederation Cup hosting the second leg.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [46, 60], "content_span": [61, 357]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277939-0013-0000", "contents": "2018 CAF Confederation Cup qualifying rounds, Play-off round\nThe 32 teams were seeded by their performances in the CAF competitions for the previous five seasons (CAF 5-Year Ranking points shown in parentheses):", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [46, 60], "content_span": [61, 211]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277939-0014-0000", "contents": "2018 CAF Confederation Cup qualifying rounds, Play-off round\nFirst, a team from Pot A and a team from Pot D were drawn into four ties. Next, a team from Pot B and a team from Pot C were drawn into four ties. Finally, the remaining teams from Pot C and Pot D were drawn into the last eight ties.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [46, 60], "content_span": [61, 294]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277939-0015-0000", "contents": "2018 CAF Confederation Cup qualifying rounds, Play-off round\nThe 16 winners of the play-off round advanced to the group stage.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [46, 60], "content_span": [61, 126]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277940-0000-0000", "contents": "2018 CAF Super Cup\nThe 2018 CAF Super Cup (officially the 2018 Total CAF Super Cup for sponsorship reasons) was the 26th CAF Super Cup, an annual football match in Africa organized by the Confederation of African Football (CAF), between the winners of the previous season's two CAF club competitions, the CAF Champions League and the CAF Confederation Cup.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [18, 18], "content_span": [19, 356]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277940-0001-0000", "contents": "2018 CAF Super Cup\nThe match was played between Wydad Casablanca of Morocco, the 2017 CAF Champions League winners, and TP Mazembe of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, the 2017 CAF Confederation Cup winners. It was hosted by Wydad Casablanca at the Stade Mohammed V in Casablanca on 24 February 2018.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [18, 18], "content_span": [19, 304]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277940-0002-0000", "contents": "2018 CAF Super Cup\nWydad Casablanca won the match 1\u20130 to claim their first CAF Super Cup title.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [18, 18], "content_span": [19, 95]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277940-0003-0000", "contents": "2018 CAF Super Cup, Format\nThe CAF Super Cup was played as a single match, with the CAF Champions League winners hosting the match. If the score was tied at the end of regulation, extra time would not be played, and the penalty shoot-out would be used to determine the winner (CAF Champions League Regulations XXVII and CAF Confederation Cup Regulations XXV).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [20, 26], "content_span": [27, 359]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277940-0004-0000", "contents": "2018 CAF Super Cup, Match, Details\nAssistant referees:Jerson Emiliano Dos Santos (Angola)Zakhele Thusi Siwela (South\u00a0Africa)Fourth official:Gehad Grisha (Egypt)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [20, 34], "content_span": [35, 160]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277940-0005-0000", "contents": "2018 CAF Super Cup, Prize money\nPrize money shared between CAF Champions League winner and CAF Confederations Cup winner in CAF Super Cup are as following\u00a0:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [20, 31], "content_span": [32, 156]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277941-0000-0000", "contents": "2018 CAFA U-15 Championship\nThe 2018 CAFA U15 Championship is the 2nd edition of the CAFA Youth Championship, for men's under-15 national teams; This international football competition is organized by Central Asian Football Association (CAFA). The tournament is hosted by Uzbekistan from July 22 to 30, 2018.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [27, 27], "content_span": [28, 308]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277941-0001-0000", "contents": "2018 CAFA U-15 Championship\nIt is played on a Round-robin tournament format among the 6 participating teams", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [27, 27], "content_span": [28, 107]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277941-0002-0000", "contents": "2018 CAFA U-15 Championship\nAfghanistan was the defending champions. On July 30, 2018, Iran U15 team won its 1st title", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [27, 27], "content_span": [28, 118]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277942-0000-0000", "contents": "2018 CAFA Women's Championship\nThe 2018 CAFA Women's Championship is the first edition of the CAFA Women's Championship, an association football tournament for women's national teams from the Central Asian Football Association. It is hosted in Tashkent, Uzbekistan and be played between 23 November and 1 December 2018.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [30, 30], "content_span": [31, 319]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277942-0001-0000", "contents": "2018 CAFA Women's Championship, Teams\nAll CAFA members but Turkmenistan entered. Afghanistan appeared with kind of a B-team after several players including the captain refused to sign a contract pre-tournament. Iran U23 team participated in this tournament.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 37], "content_span": [38, 258]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277943-0000-0000", "contents": "2018 CARIFTA Games\nThe 2018 CARIFTA Games took place between 31 March and 2 April 2018. The event was held at the Thomas Robinson Stadium in Nassau, Bahamas.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [18, 18], "content_span": [19, 157]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277944-0000-0000", "contents": "2018 CB\n2018 CB is a very bright micro-asteroid, classified as a near-Earth object of the Apollo group, less than 20 meters (66\u00a0ft) in diameter. It was first observed by astronomers of the Catalina Sky Survey at Mount Lemmon Observatory, Arizona, on 4 February 2018, during its sub-lunar close encounter with Earth.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 7], "section_span": [7, 7], "content_span": [8, 315]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277944-0001-0000", "contents": "2018 CB, 2018 flyby\nOn 9 February 2018, the asteroid passed about 64,500\u00a0km (40,100\u00a0mi) from Earth, traveling 10 miles per second (16\u00a0km/s) relative to Earth and briefly reaching apparent magnitude 13. It was observed by the Goldstone Observatory, which constrained its size to no more than 20 meters.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 7], "section_span": [9, 19], "content_span": [20, 301]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277944-0002-0000", "contents": "2018 CB, 2018 flyby\nDuring the flyby its period was changed from 1.48 years to 1.67 years.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 7], "section_span": [9, 19], "content_span": [20, 90]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277944-0003-0000", "contents": "2018 CB, 2018 flyby, Flyby gallery\nIts path across the sky on February 9th was north to south (30 minute positions shown)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 7], "section_span": [9, 34], "content_span": [35, 121]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277944-0004-0000", "contents": "2018 CB, 2018 flyby, Flyby gallery\n20 minute timelapse, taken two days before closest approach. The asteroid can be seen near the center of the image, moving towards the lower left. Brightness is inverted (stars appear dark, the sky background appears light).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 7], "section_span": [9, 34], "content_span": [35, 259]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277944-0005-0000", "contents": "2018 CB, 2018 flyby, Flyby gallery\n2018 CB on February 7th. The image is corrected for the asteroid's motion, so stars appear trailed.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 7], "section_span": [9, 34], "content_span": [35, 134]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277944-0006-0000", "contents": "2018 CB, Other flybys\n2018 CB's orbit is in Earth's neighborhood, so it frequently makes other close approaches to Earth like the 2018 one, although not usually as close. In 1953 (65 years or 44 orbits earlier), it passed 0.00650\u00a0AU (972,000\u00a0km; 604,000\u00a0mi) from Earth, and in 2090 it will pass between 0.00475\u00a0AU (711,000\u00a0km; 442,000\u00a0mi) and 0.00798\u00a0AU (1,194,000\u00a0km; 742,000\u00a0mi) from Earth.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 7], "section_span": [9, 21], "content_span": [22, 392]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277944-0007-0000", "contents": "2018 CB, Other flybys\nIt also may have passed similarly near Earth in 1914, but the uncertainty in the 1953 approach makes it difficult to determine.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 7], "section_span": [9, 21], "content_span": [22, 149]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277944-0008-0000", "contents": "2018 CB, Physical characteristics\n2018 CB appears unusually bright for its size, suggesting it is made of brighter materials than the average asteroid.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 7], "section_span": [9, 33], "content_span": [34, 151]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277945-0000-0000", "contents": "2018 CBA Playoffs\nThe 2018 CBA Playoffs was the postseason tournament of the Chinese Basketball Association's 2017\u201318 season. It began on 3 March 2018. In this season, the playoffs were expanded from 8 teams to 10 teams.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 17], "section_span": [17, 17], "content_span": [18, 220]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277945-0001-0000", "contents": "2018 CBA Playoffs, Bracket\nTeams in bold advanced to the next round. The numbers to the left of each team indicate the team's seeding, and the numbers to the right indicate the number of games the team won in that round. Teams with home court advantage are shown in italics.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 17], "section_span": [19, 26], "content_span": [27, 274]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277945-0002-0000", "contents": "2018 CBA Playoffs, Semifinals, (1) Zhejiang Lions vs. (4) Shandong Golden Stars\nIn the third quarter of game 6, Shandong star Ding Yanyuhang went down with a knee injury. He did not return or play in game 7, leading to his team's loss.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 17], "section_span": [19, 79], "content_span": [80, 235]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277946-0000-0000", "contents": "2018 CBR Brave season\nThe 2018 CBR Brave season was the Brave's 5th season in the Australian Ice Hockey League since being founded and entering the league in 2014. The season ran from 21 April 2018 to 2 September 2018 for the Brave. CBR finished first in the regular season to clinch their maiden H Newman Reid Trophy. The team set then AIHL records for most wins and points in a season. The Brave completed the double and claimed their first Goodall Cup trophy and the AIHL Championship in Melbourne in September.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [21, 21], "content_span": [22, 514]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277946-0000-0001", "contents": "2018 CBR Brave season\nCBR defeated the Melbourne Mustangs in the first semi-final 5\u20131 before overcoming the Sydney Bears in the final 4\u20133 with an overtime winner scored by Trevor Gerling. The Brave became the first Canberra based ice hockey franchise to lift the Goodall Cup and the second Canberra based team overall, following the ACT representative team's victory in 1998. Canberra Brave's Dave and Jayden Lewis became the first father-son duo in Australian Ice Hockey League history to lift the Goodall Cup. American import forward, Trevor Gerling, finished equal top points scorer in the league.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [21, 21], "content_span": [22, 600]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277946-0000-0002", "contents": "2018 CBR Brave season\nCanadian import goaltender, Matt Hewitt, finished top in the league goaltender standings and Australian international, Wahebe Darge, won the AIHL best local player award for 2018. Foundation player, Jordie Gavin who was instrumental in building the CBR Brave following the collapse of the Canberra Knights, retired after the 2018 AIHL final.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [21, 21], "content_span": [22, 363]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277946-0001-0000", "contents": "2018 CBR Brave season, Transfers\nAll the player transfers in and out by the CBR Brave for the 2018 AIHL season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 32], "content_span": [33, 111]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277947-0000-0000", "contents": "2018 CC\n2018 CC is a micro-asteroid, classified as a near-Earth object of the Apollo group, approximately 20 meters (70\u00a0ft) in diameter. Its official first observation was made by the Catalina Sky Survey at Mount Lemmon Observatory, Arizona, United States, on 4 February 2018. Two days later, the asteroid crossed the orbit of the Moon and made a very close approach to Earth.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 7], "section_span": [7, 7], "content_span": [8, 376]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277947-0001-0000", "contents": "2018 CC, Orbit and classification\n2018 CC belongs to the Apollo asteroids, which cross the orbit of Earth. Apollo's are the largest group of near-Earth objects with nearly 10 thousand known members. It orbits the Sun at a distance of 0.84\u20131.73\u00a0AU once every 18 months (531 days; semi-major axis of 1.28\u00a0AU). Its orbit has an eccentricity of 0.35 and an inclination of 8\u00b0 with respect to the ecliptic. With an aphelion of 1.73\u00a0AU, it is also a Mars-crosser, as it crosses the orbit of the Red Planet at 1.66\u00a0AU.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 7], "section_span": [9, 33], "content_span": [34, 510]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277947-0002-0000", "contents": "2018 CC, Orbit and classification\nThe body's observation arc begins with its first recorded observation by Pan-STARRS on 20 January 2018.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 7], "section_span": [9, 33], "content_span": [34, 137]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277947-0003-0000", "contents": "2018 CC, Orbit and classification, Close approaches\nThe object has a low minimum orbital intersection distance with Earth of 29,900\u00a0km (0.0002\u00a0AU), which corresponds to 0.078 lunar distances (LD). On 8 February 2034, it will approach Earth to a distance of 0.0212\u00a0AU (3,170,000\u00a0km; 1,970,000\u00a0mi) or 8.2\u00a0LD.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 7], "section_span": [9, 51], "content_span": [52, 306]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277947-0004-0000", "contents": "2018 CC, Orbit and classification, Close approaches, 2018 flyby\nOn 6 February 2018, it passed at a nominal distance of 0.0012640\u00a0AU (189,000\u00a0km; 117,000\u00a0mi) from Earth (0.49 LD). One hour earlier, it passed the Moon at 577,000\u00a0km (0.0038564\u00a0AU).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 7], "section_span": [9, 63], "content_span": [64, 245]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277947-0005-0000", "contents": "2018 CC, Physical characteristics\nThe body's physical parameter remain largely unknown. Based on a generic magnitude-to-diameter conversion, and for an absolute magnitude of 26.541, the asteroid measures 15 and 40 meters in diameter, assuming a carbonaceous and stony albedo of 0.057 and 0.20, respectively. No rotational lightcurve has been obtained from photometric observations, and no rotation period, shape or pole has been determined.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 7], "section_span": [9, 33], "content_span": [34, 440]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277947-0006-0000", "contents": "2018 CC, Naming\nAs of 2018, this minor planet has not been numbered or named.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 7], "section_span": [9, 15], "content_span": [16, 77]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277948-0000-0000", "contents": "2018 CDMX Open\nThe 2018 CDMX Open was a professional tennis tournament played on clay courts. It was the first edition of the tournament which was part of the 2018 ATP Challenger Tour. It took place in Mexico City, Mexico between 9 and 15 April 2018.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 14], "section_span": [14, 14], "content_span": [15, 250]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277948-0001-0000", "contents": "2018 CDMX Open, Singles main draw entrants, Other Entrants\nThe following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 14], "section_span": [16, 58], "content_span": [59, 127]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277948-0002-0000", "contents": "2018 CDMX Open, Singles main draw entrants, Other Entrants\nThe following player received entry into the singles main draw as a special exempt:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 14], "section_span": [16, 58], "content_span": [59, 142]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277949-0000-0000", "contents": "2018 CDMX Open \u2013 Doubles\nYannick Hanfmann and Kevin Krawietz won the title after defeating Luke Bambridge and Jonny O'Mara 6\u20132, 7\u20136(7\u20133) in the final.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [24, 24], "content_span": [25, 150]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277950-0000-0000", "contents": "2018 CDMX Open \u2013 Singles\nJuan Ignacio Londero won the title after defeating Roberto Quiroz 6\u20131, 6\u20133 in the final.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [24, 24], "content_span": [25, 113]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277951-0000-0000", "contents": "2018 CECAFA U-17 Championship\nThe 2018 CECAFA U17 Championship was the 3rd CECAFA U-17 Championship organized by CECAFA (Council of East and Central Africa Football Association)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [29, 29], "content_span": [30, 177]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277951-0001-0000", "contents": "2018 CECAFA U-17 Championship, Officials\nOn 6 April 2018, CECAFA released the list of 7 referees and 8 assistant referees.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 40], "content_span": [41, 122]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277951-0002-0000", "contents": "2018 CECAFA U-17 Championship, Group stage, Group B\nZanzibar team was removed from the tournament for fielding over age players.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 51], "content_span": [52, 128]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277951-0003-0000", "contents": "2018 CECAFA U-17 Championship, Knockout stage\nIn the knockout stages, if a match is level at the end of normal playing time, extra time is played (two periods of 15 minutes each) and followed, if necessary, by a penalty shoot-out to determine the winners.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 45], "content_span": [46, 255]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277952-0000-0000", "contents": "2018 CF2\n2018 CF2 is a micro-asteroid and near-Earth object of the Apollo group on an eccentric orbit with has an estimated 4\u201315 meters (10\u201350\u00a0ft). It was first observed on 7 February 2018, by astronomers of the Mount Lemmon Survey at Mount Lemmon Observatory, Arizona, United States. The discovery occurred the day after its sub-lunar passage as it approached the Earth from a sunward direction, and this flyby altered the asteroid's orbit slightly.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 8], "section_span": [8, 8], "content_span": [9, 450]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277952-0001-0000", "contents": "2018 CF2, Orbit and classification\n2018 CF2 belongs to the Apollo asteroids, the largest group of near-Earth objects with nearly 10 thousand known members, which cross the orbit of Earth.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 8], "section_span": [10, 34], "content_span": [35, 187]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277952-0002-0000", "contents": "2018 CF2, Orbit and classification\nBased on a high uncertainty, it orbits the Sun at a distance of 0.91\u20132.77\u00a0AU once every 2 years and 6 months (910 days; semi-major axis of 1.84\u00a0AU). Its orbit has an eccentricity of 0.51 and an inclination of 16\u00b0 with respect to the ecliptic. With an aphelion of 2.77\u00a0AU, it is also a Mars-crosser, as it crosses the orbit of the Red Planet at 1.666\u00a0AU. The body's observation arc begins at Mount Lemmon with its first observation on 7 February 2018.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 8], "section_span": [10, 34], "content_span": [35, 485]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277952-0003-0000", "contents": "2018 CF2, Orbit and classification, 2018 flyby\nOn 6 February 2018, 18:45 UTC, the day before its first observation, it had a flyby with the Earth at a nominal distance of 0.25 lunar distances (LD). Its next close approach to Earth is projected to occur on 23 January 2023, at 0.111\u00a0AU (43\u00a0LD). After the 2018-passage, the body's minimum orbital intersection distance with Earth increased to 0.30\u00a0LD (0.00077\u00a0AU).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 8], "section_span": [10, 46], "content_span": [47, 412]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277952-0004-0000", "contents": "2018 CF2, Physical characteristics\nThe Minor Planet Center estimates a diameter of 4\u201315 meters (10\u201350\u00a0ft). Based on a generic magnitude-to-diameter conversion using an absolute magnitude of 28.036, the body measures between 7 and 14 meters in diameter for an assumed albedo of 0.057 and 0.20, which represent typical values for carbonaceous and stony asteroids, respectively.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 8], "section_span": [10, 34], "content_span": [35, 375]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277952-0005-0000", "contents": "2018 CF2, Physical characteristics\nAs of 2018, no rotational lightcurve of 2018 CF2 has been obtained from photometric observations. The body's rotation period, pole and shape remain unknown.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 8], "section_span": [10, 34], "content_span": [35, 191]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277953-0000-0000", "contents": "2018 CFL Draft\nThe 2018 CFL Draft took place on May 3, 2018, at 8:00\u00a0pm ET and was broadcast on TSN and RDS. Sixty-nine players were chosen from among eligible players from Canadian Universities across the country, as well as Canadian players playing in the NCAA.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 14], "section_span": [14, 14], "content_span": [15, 263]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277953-0001-0000", "contents": "2018 CFL Draft\nThe draft was broadcast live on TSN for two hours and then subsequent coverage shifted to digital platforms on TSN.ca and TSN GO. The production was hosted by Farhan Lalji and featured the CFL on TSN panel which includes Duane Forde, Dave Naylor, Davis Sanchez, and Justin Dunk. Randy Ambrosie, the CFL commissioner, was at the TSN studios to announce the picks for the first two rounds.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 14], "section_span": [14, 14], "content_span": [15, 402]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277953-0002-0000", "contents": "2018 CFL Draft, Trades\nIn the explanations below, (D) denotes trades that took place during the draft, while (PD) indicates trades completed pre-draft.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 14], "section_span": [16, 22], "content_span": [23, 151]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277954-0000-0000", "contents": "2018 CFL season\nThe 2018 Canadian Football League season was the 65th season of modern Canadian professional football. Officially, it was the 61st season of the league. Edmonton hosted the 106th Grey Cup on November 25, 2018. The CFL announced that this season will move to a 21-week regular season (previously a 20-week season) to increase player rest time and reduce short turnaround-times for games. Given the change, the regular season began on June 14, 2018, one week earlier than usual, and concluded on November 3, 2018.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [15, 15], "content_span": [16, 527]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277954-0001-0000", "contents": "2018 CFL season, CFL News in 2018, Salary cap\nAccording to the new collective bargaining agreement, the 2018 salary cap will be set at $5,200,000 (average of $113,043 per active roster spot). As per the agreement, the cap is fixed and will not vary with league revenue performance. The minimum player salary is $54,000. This will be the last season under the current CBA with this deal expiring May 15, 2019 or the first day of the 2019 training camp, whichever comes first.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [17, 45], "content_span": [46, 474]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277954-0002-0000", "contents": "2018 CFL season, CFL News in 2018, Free agency\nThe 2018 free agency period began on Tuesday, February 13, 2018 at 12pm EST. All players eligible for free agency are unrestricted free agents, as is customary in the league.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [17, 46], "content_span": [47, 221]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277954-0003-0000", "contents": "2018 CFL season, CFL News in 2018, New ball\nOn March 19, 2018, the CFL announced that it would introduce a new football for the 2018 season. The new ball, produced by Wilson Sporting Goods, matches the specifications of the ball used in the National Football League and uses the \"slightly harder\" Horween leather used in that league, but with the CFL's laces and its characteristic white striping.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [17, 43], "content_span": [44, 397]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277954-0004-0000", "contents": "2018 CFL season, CFL News in 2018, CFL Week\nFollowing the success of the week-long league and prospect showcase in March 2017, the league announced on September 9, 2017 that Mark's CFL Week would return and would be hosted by Winnipeg. The event took place from Thursday March 22 to Sunday March 25, 2018, and was highlighted by the CFL National Combine: In which, 52 2018 CFL Draft eligible prospects competed. The festivities were held at the RBC Convention Centre in Winnipeg. Similar to last year's installment, over 50 current players attended for fan engagement and media photo shoots. The 2018 Canadian Football Hall of Fame inductees (Scott Flory, Barron Miles, Tommy Hugo, Hank Ilesic, Brent Johnson, Frank Cosentino, and Paul Brule) were announced during a gala and the CFL Rules and Competition Committee meetings were held.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [17, 43], "content_span": [44, 835]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277954-0005-0000", "contents": "2018 CFL season, CFL News in 2018, Schedule\nOn September 13, 2017, the league announced that the 2018 season would have a 21-week regular season schedule rather than the 20-week schedule used from 2004 to 2005 and 2014 to 2017 when the league had nine teams. This will be the longest, in terms of calendar days, that a CFL season has been. In this model, there will be 18 four-game weeks and three three-game weeks. Every team will have three bye weeks, up from the previous eight teams with two bye weeks and one team with three (while playing two games in one week).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [17, 43], "content_span": [44, 568]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277954-0005-0001", "contents": "2018 CFL season, CFL News in 2018, Schedule\nThis change was also a probable result of the backlash received for the 2017 Ottawa Redblacks season schedule that saw the team play 17 games over the first 17 weeks and have their byes in weeks 18 and 20. Ottawa also had to play three games in 11 days as did the Toronto Argonauts, due to the five-game week in week 5.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [17, 43], "content_span": [44, 363]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277954-0006-0000", "contents": "2018 CFL season, CFL News in 2018, Schedule\nOn December 14, 2017, the CFL released the 2018 season schedule, which was almost two months earlier than in years past. The season opening game was hosted on June 14 by the Winnipeg Blue Bombers, the first time they have hosted that game since the 2014 season. The Grey Cup rematch, hosted by the Argonauts, took place in week 2, which was the first time since 2013 that it was not featured in week 1. Three-game weeks will take place in weeks 5, 9, and 14 as three teams will have byes during those weeks.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [17, 43], "content_span": [44, 551]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277954-0007-0000", "contents": "2018 CFL season, CFL News in 2018, Schedule\nThere are four triple headers, all occurring on Saturdays and after the Labour Day Classic games, presumably to avoid playing games on Sundays and interfering with TSN's broadcast of National Football League games. There are also 11 double headers this year, with one on a Thursday, three on Fridays, five on Saturdays, and two on Mondays (the traditional Labour Day and Thanksgiving contests). Other than the two Holiday Monday games, all games this season are played between Thursday and Sunday.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [17, 43], "content_span": [44, 541]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277954-0007-0001", "contents": "2018 CFL season, CFL News in 2018, Schedule\nThis will be the fourth straight season to showcase Thursday Night Football with 10 of the first 11 weeks featuring Thursday night games, with every team hosting at least once. For the first time since 2014, there are not only all intra-divisional games in the last week of the regular season, but those games are also featured in the last three weeks of the regular season (which also occurred in 2014). There are nine home-and-home series, with the Argonauts playing the most, with four. The Hamilton Tiger-Cats have a delayed home-and-home series with the Saskatchewan Roughriders as both teams have a bye during week 5 (in which case, the Tiger-Cats also have four such series).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [17, 43], "content_span": [44, 726]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277954-0008-0000", "contents": "2018 CFL season, CFL News in 2018, Negotiation lists\nIn late January 2018 CFL commissioner Randy Ambrosie announced that teams would be required to make public the names of 10 of the 45 players on their negotiation lists twice per year; once in February and once in December. The negotiation list is the process by which non-Canadian players enter the CFL; in lieu of a draft, teams instead unilaterally claim rights to any non-Canadian player by placing them on the list at any time on a first come, first served basis. The decision to go public was supported by the league's presidents, governors and general managers. On February 20, 2018 all nine CFL teams announced 10 players on their negotiation list.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [17, 52], "content_span": [53, 708]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277954-0009-0000", "contents": "2018 CFL season, CFL News in 2018, NFL window\nOn July 20, 2018 the nine CFL owners voted to reinstate the \"NFL window\". All players who sign contracts after August 20, 2018 will be eligible to work out (attend try-outs and mini-camps) and sign contracts with NFL teams during the off-season. CFL rookies will still be required to sign two year contracts, but now have the opportunity to have their contract terminated if signed by an NFL team after their first year.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [17, 45], "content_span": [46, 466]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277954-0010-0000", "contents": "2018 CFL season, CFL News in 2018, Quarterback Safety\nIn the middle of the CFL playoffs the CFL announced that they would be adding an eighth official to the final three playoff games with the sole purpose of identifying and penalizing any instances of violent impacts to the neck or head of a quarterback. The change came about as a result of injuries to Zach Collaros and Brandon Bridge who both received violent hits to the head.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [17, 53], "content_span": [54, 432]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277954-0011-0000", "contents": "2018 CFL season, CFL News in 2018, Rules changes\nIn March the CFL's Rules Committee submitted a variety of rule changes to the Board of Governors, to be implemented for the 2017 season. As was the case in 2017, the proposed changes once again focused on improving game flow and increasing player safety. The proposals were reviewed and accepted by the CFL's Board of Governors on May 23, 2018.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [17, 48], "content_span": [49, 393]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277954-0012-0000", "contents": "2018 CFL season, Broadcasting\nBroadcast agreements with the ESPN family of networks, including TSN in Canada, continue. In the United States, games not carried on ESPN's linear networks will now be placed behind a hard paywall for all viewers as ESPN+ takes over streaming those games; they had previously been carried on ESPN3, the cost of which had been bundled into the price set by the Internet service provider.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [17, 29], "content_span": [30, 416]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277954-0013-0000", "contents": "2018 CFL season, Broadcasting\nAlthough the CFL's agreement with TSN has since been extended to 2021, that extension did not cover U.S. rights, which expire after 2018. The CFL has admitted courting a return to NFL Network, which carried the league's games in 2010 and 2011; such a move would require the league to move its schedule a month earlier than it starts now, potentially overlapping with the Stanley Cup Finals.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [17, 29], "content_span": [30, 420]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277954-0014-0000", "contents": "2018 CFL season, Regular season, Structure\nTeams play eighteen regular season games, playing two divisional opponents three times and all of the other teams twice. Teams were awarded two points for a win and one point for a tie. The top three teams in each division qualified for the playoffs, with the first place team gaining a bye to the divisional finals. A fourth place team in one division may qualify ahead of the third place team in the other division (the \"Crossover\"), if they earn more points in the season. If a third-place team finishes in a tie with the fourth place team in the other division, the third place team automatically gets the playoff spot and there is no crossover.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [17, 42], "content_span": [43, 692]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277954-0015-0000", "contents": "2018 CFL season, Regular season, Structure\nIf two or more teams in the same division were equal in points, the following tiebreakers applied:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [17, 42], "content_span": [43, 141]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277954-0016-0000", "contents": "2018 CFL season, Regular season, Standings\nNote: GP = Games Played, W = Wins, L = Losses, T = Ties, PF = Points For, PA = Points Against, Pts = Points", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [17, 42], "content_span": [43, 150]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277954-0017-0000", "contents": "2018 CFL season, CFL Playoffs\nThe Grey Cup was played at The Brick Field at Commonwealth Stadium on November 25, 2018. Stampeders' QB, Bo Levi Mitchell was named Grey Cup MVP and Stampeders' wide receiver, Lemar Durant was named the Grey Cup's Most Valuable Canadian.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [17, 29], "content_span": [30, 267]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277955-0000-0000", "contents": "2018 CFU Women's Challenge Series\nThe 2018 CFU Women's Challenge Series was a football competition in the Caribbean region, held amongst the women's national teams whose football associations are affiliated with the Caribbean Football Union (CFU), a sub-confederation of CONCACAF.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [33, 33], "content_span": [34, 280]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277955-0001-0000", "contents": "2018 CFU Women's Challenge Series\nThe competition was announced by the CFU in March 2018. It is the third women's competition organized by the CFU, after the 2000 CFU Women's Caribbean Cup and the 2014 CFU Women's Caribbean Cup. It is played in April 2018 across five venues, and serves as preparation for the CONCACAF Championship and World Cup qualifiers starting in May. Unlike the two previous CFU Women's Caribbean Cup tournaments, there is no final round and thus no overall champion.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [33, 33], "content_span": [34, 490]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277955-0002-0000", "contents": "2018 CFU Women's Challenge Series, Teams\nA total of 20 teams (out of 31 CFU members) entered the competition.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 40], "content_span": [41, 109]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277955-0003-0000", "contents": "2018 CFU Women's Challenge Series, Groups\nThe 20 teams are divided into five groups of four. In each group, teams play each other once at a centralised venue. Medals are awarded to each group winner and runner-up.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 41], "content_span": [42, 213]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277955-0004-0000", "contents": "2018 CFU Women's Challenge Series, Groups, Group A\nHost venue: Warner Park Sporting Complex, Basseterre, Saint Kitts and Nevis (all times UTC\u22124)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 50], "content_span": [51, 144]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277955-0005-0000", "contents": "2018 CFU Women's Challenge Series, Groups, Group B\nHost venue: UWI-JFF Captain Horace Burrell Centre of Excellence and Waterhouse Stadium, Kingston, Jamaica (all times UTC\u22125)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 50], "content_span": [51, 174]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277955-0006-0000", "contents": "2018 CFU Women's Challenge Series, Groups, Group C\nHost venue: Stade Sylvio Cator, Port-au-Prince, Haiti (all times UTC\u22124)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 50], "content_span": [51, 122]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277955-0007-0000", "contents": "2018 CFU Women's Challenge Series, Groups, Group C\nNote: Due to withdrawal of two teams, the remaining two teams play each other twice.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 50], "content_span": [51, 135]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277955-0008-0000", "contents": "2018 CFU Women's Challenge Series, Groups, Group D\nHost venue: Sir Vivian Richards Stadium, North Sound, Antigua and Barbuda (all times UTC\u22124)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 50], "content_span": [51, 143]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277955-0009-0000", "contents": "2018 CFU Women's Challenge Series, Groups, Group E\nHost venue: Ato Boldon Stadium, Couva, Trinidad and Tobago (all times UTC\u22124)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 50], "content_span": [51, 127]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277956-0000-0000", "contents": "2018 CHA Women's Ice Hockey Tournament\nThe 2018 College Hockey America Women's Ice Hockey Tournament was the 16th tournament in league history played between March 1 and March 3, 2018, at the Harborcenter in Buffalo, New York. Mercyhurst won their 12th tournament and earned College Hockey America's automatic bid to the 2018 NCAA National Collegiate Women's Ice Hockey Tournament.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [38, 38], "content_span": [39, 381]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277956-0001-0000", "contents": "2018 CHA Women's Ice Hockey Tournament, Format\nAll six CHA Teams participated in the Tournament. On the first day of the Tournament, the top two seeds received a bye, while the #3 seed played the #6 seed, and the #4 seed played the #5 seed in the Quarterfinal round. On the second day, the Semifinal games featured the #1 seed against the lowest remaining seed, while the #2 seed played the highest remaining seed. On the third and final day, the CHA Championship was played between the two Semifinal winners. There was a total of five games.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 46], "content_span": [47, 542]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277956-0002-0000", "contents": "2018 CHA Women's Ice Hockey Tournament, Format, Standings\nThe Tournament Champion earned a berth in the 2018 NCAA National Collegiate Women's Ice Hockey Tournament to determine the national champion. The Mercyhurst Lakers were the number 8 seed out of 8 in the tournament, and lost to #1 seed Clarkson 3\u20132 in overtime on March 10, in Potsdam, New York.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 57], "content_span": [58, 352]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277957-0000-0000", "contents": "2018 CIK-FIA Karting European Championship\nThe 2018 CIK-FIA European Championship was the 47th edition of the CIK-FIA Karting European Championship and held championships in the KZ, KZ2, OK, OKJ and Superkart classes.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [42, 42], "content_span": [43, 217]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277958-0000-0000", "contents": "2018 CL\n2018 CL is a micro-asteroid and a near-Earth object of the Aten group, approximately 50 metres (160 feet) in diameter. It was the first confirmed finding, detected on 5 February 2018, announced on 8 February 2018, of the Zwicky Transient Facility project, located at Palomar Observatory, California, in the United States.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 7], "section_span": [7, 7], "content_span": [8, 329]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277959-0000-0000", "contents": "2018 CME Group Tour Championship\nThe 2018 CME Group Tour Championship was the eighth CME Group Tour Championship, a women's professional golf tournament and the season-ending event on the U.S.-based LPGA Tour. It was played at the Gold Course of Tibur\u00f3n Golf Club in Naples, Florida.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [32, 32], "content_span": [33, 283]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277959-0001-0000", "contents": "2018 CME Group Tour Championship\nThe CME Group Tour Championship also marked the end of the season-long \"Race to the CME Globe\" in 2018. Each player's season-long \"Race to the CME Globe\" points were \"reset\" before the tournament based on their position in the points list. \"Championship points\" were awarded to the top 40 players in the CME Group Tour Championship which were added to their \"reset points\" to determine the overall winner of the \"Race to the CME Globe\". The event was televised by Golf Channel Thursday through Saturday on a 2-hour delay, and ABC Sunday live.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [32, 32], "content_span": [33, 575]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277959-0002-0000", "contents": "2018 CME Group Tour Championship\nLexi Thompson won the tournament by four strokes over Nelly Korda, while Ariya Jutanugarn won the Race to the CME Globe and took the $1,000,000 bonus.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [32, 32], "content_span": [33, 183]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277959-0003-0000", "contents": "2018 CME Group Tour Championship, Format, Qualification\nCalled the \"CME Group Titleholders\" for its first three editions, qualification for the tournament changed for 2014. Previously, the top three finishers in each tournament, not previously qualified, earned entry to the tournament. For 2014 the field was determined by a season-long points race, the \"Race to the CME Globe\". All players making the cut in a tournament earned points, with 500 points going to the winner. The five major championships had a higher points distribution, with 625 points to the winner. No-cut tournaments only awarded points to the top 40 finishers.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 55], "content_span": [56, 632]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277959-0004-0000", "contents": "2018 CME Group Tour Championship, Format, Qualification\nOnly LPGA members were eligible to earn points. The top 72 players on the \"Race to the CME Globe\" points list gained entry into the CME Group Titleholders Championship as well as any tournament winners, whether or not an LPGA member, not in the top 72.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 55], "content_span": [56, 308]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277959-0005-0000", "contents": "2018 CME Group Tour Championship, Format, Field\n1. Top 72 LPGA members and those tied for 72nd on the \"Race to the CME Globe\" Points Standings", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 47], "content_span": [48, 142]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277959-0006-0000", "contents": "2018 CME Group Tour Championship, Format, Field\nMarina Alex, Brittany Altomare, Aditi Ashok, C\u00e9line Boutier, Chella Choi, Chun In-gee, Carlota Ciganda, Jacqui Concolino, Lindy Duncan, Austin Ernst, Jodi Ewart Shadoff, Hannah Green, Jaye Marie Green, Georgia Hall, Nasa Hataoka, Brooke Henderson, Wei-Ling Hsu, Charley Hull, Ji Eun-hee, Ariya Jutanugarn, Moriya Jutanugarn, Danielle Kang, Haeji Kang, Cristie Kerr, Megan Khang, Kim Sei-young, Katherine Kirk, Ko Jin-young, Lydia Ko, Jessica Korda, Nelly Korda, Bronte Law, Minjee Lee, Lee Jeong-eun, Lee Mi-hyang, Mirim Lee, Brittany Lincicome, Pernilla Lindberg, Yu Liu, Gaby L\u00f3pez, Mo Martin, Caroline Masson, Ally McDonald, Azahara Mu\u00f1oz, Anna Nordqvist, Su-Hyun Oh, Amy Olson, Ryann O'Toole, Annie Park, Jane Park, Park Sung-hyun, Pornanong Phatlum, Ryu So-yeon, Lizette Salas, Jenny Shin, Sarah Jane Smith, Mariah Stackhouse, Thidapa Suwannapura, Emma Talley, Lexi Thompson, Ayako Uehara, Angel Yin", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 47], "content_span": [48, 952]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277959-0007-0000", "contents": "2018 CME Group Tour Championship, Format, Field\nQualified but did not play: Shanshan Feng, Sandra Gal, Caroline Inglis, Kim Hyo-joo, In-Kyung Kim, Inbee Park, Jennifer Song, Angela Stanford, Michelle Wie, Amy Yang", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 47], "content_span": [48, 213]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277959-0008-0000", "contents": "2018 CME Group Tour Championship, Format, Field\n2. LPGA Members, not otherwise qualified, who won at least one official LPGA tournament during the season", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 47], "content_span": [48, 153]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277959-0009-0000", "contents": "2018 CME Group Tour Championship, Format, Field\n3. Non -members who won at least one official LPGA tournament during the season", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 47], "content_span": [48, 127]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277959-0010-0000", "contents": "2018 CME Group Tour Championship, Format, Field\n4. Those beyond 72nd on the \"Race to the CME Globe\" Points Standings to fill the field to 72 players", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 47], "content_span": [48, 148]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277959-0011-0000", "contents": "2018 CME Group Tour Championship, Format, Field\nAshleigh Buhai, Pei-Yun Chien, Daniela Holmqvist, Tiffany Joh, Wichanee Meechai, Park Hee-young, Pannarat Thanapolboonyaras, Maria Torres, Mariajo Uribe, Sakura Yokomine", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 47], "content_span": [48, 217]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277959-0012-0000", "contents": "2018 CME Group Tour Championship, Race to the CME Globe, Reset points\nEach player's \"Race to the CME Globe\" points were \"reset\" before the tournament based on their position in the \"Race to the CME Globe\" points list. The leader was given 5,000 points, the player in second place 4,500 down to 10 points for the player in 72nd place.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 69], "content_span": [70, 333]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277959-0013-0000", "contents": "2018 CME Group Tour Championship, Race to the CME Globe, Final points\n\"Championship points\" were awarded to the top 40 players in the CME Group Tour Championship which were added to their \"reset points\" to determine the overall winner. The winner of the CME Group Tour Championship receiver 3,500 points, the second place player 2,450, down to 150 points for the player finishing in 40th place. The effect of the points system is that the top five players in the reset points list prior to the Championship would be guaranteed to win the \"Race to the CME Globe\" by winning the Championship. The top 12 in the reset points list would have a chance of winning the Race depending on the performances of other players.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 69], "content_span": [70, 714]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277959-0014-0000", "contents": "2018 CME Group Tour Championship, Race to the CME Globe, Bonus\nThe winner of the \"Race to the CME Globe\" receives a $1 million bonus that does not count toward official money list, while second place and third place receive $150,000 and $100,000, respectively.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 62], "content_span": [63, 260]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277960-0000-0000", "contents": "2018 CMT Music Awards\nThe 2018 CMT Music Awards were held at Bridgestone Arena in Nashville, Tennessee on June 6, 2018. Little Big Town was the host for the show. The CMT Music Awards are a fan-voted awards show for country music videos and television performances; Voting takes place on CMT's website.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [21, 21], "content_span": [22, 302]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277961-0000-0000", "contents": "2018 CN2\n2018 CN2 is a very small asteroid, classified as a near-Earth object of the Apollo group, approximately 5 to 16 meters in diameter. It was first observed by astronomers of the Mount Lemmon Survey at Mount Lemmon Observatory, Arizona, on 8 February 2018, one day prior its close encounter with Earth at 0.18 lunar distances.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 8], "section_span": [8, 8], "content_span": [9, 332]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277961-0001-0000", "contents": "2018 CN2, Orbit and classification\n2018 CN2 is a member of the Apollo asteroids, which cross the orbit of Earth. Apollo's are the largest group of near-Earth objects with nearly 10 thousand known objects.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 8], "section_span": [10, 34], "content_span": [35, 204]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277961-0002-0000", "contents": "2018 CN2, Orbit and classification\nBased on a high orbital uncertainty, this asteroid orbits the Sun at a distance of 0.63\u20131.77\u00a0AU once every 16 months (482 days; semi-major axis of 1.20\u00a0AU). Its orbit has an eccentricity of 0.47 and an inclination of 26\u00b0 with respect to the ecliptic. With an aphelion of 1.77\u00a0AU, it is also a Mars-crosser, as it crosses the orbit of the Red Planet at 1.666\u00a0AU. The body's observation arc begins at Mount Lemmon with its first observation on 8 February 2018.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 8], "section_span": [10, 34], "content_span": [35, 493]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277961-0003-0000", "contents": "2018 CN2, Orbit and classification, Close encounters\nThe object has an exceptionally low minimum orbital intersection distance with Earth of 11,500\u00a0km (0.000077\u00a0AU), or 0.03 lunar distances (LD).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 8], "section_span": [10, 52], "content_span": [53, 195]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277961-0004-0000", "contents": "2018 CN2, Orbit and classification, Close encounters, 2018 flyby\nOn 9 February 2018, 2018 CN2 passed at a nominal distance of only 69,900\u00a0km; 43,400\u00a0mi (0.000466964\u00a0AU) from Earth at 7:25 UTC. This corresponds to 0.18\u00a0LD. Based on the body's high orbital uncertainty, all subsequent close encounters in 2022, 2023, 2026, 2027 and 2031, are projected to occur at a distance of more than 15 million kilometers (0.1\u00a0AU; 39\u00a0LD).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 8], "section_span": [10, 64], "content_span": [65, 424]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277961-0005-0000", "contents": "2018 CN2, Physical characteristics\nThe Minor Planet Center estimates a diameter of 5\u201316 meters. Based on a generic magnitude-to-diameter conversion, 2018 CN2 measures between 9 and 17 meters in diameter, for an absolute magnitude of 27.653, and an assumed albedo between 0.057 and 0.20, which represent typical values for carbonaceous and stony asteroids, respectively.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 8], "section_span": [10, 34], "content_span": [35, 369]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277961-0006-0000", "contents": "2018 CN2, Physical characteristics\nAs of 2018, no rotational lightcurve of 2018 CN2 has been obtained from photometric observations. The body's rotation period, pole and shape remain unknown.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 8], "section_span": [10, 34], "content_span": [35, 191]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277962-0000-0000", "contents": "2018 CONCACAF Awards\nThe shortlists for the 2018 CONCACAF Awards were announced on 11 December 2018.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [20, 20], "content_span": [21, 100]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277962-0001-0000", "contents": "2018 CONCACAF Awards\nThe awards are for performances between 1 January and 10 December 2018. The results were announced on 15 January 2019.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [20, 20], "content_span": [21, 139]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277963-0000-0000", "contents": "2018 CONCACAF Champions League\nThe 2018 CONCACAF Champions League (officially the 2018 Scotiabank CONCACAF Champions League for sponsorship reasons) was the 10th edition of the CONCACAF Champions League under its current name, and overall the 53rd edition of the premier football club competition organized by CONCACAF, the regional governing body of North America, Central America, and the Caribbean.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [30, 30], "content_span": [31, 401]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277963-0001-0000", "contents": "2018 CONCACAF Champions League\nThe format of the tournament was changed as part of a new CONCACAF club competition platform consisting of two tournaments (CONCACAF League and CONCACAF Champions League) and a total of 31 teams competing during the season (an increase from the previous 24 teams), with 16 teams competing in the newly created CONCACAF League from August to October, and the winners of the CONCACAF League joining the 15 direct entrants competing in the CONCACAF Champions League from February to April. As a result, the 2018 edition was played using a new format that included the removal of the group stage, a reduction in participating teams from 24 to 16, and a total reduction in matches from 62 to 30.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [30, 30], "content_span": [31, 721]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277963-0002-0000", "contents": "2018 CONCACAF Champions League\nGuadalajara defeated Toronto FC in the final to win their second CONCACAF club title and their first in the Champions League era, and qualified as the CONCACAF representative at the 2018 FIFA Club World Cup in the United Arab Emirates. Pachuca won the previous tournament but did not qualify for this tournament and were unable to defend their title.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [30, 30], "content_span": [31, 381]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277963-0003-0000", "contents": "2018 CONCACAF Champions League, Qualification\nA total of 16 teams participated in the CONCACAF Champions League:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 45], "content_span": [46, 112]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277963-0004-0000", "contents": "2018 CONCACAF Champions League, Qualification\nTherefore, teams from either 8 or 9 out of the 41 CONCACAF member associations could participate in the CONCACAF Champions League.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 45], "content_span": [46, 176]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277963-0005-0000", "contents": "2018 CONCACAF Champions League, Qualification, North America\nThe nine berths for the North American Football Union (NAFU) were allocated to the three NAFU member associations as follows: four berths each for Mexico and the United States, and one berth for Canada.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 60], "content_span": [61, 263]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277963-0006-0000", "contents": "2018 CONCACAF Champions League, Qualification, North America\nFor Mexico, the champions and runners-up of the Liga MX Apertura and Clausura Liguilla (playoff) tournaments qualified for the CONCACAF Champions League. If there was any team which were finalists of both tournaments, the vacated berth was reallocated using a formula, based on regular season records, that ensured that two teams qualified via each tournament.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 60], "content_span": [61, 421]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277963-0007-0000", "contents": "2018 CONCACAF Champions League, Qualification, North America\nFor the United States, four teams qualified for the CONCACAF Champions League, three through the Major League Soccer (MLS) season and one through its domestic cup competition:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 60], "content_span": [61, 236]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277963-0008-0000", "contents": "2018 CONCACAF Champions League, Qualification, North America\nIf there was any team which qualified through multiple berths, or if there was any Canada-based MLS team which were champions of the MLS Cup, the Supporters' Shield, or conference regular season, the vacated berth was reallocated to the U.S.-based team with the best MLS regular season record not yet qualified.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 60], "content_span": [61, 372]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277963-0009-0000", "contents": "2018 CONCACAF Champions League, Qualification, North America\nFor Canada, the champions of the Canadian Championship, its domestic cup competition which awards the Voyageurs Cup, qualified for the CONCACAF Champions League. While some Canada-based teams competed in MLS, they could not qualify through either the MLS regular season or playoffs.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 60], "content_span": [61, 343]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277963-0009-0001", "contents": "2018 CONCACAF Champions League, Qualification, North America\nIn line with the launch of the new format, which placed the Canadian representative directly in the CONCACAF Champions League beginning in early 2018, the Canadian Soccer Association announced in March 2017 that a special one-match playoff between the 2016 champions Toronto FC and the 2017 champions would be played on 9 August 2017 in Toronto to determine who would qualify for the 2018 CONCACAF Champions League, except in the case that Toronto FC won the 2017 edition, in which the playoff would be unnecessary and Toronto FC would qualify automatically. As Toronto FC did later win the 2017 Canadian Championship, the playoff was not played.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 60], "content_span": [61, 707]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277963-0010-0000", "contents": "2018 CONCACAF Champions League, Qualification, Central America\nThe five berths for the Central American Football Union (UNCAF) were allocated to five of the seven UNCAF member associations as follows: one berth for each of Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, and Panama. As all of the leagues of Central America employed a split season with two tournaments in one season, the champions with the better aggregate record (or any team which were champions of both tournaments) in the leagues of Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, and Panama qualified for the CONCACAF Champions League.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 62], "content_span": [63, 603]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277963-0011-0000", "contents": "2018 CONCACAF Champions League, Qualification, Central America\nIf teams from any Central American associations were excluded, they were replaced by teams from other Central American associations, with the associations chosen based on results from previous CONCACAF Champions League tournaments. For this season, the team from Guatemala was excluded due to the suspension of their federation by FIFA and was replaced by an additional team from Costa Rica.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 62], "content_span": [63, 454]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277963-0012-0000", "contents": "2018 CONCACAF Champions League, Qualification, Caribbean\nThe sole berth for the Caribbean Football Union (CFU) was allocated via the Caribbean Club Championship, a subcontinental tournament open to the clubs of all 31 CFU member associations. To qualify for the Caribbean Club Championship, teams had to finish as the champions or runners-up of their respective association's league in the previous season, but professional teams could also be selected by their associations if they played in the league of another country. The champions of the Caribbean Club Championship qualified for the CONCACAF Champions League.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 56], "content_span": [57, 617]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277963-0013-0000", "contents": "2018 CONCACAF Champions League, Qualification, CONCACAF League\nBesides the 15 direct entrants of the CONCACAF Champions League, another 16 teams (13 from Central America and 3 from the Caribbean) entered the CONCACAF League, a tournament held from August to October prior to the CONCACAF Champions League. The champions of the CONCACAF League qualified for the CONCACAF Champions League.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 62], "content_span": [63, 387]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277963-0014-0000", "contents": "2018 CONCACAF Champions League, Teams\nThe following 16 teams (from eight associations) qualified for the tournament.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 37], "content_span": [38, 116]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277963-0015-0000", "contents": "2018 CONCACAF Champions League, Teams\nIn the following table, the number of appearances, last appearance, and previous best result count only those in the CONCACAF Champions League era starting from 2008\u201309 (not counting those in the era of the Champions' Cup from 1962 to 2008).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 37], "content_span": [38, 279]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277963-0016-0000", "contents": "2018 CONCACAF Champions League, Draw\nThe draw for the 2018 CONCACAF Champions League was held on 18 December 2017, 19:00 EST (UTC\u22125), at the Univision Studios in Miami, and was streamed on YouTube.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 36], "content_span": [37, 197]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277963-0017-0000", "contents": "2018 CONCACAF Champions League, Draw\nThe draw determined each tie in the round of 16 (numbered 1 through 8) between a team from Pot 1 and a team from Pot 2, each containing eight teams. The \"Bracket Position Pots\" (Pot A and Pot B) contained the bracket positions numbered 1 through 8 corresponding to each tie.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 36], "content_span": [37, 311]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277963-0017-0001", "contents": "2018 CONCACAF Champions League, Draw\nThe teams from Pot 1 were assigned a bracket position from Pot A and the teams from Pot 2 were assigned a bracket position from Pot B. Teams from the same association could not be drawn against each other in the round of 16 except for \"wildcard\" teams which replaced a team from another association.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 36], "content_span": [37, 336]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277963-0018-0000", "contents": "2018 CONCACAF Champions League, Draw\nThe seeding of teams was based on the new CONCACAF Club Index. Each team qualified for the CONCACAF Champions League based on criteria set by the respective associations (e.g., tournament champions, runners-up, cup champions), resulting in an assigned slot (e.g., MEX1, MEX2) for each team. The CONCACAF Club Index, instead of ranking each team, was based on the on-field performance of the teams that had occupied the respective qualifying slots in the previous five editions of the CONCACAF Champions League. To determine the total points awarded to a slot in any single edition of the CONCACAF Champions League, CONCACAF used the following formula:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 36], "content_span": [37, 688]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277963-0019-0000", "contents": "2018 CONCACAF Champions League, Draw\nThe 16 teams were distributed in the pots as follows:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 36], "content_span": [37, 90]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277963-0020-0000", "contents": "2018 CONCACAF Champions League, Format\nIn the CONCACAF Champions League, the 16 teams played a single-elimination tournament. Each tie was played on a home-and-away two-legged basis. If the aggregate score was tied after the second leg, the away goals rule would be applied, and if still tied, the penalty shoot-out would be used to determine the winner (Regulations, II. D. Tie-Breaker Procedures).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 38], "content_span": [39, 399]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277963-0021-0000", "contents": "2018 CONCACAF Champions League, Schedule\nTimes up to 10 March 2018 (round of 16 and quarter-finals first legs) were Eastern Standard Time, i.e., UTC\u22125, thereafter (quarter-finals second legs and beyond) times were Eastern Daylight Time, i.e., UTC\u22124 (local times are in parentheses).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 40], "content_span": [41, 282]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277963-0022-0000", "contents": "2018 CONCACAF Champions League, Round of 16\nIn the round of 16, the matchups were decided by draw: R16-1 through R16-8. The teams from Pot 1 in the draw hosted the second leg.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 43], "content_span": [44, 175]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277963-0023-0000", "contents": "2018 CONCACAF Champions League, Round of 16, Summary\nThe first legs were played from 20\u201322 February, and the second legs were played from 27 February \u2013 1 March 2018.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 52], "content_span": [53, 165]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277963-0024-0000", "contents": "2018 CONCACAF Champions League, Quarter-finals\nThe winners of round of 16 matchups 1, 3, 5, 7 hosted the second leg.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 46], "content_span": [47, 116]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277963-0025-0000", "contents": "2018 CONCACAF Champions League, Quarter-finals, Summary\nThe first legs were played from 6\u20137 March, and the second legs were played from 13\u201314 March 2018.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 55], "content_span": [56, 153]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277963-0026-0000", "contents": "2018 CONCACAF Champions League, Semi-finals\nThe semi-finalists in each tie which had the better performance in previous rounds hosted the second leg.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 43], "content_span": [44, 149]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277963-0027-0000", "contents": "2018 CONCACAF Champions League, Semi-finals, Summary\nThe first legs were played on 3\u20134 April, and the second legs were played on 10 April 2018.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 52], "content_span": [53, 143]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277963-0028-0000", "contents": "2018 CONCACAF Champions League, Final\nIn the final (Winner SF1 vs. Winner SF2), the finalist which had the better performance in previous rounds hosted the second leg.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 37], "content_span": [38, 167]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277963-0029-0000", "contents": "2018 CONCACAF Champions League, Final, Summary\nThe first leg was played on 17 April, and the second leg was played on 25 April 2018.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 46], "content_span": [47, 132]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277964-0000-0000", "contents": "2018 CONCACAF Champions League Final\nThe 2018 CONCACAF Champions League Final was the final round of the 2018 CONCACAF Champions League, the championship for association football clubs in CONCACAF, representing North America, Central America, and the Caribbean. The 2018 edition was the tenth edition of the CONCACAF Champions League under its current name and first since being re-organized into a single-year tournament.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [36, 36], "content_span": [37, 422]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277964-0001-0000", "contents": "2018 CONCACAF Champions League Final\nThe final was contested in a two-legged series between Toronto FC from Canada and Guadalajara from Mexico. The first leg was hosted in Toronto on 27 April 2018, at BMO Field in Toronto, while the second leg was hosted in Guadalajara on 25 April 2018, at the Estadio Akron in Guadalajara. Guadalajara won the final 4\u20132 in a penalty shoot-out after the series was tied 3\u20133 on aggregate. As a result, they earned the right to represent CONCACAF at the 2018 FIFA Club World Cup, entering at the second round.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [36, 36], "content_span": [37, 541]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277964-0002-0000", "contents": "2018 CONCACAF Champions League Final, Teams\nIn the following table, final until 2008 were in the CONCACAF Champions' Cup era, since 2009 were in the CONCACAF Champions League era.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 43], "content_span": [44, 179]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277964-0003-0000", "contents": "2018 CONCACAF Champions League Final, Venues\nToronto's BMO Field, with a seating capacity of 30,000, hosted the first leg of the final; it opened in 2007 and was renovated in 2016. The second leg took place in Guadalajara at the Estadio Akron, which opened in 2010 and has a capacity of 48,071. The two stadiums hosting the final were also candidates for the 2026 FIFA World Cup bid shared between Canada, Mexico, and the United States.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 44], "content_span": [45, 436]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277964-0004-0000", "contents": "2018 CONCACAF Champions League Final, Background\nThe CONCACAF Champions League was established in 2008 as the continental championship for football clubs in North America, Central America, and the Caribbean, succeeding the CONCACAF Champions' Cup. During its first nine editions, the Champions League consisted of a group stage in summer and autumn followed by a knockout stage during the following spring. Beginning with the 2018 edition of the tournament, the group stage was re-formed as the CONCACAF League and limited to Central American and Caribbean teams.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 48], "content_span": [49, 563]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277964-0004-0001", "contents": "2018 CONCACAF Champions League Final, Background\nThe Champions League was shortened to a two-month knockout tournament between teams from North American and major Central American nations, as well as the winner of the CONCACAF League. The knockout tournament falls within the beginning of Major League Soccer's season, which operates on a summer schedule unlike other football leagues.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 48], "content_span": [49, 385]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277964-0005-0000", "contents": "2018 CONCACAF Champions League Final, Background\nToronto FC were appearing in their first final, and were the second Canadian team to have reached the final after Montreal Impact finished as runners-up in 2015. Only four teams from Major League Soccer (three American, one Canadian) on five occasions had managed to reach the final of the Champions League or the Champions' Cup. In addition to Montreal Impact, LA Galaxy (in 1997) and Real Salt Lake (in 2011) had previously lost in the final. D.C. United (in 1998) and LA Galaxy (in 2000) were the only two MLS teams to have won the competition, doing so during the Champions' Cup era. Of these five finals, four were against Mexican opponents, with only D.C. United managing to win.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 48], "content_span": [49, 734]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277964-0006-0000", "contents": "2018 CONCACAF Champions League Final, Background\nGuadalajara had previously appeared in three finals, all in the Champions' Cup era. They won the inaugural edition in 1962, before finishing second the following year after withdrawing from the final. Guadalajara appeared in their next final 44 years later in 2007, losing to fellow Mexican club Pachuca on penalties. Mexican teams were the most successful in the history of the Champions League/Champions' Cup, with a total of 12 teams having won a combined 33 titles. Mexican teams had appeared in every final since 2005, and won every tournament since 2006. There had been a total of eleven all-Mexican finals, all since 2002, including the previous two finals.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 48], "content_span": [49, 713]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277964-0007-0000", "contents": "2018 CONCACAF Champions League Final, Road to the final\nNote: In all results below, the score of the finalist is given first (H: home; A: away).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 55], "content_span": [56, 144]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277964-0008-0000", "contents": "2018 CONCACAF Champions League Final, Road to the final, Toronto FC\nToronto FC qualified for the 2018 CONCACAF Champions League as winners of the 2016 and 2017 editions of the Canadian Championship. The berth was originally going to be determined via a play-off match in August 2017 between the winners of the two tournaments had another team won either edition, due to the restructuring of the Champions League. Toronto had appeared in four prior Champions Leagues, finishing as high as the semi-finals in 2011\u201312, losing to eventual runners-up Santos Laguna.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 67], "content_span": [68, 560]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277964-0008-0001", "contents": "2018 CONCACAF Champions League Final, Road to the final, Toronto FC\nThe team also won the 2017 MLS Cup and Supporters' Shield, completing MLS's first ever domestic treble, but could not qualify for the Champions League through either because the berths were designated for a team from the United States. Ironically, Toronto's coach, assistant coach, and several starting players were previous part of Chivas USA, an MLS team affiliated and wholly owned by Guadalajara.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 67], "content_span": [68, 468]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277964-0009-0000", "contents": "2018 CONCACAF Champions League Final, Road to the final, Toronto FC\nToronto was placed into Pot 1 and drawn against fellow MLS club Colorado Rapids in the Round of 16. Toronto played the first leg away in Commerce City, Colorado on February 20, winning 2\u20130 during the coldest ever match involving MLS teams, measured at 3\u00a0\u00b0F (\u221216\u00a0\u00b0C) at kickoff and \u221216\u00a0\u00b0F (\u221227\u00a0\u00b0C) with wind chill. The team advanced into the quarter-finals with a 0\u20130 draw at home in Toronto, winning the series 2\u20130 on aggregate. Toronto played Mexican champions Tigres UANL in the quarter-finals and won the home leg 2\u20131 with a late goal from Jonathan Osorio. The team took a 2\u20131 lead in the away leg, but two goals from Andr\u00e9-Pierre Gignac gave Tigres a 3\u20132 win and a 4\u20134 aggregate tie. Toronto advanced on away goals, becoming one of two MLS teams to advance to the semi-finals.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 67], "content_span": [68, 848]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277964-0010-0000", "contents": "2018 CONCACAF Champions League Final, Road to the final, Toronto FC\nToronto hosted the first leg of the semi-finals against Club Am\u00e9rica on April 3, winning 3\u20131 after two unanswered goals in the 44th and 58th minutes. The match included a half-time altercation between Toronto and Am\u00e9rica players, in which Am\u00e9rica coach Miguel Herrera accused Toronto Police of assaulting his players. To prepare for the away leg at Estadio Azteca in Mexico City, Toronto moved a league fixture and spent several days acclimating to the altitude in Pachuca.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 67], "content_span": [68, 541]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277964-0010-0001", "contents": "2018 CONCACAF Champions League Final, Road to the final, Toronto FC\nIn the away leg, Toronto took an early lead in the 12th minute, but Am\u00e9rica equalized on a last-minute penalty, bringing the aggregate score to 4\u20132. Toronto became the third Major League Soccer team and second Canadian team to advance to a Champions League final, following Real Salt Lake in 2011 and the Montreal Impact in 2015.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 67], "content_span": [68, 397]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277964-0011-0000", "contents": "2018 CONCACAF Champions League Final, Road to the final, Guadalajara\nC.D. Guadalajara, also known as Chivas, qualified for the 2018 CONCACAF Champions League as winners of the 2017 Clausura in Liga MX. The 2018 tournament was the team's second under the current Champions League format, having finished in the group stage in 2012\u201313. Under manager Mat\u00edas Almeyda, Chivas advanced to seven finals in various tournaments since 2015.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 68], "content_span": [69, 430]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277964-0012-0000", "contents": "2018 CONCACAF Champions League Final, Road to the final, Guadalajara\nGuadalajara was drawn with Cibao FC, winners of the 2017 CONCACAF League, in the Round of 16. The team stayed in Puerto Plata, approximately 45 miles (72\u00a0km) from the stadium in Santiago de los Caballeros, due to a tobacco growers' conference that filled available hotel space. Guadalajara won the first leg in the Dominican Republic by a 2\u20130 margin and the second leg 5\u20130. In the quarter-finals, Guadalajara played Seattle Sounders FC of MLS and lost the first leg 1\u20130 away in Seattle.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 68], "content_span": [69, 555]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277964-0012-0001", "contents": "2018 CONCACAF Champions League Final, Road to the final, Guadalajara\nThe return leg remained scoreless until the second half, which saw three goals from Chivas to win the match 3\u20130. Chivas advanced to the final on a 1\u20130 aggregate win over the New York Red Bulls in the semi-finals. Isa\u00e1c Brizuela scored the lone goal of the series in the first leg, played in Guadalajara, while the second leg in New Jersey ended scoreless.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 68], "content_span": [69, 424]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277964-0013-0000", "contents": "2018 CONCACAF Champions League Final, Format\nThe final was played in a home-and-away two-legged series, with the team with the better performance in previous rounds hosting the second leg.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 44], "content_span": [45, 188]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277964-0014-0000", "contents": "2018 CONCACAF Champions League Final, Format\nIf the aggregate score was tied after the second leg, the away goals rule would be applied, and if still tied, a penalty shoot-out would be used to determine the winner.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 44], "content_span": [45, 214]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277964-0015-0000", "contents": "2018 CONCACAF Champions League Final, Broadcasting\nBoth legs of the final were broadcast in English on TSN2 in Canada and in Spanish on Univision Deportes in the United States, where it was also aired on sister station UniM\u00e1s. Fox Sports broadcast in Mexico and the rest of Latin America. Go90 also streamed the games in English in the United States.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 50], "content_span": [51, 350]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277964-0016-0000", "contents": "2018 CONCACAF Champions League Final, Matches, First leg, Summary\nThe first leg was hosted in Toronto at BMO Field on 17 April, where the kickoff temperature was 1\u00a0\u00b0C (34\u00a0\u00b0F) and snow flurries fell through the match. Prior to the match, the new Champions League trophy was unveiled by CONCACAF officials.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 65], "content_span": [66, 304]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277964-0017-0000", "contents": "2018 CONCACAF Champions League Final, Matches, First leg, Summary\nChivas took the lead in the second minute on a goal scored by Rodolfo Pizarro, during an attack that originated from a throw-in by Isa\u00e1c Brizuela, who assisted Pizarro's goal. Toronto's Jonathan Osorio scored the equalizing goal in the 19th minute, finishing an attack started by Marky Delgado deep in the midfield. Toronto took control of possession and shooting chances through to halftime, but failed to score after two saves by Chivas's backup goalkeeper Miguel Jim\u00e9nez.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 65], "content_span": [66, 540]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277964-0017-0001", "contents": "2018 CONCACAF Champions League Final, Matches, First leg, Summary\nDuring the first half, Toronto's Jozy Altidore vomited several times on the pitch \u2014 the cause being a \"stomach bug\" that several Toronto players reportedly received in the semi-finals against Am\u00e9rica. Chivas regained partial control of the match in the second half, alternating attacks with Toronto as both teams sought to take the lead. Chivas scored the match's winning goal in the 72nd minute on a free kick by Alan Pulido, which was misread by goalkeeper Alex Bono and ended up in the far side of the goal. Toronto failed to finish in its later attacks, which also included a no-call penalty for an alleged foul on Sebastian Giovinco.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 65], "content_span": [66, 704]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277964-0018-0000", "contents": "2018 CONCACAF Champions League Final, Matches, First leg, Details\nAssistant referees:Juan Carlos Mora (Costa Rica)Ainsley Rochard (Trinidad and Tobago)Fourth official:Sa\u00edd Mart\u00ednez (Honduras)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 65], "content_span": [66, 191]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277964-0019-0000", "contents": "2018 CONCACAF Champions League Final, Matches, Second leg, Summary\nThe second leg was hosted in Guadalajara at Estadio Akron on 25 April. Toronto fielded some midfielders and wingbacks in defensive roles due to injuries, including captain Michael Bradley and right back Gregory van der Wiel; midfielder V\u00edctor V\u00e1zquez returned from injury to start the match. Chivas extended their aggregate lead to 3\u20131 on a goal scored by Orbel\u00edn Pineda in the 19th minute. Toronto responded with two goals in the 25th and 44th minutes by Jozy Altidore and Sebastian Giovinco, bringing the series level on aggregate.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 66], "content_span": [67, 600]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277964-0019-0001", "contents": "2018 CONCACAF Champions League Final, Matches, Second leg, Summary\nThe 2\u20131 lead for Toronto held through to the end of the second half, despite chances from both teams, including a missed shot by Toronto's Marky Delgado. The final was decided in a penalty shoot-out, which was won 4\u20132 by Guadalajara after four rounds. All four of Chivas's penalty takers scored, while Toronto's Jonathan Osorio and Michael Bradley both missed.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 66], "content_span": [67, 427]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277964-0020-0000", "contents": "2018 CONCACAF Champions League Final, Matches, Second leg, Details\nAssistant referees:Gerson L\u00f3pez (Guatemala)Christian Ram\u00edrez (Honduras)Fourth official:Kimbell Ward (Saint Kitts and Nevis)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 66], "content_span": [67, 190]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277964-0021-0000", "contents": "2018 CONCACAF Champions League Final, Post-match\nGuadalajara's win was the thirteenth consecutive Champions League or Champions' Cup title won by a Mexican team. As a result, Guadalajara qualified for the 2018 FIFA Club World Cup as CONCACAF's representative.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 48], "content_span": [49, 259]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277964-0022-0000", "contents": "2018 CONCACAF Champions League Final, Post-match\nToronto FC's Jonathan Osorio and Sebastian Giovinco won the tournament's Golden Boot and Golden Ball, respectively. Guadalajara's Rodolfo Cota and Rodolfo Pizarro won the tournament's Golden Glove and the Best Young Player, respectively.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 48], "content_span": [49, 286]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277965-0000-0000", "contents": "2018 CONCACAF League\nThe 2018 CONCACAF League (officially the 2018 Scotiabank CONCACAF League for sponsorship purposes) was the second edition of the CONCACAF League, a football club competition organized by CONCACAF, the regional governing body of North America, Central America, and the Caribbean.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [20, 20], "content_span": [21, 299]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277965-0001-0000", "contents": "2018 CONCACAF League\nHerediano defeated Motagua in the final to win their first CONCACAF League, and qualified for the 2019 CONCACAF Champions League to join the 15 direct entrants. Olimpia were the title holders, but did not qualify for this tournament and were unable to defend their title, and consequently their streak of participating in all ten editions of the CONCACAF Champions League since 2008 ended.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [20, 20], "content_span": [21, 410]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277965-0002-0000", "contents": "2018 CONCACAF League, Qualification\nA total of 16 teams participate in the CONCACAF League:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 35], "content_span": [36, 91]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277965-0003-0000", "contents": "2018 CONCACAF League, Qualification\nTherefore, teams from either 8 or 9 out of the 41 CONCACAF member associations may participate in the CONCACAF League.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 35], "content_span": [36, 154]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277965-0004-0000", "contents": "2018 CONCACAF League, Qualification, Central America\nThe 13 berths for the Central American Football Union (UNCAF) are allocated to the seven UNCAF member associations as follows: two berths for each of Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Panama, and Nicaragua, and one berth for Belize.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 52], "content_span": [53, 297]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277965-0005-0000", "contents": "2018 CONCACAF League, Qualification, Central America\nAll of the leagues of Central America employ a split season with two tournaments in one season, so the following teams qualify for the CONCACAF League:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 52], "content_span": [53, 204]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277965-0006-0000", "contents": "2018 CONCACAF League, Qualification, Central America\nIf teams from any Central American associations are excluded, they are replaced by teams from other Central American associations, with the associations chosen based on results from previous CONCACAF League and CONCACAF Champions League tournaments. For this season, the two teams from Guatemala were excluded due to the suspension of their federation by FIFA and were replaced by an additional team each from Costa Rica and Panama.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 52], "content_span": [53, 485]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277965-0007-0000", "contents": "2018 CONCACAF League, Qualification, Caribbean\nThe three berths for the Caribbean Football Union (CFU), which consists of 31 member associations, are allocated via the CONCACAF Caribbean Club Championship and CONCACAF Caribbean Club Shield, the first-tier and second-tier subcontinental Caribbean club tournaments. Since 2018, the CONCACAF Caribbean Club Championship is open to teams from professional leagues, and the CONCACAF Caribbean Club Shield is open to teams from non-professional leagues.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 46], "content_span": [47, 498]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277965-0007-0001", "contents": "2018 CONCACAF League, Qualification, Caribbean\nTo qualify for the CONCACAF Caribbean Club Championship, teams have to finish as the champions or runners-up of their respective association's league in the previous season, while to qualify for the CONCACAF Caribbean Club Shield, teams have to finish as the champions of their respective association's league in the previous season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 46], "content_span": [47, 380]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277965-0008-0000", "contents": "2018 CONCACAF League, Qualification, Caribbean\nThe runners-up and third-placed team of the CONCACAF Caribbean Club Championship, and the winners of a playoff between the fourth-placed team of the CONCACAF Caribbean Club Championship and the champions of the CONCACAF Caribbean Club Shield, qualify for the CONCACAF League. For the champions of the CONCACAF Caribbean Club Shield to be eligible for the playoff, they must comply with the minimum CONCACAF Club Licensing requirements for the CONCACAF League.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 46], "content_span": [47, 506]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277965-0009-0000", "contents": "2018 CONCACAF League, Teams\nThe following 16 teams (from eight associations) qualified for the tournament.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 27], "content_span": [28, 106]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277965-0010-0000", "contents": "2018 CONCACAF League, Draw\nThe draw for the 2018 CONCACAF League was held on 23 May 2018, 19:00 EDT (UTC\u22124), at the Pullman Hotel in Miami.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 26], "content_span": [27, 139]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277965-0011-0000", "contents": "2018 CONCACAF League, Draw\nThe draw determined each tie in the round of 16 (numbered 1 through 8) between a team from Pot 1 and a team from Pot 2, each containing eight teams. The \"Bracket Position Pots\" (Pot A and Pot B) contained the bracket positions numbered 1 through 8 corresponding to each tie.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 26], "content_span": [27, 301]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277965-0011-0001", "contents": "2018 CONCACAF League, Draw\nThe teams from Pot 1 were assigned a bracket position from Pot A and the teams from Pot 2 were assigned a bracket position from Pot B. Teams from the same association could not be drawn against each other in the round of 16 except for \"wildcard\" teams which replaced a team from another association.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 26], "content_span": [27, 326]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277965-0012-0000", "contents": "2018 CONCACAF League, Draw\nThe seeding of teams were based on the CONCACAF Club Index. Each team qualified for the CONCACAF League based on criteria set by the respective associations (e.g., tournament champions, runners-up, cup champions), resulting in an assigned slot (e.g., CRC2, CRC3) for each team. The CONCACAF Club Index, instead of ranking each team, was based on the on-field performance of the teams that have occupied the respective qualifying slots in the previous five editions of the CONCACAF League and CONCACAF Champions League. To determine the total points awarded to a slot in any single edition of the CONCACAF League or CONCACAF Champions League, CONCACAF used the following formula:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 26], "content_span": [27, 705]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277965-0013-0000", "contents": "2018 CONCACAF League, Draw\nThe 16 teams were distributed in the pots as follows:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 26], "content_span": [27, 80]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277965-0014-0000", "contents": "2018 CONCACAF League, Format\nIn the CONCACAF League, the 16 teams played a single-elimination tournament. Each tie was played on a home-and-away two-legged basis.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 28], "content_span": [29, 162]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277965-0015-0000", "contents": "2018 CONCACAF League, Schedule\nAll times are Eastern Daylight Time, i.e., UTC\u22124, as listed by CONCACAF (local times are in parentheses).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 30], "content_span": [31, 136]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277965-0016-0000", "contents": "2018 CONCACAF League, Round of 16\nIn the round of 16, the matchups were decided by draw: R16-1 through R16-8. The teams from Pot 1 in the draw hosted the second leg.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 33], "content_span": [34, 165]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277965-0017-0000", "contents": "2018 CONCACAF League, Round of 16, Summary\nThe first legs were played on 31 July \u2013 2 August, and the second legs were played on 7\u20139 August 2018.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 42], "content_span": [43, 144]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277965-0018-0000", "contents": "2018 CONCACAF League, Quarter-finals\nThe winners of round of 16 matchups 1, 3, 5, 7 hosted the second leg.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 36], "content_span": [37, 106]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277965-0019-0000", "contents": "2018 CONCACAF League, Quarter-finals, Summary\nThe first legs were played on 21\u201323 August, and the second legs were played on 28\u201330 August 2018.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 45], "content_span": [46, 143]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277965-0020-0000", "contents": "2018 CONCACAF League, Semi-finals\nThe semi-finalists in each tie which had the better performance in previous rounds hosted the second leg.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 33], "content_span": [34, 139]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277965-0021-0000", "contents": "2018 CONCACAF League, Semi-finals, Summary\nThe first legs were played on 20 September, and the second legs were played on 27 September 2018.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 42], "content_span": [43, 140]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277965-0022-0000", "contents": "2018 CONCACAF League, Final\nIn the final (Winner SF1 vs. Winner SF2), the finalists which had the better performance in previous rounds hosted the second leg.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 27], "content_span": [28, 158]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277965-0023-0000", "contents": "2018 CONCACAF League, Final, Summary\nThe first leg was played on 25 October, and the second leg was played on 1 November 2018.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 36], "content_span": [37, 126]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277965-0024-0000", "contents": "2018 CONCACAF League, Awards\nThe following awards were given at the conclusion of the tournament:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 28], "content_span": [29, 97]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277966-0000-0000", "contents": "2018 CONCACAF League Final\nThis is the current revision of this page, as edited by Mediocre Legacy (talk | contribs) at 05:30, 13 April 2021. The present address (URL) is a permanent link to this version.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [26, 26], "content_span": [27, 204]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277966-0001-0000", "contents": "2018 CONCACAF League Final\nThe 2018 CONCACAF League Final was the final round of the 2018 CONCACAF League, the second edition of the CONCACAF League, the secondary club football tournament organised by CONCACAF, the regional governing body of North America, Central America, and the Caribbean.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [26, 26], "content_span": [27, 293]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277966-0002-0000", "contents": "2018 CONCACAF League Final\nThe final was contested in two-legged home-and-away format between Herediano from Costa Rica and Motagua from Honduras. The first leg was hosted by Herediano at the Estadio Eladio Rosabal Cordero in Heredia on 25 October 2018, while the second leg was hosted by Motagua at the Estadio Tiburcio Car\u00edas Andino in Tegucigalpa on 1 November 2018.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [26, 26], "content_span": [27, 369]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277966-0003-0000", "contents": "2018 CONCACAF League Final\nHerediano won the final 3\u20132 on aggregate for their first CONCACAF League title.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [26, 26], "content_span": [27, 106]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277966-0004-0000", "contents": "2018 CONCACAF League Final, Teams\nFor the second consecutive season, the final of the CONCACAF League was competed between teams from Costa Rica and Honduras.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 33], "content_span": [34, 158]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277966-0005-0000", "contents": "2018 CONCACAF League Final, Road to the final\nNote: In all results below, the score of the finalist is given first (H: home; A: away).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 45], "content_span": [46, 134]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277966-0006-0000", "contents": "2018 CONCACAF League Final, Format\nThe final was played on a home-and-away two-legged basis, with the team with the better performance in previous rounds hosting the second leg.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 34], "content_span": [35, 177]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277966-0007-0000", "contents": "2018 CONCACAF League Final, Format\nThe away goals rule would not be applied, and extra time would be played if the aggregate score was tied after the second leg. If the aggregate score was still tied after extra time, the penalty shoot-out would be used to determine the winner (Regulations II, Article G).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 34], "content_span": [35, 306]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277966-0008-0000", "contents": "2018 CONCACAF League Final, Matches, First leg\nAssistant referees:Jos\u00e9 Lu\u00eds Camargo (Mexico)Marvin Torrentera (Mexico)Fourth official:Fernando Guerrero (Mexico)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 46], "content_span": [47, 160]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277966-0009-0000", "contents": "2018 CONCACAF League Final, Matches, Second leg\nAssistant referees:Juan Zumba (El Salvador)Ronald Bruna (Panama)Fourth official:John Pitti (Panama)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 47], "content_span": [48, 147]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277967-0000-0000", "contents": "2018 CONCACAF U-13 Champions League\nThe 2018 CONCACAF Champions League U13 was the fourth edition of the competition. The tournament began on 15 August 2018 with the group stage rounds and concluded on 22 August 2018 with the championship round.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [35, 35], "content_span": [36, 245]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277967-0001-0000", "contents": "2018 CONCACAF U-13 Champions League\nThe U-13 team of Los Angeles FC won the title defeating Juniors Tampico, 2\u20130 in the championship game. Los Angeles FC became the first American club to win the competition.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [35, 35], "content_span": [36, 208]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277967-0002-0000", "contents": "2018 CONCACAF U-13 Champions League, Qualification\nTeams were invited by CONCACAF to participate in the competition.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 50], "content_span": [51, 116]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277968-0000-0000", "contents": "2018 CONCACAF U-20 Championship\nThe 2018 CONCACAF Under-20 Championship was the 6th edition of the CONCACAF Under-20 Championship (27th edition if all eras included), the men's under-20 international football tournament organized by CONCACAF. It was hosted at Bradenton, Florida, United States between 1\u201321 November 2018.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [31, 31], "content_span": [32, 321]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277968-0001-0000", "contents": "2018 CONCACAF U-20 Championship\nA new format was announced, removing the regional Central American and Caribbean qualifiers and guaranteeing each entrant a minimum of four competitive games.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [31, 31], "content_span": [32, 190]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277968-0002-0000", "contents": "2018 CONCACAF U-20 Championship\nThe competition would determine the four CONCACAF representatives at the 2019 FIFA U-20 World Cup in Poland, The United States, Mexico, Panama and Honduras qualified. It would also determine the CONCACAF teams playing at the 2019 Pan American Games men's football tournament in Lima, Peru.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [31, 31], "content_span": [32, 321]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277968-0003-0000", "contents": "2018 CONCACAF U-20 Championship\nThe United States were the defending champions of the competition. They successfully defended their title as hosts, winning the final 2\u20130 against Mexico for their 2nd CONCACAF U-20 Championship title.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [31, 31], "content_span": [32, 232]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277968-0004-0000", "contents": "2018 CONCACAF U-20 Championship, Teams\nUnlike previous tournament, there was no qualification for this edition, and a total of 34 teams (out of 41 CONCACAF members) directly entered the final tournament. Among them are all three members of the North American Football Union (NAFU), all seven members of the Central American Football Union (UNCAF), and 24 (out of 31) members of the Caribbean Football Union (CFU).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 38], "content_span": [39, 413]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277968-0005-0000", "contents": "2018 CONCACAF U-20 Championship, Venues\nMatches were at played at four stadiums in the IMG Academy:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 39], "content_span": [40, 99]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277968-0006-0000", "contents": "2018 CONCACAF U-20 Championship, Draw\nThe draw for the final tournament was held on 13 September 2018, 10:00 EDT (UTC\u22124), at the CONCACAF Headquarters in Miami. Based on the CONCACAF Men's Under-20 Ranking, the top six ranked teams were seeded into position one of each group, while the remaining 28 teams were distributed in five pots as follows:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 37], "content_span": [38, 347]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277968-0007-0000", "contents": "2018 CONCACAF U-20 Championship, Draw\nThe 34 teams were drawn into six groups: four groups of six teams and two groups of five teams. The winners from each group in the group stage advance to the qualification stage, where the six teams are divided into two groups of three teams (winners of Groups A, C and E in one group, winners of Groups B, D and F in another group). The top two teams from each group in the qualification stage qualify for the 2019 FIFA U-20 World Cup, with the group winners also advancing to the final to decide the champions of the CONCACAF U-20 Championship.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 37], "content_span": [38, 584]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277968-0008-0000", "contents": "2018 CONCACAF U-20 Championship, Squads\nPlayers born on or after 1 January 1999 are eligible to compete. Each team must submit a provisional 35-player roster (4 must be goalkeepers) and a final 20-player roster (2 must be goalkeepers). After the completion of the group stage, a team advancing to the qualification stage may replace up to six players with those from the provisional roster.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 39], "content_span": [40, 390]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277968-0009-0000", "contents": "2018 CONCACAF U-20 Championship, Group stage\nThe winners of each group in the group stage advance to the qualification stage. If the winners of a group is a non-FIFA member, the highest-ranked FIFA member in the group advances to the qualification stage (Regulations Article 12.9).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 44], "content_span": [45, 281]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277968-0010-0000", "contents": "2018 CONCACAF U-20 Championship, Group stage\nTeams are ranked according to points (3 points for a win, 1 point for a draw, 0 points for a loss). The rankings of teams in each group are determined as follows (regulations Articles 12.5 and 12.8):", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 44], "content_span": [45, 244]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277968-0011-0000", "contents": "2018 CONCACAF U-20 Championship, Group stage\nIf two or more teams are equal on the basis of the above three criteria, their rankings are determined as follows:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 44], "content_span": [45, 159]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277968-0012-0000", "contents": "2018 CONCACAF U-20 Championship, Group stage\nAll times are local, EDT (UTC\u22124) up to 3 November, EST (UTC\u22125) starting 4 November.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 44], "content_span": [45, 128]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277968-0013-0000", "contents": "2018 CONCACAF U-20 Championship, Qualification stage\nThe top two teams of each group in the qualification stage qualify for the 2019 FIFA U-20 World Cup, with the winners of each group also advancing to the final to decide the champions of the CONCACAF U-20 Championship.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 52], "content_span": [53, 271]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277968-0014-0000", "contents": "2018 CONCACAF U-20 Championship, Final\nIn the final, if the match is level at the end of 90 minutes, extra time is played, and if still tied after extra time, the match is decided by a penalty shoot-out (Regulations Article 12.10).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 38], "content_span": [39, 231]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277968-0015-0000", "contents": "2018 CONCACAF U-20 Championship, Awards, Individual awards\nThe following awards were given at the conclusion of the tournament.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 58], "content_span": [59, 127]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277968-0016-0000", "contents": "2018 CONCACAF U-20 Championship, Goalscorers\nThere were 397 goals scored in 87 matches, for an average of 4.56 goals per match.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 44], "content_span": [45, 127]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277968-0017-0000", "contents": "2018 CONCACAF U-20 Championship, Qualification for international tournaments, Qualified teams for FIFA U-20 World Cup\nThe following four teams from CONCACAF qualify for the 2019 FIFA U-20 World Cup.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 117], "content_span": [118, 198]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277968-0018-0000", "contents": "2018 CONCACAF U-20 Championship, Qualification for international tournaments, Qualified teams for Pan American Games\nThe tournament was used to determine the four teams from CONCACAF which would qualify for the 2019 Pan American Games men's football tournament. The top team from each of the three zones, i.e., Caribbean (CFU), Central American (UNCAF), and North American (NAFU), would qualify, with the fourth team to be determined by CONCACAF at a later date. However, United States declined to participate, so Mexico qualified for the North American berth.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 116], "content_span": [117, 560]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277968-0019-0000", "contents": "2018 CONCACAF U-20 Championship, Controversy, Cuban defectors\nTwelve of the Cuban players (Arturo Hector Godoy, Bruno Manuel Rendon Cardoso, Christopher Yoel Llorente Fernandez, Danny Echeverria DiazFrank Leidam Nodarse Chavez, Geobel Perez Oquendo, Josue Vega Alvarez, Juan Manuel Andreus Milanes, Omar Perez RamirezOmar Proenza Calderon, Rivaldo Ibarra Thompson, Rolando Aldahir Oviendo Valdez and Yandri Romero Clark.) opted to stay in United States following the team's exit from the competition.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 61], "content_span": [62, 500]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277968-0020-0000", "contents": "2018 CONCACAF U-20 Championship, Controversy, Visa issues\nOctavio Rodr\u00edguez, the assistant coach of the Guatemalan staff team and four players; Carlos Orellana (Guastatoya), Carlos Monterroso (Municipal), Nelso Iv\u00e1n Garc\u00eda (Communications) and Luis Francisco Estrada (Siquinal\u00e1) were denied visas to participate in the tournament. A further seven players from Honduras were also denied visas.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 57], "content_span": [58, 392]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277969-0000-0000", "contents": "2018 CONCACAF U-20 Championship squads\nThe squad listings for the 2018 CONCACAF U-20 Championship. The squads were announced on 29 October 2018.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [38, 38], "content_span": [39, 144]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277969-0001-0000", "contents": "2018 CONCACAF U-20 Championship squads\nUpon completion of the group stage, five of the six group winners made alterations to their squad.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [38, 38], "content_span": [39, 137]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277970-0000-0000", "contents": "2018 CONCACAF Women's Championship\nThe 2018 CONCACAF Women's Championship was the 10th edition of the CONCACAF Women's Championship (also known as the CONCACAF Women's Gold Cup or the CONCACAF Women's World Cup Qualifying Tournament), the quadrennial international football championship organised by CONCACAF for the women's national teams of the North, Central American and Caribbean region. Eight teams played in the tournament, which took place from 4 to 17 October 2018 in the United States.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [34, 34], "content_span": [35, 495]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277970-0001-0000", "contents": "2018 CONCACAF Women's Championship\nThe tournament served as the CONCACAF qualifiers to the 2019 FIFA Women's World Cup in France. The top three teams qualified for the World Cup, while the fourth-placed team advanced to a play-off against the third-placed team from the South American confederation, CONMEBOL. It also determined the CONCACAF teams playing at the 2019 Pan American Games women's football tournament in Lima.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [34, 34], "content_span": [35, 423]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277970-0002-0000", "contents": "2018 CONCACAF Women's Championship\nThe United States were the defending champions of the competition. They successfully defended their title as hosts, winning the final 2\u20130 against Canada for their 8th CONCACAF Women's Championship title.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [34, 34], "content_span": [35, 238]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277970-0003-0000", "contents": "2018 CONCACAF Women's Championship\nThis was the last CONCACAF tournament branded as the \"Women's Championship\". In August 2019, CONCACAF announced a rebranding of the competition as the CONCACAF W Championship.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [34, 34], "content_span": [35, 210]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277970-0004-0000", "contents": "2018 CONCACAF Women's Championship, Qualification\nRegional qualification tournaments were held to determine the teams playing in the final tournament.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 49], "content_span": [50, 150]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277970-0005-0000", "contents": "2018 CONCACAF Women's Championship, Qualification, Qualified teams\nThe following eight teams qualified for the final tournament. Canada, Mexico, and the United States, as members of the North American Football Union (NAFU), qualified automatically. Two teams from the Central American Football Union (UNCAF) and three teams from the Caribbean Football Union (CFU) qualified from their regional qualifying competitions.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 66], "content_span": [67, 418]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277970-0006-0000", "contents": "2018 CONCACAF Women's Championship, Venues\nThe venues were announced by CONCACAF on 8 April 2018. Sahlen's Stadium and H-E-B Park hosted the group stage matches, while Toyota Stadium hosted the four matches in the knockout stage.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 42], "content_span": [43, 229]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277970-0007-0000", "contents": "2018 CONCACAF Women's Championship, Draw\nThe draw for the final tournament was held on 4 September 2018, 10:00 EDT (UTC\u22124), at the Univision Studios in Miami. The eight teams were drawn into two groups of four teams. They were seeded into four pots. Pot 1 contained the United States, seeded in Group A, and Canada, seeded in Group B. The remaining six teams were allocated to Pots 2\u20134 based on the CONCACAF Women's Rankings. The two teams from UNCAF could not be drawn into the same group.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 40], "content_span": [41, 490]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277970-0008-0000", "contents": "2018 CONCACAF Women's Championship, Squads\nThe provisional 35-player roster (4 must be goalkeepers) for each team was announced by CONCACAF on 10 September 2018. The final 20-player roster (2 must be goalkeepers) for each team was announced by CONCACAF on 26 September 2018. After the final 20-player roster was submitted, only injury-related changes would be submitted until 24 hours before each team's first match.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 42], "content_span": [43, 416]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277970-0009-0000", "contents": "2018 CONCACAF Women's Championship, Group stage\nThe top two teams of each group advance to the semi-finals.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 47], "content_span": [48, 107]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277970-0010-0000", "contents": "2018 CONCACAF Women's Championship, Group stage\nTeams are ranked according to points (3 points for a win, 1 point for a draw, 0 points for a loss). The rankings of teams in each group are determined as follows (regulations Article 12.12):", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 47], "content_span": [48, 238]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277970-0011-0000", "contents": "2018 CONCACAF Women's Championship, Group stage\nIf two or more teams are equal on the basis of the above three criteria, their rankings are determined as follows:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 47], "content_span": [48, 162]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277970-0012-0000", "contents": "2018 CONCACAF Women's Championship, Knockout stage\nIn the semi-finals, if the match was level at the end of 90 minutes, no extra time would be played and the match would be decided by a penalty shoot-out. In the third place match and final, if the match was level at the end of 90 minutes, extra time would be played, and if still tied after extra time, the match would be decided by a penalty shoot-out (Regulations Article 12.14).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 50], "content_span": [51, 432]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277970-0013-0000", "contents": "2018 CONCACAF Women's Championship, Knockout stage, Semi-finals\nCanada and United States qualified for 2019 FIFA Women's World Cup. Panama and Jamaica entered into the third place play-off.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 63], "content_span": [64, 189]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277970-0014-0000", "contents": "2018 CONCACAF Women's Championship, Knockout stage, Third place play-off\nJamaica qualified for 2019 FIFA Women's World Cup. Panama entered CONCACAF\u2013CONMEBOL play-off vs. Argentina.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 72], "content_span": [73, 180]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277970-0015-0000", "contents": "2018 CONCACAF Women's Championship, Awards, Individual awards\nThe following awards were given at the conclusion of the tournament.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 61], "content_span": [62, 130]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277970-0016-0000", "contents": "2018 CONCACAF Women's Championship, Goalscorers\nThere were 83 goals scored in 16 matches, for an average of 5.19 goals per match.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 47], "content_span": [48, 129]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277970-0017-0000", "contents": "2018 CONCACAF Women's Championship, Qualification for international tournaments, Qualified teams for FIFA Women's World Cup\nThe following three teams from CONCACAF qualified for the 2019 FIFA Women's World Cup. Panama failed to qualify losing out the play-off to 2018 Copa Am\u00e9rica Femenina third-placed team, Argentina.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 123], "content_span": [124, 319]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277970-0018-0000", "contents": "2018 CONCACAF Women's Championship, Qualification for international tournaments, Qualified teams for Pan American Games\nThe tournament was used to determine the four teams from CONCACAF which would qualify for the 2019 Pan American Games women's football tournament. The top team from each of the three zones, i.e., Caribbean (CFU), Central American (UNCAF), and North American (NAFU), would qualify, with the fourth team to be determined by CONCACAF at a later date. However, both United States and Canada declined to participate to focus on the 2019 FIFA Women's World Cup, so Mexico qualified for the North American berth.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 119], "content_span": [120, 625]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277971-0000-0000", "contents": "2018 CONCACAF Women's Championship qualification\nThe 2018 CONCACAF Women's Championship qualification is a women's football competition which decides the participating teams of the 2018 CONCACAF Women's Championship.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 48], "section_span": [48, 48], "content_span": [49, 216]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277971-0001-0000", "contents": "2018 CONCACAF Women's Championship qualification\nA total of eight teams played in the final tournament, which was held in the United States.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 48], "section_span": [48, 48], "content_span": [49, 140]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277971-0002-0000", "contents": "2018 CONCACAF Women's Championship qualification, Teams\nA total of 30 (out of 41) CONCACAF member national teams entered, with three automatic qualifiers, and the remaining 27 teams entering regional qualification tournaments.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 48], "section_span": [50, 55], "content_span": [56, 226]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277971-0003-0000", "contents": "2018 CONCACAF Women's Championship qualification, Teams\nFIFA Women's World Rankings in March 2018 in parentheses (NR=Not ranked; N/A=Not applicable as they are not a FIFA member).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 48], "section_span": [50, 55], "content_span": [56, 179]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277971-0004-0000", "contents": "2018 CONCACAF Women's Championship qualification, Format\nIn each group of all rounds, teams played each other once at a centralised venue.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 48], "section_span": [50, 56], "content_span": [57, 138]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277971-0005-0000", "contents": "2018 CONCACAF Women's Championship qualification, Format, Tiebreakers\nTeams are ranked according to points (3 points for a win, 1 point for a draw, 0 points for a loss). The rankings of teams in each group are determined as follows (regulations Articles 12.4 and 12.7):", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 48], "section_span": [50, 69], "content_span": [70, 269]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277971-0006-0000", "contents": "2018 CONCACAF Women's Championship qualification, Format, Tiebreakers\nIf two or more teams are equal on the basis of the above three criteria, their rankings are determined as follows:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 48], "section_span": [50, 69], "content_span": [70, 184]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277971-0007-0000", "contents": "2018 CONCACAF Women's Championship qualification, Central American Zone\nIn the Central American Zone, four UNCAF member national teams entered the qualifying competition. The four teams were placed into one group, with the top two teams qualifying for the final tournament as the UNCAF representatives.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 48], "section_span": [50, 71], "content_span": [72, 302]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277971-0008-0000", "contents": "2018 CONCACAF Women's Championship qualification, Central American Zone\nThe qualifying competition was originally scheduled to take place in Nicaragua, but a new host was selected due to security concerns caused by civil unrest in Nicaragua. In July 2018, CONCACAF announced that all games would be played at the IMG Academy in Bradenton, Florida, United States.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 48], "section_span": [50, 71], "content_span": [72, 362]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277971-0009-0000", "contents": "2018 CONCACAF Women's Championship qualification, Caribbean Zone\nIn the Caribbean Zone, 23 CFU member national teams entered the qualifying competition, consisting of two stages. All teams entered the first round, and were drawn into three groups of five teams and two groups of four teams. The winners of each group advanced to the final round, where they were placed into one group, with the top three teams qualifying for the final tournament as the CFU representatives.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 48], "section_span": [50, 64], "content_span": [65, 473]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277971-0010-0000", "contents": "2018 CONCACAF Women's Championship qualification, Caribbean Zone\nThe draw of the qualifying competition was held on 27 March 2018, 12:00 UTC\u22124, at the CONCACAF headquarters in Miami Beach, Florida. Dominican Republic, Haiti, Trinidad and Tobago, Antigua and Barbuda, and Guyana were automatically seeded in Groups A\u2013E respectively as hosts of each first round group, while the remaining 18 teams were seeded based on CONCACAF's own ranking.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 48], "section_span": [50, 64], "content_span": [65, 440]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277971-0011-0000", "contents": "2018 CONCACAF Women's Championship qualification, Caribbean Zone, Final round\nCONCACAF announced on 7 June 2018 that Jamaica would host the final round.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 48], "section_span": [50, 77], "content_span": [78, 152]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277971-0012-0000", "contents": "2018 CONCACAF Women's Championship qualification, Goalscorers\nThere were 261 goals scored in 54 matches, for an average of 4.83 goals per match.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 48], "section_span": [50, 61], "content_span": [62, 144]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277972-0000-0000", "contents": "2018 CONCACAF Women's Championship squads\nThe 2018 CONCACAF Women's Championship was an international women's football tournament held in the United States from 4\u201317 October 2018. The eight national teams involved in the tournament were required to register a squad of 20 players, including two goalkeepers. Only players in these squads were eligible to take part in the tournament.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [41, 41], "content_span": [42, 382]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277972-0001-0000", "contents": "2018 CONCACAF Women's Championship squads\nThe provisional 35-player squad lists were announced on 10 September 2018. From the preliminary squad, the final list of 20 players per national team was submitted to CONCACAF 24 hours before each team's first match.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [41, 41], "content_span": [42, 258]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277972-0002-0000", "contents": "2018 CONCACAF Women's Championship squads\nThe final 20-player roster (2 must be goalkeepers) for each team was announced by CONCACAF on 26 September 2018. Following this, only injury-related replacements were permitted.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [41, 41], "content_span": [42, 219]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277972-0003-0000", "contents": "2018 CONCACAF Women's Championship squads\nThe position listed for each player is per the official squad list published by CONCACAF. The age listed for each player is on 4 October 2018, the first day of the tournament. The numbers of caps and goals listed for each player do not include any matches played after the start of tournament. The nationality for each club reflects the national association (not the league) to which the club is affiliated.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [41, 41], "content_span": [42, 449]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277972-0004-0000", "contents": "2018 CONCACAF Women's Championship squads, Group B, Canada\nErin McLeod initiallly was included in the squad but missed the 2018 CONCACAF Women's Championship due to a foot injury. McLeod was replaced by Kailen Sheridan", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [43, 58], "content_span": [59, 218]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277973-0000-0000", "contents": "2018 CONCACAF Women's U-17 Championship\nThe 2018 CONCACAF Women's U-17 Championship was the 6th edition of the CONCACAF Women's U-17 Championship, the biennial international youth football championship organised by CONCACAF for the women's under-17 national teams of the North, Central American and Caribbean region. The tournament was initially to be hosted by Nicaragua, and was planned to take place between 19\u201329 April 2018, as announced by CONCACAF on 5 December 2017. A total of eight teams participated in the tournament.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [39, 39], "content_span": [40, 528]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277973-0001-0000", "contents": "2018 CONCACAF Women's U-17 Championship\nOn 22 April 2018, four days into the tournament, CONCACAF announced the remainder of the championship was cancelled immediately due to security concerns caused by civil unrest in Nicaragua. On 11 May 2018, CONCACAF announced the tournament would resume play on 6 June and conclude on 12 June 2018, with the remainder of the tournament hosted at the IMG Academy in Bradenton, Florida, United States. Six teams played in the remainder of the tournament, as Nicaragua and Puerto Rico were already eliminated and were set to face each other in their last match.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [39, 39], "content_span": [40, 597]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277973-0002-0000", "contents": "2018 CONCACAF Women's U-17 Championship\nThe top three teams of the tournament qualified for the 2018 FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup in Uruguay as the CONCACAF representatives.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [39, 39], "content_span": [40, 172]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277973-0003-0000", "contents": "2018 CONCACAF Women's U-17 Championship\nDefending champions United States defeated Mexico in the final to win their fourth title.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [39, 39], "content_span": [40, 129]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277973-0004-0000", "contents": "2018 CONCACAF Women's U-17 Championship, Qualification\nRegional qualification tournaments were held to determine the teams playing in the final tournament.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 54], "content_span": [55, 155]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277973-0005-0000", "contents": "2018 CONCACAF Women's U-17 Championship, Venues\nAll matches of the original tournament in Nicaragua were played at Nicaragua National Football Stadium in Managua. All matches of the rescheduled tournament were played at IMG Academy in Bradenton, Florida.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 47], "content_span": [48, 254]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277973-0006-0000", "contents": "2018 CONCACAF Women's U-17 Championship, Draw\nThe draw of the tournament was held on 31 January 2018, 15:00 EST (UTC\u22125), at the CONCACAF Headquarters in Miami.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 45], "content_span": [46, 159]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277973-0007-0000", "contents": "2018 CONCACAF Women's U-17 Championship, Draw\nThe eight teams were drawn into two groups of four teams. Tournament hosts Nicaragua were seeded in position A1, while defending champions United States were seeded in position B1. The remaining six teams were allocated to pots 2\u20133, and drawn to the remaining six positions.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 45], "content_span": [46, 320]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277973-0008-0000", "contents": "2018 CONCACAF Women's U-17 Championship, Squads\nPlayers born on or after 1 January 2001 are eligible to compete in the tournament. Each team must register a squad of 20 players, two of whom must be goalkeepers (Regulations Articles 15.C.2).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 47], "content_span": [48, 240]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277973-0009-0000", "contents": "2018 CONCACAF Women's U-17 Championship, Group stage\nThe top two teams of each group advance to the semi-finals.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 52], "content_span": [53, 112]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277973-0010-0000", "contents": "2018 CONCACAF Women's U-17 Championship, Group stage\nTeams are ranked according to points (3 points for a win, 1 point for a draw, 0 points for a loss), and if tied on points, the following tiebreaking criteria are applied, in the order given, to determine the rankings (Regulations Article 18.A.5):", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 52], "content_span": [53, 299]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277973-0011-0000", "contents": "2018 CONCACAF Women's U-17 Championship, Group stage\nAll times are local, CST (UTC\u22126) for Nicaragua and EDT (UTC\u22124) for the United States.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 52], "content_span": [53, 138]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277973-0012-0000", "contents": "2018 CONCACAF Women's U-17 Championship, Knockout stage\nIn the semi-finals, if the match is level at the end of 90 minutes, no extra time is played and the match is decided by a penalty shoot-out. In the third place match and final, if the match is level at the end of 90 minutes, extra time is played, and if still tied after extra time, the match is decided by a penalty shoot-out (Regulations Articles 11.C and 11.D).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 55], "content_span": [56, 420]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277973-0013-0000", "contents": "2018 CONCACAF Women's U-17 Championship, Qualified teams for FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup\nThe following three teams from CONCACAF qualified for the 2018 FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 88], "content_span": [89, 180]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277973-0014-0000", "contents": "2018 CONCACAF Women's U-17 Championship, Goalscorers\nNote: Players in bold are still active in the competition.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 52], "content_span": [53, 111]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277973-0015-0000", "contents": "2018 CONCACAF Women's U-17 Championship, Awards\nThe following awards were given at the conclusion of the tournament.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 47], "content_span": [48, 116]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277974-0000-0000", "contents": "2018 CONCACAF Women's U-17 Championship qualification\nThe 2018 CONCACAF Women's U-17 Championship qualification is a women's under-17 football competition which decides the participating teams of the 2018 CONCACAF Women's U-17 Championship. A total of eight teams will play in the final tournament. Players born on or after 1 January 2001 are eligible to compete in the tournament.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 53], "section_span": [53, 53], "content_span": [54, 381]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277974-0001-0000", "contents": "2018 CONCACAF Women's U-17 Championship qualification, Teams\nA total of 27 (out of 41) CONCACAF member national teams entered, with four automatic qualifiers, and the remaining 23 teams entering regional qualification tournaments.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 53], "section_span": [55, 60], "content_span": [61, 230]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277974-0002-0000", "contents": "2018 CONCACAF Women's U-17 Championship qualification, Central American Zone\nIn the Central American Zone, four UNCAF member national teams entered the qualifying competition, hosted by Panama. The four teams were placed into one group, with the winners qualifying for the final tournament as the UNCAF representatives together with Nicaragua who qualified automatically as hosts.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 53], "section_span": [55, 76], "content_span": [77, 380]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277974-0003-0000", "contents": "2018 CONCACAF Women's U-17 Championship qualification, Central American Zone\nThe schedule of the qualifying competition was announced on 26 September 2017. All times local, UTC\u22125.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 53], "section_span": [55, 76], "content_span": [77, 179]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277974-0004-0000", "contents": "2018 CONCACAF Women's U-17 Championship qualification, Caribbean Zone\nIn the Caribbean Zone, 19 CFU member national teams entered the qualifying competition, consisting of two stages. Apart from Haiti, which received a bye as hosts of the final round, the remaining 18 teams entered the first round, and were drawn into three groups of four teams and two groups of three teams.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 53], "section_span": [55, 69], "content_span": [70, 377]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277974-0004-0001", "contents": "2018 CONCACAF Women's U-17 Championship qualification, Caribbean Zone\nThe winners of each group advance to the final round to join Haiti, where they are divided into two groups of three teams, with the top three teams (the two group winners which play in the final, and the winners of the third place match played between the two group runners-up) qualifying for the final tournament as the CFU representatives.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 53], "section_span": [55, 69], "content_span": [70, 411]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277974-0005-0000", "contents": "2018 CONCACAF Women's U-17 Championship qualification, Caribbean Zone\nThe draw of the qualifying competition was held on 6 June 2017, 10:00 UTC\u22124, at the CONCACAF headquarters in Miami Beach, Florida. Trinidad and Tobago, Puerto Rico, Saint Lucia, Guyana, and Saint Vincent and the Grenadines were automatically seeded in Groups A\u2013E respectively as hosts of each first round group, while the remaining 14 teams were seeded based on the results of the previous two editions of the qualifying competition. Any of the top five-ranked teams (Haiti, Jamaica, Trinidad and Tobago, Puerto Rico, Bermuda) could not be drawn into the same group.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 53], "section_span": [55, 69], "content_span": [70, 636]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277975-0000-0000", "contents": "2018 CONCACAF Women's U-17 Championship squads\nThe following is a list of squads for each national team competing at the 2018 CONCACAF Women's U-17 Championship. The tournament will take place during April 2018 in Nicaragua and June 2018 in the United States. It will be the sixth U-17 age group competition organised by the CONCACAF.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [46, 46], "content_span": [47, 334]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277976-0000-0000", "contents": "2018 CONCACAF Women's U-20 Championship\nThe 2018 CONCACAF Women's U-20 Championship was the 9th edition of the CONCACAF Women's U-20 Championship, the biennial international youth football championship organised by CONCACAF for the women's under-20 national teams of the North, Central American and Caribbean region. The tournament was hosted by Trinidad and Tobago and took place between 18\u201328 January 2018, as announced by CONCACAF on 31 October 2017. A total of eight teams played in the tournament.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [39, 39], "content_span": [40, 502]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277976-0001-0000", "contents": "2018 CONCACAF Women's U-20 Championship\nThe top three teams of the tournament qualified for the 2018 FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup in France as the CONCACAF representatives. The tournament also determined which three Caribbean nations participate in the 2018 Central American and Caribbean Games.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [39, 39], "content_span": [40, 294]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277976-0002-0000", "contents": "2018 CONCACAF Women's U-20 Championship\nMexico defeated defending champions United States in the final to win their first title.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [39, 39], "content_span": [40, 128]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277976-0003-0000", "contents": "2018 CONCACAF Women's U-20 Championship, Qualification\nRegional qualification tournaments were held to determine the teams playing in the final tournament.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 54], "content_span": [55, 155]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277976-0004-0000", "contents": "2018 CONCACAF Women's U-20 Championship, Venues\nAll matches of the tournament were played at Ato Boldon Stadium in Couva.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 47], "content_span": [48, 121]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277976-0005-0000", "contents": "2018 CONCACAF Women's U-20 Championship, Draw\nThe draw of the tournament was held on 7 November 2017, 10:00 AST (UTC\u22124), at the Hyatt Regency Trinidad & Tobago in Port of Spain.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 45], "content_span": [46, 177]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277976-0006-0000", "contents": "2018 CONCACAF Women's U-20 Championship, Draw\nThe eight teams were drawn into two groups of four teams. Tournament hosts Trinidad and Tobago were seeded in position A1, while defending champions United States were seeded in position B1. The remaining six teams, including the two teams from the Caribbean Zone whose identity were not known at the time of the draw, were allocated to pots 2\u20134, and drawn to the remaining six positions.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 45], "content_span": [46, 434]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277976-0007-0000", "contents": "2018 CONCACAF Women's U-20 Championship, Squads\nPlayers born on or after 1 January 1998 are eligible to compete in the tournament. Each team must register a squad of 20 players, two of whom must be goalkeepers.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 47], "content_span": [48, 210]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277976-0008-0000", "contents": "2018 CONCACAF Women's U-20 Championship, Group stage\nThe top two teams of each group advance to the semi-finals.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 52], "content_span": [53, 112]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277976-0009-0000", "contents": "2018 CONCACAF Women's U-20 Championship, Group stage\nTeams are ranked according to points (3 points for a win, 1 point for a draw, 0 points for a loss), and if tied on points, the following tiebreaking criteria are applied, in the order given, to determine the rankings:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 52], "content_span": [53, 270]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277976-0010-0000", "contents": "2018 CONCACAF Women's U-20 Championship, Knockout stage\nIn the semi-finals, if the match is level at the end of 90 minutes, no extra time is played and the match is decided by a penalty shoot-out. In the third place match and final, if the match is level at the end of 90 minutes, extra time is played, and if still tied after extra time, the match is decided by a penalty shoot-out.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 55], "content_span": [56, 383]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277976-0011-0000", "contents": "2018 CONCACAF Women's U-20 Championship, Qualification for international tournaments, Qualified teams for FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup\nThe following three teams from CONCACAF qualified for the 2018 FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 133], "content_span": [134, 225]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277976-0012-0000", "contents": "2018 CONCACAF Women's U-20 Championship, Qualification for international tournaments, Qualified teams for Central American and Caribbean Games\nThe competition was used to decide the three teams from the Caribbean Football Union which would qualify for the 2018 Central American and Caribbean Games. As only three Caribbean teams participated in the final tournament, they all qualified:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 142], "content_span": [143, 386]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277976-0013-0000", "contents": "2018 CONCACAF Women's U-20 Championship, Awards\nThe following awards were given at the conclusion of the tournament.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 47], "content_span": [48, 116]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277977-0000-0000", "contents": "2018 CONCACAF Women's U-20 Championship qualification\nThe 2018 CONCACAF Women's U-20 Championship qualification is a women's under-20 football competition which decides the participating teams of the 2018 CONCACAF Women's U-20 Championship. A total of eight teams will play in the final tournament. Players born on or after 1 January 1998 are eligible to compete in the tournament.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 53], "section_span": [53, 53], "content_span": [54, 381]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277977-0001-0000", "contents": "2018 CONCACAF Women's U-20 Championship qualification, Teams\nA total of 23 (out of 41) CONCACAF member national teams entered, with four automatic qualifiers, and the remaining 19 teams entering regional qualification tournaments.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 53], "section_span": [55, 60], "content_span": [61, 230]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277977-0002-0000", "contents": "2018 CONCACAF Women's U-20 Championship qualification, Central American Zone\nIn the Central American Zone, six UNCAF member national teams entered the qualifying competition, hosted by Nicaragua. In the group stage, the six teams were divided into two groups of three teams. The top two teams of each group advance to the classification stage, where the winners of one group play the runners-up of the other group, with the two winners qualifying for the final tournament as the UNCAF representatives.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 53], "section_span": [55, 76], "content_span": [77, 501]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277977-0003-0000", "contents": "2018 CONCACAF Women's U-20 Championship qualification, Central American Zone\nThe schedule of the qualifying competition was announced on 17 May 2017. All times local, UTC\u22126.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 53], "section_span": [55, 76], "content_span": [77, 173]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277977-0004-0000", "contents": "2018 CONCACAF Women's U-20 Championship qualification, Caribbean Zone\nIn the Caribbean Zone, 13 CFU member national teams entered the qualifying competition, consisting of two stages. Apart from Saint Kitts and Nevis, which received a bye as hosts of the final round, the remaining 12 teams entered the first round, and were drawn into three groups of four teams. The winners of each group advance to the final round to join Saint Kitts and Nevis, where they are placed into one group, with the top two teams qualifying for the final tournament as the CFU representatives together with Trinidad and Tobago who qualified automatically as hosts.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 53], "section_span": [55, 69], "content_span": [70, 643]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277977-0005-0000", "contents": "2018 CONCACAF Women's U-20 Championship qualification, Caribbean Zone\nThe draw of the qualifying competition was held on 5 June 2017, 10:00 UTC\u22124, at the CONCACAF headquarters in Miami Beach, Florida. Haiti, Bermuda, and Dominican Republic were automatically seeded in Groups A\u2013C respectively as hosts of each first round group, while the remaining nine teams were seeded based on the results of the previous two editions of the qualifying competition.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 53], "section_span": [55, 69], "content_span": [70, 452]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277977-0006-0000", "contents": "2018 CONCACAF Women's U-20 Championship qualification, Caribbean Zone\nAll times local, UTC\u22124, except Group B which is UTC\u22123.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 53], "section_span": [55, 69], "content_span": [70, 124]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277978-0000-0000", "contents": "2018 CONCACAF Women's U-20 Championship squads\nThis is a list of the squads for the 2018 CONCACAF Women's U-20 Championship, which was held in Trinidad and Tobago between 18\u201328 January 2018. The 8 national teams involved in the tournament were required to register a squad of 20 players; only players in these squads were eligible to take part in the tournament.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [46, 46], "content_span": [47, 362]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277978-0001-0000", "contents": "2018 CONCACAF Women's U-20 Championship squads\nPlayers marked (c) were named as captain for their national squad.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [46, 46], "content_span": [47, 113]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277979-0000-0000", "contents": "2018 CONIFA World Football Cup\nThe 2018 CONIFA World Football Cup was the third edition of the CONIFA World Football Cup, an international football tournament for states, minorities, stateless peoples and regions unaffiliated with FIFA organised by CONIFA. The tournament was hosted by Barawa Football Association, with all games held in and around London. The tournament was sponsored by Irish bookmaker Paddy Power. After being a late entry to the tournament, K\u00e1rp\u00e1talja won their first title on 9 June 2018, defeating Northern Cyprus 3\u20132 on penalties in the final (0\u20130 after 90 minutes).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [30, 30], "content_span": [31, 590]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277979-0001-0000", "contents": "2018 CONIFA World Football Cup, Host selection\nIn June 2017, at the CONIFA meeting held during the 2017 CONIFA European Football Cup, it was announced that the Barawa Football Association had been selected to act as the host for the 2018 CONIFA World Football Cup. However, under CONIFA's criteria, the \"host\" is the CONIFA member that heads the organising committee for the tournament, which does not necessarily mean that it needs to be played in the host's territory. Barawa is located in Somalia, but the Barawa FA represents members of the Somali diaspora in England.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 46], "content_span": [47, 572]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277979-0002-0000", "contents": "2018 CONIFA World Football Cup, Venues\nThe first two CONIFA World Football Cup tournaments both featured no more than two venues each; the 2014 tournament featured all games played at the same stadium, while the 2016 edition had a stadium in each of two cities. The expansion from twelve to sixteen participants in 2018 saw a significant expansion in the number of venues used, with a total of ten selected in four separate towns and cities - of these, seven were located in Greater London itself, two were in the towns of Slough and Bracknell in Berkshire, and one in the borough of Thurrock in Essex.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 38], "content_span": [39, 602]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277979-0003-0000", "contents": "2018 CONIFA World Football Cup, Qualification\nThe process of qualification for the World Football Cup was originally laid out in a set of criteria published by CONIFA at its 2017 annual general meeting, which goes into the various ways by which teams can qualify. This was subsequently revised by CONIFA in June 2017.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 45], "content_span": [46, 317]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277979-0004-0000", "contents": "2018 CONIFA World Football Cup, Qualification\nBy the criteria set out, the qualification process began in January 2016, when Western Armenia played its first official game against the reserve team of the French club Olympique de Marseille. The first team to qualify automatically was Tamil Eelam, by winning the single match CONIFA Challenger Cup against the Romani people in March 2016. Following this, two further, multi-team competitions were awarded qualification status by CONIFA, the Hungary Heritage Cup, played between four CONIFA members representing the Hungarian diaspora, and the World Unity Cup, which was a tournament containing teams representing a number of displaced peoples. The winners of both of these tournaments were guaranteed qualification for the World Football Cup.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 45], "content_span": [46, 791]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277979-0005-0000", "contents": "2018 CONIFA World Football Cup, Qualification, Draw\nIn December 2017, the sixteen participating teams were seeded into four pots of four for the group stage draw, based on the ConIFA rankings. The draw for the group stage was held on 6 January 2018 in Northern Cyprus.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 51], "content_span": [52, 269]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277979-0006-0000", "contents": "2018 CONIFA World Football Cup, Qualification, Withdrawals\nIn March 2018, ConIFA announced that, owing to financial difficulties, the Kiribati team had been forced to withdraw from the tournament, with their place taken by Tuvalu. In May 2018, it was announced that the Felvid\u00e9k team had withdrawn, to be replaced by K\u00e1rp\u00e1talja.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 58], "content_span": [59, 328]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277979-0007-0000", "contents": "2018 CONIFA World Football Cup, Referees\nConIFA announced a total of 28 referees for the tournament, led by former Premier League official Mark Clattenburg. During the tournament, referees used a third card in addition to the red and yellow; the green card, introduced as a concept by the tournament sponsor Paddy Power, was issued to players either for dissent or diving; a player given a green card was required to be substituted immediately.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 40], "content_span": [41, 444]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277979-0008-0000", "contents": "2018 CONIFA World Football Cup, Final positions, Player awards\nThree individual awards were handed out by ConIFA at the conclusion of the tournament:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 62], "content_span": [63, 149]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277979-0009-0000", "contents": "2018 CONIFA World Football Cup, Final positions, Player awards\nAs winner of Young Player of the Tournament, Sami Boudia was offered a one-month residency at one of the Global Football Centre Of Excellence's academies.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 62], "content_span": [63, 217]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277979-0010-0000", "contents": "2018 CONIFA World Football Cup, Marketing, Tournament programme\nA programme for the entire tournament was produced, with the bulk of the content produced by football writer Mat Guy and blogger Pat McGuinness, and produced by Programme Master. The tournament is also documented in detail in the book CONIFA: Football For The Forgotten by journalist James Hendicott, which centres around events in London and the history of the teams involved.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 63], "content_span": [64, 441]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277979-0011-0000", "contents": "2018 CONIFA World Football Cup, Marketing, Official anthem\nThe official anthem of the tournament is \"Bring The House Down\" by English duo Right Said Fred, which was released on 29 May 2018.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 58], "content_span": [59, 189]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277979-0012-0000", "contents": "2018 CONIFA World Football Cup, Controversies, Ellan Vannin withdrawal\nFollowing the completion of the group stage, Ellan Vannin entered a protest regarding the fact that Barawa had been able to bring in a replacement player to their squad after the tournament had started, in apparent contravention of the tournament's rules. The addition of the player, Mohamed Bettamer, a former Libyan youth international, was permitted by ConIFA, who stated that this was a rule change, but who did not inform the other 15 teams in the competition, who had submitted their own squad lists according to the published pre-tournament rule book.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 70], "content_span": [71, 629]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277979-0012-0001", "contents": "2018 CONIFA World Football Cup, Controversies, Ellan Vannin withdrawal\nEllan Vannin launched an appeal against the Barawa team's fielding of an apparently ineligible player, which at an initial meeting of the tournament committee was upheld, before subsequently being overturned. As a result, Ellan Vannin withdrew from the remainder of the tournament, and Tibet, their opponents in the First Placement Round, were awarded a 3\u20130 victory. Their place in the remaining fixtures were taken by Chagos Islands. A meeting of ConIFA's Executive Committee made the decision to provisionally expel the Manx Independent Football Alliance from the organization on 7 June, subject to ratification at the Annual General Meeting in January 2019. They were reinstated in January.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 70], "content_span": [71, 764]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277979-0013-0000", "contents": "2018 CONIFA World Football Cup, Broadcasting rights\nCONIFA provided live streaming through football streaming service Mycujoo and edited highlights provided by FC Video. Select games were also live streamed on the Paddy Power Facebook page.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 51], "content_span": [52, 240]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277979-0014-0000", "contents": "2018 CONIFA World Football Cup, Broadcasting rights\nIn Northern Cyprus the games were broadcast by EURO GEN\u00c7 TV.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 51], "content_span": [52, 112]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277980-0000-0000", "contents": "2018 CONIFA World Football Cup qualification\nThe 2018 CONIFA World Football Cup qualification was the process to decide a number of the teams that will play in the 2018 CONIFA World Football Cup. This is the second tournament to feature a qualification process, following on from the 2016 qualification. The first qualification match played was on 13 March 2016 between the Tamil Eelam team and the team representing the Romani people, with the first goal scored by Tamil Eelam's Panushanth Kulenthiran.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [44, 44], "content_span": [45, 503]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277980-0001-0000", "contents": "2018 CONIFA World Football Cup qualification, Background\nThe Confederation of Independent Football Associations (CONIFA) was founded in June 2013, as an organisation to represent football associations that are not eligible or choose not to join FIFA. One year later, it held its first official tournament, the 2014 ConIFA World Football Cup, in Sweden, to which the twelve participating teams were invited. The success of this tournament led to the decision to make it a biannual competition, with continental tournaments taking place in between, the first of which was the 2015 ConIFA European Football Cup.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [46, 56], "content_span": [57, 608]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277980-0002-0000", "contents": "2018 CONIFA World Football Cup qualification, Background\nConIFA published a set of qualification criteria for the World Football Cup ahead of its 2017 Annual General Meeting, setting out the various methods in which teams could qualify for the WFC. This was subsequently revised into an official version for publication in June 2017.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [46, 56], "content_span": [57, 333]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277980-0003-0000", "contents": "2018 CONIFA World Football Cup qualification, Background\nCONIFA is split into six continental zones, with the total number of places in the World Football Cup based on the number of CONIFA members from each zone. As of August 2021, the distribution of places for the WFC, dependent on the size of the final tournament, is:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [46, 56], "content_span": [57, 322]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277980-0004-0000", "contents": "2018 CONIFA World Football Cup qualification, Background\n[ a]: There were no South American members of ConIFA at the time of the tournamentThe first qualifying process was undertaken for the 2016 ConIFA World Football Cup, which saw a series of friendly matches and tournaments, together with the 2015 ConIFA European Football Cup, designated as qualifiers for the 2016 WFC. However, this decision was taken at a late stage prior to the start of the European Football Cup tournament, only a year prior to the planned start of the 2016 WFC in Abkhazia.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [46, 56], "content_span": [57, 551]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277980-0004-0001", "contents": "2018 CONIFA World Football Cup qualification, Background\nAs a consequence, for its 2018 WFC tournament, ConIFA began designating planned friendly matches as qualifiers from the beginning of 2016, allowing a greater time for those teams achieving qualification to plan for the tournament. The first of these was the ConIFA Challenger Cup, held in Remscheid on 12 and 13 March 2016.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [46, 56], "content_span": [57, 380]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277980-0005-0000", "contents": "2018 CONIFA World Football Cup qualification, Qualification, ConIFA Challenger Cup\nThe ConIFA Challenger Cup was a two team competition held over two days. The two participants, Tamil Eelam and Romani people, each played a 45-minute match against a local select side from the town of Remscheid, where the tournament was being held, on the first day, before playing off against each other on the second.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [46, 82], "content_span": [83, 402]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277980-0006-0000", "contents": "2018 CONIFA World Football Cup qualification, Qualification, Hungary Heritage Cup\nThe Hungary Heritage Cup was a four-team competition held at the beginning of August 2016 in Szarvas, celebrating the heritage of various members of the Hungarian diaspora. The four teams featured two current members of ConIFA, together with two other teams, with the winner qualifying for the World Football Cup.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [46, 81], "content_span": [82, 395]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277980-0007-0000", "contents": "2018 CONIFA World Football Cup qualification, Qualification, World Unity Cup 2016\nThe World Unity Cup was planned as a four-team tournament held at the end of August 2016 in Sutton. The competition was organised jointly by three ConIFA members representing displaced peoples, with the winner qualifying for the World Football Cup.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [46, 81], "content_span": [82, 330]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277980-0008-0000", "contents": "2018 CONIFA World Football Cup qualification, Qualification, World Unity Cup 2016\nSubsequent to the announcement, both Darfur and Ellan Vannin withdrew, and the tournament was reorganized as a three-team event, with the Barawa team replacing them.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [46, 81], "content_span": [82, 247]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277980-0009-0000", "contents": "2018 CONIFA World Football Cup qualification, Qualification, ConIFA European Football Cup 2017\nThe 2017 European Football Cup was announced in January 2017 with a total of eight teams due to take part. The winner of the competition was guaranteed a place at the World Football Cup.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [46, 94], "content_span": [95, 281]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277980-0010-0000", "contents": "2018 CONIFA World Football Cup qualification, Qualification, Qualification points standing\nThe following is a list of games not part of sanctioned ConIFA tournaments for which teams have accrued qualifying points:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [46, 90], "content_span": [91, 213]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277980-0011-0000", "contents": "2018 CONIFA World Football Cup qualification, Qualification, Qualification points standing\n:1. Teams that have already qualified no longer accrue qualification points", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [46, 90], "content_span": [91, 166]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277980-0012-0000", "contents": "2018 CONIFA World Football Cup qualification, Qualification, Wild Card\nIn May 2017, CONIFA announced on its website that five of its members had completed the necessary process to be considered for the WFC Wild Card place by the deadline of 2 May 2017. The wild card spot was decided at the CONIFA Executive Committee meeting, held during the European Football Cup in Northern Cyprus. The five teams under consideration were:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [46, 70], "content_span": [71, 425]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277980-0013-0000", "contents": "2018 CONIFA World Football Cup qualification, Qualification, Wild Card\nAt the Executive Committee meeting, held in Northern Cyprus on 8 June 2017, Tibet were awarded the Wild Card place.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [46, 70], "content_span": [71, 186]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277981-0000-0000", "contents": "2018 CONIFA World Football Cup squads\nBelow are the squads for the 2018 CONIFA World Football Cup.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [37, 37], "content_span": [38, 98]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277981-0001-0000", "contents": "2018 CONIFA World Football Cup squads\nFor the 2018 edition of the CONIFA World Football Cup, the tournament expanded to 16 teams. Preliminary squads were published by CONIFA on 1 May 2018, with the exceptions of Matabeleland and Kabylia, who delayed their squad announcements for political reasons. Felvid\u00e9k failed to submit their squad by the deadline and left the tournament to be replaced by K\u00e1rp\u00e1talja. Final squads were published on 16 May 2018.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [37, 37], "content_span": [38, 450]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277981-0002-0000", "contents": "2018 CONIFA World Football Cup squads\nThe number of caps listed for each player does not include any matches played after the start of the 2018 CONIFA World Football Cup. The club listed is the club for which the player last played a competitive match prior to the tournament.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [37, 37], "content_span": [38, 276]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277982-0000-0000", "contents": "2018 COSAFA Cup\nThe 2018 COSAFA Cup was the 18th edition of the COSAFA Cup, an international football competition consisting of national teams of member nations of the Council of Southern Africa Football Associations (COSAFA). In July 2017, it was reported that it would be hosted by Botswana in July 2018. However, in February 2018, COSAFA announced that South Africa would host the competition.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [15, 15], "content_span": [16, 396]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277982-0001-0000", "contents": "2018 COSAFA Cup, Draw\nThe draw took place at the South African Football Association headquarters in Johannesburg on 18 April.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [17, 21], "content_span": [22, 125]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277982-0002-0000", "contents": "2018 COSAFA Cup, Group stage, Tiebreakers\nThe ranking of each team in each group was determined as follows:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [17, 41], "content_span": [42, 107]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277983-0000-0000", "contents": "2018 COSAFA U-20 Cup\nThe 2018 COSAFA U-20 Cup was the 25th edition of the COSAFA U-20 Challenge Cup, an international youth competition open to national associations of the COSAFA region. It took place between 30 November and 13 December in Zambia.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [20, 20], "content_span": [21, 248]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277983-0001-0000", "contents": "2018 COSAFA U-20 Cup\nThe competition was open to players born on or after 1 January 1999.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [20, 20], "content_span": [21, 89]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277983-0002-0000", "contents": "2018 COSAFA U-20 Cup, Participants\nR\u00e9union were initially set to take part but withdrew after R\u00e9unionese Football League were unable to organise flights to Zambia. They were replaced on 2 November with Democratic Republic of the Congo.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 34], "content_span": [35, 235]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277983-0003-0000", "contents": "2018 COSAFA U-20 Cup, Participants\nNamibia withdrew on 30 November, leaving no time to find a replacement.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 34], "content_span": [35, 106]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277984-0000-0000", "contents": "2018 COSAFA Under-17 Championship\nThe 2018 COSAFA Under-17 Championship is the 7th edition of the COSAFA U-17 Championship, an association football tournament organised by the Council of Southern Africa Football Associations (COSAFA) involving teams from Southern Africa for players aged 17 and below.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [33, 33], "content_span": [34, 301]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277984-0001-0000", "contents": "2018 COSAFA Under-17 Championship\nCOSAFA announced that the COSAFA U-17 Championship hosted by Mauritius between 19\u201329 July 2018 would be the region's qualifying tournament for the 2019 Africa U-17 Cup of Nations in Tanzania.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [33, 33], "content_span": [34, 226]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277984-0002-0000", "contents": "2018 COSAFA Under-17 Championship, Draw\nThe draw for the group stage was held on 31 May 2018.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 39], "content_span": [40, 93]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277984-0003-0000", "contents": "2018 COSAFA Under-17 Championship, Venues\nThe tournament will be played at Port Louis (St. Fran\u00e7ois Xavier Stadium) and Belle Vue Maurel (Anjalay Stadium).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 41], "content_span": [42, 155]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277985-0000-0000", "contents": "2018 COSAFA Women's Championship\nThe 2018 COSAFA Women's Championship was an international football tournament for national teams organised by COSAFA, teams from Southern Africa. It took place from 12 to 22 September in the Nelson Mandela Bay Metropolitan Municipality, South Africa.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [32, 32], "content_span": [33, 283]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277985-0001-0000", "contents": "2018 COSAFA Women's Championship, Participants\nTwelve teams take part in the competition, 10 of the 14 COSAFA members and also Uganda and Cameroon as invited guest nations. The draw was held on 29 August.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 46], "content_span": [47, 204]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277985-0002-0000", "contents": "2018 COSAFA Women's Championship, Group stage\nThe group stage is composed of three groups of four teams each. Group winners and the best runner-up amongst all groups advance to the semi-finals.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 45], "content_span": [46, 193]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277985-0003-0000", "contents": "2018 COSAFA Women's Championship, Statistics, Goalscorers\nThere were 64 goals scored in 22 matches, for an average of 2.91 goals per match.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 57], "content_span": [58, 139]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277986-0000-0000", "contents": "2018 COTIF Tournament\nThe 2018 L'Alc\u00fadia International Football Tournament was a football competition that took place in July and August 2018. The 2018 edition was the third to feature only international youth teams. Previous editions have contained a mix of national selections and club selections.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [21, 21], "content_span": [22, 299]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277987-0000-0000", "contents": "2018 CPL\u2013U Sports Draft\nThe 2018 CPL\u2013U Sports Draft was the inaugural CPL\u2013U Sports Draft, held on November 12, 2018 in Vancouver, British Columbia. Seven Canadian Premier League (CPL) teams selected 21 U Sports athletes in total. The results were announced on November 13.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [23, 23], "content_span": [24, 272]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277987-0001-0000", "contents": "2018 CPL\u2013U Sports Draft, Format\nA blind draw was used to determine the draft order for the first round. A \"snake draft\" was used, with the order reversing in the second round, and then reversing back in the third and final round. Clubs have a window of time in which they must submit their pick, and failure to do so results in a pass. There is a break between each round, as well as one timeout per club. However, timeouts can not be used in back-to-back picks.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 31], "content_span": [32, 462]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277987-0002-0000", "contents": "2018 CPL\u2013U Sports Draft, Format\nThe draft order for the first round was drawn as follows:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 31], "content_span": [32, 89]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277988-0000-0000", "contents": "2018 CR Vasco da Gama season\nThe 2018 season is Club de Regatas Vasco da Gama's 120th complete calendar year in existence, the club's 103rd season in existence of football, and the club's 45th season playing in the Brasileir\u00e3o S\u00e9rie A, the top flight of Brazilian football.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [28, 28], "content_span": [29, 273]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277988-0001-0000", "contents": "2018 CR Vasco da Gama season, Competitions\nTimes from 1 January to 17 February 2018 and from 4 November to 31 December 2018 are UTC\u20132, from 17 February 2018 to 3 November 2018 UTC\u20133.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 42], "content_span": [43, 182]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277988-0002-0000", "contents": "2018 CR Vasco da Gama season, Competitions, Copa do Brasil\nVasco da Gama joined the competition in the round of 16.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 58], "content_span": [59, 115]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277988-0003-0000", "contents": "2018 CR Vasco da Gama season, Competitions, Copa Libertadores\nVasco da Gama joined the competition in the second qualifying stage.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 61], "content_span": [62, 130]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277988-0004-0000", "contents": "2018 CR Vasco da Gama season, Competitions, Copa Libertadores, Copa Libertadores squad\nNote: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 86], "content_span": [87, 215]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277988-0005-0000", "contents": "2018 CR Vasco da Gama season, Competitions, Copa Sudamericana\nVasco da Gama joined the competition in the second qualifying stage.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 61], "content_span": [62, 130]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277988-0006-0000", "contents": "2018 CR Vasco da Gama season, Statistics, Disciplinary record\nLast updated: 18 December 2017Source: MatchesOrdered by , and = Number of bookings; = Number of sending offs after a second yellow card; = Number of sending offs by a direct red card.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 61], "content_span": [62, 249]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277989-0000-0000", "contents": "2018 CS Asian Open Figure Skating Trophy\nThe 2018 CS Asian Open Figure Skating Trophy was held from August 1, 2018 to August 5, 2018 in Bangkok, Thailand. It is part of the 2018\u201319 ISU Challenger Series. Medals were awarded in the disciplines of men's singles, ladies' singles, pair skating, and ice dancing.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [40, 40], "content_span": [41, 308]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277989-0001-0000", "contents": "2018 CS Asian Open Figure Skating Trophy, Entries\nThe International Skating Union published the list of entries on July 25, 2018.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 49], "content_span": [50, 129]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277989-0002-0000", "contents": "2018 CS Asian Open Figure Skating Trophy, Results, Pairs\nNote: For this category, the 2018 Asian Open was considered as an International Competition only, since the minimum required number of entries for a Challenger Series event was not reached. In pairs skating, the minimum requirement for a Challenger Series event is five entries from at least three ISU Members.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 56], "content_span": [57, 367]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277990-0000-0000", "contents": "2018 CS Autumn Classic International\nThe 2018 CS Autumn Classic International was held in September 2018 in Oakville, Ontario. It was part of the 2018\u201319 ISU Challenger Series. Medals were awarded in the disciplines of men's singles, ladies' singles, pair skating, and ice dancing.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [36, 36], "content_span": [37, 281]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277990-0001-0000", "contents": "2018 CS Autumn Classic International, Entries\nThe International Skating Union published the list of entries on August 30, 2018.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 45], "content_span": [46, 127]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277991-0000-0000", "contents": "2018 CS Finlandia Trophy\nThe 2018 CS Finlandia Trophy was held in October 2018 in Espoo. It is part of the 2018\u201319 ISU Challenger Series. Medals were awarded in the disciplines of men's singles, ladies' singles, pair skating, and ice dancing.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [24, 24], "content_span": [25, 242]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277991-0001-0000", "contents": "2018 CS Finlandia Trophy, Entries\nThe International Skating Union published the list on entries on September 7, 2018.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 33], "content_span": [34, 117]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277992-0000-0000", "contents": "2018 CS Golden Spin of Zagreb\nThe 2018 CS Golden Spin of Zagreb was held on December 2018 as part of the 2018\u201319 ISU Challenger Series. Medals were awarded in the disciplines of men's singles, ladies' singles, pair skating, and ice dancing.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [29, 29], "content_span": [30, 240]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277992-0001-0000", "contents": "2018 CS Golden Spin of Zagreb, Entries\nThe International Skating Union published the list of entries on November 12, 2018.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 38], "content_span": [39, 122]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277993-0000-0000", "contents": "2018 CS Inge Solar Memorial \u2013 Alpen Trophy\nThe 2018 CS Inge Solar Memorial \u2013 Alpen Trophy was held in November 2018 in Innsbruck, Austria. It is part of the 2018\u201319 ISU Challenger Series. Medals will be awarded in the disciplines of men's singles, ladies' singles, pair skating, and ice dancing.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [42, 42], "content_span": [43, 295]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277993-0001-0000", "contents": "2018 CS Inge Solar Memorial \u2013 Alpen Trophy, Entries\nThe International Skating Union published the list on entries on October 15, 2018.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [44, 51], "content_span": [52, 134]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277993-0002-0000", "contents": "2018 CS Inge Solar Memorial \u2013 Alpen Trophy, Results, Pairs\nNote: For this category, the 2018 Inge Solar Memorial \u2013 Alpen Trophy will be considered as an International Competition only, since the minimum number of entries for a Challenger Series was not reached. In pairs skating, the minimum number of entries is five entries from at least three ISU Members.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [44, 58], "content_span": [59, 358]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277994-0000-0000", "contents": "2018 CS Lombardia Trophy\nThe 2018 CS Lombardia Trophy was held in September 2018 in Bergamo, Italy. It was part of the 2018\u201319 ISU Challenger Series. Medals were awarded in the disciplines of men's singles, ladies' singles, pair skating, and ice dancing.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [24, 24], "content_span": [25, 254]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277994-0001-0000", "contents": "2018 CS Lombardia Trophy, Entries\nThe International Skating Union published the list of entries on August 13, 2018.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 33], "content_span": [34, 115]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277995-0000-0000", "contents": "2018 CS Nebelhorn Trophy\nThe 2018 CS Nebelhorn Trophy was held in September 2018 at the Eissportzentrum Oberstdorf. It is part of the 2018\u201319 ISU Challenger Series. Medals were awarded in the disciplines of men's singles, ladies' singles, pair skating, and ice dance.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [24, 24], "content_span": [25, 267]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277995-0001-0000", "contents": "2018 CS Nebelhorn Trophy, Entries\nThe International Skating Union published the list of entries on August 28, 2018.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 33], "content_span": [34, 115]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277995-0002-0000", "contents": "2018 CS Nebelhorn Trophy, Records\nThe following new ISU best scores were set during this competition:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 33], "content_span": [34, 101]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277996-0000-0000", "contents": "2018 CS Ondrej Nepela Trophy\nThe 2018 CS Ondrej Nepela Trophy was held on September 2018 at the Ondrej Nepela Arena. It was part of the 2018\u201319 ISU Challenger Series. Medals were awarded in the disciplines of men's singles, ladies' singles, pair skating, and ice dancing.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [28, 28], "content_span": [29, 271]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277996-0001-0000", "contents": "2018 CS Ondrej Nepela Trophy, Entries\nThe International Skating Union published the list of entries on August 27, 2018.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 37], "content_span": [38, 119]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277996-0002-0000", "contents": "2018 CS Ondrej Nepela Trophy, Results, Pairs\nFor this category, the 2018 Ondrej Nepela Trophy will be considered as an International Competition only, since the minimum number of entries for a Challenger Series was not reached. In pairs skating, the minimum number of entries is five entries from at least three ISU Members.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 44], "content_span": [45, 324]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277997-0000-0000", "contents": "2018 CS Tallinn Trophy\nThe 2018 CS Tallinn Trophy was held from November 26\u2013December 2, 2018 in Tallinn, Estonia. It is part of the 2018\u201319 ISU Challenger Series. Medals were awarded in the disciplines of men's singles, ladies' singles, pair skating, and ice dancing.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [22, 22], "content_span": [23, 267]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277997-0001-0000", "contents": "2018 CS Tallinn Trophy, Entries\nThe International Skating Union published the list of entries on October 30, 2018.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 31], "content_span": [32, 114]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277998-0000-0000", "contents": "2018 CS U.S. International Figure Skating Classic\nThe 2018 CS U.S. International Figure Skating Classic was held in September 2018 in Salt Lake City, Utah. It was part of the 2018\u201319 ISU Challenger Series. Medals were awarded in the disciplines of men's singles, ladies' singles, pair skating, and ice dancing.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 49], "section_span": [49, 49], "content_span": [50, 310]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277998-0001-0000", "contents": "2018 CS U.S. International Figure Skating Classic, Entries\nThe International Skating Union published the list of entries on August 17, 2018.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 49], "section_span": [51, 58], "content_span": [59, 140]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277999-0000-0000", "contents": "2018 CSIO Gij\u00f3n\nThe 2018 CSIO Gij\u00f3n was the 2018 edition of the Spanish official show jumping horse show, at Las Mestas Sports Complex in Gij\u00f3n. It was held as CSIO 5*.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [15, 15], "content_span": [16, 168]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277999-0001-0000", "contents": "2018 CSIO Gij\u00f3n\nThis edition of the CSIO Gij\u00f3n was held between 29 August and 2 September.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [15, 15], "content_span": [16, 90]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277999-0002-0000", "contents": "2018 CSIO Gij\u00f3n, Nations Cup\nThe Cup was a show jumping competition with two rounds, held on 31 August. The height of the fences were up to 1.60 meters. The best eight teams of the eleven which participated were allowed to start in the second round. The competition was endowed with \u20ac72,500. Seven years after their last success, Spain won its 4th Nations Cup in Gij\u00f3n.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [17, 28], "content_span": [29, 369]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277999-0003-0000", "contents": "2018 CSIO Gij\u00f3n, Gij\u00f3n Grand Prix\nThe Gij\u00f3n Grand Prix, the Show jumping Grand Prix of the 2018 CSIO Gij\u00f3n, was the major show jumping competition at this event. The sponsor of this competition was Funeraria Gijonesa. It was held on Sunday, 2 September 2018. The competition was a show jumping competition over two rounds, the height of the fences were up to 1.60 meters.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [17, 33], "content_span": [34, 371]}} {"id": "enwiki-00277999-0004-0000", "contents": "2018 CSIO Gij\u00f3n, Gij\u00f3n Grand Prix\nIt was endowed with 145,700 \u20ac. Richard Howley won the trophy.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [17, 33], "content_span": [34, 95]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278000-0000-0000", "contents": "2018 CWHL Draft\nThe 2018 CWHL Draft, the ninth and final in league history, took place on August 26. It marked the first and only draft Jayna Hefford served as CWHL commissioner. The CWHL indicated that general managers were authorized to \"pre-sign\" their first and second round selections before the draft. The window for pre-signing expired on August 17. Lauren Williams, a Canadian player and alumna of the Wisconsin Badgers women's ice hockey program, was the first pick overall in the draft. Long after this draft, the CWHL discontinued operations on May 1, 2019, having announced its intention on March 31.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [15, 15], "content_span": [16, 612]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278000-0001-0000", "contents": "2018 CWHL Draft, Trades\nOn December 13, 2017, Erin Ambrose was traded from the Toronto Furies to Les Canadiennes de Montreal. The Furies received first and third round picks in the 2018 CWHL Draft, a first round pick from the 2019 CWHL Draft, plus a third round pick from the 2020 CWHL Draft. With the CWHL's dissolution, the 2019 and 2020 picks were extinguished.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [17, 23], "content_span": [24, 364]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278001-0000-0000", "contents": "2018 CWL Pro League\nThe 2018 CWL Pro League was a Call of Duty: WWII tournament on PlayStation 4 that occurred on January 23-July 29, 2018.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [19, 19], "content_span": [20, 139]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278001-0001-0000", "contents": "2018 CWL Pro League, Format\nThe 2018 CWL Global Pro League consisted of 2 Stages, with 16 teams from North America, Europe and the APAC region participating. The 16 teams were split into 2 different Divisions with the top 4 teams from each Division advancing to playoffs. The top 6 teams from each pool advanced to Stage 2, while the bottom 2 teams from each Division have to go to the relegation playoffs.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 27], "content_span": [28, 406]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278001-0002-0000", "contents": "2018 CWL Pro League, Stage 1\nA total of $700,000 prize money will be given out during Stage 1. All 16 teams will receive $12,500 for participating while the 8 teams which qualified for playoffs will play for another $500,000.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 28], "content_span": [29, 225]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278001-0003-0000", "contents": "2018 CWL Pro League, Stage 1, Division A\nWeek 1 of Division A took place from January 23, 2018 until February 1, 2018 with week 2 taking place from February 20, 2018 until March 1, 2018.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 40], "content_span": [41, 186]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278001-0004-0000", "contents": "2018 CWL Pro League, Stage 1, Division B\nWeek 1 of Division B took place from February 6, 2018 until February 15, 2018 with week 2 taking place from March 14, 2018 until March 22, 2018.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 40], "content_span": [41, 185]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278001-0005-0000", "contents": "2018 CWL Pro League, Relegation\nThe 4 bottom teams from Stage 1 participated in the relegation tournament against 4 other teams in a double-elimination bracket for the final 4 spots in Stage 2.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 31], "content_span": [32, 193]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278001-0006-0000", "contents": "2018 CWL Pro League, Relegation, Roster Changes\nTeams which placed among the bottom 2 teams in their Division during Stage 1 have until 6pm ET on April 13, 2018 to submit a roster and were allowed to replace 2 players.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 47], "content_span": [48, 218]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278001-0007-0000", "contents": "2018 CWL Pro League, Relegation, Final standings\nThe top 4 teams qualified for Stage 2 of the 2018 CWL Pro League.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 48], "content_span": [49, 114]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278001-0008-0000", "contents": "2018 CWL Pro League, Stage 2\nAA total of $700,000 prize money will be given out during Stage 2. All 16 teams will receive $12,500 for participating while the 8 teams which qualified for playoffs will play for another $500,000. The top 6 teams from all Stage 1 groups and the 4 teams which qualified via the relegation tournament participated in Stage 2. All 16 teams also qualified for the 2018 Call of Duty Championship.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 28], "content_span": [29, 421]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278001-0009-0000", "contents": "2018 CWL Pro League, Stage 2, Roster Changes\nTeams which placed among the top 6 teams in their Division during Stage 1 have until 6pm ET on May 7, 2018 to submit a roster and were allowed to replace 2 players. Teams which placed among the bottom 2 teams in their Division during Stage 1 have until 6pm ET on April 13, 2018 to submit a roster and were allowed to replace 2 players.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 44], "content_span": [45, 380]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278002-0000-0000", "contents": "2018 CY2\n2018 CY2 is an asteroid, classified as a near-Earth object of the Apollo group, with an estimated diameter of 59\u2013190 metres (190\u2013620\u00a0ft). It was first observed on 9 February 2018, by astronomers of the Catalina Sky Survey at Mount Lemmon Observatory, Arizona, during its close approach to Earth.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 8], "section_span": [8, 8], "content_span": [9, 304]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278002-0001-0000", "contents": "2018 CY2, Orbit and classification\n2018 CY2 is an Apollo asteroid. Apollo's cross the orbit of Earth and are the largest group of near-Earth objects with nearly 10 thousand known members. It orbits the Sun at a distance of 0.92\u20131.34\u00a0AU once every 14 months (438 days; semi-major axis of 1.13\u00a0AU). Its orbit has an eccentricity of 0.18 and an inclination of 27\u00b0 with respect to the ecliptic. It is, however, not a Mars-crossing asteroid, as its aphelion of 1.34\u00a0AU is less than the orbit of the Red Planet at 1.666\u00a0AU. The body's observation arc begins its first observation at Mount Lemmon in February 2018.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 8], "section_span": [10, 34], "content_span": [35, 607]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278002-0002-0000", "contents": "2018 CY2, Orbit and classification, Close approaches\nThe object has a minimum orbital intersection distance with Earth of 6,750,000\u00a0km (0.0451\u00a0AU), which corresponds to 17.6 lunar distances (LD). On 14 February 2018, 14:44 UTC, it came within 18.66\u00a0LD of the Earth (see diagrams). Its next close approach will be on 14 February 2024, at a similar distance.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 8], "section_span": [10, 52], "content_span": [53, 356]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278002-0003-0000", "contents": "2018 CY2, Physical characteristics\nThe Minor Planet Center estimates a diameter of 59\u2013190 meters. Based on a generic magnitude-to-diameter conversion, 2018 CY2 measures between 100 and 190 meters in diameter, for an absolute magnitude of 22.33, and an assumed albedo between 0.057 and 0.20, which represent typical values for carbonaceous and stony asteroids, respectively.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 8], "section_span": [10, 34], "content_span": [35, 373]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278002-0004-0000", "contents": "2018 CY2, Physical characteristics\nAs of 2018, no rotational lightcurve of 2018 CY2 has been obtained from photometric observations. The body's rotation period, pole and shape remain unknown.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 8], "section_span": [10, 34], "content_span": [35, 191]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278003-0000-0000", "contents": "2018 Cadel Evans Great Ocean Road Race\nThe 2018 Cadel Evans Great Ocean Road Race was a road cycling one-day race that took place on 28 January 2018 in Australia. It was the fourth edition of the Cadel Evans Great Ocean Road Race and the second event of the 2018 UCI World Tour.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [38, 38], "content_span": [39, 278]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278003-0001-0000", "contents": "2018 Cadel Evans Great Ocean Road Race\nAustralian rider Jay McCarthy (Bora\u2013Hansgrohe) led home a 24-rider select group at the finish to take the victory, ahead of Italy's Elia Viviani from the Quick-Step Floors team in second position, while South Africa's Daryl Impey, the World Tour ranking leader, completed the podium for Mitchelton\u2013Scott.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [38, 38], "content_span": [39, 343]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278003-0002-0000", "contents": "2018 Cadel Evans Great Ocean Road Race, Teams\nAs the race was only added to the UCI World Tour calendar in 2017, all UCI WorldTeams were invited to the race, but not obligated to compete in the race. As such, twelve of the eighteen WorldTeams competed in the race, down one on 2017. Three UCI Professional Continental teams competed \u2013 also one fewer than 2017 \u2013 while an Australian national squad completed the 16-team peloton.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 45], "content_span": [46, 427]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278004-0000-0000", "contents": "2018 Cal Poly Mustangs football team\nThe 2018 Cal Poly Mustangs football team represented California Polytechnic State University in the 2018 NCAA Division I FCS football season. The Mustangs were led by tenth-year head coach Tim Walsh and played their home games at Alex G. Spanos Stadium. They were members of the Big Sky Conference. They finished the season 5\u20136, 4\u20134 in Big Sky play to finish in a tie for sixth place.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [36, 36], "content_span": [37, 421]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278004-0001-0000", "contents": "2018 Cal Poly Mustangs football team, Previous season\nThe Mustangs finished the 2017 season 1\u201310, 1\u20137 in Big Sky play to finish in 12th place.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 53], "content_span": [54, 142]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278004-0002-0000", "contents": "2018 Cal Poly Mustangs football team, Preseason, Polls\nOn July 16, 2018 during the Big Sky Kickoff in Spokane, Washington, the Mustangs were predicted to finish in tenth place in the coaches poll and eleventh place in the media poll.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 54], "content_span": [55, 233]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278004-0003-0000", "contents": "2018 Cal Poly Mustangs football team, Preseason, Preseason All-Conference Team\nThe Mustangs had one player selected to the Preseason All-Conference Team.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 78], "content_span": [79, 153]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278004-0004-0000", "contents": "2018 Cal Poly Mustangs football team, Schedule\nDespite also being a member of the Big Sky, the game vs. Weber State will be a non-conference game and will have no effect on the Big Sky standings.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 46], "content_span": [47, 195]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278005-0000-0000", "contents": "2018 Cal State Fullerton Titans baseball team\nThe 2018 Cal State Fullerton Titans baseball team represented California State University, Fullerton in the 2018 NCAA Division I baseball season as a member of the Big West Conference. The team was coached by Rick Vanderhook and played their home games at Goodwin Field.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [45, 45], "content_span": [46, 316]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278005-0001-0000", "contents": "2018 Cal State Fullerton Titans baseball team, Previous season\nThe Titans finished 39\u201324 overall, and 15\u20139 in the conference. In the postseason, the Titans were invited and participated in the 2017 NCAA Division I Baseball Tournament, where they defeated BYU and Stanford twice in Stanford, California, then Long Beach State twice in Long Beach, California, and finally losing to Florida State and Oregon State in the College World Series in Omaha, Nebraska.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [47, 62], "content_span": [63, 458]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278005-0002-0000", "contents": "2018 Cal State Fullerton Titans baseball team, Previous season, MLB Draft Selections\nThe Titans had seven individuals selected in the 2017 MLB draft.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [47, 84], "content_span": [85, 149]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278006-0000-0000", "contents": "2018 Calder Cup playoffs\nThe 2018 Calder Cup playoffs of the American Hockey League began on April 19, 2018, with the playoff format that was introduced in 2016. The sixteen teams that qualified, eight from each conference, played best-of-five series in the division semifinals, with the playoffs continuing with best-of-seven series for the division finals, conference finals, and Calder Cup finals.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [24, 24], "content_span": [25, 400]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278006-0001-0000", "contents": "2018 Calder Cup playoffs\nA Division finals game between the Lehigh Valley Phantoms and the Charlotte Checkers became the longest game in AHL history by going 86:48 into overtime when Alex Krushelnyski of the Phantoms scored the winning 2\u20131 goal. The game started at 7:03 pm on May 9 and ended at 1:09 am on May 10. The Checkers had 95 shots on goal and Alex Lyon would finish with 94 saves, while Alex Nedeljkovic would finish with 51 saves on 53 shots. The previous record of 82:58 into overtime was set in 2008, also between the AHL affiliates of the Philadelphia Flyers and the Carolina Hurricanes.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [24, 24], "content_span": [25, 601]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278006-0002-0000", "contents": "2018 Calder Cup playoffs\nThe Toronto Marlies won their first Calder Cup, beating the Texas Stars four games to three in the finals.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [24, 24], "content_span": [25, 131]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278006-0003-0000", "contents": "2018 Calder Cup playoffs, Playoff seeds\nAfter the 2017\u201318 AHL regular season, 16 teams qualified for the playoffs. The top four teams in each division ranked by points percentage (points earned divided by points available) qualify for the 2018 Calder Cup Playoffs. The Toronto Marlies were the first team to clinch a playoff spot and went on to claim the regular season title with four games remaining.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 39], "content_span": [40, 402]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278006-0004-0000", "contents": "2018 Calder Cup playoffs, Playoff statistical leaders, Leading skaters\nThese are the top ten skaters based on points. If there is a tie in points, goals take precedence over assists.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 70], "content_span": [71, 182]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278006-0005-0000", "contents": "2018 Calder Cup playoffs, Playoff statistical leaders, Leading skaters\nGP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; +/\u2013 = Plus-minus; PIM = Penalty minutes", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 70], "content_span": [71, 167]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278006-0006-0000", "contents": "2018 Calder Cup playoffs, Playoff statistical leaders, Leading goaltenders\nThis is a combined table of the top five goaltenders based on goals against average and the top five goaltenders based on save percentage with at least 240 minutes played. The table is initially sorted by goals against average, with the criterion for inclusion in bold.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 74], "content_span": [75, 344]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278006-0007-0000", "contents": "2018 Calder Cup playoffs, Playoff statistical leaders, Leading goaltenders\nGP = Games played; W = Wins; L = Losses; SA = Shots against; GA = Goals against; GAA = Goals against average; SV% = Save percentage; SO = Shutouts; TOI = Time on ice (in minutes)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 74], "content_span": [75, 253]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278007-0000-0000", "contents": "2018 Calderdale Metropolitan Borough Council election\nThe 2018 Calderdale Metropolitan Borough Council election took place on 3 May 2018 to elect members of Calderdale Metropolitan Borough Council in England. This was on the same day as other local elections. One councillor was elected in each ward for a four-year term so the councillors elected in 2018 last stood for election in 2014. Each ward is represented by three councillors, the election of which is staggered, so only one third of the councillors were elected in this election. Before the election there was no overall control with a minority Labour administration. Following the election Labour, having gained one councillor, was still two councillors away from a majority so it remained no overall control.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 53], "section_span": [53, 53], "content_span": [54, 770]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278007-0001-0000", "contents": "2018 Calderdale Metropolitan Borough Council election\nIndependent Conservative Councillor Mike Payne of Sowerby Bridge Ward, who was suspended from the Conservative Party in April 2018, was reinstated into the party during this election cycle.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 53], "section_span": [53, 53], "content_span": [54, 243]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278007-0002-0000", "contents": "2018 Calderdale Metropolitan Borough Council election, Council Composition\nPrior to the election the composition of the council was:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 53], "section_span": [55, 74], "content_span": [75, 132]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278007-0003-0000", "contents": "2018 Calderdale Metropolitan Borough Council election, Reaction\nThe local paper, the Halifax Courier, said that the Labour group were happiest with the result having got closer to overall control. When the leaders of the groups were later interviewed, Tim Swift, leader of the Labour group, highlighted the win of Skircoat ward and said that the overall result was pretty good for Labour. James Baker, leader of the Liberal Democrat group, highlighted the first win of a new ward in Calderdale as opposed to merely a successful defence since 2010 when the national Liberal Democrat party went into coalition with the Conservatives in the UK parliament.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 53], "section_span": [55, 63], "content_span": [64, 652]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278007-0003-0001", "contents": "2018 Calderdale Metropolitan Borough Council election, Reaction\nBaker said that they would work with labour to get what they could of their policies enacted. Scott Benton, leader of the Conservative group, highlighted that Labour had failed to gain overall control despite the point in the national political cycle being a good time for opposition parties. Specifically Labour had been in opposition for 8 years at this point. Benton described the Conservative performance as solid.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 53], "section_span": [55, 63], "content_span": [64, 482]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278007-0004-0000", "contents": "2018 Calderdale Metropolitan Borough Council election, Ward results\nThe ward results listed below are based on the changes from the last time this third was up for election, in the 2014 elections, not taking into account any mid-term by-elections or party defections.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 53], "section_span": [55, 67], "content_span": [68, 267]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278007-0005-0000", "contents": "2018 Calderdale Metropolitan Borough Council election, Ward results, Brighouse ward\nThe incumbent was Howard Blagborough for the Conservative Party. In the 2014 election both a UKIP candidate & an Independent candidate got over 20% of the vote but neither stood in this election. The swing is expressed between the Conservative & Labour Parties.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 53], "section_span": [55, 83], "content_span": [84, 345]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278007-0006-0000", "contents": "2018 Calderdale Metropolitan Borough Council election, Ward results, Calder ward\nThe incumbent was Alison Miles for the Labour Party who stepped down at this election. The swing is expressed between Labour & Green as Green were second in 2014. There was a 9.1% swing from Conservatives to Labour.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 53], "section_span": [55, 80], "content_span": [81, 296]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278007-0007-0000", "contents": "2018 Calderdale Metropolitan Borough Council election, Ward results, Greetland & Stainland ward\nThe incumbent was Marilyn Greenwood for the Liberal Democrats. UKIP did not stand a candidate this time where they had polled over 20% last time. The swing is from Conservative to Liberal.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 53], "section_span": [55, 95], "content_span": [96, 284]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278007-0008-0000", "contents": "2018 Calderdale Metropolitan Borough Council election, Ward results, Hipperholme & Lightcliffe ward\nThe incumbent was Colin Raistrick, an Independent. The swing was 11.6 from Independent to Conservative & there was a 2.7% swing from Labour to Conservative.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 53], "section_span": [55, 99], "content_span": [100, 256]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278007-0009-0000", "contents": "2018 Calderdale Metropolitan Borough Council election, Ward results, Illingworth & Mixenden ward\nThe incumbent was Dan Sutherland for the Labour Party. There was a swing of 3.8% from Labour to Conservative. UKIP which did not stand this time got over 35% of the vote in 2014.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 53], "section_span": [55, 96], "content_span": [97, 275]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278007-0010-0000", "contents": "2018 Calderdale Metropolitan Borough Council election, Ward results, Luddendenfoot ward\nThe incumbent was Jill Smith-Moorhouse for the Conservative Party. The biggest swing was 15.1% from Green to Labour.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 53], "section_span": [55, 87], "content_span": [88, 204]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278007-0011-0000", "contents": "2018 Calderdale Metropolitan Borough Council election, Ward results, Northowram & Shelf ward\nThe incumbent was Stephen Baines for the Conservative party who was the deputy leader of the Conservative group at the time of the election. UKIP was second place in 2014 with almost 35% of the vote but did not stand this time.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 53], "section_span": [55, 92], "content_span": [93, 320]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278007-0012-0000", "contents": "2018 Calderdale Metropolitan Borough Council election, Ward results, Ovenden ward\nThe incumbent was Helen Rivron for the Labour Party. There was a swing of 4.8% from Labour to Conservative. The biggest swing was 7.9% from Liberal to Green.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 53], "section_span": [55, 81], "content_span": [82, 239]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278007-0013-0000", "contents": "2018 Calderdale Metropolitan Borough Council election, Ward results, Park ward\nThe incumbent was Ferman Ali for the Labour Party who stepped down at this election. Amjad Bashir standing for the Conservatives is a sitting MEP for Yorkshire & Humber where he was elected for UKIP and defected to the Conservatives. There was a 20.6% swing from Labour to the Independent and a 29.6% swing from Conservatives to the Independent. Surraya Bibi standing as an Independent was previously a member of the Labour Party but resigned complaining that the candidate selection process was not working correctly.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 53], "section_span": [55, 78], "content_span": [79, 597]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278007-0014-0000", "contents": "2018 Calderdale Metropolitan Borough Council election, Ward results, Rastrick ward\nThe incumbent was Christine Beal for the Conservative Party who stood down at this election. TUSC which did not stand this time had polled 8.1% in 2014.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 53], "section_span": [55, 82], "content_span": [83, 235]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278007-0015-0000", "contents": "2018 Calderdale Metropolitan Borough Council election, Ward results, Ryburn ward\nThe incumbent was Robert Holden, standing as an Independent. He was elected for the Conservative Party in 2014 but resigned after whistleblowing over irregularities in the 2015 election accounts having also disagreed with the 2016 candidate selection.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 53], "section_span": [55, 80], "content_span": [81, 332]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278007-0016-0000", "contents": "2018 Calderdale Metropolitan Borough Council election, Ward results, Skircoat ward\nThe incumbent was Andrew Tagg for the Conservative Party. UKIP polled 17% in 2014 but did not stand this time. The local paper described this result as a shock and the first time Skircoat ward had been held by Labour since the formation of Calderdale council 44 years earlier.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 53], "section_span": [55, 82], "content_span": [83, 359]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278007-0017-0000", "contents": "2018 Calderdale Metropolitan Borough Council election, Ward results, Sowerby Bridge ward\nThe incumbent was Dot Foster for the Labour Party. UKIP did not stand this time but polled 27% in 2014. There was a swing of 2.3% from Conservatives to Labour.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 53], "section_span": [55, 88], "content_span": [89, 248]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278007-0018-0000", "contents": "2018 Calderdale Metropolitan Borough Council election, Ward results, Town ward\nThe incumbent was Bob Metcalfe for the Labour Party. UKIP polled 37% in 2014 but did not stand this time.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 53], "section_span": [55, 78], "content_span": [79, 184]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278007-0019-0000", "contents": "2018 Calderdale Metropolitan Borough Council election, Ward results, Warley ward\nThe incumbent was Michelle Foster for the Labour Party who stood down at this election. There was a swing of 8.0% from Labour to Liberal Democrat & the largest swing was 14.8% from Conservative to Liberal Democrat.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 53], "section_span": [55, 80], "content_span": [81, 295]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278008-0000-0000", "contents": "2018 Calgary National Bank Challenger\nThe 2018 Calgary National Bank Challenger was a professional tennis tournament played on indoor hard courts. It was the first edition of the tournament and part of the 2018 ATP Challenger Tour. It took place in Calgary, Canada.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [37, 37], "content_span": [38, 265]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278008-0001-0000", "contents": "2018 Calgary National Bank Challenger, Singles entrants, Other entrants\nThe following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 71], "content_span": [72, 140]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278008-0002-0000", "contents": "2018 Calgary National Bank Challenger, Singles entrants, Other entrants\nThe following players received entry into the singles main draw as alternates:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 71], "content_span": [72, 150]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278009-0000-0000", "contents": "2018 Calgary National Bank Challenger \u2013 Doubles\nRobert Galloway and Nathan Pasha won the title after defeating Matt Reid and John-Patrick Smith 6\u20134, 4\u20136, [10\u20136] in the final.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 47], "section_span": [47, 47], "content_span": [48, 174]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278010-0000-0000", "contents": "2018 Calgary National Bank Challenger \u2013 Singles\nIvo Karlovi\u0107 won the title after defeating Jordan Thompson 7\u20136(7\u20133), 6\u20133 in the final.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 47], "section_span": [47, 47], "content_span": [48, 134]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278011-0000-0000", "contents": "2018 Calgary Roughnecks season\nThe Calgary Roughnecks are a lacrosse team based in Calgary playing in the National Lacrosse League (NLL). The 2018 season is the 17th in franchise history.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [30, 30], "content_span": [31, 187]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278011-0001-0000", "contents": "2018 Calgary Roughnecks season, Final standings\nx:\u00a0Clinched playoff berth; c:\u00a0Clinched playoff berth by crossing over to another division; y:\u00a0Clinched division; z:\u00a0Clinched best regular season record; GP:\u00a0Games PlayedW:\u00a0Wins; L:\u00a0Losses; GB:\u00a0Games back; PCT:\u00a0Win percentage; Home:\u00a0Record at Home; Road:\u00a0Record on the Road; GF:\u00a0Goals scored; GA:\u00a0Goals allowedDifferential:\u00a0Difference between goals scored and allowed; GF/GP:\u00a0Average number of goals scored per game; GA/GP:\u00a0Average number of goals allowed per game", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 47], "content_span": [48, 511]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278011-0002-0000", "contents": "2018 Calgary Roughnecks season, Roster, Entry Draft\nThe 2017 NLL Entry Draft took place on September 18, 2017. The Roughnecks made the following selections:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 51], "content_span": [52, 156]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278012-0000-0000", "contents": "2018 Calgary Stampeders season\nThe 2018 Calgary Stampeders season was the 61st season for the team in the Canadian Football League and their 84th overall. The Stampeders qualified for the playoffs for the 14th straight year and finished in first place in the West Division for the third straight year. They also appeared in the Grey Cup for the third consecutive season, but after two championship losses, the Stampeders claimed victory in the 106th Grey Cup game, the franchise's eighth victory overall. This season was Dave Dickenson's third season as head coach and John Hufnagel's 11th season as general manager.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [30, 30], "content_span": [31, 616]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278012-0001-0000", "contents": "2018 Calgary Stampeders season, Offseason, CFL Draft\nThe 2018 CFL Draft took place on May 3, 2018. By virtue of being a Grey Cup finalist, the Stampeders had the second-to-last selection in each of the eight rounds. The team upgraded their fourth-round pick after trading Charleston Hughes to the Hamilton Tiger-Cats. The team also acquired an additional pick in the fifth round from the Ottawa Redblacks in a trade for Drew Tate.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 52], "content_span": [53, 430]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278012-0002-0000", "contents": "2018 Calgary Stampeders season, Regular season, Schedule\nFor the second consecutive year, the Calgary Stampeders experienced a two-game losing streak with their loss to the Saskatchewan Roughriders on October 20. They had previously experienced a three-game losing streak to close out the 2017 (which had been the first time in ten years to lose three games consecutive and around five years to have lost at least two games consecutive).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 56], "content_span": [57, 437]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278012-0002-0001", "contents": "2018 Calgary Stampeders season, Regular season, Schedule\nWith the loss, Saskatchewan is the only team that the Calgary Stampeders have a losing record against in 2018 as of October 20 (though they could have a losing record to the BC Lions as well if they lose their November 3 game to the team. For the second consecutive season, the Calgary Stampeders lost three consecutive games after 10 years without experiencing such a streak (and the first time Bo Levi Mitchell had such a streak as a starting QB in the Canadian Football League). With the loss to the Winnipeg Blue Bombers, the Edmonton Eskimos were officially eliminated from playoff contention in 2018 (the first time the team was eliminated from the playoffs since 2013).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 56], "content_span": [57, 733]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278012-0003-0000", "contents": "2018 Calgary Stampeders season, Team, Roster\nItalics indicate International player updated 2018-11-25 \u2022 46 Active, 8 One-Game Injured, 4 Six-Game Injured, 10 Practice", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 44], "content_span": [45, 166]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278013-0000-0000", "contents": "2018 California 8 Hours\nThe 2018 WeatherTech Raceway California 8 Hours was the second edition of the WeatherTech Raceway California 8 Hours race held on WeatherTech Raceway Laguna Seca on 28 October 2018. The race was contested with GT3-spec cars, GT Cup-spec cars, GT4-spec cars, MARC cars and TCR-touring cars. The race was organized by the St\u00e9phane Ratel Organisation (SRO).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [23, 23], "content_span": [24, 378]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278013-0001-0000", "contents": "2018 California 8 Hours\nThe second annual California 8 Hours is the fourth and final round of the 2018 Intercontinental GT Challenge.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [23, 23], "content_span": [24, 133]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278013-0002-0000", "contents": "2018 California 8 Hours, Official results\nBold denotes category winner. Results validated on 26 June 2019 following an FIA-related hearing.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 41], "content_span": [42, 139]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278013-0003-0000", "contents": "2018 California 8 Hours, Official results\nNOTE: The No. 42 Strakka Racing Mercedes-AMG GT that had finished eighth overall, and first in GT3 Pro- Am, was disqualified under after driver Nick Leventis was found in violation of FIA doping regulations. Leventis' urine sample was taken to the Sports Medicine Research & Testing Laboratory at the University of Utah in Salt Lake City, Utah, where it tested positive for anastrozole (an exogenous aromatase inhibitor, prohibited under S4.1 of the FIA Anti- Doping Code), drostanolone and related metabolite 2\u03b1-methyl-5\u03b1-androstan-3\u03b1-ol-17-one, which are exogenous anabolic 3 androgenic steroids, prohibited under S1.1.a of the FIA Anti- Doping Code). The results were altered on 26 June 2019 after an official report of the positive test.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 41], "content_span": [42, 784]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278014-0000-0000", "contents": "2018 California Attorney General election\nThe 2018 California Attorney General election was held on November 6, 2018, to elect the Attorney General of California. The 2014 election winner Kamala Harris was elected to the United States Senate during the 2016 Senate elections; incumbent Democratic Attorney General, Xavier Becerra won election to a full term.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [41, 41], "content_span": [42, 358]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278014-0001-0000", "contents": "2018 California Attorney General election, General election, Results\nBecerra won the election in a landslide, even outperforming Gavin Newsom during the simultaneous gubernatorial election.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [43, 68], "content_span": [69, 189]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278015-0000-0000", "contents": "2018 California Golden Bears football team\nThe 2018 California Golden Bears football team represented the University of California, Berkeley in the 2018 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The Bears went 7\u20136 during Justin Wilcox's second year as head coach. The Bears upset #15 Washington 12\u201310 and defeated USC 15\u201314 at the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum in Los Angeles to snap a 15-year losing streak to the Trojans, but at the same time, they also snapped a 18-year losing streak to USC in the Coliseum. They lost 10\u20137 in overtime to TCU in the 2018 Cheez-It Bowl.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [42, 42], "content_span": [43, 567]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278015-0001-0000", "contents": "2018 California Golden Bears football team\nBears offensive efficiency ranked as the second worst among all Power Five teams. This ranking was in direct contrast to Cal's offensive performances under Cal's previous coach Sonny Dykes, in 2014 Cal was ranked No. 11 in nation in points scored, and in 2015 was ranked No. 13 in total yards. However, there was an inverse contrast in team's defensive performance as Wilcox's 2018 team was ranked No. 15 in total yards allowed as opposed to consistent bottom of the charts performances under Dykes. Two standouts of Cal's defense were second team All-Pac-12 linebacker junior Evan Weaver who had 155 tackles and two interceptions, and first team All-Pac-12 senior Jordan Kunaszyk who had 143 tackles, six forced fumbles and one fumble recovered; Kunaszyk went undrafted but was later signed by the Carolina Panthers.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [42, 42], "content_span": [43, 860]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278015-0002-0000", "contents": "2018 California Golden Bears football team, Previous season\nFirst-year head coach Justin Wilcox was hired in January 2017, following the dismissal of Sonny Dykes. Wilcox led the Golden Bears to a record of 5\u20137 (2\u20137 Pac-12) in 2017 to finish in fifth place in the North Division. In a season highlight, the Bears beat No. 8-ranked Washington State by a margin of 37\u20133.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [44, 59], "content_span": [60, 367]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278015-0003-0000", "contents": "2018 California Golden Bears football team, Previous season\nOn December 5, 2017, defensive line coach Jerry Azzinaro left the Golden Bears after one season to become the new defensive coordinator for the UCLA Bruins under Chip Kelly.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [44, 59], "content_span": [60, 233]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278015-0004-0000", "contents": "2018 California Golden Bears football team, Previous season, NFL Draft Selections\nThe Golden Bears had two individuals selected in the 2018 NFL Draft.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [44, 81], "content_span": [82, 150]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278015-0005-0000", "contents": "2018 California Golden Bears football team, Preseason, Pac-12 Media Days\nThe 2018 Pac-12 media days are set for July 25, 2018 in Hollywood, California. Justin Wilcox (HC), Patrick Laird (RB) & Jordan Kunaszyk (LB) at Pac-12 Media Days. The Pac-12 media poll was released with the Golden Bears predicted to finish in fourth place at Pac-12 North division.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [44, 72], "content_span": [73, 354]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278016-0000-0000", "contents": "2018 California Insurance Commissioner election\nThe 2018 California Insurance Commissioner election was held on November 6, 2018, to elect the Insurance Commissioner of California. Under California's nonpartisan blanket primary law, all candidates appear on the same ballot, regardless of party. In the primary, voters may vote for any candidate, regardless of their party affiliation. The top two finishers \u2014 regardless of party \u2014 advance to the general election in November, even if a candidate manages to receive a majority of the votes cast in the primary election.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 47], "section_span": [47, 47], "content_span": [48, 569]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278016-0001-0000", "contents": "2018 California Insurance Commissioner election\nIncumbent Democratic Commissioner Dave Jones was term-limited and could not seek re-election to a third term.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 47], "section_span": [47, 47], "content_span": [48, 157]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278016-0002-0000", "contents": "2018 California Insurance Commissioner election, Primary election, Results, Results by county\nPrimary results by county. Gray represents counties won by Poizner. Blue represents counties won by Lara.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 47], "section_span": [49, 93], "content_span": [94, 199]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278017-0000-0000", "contents": "2018 California Proposition 12\nProposition 12 (\"Prop 12\") was a California ballot proposition in that state's general election on November 6, 2018. The measure was self-titled the Prevention of Cruelty to Farm Animals Act. The measure passed, by a vote of about 63% Yes to 37% No.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [30, 30], "content_span": [31, 280]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278017-0001-0000", "contents": "2018 California Proposition 12\nThe proposition establishes new minimum requirements on farmers to provide more space for egg-laying hens, breeding pigs, and calves raised for veal. California businesses will be banned from selling eggs or uncooked pork or veal that came from animals housed in ways that did not meet these requirements.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [30, 30], "content_span": [31, 336]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278017-0002-0000", "contents": "2018 California Proposition 12, Ballot Label summary\nThe California Secretary of State's summary from the Official Voter Information Guide of Proposition 12 is as follows:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 52], "content_span": [53, 171]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278017-0003-0000", "contents": "2018 California Proposition 12, Ballot Label summary\n\"ESTABLISHES NEW STANDARDS FOR CONFINEMENT OF SPECIFIED FARM ANIMALS; BANS SALE OF NONCOMPLYING PRODUCTS. INITIATIVE STATUTE. Establishes minimum requirements for confining certain farm animals. Prohibits sales of meat and egg products from animals confined in noncomplying manner. Fiscal Impact: Potential decrease in state income tax revenues from farm businesses, likely not more than several million dollars annually. State costs up to $10 million annually to enforce the measure.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 52], "content_span": [53, 538]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278017-0004-0000", "contents": "2018 California Proposition 12, Supporters\nHumane Society of the United StatesASPCA (American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals)Mercy for AnimalsThe Humane LeagueCompassion in World FarmingAnimal Legal Defense FundAnimal EqualityAnimal Protection and Rescue League (APRL)Compassion Over KillingIn Defense of Animals (IDA)San Francisco SPCASan Diego Humane SocietyMarin Humane SocietyCenter for Food SafetyOrganic Consumers AssociationCenter for Biological DiversitySierra Club CaliforniaUnited Farm WorkersFarm SanctuaryWorld Animal ProtectionAnimal Welfare InstituteCalifornia Animal Welfare AssociationNewspapers supporting Prop 12:Los Angeles TimesThe Mercury News (San Jose)The Monterey HeraldSan Francisco Bay GuardianEast Bay ExpressEast Bay TimesMarin Independent JournalSan Diego Free PressSanta Cruz Sentinel", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 42], "content_span": [43, 832]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278017-0005-0000", "contents": "2018 California Proposition 12, Opponents\nAssociation of California Egg FarmersNational Association of Egg FarmersAmerican Veal AssociationCalifornia Pork Producers AssociationPeople for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA)National Pork Producers CouncilCalifornia Farm Bureau FederationProtect the HarvestHumane Farming AssociationFriends of AnimalsShowing Animals Respect and Kindness (SHARK)Action for AnimalsNewspapers opposing Prop 12:The Bakersfield CalifornianLos Angeles Daily News/The San Bernardino SunSan Francisco ChronicleThe Fresno Bee/The Sacramento BeeOrange County RegisterThe Press Democrat (Santa Rosa)The San Diego Union-TribuneThe Tribune (San Luis Obispo)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 41], "content_span": [42, 680]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278017-0006-0000", "contents": "2018 California Proposition 12, Assertions by Proponents\nThe Humane Society of the United States (HSUS) and other animal protection groups argued that confining animals in small cages is cruel, and that Prop 12 was needed to improve animal welfare, including by mandating cage-free conditions for egg-laying hens. Prop 12 applies equally to both animals raised in California and those raised elsewhere for the California marketplace. Prop 12 was endorsed by the Center for Food Safety because research indicates that caging farm animals increases the spread of food-borne pathogens like Salmonella.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 56], "content_span": [57, 598]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278017-0007-0000", "contents": "2018 California Proposition 12, Assertions by Opponents\nThe American Veal Association argued that Prop 12 would create \u201cunnecessary regulations\u201d and that the veal industry is already well on its way to phasing out crates. Ken Klippen of the National Association of Egg Farmers told Fox News that the measure would take away consumer choice and that the motivation behind the measure was to push consumers towards a vegan diet.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 55], "content_span": [56, 426]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278017-0008-0000", "contents": "2018 California Proposition 12, Election results\nThe results of the vote were 62.65% YES to 37.35% NO.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 48], "content_span": [49, 102]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278018-0000-0000", "contents": "2018 California Proposition 6\nCalifornia Proposition 6 was a measure that was submitted to California voters as part of the November 2018 election. The ballot measure proposed a repeal of the Road Repair and Accountability Act (a fuel tax), which is also known as Senate Bill 1 (SB 1). The measure failed with about 57% of the voters against and 43% in favor.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [29, 29], "content_span": [30, 359]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278018-0001-0000", "contents": "2018 California Proposition 6, Road Repair and Accountability Act\nOn April 6, 2017, the California State Legislature passed the Road Repair and Accountability Act (RRAA) by a two-thirds margin, raising taxes on gasoline by 12\u00a2 per gallon, taxes on diesel by 20\u00a2 per gallon tax, and it raised annual vehicle registration fees by $25\u2013175. The registration fee increase ranges depending on the vehicle's market value an estimated 86% of vehicles would see an increase of $25 to $50.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 65], "content_span": [66, 479]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278018-0002-0000", "contents": "2018 California Proposition 6, Road Repair and Accountability Act\nThis bill aims to invest $5.4 billion annually in California's transportation systems. Every county in California is scheduled to receive infrastructure investments from the RRAA. State transportation infrastructure receives roughly half of the funding, with the other half going to local agencies. 17 projects have been completed under the RRAA, with scheduled work on 156 projects at various stages of completion as of September\u00a02018. Some California residents complained about how the tax affects them.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 65], "content_span": [66, 571]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278018-0003-0000", "contents": "2018 California Proposition 6, Campaign\nThe ballot initiative \u201cRepeal the Gas Car Tax\u201d signature drive was led by Carl DeMaio. DeMaio had previously orchestrated the recall of California State Senator Josh Newman because of his vote for SB1. Republican politicians Paul Ryan, Steve Scalise and Kevin McCarthy have contributed money to the repeal campaign. The National Federation of Independent Business has endorsed repealing the gas tax, by supporting Proposition 6. The California Chamber of Commerce went on record in July 2018 opposing Proposition 6. As of November 1, 2018, construction contractors, labor unions, and civic organizations had donated $46,465,916 to the campaign against Proposition 6. The Total amount of reported contributions for Proposition 6 as of November\u00a01, 2018 is $5,078,484.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 39], "content_span": [40, 805]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278018-0004-0000", "contents": "2018 California Proposition 6, Campaign\nSupporters gathered more than 940,000 signatures statewide, which exceeded the minimum requirement of 584,000 signatures for the measure to be on the November 2018 voter ballot. If passed by voters, the Proposition 6 ballot initiative would have repealed the gas tax increase, repealed the car registration fee increase, and mandated any future gas tax increase be approved only by voters. The ballot initiative was supported by John H. Cox (Republican candidate for California governor) and opposed by Gavin Newsom (Democratic then-candidate, future California governor) and Jerry Brown (then-current California governor).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 39], "content_span": [40, 663]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278018-0005-0000", "contents": "2018 California Proposition 6, Wording dispute\nA citizens initiative drive stating \"Repeal The Gas Tax\" signed by 940,000 voters qualified to be placed on the November 2018 ballot. California Attorney General Becarra twice modified the wording due to a court order. The wording officially on the ballot states:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 46], "content_span": [47, 311]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278018-0006-0000", "contents": "2018 California Proposition 6, Wording dispute\n\"Eliminates Recently Enacted Road Repair and Transportation Funding by Repealing Revenues Dedicated For Those Purposes. Requires Any Measure to Enact Certain Vehicle Fuel Taxes and Vehicle Fees Be Submitted to and Approved By the Electorate. Initiative Constitutional Amendment.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 46], "content_span": [47, 326]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278018-0007-0000", "contents": "2018 California Proposition 6, Wording dispute\nIndependent ballot reference site Ballotpedia lists out Proposition 6 in detail description as well as both pro and negative consequences:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 46], "content_span": [47, 185]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278018-0008-0000", "contents": "2018 California Proposition 6, Wording dispute\n\"A yes vote supports this initiative to:Repeal fuel tax increases and vehicle fees that were enacted in 2017, including the Road Repair and Accountability Act of 2017 (RRAA) and require voter approval (via ballot propositions) for the California State Legislature to impose, increase, or extend fuel taxes or vehicle fees in the future.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 46], "content_span": [47, 383]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278018-0009-0000", "contents": "2018 California Proposition 6, Wording dispute\nA no vote opposes this initiative, thus:Keeping the fuel tax increases and vehicle fees that were enacted in 2017, including the Road Repair and Accountability Act of 2017 (RRAA), in place and allowing the state legislature to continue to impose, increase, or extend fuel taxes or vehicle fees through a two-thirds vote of each chamber and without voter approval.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 46], "content_span": [47, 411]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278018-0010-0000", "contents": "2018 California Proposition 6, Polling\nThe polling results below based on which Proposition 6 wording utilized. Some polls taken below are based on citizen signature initiative description \"Repeal The Gas Tax\" and other polls based on final description on the voter ballot. Reference shows poll using citizen initiative description instead of final wording that appears on the ballot.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 38], "content_span": [39, 384]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278019-0000-0000", "contents": "2018 California Proposition 68\nCalifornia Proposition 68 (also the Natural Resources Bond or the California Drought, Water, Parks, Climate, Coastal Protection, and Outdoor Access for All Act of 2018) was a legislatively referred constitutional amendment that appeared on ballots in California in the June primary election in 2018. It was a $4.1bn bond measure to fund parks, environmental projects, water infrastructure projects and flood protection measures throughout California.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [30, 30], "content_span": [31, 481]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278019-0001-0000", "contents": "2018 California Proposition 68, Proposal\nThe Proposition would allow the State of California to borrow $4.1bn using a municipal bond scheme in order to fund parks, water and flood protection infrastructure and various environmental projects. The Proposition set allocation of these funds between different strategies:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 40], "content_span": [41, 317]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278019-0002-0000", "contents": "2018 California Proposition 68, Proposal\nThe cost to the public was estimated to be $7.8bn after paying off interest, or an average annual repayment of $200m for forty years.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 40], "content_span": [41, 174]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278019-0003-0000", "contents": "2018 California Proposition 68, Campaign, Support\nProposition 68 was authored by State Senator Kevin de Le\u00f3n. The 'Yes' campaign focused mainly on the improvements the Proposition would bring to parks, saying that it would remedy years of \"under-investment\" in environmental infrastructure in poorer communities. ' Yes' supporters spent more than $9m throughout the campaign.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 49], "content_span": [50, 375]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278019-0004-0000", "contents": "2018 California Proposition 68, Campaign, Opposition\nOpposition to Proposition 68 mainly argued that instead of issuing debt, the state should fund parks and environmental projects through California's general fund. It was also noted that although the 'Yes' campaign was promoting the Proposition on its benefits to parks, less than one third of the money would actually go towards parks and recreation.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 52], "content_span": [53, 403]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278019-0005-0000", "contents": "2018 California Proposition 68, Results, Yes/No Statement\nA \"yes\" vote on Proposition 68 proposes: The state could sell $4.1 billion in general obligation bonds to fund various natural resources-related programs such as for habitat conservation, parks, and water-related projects. A \"no\" vote on Proposition 68 proposes: The state could not sell $4.1 billion in general obligation bonds to fund various natural resources-related programs.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 57], "content_span": [58, 438]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278019-0006-0000", "contents": "2018 California Proposition 68, Results, Results\nProposition 68 gained 3,808,000 yes votes and 2,831,899 no votes (a total of 6,639,899 votes), so passing with 57.35% approval", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 48], "content_span": [49, 175]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278020-0000-0000", "contents": "2018 California Proposition 69\nCalifornia Proposition 69 was a legislatively referred constitutional amendment that appeared on ballots in California in the June primary election in 2018. This measure put the revenue from the Road Repair and Accountability Act, which increased fuel taxes, in a \"lockbox\" so that it can only be used for transportation-related purposes. It also exempts said gas tax revenue from the previously existing appropriations mandate and expenditures limit. This state constitution amendment ensures that revenues from SB1 Gas Taxes established by the Road Repair and Accountability Act of 2017 can only be used for transportation-related purposes.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [30, 30], "content_span": [31, 673]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278020-0001-0000", "contents": "2018 California Proposition 69, Vote results\nIn the June 2018 primary election, voters approved locking the California SB1 gas tax increase to transportation only. The ballot passed with 5,386,972 votes at 81.0% of the polls. The SB1 mandate does not allow any additional lanes or roads built other than car pool, bus, bicycle lane conversion and increased funding for other public transportation such as bus and trains. The SB1 Car Fee increase and all older existing Gas Tax before SB1 still appropriated to the General Fund for any project. Proposition 69 mandated SB1's tax increase and fee schedules exempt from the state appropriations spending limit.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 44], "content_span": [45, 657]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278020-0002-0000", "contents": "2018 California Proposition 69, Vote results, Yes/No Statement\nA \"yes\" vote on Proposition 69 proposes: the California Legislature will be required to continue to spend revenues from recently enacted fuel taxes and vehicle fees for spending on infrastructure, including repairing roads and improving transit. A \"no\" vote on Proposition 69 proposes: The California Legislature could change current law in the future, allowing it to spend a portion of the revenues from recently enacted fuel taxes and vehicle fees on purposes other than transportation.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 62], "content_span": [63, 551]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278020-0003-0000", "contents": "2018 California Proposition 69, Vote results, Yes/No Statement, Support\nProponents point out that Proposition 69 won't raise taxes while forcing lawmakers to take on necessary road and mass transit projects. California governors and legislators, including Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger, have raided transportation funds to balance the state budget. Senator Josh Newman (Democrat- District 29), one of the amendment's authors, said it was essential that the new gas tax revenues will be spent \"only on repairing our aging infrastructure, reducing congestion, and otherwise supporting transportation improvements that foster economic development across the state.\" Of the 51,000 miles of California highways in 2017, 53% were in fair condition and 6% were in poor condition. Supporters highlight that Proposition 69 can maximize the social welfare function for every community in the state, and guarantee that taxes go to valuable transportation projects.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 71], "content_span": [72, 954]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278020-0004-0000", "contents": "2018 California Proposition 69, Vote results, Yes/No Statement, Opposition\nCalifornians against Proposition 69 argue that the measure doesn't go far enough to protect other transportation fees, such as the vehicle weight fee. California Republicans propelled the \"No on Prop 69\" movement. California Senator John Moorlach (Republican - 37th Senate District) and Assemblyman Frank Bigelow (Republican - 5th Assembly District) justified their opposition: \"state spending will continue to spiral out of control, and it fails to fully protect transportation taxes from being diverted to programs that do nothing to fix our roads and highways. \"Andrea Seastrand, president of the Central Coast Taxpayers Association, stated:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 74], "content_span": [75, 719]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278020-0005-0000", "contents": "2018 California Proposition 69, Vote results, Yes/No Statement, Opposition\n\"While this may sound assuring even to those who opposed raising the gas tax, the reality is that this ballot measure is all about creating a false sense of security for taxpayers. The gas tax increase was incredibly unpopular with voters who already felt the burden of some of the highest fuel costs in the nation. In order to help justify the tax hikes, Proposition 69 was conceived as a companion measure to make the public think that they could trust Sacramento this time and transportation funds would only go to their intended purposes.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 74], "content_span": [75, 618]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278020-0006-0000", "contents": "2018 California Proposition 69, Vote results, Yes/No Statement, Opposition\nOpposers contend that the proposition does not go far enough, and fails to fully protect transportation taxes from being diverted to programs that have nothing to do with fixing roads and highways. State lockboxes tend to only be for transportation, but education proponents often oppose them, citing them \"as a ceiling rather than a floor\" for education spending.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 74], "content_span": [75, 439]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278020-0007-0000", "contents": "2018 California Proposition 69, Fiscal Impact Statement\nUpon passage of Proposition 69, there would be no direct effect on the amount of state or local revenues, as the initiative does not alter existing tax and fee rates. The measure \"could affect how monies are spent,\" since it ensures that existing revenues will be spent solely on transportation purposes. Finally, the initiative would put California slightly below its constitutional spending limit, since less than one-tenth of spending from the new SB1 revenues would count toward the limit.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 55], "content_span": [56, 549]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278020-0008-0000", "contents": "2018 California Proposition 69, Economic Impact, Traffic Congestion\nEmpirical evidence has displayed that the provision of extra road capacity results in a greater congestion of traffic. An average road improvement has induced an additional 10% of base traffic in the short term and 20% in the long term. Increased traffic occurs on the alternative routes that road improvements are intended to relieve. However, other evidence has shown that in California, there is no conclusive evidence that increases in state highway lane-miles have affected traffic on other roads.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 67], "content_span": [68, 570]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278020-0009-0000", "contents": "2018 California Proposition 69, Economic Impact, Other States with Lockbox Amendments\nAlaska is the only state to not have statutory or constitutional restrictions on transportation revenue diversion. Since 2010, Maryland, Wisconsin, New Jersey, Illinois, and Louisiana voters have all amended their constitutions through ballot measures to enable transportation lockboxes. Twenty-one states dedicate revenues to transportation broadly (such as Rhode Island, Nebraska, and Florida), while twenty-seven restrict revenues only to highways (such as Arizona, Iowa, and Maine). Yet, such amendments also come with risk. While lockboxes ensure that transportation revenues won't get suddenly get cut, they tie transportation to fuel taxes, which inflated or increased fuel economy can erode.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 85], "content_span": [86, 785]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278020-0010-0000", "contents": "2018 California Proposition 69, Economic Impact, Demand Effect\nClaims that road investments spur new travel, known as induced demand, and thus fail to relieve traffic congestion have thwarted road development in the United States. In California, road investments not only stimulated travel demand but respond to it as well. Induced demand effects build over time, as more roads are improved. Furthermore, there are strong reciprocal relationships between road investment and travel demand in California. There is no simple quick fix to achieve road demand reduction, especially in a growing state like California.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 62], "content_span": [63, 613]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278021-0000-0000", "contents": "2018 California Proposition 7\nProposition 7 (\"Prop 7\") was a California ballot proposition in that state's general election on November 6, 2018. The measure passed, by a vote of about 60% Yes to 40% No.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [29, 29], "content_span": [30, 202]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278021-0001-0000", "contents": "2018 California Proposition 7\nThe proposition permits the California State Legislature to change the times and dates of daylight saving time period by a two-thirds vote, all while in compliance with federal law. For the state to have such powers, Proposition 12 (1949), which established daylight saving time in California, needed to be repealed, which can only be done by the electorate.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [29, 29], "content_span": [30, 388]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278021-0002-0000", "contents": "2018 California Proposition 7\nSince Proposition 7 passed, California Assemblymember Kansen Chu has submitted Assembly Bill 7 to \"eliminate the biannual clock change in California and set the state on Daylight Saving Time year-round, pending federal authorization.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [29, 29], "content_span": [30, 264]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278021-0003-0000", "contents": "2018 California Proposition 7, Ballot Label summary\nThe California Secretary of State's summary from the Official Voter Information Guide of Proposition 7 is as follows:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 51], "content_span": [52, 169]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278021-0004-0000", "contents": "2018 California Proposition 7, Ballot Label summary\n\"CONFORMS CALIFORNIA DAYLIGHT SAVING TIME TO FEDERAL LAW. ALLOWS LEGISLATURE TO CHANGE DAYLIGHT SAVING TIME PERIOD. LEGISLATIVE STATUTE. Gives Legislature ability to change daylight saving time period by two-thirds vote, if changes are consistent with federal law. Fiscal Impact: This measure has no direct fiscal effect because changes to daylight saving time would depend on future actions by the Legislature and potentially the federal government.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 51], "content_span": [52, 502]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278021-0005-0000", "contents": "2018 California Proposition 7, Election results\nThe results of the vote were 59.75% YES to 40.25% NO.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 47], "content_span": [48, 101]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278021-0006-0000", "contents": "2018 California Proposition 7, Aftermath\nDespite passing with almost 60% of the vote, the proposition only allows the legislature to change the times and dates of daylight saving time period by a two-thirds vote all while in compliance with federal law, \"which never happened because the federal government failed to give approval for the California time change.\" In November 2019, Chu issued a news release promising to continue his efforts to get legislation passed in Washington, DC.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 40], "content_span": [41, 486]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278021-0006-0001", "contents": "2018 California Proposition 7, Aftermath\n\"I share the disappointment with other Californians that we will be switching our clocks once again this November after passing Proposition 7... Unfortunately, the California State Senate Committee on Energy, Utilities and Communications did not bring AB 7 up for a vote and the bill died. While I will not be coming back as a State Assemblymember next year, I will continue my advocacy at the state and federal level to uphold Californians\u2019 will to get rid of our outdated practice of switching the clock back and forth twice a year. I urge everyone who voted for Prop 7 to reach out to your state and federal representatives and ask them to continue my effort in the upcoming legislative session.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 40], "content_span": [41, 740]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278022-0000-0000", "contents": "2018 California Secretary of State election\nThe 2018 California Secretary of State election was held on November 6, 2018, to elect the California Secretary of State. Incumbent Democratic Secretary Alex Padilla won re-election to a second term.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [43, 43], "content_span": [44, 243]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278023-0000-0000", "contents": "2018 California State Assembly election\nThe 2018 California State Assembly election was held on Tuesday, November 6, 2018, with the primary election being held on June 5, 2018. Voters in the 80 districts of the California State Assembly elected their representatives. The election coincided with those for other offices, including for governor and the California State Senate.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [39, 39], "content_span": [40, 376]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278023-0001-0000", "contents": "2018 California State Assembly election\nThe Democratic Party flipped five Republican seats: the 16th, 38th, 40th, 74th, and 76th districts. These victories gave the Democrats a three-fourths supermajority of 60 seats, building upon the two-thirds supermajority that they gained in the previous election cycle.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [39, 39], "content_span": [40, 309]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278024-0000-0000", "contents": "2018 California State Board of Equalization election\nThe 2018 California State Board of Equalization elections were held on Tuesday, November 6, 2018. The primary elections was held on June 5, 2018. All four seats on the State Board of Equalization were contested.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 52], "section_span": [52, 52], "content_span": [53, 264]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278024-0001-0000", "contents": "2018 California State Board of Equalization election\nThe board's members serve four-year terms and are limited to serving two terms.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 52], "section_span": [52, 52], "content_span": [53, 132]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278024-0002-0000", "contents": "2018 California State Board of Equalization election\nA nonpartisan blanket primary was used for the election, starting with the primary in June. The top-two primary finishers in each district, regardless of party, advanced to the general election in November. Republicans lost one seat to the Democrats, leaving only one Republican board member remaining.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 52], "section_span": [52, 52], "content_span": [53, 355]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278024-0003-0000", "contents": "2018 California State Board of Equalization election, Overview, Overall results, By district\nResults of the 2018 California state Board of Equalization election by district:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 52], "section_span": [54, 92], "content_span": [93, 173]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278024-0004-0000", "contents": "2018 California State Board of Equalization election, Detailed results, District 1\nThe incumbent was Republican George Runner, who was term-limited and ineligible to run for reelection. Runner was succeeded by Republican Ted Gaines.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 52], "section_span": [54, 82], "content_span": [83, 232]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278024-0005-0000", "contents": "2018 California State Board of Equalization election, Detailed results, District 1, Results\nRed represents counties won by Gaines. Blue represents counties won by Hallinan.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 52], "section_span": [54, 91], "content_span": [92, 172]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278024-0006-0000", "contents": "2018 California State Board of Equalization election, Detailed results, District 2\nThe incumbent was Democrat Fiona Ma, who was elected state treasurer. Ma was succeeded by Democrat Malia Cohen.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 52], "section_span": [54, 82], "content_span": [83, 194]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278024-0007-0000", "contents": "2018 California State Board of Equalization election, Detailed results, District 2, Results\nBlue represents counties won by Cohen. Red represents counties won by Burns.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 52], "section_span": [54, 91], "content_span": [92, 168]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278024-0008-0000", "contents": "2018 California State Board of Equalization election, Detailed results, District 3\nThe incumbent was Democrat Jerome Horton, who was term-limited and ineligible to run for reelection. Horton was succeeded by Democrat Tony Vazquez.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 52], "section_span": [54, 82], "content_span": [83, 230]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278024-0009-0000", "contents": "2018 California State Board of Equalization election, Detailed results, District 3, Results\nBlue represents counties won by Vazquez. Red represents counties won by Marshall.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 52], "section_span": [54, 91], "content_span": [92, 173]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278024-0010-0000", "contents": "2018 California State Board of Equalization election, Detailed results, District 4\nThe incumbent was Republican Diane Harkey, who retired to run for California's 49th congressional district. Harkey was succeeded by Democrat Mike Schaefer, giving Democrats a majority on the Board of Equalization.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 52], "section_span": [54, 82], "content_span": [83, 296]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278024-0011-0000", "contents": "2018 California State Board of Equalization election, Detailed results, District 4, Results\nBlue represents counties won by Schaefer. Red represents counties won by Anderson.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 52], "section_span": [54, 91], "content_span": [92, 174]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278025-0000-0000", "contents": "2018 California State Controller election\nThe 2018 California State Controller election was held on November 6, 2018, to elect the California State Controller. Incumbent Democratic Controller Betty Yee won re-election to a second term.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [41, 41], "content_span": [42, 235]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278025-0001-0000", "contents": "2018 California State Controller election, General election, Results\nYee won the election easily. Yee won by running up margins in heavily populated areas of the state. With 8,013,067 votes, Yee is the top vote earner in any California State Controller election.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [43, 68], "content_span": [69, 262]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278026-0000-0000", "contents": "2018 California State Senate election\nThe 2018 California State Senate elections were held on Tuesday, November 6, 2018, with the primary election being held on June 5, 2018. Voters in the 20 even-numbered districts of the California State Senate elected their representatives. The elections coincided with the elections of other offices, including for governor and the California State Assembly.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [37, 37], "content_span": [38, 396]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278026-0001-0000", "contents": "2018 California State Senate election\nThe Democratic Party gained three seats: the 12th, 14th, and 34th districts. These victories provided the Democrats with 29 seats and restored the two-thirds supermajority that they lost after the recall of Democratic state senator Josh Newman in June 2018.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [37, 37], "content_span": [38, 295]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278026-0002-0000", "contents": "2018 California State Senate election, District 2\nThe 2nd district stretches along the North Coast from the Oregon border in the north to the San Francisco Bay Area in the south. It includes all of Del Norte County, Humboldt County, Lake County, Marin County, Mendocino County, and Trinity County, as well as a majority of Sonoma County. The incumbent is Democrat Mike McGuire, who was elected with 70.0% of the vote in 2014.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 49], "content_span": [50, 425]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278026-0003-0000", "contents": "2018 California State Senate election, District 4\nThe 4th district encompasses the Sacramento Valley, mainly taking in rural farmland as well as Chico, and the Sacramento metropolitan area, including Carmichael, and parts of Rancho Cordova. The incumbent is Republican Jim Nielsen, who was reelected with 63.7% of the vote in 2014.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 49], "content_span": [50, 331]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278026-0004-0000", "contents": "2018 California State Senate election, District 6\nThe 6th district is located in the core of the Sacramento metropolitan area, including the state capital of Sacramento and surrounding suburbs. The incumbent is Democrat Richard Pan, who was elected with 53.8% of the vote in 2014.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 49], "content_span": [50, 280]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278026-0005-0000", "contents": "2018 California State Senate election, District 8\nThe 8th district stretches from the Sacramento suburbs to Death Valley. It encompasses most of the southern Sierra Nevada, Gold Country, and parts of the Central Valley, including parts of Fresno, Clovis, and Turlock. The incumbent is Republican Tom Berryhill, who is term-limited and cannot run for reelection.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 49], "content_span": [50, 361]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278026-0006-0000", "contents": "2018 California State Senate election, District 10\nThe 10th district is located in the southern coastal East Bay and parts of Silicon Valley, including Hayward and Milpitas. The incumbent is Democrat Bob Wieckowski, who was elected with 68.0% of the vote in 2014.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 50], "content_span": [51, 263]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278026-0007-0000", "contents": "2018 California State Senate election, District 12\nThe 12th district takes in the Salinas Valley and a swath of the Central Valley between Modesto and Fresno. The incumbent is Republican Anthony Cannella, who is term-limited and cannot run for reelection.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 50], "content_span": [51, 255]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278026-0008-0000", "contents": "2018 California State Senate election, District 14\nThe 14th district takes in parts of the southern Central Valley. It takes in heavily Latino portions of Fresno and Bakersfield, along with Delano, Hanford, and Porterville. The incumbent is Republican Andy Vidak, who was reelected with 54.1% of the vote in 2014.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 50], "content_span": [51, 313]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278026-0009-0000", "contents": "2018 California State Senate election, District 16\nThe 16th district consists of the southeastern Central Valley and the High Desert. Much of the population is in the western parts of the district in the Central Valley, anchored by Bakersfield and Visalia, while the desert regions in the eastern half consist of scattered settlements, such as Barstow and Yucca Valley. The incumbent is Republican minority Senate leader Jean Fuller, who is term-limited and cannot run for reelection.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 50], "content_span": [51, 484]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278026-0010-0000", "contents": "2018 California State Senate election, District 18\nThe 18th district consists of the eastern San Fernando Valley, including parts of Burbank, as well as the Los Angeles neighborhoods of Northridge, Sherman Oaks, and Van Nuys. The incumbent is Democrat Robert Hertzberg, who was elected with 70.2% of the vote in 2014.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 50], "content_span": [51, 317]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278026-0011-0000", "contents": "2018 California State Senate election, District 20\nThe 20th district encompasses parts of the Inland Empire, including Chino, Fontana, Ontario, and parts of San Bernardino. The incumbent is Democrat Connie Leyva, who was elected with 62.4% of the vote in 2014.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 50], "content_span": [51, 260]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278026-0012-0000", "contents": "2018 California State Senate election, District 22\nThe 22nd district is located in the southern coastal encompasses the San Gabriel Valley and parts of the foothills. The incumbent is Democrat Ed Hernandez, who is term-limited and cannot run for reelection.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 50], "content_span": [51, 257]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278026-0013-0000", "contents": "2018 California State Senate election, District 24\nThe 24th district encompasses central Los Angeles and its immediate environs, including East Los Angeles, Eagle Rock, and Koreatown. The incumbent is Democrat State Senate President pro tempore Kevin de Le\u00f3n, who is term-limited and cannot run for reelection.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 50], "content_span": [51, 310]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278026-0014-0000", "contents": "2018 California State Senate election, District 26\nThe 26th district is centered around the South Bay and Westside regions. The incumbent is Democrat Ben Allen, who was elected with 60.3% of the vote in 2014.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 50], "content_span": [51, 208]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278026-0015-0000", "contents": "2018 California State Senate election, District 28\nThe 28th district is located in eastern Riverside County, including Cathedral City, Murrieta, Palm Springs, and Temecula. The incumbent is Republican Jeff Stone, who was elected with 53.0% of the vote in 2014.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 50], "content_span": [51, 260]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278026-0016-0000", "contents": "2018 California State Senate election, District 30\nThe 30th district is located in Los Angeles County including Culver City, Ladera Heights, Westmont and the Los Angeles neighborhoods of Crenshaw, Downtown, and Florence. The incumbent is Democrat Holly Mitchell, who was reelected with 68.8% of the vote in 2014.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 50], "content_span": [51, 312]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278026-0017-0000", "contents": "2018 California State Senate election, District 32\nThe 32nd district takes in the Gateway Cities region in southeastern Los Angeles County, as well as Buena Park. The incumbent is Democrat Tony Mendoza, who was elected with 52.3% of the vote in 2014, resigned following sexual assault allegations. However, he decided to run for election again following his resignation.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 50], "content_span": [51, 370]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278026-0018-0000", "contents": "2018 California State Senate election, District 32\nNote that the primary was held the same day as the special election to fill a vacancy in the seat. Although most of the candidates in the two contests were the same, the results were very different. Rita Topalian finished first in both races, but different candidates finished in second place. Vanessa Delgado finished in 2nd place in the special election, but 3rd place in the regularly scheduled primary election. She received a similar number of votes in both races, but candidate Bob Archuleta received about 54% more votes in the regularly scheduled election than he did in the special election. The different results have been attributed to the different order in which the candidates were listed on the ballot.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 50], "content_span": [51, 768]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278026-0019-0000", "contents": "2018 California State Senate election, District 34\nThe 34th district is centered around western Orange County, including parts of Anaheim, as well as Garden Grove and Santa Ana. The district also takes in coastal areas, including parts of Huntington Beach and Long Beach. The incumbent is Republican Janet Nguyen, who was elected with 58.1% of the vote in 2014.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 50], "content_span": [51, 361]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278026-0020-0000", "contents": "2018 California State Senate election, District 34, Results\nGeneral election results by county. Blue represents counties won by Umberg. Red represents counties won by Nguyen.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 59], "content_span": [60, 174]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278026-0021-0000", "contents": "2018 California State Senate election, District 36\nThe 36th district encompasses southern Orange County and the North County region of San Diego County. The incumbent is Republican Patricia Bates, who was elected with 65.7% of the vote in 2014.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 50], "content_span": [51, 244]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278026-0022-0000", "contents": "2018 California State Senate election, District 38\nThe 38th district encompasses the East County and inland region of San Diego County. The incumbent is Republican Joel Anderson, who is term-limited and cannot run for reelection.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 50], "content_span": [51, 229]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278026-0023-0000", "contents": "2018 California State Senate election, District 40\nThe 40th district runs along the entire border between California and Mexico, taking in rural Imperial County as well as the South Bay region of San Diego County. The incumbent is Democrat Ben Hueso, who was reelected with 54.9% of the vote in 2014.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 50], "content_span": [51, 300]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278027-0000-0000", "contents": "2018 California State Treasurer election\nThe 2018 California State Treasurer general election was held on November 6, 2018, to elect the State Treasurer of California. Incumbent Democratic Treasurer John Chiang did not run for re-election to a second term and instead ran unsuccessfully for governor.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [40, 40], "content_span": [41, 300]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278027-0001-0000", "contents": "2018 California State Treasurer election\nThe race was between Fiona Ma, Democratic, Chair of the State Board of Equalization (California), and Greg Conlon, Republican, former President of the California Public Utilities Commission, after they won the two top spots from the June 5 direct primary election. Ma won the November election handily with more than 64% of all votes, and garnering more votes than any other candidate for Treasurer in the state's history. Ma's victory installed the first woman of color and only the 2nd CPA to ever serve as California State Treasurer.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [40, 40], "content_span": [41, 577]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278027-0002-0000", "contents": "2018 California State Treasurer election, Primary election, Results by county\nBlue represents counties won by Ma. Red represents counties won by Conlon. Green represents counties won by Guerrero.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 77], "content_span": [78, 195]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278028-0000-0000", "contents": "2018 California Superintendent of Public Instruction election\nThe 2018 California Superintendent of Public Instruction primary election was held on June 5, 2018, to elect the Superintendent of Public Instruction of California. Unlike most other elections in California, the superintendent is not elected under the state's \"top-two primary\". Instead, the officially nonpartisan position is elected via a general election, with a runoff held on November 6, 2018, because no candidate received a majority of the vote.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 61], "section_span": [61, 61], "content_span": [62, 514]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278028-0001-0000", "contents": "2018 California Superintendent of Public Instruction election\nThe previous incumbent, Superintendent Tom Torlakson, was term-limited, so could not seek re-election to a third term. As no candidate received a majority in the general election, a runoff was held between two Democrats: Marshall Tuck and Tony Thurmond. Thurmond narrowly defeated Tuck.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 61], "section_span": [61, 61], "content_span": [62, 348]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278029-0000-0000", "contents": "2018 California Vulcans football team\nThe 2018 California Vulcans football team will represent California University of Pennsylvania during the 2018 NCAA Division II football season as a member of the Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference (PSAC).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [37, 37], "content_span": [38, 247]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278029-0001-0000", "contents": "2018 California Vulcans football team, Background, Previous season\nIn the 2017 season the Vulcan went 9\u20133 overall (5\u20132 PSAC) and lost in the first round of the NCAA Division II Football Championship to Assumption College, 31\u201340.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 66], "content_span": [67, 228]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278030-0000-0000", "contents": "2018 California elections\nCalifornia state elections in 2018 were held on Tuesday, November 6, 2018, with the primary elections being held on June 5, 2018. Voters elected one member to the United States Senate, 53 members to the United States House of Representatives, all eight state constitutional offices, all four members to the Board of Equalization, 20 members to the California State Senate, and all 80 members to the California State Assembly, among other elected offices.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [25, 25], "content_span": [26, 480]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278030-0001-0000", "contents": "2018 California elections\nPursuant to Proposition 14 passed in 2010, California uses a nonpartisan blanket primary. All the candidates for the same elected office, regardless of respective political party, run against each other at once during the primary. The candidates receiving the most and second-most votes in the primary election then become the contestants in the general election.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [25, 25], "content_span": [26, 389]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278030-0002-0000", "contents": "2018 California elections, Statewide constitutional offices, Governor\nIncumbent Democrat Jerry Brown was term-limited and was succeeded by Democratic Lieutenant Governor Gavin Newsom.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 69], "content_span": [70, 183]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278030-0003-0000", "contents": "2018 California elections, Statewide constitutional offices, Lieutenant Governor\nIncumbent Democrat Gavin Newsom was term-limited and was succeeded by the Democratic former United States Ambassador to Hungary Eleni Kounalakis.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 80], "content_span": [81, 226]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278030-0004-0000", "contents": "2018 California elections, Statewide constitutional offices, Attorney General\nIncumbent Democrat Xavier Becerra won his first election after his appointment and confirmation to the office on January 24, 2017.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 77], "content_span": [78, 208]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278030-0005-0000", "contents": "2018 California elections, Statewide constitutional offices, Treasurer\nIncumbent Democrat John Chiang left office to run for governor and was succeeded by Democratic State Board of Equalization member Fiona Ma.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 70], "content_span": [71, 210]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278030-0006-0000", "contents": "2018 California elections, Statewide constitutional offices, Insurance Commissioner\nIncumbent Democrat Dave Jones was term-limited and was succeeded by Democratic state senator Ricardo Lara.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 83], "content_span": [84, 190]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278030-0007-0000", "contents": "2018 California elections, Statewide constitutional offices, Superintendent of Public Instruction\nIncumbent Tom Torlakson was term-limited and was succeeded by Democratic state assemblymember Tony Thurmond.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 97], "content_span": [98, 206]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278030-0008-0000", "contents": "2018 California elections, Board of Equalization, District 1\nIncumbent Republican George Runner was term-limited and was succeeded by Republican state senator Ted Gaines.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 60], "content_span": [61, 170]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278030-0009-0000", "contents": "2018 California elections, Board of Equalization, District 2\nIncumbent Democrat Fiona Ma left office to run for state treasurer and was succeeded by Democratic San Francisco supervisor Malia Cohen.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 60], "content_span": [61, 197]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278030-0010-0000", "contents": "2018 California elections, Board of Equalization, District 3\nIncumbent Democrat Jerome Horton was term-limited and was succeeded by Democratic Santa Monica city councilmember Tony Vazquez.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 60], "content_span": [61, 188]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278030-0011-0000", "contents": "2018 California elections, Board of Equalization, District 4\nIncumbent Republican Diane Harkey left office to run for the United States House of Representatives and was succeeded by Democratic former San Diego city councilmember and perennial candidate Mike Schaefer.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 60], "content_span": [61, 267]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278030-0012-0000", "contents": "2018 California elections, Statewide ballot propositions, June primary election\nSince the passage of a law in November 2011, state primary elections may only feature propositions placed on the ballot by the state legislature.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 79], "content_span": [80, 225]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278031-0000-0000", "contents": "2018 California gubernatorial election\nThe 2018 California gubernatorial election was held on November 6, 2018, to elect the Governor of California. Incumbent Democratic Governor Jerry Brown was ineligible to run for re-election for a third consecutive (and fifth non-consecutive) term due to term limits from the Constitution of California.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [38, 38], "content_span": [39, 341]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278031-0001-0000", "contents": "2018 California gubernatorial election\nThe race was between the incumbent Democratic Lieutenant Governor Gavin Newsom and businessman John H. Cox, a Republican, who qualified for the general election after placing first and second in the June 5, 2018, primary election. Newsom easily won in a landslide, with 62% of the vote, the biggest victory in a gubernatorial race in California since Earl Warren won re-election in 1950, and the biggest victory for a non-incumbent since 1930.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [38, 38], "content_span": [39, 482]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278031-0001-0001", "contents": "2018 California gubernatorial election\nThe election also marked the first time Orange County has voted for the Democratic candidate since Jerry Brown won it in 1978, and the first time Democrats have won three consecutive gubernatorial elections in the state's history. Newsom got a record high number of almost eight million votes. Newsom assumed office on January 7, 2019.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [38, 38], "content_span": [39, 374]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278031-0002-0000", "contents": "2018 California gubernatorial election, Candidates\nA primary election was held on June 5, 2018. Under California's non-partisan blanket primary law, all candidates appeared on the same ballot, regardless of party. Voters may vote for any candidate, regardless of their party affiliation. The top two finishers\u00a0\u2013 regardless of party\u00a0\u2013 advance to the general election in November, regardless of whether a candidate manages to receive a majority of the votes cast in the primary election.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 50], "content_span": [51, 485]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278031-0003-0000", "contents": "2018 California gubernatorial election, Primary election, Results by county\nRed represents counties won by Cox. Blue represents counties won by Newsom. Green represents counties won by Villaraigosa.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 75], "content_span": [76, 198]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278031-0004-0000", "contents": "2018 California gubernatorial election, General election, Results\nNewsom won the general election by the largest margin of any California gubernatorial candidate since Earl Warren's re-election in 1950. In addition to winning the traditional Democratic strongholds of the San Francisco Bay Area, Los Angeles County, Sacramento, and North Coast, Newsom performed well in the traditionally swing Central Coast, San Bernardino County, and San Diego County, as well as narrowly winning traditionally Republican Orange County - the latter voting for a Democrat for the first time in a gubernatorial election since Jerry Brown's first re-election in 1978.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 65], "content_span": [66, 649]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278031-0004-0001", "contents": "2018 California gubernatorial election, General election, Results\nCox did well in the state's more rural areas, even flipping Stanislaus County; Stanislaus is the only county that voted for Brown in 2014 but flipped to Cox in 2018. Cox also narrowly won Fresno County and handily won traditionally Republican Kern County in the Central Valley, and narrowly won Riverside County in the Inland Empire.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 65], "content_span": [66, 399]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278031-0005-0000", "contents": "2018 California gubernatorial election, General election, Results by county\nHere are the results of the election by county. Blue represents counties won by Newsom. Red represents counties won by Cox.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 75], "content_span": [76, 199]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278032-0000-0000", "contents": "2018 California lieutenant gubernatorial election\nThe 2018 California lieutenant gubernatorial election was held on November 6, 2018, to elect the Lieutenant Governor of California. Incumbent Democratic Lieutenant Governor Gavin Newsom was ineligible to run for reelection due to term limits and ran for Governor of California instead. Democrats Eleni Kounalakis and Ed Hernandez faced each other in the general election, as no Republican finished in the top two positions of the nonpartisan blanket primary that was held on June 5, 2018.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 49], "section_span": [49, 49], "content_span": [50, 538]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278032-0001-0000", "contents": "2018 California lieutenant gubernatorial election, Primary, Results, By county\nResults by county. Blue represents counties won by Kounalakis and counties with Democratic vote majorities. Red represents counties won by Harris and counties with Republican vote majorities. Orange represents counties won by Ed Hernandez. Green represents counties won by Fennell. Light blue represents counties with Democratic vote pluralities. Light red represents counties with Republican vote pluralities.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 49], "section_span": [51, 78], "content_span": [79, 489]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278032-0002-0000", "contents": "2018 California lieutenant gubernatorial election, General election, Results by county\nBlue represents counties won by Kounalakis. Orange represents counties won by Hernandez.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 49], "section_span": [51, 86], "content_span": [87, 175]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278033-0000-0000", "contents": "2018 California wildfires\nThe 2018 wildfire season was the deadliest and most destructive wildfire season in California history. It was also the largest on record at the time, now second to the 2020 California wildfire season. In 2018, there were a total of 103 confirmed fatalities, 24,226 structures damaged or destroyed, and 8,527 fires burning 1,975,086 acres (799,289\u00a0ha), about 2% of the state's 100 million acres of land. Through the end of August 2018, Cal Fire alone spent $432 million on operations.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [25, 25], "content_span": [26, 509]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278033-0000-0001", "contents": "2018 California wildfires\nThe catastrophic Camp Fire alone accounted for at least 85 lives, 18,804 razed buildings, and $16.5 billion in property damage, while overall, the fires amounted to at least $26.347 billion (2018 USD) in property damage and firefighting costs, including $25.4 billion in property damage and $947 million in fire suppression costs.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [25, 25], "content_span": [26, 356]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278033-0001-0000", "contents": "2018 California wildfires\nIn mid-July to August 2018, a series of large wildfires erupted across California, mostly in the northern part of the state, including the destructive Carr Fire and the Mendocino Complex Fire. On August 4, 2018, a national disaster was declared in Northern California, due to the extensive wildfires burning there.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [25, 25], "content_span": [26, 340]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278033-0002-0000", "contents": "2018 California wildfires\nThe Carr Fire in July and August 2018 caused more than $1.5 billion (2018 USD) in property damage. The Mendocino Complex Fire burned more than 459,000 acres (186,000\u00a0ha), becoming the largest complex fire in the state's history at the time, with the complex's Ranch Fire surpassing the Thomas Fire and the Santiago Canyon Fire of 1889 to become California's single-largest recorded wildfire. In September 2020, the August Complex surpassed the Mendocino Complex to become California's single-largest recorded wildfire.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [25, 25], "content_span": [26, 544]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278033-0003-0000", "contents": "2018 California wildfires\nIn November 2018, strong winds aggravated conditions in another round of large, destructive fires that occurred across the state. This new batch of wildfires included the Woolsey Fire and the Camp Fire. The Camp Fire destroyed the town of Paradise and killed at least 85 people, with 1 still unaccounted for as of August 2, 2019. The Camp Fire destroyed more than 18,000 structures, becoming both California's deadliest and most destructive wildfire on record. AccuWeather estimated the total economic cost of the 2018 wildfires at $400 billion (2018 USD), which includes property damage, firefighting costs, direct and indirect economic losses, as well as recovery expenditures.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [25, 25], "content_span": [26, 705]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278033-0004-0000", "contents": "2018 California wildfires, Causes\nSeveral factors led to the destructiveness of the 2018 California wildfire season. A combination of increased fuel loading and atmospheric conditions influenced by global warming led to a series of destructive fires. Primary causes of wildfire vary geographically based on many factors, such as topography. For example, characteristically dense forests in the Sierra Nevada Mountains harbor fuel-driven fires while the open central valley from the south Bay Area to San Diego County are more prone to wind-driven fire over dry grasslands.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 33], "content_span": [34, 572]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278033-0005-0000", "contents": "2018 California wildfires, Causes, Increase in fuel\nA direct contributor to the 2018 California wildfires was an increase in dead tree fuel. By December 2017, there was a record 129 million dead trees in California. Tree mortality is linked to a period during the 2010s of \"anomalously warm droughts\" that were severe and long-lasting enough to stand out even amongst California's existing history of wildfires and exceptionally dry conditions. One study focused on the concentrated mortality of densely populated conifers of the Sierra Nevada \"found that die-off was closely tied to multi-year deep-rooting-zone drying\" and that severity of that dryness can be used to predict mortality. Such drought leaves trees stressed for water, which makes them susceptible to beetle infestation and exacerbates tree mortality further.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 51], "content_span": [52, 827]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278033-0006-0000", "contents": "2018 California wildfires, Causes, Increase in fuel\nDrought intensity lessened in California by 2017, but the effects of tree mortality linger for years. One study expresses a lack of sufficient data to confidently determine the rate of coniferous tree decay in the Sierra Nevada. Nonetheless it is a gradual process, and the remaining dead tree matter is an optimal fuel source for future wild fires.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 51], "content_span": [52, 401]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278033-0007-0000", "contents": "2018 California wildfires, Causes, Atmospheric conditions\nStanford Earth System Science Professor Noah Diffenbaugh stated that atmospheric conditions for California wildfires are expected to worsen in the future because of the effects of climate change in California and that \"what we're seeing over the last few years in terms of the wildfire season in California [is] very consistent with the historical trends in terms of increasing temperatures, increasing dryness, and increasing wildfire risk.\" Other experts agreed, saying that global warming is to blame for these extreme weather conditions. Global warming has led to higher temperatures and longer summers, creating a drier landscape that gave fires more fuel to burn longer and stronger.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 57], "content_span": [58, 747]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278033-0008-0000", "contents": "2018 California wildfires, Causes, Atmospheric conditions\nResearch published August 2018 predicted an increase in the number of wildfires in California as a consequence of climate change. However, from a historical perspective, it has been estimated that prior to 1850, about 4.5 million acres (17,000\u00a0km\u00b2) burned yearly, in fires that lasted for months.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 57], "content_span": [58, 354]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278033-0009-0000", "contents": "2018 California wildfires, Causes, Residential construction in the wildland-urban interface\nA wildland\u2013urban interface (or WUI) refers to the zone of transition between unoccupied land and human development. Communities that are within 0.5 miles (0.80\u00a0 km) of the zone may also be included. These lands and communities adjacent to and surrounded by wildlands are at risk of wildfires. Since the 1990s, over 43% of new residential buildings have been constructed in this area. In some areas, the amount of new residences in those areas is 80%. In the past, when these areas burned, no residences were lost, but now residences are present, which end up being destroyed. Furthermore, a \"century of successful fire suppression\" performed in an attempt to protect forests and those living in WUIs has also disrupted natural cycles of disturbance and renewed succession of an ecosystem by allowing fuel to reach abnormal density levels discussed above.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 91], "content_span": [92, 946]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278033-0010-0000", "contents": "2018 California wildfires, Air quality\nNorthern California and the Central Valley saw drastic increases in air pollutants during the height of the July and August fires, while Southern California also experienced an increase in air pollution in August. Air quality in Northern and Central California remained poor until mid-September 2018, when fire activity was drastically diminished. However, during the November Camp Fire, air quality diminished again, with the majority of the Bay Area being subjected to air quality indexes (AQIs) of 200 and above, in the \"unhealthy\" region.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 38], "content_span": [39, 581]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278033-0011-0000", "contents": "2018 California wildfires, Wildfires\nThe following is a list of fires that burned more than 1,000 acres (400\u00a0ha), or produced significant structural damage or loss of life.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 36], "content_span": [37, 172]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278033-0012-0000", "contents": "2018 California wildfires, Wildfires\n5 firefighters injured, 89 civilian deaths, 12 civilians injured, 1 civilian missing; 18,804 structures destroyed, 564 structures damaged; destroyed the town of Paradise. Costliest wildfire recorded in the modern era.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 36], "content_span": [37, 254]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278033-0013-0000", "contents": "2018 California wildfires, Fatalities\nOn June 4, the Panoche Fire broke out, in a series of three blazes that started in the San Benito County area. While the Panoche incident was the smallest of the three fires, burning only 64 acres (26\u00a0ha), the remains of three people were found in a destroyed camping trailer in the burn area. The remains were believed to belong to a mother, a toddler, and an infant.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 37], "content_span": [38, 406]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278033-0014-0000", "contents": "2018 California wildfires, Fatalities\nOn July 14, a Cal Fire bulldozer operator was killed while fighting the Ferguson Fire, becoming the first firefighter death of the season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 37], "content_span": [38, 176]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278033-0015-0000", "contents": "2018 California wildfires, Fatalities\nOn July 23, the Carr Fire broke out after a vehicle malfunctioned. While the Carr Fire burned in rural areas of Shasta County for the first few days, it crossed the Sacramento River and entered the city limits of Redding, California on the evening of July 26. By the next morning, two firefighters and four civilians had been killed.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 37], "content_span": [38, 371]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278033-0016-0000", "contents": "2018 California wildfires, Fatalities\nOn July 29, a firefighter with the National Park Service was killed after a dead tree fell and struck him, while he was fighting the Ferguson Fire. He was \"treated on scene, but died before he could be taken to the hospital\".", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 37], "content_span": [38, 263]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278033-0017-0000", "contents": "2018 California wildfires, Fatalities\nOn August 4, a Pacific Gas and Electric Company employee was killed in a vehicle incident while working to restore services to areas impacted by the Carr Fire.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 37], "content_span": [38, 197]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278033-0018-0000", "contents": "2018 California wildfires, Fatalities\nOn August 9, a Cal Fire heavy equipment mechanic was killed in a traffic incident while working at the Carr Fire.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 37], "content_span": [38, 151]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278033-0019-0000", "contents": "2018 California wildfires, Fatalities\nOn August 13, a firefighter was killed while fighting the Mendocino Complex Fire.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 37], "content_span": [38, 119]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278033-0020-0000", "contents": "2018 California wildfires, Fatalities\nOn November 8, 2018, 85 civilians were killed by the Camp Fire, while three firefighters were injured. The number dead had been listed at 87, lowered to 85 by early December when it was discovered one victim was put in several bags. Three people also died during the Woolsey Fire near Malibu.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 37], "content_span": [38, 331]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278033-0021-0000", "contents": "2018 California wildfires, Response efforts\nDirect Relief provided emergency, firefighting and medical supplies medications to first responders and affected communities.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 43], "content_span": [44, 169]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278033-0022-0000", "contents": "2018 California wildfires, Verizon Wireless data throttling\nIn August 2018, the Santa Clara County Fire Department raised claims against Verizon Wireless that their \"unlimited\" data service had been throttled while the fire department was attempting to contain the Mendocino Complex Fire. The Verizon contract stated that the department's plan would be throttled down to 200 kbit/s or 600 kbit/s once the department had used 25 GB in a single month. However, the contract stated that the usage related throttling would not apply in certain emergency situations, such as wildfire containment operations. The plan remained throttled, despite the department's notification to Verizon regarding the situation.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 59], "content_span": [60, 705]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278033-0023-0000", "contents": "2018 California wildfires, Gallery\nPhotograph of smoky sky near sunset in early August looking toward the west, in Sacramento, California. The smoke was produced by the wildfires.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 34], "content_span": [35, 179]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278033-0024-0000", "contents": "2018 California wildfires, Gallery\nThe Bay Bridge in San Francisco, California. The photo on the left was taken November 16, 2018 and the one on the right October 14, 2018.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 34], "content_span": [35, 172]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278033-0025-0000", "contents": "2018 California wildfires, Gallery\nGolden Gate Park as seen by drone during the Camp Fire", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 34], "content_span": [35, 89]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278034-0000-0000", "contents": "2018 California's 10th congressional district election\nThe 2018 California's 10th congressional district election was held November 6, 2018, to determine the U.S. congressional representative for California's 10th congressional district (CA-10). The district is based in the Central Valley and includes Modesto and Tracy. Republican Jeff Denham, who has represented the 10th district since 2013 and previously represented the 19th district from 2011 to 2013, ran for re-election. He faced six Democrats and one Republican in the primary election.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 54], "section_span": [54, 54], "content_span": [55, 546]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278034-0001-0000", "contents": "2018 California's 10th congressional district election\nCalifornia's 10th district was included on the list of Republican-held seats being targeted by the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee (DCCC) in 2018. This race concerned the DCCC and other Democratic groups due to the possibility that two Republicans might advance to the general election because of California's jungle primary rules. However, Denham and Democratic candidate Josh Harder prevailed on June 5, 2018, advancing to the general election the following November.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 54], "section_span": [54, 54], "content_span": [55, 536]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278034-0002-0000", "contents": "2018 California's 10th congressional district election\nIn September 2018, both FiveThirtyEight and The Economist projected that Harder had at least a 63% chance of defeating Denham. Josh Harder won the general election held on November 6, though Jeff Denham led the reported vote count for several days. Denham conceded defeat on November 14.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 54], "section_span": [54, 54], "content_span": [55, 342]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278034-0003-0000", "contents": "2018 California's 10th congressional district election, Primary election\nBy May 2017, there were three challengers who had announced their candidacies, including Josh Harder. Many Democratic candidates participated in debates that were held between September 2017 and January 2018. Following the January debate, the Indivisible chapter in Manteca published a poll suggesting that TJ Cox was the preferred candidate for the Democratic nomination, followed by Harder and Virginia Madue\u00f1o (the former mayor of Riverbank). In a January 2018 caucus vote, Harder received 40% and Cox received 39% of the vote, resulting in no endorsement of either candidate. Shortly thereafter, Michael Eggman also entered the 2018 race. Eggman was Jeff Denham's general election opponent in the 2014 election and the 2016 election for the district.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 54], "section_span": [56, 72], "content_span": [73, 827]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278034-0004-0000", "contents": "2018 California's 10th congressional district election, Primary election\nImmediately prior to the March 2018 filing deadline, Cox withdrew from this race, and Republican Ted Howze entered. Cox withdrew from the CA-10 race in order to compete in the election in California's 21st congressional district (CA-21). CA-21 had no Democratic candidates prior to Cox's move, due to Emilio Huerta (the prior Democratic candidate) dropping out of the race. Republican Ted Howze also entered the race in March 2018.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 54], "section_span": [56, 72], "content_span": [73, 504]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278034-0005-0000", "contents": "2018 California's 10th congressional district election, Primary election\nThe Modesto Bee wrote on May 12, 2018, that \u201cJeff Denham is going to be hard to beat.\u201d By this point, the original field of Democratic candidates had been cut in half from ten. In addition to Harder, Eggman, and Madue\u00f1o, they included Sue Zwahlen (a former ER nurse and school board member), and Michael Barkley (a lawyer, accountant, and computer programmer).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 54], "section_span": [56, 72], "content_span": [73, 433]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278034-0006-0000", "contents": "2018 California's 10th congressional district election, Primary election\nDenham received first place in the primary, with Harder receiving second place with 16.7% of the vote. On election night, it appeared that Harder would only narrowly defeat Republican Ted Howze with less than one thousand votes. However, the final returns put Harder ahead of Howze by over 3,000 votes.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 54], "section_span": [56, 72], "content_span": [73, 375]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278034-0007-0000", "contents": "2018 California's 10th congressional district election, General election\nAs a result of California's jungle primary system, only Jeff Denham and Josh Harder advanced to the general election ballot. In September 2018, both FiveThirtyEight and The Economist projected that Harder had at least a 63% chance of defeating Denham.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 54], "section_span": [56, 72], "content_span": [73, 324]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278034-0008-0000", "contents": "2018 California's 10th congressional district election, General election, Candidates, Jeff Denham\nDenham was the Republican Party incumbent who ran for re-election in 2018. He originally won election to the U.S. House in 2010 by defeating Democrat Loraine Goodwin, representing California's 19th congressional district (succeeding prior Republican incumbent George Radanovich). He served there for one term before redistricting led him to win his return to Congress in the 10th district in 2012, which he represented since 2013.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 54], "section_span": [56, 97], "content_span": [98, 528]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278034-0009-0000", "contents": "2018 California's 10th congressional district election, General election, Candidates, Jeff Denham\nPrior to serving in U.S. House of Representatives, Denham served in the California State Senate, representing California's 12th State Senate district from 2002 to 2010. Prior to seeking political office, Denham served on active and reserve status in the United States Air Force for 16 years, and served in both Operation Desert Storm in Iraq and Operation Restore Hope in Somalia.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 54], "section_span": [56, 97], "content_span": [98, 478]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278034-0010-0000", "contents": "2018 California's 10th congressional district election, General election, Candidates, Josh Harder\nHarder was one of the first candidates to enter the primary race in May 2017, shortly after moving back to the district and assuming a teaching role at Modesto Junior College. Prior to 2017, Harder held an executive role at venture capital firm Bessemer Venture Partners.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 54], "section_span": [56, 97], "content_span": [98, 369]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278034-0011-0000", "contents": "2018 California's 10th congressional district election, General election, Candidates, Josh Harder\nHarder was born in Turlock, California, and graduated from Modesto High School. He earned political science and economics undergraduate degrees from Stanford University, as well as a joint MBA/MPP from Harvard Business School and Kennedy School of Government. Harder worked in the San Francisco Bay Area for Bessemer Venture Partners for three years and before moving back to Turlock. Harder taught business at Modesto Junior College.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 54], "section_span": [56, 97], "content_span": [98, 532]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278034-0012-0000", "contents": "2018 California's 10th congressional district election, General election, Candidates, Josh Harder\nDuring the 2018 general election campaign, Harder and his wife, Pamela, were married near her home town of Reston, Virginia.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 54], "section_span": [56, 97], "content_span": [98, 222]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278034-0013-0000", "contents": "2018 California's 10th congressional district election, Results\nOn election night and for the first three days following the election, Jeff Denham held a lead in the reported results. On Friday, November 9, an update was published after tallying many of the absentee ballots that arrived in the days following the election, putting Harder in the lead. On November 13, AP News projected that Democrat Josh Harder would win the election, with Denham conceding the following day.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 54], "section_span": [56, 63], "content_span": [64, 476]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278034-0014-0000", "contents": "2018 California's 10th congressional district election, Results, Results by county\nResults by county. Harder won both counties. Blue represents counties won by Harder.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 54], "section_span": [56, 82], "content_span": [83, 167]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278035-0000-0000", "contents": "2018 California's 21st congressional district election\nThe 2018 election for California's 21st congressional district was held on November 6, 2018, during the 2018 elections to the U.S. House of Representatives to determine who would represent California's 21st congressional district. The district, centered in the San Joaquin Valley, represents parts of Fresno County, Kern County, Kings County and Tulare County. It was represented by the incumbent, Republican David Valadao, since 2013.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 54], "section_span": [54, 54], "content_span": [55, 490]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278035-0001-0000", "contents": "2018 California's 21st congressional district election\nDemocrat TJ Cox, after dropping out of a competitive primary for the seat in California's 10th congressional district, chose to run against Valadao. Despite the district leaning Democratic and national polling suggesting a Democratic wave election, many election analysts considered Valadao likely to win. On election night, Valadao held an 8-point lead, the AP and other news networks called the race for Valadao, and Cox conceded. However, mail-in and absentee ballots, which constituted about sixty percent of all ballots cast in the race, started arriving in the days and weeks following election day and swung heavily toward Cox. On November 26, Cox took the lead, retaining it until all ballots had been counted; Valadao conceded the race on December 6.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 54], "section_span": [54, 54], "content_span": [55, 814]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278035-0002-0000", "contents": "2018 California's 21st congressional district election, Background\nCalifornia's 21st congressional district is located in Central California; it is a primarily agricultural district, and almost three quarters of its population is Hispanic. Politically, it leans five points more Democratic than the rest of the nation according to the Cook Partisan Voting Index, and 44% of voters are registered Democrats, compared to only 27% registered Republicans.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 54], "section_span": [56, 66], "content_span": [67, 451]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278035-0003-0000", "contents": "2018 California's 21st congressional district election, Background\nDespite its preference for Democrats, Republican David Valadao won each of his three previous elections by double digits. In 2016, while Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton won the district by sixteen percentage points, Valadao won reelection by thirteen. Valadao's support has been attributed to his moderate viewpoints; support for and focus on local issues, such as water policy for the routinely drought-plagued district; and early opposition to Donald Trump.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 54], "section_span": [56, 66], "content_span": [67, 544]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278035-0004-0000", "contents": "2018 California's 21st congressional district election, Primary\nValadao, the incumbent, declared his candidacy for the election on February 23rd, 2017. As a Republican-held district Clinton won in 2016, the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee included this district in its initial list of 2018 targets.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 54], "section_span": [56, 63], "content_span": [64, 310]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278035-0005-0000", "contents": "2018 California's 21st congressional district election, Primary\nEmilio Huerta, Valadao's challenger in 2016, originally intended to challenge Valadao again in the 2018 election. However, dealing with poor fundraising figures since his filing, Huerta dropped out of the race a week before the filing deadline, leaving Democrats without a challenger in the district. TJ Cox, a businessman from Fresno county originally running in the 2018 election for the 10th district, elected to drop out of that crowded primary in favor of the 21st district after Huerta dropped out.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 54], "section_span": [56, 63], "content_span": [64, 568]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278035-0006-0000", "contents": "2018 California's 21st congressional district election, Primary\nThe candidates were the only two to file by the deadline. The primary, held on June 5, 2018, resulted in Valadao and Cox advancing to the general with 63% and 37% of the vote respectively; no write-in candidates received votes.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 54], "section_span": [56, 63], "content_span": [64, 291]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278035-0007-0000", "contents": "2018 California's 21st congressional district election, Polling and pollster ratings\nFollowing the primary, Dave Wasserman of the Cook Political Report rated the district \"Likely Republican\". This aligned with similar ratings issued by Inside Elections and Sabato's Crystal Ball. Aside from Sabato's Crystal Ball, which moved CA21 to Lean R, these ratings stayed the same through election day. FiveThirtyEight's rolling election forecast featured a \"Lite\" model which initially favored Cox based solely on national and local polls, including generic ballot national polls which showed Democrats significantly outperforming Republicans; however, its \"Classic\" and \"Deluxe\" forecasts, which took into account non-poll factors like candidate favorability, fundraising, and past performance, gave Valadao an edge. Furthermore, following the only poll in the district showing a lead for Valadao, the \"Lite\" model moved in his favor.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 54], "section_span": [56, 84], "content_span": [85, 927]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278035-0008-0000", "contents": "2018 California's 21st congressional district election, Polling and pollster ratings\nWhile most competitive Democrats were significantly outraising and outspending Republicans in the 2018 cycle, Valadao saw slightly greater fundraising totals than Cox in their election. The only poll in the district, conducted from September 20th to the 24th by SurveyUSA, showed Valadao with an 11-point lead in the race, and president Trump with a 48% approval rating in the district, with 43% disapproving.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 54], "section_span": [56, 84], "content_span": [85, 494]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278035-0009-0000", "contents": "2018 California's 21st congressional district election, Campaign\nJust one debate was held, on October 25, 2018. Cox attacked Valadao on health care, immigration, and support of president Trump; he brought up an oft-repeated claim in his campaign that Valadao voted with Trump 99 percent of the time, and criticized Valadao's votes for repealing and replace the Affordable Care Act and the 2017 Republican tax cuts. Valadao defended his votes, disputing Cox's claims about his Trump support and pitching himself as a \"hometown public servant\", and focusing on local issues like water rights.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 54], "section_span": [56, 64], "content_span": [65, 590]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278035-0010-0000", "contents": "2018 California's 21st congressional district election, Campaign\nDuring the campaign, Valadao attacked Cox over his residency, since Cox owns a residence near Washington, D.C., and does not live in the 21st district. The Cox campaign reported that Cox bought another home in Bethesda, Maryland while his wife studied public health policy at Johns Hopkins University, but also reported that Cox's family have since returned to nearby Fresno.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 54], "section_span": [56, 64], "content_span": [65, 440]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278035-0011-0000", "contents": "2018 California's 21st congressional district election, Campaign\nThe Migrant Caravan, which president Trump vilified in a tweet a week before the debate in an attempt to incite fear and make immigration a greater focal point for the midterms, came up in the debate as well. Cox argued that the migrants should go through the legal process of applying for asylum, while Valadao argued that most of the migrants were not fleeing violence at home but just pursuing opportunities in the U.S.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 54], "section_span": [56, 64], "content_span": [65, 487]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278035-0012-0000", "contents": "2018 California's 21st congressional district election, Results\nCalifornia elections are conducted with the use of both polls and mail-in ballots, where the latter are accepted any time so long as they are post-marked by election day. California's 21st is a primarily rural Congressional District, leading many to vote by mail rather than at a polling place that may be quite far away. Furthermore, those ballots may take days or even weeks to reach their destination in these rural areas. California did not certify its November 6 election results until December 14, with votes from the 21st district being received and counted through most of this period.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 54], "section_span": [56, 63], "content_span": [64, 657]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278035-0013-0000", "contents": "2018 California's 21st congressional district election, Results\nVotes began being counted moments after polls closed on election day. The final election day vote tally represented most of the votes issued at polling locations. Late on election night, Valadao had a 12.6 percentage point lead with over 48,000 votes counted. This led the Associated Press, Politico, and other election analysts to call the race for Valadao, as the prospect of that lead being reversed seemed severely improbable. After all precincts reported their polling vote results, Valadao's lead shrunk to 8%, but was still seen as insurmountable with the given margins and projected remaining mail-in ballots.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 54], "section_span": [56, 63], "content_span": [64, 681]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278035-0014-0000", "contents": "2018 California's 21st congressional district election, Results\nAs mail-in votes were received and counted, however, the result began to change dramatically. By the next Sunday, Valadao's lead was down to 2.2 percent, with 83,008 ballots counted and a number of mail-ins remaining. At this point, it started to become clear the race could go either way. On November 21, Valadao's lead shrunk to below 400 votes, with thousands left to be counted, and some analysts had retracted their calls. Finally, on November 26, Cox took the lead. For this reason, the AP retracted its call, as did NBC.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 54], "section_span": [56, 63], "content_span": [64, 591]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278035-0014-0001", "contents": "2018 California's 21st congressional district election, Results\nAP received some criticism from other election analysts for delaying its retraction until Cox took the lead. Nate Silver of FiveThirtyEight, in particular, labeled AP's delay as an attempt to avoid retracting its call in the case that Valadao managed to hold on, despite it being clear he could end up losing well before the call.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 54], "section_span": [56, 63], "content_span": [64, 394]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278035-0015-0000", "contents": "2018 California's 21st congressional district election, Results\nCox retained his lead through the last of the ballot counting, eventually winning with a margin of 0.8 percent. Valadao conceded on December 6, making California's 21st Congressional District the 40th flip to the Democrats of the 2018 midterms, and the second to last election to be decided (behind the election for North Carolina's 9th Congressional District, in which widespread vote manipulation was discovered, leading to a 2019 special election).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 54], "section_span": [56, 63], "content_span": [64, 515]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278035-0016-0000", "contents": "2018 California's 21st congressional district election, Results, Results by county\nResults by county. Blue represents counties won by Cox. Red represents counties won by Valadao.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 54], "section_span": [56, 82], "content_span": [83, 178]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278036-0000-0000", "contents": "2018 California's 39th congressional district election\nThe 2018 California's 39th congressional district election was held on Tuesday, November 6, 2018, with a primary election being held on June 5, 2018.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 54], "section_span": [54, 54], "content_span": [55, 204]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278036-0001-0000", "contents": "2018 California's 39th congressional district election\nThis election was one of several 53 House elections that was held in California and 435 nationwide, but it had been called \"the weirdest race in the country\" due to an over-abundance of Democratic candidates potentially spoiling the ability for any Democrats to place first or second in the primary. Under election rules the top two vote-getters in the jungle primary advanced to the November general election, regardless of party affiliation.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 54], "section_span": [54, 54], "content_span": [55, 498]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278036-0002-0000", "contents": "2018 California's 39th congressional district election\nThe primary election was held on June 5, 2018. Republican Assemblywoman Young Kim and Democrat Gil Cisneros came in first and second place respectively, assuaging fears that two candidates from the same party would advance.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 54], "section_span": [54, 54], "content_span": [55, 278]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278036-0003-0000", "contents": "2018 California's 39th congressional district election\nThe general election was held on November 6. On November 17, AP News projected that Cisneros had won the election.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 54], "section_span": [54, 54], "content_span": [55, 169]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278036-0004-0000", "contents": "2018 California's 39th congressional district election, Background\nThe 39th district straddles the Los Angeles\u2013Orange\u2013San Bernardino tri-county border and includes Chino Hills, Diamond Bar, and Fullerton.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 54], "section_span": [56, 66], "content_span": [67, 204]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278036-0005-0000", "contents": "2018 California's 39th congressional district election, Background\nIn January 2018, Republican Ed Royce, who had represented the 39th district since 2013 and previously represented the 40th district from 2003 to 2013 and the 39th district from 1993 to 2003, announced his plans not to run for reelection. During his tenure in Congress, Royce was chairman of the United States House Committee on Foreign Affairs. According to Rep. Steve Stivers, Republicans needed to win in suburban districts like Orange County's to hold their majority.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 54], "section_span": [56, 66], "content_span": [67, 537]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278036-0006-0000", "contents": "2018 California's 39th congressional district election, Background\nAfter Royce's retirement, the district was considered a prime opportunity for a Democratic pickup, citing dissatisfaction with the Trump administration and the strength of Hillary Clinton's 8 percent lead in the district's vote in the 2016 United States presidential election. The proportion of voters in the district who were registered Republican dropped from 40 to 35 percent since 2012, but Republicans believed that their turnout would be significantly larger than Democrats'. Moreover, as of January 2018, there were still more voters in the district registered as Republicans than as Democrats (128,375 to 123,849).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 54], "section_span": [56, 66], "content_span": [67, 689]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278036-0007-0000", "contents": "2018 California's 39th congressional district election, Background\nDemocrats hoped to have a demographic advantage in this district, since it was less than 30 percent white. However, several commentators (including Cook) speculated that an Asian American nominee would have an edge in this district, regardless of party, as Democrat Jay Chen did against Royce in the 2012 district election. In 2018, the district was conservative and upper-middle class with only 35 percent of the population identifying as Hispanic and the majority identifying as white or Asian. Specifically, Asians made up around 32 percent of the district.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 54], "section_span": [56, 66], "content_span": [67, 627]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278036-0008-0000", "contents": "2018 California's 39th congressional district election, Background\nRoyce's retirement led the Cook Political Report to move CA-39 from lean Republican to lean Democratic. The New York Times rated this district a tossup.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 54], "section_span": [56, 66], "content_span": [67, 219]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278036-0009-0000", "contents": "2018 California's 39th congressional district election, Primary election\nThe primary election in 2018 had a large number of Democrats and Republicans. As the election drew near, Democratic organizations like the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee (DCCC) became concerned that the flood of Democratic candidates might split the vote, causing two Republicans to win the nomination. In June, the race was reported to be the most expensive race in California, drawing $10 million in spending. A majority of the spending was attributed to Democratic frontrunners Gil Cisneros and Andy Thorburn, who were able to personally fund their own respective campaigns, and ran increasingly negative ads targeting one another. On June 5, Republican Young Kim and Democrat Gil Cisneros finished in first and second place, advancing to the general election.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 54], "section_span": [56, 72], "content_span": [73, 849]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278036-0010-0000", "contents": "2018 California's 39th congressional district election, Primary election, Candidates\nThe district had 17 candidates heading into the June 5 primary \u2014 six Democrats, seven Republicans, two American Independents and two no party preference candidates.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 54], "section_span": [56, 84], "content_span": [85, 249]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278036-0011-0000", "contents": "2018 California's 39th congressional district election, Primary election, Candidates\nA poll from Fight Back California PAC found that when presented with a list of the three Republicans and four Democrats with some name recognition, Republican Young Kim led the pack with 21 percent of the vote, followed by Republican Bob Huff (19 percent), Democrat Gil Cisneros (16 percent), and Democrat Andy Thorburn (16 percent).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 54], "section_span": [56, 84], "content_span": [85, 418]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278036-0012-0000", "contents": "2018 California's 39th congressional district election, Primary election, Candidates\nDuring the primary, initially seven Democratic candidates split the vote in the district, all but blocking the party from making an endorsement there; the district was one of three (the other two being the 48th and 49th) that Democrats were concerned they could lose in the primary due to vote-splitting. The party held a pre-endorsement conference in January and urged some candidates to withdraw.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 54], "section_span": [56, 84], "content_span": [85, 483]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278036-0013-0000", "contents": "2018 California's 39th congressional district election, Primary election, Candidates\nAlthough the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee backed Gil Cisneros, including by adding him to its \"Red to Blue\" program, which offered designated candidates financial and organizational support, it did not officially endorse him. Tran was endorsed by Emily's List and by the Feminist Majority Foundation. The California and Orange County Democratic parties did not endorse anyone. Thorburn has been endorsed by the California Nurses Association.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 54], "section_span": [56, 84], "content_span": [85, 541]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278036-0014-0000", "contents": "2018 California's 39th congressional district election, Primary election, Candidates\nScientist Phil Janowicz dropped out of the race to avoid splitting the Democratic vote. Potential candidate Jay Chen also opted not to run, saying, \"The greatest contribution I can make right now is to help consolidate the field, by stepping away from it.\" The DCCC praised his move. Chen's dropping out was cited as an example of how self-funding millionaires drove less wealthy Democrats out of California primaries, as Cisneros obtained his wealth from winning a Mega Millions lottery jackpot.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 54], "section_span": [56, 84], "content_span": [85, 581]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278036-0015-0000", "contents": "2018 California's 39th congressional district election, Primary election, Candidates\nRepublicans were less eager than Democrats to thin the herd of candidates, which is why the Young Guns program includes both Kim and Nelson on its list.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 54], "section_span": [56, 84], "content_span": [85, 237]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278036-0016-0000", "contents": "2018 California's 39th congressional district election, Primary election, Candidates, Republican\nRepublican candidates campaigned chiefly on increased border security and an end to California sanctuary state law.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 54], "section_span": [56, 96], "content_span": [97, 212]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278036-0017-0000", "contents": "2018 California's 39th congressional district election, Primary election, Candidates, Republican\nBob Huff is a former state senator who represented California's 29th State Senate district.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 54], "section_span": [56, 96], "content_span": [97, 188]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278036-0018-0000", "contents": "2018 California's 39th congressional district election, Primary election, Candidates, Republican\nYoung Kim is a former Assemblywoman who represented California's 65th State Assembly district. She emigrated from South Korea in 1975, graduated from University of Southern California in 1981, worked in a bank and then as a controller of a ladieswear manufacturing firm, and served in Royce's congressional office for 21 years as community liaison and director of Asian affairs and has received Royce's endorsement.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 54], "section_span": [56, 96], "content_span": [97, 512]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278036-0019-0000", "contents": "2018 California's 39th congressional district election, Primary election, Candidates, Republican\nKim said she wants to create jobs and keep taxes low. She said she wanted to increase border security and ensure those brought to the U.S. \"as children without legal documentation are treated fairly and with compassion.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 54], "section_span": [56, 96], "content_span": [97, 317]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278036-0020-0000", "contents": "2018 California's 39th congressional district election, Primary election, Candidates, Republican\nPhil Liberatore is a Certified Public Accountant, founder of IRS Problem Solvers, and author of God, Money and You.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 54], "section_span": [56, 96], "content_span": [97, 212]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278036-0021-0000", "contents": "2018 California's 39th congressional district election, Primary election, Candidates, Republican\nShawn Nelson was a former Orange County Supervisor at the time of the election; he is now a top official in the Orange County District Attorney's office.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 54], "section_span": [56, 96], "content_span": [97, 250]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278036-0022-0000", "contents": "2018 California's 39th congressional district election, Primary election, Candidates, Democratic\nDemocratic candidates advocated for tax reform to end tax cuts for the wealthy. and supported universal health care. The candidates supported banning assault weapons and implementing universal background checks on gun purchases. Democratic candidate Andy Thorburn sent out mailers accusing candidate Gil Cisneros of investing millions of dollars in gun industry stock.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 54], "section_span": [56, 96], "content_span": [97, 465]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278036-0023-0000", "contents": "2018 California's 39th congressional district election, Primary election, Candidates, Democratic\nAndy Thorburn is a former teacher and union activist who made his wealth in the insurance business. He was CEO of Foothill Ranch-based Global Benefits Group from 2005 to 2015, and remains its largest stockholder. Thorburn supported a Medicare for all healthcare system.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 54], "section_span": [56, 96], "content_span": [97, 366]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278036-0024-0000", "contents": "2018 California's 39th congressional district election, Primary election, Candidates, Democratic\nGil Cisneros is a Navy veteran and former shipping and distribution manager at Frito-Lay who won a lottery jackpot of $266 million with his wife in 2010. Cisneros raised the issue of homelessness among veterans, vowing to fight any attempts to defund or weaken HUD-VASH.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 54], "section_span": [56, 96], "content_span": [97, 367]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278036-0025-0000", "contents": "2018 California's 39th congressional district election, Primary election, Candidates, Democratic\nMai Khanh Tran is a pediatrician. Despite pressure from Democratic officials, she has refused to drop out, saying she is \"the only qualified woman, the only immigrant and the only physician in the race\".", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 54], "section_span": [56, 96], "content_span": [97, 300]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278036-0026-0000", "contents": "2018 California's 39th congressional district election, Primary election, Fundraising\nMillionaires Andy Thorburn and Gil Cisneros have loaned their campaigns $2.3\u00a0million and $2\u00a0million respectively. As of March 31, Kim raised more than $600,000, according to FEC filings, fourth most in the race and the most for a Republican. Kim received $178,000 in mailers and web ads, and $316,998 altogether, from The American Future Fund. The California Freedom and Prosperity Fund PAC spent about $85,000 opposing Kim, while spending five figures boosting Nelson.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 54], "section_span": [56, 85], "content_span": [86, 555]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278036-0027-0000", "contents": "2018 California's 39th congressional district election, Primary election, Fundraising\nIn May, the race in the 39th district had seen the fourth most money spent of any House race in the nation. As of June, $10 million had been spent, making the race the most expensive in the state.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 54], "section_span": [56, 85], "content_span": [86, 282]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278036-0028-0000", "contents": "2018 California's 39th congressional district election, Primary election, Advertising\nYoung Kim was the first Republican in the election to launch a TV ad. The ad highlights her connection to Royce, her record as a state legislator, and her family history. Two Democrats in the race, Navy veteran and lottery winner Gil Cisneros and Andy Thorburn, also launched TV ads in April. Sam Jammal narrated an advertisement from a dog's point of view.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 54], "section_span": [56, 85], "content_span": [86, 443]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278036-0029-0000", "contents": "2018 California's 39th congressional district election, Primary election, Advertising\nAs of May 15, 2018, House Majority PAC and Priorities USA Action planned to air ads targeting Bob Huff and Shawn Nelson, in an effort to help their chosen candidate, Cisneros. The Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee, a week prior, had made a nearly $450,000 ad buy targeting those same two candidates. The anti-Nelson ad accuses him of hypocrisy over pensions. The anti-Huff ad says, \"He huffs and he puffs but would make your taxes go up.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 54], "section_span": [56, 85], "content_span": [86, 534]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278036-0030-0000", "contents": "2018 California's 39th congressional district election, Primary election, Advertising\nThe DCCC ads did not target Young Kim, who was seen as the leading Republican and was endorsed by Royce to succeed him, since the purpose of the ads was to put a Democrat in the top two by ensuring that Kim is the only Republican to reach the general election. As of May, the DCCC undertook an operation including mailers and digital ads (via platforms such as Google, Facebook, Instagram, and Snapchat), aimed at registering and turning out the party's voters.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 54], "section_span": [56, 85], "content_span": [86, 547]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278036-0031-0000", "contents": "2018 California's 39th congressional district election, Primary election, Advertising\nCisneros and Thorburn each launched dueling websites panning their rival. Cisneros's campaign accused Thorburn of tax-evasion, while Thorburn's camp has a site calling Cisneros a gun lover. In May, California Democratic Party Chairman Eric Bauman announced that he had helped to engineer a deal between Thorburn and Cisneros to stop attacking each other and instead focus on \"promoting their positive visions\" and \"highlighting their contrast with the corrupt, incompetent Trump Republicans.\" Both candidates took down their negative websites against each other.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 54], "section_span": [56, 85], "content_span": [86, 648]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278036-0032-0000", "contents": "2018 California's 39th congressional district election, Primary election, Advertising\nIn May, the DCCC announced its first Spanish-language midterm TV ad in favor of Cisneros. The ad criticized Republicans for trying to cut funds for education and student aid, and for denying Dreamers a path to citizenship. Meanwhile, House Majority PAC sent out mailing pieces to Republican and independent voters tying Phil Liberatore to President Trump, a move to raise the underfunded Liberatore's name recognition and try to siphon off votes from other GOP candidates to him. The ads point out Liberatore's desire for a border wall and an end to sanctuary cities, and his endorsement by Joe Arpaio.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 54], "section_span": [56, 85], "content_span": [86, 688]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278036-0033-0000", "contents": "2018 California's 39th congressional district election, General election\nThe primary election was held on June 5, 2018. Under election rules the top two vote-getters in the jungle primary advanced to November, regardless of party affiliation. Republican Assemblywoman Young Kim and Democrat Gil Cisneros came in first and second place respectively, advancing to the general election.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 54], "section_span": [56, 72], "content_span": [73, 383]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278036-0034-0000", "contents": "2018 California's 39th congressional district election, General election, Polling\nIn the three months prior to the election FiveThirtyEight projected a close election, with Kim and Cisneros each respectively having a 65.2% and 62.2% chance of winning at their peak.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 54], "section_span": [56, 81], "content_span": [82, 265]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278036-0035-0000", "contents": "2018 California's 39th congressional district election, General election, Results\nThe general election was held on November 6. In the first few days following the election, Young Kim was leading in the early reported results. However, ballots in California only have to be postmarked on election day, and other races in California have shifted from Republican election night leads to Democratic victories. The Mercury News reports speculation that Democratic swings in the days following the election are \"due to Democratic voters being more likely to cast their ballots on election day or mail them in at the last minute, instead of voting early\". This is a documented example of the American electoral phenomenon of blue shift. Over the next few days, Cisneros pulled ahead of Young Kim. On November 17, AP News projected that Cisneros had won the election. County officials published their final results on December 7, 2018.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 54], "section_span": [56, 81], "content_span": [82, 927]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278036-0036-0000", "contents": "2018 California's 39th congressional district election, General election, Results by county\nResults by county. Blue represents counties won by Cisneros. Red represents counties won by Kim.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 54], "section_span": [56, 91], "content_span": [92, 188]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278037-0000-0000", "contents": "2018 Caloocan Supremos season\nThe 2018 Caloocan Supremos season is the 1st season of the franchise in the Maharlika Pilipinas Basketball League (MPBL).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [29, 29], "content_span": [30, 151]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278038-0000-0000", "contents": "2018 Cambodian League\n2018 Cambodian League is the 34th season of the Cambodian League. Contested by 12 clubs, it operates on a system of promotion and relegation with Cambodian Second League. The league starts from 3 March until 30 September. Boeung Ket are the defending champions. Nagaworld FC won the champion again after waiting since 2009.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [21, 21], "content_span": [22, 345]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278038-0001-0000", "contents": "2018 Cambodian League, Foreign players\nThe number of foreign players is restricted to five per team. A team can use four foreign players on the field in each game, including at least one player from the AFC country.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 38], "content_span": [39, 215]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278038-0002-0000", "contents": "2018 Cambodian League, Foreign players\nPlayers name in bold indicates the player is registered during the mid-season transfer window.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 38], "content_span": [39, 133]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278039-0000-0000", "contents": "2018 Cambodian Senate election\nSenate elections were held in Cambodia on 25 February 2018 after being postponed from 14 January 2018. For the first time, the Senate and parliamentary elections occurred in the same year. The result was a victory for the CPP, which won all 58 seats. King Norodom Sihamoni nominated Princess Norodom Arunrasmy and Oum Somanin to the Senate.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [30, 30], "content_span": [31, 371]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278040-0000-0000", "contents": "2018 Cambodian general election\nGeneral elections were held in Cambodia on Sunday, 29 July 2018 to elect members of the sixth National Assembly. Polling stations opened at 07:00 (ICT) and closed at 15:00. The number of registered voters has decreased for the first time since 1993 and was down 13% from the 2013 general elections.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [31, 31], "content_span": [32, 330]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278040-0001-0000", "contents": "2018 Cambodian general election\nWith the absence of a credible opposition, the elections were viewed as a formality, and dismissed as sham elections by the international community. They resulted in a widely expected landslide victory for the ruling Cambodian People's Party (CPP), which won all 125 seats in the National Assembly. Despite calls to boycott the election, voter turnout was alleged to be 83.02%.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [31, 31], "content_span": [32, 409]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278040-0002-0000", "contents": "2018 Cambodian general election, Background\nThe previous elections in July 2013 saw a fourth consecutive victory for the CPP, which won 68 seats in the National Assembly, with the opposition Cambodia National Rescue Party (CNRP) claiming the remaining 55 seats. Despite their huge gain in seats, the opposition decried the results and accused the CPP of poll fraud. As a result, the CNRP boycotted parliament in September 2013 and vowed not to enter parliament until electoral reforms had been made. The disputed results led to the outbreak of widespread anti-government protests.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 43], "content_span": [44, 580]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278040-0003-0000", "contents": "2018 Cambodian general election, Background\nOn 10 April 2014, Prime Minister Hun Sen agreed to hold elections five months early in February 2018. However, the opposition rejected the suggestion, demanding elections be held as early as 2015 or mid-2016. On 22 July 2014, the political crisis officially ended and the opposition agreed to take their seats in parliament. It was also agreed that the next elections would be held in 2018. However, CNRP leader Sam Rainsy was stripped from parliamentary immunity, and then barred from returning to Cambodia after leaving the country. His request for a royal pardon was blocked by Sen, and in December 2016, his deputy Kem Sokha replaced him as Minority Leader.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 43], "content_span": [44, 705]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278040-0004-0000", "contents": "2018 Cambodian general election, Background\nOn 11 February 2017, Rainsy resigned as President of the CNRP, and was succeeded by Sokha. On 3 September, Sokha was arrested and charged with treason, raising questions about the party's future. Another act of repression by the government was the closure of the Cambodia Daily newspaper. On 16 November 2017, the CNRP was dissolved, eliminating any real challenge to the long-ruling CPP. Its seats in parliament were distributed to three other parties.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 43], "content_span": [44, 497]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278040-0005-0000", "contents": "2018 Cambodian general election, Reactions\nThe legitimacy of the 2018 elections was called into question by various commentators and media outlets. There were a record number of invalid ballots, accounting for 8.6% of the total votes cast, more than any votes received by a political party barring the CPP. Also, in areas away from the country's capital, voters claimed that CPP were using intimidation tactics in order to influence the elections' results.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 42], "content_span": [43, 456]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278040-0006-0000", "contents": "2018 Cambodian general election, Reactions\nVarious international governments including Australia, Canada, the European Union, Japan and the United States dismissed the election results, and threatened to impose sanctions on Hun Sen's government.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 42], "content_span": [43, 245]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278040-0007-0000", "contents": "2018 Cambodian general election, Reactions\nChina, the Philippines, Laos and Thailand were among the countries to congratulate the CPP on their victory. Meanwhile the former opposition Cambodia National Rescue Party accused the National Election Committee of misleading the number of voter turnout.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 42], "content_span": [43, 297]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278041-0000-0000", "contents": "2018 Cambridge City Council election\nThe 2018 Cambridge City Council election took place on 3 May 2018 to elect members of Cambridge City Council in England. This was on the same day as other nationwide local elections.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [36, 36], "content_span": [37, 219]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278041-0001-0000", "contents": "2018 Cambridge City Council election\nNote the totals are affected by an off-cycle vacancy in East Chesterton, meaning the council was one member short going in and an extra (vacant) seat was contested.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [36, 36], "content_span": [37, 201]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278041-0002-0000", "contents": "2018 Cambridge City Council election, Ward results, East Chesterton\nTwo seats were up due to the resignation of Margery Abbott (Labour, elected 2016)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 67], "content_span": [68, 149]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278042-0000-0000", "contents": "2018 Camden London Borough Council election\nThe 2018 Camden election took place on 3 May 2018 to elect members of Camden Council in London. The Labour Party increased their majority on the council by gaining three seats from the Conservatives, who also lost two seats to the Liberal Democrats.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [43, 43], "content_span": [44, 293]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278043-0000-0000", "contents": "2018 Camellia Bowl\nThe 2018 Camellia Bowl was a college football bowl game played on December 15, 2018, with kickoff scheduled for 5:30\u00a0p.m. EST (4:30\u00a0p.m. local CST). It was the fifth edition of the Camellia Bowl, and one of the 2018\u201319 bowl games concluding the 2018 FBS football season. Sponsored by broadcasting company Raycom Media, the game was officially known as the Raycom Media Camellia Bowl.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [18, 18], "content_span": [19, 402]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278043-0001-0000", "contents": "2018 Camellia Bowl, Teams\nThe game featured the Eastern Michigan Eagles from the Mid-American Conference (MAC) and the Georgia Southern Eagles of the Sun Belt Conference. This was the first meeting between the two programs.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [20, 25], "content_span": [26, 223]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278043-0002-0000", "contents": "2018 Camellia Bowl, Teams, Georgia Southern Eagles\nOn November 28, Georgia-based news organizations reported that Georgia Southern would play in the Camellia Bowl, which was confirmed via an official announcement on December 2. They entered the bowl with a 9\u20133 record (6\u20132 in conference). The Eagles had previously played in one bowl game, winning the 2015 GoDaddy Bowl over Bowling Green; before 2014, the team competed in the Football Championship Subdivision (formerly known as Division I-AA).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [20, 50], "content_span": [51, 496]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278043-0003-0000", "contents": "2018 Camellia Bowl, Teams, Eastern Michigan Eagles\nEastern Michigan received and accepted a bid to the Camellia Bowl on December 2. The Eagles entered the bowl with a 7\u20135 record (5\u20133 in conference). This was the Eagles' second bowl game in the last three years, having also played in the 2016 Bahamas Bowl where they were defeated by Old Dominion, 24\u201320.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [20, 50], "content_span": [51, 354]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278044-0000-0000", "contents": "2018 Cameroon International\nThe 2018 Cameroon International is a badminton tournament which takes place at Yaound\u00e9 Multipurpose Sports Complex in Cameroon from 14 to 17 June 2018 and had a total purse of $10,000.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [27, 27], "content_span": [28, 212]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278044-0001-0000", "contents": "2018 Cameroon International, Tournament\nThe 2018 Cameroon International is the eleventh tournament of the 2018 BWF International Series and also part of the Cameroon International championships which has been held since 2017. This tournament was organized by the Badminton Federation of Cameroon.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 39], "content_span": [40, 296]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278044-0002-0000", "contents": "2018 Cameroon International, Tournament, Venue\nThis international tournament was held at Yaound\u00e9 Multipurpose Sports Complex in Yaound\u00e9, Cameroon.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 46], "content_span": [47, 146]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278044-0003-0000", "contents": "2018 Cameroon International, Tournament, Point distribution\nBelow is the tables with the point distribution for each phase of the tournament based on the BWF points system for the BWF International Series event.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 59], "content_span": [60, 211]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278044-0004-0000", "contents": "2018 Cameroon International, Tournament, Prize money\nThe total prize money for this year tournament is US$10,000. Distribution of prize money is in accordance with BWF regulations.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 52], "content_span": [53, 180]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278045-0000-0000", "contents": "2018 Cameroonian presidential election\nPresidential elections were held in Cameroon on 7 October 2018.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [38, 38], "content_span": [39, 102]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278045-0001-0000", "contents": "2018 Cameroonian presidential election, Background\nThe previous presidential elections on 9 October 2011 saw incumbent president Paul Biya elected for another seven-year term following a 2008 constitutional amendment that removed term limits, allowing Biya to run again. Going into the 2018 elections Cameroon experienced unrest in the English-speaking portions of the country where separatists have attempted to create the state of Ambazonia. The worst of the unrest occurred in Manyu where several Western countries issued travel warnings to their citizens.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 50], "content_span": [51, 559]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278045-0001-0001", "contents": "2018 Cameroonian presidential election, Background\nThe Social Democratic Front, a party that traditionally performs well in the English-speaking portions of the country, has been vocal in their criticism of the handling of the unrest. Biya has responded to the unrest by stating that he would like to see faster progress made on decentralization reforms that were begun in 2010 so that local regions would have more self governance.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 50], "content_span": [51, 432]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278045-0002-0000", "contents": "2018 Cameroonian presidential election, Background\nOn 15 June 2018, the BBC obtained a copy of a letter from Paul Biya to the leader of Cameroon's Senate, appearing to request that the elections be postponed until October 2019. In July President Biya announced that the election would be held on October 7, 2018.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 50], "content_span": [51, 312]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278045-0003-0000", "contents": "2018 Cameroonian presidential election, Electoral system\nThe President of Cameroon is elected by first-past-the-post voting; the candidate with the most votes is declared the winner with no requirement to achieve a majority.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 56], "content_span": [57, 224]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278045-0004-0000", "contents": "2018 Cameroonian presidential election, Aftermath\nOn 28 January 2019 Maurice Kamto was arrested in Douala while at a supporter's house.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 49], "content_span": [50, 135]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278046-0000-0000", "contents": "2018 Campbell Fighting Camels football team\nThe 2018 Campbell Fighting Camels football team represented Campbell University in the 2018 NCAA Division I FCS football season. They were led by sixth-year head coach Mike Minter and played their home games at Barker\u2013Lane Stadium. They were first-year members of the Big South Conference. They finished the season 6\u20135, 1\u20134 in Big South play to finish in fifth place.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [43, 43], "content_span": [44, 411]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278046-0001-0000", "contents": "2018 Campbell Fighting Camels football team, Previous season\nThe Fighting Camels finished the 2017 season 6\u20135, 5\u20133 in PFL play to finish in a three-way tie for third place. This was Campbell's final season in the PFL.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [45, 60], "content_span": [61, 217]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278046-0002-0000", "contents": "2018 Campbell Fighting Camels football team, Preseason, Big South poll\nIn the Big South preseason poll released on July 23, 2018, the Fighting Camels were predicted to finish in fifth place.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [45, 70], "content_span": [71, 190]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278046-0003-0000", "contents": "2018 Campbell Fighting Camels football team, Preseason, Preseason All-Big South team\nThe Big South released their preseason all-Big South team on July 23, 2018, with the Fighting Camels having one player selected along with two more on the honorable mention list.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [45, 84], "content_span": [85, 263]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278047-0000-0000", "contents": "2018 Campeonato Baiano\nThe 2018 Campeonato Baiano de Futebol was the 114th edition of Bahia's top professional football league. The competition began on 21 January and ended on 8 April. Bahia won the championship for the 47th time.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [22, 22], "content_span": [23, 231]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278048-0000-0000", "contents": "2018 Campeonato Brasileiro S\u00e9rie A\nThe 2018 Campeonato Brasileiro S\u00e9rie A (officially the Brasileir\u00e3o Assa\u00ed 2018 for sponsorship reasons) was the 62nd season of the Campeonato Brasileiro S\u00e9rie A, the top level of professional football in Brazil, and the 15th edition in a double round-robin since its establishment in 2003. The season began on 14 April 2018 and ended on 2 December 2018. The top six teams as well as the 2018 Copa do Brasil champions qualified to the Copa Libertadores. The next six best-placed teams not qualified for Copa Libertadores qualified for the Copa Sudamericana and the last four were relegated to S\u00e9rie B in 2019.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [34, 34], "content_span": [35, 642]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278048-0001-0000", "contents": "2018 Campeonato Brasileiro S\u00e9rie A\nPalmeiras won their 10th title, which is the most titles in the tournament.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [34, 34], "content_span": [35, 110]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278048-0002-0000", "contents": "2018 Campeonato Brasileiro S\u00e9rie A, Teams\nTwenty teams competed in the league \u2013 the top sixteen teams from the previous season, as well as four teams promoted from the S\u00e9rie B.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 41], "content_span": [42, 176]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278048-0003-0000", "contents": "2018 Campeonato Brasileiro S\u00e9rie A, Teams\nAm\u00e9rica Mineiro became the first club to be promoted after a 1\u20132 win against Figueirense on 11 November 2017. Internacional was promoted on 14 November 2017, and Paran\u00e1 and Cear\u00e1 were promoted on 18 November 2017.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 41], "content_span": [42, 255]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278048-0004-0000", "contents": "2018 Campeonato Brasileiro S\u00e9rie A, Personnel and kits, Foreign players\nThe clubs can have a maximum of five foreign players in their Campeonato Brasileiro squads per match, but there is no limit of foreigners in the clubs' squads.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 71], "content_span": [72, 231]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278049-0000-0000", "contents": "2018 Campeonato Brasileiro S\u00e9rie B\nThe 2018 Campeonato Brasileiro S\u00e9rie B was a football competition held in Brazil, equivalent to the second division.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [34, 34], "content_span": [35, 151]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278049-0001-0000", "contents": "2018 Campeonato Brasileiro S\u00e9rie B\nTwenty teams competed in the tournament, twelve returning from the 2017 season, four promoted from the 2017 Campeonato Brasileiro S\u00e9rie C (CSA, Fortaleza, S\u00e3o Bento and Sampaio Corr\u00eaa). and four relegated from the 2017 Campeonato Brasileiro S\u00e9rie A (Coritiba, Ava\u00ed, Ponte Preta and Atl\u00e9tico Goianiense).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [34, 34], "content_span": [35, 338]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278049-0002-0000", "contents": "2018 Campeonato Brasileiro S\u00e9rie B\nThe top four teams were promoted to the 2019 Campeonato Brasileiro S\u00e9rie A. Fortaleza became the first club to be promoted after a 1\u20132 win against Atl\u00e9tico Goianiense on 3 November 2018. Goi\u00e1s was promoted on 17 November, and Ava\u00ed and CSA on 24 November.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [34, 34], "content_span": [35, 289]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278050-0000-0000", "contents": "2018 Campeonato Brasileiro S\u00e9rie C\nThe 2018 Campeonato Brasileiro S\u00e9rie C was a football competition held in Brazil, equivalent to the third division. The competition started on 14 April and ended on 22 September 2018.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [34, 34], "content_span": [35, 218]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278050-0001-0000", "contents": "2018 Campeonato Brasileiro S\u00e9rie C\nTwenty teams competed in the tournament, twelve returning from the 2017 season, four promoted from the 2017 Campeonato Brasileiro S\u00e9rie D (Oper\u00e1rio Ferrovi\u00e1rio, Globo, Atl\u00e9tico Acreano and Juazeirense), and four relegated from the 2017 Campeonato Brasileiro S\u00e9rie B (Luverdense, Santa Cruz, ABC and N\u00e1utico).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [34, 34], "content_span": [35, 343]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278050-0002-0000", "contents": "2018 Campeonato Brasileiro S\u00e9rie C\nBotafogo-SP, Bragantino, Cuiab\u00e1 and Oper\u00e1rio Ferrovi\u00e1rio qualified for the semi-finals and were promoted to the 2019 Campeonato Brasileiro S\u00e9rie B.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [34, 34], "content_span": [35, 182]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278050-0003-0000", "contents": "2018 Campeonato Brasileiro S\u00e9rie C\nOper\u00e1rio Ferrovi\u00e1rio won the title after defeating Cuiab\u00e1 in the final.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [34, 34], "content_span": [35, 106]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278050-0004-0000", "contents": "2018 Campeonato Brasileiro S\u00e9rie C, Group stage\nIn the group stage, each group was played on a home-and-away round-robin basis. The teams were ranked according to points (3 points for a win, 1 point for a draw, and 0 points for a loss). If tied on points, the following criteria would be used to determine the ranking: 1. Wins; 2. Goal difference; 3. Goals scored; 4. Head-to-head (if the tie is only between two teams). If tied on aggregate, the away goals rule would be used (except if both teams shared the same stadium); 5. Fewest red cards; 6. Fewest yellow cards; 7. Draw in the headquarters of the Brazilian Football Confederation (Regulations Article 15).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 47], "content_span": [48, 663]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278050-0005-0000", "contents": "2018 Campeonato Brasileiro S\u00e9rie C, Group stage\nThe top four teams of each group advanced to the quarter-finals of the knockout stages.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 47], "content_span": [48, 135]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278050-0006-0000", "contents": "2018 Campeonato Brasileiro S\u00e9rie C, Final Stages\nStarting from the quarter-finals, the teams played a single-elimination tournament with the following rules:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 48], "content_span": [49, 157]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278050-0007-0000", "contents": "2018 Campeonato Brasileiro S\u00e9rie C, Final Stages\nStarting from the semi-finals, the teams were seeded according to their performance in the tournament. The teams were ranked according to overall points. If tied on overall points, the following criteria would be used to determine the ranking: 1. Overall wins; 2. Overall goal difference; 3. Draw in the headquarters of the Brazilian Football Confederation (Regulations Article 17).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 48], "content_span": [49, 431]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278050-0008-0000", "contents": "2018 Campeonato Brasileiro S\u00e9rie C, Final Stages, Quarter-finals\nThe matches were played between 18 and 27 August 2018.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 64], "content_span": [65, 119]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278050-0009-0000", "contents": "2018 Campeonato Brasileiro S\u00e9rie C, Final Stages, Quarter-finals, Group C\nBragantino won 4\u20132 on aggregate and advanced to the semi-finals", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 73], "content_span": [74, 137]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278050-0010-0000", "contents": "2018 Campeonato Brasileiro S\u00e9rie C, Final Stages, Quarter-finals, Group D\nOper\u00e1rio Ferrovi\u00e1rio won 3\u20131 on aggregate and advanced to the semi-finals", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 73], "content_span": [74, 147]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278050-0011-0000", "contents": "2018 Campeonato Brasileiro S\u00e9rie C, Final Stages, Quarter-finals, Group E\nCuiab\u00e1 won 4\u20132 on aggregate and advanced to the semi-finals", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 73], "content_span": [74, 133]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278050-0012-0000", "contents": "2018 Campeonato Brasileiro S\u00e9rie C, Final Stages, Quarter-finals, Group F\nTied 1\u20131 on aggregate, Botafogo-SP won on penalties and advanced to the semi-finals", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 73], "content_span": [74, 157]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278050-0013-0000", "contents": "2018 Campeonato Brasileiro S\u00e9rie C, Final Stages, Semi-finals\nThe matches were played between 1 and 9 September 2018.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 61], "content_span": [62, 117]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278050-0014-0000", "contents": "2018 Campeonato Brasileiro S\u00e9rie C, Final Stages, Semi-finals, Group G\nTied 0\u20130 on aggregate, Oper\u00e1rio Ferrovi\u00e1rio won on penalties and advanced to the finals", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 70], "content_span": [71, 158]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278050-0015-0000", "contents": "2018 Campeonato Brasileiro S\u00e9rie C, Final Stages, Semi-finals, Group H\nCuiab\u00e1 won 3\u20130 on aggregate and advanced to the finals", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 70], "content_span": [71, 125]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278050-0016-0000", "contents": "2018 Campeonato Brasileiro S\u00e9rie C, Final Stages, Finals\nThe matches were played on 16 and 22 September 2018.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 56], "content_span": [57, 109]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278051-0000-0000", "contents": "2018 Campeonato Brasileiro S\u00e9rie D\nThe 2018 Campeonato Brasileiro S\u00e9rie D was a football competition held in Brazil, equivalent to the fourth division. The competition started on 21 April and ended on 4 August 2018.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [34, 34], "content_span": [35, 215]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278051-0001-0000", "contents": "2018 Campeonato Brasileiro S\u00e9rie D\nSixty-eight teams competed in the tournament. Sixty-four teams qualified from their state leagues and cups, and four relegated from the 2017 Campeonato Brasileiro S\u00e9rie C (ASA, Maca\u00e9, Mogi Mirim and Moto Club).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [34, 34], "content_span": [35, 245]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278051-0002-0000", "contents": "2018 Campeonato Brasileiro S\u00e9rie D\nFerrovi\u00e1rio, Imperatriz, S\u00e3o Jos\u00e9 and Treze qualified for the semi-finals and were promoted to the 2019 Campeonato Brasileiro S\u00e9rie C.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [34, 34], "content_span": [35, 169]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278051-0003-0000", "contents": "2018 Campeonato Brasileiro S\u00e9rie D\nFerrovi\u00e1rio won the title after defeating Treze in the final.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [34, 34], "content_span": [35, 96]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278051-0004-0000", "contents": "2018 Campeonato Brasileiro S\u00e9rie D, Competition format\nIn the first stage, 68 teams were divided into seventeen groups of four, organized regionally. 32 teams (17 winners and 15 runners-up) qualified for the second stage. From the second stage on the competition was played as a knock-out tournament with each round contested over two legs.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 54], "content_span": [55, 340]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278051-0005-0000", "contents": "2018 Campeonato Brasileiro S\u00e9rie D, First stage\nIn the first stage, each group played on a home-and-away round-robin basis. The winners of each group and the best 15 runners-up qualified for the second stage. The teams were ranked according to points (3 points for a win, 1 point for a draw, and 0 points for a loss). If tied on points, the following criteria would be used to determine the ranking: 1. Wins; 2. Goal difference; 3. Goals scored; 4. Head-to-head (if the tie was only between two teams); 5. Fewest red cards; 6. Fewest yellow cards; 7. Draw in the headquarters of the Brazilian Football Confederation (Regulations Article 12).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 47], "content_span": [48, 641]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278051-0006-0000", "contents": "2018 Campeonato Brasileiro S\u00e9rie D, Second stage\nThe Second stage was a two-legged knockout tie, with the draw regionalised.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 48], "content_span": [49, 124]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278051-0007-0000", "contents": "2018 Campeonato Brasileiro S\u00e9rie D, Second stage, Qualification and draw\nThe 32 qualifiers (17 group winners and 15 best performing group runners-up) were divided into two pots. Pot 1 contained the 16 best performing group winners. Pot 2 contained the worst performing group winner and the 15 qualifying group runners-up. In pot 1 the teams were numbered 1 to 16 in numerical order of the group they qualified from. In pot 2 the teams were numbered 17 to 32 in numerical order of the group they qualified from. In the case that one of the qualifying runners-up was from the same group as the worst performing group winner, both teams would be in pot 2 and the group winners would be numbered lower in sequence than the group runners-up.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 72], "content_span": [73, 736]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278051-0008-0000", "contents": "2018 Campeonato Brasileiro S\u00e9rie D, Second stage, Qualification and draw\nThe teams were ranked according to points. If tied on points, the following criteria would be used to determine the ranking: 1. Wins; 2. Goal difference; 3. Goals scored; 4. Draw in the headquarters of the Brazilian Football Confederation (Regulations Article 14).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 72], "content_span": [73, 337]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278051-0009-0000", "contents": "2018 Campeonato Brasileiro S\u00e9rie D, Second stage, Qualification and draw\nTo keep the draw regionalised Team 1 played Team 18, Team 2 played Team 17 and this pattern was repeated throughout the draw. The higher numbered team played at home in the first leg.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 72], "content_span": [73, 256]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278051-0010-0000", "contents": "2018 Campeonato Brasileiro S\u00e9rie D, Third stage\nThe third stage was a two-legged knockout tie, with the draw regionalised. The ties were predetermined from the second stage, with the winners of second stage tie 1 playing the winners of second stage tie 2, etc. The teams were seeded according to their performance in the tournament with the higher-seeded team hosting the second leg.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 47], "content_span": [48, 383]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278051-0011-0000", "contents": "2018 Campeonato Brasileiro S\u00e9rie D, Final stages\nThe final stages were a two leg knockout competition with quarter-finals, semi-finals and finals rounds. The draw for the quarter-finals was seeded based on the table of results of all matches in the competition for the qualifying teams. First played eighth, second played seventh, etc. The top four seeded teams played the second leg at home. The four quarter-final winners were promoted to S\u00e9rie C for 2019.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 48], "content_span": [49, 458]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278051-0012-0000", "contents": "2018 Campeonato Brasileiro S\u00e9rie D, Final stages\nThe draw for the semi-finals was seeded based on the table of results of all matches in the competition for the qualifying teams. First played fourth, second played third. The top two seeded teams played the second leg at home.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 48], "content_span": [49, 276]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278051-0013-0000", "contents": "2018 Campeonato Brasileiro S\u00e9rie D, Final stages\nIn the finals, the team with the best record in the competition played the second leg at home.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 48], "content_span": [49, 143]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278051-0014-0000", "contents": "2018 Campeonato Brasileiro S\u00e9rie D, Final stages, Finals\nThe matches were played on 30 July and 4 August.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 56], "content_span": [57, 105]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278052-0000-0000", "contents": "2018 Campeonato Carioca\nThe 2018 Campeonato Carioca de Futebol was the 115th edition of the top tier of football of FFERJ (Federa\u00e7\u00e3o de Futebol do Estado do Rio de Janeiro, or Rio de Janeiro State Football Federation). The top four teams in the final standings of the tournament not otherwise qualified competed in the 2019 Copa do Brasil. The top three teams not competing in any level of the national Campeonato Brasileiro qualified for the 2019 Brasileiro S\u00e9rie D.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [23, 23], "content_span": [24, 468]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278052-0001-0000", "contents": "2018 Campeonato Carioca\nThe format remained unchanged from the 2017 edition. In the First Round, six teams played a round-robin tournament, with the top two teams qualified for the main competition and the bottom four entering the Relegation Round. The main competition was divided into two tournaments, the Ta\u00e7a Guanabara and Ta\u00e7a Rio, each with two 6-team groups. The top two placed teams in each of the groups qualified to contest the state title. The top four teams in the final standings qualified automatically for the Final Round (the Ta\u00e7a Guanabara and Ta\u00e7a Rio champions). The Final Round was a knockout-style playoff with a two-legged final played at the Maracan\u00e3 Stadium. in Maca\u00e9 was punished with the loss of 26 points by TJD-RJ by irregular escalation of left-side Luke Gabriel in six matches of the Ta\u00e7a Rio.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [23, 23], "content_span": [24, 823]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278052-0002-0000", "contents": "2018 Campeonato Carioca, First round\nThe First Round was contested in a round-robin format from 20 December 2017 to 13 January 2018 by six teams: the two final teams from the 2017 Campeonato Carioca S\u00e9rie B1 (Goytacaz and America), the bottom two teams from the 2017 Campeonato Carioca main competition (Resende and Maca\u00e9), and the two surviving teams from the 2017 Campeonato Carioca Relegation Round (Cabofriense and Bonsucesso). The two top placed teams qualified to contest 2018 Campeonato Carioca, one team each placed in Group A and Group B. The remaining four teams contested in the 2018 Relegation Round.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 36], "content_span": [37, 612]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278052-0003-0000", "contents": "2018 Campeonato Carioca, Championship round\nThe Championship Round was two competitions: Ta\u00e7a Guanabara and Ta\u00e7a Rio. The twelve clubs were into two groups of six, Group A and Group B. The traditional \"big four\" teams of Rio de Janeiro (Flamengo, Botafogo, Fluminense, and Vasco da Gama) were separated with two teams placed in each group. Each round had its own four-team playoff featuring the top two teams of each group. The Ta\u00e7a Rio was followed by a four-team Final playoff featuring the top four teams of the combined table across both competitions (the competition playoff champion(s) automatically qualified for the Final playoff).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 43], "content_span": [44, 640]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278052-0004-0000", "contents": "2018 Campeonato Carioca, Championship round, Ta\u00e7a Guanabara\nThe Ta\u00e7a Guanabara was played from 16 January 2018 to 4 February 2018. It was a single round-robin format with each team playing one match with the teams of their own group. The two top point teams qualified for the knockout stage of the competition. The champion of Ta\u00e7a Guanabara qualified to the Final Stage.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 59], "content_span": [60, 371]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278052-0005-0000", "contents": "2018 Campeonato Carioca, Championship round, Ta\u00e7a Rio\nThe Ta\u00e7a Rio tournament was from 19 February 2018 to 18 March 2018. Group A and Group B remained the same as in Ta\u00e7a Guanabara, but each team played a single match round-robin against the teams of the other group. The top two teams in points in each group qualified for the knockout stage of the competition. The champion of Ta\u00e7a Rio qualified to the Final Stage.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 53], "content_span": [54, 417]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278052-0006-0000", "contents": "2018 Campeonato Carioca, Relegation playoffs\nThe Relegation Round was played from 20 January 2018 to 4 March 2018 in a double round-robin format. The two top placed teams qualified for the First Round of the 2019 Campeonato Carioca and the two placed bottom teams were relegated to the 2019 Campeonato Carioca S\u00e9rie B1.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 44], "content_span": [45, 319]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278053-0000-0000", "contents": "2018 Campeonato Carioca S\u00e9rie B1\nThe 2018 Campeonato Carioca S\u00e9rie B1 was the 38th edition of the main division of football in Rio de Janeiro. The contest is organized by FERJ. from 2018, in Campeonato Carioca S\u00e9rie B will called S\u00e9rie B1. The main novelty for a season will be an inclusion of the two times demoted in the 2018 Campeonato Carioca.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [32, 32], "content_span": [33, 347]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278054-0000-0000", "contents": "2018 Campeonato Ga\u00facho\nThe 2018 Campeonato da Primeira Divis\u00e3o de Futebol Profissional da FGF (2018 FGF First Division Professional Football Championship), better known as the 2015 Campeonato Ga\u00facho or Ga\u00facho, was the 97th edition of the top flight football league of the Brazilian state of Rio Grande do Sul. The season began in January and ended in April.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [22, 22], "content_span": [23, 358]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278055-0000-0000", "contents": "2018 Campeonato Goiano\nThe 2018 Campeonato Goiano (officially the Campeonato Goiano de Profissionais da 1\u00aa Divis\u00e3o \u2013 Edi\u00e7\u00e3o 2018) is the 76th edition of Goi\u00e1s's top professional football league. The competition began on 17 January 2019 and end on 8 de abril 2018.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [22, 22], "content_span": [23, 264]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278055-0001-0000", "contents": "2018 Campeonato Goiano, Format\nIn the first stage, the 10 teams were drawn into two groups of five teams each.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 30], "content_span": [31, 110]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278056-0000-0000", "contents": "2018 Campeonato Internacional de T\u00eanis de Campinas\nThe 2018 Campeonato Internacional de T\u00eanis de Campinas was a professional tennis tournament played on clay courts. It was the seventh edition of the tournament which was part of the 2018 ATP Challenger Tour. It took place in Campinas, Brazil between 1 and 7 October 2018.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 50], "section_span": [50, 50], "content_span": [51, 322]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278056-0001-0000", "contents": "2018 Campeonato Internacional de T\u00eanis de Campinas, Singles main draw entrants, Other entrants\nThe following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 50], "section_span": [52, 94], "content_span": [95, 163]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278057-0000-0000", "contents": "2018 Campeonato Internacional de T\u00eanis de Campinas \u2013 Doubles\nM\u00e1ximo Gonz\u00e1lez and Fabr\u00edcio Neis were the defending champions but only Neis chose to defend his title, partnering Rafael Matos. Neis lost in the quarterfinals to Thiago Monteiro and Pedro Sakamoto.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 60], "section_span": [60, 60], "content_span": [61, 259]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278057-0001-0000", "contents": "2018 Campeonato Internacional de T\u00eanis de Campinas \u2013 Doubles\nHugo Dellien and Guillermo Dur\u00e1n won the title after defeating Franco Agamenone and Fernando Romboli 7\u20135, 6\u20134 in the final.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 60], "section_span": [60, 60], "content_span": [61, 184]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278058-0000-0000", "contents": "2018 Campeonato Internacional de T\u00eanis de Campinas \u2013 Singles\nGast\u00e3o Elias was the defending champion but lost in the first round to Camilo Ugo Carabelli.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 60], "section_span": [60, 60], "content_span": [61, 153]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278058-0001-0000", "contents": "2018 Campeonato Internacional de T\u00eanis de Campinas \u2013 Singles\nChristian Gar\u00edn won the title after defeating Federico Delbonis 6\u20133, 6\u20134 in the final.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 60], "section_span": [60, 60], "content_span": [61, 147]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278059-0000-0000", "contents": "2018 Campeonato Mineiro\nThe 2018 Campeonato Mineiro was the 104th season of Mineiro's top professional football league. The competition began on January 17 and ended on April 8. Atl\u00e9tico was the defending champions but was beaten in the final by its longtime rival Cruzeiro, that conquered its 37th title and became the defending champions.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [23, 23], "content_span": [24, 340]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278059-0001-0000", "contents": "2018 Campeonato Mineiro, Format, First stage\nThe 2018 M\u00f3dulo I first stage was played by 12 clubs in a single round-robin, with all teams playing each other once. The eight best-placed teams qualified for the final stage and the last two teams were relegated to the 2019 M\u00f3dulo II.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 44], "content_span": [45, 281]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278059-0002-0000", "contents": "2018 Campeonato Mineiro, Format, First stage\nThe league also selects Minas Gerais's representatives in the Campeonato Brasileiro S\u00e9rie D and the Copa do Brasil. The two best placed teams not already qualified to the 2018 seasons of the S\u00e9rie A, S\u00e9rie B or S\u00e9rie C, earns the spots to the 2018 S\u00e9rie D. The three best-placed teams qualify for the 2019 Copa do Brasil.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 44], "content_span": [45, 366]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278059-0003-0000", "contents": "2018 Campeonato Mineiro, Format, Knockout stage\nThe knockout stage was played between the 8 best-placed teams from the previous stage, with the quarterfinals played in a one-legged tie and the semifinals and finals played in a two-legged tie. The quarterfinals were played necessarily at the best-placed team's home. The first best-placed team played against the eighth best-placed, the second against the seventh and so on. In the semifinals, the best-placed team in the first stage in each contest have the right to choose whether to play its home game in the first or second leg. The best-placed team in the first stage of each contest could win it with two ties.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 47], "content_span": [48, 666]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278060-0000-0000", "contents": "2018 Campeonato Nacional de F\u00fatbol de Cuba\nThe 2018 Campeonato Nacional de F\u00fatbol de Cuba is the 107th season of the top-tier football league in Cuba. The season began on 19 February and ended on 30 June 2018.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [42, 42], "content_span": [43, 209]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278061-0000-0000", "contents": "2018 Campeonato Nacional de Velocidade Turismos\nThe 2018 Campeonato Nacional de Velocidade Turismos is set to be the fourth season of Campeonato Nacional de Velocidade Turismos (en: Portuguese Touring Car Championship) that will run under the TCR regulations. The series is organised by the Federa\u00e7\u00e3o Portuguesa de Automobilismo e Karting (FPAK) and Full Eventos under the Racing Weekend banner. Francisco Mora is the defending drivers' champion.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 47], "section_span": [47, 47], "content_span": [48, 446]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278061-0001-0000", "contents": "2018 Campeonato Nacional de Velocidade Turismos, Teams and drivers\nYokohama is the official tire supplier. All teams and drivers are Portuguese based", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 47], "section_span": [49, 66], "content_span": [67, 149]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278061-0002-0000", "contents": "2018 Campeonato Nacional de Velocidade Turismos, Calendar and results\nThe original version of the calendar, which included 5 stages, was changed on April 4 due to the need for teams of more time to prepare for participation in the new season. All events will be held in Portugal. For works in the Estoril circuit, the Federa\u00e7\u00e3o Portuguesa de Automobilismo e Karting, together with the promoter of the event, opted for the change of the 4th stage for the Braga circuit.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 47], "section_span": [49, 69], "content_span": [70, 468]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278062-0000-0000", "contents": "2018 Campeonato Paraense\nThe 2018 Campeonato Paraense de Futebol was the 106th edition of Par\u00e1's top professional football league. The competition started on 13 January and ended on 8 April. Remo won the championship for the 45th time.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [24, 24], "content_span": [25, 235]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278062-0001-0000", "contents": "2018 Campeonato Paraense, Format\nThe competition will consist of two groups of five teams each, who will face off in round games and back against the other key times in a single turn. The top two will contest the semi-finals in their respective groups, thereby defining the two championship finalists. The losers of the semifinals will make two matches to decide the third place. Semifinal and final matches will round trip.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 32], "content_span": [33, 424]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278062-0002-0000", "contents": "2018 Campeonato Paraense, Format\nThe worst placed of each group will be relegated to the Second Division.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 32], "content_span": [33, 105]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278062-0003-0000", "contents": "2018 Campeonato Paraense, Format\nThe champion qualify to the 2019 Copa Verde. The champion, the runner-up and the 3rd-placed team qualify to the 2019 Copa do Brasil. The best two teams who isn't on Campeonato Brasileiro S\u00e9rie A, S\u00e9rie B or S\u00e9rie C qualifies to 2019 Campeonato Brasileiro S\u00e9rie D.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 32], "content_span": [33, 296]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278062-0004-0000", "contents": "2018 Campeonato Paraense, Semi-finals, Match 51\nTied 2\u20132 on aggregate, Paysandu won on penalties and advanced to the final.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 47], "content_span": [48, 123]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278062-0005-0000", "contents": "2018 Campeonato Paraense, Semi-finals, Match 52\nRemo won 2\u20131 on aggregate and advanced to the final.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 47], "content_span": [48, 100]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278063-0000-0000", "contents": "2018 Campeonato Paraense Finals\nThe 2018 Campeonato Paraense Finals was the final that decided the 2018 Campeonato Paraense, the 106th season of the Campeonato Paraense. The final were contested between Paysandu and Remo.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [31, 31], "content_span": [32, 221]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278063-0001-0000", "contents": "2018 Campeonato Paraense Finals\nRemo defeated Paysandu 3\u20131 on aggregate to win their 45th Campeonato Paraense title.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [31, 31], "content_span": [32, 116]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278063-0002-0000", "contents": "2018 Campeonato Paraense Finals, Road to the final\nNote: In all scores below, the score of the home team is given first.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 50], "content_span": [51, 120]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278063-0003-0000", "contents": "2018 Campeonato Paraense Finals, Format\nThe finals were played on a home-and-away two-legged basis. If tied on aggregate, the penalty shoot-out was used to determine the winner.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 39], "content_span": [40, 177]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278063-0004-0000", "contents": "2018 Campeonato Paraense Finals, Matches, First leg\nAssistant referees:Fabr\u00edcio Vilarinho da Silva (Goi\u00e1s)Rog\u00e9rio Pablos Zanardo (S\u00e3o Paulo)Fourth official:Wasley do Couto Le\u00e3o (Par\u00e1)Fifth official:Nadilson Sousa dos Santos (Par\u00e1)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 51], "content_span": [52, 230]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278063-0005-0000", "contents": "2018 Campeonato Paraense Finals, Matches, Second leg\nAssistant referees:Alessandro \u00c1lvaro de Matos (Bahia)Guilherme Dias Camilo (Minas Gerais)Fourth official:Dewson Fernando Freitas da Silva (Par\u00e1)Fifth official:Joquetan Moreira Guimar\u00e3es (Par\u00e1)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 52], "content_span": [53, 245]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278064-0000-0000", "contents": "2018 Campeonato Paraibano\nThe 2018 Campeonato Paraibano de Futebol was the 108th edition of Para\u00edba's top professional football league. The competition began on 7 January and ended on 8 April. Botafogo-PB were defending champions, after defeating Treze in the 2017 final.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [25, 25], "content_span": [26, 271]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278064-0001-0000", "contents": "2018 Campeonato Paraibano, Format\nIn the first (group) stage, the ten teams weredivided into two groups of five. Each team played the five teams in the other group, home and away, for a total of ten games. The teams that finished top of each group qualified directly for the third (semi-final) stage. The teams that finished second and third in each group qualified for the second (quarter-final) stage. Of these two teams, the one with the best record in the competition was classified first for going into the next stage. The teams that finished fourth and fifth in each group played in the relegation quadrangle stage.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 33], "content_span": [34, 621]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278064-0002-0000", "contents": "2018 Campeonato Paraibano, Format\nIn the second (quarter-final) stage, the teams that finished second in each group played the team finishing third in the same group over two legs, home and away. In both ties the team that finished third in their group played the first leg at home. The two winning teams qualified for the third (semi-final) stage. The team with the best record in the competition so far was classified as third going into that stage.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 33], "content_span": [34, 451]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278064-0003-0000", "contents": "2018 Campeonato Paraibano, Format\nIn the relegation quadrangle stage, the four qualifying teams played each other home and away, with no points carried forward from the first (group) stage. The two teams that finished bottom of this stage were relegated to Division 2 for 2019.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 33], "content_span": [34, 277]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278064-0004-0000", "contents": "2018 Campeonato Paraibano, Format\nIn the third (semi-final) stage, the team classified fourth played the team classified first, and the team classified third played the team classified second. Both ties were played over two legs, with the lower qualified team playing the first leg at home.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 33], "content_span": [34, 290]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278064-0005-0000", "contents": "2018 Campeonato Paraibano, Format\nIn the final stage, the two winning teams from the third (semi-final) stage played over two legs, with the team with the best record in the competition so far playing the first leg away from home.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 33], "content_span": [34, 230]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278064-0006-0000", "contents": "2018 Campeonato Paraibano, Format, Qualification\nThe two finalists qualified to participate in the 2019 Copa do Brasil and 2019 Copa do Nordeste. The two best placed teams (other than Botafogo-PB) qualified to participate in the 2019 Campeonato Brasileiro S\u00e9rie D.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 48], "content_span": [49, 264]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278064-0007-0000", "contents": "2018 Campeonato Paraibano, Semi-final stage\nGames were scheduled to be played on 18 March and 25 March. The first leg between Botafogo-PB and Treze was postponed due to a legal challenge by Botafogo-PB regarding who should have home advantage according to the published rules of the competition. Following rejection of the challenge, the game was rescheduled for 25 March, with the second leg on 1 April.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 43], "content_span": [44, 404]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278065-0000-0000", "contents": "2018 Campeonato Paulista\nThe 2018 Campeonato Paulista de Futebol Profissional da Primeira Divis\u00e3o - S\u00e9rie A1 was the 117th season of S\u00e3o Paulo's top professional football league.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [24, 24], "content_span": [25, 178]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278065-0001-0000", "contents": "2018 Campeonato Paulista, Format, Tiebreakers\nThe teams are ranked according to points (3 points for a win, 1 point for a draw, 0 points for a loss). If two or more teams are equal on points on completion of the group matches, the following criteria are applied to determine the rankings:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 45], "content_span": [46, 288]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278065-0002-0000", "contents": "2018 Campeonato Paulista, Awards, Team of the year\nThe Young Player of the Year was awarded to Rodrygo.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 50], "content_span": [51, 103]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278065-0003-0000", "contents": "2018 Campeonato Paulista, Awards, Team of the year\nThe Countryside Best Player of the Year was awarded to Bruno Moraes.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 50], "content_span": [51, 119]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278065-0004-0000", "contents": "2018 Campeonato Paulista, Awards, Team of the year\nThe top scorer of the season was Miguel Borja, who scored seven goals.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 50], "content_span": [51, 121]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278066-0000-0000", "contents": "2018 Campeonato Paulista knockout stage\nThe knockout stage of the 2018 Campeonato Paulista began on 17 March with the quarter-final and concluded on 8 April 2018 with the final. A total of eight teams competed in the knockout stage. Corinthians were the champions.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [39, 39], "content_span": [40, 264]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278066-0001-0000", "contents": "2018 Campeonato Paulista knockout stage, Round and draw dates\nAll draws held at Federa\u00e7\u00e3o Paulista de Futebol headquarters in S\u00e3o Paulo, Brazil.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 61], "content_span": [62, 144]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278066-0002-0000", "contents": "2018 Campeonato Paulista knockout stage, Format\nEach tie is played over two legs, with the team with the best placing in the general table playing the second leg at home. The quarterfinals are played between the winners and runners-up of each group. In the semifinals the best team (first) will face the team with the worst campaign (fourth), while the second will face the team with the third best campaign.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 47], "content_span": [48, 408]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278067-0000-0000", "contents": "2018 Campeonato Pernambucano\nThe 2018 Campeonato Pernambucano (officially the Pernambucano da S\u00e9rie A1 de 2018) was the 104th edition of the state championship of Pernambuco organized by FPF. The championship began on 17 January and ended on 8 April. Sport were the defending champions, but were eliminated by Central in the semi-finals.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [28, 28], "content_span": [29, 337]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278067-0001-0000", "contents": "2018 Campeonato Pernambucano\nN\u00e1utico defeated Central 2\u20131 on aggregate to win their 22nd Campeonato Pernambucano title, the first one since 2004. As champions, N\u00e1utico qualified for the 2019 Copa do Brasil and 2019 Copa do Nordeste.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [28, 28], "content_span": [29, 232]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278067-0002-0000", "contents": "2018 Campeonato Pernambucano\nCentral and Sport qualified for 2019 Copa do Brasil as runners-up and third placed team, respectively.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [28, 28], "content_span": [29, 131]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278067-0003-0000", "contents": "2018 Campeonato Pernambucano\nSport declined to participate in the 2019 Copa do Nordeste. They were replaced by Santa Cruz (best second-team in the 2018 RNC). Salgueiro qualified for 2019 Pr\u00e9-Copa do Nordeste via RNC.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [28, 28], "content_span": [29, 216]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278067-0004-0000", "contents": "2018 Campeonato Pernambucano, Teams\nEleven teams were competing, ten returning from the 2017 and one promoted from the 2017 Pernambucano A2 Championship (Pesqueira).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 35], "content_span": [36, 165]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278067-0005-0000", "contents": "2018 Campeonato Pernambucano, First stage\nIn the first stage, each team played the other 10 teams in a single round-robin tournament. The teams were ranked according to points (3 points for a win, 1 point for a draw, and 0 points for a loss). If tied on points, the following criteria would be used to determine the ranking: 1. Wins; 2. Goal difference; 3. Goals scored; 4. Head-to-head; 5. Fewest red cards; 6. Fewest yellow cards; 7. Draw in the headquarters of the FPF.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 41], "content_span": [42, 472]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278067-0006-0000", "contents": "2018 Campeonato Pernambucano, First stage\nTop eight teams advanced to the quarter-finals of the final stages. The two teams with the lowest number of points were relegated to the 2019 Campeonato Pernambucano A2. Top three teams not already qualified for 2019 S\u00e9rie A, S\u00e9rie B or S\u00e9rie C qualified for 2019 S\u00e9rie D.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 41], "content_span": [42, 314]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278067-0007-0000", "contents": "2018 Campeonato Pernambucano, Final stages\nStarting from the quarter-finals, the teams played a single-elimination tournament with the following rules:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 42], "content_span": [43, 151]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278067-0008-0000", "contents": "2018 Campeonato Pernambucano, Final stages, Finals, Matches\nN\u00e1utico won 2\u20131 on aggregate and qualified for the 2019 Copa do Nordeste.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 59], "content_span": [60, 133]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278067-0009-0000", "contents": "2018 Campeonato Pernambucano, 2018 Campeonato Pernambucano team\nThe 2018 Campeonato Pernambucano team was a squad consisting of the eleven most impressive players at the tournament.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 63], "content_span": [64, 181]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278068-0000-0000", "contents": "2018 Campeonato de Espa\u00f1a de Resistencia\nThe 2018 Trofeo de Espa\u00f1a TCR is the third season of the TCR Spanish Series. The championship will run as the one of classes of the Campeonato de Espa\u00f1a Resistencia.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [40, 40], "content_span": [41, 206]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278068-0001-0000", "contents": "2018 Campeonato de Espa\u00f1a de Resistencia, Championship standings, Drivers' championship\n\u2020\u00a0\u2013 Drivers did not finish the race, but were classified as they completed over 75% of the race distance.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 87], "content_span": [88, 193]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278069-0000-0000", "contents": "2018 Campeones Cup\nThe 2018 Campeones Cup was the first edition of the Campeones Cup, an annual North American football competition contested between the champions of the previous Major League Soccer season and the winner of the Campe\u00f3n de Campeones from Liga MX.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [18, 18], "content_span": [19, 263]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278069-0001-0000", "contents": "2018 Campeones Cup\nThe match featured Canadian side Toronto FC, winners of the 2017 MLS Cup, and UANL, winners of the 2018 Campe\u00f3n de Campeones, for which they qualified by winning the 2017 Liga MX Torneo Apertura. Toronto FC hosted the match at BMO Field in Toronto, Canada on 19 September 2018.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [18, 18], "content_span": [19, 296]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278069-0002-0000", "contents": "2018 Campeones Cup\nUANL won the match 3\u20131 to win the inaugural Campeones Cup.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [18, 18], "content_span": [19, 77]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278069-0003-0000", "contents": "2018 Campeones Cup, Venue\nAs the MLS team, Toronto FC hosted the match, which took place at BMO Field in Toronto, with a seating capacity of 30,000, hosted the match. The stadium opened in 2007 and was renovated in 2016.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [20, 25], "content_span": [26, 220]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278069-0004-0000", "contents": "2018 Campeones Cup, Broadcasting\nThe match's English broadcast was aired in Canada on TSN and the United States on ESPN2. A French broadcast was aired in Canada on TVA Sports 2, while Univision and Univision Deportes Network carried the Spanish broadcast in the United States. The Univision broadcast was watched by an audience of 1.1 million.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [20, 32], "content_span": [33, 343]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278069-0005-0000", "contents": "2018 Campeones Cup, Match, Details\nAssistant referees:Juan Carlos Mora (Costa Rica)Octavio Jara (Costa Rica)Fourth official:Henry Bejarano (Costa Rica)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [20, 34], "content_span": [35, 151]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278070-0000-0000", "contents": "2018 Campe\u00f3n de Campeones\nThe 2018 Campe\u00f3n de Campeones was a Mexican football match that took place on July 15, 2018. The match was the fourth edition of the modern Campe\u00f3n de Campeones, contested by the Liga MX season's Apertura and Clausura champions. The 2018 edition featured Tigres UANL, the Apertura champion, and Santos Laguna, the Clasura champion, at the StubHub Center in Carson, California, hosting for the third consecutive year. Like previous editions, the Campe\u00f3n de Campeones was contested at a neutral venue in the United States and paired with the 2018 Supercopa MX.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [25, 25], "content_span": [26, 584]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278070-0001-0000", "contents": "2018 Campe\u00f3n de Campeones\nAs winners, UANL earned the right to play against MLS Cup winners Toronto FC in the inaugural edition of the Campeones Cup.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [25, 25], "content_span": [26, 149]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278070-0002-0000", "contents": "2018 Campe\u00f3n de Campeones, Match details\nAssistant referees: Alberto Morin M\u00e9ndez Andres Hern\u00e1ndez Delgado Fourth official:Marco Antonio Ortiz", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 40], "content_span": [41, 143]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278071-0000-0000", "contents": "2018 Camping World Bowl\nThe 2018 Camping World Bowl was a college football bowl game played on December 28, 2018, between the West Virginia Mountaineers and the Syracuse Orange. It was the 29th edition of the Camping World Bowl, and one of the 2018\u201319 bowl games concluding the 2018 FBS football season. The game was sponsored by the recreational vehicle company Camping World.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [23, 23], "content_span": [24, 377]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278071-0001-0000", "contents": "2018 Camping World Bowl, Teams\nThe game was played between West Virginia from the Big 12 Conference and Syracuse from the Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC). This was the 61st time the two programs had met; Syracuse held a 33\u201327 series lead in prior games.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 30], "content_span": [31, 253]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278071-0002-0000", "contents": "2018 Camping World Bowl, Teams, West Virginia Mountaineers\nWest Virginia received and accepted a bid to the Camping World Bowl on December 2. The Mountaineers entered the bowl with an 8\u20133 record (6\u20133 in conference). Quarterback Will Grier, tackle Yodny Cajuste, and wide receiver Gary Jennings announced that they would sit out the game in order to prepare for the 2019 NFL Draft.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 58], "content_span": [59, 380]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278071-0003-0000", "contents": "2018 Camping World Bowl, Teams, Syracuse Orange\nSyracuse received and accepted a bid to the Camping World Bowl on December 2. The Orange entered the bowl with a 9\u20133 record (6\u20132 in conference). Syracuse also entered the game short-handed, as defensive end Alton Robinson, defensive tackle McKinley Williams, and defensive back Antwan Cordy all missed the game for personal reasons.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 47], "content_span": [48, 380]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278072-0000-0000", "contents": "2018 Can-Am 500\nThe 2018 Can-Am 500 was a Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series race that was held on November 11, 2018, at ISM Raceway in Avondale, Arizona. Contested over 312 laps on the one mile (1.6\u00a0km) oval, it was the 35th race of the 2018 Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series season, ninth race of the Playoffs, and final race of the Round of 8.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [15, 15], "content_span": [16, 343]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278072-0001-0000", "contents": "2018 Can-Am 500, Report, Background\nISM Raceway \u2013 also known as PIR \u2013 is a one-mile, low-banked tri-oval race track located in Avondale, Arizona. It is named after the nearby metropolitan area of Phoenix. The motorsport track opened in 1964 and currently hosts two NASCAR race weekends annually. PIR has also hosted the IndyCar Series, CART, USAC and the Rolex Sports Car Series. The raceway is currently owned and operated by International Speedway Corporation.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [17, 35], "content_span": [36, 462]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278072-0002-0000", "contents": "2018 Can-Am 500, Report, Background\nThe raceway was originally constructed with a 2.5\u00a0mi (4.0\u00a0km) road course that ran both inside and outside of the main tri-oval. In 1991 the track was reconfigured with the current 1.51\u00a0mi (2.43\u00a0km) interior layout. PIR has an estimated grandstand seating capacity of around 67,000. Lights were installed around the track in 2004 following the addition of a second annual NASCAR race weekend.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [17, 35], "content_span": [36, 428]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278072-0003-0000", "contents": "2018 Can-Am 500, Report, Background\nISM Raceway is home to two annual NASCAR race weekends, one of 13 facilities on the NASCAR schedule to host more than one race weekend a year. The track is both the first and last stop in the western United States, as well as the fourth and penultimate track on the schedule.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [17, 35], "content_span": [36, 311]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278072-0004-0000", "contents": "2018 Can-Am 500, First practice\nErik Jones was the fastest in the first practice session with a time of 26.113 seconds and a speed of 137.862\u00a0mph (221.867\u00a0km/h).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [17, 31], "content_span": [32, 161]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278072-0005-0000", "contents": "2018 Can-Am 500, Qualifying\nKevin Harvick scored the pole for the race with a time of 25.836 and a speed of 139.340\u00a0mph (224.246\u00a0km/h).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [17, 27], "content_span": [28, 135]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278072-0006-0000", "contents": "2018 Can-Am 500, Practice (post-qualifying), Second practice\nKevin Harvick was the fastest in the second practice session with a time of 26.724 seconds and a speed of 134.710\u00a0mph (216.795\u00a0km/h).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [17, 60], "content_span": [61, 194]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278072-0007-0000", "contents": "2018 Can-Am 500, Practice (post-qualifying), Final practice\nKevin Harvick was the fastest in the final practice session with a time of 26.642 seconds and a speed of 135.125\u00a0mph (217.463\u00a0km/h).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [17, 59], "content_span": [60, 192]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278072-0008-0000", "contents": "2018 Can-Am 500, Media, Television\nNBC Sports covered the race on the television side. Rick Allen, two\u2013time Phoenix winner Jeff Burton, Steve Letarte and three-time Phoenix winner Dale Earnhardt Jr. had the call in the booth for the race. Dave Burns, Parker Kligerman, Marty Snider and Kelli Stavast reported from pit lane during the race.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [17, 34], "content_span": [35, 339]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278072-0009-0000", "contents": "2018 Can-Am 500, Media, Radio\nMRN had the radio call for the race, which was simulcast on Sirius XM NASCAR Radio.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [17, 29], "content_span": [30, 113]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278073-0000-0000", "contents": "2018 Can-Am Duels\nThis is the current revision of this page, as edited by A.lanzetta (talk | contribs) at 05:22, 20 February 2020. The present address (URL) is a permanent link to this version.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 17], "section_span": [17, 17], "content_span": [18, 193]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278073-0001-0000", "contents": "2018 Can-Am Duels\nThe 2018 Can-Am Duels were a pair of Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series stock car races held on February 15, 2018, at Daytona International Speedway in Daytona Beach, Florida. Both contested over 60 laps, they were the qualifying races for the 2018 Daytona 500, and also counted as the first stage of the race, although no playoff points were awarded, the top ten in each race earn championship points as is normal in a stage.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 17], "section_span": [17, 17], "content_span": [18, 442]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278073-0002-0000", "contents": "2018 Can-Am Duels, Report, Background\nDaytona International Speedway is one of six superspeedways to hold NASCAR races, the others being Michigan International Speedway, Auto Club Speedway, Indianapolis Motor Speedway, Pocono Raceway and Talladega Superspeedway. The standard track at Daytona International Speedway is a four\u2013turn superspeedway that is 2.5-mile (4.0\u00a0km) long. The track's turns are banked at 31 degrees, while the front stretch, the location of the finish line, is banked at 18 degrees.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 17], "section_span": [19, 37], "content_span": [38, 503]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278073-0003-0000", "contents": "2018 Can-Am Duels, Qualifying\nAlex Bowman scored the pole for the race with a time of 46.002 and a speed of 195.644\u00a0mph (314.858\u00a0km/h).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 17], "section_span": [19, 29], "content_span": [30, 135]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278074-0000-0000", "contents": "2018 Can-Am League season\nThe 2018 Canadian American Association of Professional Baseball season began on May 17, 2018, and ended on September 3, 2018. It was the league's 14th season of operations. Following the regular season, the playoffs were held. The Sussex County Miners defeated the reigning-champion Quebec Capitales in the fourth and deciding game, played on September 15.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [25, 25], "content_span": [26, 382]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278074-0001-0000", "contents": "2018 Can-Am League season, Season summary\nWhile the Dominican Republic National team toured during the regular season, there were two additional traveling teams that played all six of the Can-Am League teams; the Salina Stockade and the Hollywood Stars. The Stars played nine games, finishing 1-8, and the Stockade played 18 games, finishing 3-15.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 41], "content_span": [42, 347]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278075-0000-0000", "contents": "2018 Canada Cup\nThe 2018 Home Hardware Canada Cup was held December 5\u20139 at Affinity Place in Estevan, Saskatchewan. The tournament winners qualified for the 2021 Canadian Olympic Curling Pre-Trials.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [15, 15], "content_span": [16, 198]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278075-0001-0000", "contents": "2018 Canada Cup\nBoth the men's and women's events have a total purse of $70,000 with the winners receiving $14,000 and the runners up winning $9,000.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [15, 15], "content_span": [16, 149]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278075-0002-0000", "contents": "2018 Canada Cup, Men, Teams\nA revised version of the World Curling Tour's Order of Merit ranking system, allowing the many new teams for the 2018\u201319 curling season to carry over points individual players earned on their former teams, as of May 1, 2018, was used to qualify the first six men's teams. Team Dunstone qualified as the top-ranking non-qualified team on the Canadian Team Ranking System as of November 11, 2018.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [17, 27], "content_span": [28, 422]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278075-0003-0000", "contents": "2018 Canada Cup, Men, Player percentages\nAfter Round Robin Play; Includes games played at other positions", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [17, 40], "content_span": [41, 105]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278075-0004-0000", "contents": "2018 Canada Cup, Women, Teams\nA revised version of the World Curling Tour's Order of Merit ranking system, allowing the many new teams for the 2018\u201319 curling season to carry over points individual players earned on their former teams, as of May 1, 2018, was used to qualify the first six teams. However, due to a virtual tie, a seventh women's teams was invited using this method. Team Flaxey qualified as the top-ranking non-qualified team on the Canadian Team Ranking System as of November 11, 2018. Team Tracy Fleury had qualified for the event, but had to decline as they were representing Canada at the Second Leg of the 2018\u201319 Curling World Cup.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [17, 29], "content_span": [30, 653]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278076-0000-0000", "contents": "2018 Canada Open (badminton)\nThe 2018 Canada Open (officially known as the Yonex Canada Open 2018 for sponsorship reasons) was a badminton tournament that took place at Canadian Winter Sport Institute in Canada from 19 to 24 June 2018 and had a total purse of $75,000.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [28, 28], "content_span": [29, 268]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278076-0001-0000", "contents": "2018 Canada Open (badminton), Tournament\nThe 2018 Canada Open was the third Super 100 tournament of the 2018 BWF World Tour and also part of the Canada Open championships which has been held since 1957. This tournament was organized by the Badminton Canada with the sanction of the BWF.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 40], "content_span": [41, 286]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278076-0002-0000", "contents": "2018 Canada Open (badminton), Tournament, Venue\nThis international tournament was held at Markin-MacPhail Centre in Calgary, Alberta, Canada.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 47], "content_span": [48, 141]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278076-0003-0000", "contents": "2018 Canada Open (badminton), Tournament, Point distribution\nBelow is the point distribution for each phase of the tournament based on the BWF points system for the BWF Tour Super 100 event.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 60], "content_span": [61, 190]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278076-0004-0000", "contents": "2018 Canada Open (badminton), Tournament, Prize money\nThe total prize money for this tournament was US$75,000. Distribution of prize money was in accordance with BWF regulations.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 53], "content_span": [54, 178]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278077-0000-0000", "contents": "2018 Canada Sevens\nThe 2018 Canada Sevens was the third edition of the Canada Sevens tournament, and the sixth tournament of the 2017\u201318 World Rugby Sevens Series. The tournament was played on 10\u201311 March at BC Place in Vancouver.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [18, 18], "content_span": [19, 230]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278077-0001-0000", "contents": "2018 Canada Sevens, Format\nThe teams were drawn into four pools of four teams each, with each team playing every other team in their pool once. The top two teams from each pool advanced to the Cup/5th place brackets. The bottom two teams from each group went to the Challenge trophy/13th place brackets.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [20, 26], "content_span": [27, 303]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278077-0002-0000", "contents": "2018 Canada Sevens, Teams\nFifteen core teams participated in the tournament along with one invited team, the highest-placing non-core team of the 2018 Sudam\u00e9rica Rugby Sevens, Uruguay:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [20, 25], "content_span": [26, 184]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278077-0003-0000", "contents": "2018 Canada Sevens, Pool stage\nAll times in Pacific Standard Time (UTC\u221208:00). The pools were scheduled as follows:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [20, 30], "content_span": [31, 115]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278077-0004-0000", "contents": "2018 Canada Sevens, Players, Dream Team\nThe following seven players were selected to the tournament Dream Team at the conclusion of the tournament:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [20, 39], "content_span": [40, 147]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278078-0000-0000", "contents": "2018 Canada Women's Sevens\nThe 2018 Canada Women's Sevens was the fourth tournament within the 2017\u201318 World Rugby Women's Sevens Series and the fourth edition of the Canada Women's Sevens to be played in the series. It was held over the weekend of 12\u201313 May 2018 at Westhills Stadium in Langford, British Columbia.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [26, 26], "content_span": [27, 315]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278078-0001-0000", "contents": "2018 Canada Women's Sevens, Format\nThe teams are drawn into three pools of four teams each. Each team plays every other team in their pool once. The top two teams from each pool advance to the Cup brackets while the top 2 third place teams also compete in the Cup/Plate. The other teams from each group play-off for the Challenge Trophy.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 34], "content_span": [35, 337]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278078-0002-0000", "contents": "2018 Canada Women's Sevens, Teams\nEleven core teams are participating in the tournament along with one invited team, Brazil:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 33], "content_span": [34, 124]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278078-0003-0000", "contents": "2018 Canada Women's Sevens, Players, Dream Team\nThe following seven players were selected to the tournament Dream Team at the conclusion of the tournament:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 47], "content_span": [48, 155]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278079-0000-0000", "contents": "2018 Canadian Championship\nThe 2018 Canadian Championship was a soccer tournament hosted and organized by the Canadian Soccer Association. It was the eleventh edition of the annual Canadian Championship. Toronto FC won the competition for the third consecutive year and qualified for the 2019 CONCACAF Champions League.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [26, 26], "content_span": [27, 319]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278079-0001-0000", "contents": "2018 Canadian Championship\nThe 2018 edition saw the invitation of the champions of League1 Ontario (L1O) and Premi\u00e8re Ligue de soccer du Qu\u00e9bec (PLSQ). FC Edmonton suspended operations and did not take part in the Championship this year. As a result, a new format was adopted which saw the L1O and PLSQ champions, the Oakville Blue Devils and A.S. Blainville, enter in a new first qualifying round. As winners of the first qualifying round, AS Blainville played Ottawa Fury FC in the second qualifying round, and the winner of that match, Ottawa Fury, joined the MLS teams in the semi-final round. With six teams, the 2018 edition was the largest edition of the championship to date.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [26, 26], "content_span": [27, 683]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278079-0002-0000", "contents": "2018 Canadian Championship, Qualified clubs\nStatistics include previous incarnations of the Montreal Impact and Vancouver Whitecaps.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 43], "content_span": [44, 132]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278080-0000-0000", "contents": "2018 Canadian Figure Skating Championships\nThe 2018 Canadian Tire National Skating Championships took place January 8\u201314, 2018, in Vancouver, British Columbia. Organized by Skate Canada and sponsored by Canadian Tire, the event determined the national champions of Canada. Medals were awarded in the disciplines of men's singles, women's singles, pair skating, and ice dance on the senior, junior, and novice levels. Although the official International Skating Union terminology for female skaters in the singles category is ladies, Skate Canada uses women officially. The results of this competition were among the selection criteria for the 2018 Winter Olympics, the 2018 World Championships, the 2018 Four Continents Championships, and the 2018 World Junior Championships.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [42, 42], "content_span": [43, 775]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278080-0001-0000", "contents": "2018 Canadian Figure Skating Championships\nVancouver was named as the host in January 2017. Competitors qualified at the Skate Canada Challenge held in Pierrefonds, Quebec in December 2017.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [42, 42], "content_span": [43, 189]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278080-0002-0000", "contents": "2018 Canadian Figure Skating Championships, International team selections, Winter Olympics\nThe team for the 2018 Winter Olympics was announced on January 14, 2018.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [44, 90], "content_span": [91, 163]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278080-0003-0000", "contents": "2018 Canadian Figure Skating Championships, International team selections, World Championships\nThe team for the 2018 World Championships was announced on January 14, 2018.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [44, 94], "content_span": [95, 171]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278080-0004-0000", "contents": "2018 Canadian Figure Skating Championships, International team selections, Four Continents Championships\nThe team for the 2018 Four Continents Championships was announced on January 14, 2018.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [44, 104], "content_span": [105, 191]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278080-0005-0000", "contents": "2018 Canadian Figure Skating Championships, International team selections, World Junior Championships\nThe team for the 2018 World Junior Championships was announced on January 14, 2018.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [44, 101], "content_span": [102, 185]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278081-0000-0000", "contents": "2018 Canadian Grand Prix\nThe 2018 Canadian Grand Prix (formally known as the Formula 1 Grand Prix Heineken du Canada 2018) is a Formula One motor race that took place on 10 June 2018 at the Circuit Gilles Villeneuve in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. The race was the 7th round of the 2018 FIA Formula One World Championship. The race was won by Sebastian Vettel of Ferrari. It was Vettel's 50th career win, becoming the fourth driver in Formula One history to achieve such a feat (joining Michael Schumacher, Lewis Hamilton and Alain Prost).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [24, 24], "content_span": [25, 536]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278081-0000-0001", "contents": "2018 Canadian Grand Prix\nIt was the 55th running of the Canadian Grand Prix, the 49th time the event had been included as a round of the Formula One World Championship since the inception of the series in 1950, and the 39th time that a World Championship was held at Circuit Gilles Villeneuve. Fernando Alonso also celebrated his 300th Grand Prix entry at this race. This race was Ferrari's first win in Canada since Michael Schumacher won here in 2004.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [24, 24], "content_span": [25, 453]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278081-0001-0000", "contents": "2018 Canadian Grand Prix\nMercedes driver Lewis Hamilton went in to the race as the defending race winner. He entered the round with a 14-point lead over Sebastian Vettel in the World Drivers' Championship. In the World Constructors' Championship, Mercedes held a 17-point lead over Ferrari.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [24, 24], "content_span": [25, 290]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278081-0002-0000", "contents": "2018 Canadian Grand Prix, Report, Background, Tyres\nThe tyre compounds provided for this race were the hypersoft, ultrasoft and supersoft.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 51], "content_span": [52, 139]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278081-0003-0000", "contents": "2018 Canadian Grand Prix, Report, Practice\nMax Verstappen was fastest across all three practice sessions, improving his time in each successive session. In FP2, Grosjean hit a groundhog that was on the track, damaging his front wing, and reducing the Haas team's spare parts.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 42], "content_span": [43, 275]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278081-0004-0000", "contents": "2018 Canadian Grand Prix, Report, Qualifying\nRomain Grosjean's car had a major engine failure as it left the pitlane in Q1 meaning he failed to set a lap time, and raced at the stewards' discretion. In Q2, when Sebastian Vettel was completing his final flying lap, he aborted the lap because Carlos Sainz, Nico H\u00fclkenberg and a number of other cars were driving slowly along the back straight, leading him to pull into the pits. In Q3, Vettel took pole with a new track record however his teammate made a mistake in Turn 2, meaning he would qualify in P5.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 44], "content_span": [45, 555]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278081-0005-0000", "contents": "2018 Canadian Grand Prix, Report, Race\nThe grid got away largely without incident from the line, but in turn 5, Brendon Hartley and local driver Lance Stroll collided, forcing their immediate retirement and the deployment of the safety car. At the restart, Sergio P\u00e9rez touched Sainz, forcing P\u00e9rez off the track, losing positions. On Lap 18, Daniel Ricciardo overcut Lewis Hamilton for the fourth position. On lap 46, Fernando Alonso retired from the race with an exhaust issue.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 38], "content_span": [39, 479]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278081-0006-0000", "contents": "2018 Canadian Grand Prix, Report, Race\nRace officials erroneously directed model Winnie Harlow to wave the chequered flag before race leader Vettel completed lap 69 (the scheduled penultimate lap) and therefore the results were taken from lap 68, according to the Formula 1 sporting regulations article 43.2. This meant that Ricciardo's successively faster fastest laps on laps 69 and 70 were voided, and Sergio P\u00e9rez's overtake on Kevin Magnussen for 13th did not stand.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 38], "content_span": [39, 471]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278082-0000-0000", "contents": "2018 Canadian Junior Curling Championships\nThe 2018 New Holland Canadian Junior Curling Championships was held from January 13 to 21 at the Ar\u00e9na Grand-M\u00e8re and the Centre municipal de curling de Shawinigan in Shawinigan, Qu\u00e9bec. The winners represented Canada at the 2018 World Junior Curling Championships in Aberdeen, Scotland.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [42, 42], "content_span": [43, 330]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278082-0001-0000", "contents": "2018 Canadian Junior Curling Championships, Qualification, Ontario\nThe Ontario U21 Provincial Championships were held December 27\u201330, 2017 at the Annandale Golf & Curling Club in Ajax.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [44, 66], "content_span": [67, 184]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278083-0000-0000", "contents": "2018 Canadian Junior Curling Championships \u2013 Men's tournament\nThe men's tournament of the 2018 New Holland Canadian Junior Curling Championships was held from January 13 to 21 at the Ar\u00e9na Grand-M\u00e8re and the Centre municipal de curling de Shawinigan.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 61], "section_span": [61, 61], "content_span": [62, 250]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278083-0001-0000", "contents": "2018 Canadian Junior Curling Championships \u2013 Men's tournament, Round Robin Results\nAll draw times are listed in Eastern Standard Time (UTC\u22125:00).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 61], "section_span": [63, 82], "content_span": [83, 145]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278084-0000-0000", "contents": "2018 Canadian Junior Curling Championships \u2013 Women's tournament\nThe women's tournament of the 2018 New Holland Canadian Junior Curling Championships was held from January 13 to 21 at the Ar\u00e9na Grand-M\u00e8re and the Centre municipal de curling de Shawinigan.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 63], "section_span": [63, 63], "content_span": [64, 254]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278084-0001-0000", "contents": "2018 Canadian Junior Curling Championships \u2013 Women's tournament, Round Robin Results\nAll draw times are listed in Eastern Standard Time (UTC\u22125:00).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 63], "section_span": [65, 84], "content_span": [85, 147]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278085-0000-0000", "contents": "2018 Canadian Mixed Curling Championship\nThe 2018 Canadian Mixed Curling Championship was held from November 12 to 18, 2017 at the Swan River Curling Club in Swan River, Manitoba. The championship was won by the team from Ontario, who went on to represent Canada at the 2018 World Mixed Curling Championship.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [40, 40], "content_span": [41, 308]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278086-0000-0000", "contents": "2018 Canadian Mixed Doubles Curling Championship\nThe 2018 Canadian Mixed Doubles Curling Championship was held from March 28 to April 1 at Ken's Furniture Arena and Robinson Arena in Leduc, Alberta", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 48], "section_span": [48, 48], "content_span": [49, 197]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278087-0000-0000", "contents": "2018 Canadian Mixed Doubles Curling Olympic Trials\nThe 2018 Canadian Mixed Doubles Curling Olympic Trials, also known as the Canad Inns Canadian Mixed Doubles Trials, were held from January 2 to 7 at the Stride Place in Portage la Prairie, Manitoba. The winners of this event represented Canada at the 2018 Winter Olympics.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 50], "section_span": [50, 50], "content_span": [51, 324]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278087-0001-0000", "contents": "2018 Canadian Mixed Doubles Curling Olympic Trials, Teams\nTeams qualified for these Olympic Trials by virtue of their results at the past two Canadian Mixed Doubles Curling Championships as well as their standing on the Canadian Mixed Doubles Rankings (CMDR). Members of Canada's Olympic four-player teams are not eligible to compete in the Canadian Mixed Doubles Trials because of the rigours of the Olympic curling schedule. If their teammate qualified for the Olympics as part of a four-player team, they must name a replacement to compete alongside them in the Trials.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 50], "section_span": [52, 57], "content_span": [58, 572]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278087-0002-0000", "contents": "2018 Canadian Mixed Doubles Curling Olympic Trials, Teams\nThe teams that qualified for the trials are listed as follows:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 50], "section_span": [52, 57], "content_span": [58, 120]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278088-0000-0000", "contents": "2018 Canadian Ringette Championships\n2018 Canadian Ringette Championships was 40th edition of Canadian Ringette Championships. It was a national ringette tournament held from April 9 to April 14, 2018 at Winnipeg, Manitoba.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [36, 36], "content_span": [37, 223]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278088-0001-0000", "contents": "2018 Canadian Ringette Championships, Results\nx denotes that team clinches first round (U16) or quarterfinal (U19)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 45], "content_span": [46, 114]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278089-0000-0000", "contents": "2018 Canadian Rugby Championship\nThe 2018 Canadian Rugby Championship was the 10th season of the Canadian Rugby Championship. The competition took place between July 27 and August 26, 2018. The format for the 2018 season saw two double headed regional matches, followed by semi-finals and ranking finals.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [32, 32], "content_span": [33, 304]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278089-0001-0000", "contents": "2018 Canadian Rugby Championship\nThe Ontario Blues beat the Atlantic Rock in the final; claiming their sixth Canadian Rugby Championship.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [32, 32], "content_span": [33, 137]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278090-0000-0000", "contents": "2018 Canadian Senior Curling Championships\nThe 2018 Canadian Senior Curling Championships was held March 24 to 29, 2018 in Stratford, Ontario.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [42, 42], "content_span": [43, 142]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278091-0000-0000", "contents": "2018 Canadian Soccer League season\nThe 2018 Canadian Soccer League season was the 21st season under the Canadian Soccer League name. The season began on May 13, 2018 and concluded on October 13, 2018 with the CSL Championship final held at Centennial Park Stadium in Toronto, Ontario. FC Vorkuta won their first championship by defeating Scarborough SC in a penalty shootout. Vorkuta found further success in the Second Division by winning their first CSL double after defeating Halton United in the finals. Meanwhile FC Ukraine United claimed the First Division title.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [34, 34], "content_span": [35, 569]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278091-0001-0000", "contents": "2018 Canadian Soccer League season\nThe First Division saw an increase to 9 teams, while the Second Division decreased in size to 6 teams. The First Division returned to the territories of Hamilton, Mississauga, and the promotion of FC Ukraine United. While new entries to the Second Division included the return of Milton SC, and the debut of Scarborough SC's reserve squad.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [34, 34], "content_span": [35, 374]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278091-0002-0000", "contents": "2018 Canadian Soccer League season, Summary\nThe main narrative of the season was the race for the First division title between FC Ukraine United and FC Vorkuta. The outcome was determined on the final match of the season with Ukraine United edging Vorkuta out with a higher goal differential by five goals. Though Vorkuta would achieve success in the postseason by claiming its first CSL Championship. The organization made further advances in the Second division as its reserve squad secured the double (division title and DII Championship). In preparation for the season Vorkuta managed to secure Ukraine United's general manager Denys Yanchuk and continued in the club's practice of foreign recruitment from the Ukrainian football market.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 43], "content_span": [44, 741]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278091-0003-0000", "contents": "2018 Canadian Soccer League season, Summary\nAfter producing a perfect season in the Second division Ukraine United returned to the top division in 2018. Andrei Malychenkov resumed his coaching duties, and retained the majority of his previous roster with additional imports from the Ukraine. From the onset of the season the club remained highly competitive, and battled with rivals Vorkuta for supremacy of the division. Vorkuta held the top position for sixteen consecutive weeks until Ukraine United usurped the position for the final five weeks of the season. The western Toronto team ultimately reached the second round of the playoffs and succumbed to Scarborough SC.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 43], "content_span": [44, 673]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278091-0004-0000", "contents": "2018 Canadian Soccer League season, Summary\nThe third position in the First division was a highly contested spot with Hamilton City, Scarborough SC, Serbian White Eagles, and SC Waterloo Region competing with one another. The White Eagles achieved a five game undefeated streak and held the spot for two weeks. Shortly their performance dwindled and fluctuated between the fourth and fifth position to conclude the season in the sixth spot. Following their mediocre 2017 season SC Waterloo named Radivoj Pani\u0107 as the head coach, and assembled a roster with a mixture of league veterans with European imports from the Western Balkans. After a slow start to the season the club rebounded to a seven match undefeated streak, and secured the third position on the final match of the regular season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 43], "content_span": [44, 794]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278091-0005-0000", "contents": "2018 Canadian Soccer League season, Summary\nScarborough SC continued to develop as an elite club with Zoran Rajovi\u0107 being assigned head coach responsibilities. Rajovi\u0107 took advantage of the influx of European imports to the league, and a player agreement to acquire talent from York Region Shooters was negotiated. One notable re-signing was the return of Canadian international Adrian Cann as team captain.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 43], "content_span": [44, 407]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278091-0005-0001", "contents": "2018 Canadian Soccer League season, Summary\nThe acquisitions produced dividends for the eastern Toronto club as they held the coveted third position for the majority of the season for a total of sixteen weeks until forfeiting it on the final week to Waterloo on an account of a greater goal difference. In the postseason the club reached the championship final for the second consecutive season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 43], "content_span": [44, 395]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278091-0006-0000", "contents": "2018 Canadian Soccer League season, Summary\nAfter a year hiatus from the league Hamilton City returned under new management with Sa\u0161a Vukovi\u0107 as owner and head coach. The club experienced a transitional stage with fewer imports from abroad and more reliance on talent from their previous reserve team. Hamilton managed to produce an average season enough to secure a playoff berth with just four points away from the third position. The final two postseason berths were secured by Brantford Galaxy, and SC Real Mississauga. After the departure of Vukovic the Galaxy brought in Milan Prpa as head coach and the team assembled by Prpa remained primarily the same as the previous seasons with many veterans returning.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 43], "content_span": [44, 715]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278091-0007-0000", "contents": "2018 Canadian Soccer League season, Summary\nThe season also witnessed the return of professional soccer to the Peel Region with CSC Mississauga and SC Real Mississauga representing the city of Mississauga. Real Mississauga, an academy founded by league veteran Krum Bibishkov, received a franchise in the CSL. They primarily competed with Brantford throughout the season and secured a playoff berth. CSC Mississauga struggled to make an impact as they remained at the bottom of the standings for the majority of the season. In the Second division Burlington SC were renamed Halton United, and were the primary competitors to FC Vorkuta B. For eleven weeks Halton retained the second position and reached the championship final.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 43], "content_span": [44, 727]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278091-0008-0000", "contents": "2018 Canadian Soccer League season, First Division, Changes from 2017\nClub membership increased in the First Division from eight members to nine. Changes included the return of FC Ukraine United from the Second Division with further new additions from two Mississauga franchises CSC Mississauga, and Real Mississauga SC. The division also saw the return of Hamilton City SC from its one year hiatus under new club management. The York Region Shooters failed to feature an active squad for the season as owner Tony De Thomasis became involved with Unionville Milliken SC in League1 Ontario.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 69], "content_span": [70, 589]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278091-0009-0000", "contents": "2018 Canadian Soccer League season, Second Division, Changes from 2017\nThe Second Division decreased in size to six member as FC Ukraine United were promoted to the First Division, and Royal Toronto FC became inactive for the season. SC Waterloo B, London City were disbanded, and Milton SC returned to the Second Division. Another new entry was through Scarborough SC as they began operating a reserve team for the first time. Other changes included the renaming of Burlington SC to Halton United.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 70], "content_span": [71, 498]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278092-0000-0000", "contents": "2018 Canadian U18 Curling Championships\nThe 2018 Canadian U18 Curling Championships was held from April 9 to 14 at the W.C. O'Neill Arena Complex and Heather Curling Club in Saint Andrews, New Brunswick.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [39, 39], "content_span": [40, 203]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278093-0000-0000", "contents": "2018 Canadian U18 Curling Championships \u2013 Men's tournament\nThe men's tournament of the 2018 Canadian U18 Curling Championships was held from April 9 to 14 at the W.C. O'Neill Arena Complex and Heather Curling Club in Saint Andrews, New Brunswick.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 58], "section_span": [58, 58], "content_span": [59, 246]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278094-0000-0000", "contents": "2018 Canadian U18 Curling Championships \u2013 Women's tournament\nThe women's tournament of the 2018 Canadian U18 Curling Championships was held from April 9 to 14 at the W.C. O'Neill Arena Complex and Heather Curling Club in Saint Andrews, New Brunswick.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 60], "section_span": [60, 60], "content_span": [61, 250]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278095-0000-0000", "contents": "2018 Canadian banknote series\nThe eighth series of banknotes of the Canadian dollar was first released by the Bank of Canada in 2018. Like the preceding 2011 Frontier series, the 2018 series consists of polymer banknotes designed for increased durability and to incorporate more security features. It is the first series issued by the Bank of Canada printed in a vertical configuration.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [29, 29], "content_span": [30, 386]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278095-0001-0000", "contents": "2018 Canadian banknote series\nThe banknotes were designed by the Canadian Bank Note Company, which also prints the banknotes. The first note, the $10 bill featuring Viola Desmond, was revealed on International Women's Day, March 8, 2018, and was released to the public on November 19, 2018. Future notes will come at a slower pace than previous series to allow technological innovations to be worked into their design as time goes on.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [29, 29], "content_span": [30, 434]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278095-0002-0000", "contents": "2018 Canadian banknote series, $5 note\nIn January 2020, the Bank of Canada confirmed it would begin soliciting suggestions for the historic Canadian who would replace Wilfrid Laurier on the $5 note. The Bank of Canada released a shortlist of candidates under consideration for the bill in November 2020 which included figures such as Pitseolak Ashoona, Won Alexander Cumyow, Terry Fox, and others.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 38], "content_span": [39, 397]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278095-0003-0000", "contents": "2018 Canadian banknote series, $10 note\nThe $10 note is purple, and the obverse features a portrait of Viola Desmond, a Black Nova Scotian businesswoman who challenged racial segregation at a film theatre in New Glasgow, Nova Scotia, in 1946. The background of the portrait is a colourful rendition of the street grid of Halifax, Nova Scotia, including the waterfront, Citadel, and Gottingen Street, where Desmond's Studio of Beauty Culture was located. Foil features on the note face include both the Flag and Coat of Arms of Canada. This is the first Canadian banknote to feature neither a prime minister nor a member of the royal family in its solo portrait, and the first to feature a solo female Canadian other than the Queen.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 39], "content_span": [40, 733]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278095-0004-0000", "contents": "2018 Canadian banknote series, $10 note\nThe reverse features the Canadian Museum for Human Rights in Winnipeg, Manitoba. Part of the background pattern mirrors the museum's interior architecture and its ramps connecting multiple levels. A foil eagle feather is prominent, symbolizing ideals such as truth, power and freedom. A quotation from section 15 of the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms appears in both English and French.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 39], "content_span": [40, 435]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278095-0005-0000", "contents": "2018 Canadian banknote series, $10 note\nThe foil window at the base of the note includes an iridescent rendering of the Library of Parliament's vaulted dome ceiling, which can be seen from both sides of the note.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 39], "content_span": [40, 212]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278095-0006-0000", "contents": "2018 Canadian banknote series, $10 note\nIn 2019, the International Bank Note Society awarded the design the top prize in its annual banknote design competition. It won against new currency designs from Switzerland, Norway, Russia and the Solomon Islands.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 39], "content_span": [40, 254]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278096-0000-0000", "contents": "2018 Canadian cabinet reshuffle\nOn 18 July 2018, Prime Minister of Canada Justin Trudeau carried out a significant reshuffle of his ministry. This included the adding of 5 new ministry positions, expanding the previous size of cabinet from 30 to 35. The cabinet remained gender balanced.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [31, 31], "content_span": [32, 287]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278096-0001-0000", "contents": "2018 Canadian cabinet reshuffle, Reaction\nThe appointment of Bill Blair as the new Minister of Border Security and Organized Crime Reduction was praised by Opposition Immigration Critic Michelle Rempel, in response to an increase of illegal crossings of the Canada\u2013United States border. The Deputy Leader of the Opposition Lisa Raitt called the reshuffle a \"desperate attempt to hit the reset button before the next election\".", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 41], "content_span": [42, 427]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278096-0002-0000", "contents": "2018 Canadian cabinet reshuffle, Reaction\nThe reshuffle was labeled by CBC News as Trudeau's re-election kickoff for the 2019 federal election.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 41], "content_span": [42, 143]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278097-0000-0000", "contents": "2018 Canadian federal budget\nThe Canadian federal budget for fiscal year 2018\u20132019 was presented to the Canadian House of Commons by Finance Minister Bill Morneau on February 27, 2018 as the omnibus Budget Implementation Act, 2018, No. 1. The deficit was projected to be $18.1 billion, including a $3 billion adjustment for risk. This was later refined to $14.0 billion when the Annual Financial Report of the Government of Canada for Fiscal Year 2018\u20132019 was released.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [28, 28], "content_span": [29, 470]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278097-0001-0000", "contents": "2018 Canadian federal budget, Financial situation\nIn the Annual Financial Report of the Government of Canada for 2018 - 2019, the Minister of Finance said that the budgetary deficit was $14.0 billion for the FY ending March 31, 2019 and that revenues \"increased by $21.0 billion, or 6.7 per cent, from 2017\u201318.\" There was an increase of 4.7 per cent ($14.6 billion) in program expenses. The federal debt was $685.5 billion and debt-to-GDP (gross domestic product) ratio was 30.9 per cent which is a decrease from 31.3 per cent in 2018.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 49], "content_span": [50, 535]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278097-0001-0001", "contents": "2018 Canadian federal budget, Financial situation\nPublic debt charges that had reached a peak of about \"30 percent in the mid-1990s\" were down to \"6.7 per cent of expenses in 2018\u201319.\" The report said there was strong growth in most regions of the world in 2016 and 2017 and that global economic expansion was more moderate in 2018. Canada's real GDP grew 3.0 per cent in 2017 and 1.9 per cent in 2018. From the fall of 2015 through March 2019, Canada has added 1 million jobs. The unemployment rate reached its lowest level since 1979.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 49], "content_span": [50, 536]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278097-0002-0000", "contents": "2018 Canadian federal budget, Financial situation, Oil prices\nOil prices dropped in the second half of 2018 globally. The price of West Texas Intermediate crude oil increased to nearly US$70 per barrel in October, 2018 which represents its \"highest level since before the oil shock.\" By December WTI dropped to below US$50 per barrel.\" As a result of the lower price of oil at the end of the year, Canada's nominal GDP was more moderate in 2018 than 2017.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 61], "content_span": [62, 455]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278097-0003-0000", "contents": "2018 Canadian federal budget, Highlights, GGPPA\nThe Greenhouse Gas Pollution Pricing Act under the mask of the Budget Implementation Act 2018, in Part 4.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 47], "content_span": [48, 153]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278097-0004-0000", "contents": "2018 Canadian federal budget, Highlights, SNC-Lavalin affair\nThe SNC-Lavalin affair was created as a result of Division 20 of Part 6.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 60], "content_span": [61, 133]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278097-0005-0000", "contents": "2018 Canadian federal budget, Highlights, Environment and Climate Change Canada\nThe federal budget presented in February 2018 included an increase in Environment and Climate Change Canada's budget to $1.5 billion which represents an increase of 53.5 per cent \"more than it was initially allocated\" in 2017 and \"23.1 per cent more than it ended up spending\" in 2017.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 79], "content_span": [80, 365]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278098-0000-0000", "contents": "2018 Canadian honours\nThe following are the appointments to various Canadian Honours of 2018. Usually, they are announced as part of the New Year and Canada Day celebrations and are published within the Canada Gazette during year. This follows the custom set out within the United Kingdom which publishes its appoints of various British Honours for New Year's and for monarch's official birthday. However, instead of the midyear appointments announced on Victoria Day, the official birthday of the Canadian Monarch, this custom has been transferred with the celebration of Canadian Confederation and the creation of the Order of Canada", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [21, 21], "content_span": [22, 635]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278098-0001-0000", "contents": "2018 Canadian honours\nHowever, as the Canada Gazette publishes appointment to various orders, decorations and medal, either Canadian or from Commonwealth and foreign states, this article will reference all Canadians so honoured during the 2018 calendar year.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [21, 21], "content_span": [22, 258]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278098-0002-0000", "contents": "2018 Canadian honours\nProvincial and Territorial Honours are not listed within the Canada Gazette, however they are listed within the various publications of each provincial government. Provincial and territorial honours are listed within the page.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [21, 21], "content_span": [22, 248]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278098-0003-0000", "contents": "2018 Canadian honours, Meritorious Service Decorations, Secret appointments\n16 June 2018: Her Excellency the Right Honourable Julie Payette, Governor General and Commander-in-Chief of Canada, on the recommendation of the Chief of the Defence Staff, has awarded seven Meritorious Service Medals to members of the Canadian Armed Forces for military activities of high standard that have brought great honour to the Canadian Armed Forces and to Canada. For security and operational reasons, the names and citations of the recipients have not been released.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 75], "content_span": [76, 553]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278099-0000-0000", "contents": "2018 Canberra Challenger\nThe 2018 Canberra Challenger was a professional tennis tournament played on outdoor hard courts. It was the third edition of the tournament which was a part of the 2018 ATP Challenger Tour. It took place in Canberra, Australia between 8 and 13 January 2018.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [24, 24], "content_span": [25, 282]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278099-0001-0000", "contents": "2018 Canberra Challenger, Singles main draw entrants, Other Entrants\nThe following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 68], "content_span": [69, 137]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278100-0000-0000", "contents": "2018 Canberra Challenger \u2013 Doubles\nAndre Begemann and Jan-Lennard Struff were the defending champions but chose not to defend their title.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [34, 34], "content_span": [35, 138]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278100-0001-0000", "contents": "2018 Canberra Challenger \u2013 Doubles\nJonathan Erlich and Divij Sharan won the title after defeating Hans Podlipnik-Castillo and Andrei Vasilevski 7\u20136(7\u20131), 6\u20132 in the final.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [34, 34], "content_span": [35, 171]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278101-0000-0000", "contents": "2018 Canberra Challenger \u2013 Singles\nDudi Sela was the defending champion but lost in the first round to Hugo Grenier.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [34, 34], "content_span": [35, 116]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278101-0001-0000", "contents": "2018 Canberra Challenger \u2013 Singles\nAndreas Seppi won the title after defeating M\u00e1rton Fucsovics 5\u20137, 6\u20134, 6\u20133 in the final.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [34, 34], "content_span": [35, 123]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278102-0000-0000", "contents": "2018 Canberra Raiders season\nThe 2018 Canberra Raiders season was the 37th in the club's history. Coached by Ricky Stuart and captained by Jarrod Croker, the Raiders completed the NRL's 2018 Telstra Premiership in 10th place and did not qualify for the finals.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [28, 28], "content_span": [29, 260]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278102-0001-0000", "contents": "2018 Canberra Raiders season, 2018 Meninga Medal Award Winners\nGordon McLucas Memorial Junior Representative Player of the Year - Jack Murchie", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 62], "content_span": [63, 142]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278102-0002-0000", "contents": "2018 Canberra Raiders season, 2018 Meninga Medal Award Winners\nFred Daly Memorial Club Person of the Year \u2013 Michael Oldfield", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 62], "content_span": [63, 124]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278103-0000-0000", "contents": "2018 Canberra Rugby League\nThe 2018 Canberra Raiders Cup was the 21st season of the cup, the top division Rugby League club competition in Canberra. The 2018 Canberra Raiders Cup consisted of 18 regular season rounds that began on the 5th of April and ended on the 11th of August. There was 3 playoff rounds, beginning on the 18th of August with the major semi-final, and ending on the 2nd of September with the Grand Final.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [26, 26], "content_span": [27, 424]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278103-0001-0000", "contents": "2018 Canberra Rugby League, Teams\nThere was 9 teams playing in 2018. 5 teams from Canberra, 2 from Queanbeyan, 1 from Yass, and 1 from Goulburn.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 33], "content_span": [34, 145]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278103-0002-0000", "contents": "2018 Canberra Rugby League, Teams\nAll 9 clubs fielded a team in the reserve grade competition. And 6 clubs will field a team in the under 18's competition.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 33], "content_span": [34, 155]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278103-0003-0000", "contents": "2018 Canberra Rugby League, George Tooke Shield Results (Second Division), Teams\nThere were 9 teams playing in 2018. 3 teams from Canberra. 6 teams from New South Wales towns surrounding Canberra.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 80], "content_span": [81, 196]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278103-0004-0000", "contents": "2018 Canberra Rugby League, George Tooke Shield Results (Second Division), Teams\n5 clubs fielded a side in the second division under 18's competition.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 80], "content_span": [81, 150]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278104-0000-0000", "contents": "2018 Canberra Tennis International\nThe 2018 Canberra Tennis International was a professional tennis tournament played on outdoor hard courts. It was the fourth edition of the tournament and was part of the 2018 ATP Challenger Tour and the 2018 ITF Women's Circuit. It took place in Canberra, Australia, on 29 October\u20134 November 2018.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [34, 34], "content_span": [35, 333]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278104-0001-0000", "contents": "2018 Canberra Tennis International, Men's singles main draw entrants, Other entrants\nThe following players received a wildcard into the singles main draw:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 84], "content_span": [85, 154]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278104-0002-0000", "contents": "2018 Canberra Tennis International, Women's singles main draw entrants, Other entrants\nThe following players received a wildcard into the singles main draw:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 86], "content_span": [87, 156]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278105-0000-0000", "contents": "2018 Canberra Tennis International \u2013 Men's Doubles\nAlex Bolt and Bradley Mousley were the defending champions but only Mousley chose to defend his title, partnering Akira Santillan. Mousley lost in the quarterfinals to Evan Hoyt and Wu Tung-lin.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 50], "section_span": [50, 50], "content_span": [51, 245]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278105-0001-0000", "contents": "2018 Canberra Tennis International \u2013 Men's Doubles\nHoyt and Wu won the title after defeating Jeremy Beale and Thomas Fancutt 7\u20136(7\u20135), 5\u20137, [10\u20138] in the final.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 50], "section_span": [50, 50], "content_span": [51, 160]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278106-0000-0000", "contents": "2018 Canberra Tennis International \u2013 Men's Singles\nMatthew Ebden was the defending champion but chose not to defend his title.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 50], "section_span": [50, 50], "content_span": [51, 126]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278106-0001-0000", "contents": "2018 Canberra Tennis International \u2013 Men's Singles\nJordan Thompson won the title after defeating Nicola Kuhn 6\u20131, 5\u20137, 6\u20134 in the final.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 50], "section_span": [50, 50], "content_span": [51, 136]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278107-0000-0000", "contents": "2018 Canberra Tennis International \u2013 Women's Doubles\nAsia Muhammad and Arina Rodionova were the defending champions, but Muhammad chose not to participate.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 52], "section_span": [52, 52], "content_span": [53, 155]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278107-0001-0000", "contents": "2018 Canberra Tennis International \u2013 Women's Doubles\nRodionova played alongside Ellen Perez and successfully defended her title, defeating Destanee Aiava and Naiktha Bains in the final, 6\u20137(5\u20137), 6\u20133, [10\u20137].", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 52], "section_span": [52, 52], "content_span": [53, 208]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278108-0000-0000", "contents": "2018 Canberra Tennis International \u2013 Women's Singles\nOlivia Rogowska was the defending champion, but lost in the final to Zoe Hives, 6\u20134, 6\u20132.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 52], "section_span": [52, 52], "content_span": [53, 142]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278109-0000-0000", "contents": "2018 Cannes Film Festival\nThe 71st annual Cannes Film Festival was held from 8 to 19 May 2018. Australian actress Cate Blanchett acted as President of the Jury. The Japanese film Shoplifters, directed by Hirokazu Kore-eda, won the Palme d'Or.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [25, 25], "content_span": [26, 242]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278109-0001-0000", "contents": "2018 Cannes Film Festival\nAsghar Farhadi's psychological thriller Everybody Knows, starring Javier Bardem, Pen\u00e9lope Cruz and Ricardo Dar\u00edn, opened the festival and competed in the Main Competition section. It was the second Spanish-language film to open Cannes, following Pedro Almod\u00f3var's Bad Education, which screened on the opening night of the 2004 festival.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [25, 25], "content_span": [26, 362]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278109-0002-0000", "contents": "2018 Cannes Film Festival\nThe official festival poster features Jean-Paul Belmondo and Anna Karina from Jean-Luc Godard's 1965 film Pierrot le Fou. It is the second time the festival poster was inspired by Godard's film after his 1963 film Contempt at the 2016 festival. According to festival's official statement, the poster is inspired by and paid tribute to the work of French photographer Georges Pierre.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [25, 25], "content_span": [26, 408]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278109-0003-0000", "contents": "2018 Cannes Film Festival, Official selection, In competition\nThe following films were selected to compete for the Palme d'Or:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 61], "content_span": [62, 126]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278109-0004-0000", "contents": "2018 Cannes Film Festival, Official selection, Un Certain Regard\nThe following films were selected to compete in the Un Certain Regard section:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 64], "content_span": [65, 143]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278109-0005-0000", "contents": "2018 Cannes Film Festival, Official selection, Out of competition\nThe following films were selected to be screened out of competition:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 65], "content_span": [66, 134]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278109-0006-0000", "contents": "2018 Cannes Film Festival, Official selection, Special screenings\nThe following films were selected be shown in the special screenings section:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 65], "content_span": [66, 143]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278109-0007-0000", "contents": "2018 Cannes Film Festival, Official selection, Cannes Classics\nThe full line-up for the Cannes Classics section was announced on 23 April 2018.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 62], "content_span": [63, 143]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278109-0008-0000", "contents": "2018 Cannes Film Festival, Official selection, Cin\u00e9ma de la Plage\nThe Cin\u00e9ma de la Plage is a part of the Official Selection of the festival. The outdoors screenings at the beach cinema of Cannes are open to the public.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 65], "content_span": [66, 219]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278109-0009-0000", "contents": "2018 Cannes Film Festival, Parallel sections, International Critics' Week\nThe following films were selected for the International Critics' Week section:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 73], "content_span": [74, 152]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278109-0010-0000", "contents": "2018 Cannes Film Festival, Parallel sections, Directors' Fortnight\nThe following films were selected to be screened in the Directors' Fortnight section:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 66], "content_span": [67, 152]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278109-0011-0000", "contents": "2018 Cannes Film Festival, In the news, Netflix films\nA ban on Netflix films in competition, which came about after the streaming giant refused to show them in French cinemas, has meant the issues of streaming and distribution have also been hot topics. The issue prompted Juror Ava DuVernay, who made 13th for Netflix, to make a plea for \"flexibility of thought\".", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 53], "content_span": [54, 364]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278109-0012-0000", "contents": "2018 Cannes Film Festival, In the news, Netflix films\nIn March and April 2018, weeks before general delegate Thierry Fr\u00e9maux was set to unveil the official selection, reports suggested streaming service Netflix was to pull its already-selected films from premiering at the festival in retaliation for the barring of Netflix films from competing. They were still allowed to premiere in other sections, and many reportedly opted for an Out of Competition berth. The films affected were Alfonso Cuar\u00f3n's Roma, Morgan Neville's They'll Love Me When I'm Dead, Orson Welles' final film The Other Side of the Wind, Paul Greengrass' Norway, and Jeremy Saulnier's Hold the Dark.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 53], "content_span": [54, 669]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278109-0013-0000", "contents": "2018 Cannes Film Festival, In the news, Netflix films\nUltimately, Netflix pulled all of their films from selection. Notably, in the press conference announcement, Fr\u00e9maux commented that he wanted The Other Side of the Wind and had planned to screen it as a special screening with the Welles-related documentary They'll Love Me When I'm Dead. He also noted that he had selected Roma for competition.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 53], "content_span": [54, 398]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278109-0014-0000", "contents": "2018 Cannes Film Festival, In the news, Lars von Trier\nDanish film director Lars von Trier returned to Cannes with his film The House That Jack Built, after he was declared \"persona non grata\" at the 2011 festival.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 54], "content_span": [55, 214]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278109-0015-0000", "contents": "2018 Cannes Film Festival, In the news, Gender equality\nThe chair of the jury Cate Blanchett has called for gender parity at the Cannes Film Festival, calling it \"almost a gladiatorial sport\". However, she concedes that there has been improvements and the change \"won't happen overnight\".", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 55], "content_span": [56, 288]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278109-0016-0000", "contents": "2018 Cannes Film Festival, In the news, Gender equality\nDuring the festival, 82 female film professionals, led by Jury president Cate Blanchett and veteran director Agn\u00e8s Varda, took part to a demonstration on the red carpet, demanding more equality between men and women in the film industry, notably the end of the pay gap.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 55], "content_span": [56, 325]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278109-0017-0000", "contents": "2018 Cannes Film Festival, In the news, Gender equality\nThe festival launched a sexual harassment hotline in partnership with France\u2019s Ministry of Gender Equality where victims of harassment and abuse could receive support and guidance by calling a dedicated number.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 55], "content_span": [56, 266]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278110-0000-0000", "contents": "2018 Cannock Chase District Council election\nElections to Cannock Chase District Council took place on 3 May 2018 on the same day as other local elections in England. A third of the council was up for election, meaning a total of 13 councillors were elected from all but two of the council's wards.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [44, 44], "content_span": [45, 298]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278110-0001-0000", "contents": "2018 Cannock Chase District Council election\nThe Labour Party held control of the council by maintaining its slim majority of one. Labour held the six seats they previously won at the 2014 election but did not gain any seats from other parties. Unlike previous years, several Labour candidates stood as joint Labour and Co-operative candidates and three were elected, giving the Co-operative Party its first representation on the council.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [44, 44], "content_span": [45, 438]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278110-0002-0000", "contents": "2018 Cannock Chase District Council election\nThe Conservatives strengthened their position as the largest opposition group on the council by increasing their number to 15 councillors. They were the main beneficiaries from the collapse in the UKIP vote, increasing their share by just over 20% which reversed the ground they had lost to UKIP at the 2014 election. Their numbers were previously boosted by the defection of two sitting UKIP councillors whose four-year terms were coming to an end; they held onto their seats in these areas whilst also gaining a seat from UKIP and another from an independent in Rugeley, leaving them with four gains. The Conservatives received the highest number of votes but won one seat less than Labour due to their large majorities compared with most Labour-held seats.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [44, 44], "content_span": [45, 804]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278110-0003-0000", "contents": "2018 Cannock Chase District Council election\nMeanwhile, the Green Party were the only other party to gain a seat at this election after winning the Rawnsley ward which had previously been held by UKIP; this was the only direct Green gain from UKIP in the whole country and increased the size of the Green group on the council to three. The Greens stood candidates in all but two wards and gained a higher share of the vote than in 2015 and 2016.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [44, 44], "content_span": [45, 445]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278110-0004-0000", "contents": "2018 Cannock Chase District Council election\nThe Liberal Democrats fielded three candidates in their former stronghold of Rugeley. They held onto their last remaining seat in Brereton & Ravenhill but their vote continued to decline in other areas. UKIP stood candidates in seven wards but were not successful in maintaining their seat in Heath Hayes East & Wimblebury or regaining the other three seats they won in 2014. UKIP's share of the vote plummeted by 30%, dropping by as much as 37% in some wards where they stood a candidate. There were two independent candidates, including the sitting councillor for the Western Springs ward who lost his seat to Conservatives.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [44, 44], "content_span": [45, 671]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278110-0005-0000", "contents": "2018 Cannock Chase District Council election, Results, Council Composition\nPrior to the election, the composition of the council was:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [46, 74], "content_span": [75, 133]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278110-0006-0000", "contents": "2018 Cannock Chase District Council election, Ward results\nVote share changes are based on the results achieved by parties in 2014 when these seats were last contested.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [46, 58], "content_span": [59, 168]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278111-0000-0000", "contents": "2018 Canoe Marathon European Championships\nThe 2018 Canoe Marathon European Championships is the fifteenth edition of the Canoe Marathon European Championships, which took place between 5 and 8 July 2018 at Metkovi\u0107, Croatia. The competition consisted of seventeen events \u2013 ten in kayak and seven in canoe \u2013 divided into junior, under\u201323 and senior categories.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [42, 42], "content_span": [43, 360]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278112-0000-0000", "contents": "2018 Canoe Slalom World Cup\nThe 2018 Canoe Slalom World Cup was a series of five races in 5 canoeing and kayaking categories organized by the International Canoe Federation (ICF). It was the 31st edition. The men's C2 event was removed from the World Cup program before the start of the season by the ICF and was replaced by the mixed C2 event. This was the first season when points were awarded also for the Extreme K1 events.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [27, 27], "content_span": [28, 427]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278112-0001-0000", "contents": "2018 Canoe Slalom World Cup, Calendar\nThe series opened with World Cup Race 1 in Liptovsk\u00fd Mikul\u00e1\u0161, Slovakia (22\u201324 June) and ended with the World Cup Final in La Seu d'Urgell, Spain (7\u20139 September) for the traditional canoe slalom events. The World Championships counted for the overall world cup standings of the Extreme K1 events, but not for the traditional canoe slalom events.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 37], "content_span": [38, 382]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278112-0002-0000", "contents": "2018 Canoe Slalom World Cup, Standings\nThe winner of each race was awarded 60 points (double points were awarded for the World Cup Final for all the competitors who reach at least the semifinal stage, double points were also awarded for the World Championships in Extreme K1 events). Points for lower places differed from one category to another. Every participant was guaranteed at least 2 points for participation and 5 points for qualifying for the semifinal run (10 points in the World Cup Final). If two or more athletes or boats were equal on points, the ranking was determined by their positions in the World Cup Final.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 38], "content_span": [39, 626]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278112-0003-0000", "contents": "2018 Canoe Slalom World Cup, Results, World Cup Race 4\n31 August \u2013 2 September in Tacen, Slovenia. The semifinals and finals of the women's C1 and men's K1 events that were scheduled for 2 September were canceled due to floods. The results of the heats were taken as final results for the world cup standings. The extreme K1 events were also canceled.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 54], "content_span": [55, 351]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278113-0000-0000", "contents": "2018 Canoe Sprint European Championships\nThe 2018 Canoe Sprint European Championships was the 30th edition of the Canoe Sprint European Championships, an international sprint canoe/kayak and paracanoe event organised by the European Canoe Association, and was held in Belgrade, Serbia, between 8 and 10 June.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [40, 40], "content_span": [41, 308]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278114-0000-0000", "contents": "2018 Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs season\nThe 2018 Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs season was the 84th in the club's history. Coached by Dean Pay, they finished the National Rugby League's 2018 Telstra Premiership in 12th place and did not qualify for the finals.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [41, 41], "content_span": [42, 262]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278115-0000-0000", "contents": "2018 Cape Fear River coal ash spill\nIn September 2018, a dam failure caused by Hurricane Florence led to the leakage of coal ash into the Cape Fear River about five miles northwest of Wilmington, North Carolina. The coal ash came from two storage areas (ash ponds) owned and operated by Duke Energy. Contaminants from the coal ash may have leached into the water source but long term testing has yet to be done by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency or other environmental agencies. Clean up efforts were led by Duke Energy and mostly consisted of skimming the coal ash off the top of the water.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [35, 35], "content_span": [36, 600]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278115-0001-0000", "contents": "2018 Cape Fear River coal ash spill, Incident\nOn September 14, 2018 Hurricane Florence hit the coast line of North Carolina. While the almost 2 feet (0.61\u00a0m) of water that the area received was bad for the dams and catch ponds of the area, the real issues came along when the storm moved inland, dumping more rain water into the Cape Fear River. The flood water produced by the storm damaged the earthen dams built around Sutton Lake, which is used as a reservoir for cooling water.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 45], "content_span": [46, 482]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278115-0001-0001", "contents": "2018 Cape Fear River coal ash spill, Incident\nThe breach in the earthen dams allowed for water to rush into several coal ash storage areas where roughly 400,000 cubic yards (310,000\u00a0m3) of coal ash was stored. Once the water entered the storage areas the coal ash was able to flow out of the storage areas into the Sutton Lake and then into the Cape Fear River.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 45], "content_span": [46, 361]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278115-0002-0000", "contents": "2018 Cape Fear River coal ash spill, Environmental impact\nThere are a few major issues that come along with coal ash spills into large bodies of water. The most visible issue is the turbidity of the coal ash that is dissolved into the water. This is more of a long term issue for the lake than the river because in the lake the ash will be more likely to settle onto the lake bottom, and only run the risk of being stirred up again during the next major storm or other event that will stir up the lake bottom.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 57], "content_span": [58, 509]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278115-0002-0001", "contents": "2018 Cape Fear River coal ash spill, Environmental impact\nThe river is a high energy environment so it will be less likely to settle on the bottom and the coal ash will thus mostly flow along the river and eventually be deposited in the ocean. The second issue that arises from coal ash being introduced into the Cape Fear River is the high levels of heavy metals that will leach out of the coal ash. Examples of these metals are mercury, lead, selenium, all of which have negative effects on not only human health (when the water is used as drinking water, for example) but also on any wildlife that comes into contact with this contaminated water.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 57], "content_span": [58, 649]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278115-0003-0000", "contents": "2018 Cape Fear River coal ash spill, Environmental impact\nDuke Energy does not argue that coal ash has leaked into the water source but the company does argue whether the drinking water supplied by the Cape Fear has reached unsafe levels of heavy metals. Duke Energy implies that some of the research that is being released by environmental groups is creating uncalled for panic among the citizenry. According to Waterkeeper Alliance, the mercury levels in the present in Sutton Lake are over seventy times greater than safe levels.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 57], "content_span": [58, 532]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278115-0004-0000", "contents": "2018 Cape Fear River coal ash spill, Economic impact\nThe economic impact has yet to be analysed but analysis of similar spills such as the 2014 Dan River coal ash spill shows that even a six month economic impact study is only a short term review of the possible issues. There are multiple costs that need to be considered, Including the ecological and recreational costs that will be add to this event will cripple the areas economy for years to come. Some of the costs may be passed through to Duke Energy customers in the form of higher rates.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 52], "content_span": [53, 546]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278116-0000-0000", "contents": "2018 Cape Town mayoral election\nAn indirect mayoral election was held at a special sitting of the Cape Town City Council on 6 November 2018 to determine the successor of former Mayor Patricia de Lille after she resigned on 31 October. Former Mayor and Provincial Minister of Community Safety, Dan Plato, of the Democratic Alliance won the election as the party holds a two-thirds majority in the city council.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [31, 31], "content_span": [32, 409]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278116-0001-0000", "contents": "2018 Cape Town mayoral election, African National Congress selection, Nominated\nXolani Sotashe, Leader of the African National Congress in the Cape Town City Council; Mayoral candidate in 2016; Member of the Cape Town City Council", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 79], "content_span": [80, 230]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278116-0002-0000", "contents": "2018 Cape Town mayoral election, African Christian Democratic Party selection, Nominated\nGrant Haskin, Leader of the African Christian Democratic Caucus; former Deputy Mayor of Cape Town; former Member of the Western Cape Provincial Parliament", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 88], "content_span": [89, 243]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278117-0000-0000", "contents": "2018 Cape Verdean Football Championships\nThe 2018 Cape Verdean Football Championship season is the 39th beginner level (likely amateur) competition of the first-tier football in Cape Verde. Also it was another season that it was sponsored by a clothing company Tecnicil, it was also known as the 2018 Cape Verdean Tecnicil football season or the 2018 Tecnicil Football Championships. The championship was governed by the Cape Verdean Football Federation. The season began earlier started on 7 April 2018 and finished on 2 June.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [40, 40], "content_span": [41, 527]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278117-0001-0000", "contents": "2018 Cape Verdean Football Championships\nAcad\u00e9mica da Praia won their only national championship title, their last Cape Verdean title was won in 1965 which was a provincial title, used until independence in 1975. Acad\u00e9mica Praia will likely to participate in the CAF Champions League competition in 2018, no runner-up of the championships, Mindelense will participate in the 2017 CAF Confederation Cup", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [40, 40], "content_span": [41, 402]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278117-0002-0000", "contents": "2018 Cape Verdean Football Championships, Overview\nThe triangular phase was used for the second straight time, fifth overall, it was also the second season with four clubs each and with playoffs. A total of 12 clubs participated in the competition, one from each island league and one who won the last season's title. The top club from each group qualified for the first time as well as the club with the most points of a second position of each group qualified into the semis.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 50], "content_span": [51, 477]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278117-0003-0000", "contents": "2018 Cape Verdean Football Championships, Overview\nThe finals featured only one leg, the last time that the championship had one leg was in 1985. The final was played in Porto Novo, the most populated place in the island of Santo Ant\u00e3o. A week after the championship final, the cup final took place.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 50], "content_span": [51, 299]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278117-0004-0000", "contents": "2018 Cape Verdean Football Championships, Overview\nA total of 12 clubs participated in the national championship (Campeonato Nacional). Cape Verdean clubs of the nine inhabited islands played between late 2017 and early 2018 in the eleven regional leagues (Santiago and Santo Ant\u00e3o ha stwo each), where each championship (league) winner qualified for the national championship. The defending champions Sporting Praia also qualified, the club finished fourth in the regional season, four positions Acad\u00e9mica Praia, made the next few seasons that a club qualified only as 2017 national champions.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 50], "content_span": [51, 594]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278117-0005-0000", "contents": "2018 Cape Verdean Football Championships, Overview\nThe season was the second time featuring three groups where the top three qualifies alongside the second placed club with the most points (if one has the same, it may include the most goals scored) into the knockout phase.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 50], "content_span": [51, 273]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278117-0006-0000", "contents": "2018 Cape Verdean Football Championships, Overview\nFC Belo Horizonte, based in Juncalinho in the east of S\u00e3o Nicolau was the recent first timer into the national championships, also it was the next from that island in nearly 28 years being fourth ever.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 50], "content_span": [51, 252]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278117-0007-0000", "contents": "2018 Cape Verdean Football Championships, Overview\nGroup A featured the champions of Boa Vista, Santo Ant\u00e3o South, Santiago South and S\u00e3o Vicente, Group B featured the champions of Brava, Santo Ant\u00e3o North, Santiago North and S\u00e3o Nicolau and Group C featured the national champion of the previous season and champions of Fogo, Maio and Sal.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 50], "content_span": [51, 340]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278117-0008-0000", "contents": "2018 Cape Verdean Football Championships, Overview\nAcad\u00e9mica Praia and Mindelense met three times in the season, the group stage and the final, the next in two seasons, also it was the first that the club met twice in group stage and once in the final.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 50], "content_span": [51, 252]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278118-0000-0000", "contents": "2018 Capital Football season\nThe 2018 Capital Football season was the sixth season under the new competition format in the Australian Capital Territory. The league premier for the new structure qualifies for the National Premier Leagues finals series, competing with the other state federation premiers in a final knockout tournament to decide the National Premier Leagues Champion for 2018.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [28, 28], "content_span": [29, 391]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278118-0001-0000", "contents": "2018 Capital Football season, League Tables, 2018 National Premier League ACT\nThe 2018 National Premier League ACT season was played over 18 rounds from March to August 2018. The league ran with nine teams after the FFA cut funding to the FFA Centre of Excellence, which wound up following the conclusion of the 2017 season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 77], "content_span": [78, 325]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278118-0002-0000", "contents": "2018 Capital Football season, League Tables, 2018 ACT Capital League\nThe 2018 ACT Capital League is the sixth edition of the Capital League as the second level domestic association football competition in the ACT. There were 18 rounds in total with five matches contested per round. The season started on 7 April 2018 and ran until 12 August 2018.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 68], "content_span": [69, 347]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278118-0003-0000", "contents": "2018 Capital Football season, League Tables, 2018 Capital Football Division 1\nThe 2018 ACT Capital Football Division 1 is the fourth edition of the Capital League Division 1 as the third level domestic association football competition in the ACT. The 2018 season consisted of 18 rounds with four matches played per round. The season started on 7 April 2018 and ran until 11 August 2018.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 77], "content_span": [78, 386]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278118-0004-0000", "contents": "2018 Capital Football season, League Tables, 2018 Women's National Premier League ACT\nThe highest tier domestic football competition in the ACT is known as the ACT Women's National Premier League (WNPL). Each team played each other three times for a total of 21 rounds, plus a finals series for the top 4 teams.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 85], "content_span": [86, 311]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278118-0005-0000", "contents": "2018 Capital Football season, Cup Competitions, 2018 Federation Cup\n2018 was the 56th edition of the Capital Football Federation Cup. The Federation cup acts as the preliminary rounds for the FFA Cup in the ACT with the Cup winner entering the subsequent FFA Cup round of 32. In 2018, the Federation Cup, which is open to all senior men's teams registered with Capital Football, consisted of two rounds, quarter-finals, semi-finals and a final. NPL clubs entered the tournament in the second round. The Cup ran from 18 March 2018 (first round) till 16 June 2018 (final). Canberra FC secured its 18th cup title and qualification to the 2018 FFA Cup with a 3\u20132 victory over Gungahlin with former Sydney FC player Kofi Danning scoring the winning goal at Woden Park.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 67], "content_span": [68, 763]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278118-0006-0000", "contents": "2018 Capital Football season, Cup Competitions, 2018 Charity Shield\n2018 was the third edition of the annual ACT Charity Shield contested to kick off the 2018 Capital Football season. Money raised from the event goes towards a nominated charity, which in 2018 was Ronald McDonald House Canberra. Canberra Olympic and Tuggeranong United contested the Shield in 2018. Olympic claimed its second consecutive Charity Shield title with a 3\u20131 victory.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 67], "content_span": [68, 445]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278119-0000-0000", "contents": "2018 Caracas drone attack\nOn 4 August 2018, two drones detonated explosives near Avenida Bol\u00edvar, Caracas, where Nicol\u00e1s Maduro, the President of Venezuela, was addressing the Bolivarian National Guard in front of the Centro Sim\u00f3n Bol\u00edvar Towers and Palacio de Justicia de Caracas. The Venezuelan government claims the event was a targeted attempt to assassinate Maduro, though the cause and intention of the explosions is debated. Others have suggested the incident was a false flag operation designed by the government to justify repression of opposition in Venezuela.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [25, 25], "content_span": [26, 570]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278119-0001-0000", "contents": "2018 Caracas drone attack, Incident\nTwo small drones carrying explosives were detonated while President Maduro delivered an outdoor speech, possibly in attempt to attack the president and other government officials. The incident occurred in the middle of a speech he was giving commemorating the Bolivarian National Guard's 81st anniversary. The first drone hovered over Avenida Bolivar, detonating in the air over National Guardsmen standing in ranks. It was reported that seven National Guard officers involved in the parade were injured and treated in hospital, other sources later claim it was eight. After the explosion, bodyguards immediately protected Maduro with ballistic shields.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 35], "content_span": [36, 689]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278119-0001-0001", "contents": "2018 Caracas drone attack, Incident\nMaduro, his wife Cilia Flores, and Defense Minister Vladimir Padrino L\u00f3pez, who were standing next to him, left the scene unharmed. A second explosion was then heard seconds later \u2013 hundreds of National Guardsmen fled the area, abandoning President Maduro, and the broadcast of the event was cut. Despite the images of National Guardsmen fleeing the scene that were broadcast to the public, Minister of Communication Jorge Rodr\u00edguez falsely stated that the troops maintained their ranks in the parade.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 35], "content_span": [36, 537]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278119-0002-0000", "contents": "2018 Caracas drone attack, Incident\nA second drone crashed into the Don Eduardo apartment block, located two blocks from where Maduro was speaking. Local journalists and residents shared images of smoke appearing from the apartment building's windows shortly after the incident. A woman living in the building said that a drone had crashed into one of the building's windows, injuring a girl who was taken to hospital.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 35], "content_span": [36, 418]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278119-0003-0000", "contents": "2018 Caracas drone attack, Incident\nVideo footage shows two drones; amateur video of one drone exploding, a video showing few people in the area, and another video recorded by Telemundo cameraman Cesar Saavedra of a drone hitting the Don Eduardo apartment building.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 35], "content_span": [36, 265]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278119-0004-0000", "contents": "2018 Caracas drone attack, Incident\nMany members of the press were arrested immediately after the incident, preventing independent investigations and reporting. Reporters from VIVOplay and TVVenezuela were detained by National Guardsmen shortly after the incident.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 35], "content_span": [36, 264]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278119-0005-0000", "contents": "2018 Caracas drone attack, Investigation, Government, Initial\nIn a televised address to the nation two hours after the incident, Maduro stated that an investigation had been opened immediately and a number of those connected to the attack had been apprehended and charged. Eleven journalists were detained during the attack and released afterwards. Six other suspects were initially arrested within hours of the incident, which later increased to seven. Reportedly, one of these was known to authorities because of his involvement in the 2014 protests, whilst another had an arrest warrant out for apparently taking part in the assault on Fort Paramacay.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 61], "content_span": [62, 654]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278119-0006-0000", "contents": "2018 Caracas drone attack, Investigation, Government, Initial\nPresident Maduro also laid blame on extreme right-wing elements in his own country acting together with extreme right-wing elements in neighbouring Colombia, and specifically named Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos as being behind the incident. A spokesperson for President Santos promptly denied the accusations. Maduro also suggested that Venezuelan exiles in the United States, particularly Miami, Florida, may have been involved.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 61], "content_span": [62, 500]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278119-0007-0000", "contents": "2018 Caracas drone attack, Investigation, Government, Initial\nAccording to Interior Minister N\u00e9stor Reverol only two DJI M600 drones were used, though Minister of Communication Jorge Rodr\u00edguez said that there were three drones used during the incident, and the reason they failed to reach their target was that radio inhibitors made them lose signal. Police at the scene had previously said that authorities shot down a drone.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 61], "content_span": [62, 426]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278119-0007-0001", "contents": "2018 Caracas drone attack, Investigation, Government, Initial\nFollowing a brief initial two-day investigation, Reverol presented its findings and explained that the two drones he claimed were involved were loaded with over 4lb combined of plastic explosive C4 elements, and that one was to be exploded above Maduro's head with the other intended to explode directly in front of the President. In one presentation, Maduro showed debris that he \"insisted\" revealed the drone by the stage was carrying gunpowder and lead, and only the one that hit the building was loaded with C4 as well as gunpowder.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 61], "content_span": [62, 598]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278119-0008-0000", "contents": "2018 Caracas drone attack, Investigation, Government, Initial\nOn 6 August 2018, Prosecutor General of Venezuela, Tarek William Saab, announced that two individuals described to be the alleged pilots were arrested and \"will be charged with the crimes of treason and intentional homicide\" in addition to other crimes.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 61], "content_span": [62, 315]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278119-0009-0000", "contents": "2018 Caracas drone attack, Investigation, Government, Post-arrests\nShortly after midnight VST on the morning of Tuesday, 7 August, Maduro said that he had \"hard evidence\" of \"the Colombian oligarchy\" planning the assassination, and that he would share it \"in the next few hours\". Maduro announced in a video at the same time that they now knew that the perpetrators were trained during April and June 2018 in Chin\u00e1cota in Norte de Santander, Colombia, an area which borders the north of Venezuela. In this video he also said that he had been informed that Juan Manuel Santos had told former Spanish Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy that Maduro would be gone before he left office. The promised report had not surfaced by the afternoon.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 66], "content_span": [67, 731]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278119-0010-0000", "contents": "2018 Caracas drone attack, Investigation, Government, Post-arrests\nIn the evening, Maduro gave a two-hour television presentation from Miraflores Palace which included a partially-censored video of former Venezuelan security official Juan Carlos Monasterios Vanegas, who said he was one of the \"bombers\", giving a statement blaming Julio Borges and Juan Requesens. President Maduro directly accused opposition leaders Borges and Requesens of being behind the incident, also saying that Borges lived in a mansion in Bogot\u00e1 that the outgoing Colombian government paid for, though no details of his \"alleged role\" were revealed. During this time, agents belonging to the Bolivarian National Intelligence Service (SEBIN), Venezuela's intelligence agency, arrested Requesens and his sister, student leader Rafaela Requesens, though the latter was later released. In the video, Monasterios claimed Requesens told him \"to kill the President\".", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 66], "content_span": [67, 935]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278119-0011-0000", "contents": "2018 Caracas drone attack, Investigation, Government, Post-arrests\nAs members of the Venezuelan National Assembly, Borges and Requesens received parliamentary immunity. The arrest of Requesens was described as a violation of the Constitution of Venezuela, specifically Article 200 which states that \"only the Supreme Tribunal of Justice, subject to authorization in advance from the National Assembly, shall have the power to order their arrest and prosecution\". However, Diosdado Cabello, president of the disparate Constituent National Assembly, said he would \"introduce legislation\" to strip them of the protections. The protected status of the pair was then removed by the next day.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 66], "content_span": [67, 686]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278119-0012-0000", "contents": "2018 Caracas drone attack, Investigation, Government, Post-arrests\nIn response to the accusations, Borges tweeted a statement from Bogot\u00e1 telling Maduro that he was \"not fooling anybody\", calling the supposed attack a \"farce\" that Maduro \"staged to justify the persecution of opponents\". Cabello responded to this, telling him to \"go find some good lawyers\".", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 66], "content_span": [67, 358]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278119-0013-0000", "contents": "2018 Caracas drone attack, Investigation, Government, Post-arrests\nMaduro's evening presentation claimed that everyone involved in the attack was offered $50\u00a0million USD as well as United States citizenship status. He also said that they had planned an attack on 5 July, which was postponed due to the drones not arriving on time. Two of those who were arrested and named by Maduro as being involved and providing evidence were a Colombian, Rayder Russo, who was accused of being a planner and financier of the alleged attack, and an American, Osman Delgado, who was accused of being another financier. Both Russo and Delgado were known by the Venezuelan resistance to be informants loyal to Maduro, with rebel leader \u00d3scar P\u00e9rez previously revealing that the two were \"moles\" selling information to the Bolivarian government in December 2017.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 66], "content_span": [67, 843]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278119-0014-0000", "contents": "2018 Caracas drone attack, Investigation, Government, Post-arrests\nOn Wednesday, 8 August, Saab said that investigators had so far connected nineteen people to the attack, and three had already been charged. Maduro also named wanted individuals living in Colombia and the US state of Florida, saying he wanted cooperation from these two nations and that he \"[trusts] in the good faith of Donald Trump\". On Thursday, 9 August, Reverol said that 25 people were under investigation, and Efecto Cocuyo reported that eight had been detained. Though Borges and Requesens are leaders of the Justice First party, Reverol revealed that \"the majority of the suspects are from the resistance group Come Venezuela\" (sic).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 66], "content_span": [67, 709]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278119-0015-0000", "contents": "2018 Caracas drone attack, Investigation, Government, Post-arrests\nMinister of Communication Jorge Rodr\u00edguez gave a national presentation on 10 August announcing that at least one of the drones involved was detonated from the United States, though a report by The Independent that was warning of drone threats said this could be done \"from 5 kilometres\" away only, as well as showing a supposed flight map of the drones path from Colombia all the way to Avenida Bol\u00edvar. Rodr\u00edguez also said that he had submitted a Red Notice to Interpol for the capture of \"assassin\" Julio Borges, and showed a video of Juan Requesens recorded in Helicoide.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 66], "content_span": [67, 641]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278119-0016-0000", "contents": "2018 Caracas drone attack, Investigation, Government, Raids and seizures\nOne announcement of alleged perpetrators by Reverol on Thursday, 9 August, included details of several properties that the investigation had seized. They were owned by Delgado, who was accused of helping to finance the attack. Two cars and an apartment in his name were also seized and raided.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 72], "content_span": [73, 366]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278119-0017-0000", "contents": "2018 Caracas drone attack, Investigation, Government, Raids and seizures\nThe SEBIN searched the Pestana Hotel, which is almost eight kilometers from the place of the incident, during the investigations of the events. Caracas Chronicles reported that the homes of Juan Requesens, Julio Borges and other deputies, Julio Mora and Jorge Mora, had been raided.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 72], "content_span": [73, 355]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278119-0018-0000", "contents": "2018 Caracas drone attack, Investigation, Government, Raids and seizures\nRafaela Requesens, Juan's sister and student President of the Central University of Venezuela, expressed her anger that at least forty SEBIN agents broke into their house, also saying that the government wanted to plant false evidence to incriminate her brother. On 7 August, the SEBIN also raided the house of students Valeria Sosa and Luis Alfredo Sosa, from Andr\u00e9s Bello Catholic University and Sim\u00f3n Bol\u00edvar University, respectively, and whose mother is accused of being involved in the drone attack. Roberto Rodr\u00edguez, a student leader at Andr\u00e9s Bello, denounced that the raid was done without a search warrant, that the electricity was cut off from the building, that many belongings in the house were stolen, and that the family were forced to escape.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 72], "content_span": [73, 831]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278119-0019-0000", "contents": "2018 Caracas drone attack, Investigation, Government, Requesens videos\nDuring his 10 August presentation, Rodr\u00edguez showed a video of Requesens allegedly admitting to working with people involved in the supposed attack. In the video, Requesens named several of the suspects, including Borges, though this was limited to him saying that Borges \"asked [him] for a favour to help a person get from Venezuela to Colombia\". He added that this person was Monasterios and that they had written to Mauricio Jim\u00e9nez, an immigration official in Colombia, for help with getting passage, who immediately offered it. Requesens gave no details relating to an attack on Maduro.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 70], "content_span": [71, 662]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278119-0019-0001", "contents": "2018 Caracas drone attack, Investigation, Government, Requesens videos\nThe opposition condemned Rodr\u00edguez's actions, saying that Requesens was drugged and tortured into making a false confession. One source from Requesens' Justice First party assured journalists that the government drugged Requesens to obtain confessions and, when they realised he was still of sound mind, then continued to drug him until he became incontinent, as well as threatening to murder his parents and rape his sister. In a second video, Requesens is wearing only underwear which is visibly stained with faeces. Following the release of the videos, Requesens was moved from being held at the prison of SEBIN, El Helicoide, to the Palacio de Justicia. After five hours, he was returned to Helicoide with his hearing deferred and being denied to see his lawyer.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 70], "content_span": [71, 837]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278119-0020-0000", "contents": "2018 Caracas drone attack, Investigation, Government, Requesens videos\nHealth professionals discussed the behavior of Requesens in the videos broadcast to the public. National Assembly deputy and doctor Jos\u00e9 Manuel Olivares stated that \"[t]he clinical signs of Juan Requesens show that there is an alteration of cognitive conditions, which is clinically associated with the administration of drugs that affect the conscience or the will\".", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 70], "content_span": [71, 438]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278119-0020-0001", "contents": "2018 Caracas drone attack, Investigation, Government, Requesens videos\nAn independent Venezuelan psychologist, Alberto Barradas, also observed his behavior, stating in a \"subjective conclusion\" that Requesens appears \"drugged, beaten, threatened\", later saying \"[a]s a Venezuelan, I think we are outraged to see the images of a deputy full of faeces, of excrement, knowing he was tortured. I believe that as Venezuelans we must feel anger, pain and indignation\". In a moment of protest and solidarity with Requesens, Venezuelans demonstrated in public while wearing underwear to share moral support for Requesens, who was seen in the government's video wearing underwear covered in faeces.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 70], "content_span": [71, 689]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278119-0021-0000", "contents": "2018 Caracas drone attack, Investigation, Government, Requesens videos\nThough he was originally transferred to the court building on 10 August, Requesens' hearing was deferred to Monday, 13 August. This hearing went ahead, lasting two days, and on Tuesday, 14 August he was denied bail. He was remanded in custody after being charged with seven crimes against Maduro and the State, to go on trial and face Venezuela's maximum punishment of 30 years in prison.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 70], "content_span": [71, 459]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278119-0022-0000", "contents": "2018 Caracas drone attack, Investigation, Government, Requesens videos\nOn 12 August, the government shared a third video of Requesens. In it was Requesens again speaking to camera, in what they claimed was another part of the \"confession\" from the first video. Requesens says that he briefly had telephone contact with a man who identified himself as \"Alexander\", who confirmed that Monasterios had got to Colombia.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 70], "content_span": [71, 415]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278119-0023-0000", "contents": "2018 Caracas drone attack, Investigation, Government, Requesens videos\nHowever, at his hearing, Requesens told his lawyer, Joel Garc\u00eda, that he doesn\u2019t remember recording a confession video or any of the people he named. Requesens also told Garc\u00eda that guards gave him the stained underwear to \"mock him\". None of the videos were submitted as evidence.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 70], "content_span": [71, 352]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278119-0024-0000", "contents": "2018 Caracas drone attack, Investigation, Government, Further arrests\nOn 10 August, SEBIN arrested Luis Enrique Mart\u00ednez Rico, the Coordinator of Security and Defense Commission of the United Socialist Party of Venezuela (PSUV), the government's political party. Reports stated that Mart\u00ednez was arrested due to his alleged involvement in the incident. Colonel Garcia Palomo said in a 13 August statement delivered to La Patilla that \"I have no connection with the events that took place in Caracas on 4 August, through the use of drones or the people who they abused, whom I do not know\" (sic).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 69], "content_span": [70, 595]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278119-0025-0000", "contents": "2018 Caracas drone attack, Investigation, Government, Further arrests\nOn 14 August, the number of suspects had increased to 34, fourteen of whom had been charged, with Saab saying it could rise further. It was also announced that Venezuela were now formally seeking extradition of suspects from Peru, with the government having issued 27 international arrest warrants to Interpol, as well as requesting account blocks and asset freezing for Osman Delgado and Julio Borges. On 22 August, the numbers of those implicated by the government rose again, Saab saying that 25 people had been charged with 43 total suspects involved. The previous Sunday he had named several of these extra suspects, and announced that there were now only 18 Interpol alerts out, with nine extradition orders between Colombia, the US, and Peru.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 69], "content_span": [70, 819]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278119-0026-0000", "contents": "2018 Caracas drone attack, Investigation, Government, Further arrests\nCabello accused another deputy of the National Assembly, Ismael Garc\u00eda, of being involved in the \"conspiracy\" on 15 August. Garc\u00eda was a member of Primero Justicia with Borges and Requesens until he ran for candidacy with Acci\u00f3n Democr\u00e1tica on 10 August. Garc\u00eda had been reportedly \"in the sights\" of the regime in the days before this, along with Jos\u00e9 Manuel Olivares, who had recently been forced into exile.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 69], "content_span": [70, 480]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278119-0027-0000", "contents": "2018 Caracas drone attack, Investigation, Government, Further arrests\nMaduro said during one speech that he knew that the attackers \"were planning a transitional government\" and that current politicians were intended to lead it.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 69], "content_span": [70, 228]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278119-0028-0000", "contents": "2018 Caracas drone attack, Investigation, Independent\nOne early independent investigation by NGO Control Ciudadano alternatively claimed that \"at least one drone belonged to the military\", and that a drone was \"shot\", blaming the government but indicating that it would be unintentional.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 53], "content_span": [54, 287]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278119-0029-0000", "contents": "2018 Caracas drone attack, Investigation, Independent\nSome investigative journalism reports began appearing. Citizen journalism organization Bellingcat stated that two drones \"likely\" armed with explosives were involved and that \"[d]espite apparent claims from one group, it is not possible to accurately attribute this apparent attack without further information\".", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 53], "content_span": [54, 365]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278119-0030-0000", "contents": "2018 Caracas drone attack, Investigation, Independent\nThough various bodies and countries asked for an independent investigation to be performed in Venezuela, the practice of censorship in the nation prevented this from happening. One of the leading independent investigatory organisations in Venezuela, Armando.Info, was completely blocked in August 2018, with four of its writers also having travel restrictions imposed, barring them from leaving.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 53], "content_span": [54, 449]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278119-0031-0000", "contents": "2018 Caracas drone attack, Investigation, Independent\nOn 14 March 2019, CNN revealed new details about the plot, based on new videos.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 53], "content_span": [54, 133]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278119-0032-0000", "contents": "2018 Caracas drone attack, Responsibility claims\nResponsibility for the attacks \"has been claimed by a confusing array of spokesmen\", including groups named \"The Resistance\", \"T-shirt Soldiers\" and the \"Phoenix Group\".", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 48], "content_span": [49, 218]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278119-0033-0000", "contents": "2018 Caracas drone attack, Responsibility claims\nA group named Soldados de Franelas (\"T-shirt Soldiers\") claimed responsibility for the attack on Twitter. Another group, called Operaci\u00f3n F\u00e9nix (\"Operation Phoenix\"), made vague claims on Twitter, accusing the Maduro government of being involved in drug trafficking and stating that they sought to restore democracy in Venezuela. Three hours after the attack, Venezuelan journalist Patricia Poleo read a press release on her own YouTube channel from Miami, saying that militants from the F\u00e9nix group claimed the attack. Different sources have variously claimed both groups as having connections to the Venezuelan rebel leader \u00d3scar P\u00e9rez, who had been killed by Venezuelan government armed forces in the El Junquito raid.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 48], "content_span": [49, 770]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278119-0034-0000", "contents": "2018 Caracas drone attack, Responsibility claims\nSalvatore Lucchese, a former Chief of Police of San Diego Municipality, Carabobo and former member of the Popular Will opposition party, claimed in an interview with Reuters in Bogot\u00e1 that he largely organized the events, adding that the \"armed struggle\" would continue and \"no dictator leaves power peacefully\". On the evening of 7 August, Maduro acknowledged this claim, telling the people in his two-hour national broadcast that \"[a] former police boss of the Venezuelan right has been claiming responsibility for leading the attack. Today he was a special guest at the swearing-in of Colombia's incoming president\". The day after, Lucchese tweeted that he \"didn\u2019t do anything\" and was \"one more soldier fighting for freedom\".", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 48], "content_span": [49, 778]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278119-0035-0000", "contents": "2018 Caracas drone attack, Responsibility claims\nOn his Spanish-language talk show, Bayly, Peruvian-American journalist Jaime Bayly claimed that he had known about the attack during the week before and he supported it. He warned that there would be more attacks coming up.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 48], "content_span": [49, 272]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278119-0036-0000", "contents": "2018 Caracas drone attack, Responsibility claims\nA man who said he was a military dissident said that he had been part of a group of similar dissenters from all branches of the Venezuelan armed forces plotting a coup in Bogot\u00e1 to overthrow the Maduro government, but had no plans of assassination and were not involved in the attack on 4 August, having been infiltrated and disseminated some weeks before.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 48], "content_span": [49, 405]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278119-0036-0001", "contents": "2018 Caracas drone attack, Responsibility claims\nInstead, he says that in April a group of civilians approached his group wanting to join forces and kill Maduro, and he believes they will have performed the attack because of videos they showed of armed drones in Miami. Bloomberg gives credence to this account because of the lack of organisation that the attack appeared to have.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 48], "content_span": [49, 380]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278119-0037-0000", "contents": "2018 Caracas drone attack, Suspects and arrests\nMaduro and Reverol, acting as the Ministry of Interior, Justice and Peace, released the names of wanted people that informants named as committing the attack. The full names and photos of these people were released on wanted posters in Venezuela. El Nacional reported fifteen names on the afternoon of Thursday, 9 August. Diario Panorama and other news sources reported the addition of more names before the end of the day, and several more suspects were named and arrests were made in the following week.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 47], "content_span": [48, 553]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278119-0038-0000", "contents": "2018 Caracas drone attack, Suspects and arrests\nOn 31 August, the family of Juan Requesens went to the International Red Cross to give them information about the medical conditions of Requesens. Here, they also spoke to the media there about the other people also incarcerated, who were likely experiencing the same treatment, and noted that several of those prisoners had not even been to court. Requesens' lawyer, Joel Garc\u00eda, also mentioned his concern for the other prisoners.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 47], "content_span": [48, 480]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278119-0038-0001", "contents": "2018 Caracas drone attack, Suspects and arrests\nThe sister of Colonel Zambrano said at this time that her brother had not been seen by family or lawyers, either, and that guards had told her he wouldn't be available for thirty days. She was also concerned for the colonel's health, because his custodians had been requesting antibiotics, serums, and diuretics for him. A lawyer representing several of those accused of the attack said she had not been given access to any of them or their files.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 47], "content_span": [48, 495]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278119-0039-0000", "contents": "2018 Caracas drone attack, Suspects and arrests\nAnother Justice First deputy, Fernando Alb\u00e1n, was later arrested on suspicion of plotting the magnicide on Friday, 5 October. He was detained in the SEBIN HQ also, but was reported dead the following Monday, 8 October. Government officials claimed it was suicide, which was disputed. his friends, family, opposition political parties and Luis Almagro, Secretary General of the Organization of American States, argue that the councilor's death was murder.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 47], "content_span": [48, 502]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278119-0040-0000", "contents": "2018 Caracas drone attack, Reactions, Domestic\nThe Venezuelan government referred to the incident as a \"terrorist attack\". A press release from the Venezuelan Constituent National Assembly, written by Diosdado Cabello, said that they \"fiercely condemn the vile and cowardly attack against the constitutional President of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela\" and that the \"act of terrorism shows the hopelessness and frustration of the fascist right\", also expressing solidarity with \"the patriotic soldiers who were injured\". The leading opposition group in Venezuela, Frente Amplio Venezuela Libre (\"Venezuelan Liberation Front\"), expressed confusion as to the nature of the incident, saying that they can't know if it was \"an attack, a fortuitous accident, or any of the other stories being shared on social media\".", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 46], "content_span": [47, 818]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278119-0041-0000", "contents": "2018 Caracas drone attack, Reactions, Domestic\nTwo days after the explosions, on Monday 6 August, Maduro supporters rallied in downtown Caracas, waving flags and with painted faces. However, Reuters reporters on the scene said that there were only a few hundred people, most of whom were government workers, and with several telling the journalists that they had been instructed to attend to support Maduro's image.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 46], "content_span": [47, 415]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278119-0042-0000", "contents": "2018 Caracas drone attack, Reactions, Domestic\nThere was immediate outcry among the opposition in the nation after Cabello incited a move to strip supposed plotters and National Assemblymen Julio Borges and Juan Requesens of their diplomatic immunity. The National Assembly Vice President Julio C\u00e9sar Reyes spoke out against the move, saying that the \"constitution is clear\" and \"only the Supreme Court of Justice has the authority to order a deputy's arrest, with congressional approval\". On 9 August, the National Assembly \u2013 Venezuela's parliament \u2013 requested that other nations ignore the arrest warrant on Borges, saying that it was \"political in nature and should not be recognised by any foreign court\".", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 46], "content_span": [47, 709]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278119-0043-0000", "contents": "2018 Caracas drone attack, Reactions, Domestic\nChavista politician Sergio S\u00e1nchez reported that people voicing anti-Maduro sentiment in the wake of the attack were being punished, citing a family from Ciudad Tiuna in Caracas who were \"evicted [...] for making a political comment about the attack against the President\", adding that the government now \"relies on the fear of the people to maintain power\".", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 46], "content_span": [47, 405]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278119-0044-0000", "contents": "2018 Caracas drone attack, Reactions, Domestic\nFollowing the release of a video of opposition leader Juan Requesens giving statements wearing underwear stained with faeces, Venezuelans protested in the streets wearing underwear in a statement of moral support for Requesens. A group brought some of Requesens' t-shirts as an offering for his release among other tributes for political prisoners during a mass service held in San Crist\u00f3bal, the capital of his home state T\u00e1chira.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 46], "content_span": [47, 478]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278119-0044-0001", "contents": "2018 Caracas drone attack, Reactions, Domestic\nThe Bar Association of Venezuela released a statement condemning the arrest and imprisonment of Requesens, saying it was \"arbitrary and illegal\", campaigning for the government to release him and naming \"numerous and gravely serious objections\" to his imprisonment, with the worst being the \"obscene, protuberant, impudent and even boastful [...] dissemination of [Requesens'] alleged self-incrimination\", saying that they will seek action against the government and aim to prosecute those at fault \"once the Rule of Law has been restored to our beloved Venezuela\". The opposition deputy Gilber Caro stood in front of the National Assembly on 14 August and stripped to his underwear to send support to Requesens. He said that a man's dignity is not dependent on his state of dress.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 46], "content_span": [47, 828]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278119-0045-0000", "contents": "2018 Caracas drone attack, Reactions, Domestic\nOn the Monday 13 August, a protest march called \"La Patria Llama\" (\"The Fatherland Calls\") was held starting at the edge of Petare, Miranda and travelled through the Greater Caracas area to Parque Carabobo station. It was organised by Cabello for supporters of the Maduro government who want to \"bring to justice the extremists\", Cabello adding that these people \"would have to kill millions of Venezuelans\" to change the country.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 46], "content_span": [47, 477]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278119-0046-0000", "contents": "2018 Caracas drone attack, Reactions, International\nThe attack was condemned by the governments of El Salvador, Nicaragua and Bolivia, as well as the FARC, a former terrorist group from Colombia. Cuban President Miguel D\u00edaz-Canel further announced that his nation would supply unlimited aid to Venezuela and the Bolivarian Revolution. Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan spoke by phone with Maduro, giving his best wishes to the President and to the soldiers injured in the incident.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 51], "content_span": [52, 486]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278119-0047-0000", "contents": "2018 Caracas drone attack, Reactions, International\nUruguay and Spain both denounced the violence. The Spanish embassy also said that the crisis in Venezuela should be solved peacefully and democratically. Panama's president Juan Carlos Varela stated \"that accusing former President Santos is irresponsible of President Maduro\" and that \"on one hand we condemn violence, but on the other hand we also condemn the fact that they are making baseless accusations against heads of state\". Luis Almagro, Secretary General of the Organization of American States, stated that \"[t]he null credibility of the Maduro regime prevents knowing the truth of what happened\" and reiterated that he \"will always condemn the use of violence as a political tool\".", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 51], "content_span": [52, 744]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278119-0048-0000", "contents": "2018 Caracas drone attack, Reactions, International\nA Brazilian court case was ongoing regarding the travel of Venezuelan migrants across the Brazil-Venezuela border, and it was closed on Sunday 5 August, the day after the attack, with Judge Helder Barreto suspending restrictions but closing the border to Venezuelans until stability was achieved on both sides. It was reopened shortly after the official bar, with the Brazilian Supreme Court saying the move was too reactionary and \"not justified\", commentators connecting the closure with an already strained situation gaining further \"raised tensions\" after the drone incident.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 51], "content_span": [52, 631]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278119-0049-0000", "contents": "2018 Caracas drone attack, Reactions, International\nThe European Union promoted a \"thorough and transparent investigation\" and demanded the Venezuelan government to recognize \"the constitutional powers of the National Assembly, including full respect for its prerogatives with respect to the parliamentary immunity of its members in accordance with the rights, legislation and established constitutional procedures\". The Venezuelan government condemned the European Union's response, stating that it is \"trapped in its irrational rhetoric\" and that the European body intends to \"ignore the terrorist actions\". Vice President of the Subcommittee on Human Rights of the European Parliament, Beatriz Becerra, condemned the arrest of Juan Requesens, stating \"Kidnapped, tortured, humiliated.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 51], "content_span": [52, 787]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278119-0049-0001", "contents": "2018 Caracas drone attack, Reactions, International\n[ Juan Requesens] [a]n elected deputy. With all the constitutional guarantees abolished in Venezuela by a dictatorial regime. Please, Federica Mogherini and Antonio Tajani let's fulfill our commitment with a winner of the Sakharov Prize\". The Federal Foreign Office of Germany condemned the arrest of Requesens calling it a \"clear violation of parliamentary immunity\" and demanded a \"thorough and transparent investigation\".", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 51], "content_span": [52, 476]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278119-0050-0000", "contents": "2018 Caracas drone attack, Reactions, International, Colombia\nThe earliest and most prominent of blame accusations were those levelled against Colombia, with Maduro specifically naming the Colombian President Santos as orchestrating his assassination, saying he had \"no doubt\" about it. The Colombian government quickly denied this, stating that Santos was too preoccupied with his granddaughter's baptism to think about overthrowing Maduro. Another statement added that it is \"customary for Maduro to blame Colombia for any kind of problem in his country\", and on the following Monday Santos himself tweeted to Maduro telling him \"not to worry himself\", also restating his own attendance at the \"more important\" baptism on the Saturday.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 61], "content_span": [62, 737]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278119-0051-0000", "contents": "2018 Caracas drone attack, Reactions, International, Colombia\nTwo days after the incident, on Monday, 6 August, the Colombian Civil Aviation Authority announced a ban on drones and multirotors at the Presidential procession for Iv\u00e1n Duque's inauguration the next day over fears of a similar incident, with the prohibition extending to a radius and altitude of 2 nautical miles, or 12,000 feet, from Plaza Bol\u00edvar, Bogot\u00e1. There were no drone attacks on the day, but it saw other attacks by FARC dissidents in which a police officer died and five people were injured.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 61], "content_span": [62, 566]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278119-0052-0000", "contents": "2018 Caracas drone attack, Reactions, International, United States\nIn response to Maduro's accusations, the US National Security Advisor, John R. Bolton, denied US involvement in the attack and suggested that the incident could be \"a pretext set up by the regime itself\". Bolton also stated that if the Venezuelan government \"has hard information that they want to present to [the US] that would show a potential violation of U.S. criminal law, [they'll] take a serious look at it.\" On Monday, 6 August, US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo restated that the United States government had no involvement.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 66], "content_span": [67, 600]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278119-0053-0000", "contents": "2018 Caracas drone attack, Reactions, International, United States\nTelemundo reported that the US embassy told its citizens in Venezuela to \"find a safe place to stay, maintain a low profile, and avoid protests\". James Story, charg\u00e9 d'affaires at the US embassy in Caracas, met with Saab and Venezuelan Foreign Minister Jorge Arreaza in the week following the incident. Arreaza told Fox News that Story said it was \"the will of the U.S. government to cooperate\".", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 66], "content_span": [67, 462]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278119-0054-0000", "contents": "2018 Caracas drone attack, Reactions, International, United States\nIn response to the United States stating it would cooperate, Maduro said he would allow the FBI to investigate the incident, saying that if \"the United States ratifies its offering for the FBI to cooperate in the investigations on the links in Florida [regarding] the plans of the 4 August assassination attempt and terrorist attack, [he] would accept it\".", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 66], "content_span": [67, 423]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278119-0055-0000", "contents": "2018 Caracas drone attack, Reactions, International, United States\nThe United States Ambassador to the UN Nikki Haley was visiting the Colombian-Venezuelan border at C\u00facuta on Wednesday, 8 August, to discuss the migrant crisis, and commented that Maduro had caused the attack, that \"he did this by creating this chaos\" and that \"everyone needs to be loud against Maduro and force him to leave\". She also pledged US$9\u00a0million in aid to Colombia to help support the Venezuelan migrants there.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 66], "content_span": [67, 490]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278119-0056-0000", "contents": "2018 Caracas drone attack, Reactions, Others\nThe Venezuelan V\u00e1clav Havel Prize for Creative Dissent-winning satirical news site El Chig\u00fcire Bipolar posted an article the day after the detention of Juan Requesens showing a photoshopped image of Maduro holding a pokeball with the headline \"Nicol-ash Maduro announces open season on capture of political prisoners\", likening him to the character Ash from Pok\u00e9mon who has the mission to \"catch them all\". The site attributed the fictional quote \"We are going to catch them all, the 150 deputies that are out there, we already have Requesens, now we are going after Borges and Meowth of Team Rocket\" to \"Nicol-ash\".", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 44], "content_span": [45, 661]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278119-0057-0000", "contents": "2018 Caracas drone attack, Controversy, Assassination legitimacy\nThe Guardian reported that the allegations made by Maduro were \"too neat\" and quoted commentators who doubt the assassination legitimacy. International Crisis Group consultant Phil Gunson stated that \"[t]he official 'investigation' [is following course]: begin with the conclusions and work backwards\", and senior fellow at the Washington Office on Latin America David Smilde added that \"[Maduro will] use it to further restrict liberty and purge the government and armed forces\".", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 64], "content_span": [65, 545]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278119-0058-0000", "contents": "2018 Caracas drone attack, Controversy, Assassination legitimacy\nPeruvian newspaper La Rep\u00fablica also wrote that \"[s]ome analysts suspect that the attack is a desperate farce\" and that \"[i]t would not be the first time that an unscrupulous government mounted this type of setup,\" comparing it to the burning of the Reichstag. The paper concluded that, \"genuine attack or mounted farce, basically it does not matter: Maduro has taken things to this point, which suggests bloody outcomes\".", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 64], "content_span": [65, 487]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278119-0059-0000", "contents": "2018 Caracas drone attack, Controversy, Assassination legitimacy\nThe German international news service Deutsche Welle said that the only certainty about the attack is that \"[t]he only one benefitting from all this is Maduro himself\", noting that the President \"has claimed at least 20 coups or attacks against him, but not a single one has done him harm\". They called the incident \"'fake news'\" because \"[Maduro's] regime emerges from every actual or supposed attack stronger than before\", relating this to the crisis in Venezuela by saying that \"[e]ach incident further distracts from increasingly unbearable problems in the country\".", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 64], "content_span": [65, 635]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278119-0060-0000", "contents": "2018 Caracas drone attack, Controversy, Firefighter narrative\nAccording to initial reports after the explosion, the Associated Press stated that firefighters attended the scene and claimed that a gas tank located in the Don Eduardo apartment block had exploded during the rally, the explosion caught part of the building on fire and had to be put out. An independent investigation by NGO Control Ciudadano did conclude, in regards to drone explosions, that \"[t]he nearby building explosion was coincidental.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 61], "content_span": [62, 508]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278119-0061-0000", "contents": "2018 Caracas drone attack, Controversy, Firefighter narrative\nEfecto Cocuyo visited the building and reported that all apartments received piped gas, which does not require gas tanks. They could not say if there was also a gas tank. Video later provided by Telemundo did indeed appear to show a drone crash into the side of the apartment building. Days after the event, Bellingcat's investigation stated that the report by firefighters was an \"early narrative\" and that a \"second drone crashed and exploded [...] and is the most likely cause of the fire which the Venezuelan firefighters described\".", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 61], "content_span": [62, 599]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278119-0062-0000", "contents": "2018 Caracas drone attack, Controversy, Use of drones\nMedia outlets in Spain and Ecuador quoted a soldier in the rally who claimed he saw no drones, but heard something \"like a grenade\". El Pa\u00eds says Maduro's version of events is not credible. Former Venezuelan military aide Anthony Daquin talked to NTN24 about the incident and criticised the assassination theory, explaining that the event was a no-fly zone and any drones in the area would have been operated by the government.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 53], "content_span": [54, 481]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278119-0063-0000", "contents": "2018 Caracas drone attack, Controversy, Use of drones\nAnother theory arose of accidental drone failure causing the incident, with The Guardian reporting an independent investigation had been opened by the NGO Control Ciudadano and its head Roc\u00edo San Miguel, a military expert, which claimed that \"at least one drone belonged to the military, who lost control of the device inflight. Soldiers then shot it down.\" She repeated this statement later in a broadcast of Con La Luz with Efecto Cocuyo on 9 August, saying that \"it was a mistake by the military and Presidential Honor Guard, and I believe that they destroyed the drones\".", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 53], "content_span": [54, 629]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278119-0064-0000", "contents": "2018 Caracas drone attack, Controversy, Use of drones\nAccording to former Venezuelan Vice Admiral Mario Carratu, claims that the drones were shot down by gunfire is inaccurate because \"[p]lastic explosives can't be detonated with bullets. They more likely exploded prematurely due to poor preparations by the hit team\".", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 53], "content_span": [54, 319]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278119-0065-0000", "contents": "2018 Caracas drone attack, Controversy, Use of drones\nThe Venezuelan ambassador to Barbados spoke on 7 August, saying that drones are actually completely banned in Venezuela. One of Maduro's television presentations had the President \"insist\" that the drone that exploded at the stage was loaded with gunpowder and lead, not C4, but the one that hit the building had gunpowder and C4.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 53], "content_span": [54, 384]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278120-0000-0000", "contents": "2018 Cardiff National Eisteddfod\nThe 2018 Cardiff National Eisteddfod was held in Cardiff Bay, Wales, from 3 to 11 August 2018. It was the seventh time the National Eisteddfod of Wales had been held in Cardiff. The 2018 event was billed as the Eisteddfod with \"No fences\" because it dispensed with the traditional enclosed 'Maes', or entrance fees to the event location. It made a \u00a3290,000 loss, but its popularity led to the suggestion of future Eisteddfods without fences.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [32, 32], "content_span": [33, 474]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278120-0001-0000", "contents": "2018 Cardiff National Eisteddfod, Background\nThe National Eisteddfod of Wales has been held every year (with the exception of 1914) since 1861. It is hosted by a different region of Wales each year. Since 1950 all competitions have been held in Welsh. Around 6,000 competitions are held, in poetry, music, dance, drama and literature, giving it a claim to be the largest music and poetry festival in Europe. The main competition events are the Crowning of the Bard and the Chairing of the Bard.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 44], "content_span": [45, 494]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278120-0002-0000", "contents": "2018 Cardiff National Eisteddfod, Background\nThe 2018 Eisteddfod was the seventh time it had been held in Cardiff. It was held for the first time in Cardiff in 1883, subsequently in 1899, 1938, 1960, 1978 and 2008. The 2008 Cardiff Eisteddfod was held in Pontcanna Fields, with a traditional fenced 'Maes' (festival grounds).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 44], "content_span": [45, 325]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278120-0003-0000", "contents": "2018 Cardiff National Eisteddfod, Preparations\nIn August 2015 the Eisteddfod's chief executive, Elfed Roberts, announced he was in discussions with Cardiff Council about the idea of holding the 2018 event in permanent buildings in Cardiff city centre, rather than the traditional Maes. In April 2016 the Eisteddfod backed the plans, as a one-year experiment to attract more visitors, though the event would be held in Cardiff Bay rather than the city centre. Existing buildings in the Bay area, such as the Wales Millennium Centre, would be used. The plan was designed to avoid rent and reparation costs, possibly of up to \u00a3500,000, needed to site the Eisteddfod again in one of the public parks.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 46], "content_span": [47, 696]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278120-0004-0000", "contents": "2018 Cardiff National Eisteddfod, Preparations\nThe target of \u00a3320,000 fundraising had been met a month before the Eisteddfod was due to start.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 46], "content_span": [47, 142]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278120-0005-0000", "contents": "2018 Cardiff National Eisteddfod, The Maes\nThe main event locations of the Maes were sited around Roald Dahl Plass and the marina of Cardiff Bay. The Wales Millennium Centre became the main 'Pavilion' and 'Y Babell L\u00ean' (Literature Pavilion), with daily tickets available for \u00a310. The Pierhead Building hosted an 80th anniversary art exhibition by the Contemporary Art Society for Wales. It also performed the role of 'Maes D' (the Learners Area), in 2018 called 'Shw'mae Caerdydd'.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 42], "content_span": [43, 482]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278120-0006-0000", "contents": "2018 Cardiff National Eisteddfod, The Maes\nThe Senedd building hosted 'Y Lle Celf' (English: The Art Place) with exhibitions of Wales' best contemporary art, craft and design.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 42], "content_span": [43, 175]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278120-0007-0000", "contents": "2018 Cardiff National Eisteddfod, The Maes\nThe meeting rooms of the Senedd also became the Societies Pavillions.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 42], "content_span": [43, 112]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278120-0008-0000", "contents": "2018 Cardiff National Eisteddfod, The Maes\n'Maes B', traditionally the pop and rock music event, was held in the vacant Doctor Who Experience building 'Caffi Maes B', 'Ty Gwerin' (folk music) and 'Sinemaes' (the cinema) were held in large tents nearby.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 42], "content_span": [43, 252]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278120-0009-0000", "contents": "2018 Cardiff National Eisteddfod, The Maes\nThe Welsh College of Music and Drama held concerts of harp, piano and woodwind music in the Norwegian Church.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 42], "content_span": [43, 152]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278120-0010-0000", "contents": "2018 Cardiff National Eisteddfod, The Maes\nCoronau, an exhibition of previous National Eisteddfod crowns, took place in Craft in the Bay.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 42], "content_span": [43, 137]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278120-0011-0000", "contents": "2018 Cardiff National Eisteddfod, The Maes\nCamping was available further afield, with 338 camping places for families at Pontcanna Fields and the 'Maes B' campsite (for younger revellers) at Fitzalan High School in Leckwith.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 42], "content_span": [43, 224]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278120-0012-0000", "contents": "2018 Cardiff National Eisteddfod, Aftermath\nIn November it was announced that the Cardiff Eisteddfod had made an overall loss of \u00a3290,000. This was largely because of additional security requirements of the open event. The festival cost \u00a34 million to stage. An estimated 500,000 visitors had attended the Eisteddfod, three times more than the 2017 event. Prior to 2018, the National Eisteddfod had made a profit every year since 2012, with a \u00a393,000 surplus in 2017 despite the Anglesey festival almost being cancelled by the weather. The Eisteddfod council said that more public money would be needed to fund the tourism aspect and make similar open events viable in the future.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 43], "content_span": [44, 679]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278120-0013-0000", "contents": "2018 Cardiff National Eisteddfod, Aftermath\nIn October 2018, a public meeting was held in Caernarfon to promote the idea of holding the 2021 National Eisteddfod in the town using existing permanent buildings.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 43], "content_span": [44, 208]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278120-0014-0000", "contents": "2018 Cardiff National Eisteddfod, Aftermath\nIn May 2019 the Urdd Eisteddfod held its first festival without admission fees, which also took place in Cardiff Bay, with more than 100 stalls.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 43], "content_span": [44, 188]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278120-0015-0000", "contents": "2018 Cardiff National Eisteddfod, Aftermath\nThe 2019 National Eisteddfod returned to the usual fenced Maes with daily entrance fees of \u00a320 for visitors. However, the Presiding Officer of the National Assembly for Wales, Elin Jones, announced she was keen to support a fenceless Eisteddfod for the 2020 event in Tregaron.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 43], "content_span": [44, 320]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278121-0000-0000", "contents": "2018 Cargill strike\nThe 2018 Cargill strike was an American protest held by employees of the Dayton, Virginia United States plant of Cargill, a poultry manufacturing corporation.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [19, 19], "content_span": [20, 178]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278121-0001-0000", "contents": "2018 Cargill strike, Background\nPlans of employees organizing and a union forming date back to late 2017 in the wake of reported employee abuse and poor working conditions at the plant. In November 2017, a solidarity community group, known as the Community Solidarity with Poultry Workers, formed in the wake of claimed employee abuse at Cargill. Specifically employees, and former employees claimed that the company would \"dispose\" of employees and not offer them proper health treatment.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 31], "content_span": [32, 489]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278121-0002-0000", "contents": "2018 Cargill strike, Background\nIn February 2018, it was reported that local activists and Cargill union organizers had filed a charge against Cargill for retaliation against their employees for forming and organizing. Within the charge, the organizing committees stated that within the prior six months Cargill had retaliated against four union supporters by terminating employment, denying overtime opportunities, assigning \"less favorable jobs,\" and denying or reducing work opportunities and hours \u2013 \"solely because of their union activities.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 31], "content_span": [32, 547]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278121-0003-0000", "contents": "2018 Cargill strike, Background\nIn response to terminated employees, the community of Dayton organized a series of protests during the Spring of 2018 to raise awareness of the strikes, and union organizing. The protests took place outside of the factory, but moved towards the parking lot as union leaders demanded to meet with plant leadership. In response the Dayton Police were dispatched and arrested nine protesters for trespassing on private property.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 31], "content_span": [32, 457]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278121-0004-0000", "contents": "2018 Cargill strike, Reactions, Rockingham County\nThe Dayton Police Department were dispatched and arrested nine individuals for protesting on private property.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 49], "content_span": [50, 160]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278121-0005-0000", "contents": "2018 Cargill strike, Reactions, Cargill\nCargill denied that the protestors and organized workers had scheduled a meeting with the plant's leadership, and denied that they fired three employees for forming a union.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 39], "content_span": [40, 213]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278121-0006-0000", "contents": "2018 Cargill strike, Reactions, Cargill\nThere is a great deal of misinformation and confusion circulating around today\u2019s events. We would like to clarify with what we know at this time:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 39], "content_span": [40, 185]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278121-0007-0000", "contents": "2018 Cargill strike, Reactions, Cargill\nFirst, there are claims that Cargill fired three employees for their efforts to organize a union. While we can\u2019t share specific information about personnel matters, we can confirm that Cargill does not fire anyone for their union beliefs or for participation in a Union. Our Statement on Human Rights clearly states that Cargill follows the National Labor Relations Act, respecting freedom of association and the right to collectively bargain, enabling employees to join a union and voluntarily negotiate. We respect the rights and freedoms of our employees to either choose or not choose union representation as the law allows. In fact, there are dozens of unions who represent Cargill employees at facilities across the country.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 39], "content_span": [40, 770]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278121-0008-0000", "contents": "2018 Cargill strike, Reactions, Cargill\nSecondly, it is our understanding that several protestors at the facility were arrested by the Dayton Police Department. While we fully support the right to protest, it must be done legally and ethically. Any questions or concerns related to the arrests should be raised with the police department.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 39], "content_span": [40, 338]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278121-0009-0000", "contents": "2018 Cargill strike, Reactions, Cargill\nThirdly, protest organizers are claiming that protestors had a meeting scheduled with Cargill leadership, who then backed out of the meeting. We can confirm that no meeting with management was scheduled", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 39], "content_span": [40, 242]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278122-0000-0000", "contents": "2018 Caribbean Club Championship\nThe 2018 Caribbean Club Championship was the 20th edition of the Caribbean Club Championship (also known as the CFU Club Championship), the first-tier annual international club football competition in the Caribbean region, held amongst clubs whose football associations are affiliated with the Caribbean Football Union (CFU), a sub-confederation of CONCACAF.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [32, 32], "content_span": [33, 391]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278122-0001-0000", "contents": "2018 Caribbean Club Championship\nThe winners of the 2018 CONCACAF Caribbean Club Championship would qualify to the 2019 CONCACAF Champions League, the second and third place teams would qualify to the 2018 CONCACAF League, while the fourth place team would play against the winners of the 2018 CONCACAF Caribbean Club Shield, as long as the Shield winners fulfill the CONCACAF Regional Club Licensing criteria, in a playoff match to determine the final Caribbean spot to the 2018 CONCACAF League.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [32, 32], "content_span": [33, 496]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278122-0002-0000", "contents": "2018 Caribbean Club Championship\nCibao were the title holders, but were not eligible to enter since they failed to reach the final of the 2017 Liga Dominicana de F\u00fatbol. For the second season in a row, the CONCACAF Caribbean Club Championship was won by a team from the Dominican Republic, with Atl\u00e9tico Pantoja crowned champions and qualifying for the CONCACAF Champions League. Runners-up Arnett Gardens and third place Portmore United qualified for the CONCACAF League, but fourth-placed Central lost to Shield winners Club Franciscain in a playoff and failed to qualify for the CONCACAF League.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [32, 32], "content_span": [33, 598]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278122-0003-0000", "contents": "2018 Caribbean Club Championship, Teams\nThe CONCACAF Council, at its meeting on 25 July 2017 in San Francisco, California approved the implementation of the following two-tier competitions for affiliated clubs of Caribbean Member Associations starting in 2018:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 39], "content_span": [40, 260]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278122-0004-0000", "contents": "2018 Caribbean Club Championship, Teams\nThe new two-tier format of the CONCACAF Caribbean Club Championship and CONCACAF Caribbean Club Shield, as well as the teams participating in each tournament, were announced by CONCACAF on 15 December 2017. Among the 31 CFU member associations, four of them were classified as professional leagues and each may enter two teams in the CONCACAF Caribbean Club Championship.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 39], "content_span": [40, 411]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278122-0005-0000", "contents": "2018 Caribbean Club Championship, Teams\nA total of eight teams from four associations entered the 2018 CONCACAF Caribbean Club Championship (officially the 2018 Flow CONCACAF Caribbean Club Championship for sponsorship reasons).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 39], "content_span": [40, 228]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278122-0006-0000", "contents": "2018 Caribbean Club Championship, Group stage\nThe draw for the group stage was held on 21 December 2017, 11:00 EST (UTC\u22125), at the CONCACAF Headquarters in Miami, United States, and was streamed on YouTube. The eight teams were drawn into two groups of four. The two group stage hosts were placed in Pot 1, while the remaining six teams were placed in Pot 2. Teams from the same association could not be drawn into the same group.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 45], "content_span": [46, 430]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278122-0007-0000", "contents": "2018 Caribbean Club Championship, Group stage\nThe matches were played between 31 January \u2013 4 February 2018 (Group A) and 7\u201311 February 2018 (Group B). The top two teams of each group advanced to the final stage.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 45], "content_span": [46, 211]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278122-0008-0000", "contents": "2018 Caribbean Club Championship, Group stage, Group A\nHost venue: Ato Boldon Stadium, Couva, Trinidad and Tobago. All times local, AST (UTC\u22124).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 54], "content_span": [55, 144]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278122-0009-0000", "contents": "2018 Caribbean Club Championship, Group stage, Group B\nHost venue: Estadio Cibao FC, Santiago de los Caballeros, Dominican Republic. All times local, AST (UTC\u22124).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 54], "content_span": [55, 162]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278122-0010-0000", "contents": "2018 Caribbean Club Championship, Final stage\nJamaica was announced as the host nation of the final stage on 1 May 2018. The matches were played between 11\u201316 May 2018.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 45], "content_span": [46, 168]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278122-0011-0000", "contents": "2018 Caribbean Club Championship, Final stage, Bracket\nHost venue: Anthony Spaulding Sports Complex, Kingston, Jamaica. All times local, EST (UTC\u22125).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 54], "content_span": [55, 149]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278122-0012-0000", "contents": "2018 Caribbean Club Championship, Final stage, Third place match\nWinners qualified for 2018 CONCACAF League. Losers advanced to CONCACAF League playoff against the 2018 CONCACAF Caribbean Club Shield winners for a place in the 2018 CONCACAF League.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 64], "content_span": [65, 248]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278122-0013-0000", "contents": "2018 Caribbean Club Championship, Final stage, Final\nWinners qualified for 2019 CONCACAF Champions League. Losers qualified for 2018 CONCACAF League.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 52], "content_span": [53, 149]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278122-0014-0000", "contents": "2018 Caribbean Club Championship, Final stage, CONCACAF League playoff\nThe CONCACAF League playoff was played between the 2018 CONCACAF Caribbean Club Championship fourth-placed team, Central, and the 2018 CONCACAF Caribbean Club Shield winners, Club Franciscain, with the winners qualifying for the 2018 CONCACAF League.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 70], "content_span": [71, 321]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278123-0000-0000", "contents": "2018 Caribbean Club Shield\nThe 2018 Caribbean Club Shield was the first edition of the Caribbean Club Shield (also known as the CFU Club Shield), the second-tier annual international club football competition in the Caribbean region, held amongst clubs whose football associations are affiliated with the Caribbean Football Union (CFU), a sub-confederation of CONCACAF. The tournament was played in the Dominican Republic between 13\u201321 April 2018.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [26, 26], "content_span": [27, 447]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278123-0001-0000", "contents": "2018 Caribbean Club Shield\nThe winners of the 2018 CONCACAF Caribbean Club Shield, as long as they fulfill the CONCACAF Regional Club Licensing criteria, would play against the fourth place team of the 2018 CONCACAF Caribbean Club Championship in a playoff match to determine the final Caribbean spot to the 2018 CONCACAF League.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [26, 26], "content_span": [27, 329]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278123-0002-0000", "contents": "2018 Caribbean Club Shield\nClub Franciscain won the inaugural CONCACAF Caribbean Club Shield, and later defeated Central in a playoff to qualify for the CONCACAF League.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [26, 26], "content_span": [27, 169]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278123-0003-0000", "contents": "2018 Caribbean Club Shield, Teams\nThe CONCACAF Council, at its meeting on 25 July 2017 in San Francisco, California approved the implementation of the following two-tier competitions for affiliated clubs of Caribbean Member Associations starting in 2018:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 33], "content_span": [34, 254]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278123-0004-0000", "contents": "2018 Caribbean Club Shield, Teams\nThe new two-tier format of the CONCACAF Caribbean Club Championship and CONCACAF Caribbean Club Shield, as well as the teams participating in each tournament, were announced by CONCACAF on 15 December 2017. Among the 31 CFU member associations, 27 of them were classified as non-professional leagues and each may enter one team in the CONCACAF Caribbean Club Shield.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 33], "content_span": [34, 400]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278123-0005-0000", "contents": "2018 Caribbean Club Shield, Teams\nA total of 12 teams from 12 associations entered the 2018 CONCACAF Caribbean Club Shield.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 33], "content_span": [34, 123]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278123-0006-0000", "contents": "2018 Caribbean Club Shield, Venues\nThe Dominican Republic was announced as the host nation on 15 February 2018. Host venues, all located at Santiago de los Caballeros, were:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 34], "content_span": [35, 173]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278123-0007-0000", "contents": "2018 Caribbean Club Shield, Group stage\nThe draw for the group stage was held on 15 February 2018, 11:00 EST (UTC\u22125), at the CONCACAF Headquarters in Miami, United States, and was streamed on YouTube. The 12 teams were drawn into three groups of four without any seeding.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 39], "content_span": [40, 271]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278123-0008-0000", "contents": "2018 Caribbean Club Shield, Group stage\nThe winners of each group and the best runners-up advanced to the semi-finals.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 39], "content_span": [40, 118]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278123-0009-0000", "contents": "2018 Caribbean Club Shield, Knockout stage, Final\nWinners advanced to CONCACAF League playoff against the 2018 CONCACAF Caribbean Club Championship fourth-placed team for a place in the 2018 CONCACAF League.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 49], "content_span": [50, 207]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278124-0000-0000", "contents": "2018 Caribbean Premier League\nThe 2018 Caribbean Premier League (CPLT20) was the sixth season of the Caribbean Premier League, the domestic Twenty20 cricket league in the West Indies. Matches were played in seven countries \u2013 Trinidad and Tobago, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Guyana, Barbados, Jamaica, Saint Lucia, with three of the matches were played at Lauderhill, Florida, United States. The tournament started on 8 August 2018.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [29, 29], "content_span": [30, 426]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278124-0001-0000", "contents": "2018 Caribbean Premier League\nIn July 2018, two changes to the playing conditions were announced for the tournament. The first was a penalty to a team's net run rate for failing to bowl their overs in the given time. The second change was the introduction of a coin toss, to determine who will bat first if a Super Over is needed to decide the result of the match. The Decision Review System (DRS) was used in the last two matches of the tournament.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [29, 29], "content_span": [30, 449]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278124-0002-0000", "contents": "2018 Caribbean Premier League\nTrinbago Knight Riders beat Guyana Amazon Warriors by eight wickets in the final to win their third CPL title.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [29, 29], "content_span": [30, 140]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278124-0003-0000", "contents": "2018 Caribbean Premier League, Squads\nShakib Al Hasan decided not to play in this edition, and he was replaced by Steve Smith", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 37], "content_span": [38, 125]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278125-0000-0000", "contents": "2018 Caribbean Series\nThe 2018 Caribbean Series (Serie del Caribe) was the 60th edition of the international competition featuring the champions of the Cuban National Series, Dominican Professional Baseball League, Mexican Pacific League, Puerto Rican Professional Baseball League, and Venezuelan Professional Baseball League. It took place from February 2 to 8, 2018 at the Estadio Panamericano in Guadalajara, Mexico. Criollos de Caguas of Puerto Rico won the tournament.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [21, 21], "content_span": [22, 473]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278125-0001-0000", "contents": "2018 Caribbean Series\nThe series was originally set to be hosted in Barquisimeto, Venezuela, but due to the socioeconomic crisis at the time it had to be moved to Mexico for a second consecutive year.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [21, 21], "content_span": [22, 200]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278125-0002-0000", "contents": "2018 Caribbean Series, Stadium\nThe Estadio Panamericano is located in Zapopan, within the Guadalajara Metropolitan Area. It is currently home to the Charros de Jalisco of the Mexican Pacific League, who have played there since their entry to the league for the 2014-15 season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 30], "content_span": [31, 276]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278125-0003-0000", "contents": "2018 Caribbean Series, Format\nThe Preliminary Round consisted of a ten-game round robin, after which the top 4 teams advanced to the Semifinal Round (1st vs. 4th, 2nd vs. 3rd). The winners of the semifinal games then squared off in the Final.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 29], "content_span": [30, 242]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278126-0000-0000", "contents": "2018 Carinthian state election\nThe 2018 Carinthian state election was held on 5 March 2018 to elect the members of the Landtag of Carinthia.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [30, 30], "content_span": [31, 140]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278126-0001-0000", "contents": "2018 Carinthian state election\nThe centre-left Social Democratic Party of Austria (SP\u00d6) was the clear winner, taking 47.9% of votes, an eleven percentage point increase from 2013. The Freedom Party of Austria (FP\u00d6) gained six points, and the Austrian People's Party (\u00d6VP) gained one. This was enabled by a collapse in support for other parties: Team Carinthia, which had split from defunct Team Stronach, lost half its voteshare; The Greens tumbled from 12% to 3% and lost their representation; and the Alliance for the Future of Austria (BZ\u00d6) collapsed from 6.4% to just 0.4%.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [30, 30], "content_span": [31, 577]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278126-0002-0000", "contents": "2018 Carinthian state election\nThe SP\u00d6 fell one seat short of an absolute majority, and held exploratory talks with the three other parties in the Landtag. They ultimately formed a coalition government with the \u00d6VP.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [30, 30], "content_span": [31, 215]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278126-0003-0000", "contents": "2018 Carinthian state election, Background\nPrior to amendments made in 2017, the Carinthian constitution mandated that cabinet positions in the state government be allocated between parties proportionally in accordance with the share of votes won by each; this is known as Proporz. As such, the government was a perpetual coalition of all parties that qualified for at least one cabinet position. In June 2017, the SP\u00d6, \u00d6VP, and Greens (all members of the government) as well as Team Carinthia voted to amend the constitution to remove this requirement. As such, the 2018 election was the first in post-war Carinthian history in which conventional coalition formation could take place.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 42], "content_span": [43, 685]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278126-0004-0000", "contents": "2018 Carinthian state election, Background\nIn the 2013 election, the Freedom Party in Carinthia suffered the largest defeat of any party in Austrian history, falling from 45% to just 17%. Their collapse led to a highly fractious result, with five parties winning at least one state councillor. However, the SP\u00d6 emerged as a clear victor with 37% of the vote. The FPK, having previously been the dominant party in the state, won only one state councillor. Shortly after the election, they voted to give up their independence and merge into the federal Freedom Party. The SP\u00d6 subsequently formed a governing agreement with the \u00d6VP and Greens.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 42], "content_span": [43, 640]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278126-0005-0000", "contents": "2018 Carinthian state election, Electoral system\nThe 36 seats of the Landtag of Carinthia are elected via open list proportional representation in a two-step process. The seats are distributed between four multi-member constituencies. For parties to receive any representation in the Landtag, they must either win at least one seat in a constituency directly, or clear a 5 percent state-wide electoral threshold. Seats are distributed in constituencies according to the Hare quota, with any remaining seats allocated using the D'Hondt method at the state level, to ensure overall proportionality between a party's vote share and its share of seats.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 48], "content_span": [49, 648]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278126-0006-0000", "contents": "2018 Carinthian state election, Contesting parties\nThe table below lists parties represented in the previous Landtag.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 50], "content_span": [51, 117]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278126-0007-0000", "contents": "2018 Carinthian state election, Contesting parties\nIn addition to the parties already represented in the Landtag, four parties collected enough signatures to be placed on the ballot.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 50], "content_span": [51, 182]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278126-0008-0000", "contents": "2018 Carinthian state election, Aftermath\nAfter the election, the SP\u00d6 began exploratory talks with the three other parties in the Landtag. By the beginning of April, a coalition agreement had been reached with the \u00d6VP. However, after \u00d6VP leader Christian Benger unexpectedly resigned a few days later, the SP\u00d6 led by Kaiser demanded the coalition be renegotiated, fearing the new \u00d6VP leadership may renege on promises made by their predecessors. On 9 April, the coalition was finalised and presented.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 41], "content_span": [42, 500]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278127-0000-0000", "contents": "2018 Carlow Senior Football Championship\nThe 2018 Carlow Senior Football Championship is the 118th edition of the Carlow GAA's premier club gaelic football tournament for senior graded clubs in County Carlow, Ireland. The tournament consists of 8 teams, with the winner going on to represent Carlow in the Leinster Senior Club Football Championship. The championship starts with a group stage and then progresses to a knock out stage.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [40, 40], "content_span": [41, 434]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278127-0001-0000", "contents": "2018 Carlow Senior Football Championship\n\u00c9ire \u00d3g were the defending champions after they defeated Rathvilly in the previous years final.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [40, 40], "content_span": [41, 136]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278127-0002-0000", "contents": "2018 Carlow Senior Football Championship\nThis was the Kilbride's return to the senior grade after claiming the 2017 Carlow Intermediate Football Championship title, thus ending a 3-year exodus since being relegated in 2014. However, they were relegated straight back to the 2019 I.F.C. after losing their Relegation Playoff Final at the hands of Old Leighlin.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [40, 40], "content_span": [41, 359]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278127-0003-0000", "contents": "2018 Carlow Senior Football Championship, Team changes\nThe following teams have changed division since the 2017 championship season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 54], "content_span": [55, 132]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278127-0004-0000", "contents": "2018 Carlow Senior Football Championship, Group stage\nThere are two groups of four teams. The top two teams in each group compete in the semi-finals. The bottom team in each group compete in the relegation Final.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 53], "content_span": [54, 212]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278127-0005-0000", "contents": "2018 Carlow Senior Football Championship, Knock-out stages, Finals\nThe winners and runners up of each group qualify for the quarter finals.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 66], "content_span": [67, 139]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278127-0006-0000", "contents": "2018 Carlow Senior Football Championship, Relegation play off\nThe bottom team in each group compete in the relegation final. The team to lose will be relegated to the 2019 I.F.C.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 61], "content_span": [62, 178]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278128-0000-0000", "contents": "2018 Carlson Hockey Games\nThe 2018 Carlson Hockey Games were played between 19 and 22 April 2018. The Czech Republic, Finland, Sweden and Russia played a round-robin for a total of three games per team and six games in total. Five of the games were played in Pardubice, Czech Republic, and one game in Yaroslavl, Russia. The tournament was won by the Czech Republic. The tournament was part of the 2017\u201318 Euro Hockey Tour.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [25, 25], "content_span": [26, 423]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278128-0001-0000", "contents": "2018 Carlson Hockey Games, Games\nAll times are local. Pardubice \u2013 (Central European Summer Time \u2013 UTC+2) Yaroslavl \u2013 (Central European Time \u2013 UTC+1)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 32], "content_span": [33, 148]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278129-0000-0000", "contents": "2018 Carlton Football Club season\nThe 2018 AFL season is the 122nd season in the Australian Football League contested by the Carlton Football Club. In one of the club's worst ever seasons, the club finished in last place with a 2\u201320 win-loss record, the worst in club history. The club's women's team contested its second season of the AFL Women's competition, also finishing last in the competition. The club fielded a team in the VFL Women's competition for the first time.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [33, 33], "content_span": [34, 475]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278129-0001-0000", "contents": "2018 Carlton Football Club season, Club summary\nThe 2018 AFL season was the 122nd season of the VFL/AFL competition since its inception in 1897; and, having competed in every season, it was also the 122nd season contested by the Carlton Football Club. Carlton continued its alignment with the Northern Blues in the Victorian Football League, allowing Carlton-listed players to play with the Northern Blues when not selected in AFL matches. Carlton's primary home ground continued to be the Melbourne Cricket Ground; traditional home ground Ikon Park continued to serve as the training and administrative base.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 47], "content_span": [48, 609]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278129-0001-0001", "contents": "2018 Carlton Football Club season, Club summary\nThe club fielded its women's team in the second season of the AFL Women's competition, running in February and March; Ikon Park served as the home ground for AFL Women's matches. The club also fielded its VFL women's team in the VFL Women's competition for the first time, splitting home games between RAMS Arena, Craigieburn and Ikon Park.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 47], "content_span": [48, 388]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278129-0002-0000", "contents": "2018 Carlton Football Club season, Club summary\nCar manufacturer Hyundai, which had been a major sponsor of the club continuously since 2008, and airline Virgin Australia, which had upgraded from a secondary sponsor to a major sponsor during the 2017 season, continued as the club's two major sponsors, each signing a five-year extension to their existing deals. In August, the club launched the Carlton College of Sports, a higher education institution in partnership with La Trobe University; it received its first intake of students in 2019 to study sports education diplomas, with much of the program operated out of the redeveloped grandstands at Ikon Park.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 47], "content_span": [48, 662]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278129-0003-0000", "contents": "2018 Carlton Football Club season, Senior Personnel\nMark LoGiudice continued as club president, a role he had held since June 2014. CEO Steven Trigg resigned shortly after the 2017 season, and he was replaced by Richmond Chief Customer Officer Cain Liddle.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 51], "content_span": [52, 256]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278129-0004-0000", "contents": "2018 Carlton Football Club season, Senior Personnel\nBrendon Bolton continued as club coach for his third season in the role. Originally, it was the final season of Bolton's open-ended contract in which he was guaranteed a full payout if sacked; but over the off-season, the club and Bolton renegotiated to extend this period until the end of 2020. The club's coaching staff underwent some changes and expansions before the 2018 season. Director of Coaching Neil Craig retired from the football industry at the end of 2017 after more than four decades as a player and coach; John Barker took over as the club's head of strategy.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 51], "content_span": [52, 627]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278129-0004-0001", "contents": "2018 Carlton Football Club season, Senior Personnel\nFormer player and development coach David Teague, who had been most recently serving as forward-line coach at Adelaide, returned to Carlton as an assistant coach, and former Melbourne player Cameron Bruce, who had most recently served as defensive coach at Hawthorn and had worked there with Brendan Bolton, joined Carlton as defensive coach. Recently retired Essendon midfielder Brent Stanton and Geelong Football League coach Jason Davenport both joined the club as development coaches.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 51], "content_span": [52, 540]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278129-0005-0000", "contents": "2018 Carlton Football Club season, Senior Personnel\nMarc Murphy retained his position as club captain for the sixth season. Kade Simpson stepped down as vice-captain after nine years in the role, but remained in the leadership group. Patrick Cripps and Sam Docherty named joint vice captains in his place \u2013 Docherty's nomination coming despite having already suffered a season-ending knee injury prior to the announcement.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 51], "content_span": [52, 422]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278129-0005-0001", "contents": "2018 Carlton Football Club season, Senior Personnel\nThe rest of the extended leadership group comprised Ed Curnow, who held his place in the group from 2017, and Matthew Kreuzer, Lachie Plowman and (despite being on the rookie list) Alex Silvagni, who were all newly elevated, replacing Dennis Armfield and Bryce Gibbs, who both left the club at the end of 2017.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 51], "content_span": [52, 362]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278129-0006-0000", "contents": "2018 Carlton Football Club season, Squad for 2018\nFlags represent the state of origin, i.e. the state in which the player played his Under-18s football.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 49], "content_span": [50, 152]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278129-0007-0000", "contents": "2018 Carlton Football Club season, Playing list changes\nThe following summarises all player changes which occurred after the 2017 season. Unless otherwise noted, draft picks refer to selections in the 2017 AFL draft.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 55], "content_span": [56, 216]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278129-0008-0000", "contents": "2018 Carlton Football Club season, Playing list changes\nAs in the 2016/17 offseason, Bryce Gibbs was linked to Adelaide during the trade period. Originally South Australian, Gibbs was three years into a five-year contract, but sought a return to Adelaide for family reasons, nominating the Adelaide Crows as his preferred destination. No deal had been reached during the 2016/17 offseason, but successful negotiations in this offseason saw Gibbs traded to Adelaide for draft picks. Carlton made three recruits during the trade period, and entered the 2017 draft with two selections in the top ten.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 55], "content_span": [56, 597]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278129-0009-0000", "contents": "2018 Carlton Football Club season, Season summary, AFLX\nCarlton will participate in the inaugural pre-season AFLX competition. The club competed in Pool B at Etihad Stadium on Friday 16 February, playing its round-robin matches against Melbourne and North Melbourne. The club took a young team into the tournament, including several players new to the club in 2018, and Caleb Marchbank served as captain. Carlton lost both of its round robin games and failed to progress to the final.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 55], "content_span": [56, 484]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278129-0010-0000", "contents": "2018 Carlton Football Club season, Season summary, Pre-season\nThe club will play two full-length practice matches as part of the JLT Community Series.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 61], "content_span": [62, 150]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278129-0011-0000", "contents": "2018 Carlton Football Club season, Individual awards and records, John Nicholls Medal\nThe Carlton Football Club Best and Fairest awards night took place on 5 October. The John Nicholls Medal, for the best and fairest player of the club, as well as several other awards, were presented on the night.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 85], "content_span": [86, 298]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278129-0012-0000", "contents": "2018 Carlton Football Club season, Individual awards and records, John Nicholls Medal\nThe runaway winner of the John Nicholls Medal was Patrick Cripps, who polled 166 votes to comprehensively beat Kade Simpson, who finished second with 108 votes, and Ed Curnow and Charlie Curnow who tied for third with 98 votes. It was Cripps' second John Nicholls Medal, having first won the medal in 2015.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 85], "content_span": [86, 392]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278129-0013-0000", "contents": "2018 Carlton Football Club season, Individual awards and records, John Nicholls Medal\nThe following other awards were presented on John Nicholls Medal night:-", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 85], "content_span": [86, 158]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278129-0014-0000", "contents": "2018 Carlton Football Club season, Individual awards and records, Leading goalkickers\nCharlie Curnow was Carlton's leading goalkicker for the season with 34 goals. It was Curnow's first time as Carlton's leading goalkicker.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 85], "content_span": [86, 223]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278129-0015-0000", "contents": "2018 Carlton Football Club season, Individual awards and records, Other awards\nOne Carlton player, Paddy Dow was nominated for the 2018 AFL Rising Star award, nominated after his Round 14 performance against Collingwood. Dow received no votes for the final award.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 78], "content_span": [79, 263]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278129-0016-0000", "contents": "2018 Carlton Football Club season, Individual awards and records, Other awards\nFor each of the AFLPA awards, one or three Carlton players were nominated by an internal vote of Carlton players; Marc Murphy was also nominated for the Best Captain award by default. Patrick Cripps placed second in the Leigh Matthews Trophy voting for Most Valuable Player, polling 529 votes compared with winner Tom Mitchell's 773. Kade Simpson also placed in the Robert Rose Award for Most Courageous Player, finishing fourth.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 78], "content_span": [79, 508]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278129-0017-0000", "contents": "2018 Carlton Football Club season, Women's teams, AFL Women's\nKey recruitments to the Carlton AFLW squad in the trade period were Brisbane marquee signing Tayla Harris and Collingwood best-and-fairest winner Nicola Stevens. Former first-round draft pick Bianca Jakobsson was traded to Melbourne, and Nat Exon and Bella Ayre were traded to Brisbane. Owing to traded draft picks, Carlton's top selection in the AFLW draft was in the second round (No. 12 overall), used to select Georgia Gee. Altogether, eleven new players joined the Carlton AFLW squad for 2018.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 61], "content_span": [62, 560]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278129-0017-0001", "contents": "2018 Carlton Football Club season, Women's teams, AFL Women's\nBrianna Davey was made captain of the team, having been a vice-captain in its first season; inaugural captain Lauren Arnell became vice-captain alongside Sarah Hosking. Damien Keeping continued as the team's coach for the second season, with assistant coach Nick Rutley also filling in as match day senior coach in two matches when Keeping was absent due to illness.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 61], "content_span": [62, 428]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278129-0018-0000", "contents": "2018 Carlton Football Club season, Women's teams, AFL Women's\nThe following is the final senior squad as announced at the start of the season. Numbers in parentheses represent games played and goals kicked for Carlton in the season. Only supplementary players who played a senior match during the season are listed.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 61], "content_span": [62, 315]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278129-0019-0000", "contents": "2018 Carlton Football Club season, Women's teams, AFL Women's\nThe team won its first two matches of the season, before falling dramatically from form to lose its last five games \u2013 mostly by wide margins \u2013 and finish last in the competition. Part of the club's on-field fall from grace was attributed to the season-ending knee injury suffered by captain Brianna Davey in round two.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 61], "content_span": [62, 380]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278129-0020-0000", "contents": "2018 Carlton Football Club season, Women's teams, VFL Women's\nPrior to the 2018 season, Carlton was one of six AFL clubs granted a licence in the VFL Women's competition, as part of a significant reconfiguration of that competition which saw all Victorian-based AFL clubs taking a direct or affiliative involvement in a VFLW team. Carlton fielded a women's team, branded as the Carlton Blues, in the VFLW competition from the 2018 season onwards. The team finished 7th out of 13 in the league with a win-loss record of 6\u20138.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 61], "content_span": [62, 523]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278129-0021-0000", "contents": "2018 Carlton Football Club season, Northern Blues\nThe Carlton Football Club had full affiliation with the Northern Blues during the 2018 season. It was be the sixteenth season of the clubs' affiliation, which had been in place since 2003. Carlton senior- and rookie-listed players who were not selected to play in the Carlton team were eligible to play for the Northern Blues senior team in the Victorian Football League. The club's home matches were split between the VFL club's traditional home ground Preston City Oval, and Carlton's traditional home ground Ikon Park. The team finished 12th out of 15 in the 2018 VFL season with a win-loss record of 6\u201312.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 49], "content_span": [50, 659]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278130-0000-0000", "contents": "2018 Carolina Challenge Cup\nThe 2018 Carolina Challenge Cup was the 14th edition of the Carolina Challenge Cup, an annual soccer tournament held in Charleston, South Carolina by the Charleston Battery. The tournament ran from February 17 to 24, with all matches played at MUSC Health Stadium in Charleston.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [27, 27], "content_span": [28, 306]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278130-0001-0000", "contents": "2018 Carolina Challenge Cup\nIn addition to the Charleston Battery of the United Soccer League (USL), three Major League Soccer (MLS) clubs participated: Columbus Crew SC and 2017 expansion franchises Atlanta United FC and Minnesota United FC.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [27, 27], "content_span": [28, 242]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278131-0000-0000", "contents": "2018 Carolina Panthers season\nThe 2018 season was the Carolina Panthers' 24th in the National Football League and their eighth under head coach Ron Rivera. It was the team's first season without former assistant head coach/defensive coordinator Steve Wilks, who became head coach of the Arizona Cardinals in the offseason and former offensive coordinator Mike Shula, who became the quarterbacks coach and offensive coordinator of the New York Giants. The Panthers entered the season hoping to improve or match their 11\u20135 record from last year.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [29, 29], "content_span": [30, 543]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278131-0000-0001", "contents": "2018 Carolina Panthers season\nAfter starting 6\u20132, the Panthers fell into a 7-game losing streak, failing to improve or match their previous season's record, and were eliminated from playoff contention following a loss to the Atlanta Falcons in Week 16. Although they went a dismal 1\u20137 in the second half of the season, the Panthers managed to end on a high note by defeating their division rival New Orleans Saints, 33\u201314.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [29, 29], "content_span": [30, 422]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278131-0001-0000", "contents": "2018 Carolina Panthers season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 1: vs. Dallas Cowboys\nIn the Panthers' home opener both teams were scoreless in the first quarter. In the second, Cam Newton rushed for a touchdown to score the game's first points. Graham Gano later kicked a field goal to further the Panthers' lead to 10\u20130. Both teams were again scoreless in the third quarter. Alexander Armah scored a touchdown in the fourth quarter, but the extra point attempt was no good when the ball slipped out of Michael Palardy's hands.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 89], "content_span": [90, 533]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278131-0001-0001", "contents": "2018 Carolina Panthers season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 1: vs. Dallas Cowboys\nThe Cowboys later put points on the board with an Ezekiel Elliott touchdown run followed by a two-point conversion by quarterback Dak Prescott, decreasing the Panthers' lead to eight points. The Panthers managed to hold off the Cowboys by forcing a fumble off Prescott in the Cowboys' last offensive drive, winning 16\u20138.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 89], "content_span": [90, 410]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278131-0002-0000", "contents": "2018 Carolina Panthers season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 1: vs. Dallas Cowboys\nTight end Greg Olsen and offensive tackle Daryl Williams left the game early due to injuries.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 89], "content_span": [90, 183]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278131-0003-0000", "contents": "2018 Carolina Panthers season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 2: at Atlanta Falcons\nThe Falcons proved too much for the Panthers. With the 24\u201331 loss, the Panthers fell to 1\u20131.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 89], "content_span": [90, 182]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278131-0004-0000", "contents": "2018 Carolina Panthers season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 3: vs. Cincinnati Bengals\nThe Bengals were the first to score in the game but the Panthers answered back with a Cam Newton touchdown. Late in the first quarter Andy Dalton threw a pass intended for John Ross but it was intercepted by Donte Jackson. Early in the second Devin Funchess scored a touchdown with a Graham Gano field goal, and Carolina took the lead. Dalton was sacked by Efe Obada and fumbled the ball. Carolina recovered but the call was reversed and the Bengals soon tied the game at 14. Carolina took back the lead with a C. J. Anderson touchdown.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 93], "content_span": [94, 630]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278131-0004-0001", "contents": "2018 Carolina Panthers season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 3: vs. Cincinnati Bengals\nIn the third Dalton was picked off again, this time by Obada. Cincinnati soon followed a Newton TD with a touchdown of their own, moving to within seven. With less than four minutes to go, Jackson intercepted a Dalton pass intended for Ross. Gano then kicked a field goal making the score 31\u201321. Dalton's Hail Mary attempt, intended for Tyler Eifert, was picked off by Luke Kuechly. The Panthers won and improved to 2\u20131.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 93], "content_span": [94, 514]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278131-0005-0000", "contents": "2018 Carolina Panthers season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 5: vs. New York Giants\nThe Panthers came back after their bye week and took on the New York Giants at home. Carolina went into the third quarter with a 20\u201313 lead. New York scored a field goal in the third quarter, decreasing the Panthers' lead to four. In the fourth quarter, the Giants scored a touchdown with a two point conversion, followed by a Carolina field goal. With 1:15 to go in the game, the Giants scored on a Saquon Barkley touchdown catch, giving New York their first lead since the first quarter.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 90], "content_span": [91, 580]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278131-0005-0001", "contents": "2018 Carolina Panthers season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 5: vs. New York Giants\nThe Panthers, down 31-30, only had a little more than a minute to try to win. They were able to get in field goal position. With six seconds to go, Graham Gano's 63 yard field goal was good. It was the longest successful field goal in franchise history and Gano became one of only six players to make a kick from 63 yards or longer. The Panthers won 33\u201331, improving to 3\u20131.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 90], "content_span": [91, 465]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278131-0006-0000", "contents": "2018 Carolina Panthers season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 6: at Washington Redskins\nThings didn't start off well for the Panthers. Rookie D.J. Moore fumbled on a punt return and Washington recovered. This put the Redskins at a perfect spot to score and they did so. The Panthers had multiple turnovers in the first quarter, giving the Redskins a 14\u20130 lead by the end of one. The Panthers were able to catch up to the Redskins and had a chance to take the lead late in the fourth quarter. However, on fourth down and 5 at the Redskins 16, Cam Newton's pass for Jarius Wright fell incomplete. With the close loss of 17\u201323, the Panthers fell to 3\u20132. This game saw the return of both Greg Olsen, who had been out with a foot injury since week one, and Thomas Davis, who was suspended for the first four games of the season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 93], "content_span": [94, 829]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278131-0007-0000", "contents": "2018 Carolina Panthers season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 7: at Philadelphia Eagles\nThe Panthers were down 17-0 going into the fourth quarter with a seemingly lifeless offense. However, the team scored 21 points in the 4th quarter and beat the shell-shocked Eagles 21\u201317, improving to 4\u20132. They sealed the victory after preventing a 4th down conversion by the Eagles in the closing seconds of the 4th quarter. It was the largest 4th quarter comeback win in team history, and the largest comeback in franchise history.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 93], "content_span": [94, 527]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278131-0008-0000", "contents": "2018 Carolina Panthers season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 8: vs. Baltimore Ravens\nCarolina and Baltimore went into the second quarter tied at seven. In the beginning of the second, Kyle Love tipped the ball out of QB Joe Flacco's hands, and the ball was recovered by Luke Kuechly. Greg Olsen scored a touchdown for the Panthers. Towards the end of the second, Cam Newton threw the ball into the end zone. Baltimore tipped it but Christian McCaffrey was able to catch it and score. With two seconds to go in the half, Graham Gano kicked a field goal, giving Carolina a 24\u20137 lead. In the third, Gano kicked another field goal. Alex Collins scored a touchdown for the Ravens making it a 27\u201314 Panthers lead. Newton scored a touchdown in the fourth but a two point conversion attempt was no good. Gano later made another field goal. The Panthers won 36\u201321 and improved to 5\u20132.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 91], "content_span": [92, 882]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278131-0009-0000", "contents": "2018 Carolina Panthers season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 9: vs. Tampa Bay Buccaneers\nThe Panthers went into half time up 35\u201314. In the third quarter Tampa Bay scored a touchdown making the score 35\u201321. Carolina and Tampa Bay both scored a touchdown in the fourth. The Panthers won 42\u201328, and improved to 6\u20132.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 95], "content_span": [96, 319]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278131-0010-0000", "contents": "2018 Carolina Panthers season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 10: at Pittsburgh Steelers\nIn this Thursday night game, the Steelers were too much for the Panthers, as the Steelers' defense sacked Cam Newton five times and returned an interception for a touchdown, while their offense scored on seven of their eight drives under Ben Roethlisberger, who threw for five touchdowns and recorded a perfect passer rating, culminating in a 21\u201352 loss.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 94], "content_span": [95, 449]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278131-0011-0000", "contents": "2018 Carolina Panthers season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 10: at Pittsburgh Steelers\nWith the crushing loss, the Panthers' three game winning streak was snapped, and they fell to 6\u20133.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 94], "content_span": [95, 193]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278131-0012-0000", "contents": "2018 Carolina Panthers season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 11: at Detroit Lions\nCarolina had a chance to win at the end of the game with a two-point conversion attempt. However, Newton's pass intended for Wright fell incomplete. With the loss, the Panthers fall to 6-4.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 88], "content_span": [89, 278]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278131-0013-0000", "contents": "2018 Carolina Panthers season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 12: vs. Seattle Seahawks\nIn a tight contest the Panthers were unable to put away the Seahawks, and lost 27\u201330. They fell to 6\u20135.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 92], "content_span": [93, 196]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278131-0014-0000", "contents": "2018 Carolina Panthers season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 13: at Tampa Bay Buccaneers\nThe Panthers, thanks in part to Newton's four interceptions, fell to 6-6. The day after the game, the Panthers announced defensive line coach Brady Hoke and assistant secondary/cornerbacks coach Jeff Imamura had been fired. Ron Rivera would also take over defensive play calling duties, although Washington would retain the title of defensive coordinator.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 95], "content_span": [96, 451]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278131-0015-0000", "contents": "2018 Carolina Panthers season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 15: vs. New Orleans Saints\nThe Panthers came into Monday night facing the NFC South champion and playoff-bound Saints. Carolina's defense stifled Drew Brees and the Saints offense for most of the game, forcing three turnovers. Cornerback Donte Jackson had a pick-two on a two-point conversion attempt and fellow corner James Bradberry had an interception. However, the Panthers offense stalled on several drives, including their final one. With the loss, the team's record fell to 6-8.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 94], "content_span": [95, 553]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278131-0016-0000", "contents": "2018 Carolina Panthers season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 16: vs. Atlanta Falcons\nDuring the week, the Panthers decided to give backup QB Taylor Heinicke his first NFL start due to Newton's injured shoulder. The Panthers lost 24-10, extending their losing streak to 7 games. Their record stood at 6-9.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 91], "content_span": [92, 311]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278131-0017-0000", "contents": "2018 Carolina Panthers season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 17: at New Orleans Saints\nThis was the Panthers' only game outside of the Eastern Time Zone during the 2018 season. Kyle Allen made his first start at QB due to injuries. Behind Allen, the Panthers won 33-14. With the win, the Panthers finished the season 7-9 and snapped their 7 game losing streak.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 93], "content_span": [94, 367]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278132-0000-0000", "contents": "2018 Caroline Wozniacki tennis season\nThe 2018 Caroline Wozniacki tennis season officially began on 1 January 2018 with the start of the 2018 WTA Tour. Caroline Wozniacki entered the season ranked as world number 3 behind Simona Halep and Garbi\u00f1e Muguruza following the completion of the 2017 season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [37, 37], "content_span": [38, 300]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278132-0001-0000", "contents": "2018 Caroline Wozniacki tennis season, Year in detail, Early hard court season, Auckland Open\nWozniacki began her season at the Auckland Open. She was the top seed and advanced to the final after successfully defeating Madison Brengle, Petra Marti\u0107, Sofia Kenin and Sachia Vickery. However, she would be defeated in straight sets by the same opponent who eliminated her in the previous year's quarterfinals, Julia G\u00f6rges, in straight sets.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 93], "content_span": [94, 439]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278132-0002-0000", "contents": "2018 Caroline Wozniacki tennis season, Year in detail, Early hard court season, Australian Open\nHer next tournament was the Australian Open. She was seeded second, her highest seeding since the 2012 Australian Open. She defeated Mihaela Buz\u0103rnescu in straight sets before going on to beat Jana Fett in three sets after saving two match points. She then beat Kiki Bertens and Magdal\u00e9na Ryb\u00e1rikov\u00e1 both in straight sets to reach the quarterfinals. In the quarterfinals, she beat Carla Su\u00e1rez Navarro in three sets to advance to her second Australian Open semifinal since 2011. In the semifinals she beat Elise Mertens to advance to her third Grand Slam final and her first since 2014.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 95], "content_span": [96, 682]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278132-0003-0000", "contents": "2018 Caroline Wozniacki tennis season, Year in detail, Early hard court season, Australian Open\nHer last opponent was Simona Halep. Wozniacki took the opening set in a tiebreak, while Halep winning the second set. The third set had the most breaks of serve. After a series of breaks, Wozniacki won two points in a row to reach championship point. Wozniacki won the point, the match and the championship, after Halep hit a backhand into the net to become the seventh woman to win the title after being match point down in Open Era.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 95], "content_span": [96, 530]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278132-0004-0000", "contents": "2018 Caroline Wozniacki tennis season, Year in detail, Early hard court season, Australian Open\nAfter winning her first grand slam title, she regained the world No. 1 ranking on 29 January 2018. Wozniacki was last ranked No. 1 on 29 January 2012, exactly 6 years ago, and her new ascension beats Serena Williams' previous record of 5 years 29 days.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 95], "content_span": [96, 348]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278132-0005-0000", "contents": "2018 Caroline Wozniacki tennis season, Year in detail, Early hard court season, St. Petersburg Ladies' Trophy\nWozniacki's next tournament was the St. Petersburg Ladies' Trophy, which she entered in the second round. She defeated the young Russian, Anastasia Potapova, in straight sets before she lost to Daria Kasatkina in the quarterfinals.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 109], "content_span": [110, 341]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278132-0006-0000", "contents": "2018 Caroline Wozniacki tennis season, Year in detail, Early hard court season, Qatar Open\nWozniacki then played in the Qatar Open, where she received a bye in the first round. She defeated Carina Witth\u00f6ft with a bagel in the second set. The Australian Open champion put together a dominant performance and needed just 57 minutes to record the victory. She then defeated Monica Niculescu in straight sets to extend her head-to-head advantage to 9\u20130 over the Romanian. Her next opponent was former world No. 1, Angelique Kerber. Kerber got out to a fast start but the first set went to a tiebreak and ended in Wozniacki's favour. Kerber easily won set two.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 90], "content_span": [91, 655]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278132-0006-0001", "contents": "2018 Caroline Wozniacki tennis season, Year in detail, Early hard court season, Qatar Open\nThe third set was a marathon of long rallies but Wozniacki won in a gruelling two hours and 20 minutes. Against Petra Kvitov\u00e1, Wozniacki wasn't so lucky. She lost, despite having two chances to serve for the match. However, with her Qatar performance, she became only the fourth player in WTA history to surpass $30,000,000 in career prize earnings.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 90], "content_span": [91, 440]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278132-0007-0000", "contents": "2018 Caroline Wozniacki tennis season, Year in detail, March sunshine events, Indian Wells Open\nWozniacki then played the Indian Wells Open, where she received a bye in the first round. She defeated Lara Arruabarrena and Aliaksandra Sasnovich, in straight sets and three sets respectively before she lost to Daria Kasatkina again in the fourth round.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 95], "content_span": [96, 350]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278132-0008-0000", "contents": "2018 Caroline Wozniacki tennis season, Year in detail, March sunshine events, Miami Open\nWozniacki then entered the Miami Open, where she also received a bye in the first round. However, she lost to the Summer Olympics champion Monica Puig in three sets after sending a bagel in the opening set.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 88], "content_span": [89, 295]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278132-0009-0000", "contents": "2018 Caroline Wozniacki tennis season, Year in detail, European clay court season, Istanbul Cup\nWozniacki started her 2018 clay season in the \u0130stanbul Cup, where she defeated Ekaterina Alexandrova and Sara Errani in straight sets and three sets respectively. However, she chose to retire from the event against the eventual winner Pauline Parmentier in the quarterfinals.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 95], "content_span": [96, 371]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278132-0010-0000", "contents": "2018 Caroline Wozniacki tennis season, Year in detail, European clay court season, Madrid Open\nWozniacki then played the Madrid Open. She defeated two Australians, Daria Gavrilova and Ashleigh Barty, and advanced into the third round. However, she lost to the eventual runner-up Kiki Bertens, who was defeated in the Australian Open, in straight sets.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 94], "content_span": [95, 351]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278132-0011-0000", "contents": "2018 Caroline Wozniacki tennis season, Year in detail, European clay court season, Italian Open\nWozniacki's next tournament was the Italian Open, where she received a bye in the first round. She defeated Alison Van Uytvanck in straight sets in the second round and Anastasija Sevastova in three sets in the third round respectively before she lost to Anett Kontaveit in straight sets in the quarterfinals.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 95], "content_span": [96, 405]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278132-0012-0000", "contents": "2018 Caroline Wozniacki tennis season, Year in detail, European clay court season, French Open\nIn the French Open, Wozniacki was the 2nd seed. In the first round, she defeated Danielle Collins after the opening-set tiebreak. In the second round, she easily defeated the Spanish qualifier Georgina Garc\u00eda P\u00e9rez in just fifty minutes. Her opponent in the third round was the local people Pauline Parmentier, who just defeated Caroline couple of weeks ago on the way to her first WTA title since 2008. Wozniacki defeated the Frenchwoman in straight sets after sending a bagel in the opening set. Her next opponent was the 14th seed Daria Kasatkina, who defeated Wozniacki twice this year. Wozniacki eventually lost to the Russian in straight sets again after the match delayed to Monday.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 94], "content_span": [95, 784]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278132-0013-0000", "contents": "2018 Caroline Wozniacki tennis season, Year in detail, United Kingdom grass court Season, Eastbourne International\nWozniacki started her 2018 grass season in the Eastbourne International, where she was the runner-up last year. She started her competition in the second round, where she defeated Camila Giorgi. In the third round, she defeated Johanna Konta for the first time in her career, in three sets. After defeating Ashleigh Barty in straight sets, she reached the semi-finals for the fifth time in six years. She successfully defeated Angelique Kerber in three sets after saving a match point to advance into final. Her final opponent of the tournament was Aryna Sabalenka and the match was their first meet. Eventually, the Dane defeated the Byelorussian to win her second title of the year, and her 29th overall. The final also marked her 600th career match win.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 114], "content_span": [115, 871]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278132-0014-0000", "contents": "2018 Caroline Wozniacki tennis season, Year in detail, United Kingdom grass court Season, Wimbledon Championships\nWozniacki then played in the Wimbledon Championships, where she was seeded second. In the first round, she successfully defeated Varvara Lepchenko after sending a bagel. However, she lost to Ekaterina Makarova, who defeated Wozniacki in the US Open also in the second round last year, in three sets despite saving five match points.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 113], "content_span": [114, 446]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278132-0015-0000", "contents": "2018 Caroline Wozniacki tennis season, Year in detail, Summer US Open series, Washington Open\nWozniacki was scheduled to participate in the Washington Open, where she was supposed to be the top seed, but she was forced to retired before her first-round match against Anhelina Kalinina due to a right leg injury.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 93], "content_span": [94, 311]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278132-0016-0000", "contents": "2018 Caroline Wozniacki tennis season, Year in detail, Summer US Open series, Canadian Open\nAfter the retirement in Washington, she then participated in the Canadian Open, where she received a bye in the first round. Her first opponent was Aryna Sabalenka, who was defeated in the final of Eastbourne in straight sets. However, this time she lost to the Belarusian in three sets after wasting three match points.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 91], "content_span": [92, 412]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278132-0017-0000", "contents": "2018 Caroline Wozniacki tennis season, Year in detail, Summer US Open series, Cincinnati Open\nAt Cincinnati, Wozniacki retired against the eventual winner Kiki Bertens in her first match of the tournament after losing the opening set because of a left knee injury.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 93], "content_span": [94, 264]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278132-0018-0000", "contents": "2018 Caroline Wozniacki tennis season, Year in detail, Summer US Open series, US Open\nIn the US Open, Wozniacki defeated former champion Samantha Stosur in straight sets before she lost to Lesia Tsurenko in the second round.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 85], "content_span": [86, 224]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278132-0019-0000", "contents": "2018 Caroline Wozniacki tennis season, Year in detail, East Asian hardcourt season, Toray Pan Pacific Open\nIn fall, Wozniacki played the Pan Pacific Open, where she was the top seed, by receiving a wildcard as the defending champion. However, she lost to Camila Giorgi in three sets in the second round.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 106], "content_span": [107, 303]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278132-0020-0000", "contents": "2018 Caroline Wozniacki tennis season, Year in detail, East Asian hardcourt season, Wuhan Open\nA week later, in Wuhan, Wozniacki was upset by Monica Puig for the second time this season in straight sets in third round after defeated qualifier Rebecca Peterson.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 94], "content_span": [95, 260]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278132-0021-0000", "contents": "2018 Caroline Wozniacki tennis season, Year in detail, East Asian hardcourt season, China Open\nWozniacki then played the China Open. In the first round, she defeated Belinda Bencic, who had a small advantage on head-to-head, in straight sets. Then she defeated Petra Marti\u0107 for the second time this year in straight sets. In the third round, She successfully defeated Anett Kontaveit, who defeated the Dann at Montreal in straight sets. In the semifinals, she upset local favourite Wang Qiang in straight sets. In the final, she successfully held off Anastasija Sevastova to win the China Open title for the second time in her career without losing a set. This was also her first Premier Mandatory level title since winning the 2011 BNP Paribas Open and her 30th WTA title.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 94], "content_span": [95, 773]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278132-0022-0000", "contents": "2018 Caroline Wozniacki tennis season, Year in detail, Year-end Championships, WTA Finals\nAfter reaching the quarterfinals in Beijing in her last tournament, Wozniacki became the fifth player to secure Singapore spot. As the second seed, she led the White Group, alongside Petra Kvitov\u00e1, Elina Svitolina and Karol\u00edna Pl\u00ed\u0161kov\u00e1. However, her road to defend her title didn't start very well. In her first round robin match, she lost to World No. 7 Karol\u00edna Pl\u00ed\u0161kov\u00e1 in straight sets after saving two match points. She then defeated Petra Kvitov\u00e1 in three sets before was upset by Elina Svitolina. The outcome made her finished third in the group, which meant she was unable to advance into the semifinals.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 89], "content_span": [90, 702]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278132-0023-0000", "contents": "2018 Caroline Wozniacki tennis season, Year in detail, Year-end Championships, WTA Finals\nAfter eliminating in the round robin, Wozniacki announced that she was diagnosed with Rheumatoid arthritis, but would like to become a role model for people with the condition. Nevertheless, she still finished the season as World No. 3.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 89], "content_span": [90, 326]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278133-0000-0000", "contents": "2018 Carpathian Trophy\nThe 2018 Carpathian Trophy was the 50th edition of the Carpathian Trophy held in Bucharest, Romania between 23\u201324 November as a women's friendly handball tournament organised by the Romanian Handball Federation.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [22, 22], "content_span": [23, 234]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278133-0001-0000", "contents": "2018 Carpathian Trophy\nThe most recent Olympic champions, Russia, appeared in the competition.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [22, 22], "content_span": [23, 94]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278134-0000-0000", "contents": "2018 Carrom World Cup\nThe 2018 Carrom World Cup was the 5th edition of the Carrom World Cup which held in the city of Chuncheon, South Korea for 7 days from 23 August to 26 August. This was staged as the first international carrom tournament since the 2016 Carrom World Championship and also marked the first Carrom World Cup to be held in South Korea. The World Cup was hosted in Chuncheon as a part of the 2018 World Leisure Games which includes other sports such as ice hockey, slalom, taekwondo and darts. Sri Lanka won the men's Carrom World Cup and India won the women's World Cup tournament in their respective finals mayil is the winner.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [21, 21], "content_span": [22, 645]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278134-0001-0000", "contents": "2018 Carrom World Cup\nIndia were the defending world champions which won the title in 2014 featured alongside hosts South Korea, Sri Lanka, Maldives, Bangladesh, United States, France, Japan and Czech Republic.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [21, 21], "content_span": [22, 210]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278134-0002-0000", "contents": "2018 Carrom World Cup\nIn the men's carrom tournament final, Sri Lanka defeated defending world champions India by 2-1 in the men's team event to secure their maiden Carrom World Cup title. India defeated Sri Lanka 3-0 in the women's team tournament final to defend the title.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [21, 21], "content_span": [22, 275]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278134-0003-0000", "contents": "2018 Carrom World Cup\nIndian carrom player Kajal Kumari became the first ever woman to clinch the overall combined Swiss League title after defeating defending Swiss League champion Chamil Cooray of Sri Lanka in the final.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [21, 21], "content_span": [22, 222]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278134-0004-0000", "contents": "2018 Carrom World Cup\nBoth men and women carrom players representing India won the singles and doubles titles at the World Cup. India's Prashant More won the men's singles world title and India's S. Apoorva claimed the women's singles title defeating the Swiss League winner Kajal Kumari.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [21, 21], "content_span": [22, 288]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278134-0005-0000", "contents": "2018 Carrom World Cup, Participating teams\nSri Lanka sent 8 players including four men and four women for the event including former carrom world champion Nishantha Fernando (2012) and 2 time Swiss League winner Chamil Cooray.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 42], "content_span": [43, 226]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278134-0006-0000", "contents": "2018 Carrom World Cup, Participating teams\nThe United States Carrom Association has selected a men's team of 4 led by Shibu Jose.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 42], "content_span": [43, 129]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278134-0007-0000", "contents": "2018 Carrom World Cup, Participating teams\nCzech Republic national level champion Horst \u0160imunsk\u00fd will lead the Czech Republic delegation at the event.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 42], "content_span": [43, 150]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278134-0008-0000", "contents": "2018 Carrom World Cup, Participating teams, Controversy\nOn 22 June 2018, the International Carrom Federation earlier rejected the entry list of India for the World Cup as the entry list was alleged to have approved by a member of the ad hoc committee appointed by India's High Court instead of a regular executive committee member of All India Carrom Federation. However on 3 July 2018, the ICF later accepted India's entry list for the World Cup as it was later confirmed by the secretary of All India Carrom Federation.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 55], "content_span": [56, 521]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278134-0009-0000", "contents": "2018 Carrom World Cup, Men's teams, Results (Team)\nTotal 16 team Participated in men's team event. Sri Lanka beat India 2-1 to win the first Carrom World Cup title in men's team event. And France beat Maldives (2-1) to win bronze medal. The men's team event finals was held on 26 August.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 50], "content_span": [51, 287]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278134-0010-0000", "contents": "2018 Carrom World Cup, Men's teams, Results (Team)\nZaheer Pasha (IND) beat Shaheed Hilmy (SRI) 25-22 & 25-11", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 50], "content_span": [51, 108]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278134-0011-0000", "contents": "2018 Carrom World Cup, Men's teams, Results (Team)\nNishantha Fernando (SRI) beat K Sagayabharati (IND) 25-22 & 25-7", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 50], "content_span": [51, 115]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278134-0012-0000", "contents": "2018 Carrom World Cup, Men's teams, Results (Team)\nChamil Cooray (SRI) beat Prashant More (IND) 3-25, 25-15 & 25-21", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 50], "content_span": [51, 115]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278134-0013-0000", "contents": "2018 Carrom World Cup, Women's Team event\nTotal 8 team Participated in Women's team event. Women's team event was played in Round Robin format. Top 4 Teams got Qualified for Semi finals. India beat Korea (3-0) in semi final 1, and Sri Lanka beat Maldives (2-1) in Semi final 2. India beat Sri Lanka 3-0 to win their fifth Carrom World Cup title in women's team event. Maldives beat Korea (3-0) to win bronze medal. The Women's team event finals was held on 26 August.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 41], "content_span": [42, 467]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278134-0014-0000", "contents": "2018 Carrom World Cup, Women's Team event\nRashmi Kumari (IND) beat Roshita Joseph (SRI) 19-15 & 25-23", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 41], "content_span": [42, 101]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278134-0015-0000", "contents": "2018 Carrom World Cup, Women's Team event\nKajal Kumari (IND) beat Chalani Lakmali (SRI) 25-11 & 25-12", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 41], "content_span": [42, 101]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278134-0016-0000", "contents": "2018 Carrom World Cup, Women's Team event\nS Apoorva (IND) beat Yasika Rahubaddha (SRI) 25-12 & 25-23", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 41], "content_span": [42, 100]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278134-0017-0000", "contents": "2018 Carrom World Cup, Women's Team event\nAminath Vidhaadh (MDV) beat Myung Soo Han (KOR) - (3-0)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 41], "content_span": [42, 97]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278134-0018-0000", "contents": "2018 Carrom World Cup, Women's Team event\nAminath Shuba Adam (MDV) beat Hyung joo Lee (KOR) - (3-0)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 41], "content_span": [42, 99]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278134-0019-0000", "contents": "2018 Carrom World Cup, Swiss League\nTotal 86 players competed in the Swiss league. Indian Women's team starlet Kajal Kumari became the first ever woman to clinch the overall combined Swiss League title after defeating defending Swiss League champion Chamil Cooray of Sri Lanka in the final. She also beat former world runner-up Riyaz Akbar Ali to justify her achievement in the process.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 35], "content_span": [36, 386]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278134-0020-0000", "contents": "2018 Carrom World Cup, Men's Singles\nTotal 32 players who qualified to singles event were divided in to 8 groups. Top 2 Qualified to Round of 16. After 2 full days of intense matches Prashant More (IND) beat Riyaz Akbar Ali (IND) in the breathtaking Men's Singles Final. Zaheer Pasha (IND) claimed 3rd place after beating Nishanta Fernando (SRI).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 36], "content_span": [37, 346]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278134-0021-0000", "contents": "2018 Carrom World Cup, Women's Singles\nTop 24 women's players who qualified to singles event were divided in to 4 groups. Top 2 Qualified to Round of 16. S.Spoorva (IND) beat Swiss league champion Kajal Kumari (IND) in Women's Singles Final. Rashmi Kumari (IND) claimed 3rd place beating Ayesha Mohamed (IND).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 38], "content_span": [39, 309]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278135-0000-0000", "contents": "2018 Cary Challenger\nThe 2018 Cary Challenger was a professional tennis tournament played on hard courts. It was the 4th edition of the tournament which was part of the 2018 ATP Challenger Tour. It took place in Cary, North Carolina, United States between 10 and 16 September 2018.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [20, 20], "content_span": [21, 281]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278135-0001-0000", "contents": "2018 Cary Challenger, Singles main draw entrants, Other entrants\nThe following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 64], "content_span": [65, 133]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278136-0000-0000", "contents": "2018 Cary Challenger \u2013 Doubles\nMarcelo Ar\u00e9valo and Miguel \u00c1ngel Reyes-Varela were the defending champions but only Ar\u00e9valo chose to defend his title, partnering Roberto Mayt\u00edn. Ar\u00e9valo lost in the first round to Luis David Mart\u00ednez and David P\u00e9rez Sanz.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [30, 30], "content_span": [31, 253]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278136-0001-0000", "contents": "2018 Cary Challenger \u2013 Doubles\nEvan King and Hunter Reese won the title after defeating Fabrice Martin and Hugo Nys 6\u20134, 7\u20136(8\u20136) in the final.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [30, 30], "content_span": [31, 143]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278137-0000-0000", "contents": "2018 Cary Challenger \u2013 Singles\nKevin King was the defending champion but lost in the first round to James Duckworth.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [30, 30], "content_span": [31, 116]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278137-0001-0000", "contents": "2018 Cary Challenger \u2013 Singles\nDuckworth won the title after defeating Reilly Opelka 7\u20136(7\u20134), 6\u20133 in the final.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [30, 30], "content_span": [31, 112]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278138-0000-0000", "contents": "2018 Case Western Reserve Spartans football team\nThe 2018 Case Western Reserve Spartans football team represented Case Western Reserve University of Cleveland, Ohio, during the 2018 NCAA Division III football season. The team was coached by 15th-year coach Greg Debeljak and played its home games at DiSanto Field.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 48], "section_span": [48, 48], "content_span": [49, 314]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278139-0000-0000", "contents": "2018 Case of babies born without arms in France\nIn October 2018, doctors in France demanded an investigation into why thirteen babies in three rural areas had been born without hands, forearms or arms in three rural areas, between 2007 and 2017.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 47], "section_span": [47, 47], "content_span": [48, 245]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278139-0001-0000", "contents": "2018 Case of babies born without arms in France\nThe public health authority initially stated that the incidents were not significantly higher than the national average, and they would not investigate further. However, after additional cases were reported, also in rural areas, health minister Agn\u00e8s Buzyn launched a nationwide investigation into the causes in November 2018. One of the affected areas was near the village of Druillat in Ain, where 18 babies were born with upper limb defects between 2000 and 2014.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 47], "section_span": [47, 47], "content_span": [48, 514]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278139-0002-0000", "contents": "2018 Case of babies born without arms in France\nAmelia (lack of one of more limbs) and meromelia (partial absence of one or more limbs) can have multiple causes, including chromosomal disorders, infection, or exposure to toxic substances at a critical time in the development of the embryo, between the 6th and 8th week, when the arms and legs appear.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 47], "section_span": [47, 47], "content_span": [48, 351]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278139-0003-0000", "contents": "2018 Case of babies born without arms in France\nAn initial report was due in January 2019, with the full report expected in June 2019.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 47], "section_span": [47, 47], "content_span": [48, 134]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278140-0000-0000", "contents": "2018 Casino Admiral Trophy\nThe 2018 Casino Admiral Trophy was a professional tennis tournament played on clay courts. It was the first edition of the tournament which was part of the 2018 ATP Challenger Tour. It took place in Marbella, Spain between 26 and 31 March 2018.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [26, 26], "content_span": [27, 271]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278140-0001-0000", "contents": "2018 Casino Admiral Trophy, Singles main draw entrants, Other Entrants\nThe following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 70], "content_span": [71, 139]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278140-0002-0000", "contents": "2018 Casino Admiral Trophy, Singles main draw entrants, Other Entrants\nThe following player received entry into the singles main draw as an alternate:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 70], "content_span": [71, 150]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278141-0000-0000", "contents": "2018 Casino Admiral Trophy \u2013 Doubles\nGuido Andreozzi and Ariel Behar won the title after defeating Martin Kli\u017ean and Jozef Koval\u00edk 6\u20133, 6\u20134 in the final.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [36, 36], "content_span": [37, 153]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278142-0000-0000", "contents": "2018 Casino Admiral Trophy \u2013 Singles\nStefano Travaglia won the title after defeating Guido Andreozzi 6\u20133, 6\u20133 in the final.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [36, 36], "content_span": [37, 123]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278143-0000-0000", "contents": "2018 Cassis Open Provence\nThe 2018 Cassis Open Provence was a professional tennis tournament played on hard courts. It was the 1st edition of the tournament which was part of the 2018 ATP Challenger Tour. It took place in Cassis, France between 4 and 9 September 2018.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [25, 25], "content_span": [26, 268]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278143-0001-0000", "contents": "2018 Cassis Open Provence, Singles main draw entrants, Other Entrants\nThe following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 69], "content_span": [70, 138]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278144-0000-0000", "contents": "2018 Cassis Open Provence \u2013 Doubles\nMatt Reid and Sergiy Stakhovsky won the title after defeating Marc-Andrea H\u00fcsler and Gon\u00e7alo Oliveira 6\u20132, 6\u20133 in the final.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [35, 35], "content_span": [36, 160]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278145-0000-0000", "contents": "2018 Cassis Open Provence \u2013 Singles\nEnzo Couacaud won the title after defeating Ugo Humbert 6\u20132, 6\u20133 in the final.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [35, 35], "content_span": [36, 114]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278146-0000-0000", "contents": "2018 Castle Point Borough Council election\nThe 2018 Castle Point Borough Council election took place on 3 May 2018 to elect members of Castle Point Borough Council in England.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [42, 42], "content_span": [43, 175]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278146-0001-0000", "contents": "2018 Castle Point Borough Council election, Ward results, Canvey Island Central\nNo UKIP (-28.0) or Liberal Democrat (-1.4) candidates as previous.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [44, 79], "content_span": [80, 146]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278147-0000-0000", "contents": "2018 Castleford Tigers season\nThis article details the Castleford Tigers Rugby League Football Club's 2018 season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [29, 29], "content_span": [30, 114]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278148-0000-0000", "contents": "2018 Catalan motorcycle Grand Prix\nThe 2018 Catalan motorcycle Grand Prix was the seventh round of the 2018 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season. It was held at the Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya in Montmel\u00f3 on 17 June 2018.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [34, 34], "content_span": [35, 223]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278149-0000-0000", "contents": "2018 Catalans Dragons season\nThis article details the Catalans Dragons Rugby League Football Club's 2018 season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [28, 28], "content_span": [29, 112]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278150-0000-0000", "contents": "2018 Categor\u00eda Primera A season\nThe 2018 Categor\u00eda Primera A season (officially known as the 2018 Liga \u00c1guila season for sponsorship reasons) was the 71st season of Colombia's top-flight football league. The season began on 2 February and concluded on 16 December. Millonarios were the defending champions.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [31, 31], "content_span": [32, 306]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278150-0001-0000", "contents": "2018 Categor\u00eda Primera A season\nIn the Torneo Apertura, Deportes Tolima won their second league title on 9 June, after tying with Atl\u00e9tico Nacional 2\u20132 on aggregate score in the finals and then beating them 4\u20132 on penalties and in the Torneo Finalizaci\u00f3n, Junior won their eighth title on 16 December, following a 5\u20134 win against Independiente Medell\u00edn on aggregate score in the finals.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [31, 31], "content_span": [32, 386]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278150-0002-0000", "contents": "2018 Categor\u00eda Primera A season, Format\nThe league was played under the same format used since the 2015 season, with the exclusion of the regional derby matchday in the first stage of both the Apertura and Finalizaci\u00f3n tournaments being the only change to be applied for this season. Both tournaments were divided into three stages: a first stage which was contested on a single round-robin basis, with each team playing the other teams once for a total of 19 matches.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 39], "content_span": [40, 468]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278150-0002-0001", "contents": "2018 Categor\u00eda Primera A season, Format\nThe top eight teams after the nineteen rounds advanced to a knockout round, where they were drawn into four ties to be played on a home-and-away basis, with the four winners advancing to the semifinals and the winners of each semifinal advancing to the final of the tournament. The winners of the final in each tournament were declared as champions. Relegation to Categor\u00eda Primera B by average continued being used.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 39], "content_span": [40, 456]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278150-0003-0000", "contents": "2018 Categor\u00eda Primera A season, Teams\n20 teams took part, eighteen of them returning from last season plus Boyac\u00e1 Chic\u00f3 and Leones, who were promoted from the 2017 Primera B. Leones became the first team to secure promotion, after winning the Torneo Finalizaci\u00f3n on 26 November 2017, and competed in the Primera A for the first time ever. On the other hand, Boyac\u00e1 Chic\u00f3 sealed their promotion on 6 December 2017, by winning the Primera B championship on penalty kicks against Leones. They returned to the top tier after just one year. Both promoted teams replaced Cortulu\u00e1 and Tigres who were relegated at the end of the last season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 38], "content_span": [39, 635]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278150-0004-0000", "contents": "2018 Categor\u00eda Primera A season, Teams, Stadia and locations\na: Atl\u00e9tico Huila played their first three home games in the Torneo Apertura (against Deportivo Cali, Junior, and La Equidad) at Estadio Manuel Murillo Toro in Ibagu\u00e9 due to their regular stadium Estadio Guillermo Plazas Alcid not meeting DIMAYOR's stadium requirements. b: Jaguares played their first three home games in the Torneo Apertura (against La Equidad, Deportes Tolima, and Patriotas) at Estadio Armando Tuir\u00e1n Paternina in Sahag\u00fan due to works on the artificial lighting system at Estadio Jaraguay which enabled it to meet DIMAYOR's stadium requirements. c: Junior played their home matches against Deportivo Pasto, Atl\u00e9tico Huila, and Rionegro \u00c1guilas at Estadio Romelio Mart\u00ednez in Barranquilla instead of their regular stadium Estadio Metropolitano Roberto Mel\u00e9ndez.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 60], "content_span": [61, 841]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278150-0005-0000", "contents": "2018 Categor\u00eda Primera A season, Torneo Apertura, First stage\nThe First stage began on 2 February and consisted of nineteen rounds with teams playing each other once. It ended on 6 May with the top eight teams at the end of this stage advancing to the knockout phase.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 61], "content_span": [62, 267]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278150-0006-0000", "contents": "2018 Categor\u00eda Primera A season, Torneo Finalizaci\u00f3n, First stage\nThe First stage began on 20 July and featured the same format used in the Torneo Apertura, with reversed fixtures. It concluded on 11 November with the top eight teams at the end of this stage advancing to the knockout stage.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 65], "content_span": [66, 291]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278150-0007-0000", "contents": "2018 Categor\u00eda Primera A season, Relegation\nA separate table was kept to determine the teams that get relegated to the Categor\u00eda Primera B for the next season. The table included an average of all first stage games played for the current season and the previous two seasons. For purposes of elaborating the table, promoted teams were given the same point and goal tallies as the team in the 18th position at the start of the season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 43], "content_span": [44, 432]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278150-0008-0000", "contents": "2018 Categor\u00eda Primera A season, Relegation\nSource: Rules for classification: 1st average; 2nd goal difference; 3rd number of goals scored; 4th away goals scored.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 43], "content_span": [44, 162]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278151-0000-0000", "contents": "2018 Categor\u00eda Primera B season\nThe 2018 Categor\u00eda Primera B season (officially known as the 2018 Torneo \u00c1guila season for sponsorship reasons) was the 29th season since its founding as Colombia's second division football league. The competition started on 10 February and concluded on 26 November. C\u00facuta Deportivo were the champions by defeating Uni\u00f3n Magdalena 3\u20130 on aggregate score in the final. Both teams were also promoted to the Categor\u00eda Primera A.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [31, 31], "content_span": [32, 458]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278151-0001-0000", "contents": "2018 Categor\u00eda Primera B season, Format\nFor this season, the league returned to the 'one tournament per year' format. The season will consist of three stages. In the first stage, the 16 clubs played each other twice, once at home and once away. Similar to the 2018 Primera A season, the extra matches against a regional rival were not played. The top eight teams after the thirty rounds advanced to the semifinal round where they were sorted into two groups of four and played a double round-robin tournament group stage, with the top team of each group qualifying to the finals.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 39], "content_span": [40, 579]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278151-0001-0001", "contents": "2018 Categor\u00eda Primera B season, Format\nThe winner of the finals was crowned as the season champions and also earned promotion to the Categor\u00eda Primera A for the 2019 season. The season runner-up would have to play the best team in the aggregate table (other than the champion) on a home-and-away basis for the second promotion berth. In case the season runner-up also ended up as the best team in the aggregate table, it would also be promoted and the promotion play-off would not be played.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 39], "content_span": [40, 492]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278151-0002-0000", "contents": "2018 Categor\u00eda Primera B season, Teams\n16 teams took part, fourteen of them returning from last season plus Cortulu\u00e1 and Tigres, who were relegated from the 2017 Primera A. The former will return to the second tier after 3 years while the latter returned after one season in the top flight. Both teams replaced Boyac\u00e1 Chic\u00f3 and Leones who earned promotion at the end of the last season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 38], "content_span": [39, 386]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278151-0003-0000", "contents": "2018 Categor\u00eda Primera B season, Teams\na: Barranquilla used the Estadio Metropolitano Roberto Mel\u00e9ndez in Barranquilla as home stadium during the first half of the season. b: Cortulu\u00e1 used the Estadio Pascual Guerrero in Cali instead of the Estadio Doce de Octubre in Tulu\u00e1 as home stadium during the first half of the season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 38], "content_span": [39, 326]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278151-0004-0000", "contents": "2018 Categor\u00eda Primera B season, Semifinals\nThe eight teams that advanced to the Semifinals were drawn into two groups of four teams. The winners of each group advanced to the finals.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 43], "content_span": [44, 183]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278151-0005-0000", "contents": "2018 Categor\u00eda Primera B season, Promotion play-off\nSince the season runners-up Uni\u00f3n Magdalena also ended up as the best team in the aggregate table (other than the champions), they earned automatic promotion to the Categor\u00eda Primera A and the promotion play-off was not played.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 51], "content_span": [52, 279]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278152-0000-0000", "contents": "2018 Cavan Intermediate Football Championship\nThe 2018 Cavan Intermediate Football Championship was the 54th edition of Cavan GAA's premier Gaelic football tournament for intermediate graded clubs in County Cavan, Ireland. The tournament consists of 14 teams, with the winner representing Cavan in the Ulster Intermediate Club Football Championship.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [45, 45], "content_span": [46, 349]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278152-0001-0000", "contents": "2018 Cavan Intermediate Football Championship\nThe championship starts with a league stage and then progresses to a knock out stage.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [45, 45], "content_span": [46, 131]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278152-0002-0000", "contents": "2018 Cavan Intermediate Football Championship\nThe draw for the group stages of the championship were made on 30 April 2018.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [45, 45], "content_span": [46, 123]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278152-0003-0000", "contents": "2018 Cavan Intermediate Football Championship, Team Changes\nThe following teams have changed division since the 2017 championship season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [47, 59], "content_span": [60, 137]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278152-0004-0000", "contents": "2018 Cavan Intermediate Football Championship, League Stage\nAll 14 teams enter the competition at this stage. A random draw determines which teams face each other in each of the four rounds. No team can meet each other twice in the group stage. The top 8 teams go into a seeded draw for the Quarter-Finals while the bottom 6 teams will enter a Relegation Playoff.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [47, 59], "content_span": [60, 363]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278152-0005-0000", "contents": "2018 Cavan Intermediate Football Championship, Relegation Play-Offs\nThe teams placed 8-14 in the league phase will play off against each other. The 3 winners will maintain their intermediate status for 2019. One loser will go straight to a relegation final while the other 2 losers will face off in a relegation semi-final. The ultimate loser will be relegated to the 2019 J.F.C.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [47, 67], "content_span": [68, 379]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278153-0000-0000", "contents": "2018 Cavan Senior Football Championship\nThe 2018 Cavan Senior Football Championship was the 110th edition of Cavan GAA's premier gaelic football tournament for senior graded clubs in County Cavan, Ireland. The tournament consists of 12 teams, with the winner representing Cavan in the Ulster Senior Club Football Championship.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [39, 39], "content_span": [40, 326]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278153-0001-0000", "contents": "2018 Cavan Senior Football Championship\nThe championship starts with a league stage and then progresses to a knock out stage.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [39, 39], "content_span": [40, 125]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278153-0002-0000", "contents": "2018 Cavan Senior Football Championship\nDue to reconstruction of the stadium in 2018, Breffni Park was not used as a venue for any matches during this season's S.F.C., except for the final.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [39, 39], "content_span": [40, 189]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278153-0003-0000", "contents": "2018 Cavan Senior Football Championship\nCavan Gaels were the defending champions after they defeated Castlerahan in the previous years final.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [39, 39], "content_span": [40, 141]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278153-0004-0000", "contents": "2018 Cavan Senior Football Championship\nThis was Shercock's return the senior grade for the first time since the mid 1980s after claiming the 2017 Cavan Intermediate Football Championship title.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [39, 39], "content_span": [40, 194]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278153-0005-0000", "contents": "2018 Cavan Senior Football Championship\nThe draw for the group stages of the championship were made on 30 April 2018.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [39, 39], "content_span": [40, 117]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278153-0006-0000", "contents": "2018 Cavan Senior Football Championship\nCastlerahan won their first title, defeating Crosserlough in the final.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [39, 39], "content_span": [40, 111]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278153-0007-0000", "contents": "2018 Cavan Senior Football Championship, Team Changes\nThe following teams have changed division since the 2017 championship season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 53], "content_span": [54, 131]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278153-0008-0000", "contents": "2018 Cavan Senior Football Championship, League Stage\nAll 12 teams enter the competition at this stage. A random draw determines which teams face each other in each of the four rounds. No team can meet each other twice in the group stage. The top 8 teams go into a seeded draw for the Quarter-Finals while the bottom 4 teams will enter a Relegation Playoff. If teams are level on points and a place in the Quarter-Final is at stake, a Playoff will be conducted to determine who goes through.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 53], "content_span": [54, 491]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278153-0009-0000", "contents": "2018 Cavan Senior Football Championship, Relegation Play-Offs\nThe 4 bottom placed teams the league phase will play off against each other. The 2 winners will maintain their senior status for 2019 while the 2 losers will face off in a Relegation-Final. The ultimate loser will be relegated to the 2019 I.F.C.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 61], "content_span": [62, 307]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278154-0000-0000", "contents": "2018 Cear\u00e1 gubernatorial election\nThe Cear\u00e1 gubernatorial election in 2018 will elect the Governor, the Lieutenant Governor, the Cear\u00e1 Senate delegation, Federal Deputies from Cear\u00e1 and the Cear\u00e1 State Legislative Assembly.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [33, 33], "content_span": [34, 223]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278154-0001-0000", "contents": "2018 Cear\u00e1 gubernatorial election\nThe Cear\u00e1 gubernatorial election is part of the Brazilian general Elections. The voters will elect the President of the Republic, Governor of the State and two Senators of the Republic, besides 22 Federal Deputies and 46 State Deputies.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [33, 33], "content_span": [34, 270]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278154-0002-0000", "contents": "2018 Cear\u00e1 gubernatorial election\nThe election will be held in October 7, 2018 (first round), if necessary a second round will be held in October 28, 2018.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [33, 33], "content_span": [34, 155]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278154-0003-0000", "contents": "2018 Cear\u00e1 gubernatorial election\nIn the previous election, Camilo Santana from the Workers' Party defeated Eun\u00edcio Oliveira from the Brazilian Democratic Movement in the second round. Camilo Santana received 53.35% of the votes, while Eun\u00edcio received 46.65% of the votes, thus Cid Gomes, then governor, was succeeded by the one who supported, Camilo Santana.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [33, 33], "content_span": [34, 360]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278154-0004-0000", "contents": "2018 Cear\u00e1 gubernatorial election\nCandidates for the Government of the State of Cear\u00e1 are H\u00e9lio G\u00f3is, Guilherme Theophilo and Ailton Lopes.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [33, 33], "content_span": [34, 139]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278154-0005-0000", "contents": "2018 Cear\u00e1 gubernatorial election\nThe Ferreira Gomes family has been in charge of the State of Cear\u00e1 since 2007, when Cid Gomes was elected defeating the then Governor Lucio Alcantara. Cid was re-elected in 2010 and elected his political sponsor in 2014. In the event that Camilo is a candidate and wins the elections, the Ferreira Gomes Family will practically take 16 years in power.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [33, 33], "content_span": [34, 385]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278154-0006-0000", "contents": "2018 Cear\u00e1 gubernatorial election, Electoral system, Gubernatorial election\nIn general, the rules for the presidential elections also apply to the state. That is, the elections have two rounds, if none of the candidates reaches an absolute majority of the valid votes, a second round between the two most voted happens. All candidates with executive positions should resign by April 7, in order to run.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 75], "content_span": [76, 402]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278154-0007-0000", "contents": "2018 Cear\u00e1 gubernatorial election, Electoral system, Senate election\nAccording to the planned rotation for the Senate elections in 2018, two seats for each state will be held for the 8-year term. The most voted candidate is elected, the second most voted is also elected. In legislative elections there is no second round.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 68], "content_span": [69, 322]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278154-0008-0000", "contents": "2018 Cear\u00e1 gubernatorial election, Electoral system, Chamber of Deputies and Legislative Assembly election\nThe Chamber of Deputies and the Cear\u00e1 State Legislative elections are held using open list proportional representation, with seats allocated using the simple quotient.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 106], "content_span": [107, 274]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278154-0009-0000", "contents": "2018 Cear\u00e1 gubernatorial election, Gubernatorial candidates\nCandidates for the Government of the State of Cear\u00e1 in alphabetical order:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 59], "content_span": [60, 134]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278154-0010-0000", "contents": "2018 Cear\u00e1 gubernatorial election, Gubernatorial candidates, A\u00edlton Lopes\nA\u00edlton Lopes is running for Governor of Cear\u00e1 for the second time. In 2014 he obtained 2.4% of the valid votes. The candidate has a trajectory of struggle for the rights of minorities, as indigenous and LGBTs, as well as a search for the rights of women and blacks.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 73], "content_span": [74, 339]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278154-0011-0000", "contents": "2018 Cear\u00e1 gubernatorial election, Gubernatorial candidates, A\u00edlton Lopes\nA\u00edlton presented a series of proposals, but they are emphasized:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 73], "content_span": [74, 138]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278154-0012-0000", "contents": "2018 Cear\u00e1 gubernatorial election, Gubernatorial candidates, A\u00edlton Lopes\n\"Our nominee is an candidacy that expresses the fight for rights, contrary to what we have seen. In fact what we are seeing is what repeats every election, now in a sharper way that is the partisan gathering at a real business counter. The priority of our program is the rights, because for us there is no peace without right.\" - A\u00edlton Lopes", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 73], "content_span": [74, 416]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278154-0013-0000", "contents": "2018 Cear\u00e1 gubernatorial election, Gubernatorial candidates, Guilherme Theophilo\nGuilherme Cals Theophilo Gaspar de Oliveira is a reserve military officer, outside the Army's four-star General and had according some military a trajectory of \"extreme competence\".", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 80], "content_span": [81, 262]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278154-0014-0000", "contents": "2018 Cear\u00e1 gubernatorial election, Gubernatorial candidates, Guilherme Theophilo\nGuilherme Theophilo, 63, was born in Rio de Janeiro and moved with his family to Fortaleza at the age of three months. He is a General of the Army, a graduate in data processing and a post-graduate in systems engineering.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 80], "content_span": [81, 302]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278154-0015-0000", "contents": "2018 Cear\u00e1 gubernatorial election, Gubernatorial candidates, Guilherme Theophilo\nHe served as Commander of the 10th Campaign Artillery Group in Fortaleza and Assistant to the Chief Minister of the Office of Institutional Security of the Presidency of the Republic, in Brasilia. It is the first political candidacy of General Theophilo.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 80], "content_span": [81, 335]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278154-0016-0000", "contents": "2018 Cear\u00e1 gubernatorial election, Gubernatorial candidates, Guilherme Theophilo\nGuilherme presented many proposals, among the proposals he presented during the speech, the PSDB candidate expressed his intention to:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 80], "content_span": [81, 215]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278154-0017-0000", "contents": "2018 Cear\u00e1 gubernatorial election, Gubernatorial candidates, Guilherme Theophilo\n\"We will shift to results-oriented management and a meritocracy-based government, and the secretariat to be a secretariat of value\" - Guilherme Theophilo", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 80], "content_span": [81, 234]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278154-0018-0000", "contents": "2018 Cear\u00e1 gubernatorial election, Gubernatorial candidates, H\u00e9lio G\u00f3is\nH\u00e9lio G\u00f3is Ferreira Neto, 45, is a lawyer and a teacher. He is a specialist in Public Law from the Federal University of Cear\u00e1; Master in Constitutional Law from the Federal University of Cear\u00e1 and Master in International Law from the Universit\u00e4t Heidelberg (Germany).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 71], "content_span": [72, 340]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278154-0019-0000", "contents": "2018 Cear\u00e1 gubernatorial election, Gubernatorial candidates, H\u00e9lio G\u00f3is\n\"I invite each of you who have already - as good men - the first step towards change. I invite you now to a greater sacrifice: to come out of the comfort of your home and call all those who share the same sense of honor, those aligned with Christian values. I call each of you to fight, a fight in which I intend to set an example.\" - H\u00e9lio G\u00f3is", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 71], "content_span": [72, 417]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278155-0000-0000", "contents": "2018 Cebu City Sharks season\nThe 2018 Cebu City Sharks season is the 1st season of the franchise in the Maharlika Pilipinas Basketball League (MPBL).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [28, 28], "content_span": [29, 149]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278156-0000-0000", "contents": "2018 Cedar Rapids Titans season\nThe 2018 Cedar Rapids Titans season is the team's seventh season as a professional indoor football franchise and seventh in the Indoor Football League (IFL). One of six teams that compete in the IFL for the 2018 season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [31, 31], "content_span": [32, 251]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278156-0001-0000", "contents": "2018 Cedar Rapids Titans season\nLed by head coach Marvin Jones, the Titans play their home games at the U.S. Cellular Center in downtown Cedar Rapids, Iowa.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [31, 31], "content_span": [32, 156]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278157-0000-0000", "contents": "2018 Celebration Bowl\nThe 2018 Air Force Reserve Celebration Bowl was a college football bowl game that was played on December 15, 2018, with kickoff at 12:00 p.m. EST. It was the first game of the 2018\u201319 bowl season, and the only bowl to feature FCS teams. It was the fourth edition of the Celebration Bowl and the final game of the 2018 NCAA Division I FCS football season for the participating teams. The Air Force Reserve resumed its role as the title sponsor after a one-year absence.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [21, 21], "content_span": [22, 490]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278157-0001-0000", "contents": "2018 Celebration Bowl\nIn the game, the North Carolina A&T Aggies, champions of the Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference, defeated the Alcorn State Braves, champions of the Southwestern Athletic Conference, 24\u201322.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [21, 21], "content_span": [22, 207]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278157-0002-0000", "contents": "2018 Celebration Bowl, Teams\nThe participants for the game are based upon the final regular season standings which determine the Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference (MEAC) football champion, and the Southwestern Athletic Conference (SWAC) football championship game that determines the representative from that conference.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 28], "content_span": [29, 318]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278157-0003-0000", "contents": "2018 Celebration Bowl, Teams, North Carolina A&T Aggies\nThe North Carolina A&T Aggies (NC A&T) were announced as the MEAC representative on November 17, following the conclusion of games involving itself and Florida A&M (FAMU), the conference front-runners. As outlined in the conference tiebreaker rules, due to defeating NC A&T earlier in the season, a FAMU victory at the Florida Classic would have given the Rattlers the Celebration Bowl bid and at least a share of the MEAC championship regardless of the outcome of NC A&T's game. However, FAMU lost the Florida Classic to arch-rival Bethune-Cookman, 33\u201319, while NC A&T defeated North Carolina Central, 45\u20130, giving them the conference championship and Celebration Bowl bid.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 55], "content_span": [56, 730]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278157-0004-0000", "contents": "2018 Celebration Bowl, Teams, North Carolina A&T Aggies\nNC A&T, lead by first-year head coach Sam Washington, entered the season ranked number 14 in the AFCA preseason poll, number 13 in the STATS FCS top 25 poll, and number one in the BoxtoRow polls as the defending HBCU National Champions. The Aggies were also unanimously picked as the favorites to repeat as MEAC champions. The Aggies finished their 2018 regular season at 9\u20132 (6\u20131 in MEAC)\u2014with key victories over Ohio Valley Conference champion Jacksonville State and in-state FBS foe East Carolina\u2014and entered the Celebration Bowl ranked number 11 by STATS. This was the third Celebration Bowl appearance for NC A&T, following their victory over the Grambling Tigers in the 2017 Celebration Bowl, 21\u201314.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 55], "content_span": [56, 761]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278157-0005-0000", "contents": "2018 Celebration Bowl, Teams, Alcorn State Braves\nAlcorn State defeated Southern in the SWAC Championship Game on December 1 to secure their berth in the Celebration Bowl. Led by third-year head coach Fred McNair, the Braves were ranked third in the BoxtoRow HBCU preseason poll, voted to win the SWAC East division. The Braves enter the bowl with a 9\u20133 record (6\u20131 in conference regular season play).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 49], "content_span": [50, 401]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278158-0000-0000", "contents": "2018 Census of Malawi\nThe 2018 Malawi census was the sixth national census in Malawi, which took place on 3-23 September 2018. The population of Malawi was counted as 17,563,749 \u2013 an increase of 4,534,251 (34.8%) over the 2008 census.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [21, 21], "content_span": [22, 234]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278158-0001-0000", "contents": "2018 Census of Malawi\nPreliminary results from the 2018 census were released to the public in December 2018 and final results in May 2019, from the National Statistical Office of Malawi website. The next Malawian census is set to be held in September 2028.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [21, 21], "content_span": [22, 256]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278158-0002-0000", "contents": "2018 Census of Malawi, Projections\nThe 2018 projected population of Malawi was 17,931,637 based on the medium variant of projections based on the 2008 census. The actual enumerated population was 17,563,749 which was about 98% the size of the 2018 projection.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 34], "content_span": [35, 259]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278158-0003-0000", "contents": "2018 Census of Malawi, Results, Population and dwellings\nPopulation counts for regions of Malawi. All figures are for the census de jure population count.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 56], "content_span": [57, 154]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278158-0004-0000", "contents": "2018 Census of Malawi, Results, Birthplace\nIn 2018, 17,506,538 people (99.67%) were born in Malawi, with 57,211 (0.33%) born abroad.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 42], "content_span": [43, 132]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278158-0005-0000", "contents": "2018 Census of Malawi, Results, Ethnicity\nThe 2018 Census asked a question on ethnicity for the first time and the five largest ethnic groups were Chewa (34.4%), Lomwe (18.9%), Yao (13.3%), Ngoni (10.4%), and Tumbuka (9.2%).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 41], "content_span": [42, 224]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278158-0006-0000", "contents": "2018 Census of Malawi, Results, Religion\nAccording to the 2018 Census, 77.3% of the population identified as being Christian, 13.8% as Muslim, 2.1% identified as having no religion, 1.1% as having traditional religions, and 5.6% had other religions.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 40], "content_span": [41, 249]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278159-0000-0000", "contents": "2018 Central African Republic League\nThe 2018 Central African Republic League season is the top level of football competition in Central African Republic.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [36, 36], "content_span": [37, 154]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278159-0001-0000", "contents": "2018 Central African Republic League, Teams\nA total of 12 teams participate in the Ligue de Bangui Premi\u00e8re Division. The season started on 21 February 2018.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 43], "content_span": [44, 157]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278160-0000-0000", "contents": "2018 Central American and Caribbean Games\nThe 23rd Central American and Caribbean Games were held in Barranquilla, Colombia.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [41, 41], "content_span": [42, 124]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278160-0001-0000", "contents": "2018 Central American and Caribbean Games, Bidding process\nQuetzaltenango was the only city to meet CACSO's January 2012 deadline to bid for the Games, and on October 29, 2012 it was named the host city.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [43, 58], "content_span": [59, 203]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278160-0002-0000", "contents": "2018 Central American and Caribbean Games, Bidding process\nGuatemala last hosted the Games in 1950 (in Guatemala City); Central America last hosted in 2002 (in San Salvador, El Salvador). Panajachel would be the venue for sailing, open water swimming and triathlon. Quetzaltenango was officially stripped from its hosting rights in May 2014.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [43, 58], "content_span": [59, 341]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278160-0003-0000", "contents": "2018 Central American and Caribbean Games, Bidding process\nMeanwhile, the Colombian City of Santiago de Cali has sent a formal request to the CACSO committee to host the 2018 Central American and Caribbean Games (due to the success of the 2013 World Games) in case that Quetzaltenango was unable to meet with the event's logistics. In addition, sports venues in Santiago de Cali were completely built and in excellent condition, while Quetzaltenango was having delays in its venue preparation.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [43, 58], "content_span": [59, 493]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278160-0004-0000", "contents": "2018 Central American and Caribbean Games, Bidding process\nA second bidding phase was opened to find the new hosts for the Games. Panama City (Panama), Puerto la Cruz (Venezuela), and Barranquilla (Colombia) were bidding to host the Games. Barranquilla was voted as the hosts for the Games during a CACSO meeting in Veracruz, Mexico.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [43, 58], "content_span": [59, 333]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278160-0005-0000", "contents": "2018 Central American and Caribbean Games, Nations\nThe following 37 nations will take part. For the first time in the Central American and Caribbean Games, six Caribbean territories of European Countries competed, having reached agreement with ODACABE. These territories being: the three French territories of Guadeloupe, Martinique, and French Guiana, the British Territory of Turks and Caicos, and the two Dutch territories of Cura\u00e7ao and Sint Maarten.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [43, 50], "content_span": [51, 454]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278160-0006-0000", "contents": "2018 Central American and Caribbean Games, Nations\nThe numbers in parentheses represents the number of athletes entered.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [43, 50], "content_span": [51, 120]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278161-0000-0000", "contents": "2018 Central Arkansas Bears football team\nThe 2018 Central Arkansas Bears football team represented the University of Central Arkansas in the 2018 NCAA Division I FCS football season. The Bears were led by first-year head coach Nathan Brown and played their home games at Estes Stadium. They were a member of the Southland Conference. They finished the season 6\u20135, 5\u20134 in Southland play to finish in a four-way tie for fourth place.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [41, 41], "content_span": [42, 432]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278161-0001-0000", "contents": "2018 Central Arkansas Bears football team, Previous season\nThe Bears finished the 2017 season 10\u20132, 9\u20130 in Southland play to be crowned Southland Conference champions. They received the Southland's automatic bid to the FCS Playoffs where they lost to New Hampshire in the second round.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [43, 58], "content_span": [59, 285]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278161-0002-0000", "contents": "2018 Central Arkansas Bears football team, Previous season\nOn December 7, head coach Steve Campbell resigned to become the head coach at South Alabama. He finished at Central Arkansas with a four-year record of 33\u201315.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [43, 58], "content_span": [59, 217]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278161-0003-0000", "contents": "2018 Central Arkansas Bears football team, Preseason, Preseason All-Conference Teams\nOn July 12, 2018, the Southland announced their Preseason All-Conference Teams, with the Bears having 11 players selected.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [43, 84], "content_span": [85, 207]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278161-0004-0000", "contents": "2018 Central Arkansas Bears football team, Preseason, Preseason Poll\nOn July 19, 2018, the Southland announced their preseason poll, with the Bears predicted to finish in third place.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [43, 68], "content_span": [69, 183]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278162-0000-0000", "contents": "2018 Central Coast Pro Tennis Open\nThe 2018 Central Coast Pro Tennis Open was a professional tennis tournament played on outdoor hard courts. It was the second edition of the tournament and was part of the 2018 ITF Women's Circuit. It took place in Templeton, United States, on 24\u201330 September 2018.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [34, 34], "content_span": [35, 299]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278162-0001-0000", "contents": "2018 Central Coast Pro Tennis Open, Singles main draw entrants, Other entrants\nThe following players received a wildcard into the singles main draw:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 78], "content_span": [79, 148]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278162-0002-0000", "contents": "2018 Central Coast Pro Tennis Open, Singles main draw entrants, Other entrants\nThe following players received entry into the singles main draw using a protected ranking:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 78], "content_span": [79, 169]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278163-0000-0000", "contents": "2018 Central Coast Pro Tennis Open \u2013 Doubles\nKaitlyn Christian and Giuliana Olmos were the defending champions, but Christian chose not to participate. Olmos partnered alongside Kristie Ahn, but lost in the semifinals to Asia Muhammad and Maria Sanchez.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [44, 44], "content_span": [45, 253]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278163-0001-0000", "contents": "2018 Central Coast Pro Tennis Open \u2013 Doubles\nMuhammad and Sanchez went on to win the title, defeating Quinn Gleason and Luisa Stefani in the final, 6\u20137(4\u20137), 6\u20132, [10\u20138].", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [44, 44], "content_span": [45, 170]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278164-0000-0000", "contents": "2018 Central Coast Pro Tennis Open \u2013 Singles\nSachia Vickery was the defending champion, but chose not to participate.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [44, 44], "content_span": [45, 117]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278164-0001-0000", "contents": "2018 Central Coast Pro Tennis Open \u2013 Singles\nAsia Muhammad won the title, defeating Sesil Karatantcheva in the final, 2\u20136, 6\u20134, 6\u20133.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [44, 44], "content_span": [45, 132]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278165-0000-0000", "contents": "2018 Central Connecticut Blue Devils football team\nThe 2018 Central Connecticut Blue Devils football team represented Central Connecticut State University in the 2018 NCAA Division I FCS football season. They were led by fifth-year head coach Pete Rossomando and played their home games at Arute Field. They were a member of the Northeast Conference. They finished the season 6\u20135, 4\u20132 in NEC play to finish in third place.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 50], "section_span": [50, 50], "content_span": [51, 422]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278165-0001-0000", "contents": "2018 Central Connecticut Blue Devils football team, Previous season\nThe Blue Devils finished the 2017 season 8\u20134, 6\u20130 in NEC play to win the conference title. They received the NEC's automatic bid to the FCS Playoffs, their first FCS playoff appearance in school history, where they were defeated by New Hampshire in the First Round.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 50], "section_span": [52, 67], "content_span": [68, 333]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278165-0002-0000", "contents": "2018 Central Connecticut Blue Devils football team, Preseason, NEC coaches poll\nThe NEC released their preseason coaches poll on July 24, 2018, with the Blue Devils predicted to become NEC champions.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 50], "section_span": [52, 79], "content_span": [80, 199]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278165-0003-0000", "contents": "2018 Central Connecticut Blue Devils football team, Preseason, Preseason All-NEC team\nThe Blue Devils placed seven players on the preseason all-NEC team.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 50], "section_span": [52, 85], "content_span": [86, 153]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278166-0000-0000", "contents": "2018 Central Java gubernatorial election\nThe 2018 Central Java gubernatorial election was held on 27 June 2018 as part of the simultaneous local elections. It was conducted to elect the governor of Central Java alongside with their deputy, whilst members of the provincial council (Dewan Perwakilan Rakyat Daerah) will be re-elected in 2019.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [40, 40], "content_span": [41, 341]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278166-0001-0000", "contents": "2018 Central Java gubernatorial election\nIncumbent governor Ganjar Pranowo ran for his second term in office against former Minister of Energy and Mineral Resources Sudirman Said. Despite polling lower than expected by most surveys, Ganjar managed to defeat Said to secure his second term as governor.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [40, 40], "content_span": [41, 301]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278166-0002-0000", "contents": "2018 Central Java gubernatorial election, Timeline\nOn September 10, the General Elections Commission declared a voter count of 27,409,316 in the province. Voting will be done in 64,171 polling stations across the province.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 50], "content_span": [51, 222]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278166-0003-0000", "contents": "2018 Central Java gubernatorial election, Timeline\nRegistration for party-backed candidates were opened between 8 and 10 January 2018, while independent candidates were required to register between 22 and 26 November 2017. The campaigning period would commence between 15 February and 24 June, with a three-day election silence before voting on 27 June.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 50], "content_span": [51, 353]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278166-0004-0000", "contents": "2018 Central Java gubernatorial election, Candidates\nUnder regulations, candidates are required to secure the support of a political party or a coalition thereof comprising at least 20 seats in the regional house. Alternatively, independent candidates may run provided they are capable of securing support from 6.5 percent of the total voter population (1,781,606) in form of photocopied ID cards subject to verification by the local committee although no candidates expressing interest managed to do this.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 52], "content_span": [53, 506]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278166-0005-0000", "contents": "2018 Central Java gubernatorial election, Candidates\nIncumbent Ganjar Pranowo, who had run with PDI-P in the 2013 elections, once again did so and the party declared him as the candidate on 7 January 2018. His deputy and old running mate Heru Sudjatmoko (id) also expressed an intention to run and the pair collected KPU's registration form together. However, on the candidate declaration Megawati Soekarnoputri declared Taj Yasin Maimoen from PPP, son of senior politician and ulema Maimun Zubair (id). According to 67-year old Heru, he had accepted the party's decision and plans to retire soon. PPP, which had earlier submitted possible running mates for Ganjar, officially backed the pair on 9 January. Nasdem and Demokrat submitted their support on the same day, while Golkar did so on 10 January.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 52], "content_span": [53, 802]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278166-0006-0000", "contents": "2018 Central Java gubernatorial election, Candidates\nThe coalition of Gerindra, PKS and PAN declared Sudirman Said, Minister of Energy and Mineral Resources between 2014-2016, as their gubernatorial candidate on 27 December 2017. A non-official faction of PPP, headed by Djan Faridz, also expressed its support for Said. PKB, which initially supported Ganjar, threw its weight behind Said and placed their cadre Ida Fauziyah as his running mate. Ida is a member of the People's Representative Council, where she serves as speaker of her party's faction.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 52], "content_span": [53, 553]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278167-0000-0000", "contents": "2018 Central League Climax Series\nThe 2018 Central League Climax Series (CLCS) was a post-season playoff consisting of two consecutive series that determined who would represent the Central League in the Japan Series. The First Stage was a best-of-three series and the Final Stage was a best-of-six with the top seed being awarded a one-win advantage. The winner of the series advanced to the 2018 Japan Series, where they competed against the 2018 Pacific League Climax Series winner. The top three regular-season finishers played in the two series. The CLCS began with the first game of the First Stage on October 13.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [33, 33], "content_span": [34, 619]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278168-0000-0000", "contents": "2018 Central Michigan Chippewas football team\nThe 2018 Central Michigan Chippewas football team represented Central Michigan University in the 2018 NCAA Division I FBS football season. They were led by fourth-year head coach John Bonamego and played their home games at Kelly/Shorts Stadium as members of the West Division of the Mid-American Conference. They finished the season 1\u201311, 0\u20138 in MAC play to finish in last place in the West Division.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [45, 45], "content_span": [46, 447]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278168-0001-0000", "contents": "2018 Central Michigan Chippewas football team\nOn November 23, following a loss to Toledo, head coach John Bonamego was fired. He finished at Central Michigan with a four-year record of 22\u201329. On December 2, the school hired Michigan wide receivers coach Jim McElwain, who previously served as head coach at Colorado State and Florida.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [45, 45], "content_span": [46, 334]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278168-0002-0000", "contents": "2018 Central Michigan Chippewas football team, Previous season\nThe Chippewas finished the 2017 season 8\u20135, 6\u20132 in MAC play to finish in a tie for second place in the West Division. They received an invitation to the Famous Idaho Potato Bowl where they lost to Wyoming.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [47, 62], "content_span": [63, 268]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278168-0003-0000", "contents": "2018 Central Michigan Chippewas football team, Preseason, Preseason media poll\nThe MAC released their preseason media poll on July 24, 2018, with the Chippewas predicted to finish in fifth place in the West Division.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [47, 78], "content_span": [79, 216]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278169-0000-0000", "contents": "2018 Central Queensland bushfires\nThe 2018 Central Queensland bushfires were a series of 1,250 bushfires which ignited and moved across areas of the Central Queensland region of Australia in November and December 2018, during the 2018-19 Australian bushfire season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [33, 33], "content_span": [34, 265]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278169-0001-0000", "contents": "2018 Central Queensland bushfires, Summary\nWith much of the region experiencing hot, dry and gusty weather conditions during the event, the Queensland Fire and Emergency Services took the unprecedented step of upgrading the fire risk in the Capricornia and Central Highlands and Coalfields weather forecast districts in Central Queensland to the highest level of \"catastrophic\". Following this, a number of bush fires already burning throughout the region flared up and began moving quickly through dry vegetation, making it difficult for firefighters to control.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 42], "content_span": [43, 563]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278169-0002-0000", "contents": "2018 Central Queensland bushfires, Summary\nThe local government areas of Bundaberg, Gladstone, Rockhampton and Mackay were most seriously affected by the fires. This included the communities of Deepwater, Baffle Creek, Rules Beach, Agnes Water, Oyster Creek, Captain Creek, Winfield, Mount Larcom, Ambrose, Gracemere, Kabra, Stanwell, The Caves, Campwin Beach, Sarina Beach, Finch Hatton, Eungella and Bloomsbury.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 42], "content_span": [43, 413]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278169-0003-0000", "contents": "2018 Central Queensland bushfires, Summary\nThere was one fatality during the event when a man was killed by a falling tree while clearing a firebreak on a property near Rolleston in the Central Highlands Region.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 42], "content_span": [43, 211]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278169-0004-0000", "contents": "2018 Central Queensland bushfires, Summary\nNine dwellings, and 27 sheds were destroyed by the fires while another 17 dwellings, 72 sheds and 28 vehicles sustained damage. Approximately 1.4 million hectares was burnt out during the event, destroying sugarcane and banana crops as well as 110,000 hectares of the Eungella National Park.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 42], "content_span": [43, 334]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278169-0005-0000", "contents": "2018 Central Queensland bushfires, Summary\nAccording to Queensland Government statistics, the fires were fought by 4,200 firefighters, including 1,200 brought in from other Australian states, with 59 aerial firefighting aircraft used to drop 12 million litres of suppressant onto the fires in a bid to stop them spreading.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 42], "content_span": [43, 322]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278169-0006-0000", "contents": "2018 Central Queensland bushfires, Summary\nMore than 70 schools and early education centres were closed during the fires, including Mount Larcom State School where an agricultural shed was destroyed when a fire front arrived at the township.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 42], "content_span": [43, 241]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278169-0007-0000", "contents": "2018 Central Queensland bushfires, Summary\nDuring the fires, residents of Bloomsbury were critical of the apparent lack of support and direction from Mackay Regional Council in relation to a bushfire burning in their area. However, Mackay mayor Greg Williamson said the council had not received any request for assistance at Bloomsbury but were aware there were rural fire brigades on the ground attempting to save properties.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 42], "content_span": [43, 426]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278169-0008-0000", "contents": "2018 Central Queensland bushfires, Evacuations\nMany residents from various affected communities were evacuated including those in Deepwater, Baffle Creek, Mount Larcom, Campwin Beach and Sarina Beach.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 46], "content_span": [47, 200]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278169-0009-0000", "contents": "2018 Central Queensland bushfires, Evacuations\nThe town of Gracemere, to the immediate south-west of the city of Rockhampton was also completely evacuated when a fast-moving fire front travelling through Stanwell and Kabra threatened the town. Gracemere's 8,000 residents were forced to travel into Rockhampton where an evacuation centre was established at the Rockhampton Showgrounds.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 46], "content_span": [47, 385]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278169-0010-0000", "contents": "2018 Central Queensland bushfires, Evacuations\nThe efforts of firefighters were credited with saving Gracemere, and residents were allowed to return to their homes the following day. However, it's believed the bushfires came very close to causing significant damage to the community.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 46], "content_span": [47, 283]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278169-0011-0000", "contents": "2018 Central Queensland bushfires, Incidents during bushfires\nDuring the event, two men were arrested in separate incidents for allegedly attempting to light fires in the Rockhampton area. A 26-year-old man was arrested and charged with one count of endanger property by fire for allegedly trying to set fire to vegetation in the Rockhampton suburb of Kawana. A 27-year-old man was arrested after allegedly trying to start a grass fire beside the Burnett Highway in the locality of Port Curtis. Another man was fined $750 after pleading guilty to one charge of lighting an unauthorised fire during a fire ban, when he attempted to perform a backburn on a property near Yeppoon Road, north-east of Rockhampton.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 61], "content_span": [62, 709]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278169-0012-0000", "contents": "2018 Central Queensland bushfires, Incidents during bushfires\nThe distraction of the Central Queensland bushfires is what a Queensland funeral driver said in court caused him to drive off with a corpse of a stillborn baby on the roof of his vehicle which then fell onto the roadside, following a transfer between vehicles on the Sunshine Coast while it was being transported from Rockhampton to Brisbane. The driver said he had become distracted by the fires in Gracemere where his family was being evacuated. The corpse was later found by roadworkers. The driver was fined $5000 after pleading guilty to misconduct with regard to a corpse.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 61], "content_span": [62, 640]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278169-0013-0000", "contents": "2018 Central Queensland bushfires, Political reaction\nQueensland Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk visited affected bushfire areas with Queensland Fire Commissioner Katarina Carroll during the event. Deputy Prime Minister Michael McCormack also visited affected areas. On 9 December 2018, Palaszczuk appointed Major General Stuart Smith to assist bushfire impacted communities in their long-term recovery.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 53], "content_span": [54, 401]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278169-0014-0000", "contents": "2018 Central Queensland bushfires, Political reaction\nFollowing the event, a political debate occurred when critics of Queensland Government's newly legislated tree clearing laws, questioned whether the strict laws made it harder for landholders to legally clear land before the fires broke out, contributing to a heavier fuel load and exacerbating the severity of the fires. Palaszczuk denied this and blamed climate change for the fires.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 53], "content_span": [54, 439]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278169-0015-0000", "contents": "2018 Central Queensland bushfires, Political reaction\nIn April 2019, a disaster recovery plan to support the Central Queensland communities affected by the 2018 bushfires was released by the Queensland Government.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 53], "content_span": [54, 213]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278169-0016-0000", "contents": "2018 Central Queensland bushfires, Political reaction\nFollowing a request by State Minister for Fire and Emergency Services, Craig Crawford, for a review into the effectiveness of the Queensland disaster management system in its preparation and response to the bushfires, the Inspector-General of Emergency Management, Iain Mackenzie, delivered the independent 2018 Queensland Bushfires Review Report in June 2019. The Queensland Government accepted, or accepted-in-principle, all 23 recommendations made in the report.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 53], "content_span": [54, 519]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278169-0017-0000", "contents": "2018 Central Queensland bushfires, Political reaction\nHowever, the report's findings were criticised by Opposition Leader Deb Frecklington, Shadow Emergency Services Minister Lachlan Millar and Federal Minister for Emergency Services David Littleproud. Frecklington said the report failed to address key disaster prevention concerns, while Millar said it was unacceptable the report didn't make any recommendations relating to issues surrounding the alleged mismanagement of state-controlled land and the timely approval of fire permits. Littleproud said the state government needed to apologise to farmers as the report had found landholders couldn't clear appropriate fire breaks without breaking the government's vegetation management laws.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 53], "content_span": [54, 743]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278170-0000-0000", "contents": "2018 Centrobasket Women\nThe 2018 Women's Centrobasket Championship was held in the city of Manat\u00ed, Puerto Rico from August 20 to 24, 2018. The tournament was scheduled to include eight teams, including the Virgin Islands, but they withdrew.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [23, 23], "content_span": [24, 240]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278170-0001-0000", "contents": "2018 Centrobasket Women\nThe teams are divided into two pools of four teams each; each pool plays a round-robin. The top two teams in each pool advance to the championship round, consisting of semifinals, a bronze medal game, and a gold medal game. Semifinalists also qualify for the 2019 FIBA Women's AmeriCup.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [23, 23], "content_span": [24, 310]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278171-0000-0000", "contents": "2018 Ceres\u2013Negros F.C. season\nThe 2018 season is Ceres\u2013Negros Football Club's 7th in existence and the club's 2nd season in the top flight of Philippine football. Ceres competed in the Philippines Football League, Copa Paulino Alcantara, and AFC Cup. It covers a period from January 16 to September 22, 2018.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [29, 29], "content_span": [30, 308]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278171-0001-0000", "contents": "2018 Ceres\u2013Negros F.C. season\nThey made their first appearance in the AFC Champions League qualifying playoff winning over Burmese club Shan United and securing an upset victory against Australian side Brisbane Roar. They failed to progress to the tournament proper after they were knocked off by Chinese club Tianjin Quanjian.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [29, 29], "content_span": [30, 327]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278171-0002-0000", "contents": "2018 Ceres\u2013Negros F.C. season, Competitions, AFC Champions League\nCeres\u2013Negros made their first appearance in the AFC Champions League qualifying play-offs by virtue of being the champions of the 2017 Philippines Football League season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 65], "content_span": [66, 236]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278171-0003-0000", "contents": "2018 Ceres\u2013Negros F.C. season, Competitions, AFC Champions League, Qualifying play-offs\nCeres\u2013Negros started their AFC Champions League qualifying play-offs with a match against Burmese side, Shan United. Prior to the match, Ceres-Negros only had three training sessions. Ceres-Negros won over Shan United on penalties.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 87], "content_span": [88, 319]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278171-0004-0000", "contents": "2018 Ceres\u2013Negros F.C. season, Competitions, AFC Champions League, Qualifying play-offs\nThey went on to face Australian club Brisbane Roar which was at that time had already played 17 games of the 2017-18 A-League season and was ranked 7th in the league table. For about five minutes in the second half, Brisbane player Eric Bauteac had to be pulled off the pitch after his kit number peeled off. He was allowed to return to the pitch after the numbers were fixed. Ceres-Negros won 3\u20132 over Brisbane Roar a result which was considered as an upset leading to calls for the resignation of the Australian side's coach John Aloisi.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 87], "content_span": [88, 627]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278171-0005-0000", "contents": "2018 Ceres\u2013Negros F.C. season, Competitions, AFC Champions League, Qualifying play-offs\nCeres-Negros had to deal with visa issues prior to their match against Tianjin Quanjian in China. The club appealed to the Asian Football Confederation to delay the match so the clubs may be \"on equal footing\" and make consideration on the basis the Ceres' players are \"coming from another continent\" but such request was not granted. The club only had their Chinese visas for their players processed in the afternoon of January 29, the day prior to match day, and left for Tianjin on the same day. Ceres-Negros ended their campaign after they conceded two goals in their match against Tianjin Quanjian though their efforts were praised by PFF President Mariano Araneta. Ceres coach Risto Vidakovic was also satisfied with his players' performance.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 87], "content_span": [88, 836]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278171-0006-0000", "contents": "2018 Ceres\u2013Negros F.C. season, Competitions, AFC Cup\nHaving been knockout by Tianjin Quanjian in the 2018 AFC Champions League qualifying playoff, Ceres-Negros relegates to the 2018 AFC Cup group stage where they are grouped with three other Southeast Asian teams.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 52], "content_span": [53, 264]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278171-0007-0000", "contents": "2018 Ceres\u2013Negros F.C. season, Competitions, AFC Cup\nCeres-Negros ended their home match against Boeung Ket Angkor of Cambodia with a 9\u20130 win. This equaled the 9\u20130 win of Uzbek club Nasaf Qarshi over Indian club Dempo in 2011 as the match with the biggest score margin in the AFC Cup.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 52], "content_span": [53, 284]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278172-0000-0000", "contents": "2018 Cerezo Osaka U-23 season, Squad\nAs of 19 February 2016. Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 36], "content_span": [37, 189]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278173-0000-0000", "contents": "2018 Cerezo Osaka season, Squad\nAs of 4th June, 2018. Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 31], "content_span": [32, 182]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278173-0001-0000", "contents": "2018 Cerezo Osaka season, Squad, Out on loan\nNote: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 44], "content_span": [45, 173]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278174-0000-0000", "contents": "2018 Chabahar suicide bombing\nA suicide car bombing occurred on 6 December 2018 near a police station in Chabahar city, Sistan and Baluchestan Province. The attack left at least two policemen killed and 48 others injured, among them women and children.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [29, 29], "content_span": [30, 252]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278174-0001-0000", "contents": "2018 Chabahar suicide bombing\nIranian media has accused the Ansar Al-Furqan group a Sunni jihadi group, of being behind the incident. Ansar Al-Furqan took responsibility for the attack. Suicide bombings are rare in Iran.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [29, 29], "content_span": [30, 220]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278174-0002-0000", "contents": "2018 Chabahar suicide bombing, Bombing\nA suicide bomber drove a pickup truck loaded with explosives towards a Law Enforcement Police's station in Chabahar city. Police officers blocked the vehicle and started shooting at the driver, who then blew the car up near the station. According to France 24, as soon as the car bomb was detonated, gunmen tried assaulting the Police Headquarters, but they were killed by Iranian security forces.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 38], "content_span": [39, 436]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278174-0003-0000", "contents": "2018 Chabahar suicide bombing, Bombing\nAt least two policemen killed and 48 others injured as a result of the bombing. The injured people, among them women and children, consisted of 10 military personnel and 32 civilian, 28 of whom were immediately discharged from the hospital after outpatient treatment and 8 others underwent surgery.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 38], "content_span": [39, 337]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278174-0004-0000", "contents": "2018 Chabahar suicide bombing, Aftermath\nAccording to the police chief Hossein Ashtari, 10 people, suspected of having links to the bombing incident are detained and more cases are identified and being prosecuted.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 40], "content_span": [41, 213]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278174-0005-0000", "contents": "2018 Chabahar suicide bombing, Aftermath\nJavad Zarif, Iran's Foreign Minister, accused a foreign power of involvement and did not name a specific country. \"Foreign-backed terrorists kill and wound innocents in Chabahar. As we've made clear in the past, such crimes won\u2019t go unpunished,\" Zarif said on Twitter. Indian Foreign Minister described the attack as \"despicable terrorist attack\" and asked for bringing the perpetrators to the justice. Pakistani Foreign Office Spokesman Mohammad Faisal condemned the attack in a Twitter message.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 40], "content_span": [41, 537]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278174-0006-0000", "contents": "2018 Chabahar suicide bombing, Analysis\nAccording to the Tasnim News Agency, the aim of the attack was to destabilize the area prior to the meeting of the committee pursuing the Chabahar Agreement.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 39], "content_span": [40, 197]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278175-0000-0000", "contents": "2018 Challenge Cup\nThe 2018 Challenge Cup, also known as the Ladbrokes Challenge Cup for sponsorship reasons, was the 117th staging of the Challenge Cup, the main rugby league knockout tournament for teams in the Super League, the British National Leagues and a number of invited amateur clubs.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [18, 18], "content_span": [19, 294]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278175-0001-0000", "contents": "2018 Challenge Cup\nThe cup was won by Catalans Dragons, who beat Warrington Wolves 20\u201314 at Wembley on 25 August 2018 to become the first non-British team to win the challenge cup in its 117-year history. The defending champions, Hull F.C., went out at the quarter-final stage.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [18, 18], "content_span": [19, 277]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278175-0002-0000", "contents": "2018 Challenge Cup\nThe Catalans fullback, Tony Gigot, was voted the winner of the Lance Todd Trophy, becoming the first Frenchman to win the trophy since it was first awarded in 1946.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [18, 18], "content_span": [19, 183]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278175-0003-0000", "contents": "2018 Challenge Cup\nThe format of the competition was eight knock-out rounds followed by a final. The first two rounds were composed entirely of 48 amateur teams. The 12 winners of the second round ties were joined in round three by the 14 League 1 teams. For the fourth round, the 13 winners from round 3 were joined by 11 of the 12 Championship teams (Toulouse Olympique. who play in the Championship, chose not to enter the 2018 cup competition). Round five saw four Super League teams entering the competition, namely those that finished in the top four positions of the 2017 Qualifiers\u2014Warrington Wolves, Widnes Vikings, Hull Kingston Rovers and Catalans Dragons. The remaining eight Super League teams joined in round six.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [18, 18], "content_span": [19, 727]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278175-0004-0000", "contents": "2018 Challenge Cup, First round\nThe draw for the first round was made on 12 December 2017 at Media City and streamed live on the BBC Sport website. The draw was made by recently retired Hull F.C. captain, Gareth Ellis, and former Lance Todd Trophy winner, Paul Wellens. The 48 teams in the draw comprised 39 English amateur teams, the winners of the Scottish, Welsh and Irish leagues, two teams from the Universities rugby league and representative teams for the three armed services and the police.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [20, 31], "content_span": [32, 499]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278175-0005-0000", "contents": "2018 Challenge Cup, First round\nTies were played over the weekend of 27\u201328 January 2018 with the exception of one game postponed to the following weekend.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [20, 31], "content_span": [32, 154]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278175-0006-0000", "contents": "2018 Challenge Cup, Second round\nThe draw for the second round was made on 31 January 2018 at Warrington's Halliwell Jones Stadium and streamed live on the BBC Sport website. The draw was made by Warrington Wolves former prop forward and Swinton Lions coach, Gary Chambers, and current Warrington forward Sitaleki Akauola. The 24 teams in the draw comprised the winners from the first round.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [20, 32], "content_span": [33, 391]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278175-0007-0000", "contents": "2018 Challenge Cup, Second round\nTies were played on 10 February 2018. Batley Boys won their tie with a drop goal in golden point extra time, having won their first round tie in the same fashion.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [20, 32], "content_span": [33, 195]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278175-0008-0000", "contents": "2018 Challenge Cup, Third round\nThe draw for the third round was made on 13 February live on the BBC Sport website. The draw was made by Super League players Alex Walmsley and Kriss Brining. Ties were played over the weekend of 24\u201325 February.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [20, 31], "content_span": [32, 243]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278175-0009-0000", "contents": "2018 Challenge Cup, Fourth Round\nThe draw was conducted by former player (and Challenge Cup winner) Rob Parker and former Scottish international Andrew Henderson.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [20, 32], "content_span": [33, 162]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278175-0010-0000", "contents": "2018 Challenge Cup, Fifth Round\nThe draw was made on 20 March 2018 by two Women's Super League players, Faye Gaskin of St. Helens and Gemma Walsh of Wigan Warriors.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [20, 31], "content_span": [32, 164]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278175-0011-0000", "contents": "2018 Challenge Cup, Sixth Round\nThe draw for the Sixth Round was made on 25 April 2018, live on Chris Evans' Breakfast Show on BBC Radio Two, alongside Leeds Rhinos veteran forward Jamie Jones-Buchanan, and Warrington Wolves winger Josh Charnley.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [20, 31], "content_span": [32, 246]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278175-0012-0000", "contents": "2018 Challenge Cup, Quarter-finals\nThe draw for the quarter-finals was made live on BBC Two directly after the conclusion of the Toronto v Warrington game. The draw was made by former players Nathan McAvoy and Robbie Hunter-Paul. Ties were played 31 May \u2013 3 June with all four ties being televised either on Sky Sports or the BBC.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [20, 34], "content_span": [35, 330]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278175-0013-0000", "contents": "2018 Challenge Cup, Semi-final\nOn 30 May 2018 the RFL announced that the semi-finals would be played as a double header at the University of Bolton Stadium in Bolton on Sunday 5 August 2018. The draw was made live on BBC Two, directly after the end of the St Helens v Hull FC match. The draw was made by Sophie Rohan and Emily Burnette (the members of Belle Voci), who would sing \"Abide with Me\" before the final on 25 August.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [20, 30], "content_span": [31, 426]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278175-0014-0000", "contents": "2018 Challenge Cup, Final\nTeams:Catalans: Tony Gigot, Lewis Tierney, David Mead, Brayden Williame, Fouad Yaha, Samisoni Langi, Josh Drinkwater, Mickael Simon, Michael McIlorum, Sam Moa, Benjamin Jullien, Benjamin Garcia, Remi Casty (c). Substitutes (all used): Julian Bousquet, Jason Baitieri, Kenny Edwards, Mickael Goudemand. Tries: Tierney, Garcia, Williame. Goals: Drinkwater (4/4)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [20, 25], "content_span": [26, 385]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278175-0015-0000", "contents": "2018 Challenge Cup, Final\nWarrington: Stefan Ratchford, Tom Lineham, Bryson Goodwin, Toby King, Josh Charnley, Kevin Brown, Tyrone Roberts, Chris Hill (c), Daryl Clark, Mike Cooper, Harvey Livett, Jack Hughes, Ben Westwood. Substitutes (all used): Ben Murdoch-Masila, George King, Declan Patton, Joe Philbin. Tries: Murdoch-Masila, G King. Goals: Roberts (3/3)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [20, 25], "content_span": [26, 360]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278175-0016-0000", "contents": "2018 Challenge Cup, Broadcasts\nThe primary broadcast organisation for the competition is BBC Sport. As in 2017 the BBC streamed one tie from each of the first five rounds live on the BBC Sport website with two games from the 6th, 7th and 8th rounds being broadcast live on BBC TV.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [20, 30], "content_span": [31, 280]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278176-0000-0000", "contents": "2018 Challenge Cup Final\nThe 2018 Challenge Cup Final was the 117th cup-deciding game of the rugby league 2018 Challenge Cup Season. It was held at Wembley Stadium in London on 25 August 2018, kick off 15:00. The final was contested by Catalans Dragons and Warrington Wolves. The game saw Catalans Dragons beat Warrington Wolves by 20 points to 14 and saw the Drangons win the competition for the first time.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [24, 24], "content_span": [25, 408]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278176-0001-0000", "contents": "2018 Challenge Cup Final, Background\nThis would be Catalans Dragons second appearance in a Challenge Cup Final having come runners-up to St Helens during the 2007 Challenge Cup Final. By contrast, this would be 18th cup final and the 5th of the Super League era, having most recently achieving a runners-up place in 2016, and winning the competition in 2009, 2010, and 2012.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 36], "content_span": [37, 374]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278176-0002-0000", "contents": "2018 Challenge Cup Final, Route to the final, Catalans Dragons\nHaving played in the qualifiers during the 2017 Super League, Catalans Dragons entered in one round earlier than their finalist opponents. In the fifth round they drew eventual League 1 champions York City Knights who they beat 34\u201322. The sixth round saw them face a second League 1 team, Whitehaven who they thrashed 56 points to 10. The quarter finals saw the Dragons play Super League side Huddersfield Giants beating them 20 points to six. In the semi-finals, Catalans Dragons beat eventual Super League league leaders St Helens 53 points to 16 to reach the final.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 62], "content_span": [63, 631]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278176-0003-0000", "contents": "2018 Challenge Cup Final, Route to the final, Warrington Wolves\nWarrington Wolves drew Championship side Toronto Wolfpack, thrashing them 66\u201310, before nilling rivals Wigan Warriors, scoring 23 points, to reach the semi-finals. The semis saw the Rhinos comfortably beat relegation threatened Leeds Rhinos 48 points to 12 to reach the final.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 63], "content_span": [64, 341]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278176-0004-0000", "contents": "2018 Challenge Cup Final, Post match\nAs winners of the 2018 Challenge Cup Final, Catalans Dragons became the first non-English team to win the tournament. Unfortunately, the match attendance of 50,672 was the lowest since the second world war. The presence of Catalans Dragons, a French team, in the final was thought to be a factor; despite an attendance of almost 35,000 more making the journey to Wembley for the 2007 Challenge Cup Final where the Dragons finished as runners-up.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 36], "content_span": [37, 482]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278177-0000-0000", "contents": "2018 Challenge Tour\nThe 2018 Challenge Tour was a series of professional golf tournaments collectively known as the Challenge Tour.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [19, 19], "content_span": [20, 131]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278177-0001-0000", "contents": "2018 Challenge Tour\nThe Challenge Tour is Europe's official developmental tour and is organised by the PGA European Tour. It was introduced in 1986 and was originally called the Satellite Tour, before being renamed with its present title in 1990.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [19, 19], "content_span": [20, 246]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278177-0002-0000", "contents": "2018 Challenge Tour, Tournament schedule\nThe 2018 schedule is set out below. The numbers in brackets after winners' names show the player's total number of wins on the Challenge Tour including that event. It is rare for someone to accumulate many wins on the Challenge Tour because success at this level soon leads to promotion to the European Tour.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 40], "content_span": [41, 349]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278178-0000-0000", "contents": "2018 Challenge Tour graduates\nThis is a list of players who graduated from the Challenge Tour in 2018. The top 15 players on the Challenge Tour rankings in 2018 earned European Tour cards for 2019.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [29, 29], "content_span": [30, 197]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278178-0001-0000", "contents": "2018 Challenge Tour graduates\n* European Tour rookie in 2019\u2020 First-time member ineligible for Rookie of the Year awardT = Tied\u00a0 The player retained his European Tour card for 2020 (finished inside the top 115). The player did not retain his European Tour card for 2020, but retained conditional status (finished between 116 and 155, inclusive). The player did not retain his European Tour card for 2020 (finished outside the top 155).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [29, 29], "content_span": [30, 435]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278178-0002-0000", "contents": "2018 Challenge Tour graduates\nKoivu earned promotion to the European Tour in August after his third Challenge Tour win of the season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [29, 29], "content_span": [30, 133]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278179-0000-0000", "contents": "2018 Challenge Trophy\nThe 2018 Challenge Trophy (part of the Toyota National Championships for sponsorship reasons) is the national championship for men's soccer clubs competing at the amateur level in the Canadian soccer pyramid. It was held in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan from October 4\u20138, 2018.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [21, 21], "content_span": [22, 293]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278179-0001-0000", "contents": "2018 Challenge Trophy, Teams\nTen teams were granted entry into the competition; one from each Canadian province. Teams are selected by their provincial soccer associations; most often qualifying by winning provincial leagues or cup championships such as the Ontario Cup.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 28], "content_span": [29, 270]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278179-0002-0000", "contents": "2018 Challenge Trophy, Group stage\nThe ten teams in the competition are divided into two groups of five teams each, which then play a single-game round-robin format. At the end of the group stage, each team faces the equal-ranked team from the other group to determine a final seeding for the tournament.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 34], "content_span": [35, 304]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278179-0003-0000", "contents": "2018 Challenge Trophy, Final round\nThe final round consists of one game for each club, where they are paired with their equal-ranked opponent from the opposite group to determine a final ranking for the tournament.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 34], "content_span": [35, 214]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278180-0000-0000", "contents": "2018 Challenger ATP Cachant\u00fan Cup\nThe 2018 Challenger ATP Cachant\u00fan Cup was a professional tennis tournament played on red clay courts. It was the 11th edition of the tournament which was part of the 2018 ATP Challenger Tour. It took place in Santiago, Chile between 5 and 10 March 2018.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [33, 33], "content_span": [34, 287]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278180-0001-0000", "contents": "2018 Challenger ATP Cachant\u00fan Cup, Singles main draw entrants, Other entrants\nThe following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 77], "content_span": [78, 146]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278180-0002-0000", "contents": "2018 Challenger ATP Cachant\u00fan Cup, Singles main draw entrants, Other entrants\nThe following player received entry into the singles main draw as an alternate:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 77], "content_span": [78, 157]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278181-0000-0000", "contents": "2018 Challenger ATP Cachant\u00fan Cup \u2013 Doubles\nMarcelo Tom\u00e1s Barrios Vera and Nicol\u00e1s Jarry were the defending champions but only Barrios Vera chose to defend his title, partnering Jos\u00e9 Hern\u00e1ndez-Fern\u00e1ndez. Barrios Vera lost in the semifinals to Romain Arneodo and Jonathan Eysseric.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [43, 43], "content_span": [44, 280]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278181-0001-0000", "contents": "2018 Challenger ATP Cachant\u00fan Cup \u2013 Doubles\nArneodo and Eysseric won the title after defeating Guido Andreozzi and Guillermo Dur\u00e1n 7\u20136(7\u20134), 1\u20136, [12\u201310] in the final.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [43, 43], "content_span": [44, 167]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278182-0000-0000", "contents": "2018 Challenger ATP Cachant\u00fan Cup \u2013 Singles\nRog\u00e9rio Dutra Silva was the defending champion but lost in the quarterfinals to Carlos G\u00f3mez-Herrera.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [43, 43], "content_span": [44, 145]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278182-0001-0000", "contents": "2018 Challenger ATP Cachant\u00fan Cup \u2013 Singles\nMarco Cecchinato won the title after defeating G\u00f3mez-Herrera 1\u20136, 6\u20131, 6\u20131 in the final.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [43, 43], "content_span": [44, 132]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278183-0000-0000", "contents": "2018 Challenger Banque Nationale de Drummondville\nThe 2018 Challenger Banque Nationale de Drummondville was a professional tennis tournament played on indoor hard courts. It was the 12th edition of the tournament and part of the 2018 ATP Challenger Tour, offering a total of $75,000 in prize money. It took place in Drummondville, Canada between March 13 and March 18, 2018.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 49], "section_span": [49, 49], "content_span": [50, 374]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278183-0001-0000", "contents": "2018 Challenger Banque Nationale de Drummondville, Singles main draw entrants, Other entrants\nThe following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 49], "section_span": [51, 93], "content_span": [94, 162]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278183-0002-0000", "contents": "2018 Challenger Banque Nationale de Drummondville, Singles main draw entrants, Other entrants\nThe following players entered the singles main draw with a protected ranking:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 49], "section_span": [51, 93], "content_span": [94, 171]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278184-0000-0000", "contents": "2018 Challenger Banque Nationale de Drummondville \u2013 Doubles\nSam Groth and Adil Shamasdin were the defending champions but only Shamasdin chose to defend his title, partnering Frank Dancevic. Dancevic and Shamasdin withdrew in the semifinals.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 59], "section_span": [59, 59], "content_span": [60, 241]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278184-0001-0000", "contents": "2018 Challenger Banque Nationale de Drummondville \u2013 Doubles\nJoris De Loore and Frederik Nielsen won the title after defeating Luis David Mart\u00ednez and Filip Peliwo 6\u20134, 6\u20133 in the final.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 59], "section_span": [59, 59], "content_span": [60, 185]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278185-0000-0000", "contents": "2018 Challenger Banque Nationale de Drummondville \u2013 Singles\nDenis Shapovalov was the defending champion but chose not to defend his title.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 59], "section_span": [59, 59], "content_span": [60, 138]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278185-0001-0000", "contents": "2018 Challenger Banque Nationale de Drummondville \u2013 Singles\nDenis Kudla won the title after defeating Benjamin Bonzi 6\u20130, 7\u20135 in the final.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 59], "section_span": [59, 59], "content_span": [60, 139]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278186-0000-0000", "contents": "2018 Challenger Banque Nationale de Gatineau\nThe 2018 Challenger Banque Nationale de Gatineau was a professional tennis tournament played on outdoor hard courts. It was the 3rd edition of the tournament for men and the 5th for women, and it was part of the 2018 ATP Challenger Tour and the 2018 ITF Women's Circuit. It took place in Gatineau, Canada between July 16 and 22, 2018.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [44, 44], "content_span": [45, 379]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278186-0001-0000", "contents": "2018 Challenger Banque Nationale de Gatineau, Men's singles main draw entrants, Other Entrants\nThe following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [46, 94], "content_span": [95, 163]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278186-0002-0000", "contents": "2018 Challenger Banque Nationale de Gatineau, Women's singles main draw entrants, Other Entrants\nThe following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [46, 96], "content_span": [97, 165]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278187-0000-0000", "contents": "2018 Challenger Banque Nationale de Gatineau \u2013 Men's Doubles\nBradley Klahn and Jackson Withrow were the defending champions but only Klahn chose to defend his title, partnering Robert Galloway. Klahn successfully defended his title.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 60], "section_span": [60, 60], "content_span": [61, 232]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278187-0001-0000", "contents": "2018 Challenger Banque Nationale de Gatineau \u2013 Men's Doubles\nKlahn and Galloway won the title after defeating Darian King and Peter Polansky 7\u20136(7\u20134), 4\u20136, [10\u20138] in the final.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 60], "section_span": [60, 60], "content_span": [61, 176]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278188-0000-0000", "contents": "2018 Challenger Banque Nationale de Gatineau \u2013 Men's Singles\nDenis Shapovalov was the defending champion but chose not to defend his title.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 60], "section_span": [60, 60], "content_span": [61, 139]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278188-0001-0000", "contents": "2018 Challenger Banque Nationale de Gatineau \u2013 Men's Singles\nBradley Klahn won the title after defeating Ugo Humbert 6\u20133, 7\u20136(7\u20135) in the final.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 60], "section_span": [60, 60], "content_span": [61, 144]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278189-0000-0000", "contents": "2018 Challenger Banque Nationale de Granby\nThe 2018 Challenger Banque Nationale de Granby was a professional tennis tournament played on outdoor hard courts. It was the twenty-fifth (ATP) and eighth (ITF) editions of the tournament and was part of the 2018 ATP Challenger Tour and the 2018 ITF Women's Circuit. It took place in Granby, Canada, on 23\u201329 July 2018.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [42, 42], "content_span": [43, 363]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278189-0001-0000", "contents": "2018 Challenger Banque Nationale de Granby, Men's singles main draw entrants, Other entrants\nThe following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [44, 92], "content_span": [93, 161]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278189-0002-0000", "contents": "2018 Challenger Banque Nationale de Granby, Women's singles main draw entrants, Other entrants\nThe following players received a wildcard into the singles main draw:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [44, 94], "content_span": [95, 164]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278190-0000-0000", "contents": "2018 Challenger Banque Nationale de Granby \u2013 Men's Doubles\nJoe Salisbury and Jackson Withrow were the defending champions but chose not to defend their title.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 58], "section_span": [58, 58], "content_span": [59, 158]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278190-0001-0000", "contents": "2018 Challenger Banque Nationale de Granby \u2013 Men's Doubles\nAlex Lawson and Li Zhe won the title after defeating JC Aragone and Liam Broady 7\u20136(7\u20132), 6\u20133 in the final.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 58], "section_span": [58, 58], "content_span": [59, 166]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278191-0000-0000", "contents": "2018 Challenger Banque Nationale de Granby \u2013 Men's Singles\nBla\u017e Kav\u010di\u010d was the defending champion but chose not to defend his title.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 58], "section_span": [58, 58], "content_span": [59, 132]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278191-0001-0000", "contents": "2018 Challenger Banque Nationale de Granby \u2013 Men's Singles\nPeter Polansky won the title after defeating Ugo Humbert 6\u20134, 1\u20136, 6\u20132 in the final.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 58], "section_span": [58, 58], "content_span": [59, 143]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278192-0000-0000", "contents": "2018 Challenger Banque Nationale de Granby \u2013 Women's Doubles\nEllen Perez and Carol Zhao were the defending champions, but Zhao chose not to participate.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 60], "section_span": [60, 60], "content_span": [61, 152]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278192-0001-0000", "contents": "2018 Challenger Banque Nationale de Granby \u2013 Women's Doubles\nPerez partnered alongside Arina Rodionova and successfully defended her title, beating Erika Sema and Aiko Yoshitomi in the final, 7\u20135, 6\u20134.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 60], "section_span": [60, 60], "content_span": [61, 201]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278193-0000-0000", "contents": "2018 Challenger Banque Nationale de Granby \u2013 Women's Singles\nCristiana Ferrando was the defending champion, but lost in the first round to Maria Sanchez.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 60], "section_span": [60, 60], "content_span": [61, 153]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278193-0001-0000", "contents": "2018 Challenger Banque Nationale de Granby \u2013 Women's Singles\nJulia Glushko won the title after defeating Arina Rodionova 6\u20134, 6\u20133 in the final.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 60], "section_span": [60, 60], "content_span": [61, 143]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278194-0000-0000", "contents": "2018 Challenger Banque Nationale de Saguenay\nThe 2018 Challenger Banque Nationale de Saguenay was a professional tennis tournament played on indoor hard courts. It was the thirteenth edition of the tournament and was part of the 2018 ITF Women's Circuit. It took place in Saguenay, Quebec, Canada, on 22\u201328 October 2018.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [44, 44], "content_span": [45, 320]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278194-0001-0000", "contents": "2018 Challenger Banque Nationale de Saguenay, Singles main draw entrants, Other entrants\nThe following players received a wildcard into the singles main draw:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [46, 88], "content_span": [89, 158]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278195-0000-0000", "contents": "2018 Challenger Banque Nationale de Saguenay \u2013 Doubles\nBianca Andreescu and Carol Zhao were the defending champions, but Zhao chose not to participate. Andreescu played alongside Carson Branstine, but lost in the quarterfinals to Elitsa Kostova and Katherine Sebov.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 54], "section_span": [54, 54], "content_span": [55, 265]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278195-0001-0000", "contents": "2018 Challenger Banque Nationale de Saguenay \u2013 Doubles\nTara Moore and Conny Perrin won the title after defeating Sharon Fichman and Maria Sanchez 6\u20130, 5\u20137, [10\u20137] in the final.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 54], "section_span": [54, 54], "content_span": [55, 176]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278196-0000-0000", "contents": "2018 Challenger Banque Nationale de Saguenay \u2013 Singles\nGr\u00e9ta Arn was the defending champion, but chose not to participate.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 54], "section_span": [54, 54], "content_span": [55, 122]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278196-0001-0000", "contents": "2018 Challenger Banque Nationale de Saguenay \u2013 Singles\nKatherine Sebov won the title, defeating Quirine Lemoine in the final, 7\u20136(12\u201310), 7\u20136(7\u20134).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 54], "section_span": [54, 54], "content_span": [55, 147]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278197-0000-0000", "contents": "2018 Challenger Ciudad de Guayaquil\nThe 2018 Challenger Ciudad de Guayaquil was a professional tennis tournament played on clay courts. It was the fourteenth edition of the tournament which was part of the 2018 ATP Challenger Tour. It took place in Guayaquil, Ecuador between October 29 and November 3, 2018.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [35, 35], "content_span": [36, 308]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278197-0001-0000", "contents": "2018 Challenger Ciudad de Guayaquil, Singles main draw entrants, Other entrants\nThe following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 79], "content_span": [80, 148]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278197-0002-0000", "contents": "2018 Challenger Ciudad de Guayaquil, Singles main draw entrants, Other entrants\nThe following player received entry into the singles main draw using a protected ranking:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 79], "content_span": [80, 169]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278198-0000-0000", "contents": "2018 Challenger Ciudad de Guayaquil \u2013 Doubles\nMarcelo Ar\u00e9valo and Miguel \u00c1ngel Reyes-Varela were the defending champions but chose not to defend their title.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [45, 45], "content_span": [46, 157]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278198-0001-0000", "contents": "2018 Challenger Ciudad de Guayaquil \u2013 Doubles\nGuillermo Dur\u00e1n and Roberto Quiroz won the title after defeating Thiago Monteiro and Fabr\u00edcio Neis 6\u20133, 6\u20132 in the final.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [45, 45], "content_span": [46, 167]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278199-0000-0000", "contents": "2018 Challenger Ciudad de Guayaquil \u2013 Singles\nGerald Melzer was the defending champion but lost in the first round to Federico Coria.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [45, 45], "content_span": [46, 133]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278199-0001-0000", "contents": "2018 Challenger Ciudad de Guayaquil \u2013 Singles\nGuido Andreozzi won the title after defeating Pedro Sousa 7\u20135, 1\u20136, 6\u20134 in the final.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [45, 45], "content_span": [46, 131]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278200-0000-0000", "contents": "2018 Challenger La Manche\nThe 2018 Challenger La Manche was a professional tennis tournament played on hard courts. It was the 25th edition of the tournament which was part of the 2018 ATP Challenger Tour. It took place in Cherbourg, France between 12 and 18 February 2018.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [25, 25], "content_span": [26, 273]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278200-0001-0000", "contents": "2018 Challenger La Manche, Singles main draw entrants, Other entrants\nThe following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 69], "content_span": [70, 138]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278200-0002-0000", "contents": "2018 Challenger La Manche, Singles main draw entrants, Other entrants\nThe following player received entry into the singles main draw as an alternate:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 69], "content_span": [70, 149]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278201-0000-0000", "contents": "2018 Challenger La Manche \u2013 Doubles\nRoman Jebav\u00fd and Igor Zelenay were the defending champions but chose not to defend their title.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [35, 35], "content_span": [36, 131]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278201-0001-0000", "contents": "2018 Challenger La Manche \u2013 Doubles\nRomain Arneodo and Tristan-Samuel Weissborn won the title after defeating Antonio \u0160an\u010di\u0107 and Ken Skupski 6\u20133, 1\u20136, [10\u20134] in the final.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [35, 35], "content_span": [36, 171]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278202-0000-0000", "contents": "2018 Challenger La Manche \u2013 Singles\nMathias Bourgue was the defending champion but lost in the second round to Constant Lestienne.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [35, 35], "content_span": [36, 130]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278202-0001-0000", "contents": "2018 Challenger La Manche \u2013 Singles\nMaximilian Marterer won the title after defeating Lestienne 6\u20134, 7\u20135 in the final.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [35, 35], "content_span": [36, 118]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278203-0000-0000", "contents": "2018 Challenger de Buenos Aires\nThe 2018 Challenger de Buenos Aires was a professional tennis tournament played on clay courts. It was the eighth edition of the tournament which was part of the 2018 ATP Challenger Tour. It took place in Buenos Aires, Argentina between 12 and 18 November 2018.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [31, 31], "content_span": [32, 293]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278203-0001-0000", "contents": "2018 Challenger de Buenos Aires, Singles main draw entrants, Other Entrants\nThe following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 75], "content_span": [76, 144]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278203-0002-0000", "contents": "2018 Challenger de Buenos Aires, Singles main draw entrants, Other Entrants\nThe following player received entry into the singles main draw as an alternate:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 75], "content_span": [76, 155]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278204-0000-0000", "contents": "2018 Challenger de Buenos Aires \u2013 Doubles\nAriel Behar and Fabiano de Paula were the defending champions but chose not to defend their title.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [41, 41], "content_span": [42, 140]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278204-0001-0000", "contents": "2018 Challenger de Buenos Aires \u2013 Doubles\nGuido Andreozzi and Guillermo Dur\u00e1n won the title after defeating Marcelo Demoliner and Andr\u00e9s Molteni 6\u20134, 4\u20136, [10\u20133] in the final.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [41, 41], "content_span": [42, 175]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278205-0000-0000", "contents": "2018 Challenger de Buenos Aires \u2013 Singles\nNicol\u00e1s Kicker was the defending champion but was suspended from tennis due to match-fixing.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [41, 41], "content_span": [42, 134]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278205-0001-0000", "contents": "2018 Challenger de Buenos Aires \u2013 Singles\nPablo And\u00fajar won the title after defeating Pedro Cach\u00edn 6\u20133, 6\u20131 in the final.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [41, 41], "content_span": [42, 121]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278206-0000-0000", "contents": "2018 Champion Hurdle\nThe 2018 Champion Hurdle was a horse race held at Cheltenham Racecourse on Tuesday 13 March 2018. It was the 88th running of the Champion Hurdle.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [20, 20], "content_span": [21, 166]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278206-0001-0000", "contents": "2018 Champion Hurdle\nEleven horses started the race. The winner of the race for the second year in a row was Buveur d'Air, a seven year old French-bred British-trained racehorse ridden by Barry Geraghty and trained by Nicky Henderson.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [20, 20], "content_span": [21, 234]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278207-0000-0000", "contents": "2018 Champion of Champions\nThe 2018 ManBetX Champion of Champions was a professional non-ranking snooker tournament which took place from 5 to 11 November 2018 at the Ricoh Arena in Coventry, England.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [26, 26], "content_span": [27, 200]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278207-0001-0000", "contents": "2018 Champion of Champions\nShaun Murphy was the defending champion, but lost 3\u20136 in the semi-finals to Ronnie O'Sullivan in a repeat of the final of the previous edition of the tournament.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [26, 26], "content_span": [27, 188]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278207-0002-0000", "contents": "2018 Champion of Champions\nRonnie O'Sullivan defeated Kyren Wilson 10\u20139 in the final to capture his third Champion of Champions title.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [26, 26], "content_span": [27, 134]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278207-0003-0000", "contents": "2018 Champion of Champions, Prize fund\nThe breakdown of prize money for 2018 is shown below:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 38], "content_span": [39, 92]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278207-0004-0000", "contents": "2018 Champion of Champions, Qualification\nQualification for the 2018 Champion of Champions tournament was determined by the winners of (at most) 26 tournaments over a one-year period, from the 2017 Champion of Champions to the 2018 International Championship, thereby including tournaments from both the 2017/2018 and 2018/2019 snooker seasons. The winners of the first 16 tournaments on the list were guaranteed qualification. The winners of the next tournaments on the list\u00a0\u2013 in the order shown in the table\u00a0\u2013 would also take a place in the Champion of Champions if other players would win more than one of the tournaments higher on the list.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 41], "content_span": [42, 644]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278207-0005-0000", "contents": "2018 Champion of Champions, Qualification\nIn case less than 16 different tournament winners qualified, the remaining spots would be awarded based on the world rankings after the 2018 English Open.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 41], "content_span": [42, 196]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278208-0000-0000", "contents": "2018 Champions Indoor Football season\nThe 2018 Champions Indoor Football season was the fourth season of the CIF. The regular season began on March 3, when the Wichita Force traveled to Salina Liberty, losing 17\u201315. The regular season concluded on June 10. This was the second season in which four teams per conference advanced to the Champions Bowl playoffs, with the top seed in each conference hosting their conference's fourth seed, and second seeds hosting third seeds in the first round.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [37, 37], "content_span": [38, 493]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278208-0001-0000", "contents": "2018 Champions Indoor Football season\nThe league champion was the Duke City Gladiators over the Sioux City Bandits 31\u201327 in Champions Bowl IV. The regular season MVP was Sioux City Bandits running back Darrian Miller.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [37, 37], "content_span": [38, 217]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278208-0002-0000", "contents": "2018 Champions Indoor Football season, League changes\nOn August 16, 2017, the CIF announced the Quad City Steamwheelers as an expansion team for 2018. On August 30, the league announced the addition of the Sioux Falls Storm from the Indoor Football League (IFL). The Wichita Falls Nighthawks of the IFL also joined on September 12.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 53], "content_span": [54, 331]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278208-0003-0000", "contents": "2018 Champions Indoor Football season, League changes\nOn the same day the Nighthawks joined, the Bloomington Edge and West Michigan Ironmen left the CIF for the IFL. The CIF apparently then attempted to sue the IFL, Edge, and Ironmen for leaving the CIF after the two teams had already signed league affiliation agreements with the CIF for 2018. The IFL then threatened to sue the CIF, Storm, and Nighthawks in return despite neither former IFL team signing an affiliation agreement with the IFL for 2018. To avoid disputes, the CIF stated they would not schedule either team. The Storm immediately announced that they would return to the IFL and the Nighthawks had to suspend operations.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 53], "content_span": [54, 688]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278208-0004-0000", "contents": "2018 Champions Indoor Football season, League changes\nWhile the CIF did drop the lawsuit against the IFL, it filed for an injunction against the Edge and Ironmen teams from participating in the IFL for breaking the terms of their signed affiliation agreements. A temporary injunction from participation against the two teams was granted on January 31, 2018. The Ironmen later announced a change in ownership,. were granted approval to return to the CIF for the 2019 season and were allowed to play the 2018 season in the semi-professional Midwest Professional Indoor Football (MPIF) during the 2018 season. The Edge then played an independent schedule after the conclusion of the 2018 CIF season to meet the terms of the injunction.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 53], "content_span": [54, 733]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278208-0005-0000", "contents": "2018 Champions Indoor Football season, League changes\nPrior to the season, Dallas Marshals were sold and moved to the Fair Park Coliseum due to arena lease issues in negotiations with the new Mesquite Arena owners. The Marshals played two regular season home games on March 3 and 10, however, they canceled their next two for March 24 and April 14 on the day of the games. After the April 14 postponed game, the CIF issued a statement that a decision concerning the team is pending. The Marshals played an away game at the Texas Revolution on April 21, and the Fair Park Coliseum listed all remaining Marshals' games as postponed. On April 27, the team suspended operations for the rest of the season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 53], "content_span": [54, 701]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278209-0000-0000", "contents": "2018 Champions League of Darts\nThe 2018 Paddy Power Champions League of Darts was the 3rd annual staging of the tournament, organised by the Professional Darts Corporation. It took place from 22\u201323 September 2018 at the Brighton Centre, Brighton.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [30, 30], "content_span": [31, 246]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278209-0001-0000", "contents": "2018 Champions League of Darts\nThe defending champion Mensur Suljovi\u0107 lost 4\u201311 against Gary Anderson in the semi-final; a rematch of the 2017 final.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [30, 30], "content_span": [31, 149]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278209-0002-0000", "contents": "2018 Champions League of Darts\nAnderson went on to win his first Champions League title by defeating compatriot Peter Wright 11\u20134 in the final. It was Anderson's 10th major title and 8th in the PDC. It was also Anderson's 3rd major title of the season after winning that year's UK Open and World Matchplay.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [30, 30], "content_span": [31, 306]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278209-0003-0000", "contents": "2018 Champions League of Darts\nA noticeable controversy was the walk-ons before the group match between Simon Whitlock and Peter Wright, where Wright's walk-on music, \"Don't Stop the Party\" by Pitbull, was played when Whitlock walked onto the stage, instead of his own track, \"Down Under\" by Men at Work. Whitlock performed Wright's renowned sidestep dance across the stage, causing much laughter on stage and in the crowd. Wright subsequently walked on to his own music, and the Pitbull track was played twice in a row.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [30, 30], "content_span": [31, 520]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278209-0004-0000", "contents": "2018 Champions League of Darts, Format\nThe eight qualifiers were split into two groups, playing each other once in a best of 19 legs match. The top two of each group then proceed to the semi-finals. Both semi-finals and the final were a best of 21 legs match.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 38], "content_span": [39, 259]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278209-0005-0000", "contents": "2018 Champions League of Darts, Qualifiers\nThe top 7 players on the PDC Order of Merit following the 2018 World Matchplay qualified. Reigning champion Mensur Suljovi\u0107 was given a guaranteed place in the tournament, as he is the defending champion. As Suljovi\u0107 was also one of the top 7 players, the eighth ranked player also qualified.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 42], "content_span": [43, 335]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278209-0006-0000", "contents": "2018 Champions League of Darts, Results, Group Stage\nNB: P = Played; W = Won; L = Lost; LF = Legs For; LA = Legs Against; +/\u2212 = Plus/Minus Record, in relation to legs; Avg = Three-Dart average in group matches; Pts\u00a0=\u00a0Group\u00a0Points", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 52], "content_span": [53, 229]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278210-0000-0000", "contents": "2018 Championship League\nThe 2018 Championship League was a professional non-ranking snooker tournament taking place from 2 January to 29 March 2018. It was the 11th staging of the tournament.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [24, 24], "content_span": [25, 192]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278210-0001-0000", "contents": "2018 Championship League\nThe defending champion John Higgins retained his title with a 3\u20132 final win over Zhou Yuelong. As in the previous edition of the tournament Higgins had entered the competition in Group 7 and from there won his way through to the Winners' Group.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [24, 24], "content_span": [25, 269]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278210-0002-0000", "contents": "2018 Championship League\nMartin Gould and Luca Brecel both made their maiden official maximum breaks in this tournament. Gould achieved his maximum in the deciding frame of his Group 6 round robin match against Li Hang. Brecel achieved his in the third frame of a 3\u20130 whitewash of defending champion John Higgins in their Group 7 round robin match. These were the 135th and 136th official maximum breaks and the fourth and fifth of the 2017/2018 season. It was the fifth consecutive year that a maximum was made in the Championship League, and the second consecutive year that two were made.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [24, 24], "content_span": [25, 591]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278210-0003-0000", "contents": "2018 Championship League, Prize fund\nThe breakdown of prize money for the 2018 Championship League is shown below.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 36], "content_span": [37, 114]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278210-0004-0000", "contents": "2018 Championship League, Group 1\nGroup 1 was played on 2 and 3 January 2018. Zhou Yuelong was the first player to qualify for the Winners' Group.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 33], "content_span": [34, 146]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278210-0005-0000", "contents": "2018 Championship League, Group 2\nGroup 2 was played on 4 and 5 January 2018. Mark Selby was the second player to qualify for the Winners' Group, recording his 500th career century in the Group 2 final against Barry Hawkins.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 33], "content_span": [34, 224]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278210-0006-0000", "contents": "2018 Championship League, Group 2, Matches\n* Neil Robertson had to pull out of the Championship League due to personal reasons after his fifth match. Results from Robertson's previous matches were removed from the group table.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 42], "content_span": [43, 226]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278210-0007-0000", "contents": "2018 Championship League, Group 3\nGroup 3 was played on 8 and 9 January 2018. Kyren Wilson was the third player to qualify for the Winners' Group.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 33], "content_span": [34, 146]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278210-0008-0000", "contents": "2018 Championship League, Group 3, Matches\nAnthony McGill withdrew before the tournament and was replaced by Tom Ford.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 42], "content_span": [43, 118]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278210-0009-0000", "contents": "2018 Championship League, Group 4\nGroup 4 was played on 10 and 11 January 2018. Ali Carter was the fourth player to qualify for the Winners' Group. On the first day, Judd Trump made his 500th career century in his match against Liang Wenbo.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 33], "content_span": [34, 240]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278210-0010-0000", "contents": "2018 Championship League, Group 4, Matches\n* Mark Allen had to withdraw due to family reasons prior to his second match in the group. The result from Allen's first match in the group was removed from the group table.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 42], "content_span": [43, 216]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278210-0011-0000", "contents": "2018 Championship League, Group 5\nGroup 5 was played on 23 and 24 January 2018. Mark Williams was the fifth player to qualify for the Winners' Group.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 33], "content_span": [34, 149]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278210-0012-0000", "contents": "2018 Championship League, Group 5, Matches\nBarry Hawkins, Shaun Murphy and Liang Wenbo withdrew from the tournament and were replaced by Joe Perry, David Gilbert and Ben Woollaston.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 42], "content_span": [43, 181]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278210-0013-0000", "contents": "2018 Championship League, Group 6\nGroup 6 was played on 25 and 26 January 2018. Martin Gould was the sixth player to qualify for the Winners' Group.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 33], "content_span": [34, 148]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278210-0014-0000", "contents": "2018 Championship League, Group 7\nGroup 7 was played on 26 and 27 March 2018. John Higgins was the seventh player to qualify for the Winners' Group.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 33], "content_span": [34, 148]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278210-0015-0000", "contents": "2018 Championship League, Group 7, Matches\nGraeme Dott and Li Hang withdrew from the tournament prior to Group 7 play. They were replaced by Dominic Dale and Jimmy Robertson.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 42], "content_span": [43, 174]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278210-0016-0000", "contents": "2018 Championship League, Winners' Group\nThe Winners' Group was played on 28 and 29 March 2018. In the final, John Higgins defeated Zhou Yuelong 3\u20132 to retain his Championship League title and win it for the second time in his career.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 40], "content_span": [41, 234]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278210-0017-0000", "contents": "2018 Championship League, Winners' Group, Matches\n* Zhou Yuelong was awarded the first frame, due to Mark Selby arriving late.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 49], "content_span": [50, 126]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278210-0018-0000", "contents": "2018 Championship League, Winnings\nGreen: won the group. Bold: highest break in the group. All prize money in GBP. Notes(1) Neil Robertson withdrew due to personal reasons after his fifth match in Group 2. (2) Mark Allen withdrew due to family reasons after his first match in Group 4. (3) Barry Hawkins, Shaun Murphy and Liang Wenbo withdrew from the tournament prior to Group 5 play. (4) Graeme Dott and Li Hang withdrew from the tournament prior to Group 7 play.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 34], "content_span": [35, 465]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278211-0000-0000", "contents": "2018 Championships of the Small States of Europe\nThe 2018 Championships of the Small States of Europe was the second edition of the biennial competition in outdoor track and field organised by the Athletic Association of Small States of Europe (AASE). It was held on 9 June 2018 at the Sportplatz Rheinwiese in Schaan, Liechtenstein. A total of 22 events were contested by around 250 athletes from 18 nations.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 48], "section_span": [48, 48], "content_span": [49, 409]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278212-0000-0000", "contents": "2018 Changchun Yatai F.C. season\nThe 2018 Changchun Yatai F.C. season is Changchun's 13th consecutive season in the Chinese Super League. Changchun will also be competing in the Chinese FA Cup. This season Yatai moved back to Changchun Stadium, where they won their first league title in 2007, as the club's home ground, after spending 9 seasons at Development Area Stadium.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [32, 32], "content_span": [33, 374]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278212-0001-0000", "contents": "2018 Changchun Yatai F.C. season\nOn 11 November, Yatai suffered shock relegation after losing 0-2 to Dalian Yifang as they have gone through almost the entire season with being considered as completely safe. They got 32 points this season, the joint highest from a relegated team of CSL history, together with Zhejiang Greentown in 2016; They scored 45 goals, which is the highest of all relegated teams in a single season of CSL history. Star player and captain Odion Ighalo scored 21 goals in this campaign, which is second highest of the season, and also the highest of any player from a relegated team in a single season of CSL history.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [32, 32], "content_span": [33, 640]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278212-0002-0000", "contents": "2018 Changchun Yatai F.C. season, Players, First team squad\nNote: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 59], "content_span": [60, 188]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278213-0000-0000", "contents": "2018 Charleston Battery season\nThe 2018 Charleston Battery season is the club's 26th year of existence, their 15th season in the second tier of the United States Soccer Pyramid. It is their eighth season in the United Soccer League as part of the Eastern Conference.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [30, 30], "content_span": [31, 266]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278213-0001-0000", "contents": "2018 Charleston Battery season, Background\nThe Battery finished the 2017 season with a record of 15\u20139\u20138, finished 2nd in the Eastern Conference, and 3rd overall. In the 2017 USL Playoffs, Charleston were upset in the first round by the New York Red Bulls II. Elsewhere, the Battery reached the fourth round of the 2017 U.S. Open Cup, losing 2\u20133 to MLS outfit, Atlanta United.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 42], "content_span": [43, 375]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278213-0002-0000", "contents": "2018 Charleston Battery season, Club\nNote: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 36], "content_span": [37, 165]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278214-0000-0000", "contents": "2018 Charleston Southern Buccaneers football team\nThe 2018 Charleston Southern Buccaneers football team represented Charleston Southern University in the 2018 NCAA Division I FCS football season. They were led by second-year head coach Mark Tucker and played their home games at Buccaneer Field. They were a member of the Big South Conference. They finished the season 5\u20136, 3\u20132 in Big South play to finish in third place.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 49], "section_span": [49, 49], "content_span": [50, 421]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278214-0001-0000", "contents": "2018 Charleston Southern Buccaneers football team, Previous season\nThe Buccaneers finished the 2017 season 6\u20135, 3\u20132 in Big South play to finish in third place.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 49], "section_span": [51, 66], "content_span": [67, 159]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278214-0002-0000", "contents": "2018 Charleston Southern Buccaneers football team, Preseason, Big South poll\nIn the Big South preseason poll released on July 23, 2018, the Buccaneers were predicted to finish in third place.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 49], "section_span": [51, 76], "content_span": [77, 191]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278214-0003-0000", "contents": "2018 Charleston Southern Buccaneers football team, Preseason, Preseason All-Big South team\nThe Big South released their preseason all-Big South team on July 23, 2018, with the Buccaneers having seven players selected along with three more on the honorable mention list.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 49], "section_span": [51, 90], "content_span": [91, 269]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278215-0000-0000", "contents": "2018 Charlotte 49ers football team\nThe 2018 Charlotte 49ers football team represented the University of North Carolina at Charlotte in the 2018 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The 49ers played their home games at Jerry Richardson Stadium in Charlotte, NC, and competed in the East Division of Conference USA (C\u2013USA). They were led by sixth-year head coach Brad Lambert. They finished the season 5\u20137, 4\u20134 in C-USA play to finish in fourth place in the East Division.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [34, 34], "content_span": [35, 470]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278215-0001-0000", "contents": "2018 Charlotte 49ers football team\nOn November 18, head coach Brad Lambert was fired. He was allowed to stay on to coach their final game of the season. Lambert, who was the first and only coach Charlotte had in their history to that point, finished with a six-year record of 22\u201348.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [34, 34], "content_span": [35, 282]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278215-0002-0000", "contents": "2018 Charlotte 49ers football team\nOn December 5, Charlotte hired Austin Peay head coach Will Healy for the job.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [34, 34], "content_span": [35, 112]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278215-0003-0000", "contents": "2018 Charlotte 49ers football team, Previous season\nThe 49ers finished the 2017 season 1\u201311, 1\u20137 in C-USA play to finish in last place in the East Division.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 51], "content_span": [52, 156]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278215-0004-0000", "contents": "2018 Charlotte 49ers football team, Coaching staff\nFollowing the disappointing one win season, there was speculation that Brad Lambert would be released. Charlotte Chancellor Phillip Dubois and athletics director Judy Rose issued a statement just days after the final game informing the community that Lambert would be retained for the following season. Lambert shook up his staff, firing defensive coordinator Matt Wallerstedt, quarterbacks coach and former offensive coordinator Jeff Mullen and receivers coach Damien Gary.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 50], "content_span": [51, 525]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278215-0004-0001", "contents": "2018 Charlotte 49ers football team, Coaching staff\nGreg Adkins had replaced Mullen as offensive coordinator mid-season but went back to only having responsibility for the offensive line and running backs and would soon resign to join the staff at conference rival Marshall. Before the end of the year Youngstown State offensive coordinator and former Miami of Ohio head coach Shawn Montgomery would be called in to serve as the 49ers' play caller on offense. In February, former Oklahoma State defensive coordinator Glenn Spencer took the same position on the 49ers' staff. Charlie Shalaski took over responsibility for receivers at the same time.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 50], "content_span": [51, 647]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278215-0004-0002", "contents": "2018 Charlotte 49ers football team, Coaching staff\nA week later Howard co-defensive coordinator Chip West would join the staff to serve as co-defensive coordinator with Spencer, with Spencer being responsible for linebackers and West being in charge of Cornerbacks. Graduate assistant Brad Queen would move up to the coaching staff to coach defensive tackles. Former Tulane head coach Chris Scelfo joined the staff before the Spring Game to serve as the 49ers offensive line coach and run game coordinator. James Adams's promotion to assistant head coach before the Spring Game rounded out the staff changes for the upcoming 2018 season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 50], "content_span": [51, 637]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278215-0005-0000", "contents": "2018 Charlotte 49ers football team, Recruiting, Recruiting class\nThe following recruits and transfers have signed letters of intent or verbally committed to the Charlotte 49ers football program for the 2018 recruiting year.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 64], "content_span": [65, 223]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278215-0006-0000", "contents": "2018 Charlotte 49ers football team, Television\nCharlotte 49ers home games and conference road games will be broadcast through Conference USA's television partners ESPN, CBS Sports, Stadium, beIN, and Facebook Watch. Additional games will be available locally in the Charlotte TV market on WCCB.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 46], "content_span": [47, 294]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278215-0007-0000", "contents": "2018 Charlotte 49ers football team, Radio\nRadio coverage for all games is broadcast by IMG College through the Charlotte 49ers Radio Network flagship station WZGV ESPN Radio 730 AM The Game, and the TuneIn Charlotte 49ers IMG Sports Network app. The radio announcers are \"Voice of the 49ers\" Matt Swierad with play-by-play, former Carolina Panther Kevin Donnalley with color commentary, and Bobby Rosinski with sideline reports. Swierad and Donnalley also host the \"Gold Mine Live\" Coaches Show each Monday during the season at noon from Norm's in the UNC Charlotte Student Union. \"Gold Mine Live\" can be heard on Mondays.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 41], "content_span": [42, 622]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278215-0008-0000", "contents": "2018 Charlotte 49ers football team, Preseason media poll\nConference USA released their preseason media poll on July 17, 2018, with the 49ers predicted to finish in last place in the East Division.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 56], "content_span": [57, 196]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278215-0009-0000", "contents": "2018 Charlotte 49ers football team, Game summaries, Fordham Rams\nLightning delayed the start of the game for over an hour and both teams started off slowly after the delay. Charlotte took a one score lead into the halftime period, which saw another lightning delay force a temporary evacuation of the stadium. Fordham would get the score down to a field goal difference, but the Charlotte offense would finally pull away late with three consecutive touchdowns to end the game nearly five and a half hours after its scheduled start time.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 64], "content_span": [65, 536]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278215-0010-0000", "contents": "2018 Charlotte 49ers football team, Game summaries, Fordham Rams\nTop performances for the game were narrowly dominated by the 49ers. Quarterback Chris Reynolds threw for 267 yards and a touchdown. Rusher Benny LeMay had 25 carries for 135 yards and two touchdowns. Victor Tucker had 7 receptions for 127 yards and a touchdown.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 64], "content_span": [65, 326]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278215-0011-0000", "contents": "2018 Charlotte 49ers football team, Game summaries, Appalachian State Mountaineers\nThese two in-state schools met for the first time on the gridiron in this clash that saw high local interest. App, coming off a near upset win at ranked Penn State the previous weekend wanted to make a statement. They kept the Niners out of the endzone for the entire game. All nine of the Niners points came in the second quarter and from greater than 46 yards away off the foot of Jonathan Cruz. The game was still in reach at halftime, but three second half touchdowns sealed the victory for the Mountaineers.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 82], "content_span": [83, 595]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278215-0012-0000", "contents": "2018 Charlotte 49ers football team, Game summaries, Appalachian State Mountaineers\nTop performers for the game include App State quarterback Zach Thomas, who passed for 295 yards and two touchdowns. Both teams defenses were stingy on the ground. App's Jalin Moore and Charlotte's Benny LeMay had similar rushing states with Moore having 11 carries for 38 yards, and LeMay getting 35 yards on 7 carries. App's Corey Xavier Sutton had 3 receptions for 155 yards and two touchdowns.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 82], "content_span": [83, 479]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278215-0013-0000", "contents": "2018 Charlotte 49ers football team, Game summaries, Old Dominion Monarchs\nDue to the expected effects of Hurricane Florence along the eastern seaboard this game, originally scheduled for Saturday, September 15, was move up two days earlier to Thursday, September 13. Both teams would trade scores throughout the game but Charlotte would finish with the most to secure the conference opener victory and end the three-game season=opening home stand at two wins, one loss.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 73], "content_span": [74, 469]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278215-0014-0000", "contents": "2018 Charlotte 49ers football team, Game summaries, Old Dominion Monarchs\nTop performers for the game were Charlotte quarterback Chris Reynolds who threw for 202 yards and two touchdowns. Old Dominions' Lala Davis rushed for 63 yards on 25 carriers earning two touchdowns. The Monarch' Jonathan Duhart had 7 receptions for 127 yards and a touchdown.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 73], "content_span": [74, 349]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278215-0015-0000", "contents": "2018 Charlotte 49ers football team, Game summaries, Massachusetts Minutemen\nCharlotte's first visit to the State of Massachusetts didn't go quite as they had planned. Giving up a devastating three touchdowns in the first three and a half minutes of the game, including an opening kickoff 93-yard return, a fumble recovery which one play later added another touchdown for the Minutemen, and a blocked punt that three plays later added the third UMass touchdown, would prove insurmountable for the Niners to overcome. Though the Niners would eventually find their offense and trade scores with the Minutement for the final three quarters of the game, the four first quarter touchdowns the Niners gave up proved to be the difference in the final score.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 75], "content_span": [76, 750]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278215-0016-0000", "contents": "2018 Charlotte 49ers football team, Game summaries, Massachusetts Minutemen\nTop performers for the game included Charlotte quarterback Chris Reynolds, who passed for 283 yards and three touchdowns. UMass rusher Marquis Young had 12 carries for 77 yards and two touchdowns. The Minutemen's' Andy Isabella had 6 receptions for 85 yards and a touchdown.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 75], "content_span": [76, 350]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278215-0017-0000", "contents": "2018 Charlotte 49ers football team, Game summaries, Massachusetts Minutemen\nFirst game for the program in the State of Massachusetts.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 75], "content_span": [76, 133]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278215-0018-0000", "contents": "2018 Charlotte 49ers football team, Game summaries, UAB Blazers\nThough a mostly defensive struggle, the eventual C-USA Champions never let the Niners get into their offensive groove, denying them a scoring chance until the fourth quarter. UAB would get the home win to avenge their previous season loss to the Niners, which had been the Niners' only win the previous season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 63], "content_span": [64, 374]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278215-0019-0000", "contents": "2018 Charlotte 49ers football team, Game summaries, UAB Blazers\nUAB quarterback A.J. Erdely passed for 214 yards and a touchdown. The Blazers' Spencer Brown had 18 carries for 68 yards and two touchdowns. Blazers' receiver Andre Wilson made the most of his two catches with 67 yards and a touchdown.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 63], "content_span": [64, 299]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278215-0020-0000", "contents": "2018 Charlotte 49ers football team, Game summaries, WKU Hilltoppers\nThe struggling Hilltoppers rolled into Charlotte for the first time to take on the 49ers at home. The game was low scoring and close at halftime, but Charlotte soon found their offensive stride in the third quarter to put the game well out of reach.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 67], "content_span": [68, 317]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278215-0021-0000", "contents": "2018 Charlotte 49ers football team, Game summaries, WKU Hilltoppers\nTop performers for the game included Charlotte quarterback Chris Reynolds, who threw for 119 yards before a season-ending leg injury took him out of the game. Charlotte's Benny LeMay had 17 carries for 1231 yards and two touchdowns. Charlotte's Victor Tucker had 9 receptions for 91 yards.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 67], "content_span": [68, 357]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278215-0022-0000", "contents": "2018 Charlotte 49ers football team, Game summaries, Middle Tennessee Blue Raiders\nCharlotte would score first and take that lead into the second quarter, but by halftime the Blue Raiders would add two touchdowns of their own. Neither team found points in the third quarter but a costly Charlotte fumble on their own goal line would let the Blue Raider defense score. Charlotte would tack on another touchdown near the end of regulation but it wouldn't be enough to get a win as Charlotte's road woes continued.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 81], "content_span": [82, 510]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278215-0023-0000", "contents": "2018 Charlotte 49ers football team, Game summaries, Middle Tennessee Blue Raiders\nTop performers included Middle Tennessee quarterback Brent Stockstill who passed for 111 yards, all three of the Blue Raiders' touchdowns, and an interception. Charlotte's Benny LeMay had 19 carries for 129 yards and a touchdown. Middle Tennessee's Ty Lee had 6 receptions for 60 yards and two touchdowns.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 81], "content_span": [82, 387]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278215-0024-0000", "contents": "2018 Charlotte 49ers football team, Game summaries, Southern Miss Golden Eagles\nCharlotte would take an early two touchdown lead in the first quarter, helped by a timely Juwan Foggie interception return on what looked otherwise like a scoring drive for the Golden Eagles. Charlotte held Southern Miss scoreless at the half. Both teams would tack on field goals in the third quarter before Southern Miss finally found the endzone in the fourth quarter. The Golden Eagles would add another touchdown late in the game but a 53-yard fourth quarter field goal from Jonathan Cruz proved to be the difference maker for the Niner's to get the home win.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 79], "content_span": [80, 644]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278215-0025-0000", "contents": "2018 Charlotte 49ers football team, Game summaries, Southern Miss Golden Eagles\nTop performers for the game included Southern Miss quarterback Jack Abraham, who despite throwing 3 interceptions managed to gain 210 yards for the Golden Eagle through the air. Charlotte's Benny LeMay continued his march to a 1000-yard season with 19 carries for 62 yards. The Golden Eagles' Tim Jones had 5 receptions for 96 yards.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 79], "content_span": [80, 413]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278215-0026-0000", "contents": "2018 Charlotte 49ers football team, Game summaries, Tennessee Volunteers\nEarly on it looked like the game would get out of hand as the Volunteers gained a two touchdown lead in the first quarter, but Charlotte's 6th place nationally ranked run defense would hold the traditional SEC power to negative running yardage well into the fourth quarter. Tennessee would finish the game with only 20 yards on the ground, but the Tennessee defense was able to keep the Niners from finding the endzone.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 72], "content_span": [73, 492]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278215-0027-0000", "contents": "2018 Charlotte 49ers football team, Game summaries, Tennessee Volunteers\nTop performers of the game included Tennessee quarterback Jarrett Guarantano, who threw for 172 yards and a touchdown. Charlotte's Benny LeMay had 24 carries for 81 yards, single-handedly quadrupling the total team rushing yardage of the Volunteers. Tennessee's Josh Palmer had 5 receptions for 71 yards and a touchdown.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 72], "content_span": [73, 393]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278215-0028-0000", "contents": "2018 Charlotte 49ers football team, Game summaries, Marshall Thundering Herd\nThe game would stay a tight scoring affair with the Niner's evening the game up early in the third quarter, But Marshall would add two touchdowns and a field goal before the end of the quarter to earn the home victory and keeping the Niners winless on the road for the season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 76], "content_span": [77, 353]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278215-0029-0000", "contents": "2018 Charlotte 49ers football team, Game summaries, Marshall Thundering Herd\nTop performances for the game were Marshall quarterback Isaiah Green, with 178 passing yards and a touchdown. The Herd's Brendan Knox had 22 carries for 116 yards and a touchdown. Thundering Herd receiver Tyre Brady had 6 receptions for 95 yards.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 76], "content_span": [77, 323]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278215-0030-0000", "contents": "2018 Charlotte 49ers football team, Game summaries, FIU Panthers\nWith the Panthers still in the hunt for the East Division crown and a chance to make the Conference USA Championship Game on the line, the 49ers faced a tall order on Senior Day. The two teams would trade leads with the Panthers heading in at the half with a one score lead. Despite a dominating ground performance from Charlotte rusher Benny LeMay, the Niners wouldn't find the lead again, but always managed to keep it within one score. A final on-sides recovery attempt failed and the Niners lost their second and last home game of the season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 64], "content_span": [65, 611]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278215-0031-0000", "contents": "2018 Charlotte 49ers football team, Game summaries, FIU Panthers\nTop performers for the game included Panthers' quarterback James Morgan, who threw for 268 yards and 2 touchdowns. Charlotte's Benny LeMay would rack up four touchdowns and 159 yards on 30 carries. Charlotte's Victor Tucker had 4 receptions for 115 yards.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 64], "content_span": [65, 320]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278215-0032-0000", "contents": "2018 Charlotte 49ers football team, Game summaries, Florida Atlantic Owls\nThe defending Conference USA Champions were looking to extend their season by becoming bowl eligible off of a fifth straight win. The Niners were looking for their first road win and to send their seniors and their head coach out as victors. It looked like the Owls would have the upper hand early when they scored on the very first play from scrimmage, however the Niners would have the lead heading into the second quarter.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 73], "content_span": [74, 499]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278215-0032-0001", "contents": "2018 Charlotte 49ers football team, Game summaries, Florida Atlantic Owls\nThe Owls had their biggest lead of the game heading into halftime, but in the second half Charlotte would battle back to retake the lead early in the fourth quarter. The Owls would tie the game up with a little more than three minutes left on the clock, but Charlotte kicker and two time Conference USA Special Teams Player of the Week Jonathan Cruz would hit a decisive 56 yard field goal with under half a minute left on the clock to give the Niners their only road win of the season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 73], "content_span": [74, 560]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278215-0033-0000", "contents": "2018 Charlotte 49ers football team, Game summaries, Florida Atlantic Owls\nTop performers of the game included Florida Atlantic passer Chris Robinson who threw for 273 yards and 2 touchdowns. Charlotte's Benny LeMay capped a stellar season with 24 carries for 173 yards and a touchdown. The Owls' Kerrith Whyte Jr. had 3 receptions for 92 yards and a touchdown.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 73], "content_span": [74, 360]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278216-0000-0000", "contents": "2018 Charlotte Hounds season\nThe 2018 Charlotte Hounds season was the seventh season for the Charlotte Hounds of Major League Lacrosse. The Hounds started the season 4-0 for the first time in franchise history, highlighted by a 25-7 Week 1 mauling over the Boston Cannons and two victories over the defending champion Ohio Machine. However, the Hounds struggled to the finish line, finishing at 7-7 and being eliminated from the playoffs in the penultimate week of the regular season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [28, 28], "content_span": [29, 484]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278216-0001-0000", "contents": "2018 Charlotte Hounds season\nFor the second season in a row, the Hounds finished last in attendance at 1,364 fans a game. In 2017, the Hounds posted the league's worst attendance for the first time in franchise history at just under 1,600 a game. This is a drop from their peak in their inaugural 2012 season in which they averaged over 5,700 fans a game.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [28, 28], "content_span": [29, 355]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278217-0000-0000", "contents": "2018 Charlotte Independence season\nThe 2018 Charlotte Independence season is the club's fourth season of existence, and their fourth in the United Soccer League, the second tier of American soccer.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [34, 34], "content_span": [35, 197]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278217-0001-0000", "contents": "2018 Charlotte Independence season, Background\nThe Independence finished the 2017 season with a record of 13\u20139\u201310, finished 5th in the Eastern Conference, and 11th overall. In the 2017 USL Playoffs, Charlotte were bested in the first round by the Rochester Rhinos. Elsewhere, the Independence reached the third round of the 2017 U.S. Open Cup, losing 1\u20134 to NASL outfit, North Carolina FC.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 46], "content_span": [47, 389]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278218-0000-0000", "contents": "2018 Charlottesville Men's Pro Challenger\nThe 2018 Charlottesville Men's Pro Challenger was a professional tennis tournament played on indoor hard courts. It was the tenth edition of the tournament which was part of the 2018 ATP Challenger Tour, taking place in Charlottesville, United States from October 29 to November 4, 2018.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [41, 41], "content_span": [42, 329]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278218-0001-0000", "contents": "2018 Charlottesville Men's Pro Challenger, Singles main draw entrants, Other entrants\nThe following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [43, 85], "content_span": [86, 154]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278218-0002-0000", "contents": "2018 Charlottesville Men's Pro Challenger, Singles main draw entrants, Other entrants\nThe following player received entry into the singles main draw as an alternate:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [43, 85], "content_span": [86, 165]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278219-0000-0000", "contents": "2018 Charlottesville Men's Pro Challenger \u2013 Doubles\nDenis Kudla and Danny Thomas were the defending champions but chose not to defend their title.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 51], "section_span": [51, 51], "content_span": [52, 146]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278219-0001-0000", "contents": "2018 Charlottesville Men's Pro Challenger \u2013 Doubles\nHarri Heli\u00f6vaara and Henri Laaksonen won the title after defeating Toshihide Matsui and Frederik Nielsen 6\u20133, 6\u20134 in the final.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 51], "section_span": [51, 51], "content_span": [52, 179]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278220-0000-0000", "contents": "2018 Charlottesville Men's Pro Challenger \u2013 Singles\nTim Smyczek was the defending champion but lost in the second round to Thai-Son Kwiatkowski.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 51], "section_span": [51, 51], "content_span": [52, 144]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278220-0001-0000", "contents": "2018 Charlottesville Men's Pro Challenger \u2013 Singles\nTommy Paul won the title after defeating Peter Polansky 6\u20132, 6\u20132 in the final.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 51], "section_span": [51, 51], "content_span": [52, 130]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278221-0000-0000", "contents": "2018 Chatham Cup\nThe 2018 Chatham Cup (known as the ISPS Handa Chatham Cup for sponsorship reasons) is New Zealand's 91st annual knockout football competition.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [16, 16], "content_span": [17, 159]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278221-0001-0000", "contents": "2018 Chatham Cup\nThe 2018 competition will have a preliminary round and four rounds proper before quarter-finals, semi-finals, and a final. The final will be played on 10 September 2018.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [16, 16], "content_span": [17, 186]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278221-0002-0000", "contents": "2018 Chatham Cup, Results, Preliminary round\nAll matches were played on Anzac Day, Wednesday 25 April or Saturday 28 April 2018.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [18, 44], "content_span": [45, 128]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278221-0003-0000", "contents": "2018 Chatham Cup, Results, Preliminary round\nAll teams listed below received byes to the first round.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [18, 44], "content_span": [45, 101]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278221-0004-0000", "contents": "2018 Chatham Cup, Results, Round 1\nAll teams listed below received byes to the second round.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [18, 34], "content_span": [35, 92]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278221-0005-0000", "contents": "2018 Chatham Cup, Results, Round 2\nAll matches will be played on Queen's Birthday weekend Monday 4 June 2018.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [18, 34], "content_span": [35, 109]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278221-0006-0000", "contents": "2018 Chatham Cup, Results, Round 3\nAll matches were played on the weekend of 23\u201324 June 2018.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [18, 34], "content_span": [35, 93]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278221-0007-0000", "contents": "2018 Chatham Cup, Results, Round 4\nAll matches were originally organised to be played on the weekend 14\u201315 July 2018 however the match between Manukau United and Mt Albert Ponsonby was played on the 21 July 2018 after originally being postponed due to weather conditions.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [18, 34], "content_span": [35, 271]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278221-0008-0000", "contents": "2018 Chatham Cup, Results, Semi-finals\nThe semi-finals were played on the weekend of 25\u201326 August 2018.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [18, 38], "content_span": [39, 103]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278222-0000-0000", "contents": "2018 Chattanooga Mocs football team\nThe 2018 Chattanooga Mocs football team represented the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga in the 2018 NCAA Division I FCS football season as a member of the Southern Conference (SoCon). The Mocs were led by second-year head coach Tom Arth and played their home games at Finley Stadium in Chattanooga, Tennessee. They finished the season 6\u20135 overall and 4\u20134 in SoCon play to place in a three-way tie for fifth.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [35, 35], "content_span": [36, 450]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278222-0001-0000", "contents": "2018 Chattanooga Mocs football team\nOn December 14, head coach Arth resigned to become the head coach at Akron. He finished at Chattanooga with a two-year record of 9\u201313.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [35, 35], "content_span": [36, 170]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278222-0002-0000", "contents": "2018 Chattanooga Mocs football team, Previous season\nThe Mocs finished the 2017 season 3\u20138, 3\u20135 in SoCon play to finish in a tie for sixth place.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 52], "content_span": [53, 145]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278222-0003-0000", "contents": "2018 Chattanooga Mocs football team, Preseason, Preseason media poll\nThe SoCon released their preseason media poll on July 25, 2018, with the Mocs predicted to finish in sixth place. The same day the coaches released their preseason poll with the Mocs predicted to finish in fifth place.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 68], "content_span": [69, 287]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278222-0004-0000", "contents": "2018 Chattanooga Mocs football team, Preseason, Preseason media poll, Preseason All-SoCon Teams\nThe Mocs placed six players on the preseason all-SoCon teams.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 95], "content_span": [96, 157]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278223-0000-0000", "contents": "2018 Chechnya\u2013Ingushetia border agreement\nThe Chechnya\u2013Ingushetia border agreement was a boundary delimitation deal concluded on 26 September 2018 between Ramzan Kadyrov and Yunus-bek Yevkurov, respectively, the heads of Chechnya and Ingushetia, two federal subjects of the Russian Federation located in the North Caucasus region. According to the agreement, Ingushetia transferred 340 square kilometres, that is, about 9% of its territory, to Chechnya.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [41, 41], "content_span": [42, 453]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278223-0001-0000", "contents": "2018 Chechnya\u2013Ingushetia border agreement\nThe deal sparked widespread public opposition and protests in Ingushetia. On 30 October 2018 the Constitutional Court of Ingushetia ruled that the agreement was illegal as changes in the territory of Ingushetia required approval by referendum. Yunus-bek Yevkurov, the head of Ingushetia, took the issue to the Constitutional Court of Russia in Moscow, which overrode the local court's ruling in December 2018. A series of outdoor rallies erupted across Ingushetia immediately after the controversial border deal, accompanied by clashes with police and arrests of activists. The protests reinvigorated in March 2019. Amid the unrest, Yevkurov resigned on 24 June 2019.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [41, 41], "content_span": [42, 709]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278224-0000-0000", "contents": "2018 Cheez-It Bowl\nThe 2018 Cheez-It Bowl was a college football bowl game played on December 26, 2018 at Chase Field in Phoenix, Arizona. It was one of the 2018\u201319 bowl games concluding the 2018 FBS football season. It was the 30th edition of a bowl game that has gone by various names, and was called the Cactus Bowl for its previous four playings. The bowl was sponsored by Cheez-It crackers.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [18, 18], "content_span": [19, 395]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278224-0001-0000", "contents": "2018 Cheez-It Bowl\nTied 7\u20137 at the end of regulation, it was the first 2018\u201319 bowl game to go into overtime; TCU defeated California in the first overtime period, 10\u20137. The two teams combined for six interceptions in the first half, more than any game during the 2018 season, with a total of nine for the entire game. It became the fourth bowl game in NCAA history with nine or more interceptions, joining the 1942 Orange Bowl, 1968 Sun Bowl, and 1982 Liberty Bowl. It is jokingly referred to on social media and by broadcast media as the \u201cCheez-Int Bowl\u201d.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [18, 18], "content_span": [19, 557]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278224-0002-0000", "contents": "2018 Cheez-It Bowl, Teams\nThe game was played between the TCU Horned Frogs from the Big 12 Conference and the California Golden Bears from the Pac-12 Conference. This was the first meeting between the two programs.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [20, 25], "content_span": [26, 214]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278224-0003-0000", "contents": "2018 Cheez-It Bowl, Teams, TCU Horned Frogs\nTCU received and accepted a bid to the Cheez-It Bowl on December 2. The Horned Frogs entered the bowl with a 6\u20136 record (4\u20135 in conference).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [20, 43], "content_span": [44, 184]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278224-0004-0000", "contents": "2018 Cheez-It Bowl, Teams, California Golden Bears\nCalifornia received and accepted a bid to the Cheez-It Bowl on December 2. The Golden Bears entered the bowl with a 7\u20135 record (4\u20135 in conference).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [20, 50], "content_span": [51, 198]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278225-0000-0000", "contents": "2018 Cheltenham Borough Council election\nThe 2018 Cheltenham Borough Council election was held on 3 May 2018 to elect members of Cheltenham Borough Council in England. This was on the same day as other local elections. The result was a victory for the incumbent Liberal Democrat administration, which increased its overall majority.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [40, 40], "content_span": [41, 332]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278226-0000-0000", "contents": "2018 Cheltenham Gold Cup\nThe 2018 Cheltenham Gold Cup (known as the Timico Gold Cup for sponsorship reasons) was the 90th annual running of the Cheltenham Gold Cup horse race and was held at Cheltenham Racecourse on Friday 16 March 2018. The race was won by Native River.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [24, 24], "content_span": [25, 271]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278226-0001-0000", "contents": "2018 Cheltenham Gold Cup, Full Result\n* The distances between the horses are shown in lengths or shorter. s.h. = short-head. nk = neck. \u2020 Trainers are based in Great Britain unless indicated. PU = pulled-up. F = fell. UR = unseated rider", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 37], "content_span": [38, 237]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278227-0000-0000", "contents": "2018 Chemnitz protests\nThe 2018 Chemnitz protests took place in Chemnitz, in the German state of Saxony. In the early morning of 26 August, after a festival celebrating the city's founding, a fight broke out resulting in the death of a Cuban-German man and serious injuries to two other people. Two Kurdish immigrants, one from Iraq and the other from Syria, were named as suspects. The incident reignited the tensions surrounding immigration to Germany, which had been ongoing since 2015, and the European migrant crisis. In response, mass protests against immigration were ignited by far-right groups. The protests spawned riots and were followed by counter-demonstrations.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [22, 22], "content_span": [23, 675]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278227-0001-0000", "contents": "2018 Chemnitz protests, Background\nChemnitz was named Karl-Marx Stadt when it was part of East Germany, from 1953 to 1990. In 2017, almost a quarter of the city's residents voted in elections for the right wing to far right political party Alternative for Germany (AfD).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 34], "content_span": [35, 270]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278227-0002-0000", "contents": "2018 Chemnitz protests, Background\nIn 2015, the German borders remained open during the European migrant crisis, and nearly 1 million migrants applied for asylum by the end of 2016. Over 12% of the German population is foreign-born; some German people are suspicious or wary of immigrants, and a few hold anti-immigration sentiments.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 34], "content_span": [35, 333]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278227-0003-0000", "contents": "2018 Chemnitz protests, Fight and stabbing, Incident\nAt 03:15 am on Sunday 26 August, a brawl erupted in the street of Br\u00fcckenstra\u00dfe in Chemnitz. According to police, the fight was between \"several people of various nationalities.\" Up to 10 people were at the scene. Three of them were stabbed and seriously injured; one of the three, Daniel Hillig, later died in the hospital.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 52], "content_span": [53, 377]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278227-0004-0000", "contents": "2018 Chemnitz protests, Fight and stabbing, Victims\nDaniel Hillig, who was stabbed and died in the hospital, was a 35-year-old German carpenter, the son of a German mother and a Cuban father. He had a seven year-old son, and a wife. Hillig, who grew up in Chemnitz, was apparently well-known by many people and various political groups in the city.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 51], "content_span": [52, 348]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278227-0005-0000", "contents": "2018 Chemnitz protests, Fight and stabbing, Victims\nThe two other people who were seriously injured were Russian Germans (that is, Russian immigrants to Germany).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 51], "content_span": [52, 162]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278227-0006-0000", "contents": "2018 Chemnitz protests, Fight and stabbing, Victims\nAt the location where Hillig was stabbed, a large memorial was set up, where people gathered to mourn. Hillig was a football supporter of Chemnitzer FC, and some have speculated that this might have contributed to the strong fan reaction; the Chemnitzer fan club representative and local politician Peggy Schellenberg (SPD) visited the crime scene immediately on Sunday.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 51], "content_span": [52, 422]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278227-0007-0000", "contents": "2018 Chemnitz protests, Fight and stabbing, Suspects\nSuspects include a 23-year-old Kurdish Syrian and a 22-year-old Kurdish Iraqi, who were taken into custody near the scene. The German district court issued an arrest warrant for them on 27 August. The same day, the prosecutors said that the two men were suspected of having stabbed Hillig several times \"with no justifiable reason.\" One of these suspects was named in the days after the attack as Yousif Ibrahim Abdullah from Bashiqa, and the arrest warrant for him was leaked in multiple newspapers on August 28, which went against German privacy regulations. Abdullah was accused of stabbing Hillig five times, including the fatal hits to his pericardium and lung. The other suspect was identified as Alaa Sheikhi, although his motivations have yet to be revealed.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 52], "content_span": [53, 819]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278227-0008-0000", "contents": "2018 Chemnitz protests, Fight and stabbing, Suspects\nYousif Abdullah has a criminal record with six offences, which include fraud and drug possession. He was most recently sentenced in July 2018 to a suspended sentence of eight months for dangerous bodily harm. He came to Germany in 2015 via the Balkans and was to be deported in 2016 to Bulgaria, where he had first applied for asylum, but a six-month deadline for the deportation was missed by the German authorities.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 52], "content_span": [53, 470]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278227-0008-0001", "contents": "2018 Chemnitz protests, Fight and stabbing, Suspects\nHis application for asylum was rejected, but he won in the legal proceedings afterwards; he used an alleged love affair as the justification for this later rejected application for asylum, saying that the brother and uncle of a girl he was in love with had beaten him up and injured him with a knife. Three days after the stabbing of Hillig, his application for asylum was rejected again. He has also used two different identities and forged documents, during the asylum proceedings. He was known for always carrying a knife with him.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 52], "content_span": [53, 587]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278227-0009-0000", "contents": "2018 Chemnitz protests, Fight and stabbing, Suspects\nPolice in Saxony announced on 4 September that they were \"urgently\" seeking a third suspect in the murder, Farhad Ramazan Ahmad, listing him as a 22-year-old Iraqi citizen who was possibly armed and dangerous.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 52], "content_span": [53, 262]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278227-0010-0000", "contents": "2018 Chemnitz protests, Fight and stabbing, Reactions to stabbing\nThe festival during which the stabbing happened ended earlier than planned because of the stabbing. It was on this day that protests began in the city. Chancellor Angela Merkel's office condemned the demonstration on Twitter. German Interior Minister Horst Seehofer (CSU) expressed his condolences to Hillig's family. Seehofer said that the \"consternation\" of the people was \"understandable,\" but on the other hand he condemned the violence. He also stated that the local police were in a \"difficult situation,\" and offered Federal Police help to Saxony.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 65], "content_span": [66, 620]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278227-0011-0000", "contents": "2018 Chemnitz protests, Fight and stabbing, Reactions to stabbing\nOne German politician, Martina Renner (Die Linke), accused right-wing people of exploiting the apparent murder to their own political ends, also reminding people that in the days following the attack, the motivation was still unclear.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 65], "content_span": [66, 300]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278227-0012-0000", "contents": "2018 Chemnitz protests, Fight and stabbing, Reactions to stabbing\nOn 31 August 2018, Franziska Giffey, German Minister for Family Affairs, Senior Citizens, Women and Youth, visited the crime scene of the stabbing, being the first member of the German federal government to do so. The media asked why Merkel \"sent the Family Affairs Minister\" on such an errand.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 65], "content_span": [66, 360]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278227-0013-0000", "contents": "2018 Chemnitz protests, Fight and stabbing, Reactions to stabbing, Police criticism\nFriends of the victim criticised the police in Chemnitz for their \"failure to control the three-day city festival.\" Some of the leftist protesters used slogans that criticised police for not being there when Hillig was stabbed but appearing at the protests, with journalists noting that there had been fighting before the attack at the festival.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 83], "content_span": [84, 429]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278227-0014-0000", "contents": "2018 Chemnitz protests, Fight and stabbing, Reactions to stabbing, Police criticism\nThere were several rumours circulating after the stabbing, including that the attack was in response to sexual harassment, and that another of the injured men had died. Chemnitz police took to social media to stop these. It was reported that the misinformation and inability to stop its spread contributed to the strength of the riots.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 83], "content_span": [84, 419]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278227-0015-0000", "contents": "2018 Chemnitz protests, Fight and stabbing, Reactions to stabbing, Police criticism\nThe politician Kerstin K\u00f6ditz said that the police took too long to react, and questioned how they didn't have any action or even a plan to put into action once they knew that somebody had been killed at a festival.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 83], "content_span": [84, 299]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278227-0016-0000", "contents": "2018 Chemnitz protests, Fight and stabbing, Legal proceedings\nPolice arrested a 22-year-old Iraqi national and a 23-year-old Kurdish Syrian on suspicions of manslaughter. A special prosecutor charged with handling extremism in Saxony was given charge of the case. The prosecutor in Chemnitz has rejected any claims that the suspects were acting in self-defense. In March 2019, court proceedings commenced in the Chemnitzer Landgericht.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 61], "content_span": [62, 435]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278227-0017-0000", "contents": "2018 Chemnitz protests, Fight and stabbing, Legal proceedings\nIn August 2019, 24-year-old Kurdish Syrian national Alaa S. was declared guilty of murder and bodily harm and sentenced to nine years and six months prison time. For security reasons, the verdict was announced in a building belonging to the Oberlandesgericht Dresden.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 61], "content_span": [62, 329]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278227-0018-0000", "contents": "2018 Chemnitz protests, Protests\nAs a response to the stabbing, far right groups protested against migrants and refugees coming to Germany. Leftist groups began counter-protests nearby.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 32], "content_span": [33, 185]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278227-0019-0000", "contents": "2018 Chemnitz protests, Protests\nThe first protest was organized by the right wing party Alternative for Germany on the afternoon of the stabbing. The protest was relatively small, consisting of about 100 people, and it finished without any violence. Later in the evening, another protest was organized by individuals belonging to the right-wing Kaotic Chemnitz group. This protest became violent, and the group also incited individuals to attack and harass foreigners and people who appeared to be non-ethnic Germans. The rioters attacked police officers who were deployed to calm the protests. There were also more demonstrations announced by both leftist and right-wing groups.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 32], "content_span": [33, 680]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278227-0019-0001", "contents": "2018 Chemnitz protests, Protests\nThe riots and protests continued into the next day, with the Pro Chemnitz right-wing populist group organizing a large protest. This initially included about 800 people gathered at the city's iconic Karl Marx monument. Deutsche Welle reported that the size of this group quickly expanded into the thousands, and grew less peaceful. Police estimated that the protesters numbered approximately 6,000. As the right-wing protest grew, a counter-protest, consisting of about 1,500 people, began on the other side of the square. Initially, the two main protesting groups were a short distance from each other, separated by a group of 600 riot police.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 32], "content_span": [33, 677]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278227-0020-0000", "contents": "2018 Chemnitz protests, Protests\nThe protests became violent at around 9\u00a0p.m. local time on Monday, 27 August, when the protesters began to actively demonstrate and move. Masked protesters from both sides began to throw solid objects and fireworks, with some far wing protesters also performing the Nazi salute. At least twenty people were injured. An extensive police force equipped with water cannons was deployed and a second set of demonstrators belonging to the far left were kept at a distance by police. The rioters had reportedly calmed down by Tuesday morning, but far-right groups encouraged people to continue protesting.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 32], "content_span": [33, 632]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278227-0021-0000", "contents": "2018 Chemnitz protests, Protests\nThe anti-immigration group, calling themselves Pro-Chemnitz, carried banners with right-wing slogans during the protest. Some of the banners showed pictures of murder victims, among which was the photo of murdered student Sophia L\u00f6sche which led to her family initiating legal action against those who used her picture to further a political agenda. There were also reports of Neo-Nazi groups taking part, which included The III.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 32], "content_span": [33, 462]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278227-0021-0001", "contents": "2018 Chemnitz protests, Protests\nPath, the National Democratic Party of Germany, the Die Rechte, some Freie Kameradschaften groups, the Junge Nationalisten, Autonome Nationalisten, as well as other right-wing to far-right groups like the NS-Boys, the Faust des Ostens, Inferno, and other right-wing organisations like Wir sind Kandel, Pegida, Wir f\u00fcr Deutschland, B\u00fcndnis Zukunft Hildburghausen, The Republicans, the German Social Union, the S\u00e4chsische Volkspartei, the Reichsb\u00fcrgerbewegung and the Identitarian movement. Leftist groups carried banners, including ones accusing some of the right-wing parties of being Nazis. Several protests marched down Br\u00fcckenstra\u00dfe, the wide street dividing the city centre.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 32], "content_span": [33, 711]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278227-0021-0002", "contents": "2018 Chemnitz protests, Protests\nMany shops in this area are run by Middle Eastern people, and closed on the day of the demonstrations. The Br\u00fcckenstra\u00dfe is also where the murder took place, and a small shrine erected at the site was left untouched. Police called in reinforcements from Leipzig and Dresden. When the media began filming the rioters, some of the protestors shouted \"L\u00fcgenpresse\", a largely Nazi-era term that holds roughly the same meaning as the term \"fake news.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 32], "content_span": [33, 480]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278227-0022-0000", "contents": "2018 Chemnitz protests, Protests\nOn 30 August, a more peaceful rally organized by Pro-Chemnitz took place near the Chemnitzer FC arena, and was attended by up to 900 people. At the same time, the President of Saxony, Michael Kretschmer, accompanied by other state and local politicians, held a \"consultation hour\" in the arena, which was attended by 550 citizens. At the front of the 1 September rallies, protesters carried the photo of Susanna Feldmann.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 32], "content_span": [33, 454]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278227-0023-0000", "contents": "2018 Chemnitz protests, Protests, Reactions to riots and aftermath\nA spokesman for German Chancellor Angela Merkel, Steffen Seibert, denounced the protests, saying that the violence \"has no place in [the] country,\" also saying that there is no place for \"vigilantism, for groups that want to spread hatred on the streets, for intolerance and racism.\" He also said that they do not tolerate \"unlawful assemblies.\" The mayor of Chemnitz, Barbara Ludwig, said that the protests were \"terrible\" and that she was \"incensed\" at the violence.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 66], "content_span": [67, 535]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278227-0024-0000", "contents": "2018 Chemnitz protests, Protests, Reactions to riots and aftermath\nThe federal government characterized people \"hunting down\" immigrants, and equally people attacking the hunters in retaliation, as \"vigilante justice,\" which Seibert said did not belong in Germany. An attack against a Syrian immigrant in the town of Wismar was connected by the media with the violence in Chemnitz. However, the President of Saxony, Michael Kretschmer, criticized the reporting on the \"manhunt\" and stated no such a thing had taken place. On August 29, the Government of Saxony requested the help of the Federal Police.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 66], "content_span": [67, 602]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278227-0025-0000", "contents": "2018 Chemnitz protests, Protests, Reactions to riots and aftermath\nOne of the vice presidents of the German Bundestag, Wolfgang Kubicki (FDP), claimed that Angela Merkel's dictum, \"Wir schaffen das,\" was the \"root of the violence\" in Chemnitz. The SPD's chairwoman and the SPD's group leader in the Bundestag, Andrea Nahles, called this an \"unbelievable statement by an experienced politician.\" The Swiss Federal Department of Foreign Affairs supplemented its travel advice for Germany, telling people to \"be careful in the vicinity of demonstrations, as riots are possible.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 66], "content_span": [67, 575]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278227-0026-0000", "contents": "2018 Chemnitz protests, Protests, Reactions to riots and aftermath\nOn 31 August 2018, the police said that the football match of the 2nd Bundesliga between Dynamo Dresden and Hamburger SV on 1 September 2018 should be cancelled. The DFL later confirmed in a statement that the game was canceled, at the discretion of the State Ministry of Interior.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 66], "content_span": [67, 348]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278227-0027-0000", "contents": "2018 Chemnitz protests, Protests, Continuing protests\nAlthough lacking the violence of the August protests, weekly far-right protests have continued in Chemnitz. Far-right groups have held weekly demonstrations on Fridays continuing to \"denounce immigrants.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 53], "content_span": [54, 258]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278228-0000-0000", "contents": "2018 Chengdu Challenger\nThe 2018 Chengdu Challenger was a professional tennis tournament played on hard courts. It was the 3rd edition of the tournament which was part of the 2018 ATP Challenger Tour. It took place in Chengdu, China between 30 July and 5 August 2018.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [23, 23], "content_span": [24, 267]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278228-0001-0000", "contents": "2018 Chengdu Challenger, Singles main draw entrants, Other entrants\nThe following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 67], "content_span": [68, 136]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278228-0002-0000", "contents": "2018 Chengdu Challenger, Singles main draw entrants, Other entrants\nThe following player received entry into the singles main draw as an alternate:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 67], "content_span": [68, 147]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278229-0000-0000", "contents": "2018 Chengdu Challenger \u2013 Doubles\nSriram Balaji and Vishnu Vardhan were the defending champions but chose not to defend their title.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [33, 33], "content_span": [34, 132]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278229-0001-0000", "contents": "2018 Chengdu Challenger \u2013 Doubles\nGong Maoxin and Zhang Ze won the title after defeating Mikhail Elgin and Yaraslav Shyla 6\u20134, 6\u20134 in the final.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [33, 33], "content_span": [34, 144]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278230-0000-0000", "contents": "2018 Chengdu Challenger \u2013 Singles\nLu Yen-hsun was the defending champion but chose not to defend his title.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [33, 33], "content_span": [34, 107]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278230-0001-0000", "contents": "2018 Chengdu Challenger \u2013 Singles\nZhang Ze won the title after Henri Laaksonen retired at 2\u20136, 5\u20132 in the final.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [33, 33], "content_span": [34, 112]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278231-0000-0000", "contents": "2018 Chengdu Open\nThe 2018 Chengdu Open was a men's tennis tournament played on outdoor hard courts. It was the 3rd edition of the Chengdu Open and part of the ATP World Tour 250 series of the 2018 ATP World Tour. It took place at the Sichuan International Tennis Center in Chengdu, China, from September 24 to 30.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 17], "section_span": [17, 17], "content_span": [18, 314]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278231-0001-0000", "contents": "2018 Chengdu Open, Singles main draw entrants, Other Entrants\nThe following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 17], "section_span": [19, 61], "content_span": [62, 130]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278231-0002-0000", "contents": "2018 Chengdu Open, Doubles main draw entrants, Other entrants\nThe following pairs received wildcards into the doubles main draw:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 17], "section_span": [19, 61], "content_span": [62, 128]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278232-0000-0000", "contents": "2018 Chengdu Open \u2013 Doubles\nJonathan Erlich and Aisam-ul-Haq Qureshi were the defending champions but chose not to participate together. Erlich played alongside James Cerretani, but lost in the first round to Guido Pella and Jo\u00e3o Sousa. Qureshi teamed up with Santiago Gonz\u00e1lez and lost in the semifinals to Ivan Dodig and Mate Pavi\u0107.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [27, 27], "content_span": [28, 334]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278232-0001-0000", "contents": "2018 Chengdu Open \u2013 Doubles\nDodig and Pavi\u0107 went on to win the title, defeating Austin Krajicek and Jeevan Nedunchezhiyan in the final, 6\u20132, 6\u20134.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [27, 27], "content_span": [28, 145]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278233-0000-0000", "contents": "2018 Chengdu Open \u2013 Singles\nDenis Istomin was the defending champion, but chose not to participate this year.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [27, 27], "content_span": [28, 109]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278233-0001-0000", "contents": "2018 Chengdu Open \u2013 Singles\nBernard Tomic won the title, defeating Fabio Fognini in the final, 6\u20131, 3\u20136, 7\u20136(9-7).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [27, 27], "content_span": [28, 114]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278233-0002-0000", "contents": "2018 Chengdu Open \u2013 Singles, Seeds\nThe top four seeds receive a bye into the second round.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 34], "content_span": [35, 90]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278234-0000-0000", "contents": "2018 Chennai Open Challenger\nThe 2018 Chennai Open Challenger was a professional tennis tournament played on hard courts. It was the first edition of the tournament which was part of the 2018 ATP Challenger Tour. It took place in Chennai, India between 12 and 17 February 2018.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [28, 28], "content_span": [29, 277]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278234-0001-0000", "contents": "2018 Chennai Open Challenger, Singles main draw entrants, Other entrants\nThe following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 72], "content_span": [73, 141]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278234-0002-0000", "contents": "2018 Chennai Open Challenger, Singles main draw entrants, Other entrants\nThe following player received entry into the singles main draw using a protected ranking:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 72], "content_span": [73, 162]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278235-0000-0000", "contents": "2018 Chennai Open Challenger \u2013 Doubles\nSriram Balaji and Vishnu Vardhan won the title after defeating Cem \u0130lkel and Danilo Petrovi\u0107 7\u20136(7\u20135), 5\u20137, [10\u20135] in the final.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [38, 38], "content_span": [39, 167]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278236-0000-0000", "contents": "2018 Chennai Open Challenger \u2013 Singles\nJordan Thompson won the title after defeating Yuki Bhambri 7\u20135, 3\u20136, 7\u20135 in the final.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [38, 38], "content_span": [39, 125]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278237-0000-0000", "contents": "2018 Cherwell District Council election\nThe 2018 Cherwell District Council election was held on 3 May 2018 to elect members of Cherwell District Council in England. This was on the same day as other local elections.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [39, 39], "content_span": [40, 215]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278237-0001-0000", "contents": "2018 Cherwell District Council election\nElections were held for 16 of the seats on the council. The Conservative Party won one seat from an independent councillor. Labour Party and the Liberal Democrats each won one seat from the Conservatives. The Conservative Party remained in overall control of the council, with its majority reduced to 29. The Labour Party remained the largest opposition group, with their seats increased to nine. The Liberal Democrats became the third party with one seat.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [39, 39], "content_span": [40, 496]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278238-0000-0000", "contents": "2018 Chesapeake Bayhawks season\nThe 2018 Chesapeake Bayhawks season was the eighteenth season for the Chesapeake Bayhawks of Major League Lacrosse, and ninth using the Chesapeake moniker (the team was previously the Baltimore Bayhawks and the Washington Bayhawks). The Bayhawks came into the year looking to improve upon their 7\u20137 finish in 2017 in which they finished sixth place in the league and missed out on the playoffs for the fourth consecutive year. General manager Dave Cottle returned to the sidelines as head coach for the first time since 2015 after the Bayhawks and Brian Reese parted ways in September. In Cottle's first year back on the sidelines, the Bayhawks finished 9\u20135 and second place in the league. In their return to the postseason, the Bayhawks lost to the Denver Outlaws in the semifinal round, 13\u201312.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [31, 31], "content_span": [32, 827]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278239-0000-0000", "contents": "2018 Chevrolet Detroit Grand Prix\nThe Chevrolet Detroit Grand Prix presented by Lear Corporation was the lone doubleheader event of the 2018 IndyCar Series season, consisting of the 7th and 8th rounds of the championship. The event was held at the Raceway at Belle Isle in Detroit, Michigan. Scott Dixon won Race 1, and Ryan Hunter-Reay won the Sunday race.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [33, 33], "content_span": [34, 357]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278239-0001-0000", "contents": "2018 Chevrolet Detroit Grand Prix\nThis event also marked the final IndyCar Series broadcast for ABC, ending a half-century stint covering the series (and its predecessors), as in 2019, NBC Sports will be the series\u2019 only broadcaster.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [33, 33], "content_span": [34, 233]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278239-0002-0000", "contents": "2018 Chevrolet Detroit Grand Prix, Race 1 \u2013 Saturday, June 2, Results, Race\nNotes: Points include 1 point for leading at least 1 lap during a race, an additional 2 points for leading the most race laps. For Detroit only, 1 bonus point was awarded to the fastest qualifier from both groups.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 75], "content_span": [76, 289]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278239-0003-0000", "contents": "2018 Chevrolet Detroit Grand Prix, Race 2 \u2013 Sunday, June 3, Results, Race\nNotes: Points include 1 point for leading at least 1 lap during a race, an additional 2 points for leading the most race laps. For Detroit only, 1 bonus point was awarded to the fastest qualifier from both groups.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 73], "content_span": [74, 287]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278240-0000-0000", "contents": "2018 Chevrolet Silverado 250\nThe 2018 Chevrolet Silverado 250 was a NASCAR Camping World Truck Series race held on August 26, 2018 at Canadian Tire Motorsport Park in Bowmanville, Ontario. Contested over 65 laps on the 2.459-mile (3.957\u00a0km) road course due to an overtime finish, it was the 17th race of the 2018 NASCAR Camping World Truck Series season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [28, 28], "content_span": [29, 354]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278240-0001-0000", "contents": "2018 Chevrolet Silverado 250, Qualifying\nBen Rhodes scored the pole for the race with a time of 90.465 and a speed of 97.854\u00a0mph (157.481\u00a0km/h).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 40], "content_span": [41, 144]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278241-0000-0000", "contents": "2018 Chhattisgarh Legislative Assembly election\nThe 2018 Chhattisgarh Legislative Assembly election was held to elect members to the Legislative Assembly of the Indian State of Chhattisgarh. The election was held in two phases for a total of 90 seats; the first for 18 seats in South Chhattisgarh was held on 12 November 2018, and the second for the remaining 72 were held on 20 November.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 47], "section_span": [47, 47], "content_span": [48, 388]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278241-0001-0000", "contents": "2018 Chhattisgarh Legislative Assembly election\nThe INC got a landslide victory winning 72 seats against the ruling BJP's 15 seats, and consequently formed the government after 15 years as opposition party. Incumbent Chief Minister Raman Singh resigned on 11 December, the day of counting and declaration of result, taking the responsibility for the defeat. Elected to the Assembly from Patan, INC leader Bhupesh Baghel took office on 17 December as the third Chief Minister of the State.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 47], "section_span": [47, 47], "content_span": [48, 488]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278241-0002-0000", "contents": "2018 Chhattisgarh Legislative Assembly election, Background\nThe tenure of Chhattisgarh Legislative Assembly ends on 5 January 2019.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 47], "section_span": [49, 59], "content_span": [60, 131]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278241-0003-0000", "contents": "2018 Chhattisgarh Legislative Assembly election, Schedule\nThe Election Commission of India announced the election dates on 6 October 2018. It said the election would take place in two phases: phase one on 12 November in the left-wing extremism-affected areas that encompassed eighteen constituencies, and on 20 November in the remaining constituencies. The Commission also announced that the Model Code of Conduct came into effect with the said announcement and that the results would be declared on 11 December.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 47], "section_span": [49, 57], "content_span": [58, 512]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278241-0004-0000", "contents": "2018 Chhattisgarh Legislative Assembly election, Opinion polls\nOpinion polls showed a tough competition between the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and the Indian National Congress (INC), but the alliance between Janta Congress Chhattisgarh (JCC) and Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) also showed similar numbers to that of the former two.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 47], "section_span": [49, 62], "content_span": [63, 328]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278241-0005-0000", "contents": "2018 Chhattisgarh Legislative Assembly election, Polling\nAccording to the Election Commission of India, a total of 4,300 booths for the region's registered 1.62 million women and 1.55 million male voters were set up for the first phase of polls. The first phase of election, in 18 constituencies, saw a voter turnout of 76.42 per cent according to the Commission, an increase from 75.06 per cent in 2013. This came despite calls from the Naxalites in the region to boycott the election.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 47], "section_span": [49, 56], "content_span": [57, 486]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278241-0005-0001", "contents": "2018 Chhattisgarh Legislative Assembly election, Polling\nA total of 125,000 police and paramilitary personnel were posted across the 18 constituencies, which were spread over the Naxalism-affected districts such as Bastar, Kanker, Sukma, Bijapur, Dantewada, Narayanpur, Kondagaon and Rajnandgaon. However, the polls saw two major disruptions. An improvised explosive device (IED) went off in Katekalyan, in Dantewada, before voting began. In Bijapur district, an encounter between Naxalites and the 204th battalion of the Central Reserve Police Force's (CRPF) COBRA unit left 10 Naxalites killed and five CRPF personnel injured.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 47], "section_span": [49, 56], "content_span": [57, 628]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278241-0006-0000", "contents": "2018 Chhattisgarh Legislative Assembly election, Polling\nThe campaigning ahead of the second phase concluded on 18 November. In an incident of another IED blast, three security personnel were killed that day in the Bheji and Elarmadgu villages of Sukma district. However, voting on 20 November went \"peaceful and incident-free\". A turnout of 76.34 per cent was reported by the Commission, while updating the figures of the first phase to 76.39 per cent. The Commission set up 19,336 polling stations for this phase of polling.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 47], "section_span": [49, 56], "content_span": [57, 526]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278241-0007-0000", "contents": "2018 Chhattisgarh Legislative Assembly election, Polling\nOverall, a total of 76.35 percent was reported across the State, a minor drop from 77.40 percent in 2013. 38 constituencies, most of which fell primarily in rural areas, reported a turnout of more than 80 percent. Kurud reported the highest turnout at 88.99 percent, followed by Kharsiya at 86.81 percent, while Bijapur reported the lowest at 44.68 percent. Ahead of counting and the declaration of result on 11 December, 28 companies of the Central Armed Police Forces were posted to guard rooms were the EVMs were kept.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 47], "section_span": [49, 56], "content_span": [57, 578]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278241-0008-0000", "contents": "2018 Chhattisgarh Legislative Assembly election, Exit polls\nMost of the exit polls predicted a \"tight finish\" between the BJP and the INC.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 47], "section_span": [49, 59], "content_span": [60, 138]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278241-0009-0000", "contents": "2018 Chhattisgarh Legislative Assembly election, Results, Seats and vote-share\nThe results gave the Indian National Congress a clear majority and doffer d from the trend shown by the Opinion and Exit polls. The BJPs count fell drastically, while the INC formed a majority Government. The seat and vote share was as follows -", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 47], "section_span": [49, 78], "content_span": [79, 324]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278242-0000-0000", "contents": "2018 Chiangrai United F.C. season\nThe 2018 season is Chiangrai United Football Club's 10th existence. It is the 3rd season in the Thai League and the club's 8th consecutive season in the top flight of the Thai football league system since promoted in the 2011 season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [33, 33], "content_span": [34, 267]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278242-0001-0000", "contents": "2018 Chiangrai United F.C. season, Competitions, Thailand Champions Cup\nThe 2018 Thailand Champions Cup. It features Buriram United the winners of the 2017 Thai League and Chiangrai United the winners of the 2017 Thai FA Cup. It features at Supachalasai Stadium.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 71], "content_span": [72, 262]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278243-0000-0000", "contents": "2018 Chicago Bears season\nThe 2018 Chicago Bears season was the franchise's 99th season in the National Football League, as well as the first under head coach Matt Nagy, who took over the job after John Fox was fired in 2017 following a three-year tenure.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [25, 25], "content_span": [26, 255]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278243-0001-0000", "contents": "2018 Chicago Bears season\n2018 marked their first winning season since 2012 and their first playoff appearance since 2010. The Bears ensured improvement over their 5\u201311 record from the previous season in Week 10 when they defeated their division rival Detroit Lions. In Week 12, they scored their eighth win of the season, also against the Lions, ensuring that the Bears would not have a losing season for the first time since 2013. With a Week 14 win over the Los Angeles Rams, the Bears clinched their first winning season since 2012.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [25, 25], "content_span": [26, 536]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278243-0001-0001", "contents": "2018 Chicago Bears season\nWith their Week 15 win over the rival Green Bay Packers, the Bears clinched their first playoff berth and division title since 2010. They finished the season 12\u20134 with a win over the Minnesota Vikings. The season ended in disappointment as they lost to the defending Super Bowl champion Philadelphia Eagles, who they had helped get into the playoffs on the last game of the season, in the NFC Wild Card Game 16\u201315 on January 6, 2019 at Soldier Field after Cody Parkey's game-winning field goal was blocked and hit the crossbar twice as time expired.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [25, 25], "content_span": [26, 575]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278243-0002-0000", "contents": "2018 Chicago Bears season, Offseason, Organizational changes\nOn January 1, 2018, head coach John Fox was fired after spending three seasons with the Bears, compiling a 14\u201334 record. Two days later, the Bears began interviewing for the position starting with defensive coordinator Vic Fangio, followed by Minnesota Vikings defensive coordinator George Edwards (January 4), Vikings offensive coordinator Pat Shurmur and New England Patriots offensive coordinator Josh McDaniels (January 5), Philadelphia Eagles quarterback coach John DeFilippo (January 6), and Kansas City Chiefs offensive coordinator Matt Nagy (January 7). The day after his interview, Nagy was ultimately hired as the 16th head coach in franchise history.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 60], "content_span": [61, 722]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278243-0003-0000", "contents": "2018 Chicago Bears season, Offseason, Organizational changes\nNagy's first assistant coach hiring was Harry Hiestand as offensive line coach, joining the team on January 10; Hiestand had spent the last six seasons with the Notre Dame Fighting Irish at the same position, while also working as the OL coach for the Bears from 2005\u20132009.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 60], "content_span": [61, 334]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278243-0003-0001", "contents": "2018 Chicago Bears season, Offseason, Organizational changes\nTwo days later, the Bears replaced offensive coordinator Dowell Loggains, who departed the Bears to join the Miami Dolphins in the same position on January 4, with former Oregon Ducks head coach Mark Helfrich, while also hiring three new coaches: former Bears assistants Chris Tabor and Charles London as special teams and running backs coaches, respectively, and Mike Furrey as wide receivers coach.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 60], "content_span": [61, 461]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278243-0003-0002", "contents": "2018 Chicago Bears season, Offseason, Organizational changes\nTabor served as an assistant special teams coach with the team from 2008\u20132010 before joining the Cleveland Browns as the special teams coordinator, while London had spent the last three seasons as the running backs coach of the Houston Texans. A former wide receiver, Furrey was Nagy's New York Dragons teammate in the Arena Football League in 2002, which was followed by an eight-year NFL career, including a 2006 campaign in which he ranked second in the league in receptions with 98; he was most recently the head coach of the Limestone Saints football team.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 60], "content_span": [61, 622]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278243-0003-0003", "contents": "2018 Chicago Bears season, Offseason, Organizational changes\nDuring the day, Fangio signed a three-year extension to remain in Chicago. On January 13, the Bears hired New York Giants tight ends coach Kevin M. Gilbride to serve in the same role. Brock Olivo, a former colleague of Nagy in Kansas City and Denver Broncos special teams coordinator, joined the Bears as an assistant special teams coach on January 19.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 60], "content_span": [61, 413]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278243-0004-0000", "contents": "2018 Chicago Bears season, Offseason, Organizational changes\nIn January, head trainer Nate Breske was released by the team, as were strength coaches Jason George and Rick Perry. In their places, the Bears hired Browns trainer Andre Tucker and Washington State University strength and conditioning coach Jason Loscalzo, respectively.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 60], "content_span": [61, 332]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278243-0005-0000", "contents": "2018 Chicago Bears season, Offseason, Organizational changes\nOn February 27, the Bears formally announced their full staff, with every defensive coach returning to their posts for the 2018 season. Other newcomers included Brad Childress as a senior offensive consultant, Donovan Raiola as assistant offensive line coach, Brian Ginn and Mike Snyder as offensive quality control coaches, Shane Toub as an offensive assistant, and Bill Shuey as defensive quality control coach. Childress was the head coach of the Minnesota Vikings before joining the Chiefs in 2013, and served as their co-offensive coordinator alongside Nagy in 2016.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 60], "content_span": [61, 632]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278243-0005-0001", "contents": "2018 Chicago Bears season, Offseason, Organizational changes\nHe had intended to retire after 2017, but elected to rejoin Nagy in Chicago. A former center, Raiola was on the Bears' practice squad in 2009 and worked with Hiestand in Chicago before following him to Notre Dame as a graduate assistant for two years. Ginn was Nagy's wide receiver at Delaware before becoming a coach for the school. Shuey was a colleague of Nagy's during their tenures with the Eagles and was most recently working as the Widener Pride's defensive coordinator. Toub, the son of Chiefs and former Bears special teams coordinator Dave Toub, was a graduate assistant for the Illinois Fighting Illini under ex-Bears head coach Lovie Smith in 2017.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 60], "content_span": [61, 722]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278243-0006-0000", "contents": "2018 Chicago Bears season, Offseason, Roster changes\nThe Bears entered free agency with 25 free agents, including 19 unrestricted, four restricted, and two exclusive rights free agents.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 52], "content_span": [53, 185]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278243-0007-0000", "contents": "2018 Chicago Bears season, Offseason, Roster changes, Acquisitions\nOn January 1, the Bears signed wide receivers Demarcus Ayers, Tanner Gentry, and Mekale McKay, offensive linemen Travis Averill and Will Pericak, tight end Colin Thompson, and defensive back Doran Grant to reserve/futures contracts. Nine days later, Montreal Alouettes cornerback Jonathon Mincy signed with the Bears; in 32 games in the Canadian Football League, Mincy recorded 108 tackles with three interceptions and two forced fumbles. He was named to the Eastern Division All-Star team in 2017.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 66], "content_span": [67, 565]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278243-0008-0000", "contents": "2018 Chicago Bears season, Offseason, Roster changes, Acquisitions\nThe NFL's legal tampering window, during which teams could negotiate with incoming unrestricted free agents, opened on March 12. During the period, wide receivers Allen Robinson and Taylor Gabriel, tight end Trey Burton, and kicker Cody Parkey expressed their intentions to sign with the Bears. Robinson tore an anterior cruciate ligament in the first game of 2017 with the Jacksonville Jaguars; in the three prior years, he recorded 2,831 receiving yards and 22 touchdowns, and was named to the 2015 Pro Bowl. During the 2017 Atlanta Falcons season, Gabriel caught 33 passes for 378 yards and a touchdown.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 66], "content_span": [67, 673]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278243-0008-0001", "contents": "2018 Chicago Bears season, Offseason, Roster changes, Acquisitions\nBurton, who played for the Eagles in 2017, had 23 receptions for 248 yards and five scores. In Super Bowl LII, he threw a touchdown pass to quarterback Nick Foles. Parkey, who worked with Tabor during his tenure with the Browns, converted 21 of 23 field goals with the Miami Dolphins in 2017. The four signings were officially announced on March 14.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 66], "content_span": [67, 416]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278243-0009-0000", "contents": "2018 Chicago Bears season, Offseason, Roster changes, Acquisitions\nWhen free agency began on March 14, quarterback Chase Daniel signed a two-year deal with the Bears; Daniel worked with Nagy in Kansas City, establishing himself as a liked backup quarterback with the Chiefs and New Orleans Saints. During the so-called second wave of free agency a few days later, the Bears signed defensive end/linebacker Aaron Lynch from the San Francisco 49ers and quarterback Tyler Bray from the Chiefs. Lynch, who played with Fangio in his 2014 rookie season, registered six sacks in his rookie campaign and 12.5 in his first two NFL seasons before a PED suspension and calf injury cut his production the last two years. Bray was Alex Smith's backup in Kansas City under Nagy.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 66], "content_span": [67, 764]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278243-0010-0000", "contents": "2018 Chicago Bears season, Offseason, Roster changes, Acquisitions\nOn April 3, Arizona Cardinals guard Earl Watford signed with the Bears, becoming the third ex-Cardinal on Chicago's offensive line alongside Bradley Sowell and Bobby Massie.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 66], "content_span": [67, 240]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278243-0011-0000", "contents": "2018 Chicago Bears season, Offseason, Roster changes, Departures\nOn February 20, the Bears announced they were releasing linebacker Jerrell Freeman and declining a 2018 option on offensive lineman Josh Sitton; in 2017, Freeman was placed on injured reserve after suffering a torn pectoral muscle in the first game of the year, followed by a ten-game suspension for using performance-enhancing drugs. Sitton missed the last two games of the season with an ankle injury. Six days later, linebacker Pernell McPhee and safety Quintin Demps were cut. McPhee recorded 14 sacks in three seasons with the Bears, but also struggled with injuries.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 64], "content_span": [65, 637]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278243-0011-0001", "contents": "2018 Chicago Bears season, Offseason, Roster changes, Departures\nDemps was benched following the emergence of Eddie Jackson and Adrian Amos as the new starters during the 2017 season. Outside linebacker Willie Young, who only played four games in 2017 due to a torn triceps, was released on February 28. Cornerback Marcus Cooper was released on March 14, but was brought back by the team thirteen days later on a one-year contract; he started the first four games of the 2017 season before suffering a back injury and losing his starting spot.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 64], "content_span": [65, 543]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278243-0012-0000", "contents": "2018 Chicago Bears season, Offseason, Roster changes, Departures\nDuring free agency, various free agents signed with other teams. On March 15, linebacker Christian Jones and kicker Cairo Santos signed with the Detroit Lions and New York Jets, respectively; in 2017, Jones set career highs in tackles (84) and sacks (two) in addition to forcing and recovering a fumble. Santos played two games for the Bears before suffering reaggravating a groin injury. Defensive end Mitch Unrein, who recorded 32 tackles and 2.5 sacks in 2017, was signed by the Tampa Bay Buccaneers on March 16.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 64], "content_span": [65, 580]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278243-0012-0001", "contents": "2018 Chicago Bears season, Offseason, Roster changes, Departures\nAndrew DePaola joined the Oakland Raiders for 2018 and became the highest-paid long snapper in the league. On March 22, offensive lineman Tom Compton, who started five games at guard for the Bears in 2017, signed with the Minnesota Vikings, with receiver Kendall Wright doing the same eight days later. In early April, wide receiver and restricted free agent Cameron Meredith was offered a two-year, $10 million contract by the New Orleans Saints, which the Bears elected to not match after five days.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 64], "content_span": [65, 566]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278243-0013-0000", "contents": "2018 Chicago Bears season, Offseason, NFL Draft\nThe Bears entered the draft needing to address positions like linebacker, defensive back, and offensive line. Such positions were suggested in various mock drafts from those like Sean Wagner-McGough of CBSSports.com, Matt Eurich of 247Sports.com, and Lorin Cox of USA Today as they projected Notre Dame guard Quenton Nelson, Florida State defensive back Derwin James, and Boston College linebacker Harold Landry, respectively.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 47], "content_span": [48, 474]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278243-0014-0000", "contents": "2018 Chicago Bears season, Offseason, NFL Draft\nWith the eighth-overall pick, the Bears selected Georgia Bulldogs linebacker Roquan Smith, reuniting him with 2016 first-round pick and former Bulldog linebacker Leonard Floyd. In 2017, the Butkus Award winner helped lead Georgia to the 2018 College Football Playoff National Championship. In the second round, Chicago opted to fill the offensive positions as the team drafted Iowa center James Daniels and Memphis receiver Anthony Miller. In 2017, Daniels was honorable mention for the All-Big Ten Conference team as he helped lead an Iowa offense that averaged 190.2 passing yards and 139.2 rushing yards per game.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 47], "content_span": [48, 664]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278243-0014-0001", "contents": "2018 Chicago Bears season, Offseason, NFL Draft\nAlthough he played center in college, the Bears elected to move him to guard to start his NFL career. Miller, whose selection was made possible when the Bears traded up to the 51st-overall pick in a trade with the New England Patriots that sent the 105th overall and a 2019 second rounder to New England, recorded 1,448 receiving yards and 16 touchdowns in the 2016 and 2017 seasons; during the latter, he averaged 3.47 yards per route run, fourth-best among receivers in the draft.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 47], "content_span": [48, 530]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278243-0015-0000", "contents": "2018 Chicago Bears season, Offseason, NFL Draft\nThe third and final day of the draft saw rounds four through seven. With their fourth-round pick, the Bears drafted Western Kentucky linebacker Joel Iyiegbuniwe; a Chicago native, Iyiegbuniwe played both inside and outside linebacker in college; in his final season, he had 116 tackles, 11.5 tackles for loss, two forced fumbles, two sacks, and a fumble recovery. The fifth round saw defensive tackle Bilal Nichols of Delaware be selected; a fellow Delaware alumnus like Nagy, Nichols recorded 5.5 sacks and 6.5 tackles for loss in 2017, earning him a spot on the first-team All-Colonial Athletic Association team.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 47], "content_span": [48, 662]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278243-0015-0001", "contents": "2018 Chicago Bears season, Offseason, NFL Draft\nChicago filled the gap at edge rusher by drafting Utah defensive end Kylie Fitts; Fitts struggled with injuries throughout his college career, but racked up 23 tackles, three tackles for loss, three sacks, and a forced fumble in 2017. In the seventh round, the Bears drafted another receiver and Bulldog in Javon Wims; in 2017, Wims led the Bulldogs with 45 catches for 720 yards and seven touchdowns.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 47], "content_span": [48, 449]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278243-0016-0000", "contents": "2018 Chicago Bears season, Offseason, NFL Draft\nAfter the draft, the Bears signed fifteen undrafted free agents: running back Ryan Nall (Oregon State), wide receivers Garrett Johnson (Kentucky) and Shaq Roland (West Georgia), offensive lineman Dejon Allen (Hawaii), defensive linemen Abdullah Anderson (Bucknell) and Cavon Walker (Maryland), linebackers Nyles Morgan and Andrew Trumbetti (Notre Dame) and Elijah Norris (Shepherd), cornerbacks Michael Joseph (Dubuque) and Kevin Toliver II (LSU), safety Nick Orr (TCU), and punter Ryan Winslow (Pittsburgh).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 47], "content_span": [48, 556]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278243-0017-0000", "contents": "2018 Chicago Bears season, Offseason, NFL Draft\nOn May 10, every draft pick minus Smith signed their rookie contracts with the team. Smith's signing was delayed due to a conflict between his agency CAA Football and the Bears. Much of the debate centered on language in the contract dictating whether Smith's guaranteed money would return to the team if he was suspended due to the NFL's new rule outlawing contact leading with the helmet.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 47], "content_span": [48, 438]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278243-0017-0001", "contents": "2018 Chicago Bears season, Offseason, NFL Draft\nWhile CAA argued for a clause that would protect Smith's guaranteed money, the Bears suggested their decisions would be determined by the league's own actions, a situation that was exacerbated by skepticism surrounding the rule and the high frequency of tackles in Smith's role on the field. After missing Training Camp in July and early August, Smith signed a four-year deal with the Bears on August 14.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 47], "content_span": [48, 452]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278243-0018-0000", "contents": "2018 Chicago Bears season, Offseason, Offseason activities\nOffseason workouts began on April 3; as the Bears entered the offseason with a new head coach, they were permitted to start workouts earlier than other teams. Also thanks to having a new coach, the team held a voluntary veteran minicamp from April 17\u201319.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 58], "content_span": [59, 313]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278243-0019-0000", "contents": "2018 Chicago Bears season, Offseason, Offseason activities\nThe Bears held a veteran minicamp in late April. After its conclusion, the team released McKay and signed receiver Marlon Brown and defensive end Nick Williams. In 2013, Brown caught 49 passes for 524 yards and seven touchdowns for the Baltimore Ravens, but saw his playing time decrease over time as the receiving corps was bolstered with new players. Williams last played for the Chiefs and Dolphins in 2016.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 58], "content_span": [59, 469]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278243-0020-0000", "contents": "2018 Chicago Bears season, Offseason, Offseason activities\nIn May, Rookie Minicamp was held from May 11\u201313. After its conclusion, the Bears signed five tryout players: wide receiver Matt Fleming, offensive linemen Jeremi Hall and Matt McCants, and defensive backs John Franklin III and Tyrin Holloway. Fleming played football and ran track for Division III school Benedictine University, recording 45 receptions for 731 yards and 10 touchdowns in 2017. Hall started 25 games for the South Florida Bulls in 2016 and 2017, while McCants, a sixth-round draft pick in 2012 by the New York Giants, returned to the Bears after playing for them in 2016.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 58], "content_span": [59, 646]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278243-0020-0001", "contents": "2018 Chicago Bears season, Offseason, Offseason activities\nAfter transferring to Western Illinois for his final season in 2017, Holloway played four games for the Leathernecks and had three interceptions. Franklin, a former quarterback at Florida State, attracted attention when he appeared on the Netflix series Last Chance U during his time at East Mississippi Community College. He later played receiver for Auburn and Florida Atlantic. In conjunction with the signings, the Bears released Averill, Morgan, linebacker Howard Jones, and offensive lineman Cameron Lee.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 58], "content_span": [59, 569]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278243-0021-0000", "contents": "2018 Chicago Bears season, Offseason, Offseason activities\nThe Bears conducted ten offseason team activities (OTAs) on May 15\u201317, May 22\u201324, and May 29 \u2013 June 1. A mandatory minicamp involving the entire roster took place on June 5\u20137. Linebacker Kasim Edebali, who was attending the camp on a tryout and played for Bears GM Ryan Pace in New Orleans, signed with the team after it ended. Other post-camp transactions included signing linebacker Josh Woods, who went undrafted after playing safety for Maryland from 2014 to 2017, and releasing Holloway and Roland.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 58], "content_span": [59, 562]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278243-0022-0000", "contents": "2018 Chicago Bears season, Offseason, Offseason activities\nTraining Camp at Olivet Nazarene University in Bourbonnais began on July 21 and ended on August 11. On August 15, days before their preseason game against each other, the Bears visited Englewood, Colorado for a joint practice with the Broncos.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 58], "content_span": [59, 302]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278243-0023-0000", "contents": "2018 Chicago Bears season, Offseason, Offseason activities\nDuring camp, the Bears made the following roster moves: on July 23, Hall was released and Florida State linebacker Ro'Derrick Hoskins was signed to take his place; a receiver swap occurred on July 26 when Fleming was waived in favor of Albany Empire player and Arena Football League Offensive Rookie of the Year Malachi Jones; on July 27, defensive end Bunmi Rotimi was released and former Saints offensive lineman Jack Allen was signed; however, Allen was released on August 4 and his roster spot taken by fellow O-lineman Kaleb Johnson, a former Chiefs player; Johnson's slot would also be replaced a week later by Chiefs running back Knile Davis.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 58], "content_span": [59, 708]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278243-0024-0000", "contents": "2018 Chicago Bears season, Preseason\nOn February 13, the NFL announced that the Bears will play the Baltimore Ravens in the Pro Football Hall of Fame Game on Thursday, August 2, at the Tom Benson Hall of Fame Stadium in Canton, Ohio. The remaining preseason games were revealed on April 11.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 36], "content_span": [37, 290]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278243-0025-0000", "contents": "2018 Chicago Bears season, Preseason, Game summaries\nThe Hall of Fame Game began on a poor note when Chase Daniel's pass was intercepted by Chuck Clark, though DeAndre Houston-Carson responded by intercepting a deflected throw from Robert Griffin III, which set up Daniel's four-yard touchdown pass to Michael Burton. The Ravens answered with Griffin's five-yard touchdown throw to Maxx Williams, followed by Kamalei Correa intercepting Daniel and a field goal by Kaare Vedvik to give them the lead. Daniel was substituted for Tyler Bray after the first half; despite the touchdown to Burton, he also had two picks and a passer rating of 38.8.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 52], "content_span": [53, 643]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278243-0025-0001", "contents": "2018 Chicago Bears season, Preseason, Game summaries\nEarly in the second half, DeShon Elliott forced Demarcus Ayers to fumble and Baltimore's Bronson Kaufusi recovered. Lamar Jackson eventually threw a seven-yard touchdown to Hayden Hurst. In the fourth quarter, Cody Parkey kicked a 22-yard field goal, followed by Bray completing a ten-yard touchdown to Tanner Gentry. The Bears attempted a two-point conversion, but failed to score and ultimately lost by one point.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 52], "content_span": [53, 468]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278243-0026-0000", "contents": "2018 Chicago Bears season, Preseason, Game summaries\nWith the exception of certain players like Allen Robinson, Taylor Gabriel, and Jordan Howard, Chicago's first-string offense made its preseason debut against the Cincinnati Bengals. Starting quarterback Mitchell Trubisky was present for just eight plays. Defensively, despite a Kyle Fuller interception returned for touchdown and Taquan Mizzell's one-yard touchdown run, the unit also allowed two touchdowns. After being down 23\u201314 at halftime, the Bears scored 13 unanswered points via two Parkey field goals and Demarcus Ayers' three-yard touchdown run in the fourth quarter. However, Jeff Driskel threw the go-ahead touchdown to Auden Tate with slightly over two minutes left to put the Bengals up 30\u201327, and Parkey missed the game-tying field goal with 45 seconds remaining.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 52], "content_span": [53, 831]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278243-0027-0000", "contents": "2018 Chicago Bears season, Preseason, Game summaries\nThe Bears rebounded from the two-game losing streak by winning the next two matchups. Against the Denver Broncos, the starting offense saw more playing time, though the game began poorly when Trubisky fumbled in the end zone and was tackled by Bradley Chubb for a Denver safety. The Broncos added three points on Brandon McManus' 26-yard field goal, but the first stringers bounced back on Trubisky's seven-yard touchdown pass to Trey Burton. Denver answered with two consecutive touchdowns, the second of which was set up when Trubisky was intercepted by Justin Simmons. Parkey kicked a 43-yard field goal to make the score 20\u201310 at halftime. Although McManus converted a 35-yard field goal to increase the margin to 13 points, Daniel led a fourth quarter comeback with two- and twelve-yard touchdown passes to Mizzell and Ben Braunecker, respectively, to win 24\u201323.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 52], "content_span": [53, 920]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278243-0028-0000", "contents": "2018 Chicago Bears season, Preseason, Game summaries\nAgainst his former team in the Chiefs, Matt Nagy elected to bench his starters, a move that was viewed as unusual since the third official week of the preseason is often used by teams to play their first stringers as a dress rehearsal. The second-string offense excelled in its first three drives as it scored on every series: Benny Cunningham scored first on a 13-yard touchdown run, followed by Daniel throwing 29- and seven-yard touchdown passes to Kevin White and Javon Wims.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 52], "content_span": [53, 532]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278243-0028-0001", "contents": "2018 Chicago Bears season, Preseason, Game summaries\nAfter the first quarter, Daniel maintained a perfect 158.3 quarterback rating, which ended at 149.5 when he was rotated out by halftime when the Bears led 24\u201310. On defense, the Bears allowed ten points on the Chiefs' first two drives, but eventually prevented them from scoring until the fourth quarter. The Chiefs scored ten additional points and Parkey added a 19-yard field goal as the Bears triumphed 27\u201320.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 52], "content_span": [53, 465]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278243-0029-0000", "contents": "2018 Chicago Bears season, Preseason, Game summaries\nIn the final game of the preseason against the Buffalo Bills, the Bears saw success throughout the first three quarters as Doran Grant, Ryan Nall, and Knile Davis scored on a 33-yard pick-six and 32- and one-yard touchdown runs, respectively, while Parkey kicked two field goals to put them up 27\u20133. In the fourth quarter, however, A. J. McCarron led the Bills to 25 unanswered points via three touchdown passes and a touchdown run. With 13 seconds remaining, he threw the game-winning pass to Keith Towbridge. The Bears could not recover and lost 28\u201327.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 52], "content_span": [53, 607]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278243-0030-0000", "contents": "2018 Chicago Bears season, Preseason, Transactions\nDuring the preseason, the Bears signed former Oregon long snapper Tanner Carew and released Andrew Trumbetti on an injury settlement. Later in the month, Earl Watford was waived.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 50], "content_span": [51, 229]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278243-0031-0000", "contents": "2018 Chicago Bears season, Preseason, Transactions\nOn September 1, the team made extensive moves to whittle down its roster to 53 players, which included releasing the following players: Ayers, Bray, Carew, Davis, Edebali, Gentry, Grant, Mizzell, Nall, Dejon Allen, Abdullah Anderson, Jonathan Anderson, Rashard Fant, Bennie Fowler III, John Franklin III, Brandon Greene, Ro'Derrick Hoskins, John Jenkins, Garrett Johnson, Malachi Jones, Michael Joseph, Cre'Von LeBlanc, Matt McCants, Johnathon Mincy, Jordan Morgan, Elijah Norris, Nick Orr, Will Pericak, Colin Thompson, John Timu, Cavon Walker, Nick Williams, Ryan Winslow, and Josh Woods.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 50], "content_span": [51, 641]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278243-0032-0000", "contents": "2018 Chicago Bears season, Preseason, Transactions\nMarlon Brown and tight end Adam Shaheen were placed on injured reserve on September 1 and 2, respectively. Brown suffered a concussion during the Chiefs game, while Shaheen sprained his right foot/ankle against the Broncos. Per the NFL's injured reserve rules, those on IR may return to playing after the first eight games of the regular season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 50], "content_span": [51, 396]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278243-0033-0000", "contents": "2018 Chicago Bears season, Preseason, Transactions\nOn September 2, the Bears traded for decorated Oakland Raiders linebacker and 2016 Defensive Player of the Year Khalil Mack, who held out of training camp and other offseason activities due to a contract dispute. In acquiring Mack, the Bears sent first-round draft picks in 2019 (later used on running back Josh Jacobs) and 2020 (later used on cornerback Damon Arnette), a third-round pick in 2020, and a sixth-round pick in 2019 to Oakland; Chicago also acquired a 2020 second rounder and a conditional fifth rounder in the same draft.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 50], "content_span": [51, 587]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278243-0033-0001", "contents": "2018 Chicago Bears season, Preseason, Transactions\nIt is the Bears' first trade involving sending two first rounders since they did so for quarterback Jay Cutler in 2009. Mack and the Bears later agreed to a six-year extension worth $141 million, including a guaranteed $90 million, making him the highest-paid defensive player in NFL history. During the day, center Hroniss Grasu was released and Nick Williams was re-signed.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 50], "content_span": [51, 426]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278243-0034-0000", "contents": "2018 Chicago Bears season, Preseason, Transactions\nFollowing the moves, the practice squad was filled out with ten players: Allen, Anderson, Bray, Gentry, Joseph, Mincy, Mizzell, Nall, Woods, and offensive lineman James Stone.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 50], "content_span": [51, 226]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278243-0035-0000", "contents": "2018 Chicago Bears season, Regular season, Schedule\nThe Bears' 2018 schedule was announced on April 19. The first two games took place in prime time as the Bears played week one on NBC Sunday Night Football and week two on ESPN's Monday Night Football. Weeks ten to twelve saw three consecutive games against NFC North opponents, marking the Bears' first three-game divisional stretch since 2007. The second match of the slate, week eleven against the Vikings, was initially scheduled for Sunday afternoon before being flexed to Sunday Night Football.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 51], "content_span": [52, 551]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278243-0035-0001", "contents": "2018 Chicago Bears season, Regular season, Schedule\nThe following week's game against the Lions was played on Thanksgiving Day, making the Bears the first team since the AFL\u2013NFL merger in 1970 to play a Thursday afternoon game after playing on Sunday night. Through this stretch, they managed to win three division games in a 12-day span. The Bears' week seventeen game against the Vikings was flexed to 3:25\u00a0p.m. because of its impact on the playoffs.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 51], "content_span": [52, 452]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278243-0036-0000", "contents": "2018 Chicago Bears season, Regular season, Schedule\nChicago wore its navy blue jerseys in six of the eight home games, along with the away whites in all but one road game. For the week six game against the Miami Dolphins and the week eleven matchup against the Vikings, the Bears wore orange jerseys for the first time since 2011. Week eight against the New York Jets saw the use of the 1940s throwbacks.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 51], "content_span": [52, 404]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278243-0037-0000", "contents": "2018 Chicago Bears season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 1: at Green Bay Packers\nIn the first game of the 2018 regular season, the Bears visited Lambeau Field to take on the longtime rival Green Bay Packers. Entering the game, the Packers led the all-time series 96\u201394\u20136, with the Packers having won all but three games since 2010. Leading up to the game, Matt Nagy announced the team would not have permanent team captains and instead opt for a rotating weekly system consisting of three players (one from the offense, defense, and special teams apiece), which was previously used by Nagy in Kansas City. As such, Mitchell Trubisky, defensive end Akiem Hicks, and running back/special teamer Benny Cunningham were named week one's captains.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 87], "content_span": [88, 748]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278243-0038-0000", "contents": "2018 Chicago Bears season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 1: at Green Bay Packers\nAfter the Packers punted on the first drive, the Bears opened the Nagy era by running the T formation with their first offensive play; the formation was made famous by team founder and longtime head coach George Halas during the 1930s and 1940s, while the play itself was nicknamed \"Papa Bear Left\" in honor of him. Chicago eventually scored on a two-yard touchdown run by Trubisky to cap off an 86-yard series. Chicago continued its momentum with Cody Parkey's 26-yard field goal after another Packers punt in the second quarter.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 87], "content_span": [88, 618]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278243-0038-0001", "contents": "2018 Chicago Bears season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 1: at Green Bay Packers\nDuring the quarter, Packers quarterback Aaron Rodgers suffered a knee injury and was replaced by DeShone Kizer, who lost a fumble to newly-acquired linebacker Khalil Mack while inside the Bears' ten-yard line; Mack also intercepted Kizer's pass and returned it for a 27-yard touchdown to put the Bears up 17\u20130 at halftime, the team's biggest advantage at Lambeau during the Brett Favre/Rodgers era. Chicago increased the advantage to 20\u20130 with Parkey's 33-yard field goal. Rodgers returned shortly after, during which Mason Crosby kicked a 42-yard field goal.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 87], "content_span": [88, 647]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278243-0038-0002", "contents": "2018 Chicago Bears season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 1: at Green Bay Packers\nThe Bears offense failed to score for the rest of the game as every drive ended with a punt minus a 32-yard field goal in the fourth quarter, while Rodgers threw touchdown passes of 39, 12, and 75 yards to Geronimo Allison, Davante Adams, and Randall Cobb, respectively. The touchdown to Cobb followed a near-interception by Fuller, who dropped the pass. With the score, Green Bay was up 24\u201323 with 2:13 left in the game. Although Trubisky led the offense into Packers territory, he was sacked by Nick Perry on fourth down and fumbled, losing the ball to Kenny Clark.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 87], "content_span": [88, 655]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278243-0039-0000", "contents": "2018 Chicago Bears season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 1: at Green Bay Packers\nIt is the fifth consecutive week one loss for the Bears and the tenth straight NFC North defeat. After leading by 20 points, the defeat is the second-largest blown lead in team history and the third such instance (the Bears also lost to the 1992 Minnesota Vikings and 2002 New Orleans Saints despite maintaining 20-point advantages in both games).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 87], "content_span": [88, 435]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278243-0039-0001", "contents": "2018 Chicago Bears season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 1: at Green Bay Packers\nIn spite of the defeat, positives included Roquan Smith sacking Kizer on his first career NFL snap, fewer penalties than usual (five for 35 yards; in their last four games in Green Bay, the Bears averaged ten penalties for 106 yards), and a lack of turnovers allowed. Offensive lineman Bobby Massie stated, \"There's a lot of things we did well. Nobody gave us a chance in that game. Just corrections that need to be made. We've got to finish stronger and things won't be a problem.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 87], "content_span": [88, 570]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278243-0040-0000", "contents": "2018 Chicago Bears season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 2: vs. Seattle Seahawks\nHoping to rebound from the loss in Green Bay, the Bears hosted the 0\u20131 Seattle Seahawks on Monday Night Football in week two. In 17 all-time games between the two, Seattle led the series 11\u20136, including winning the last four regular season meetings. Despite the result of the Packers game, history showed optimism for the Seahawks matchup as the Bears were 7\u20131 in the first game after a loss to Rodgers at Lambeau Field.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 87], "content_span": [88, 508]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278243-0040-0001", "contents": "2018 Chicago Bears season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 2: vs. Seattle Seahawks\nAlthough mobile Seahawks quarterback Russell Wilson led the NFL in passing touchdowns in 2017, he struggled in week one against the Broncos as he threw two interceptions, was sacked six times, and had just five rushing yards. Furthermore, he lost receiver Doug Baldwin to a knee injury, making the run game more crucial. With the exception of veteran safety Earl Thomas, Seattle's defense was inexperienced and struggled against Denver; in his game preview, Sports Illustrated writer Andy Benoit expected the Seahawks to suffer difficulties against a misdirection-based Bears offense. Predicting a Bears victory, Benoit added that while Wilson will have over 50 rushing yards, the Seattle offense will be restricted to below 300 total yards. Running back Jordan Howard, nose tackle Eddie Goldman, and tight end/special teams player Ben Braunecker represented the Bears as team captains.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 87], "content_span": [88, 974]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278243-0041-0000", "contents": "2018 Chicago Bears season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 2: vs. Seattle Seahawks\nAfter the Seahawks punted on the opening drive, the Bears once again scored on their first possession as Trubisky engineered a 96-yard drive that ended with a two-yard shovel pass touchdown to Trey Burton. Despite the early success, the quarterback struggled in the second quarter as he was intercepted on two consecutive drives, both by Shaquill Griffin, though the Seahawks could not capitalize as they were forced to punt on every ensuing series. On one drive, Wilson fumbled after Mack stripped him on third down.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 87], "content_span": [88, 605]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278243-0041-0001", "contents": "2018 Chicago Bears season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 2: vs. Seattle Seahawks\nBy halftime, both teams added field goals on their last drives (Parkey making a 25 yarder, Sebastian Janikowski converting a 56 yarder on the final play of the first half). After a scoreless third quarter, Trubisky threw a ten-yard touchdown pass to Anthony Miller to increase the advantage to 14 points. Although the margin returned to one score after Wilson completed a 19-yard touchdown to Tyler Lockett, the Bears scored again when Prince Amukamara intercepted Wilson's pass and returned it 49 yards for a touchdown.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 87], "content_span": [88, 608]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278243-0041-0002", "contents": "2018 Chicago Bears season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 2: vs. Seattle Seahawks\nOn the Seahawks' next drive, Danny Trevathan sacked Wilson, who lost the ball and it was recovered by the Bears' Leonard Floyd. The Bears punted, followed by the Seahawks completing a 99-yard series with Wilson's two-yard touchdown pass to Will Dissly with 14 seconds remaining in the game. Miller recovered the onside kick to secure the 24\u201317 win.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 87], "content_span": [88, 436]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278243-0042-0000", "contents": "2018 Chicago Bears season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 2: vs. Seattle Seahawks\nThe defense ended the day with six sacks on Wilson from five players. Including the four sacks against Green Bay, the Bears had a league-high ten sacks after two games. \"Our theme this game was to play all four quarters and finish. I'm so glad that this was a team win and we got that bad taste out of our mouth last week,\" Amukamara said.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 87], "content_span": [88, 427]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278243-0043-0000", "contents": "2018 Chicago Bears season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 3: at Arizona Cardinals\nIn week three, the Bears battled the Cardinals in State Farm Stadium for the first time since 2012, a game that ended in a 28\u201313 Bears victory. While the Cardinals won the latest game between the two in 2015 (a 48\u201323 win in Chicago), the Bears were victorious in the last two regular season games in Arizona. In the teams' historic meetings dating back to 1920, the Bears led the all-time series 58\u201328\u20136.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 87], "content_span": [88, 492]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278243-0043-0001", "contents": "2018 Chicago Bears season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 3: at Arizona Cardinals\nTo begin the 2018 season, the Cardinals struggled mightily on offense, especially in the first half: across the first two quarters of both games, they were outscored 40\u20130, had an NFL-worst 96 rushing yards on 32 carries for an average of 3 yards, and never crossed the 50-yard line into opposing territory. In contrast, the Bears' first-half team had 27 points against just 3 points allowed, while the defense allowed 150 yards on 56 plays (average of 2.7 yards), the lowest in the league.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 87], "content_span": [88, 577]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278243-0043-0002", "contents": "2018 Chicago Bears season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 3: at Arizona Cardinals\nOn the opposite side, Arizona's defense saw the return of defensive end Markus Golden from an ACL injury in 2017, who \u2013 along with Chandler Jones \u2013 assisted the Cardinals in recording the most sacks in 2016. In Golden's absence, Jones had an NFL-high 17.5 sacks in 2017, a situation that Chicago Sun-Times writer Mark Potash pointed out would prove a challenge for the Bears' tackles in their effort to protect Trubisky. Massie, Amukamara, and linebacker/special teamer Sam Acho were named team captains; Massie and Acho were former Cardinals, while Amukamara is an Arizona native.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 87], "content_span": [88, 669]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278243-0044-0000", "contents": "2018 Chicago Bears season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 3: at Arizona Cardinals\nIn contrast to their first half woes in the first two games of 2018, the Cardinals opened the game by scoring on a five-play, 75-yard drive that ended with Sam Bradford's 35-yard touchdown pass to Ricky Seals-Jones. The Bears attempted to respond by driving to the Cardinals' 13-yard line, but Trubisky was sacked for a 15-yard loss and Parkey missed a 46-yard field goal wide right. On Chicago's next drive, Trubisky was sacked by Robert Nkemdiche and fumbled, losing the ball to Corey Peters.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 87], "content_span": [88, 582]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278243-0044-0001", "contents": "2018 Chicago Bears season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 3: at Arizona Cardinals\nOn the first play of the ensuing drive, Bradford threw a 21-yard touchdown pass to David Johnson to make the score 14\u20130 after one quarter; it was double the points scored by the Cardinals in weeks one and two combined. The Bears responded with a 71-yard series that reached the Cardinals' two-yard line, where Parkey kicked a 20-yard field goal. Trubisky's troubles continued when he was intercepted by Tre Boston on the Bears' penultimate play of the first half.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 87], "content_span": [88, 551]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278243-0044-0002", "contents": "2018 Chicago Bears season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 3: at Arizona Cardinals\nAfter the Bears punted on the first drive of the second half, the defense forced Bradford to commit three consecutive turnovers that the offense capitalized on with scoring drives: Bradford was intercepted by Eddie Jackson and Howard scored on a one-yard touchdown run, he threw another interception to Sherrick McManis which led to Parkey's 41-yard field goal, he fumbled after being stripped by Mack and the fumble was recovered by Trevathan to set up Parkey's go-ahead 43-yard field goal and make the score 16\u201314 in favor of Chicago. With four minutes remaining, backup rookie quarterback Josh Rosen relieved Bradford.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 87], "content_span": [88, 709]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278243-0044-0003", "contents": "2018 Chicago Bears season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 3: at Arizona Cardinals\nAlthough he led the Arizona offense into Chicago territory, his pass for Christian Kirk was intercepted by Bryce Callahan. The Bears punted, but three straight runs forced the Cardinals to use all three timeouts as they got the ball back with 43 seconds left in the game. On the second play of the following possession, Rosen was picked off by Jackson, who returned the interception for a 35-yard touchdown before an offsides penalty on Mack nullified the score. Two plays later, Rosen was sacked by McManis to seal the win.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 87], "content_span": [88, 612]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278243-0045-0000", "contents": "2018 Chicago Bears season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 3: at Arizona Cardinals\nWith the win, Chicago improved to 2\u20131, their first winning record since 2014. As the Packers and Vikings lost their respective games, the Bears also took over the NFC North lead for the first time since 2013.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 87], "content_span": [88, 296]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278243-0046-0000", "contents": "2018 Chicago Bears season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 4: vs. Tampa Bay Buccaneers\nIn week four, the Tampa Bay Buccaneers entered Soldier Field with a 2\u20131 record. In 58 total meetings since 1977, the Bears led the all-time series 38\u201320, but lost by more than 20 points in their last two games. On the other hand, the Bears won the last game between the two in Chicago in 2014.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 91], "content_span": [92, 385]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278243-0046-0001", "contents": "2018 Chicago Bears season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 4: vs. Tampa Bay Buccaneers\nAlthough regular starting quarterback Jameis Winston was returning from a three-game suspension, the Buccaneers gave the start against the Bears to backup Ryan Fitzpatrick, who excelled in the first three games as he threw for over 1,200 yards with 11 touchdowns and a 124.8 passer rating. He also threw for over 400 yards in all three games, becoming the first quarterback in NFL history to have such a streak. However, a poor showing against the Pittsburgh Steelers in week three nearly resulted in his benching, implying he was \"on a short leash\" for the Chicago game.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 91], "content_span": [92, 663]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278243-0046-0002", "contents": "2018 Chicago Bears season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 4: vs. Tampa Bay Buccaneers\nWhile the Bears defense had been successful so far, they were without cornerbacks Prince Amukamara and Marcus Cooper due to hamstring injuries, while Tampa Bay receivers Mike Evans, DeSean Jackson, and Chris Godwin had a combined 63 catches for 850 yards and nine touchdowns in 2018. As a whole, the Buccaneers offense led the league in total and passing yards, while also averaging 34 points per game.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 91], "content_span": [92, 494]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278243-0046-0003", "contents": "2018 Chicago Bears season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 4: vs. Tampa Bay Buccaneers\nFor Chicago's offense, it faced a Tampa Bay defense that was ranked 29th in yards per pass play (7.9), but allowed just 3.6 yards per rushing play and only one rush of at least 25 yards. NBC Sports Chicago writer JJ Stankevitz stressed the importance of success in the red zone; although the Bears were 27th in red zone touchdown percentage with 40 percent, the Buccaneers allowed 88.9 percent of red zone plays to result in touchdowns. Burton, Jackson, and McManis were the Bears' captains.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 91], "content_span": [92, 583]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278243-0047-0000", "contents": "2018 Chicago Bears season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 4: vs. Tampa Bay Buccaneers\nThe Bears scored quickly as Trubisky recorded a 23-yard run that set up a 39-yard touchdown pass to Burton on the opening drive. After three drives ended in punts, Trubisky threw a 14-yard touchdown to Allen Robinson. Chandler Catanzaro kicked a 30-yard field goal to start the second quarter, but Trubisky and the Bears answered with three straight unanswered touchdowns through the air of 9, 20, and 3 yards to Tarik Cohen, Josh Bellamy, and Taylor Gabriel.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 91], "content_span": [92, 551]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278243-0047-0001", "contents": "2018 Chicago Bears season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 4: vs. Tampa Bay Buccaneers\nThe final score saw a trick play that featured Daniel lining up beside Trubisky in the backfield, with Trubisky pitching the ball forward to Gabriel before faking the hand-off to Daniel. The play, nicknamed \"Willy Wonka\", had been devised by Nagy and the two quarterbacks. On Tampa Bay's final drive for the first half, despite a 42-yard completion to Jackson, Fitzpatrick was intercepted by Jackson. The Bears closed out the half with Parkey's 50-yard field goal. Fitzpatrick was pulled for Winston to start the second half, but Winston threw an interception of his own to Trevathan.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 91], "content_span": [92, 676]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278243-0047-0002", "contents": "2018 Chicago Bears season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 4: vs. Tampa Bay Buccaneers\nTrubisky took advantage of the takeaway with his sixth touchdown pass of the game, another three-yard pass to Gabriel, making the score 45\u20133. Early in the fourth quarter, Winston threw a 16-yard touchdown pass to Cameron Brate, though Parkey converted a 46-yard kick to increase the margin to 38 points. Mack eventually tipped Winston's pass and Aaron Lynch intercepted it; Daniel kneeled twice to end the game.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 91], "content_span": [92, 503]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278243-0048-0000", "contents": "2018 Chicago Bears season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 4: vs. Tampa Bay Buccaneers\nIt was the Bears' first three-game win streak since 2013 as the team improved to 3\u20131. The 48 points scored were the most by the Bears since they recorded 51 against the Tennessee Titans in 2012, while the 38-point difference is the largest since a 41\u20133 victory over the Jacksonville Jaguars that same year. Trubisky recorded a career-high 354 passing yards, six touchdown passes, and a 154.6 rating. The touchdown passes are the second-most in Bears history, one short of the record set by Sid Luckman in 1943.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 91], "content_span": [92, 602]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278243-0048-0001", "contents": "2018 Chicago Bears season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 4: vs. Tampa Bay Buccaneers\nWith his five touchdowns in the first half, Trubisky became the first Bears quarterback to accomplish the feat since Johnny Lujack in 1949, while also becoming the second player in NFL history to do so to five different receivers since Rodgers did it against the Bears in 2014. Each of the offense's first five touchdown drives lasted no more than 3:34. After the game, Trubisky stated, \"Hopefully, this will be something I can look back on and say, 'This is where it all started.'\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 91], "content_span": [92, 574]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278243-0049-0000", "contents": "2018 Chicago Bears season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 5: Bye week\nEntering the bye week, the Bears had a 3\u20131 record at the top of the NFC North. Unlike previous Bears regimes, Nagy provided the team with a week off before returning to practice for week six, an approach used by former boss and Chiefs head coach Andy Reid.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 75], "content_span": [76, 332]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278243-0050-0000", "contents": "2018 Chicago Bears season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 5: Bye week\nAt the break, the fourth-ranked defense led the league in sacks (18) and ranked second in turnovers forced (11), while the eight interceptions recorded (by seven different players) tied the Bears' totals across each season from 2015\u20132017. Along with the Tennessee Titans, the Bears defense had yet to allow a rushing touchdown.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 75], "content_span": [76, 403]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278243-0051-0000", "contents": "2018 Chicago Bears season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 5: Bye week\nDuring the week, the Bears placed Acho on injured reserve after he tore a pectoral muscle in week four. To take his roster slot, the team signed offensive lineman Bryan Witzmann on October 8; Witzmann started 13 games for the Chiefs in 2017 and had been with the Vikings until his release three days prior.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 75], "content_span": [76, 382]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278243-0052-0000", "contents": "2018 Chicago Bears season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 6: at Miami Dolphins\nDonning the orange jerseys, the Bears visited Miami to play the 3\u20132 Dolphins, in the first of four consecutive games against the AFC East. In 12 all-time games, the Dolphins led the series 8\u20134, including winning their latest meeting in 2014, though the Bears won the last game in Miami in 2010. Hours before the game, the Dolphins announced starting quarterback Ryan Tannehill would miss the contest with a shoulder injury and was replaced by Brock Osweiler. Osweiler won both of his career starts against the Bears with the Denver Broncos and Houston Texans in 2015 and 2016, respectively. The Dolphins were also playing sans defensive end Cameron Wake; with Miller and Amukamara returning from their injuries, Lorin Cox described the game as having \"the potential to go quite poorly for Miami.\" Cohen, Trevathan, and Bellamy were the team captains.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 84], "content_span": [85, 935]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278243-0053-0000", "contents": "2018 Chicago Bears season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 6: at Miami Dolphins\nAfter two drives that ended with punts, the Dolphins capitalized on two Bears penalties as Osweiler threw a five-yard touchdown pass to Nick O'Leary. The Bears' next drive ended when Cohen was stopped on fourth and one. In the second quarter, the Bears attempted to score from the Dolphins' one-yard line, but Howard fumbled after bumping into Burton and Kiko Alonso recovered. On the ensuing drive, however, Osweiler's deep pass was intercepted by Fuller. Trubisky kneeled to end the half with the Bears trailing 7\u20130.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 84], "content_span": [85, 603]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278243-0053-0001", "contents": "2018 Chicago Bears season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 6: at Miami Dolphins\nIn the second half, the Bears opened with three consecutive scoring drives as Trubisky threw a nine-yard shovel pass touchdown to Burton, followed by a 12-yard touchdown to Robinson after Fuller recorded another interception, and Cohen scored on a 21-yard run. Jason Sanders kicked 50- and 25-yard field goals to give the Dolphins six points in the third quarter. During Chicago's next series, Trubisky completed a 50-yard pass to Cohen and guided the offense to the Dolphins' three-yard line, where he threw a touchdown pass to Cohen.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 84], "content_span": [85, 620]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278243-0053-0002", "contents": "2018 Chicago Bears season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 6: at Miami Dolphins\nHowever, Burton was penalized for offensive pass interference and pushed the team back ten yards. On the next play, Trubisky's pass for Braunecker was intercepted by T. J. McDonald. Miami mounted an 80-yard drive that concluded when Osweiler threw a screen to Albert Wilson, who ran 43 yards for the touchdown; Kenny Stills caught Osweiler's pass on the two-point conversion to tie the game. The Bears responded with Trubisky's 29-yard touchdown to Miller, to which the Dolphins struck on one play as Wilson scored on a 75-yard touchdown reception.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 84], "content_span": [85, 633]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278243-0053-0003", "contents": "2018 Chicago Bears season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 6: at Miami Dolphins\nWith two minutes left in regulation, Cohen lost a fumble on the Bears' 32, but the Dolphins punted. After a kneel, overtime began. On Miami's first drive, they reached Chicago's one-yard line before Kenyan Drake was stripped by Hicks and Goldman recovered the loose ball. The Bears reached the Dolphins' 35-yard line, but Parkey's 53-yard field goal went wide right. Sanders scored the game winner on a 47-yard kick as time expired.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 84], "content_span": [85, 517]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278243-0054-0000", "contents": "2018 Chicago Bears season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 6: at Miami Dolphins\nDespite the unit's success at the start of the season, the Bears defense struggled against the Dolphins. After recording 18 sacks and allowing of 294.5 yards per game in weeks one through four, the defense failed to sack Osweiler and surrendered 541 yards; Osweiler also threw for a career-best 380 passing yards. Jackson attributed the defense's struggles to the weather and various errors; he commented, \"This wasn't Chicago Bears-style defense we're used to playing. We knew it was going to be hot, we knew it was going to be a tough one. We made a lot of mistakes that we've got to come in and correct.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 84], "content_span": [85, 692]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278243-0055-0000", "contents": "2018 Chicago Bears season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 7: vs. New England Patriots\nThe Bears hosted the New England Patriots in week seven. In 13 all-time games, the Patriots led the series 9\u20134 and had won every game since 2002. Patriots quarterback Tom Brady excelled against the blitz (passer rating of 138.4 under such circumstances) but his rating dropped to 87.2 when pressured, a situation that Stankevitz argued would be crucial for the Bears defense. USA Today's Bryan Perez added Brady's passer rating fell when he held onto the ball for longer than 2.5 seconds, so forcing him to bide his time before throwing was another factor of importance.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 91], "content_span": [92, 662]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278243-0055-0001", "contents": "2018 Chicago Bears season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 7: vs. New England Patriots\nBesides Brady, New England's offense also featured a rushing attack led by rookie Sony Michel, who entered the game with the third-most first down conversions in the league. On the other hand, the Patriots were without tight end Rob Gronkowski, who was sidelined with ankle and back injuries. For the Bears offense, scoring in the red zone was crucial, especially as the Patriots defense was allowing 68 percent of red zone drives to end in touchdowns.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 91], "content_span": [92, 544]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278243-0055-0002", "contents": "2018 Chicago Bears season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 7: vs. New England Patriots\nPerez stressed the need for Trubisky to perform well quickly and to \"have his most accurate and efficient game of the season against the greatest quarterback he'll ever face in his career.\" Although Stankevitz did not expect Chicago to win, losing \"wouldn't dampen the positive vibes around the Bears, so long as they respond with wins against the New York Jets and Buffalo Bills in the next two weeks.\" Hicks, Gabriel, and safety Deon Bush were named the captains for the game.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 91], "content_span": [92, 570]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278243-0056-0000", "contents": "2018 Chicago Bears season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 7: vs. New England Patriots\nThe Patriots scored on the opening drive that saw Brady complete all but one of his passes and every rushing attempt go for at least five yards. After two punts, Parkey converted a 46-yard field goal. On the ensuing kickoff, Nick Kwiatkoski knocked the ball out of Cordarrelle Patterson's hands and DeAndre Houston-Carson recovered the fumble.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 91], "content_span": [92, 435]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278243-0056-0001", "contents": "2018 Chicago Bears season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 7: vs. New England Patriots\nFive plays into the drive and on third down, Trubisky faced pressure that forced him to retreat horizontally across the field before advancing forward, running for the touchdown; while the score is officially an eight-yard touchdown run, Trubisky ran a distance of 71.91 yards on the play. A series later, Michel was pulled to the ground by Bilal Nichols and fumbled, with Nichols recovering the loose ball; Michel subsequently exited the game with a knee injury. Howard scored on a two-yard run to increase the Bears' advantage to ten points.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 91], "content_span": [92, 635]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278243-0056-0002", "contents": "2018 Chicago Bears season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 7: vs. New England Patriots\nHowever, the Patriots scored 14 unanswered points as Patterson returned the following kickoff 95 yards for a touchdown, followed by James White catching a five-yard touchdown pass from Brady to put New England up 21\u201317 at halftime. On the first drive of the second half, Trubisky led a drive that saw him run a 39 yards to the Patriots' one-yard line, where he eventually threw a six-yard touchdown to Cohen. Stephen Gostkowski kicked a 29-yard field goal, which was followed by Pat O'Donnell's punt getting blocked by Dont'a Hightower and returned by Kyle Van Noy for a 29-yard return touchdown.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 91], "content_span": [92, 688]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278243-0056-0003", "contents": "2018 Chicago Bears season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 7: vs. New England Patriots\nDuring the third quarter, Trubisky was intercepted by J. C. Jackson, though the Patriots could not score. A quarter later, Jonathan Jones intercepted him again, which set up Brady's two-yard touchdown throw to White. With about 6:30 left in the game and down by two touchdowns, Chicago attempted to fight back when Fuller intercepted Brady; Trubisky's 11-yard touchdown to Burton narrowed the margin by seven. New England punted with 24 seconds remaining in the game. The Bears reached as far as their 45-yard line with one second left, where Trubisky threw a Hail Mary pass; although Kevin White caught the pass, he was tackled one yard short of the end zone to seal the 38\u201331 defeat.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 91], "content_span": [92, 777]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278243-0057-0000", "contents": "2018 Chicago Bears season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 7: vs. New England Patriots\nNow on a two-game losing streak that dropped them to 3\u20133, the Bears fell from first to third in the NFC, tied with the Lions. Trubisky's 39-yard run to set up the Cohen touchdown was the longest by a Bear in 2018, while his team-leading 81 rushing yards were the most by a Bears quarterback since Cade McNown in 2000.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 91], "content_span": [92, 409]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278243-0058-0000", "contents": "2018 Chicago Bears season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 8: vs. New York Jets\nThe New York Jets, who had not defeated the Bears since 2000 and won just three of eleven all-time meetings, visited Soldier Field in week eight. The Jets were led by rookie quarterback Sam Darnold and running back Isaiah Crowell, who was averaging 5.7 yards per carry. Entering the game, Darnold led the league in interceptions with ten and had lost much of his receiving corps to injury, a predicament that Stankevitz pointed out could be exploited by the Bears defense even with Mack out with ankle issues; the game was the first that Mack missed in his NFL career.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 84], "content_span": [85, 653]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278243-0058-0001", "contents": "2018 Chicago Bears season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 8: vs. New York Jets\nFor the Bears offense, Robinson did not play due to a nagging groin injury. As Trubisky struggled under pressure, Stankevitz expressed the need to protect him from Todd Bowles' blitzes; Trubisky's 70.7 completion percentage dropped to 54.1 when blitzed. Nevertheless, Stankevitz predicted the Bears would record a \"comfortable win\" considering their advantages, especially with the help of playing at home. Cody Whitehair, Fuller, and Houston-Carson served as captains.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 84], "content_span": [85, 554]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278243-0059-0000", "contents": "2018 Chicago Bears season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 8: vs. New York Jets\nThe Jets punted on the opening drive, followed by Parkey missing a 40-yard field goal wide right. After a second Jets punt, the Bears scored the first touchdown as Trubisky threw a screen to Cohen before the blitz could overwhelm him, enabling Cohen to run for the 70-yard touchdown. New York responded with Jason Myers' 42-yard kick in the second quarter, which was followed by punts on every possession for the rest of the first half.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 84], "content_span": [85, 521]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278243-0059-0001", "contents": "2018 Chicago Bears season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 8: vs. New York Jets\nIn the third quarter, Trubisky threw a four-yard touchdown to Miller, and Parkey added a 32-yard field goal to start the fourth quarter and put the Bears up by two touchdowns. The Jets answered with Darnold's 16-yard touchdown to Chris Herndon, completing a 75-yard drive that was aided by Jackson's unnecessary roughness penalty on third down and a 29-yard throw by Darnold to Deontay Burnett. Chicago retaliated with a 79-yard series that concluded with Howard's two-yard touchdown run; Howard also recorded a 24-yard run on the drive, his longest of the year. Following two punts, time ran out during the Jets' final drive to close the game.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 84], "content_span": [85, 729]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278243-0060-0000", "contents": "2018 Chicago Bears season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 8: vs. New York Jets\nAlthough the Bears defense recorded only one sack (by Callahan), it held the Jets' rushing game to just 2.4 yards per carry and 57 rushing yards. The Jets offense had just 98 total yards after three quarters, and ended with 201 (75 of which came in garbage time), the lowest allowed by the 2018 Bears to date. Leno said, \"We wanted to see what we could do after going down two games and we got a 'W'. We're just trying to build from that. We're a tough resilient team and we're just going to try to keep battling.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 84], "content_span": [85, 599]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278243-0061-0000", "contents": "2018 Chicago Bears season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 8: vs. New York Jets\nDuring the fourth quarter, Long and tight end Dion Sims were blocking for Howard when Sims landed on Long's right foot. On November 3, the Bears placed Long on injured reserve and promoted Mizzell from the practice squad to take his place. It was Long's third straight season plagued by long-term injury. In his place, Eric Kush and Witzmann split duties at right guard.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 84], "content_span": [85, 455]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278243-0062-0000", "contents": "2018 Chicago Bears season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 9: at Buffalo Bills\nIn a rematch of the final preseason game, the Bears went to New Era Field to play the 2\u20136 Bills; it was the Bears' first game in Orchard Park, New York since a 33\u201327 loss in 2002, and although the Bears lost the latest meeting in 2014, they led the series 7\u20135. With starter Josh Allen and backup Derek Anderson out due to injuries, the Bills were forced to play third stringer Nathan Peterman at quarterback.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 83], "content_span": [84, 492]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278243-0062-0001", "contents": "2018 Chicago Bears season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 9: at Buffalo Bills\nIn seven career appearances and three starts, Peterman struggled mightily as he had just three touchdown passes against nine interceptions, a 45.7 completion percentage, and a passer rating of 31.4. Buffalo's offense was also unimpressive in 2018, failing to score a touchdown in its latest two games having just two in the last five; the Bills were the 13th NFL team since 1940 to have seven or fewer touchdowns in the first eight games of a season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 83], "content_span": [84, 534]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278243-0062-0002", "contents": "2018 Chicago Bears season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 9: at Buffalo Bills\nDespite the Bills' offensive woes, Stankevitz noted the Bears should remain disciplined and avoid committing penalties or turnovers that would keep Buffalo in contention. The Bears defense entered the game having yet to allow a rushing touchdown in 2018. For Chicago's offense, it faced a Bills defense that Stankevitz connected to the 2017 Bears' in terms of stinginess and ability to prevent major plays. As such, Stankevitz wrote the offense should not be aggressive or try to \"force anything\". Comparing the game to the previous week against the Jets, he concluded his preview by predicting a Bears win in which they played a \"disciplined, clean game without a string of glaring mistakes.\" Leno, Floyd, and O'Donnell were the Bears' captains for the game.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 83], "content_span": [84, 843]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278243-0063-0000", "contents": "2018 Chicago Bears season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 9: at Buffalo Bills\nThe first quarter saw no scores and every series end with a punt. In the following quarter, Chicago scored 28 unanswered points starting with Howard's one-yard touchdown run. Over the Bills' next three possessions, the Bears recorded turnovers on each: Jackson stripped Jason Croom and returned the fumble 65 yards for a touchdown, followed by Adrian Amos intercepting a tipped pass, and Leonard Floyd doing the same and scoring on a 19-yard pick-six. Howard added an 18-yard touchdown run late in the first half to put the Bears up 28\u20130 at halftime.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 83], "content_span": [84, 634]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278243-0063-0001", "contents": "2018 Chicago Bears season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 9: at Buffalo Bills\nBoth teams traded field goals to start the second half; after a Bills punt, Trubisky was intercepted by Tre'Davious White, though Buffalo could not capitalize and turned the ball over on downs. On the final play of the third quarter, Peterman was picked off by Fuller to set up Parkey's 45-yard field goal. On the Bills' ensuing drive, Peterman saw two sacks nullified by 15-yard penalties on Lynch and Smith for unsportsmanlike conduct and facemasking, respectively.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 83], "content_span": [84, 551]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278243-0063-0002", "contents": "2018 Chicago Bears season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 9: at Buffalo Bills\nA defensive pass interference penalty on Amukamara in the end zone pushed Buffalo's offense to Chicago's one-yard line, where Peterman scored the first rushing touchdown on the Bears defense of 2018. After recovering Steven Hauschka's onside kick, the Bears responded with Trubisky's two-yard touchdown pass to Burton. The Bills reached the Bears' 31-yard line on their final drive before Peterman was sacked by Roy Robertson-Harris on fourth down. Daniel kneeled thrice to end the game.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 83], "content_span": [84, 571]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278243-0064-0000", "contents": "2018 Chicago Bears season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 9: at Buffalo Bills\nAs the Bears' fifth win of 2018, they tied their total from 2017. The 41\u20139 victory was the team's largest road win since a 2012 41\u20133 win over the Jacksonville Jaguars. Nagy commented, \"Mentally, I thought our guys were strong all week and it showed on the field. They came ready to play and that was great in so many ways.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 83], "content_span": [84, 407]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278243-0065-0000", "contents": "2018 Chicago Bears season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 9: at Buffalo Bills\nA day later, the Bears signed former Vikings offensive lineman Willie Beavers. Most recently a member of the Seahawks, Beavers had visited the Bears along with Witzmann in early October.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 83], "content_span": [84, 270]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278243-0066-0000", "contents": "2018 Chicago Bears season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 10: vs. Detroit Lions\nEntering their week ten matchup, the Bears\u2013Lions rivalry was led by the former 97\u201374\u20135, though the 3\u20135 Lions had won nine of the last ten meetings. After missing the last two games with ankle issues, Mack returned to the team for the game, bolstering a defense that faced a Lions offense who traded away receiver Golden Tate and was slow in improving its rushing attack with rookie Kerryon Johnson. Lions quarterback Matthew Stafford was also sacked ten times in the previous week's game against the Vikings.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 85], "content_span": [86, 594]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278243-0066-0001", "contents": "2018 Chicago Bears season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 10: vs. Detroit Lions\nFor the Bears offense, which got Robinson back from his groin injury, they played a Lions defensive unit that was allowing 357.1 passing yards and 142.5 rushing yards per game. Detroit also lost cornerback Darius Slay to an injury. Stankevitz wrote the offense would capitalize on Slay missing the game and a strong defense to record \"a comfortable win.\" Callahan, Michael Burton, and Patrick Scales were team captains.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 85], "content_span": [86, 505]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278243-0067-0000", "contents": "2018 Chicago Bears season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 10: vs. Detroit Lions\nThe Bears scored on the opening drive via Cohen's three-yard touchdown run, though Parkey's extra point hit the right upright. After the Lions punted, the Bears scored again as Trubisky led a 91-yard series that culminated on a 36-yard touchdown throw to Robinson. In the second quarter, Trubisky threw a 45-yard touchdown pass to Miller, but Parkey once again had his PAT knock the left upright. On Detroit's next drive, Stafford was intercepted by Callahan to set up Trubisky's four-yard touchdown run. The Lions scored their first points of the game late in the first half with Johnson's one-yard run.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 85], "content_span": [86, 690]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278243-0067-0001", "contents": "2018 Chicago Bears season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 10: vs. Detroit Lions\nMatt Prater kicked a 52-yard field goal on the first possession of the second half; when the Bears attempted to respond in kind with Parkey's 41-yard field goal, his unusual kicking problems continued as the ball collided with the right upright again. Johnson lost a fumble to Amos on the next drive, but Parkey once again fell victim to the uprights as his 34-yard kick sailed into the right one for the third time.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 85], "content_span": [86, 502]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278243-0067-0002", "contents": "2018 Chicago Bears season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 10: vs. Detroit Lions\nThree drives later, Trubisky threw a 26-yard touchdown to Robinson; instead of kicking the extra point, Chicago elected to try the two-point conversion, which succeeded on a Trubisky pass to Trey Burton. Early in the fourth quarter, Stafford's deep pass was intercepted by Amukamara on the Bears' three-yard line, but the team was forced to punt. The Lions added two consecutive scores on Stafford's five- and thirteen-yard touchdowns to Kenny Golladay and Johnson, though their two-point conversions failed to make the score 34\u201322. Cohen recovered the onside kick with 7:21 left in the game and the Bears drained the clock to 1:15 before punting. Detroit could not score as the game came to a close.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 85], "content_span": [86, 786]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278243-0068-0000", "contents": "2018 Chicago Bears season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 10: vs. Detroit Lions\nWith the victory, the Bears broke a ten-game losing streak against divisional teams; the sixth win also surpassed their total from 2017. In their first game back, Robinson recorded six receptions for 133 yards and two touchdowns, while Mack had two sacks.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 85], "content_span": [86, 341]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278243-0069-0000", "contents": "2018 Chicago Bears season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 10: vs. Detroit Lions\nRegarding his bizarre day, Parkey commented, \"I don't think I've hit the posts four times in my whole life, and I've been kicking for almost 15 years. So it's almost comical. I was just pointing the ball down the middle today, and every time I kicked it down the middle, it just kept fading to the right. The wind was pushing it a little bit on me, but I have to be better than that. That's why I'm here.\" Nagy added the Bears had no intention of signing new kickers.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 85], "content_span": [86, 553]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278243-0070-0000", "contents": "2018 Chicago Bears season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 11: vs. Minnesota Vikings\nDonning the orange jerseys, the Bears hosted the 5\u20133\u20131 Minnesota Vikings on Sunday Night Football in a battle for the NFC North lead. In their 114-game rivalry, the Vikings held the all-time lead 60\u201352\u20132 and had won the last three matchups. The Bears took on a Vikings offense featuring new quarterback Kirk Cousins, receivers Adam Thielen, who had at least 100 receiving yards in eight of the first nine games of 2018, and Stefon Diggs, who had at least 90 in four.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 89], "content_span": [90, 556]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278243-0070-0001", "contents": "2018 Chicago Bears season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 11: vs. Minnesota Vikings\nIn his pre-game strategy article for the week, Stankevitz wrote about recording key plays like takeaways and sacks to swing momentum in the Bears' favor. For the offense, it faced a Minnesota defense that was allowing 8.6 yards on third down; although the three teams that beat the Vikings struggled on third down against them, it was crucial to convert in such situations.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 89], "content_span": [90, 463]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278243-0070-0002", "contents": "2018 Chicago Bears season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 11: vs. Minnesota Vikings\nStankevitz also emphasized the need for the team on both sides to improve in the fourth quarter and to record a \"'statement game' in which they prove they've arrived against a good team, or at least a team generally thought to be good.\" On Saturday, the team activated Adam Shaheen from injured reserve in exchange for Sims, who suffered a concussion against the Bills and was absent since; in accordance with the moves, James Stone was removed from the practice squad. Trubisky, Mack, and Cunningham were the team captains for the game.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 89], "content_span": [90, 627]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278243-0071-0000", "contents": "2018 Chicago Bears season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 11: vs. Minnesota Vikings\nAfter a Vikings punt, the Bears scored first on Parkey's 33-yard field goal. The score was followed by two consecutive turnovers as Mack forced Vikings running back Dalvin Cook to fumble, followed by Trubisky's pass for Gabriel being intercepted by Anthony Harris. Trubisky rebounded from the error by throwing an 18-yard touchdown pass to Miller, followed by completing the two-point conversion to Bellamy; the decision to go for two over the safer extra point was influenced by Nagy's aggressive coaching style and his skepticism following Parkey's performance against the Lions.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 89], "content_span": [90, 671]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278243-0071-0001", "contents": "2018 Chicago Bears season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 11: vs. Minnesota Vikings\nParkey added a 41-yard field goal to put the Bears up 14\u20130, while Cousins' pass was picked off by Amos with ten seconds remaining in the first half. Late in the second half, Trubisky was intercepted again by Harris to set up Dan Bailey's 36-yard field goal. Cohen then lost a fumble to Jaleel Johnson that led to another 36-yarder by Bailey. With the margin narrowed to eight, it grew again when Jackson intercepted Cousins and returned the pick 27 yards for a touchdown; the Bears scored on the ensuing conversion via a Trubisky pass to Shaheen.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 89], "content_span": [90, 636]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278243-0071-0002", "contents": "2018 Chicago Bears season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 11: vs. Minnesota Vikings\nMinnesota later scored on the next drive with Cousins' 13-yard touchdown to Aldrick Robinson, followed by a successful conversion on a throw to Thielen. With 2:48 left in the game, Parkey kicked his third field goal of the game, a 48-yard attempt. Two minutes later, Diggs caught a five-yard touchdown pass, but the Vikings failed to score on the conversion. Cunningham recovered the onside kick to secure the win.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 89], "content_span": [90, 504]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278243-0072-0000", "contents": "2018 Chicago Bears season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 11: vs. Minnesota Vikings\nFollowing his poor game against Detroit, Parkey rebounded by converting all three of his field goals against Minnesota. \"For that to happen, what happened last week, and then for Cody to come back this week and be 3-for-3 in field goals, it's just a testament to him, who he is as a person,\" Nagy commented. \"And then to see our team rally behind him, that's a special moment there that we'll all remember.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 89], "content_span": [90, 497]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278243-0073-0000", "contents": "2018 Chicago Bears season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 11: vs. Minnesota Vikings\nDuring the fourth quarter, Trubisky was hit in the shoulder by Harrison Smith while sliding, leading to an unnecessary roughness penalty on Smith. For the remainder of the game, he attempted just one pass (an incomplete) as other plays were runs. Lynch and Shaheen also suffered concussions. The three missed the following week's game against the Lions as a result of their injuries.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 89], "content_span": [90, 473]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278243-0074-0000", "contents": "2018 Chicago Bears season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 12: at Detroit Lions\nApproximately 85 hours and three days after the Vikings game, a brief period dubbed a \"mini-bye\" by Nagy that only featured one practice and no film session, the Bears visited Ford Field to play the Lions for the second time in three weeks. Part of the NFL's Thanksgiving Day tradition, it was the 17th meeting between the two on the holiday; the Bears were 17\u201315\u20132 in total games played on Thanksgiving. With Trubisky out due to his shoulder injury, Chicago started Daniel at quarterback, his first regular season start since 2014 and third of his career.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 84], "content_span": [85, 641]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278243-0074-0001", "contents": "2018 Chicago Bears season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 12: at Detroit Lions\nTyler Bray was promoted from the practice squad to back up Daniel, which led to Marcus Cooper being released to make room for him on the active roster. While the Lions lost Johnson and receiver Marvin Jones to injuries of their own, Slay returned to action for the game. Parkey, Robinson, and Amos were team captains.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 84], "content_span": [85, 402]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278243-0075-0000", "contents": "2018 Chicago Bears season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 12: at Detroit Lions\nThe scoreless first quarter saw five drives that ended with a punt. On the first play of the second quarter, Burton was stripped by DeShawn Shead and Jarrad Davis recovered the fumble, which set up LeGarrette Blount's four-yard touchdown run. Parkey later kicked a 40-yard field goal, followed by Daniel leading a 65-yard drive that culminated with his ten-yard touchdown pass to Mizzell with 40 seconds left in the first half. On the two-point conversion, Daniel's pass to Robinson was out of reach, making the score 9\u20137 at halftime.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 84], "content_span": [85, 619]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278243-0075-0001", "contents": "2018 Chicago Bears season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 12: at Detroit Lions\nAfter three punts to open the second half, Blount scored on another four-yard run to give the Lions the lead, which Daniel answered with an 82-yard possession that led to a 14-yard touchdown throw to Cohen. In the fourth quarter, Prater kicked a 20-yard field goal to tie the game at 16 apiece. The Bears punted again, but on the ensuing series, Jackson intercepted Stafford's throw and returned it 41 yards for the go-ahead touchdown. The Lions moved down the field into the Bears' red zone, but Fuller picked off Stafford in the end zone with 1:11 left in the game. After three runs to exhaust the Lions' timeouts that led to a first down, Daniel kneeled to secure the game.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 84], "content_span": [85, 761]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278243-0076-0000", "contents": "2018 Chicago Bears season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 12: at Detroit Lions\nWith the victory, the Bears enjoyed their first five-game win streak since 2012. It was also the first time since that year that Chicago swept Detroit, while the two wins against the Lions and one against the Vikings marked the longest winning streak against NFC North teams in six seasons. When talking about his team, Nagy said, \"There's a challenge every week and they accepted my challenge of going 3-0 in 12 days against three division opponents.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 84], "content_span": [85, 537]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278243-0077-0000", "contents": "2018 Chicago Bears season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 12: at Detroit Lions\nDaniel completed 27 of 37 passes for 230 yards, two touchdowns, and a 106.8 passer rating. \"You don't know when these opportunities will come and you just have to make the most of them,\" he stated.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 84], "content_span": [85, 282]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278243-0078-0000", "contents": "2018 Chicago Bears season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 12: at Detroit Lions\nTwo days after the game, the Bears re-signed Franklin III to the practice squad.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 84], "content_span": [85, 165]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278243-0079-0000", "contents": "2018 Chicago Bears season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 13: at New York Giants\nTrubisky remained out for the week thirteen game against the 3\u20138 New York Giants; although the Bears led the series 33\u201323\u20132, they had lost the last two games on the road. With Daniel leading the offense again, Stankevitz stressed the importance of avoiding turnovers, especially as the Giants averaged 30.8 points per game in those that they record at least two takeaways, compared to just 16 points if they do not.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 86], "content_span": [87, 502]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278243-0079-0001", "contents": "2018 Chicago Bears season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 13: at New York Giants\nChicago's defense was challenged by Giants receiver Odell Beckham Jr., who Vic Fangio remarked could only be contained by \"going to mass on Saturday night\", and running back Saquon Barkley, who Fangio described required all eleven players to stop. Nevertheless, quarterback Eli Manning struggled when pressured, being sacked 38 times and throwing four interceptions under such circumstances. Stankevitz added for the Bears to continue excelling and to \"be yourself\", especially as the team lost in Miami after a bye week, while they entered the Giants game after a nine-day break. Daniel, Kwiatkoski, Amukamara, and Michael Burton were team captains.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 86], "content_span": [87, 737]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278243-0080-0000", "contents": "2018 Chicago Bears season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 13: at New York Giants\nOn the second play of the game, Daniel's pass to Cohen was underthrown and intercepted by Alec Ogletree, who returned the pick eight yards for the touchdown. Later in the quarter, Daniel threw a two-yard touchdown pass to Shaheen to tie the game. A drive later, Fuller intercepted Manning's pass for Beckham, but Daniel was picked off by Ogletree again on the next series.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 86], "content_span": [87, 459]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278243-0080-0001", "contents": "2018 Chicago Bears season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 13: at New York Giants\nIn the second quarter, the Bears placed Hicks in at fullback for a fourth-and-goal at the one-yard line, where he scored on a one-yard run; the play was called \"Freezer Left\" in tribute to William \"The Refrigerator\" Perry, the last Bears defensive lineman to score a rushing touchdown. On the final drive of the first half, Aldrick Rosas kicked a 57-yard field goal to make the score 14\u201310. The Giants opened the second half with Beckham throwing a 49-yard touchdown pass to Russell Shepard, followed by Manning's one-yard touchdown throw to Beckham on fourth down.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 86], "content_span": [87, 652]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278243-0080-0002", "contents": "2018 Chicago Bears season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 13: at New York Giants\nIn the fourth quarter, Parkey kicked a 36-yard field goal to draw the margin to seven points. Two possessions later, the Bears got the ball back on their own two-yard line with 2:26 left in the game, but Gabriel lost a fumble to Sean Chandler. Rosas' 37-yard field goal placed New York up by ten again, which Parkey answered with a 21-yard kick with 1:13 remaining. Daniel Brown recovered the ensuing onside kick.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 86], "content_span": [87, 500]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278243-0080-0003", "contents": "2018 Chicago Bears season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 13: at New York Giants\nDaniel led the offense to the Giants' one-yard line, where they scored the game-tying touchdown on a trick play as time expired: Daniel handed off the ball to Trey Burton, who lateraled to Cohen in a similar play to the Philly Special that Burton was involved in a year prior, followed by Cohen throwing the touchdown to Miller. In overtime, Rosas kicked a 44-yard field goal to put New York up, but Chicago could not answer as Daniel fumbled thrice before turning the ball over on downs.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 86], "content_span": [87, 575]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278243-0081-0000", "contents": "2018 Chicago Bears season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 13: at New York Giants\n\"I absolutely love this team,\" Nagy stated after the game. \"I love where we're at. This is life, man. How are you going to rebound back from it? Are you going to sulk or are you going to pick it back up, go practice, go play and learn? And that's what we're going to do.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 86], "content_span": [87, 358]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278243-0082-0000", "contents": "2018 Chicago Bears season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 14: vs. Los Angeles Rams\nOn Sunday Night Football, the Bears hosted the NFC-leading 11\u20131 Los Angeles Rams. It was the first meeting between the two since the Rams' return to Los Angeles and the first in Chicago since a 23\u20136 Bears win in 2012; in 92 total games entering week fourteen, Chicago led 53\u201336\u20133. Chicago's second-ranked defense entered the game against Los Angeles' second-ranked offense led by quarterback Jared Goff, who ranked fourth in passing yards (3,754), sixth in passing touchdowns (27), and fifth in passer rating (109.9).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 88], "content_span": [89, 606]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278243-0082-0001", "contents": "2018 Chicago Bears season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 14: vs. Los Angeles Rams\nRams running back Todd Gurley led the league in rushing yards with 1,175 yards and 15 touchdowns. As a whole, Los Angeles was averaging 34.9 points and 439.9 per game, scoring at least 23 points in every game in 2018 and breaking the 30-point mark in all but two. Considering the Rams' success offensively, Stankevitz emphasized discipline by the Bears defense to avoid mistakes like allowing large plays. With Trubisky back, the Bears' 20th-ranked offense faced a Rams defense that was ranked 18th in total defense and 19th in scoring, having allowed 30-point games on five occasions in 2018.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 88], "content_span": [89, 682]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278243-0082-0002", "contents": "2018 Chicago Bears season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 14: vs. Los Angeles Rams\nIn order to contain the Rams offense, Stankevitz wrote the Bears offense needed to maintain control of the ball and time of possession, minimizing the likelihood of a high-scoring battle and allowing the Chicago defense to rest. Rather than the usual three captains, the Bears had six for the Rams game: Hicks, Jackson, Leno, Mack, Robinson, and Trubisky.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 88], "content_span": [89, 444]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278243-0083-0000", "contents": "2018 Chicago Bears season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 14: vs. Los Angeles Rams\nTrubisky's first drive ended when he was intercepted by Marcus Peters. Greg Zuerlein kicked a 27-yard field goal to give the Rams the early lead, which the Bears answered with Parkey's 39-yard kick. In the second quarter, Goff was intercepted by Smith to set up Parkey's 31-yard field goal; after converting a fourth down situation on a fake punt, Zuerlein tied the game with his 50-yard kick. The first half ended with two interceptions as Trubisky was picked off by Nickell Robey-Coleman, followed by Jackson picking off Goff on the last play of the half.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 88], "content_span": [89, 646]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278243-0083-0001", "contents": "2018 Chicago Bears season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 14: vs. Los Angeles Rams\nOn the second play of the second half, Goldman sacked Goff in the end zone for a safety, a play that Trubisky said \"really set the tone for the second half.\" Chicago increased the lead on the ensuing drive on a trick play called \"Santa's Sleigh\": Trubisky faked the hand-off to Hicks before throwing a two-yard touchdown pass to Bradley Sowell. After a punt by the Rams, Trubisky was intercepted by John Johnson, but Fuller responded on the next play by intercepting Goff's pass, though the Bears eventually punted.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 88], "content_span": [89, 604]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278243-0083-0002", "contents": "2018 Chicago Bears season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 14: vs. Los Angeles Rams\nIn the fourth quarter, Zuerlein's 40-yard kick hit the right upright; Los Angeles' next drive resulted in a turnover on downs when Goff was sacked by Hicks. Parkey eventually missed a 38-yard field goal wide left. On fourth down, Goff was picked off for the fourth time as Amukamara recorded the takeaway. After the Bears punted with 25 seconds remaining, Justin Davis ran for 19 yards to conclude the game.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 88], "content_span": [89, 496]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278243-0084-0000", "contents": "2018 Chicago Bears season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 14: vs. Los Angeles Rams\nWith the victory, the Bears secured their first winning season since 2012. The game is the first in the Super Bowl era in which the lone touchdown was scored by an offensive lineman. Both quarterbacks struggled: Trubisky completed 16 of 30 passes for 110 yards and a touchdown, but also had three interceptions and a career-worst 33.3 passer rating; Goff's four interceptions were the most in his career, while his 19.1 rating was also his lowest.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 88], "content_span": [89, 536]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278243-0084-0001", "contents": "2018 Chicago Bears season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 14: vs. Los Angeles Rams\nChicago's defense also limited Gurley to just 28 yards on 11 carries, while the Rams' six points were the fewest scored since Sean McVay became the team's head coach in 2017. It was the first game under McVay that the Rams failed to score a touchdown; McVay described the defeat as being \"very, very humbling\" for him. \"Our play on defense, for me all I can say is, wow,\" Nagy said. \"It was one that I haven't seen in a long, long time against such a powerful opponent.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 88], "content_span": [89, 559]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278243-0085-0000", "contents": "2018 Chicago Bears season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 14: vs. Los Angeles Rams\nDuring the game, Callahan broke his left foot and was placed on injured reserve. To take his roster spot, the Bears signed Marcus Williams, a former starter for the Jets who spent time with the Buccaneers in 2018.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 88], "content_span": [89, 302]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278243-0086-0000", "contents": "2018 Chicago Bears season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 15: vs. Green Bay Packers\nThe Bears' second game against the Packers took place in week fifteen, this time at home; the Bears' last victory over their rivals at Soldier Field came in 2010, though the 5\u20137\u20131 Packers had yet to win an away game in 2018. Besides facing Rodgers, who entered the game with only one interception on the season, the Chicago defense was tasked with stopping running back Aaron Jones, who was averaging 5.6 yards per carry, including 6.5 yards in wins.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 89], "content_span": [90, 540]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278243-0086-0001", "contents": "2018 Chicago Bears season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 15: vs. Green Bay Packers\nTo stop Jones, Stankevitz highlighted 4.5 yards per attempt as a critical number as the Seahawks, Vikings, and Cardinals each restricted Jones to below that average in the Packers' losses to them, while two of the Bears' losses came in which an opposing running back went over it. Stankevitz also emphasized the importance of not playing conservatively when ahead as the strategy led to the Bears' defeat in week one; he wrote, \"The Bears are a better team than the Packers, plain and simple. But until this franchise proves it can reliably beat Rodgers, who\u2019s won 16 of his 20 regular season meetings with the Bears, these rivalry games shouldn't be met with overconfidence.\" Howard, Fuller, and O'Donnell were the Bears' captains for the game.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 89], "content_span": [90, 835]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278243-0087-0000", "contents": "2018 Chicago Bears season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 15: vs. Green Bay Packers\nPunts wrapped up the first two drives of the game before Howard scored the first points on a nine-yard touchdown run. In the second quarter, Crosby kicked a 41-yard field goal, which the Bears answered on Trubisky's 12-yard touchdown pass to Cohen, who beat safety Kentrell Brice to the end zone. Green Bay responded with 11 unanswered points to tie the game on Crosby's 43-yard field goal and Jamaal Williams' ten-yard touchdown run that led to Rodgers' two-point conversion to Adams.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 89], "content_span": [90, 575]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278243-0087-0001", "contents": "2018 Chicago Bears season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 15: vs. Green Bay Packers\nEarly in the fourth quarter, the Bears reached the Packers' 23-yard line before Cohen fumbled when he tried handing off the ball to Howard, with defensive end Dean Lowry recovering the loose ball. The Packers could not take advantage and eventually punted, followed by Trubisky throwing a 13-yard touchdown to Burton. After Parkey kicked a 24-yard field goal to put the Bears up by ten, Rodgers attempted to lead a drive into their red zone. On Chicago's nine-yard line, Jackson intercepted Rodgers, but suffered an ankle injury on the play. Following a Bears punt, Crosby kicked a 45-yard field goal with ten seconds left, and Robinson recovered the onside kick to secure the victory.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 89], "content_span": [90, 775]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278243-0088-0000", "contents": "2018 Chicago Bears season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 15: vs. Green Bay Packers\nThe Bears clinched the NFC North with the win for the first time since 2010, while also eliminating the Packers from playoff contention. After the game, Amukamara said, \"The McCaskeys are probably so excited. They are going to have an even better Christmas. This was for the fans, this was for the organization, and we are glad that we were able to do it.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 89], "content_span": [90, 446]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278243-0089-0000", "contents": "2018 Chicago Bears season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 16: at San Francisco 49ers\nIn week sixteen, the Bears played the 4\u201310 San Francisco 49ers in Levi's Stadium. In 66 all-time games, the 49ers led the series 34\u201331\u20131, including winning the last game 15\u201314 in 2017, though the Bears won the latest away game 28\u201324 in 2014. The 49ers offense was led by rookie quarterback Nick Mullens, who completed 63 percent of his throws for 1,021 yards, five touchdowns, two interceptions, and a 101.4 passer rating in his last three games; he also had five touchdowns against one interception for a rating of 113.8 against blitzing defenses.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 90], "content_span": [91, 639]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278243-0089-0001", "contents": "2018 Chicago Bears season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 16: at San Francisco 49ers\nDefensively, San Francisco was described by Stankevitz as not making \"lot of sense\", especially as it forced just two interceptions in 2018 but allowed fewer than four plays of at least 20 yards; Stankevitz compared this to the 2017 Bears' defense, which struggled to record interceptions but did not allow major-yardage plays.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 90], "content_span": [91, 418]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278243-0089-0002", "contents": "2018 Chicago Bears season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 16: at San Francisco 49ers\nStankevitz wrote a victory was crucial in proving the Bears' competitiveness on the road and keeping them in contention for a first-round bye. Shaheen, Irving, and Robertson-Harris served as team captains; Robertson-Harris and Irving are from the San Francisco Bay Area, with the latter also playing college football at San Jose State.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 90], "content_span": [91, 426]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278243-0090-0000", "contents": "2018 Chicago Bears season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 16: at San Francisco 49ers\nA scoreless first quarter saw Parkey miss a 37-yard field goal (again) and punts on other drives. In the second quarter, 49ers kicker Robbie Gould scored on three consecutive drives with field goals of 33, 30, and 23 yards; the second kick capitalized on a botched Trubisky fumble that was recovered by DeForest Buckner. When the Bears were down 6\u20130, Trubisky was intercepted by K'Waun Williams in the end zone, but a holding penalty on Fred Warner nullified the turnover; Trubisky eventually threw a four-yard touchdown pass to Miller.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 90], "content_span": [91, 627]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278243-0090-0001", "contents": "2018 Chicago Bears season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 16: at San Francisco 49ers\nAfter the 49ers punted to start the second half, Robinson lost a fumble to Marcell Harris until review overturned the play. The Bears offense drove 90 yards and Howard capped off the series with a two-yard touchdown run. In the fourth quarter, the 49ers reached the Bears' red zone before Mullens' pass for Marquise Goodwin bounced off his hands to Trevathan for the interception.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 90], "content_span": [91, 471]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278243-0090-0002", "contents": "2018 Chicago Bears season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 16: at San Francisco 49ers\nOn the following drive, Trubisky was hit by Harris after sliding near the Chicago sideline, sparking a brawl; Harris received a 15-yard penalty for the hit, while Bellamy, Miller, and 49ers cornerback Richard Sherman were ejected for their involvement in the fight. Later on the drive, Robinson had the ball punched from his hands by Tarvarius Moore and recovered by the 49ers' Greg Mabin. With 1:52 remaining in the game, the 49ers reached the Bears' 45-yard line before Mullens' pass for Goodwin on fourth down fell incomplete. Trubisky kneeled twice to end the game.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 90], "content_span": [91, 660]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278243-0091-0000", "contents": "2018 Chicago Bears season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 16: at San Francisco 49ers\nThe victory guaranteed the Bears would receive the third seed at the least in the playoffs, though the second seed is a possibility provided they defeat the Vikings and the Rams lose to the 49ers in week seventeen. Amukamara stated after the game, \"Because we've been in this situation so many times and we've come up big, it's almost expected of us. Like when we had to go back on the field to win it, everyone was poised. Nobody was shaken. We expected great things to come out of here.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 90], "content_span": [91, 580]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278243-0092-0000", "contents": "2018 Chicago Bears season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 16: at San Francisco 49ers\nTrubisky completed 25 of 29 passes for 246 yards and a touchdown in the win for a completion percentage of 86.2, the highest by a Bears quarterback in a game with at least 20 passes since 1950. He also surpassed the 3,000 passing yards in a season mark, becoming the sixth quarterback in Bears history to accomplish the feat.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 90], "content_span": [91, 416]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278243-0093-0000", "contents": "2018 Chicago Bears season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 17: at Minnesota Vikings\nIn the final week of the regular season, the Bears played their second game against the 8\u20136\u20131 Vikings, who required a win to qualify for the playoffs. In his keys article, Stanketvitz stressed the need to minimize turnovers, especially in Minnesota.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 88], "content_span": [89, 338]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278243-0093-0001", "contents": "2018 Chicago Bears season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 17: at Minnesota Vikings\nFor the Bears' defense, he wrote the unit especially had to stop the run against a Vikings offense that recorded 320 combined rushing yards in their last two victories under new offensive coordinator Kevin Stefanski; Minnesota running back Dalvin Cook, who was limited to just 12 yards in week eleven, averaged over 100 yards and a touchdown in the two wins. 320 yards on the ground in wins over the Miami Dolphins and Detroit Lions. Stankevitz also noted Cousins struggled in a similar playoff-determining situation with the 2016 Washington Redskins, throwing two interceptions in a loss. Nevertheless, considering the importance of a win for the Vikings, Stankevitz predicted a Bears loss. The day before the game, Long was activated from IR and Bray was waived to allow roster space; Bray eventually returned to the practice squad, taking Beavers' place. Bush, Houston-Carson, and Sowell were team captains.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 88], "content_span": [89, 999]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278243-0094-0000", "contents": "2018 Chicago Bears season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 17: at Minnesota Vikings\nThe Vikings punted on the opening drive, which the Bears followed by scoring on Howard's six-yard touchdown run. After five consecutive series of punts, Howard scored again on a one-yard run, but Parkey missed the extra point. With 53 seconds remaining in the first half, Bailey kicked a 45-yard field goal to decrease the margin to ten points at halftime. Late in the third quarter, Diggs caught a two-yard touchdown pass from Cousins.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 88], "content_span": [89, 525]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278243-0094-0001", "contents": "2018 Chicago Bears season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 17: at Minnesota Vikings\nThe Bears responded with a 16-play drive that lasted a season-long 9:05 and saw the offense convert all four third-down situations; the possession culminated in Cohen's three-yard touchdown run. On the ensuing conversion, running a play dubbed \"Lollipop\" that saw Amukamara sprint along the line of scrimmage before the snap, Trubisky completed a throw to Kwiatkoski for two points. Parkey later kicked a 42-yard field goal to put the Bears up by 14 points. The game's final three drives resulted in turnovers on downs before Trubisky kneeled once to conclude the 24\u201310 win.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 88], "content_span": [89, 663]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278243-0095-0000", "contents": "2018 Chicago Bears season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 17: at Minnesota Vikings\nWith the triumph, Chicago improved to 12\u20134, their best record since a 13\u20133 campaign in 2006. The win marked the Bears' first in Minnesota since 2011, while it was also the first season since that year in which they swept the Vikings. With the Rams defeating the 49ers, the Bears were locked into the third seed and a wild-card game. The victory also helped clinch a playoff spot for the Philadelphia Eagles, who ended the regular season 9\u20137 after defeating the Washington Redskins earlier in the day and needed a Chicago victory to pass the Vikings for the final playoff slot.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 88], "content_span": [89, 665]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278243-0096-0000", "contents": "2018 Chicago Bears season, Postseason, NFC Wild Card Playoffs: vs. (6) Philadelphia Eagles\nThe Bears' first playoff game since the 2010 season saw them host the Super Bowl LII champion Eagles, led by backup quarterback and Super Bowl MVP Nick Foles. In the all-time series, the Bears led 30\u201314\u20131, but had lost the last three meetings; Chicago was also 1\u20132 in postseason games, with the latest game being a home defeat in 2001. Stankevitz projected the game to be determined at the line of scrimmage, especially with an Eagles defensive line featuring Fletcher Cox (10.5 sacks in 2018), Michael Bennett (9 sacks), and ends Chris Long and Brandon Graham (combined for 10.5).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 90], "content_span": [91, 672]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278243-0096-0001", "contents": "2018 Chicago Bears season, Postseason, NFC Wild Card Playoffs: vs. (6) Philadelphia Eagles\nIn contrast, the Bears' offensive line was ranked second by Pro Football Focus in pass blocking. For the Bears' defense, they faced a Philadelphia offensive line that allowed just one combined sack against star defenders like Aaron Donald, J. J. Watt, and Jadeveon Clowney. Stankevitz also wrote of the Chicago defense's success in preventing long drives, especially at home, while Trubisky could overcome turnovers provided he was consistent.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 90], "content_span": [91, 534]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278243-0096-0002", "contents": "2018 Chicago Bears season, Postseason, NFC Wild Card Playoffs: vs. (6) Philadelphia Eagles\nIn predicting a Bears win, Stankevitz wrote, \"It would take an uncharacteristically-poor game for the Bears to lose on Sunday, and all week players and coaches have given off signs that they\u2019re not merely happy to be in the playoffs.\" Following a team vote, Trubisky and Whitehair (offense), Hicks and Mack (defense), and Cohen and Cunningham (special teams) were named the team captains for the playoffs.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 90], "content_span": [91, 496]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278243-0097-0000", "contents": "2018 Chicago Bears season, Postseason, NFC Wild Card Playoffs: vs. (6) Philadelphia Eagles\nJake Elliott kicked a 43-yard field goal on the opening drive. After three drives that resulted in punts, Foles was intercepted by Smith, which set up Parkey's 36-yard field goal in the second quarter to tie the game. A drive later, Foles was picked off by Amos in the Bears' end zone, though the Bears were forced to punt on the resulting series. Parkey booted a 29-yard kick to end the first half with the 6\u20133 lead.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 90], "content_span": [91, 508]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278243-0097-0001", "contents": "2018 Chicago Bears season, Postseason, NFC Wild Card Playoffs: vs. (6) Philadelphia Eagles\nIn the third quarter, the Eagles were aided by two critical Bears penalties \u2013 a 15-yard unnecessary roughness on Amos and a 33-yard defensive pass interference on Amukamara \u2013 as Foles threw a ten-yard touchdown to Dallas Goedert. Early in the final period, Parkey's 34-yard field goal narrowed the margin to one point, which was followed by Trubisky throwing a 22-yard touchdown pass to Robinson on Chicago's next possession. However, Gabriel was stopped on the two-point conversion.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 90], "content_span": [91, 574]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278243-0097-0002", "contents": "2018 Chicago Bears season, Postseason, NFC Wild Card Playoffs: vs. (6) Philadelphia Eagles\nFollowing two punts, Philadelphia marched into Chicago's territory; with 56 seconds remaining in the game and on fourth down from the Bears' two, Foles completed the score to Golden Tate to take the lead. Darren Sproles failed to score on the conversion to make the score 16\u201315 in Philadelphia's favor. Cohen returned the ensuing kickoff 35 yards to the Bears' 42, from which Trubisky led the offense as far as the Eagles' 25. After the Eagles used their final timeout with ten seconds left, Parkey's potential game-winning 43-yard kick was partially tipped by Eagles tackle Treyvon Hester, which caused the ball to shift and hit the left upright and crossbar before bouncing into the end zone. Foles kneeled once to end the game.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 90], "content_span": [91, 821]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278243-0098-0000", "contents": "2018 Chicago Bears season, Postseason, NFC Wild Card Playoffs: vs. (6) Philadelphia Eagles\n\"It's one of the worst feelings in the world to let your team down,\" Parkey said after the game. \"I feel terrible. Continue to put things into perspective, continue to just put my best foot forward and just sleep at night knowing that I did everything in my power this week to make that kick and for whatever reason it hit the crossbar and the upright.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 90], "content_span": [91, 444]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278243-0099-0000", "contents": "2018 Chicago Bears season, Statistics\nUnder Nagy, the Bears offense recorded 421 total points in 2018, the ninth-most in the league. The passing game's 28 combined touchdowns between Trubisky and Daniel ranked 17th, while the 17 rushing touchdowns were the tenth-highest.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 37], "content_span": [38, 271]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278243-0100-0000", "contents": "2018 Chicago Bears season, Statistics\nThe defense, whose authority was fully relinquished to Fangio after Nagy took over as head coach, was among the highest-rated in the NFL; the unit led the league in multiple categories like average points allowed per game (17.7), turnovers forced (36), interceptions (27), interceptions returned for touchdowns (5), opposing passer rating (72.9), and rushing yards allowed per game (80.0). With the defense's success, Fangio was hired as the Denver Broncos head coach in 2019.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 37], "content_span": [38, 514]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278243-0101-0000", "contents": "2018 Chicago Bears season, Awards\nFive players received weekly honors on six occasions during the regular season. In week four against the Buccaneers, Trevathan recorded two sacks, eight tackles, and a forced fumble to be named NFC Defensive Player of the Week, while Trubisky's six-touchdown game earned him FedEx Air Player of the Week.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 33], "content_span": [34, 338]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278243-0101-0001", "contents": "2018 Chicago Bears season, Awards\nSix weeks later against the Lions, Trubisky completed 23 of 30 passes for 355 yards, three touchdowns (along with one rushing), no interceptions, a career-best 76.7 completion percentage, and a 148.6 rating (the second-highest of the season behind the Buccaneers game) to win FedEx Air Player of the Week and NFC Offensive Player of the Week. Parkey's week eleven performance versus Minnesota earned him NFC Special Teams Player of the Week, while Jackson's game-winning pick-six in Detroit the following week granted him Defensive Player of the Week. In the season finale in Minnesota, Howard recorded a season-best 109 rushing yards, including a season-long 42-yard run on his first carry, and two touchdowns to win FedEx Ground Player of the Week.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 33], "content_span": [34, 784]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278243-0102-0000", "contents": "2018 Chicago Bears season, Awards\nIn September and November, Mack and Jackson were named NFC Defensive Player of the Month, respectively. It was Mack's second career DPOM honor since he won the AFC's in November 2016 as he had a strip-sack in each of September's four games, becoming the first player to record such a stat in four straight games since Robert Mathis of the 2005 Indianapolis Colts. He was also the first Bear to receive the accolade since Charles Tillman in October 2012 and the seventh in team history. During November, Jackson recorded 15 tackles, two interceptions, a forced fumble and recover, and three defensive touchdowns.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 33], "content_span": [34, 645]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278243-0103-0000", "contents": "2018 Chicago Bears season, Awards\nAfter no Bears made the Pro Bowl for the 2017 season, five were named to the 2019 Pro Bowl in December 2018. While no offensive players were elected originally, Cohen was voted as a kick returner; Mack, Hicks, Fuller, and Jackson were voted in on defense. Trubisky, Trey Burton, Floyd, Leno, Smith, Trevathan, and Whitehair were designated as alternates for the game.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 33], "content_span": [34, 401]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278243-0103-0001", "contents": "2018 Chicago Bears season, Awards\nFollowing the Rams' NFC Championship Game win to advance to Super Bowl LIII, Trubisky formally replaced Jared Goff on the Pro Bowl roster, making him the first Bears quarterback to play in the all-star game since Jim McMahon in 1986. Leno and Whitehair later joined their teammates to increase the Bears Pro Bowler count to eight, their most since 2006.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 33], "content_span": [34, 387]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278243-0104-0000", "contents": "2018 Chicago Bears season, Awards\nOn January 4, 2019, a league-high four Bears were named to the All-Pro team: Cohen, Fuller, Jackson, and Mack were all on the first team. It was the first All-Pro honor for Cohen (who was named as a punt returner), Fuller, and Jackson, while Mack received his third. For the team, it was Chicago's first All-Pro since Long was named second-team in 2014, while their last first-team nominations were Tillman and Brandon Marshall in 2012; it was also the Bears' first four-player All-Pro effort since 2006 with Brian Urlacher, Devin Hester, Olin Kreutz, and Robbie Gould. The Pro Football Writers Association also the four to their All-NFL team.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 33], "content_span": [34, 677]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278243-0105-0000", "contents": "2018 Chicago Bears season, Awards\nNagy and Fangio were named Coach of the Year and Assistant Coach of the Year, respectively, by two agencies: the PFWA on January 17, and the Associated Press at the 8th Annual NFL Honors on February 2. On March 25, Ryan Pace was named Executive of the Year by the Sporting News, becoming the third Bears general manager to win the award after George Halas in 1956 and Michael McCaskey in 1985.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 33], "content_span": [34, 427]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278244-0000-0000", "contents": "2018 Chicago Cubs season\nThe 2018 Chicago Cubs season was the 147th season of the Chicago Cubs franchise, the 143rd in the National League and the Cubs' 103rd season at Wrigley Field. The Cubs were managed by Joe Maddon, in his fourth year as Cubs manager, and played their home games at Wrigley Field as members of Major League Baseball's National League Central Division.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [24, 24], "content_span": [25, 373]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278244-0001-0000", "contents": "2018 Chicago Cubs season\nThe Cubs began the season March 29 at the Miami Marlins and finished the season on September 30 against the St. Louis Cardinals. On September 26, the Cubs clinched a trip to the postseason for the fourth year in a row, marking the longest streak in franchise history. The Cubs finished the 162-game schedule 95\u201367, earning a tie with the Milwaukee Brewers for the division. They lost to the Brewers in a 163rd game to determine the Central Division champions, failing in their quest to win the division for a third consecutive year. Instead, they hosted the Wild Card Game against the Colorado Rockies, but the Cubs lost 2\u20131 in 13 innings.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [24, 24], "content_span": [25, 664]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278244-0002-0000", "contents": "2018 Chicago Cubs season, Previous season\nThe Cubs finished the 2017 season 92\u201370 in first place in the Central Division, winning the division title for the second consecutive year. The Cubs defeated the Washington Nationals in the National League Division Series three games to two to advance to face the Los Angeles Dodgers in the League Championship Series in a rematch of the previous year's series. In the best of seven NLCS, the Cubs lost to the Dodgers four games to one.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 41], "content_span": [42, 478]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278244-0003-0000", "contents": "2018 Chicago Cubs season, Television broadcasts\nThe 2018 season was the second of the last for team broadcasts on long time FTA broadcaster WGN-TV, the 2018-19 offseason was when it was announced that effective Opening Day 2020, the Cubs will be moving to a brand new regional cable TV channel, making them the 4th team overall to have their own cable station, officially ending a 7-decade long presence there. WLS-TV, the team's secondary over the air broadcaster, will soon take over the free to air broadcasts of Cubs games from that year on.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 47], "content_span": [48, 545]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278244-0004-0000", "contents": "2018 Chicago Cubs season, Offseason, Wrigley Field renovations\nThe fourth phase of the 1060 Project off-season improvements began after the end of the 2017 season. Construction was started under the seats behind home plate on the first of four premier luxury clubs to be located around the park. The players dugouts have been relocated further down the left and right field foul lines to accommodate two of the four new clubs. The final club, located in the upper level, is planned for the 2019 season. The Hotel Zachary, just across Clark Street, celebrated its opening along with the Cubs' home opener against the Pittsburgh Pirates on April 9, 2018.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 62], "content_span": [63, 652]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278244-0005-0000", "contents": "2018 Chicago Cubs season, Regular season, Record vs. opponents\nThe October 1 tiebreaker games were regular-season games that are included here.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 62], "content_span": [63, 143]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278244-0006-0000", "contents": "2018 Chicago Cubs season, Roster\n(Contains all players who played in a game for the Cubs during the 2018 season.)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 32], "content_span": [33, 113]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278244-0007-0000", "contents": "2018 Chicago Cubs season, Postseason, Wild Card game\nFollowing their loss to the Brewers the previous day, the Cubs faced the Rockies who were forced to travel from Los Angeles following their tiebreaker loss to the Dodgers to face the Cubs in Chicago on October 2. The Rockies scored in the first on two hits and a sacrifice fly giving the Rockies a 1\u20130 lead. Jon Lester, despite giving up the first inning run, pitched six innings and allowed only the one run. Rockies' pitcher Kyle Freeland pitched well, limiting the Cubs to four hits in 6.2 innings of work.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 52], "content_span": [53, 562]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278244-0007-0001", "contents": "2018 Chicago Cubs season, Postseason, Wild Card game\nFreeland left in the seventh with a runner on. The Cubs eventually loaded the bases on walk and a Tommy La Stella reach on catcher's interference. However, Jason Heyward struck out as a pinch hitter to end the threat. Following a two-out single by Anthony Rizzo in the eighth, Rizzo was lifted for pinch-runner Terrance Gore who immediately stole second. Javier Baez then doubled in Gore to tie the game. However, Albert Almora Jr struck out to end the threat. Following a quiet ninth inning, the game proceeded to extra innings.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 52], "content_span": [53, 582]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278244-0007-0002", "contents": "2018 Chicago Cubs season, Postseason, Wild Card game\nCole Hamels entered the game for the Cubs and allowed a single in the 10th and a single and walk in the 11th, but did not give up a run. The Cubs put runners on first in second with one out in the 11th, but could not push across a run. Kyle Hendricks entered the game in the 12th and, in the 13th with two outs, gave up three straight singles to give the Rockies the 2\u20131 lead. The Cubs went quietly in the 13th as they lost the game 2\u20131.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 52], "content_span": [53, 490]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278244-0008-0000", "contents": "2018 Chicago Cubs season, Statistics, Regular season, Batting\nNote: G = Games played; AB = At bats; R = Runs; H = Hits; 2B = Doubles; 3B = Triples; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in; SB = Stolen bases; BB = Walks; K = Strikeouts; Avg. = Batting average; OBP = On Base Percentage; SLG = Slugging Percentage;", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 61], "content_span": [62, 309]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278244-0009-0000", "contents": "2018 Chicago Cubs season, Statistics, Regular season, Pitching\nNote: W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; G = Games pitched; GS = Games started; SV = Saves; IP = Innings pitched; H = Hits allowed; R = Runs allowed; ER = Earned runs allowed; BB = Walks allowed; K = Strikeouts", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 62], "content_span": [63, 286]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278245-0000-0000", "contents": "2018 Chicago Fire season\nThe 2018 Chicago Fire season is the club's 23rd year of existence, as well as their 21st in Major League Soccer.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [24, 24], "content_span": [25, 137]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278245-0001-0000", "contents": "2018 Chicago Fire season, Player movement, Unsigned trialists and draft picks\nAcademy midfielders Gilberto Angeles and Javier Casas also trained with the Fire while they were in Florida. Academy goalie Kyle Orciuch trained once they got back to Chicago after their travel to Bradenton as well.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 77], "content_span": [78, 293]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278245-0002-0000", "contents": "2018 Chicago Fire season, Standings, Results summary\nSource: Pld = Matches played; Pts = Points; W = Matches won; T = Matches tied; L = Matches lost; GF = Goals for; GA = Goals against; GD = Goal difference", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 52], "content_span": [53, 208]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278245-0003-0000", "contents": "2018 Chicago Fire season, Tulsa Loanee Statistics\nThe Fire renewed their affiliation with Tulsa for another season on January 12, 2018. The affiliation allows for players to be called back at any point or loaned out at any point.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 49], "content_span": [50, 229]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278246-0000-0000", "contents": "2018 Chicago Marathon\nThe 2018 Chicago Marathon was the 41st edition of the annual Chicago Marathon that was held in Chicago, Illinois, United States on October 7, 2018. The men's race was won by Britain's Mo Farah, and the women's race was won by Kenya's Brigid Kosgei.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [21, 21], "content_span": [22, 270]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278246-0001-0000", "contents": "2018 Chicago Marathon, Summary\nMo Farah won the 2018 Chicago Marathon with a record time for a European runner of 2:05:11; this was the eighth-fastest Chicago Marathon time. Mosinet Geremew of Ethiopia finished second with a time of 2:05:24. Suguru Osako finished third, setting a Japanese record with a time of 2:05:50.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 30], "content_span": [31, 320]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278246-0002-0000", "contents": "2018 Chicago Marathon, Summary\nBrigid Kosgei won the women's race with a personal-best time. Daniel Romanchuk won the men's wheelchair race and Manuela Sch\u00e4r claimed the women's equivalent.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 30], "content_span": [31, 189]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278247-0000-0000", "contents": "2018 Chicago Red Stars season\nThe 2018 Chicago Red Stars season was the team's tenth season and sixth season in the National Women's Soccer League, the top tier of women's soccer in the United States. For the fourth consecutive season, the team qualified for the post-season playoffs and lost in the semi-final, as they were defeated by the North Carolina Courage 2\u20130.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [29, 29], "content_span": [30, 368]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278247-0001-0000", "contents": "2018 Chicago Red Stars season, Team roster, 2018 squad\nNote: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 54], "content_span": [55, 183]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278247-0002-0000", "contents": "2018 Chicago Red Stars season, Player transactions, Off-season loans\nAfter the 2018 season several Chicago Red Stars players were loaned to clubs of W-League, Australia to play in their 2018-2019 season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 68], "content_span": [69, 203]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278248-0000-0000", "contents": "2018 Chicago Sky season\nThe 2018 Chicago Sky season is the franchise's 13th season in the Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA). The regular season tipped off on May 6, and concludes on August 19.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [23, 23], "content_span": [24, 205]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278248-0001-0000", "contents": "2018 Chicago Sky season\nThe Sky started the season off with wins over Indiana and New York and finished 2\u20132 in May. However, the team couldn't keep the momentum and lost 7 of their next 8 games. The Sky ended June on a 3 game win streak with a 4\u20137 overall record. The winning streak didn't last long, as the team went 4\u20138 in July. All 4 July wins came against eventual playoff teams, but the Sky also had 4 losses against teams that would not end up in the playoffs. A 3\u20134 August meant the Sky missed the playoffs for the second straight year. They were 2 wins behind the 8th seed Dallas Wings.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [23, 23], "content_span": [24, 594]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278248-0002-0000", "contents": "2018 Chicago Sky season\nOn August 31, 2018, the Sky relieved Amber Stocks as head coach and general manager.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [23, 23], "content_span": [24, 108]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278248-0003-0000", "contents": "2018 Chicago Sky season, Transactions, WNBA Draft\nThe Sky made the following selections in the 2018 WNBA draft:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 49], "content_span": [50, 111]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278249-0000-0000", "contents": "2018 Chicago White Sox season\nThe 2018 Chicago White Sox season was the club's 119th season in Chicago and 118th in the American League. It marked the second season with Rick Renteria as manager of the Sox. The Sox played their home games at Guaranteed Rate Field. After losing to the Red Sox on August 30 they clinched their 6th consecutive losing season and their 11th year without a Postseason Spot. They began their season on March 29 against the Kansas City Royals and finished the season on September 30 against the Minnesota Twins.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [29, 29], "content_span": [30, 538]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278249-0001-0000", "contents": "2018 Chicago White Sox season\nAt 62-100, the White Sox finished four games ahead of the last-place Royals, had the 3rd worst record in the league, and 29 games behind the Cleveland Indians; it was their first 100-loss season since 1970.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [29, 29], "content_span": [30, 236]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278249-0002-0000", "contents": "2018 Chicago White Sox season\nIt was the final season for long time PBP announcer Ken Harrelson who retired before the end of the season, and the second of the last for broadcasts on long time FTA broadcaster WGN-TV, the 2018-19 offseason was when it was announced that NBC Sports Chicago, the team's cable partner, will become the de facto official station of the team effective Opening Day 2020 with more game broadcasts there. No plans are yet to be made regarding the team's future free-to-air television broadcasts, through.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [29, 29], "content_span": [30, 529]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278249-0003-0000", "contents": "2018 Chicago White Sox season, Statistics, Batting\nNote: G = Games played; AB = At bats; R = Runs; H = Hits; 2B = Doubles; 3B = Triples; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in; SB = Stolen bases; BB = Walks; K = Strikeouts; Avg. = Batting average; OBP = On Base Percentage; SLG = Slugging Percentage;", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 50], "content_span": [51, 298]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278249-0004-0000", "contents": "2018 Chicago White Sox season, Statistics, Pitching\n(Through September 17, 2017)Players in bold are on the active roster.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 51], "content_span": [52, 121]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278249-0005-0000", "contents": "2018 Chicago White Sox season, Statistics, Pitching\nNote: W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; G = Games pitched; GS = Games started; SV = Saves; IP = Innings pitched; R = Runs allowed; ER = Earned runs allowed; BB = Walks allowed; K = Strikeouts", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 51], "content_span": [52, 257]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278250-0000-0000", "contents": "2018 Chicoutimi\u2014Le Fjord federal by-election\nA by-election was held in the federal riding of Chicoutimi\u2014Le Fjord in Quebec on June 18, 2018, following the resignation of incumbent Liberal MP Denis Lemieux.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [44, 44], "content_span": [45, 205]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278250-0001-0000", "contents": "2018 Chicoutimi\u2014Le Fjord federal by-election\nThe seat was gained by the Conservative Party of Canada, with Richard Martel winning on a large swing of 19 points, becoming the new MP. The result was a surprise as in the 2015 election, the conservative candidate had come in 4th place. Martel's victory was the first by-election loss for the Liberals since 2013.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [44, 44], "content_span": [45, 359]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278250-0002-0000", "contents": "2018 Chicoutimi\u2014Le Fjord federal by-election, Background, Constituency\nThe riding is located about 200 kilometres north of Quebec City, and consists of the northern part of the Chicoutimi borough of Saguenay, as well as the La Baie borough and the municipalities of Ferland-et-Boilleau, L'Anse-Saint-Jean, Petit-Saguenay, Rivi\u00e8re-\u00c9ternit\u00e9 and Saint-F\u00e9lix-d'Otis and the unorganized territory of Lalemant.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [46, 70], "content_span": [71, 404]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278250-0003-0000", "contents": "2018 Chicoutimi\u2014Le Fjord federal by-election, Background, Representation\nThe by-election was triggered by the announcement by Liberal MP Denis Lemieux on November 6, 2017, that he would be resigning his seat for family reasons; his resignation took effect on December 1, 2017. Lemieux was first elected in the 2015 federal election with 31.1% of the vote, narrowly defeating NDP incumbent Dany Morin.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [46, 72], "content_span": [73, 400]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278250-0004-0000", "contents": "2018 Chicoutimi\u2014Le Fjord federal by-election, Campaign, Liberal\nPort Saguenay board member Lina Boivin, who was endorsed by Lemieux, defeated former Saint-Charles de Bourget mayor Michel Ringuette for the Liberal nomination, held in May 2018. A rumoured candidate for the Liberal nomination was former Paralympic athlete and head of university sport at UQAC, Philippe Gagnon. Former municipal councillor and former Quebec Liberal MNA candidate Joan Simard, local businessman Simon-Pierre Murdock, who later endorsed Boivin, and Chicoutimi-Nord Municipal Councillor Marc Pettersen declined to run for the nomination. \"Promotion Saguenay\" Director of Industrial Development and Corporate Affairs Claude Bouchard had his candidacy rejected by the federal Liberal party.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [46, 63], "content_span": [64, 766]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278250-0005-0000", "contents": "2018 Chicoutimi\u2014Le Fjord federal by-election, Campaign, New Democrat\n\u00c9ric Dubois, a union advisor at the CSN and former federal NDP candidate, was acclaimed as the NDP candidate on January 22, 2018. Dany Morin and former Ontario MPP and federal NDP leader Jagmeet Singh both expressed interest in running for the nomination but decided against it.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [46, 68], "content_span": [69, 347]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278250-0006-0000", "contents": "2018 Chicoutimi\u2014Le Fjord federal by-election, Campaign, Bloc Quebecois\nCatherine Bouchard-Tremblay was acclaimed as the candidate for the Bloc Qu\u00e9b\u00e9cois on May 18, 2018. Former Dubuc PQ MNA Jean-Marie Claveau and teacher Val\u00e9rie Tremblay were rumoured to be interested in running for the Bloc Qu\u00e9b\u00e9cois nomination. Former Chicoutimi\u2014Le Fjord BQ MP Robert Bouchard, Saguenay firefighter Mario Gagnon, and UQAC political science professor Michel Roche declined to run for the nomination.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [46, 70], "content_span": [71, 485]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278250-0007-0000", "contents": "2018 Chicoutimi\u2014Le Fjord federal by-election, Campaign, Bloc Quebecois\nThe short-lived \u00ab\u00a0Groupe parlementaire qu\u00e9b\u00e9cois\u00a0\u00bb / \u00ab\u00a0Qu\u00e9bec debout\u00a0\u00bb, formed by seven members of parliament after they left the Bloc Qu\u00e9b\u00e9cois, considered nominating a candidate but failed to do so.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [46, 70], "content_span": [71, 271]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278250-0008-0000", "contents": "2018 Chicoutimi\u2014Le Fjord federal by-election, Campaign, Conservative\nTwo-time Ron Lapointe Trophy winning QMJHL coach Richard Martel was named the Conservative candidate on December 20, 2017.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [46, 68], "content_span": [69, 191]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278250-0009-0000", "contents": "2018 Chicoutimi\u2014Le Fjord federal by-election, Campaign, Green\nLynda Youde was acclaimed as the candidate for the Green Party on May 22, 2018.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [46, 61], "content_span": [62, 141]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278250-0010-0000", "contents": "2018 Chicoutimi\u2014Le Fjord federal by-election, Campaign, Warrant\nThe Speaker's warrant regarding the vacancy was received on December 4, 2017; under the Parliament of Canada Act the writ for a by-election had to be dropped no later than June 2, 2018, 180 days after the Chief Electoral Officer was officially notified of the vacancy via a warrant issued by the Speaker. On May 13, 2018, the writ was dropped for a by-election for June 18, 2018.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [46, 63], "content_span": [64, 443]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278251-0000-0000", "contents": "2018 Chilean Primera Divisi\u00f3n\nThe 2018 Campeonato Nacional, known as Campeonato Nacional Scotiabank 2018 for sponsorship purposes, was the 88th season of top-flight football in Chile. The season started on 2 February and ended on 2 December. Colo-Colo were the defending champions, having won the 2017 Transici\u00f3n tournament. Universidad Cat\u00f3lica won their thirteenth title on the last day of the season following a 2\u20131 win at Deportes Temuco, who were relegated to the second tier with this defeat.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [29, 29], "content_span": [30, 498]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278251-0001-0000", "contents": "2018 Chilean Primera Divisi\u00f3n, Format changes\nFor the 2018 season, the Asociaci\u00f3n Nacional de F\u00fatbol Profesional (ANFP) approved a change of format from the Apertura-Clausura system that had been used in previous seasons, to a single tournament during the calendar year. The 16 teams played each other twice (once at home and once away) for a total of 30 matches. Qualification for the Copa Libertadores and Copa Sudamericana was awarded to the top seven teams at the end of the season, as well as the Copa Chile champions, while the bottom two teams were automatically relegated.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 45], "content_span": [46, 580]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278251-0002-0000", "contents": "2018 Chilean Primera Divisi\u00f3n, Teams, Stadia and locations\na: Audax Italiano played their home matches against Deportes Temuco and Everton at Estadio Municipal de La Pintana and Estadio El Teniente in Rancagua due to pitch renovation works at Estadio Bicentenario de La Florida. b: Deportes Iquique played their home matches against Universidad de Chile, Universidad Cat\u00f3lica, and Colo-Colo at Estadio Zorros del Desierto in Calama. c: San Luis played their home matches against Deportes Temuco, O'Higgins, and Uni\u00f3n Espa\u00f1ola at Estadio El\u00edas Figueroa Brander in Valpara\u00edso due to pitch renovation works at Estadio Municipal Lucio Fari\u00f1a Fern\u00e1ndez.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 58], "content_span": [59, 648]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278251-0002-0001", "contents": "2018 Chilean Primera Divisi\u00f3n, Teams, Stadia and locations\nd: Uni\u00f3n La Calera temporarily play their home matches at Estadio Municipal Lucio Fari\u00f1a Fern\u00e1ndez in Quillota due to remodeling works at Estadio Municipal Nicol\u00e1s Chahu\u00e1n Nazar. They played their home matches against Colo-Colo, Palestino, and Universidad Cat\u00f3lica at Estadio Sausalito in Vi\u00f1a del Mar due to pitch renovation works at Estadio Municipal Lucio Fari\u00f1a Fern\u00e1ndez.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 58], "content_span": [59, 435]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278252-0000-0000", "contents": "2018 Chilean feminist protests and strikes\nThe 2018 Chilean feminist protests and strikes is mass protests and unrest, rallies, demonstrations and marches against the government and violence against feminists in Chile. The protests took place in 2018.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [42, 42], "content_span": [43, 251]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278252-0001-0000", "contents": "2018 Chilean feminist protests and strikes, Overview\nThe 2018 feminist demonstrations in Chile, also nicknamed the Chilean feminist wave or the Chilean feminist revolution, correspond to a series of demonstrations and mobilizations in Chile in 2018. These demonstrations demanded a process of social change to eradicate\u2014 from the feminist point of view\u2014 the prevailing machismo and the patriarchal system that has been structural in that country, with a view to guiding the Chilean State towards the pillars of feminism. These premises are based on denouncing the situation of inequality in which women find themselves, criticizing the widespread education and making gender issues visible, including repeated harassment and abuse throughout the country's history.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [44, 52], "content_span": [53, 764]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278252-0002-0000", "contents": "2018 Chilean feminist protests and strikes, Overview\nThe 2018 feminist student mobilization in Chile, also known as the feminist tomas de 2018 or the New Chilean feminist wave, corresponds to a series of demonstrations carried out by university and high school students from Chile that began in April 2018. The movement's demands include taking measures against academics accused of abuse, eliminating abuse from education, making changes to the curriculum, and training on gender equality among other issues.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [44, 52], "content_span": [53, 510]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278252-0003-0000", "contents": "2018 Chilean feminist protests and strikes, Overview\nBetween 2012 and 2017, there was an average of 19 feminist protest events per year. In 2018, there were 151 feminist protests throughout the country, with the majority occurring in the capital, Santiago. The majority of protests occurred between May and June of 2018. According to a Cadem survey taken in July 2018, 55% of Chileans approved of the marches while only 37% approved of the student protests.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [44, 52], "content_span": [53, 457]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278252-0004-0000", "contents": "2018 Chilean feminist protests and strikes, Overview\nAccording to scholar Sergio Martinez, the feminist agenda in Chile has focused on the unstable employment situation for women. This includes the pay gap for women, along with the expectation that women provide domestic and care work without pay. Lawsuits were filed against the government to provide young people with an education that is not sexist. Another demand was for work and study places to be safe and free from gender-based harassment.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [44, 52], "content_span": [53, 498]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278252-0005-0000", "contents": "2018 Chilean feminist protests and strikes, Causes, Causes for demonstrations\nThe mobilization had been developing at first due to the international context. The \"Ni Una Menos\" and Me Too movements arrived in Chile and, based on the case of Nabila Rifo, generated marches in Santiago in November 2016 and March and October 2017 demanding an end to violence against women.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [44, 77], "content_span": [78, 371]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278252-0005-0001", "contents": "2018 Chilean feminist protests and strikes, Causes, Causes for demonstrations\nThe matter was exacerbated when in April 2018 there were massive complaints of harassment and abuse against teachers and students in different universities in the country, which in the face of deficient processes and lacking response, motivated takeovers and stoppages that by June 2018 already added to 32 universities, producing a massive feminist student mobilization throughout the country.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [44, 77], "content_span": [78, 472]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278252-0006-0000", "contents": "2018 Chilean feminist protests and strikes, Causes, Causes for demonstrations\nAlong with these events, various television and theater actresses began in April 2018 to report cases of harassment and abuse by the renowned television director Herval Abreu, which generated in Chile a phenomenon similar to the Weinstein Effect in the United States, where various public figures came out with the banner of feminism to denounce these situations. Other actresses, for their part, decided to make public the large wage gap between men and women that has not changed to date.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [44, 77], "content_span": [78, 568]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278252-0006-0001", "contents": "2018 Chilean feminist protests and strikes, Causes, Causes for demonstrations\nAccording to renowned historians and sociologists, such as Mar\u00eda Jos\u00e9 Cumplido, Mar\u00eda Emilia Tijoux and Teresa Vald\u00e9s, it would be the largest feminist rebellion in the history of the country, as well as the consecration of the third feminist wave in Chile. The Plaza P\u00fablica de Cadem showed that there was a majority supporting the mobilizations: 68% of those surveyed were in favor of feminist mobilizations and 69% in favor of women's marches on public roads.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [44, 77], "content_span": [78, 540]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278252-0007-0000", "contents": "2018 Chilean feminist protests and strikes, Causes, Causes for student demonstrations\nOne cause for the protests was the case against law professor Carlos Carmona, who taught at the University of Chile. In August 2017, a student who worked as an assistant to Carmona accused him of assault. The University of Chile made the student\u2019s statements public and suspended Professor Carmona for three days. Other professors advocated for a union between students and teachers to resolve this issue. Carmona resigned from his position as a tenured professor in 2018. The mobilisation had been developing at first due to the international context.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [44, 85], "content_span": [86, 638]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278252-0007-0001", "contents": "2018 Chilean feminist protests and strikes, Causes, Causes for student demonstrations\nThe Ni una menos and Me Too movements arrived in Chile and, based on the case of Nabila Riffo, generated marches in Santiago in November 2016 and March and October 2017 demanding an end to violence against women. The matter was exacerbated when in April 2018 there were massive complaints of harassment and abuse against teachers and students in different universities in the country, which in the face of deficient processes and lacking response, motivated takeovers and stoppages that by June 2018 already added to 32 universities, producing a massive feminist student mobilisation throughout the country.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [44, 85], "content_span": [86, 693]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278252-0008-0000", "contents": "2018 Chilean feminist protests and strikes, Causes, Causes for student demonstrations\nA study measuring sexual violence victimization at Pontifica Universidad Catolica de Chile (PUC) was conducted in April 2018. They found that women were likely to be victimized more than men, with 22% of women and 10% of men. Most cases had men as perpetrators (89%) and were known to the victim (72%) either as a partner or friend. They concluded from this study that those with a sexual interest in men were at higher risk than those with no interest. This study found that most victims confided in friends or family, with only 3% of victims reporting to the university. Also, two-thirds of students who reported their experience to the university were unsatisfied with the support they received.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [44, 85], "content_span": [86, 784]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278252-0009-0000", "contents": "2018 Chilean feminist protests and strikes, Protest activities\nSlogans used by the protestors included \u201cCuidado! El Machismo Mata!\u201d translated to \u201cCareful! Machismo Kills!\u201d Recently they have used \u201cNi Una Menos\u201d to protest violence against women, including femicide and slow judicial responses.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [44, 62], "content_span": [63, 294]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278252-0010-0000", "contents": "2018 Chilean feminist protests and strikes, Protest activities\nWomen used posters, canvases, costumes, songs, and stagings in major plazas and roadways. Researcher Sergio Martinez used fieldwork from the protests in Santiago to describe the nature of the protests. Most of the signs listed demands and focused on sexual violence and freedom of expression. Some said \u201cI want to walk home without fear\u201d, \u201cThis body is mine\u201d, \u201cWe don\u2019t want power over men, but power over ourselves\u201d. Many posters also demand recognition for domestic and reproductive work. Other posters mentioned the sexist education and cases of abuse that take place in the schooling system.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [44, 62], "content_span": [63, 658]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278252-0011-0000", "contents": "2018 Chilean feminist protests and strikes, Protest activities\nThe mood set by the protestors serves different purposes. The joyful dancing and games is a way for women to claim joy in the face of fear and violence. The songs they sing express their frustration with the judicial system, claiming \u201cThey kill us and assault us and no one does anything\u201d from one protest song heard. Another form of protest is to honor the victims of femicide by recreating wakes and telling the stories of victims. One demonstration used burned pieces of cloth to represent victims, and installed them on a large canvas. In an effort to reclaim control over their bodies, one protest of women marched with their faces covered and their torsos uncovered.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [44, 62], "content_span": [63, 735]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278252-0012-0000", "contents": "2018 Chilean feminist protests and strikes, Reactions, University reactions\nThe protests at the University of Chile led the institution to review its protocols for sexual harassment and violence. The Ministry of Education has established a working group to discuss these issues.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [44, 75], "content_span": [76, 278]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278252-0013-0000", "contents": "2018 Chilean feminist protests and strikes, Reactions, University reactions\nIn early May, student protests ceased because feminist student organizations were negotiating with their universities. In 2018, twelve women and five men won presidential elections to university boards. This includes the election of the first transgender woman to the Student Federation of the University of Chile.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [44, 75], "content_span": [76, 390]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278252-0014-0000", "contents": "2018 Chilean feminist protests and strikes, Reactions, Government reactions\nIn January of 2018, the Juliet Kirkwood Feminist Bank was founded to promote bills on gender equality. This group responded to the student protests by advocating for a permanent commission for Women and Gender Equity.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [44, 75], "content_span": [76, 293]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278252-0015-0000", "contents": "2018 Chilean feminist protests and strikes, Reactions, Government reactions\nPresident Pi\u00f1era signed a constitutional reform on May 28, 2018, which confirmed equal rights between men and women. Critics of this reform claim that the definitions of \u201cviolence, abuse, and harassment\u201d are too ambiguous. He also introduced a Gender Equality Agenda in May 2018 which focused on gender violence and women in the workforce.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [44, 75], "content_span": [76, 415]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278253-0000-0000", "contents": "2018 Chimney Canyon shootout\nIn an incident, the 2018 Chimney Canyon shootout on 12 June 2018, at a remote area of southern Arizona, near the community of Arivaca, a United States Border Patrol agent was wounded in an early morning shootout with Mexican smugglers.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [28, 28], "content_span": [29, 264]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278253-0001-0000", "contents": "2018 Chimney Canyon shootout, Incident\nThe US Border Patrol agent, who has not been identified, was on foot patrol and alone, responding to a movement sensor activation at approximately 4:30 AM in Chimney Canyon, just north of the ghost town of Ruby, Arizona, along a well known smuggler's route, which leads north from the international boundary to Arivaca, about 10 miles north of the border. While investigating the activation, the agent was ambushed and fired upon from multiple sources, and was shot in one of his hands and one of his legs, and several times more in his bullet proof vest.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 38], "content_span": [39, 594]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278253-0002-0000", "contents": "2018 Chimney Canyon shootout, Incident\nThe agent, who is a 21-year veteran of the US Border Patrol, and also a paramedic, was able to return fire and escape his attackers, while applying first aid and retreating to his patrol vehicle, where he was able to call for assistance; eventually being evacuated via helicopter. A US Border Patrol tactical team was also called in and on the ground captured several illegal migrants in the immediate area, who are currently being investigated by the FBI for any potential involvement in the shooting.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 38], "content_span": [39, 541]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278253-0003-0000", "contents": "2018 Chimney Canyon shootout, Location\nLocal Arizona rancher and longtime resident, Jim Chilton, who owns a 50,000 acre spread in the immediate area, says the shootout occurred on his land, in an area known for drug smuggling and human trafficking from across the nearby Mexican border. He also said thatover 200 trails criss-cross his ranch, and that the shooting occurred on the most traveled trail. The area is mountainous and rugged, and was featured in the 2015 documentary film Cartel Land.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 38], "content_span": [39, 496]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278253-0004-0000", "contents": "2018 Chimney Canyon shootout, Reaction\nRep. Martha McSally (R-AZ) issued the following statement: \"Relieved the U.S. Border Patrol Agent shot on duty this morning near Arivaca, AZ survived. Praying for full recovery & to find assailant. Thanks to the @CBPArizona team who responded so quickly. A reminder that border patrol agents & CBP officers are on the frontlines every day.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 38], "content_span": [39, 379]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278254-0000-0000", "contents": "2018 China Championship\nThe 2018 Evergrande China Championship was professional ranking snooker tournament, that took place between 24 and 30 September 2018 in Guangzhou, China, with qualifying took place from 19 to 22 August 2018 in Preston, England. It was the fourth ranking event of the 2018/2019 season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [23, 23], "content_span": [24, 308]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278254-0001-0000", "contents": "2018 China Championship\nLuca Brecel was the defending champion, but he lost to Martin O'Donnell 3\u20135 in the first round. Mark Selby won the event, defeating John Higgins in the final 10\u20139. Selby's win was his 15th professional ranking event win.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [23, 23], "content_span": [24, 244]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278254-0002-0000", "contents": "2018 China Championship, Prize fund\nThe event had a prize pool of \u00a3725,000, with the following breakdown for the player's reaching the following positions.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 35], "content_span": [36, 155]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278254-0003-0000", "contents": "2018 China Championship, Prize fund\nThe event also had a \"rolling 147 prize\" for a maximum break, which stood as \u00a35,000.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 35], "content_span": [36, 120]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278254-0004-0000", "contents": "2018 China Championship, Qualifying\nThese matches were held between 19 and 22 August 2018 at the Preston Guild Hall in Preston, England. All matches were best of 9 frames.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 35], "content_span": [36, 171]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278255-0000-0000", "contents": "2018 China Cup\nThe 2018 Gree China Cup International Football Championship (Chinese: 2018\u5e74\u683c\u529b\u4e2d\u56fd\u676f\u56fd\u9645\u8db3\u7403\u9526\u6807\u8d5b) was the second edition of the China Cup, an international football tournament held in China annually. It was played from 22 to 26 March 2018 in Nanning, Guangxi, China.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 14], "section_span": [14, 14], "content_span": [15, 272]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278255-0001-0000", "contents": "2018 China Cup\nThe winning team was Uruguay, who beat Wales 1\u20130 in the final.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 14], "section_span": [14, 14], "content_span": [15, 77]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278255-0002-0000", "contents": "2018 China Cup, Participating teams\nOn 8 November 2017, it was announced that Czech Republic, Uruguay and Wales would participate in the 2018 China Cup.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 14], "section_span": [16, 35], "content_span": [36, 152]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278255-0003-0000", "contents": "2018 China Cup, Mascot\nWith 65,554 votes, Longbao was elected as the official mascot for the 2018 Gree China Cup International Football Championship. Longbao\u2019s design was drawn from a Chinese dragon (Long), an essential cultural symbol of strength, good luck and auspicious powers.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 14], "section_span": [16, 22], "content_span": [23, 281]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278255-0004-0000", "contents": "2018 China Cup, Match officials\nThe following referees were chosen for the 2018 China Cup.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 14], "section_span": [16, 31], "content_span": [32, 90]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278255-0005-0000", "contents": "2018 China Cup, Matches\nThe official draw was announced on 5 December 2017. The schedule was announced on 17 December 2017. All times are local, CST (UTC+8).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 14], "section_span": [16, 23], "content_span": [24, 157]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278256-0000-0000", "contents": "2018 China Formula 4 Championship\nThe 2018 China Formula 4 Championship (Shell Cup FIA F4 Chinese Championship) was the fourth season of the China Formula 4 Championship. It began on 13 May at the Ningbo International Circuit and finished on 14 October at the same place after seven triple header rounds, all of them co-hosted with the China Formula Grand Prix championship.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [33, 33], "content_span": [34, 374]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278257-0000-0000", "contents": "2018 China League One\nThe 58.com 2018 Chinese Football Association China League (Chinese: 58\u540c\u57ce 2018\u4e2d\u56fd\u8db3\u7403\u534f\u4f1a\u7532\u7ea7\u8054\u8d5b) was the 15th season of the China League One, the second tier of the Chinese football league pyramid, since its establishment in 2004. The league's title sponsor is the e-commerce website 58.com. Dalian Transcendence, Heilongjiang Lava Spring, Meizhou Hakka, Meizhou Meixian Techand and Nei Mongol Zhongyou failed to submit the application for the Chinese Super League before deadline, thus ineligible for promotion.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [21, 21], "content_span": [22, 526]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278257-0001-0000", "contents": "2018 China League One, Teams\nA total of 16 teams are contesting in the league, including 12 sides from the 2017 season, two relegated from the 2017 Chinese Super League and two promoted from the 2017 China League Two.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 28], "content_span": [29, 217]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278257-0002-0000", "contents": "2018 China League One, Foreign players\nA total of four foreign players can be registered in a season; however, the number of foreign players is limited to three per CL1 team in the same time. Maximum of two foreign players can be fielded in one match.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 38], "content_span": [39, 251]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278257-0003-0000", "contents": "2018 China League One, Foreign players\nPlayers name in bold indicates the player is registered during the mid-season transfer window.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 38], "content_span": [39, 133]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278257-0004-0000", "contents": "2018 China League One, Positions by round\nTo preserve chronological evolvements, any postponed matches are not included to the round at which they were originally scheduled, but added to the full round they were played immediately afterwards. For example, if a match is scheduled for round 7, but then played between rounds 8 and 9, it will be added to the standings for round 8.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 41], "content_span": [42, 379]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278257-0005-0000", "contents": "2018 China League One, Relegation play-offs, Second leg\nMeizhou Meixian Techand won 3\u20132 on aggregate and therefore both clubs remain in their respective leagues.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 55], "content_span": [56, 161]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278257-0006-0000", "contents": "2018 China League One, Awards\nThe awards of 2018 China League One were announced on 15 November 2018.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 29], "content_span": [30, 101]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278257-0007-0000", "contents": "2018 China League One, League attendance\nUpdated to games played on Mar. 1st, 2019 (excluding games: Liaoning F.C. vs Nei Mongol Zhengyou on Sept. 26th, 2018)Source:Notes:\u2020 Teams played previous season in CSL. \u2020\u2020 Teams played previous season in CL2.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 40], "content_span": [41, 249]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278258-0000-0000", "contents": "2018 China League Two\nThe 2018 Chinese Football Association Division Two League season was the 29th season since its establishment in 1989. The league is expanded to 28 teams, with 14 teams in North Group and 14 teams in South Group.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [21, 21], "content_span": [22, 233]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278258-0001-0000", "contents": "2018 China League Two\nOn 11 July 2018, Anhui Hefei Guiguan and Shenyang Dongjin failed to register for the rest of the season due to salary arrears.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [21, 21], "content_span": [22, 148]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278258-0002-0000", "contents": "2018 China League Two, Play-offs, Quarter-finals\n2\u20132 on aggregate. Shaanxi Chang'an Athletic won on away goals.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 48], "content_span": [49, 111]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278258-0003-0000", "contents": "2018 China League Two, Play-offs, Third-Place Match\nShaanxi Chang'an Athletic qualified to 2018 China League One relegation play-offs.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 51], "content_span": [52, 134]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278258-0004-0000", "contents": "2018 China League Two, Awards\nThe awards of 2018 China League Two were announced on 19 December 2018.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 29], "content_span": [30, 101]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278258-0005-0000", "contents": "2018 China League Two, League attendance\nUpdated to games played on 24 June 2018Source:Notes:\u2020 Teams played previous season in CL1. \u2020\u2020 Teams played previous season in CAL.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 40], "content_span": [41, 171]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278259-0000-0000", "contents": "2018 China Open (badminton)\nThe 2018 China Open (officially known as the Victor China Open 2018 for sponsorship reasons) was a badminton tournament which took place at Olympic Sports Center Xincheng Gymnasium in Changzhou, Jiangsu, China, from 18 to 23 September 2018. It had a total prize of $1,000,000.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [27, 27], "content_span": [28, 304]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278259-0001-0000", "contents": "2018 China Open (badminton), Tournament\nThe 2018 China Open was the seventeenth tournament of the 2018 BWF World Tour and also part of the China Open championships, which had been held since 1986. This tournament was organized by Chinese Badminton Association, and sanctioned by the BWF.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 39], "content_span": [40, 287]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278259-0002-0000", "contents": "2018 China Open (badminton), Tournament, Venue\nThis international tournament was held at Olympic Sports Center Xincheng Gymnasium in Changzhou, Jiangsu, China.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 46], "content_span": [47, 159]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278259-0003-0000", "contents": "2018 China Open (badminton), Tournament, Point distribution\nBelow is the point distribution table for each phase of the tournament based on the BWF points system for the BWF World Tour Super 1000 event.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 59], "content_span": [60, 202]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278259-0004-0000", "contents": "2018 China Open (badminton), Tournament, Prize money\nThe total prize money for this tournament was US$1,000,000. Distribution of prize money was in accordance with BWF regulations.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 52], "content_span": [53, 180]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278260-0000-0000", "contents": "2018 China Open (snooker)\nThe 2018 Fuhua Group China Open was a professional ranking snooker tournament, taking place from 2\u20138 April 2018 in Beijing, China. It was the nineteenth and penultimate ranking event of the 2017/2018 season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [25, 25], "content_span": [26, 233]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278260-0001-0000", "contents": "2018 China Open (snooker)\nDefending champion Mark Selby retained his title with an 11\u20133 final win against Barry Hawkins. By winning this tournament, Selby ensured that he will end a seventh consecutive season as world number one, regardless of his result in the 2018 World Championship.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [25, 25], "content_span": [26, 286]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278260-0002-0000", "contents": "2018 China Open (snooker)\nRonnie O'Sullivan made his 14th maximum break in professional competition in the 5th frame of his last 64 match against Elliot Slessor. The following day Stuart Bingham made his fourth maximum break in professional competition in the 7th frame of his last 32 match against Ricky Walden. These were the 137th and 138th official maximum breaks in professional competition. It was only the second time that two 147s were made at the main stage of a professional ranking event, the first time being at the 2008 World Championship.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [25, 25], "content_span": [26, 553]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278260-0003-0000", "contents": "2018 China Open (snooker), Prize fund\nThe \"rolling 147 prize\" for a maximum break stood at \u00a335,000.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 37], "content_span": [38, 99]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278260-0004-0000", "contents": "2018 China Open (snooker), Qualifying\nThe Round 2 qualifying matches \u2013 except for the held over ones \u2013 were played between 27 and 30 January 2018 at the Barnsley Metrodome in Barnsley, England. Qualifying Round 1 and the held over matches of Round 2 were played in Beijing on 2 April 2018.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 37], "content_span": [38, 289]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278261-0000-0000", "contents": "2018 China Open (table tennis)\nThe 2018 China Open was the fifth event of the 2018 ITTF World Tour. It was the third of six top-tier Platinum events on the tour, and took place from 31 May to 3 June in Shenzhen, China.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [30, 30], "content_span": [31, 218]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278261-0001-0000", "contents": "2018 China Open (table tennis)\nChina's Ma Long became the most successful player in the event's history, winning his seventh China Open men's singles title.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [30, 30], "content_span": [31, 156]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278261-0002-0000", "contents": "2018 China Open (table tennis)\nLin Gaoyuan and Chen Xingtong of China became the first ever winners of a mixed doubles tournament at an ITTF World Tour event, with the new category being included as part of the build-up to mixed doubles featuring on the table tennis programme at the 2020 Olympics.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [30, 30], "content_span": [31, 298]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278262-0000-0000", "contents": "2018 China Open (tennis)\nThe 2018 China Open was a tennis tournament played on outdoor hard courts. It was the 19th edition of the China Open for the men (22nd for the women). It was part of ATP World Tour 500 series on the 2018 ATP World Tour, and the last WTA Premier Mandatory tournament of the 2018 WTA Tour. Both the men's and the women's events were held at the National Tennis Center in Beijing, China, from October 1 to October 7, 2018.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [24, 24], "content_span": [25, 444]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278262-0001-0000", "contents": "2018 China Open (tennis), ATP singles main draw entrants, Other entrants\nThe following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 72], "content_span": [73, 141]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278262-0002-0000", "contents": "2018 China Open (tennis), ATP doubles main draw entrants, Other entrants\nThe following pairs received wildcards into the doubles main draw:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 72], "content_span": [73, 139]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278262-0003-0000", "contents": "2018 China Open (tennis), WTA singles main draw entrants, Seeds\nThe following are the seeded players. Seedings are based on WTA rankings as of 24\u00a0September\u00a02018. Rankings and points before are as of 1\u00a0October\u00a02018.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 63], "content_span": [64, 214]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278262-0004-0000", "contents": "2018 China Open (tennis), WTA singles main draw entrants, Other entrants\nThe following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 72], "content_span": [73, 141]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278262-0005-0000", "contents": "2018 China Open (tennis), WTA singles main draw entrants, Other entrants\nThe following players received entry using a protected ranking into the singles main draw:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 72], "content_span": [73, 163]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278262-0006-0000", "contents": "2018 China Open (tennis), WTA doubles main draw entrants, Other entrants\nThe following pairs received wildcards into the doubles main draw:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 72], "content_span": [73, 139]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278263-0000-0000", "contents": "2018 China Open \u2013 Men's Doubles\nHenri Kontinen and John Peers were the defending champions but chose to compete in Tokyo instead.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [31, 31], "content_span": [32, 129]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278263-0001-0000", "contents": "2018 China Open \u2013 Men's Doubles\n\u0141ukasz Kubot and Marcelo Melo won the title, defeating Oliver Marach and Mate Pavi\u0107 in the final, 6\u20131, 6\u20134.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [31, 31], "content_span": [32, 139]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278264-0000-0000", "contents": "2018 China Open \u2013 Men's Singles\nRafael Nadal was the defending champion but withdrew with a knee injury before the tournament began.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [31, 31], "content_span": [32, 132]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278264-0001-0000", "contents": "2018 China Open \u2013 Men's Singles\nNikoloz Basilashvili won the title, defeating Juan Mart\u00edn del Potro in the final, 6\u20134, 6\u20134.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [31, 31], "content_span": [32, 123]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278265-0000-0000", "contents": "2018 China Open \u2013 Women's Doubles\nLatisha Chan and Martina Hingis were the defending champions, but Hingis retired from professional tennis at the end of 2017 and Chan could not participate due to a medical condition.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [33, 33], "content_span": [34, 217]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278265-0001-0000", "contents": "2018 China Open \u2013 Women's Doubles\nAndrea Sestini Hlav\u00e1\u010dkov\u00e1 and Barbora Str\u00fdcov\u00e1 won the title, defeating Gabriela Dabrowski and Xu Yifan in the final, 4\u20136, 6\u20134, [10\u20138].", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [33, 33], "content_span": [34, 169]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278265-0002-0000", "contents": "2018 China Open \u2013 Women's Doubles, Seeds\nThe top four seeds received a bye into the second round.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 40], "content_span": [41, 97]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278266-0000-0000", "contents": "2018 China Open \u2013 Women's Singles\nCaroline Garcia was the defending champion, but she lost in the third round to Aryna Sabalenka.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [33, 33], "content_span": [34, 129]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278266-0001-0000", "contents": "2018 China Open \u2013 Women's Singles\nWorld No. 2 Caroline Wozniacki won the title, defeating Anastasija Sevastova in the final, 6\u20133, 6\u20133. This was Wozniacki's 30th and final WTA tour title, before her retirement in January 2020.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [33, 33], "content_span": [34, 225]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278266-0002-0000", "contents": "2018 China Open \u2013 Women's Singles, Seeds\nClick on the seed number of a player to go to their draw section.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 40], "content_span": [41, 106]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278266-0003-0000", "contents": "2018 China Open \u2013 Women's Singles, Seeds\nThe four Wuhan semifinalists received a bye into the second round. They were as follows:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 40], "content_span": [41, 129]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278267-0000-0000", "contents": "2018 China Tour\nThe 2018 China Tour was the first season of the China Tour to carry Official World Golf Ranking points. The season consisted of 10 events, three of which were co-sanctioned by the Challenge Tour and one by the Asian Tour. The tour was organised by the China Golf Association and ran separately from the 2018 PGA Tour China.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [15, 15], "content_span": [16, 339]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278267-0001-0000", "contents": "2018 China Tour, Tournament schedule\nThe table below shows the 2018 schedule. \"Date\" is the ending date of each event. OWGR is the number of Official World Golf Ranking points awarded for that tournament.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [17, 36], "content_span": [37, 204]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278268-0000-0000", "contents": "2018 Chinese Artistic Gymnastics Championships\nThe 2018 Chinese Artistic Gymnastics Championships were held from 7 May to 13 May 2018 in Zhaoqing, Guangdong.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [46, 46], "content_span": [47, 157]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278269-0000-0000", "contents": "2018 Chinese Champions League\nThe 2018 Chinese Football Association Member Association Champions League (Chinese: 2018\u4e2d\u56fd\u8db3\u7403\u534f\u4f1a\u4f1a\u5458\u534f\u4f1a\u51a0\u519b\u8054\u8d5b), former known as Chinese Football Association Bing League (\u4e2d\u56fd\u8db3\u7403\u534f\u4f1a\u4e19\u7ea7\u8054\u8d5b) (before 2006) and Chinese Football Association Amateur League (\u4e2d\u56fd\u8db3\u7403\u534f\u4f1a\u4e1a\u4f59\u8054\u8d5b) (2006\u20132017), is the fourth-tier football league of the People's Republic of China. The league is under the auspices of the Chinese Football Association.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [29, 29], "content_span": [30, 433]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278269-0001-0000", "contents": "2018 Chinese Champions League, First round\nChina Amateur Football League includes 44 regional leagues. 2017 or 2018 season champion will advance to the second round.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 42], "content_span": [43, 165]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278269-0002-0000", "contents": "2018 Chinese Champions League, Second round, North 1, Group A\nRules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head points; 3) Head-to-head goal difference; 4) Head-to-head goals scored; 5) Goal difference; 6) Goals scored; 7) Disciplinary points (1 point for each yellow card, 3 points for each red card); 8) Draw", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 61], "content_span": [62, 313]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278269-0003-0000", "contents": "2018 Chinese Champions League, Second round, North 1, Group B\nRules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head points; 3) Head-to-head goal difference; 4) Head-to-head goals scored; 5) Goal difference; 6) Goals scored; 7) Disciplinary points (1 point for each yellow card, 3 points for each red card); 8) Draw", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 61], "content_span": [62, 313]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278269-0004-0000", "contents": "2018 Chinese Champions League, Second round, North 2, Group A\nRules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head points; 3) Head-to-head goal difference; 4) Head-to-head goals scored; 5) Goal difference; 6) Goals scored; 7) Disciplinary points (1 point for each yellow card, 3 points for each red card); 8) Draw", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 61], "content_span": [62, 313]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278269-0005-0000", "contents": "2018 Chinese Champions League, Second round, North 2, Group B\nRules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head points; 3) Head-to-head goal difference; 4) Head-to-head goals scored; 5) Goal difference; 6) Goals scored; 7) Disciplinary points (1 point for each yellow card, 3 points for each red card); 8) Draw", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 61], "content_span": [62, 313]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278269-0006-0000", "contents": "2018 Chinese Champions League, Second round, North 3, Group A\nRules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head points; 3) Head-to-head goal difference; 4) Head-to-head goals scored; 5) Goal difference; 6) Goals scored; 7) Disciplinary points (1 point for each yellow card, 3 points for each red card); 8) Draw", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 61], "content_span": [62, 313]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278269-0007-0000", "contents": "2018 Chinese Champions League, Second round, North 3, Group B\nRules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head points; 3) Head-to-head goal difference; 4) Head-to-head goals scored; 5) Goal difference; 6) Goals scored; 7) Disciplinary points (1 point for each yellow card, 3 points for each red card); 8) Draw", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 61], "content_span": [62, 313]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278269-0008-0000", "contents": "2018 Chinese Champions League, Second round, North 4, Group A\nRules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head points; 3) Head-to-head goal difference; 4) Head-to-head goals scored; 5) Goal difference; 6) Goals scored; 7) Disciplinary points (1 point for each yellow card, 3 points for each red card); 8) Draw", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 61], "content_span": [62, 313]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278269-0009-0000", "contents": "2018 Chinese Champions League, Second round, North 4, Group B\nRules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head points; 3) Head-to-head goal difference; 4) Head-to-head goals scored; 5) Goal difference; 6) Goals scored; 7) Disciplinary points (1 point for each yellow card, 3 points for each red card); 8) Draw", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 61], "content_span": [62, 313]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278269-0010-0000", "contents": "2018 Chinese Champions League, Second round, South 1, Group A\nRules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head points; 3) Head-to-head goal difference; 4) Head-to-head goals scored; 5) Goal difference; 6) Goals scored; 7) Disciplinary points (1 point for each yellow card, 3 points for each red card); 8) Draw", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 61], "content_span": [62, 313]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278269-0011-0000", "contents": "2018 Chinese Champions League, Second round, South 1, Group B\nRules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head points; 3) Head-to-head goal difference; 4) Head-to-head goals scored; 5) Goal difference; 6) Goals scored; 7) Disciplinary points (1 point for each yellow card, 3 points for each red card); 8) Draw", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 61], "content_span": [62, 313]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278269-0012-0000", "contents": "2018 Chinese Champions League, Second round, South 2, Group A\nRules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head points; 3) Head-to-head goal difference; 4) Head-to-head goals scored; 5) Goal difference; 6) Goals scored; 7) Disciplinary points (1 point for each yellow card, 3 points for each red card); 8) Draw", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 61], "content_span": [62, 313]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278269-0013-0000", "contents": "2018 Chinese Champions League, Second round, South 2, Group B\nRules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head points; 3) Head-to-head goal difference; 4) Head-to-head goals scored; 5) Goal difference; 6) Goals scored; 7) Disciplinary points (1 point for each yellow card, 3 points for each red card); 8) Draw", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 61], "content_span": [62, 313]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278269-0014-0000", "contents": "2018 Chinese Champions League, Second round, South 3, Group A\nRules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head points; 3) Head-to-head goal difference; 4) Head-to-head goals scored; 5) Goal difference; 6) Goals scored; 7) Disciplinary points (1 point for each yellow card, 3 points for each red card); 8) Draw", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 61], "content_span": [62, 313]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278269-0015-0000", "contents": "2018 Chinese Champions League, Second round, South 3, Group B\nRules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head points; 3) Head-to-head goal difference; 4) Head-to-head goals scored; 5) Goal difference; 6) Goals scored; 7) Disciplinary points (1 point for each yellow card, 3 points for each red card); 8) Draw", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 61], "content_span": [62, 313]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278269-0016-0000", "contents": "2018 Chinese Champions League, Second round, South 4\nRules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head points; 3) Head-to-head goal difference; 4) Head-to-head goals scored; 5) Goal difference; 6) Goals scored; 7) Disciplinary points (1 point for each yellow card, 3 points for each red card); 8) Draw", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 52], "content_span": [53, 304]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278269-0017-0000", "contents": "2018 Chinese Champions League, Awards\nThe awards of 2018 Chinese Champions League were announced on 8 December 2018.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 37], "content_span": [38, 116]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278270-0000-0000", "contents": "2018 Chinese FA Cup\nYanjing Beer 2018 Chinese FA Cup (Chinese: \u71d5\u4eac\u5564\u91522018\u4e2d\u56fd\u8db3\u7403\u534f\u4f1a\u676f) was the 20th edition of the Chinese FA Cup. On 29 December 2017, Yanjing Beer extended their sponsorship contract for another four years (2018\u20132021).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [19, 19], "content_span": [20, 229]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278270-0001-0000", "contents": "2018 Chinese FA Cup, Home Advantage Decision\nAccording to Chinese FA Cup Procedure, in each round, home team advantages are decided as follows.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 44], "content_span": [45, 143]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278270-0002-0000", "contents": "2018 Chinese FA Cup, Qualifying rounds, Association ranking\nFor the 2018 Chinese FA Cup Preliminary Round, the local football associations are allocated places according to the total number of FA Cup matches of all amateur clubs associated to local FAs from 2011 to 2016. Shanghai Jiading Boji, who advanced to the third round of 2017 Chinese FA Cup, and the champions and the runners-up of 2017 \"I Love Football\" Chinese Football Nongovernmental Championships would join the Qualifying Round directly.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 59], "content_span": [60, 502]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278270-0003-0000", "contents": "2018 Chinese FA Cup, Qualifying rounds, Preliminary Round\n29 teams registered to participate in the qualifying rounds of the 2018 Chinese FA Cup. Teams ranked 9\u201313 in the north group and Teams ranked 6\u201317 in the south group participated in this round.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 57], "content_span": [58, 251]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278270-0004-0000", "contents": "2018 Chinese FA Cup, Qualifying rounds, Qualifying Round\nTeams ranked 1\u20138 in the north group, teams ranked 1\u20135 in the south group, 8 preliminary round winners, Shanghai Huajiao and Hangzhou Wuyue Qiantang, the champions and the runners-up of 2017 \"I Love Football\" Chinese Football Nongovernmental Championships and Shanghai Jiading Boji, who advanced to the third round of 2017 Chinese FA Cup will participate in this round. Hangzhou Wuyue Qiantang, already qualified as top five teams in the south group, left a vacancy which was filled by Nanchang Teneng. Shenyang West Winner, already qualified as top eight teams in the north group, withdrew and replaced by Chifeng Hongshan Shire.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 56], "content_span": [57, 686]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278270-0005-0000", "contents": "2018 Chinese FA Cup, Qualifying rounds, Qualifying Round, Format\nFormat of Qualifying Round was a variation of Double-elimination tournament with three rounds as follows.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 64], "content_span": [65, 170]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278270-0006-0000", "contents": "2018 Chinese FA Cup, First round\nShenzhen Pengcheng and Sichuan Jiuniu replaced Qiqihar Zhongjian and Lhasa Urban Construction Investment who withdrew from 2018 China League Two in the original draw.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 32], "content_span": [33, 199]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278270-0007-0000", "contents": "2018 Chinese FA Cup, Second round\nBaotou Nanjiao and Fujian Tianxin replaced Chengdu Qbao and Shanghai JuJu Sports who withdrew from 2018 China League Two in the original draw.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 33], "content_span": [34, 176]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278270-0008-0000", "contents": "2018 Chinese FA Cup, Quarter-Finals, 2nd Leg\n3\u20133 on aggregate. Beijing Sinobo Guoan won 5\u20134 on penalties.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 44], "content_span": [45, 105]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278270-0009-0000", "contents": "2018 Chinese FA Cup, Final, 1st Leg\nAssistant referees:Abdukhamidullo Rasulov (Uzbekistan)Jakhongir Saidov (Uzbekistan)Fourth official:Li Haixin (Guangzhou FA) Video assistant referee:Gu Chunhan (Wuhan FA)Assistant video assistant referees:Zhang Long (Xi'an FA)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 35], "content_span": [36, 261]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278270-0010-0000", "contents": "2018 Chinese FA Cup, Final, 2nd Leg\nAssistant referees:Tevita Makasini (Tonga)Mark Rule (New Zealand)Fourth official:Jin Jingyuan (Chongqing FA)Video assistant referee:Ma Ning (Jiangsu FA)Assistant video assistant referees:Wang Di (Shanghai FA)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 35], "content_span": [36, 244]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278270-0011-0000", "contents": "2018 Chinese FA Cup, Final, 2nd Leg\n3\u20133 on aggregate. Beijing Sinobo Guoan won on away goals.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 35], "content_span": [36, 93]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278271-0000-0000", "contents": "2018 Chinese FA Super Cup\nWeshare Wealth 2018 Chinese FA Super Cup (Chinese: \u638c\u4f17\u8d22\u5bcc2018\u4e2d\u56fd\u8db3\u7403\u534f\u4f1a\u8d85\u7ea7\u676f) was the 16th Chinese FA Super Cup, an annual football match contested by the winners of the previous season's Chinese Super League and FA Cup competitions. It was held at Hongkou Football Stadium on 26 February 2018. The match was played between Guangzhou Evergrande Taobao, champions of the 2017 Chinese Super League, and Shanghai Greenland Shenhua, the winner of the 2017 Chinese FA Cup. Policy of foreign players and U-23 domestic players was executed for the first time in the tournament.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [25, 25], "content_span": [26, 588]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278271-0000-0001", "contents": "2018 Chinese FA Super Cup\nAt most three foreign players can play in the match while at least one domestic player who is under the age of 23 (born on or after 1 January 1995) must be in the starting eleven; The total number of foreign players must be no more than the total number of U-23 domestic players in the match.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [25, 25], "content_span": [26, 318]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278271-0001-0000", "contents": "2018 Chinese FA Super Cup\nGuangzhou Evergrande Taobao won the match 4\u20131 with goals from Huang Bowen, Alan Carvalho, Gao Lin and Ricardo Goulart, either side of a goal from Shenhua midfielder Fredy Guar\u00edn. This was Guangzhou Evergrande's fourth Chinese FA Super Cup title, breaking a tie with Shanghai Shenhua and Dalian Shide which had stood since Guangzhou Evergrande won their third title last year.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [25, 25], "content_span": [26, 401]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278271-0002-0000", "contents": "2018 Chinese FA Super Cup, Match, Details\nMan of the Match: Alan Carvalho (Guangzhou Evergrande Taobao) Assistant referees:Huo Weiming (Beijing)Cao Yi (Henan)Fourth official:Guan Xing (Beijing)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 41], "content_span": [42, 194]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278272-0000-0000", "contents": "2018 Chinese FA Women's Cup\nThe 2018 Chinese FA Women's Cup (Chinese: 2018\u5e74\u4e2d\u56fd\u8db3\u7403\u534f\u4f1a\u676f(\u5973\u5b50)) was the 12th edition of the Chinese FA Women's Cup.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [27, 27], "content_span": [28, 139]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278273-0000-0000", "contents": "2018 Chinese FA Women's Super Cup\nThe Dongfeng Renault 2018 Chinese FA Women's Super Cup (Chinese: \u4e1c\u98ce\u96f7\u8bfa2018\u4e2d\u56fd\u8db3\u534f\u5973\u5b50\u8d85\u7ea7\u676f) was the 17th Chinese FA Women's Super Cup, an annual football match contested by the winners of the previous season's Chinese Women's Super League and Chinese Women's Football Championship. The match was contested at the Dujiangyan Phoenix Stadium by 2018 Chinese Women's Football Championship winners Jiangsu Suning, and Dalian Quanjian, champions of the 2018 Chinese Women's Super League, on 10 November 2018.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [33, 33], "content_span": [34, 529]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278274-0000-0000", "contents": "2018 Chinese Figure Skating Championships\nThe 2018 Chinese Figure Skating Championships (Chinese: 2017/2018\u5e74\u5ea6\u5168\u56fd\u82b1\u6837\u6ed1\u51b0\u9526\u6807\u8d5b) was held on December 23 and 24, 2017 in Changchun. Medals were awarded in the disciplines of men's singles, ladies' singles, pair skating, and ice dance.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [41, 41], "content_span": [42, 273]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278275-0000-0000", "contents": "2018 Chinese Grand Prix\nThe 2018 Chinese Grand Prix (formally known as the Formula 1 2018 Heineken Chinese Grand Prix) was a Formula One motor race that took place on 15 April 2018 at the Shanghai International Circuit in Shanghai, China. The race was the 3rd round of the 2018 FIA Formula One World Championship, and marked the 15th time that the Chinese Grand Prix has been run as a round of the Formula One World Championship.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [23, 23], "content_span": [24, 429]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278275-0001-0000", "contents": "2018 Chinese Grand Prix\nMercedes driver Lewis Hamilton was the defending race winner. Sebastian Vettel entered the round with a 17-point lead over Hamilton in the World Drivers' Championship. His team, Ferrari, led Mercedes by ten points in the World Constructors' Championship. Vettel qualified on pole position, and in doing so recorded Ferrari's first pole position in China in fourteen years. Daniel Ricciardo won the race ahead of Valtteri Bottas and Kimi R\u00e4ikk\u00f6nen. Vettel's championship lead was cut to nine points when he finished in eighth place, the result of contact with Max Verstappen late in the race.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [23, 23], "content_span": [24, 615]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278275-0002-0000", "contents": "2018 Chinese Grand Prix, Report, Practice\nLewis Hamilton was quickest in FP1 and FP2. Sebastian Vettel was quickest in FP3. During FP3, Daniel Ricciardo's turbo failed, requiring a full rebuild.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 41], "content_span": [42, 194]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278275-0003-0000", "contents": "2018 Chinese Grand Prix, Report, Qualifying\nDaniel Ricciardo's pit crew, still frantically assembling his Red Bull engine and car as qualifying began, were able to get his car out in Q1 with just over three minutes left in the session. With his first and only possible hot lap in Q1, he finished the session in P14. Charles Leclerc, meanwhile, spun his Sauber, and failed to make it out of Q1. Marcus Ericsson was given a 5 place grid penalty for the race, and 3 points on his super license, for ignoring the double yellow flags waved for Leclerc. After qualifying P6 in Bahrain, Pierre Gasly also failed to make it out of Q1.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 43], "content_span": [44, 626]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278275-0004-0000", "contents": "2018 Chinese Grand Prix, Report, Qualifying\nFerrari locked out the front row of the grid for the second consecutive race, the first time since 2006 that the team had achieved this feat. Sebastian Vettel qualified on pole position with a time of 1:31.095, a new track record. Mercedes locked out the second row of the grid, and Red Bull the third.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 43], "content_span": [44, 346]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278275-0005-0000", "contents": "2018 Chinese Grand Prix, Report, Race\nPolesitter Sebastian Vettel got away well at the start, however his team mate Kimi R\u00e4ikk\u00f6nen lost positions, being overtaken by Bottas in Turn 1, and then Verstappen a few corners later. Hamilton fell back to 5th, whilst Ricciardo held 6th. After the first pit stops, Bottas managed to undercut Vettel and subsequently overtook Kimi R\u00e4ikk\u00f6nen, who had not yet stopped, for the lead, around the outside in Turn 1. After Bottas blocked off R\u00e4ikk\u00f6nen, Vettel took advantage to take second place.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 37], "content_span": [38, 530]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278275-0006-0000", "contents": "2018 Chinese Grand Prix, Report, Race\nOn Lap 30, the Toro Rosso cars of Brendon Hartley and Pierre Gasly collided at the hairpin. Gasly was awarded a 10 second penalty and the debris left on the track resulted in the safety car being brought out. This was a critical turning point for the race, as during the safety car period, both Red Bull cars pitted for fresh tyres on the same lap immediately. Mercedes had an opportunity to bring Hamilton in, but instead left him out to preserve track position. Bottas maintained the lead of the race at the safety car restart.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 37], "content_span": [38, 567]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278275-0006-0001", "contents": "2018 Chinese Grand Prix, Report, Race\nMax Verstappen ran wide on Lap 39 whilst battling with Lewis Hamilton for third place, losing a position to Ricciardo, who had previously overtaken R\u00e4ikk\u00f6nen. Both Red Bulls then overtook Hamilton, two laps apart, and then Ricciardo overtook Vettel for P2. On Lap 43, Max Verstappen shunted Sebastian Vettel off the track at the hairpin, resulting in both drivers spinning off the track and Vettel losing positions, due to a damaged floor. Verstappen was awarded a 10 second penalty for the incident. On Lap 45 Ricciardo overtook Bottas for the lead of the race, which he would retain until the chequered flag. On the penultimate lap, Vettel was overtaken by Fernando Alonso meaning he would finish in P8.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 37], "content_span": [38, 743]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278276-0000-0000", "contents": "2018 Chinese Super League\nThe 2018 Ping An Chinese Football Association Super League (Chinese: 2018\u4e2d\u56fd\u5e73\u5b89\u4e2d\u56fd\u8db3\u7403\u534f\u4f1a\u8d85\u7ea7\u8054\u8d5b) was the 15th season since the establishment of the Chinese Super League. The league title sponsor was Ping An Insurance. Shanghai SIPG won their first top-tier league titles on 7 November 2018 after the 2\u20131 victory against Beijing Renhe, ending a historic run for Guangzhou Evergrande Taobao, who had won seven consecutive titles beginning with the 2011 season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [25, 25], "content_span": [26, 476]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278276-0001-0000", "contents": "2018 Chinese Super League\nPolicy regarding foreign players and U-23 domestic players continued to change in this season. At least one domestic player who is under the age of 23 (born on or after 1 January 1995) must be in the starting eleven, the same as in the 2017 season. However, two foreign-player policies have changed: (1) the number of foreign players on a club's roster has been reduced from five to four and (2) the total number of foreign players under contract with a club in a season has been reduced from seven to six.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [25, 25], "content_span": [26, 533]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278276-0001-0001", "contents": "2018 Chinese Super League\nIn addition, a new policy affecting both foreign players and U-23 domestic players has been introduced: The total number of foreign players appearing in matches must be no more than the total number of U-23 domestic players. Players from AFC countries no longer hold a special slot. But clubs can register one non-naturalized player from the Hong Kong Football Association, Macau Football Association or Chinese Taipei Football Association (except goalkeepers) as a native player.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [25, 25], "content_span": [26, 506]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278276-0001-0002", "contents": "2018 Chinese Super League\nAccording to the Chinese FA, a non-naturalized player is a player who was first registered as a professional footballer in one of the three aforementioned football associations. For still more complexity concerning non-naturalized players, players from Hong Kong and Macau must be passport holders of the Hong Kong SAR or the Macau SAR, and players from Taiwan must be citizens of Taiwan. Policy of U-23 domestic players was relaxed in August for the 2018 Asian Games. It existed in name only from October when China U-25 training team was organized.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [25, 25], "content_span": [26, 576]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278276-0002-0000", "contents": "2018 Chinese Super League, Foreign players\nClubs can register a total of six foreign players over the course of the season, but the number of foreign players allowed on each CSL team at any given time is limited to four. A maximum of three foreign players can be fielded in each match. In addition, each club can register a Hong Kong, Macau, or Taiwan player of Chinese descent (excluding goalkeepers), provided that he registered as a professional footballer in one of those three association for the first time, as a native player.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 42], "content_span": [43, 533]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278276-0003-0000", "contents": "2018 Chinese Super League, Positions by round\nTo preserve chronological evolvements, any postponed matches are not included to the round at which they were originally scheduled, but added to the full round they were played immediately afterwards. For example, if a match is scheduled for round 7, but then played between rounds 8 and 9, it will be added to the standings for round 8.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 45], "content_span": [46, 383]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278276-0004-0000", "contents": "2018 Chinese Super League, Awards\nThe awards of 2018 Chinese Super League were announced on 21 November 2018.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 33], "content_span": [34, 109]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278276-0005-0000", "contents": "2018 Chinese Super League, League attendance\nUpdated to games played on 11 November 2018Source: Notes:\u2020 Teams played previous season in CL1.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 44], "content_span": [45, 140]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278277-0000-0000", "contents": "2018 Chinese Taipei Open\nThe 2018 Chinese Taipei Open (officially known as the Yonex Chinese Taipei Open 2018 for sponsorship reasons) was a badminton tournament that took place at the Taipei Arena in Taipei, Taiwan, from 2 to 7 October 2018 and had a total prize of $500,000.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [24, 24], "content_span": [25, 276]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278277-0001-0000", "contents": "2018 Chinese Taipei Open, Tournament\nThe 2018 Chinese Taipei Open was the nineteenth tournament of the 2018 BWF World Tour and also part of the Chinese Taipei Open championships, which had been held annually since 1980. This tournament was organized by the Chinese Taipei Badminton Association and sanctioned by the BWF.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 36], "content_span": [37, 320]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278277-0002-0000", "contents": "2018 Chinese Taipei Open, Tournament, Venue\nThis international tournament was held at the Taipei Arena in Taipei, Taiwan.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 43], "content_span": [44, 121]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278277-0003-0000", "contents": "2018 Chinese Taipei Open, Tournament, Point distribution\nBelow is the point distribution table for each phase of the tournament based on the BWF points system for the BWF World Tour Super 300 event.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 56], "content_span": [57, 198]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278277-0004-0000", "contents": "2018 Chinese Taipei Open, Tournament, Prize money\nThe total prize money for this tournament was US$500,000. Distribution of prize money was in accordance with BWF regulations.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 49], "content_span": [50, 175]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278278-0000-0000", "contents": "2018 Chinese U-19 Super League\nThe 2018 Chinese U-19 Super League (Chinese: 2018\u5168\u56fd\u9752\u5c11\u5e74\u7537\u5b50\u8db3\u7403\u8d85\u7ea7\u8054\u8d5b(U19)) is the 1st season since the establishment of the Chinese Youth Super League in 2017. It replaces the Elite U-19 League.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [30, 30], "content_span": [31, 219]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278279-0000-0000", "contents": "2018 Chinese Women's Football Championship\nThe 2018 Chinese Women's Football Championship (Chinese: 2018\u5e74\u4e2d\u56fd\u5973\u5b50\u8db3\u7403\u9526\u6807\u8d5b) was the 28th edition of the Chinese Women's Football Championship. Shanghai are the defending champions. It was held between 3 July to 14 July 2018.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [42, 42], "content_span": [43, 264]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278280-0000-0000", "contents": "2018 Chinese Women's Super League\nThe 2018 Chinese Women's Super League season was the league's 4th season in its current incarnation, and the 22nd total season of the women's association football league in China.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [33, 33], "content_span": [34, 213]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278281-0000-0000", "contents": "2018 Chonburi F.C. season\nThe 2018 season is Chonburi Football Club's 13th existence in the new era since they separated from Chonburi\u2013Sannibat Samutprakan Football Club in 2006. It is the 3rd season in the Thai League and the club's 13th consecutive season in the top flight of the Thai football league system since separated in the 2006 season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [25, 25], "content_span": [26, 346]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278282-0000-0000", "contents": "2018 Chongqing bus crash\nOn 28 October 2018 at 10:02 AM, a bus plunged 50 metres (164\u00a0ft) off the Second Wanzhou Yangtze River Bridge into the Yangtze River in Wanzhou District, Chongqing, China. At least thirteen people died and two are missing. Since 15 people were onboard at the time of the crash, it is believed that there were no survivors.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [24, 24], "content_span": [25, 346]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278282-0001-0000", "contents": "2018 Chongqing bus crash, Crash\nAt approximately 10:02 AM, the bus, traveling at 51 km/h, turned into the opposite lane and smashed through the safety barriers on the side of the bridge before plunging into the river. Initial reports indicated that the bus had swerved to avoid an oncoming vehicle; however, footage recovered from the bus shows that a female passenger had attacked the driver, who retaliated. Local police have said the fight was the cause of the crash. Police said in a statement that the pair began arguing when the driver refused to let her off the bus after she missed her stop. The footage shows the pair gesturing at each other before the woman hits the driver in the face with her mobile phone.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 31], "content_span": [32, 718]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278282-0002-0000", "contents": "2018 Chongqing bus crash, Crash\nChinese authorities were able to eventually determine what happened based on the vehicle's black-box recording, witness accounts and other surveillance videos along the bus route.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 31], "content_span": [32, 211]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278282-0003-0000", "contents": "2018 Chongqing bus crash, Recovery\nDivers recovered 13 bodies following a large rescue operation using a floating crane to recover the wreckage. Two people remain missing.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 34], "content_span": [35, 171]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278282-0004-0000", "contents": "2018 Chongqing bus crash, Recovery\nZhao Hu, a lawyer, told Chinese state media that the families of the crash victims could seek damages from the relatives of the bus operator and the female passenger who started the fight. The police have said both the passenger and the driver broke laws by endangerment of public safety. Zheng Chuankai, a lawyer with Anli Partners in Beijing, said the incident underscored the need to maintain strict laws to punish those who endanger public safety. \u201cThis case is very typical and very vicious,\u201d he said.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 34], "content_span": [35, 541]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278283-0000-0000", "contents": "2018 Christian Democratic Union of Germany leadership election\nThe 2018 Christian Democratic Union leadership election took place during the party's 31st Congress in Hamburg at the Messehallen convention center on 7\u20138 December following Angela Merkel's decision in October 2018 not to stand for party leader at the 2018 party conference following the party's bad performance in the 2018 Hessian state election and the party's consistently low numbers in national polls.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 62], "section_span": [62, 62], "content_span": [63, 469]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278283-0001-0000", "contents": "2018 Christian Democratic Union of Germany leadership election\nIn the subsequent party executive meeting on 29 October 2018, both the CDU's General Secretary Annegret Kramp-Karrenbauer and the Federal Minister of Health Jens Spahn announced their candidacy in the election. This was followed by Merkel's former arch-rival Friedrich Merz, who announced his bid and his return to politics on 30 October 2018. Spahn was eliminated after the first round, and Kramp-Karrenbauer subsequently won close-run second round of voting by 18 votes.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 62], "section_span": [62, 62], "content_span": [63, 535]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278283-0002-0000", "contents": "2018 Christian Democratic Union of Germany leadership election, Candidates, Declared\nTo be able to run as candidate for CDU leader, a person needs to be endorsed by a subdivision of the party (either the federal executive board or a state, district or local association) or the proposal by a delegate during the party convention.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 62], "section_span": [64, 84], "content_span": [85, 329]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278283-0003-0000", "contents": "2018 Christian Democratic Union of Germany leadership election, Candidates, Declared, Running\nThe following people ran in the leadership election, having fulfilled the criteria to become a candidate in the convention.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 62], "section_span": [64, 93], "content_span": [94, 217]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278283-0004-0000", "contents": "2018 Christian Democratic Union of Germany leadership election, Candidates, Declared, Announced\nThe following CDU politicians announced their intention to run for CDU leadership, but did not receive an endorsement by either a subdivision or a delegate.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 62], "section_span": [64, 95], "content_span": [96, 252]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278283-0005-0000", "contents": "2018 Christian Democratic Union of Germany leadership election, Candidates, Withdrew\nThe following politicians intended to run for the office, but withdrew their candidacy.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 62], "section_span": [64, 84], "content_span": [85, 172]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278284-0000-0000", "contents": "2018 Christy Ring Cup\nThe 2018 Christy Ring Cup was the 14th staging of the Christy Ring Cup hurling championship since its establishment by the Gaelic Athletic Association in 2005. It is the third tier of senior inter-county hurling. The competition began on 12 May 2018 and ended on 23 June 2018.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [21, 21], "content_span": [22, 298]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278284-0001-0000", "contents": "2018 Christy Ring Cup\nCarlow were the 2017 champions, beating Antrim in the final. Both teams were included in the counties competing in the newly created Joe McDonagh Cup. Roscommon lost their play-off match against Mayo in 2017 \u2013 normally Roscommon would have been relegated but they remained in the 2018 Christy Ring Cup as a result of the restructuring of the hurling championship tiers.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [21, 21], "content_span": [22, 391]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278284-0002-0000", "contents": "2018 Christy Ring Cup\nKildare were the 2018 Chrisy Ring champions, defeating London by 3-19 to 1-11 in the final. Kildare lost the relegation/promotion game against Antrim and remained in the Christy Ring Cup for 2019.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [21, 21], "content_span": [22, 218]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278284-0003-0000", "contents": "2018 Christy Ring Cup, Format\nBeginning in 2018, the Christy Ring Cup changed to an initial stage of two groups of four teams. Previously it was a double elimination tournament. The top two teams from both groups advance to the semi-finals. In 2018, teams at the bottom of each group will automatically be relegated to the Nicky Rackard Cup for 2019. In subsequent years, the bottom teams will meet in a relegation playoff to decide the one team relegated to the following year's Nicky Rackard Cup.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 29], "content_span": [30, 498]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278284-0004-0000", "contents": "2018 Christy Ring Cup, Format\nThe Christy Ring champions contest a promotion/relegation playoff with the second bottom team in the Joe McDonagh Cup with the winner earning the right to compete in the 2019 Joe McDonagh Cup.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 29], "content_span": [30, 222]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278284-0005-0000", "contents": "2018 Christy Ring Cup, Format\nFollowing the creation of the Joe McDonagh Cup in 2018, the Christy Ring Cup was reclassified as tier 3 (it was previously tier 2).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 29], "content_span": [30, 161]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278284-0006-0000", "contents": "2018 Christy Ring Cup, Group stage, Group 2, Group 2 Table\nLondon, Derry and Down all finished on four league points and were ranked on score difference.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 58], "content_span": [59, 153]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278284-0007-0000", "contents": "2018 Christy Ring Cup, Knockout stage, Semi-finals\nThe Group 1 winners play the Group 2 runners-up and the Group 2 winners play the Group 1 runners-up.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 50], "content_span": [51, 151]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278284-0008-0000", "contents": "2018 Christy Ring Cup, Joe McDonagh/Christy Ring relegation/promotion playoff\nAntrim retain their place in the Joe McDonagh Cup for 2019, while Kildare remain in the Christy Ring Cup for 2019.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 77], "content_span": [78, 192]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278284-0009-0000", "contents": "2018 Christy Ring Cup, Christy Ring/Nicky Rackard relegation\nIn 2018, two teams Armagh and Mayo, were relegated to the 2019 Nicky Rackard Cup. No playoff was therefore required.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 60], "content_span": [61, 178]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278285-0000-0000", "contents": "2018 Cincinnati Bearcats football team\nThe 2018 Cincinnati Bearcats football team represented the University of Cincinnati in the 2018 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The Bearcats play their home games at Nippert Stadium, and are members of the East Division in the American Athletic Conference. They are led by second-year head coach Luke Fickell.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [38, 38], "content_span": [39, 353]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278285-0001-0000", "contents": "2018 Cincinnati Bearcats football team, Previous season\nIn 2017, the Bearcats were led by first-year head coach Luke Fickell, who was hired to replace Tommy Tuberville. The Bearcats finished with a 4\u20138 (2\u20136 AAC) record, missing a bowl game for the second-straight season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 55], "content_span": [56, 271]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278285-0002-0000", "contents": "2018 Cincinnati Bearcats football team, Preseason, AAC media poll\nThe AAC media poll was released on July 24, 2018, with the Bearcats predicted to finish fourth in the AAC East Division.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 65], "content_span": [66, 186]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278285-0003-0000", "contents": "2018 Cincinnati Bearcats football team, Schedule\nThe Bearcats' 2018 schedule will consist of six home games and six away games. Cincinnati will host two of its four non-conference games; against Alabama A&M from the Southwestern Athletic Conference, and Ohio from the Mid-American Conference. They will take on long time rival Miami (OH) for their annual Victory Bell game at Paul Brown Stadium. They will travel to UCLA for the first ever meeting between the Bearcats and Bruins.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 48], "content_span": [49, 480]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278285-0004-0000", "contents": "2018 Cincinnati Bearcats football team, Schedule\nThe Bearcats will play eight conference games; hosting East Carolina, Navy, South Florida and Tulane. They will travel to UCF, UConn, SMU, and Temple.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 48], "content_span": [49, 199]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278285-0005-0000", "contents": "2018 Cincinnati Bearcats football team, Game summaries, at UCLA\nExpected to be an easy warmup opponent in the UCLA debut of Chip Kelly, the Bearcats were rude guests stunning the double digit favorite Bruins in the Rose Bowl. Michael Warren II rushed for 141 yards and 3 touchdowns, as the Bearcats rallied from an early 10-0 deficit to win. The Bearcats clinching touchdown came after the Bruins were called for a penalty during a Bearcats field goal attempt leading 19-17.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 63], "content_span": [64, 474]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278285-0005-0001", "contents": "2018 Cincinnati Bearcats football team, Game summaries, at UCLA\nBearcats head coach Luke Fickell boldly gambled that the Bearcats could convert a 4th and 1 deep in Bruins territory and accepted the penalty, which took the field goal off the board. The Bearcats converted the 4th down and Warren scored a touchdown a few plays later to ice the game.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 63], "content_span": [64, 348]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278285-0006-0000", "contents": "2018 Cincinnati Bearcats football team, Game summaries, vs. University of Miami (Ohio)\nPlayed in a steady downpour, the Bearcats ground out a 21-0 win over the Redhawks to retain possession of the Victory Bell for the 13th straight season. This was the Bearcats' first shutout since blanking the Redhawks in 2013. Utilizing a ground attack, the Bearcats were led by true freshman Desmond Ridder who had 117 yards rushing, and Michael Warren II with 94 yards rushing and 2 touchdowns. Though the game was played in soggy conditions, there was only one turnover committed by both teams combined. The game was played at Paul Brown Stadium in front of only 16,089 fans.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 86], "content_span": [87, 665]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278285-0007-0000", "contents": "2018 Cincinnati Bearcats football team, Game summaries, Alabama A&M\nIn their home opener, The Bearcats scored on their first six possessions, led by Desmond Ridder's 9 for 10 passing and 3 touchdowns in the first quarter (the only quarter he played) as the Bearcats throttled the 1-AA Bulldogs. The Bearcats scored 49 points before the visitors from Huntsville could get a score.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 67], "content_span": [68, 379]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278285-0008-0000", "contents": "2018 Cincinnati Bearcats football team, Game summaries, Ohio University\nThe Bearcats rallied from a 7-24 deficit to defeat the Bobcats. James Wiggins' goal-line interception in the 4th quarter snuffed out a late Bobcat drive and sealed the win.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 71], "content_span": [72, 244]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278285-0009-0000", "contents": "2018 Cincinnati Bearcats football team, Game summaries, at University of Connecticut\nThe Bearcats spotted the Huskies an opening touchdown then ripped off 49 unanswered points to win their conference opener. Desmond Ridder threw for 270 yards, two touchdowns and ran for another score as the Bearcats rolled up 659 yards on offense.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 84], "content_span": [85, 332]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278285-0010-0000", "contents": "2018 Cincinnati Bearcats football team, Game summaries, Tulane University\nMichael Warren rushed for 123 yards including a career long 81 yarder for a touchdown that gave the Bearcats the lead for good, and it was a happy Homecoming as the Bearcats improved to 2-0 in conference. The Bearcats broke the game open by scoring 27 straight points between the 2nd and 4th quarters. With the win, the Bearcats not only stayed unbeaten, they also became Bowl-eligible for the first time since 2015.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 73], "content_span": [74, 490]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278285-0011-0000", "contents": "2018 Cincinnati Bearcats football team, Game summaries, at Temple University\nRanked in the regular season for the first time since 2013, the Bearcats were now in the role of the hunted and it did not suit them well, as numerous late gaffes by the Bearcats allowed the Owls to rally from a 17-10 4th quarter deficit to win 24-17 in overtime. The Owls scored first in the extra session and Bearcats quarterback Desmond Ridder was intercepted to end the game. The loss was Cincinnati's third straight to Temple.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 76], "content_span": [77, 508]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278285-0012-0000", "contents": "2018 Cincinnati Bearcats football team, Game summaries, at Southern Methodist University\nThe Bearcats bounced back from their first loss to win a taut game in Dallas. Again the Bearcats raced out to a lead and again let the opponent rally back. The Bearcats were staked to a 17-7 lead in the third quarter from a pair of 32 yard Ridder to Kahlil Lewis touchdown passes and a Cole Smith field goal. The Mustangs rallied with 13 unanswered points in the third and fourth quarters to take a 20-17 lead. Smith's second field goal with no time left in regulation forced overtime.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 88], "content_span": [89, 574]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278285-0012-0001", "contents": "2018 Cincinnati Bearcats football team, Game summaries, at Southern Methodist University\nSMU had first possession in overtime when SMU quarterback Ben Hicks was intercepted by James Wiggins who returned the stolen pass 86 yards for a touchdown to give the Bearcats a walk-off win. Desmond Ridder threw for 352 yards and 2 touchdowns. The win avenged the homecoming loss to SMU from the previous season, ruining the Mustangs' homecoming in kind. The win moved the Bearcats to 7-1, their best start since the 2011 team also started 7-1.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 88], "content_span": [89, 534]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278285-0013-0000", "contents": "2018 Cincinnati Bearcats football team, Game summaries, United States Naval Academy\nCincinnati's previous meeting with the U.S. Naval Academy was a 42-32 loss, as the Bearcats could not slow much less stop the Midshipmen's triple option. This meeting, Navy's first ever in Cincinnati, the Bearcats were determined not to let the scenario repeat. Holding the Middies to 57 first half yards (all rushing) the Bearcats got a pair of touchdowns from Michael Warren II to go with a pair of touchdowns from Desmond Ridder (1 rush, 1 pass) as the Bearcats thrashed Navy 42-0, the Bearcats' second shutout of the season. The win moved the Bearcats to 8-1 their best start since 2009.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 83], "content_span": [84, 675]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278285-0014-0000", "contents": "2018 Cincinnati Bearcats football team, Game summaries, University of South Florida\nThe Bearcats returned to nationally ranked status at 25 and this time did not squander its ranking. Michael Warren II scored 4 TDs as the Bearcats broke open a tight game in the third quarter and pulled away to a 35-23 win over South Florida. The Bearcats were trailing 16-14 in the third when Warren broke loose for a 57 yard touchdown run, his second of the day after catching a touchdown pass from Desmond Ridder. Warren would add two more scores in the third quarter and finish with 151 rushing yards.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 83], "content_span": [84, 589]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278285-0014-0001", "contents": "2018 Cincinnati Bearcats football team, Game summaries, University of South Florida\nThe win moved Cincinnati to 9-1 and set up a showdown with defending conference champ University of Central Florida. It was announced shortly after the game that the matchup with UCF the upcoming Saturday would not only be nationally televised as the College Football Saturday Night Game of the Week on ABC, but also be the focus of the ESPN College Gameday.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 83], "content_span": [84, 442]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278285-0015-0000", "contents": "2018 Cincinnati Bearcats football team, Game summaries, at University of Central Florida\nWith its highest regular season ranking (19) in seven years, the Bearcats traveled to Orlando to face unbeaten and 11th ranked UCF. In front a rowdy Spectrum Stadium crowd and a nationally televised audience, the Bearcats started strong. A Kimoni Fitz strip-sack/fumble in the end zone gave the Bearcats a 6-0 lead and quieted the UCF crowd, but Cole Smith missed the extra point and the Knights promptly raced back down the field to take the lead on McKenzie Milton's short run. The Knights were never headed again, scoring 35 straight points and rolling to a 38-13 win. The Bearcat offense never got on track and the Knights clinched the AAC Eastern Division title.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 88], "content_span": [89, 756]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278285-0016-0000", "contents": "2018 Cincinnati Bearcats football team, Game summaries, East Carolina University\nDesmond Ridder threw for 335 yards and four touchdowns in the first half as the Bearcats steamrolled the Pirates on Senior Day 56-6. Khalil Lewis finished with a career high 202 yards on 9 catches and 3 touchdowns. With top running back Michael Warren sidelined with a shoulder injury, Charles McClelland filled in capably with 114 yards rushing which included a 55 yard touchdown run in the second quarter. The Bearcats scored the game's first 35 points and were never threatened.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 80], "content_span": [81, 562]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278285-0016-0001", "contents": "2018 Cincinnati Bearcats football team, Game summaries, East Carolina University\nThe defense got in on the scoring as well with Arquon Bush intercepting a fourth quarter pass and taking the stolen loaf 36 yards back for the game's final score. The 56 points marked the fourth time this season the Bearcats topped 40 points in a game. The Bearcats honored 14 seniors, who were sent out with a home finale win before a Thanksgiving Friday afternoon crowd. With this win, Cincinnati completed its first unbeaten home schedule since 2009, and its first double-digit win season since 2012. The 10 wins before the bowl game was the most since the 2009 team completed an unbeaten 12-0 season. The Bearcats accepted a bid from the Military Bowl against Virginia Tech.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 80], "content_span": [81, 759]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278285-0017-0000", "contents": "2018 Cincinnati Bearcats football team, Game summaries, vs. Virginia Tech (Military Bowl)\nThe Bearcats won their first bowl game since the 2012 Belk Bowl and avenged a previous Military Bowl loss to the Hokies with a thrilling win. Michael Warren's 8 yard touchdown run in the fourth quarter proved to be the winning score. The game was not sealed until James Wiggins' acrobatic interception at his own 30 late in the fourth quarter. The University of Cincinnati Bearcats completed their best season since 2011 and finished in the national rankings 23rd in the Coaches poll and 24th in the AP Poll.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 89], "content_span": [90, 598]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278285-0018-0000", "contents": "2018 Cincinnati Bearcats football team, 2019 NFL Draft\nThe following Bearcat player was selected in the 2019 NFL Draft.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 54], "content_span": [55, 119]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278286-0000-0000", "contents": "2018 Cincinnati Bengals season\nThe 2018 season was the Cincinnati Bengals' 49th season in the National Football League, their 51st overall and their 16th and final under head coach Marvin Lewis. The Bengals failed to improve upon their 2017 campaign as they collapsed to a 6\u201310 finish (after a 4\u20131 start) to finish in 4th place in the AFC North. This marks the 3rd consecutive season the Bengals have failed to make the playoffs.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [30, 30], "content_span": [31, 429]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278286-0001-0000", "contents": "2018 Cincinnati Bengals season\nLongtime coach Marvin Lewis and team owner Mike Brown announced a mutual parting of ways following this season after 16 seasons, and despite leading them to 4 division titles, and 7 winning seasons/playoff appearances, Lewis was unable to lead the Bengals to a playoff win. He holds the record for most wins, seasons, and playoff losses for a head coach without a playoff win.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [30, 30], "content_span": [31, 407]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278286-0002-0000", "contents": "2018 Cincinnati Bengals season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 1: at Indianapolis Colts\nThe Bengals opened the 2018 NFL season in Indianapolis. After trading field goals in the first quarter, the Colts took the lead on Andrew Luck's first touchdown pass since Week 17 of the 2016 NFL season to TE Eric Ebron. After Indianapolis added another Adam Vinatieri field goal, Cincinnati trailed 13-3 in the second quarter before WR John Ross caught a 3-yard TD pass from Andy Dalton for his first career NFL catch and touchdown.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 93], "content_span": [94, 527]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278286-0002-0001", "contents": "2018 Cincinnati Bengals season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 1: at Indianapolis Colts\nThe Colts took a 23-10 lead in the third quarter after a T. Y. Hilton TD catch, but the Bengals went on to score 17 unanswered points, including touchdowns by A. J. Green and Joe Mixon, and held a 27-23 lead with less than four minutes to go in the fourth quarter. Bengals safety Shawn Williams was ejected earlier in the game on a unnecessary roughness call for a helmet-to-helmet hit on Andrew Luck and was replaced in the secondary by Clayton Fejedelem. With the Colts driving to win the game late in the fourth, Fejedelem hit Colts TE Jack Doyle forcing a fumble and returned it 83-yards for a touchdown, sealing the victory for the Bengals.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 93], "content_span": [94, 739]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278286-0003-0000", "contents": "2018 Cincinnati Bengals season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 2: vs. Baltimore Ravens\nThe Bengals played their division rival, the Baltimore Ravens, in their home opener on Thursday Night Football and started the night on fire. WR A. J. Green caught three touchdown passes in the first half to give the Bengals an early 21-0 lead. Dalton added another touchdown pass to WR Tyler Boyd, but the Ravens closed the cap with TE Mark Andrews hauling in a Joe Flacco touchdown pass to cut the Ravens deficit to 14 at halftime.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 92], "content_span": [93, 526]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278286-0003-0001", "contents": "2018 Cincinnati Bengals season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 2: vs. Baltimore Ravens\nAfter a Justin Tucker field goal closed the gap even further in the third quarter, Ravens WR John Brown caught a 21-yard touchdown pass from Flacco to get the Ravens within five with less than 10 minutes to go in the game. Cincinnati tacked on a field goal to increase the lead to eight with just under three minutes to go in the game. With the Ravens trying to tie the game, Bengals safety Shawn Williams got a strip-sack on Flacco and the Bengals recovered the fumble. Cincinnati added a 40-yard field goal by Randy Bullock to put the game out of reach and start the season 2-0 for the first time since 2015.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 92], "content_span": [93, 703]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278286-0004-0000", "contents": "2018 Cincinnati Bengals season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 3: at Carolina Panthers\nThe Bengals faced the Panthers in their second road game of the season and took an early lead on a Giovani Bernard TD run, but the Panthers answered back with a Cam Newton TD run. Later in the first quarter Andy Dalton threw his first interception of the day, a pass intended for John Ross, but it was intercepted by Donte Jackson. In the second quarter, WR Devin Funchess and RB C. J. Anderson both caught TD passes from Newton and Carolina took a 21\u201314 lead into the half.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 92], "content_span": [93, 567]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278286-0004-0001", "contents": "2018 Cincinnati Bengals season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 3: at Carolina Panthers\nIn the third, Dalton was picked off again by Efe Obada and a second Newton TD run extended the Panthers lead to 14. Cincinnati soon followed with a TD by WR Tyler Boyd decreasing the Panthers' lead to seven. With less than four minutes to go in the game, another Dalton pass intended for Ross was once again intercepted by Jackson. A Graham Gano field goal made the score 31\u201321 and in the last few seconds of the game Dalton threw a pass intended for Tyler Eifert in the end zone, but was picked by Luke Kuechly for Dalton's fourth interception of the game. The loss drops the Bengals to 2\u20131.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 92], "content_span": [93, 685]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278286-0005-0000", "contents": "2018 Cincinnati Bengals season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 4: at Atlanta Falcons\nFor the second-straight week, the Bengals were on the road against an opponent from the NFC South, the Atlanta Falcons. The scoring started early as Falcons rookie RB Ito Smith scored his first NFL TD on the opening possession of the game. The Bengals started scoring some points of their own in the first quarter with a 15-yard TD pass from Andy Dalton to Tyler Eifert and a Giovani Bernard TD run to give the Bengals a 14\u20137 lead after one.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 90], "content_span": [91, 532]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278286-0005-0001", "contents": "2018 Cincinnati Bengals season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 4: at Atlanta Falcons\nPoints continued to be put on the board in the second quarter with TE Logan Paulsen hauling in a TD pass from Matt Ryan, but Cincinnati answered quickly with John Ross' second TD of the season. Matt Ryan's second TD pass of the game to Calvin Ridley tied the game and the Bengals quickly regained the lead on Giovani Bernard's second TD run. Atlanta was able to get in field goal range at the end of the half and Matt Bryant kicked a 55-yard field goal to put the score at 28\u201324 in favor of the Bengals.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 90], "content_span": [91, 594]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278286-0005-0002", "contents": "2018 Cincinnati Bengals season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 4: at Atlanta Falcons\nThe scoring slowed in the third quarter with a 28-yard Matt Bryant field goal being the only points added to the scoreboard, but the Bengals lost TE Tyler Eifert to a broken ankle. With the Bengals holding a 28\u201327 lead going into the fourth quarter, WR Calvin Ridley scored his second TD of the game to finally give the Falcons the lead, 33\u201328. Cincinnati and Atlanta then traded field goals to give the Falcons a 36\u201331 advantage with just over four minutes to go in the game.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 90], "content_span": [91, 567]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278286-0005-0003", "contents": "2018 Cincinnati Bengals season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 4: at Atlanta Falcons\nQB Andy Dalton led a 16 play, 75-yard drive, including two conversions on fourth down, that ended with a 13-yard TD pass to A. J. Green with seven seconds remaining on the clock. The Bengals failed on their two-point conversion, but kept the Falcons from scoring in the final seconds to improve to 3\u20131.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 90], "content_span": [91, 393]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278286-0006-0000", "contents": "2018 Cincinnati Bengals season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 5: vs. Miami Dolphins\nIn the first Sunday home game of the season, the Bengals (3\u20131) took on the Miami Dolphins (3\u20131) and the first score of the game didn't come until midway through the second quarter. A Kenyan Drake TD catch from Ryan Tannehill gave the Dolphins a 7\u20130 lead and then a punt return by Jakeem Grant put the Dolphins up 14\u20130 at the half. The Bengals and Dolphins traded field goals in the third quarter as Miami took a 17\u20133 lead into the fourth quarter.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 90], "content_span": [91, 537]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278286-0006-0001", "contents": "2018 Cincinnati Bengals season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 5: vs. Miami Dolphins\nThe Bengals cut the deficit to 7 after Joe Mixon caught a TD pass from QB Andy Dalton, who threw the ball up as he was being sacked. Then the Bengals defense took over with DE Michael Johnson intercepting a Ryan Tannehill pass, one that hit his own offensive lineman, and took it 22-yards for a TD. After a Randy Bullock field goal and with the Bengals leading 20\u201317, DE Carlos Dunlap had a strip-sack on Tannehill and the fumble was recovered by rookie DE Sam Hubbard, who returned 19-yards for a TD. The Bengals would hold on to win 27\u201317 and remain in first place in the AFC North with a 4\u20131 record.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 90], "content_span": [91, 693]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278286-0007-0000", "contents": "2018 Cincinnati Bengals season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 6: vs. Pittsburgh Steelers\nAfter scoring 27 unanswered points to get the win last week, the Bengals hosted the arch rival Pittsburgh Steelers for the first of two meeting this season. The Bengals scored first when Andy Dalton found Tyler Boyd on a 2-yard pass to make it 7\u20130 for the only points of the first quarter. In the second quarter, the Steelers took the lead when James Conner ran for two 1-yard touchdowns to make it 7\u20137 and then 14\u20137. The Bengals managed to tie the game up at halftime when Dalton found Boyd again on a 14-yard pass to make it 14\u201314.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 95], "content_span": [96, 629]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278286-0007-0001", "contents": "2018 Cincinnati Bengals season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 6: vs. Pittsburgh Steelers\nIn the third quarter, the Steelers regained the lead when Chris Boswell kicked a 21-yard field goal to make it 17\u201314. The Steelers would increase their lead in the fourth quarter when Boswell kicked another field goal from 24 yards out to make it 20\u201314. The Bengals drove down the field and took the lead when Joe Mixon ran for a 4-yard touchdown to make it 21\u201320 with just over a minute to go in the game.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 95], "content_span": [96, 502]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278286-0007-0002", "contents": "2018 Cincinnati Bengals season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 6: vs. Pittsburgh Steelers\nThe Steelers completed the comeback though when Ben Roethlisberger found Antonio Brown on a 31-yard pass (with a successful 2-point conversion) to make the final score 28\u201321. The Bengals fall to 4\u20132 and are now tied with the Baltimore Ravens for the AFC North lead. The Steelers now sit only a half game back.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 95], "content_span": [96, 405]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278286-0008-0000", "contents": "2018 Cincinnati Bengals season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 7: at Kansas City Chiefs\nNBC flexed this game from 1:00\u00a0pm. ET to primetime Sunday night and the Bengals came in with just a 1\u20138 record on Sunday Night under head coach Marvin Lewis. Kansas City took their opening drive 95-yards ending with a Kareem Hunt TD catch from QB Patrick Mahomes. Mahomes found Hunt again at the start of the second quarter to give the Chiefs a 14\u20130 lead. Andy Dalton and the Bengals responded with a 77-yard drive that ended with a TD catch by TE C. J. Uzomah.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 93], "content_span": [94, 555]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278286-0008-0001", "contents": "2018 Cincinnati Bengals season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 7: at Kansas City Chiefs\nThe Bengals defense continued to struggle in stopping the Chiefs explosive offense though and Kansas City scored 10 more points to take a 24\u20137 lead at halftime. The Bengals deficit grew in the third quarter with Kareem Hunt rushing for a TD and then Dalton threw a pick-six on the Bengals first offensive play of the second half to put the Chiefs ahead 38\u20137.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 93], "content_span": [94, 452]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278286-0008-0002", "contents": "2018 Cincinnati Bengals season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 7: at Kansas City Chiefs\nRandy Bullock added a field goal to cut the deficit to 28, but Tyreek Hill's TD catch at the beginning of the fourth quarter put the Chiefs back up 35 where the score stood for the rest of the game. The Cincinnati defense gave up a season high 45 points and 551-yards of offense as the Bengals fell out of first place in the AFC North. Cincinnati is now 1\u20139 on Sunday night under Lewis while falling to 4-3 on the season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 93], "content_span": [94, 515]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278286-0009-0000", "contents": "2018 Cincinnati Bengals season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 8: vs. Tampa Bay Buccaneers\nThe Bengals started off strong with two TD runs by Joe Mixon and a TD catch from Tyler Boyd to go up 21\u20130 with just over five minutes to go in the second quarter. The Bucs answered with a 60-yard pass to DeSean Jackson, but the Bengals answered right back with a 17\u2013yard pass to A. J. Green. Tampa Bay added a field goal at the end of the half to trail 27\u20139.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 96], "content_span": [97, 455]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278286-0009-0001", "contents": "2018 Cincinnati Bengals season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 8: vs. Tampa Bay Buccaneers\nAfter Bucs QB Jameis Winston threw his fourth interception of the game, which was returned 21-yards for a TD by Jessie Bates, he was benched and Ryan Fitzpatrick took over for Tampa Bay. Fitzpatrick would orchestrate an 18-point comeback by leading drives that ended in a field goal and TD passes to Mike Evans and O.J. Howard. Fitzpatrick then connected with Chris Godwin on a two-point conversion to tie the game at 34 with 1:05 remaining on the clock.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 96], "content_span": [97, 551]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278286-0009-0002", "contents": "2018 Cincinnati Bengals season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 8: vs. Tampa Bay Buccaneers\nAndy Dalton lead an eight play, 50-yard drive that ended with a 44-yard field goal by Randy Bullock as time expired to win the game for the Bengals. Having held on for the victory, the Bengals have now recorded at least one victory at Paul Brown Stadium against each of the 31 other franchises.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 96], "content_span": [97, 391]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278286-0010-0000", "contents": "2018 Cincinnati Bengals season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 8: vs. Tampa Bay Buccaneers\nThe team improved to 5-3 as they head into their bye week.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 96], "content_span": [97, 155]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278286-0011-0000", "contents": "2018 Cincinnati Bengals season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 10: vs. New Orleans Saints\nAfter a tough win at home over the Bucs, the Bengals stayed home for a game against the Saints. In the first quarter, the Saints score first when Drew Brees found Michael Thomas a 7-yard pass to make it 7-0. The Bengals would tie it up as Andy Dalton found John Ross on a 2-yard pass to make it 7-7. In the second quarter, the Saints' offense exploded as they scored 4 touchdowns: Brees found Mark Ingram II on a 28-yard pass. This would be followed up by Alvin Kamara running for 2 touchdowns: from 4 and 1 yards out.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 95], "content_span": [96, 615]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278286-0011-0001", "contents": "2018 Cincinnati Bengals season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 10: vs. New Orleans Saints\nFinally, Brees found Thomas again on a 17-yard pass to make it 14-7, 21-7, 28-7, and then 35-7 at halftime. In the third quarter, the Saints continued to dominate as Wil Lutz kicked a 29-yard field goal to make it 38-7. This would be followed by Brees running for a 1-yard touchdown to make it 45-7. Lutz then put up 2 more field goals in the fourth quarter from 42 and 41 yards out to make it 48-7 and then 51-7. The Bengals scored later on in the quarter when backup QB Jeff Driskel ran for a 27-yard touchdown to make the final score 51-14.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 95], "content_span": [96, 639]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278286-0012-0000", "contents": "2018 Cincinnati Bengals season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 11: at Baltimore Ravens\nAfter a horrifying loss at home, the Bengals traveled to Baltimore for Game 2 against the Ravens. In the first quarter, the Ravens made it 7-0 after Alex Collins ran for a 7-yard touchdown for the only score. The Bengals however would tie the game up in the second quarter when Joe Mixon ran for a 1-yard touchdown to make it 7-7. Justin Tucker would give his Ravens the lead back when he scored 2 field goals from 28 and 56 yards out to make it 10-7 and then 13-7 at halftime.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 92], "content_span": [93, 570]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278286-0012-0001", "contents": "2018 Cincinnati Bengals season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 11: at Baltimore Ravens\nIn the third quarter, the Bengals retook the lead when Andy Dalton found Matt Lengel on a 4-yard pass to make it 14-13. They would increase their lead when Dalton threw another pass: A 22-yard pass to John Ross to make it 21-13. The Ravens however, managed to tie the game back up when Gus Edwards ran for an 11-yard touchdown (with a successful 2-point conversion) to make it 21-21. In the fourth quarter, Tucker kicked his third field goal of the day: A 24-yard field goal to make it 24-21. After that, the Ravens' defense was able to shut down the Bengals' offense and the Ravens held on for the win.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 92], "content_span": [93, 697]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278286-0013-0000", "contents": "2018 Cincinnati Bengals season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 12: vs. Cleveland Browns\nWith their 7-game winning streak against the Browns snapped, the Bengals fell to 5-6. Making matters worse, quarterback Andy Dalton was injured in the third quarter after be tried to recover a fumble. Despite trailing 35-7 in the third quarter, the Bengals made it interesting late, but could not complete the comeback under backup Jeff Driskel. It was later revealed that Dalton would miss the remainder of the season with a broken thumb, ironically the same thumb he broke a few years earlier.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 93], "content_span": [94, 589]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278286-0014-0000", "contents": "2018 Cincinnati Bengals season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 13: vs. Denver Broncos\nWith the loss, the Bengals fell to 5-7. Making matters even worse than the week before, star receiver AJ Green was injured in the second quarter and had to be helped off by a cart. He was seen later slamming his helmet to the ground and screaming. It was later revealed that he would miss the rest of the season with a broken toe.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 91], "content_span": [92, 422]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278286-0015-0000", "contents": "2018 Cincinnati Bengals season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 14: at Los Angeles Chargers\nWith the loss, the Bengals dropped to 5-8. The team is also guaranteed their third straight non-winning season. They would 3-peat this process for the first time since the 2006-08 seasons.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 96], "content_span": [97, 285]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278286-0016-0000", "contents": "2018 Cincinnati Bengals season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 15: vs. Oakland Raiders\nWith the win, the Bengals improved to 6-8. This was Marvin Lewis's last win with the team. Despite leading 17-0 at one time, the Raiders continued to hang around, but were hurt by turnovers and drops.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 92], "content_span": [93, 293]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278286-0017-0000", "contents": "2018 Cincinnati Bengals season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 16: at Cleveland Browns\nWith the loss, the Bengals dropped to 6-9 assuring them last place in the AFC North. The team also posted 3 consecutive losing seasons for the first time since the 2000-02 seasons. They were also swept by the Browns for the first time since 2002. The loss also assured that the team would finish last in the AFC North.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 92], "content_span": [93, 411]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278286-0018-0000", "contents": "2018 Cincinnati Bengals season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 17: at Pittsburgh Steelers\nWith the loss, the Bengals finished their year with a record of 6-10. In Marvin Lewis's last game with the team, the Bengals lost a sluggish game to the Steelers, their 8th straight loss in the rivalry. Despite taking a 10-0 lead in the second quarter, the Steelers went on a 16-3 run to finish the game.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 95], "content_span": [96, 400]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278287-0000-0000", "contents": "2018 Cincinnati Reds season\nThe 2018 Cincinnati Reds season was the 149th season for the franchise in Major League Baseball, and their 16th at Great American Ball Park in Cincinnati.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [27, 27], "content_span": [28, 182]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278287-0001-0000", "contents": "2018 Cincinnati Reds season, Standings, Record vs. opponents\nThe October 1 tiebreaker games were regular-season games that are included here.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 60], "content_span": [61, 141]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278288-0000-0000", "contents": "2018 Cincinnati shooting\nOn September 6, 2018, a mass shooting occurred in Cincinnati, Ohio, United States. At 9:10 AM EDT, Omar Santa Perez, 29, opened fire with a Taurus PT-809E 9mm pistol equipped with standard and hollow-point ammunition, in the lobby of the Fifth Third Center in Cincinnati, Ohio, killing three people. He was then shot and killed by responding police officers.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [24, 24], "content_span": [25, 383]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278288-0001-0000", "contents": "2018 Cincinnati shooting, Incident\nPrior to the attack, Santa-Perez had entered a sandwich shop and potentially visited other businesses in the building, before returning to the bank and opening fire. Those killed in the attack were identified as two bank employees and a contractor. Two other victims were injured in the attack. Santa-Perez's gun reportedly jammed at least once during his shooting spree. Luckily, this gave officers enough time to approach the Center's main lobby, where they encountered an active shooter situation, with Santa-Perez firing into the lobby. Four of the responding officers engaged the shooter with their weapons, striking Santa-Perez multiple times.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 34], "content_span": [35, 684]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278288-0001-0001", "contents": "2018 Cincinnati shooting, Incident\nBody camera footage of the shooting released by the Cincinnati Police Department showed Santa-Perez indiscriminately shooting at any person he saw, and the gunman was later shot dead through a glass pane by police. The Hamilton County Coroner told reporters \"The aggressor had one weapon, but a whole lot of rounds of ammunition. And he didn't hesitate to pull the trigger, empty his magazine, release and do it over and over again.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 34], "content_span": [35, 468]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278288-0002-0000", "contents": "2018 Cincinnati shooting, Incident, Victims\nOne of the victims was reported deceased by first responders at the scene, while two others were declared deceased after arriving at the University of Cincinnati Medical Center. Two other victims were also transported, with one listed in critical condition and the other in fair.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 43], "content_span": [44, 323]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278288-0003-0000", "contents": "2018 Cincinnati shooting, Investigation\nSpeaking at a press conference, Cincinnati mayor John Cranley stated that initial reports appeared to show that the victims were shot at random and that, \"it didn't appear to be a dispute between people.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 39], "content_span": [40, 244]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278288-0004-0000", "contents": "2018 Cincinnati shooting, Investigation\nDuring the initial investigation, it was discovered by police that the shooter was carrying hundreds of rounds of ammunition and \"...could've killed over 100 people.\" Body camera footage was released by law enforcement on September 8, which documented the officers' actions when they encountered the gunman.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 39], "content_span": [40, 347]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278289-0000-0000", "contents": "2018 Citi Open\nThe 2018 Washington Open (called the Citi Open for sponsorship reasons) was a tennis tournament played on outdoor hard courts. It was the 50th edition (for the men) and the 8th edition (for the women) of the Washington Open. The event was part of the ATP World Tour 500 series of the 2018 ATP World Tour, and of the WTA International tournaments of the 2018 WTA Tour. It took place at the William H.G. FitzGerald Tennis Center in Washington, D.C., United States, from July 30 to August 5, 2018.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 14], "section_span": [14, 14], "content_span": [15, 509]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278289-0001-0000", "contents": "2018 Citi Open, Points and prize money, Prize money\n1 Qualifiers prize money is also the Round of 64 prize money* per team", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 14], "section_span": [16, 51], "content_span": [52, 122]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278289-0002-0000", "contents": "2018 Citi Open, ATP singles main draw entrants, Other entrants\nThe following players received wild cards into the main singles draw:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 14], "section_span": [16, 62], "content_span": [63, 132]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278289-0003-0000", "contents": "2018 Citi Open, ATP singles main draw entrants, Other entrants\nThe following players received entry from the singles qualifying draw:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 14], "section_span": [16, 62], "content_span": [63, 133]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278289-0004-0000", "contents": "2018 Citi Open, ATP doubles main draw entrants, Other entrants\nThe following pairs received wildcards into the doubles main draw:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 14], "section_span": [16, 62], "content_span": [63, 129]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278289-0005-0000", "contents": "2018 Citi Open, ATP doubles main draw entrants, Other entrants\nThe following pair received entry from the doubles qualifying draw:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 14], "section_span": [16, 62], "content_span": [63, 130]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278289-0006-0000", "contents": "2018 Citi Open, WTA singles main draw entrants, Other entrants\nThe following players received wild cards into the main singles draw:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 14], "section_span": [16, 62], "content_span": [63, 132]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278289-0007-0000", "contents": "2018 Citi Open, WTA doubles main draw entrants, Other entrants\nThe following pair received a wildcard into the doubles main draw:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 14], "section_span": [16, 62], "content_span": [63, 129]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278290-0000-0000", "contents": "2018 Citi Open \u2013 Men's Doubles\nHenri Kontinen and John Peers were the defending champions, but lost in the first round to Juan Sebasti\u00e1n Cabal and Robert Farah.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [30, 30], "content_span": [31, 160]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278290-0001-0000", "contents": "2018 Citi Open \u2013 Men's Doubles\nJamie Murray and Bruno Soares won the title, defeating Mike Bryan and \u00c9douard Roger-Vasselin in the final, 3\u20136, 6\u20133, [10\u20134].", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [30, 30], "content_span": [31, 155]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278291-0000-0000", "contents": "2018 Citi Open \u2013 Men's Singles\nAlexander Zverev was the defending champion and successfully defended his title, defeating Alex de Minaur in the final, 6\u20132, 6\u20134.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [30, 30], "content_span": [31, 160]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278291-0001-0000", "contents": "2018 Citi Open \u2013 Men's Singles, Seeds\nClick on the seed number of a player to go to their draw section.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 37], "content_span": [38, 103]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278291-0002-0000", "contents": "2018 Citi Open \u2013 Men's Singles, Qualifying, Seeds\nThe top four seeds receive byes into the qualifying competition.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 49], "content_span": [50, 114]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278292-0000-0000", "contents": "2018 Citi Open \u2013 Women's Doubles\nShuko Aoyama and Renata Vor\u00e1\u010dov\u00e1 were the defending champions, but lost in the quarterfinals to Kristie Ahn and Lauren Davis.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [32, 32], "content_span": [33, 158]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278292-0001-0000", "contents": "2018 Citi Open \u2013 Women's Doubles\nHan Xinyun and Darija Jurak won the title, defeating Alexa Guarachi and Erin Routliffe in the final, 6\u20133, 6\u20132.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [32, 32], "content_span": [33, 143]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278293-0000-0000", "contents": "2018 Citi Open \u2013 Women's Singles\nEkaterina Makarova was the defending champion, but lost in the first round to Ana Bogdan.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [32, 32], "content_span": [33, 122]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278293-0001-0000", "contents": "2018 Citi Open \u2013 Women's Singles\nSvetlana Kuznetsova won the title, beating Donna Veki\u0107 in the final, 4\u20136, 7\u20136(9\u20137), 6\u20132, despite being four match points down in the second set.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [32, 32], "content_span": [33, 177]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278294-0000-0000", "contents": "2018 Citizen and Solidarity March (France)\nA march supporting the refugees started on April 30th at Vintimille in southern France, at the Italian border. It will reach London, in the UK, on July 8th, after covering 1400 km in more than 2 months. The route follows that the refugees do, trying to reach the UK from southern Europe. The march is supported by many organisations. Among the participants are Jos\u00e9 Bov\u00e9, member of the European parliament, et C\u00e9dric Herrou, farmer, facing a court case for supporting \"illegal immigrants\".", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [42, 42], "content_span": [43, 532]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278294-0000-0001", "contents": "2018 Citizen and Solidarity March (France)\nAt the beginning, one minute of silence was observed in memory of the 17 refugees who died trying to cross the French-Italian border since June 2015. This takes place one week after the vote of a new law restricting again the right of asylum for refugees, and after the tentative of blocking the border by a group of extreme-right activists. The court refused to act against these activists, while people helping refugees in need have to face legal problems. Were also present Marie-Christine Vergiat, member of the European parliament, Alexis HK, singer, and Mgr Jacques Gaillot, catholic bishop.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [42, 42], "content_span": [43, 640]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278295-0000-0000", "contents": "2018 Citrus Bowl\nThe 2018 Citrus Bowl was an American college football bowl game played on January 1, 2018, at Camping World Stadium in Orlando, Florida. This was the 72nd edition of a game that has been played annually since 1946, under several different names. It was one of the 2017\u201318 NCAA football bowl games concluding the 2017 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The game was nationally televised on ABC. Sponsored by Overton's, a boating and marine supply retailer, the game was officially known as the Citrus Bowl presented by Overton's.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [16, 16], "content_span": [17, 547]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278295-0001-0000", "contents": "2018 Citrus Bowl, Teams\nThe game featured the independent Notre Dame Fighting Irish and the LSU Tigers of the Southeastern Conference; both teams finished the 2017 season with 9\u20133 records, and both teams finished in the top-20 of all major polls. Notre Dame, making their first appearance in the Citrus Bowl, was the designated visiting team. LSU, the designated home team, appeared in the game for the second season in a row, and fifth time overall. For the second year in a row, no Big Ten team appeared in the Citrus Bowl; since Wisconsin committed to the Orange Bowl, the Citrus Bowl was allowed to pick Notre Dame or an Atlantic Coast Conference team.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [18, 23], "content_span": [24, 656]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278295-0002-0000", "contents": "2018 Citrus Bowl, Teams\nThis was the fourth bowl meeting between the Fighting Irish and Tigers, with LSU winning twice previously, and Notre Dame once. LSU prevailed 27\u20139 in the 1997 Independence Bowl, and 41\u201314 in the 2007 Sugar Bowl, and Notre Dame won 31\u201328 in the 2014 Music City Bowl. Notre Dame and LSU met eight times in the regular season between 1970 and 1998, with the Irish holding a 5\u20133 edge.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [18, 23], "content_span": [24, 404]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278295-0003-0000", "contents": "2018 Citrus Bowl, Teams, Notre Dame\nNotre Dame came into the game with a 9\u20133 record, having lost to Georgia, Miami (Florida), and Stanford. Each team they lost to was ranked in the top 20 of the AP Poll at the time they played.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [18, 35], "content_span": [36, 227]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278295-0004-0000", "contents": "2018 Citrus Bowl, Teams, LSU\nLSU came into the game with a 9\u20133 record overall, 6\u20132 in the SEC. Their two SEC losses were to Mississippi State and Alabama (who was ranked number one in the AP Poll at the time). Their one non-conference loss was to Troy of the Sun Belt Conference.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [18, 28], "content_span": [29, 279]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278296-0000-0000", "contents": "2018 Citt\u00e0 di Caltanissetta\nThe 2018 Citt\u00e0 di Caltanissetta was a professional tennis tournament played on clay courts. It was the 20th edition of the tournament which was a part of the 2018 ATP Challenger Tour. It took place in Caltanissetta, Italy between 11 and 17 June 2018.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [27, 27], "content_span": [28, 278]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278296-0001-0000", "contents": "2018 Citt\u00e0 di Caltanissetta, Singles main draw entrants, Other Entrants\nThe following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 71], "content_span": [72, 140]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278297-0000-0000", "contents": "2018 Citt\u00e0 di Caltanissetta \u2013 Doubles\nJames Cerretani and Max Schnur were the defending champions but chose not to defend their title.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [37, 37], "content_span": [38, 134]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278297-0001-0000", "contents": "2018 Citt\u00e0 di Caltanissetta \u2013 Doubles\nFederico Gaio and Andrea Pellegrino won the title after defeating Bla\u017e Rola and Ji\u0159\u00ed Vesel\u00fd 7\u20136(7\u20134), 7\u20136(7\u20135) in the final.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [37, 37], "content_span": [38, 162]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278298-0000-0000", "contents": "2018 Citt\u00e0 di Caltanissetta \u2013 Singles\nPaolo Lorenzi was the defending champion but lost in the first round to Alejandro Davidovich Fokina.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [37, 37], "content_span": [38, 138]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278298-0001-0000", "contents": "2018 Citt\u00e0 di Caltanissetta \u2013 Singles\nJaume Munar won the title after defeating Matteo Donati 6\u20132, 7\u20136(7\u20132) in the final.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [37, 37], "content_span": [38, 121]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278299-0000-0000", "contents": "2018 Citt\u00e0 di Como Challenger\nThe 2018 Citt\u00e0 di Como Challenger was a professional tennis tournament played on clay courts. It was the thirteenth edition of the tournament which was part of the 2018 ATP Challenger Tour. It took place in Como, Italy between 27 August \u2013 2 September 2018.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [29, 29], "content_span": [30, 286]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278299-0001-0000", "contents": "2018 Citt\u00e0 di Como Challenger, Singles main draw entrants, Other Entrants\nThe following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 73], "content_span": [74, 142]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278299-0002-0000", "contents": "2018 Citt\u00e0 di Como Challenger, Singles main draw entrants, Other Entrants\nThe following player received entry into the singles main draw as an alternate:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 73], "content_span": [74, 153]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278300-0000-0000", "contents": "2018 Citt\u00e0 di Como Challenger \u2013 Doubles\nSander Arends and Antonio \u0160an\u010di\u0107 were the defending champions but chose not to defend their title.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [39, 39], "content_span": [40, 138]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278300-0001-0000", "contents": "2018 Citt\u00e0 di Como Challenger \u2013 Doubles\nAndre Begemann and Dustin Brown won the title after defeating Martin Kli\u017ean and Filip Pol\u00e1\u0161ek 3\u20136, 6\u20134, [10\u20135] in the final.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [39, 39], "content_span": [40, 164]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278301-0000-0000", "contents": "2018 Citt\u00e0 di Como Challenger \u2013 Singles\nPedro Sousa was the defending champion but lost in the first round to Christian Gar\u00edn.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [39, 39], "content_span": [40, 126]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278301-0001-0000", "contents": "2018 Citt\u00e0 di Como Challenger \u2013 Singles\nSalvatore Caruso won the title after defeating Gar\u00edn 7\u20135, 6\u20134 in the final.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [39, 39], "content_span": [40, 115]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278302-0000-0000", "contents": "2018 City of Bradford Metropolitan District Council election\nThe 2018 City of Bradford Metropolitan District Council took place on 3 May 2018 to elect members of Bradford District Council in England. This was on the same day as other local elections. One councillor was elected in each ward for a four-year term so the councillors elected in 2018 last stood for election in 2014. Each ward is represented by three councillors, the election of which is staggered, so only one third of the councillors were elected in this election. Before the election there was a Labour majority and afterwards Labour had increased their majority.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 60], "section_span": [60, 60], "content_span": [61, 630]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278302-0001-0000", "contents": "2018 City of Bradford Metropolitan District Council election, Results by ward, Baildon ward\nVal Townend was the incumbent. The swing between Conservative & Labour was 0.2%. There were much bigger swings from the Liberal Democrats to both Conservatives (16.0%) & Labour (15.8%).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 60], "section_span": [62, 91], "content_span": [92, 277]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278302-0002-0000", "contents": "2018 City of Bradford Metropolitan District Council election, Results by ward, Bingley ward\nDavid Heseltine was the incumbent. There was a swing of 5.3% from Conservative to Labour. UKIP did not stand this time but got 23.7% of the vote in 2014 so the biggest swings are from UKIP to Labour (20.4%) and Conservative (15.1%).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 60], "section_span": [62, 91], "content_span": [92, 324]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278302-0003-0000", "contents": "2018 City of Bradford Metropolitan District Council election, Results by ward, Bingley Rural ward\nMike Ellis was the incumbent. There was a 5.3% swing from Labour to Conservative. The biggest swing was 19.9% from UKIP to Conservative.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 60], "section_span": [62, 97], "content_span": [98, 234]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278302-0004-0000", "contents": "2018 City of Bradford Metropolitan District Council election, Results by ward, Bolton and Undercliffe ward\nRachel Sunderland was the incumbent for the Liberal Democrats & this ward was gained by Labour with a 7.7% swing.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 60], "section_span": [62, 106], "content_span": [107, 220]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278302-0005-0000", "contents": "2018 City of Bradford Metropolitan District Council election, Results by ward, Bowling and Barkerend ward\nRizwana Jamil was the incumbent for Labour and increased their majority with a 15.5% swing from the Liberal Democrats.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 60], "section_span": [62, 105], "content_span": [106, 224]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278302-0006-0000", "contents": "2018 City of Bradford Metropolitan District Council election, Results by ward, Bradford Moor ward\nMohammed Shafiq was the incumbent for Labour. There was a swing of 17.1% from the Liberal Democrats who were second in 2014 to Labour. The biggest swing was a swing of 25.3% from Liberal Democrat to Independent and the swing between Labour and the Independent candidate was 8.2% from Labour to the Independent.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 60], "section_span": [62, 97], "content_span": [98, 408]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278302-0007-0000", "contents": "2018 City of Bradford Metropolitan District Council election, Results by ward, City ward\nMohammed Azam was the incumbent for Labour. Respect was second in 2014 though they did not stand this time creating the largest swing of 12.1% between Respect and Labour. The Conservative party did not stand in this ward this time either, this being the only ward in Bradford where one of the four largest parties did not stand.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 60], "section_span": [62, 88], "content_span": [89, 417]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278302-0008-0000", "contents": "2018 City of Bradford Metropolitan District Council election, Results by ward, Clayton and Fairweather Green ward\nThe incumbent was Sinead Engel for Labour. There was a swing of 0.2% from Conservative to Labour. UKIP was second in 2014 with 27.1% of the vote but did not stand this time so there was a swing of 18.9% from UKIP to Labour which was the biggest swing.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 60], "section_span": [62, 113], "content_span": [114, 365]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278302-0009-0000", "contents": "2018 City of Bradford Metropolitan District Council election, Results by ward, Craven ward\nThe incumbent was Andrew Mallinson for the Conservatives who failed to get reselected by the local Conservative Party. Rebecca Whitaker gained selection instead. Whitaker had previously been a Silsden town councillor. The swing was 5.3% from Labour to Conservative however the 2014 election was complicated by the election of a second councillor at the same time. The councillor which won the second seat was Christopher Atkinson as an independent who failed to be re-elected in 2015. No independent stood this time so the swing expressed between Conservative and Independent would be 23.5% to the Conservatives.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 60], "section_span": [62, 90], "content_span": [91, 703]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278302-0010-0000", "contents": "2018 City of Bradford Metropolitan District Council election, Results by ward, Eccleshill ward\nThe incumbent was Geoff Reid for the Liberal Democrats. The swing was 1.1% from Labour to Liberal Democrat. The biggest swing was 7.9% from Green to Liberal Democrat.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 60], "section_span": [62, 94], "content_span": [95, 261]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278302-0011-0000", "contents": "2018 City of Bradford Metropolitan District Council election, Results by ward, Great Horton ward\nThe incumbent was Joanne Dodds for Labour. There was a swing of 11.2% from Conservative to Labour. UKIP & Respect both stood in 2014 but not this time with 16.3% and 4.6% of the vote respectively. The largest swing therefore was 18.3% from UKIP to Labour.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 60], "section_span": [62, 96], "content_span": [97, 352]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278302-0012-0000", "contents": "2018 City of Bradford Metropolitan District Council election, Results by ward, Heaton ward\nNussrat Mohammed was the incumbent for Labour. There was a swing of 21% from Green to Labour though that could also be expressed as a swing of 29.4% from the Peace party to Labour as The Peace party was second with 21.1% in 2014 but did not stand in 2018. The Peace party candidate in 2014 had been elected as a Labour councillor four years previously.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 60], "section_span": [62, 90], "content_span": [91, 443]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278302-0013-0000", "contents": "2018 City of Bradford Metropolitan District Council election, Results by ward, Idle and Thackley ward\nThe incumbent was Dominic Fear for the Liberal Democrats who stood down at this election. There was a swing of 2.8% from Liberal Democrat to Labour though the largest swing was 7.2% from Conservative to Labour.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 60], "section_span": [62, 101], "content_span": [102, 312]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278302-0014-0000", "contents": "2018 City of Bradford Metropolitan District Council election, Results by ward, Ilkley ward\nThe incumbent was Mike Gibbons for the Conservative party. There was a swing of 2.1% from Conservative to Labour. UKIP gained 6.7% in 2014 & did not stand this time so the largest swing was 5.2% from UKIP to Liberal Democrat.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 60], "section_span": [62, 90], "content_span": [91, 316]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278302-0015-0000", "contents": "2018 City of Bradford Metropolitan District Council election, Results by ward, Keighley Central ward\nThe incumbent was Abid Hussain for Labour. There was a swing of 5.5% from Conservative to Labour. UKIP did not stand this time but won 13.4% in 2014 so the biggest swing was 13.0% from UKIP to Labour.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 60], "section_span": [62, 100], "content_span": [101, 301]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278302-0016-0000", "contents": "2018 City of Bradford Metropolitan District Council election, Results by ward, Keighley East ward\nThe incumbent was Stephen Pullen for Labour who stood down at this election. There was a swing of 0.9% from Labour to Conservative. UKIP did not stand this time but won 24.7% in 2014 so the largest swings were 20.5% from UKIP to Labour & 19.6% from UKIP to Conservative. Respect also did not stand after winning 10.2% in 2014.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 60], "section_span": [62, 97], "content_span": [98, 424]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278302-0017-0000", "contents": "2018 City of Bradford Metropolitan District Council election, Results by ward, Keighley West ward\nBrian Morris was the incumbent, having been elected for UKIP in 2014 and left the party to stand as an independent campaigning for the separation of Keighley, Ilkley & Shipley from Bradford in October 2016. There was no UKIP candidate this time so the swing from UKIP to Labour was 26.5%. If the swing is calculated comparing the vote for Morris as an Independent against the vote for Morris as a UKIP councillor it would be 20.3%.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 60], "section_span": [62, 97], "content_span": [98, 529]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278302-0018-0000", "contents": "2018 City of Bradford Metropolitan District Council election, Results by ward, Little Horton ward\nThe incumbent was Naveeda Ikram for Labour who resigned from Labour and the council in November 2017. She had been suspended by Labour in October 2015 after being accused of seeking care contracts for Nexus Assist and failing to declare an interest in the firm while a Councillor between November 2014 & August 2015. The jury was discharged for undisclosed reasons in Crown Court in December 2017 and she was acquitted in the Court of Appeal in March 2018.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 60], "section_span": [62, 97], "content_span": [98, 554]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278302-0018-0001", "contents": "2018 City of Bradford Metropolitan District Council election, Results by ward, Little Horton ward\nShe had been the first British Pakistani woman to be elected to Bradford council in 2004 and the first Muslim woman to be a Lord Mayor in the UK in 2011. There was a 2.9% swing from Conservative to Labour. Respect were second place with 16.4% in 2014 so the largest swing was 13.0% from Respect to Labour.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 60], "section_span": [62, 97], "content_span": [98, 403]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278302-0019-0000", "contents": "2018 City of Bradford Metropolitan District Council election, Results by ward, Manningham ward\nThe incumbent was Shabir Hussain for Labour. There was a 7.8% swing from Conservative to Labour. In 2014 the second place party was Respect with 30.8% of the vote though they did not stand this time. The largest swing therefore was 26.3% from Respect to Labour.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 60], "section_span": [62, 94], "content_span": [95, 356]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278302-0020-0000", "contents": "2018 City of Bradford Metropolitan District Council election, Results by ward, Queensbury ward\nThe incumbent was Paul Cromie for the Queensbury Ward Independents. He won the seat for the BNP in 2006 and split from the BNP with his wife in 2011 forming the Queensbury Ward Independents. Cromie was re-elected under the Queensbury Ward Independent banner in 2014 but in 2018 he did not campaign with no leafleting or canvassing. Cromie later said he stood for re-election to keep people happy but he wanted to retire. There was a swing of 19.6% from Queensbury Ward Independents to Conservative but the biggest swing was 26.8% from UKIP to Conservative. Between Conservative & Labour the swing was 7.7% from Labour to Conservative.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 60], "section_span": [62, 94], "content_span": [95, 729]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278302-0021-0000", "contents": "2018 City of Bradford Metropolitan District Council election, Results by ward, Royds ward\nThe incumbent was Valerie Slater for Labour. Slater stood down at this election having been the Deputy Council Leader & Deputy Leader of the Bradford Labour Group. Slater had been Councillor for Royds since 2004. There was a swing of 1.9% from Conservative to Labour. The largest swing was 11.4% from UKIP to Labour.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 60], "section_span": [62, 89], "content_span": [90, 406]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278302-0022-0000", "contents": "2018 City of Bradford Metropolitan District Council election, Results by ward, Shipley ward\nThe incumbent was Hawarun Hussain for the Green Party. Hussain had been a Councillor for Shipley since 2004. There was a swing of 17.1% from Green to Labour. UKIP did not stand this time having got almost 14% in 2014 so the biggest swing was 19.3% from UKIP to Labour.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 60], "section_span": [62, 91], "content_span": [92, 360]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278302-0023-0000", "contents": "2018 City of Bradford Metropolitan District Council election, Results by ward, Thornton and Allerton ward\nThe incumbent was Richard Dunbar for Labour. There was a swing of 12.6% from Conservative to Labour.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 60], "section_span": [62, 105], "content_span": [106, 206]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278302-0024-0000", "contents": "2018 City of Bradford Metropolitan District Council election, Results by ward, Toller ward\nThe incumbent was Imran Hussain who stood down as a Councillor at this election having been both Councillor and MP since his election as MP for Bradford East in 2015. There was a 13.0% swing from Labour to Conservative. Respect were second in 2014 with almost 11% of the vote so the biggest swing was 14.8% from Respect to Conservative.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 60], "section_span": [62, 90], "content_span": [91, 427]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278302-0025-0000", "contents": "2018 City of Bradford Metropolitan District Council election, Results by ward, Tong ward\nThe incumbent was Alan Wainwright for Labour. There was a swing of 0.5% from Labour to Conservative, both parties benefited from significant swings from UKIP, 16.7% to Labour & 16.2% to Conservative. The biggest swing was 19.7% from UKIP to Green.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 60], "section_span": [62, 88], "content_span": [89, 336]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278302-0026-0000", "contents": "2018 City of Bradford Metropolitan District Council election, Results by ward, Wharfedale ward\nThe swing was 2.0% from Conservative to Labour. Gerry Barker for Conservative was the incumbent. An independent was second with 24.7% in 2014 so there was a swing of 17.% from Independent to Conservative & the biggest swing was 19.1% from Independent to Labour.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 60], "section_span": [62, 94], "content_span": [95, 356]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278302-0027-0000", "contents": "2018 City of Bradford Metropolitan District Council election, Results by ward, Wibsey ward\nThere was a swing of 14.0% from UKIP to Labour as UKIP was second in 2014. There was a swing of 3.0% from Labour to Conservative and the biggest swing was 17.1% from UKIP to Conservative. Lynne Eleanor Smith won the ward for Labour in 2014 but she died in May 2016. Joanne Lisa Sharp won the ward for Labour in the subsequent by-election and was thus the incumbent.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 60], "section_span": [62, 90], "content_span": [91, 456]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278302-0028-0000", "contents": "2018 City of Bradford Metropolitan District Council election, Results by ward, Windhill and Wrose ward\nThe incumbent was Vanda Greenwood for Labour. There was a swing of 1.6% from Labour to Conservative. UKIP was second in 2014 with 28.5% so the swing was 20.4% from UKIP to Labour & the biggest swing was 22.0% from UKIP to Conservative.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 60], "section_span": [62, 102], "content_span": [103, 338]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278302-0029-0000", "contents": "2018 City of Bradford Metropolitan District Council election, Results by ward, Worth Valley ward\nThe incumbent was Glenn William Miller for the Conservatives who failed to gain reselection by the local Conservative party. The swing was 6.3% from Labour to Conservative. UKIP were second with 28.9% in 2014 but did not stand this time so the biggest swing was 25.5% from UKIP to Conservative.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 60], "section_span": [62, 96], "content_span": [97, 391]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278302-0030-0000", "contents": "2018 City of Bradford Metropolitan District Council election, Results by ward, Wyke ward\nDavid Warburton for Labour was the incumbent. There was a 3.1% swing from Labour to Conservative. UKIP were second in 2014 with 32.8% so the swing was 20.6% from UKIP to Labour and the biggest swing was 23.7% from UKIP to Conservative.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 60], "section_span": [62, 88], "content_span": [89, 324]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278303-0000-0000", "contents": "2018 City of Jesolo Trophy\nThe 2018 City of Jesolo Trophy was the 11th annual Trofeo di Jesolo gymnastics competition held in Jesolo, Italy. Both senior and junior gymnasts were invited to compete.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [26, 26], "content_span": [27, 197]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278304-0000-0000", "contents": "2018 City of Lincoln Council election\nThe 2018 City of Lincoln Council election took place on 3 May 2018 to elect members of City of Lincoln Council in England. This was held on the same day as other local elections. One third 33 seats were up for election, with one councillors in each of the 11 wards being elected. As the previous election in 2016 had been an all-out election with new ward boundaries, the seats of the candidates that had finished third in each ward in 2016 were up for election.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [37, 37], "content_span": [38, 501]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278305-0000-0000", "contents": "2018 City of Playford Tennis International\nThe 2018 City of Playford Tennis International was a professional tennis tournament played on hard courts. It was the first edition of the tournament which was part of the 2018 ATP Challenger Tour and the 2018 ITF Women's Circuit. It took place in Playford, Australia between 1 and 7 January 2018.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [42, 42], "content_span": [43, 340]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278305-0001-0000", "contents": "2018 City of Playford Tennis International, Men's singles main draw entrants, Other Entrants\nThe following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [44, 92], "content_span": [93, 161]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278305-0002-0000", "contents": "2018 City of Playford Tennis International, Women's singles main draw entrants, Other Entrants\nThe following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [44, 94], "content_span": [95, 163]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278306-0000-0000", "contents": "2018 City of Playford Tennis International \u2013 Men's Doubles\nMackenzie McDonald and Tommy Paul won the title after defeating Maverick Banes and Jason Kubler 7\u20136(7\u20134), 6\u20134 in the final.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 58], "section_span": [58, 58], "content_span": [59, 182]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278307-0000-0000", "contents": "2018 City of Playford Tennis International \u2013 Men's Singles\nJason Kubler won the title after defeating Brayden Schnur 6\u20134, 6\u20132 in the final.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 58], "section_span": [58, 58], "content_span": [59, 139]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278308-0000-0000", "contents": "2018 City of Wolverhampton Council election\nThe 2018 City of Wolverhampton Council election took place on 3 May 2018 to elect members of City of Wolverhampton Council in England. This was on the same day as other local elections.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [43, 43], "content_span": [44, 229]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278308-0001-0000", "contents": "2018 City of Wolverhampton Council election, Results\nLabour strengthened its position and subsequently its majority, after winning Spring Vale from UKIP of which was the party's only ever seat in the City and also gaining the once Conservative stronghold of Penn, marking the 1st time ever that Labour have had 2 out of the 3 seats, in the ward as mentioned.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [45, 52], "content_span": [53, 358]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278308-0002-0000", "contents": "2018 City of Wolverhampton Council election, Results\nThe election also saw the first victory of the Conservative's Jane Stevenson within the Tettenhall Wightwick ward, who then was elected as Member of Parliament for Wolverhampton North East, at the 2019 United Kingdom general election.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [45, 52], "content_span": [53, 287]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278308-0003-0000", "contents": "2018 City of Wolverhampton Council election, Results\nThe Composition of the Council as a result of May 3, 2018 stood at:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [45, 52], "content_span": [53, 120]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278308-0004-0000", "contents": "2018 City of Wolverhampton Council election, Results\nResults Breakdown - parties who stood no candidates in this election, but did in 2016 are not shown in the table", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [45, 52], "content_span": [53, 165]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278309-0000-0000", "contents": "2018 Civic Democratic Party leadership election\nThe next Civic Democratic Party (ODS) leadership election was to have been held on 13 January 2018. The incumbent leader Petr Fiala seeks reelection. Shadow Minister of Education V\u00e1clav Klaus Jr. was widely expected to run against Fiala. He is considered to be the most visible politician of the party. In December 2016, Czech bookmaker company Fortuna wrote a course for Klaus Jr. to replace Fiala on 20:1. Klaus Jr.. decided to not run against Fiala. Approximately 540 delegates were allowed to vote. Fiala received 451 votes and was elected for another term.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 47], "section_span": [47, 47], "content_span": [48, 610]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278309-0001-0000", "contents": "2018 Civic Democratic Party leadership election, Background\nPrevious election was held in 2016. Petr Fiala was elected for second term. Fiala's education advisor V\u00e1clav Klaus Jr. rejoined the party in January 2017. Klaus' father is a founder and the first leader of ODS and speculations that Klaus Jr. will become a rival to Fiala started. The leadership election will be held after 2017 legislative election. The result of the leadership election is expected be influenced by the legislative election.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 47], "section_span": [49, 59], "content_span": [60, 502]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278309-0002-0000", "contents": "2018 Civic Democratic Party leadership election, Background\nJaroslav Kubera stated on 14 August 2017 that 2018 leadership election will depend on party's result in 2017 legislative election. Kubera believes that if ODS receives less than 10%, Fiala will definitely be replaced as the leader. On 6 October 2017, Fiala stated that he doesn't intend to resign if ODS gets less than 10%.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 47], "section_span": [49, 59], "content_span": [60, 383]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278309-0003-0000", "contents": "2018 Civic Democratic Party leadership election, Background\nODS eventually received over 11% of votes and came second. The result was received positively in the party. V\u00e1clav Klaus Jr. on the other hand stated that 11% is a poor result that doesn't give the party a chance to uphold its ideas and also means that ODS will remain in opposition. Fiala himself stated that he will most likely seek reelection.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 47], "section_span": [49, 59], "content_span": [60, 406]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278309-0004-0000", "contents": "2018 Civic Democratic Party leadership election, Background\nOn 23 October 2017, Klaus Jr. stated that he believes he has a friendly relationship with Fiala and voices saying that he is Fiala's opponent are false On 5 November 2017, Vyso\u010dina regional organisation of ODS nominated Petr Fiala for the position of leader. Klaus Jr. ruled out his candidacy on 29 November 2017. Fiala received nomination from Prague organisation on the same day. On 1 December 2017, Fiala received nomination from \u00dast\u00ed regional organisation. Central Bohemian organisation gave nomination to Fiala on 2 December 2017. Liberec region gave its nomination for Fiala on 6 December 2017.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 47], "section_span": [49, 59], "content_span": [60, 660]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278309-0004-0001", "contents": "2018 Civic Democratic Party leadership election, Background\nOn 18 December 2017, Fiala received nomination from Olomuc regional organisation. Petr Fiala attended a congress of Hradec Kr\u00e1lov\u00e9 organisation of the party. He thanked members of the organisation for their work and stated that fight for survival of ODS is finished. Fiala then received nomination from the congress. South Bohemian ODS held a congress on 8 January 2018. It endorsed Fiala. The leader of South Bohemian ODS Martin Kuba stated that Fiala helped to get ODS from problems it had in 2013. He believes ODS doesn't have a persona that could replace Fiala. Fiala himself attended congress of Plze\u0148 region organisation and received its nomination.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 47], "section_span": [49, 59], "content_span": [60, 715]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278309-0005-0000", "contents": "2018 Civic Democratic Party leadership election, Voting\nFiala received nominations from all 14 regional organisations of the party and was the only candidate. Fiala talked about 2018 presidential election in his candidacy speech and stated that he wants Czech people to vote. He also warned against populist and stated that ODS should attract voters with ideas and a right-wing program. Of 544 delegates, 503 attended party's congress and thus participated in the election. Fiala needed to receive at least 252 votes. He received 451 votes of 483. 12 votes were invalid while 8 delegates didn't vote.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 47], "section_span": [49, 55], "content_span": [56, 600]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278310-0000-0000", "contents": "2018 Clare Senior Football Championship\nThe 2018 Clare Senior Football Championship will be the 121st staging of the Clare Senior Football Championship since its establishment by the Clare County Board in 1887.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [39, 39], "content_span": [40, 210]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278310-0001-0000", "contents": "2018 Clare Senior Football Championship\nThe defending champions and holders of the Jack Daly Cup were Kilmurry-Ibrickane who retained their crown to win their fifteenth overall senior title in October 2017.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [39, 39], "content_span": [40, 206]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278310-0002-0000", "contents": "2018 Clare Senior Football Championship\nIn 2017 it was decided that from 2019 onwards the Clare Senior Football Championship would be cut from sixteen to twelve teams. This means that five clubs will lose their senior status and be relegated down to the Clare Intermediate Football Championship for 2019. The eleven remaining senior clubs will be joined by the 2018 intermediate champions to form the new championship.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [39, 39], "content_span": [40, 418]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278311-0000-0000", "contents": "2018 Clare Senior Hurling Championship\nThe 2018 Clare Senior Hurling Championship was the 120th staging of the Clare Senior Hurling Championship since its establishment by the Clare County Board in 1887. The draw for the opening round fixtures took place in April 2018. The championship began on 18 August 2018 and ended on 21 October 2018.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [38, 38], "content_span": [39, 340]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278311-0001-0000", "contents": "2018 Clare Senior Hurling Championship\nSixmilebridge were the defending champions, however, they were defeated by Cratloe at the quarter-final stage. St. Joseph's Doora-Barefield were relegated from the championship.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [38, 38], "content_span": [39, 216]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278311-0002-0000", "contents": "2018 Clare Senior Hurling Championship\nOn 21 October 2018, Ballyea won the championship following a 1\u201320 to 1\u201314 defeat of Cratloe in the final. This was their second championship title overall and their first title in two championship seasons.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [38, 38], "content_span": [39, 244]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278311-0003-0000", "contents": "2018 Clare Senior Hurling Championship\nBallyea's Niall Deasy was the championship's top scorer with 2-48.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [38, 38], "content_span": [39, 105]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278312-0000-0000", "contents": "2018 Clarkson Cup\nThe 2018 Clarkson Cup was held at the Ricoh Coliseum in Toronto on 25 March 2018 with the Markham Thunder defeating the Kunlun Red Star by a score of 2\u20131. Laura Stacey scored the game-winning goal with 2 minutes 11 seconds remaining in the overtime period. Markahm's earlier goal had been scored by Nicole Brown. Markham's goaltender Erica Howe was named the Most Valuable Player.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 17], "section_span": [17, 17], "content_span": [18, 398]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278312-0001-0000", "contents": "2018 Clarkson Cup, Clarkson Cup playoffs\nLaura Stacey would score against Noora Raty of the Kunlun Red Star with 2:11 left in the 4-on-4 overtime, as Markham prevailed by a 2\u20131 score for its first Clarkson Cup win.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 17], "section_span": [19, 40], "content_span": [41, 214]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278313-0000-0000", "contents": "2018 Classic Loire-Atlantique\nThe 2018 Classic Loire-Atlantique was the 19th edition of the Classic Loire-Atlantique road cycling one day race. It was held on 24 March 2018 as part of UCI Europe Tour in category 1.1.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [29, 29], "content_span": [30, 216]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278313-0001-0000", "contents": "2018 Classic Loire-Atlantique, Teams\nNineteen teams of up to seven riders started the race:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 36], "content_span": [37, 91]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278314-0000-0000", "contents": "2018 Classic de l'Ard\u00e8che\nThe 2018 Faun Environnement - Classic de l'Ard\u00e8che Rh\u00f4ne Crussol was the 18th edition of the Classic Sud-Ard\u00e8che road cycling one day race. It was part of UCI Europe Tour in category 1.1.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [25, 25], "content_span": [26, 214]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278314-0001-0000", "contents": "2018 Classic de l'Ard\u00e8che, Teams\nTwenty-two teams were invited to take part in the race. These included five UCI World Tour teams, thirteen UCI Professional Continental teams, three UCI Continental teams and one national team.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 32], "content_span": [33, 226]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278315-0000-0000", "contents": "2018 Clemson Tigers football team\nThe 2018 Clemson Tigers football team represented Clemson University during the 2018 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The Tigers played their home games at Memorial Stadium, also known as \"Death Valley,\" and competed in the Atlantic Division of the Atlantic Coast Conference. They were led by head coach Dabo Swinney in his tenth full year and 11th overall since taking over midway through 2008 season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [33, 33], "content_span": [34, 441]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278315-0001-0000", "contents": "2018 Clemson Tigers football team\nClemson, coming off a College Football Playoff semi-final loss to Alabama in 2017, began the year ranked second in the preseason AP Poll and Coaches Poll. The Tigers won all 12 of their regular season games, securing their first undefeated regular season since 2015. Clemson won their fourth consecutive ACC title by defeating Pittsburgh in the 2018 ACC Championship Game. In the final College Football Playoff rankings of the 2018 season, Clemson was ranked second, earning them their fourth consecutive playoff bid and a spot in the 2018 Cotton Bowl Classic against third-ranked Notre Dame.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [33, 33], "content_span": [34, 626]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278315-0001-0001", "contents": "2018 Clemson Tigers football team\nThe Tigers won that game 30\u20133, advancing them to the 2019 College Football Playoff National Championship against Alabama, their fourth consecutive year meeting the Crimson Tide in the playoff and third time in four years doing so in the national title game. Clemson won that game in dominant fashion, 44\u201316, to win the Tigers' third national championship in school history and second in three years. They were the first undefeated College Football Playoff champion and the first major college football program to finish with a record of 15\u20130 since Penn in 1897. The team is considered by some analysts to be one of the greatest in college football history.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [33, 33], "content_span": [34, 690]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278315-0002-0000", "contents": "2018 Clemson Tigers football team\nThe Tigers were led offensively by true freshman quarterback Trevor Lawrence, who won a highly publicized battle for the starting role over 2017 starter Kelly Bryant. Sophomore running back Travis Etienne contributed significantly, rushing for over 1,600 yards and an FBS-leading 24 rushing touchdowns. He was named ACC Player of the Year following the regular season. On defense, the team was anchored by a highly touted, veteran defensive line consisting of Clelin Ferrell, Christian Wilkins, Dexter Lawrence, and Austin Bryant\u2014all of whom were subsequently drafted in the 2019 NFL Draft.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [33, 33], "content_span": [34, 624]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278315-0003-0000", "contents": "2018 Clemson Tigers football team, Previous season\nThe Tigers finished the 2017 season 12\u20132, 7\u20131 in ACC play to finish in first place in the Atlantic Division. They won the ACC for the third consecutive season by beating Miami in the ACC Championship Game, 38\u20133. Clemson received their third straight bid to the College Football Playoff, earning the number one seed. The Tigers fell to fourth-seeded and eventual national champion Alabama in the semifinal game, the Sugar Bowl, 6\u201324.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 50], "content_span": [51, 483]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278315-0004-0000", "contents": "2018 Clemson Tigers football team, Offseason, Offseason departures, Transfers\n^ Prior to the season, C.J. Fuller decided to transfer from the program. However, on October 3, 2018, before he elected a school to transfer to, Fuller died due to a blood clot in his lung. Fuller, age 22, had had surgery two weeks before his death.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 77], "content_span": [78, 327]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278315-0005-0000", "contents": "2018 Clemson Tigers football team, Offseason, Offseason departures, Transfers\n* Kelly Bryant decided to transfer schools after playing in four games during the 2018 season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 77], "content_span": [78, 172]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278315-0006-0000", "contents": "2018 Clemson Tigers football team, Offseason, Recruits\nThe Tigers signed a total of 17 recruits, 15 on early signing day and 2 on National Signing Day. The 2018 class was ranked as the best in the ACC and the seventh best nationally by the 247Sports.com Composite Rankings.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 54], "content_span": [55, 273]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278315-0007-0000", "contents": "2018 Clemson Tigers football team, Preseason, ACC media poll\nThe ACC media poll was released on July 24, 2018. Clemson was the consensus pick to repeat as ACC Champion, receiving 145 votes out of 148 to win the Atlantic Division and 139 of 148 votes to win the Conference Championship.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 60], "content_span": [61, 285]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278315-0008-0000", "contents": "2018 Clemson Tigers football team, Schedule\nClemson announced its 2018 football schedule on January 17, 2018. The 2018 schedule consisted of seven home games and five away games in the regular season. The Tigers hosted ACC foes Syracuse, NC State, Louisville, and Duke and traveled to Georgia Tech, Wake Forest, Florida State and Boston College.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 43], "content_span": [44, 345]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278315-0009-0000", "contents": "2018 Clemson Tigers football team, Schedule\nThe Tigers hosted three of the four non-conference opponents, Furman from the Southern Conference, Georgia Southern from Sun Belt Conference and South Carolina from the SEC, and traveled to Texas A&M from the SEC.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 43], "content_span": [44, 257]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278315-0010-0000", "contents": "2018 Clemson Tigers football team, Depth chart\nDepth chart shown is one released for Oct 20 game vs. NC State.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 46], "content_span": [47, 110]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278315-0011-0000", "contents": "2018 Clemson Tigers football team, Game summaries, Furman\nClemson's first game of the year was against in-state FCS foe Furman. Clemson won in a blowout, 48\u20137.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 57], "content_span": [58, 159]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278315-0012-0000", "contents": "2018 Clemson Tigers football team, Game summaries, Furman\nThe Tigers' quarterback situation had dominated discussion of the team in the offseason, with 2017 starter Kelly Bryant in jeopardy of losing the starting job to highly touted true freshman Trevor Lawrence. The week before the season opener, head coach Dabo Swinney announced that Bryant would start the game against Furman but Lawrence would see significant playing time. Swinney stuck to the game plan, as Bryant played the first quarter, Lawrence the second, and each quarterback played in two drives to start the second half.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 57], "content_span": [58, 587]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278315-0013-0000", "contents": "2018 Clemson Tigers football team, Game summaries, Furman\nClemson opened the scoring in the first quarter with a 40 yard touchdown pass from Kelly Bryant to Amari Rodgers. The next drive ended with a 35-yard field goal from kicker Greg Huegel to make the score 10\u20130. Trevor Lawrence's first drive in the second quarter also ended with a field goal by Huegel, this time from 49 yards. The next drive was an 11-play, 95-yard drive that ended with Lawrence's first career touchdown, a six-yard pass from Lawrence to Diondre Overton. Travis Etienne added another touchdown on the ground before the half to make the score 27\u20130. In the second half, Kelly Bryant scored on a 35-yard touchdown run, and Trevor Lawrence added two more touchdowns through the air. Furman scored their first points via a 16-yard touchdown pass with 1:18 left to go, bringing the final score to 48\u20137.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 57], "content_span": [58, 871]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278315-0014-0000", "contents": "2018 Clemson Tigers football team, Game summaries, at Texas A&M\nIn Clemson's second game of the season, the Tigers traveled to College Station, Texas to play Texas A&M of the SEC. Clemson held off a late Texas A&M comeback attempt to win 28\u201326.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 63], "content_span": [64, 244]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278315-0015-0000", "contents": "2018 Clemson Tigers football team, Game summaries, at Texas A&M\nDabo Swinney again said he intended to play both Kelly Bryant and Trevor Lawrence at quarterback in the game against Texas A&M, as he did against Furman in week 1. Bryant started the game, scoring on a one-yard touchdown run late in the first quarter to take a 7\u20133 lead over the Aggies. Trevor Lawrence was brought in in the second quarter, completing a 64-yard touchdown pass to Tee Higgins on his first pass attempt, bringing the score to 14\u20133. A 50-yard field goal attempt by Texas A&M was blocked by Dexter Lawrence in the second quarter.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 63], "content_span": [64, 606]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278315-0015-0001", "contents": "2018 Clemson Tigers football team, Game summaries, at Texas A&M\nTrevor Lawrence and Bryant struggled to score for the rest of the half, however, and the 14\u20133 score carried into halftime. In the third quarter, Clemson and Texas A&M traded touchdowns for several drives. Kelly Bryant completed an eight-yard touchdown pass to Diondre Overton to make the score 21\u20136 in favor of Clemson, which was answered by a nine-yard touchdown pass by Texas A&M's Kellen Mond to Kendrick Rogers. Clemson's Travis Etienne capped off a 75-yard drive with a one-yard touchdown run, and Texas A&M responded with another touchdown pass from Kellend Mond to bring the score to 28\u201320 Clemson.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 63], "content_span": [64, 669]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278315-0015-0002", "contents": "2018 Clemson Tigers football team, Game summaries, at Texas A&M\nThe Aggies were poised to score with less than two minutes remaining in the fourth quarter, but wide receiver Quartney Davis fumbled the ball near the goal line, which was ruled to have gone out of bounds in the endzone, resulting in a touchback and Clemson's ball. The Aggies forced a three-and-out, however, and regained possession with 1:12 left to play. Kellen Mond's offense marched down the field and scored a 24-yard touchdown completion to Kendrick Rogers with 46 seconds to go. The Aggies' two-point try to potentially tie the game ended with a Kellen Mond interception, however, and Clemson ran out the clock to end the game.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 63], "content_span": [64, 699]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278315-0016-0000", "contents": "2018 Clemson Tigers football team, Game summaries, Georgia Southern\nClemson's third game of the season, a home game against Georgia Southern of the Sun Belt Conference, was put in jeopardy by Hurricane Florence. The hurricane made landfall near Wrightsville Beach, North Carolina the day before the game was set to be played, and was forecast to move south toward South Carolina late Saturday.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 67], "content_span": [68, 393]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278315-0016-0001", "contents": "2018 Clemson Tigers football team, Game summaries, Georgia Southern\nClemson officials decided not to cancel or change the location of the game, as was being done for other football games being played in the Carolinas that weekend, but did move game time up to noon from its originally scheduled time of 4:30\u00a0p.m. Clemson won the game 38\u20137 in front of a packed crowd at Memorial Stadium.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 67], "content_span": [68, 386]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278315-0017-0000", "contents": "2018 Clemson Tigers football team, Game summaries, Georgia Southern\nClemson followed the pattern of its previous two games by starting Kelly Bryant at quarterback but bringing in Trevor Lawrence for equal playing time. The Tigers three drives in the first quarter all failed to score, ending with an interception thrown by Bryant, a missed field goal, and a fumble by Adam Choice, respectively. In the second quarter, Trevor Lawrence led a 93-yard drive that ended with a one-yard touchdown run by Travis Etienne. Bryant began the following drive at quarterback but came off the field due to an apparent injury.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 67], "content_span": [68, 612]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278315-0017-0001", "contents": "2018 Clemson Tigers football team, Game summaries, Georgia Southern\nTwo plays later, Trevor Lawrence completed a 57-yard touchdown pass to Justyn Ross. Clemson's next drive ended in a one-yard touchdown run by Tavien Feaster, bringing the score to 21\u20130 just before the half. In the second half, Kelly Bryant did not return from his injury, which head coach Dabo Swinney described as a chest bruise. After Clemson scored a 37-yard field goal by kicker Greg Huegel, Georgia Southern scored their only touchdown on the day early in the fourth quarter via a six-yard touchdown run by Shai Werts.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 67], "content_span": [68, 591]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278315-0017-0002", "contents": "2018 Clemson Tigers football team, Game summaries, Georgia Southern\nTravis Etienne scored on a 40-yard touchdown run later in the quarter, which was followed by a 10-yard touchdown run by Adam Choice to bring the final score to 38\u20137. Etienne finished with a career-best 162 yards rushing and two touchdowns in the game. Trevor Lawrence improved his career best to 194 passing yards to go along with one touchdown and one interception.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 67], "content_span": [68, 434]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278315-0018-0000", "contents": "2018 Clemson Tigers football team, Game summaries, at Georgia Tech\nClemson opened its ACC conference schedule with a road game against Georgia Tech. The Tigers won convincingly, 49\u201321.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 66], "content_span": [67, 184]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278315-0019-0000", "contents": "2018 Clemson Tigers football team, Game summaries, at Georgia Tech\nFor what would prove to be the final time, Kelly Bryant started the game at quarterback. He played only two drives in the first half, both of which ended in punts, and after which Trevor Lawrence was brought in. Clemson's first score of the game was a fumble recovery in the end zone by Clelin Ferrell. The Tigers' next score came from a 17-yard touchdown pass from Trevor Lawrence to Hunter Renfrow. A 53-yard touchdown pass from Lawrence to Justyn Ross on the next drive made the game 21\u20130 in the second quarter.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 66], "content_span": [67, 581]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278315-0019-0001", "contents": "2018 Clemson Tigers football team, Game summaries, at Georgia Tech\nOn the next drive, an intended screen pass from Lawrence deflected off a Clemson lineman and was caught by Georgia Tech's Desmond Branch. Georgia Tech then scored their lone points of the first half via an 11-yard touchdown run by TaQuon Marshall. Clemson led another touchdown drive, ending in a 3-yard pass from Lawrence to Travis Etienne, just before the half to make the score 28\u20137. The third quarter featured touchdown runs by Tavien Feater and Etienne, after which the score was 42\u20137.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 66], "content_span": [67, 557]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278315-0019-0002", "contents": "2018 Clemson Tigers football team, Game summaries, at Georgia Tech\nGeorgia Tech added touchdowns via a two-yard score by Nathan Cottrell and a five-yard pass from Tobias Oliver to Clinton Lynch. The last score of the game was a 30-yard touchdown pass from Trevor Lawrence to Tee Higgins. Lawrence finished the day with 176 passing yards, four touchdown passes and one interception.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 66], "content_span": [67, 381]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278315-0020-0000", "contents": "2018 Clemson Tigers football team, Game summaries, Syracuse\nClemson's next game was their conference home opener against Syracuse, the team that had given Clemson their sole regular season loss the previous year. The Tigers led a fourth quarter comeback to win the 2018 match-up, 27\u201323.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 59], "content_span": [60, 286]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278315-0021-0000", "contents": "2018 Clemson Tigers football team, Game summaries, Syracuse\nThe Clemson quarterback situation came to a head during the week leading up to the game. Head coach Dabo Swinney decided that Trevor Lawrence would be the starter going forward, supplanting 2017 starter Kelly Bryant, who had started each of the first four games but split drives with Lawrence. The next day, Bryant announced he intended to transfer schools. In order to take advantage of a new NCAA rule that allowed players to redshirt after appearing in a maximum of four games, Bryant, a senior, would have to sit the remainder of the year in order to save his remaining eligibility.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 59], "content_span": [60, 646]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278315-0022-0000", "contents": "2018 Clemson Tigers football team, Game summaries, Syracuse\nSyracuse opened the scoring in the game by scoring field goals on each of their first two drives. Trevor Lawrence led a 60-yard drive that ended with a one-yard touchdown run by Travis Etienne to make the score 7\u20136 Clemson at the end of the first quarter. Syracuse's Eric Dungey responded with a 70-yard drive that ended with him scoring a one-yard rushing touchdown to take the lead for the Orange. The following Clemson drive ended with Trevor Lawrence taking a hard hit to the head. He would not re-enter the game, and since Kelly Bryant could not enter the game without burning his redshirt, third string quarterback Chase Brice would need to lead the Clemson comeback. Syracuse kicked another field goal to bring the score to 16\u20137 Syracuse at halftime.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 59], "content_span": [60, 817]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278315-0023-0000", "contents": "2018 Clemson Tigers football team, Game summaries, Syracuse\nIn the third quarter, Greg Huegel kicked 43- and 37-yard field goals for Clemson to bring the score to 16\u201313 in favor of Syracuse. The Orange extended their lead to 10 points after recovering a muffed punt at the Clemson 10 yard line, after which Eric Dungey scored on a one-yard touchdown run. Travis Etienne cut the deficit back to three points with a 26-yard touchdown run with 11 minutes remaining in the fourth quarter.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 59], "content_span": [60, 484]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278315-0023-0001", "contents": "2018 Clemson Tigers football team, Game summaries, Syracuse\nWith six minutes remaining, Chase Brice and Etienne led the go-ahead, 94-yard scoring drive that ended with a one-yard touchdown run by Etienne with 41 seconds remaining in the game. Syracuse failed to move the ball in the final seconds, helped by two sacks by Clemson freshman Xavier Thomas, and the game was over. Travis Etienne ended with a career high 203 rushing yards and three touchdowns.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 59], "content_span": [60, 455]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278315-0024-0000", "contents": "2018 Clemson Tigers football team, Game summaries, at Wake Forest\nThe Tigers' next game was a conference road game against Wake Forest. Clemson dominated the game, 63\u20133.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 65], "content_span": [66, 169]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278315-0025-0000", "contents": "2018 Clemson Tigers football team, Game summaries, at Wake Forest\nQuarterback Trevor Lawrence, back from the head injury he sustained the previous week, started the game. The Tigers offense struggled early in the game, failing to score on their first three drives. Travis Etienne opened the scoring in the first quarter with a 59-yard touchdown run. He added another touchdown run early in the second quarter to bring the score to 14\u20130. Trevor Lawrence passed for two first half touchdowns, first on a 55-yard connection to Justyn Ross, then on a 20-yard pass to Tee Higgins just before the half.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 65], "content_span": [66, 596]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278315-0025-0001", "contents": "2018 Clemson Tigers football team, Game summaries, at Wake Forest\nIn the third quarter, Etienne scored another long touchdown, this one from 70 yards on Clemson's first offensive play of the second half. Wake Forest scored their only points of the game, a 25-yard field goal by Nick Sciba, in the third quarter. Clemson running back Lyn-J Dixon scored two second half touchdowns, including a 65-yard touchdown run. Adam Choice had a 64-yard touchdown run as well. Etienne, Dixon, and Choice all surpassed 125 rushing yards on the day, the first time three Clemson players each surpassed that mark in one game. Players said they considered the rushing performance by the team a fitting tribute to former Clemson running back C.J. Fuller, a member of the 2016 championship team that died unexpectedly from a blood clot the week of this game.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 65], "content_span": [66, 839]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278315-0026-0000", "contents": "2018 Clemson Tigers football team, Game summaries, NC State\nAfter Clemson's win against Wake Forest, the Tigers returned home to face their first ranked opponent in 2018, the 16th-ranked NC State Wolfpack. Clemson won in a rout, 41\u20137.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 59], "content_span": [60, 234]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278315-0027-0000", "contents": "2018 Clemson Tigers football team, Game summaries, NC State\nClemson's first drive of the game was a 57-yard drive that ended with a three-yard touchdown run by Travis Etienne. Later in the first quarter, Trevor Lawrence completed a 46-yard touchdown pass to Tee Higgins as the Tigers jumped out to an early 14\u20130 lead. With 46 seconds left in the first half, Etienne ran for another short touchdown from two yards out. NC State quarterback Ryan Finley threw an interception to Clemson defender K'Von Wallace, who returned it to the NC State 4 yard line with 19 seconds in the half.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 59], "content_span": [60, 580]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278315-0027-0001", "contents": "2018 Clemson Tigers football team, Game summaries, NC State\nGreg Huegel converted the 28-yard field goal to bring the score to 24\u20130 Clemson at halftime. In the third quarter, Travis Etienne scored his third touchdown of the day, a one-yard run that extended Clemson's lead to 31\u20130. NC State scored their only points on the day via a nine-yard touchdown run by Reggie Gallaspy II early in the fourth quarter. Clemson added another field goal by Huegel and a two-yard touchdown run by Lyn-J Dixon before the end of the game. Trevor Lawrence finished with a career best 308 passing yards in the game.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 59], "content_span": [60, 597]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278315-0028-0000", "contents": "2018 Clemson Tigers football team, Game summaries, at Florida State\nFollowing the home win against NC State, Clemson traveled to Tallahassee, Florida to face Florida State, seeking to become the first ACC team to ever beat the Seminoles in four consecutive years. Clemson did so by winning in dominant fashion, 59\u201310.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 67], "content_span": [68, 317]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278315-0029-0000", "contents": "2018 Clemson Tigers football team, Game summaries, at Florida State\nBoth offenses were held scoreless in the first quarter. Early in the second quarter, Trevor Lawrence opened the scoring for the Tigers with a seven-yard touchdown pass to Tee Higgins. The next Clemson drive ended the same way, with a three-yard touchdown pass from Lawrence to Higgins. Later in the quarter, Clemson lined up on the goal-line in a \"Fridge Package\" with defensive linemen Christian Wilkins and Dexter Lawrence in the backfield. Wilkins received the handoff and scored his first career rushing touchdown.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 67], "content_span": [68, 586]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278315-0029-0001", "contents": "2018 Clemson Tigers football team, Game summaries, at Florida State\nClemson scored another touchdown via a two-yard run by tight end Garrett Williams to bring the score to 28\u20130 before the half. In Clemson's first drive of the second half, Trevor Lawrence connected with Amari Rodgers for a 58-yard touchdown pass. The two connected again later in the quarter for a 68-yard score, after which it was 45\u20130 Clemson. Florida State kicker Ricky Aguayo completed a 35-yard field goal in the third quarter to break up the shutout. In the fourth quarter, Clemson running back Adam Choice scored on a 15-yard run. Florida State's final points came via a 73-yard pass from quarterback James Blackman to Keyshawn Helton with 4:43 left to go in the game. The final score of 59\u201310 was Florida State's worst home loss in program history.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 67], "content_span": [68, 823]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278315-0030-0000", "contents": "2018 Clemson Tigers football team, Game summaries, Louisville\nAfter the win against Florida State, Clemson returned home once again to play Louisville. The Tigers won in another blowout, 77\u201316.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 61], "content_span": [62, 193]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278315-0031-0000", "contents": "2018 Clemson Tigers football team, Game summaries, Louisville\nClemson received the kickoff the start the game, and on their opening drive marched down the field 75 yards and scored via a 10-yard touchdown run by Travis Etienne. The next Clemson drive was over after one play thanks to a 70-yard touchdown run by Tavien Feater, and the Tigers were up 14\u20130 less than three minutes into the game. After Louisville kicked a 25-yard field goal, Clemson finished another 75-yard drive with an 11-yard touchdown completion from Trevor Lawrence to Tee Higgins. Early in the second quarter, Louisville quarterback Jawon Pass threw a pass that was intercepted by Clemson's Isaiah Simmons and returned 27 yards for a touchdown. In the final minute of the half, Lawrence completed a three yard touchdown pass to Amari Rogers, and the score was 35\u20133 at halftime.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 61], "content_span": [62, 849]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278315-0032-0000", "contents": "2018 Clemson Tigers football team, Game summaries, Louisville\nEarly in the third quarter, Clemson brought out the \"Fridge Package\" on the goal-line, as they had done the week prior against Florida State. This time it was defensive lineman Dexter Lawrence that scored his first career rushing touchdown from two yards out. Louisville's next drive ended in another intercepted pass, returned to the Louisville nine yard line by Tanner Muse. Clemson running back Tavien Foster scored a three-yard touchdown three plays later.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 61], "content_span": [62, 522]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278315-0032-0001", "contents": "2018 Clemson Tigers football team, Game summaries, Louisville\nBackup quarterback Chase Brice played the rest of the game, and his next two drives ended in touchdown passes, first on a six-yard pass to Trevion Thompson, then on a 59-yard completion to Justyn Ross, after which the score was 63\u20133, still in the third quarter. Louisville's Steven Sawicki returned the ensuing kick-off 93 yards for their first touchdown of the day. Clemson running back Lyn-J Dixon ended the next drive with a 55-yard touchdown run.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 61], "content_span": [62, 512]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278315-0032-0002", "contents": "2018 Clemson Tigers football team, Game summaries, Louisville\nLouisville added another touchdown via a 10-yard run by Malik Cunningham, and Clemson ended the scoring on the day with Chase Brice's third touchdown pass, to Will Swinney for eight yards. Clemson's 77 points on the day were the most for the Tigers since an 82\u201324 victory over Wake Forest in Clemson's 1981 championship season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 61], "content_span": [62, 389]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278315-0033-0000", "contents": "2018 Clemson Tigers football team, Game summaries, at Boston College\nClemson next traveled to play 17th-ranked Boston College in Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts, with a chance to clinch the ACC's Atlantic Division for the fourth consecutive year. The Tigers did just that, winning the game handily, 27\u20137.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 68], "content_span": [69, 301]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278315-0034-0000", "contents": "2018 Clemson Tigers football team, Game summaries, at Boston College\nClemson received the kick-off and got as far as the Boston College 12 yard line but settled for a 30-yard field goal to take the 3\u20130 lead. Boston College's first possession ended with starting quarterback Anthony Brown being taken down by Clemson defensive lineman Christian Wilkins, suffering an apparent injury. He walked off the field under his own power but did not return to the game. Clemson's next possession ended in a punt, which was returned 74 yards for a touchdown by Boston College's Michael Walker.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 68], "content_span": [69, 581]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278315-0034-0001", "contents": "2018 Clemson Tigers football team, Game summaries, at Boston College\nClemson responded with a 70-yard touchdown drive that ended with a two-yard pass from Trevor Lawrence to Milan Richard to retake the lead. Clemson added another field goal from 23 yards out early in the second quarter. Both teams failed to score for the rest of the half, and the 13\u20137 score carried into halftime. Clemson's first offensive drive of the second half ended with Trevor Lawrence's first career rushing touchdown, a six yard run. Early in the fourth quarter, Amari Rogers returned a Boston College punt 58 yards for a touchdown, which brought the score to 27\u20137, which held until the end of the game.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 68], "content_span": [69, 680]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278315-0035-0000", "contents": "2018 Clemson Tigers football team, Game summaries, Duke\nClemson's last conference game was a home game against Duke. The Tigers secured a perfect conference finish by beating the Blue Devils 35\u20136.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 55], "content_span": [56, 196]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278315-0036-0000", "contents": "2018 Clemson Tigers football team, Game summaries, Duke\nClemson's offense started out slow, punting on each of their first three drives, and the defense allowed two Duke field goals, bringing the score to 6\u20130 in favor of Duke at the end of the first quarter. But Clemson completed a 75-yard drive that ended with a two-yard Tavien Feaster touchdown run early in the second quarter to take the lead. With 1:16 left in the first half, the Tigers added another touchdown via a 19-yard pass from Trevor Lawrence to Justyn Ross, and the score was 14\u20136 at the half.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 55], "content_span": [56, 559]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278315-0036-0001", "contents": "2018 Clemson Tigers football team, Game summaries, Duke\nIn the second half, Clemson scored on three straight drives to bring the game out of reach. First, Travis Etienne scored a 27-yard touchdown run, followed by a 29-yard touchdown run on the next drive. Trevor Lawrence completed a 10-yard touchdown pass to T.J. Chase early in the fourth quarter to bring the score to 35\u20136, which held until the end of the game. Lawrence finished with 251 yards and two touchdowns on the day.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 55], "content_span": [56, 479]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278315-0037-0000", "contents": "2018 Clemson Tigers football team, Game summaries, South Carolina\nClemson's last game of the regular season was against in-state rival South Carolina, a member of the Southeastern Conference. Clemson won the game 56\u201335 to secure a perfect 12\u20130 regular season, their first since 2015 and third in school history.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 65], "content_span": [66, 311]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278315-0038-0000", "contents": "2018 Clemson Tigers football team, Game summaries, South Carolina\nSouth Carolina received the opening kick-off, and marched down the field 75 yards on their first drive and scored on a nine-yard touchdown pass from Jake Bentley to Deebo Samuel. Clemson responded with their own 75-yard drive, which ended with a one-yard score by Adam Choice. The next Clemson drive ended with a 22-yard touchdown pass from Trevor Lawrence to Tee Higgins, bringing the score to 14\u20137 Clemson. One drive later, defensive lineman Christian Wilkins scored on fourth and one from the South Carolina one yard line, his second rushing touchdown on the year.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 65], "content_span": [66, 633]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278315-0038-0001", "contents": "2018 Clemson Tigers football team, Game summaries, South Carolina\nSouth Carolina responded with a 67-yard touchdown pass from Bentley to Kiel Pollard, and the score was 21\u201314 Clemson in the second quarter. Clemson and South Carolina traded touchdowns again before the end of the half, first with Clemson's Adam Choice scoring a two-yard touchdown run, followed by a 75-yard connection from South Carolina's Jake Bentley to Deebo Samuel. Clemson's Greg Huegel missed a 39-yard field goal at the end of the half, and the score was 28\u201321 Clemson at halftime.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 65], "content_span": [66, 555]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278315-0039-0000", "contents": "2018 Clemson Tigers football team, Game summaries, South Carolina\nThe Tigers started the second half with a 10-play, 75-yard drive that ended with a 2-yard touchdown run by Travis Etienne. The two following Clemson drives ended with a 13-yard touchdown run by Tavien Feaster and then a 15-yard touchdown run by Adam Choice to extend their lead to 49\u201321 early in the fourth quarter. South Carolina added two touchdowns, first by a 32-yard touchdown pass from Bentley to Samuel, then by a 20-yard touchdown pass from Bentley to Shi Smith with 3:37 left to play.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 65], "content_span": [66, 559]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278315-0039-0001", "contents": "2018 Clemson Tigers football team, Game summaries, South Carolina\nTravis Etienne added another Clemson touchdown via a 7-yard run in the last minute of the game, bringing the final score to 56\u201335. The 35 points surrendered by the Tigers was the most given up by the team since the 2016 ACC Championship Game against Virginia Tech. Trevor Lawrence threw for a career-high 393 yards in the game.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 65], "content_span": [66, 393]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278315-0040-0000", "contents": "2018 Clemson Tigers football team, Game summaries, Pittsburgh \u2013 ACC Championship Game\nClemson, champions of the Atlantic Coast Conference's Atlantic Division, faced off against Coastal Division champion Pittsburgh in the 2018 ACC Championship Game, played in Charlotte, North Carolina. Clemson won the game in a blowout, 42\u201310, to secure their fourth consecutive ACC title.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 85], "content_span": [86, 373]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278315-0041-0000", "contents": "2018 Clemson Tigers football team, Game summaries, Pittsburgh \u2013 ACC Championship Game\nOn the very first offensive play of the game, Clemson running back Travis Etienne ran 75 yards for a touchdown to give the Tigers the early lead. Later in the first quarter, Clemson safety Isaiah Simmons forced a Pittsbugh fumble on their own 21 yard line, which was returned to the three yard line by Christian Wilkins. Travis Etienne scored on a three-yard run on the next play. Pittsburgh got on the board later in the quarter with a 37-yard field goal by Alex Kessman.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 85], "content_span": [86, 558]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278315-0041-0001", "contents": "2018 Clemson Tigers football team, Game summaries, Pittsburgh \u2013 ACC Championship Game\nA one-yard touchdown run by Pittsburgh's Qadree Ollison made the score 14\u201310 Clemson midway through the second quarter. Trevor Lawrence extended the lead with a five-yard touchdown completion to Tee Higgins. In the final minute of the half, Pittsburgh quarterback Kenny Pickett threw an interception to Clemson's A.J. Terrell, who returned it to the Pittsburgh 10 yard line. Lawrence and Higgins connected again on the following play to bring the score to 28\u201310 at halftime.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 85], "content_span": [86, 560]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278315-0042-0000", "contents": "2018 Clemson Tigers football team, Game summaries, Pittsburgh \u2013 ACC Championship Game\nBoth offenses were held scoreless in the third quarter. In the early fourth quarter, Adam Choice closed out a 69-yard Clemson drive with a one-yard touchdown run. Later in the quarter, Lyn-J Dixon scored on a four-yard touchdown run, bringing the score to 42\u201310, which held until the end of the game. Travis Etienne finished with 156 rushing yards and two touchdowns in the game.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 85], "content_span": [86, 465]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278315-0043-0000", "contents": "2018 Clemson Tigers football team, Game summaries, Notre Dame \u2013 Cotton Bowl\nIn the final College Football Playoff rankings of the year, released on December 2, Clemson was ranked second, which earned them a spot in the CFP semi-final to be played at the 2018 Cotton Bowl Classic. Their opponent was the Notre Dame Fighting Irish, ranked third by the playoff committee and also undefeated. The winner would go on to the 2019 College Football Playoff National Championship to play the winner of the other semi-final game, the 2018 Orange Bowl. Clemson opened as an 11.5-point favorite against the Irish by Las Vegas sportsbooks. Prior to the game, starting defensive lineman Dexter Lawrence and two backups, Zach Giella and Braden Galloway, tested positive for a banned substance, ostarine, and were told by the NCAA they must sit out the Cotton Bowl while awaiting results of further tests.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 75], "content_span": [76, 889]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278315-0044-0000", "contents": "2018 Clemson Tigers football team, Game summaries, Notre Dame \u2013 Cotton Bowl\nThe Cotton Bowl Classic began with both teams trading field goals in the first quarter. Early in the second quarter, Clemson scored their first touchdown via a 52-yard touchdown pass from Trevor Lawrence to Justyn Ross. Greg Huegel's extra point attempt was blocked, and the score was 9\u20133 Clemson. Lawrence and Ross connected again later in the quarter, this time on a 42-yard touchdown pass with 1:44 left to go in the half.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 75], "content_span": [76, 501]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278315-0044-0001", "contents": "2018 Clemson Tigers football team, Game summaries, Notre Dame \u2013 Cotton Bowl\nClemson got the ball back with 46 seconds to go, and Trevor Lawrence led an 80-yard drive in that time that ended with a 19-yard pass to Tee Higgins to extend their lead to 23\u20133 at halftime. In the third quarter, Travis Etienne scored on a 62-yard touchdown run. Both teams failed to score for the rest of the game, and 30\u20133 was the final score. Trevor Lawrence finished with 327 yards and was awarded MVP of the game along with defensive lineman Austin Bryant.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 75], "content_span": [76, 537]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278315-0045-0000", "contents": "2018 Clemson Tigers football team, Game summaries, Alabama \u2013 CFP National Championship\nBy winning the Cotton Bowl Classic, Clemson advanced to the 2019 College Football Playoff National Championship to play the winner of the Orange Bowl, Alabama. This was Clemson's third appearance in the CFP championship game in four years, all of which were played against Alabama. The Crimson Tide won their first CFP match-up in 2016 (2015 season), and Clemson won the rematch in 2017 (2016 season). The Crimson Tide and Tigers also met in the CFP semi-finals the previous season, where Alabama was victorious in the 2018 Sugar Bowl. Alabama opened as the 6.5-point favorite in the 2019 match-up. The three Clemson players that had been suspended for the Cotton Bowl for testing positive for a banned substance, including Dexter Lawrence, were again suspended for the national championship game after NCAA tests confirmed the prior results.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 86], "content_span": [87, 929]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278315-0046-0000", "contents": "2018 Clemson Tigers football team, Game summaries, Alabama \u2013 CFP National Championship\nClemson received the opening kickoff of the Championship Game but was forced to punt after a three-and-out. The following Alabama drive ended in an uncharacteristic pick-six interception thrown by Alabama's Tua Tagovailoa, returned 44 yards by A.J. Terrell after being tipped by blitzing safety Isaiah Simmons in the backfield. Alabama responded with a three-play, 75-yard drive that ended with a 62-yard touchdown from Tagovaila to Jerry Jeudy to even the score at seven apiece. Clemson's next drive included a 62-yard pass from Trevor Lawrence to Tee Higgins and ended with a 17-yard touchdown by Travis Etienne.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 86], "content_span": [87, 701]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278315-0046-0001", "contents": "2018 Clemson Tigers football team, Game summaries, Alabama \u2013 CFP National Championship\nThe high-scoring first quarter continued as Alabama marched down the field again and scored on a one-yard pass from Tagovailoa to Hale Hentges. Alabama's extra point missed, and the score was 14\u201313 Clemson at the end of the first quarter. Early in the second quarter, Alabama's Joseph Bulovas kicked a 25-yard field goal to take the lead for the Crimson Tide. Clemson's next two drives both ended with Travis Etienne touchdowns, the first a one-yard run and the second a five-yard reception from Trevor Lawrence. Clemson kicked a 36-yard field goal in the final minute of the half, bringing a 31\u201316 lead into halftime.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 86], "content_span": [87, 705]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278315-0047-0000", "contents": "2018 Clemson Tigers football team, Game summaries, Alabama \u2013 CFP National Championship\nIn the second half, Alabama received the kick and advanced to the Clemson 24 yard line, but failed to convert a fake field goal on 4th and 6, turning the ball over. Clemson scored three plays later via a 74-yard pass from Trevor Lawrence to Justyn Ross. Alabama was again stopped on their next drive, and Clemson marched 89 yards down the field to score a five-yard touchdown pass from Lawrence to Tee Higgins, after which the score was 44\u201316 at the end of the third quarter. Clemson's defense held the Alabama offense scoreless on the next two drives.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 86], "content_span": [87, 639]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278315-0047-0001", "contents": "2018 Clemson Tigers football team, Game summaries, Alabama \u2013 CFP National Championship\nThe Tigers received the ball on their own one yard line with 10:02 left to go in the game, and were able to completely wind down the clock over the course of a 14-play, 94-yard drive that ended the game. Trevor Lawrence threw for 347 yards and three touchdowns in the game and was named offensive MVP. Cornerback Trayvon Mullen, who intercepted a first-half pass by Tua Tagovailoa and returned it 46 yards, was named defensive MVP.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 86], "content_span": [87, 518]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278315-0048-0000", "contents": "2018 Clemson Tigers football team, 2019 NFL Draft\nThe 2019 NFL Draft was held on April 25\u201327 in Nashville, Tennessee. Six Clemson players were selected as part of the draft, including a school record three taken in the first round. Five additional Clemson players were signed to NFL teams as undrafted free agents.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 49], "content_span": [50, 314]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278315-0049-0000", "contents": "2018 Clemson Tigers football team, Legacy\nMultiple analysts and media outlets have discussed the 2018 Clemson team as being one of the best in college football history, in league with 2001 Miami, 1995 Nebraska, and other all-time great teams, due to its historic margin of victory (32 points per game), record (15\u20130), and dominance in victories over highly ranked teams. Clemson became the first team in over forty years to beat two top 5 teams (AP Poll) by at least 25 points. Clemson accomplished the feat in 11 days. The Tigers won 13 of 15 games by at least 20 points, including the last ten in a row.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 41], "content_span": [42, 605]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278315-0050-0000", "contents": "2018 Clemson Tigers football team, Legacy\nThe Tigers' national championship victory celebration at the White House made headlines due to the government shutdown. The White House residence staff, which would normally prepare the meal, was not working so President Donald Trump personally ordered large amounts of fast food including burgers, french fries and pizza, for the team. Despite widespread controversy, some of the Clemson players said they enjoyed the meal and the experience.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 41], "content_span": [42, 485]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278316-0000-0000", "contents": "2018 Clemson Tigers men's soccer team\nThe 2018 Clemson Tigers men's soccer team represented Clemson University during the 2018 NCAA Division I men's soccer season. The Tigers were led by head coach Mike Noonan, in his ninth season. They played home games at Riggs Field. This was the team's 58th season playing organized men's college soccer and their 31st playing in the Atlantic Coast Conference.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [37, 37], "content_span": [38, 398]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278316-0001-0000", "contents": "2018 Clemson Tigers men's soccer team, Background\nThe 2017 Clemson men's soccer team finished the season with a 12\u20136\u20131 overall record and a 4\u20134\u20130 ACC record. The Tigers were seeded fifth\u2013overall in the 2017 ACC Men's Soccer Tournament, where they lost to the eventual winners Wake Forest. The Tigers earned an at-large bid into the 2017 NCAA Division I Men's Soccer Tournament for the fifth season in a row. As the eight\u2013overall seed in the tournament, Clemson hosted Coastal Carolina. Clemson was upset 1\u20133 to end their season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 49], "content_span": [50, 528]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278316-0002-0000", "contents": "2018 Clemson Tigers men's soccer team, Background\nAt the end of the season, two Tigers men's soccer players were selected in the 2018 MLS SuperDraft: Oliver Shannon and Diego Campos.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 49], "content_span": [50, 182]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278316-0003-0000", "contents": "2018 Clemson Tigers men's soccer team, Player movement, Players arriving\nClemson signed seven players to their 2018 recruiting class. The class was ranked second in the nation by TopDrawerSoccer.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 72], "content_span": [73, 195]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278316-0004-0000", "contents": "2018 Clemson Tigers men's soccer team, Squad, Roster\nNote: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 52], "content_span": [53, 181]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278317-0000-0000", "contents": "2018 Clemson Tigers women's soccer team\nThe 2018 Clemson Tigers women's soccer team represented Clemson University during the 2018 NCAA Division I women's soccer season. The Tigers were led by head coach Ed Radwanski, in his eighth season. Home games were played at Riggs Field. This was the team's 25th season playing organized soccer. All of those seasons were played in the Atlantic Coast Conference.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [39, 39], "content_span": [40, 403]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278317-0001-0000", "contents": "2018 Clemson Tigers women's soccer team, Previous Season\nThe 2017 Clemson women's soccer team finished the season with a 10\u20135\u20133 overall record and a 3\u20134\u20133 ACC record. The Tigers failed to make the ACC Tournament, finishing 9th in the conference. The Tigers earned an at-large bid into the 2017 NCAA Division I Women's Soccer Tournament for the fifth season in a row. As an unseeded team in the Duke Bracket, Clemson beat Alabama at home 2\u20131, but fell in the second round to 4th seeded Texas on penalties.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 56], "content_span": [57, 504]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278317-0002-0000", "contents": "2018 Clemson Tigers women's soccer team, Offseason, Recruiting Class\nClemson announced its 2018 recruiting class of six players on February 9, 2018.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 68], "content_span": [69, 148]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278317-0003-0000", "contents": "2018 Clemson Tigers women's soccer team, Squad, Roster\nNote: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 54], "content_span": [55, 183]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278317-0004-0000", "contents": "2018 Clemson Tigers women's soccer team, Squad, Roster\nPrior to the season, Lauren Harkes, Kimber Haley, and Sam Staab were announced as team captains.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 54], "content_span": [55, 151]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278317-0005-0000", "contents": "2018 Clemson Tigers women's soccer team, 2019 NWSL Draft\nThe Tigers had one player drafted in the 2019 draft, Sam Staab, was taken as the 4th pick. This is the highest any Clemson player has been picked in an NWSL draft.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 56], "content_span": [57, 220]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278318-0000-0000", "contents": "2018 Cleveland Browns season\nThe 2018 season was the Cleveland Browns' 66th season in the National Football League (NFL), their 70th overall, their first full season under general manager John Dorsey, and their third and final season under head coach Hue Jackson. The Browns improved upon their 2017 campaign in which they finished 0\u201316, finishing in 3rd place in the AFC North with a record of 7\u20138\u20131, their best record since the 2007 season. However, they missed the playoffs for the 16th consecutive season, having last made the playoffs in 2002.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [28, 28], "content_span": [29, 548]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278318-0001-0000", "contents": "2018 Cleveland Browns season\nOn September 9, the Browns opened their season against the Pittsburgh Steelers with a 21\u201321 tie. This was the Browns' first tie since 1989, and it ended a 17-game losing streak which dated back to the 2016 season. On September 20, the Browns defeated the New York Jets 21\u201317, ending a 19-game winless streak.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [28, 28], "content_span": [29, 337]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278318-0002-0000", "contents": "2018 Cleveland Browns season\nOn October 29, Jackson was fired after posting a record of 2\u20135\u20131 through Week 8 and an overall record of 3\u201336\u20131 during his two and a half seasons in Cleveland. Offensive coordinator Todd Haley, who was in his first season with the Browns, was fired the same day. Defensive coordinator Gregg Williams was named interim head coach. Under Williams, the Browns went 5\u20133 to finish out the season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [28, 28], "content_span": [29, 420]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278318-0003-0000", "contents": "2018 Cleveland Browns season\nRookie starting quarterback Baker Mayfield threw 27 touchdown passes, breaking the record for the most touchdown passes thrown by a rookie quarterback. The previous record of 26 was shared by Peyton Manning and Russell Wilson.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [28, 28], "content_span": [29, 255]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278318-0004-0000", "contents": "2018 Cleveland Browns season, Offseason, Front office changes\nOn January 2, new general manager John Dorsey hired Green Bay Packers personnel executive Alonzo Highsmith as vice president of football operations.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 61], "content_span": [62, 210]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278318-0005-0000", "contents": "2018 Cleveland Browns season, Offseason, Front office changes\nOn January 10, the Browns announced several front office hirings: Eliot Wolf as assistant general manager, Jimmy Noel as assistant director of pro scouting, Matt Donahoe as a scout, and Dan Zegers as personnel coordinator. The Browns also announced that former vice president of player personnel Ken Kovash would switch to a role within the strategy department, and fired senior personnel executive Ryan Grigson.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 61], "content_span": [62, 474]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278318-0006-0000", "contents": "2018 Cleveland Browns season, Offseason, Coaching changes\nOn January 10, the Browns released special teams coordinator Chris Tabor. He had been the longest-tenured coach on the Browns, with the team since 2011.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 57], "content_span": [58, 210]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278318-0007-0000", "contents": "2018 Cleveland Browns season, Offseason, Coaching changes\nOn January 11, the Browns hired Adam Henry as wide receivers coach, a position he held with the New York Giants since 2016. Former wide receivers coach Al Saunders transitioned into a senior advisory role.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 57], "content_span": [58, 263]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278318-0008-0000", "contents": "2018 Cleveland Browns season, Offseason, Coaching changes\nOn January 12, the Browns hired Ken Zampese as quarterbacks coach. They also fired running backs coach/run game coordinator Kirby Wilson, special teams assistant Shawn Mennenga, and special teams quality control coach Stan Watson.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 57], "content_span": [58, 288]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278318-0009-0000", "contents": "2018 Cleveland Browns season, Offseason, Coaching changes\nOn January 24, the Browns hired Amos Jones as special teams coordinator, Todd Haley as offensive coordinator, and Freddie Kitchens as running backs/assistant head coach.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 57], "content_span": [58, 227]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278318-0010-0000", "contents": "2018 Cleveland Browns season, Offseason, Coaching changes\nOn February 8, the Browns hired Sam Shade as assistant special teams coach.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 57], "content_span": [58, 133]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278318-0011-0000", "contents": "2018 Cleveland Browns season, Offseason, Coaching changes\nOn March 9, the Browns hired former return specialist Josh Cribbs as special teams intern.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 57], "content_span": [58, 148]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278318-0012-0000", "contents": "2018 Cleveland Browns season, Offseason, Roster changes, Players added and lost\nThe Browns added and released the following players during the 2018 off-season:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 79], "content_span": [80, 159]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278318-0013-0000", "contents": "2018 Cleveland Browns season, Offseason, Roster changes, Undrafted free agents\n* Browns claimed player off waivers after he signed as an undrafted free agent with another team and was waived.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 78], "content_span": [79, 191]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278318-0014-0000", "contents": "2018 Cleveland Browns season, Preseason\nThe Browns opened training camp on July 26. The Browns' training camp and preseason was featured on the HBO series Hard Knocks.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 39], "content_span": [40, 167]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278318-0015-0000", "contents": "2018 Cleveland Browns season, Preseason, Roster cuts\nThe Browns waived the following players between August 28 and September 1 to get their roster down to the 53-player maximum.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 52], "content_span": [53, 177]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278318-0016-0000", "contents": "2018 Cleveland Browns season, Preseason, Roster cuts\nThe Browns also traded T Shon Coleman and acquired DT Devaroe Lawrence in a separate trade.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 52], "content_span": [53, 144]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278318-0017-0000", "contents": "2018 Cleveland Browns season, Preseason, Roster cuts\nOn September 2, the Browns added DT Carl Davis, DE Ifeadi Odenigbo, C Aaron Neary, LB Tanner Vallejo, and Tavierre Thomas, who were all waived by their former teams. To make room on the roster, the Browns waived LB Jermaine Grace, CB Jeremiah McKinnon, DT Jamie Meder, DE Carl Nassib, and C Austin Reiter.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 52], "content_span": [53, 358]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278318-0018-0000", "contents": "2018 Cleveland Browns season, Preseason, Roster cuts\nOn September 3, the Browns signed Ekuale, Henderson, Hilliard, G Kyle Kalis, TE Pharoah McKever, McKinnon, Meander, Scott, T Brad Seaton, and Shelton to their practice squad. Sankoh, who is part of the NFL's International Player Pathway program, was also added to the practice squad and does not count toward its 10-player limit.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 52], "content_span": [53, 382]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278318-0019-0000", "contents": "2018 Cleveland Browns season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 1: vs. Pittsburgh Steelers\nThe Browns' defense intercepted Steelers quarterback Ben Roethlisberger three times and recovered three fumbles. Rookie CB Denzel Ward had two of the interceptions for the Browns. Cleveland only had one turnover, with Tyrod Taylor throwing an interception in the 4th quarter. Both teams had a chance to win late in the overtime period, but came up short. Chris Boswell missed a 42-yard field goal for the Steelers, while Browns kicker Zane Gonzalez had his 43-yard attempt blocked with 0:09 left in overtime.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 93], "content_span": [94, 602]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278318-0020-0000", "contents": "2018 Cleveland Browns season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 1: vs. Pittsburgh Steelers\nWith their first tie since 1989, the Browns started the season at 0\u20130\u20131. This tie ended a 17-game losing streak that dated back to the final game of the 2016 season. It also ended streaks of 17 straight losses within the AFC North, 13 straight season-opening losses, and six straight losses to the Steelers. Ward was named the NFL Rookie of the Week for Week 1.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 93], "content_span": [94, 455]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278318-0021-0000", "contents": "2018 Cleveland Browns season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 2: at New Orleans Saints\nThe teams exchanged field goals in the first quarter, then Browns K Zane Gonzalez kicked his second field goal late in the second quarter to give the Browns a 6\u20133 halftime lead. Carlos Hyde scored a touchdown on a short run to give the Browns a 12\u20133 lead, but the Saints scored 15 straight points in the fourth quarter to take an 18\u201312 lead. The Browns answered with a tying touchdown on a 47-yard Tyrod Taylor Hail Mary pass to Antonio Callaway with 1:16 remaining.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 91], "content_span": [92, 558]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278318-0021-0001", "contents": "2018 Cleveland Browns season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 2: at New Orleans Saints\nHowever, Gonzalez missed the extra point attempt, his second miss of the day, which would have given the Browns the lead. Saints K Wil Lutz nailed a 44-yard game-winner with 0:21 remaining. The Browns drove to give Gonzalez an attempt at a 52-yard field goal to tie the game in the final seconds, but it sailed wide right.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 91], "content_span": [92, 414]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278318-0022-0000", "contents": "2018 Cleveland Browns season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 2: at New Orleans Saints\nWith the loss, the Browns fell to 0\u20131\u20131. Their winless streak extended to 19 games.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 91], "content_span": [92, 175]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278318-0023-0000", "contents": "2018 Cleveland Browns season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 2: at New Orleans Saints\nThe next day, the Browns released Gonzalez and signed rookie K Greg Joseph. Joseph played college football at Florida Atlantic and was on the Miami Dolphins' training camp roster. The Browns also traded WR Josh Gordon to the New England Patriots for a 2019 fifth-round selection. If Gordon was not active for at least 10 games for New England the rest of the season, the Browns would also send New England a 2019 seventh-round selection.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 91], "content_span": [92, 529]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278318-0024-0000", "contents": "2018 Cleveland Browns season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 3: vs. New York Jets\nRookie quarterback Baker Mayfield entered the game in the 2nd quarter after starter Tyrod Taylor left the game with a concussion. Taylor finished the game 4/14 for 19 yards. Mayfield threw for 201 yards and a caught a pass from receiver Jarvis Landry for a two-point conversion (a Philly Special that had been flipped to account for Landry being left-handed). Carlos Hyde added two touchdown runs including the go-ahead score with just over two minutes remaining. The Jets offense could not respond as QB Sam Darnold threw a pair of interceptions in the Jets' final two drives to preserve the 21\u201317 win.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 87], "content_span": [88, 691]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278318-0025-0000", "contents": "2018 Cleveland Browns season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 3: vs. New York Jets\nWith the win, the Browns improved to 1\u20131\u20131. This win marked the end of the team's 19-game winless streak and the team's first win in 635 days (their last win was on December 24, 2016). Mayfield was named the NFL Rookie of the Week for Week 3.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 87], "content_span": [88, 330]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278318-0026-0000", "contents": "2018 Cleveland Browns season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 3: vs. New York Jets\nOn September 24, Mayfield was named the team's starting quarterback moving forward.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 87], "content_span": [88, 171]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278318-0027-0000", "contents": "2018 Cleveland Browns season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 4: at Oakland Raiders\nThe Browns took a 17\u20137 lead into halftime on the strength of Nick Chubb's first career touchdown run and Baker Mayfield's first career touchdown pass, although Mayfield also threw an interception that was returned for a Raiders touchdown. The Browns built up a 28\u201314 lead in the third quarter, but the Raiders then scored 20 straight points aided by two Mayfield fumbles and a 51-yard punt return which gave the Raiders short fields to work with. The Browns finally answered with touchdown runs by Carlos Hyde and Chubb to take a 42\u201334 lead in the fourth quarter.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 88], "content_span": [89, 652]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278318-0027-0001", "contents": "2018 Cleveland Browns season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 4: at Oakland Raiders\nThe Browns were unable to run the clock out and punted to the Raiders, giving them one last opportunity to tie the game. The Raiders scored a touchdown and game-tying two-point conversion with 0:30 left, to send the game into overtime. The Raiders won the game, 45\u201342 on a Matt McCrane field goal in the overtime period. This was the first time the Browns scored 30 or more points since 2015, and the first time the team scored 40 or more points since 2009.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 88], "content_span": [89, 546]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278318-0028-0000", "contents": "2018 Cleveland Browns season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 4: at Oakland Raiders\nWith the loss, the Browns fell to 1\u20132\u20131. Chubb was named NFL Rookie of the Week after his 105-yard, two-touchdown performance.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 88], "content_span": [89, 215]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278318-0029-0000", "contents": "2018 Cleveland Browns season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 5: vs. Baltimore Ravens\nBoth offenses struggled to gain any rhythm during the game. The Ravens could only score nine points on three Justin Tucker field goals, while the Browns scored nine points on a Baker Mayfield touchdown pass to Rashard Higgins and a Greg Joseph field goal. Joseph, who missed an extra point, had an opportunity to win the game at the end of regulation, but missed a 55-yard field goal attempt. In overtime, both teams were held scoreless during their first two possessions. However, with 0:02 remaining, Joseph hit a 37-yard field goal to win the game.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 90], "content_span": [91, 642]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278318-0030-0000", "contents": "2018 Cleveland Browns season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 5: vs. Baltimore Ravens\nWith the win, the Browns improved to 2\u20132\u20131. The Browns ended an 18-game winless streak within the AFC North that dated back to the 2015 season. CB Denzel Ward, who recorded an interception and a blocked field goal, was named NFL Rookie of the Week for the second time this season. It also marked the fourth time in five weeks a Browns player won the award. Ward was also named the AFC special teams player of the week. Jarvis Landry recorded his 427th career reception, passing Larry Fitzgerald for the most receptions in his first five NFL seasons.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 90], "content_span": [91, 640]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278318-0031-0000", "contents": "2018 Cleveland Browns season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 6: vs. Los Angeles Chargers\nThe Chargers dominated the game. Chargers' quarterback Philip Rivers passed for 207 yards, two touchdowns, and one interception and running back Melvin Gordon added 132 rushing yards and three touchdowns. The Los Angeles defense sacked Browns' quarterback Baker Mayfield five times and had two interceptions. The Chargers defeated the Browns 38\u201314.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 94], "content_span": [95, 443]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278318-0032-0000", "contents": "2018 Cleveland Browns season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 6: vs. Los Angeles Chargers\nOn October 19, the Browns traded RB Carlos Hyde to the Jacksonville Jaguars in exchange for a 2019 fifth-round selection.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 94], "content_span": [95, 216]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278318-0033-0000", "contents": "2018 Cleveland Browns season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 7: at Tampa Bay Buccaneers\nThe Buccaneers opened a 16\u20132 lead in the second quarter on the a Jameis Winston touchdown pass to DeSean Jackson and a Winston touchdown run. The Browns answered early in the third quarter with a Baker Mayfield touchdown pass to David Njoku, but Tampa Bay answered on a Ronald Jones run near the end of the quarter. The Browns scored two touchdowns in the fourth quarter on a Nick Chubb run and a Mayfield pass to Jarvis Landry to force overtime. In overtime, Buccaneers kicker Chandler Catanzaro, who had earlier missed an extra point and a 40-yard field goal attempt, hit a 59-yard field goal to win the game.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 93], "content_span": [94, 705]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278318-0034-0000", "contents": "2018 Cleveland Browns season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 7: at Tampa Bay Buccaneers\nWith the loss, the Browns fell to 2\u20134\u20131. Mayfield was named NFL Rookie of the Week for Week 7, marking his second such honor and the fifth time a Browns player was named Rookie of the Week this season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 93], "content_span": [94, 295]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278318-0035-0000", "contents": "2018 Cleveland Browns season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 8: at Pittsburgh Steelers\nThe Browns traveled to Pittsburgh for a Week 8 battle with their AFC North rival Steelers. The Browns opened the scoring with a pair of Greg Joseph field goals, but the Steelers answered with two Ben Roethlisberger touchdown passes to Antonio Brown to take a 14\u20136 lead into halftime. The Browns gave up a safety on a holding penalty early in the third quarter to extend the Steelers' lead to 10, but Pittsburgh failed to secure the ensuing free kick, giving the Browns possession in Pittsburgh territory. The Browns capitalized on a Baker Mayfield touchdown pass to Antonio Callaway, cutting the lead to 16\u201312. The Steelers then pulled away with 17 straight points and come away with a 33\u201318 win.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 92], "content_span": [93, 789]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278318-0036-0000", "contents": "2018 Cleveland Browns season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 8: at Pittsburgh Steelers\nWith the loss, the Browns fell to 2\u20135\u20131. This marked the Browns' 15th consecutive loss in Pittsburgh.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 92], "content_span": [93, 194]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278318-0037-0000", "contents": "2018 Cleveland Browns season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 8: at Pittsburgh Steelers\nOn October 29, head coach Hue Jackson and offensive coordinator Todd Haley were fired. Defensive coordinator Gregg Williams was named the interim head coach for the remainder of the season. Freddie Kitchens was the interim offensive coordinator.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 92], "content_span": [93, 338]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278318-0038-0000", "contents": "2018 Cleveland Browns season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 9: vs. Kansas City Chiefs\nWith the loss, the Browns fell to 2-6-1. Mayfield was named NFL Rookie of the Week for the third time this season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 92], "content_span": [93, 207]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278318-0039-0000", "contents": "2018 Cleveland Browns season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 10: vs. Atlanta Falcons\nThe Browns opened the scoring with a Baker Mayfield touchdown pass to Rashard Higgins \u2013 the team's first touchdown scored in the first quarter of any game this season. However, the Falcons scored the next 10 points before the Browns scored a touchdown on a Mayfield pass to Nick Chubb to take a 14\u201310 led into halftime. The Browns opened up their lead to 28\u201310 in the third quarter on a Mayfield pass to Duke Johnson and a Chubb run of 92 yards \u2013 the longest run in Browns' franchise history. Atlanta added a late fourth-quarter touchdown to make the final score 28\u201316.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 90], "content_span": [91, 660]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278318-0040-0000", "contents": "2018 Cleveland Browns season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 10: vs. Atlanta Falcons\nWith the win, the Browns went into their bye week at 3\u20136\u20131. Chubb was named the FedEx Ground Player of the Week and the NFL Rookie of the Week. This marked Chubb's second Rookie of the Week award and the team's seventh in 2018.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 90], "content_span": [91, 318]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278318-0041-0000", "contents": "2018 Cleveland Browns season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 12: at Cincinnati Bengals\nThe Browns raced to a 28\u20130 lead late in the second quarter. They scored touchdowns on their first four drives with a Nick Chubb run and Baker Mayfield passes to Antonio Callaway, David Njoku, and Chubb. The Bengals responded with an Andy Dalton touchdown pass to John Ross to close the Browns' lead to 28\u20137 at halftime. Mayfield threw a fourth touchdown pass, this one to Darren Fells, to extend the Browns' lead to 35\u20137. The Bengals closed the gap to 35\u201320 with a touchdown pass and run by backup quarterback Jeff Driskel, who filled in for an injured Dalton, but the Browns held on for the win.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 92], "content_span": [93, 689]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278318-0042-0000", "contents": "2018 Cleveland Browns season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 12: at Cincinnati Bengals\nWith the win, the Browns improved to 4\u20136\u20131. The Browns won consecutive games for the first time since 2014, snapped a seven-game losing streak to the Bengals, and ended their 25-game losing streak in away games, one short of tying the 2007\u201310 Detroit Lions record of 26 straight away losses. Mayfield was named the NFL Rookie of the Week for the fourth time this season. Mayfield was also named the NFL Offensive Rookie of the Month for November.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 92], "content_span": [93, 539]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278318-0043-0000", "contents": "2018 Cleveland Browns season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 13: at Houston Texans\nThe Texans built a 23\u20130 lead in the first half, on the strength of a Deshaun Watson touchdown pass, a Zach Cunningham interception return for a touchdown, and three field goals. The Browns got onto the scoreboard in the third quarter with a Nick Chubb touchdown run and added a Baker Mayfield touchdown pass to Rashard Higgins, but the Texans prevailed 29\u201313. Mayfield set a Browns rookie record with 398 passing yards, but was hurt by three interceptions.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 88], "content_span": [89, 545]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278318-0044-0000", "contents": "2018 Cleveland Browns season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 14: vs. Carolina Panthers\nThe game went back and forth between the two teams. The Panthers scored two first-half touchdowns on Christian McCaffrey runs, while the Browns had two first half touchdowns on a Jarvis Landry run and a Landry catch. The teams exchanged field goals late in the second quarter to make the score 17\u201317 at halftime. After a Panthers field goal, Nick Chubb added a touchdown run early in the fourth quarter to take the lead for good, as the Browns won 26\u201320.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 92], "content_span": [93, 547]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278318-0045-0000", "contents": "2018 Cleveland Browns season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 14: vs. Carolina Panthers\nWith the win, the Browns improved to 5\u20137\u20131 and secured their first winning record at home since the 2007 season. QB Baker Mayfield received his fifth NFL Rookie of the Week honor this season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 92], "content_span": [93, 284]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278318-0046-0000", "contents": "2018 Cleveland Browns season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 15: at Denver Broncos\nThe Browns traveled to Denver for a Saturday night game against the Broncos. Assistant defensive coordinator Blake Williams, son of interim head coach Gregg Williams, got his first play-calling duties in this game.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 88], "content_span": [89, 303]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278318-0047-0000", "contents": "2018 Cleveland Browns season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 15: at Denver Broncos\nWith the win, the Browns improved to 6\u20137\u20131. The win ended an 11-game losing streak to the Broncos that dated back to 1990.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 88], "content_span": [89, 211]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278318-0048-0000", "contents": "2018 Cleveland Browns season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 15: at Denver Broncos\nOn the following day, the Steelers defeated the Patriots to improve to 8\u20135\u20131 and mathematically eliminated the Browns from AFC North title contention. This will be the Browns' 26th consecutive season without a division title, the longest active streak in the NFL.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 88], "content_span": [89, 352]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278318-0049-0000", "contents": "2018 Cleveland Browns season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 16: vs. Cincinnati Bengals\nOn December 22, the day before the Browns' Week 16 contest, the Tennessee Titans won their Week 16 game to improve to 9\u20136 and mathematically eliminate the Browns from postseason contention for the 16th consecutive season. Despite being eliminated, the Browns looked to finish their season on a high note with two division wins to end the season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 93], "content_span": [94, 439]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278318-0050-0000", "contents": "2018 Cleveland Browns season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 16: vs. Cincinnati Bengals\nThe Browns hosted the Bengals and former head coach Hue Jackson, who was hired as an assistant with the Bengals. Baker Mayfield threw three touchdown passes and Nick Chubb added 112 rushing yards to give the Browns a 26\u20133 lead early in the fourth quarter. Cincinnati scored a pair of late touchdowns to make it a one-possession game, but the Browns held on for the 26\u201318 win.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 93], "content_span": [94, 469]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278318-0051-0000", "contents": "2018 Cleveland Browns season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 16: vs. Cincinnati Bengals\nWith the win, the Browns improved to 7\u20137\u20131 and finished with a 5\u20132\u20131 record at home, their best home record since 2007, when they went 7\u20131 at home. It was their first three-game winning streak since 2014 and their first season sweep of the Bengals since 2002. They also secured a winning record within the AFC North for the first time since the division was formed in 2002.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 93], "content_span": [94, 467]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278318-0052-0000", "contents": "2018 Cleveland Browns season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 17: at Baltimore Ravens\nThe Browns entered the final game of the season attempting to play the role of spoiler, as the Ravens needed a win \u2013 or a Steelers loss \u2013 to clinch the AFC North title.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 90], "content_span": [91, 259]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278318-0053-0000", "contents": "2018 Cleveland Browns season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 17: at Baltimore Ravens\nThe Ravens built a 20\u20137 halftime lead on the strength of two touchdown runs by fellow rookie QB Lamar Jackson. The Browns' score was on a Baker Mayfield 28-yard pass to former Raven Breshad Perriman. While the Ravens maintained their lead throughout the game, Mayfield added two touchdown passes in the second half, including a strike to Antonio Callaway to cut the Ravens' lead to 26\u201324 with 3:24 remaining. The Browns had one more chance, but Mayfield threw an interception to C.J. Mosley to seal the game.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 90], "content_span": [91, 599]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278318-0054-0000", "contents": "2018 Cleveland Browns season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 17: at Baltimore Ravens\nWith the loss, the Browns finished the season 7\u20138\u20131, marking their 11th consecutive losing season, which is a franchise record and the longest active streak in the NFL. The Browns finished 2\u20136 in away games. Mayfield won his seventh Rookie of the Week award.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 90], "content_span": [91, 349]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278318-0055-0000", "contents": "2018 Cleveland Browns season, Individual honors\nFour Browns players, G Joel Bitonio, DE Myles Garrett, WR Jarvis Landry, and CB Denzel Ward, were named to the AFC Roster for the 2019 Pro Bowl. Garrett was voted as a starter and Ward as a reserve. Bitonio and Landry were named as alternates and later named to the AFC roster to replace injured players. This marked Landry's fourth consecutive and fourth overall Pro Bowl appearance, and the first appearance for the three other players.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 47], "content_span": [48, 486]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278318-0056-0000", "contents": "2018 Cleveland Browns season, Individual honors\nIn addition, RB Nick Chubb and P Britton Colquitt were named second alternates and QB Baker Mayfield and G Kevin Zeitler were named fourth alternates at their respective positions.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 47], "content_span": [48, 228]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278318-0057-0000", "contents": "2018 Cleveland Browns season, Individual honors\nBitonio and Garrett were also named to the All-Pro second team", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 47], "content_span": [48, 110]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278318-0058-0000", "contents": "2018 Cleveland Browns season, Individual honors\nChubb and Mayfield were nominated for the NFL Offensive Rookie of the Year award, however both fell short to the eventual winner, New York Giants RB Saquon Barkley.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 47], "content_span": [48, 212]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278319-0000-0000", "contents": "2018 Cleveland Indians season\nThe 2018 Cleveland Indians season was the 118th season for the franchise. It was the sixth season under the leadership of manager Terry Francona and third under general manager Mike Chernoff. The Indians played all of their home games at Progressive Field in Cleveland, Ohio. This was the last season in which the Indians logo Chief Wahoo was used on uniforms or on stadium signs. They won their third straight American League Central title before being swept by the defending World Series champion Houston Astros in the 2018 American League Division Series. Due to the Indians losing to the Astros, the Indians became the 5th team in MLB history to have a 70 year title drought.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [29, 29], "content_span": [30, 709]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278320-0000-0000", "contents": "2018 Clifford Cup\nThe 83rd Clifford Cup tournament was held between the 16 and 25 February 2018. The 2018 Clifford Cup took place after the conclusion of the regular season, with teams seeded based on their performance in the 2017-18 Dialog Rugby League season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 17], "section_span": [17, 17], "content_span": [18, 261]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278320-0001-0000", "contents": "2018 Clifford Cup\nNavy SC, who finished in second place at the end of the domestic season by a solitary point, competed in the opening quarter-final match at the Colombo Racecourse ground, against the seventh placed Police SC. The lead changed numerous times during the game however Navy SC's captain, Dulanjana Wijesinghe, scored a try in the dying minutes providing Navy SC with a 36-28 victory and a semi-final berth.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 17], "section_span": [17, 17], "content_span": [18, 420]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278320-0001-0001", "contents": "2018 Clifford Cup\nThe top seeded team in the competition, Kandy SC (the previous cup winner and the undefeated Dialog league champion) faced the eighth seeded Air Force SC (who had only managed two wins in the domestic season) in the second quarter-final match held at the Pallekele International Cricket Stadium. Kandy SC dominated the first half of the game, scoring three tries and a penalty to nil, with the final result being 53 points to fourteen. The third seed, Havelock SC, played their quarter final match against Army SC, at Police Park.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 17], "section_span": [17, 17], "content_span": [18, 548]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278320-0001-0002", "contents": "2018 Clifford Cup\nWhilst Army SC scored the first try of the game, Havelock SC led 19-10 at halftime, going on to win 41 points to 20 and advanced to the semi-finals. In the remaining quarter final match fourth placed Colombo Hockey and Football Club faced Ceylonese Rugby & Football Club at the Colombo Racecourse, in a repeat of the final game of the domestic fixtures. This time however CR & FC made a fast start to the game and were never challenged by Colombo running out eventual winners 46 (seven tries) to 29 (four tries).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 17], "section_span": [17, 17], "content_span": [18, 530]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278320-0002-0000", "contents": "2018 Clifford Cup\nThe Sri Lanka Rugby Football Union appointed Sam Jones, a Western Australian rugby referee, to officiate in the semi-finals and the final, with Les Cash, an English referee as an assistant official.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 17], "section_span": [17, 17], "content_span": [18, 216]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278320-0003-0000", "contents": "2018 Clifford Cup\nIn the first semi-final encounter played at the Pallekele International Cricket Stadium Kandy SC defeated a gallant CR & FC 38 points to 26 points, running in five tries to four. The other semi-final match between Navy SC and Havelock SC at the Colombo Racecourse was a closer affair, with the scored tied 12 all at half time (two tries apiece).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 17], "section_span": [17, 17], "content_span": [18, 363]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278320-0003-0001", "contents": "2018 Clifford Cup\nNavy SC the scored back to back penalties and a try after the half time break before Raveen De Silva was sin binned, this led to a resurgence by Havelock SC scoring successive tries and regaining the lead 26 to 25. Havelock SC however conceded a penalty in the dying minutes of the game, which was converted by Navy SC taking them through to the finals.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 17], "section_span": [17, 17], "content_span": [18, 371]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278320-0004-0000", "contents": "2018 Clifford Cup\nThe final was held at Longdon Place on Sunday 25 February. Danushka Ranjan opened the scoring for Kandy SC with a try, which Nigel Rattwatte failed to convert. The score line remained at five to nil for most of the first half until Rattwatte put through a penalty right under the posts to extend Kandy SC's lead by another 3 points, with an eight to nil score at half time. After the break Navy SC\u2019s Mohommed Absal capitalised on a mistake by Fazil Marija scoring a try, which was converted by Thilina Weerasinghe.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 17], "section_span": [17, 17], "content_span": [18, 532]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278320-0004-0001", "contents": "2018 Clifford Cup\nRanjan then scored his second try with a dive into the corner, with Thilina Wijesinghe failing to convert from a difficult angle. Wijesinghe extended Kandy SC's lead by the putting through a penalty, which was followed by a try from Shehan Pathirana. Navy SC failing to add to their earlier converted try with the final score of 21 to seven. Kandy SC repeating their success in 2017 by winning both the League and Clifford Cups, in an undefeated season, with club stalwart Marija retiring from domestic rugby competition.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 17], "section_span": [17, 17], "content_span": [18, 539]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278321-0000-0000", "contents": "2018 Clube de Regatas do Flamengo season\nThe 2018 season was Clube de Regatas do Flamengo's 123rd year of existence, their 107th football season, and their 48th in the Brazilian S\u00e9rie A, having never been relegated from the top division.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [40, 40], "content_span": [41, 237]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278321-0001-0000", "contents": "2018 Clube de Regatas do Flamengo season\nThe club will participate in the Brazilian S\u00e9rie A, the 2018 Campeonato Carioca (the Rio de Janeiro State League), Copa do Brasil and the CONMEBOL Copa Libertadores.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [40, 40], "content_span": [41, 206]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278321-0002-0000", "contents": "2018 Clube de Regatas do Flamengo season\nFor the first time since 2010 Flamengo advanced past the Copa Libertadores group stage but were eliminated in the round of 16 by Cruzeiro. Flamengo finished runner-up in the Brasileir\u00e3o behind Palmeiras after leading the league for much of the first half of the season before the league's pause during the 2018 FIFA World Cup.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [40, 40], "content_span": [41, 367]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278321-0003-0000", "contents": "2018 Clube de Regatas do Flamengo season, Season overview, Pre-season\nFlamengo finished 6th in the 2017 Brasileir\u00e3o and therefore qualified directly to the 2018 Copa Libertadores group stage and the 2018 Copa do Brasil round of 16.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 69], "content_span": [70, 231]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278321-0004-0000", "contents": "2018 Clube de Regatas do Flamengo season, Season overview, Pre-season\nOn January 8 it was made official that head coach Reinaldo Rueda would be leaving Flamengo to manage the Chile national team (who had failed to qualify for the 2018 FIFA World Cup). Ruelda took Flamengo to the finals of the 2017 Copa Sudamericana and the Copa do Brasil, failing to win either. Under him, promising youth academy players Vin\u00edcius J\u00fanior and Lucas Paquet\u00e1 were given opportunities to play larger roles for the club.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 69], "content_span": [70, 500]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278321-0004-0001", "contents": "2018 Clube de Regatas do Flamengo season, Season overview, Pre-season\nAt the time of the announcement, Flamengo had already come to an agreement with coach Paulo C\u00e9sar Carpegiani, manager of Flamengo for their 1981 Copa Libertadores and world championship season. This would be his third spell at Flamengo. The possibility of Ruelda leaving and Carpegiani coming in were already presumed in December.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 69], "content_span": [70, 400]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278321-0005-0000", "contents": "2018 Clube de Regatas do Flamengo season, Season overview, Pre-season\nThe first player to depart Flamengo in 2018 was M\u00e1rcio Ara\u00fajo, one of the longest-serving players currently on the squad. He arrived in 2014 and had played 219 matches for the club. He left for a two-year contract with Chapecoense.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 69], "content_span": [70, 301]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278321-0006-0000", "contents": "2018 Clube de Regatas do Flamengo season, Season overview, Pre-season\nOn January 16, Marlos Moreno was announced as Flamengo's first loan signing of the season. Moreno was on loan to Girona in Spain and is under contract with Manchester City.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 69], "content_span": [70, 242]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278321-0007-0000", "contents": "2018 Clube de Regatas do Flamengo season, Season overview, Pre-season\nOn January 24 CONMEBOL, the football governing body of South America, announced that Flamengo would be forced to play their first two home matches of the Copa Libertadores behind closed doors with no fans present. This was a punishment for the chaos during the second leg of the 2017 Copa Sudamericana final where crowds of Flamenguistas forcefully attempted to enter the Maracan\u00e3 stadium without tickets. CONMEBOL determined that insufficient security and planning on Flamengo's behalf were at fault. The club was also fined $300,000. It was also announced at this time by the CONMEBOL Disciplinary Tribunal that Colombian defensive midfielder Gustavo Cu\u00e9llar would be suspended for Flamengo's first two Libertadores matches for insulting comments made to the referee while receiving the silver medal after the Copa Sudamericana finals.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 69], "content_span": [70, 908]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278321-0008-0000", "contents": "2018 Clube de Regatas do Flamengo season, Season overview, Pre-season\nOn the 29th Flamengo announced the return of goalkeeper J\u00falio C\u00e9sar after 13 years of playing in Europe. He signed a 3-month contract with his home club before his planned retirement. He will wear the number 12 shirt (a retired number in honor of Flamengo supporters as the \"12th man\"). On February 1 the club announced the signing of striker Henrique Dourado from Fluminense until the end of 2021 for $3.5 million.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 69], "content_span": [70, 485]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278321-0009-0000", "contents": "2018 Clube de Regatas do Flamengo season, Season overview, Pre-season\nOn February 7, Italian club Udinese announced the signing of 21 year-old striker Felipe Vizeu for $6 million. He remained with Flamengo until the World Cup break.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 69], "content_span": [70, 232]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278321-0010-0000", "contents": "2018 Clube de Regatas do Flamengo season, Season overview, Paolo Guerrero\nIn December 2017 Peruvian striker Paolo Guerrero, under contract with Flamengo until August 2018, was banned by FIFA from all competitive fixtures for one year after testing positive for traces of cocaine. Twelve days later on appeal, his ban was reduced to six months thus making him eligible for the World Cup in June. For this period he was not permitted to train at Flamengo's facilities and the club supervised his pre-season activities from off-site. On January 14 Flamengo suspended his contract and withheld salary for a period of three months, a permissible act for an ineligible player.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 73], "content_span": [74, 670]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278321-0010-0001", "contents": "2018 Clube de Regatas do Flamengo season, Season overview, Paolo Guerrero\nIn February it was announced that the World Anti- Doping Agency planned to appeal against his reduced ban in the Court of Arbitration for Sport. Guerrero participated in three matches for Flamengo after his six-month ban ended in May, but on May 14 WADA's appeal was successful and Guerrero was suspended for an additional two months on top of the year-long ban, making him ineligible until 2019. At this time Flamengo suspended his contract again, further damaging ties between the player and the club. Guerrero was not pleased that the first contract suspension was made public and he sought retroactive payment of wages.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 73], "content_span": [74, 697]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278321-0011-0000", "contents": "2018 Clube de Regatas do Flamengo season, Season overview, Paolo Guerrero\nOn May 31 the Swiss Federal Court granted a temporary freeze of his ban, permitting him to participate in the World Cup with Peru. On July 2 after Peru's elimination from the World Cup, Guerrero was re-presented at Flamengo. It was unclear if the Swiss court's decision to freeze the ban was still in effect. On July 18, after seeking clarification from CAS, CBF, FIFA and the Brazilian Superior Court of Sport Justice, the club received confirmation from CAS that the striker was free to participate in the Brazilian championship. He appeared on the Flamengo bench that evening against S\u00e3o Paulo.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 73], "content_span": [74, 671]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278321-0012-0000", "contents": "2018 Clube de Regatas do Flamengo season, Season overview, Paolo Guerrero\nAfter the expiration of his term with Flamengo on August 10, the striker signed a 3-year contract with Internacional.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 73], "content_span": [74, 191]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278321-0013-0000", "contents": "2018 Clube de Regatas do Flamengo season, Season overview, January\nAs one of Brazil's largest clubs, Flamengo's season always begins with high expectations from supporters and media. The club's first test is the traditional Campeonato Carioca \u2013 the Rio de Janeiro State league \u2013 contested among clubs in the top flight of the FERJ's league (separate from the national league pyramid). The most important matches in the state are between the \u201cbig 4\u201d clubs in the city of Rio \u2013 Flamengo, Fluminense, Vasco da Gama, and Botafogo.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 66], "content_span": [67, 526]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278321-0014-0000", "contents": "2018 Clube de Regatas do Flamengo season, Season overview, January\nFlamengo debuted in 2018 against Volta Redonda on January 17 with a team of young players and won 2-0 with two beautiful goals from Lucas Silva and Pep\u00ea. Flamengo had contested the final of the 2017 Copa Sudamericana only a month prior, so much of the Flamengo starting lineup had only just begun preseason training. With mostly young players, Flamengo carried a perfect record through the first three matches of the state league with goals from \u201cwonderkids\u201d Vin\u00edcius J\u00fanior and Lincoln.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 66], "content_span": [67, 554]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278321-0015-0000", "contents": "2018 Clube de Regatas do Flamengo season, Season overview, January\nThe Rubro-Negro\u2019s first real test, the Cl\u00e1ssico of Millions against Vasco in the Maracan\u00e3, was a 0-0 disappointment featuring many of Flamengo's first-team starters. Nevertheless, the draw guaranteed a top finish in the group stage and qualification to the Ta\u00e7a Guanabara semifinals. On February 10 against Botafogo, new signing from Fluminense Henrique Dourado made his Flamengo debut and scored. In the final minutes of stoppage time the youngster Vin\u00edcius J\u00fanior scored, guaranteeing the victory by a 3-1 scoreline and taunting the Botafogo supporters with a \u201ccrybaby\u201d gesture, earning a yellow card after being swarmed by the Botafogo players.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 66], "content_span": [67, 714]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278321-0015-0001", "contents": "2018 Clube de Regatas do Flamengo season, Season overview, January\nThree days later on the 13th, the president of Botafogo announced that they would not allow their home stadium of Nilton Santos to be used for the Ta\u00e7a Guanabara final after the \u201cdisrespectful\u201d gesture by Vin\u00edcius Jr. and no apology from Flamengo. Flamengo went on to defeat Boavista in the final the following week, played at the Kleber Andrade Stadium in the neighboring state of Espirito Santos. Vin\u00edcius scored again and claimed Flamengo's 21st Ta\u00e7a Guanabara title, closing out the first phase of the Rio de Janeiro league and qualifying for the Campeonato Carioca final stage.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 66], "content_span": [67, 649]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278321-0016-0000", "contents": "2018 Clube de Regatas do Flamengo season, Season overview, February\nThe second phase of the Rio de Janeiro State League, the Ta\u00e7a Rio, coincided with Flamengo's first matches in the 2018 Copa Libertadores group stage. The long period of ill-will between the presidents of Flamengo and Botafogo appeared to be coming to an end prior to the \u201ccrybaby\u201d incident. However, heavy winds and rain on February 15 caused two stadium light towers at Est\u00e1dio Luso Brasileiro to collapse. Flamengo had been renting Luso Brasileiro from Portuguesa since the beginning of 2017 after failures to come to agreements with the state government of Rio de Janeiro and the operators of the Maracan\u00e3 over costs and match revenue.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 67], "content_span": [68, 707]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278321-0017-0000", "contents": "2018 Clube de Regatas do Flamengo season, Season overview, February\nAfter the judgement from CONMEBOL in January for Flamengo to play two home matches in the Libertadores behind closed doors, Flamengo made the decision to play their matches at the smaller Luso Brasileiro instead of the Maracan\u00e3. After the lighting fixture collapse, Flamengo was under pressure to announce a new venue prior to February 16. They reached a \u201cpeace treaty\u201d with Botafogo in time to announce the rental of Nilton Santos stadium for two matches: their first match of the Ta\u00e7a Rio against Madueira on Feb 21 and their first match of their 2018 Copa Libertadores campaign against River Plate on February 28.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 67], "content_span": [68, 684]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278321-0018-0000", "contents": "2018 Clube de Regatas do Flamengo season, Season overview, February\nFlamengo rolled out their starters against Madureira in their Ta\u00e7a Rio opener for preparation against River Plate the following week and created 4 goals from some of their most important playmakers: Diego, Henrique Dourado, Lucas Paquet\u00e1, and Vin\u00edcius J\u00fanior. Three days later, Flamengo preserved their starters (resting all but goalkeeper Diego Alves) and were soundly thrashed by rival Fluminense 4-0.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 67], "content_span": [68, 471]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278321-0019-0000", "contents": "2018 Clube de Regatas do Flamengo season, Season overview, February\nOn February 28 Flamengo hosted Argentine giants River Plate at an empty Nilton Santos Stadium. River Plate took advantage of the calm atmosphere throughout the scoreless first half, before the \u201cGrim Reaper\u201d (\u201cCeifador\u201d) \u2013 Henrique Dourado \u2013 broke the deadlock. Rodrigo Mora equalized for River. \u00c9verton gave Flamengo the lead again with an assist from Paquet\u00e1, but Camilo Mayada scored a goal from outside the box to finish the match 2-2, two leads lost by the Brazilians.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 67], "content_span": [68, 540]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278321-0020-0000", "contents": "2018 Clube de Regatas do Flamengo season, Season overview, March\nFlamengo returned to Rio action with a third \u201cdisappointing\u201d result in a row: an uninspiring 1-0 victory over Botafogo, the credit of an allowed offside goal. On March 7, beloved former Flamengo and Brazilian National Team goalkeeper J\u00falio C\u00e9sar made his return to the club after 13 years in Europe. He signed a three-month contract with Flamengo prior to retirement and captained the match against Boavista, a 3-0 win. The congested schedule took its toll on the club another time: Flamengo rested their starters for Copa Libertadores again and lost to Macae on March 10 for the first time in their history.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 64], "content_span": [65, 673]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278321-0021-0000", "contents": "2018 Clube de Regatas do Flamengo season, Season overview, March\nFlamengo travelled to Guayaquil, Ecuador for their mid-week Copa Libertadores encounter with Emelec on March 14 and youngster Vin\u00edcius J\u00fanior cemented his legacy as a rising star. With his club trailing 1-0 after a goal from Brayan Angulo, Vin\u00edcius was put on in the 67th minute and scored twice before the final whistle. This was Flamengo's first victory away from home in the Libertadores since 2014 (also against Emelec).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 64], "content_span": [65, 489]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278321-0022-0000", "contents": "2018 Clube de Regatas do Flamengo season, Season overview, March\nThe Rubro-Negro returned to the state league to rout Portuguesa 4-0 with a penalty save from Diego Alves, but a Vasco victory over Botafogo landed Flamengo in 2nd place in the group before their semifinal match against Fluminense. Because Fluminense held the advantage of finishing top of their group, a draw would advance them and eliminate Flamengo. The semifinal match was exciting and full of attacking chances, with Gum of Fluminense opening the score in the first minute of the second half. \u00c9verton equalized in the 86th minute but the team could not take the lead. Flamengo were eliminated from the second phase of the Carioca but were still guaranteed a place in the final stage.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 64], "content_span": [65, 752]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278321-0023-0000", "contents": "2018 Clube de Regatas do Flamengo season, Season overview, March\nDespite disappointments, Flamengo had collected the most points across the two group phases to finish top of the overall Rio de Janeiro State League table, and were paired with Botafogo in the semifinal on March 28. Luiz Fernando scored in the 39th minute for Botafogo and returned a taunt to the Flamengo supporters at the Maracan\u00e3: the \u201clittle smell\u201d gesture (\u201ccheirinho\u201d) by covering his nose with his fingers, a reference to Flamengo fans \u201csmelling the Hexa\u201d in 2016, anticipating their club's sixth Brazilian championship that never came. Flamengo pressed in the second half but could not score as their rivals bunkered down. Flamengo were eliminated and Botafogo went on to defeat Vasco in the two-legged final on penalties.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 64], "content_span": [65, 795]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278321-0024-0000", "contents": "2018 Clube de Regatas do Flamengo season, Season overview, March\nThe following day Flamengo announced that head coach Paulo C\u00e9sar Carpegiani and football director Rodrigo Caetano had been fired. Carpegiani had been at his post for 17 matches and less than three months. Caetano had been with Flamengo since 2015 and the club had only won the 2017 Campeonato Carioca in that span, finishing runners-up in the Copa do Brasil and Copa Sudamericana that same year. The decision was made by the vice presidents of the club who felt that the team's performance against Botafogo was \u201cshameful.\u201d In an official statement, Carpegiani thanked the club and fans and wrote that he had won 11 of 17 matches, only one of their three defeats had been with the senior lineup, and Flamengo were currently top of their group in the Libertadores.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 64], "content_span": [65, 827]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278321-0025-0000", "contents": "2018 Clube de Regatas do Flamengo season, Season overview, March\nThe Flamengo board began the process of hiring a new coach, interviewing with Cuca and Renato Gaucho and considering the possibility of tasking assistant coach 36 year-old Mauricio Barbieri as caretaker. Their goal was to have a new coach within a week to prepare for their April 18 Libertadores match against Santa Fe. Flamengo scheduled a friendly against Brazilian S\u00e9rie B side Atl\u00e9tico Goianiense on April 7. Barbieri oversaw the team for the match in which J\u00falio C\u00e9sar started in goal. Atl\u00e9tico-GO scored first but Diego scored twice in the 2nd half and Henrique Dourade converted a penalty to earn a 3-1 victory in the friendly before the first round of the Brasileir\u00e3o the following week.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 64], "content_span": [65, 760]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278321-0026-0000", "contents": "2018 Clube de Regatas do Flamengo season, Season overview, April\nMauricio Barbieri, hired at the start of 2018 as an assistant, was the acting head coach of Flamengo at the start of the Brazilian national league season. They began their season by flying northeast to meet Vit\u00f3ria. The match began perfectly with Paquet\u00e1 scoring 16 seconds in, but ultimately the day ended in controversy. In the 10th minute \u00c9verton Ribiero was sent off and a penalty was awarded to the home team for a wrongly assessed hand-ball in the box. In the 2nd half Flamengo took a 2-1 lead from an allowed offside R\u00e9ver goal. The match ended in a 2-2 draw.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 64], "content_span": [65, 631]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278321-0027-0000", "contents": "2018 Clube de Regatas do Flamengo season, Season overview, April\nThe club initially planned to host their second closed-door Libertadores home match at Nilton Santos again, but after coming to an agreement with the operators of the Maracan\u00e3 they opted to play in the historic venue. The day before the match against Santa Fe, 45,000 fans attended open training in the Maracan\u00e3 that was made available to the general public with reduced-price tickets. In the match, Henrique Dourado scored first from a corner kick in the 7th minute but conceded and finished as a 1-1 draw despite having several more scoring chances than their opponents. The result cast more doubt on the leadership and organization of the club.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 64], "content_span": [65, 712]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278321-0028-0000", "contents": "2018 Clube de Regatas do Flamengo season, Season overview, April\nThe following weekend in the Maracan\u00e3, Fla faced Am\u00e9rica Mineiro in J\u00falio C\u00e9sar's farewell match with reduced-price tickets. Henrique Dourado scored twice to lift his team to victory.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 64], "content_span": [65, 249]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278321-0029-0000", "contents": "2018 Clube de Regatas do Flamengo season, Season overview, April\nOn April 17 it was announced that Flamengo had reached a deal with S\u00e3o Paulo over the transfer of striker \u00c9verton for \u20ac3.5m. \u00c9verton had been with Flamengo for four seasons and 118 matches.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 64], "content_span": [65, 254]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278321-0030-0000", "contents": "2018 Clube de Regatas do Flamengo season, Season overview, April\nAs the leader of Group 4 in the Libertadores with two draws and one win, Flamengo traveled to Bogot\u00e1 to face Santa Fe once more. Their recent lackluster performances had resulted in more protests and demonstrations back home, and the club (specifically president Eduardo Bandeira de Mello) were physically accosted by angry fans at the airport. On the field Flamengo and Santa Fe finished 0-0, with critics calling it a fortunate result for Flamengo's most apathetic performance so far.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 64], "content_span": [65, 551]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278321-0030-0001", "contents": "2018 Clube de Regatas do Flamengo season, Season overview, April\nThere was controversy at the end when the referee blew the final whistle in the middle of a promising attack for the Brazilians. Fans and media remained critical of their continental play (3 draws in 4 matches), some lamented the poor decision to release coach Z\u00e9 Ricardo in 2017 and others demanded a replacement for Barbieri. Flamengo were again harassed by a mob before their flight to Fortaleza to face Cear\u00e1 in league play, with much of the criticism targeted towards Diego and the team's lack of passion.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 64], "content_span": [65, 575]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278321-0030-0002", "contents": "2018 Clube de Regatas do Flamengo season, Season overview, April\nGoalkeeper Diego Alves threw a cup of coffee at the protesters in retaliation. In the match, team spirits were lifted with two goals from Vin\u00edcius J\u00fanior and one from Diego himself, who celebrated by embracing the Flamengo supporters in the crowd. The solid victory relieved some pressure on the team, but situations were still complicated in a club election year and with a board of directors still uncertain about their head coach after a month of service.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 64], "content_span": [65, 523]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278321-0031-0000", "contents": "2018 Clube de Regatas do Flamengo season, Season overview, May\nFlamengo's first domestic cup match came on May 2 away to Ponte Preta who they defeated 1-0. The following weekend Paolo Guerrero made his return after being suspended from competitive play for six months. The league match against Internacional in the Maracan\u00e3 set a season attendance record Flamengo, who were victorious 2-0. In the home leg of their cup tie against Ponte Preta, Flamengo played compact and advance to the Copa do Brasil quarterfinals for the 18th time with a 0-0 draw.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 62], "content_span": [63, 550]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278321-0032-0000", "contents": "2018 Clube de Regatas do Flamengo season, Season overview, May\nMuch pressure had subsided for Flamengo who were playing better and had not conceded a goal in 5 matches, having one of the best defenses in Serie A along with Gr\u00eamio. Sitting atop the league they rested four starters (Diego Alves, R\u00e9ver, Paquet\u00e1, and \u00c9verton Ribiero) for Chapecoense in preparation for a decisive Libertadores fixture against Emelec. Flamengo lost 3-2, their first league loss and Chape's first win. They remained at the top of the league, tied on points with Corinthians and Atl\u00e9tico-MG. Guerrero scored his first post-suspension goal.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 62], "content_span": [63, 617]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278321-0033-0000", "contents": "2018 Clube de Regatas do Flamengo season, Season overview, May\nOn May 16, Flamengo hosted Emelec for their first home Libertadores match in front of a crowd. The club announced new security measures and traffic controls. Everton Ribiero scored both Flamengo goals in a 2-0 victory just days after the birth of his newborn son. The result guaranteed Flamengo's qualification to the knockout round of the competition for the first time since 2010, and with a group stage match to spare.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 62], "content_span": [63, 484]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278321-0034-0000", "contents": "2018 Clube de Regatas do Flamengo season, Season overview, May\nThe same week, TAS announced that they had extended Paolo Guerrero's suspension an additional eight months after appeal from WADA. He would miss the World Cup, and Flamengo suspended his contract for a second time.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 62], "content_span": [63, 277]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278321-0035-0000", "contents": "2018 Clube de Regatas do Flamengo season, Season overview, May\nIn the 6th round of the Brasileirao the Rubro-Negro fought rival Vasco da Gama to a 1-1 draw. Vinicius scored, Rever came off due to injury, and the match ended with four player expulsions including Cueller and Rodolfo. Flamengo fell to 2nd place in the league behind Atletico Mineiro.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 62], "content_span": [63, 348]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278321-0036-0000", "contents": "2018 Clube de Regatas do Flamengo season, Season overview, May\nSet to face River Plate in the Monumental de Nu\u00f1ez for control of first place in the group, midfielder Diego and head coach Mauricio Barbieri were suspended for their infractions against Emelec. Travelling supporters greeted the players with festivities and support in Buenos Aires. Flamengo played cautiously and the match ended scoreless, landing them at second place in the group.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 62], "content_span": [63, 446]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278321-0037-0000", "contents": "2018 Clube de Regatas do Flamengo season, Season overview, May\nWith top spot in the league at stake, the club from Rio traveled to Belo Horizonte to face leaders Atletico Mineiro. Flamengo won 1-0, and with a Corinthians loss to Internacional the following day they moved back into the league leadership.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 62], "content_span": [63, 304]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278321-0038-0000", "contents": "2018 Clube de Regatas do Flamengo season, Season overview, May\nOn May 28, Lucas Paquet\u00e1 was listed on Brazilian National Team head coach Tite's 12-man standby roster for the 2018 World Cup. Paquet\u00e1 was the youngest player listed on standby. However he was not called up to the main squad.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 62], "content_span": [63, 288]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278321-0039-0000", "contents": "2018 Clube de Regatas do Flamengo season, Season overview, June\nWith Libertadores and Copa do Brasil fixtures only resuming after the World Cup, Flamengo looked to take advantage of the following five rounds in the Brasileir\u00e3o. On May 31 they defeated Bahia 2-0 in the Maracan\u00e3 with a superb goal from Paquet\u00e1 to preserve their tight lead in the table. After two months of Barbieri's caretaken tenure it was clear that he would soon become official and the club was still searching for coordinators to support him. On May 31 Paolo Guerrero was granted permission to play for Peru in the World Cup and he soon departed for training. Many of Flamengo's following matches would be played without Guerrero and Trauco (of the Peru national team) and Cuellar (on Colombia's selection).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 63], "content_span": [64, 779]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278321-0040-0000", "contents": "2018 Clube de Regatas do Flamengo season, Season overview, June\nFlamengo went on to defeat Corinthians at home, Fluminense in the capital city of Bras\u00edlia, and Paran\u00e1 Clube back in the Maracan\u00e3 to open up a 6-point lead in the table after five straight victories. They outscored opponents 8 to 0 in that span with three goals contributed by Felipe Vizeu. On June 10 in the Maracan\u00e3, Vin\u00edcius J\u00fanior and Felipe Vizeu gave a tearful farewell after defeating Paran\u00e1 2-0 in their final home match with Flamengo before departure to Europe (Vin\u00edcius to Real Madrid and Felipe to Udinese).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 63], "content_span": [64, 582]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278321-0041-0000", "contents": "2018 Clube de Regatas do Flamengo season, Season overview, June\nThe final match before the World Cup break was against Palmieras at Allianz Parque. The final score was 1-1, keeping Flamengo four points above Atl\u00e9tico-MG and S\u00e3o Paulo, but it ended in chaos as three players from each side (Cu\u00e9llar, Jonas, and Henrique Dourado for Flamengo) were sent off in the final minutes.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 63], "content_span": [64, 376]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278321-0042-0000", "contents": "2018 Clube de Regatas do Flamengo season, Season overview, June\nOn June 19, Flamengo confirmed the appointment of Mauricio Barbieri as official head coach after 72 days as the interim. He led Flamengo into the World Cup break as league leader, 11 victories in 18 matches and at least one goal scored in every match. His new agreement allows for the possibility of renewal in 2019.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 63], "content_span": [64, 380]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278321-0043-0000", "contents": "2018 Clube de Regatas do Flamengo season, Season overview, June - July\nPresident Eduardo Bandeira expressed the importance of signing reinforcements to replace \u00c9verton, Felipe Vizeu, and possibly Paulo Guerrero in preparation for a challenging August featuring Copa do Brasil and Copa Libertadores ties against tough opposition. On June 11, the club agreed to a 2+1\u20442-year contract with the operators of the Est\u00e1dio Maracan\u00e3 for first preference for Flamengo home matches and an agreeable rental price. In the wake of this agreement, Flamengo terminated their contract with Portuguesa to rent the Ilha do Urubu stadium until the end of 2019 but confirmed that their lawsuit against the construction company that installed the collapsed lighting towers would continue.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 70], "content_span": [71, 767]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278321-0044-0000", "contents": "2018 Clube de Regatas do Flamengo season, Season overview, June - July\nOn June 22, defensive midfielder Jonas was sold to Saudi Arabian club Al-Ittihad for R$9 million (\u20ac2.1m). On the same day, Flamengo announced the signing of their first reinforcement: Colombian striker Fernando Uribe on a free transfer from Toluca. On July 17 the club announced contract renewals for defenders Rodinei and Thuler.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 70], "content_span": [71, 401]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278321-0045-0000", "contents": "2018 Clube de Regatas do Flamengo season, Season overview, June - July\nThe Brazilian Serie A pauses for the World Cup every four years while the lower leagues continue. Flamengo's first match after the break resulted in their first loss in eight matches. Third-place club S\u00e3o Paulo visited the Maracan\u00e3 and \u00c9verton scored against his former team three months after being transferred. The Tricolor closed the gap to 1 point. Flamengo ended July with two home victories against Botafogo and Sport, and a draw against Santos at the Vila Belmiro. Uribe opened his account for Flamengo against Sport, and academy product Matheus S\u00e1vio made his impact in place of Vin\u00edcius Jr, scoring after 5 minutes against Botafogo. Paquet\u00e1's goal in that match badly injured and hospitalized Botafogo goalkeeper Jefferson.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 70], "content_span": [71, 803]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278321-0046-0000", "contents": "2018 Clube de Regatas do Flamengo season, Season overview, June - July\nOn July 24 the club's signing of Vitinho from CSKA Moscow was confirmed after the Russian club accepted Flamengo's offer of \u20ac10m, Flamengo's most expensive signing and one of the most expensive signings in Brazilian club history. At this time, Flamengo was also attempting to move defensive midfielder Willian Ar\u00e3o to Olympiakos but the player did not agree to the contract terms.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 70], "content_span": [71, 451]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278321-0047-0000", "contents": "2018 Clube de Regatas do Flamengo season, Season overview, August\nFlamengo were scheduled to participate in a daunting nine matches in the month of August, three matches each against Gr\u00eamio and Cruzeiro. On July 30, citing leg pain, Guerrero chose not travel with the team away to Porto Alegre for their Copa do Brasil match. Tite and European scouts were in attendance for the match against Gr\u00eamio. New transfer Vitinho made his debut, and 17 year-old Lincoln came on in substitution and scored dramatically late to equalize.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 65], "content_span": [66, 526]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278321-0048-0000", "contents": "2018 Clube de Regatas do Flamengo season, Season overview, August\nOn August 2 Flamengo announced the signing of Paraguayan midfielder Robert Piris da Mota. Flamengo announced that Vitinho, Uribe, Savio, and Piris would replace Everton, Vinicius, Felipe Vizeu and Jonas on their Copa Libertadores round of 16 30-man roster.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 65], "content_span": [66, 322]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278321-0049-0000", "contents": "2018 Clube de Regatas do Flamengo season, Season overview, August\nOn August 5, S\u00e3o Paulo takes over the lead in the Brasileirao after an embarrassing 2-0 loss by Flamengo to Gr\u00eamio's mostly reserve lineup. With Lucas Paquet\u00e1 unavailable in their Libertadores match against Cruzeiro, Flamengo were stunned 2-0 at home on the 8th. They suffered an early goal from Arrascaeta that they could not recover from, finding themselves at serious risk of elimination from the Copa Libertadores round of 16. Flamengo had difficulty organizing themselves without Paquet\u00e1.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 65], "content_span": [66, 559]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278321-0050-0000", "contents": "2018 Clube de Regatas do Flamengo season, Season overview, August\nThe club's tumultuous relationship with Guerrero reached its end on Aug 10. He did not train with the team for the week and Barbieri did not list him for Flamengo's league match against Cruzeiro on the 12th. He was released as a free agent and Internacional signed him to a 3-year contract.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 65], "content_span": [66, 356]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278321-0051-0000", "contents": "2018 Clube de Regatas do Flamengo season, Season overview, August\nBy this point, the number of goals conceded by Flamengo had increased from 0.54 per match for their first 35 matches to 1.14 over their last seven matches. Flamengo faced Cruzeiro once again the following weekend in league play and earned a better result: with Paquet\u00e1 available and coach Barieri insisting that the team would not preserve starters for the Libertadores or Copa do Brasil, Flamengo won 1-0 on a goal from Henrique Dourado who re-entered the starting lineup after the departure of Guerrero and a thigh injury suffered by Uribe. The team finished the first half of the league season in second place.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 65], "content_span": [66, 679]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278321-0052-0000", "contents": "2018 Clube de Regatas do Flamengo season, Season overview, August\nAccording to Barbieri, the league victory against Cruzeiro gave Flamengo the confidence needed in the return-leg of their cup tie against Gr\u00eamio. In a crowded Maracan\u00e3, \u00c9verton Ribeiro scored early and withstood Gr\u00eamio's pressure, with only 40% total possession of their own. Flamengo eliminated Gr\u00eamio 2-1 on aggregate and advanced to the semifinal against Corinthians.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 65], "content_span": [66, 436]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278321-0053-0000", "contents": "2018 Clube de Regatas do Flamengo season, Season overview, August\nOn August 17, Tite and the Brazilian National Team announced the call-up of Lucas Paquet\u00e1 for the first time for a pair of friendlies against the USA and El Salvador in September. Since the friendlies would coincide with key Copa do Brasil semifinal matches, the Selecao only called up one starter from each participating club. Flamengo president Bandeira expressed outraged at the decision to call Paquet\u00e1. The club's request to release Paquet\u00e1 from the friendlies was rejected by CBF. Paquet\u00e1 came on in substitute against El Salvador in Washington, D.C. on 11 September and still started and played 73 minutes against Corinthians the very next night in the Maracan\u00e3. Flamengo U-20 goalkeeper Hugo was also called up for the friendlies but did not play.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 65], "content_span": [66, 821]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278321-0054-0000", "contents": "2018 Clube de Regatas do Flamengo season, Season overview, August\nOn August 19 Flamengo were humiliated in league play against Atl\u00e9tico Paranaense, conceding three goals in the first 21 minutes. Suffering the absences of Diego and R\u00e9ver on suspension, Barbieri's positional adjustments and the team's low-intensity start surrendered the points early. Cuellar denied that a fight had occurred in training between him and Rodinei following the loss. On August 22 it was determined that Flamengo would host the first leg of their Copa do Brasil semifinal tie against Corinthians.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 65], "content_span": [66, 576]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278321-0055-0000", "contents": "2018 Clube de Regatas do Flamengo season, Season overview, August\nFlamengo kept afloat in the league with a 1-0 home victory over Vit\u00f3ria (goal scored by Diego) but disappointingly conceded the equalizing goal against Am\u00e9rica-MG in the 87th minute after an undisciplined sending-off of Cuellar in the second half. They remained four points behind leader S\u00e3o Paulo.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 65], "content_span": [66, 364]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278321-0056-0000", "contents": "2018 Clube de Regatas do Flamengo season, Season overview, August\nThe September 15 league match against Vasco da Gama was confirmed to be played at the Man\u00e9 Garrincha in Bras\u00edlia.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 65], "content_span": [66, 179]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278321-0057-0000", "contents": "2018 Clube de Regatas do Flamengo season, Season overview, August\nRegarded as Flamengo's \"game of the year\" by Barbieri, the Copa Libertadores away leg against Cruzeiro on August 29 would require Flamengo to overcome a 2-0 deficit. Still without Fernando Uribe, the Rubro-Negro played well and won 1-0 by a goal from Leo Duarte but it was not enough to overcome the mistakes of the first leg. Flamengo were eliminated from the Libertadores in the round of 16.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 65], "content_span": [66, 459]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278321-0058-0000", "contents": "2018 Clube de Regatas do Flamengo season, Roster, First-team squad\nNote: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 66], "content_span": [67, 195]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278321-0059-0000", "contents": "2018 Clube de Regatas do Flamengo season, Roster, Reserves\nNote: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 58], "content_span": [59, 187]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278321-0060-0000", "contents": "2018 Clube de Regatas do Flamengo season, Uniform kits\nFlamengo unveiled their 2018-2019 home kit ahead of their first match of the 2018 Brasileir\u00e3o season against Vit\u00f3ria. Flamengo renewed their outfit partnership with Adidas, originally signed in 2013. They unveiled their new white away kit ahead of their May 31 match against Bahia. Adidas unveiled Flamengo's third kit for the 2018-2019 season on 23 July. It is part of Adidas' line of kits produced from recycled plastic, and its blue color is an allusion to the beaches of Rio de Janeiro.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 54], "content_span": [55, 545]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278321-0061-0000", "contents": "2018 Clube de Regatas do Flamengo season, Competitions, Friendlies\nFlamengo didn't play any pre-season match in 2018 and the only friendly of the year was on 7 April, few days after the elimination in Campeonato Carioca. The match was played against S\u00e9rie B club Atl\u00e9tico Goianiense.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 66], "content_span": [67, 283]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278321-0062-0000", "contents": "2018 Clube de Regatas do Flamengo season, Competitions, Campeonato Carioca\nFlamengo was drawn into Group A for the Campeonato Carioca, the Rio de Janeiro State League.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 74], "content_span": [75, 167]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278321-0063-0000", "contents": "2018 Clube de Regatas do Flamengo season, Competitions, Copa Libertadores\nThe draw was held on December 20, 2017. Flamengo was drawn into Group D.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 73], "content_span": [74, 146]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278321-0064-0000", "contents": "2018 Clube de Regatas do Flamengo season, Competitions, Copa Libertadores, Round of 16\nThe draw for the round of 16 was held on 4 June 2018, 20:00 PYT (UTC\u22124), at the CONMEBOL Convention Centre in Luque, Paraguay.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 86], "content_span": [87, 213]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278321-0065-0000", "contents": "2018 Clube de Regatas do Flamengo season, Competitions, Copa do Brasil\nAs Flamengo participated in the 2018 Copa Libertadores, the club entered the Copa do Brasil in the round of 16. The draw was held on April 20, 2018.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 70], "content_span": [71, 219]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278321-0066-0000", "contents": "2018 Clube de Regatas do Flamengo season, Statistics, Goalscorers\nPlayers in italics transferred out of the club during the season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 65], "content_span": [66, 131]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278321-0067-0000", "contents": "2018 Clube de Regatas do Flamengo season, Statistics, Disciplinary record\nPlayers in italics transferred out of the club during the season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 73], "content_span": [74, 139]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278321-0068-0000", "contents": "2018 Clube de Regatas do Flamengo season, Attendance\nIncludes all competition home matches in the 2018 season. Attendances recorded represent actual gate attendance, not paid attendance.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 52], "content_span": [53, 186]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278322-0000-0000", "contents": "2018 Clube do Remo season\nThe 2018 season was Remo's 104th existence. The club participated in the Campeonato Brasileiro S\u00e9rie C, the Campeonato Paraense, the Copa Verde and the Copa do Brasil.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [25, 25], "content_span": [26, 193]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278322-0001-0000", "contents": "2018 Clube do Remo season\nRemo finished outside of the top four of the Campeonato Brasileiro S\u00e9rie C (6th place in the group stage and 13th overall), but they won the Campeonato Paraense by the 45th time. In the Copa Verde, the club was eliminated in the round of 16 by Manaus 3-1 in the aggregate. In the Copa do Brasil, Remo ended in the second round by Internacional.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [25, 25], "content_span": [26, 370]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278323-0000-0000", "contents": "2018 Cl\u00e1sica de Almer\u00eda\nThe 2018 Cl\u00e1sica de Almer\u00eda was the 33rd edition of the Cl\u00e1sica de Almer\u00eda road cycling one day race. It was part of UCI Europe Tour in category 1.HC.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [23, 23], "content_span": [24, 174]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278323-0001-0000", "contents": "2018 Cl\u00e1sica de Almer\u00eda, Teams\nTwenty teams of up to seven riders started the race:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 30], "content_span": [31, 83]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278324-0000-0000", "contents": "2018 Cl\u00e1sica de San Sebasti\u00e1n\nThe 2018 Cl\u00e1sica de San Sebasti\u00e1n was a road cycling one-day race that took place on 4 August in San Sebasti\u00e1n, Spain. It was the 38th edition of the Cl\u00e1sica de San Sebasti\u00e1n and the twenty-seventh event of the 2018 UCI World Tour. It was won by Julian Alaphilippe in the sprint ahead of Bauke Mollema.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [29, 29], "content_span": [30, 332]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278324-0001-0000", "contents": "2018 Cl\u00e1sica de San Sebasti\u00e1n, Teams\n22 teams of seven riders have been invited to take part in the race: 18 teams of the UCI WorldTeam category; and four of the Continental Professional category. Forming a peloton of 154 cyclists, the participating teams are:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 36], "content_span": [37, 260]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278325-0000-0000", "contents": "2018 Coastal Carolina Chanticleers baseball team\nThe 2018 Coastal Carolina Chanticleers baseball team represents the Coastal Carolina University in the 2018 NCAA Division I baseball season. The Chanticleers play their home games at Springs Brooks Stadium.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 48], "section_span": [48, 48], "content_span": [49, 255]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278325-0001-0000", "contents": "2018 Coastal Carolina Chanticleers baseball team, Schedule and results\nThe 2018 schedule consists of 35 home and 21 away games in the regular season. The Chanticleers will host Virginia Tech, Oklahoma, Kansas State, Indiana, VCU, UNCW, West Virginia, UNC, and Clemson for out of conference games. They will also host conference opponents Texas State, South Alabama, Georgia State, ULM, and UA-Little Rock.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 48], "section_span": [50, 70], "content_span": [71, 405]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278325-0002-0000", "contents": "2018 Coastal Carolina Chanticleers baseball team, Rankings\n^ Collegiate Baseball ranks 40 teams in their preseason poll, but only ranks 30 teams weekly during the season. \u2020 NCBWA ranks 35 teams in their preseason poll, but only ranks 30 teams weekly during the season. * New poll was not released for this week so for comparison purposes the previous week's ranking is inserted in this week's slot.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 48], "section_span": [50, 58], "content_span": [59, 398]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278326-0000-0000", "contents": "2018 Coastal Carolina Chanticleers football team\nThe 2018 Coastal Carolina Chanticleers football team represented Coastal Carolina University during the 2018 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The Chanticleers were led by sixth-year head coach Joe Moglia and played their home games at Brooks Stadium. They competed as a member of the East Division of the Sun Belt Conference. They finished the season 5\u20137, 2\u20136 in Sun Belt play to finish in fourth place in the East Division.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 48], "section_span": [48, 48], "content_span": [49, 477]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278326-0001-0000", "contents": "2018 Coastal Carolina Chanticleers football team, Previous season\nThey finished the 2017 season 3\u20139, 2\u20136 in Sun Belt play to finish in a tie for 10th place. The season marked the Chanticleers' first year in the Sun Belt and the FBS, and their second of a two-year transition period. They would not become bowl-eligible until the 2018 season. Offensive coordinator Jamey Chadwell served as the interim head coach of the Chanticleers this season due to Joe Moglia taking a medical leave.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 48], "section_span": [50, 65], "content_span": [66, 485]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278326-0002-0000", "contents": "2018 Coastal Carolina Chanticleers football team, Preseason, Sun Belt coaches poll\nOn July 19, 2018, the Sun Belt released their preseason coaches poll with the Chanticleers predicted to finish in last place of the East Division.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 48], "section_span": [50, 82], "content_span": [83, 229]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278326-0003-0000", "contents": "2018 Coastal Carolina Chanticleers football team, Preseason, Preseason All-Sun Belt Teams\nThe Chanticleers had one player selected to the preseason all-Sun Belt teams.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 48], "section_span": [50, 89], "content_span": [90, 167]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278327-0000-0000", "contents": "2018 Coca-Cola 600\nThe 2018 Coca-Cola 600, the 59th running of the event, was a Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series race held on May 27, 2018 at Charlotte Motor Speedway in Concord, North Carolina. Contested over 400 laps on the 1.5 mile (2.42\u00a0km) asphalt speedway, it is the 13th race of the 2018 Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [18, 18], "content_span": [19, 335]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278327-0001-0000", "contents": "2018 Coca-Cola 600, Report, Background\nThe race was held at Charlotte Motor Speedway, which is located in Concord, North Carolina. The speedway complex includes a 1.5-mile (2.4\u00a0km) quad-oval track that will be utilized for the race, as well as a dragstrip and a dirt track. The speedway was built in 1959 by Bruton Smith and is considered the home track for NASCAR with many race teams based in the Charlotte metropolitan area. The track is owned and operated by Speedway Motorsports Inc. (SMI) with Marcus G. Smith serving as track president.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [20, 38], "content_span": [39, 543]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278327-0002-0000", "contents": "2018 Coca-Cola 600, First practice\nDenny Hamlin was the fastest in the first practice session with a time of 28.401 seconds and a speed of 190.134\u00a0mph (305.991\u00a0km/h).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [20, 34], "content_span": [35, 166]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278327-0003-0000", "contents": "2018 Coca-Cola 600, Qualifying\nKyle Busch scored the pole for the race with a time of 28.149 and a speed of 191.836\u00a0mph (308.730\u00a0km/h).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [20, 30], "content_span": [31, 135]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278327-0004-0000", "contents": "2018 Coca-Cola 600, Practice (post-qualifying), Second practice\nSecond practice session for Saturday was cancelled due to weather.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [20, 63], "content_span": [64, 130]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278327-0005-0000", "contents": "2018 Coca-Cola 600, Practice (post-qualifying), Final practice\nErik Jones was the fastest in the final practice session with a time of 28.870 seconds and a speed of 187.045\u00a0mph (301.020\u00a0km/h).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [20, 62], "content_span": [63, 192]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278327-0006-0000", "contents": "2018 Coca-Cola 600, Media, Television\nFox Sports televised the race in the United States for the eighteenth consecutive year. Mike Joy was the lap-by-lap announcer, while three-time Coca-Cola 600 winner, Jeff Gordon and five-time race winner Darrell Waltrip were the color commentators. Jamie Little, Regan Smith, Vince Welch and Matt Yocum reported from pit lane during the race.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [20, 37], "content_span": [38, 380]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278327-0007-0000", "contents": "2018 Coca-Cola 600, Media, Radio\nRadio coverage of the race was broadcast by the Performance Racing Network (PRN), and was simulcasted on Sirius XM NASCAR Radio. Doug Rice, Mark Garrow and Wendy Venturini called the race in the booth when the field raced through the quad-oval. Rob Albright reported the race from a billboard in turn 2 when the field was racing through turns 1 and 2 and halfway down the backstretch. Pat Patterson called the race from a billboard outside of turn 3 when the field raced through the other half of the backstretch and through turns 3 and 4. Brad Gillie, Brett McMillan, Jim Noble and Steve Richards were the pit reporters during the broadcast.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [20, 32], "content_span": [33, 675]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278328-0000-0000", "contents": "2018 Cochrane District municipal elections\nElections were held in the organized municipalities in the Cochrane District of Ontario on October 22, 2018 in conjunction with municipal elections across the province. (X) denotes an incumbent candidate.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [42, 42], "content_span": [43, 247]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278329-0000-0000", "contents": "2018 Codasur South American Rally Championship\nThe 2018 Codasur South American Rally Championship is an international rally championship sanctioned by the FIA and run by the Confederacion Deportiva Automovilismo Sudamericana (Codasur). The championship was contested over five events held in five different countries across South America, running from March to November.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [46, 46], "content_span": [47, 370]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278329-0001-0000", "contents": "2018 Codasur South American Rally Championship\nThe championship was won for the sixth time by Paraguayan Skoda driver Gustavo Saba. Saba was second at the opening event in Paraguay before winning rallies in Argentina, Brazil and Bolivia, wrapping up the championship early. In Saba's absence Toyota driver Alejandro Galanti won the final event in Uruguay and was second in the championship. The only driver to beat Saba in 2018, Hyundai driver Diego Dom\u00ednguez at the opening round in Paraguay, was third overall.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [46, 46], "content_span": [47, 512]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278329-0002-0000", "contents": "2018 Codasur South American Rally Championship, Event calendar and results\nThe 2018 Codasur South American Rally Championship was as follows:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [48, 74], "content_span": [75, 141]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278329-0003-0000", "contents": "2018 Codasur South American Rally Championship, Championship standings\nThe 2018 Codasur South American Rally Championship points were as follows:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [48, 70], "content_span": [71, 145]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278330-0000-0000", "contents": "2018 Coke Zero Sugar 400\nThe 2018 Coke Zero Sugar 400 was a Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series race held on July 7, 2018 at Daytona International Speedway in Daytona Beach, Florida. Contested over 168 laps -- extended from 160 laps due to an overtime finish with two attempts for the first time since 2011, on the 2.5-mile (4.0\u00a0km) superspeedway, it was the 18th race of the 2018 Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series season. Erik Jones scored his first career win in the Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series and for the first time in a decade, Toyota and Joe Gibbs Racing had won a July race at Daytona.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [24, 24], "content_span": [25, 593]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278330-0001-0000", "contents": "2018 Coke Zero Sugar 400, Report, Background\nThe race was held at Daytona International Speedway, a race track located in Daytona Beach, Florida, United States. Since opening in 1959, the track is the home of the Daytona 500, the most prestigious race in NASCAR. In addition to NASCAR, the track also hosts races of ARCA, AMA Superbike, USCC, SCCA, and Motocross. It features multiple layouts including the primary 2.5 miles (4.0\u00a0km) high speed tri-oval, a 3.56 miles (5.73\u00a0km) sports car course, a 2.95 miles (4.75\u00a0km) motorcycle course, and a .25 miles (0.40\u00a0km) karting and motorcycle flat-track. The track's 180-acre (73\u00a0ha) infield includes the 29-acre (12\u00a0ha) Lake Lloyd, which has hosted powerboat racing. The speedway is owned and operated by International Speedway Corporation.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 44], "content_span": [45, 786]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278330-0002-0000", "contents": "2018 Coke Zero Sugar 400, Report, Background\nThe track was built in 1959 by NASCAR founder William \"Bill\" France, Sr. to host racing held at the former Daytona Beach Road Course. His banked design permitted higher speeds and gave fans a better view of the cars. Lights were installed around the track in 1998 and today, it is the third-largest single lit outdoor sports facility. The speedway has been renovated three times, with the infield renovated in 2004 and the track repaved twice \u2014 in 1978 and in 2010.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 44], "content_span": [45, 510]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278330-0003-0000", "contents": "2018 Coke Zero Sugar 400, Report, Background\nOn January 22, 2013, the track unveiled artist depictions of a renovated speedway. On July 5 of that year, ground was broken for a project that would remove the backstretch seating and completely redevelop the frontstretch seating. The renovation to the speedway is being worked on by Rossetti Architects. The project, named \"Daytona Rising\", was completed in January 2016, and it cost US $400 million, placing emphasis on improving fan experience with five expanded and redesigned fan entrances (called \"injectors\") as well as wider and more comfortable seating with more restrooms and concession stands. After the renovations, the track's grandstands include 101,000 permanent seats with the ability to increase permanent seating to 125,000. The project was completed before the start of Speedweeks 2016.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 44], "content_span": [45, 851]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278330-0004-0000", "contents": "2018 Coke Zero Sugar 400, Practice, First practice\nClint Bowyer was the fastest in the first practice session with a time of 44.821 seconds and a speed of 200.799\u00a0mph (323.155\u00a0km/h).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 50], "content_span": [51, 182]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278330-0005-0000", "contents": "2018 Coke Zero Sugar 400, Practice, Final practice\nFinal practice session for Thursday was cancelled due to rain.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 50], "content_span": [51, 113]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278330-0006-0000", "contents": "2018 Coke Zero Sugar 400, Qualifying\nChase Elliott scored the pole for the race with a time of 46.381 and a speed of 194.045\u00a0mph (312.285\u00a0km/h).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 36], "content_span": [37, 144]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278330-0007-0000", "contents": "2018 Coke Zero Sugar 400, Media, Television\nNBC Sports covered the race on the television side. Rick Allen, 2000 Coke Zero 400 winner Jeff Burton and two-time Coke Zero 400 winner Dale Earnhardt Jr. called in the booth for the race. Mike Tirico and Steve Letarte called from the NBC Peacock Pit Box on pit road. Dave Burns, Parker Kligerman, Marty Snider and Kelli Stavast reported from pit lane during the race.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 43], "content_span": [44, 412]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278330-0008-0000", "contents": "2018 Coke Zero Sugar 400, Media, Radio\nMRN had the radio call for the race which was also simulcast on Sirius XM NASCAR Radio.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 38], "content_span": [39, 126]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278331-0000-0000", "contents": "2018 Colchester Borough Council election\nElections to Colchester Borough Council took place on 3 May 2018. Seventeen members of the council (one-third of the whole) were elected, one from each of the 17 wards. It was the first standard election to take place following comprehensive boundary changes in 2016.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [40, 40], "content_span": [41, 308]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278331-0001-0000", "contents": "2018 Colchester Borough Council election, Results summary\nThe four main parties put up a full slate of candidates and Independents stood in eight wards.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 57], "content_span": [58, 152]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278331-0002-0000", "contents": "2018 Colchester Borough Council election, Results summary, Composition\nPrior to the election, the composition of the council was:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 70], "content_span": [71, 129]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278331-0003-0000", "contents": "2018 Colchester Borough Council election, Results summary, New Administration\nThe Labour, Liberal Democrat, and Independent groups reached a deal that would continue their coalition, with Cllr Mark Cory to replace the unseated Paul Smith as Leader of the Council.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 77], "content_span": [78, 263]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278332-0000-0000", "contents": "2018 Colgate Raiders football team\nThe 2018 Colgate Raiders football team represented Colgate University in the 2018 NCAA Division I FCS football season. They were led by fifth-year head coach Dan Hunt and played their home games at Crown Field at Andy Kerr Stadium. They were a member of the Patriot League. They finished the season 10\u20132, 6\u20130 in Patriot League play to be Patriot League champions. They received the Patriot League's automatic bid to the FCS Playoffs where, after a first round bye, they defeated James Madison in the second round before losing in the quarterfinals to North Dakota State. Following the season, they were awarded the Lambert Division I FCS Cup by the Eastern College Athletic Conference and the Metropolitan New York Football Writers, signifying the Raiders as the best team in the East in Division I FCS.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [34, 34], "content_span": [35, 838]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278332-0001-0000", "contents": "2018 Colgate Raiders football team, Previous season\nThe Raiders finished the 2017 season 7\u20134, 5\u20131 in Patriot League play to finish in a tie for the Patriot League championship with Lehigh. Due to their head-to-head loss over Lehigh, they did not receive a bid to the FCS Playoffs.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 51], "content_span": [52, 280]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278332-0002-0000", "contents": "2018 Colgate Raiders football team, Preseason, Preseason coaches poll\nThe Patriot League released their preseason coaches poll on July 26, 2018, with the Raiders predicted to finish as Patriot League champions.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 69], "content_span": [70, 210]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278332-0003-0000", "contents": "2018 Colgate Raiders football team, Preseason, Preseason All-Patriot League team\nThe Raiders placed ten players on the preseason all-Patriot League team.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 80], "content_span": [81, 153]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278333-0000-0000", "contents": "2018 College Baseball All-America Team\nThis is a list of college baseball players named first team All-Americans for the National Collegiate Athletic Association's (NCAA) Division I baseball season. The NCAA recognizes four different All-America selectors for baseball: the American Baseball Coaches Association (since 1947), Baseball America (since 1981), Collegiate Baseball (since 1991), and the National Collegiate Baseball Writers Association (since 2001).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [38, 38], "content_span": [39, 461]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278334-0000-0000", "contents": "2018 College Basketball Invitational\nThe 2018 College Basketball Invitational (CBI) was a single-elimination men's college basketball tournament consisting of 16 National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) Division I teams that did not participate in the 2018 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament or the NIT. It was held from March 13 through March 30, 2018 in various arenas. This marked the 11th year the Tournament had been held.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [36, 36], "content_span": [37, 443]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278334-0001-0000", "contents": "2018 College Basketball Invitational\nNorth Texas defeated San Francisco two games to one in the best-of-three championship series to win the CBI championship.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [36, 36], "content_span": [37, 158]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278334-0002-0000", "contents": "2018 College Basketball Invitational, Participating teams\nThe following teams were announced as participants Sunday, March 11 after the NCAA Selection Show.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 57], "content_span": [58, 156]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278334-0003-0000", "contents": "2018 College Basketball Invitational, Participating teams, Declined invitations\nThe following programs received an invitation to the CBI, but declined to participate:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 79], "content_span": [80, 166]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278334-0004-0000", "contents": "2018 College Basketball Invitational, Format\nThe 2018 CBI had 16 teams organized into four regional brackets of four teams. The four teams that advanced to the semifinals were reseeded. The finals were a best-of-three series.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 44], "content_span": [45, 225]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278334-0005-0000", "contents": "2018 College Basketball Invitational, Format\nThe participants were announced Sunday, March 12 after the NCAA Selection Show.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 44], "content_span": [45, 124]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278335-0000-0000", "contents": "2018 College Football All-America Team\nThe 2018 College Football All-America Team includes those players of American college football who have been honored by various selector organizations as the best players at their respective positions. The selector organizations award the \"All-America\" honor annually following the conclusion of the fall college football season. The original All-America team was the 1889 College Football All-America Team selected by Caspar Whitney and Walter Camp.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [38, 38], "content_span": [39, 489]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278335-0000-0001", "contents": "2018 College Football All-America Team\nThe National Collegiate Athletic Bureau, which is the National Collegiate Athletic Association's (NCAA) service bureau, compiled, in the 1950, the first list of All-Americans including first-team selections on teams created for a national audience that received national circulation with the intent of recognizing selections made from viewpoints that were nationwide. Since 1957, College Sports Information Directors of America (CoSIDA) has bestowed Academic All-American recognition on male and female athletes in Divisions I, II, and III of the NCAA as well as National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics athletes, including all NCAA championship sports.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [38, 38], "content_span": [39, 701]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278335-0001-0000", "contents": "2018 College Football All-America Team\nThe 2018 College Football All-America Team is composed of the following College Football All-American first teams chosen by the following selector organizations: Associated Press (AP), Football Writers Association of America (FWAA), American Football Coaches Association (AFCA), Walter Camp Foundation (WCFF), Sporting News (TSN, from its historic name of The Sporting News), Sports Illustrated (SI), USA Today (USAT) ESPN, CBS Sports (CBS), College Football News (CFN), Scout.com, Athlon Sports, and Fox Sports (FOX).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [38, 38], "content_span": [39, 557]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278335-0002-0000", "contents": "2018 College Football All-America Team\nCurrently, the NCAA compiles consensus all-America teams in the sports of Division I FBS football and Division I men's basketball using a point system computed from All-America teams named by coaches associations or media sources. Players are chosen against other players playing at their position only. To be selected a consensus All-American, players must be chosen to the first team on at least two of the five official selectors as recognized by the NCAA. Second- and third-team honors are used to break ties. Players named first-team by all five selectors are deemed unanimous All-Americans. Currently, the NCAA recognizes All-Americans selected by the AP, AFCA, FWAA, TSN, and the WCFF to determine consensus and unanimous All-Americans.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [38, 38], "content_span": [39, 782]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278335-0003-0000", "contents": "2018 College Football All-America Team\nTwenty-seven players were recognized as consensus All-Americans for 2018, eight of them being unanimous. Unanimous selections are followed by an asterisk (*).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [38, 38], "content_span": [39, 197]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278336-0000-0000", "contents": "2018 College Football Playoff National Championship\nThe 2018 College Football Playoff National Championship was a college football bowl game that determined a national champion in the NCAA Division I Football Bowl Subdivision for the 2017 season. The Alabama Crimson Tide defeated the Georgia Bulldogs 26\u201323, coming back from a 13\u20130 deficit at halftime to secure the win in overtime. True freshman quarterback Tua Tagovailoa and defensive tackle Daron Payne were respectively named the offensive and defensive players of the game.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 51], "section_span": [51, 51], "content_span": [52, 530]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278336-0001-0000", "contents": "2018 College Football Playoff National Championship\nThe College Football Playoff selection committee chose the semifinalists following the conclusion of the 2017 regular season. Alabama and Georgia advanced to the national championship after winning the semifinal games hosted by the Sugar Bowl and Rose Bowl Game respectively in January 2018. The championship game was played at Mercedes-Benz Stadium in Atlanta, Georgia on January 8, 2018.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 51], "section_span": [51, 51], "content_span": [52, 441]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278336-0002-0000", "contents": "2018 College Football Playoff National Championship, Background\nThe Mercedes-Benz Stadium in Atlanta, Georgia was announced as the host site for the fourth College Football National Championship on November 4, 2015.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 51], "section_span": [53, 63], "content_span": [64, 215]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278336-0003-0000", "contents": "2018 College Football Playoff National Championship, 2018 College Football Playoff\nThe College Football Playoff (CFP) selection committee selected four teams to advance to the playoff: the Clemson Tigers, Oklahoma Sooners, Georgia Bulldogs, and Alabama Crimson Tide.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 51], "section_span": [53, 82], "content_span": [83, 266]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278336-0004-0000", "contents": "2018 College Football Playoff National Championship, Teams, Alabama\nThe Alabama Crimson Tide defeated the Clemson Tigers in the 2018 Sugar Bowl by a score of 24\u20136 to reach the championship game. The Tide had a 12\u20131 season, becoming the SEC West Division co-champions with the Auburn Tigers. The Crimson Tide were coached by Nick Saban.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 51], "section_span": [53, 67], "content_span": [68, 335]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278336-0005-0000", "contents": "2018 College Football Playoff National Championship, Teams, Georgia\nThe Georgia Bulldogs defeated the Oklahoma Sooners in the 2018 Rose Bowl by a score of 54\u201348 in double overtime to reach the championship game. The Bulldogs had a 13\u20131 season claiming their 13th Southeastern Conference (SEC) championship with a rematch victory over the Auburn Tigers, 28\u20137. The Bulldogs were coached by Kirby Smart.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 51], "section_span": [53, 67], "content_span": [68, 400]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278336-0006-0000", "contents": "2018 College Football Playoff National Championship, Game summary\nAfter winning the coin toss, Alabama deferred to the second half and Georgia received the ball to begin the game. After two plays, quarterback Jake Fromm attempted a pass downfield and was intercepted by Tony Brown. Alabama began their first drive of the game, and, after eleven plays, that drive ended with kicker Andy Pappanastos missing a 40-yard field goal. The teams each had three-and-outs for the game's first two punts. During Georgia's ensuing drive, the quarter ended, with no score.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 51], "section_span": [53, 65], "content_span": [66, 559]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278336-0007-0000", "contents": "2018 College Football Playoff National Championship, Game summary\nAfter a failed third down conversion, on the second play of the second quarter, Georgia kicker Rodrigo Blankenship hit a 41-yard field goal to open the scoring and put Georgia in the lead by three. Alabama's ensuing drive went nowhere, as they gained four yards on three plays and punted. Georgia took the ball and drove down the field, and found themselves with a first and goal at the Alabama 10-yard-line; the Tide defense held, however, and the Bulldogs settled for a second field goal and took a 6\u20130 lead with just over seven and a half minutes until half.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 51], "section_span": [53, 65], "content_span": [66, 627]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278336-0007-0001", "contents": "2018 College Football Playoff National Championship, Game summary\nOn Alabama's next drive, the Georgia defense held yet again and Alabama's J. K. Scott punted for the third time. Just prior to the punt, Georgia wide receiver Javon Wims was shown walking to the locker room, reportedly with a left shoulder injury. Both defenses then forced punts, and Georgia took back over with 1:19 remaining in the half on their own 31-yard-line. Nine plays later, on Alabama's 1-yard-line, Mecole Hardman took a direct snap, faked a handoff, and ran into the end zone for the game's first touchdown, putting Georgia up 13\u20130 going into halftime.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 51], "section_span": [53, 65], "content_span": [66, 631]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278336-0008-0000", "contents": "2018 College Football Playoff National Championship, Game summary\nBecause they deferred the coin toss, Alabama received the ball first in the second half. They started their drive on their own 22-yard-line. Tua Tagovailoa, Alabama's backup quarterback, started the second half for the Tide; that drive quickly resulted in a three-and-out. The initial punt was blocked, but an erroneous offside call gave the Tide another chance to punt. Georgia started their drive on their own 36-yard-line, but punted on 4th & 17. Alabama took over on their own 44-yard-line.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 51], "section_span": [53, 65], "content_span": [66, 560]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278336-0008-0001", "contents": "2018 College Football Playoff National Championship, Game summary\nThe teams then traded touchdowns on consecutive drives; Alabama scored their first points of the game on a 6-yard pass from Tagovailoa to Ruggs, but Georgia immediately responded with an 80-yard touchdown connection from Fromm to Mecole Hardman, putting Georgia up 20\u20137. On the second play of Alabama's ensuing drive, Tagovailoa, while scrambling to the left, threw into traffic and was intercepted by Georgia's Deandre Baker. Up 13, the Bulldogs took over possession of the ball on Alabama's 39-yard-line.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 51], "section_span": [53, 65], "content_span": [66, 572]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278336-0008-0002", "contents": "2018 College Football Playoff National Championship, Game summary\nThe Tide defense responded immediately, however, as Raekwon Davis intercepted a Jake Fromm pass on the first play of Georgia's drive, returning the pick to the UGA 40-yard-line. The Tide gained fifteen yards on six plays and kicker Andy Pappanastos avenged his earlier miss with a 43-yard field goal that put Bama within ten. The teams then traded punts. Just prior to Alabama's punt, it was announced that an Alabama defensive back, Kyriq McDonald, had collapsed on the sideline; the situation was described as a \"serious medical emergency\". He was loaded onto a medical stretcher awake and conscious.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 51], "section_span": [53, 65], "content_span": [66, 668]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278336-0008-0003", "contents": "2018 College Football Playoff National Championship, Game summary\nGeorgia could not muster anything on offense that drive, and punted. The fourth quarter saw Tagovailoa lead the Tide to come back and tie the game at 20 with 3:49. With three seconds remaining in the game, Andy Pappanastos missed a potential game-winning 36-yard field goal to the left, sending the game to overtime.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 51], "section_span": [53, 65], "content_span": [66, 382]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278336-0009-0000", "contents": "2018 College Football Playoff National Championship, Game summary\nIn overtime, Georgia had an unsuccessful drive that resulted in both a three-and-out, and a 13-yard loss sack to Fromm. Georgia opted to attempt a 51-yard field goal, which they made. On Alabama's first offensive play in overtime, Tagovailoa was sacked for a 16-yard loss, but immediately followed that with a game-winning 41-yard touchdown pass to DeVonta Smith, in a play that has since been called \"2nd and 26\" by fans. Tagovailoa was named the offensive player of the game, and Daron Payne was named the defensive player of the game.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 51], "section_span": [53, 65], "content_span": [66, 603]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278336-0010-0000", "contents": "2018 College Football Playoff National Championship, Broadcasting\nThe game was televised nationally by ESPN. On January 8, 2018, the network announced that its broadcast would feature a live performance by Kendrick Lamar during halftime. This performance was separate from the event proper at Mercedes-Benz Stadium (which featured a traditional halftime show with the marching bands of the participating teams), and originated from Centennial Olympic Park.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 51], "section_span": [53, 65], "content_span": [66, 456]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278336-0011-0000", "contents": "2018 College Football Playoff National Championship, Other National Championship selections\nFollowing an undefeated season in the American Athletic Conference and their victory over the Auburn Tigers in the 2018 Peach Bowl, the UCF Knights claimed the national championship by virtue of being the only undefeated team in the FBS level of college football. Adding to their argument was the fact that Auburn had defeated both Alabama and Georgia during the 2017 regular season. UCF held a victory parade at Disney World and hung a national championship banner at their stadium to celebrate this achievement.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 51], "section_span": [53, 91], "content_span": [92, 605]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278336-0011-0001", "contents": "2018 College Football Playoff National Championship, Other National Championship selections\nThe school also paid national championship bonuses to all of its assistant coaches, many of whom left UCF after the Peach Bowl to follow head coach Scott Frost to his new head coaching job at Nebraska; Frost himself (who coached UCF in the game) did not receive such a bonus because he had already been paid all of the bonuses allowed by his UCF contract.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 51], "section_span": [53, 91], "content_span": [92, 447]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278336-0012-0000", "contents": "2018 College Football Playoff National Championship, Other National Championship selections\nThe selection committee controversially ranked undefeated UCF 12th at the end of the regular season, below a number of two-loss teams from the Power Five conferences, which left them out of the CFP. The AP Poll ranked Alabama No. 1 in its final poll, receiving 57 first-place votes, while UCF was ranked No. 6 and received four first-place votes \u2014 the first time in the CFP era that the AP poll did not have a unanimous No. 1 team. Additionally, the Knights finished the 2017 football season as the No. 1 team in the Colley Matrix rankings. The Colley Matrix was used in the past as one input to the BCS computer rankings and is included in a list of historical \"national champion major selections\".", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 51], "section_span": [53, 91], "content_span": [92, 791]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278337-0000-0000", "contents": "2018 CollegeInsider.com Postseason Tournament\nThe 2018 CollegeInsider.com Postseason Tournament (CIT) was a postseason single-elimination tournament of NCAA Division I basketball teams. The tournament began on March 12, 2018, and concluded on March 30, 2018.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [45, 45], "content_span": [46, 259]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278337-0001-0000", "contents": "2018 CollegeInsider.com Postseason Tournament\nThe field was composed of participants who belong to \"mid-major\" conferences and who were not invited to the NCAA Tournament, the National Invitation Tournament, or the College Basketball Invitational.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [45, 45], "content_span": [46, 247]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278337-0002-0000", "contents": "2018 CollegeInsider.com Postseason Tournament, Participating teams\nThe following teams received an invitation to the 2018 CIT:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [47, 66], "content_span": [67, 126]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278337-0003-0000", "contents": "2018 CollegeInsider.com Postseason Tournament, Format\nThe CIT uses the old NIT model in which there is no set bracket. Future round opponents are determined by the results of the previous round.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [47, 53], "content_span": [54, 194]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278337-0004-0000", "contents": "2018 CollegeInsider.com Postseason Tournament, Format, Postseason classics\nIn 2016, the CIT introduced the Coach John McLendon Classic as the first \"Classic\" game to ever be played during a postseason tournament. For 2017, the CIT introduced three more \"Classic\" games, for a total of four, all to be played in the first round. In 2018, a fifth \"Classic\" was added.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [47, 74], "content_span": [75, 365]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278337-0005-0000", "contents": "2018 CollegeInsider.com Postseason Tournament, Format, Postseason classics\nCoach John McLendon ClassicHugh Durham ClassicLou Henson ClassicRiley Wallace ClassicJim Phelan Classic", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [47, 74], "content_span": [75, 178]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278337-0006-0000", "contents": "2018 CollegeInsider.com Postseason Tournament, Format, Postseason classics\nThe winners of each Classic received a trophy and advanced to the second round or to the quarterfinals if they received a second round bye.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [47, 74], "content_span": [75, 214]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278337-0007-0000", "contents": "2018 CollegeInsider.com Postseason Tournament, Bracket\nBracket is for visual purposes only. The CIT does not use a set bracket.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [47, 54], "content_span": [55, 127]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278338-0000-0000", "contents": "2018 Collegiate Basketball Awards\nThe 2018 Collegiate Basketball Awards was an awarding ceremony recognizing the champion teams, players and coaches from the University Athletic Association of the Philippines Season 80 and the National Collegiate Athletic Association Season 93 men's basketball tournaments and UAAP women's basketball tournaments. The CBA is organized by the UAAP Press Corps and the NCAA Press Corps, a group of sportswriters and reporters from print and online media who are covering the two top-tier collegiate leagues in the Philippines. UAAP Press Corps is headed by Reuben Terrado of Spin.ph and NCAA Press Corps is headed by Cedelf P. Tupas of Philippine Daily Inquirer.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [33, 33], "content_span": [34, 695]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278338-0001-0000", "contents": "2018 Collegiate Basketball Awards\nThe awarding ceremony was held at The Bayleaf Hotel, Intramuros, Manila on June 21, 2018.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [33, 33], "content_span": [34, 123]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278338-0002-0000", "contents": "2018 Collegiate Basketball Awards\nRobert Bolick from the San Beda Red Lions was crowned as the Collegiate Player of the Year. Tab Baldwin and Boyet Fernandez, for their part received the Coaches of the Year honors. For the first time in the history of CBA, Afril Bernardino from the NU Lady Bulldogs was recognized as the first female awardee as she scored the Pivotal Player of the Year award.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [33, 33], "content_span": [34, 395]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278339-0000-0000", "contents": "2018 Collegiate Rugby Championship\nThe 2018 Collegiate Rugby Championship was a college rugby sevens tournament played June 1\u20133 at Talen Energy Stadium in Chester, Pennsylvania, a suburb of Philadelphia. It was the ninth annual Collegiate Rugby Championship, and the eight consecutive year that the tournament was at Talen Energy Stadium (formerly known as PPL Park). The event was broadcast on ESPN+, ESPN2 and ESPNews. The men's tournament consisted of 24 teams split into six pools. Lindenwood won both the men's and women's championships. To claim their first title in only their second appearance in the tournament, Lindenwood defeated UCLA in the men's final. Total attendance for the three day tournament was 27,002 including a record setting 15,109 for Saturday pool play.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [34, 34], "content_span": [35, 780]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278339-0001-0000", "contents": "2018 Collegiate Rugby Championship, Freedom Cup\nWith their 2018 Freedom Cup victory, Fordham qualified for the CRC Championship top division in 2019.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 47], "content_span": [48, 149]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278340-0000-0000", "contents": "2018 Collingwood Football Club season\nThe 2018 Collingwood Football Club season was the club's 122nd season of senior competition in the Australian Football League (AFL). The club also fielded its reserves team in the VFL and a women's team in the AFL Women's competition.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [37, 37], "content_span": [38, 272]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278340-0001-0000", "contents": "2018 Collingwood Football Club season, Women's season, VFL Women's\nIn 2018, Collingwood fielded a team in the VFL Women's League for the first time. Most of Collingwood's AFL Women's list play for the club in the VFLW, though the majority of the team is made up of players who haven't been drafted to an AFLW club. The team won the minor premiership, though would go on to lose in the preliminary final to Geelong.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 66], "content_span": [67, 414]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278341-0000-0000", "contents": "2018 Cologne attack\nThe 2018 Cologne attack was an attack and subsequent hostage-taking that occurred at the central railway station of Cologne, Germany, on 15 October 2018.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [19, 19], "content_span": [20, 173]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278341-0001-0000", "contents": "2018 Cologne attack, Incident\nOn Monday 15 October 2018 at 12:30 German time the Syrian refugee Mohammed Abo R. entered a McDonald's fast food restaurant at the Cologne Central Station with a bag and a suitcase. In the restaurant he sat down at a table, drew a pistol, and spilled a flammable liquid on the floor. Shortly thereafter, he took a Molotov cocktail from his suitcase, ignited it and set the floor of the restaurant on fire.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 29], "content_span": [30, 435]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278341-0002-0000", "contents": "2018 Cologne attack, Incident\nThe fire ignited the clothes of a 14-year-old German girl, who ran out of the restaurant in a panic. Passersby quickly extinguished the girl's burning clothes, who, despite the rapid reaction of the passersby, suffered severe burns to her legs. Surprised by the triggered fire sprinkler system, Mohammed had meanwhile fled the fast food restaurant and, armed with his gun, stormed into an adjacent pharmacy, where he took an employee hostage.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 29], "content_span": [30, 472]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278341-0003-0000", "contents": "2018 Cologne attack, Incident\nAt 12:45 German time the first emergency calls reached the police. The police quickly evacuated the station and cordoned off the surrounding area. On the phone, the perpetrator stated his demands: Free passage to Syria, the release of a Tunisian woman and the return of his suitcase and bag from the McDonald's. He claimed to be a member of ISIL.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 29], "content_span": [30, 376]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278341-0004-0000", "contents": "2018 Cologne attack, Incident\nA two hour standoff led to no peaceful solution. The perpetrator in the meanwhile had poured gasoline over his hostage, put a Molotov cocktail in her hand and a lighter in her mouth. When he tried to set her on fire, the police attacked. At 14:55 German time a SEK team detonated two stun grenades, stormed the pharmacy and shot the perpetrator, who was still armed with his pistol. Three police officers fired a total of six rounds at Mohammed, of which several hit his upper body and one hit him in the head. The hostage was carried from the pharmacy and handed over to paramedics. Mohammed was dragged by the SEK Members to the square in front of the pharmacy, where CPR was applied and his wounds were treated by police medics.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 29], "content_span": [30, 761]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278341-0005-0000", "contents": "2018 Cologne attack, Victims\nDuring the incident a total of three victims were wounded, some of them seriously", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 28], "content_span": [29, 110]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278341-0006-0000", "contents": "2018 Cologne attack, Victims, The Hostage\nThe hostage was treated in a clinic after the incident. She suffered a shock and a gasoline poisoning. On Wednesday she was able to leave the hospital.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 41], "content_span": [42, 193]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278341-0007-0000", "contents": "2018 Cologne attack, Victims, Lika M.\nThe 14-year-old German girl Lika M., whose clothes were caught on fire by R.\u00b4s Molotov cocktail, was seriously injured. 10 percent of her skin was burned. She was treated in a children's hospital in Cologne. Eight surgeries and two skin transplants later she was able to leave the hospital in December 2018. Doctors expect her to make a full recovery.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 37], "content_span": [38, 389]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278341-0008-0000", "contents": "2018 Cologne attack, Victims, Another Victim\nThe fire department reported another victim. This person suffered smoke inhalation, but was able to leave the hospital on the same day.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 44], "content_span": [45, 180]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278341-0009-0000", "contents": "2018 Cologne attack, Investigation, Crime Scene Investigation\nIn the McDonald's, the bag and suitcase of the perpetrator were examined and declared safe by EOD Operators. Further Molotov cocktails, containers with a flammable liquid and several IEDs were found in the bags. The IEDs were gas cartridges modified with steel balls for maximum destruction. In the pharmacy the investigators found further containers with flammable liquid and further IEDs. Furthermore, an airsoft pistol and an identity document were seized.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 61], "content_span": [62, 521]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278341-0010-0000", "contents": "2018 Cologne attack, Investigation, Search of the Perpetrator's Apartment\nIn the evening of the same day, R.'s apartment was stormed and searched by the police. This happened especially in view of a possible terrorist attack and other perpetrators. Large quantities of gasoline and Arabic characters were found in the apartment. The characters are not related to Islamism or ISIL. Multiple electronic devices were seized in the apartment including two mobile phones.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 73], "content_span": [74, 466]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278341-0011-0000", "contents": "2018 Cologne attack, Investigation, Terrorism\nIn the beginning terrorism was a possible motive. During the investigation kept going no evidence of relations between Mohammed Abo R. and terrorism were found. The case was ruled non terrorism related.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 45], "content_span": [46, 248]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278341-0012-0000", "contents": "2018 Cologne attack, Investigation, Mental health issues\nAfter terrorism was ruled out, it was determined that Mohammed suffered from mental health issues. They found that he had been in psychotherapy since 2017 and was taking medication to combat depression. He was also suffering from gambling and drug addiction.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 56], "content_span": [57, 315]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278341-0013-0000", "contents": "2018 Cologne attack, Legal proceedings\nPolice stated that they could not rule out a terror attack. The Cologne prosecutor's office charged Mohammed Abo R. with two counts of attempted murder, aggravated battery and hostage-taking. On 16 October 2018, the Public Prosecutor General took over investigations because there were \"sufficient indications for a radical Islamist background.\" During the investigation no evidence for a terror related attack were found. In Dezember 2018 the Public Prosecutor General gave the case back to the Cologne prosecutor's office. The investigation is still ongoing.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 38], "content_span": [39, 599]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278341-0014-0000", "contents": "2018 Cologne attack, Legal proceedings\nIn June 2019, his pre-trial detention was suspended for six months and he was transferred to a specialist neurological clinic. Experts assume that Mohammed's stay at the clinic will allow him to recover to the point where he can participate in the trial.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 38], "content_span": [39, 293]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278341-0015-0000", "contents": "2018 Cologne attack, Perpetrator\nThe perpetrator was named as Mohammad Abo R., a 55-year-old man of Arab, reportedly Syrian origin. He entered Europe during the peak of the European migrant crisis and was first intercepted by the authorities of the Czech Republic in early 2015. He filed an asylum application in the Czech Republic but then moved to Germany, where he filed an asylum application in March 2015. Under the Dublin Regulation, the German authorities should have expelled him to the Czech Republic, but they did not do so. He was given permission to stay in Germany until 2021.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 32], "content_span": [33, 589]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278341-0016-0000", "contents": "2018 Cologne attack, Perpetrator\nAbo R. was known to the police. He had been charged 13 times since 2016, the charges included drug possession, theft, threat, fraud and trespassing. He was never convicted.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 32], "content_span": [33, 205]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278341-0017-0000", "contents": "2018 Cologne attack, Perpetrator, Wounds\nMohammed was wounded by several shots, several projectiles hit him in the upper body and one projectile hit him in the head. He was carried by the SEK officers from the pharmacy to the square in front of the pharmacy where he was resuscitated by the officers and a female GSG9 doctor. After successful resuscitation, Mohammed was taken to the University Hospital of Cologne, where he underwent emergency surgery. He was later transferred to intensive care. On Tuesday, his condition remained critical. In a press conference on Wednesday, the police announced that the perpetrator was no longer in a life threatening condition, but was in a coma.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 40], "content_span": [41, 686]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278341-0018-0000", "contents": "2018 Cologne attack, Perpetrator, Wounds\nTwo months after the incident, Mohammed woke up from the coma. He was later transferred to the prison hospital of North Rhine-Westphalia. Due to the gunshot wounds Mohammed is paralyzed on one side and must be artificially fed, fragments of the bullet are still stuck in his skull. According to a medical report, he is not able to take part in a court trial in his current condition.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 40], "content_span": [41, 424]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278341-0019-0000", "contents": "2018 Cologne attack, Reactions\nCologne main station was completely locked down. Thousands of people, many travelers among them, gathered around the station.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 30], "content_span": [31, 156]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278342-0000-0000", "contents": "2018 Cologne terrorist plot\nThe 2018 Cologne terrorist plot was foiled when, on 13 June 2018, police arrested Sief Allah H. in Cologne as he was manufacturing an explosive device which incorporated the highly toxic substance ricin. He was arrested for having breached the war weapons control legislation (German: Kriegswaffenkontrollgesetz).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [27, 27], "content_span": [28, 341]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278342-0001-0000", "contents": "2018 Cologne terrorist plot, Suspect and investigation\nSief Allah H. migrated to Germany in 2016 from Tunisia. In December 2017 he reported his Tunisian passport as lost to German authorities. Authorities suspected that Sief Allah H. had travelled to conflict zones and tried to replace passports that might contain stamps or entry visas which might indicate terrorist activities. German authorities also asked their Tunisian counterparts for information on him and were told that he was suspected of being a follower of Islamic ultra-conservative Salafi ideology.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 54], "content_span": [55, 564]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278342-0002-0000", "contents": "2018 Cologne terrorist plot, Suspect and investigation\nHe was arrested on 13 June 2018. Police found more than 3000 castor bean seeds in his apartment and 84.3 milligrams of ricin in his apartment along with bomb components. The following Friday police had discovered that the suspect possessed the master key which gave access to further apartments in the same high-rise building and police searched those for dangerous items and substances. The chief of Germany's domestic intelligence agency, Hans-Georg Maa\u00dfen, said it was likely that a terrorist attack had been foiled.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 54], "content_span": [55, 574]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278342-0003-0000", "contents": "2018 Cologne terrorist plot, Suspect and investigation\nDetectives from the German Public Prosecutor General (German: Generalbundesanwalt beim Bundesgerichtshof - BGA) and Federal Criminal Police Office conducted the investigation. By July 2018, investigators had found three mobile phones among the possessions of the suspect, one of which covers 9000 chat logs along with various instructions on how to make a bomb were found. The suspect had also acquired the means to transform castor beans into poison.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 54], "content_span": [55, 506]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278342-0004-0000", "contents": "2018 Cologne terrorist plot, Suspect and investigation\nIn the autumn of 2017, Sief Allah H. was in contact with members of Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant and they suggested an attack in Germany.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 54], "content_span": [55, 200]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278342-0005-0000", "contents": "2018 Cologne terrorist plot, Suspect and investigation\nIn April 2018, Sief Allah H. started to manufacture ricin. His wife provided assistance with payments through her bank accounts.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 54], "content_span": [55, 183]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278342-0006-0000", "contents": "2018 Cologne terrorist plot, Suspect and investigation\nIn July 2018, Yamin H., the 42-year-old wife of Sief Allah H. was apprehended. She was suspected of three counts of preparing a serious violent crime and assisting in the procurement of a biological weapon. According to the BGA, she and her husband wished to travel to Syria to join the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant. In August 2017 she was unable to travel to Syria due to children from a previous marriage, so she bought a flight ticket to Istanbul for her husband.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 54], "content_span": [55, 529]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278342-0007-0000", "contents": "2018 Cologne terrorist plot, Suspect and investigation\nOn 1 August 2018, prosecutors charged Sief Allah H., who was in custody, with \"planning a serious act of violence against the state\" and membership in a terrorist organisation, and in March 2020, the D\u00fcsseldorf OLG court sentenced him to 10 years imprisonment.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 54], "content_span": [55, 315]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278342-0008-0000", "contents": "2018 Cologne terrorist plot, Aftermath, Political reactions\nThe interior minister of North Rhine-Westphalia Herbert Reul (CDU) stated that the potential danger the suspect posed was \"relatively high\". Reul also praised the professionalism of the police in Cologne.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 59], "content_span": [60, 264]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278343-0000-0000", "contents": "2018 Colombia Oro y Paz\nThe 2018 Colombia Oro y Paz was a road cycling stage race that took place in Colombia between 6 and 11 February 2018. It was the first edition of the Colombia Oro y Paz, and was rated as a 2.1 event as part of the UCI America Tour.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [23, 23], "content_span": [24, 255]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278343-0001-0000", "contents": "2018 Colombia Oro y Paz\nThe race was won by Colombian Egan Bernal of Team Sky.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [23, 23], "content_span": [24, 78]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278343-0002-0000", "contents": "2018 Colombia Oro y Paz, Teams\nTwenty-five teams started the race. Each team had a maximum of six riders:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 30], "content_span": [31, 105]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278344-0000-0000", "contents": "2018 Colombia police stations attacks\nThe 2018 Colombia police stations attacks occurred on January 27, 2018, when two hand grenades were thrown at police stations in Barranquilla and Soledad. About five officers died (a sixth later on) and 48 people were wounded, the latter of which included some civilians. On January 28, two policemen died after an attack on a police station in Santa Rosa del Sur, bringing the death toll to seven. All the dead were serving officers in the National Police of Colombia.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [37, 37], "content_span": [38, 507]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278344-0001-0000", "contents": "2018 Colombia police stations attacks\nThe National Liberation Army (ELN) was responsible for the attacks on the police stations. The attacks were one of the deadliest on the security forces in the last few years in Colombia.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [37, 37], "content_span": [38, 224]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278344-0002-0000", "contents": "2018 Colombia police stations attacks\nColombian President Juan Manuel Santos suspended peace talks with the group afterwards.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [37, 37], "content_span": [38, 125]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278344-0003-0000", "contents": "2018 Colombia police stations attacks, Victims\nThe dead victims of the third attack were Manuel Galvis Contreras and Ferney Alexander Posada.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 46], "content_span": [47, 141]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278345-0000-0000", "contents": "2018 Colombian Women's Football League\nThe 2018 Colombian Women's Football League season (officially known as the 2018 Liga \u00c1guila Femenina season for sponsorship reasons) is the second season of Colombia's top-flight women's football league. The season started on 10 February and concluded on 31 May 2018. Santa Fe were the defending champions.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [38, 38], "content_span": [39, 345]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278345-0001-0000", "contents": "2018 Colombian Women's Football League\nThe two-legged final was played between Atl\u00e9tico Huila and debutants Atl\u00e9tico Nacional. Atl\u00e9tico Huila were the champions after tying Atl\u00e9tico Nacional 2\u20132 in aggregate score and beating them 3\u20130 in the penalty shootout, and qualified for the 2018 Copa Libertadores Femenina.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [38, 38], "content_span": [39, 314]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278345-0002-0000", "contents": "2018 Colombian Women's Football League, Format\nStarting from this season, the league was expanded from 18 to 23 teams, which competed in four double round-robin groups, three of six teams each and one of five teams. The top two teams in each group moved on to the quarterfinals, with the winners advancing to the semifinals. The winners of each semifinal played the finals, which determined the champions. All rounds in the knockout stage were played on a home-and-away basis. The champions qualified for the 2018 Copa Libertadores Femenina and will also play the 2017\u201318 Primera Divisi\u00f3n Femenina champions in a double-legged series, same as last season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 46], "content_span": [47, 655]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278345-0003-0000", "contents": "2018 Colombian Women's Football League, Teams\n23 teams took part in the competition. The teams are affiliated with DIMAYOR affiliate clubs. Atl\u00e9tico, Atl\u00e9tico Nacional, Bogot\u00e1, Deportes Tolima, and Junior competed for the first time.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 45], "content_span": [46, 233]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278345-0004-0000", "contents": "2018 Colombian Women's Football League, Teams, Stadia and locations\na: Played home games in Zipaquir\u00e1. b: Played home games in Chiquinquir\u00e1. c: Played home games in Cali.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 67], "content_span": [68, 170]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278345-0005-0000", "contents": "2018 Colombian Women's Football League, First stage\nThe first stage started on 10 February and consisted of four round-robin hexagonals. It ended on 6 May with the top two teams from each group advancing to the knockout round.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 51], "content_span": [52, 226]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278345-0006-0000", "contents": "2018 Colombian Women's Football League, Knockout phase, Finals\nTied 2\u20132 on aggregate, Atl\u00e9tico Huila won 3\u20130 on penalties.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 62], "content_span": [63, 122]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278346-0000-0000", "contents": "2018 Colombian anti-corruption referendum\nA referendum on anti-corruption measures was held in Colombia on 26 August 2018.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [41, 41], "content_span": [42, 122]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278346-0000-0001", "contents": "2018 Colombian anti-corruption referendum\nVoters were asked whether they approve of seven proposals aimed at reducing corruption: limiting the number of terms for politicians at all levels to three; requiring election candidates disclose their assets and those of their relatives; elected politicians being required to disclose their activities and private interests; a requirement for public hearings on budgets; a requirement for all public sector contracts to go out to tender; the removal of the right to parole for people convicted of corruption; and reducing the maximum salary of public officials and politicians from forty times the minimum wage to twenty-five times.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [41, 41], "content_span": [42, 675]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278346-0001-0000", "contents": "2018 Colombian anti-corruption referendum\nIn order for the results to be legally binding, voter turnout was required to be at least one-third of registered voters (12.1 million). However, only 11.7 million voters (32%) cast ballots.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [41, 41], "content_span": [42, 232]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278346-0002-0000", "contents": "2018 Colombian anti-corruption referendum, Background\nThe referendum was the result of a campaign called Consulta Popular Anticorrupci\u00f3n by senators Claudia L\u00f3pez Hern\u00e1ndez and Ang\u00e9lica Lozano Correa of the Green Alliance party. Under the constitution, a referendum can be called if 5% of registered voters sign a petition in favour. Between 24 January and 26 July 2017 a total of 4,236,682 signatures were collected, with 3,092,238 recognised as valid by the National Civil Registry, above the 5% threshold (1,762,083). The Senate approved the referendum on 5 June 2018 by a vote of 84\u20130, with President Juan Manuel Santos signing decree 1028/2018 on 18 June for the holding of the referendum.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [43, 53], "content_span": [54, 694]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278346-0003-0000", "contents": "2018 Colombian anti-corruption referendum, Campaign\nMany politicians supported \"Yes\" in the referendum, and a parody music video in the style of reggaeton was widely shared on the country's social media before the vote, using clips of these politicians. The President, Iv\u00e1n Duque, supported the referendum, though his mentor Alvaro Uribe did not, saying he would prefer to discuss anti-corruption measures in Congress. At the time of the referendum, Uribe was one of several Colombian politicians under investigation for alleged corruption. Additionally, six of the seven proposals had previously been introduced in Congress, and had all been voted down. On August 9, 2018, Duque introduced several packets to Congress, including three which covered areas of the vote. The Democratic Centre party, of which the President is a representative, did not actively campaign for votes before the referendum.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [43, 51], "content_span": [52, 900]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278346-0004-0000", "contents": "2018 Colombian anti-corruption referendum, Results\nOf the 11.7 million votes cast, 99% supported the amendments. However, the referendum came 470,000 votes short of the required 12.1 million votes, resulting in the vote being disqualified due to not reaching quorum.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [43, 50], "content_span": [51, 266]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278347-0000-0000", "contents": "2018 Colombian census\nThe 2018 Colombian Census was the 18th population census in Colombia, and the 7th to include the counting of households and dwelling units. It was developed by the National Administrative Department of Statistics (DANE) of the Republic of Colombia, whose guidelines and rules were established by Decree 1899 of November 22, 2017.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [21, 21], "content_span": [22, 351]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278347-0001-0000", "contents": "2018 Colombian census, Background and execution of the census\nInitially, the census planning involved several phases: e-Census (virtual) from January 9 to March 8, 2018, and face-to-face visits to homes, which began in April and ended on June 30, 2018. However, due to technical difficulties with the census\u2019 virtual platform, the virtual phase was extended until April 12. In total, 5,048,492 people were counted online, and the face-to-face home visits began on April 18.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 61], "content_span": [62, 473]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278347-0002-0000", "contents": "2018 Colombian census, Background and execution of the census\nSubsequently, due to incidents with the construction of the Ituango Dam that forced the evacuation of several municipalities, the winter emergency, security problems in the Catatumbo region, and the change of government authorities, face-to-face visits to homes were extended until September, 2018. Some preliminary results were released in late August, and the final results were expected to be published on the third week of September. It was finally announced that the data would become official on October 30, 2018. The second delivery of preliminary results was made on November 6, 2018. As reported by DANE, the entire process of executing the census meant interviewing 32 million people with a budget of 310 million Colombian pesos.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 61], "content_span": [62, 801]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278347-0003-0000", "contents": "2018 Colombian census, Background and execution of the census\nPrior to this census, the last population census in Colombia was the 2005 Census, which was conducted between May 22, 2005 and May 22, 2006. According to the official projections that had been made from the records of that census, the population of Colombia in 2018 was expected to be about 49,834,240 inhabitants. However, the preliminary 2018 results counted only 45.5 million people.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 61], "content_span": [62, 448]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278347-0003-0001", "contents": "2018 Colombian census, Background and execution of the census\nThe final census results were announced at a press conference on July 4, 2019, when DANE revealed that 4.09 million people had been left out of the preliminary count due to \"a series of failures in the collection of information.\" DANE then released the final estimate of 48,258,499 people living in Colombia.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 61], "content_span": [62, 370]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278347-0004-0000", "contents": "2018 Colombian census, Indicators\nThe main indicators registered in the 2018 General Census were the following:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 33], "content_span": [34, 111]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278348-0000-0000", "contents": "2018 Colombian parliamentary election\nParliamentary elections were held in Colombia on 11 March 2018 to elect 102 members of the Senate and 165 members of the House of Representatives.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [37, 37], "content_span": [38, 184]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278348-0001-0000", "contents": "2018 Colombian parliamentary election, Electoral system\nThe Chamber of Representatives consisted of 172 members; 162 were elected by proportional representation from 33 multi-member constituencies based on the departments, with seats allocated using the largest remainder method. Two members were elected by Afro-Colombian community and one by indigenous community. Although a new constituency had been created for the Raizal minority, legislation had not been approved to allow the election to take place. A further five seats were reserved for FARC and one for the running mate of the runner-up in the presidential election as part of the Colombian peace process.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 55], "content_span": [56, 665]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278348-0002-0000", "contents": "2018 Colombian parliamentary election, Electoral system\nThe Senate consisted of 108 members; 100 were elected a single nationwide constituency by proportional representation (with seats allocated using the largest remainder); two were elected from a two-seat constituency for indigenous Colombians; five were reserved for FARC and one for the runner-up in the presidential election.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 55], "content_span": [56, 382]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278349-0000-0000", "contents": "2018 Colombian presidential election\nPresidential elections were held in Colombia on 27 May 2018. As no candidate received a majority of the vote, the second round of voting was held on 17 June. Incumbent President Juan Manuel Santos was ineligible for re-election because of already serving for two terms. President Iv\u00e1n Duque was elected to serve a four-year term from 7 August 2018 to 7 August 2022.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [36, 36], "content_span": [37, 402]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278349-0001-0000", "contents": "2018 Colombian presidential election, Electoral system\nColombian Presidents are elected for four-year terms using a two-round system; if no candidate receives a majority of the vote in the first round, a runoff is held between the top two candidates. The Vice President is elected on the same ticket as the President. Presidents are limited to a single four-year term and Article 191 of the constitution requires candidates to be Colombian by birth and at least thirty years old.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 54], "content_span": [55, 479]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278349-0002-0000", "contents": "2018 Colombian presidential election, Electoral system\nIn line with the constitution, Colombian citizens by birth or by naturalization, aged eighteen or older have the right to vote. Several scenarios can cause the loss of the right to vote, as outlined in the constitution. Citizens in detention centers can vote from the establishments determined by the National Civil Registry. The civil registry inscription is not automatic, and citizens must go to the regional office of the Registry to register.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 54], "content_span": [55, 502]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278349-0003-0000", "contents": "2018 Colombian presidential election, Electoral system\nLegislative act # 2 of 2015 established that the runner-up in the presidential elections is given a seat in the Senate and their Vice President candidate will become a member of the House of Representatives.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 54], "content_span": [55, 262]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278349-0004-0000", "contents": "2018 Colombian presidential election, Main candidates, Candidates that withdrew\nThe Common Alternative Revolutionary Force withdrew its presidential aspiration on 9 March 2018, stating the health problems of its candidate Rodrigo Londo\u00f1o, as the reason.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 79], "content_span": [80, 253]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278349-0005-0000", "contents": "2018 Colombian presidential election, Main candidates, Candidates that withdrew\nOn 16 March 2018, Juan Carlos Pinz\u00f3n ended his presidential campaign, accepting a role as Germ\u00e1n Vargas' Vice President candidate.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 79], "content_span": [80, 210]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278349-0006-0000", "contents": "2018 Colombian presidential election, Main candidates, Candidates that withdrew\nPiedad C\u00f3rdoba and her Vice Presidential candidate Jaime Ara\u00fajo Renter\u00eda terminated their candidacy on April 9th, 2018.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 79], "content_span": [80, 199]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278349-0007-0000", "contents": "2018 Colombian presidential election, Main candidates, Candidates that withdrew\nViviane Morales and her Vice presidential candidate Jorge Leyva Dur\u00e1n, of the Somos Regi\u00f3n Colombia party, retired their candidacy on May 2nd, 2018. After, Morales adhered to Iv\u00e1n Duque's campaign, while Leyva joined Germ\u00e1n Vargas Lleras' candidacy.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 79], "content_span": [80, 329]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278349-0008-0000", "contents": "2018 Colombian presidential election, Main candidates, Debates\nThere were four debates, which took place in the four main departments.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 62], "content_span": [63, 134]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278349-0009-0000", "contents": "2018 Colombian presidential election, Main candidates, Debates\nThe Antioquia debate was characterised by the lack of attacks made by the candidates. Topics included public order, Venezuelan immigration, the peace treaties with FARC and LGBT couples' rights. Regional topics included the Antioquia railroad, regional connectivity and tourist industry development.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 62], "content_span": [63, 362]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278349-0010-0000", "contents": "2018 Colombian presidential election, Main candidates, Debates\nThe Caribe debate saw several disqualifications and confrontations between candidates, as well as incidents in the crowds between followers of different parties. Topics included the battle against corruption, the peace process with FARC, the environment and the country's relationship with Venezuelan. Regional topics included Electricaribe (an energy supplier in the Caribe region) and the decisions that the candidates would take to resolve the energy problem.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 62], "content_span": [63, 525]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278349-0011-0000", "contents": "2018 Colombian presidential election, Main candidates, Debates\nThe Pacific debate saw discussions on flaws in the healthcare system, illegal mining, education, FARC, illegal crops, the battle against corruption, infrastructure, culture, racism and the exploitation of biodiversity. The candidates Humberto de La Calle and Germ\u00e1n Vargas Lleras took advantage of the free questions to comment on absent candidate, Iv\u00e1n Duque.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 62], "content_span": [63, 423]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278349-0012-0000", "contents": "2018 Colombian presidential election, Main candidates, Debates\nThe Eje Cafetero debate was cancelled due to disturbances that prevented some candidates entering the Los Fundadores de Manizales theatre. Afterwards Iv\u00e1n Duque, Humberto de La Calle, Gustavo Petro and Germ\u00e1n Vargas Lleras met at the city's auditorium and held a closed-door debate. The most important topics were the coffee industry and tourism.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 62], "content_span": [63, 410]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278349-0013-0000", "contents": "2018 Colombian presidential election, Opinion polls, First round, 2017\nDuring the first round, six parties ran for the Presidency. These candidates were; Ivan Duque, Gustavo Petro, Sergio Fajardo, German Vargas Lleras, Humberto de la Calle and Jorge Antonio Trujillo. As none of the candidates received the majority of votes, the elections moved to a runoff between the top two candidates, Ivan Duque and Gustavo Petro, which was held on June 17, 2017.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 70], "content_span": [71, 452]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278349-0014-0000", "contents": "2018 Colombian presidential election, Opinion polls, Second round\nFormer candidate of Sergio Fajardo, leader of Movimiento Compromiso Ciudadano, announced his blank vote for the second round, as well as former liberal candidate Humberto de La Calle, although his party joined Iv\u00e1n Duque's campaign. The Alternative Democratic Pole joined Gustavo Petro's campaign, but a minority sector led by Senator Jorge Robledo (MOIR) decided to vote blank too. The directive of the Green Alliance let their followers to choose between supporting Gustavo Petro or voting blank, but considered unacceptable to support Iv\u00e1n Duque.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 65], "content_span": [66, 615]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278349-0014-0001", "contents": "2018 Colombian presidential election, Opinion polls, Second round\nMovimiento Mejor Vargas Lleras and the Radical Change party sent their former candidate's program to Iv\u00e1n Duque, to consider it for a future government, although there was not an official adhesion. The Partido de la U and the Social Party of National Unity encouraged their followers choose freely to vote for their preferred option.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 65], "content_span": [66, 400]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278350-0000-0000", "contents": "2018 Colonial Athletic Association Baseball Tournament\nThe 2018 Colonial Athletic Association Baseball Tournament was held at Eagle Field at Veterans Memorial Park in Harrisonburg, Virginia from May 23 through May 26. The winner of the tournament, UNC Wilmington, earned the Colonial Athletic Association's automatic bid to the 2018 NCAA Division I Baseball Tournament.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 54], "section_span": [54, 54], "content_span": [55, 370]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278350-0001-0000", "contents": "2018 Colonial Athletic Association Baseball Tournament\nEntering the event, UNC Wilmington had won the most championships among active teams, with four. James Madison and William & Mary had claimed two titles, while Delaware, Towson and fifth-year member College of Charleston each had one. Former member East Carolina won 7 titles during their tenure in the conference.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 54], "section_span": [54, 54], "content_span": [55, 369]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278350-0002-0000", "contents": "2018 Colonial Athletic Association Baseball Tournament, Seeding and format\nContinuing the format adopted in 2012, the top six finishers from the regular season competed in the modified double-elimination tournament.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 54], "section_span": [56, 74], "content_span": [75, 215]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278350-0003-0000", "contents": "2018 Colonial Athletic Association Baseball Tournament, All-Tournament Team, Most Valuable Player\nCole Weiss was named Tournament Most Valuable Player. Weiss was a third baseman for UNC Wilmington.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 54], "section_span": [56, 97], "content_span": [98, 197]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278351-0000-0000", "contents": "2018 Colonial Athletic Association football season\nThe 2018 Colonial Athletic Association football season was the twelfth season of football for the Colonial Athletic Association (CAA) and part of the 2018 NCAA Division I FCS football season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 50], "section_span": [50, 50], "content_span": [51, 242]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278351-0001-0000", "contents": "2018 Colonial Athletic Association football season, Regular season\nRankings reflect that of the STATS FCS poll for that week.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 50], "section_span": [52, 66], "content_span": [67, 125]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278352-0000-0000", "contents": "2018 Colorado Amendment A\nColorado Amendment A was a 2018 referendum to amend Article II, Section 26 of the Constitution of Colorado to remove language permitting slavery and involuntary servitude only as punishment for crime.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [25, 25], "content_span": [26, 226]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278352-0001-0000", "contents": "2018 Colorado Amendment A, Summary\nArticle II, Section 26 of the Constitution of Colorado previously stated:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 34], "content_span": [35, 108]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278352-0002-0000", "contents": "2018 Colorado Amendment A, Summary\n\"There shall never be in this state either slavery or involuntary servitude, except as a punishment for crime, whereof the party shall have been duly convicted.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 34], "content_span": [35, 196]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278352-0003-0000", "contents": "2018 Colorado Amendment A, Summary\nAn organization to remove the language, Abolish Slavery Colorado, collected signatures to put the question on the ballot in 2016 as Colorado Amendment T, but it failed by less than 1%. Advocates of the initiative blamed the wording of the question, which stated:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 34], "content_span": [35, 297]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278352-0004-0000", "contents": "2018 Colorado Amendment A, Summary\n\"Shall there be an amendment to the Colorado constitution concerning the removal of the exception to the prohibition of slavery and involuntary servitude when used as punishment for persons duly convicted of a crime?\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 34], "content_span": [35, 252]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278352-0005-0000", "contents": "2018 Colorado Amendment A, Summary\nIn 2018, the question was changed for clarity and put before voters, requiring a 55% affirmative vote to pass. The question was:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 34], "content_span": [35, 163]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278352-0006-0000", "contents": "2018 Colorado Amendment A, Summary\n\"Shall there be an amendment to the Colorado constitution that prohibits slavery and involuntary servitude as punishment for a crime and thereby prohibits slavery and involuntary servitude in all circumstances?\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 34], "content_span": [35, 246]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278352-0007-0000", "contents": "2018 Colorado Amendment A, Summary\nThe 2018 question was passed by 66.23% of voters on November 6. As a result, Article II, Section 26 of the Colorado Constitution now simply reads:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 34], "content_span": [35, 181]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278352-0008-0000", "contents": "2018 Colorado Amendment A, Summary\n\"There shall never be in this state either slavery or involuntary servitude.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 34], "content_span": [35, 112]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278352-0009-0000", "contents": "2018 Colorado Amendment A, Impact\nA lawsuit was filed in July 2020 by three inmates and one former inmates against Gov. Jared Polis, the Colorado Department of Corrections and a private prison operator under Amendment A to increase wages for penal labor from USD$0.10 an hour, which the inmates described as \"slave wages\", to the current Colorado minimum wage (USD$12 an hour as of 2020), in addition to paid sick leave and vacation time. This is considered the first lawsuit under the amendment to seek reform of the penal labor practices in the Colorado corrections system.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 33], "content_span": [34, 575]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278353-0000-0000", "contents": "2018 Colorado Attorney General election\nThe 2018 Colorado Attorney General election took place on November 6, 2018, to elect the attorney general of Colorado.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [39, 39], "content_span": [40, 158]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278353-0001-0000", "contents": "2018 Colorado Attorney General election\nIncumbent Republican Cynthia Coffman did not run for re-election, instead opting to run for Governor. The Democratic Party nominated Phil Weiser, who subsequently defeated Republican nominee George Brauchler in the general election.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [39, 39], "content_span": [40, 272]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278353-0002-0000", "contents": "2018 Colorado Attorney General election, Republican primary\nArapahoe County District Attorney George Brauchler won the Republican nomination unopposed.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 59], "content_span": [60, 151]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278353-0003-0000", "contents": "2018 Colorado Attorney General election, Democratic primary, Convention results\nPhil Weiser and Joe Salazar qualified for the Democratic primary ballot. Attorney Amy Padden did not qualify.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 79], "content_span": [80, 189]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278353-0004-0000", "contents": "2018 Colorado Attorney General election, Democratic primary, Primary results\nFormer Dean of the University of Colorado Law School Phil Weiser defeated State Representative Joe Salazar.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 76], "content_span": [77, 184]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278353-0005-0000", "contents": "2018 Colorado Attorney General election, General election\nWeiser won the general election by a 6.5% margin of victory.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 57], "content_span": [58, 118]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278354-0000-0000", "contents": "2018 Colorado Buffaloes football team\nThe 2018 Colorado Buffaloes football team represented the University of Colorado Boulder in the 2018 NCAA Division I FBS football season. They were led by sixth-year head coach Mike MacIntyre and played their home games on campus at Folsom Field. They competed as a member of the South Division of the Pac-12 Conference.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [37, 37], "content_span": [38, 358]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278354-0001-0000", "contents": "2018 Colorado Buffaloes football team\nDespite a promising 5\u20130 start, the Buffaloes lost their final seven games to finish 5\u20137 overall, 2\u20137 in Pac-12 play, in last place in the South division. The low point of the season came on October 27, when Colorado blew a 31\u20133 lead to Oregon State, losing in overtime 41\u201334. MacIntyre was fired on November 18, the day after the sixth consecutive loss. Georgia defensive coordinator Mel Tucker was hired after the season on December 5, 2018.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [37, 37], "content_span": [38, 480]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278354-0002-0000", "contents": "2018 Colorado Buffaloes football team, Previous season\nColorado finished the 2017 season 5\u20137, 2\u20137 in Pac-12 play to finish in last place in the South Division.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 54], "content_span": [55, 159]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278354-0003-0000", "contents": "2018 Colorado Buffaloes football team, Preseason, Pac-12 Media Days\nThe 2018 Pac-12 media days are set for July 25, 2018 in Hollywood, California. Mike MacIntyre (HC), Rick Gamboa (LB) & Steven Montez (QB) at Pac-12 Media Days. The Pac-12 media poll was released with the Buffaloes predicted to finish in fifth place at Pac-12 South division.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 67], "content_span": [68, 342]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278355-0000-0000", "contents": "2018 Colorado House of Representatives election\nThe 2018 Colorado House of Representatives elections took place as part of the biennial United States elections. Colorado voters elected state representatives in all 65 of the state house's districts. State representatives serve two-year terms in the Colorado House of Representatives. The Colorado Reapportionment Commission provides a statewide map of the state House , and individual district maps are available from the U.S. Census .", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 47], "section_span": [47, 47], "content_span": [48, 485]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278355-0001-0000", "contents": "2018 Colorado House of Representatives election\nA primary election on June 26, 2018 determined which candidates appear on the November 6 general election ballot. Primary election results can be obtained from the Colorado Secretary of State's website.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 47], "section_span": [47, 47], "content_span": [48, 250]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278355-0002-0000", "contents": "2018 Colorado House of Representatives election\nFollowing the 2016 state House elections, Democrats maintained effective control of the House with 37 members. However, on March 2, 2018 immediately before being expelled from the legislature in the face of sexual harassment allegations, State Representative Steve Lebsock switched parties to Republican. This forced his replacement to be a fellow Republican. Due to these acts, Republican seats increased from 28 to 29 (Republican Alex Winkler was seated on March 23, 2018 to represent District 34) and Democratic seats decreased from 37 to 36 by election day 2018.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 47], "section_span": [47, 47], "content_span": [48, 614]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278355-0003-0000", "contents": "2018 Colorado House of Representatives election\nOn election day, Democrats expanded their majority by 5 seats, as the party also swept all statewide elections in the state. To claim control of the chamber from Democrats, the Republicans would have needed to net 4 House seats.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 47], "section_span": [47, 47], "content_span": [48, 276]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278355-0004-0000", "contents": "2018 Colorado House of Representatives election, Incumbents not seeking re-election, Term-limited incumbents\nFive Democratic incumbents are term-limited and prohibited from seeking a fifth term.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 47], "section_span": [49, 108], "content_span": [109, 194]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278356-0000-0000", "contents": "2018 Colorado Mammoth season\nThe Colorado Mammoth are a lacrosse team based in Denver, Colorado playing in the National Lacrosse League (NLL). The 2018 season is the 32nd in franchise history and 16th as the Mammoth (previously the Washington Power, Pittsburgh Crossefire, and Baltimore Thunder).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [28, 28], "content_span": [29, 296]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278356-0001-0000", "contents": "2018 Colorado Mammoth season, Final standings\nx:\u00a0Clinched playoff berth; c:\u00a0Clinched playoff berth by crossing over to another division; y:\u00a0Clinched division; z:\u00a0Clinched best regular season record; GP:\u00a0Games PlayedW:\u00a0Wins; L:\u00a0Losses; GB:\u00a0Games back; PCT:\u00a0Win percentage; Home:\u00a0Record at Home; Road:\u00a0Record on the Road; GF:\u00a0Goals scored; GA:\u00a0Goals allowedDifferential:\u00a0Difference between goals scored and allowed; GF/GP:\u00a0Average number of goals scored per game; GA/GP:\u00a0Average number of goals allowed per game", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 45], "content_span": [46, 509]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278356-0002-0000", "contents": "2018 Colorado Mammoth season, Roster, Entry Draft\nThe 2017 NLL Entry Draft took place on September 18, 2017. The Mammoth made the following selections:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 49], "content_span": [50, 151]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278357-0000-0000", "contents": "2018 Colorado Rapids season\nThe 2018 Colorado Rapids season will be the Colorado Rapids' 23rd season of existence, their 23rd season in Major League Soccer and their 23rd season in the top-tier of American soccer.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [27, 27], "content_span": [28, 213]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278357-0001-0000", "contents": "2018 Colorado Rapids season\nDue to a reconfiguration in the CONCACAF Champions League format, the Rapids will begin play in the Champions League this year for their successes during the 2016 season. Colorado opens their slate of competitive fixtures on February 20 in the Champions League Round of 16 with a two-legged series against Canadian champions, Toronto FC in the round of 16. On March 3, the club will have their MLS opener against Chicago Fire. In either May or June, the Rapids will begin play in the U.S. Open Cup.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [27, 27], "content_span": [28, 526]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278357-0002-0000", "contents": "2018 Colorado Rapids season, Background\nThe 2017 season saw a sharp downturn in the Rapids fortunes. Colorado finished the 2017 season second-bottom of the Western Conference table, with the third-worst overall record in Major League Soccer. Colorado finished 10th in the Western Conference and 20th in the overall table. The team scored a league-low 31 goals in 34 matches and conceded 51 goals. Dominique Badji lead the team with 7 goals across all competitions.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 39], "content_span": [40, 464]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278357-0003-0000", "contents": "2018 Colorado Rapids season, Background\nOutside of MLS play, the Rapids played in the 2017 edition of the U.S. Open Cup, where they lost in the fifth round to FC Dallas. The Rapids failed to qualify for the 2017 MLS Cup Playoffs. At the end of the campaign, four-year head coach, Pablo Mastroeni was relieved of his duties.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 39], "content_span": [40, 323]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278357-0004-0000", "contents": "2018 Colorado Rapids season, Transfers, In, Draft picks\nDraft picks are not automatically signed to the team roster.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 55], "content_span": [56, 116]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278358-0000-0000", "contents": "2018 Colorado Rockies season\nThe 2018 Colorado Rockies season was the franchise's 26th in Major League Baseball and the 24th season the Rockies played their home games at Coors Field. Bud Black returned for his 2nd consecutive season as Manager. They won 91 games during the regular season, which was the second-highest mark in franchise history and just one win behind the franchise record set in 2009.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [28, 28], "content_span": [29, 403]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278358-0000-0001", "contents": "2018 Colorado Rockies season\nThey finished the season with a record of 91-71 after losing to the Los Angeles Dodgers in the 2018 National League West tie-breaker game and subsequently opened the postseason by defeating the Chicago Cubs in the Wild Card Game. Their season ended when they were swept by the Milwaukee Brewers in the Division Series.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [28, 28], "content_span": [29, 347]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278358-0001-0000", "contents": "2018 Colorado Rockies season\nThe Rockies became the first team since the 1922 Philadelphia Phillies to play in four cities against four teams in five days, including the 162nd game of the regular season, NL West tie-breaker, NL Wild Card Game and NLDS Game 1. They also finished with the best road record in franchise history, going 44-38 away from Coors Field.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [28, 28], "content_span": [29, 361]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278358-0002-0000", "contents": "2018 Colorado Rockies season, Regular season, Record vs. opponents\nThe October 1 tiebreaker games were regular-season games that are included here.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 66], "content_span": [67, 147]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278358-0003-0000", "contents": "2018 Colorado Rockies season, Player stats, Batting, Starters by position\nNote: Pos = Position; G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 73], "content_span": [74, 198]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278358-0004-0000", "contents": "2018 Colorado Rockies season, Player stats, Batting, Other batters\nNote: G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 66], "content_span": [67, 175]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278358-0005-0000", "contents": "2018 Colorado Rockies season, Player stats, Pitching, Starting pitchers\nNote: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 71], "content_span": [72, 182]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278358-0006-0000", "contents": "2018 Colorado Rockies season, Player stats, Pitching, Other pitchers\nNote: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 68], "content_span": [69, 179]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278358-0007-0000", "contents": "2018 Colorado Rockies season, Player stats, Pitching, Relief pitchers\nNote: G = Games pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 69], "content_span": [70, 170]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278359-0000-0000", "contents": "2018 Colorado Springs Switchbacks FC season\nThe 2018 Colorado Springs Switchbacks FC season is the club's fourth year of existence, and their fourth season in the Western Conference of the United Soccer League, the second tier of the United States Soccer Pyramid. On January 26, 2018 it was announced that the Colorado Pride Switchbacks U23 will join the Premier Development League\u2019s Mountain Division for the upcoming 2018 season as the PDL partner of the USL\u2019s Colorado Springs Switchbacks FC.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [43, 43], "content_span": [44, 495]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278360-0000-0000", "contents": "2018 Colorado State Rams football team\nThe 2018 Colorado State Rams football team represented Colorado State University during the 2018 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The Rams were led by fourth-year head coach Mike Bobo and played their home games at Sonny Lubick Field at Canvas Stadium in Fort Collins, Colorado as members of the Mountain Division of the Mountain West Conference. They finished the season 3\u20139, 2\u20136 in Mountain West play to finish in fifth place in the Mountain Division.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [38, 38], "content_span": [39, 496]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278360-0001-0000", "contents": "2018 Colorado State Rams football team, Previous season\nThe Rams finished the 2017 season 7\u20136, 5\u20133 in Mountain West play to finish in a tie for second place in the Mountain Division. They were invited to the New Mexico Bowl where they lost to Marshall.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 55], "content_span": [56, 252]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278360-0002-0000", "contents": "2018 Colorado State Rams football team, Preseason, Mountain West media days\nDuring the Mountain West media days held July 24\u201325 at the Cosmopolitan on the Las Vegas Strip, the Rams were predicted to finish in third place in the Mountain Division.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 75], "content_span": [76, 246]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278360-0003-0000", "contents": "2018 Colorado State Rams football team, Preseason, Mountain West media days, Preseason All-Mountain West Team\nThe Rams had one player selected to the preseason all-Mountain West team.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 109], "content_span": [110, 183]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278361-0000-0000", "contents": "2018 Colorado State Senate election\nThe 2018 Colorado State Senate elections took place as part of the biennial United States elections. Colorado voters elected state senators in 17 of the 35 districts in the state senate. State senators serve four-year terms in the Colorado State Senate. The Colorado Reapportionment Commission provides a statewide map of the state Senate , and individual district maps are available from the U.S. Census .", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [35, 35], "content_span": [36, 442]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278361-0001-0000", "contents": "2018 Colorado State Senate election\nA primary election on June 26, 2018 determined which candidates appeared on the November 6 general election ballot. Primary election results can be obtained from the Colorado Secretary of State's website.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [35, 35], "content_span": [36, 240]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278361-0002-0000", "contents": "2018 Colorado State Senate election\nFollowing the 2016 state Senate elections, Republicans maintained effective control of the Senate with 18 members. Democratic state Senator Cheri Jahn switched from Democrat to unaffiliated on December 29, 2017. However, Sen. Jahn decided to still caucus with Democrats. In the 2018 election, Republicans defended 10 seats while Democrats defended 6 seats with Jahn's 1 Independent seat up for grabs.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [35, 35], "content_span": [36, 436]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278361-0003-0000", "contents": "2018 Colorado State Senate election\nTo claim control of the chamber from Republicans, the Democrats needed to net 1 Senate seat while electing a Democrat to the Independent seat. The Democratic candidate won the Independent seat while Democrats netted 2 additional seats, giving the party majority status in the chamber.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [35, 35], "content_span": [36, 320]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278361-0004-0000", "contents": "2018 Colorado State Senate election, Incumbents not seeking re-election, Term-limited incumbents\nSeven incumbent Senators (three Democrats, three Republicans and one Independent) are term-limited and unable to seek a third term.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 96], "content_span": [97, 228]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278361-0005-0000", "contents": "2018 Colorado State Senate election, Incumbents not seeking re-election, Retiring incumbents\nOne incumbent Democrat is not seeking re-election despite being able to do so.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 92], "content_span": [93, 171]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278362-0000-0000", "contents": "2018 Colorado elections\nA general election was held in the U.S. state of Colorado on November 6, 2018. All of Colorado's executive officers were up for election as well as all of Colorado's seven seats in the United States House of Representatives. The Democrats swept all of the statewide offices.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [23, 23], "content_span": [24, 298]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278362-0001-0000", "contents": "2018 Colorado elections, Governor and lieutenant governor\nIncumbent Democratic Governor John Hickenlooper was term-limited. Incumbent Democratic Lieutenant Governor Donna Lynne ran for governor, but was eliminated in the Democratic primary on June 26, 2018.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 57], "content_span": [58, 257]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278362-0002-0000", "contents": "2018 Colorado elections, Attorney general\nIncumbent Republican attorney general Cynthia Coffman ran for governor, but was eliminated at the state Republican party convention in April.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 41], "content_span": [42, 183]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278362-0003-0000", "contents": "2018 Colorado elections, Secretary of state\nIncumbent Republican Secretary of State Wayne Williams was eligible to run for re-election to a second term.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 43], "content_span": [44, 152]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278362-0004-0000", "contents": "2018 Colorado elections, State treasurer\nIncumbent Republican state treasurer Walker Stapleton was term-limited and could not run for a third consecutive term in office. He was the unsuccessful Republican nominee for Governor of Colorado.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 40], "content_span": [41, 238]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278362-0005-0000", "contents": "2018 Colorado elections, Colorado State Board of Education\nTwo seats on the seven-member State Board of Education were up for election in 2018. These included the 2nd district seat currently held by Democrat Angelika Schroeder and the 4th district seat held by Republican Pam Mazanec.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 58], "content_span": [59, 284]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278362-0006-0000", "contents": "2018 Colorado elections, Regents of the University of Colorado\nThree seats on the nine-member University of Colorado Board of Regents were up for election in 2018. These included the at-large seat currently held by Democrat Stephen C. Ludwig, the 3rd district seat held by Republican Glen Gallegos, and the 5th district seat held by Republican Kyle Hybl.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 62], "content_span": [63, 354]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278362-0007-0000", "contents": "2018 Colorado elections, State legislature, State senate\nIn the 2018 elections, 17 of the 35 seats in the Colorado State Senate were on the ballot. Democrats gained two seats and a 19-16 majority, which ended Republican control of the chamber.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 56], "content_span": [57, 243]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278362-0008-0000", "contents": "2018 Colorado elections, State legislature, State house\nIn the 2018 elections, all 65 seats in the Colorado House of Representatives were up for election. Democrats were able to expand their majority to 41-24, thanks to gaining five seats from the Republicans.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 55], "content_span": [56, 260]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278362-0009-0000", "contents": "2018 Colorado elections, United States House of Representatives\nAll of Colorado's seven seats in the United States House of Representatives will be up for election in 2018.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 63], "content_span": [64, 172]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278363-0000-0000", "contents": "2018 Colorado gubernatorial election\nThe 2018 Colorado gubernatorial election took place on November 6, 2018, to elect the next and the 43rd Governor of Colorado. Incumbent Democratic Governor John Hickenlooper was term-limited and could not seek reelection to a third consecutive term. The primary election was held on June 26.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [36, 36], "content_span": [37, 328]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278363-0001-0000", "contents": "2018 Colorado gubernatorial election\nThe major party nominees were U.S. Congressman Jared Polis for the Democratic Party and State Treasurer Walker Stapleton for the Republican Party. The general election took place on November 6, 2018, with Polis winning by 268,000 votes. Polis' victory marked the fourth straight election in which Colorado elected a Democratic governor.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [36, 36], "content_span": [37, 373]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278363-0002-0000", "contents": "2018 Colorado gubernatorial election\nThe victory of Jared Polis marked the first time in American electoral history that an openly gay politician was elected governor of a state.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [36, 36], "content_span": [37, 178]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278363-0003-0000", "contents": "2018 Colorado gubernatorial election, Democratic primary\nWith Hickenlooper ineligible to run for a third term in office, multiple Democratic politicians vied for the party's nomination for Governor. Prior to his resignation in 2015, former Lieutenant Governor Joseph Garcia was seen as a probable candidate for Governor in 2018.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 56], "content_span": [57, 328]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278363-0004-0000", "contents": "2018 Colorado gubernatorial election, Democratic primary, Candidates, Caucus results\nOn March 6, 2018, Democrats of precincts across Colorado met and voted how many Delegates each candidate that was caucusing on the ballot would get. As of March 11, 2018 at 7:30\u00a0p.m. 96.83% of precincts reported and added up below results.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 84], "content_span": [85, 324]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278363-0005-0000", "contents": "2018 Colorado gubernatorial election, Republican primary, Candidates, Caucus results\nBased on information shared by some key counties, as well as a recent survey the following are believed to be results of the Republican Caucus from Key Counties.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 84], "content_span": [85, 246]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278364-0000-0000", "contents": "2018 Colorado teachers' strike\nThe 2018 Colorado teachers' strike was a two and a half week strike that began on April 27, 2018, with teachers in some districts across the state walking out to protest low pay, low state-wide education spending, and mismanagement of the state teachers' pension. The strike ended on May 12, 2018 with an agreement between the teachers' union and school officials for a 2 percent pay raise. The strike was part of the larger wave of teachers' strikes in the United States where protests occurred in West Virginia, Oklahoma and Arizona.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [30, 30], "content_span": [31, 566]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278364-0001-0000", "contents": "2018 Colorado teachers' strike, Background, State of public education in Colorado\nThe Colorado Education Association says that teacher salaries after inflation have dropped 17 percent in the last 15 years, and that the state has underfunded education by $6.6 billion since 2009 by failing to implement a constitutional amendment that requires education funding to grow on pace with inflation.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 81], "content_span": [82, 392]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278364-0002-0000", "contents": "2018 Colorado teachers' strike, Background, Pension costs\nOne of the largest reasons for decreasing teacher pay and less funding for schools is the large amount of money diverted from current budgets to pay educators' unfunded pension liabilities. For example: \"In Colorado, school district payments to the public pension fund have roughly doubled since 2006, from about 10 percent of payroll to 20 percent.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 57], "content_span": [58, 408]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278364-0003-0000", "contents": "2018 Colorado teachers' strike, Background, Pension costs\nA 2016 study found that only 30% of the money that school districts pay towards the retirement benefits of an educator actually go toward that educator's pension, with 70% being used to pay off unfunded debt in that pension system. \"The disparity is about twice as stark in Colorado. Just $3 of every $20 spent per teacher goes to their retirement, according to an analysis by the state retirement system.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 57], "content_span": [58, 464]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278364-0004-0000", "contents": "2018 Colorado teachers' strike, Strike\nThe strike began on Friday, April 27. On that day, 10 school districts were closed in the state due to the strike.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 38], "content_span": [39, 153]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278364-0005-0000", "contents": "2018 Colorado teachers' strike, Strike\nThe topic of educational funding in various states within the United States has become a controversial subject. In early 2018, teachers in the states of Arizona, Colorado, North Carolina, Oklahoma, and West Virginia conducted strikes. In Colorado, the strikes occurred because of low teacher salaries and insignificant benefits. Colorado teachers were represented by the Colorado Education Association (CEA) and were opposed by officials of state government. The CEA demanded a two percent salary increase and a significant favorable adjustment to the Colorado Public Employees\u2019 Retirement Association (PERA).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 38], "content_span": [39, 648]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278364-0005-0001", "contents": "2018 Colorado teachers' strike, Strike\nIn response, on April 20th, 2018, Colorado Senator Bob Gardner and Representative Paul Lundeen introduced Senate Bill 18-264. Gardner and Lundeen intended to discourage teachers from conducting protests. \u201cThe bill prohibits public school teachers and teacher organizations from directly or indirectly inducing, instigating, encouraging, authorizing, ratifying, or participating in a strike against any public-school employer\u201d (SB18-264, n.d.). However, Senate Bill 18-264 was heavily criticized and was dismissed. Despite the threat of the bill, Colorado teachers began to strike on April 27th, 2018 and continued to do so until May 12th, 2018. Ultimately, the state government of Colorado agreed to give teachers a two percent salary increase.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 38], "content_span": [39, 783]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278364-0006-0000", "contents": "2018 Colorado teachers' strike, Reactions from state officials\nTwo Republican state senators, Bob Gardner and Paul Lundeen responded by proposing a bill that would fine teachers $5,000 per day for striking and send to teachers to jail for six months for striking. The bill was met with harsh criticism and was killed in subcommittee on April 30, although Gardner indicated he would consider reintroducing the bill in 2019 should there be a strike.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 62], "content_span": [63, 447]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278364-0007-0000", "contents": "2018 Colorado teachers' strike, Reactions from state officials\nOn April 30, Democratic governor, John Hickenlooper signed a $28.9 billion budget into law. In the law, $225 million was allocated to the state pension, and increased K-12 education funding by $150 million annually. Additionally, public colleges and universities would receive a 9 percent increase in state funding aimed at limiting increases in tuition rates.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 62], "content_span": [63, 423]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278365-0000-0000", "contents": "2018 Colts Neck mansion killings\nThe 2018 Colts Neck mansion killings and arson took place on November 20, 2018, at a mansion home in Colts Neck Township, New Jersey. The four victims were identified by authorities as Keith Caneiro, Jennifer Caneiro, and their two children, Jesse, 11, and Sophia, 8. Firefighters from fire departments all over Monmouth County responded to the massive fire that was lit after the killings. Earlier in the day, firefighters responded to another fire at the house of Paul Caneiro, Keith's brother, in Ocean Township, New Jersey. Emergency personnel responded to this fire at approximately 5:01 am.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [32, 32], "content_span": [33, 629]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278365-0001-0000", "contents": "2018 Colts Neck mansion killings, Killings\nKeith Caneiro's body was found outside of the house with four gunshot wounds to the head and one to the torso. Jennifer's, Jesse's, and Sophia's bodies were found inside the house. Authorities believe that their bodies suffered homicidal violence before they were burned by the fire.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 42], "content_span": [43, 326]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278365-0002-0000", "contents": "2018 Colts Neck mansion killings, Alleged charges\nPolice took Paul Caneiro into custody on November 21, 2018, without incident. He was charged with one count of aggravated arson on his own home while family members were inside. Authorities have stated that all four people living in Paul's house were able to escape the fire. His initial detention hearing was scheduled for November 28, 2018.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 49], "content_span": [50, 392]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278365-0003-0000", "contents": "2018 Colts Neck mansion killings, Alleged charges\nOn November 29, 2018, authorities announced that seven more charges had been filed against Paul Caneiro. Caneiro was charged with four counts of first-degree murder, one count of aggravated arson, one count of possession of a firearm for an unlawful purpose, and one count of possession of a knife for an unlawful purpose, all in connection with the Colts Neck incident. Authorities also announced that his detention hearing for the first aggravated arson charge had been postponed until November 30, 2018. In addition, a detention hearing for the new charges was scheduled for December 4, 2018.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 49], "content_span": [50, 645]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278365-0004-0000", "contents": "2018 Colts Neck mansion killings, Defense\nCaneiro pleaded not guilty at his brief court appearance for the initial aggravated arson charge on November 30, 2018.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 41], "content_span": [42, 160]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278365-0005-0000", "contents": "2018 Colts Neck mansion killings, Defense\nAccording an affidavit unsealed Monday, February 25, 2019, Paul Caneiro was being cut-off financially from a joint business after funds had gone missing.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 41], "content_span": [42, 195]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278365-0006-0000", "contents": "2018 Colts Neck mansion killings, Defense\nIn March, attorneys representing Caneiro withdrew from the case after finding what they described as conflicts of interest, leaving the possibility that he would be represented by a public defender.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 41], "content_span": [42, 240]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278366-0000-0000", "contents": "2018 Columbia Lions football team\nThe 2018 Columbia Lions football team represented Columbia University in the 2018 NCAA Division I FCS football season as a member of the Ivy League. They were led by fourth-year head coach Al Bagnoli and played their home games at Robert K. Kraft Field at Lawrence A. Wien Stadium. They finished the season 6\u20134, 3\u20134 in Ivy League play to finish in a three-way tie for fourth place.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [33, 33], "content_span": [34, 415]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278366-0001-0000", "contents": "2018 Columbia Lions football team, Previous season\nThe Lions finished the 2017 season 8\u20132, 5\u20132 in Ivy League play to finish in a tie for second place.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 50], "content_span": [51, 150]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278366-0002-0000", "contents": "2018 Columbia Lions football team, Schedule\nThe 2018 schedule consisted of five home and five away games. The Lions hosted Ivy League foes Princeton, Dartmouth, Yale, and Cornell, and traveled to Penn, Harvard, and Brown. Homecoming coincided with the game against Dartmouth on October 20.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 43], "content_span": [44, 289]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278366-0003-0000", "contents": "2018 Columbia Lions football team, Schedule\nIn 2018, Columbia's non-conference opponents were Central Connecticut of the Northeast Conference, Georgetown of the Patriot League, and Marist of the Pioneer Football League.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 43], "content_span": [44, 219]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278367-0000-0000", "contents": "2018 Columbus Challenger\nThe 2018 Columbus Challenger was a professional tennis tournament played on indoor hard courts. It was the fifth edition of the tournament which was part of the 2018 ATP Challenger Tour. It took place in Columbus, United States between 17 and 23 September 2018.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [24, 24], "content_span": [25, 286]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278367-0001-0000", "contents": "2018 Columbus Challenger, Singles main draw entrants, Other Entrants\nThe following players received entry into the singles main draw as wildcards:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 68], "content_span": [69, 146]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278367-0002-0000", "contents": "2018 Columbus Challenger, Singles main draw entrants, Other Entrants\nThe following player received entry into the singles main draw as a special exempt:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 68], "content_span": [69, 152]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278368-0000-0000", "contents": "2018 Columbus Challenger \u2013 Doubles\nDominik K\u00f6pfer and Denis Kudla were the defending champions but only K\u00f6pfer chose to defend his title, partnering Andrew Harris. K\u00f6pfer lost in the first round to Martin Joyce and Jeffrey John Wolf.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [34, 34], "content_span": [35, 233]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278368-0001-0000", "contents": "2018 Columbus Challenger \u2013 Doubles\nTommy Paul and Peter Polansky won the title after defeating Gonzalo Escobar and Roberto Quiroz 6\u20133, 6\u20133 in the final.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [34, 34], "content_span": [35, 152]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278369-0000-0000", "contents": "2018 Columbus Challenger \u2013 Singles\nAnte Pavi\u0107 was the defending champion but chose not to defend his title.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [34, 34], "content_span": [35, 107]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278369-0001-0000", "contents": "2018 Columbus Challenger \u2013 Singles\nMichael Mmoh won the title after defeating Jordan Thompson 6\u20133, 7\u20136(7\u20134) in the final.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [34, 34], "content_span": [35, 121]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278370-0000-0000", "contents": "2018 Columbus Crew SC season\nThe 2018 Columbus Crew SC season was the club's twenty-third season of existence, and their twenty-third consecutive season in Major League Soccer, the top flight of American soccer. Columbus also competed in the U.S. Open Cup, and took part in the Pacific Rim Cup and Carolina Challenge Cup during preseason. The season covered the period from November 30, 2017 to the start of the 2019 Major League Soccer season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [28, 28], "content_span": [29, 444]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278370-0001-0000", "contents": "2018 Columbus Crew SC season\nColumbus finished in third place in the inaugural Pacific Rim Cup during preseason. Facing a pair of Japanese opponents, Crew SC were defeated by Hokkaido Consadole Sapporo in the semifinals, but bounced back with a victory over Iwaki FC in the consolation game. Columbus then took part in the Carolina Challenge Cup, winning that title for the second consecutive season. Crew SC won all three matches in the tournament, claiming the CCC championship for the third time in club history.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [28, 28], "content_span": [29, 515]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278370-0002-0000", "contents": "2018 Columbus Crew SC season\nColumbus additionally won each of their midseason rivalry matches, defeating Toronto FC across two games for the Trillium Cup and dispatching FC Dallas on tiebreakers to defend the Lamar Hunt Pioneer Cup. Against Toronto, Columbus was trailing in the aggregate series by a 3\u20132 line inside of the final 30 minutes of the season series; the Crew put in three late goals to tie the match and win the cup. The match against Dallas ended in a scoreless draw, with Columbus retaining the cup based on the head to head goals tiebreaker. Crew SC won the Pioneer Cup for the seventh time that it had been contested.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [28, 28], "content_span": [29, 635]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278370-0003-0000", "contents": "2018 Columbus Crew SC season\nColumbus qualified for the playoffs for the second consecutive season, again finishing in fifth place in the Eastern Conference. Just as in 2017, Crew SC was victorious in a penalty shootout on the road in the knockout round, this time advancing past D.C. United with goalkeeper Zack Steffen making two saves. However, Columbus was eliminated in the conference semifinals by New York Red Bulls after suffering a 3\u20130 defeat in the second leg. In the U.S. Open Cup, Crew SC were eliminated in the fourth round by Chicago Fire, with the tie coming down to a penalty shootout. Crew SC goalkeeper Logan Ketterer had his shot saved in the eleventh round of kicks.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [28, 28], "content_span": [29, 686]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278370-0004-0000", "contents": "2018 Columbus Crew SC season, Background\nOvershadowing the season for Columbus was a threat by owner Anthony Precourt to move the team to Austin, Texas; Precourt had announced the proposed move in October 2017, five days before the team's final regular season game. The #SavetheCrew movement had been created in the aftermath of this proposed move.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 40], "content_span": [41, 348]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278370-0005-0000", "contents": "2018 Columbus Crew SC season, Background\nTwo days after the 2018 regular season began, Ohio Attorney General Mike DeWine and the City of Columbus filed a lawsuit against Precourt, citing a 1996 state law that prevents sports teams that benefited from public facilities or financial assistance from relocating to another city without a six-month notice and attempting to sell the team to a local ownership group. The lawsuit worked its way through the courts throughout the 2018 season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 40], "content_span": [41, 485]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278370-0006-0000", "contents": "2018 Columbus Crew SC season, Background\nOn October 12, 2018, with two games remaining in the regular season, the owner of the Cleveland Browns (Jimmy Haslam) released a statement stating he, along with other local groups, was in the process of buying the Crew. MLS later released a statement stating their willingness to keep the Crew in Columbus, and that Precourt would get the rights to start a team in Austin if the deal went through.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 40], "content_span": [41, 439]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278370-0007-0000", "contents": "2018 Columbus Crew SC season, Non-competitive, Preseason\nOn October 5, 2017, Crew SC were announced as a participant in the 2018 Carolina Challenge Cup, the fifth time that the club was to participate in the tournament. Columbus entered the event as defending champions. On November 13, 2017, the club announced that they would also take part in the inaugural Pacific Rim Cup during preseason. Crew SC were joined by Vancouver Whitecaps FC from MLS, as well as Hokkaido Consadole Sapporo and Iwaki FC from Japan. Columbus was drawn against Consadole Sapporo, with the winner advancing to the championship match and the loser going to the third place match.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 56], "content_span": [57, 656]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278370-0008-0000", "contents": "2018 Columbus Crew SC season, Competitive, MLS, Standings\nAs Toronto FC won MLS Cup 2017, one of the U.S. berths for the 2019 CONCACAF Champions League had to be reallocated, to the U.S. non-champions with the best aggregate record over the 2017 and 2018 MLS regular seasons. As the top ranked team in the table, Atlanta United FC, also qualified for the Champions League by winning MLS Cup 2018, the Champions League spot via the aggregate table was instead awarded to the second-placed team, the New York Red Bulls.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 57], "content_span": [58, 517]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278370-0009-0000", "contents": "2018 Columbus Crew SC season, Competitive, MLS, Results summary\nSource: Pld = Matches played; Pts = Points; W = Matches won; T = Matches tied; L = Matches lost; GF = Goals for; GA = Goals against; GD = Goal difference", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 63], "content_span": [64, 219]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278370-0010-0000", "contents": "2018 Columbus Crew SC season, Competitive, MLS, Match results\nOn December 19, 2017, the league announced the home openers for every club. Just like in 2016, Columbus opened the season on the road against the defending MLS Cup champions, playing at Toronto FC in the first match of the MLS season. Columbus then opened the season at home on March 10, facing Montreal Impact.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 61], "content_span": [62, 373]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278370-0011-0000", "contents": "2018 Columbus Crew SC season, Competitive, MLS, Match results\nThe schedule for the remainder of the 2018 season was released on January 4, 2018. Crew SC played three times against Chicago Fire and Philadelphia Union, twice against every other Eastern Conference club, and once against every Western Conference club.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 61], "content_span": [62, 315]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278370-0012-0000", "contents": "2018 Columbus Crew SC season, Statistics, Appearances and goals\nFederico Higua\u00edn entered the season sitting fifth in club history for most goals, needing three to pass Edson Buddle for fourth all-time. He tallied a penalty kick against Chicago on May 12, cracking the tie with Buddle. Higua\u00edn had also begun the year having appeared 163 times for Crew SC, needing seven appearances to crack the top ten in club history. He started each of the first ten games, leaping Frankie Hejduk for ninth place. By the end of the season, Higua\u00edn moved up the charts in all three categories: eighth all-time in appearances, with 196; third all-time in goals, with 58; and second all-time in assists, with 64.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 63], "content_span": [64, 695]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278370-0013-0000", "contents": "2018 Columbus Crew SC season, Statistics, Appearances and goals\nUpon his return to the club midway through the season, Justin Meram had the chance to add to his previous totals with the club; he sat fifth in appearances, sixth in goals, and tied for seventh in assists. He needed to play 28 times, score ten goals, or tally six assists in order to move up the charts. At the end of the year, Meram still sat fifth in appearances (with 225) and sixth in goals (with 43), but had taken sole possession of seventh in assists (with 36).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 63], "content_span": [64, 532]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278370-0014-0000", "contents": "2018 Columbus Crew SC season, Statistics, Appearances and goals\nWil Trapp began the season having appeared 144 times in all competitions for Crew SC, needing to play in 27 games to crack the all-time top ten. Although he missed several games while on international duty, Trapp appeared for the 27th time on the season in a draw with Philadelphia on September 29. He initially jumped into the table in a tie for tenth place with Hejduk. By the end of the season, Trapp had appeared in 177 games for the club, enough for sole possession of tenth.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 63], "content_span": [64, 544]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278370-0015-0000", "contents": "2018 Columbus Crew SC season, Statistics, Clean sheets\nZack Steffen entered the season with the seventh-most clean sheets in club history. He needed to keep two on the season in order to pass Brad Friedel for sixth all-time, which he did just three games into the campaign. Three saves in a scoreless draw with Philadelphia on March 17 moved Steffen up on the all-time chart. He promptly passed Mark Dougherty for fifth place, thanks to a 1\u20130 victory over the Union on May 9. Steffen finished the season with 22 career shutouts for Crew SC, good for fifth place in club history.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 54], "content_span": [55, 578]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278370-0016-0000", "contents": "2018 Columbus Crew SC season, Transfers, In, SuperDraft\nThe following players were selected by Columbus in the MLS SuperDraft, but did not sign a contract with the club.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 55], "content_span": [56, 169]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278371-0000-0000", "contents": "2018 Combined Japan Cup\nThe 2018 Combined Japan Cup was the first of the competition. It was organized by the JMSCA (Japan Mountaineering and Sport Climbing Association). It was held from 23 to 24 June 2018 in Morioka city, Iwate Prefecture. The athletes competed in combined format of three disciplines: speed, bouldering, and lead. The winner for men was Tomoa Narasaki and for women was Akiyo Noguchi.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [23, 23], "content_span": [24, 404]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278372-0000-0000", "contents": "2018 Commonwealth Games\nThe 2018 Commonwealth Games, officially known as the XXI Commonwealth Games and also known as Gold Coast 2018, was an international multi-sport event for members of the Commonwealth that were held on the Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia, between 4 and 15 April 2018. It was the fifth time Australia had hosted the Commonwealth Games and the first time a major multi-sport had an equal number of events for male and female athletes.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [23, 23], "content_span": [24, 456]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278372-0001-0000", "contents": "2018 Commonwealth Games\n4,426 athletes including 300 para-athletes from 71 Commonwealth Games Associations took part in the event. The Gambia, which withdrew its membership from the Commonwealth of Nations and Commonwealth Games Federation in 2013, was readmitted on 31 March 2018 and participated in the event. With 275 sets of medals, the games featured 18 Commonwealth sports, including beach volleyball, para triathlon and women's rugby sevens. These sporting events took place at 14 venues in the host city, two venues in Brisbane and one venue each in Cairns and Townsville.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [23, 23], "content_span": [24, 580]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278372-0002-0000", "contents": "2018 Commonwealth Games\nThese were the first Commonwealth Games to take place under the Commonwealth Games Federation (CGF) presidency of Dame Louise Martin. The host city Gold Coast was announced at the CGF General Assembly in Basseterre, Saint Kitts, on 11 November 2011. Gold Coast became the seventh Oceanian city and the first regional city to host the Commonwealth Games. These were the eighth games to be held in Oceania and the Southern Hemisphere.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [23, 23], "content_span": [24, 456]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278372-0003-0000", "contents": "2018 Commonwealth Games\nThe host nation Australia topped the medal table for the fourth time in the past five Commonwealth Games, winning the most golds (80) and most medals overall (198). England and India finished second and third respectively. Vanuatu, Cook Islands, Solomon Islands, British Virgin Islands and Dominica each won their first Commonwealth Games medals.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [23, 23], "content_span": [24, 370]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278372-0004-0000", "contents": "2018 Commonwealth Games, Host selection\nOn 22 August 2008, the Premier of Queensland, Anna Bligh, officially launched Gold Coast City's bid to host the Commonwealth Games in 2018. On 7 April 2009, the ABC reported a land exchange deal between Gold Coast City and State of Queensland for Carrara Stadium. According to Mayor Ron Clarke, the land would aid a potential bid for the 2018 Commonwealth Games.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 39], "content_span": [40, 402]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278372-0005-0000", "contents": "2018 Commonwealth Games, Host selection\nThe land exchanged would be used as the site of an aquatics centre. In the same article, Mayor Clarke raised the question of the Australian Federal Government's commitment to a 2018 Commonwealth Games bid in light of the Government's support for Australia's 2018 FIFA World Cup Finals bid. On 16 April 2009, Queensland Premier Anna Bligh told reporters that a successful Commonwealth Games bid by Gold Coast City could help the tourist strip win a role in hosting the World Cup.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 39], "content_span": [40, 518]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278372-0006-0000", "contents": "2018 Commonwealth Games, Host selection\n\"Some of the infrastructure that would be built for the Commonwealth Games will be useful for Gold Coast City to get a World Cup game out of the soccer World Cup if we're successful as a nation,\" she said. However the decision on the venues for the 2018 and 2022 FIFA World Cups were made eleven months prior to the bid decision for the 2018 Commonwealth Games, so the potential World Cup venues had already been chosen. On 3 June 2009, Gold Coast City was confirmed as Australia's exclusive bidder vying for the 2018 Commonwealth Games. \"Should a bid proceed, Gold Coast City will have the exclusive Australian rights to bid as host city for 2018,\" Bligh stated.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 39], "content_span": [40, 703]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278372-0007-0000", "contents": "2018 Commonwealth Games, Host selection\n\"Recently I met with the president and CEO of the Australian Commonwealth Games Association and we agreed to commission a full and comprehensive feasibility study into the potential for the 2018 Commonwealth Games,\" she said. \"Under the stewardship of Queensland Events new chair, Geoff Dixon, that study is now well advanced.\" On 15 March 2010, it was announced that the Queensland Government will provide initial funding of A$11 million for the 2018 Commonwealth Games bid.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 39], "content_span": [40, 515]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278372-0008-0000", "contents": "2018 Commonwealth Games, Host selection\nThe Premier of Queensland has indicated the Government's support for the bid to the Australian Commonwealth Games Association. On 31 March 2010, the Australian Commonwealth Games Association officially launched the bid to host the 2018 Commonwealth Games. In October 2011, Gold Coast City Mayor Ron Clarke stated that the games would provide a strong legacy for the city after the games have ended.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 39], "content_span": [40, 438]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278372-0009-0000", "contents": "2018 Commonwealth Games, Host selection\nOn 31 March 2010, a surprise bid was made for the 2018 Commonwealth Games by the Sri Lankan city of Hambantota. Hambantota was devastated by the 2004 Indian Ocean Tsunami, and is undergoing a major face lift. The first phase of the Port of Hambantota is nearing completion and it is funded by the government of China. The Mattala International Airport, which is the second international Airport of Sri Lanka is built close to Hambantota. A new Hambantota International Cricket Stadium had also been built, which had hosted matches in the 2011 Cricket World Cup.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 39], "content_span": [40, 601]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278372-0010-0000", "contents": "2018 Commonwealth Games, Host selection\nOn 10 November 2011, the Hambantota bidders claimed they had already secured enough votes to win the hosting rights. However, on 11 November it was officially announced Gold Coast City had won the rights to host the games.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 39], "content_span": [40, 262]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278372-0011-0000", "contents": "2018 Commonwealth Games, Development and preparation\nThe event was overseen by the Gold Coast 2018 Commonwealth Games Corporation (GOLDOC). The GOLDOC was formed in 2012 by the Government of Queensland. Its headquarters were located in Ashmore, a suburban region of Gold Coast. In February 2012, Mark Peters was appointed Chief Executive Officer of the GOLDOC. The Queensland Government Minister Kate Jones was tasked with overseeing the Games. Peter Beattie AC served as the Chairman of GOLDOC who was appointed on 17 May 2016 to replace Nigel Chamier OAM.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 52], "content_span": [53, 557]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278372-0012-0000", "contents": "2018 Commonwealth Games, Development and preparation, Venues\nThe Gold Coast 2018 was hosted across 18 venues located on the Gold Coast and in Brisbane, Townsville and Cairns. Sporting venues were well ahead available of Gold Coast 2018 ensuring that they were used and tested before the Games. The Australian and Queensland Governments and the City of Gold Coast invested A$320 million to deliver new and upgraded venues. Lendlease was the overlay delivery partner and official supporter property and infrastructure of the Games.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 60], "content_span": [61, 529]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278372-0013-0000", "contents": "2018 Commonwealth Games, Development and preparation, Venues, Venues in Gold Coast\nCarrara Stadium, located in the suburb of Carrara, was the main venue for Athletics, the Opening ceremony and the Closing ceremony. The seating capacity of the stadium was temporarily increased to 40,000 for the games by the installation of a large temporary North Stand. The new Carrara Sports and Leisure Centre hosted the Badminton, Para Powerlifting, Weightlifting and Wrestling events. The Carrara Indoor Sports Stadium hosted the back-of-house event operations.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 82], "content_span": [83, 550]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278372-0014-0000", "contents": "2018 Commonwealth Games, Development and preparation, Venues, Venues in Gold Coast\nThe Gold Coast City Convention and Exhibition Centre, located in the suburb of Broadbeach, hosted Basketball and Netball (preliminaries) and also served as the Main Media Centre and International Broadcast centre hosting over 3000 members of the worlds press. The Broadbeach Bowls Club hosted the Bowls competition.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 82], "content_span": [83, 398]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278372-0015-0000", "contents": "2018 Commonwealth Games, Development and preparation, Venues, Venues in Gold Coast\nThe Nerang Mountain Bike Trails was the location for the Mountain Bike competition. A new course was constructed to meet international competition requirements and temporary spectator seating for 2,000 spectators.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 82], "content_span": [83, 296]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278372-0016-0000", "contents": "2018 Commonwealth Games, Development and preparation, Venues, Venues in Gold Coast\nThe newly built Coomera Indoor Sports Centre hosted Gymnastics and Netball (finals). The Oxenford Studios hosted the sports of Boxing, Table Tennis and Squash. During Games mode the venue was enhanced to provide for the International Sporting Federation technical venue requirements and provide spectator seating of 3,000 (boxing) and 3,200 (table tennis). The Gold Coast Hockey Centre hosted the men's and women's hockey events during the games. The Southport Broadwater Parklands hosted Triathlon, Marathon and Racewalking events. The Optus aquatic centre hosted the Swimming and Diving events.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 82], "content_span": [83, 679]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278372-0017-0000", "contents": "2018 Commonwealth Games, Development and preparation, Venues, Venues in Gold Coast\nRobina Stadium hosted the Rugby 7s competition and upgraded to meet World Rugby standards. The Currumbin Beachfront hosted the road racing elements of the cycling programme. Coolangatta Beachfront hosted the Beach volleyball event.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 82], "content_span": [83, 314]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278372-0018-0000", "contents": "2018 Commonwealth Games, Development and preparation, Venues, Venues outside Gold Coast\nBrisbane, along with the Gold Coast, forms part of the South East Queensland conurbation. Track Cycling was held at the Sleeman Sports Complex in the suburb of Chandler, where a new indoor cycling velodrome (Anna Meares Velodrome) was built. The Velodrome's seat capacity was 4,000 during the games mode.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 87], "content_span": [88, 392]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278372-0019-0000", "contents": "2018 Commonwealth Games, Development and preparation, Venues, Venues outside Gold Coast\nThe Shooting disciplines were held at the Belmont Shooting Centre. In Tropical North Queensland, the Cairns Convention Centre and Townsville Entertainment Centre hosted the preliminary rounds of both the men's and women's basketball competitions.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 87], "content_span": [88, 334]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278372-0020-0000", "contents": "2018 Commonwealth Games, Development and preparation, Athletes village\nThe Athletes Village was officially opened from 25 March 2018 and provided accommodation and services to 6,600 athletes and officials in 1252 permanent dwellings. It was located in Southport, Gold Coast and was built at a cost of A$550 million. There were 1170 one and two-bedroom apartments and 82 three-bedroom townhouses. The village had three zones - International, Residential and Operational.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 70], "content_span": [71, 469]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278372-0021-0000", "contents": "2018 Commonwealth Games, Development and preparation, Athletes village\nThe residential zone accommodated athletes and officials and also offered recreation, gym and medical facilities. The equipment in the gym was sponsored by Technogym. Adjoining the gym was the Athlete Recovery Area. The International Zone consisted of retail services, shops and the main dining hall. The Festival 2018 events were also held in the International Zone. The Dining hall served over 18,000 meals per day to the athletes during the Games. Australian telecommunications company Optus opened a store in the International zone named \"Yes Optus Store\" which provided free calling services to the athletes and officials and other services such as phone charging and watching events of the Games in televisions. Optus also provided free Wifi services in the village.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 70], "content_span": [71, 843]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278372-0022-0000", "contents": "2018 Commonwealth Games, Development and preparation, Financing\nThe sports-related costs of Gold Coast 2018 was A$1.5 billion (US$1.2 billion). This does not include wider costs for urban and transport infrastructure, which often cost as much or more than the sports-related costs. The following are the cost that were spent by the Queensland state government to deliver the event:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 63], "content_span": [64, 381]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278372-0023-0000", "contents": "2018 Commonwealth Games, Development and preparation, Countdown\nThe countdown clocks were unveiled on 4 April 2013, exactly five years from the opening ceremony of the games. The clocks were shaped as a surfboard and were located at the beach end of Cavill Avenue in Surfers Paradise and in South Bank Parklands in Brisbane. The Countdown Clock was the first fixed element of the Commonwealth Games visual identity program.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 63], "content_span": [64, 423]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278372-0024-0000", "contents": "2018 Commonwealth Games, Development and preparation, Ticketing\nThe ticket requests began on 24 April 2017 and ended on 22 May 2017. The first round of tickets were allocated on 22 June 2017 via a computer-generated ballot system. About 70% of the people who applied for the tickets had received some or all of the tickets requested in the first phase. In Australia, ticket prices ranged from A$10 for many events to A$495 for the most expensive seats at the opening ceremony. The games expected to have 1.2 million tickets for sale. Around 1.06 million tickets were sold by 3 April 2018. Ticketek was the provider of ticketing services for the Games.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 63], "content_span": [64, 651]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278372-0025-0000", "contents": "2018 Commonwealth Games, Development and preparation, Queen's baton relay\nThe Queen's baton of the 2018 Commonwealth Games had a distinctive loop design and was made of macadamia wood and recycled plastic sourced from Gold Coast waterways. Its design was inspired by the Queensland's \"vibrant spirit and indigenous heritage\" and with sustainability.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 73], "content_span": [74, 349]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278372-0026-0000", "contents": "2018 Commonwealth Games, Development and preparation, Queen's baton relay\nThe design of the baton was unveiled on 20 November 2016 at a special ceremony in the Jupiter Gold Coast hotel. The baton was designed by the Brisbane-based firm Designworks. At the 2018 Good Design Awards conducted by the Good Design Australia, the baton won the Best Product Sport and Lifestyle award.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 73], "content_span": [74, 377]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278372-0027-0000", "contents": "2018 Commonwealth Games, Development and preparation, Queen's baton relay\nThe Queen's baton relay was launched on Commonwealth Day, 13 March 2017, on the historic forecourt at Buckingham Palace in London, signalling the official countdown to the start of the Games. Accompanied by the Duke of Edinburgh and Prince Edward, Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II heralded the start of the relay by placing her 'message to the Commonwealth and its athletes' into the distinctive loop-design Queen's Baton which then set off on its journey around the globe.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 73], "content_span": [74, 545]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278372-0028-0000", "contents": "2018 Commonwealth Games, Development and preparation, Queen's baton relay\nThe baton traveled for 388 days, spending time in every nation and territory of the Commonwealth. The Gold Coast 2018 Queen's Baton Relay was the longest in Commonwealth Games history. Covering 230,000\u00a0km over 388 days, the baton made its way through the six Commonwealth regions of Africa, the Americas, the Caribbean, Europe, Asia and Oceania. The baton landed on Australian soil in December 2017 and then spent 100 days travelling through Australia, finishing its journey at the opening ceremony on 4 April 2018, where the message was removed from the Baton and read aloud by Charles, Prince of Wales.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 73], "content_span": [74, 678]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278372-0029-0000", "contents": "2018 Commonwealth Games, Development and preparation, Queen's baton relay\nIn July 2018, it was reported that over A$6.4 million were spent on the Queen's baton relay. Its launching ceremony which was held at the Buckingham Palace, cost over A$380,000. The cost of the international leg of the journey was $2.1 million and the cost of the domestic trip was $4.3 million.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 73], "content_span": [74, 369]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278372-0030-0000", "contents": "2018 Commonwealth Games, Development and preparation, Queen's baton relay\nTourism Australia and QSuper sponsored the international and Australian segment of Queen's Baton Relay respectively, while Longines sponsored both the segments.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 73], "content_span": [74, 234]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278372-0031-0000", "contents": "2018 Commonwealth Games, Development and preparation, Medals\nThe medals for the Games were officially unveiled at a charity gala held on 4 November 2017. Australian Indigenous artist Delvene Cockatoo-Collins designed the medals, while they were produced by the Royal Australian Mint. The design of the medals was inspired by the coastline of Gold Coast along with Indigenous culture.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 60], "content_span": [61, 383]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278372-0032-0000", "contents": "2018 Commonwealth Games, Development and preparation, Medals\nFurthermore, Cockatoo-Collins mentioned, \"the medal design represents soft sand lines which shift with every tide and wave, also symbolic of athletic achievement, The continual change of tide represents the evolution in athletes who are making their mark, Records are made and special moments of elation are celebrated\". Approximately 1,500 medals were created to be distributed to the medalists and each measures approximately 63 millimetres in diameter. The medals weigh between 138 and 163 grams.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 60], "content_span": [61, 560]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278372-0033-0000", "contents": "2018 Commonwealth Games, Development and preparation, Volunteering\nOver 15,000 volunteers were hired for the Games. Over 45,000 applicants applied to become a volunteer. The uniforms for the volunteers were revealed on 11 November 2017 at the Gold Coast Convention and Exhibition Centre. Former Gold Coast Titans player Mat Rogers who was present at the uniform showcase ceremony, said that the uniforms were \"very Gold Coast\" and it was like an \"active wear\". Hard Yakka was the official supplier of the uniforms for the volunteers.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 66], "content_span": [67, 533]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278372-0034-0000", "contents": "2018 Commonwealth Games, Development and preparation, Transport\nDuring the Games period, free public transportation within Queensland region was provided to ticket and accreditation holders. The free transportation services were available on local buses, train and Gold Coast light rail (G:link) services in Gold Coast and on TransLink and Qconnect bus services in Cairns and Townsville.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 63], "content_span": [64, 387]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278372-0035-0000", "contents": "2018 Commonwealth Games, Development and preparation, Transport\nThe Gold Coast light rail system, connected a number of the key games venues including the Optus Aquatic Centre, Broadwater Parklands and the Gold Coast Convention & Exhibition Centre with the major accommodation centres of Surfers Paradise and Broadbeach and the Athletes Village at Parklands. An extension to the system was announced in October 2015, connecting the then current terminus at Gold Coast University Hospital to the railway line to Brisbane at Helensvale. The extension opened in December 2017, in time for the games.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 63], "content_span": [64, 596]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278372-0036-0000", "contents": "2018 Commonwealth Games, Development and preparation, Transport\nFour temporary Games lanes were introduced along the M1 and activated at different times to decrease traffic disruptions for road users. These were used by police and emergency vehicles, spectator shuttle buses and accredited Games family and athletes. The Gold Coast Airport served as the official airport for the Games.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 63], "content_span": [64, 385]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278372-0037-0000", "contents": "2018 Commonwealth Games, Development and preparation, Security\nA total of 3,500 police officers from Queensland and 4,000 security personnel from the Australian security companies MSS Security, Wilson Security, SecureCorp and SNP were present at the Games. The Australian Defence Force (ADF) assisted Gold Coast authorities in ensuring the security of the Games and deployed over 1,000 personnel to help with the effort.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 62], "content_span": [63, 420]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278372-0038-0000", "contents": "2018 Commonwealth Games, Development and preparation, Security\nFuthermore, Operation ATLAS was the codename for the ADF contribution to the security of the Games. Over A$34 million (US$26 million) were spent on the deployment of the armed forces to provide rapid-response squads, bomb detectors, offshore patrols and surveillance. The Australian Federal Police and Australian Border Force assisted the Queensland Police Service (QPS) who were the lead agency of the Games' security. American cyber security software company Symantec provided IT and cyber security services for the Games.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 62], "content_span": [63, 587]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278372-0039-0000", "contents": "2018 Commonwealth Games, Development and preparation, Anti-doping\nThe Australian Sports Anti- Doping Authority conducted an anti-doping drive in the months prior to the Games, covering around 2500 tests of Australian athletes, as well as 500 tests against international athletes. Three Australians failed drug tests in this process, along with around 20 international athletes, subject to appeal. The Commonwealth Games Federation conducted in-competition testing and, matching protocol at the Olympic Games, launched a sample storage initiative to allow for future testing of samples up to ten years later, should detection technology improve.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 65], "content_span": [66, 644]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278372-0040-0000", "contents": "2018 Commonwealth Games, Development and preparation, Festival 2018\nThe Festival 2018 was a 12-day multi-arts program for the 2018 Commonwealth Games which included free musical performances, activities, public art and other family-friendly events. The program took place at Surfers Paradise and Broadbeach in Gold Coast, Cultural Forecourt, South Bank in Brisbane, Lagoon Precinct in Cairns and Jezzine Barracks, Strand Park and Queens Gardens in Townsville.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 67], "content_span": [68, 459]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278372-0041-0000", "contents": "2018 Commonwealth Games, Development and preparation, Sustainability\nThe GOLDOC delivered the event with a focus on sustainability under the guidance of the ISO 20121 event sustainability management system and the Global Reporting Initiative (GRI) framework Sustainability Reporting Standards. The GOLDOC received the Sustainability Award in the Australian Business Awards 2016 for focusing on sustainable practices and planning in the preparation of the games. The GOLDOC headquarters received the 4 Star Green Star \u2013 Interiors PILOT rating from the Green Building Council of Australia. The new Anna Meares Velodrome, built specifically for the games, is the first velodrome in the world to have full LED broadcast-quality lighting that cuts energy consumption by up to 60% and reduces running costs and carbon emissions.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 68], "content_span": [69, 822]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278372-0042-0000", "contents": "2018 Commonwealth Games, Development and preparation, Opening ceremony\nThe opening ceremony was held at Carrara Stadium in the Gold Coast, Australia, between 20:00 and 22:40 AEST, on 4 April 2018. The Head of the Commonwealth, Queen Elizabeth II, was represented by her son, Charles, Prince of Wales. David Zolkwer was its artistic director, with music direction by Katie Noonan. Live musical performers included Christine Anu, Delta Goodrem, Katie Noonan, Ricki-Lee Coutler and Ruel who performed \"Golden Years\" as the closing act. The ceremony transmitted live on Channel 7 attracted a peak viewing audience of over 2 million in Australia.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 70], "content_span": [71, 641]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278372-0043-0000", "contents": "2018 Commonwealth Games, Development and preparation, Closing ceremony\nThe closing ceremony was held at Carrara Stadium on Sunday 15 April and was produced by Jack Morton Worldwide at a cost of AU$30 million. Australian pop stars Guy Sebastian, Samantha Jade, Dami Im, Ricki Lee and The Veronicas were among the performers.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 70], "content_span": [71, 323]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278372-0044-0000", "contents": "2018 Commonwealth Games, Development and preparation, Closing ceremony\nPrince Edward, Earl of Wessex, declared the Games closed and passed the Commonwealth Games flag to Birmingham, England which will host the 2022 Games.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 70], "content_span": [71, 221]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278372-0045-0000", "contents": "2018 Commonwealth Games, The Games, Participating Commonwealth Games Associations\nThere were 71 Commonwealth Games Associations competing at 2018 Commonwealth Games. Maldives were scheduled to participate, but in October 2016 they withdrew from the Commonwealth. The Gambia returned to the Commonwealth Games after being readmitted as a Commonwealth Games Federation member on 31 March 2018.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 81], "content_span": [82, 391]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278372-0046-0000", "contents": "2018 Commonwealth Games, The Games, Sports\nThe 2018 Commonwealth Games featured 18 different sports encompassing 23 disciplines and 275 events. In the list below, the number of events in each discipline is noted in parentheses.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 42], "content_span": [43, 227]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278372-0047-0000", "contents": "2018 Commonwealth Games, The Games, Sports\nThe regulations stated that from the 26 approved sports administered by Commonwealth Governing Bodies, a minimum of ten core sports and maximum of seventeen sports must be included in any Commonwealth Games schedule.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 42], "content_span": [43, 259]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278372-0048-0000", "contents": "2018 Commonwealth Games, The Games, Sports\nThe approved sports included the 10 core sports: athletics, badminton, boxing, hockey, lawn bowls, netball (for women), rugby sevens, squash, swimming and weightlifting. Integrated disabled competitions were also scheduled for the Games in nine sports: swimming, athletics, cycling, table tennis, powerlifting and lawn bowls. Along with these events for the first time EAD events in triathlon were held, with the medals added to the final tally for each nation. A record 38 para events were contested at these games. On 8 March 2016, beach volleyball was announced as the 18th sport.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 42], "content_span": [43, 626]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278372-0049-0000", "contents": "2018 Commonwealth Games, The Games, Sports\nThe program was broadly similar to that of the 2014 Commonwealth Games, with the major changes being the dropping of judo, the reintroduction of basketball, the debut of women's rugby sevens and beach volleyball.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 42], "content_span": [43, 255]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278372-0050-0000", "contents": "2018 Commonwealth Games, The Games, Sports\nOn 7 October 2016, it was announced seven new events for women were added to the sport program, meaning there are an equal number of events for men and women. This marks the first time in history that a major multi-sport event has equality in terms of events. In total 275 events in 18 sports are being contested.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 42], "content_span": [43, 356]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278372-0051-0000", "contents": "2018 Commonwealth Games, The Games, Medal table\nOnly the top ten successful nations are displayed here. The ranking in this table is consistent with International Olympic Committee convention in its published medal tables. By default, the table is ordered by the number of gold medals the athletes from a nation have won (in this context, a \"nation\" is an entity represented by a Commonwealth Games Association). The number of silver medals is taken into consideration next and then the number of bronze medals. If nations are still tied, equal ranking is given and they are listed alphabetically by their three-letter country code. Australia came in first in the medal table rank with 80 gold, the second being England with 45 gold, and the third being India with 26 gold.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 47], "content_span": [48, 773]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278372-0052-0000", "contents": "2018 Commonwealth Games, The Games, Medal table\nTwo bronze medals were awarded in boxing. In four events of Wrestling, only five nations entered the event, per Commonwealth Games regulations, only one bronze medal was available. No bronze medal was awarded in the Women's 50 metre butterfly S7, Women's Powerlifting heavyweight and the Women's Wrestling freestyle 50 kg as only four athletes competed in the event per Commonwealth Games regulations, the bronze medal was not available. At Women's tandem sprint B and the Women's tandem 1 km time trial B only one gold medal was available, as only three nations entered the event.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 47], "content_span": [48, 629]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278372-0053-0000", "contents": "2018 Commonwealth Games, The Games, Medal table\nAdditionally, two silver medals were awarded in the men's gymnastics horizontal bar, Swimming Men's 100 metre freestyle and the Women's 50 metre freestyleas a result of a tie between two athletes. Therefore, the total number of bronze medals is greater than the total number of gold or silver medals.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 47], "content_span": [48, 348]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278372-0054-0000", "contents": "2018 Commonwealth Games, Broadcasting\nNEP Australia was the host broadcaster of the event. It produced high definition coverage of the event and delivered to the rights-holding broadcasters of other nations. In Australia, the games were broadcast live on three Seven Network channels - 7HD, 7TWO and 7Mate. In the United Kingdom, BBC provided Commonwealth Games coverage of more than 200 hours across BBC One, BBC Two, BBC Red Button, BBC Sport website, BBC iPlayer and BBC radio. ESPN provided the games coverage for viewers in the USA. Sony Pictures Networks India broadcast the games for the viewers in India on three channels - Sony Six, Sony Ten 2 in English and Sony Ten 3 in Hindi.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 37], "content_span": [38, 688]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278372-0055-0000", "contents": "2018 Commonwealth Games, Broadcasting\nFlow Sports provided games coverage in the Caribbean countries and territories such as Anguilla, Antigua and Barbuda, Aruba, The Bahamas, Barbados, Bermuda, British Virgin Islands, Cayman Islands, Dominica, Dominican Republic, Grenada, Guyana, Jamaica, Montserrat, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Saint Lucia, Suriname, Trinidad and Tobago along Turks and Caicos. Flow Sports provided coverage of the event on Flow Sports 1, Flow Sports 2 and up to three additional \"Flow Sports Extra\" channels.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 37], "content_span": [38, 559]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278372-0056-0000", "contents": "2018 Commonwealth Games, Broadcasting\nThe New Zealand government funded Pacific Cooperation Broadcasting Limited (PCBL) broadcast the event on Pasifika TV in the Oceanian countries such as Cook Islands, Fiji, Nauru, Niue, Papua New Guinea, Samoa, Solomon Islands, Tonga, Vanuatu, Kiribati and Tuvalu.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 37], "content_span": [38, 300]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278372-0057-0000", "contents": "2018 Commonwealth Games, Marketing, Motto\nThe official motto for the 2018 Commonwealth Games was \"Share the Dream\". It was chosen to highlight the dreams and experience at the games that were shared by participants of the games, ranging from athletes to volunteers and the host country Australia to the world including the Commonwealth nations.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 41], "content_span": [42, 344]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278372-0058-0000", "contents": "2018 Commonwealth Games, Marketing, Emblem\nThe emblem was launched on 4 April 2013, which marked exactly five years until its opening ceremony. It was unveiled at the Southport Broadwater Parklands. It was designed by the New South Wales based brand consultancy WiteKite. The emblem of the 2018 Commonwealth Games was a silhouette of the skyline and landscape of Gold Coast, the host city of the games. Nigel Chamier OAM, former Chairman of the GOLDOC, said that it was the result of months of market research.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 42], "content_span": [43, 510]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278372-0059-0000", "contents": "2018 Commonwealth Games, Marketing, Mascot\nBorobi was named as the mascot of the 2018 Commonwealth Games in 2016. Borobi is a blue koala, with indigenous markings on its body. The term \"borobi\" means koala in the Yugambeh language, spoken by the indigenous Yugambeh people of the Gold Coast and surrounding areas. The song ''Days of Gold'' composed by the Australian Duo band Busby Marou, which was released on 17 October 2014, was considered as the official song of the Mascot Borobi.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 42], "content_span": [43, 485]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278372-0060-0000", "contents": "2018 Commonwealth Games, Marketing, Sponsors\nThe official partners of the games were The Star Gold Coast, Griffith University, TAFE Queensland, Longines, Optus, Atos and Woolworths Supermarkets. Griffith University was also the Creative Arts partner of the games and Presenting partner of the Gold Coast Marathon. TAFE Queensland was responsible for providing vocational education and training program for the volunteers of the games. Longines served as the official timekeeper of the games.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 44], "content_span": [45, 491]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278372-0061-0000", "contents": "2018 Commonwealth Games, Marketing, Music\nAustralian singer Delta Goodrem wrote the song \"Welcome to Earth\", which is about the planet Earth and the theme of the opening ceremony. She performed the song live during the ceremony and was worldwide praised. The song was worldwide released on 5 April 2018 in Delta Goodrem's official YouTube channel.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 41], "content_span": [42, 347]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278372-0062-0000", "contents": "2018 Commonwealth Games, Concerns and controversies\nThere were some concerns and controversies with the Games. The GOLDOC had asked from the event producing companies to submit bids for producing the ceremonies of the Games. Three Australian companies Specktak International, World Events, Dae Global and one American company Jack Morton Worldwide (JMW) submitted bids to the GOLDOC. Later, the GOLDOC revealed that JMW was selected to produce the ceremonies of the Games. This sparked an anger among the other three Australian companies as why the GOLDOC chose an American company when the Games event was going to be staged in Australia. But later, a GOLDOC official revealed they chose JMW because they had better experiences in producing ceremonies of multi-sport events.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 51], "content_span": [52, 775]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278372-0063-0000", "contents": "2018 Commonwealth Games, Concerns and controversies\nTeam India violated the Games No-needle policy two times. Just two days before the opening of the Games, a cleaner found needles in a bottle in the Athletes' Village. The Games official found that the syringes belonged to Indian doctor Dr Amol Patil which he used to inject vitamin B12 to an Indian athlete and did not dispose them properly after using them and violated the Games no-needle policy. As a result, the Indian team officials received serious warnings from the Games officials. Later two Indian athletes race walker Irfan Kolothum Thodi and triple jumper Rakesh Babu were suspended from the Games as needles were found in their apartment which was also against the Games policy.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 51], "content_span": [52, 742]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278372-0064-0000", "contents": "2018 Commonwealth Games, Concerns and controversies\nAt least 13 athletes from four countries - Cameroon, Uganda, Rwanda, and Sierra Leone - absconded during or immediately after the Games. Some missed their competitions. A month after the games ended, officials estimated that 50 athletes had remained in Australia illegally, with another 200 staying in the country on visas. In October 2019, it was found from the official documents that the Department of Home Affairs had rejected the asylum claims of 217 out of 230 athletes. The official documents also found that 17 \"unlawful non-citizens\" who took part in the Commonwealth Games were still in Australia, 14 of which were from Ghana and Rwanda. A total of 13 remain unaccounted for, while four were in detention.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 51], "content_span": [52, 767]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278372-0065-0000", "contents": "2018 Commonwealth Games, Concerns and controversies\nThe organising committee decided to bring in the athletes before the start of the closing ceremony. This caused an uproar on social media as, contrary to public expectations, none of the athletes were shown entering the stadium during the ceremony. Broadcast rights holders Channel 7 complained on air about the decision and concluded that, \"it hasn't really lived up to expectations\". Many spectators and athletes left during the ceremony, resulting in a half-empty stadium for much of the event. Following this, the ABC claimed that Channel 7 was briefed on the closing ceremony schedule, a claim which Channel 7 later refuted.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 51], "content_span": [52, 681]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278372-0066-0000", "contents": "2018 Commonwealth Games, Legacy, Queensland's economy boost\nPredictions by Griffith University estimated that the Games are estimated to deliver a $2.5 billion rise to the economy of Queensland, including $1.8 billion to the Gold Coast.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 59], "content_span": [60, 236]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278372-0067-0000", "contents": "2018 Commonwealth Games, Legacy, Events\nThe city hosted the 17th Sport Accord World Sport and Business Summit from 5 to 10 May 2019 at the Gold Coast Convention and Exhibition Centre.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 39], "content_span": [40, 183]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278372-0068-0000", "contents": "2018 Commonwealth Games, Legacy, Events\nQueensland Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk announced on 9 December 2019 that the state of Queensland will make an official bid for the 2032 Summer Olympics featuring venues across Brisbane, Gold Coast and Sunshine Coast.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 39], "content_span": [40, 258]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278373-0000-0000", "contents": "2018 Commonwealth Games Athletes Village\nThe 2018 Commonwealth Games Athletes Village was an accommodation centre to house all participating athletes, as well as officials and athletic trainers of the 2018 Commonwealth Games. It was located in Southport, Gold Coast.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [40, 40], "content_span": [41, 266]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278373-0001-0000", "contents": "2018 Commonwealth Games Athletes Village, Development, Priority development areas\nThe Economic Development Queensland (EDQ), Queensland Government\u2019s specialist land use planning and property development unit, engages with state and local governments to identify areas of land for development within Queensland which are called Priority Development Areas (PDAs). PDAs are planned for development that provides commercial, industrial, residential and/or community development opportunities. The Minister for Economic Development Queensland (MEDQ) declare a PDA under the Economic Development Act 2012 and EDQ manages development projects in some PDAs.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 81], "content_span": [82, 649]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278373-0002-0000", "contents": "2018 Commonwealth Games Athletes Village, Development, Parklands redevelopment\nA 29-hectare of area in Parklands which is three kilometres from Southport Central Business District and 3.6 kilometres east of the Pacific Motorway was identified by EDQ and declared as a PDA in 2013. The Parklands PDA was declared to facilitate the Athletes Village for the 2018 Commonwealth Games, which would be leased by the Gold Coast 2018 Commonwealth Games Corporation (GOLDOC) during the Games, and later the Gold Coast Health and Knowledge Precinct.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 78], "content_span": [79, 538]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278373-0003-0000", "contents": "2018 Commonwealth Games Athletes Village, Development, Parklands redevelopment\nThe Australian urban design and architecture firm, Archipelago Architects designed the original competition winning entry for the Commonwealth Games bid, and following a series of reference designs produced for cabinet to form an economic position on the project thereafter, Archipelago were appointed by EDQ to complete reference designs to assist in framing the PDA. Archipelago designed the master plan for the redevelopment of Parklands.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 78], "content_span": [79, 520]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278373-0004-0000", "contents": "2018 Commonwealth Games Athletes Village, Development, Parklands redevelopment\nThe design and delivery of the project was undertaken as a joint venture between Archipelago, Arkhefield and ARM Architecture. The project featured 1,252 housing units, comprising 1,170 one and two-bedroom apartments and 82 three-bedroom townhouses over 18\u00a0buildings with 8 floors each and a 'village heart' with over 5800m\u00b2 of retail. The Dutch company Arcadis provided engineering inputs into the concept and feasibility phase through to delivery of the Parklands site .", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 78], "content_span": [79, 551]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278373-0005-0000", "contents": "2018 Commonwealth Games Athletes Village, Development, Parklands redevelopment\nAustralian company Grocon was appointed to construct the infrastructure of the Parklands project and the construction work commenced in late 2015. Its construction cost was A$550\u00a0million over 1800 workers were involved in the site's construction.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 78], "content_span": [79, 325]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278373-0006-0000", "contents": "2018 Commonwealth Games Athletes Village, Development, Parklands redevelopment\nAustralian construction companies BMD Urban and JMac Constructions (JMac) (both belonging to BMD Group), constructed some of the works on the Parklands Project. BMD Urban constructed the community infrastructure in the project at a cost of A$65\u00a0million. JMac constructed the village heart at a cost of A$17\u00a0million.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 78], "content_span": [79, 394]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278373-0007-0000", "contents": "2018 Commonwealth Games Athletes Village, Development, Remodel to athletes village\nThe site was handed over to the GOLDOC in October 2017 which allowed them to complete its transformation into the Athletes Village for the 2018 Commonwealth Games. Australian property and infrastructure company Lendlease, appointed by GOLDOC, managed the overlay to the Athlete's Village which also included the development of the fully-equipped gymnasium and dining facilities in the Village.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 82], "content_span": [83, 476]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278373-0008-0000", "contents": "2018 Commonwealth Games Athletes Village, Development, Awards\nThe Parklands developments has been recognised extensively for excellence in planning and design:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 61], "content_span": [62, 159]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278373-0009-0000", "contents": "2018 Commonwealth Games Athletes Village, Facilities\nThe Athletes Village was officially opened from 25 March 2018 and provided accommodation and services to 6,600 athletes and officials in 1252 permanent dwellings. There were 1170 one and two-bedroom apartments and 82 three-bedroom townhouses. The village had three zones - International, Residential and Operational.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 52], "content_span": [53, 369]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278373-0010-0000", "contents": "2018 Commonwealth Games Athletes Village, Facilities\nThe residential zone accommodated athletes and officials and also offered recreation, gym and medical facilities. The gym was designed by the Australian Institute of Sport and equipment in the gym was sponsored by Technogym. Adjoining the gym was the Athlete Recovery Area.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 52], "content_span": [53, 326]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278373-0011-0000", "contents": "2018 Commonwealth Games Athletes Village, Facilities\nThe International Zone consisted of retail services, shops and a self service buffet-style dining hall. The Festival 2018 events were also held in the International Zone. The Dining hall served over 18,000 meals per day to the athletes during the Games. Australian telecommunications company Optus opened a store in the International zone named \"Yes Optus Store\" which provided free calling services to the athletes and officials and other services such as phone charging and watching events of the Games in televisions. Optus also provided free Wifi services in the village. Athletes claimed that the Athletes Village was better than the Olympic Village built for the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 52], "content_span": [53, 761]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278373-0012-0000", "contents": "2018 Commonwealth Games Athletes Village, Post use\nAll apartments are currently offered for long-term rent generally for tenants from the Griffith University\u2019s Gold Coast campus, Gold Coast University Hospital, Gold Coast Private Hospital and the Southport Central Business District. The complex has been renamed to \"Smith Collective\". BWS and Woolworths also opened their stores in the complex in early 2019.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 50], "content_span": [51, 409]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278374-0000-0000", "contents": "2018 Commonwealth Games Parade of Nations\nDuring the Parade of Nations at the 2018 Commonwealth Games opening ceremony, held on 4 April 2018, 71 athletes bearing the flags of their respective nations led their national delegations as they paraded into Carrara Stadium in the host city of Gold Coast, Australia.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [41, 41], "content_span": [42, 310]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278374-0001-0000", "contents": "2018 Commonwealth Games Parade of Nations, Parade order\nFollowing tradition, the host of the previous games, Scotland enters first, followed by the rest of the European countries competing. Following this, all countries parade in alphabetical order from their respective regions. After the European countries enter, countries from Africa, the Americas, Asia, the Caribbean, and lastly Oceania march in. The host nation of Australia enters last. Each nation was preceded by a placard bearer carrying a sign with the country's name.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [43, 55], "content_span": [56, 530]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278374-0002-0000", "contents": "2018 Commonwealth Games Parade of Nations, Parade order\nA total of 39 male athletes carried their nation's flag, while 32 females did the same. Athletics was the most represented sport among the flag bearers, with 24 nations being led by track and field athletes.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [43, 55], "content_span": [56, 263]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278374-0003-0000", "contents": "2018 Commonwealth Games Parade of Nations, Countries and flag bearers\nBelow is a list of parading countries and their announced flag bearer, in the same order as the parade. This is sortable by country name, flag bearer's name, or flag bearer's sport. Names are given in the form officially designated by the CGF.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [43, 69], "content_span": [70, 313]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278375-0000-0000", "contents": "2018 Commonwealth Games Queen's Baton Relay\nThe 2018 Commonwealth Games Queen's Baton Relay was run from 13 March 2017 until 4 April 2018, prior to the Gold Coast 2018 Commonwealth Games. The baton bearer selection process for the Australian segment was announced on 18 October 2017.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [43, 43], "content_span": [44, 283]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278375-0001-0000", "contents": "2018 Commonwealth Games Queen's Baton Relay\nAs well as touring Australia the schedule included the other 70 Commonwealth Nations.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [43, 43], "content_span": [44, 129]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278375-0002-0000", "contents": "2018 Commonwealth Games Queen's Baton Relay, Organisation\nThe Queen's Baton Relay was launched on Commonwealth Day, 13 March 2017, on the historic forecourt at Buckingham Palace in London, signalling the official countdown to the start of the Games. Accompanied by the Duke of Edinburgh and Prince Edward, Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II heralded the start of the relay by placing her 'message to the Commonwealth and its athletes' into the distinctive loop-design Queen's Baton which then set off on its journey around the globe.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [45, 57], "content_span": [58, 529]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278375-0002-0001", "contents": "2018 Commonwealth Games Queen's Baton Relay, Organisation\nHer Majesty was accompanied by Louise Martin, President of the Commonwealth Games Federation (CGF), Peter Beattie, Chairman of the Gold Coast 2018 Commonwealth Games Corporation (GOLDOC) and Yugambeh elders Patricia O'Connor and Ted Williams in the ceremony. The Queen's baton was brought into the stage by Australian Paralympic champion Kurt Fearnley . He started from Marlborough House up The Mall and then into the Forecourt of Buckingham Palace. He was also accompanied by the Band of the Scots Guards, who played by permission of Major General BJ Bathurst, The Major General commanding the Household Division.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [45, 57], "content_span": [58, 672]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278375-0002-0002", "contents": "2018 Commonwealth Games Queen's Baton Relay, Organisation\nAfter the message was placed safely inside the Baton, The Queen handed over the baton to Australian cyclist and Commonwealth and Olympic Games gold medalist Anna Meares. She, along with English track cyclist Victoria Pendleton, then carried the baton around the Queen Victoria Memorial and handed over to the Australian singer Cody Simpson. He then boarded on a Kombi van with the baton and left the place as an indication to the Baton's final destination, Gold Coast.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [45, 57], "content_span": [58, 526]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278375-0003-0000", "contents": "2018 Commonwealth Games Queen's Baton Relay, Organisation\nThe baton travelled for 388 days, spending time in every nation and territory of the Commonwealth. The Gold Coast 2018 Queen's Baton Relay was the longest in Commonwealth Games history. Covering 230,000\u00a0km over 388 days, the baton made its way through the six Commonwealth regions of Africa, the Americas, the Caribbean, Europe, Asia and Oceania. For the first time in the history of the baton relay, the Queen's Baton was presented at the Commonwealth Youth Games during its sixth edition in 2017 which was held in Nassau, Bahamas. The baton landed on Australian soil on 24 December 2017 and then spent 100 days travelling through Australia.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [45, 57], "content_span": [58, 700]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278375-0004-0000", "contents": "2018 Commonwealth Games Queen's Baton Relay, The Queen's baton\nThe Queen's baton for the 2018 Commonwealth Games had a distinctive loop design and was made of macadamia wood and recycled plastic sourced from Gold Coast waterways. Its design was inspired by the Queensland's \"vibrant spirit and indigenous heritage\" and with sustainability. The design of the baton was unveiled on 20 November 2016 at a special ceremony in the Jupiter Gold Coast hotel. The baton was designed by Alex Wall and Warren Shroeder from the Brisbane-based firm Designworks. At the 2018 Good Design Awards conducted by the Good Design Australia, the baton won the Best Product Sport and Lifestyle award.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [45, 62], "content_span": [63, 678]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278375-0005-0000", "contents": "2018 Commonwealth Games Queen's Baton Relay, International route, Africa\nThe Queen's Baton travelled in the following countries in Africa:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [45, 72], "content_span": [73, 138]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278375-0006-0000", "contents": "2018 Commonwealth Games Queen's Baton Relay, International route, Caribbean\nThe Queen's baton traveled in the following countries in the Caribbean:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [45, 75], "content_span": [76, 147]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278375-0007-0000", "contents": "2018 Commonwealth Games Queen's Baton Relay, International route, Americas\nThe Queen's baton traveled in the following countries in Americas:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [45, 74], "content_span": [75, 141]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278375-0008-0000", "contents": "2018 Commonwealth Games Queen's Baton Relay, International route, Europe\nThe Queen's baton traveled in the following countries in Europe:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [45, 72], "content_span": [73, 137]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278375-0009-0000", "contents": "2018 Commonwealth Games Queen's Baton Relay, International route, Asia\nThe Queen's baton traveled in the following countries in Asia:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [45, 70], "content_span": [71, 133]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278375-0010-0000", "contents": "2018 Commonwealth Games Queen's Baton Relay, International route, Oceania\nThe Queen's baton traveled in the following countries in Oceania:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [45, 73], "content_span": [74, 139]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278375-0011-0000", "contents": "2018 Commonwealth Games Queen's Baton Relay, National route, Australian Capital Territory\nThe Queen's baton traveled in the following places in the Australian Capital Territory:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [45, 89], "content_span": [90, 177]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278375-0012-0000", "contents": "2018 Commonwealth Games Queen's Baton Relay, National route, New South Wales\nThe Queen's baton traveled in the following places in the New South Wales:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [45, 76], "content_span": [77, 151]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278375-0013-0000", "contents": "2018 Commonwealth Games Queen's Baton Relay, National route, Tasmania\nThe Queen's baton traveled in the following places in Tasmania:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [45, 69], "content_span": [70, 133]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278375-0014-0000", "contents": "2018 Commonwealth Games Queen's Baton Relay, National route, Victoria\nThe Queen's baton traveled in the following places in Victoria:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [45, 69], "content_span": [70, 133]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278375-0015-0000", "contents": "2018 Commonwealth Games Queen's Baton Relay, National route, South Australia\nThe Queen's baton traveled in the following places in South Australia:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [45, 76], "content_span": [77, 147]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278375-0016-0000", "contents": "2018 Commonwealth Games Queen's Baton Relay, National route, Western Australia\nThe Queen's baton traveled in the following places in Western Australia:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [45, 78], "content_span": [79, 151]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278375-0017-0000", "contents": "2018 Commonwealth Games Queen's Baton Relay, National route, Northern Territory\nThe Queen's baton traveled in the following places in the Northern Territory:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [45, 79], "content_span": [80, 157]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278375-0018-0000", "contents": "2018 Commonwealth Games Queen's Baton Relay, National route, Queensland\nThe Queen's baton traveled in the following places in Queensland:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [45, 71], "content_span": [72, 137]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278375-0019-0000", "contents": "2018 Commonwealth Games Queen's Baton Relay, End of Relay\nThe end of the relay took place in the 2018 Commonwealth Games opening ceremony.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [45, 57], "content_span": [58, 138]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278375-0020-0000", "contents": "2018 Commonwealth Games Queen's Baton Relay, End of Relay\nThe Queen's baton was brought into the Carrara Stadium in a kombi van by Australian former swimmer Susie O'Neill. She then went to the centre of the stadium and images and videos of popular Gold Coast attractions were projected on the ground of the stadium such as feeding lorikeets, skydiving, dreaming in the ocean, walking in the treetops, and riding the rollercoaster. After that, she handed over the baton to Australian former cyclist Brad McGee , who took it to Australian wheelchair racer Kurt Fearnley.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [45, 57], "content_span": [58, 568]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278375-0020-0001", "contents": "2018 Commonwealth Games Queen's Baton Relay, End of Relay\nFearnley after parading it around the stadium, handed over to Australian netballer Liz Ellis, who then took it to Australian hockey player Brent Livermore. Finally, Brent handed the baton over to Australian hurdler Sally Pearson. She received a large applause from the audience as she lives in Gold Coast. She went to the dais along with the baton and hand it over to the CGF President Louise Martin. Martin removed the Queen's message from the baton and handed to Prince Charles. Charles read out the message and declared the competition officially open.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [45, 57], "content_span": [58, 613]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278375-0021-0000", "contents": "2018 Commonwealth Games Queen's Baton Relay, Cost\nIn July 2018, it was reported that over A$6.4 million were spent on the Queen's baton relay. Its launching ceremony which was held at the Buckingham Palace, cost over A$380,000. The cost of the international leg of the journey was $2.1 million which included over $1 million for flights and accommodation, A$164,000 for photography and A$17,000 worth of advertising. The cost of the domestic trip was $4.3 million which included over A$1.5 million for flights and accommodation, A$1 million for staging, A$215,000 for uniforms and A$23,000 worth of \"consumables\".", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [45, 49], "content_span": [50, 613]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278375-0022-0000", "contents": "2018 Commonwealth Games Queen's Baton Relay, Sponsors\nTourism Australia and QSuper sponsored the international and Australian segment of Queen's Baton Relay respectively, while Longines sponsored both the segments.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [45, 53], "content_span": [54, 214]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278376-0000-0000", "contents": "2018 Commonwealth Games closing ceremony\nThe closing ceremony for the 2018 Commonwealth Games was held on 15 April 2018 in the Carrara stadium, Gold Coast. The worldwide broadcast began at 20:30 and finished at 22:30 AEST, lasting almost two hours. The athletes entered the stadium before the broadcast began, a decision which attracted widespread criticism. There was also criticism of the proliferation of official speeches.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [40, 40], "content_span": [41, 426]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278376-0001-0000", "contents": "2018 Commonwealth Games closing ceremony, Program, Singers performance\nThe closing ceremony started with a performance of Australian singer Amy Shark. She performed the song \"Let Love Rule\". She then introduced Australian musician Archie Roach and together with the youth choir continued the performance. Then thirteen year old poet Solli Raphael recited a poem about the Games. He is known for winning the Australian Poetry Slam competition in 2017 and is the youngest ever to win the competition. Australian singer Ricki-Lee Coutler performed her song \"All We Need is Love\". She also performed in the opening ceremony with her song \"Technicolor Love\". After her, Australian boy group The Koi Boys gave a performance. Anthony Callea performed the song \"You Should Be Dancing\" originally by the Bee Gees. After him, Jamaican sprinter Usain Bolt appeared as DJ along with Games mascot Borobi in the middle of the stage.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 70], "content_span": [71, 918]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278376-0002-0000", "contents": "2018 Commonwealth Games closing ceremony, Program, Speeches, Peter Beattie\nGold Coast Commonwealth Games Corporation (GOLDOC) chairman Peter Beattie gave a speech:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 74], "content_span": [75, 163]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278376-0003-0000", "contents": "2018 Commonwealth Games closing ceremony, Program, Speeches, Peter Beattie\nWhat fantastic Games we have had. We have made history. We have shown the world what is means to be an Australian, Queenslander and Gold Coaster. Gold Coast 2018 will be remembered for many reasons. It will be remembered for firsts. These Games will be remembered for equal medals for women and men. These Games saw the full and authentic introduction of para-athletes. These Games saw recognition of our aboriginal people. The Commonwealth Games are extraodinary. They are a way for us to come together and share what we have in common. These Games will be remembered for the passion and commitment of so many people.....", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 74], "content_span": [75, 697]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278376-0004-0000", "contents": "2018 Commonwealth Games closing ceremony, Program, Speeches, Peter Beattie\nHe also praised the athletes, volunteers, the CGF and wished good luck to the Birmingham 2022 committee. After him, the David Dixon Award was presented by the CGF president Louise Martin to New Zealand weightlifter David Liti who won gold at the Men's +105 kg weightlifting event at the 2018 Commonwealth Games.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 74], "content_span": [75, 386]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278376-0005-0000", "contents": "2018 Commonwealth Games closing ceremony, Program, Speeches, Louise Martin\nFollowing the David Dixon award presentation, Louise Martin gave a speech about the conduct of the Games:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 74], "content_span": [75, 180]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278376-0006-0000", "contents": "2018 Commonwealth Games closing ceremony, Program, Speeches, Louise Martin\nGold Coast 2018 will forever be remembered as 'the Games of Firsts'. When I spoke at the opening of the Games 11 days ago, I asked the assembled athletes to grasp the opportunity of the Commonwealth Games and create their own history and fulfil their dreams. I must sincerely thank and congratulate them for rising so magnificently to this challenge.....", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 74], "content_span": [75, 429]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278376-0007-0000", "contents": "2018 Commonwealth Games closing ceremony, Program, Speeches, Louise Martin\n9 World Records and 83 Games Records were broken. From the first ever medals for Commonwealth islands and states; the first ever Jamaican Lawn Bowls team, the \"Reggae Rollers\", or the first-ever Ugandan netball team competing so strongly - these captivating stories, and the many others we witnessed here in Australia, are what Commonwealth sport is all about. It is what sets us apart in the world of sport and confirms that the 'Friendly Games' is alive and well, indeed more relevant than ever before....", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 74], "content_span": [75, 582]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278376-0008-0000", "contents": "2018 Commonwealth Games closing ceremony, Program, Speeches, Louise Martin\nThe inspiring and impactful performances of our Commonwealth athletes have delivered on the promise of a historic collection of 'firsts' that were achieved in the run up to Games; whether that be the ground-breaking Reconciliation Action Plan, the equal number of medals for men and women for the first time, or the largest ever fully-integrated para-sport programme seen in Commonwealth and world sport.....", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 74], "content_span": [75, 483]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278376-0009-0000", "contents": "2018 Commonwealth Games closing ceremony, Program, Speeches, Louise Martin\nMartin also announced that the Games mascot Borobi should remain active after the Games in order to support and raise funds for the Yugambeh community.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 74], "content_span": [75, 226]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278376-0010-0000", "contents": "2018 Commonwealth Games closing ceremony, Program, Speeches, Ananstacia Palaszczuk\nAfter Martin, Premier of Queensland Ananstacia Palaszczuk gave a speech:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 82], "content_span": [83, 155]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278376-0011-0000", "contents": "2018 Commonwealth Games closing ceremony, Program, Speeches, Ananstacia Palaszczuk\n..... What we have seen the past two weeks is the beginning of Queensland's golden age. Nothing can stop us now. This should be the model for all Games to come. The world has seen Queensland at its best - where life is beautiful one day and perfect the next. You will always have friends right here in Queensland, thank you.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 82], "content_span": [83, 407]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278376-0012-0000", "contents": "2018 Commonwealth Games closing ceremony, Program, Speeches, Ananstacia Palaszczuk\nThe commonwealth Games ceremonial flag was passed from Tom Tate, Mayor of Gold Coast to Sam Coffa, President of Commonwealth Games Australia, to Louise Martin, President of the Commonwealth Games Federation, to Ian Metcalfe, Chairman of Commonwealth Games England and finally to Anne Underwood, Lord Mayor of Birmingham. Gold Coast Mayor Tom Tate presented his speech to the audience and thanked the volunteers for their support and wished good luck to the Birmingham 2022 committee. President of Commonwealth Games Australia Sam Coffa presented his speech and praised Gold Coast city and the athletes of the Games. He then offered his thanks to the people of Gold Coast for their support.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 82], "content_span": [83, 772]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278376-0013-0000", "contents": "2018 Commonwealth Games closing ceremony, Program, Speeches, Anne Underwood\nLord Mayor of Birmingham Anne Underwood gave her speech and told the crowd:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 75], "content_span": [76, 151]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278376-0014-0000", "contents": "2018 Commonwealth Games closing ceremony, Program, Speeches, Anne Underwood\nWe are young and diverse city - we will showcase our city's youth and diversity", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 75], "content_span": [76, 155]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278376-0015-0000", "contents": "2018 Commonwealth Games closing ceremony, Program, Birmingham handover\nAfter her speech ended, a video about Birmingham's life and culture was shown in the screens of the stadium. The video showed the skyline of Birmingham city, its street markets, active youth, shopping streets, bars, pubs, Birmingham New Street railway station, trams and spaghetti junction. In the video, a man and a girl was shown dancing in one of the pubs of Birmingham and said ''a night you never forget, in a city that never sleeps''. The video ended with displaying the word #BRUM. Lady Sanity, a rap artist from Birmingham, then performed with her song ''Go The Distance''. After this, Amerah Saleh performed her poem \"Tourist in My City\" from what appeared to be the same location, but turned out to be Birmingham as she finished and walked into a six-minute one-take live dance performance to ELO's Mr Blue Sky.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 70], "content_span": [71, 892]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278377-0000-0000", "contents": "2018 Commonwealth Games medal table\nThe 2018 Commonwealth Games (officially known as the XXI Commonwealth Games), was a multi-sport event held in Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia, between 4 and 15 April 2018. 275 medal events were held at these games.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [35, 35], "content_span": [36, 252]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278377-0001-0000", "contents": "2018 Commonwealth Games medal table\nAustralia, serving as the host nation, won the games with 80 gold, 59 silver and 59 bronze, for a total of 198 medals.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [35, 35], "content_span": [36, 154]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278377-0002-0000", "contents": "2018 Commonwealth Games medal table, Firsts\nThe Solomon Islands won its first Commonwealth Games medal, a bronze won by Jenly Tegu Wini in the women's 58 kg weightlifting event.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 43], "content_span": [44, 177]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278377-0003-0000", "contents": "2018 Commonwealth Games medal table, Firsts\nThe Cook Islands won its first Commonwealth Games medal, a bronze won by Taiki Paniani and Aidan Zittersteijn in the men's pairs lawn bowls event.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 43], "content_span": [44, 190]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278377-0004-0000", "contents": "2018 Commonwealth Games medal table, Firsts\nVanuatu won its first Commonwealth Games medal, a bronze won by para athlete Friana Kwevira in the women's javelin throw (F46) event.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 43], "content_span": [44, 177]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278377-0005-0000", "contents": "2018 Commonwealth Games medal table, Firsts\nDominica won its first Commonwealth Games medal when Thea LaFond won a bronze medal in the women's triple jump event. A few days later, Dominica won its first ever silver medal when Yordanys Duranona Garcia came second in the men's triple jump event.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 43], "content_span": [44, 294]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278377-0006-0000", "contents": "2018 Commonwealth Games medal table, Firsts\nBritish Virgin Islands won its first Commonwealth Games medal when Kyron McMaster won a gold in the men's 400m hurdles.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 43], "content_span": [44, 163]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278377-0007-0000", "contents": "2018 Commonwealth Games medal table, Firsts\nSaint Lucia won its first Commonwealth Games gold medal when Levern Spencer won the women's high jump event.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 43], "content_span": [44, 152]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278377-0008-0000", "contents": "2018 Commonwealth Games medal table, Medal table\nThe ranking in this table is consistent with International Olympic Committee convention in its published medal tables. By default, the table is ordered by the number of gold medals the athletes from a nation have won (in this context, a \"nation\" is an entity represented by a Commonwealth Games Association). The number of silver medals is taken into consideration next and then the number of bronze medals. If nations are still tied, equal ranking is given and they are listed alphabetically by their three-letter country code. Australia came in first in the medal table rank with 80 gold, the second being England with 45 gold, and the third being India with 26 gold.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 48], "content_span": [49, 718]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278377-0009-0000", "contents": "2018 Commonwealth Games medal table, Medal table\nTwo bronze medals were awarded in boxing. In four events of Wrestling, only five nations entered the event, per Commonwealth Games regulations, only one bronze medal was available. No bronze medal was awarded in the Women's 50 metre butterfly S7, Women's Powerlifting heavyweight and the Women's Wrestling freestyle 50 kg as only four athletes competed in the event per Commonwealth Games regulations, the bronze medal was not available. At Women's tandem sprint B and the Women's tandem 1 km time trial B only one gold medal was available, as only three nations entered the event.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 48], "content_span": [49, 630]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278377-0010-0000", "contents": "2018 Commonwealth Games medal table, Medal table\nAdditionally, two silver medals were awarded in the men's gymnastics horizontal bar, Swimming Men's 100 metre freestyle and the Women's 50 metre freestyleas a result of a tie between two athletes. Therefore, the total number of bronze medals is greater than the total number of gold or silver medals.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 48], "content_span": [49, 349]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278378-0000-0000", "contents": "2018 Commonwealth Games opening ceremony\nThe opening ceremony for the 2018 Commonwealth Games took place on the evening of Wednesday 4 April in the Carrara Stadium, Gold Coast. As mandated by the Commonwealth Games Charter, the proceedings of the ceremony combined the formal opening of the sporting event (including hoisting of the flags, parade of the athletes and welcome speeches) with an artistic performance to showcase the host nation's culture. The 2018 Games were formally opened by Charles, Prince of Wales. Jack Morton Worldwide was given the contract to produce the opening and closing ceremonies of the 2018 Commonwealth Games. The theme of the opening ceremony was Hello Earth and directed by David Zolkwer.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [40, 40], "content_span": [41, 721]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278378-0001-0000", "contents": "2018 Commonwealth Games opening ceremony\nThe ceremony began at 20:00 AEST and lasted almost three hours. It was watched by an estimated worldwide television of 1.5 billion. The principal sections of the artistic display represented Australia's Indigenous culture, Gold Coast's Surfers Paradise, wildlife and theme parks. A medley of Australian classics were played live by the Queensland Symphony Orchestra, Queensland Youth Orchestra and Gold Coast Youth Orchestra during the parade of nations. Popular Australian recording artists such as Christine Anu, Delta Goodrem, Katie Noonan and Ricki-Lee Coutler performed at the ceremony. The opening ceremony was seen as a tremendous success and worldwide praised.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [40, 40], "content_span": [41, 709]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278378-0002-0000", "contents": "2018 Commonwealth Games opening ceremony, Preparations\nThree Australian companies: Specktak International, World Events, Dae Global and one American company Jack Morton Worldwide (JMW) submitted bids to the Gold Coast 2018 Commonwealth Games Corporation (GOLDOC) to produce the opening and closing ceremonies of the 2018 Commonwealth Games in Gold Coast. On 27 December 2015, the GOLDOC announced they chose Jack Morton Worldwide to produce the ceremonies of the games.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 54], "content_span": [55, 469]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278378-0002-0001", "contents": "2018 Commonwealth Games opening ceremony, Preparations\nThis sparked a controversy as the head of all the three Australian Companies Ric Birch, head of Spectak, David Atkins, head of Dae Global and Julie Brooks, head of World Events questioned to GOLDOC that why an American company (JMW) was chosen for the production of ceremonies which was going to happen in Australia.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 54], "content_span": [55, 371]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278378-0002-0002", "contents": "2018 Commonwealth Games opening ceremony, Preparations\nRic Birch, who co-ordinated the ceremonies of the 1982 Commonwealth Games in Brisbane, the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney and the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona, called for a review of the decision to overlook three Australian companies to present the ceremonies at the 2018 Commonwealth Games in Gold Coast.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 54], "content_span": [55, 366]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278378-0002-0003", "contents": "2018 Commonwealth Games opening ceremony, Preparations\nGOLDOC's head of communications Marcus Taylor said that JMW is an international company which have been working in Australia since 1983 and have a range of experiences in producing the ceremonies of events as they have previously done for 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, 2006 Commonwealth Games in Melbourne and the 2014 Commonwealth Games in Glasgow.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 54], "content_span": [55, 406]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278378-0003-0000", "contents": "2018 Commonwealth Games opening ceremony, Preparations\nOn 22 November 2017, the GOLDOC revealed some of the key artistic personnel working on the ceremonies of the games. The creative team for the opening and closing ceremonies consisted of a roster of renowned individuals. Leading the ceremonies team as Artistic Director and Project Director was David Zolkwer, Head of Jack Morton Worldwide Public Events. David previously led the teams for the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, 2002 Commonwealth Games in Manchester, 2006 Commonwealth Games in Melbourne and 2014 Commonwealth Games in Glasgow.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 54], "content_span": [55, 595]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278378-0003-0001", "contents": "2018 Commonwealth Games opening ceremony, Preparations\nAustralian singer Katie Noonan, winner of five ARIA music awards and former lead singer of Brisbane based band George, was given the role of the Music Director of the ceremonies. Katie said \"I'm a fiercely proud Queensland musician; I think we make some of the best music in the world and indeed some of the best art in the world. There's some truly world class dance and music being made here, so it's a good time to focus on our (cultural) identity and realise that we're really good at what we do.\" She has served as the Artistic Director of the Queensland Music Festival since 2015.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 54], "content_span": [55, 641]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278378-0004-0000", "contents": "2018 Commonwealth Games opening ceremony, Preparations\nNathan M. Wright served as the Head of Choreography and Staging Director for the opening ceremony. Nathan is a highly respected choreographer and performer who has worked on large-scale events extensively, including choreography for the opening and closing ceremonies of both the 2012 Summer Olympics and Paralympics in London and the opening ceremony of the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi. The role of Executive Producer for the ceremonies was given to Merryn Hughes. Merryn has also served as the Executive Producer for the ceremonies of the 2015 Pacific Games in Papua New Guinea and the closing ceremony of the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 54], "content_span": [55, 703]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278378-0005-0000", "contents": "2018 Commonwealth Games opening ceremony, Proceedings, Countdown\nThe opening ceremony started with a countdown from 65000 years quickly to 10\u20131 seconds. When the countdown is finished, a very large firework exploded in the middle of the ground of the Carrara Stadium.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 64], "content_span": [65, 267]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278378-0006-0000", "contents": "2018 Commonwealth Games opening ceremony, Proceedings, Hello Earth\nAustralian Actor Jack Thompson spoke about the history of Earth along with holding an illuminated globe.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 66], "content_span": [67, 171]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278378-0007-0000", "contents": "2018 Commonwealth Games opening ceremony, Proceedings, Hello Earth\nHome. That\u2019s where we live. From here, you can\u2019t see any borders. No barriers built to divide us, no people on different sides. All that we are, and have been, and can be, all that we value, all that we love, all our memories and stories, our hopes and our dreams, the best, and the worst, of us \u2013 is here, on that tiny grain of rock. From here there\u2019s no sound of our quarrels, no voices in conflict, no people at war. From here it seems, we\u2019re all the same, not drifting apart, but all connected. No sign of 'Other' \u2013 only Sister and Brother. No 'You', or 'Me' \u2013 just 'We'. From here, all that we see is all that we share: Shining, fragile, awesome\u2026 \u2026our island home in a cosmic sea.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 66], "content_span": [67, 752]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278378-0008-0000", "contents": "2018 Commonwealth Games opening ceremony, Proceedings, Hello Earth\nWhen he finished his narration, he then placed the globe in the ground which was covered with beach sand. The image of earth was projected on the ground showcasing the movement of winds, oceans, wind currents and large mass of land. A group of girls stood at the image projection of land and raised their right hands. The large mass of land immediately separated into seven continents. After the separation of land masses, a white humpback whale \"Migaloo\" was shown swimming across the oceans and diving into the land of Australia.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 66], "content_span": [67, 598]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278378-0009-0000", "contents": "2018 Commonwealth Games opening ceremony, Proceedings, Four Winds\nWorld-renowned didgeridoo player William Barton played his instrument at the top of the Q1 tower. Hip-hop artist Mau Power from Thursday Island in the Torres Strait and Australian singer Christine Anu sang the song \"My Island Home\" along with Four Winds Didgeridoo Orchestra. A group of dancers holding small glowing spheres danced along with the song. When the song finished, the dancers immediately stood adjacent to each other forming the shape of Australian land boundary. Christine Anu sang the same song at the closing ceremony of the 2000 Summer Olympics and in the opening ceremonies of the 2000 Summer Paralympics in Sydney.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 65], "content_span": [66, 699]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278378-0010-0000", "contents": "2018 Commonwealth Games opening ceremony, Proceedings, Welcome of dignitaries\nCharles, Prince of Wales, Camilla, Duchess of Cornwall, President of the Commonwealth Games Federation Louise Martin, Chairman of GOLDOC Peter Beattie and President of Commonwealth Games Australia Sam Coffa entered the stadium and welcomed with a huge applause by the audience. Australia's National Flag along the Australian Aboriginal Flag and the Torres Strait Islander Flag were hoisted in the stadium and Australian national anthem \"Advance Australia Fair\" was sung in an unusual way. While the anthem was sung, the image of the Australian coat of arms symbol was projected on the sand stadium's ground.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 77], "content_span": [78, 685]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278378-0011-0000", "contents": "2018 Commonwealth Games opening ceremony, Proceedings, Totem ceremony\nAfter the history of Earth segment, the traditional totem ceremony was showcased. This part of the ceremony represented the moment of reconnecting and regeneration. It showcased a ritual in which the ceremonial knowledge of the totemic system was passed down from past ancestors and elders, through present elders, to the future elders. Performers from the Bangarra Dance Theatre and performers from the Bangarra's \"Rekindling\" programme performed a dance with shields. Rekindling is an intensive dance-based education program for Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander secondary students. After the dance performance, a large firework exploded in the middle of the stadium's ground.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 69], "content_span": [70, 755]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278378-0012-0000", "contents": "2018 Commonwealth Games opening ceremony, Proceedings, Surfer\u2019s Paradise\nAfter the Totem ceremony segment, the Surfers Paradise scene was shown. A group of people wearing swimsuits gathered into the stadium along with props such as umbrellas, deck chairs, and beach towels. The image of the scenery of beach was projected onto the stadium's ground. Australian singer Ricki-Lee Coulter performed the song \"Technicolor Love\" and the people wearing swimsuits danced on the song.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 72], "content_span": [73, 475]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278378-0013-0000", "contents": "2018 Commonwealth Games opening ceremony, Proceedings, Parade of Nations\nFollowing tradition, the host of the previous games, Scotland entered first, followed by the rest of the European countries competing. Following this, all countries paraded in alphabetical order from their respective regions. After the European countries entered, countries from Africa, the Americas, Asia, the Caribbean, and lastly Oceania marched in. The host nation of Australia entered last. The Parade of Nations track, designed by Cairns based Torres Strait Islander visual artist Brian Robinson, was a specially commissioned artwork drawing on indigenous and local culture and mythology, featuring stars, surfboards, sea animals and shells.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 72], "content_span": [73, 720]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278378-0013-0001", "contents": "2018 Commonwealth Games opening ceremony, Proceedings, Parade of Nations\nThe young Surf Lifesavers of Australia, popularly called as the \"Nippers\", escorted the athletes carrying a surfboard bearing the country name. The image of each nation's flag was projected on the ground of the stadium. Kylie Minogue's famous song \"Can't Get You Out of My Head\", was played at the arrival of England into the stadium. Sia's song \"Chandelier\" was played at the arrival of New Zealand team.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 72], "content_span": [73, 478]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278378-0014-0000", "contents": "2018 Commonwealth Games opening ceremony, Proceedings, Parade of Nations\nAfter the parade of Commonwealth Nations, Australian singer Katie Noonan sang \"You\u2019re Welcome Here\" with playing a piano backed by the Gold Coast Choir. She was also the musical director of the opening and closing ceremonies of the games.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 72], "content_span": [73, 311]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278378-0015-0000", "contents": "2018 Commonwealth Games opening ceremony, Proceedings, Smoking ceremony\nContemporary aboriginal artist Luther Cora performed a traditional smoking ceremony with his family. The smoking ceremony is an ancient and enduring custom still practiced widely among many Indigenous Australians. It involved burning various native plants to produce smoke. It was mentioned in The Guardian that the meaning of the ceremony was to cleanse oneself by bathing in the smoke and connect with each other and with the land. It was also about connecting with good spirits.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 71], "content_span": [72, 553]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278378-0016-0000", "contents": "2018 Commonwealth Games opening ceremony, Proceedings, Hoisting of the CGF flag\nThe Commonwealth Games flag was brought into the stadium by six athletes namely Dominican high jumper Brendan Williams, South African para swimmer Natalie Du Toit (para-sport representative), New Zealand professional racing cyclist Alison Shanks, Canadian high jumper Nicole Forrester, retired Scottish rugby union player Colin Gregor and Scottish women's hockey player Rhona Toft. The six athletes were also appointed to the CGF Athlete Advisory Commission on 3 April 2018. Australian singer John Farnham's song \"You're the Voice\" was played when the athletes entered into the stadium with the flag. John Farnham performed the same song at the closing ceremony of the 2006 Commonwealth Games in Melbourne.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 79], "content_span": [80, 786]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278378-0017-0000", "contents": "2018 Commonwealth Games opening ceremony, Proceedings, Oath\nAustralian lawn bowls athlete Karen Murphy took the athlete's oath, while Australian netball coach Lisa Alexander took the coaches oath and athletics official Desmond Johnston took the officials oath.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 59], "content_span": [60, 260]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278378-0018-0000", "contents": "2018 Commonwealth Games opening ceremony, Proceedings, Oath\nThe Oath We come to this place from many lands\u2026 To demonstrate the spirit of true sportsmanship that we all share. And to stand up for the values and ideals that live at the heart of these Games: Our shared Humanity \u2013 the respect we give each other, finding lasting friendships and common ground in our diversity. Our shared Equality \u2013 the level playing field on which we compete, providing fairness and opportunity for all. And our shared Destiny \u2013 to do our best here, so we inspire individuals and communities around the world to realise their own aspirations. This is our oath.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 59], "content_span": [60, 641]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278378-0019-0000", "contents": "2018 Commonwealth Games opening ceremony, Proceedings, Speeches\nChairman of GOLDOC The Hon. Peter Beattie AC gave a speech about the games and welcomed the athletes.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 63], "content_span": [64, 165]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278378-0020-0000", "contents": "2018 Commonwealth Games opening ceremony, Proceedings, Speeches\nBeautiful one day, perfect the next. Welcome to Australia, welcome to Queensland, and welcome to the Gold Coast!", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 63], "content_span": [64, 176]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278378-0021-0000", "contents": "2018 Commonwealth Games opening ceremony, Proceedings, Speeches\nAfter him, President of the CGF Dame Louise Martin gave a speech about the games. She started her speech by telling about her own experiences when she was an athlete representing Scotland at the 1962 Commonwealth Games in Perth. She also stated that the 2018 Commonwealth Games were the first International Multi Sport Event to have equal medal opportunities for both men and women and the first Games to include a Reconciliation Action Plan, respecting and recognising the first nation peoples of the entire Commonwealth. Further she added that the games were the largest fully inclusive para-sport medal events programme ever at a Commonwealth Games; the largest at any international sports event.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 63], "content_span": [64, 763]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278378-0022-0000", "contents": "2018 Commonwealth Games opening ceremony, Proceedings, Queen's Baton and opening of the games\nThe Queen's baton, which contained the message letter written by Queen Elizabeth II at the Buckingham Palace in London, was brought into the stadium in the kombi van by Australian former swimmer Susie O\u2019Neill AM. She then went to the centre of the stadium. Images and videos of popular Gold Coast attractions were projected on the ground of the stadium such as feeding lorikeets, skydiving, dreaming in the ocean, walking in the treetops, and riding the rollercoaster.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 93], "content_span": [94, 562]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278378-0022-0001", "contents": "2018 Commonwealth Games opening ceremony, Proceedings, Queen's Baton and opening of the games\nAfter that, she handed over the baton to Australian former cyclist Brad McGee OAM, who took it to Australian wheelchair racer Kurt Fearnley AO. Kurt after parading it around the stadium, handed over to Australian netballer Liz Ellis AO, who then took it to Australian hockey player Brent Livermore OAM. Finally, Brent handed the baton over to Australian hurdler Sally Pearson OAM. She received a large applause from the audience as she lives in Gold Coast. She went to the dais along with the baton and hand it over to Louise Martin. Louise removed the Queen's message from the baton and handed to HRH Prince Charles. Charles read out the message and declared the competition officially open.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 93], "content_span": [94, 786]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278378-0023-0000", "contents": "2018 Commonwealth Games opening ceremony, Proceedings, Queen's Baton and opening of the games\nIt now gives me the greatest pleasure to declare the 21st Commonwealth Games open.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 93], "content_span": [94, 176]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278378-0024-0000", "contents": "2018 Commonwealth Games opening ceremony, Proceedings, In the end\nAustralian singer-songwriter Delta Goodrem performed her song \"Welcome to Earth\". After her performance, a large number of people gathered at the stadium and Sigur-Rossy music was played. A large white whale Migaloo shaped balloon was brought into the stadium. Images of Antarctica and the Great Barrier Reef were projected on the whale shaped balloon. The artwork was designed by Delvene Cockatoo-Collins, the artist who also designed the medals for the Games. Australian singer Ruel sang his song \"Golden Years\" and fireworks exploded on the roof of the stadium. Delta Goodrem's \"Together We Are One\" remix version single was played after Ruel's performance and a large number of fireworks exploded on the roof of the Carrara stadium and also near The Star Gold Coast hotel.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 65], "content_span": [66, 842]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278378-0025-0000", "contents": "2018 Commonwealth Games opening ceremony, Music\nKatie Noonan, winner of five ARIA music awards, was Musical Director of the opening ceremony of the 2018 Commonwealth Games. The soundtrack was produced by Michael Tan, who was appointed the role of Musical Arranger and Composer.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 47], "content_span": [48, 277]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278378-0026-0000", "contents": "2018 Commonwealth Games opening ceremony, Music\nThe ceremony featured the performances of singers, orchestras and songs of Australia in order to give an exposure of Australian music around the world and to showcase the culture of Australia. In the Four Winds segment, Australian singer Christine Anu and Torres Strait rapper Mau Power covered the song \"My Island Home\" which was one of the hit songs in Australia in 1995. Australian pop singer Ricki Lee Coutler sang \"Technicolor Love\" during the Surfer's Paradise segment in order to showcase the fun thriving beach life of Gold Coast.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 47], "content_span": [48, 586]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278378-0027-0000", "contents": "2018 Commonwealth Games opening ceremony, Music\nDuring the parade of nations, an orchestral medley of Australian classics were played by the members of the Queensland Symphony Orchestra, Queensland Youth Orchestra and Gold Coast Youth Orchestra which were led by conductor John Foreman. The songs played by the orchestras were INXS's \"Need You Tonight\", Men at Work's \"Down Under\", The Church's \"Under The Milky Way\", Little River Band's \"Reminiscing\", Alex Lloyd's \"Amazing\u2019\u2019, The Divinyls\u2019 \"I Touch Myself\", Kylie Minogue's \"Can\u2019t Get You Out of My Head\", Australian Crawl's \"Reckless\" and Stevie Wright's \"Evie\".", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 47], "content_span": [48, 615]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278378-0028-0000", "contents": "2018 Commonwealth Games opening ceremony, Music\nKatie Noonan performed a song \"You\u2019re Welcome Here\" after the parade of nations. \"You\u2019re The Voice\", recorded by Australian singer John Farnham and one of the biggest hits in 1986 in Australia was played by the orchestra when the CGF flag was brought into the stadium. Australian pop singer Delta Goodrem, winner of nine ARIA music awards, performed the official theme song of the opening ceremony \"Welcome to Earth\".", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 47], "content_span": [48, 465]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278378-0029-0000", "contents": "2018 Commonwealth Games opening ceremony, Reviews\nThe Courier-Mail said \"Gold Coast finally welcomed the world to its biggest ever party with a dazzling Commonwealth Games opening ceremony\". The New Daily said the opening ceremony had \"wowed\" the fans on the Gold Coast. The Gold Coast Bulletin called the opening ceremony as \"dazzling\" and \"welcomed the world to its biggest ever party\". The West Australian said that the \"Spirits gone high\" in the Gold Coast after the opening ceremony. The SBS called the ceremony as \"dazzling\" and the ABC said that the opening ceremony had \"signaled great start for the 2018 Commonwealth Games\".", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 49], "content_span": [50, 633]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278378-0030-0000", "contents": "2018 Commonwealth Games opening ceremony, Reviews\nForeign reaction was overwhelmingly positive. The BBC said the 2018 Commonwealth Games started with a \"colorful\" and \"spectacular\" opening ceremony. The London Evening Standard said the games began with a \"spectacular opening ceremony paying tribute to region's Aboriginal history.\" The Daily Telegraph reported \"Gold Coast Commonwealth Games began with every symbol of Australiana\".", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 49], "content_span": [50, 433]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278378-0031-0000", "contents": "2018 Commonwealth Games opening ceremony, Reviews\nThe Firstpost said \"Opening ceremony of Commonwealth Games 2018 celebrates indigenous culture, beaches and diversity\". The Times of India provided live updates of the ceremony in their official website and at the end commented \"What a spectacular welcome Gold Coast has given to the participating teams!\". The Hindu said \"...the opening ceremony of the XXI Commonwealth Games on Wednesday night was painted with colour and gaiety....\". They also commented \"The pageant showcased the Australian tradition and culture in all its glory\".", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 49], "content_span": [50, 584]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278378-0032-0000", "contents": "2018 Commonwealth Games opening ceremony, Reviews\nThe CNN reported \"Commonwealth Games' opening ceremony celebrates Australia's Indigenous culture\". However, the CNN also commented that the Commonwealth Games are regarded as an enduring reminder of British imperialism. As it was raining for few minutes at the beginning of the opening ceremony, the Toronto Star noticed and commented \"Commonwealth Games begin after rain drenches spectators at Gold Coast opening ceremony\".", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 49], "content_span": [50, 474]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278378-0033-0000", "contents": "2018 Commonwealth Games opening ceremony, Technical aspects\nNorwest productions was the official audio supplier for the opening and closing ceremonies of the Games. A large optocore fibre network was used for site-wide signal distribution by the company. Stagekings, a Sutherland Shire company provided the sets and staging for the opening ceremony. The company constructed most of the structures, from the speech stages, flag stages, the sand centre-piece, the sand surround (compete with smoke effect and light ring), the parade path, mobile lifeguard tower, the beach showers, lecterns, the Royal Box, Migaloo's buggy, even the glowing globe that Jack Thompson used to open the show. Cairns based Torres Strait Islander visual artist Brian Robinson designed the Parade Track in the Carrara stadium.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 59], "content_span": [60, 801]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278378-0034-0000", "contents": "2018 Commonwealth Games opening ceremony, Controversy\nSome 15,000 tickets for the event had the wrong day printed on them (Thursday), instead of the correct date (Wednesday).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 53], "content_span": [54, 174]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278379-0000-0000", "contents": "2018 Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting\nThe 2018 Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting, also known as CHOGM 2018, was the 25th Meeting of the Heads of Government of the Commonwealth of Nations. It was held in the United Kingdom. The meeting had been planned to have been held by Vanuatu at the end of 2017, but was moved to the United Kingdom after the impact of Cyclone Pam on the infrastructure of Vanuatu. The meeting was then postponed to April 2018 due to other international commitments.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [45, 45], "content_span": [46, 502]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278379-0001-0000", "contents": "2018 Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting\nThe position of Commonwealth Chair-in-Office, held by the government leader of the CHOGM host country, was transferred at the summit from the Prime Minister of Malta to the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, who will hold the post until the 26th CHOGM (expected in 2021).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [45, 45], "content_span": [46, 320]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278379-0002-0000", "contents": "2018 Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting, Agenda\nThe theme of the summit was \"Towards a Common Future\". The British hosts set out four main goals for the summit:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [47, 53], "content_span": [54, 166]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278379-0003-0000", "contents": "2018 Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting, Agenda\nUnder consideration were: A Commonwealth Blue Charter on ocean governance, a Commonwealth connectivity agenda for trade and investment, a declaration on cybercrime, and revised Commonwealth guidelines on election observation in member countries.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [47, 53], "content_span": [54, 299]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278379-0004-0000", "contents": "2018 Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting, Agenda, Trade\nThis was the first CHOGM held following the United Kingdom's decision to withdraw from the European Union, a decision which has resulted in calls for Britain to strengthen its economic ties with and play a greater role in the Commonwealth. The Commonwealth, as of 2018, was responsible for one-tenth of British trade compare to the EU with which the UK currently conducts half of its trade. Intra-Commonwealth trade, overall, is expected to increase by at least 17% to around US$700 billion by 2020.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [47, 60], "content_span": [61, 560]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278379-0005-0000", "contents": "2018 Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting, Agenda, Trade\nThe British government reportedly hoped to use the CHOGM to open negotiations for expanded trade with Commonwealth nations to replace lost trade with the EU, however, as the summit began The Economist dismissed the belief that the Commonwealth could fill the gap created by Brexit as \u201can amiable delusion\u201d.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [47, 60], "content_span": [61, 367]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278379-0006-0000", "contents": "2018 Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting, Agenda, Head of the Commonwealth and the Royal Family\nThe succession of the Headship of the Commonwealth,and the roles of other members of the Royal Family was discussed, and a proposal to nominate Queen Elizabeth II for the Nobel Peace Prize is also expected to feature in discussions.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [47, 100], "content_span": [101, 333]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278379-0007-0000", "contents": "2018 Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting, Agenda, Head of the Commonwealth and the Royal Family\nAt a speech welcoming Commonwealth leaders to Buckingham Palace on the first day of the summit, the Queen said \"It is my sincere wish that the Commonwealth will continue to offer stability and continuity for future generations, and will decide that one day the Prince of Wales should carry on the important work started by my father in 1949.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [47, 100], "content_span": [101, 443]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278379-0008-0000", "contents": "2018 Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting, Agenda, Head of the Commonwealth and the Royal Family\nOn 20 April, the second day of the summit, the Commonwealth leaders agreed that Prince Charles would succeed the Queen as Head of the Commonwealth.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [47, 100], "content_span": [101, 248]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278379-0009-0000", "contents": "2018 Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting, Agenda, LGBT rights\nThe British government was accused by LGBT activists of backing away from plans to make LGBT rights in the Commonwealth of Nations an issue during the summit. Homosexuality remains a criminal offence in 37 out of 53 Commonwealth states. LGBT-rights campaigners from the UK and across the Commonwealth picketed Marlborough House, the headquarters of the Commonwealth Secretariat, on 19 April in order to draw attention to the issue.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [47, 66], "content_span": [67, 498]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278379-0009-0001", "contents": "2018 Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting, Agenda, LGBT rights\nUK Prime Minister Theresa May said in a speech to Commonwealth leaders that she \"deeply regrets\" Britain's role in having same-sex conduct criminalized in colonial laws that remain in force in many Commonwealth countries, saying of these laws that \u201cThey were wrong then and they are wrong now\u201d and that the UK government supports the reform of these laws in former colonies.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [47, 66], "content_span": [67, 441]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278379-0010-0000", "contents": "2018 Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting, Agenda, Commonwealth Clean Oceans Alliance\nThe UK promised to spend \u00a361m to combat the pollution of the world's oceans by plastics and announced that it would ban plastic straws, microbeads, and other waste and to help developing countries curb plastics and other environmental pollutants from contaminating the oceans, and urged other Commonwealth countries to do the same. Five countries have joined the Commonwealth Clean Oceans Alliance: the UK, New Zealand, Sri Lanka, Vanuatu and Ghana.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [47, 89], "content_span": [90, 539]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278379-0011-0000", "contents": "2018 Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting, Agenda, Commonwealth Cyber Declaration\nThe Commonwealth unanimously adopted the Commonwealth Cyber Declaration with leaders agreeing to work closely to strengthen their cybersecurity frameworks and response mechanisms by 2020.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [47, 85], "content_span": [86, 273]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278379-0012-0000", "contents": "2018 Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting, Notable attendees\nOverall, 47 out of 53 Commonwealth states were represented at the summit by their heads of government, with foreign ministers being the most senior attendees of the remaining countries.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [47, 64], "content_span": [65, 250]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278379-0013-0000", "contents": "2018 Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting, Outcomes\nThe leaders issued a Communiqu\u00e9 at the close of the summit in which they:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [47, 55], "content_span": [56, 129]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278379-0014-0000", "contents": "2018 Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting, Outcomes\nThe leaders also issued a statement announcing their decision that Prince Charles will be the next Head of the Commonwealth.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [47, 55], "content_span": [56, 180]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278379-0015-0000", "contents": "2018 Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting, Commonwealth Forums\nParallel Commonwealth Summit Forums were held at the Queen Elizabeth II Conference Centre from 16 to 19 April, with 5,000 participants attending from government, business, and civil society engaged in Women's, Youth, and Peoples Forums with a Business Forum being held at Guildhall. A joint plenary of all four fora was held for the first time on 17 April.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [47, 66], "content_span": [67, 423]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278379-0016-0000", "contents": "2018 Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting, Commonwealth Forums\nThe Commonwealth Summit Forums saw participation from a number of Commonwealth heads of government and ministers. UK Prime Minister Theresa May opened the Business Forum on 16 April 2018 and South African President Cyril Ramaphosa delivered a keynote address at the Business Forum Banquet.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [47, 66], "content_span": [67, 357]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278379-0017-0000", "contents": "2018 Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting, Commonwealth Forums\nVarious members of the royal family\u2014including The Prince of Wales and the Duchess of Cornwall; Prince William, Duke of Cambridge, and the Duke and Duchess of Sussex\u2014 hosted and participated in various receptions and events being held as part of the forums or the heads of government meeting itself.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [47, 66], "content_span": [67, 365]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278379-0017-0001", "contents": "2018 Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting, Commonwealth Forums\nPrince Harry, in his new role as Commonwealth Youth Ambassador, opened the Youth Forum telling delegates: \"In my new role, I will work to support the Queen, my father the Prince of Wales, and my brother William, all of whom know that young people are the answer to the challenges of today.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [47, 66], "content_span": [67, 357]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278379-0018-0000", "contents": "2018 Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting, Commonwealth Forums\nOn the final day of the meeting, Prince Harry and Markle attended a reception to promote women's empowerment and girls' education.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [47, 66], "content_span": [67, 197]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278380-0000-0000", "contents": "2018 Communist Party of Bohemia and Moravia leadership election\nThe Communist Party of Bohemia and Moravia (KS\u010cM) held a leadership election on 21 April 2018. Snap election was held as a result of party's losses in 2017 legislative election. Josef Sk\u00e1la was first major candidate to announce his candidacy. The incumbent leader Vojt\u011bch Filip decided to run for another term. MEP Kate\u0159ina Kone\u010dn\u00e1 became third major candidate. Filip and Sk\u00e1la eventually advanced to second round.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 63], "section_span": [63, 63], "content_span": [64, 478]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278380-0001-0000", "contents": "2018 Communist Party of Bohemia and Moravia leadership election\nFilip won the election and was elected for another four years.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 63], "section_span": [63, 63], "content_span": [64, 126]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278380-0002-0000", "contents": "2018 Communist Party of Bohemia and Moravia leadership election, Background\nKS\u010cM received only 8% in 2017 legislative election and was reduced to 15 seats. Josef Sk\u00e1la the leader of inner-party's opposition called for the resignation of the incumbent leader Vojt\u011bch Filip. It was announced that snap election would be held in April 2018. Filip decided to not seek reelection. Sk\u00e1la announced he will run if he receives support in regions.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 63], "section_span": [65, 75], "content_span": [76, 438]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278380-0003-0000", "contents": "2018 Communist Party of Bohemia and Moravia leadership election, Background\nIn November 2017, conflict within the party started. Radical wing represented by Sk\u00e1la attacked moderate wing led by Ji\u0159\u00ed Dolej\u0161. Sk\u00e1la called Dolej\u0161's wing Bourgeoisie opportunists. Dolej\u0161 believes that KS\u010cM should modernise party's image.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 63], "section_span": [65, 75], "content_span": [76, 316]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278380-0004-0000", "contents": "2018 Communist Party of Bohemia and Moravia leadership election, Background\nThe incumbent leader Vojt\u011bch Filip eventually decided to seek another term as the leader and announced his candidacy on 27 February 2018. He secured large number of nominations from party's organisations. His candidacy was criticised by many members of the party due to his responsibility for 2017 election result. His main rival Sk\u00e1la was on the other hand criticised for his radical stances. MEP Kate\u0159ina Kone\u010dn\u00e1 was speculated as a possible third candidate due to her youth and moderate stances. Kate\u0159ina Kone\u010dn\u00e1 announced her candidacy on 27 March 2018. MPs Leo Luzar and Zden\u011bk Ondr\u00e1\u010dek also received nominations for the position of leader.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 63], "section_span": [65, 75], "content_span": [76, 721]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278380-0005-0000", "contents": "2018 Communist Party of Bohemia and Moravia leadership election, Background\nParlamentn\u00ed Listy reported on 20 April 2018, that Luzar and Vondr\u00e1\u010dek won't run but will instead support Kone\u010dn\u00e1. 10 people were nominated for the position of leader. Filip, Sk\u00e1la and Kone\u010dn\u00e1 are considered only candidates with a real chance to win the position. Filip is considered the front-runner a he received highest number of nominations.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 63], "section_span": [65, 75], "content_span": [76, 420]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278380-0006-0000", "contents": "2018 Communist Party of Bohemia and Moravia leadership election, Voting\nLeo Luzar and Zden\u011bk Ondr\u00e1\u010dek withdrawn from election early on 21 April 2018 and supported Kate\u0159ina Kone\u010dn\u00e1. Stanslav Grospi\u010d also withdrawn from election. 315 delegates are allowed to vote. Ivan Hr\u016fza withdrawn from election during his nomination speech and endorsed Sk\u00e1la. Vojt\u011bch Filip and Josef Sk\u00e1la advanced to second round. Filip received 110 votes while Sk\u00e1la 105. Kate\u0159nia Kone\u010dn\u00e1 came third with 79 votes. Filip won the second round, with 165 votes to Sk\u00e1la's 143.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 63], "section_span": [65, 71], "content_span": [72, 546]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278381-0000-0000", "contents": "2018 Comorian constitutional referendum\nA constitutional referendum was held in the Comoros on 30 July 2018. The constitutional amendments proposed would remove the presidential term limits and requirement for the presidency to rotate between the three main islands. Following the approval of the amendments by 92% of voters, President Azali Assoumani will be allowed to run for another five-year term in a vote moved forward to 2019 instead of 2021.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [39, 39], "content_span": [40, 450]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278382-0000-0000", "contents": "2018 Comoros Cup\nThe 2018 Coupe des Comores is the 2018 edition of the Coupe des Comores, the knockout football competition of the Comoros.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [16, 16], "content_span": [17, 139]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278383-0000-0000", "contents": "2018 Comoros Premier League\nThe 2018 Comoros Premier League is the top level football competition in the Comoros.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [27, 27], "content_span": [28, 113]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278383-0001-0000", "contents": "2018 Comoros Premier League, National championship\nThe champions of the three regional leagues of each island will take part in the final tournament to determinate the overall champions.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 50], "content_span": [51, 186]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278384-0000-0000", "contents": "2018 Conference Carolinas Men's Volleyball Tournament\nThe 2018 Conference Carolinas Men's Volleyball Tournament is the men's volleyball tournament for Conference Carolinas during the 2018 NCAA Division I & II men's volleyball season. It is being held April 17 through April 21, 2018 at campus sites. The winner receives the conference's automatic bid to the 2018 NCAA Volleyball Tournament.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 53], "section_span": [53, 53], "content_span": [54, 391]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278384-0001-0000", "contents": "2018 Conference Carolinas Men's Volleyball Tournament, Seeds\nEight of the nine teams are eligible for the postseason, with the highest seed hosting each round. Teams are seeded by record within the conference, with a tiebreaker system to seed teams with identical conference records. Emmanuel is ineligible as they are still transitioning from NAIA to NCAA.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 53], "section_span": [55, 60], "content_span": [61, 357]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278385-0000-0000", "contents": "2018 Conference USA Baseball Tournament\nThe 2018 Conference USA Baseball Tournament was held between May 24 and May 28 at MGM Park in Biloxi, Mississippi. The annual tournament determines the conference champion of the Division I Conference USA for college baseball. As tournament champion, Southern Mississippi received the league's automatic bid to the 2018 NCAA Division I Baseball Tournament.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [39, 39], "content_span": [40, 396]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278385-0001-0000", "contents": "2018 Conference USA Baseball Tournament\nThe tournament was established in 1996, Conference USA's first season of play. Rice has won the most championships, with seven, including 2017.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [39, 39], "content_span": [40, 183]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278385-0002-0000", "contents": "2018 Conference USA Baseball Tournament, Seeding and format\nThe top eight finishers from the regular season will be seeded one through eight. The tournament will use a double elimination format.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 59], "content_span": [60, 194]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278386-0000-0000", "contents": "2018 Conference USA Football Championship Game\nThe 2018 Conference USA Football Championship Game was played on Saturday, December 1, 2018, at Johnny \"Red\" Floyd Stadium in Murfreesboro, Tennessee, and determined the 2018 football champion of Conference USA (CUSA). The game featured the East Division champion Middle Tennessee against the West Division champion UAB. The game was televised by CBS Sports Network for the first time in the 13 years of the game. With sponsorship from Globe Life and Accident Insurance Company, the game was formally named the 2018 Globe Life Conference USA Championship Game.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [46, 46], "content_span": [47, 607]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278386-0001-0000", "contents": "2018 Conference USA Football Championship Game, Teams, UAB\nThe Blazers, in their second season after returning from a two-year hiatus, clinched at least a share of the West Division title, plus a spot in the championship game, with a 26\u201323 overtime win over Southern Miss on November 10. A Louisiana Tech loss to Southern Miss the following week gave UAB the outright division title. The Blazers lost 27\u20133 to Middle Tennessee in the final regularly-scheduled game for both teams.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [48, 58], "content_span": [59, 479]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278386-0002-0000", "contents": "2018 Conference USA Football Championship Game, Teams, Middle Tennessee\nAt the final week of the regular season, only two teams were in contention to clinch the East Division title, FIU and Middle Tennessee. The Panthers defeated the Blue Raiders on October 13, by three points. That would become the Blue Raiders first loss in conference play. FIU lead the division until their first conference loss against Florida Atlantic, which lead to them and Middle Tennessee to become tie for first place in the East. Both teams continued to win in conference play. For FIU to be crown winners of the division, they would have to win against Marshall, the last game of the Panthers season. The Thundering Herd upset the Panthers 28\u201325, which clinched Middle Tennessee the winners of the East.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [48, 71], "content_span": [72, 784]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278386-0003-0000", "contents": "2018 Conference USA Football Championship Game, Teams, Middle Tennessee vs. UAB series history\nThis match up will be the 7th all time meeting against the Blazers and Blue Raiders. They last played each other the week before the game on November 24. Middle Tennessee defeated UAB, the winner of the West Division, 27\u20133. The win secured the Blue Raiders spot to host the 2018 conference title game. After the November 24 match up, Middle Tennessee broke the tie against UAB, and now leads the all-time series 4\u20133.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [48, 94], "content_span": [95, 511]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278387-0000-0000", "contents": "2018 Conference USA Men's Basketball Tournament\nThe 2018 Conference USA Men's Basketball Tournament was the postseason men's basketball tournament for Conference USA for the 2017\u201318 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. It was held from March 7\u201310, 2018, in Frisco, Texas, at the Ford Center at The Star. In the first round and quarterfinals, two games were played simultaneously within the same arena, with the courts separated by a curtain.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 47], "section_span": [47, 47], "content_span": [48, 445]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278387-0001-0000", "contents": "2018 Conference USA Men's Basketball Tournament\nThe tournament was won by Marshall, who defeated Western Kentucky in the conference title game, earning the conference's automatic berth into the NCAA Tournament, their first Conference USA Tournament title.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 47], "section_span": [47, 47], "content_span": [48, 255]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278387-0002-0000", "contents": "2018 Conference USA Men's Basketball Tournament, Seeds\nOnly 12 conference teams were eligible for the tournament. The top four teams receive a bye to the quarterfinals of the tournament. Teams were seeded by record within the conference, with a tiebreaker system to seed teams with identical conference records.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 47], "section_span": [49, 54], "content_span": [55, 311]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278388-0000-0000", "contents": "2018 Conference USA Men's Soccer Tournament\nThe 2018 Conference USA Men's Soccer Tournament (known as the 2018 Air Force Reserve Men's Soccer Championship for sponsorship purposes) was the 24th edition of the tournament. Kentucky received Conference USA's automatic berth into the 2018 NCAA Division I Men's Soccer Championship by winning the final match over Charlotte by a score of 1\u20130.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [43, 43], "content_span": [44, 388]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278388-0001-0000", "contents": "2018 Conference USA Men's Soccer Tournament, Seeding\nThe top seven programs based on conference record will qualify for the CUSA Tournament.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [45, 52], "content_span": [53, 140]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278389-0000-0000", "contents": "2018 Conference USA Women's Basketball Tournament\nThe 2018 Conference USA Women's Basketball Tournament was a postseason women's basketball tournament for the Conference USA held at The Ford Center at The Star in Frisco, Texas, from March 7 through March 10, 2018. Western Kentucky won their 3rd Conference USA tournament earns an automatic bid to the 2018 NCAA Women's Division I Basketball Tournament.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 49], "section_span": [49, 49], "content_span": [50, 403]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278389-0001-0000", "contents": "2018 Conference USA Women's Basketball Tournament, Seeds\nThe top twelve teams will qualify for the tournament. Teams will be seeded by record within the conference, with a tiebreaker system to seed teams with identical conference records.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 49], "section_span": [51, 56], "content_span": [57, 238]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278390-0000-0000", "contents": "2018 Conference USA Women's Soccer Tournament\nThe 2018 Conference USA Women's Soccer Tournament was the postseason women's soccer tournament for Conference USA held from October 31 through November 4, 2018. The seven-match tournament took place at Old Dominion Soccer Complex in Norfolk, Virginia. The eight-team single-elimination tournament consisted of three rounds based on seeding from regular season conference play. The defending champions were the North Texas Mean Green, who defended their title after defeating the Southern Miss Golden Eagles in the final. The conference championship was the third for the North Texas women's soccer program, all three of which have come under the direction of head coach John Hedlund.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [45, 45], "content_span": [46, 729]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278390-0001-0000", "contents": "2018 Conference USA Women's Soccer Tournament, All-Tournament Team\nNote: Offensive MVP shown in bold, defensive MVP shown in italics.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [47, 66], "content_span": [67, 133]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278391-0000-0000", "contents": "2018 Conference USA football season\nThe 2018 Conference USA football season is the 23rd season of Conference USA football and part of the 2018 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The season will begin on August 25 and will end on November 24. This will be the fourth season under realignment that took place in 2014 NCAA Division I FBS football season which added the 14 member Charlotte from the Atlantic 10 Conference. C-USA is a \"Group of Five\" conference under the College Football Playoff format along with the American Athletic Conference, the Mid\u2013American Conference, the Mountain West Conference and the Sun Belt Conference. The entire schedule was released on January 23.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [35, 35], "content_span": [36, 681]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278391-0001-0000", "contents": "2018 Conference USA football season\nThe Conference consists of 14 members. The Conference USA Football Championship game will be played on December 1.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [35, 35], "content_span": [36, 150]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278391-0002-0000", "contents": "2018 Conference USA football season, Preseason, Media predictions\nThe 2018 preseason media football poll was released on July 17.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 65], "content_span": [66, 129]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278391-0003-0000", "contents": "2018 Conference USA football season, Head coaches\nNote: All stats shown are before the beginning of the season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 49], "content_span": [50, 111]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278391-0004-0000", "contents": "2018 Conference USA football season, Schedule, Regular season, Week Fourteen\nThis game was added after both teams lost a game due to being canceled by Hurricane Florence. Virginia Tech was to play East Carolina while Marshall was to play South Carolina.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 76], "content_span": [77, 253]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278391-0005-0000", "contents": "2018 Conference USA football season, Postseason, Bowl games\nBowls based on contractual tie-ins. Actual bowls attended by C-USA members may vary and will be announced following the regular season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 59], "content_span": [60, 195]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278392-0000-0000", "contents": "2018 Connacht Senior Football Championship\nThe 2018 Connacht Senior Football Championship was the 119th installment of the annual Connacht Senior Football Championship organised by Connacht GAA. It is one of the four provincial competitions of the 2018 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship. Unlike previous seasons, where the Connacht champions earned a place in the quarter-finals, this year's winners advanced to the new \"All-Ireland Super 8s\".", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [42, 42], "content_span": [43, 450]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278392-0001-0000", "contents": "2018 Connacht Senior Football Championship\nThe draw for the Connacht Championship was made on 19 October 2017. Details on dates for the fixtures were announced on 31 October 2017.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [42, 42], "content_span": [43, 179]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278392-0002-0000", "contents": "2018 Connacht Senior Football Championship\nThe winners receive the J. J. Nestor Cup, named after J. J. Nestor of Quinaltagh, County Galway. Galway were the winners of the championship, defeating Roscommon in the final.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [42, 42], "content_span": [43, 218]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278392-0003-0000", "contents": "2018 Connacht Senior Football Championship, Teams\nThe Connacht championship is contested by the five counties in the Irish province of Connacht plus London and New York. Sligo are the only team to come into the new season under a new manager, with Cathal Corey having replaced Niall Carew. In December 2017, Corey appointed Kevin McDonnell as the new Sligo captain. Roscommon and Galway likewise come into the competition under new captains. Kevin McStay appointed Conor Devaney in place of Ciar\u00e1in Murtagh during the winter break, while Damien Comer was named as the new Tribesmen skipper for their league campaign, replacing Gary O'Donnell. New York named Tom Cunniffe, a former All-Ireland finalist with Mayo, as their captain.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [44, 49], "content_span": [50, 730]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278393-0000-0000", "contents": "2018 Connecticut Attorney General election\nThe 2018 Connecticut Attorney General election took place on November 6, 2018, to elect the attorney general of Connecticut.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [42, 42], "content_span": [43, 167]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278393-0001-0000", "contents": "2018 Connecticut Attorney General election\nIncumbent Connecticut Attorney General George Jepsen did not seek re-election. Democratic nominee and state representative William Tong defeated Republican nominee Susan Hatfield.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [42, 42], "content_span": [43, 222]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278393-0002-0000", "contents": "2018 Connecticut Attorney General election, Democratic primary\nOn August 14, 2018, State representative William Tong won the Democratic primary, defeating US attorney Chris Mattei and state senator Paul Doyle.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [44, 62], "content_span": [63, 209]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278393-0003-0000", "contents": "2018 Connecticut Attorney General election, Republican primary\nOn August 14, 2018, assistant state's attorney Susan Hatfield won the Republican primary, defeating former state representative John Shaban.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [44, 62], "content_span": [63, 203]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278393-0004-0000", "contents": "2018 Connecticut Attorney General election, General election\nWilliam Tong won the general election on November 6, 2018 with a 6.01% margin or victory.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [44, 60], "content_span": [61, 150]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278394-0000-0000", "contents": "2018 Connecticut House of Representatives election\nThe 2018 Connecticut House of Representatives election was held on Tuesday, November 6, 2018, to elect members to the Connecticut House of Representatives, one from each of the state's 151 General Assembly districts. The date of this the election corresponded with other elections in the state, including ones for governor, U.S. Senate, and the Connecticut State Senate. Democrats retained control of the House of Representatives, winning 92 seats to the Republicans 59.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 50], "section_span": [50, 50], "content_span": [51, 521]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278394-0001-0000", "contents": "2018 Connecticut House of Representatives election\nRepresentatives elected will serve a two-year term, beginning in January 2019.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 50], "section_span": [50, 50], "content_span": [51, 129]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278395-0000-0000", "contents": "2018 Connecticut Open\nThe 2018 Connecticut Open (also known as the 2018 Connecticut Open presented by United Technologies for sponsorship reasons) was a tennis tournament played on outdoor hard courts. It was the 50th edition of the Connecticut Open, and part of the Premier Series of the 2018 WTA Tour. It took place at the Cullman-Heyman Tennis Center in New Haven, Connecticut, United States, from August 19 through August 25. It was the last event of the 2018 US Open Series before the 2018 US Open.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [21, 21], "content_span": [22, 503]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278395-0001-0000", "contents": "2018 Connecticut Open, Prize money\n1Qualifiers prize money is also the Round of 32 prize money. *per team", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 34], "content_span": [35, 105]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278395-0002-0000", "contents": "2018 Connecticut Open, Singles main draw entrants, Other entrants\nThe following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 65], "content_span": [66, 134]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278395-0003-0000", "contents": "2018 Connecticut Open, Doubles main draw entrants, Other entrants\nThe following pair received a wildcard into the doubles main draw:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 65], "content_span": [66, 132]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278396-0000-0000", "contents": "2018 Connecticut Open \u2013 Doubles\nGabriela Dabrowski and Xu Yifan were the defending champions, but chose not to participate this year.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [31, 31], "content_span": [32, 133]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278396-0001-0000", "contents": "2018 Connecticut Open \u2013 Doubles\nAndrea Sestini Hlav\u00e1\u010dkov\u00e1 and Barbora Str\u00fdcov\u00e1 won the title, defeating Hsieh Su-wei and Laura Siegemund in the final, 6\u20134, 6\u20137(7\u20139), [10\u20134]", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [31, 31], "content_span": [32, 172]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278397-0000-0000", "contents": "2018 Connecticut Open \u2013 Singles\nDaria Gavrilova was the defending champion, but lost to Aryna Sabalenka in the second round.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [31, 31], "content_span": [32, 124]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278397-0001-0000", "contents": "2018 Connecticut Open \u2013 Singles\nSabalenka went on to win her first WTA Tour title, defeating Carla Su\u00e1rez Navarro in the final, 6\u20131, 6\u20134. Su\u00e1rez Navarro reached the final despite playing only one completed match in the first four rounds.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [31, 31], "content_span": [32, 237]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278397-0002-0000", "contents": "2018 Connecticut Open \u2013 Singles, Seeds\nThe top two seeds received byes into the second round.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 38], "content_span": [39, 93]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278398-0000-0000", "contents": "2018 Connecticut State Senate election\nThe 2018 Connecticut Senate election was held on November 6, 2018, concurrently with the elections for the Connecticut House of Representatives, to elect members to the Connecticut General Assembly. All 36 seats in the Connecticut Senate were up for election. The election resulted in Democrats expanding control in both chambers of the Connecticut General Assembly, ending the split control in the Senate, that had been in place since the 2016 elections. Primary elections were held on August 14, 2018.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [38, 38], "content_span": [39, 542]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278398-0001-0000", "contents": "2018 Connecticut State Senate election, Background, 2016 General Election\nIn the 2016 Connecticut State Senate election, Democrats lost their 21-15 majority as Republican achieved a net gain of three seats. The resulting 18\u201318 tie made procedural changes necessary. A power-sharing agreement was reached dividing control of the chamber, splitting the committees 50-50 and giving power to the Republicans to call procedural votes to bring legislation to the chamber floor, while Democratic Lt. Gov. Nancy Wyman retained the ability to break tied votes.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 73], "content_span": [74, 551]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278398-0002-0000", "contents": "2018 Connecticut State Senate election, Background, 2017 Special Elections\nOn January 4, 2017, shortly before the begin of 2017 legislative session, two State Senators resigned in order to pursue other offices. Democratic Senator Eric Coleman and Republican Senator Rob J. Kane resigned to pursue other state offices just minutes before the opening of the session in a deal of the parties which retained the partisan balance of the State Senate.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 74], "content_span": [75, 445]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278398-0003-0000", "contents": "2018 Connecticut State Senate election, Background, 2017 Special Elections\nColeman was nominated by Governor Dannel Malloy for a judgeship on the Superior Court and was confirmed in May 2018 by the State Senate in a 23\u201313 vote and the State House in a close 74\u201372 vote. Opponents of his nomination argued that because of the budget crisis the State could not afford the judges. Rob Kane was appointed as the Republican Auditor of Public Accounts, a post overseeing an agency that exist twice and is a patronage post of both parties in General Assembly. Kane was confirmed by the State House by a voice vote and the State Senate by a 32\u20131 vote. He serves with Democrat John C. Geragosian. His predecessor Robert Ward had retired in December 2016.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 74], "content_span": [75, 745]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278398-0004-0000", "contents": "2018 Connecticut State Senate election, Background, 2017 Special Elections\nOn February 28, 2017, Democratic State Representative Douglas McCrory was elected to Coleman's seat by a 72-25 margin against Republican nominee Michael McDonald while Republican State Representative Eric Berthel was elected to Kane's seat by a 54-44 margin against Democratic nominee Greg Cava. Therefore, the special elections did not alter the partisan makeup of the Senate which remained tied 18-18.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 74], "content_span": [75, 478]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278398-0005-0000", "contents": "2018 Connecticut State Senate election, Background, 2017 Budget conflict\nOn July 1, 2017, Connecticut entered its fiscal year without an enacted budget for the first time since 2009. A government shutdown was avoided by an executive order by Governor Dannel Malloy. The executive order imposed funding cuts to road repairs, school districts and non-profit organizations among other cuts. In June 2017, House and Senate Democrats had been unable to even agree on a provisional budget, while Republicans offered an budget that included savings due to changes to the collective bargaining of state employees. Among Democrats legislators, a liberal faction tried to avoid cuts to social security while a moderate faction tried to avoid tax increases.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 72], "content_span": [73, 746]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278398-0006-0000", "contents": "2018 Connecticut State Senate election, Background, 2017 Budget conflict\nAt the beginning of July 2017, Connecticut budget deficit was estimated to be around $5.1 billion (equivalent to $5.4 billion in 2020). After negotiations with state employee union leaders, Governor Malloy announced an agreement that achieved a $1.57 billion (equivalent to $1.66 billion in 2020) saving while extending the contract's end date to 2027. On July 18, it was announced that the unions' members had approved the agreement by a margin of 83 percent to 17 percent.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 72], "content_span": [73, 547]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278398-0006-0001", "contents": "2018 Connecticut State Senate election, Background, 2017 Budget conflict\nOn July 24, the Connecticut House of Representatives approved the deal by a 78\u201372 vote, with all Republican Representatives and Democrat John Hampton opposed. On July 31, 2017, Lt. Gov. Nancy Wyman had to break a 18\u201318 tie in the Connecticut Senate in favor of the agreement. The approval of the Connecticut General Assembly made it possible for the agreement to take effect in the same fiscal year and not in the next.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 72], "content_span": [73, 493]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278398-0007-0000", "contents": "2018 Connecticut State Senate election, Background, 2017 Budget conflict\nOn September 15, 2017, three Democratic Senators, Paul Doyle, Joan Hartley and Gayle Slossberg, unexpectedly broke with their caucus and voted in favor of a Republican budget plan, that passed the Connecticut Senate by a 21\u201315 vote. At around 3 AM on September 16, 2017, the Connecticut House of Representative also passed the Republican proposal by a 77\u201373 with five Democratic Representatives, John Hampton, Pat Boyd, Lonnie Reed, Daniel S. Rovero and Kim Rose, defecting from their caucus. Governor Malloy vowed to veto the plan because of its cuts to higher education, which he did on September 28, 2017. On October 13, 2017, Standard & Poor's notified the state that it had changed the outlook on its general debt from \"stable\" to \"negative\".", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 72], "content_span": [73, 820]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278398-0008-0000", "contents": "2018 Connecticut State Senate election, Background, 2017 Budget conflict\nOn October 18, 2017, Democratic and Republican legislative leaders announced that they had come to an agreement on a two-year budget without input from Governor Malloy. The deal included no increases to the state's income and sales taxes, while increasing a tax for hospital providers from 6% to 8%, increasing the cigarette tax and adding a $10 surcharge for motor vehicle registrations and a $0.25 fee for Uber and Lyft rides.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 72], "content_span": [73, 501]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278398-0008-0001", "contents": "2018 Connecticut State Senate election, Background, 2017 Budget conflict\nThey also agreed upon a $40 million bailout for the city of Hartford, restoring the funding of municipalities and schools, while cutting $65 million in funding for the University of Connecticut and reducing available tax credits. In addition it put caps on spending and borrowing by the state and require the General Assembly to vote on all state employee union contracts, both Republican priorities.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 72], "content_span": [73, 473]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278398-0009-0000", "contents": "2018 Connecticut State Senate election, Background, 2017 Budget conflict\nOn October 26, 2017, the Connecticut Senate passed the compromise budget by a vote of 33\u20133, while the Connecticut House of Representatives passed it by a 126\u201333 vote. On October 31, 2017, Governor Malloy signed most of the budget, while using his line-item veto to block the increase of the hospital provider fee. This hospital tax get reimbursed by federal government through Medicaid funding. According to the Governor, the wording of the budget had flaws which would cause the state to lose around $1 billion on the tax increase. On November 14, 2017, the Connecticut Senate passed a bill supported by Governor Malloy that clarified the wording of the hospital provider fee by a 34\u20130 vote. The bill also passed the Connecticut House of Representatives on November 15, 2017, by a 123\u201312 vote.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 72], "content_span": [73, 867]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278398-0010-0000", "contents": "2018 Connecticut State Senate election, Background, 2017 Budget conflict\nThe budget crisis caused Connecticut to have no budget for 123 days, the longest period without a budget in state history.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 72], "content_span": [73, 195]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278398-0011-0000", "contents": "2018 Connecticut State Senate election, Results, Analysis\nConnecticut can be considered a \"blue state\" that has supported the Democratic nominee for president in every election since 1992 and in which Democrats outnumber Republican by a ratio of 5 to 3 in voter registration. Nevertheless, the 2018 elections for Governor and General Assembly were considered competitive as the budget woes and a struggling economy in the state made incumbent Governor Dan Malloy very unpopular. Polls also showed that President Trump had a low approval rating in the State, which affect down-ballot elections.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 57], "content_span": [58, 593]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278398-0012-0000", "contents": "2018 Connecticut State Senate election, Results, Analysis\nConnecticut Democrats were able to capitalize more on the Anti- Trump sentiment than their Republican counterparts could with Anti-Malloy sentiment. In the Connecticut Senate, Democrats were able to win districts in traditionally Republican strongholds by among others flipping multiple legislative seats in Fairfield County. The senate district along Connecticut's Gold Coast (District 36) elected a Democrat for the first time in nearly 90 years.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 57], "content_span": [58, 506]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278398-0013-0000", "contents": "2018 Connecticut State Senate election, Results, Analysis\nIn the 2018 elections, Democrats saw gains in state elections across the countries, gaining multiple Governorships and legislative chambers. Democrats also won control of the United States House of Representatives for the first time since 2010. Commentators called the election results a \"blue wave\", that was especially pronounced in state elections.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 57], "content_span": [58, 409]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278398-0014-0000", "contents": "2018 Connecticut State Senate election, Results, By district, District 1\nIncumbent Democratic State Senator John Fonfara had represented the Connecticut's 1st State Senate District since 1997. He won reelection against Republican Barbara Ruhe and Green candidate Barbara Barry.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 72], "content_span": [73, 277]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278398-0015-0000", "contents": "2018 Connecticut State Senate election, Results, By district, District 2\nIncumbent Democratic State Senator Douglas McCrory had represented the Connecticut's 2nd State Senate District since 2017. He won reelection unopposed.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 72], "content_span": [73, 224]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278398-0016-0000", "contents": "2018 Connecticut State Senate election, Results, By district, District 3\nIncumbent Democratic State Senator Timothy Larson had represented the Connecticut's 3rd State Senate District since 2015. He won reelection against Republican Jennifer L. Lovett, who was also the nominee of the Independent Party of Connecticut.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 72], "content_span": [73, 317]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278398-0017-0000", "contents": "2018 Connecticut State Senate election, Results, By district, District 4\nIncumbent Democratic State Senator Steve Cassano, who was also the nominee of the Working Families Party, had represented the Connecticut's 4th State Senate District since 2011. He won reelection against Republican State Representative Mark Tweedie, who was also the nominee of the Independent Party of Connecticut.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 72], "content_span": [73, 388]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278398-0018-0000", "contents": "2018 Connecticut State Senate election, Results, By district, District 5\nIncumbent Democratic State Senator Beth Bye had represented the Connecticut's 5th State Senate District since 2011. She won reelection against Republican Philip Chabot, who was also the nominee of the Independent Party of Connecticut.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 72], "content_span": [73, 307]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278398-0019-0000", "contents": "2018 Connecticut State Senate election, Results, By district, District 6\nIncumbent Democratic State Senator Terry Gerratana, who was also the nominee of the Working Families Party, had represented the Connecticut's 6th State Senate District since 2011. She won reelection against Republican Robert Medley.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 72], "content_span": [73, 305]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278398-0020-0000", "contents": "2018 Connecticut State Senate election, Results, By district, District 7\nIncumbent Republican State Senator John Kissel, who was also the nominee of the Independent Party of Connecticut, had represented the Connecticut's 7th State Senate District since 1993. He won reelection against former Democratic State Representative Annie Hornish, who was also the nominee of the Working Families Party.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 72], "content_span": [73, 394]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278398-0021-0000", "contents": "2018 Connecticut State Senate election, Results, By district, District 8\nIncumbent Republican State Senator Kevin Witkos, who was also the nominee of the Independent Party of Connecticut, had represented the Connecticut's 8th State Senate District since 2009. He won reelection against Democratic nominee Melissa Osborn.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 72], "content_span": [73, 320]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278398-0022-0000", "contents": "2018 Connecticut State Senate election, Results, By district, District 9\nIncumbent Democratic State Senator Paul Doyle had represented the Connecticut's 9th State Senate District since 2011. He did not run for reelection in 2018. The open seat was won by Democratic State Representative Matt Lesser, who was also the nominee of the Working Families Party, against Republican Ed Charamut.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 72], "content_span": [73, 387]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278398-0023-0000", "contents": "2018 Connecticut State Senate election, Results, By district, District 10\nIncumbent Democratic State Senator Gary Winfield, who was also the nominee of the Working Families Party, had represented the Connecticut's 10th State Senate District since 2014. He won reelection against Republican Douglas Losty.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 73], "content_span": [74, 304]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278398-0024-0000", "contents": "2018 Connecticut State Senate election, Results, By district, District 11\nIncumbent Democratic State Senator Martin Looney had represented the Connecticut's 11th State Senate District since 1993. He won reelection against Republican Erin Reilly.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 73], "content_span": [74, 245]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278398-0025-0000", "contents": "2018 Connecticut State Senate election, Results, By district, District 12\nIncumbent Democratic State Senator Ted Kennedy, Jr. had represented the Connecticut's 12th State Senate District since 2015. He did not run for reelection in 2018. The open seat was won by former Democrat Christine Cohen, who was also the nominee of the Working Families Party, against Republican Adam Greenberg, who was also the nominee of the Independent Party of Connecticut.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 73], "content_span": [74, 452]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278398-0026-0000", "contents": "2018 Connecticut State Senate election, Results, By district, District 13\nIncumbent Republican State Senator Len Suzio, who was also the nominee of the Independent Party of Connecticut, had represented the Connecticut's 13th State Senate District since 2017. He was defeated for reelection by Democratic nominee Mary Daugherty Abrams, who was also the nominee of the Working Families Party.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 73], "content_span": [74, 390]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278398-0027-0000", "contents": "2018 Connecticut State Senate election, Results, By district, District 14\nIncumbent Democratic State Senator Gayle Slossberg had represented the Connecticut's 14th State Senate District since 2005. She did not run for reelection in 2018. The open seat was won by former Democratic State Representative James Maroney, who was also the nominee of the Working Families Party, against Republican State Representative Pam Staneski.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 73], "content_span": [74, 426]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278398-0028-0000", "contents": "2018 Connecticut State Senate election, Results, By district, District 15\nIncumbent Democratic State Senator Joan Hartley had represented the Connecticut's 15th State Senate District since 2001. He won reelection against Independent Party of Connecticut nominee James Russell.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 73], "content_span": [74, 276]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278398-0029-0000", "contents": "2018 Connecticut State Senate election, Results, By district, District 16\nIncumbent Republican State Senator Joe Markley had represented the Connecticut's 16th State Senate District since 2011. He did not run for reelection in 2018. The open seat was won by Republican Rob Sampson, who was also the nominee of the Independent Party of Connecticut, against Democratic nominee \tVickie Orsini Nardello, who was also the nominee of the Working Families Party.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 73], "content_span": [74, 455]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278398-0030-0000", "contents": "2018 Connecticut State Senate election, Results, By district, District 17\nIncumbent Republican State Senator George Logan, who was also the nominee of the Independent Party of Connecticut, had represented the Connecticut's 17th State Senate District since 2017. He won reelection against Democratic nominee Jorge Cabrera, who was also the nominee of the Working Families Party. The apparent winner changed after election night and was decided by a recount.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 73], "content_span": [74, 456]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278398-0031-0000", "contents": "2018 Connecticut State Senate election, Results, By district, District 18\nIncumbent Republican State Senator Heather Somers, who was also the nominee of the Independent Party of Connecticut, had represented the Connecticut's 18th State Senate District since 2017. She won reelection against Democratic nominee Robert Statchen, who was also the nominee of the Working Families Party. The apparent winner changed after election night and was decided by a recount.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 73], "content_span": [74, 461]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278398-0032-0000", "contents": "2018 Connecticut State Senate election, Results, By district, District 19\nIncumbent Democratic State Senator Catherine Osten, who was also the nominee of the Working Families Party, had represented the Connecticut's 19th State Senate District since 2011. She won reelection against Republican Mark Lounsbury, who was also the nominee of the Independent Party of Connecticut.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 73], "content_span": [74, 374]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278398-0033-0000", "contents": "2018 Connecticut State Senate election, Results, By district, District 20\nIncumbent Republican State Senator Paul Formica, who was also the nominee of the Independent Party of Connecticut, had represented the Connecticut's 20th State Senate District since 2015. He won reelection against Democratic nominee Martha Marx, who was also the nominee of the Working Families Party.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 73], "content_span": [74, 375]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278398-0034-0000", "contents": "2018 Connecticut State Senate election, Results, By district, District 21\nIncumbent Republican State Senator Kevin C. Kelly had represented the Connecticut's 21st State Senate District since 2011. He won reelection against Democratic nominee Monica Tujak Brill.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 73], "content_span": [74, 261]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278398-0035-0000", "contents": "2018 Connecticut State Senate election, Results, By district, District 22\nIncumbent Democratic State Senator Marilyn Moore, who was also the nominee of the Working Families Party, had represented the Connecticut's 22nd State Senate District since 2011. She won reelection against Republican Rich Deecken, who was also the nominee of the Independent Party of Connecticut.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 73], "content_span": [74, 370]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278398-0036-0000", "contents": "2018 Connecticut State Senate election, Results, By district, District 23\nIncumbent Democratic State Senator Edwin Gomes had represented the Connecticut's 23rd State Senate District since 2015. He did not run for reelection in 2018. The open seat was won by Democratic nominee Dennis Bradley against Republican John Rodriguez.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 73], "content_span": [74, 326]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278398-0037-0000", "contents": "2018 Connecticut State Senate election, Results, By district, District 24\nIncumbent Republican State Senator Michael McLachlan, who was also the nominee of the Independent Party of Connecticut, had represented the Connecticut's 24th State Senate District since 2009. He was defeated for reelection by Democratic nominee Julie Kushner, who was also the nominee of the Working Families Party.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 73], "content_span": [74, 390]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278398-0038-0000", "contents": "2018 Connecticut State Senate election, Results, By district, District 25\nIncumbent Democratic State Senator Bob Duff, who was also the nominee of the Working Families Party, had represented the Connecticut's 25th State Senate District since 2005. He won reelection against Republican Mark Marc D'Amelio, who was also the nominee of the Independent Party of Connecticut.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 73], "content_span": [74, 370]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278398-0039-0000", "contents": "2018 Connecticut State Senate election, Results, By district, District 26\nIncumbent Republican State Senator Toni Boucher, who was also the nominee of the Independent Party of Connecticut, had represented the Connecticut's 26th State Senate District since 2009. She was defeated for reelection by Democratic nominee Will Haskell.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 73], "content_span": [74, 329]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278398-0040-0000", "contents": "2018 Connecticut State Senate election, Results, By district, District 27\nIncumbent Democratic State Senator Carlo Leone had represented the Connecticut's 27th State Senate District since 2011. He won reelection against Republican Jerry Bosak, who was also the nominee of the Independent Party of Connecticut, and Green candidate Cora Santaguida.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 73], "content_span": [74, 346]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278398-0041-0000", "contents": "2018 Connecticut State Senate election, Results, By district, District 28\nIncumbent Republican State Senator Tony Hwang, who was also the nominee of the Independent Party of Connecticut, had represented the Connecticut's 28th State Senate District since 2015. He won reelection against Democratic nominee Michelle Lapine McCabe, who was also the nominee of the Working Families Party.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 73], "content_span": [74, 384]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278398-0042-0000", "contents": "2018 Connecticut State Senate election, Results, By district, District 29\nIncumbent Democratic State Senator Mae Flexer, who was also the nominee of the Working Families Party, had represented the Connecticut's 29th State Senate District since 2011. He won reelection against Republican David Coderre, who was also the nominee of the Independent Party of Connecticut.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 73], "content_span": [74, 367]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278398-0043-0000", "contents": "2018 Connecticut State Senate election, Results, By district, District 30\nIncumbent Republican State Senator Craig Miner, who was also the nominee of the Independent Party of Connecticut, had represented the Connecticut's 30th State Senate District since 2017. He won reelection against Democratic nominee David Lawson, who was also the nominee of the Working Families Party. The apparent winner changed after election night and was decided by a recount.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 73], "content_span": [74, 454]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278398-0044-0000", "contents": "2018 Connecticut State Senate election, Results, By district, District 31\nIncumbent Republican State Senator Henri Martin, who was also the nominee of the Independent Party of Connecticut, had represented the Connecticut's 31st State Senate District since 2015. He won reelection against Democratic nominee Christopher Wright.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 73], "content_span": [74, 326]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278398-0045-0000", "contents": "2018 Connecticut State Senate election, Results, By district, District 32\nIncumbent Republican State Senator Eric Berthel had represented the Connecticut's 32nd State Senate District since 2017. He won reelection against Democratic nominee Catherine De Carli.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 73], "content_span": [74, 259]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278398-0046-0000", "contents": "2018 Connecticut State Senate election, Results, By district, District 33\nIncumbent Republican State Senator Art Linares had represented the Connecticut's 33rd State Senate District since 2013. He did not run for reelection in 2018. The open seat was won by Democratic nominee Norm Needleman against Republican Melissa Ziobron, who was also the nominee of the Independent Party of Connecticut.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 73], "content_span": [74, 393]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278398-0047-0000", "contents": "2018 Connecticut State Senate election, Results, By district, District 34\nIncumbent Republican State Senator Len Fasano, who was also the nominee of the Independent Party of Connecticut, had represented the Connecticut's 34th State Senate District since 2003. He won reelection against Democratic nominee Aili McKeen.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 73], "content_span": [74, 317]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278398-0048-0000", "contents": "2018 Connecticut State Senate election, Results, By district, District 35\nIncumbent Republican State Senator Tony Guglielmo had represented the Connecticut's 35th State Senate District since 1993. He did not run for reelection in 2018. The open seat was won by Republican Dan Champagne against Democrat John Perrier, who was also the nominee of the Working Families Party and the Independent Party of Connecticut.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 73], "content_span": [74, 413]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278398-0049-0000", "contents": "2018 Connecticut State Senate election, Results, By district, District 36\nIncumbent Republican State Senator Scott Frantz, who was also the nominee of the Independent Party of Connecticut, had represented the Connecticut's 36th State Senate District since 2009. He was defeated for reelection by Democratic nominee Alexandra Kasser.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 73], "content_span": [74, 332]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278398-0050-0000", "contents": "2018 Connecticut State Senate election, Aftermath, Reactions\nThe Hartford Courier called the results a \"growing rout for Republicans in Connecticut\". Democratic Senate President Martin Looney called the election a \"big night for Democrats\". Looney also saw the \"Trump factor\" as a reason for the Democrats' success. Governor Malloy commented the results saying that Connecticut voters \"unequivocally rejected the hateful politics and backwards policies espoused by the Trump administration and national Republicans.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 60], "content_span": [61, 516]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278398-0051-0000", "contents": "2018 Connecticut State Senate election, Aftermath, Reactions\nAfter the election, several Republicans criticized the state party's strategy and field operations during the 2018 state elections. Danbury Mayor Mark Boughton, who finished second in the 2018 Republican primary for Governor, criticized the unwillingness of state Republicans to distance themselves from President Trump, who was unpopular in the state. He said: \"We let Trump take over this race. It became a referendum on Trump and you\u2019re not going win that way.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 60], "content_span": [61, 525]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278398-0052-0000", "contents": "2018 Connecticut State Senate election, Aftermath, Recounts\nIn the 17th State Senate district, after election night results showing State Senator George Logan trailing his Democratic challenger Jorge Cabrera by over 200 votes. After reporting mistakes in Ansonia were corrected showing Logan lead the race by 65 votes. The recount increased the margin of victory to 85 votes. Democrats considered further legal actions but chose not pursue them, after Cabrera conceded to Logan on November 14, 2018.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 59], "content_span": [60, 499]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278398-0053-0000", "contents": "2018 Connecticut State Senate election, Aftermath, Recounts\nIn the 33rd State Senate district, election night results showed Democrat Norman Needleman beating by 303 votes, outside of the automatic recount margin. According to state law, an automatic recount is required if the margin of victory is smaller than 0.5% or less than 20 votes. The Essex Registrar of Voters had reported incorrect returns to the Secretary of State's office. The corrected results showed Norman Needleman leading by just 137 votes, triggering an automatic recount. The recount did not change the result but further reduced the margin of victory to 85 votes.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 59], "content_span": [60, 635]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278398-0054-0000", "contents": "2018 Connecticut State Senate election, Aftermath, 2019 Legislative Session\nThree Democratic State Senators, Tim Larson, Beth Bye and Terry Gerratana, resigned on January 8, 2019, in order to join newly elected Governor Ned Lamont's administration. These resignation reduced the Democratic majority to 20\u201313. According to state law, a special election must be conducted to fill the vacant seats. The governor must call for an election no later than 10 days after the vacancy happens. All special elections must be held no later than 46 days after a governor's declaration. The special elections were held on February 26, 2019. Democrats Saud Anwar and Derek Slap won the 3rd and 5th State Senate district respectively, while Republican Gennaro Bizzarro flipped the 6th State Senate district. The special elections thus resulted in a 22-14 Democratic majority.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 75], "content_span": [76, 859]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278398-0055-0000", "contents": "2018 Connecticut State Senate election, Aftermath, 2019 Legislative Session\nOn January 9, 2019, 33 Senators and 149 State Representatives were sworn in as members of the Connecticut General Assembly. The newly elected General Assembly was sworn in with the most female members of all time.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 75], "content_span": [76, 289]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278399-0000-0000", "contents": "2018 Connecticut Sun season\nThe 2018 WNBA season is the 20th season for the Connecticut Sun franchise of the WNBA. It is also the 16th season for the franchise in Connecticut. The season tipped off on May 13.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [27, 27], "content_span": [28, 208]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278399-0001-0000", "contents": "2018 Connecticut Sun season\nThe Sun got off to a strong start, going 3\u20130 in May. All three wins were at home. In June, the Sun started strong, winning their first 4 of 5. However, they lost 5 of their next 7 games to finish 6\u20136 on the month. That skid included a 1\u20134 road trip, where all losses came 4 of eventual top 5 playoff teams. Their up and down season continued into July, where the Sun were 5\u20136. July started with another tough road trip where the Sun went 1\u20133.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [27, 27], "content_span": [28, 470]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278399-0001-0001", "contents": "2018 Connecticut Sun season\nFrom there the Sun couldn't get a streak going; losing 2 then winning 2 then losing 2 again. The Sun surged in August posting a 7\u20131 record, including going 6\u20130 at home. Their only loss came on the road to Chicago. The Sun finished 21\u201313, which earned them the 4th seed in the 2018 WNBA Playoffs. Their playoff run fell short when they lost at home in the second round 86\u201396. This was the Sun's only playoff game, as they earned a first round bye.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [27, 27], "content_span": [28, 474]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278400-0000-0000", "contents": "2018 Connecticut gubernatorial election\nThe 2018 Connecticut gubernatorial election took place on November 6, 2018, to elect the next governor and lieutenant governor of Connecticut, concurrently with the election of Connecticut's Class I U.S. Senate seat, as well as other elections to the United States Senate in other states, elections to the United States House of Representatives, and various state and local elections. This race's Democratic margin of victory was the closest to the national average of 3.1 points. (It was 0.1 point more Democratic.)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [39, 39], "content_span": [40, 556]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278400-0001-0000", "contents": "2018 Connecticut gubernatorial election\nAs Connecticut does not have gubernatorial term limits, incumbent Democratic Governor Dannel Malloy was eligible to run for a third term, but declined to do so. After the resignation of Kansas Governor Sam Brownback in January 2018, Malloy became the most unpopular governor in the United States. The general election was between 2006 Democratic Senate nominee and businessman Ned Lamont, and Republican businessman Bob Stefanowski. Independent candidate and former Republican Oz Griebel has been called a spoiler candidate for Stefanowski, earning 3.89% of the vote.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [39, 39], "content_span": [40, 607]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278400-0002-0000", "contents": "2018 Connecticut gubernatorial election, Republican primary, Governor, Convention\nThe Republican statewide nominating convention was held May 11\u201312, 2018 at Foxwoods Resort Casino in Ledyard, Connecticut.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 81], "content_span": [82, 204]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278400-0003-0000", "contents": "2018 Connecticut gubernatorial election, Republican primary, Governor, Convention\nUnder the rules established by the convention, any candidate not receiving at least eight percent of the vote would be eliminated in the first round of voting. In the second round of voting, candidates not receiving 15 percent of the vote would be eliminated. In all subsequent rounds of voting, the candidate with the fewest votes would be eliminated, regardless of percentage. Voting would continue until one candidate receives 50 percent plus one of all votes cast.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 81], "content_span": [82, 550]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278401-0000-0000", "contents": "2018 Consumers Energy 400\nThe 2018 Consumers Energy 400 is a Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series race held on August 12, 2018 at Michigan International Speedway in Brooklyn, Michigan. Contested over 200 laps on the two-mile (3.2\u00a0km) D-shaped oval, it is the 23rd race of the 2018 Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [25, 25], "content_span": [26, 317]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278401-0001-0000", "contents": "2018 Consumers Energy 400, Report, Background\nMichigan International Speedway (MIS) is a two-mile (3.2\u00a0km) moderate-banked D-shaped speedway located off U.S. Highway 12 on more than 1,400 acres (5.7\u00a0km2) approximately four miles (6.4\u00a0km) south of the village of Brooklyn, in the scenic Irish Hills area of southeastern Michigan. The track is used primarily for NASCAR events. It is sometimes known as a \"sister track\" to Texas World Speedway, and was used as the basis of Auto Club Speedway. The track is owned by International Speedway Corporation (ISC).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 45], "content_span": [46, 555]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278401-0001-0001", "contents": "2018 Consumers Energy 400, Report, Background\nMichigan International Speedway is recognized as one of motorsports' premier facilities because of its wide racing surface and high banking (by open-wheel standards; the 18-degree banking is modest by stock car standards). Michigan is the fastest track in NASCAR due to its wide, sweeping corners and long straightaways; typical qualifying speeds are in excess of 200\u00a0mph (320\u00a0km/h) and corner entry speeds are anywhere from 215 to 220\u00a0mph (346 to 354\u00a0km/h) after the 2012 repaving of the track.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 45], "content_span": [46, 541]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278401-0002-0000", "contents": "2018 Consumers Energy 400, First practice\nDenny Hamlin was the fastest in the first practice session with a time of 35.603 seconds and a speed of 202.230\u00a0mph (325.458\u00a0km/h).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 41], "content_span": [42, 173]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278401-0003-0000", "contents": "2018 Consumers Energy 400, Qualifying\nDenny Hamlin scored the pole for the race with a time of 35.504 and a speed of 202.794\u00a0mph (326.365\u00a0km/h).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 37], "content_span": [38, 144]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278401-0004-0000", "contents": "2018 Consumers Energy 400, Practice (post-qualifying), Second practice\nErik Jones was the fastest in the second practice session with a time of 35.973 seconds and a speed of 200.150\u00a0mph (322.110\u00a0km/h).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 70], "content_span": [71, 201]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278401-0005-0000", "contents": "2018 Consumers Energy 400, Practice (post-qualifying), Final practice\nJoey Logano was the fastest in the final practice session with a time of 36.441 seconds and a speed of 197.580\u00a0mph (317.974\u00a0km/h).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 69], "content_span": [70, 200]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278401-0006-0000", "contents": "2018 Consumers Energy 400, Media, Television\nNBC Sports covered the race on the television side. Rick Allen, Jeff Burton, Steve Letarte and two-time Michigan winner, Dale Earnhardt Jr. had the call in the booth for the race. Dave Burns, Marty Snider and Kelli Stavast reported from pit lane during the race.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 44], "content_span": [45, 307]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278401-0007-0000", "contents": "2018 Consumers Energy 400, Media, Radio\nMotor Racing Network had the radio call for the race, which was simulcast on Sirius XM NASCAR Radio.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 39], "content_span": [40, 140]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278402-0000-0000", "contents": "2018 Continental Cup of Curling\nThe 2018 World Financial Group Continental Cup of Curling was held from January 11 to 14 at the Sports Centre at Western Fair District in London, Ontario. The Continental Cup featured team events, mixed doubles events, and skins competitions, and the brunt of the points was in the skins competitions. TSN broadcast the event, as it has in previous years.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [31, 31], "content_span": [32, 387]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278402-0001-0000", "contents": "2018 Continental Cup of Curling\nNorth America won the event 30.5 points to 30, with an extra half point awarded in a draw to the button competition between Brad Gushue and Thomas Ulsrud after a 30\u201330 tie after all events. North America collected CAD$52,000 winner's cheque. World collected $26,000 loser's cheque and $13,000 Sunday skins bonus.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [31, 31], "content_span": [32, 344]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278402-0002-0000", "contents": "2018 Continental Cup of Curling, Competition format\nThis edition of the Continental Cup used a similar format as that of the previous year. Out of the sixty total points available, a majority of points were needed to win the cup. The mixed doubles, and team games were worth one point each, and ties were worth one half point each to both teams. The skins games were worth a total of five points. Nine mixed doubles were played, along with eighteen team games and six skins games.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 51], "content_span": [52, 480]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278402-0003-0000", "contents": "2018 Continental Cup of Curling, Teams\nThe teams were selected from the top teams in each region. Six teams from each region competed against each other in the competition. Four teams from Canada earned the right to represent Team North America by virtue of winning certain events, namely the 2017 Canadian Olympic Curling Trials (which were held in lieu of a Canada Cup of Curling in 2017) and the Canadian National Championships (the Brier and the Tournament of Hearts). Two teams from the United States, namely the top point-getters of American teams on the World Curling Tour, were chosen to represent North America, and the teams representing Team World were selected by the World Curling Federation.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 38], "content_span": [39, 705]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278402-0004-0000", "contents": "2018 Continental Cup of Curling, Teams\nThe teams in the table below have been announced as representatives of their respective regions. As Rachel Homan had won both the 2017 Scotties and the 2017 Olympic Trials, Michelle Englot and her team was invited as 2017 Scotties runners-up.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 38], "content_span": [39, 281]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278402-0005-0000", "contents": "2018 Continental Cup of Curling, Events, Sunday, January 14, Tiebreaker\nAfter all events, Team North America and Team World were tied at 30 points each. The tiebreak was a draw to the button with each team selecting a thrower. Brad Gushue for Team North America won the draw over Thomas Ulsrud for Team World.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 71], "content_span": [72, 309]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278403-0000-0000", "contents": "2018 Continental Tire SportsCar Challenge\nThe 2018 Continental Tire SportsCar Championship is the nineteenth season of the Continental Tire SportsCar Challenge and the fifth season organized by the International Motor Sports Association (IMSA).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [41, 41], "content_span": [42, 244]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278403-0001-0000", "contents": "2018 Continental Tire SportsCar Challenge, Classes\nThe class structure adds the TCR category alongside the GS and ST cars. Eligible manufacturers include Alfa Romeo, Audi, Ford, Honda, Hyundai, Kia, SEAT, Subaru, and Volkswagen. Also, the GS category will only allow cars homologated to Group GT4 regulations.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [43, 50], "content_span": [51, 309]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278403-0002-0000", "contents": "2018 Continental Tire SportsCar Challenge, Schedule\nThe schedule remains unchanged, aside from the Circuit of the Americas being switched for Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course. Additionally, Watkins Glen International becomes a four-hour endurance race along with races at Daytona International Speedway and Laguna Seca. All other races are approximately two hours in length.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [43, 51], "content_span": [52, 368]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278403-0003-0000", "contents": "2018 Continental Tire SportsCar Challenge, Schedule\n1 Grand Sport and TCR will participate in this race with the WeatherTech Championship's GT Daytona class and LMP3 cars in IMSA Prototype Challenge as one single four-hour race. This race will preview the 2019 IMSA rules package and new tyre supplier Michelin.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [43, 51], "content_span": [52, 311]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278404-0000-0000", "contents": "2018 Cook County, Illinois elections\nThe Cook County, Illinois general election was held on November 6, 2018.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [36, 36], "content_span": [37, 109]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278404-0001-0000", "contents": "2018 Cook County, Illinois elections\nElections were held for Assessor, Clerk, Sheriff, Treasurer, President of the Cook County Board of Commissioners, all 17 seats of the Cook County Board of Commissioners, Cook County Board of Review districts 2 and 3, five seats on the Water Reclamation District Board, and judgeships on the Circuit Court of Cook County.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [36, 36], "content_span": [37, 358]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278404-0002-0000", "contents": "2018 Cook County, Illinois elections, Election information\n2018 was a midterm election year in the United States. The primaries and general elections for Cook County races coincided with those for federal congressional races and those for state elections.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 58], "content_span": [59, 255]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278404-0003-0000", "contents": "2018 Cook County, Illinois elections, Election information, Voter turnout\nVoter turnout in Cook County during the primaries was 30.84%, with 938,639 ballots cast. Among these, 795,427 Democratic, 137,286 Republican, 206 Green, and 5,720 nonpartisan primary ballots were cast. Turnout in the city of Chicago was 32.69%, and turnout in suburban Cook County was 29.05%.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 73], "content_span": [74, 366]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278404-0004-0000", "contents": "2018 Cook County, Illinois elections, Election information, Voter turnout\nThe general election saw 58.09% turnout, with 1,795,518 ballots cast. Turnout in Chicago was 60.67%, and turnout in suburban Cook County was 55.65%. Turnout in Cook County exceeded the national average, which was 50.3%. Turnout was considered high in the United States during the 2018 midterm elections, with it being the highest national midterm turnout since 1914.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 73], "content_span": [74, 440]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278404-0005-0000", "contents": "2018 Cook County, Illinois elections, Assessor\nIn the 2018 Cook County Assessor election, incumbent second-term assessor Joseph Berrios, a Democrat, lost his bid for reelection, being unseated in the Democratic primary by Fritz Kaegi, who went on to win the general election.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 46], "content_span": [47, 275]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278404-0006-0000", "contents": "2018 Cook County, Illinois elections, Assessor, Primaries, Republican\nNo candidates, ballot-certified or formal write-in, ran in the Republican primary. However, the party ultimately nominated Joseph Paglia.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 69], "content_span": [70, 207]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278404-0007-0000", "contents": "2018 Cook County, Illinois elections, Clerk\nIn the 2018 Cook County Clerk election, incumbent seventh-term clerk David Orr, a Democrat, did not seek reelection. Democrat Karen Yarbrough won the election to replace him.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 43], "content_span": [44, 218]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278404-0008-0000", "contents": "2018 Cook County, Illinois elections, Clerk\nBy winning the election, Yarbrough became the first woman to ever hold the office of Cook County Clerk.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 43], "content_span": [44, 147]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278404-0009-0000", "contents": "2018 Cook County, Illinois elections, Clerk, Primaries, Democratic\nJan Kowalski McDonald was disqualified, and votes cast for her were not counted. However, due to ballot printing deadlines, her name was included on the ballot.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 66], "content_span": [67, 227]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278404-0010-0000", "contents": "2018 Cook County, Illinois elections, Clerk, Primaries, Republican\nNo candidates, ballot-certified or formal write-in, ran in the Republican primary.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 66], "content_span": [67, 149]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278404-0011-0000", "contents": "2018 Cook County, Illinois elections, Sheriff\nIn the 2018 Cook County Sheriff election, incumbent third-term Sheriff Tom Dart, a Democrat, was reelected.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 45], "content_span": [46, 153]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278404-0012-0000", "contents": "2018 Cook County, Illinois elections, Sheriff, Primaries, Republican\nNo candidates, ballot-certified or formal write-in, ran in the Republican primary.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 68], "content_span": [69, 151]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278404-0013-0000", "contents": "2018 Cook County, Illinois elections, Treasurer\nIn the 2018 Cook County Treasurer election, incumbent fifth-term treasurer Maria Pappas, a Democrat, was reelected.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 47], "content_span": [48, 163]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278404-0014-0000", "contents": "2018 Cook County, Illinois elections, Treasurer, Primaries, Republican\nNo candidates, ballot-certified or formal write-in, ran in the Republican primary.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 70], "content_span": [71, 153]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278404-0015-0000", "contents": "2018 Cook County, Illinois elections, President of the Cook County Board of Commissioners\nIn the 2018 President of the Cook County Board of Commissioners election, incumbent second-term president Toni Preckwinkle, a Democrat, was reelected.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 89], "content_span": [90, 240]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278404-0016-0000", "contents": "2018 Cook County, Illinois elections, President of the Cook County Board of Commissioners, Primaries, Republican\nOnly write-in candidates ran in the Republican primary. No certified write-in received enough votes to win the nomination.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 112], "content_span": [113, 235]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278404-0017-0000", "contents": "2018 Cook County, Illinois elections, Cook County Board of Commissioners\nThe 2018 Cook County Board of Commissioners election saw all seventeen seats of the Cook County Board of Commissioners up for election to four-year terms.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 72], "content_span": [73, 227]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278404-0018-0000", "contents": "2018 Cook County, Illinois elections, Cook County Board of Commissioners\nSeven new members were elected, and ten incumbents were reelected. Three incumbents did not seek reelection. Four incumbents lost reelection, with two being defeated in primaries and the other two losing their general elections.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 72], "content_span": [73, 301]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278404-0019-0000", "contents": "2018 Cook County, Illinois elections, Cook County Board of Commissioners\nNine races saw a Democrat unchallenged in the general election.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 72], "content_span": [73, 136]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278404-0020-0000", "contents": "2018 Cook County, Illinois elections, Cook County Board of Commissioners\nTwo elections saw seats change party, in both instances seeing an incumbent Republican losing to a Democratic challenger, creating a net gain of two seats for Democrats and a net loss of two seats for Republicans.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 72], "content_span": [73, 286]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278404-0021-0000", "contents": "2018 Cook County, Illinois elections, Cook County Board of Commissioners, 1st district\nIncumbent first-term Commissioner Richard Boykin, a Democrat, lost reelection, being unseated in the Democratic primary by Brandon Johnson by a margin of 0.88%. Johnson went on to win the general election unopposed.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 86], "content_span": [87, 302]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278404-0022-0000", "contents": "2018 Cook County, Illinois elections, Cook County Board of Commissioners, 1st district, Primaries\nOnly write-in candidates ran in the Republican primary. No certified write-in received enough votes to win the nomination.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 97], "content_span": [98, 220]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278404-0023-0000", "contents": "2018 Cook County, Illinois elections, Cook County Board of Commissioners, 2nd district\nIncumbent Commissioner Dennis Deer, who was appointed in 2017 to fill the vacancy left by the death in office of Robert Steele, won election to his first full term.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 86], "content_span": [87, 251]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278404-0024-0000", "contents": "2018 Cook County, Illinois elections, Cook County Board of Commissioners, 2nd district, Primaries\nNo candidates, ballot-certified or formal write-in, ran in the Republican primary.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 97], "content_span": [98, 180]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278404-0025-0000", "contents": "2018 Cook County, Illinois elections, Cook County Board of Commissioners, 3rd district\nIncumbent Commissioner Jerry Butler, a Democrat who first assumed the office in 1985, did not seek reelection. Democrat Bill Lowry was elected to succeed him.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 86], "content_span": [87, 245]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278404-0026-0000", "contents": "2018 Cook County, Illinois elections, Cook County Board of Commissioners, 3rd district, Primaries\nNo candidates, ballot-certified or formal write-in, ran in the Republican primary. Republicans ultimately nominated George Blakemore.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 97], "content_span": [98, 231]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278404-0027-0000", "contents": "2018 Cook County, Illinois elections, Cook County Board of Commissioners, 4th district\nIncumbent Commissioner Stanley Moore, a Democrat who was appointed to the office in 2013 and was elected outright to a full term in 2014, won reelection to a second full term.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 86], "content_span": [87, 262]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278404-0028-0000", "contents": "2018 Cook County, Illinois elections, Cook County Board of Commissioners, 4th district, Primaries\nNo candidates, ballot-certified or formal write-in, ran in the Republican primary.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 97], "content_span": [98, 180]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278404-0029-0000", "contents": "2018 Cook County, Illinois elections, Cook County Board of Commissioners, 5th district, Primaries\nNo candidates, ballot-certified or formal write-in, ran in the Republican primary.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 97], "content_span": [98, 180]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278404-0030-0000", "contents": "2018 Cook County, Illinois elections, Cook County Board of Commissioners, 6th district\nIncumbent Commissioner Edward Moody, a Democrat who was appointed to the seat in 2016 following the death in office of Joan Patricia Murphy, did not seek reelection. Democrat Donna Miller was elected to succeed him.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 86], "content_span": [87, 302]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278404-0031-0000", "contents": "2018 Cook County, Illinois elections, Cook County Board of Commissioners, 6th district, Primaries\nDonna Miller defeated Patricia Joan Murphy, the daughter of deceased former 6th district commissioner Joan Patricia Murphy and Crestwood mayor Louis Presta.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 97], "content_span": [98, 254]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278404-0032-0000", "contents": "2018 Cook County, Illinois elections, Cook County Board of Commissioners, 6th district, Primaries\nNo candidates, ballot-certified or formal write-in, ran in the Republican primary.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 97], "content_span": [98, 180]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278404-0033-0000", "contents": "2018 Cook County, Illinois elections, Cook County Board of Commissioners, 7th district\nIncumbent second-term Commissioner Jes\u00fas \"Chuy\" Garc\u00eda, a Democrat, did not seek reelection, instead opting to run for election to Illinois's 4th congressional district. Democrat Alma Anaya was elected to succeed him.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 86], "content_span": [87, 304]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278404-0034-0000", "contents": "2018 Cook County, Illinois elections, Cook County Board of Commissioners, 7th district, Primaries\nNo candidates, ballot-certified or formal write-in, ran in the Republican primary.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 97], "content_span": [98, 180]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278404-0035-0000", "contents": "2018 Cook County, Illinois elections, Cook County Board of Commissioners, 8th district\nIncumbent first-term Commissioner Luis Arroyo Jr., a Democrat, was reelected.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 86], "content_span": [87, 164]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278404-0036-0000", "contents": "2018 Cook County, Illinois elections, Cook County Board of Commissioners, 9th district\nIncumbent sixth-term Commissioner Peter N. Silvestri, a Republican, was reelected.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 86], "content_span": [87, 169]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278404-0037-0000", "contents": "2018 Cook County, Illinois elections, Cook County Board of Commissioners, 10th district\nIncumbent Commissioner Bridget Gainer, a Democrat first appointed in 2009 and elected outright to two full-terms, was reelected.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 87], "content_span": [88, 216]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278404-0038-0000", "contents": "2018 Cook County, Illinois elections, Cook County Board of Commissioners, 10th district, Primaries\nNo candidates, ballot-certified or formal write-in, ran in the Republican primary.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 98], "content_span": [99, 181]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278404-0039-0000", "contents": "2018 Cook County, Illinois elections, Cook County Board of Commissioners, 11th district\nIncumbent Commissioner John P. Daley, a Democrat in office since 1992, was reelected.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 87], "content_span": [88, 173]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278404-0040-0000", "contents": "2018 Cook County, Illinois elections, Cook County Board of Commissioners, 12th district\nIncumbent second-term Commissioner John Fritchey, a Democrat, lost reelection, being unseated in the Democratic primary by Bridget Degnen, who went on to win the general election unopposed.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 87], "content_span": [88, 277]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278404-0041-0000", "contents": "2018 Cook County, Illinois elections, Cook County Board of Commissioners, 12th district, Primaries\nNo candidates, ballot-certified or formal write-in, ran in the Republican primary.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 98], "content_span": [99, 181]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278404-0042-0000", "contents": "2018 Cook County, Illinois elections, Cook County Board of Commissioners, 14th district\nIncumbent fifth-term Commissioner Gregg Goslin, a Republican, lost reelection to Democrat Scott R. Britton.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 87], "content_span": [88, 195]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278404-0043-0000", "contents": "2018 Cook County, Illinois elections, Cook County Board of Commissioners, 15th district\nIncumbent third-term Commissioner Tim Schneider, a Republican, lost reelection to Democrat Kevin B. Morrison.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 87], "content_span": [88, 197]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278404-0044-0000", "contents": "2018 Cook County, Illinois elections, Cook County Board of Commissioners, 16th district\nIncumbent second-term Commissioner Jeff Tobolski, a Democrat, was reelected, running unopposed in both the Democratic primary and general election.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 87], "content_span": [88, 235]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278404-0045-0000", "contents": "2018 Cook County, Illinois elections, Cook County Board of Commissioners, 16th district, Primaries\nNo candidates, ballot-certified or formal write-in, ran in the Republican primary.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 98], "content_span": [99, 181]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278404-0046-0000", "contents": "2018 Cook County, Illinois elections, Cook County Board of Commissioners, 17th district\nIncumbent Commissioner Sean M. Morrison, a Republican appointed in 2015 following the resignation of Elizabeth Ann Doody Gorman, was reelected, defeating his Democratic opponent, Abdelnasser Rashid, by a narrow 1.14% margin in the general election.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 87], "content_span": [88, 336]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278404-0047-0000", "contents": "2018 Cook County, Illinois elections, Cook County Board of Review\nIn the 2018 Cook County Board of Review election, two seats, each Democratic-held, out of its three seats were up for election. Both incumbents won reelection, running unopposed in both their primary and general election races.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 65], "content_span": [66, 293]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278404-0048-0000", "contents": "2018 Cook County, Illinois elections, Cook County Board of Review\nThe Cook County Board of Review has its three seats rotate the length of terms. In a staggered fashion (in which no two seats have coinciding two-year terms), the seats rotate between two consecutive four-year terms and a two-year term.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 65], "content_span": [66, 302]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278404-0049-0000", "contents": "2018 Cook County, Illinois elections, Cook County Board of Review, 2nd district\nIncumbent second-term member Michael Cabonargi, a Democrat last reelected in 2016, was reelected, running unopposed in both the Democratic primary and general election. This election was to a four-year term.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 79], "content_span": [80, 287]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278404-0050-0000", "contents": "2018 Cook County, Illinois elections, Cook County Board of Review, 2nd district, Primaries\nNo candidates, ballot-certified or formal write-in, ran in the Republican primary.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 90], "content_span": [91, 173]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278404-0051-0000", "contents": "2018 Cook County, Illinois elections, Cook County Board of Review, 3rd district\nIncumbent fourth-term member Larry Rogers, Jr., a Democrat last reelected in 2014, was reelected, running unopposed in both the Democratic primary and general election. This election was to a four-year term.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 79], "content_span": [80, 287]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278404-0052-0000", "contents": "2018 Cook County, Illinois elections, Cook County Board of Review, 3rd district, Primaries\nNo candidates, ballot-certified or formal write-in, ran in the Republican primary.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 90], "content_span": [91, 173]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278404-0053-0000", "contents": "2018 Cook County, Illinois elections, Water Reclamation District Board\nIn the 2018 Metropolitan Water Reclamation District of Greater Chicago election, five of the nine seats on the Metropolitan Water Reclamation District of Greater Chicago board were up for election. Three were regularly scheduled elections, and two were special elections due to a vacancies.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 70], "content_span": [71, 362]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278404-0054-0000", "contents": "2018 Cook County, Illinois elections, Water Reclamation District Board, Regularly-scheduled election\nThree six year term seats were up for a regularly-scheduled election. Since three six-year seats were up for election, voters could vote for up to three candidates, and the top-three finishers would win.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 100], "content_span": [101, 304]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278404-0055-0000", "contents": "2018 Cook County, Illinois elections, Water Reclamation District Board, Regularly-scheduled election\nThree of the incumbents for the three seats were seeking reelection, Kari Steele, Debra Shore, and Martin Durkan, all three Democrats. Steele and Shore won reelection to two of the seats, while Darkan lost renomination in the Democratic primary. Democrat Marcelino Garcia also won election was newly elected to the third seat.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 100], "content_span": [101, 428]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278404-0056-0000", "contents": "2018 Cook County, Illinois elections, Water Reclamation District Board, Unexpired term, vacancy of Santos (2 years)\nA special election was held to fill the seat vacated by Cynthia Santos following her 2016 appointment to the Illinois Pollution Control Board. The seat had been filled by interim appointee David Walsh up until the election.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 115], "content_span": [116, 339]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278404-0057-0000", "contents": "2018 Cook County, Illinois elections, Water Reclamation District Board, Unexpired term, vacancy of Santos (2 years), Primaries\nNo candidates, ballot-certified or formal write-in, ran in the Republican primary.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 126], "content_span": [127, 209]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278404-0058-0000", "contents": "2018 Cook County, Illinois elections, Water Reclamation District Board, Unexpired term, vacancy of Bradford (2 years)\nThree days before the candidate filing deadline, incumbent Water Reclamation District Board member Timothy Bradford's died, leaving his seat vacant. A special election was scheduled to fill his seat. No candidates filed in time to be included on the primary ballots, but Cam Davis won the Democratic Party nomination and Geoffrey Cubbage won the Green Party nomination, each as write-in candidates. Cam Davis won the general election.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 117], "content_span": [118, 553]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278404-0059-0000", "contents": "2018 Cook County, Illinois elections, Water Reclamation District Board, Unexpired term, vacancy of Bradford (2 years), Primaries\nNo candidates, ballot-certified or formal write-in, ran in the Republican primary.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 128], "content_span": [129, 211]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278404-0060-0000", "contents": "2018 Cook County, Illinois elections, Judicial elections\n10 judgeships on the Circuit Court of Cook County were up for partisan elections due to vacancies. In each of these races, Democratic nominees went unchallenged in the general election. Retention elections were also held for judgeships on the Circuit Court of Cook County. For the first time in three decades, a Circuit Court of Cook County judge (Matthew Coghlan) lost retention.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 56], "content_span": [57, 437]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278404-0061-0000", "contents": "2018 Cook County, Illinois elections, Judicial elections\n29 subcircuit courts judgeships were also up for partisan elections due to vacancies. Retention elections were also held for subcircuit courts judgeships.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 56], "content_span": [57, 211]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278404-0062-0000", "contents": "2018 Cook County, Illinois elections, Ballot questions\nFour ballot questions were included on ballots county-wide. One was included on primary ballots in March, while the other three were included on general election ballots in November.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 54], "content_span": [55, 237]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278404-0063-0000", "contents": "2018 Cook County, Illinois elections, Ballot questions, March, Legalize Marijuana\nA ballot question was referred by the Cook County Board of Commissioners to the voters of Cook County as to whether or not the County's voters advise the State of Illinois to legalize marijuana. All 17 members of the Board of Commissioners had unanimously approved holding this ballot question.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 81], "content_span": [82, 376]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278404-0064-0000", "contents": "2018 Cook County, Illinois elections, Ballot questions, March, Legalize Marijuana\nShall the State of Illinois legalize the cultivation, manufacture, distribution, testing, and sale of marijuana and marijuana products for recreational use by adults 21 and older subject to state regulation, taxation and local ordinance?", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 81], "content_span": [82, 319]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278404-0065-0000", "contents": "2018 Cook County, Illinois elections, Ballot questions, November, Earned Sick Time\nA ballot question was created by a successful initiative petition which asked Cook County voters whether to empower each city in Cook County to establish a law that allows workers to earn up to 40 hours a year of sick time.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 82], "content_span": [83, 306]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278404-0066-0000", "contents": "2018 Cook County, Illinois elections, Ballot questions, November, Earned Sick Time\nShall your municipality match the Cook County earned sick time law which allows for workers to earn up to 40 hours (5 days) of sick time a year to take care of their own health or a family member\u2019s health?", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 82], "content_span": [83, 288]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278404-0067-0000", "contents": "2018 Cook County, Illinois elections, Ballot questions, November, Gun Dealer Penalties\nA ballot question was created by a successful initiative petition which asked Cook County voters whether they believed that Illinois should strengthen penalties for the illegal trafficking of firearms and require all gun dealers to be certified by the State.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 86], "content_span": [87, 345]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278404-0068-0000", "contents": "2018 Cook County, Illinois elections, Ballot questions, November, Gun Dealer Penalties\nShould the State of Illinois strengthen penalties for the illegal trafficking of firearms and require all gun dealers to be certified by the State?", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 86], "content_span": [87, 234]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278404-0069-0000", "contents": "2018 Cook County, Illinois elections, Ballot questions, Min Wage 13\nA ballot question was created by a successful initiative petition which asked Cook County voters whether to empower each city in Cook County to establish a $13 per hour minimum wage.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 67], "content_span": [68, 250]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278404-0070-0000", "contents": "2018 Cook County, Illinois elections, Ballot questions, Min Wage 13\nShall the minimum wage in your municipality match the $13 per hour Cook County minimum wage law for adults over the age of 18 by July 1, 2020, and be indexed to the consumer price index after that?", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 67], "content_span": [68, 265]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278404-0071-0000", "contents": "2018 Cook County, Illinois elections, Other elections\nCoinciding with the primaries, elections were held to elect both the Democratic and Republican committeepeople for the suburban townships.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 53], "content_span": [54, 192]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278405-0000-0000", "contents": "2018 Cook Islands Round Cup\nThe 2018 Cook Islands Round Cup is the 45th recorded edition of the Cook Islands Round Cup, the top association football league of the Cook Islands organised by the Cook Islands Football Association. This season kicked off on 17 August 2018, and ended on 24 November 2018, and were competed by six teams from the island of Rarotonga in triple round-robin format. The winner will qualify for the 2019 OFC Champions League.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [27, 27], "content_span": [28, 449]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278406-0000-0000", "contents": "2018 Cook Islands general election\nGeneral elections were held in the Cook Islands on 14 June 2018 to elect the 24 members of the 15th Cook Islands Parliament.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [34, 34], "content_span": [35, 159]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278406-0001-0000", "contents": "2018 Cook Islands general election\nThe nationalist, Cook Islands Party, led by the Prime Minister, Henry Puna, attempted to win a third consecutive term in government. However, the elections resulted in a hung parliament, with the opposition Democratic Party led by Tina Browne becoming the largest party, although Browne failed to win a seat, losing in Rakahanga constituency.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [34, 34], "content_span": [35, 377]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278406-0002-0000", "contents": "2018 Cook Islands general election\nThe Democratic Party won 11 seats, the Cook Islands Party 10 seats, One Cook Islands Movement one seat, with independent candidates winning two seats. Following the election, the Cook Islands Party joined forces with the independents and One Cook Islands to retain power.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [34, 34], "content_span": [35, 306]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278406-0003-0000", "contents": "2018 Cook Islands general election, Electoral system\nThe Cook Islands a self-governing island country in the South Pacific Ocean in free association with New Zealand. Its government uses the Westminster system, with the 24 members of the Parliament of the Cook Islands elected from single-member constituencies by first-past-the-post voting. The Parliamentary term is four years. As of 12 June 2018, there were 10,917 people enrolled to vote in the elections.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 52], "content_span": [53, 459]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278406-0004-0000", "contents": "2018 Cook Islands general election, Aftermath\nAlthough the Democratic Party won the most seats, neither leader Tina Browne nor Deputy Leader James Beer were elected to Parliament. The constitution of the Cook Islands requires the Prime Minister to be a member of parliament.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 45], "content_span": [46, 274]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278406-0005-0000", "contents": "2018 Cook Islands general election, Aftermath\nOn 7 July the Cook Islands party formed an alliance with independent MPs Rose Toki-Brown and Robert Tapaitau, and One Cook Islands movement's George Maggie to retain power. Toki-Brown, Tapaitau and Maggie were all appointed to Cabinet, replacing Ministers who had lost their seats.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 45], "content_span": [46, 327]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278406-0006-0000", "contents": "2018 Cook Islands general election, Aftermath\nSix electoral petitions were filed, challenging the results in Rakahanga, Murienua, Pukapuka-Nassau, Avatiu-Ruatonga-Palmerston, Ngatangiia, and Mauke. However, all of these petitions were rejected, confirming the result of the election. Rakahanga MP Toka Hagai resigned on 1 November 2018 after allegations of treating. In December 2018 the Court of Appeal ruled that Tina Browne had won the seat.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 45], "content_span": [46, 444]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278407-0000-0000", "contents": "2018 Copa Am\u00e9rica Femenina\nThe 2018 Copa Am\u00e9rica Femenina was the eighth edition of the CONMEBOL Copa Am\u00e9rica Femenina (also referred to as the Copa Am\u00e9rica Femenina), the quadrennial international football competition for women's national teams in South America affiliated with CONMEBOL. The tournament was played between 4 and 22 April 2018 in Chile.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [26, 26], "content_span": [27, 352]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278407-0001-0000", "contents": "2018 Copa Am\u00e9rica Femenina\nThe tournament provided two direct qualifying places and a play-off place (against the fourth-placed team from CONCACAF) for the 2019 FIFA Women's World Cup in France, one direct qualifying place and a play-off place (against the second-placed team from CAF) for the 2020 Summer Olympic women's football tournament in Japan, and three (teams finishing third to fifth) for the 2019 Pan American Games women's football tournament in Lima, besides Peru who qualified automatically as hosts.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [26, 26], "content_span": [27, 514]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278407-0002-0000", "contents": "2018 Copa Am\u00e9rica Femenina\nBrazil defended successfully their title winning all their matches. It was their seventh Copa Am\u00e9rica Femenina title.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [26, 26], "content_span": [27, 144]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278407-0003-0000", "contents": "2018 Copa Am\u00e9rica Femenina, Host selection\nChile were named hosts in April 2017. Dates were announced on 21 July 2017.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 42], "content_span": [43, 118]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278407-0004-0000", "contents": "2018 Copa Am\u00e9rica Femenina, Venues\nOn 25 October 2017, the ANFP announced that 3 cities would host the tournament, all of them within the Coquimbo Region.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 34], "content_span": [35, 154]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278407-0005-0000", "contents": "2018 Copa Am\u00e9rica Femenina, Venues\nOn 28 March 2018, CONMEBOL announced that the city of Ovalle would no longer host matches, and matches originally to be played at Estadio Diaguita on 8 and 11 April would be moved to La Serena and Coquimbo respectively.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 34], "content_span": [35, 254]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278407-0006-0000", "contents": "2018 Copa Am\u00e9rica Femenina, Draw\nThe draw of the tournament was held on 1 March 2018, 13:00 CLST (UTC\u22123), at the ANFP Auditorium in Santiago, Chile. The ten teams were drawn into two groups of five teams. The hosts Chile and the defending champions Brazil were seeded into Groups A and B respectively, while the remaining teams were placed into four \"pairing pots\" according to their results in the 2014 Copa Am\u00e9rica Femenina.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 32], "content_span": [33, 426]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278407-0007-0000", "contents": "2018 Copa Am\u00e9rica Femenina, Squads\nEach team could register a maximum of 22 players (three of whom must be goalkeepers).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 34], "content_span": [35, 120]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278407-0008-0000", "contents": "2018 Copa Am\u00e9rica Femenina, Match officials\nA total of 12 referees and 20 assistant referees were selected for the tournament.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 43], "content_span": [44, 126]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278407-0009-0000", "contents": "2018 Copa Am\u00e9rica Femenina, First stage\nIn the first stage, the teams were ranked according to points (3 points for a win, 1 point for a draw, 0 points for a loss). If tied on points, tiebreakers would be applied in the following order (Regulations Article 18.1):", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 39], "content_span": [40, 263]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278407-0010-0000", "contents": "2018 Copa Am\u00e9rica Femenina, First stage\nThe top two teams of each group advanced to the final stage.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 39], "content_span": [40, 100]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278407-0011-0000", "contents": "2018 Copa Am\u00e9rica Femenina, First stage, Ranking of group third place\nThe overall fifth-placed team in the first stage qualified for the 2019 Pan American Games.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 69], "content_span": [70, 161]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278407-0012-0000", "contents": "2018 Copa Am\u00e9rica Femenina, Final stage\nIn the final stage, the teams were ranked according to points (3 points for a win, 1 point for a draw, 0 points for a loss). If tied on points, tiebreakers would be applied in the following order, taking into account only matches in the final stage (Regulations Article 18.2):", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 39], "content_span": [40, 316]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278407-0013-0000", "contents": "2018 Copa Am\u00e9rica Femenina, Goalscorers\nThere were 99 goals scored in 26 matches, for an average of 3.81 goals per match.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 39], "content_span": [40, 121]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278407-0014-0000", "contents": "2018 Copa Am\u00e9rica Femenina, Qualification for international tournaments, Qualified teams for FIFA Women's World Cup\nThe following three teams from CONMEBOL qualified for the 2019 FIFA Women's World Cup. Argentina qualified by winning the play-off against the 2018 CONCACAF Women's Championship fourth-placed team, Panama.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 115], "content_span": [116, 321]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278407-0015-0000", "contents": "2018 Copa Am\u00e9rica Femenina, Qualification for international tournaments, Qualified teams for Summer Olympics\nThe following two teams from CONMEBOL qualified for the 2020 Summer Olympic women's football tournament. Chile qualified after they won the play-off against the 2020 CAF Women's Olympic Qualifying Tournament second-placed team, Cameroon.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 108], "content_span": [109, 346]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278407-0016-0000", "contents": "2018 Copa Am\u00e9rica Femenina, Qualification for international tournaments, Qualified teams for Pan American Games\nThe following four teams from CONMEBOL qualified for the 2019 Pan American Games women's football tournament, including Peru which qualified as hosts.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 111], "content_span": [112, 262]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278408-0000-0000", "contents": "2018 Copa Am\u00e9rica Femenina squads\nThis article describes about the squads for the 2018 Copa Am\u00e9rica Femenina.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [33, 33], "content_span": [34, 109]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278408-0001-0000", "contents": "2018 Copa Am\u00e9rica Femenina squads, Group A, Peru\n*Diana Alfaro was originally announced in the squad by the Peruvian Football Federation, but was later withdrawn and replaced by Carmen Su\u00e1rez before the start of the tournament.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 48], "content_span": [49, 227]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278408-0002-0000", "contents": "2018 Copa Am\u00e9rica Femenina squads, Group B, Brazil\nThe squad was announced on 28 March 2018. Bruna Benites, Fabiana and Ludmila were unavailable due to injury.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 50], "content_span": [51, 159]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278409-0000-0000", "contents": "2018 Copa Am\u00e9rica de Beach Soccer\nThe 2018 Copa Am\u00e9rica de Beach Soccer (known natively in Spanish as the Copa Am\u00e9rica de Futbol Playa) was the second edition of the Copa Am\u00e9rica de Beach Soccer, an international beach soccer competition in South America, contested between the men's national teams of the members of CONMEBOL.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [33, 33], "content_span": [34, 326]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278409-0001-0000", "contents": "2018 Copa Am\u00e9rica de Beach Soccer\nThe competition was organised by South American football's governing body, CONMEBOL; other beach soccer events under the \"Copa Am\u00e9rica\" title took place during 1994\u201399, 2003 and 2012\u201314, however this incarnation is the first to be officially organised and sanctioned by CONMEBOL.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [33, 33], "content_span": [34, 313]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278409-0002-0000", "contents": "2018 Copa Am\u00e9rica de Beach Soccer\nThe tournament was hosted by Peru in the Asia District, around 100\u00a0km south of the capital, Lima, between 3 and 10 March. The event was held in cooperation with the local organisers, the Peruvian Football Federation (FPF).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [33, 33], "content_span": [34, 256]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278409-0003-0000", "contents": "2018 Copa Am\u00e9rica de Beach Soccer\nThe matches were watched by over 3.5 million people through the FPF's use of Facebook Live to transmit the games worldwide, to the delight of CONMEBOL who claimed the figures demonstrated beach soccer's continued growth under its investment.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [33, 33], "content_span": [34, 275]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278409-0004-0000", "contents": "2018 Copa Am\u00e9rica de Beach Soccer\nBrazil were the defending champions and successfully reclaimed the title, beating Paraguay in the final in what was a repeat of the concluding match in the last edition.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [33, 33], "content_span": [34, 203]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278409-0005-0000", "contents": "2018 Copa Am\u00e9rica de Beach Soccer, Venue\nOne venue was used in the Asia District, Ca\u00f1ete Province.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 40], "content_span": [41, 98]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278409-0006-0000", "contents": "2018 Copa Am\u00e9rica de Beach Soccer, Squads\nEach team had to submit a squad of 12 players, including a minimum of two goalkeepers (Regulations Article 4.1).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 41], "content_span": [42, 154]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278409-0007-0000", "contents": "2018 Copa Am\u00e9rica de Beach Soccer, Draw\nThe draw to split the ten teams into two groups of five took place on February 15 in the Asia District of Peru at the Centro Deportivo del Boulevard Asia, (Sports Centre of Boulevard Asia).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 39], "content_span": [40, 229]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278409-0008-0000", "contents": "2018 Copa Am\u00e9rica de Beach Soccer, Draw\nThe teams were seeded based on their final ranking in the previous edition of the Copa Am\u00e9rica de Beach Soccer in 2016.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 39], "content_span": [40, 159]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278409-0009-0000", "contents": "2018 Copa Am\u00e9rica de Beach Soccer, Draw\nThe remaining eight teams were split into four pots of two based on their seeding, in order from the highest seeds placed in Pot 1, down to the lowest seeds placed in Pot 4. From each pot, one team was drawn into Group A and the other team was drawn into Group B.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 39], "content_span": [40, 303]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278409-0010-0000", "contents": "2018 Copa Am\u00e9rica de Beach Soccer, Group stage\nThe top two teams of each group advanced to the semi finals. The teams finishing in third through fifth proceeded to play in consolation matches against the teams finishing in the same position in the other group to determine their final rank.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 46], "content_span": [47, 290]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278409-0011-0000", "contents": "2018 Copa Am\u00e9rica de Beach Soccer, Group stage\nEach team earns three points for a win in regulation time, two points for a win in extra time, one point for a win in a penalty shoot-out, and no points for a defeat. The rankings of teams in each group are determined as follows (Regulations Article 6.2):", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 46], "content_span": [47, 302]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278409-0012-0000", "contents": "2018 Copa Am\u00e9rica de Beach Soccer, Group stage\nIf two or more teams are equal on the basis of the above criterion, their rankings are determined as follows:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 46], "content_span": [47, 156]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278409-0013-0000", "contents": "2018 Copa Am\u00e9rica de Beach Soccer, Group stage\nMatches are listed as local time in Lima, PET (UTC-5).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 46], "content_span": [47, 101]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278409-0014-0000", "contents": "2018 Copa Am\u00e9rica de Beach Soccer, Awards\nThe following were presented immediately following the conclusion of the final.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 41], "content_span": [42, 121]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278410-0000-0000", "contents": "2018 Copa Argentina Final\nThe 2018 Copa Argentina Final was the 135th and final match of the 2017\u201318 Copa Argentina. It was played on December 6, 2018 at the Estadio Malvinas Argentinas in Mendoza between Rosario Central and Gimnasia y Esgrima (LP).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [25, 25], "content_span": [26, 249]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278410-0001-0000", "contents": "2018 Copa Argentina Final\nRosario Central defeated Gimnasia y Esgrima (LP) on penalties in the final to win their first title. As champions, they qualified for the 2018 Supercopa Argentina and the 2019 Copa Libertadores group stage.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [25, 25], "content_span": [26, 232]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278410-0002-0000", "contents": "2018 Copa Argentina Final, Match, Details\nMan of the Match: Jerem\u00edas Ledesma (Rosario Central)Assistant referees:Diego Bonf\u00e1Ezequiel BrailovskyFourth official:Julio Barraza", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 41], "content_span": [42, 172]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278411-0000-0000", "contents": "2018 Copa Chile\nThe 2018 Copa Chile (officially known as Copa Chile MTS 2018 due to its sponsorship), was the 39th edition of the Copa Chile, the country's national football cup tournament. Santiago Wanderers were the defending champions, but lost to Palestino in the second round of the competition. Palestino went on to become champions after defeating Audax Italiano in the final by an aggregate score of 4\u20132.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [15, 15], "content_span": [16, 412]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278411-0001-0000", "contents": "2018 Copa Chile, Format\nThe 2018 Copa Chile is based on a system of direct elimination with double-legged ties, similar to the Copa del Rey. As a novelty, after 6 years, clubs that are members of the Segunda Divisi\u00f3n Profesional were included, and after 8 years, clubs of the ANFA were also included, such as these of Tercera Divisi\u00f3n A and Tercera Divisi\u00f3n B.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [17, 23], "content_span": [24, 360]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278411-0002-0000", "contents": "2018 Copa Chile, Prizes\nThe champions of this edition (or the runners-up, if the champions had already qualified) earned the right to compete in the 2019 Copa Libertadores, taking the Chile 4 berth. Besides, they also earned the right to play the 2019 Supercopa de Chile. Unlike previous Copa Chile editions, the runners-up were not entitled to a berth to the Copa Sudamericana.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [17, 23], "content_span": [24, 378]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278411-0003-0000", "contents": "2018 Copa Chile, Teams\n48 clubs took part in this edition of the Copa Chile: 16 from the Primera Divisi\u00f3n, 16 from the Primera B, 10 from the Segunda Divisi\u00f3n Profesional and 6 from the Tercera Divisi\u00f3n A.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [17, 22], "content_span": [23, 205]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278411-0004-0000", "contents": "2018 Copa Chile, Preliminary phases, First round\nThe pairings for the first round were announced by the ANFP on 16 April 2018. The 16 teams from the Segunda Divisi\u00f3n and Tercera Divisi\u00f3n A were drawn against the 16 Primera B teams, according to geographical and safety criteria. The first legs were played on 25, 28\u201330 April, 2 and 6 May and the second legs were played on 2\u20133, 5\u20136 and 16 May 2018.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [17, 48], "content_span": [49, 398]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278411-0005-0000", "contents": "2018 Copa Chile, Preliminary phases, Second round\nIn the second round, the 16 winning teams from the previous round were drawn against the 16 Primera Divisi\u00f3n teams which entered the competition at this stage. As in the previous round, the pairings were based on geographical and safety criteria. In each tie, the team from the lower tier hosted the first leg. The pairings for the second round were announced by the ANFP on 18 May 2018, the first legs were played from 9 to 17 June 2018 and the second legs were played from 14 to 21 July 2018.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [17, 49], "content_span": [50, 544]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278411-0006-0000", "contents": "2018 Copa Chile, Final phases, Round of 16\nThe draw for the Round of 16 and subsequent phases was held on 28 May 2018. Starting from this round, the order of legs in each tie will depend on the number assigned to the second round tie won by each team, with the team with the highest number in each tie hosting the second leg. The first legs were played from 22 to 24 June 2018 and the second legs were played from 29 June to 2 July 2018.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [17, 42], "content_span": [43, 437]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278411-0007-0000", "contents": "2018 Copa Chile, Final phases, Quarterfinals\nThe first legs were played on 7 and 8 July 2018, while the second legs were played on 13 and 14 July 2018.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [17, 44], "content_span": [45, 151]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278411-0008-0000", "contents": "2018 Copa Chile, Final phases, Semifinals\nThe first legs were played on 8 September 2018, and the second legs were played on 12 and 13 October 2018.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [17, 41], "content_span": [42, 148]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278411-0009-0000", "contents": "2018 Copa Chile, Final phases, Finals\nFor the first time since 2011, the finals were played in a two-legged tie format.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [17, 37], "content_span": [38, 119]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278412-0000-0000", "contents": "2018 Copa Colombia\nThe 2018 Copa Colombia, officially the 2018 Copa \u00c1guila for sponsorship reasons, was the 16th edition of the Copa Colombia, the national cup competition for clubs of DIMAYOR. The tournament was contested by 36 teams. Junior were the defending champions, but were knocked out by Atl\u00e9tico Nacional in the quarterfinals. Atl\u00e9tico Nacional were the champions after beating Once Caldas 4\u20133 on aggregate in the final, and qualified for the 2019 Copa Libertadores.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [18, 18], "content_span": [19, 476]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278412-0001-0000", "contents": "2018 Copa Colombia, Format\nFor the 2018 season, the Copa Colombia had a change in its format. Unlike previous editions, there was no group stage and the competition was played in a single-elimination format in its entirety, with the 16 teams from the Categor\u00eda Primera B entering the first stage and being drawn into eight ties. After two stages, four Primera B teams qualified for the third stage, along with the twelve Categor\u00eda Primera A teams that did not enter international competition in the 2018 season, which entered the cup at that stage. Finally, in the round of 16, the eight third stage winners were joined by the four Copa Libertadores qualifiers (Atl\u00e9tico Nacional, Junior, Millonarios and Santa Fe), as well as the four Copa Sudamericana qualifiers (Independiente Medell\u00edn, Am\u00e9rica de Cali, Deportivo Cali, and Jaguares), which entered the competition at this point.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [20, 26], "content_span": [27, 882]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278412-0002-0000", "contents": "2018 Copa Colombia, First stage\nThe first stage was played by the 16 Categor\u00eda Primera B clubs, eight of which were seeded in the ties according to their position in the 2017 season aggregate table. The two relegated clubs from the Categor\u00eda Primera A (Cortulu\u00e1 and Tigres) along with the remaining Primera B clubs were drawn into each tie. The seeded clubs hosted the second leg. The first legs were played on 21\u201322 February and 10 March 2018, while the second legs were played on 13 and 14 March 2018.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [20, 31], "content_span": [32, 503]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278412-0003-0000", "contents": "2018 Copa Colombia, Second stage\nThe second stage was played by the 8 first stage winners. In each tie, the clubs with the best performance after the first stage hosted the second leg. The first legs were played on 28\u201329 March and 12 April 2018, and the second legs were played on 11\u201312 and 26 April 2018.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [20, 32], "content_span": [33, 305]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278412-0004-0000", "contents": "2018 Copa Colombia, Third stage\nThe third stage was played by the four second stage winners and the 12 Categor\u00eda Primera A clubs that did not qualify for international competition, which were seeded in the ties according to their position in the 2017 season aggregate table. The two promoted clubs from the Categor\u00eda Primera B (Leones and Boyac\u00e1 Chic\u00f3) were the last two seeded teams, with Leones taking the 11th position and Boyac\u00e1 Chic\u00f3 the 12th position. The four second stage winners as well as the best four teams according to the 2017 Primera A aggregate table hosted the second leg. The first legs were played on 2\u20133 and 9 May 2018, while the second legs were played on 9\u201310 and 16 May 2018.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [20, 31], "content_span": [32, 698]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278412-0005-0000", "contents": "2018 Copa Colombia, Final stages\nEach tie in the final stages will be played in a home-and-away two-legged format. In each tie, the team with the better overall record up to that stage will host the second leg, except in the round of 16 where the third stage winners will host the second leg. The teams entering this stage will be the ones that qualified for the 2018 Copa Libertadores and 2018 Copa Sudamericana, and were drawn into each of the eight ties. In case of a tie in aggregate score, neither the away goals rule nor extra time are applied, and the tie is decided by a penalty shoot-out.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [20, 32], "content_span": [33, 597]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278412-0006-0000", "contents": "2018 Copa Colombia, Final stages, Round of 16\nThe third stage winners (Team 2) hosted the second leg. The first legs were played from 15 to 22 August, and the second legs were played from 21 to 30 August 2018.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [20, 45], "content_span": [46, 209]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278412-0007-0000", "contents": "2018 Copa Colombia, Final stages, Quarterfinals\nTeam 2 hosted the second leg. The first legs were played on 12 and 13 September 2018, and the second legs were played on 19 and 26 September 2018.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [20, 47], "content_span": [48, 194]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278412-0008-0000", "contents": "2018 Copa Colombia, Final stages, Semifinals\nTeam 2 will host the second leg. The first legs were played on 3 and 5 October, and the second legs were played on 11 and 12 October 2018.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [20, 44], "content_span": [45, 183]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278413-0000-0000", "contents": "2018 Copa Colsanitas\nThe 2018 Copa Colsanitas (also known as the 2018 Claro Open Colsanitas for sponsorship reasons) was a women's tennis tournament played on outdoor clay courts. It was the 21st edition of the Copa Colsanitas, and part of the International category of the 2018 WTA Tour. It took place at the Centro de Alto Rendimiento in Bogot\u00e1, Colombia, from April 9 through April 15, 2018.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [20, 20], "content_span": [21, 394]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278413-0001-0000", "contents": "2018 Copa Colsanitas, Doubles main draw entrants, Other entrants\nThe following pairs received wildcards into the doubles main draw:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 64], "content_span": [65, 131]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278414-0000-0000", "contents": "2018 Copa Colsanitas \u2013 Doubles\nBeatriz Haddad Maia and Nadia Podoroska were the defending champions, but Haddad Maia could not participate this year due to a right wrist injury. Podoroska played alongside Mariana Duque Mari\u00f1o, but lost in the final to Dalila Jakupovi\u0107 and Irina Khromacheva, 3\u20136, 4\u20136.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [30, 30], "content_span": [31, 301]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278415-0000-0000", "contents": "2018 Copa Colsanitas \u2013 Singles\nFrancesca Schiavone was the defending champion, but withdrew before the tournament began.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [30, 30], "content_span": [31, 120]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278415-0001-0000", "contents": "2018 Copa Colsanitas \u2013 Singles\nAnna Karol\u00edna Schmiedlov\u00e1 won the title, defeating Lara Arruabarrena in the final, 6\u20132, 6\u20134.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [30, 30], "content_span": [31, 123]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278416-0000-0000", "contents": "2018 Copa Constituci\u00f3\nThe 2018 Copa Constituci\u00f3 was the 26th version of the national football knockout tournament involving clubs from Andorra. The cup began on 21 January 2018 and ended on 20 May 2018 with the final. The winners of the cup earned a place in the 2018\u201319 Europa League and would have joined the competition in the preliminary round.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [21, 21], "content_span": [22, 348]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278416-0001-0000", "contents": "2018 Copa Constituci\u00f3\nUE Santa Coloma were the defending champions having won the cup in the previous season by defeating FC Santa Coloma in the final by a score of 1\u20130.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [21, 21], "content_span": [22, 169]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278416-0002-0000", "contents": "2018 Copa Constituci\u00f3, First round\nEight clubs competed in the first round. The matches were played on 21 January 2018.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 34], "content_span": [35, 119]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278416-0003-0000", "contents": "2018 Copa Constituci\u00f3, Quarter-finals\nEight clubs competed in the quarter-finals. The matches were played on 14 March 2018.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 37], "content_span": [38, 123]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278416-0004-0000", "contents": "2018 Copa Constituci\u00f3, Semifinals\nFour clubs competed in the semifinals. The matches were played on 4 April 2018.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 33], "content_span": [34, 113]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278417-0000-0000", "contents": "2018 Copa LP Chile Hacienda Chicureo\nThe 2018 Copa LP Chile Hacienda Chicureo was a professional tennis tournament played on outdoor clay courts. It was the second edition of the tournament and was part of the 2018 ITF Women's Circuit. It took place in Colina, Chile, on 5\u201311 November 2018.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [36, 36], "content_span": [37, 290]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278417-0001-0000", "contents": "2018 Copa LP Chile Hacienda Chicureo, Singles main draw entrants, Other entrants\nThe following players received a wildcard into the singles main draw:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 80], "content_span": [81, 150]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278418-0000-0000", "contents": "2018 Copa LP Chile Hacienda Chicureo \u2013 Doubles\nTamaryn Hendler and Anastasia Pivovarova were the defending champions, but neither player chose to participate.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [46, 46], "content_span": [47, 158]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278418-0001-0000", "contents": "2018 Copa LP Chile Hacienda Chicureo \u2013 Doubles\nQuinn Gleason and Luisa Stefani won the tournament, defeating B\u00e1rbara Gatica and Rebeca Pereira 6\u20130, 4\u20136, [10\u20137] in the final.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [46, 46], "content_span": [47, 173]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278419-0000-0000", "contents": "2018 Copa LP Chile Hacienda Chicureo \u2013 Singles\nChiara Scholl was the defending champion, but chose not to participate.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [46, 46], "content_span": [47, 118]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278419-0001-0000", "contents": "2018 Copa LP Chile Hacienda Chicureo \u2013 Singles\nXu Shilin won the title, defeating Paula Ormaechea in the final, 7\u20135, 6\u20133.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [46, 46], "content_span": [47, 121]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278420-0000-0000", "contents": "2018 Copa Libertadores\nThe 2018 Copa CONMEBOL Libertadores was the 59th edition of the CONMEBOL Libertadores (also referred to as the Copa Libertadores), South America's premier club football tournament organized by CONMEBOL.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [22, 22], "content_span": [23, 225]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278420-0001-0000", "contents": "2018 Copa Libertadores\nRiver Plate defeated Boca Juniors in the finals by an aggregate score of 5\u20133 to win their fourth tournament title. As champions, they qualified as the CONMEBOL representative at the 2018 FIFA Club World Cup in the United Arab Emirates and also earned the right to play against the winners of the 2018 Copa Sudamericana in the 2019 Recopa Sudamericana. They also automatically qualified for the 2019 Copa Libertadores group stage. Gr\u00eamio were the defending champions, but were defeated by River Plate in the semifinals.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [22, 22], "content_span": [23, 541]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278420-0002-0000", "contents": "2018 Copa Libertadores\nThe first leg of the final was played at the Estadio Alberto J. Armando in Buenos Aires, Argentina on 11 November 2018, while the second leg took place outside South America at the Santiago Bernab\u00e9u Stadium in Madrid, Spain (a neutral venue) on 9 December 2018. The New York Times reported that the second leg was referred to as the \"Final to End All Finals\" and the biggest game in Argentine sport history but it was postponed and moved due to violence against the Boca Juniors team.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [22, 22], "content_span": [23, 507]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278420-0003-0000", "contents": "2018 Copa Libertadores, Teams\nThe following 47 teams from the 10 CONMEBOL member associations qualified for the tournament:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 29], "content_span": [30, 123]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278420-0004-0000", "contents": "2018 Copa Libertadores, Teams\nTeams from Mexico, as they did in 2017, withdrew from the 2018 Copa Libertadores, citing schedule conflicts.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 29], "content_span": [30, 138]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278420-0005-0000", "contents": "2018 Copa Libertadores, Schedule\nThe schedule of the competition was as follows. The first stage matches were played on Monday and Friday, instead of the usual midweek of Tuesday, Wednesday or Thursday. The finals were initially scheduled for 7 and 28 November, but were moved to 10 and 24 November after the finalists were confirmed.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 32], "content_span": [33, 334]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278420-0006-0000", "contents": "2018 Copa Libertadores, Draws\nThe draw for the qualifying stages and group stage was held on 20 December 2017, 20:00 PYST (UTC\u22123), at the CONMEBOL Convention Centre in Luque, Paraguay.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 29], "content_span": [30, 184]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278420-0007-0000", "contents": "2018 Copa Libertadores, Draws\nTeams were seeded by their CONMEBOL ranking of the Copa Libertadores (shown in parentheses), taking into account of the following three factors:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 29], "content_span": [30, 174]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278420-0008-0000", "contents": "2018 Copa Libertadores, Draws\nFor the first stage, the six teams were drawn into three ties (E1\u2013E3), with the seeded teams hosting the second leg.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 29], "content_span": [30, 146]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278420-0009-0000", "contents": "2018 Copa Libertadores, Draws\nFor the second stage, the 16 teams were drawn into eight ties (C1\u2013C8), with the seeded teams hosting the second leg. Teams from the same association could not be drawn into the same tie, excluding the winners of the first stage, which were unseeded and whose identity was not known at the time of the draw, and could be drawn into the same tie with another team from the same association.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 29], "content_span": [30, 418]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278420-0010-0000", "contents": "2018 Copa Libertadores, Draws\nFor the third stage, no draw was made, and the eight teams were allocated into the following four ties (G1\u2013G4), with the second stage winners with the higher CONMEBOL ranking hosting the second leg. As the identity of the winners of the second stage was not known at the time of the draw, they could be drawn into the same tie with another team from the same association.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 29], "content_span": [30, 401]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278420-0011-0000", "contents": "2018 Copa Libertadores, Draws\nFor the group stage, the 32 teams were drawn into eight groups (Groups A\u2013H, also denoted as Groups 1\u20138) of four containing a team from each of the four pots. Teams from the same association could not be drawn into the same group, excluding the winners of the third stage, which were allocated to Pot 4 and whose identity was not known at the time of the draw, and could be drawn into the same group with another team from the same association.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 29], "content_span": [30, 473]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278420-0012-0000", "contents": "2018 Copa Libertadores, Draws\nThe draw for the round of 16 was held on 4 June 2018, 20:00 PYT (UTC\u22124), at the CONMEBOL Convention Centre in Luque, Paraguay. For the round of 16, the 16 teams were drawn into eight ties (A\u2013H) between a group winner (Pot 1) and a group runner-up (Pot 2), with the group winners hosting the second leg. Teams from the same association or the same group could be drawn into the same tie.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 29], "content_span": [30, 416]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278420-0013-0000", "contents": "2018 Copa Libertadores, Qualifying stages\nIn the qualifying stages, each tie was played on a home-and-away two-legged basis. If tied on aggregate, the away goals rule was used. If still tied, extra time was not played, and a penalty shoot-out was used to determine the winner (Regulations Article 29).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 41], "content_span": [42, 301]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278420-0014-0000", "contents": "2018 Copa Libertadores, Qualifying stages, Copa Sudamericana qualification\nThe two best teams eliminated in the third stage entered the Copa Sudamericana second stage. Only matches in the third stage were considered for the ranking of teams.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 74], "content_span": [75, 241]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278420-0015-0000", "contents": "2018 Copa Libertadores, Group stage\nIn the group stage, each group was played on a home-and-away round-robin basis. The teams were ranked according to points (3 points for a win, 1 point for a draw, and 0 points for a loss). If tied on points, the following criteria were used to determine the ranking: 1. Goal difference; 2. Goals scored; 3. Away goals scored; 4. CONMEBOL ranking (Regulations Article 28).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 35], "content_span": [36, 407]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278420-0016-0000", "contents": "2018 Copa Libertadores, Group stage\nThe winners and runners-up of each group advanced to the round of 16 of the knockout stages. The third-placed teams of each group entered the Copa Sudamericana second stage.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 35], "content_span": [36, 209]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278420-0017-0000", "contents": "2018 Copa Libertadores, Final stages\nStarting from the round of 16, the teams played a single-elimination tournament with the following rules:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 36], "content_span": [37, 142]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278420-0018-0000", "contents": "2018 Copa Libertadores, Final stages, Seeding\nStarting from the round of 16, the teams were seeded according to their results in the group stage, with the group winners (Pot 1 in round of 16 draw) seeded 1\u20138, and the group runners-up (Pot 2 in round of 16 draw) seeded 9\u201316.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 45], "content_span": [46, 274]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278420-0019-0000", "contents": "2018 Copa Libertadores, Final stages, Bracket\nThe bracket was decided based on the round of 16 draw, which was held on 4 June 2018.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 45], "content_span": [46, 131]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278421-0000-0000", "contents": "2018 Copa Libertadores Femenina\nThe 2018 Copa CONMEBOL Libertadores Femenina was the tenth edition of the CONMEBOL Libertadores Femenina (also referred to as the Copa Libertadores Femenina), South America's premier women's club football tournament organized by CONMEBOL. The tournament was held in Manaus, Brazil from 18 November to 2 December 2018.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [31, 31], "content_span": [32, 349]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278421-0001-0000", "contents": "2018 Copa Libertadores Femenina\nOriginally planned from 4 to 18 November the tournament was pushed back two weeks because of the 2019 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification CONCACAF\u2013CONMEBOL play-off which fell in the time frame.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [31, 31], "content_span": [32, 227]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278421-0002-0000", "contents": "2018 Copa Libertadores Femenina\nAtl\u00e9tico Huila defeated Santos in the final on penalties to win their first tournament title. Iranduba defeated Colo-Colo to finish third.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [31, 31], "content_span": [32, 170]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278421-0003-0000", "contents": "2018 Copa Libertadores Femenina\nAudax were the defending champions, having won the title the previous year as a joint team with Corinthians. They were eliminated in the group stage.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [31, 31], "content_span": [32, 181]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278421-0004-0000", "contents": "2018 Copa Libertadores Femenina, Host selection\nThere were eventually three bids for the 2018 Copa Libertadores Femenina: Manaus, Santa Cruz de la Sierra and S\u00e3o Paulo proposed by Iranduba, Deportivo ITA and Corinthians, respectively. On 11 June 2018, CONMEBOL announced that the tournament would be held in Manaus and Iranduba gained the host association additional berth.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 47], "content_span": [48, 373]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278421-0005-0000", "contents": "2018 Copa Libertadores Femenina, Teams\nThe competition was contested by 12 teams: the champions of all ten CONMEBOL associations were given one entry, additionally the title holders re-entered and the host association qualified one more team.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 38], "content_span": [39, 242]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278421-0006-0000", "contents": "2018 Copa Libertadores Femenina, Venues\nInitially two stadiums (Est\u00e1dio Ismael Benigno and Arena da Amaz\u00f4nia) would host the tournament. On 14 November 2018, CONMEBOL announced that the Est\u00e1dio Ismael Benigno would no longer host matches, and matches originally to be played there would be moved to Arena da Amaz\u00f4nia. During the tournament, CONMEBOL decided to move the matches scheduled on 25 and 26 November at Est\u00e1dio Roberto Simonsen to protect the football field of Arena da Amaz\u00f4nia.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 39], "content_span": [40, 489]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278421-0007-0000", "contents": "2018 Copa Libertadores Femenina, Draw\nThe draw for the tournament was held on 7 November 2018 (originally scheduled on 3 November), 19:00 AMT (UTC\u22124), at the Arena da Amaz\u00f4nia in Manaus. The 12 teams were drawn into three groups of four containing a team from each of the four pots. The defending champions Audax were automatically seeded into Pot 1 and allocated to position A1 in the group stage. For the remaining two teams from hosts Brazil, the first representative was seeded into Pot 2 and the second representative was seeded into Pot 4. The remaining teams were seeded based on the results of their association in the 2017 Copa Libertadores Femenina. Teams from the same association could not be drawn into the same group.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 37], "content_span": [38, 731]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278421-0008-0000", "contents": "2018 Copa Libertadores Femenina, Group stage\nIn the group stage, the teams were ranked according to points (3 points for a win, 1 point for a draw, 0 points for a loss). If tied on points, tiebreakers would be applied in the following order (Regulations Article 20):", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 44], "content_span": [45, 266]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278421-0009-0000", "contents": "2018 Copa Libertadores Femenina, Group stage\nThe winners of each group and the best runners-up among all groups advanced to the semi-finals.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 44], "content_span": [45, 140]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278421-0010-0000", "contents": "2018 Copa Libertadores Femenina, Knockout stage\nThe semi-final winners and losers played in the final and third place match respectively. If tied after full time, extra time would not be played, and the penalty shoot-out would be used to determine the winner (Regulations Article 23).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 47], "content_span": [48, 284]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278422-0000-0000", "contents": "2018 Copa Libertadores Femenina de Futsal\nThe 2018 Copa CONMEBOL Libertadores Femenina de Futsal was the 5th edition of the Copa Libertadores Femenina de Futsal, South America's premier women's club futsal tournament organized by CONMEBOL.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [41, 41], "content_span": [42, 239]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278422-0001-0000", "contents": "2018 Copa Libertadores Femenina de Futsal\nThe tournament was held at Luque, Paraguay between 7\u201314 October 2018.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [41, 41], "content_span": [42, 111]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278422-0002-0000", "contents": "2018 Copa Libertadores Femenina de Futsal\nLe\u00f5es Da Serra defeated Sport Colonial in the final to win their first title. San Lorenzo defeated Lyon to finish third. Unochapec\u00f3 were the defending champions, but did not qualify for this edition.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [41, 41], "content_span": [42, 241]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278422-0003-0000", "contents": "2018 Copa Libertadores Femenina de Futsal, Teams\nThe competition is contested by 10 teams: one entry from each of the ten CONMEBOL associations.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [43, 48], "content_span": [49, 144]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278422-0004-0000", "contents": "2018 Copa Libertadores Femenina de Futsal, Venues\nThe tournament was played at the Polideportivo del Comit\u00e9 Ol\u00edmpico Paraguayo in Luque.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [43, 49], "content_span": [50, 136]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278422-0005-0000", "contents": "2018 Copa Libertadores Femenina de Futsal, Draw\nThe draw of the tournament was held on 13 September 2018, 11:00 PYT (UTC\u22124) at the headquarters of the Paraguayan Football Association in Asunci\u00f3n. The 10 teams were drawn into two groups of five. The following two teams were seeded:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [43, 47], "content_span": [48, 281]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278422-0006-0000", "contents": "2018 Copa Libertadores Femenina de Futsal, Draw\nThe remaining teams were seeded based on the results of their association in the 2017 Copa Libertadores Femenina de Futsal.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [43, 47], "content_span": [48, 171]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278422-0007-0000", "contents": "2018 Copa Libertadores Femenina de Futsal, Squads\nEach team has to submit a squad of 14 players, including a minimum of two goalkeepers (Regulations Article 33).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [43, 49], "content_span": [50, 161]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278422-0008-0000", "contents": "2018 Copa Libertadores Femenina de Futsal, Group stage\nThe top two teams of each group advance to the semi-finals. The teams are ranked according to points (3 points for a win, 1 point for a draw, 0 points for a loss). If tied on points, tiebreakers are applied in the following order (Regulations Article 21):", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [43, 54], "content_span": [55, 310]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278422-0009-0000", "contents": "2018 Copa Libertadores Femenina de Futsal, Knockout stage\nIn the semi-finals and final, extra time and penalty shoot-out are used to decide the winner if necessary (Regulations Article 22).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [43, 57], "content_span": [58, 189]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278423-0000-0000", "contents": "2018 Copa Libertadores Finals\nThe 2018 Copa Libertadores Finals was the two-legged final to decide the winners of the 2018 Copa Libertadores, the 59th edition of the Copa Libertadores, South America's premier international club football tournament organised by CONMEBOL.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [29, 29], "content_span": [30, 270]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278423-0001-0000", "contents": "2018 Copa Libertadores Finals\nThe finals were contested in a two-legged home-and-away format between Argentine clubs Boca Juniors and River Plate, making it the first Supercl\u00e1sico final of an international competition. The first leg was hosted by Boca Juniors at the Estadio Alberto J. Armando in Buenos Aires, Argentina, on 11 November 2018, while the second leg took place outside South America at the Santiago Bernab\u00e9u in Madrid, Spain (a neutral venue) on 9 December 2018. This was the last final to take place over two legs, as starting from 2019 the final would be played as a single match at a venue chosen in advance.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [29, 29], "content_span": [30, 625]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278423-0002-0000", "contents": "2018 Copa Libertadores Finals\nThe second leg was originally to be hosted by River Plate at the Estadio Monumental Antonio Vespucio Liberti in Buenos Aires, Argentina, on 24 November 2018. However, due to safety concerns resulting from the attack on the bus of Boca Juniors prior to the match, the second leg was moved outside of Argentina and South America, later confirmed to be the Santiago Bernab\u00e9u in Madrid, Spain. This was the first time that the second leg of the Copa Libertadores final has been held outside of South America, and the first final held outside of the Americas.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [29, 29], "content_span": [30, 584]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278423-0003-0000", "contents": "2018 Copa Libertadores Finals\nRiver Plate won the final 5\u20133 on aggregate for their fourth Copa Libertadores title. As winners, they qualified as the CONMEBOL representative at the 2018 FIFA Club World Cup in the United Arab Emirates, entering in the semi-finals. They also earned the right to play against the winners of the 2018 Copa Sudamericana in the 2019 Recopa Sudamericana. River Plate also automatically qualified for the group stage of the 2019 Copa Libertadores.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [29, 29], "content_span": [30, 472]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278423-0004-0000", "contents": "2018 Copa Libertadores Finals\nDue to the intense rivalry between Boca and River, the match was referred to as the \"Superfinal\", and \"the Final to end all Finals\". The press called it the \"most important final in Argentina's football history\". According to Richard Martin, a Reuters reporter, River's win \"guarantees them bragging rights over their neighbours for many years to come\".", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [29, 29], "content_span": [30, 383]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278423-0005-0000", "contents": "2018 Copa Libertadores Finals, Teams\nFor the third time, two teams from the same country faced each other in the final, after Brazilian teams met in the 2005 and 2006 finals. It was the first all-Argentine final of the Copa Libertadores, as well as the first final to feature two teams from the same city. The 2018 finals marked the first time that the Supercl\u00e1sico was contested in the Copa Libertadores final (or any final of an international competition), and the third time that the two clubs have met in a final, after the 1976 Nacional championship final and the 2017 Supercopa Argentina.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 36], "content_span": [37, 594]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278423-0006-0000", "contents": "2018 Copa Libertadores Finals, Teams\nTheir most recent meeting in the Copa Libertadores had been in the 2015 round of 16, where Boca Juniors were disqualified and the tie awarded to River Plate, after River Plate players were attacked in la Bombonera stadium with pepper spray by Boca Juniors fans when the squad returned to the field following halftime of the second leg, when River were leading on aggregate 1\u20130.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 36], "content_span": [37, 414]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278423-0007-0000", "contents": "2018 Copa Libertadores Finals, Road to the final\nNote: In all results below, the score of the finalist is given first (H: home; A: away).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 48], "content_span": [49, 137]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278423-0008-0000", "contents": "2018 Copa Libertadores Finals, Format\nThe final was planned to be played on a home-and-away two-legged basis, with the higher-seeded team (River Plate) hosting the second leg. The away goals rule was not applied, and extra time would be played if the aggregate score was tied after the second leg. If the aggregate score was still tied after extra time, a penalty shoot-out would have been used to determine the winner. If extra time was played, a fourth substitution would have been allowed.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 37], "content_span": [38, 492]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278423-0009-0000", "contents": "2018 Copa Libertadores Finals, Matches, First leg, Summary\nThe first leg of the final was originally scheduled for 7 November, with the second leg on 28 November 2018 (both on Wednesdays). However, after the finalists were known, CONMEBOL adjusted the dates, with the first leg (hosted by Boca Juniors, the lower seed) on 10 November and the second leg (hosted by River Plate, the higher seed) on 24 November (both Saturdays at 16:00 local time). The Argentine Football Association opposed the date change. Following discussion, the final was moved to 17:00 local time.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 58], "content_span": [59, 569]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278423-0009-0001", "contents": "2018 Copa Libertadores Finals, Matches, First leg, Summary\nThe first leg was postponed less than two hours before kickoff due to Boca Junior's pitch at the Estadio Alberto J. Armando being waterlogged due to local flooding. The match was rescheduled for the following day, 11 November, with the kickoff moved to 16:00 local time. The game was goalless until the 34th minute mark, when Ram\u00f3n \u00c1bila put Boca ahead, only for Lucas Pratto to equalise 90 seconds later. Dario Benedetto then restored Boca's lead, to make the score 2\u20131 at half-time. However, the game was to end all square at 2\u20132 after Carlos Izquierdoz scored an own goal for River plate in the 61st minute.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 58], "content_span": [59, 669]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278423-0010-0000", "contents": "2018 Copa Libertadores Finals, Matches, First leg, Details\nAssistant referees:Christian Schiemann (Chile)Claudio R\u00edos (Chile)Fourth official:Diego Haro (Peru)Video assistant referee:Julio Bascu\u00f1\u00e1n (Chile)Assistant video assistant referees:Piero Maza (Chile)Carlos Astroza (Chile)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 58], "content_span": [59, 279]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278423-0011-0000", "contents": "2018 Copa Libertadores Finals, Matches, Second leg, Violence and change of venue\nPrior to the second leg of the final on 24 November, the Boca Juniors team bus was attacked en route to River Plate's stadium, the Estadio Monumental Antonio Vespucio Liberti. Multiple windows on the bus were broken after being hit by projectiles thrown from a crowd surrounding the bus, allowing pepper spray to enter the bus. Multiple players on the bus were injured as a result of the broken glass and pepper spray, with the match delayed by one hour to 18:00 local time.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 80], "content_span": [81, 555]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278423-0011-0001", "contents": "2018 Copa Libertadores Finals, Matches, Second leg, Violence and change of venue\nKickoff was later moved to 18:20 local time, and again to 19:15, before once more being delayed until 19:30. Following the delays, the match was rescheduled for the following day, 25 November, with the same kickoff, 17:00 local time. Former Boca Juniors and River Plate striker Gabriel Batistuta called the attacks \"shameful\".", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 80], "content_span": [81, 407]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278423-0012-0000", "contents": "2018 Copa Libertadores Finals, Matches, Second leg, Violence and change of venue\nOn 25 November, prior to the rescheduled second leg, Boca Juniors requested that the match be postponed in order for it to be played under equal conditions, which was not met following the attack. CONMEBOL postponed the match once more as equal conditions were not guaranteed. On 27 November, CONMEBOL confirmed the second leg would be played outside Argentina due to safety concerns, with the match taking place on 8 or 9 December. Subsequently, on 29 November, CONMEBOL confirmed the match would take place at the Santiago Bernab\u00e9u in Madrid, Spain, on 9 December at 20:30 local time.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 80], "content_span": [81, 667]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278423-0013-0000", "contents": "2018 Copa Libertadores Finals, Matches, Second leg, Violence and change of venue\nFor security reasons, prior to the first leg, both clubs unanimously agreed to prohibit away fans from attending either match. However, following the decision by CONMEBOL to move the second leg to Madrid, these plans were altered, with 5,000 tickets allocated to each club. Additionally, River Plate were reprimanded for the bus attack, fined $400,000, and ordered to play two games behind closed doors in the Estadio Monumental.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 80], "content_span": [81, 510]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278423-0013-0001", "contents": "2018 Copa Libertadores Finals, Matches, Second leg, Violence and change of venue\nReal Madrid sold 25,000 tickets to fans of each team, as over 250,000 Argentines live and work in Spain, as among those Argentines include Real Madrid manager Santiago Solari, a former River Plate midfielder. Real also agreed to sell tickets to their season ticket holders, which sold out quickly. Security responsibilities for the second leg have been delegated to the Spanish football federation, rather than CONMEBOL, with Prime Minister Pedro S\u00e1nchez claiming that plans are already underway to have the \"necessary deployments to ensure the event is secure\".", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 80], "content_span": [81, 643]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278423-0014-0000", "contents": "2018 Copa Libertadores Finals, Matches, Second leg, Violence and change of venue\nHowever, additional concerns were reputedly raised by both clubs following the decision to move the game to Madrid. Leonardo Ponzio, the River Plate captain, was allegedly involved in a match-fixing scandal during his time at Real Zaragoza, and as such his eligibility to play football in Spain was unclear at the time. Meanwhile, there are also reports that Boca Juniors intend to appeal the decision to relocate the second leg. In a subsequent press release, River Plate also announced an intent to protest the CONMEBOL decision to play in Madrid. Boca Juniors appealed to the Court of Arbitration for Sport to have the second leg postponed, but was rejected, although the court would continue to consider whether River should be suspended.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 80], "content_span": [81, 823]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278423-0015-0000", "contents": "2018 Copa Libertadores Finals, Matches, Second leg, Summary\nThe second leg finally went ahead in front of a crowd of approximately 72,000 in the Bernab\u00e9u. Most of the early opportunities fell to Boca, and finally Dario Benedetto, who had also scored in the first leg, scored in the 44th minute to give Boca a half-time lead. In the second half, River Plate fought back and finally equalised after another first-leg scorer, Lucas Pratto, scored in the 68th minute. The match then went to extra time, during which Boca were reduced to 10 men after Wilmar Barrios was sent off.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 59], "content_span": [60, 574]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278423-0015-0001", "contents": "2018 Copa Libertadores Finals, Matches, Second leg, Summary\nRiver Plate took advantage, with Juan Quintero putting them into the lead in the 109th minute. An injury to Fernando Gago in the 116th minute, left Boca to just 9 men having used all substitutions. In the final minute Leonardo Jara hit the post for Boca, only for River Plate to break upfield and make the final score 3\u20131, with an empty net goal from Pity Mart\u00ednez. \"It's been almost 60 days since this started and there is tremendous sadness,\" said the Boca manager, Guillermo Barros Schelotto.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 59], "content_span": [60, 555]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278423-0016-0000", "contents": "2018 Copa Libertadores Finals, Matches, Second leg, Details\nAssistant referees:Nicol\u00e1s Taran (Uruguay)Mauricio Espinosa (Uruguay)Fourth official:V\u00edctor Carrillo (Peru)Video assistant referee:Leod\u00e1n Gonz\u00e1lez (Uruguay)Assistant video assistant referees:Esteban Ostojich (Uruguay)Richard Trinidad (Uruguay)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 59], "content_span": [60, 303]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278424-0000-0000", "contents": "2018 Copa Libertadores de Beach Soccer\nThe 2018 CONMEBOL Libertadores de Beach Soccer was the third edition of the Copa Libertadores de Beach Soccer (known natively in Spanish as the Copa Libertadores de Futbol Playa), an annual continental beach soccer club tournament contested primarily between the champions of the domestic leagues of South American nations who are members of CONMEBOL. A total of 12 clubs took part.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [38, 38], "content_span": [39, 421]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278424-0001-0000", "contents": "2018 Copa Libertadores de Beach Soccer\nAnnounced on 31 May, the tournament took place between 26 November and 2 December in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. It was organised by CONMEBOL in cooperation will local entities: the Brazilian Football Confederation (CBF) and Brazil Beach Soccer Confederation (CBSB) The event was originally due to take place in Bel\u00e9m, Par\u00e1 State, Brazil but a change of venue was announced on 23 October.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [38, 38], "content_span": [39, 423]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278424-0002-0000", "contents": "2018 Copa Libertadores de Beach Soccer\nBrazilians Vasco da Gama were the defending champions but finished as runners-up to fellow Brazilian club Vit\u00f3ria who claimed their first title.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [38, 38], "content_span": [39, 183]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278424-0003-0000", "contents": "2018 Copa Libertadores de Beach Soccer, Format\nAs per Regulations Article 15, the tournament starts with a group stage, played in a round robin format. The winners, runners-up and two best third placed teams from each group advance to the knockout stage, in which the teams then compete in single-elimination matches, beginning with the quarter-finals and ending with the final. A third-place deciding match is also contested by the losing semi-finalists.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 46], "content_span": [47, 455]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278424-0004-0000", "contents": "2018 Copa Libertadores de Beach Soccer, Format\nUnlike the two previous editions, there are no consolation matches to decide 5th to 12th place; these placements are instead decided statistically (Regulations Articles 22 & 23).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 46], "content_span": [47, 225]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278424-0005-0000", "contents": "2018 Copa Libertadores de Beach Soccer, Teams\nTwelve teams qualified; each domestic league champion from the ten South American nations which are members of CONMEBOL, plus an additional club from the host country and the defending champions.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 45], "content_span": [46, 241]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278424-0006-0000", "contents": "2018 Copa Libertadores de Beach Soccer, Venue\nOne venue was used in the city of Rio de Janeiro.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 45], "content_span": [46, 95]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278424-0007-0000", "contents": "2018 Copa Libertadores de Beach Soccer, Squads\nEach team had to submit a squad of 12 players, including a minimum of two goalkeepers (Regulations Article 33).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 46], "content_span": [47, 158]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278424-0008-0000", "contents": "2018 Copa Libertadores de Beach Soccer, Draw\nThe draw to split the twelve teams into three groups of four took place on 19 November at 19:00 local time in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil at the headquarters of the Brazilian Football Confederation. The draw was conducted based on Regulations Article 16 as follows:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 44], "content_span": [45, 305]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278424-0009-0000", "contents": "2018 Copa Libertadores de Beach Soccer, Draw\nInitially, three teams were seeded and assigned to the head of the groups (Vasco da Gama automatically, the others via a draw):", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 44], "content_span": [45, 172]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278424-0010-0000", "contents": "2018 Copa Libertadores de Beach Soccer, Draw\nThe remaining nine teams were split into three pots of three based on the final placement of their national association's club in the previous edition of the championship, with the highest seeds placed in Pot 1 down to the lowest placed in Pot 3 (the additional Brazilian team was also placed in Pot 3). From each pot, the first team drawn was placed into Group A, the second team drawn placed into Group B and the final team drawn placed into Group C. Teams from the same association could not be drawn into the same group.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 44], "content_span": [45, 569]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278424-0011-0000", "contents": "2018 Copa Libertadores de Beach Soccer, Group stage\nThe match schedule was revealed on the day of the draw.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 51], "content_span": [52, 107]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278424-0012-0000", "contents": "2018 Copa Libertadores de Beach Soccer, Group stage\nEach team earns three points for a win in regulation time, two points for a win in extra time, one point for a win in a penalty shoot-out, and no points for a defeat. The top two teams of each group, plus the two best ranked third-placed teams, advance to the quarter-finals. The rankings of teams in each group are determined as follows (Regulations Article 21):", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 51], "content_span": [52, 415]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278424-0013-0000", "contents": "2018 Copa Libertadores de Beach Soccer, Group stage\nIf two or more teams are equal on the basis of the above criterion, their rankings are determined as follows:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 51], "content_span": [52, 161]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278424-0014-0000", "contents": "2018 Copa Libertadores de Beach Soccer, Group stage, Ranking of third-placed teams\nAs per Regulations Article 17, it was decided the third place teams would take the following berths in the quarter-final draw:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 82], "content_span": [83, 209]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278424-0015-0000", "contents": "2018 Copa Libertadores de Beach Soccer, Knockout stage\nThe group winners, runners-up and two best third placed teams progressed to the knockout stage to continue to compete for the title.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 54], "content_span": [55, 187]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278425-0000-0000", "contents": "2018 Copa Libertadores de Futsal\nThe 2018 Copa CONMEBOL Libertadores de Futsal was the 18th edition of the Copa Libertadores de Futsal, South America's premier club futsal tournament organized by CONMEBOL.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [32, 32], "content_span": [33, 205]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278425-0001-0000", "contents": "2018 Copa Libertadores de Futsal\nThe tournament was held at Carlos Barbosa, Brazil between 22\u201329 April 2018.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [32, 32], "content_span": [33, 108]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278425-0002-0000", "contents": "2018 Copa Libertadores de Futsal\nDefending champions Carlos Barbosa defeated Joinville in the final to win their fifth title. Sorocaba defeated Cerro Porte\u00f1o to finish third.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [32, 32], "content_span": [33, 174]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278425-0003-0000", "contents": "2018 Copa Libertadores de Futsal, Teams\nThe competition is contested by 12 teams: the title holders, one entry from each of the ten CONMEBOL associations, plus an additional entry from the host association.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 39], "content_span": [40, 206]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278425-0004-0000", "contents": "2018 Copa Libertadores de Futsal, Venues\nThe tournament was played at the Centro Municipal de Eventos in Carlos Barbosa.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 40], "content_span": [41, 120]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278425-0005-0000", "contents": "2018 Copa Libertadores de Futsal, Draw\nThe draw of the tournament was held on 3 April 2018 at the Centro Municipal de Eventos in Carlos Barbosa. The 12 teams were drawn into three groups of four containing one team from each of the four seeding pots. The following three teams were seeded:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 38], "content_span": [39, 289]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278425-0006-0000", "contents": "2018 Copa Libertadores de Futsal, Draw\nThe other teams were seeded based on the results of their association in the 2017 Copa Libertadores de Futsal, with the additional entry from the host association seeded last.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 38], "content_span": [39, 214]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278425-0007-0000", "contents": "2018 Copa Libertadores de Futsal, Squads\nEach team has to submit a squad of 14 players, including a minimum of two goalkeepers (Regulations Article 31).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 40], "content_span": [41, 152]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278425-0008-0000", "contents": "2018 Copa Libertadores de Futsal, Group stage\nThe top two teams of each group and the two best third-placed teams advance to the quarter-finals. The teams are ranked according to points (3 points for a win, 1 point for a draw, 0 points for a loss). If tied on points, tiebreakers are applied in the following order (Regulations Article 21):", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 45], "content_span": [46, 340]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278425-0009-0000", "contents": "2018 Copa Libertadores de Futsal, Knockout stage\nIn the quarter-finals, semi-finals and final, extra time and penalty shoot-out are used to decide the winner if necessary. In the third place match, penalty shoot-out (no extra time) is used to decide the winner if necessary.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 48], "content_span": [49, 274]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278426-0000-0000", "contents": "2018 Copa Libertadores final stages\nThe 2018 Copa Libertadores final stages were played from 7 August to 9 December 2018. A total of 16 teams competed in the final stages to decide the champions of the 2018 Copa Libertadores.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [35, 35], "content_span": [36, 225]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278426-0001-0000", "contents": "2018 Copa Libertadores final stages, Qualified teams\nThe winners and runners-up of each of the eight groups in the group stage advanced to the round of 16.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 52], "content_span": [53, 155]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278426-0002-0000", "contents": "2018 Copa Libertadores final stages, Qualified teams, Seeding\nStarting from the round of 16, the teams were seeded according to their results in the group stage, with the group winners (Pot 1 in round of 16 draw) seeded 1\u20138, and the group runners-up (Pot 2 in round of 16 draw) seeded 9\u201316.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 61], "content_span": [62, 290]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278426-0003-0000", "contents": "2018 Copa Libertadores final stages, Format\nStarting from the round of 16, the teams played a single-elimination tournament with the following rules:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 43], "content_span": [44, 149]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278426-0004-0000", "contents": "2018 Copa Libertadores final stages, Draw\nThe draw for the round of 16 was held on 4 June 2018, 20:00 PYT (UTC\u22124), at the CONMEBOL Convention Centre in Luque, Paraguay. For the round of 16, the 16 teams were drawn into eight ties (A\u2013H) between a group winner (Pot 1) and a group runner-up (Pot 2), with the group winners hosting the second leg. Teams from the same association or the same group could be drawn into the same tie.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 41], "content_span": [42, 428]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278426-0005-0000", "contents": "2018 Copa Libertadores final stages, Bracket\nThe bracket starting from the round of 16 was determined as follows:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 44], "content_span": [45, 113]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278426-0006-0000", "contents": "2018 Copa Libertadores final stages, Bracket\nThe bracket was decided based on the round of 16 draw, which was held on 4 June 2018.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 44], "content_span": [45, 130]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278426-0007-0000", "contents": "2018 Copa Libertadores final stages, Round of 16\nThe first legs were played on 7\u20139 and 21 August, and the second legs were played on 28\u201330 August 2018.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 48], "content_span": [49, 151]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278426-0008-0000", "contents": "2018 Copa Libertadores final stages, Round of 16, Match A\nRiver Plate won 3\u20130 on aggregate and advanced to the quarterfinals (Match S1).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 57], "content_span": [58, 136]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278426-0009-0000", "contents": "2018 Copa Libertadores final stages, Round of 16, Match B\nTied 2\u20132 on aggregate, Colo-Colo won on away goals and advanced to the quarterfinals (Match S2).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 57], "content_span": [58, 154]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278426-0010-0000", "contents": "2018 Copa Libertadores final stages, Round of 16, Match C\nCruzeiro won 2\u20131 on aggregate and advanced to the quarterfinals (Match S3).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 57], "content_span": [58, 133]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278426-0011-0000", "contents": "2018 Copa Libertadores final stages, Round of 16, Match D\nTied 3\u20133 on aggregate, Gr\u00eamio won on penalties and advanced to the quarterfinals (Match S4).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 57], "content_span": [58, 150]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278426-0012-0000", "contents": "2018 Copa Libertadores final stages, Round of 16, Match E\nAtl\u00e9tico Tucum\u00e1n won 2\u20131 on aggregate and advanced to the quarterfinals (Match S4).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 57], "content_span": [58, 141]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278426-0013-0000", "contents": "2018 Copa Libertadores final stages, Round of 16, Match F\nBoca Juniors won 6\u20132 on aggregate and advanced to the quarterfinals (Match S3).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 57], "content_span": [58, 137]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278426-0014-0000", "contents": "2018 Copa Libertadores final stages, Round of 16, Match G\nPalmeiras won 2\u20131 on aggregate and advanced to the quarterfinals (Match S2).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 57], "content_span": [58, 134]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278426-0015-0000", "contents": "2018 Copa Libertadores final stages, Round of 16, Match H\nIndependiente won 3\u20130 on aggregate and advanced to the quarterfinals (Match S1).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 57], "content_span": [58, 138]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278426-0016-0000", "contents": "2018 Copa Libertadores final stages, Quarter-finals\nThe first legs were played on 18\u201320 September, and the second legs were played on 2\u20134 October 2018.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 51], "content_span": [52, 151]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278426-0017-0000", "contents": "2018 Copa Libertadores final stages, Quarter-finals, Match S1\nRiver Plate won 3\u20131 on aggregate and advanced to the semifinals (Match F1).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 61], "content_span": [62, 137]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278426-0018-0000", "contents": "2018 Copa Libertadores final stages, Quarter-finals, Match S2\nPalmeiras won 4\u20130 on aggregate and advanced to the semifinals (Match F2).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 61], "content_span": [62, 135]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278426-0019-0000", "contents": "2018 Copa Libertadores final stages, Quarter-finals, Match S3\nBoca Juniors won 3\u20131 on aggregate and advanced to the semifinals (Match F2).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 61], "content_span": [62, 138]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278426-0020-0000", "contents": "2018 Copa Libertadores final stages, Quarter-finals, Match S4\nGr\u00eamio won 6\u20130 on aggregate and advanced to the semifinals (Match F1).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 61], "content_span": [62, 132]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278426-0021-0000", "contents": "2018 Copa Libertadores final stages, Semi-finals\nThe first legs were played on 23\u201324 October, and the second legs were played on 30\u201331 October 2018.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 48], "content_span": [49, 148]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278426-0022-0000", "contents": "2018 Copa Libertadores final stages, Semi-finals, Match F1\nTied 2\u20132 on aggregate, River Plate won on away goals and advanced to the finals.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 58], "content_span": [59, 139]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278426-0023-0000", "contents": "2018 Copa Libertadores final stages, Semi-finals, Match F2\nBoca Juniors won 4\u20132 on aggregate and advanced to the finals.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 58], "content_span": [59, 120]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278426-0024-0000", "contents": "2018 Copa Libertadores final stages, Finals\nIn the finals, if tied on aggregate, the away goals rule was not used, and 30 minutes of extra time were played. If still tied after extra time, a penalty shoot-out was used to determine the winner (Regulations Article 30).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 43], "content_span": [44, 267]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278426-0025-0000", "contents": "2018 Copa Libertadores final stages, Finals\nThe first leg was played on 11 November (originally scheduled on 10 November, but postponed due to rain), and the second leg was played on 9 December 2018 (originally scheduled on 24 November, but postponed due to safety concerns following an attack on the Boca Juniors team bus prior to the original scheduled match).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 43], "content_span": [44, 362]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278427-0000-0000", "contents": "2018 Copa Libertadores group stage\nThe 2018 Copa Libertadores group stage was played from 27 February to 24 May 2018. A total of 32 teams competed in the group stage to decide the 16 places in the final stages of the 2018 Copa Libertadores.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [34, 34], "content_span": [35, 240]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278427-0001-0000", "contents": "2018 Copa Libertadores group stage, Draw\nThe draw for the group stage was held on 20 December 2017, 20:00 PYST (UTC\u22123), at the CONMEBOL Convention Centre in Luque, Paraguay.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 40], "content_span": [41, 173]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278427-0002-0000", "contents": "2018 Copa Libertadores group stage, Draw\nTeams were seeded by their CONMEBOL ranking of the Copa Libertadores (shown in parentheses), taking into account of the following three factors:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 40], "content_span": [41, 185]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278427-0003-0000", "contents": "2018 Copa Libertadores group stage, Draw\nFor the group stage, the 32 teams were drawn into eight groups (Groups A\u2013H, also denoted as Groups 1\u20138) of four containing a team from each of the four pots. Teams from the same association could not be drawn into the same group, excluding the winners of the third stage, which were allocated to Pot 4 and whose identity was not known at the time of the draw, and could be drawn into the same group with another team from the same association.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 40], "content_span": [41, 484]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278427-0004-0000", "contents": "2018 Copa Libertadores group stage, Draw\nThe following were the four winners of the third stage of qualifying which joined the 28 direct entrants in the group stage.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 40], "content_span": [41, 165]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278427-0005-0000", "contents": "2018 Copa Libertadores group stage, Format\nIn the group stage, each group was played on a home-and-away round-robin basis. The teams were ranked according to points (3 points for a win, 1 point for a draw, and 0 points for a loss). If tied on points, the following criteria were used to determine the ranking: 1. Goal difference; 2. Goals scored; 3. Away goals scored; 4. CONMEBOL ranking (Regulations Article 28).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 42], "content_span": [43, 414]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278427-0006-0000", "contents": "2018 Copa Libertadores group stage, Format\nThe winners and runners-up of each group advanced to the round of 16 of the knockout stages. The third-placed teams of each group entered the Copa Sudamericana second stage.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 42], "content_span": [43, 216]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278427-0007-0000", "contents": "2018 Copa Libertadores group stage, Groups\nThe fixture list was determined by the draw as follows:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 42], "content_span": [43, 98]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278427-0008-0000", "contents": "2018 Copa Libertadores group stage, Groups\nThe matches were played on 27\u201328 February, 1, 13\u201315 March, 3\u20135, 11, 17\u201319, 24\u201326 April, 1\u20133, 15\u201317 and 22\u201324 May 2018.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 42], "content_span": [43, 161]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278428-0000-0000", "contents": "2018 Copa Libertadores qualifying stages\nThe 2018 Copa Libertadores qualifying stages were played from 22 January to 22 February 2018. A total of 19 teams competed in the qualifying stages to decide four of the 32 places in the group stage of the 2018 Copa Libertadores.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [40, 40], "content_span": [41, 270]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278428-0001-0000", "contents": "2018 Copa Libertadores qualifying stages, Draw\nThe draw for the qualifying stages was held on 20 December 2017, 20:00 PYST (UTC\u22123), at the CONMEBOL Convention Centre in Luque, Paraguay.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 46], "content_span": [47, 185]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278428-0002-0000", "contents": "2018 Copa Libertadores qualifying stages, Draw\nTeams were seeded by their CONMEBOL ranking of the Copa Libertadores (shown in parentheses), taking into account of the following three factors:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 46], "content_span": [47, 191]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278428-0003-0000", "contents": "2018 Copa Libertadores qualifying stages, Draw\nFor the first stage, the six teams were drawn into three ties (E1\u2013E3), with the seeded teams hosting the second leg.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 46], "content_span": [47, 163]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278428-0004-0000", "contents": "2018 Copa Libertadores qualifying stages, Draw\nFor the second stage, the 16 teams were drawn into eight ties (C1\u2013C8), with the seeded teams hosting the second leg. Teams from the same association could not be drawn into the same tie, excluding the winners of the first stage, which were unseeded and whose identity was not known at the time of the draw, and could be drawn into the same tie with another team from the same association.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 46], "content_span": [47, 435]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278428-0005-0000", "contents": "2018 Copa Libertadores qualifying stages, Draw\nFor the third stage, no draw was made, and the eight teams were allocated into the following four ties (G1\u2013G4), with the second stage winners with the higher CONMEBOL ranking hosting the second leg. As the identity of the winners of the second stage was not known at the time of the draw, they could be drawn into the same tie with another team from the same association.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 46], "content_span": [47, 418]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278428-0006-0000", "contents": "2018 Copa Libertadores qualifying stages, Format\nIn the qualifying stages, each tie was played on a home-and-away two-legged basis. If tied on aggregate, the away goals rule was used. If still tied, extra time was not played, and a penalty shoot-out was used to determine the winner (Regulations Article 29).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 48], "content_span": [49, 308]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278428-0007-0000", "contents": "2018 Copa Libertadores qualifying stages, Bracket\nThe bracket was decided based on the first stage draw and second stage draw, which were held on 20 December 2017.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 49], "content_span": [50, 163]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278428-0008-0000", "contents": "2018 Copa Libertadores qualifying stages, First stage\nThe first legs were played on 22 January, and the second legs were played on 26 January 2018.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 53], "content_span": [54, 147]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278428-0009-0000", "contents": "2018 Copa Libertadores qualifying stages, First stage, Match E1\nOlimpia won 2\u20130 on aggregate and advanced to the second stage (Match C5).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 63], "content_span": [64, 137]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278428-0010-0000", "contents": "2018 Copa Libertadores qualifying stages, First stage, Match E2\nTied 1\u20131 on aggregate, Deportivo T\u00e1chira won on away goals and advanced to the second stage (Match C1).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 63], "content_span": [64, 167]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278428-0011-0000", "contents": "2018 Copa Libertadores qualifying stages, First stage, Match E3\nTied 3\u20133 on aggregate, Oriente Petrolero won on away goals and advanced to the second stage (Match C3).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 63], "content_span": [64, 167]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278428-0012-0000", "contents": "2018 Copa Libertadores qualifying stages, Second stage\nThe first legs were played on 30\u201331 January and 1 February, and the second legs were played on 6\u20138 February 2018.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 54], "content_span": [55, 168]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278428-0013-0000", "contents": "2018 Copa Libertadores qualifying stages, Second stage, Match C1\nSanta Fe won 3\u20132 on aggregate and advanced to the third stage (Match G1).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 64], "content_span": [65, 138]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278428-0014-0000", "contents": "2018 Copa Libertadores qualifying stages, Second stage, Match C2\nNacional won 2\u20130 on aggregate and advanced to the third stage (Match G2).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 64], "content_span": [65, 138]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278428-0015-0000", "contents": "2018 Copa Libertadores qualifying stages, Second stage, Match C3\nJorge Wilstermann won 4\u20133 on aggregate and advanced to the third stage (Match G3).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 64], "content_span": [65, 147]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278428-0016-0000", "contents": "2018 Copa Libertadores qualifying stages, Second stage, Match C4\nGuaran\u00ed won 6\u20131 on aggregate and advanced to the third stage (Match G4).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 64], "content_span": [65, 137]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278428-0017-0000", "contents": "2018 Copa Libertadores qualifying stages, Second stage, Match C5\nJunior won 3\u20132 on aggregate and advanced to the third stage (Match G4).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 64], "content_span": [65, 136]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278428-0018-0000", "contents": "2018 Copa Libertadores qualifying stages, Second stage, Match C6\nVasco da Gama won 6\u20130 on aggregate and advanced to the third stage (Match G3).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 64], "content_span": [65, 143]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278428-0019-0000", "contents": "2018 Copa Libertadores qualifying stages, Second stage, Match C7\nTied 3\u20133 on aggregate, Banfield won on away goals and advanced to the third stage (Match G2).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 64], "content_span": [65, 158]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278428-0020-0000", "contents": "2018 Copa Libertadores qualifying stages, Second stage, Match C8\nSantiago Wanderers won 2\u20131 on aggregate and advanced to the third stage (Match G1).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 64], "content_span": [65, 148]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278428-0021-0000", "contents": "2018 Copa Libertadores qualifying stages, Third stage\nThe first legs were played on 13\u201315 February, and the second legs were played on 20\u201322 February 2018.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 53], "content_span": [54, 155]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278428-0022-0000", "contents": "2018 Copa Libertadores qualifying stages, Third stage, Match G1\nSanta Fe won 5\u20131 on aggregate and advanced to the group stage (Group D).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 63], "content_span": [64, 136]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278428-0023-0000", "contents": "2018 Copa Libertadores qualifying stages, Third stage, Match G2\nNacional won 3\u20132 on aggregate and advanced to the group stage (Group F).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 63], "content_span": [64, 136]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278428-0024-0000", "contents": "2018 Copa Libertadores qualifying stages, Third stage, Match G3\nTied 4\u20134 on aggregate, Vasco da Gama won on penalties and advanced to the group stage (Group E).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 63], "content_span": [64, 160]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278428-0025-0000", "contents": "2018 Copa Libertadores qualifying stages, Third stage, Match G4\nJunior won 1\u20130 on aggregate and advanced to the group stage (Group H).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 63], "content_span": [64, 134]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278428-0026-0000", "contents": "2018 Copa Libertadores qualifying stages, Copa Sudamericana qualification\nThe two best teams eliminated in the third stage entered the Copa Sudamericana second stage. Only matches in the third stage were considered for the ranking of teams.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 73], "content_span": [74, 240]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278429-0000-0000", "contents": "2018 Copa Paraguay\nThe 2018 Copa Paraguay was the first edition of the Copa Paraguay, Paraguay's domestic football cup competition. The competition ended with Guaran\u00ed winning their first title after beating Olimpia 5\u20133 on penalties in the final following a 2\u20132 draw. Guaran\u00ed, as the winners, were awarded a berth into the 2019 Copa Sudamericana.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [18, 18], "content_span": [19, 345]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278429-0001-0000", "contents": "2018 Copa Paraguay, Preliminary stage\nThe preliminary stage was played by teams from the Primera B, Primera C, and the UFI. 7 Primera B teams, 6 Primera C teams, and 7 teams from the UFI qualified for the national stage, for a total of 20 teams.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [20, 37], "content_span": [38, 245]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278429-0002-0000", "contents": "2018 Copa Paraguay, Preliminary stage, Primera B\nThe 17 teams were divided into two groups of four teams each and three groups of three teams. The winners of each group, as well as the two best second-placed teams qualified for the national stage.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [20, 48], "content_span": [49, 247]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278429-0003-0000", "contents": "2018 Copa Paraguay, Preliminary stage, Primera B, Ranking of second-placed teams\nThe two best teams among those ranked second qualified for the national stage. For teams in groups A and B, the matches against the fourth-placed team were not considered in this table.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [20, 80], "content_span": [81, 266]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278429-0004-0000", "contents": "2018 Copa Paraguay, Preliminary stage, Primera C\nThe 13 teams were divided into three groups of three teams each and one group of four teams. The winners of each group, as well as the two best second-placed teams qualified for the national stage.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [20, 48], "content_span": [49, 246]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278429-0005-0000", "contents": "2018 Copa Paraguay, Preliminary stage, Primera C, Ranking of second-placed teams\nThe two best teams among those ranked second qualified for the national stage.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [20, 80], "content_span": [81, 159]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278429-0006-0000", "contents": "2018 Copa Paraguay, Preliminary stage, UFI\nTeams competing in the UFI preliminaries were divided into seven zones grouping the departments of Paraguay, with each department having one participating team (two or three departments per zone). The winners of each zone qualified for the national stage.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [20, 42], "content_span": [43, 298]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278429-0007-0000", "contents": "2018 Copa Paraguay, Preliminary stage, UFI, Zona 1\nThis zone included teams from the departments of Concepci\u00f3n, Amambay and Canindey\u00fa.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [20, 50], "content_span": [51, 134]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278429-0008-0000", "contents": "2018 Copa Paraguay, Preliminary stage, UFI, Zona 2\nThis zone included teams from the departments of Presidente Hayes, Boquer\u00f3n and Alto Paraguay.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [20, 50], "content_span": [51, 145]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278429-0009-0000", "contents": "2018 Copa Paraguay, Preliminary stage, UFI, Zona 3\nThis zone included teams from the departments of Cordillera and San Pedro.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [20, 50], "content_span": [51, 125]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278429-0010-0000", "contents": "2018 Copa Paraguay, Preliminary stage, UFI, Zona 4\nThis zone included teams from the departments of Guair\u00e1 and Paraguar\u00ed.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [20, 50], "content_span": [51, 121]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278429-0011-0000", "contents": "2018 Copa Paraguay, Preliminary stage, UFI, Zona 5\nThis zone included teams from the departments of Alto Paran\u00e1 and Caaguaz\u00fa.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [20, 50], "content_span": [51, 125]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278429-0012-0000", "contents": "2018 Copa Paraguay, Preliminary stage, UFI, Zona 6\nThis zone included teams from the departments of Central, \u00d1eembuc\u00fa and Misiones.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [20, 50], "content_span": [51, 131]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278429-0013-0000", "contents": "2018 Copa Paraguay, Preliminary stage, UFI, Zona 7\nThis zone included teams from the departments of Itap\u00faa and Caazap\u00e1.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [20, 50], "content_span": [51, 119]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278429-0014-0000", "contents": "2018 Copa Paraguay, National stage, First round\nThe draw for the first round of the national stage involved the 20 teams which qualified from the preliminary stage, as well as the 12 Primera Divisi\u00f3n teams and the 16 Divisi\u00f3n Intermedia teams, which entered the competition at this stage. The 48 teams were drawn into 24 ties to be played as a single game, with a penalty shootout deciding the winner in case of a tie. The 24 winners will advance to the second round. The draw for the first round was held on 29 June 2018 and the matches were played from 24 July to 5 September 2018.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [20, 47], "content_span": [48, 583]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278429-0015-0000", "contents": "2018 Copa Paraguay, National stage, Second round\nThe second round was contested by the 24 first round winners. The 12 winners as well as the four losers with the best performance over both rounds qualified for the round of 16. The matches were played from 25 September to 4 October 2018.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [20, 48], "content_span": [49, 287]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278429-0016-0000", "contents": "2018 Copa Paraguay, National stage, Second round, Ranking of second round losers\nThe four teams among the second round losers with the best record in the two previous rounds qualified for the round of 16.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [20, 80], "content_span": [81, 204]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278429-0017-0000", "contents": "2018 Copa Paraguay, National stage, Round of 16\nThe draw for the round of 16 was held on 10 October 2018. The matches were played from 23 to 31 October 2018.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [20, 47], "content_span": [48, 157]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278430-0000-0000", "contents": "2018 Copa Paulino Alcantara\nThe 2018 Copa Paulino Alcantara was the first edition of the Copa Paulino Alcantara, the domestic football cup competition of the Philippines. The competition started on September 1, 2018 and concluded on October 27, 2018, with Kaya\u2013Iloilo winning the inaugural tournament after defeating Davao Aguilas 1\u20130 in extra time.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [27, 27], "content_span": [28, 349]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278430-0001-0000", "contents": "2018 Copa Paulino Alcantara, Participating clubs\nAll six clubs of the 2018 Philippines Football League are eligible to participate in the tournament. On July 15, 2018 during the PFL Fans Day, it was announced that non-franchise clubs will also be allowed to join the cup competition provided that they will satisfy minimum licensing requirements which will be set for the competition. But only clubs in the PFL joined the tournament.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 48], "content_span": [49, 433]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278430-0002-0000", "contents": "2018 Copa Paulino Alcantara, Format, Competition\nThe Copa Paulino Alcantara will commence on September 1, 2018 with a group phase of two groups with three teams each. A round robin format with home and away legs will be used for this phase. The top two teams advance to the semifinals with the group winners facing the runner-up team from the other group. The higher seeded teams will host the one-off semifinals. The final will consist of a single match as well.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 48], "content_span": [49, 463]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278430-0003-0000", "contents": "2018 Copa Paulino Alcantara, Format, Draw\nA draw to determine the composition of the groupings for the group phase will be held on August 26, 2018.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 41], "content_span": [42, 147]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278431-0000-0000", "contents": "2018 Copa Paulino Alcantara Final\nThe final of the inaugural season of the Copa Paulino Alcantara was contested by Davao Aguilas F.C. and Kaya F.C.\u2013Iloilo on 27 October 2018 on a neutral ground at the Rizal Memorial Stadium in Manila.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [33, 33], "content_span": [34, 234]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278431-0001-0000", "contents": "2018 Copa Paulino Alcantara Final\nThe match also determined the second qualifying team which would represent the Philippines at the 2019 AFC Cup with Ceres-Negros F.C. earlier qualified through winning the 2018 Philippines Football League.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [33, 33], "content_span": [34, 239]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278431-0002-0000", "contents": "2018 Copa Paulino Alcantara Final\nKaya\u2013Iloilo won in extra time through a solitary goal and qualifies for the 2019 AFC Cup.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [33, 33], "content_span": [34, 123]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278431-0003-0000", "contents": "2018 Copa Paulino Alcantara Final, Background\nBoth Davao Aguilas F.C. and Kaya F.C.\u2013Iloilo topped their group in the group stage and advanced to the semi-final. In the knock-out stage, the Aguilas won 6-1 over JPV Marikina on 27 October at the Rizal Memorial Stadium, the same venue of the final, while Kaya overcame Stallion Laguna by winning 3-2 in their semifinal tie at home at the Iloilo Sports Complex. In the 2018 Philippines Football League, Kaya has won over the Aguilas while the Aguilas is coming from an undefeated streak of at least eleven matches heading into the final.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 45], "content_span": [46, 584]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278431-0004-0000", "contents": "2018 Copa Paulino Alcantara Final, Background\nKaya were also aiming for the title to honor the namesake of the club, Paulino Alc\u00e1ntara who is a native of their home locality, Iloilo.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 45], "content_span": [46, 182]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278431-0005-0000", "contents": "2018 Copa Paulino Alcantara Final, Background\nCeres\u2013Negros F.C. the winners of the 2018 Philippines Football League fail to advance from the group stage.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 45], "content_span": [46, 153]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278431-0006-0000", "contents": "2018 Copa Paulino Alcantara Final, Match summary\nThe final was contested in a neutral venue at the Rizal Memorial Stadium in Manila. The match held on 27 October 2018 was attended by 1,230 people. Thai referee, Mongkolchai Pechsri officiated the final.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 48], "content_span": [49, 252]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278431-0007-0000", "contents": "2018 Copa Paulino Alcantara Final, Match summary\nKaya\u2013Iloilo and the Davao Aguilas was unable to score a goal against each other in regular time of the final. Both teams had at least two goal scoring attempts that was denied by the crossbar. Wesley Dos Santos, a center back of the Davao Aguilas was sent off in added time in the 98th minute after he incurred a second yellow card by fouling Connor Tacagni of the opposing team. The first yellow card was given to Dos Santos in the first half of the final. The draw in regular time meant that the match had to go extra time. Iloilo-native Jovin Bedic scored the winning goal for Kaya near the end of the second half of extra time benefiting from an assist made by Robert Lopez Mendy.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 48], "content_span": [49, 733]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278431-0008-0000", "contents": "2018 Copa Paulino Alcantara Final, Match summary\nThe match ended with a scoreline of 1\u20130 in favor of Kaya\u2013Iloilo which earned a slot in the 2019 AFC Cup. The Iloilo-based club previously qualified for the 2016 AFC Cup play-offs by winning the 2015 UFL Cup. Davao Aguilas meanwhile earned standby team designation for the same tournament meaning that they will be able to participate in the Asian club competition if Ceres-Negros advance to the 2019 AFC Champions League group stage.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 48], "content_span": [49, 482]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278432-0000-0000", "contents": "2018 Copa Paulista\nThe 2018 Copa Paulista is the 20th edition of S\u00e3o Paulo State Cup. 27 teams are participate in the tournament. The winner gets to choose between a qualification spot for the 2019 Copa do Brasil or the 2019 Campeonato Brasileiro S\u00e9rie D. The spot not chosen by the winners will be taken by the second-placed team.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [18, 18], "content_span": [19, 331]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278432-0001-0000", "contents": "2018 Copa Paulista, Format\nFirst Stage: The clubs will be divided into four groups according to their location. The top four of each group will advance to the second stage.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [20, 26], "content_span": [27, 172]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278432-0002-0000", "contents": "2018 Copa Paulista, Format\nSecond Stage: The 16 clubs will be divided into four groups of four. The winner and runners-up of each group will advance to the Knockout stage.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [20, 26], "content_span": [27, 171]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278432-0003-0000", "contents": "2018 Copa Paulista, Format\nEach stage will be played in a double round-robin format.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [20, 26], "content_span": [27, 84]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278433-0000-0000", "contents": "2018 Copa Per\u00fa\nThe 2018 Peru Cup season (Spanish: Copa Per\u00fa 2018), the largest amateur tournament of Peruvian football, started in February.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 14], "section_span": [14, 14], "content_span": [15, 140]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278433-0001-0000", "contents": "2018 Copa Per\u00fa\nThis edition has featured a change, with the elimination of the Regional Stage and the inclusion of participants from all the Regions of Peru in the National Stage. Under the new format, the tournament has four stages. The first three stages are played as mini-league round-robin tournaments, and the fourth stage is played under POT System intellectual property of the MatchVision company.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 14], "section_span": [14, 14], "content_span": [15, 405]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278433-0002-0000", "contents": "2018 Copa Per\u00fa\nThe 2018 Peru Cup started with the District Stage (Spanish: Etapa Distrital) in February. The next stage was the Provincial Stage (Spanish: Etapa Provincial) which started in June. The tournament continued with the Departmental Stage (Spanish: Etapa Departamental) in July. The National Stage (Spanish: Etapa Nacional) starts in September. The winner of the National Stage will be promoted to the First Division and the runner-up will be promoted to the Second Division.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 14], "section_span": [14, 14], "content_span": [15, 485]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278433-0003-0000", "contents": "2018 Copa Per\u00fa, Departmental stage\nDepartmental Stage: 2018 Ligas Departamentales del Peru and 2018 Ligas Superiores del Per\u00fa", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 14], "section_span": [16, 34], "content_span": [35, 125]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278433-0004-0000", "contents": "2018 Copa Per\u00fa, Departmental stage\nThe following list shows the teams that qualified for the National Stage.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 14], "section_span": [16, 34], "content_span": [35, 108]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278433-0005-0000", "contents": "2018 Copa Per\u00fa, National stage\nIn 2015 the National Stage has grown to 50 teams, and the new National Stage, designed by matchVision, is played under Regional using the POT System, with all the Regions of Peru will have represented. The National Stage starts in the first week of September.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 14], "section_span": [16, 30], "content_span": [31, 290]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278433-0006-0000", "contents": "2018 Copa Per\u00fa, National stage\nIn 2017 the same format continues, without the authorization of MatchVision.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 14], "section_span": [16, 30], "content_span": [31, 107]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278433-0007-0000", "contents": "2018 Copa Per\u00fa, National stage\nThis phase features the 50 teams that qualified from the Departmental Stage. Each team plays 3 games at home and 3 games away, for a total of 6 games against 3 different geographical rivals. The departmental stage winners only play against departmental runners-up, and vice versa. All the teams are positioned in one general table. After 6 matches, the team in places 1 to 8 are qualified directly to the Round of 16, while the teams in places 9 to 24 will play the Repechage phase. The teams in places 25 to 50 are eliminated.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 14], "section_span": [16, 30], "content_span": [31, 558]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278433-0008-0000", "contents": "2018 Copa Per\u00fa, National stage\nThe winner of the National Stage will be promoted to the 2019 Torneo Descentralizado and the runner-up of the National Stage will be promoted to the 2019 Peruvian Segunda Divisi\u00f3n.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 14], "section_span": [16, 30], "content_span": [31, 211]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278433-0009-0000", "contents": "2018 Copa Per\u00fa, National stage, Tie-breaking criteria\nThe ranking of teams in the Unique Table is based on the following criteria:\u00a01. Number of Points\u00a03. Goal difference\u00a04. Number of goals scored\u00a05. Better performance in away matches based on the following criteria:\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a01. Number of Away Points\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a03. Goal Difference in away games\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a04. Number of goals scored in away games\u00a06. Number of First-Half points: considering the half-time results as the final results\u00a06. Drawing of lots", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 14], "section_span": [16, 53], "content_span": [54, 491]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278433-0010-0000", "contents": "2018 Copa Per\u00fa, National stage, Final group stage\nThe final group stage, colloquially known as La Final\u00edsima, will be played by the four semifinalist at the Estadio Nacional. The team with the most points will be declared the winner and be promoted to the 2019 Torneo Descentralizado.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 14], "section_span": [16, 49], "content_span": [50, 284]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278434-0000-0000", "contents": "2018 Copa Sevilla\nThe 2018 Copa Sevilla was a professional tennis tournament played on clay courts. It was the 21st edition of the tournament which was part of the 2018 ATP Challenger Tour. It took place in Seville, Spain between 3 and 8 September 2018.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 17], "section_span": [17, 17], "content_span": [18, 253]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278434-0001-0000", "contents": "2018 Copa Sevilla, Singles main draw entrants, Other entrants\nThe following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 17], "section_span": [19, 61], "content_span": [62, 130]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278434-0002-0000", "contents": "2018 Copa Sevilla, Singles main draw entrants, Other entrants\nThe following player received entry into the singles main draw as a special exempt:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 17], "section_span": [19, 61], "content_span": [62, 145]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278435-0000-0000", "contents": "2018 Copa Sevilla \u2013 Doubles\nPedro Cach\u00edn and \u00cd\u00f1igo Cervantes were the defending champions but chose not to defend their title.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [27, 27], "content_span": [28, 126]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278435-0001-0000", "contents": "2018 Copa Sevilla \u2013 Doubles\nGerard Granollers and Pedro Mart\u00ednez won the title after defeating Daniel Gimeno Traver and Ricardo Ojeda Lara 6\u20130, 6\u20132 in the final.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [27, 27], "content_span": [28, 161]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278436-0000-0000", "contents": "2018 Copa Sevilla \u2013 Singles\nF\u00e9lix Auger-Aliassime was the defending champion but chose not to defend his title.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [27, 27], "content_span": [28, 111]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278436-0001-0000", "contents": "2018 Copa Sevilla \u2013 Singles\nKimmer Coppejans won the title after defeating Alex Mol\u010dan 7\u20136(7\u20132), 6\u20131 in the final.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [27, 27], "content_span": [28, 114]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278437-0000-0000", "contents": "2018 Copa Sudamericana\nThe 2018 Copa CONMEBOL Sudamericana was the 17th edition of the CONMEBOL Sudamericana (also referred to as the Copa Sudamericana, or Portuguese: Copa Sul-Americana), South America's secondary club football tournament organized by CONMEBOL.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [22, 22], "content_span": [23, 262]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278437-0001-0000", "contents": "2018 Copa Sudamericana\nBrazilian club Atl\u00e9tico Paranaense defeated Colombian club Junior by 4\u20133 on penalties in the finals after a 2\u20132 draw on aggregate score to win their first tournament title. As champions, Atl\u00e9tico Paranaense earned the right to play against the winners of the 2018 Copa Libertadores in the 2019 Recopa Sudamericana, and the winners of the 2018 J.League Cup in the 2019 J.League Cup / Copa Sudamericana Championship. They also automatically qualified for the 2019 Copa Libertadores group stage. Independiente were the defending champions, but did not play in this edition as they qualified for the 2018 Copa Libertadores group stage as Copa Sudamericana champions and later advanced to the knockout stage.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [22, 22], "content_span": [23, 726]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278437-0002-0000", "contents": "2018 Copa Sudamericana, Teams\nThe following 44 teams from the 10 CONMEBOL associations qualified for the tournament, entering the first stage:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 29], "content_span": [30, 142]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278437-0003-0000", "contents": "2018 Copa Sudamericana, Teams\nA further 10 teams eliminated from the 2018 Copa Libertadores were transferred to the Copa Sudamericana, entering the second stage.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 29], "content_span": [30, 161]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278437-0004-0000", "contents": "2018 Copa Sudamericana, Draws\nThe draw for the first stage was held on 20 December 2017, 20:00 PYST (UTC\u22123), at the CONMEBOL Convention Centre in Luque, Paraguay. For the first stage, the teams were divided into two pots according to their geographical zones:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 29], "content_span": [30, 259]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278437-0005-0000", "contents": "2018 Copa Sudamericana, Draws\nThe 44 teams were drawn into 22 ties (E1\u2013E22) between a team from Pot A and a team from Pot B, with the teams from Pot B hosting the second leg in odd-numbered ties, and the teams from Pot A hosting the second leg in even-numbered ties. This distribution ensured that teams from the same association could not be drawn into the same tie.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 29], "content_span": [30, 367]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278437-0006-0000", "contents": "2018 Copa Sudamericana, Draws\nThe draw for the second stage was held on 4 June 2018, 20:00 PYT (UTC\u22124), at the CONMEBOL Convention Centre in Luque, Paraguay. For the second stage, the teams were allocated to two pots according to their previous results in this season:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 29], "content_span": [30, 268]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278437-0007-0000", "contents": "2018 Copa Sudamericana, Draws\nThe 32 teams were drawn into 16 ties (O1\u2013O16) between a team from Pot 1 and a team from Pot 2, with the teams from Pot 1 hosting the second leg. Teams from the same association could be drawn into the same tie.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 29], "content_span": [30, 240]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278437-0008-0000", "contents": "2018 Copa Sudamericana, First stage\nIn the first stage, each tie was played on a home-and-away two-legged basis. If tied on aggregate, the away goals rule would be used. If still tied, extra time would not be played, and the penalty shoot-out would be used to determine the winner (Regulations Article 27).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 35], "content_span": [36, 306]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278437-0009-0000", "contents": "2018 Copa Sudamericana, First stage\nThe 22 winners of the first stage advanced to the second stage to join the 10 teams transferred from the Copa Libertadores (two best teams eliminated in the third stage of qualifying and eight third-placed teams in the group stage).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 35], "content_span": [36, 268]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278437-0010-0000", "contents": "2018 Copa Sudamericana, Second stage\nIn the second stage, each tie was played on a home-and-away two-legged basis. If tied on aggregate, the away goals rule would be used. If still tied, extra time would not be played, and the penalty shoot-out would be used to determine the winner (Regulations Article 27).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 36], "content_span": [37, 308]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278437-0011-0000", "contents": "2018 Copa Sudamericana, Second stage\nThe 16 winners of the second stage advanced to the round of 16 of the knockout stages.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 36], "content_span": [37, 123]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278437-0012-0000", "contents": "2018 Copa Sudamericana, Final stages\nStarting from the round of 16, the teams played a single-elimination tournament with the following rules:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 36], "content_span": [37, 142]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278437-0013-0000", "contents": "2018 Copa Sudamericana, Final stages, Seeding\nStarting from the round of 16, the teams were seeded according to the second stage draw, with each team assigned a \"seed\" 1\u201316 corresponding to the tie they win (O1\u2013O16) (Regulations Article 22.c).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 45], "content_span": [46, 243]}} {"id": "enwiki-00278437-0014-0000", "contents": "2018 Copa Sudamericana, Final stages, Bracket\nThe bracket was decided based on the second stage draw, which was held on 4 June 2018.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 45], "content_span": [46, 132]}}